Denise McCluggage

“The car is an instrument, and you're playing it.”

“The car has a personality. You can get to know it, and it can get to know you.”

“I was never a 'girl driver.' I was a driver.”

“I've always just done what I wanted to do.”

“Driving is a great way to get to know a person. You're in a little metal box with them. It's a truth serum.”

“Fear is a luxury.”

“Good writing is a byproduct of a life lived.”

“Leisure is the most expensive thing in the world.”

“Enthusiasm is a big part of it. If you’re not enthusiastic, you’re not going to be good.”

“Change is the only constant. Hanging on is the only sin.”

“Art is the telling of truth and racing is art.”

“I didn’t want to be a woman driver. I wanted to be a driver who was a woman.”

“I'm a participant. That's my nature.”

“The first race is the one you win, the one you set the fastest time in, the one you are very proud of. That is the one you remember.”