“We are running 200 mph and pushing each other around out there and it’s just bound to happen. No matter how safe we can make the sport, when you are going that amount of speed, things happen” – NASCAR driver Austin Dillon, on his car getting airborne during a wreck at Daytona Int’l Speedway (Daytona Beach NEWS-JOURNAL, 7/7).
“People have asked me what race weekend is like. I say I don’t exhale until the checkered flag, and this case, a lap after the checkered flag is waved. Safety is all of our number one concern” – Kentucky Speedway GM Mark Simendinger, referring to Austin Dillon’s crash (DAYTON DAILY NEWS, 7/7).
“Sometimes you wish the net was bigger and covered the people that don't have a chance to react. I wouldn't sit that close” – Braves SS Andrelton Simmons, on a fan sitting behind the dugout at last night’s Braves-Brewers game being injured by a line drive (AP, 7/7).
“We spent a lot of time debating his name. We felt we were covered in the DH” – Royals manager Ned Yost, who is managing the AL team in the MLB All-Star Game, on his decision not to select Yankees DH Alex Rodriguez (CBSLOCAL.com, 7/7).
