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All right, outta sight, go, go, and go!
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It is time for the final round
of the funny car eliminators...
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at the annual Edmonton
International Speedway-
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I tell you what-in the left lane we've got
the nitro-breathin' FastCo Firebird...
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driven by Billy 'The Kid' Brooker.
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This is Billy's second year
as a funny car driver,
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but he's young,
he's fast and he's brash.
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He'll do everything he can...
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to keep up with the seasoned
veterans of the funny car wars.
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In the right lane, number one
in the Pacific Northwest right now,
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Gary "The Blacksmith" Black!
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They're creeping up on the line.
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They're pre-stage.
They're stage.
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They're gone!
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All right, we've got our winner!
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It's Gary Black, and he smokes through
the quarter mile at 218 miles an hour,
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and he gets an E.T. of 6.63.
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Now, that is smokin', folks!
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Billy, better luck next time.
I know you're gonna be back.
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Get outta here.
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You're getting a little too much
wheel spin off the line.
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Take it easy when you
drop the hammer next time, Billy boy.
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I thought I'd get that whole shot
on him, you know.
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He's usually geared up pretty high.
Yeah.
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- Didn't work out.
- You did all right anyway.
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Hey, Elder, you're teaching the kid
some of Lonnie Johnson's tricks.
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All that smoke, man.
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Pretty.
Just don't win races.
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Hey, Gary, give me a few more runs.
All right?
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Then you'll be suckin' my pipes.
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Oh, yeah. Sure.
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Been civil chattin' to ya...
meathead.
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Go ahead.
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So you're the girl that's gonna
be Miss FastCo, right? Yeah.
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My name's Candy.
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You must be
Lonnie Johnson's mechanic.
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No, no, no. I'm Billy the Kid.
I drive a funny car.
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That fun machine right there.
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That one?
Yeah, that's the one.
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It's beautiful.
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Let me guess whether I'm right or not.
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You're waiting for the Lonnie Johnson
double-A top fuel machine.
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And listen, the current standing
has Lonnie Johnson...
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at number 18,
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but I'd say tonight Lonnie Johnson
is number one in your hearts!
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What do you say, fans?
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Hey, man.
How's it goin'?
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Good, good. You got a car
yet, or you still riding a bicycle?
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All right, ladies and gentlemen,
it is time to get serious now...
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at Edmonton International Speedway.
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It is the first elimination round of these
incredible double-A top fuel machines.
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Now in the right lane I want you to
welcome, driving the Wheeler Dealer car,
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that's Terry Koepp down there!
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All right!
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Now in the left lane, a man-
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You'd better watch that
left foot of yours off the line.
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You got a lot more horses back there
than you ever had before.
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Lucky Man”, Lonnie Johnson!
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Now, listen, Lonnie's always a crowd
pleaser and tonight is no exception,
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because tonight the Lucky Man fueler
is running for the first time anywhere-
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the Lonnie Johnson-designed
quadra-vane blower.
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For those of you
who aren't mechanically inclined,
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I'll just say for now that the quadra-vane
blower is a brand-new concept in supercharging...
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brought to you by
the good people at FastCo.
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And it is reputed to increase the power
of the FastCo power plant...
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by 16% over its normal
2,000 horsepower.
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Now, that is pumpin'!
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Okay.
Go, Lonnie.
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Oh, my God!
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There's been an explosion!
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Ladies and gentlemen, there's been
an explosion! please stay off the track!
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We have to have room for the emergency
vehicles and the fire trucks to get down.
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I know you'll wanna know what's going on.
We'll let you know as soon as we know.
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Please stay off the track!
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And there he goes!
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The man is simply unreal!
Man, he just doesn't care!
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I was just lucky.
Can you believe it, folks?
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Let's go, Lonnie. That's why they
call Lonnie Johnson the Lucky Man.
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I mean, that's a close squeaker for any normal man,
but for Lonnie Johnson it's all in a day's work.
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Let's hear it for the Lucky Man,
Lonnie Johnson!
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Get him back up to that tower
and get him checked out.
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Let's not forget the staff
here at Speedway too.
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Had it not been for their very fast arrival on
the crash scene, it might have been all over.
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But thanks to the Speedway staff, they
make this sport as safe as it is today.
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Let's give 'em a hand!
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Jesus.
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You wanna get up and catch
this other tire, Kid?
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Who told you to tack on
that damn blower?
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I can't afford to win like that!
I'm on a budget!
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I'm holding you responsible
for that crash today.
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What?
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Who the hell told you
to tack on that damn blower anyway?
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Look, if you want to win
you can't stand still.
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Win?
I can't afford to win like that.
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I'm on a budget.
FastCo ain't Gulfand Western.
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Now, wait a minute.
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You really don't give a damn, do you?
You don't want to win!
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Right. I don't!
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Not if it's
gonna bust my budget.
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Do I have to tell you again?
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Winning is too expensive.
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Then what the hell
are we in this for?
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I'll tell you what we're in it for-
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to sell those little
red, white and blue cans of FastCo.
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Because if we don't I don't eat,
you don't eat, nobody eats!
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You just keep those cars competitive
enough to stay in the limelight...
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so those good folks out there
can see the FastCo trademark.
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You got it?
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It's show biz. Yeah,
yeah, okay. I got it, Phil.
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Yeah, yeah, I got it!
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One of those eardrum-shattering fuel dragsters
made even more noise than usual last night...
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out at Edmonton international Speedway.
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Drag racing star Lonnie "Lucky
Man Johnson lived up to his name..."
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And walked away
from a spectacular crash.
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Things started to go wrong about
halfway down the quarter-mile strip.
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The explosion and fire destroyed
the FastCo top fuel dragster.
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An amazing accident, and even
more amazing that Johnson wasn't hurt.
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And now let's check in
with Marsha and the weather.
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Hello. Sammy's.
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Sam? It's Lonnie.
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Lonnie, where are you?
Are you in town?
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No, I'm on the road,
on my way to Big Sky.
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But, week after that
I'm gonna be in Spokane...
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and I thought maybe
we could get together.
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What's wrong, Lonnie?
What are you talking about?
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- Something's wrong. I can hear it. Are you all right?
- I'm just fine.
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I had a minor accident
in the dragster.
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What the hell is "minor"?
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Well, she didn't blow up when she landed.
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That's not funny.
Are you calling me from the hospital?
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No, I am not calling you
from the hospital.
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You want me to put Elder
on the intercom?
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No. No, no.
I believe you.
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How are-
How are things in Seattle?
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Business as usual.
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It sure would be nice, though,
to see you come walking through my door.
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Hey, why don't you? You don't
have a car to drive for a while.
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Oh, I'd love to, babe,
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but you know Adamson.
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It's promotion time and all that.
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Oh, hey, babe, I'm sorry.
I gotta get back to work.
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Do you promise you'll
call me from Big Sky? Yeah.
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Yeah, I'll do that.
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Sam, I wanna see you soon.
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Take care of
yourself. Okay? Yeah.
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Bye.
Bye.
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Hi.
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God, Lonnie's amazing.
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That crash didn't seem
to faze him a bit.
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Shit, boy, I walked away
from 10 times worse.
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Did I ever tell you
about the time-
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What the hell's that?
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Shit!
Flat tire on the Chaparral.
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- You're kidding me.
- Oh, Christ!
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Guess what I forgot.
What?
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Goddamn spare tire.
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You forgot the spare tire?
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Jesus Christ.
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Hey!
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Look at that!
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Howdy, men.
Hey, Wes.
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How you doin', son?
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- Have a flat?
- No, thanks. We already got one.
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Didn't you hear the joke about America's greatest
racing team? Forgot to bring their spare tire?
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No!
Dig this!
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The hot-shit FastCo outfit
don't even have a spare!
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We got one I think they can use.
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I don't think they know
how to change it.
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Hey, Meatball, why don't you go behind
the truck and give yourself a valve job?
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- Shit-
- Hey, hey, hey!
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Hey, hey, Mac, come on!
Come on, ladies. Come on.
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Settle down.
Give me that.
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Hey, Elder, is, Lonnie
back in the pleasure dome?
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Yeah. He's on the fourth floor taking
a sauna bath with seven geisha girls.
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Right.
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Stoner, I think we'd better
help these poor guys out?
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Okay. Give me a call
when you're done.
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That's mighty black of ya.
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Give me a hand, will
ya? Count me out.
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What do you hear
from the Flintstones?
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I gotta get Pacemaker
to make me up a rig like this.
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Aw, you wouldn't like it.
You're too used to vans.
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You'd never be able to
handle it. Yeah, maybe.
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That was a hell of a crash
you took there at the Speedway, man.
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You're still lucky. I walked
away from it, didn't I?
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Yeah.
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You must have got shaken up, man.
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Playing with toy cars.
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I saw the crash on TV.
It looked great.
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How come you always know where the camera
is? It's just part of the game, Black.
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Yeah, well, I wish you were
running funny cars, man,
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'cause I'd get my picture in the paper
if I beat Mr. Big-time.
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You know something, Gary? I think
you got your hands full with the Kid.
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Brooker? Come on,
get serious. He's a punk.
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No, he's not.
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He's good, and he's coming up fast,
and he could be number one.
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I can tell.
Oh, yeah?
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And what do you think
about Gary Black?
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Come on.
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Gary Black.
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Well, I think
he's doing all right.
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00:17:02,855 --> 00:17:05,232
But you think that,
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this is as far as I can go,
don't you?
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I didn't say that.
You said that.
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You didn't have to say it, man.
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See ya, Lonnie.
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00:17:25,086 --> 00:17:28,732
Well, I think that's as good as it's
gonna get, Wes. Yeah. Thanks a lot, Stoner.
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They're ready to roll.
Take it off.
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00:17:32,885 --> 00:17:37,139
What? What the hell are you
talking about? You heard me.
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Let his goddamn oil company
find him a spare.
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Aw, shit, Wes.
Sorry, man.
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Aw, that's okay, Stoner.
We'll manage.
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Wonder what the hell
went on in there.
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I have a vision
of Miss FastCo in leather.
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Western flavor-Boots, buckskin.
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You'd look great.
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You'll sell a lot of cans of FastCo.
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I don't really know
what I'm supposed to do, Phil.
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Just stand around
and look gorgeous.
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Hey, is that the guys down there?
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Hey, let's go down and buzz 'em.
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Want me to lose my license?
That's illegal.
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00:18:47,710 --> 00:18:49,920
Besides,
we don't wanna rub it in.
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What do you mean?
They crawl, we fly.
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Course, that's the way
it's supposed to be,
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but sometimes the hired help
don't like to be reminded.
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Yeah? What about me?
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Oh, I think
you might be special.
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00:19:07,563 --> 00:19:11,399
You know,
there's a nice motel in Helena.
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It's got a heated pool, sauna,
the works.
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Great.
Just make sure you book two rooms.
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Victor-8-Foxtrot-Victor,
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we check you over Scott Bridge
at 4y000, leaving south.
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Okay, you too can be a drag racer!
235
00:20:31,981 --> 00:20:36,401
Rocket racing is handicap racing, and
that means that your wheels can compete.
236
00:20:36,485 --> 00:20:41,615
So don't just watch. Get in on
the action and run what ya brung!
237
00:21:00,593 --> 00:21:02,302
Where'd you get that from?
238
00:21:06,140 --> 00:21:09,059
Right now I'm asking you
to remember...
239
00:21:09,143 --> 00:21:11,622
that tonight, right after
the final top eliminator round,
240
00:21:11,646 --> 00:21:14,625
for those of you who dig boogeyin'
and boppin' and finger-poppin',
241
00:21:14,649 --> 00:21:20,403
there's gonna be dancing right out there on the track
to the music of the Big Sky Full Tilt Boogie Band!
242
00:21:20,529 --> 00:21:25,010
Now approaching the Christmas tree we have a Pontiac
G.T.O. looking hot and dirty in the right lane.
243
00:21:25,034 --> 00:21:29,537
And in the left lane we got a mild Mopar
lookin' cool and clean.
244
00:21:29,622 --> 00:21:33,375
There go the lights! There goes the G.T.O.!
245
00:21:46,055 --> 00:21:48,974
Well, folks, you can't win 'em all.
246
00:21:49,058 --> 00:21:51,476
It's been a bad day
for Mopars all around.
247
00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:53,979
Let's have a hand
for our friend in the Plymouth.
248
00:21:54,063 --> 00:21:56,147
Remember, fans,
that could happen to you.
249
00:21:56,232 --> 00:21:58,233
Better luck next time!
250
00:22:02,822 --> 00:22:06,324
All right, it's the Big Sky drag race!
251
00:22:06,409 --> 00:22:08,827
Fabulous, fantastic and terrific!
252
00:22:08,911 --> 00:22:12,497
Don't go away, fans, 'cause
there's lots more comin' right at ya!
253
00:22:12,581 --> 00:22:17,210
Mr. Slezak.
Nice turnout you got here today.
254
00:22:17,294 --> 00:22:19,212
So-so.
255
00:22:19,296 --> 00:22:22,215
I expected to see you
flying in this morning.
256
00:22:22,299 --> 00:22:26,428
I landed at the municipal airport.
I got some business in town, so I drove in.
257
00:22:26,554 --> 00:22:29,931
Lady at the gate tried
to get me to pay. Sorry.
258
00:22:30,057 --> 00:22:33,036
If I'd known you were comin', I
would've told her. No, no, that's okay.
259
00:22:33,060 --> 00:22:34,978
Make 'em pay.
260
00:22:35,062 --> 00:22:37,063
Speaking of paying-
261
00:22:42,111 --> 00:22:45,530
Jesus, Phil, you're killin' me
with this routine.
262
00:22:45,614 --> 00:22:47,532
This routine isn't killing you.
263
00:22:47,616 --> 00:22:51,953
Come on, hurry up, hurry up. I got people
waiting on me to tell 'em what to do.
264
00:23:07,887 --> 00:23:10,805
You know, I bet FastCo wouldn't
be too happy to find out...
265
00:23:10,890 --> 00:23:13,808
its own track rep
was on the take.
266
00:23:13,893 --> 00:23:15,810
You're gonna tell 'em?
267
00:23:15,895 --> 00:23:18,313
I ain't tellin' nobody nothin'.
268
00:23:18,397 --> 00:23:20,398
I was just supposin'.
269
00:23:21,650 --> 00:23:25,403
Slezak, look at this as an agent's
commission. It'll make you feel better.
270
00:23:25,488 --> 00:23:29,074
The FastCo team and Lonnie Johnson
sell tickets at this mosquito patch.
271
00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:32,619
If you don't want us to come-
I was only talkin', Phil.
272
00:23:32,703 --> 00:23:35,288
I won't rock the boat.
273
00:23:35,372 --> 00:23:37,290
Good.
274
00:23:37,374 --> 00:23:42,212
'Cause if you rock the boat and it tips
over, you'll be the first one to drown.
275
00:23:42,296 --> 00:23:44,297
Take care.
276
00:23:56,519 --> 00:23:59,646
Let's try 70. Can't hurt none.
277
00:23:59,730 --> 00:24:01,648
Lonnie.
278
00:24:01,732 --> 00:24:03,650
Hi, Glen.
Phil.
279
00:24:03,734 --> 00:24:06,713
I got a photographer waiting for you
in that shack they call the timing tower.
280
00:24:06,737 --> 00:24:10,050
So get something on that says "FastCo."
Be nice to him. He's syndicated. Okay?
281
00:24:10,074 --> 00:24:11,991
Okay, Phil.
282
00:24:12,076 --> 00:24:14,505
Look, Glen, I wasn't kidding
about that quadra-vane.
283
00:24:14,578 --> 00:24:17,497
You want it, you stick it on
there, it's yours. Thanks, man.
284
00:24:17,581 --> 00:24:19,499
Phil.
285
00:24:19,583 --> 00:24:22,335
Man just don't know
his own strength.
286
00:24:22,419 --> 00:24:24,629
Yeah, he's a good boy, Lonnie.
287
00:24:29,718 --> 00:24:33,388
That guy really burns my ass.
288
00:24:33,472 --> 00:24:35,723
Hey, Gary, check this out.
289
00:24:35,808 --> 00:24:38,143
It's that asshole Johnson.
290
00:24:41,897 --> 00:24:45,817
Well, you gotta take your rides
where you can get 'em.
291
00:24:45,901 --> 00:24:47,610
Gets 'em too easy.
292
00:24:47,695 --> 00:24:49,445
Guy's a joke, man.
293
00:24:49,530 --> 00:24:53,992
Yeah, but he sure does know
some nice-lookin' women, don't he?
294
00:24:54,076 --> 00:24:55,994
Well, he does.
295
00:24:56,078 --> 00:24:59,330
All right, all right!
It's summer! it's drag racin'!
296
00:24:59,415 --> 00:25:01,833
It's the Big Sky drag race!
297
00:25:01,917 --> 00:25:05,503
And you're watching the very last
of our single qualifying funny car runs!
298
00:26:57,324 --> 00:26:59,450
Hi.
299
00:27:00,869 --> 00:27:03,871
Hi, Billy.
Miss FastCo?
300
00:27:04,915 --> 00:27:06,958
How do I look?
It's terrific.
301
00:27:07,042 --> 00:27:09,419
I looked for you this morning
when we got in.
302
00:27:09,503 --> 00:27:13,131
Oh, yeah. My outfit
wasn't ready until lunchtime.
303
00:27:13,215 --> 00:27:17,593
And then Phil had me come over in a cab and
pose for pictures with Lonnie and stuff.
304
00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:20,805
It was real tight. So you and
Adamson getting along okay, are ya?
305
00:27:20,889 --> 00:27:24,642
Yeah, we get along okay.
He's pretty smooth.
306
00:27:24,727 --> 00:27:27,103
Oh, yeah.
307
00:27:27,229 --> 00:27:31,733
Well, listen, I gotta-You'll
be around? Yeah.
308
00:27:31,817 --> 00:27:33,985
I'm sorry I missed your race.
309
00:27:34,069 --> 00:27:36,321
That's okay.
It was only a qualifier.
310
00:27:36,405 --> 00:27:39,782
Great. Can I watch you fix your car
till Phil needs me again?
311
00:27:39,908 --> 00:27:42,910
Well, you're Miss FastCo,
aren't you? Sure am.
312
00:27:48,417 --> 00:27:51,753
Why don't we just step
into my office here and talk.
313
00:27:51,837 --> 00:27:54,005
Sounds serious.
314
00:27:54,089 --> 00:27:56,007
Just a little business.
315
00:27:56,091 --> 00:27:58,092
That's serious.
316
00:28:05,059 --> 00:28:07,226
What's on your mind, Phil?
317
00:28:07,311 --> 00:28:10,855
I got a problem, and you're
the only one that can help me.
318
00:28:10,939 --> 00:28:12,857
Well, sure. What is it?
319
00:28:12,941 --> 00:28:15,818
I don't normally bug you
with my problems.
320
00:28:15,944 --> 00:28:19,924
You're supposed to drive, I'm supposed to take care
of business. That's the way it's supposed to be.
321
00:28:19,948 --> 00:28:24,494
But I think I should let you know that the
boys from the front office in Kansas City...
322
00:28:24,578 --> 00:28:28,498
are putting on an awful lot of pressure
to drop the fuel dragster completely.
323
00:28:28,582 --> 00:28:30,458
Now, that's my problem.
324
00:28:30,584 --> 00:28:35,004
And I'm gonna go to the wall for you, Lonnie.
You're gonna get that car. Believe me.
325
00:28:36,215 --> 00:28:39,926
Great. Hey, look, Phil-
Look, I know you'll go to bat for me.
326
00:28:40,010 --> 00:28:41,928
Damn right.
327
00:28:42,012 --> 00:28:44,013
Let's talk about today.
328
00:28:45,307 --> 00:28:48,226
I can't let the Kid drive.
It's gotta be you.
329
00:28:48,310 --> 00:28:51,396
What, me in a funny car?
330
00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:55,233
Hey, Phil, look, I drive fuelers. It's
what I'm known for. it's what I do best.
331
00:28:55,317 --> 00:28:57,235
Lonnie, we don't have a fueler.
332
00:28:57,319 --> 00:28:59,737
I'm not blaming you
for what happened.
333
00:28:59,822 --> 00:29:04,242
It's just that those fans out there came
to see Lonnie Johnson drive, not the Kid.
334
00:29:04,326 --> 00:29:06,744
We owe 'em that.
335
00:29:06,829 --> 00:29:11,040
Phil, are you asking me
to take that kid's ride from him?
336
00:29:11,125 --> 00:29:13,042
Just for a couple of meets.
337
00:29:13,127 --> 00:29:16,879
Jim Cain at Redline says that
in three or four meets the car'll be ready.
338
00:29:16,964 --> 00:29:19,340
I mean, the Kid's
gotta pay his dues too.
339
00:29:19,425 --> 00:29:24,095
The bottom line is that he's not Lonnie
Johnson. There's nothing I can do about that.
340
00:29:24,179 --> 00:29:27,098
Oh, boy.
341
00:29:27,182 --> 00:29:29,225
That is gonna hurt.
342
00:29:29,309 --> 00:29:32,770
Hey, Phil, look, he's just starting
to fly, man. You know that.
343
00:29:35,149 --> 00:29:37,316
I'll tell you what.
344
00:29:37,401 --> 00:29:39,444
Why don't you talk to him.
345
00:29:39,528 --> 00:29:43,114
You're both drivers. He respects you-
Respects you? He idolizes you.
346
00:29:43,198 --> 00:29:46,200
I mean, if I talked to him
it wouldn't be the same thing.
347
00:29:50,706 --> 00:29:52,790
Two meets.
348
00:30:00,174 --> 00:30:02,508
Is that the gasoline?
349
00:30:02,593 --> 00:30:07,013
Well, no. They call these fuel cars
'cause they run on nitro-methane fuel.
350
00:30:07,097 --> 00:30:08,723
Oh.
351
00:30:08,849 --> 00:30:11,559
You want a sip?
No.
352
00:30:12,728 --> 00:30:14,645
No, it's not all nitro.
353
00:30:14,730 --> 00:30:17,940
It's about, 80%.
Or should be.
354
00:30:18,025 --> 00:30:19,942
About 20% alcohol.
355
00:30:20,027 --> 00:30:24,447
We try and mix it just before we race so
it doesn't go sour on us before we start.
356
00:30:24,531 --> 00:30:26,532
Yeah, that'll be okay.
357
00:30:27,576 --> 00:30:30,054
Every driver's got his own
special-special mixture...
358
00:30:30,078 --> 00:30:32,497
and, likes to do it himself.
359
00:30:32,581 --> 00:30:34,707
Except for the big-time drivers
like Lonnie.
360
00:30:34,791 --> 00:30:36,709
What does he do?
361
00:30:36,793 --> 00:30:38,794
Oh, he lets Elder do it.
362
00:30:40,005 --> 00:30:42,131
Guess they must really
trust each other?
363
00:30:42,216 --> 00:30:44,091
Yeah, I guess.
364
00:30:45,385 --> 00:30:47,261
Hi, kids.
Hi, Lonnie.
365
00:30:47,387 --> 00:30:49,263
Billy?
Yeah?
366
00:30:49,389 --> 00:30:52,934
I gotta talk to you alone.
Right now?
367
00:30:53,018 --> 00:30:55,478
Yeah, now.
368
00:31:03,987 --> 00:31:06,531
She's,
She's kinda cute, isn't she?
369
00:31:06,615 --> 00:31:09,325
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
370
00:31:09,409 --> 00:31:11,619
You, You like her?
371
00:31:12,621 --> 00:31:14,539
Yeah, I kinda do.
She's different.
372
00:31:14,623 --> 00:31:17,352
You didn't get me up here
to ask about Miss FastCo, did ya?
373
00:31:17,376 --> 00:31:19,961
No.
374
00:31:22,047 --> 00:31:23,965
Hey, how about a beer?
375
00:31:24,049 --> 00:31:26,175
Oh, no, thanks.
I got some adj-
376
00:31:26,260 --> 00:31:28,177
Billy, have a beer.
377
00:31:28,303 --> 00:31:30,638
Okay.
Good.
378
00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:33,558
I just,
379
00:31:33,642 --> 00:31:35,560
just got done talking
to Adamson.
380
00:31:35,644 --> 00:31:37,562
Yeah?
381
00:31:37,646 --> 00:31:39,564
Yeah. We got ourselves
a little problem.
382
00:31:39,648 --> 00:31:41,649
What?
383
00:31:44,111 --> 00:31:46,028
You're gonna be walking
for a while.
384
00:31:46,113 --> 00:31:48,114
Pardon?
385
00:31:49,283 --> 00:31:51,993
I said you're gonna
be walking for a while.
386
00:31:52,077 --> 00:31:54,495
What do you mean?
387
00:31:54,580 --> 00:31:56,122
I'm gonna drive the funny.
388
00:31:56,248 --> 00:31:58,583
You don't drive floppers.
Yeah, I do today.
389
00:31:58,667 --> 00:32:00,376
It's my car!
390
00:32:00,460 --> 00:32:05,089
Billy, it's just gonna be for a couple
of rides till I get the fueler back.
391
00:32:05,173 --> 00:32:08,259
Bullshit!
Come on, Billy.
392
00:32:08,343 --> 00:32:10,344
Come on, Lonnie!
393
00:32:12,598 --> 00:32:15,099
You used to be a real racer.
394
00:32:15,183 --> 00:32:19,103
And you used to be good. I used to read
about you when I was 12 years old, man.
395
00:32:19,187 --> 00:32:22,106
What do you wanna be,
a movie star?
396
00:32:22,190 --> 00:32:25,381
You wanna get your picture in the
papers? You wanna sign autographs?
397
00:32:25,444 --> 00:32:28,506
You wanna wave to the crowd?
You wanna get laid? Well, you got it.
398
00:32:28,530 --> 00:32:30,114
Billy-
399
00:32:30,198 --> 00:32:32,199
Jesus Christ!
400
00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:37,330
I'm sorry, Kid.
You're walking.
401
00:32:39,916 --> 00:32:43,628
I'll have your, I'll have your
clutch adjusted in about 20 minutes.
402
00:32:43,712 --> 00:32:45,630
Got about half an hour.
403
00:32:49,635 --> 00:32:53,679
Final round.
Gary Black is ready.
404
00:32:53,764 --> 00:32:56,766
FastCo funny car
to staging, please.
405
00:32:56,850 --> 00:33:01,062
Five minutes till the final
round of the funny car eliminator.
406
00:33:17,871 --> 00:33:19,789
And how 'bout it, race fans?
407
00:33:19,873 --> 00:33:22,208
It looks like we got a first here.
408
00:33:22,292 --> 00:33:26,379
Yes, yes, it looks like
Lonnie Lucky Many” Johnson himself...
409
00:33:26,463 --> 00:33:29,465
is gonna drive
the FastCo Firebird funny car.
410
00:33:29,591 --> 00:33:33,905
To my knowledge, this is Lonnie's first time ever
in a double-A funny car. What a place to start!
411
00:33:33,929 --> 00:33:37,453
Lonnie will be squaring off against
someone all funny car enthusiasts know-
412
00:33:37,516 --> 00:33:41,560
one of the toughest competitors in the
Pacific Northwest, Gary The Blacksmith” Black.
413
00:33:41,645 --> 00:33:43,562
So don't go away, folks!
414
00:33:43,647 --> 00:33:47,149
This just has to be
a ground-pounding track burner!
415
00:33:47,234 --> 00:33:50,653
Remember, it's all happening here
at Big Sky Dragways here in Montana,
416
00:33:50,737 --> 00:33:53,155
the Big Sky state!
417
00:35:40,806 --> 00:35:42,723
Bastards tried to burn him down.
418
00:35:42,808 --> 00:35:44,934
Yeah, that engine
got pretty damn hot.
419
00:35:45,060 --> 00:35:47,978
Sounds good anyway.
It'll be all right. Don't worry about it.
420
00:35:48,063 --> 00:35:50,064
Come on, Billy.
Get the lead out!
421
00:36:11,378 --> 00:36:16,841
Speeding with a flaming 221 miles an hour
through those tracks! What a bitchin' run!
422
00:36:28,895 --> 00:36:31,814
Not bad for a beginner,
boss man.
423
00:36:33,441 --> 00:36:36,819
- Well, how's it feel, Lon?
- Lumpy and squirrelly.
424
00:36:38,613 --> 00:36:41,532
Billy, how do you see
outta this thing?
425
00:36:41,616 --> 00:36:44,618
We can give you a bigger sunroof
if you want.
426
00:36:56,715 --> 00:36:59,884
All right, what's with
the last-minute driver switch?
427
00:36:59,968 --> 00:37:03,220
I thought I'd try something
slow and casual for a change.
428
00:37:03,305 --> 00:37:06,223
You think I'm racing
for trophies, man?
429
00:37:06,308 --> 00:37:10,644
I don't like losing funny car points
to a fueler pilot.
430
00:37:10,729 --> 00:37:12,980
Is that why you tried
to burn me down?
431
00:37:13,064 --> 00:37:16,567
Yeah, that's right. I take it
whatever way I can get it. I have to.
432
00:37:16,651 --> 00:37:18,736
I don't have oil barons
paying my way.
433
00:37:18,820 --> 00:37:22,740
Yeah, and you never will have
if you keep running that slow.
434
00:37:36,046 --> 00:37:38,339
It just ain't fair.
435
00:37:39,716 --> 00:37:43,469
It just ain't fair. You don't tear a
car out from under a guy like that.
436
00:37:43,595 --> 00:37:46,305
Damn right!
437
00:37:46,389 --> 00:37:49,308
I mean, I do all the work.
I run all the qualifiers.
438
00:37:49,392 --> 00:37:52,937
Then, bang! I'm out, he's in,
and he gets all the goddamn glory.
439
00:37:53,021 --> 00:37:55,898
Aw, look, Billy,
We're all in this together.
440
00:37:56,024 --> 00:37:58,692
Oh, listen-it's a team effort.
441
00:38:00,028 --> 00:38:03,007
Only thing you gotta remember
is, it's Lonnie's team. Damn right!
442
00:38:03,031 --> 00:38:04,949
You be quiet.
443
00:38:05,033 --> 00:38:08,638
I can get another ride, you know. Wouldn't be
no problem for me. Just like that. No problem.
444
00:38:08,662 --> 00:38:10,454
You could.
Maybe you ought to.
445
00:38:10,538 --> 00:38:13,040
I told you, be quiet!
446
00:38:15,752 --> 00:38:17,753
You lookee here, Billy.
447
00:38:19,172 --> 00:38:21,298
Lonnie's a pioneer.
You know what that means?
448
00:38:21,424 --> 00:38:23,342
Yeah. Yeah.
449
00:38:23,426 --> 00:38:26,405
That means that he was driving
while they was still running on gas.
450
00:38:26,429 --> 00:38:29,556
There wasn't no fuelers and funnies
in those days.
451
00:38:31,559 --> 00:38:34,061
You could do
a hell of a lot worse, you know.
452
00:38:35,146 --> 00:38:38,148
After all, you are running
with the Lucky Man.
453
00:38:43,738 --> 00:38:46,949
Yeah, I guess you're right.
I don't know. I'm just pissed off.
454
00:38:52,038 --> 00:38:54,915
I still say I could have
beaten that Blacksmith.
455
00:38:55,041 --> 00:38:57,626
I think you could have too.
Damn right.
456
00:39:07,345 --> 00:39:09,763
Hot damn!
Let's pick 'em up!
457
00:39:09,848 --> 00:39:13,976
Hey.
Semi's behind us. Give 'im room.
458
00:39:24,446 --> 00:39:26,447
Jesus Christ!
459
00:39:30,869 --> 00:39:33,871
What are you waitin' for?
Get the doors open.
460
00:39:37,042 --> 00:39:39,126
All right! Here they come!
461
00:39:39,210 --> 00:39:41,211
Don't like yours much.
462
00:39:59,731 --> 00:40:01,774
Howdy.
463
00:40:18,458 --> 00:40:21,877
You know, love can be
a wonderful thing...
464
00:40:21,961 --> 00:40:24,379
when you got two people meeting.
465
00:40:24,464 --> 00:40:27,174
Or three people.
466
00:40:29,177 --> 00:40:33,222
You know something?
I fell in love three times today.
467
00:40:33,306 --> 00:40:35,432
Come on, Billy!
468
00:40:35,558 --> 00:40:38,977
No, really. Three times?
There's only two of us.
469
00:40:39,062 --> 00:40:41,188
Who's the other girl?
470
00:40:44,067 --> 00:40:46,068
You know something, gang?
471
00:40:50,949 --> 00:40:54,451
There's a lot of junk you can put
down your pipes. You know what I mean?
472
00:40:55,578 --> 00:40:57,788
Now, I'm talking about the good stuff.
473
00:40:57,872 --> 00:41:00,374
You gotta take care
of your baby's engine.
474
00:41:00,458 --> 00:41:05,129
So I suggest you go like the pros
and go with FastCo...
475
00:41:05,213 --> 00:41:09,091
if you want that power,
that performance and that protection.
476
00:41:09,175 --> 00:41:11,176
Yeah?
477
00:41:15,765 --> 00:41:17,766
FastCo.
478
00:41:17,851 --> 00:41:20,519
This is what
all the pro racers use.
479
00:41:20,603 --> 00:41:22,521
FastCo motor treatment.
480
00:41:22,605 --> 00:41:25,482
All right!
481
00:41:33,074 --> 00:41:36,243
My boyfriend will kill me.
He hates FastCo.
482
00:41:36,327 --> 00:41:38,328
Oh, yeah?
483
00:41:38,413 --> 00:41:41,248
What'd you say your name was?
484
00:41:53,595 --> 00:41:57,472
We have your call to Redline, sir.
Good. Go ahead, please.
485
00:42:04,439 --> 00:42:07,024
Redline. Jim speaking.
Jimmy?
486
00:42:07,108 --> 00:42:09,693
Lonnie Johnson.
How you doin'?
487
00:42:09,777 --> 00:42:12,321
Lonnie!
Hey, just fine, man. Bitchin'.
488
00:42:12,447 --> 00:42:16,867
Where are you? Oh, I don't know. I'm on
the road somewhere, on my way to Spokane.
489
00:42:16,951 --> 00:42:20,287
Hey, I hear you're driving the flopper.
What's the world coming to?
490
00:42:20,371 --> 00:42:22,289
Well, it's only temporary,
491
00:42:22,373 --> 00:42:25,292
just till you guys
get me on the road again.
492
00:42:25,376 --> 00:42:27,794
That's what I called about, Jim.
493
00:42:27,879 --> 00:42:30,797
Look, I figured out
what's the matter with that blower.
494
00:42:30,882 --> 00:42:35,549
The damn thing is just too powerful and it generates
too much torque. It started flexing the frame.
495
00:42:35,595 --> 00:42:40,057
So all we gotta do is triangulate
the chassis, take the stress off,
496
00:42:40,141 --> 00:42:42,059
and we are home free.
497
00:42:42,143 --> 00:42:45,354
So FastCo's gonna let me
go ahead with the dragster?
498
00:42:45,438 --> 00:42:47,189
What do you mean?
499
00:42:47,273 --> 00:42:51,193
Well, you know. They canceled the
order a couple days after we talked.
500
00:42:51,277 --> 00:42:53,278
Jimmy, who canceled?
501
00:42:53,363 --> 00:42:56,073
Adamson.
I didn't even get the estimate done.
502
00:42:56,157 --> 00:42:58,408
Well, didn't they tell you?
503
00:43:08,628 --> 00:43:11,088
That's absolutely incredible!
504
00:43:11,172 --> 00:43:14,800
Ladies and gentlemen, that's Lonnie
Johnson's FastCo funny car back there.
505
00:43:14,884 --> 00:43:17,302
And this is Lonnie Johnson
in person!
506
00:43:17,387 --> 00:43:20,889
They'll be down at Spokane Raceway
this Saturday and Sunday,
507
00:43:20,974 --> 00:43:23,892
along with an international roster
of cars and drivers.
508
00:43:23,977 --> 00:43:27,437
It's all part of the exciting
and fast-growing sport of drag racing,
509
00:43:27,522 --> 00:43:29,940
and Lonnie Johnson here
is one of the veterans.
510
00:43:30,066 --> 00:43:32,734
Hi, Lonnie!
Nice to be here, Chuck.
511
00:43:32,860 --> 00:43:38,448
Lonnie, I've heard that this FastCo funny car of
yours does over 200 miles an hour. is that correct?
512
00:43:38,574 --> 00:43:40,909
Well, it'd better,
or I'm gonna lose.
513
00:43:41,035 --> 00:43:46,748
And who is this lady standing beside us here this
afternoon? That's Candy Allison, Miss FastCo.
514
00:43:46,874 --> 00:43:51,128
Well, good afternoon, Candy Allison,
and welcome to Spokane. Thanks, Chuck.
515
00:43:51,212 --> 00:43:54,131
I just wanna say
how happy I am to be here.
516
00:43:54,215 --> 00:43:56,800
And here's a FastCo decal
for your car!
517
00:43:56,884 --> 00:43:59,052
Well, thank you very kindly.
518
00:43:59,137 --> 00:44:02,283
And I'm sure we'll be seeing you
down at Spokane Raceway this weekend.
519
00:44:02,307 --> 00:44:06,310
You sure will, Chuck. And I hope
all you nice people will be there too.
520
00:44:06,394 --> 00:44:10,314
And remember, use FastCo motor
treatment for trouble-free motoring.
521
00:44:10,398 --> 00:44:14,568
Well, how about that, Lonnie?
You guys get paid to say that, don't you?
522
00:44:14,652 --> 00:44:18,007
How about that product? Is it really as
good as you say? Do you really use it?
523
00:44:18,031 --> 00:44:20,949
Oh, yeah, Chuck.
I use it all the time.
524
00:44:21,034 --> 00:44:25,203
It's the best product I know to keep
my toilet unclogged and free-runnin'.
525
00:44:25,288 --> 00:44:29,416
Well, that's Lonnie Johnson for you,
ladies and gentlemen.
526
00:44:29,500 --> 00:44:31,626
A great kidder
as well as a great driver.
527
00:44:31,711 --> 00:44:35,047
And speaking of driving
just for a minute more here, Lonnie,
528
00:44:35,131 --> 00:44:39,111
I've heard in drag racing circles that some people
say Lonnie Johnson is a bit more of a showman...
529
00:44:39,135 --> 00:44:41,053
than a serious driver.
530
00:44:41,137 --> 00:44:44,056
Now, how would you reply
to a statement like that, Lonnie?
531
00:44:44,140 --> 00:44:46,058
Just like this, Chuck.
532
00:44:46,142 --> 00:44:50,354
And, and remember, folksy every
morning a tall, cool glass of FastCo...
533
00:44:50,438 --> 00:44:54,524
is gonna keep you regular and raunchy
till way after sundown.
534
00:44:54,609 --> 00:44:56,193
Y'all keep smilin'.
535
00:44:56,277 --> 00:44:59,529
Ladies and gentlemen,
Lonnie Johnson along with Candy Allison.
536
00:44:59,614 --> 00:45:02,699
They'll be down at the Spokane Raceway
this Saturday and Sunday.
537
00:45:02,784 --> 00:45:05,577
Another segment
Of Channel 5's sport profile!
538
00:45:05,661 --> 00:45:09,039
He's been pretty tractable up to now.
What's gone wrong?
539
00:45:09,123 --> 00:45:12,751
Between you and me? His career
is over, and he can't handle it.
540
00:45:12,835 --> 00:45:16,546
He drinks, he crashes,
he alienates other members of the team,
541
00:45:16,631 --> 00:45:19,299
he refuses to drive the funny car.
542
00:45:19,384 --> 00:45:21,802
Blair, we've gotta go
with another driver.
543
00:45:21,886 --> 00:45:24,805
I was thinking of Gary Black.
Do you know him?
544
00:45:24,889 --> 00:45:26,807
Number one
in the Pacific Northwest.
545
00:45:26,891 --> 00:45:29,684
With FastCo behind him
we could have a championship.
546
00:45:29,769 --> 00:45:35,649
Okay, Phil. The burden of proof that we've
gotta make this move will be on your shoulders.
547
00:45:35,733 --> 00:45:38,360
That's where I like it, Blair.
Good.
548
00:45:38,444 --> 00:45:41,279
I'll be seeing you soon.
Take care, Blair.
549
00:45:55,420 --> 00:45:57,921
Are we still going out
with Chuck Randall?
550
00:45:58,005 --> 00:46:00,298
No, you're going out
with Chuck Randall.
551
00:46:00,383 --> 00:46:03,176
I'm, taking care
of some paperwork.
552
00:46:04,887 --> 00:46:07,597
I'm not going out
with Chuck Randall by myself.
553
00:46:07,682 --> 00:46:10,100
Why not? He likes you.
He told me so.
554
00:46:10,184 --> 00:46:11,560
I don't want to.
555
00:46:13,855 --> 00:46:16,314
Look,
556
00:46:16,399 --> 00:46:19,568
I want Randall
to redo that interview.
557
00:46:19,694 --> 00:46:22,529
I want you to soften
him up. "Soften him up."
558
00:46:22,613 --> 00:46:24,531
That's what I said.
559
00:46:24,615 --> 00:46:26,533
It's public relations.
560
00:46:26,617 --> 00:46:28,743
Those aren't the kind
that worry me, Phil.
561
00:46:29,871 --> 00:46:31,788
It's your job.
562
00:46:31,873 --> 00:46:35,250
Screwing Chuck Randall
is not part of my job.
563
00:46:35,334 --> 00:46:38,545
- It is if you want to keep it.
- Then I don't want to keep it.
564
00:46:38,629 --> 00:46:41,465
Then you're fired.
565
00:46:41,549 --> 00:46:43,550
Then I'm fired.
566
00:47:25,092 --> 00:47:27,594
Hey, Phil, what's happening?
567
00:47:27,678 --> 00:47:29,679
Gary.
568
00:47:29,764 --> 00:47:31,723
How you feel about
the meet this weekend?
569
00:47:31,807 --> 00:47:33,808
You think you can take it?
570
00:47:33,893 --> 00:47:36,353
Well, I'll tell you, Phil.
I know I can take it.
571
00:47:36,437 --> 00:47:38,897
Damn right.
572
00:47:40,107 --> 00:47:43,068
That just goes to show you
you can win and still be a loser.
573
00:47:43,194 --> 00:47:46,112
Screw you, Phil.
It's true.
574
00:47:46,197 --> 00:47:49,674
I put some of that shit of yours in my car,
and it hasn't run right since.
575
00:47:49,742 --> 00:47:53,161
Serves you right.
You should know better.
576
00:47:54,872 --> 00:47:57,499
You mind?
Yeah, I mind.
577
00:47:57,583 --> 00:48:00,062
I just wanna talk to your boss
for a few minutes alone.
578
00:48:00,086 --> 00:48:02,462
Cool it, Stoner.
579
00:48:07,051 --> 00:48:09,970
All right, Phil,
what the hell do you want?
580
00:48:12,640 --> 00:48:15,725
FastCo is interested in your future.
581
00:48:15,810 --> 00:48:19,187
Yeah. What about Johnson?
582
00:48:19,272 --> 00:48:22,524
Well, we're a big company.
We have lots of interests.
583
00:48:22,608 --> 00:48:25,569
Johnson's one.
584
00:48:25,653 --> 00:48:27,737
But he's getting old...
585
00:48:27,822 --> 00:48:29,823
and cranky.
586
00:48:31,492 --> 00:48:35,328
We're always looking
for new winners.
587
00:48:35,413 --> 00:48:38,164
Right now we're looking
for a funny car winner.
588
00:48:40,334 --> 00:48:43,169
Man, I think I would kill
for that semi.
589
00:48:43,254 --> 00:48:46,256
That's good to hear, Gary,
but you don't have to.
590
00:48:46,340 --> 00:48:50,677
All you have to do is sign a long-term
contract with FastCo, and it's yours.
591
00:48:52,346 --> 00:48:56,975
We'll even repaint it for you in your
colors in time for the meet this weekend.
592
00:48:57,059 --> 00:48:59,060
You're serious about
dumping Johnson?
593
00:49:00,062 --> 00:49:01,771
It's up to you.
594
00:49:18,372 --> 00:49:20,540
Hey, Lonnie.
595
00:49:22,043 --> 00:49:24,044
I'd say he's not here.
596
00:49:28,215 --> 00:49:31,509
And if he's not here,
I don't know where he is.
597
00:49:34,388 --> 00:49:36,848
Oh, God.
598
00:49:36,974 --> 00:49:39,684
I think I drunk too much.
599
00:49:39,769 --> 00:49:41,770
I think you did.
600
00:49:44,106 --> 00:49:46,983
I guess you're leaving?
601
00:49:47,068 --> 00:49:49,527
What, are you trying
to get rid of me?
602
00:49:49,612 --> 00:49:52,530
Well, you said you quit.
You ain't got no job.
603
00:49:52,615 --> 00:49:54,616
Yeah, I did say that.
604
00:49:56,160 --> 00:49:59,496
You wanna-You wanna
wait with me for Lonnie?
605
00:49:59,580 --> 00:50:01,581
It could take all night.
606
00:50:02,958 --> 00:50:05,085
I like it
when it takes all night.
607
00:50:06,420 --> 00:50:07,921
What?
608
00:50:08,005 --> 00:50:09,964
You know what I mean?
609
00:50:10,091 --> 00:50:12,092
I think I do.
I think you do.
610
00:51:50,357 --> 00:51:52,734
I'm so glad
you decided to invite me up.
611
00:51:52,860 --> 00:51:55,069
What the hell is going on?
Billy!
612
00:51:55,154 --> 00:51:57,822
Lonnie!
613
00:51:59,450 --> 00:52:02,660
Oh, Billy! I didn't
know you were comin'.
614
00:52:02,745 --> 00:52:05,413
Oh! Here I thought
I'd interrupted something.
615
00:52:05,498 --> 00:52:07,916
No, no.
Oh!
616
00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:10,960
I came by looking for Lonnie
last night, and he wasn't here.
617
00:52:11,045 --> 00:52:13,254
And, we just
kind of fell into bed.
618
00:52:16,050 --> 00:52:19,552
Yeah. Oh, this is Candy. Hi.
619
00:52:19,678 --> 00:52:21,638
Hi.
Sammy.
620
00:52:42,409 --> 00:52:44,410
No comment.
621
00:52:47,832 --> 00:52:50,166
Lonnie!
622
00:52:50,251 --> 00:52:52,585
Oh! Oh, babe!
623
00:52:54,255 --> 00:52:57,507
It took you long enough to get
here, didn't it? Oh, Lonnie, listen.
624
00:52:57,591 --> 00:52:59,217
You got heavy problems.
625
00:52:59,301 --> 00:53:03,429
Candy overheard a conversation with Adamson
in Kansas City about dropping the team.
626
00:53:05,266 --> 00:53:08,935
We'll-Why don't we
worry about that later?
627
00:53:09,061 --> 00:53:11,688
No, I think we should
worry about it now. Billy!
628
00:53:14,900 --> 00:53:17,527
All right.
629
00:53:22,283 --> 00:53:23,616
Look, Lonnie-You out.
630
00:53:23,701 --> 00:53:25,410
All right.
631
00:53:25,536 --> 00:53:27,495
You in.
632
00:53:44,889 --> 00:53:49,475
Good morning, and welcome to Spokane
Raceway here in Spokane, Washington.
633
00:53:49,560 --> 00:53:52,186
We're all set today
with a full slate of racing,
634
00:53:52,271 --> 00:53:55,398
including those fantastic
space-heating machines,
635
00:53:55,482 --> 00:53:58,651
the super-charged,
nitro-burning funny car.
636
00:53:58,736 --> 00:54:00,737
"Look for Gary ' The Blacksmith" Black,
637
00:54:00,821 --> 00:54:05,116
known throughout the Pacific Northwest,
in the hot Pacemaker Vega...
638
00:54:05,200 --> 00:54:08,745
to be running Lonnie Lucky Man” Johnson
in the funny car eliminator.
639
00:54:10,331 --> 00:54:13,917
Okay, racers,
let's get those cars out of the pits.
640
00:54:14,001 --> 00:54:16,669
We need Pro Eliminator
to lane number one,
641
00:54:16,754 --> 00:54:18,755
Heavy Eliminator
to lane number two.
642
00:54:25,512 --> 00:54:29,223
You know, it's criminal to keep
a lover like you on the road for so long.
643
00:54:30,309 --> 00:54:32,268
Well, maybe your troubles are over.
644
00:54:32,353 --> 00:54:37,148
I don't need that.
I'm a big girl now, Lonnie.
645
00:54:42,196 --> 00:54:47,283
Hey, I knew what I was getting into.
Maybe just not for how long.
646
00:54:47,368 --> 00:54:50,954
No. I mean it, babe. I-
647
00:54:51,038 --> 00:54:54,290
I really think I wanna quit.
648
00:54:54,375 --> 00:54:57,961
You know, if it's really
that important to 'em-
649
00:54:58,045 --> 00:55:01,965
Adamson and Gary Black and the Kid-
well, let 'em have it.
650
00:55:02,049 --> 00:55:04,676
'Cause what do I need it for?
651
00:55:06,053 --> 00:55:11,641
You know, I used to drag
on the river road for-for Coca-Colas,
652
00:55:11,725 --> 00:55:13,768
and I thought
I never wanted to quit.
653
00:55:13,852 --> 00:55:15,895
Hey.
654
00:55:17,106 --> 00:55:20,650
If all it took to get you to come home
was a little good lovin'...
655
00:55:20,734 --> 00:55:23,736
why didn't you call me
a hell of a lot sooner?
656
00:55:25,072 --> 00:55:27,657
Maybe I should've.
657
00:55:36,583 --> 00:55:39,836
Lonnie, I wanna talk to you.
658
00:55:39,920 --> 00:55:41,754
Privately.
659
00:55:46,427 --> 00:55:51,389
This is the second time in two weeks
you walk in here without knocking.
660
00:55:51,473 --> 00:55:54,100
This is where I live.
It's my home.
661
00:55:55,769 --> 00:55:59,897
Yeah? Maybe it is, and maybe it isn't.
That's what I came to talk to you about.
662
00:56:01,942 --> 00:56:06,112
- Yeah, well, I would like to talk to you first.
- I'm not interested.
663
00:56:07,197 --> 00:56:10,616
I wanna talk to you
about hurting people.
664
00:56:12,077 --> 00:56:14,579
You know, you're out
of your goddamn mind, Johnson.
665
00:56:14,663 --> 00:56:17,498
You're out of your mind,
and you're over the hill.
666
00:56:17,583 --> 00:56:20,543
First you turn my trailer
into a goddamn whorehouse.
667
00:56:20,627 --> 00:56:22,754
Now it's an insane asylum.
668
00:56:31,805 --> 00:56:36,100
Oh, baby, you're finished.
You got it?
669
00:56:37,519 --> 00:56:41,856
Finished.
Adamson, take a look around you.
670
00:56:41,940 --> 00:56:44,400
There's all of us,
and then there's you.
671
00:56:44,485 --> 00:56:49,989
Now, we're gonna run that car,
and you ain't gonna stop us.
672
00:57:02,002 --> 00:57:04,003
You're all finished.
673
00:57:05,255 --> 00:57:07,548
Gee.
674
00:57:07,633 --> 00:57:10,218
Lonnie must've done something
to get him mad.
675
00:57:26,652 --> 00:57:30,363
Meatball, I'd like
to talk to you for a minute.
676
00:57:33,200 --> 00:57:37,453
Hey, Meaty you ain't going no place
till you're finished with that oil pan.
677
00:57:37,538 --> 00:57:39,539
I'm done, Stoner.
678
00:57:46,004 --> 00:57:48,131
Got a little job for you.
679
00:57:52,886 --> 00:57:57,140
All right, now, we're all set to go
with the funny car action.
680
00:57:57,224 --> 00:57:59,976
Gary Black is suiting up
in the spectator lane,
681
00:58:00,060 --> 00:58:04,230
while over on the tower side,
it's the Lucky Man, Lonnie Johnson.
682
00:58:04,314 --> 00:58:07,441
Okay, the drivers
are getting in their cars.
683
00:58:07,526 --> 00:58:10,111
The pit crew's making
last-minute adjustments...
684
00:58:10,195 --> 00:58:12,864
to these incredibly
powerful machines.
685
00:58:16,743 --> 00:58:20,329
The starters are hooked on.
The drivers are buckled in, secured.
686
00:58:20,414 --> 00:58:23,040
They get tossed around
pretty good out there.
687
00:58:23,167 --> 00:58:25,960
Tough, tough job. Tough.
688
00:59:11,715 --> 00:59:14,634
Look for Gary 'The Blacksmith' Black
in the spectator lane,
689
00:59:14,718 --> 00:59:18,763
running Lonnie ' Lucky Many' Johnson
in the funny car eliminator.
690
00:59:43,622 --> 00:59:45,873
Oh! Lonnie Johnson goes
through the trap!
691
00:59:45,958 --> 00:59:47,291
Let's go! Let's go!
692
00:59:47,376 --> 00:59:50,091
But he punches his fire buttons
and knocks the flame down.
693
01:00:02,349 --> 01:00:07,561
He's all right. His on board fire extinguishers
have done their job, and the fire is out.
694
01:00:07,646 --> 01:00:10,648
Lonnie Johnson is perfectly okay.
He's all right.
695
01:00:10,732 --> 01:00:15,278
He even managed
a respectable E.T. of 7.26...
696
01:00:15,362 --> 01:00:17,571
at 164 miles an hour.
697
01:00:17,656 --> 01:00:20,283
Not bad for a man
fighting a fire in his seat.
698
01:00:20,367 --> 01:00:22,618
But not good enough
to beat Gary Black,
699
01:00:22,703 --> 01:00:26,789
who has avenged his loss to the Lucky Man
at Big Sky last week...
700
01:00:26,873 --> 01:00:31,043
taking this one with an E.T. of6.62.
701
01:00:35,215 --> 01:00:38,217
Lonnie, you okay?
Yeah, I'm fine.
702
01:00:40,053 --> 01:00:42,471
That engine blow up on you?
I don't know.
703
01:00:42,556 --> 01:00:45,057
She was strong
until I shut it down.
704
01:00:47,978 --> 01:00:49,937
Somebody got to us, right?
705
01:00:50,063 --> 01:00:53,858
What's he talking about,
Lonnie? I don't know.
706
01:01:06,079 --> 01:01:08,164
Hey, what happened to Johnson?
707
01:01:08,248 --> 01:01:11,167
- He caught fire.
- Let's go check it out, man.
708
01:01:11,251 --> 01:01:15,129
- Let him fry.
- Hey, man, cool it.
709
01:01:15,213 --> 01:01:17,214
Geez, Meat.
710
01:01:18,300 --> 01:01:20,301
Aw, shit.
711
01:01:24,723 --> 01:01:26,724
Lift it up.
712
01:01:28,852 --> 01:01:30,853
Hey, what the hell happened?
713
01:01:30,937 --> 01:01:33,022
That's beautiful.
714
01:01:33,106 --> 01:01:35,107
We got stiffed.
That's what happened.
715
01:01:35,192 --> 01:01:37,420
- You watch your ass, you little suck.
- Back off Meatball.
716
01:01:37,444 --> 01:01:39,236
Hey.
717
01:01:42,699 --> 01:01:44,700
Gary.
718
01:01:46,078 --> 01:01:49,080
Hey, Johnson, I don't have
to kill you to beat you.
719
01:01:52,793 --> 01:01:56,295
I know you don't.
720
01:01:59,466 --> 01:02:01,634
Come on, Kid.
721
01:02:12,396 --> 01:02:15,481
Goddamn valve cover
gasket's missing, Lon.
722
01:02:19,319 --> 01:02:21,737
Okay, load her up.
723
01:02:21,822 --> 01:02:24,156
You're fired.
724
01:02:26,952 --> 01:02:29,620
Hey, what the hell are you doing,
you son of a-
725
01:02:29,704 --> 01:02:32,331
Lon.
726
01:02:37,295 --> 01:02:39,422
What are you waiting for?
727
01:02:57,858 --> 01:03:00,526
Come on, big man.
Come on now.
728
01:03:16,793 --> 01:03:19,503
How you doing, Lonnie?
729
01:03:21,047 --> 01:03:24,133
Hey, Elder thinks he can get me a job
with Domestic Auto parts.
730
01:03:24,217 --> 01:03:26,635
Oh, no, Billy.
731
01:03:26,720 --> 01:03:28,762
It's all right.
The money's decent.
732
01:03:28,847 --> 01:03:33,267
Besides, I think I can drive locally on the
weekends. Some guy's got double-Bys here.
733
01:03:36,229 --> 01:03:39,732
Wouldn't you rather go racing with me
at Edmonton next week?
734
01:03:40,901 --> 01:03:44,403
Shit, yeah.
But we ain't got no car.
735
01:03:46,114 --> 01:03:50,826
We got a car. It's just been stolen.
All we have to do is find it.
736
01:05:04,943 --> 01:05:08,381
The competition's tough out there.
Cars are all good. Drivers are all good.
737
01:05:08,405 --> 01:05:11,824
You need an edge, something
that will put you over the top.
738
01:05:11,908 --> 01:05:13,970
Now, I got the best
power plant on the circuit.
739
01:05:13,994 --> 01:05:17,580
And with the kind of performance that
FastCo gives me, nobody can touch me.
740
01:05:24,004 --> 01:05:27,256
We won the Funny Car Nationals
on Sunday with this machine here.
741
01:05:27,340 --> 01:05:30,259
Yeah, we're staying
at the Sandman inn, Room 237.
742
01:05:30,343 --> 01:05:33,470
I don't know why Lonnie
wanted us to come down here for.
743
01:05:33,555 --> 01:05:35,639
We should be out
looking for the car.
744
01:05:35,724 --> 01:05:40,477
Look, somebody knows where that car is,
and that somebody's gonna be here for sure.
745
01:05:43,857 --> 01:05:47,096
Shit, look at this. Come here.
Can you believe this? it's right here.
746
01:05:54,451 --> 01:05:56,285
Hi, fellas.
747
01:05:56,369 --> 01:05:59,204
Hey, Meatball.
Looking pretty cute?
748
01:05:59,289 --> 01:06:01,373
Don't worry.
Don't worry.
749
01:06:07,881 --> 01:06:11,425
Well, I wish there was something
I could do to help, Lonnie.
750
01:06:11,509 --> 01:06:14,136
There is.
You can get me another beer.
751
01:06:15,680 --> 01:06:19,141
- We found our funny car.
- What? Where?
752
01:06:19,225 --> 01:06:22,204
Adamson's got it on display at
the car show, right out in the open.
753
01:06:22,228 --> 01:06:25,189
- Is it hurt? They butcher it?
- No, it looks fine.
754
01:06:27,400 --> 01:06:30,903
I'll tell you what. He's got
more balls than brains. No shit.
755
01:06:30,987 --> 01:06:35,366
Make us sick to see it.
It's all roped off and propped up.
756
01:06:35,450 --> 01:06:36,950
Well...
757
01:06:40,246 --> 01:06:42,164
let's go get her.
758
01:06:42,248 --> 01:06:45,853
Go get her? What are you gonna do,
walk in there and stuff it in your pocket?
759
01:06:45,877 --> 01:06:48,420
It's a car, isn't it?
760
01:06:48,505 --> 01:06:51,340
I'm gonna drive that sucker out.
761
01:06:51,424 --> 01:06:55,719
Eighteen, this is Central. Check in.
762
01:07:30,547 --> 01:07:32,548
Did he see us?
763
01:07:34,092 --> 01:07:37,302
- Yeah. He's coming over.
- Okay, come on.
764
01:08:19,971 --> 01:08:23,140
Okay, hit it.
765
01:09:21,032 --> 01:09:23,033
Okay, let's lift it.
766
01:09:24,619 --> 01:09:26,870
Get it up.
767
01:09:26,955 --> 01:09:29,665
Up you go, Lon.
That's it.
768
01:09:35,088 --> 01:09:38,006
Hey, guys.
Terrific.
769
01:09:38,091 --> 01:09:40,092
Food!
770
01:12:33,516 --> 01:12:38,395
Do you, Do you ever think about
when we was on the road together?
771
01:12:38,479 --> 01:12:41,690
Yeah. I think about it.
772
01:12:41,774 --> 01:12:44,943
Did you ever,
773
01:12:45,028 --> 01:12:47,362
Did you ever think
about doing it again?
774
01:12:48,990 --> 01:12:50,782
No.
775
01:12:52,285 --> 01:12:54,286
No, I didn't, Lonnie.
776
01:12:55,913 --> 01:12:58,040
How about you?
777
01:12:58,124 --> 01:13:01,585
You wanna spend the next
10 years of your life on the circuit?
778
01:13:03,379 --> 01:13:08,592
Well, only when I'm driving,
But,
779
01:13:08,676 --> 01:13:10,802
you know, I got
my people to take care of.
780
01:13:13,097 --> 01:13:15,807
Yeah, I know all about that.
781
01:13:17,185 --> 01:13:20,228
Hey. You're gonna build
a new fueler?
782
01:13:20,313 --> 01:13:22,647
Yeah. You bet.
783
01:13:22,732 --> 01:13:25,233
Where are you
gonna get the money?
784
01:13:25,318 --> 01:13:29,529
Hey, look, I wasn't too bad
at hustling rides before FastCo.
785
01:13:29,614 --> 01:13:32,074
I'm not ashamed to do it again.
786
01:13:33,743 --> 01:13:37,412
Just so long as it's my own ride...
787
01:13:37,497 --> 01:13:39,581
and my own way.
788
01:13:40,750 --> 01:13:45,087
Well, if you ever do decide
to set up a shop,
789
01:13:45,171 --> 01:13:50,092
something like
Lonnie Johnson Racing Engines”...
790
01:13:50,218 --> 01:13:53,720
Hey, Seattle's not a bad spot.
791
01:13:53,805 --> 01:13:56,598
My neighborhood ain't exactly
in a bad part of town.
792
01:13:58,309 --> 01:14:02,104
Sam, if I ever do.
793
01:14:02,188 --> 01:14:04,231
If I ever do.
794
01:14:51,445 --> 01:14:54,017
All right, this is it,
the one you've been waiting for.
795
01:14:54,073 --> 01:14:57,450
The FastCo Funny Car
Challenge of the Champions.
796
01:14:57,535 --> 01:15:01,329
Let's take a look, see who we got down
there now. Hey, it's gonna be a scorcher.
797
01:15:01,414 --> 01:15:04,499
We've got the brand-new
FastCo Vega funny car...
798
01:15:04,584 --> 01:15:08,003
driven by one of the funny car warriors
of a way back.
799
01:15:08,087 --> 01:15:11,631
I'm talking
about Gary "The Blacksmith" Black.
800
01:15:11,716 --> 01:15:14,301
We've got him here right today
with us now.
801
01:15:14,385 --> 01:15:19,389
As a matter of fact, we've even got a man
here today that nobody expected to see.
802
01:15:19,473 --> 01:15:21,850
It's a man that everybody knows...
803
01:15:21,934 --> 01:15:25,729
even though he's one of the newest
funny car pilots on the circuit today,
804
01:15:25,813 --> 01:15:30,358
a man whose entry crossed my desk
just a few hours ago.
805
01:15:30,443 --> 01:15:34,905
You know who I'm talking about. The Lucky
Man is here. Lonnie Johnson will be here.
806
01:15:35,031 --> 01:15:40,493
He'll be driving the ex-FastCo double-A
fuel funny car as an independent today...
807
01:15:40,578 --> 01:15:42,537
for the very first time,
808
01:15:42,622 --> 01:15:45,540
I knew you'd like that one.
809
01:17:14,213 --> 01:17:17,257
Now this is
a very interesting development.
810
01:17:17,341 --> 01:17:21,154
As a matter of fact, I'd feel safe in calling
this a grudge match for top eliminator
811
01:17:21,178 --> 01:17:25,307
in the next and final round
of funny car flying.
812
01:17:25,391 --> 01:17:29,519
It's gonna be Gary Black
versus Lonnie "Lucky Man" Johnson.
813
01:17:35,818 --> 01:17:37,777
Elder.
814
01:17:37,903 --> 01:17:42,426
We're still a tenth of a second off our best time
with that quadra-valve. Yeah, I know that, Lonnie.
815
01:17:42,450 --> 01:17:46,494
What are we doing about it?
What's the read, Billy boy?
816
01:17:46,579 --> 01:17:48,496
Hold on a second.
817
01:17:48,581 --> 01:17:50,332
Eighty-two.
818
01:17:50,416 --> 01:17:54,002
Bump it up to 88 or 89
and throw in a label.
819
01:17:54,086 --> 01:17:56,254
Think you can
handle that, big man?
820
01:17:57,673 --> 01:18:00,467
I don't know.
Why don't you ask the Kid?
821
01:18:01,719 --> 01:18:03,970
He's driving.
822
01:18:05,890 --> 01:18:09,476
- You still got a fire sunt?
- Oh, yeah. Sure.
823
01:18:09,560 --> 01:18:12,228
Yeah sure.
You heard the man.
824
01:18:13,481 --> 01:18:15,690
Well?
825
01:18:24,283 --> 01:18:26,701
I had a feeling.
Got it covered, man.
826
01:18:26,786 --> 01:18:29,548
I'm gonna put him on the trailer
in front of 20,000 people.
827
01:18:29,622 --> 01:18:32,540
I want that son of a bitch. No.
828
01:18:32,625 --> 01:18:35,126
You don't want a fuss
in front of the cameras.
829
01:18:58,067 --> 01:19:00,151
Don't sweat it, Phil.
830
01:19:00,236 --> 01:19:04,823
Johnson's gonna be staring at my
wheelie bars all the way down the stripe.
831
01:19:04,907 --> 01:19:07,909
Semi-final time was. 3
better than yours, Gary.
832
01:19:07,993 --> 01:19:11,413
Yeah, well,
I didn't have it dialed in yet.
833
01:19:11,497 --> 01:19:14,624
I'll tell you, I'm gonna blow
his doors right off, man.
834
01:19:22,591 --> 01:19:24,592
Meatball, what do you got?
835
01:19:27,513 --> 01:19:30,014
Got something real nice
for you, Mr. Adamson.
836
01:19:33,352 --> 01:19:35,145
I'm working on it.
837
01:19:37,273 --> 01:19:41,401
All you got to do is make sure
Gary is in the left lane and he can't lose.
838
01:19:44,697 --> 01:19:48,450
- What's that gonna accomplish?
- Don't worry about it.
839
01:19:48,534 --> 01:19:52,245
It's got real class.
Just leave it to Meatball.
840
01:19:52,329 --> 01:19:55,123
What the hell
are you talking about?
841
01:19:57,543 --> 01:20:00,353
I don't know what's going on here, man,
but I don't like it.
842
01:20:02,256 --> 01:20:05,925
You just drive, Gary,
That's what you're good at.
843
01:20:29,909 --> 01:20:33,411
All right, teens, queens, guys and
bluejeans, Are you ready? This is it!
844
01:20:33,496 --> 01:20:37,624
The one you've been waiting for.
The final two nitro fifties are paired off.
845
01:20:37,708 --> 01:20:39,626
And we're ready
for the final round.
846
01:20:39,710 --> 01:20:43,004
Of the FastCo Funny Car
Challenge of the Champions.
847
01:20:43,088 --> 01:20:46,568
Let's see who we've got down at the
starting line. It is going to be a scorcher.
848
01:20:46,592 --> 01:20:52,013
We've got the new FastCo Vega Funny car
driven by Gary "The Blacksmith" Black,
849
01:20:52,097 --> 01:20:54,724
going up against the former
FastCo Firebird funny car.
850
01:20:54,850 --> 01:20:56,935
Hi, Gary.
Howdy.
851
01:20:57,019 --> 01:20:59,521
How are we doing?
Real good.
852
01:20:59,605 --> 01:21:01,856
Who's gonna call it?
I guess that's us.
853
01:21:01,941 --> 01:21:03,566
Call it.
854
01:21:03,692 --> 01:21:05,151
Heads.
Heads.
855
01:21:06,445 --> 01:21:09,155
It's heads: Your choice.
All right.
856
01:21:09,240 --> 01:21:11,908
- Left lane.
- Good luck, guys.
857
01:21:29,426 --> 01:21:31,886
We seem to have
an apparent malfunction
858
01:21:31,971 --> 01:21:35,181
of our time equipment
up here in the tower.
859
01:21:35,266 --> 01:21:37,786
There seems to be a little confusion
down there on the track
860
01:21:37,810 --> 01:21:40,728
as to which cars got which lanes.
861
01:21:40,813 --> 01:21:42,814
Billy. Right lane.
862
01:21:42,898 --> 01:21:44,899
What are you talking about?
863
01:21:44,984 --> 01:21:47,235
What are you talking about?
What's this?
864
01:21:47,319 --> 01:21:49,923
Hey, man, we screwed up. There
wasn't supposed to be a toss.
865
01:21:49,947 --> 01:21:53,116
FastCo rules are the slow car
gets the lane choice.
866
01:21:53,200 --> 01:21:57,954
No way, man! No way! You
can't do this! What are you trying-
867
01:21:58,038 --> 01:22:00,748
All right, all right, all right.
Okay, okay.
868
01:22:00,874 --> 01:22:03,751
Come on, I got you, come on.
869
01:22:03,836 --> 01:22:05,920
You get in there and you drive.
870
01:22:06,005 --> 01:22:08,006
Billy!
871
01:22:11,844 --> 01:22:15,888
And a last-minute lane switch like this
could make the drivers a little uneasy.
872
01:22:15,973 --> 01:22:19,160
But I think they've got it all sorted
out. I think they're ready to go.
873
01:22:19,184 --> 01:22:23,229
All right, get this, Billy Brooker
will be running in the tower lane,
874
01:22:23,314 --> 01:22:26,399
and Gary "The Blacksmith" Black
will be in the left lane.
875
01:22:37,369 --> 01:22:39,495
Where the hell's Meatball?
876
01:22:40,789 --> 01:22:42,790
Forget about it.
877
01:22:42,875 --> 01:22:45,293
Forget about it?
878
01:22:45,377 --> 01:22:48,588
Yeah.
God.
879
01:23:15,908 --> 01:23:18,159
All right, they seem
to be ready to go.
880
01:23:18,243 --> 01:23:21,829
Engines are fired up. The fiberglass
bodies are lowered over the drivers.
881
01:23:50,359 --> 01:23:55,446
Whee! Did you see
that side-by-side flame burnout?
882
01:23:55,531 --> 01:23:58,783
After all, that's what
it's all about. Right, men?
883
01:25:03,015 --> 01:25:05,391
Billy!
884
01:25:09,188 --> 01:25:12,190
Just hang on! Everybody, stay
where you are. Please do not move.
885
01:25:12,274 --> 01:25:13,566
Do not go out on the track.
886
01:25:13,650 --> 01:25:16,087
We have to get our fire truck there
and the emergency vehicles.
887
01:25:16,111 --> 01:25:20,239
Please remain in your seats.
Do not move!
888
01:26:34,857 --> 01:26:36,899
Oh, Billy.
889
01:26:42,781 --> 01:26:45,992
Please stay off the track,
ladies and gentlemen.
890
01:26:46,076 --> 01:26:49,457
There's nothing you can do on the track.
You must go back to your seats.
891
01:26:49,496 --> 01:26:52,999
Let the firemen
control the situation.
892
01:26:53,083 --> 01:26:55,376
Go back.
There's nothing you can do.
893
01:26:55,460 --> 01:26:59,255
Everything is all right.
But it hasn't passed yet.
894
01:26:59,339 --> 01:27:01,924
Therefore, you must go back
to your seats.
895
01:27:02,009 --> 01:27:04,927
Please, ladies and gentlemen,
stay off the track.
896
01:27:05,012 --> 01:27:07,930
You must go back to your seats.
897
01:27:21,862 --> 01:27:23,905
Fire it up, Elder! Fire it up!
898
01:27:27,326 --> 01:27:30,244
- Come on, Elder.
- All right.
899
01:27:35,250 --> 01:27:37,251
Get it down.
900
01:27:38,670 --> 01:27:40,838
Come on.
901
01:28:24,383 --> 01:28:26,384
Lonnie!
902
01:28:51,410 --> 01:28:53,411
What are you gonna do?
903
01:28:53,495 --> 01:28:55,913
I guess we got a week or two off.
904
01:28:58,834 --> 01:29:01,919
I guess we do.
I guess we do.
905
01:29:05,924 --> 01:29:07,967
What you gonna do now, big man?
906
01:29:08,051 --> 01:29:10,571
Well, me and the old lady are
gonna spend some time together.
907
01:29:10,595 --> 01:29:14,849
Gonna hang up the goggles?
Finally got him to quit, did you?
908
01:29:14,933 --> 01:29:17,226
Yeah. For at least a whole week.
909
01:29:17,352 --> 01:29:20,062
Hi, Elder.
Hey, Billy boy.
910
01:29:20,147 --> 01:29:23,357
Can you drop us by the bus depot?
We got to catch a bus to Frisco.
911
01:29:25,527 --> 01:29:27,839
Apparently, her girlfriend's
really into hot cars...
912
01:29:27,863 --> 01:29:30,281
and digs tall mechanics
with big wrenches, man.
913
01:29:30,365 --> 01:29:34,452
Oh, yeah?
Well, maybe I could go-
914
01:29:34,536 --> 01:29:39,081
No. Elder and me
are going down to Redline in Tacoma.
915
01:29:39,166 --> 01:29:43,377
We got to start working on the new frame jigs
for a couple of quadra-vane-powered cars.
916
01:29:43,462 --> 01:29:47,256
Yeah, Lonnie's gonna bring a big bag
full of money from Seattle, we hope.
917
01:29:47,382 --> 01:29:51,404
So if you want that skinny ass of yours to fit into
that new funny car we're building, you better be there.
918
01:29:51,428 --> 01:29:53,554
I'll be there.
Right.
919
01:29:53,638 --> 01:29:56,098
- Might as well hit the road.
- Let's do it.
920
01:29:56,224 --> 01:29:58,184
See you at Redline?
Yeah.
921
01:29:58,268 --> 01:30:00,686
Good luck.
922
01:30:00,812 --> 01:30:03,898
You drive safely.
We will.
923
01:30:06,234 --> 01:30:08,235
Take care of yourself.
924
01:30:10,155 --> 01:30:13,032
Get the engine going.
Let's go.
70817
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