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WILL WRIGHT: The thing about
driving and racing
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is the fact that you've got this incredible
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kind of interface between
a person and the machine.
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And, you know, a lot of times,
we clearly put
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this boundary around us--
you know, this is me,
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and these are my tools,
my technologies, my machines.
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But when you're driving--
or racing, especially--
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um, that boundary blurs,
and you become one.
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You know, you stop thinking
about your body entirely,
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and you think of the car
as your body.
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I was always fascinated by
the ability of the human mind
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to kind of mesh with a machine
like that, to that level.
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And achieve that level
of kind of almost transparent,
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unconscious interface.
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I've never raced a plane before.
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PAUL WEISMANN [over radio]:
I got the road in sight.
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Look for those
two white stripes, babies.
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This is the tricky part.
We knew it would be.
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GOODRICH:
T. Mazel, this is Nueve Actual.
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Are you reading? Over.
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WEISMANN:
We have you in sight.
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We're overhead.
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Roy, I don't know.
Punch it, Chewy.
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WEISMANN: We got nothing
in sight right now.
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GOODRICH:
Copy that.
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ROY:
Ask Paul...
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if there's any cops
at the tollbooths.
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Mazel, you see any, uh, fuzz
at the tollbooth coming up?
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WEISMANN: Very limited traffic
at the toll plaza.
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I'd say, uh, two cars,
three cars deep.
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-Thank you.
-Wow, this is fantastic,
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-the spotter plane.
-[radio buzzing]
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GOODRICH: All right, well,
pick a... the best lane and...
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take that one.
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ROY:
We could've just gone
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right through it,
but that's so illegal.
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-No, you don't want to do that.
-[indistinct chatter over radio]
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Say again?
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WEISMANN: Let me know
when you're through the tolls.
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Will do.
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-Do I... do we have to talk?
-Here.
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-How much is it?
-$3.50.
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Hello.
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Thank you.
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Are there a lot
of police up here?
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Thanks. Have a nice day.
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I'm sorry.
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Car all right?
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[engine whirring]
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Car's having a problem, huh?
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WEISMANN:
Are you through the tolls?
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Yeah, I see you slow, uh...
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Uh, you're pulling over
altogether now, I see.
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You guys on the shoulder?
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I'm sitting here, engine off.
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-What do you recommend?
-Thanks, man.
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WEISMANN: I don't know
how... what's the...
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what the average, uh,
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drops for every minute
they're stationary,
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but for every minute
they're stationary,
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they have to go
180 miles an hour to match 90.
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Which obviously
isn't gonna happen.
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Put the car in a flatbed,
fly home. That's what I'd do.
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Tell you what,
Alex must be devastated.
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I'm really sorry, guys.
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RICK DOHERTY: So, we seem
to have a-a head count so far.
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Uh, we've lost two team entrants
to, uh, uh, a broken ankle
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and a broken foot.
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We've gotten reports
from two broken cars so far
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and one possible
broken marriage.
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This is a very
competitive event.
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We're in it for enjoying
the American highway.
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We're in it for, uh...
for proving that we can
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do something
in time-speed-distance.
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Of course, there is
a national speed limit
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of 55 miles an hour.
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[laughter]
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The-the first year
we organized the Express,
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we had some high-powered
Italian, German,
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American machinery.
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I really can't recommend
to anybody that you, uh,
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exceed the-the national
speed limit on this.
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[laughter]
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♪
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ICE-T: This is a story
about people who race
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from one side of America
to the other
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as fast as they can.
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They were all inspired by one
man with a proper nickname.
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In 1933,
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racing driver and motorcyclist
"Cannon Ball" Baker
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drove coast-to-coast
in 53 hours,
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a record that stood
for four decades.
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And then Brock Yates showed up.
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It's 1971.
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Yates is a writer
forCar and Driver magazine.
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Yates wants to prove
good drivers can use
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America's brand-new
Interstate Highway System
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the way Germans use
their Autobahn
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for long-distance travel
at high speeds.
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He plans an event,
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calls it the Cannonball Baker
Sea-To-Shining-Sea
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Memorial Trophy Dash,
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a combination speed run,
endurance test
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and long-ass road trip.
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Racers show up
with crazy solutions
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to the cross-country challenge.
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Cannon Ball's antics
inspire a movie.
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But the 1979 run was
the last Cannonball ever.
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The end of the Cannonball
does not mean
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coast-to-coast time trials
are over.
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In 1980, the nerds show up,
and they're serious.
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DOHERTY:
I-I do want to have everybody
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have as little contact
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with-with John Q. Law
as possible
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while staging
this 55-mile-an-hour event.
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ICE-T:
This is Rick Doherty.
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He's a Cannonball veteran.
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To him, Cannonball had become
kind of a circus,
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attracting the wrong
sort of attention.
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Doherty puts a small classified ad inAutoweek magazine.
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The response catches him
by surprise
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and sparks the U.S. Express.
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STEVE STANDER:
We ran the Cannonball
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under an assumed name:
U.S. Express.
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Well, you call it
what you want.
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We were the last
of the Cannonballers.
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By the time you got
to the U.S. Express,
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it was only
the hardest-core people.
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There was the most technology,
everyone had a fuel cell,
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all the drivers were nuts.
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Three, two, one, drive!
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[tires screeching]
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DAVID DIEM:
It was invitation-only.
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Secret starting point,
secret finishing point.
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Moves each year.
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No rules, fastest guy wins.
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Going from one coast
to the other as fast as you can.
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No ifs, ands or buts about it.
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STANDER: If one person
leaked the information,
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you'd compromise the event.
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The last thing you want to do
is publicize it.
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There's 30-odd cars going out
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at 100-plus miles an hour
from New York
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with a 55-mile-an-hour
speed limit.
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MAN: You think anybody's gonna
suspect this is a race car?
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They probably will.
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It's not something
the FBI tracked
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until theCannonball Run movies
came out.
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No one took all the puzzle
pieces and put it together.
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[indistinct chatter]
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It was a quiet event.
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It was not publicized,
by design.
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ICE-T: Unlike the Cannonball, the U.S. Express is top secret.
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And it's all business.
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To these guys, it's a race.
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And a race is meant to be won.
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On the first U.S. Express
run in 1980,
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Doherty and his codriver,
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video game designer
Will Wright,
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set a coast-to-coast time
in 33 hours, nine minutes.
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It's almost three hours quicker than Yates did it
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with Dan Gurney
a decade earlier,
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and more than 20 hours quicker
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than Cannon Ball Baker's
best time.
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QUARTIERE:
Like a bunch of bandits
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trying to accomplish something
that, um,
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is frowned upon
by most individuals
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and law-minded citizens.
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JOSH VIETZE: It's just an interesting story,
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to know that-that
there's crazy people out there
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who want to do things
like this.
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And it... and it sort of...
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it exists in this bubble
of the '80s.
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WOMAN: That guy's got
his pedal to the metal. [laughs]
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VIETZE:
Secret, illegal,
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underground race
from coast-to-cast,
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what could be more pointless?
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What could be more dangerous?
Lots of people know
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what Cannonball Run,the...
you know, the movie, is, um,
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but-but what actually went on
in this cross-country race,
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people don't know,
and it's nuts.
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What the fuck
were these people thinking?
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MAN: He says they're gonna
nail you again.
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-DRIVER: That's what
I'm afraid of.-MAN: Yeah.
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MAN: This could be
an ugly trip, you know?
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NEWSMAN:
Yes, Bruce, you spotted
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a few stragglers
from that race coming in.
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BRUCE: We had one car at Orange County doing 100-plus
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with the highway patrol behind
him in, quote, "pursuit."
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ICE-T: Then in 1983,
Doug Turner and David Diem,
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averaging 89 miles per hour
in a Ferrari 308--
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most of the time spent
above 125 miles per hour--
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chopped the record down
to 32 hours, seven minutes.
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And that record stands
for more than 20 years.
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The U.S. Express
was so secretive,
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only insiders knew
how the times were validated.
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And even they had their doubts.
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Some of the other racers
wondered
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if Diem and Turner's time
was legit.
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Or if somehow they'd faked it.
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Are you aware that you just
broke the record?
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-Is that right?
-Yeah.
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NEWSWOMAN: These two gentlemen
were certainly
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vulnerable all the way
across the country,
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but they made it through.
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Two madcap drivers, Doug Turner and partner David Diem,
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crossed the Newport Beach
finish line early today
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in the fourth annual
U.S. Express,
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formerly known
as the Cannonball Run.
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32 hours and seven minutes,
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-a new record.
-[crowd whooping]
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BOBBY UNSER: To go
from New York to California
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[laughing]: in-in 32 hours,
it's unbelievable.
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You know how fast you have to go
to average 89 miles an hour?
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I mean, most people don't
understand how they did it.
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The first time,
we just didn't realize
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how fast you had to drive.
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And you had to drive
as fast as you could every...
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every time you had
an opportunity to drive fast.
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And, uh, that made
the big change.
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DIEM:
We decided, the second year,
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you know, we had three speeds.
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About 143 miles an hour
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is-is the speed we determined
that we could run
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without raising
the oil temperature.
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55 miles an hour,
which was the speed limit,
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when that was necessary,
and stop for the five times
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that we stopped to fuel.
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MAN:
What were you averaging?
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We-we averaged,
uh, 89.897, I think.
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-That's right.
-[both laugh]
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We spent a lot of time
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at 125 or greater
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but averaged 90 miles an hour.
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The idea that 32:07
was possible in '83,
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to a lot of people,
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was unfathomable.
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DOHERTY:
There were members, um,
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who'd been involved
with the race
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for more than one year
who thought that
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that's an amazing time--
they must have
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gotten onto
an airplane or something.
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People have some...
some trouble separating,
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"Did it really happen?
Is it true?"
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JARLSON:
Some people have said,
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"Well, could it be
run again today,
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in today's culture?"
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I don't know.
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Will we ever know
if someone's running it?
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ICE-T: In the 2000s,
coast-to-coast rallying
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found new life
as celebrity road trips.
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More about champagne
and Lamborghinis
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than breaking records.
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And the entry lists often
included the name Alex Roy,
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an entrepreneur
and New York scene setter.
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Alex was a rally fanatic
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and even had a brush with fame on a reality TV show in Europe.
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But privately, Alex Roy had
one thing on his mind.
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He wanted to break the
coast-to-coast driving record.
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He not only wanted to prove
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Diem and Turner's time
was legit;
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he wanted to beat it.
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How do you define Alex Roy?
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Okay.
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When I first met Alex,
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he was still in his
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Gumball phase.
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Which is where he was taking
the established
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party rally-- Gumball-- uh,
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very seriously in terms
of the navigation,
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the driving, the outfits,
the police car.
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The whole schtick.
He was deep in that.
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At a certain point, you realize
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that those events are childish
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and, in some ways,
very dangerous,
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because you have reckless
people doing reckless things
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to impress each other.
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Alex was that percentage
of people
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who wanted something that was
much more serious.
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Alex is, uh... is eccentric,
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uh, and Alex is a...
in many ways a philosopher.
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He thinks about things
that most of my other friends
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are not thinking about
with any kind of regularity.
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ROY: Someone is going
to break 32:07 someday.
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And, uh, you know,
I-I would love to know
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if there's someone else
out there
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who's actually thinking about it
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as hard as I am,
because I have every intention
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of breaking it someday.
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But first, we have to figure out
if what Diem/Turner said
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is true about how they did it.
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And I don't think it is true.
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I think they did 32:07,
but I don't think
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they did it the way
they said they did.
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My theory about Diem/Turner
is that
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the fuel-economy figures
for their car
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and their fuel cell
don't match up
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with 5h fuel stops,
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using a 140-55-zero strategy.
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My theory is that they were
cruising in the high 90s
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pretty much the whole time.
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The speed strategy is,
it sounds sexier,
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but that's not
what this is about.
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Diem/Turner did it, I think,
two or three times
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before they set 32:07.
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So, uh... and I've never
done it this way.
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Anyone who gets in a car
unprepared, tries to do this,
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is out of their minds.
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I wouldn't expect to beat them
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unless I'd done it
at least twice.
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Being in the car right now
with everything functional
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and fixed is one of the best
feelings in the world.
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I don't know if I've ever felt
this prepared,
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certainly from
a technical standpoint.
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I'm not concerned about safety,
'cause I know
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we're really safe drivers.
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I'm concerned about, uh,
getting arrested
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by that cop
who's having a bad day
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and who really wants to stick it
to the two New Yorkers
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in the car full of equipment.
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ICE-T: For Alex,
there was no better car
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for the transcontinental run
than the BMW M5.
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With a five-liter,
400-horsepower V-8,
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it was fast.
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A top speed
of 155 miles an hour
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could be pushed to 190
with just a software upgrade.
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With the suspension tuned
for Germany's Autobahn,
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the M5 would hold up
under hours
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of triple-digit speeds.
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And Alex upgraded the brakes,
shocks and clutch
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to handle the extra punishment.
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For Alex, the BMW was
a good place to start.
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For one, it was stealthy.
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From the outside, it looked just like any other blue sedan.
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To that blank canvas,
Alex added his intel gear.
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Three large antennas
on the trunk
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and one on the roof.
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One for a police scanner,
one for a CB,
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and one for
a ground-to-air radio
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that would let Alex talk to
the pilot of a spotter plane.
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Two white stripes on the roof
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would let the pilot see
the BMW from 2,000 feet above.
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The real difference is inside.
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GPS navigation units,
police scanners,
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radar detectors, night vision,
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and enough cameras to document
the run as it happens.
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And a 16-gallon fuel cell.
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[engine revving]
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FARAH:
Alex chose the M5
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for what I think are very
honest, practical reasons.
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It was, uh, the fastest
performance sedan at the time.
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ROY: Awesome.
Let's see what we got here.
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Yeah, you want...
Let me start from the top first.
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MAN: So these are...
these are all parts.
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-ROY: Got it.
-Dead reckoning cable, antennas,
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antennas, antennas, antennas,
antennas, antennas.
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This is the big-labor number
right here.
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It's, conservatively,
a hundred hours.
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ROY: Yeah, that looks
pretty stealthy. I feel okay.
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I mean, it's definitely less
conspicuous than a red Ferrari.
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It's definitely less conspicuous
than most of the cars
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that did the U.S. Express.
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I mean, today,
you could have multiple apps
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running at the same time
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that tell you where
the police are along your route.
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They didn't have
any of that then.
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Police along the route?
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That was part of a spreadsheet
that Alex had put together,
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that he or some poor kid
from New Jersey that he hired,
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uh, had scouted out
painstakingly
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along the route
that he was driving.
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This book represents our bible,
and in the front,
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for reference sake, is
the reckless endangerment laws
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for every state
in the United States.
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California's the most
lenient state in the union,
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God bless them.
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North of a hundred
is reckless endangerment.
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You never want to be going
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north of a hundred,
or get nicked for it,
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in any of these states,
especially these
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truly conservative states,
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'cause they will
take you down to the precinct.
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So, you're talking about,
you know, going to jail
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or getting accused of a felony.
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ROY:
There's a 0.4.
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Police, mobile unit.
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That's a police car
in the borough of Allendale.
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Our route is in yellow.
Allendale is here.
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Therefore,
that frequency is not for us.
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This must be done 1,000 times.
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00:19:05,361 --> 00:19:07,624
-Yeah, I told you, it's a
fucking nightmare. -Oh, my God.
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That's why I've been having
such a hard time,
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or I would have already done it.
"Ohio Turnpike,
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most heavily patrolled highway
in the United States."
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Truckers call it Radar Alley.
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ROY: You know, of course,
the danger is,
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if we put every speed trap
from speedtrap.org into the GPS
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and we slow for every single one
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00:19:24,946 --> 00:19:27,209
and there's no cop at some
of those, we lose time.
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DOHERTY: We're using a larger
garage right now in Manhattan,
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00:19:35,826 --> 00:19:38,873
and we will not have to get the
cars in as early as 3:00 p.m.
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00:19:38,916 --> 00:19:41,223
We're gonna get around to the,
uh, selection of departure times
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00:19:41,267 --> 00:19:45,053
in just a moment, and policy
in the past has shown that, uh,
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most people tend to crowd around
the very earliest time to leave,
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00:19:48,230 --> 00:19:51,102
7:00 p.m.,
or the-the last car out time,
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which is 10:00 p.m.
tomorrow night.
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00:19:54,062 --> 00:19:56,195
You'll have to put us
on channel, uh,
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00:19:56,238 --> 00:19:57,587
whatever it is news tonight.
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00:19:57,631 --> 00:20:00,677
Wait till the end of the race.
See you.
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DOHERTY: I do want to have
everybody have
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as little contact with-with
John Q. Law as possible
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while staging
this 55-mile-an-hour event.
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00:20:12,646 --> 00:20:16,171
We're going to be asking you
to give that pass in to Anne.
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00:20:16,215 --> 00:20:17,520
She will be putting
a number on that.
417
00:20:17,564 --> 00:20:19,218
We will be drawing from a hat,
and the order
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those come out in will be your
driver selection depart times.
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Now, everybody has
their vehicle pass?
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♪
421
00:20:28,488 --> 00:20:31,273
Hi. I'm Michaelene Donati,
and we're bringing to you today
422
00:20:31,317 --> 00:20:34,276
a sample of America's
love affair with racing.
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We're here at the starting
point of the U.S. Express,
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one of the most daring races
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00:20:39,499 --> 00:20:40,848
in the United States.
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00:20:40,891 --> 00:20:42,328
That looks good.
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00:20:44,547 --> 00:20:46,723
DONATI:
Tell me, what motivates you?
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00:20:46,767 --> 00:20:49,291
What inside drives you
to do this?
429
00:20:49,335 --> 00:20:51,554
I mean, are you...
are you possessed?
430
00:20:51,598 --> 00:20:53,208
-Is that a serious question?
-Very.
431
00:20:53,252 --> 00:20:55,166
Well, I'm crazy.
I don't know what his excuse is.
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00:20:55,210 --> 00:20:57,473
MAN: He just drags me
along, and I go.
433
00:20:57,517 --> 00:21:00,389
You know, I don't know.
I'm easily led astray, I guess.
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00:21:00,433 --> 00:21:02,130
DONATI: What motivates you?
What is that,
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00:21:02,173 --> 00:21:05,786
in the middle of you,
that makes you want to race?
436
00:21:05,829 --> 00:21:08,310
A fear of underpaid
airline pilots.
437
00:21:08,354 --> 00:21:12,140
DONATI: A five-time entry
of the Miss U.S. Express.
438
00:21:12,183 --> 00:21:13,750
-Can we do that one over?
-[laughter]
439
00:21:13,794 --> 00:21:15,448
-Thank you.
-I'm not...
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00:21:15,491 --> 00:21:18,668
I meant-- it's the U.S. Express,
not "Miss."
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00:21:20,453 --> 00:21:22,237
Why would anybody do it twice?
442
00:21:22,281 --> 00:21:23,717
-It's speed.
-I like to go fast.
443
00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:25,806
It's nice to go cross-country.
444
00:21:28,765 --> 00:21:31,246
I have a new codriver
because Jon,
445
00:21:31,290 --> 00:21:34,162
uh, decided
he didn't want to go.
446
00:21:34,205 --> 00:21:36,425
And, uh, I wouldn't want
to drive with anyone,
447
00:21:36,469 --> 00:21:38,079
especially a friend,
448
00:21:38,122 --> 00:21:41,691
who deep down inside
didn't absolutely have to go.
449
00:21:41,735 --> 00:21:43,911
I have to.
450
00:21:43,954 --> 00:21:46,566
Maher, he wants to go.
451
00:21:46,609 --> 00:21:49,917
And the instant I even hinted
at what we were doing,
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you could see it in his face.
453
00:21:51,397 --> 00:21:52,615
And that's exactly what I want.
454
00:21:52,659 --> 00:21:54,487
To me, Alex is more involved,
455
00:21:54,530 --> 00:21:57,794
as everybody knows, in the
planning and the preparation
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00:21:57,838 --> 00:22:00,362
and what goes
into the-the pre-race stuff,
457
00:22:00,406 --> 00:22:04,105
like, all the technology
and-and the other stuff,
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00:22:04,148 --> 00:22:06,107
the intangibles that,
you know...
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00:22:06,150 --> 00:22:10,024
He'll go out and look into what
the weather's gonna be like
460
00:22:10,067 --> 00:22:14,245
and-and all that stuff,
which for me, like...
461
00:22:14,289 --> 00:22:17,640
weather is only something
that's gonna slow me down.
462
00:22:17,684 --> 00:22:19,816
Uh, but he-he prepares
for all that.
463
00:22:19,860 --> 00:22:21,252
VIETZE:
I think any...
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00:22:21,296 --> 00:22:23,385
any successful duo
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00:22:23,429 --> 00:22:26,997
n-needs to complement
each other.
466
00:22:27,041 --> 00:22:28,477
Um, they seem like
an odd couple.
467
00:22:28,521 --> 00:22:29,609
Who are these two guys?
468
00:22:29,652 --> 00:22:31,001
Are they friends?
469
00:22:31,045 --> 00:22:32,742
Why are they doing this
together?
470
00:22:32,786 --> 00:22:35,310
They weren't there to, uh...
to go on a long drive together.
471
00:22:35,354 --> 00:22:37,007
They're there 'cause their
skills complement each other
472
00:22:37,051 --> 00:22:38,444
and they're there to win.
473
00:22:38,487 --> 00:22:41,882
I respect him for everything
he is and, um...
474
00:22:41,925 --> 00:22:46,060
and that I'm not, and I think
it-it works both ways there.
475
00:22:49,672 --> 00:22:55,069
I loved it that he called on me
to do, uh... do the final run.
476
00:22:55,112 --> 00:22:57,419
I knew he had other options.
477
00:22:57,463 --> 00:23:00,988
Um, the fact
that he called on me was...
478
00:23:01,031 --> 00:23:02,685
You know, he told me,
he was like,
479
00:23:02,729 --> 00:23:04,905
"I want you to think
about it for a night."
480
00:23:04,948 --> 00:23:07,298
It didn't take me
to get from when he asked me
481
00:23:07,342 --> 00:23:09,475
to his front door
before I said yes.
482
00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:17,004
"Press plastic collar firmly
onto body, high end in front.
483
00:23:17,047 --> 00:23:19,398
[laughing]: "Urinate or vomit
directly into the bag.
484
00:23:19,441 --> 00:23:22,401
"Wait until liquid turns
into biodegradable gel.
485
00:23:22,444 --> 00:23:24,968
-Dispose of the bag in a waste
receptacle." -This is the best.
486
00:23:25,012 --> 00:23:26,753
MAN: That's the
international symbol for:
487
00:23:26,796 --> 00:23:29,103
"The whole family's got to go."
488
00:23:29,146 --> 00:23:31,061
Uh, Graeber, your storm chaser
suggestion has proven
489
00:23:31,105 --> 00:23:34,413
to be very wise, as we're
passing through in storm season,
490
00:23:34,456 --> 00:23:37,503
and I've researched, uh,
with JF, storm chaser cars.
491
00:23:37,546 --> 00:23:39,461
We are amazingly equipped,
492
00:23:39,505 --> 00:23:42,290
identical to the storm chaser
cars-- identical.
493
00:23:42,333 --> 00:23:45,032
So I've procured some amateur
storm chaser club stickers,
494
00:23:45,075 --> 00:23:46,337
hats, uh, throw pillows
495
00:23:46,381 --> 00:23:47,426
-for-for Cory...
-[laughs]
496
00:23:47,469 --> 00:23:49,515
-Throw pillows?
-[laughter]
497
00:23:49,558 --> 00:23:51,560
And I've... and also, I...
498
00:23:51,604 --> 00:23:53,649
Maher and I believe
we should not have to lie,
499
00:23:53,693 --> 00:23:58,741
so I've labeled the... all the
GPS units, uh, Storm 1, Sky 1-2,
500
00:23:58,785 --> 00:24:00,961
uh, Airspeed 3,
and so if we're pulled over,
501
00:24:01,004 --> 00:24:02,963
I don't think we need
to actually say anything.
502
00:24:03,006 --> 00:24:05,487
I think they'll just look
inside, and I think one of us
503
00:24:05,531 --> 00:24:07,141
should say, "Can you believe
that storm front?"
504
00:24:07,184 --> 00:24:08,708
-And then look, and then...
-[chuckling]
505
00:24:08,751 --> 00:24:10,753
I'm not joking. I really
feel strongly about it.
506
00:24:13,582 --> 00:24:15,062
ROY:
Yeah.
507
00:24:15,105 --> 00:24:17,020
This is where we're taking off.
508
00:24:17,064 --> 00:24:20,328
My best friend, Paul Weismann,
he's flying that plane.
509
00:24:20,371 --> 00:24:21,982
Not for money.
He's flying it for me.
510
00:24:22,025 --> 00:24:23,636
To have someone like that
in the plane,
511
00:24:23,679 --> 00:24:26,508
not a gun for hire,
but someone that close,
512
00:24:26,552 --> 00:24:28,249
with Keith Baskett,
another very good friend,
513
00:24:28,292 --> 00:24:30,338
is a huge confidence builder.
514
00:24:30,381 --> 00:24:32,383
-I imagine the white is best.
-What do you hear
515
00:24:32,427 --> 00:24:33,994
-about the weather?
-Well, that's a problem.
516
00:24:34,037 --> 00:24:35,691
-[chuckling]
-Where's the... where's the...
517
00:24:35,735 --> 00:24:38,172
I think you should open it up
as often as you can.
518
00:24:38,215 --> 00:24:39,390
-BASKETT: Right.
-If there's a problem,
519
00:24:39,434 --> 00:24:40,609
-we'll let you know.
-Okay.
520
00:24:40,653 --> 00:24:42,219
ROY:
Well, my question is,
521
00:24:42,263 --> 00:24:44,221
cops usually hit with radar
522
00:24:44,265 --> 00:24:46,485
anywhere from a quarter mile
to half a mile.
523
00:24:46,528 --> 00:24:48,182
-So we can see that far?
-That's easy.
524
00:24:48,225 --> 00:24:52,273
We want you to go
as fast as possible.
525
00:24:52,316 --> 00:24:56,843
140-plus is... would be
a good cruising speed.
526
00:24:56,886 --> 00:24:58,845
-You'll have to.
-[laughter]
527
00:24:58,888 --> 00:25:00,542
Fuck.
528
00:25:00,586 --> 00:25:04,764
Uh, the night we go...
this is-is, uh partly cloudy,
529
00:25:04,807 --> 00:25:06,722
isolated storms,
20%, 30% likelihood,
530
00:25:06,766 --> 00:25:08,724
which is the same as last time.
531
00:25:08,768 --> 00:25:11,988
Maybe ten percent worse,
but I'm not worried about it.
532
00:25:12,032 --> 00:25:13,729
32.07 is here at 88.9 average.
533
00:25:13,773 --> 00:25:16,471
-Okay, I-I know this average,
but, um... -Right.
534
00:25:16,515 --> 00:25:18,691
...you had, like,
a breakdown on...
535
00:25:18,734 --> 00:25:20,257
I think on there, from the GPS
536
00:25:20,301 --> 00:25:21,520
with, like,
the speeds you're doing.
537
00:25:21,563 --> 00:25:24,044
-Oh, you want... Yeah.
-Um...
538
00:25:24,087 --> 00:25:25,524
Yeah, like,
I'm looking for, like,
539
00:25:25,567 --> 00:25:27,090
extended periods where you're...
540
00:25:27,134 --> 00:25:29,310
There weren't many
extended periods like that.
541
00:25:29,353 --> 00:25:31,399
It would be, like,
there would be a good period,
542
00:25:31,442 --> 00:25:33,444
like a... like three minutes,
then slow down to 90,
543
00:25:33,488 --> 00:25:35,316
-then speed up,
then slow down to 90. -Right.
544
00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:38,188
Um, there's very...
it's very rare
545
00:25:38,232 --> 00:25:41,148
to run above a hundred
for more than a minute or two.
546
00:25:41,191 --> 00:25:44,368
Unless there's a big open
stretch in Texas, for example.
547
00:25:44,412 --> 00:25:46,327
I plan on changing that.
548
00:25:46,370 --> 00:25:48,372
♪
549
00:25:56,076 --> 00:25:57,556
DOHERTY:
We know that the zero hour
550
00:25:57,599 --> 00:25:58,774
is coming up.
551
00:25:58,818 --> 00:26:00,167
Um, we know that, uh,
552
00:26:00,210 --> 00:26:02,212
some of us have been awake
before the race
553
00:26:02,256 --> 00:26:03,562
longer than we should have.
554
00:26:03,605 --> 00:26:04,954
Sleep the day before the run.
555
00:26:04,998 --> 00:26:06,216
Trying to get some rest
556
00:26:06,260 --> 00:26:08,218
and failing miserably,
557
00:26:08,262 --> 00:26:10,699
how am I gonna stay up
for 30 hours?
558
00:26:10,743 --> 00:26:12,701
DOHERTY: Those of us who had
been through it beforehand
559
00:26:12,745 --> 00:26:14,050
were more jittery than those
560
00:26:14,094 --> 00:26:15,835
who were there
for a first time.
561
00:26:15,878 --> 00:26:17,880
We were all concerned
that we all get out quickly
562
00:26:17,924 --> 00:26:19,882
but not so quickly
that we create a problem
563
00:26:19,926 --> 00:26:21,580
for those behind us.
It was adrenaline pumping.
564
00:26:21,623 --> 00:26:22,755
Just incredible to be
565
00:26:22,798 --> 00:26:24,191
in all the company
of these people
566
00:26:24,234 --> 00:26:25,714
and to know
that we were all headed
567
00:26:25,758 --> 00:26:27,368
toward a...
toward a common goal and had
568
00:26:27,411 --> 00:26:28,935
such amazingly clever
569
00:26:28,978 --> 00:26:30,850
and different ideas
of how to get there.
570
00:26:32,982 --> 00:26:35,724
-DONATI: Hi. What's your name?
-David Diem.
571
00:26:35,768 --> 00:26:37,726
-And where are you from?
-Newport Beach, California.
572
00:26:37,770 --> 00:26:39,336
-What's your name?
-Doug Turner.
573
00:26:39,380 --> 00:26:41,469
And are you part of
the same team, or are you...
574
00:26:41,512 --> 00:26:42,513
-Certainly am.
-Tell me,
575
00:26:42,557 --> 00:26:43,906
what kind of car do you have?
576
00:26:43,950 --> 00:26:45,952
We're driving a 308 Ferrari.
577
00:26:45,995 --> 00:26:48,302
Anything special about it
you want to tell people
578
00:26:48,345 --> 00:26:50,260
-that you've been working on?
-[both chuckling]
579
00:26:50,304 --> 00:26:52,523
-DONATI: Everything. [chuckles]
-Just a stock 308.
580
00:26:52,567 --> 00:26:54,351
VIETZE: In a group
of people getting together
581
00:26:54,395 --> 00:26:57,050
to compete against each other
for anything,
582
00:26:57,093 --> 00:26:59,792
there's always those few people who show up
583
00:26:59,835 --> 00:27:02,142
who are a little bit more
serious than everyone else,
584
00:27:02,185 --> 00:27:03,752
who are a little bit
more competitive,
585
00:27:03,796 --> 00:27:06,233
and in this case,
I think there were, uh...
586
00:27:06,276 --> 00:27:08,365
there were some...
some participants
587
00:27:08,409 --> 00:27:10,803
who took that to another level.
588
00:27:10,846 --> 00:27:12,674
DIEM: Ferrari made
a really durable car,
589
00:27:12,718 --> 00:27:14,328
and we did all the things
to make sure that the car
590
00:27:14,371 --> 00:27:15,808
would be as good to us as, uh,
591
00:27:15,851 --> 00:27:17,679
you know, we were trying
to be to it.
592
00:27:17,723 --> 00:27:19,463
We knew that two-thirds
of the race
593
00:27:19,507 --> 00:27:21,465
was at night,
so we needed, uh, to light up
594
00:27:21,509 --> 00:27:23,642
more road than the typical
headlights would,
595
00:27:23,685 --> 00:27:25,687
so we took four ten-inch Hellas and mounted them
596
00:27:25,731 --> 00:27:27,733
under the front bumper
so we could light up
597
00:27:27,776 --> 00:27:29,604
almost a mile of road.
598
00:27:29,648 --> 00:27:31,258
We turn on the lights
in New York,
599
00:27:31,301 --> 00:27:33,129
we can see California,
and then we just...
600
00:27:33,173 --> 00:27:35,001
-[laughter]
-...just drive straight there.
601
00:27:35,044 --> 00:27:36,916
ICE-T: The drivers
of the U.S. Express
602
00:27:36,959 --> 00:27:40,267
decked out their cars
with 007-type gear.
603
00:27:40,310 --> 00:27:43,574
Radar jammers,
night vision goggles
604
00:27:43,618 --> 00:27:45,707
and kill switches
for their brake lights.
605
00:27:45,751 --> 00:27:48,014
They had
communication headsets,
606
00:27:48,057 --> 00:27:50,538
police scanners and CB radios.
607
00:27:50,581 --> 00:27:53,323
They spent months
strategizing their routes.
608
00:27:53,367 --> 00:27:56,500
U.S. Express racers
were on a mission.
609
00:27:56,544 --> 00:28:01,070
It was like their own cold war
against the highway patrol.
610
00:28:01,114 --> 00:28:03,116
There were a few rules.
There were a few guidelines.
611
00:28:03,159 --> 00:28:05,901
They were primarily
on the safety side.
612
00:28:05,945 --> 00:28:08,121
Where are our drivers?
Can I see some hands? Drivers?
613
00:28:08,164 --> 00:28:09,165
-Yeah!
-Are we here?
614
00:28:09,209 --> 00:28:10,863
Are we not? Where are we?
615
00:28:10,906 --> 00:28:13,387
Go and check the exact
tread depth on every vehicle.
616
00:28:13,430 --> 00:28:15,041
But we, uh...
we discounted people
617
00:28:15,084 --> 00:28:17,173
who said they weren't prepared
to come with a machine
618
00:28:17,217 --> 00:28:19,306
that was at
some equal proportion
619
00:28:19,349 --> 00:28:20,611
to their driving skills.
620
00:28:20,655 --> 00:28:23,527
We put a lot of effort
into safety.
621
00:28:23,571 --> 00:28:25,704
It sounds like an oxymoron.
622
00:28:25,747 --> 00:28:27,444
But we did.
623
00:28:27,488 --> 00:28:30,491
You had the right tires,
you had the right cars,
624
00:28:30,534 --> 00:28:33,450
you had the cars
prepped a certain way.
625
00:28:33,494 --> 00:28:35,235
Maybe not the exhaust
of my RX-7
626
00:28:35,278 --> 00:28:37,019
as it got red hot
and caught fire.
627
00:28:37,063 --> 00:28:39,021
DOHERTY:
Uh, you generally had,
628
00:28:39,065 --> 00:28:42,242
uh, attention to, uh...
to electronics.
629
00:28:42,285 --> 00:28:45,071
This is before cell phones,
this is before GPS systems,
630
00:28:45,114 --> 00:28:46,986
so you basically had to make
the most of,
631
00:28:47,029 --> 00:28:48,117
uh, knowing where you were.
632
00:28:48,161 --> 00:28:49,858
And that meant citizens band,
633
00:28:49,902 --> 00:28:51,425
and it meant a really good
citizens band system,
634
00:28:51,468 --> 00:28:53,427
radar detectors--
and I mean multiple
635
00:28:53,470 --> 00:28:55,168
because you had front and rear.
636
00:28:55,211 --> 00:28:56,735
You ran a second year,
you said, "Wow,
637
00:28:56,778 --> 00:28:58,214
"I better have two
radar detectors in the front
638
00:28:58,258 --> 00:28:59,868
in case one goes on me."
639
00:28:59,912 --> 00:29:01,740
Um, wiring all this
stuff together
640
00:29:01,783 --> 00:29:03,437
meant you either were
very good at electronics
641
00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:05,787
or had friends or a craft shop
that could integrate it.
642
00:29:05,831 --> 00:29:08,355
Uh, police scanners were, uh...
643
00:29:08,398 --> 00:29:10,574
were legal in most states
but not all.
644
00:29:10,618 --> 00:29:12,489
QUARTIERE:
And do everything from add
645
00:29:12,533 --> 00:29:15,057
extra fuel cells, so you had
646
00:29:15,101 --> 00:29:16,276
far more gasoline.
647
00:29:16,319 --> 00:29:17,712
Doug and Dave, you just have
648
00:29:17,756 --> 00:29:19,714
to look at the car
they were driving.
649
00:29:19,758 --> 00:29:21,150
It was designed
to be refueled quickly,
650
00:29:21,194 --> 00:29:23,065
two pumps at the same time.
651
00:29:23,109 --> 00:29:25,720
Throw the attendant a $50 bill
and just bug out.
652
00:29:25,764 --> 00:29:27,330
Who cares?
"I don't want the change."
653
00:29:27,374 --> 00:29:28,549
They had night vision scopes
654
00:29:28,592 --> 00:29:29,768
so they could see.
655
00:29:29,811 --> 00:29:31,378
The lighting that gave them
656
00:29:31,421 --> 00:29:33,380
3,500 feet down the road
so they could see.
657
00:29:33,423 --> 00:29:34,990
DIEM: We learned
the first year that, uh,
658
00:29:35,034 --> 00:29:36,687
it was hard to communicate
with each other,
659
00:29:36,731 --> 00:29:38,341
so we built a cockpit
communication system.
660
00:29:38,385 --> 00:29:40,039
We built some, uh,
cockpit switches
661
00:29:40,082 --> 00:29:41,823
so we could turn
the taillights off.
662
00:29:41,867 --> 00:29:43,825
-Right. Yeah.
-Turn the brake lights off.
663
00:29:43,869 --> 00:29:46,088
JARLSON: And that's how dedicated and serious they were
664
00:29:46,132 --> 00:29:47,568
about winning this thing.
665
00:29:47,611 --> 00:29:49,744
There-there was no lark
involved here.
666
00:29:49,788 --> 00:29:52,138
This was a race,
and that's where
667
00:29:52,181 --> 00:29:54,618
they were different
than the Cannonball guys.
668
00:29:54,662 --> 00:29:56,229
DOHERTY:
You're kind of feeling like
669
00:29:56,272 --> 00:29:57,883
it's a, uh, space mission.
670
00:29:57,926 --> 00:30:00,668
We know that the zero hour
is coming up.
671
00:30:00,711 --> 00:30:02,583
You're-you're counting
all of your, uh...
672
00:30:02,626 --> 00:30:05,194
uh, your food nibbling
and water resources
673
00:30:05,238 --> 00:30:07,457
and water elimination
resources.
674
00:30:08,545 --> 00:30:10,809
Your heart is pounding.
675
00:30:12,811 --> 00:30:15,378
-JF.
-Uh, so the storm has...
676
00:30:15,422 --> 00:30:17,816
[continues indistinctly]
677
00:30:19,513 --> 00:30:22,646
It's increased to 80%.
678
00:30:34,136 --> 00:30:35,442
All right. Gina?
679
00:30:35,485 --> 00:30:36,878
We're gonna get more lights
turned on.
680
00:30:36,922 --> 00:30:40,099
-Yes. You are?
-Yes. Can we turn 'em all on?
681
00:30:40,142 --> 00:30:41,883
She's gonna turn on
all the floodlights.
682
00:30:41,927 --> 00:30:43,232
STANDER:
Did you get tickets?
683
00:30:43,276 --> 00:30:44,668
-'Cause we got two warnings.
-Five tickets...
684
00:30:44,712 --> 00:30:47,323
-Oh, five tickets!
-...and two warnings, yeah.
685
00:30:47,367 --> 00:30:49,499
It takes a lot to win, you know?
686
00:30:49,543 --> 00:30:51,675
Sometimes you got to sacrifice
your honor. [chuckles]
687
00:30:51,719 --> 00:30:52,720
[both laugh]
688
00:30:54,026 --> 00:30:56,855
MICHAEL DiGONIS:
It's, uh, almost amusing
689
00:30:56,898 --> 00:30:58,944
to spend $150,000
690
00:30:58,987 --> 00:31:02,556
on a car and equipment
and prep work,
691
00:31:02,599 --> 00:31:05,733
so that you can see
if you can break your neck.
692
00:31:05,776 --> 00:31:08,431
Now that's a beautiful thing,
you know? [chuckles]
693
00:31:08,475 --> 00:31:09,432
Yeah, I know.
694
00:31:09,476 --> 00:31:10,956
-Oh! Jesus!
-All right.
695
00:31:10,999 --> 00:31:12,958
Everyone, Seth, my attorney.
696
00:31:13,001 --> 00:31:15,525
[laughs]
Come in, say hi to everybody.
697
00:31:15,569 --> 00:31:17,614
Seth, Brian, Gina.
698
00:31:17,658 --> 00:31:19,834
DiGONIS:
I'm not sure
699
00:31:19,878 --> 00:31:21,401
that we know why we did it.
700
00:31:21,444 --> 00:31:23,316
It was just a challenge.
701
00:31:23,359 --> 00:31:25,274
And that's the same reason
702
00:31:25,318 --> 00:31:27,015
-why this crew is doing what
they're doing tonight. -Right.
703
00:31:27,059 --> 00:31:28,930
-Fuel this up.
-DiGONIS: It's a challenge.
704
00:31:28,974 --> 00:31:31,150
By the way,
this type of thing makes
705
00:31:31,193 --> 00:31:32,412
the 24 hours of Le Mans
706
00:31:32,455 --> 00:31:34,414
look like a Boy Scout outing.
707
00:31:34,457 --> 00:31:38,635
There is 18,700
and somewhat, uh...
708
00:31:38,679 --> 00:31:41,812
law enforcement agencies
around the United States.
709
00:31:41,856 --> 00:31:44,990
Knowingly, they're gonna
break the law at times,
710
00:31:45,033 --> 00:31:47,470
but, uh, they'll probably pay
the dues for that.
711
00:31:47,514 --> 00:31:49,777
[both laugh]
712
00:31:49,820 --> 00:31:51,561
In about three, four minutes,
we got to go.
713
00:31:51,605 --> 00:31:52,911
-Get ahead of you.
-I know.
714
00:31:52,954 --> 00:31:54,695
-Then you got to go.
-Yeah.
715
00:31:54,738 --> 00:31:57,132
[indistinct chatter]
716
00:31:57,176 --> 00:31:58,917
-Goodbye.
-All right. Good luck.
717
00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:00,005
Thank you for everything.
I really appreciate it.
718
00:32:00,048 --> 00:32:01,484
All right. Call me for anything.
719
00:32:01,528 --> 00:32:03,312
I will. Day and a half.
720
00:32:03,356 --> 00:32:05,358
♪
721
00:32:07,316 --> 00:32:08,927
Go.
722
00:32:08,970 --> 00:32:11,494
[tires squeal]
723
00:32:13,235 --> 00:32:15,977
♪ What has just come over me?
724
00:32:16,021 --> 00:32:17,936
-Okay, we're on time.
-[cheering and whooping]
725
00:32:17,979 --> 00:32:19,111
We're good.
726
00:32:22,897 --> 00:32:25,944
♪ I was blind, but now I see
727
00:32:25,987 --> 00:32:29,382
-♪ I'm gonna live life
like a ride ♪ -[horn honks]
728
00:32:32,559 --> 00:32:34,517
ROY:
Uh, fun.
729
00:32:34,561 --> 00:32:36,563
I'm driving cross-country.
730
00:32:38,434 --> 00:32:41,524
Uh, yes, definitely take
that turnpike.
731
00:32:41,568 --> 00:32:43,570
Very good.
732
00:32:45,833 --> 00:32:50,011
-How fast can I go through?
-30.
733
00:32:50,055 --> 00:32:52,448
Uh, thermal check.
Any point here?
734
00:32:52,492 --> 00:32:54,276
MAHER:
There is a scanner speed trap
735
00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:55,930
coming up by this bridge.
736
00:32:55,974 --> 00:32:57,932
ROY:
Police on the right side.
737
00:32:57,976 --> 00:32:59,586
Please kill the brake lights.
738
00:32:59,629 --> 00:33:01,457
You're clear.
This is the fast stretch.
739
00:33:01,501 --> 00:33:02,763
Put it down.
740
00:33:02,806 --> 00:33:04,069
MAN [over radio]:
Keep going.
741
00:33:04,112 --> 00:33:05,635
ROY:
All right, thermal check.
742
00:33:05,679 --> 00:33:06,810
-What's the deal with speed
traps here? -It looks like
743
00:33:06,854 --> 00:33:08,073
you are free.
Uh, you're free to go.
744
00:33:08,116 --> 00:33:09,204
-No speed trap for a while.
-No speed traps.
745
00:33:09,248 --> 00:33:10,727
Okay.
746
00:33:10,771 --> 00:33:12,512
[man speaking indistinctly
over radio]
747
00:33:14,862 --> 00:33:16,472
MAHER:
You're pretty golden here.
748
00:33:16,516 --> 00:33:17,952
-ROY: Really?
-MAHER: Yeah.
749
00:33:17,996 --> 00:33:20,259
-ROY: How golden am I?
-MAHER: Stick it right at 100.
750
00:33:20,302 --> 00:33:22,522
You have a long way to go.
751
00:33:22,565 --> 00:33:23,784
[Roy laughs]
752
00:33:23,827 --> 00:33:27,266
♪ Now I have no fear...
753
00:33:27,309 --> 00:33:28,658
-Pennsylvania border.
-ROY: Are you kidding me?
754
00:33:28,702 --> 00:33:29,920
-Already?
-MAHER: Yep.
755
00:33:29,964 --> 00:33:32,227
That's ridiculous.
756
00:33:34,055 --> 00:33:37,276
-WOMAN [over radio]: 22-42.
-Thank you.
757
00:33:37,319 --> 00:33:39,234
-Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! -I
see him, I see him. I got him.
758
00:33:39,278 --> 00:33:41,758
♪ Leave it all behind
759
00:33:41,802 --> 00:33:43,760
♪ All behind
760
00:33:43,804 --> 00:33:45,458
♪ Whoa, all behind...
761
00:33:45,501 --> 00:33:47,025
ROY:
Ramp check?
762
00:33:47,068 --> 00:33:48,504
It's all clear.
763
00:33:48,548 --> 00:33:50,071
MAHER:
There's one car coming up.
764
00:33:50,115 --> 00:33:51,551
ROY:
I don't see him.
765
00:33:51,594 --> 00:33:54,032
You look ahead,
I'll look behind, okay?
766
00:33:54,075 --> 00:33:56,251
♪ Walk through the fire
767
00:33:58,949 --> 00:34:01,952
♪ I gotta fight
768
00:34:01,996 --> 00:34:03,954
♪ Don't let, don't let...
769
00:34:03,998 --> 00:34:06,479
-He's not coming after us.
-Okay.
770
00:34:06,522 --> 00:34:11,397
Indianapolis at 5:39 a.m.
771
00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:15,401
♪ Don't let, don't let go
772
00:34:15,444 --> 00:34:16,880
♪ Walk through the fire
773
00:34:16,924 --> 00:34:20,275
♪ Don't let, don't let go
774
00:34:20,319 --> 00:34:22,321
♪ Into the night.
775
00:34:27,630 --> 00:34:29,632
♪
776
00:34:44,038 --> 00:34:46,214
MORSE: When we crossed
the Mississippi,
777
00:34:46,258 --> 00:34:48,695
it was the most
glorious morning.
778
00:34:48,738 --> 00:34:51,045
I truly remember
how fortunate I was,
779
00:34:51,089 --> 00:34:53,265
you know, just to cross
that river at that time.
780
00:34:58,270 --> 00:35:00,315
DOHERTY:
You didn't make enough headway
781
00:35:00,359 --> 00:35:03,144
in-in the night, you're now
emerging in the daylight.
782
00:35:03,188 --> 00:35:04,580
Sunday, Columbus Day weekend,
783
00:35:04,624 --> 00:35:06,278
which again,
we had researched to be
784
00:35:06,321 --> 00:35:08,497
one of the quietest periods
on the interstate.
785
00:35:08,541 --> 00:35:10,238
So the roads
are much emptier than usual.
786
00:35:10,282 --> 00:35:12,675
But, um,
you're into enforcement.
787
00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:15,113
You're into, uh, 8:00 a.m.,
law enforcement
788
00:35:15,156 --> 00:35:17,941
suddenly coming on the road.
789
00:35:17,985 --> 00:35:20,074
But it was, it was very tough
to get over the shock
790
00:35:20,118 --> 00:35:22,032
of Sunday morning,
when your body's saying,
791
00:35:22,076 --> 00:35:25,253
"You've been in this vehicle now
12 hours. What are you doing?
792
00:35:25,297 --> 00:35:27,125
Go to sleep."
793
00:35:29,736 --> 00:35:31,129
QUARTIERE:
It felt quite surreal.
794
00:35:31,172 --> 00:35:34,958
Got it up to maybe 160, 165--
795
00:35:35,002 --> 00:35:37,178
triple the speed limit--
so you smile and you see
796
00:35:37,222 --> 00:35:38,658
that sun coming up.
797
00:35:38,701 --> 00:35:40,573
It was gorgeous.
798
00:35:40,616 --> 00:35:43,706
TURNER: There really wasn't
a whole lot of conversation
799
00:35:43,750 --> 00:35:46,231
between the two of us--
I mean, y-you're so busy,
800
00:35:46,274 --> 00:35:49,190
the-the passenger was probably
busier than the driver,
801
00:35:49,234 --> 00:35:52,324
just making sure that everything
was working right,
802
00:35:52,367 --> 00:35:54,978
listening to the radios, uh...
803
00:35:55,022 --> 00:35:56,545
DIEM:
I remember being
804
00:35:56,589 --> 00:35:58,330
100% focused
on the task at hand,
805
00:35:58,373 --> 00:36:00,854
whether I was in the right seat,
driving all the equipment,
806
00:36:00,897 --> 00:36:02,856
and asking Doug to keep
his right foot on the gas...
807
00:36:02,899 --> 00:36:04,901
-Yeah. -...or whether I was
in the left seat being told
808
00:36:04,945 --> 00:36:06,512
to keep my right foot on the gas
809
00:36:06,555 --> 00:36:08,557
and concentrating on the,
you know, the road ahead.
810
00:36:08,601 --> 00:36:10,298
DOHERTY: The most important gear
in any car
811
00:36:10,342 --> 00:36:12,039
were the driver and codriver.
812
00:36:12,082 --> 00:36:13,432
All the technology in the world
couldn't help you
813
00:36:13,475 --> 00:36:15,999
if you didn't anticipate
those things ahead.
814
00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:22,528
Why would anybody do it twice?
815
00:36:22,571 --> 00:36:24,965
-Exactly. Um...
-[laughs]
816
00:36:31,232 --> 00:36:32,973
NEWSMAN:
The U.S. Express.
817
00:36:33,016 --> 00:36:36,672
Steve Clausman is most
surprised at finishing first.
818
00:36:36,716 --> 00:36:39,327
ICE-T: One thing the U.S.
Express guys knew they needed
819
00:36:39,371 --> 00:36:42,504
was a solid team:
a driver and a codriver
820
00:36:42,548 --> 00:36:45,333
who could do both jobs
equally well
821
00:36:45,377 --> 00:36:47,727
and who could work together
with military efficiency
822
00:36:47,770 --> 00:36:49,381
in close quarters.
823
00:36:49,424 --> 00:36:51,513
David Morse
and Steve Clausman...
824
00:36:51,557 --> 00:36:54,255
-[tires screeching]
-...were that type of team.
825
00:36:54,299 --> 00:36:57,432
These two guys wanted to win.
826
00:36:57,476 --> 00:37:00,740
They built a Porsche 928
with a massive fuel tank
827
00:37:00,783 --> 00:37:03,960
that could make it across the country with only one stop.
828
00:37:04,004 --> 00:37:07,442
But the machine
was only half the equation.
829
00:37:07,486 --> 00:37:12,404
Clausman was a professional
driver, Morse a businessman,
830
00:37:12,447 --> 00:37:16,059
a perfect pairing of strategy,
skill and endurance.
831
00:37:16,103 --> 00:37:18,627
CLAUSMAN: Right now,
I look at it as probably
832
00:37:18,671 --> 00:37:20,673
the stupidest thing
I ever did in my whole life.
833
00:37:20,716 --> 00:37:24,024
Okay? And I questioned
myself many times.
834
00:37:24,067 --> 00:37:27,680
Like, why in the hell
did I do this? You know?
835
00:37:27,723 --> 00:37:31,118
Nobody knew I was driving
professionally, race cars.
836
00:37:31,161 --> 00:37:33,425
I didn't really advertise
the fact that I did.
837
00:37:33,468 --> 00:37:36,210
And of course, David, with
his thick, horn-rimmed glasses,
838
00:37:36,254 --> 00:37:38,299
I mean, David looks
like Joe Citizen.
839
00:37:38,343 --> 00:37:39,518
But David's an absolute maniac.
840
00:37:39,561 --> 00:37:42,260
In those races, he turned into
841
00:37:42,303 --> 00:37:44,262
a completely different guy.
842
00:37:44,305 --> 00:37:46,655
He was running at a risk.
That's the bottom line.
843
00:37:46,699 --> 00:37:50,137
He had his whole future,
business-wise,
844
00:37:50,180 --> 00:37:53,140
his whole financial future
at stake,
845
00:37:53,183 --> 00:37:54,837
and he still did it.
846
00:37:54,881 --> 00:37:56,448
And I admire him for it.
847
00:37:56,491 --> 00:37:58,450
Because he had
the guts to do it.
848
00:37:58,493 --> 00:37:59,799
Let me tell you,
you were putting your life
849
00:37:59,842 --> 00:38:00,930
in somebody else's hands,
850
00:38:00,974 --> 00:38:03,324
you know, both ways, and, uh,
851
00:38:03,368 --> 00:38:05,283
I trusted Steve.
852
00:38:08,547 --> 00:38:11,463
ROY: We're in St. Louis
45-odd minutes early.
853
00:38:11,506 --> 00:38:13,943
Excellent driving, Mr. Maher.
854
00:38:29,394 --> 00:38:31,265
Okay.
855
00:38:31,309 --> 00:38:34,921
Take a left, then a right.
856
00:38:34,964 --> 00:38:37,358
GPS:
Recalculating.
857
00:38:37,402 --> 00:38:40,100
All right, I'm not spotting.
Roll safe.
858
00:38:40,143 --> 00:38:43,277
Make sure your detector's up.
859
00:38:49,414 --> 00:38:53,243
-WEISMANN: 50? -In between 55--
it's looking like 55...
860
00:38:57,900 --> 00:38:59,293
WEISMANN:
Here we go.
861
00:38:59,337 --> 00:39:03,341
This is, uh, 3834, 9021.
862
00:39:05,212 --> 00:39:07,170
WEISMANN:
Look for a high-speed car.
863
00:39:07,214 --> 00:39:09,216
Looking.
864
00:39:11,305 --> 00:39:12,785
Yeah, he's already west
of our position.
865
00:39:12,828 --> 00:39:15,265
You'd better call.
866
00:39:15,309 --> 00:39:18,617
-What would you like it to say?
-I need the latitude only.
867
00:39:18,660 --> 00:39:20,793
We might've passed him.
868
00:39:20,836 --> 00:39:22,229
-GOODRICH: Ready, guys?
-Go ahead.
869
00:39:22,272 --> 00:39:26,364
GOODRICH:
Uh, north 3829, west 9046,
870
00:39:26,407 --> 00:39:30,585
plus ten, I-44 West,
approaching Gray Summit.
871
00:39:30,629 --> 00:39:32,718
Somebody's moving
quick-quick there.
872
00:39:32,761 --> 00:39:36,069
-There, I have... -WEISMANN:
Yeah, I think we got him.
873
00:39:36,112 --> 00:39:37,462
Oh, yeah.
874
00:39:37,505 --> 00:39:39,464
-We got 'em.
-We have a visual.
875
00:39:39,507 --> 00:39:41,596
I repeat: we have a visual.
876
00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:42,989
WEISMANN:
That's them.
877
00:39:43,032 --> 00:39:45,121
Oh, wow. Man, he's moving.
878
00:39:45,165 --> 00:39:47,167
Nice spotting, Captain.
879
00:39:52,215 --> 00:39:54,392
-MAHER: Oh, whoa, whoa.
-ROY: Ugh.
880
00:39:54,435 --> 00:39:56,959
MAHER:
Sorry.
881
00:39:57,003 --> 00:39:58,439
We didn't damage
our tires, did we?
882
00:39:58,483 --> 00:40:00,789
No, it was just animal.
883
00:40:00,833 --> 00:40:02,051
Morning.
884
00:40:05,968 --> 00:40:09,929
Don't tell me
they see us already.
885
00:40:09,972 --> 00:40:13,149
He says "Look up."
886
00:40:13,193 --> 00:40:15,717
Cowbell Air, this is Cowbell
Ground. We have you in sight.
887
00:40:28,948 --> 00:40:31,559
That's what...
888
00:40:31,603 --> 00:40:34,083
There he is.
889
00:40:34,127 --> 00:40:36,303
Can you hear us clearly? Over.
890
00:40:56,366 --> 00:40:58,456
Dave.
891
00:41:00,806 --> 00:41:03,591
I liked that move on Gumball.
I don't like it here.
892
00:41:05,288 --> 00:41:07,160
-Paul liked it.
-Of course he likes it.
893
00:41:07,203 --> 00:41:10,206
'Cause he wishes he was doing
it. He wishes he was in the car.
894
00:41:13,427 --> 00:41:14,994
You start to feel
very vulnerable, particularly
895
00:41:15,037 --> 00:41:16,648
-in a red car, doing that kind
of speed. -DOHERTY: Oh, yeah.
896
00:41:16,691 --> 00:41:17,953
Daylight was really tough,
897
00:41:17,997 --> 00:41:20,478
because I'm sure
you didn't do the-the-the 143,
898
00:41:20,521 --> 00:41:21,653
55 and zero daytime?
899
00:41:21,696 --> 00:41:23,350
Absolutely.
900
00:41:23,393 --> 00:41:24,960
-[laughs]
-Wow.
901
00:41:25,004 --> 00:41:26,527
-Absolutely. -Wow.
How many tickets that year?
902
00:41:26,571 --> 00:41:28,573
I only got one, it was in Ohio.
903
00:41:28,616 --> 00:41:30,357
-Okay. -But-but the thing
we've told you, Rick.
904
00:41:30,400 --> 00:41:33,534
-Yeah?
-In '83, we hired a Turbo 210.
905
00:41:33,578 --> 00:41:36,102
-Oh. -From California,
that met us in St. Louis.
906
00:41:39,671 --> 00:41:41,760
CLAUSMAN:
Really? You have 'em?
907
00:41:41,803 --> 00:41:43,675
You got the photographs
and the video
908
00:41:43,718 --> 00:41:46,329
of this pilot flying
over the top of them?
909
00:41:46,373 --> 00:41:48,244
INTERVIEWER:
Truckers mistaked it for cops
910
00:41:48,288 --> 00:41:51,857
and stopped tattling,
and it was a lookout.
911
00:41:51,900 --> 00:41:54,076
And it took video,
and it took still photography.
912
00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:55,817
[whispers]:
Turn off your machine.
913
00:41:55,861 --> 00:41:57,123
Turn it off.
914
00:41:57,166 --> 00:41:58,690
DIEM:
O-Out of all the preparation
915
00:41:58,733 --> 00:42:00,300
and all the stories
we heard about,
916
00:42:00,343 --> 00:42:02,781
all the different tools
and all the different approaches
917
00:42:02,824 --> 00:42:04,565
that everyone had taken
over the years,
918
00:42:04,609 --> 00:42:07,133
it was the one tool
that we hadn't heard anybody
919
00:42:07,176 --> 00:42:09,962
had-had-had thought
to-to deploy.
920
00:42:10,005 --> 00:42:11,920
You're saying they did that?
921
00:42:11,964 --> 00:42:13,356
-Wow.
-LEE: These are the guys
922
00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:15,358
in first place?
Good for you, man.
923
00:42:15,402 --> 00:42:16,925
[laughs]
That's great.
924
00:42:16,969 --> 00:42:18,318
I think that's good.
925
00:42:18,361 --> 00:42:19,928
TURNER:
Realistically, the plane
926
00:42:19,972 --> 00:42:21,539
was not that big of a tool.
927
00:42:21,582 --> 00:42:23,584
You know? It-it really wasn't.
It, uh...
928
00:42:23,628 --> 00:42:24,803
It was a confidence builder
more than anything.
929
00:42:24,846 --> 00:42:26,848
That's precisely said.
930
00:42:26,892 --> 00:42:29,242
-That's exactly what it was.
-Maybe spotted the l--
931
00:42:29,285 --> 00:42:31,287
the law enforcement
once or twice,
932
00:42:31,331 --> 00:42:33,463
during the entire daylight time
from sunup to sundown.
933
00:42:33,507 --> 00:42:35,770
-Yep. That's exactly right.
-It was just
934
00:42:35,814 --> 00:42:37,511
the confidence of knowing
that we're sitting there
935
00:42:37,555 --> 00:42:39,121
in a, in a bright red car
936
00:42:39,165 --> 00:42:41,559
doing 140 miles an hour-plus
down the road,
937
00:42:41,602 --> 00:42:44,736
knowing that someone is up there
looking forward and back.
938
00:42:44,779 --> 00:42:46,520
And it just,
it was a confidence builder
939
00:42:46,564 --> 00:42:49,044
-to keep your foot down.
-Yep.
940
00:42:49,088 --> 00:42:52,439
Yeah, so how many people think
we cheated?
941
00:42:52,482 --> 00:42:55,050
If you had a plane that could
slow down that slow
942
00:42:55,094 --> 00:42:57,662
and fly that route,
943
00:42:57,705 --> 00:42:59,794
you gonna tell me
they're not gonna get caught?
944
00:42:59,838 --> 00:43:01,666
Crap. You're gonna get caught.
945
00:43:01,709 --> 00:43:03,624
You're gonna get busted.
946
00:43:03,668 --> 00:43:06,975
You got to be really coy and sly
about everything you do.
947
00:43:07,019 --> 00:43:10,413
[clears throat]
That's a dead giveaway. Come on.
948
00:43:10,457 --> 00:43:13,591
A plane flying over the highway
and spotting cops for you?
949
00:43:13,634 --> 00:43:15,636
[grunts]
950
00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:18,030
Would I consider
hiring an airplane
951
00:43:18,073 --> 00:43:22,251
to be, um, outside the rulebook?
952
00:43:22,295 --> 00:43:23,862
Maybe.
953
00:43:23,905 --> 00:43:26,168
I'd have to think
about that one.
954
00:43:26,212 --> 00:43:27,387
Rules? What rules?
955
00:43:27,430 --> 00:43:28,823
Um, there were a few rules.
956
00:43:28,867 --> 00:43:30,259
There were a few guidelines.
957
00:43:30,303 --> 00:43:33,045
They were primarily
on the safety side.
958
00:43:33,088 --> 00:43:37,702
Having radar jammers
and scanners and...
959
00:43:37,745 --> 00:43:41,662
a godawful amount of electronics
is quite all right.
960
00:43:41,706 --> 00:43:45,405
As long as your four tires
stay on the ground.
961
00:43:45,448 --> 00:43:47,015
And nothing else, um, happens.
962
00:43:47,059 --> 00:43:50,236
And, of course, you can't turn anybody else in.
963
00:43:50,279 --> 00:43:52,412
-GOODRICH: God, he's flying.
-WEISMANN: Here he comes.
964
00:43:52,455 --> 00:43:55,241
GOODRICH:
He is fucking flying, dude.
965
00:43:55,284 --> 00:43:56,677
WEISMANN:
You're all clear.
966
00:43:56,721 --> 00:43:58,287
All clear, all clear.
967
00:43:58,331 --> 00:44:01,073
♪
968
00:44:12,693 --> 00:44:14,434
USNER: Well, you can't look
at the fact that you're doing
969
00:44:14,477 --> 00:44:16,958
a football field
every second and a half.
970
00:44:17,002 --> 00:44:19,744
I mean, we have freeways
that are built for running
971
00:44:19,787 --> 00:44:23,922
at least a minimum
of 100 miles an hour safely.
972
00:44:23,965 --> 00:44:26,272
Speed is something
that-that drivers
973
00:44:26,315 --> 00:44:28,317
just must become immune to.
974
00:44:28,361 --> 00:44:30,450
You can't let the-the number
975
00:44:30,493 --> 00:44:32,408
bog your mind down.
976
00:44:32,452 --> 00:44:34,759
Remember: concentrate
on whatever you're doing.
977
00:44:34,802 --> 00:44:38,023
Just like I must concentrate
on this interview now,
978
00:44:38,066 --> 00:44:39,633
when you drive a car,
979
00:44:39,677 --> 00:44:42,070
you should concentrate
on the car that you drive.
980
00:44:44,856 --> 00:44:46,858
Cop, left side.
981
00:44:48,729 --> 00:44:53,342
Cop also on--
possibly on right side.
982
00:44:53,386 --> 00:44:55,954
-Slow it up now.
-We're within range. We're fine.
983
00:44:55,997 --> 00:44:58,217
Yep. Cops on both sides.
984
00:44:58,260 --> 00:44:59,958
-CORY WELLES: Clear.
-MAHER: Nice work.
985
00:45:00,001 --> 00:45:02,134
And that guy would
so fucking come after us.
986
00:45:02,177 --> 00:45:03,788
Oh, yeah, he's got that whole...
987
00:45:03,831 --> 00:45:05,833
WOMAN [over radio]:
Any personnel with the subject?
988
00:45:08,923 --> 00:45:11,578
Look at that.
989
00:45:11,621 --> 00:45:14,755
BASKETT: Buzzing right now
on the bikes, yeah?
990
00:45:14,799 --> 00:45:16,626
GOODRICH:
Yeah, here he comes.
991
00:45:16,670 --> 00:45:19,717
You really think Turner, Diem,
or anyone else could do that?
992
00:45:19,760 --> 00:45:22,937
Most of the way?
993
00:45:22,981 --> 00:45:25,244
-It's possible.
-Eastbound, you got
994
00:45:25,287 --> 00:45:30,205
a full-grown at 207 on
the right side facing, uh, you?
995
00:45:30,249 --> 00:45:32,642
WEISMANN: Watch out for
all the sixes there, Westbound.
996
00:45:32,686 --> 00:45:36,646
You're good to go already.
It's pretty quiet.
997
00:45:36,690 --> 00:45:40,302
We good to go through, uh,
Oklahoma City to Amarillo?
998
00:45:42,391 --> 00:45:45,133
-Hammer down.
-Love it.
999
00:45:56,449 --> 00:45:58,277
QUARTIERE:
It was quite pleasing
1000
00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:03,238
to go three times
the 55-mile-an-hour speed limit.
1001
00:46:03,282 --> 00:46:07,373
On a straight road
with no other traffic around us.
1002
00:46:07,416 --> 00:46:09,810
We really were not
a reckless bunch at all.
1003
00:46:09,854 --> 00:46:12,030
Well, it's open
to interpretation.
1004
00:46:12,073 --> 00:46:17,296
But to hit 165, which was
pushing it in the Ferrari,
1005
00:46:17,339 --> 00:46:19,733
was quite rewarding.
1006
00:46:19,777 --> 00:46:22,518
It was very rewarding indeed.
1007
00:46:30,788 --> 00:46:33,181
[radio static]
1008
00:46:33,225 --> 00:46:36,184
The 55-mile-per-hour speed limit
saves lives, fuel,
1009
00:46:36,228 --> 00:46:38,839
and even saves you money
at the gas pump.
1010
00:46:38,883 --> 00:46:41,973
If every Oklahoman
drove 55 on our highways,
1011
00:46:42,016 --> 00:46:46,934
we could save over 250,000
gallons of gas every day.
1012
00:46:46,978 --> 00:46:49,589
And more important,
if we all slowed down,
1013
00:46:49,632 --> 00:46:53,811
we would save as many as 100
lives in Oklahoma every year.
1014
00:46:55,073 --> 00:46:58,554
Why 55? Because it works.
1015
00:47:05,823 --> 00:47:07,389
Okay, slow down,
1016
00:47:07,433 --> 00:47:09,478
slow down, slow down,
oh, cop, cop, cop, cop, cop.
1017
00:47:09,522 --> 00:47:13,743
DISPATCHER: 79. That's right
across from Bixby's store...
1018
00:47:13,787 --> 00:47:15,484
That was definitely a cop.
1019
00:47:15,528 --> 00:47:17,008
-Had two people in the car,
right? -Yeah, but...
1020
00:47:17,051 --> 00:47:19,880
-It was a cop.
-That was definitely a cop.
1021
00:47:19,924 --> 00:47:23,101
Next time I say "cop,"
full braking, like, instantly.
1022
00:47:23,144 --> 00:47:24,537
-No fucking around.
-Okay.
1023
00:47:24,580 --> 00:47:27,888
I had no respect
for the 55-mile-an-hour limit,
1024
00:47:27,932 --> 00:47:29,498
and I took great delight
in breaking the limit,
1025
00:47:29,542 --> 00:47:30,760
I can assure you.
1026
00:47:30,804 --> 00:47:32,762
These roads
are designed for speed.
1027
00:47:32,806 --> 00:47:35,330
They're not designed for 55.
1028
00:47:35,374 --> 00:47:38,116
It was an arbitrary
political decision that, uh,
1029
00:47:38,159 --> 00:47:39,769
different states
enforced differently,
1030
00:47:39,813 --> 00:47:41,554
different law enforcement
officials we met
1031
00:47:41,597 --> 00:47:44,296
during the event
and before and after the events,
1032
00:47:44,339 --> 00:47:45,819
uh, felt differently about.
1033
00:47:45,863 --> 00:47:47,777
There was no such thing
as 55 miles an hour.
1034
00:47:47,821 --> 00:47:51,869
It didn't make any difference.
I never saw 55.
1035
00:47:51,912 --> 00:47:54,306
-I think it's too slow.
-It's one of the best things
1036
00:47:54,349 --> 00:47:55,655
that the government
could have done,
1037
00:47:55,698 --> 00:47:57,004
to slow everybody down
a little bit.
1038
00:47:57,048 --> 00:47:59,354
Everybody goes too fast anyways.
1039
00:47:59,398 --> 00:48:00,790
I think it's a sin, actually.
1040
00:48:00,834 --> 00:48:02,792
It's a free country,
I pay my taxes.
1041
00:48:02,836 --> 00:48:04,446
I think I ought
to be able, able to go about
1042
00:48:04,490 --> 00:48:05,883
as fast as I want to go.
1043
00:48:05,926 --> 00:48:07,928
It's just too slow, too slow.
1044
00:48:07,972 --> 00:48:09,756
I think it's real healthy.
1045
00:48:09,799 --> 00:48:12,237
-Yeah.
-I think it could go up to 60.
1046
00:48:16,415 --> 00:48:18,460
Trying to pick up
some speed here.
1047
00:48:18,504 --> 00:48:19,722
WEISMANN:
You got miles ahead.
1048
00:48:22,682 --> 00:48:24,553
Ramp check clear.
1049
00:48:24,597 --> 00:48:28,296
WEISMANN: He is coming up
on these guys, zoom, zing, zang.
1050
00:48:28,340 --> 00:48:30,342
Gonna go right around
that truck.
1051
00:48:30,385 --> 00:48:32,344
GOODRICH:
Maher goes any-lane style.
1052
00:48:32,387 --> 00:48:36,174
WEISMANN:
Good. That's what you need.
1053
00:48:36,217 --> 00:48:38,219
[indistinct radio chatter]
1054
00:48:38,263 --> 00:48:42,223
If we keep this up, we might
have time for a stop in Vegas.
1055
00:48:42,267 --> 00:48:45,009
Maybe we can buy a joke book
while we're there.
1056
00:48:47,272 --> 00:48:49,665
VIETZE:
It's unbelievable
1057
00:48:49,709 --> 00:48:53,931
to get an airplane involved,
to have
1058
00:48:53,974 --> 00:48:58,544
a fucking plane as part
of your operation...
1059
00:48:58,587 --> 00:49:00,720
WEISMANN:
How we doing?
1060
00:49:00,763 --> 00:49:03,941
GOODRICH:
Clear, good. Pretty good.
1061
00:49:03,984 --> 00:49:06,291
I can't believe
they can't transmit.
1062
00:49:06,334 --> 00:49:07,509
WEISMANN:
It's terrible.
1063
00:49:07,553 --> 00:49:09,729
We should've tested it.
1064
00:49:09,772 --> 00:49:11,731
...and you never once
checked the radio
1065
00:49:11,774 --> 00:49:13,951
to make sure you could
communicate with them?
1066
00:49:13,994 --> 00:49:16,083
GOODRICH: There's got to--
it's-it's operator error.
1067
00:49:16,127 --> 00:49:17,955
WEISMANN:
I can't-- it's got to be.
1068
00:49:17,998 --> 00:49:21,523
VIETZE: The whole point
of the plane being there was
1069
00:49:21,567 --> 00:49:23,743
for communication purposes.
1070
00:49:23,786 --> 00:49:28,226
Uh, for them to be able to let
them know, on the ground,
1071
00:49:28,269 --> 00:49:30,837
-that there were police ahead.
-MAHER: Here's a toll.
1072
00:49:40,064 --> 00:49:42,457
What was that? Brakes?
1073
00:49:42,501 --> 00:49:46,287
I don't know.
1074
00:49:46,331 --> 00:49:48,986
That was not the engine.
That was the brakes.
1075
00:49:49,029 --> 00:49:50,857
Yeah.
1076
00:49:50,900 --> 00:49:53,686
MAHER: What do you think?
Any special...
1077
00:49:53,729 --> 00:49:57,951
ROY: All the way to the right,
all the way to the right.
1078
00:50:01,520 --> 00:50:03,826
-How you doing? $3.50.
-How do?
1079
00:50:03,870 --> 00:50:05,480
Can I have a receipt, please?
1080
00:50:07,091 --> 00:50:08,657
TOLL BOOTH OPERATOR:
Have a good one.
1081
00:50:08,701 --> 00:50:10,703
Thank you.
1082
00:50:12,052 --> 00:50:14,011
[engine revving]
1083
00:50:25,631 --> 00:50:27,807
[horn blares]
1084
00:50:27,850 --> 00:50:29,243
ROY:
Ah, come on.
1085
00:50:29,287 --> 00:50:30,897
MAHER:
I thought there was more room.
1086
00:50:30,940 --> 00:50:33,421
We're storm chasers.
We're here to save your lives.
1087
00:50:33,465 --> 00:50:35,858
[static]
1088
00:50:35,902 --> 00:50:38,644
Can't you see how many lives
we want to save?
1089
00:50:57,097 --> 00:50:59,099
27 miles to Oklahoma City.
1090
00:51:07,934 --> 00:51:09,936
[indistinct chatter]
1091
00:51:13,896 --> 00:51:15,898
[static]
1092
00:51:17,422 --> 00:51:19,511
Really don't like those
in Oklahoma,
1093
00:51:19,554 --> 00:51:22,079
Dave, seriously.
1094
00:51:22,122 --> 00:51:23,906
One call from one
of those guys...
1095
00:51:23,950 --> 00:51:25,430
-I know. He...
-...could fuck us completely.
1096
00:51:25,473 --> 00:51:26,822
He hit the accelerator
too hard, you know. I...
1097
00:51:26,866 --> 00:51:28,476
I understand, but listen.
1098
00:51:28,520 --> 00:51:30,565
It's not worth 45 seconds
to fuck the whole drive
1099
00:51:30,609 --> 00:51:32,959
because one of those guys
has a problem with us.
1100
00:51:33,002 --> 00:51:35,701
-Stealth is the key,
and we, you know... -[laughs]
1101
00:51:35,744 --> 00:51:37,877
You know, I have to laugh,
because you're not stealthy
1102
00:51:37,920 --> 00:51:40,140
-when you go by anybody at a...
-Yeah, I know, but...
1103
00:51:40,184 --> 00:51:42,099
-Whether it's 105 or 145.
-Wait a second. Wait a second.
1104
00:51:42,142 --> 00:51:45,406
It-It's whether someone chooses
to call or not call.
1105
00:51:45,450 --> 00:51:47,495
"Oh, some asshole came by
in a blue car,"
1106
00:51:47,539 --> 00:51:50,324
-versus "I'm calling the police
about this asshole." -Right.
1107
00:51:50,368 --> 00:51:51,934
All right? And that's
the difference between us...
1108
00:51:51,978 --> 00:51:53,501
-I understand. -...you know,
getting a phone call
1109
00:51:53,545 --> 00:51:55,068
-six months from now....
-You're totally right.
1110
00:51:55,112 --> 00:51:56,417
-No, you're totally right.
-...having a warrant
1111
00:51:56,461 --> 00:51:58,419
for our arrest in Oklahoma.
1112
00:51:58,463 --> 00:52:00,639
DiGONIS:
Once you're in the event
1113
00:52:00,682 --> 00:52:02,380
and once you're competing
against others,
1114
00:52:02,423 --> 00:52:05,122
if you try too hard,
1115
00:52:05,165 --> 00:52:07,689
sometimes you'll give 'em
the impression that you're wild.
1116
00:52:07,733 --> 00:52:09,952
Um, if you don't
try hard enough,
1117
00:52:09,996 --> 00:52:11,650
you'll embarrass yourself.
1118
00:52:11,693 --> 00:52:14,218
So I chose the first.
1119
00:52:17,003 --> 00:52:18,961
DOHERTY:
Man with no fear.
1120
00:52:19,005 --> 00:52:21,181
Mike showed up with this,
uh, this Pantera.
1121
00:52:21,225 --> 00:52:22,748
At least it was a Pantera
1122
00:52:22,791 --> 00:52:24,315
at one time.
1123
00:52:24,358 --> 00:52:26,708
Instead of a V-8 engine,
we were pretty sure to this day
1124
00:52:26,752 --> 00:52:28,319
it had Apollo rocket engines
under the hood.
1125
00:52:28,362 --> 00:52:30,147
And this thing
1126
00:52:30,190 --> 00:52:32,192
could go 200 miles an hour.
1127
00:52:32,236 --> 00:52:33,585
I want to to do it again.
1128
00:52:33,628 --> 00:52:35,021
Where are all these guys going?
1129
00:52:35,064 --> 00:52:36,544
I got to race 'em
for some money.
1130
00:52:36,588 --> 00:52:38,198
We didn't make any money
doing all of this.
1131
00:52:38,242 --> 00:52:40,461
STANDER:
Oh, Mike is ten tenths,
1132
00:52:40,505 --> 00:52:43,160
holds back no punches. Um,
1133
00:52:43,203 --> 00:52:45,162
exceptional driver.
1134
00:52:45,205 --> 00:52:47,947
Uh, drove on the ragged edge,
and did it
1135
00:52:47,990 --> 00:52:50,079
with a smile.
No-Fear DiGonis.
1136
00:52:50,123 --> 00:52:51,429
He was the original
1137
00:52:51,472 --> 00:52:52,995
no-fear guy.
1138
00:52:53,039 --> 00:52:55,128
Couple of thousand miles
into the race,
1139
00:52:55,172 --> 00:52:57,435
we just had
1140
00:52:57,478 --> 00:53:02,744
the secondary side
of the coil wires shake loose.
1141
00:53:02,788 --> 00:53:04,790
The fellow that was driving
with me, Rafael,
1142
00:53:04,833 --> 00:53:07,532
was a technician
in my place of business.
1143
00:53:07,575 --> 00:53:08,968
He was comfortable enough
with the car.
1144
00:53:09,011 --> 00:53:11,275
He got out the window,
passenger side,
1145
00:53:11,318 --> 00:53:13,581
crawled onto the roof,
1146
00:53:13,625 --> 00:53:17,585
laid himself onto the rear deck
of the car,
1147
00:53:17,629 --> 00:53:21,720
and surgically
and very carefully managed
1148
00:53:21,763 --> 00:53:25,550
to remedy the problem with
a secondary ignition system.
1149
00:53:26,812 --> 00:53:29,423
Uh... returning to the car
1150
00:53:29,467 --> 00:53:32,339
through the passenger door
window,
1151
00:53:32,383 --> 00:53:34,689
sit himself in,
strap himself up again,
1152
00:53:34,733 --> 00:53:36,125
and continue the race.
1153
00:53:36,169 --> 00:53:37,431
So that worked out okay.
1154
00:53:37,475 --> 00:53:39,085
[laughs]
1155
00:53:39,128 --> 00:53:41,261
INTERVIEWER: How fast
were you going at that point?
1156
00:53:41,305 --> 00:53:43,611
Well, I had to be kind to him,
so I slowed down
1157
00:53:43,655 --> 00:53:46,005
to about 80 or 90 mile an hour.
1158
00:53:46,048 --> 00:53:49,791
Uh... it was, uh...
1159
00:53:49,835 --> 00:53:52,838
It was a comfortable speed
for him.
1160
00:53:52,881 --> 00:53:54,840
Had he done this before?
1161
00:53:54,883 --> 00:53:57,277
I didn't ask him
if he had done it before.
1162
00:53:57,321 --> 00:53:59,236
I just... suggested
1163
00:53:59,279 --> 00:54:01,150
that he better do it this time.
[laughs]
1164
00:54:01,194 --> 00:54:03,849
'Cause we didn't have
too many options.
1165
00:54:03,892 --> 00:54:08,680
GPS:
Drive 120, 66 miles
1166
00:54:08,723 --> 00:54:10,899
to final point.
1167
00:54:10,943 --> 00:54:12,727
-[ding]
-GPS: Reroute.
1168
00:54:12,771 --> 00:54:15,556
-Recalculating. Recalculating.
-[ding]
1169
00:54:15,600 --> 00:54:17,341
-ROY: Shut up.
-GPS: Ten, ten.
1170
00:54:17,384 --> 00:54:20,648
WEISMANN: We got you inside.
We got you inside at Conoco.
1171
00:54:20,692 --> 00:54:22,302
GOODRICH:
Holy shit.
1172
00:54:22,346 --> 00:54:23,738
WEISMANN:
What?
1173
00:54:23,782 --> 00:54:27,133
Their overall average speed--
93.6.
1174
00:54:27,176 --> 00:54:29,135
WEISMANN:
Put the foot down, guys.
1175
00:54:29,178 --> 00:54:31,572
We're looking out for you.
1176
00:54:31,616 --> 00:54:33,487
Let's go to Texas.
1177
00:54:35,837 --> 00:54:37,578
ROY:
So, Dave, do you know how
1178
00:54:37,622 --> 00:54:39,580
to use a BlackBerry
to send text messages?
1179
00:54:39,624 --> 00:54:43,323
You type in, uh, latitude
and longitude, first four digits
1180
00:54:43,367 --> 00:54:46,195
that are on the thing,
and then I-44 West.
1181
00:54:48,197 --> 00:54:50,199
-They talking about us?
-No.
1182
00:54:50,243 --> 00:54:52,463
OFFICER: Uh, weaving
over the line, in and out.
1183
00:54:52,506 --> 00:54:54,508
DISPATCHER:
Okay.
1184
00:55:03,996 --> 00:55:06,477
[dispatcher
speaking indistinctly]
1185
00:55:06,520 --> 00:55:09,001
Everyone used as much gas
as everyone else?
1186
00:55:20,099 --> 00:55:22,101
That's us.
1187
00:55:25,409 --> 00:55:27,759
-MAN: I have 116.
-ROY: What do we do?
1188
00:55:27,802 --> 00:55:30,022
116. So that's the guy.
Where is he?
1189
00:55:30,065 --> 00:55:32,546
-[beeping]
-He's right ahead.
1190
00:55:32,590 --> 00:55:33,982
That's him right there.
1191
00:55:34,026 --> 00:55:36,333
Does he see us?
1192
00:55:36,376 --> 00:55:37,986
We'll hear in a second.
1193
00:55:38,030 --> 00:55:39,423
Oh, my God. Yeah.
1194
00:55:39,466 --> 00:55:40,859
He's braking.
I think he's turning around.
1195
00:55:40,902 --> 00:55:42,295
-Is he really?
-Yeah.
1196
00:55:42,339 --> 00:55:45,646
-For sure?
-Well, should-should we get out?
1197
00:55:45,690 --> 00:55:47,692
-Yeah.
-He's crossing over the median.
1198
00:55:49,346 --> 00:55:50,999
[Roy sighs]
1199
00:55:51,043 --> 00:55:54,351
All right. Let's get out
at this exit and hide.
1200
00:55:57,397 --> 00:55:59,399
I don't know if we're gonna have
a lot of room to hide out here.
1201
00:55:59,443 --> 00:56:01,532
-There's not many hiding places.
-Yeah?
1202
00:56:03,403 --> 00:56:06,798
-Oh, my God, my heart is about
to fucking fall out. -Well...
1203
00:56:06,841 --> 00:56:08,713
MAHER:
It's only hearsay.
1204
00:56:08,756 --> 00:56:10,454
You know, he didn't
catch you doing it.
1205
00:56:10,497 --> 00:56:12,064
He may... He'll follow you
for a little bit.
1206
00:56:12,107 --> 00:56:14,371
-I don't think he can
pull you over. -[mumbles]
1207
00:56:14,414 --> 00:56:16,503
I don't know.
1208
00:56:16,547 --> 00:56:18,549
Should we hide anything, or...?
1209
00:56:19,985 --> 00:56:21,943
What if I get out right here?
1210
00:56:21,987 --> 00:56:24,119
Um...
1211
00:56:24,163 --> 00:56:25,773
Well, there's,
there's nowhere to go.
1212
00:56:25,817 --> 00:56:28,428
-I mean...
-Check the map.
1213
00:56:28,472 --> 00:56:29,995
Get off, let 'em pass.
1214
00:56:30,038 --> 00:56:31,475
What do you think?
Right now.
1215
00:56:31,518 --> 00:56:32,998
Go.
1216
00:56:34,042 --> 00:56:35,566
[static]
1217
00:56:35,609 --> 00:56:37,611
ROY:
Brake lights off.
1218
00:56:37,655 --> 00:56:39,047
He was weaving.
1219
00:56:39,091 --> 00:56:40,527
-Eyes open.
-Careful. Careful. Stop sign.
1220
00:56:40,571 --> 00:56:41,963
Stop sign.
1221
00:56:42,007 --> 00:56:43,400
Go this way. Go this way.
1222
00:56:46,228 --> 00:56:49,101
-Wait.
-You see him?
1223
00:56:49,144 --> 00:56:50,885
MAHER:
I can't see if he's coming.
1224
00:56:50,929 --> 00:56:53,235
[officer speaking indistinctly]
1225
00:56:59,328 --> 00:57:01,809
-All right, so...
-He thinks we're still going.
1226
00:57:05,465 --> 00:57:07,424
-MAHER: I'm gonna get out.
-ROY: Yes.
1227
00:57:09,469 --> 00:57:11,253
We got him pissed right here.
1228
00:57:12,820 --> 00:57:14,256
I mean...
1229
00:57:16,171 --> 00:57:17,434
Should I shut... shut this off?
1230
00:57:17,477 --> 00:57:19,087
-Turn me off. All power.
-WELLES: Off all power.
1231
00:57:19,131 --> 00:57:21,307
[beep]
1232
00:57:21,350 --> 00:57:24,266
INGEBORG ROY:
I'm trying to feel peaceful,
1233
00:57:24,310 --> 00:57:29,184
but it's the surface
that is peaceful,
1234
00:57:29,228 --> 00:57:31,709
not the inside.
1235
00:57:33,145 --> 00:57:35,364
I worry like crazy.
1236
00:57:35,408 --> 00:57:38,716
That's really what it all is,
uh... is about.
1237
00:57:38,759 --> 00:57:40,457
Very difficult.
1238
00:57:40,500 --> 00:57:44,852
I'm excited, but I won't sleep.
1239
00:57:44,896 --> 00:57:46,463
I believe in fate.
1240
00:57:46,506 --> 00:57:48,203
Something is meant to be,
1241
00:57:48,247 --> 00:57:50,989
it'll be fine,
we'll be protected.
1242
00:57:51,032 --> 00:57:52,381
If it's not meant to be,
1243
00:57:52,425 --> 00:57:54,383
then something will happen
that will
1244
00:57:54,427 --> 00:57:56,342
stop it right
in the middle of tracks.
1245
00:57:56,385 --> 00:57:58,300
But whether you scream or not,
1246
00:57:58,344 --> 00:58:00,607
one's children do
whatever they need to do.
1247
00:58:00,651 --> 00:58:02,957
I won't probably
won't be sleeping much.
1248
00:58:04,002 --> 00:58:05,960
But that's okay.
1249
00:58:06,004 --> 00:58:07,527
With, you know...
1250
00:58:07,571 --> 00:58:09,790
it goes with the territory,
you know.
1251
00:58:11,183 --> 00:58:14,795
One is excited
and yet very concerned.
1252
00:58:15,840 --> 00:58:17,232
[footsteps passing nearby]
1253
00:58:17,276 --> 00:58:18,712
[woman speaking indistinctly]
1254
00:58:18,756 --> 00:58:21,498
Mmm. See,
even the cigarette went out,
1255
00:58:21,541 --> 00:58:23,717
which is just as well.
[laughs]
1256
00:58:25,502 --> 00:58:27,895
WEISMANN: Cowbell Ground,
Cowbell Ground, Cowbell Air.
1257
00:58:27,939 --> 00:58:29,723
Jonny, any update
on that coordinate?
1258
00:58:29,767 --> 00:58:31,116
GOODRICH:
I keep asking for 'em.
1259
00:58:31,159 --> 00:58:33,901
-I'm trying, man.
-What the hell else
1260
00:58:33,945 --> 00:58:34,902
can they be doing?
1261
00:58:34,946 --> 00:58:36,338
We need updates, man.
1262
00:58:36,382 --> 00:58:40,125
They should be in that stretch
of road, definitely.
1263
00:58:40,168 --> 00:58:41,169
[choppy radio static]
1264
00:58:43,171 --> 00:58:44,956
Maybe you should take over.
1265
00:58:46,740 --> 00:58:48,220
All right.
1266
00:58:48,263 --> 00:58:49,787
Put the scanner back on.
1267
00:58:49,830 --> 00:58:51,397
Just press power.
You know how?
1268
00:58:51,440 --> 00:58:53,442
-Let's try to find 'em.
-BASKETT: What do you see, Jon?
1269
00:58:53,486 --> 00:58:55,880
WEISMANN:
What's that?
1270
00:58:55,923 --> 00:58:59,405
GOODRICH: It's... an SUV cop
sitting in the median.
1271
00:59:00,580 --> 00:59:03,714
Something else pulling over.
1272
00:59:03,757 --> 00:59:06,760
WEISMANN:
Two bogeys. Two bogeys at 9811.
1273
00:59:06,804 --> 00:59:08,327
BASKETT: I wonder
if they're looking for them.
1274
00:59:08,370 --> 00:59:09,850
WEISMANN: All right,
they're talking to each other.
1275
00:59:09,894 --> 00:59:11,852
-GOODRICH: Yeah, they are.
-Ground, we need an update.
1276
00:59:11,896 --> 00:59:14,202
We need an update now, please.
1277
00:59:14,246 --> 00:59:16,509
Uh, it's halfway
to the Oklahoma border of Texas.
1278
00:59:17,684 --> 00:59:19,686
That's nice work.
1279
00:59:23,429 --> 00:59:25,779
9811. 9811.
1280
00:59:25,823 --> 00:59:27,564
[indistinct radio chatter]
1281
00:59:27,607 --> 00:59:31,045
You got a bogey. 9811.
1282
00:59:31,089 --> 00:59:32,307
Police vehicle
on center median?
1283
00:59:32,351 --> 00:59:34,875
Yes, it is. There he is.
1284
00:59:34,919 --> 00:59:36,921
WEISMANN:
Is that them?
1285
00:59:36,964 --> 00:59:39,314
GOODRICH: Oh, there he is,
hiding behind that truck,
1286
00:59:39,358 --> 00:59:41,578
-just past the off-ramp.
-Stay behind that truck.
1287
00:59:41,621 --> 00:59:43,492
There's, uh, dual bogeys
1288
00:59:43,536 --> 00:59:46,365
about a quarter mile
up ahead on the left.
1289
00:59:48,236 --> 00:59:50,587
[indistinct radio transmission]
1290
01:00:00,509 --> 01:00:02,207
There-There's two of them.
1291
01:00:02,250 --> 01:00:04,601
[laughing]
1292
01:00:07,168 --> 01:00:08,605
Yes!
1293
01:00:08,648 --> 01:00:10,476
GOODRICH:
He's past.
1294
01:00:10,519 --> 01:00:13,610
But I bet he's trying to let
his ring piece go loose again.
1295
01:00:13,653 --> 01:00:15,786
[laughter]
1296
01:00:15,829 --> 01:00:18,745
-Thank you, big cover.
-[laughs]
1297
01:00:18,789 --> 01:00:20,268
Whew!
1298
01:00:20,312 --> 01:00:23,054
Um, Dave?
1299
01:00:23,097 --> 01:00:24,969
Uh, if you want to switch again,
1300
01:00:25,012 --> 01:00:27,232
so we can burn out
of this state, fine.
1301
01:00:27,275 --> 01:00:30,539
Otherwise, I'm gonna hold it at,
like, the mid-80s
1302
01:00:30,583 --> 01:00:32,237
or high, like, 90-ish
1303
01:00:32,280 --> 01:00:34,761
and then blast through Texas.
1304
01:00:34,805 --> 01:00:36,110
Because...
1305
01:00:36,154 --> 01:00:38,025
you know, they're on to us.
1306
01:00:38,069 --> 01:00:41,202
And there's only one road
out of this state.
1307
01:00:41,246 --> 01:00:44,728
♪
1308
01:00:44,771 --> 01:00:46,947
DOHERTY: A lot of things
came together in 1983
1309
01:00:46,991 --> 01:00:48,427
that-that gave us a...
1310
01:00:48,470 --> 01:00:50,298
a lot of doubt
there'd be another U.S. Express.
1311
01:00:50,342 --> 01:00:53,171
The Cannonball Run movie
had come out,
1312
01:00:53,214 --> 01:00:54,651
and, even though it was
a farce,
1313
01:00:54,694 --> 01:00:56,478
all of a sudden
you started hearing
1314
01:00:56,522 --> 01:00:58,698
on the citizen band radio, uh,
"Wow, could be a Cannonball
1315
01:00:58,742 --> 01:01:00,700
going through here,"
that sort of thing.
1316
01:01:00,744 --> 01:01:02,571
MAN [over radio]:
Who you been talking to?
1317
01:01:02,615 --> 01:01:06,358
MAN 2: Foreign... French sports
car was, uh, going westbound.
1318
01:01:06,401 --> 01:01:09,709
MAN 3: There was a Cannonball
this weekend.
1319
01:01:09,753 --> 01:01:12,059
QUARTIERE:
The event ended in '83.
1320
01:01:12,103 --> 01:01:13,757
My belief is
1321
01:01:13,800 --> 01:01:15,106
it became publicized.
1322
01:01:15,149 --> 01:01:17,717
And you have liability issues.
1323
01:01:17,761 --> 01:01:19,676
And other things crop up.
1324
01:01:19,719 --> 01:01:22,026
The police are waiting for you.
1325
01:01:22,069 --> 01:01:23,723
They knew about the race.
1326
01:01:23,767 --> 01:01:27,335
They knew it was coming through,
and they were pissed.
1327
01:01:27,379 --> 01:01:31,078
We left separated
by at least 15 minutes a car.
1328
01:01:31,122 --> 01:01:34,429
So it's not as if you're running
next to each other.
1329
01:01:34,473 --> 01:01:36,997
But you still run into traffic.
1330
01:01:37,041 --> 01:01:38,956
You still run into obstacles.
1331
01:01:38,999 --> 01:01:41,001
I can't remember exactly
the geographic point.
1332
01:01:41,045 --> 01:01:42,611
There's a roadblock.
1333
01:01:42,655 --> 01:01:44,918
And he says,
"I know what you're doing,
1334
01:01:44,962 --> 01:01:47,355
I'm taking you to jail,"
and I looked at him, I said,
1335
01:01:47,399 --> 01:01:49,488
"What are you talking about?"
He said, "Well, you're a part
1336
01:01:49,531 --> 01:01:51,185
of this race."
I said, "What race?"
1337
01:01:51,229 --> 01:01:55,712
That pretty much spelled the end
of, uh, the U.S. Express.
1338
01:01:58,715 --> 01:02:00,455
What do you see?
1339
01:02:00,499 --> 01:02:04,111
I see, uh,
your foot to the floor
1340
01:02:04,155 --> 01:02:05,722
to the top of the next hill.
1341
01:02:08,420 --> 01:02:10,161
They're doing amazing.
1342
01:02:10,204 --> 01:02:12,076
They're kicking major ass here.
1343
01:02:12,119 --> 01:02:14,687
BASKETT: What was the average
miles here, Jon?
1344
01:02:14,731 --> 01:02:19,474
-GOODRICH: I think he said
it was, uh, 93.6. -Whoa.
1345
01:02:24,044 --> 01:02:25,742
MAHER:
They said a small thunderstorm
1346
01:02:25,785 --> 01:02:27,221
is starting to form.
1347
01:02:27,265 --> 01:02:29,702
That'll be a problem.
1348
01:02:29,746 --> 01:02:31,660
ROY:
Small? That's great.
1349
01:02:31,704 --> 01:02:34,098
There was
an 80% likelihood before.
1350
01:02:35,839 --> 01:02:37,928
[over radio]: Hey, guys,
we're 14 out, going to get fuel.
1351
01:02:37,971 --> 01:02:40,844
We'll, uh, regroup.
We'll call you from the ground.
1352
01:02:42,976 --> 01:02:45,413
We might not see 'em again
after this storm.
1353
01:02:45,457 --> 01:02:48,590
ROY: Why?
Visibility is dropping, so...
1354
01:02:48,634 --> 01:02:52,116
patrol saw less cop cars
on the other side.
1355
01:02:52,159 --> 01:02:53,682
MAHER: One good thing I learned
about driving in the rain
1356
01:02:53,726 --> 01:02:56,511
is that you really don't get
many cops out
1357
01:02:56,555 --> 01:02:58,339
'cause none of 'em want
to get wet,
1358
01:02:58,383 --> 01:03:01,908
so they don't want to pull you
over and give you a ticket.
1359
01:03:06,957 --> 01:03:08,436
I can't see shit.
1360
01:03:15,879 --> 01:03:17,794
[indistinct talking]
1361
01:03:20,274 --> 01:03:23,234
-MAHER: What are you asking for?
-ROY: Ramp check on the right.
1362
01:03:23,277 --> 01:03:25,105
You're clear.
1363
01:03:27,281 --> 01:03:29,893
It's not cops so much we have
to worry about at this point,
1364
01:03:29,936 --> 01:03:32,199
it's control and speed.
1365
01:03:32,243 --> 01:03:34,462
♪
1366
01:03:39,728 --> 01:03:41,905
EGLOFF: The wind and rain can cut through you real quick,
1367
01:03:41,948 --> 01:03:45,560
you know, and, you know,
bring your fatigue down,
1368
01:03:45,604 --> 01:03:48,172
but that's part of the rally,
we're just gonna...
1369
01:03:48,215 --> 01:03:51,001
That's part of the
accomplishment, the endurance,
1370
01:03:51,044 --> 01:03:53,264
-making it, you know?
-MORSE: Well, the person
1371
01:03:53,307 --> 01:03:55,875
I think I admired the most
was the person
1372
01:03:55,919 --> 01:03:57,355
who rode the motorcycle.
1373
01:03:57,398 --> 01:03:59,705
I can't think of going fast,
1374
01:03:59,748 --> 01:04:01,707
cross-country...
1375
01:04:01,750 --> 01:04:04,797
[chuckling]: you know,
holding on to a motorcycle--
1376
01:04:04,841 --> 01:04:06,625
oh, please--
in the middle of the night
1377
01:04:06,668 --> 01:04:08,975
as being even close to fun.
1378
01:04:09,019 --> 01:04:11,499
-How'd you do the other times?
-Very good.
1379
01:04:11,543 --> 01:04:13,240
-Super. You gonna win this time?
-Yes.
1380
01:04:13,284 --> 01:04:15,895
DOHERTY: Only one human being
ran two Cannonballs
1381
01:04:15,939 --> 01:04:17,766
and four U.S. Expresses,
1382
01:04:17,810 --> 01:04:19,116
and that's George Egloff.
1383
01:04:19,159 --> 01:04:20,813
When you look
at a sign somewhere
1384
01:04:20,857 --> 01:04:23,250
in Kansas or Nebraska or...
1385
01:04:23,294 --> 01:04:27,124
and the mileage across the state
is, like, oh, God, no.
1386
01:04:27,167 --> 01:04:30,257
DOHERTY: Doing this for almost two days?
1387
01:04:30,301 --> 01:04:32,216
Uh, going from one ocean
to the other?
1388
01:04:32,259 --> 01:04:34,871
There's no other event like
it-- nothing's ever been done
1389
01:04:34,914 --> 01:04:36,481
in Europe like that, nothing's
been done in Australia,
1390
01:04:36,524 --> 01:04:39,266
nothing in, uh,
South America or Africa.
1391
01:04:39,310 --> 01:04:41,486
Um, his record will stand
the test of time.
1392
01:04:41,529 --> 01:04:42,704
My dad and mom
1393
01:04:42,748 --> 01:04:43,836
had motorcycles.
1394
01:04:43,880 --> 01:04:45,011
My mom, I got her picture
1395
01:04:45,055 --> 01:04:46,795
inHarley Women magazine
1396
01:04:46,839 --> 01:04:49,363
when she rode a motorcycle
back then.
1397
01:04:49,407 --> 01:04:51,800
My whole family's always been
into motorcycling.
1398
01:04:51,844 --> 01:04:53,846
It's just a good thing,
I think.
1399
01:04:53,890 --> 01:04:56,022
It seemed that
I always got involved
1400
01:04:56,066 --> 01:04:57,067
in this long-distance stuff.
1401
01:04:57,110 --> 01:04:59,460
I used to go on touring trips,
1402
01:04:59,504 --> 01:05:01,941
you know,
just to ride around Lake Ontario
1403
01:05:01,985 --> 01:05:03,943
for the heck of it
on a weekend, you know?
1404
01:05:03,987 --> 01:05:05,989
Everything was
just going right in my life
1405
01:05:06,032 --> 01:05:08,426
-at that time.
-DOHERTY: George is just...
1406
01:05:08,469 --> 01:05:12,212
a sportsman--
uh, knew he'd never win.
1407
01:05:12,256 --> 01:05:14,432
Uh, he'll never be challenged,
to my knowledge,
1408
01:05:14,475 --> 01:05:16,477
for... for the endurance
of this alone.
1409
01:05:16,521 --> 01:05:18,479
I mean, he was referred to as,
you know,
1410
01:05:18,523 --> 01:05:20,394
Iron Kidney Egloff for a while.
1411
01:05:20,438 --> 01:05:23,354
♪
1412
01:05:25,051 --> 01:05:28,533
Hope those guys are all right
in the plane.
1413
01:05:28,576 --> 01:05:30,100
I'm gonna get a Double Whopper
with Cheese.
1414
01:05:30,143 --> 01:05:32,537
I want the TenderGrill
chicken sandwich.
1415
01:05:32,580 --> 01:05:36,323
What's a value Angus meal?
1416
01:05:36,367 --> 01:05:37,803
What's an Angus meal?
1417
01:05:39,370 --> 01:05:42,982
This says we're past the weather
on the weather map.
1418
01:05:44,418 --> 01:05:46,507
I'm having a hard time
believing it.
1419
01:05:46,551 --> 01:05:50,033
You're filing down
to one lane again.
1420
01:05:53,427 --> 01:05:54,689
Goddamn it!
1421
01:05:56,082 --> 01:05:58,955
Holy cow.
1422
01:05:58,998 --> 01:06:02,306
This goes on forever...
1423
01:06:02,349 --> 01:06:05,178
You don't have to do
35 miles an hour
1424
01:06:05,222 --> 01:06:07,311
just because there's one lane.
I don't get it.
1425
01:06:07,354 --> 01:06:08,573
[frustrated sigh]
1426
01:06:18,713 --> 01:06:21,586
22 miles an hour.
1427
01:06:21,629 --> 01:06:23,849
This is so fucking brutal.
1428
01:06:23,892 --> 01:06:25,329
I can't stand it anymore.
1429
01:06:28,593 --> 01:06:29,898
Want to play cards or something?
1430
01:06:29,942 --> 01:06:32,597
Breaker 1-9,
this is Big D in the Eagle.
1431
01:06:32,640 --> 01:06:35,034
CLAUSMAN: You cannot compare
the traffic conditions
1432
01:06:35,078 --> 01:06:38,690
of when it was that...
at those days as it is now.
1433
01:06:38,733 --> 01:06:41,084
There are too many people
on the road
1434
01:06:41,127 --> 01:06:44,130
to be able to even think
that you can accomplish that
1435
01:06:44,174 --> 01:06:46,045
without a police escort.
1436
01:06:46,089 --> 01:06:47,829
There's too much traffic.
1437
01:06:47,873 --> 01:06:50,571
GOODRICH: So what do you want me
to tell these fucking guys?
1438
01:06:50,615 --> 01:06:52,095
WEISMANN: Tell 'em to sit tight,
we're on our way.
1439
01:06:52,138 --> 01:06:53,270
Copy that.
1440
01:06:53,313 --> 01:06:55,315
[sighs]
Goodrich says, "Sit down.
1441
01:06:55,359 --> 01:06:58,144
"We're close by.
Weather a little crazy up here,
1442
01:06:58,188 --> 01:07:00,146
but we're doing
everything we can."
1443
01:07:00,190 --> 01:07:02,496
Is it open?
1444
01:07:02,540 --> 01:07:05,282
Wide open. Get rid
of the cigarette. Let's go.
1445
01:07:07,936 --> 01:07:10,287
All right, put the pedal down.
1446
01:07:10,330 --> 01:07:12,898
Don't lift up until I say.
1447
01:07:12,941 --> 01:07:15,292
ROY: I want to see
your best-ever spotting
1448
01:07:15,335 --> 01:07:17,468
of all time.
1449
01:07:25,345 --> 01:07:27,521
Watch this guy.
He's got his blinker on.
1450
01:07:27,565 --> 01:07:30,089
[winces]
1451
01:07:30,133 --> 01:07:33,092
-Are we okay?
-Yeah.
1452
01:07:33,136 --> 01:07:35,268
Just hope he doesn't call us in.
1453
01:07:36,617 --> 01:07:39,881
Current position:
Alley Ray 10435.
1454
01:07:39,925 --> 01:07:42,101
I repeat: 10435.
1455
01:07:42,145 --> 01:07:46,453
10435. He's coming up on, uh,
Anton Chico pretty quick.
1456
01:07:46,497 --> 01:07:50,066
Look at how open and stretched
the roads are.
1457
01:07:50,109 --> 01:07:51,632
There's no place to hide.
1458
01:07:51,676 --> 01:07:54,157
That guy's going very fast.
1459
01:07:54,200 --> 01:07:56,333
-Looks... I'm still thinking...
-Looks like them.
1460
01:07:56,376 --> 01:07:58,204
Whoo-hoo!
1461
01:07:58,248 --> 01:08:00,119
WEISMANN: Ground, we are
directly overhead, kids.
1462
01:08:00,163 --> 01:08:01,773
Ha-ha, we got you in sight.
1463
01:08:01,816 --> 01:08:03,035
Truck stop on the right.
1464
01:08:03,079 --> 01:08:04,341
All clear...
1465
01:08:04,384 --> 01:08:06,821
Feels good to have 'em back.
1466
01:08:06,865 --> 01:08:08,649
It does.
1467
01:08:08,693 --> 01:08:12,653
MAN [over radio]: All right,
drivers, I see blue sky
1468
01:08:12,697 --> 01:08:14,177
going west.
1469
01:08:14,220 --> 01:08:16,222
♪
1470
01:08:22,924 --> 01:08:25,927
MAHER: 120 all the way
around this bend.
1471
01:08:25,971 --> 01:08:28,321
Your next ramp is, uh...
1472
01:08:28,365 --> 01:08:30,541
has got nothing-- all clear.
1473
01:08:30,584 --> 01:08:32,543
Ramp's clear,
but watch this truck.
1474
01:08:35,546 --> 01:08:37,113
Nice move.
1475
01:08:37,156 --> 01:08:39,115
♪
1476
01:08:41,943 --> 01:08:43,510
WEISMANN:
There he goes. He's moving.
1477
01:08:43,554 --> 01:08:45,686
That's how we like it, boys,
that's how we like it.
1478
01:08:45,730 --> 01:08:48,167
GOODRICH:
My God, he's on it! Yeah!
1479
01:08:48,211 --> 01:08:49,603
BASKETT:
Where is he? Where is he?
1480
01:08:49,647 --> 01:08:50,822
WEISMANN:
He's shooting over this bridge.
1481
01:08:50,865 --> 01:08:52,389
GOODRICH:
Yeah, he just blew over this.
1482
01:08:52,432 --> 01:08:53,999
Holy shit.
1483
01:09:00,658 --> 01:09:02,790
Clear until tomorrow.
1484
01:09:11,582 --> 01:09:12,931
♪
1485
01:09:12,974 --> 01:09:15,107
[indistinct radio chatter]
1486
01:09:16,500 --> 01:09:18,328
♪
1487
01:09:20,547 --> 01:09:22,549
[speaking indistinctly]
1488
01:09:25,552 --> 01:09:29,208
♪
1489
01:09:29,252 --> 01:09:31,993
WEISMANN: Wow, these guys are
really in the homestretch here.
1490
01:09:32,037 --> 01:09:33,299
GOODRICH:
They really are.
1491
01:09:46,530 --> 01:09:49,185
WEISMANN:
You guys are hauling ass.
1492
01:09:49,228 --> 01:09:51,012
Doing great.
1493
01:09:51,056 --> 01:09:53,450
We love it up here.
1494
01:09:53,493 --> 01:09:56,104
Desert style. Wow.
1495
01:10:11,119 --> 01:10:13,078
Power stays on.
1496
01:10:14,949 --> 01:10:16,951
TRUCKER [over radio]: Hey,
you west-bounders up there,
1497
01:10:16,995 --> 01:10:21,129
I got a sports car coming,
doing about 95 miles an hour.
1498
01:10:21,173 --> 01:10:22,957
TRUCKER 2:
How about I try the old
1499
01:10:23,001 --> 01:10:24,524
"throw the left turn signal on
1500
01:10:24,568 --> 01:10:26,744
just before he gets here trick,"
see if that bothers him.
1501
01:10:26,787 --> 01:10:28,398
CLAUSMAN:
They were high.
1502
01:10:28,441 --> 01:10:30,922
They'd be putting on mile
after mile after mile.
1503
01:10:30,965 --> 01:10:32,532
And they'd talk like old ladies.
1504
01:10:32,576 --> 01:10:34,230
"Breaker 1-9.
Here, this is,
1505
01:10:34,273 --> 01:10:36,232
this is
the Blue Canyon Bulldog."
1506
01:10:36,275 --> 01:10:38,625
TRUCKER 3: That sucker
can run 200 mile an hour,
1507
01:10:38,669 --> 01:10:42,063
but it sure as hell can't outrun
a Motorola radio wave.
1508
01:10:42,107 --> 01:10:44,240
CLAUSMAN: If you went by those
trucks and you blew by 'em,
1509
01:10:44,283 --> 01:10:45,937
they turned you into the cops.
1510
01:10:45,980 --> 01:10:47,678
We had to be cool.
1511
01:10:47,721 --> 01:10:49,680
When they kept passing the word that we were coming,
1512
01:10:49,723 --> 01:10:51,812
way up ahead, these trucks
would get in each,
1513
01:10:51,856 --> 01:10:53,553
block both lanes.
1514
01:10:53,597 --> 01:10:56,295
You can always tell
how someone drives
1515
01:10:56,339 --> 01:10:59,255
by their relationship
with truckers.
1516
01:10:59,298 --> 01:11:01,300
America moves by truck,
1517
01:11:01,344 --> 01:11:04,303
and if you want to efficiently
move down the highway,
1518
01:11:04,347 --> 01:11:06,827
you have to know
how to deal with them.
1519
01:11:06,871 --> 01:11:09,177
WEISMANN:
The next mile is terrible.
1520
01:11:09,221 --> 01:11:13,356
Truck upon truck piled up
next to each other.
1521
01:11:13,399 --> 01:11:15,053
-[indistinct radio transmission]
-Ramp check.
1522
01:11:15,096 --> 01:11:17,577
MAN [over radio]:
Yeah.
1523
01:11:17,621 --> 01:11:20,319
I'm doing 70 miles an hour,
you don't need a ramp check.
1524
01:11:20,363 --> 01:11:23,017
TRUCKER: Well, that's gonna
put us ahead of him.
1525
01:11:23,061 --> 01:11:25,324
MAHER: How can you not even
initiate the move
1526
01:11:25,368 --> 01:11:28,980
-to get out of the way?
-ROY: I know.
1527
01:11:29,023 --> 01:11:31,069
It's nuts.
1528
01:11:31,112 --> 01:11:32,288
[Maher exhales]
1529
01:11:32,331 --> 01:11:34,812
TRUCKER:
I said the way the nose
1530
01:11:34,855 --> 01:11:36,117
-was up in the air...
-Come on.
1531
01:11:36,161 --> 01:11:38,163
DIEM:
The key to racing is,
1532
01:11:38,206 --> 01:11:41,906
is to be properly trained and
to do it within safe limits.
1533
01:11:41,949 --> 01:11:43,734
And as fast as we were going
across the country
1534
01:11:43,777 --> 01:11:46,127
at 143 miles an hour,
which-which a lot of people
1535
01:11:46,171 --> 01:11:48,216
would probably say,
"Gee, how unsafe is that,"
1536
01:11:48,260 --> 01:11:51,698
there-there wasn't a moment
in time that entire race
1537
01:11:51,742 --> 01:11:53,961
that I didn't think
that we were 100%
1538
01:11:54,005 --> 01:11:56,442
well within our-our safety zone.
1539
01:11:56,486 --> 01:11:58,009
FARAH:
When you deal with truckers,
1540
01:11:58,052 --> 01:11:59,576
you want to drive by the book.
1541
01:11:59,619 --> 01:12:01,926
Take passes at safe times,
alert,
1542
01:12:01,969 --> 01:12:03,797
use the hazards
1543
01:12:03,841 --> 01:12:05,364
to thank them for moving
out of the way.
1544
01:12:05,408 --> 01:12:08,324
If you communicate
your intentions with them
1545
01:12:08,367 --> 01:12:10,761
in a respectful way,
1546
01:12:10,804 --> 01:12:13,154
they will make your day
very easy.
1547
01:12:13,198 --> 01:12:15,461
ROY:
Oh, rabbit. Whoa!
1548
01:12:15,505 --> 01:12:17,333
[indistinct radio chatter]
1549
01:12:17,376 --> 01:12:20,379
MAHER: I wonder if your, uh,
front camera caught that.
1550
01:12:20,423 --> 01:12:23,426
-ROY: Wow. -MAHER: That was
a huge jackrabbit.
1551
01:12:27,430 --> 01:12:28,561
Oh. [scoffs] Yeah.
1552
01:12:28,605 --> 01:12:30,563
♪
1553
01:12:30,607 --> 01:12:33,479
Hey, kindly coming down
on your right side.
1554
01:12:42,749 --> 01:12:45,056
Oh-oh, cop, cop, cop, cop, cop,
cop, cop. Cop.
1555
01:12:45,099 --> 01:12:46,579
It's all right.
1556
01:12:46,623 --> 01:12:49,016
-Brake lights on when?
-Now.
1557
01:12:55,501 --> 01:12:56,720
-MAHER: He's facing
the other way. -ROY: Yeah.
1558
01:12:56,763 --> 01:12:57,851
How good am I?
1559
01:12:57,895 --> 01:12:58,983
That was a great call.
1560
01:12:59,026 --> 01:13:00,593
Love you for that.
1561
01:13:00,637 --> 01:13:01,681
Brake lights off?
1562
01:13:01,725 --> 01:13:03,944
Brake lights off.
1563
01:13:03,988 --> 01:13:06,556
Voilà. Arizona.
1564
01:13:06,599 --> 01:13:08,427
He couldn't possibly think
somebody would be doing
1565
01:13:08,471 --> 01:13:10,386
126 miles an hour
in bad weather.
1566
01:13:10,429 --> 01:13:12,388
[Roy laughs]
1567
01:13:16,435 --> 01:13:18,219
ROY:
What, what, what?
1568
01:13:18,263 --> 01:13:20,744
[Welles speaks indistinctly]
1569
01:13:20,787 --> 01:13:22,398
ROY:
What the fuck is this?
1570
01:13:22,441 --> 01:13:26,532
It's a 35-mile-an-hour...
construction zone.
1571
01:13:26,576 --> 01:13:28,142
[chuckles]
1572
01:13:32,016 --> 01:13:33,713
ROY:
Holy fuck. Arizona, New Mexico,
1573
01:13:33,757 --> 01:13:34,888
I will never come back.
1574
01:13:34,932 --> 01:13:37,935
No!
1575
01:13:37,978 --> 01:13:40,894
Trying so hard.
1576
01:13:40,938 --> 01:13:44,942
ROY:
It-It's like...
1577
01:13:44,985 --> 01:13:47,771
some...
1578
01:13:47,814 --> 01:13:49,990
Twilight Zoneepisode
1579
01:13:50,034 --> 01:13:52,776
about people who want
to race cross-country.
1580
01:13:54,821 --> 01:13:57,476
MAHER: At least do the posted
speed limit at least,
1581
01:13:57,520 --> 01:13:59,086
and add ten.
1582
01:13:59,130 --> 01:14:03,439
[sighs]
Fucking shit.
1583
01:14:06,616 --> 01:14:10,707
Tony wins and Jeff don't,
Jeff's upset.
1584
01:14:10,750 --> 01:14:14,188
[laughs] That's how it goes.
1585
01:14:14,232 --> 01:14:17,670
It's the male ego, i-it's built
into you, you know?
1586
01:14:17,714 --> 01:14:20,586
[laughs] You got to win.
1587
01:14:20,630 --> 01:14:23,154
MAHER: I don't think
you can possibly do this
1588
01:14:23,197 --> 01:14:24,547
with all this one-lane stuff.
1589
01:14:24,590 --> 01:14:27,419
I don't think it can be done.
1590
01:14:27,463 --> 01:14:29,421
I think it can be done.
1591
01:14:29,465 --> 01:14:32,293
I think we'll do it.
1592
01:14:32,337 --> 01:14:35,296
MAHER:
Ready to scream.
1593
01:14:37,385 --> 01:14:39,387
DOHERTY: We are by nature
a competitive species.
1594
01:14:39,431 --> 01:14:41,781
And we tend to get better
1595
01:14:41,825 --> 01:14:44,305
by competing against
as close to our peer as we can,
1596
01:14:44,349 --> 01:14:45,959
and then raising the bar.
1597
01:14:46,003 --> 01:14:47,831
TV REPORTER:
So tell me one last question.
1598
01:14:47,874 --> 01:14:49,702
Are you going to win today?
1599
01:14:49,746 --> 01:14:51,095
-Well, we'll win tomorrow.
-[laughs]
1600
01:14:51,138 --> 01:14:52,662
30 hours from now.
1601
01:14:52,705 --> 01:14:55,186
JARLSON: It's being number one,
and, well,
1602
01:14:55,229 --> 01:14:58,363
second place is
the first loser.
1603
01:14:58,406 --> 01:15:01,105
Americans always have been
very competitive people.
1604
01:15:01,148 --> 01:15:03,063
It's part of our nature.
1605
01:15:03,107 --> 01:15:04,674
MAHER:
You know what?
1606
01:15:04,717 --> 01:15:06,545
-I don't want failure
to be an option. -No.
1607
01:15:06,589 --> 01:15:08,547
I want to fucking break
this record.
1608
01:15:08,591 --> 01:15:11,942
And going into it, I thought
it-it was a no-brainer.
1609
01:15:11,985 --> 01:15:15,206
Um, but getting in under 32,
1610
01:15:15,249 --> 01:15:18,296
I thought,
was extremely achievable.
1611
01:15:18,339 --> 01:15:20,298
I-It is, but certain things
1612
01:15:20,341 --> 01:15:22,561
have to fall into place,
you know?
1613
01:15:22,605 --> 01:15:25,216
Beyond-- these are beyond
our control.
1614
01:15:25,259 --> 01:15:27,348
Yeah.
1615
01:15:28,828 --> 01:15:29,960
-MAHER: Whoa.
-WELLES: Whoa. That was cool.
1616
01:15:30,003 --> 01:15:31,396
MAHER:
Whoa. What was that?
1617
01:15:31,439 --> 01:15:33,006
-WELLES: Lightning.
-ROY: Lightning.
1618
01:15:33,050 --> 01:15:35,313
MAHER: That's great because
we're gonna go right into it.
1619
01:15:40,405 --> 01:15:42,015
It's somehow ironic that,
you know,
1620
01:15:42,059 --> 01:15:44,278
as we come to the final stage,
the thermals don't work,
1621
01:15:44,322 --> 01:15:46,150
the scanner frequencies,
for Arizona, don't work.
1622
01:15:46,193 --> 01:15:48,065
MAHER:
Forget about the thermals.
1623
01:15:48,108 --> 01:15:50,981
I can hardly see where
the fucking road is.
1624
01:15:51,024 --> 01:15:52,417
BECKY DAMONE: It was almost
like hitting a wall.
1625
01:15:52,460 --> 01:15:53,636
You know, it just...
1626
01:15:53,679 --> 01:15:57,857
I think you just finally...
1627
01:15:57,901 --> 01:15:59,859
you realize you're tired,
1628
01:15:59,903 --> 01:16:01,426
'cause we didn't sleep.
1629
01:16:01,469 --> 01:16:03,559
Neither one of us slept.
1630
01:16:03,602 --> 01:16:05,648
Staying up was part
of the battle.
1631
01:16:05,691 --> 01:16:08,738
Um, going fast for the first
thousand, 1,500 miles,
1632
01:16:08,781 --> 01:16:10,391
that wasn't difficult.
1633
01:16:10,435 --> 01:16:12,045
The second leg of the trip
1634
01:16:12,089 --> 01:16:15,005
was where, uh, fatigue
would set in.
1635
01:16:15,048 --> 01:16:18,095
EGLOFF: If I took a little
45-minute nap,
1636
01:16:18,138 --> 01:16:21,402
that would rejuvenate me
and I'd go again.
1637
01:16:21,446 --> 01:16:23,796
That's part of the rally.
We're just gonna...
1638
01:16:23,840 --> 01:16:25,493
That's part
of the accomplishment,
1639
01:16:25,537 --> 01:16:27,974
the endurance.
Making it, you know.
1640
01:16:28,018 --> 01:16:30,020
♪
1641
01:16:44,687 --> 01:16:46,602
ROY:
Here's the response.
1642
01:16:51,302 --> 01:16:54,435
Uh... "Storm is still
heading north.
1643
01:16:54,479 --> 01:16:57,395
"Lots of rain south
of the storm as well.
1644
01:16:57,438 --> 01:16:59,615
"The worst of the storm
will hit Flagstaff
1645
01:16:59,658 --> 01:17:01,138
"in 30 minutes.
1646
01:17:01,181 --> 01:17:02,966
What is your distance
from Flagstaff?"
1647
01:17:03,009 --> 01:17:05,925
-Our distance from Flagstaff...
-70 miles.
1648
01:17:05,969 --> 01:17:09,625
70. So at this speed...
1649
01:17:10,756 --> 01:17:12,366
We'll be there in a half hour.
1650
01:17:12,410 --> 01:17:15,282
We'll be there exactly
when the storm hits.
1651
01:17:15,326 --> 01:17:17,458
-But we're better...
-We're not traveling
1652
01:17:17,502 --> 01:17:19,112
the same way the storm
is traveling, right?
1653
01:17:19,156 --> 01:17:20,940
We-We don't know.
I mean, again,
1654
01:17:20,984 --> 01:17:23,290
he said if the storm
is south of Flagstaff...
1655
01:17:23,334 --> 01:17:24,901
WELLES:
That's traveling north, though.
1656
01:17:24,944 --> 01:17:26,903
ROY:
Heading north.
1657
01:17:26,946 --> 01:17:29,906
So my feeling is...
I know exactly what...
1658
01:17:29,949 --> 01:17:30,907
[Welles speaking indistinctly]
1659
01:17:30,950 --> 01:17:32,386
...Dave is gonna say
1660
01:17:32,430 --> 01:17:34,911
and what you're gonna say is,
the faster we go now...
1661
01:17:34,954 --> 01:17:36,826
-Yeah.
-the better,
1662
01:17:36,869 --> 01:17:38,741
because whether
we have to go through it
1663
01:17:38,784 --> 01:17:42,527
or we miss it,
we need to make up time.
1664
01:17:42,570 --> 01:17:44,442
Um...
1665
01:17:44,485 --> 01:17:46,966
It's so unfortunate,
but it's so true.
1666
01:17:47,010 --> 01:17:48,881
WELLES:
Yep.
1667
01:17:48,925 --> 01:17:50,927
[beeping]
1668
01:17:52,842 --> 01:17:54,408
VIETZE:
I mean, you think somebody
1669
01:17:54,452 --> 01:17:56,497
doing something so illegal
1670
01:17:56,541 --> 01:17:58,891
would be kind of shunned.
1671
01:17:58,935 --> 01:18:00,501
Uh, and-and yet, you know,
1672
01:18:00,545 --> 01:18:02,765
Alex has spun it
in a, in a different way.
1673
01:18:02,808 --> 01:18:04,418
And act-actually,
Alex has built
1674
01:18:04,462 --> 01:18:06,856
his whole career
around-around this.
1675
01:18:06,899 --> 01:18:10,294
Please welcome seven-time
road rally champion Alex Roy.
1676
01:18:10,337 --> 01:18:12,775
-Alex, come on out here.
-[cheers and applause]
1677
01:18:12,818 --> 01:18:14,515
-What?
-Uh, so you decided
1678
01:18:14,559 --> 01:18:16,866
that you wanted
to-to attempt this.
1679
01:18:16,909 --> 01:18:19,042
How did you go about it?
What were the tricks?
1680
01:18:19,085 --> 01:18:21,087
And, uh, what have you learned?
1681
01:18:21,131 --> 01:18:22,698
-Well, it's not a good idea.
-Mm-hmm.
1682
01:18:22,741 --> 01:18:24,264
I mean, no.
It-It's really hard.
1683
01:18:24,308 --> 01:18:26,136
-Yeah.
-Uh, so we bought, you know,
1684
01:18:26,179 --> 01:18:27,877
a radar detector
and a laser jammer,
1685
01:18:27,920 --> 01:18:29,574
and then we went on eBay
and bought, uh,
1686
01:18:29,617 --> 01:18:31,445
-military thermal night vision.
-Wow.
1687
01:18:31,489 --> 01:18:32,533
And then we bought...
1688
01:18:32,577 --> 01:18:33,752
Wh-What is the night vision for?
1689
01:18:33,796 --> 01:18:35,754
It's a camera
on the front bumper,
1690
01:18:35,798 --> 01:18:38,017
and then you can drive
without headlights.
1691
01:18:38,061 --> 01:18:39,802
Uh, and you take an airplane
with you?
1692
01:18:39,845 --> 01:18:41,281
I have a good friend
who has a plane.
1693
01:18:41,325 --> 01:18:42,935
-Yeah.
-And he flew it overhead
1694
01:18:42,979 --> 01:18:45,851
and, uh, told us
where the police were.
1695
01:18:45,895 --> 01:18:48,158
I mean, actually, it turned out
to be a pretty good,
1696
01:18:48,201 --> 01:18:50,682
a good investment,
because a lot of come--
1697
01:18:50,726 --> 01:18:52,902
has come out of this for Alex.
1698
01:18:52,945 --> 01:18:54,730
You know, since he did this,
1699
01:18:54,773 --> 01:18:58,472
there's been, uh,
numerous feature
1700
01:18:58,516 --> 01:19:00,344
magazine articles about him.
1701
01:19:00,387 --> 01:19:04,130
Uh, you know, he was invited
onto David Letterman.
1702
01:19:04,174 --> 01:19:08,265
Um, he was invited to speak
at the FBI
1703
01:19:08,308 --> 01:19:10,833
to a, to a class at the FBI
in training.
1704
01:19:10,876 --> 01:19:12,486
He's done Google Talks.
1705
01:19:12,530 --> 01:19:14,358
I'm sure he's gonna do
a TED Talk someday
1706
01:19:14,401 --> 01:19:16,621
about something,
if he hasn't already.
1707
01:19:16,664 --> 01:19:20,364
Alex, today, uh,
and always has been,
1708
01:19:20,407 --> 01:19:22,409
a-a tremendous kind of advocate
1709
01:19:22,453 --> 01:19:25,761
for-for driver safety, uh,
for safety on the road.
1710
01:19:25,804 --> 01:19:28,154
Alex is, to this day,
one of the safest, uh...
1711
01:19:28,198 --> 01:19:29,808
-Nah, I can't say that.
-INTERVIEWER: He's not.
1712
01:19:29,852 --> 01:19:31,418
-He's not.
-[interviewer laughs]
1713
01:19:31,462 --> 01:19:33,464
[beeping]
1714
01:19:35,205 --> 01:19:37,163
Perfect.
1715
01:19:37,207 --> 01:19:38,556
Got to come back
in the seat a little.
1716
01:19:38,599 --> 01:19:39,818
Clear on the right?
Clear on the right?
1717
01:19:39,862 --> 01:19:42,299
Clear.
1718
01:19:44,823 --> 01:19:47,826
Alex, we really got to hustle.
1719
01:19:47,870 --> 01:19:50,176
If you did
a hundred miles an hour
1720
01:19:50,220 --> 01:19:51,917
the rest of the way in...
1721
01:19:55,834 --> 01:19:58,706
I mean, even more gas, dude.
1722
01:19:58,750 --> 01:20:00,752
I mean, we're...
1723
01:20:05,365 --> 01:20:09,152
I'm telling you
it's very possible we may not.
1724
01:20:09,195 --> 01:20:12,416
There's something
about getting into a car,
1725
01:20:12,459 --> 01:20:15,462
and the minute you know you're
in a race, you're in a race.
1726
01:20:15,506 --> 01:20:17,813
And you don't care
what happens after that.
1727
01:20:19,379 --> 01:20:20,946
ROY: Can I pass them
over the double yellow?
1728
01:20:20,990 --> 01:20:22,948
MAHER:
Absolutely.
1729
01:20:22,992 --> 01:20:24,123
ROY:
What's on the right side?
1730
01:20:24,167 --> 01:20:26,343
-Cap?
-Cap.
1731
01:20:31,130 --> 01:20:34,873
ROY: Well, in "M" mode,
this car's really good.
1732
01:20:34,917 --> 01:20:36,875
[Maher chuckles]
1733
01:20:36,919 --> 01:20:38,485
SULLIVAN: So, all the way
to the finish line,
1734
01:20:38,529 --> 01:20:40,705
from when we hit
the California border,
1735
01:20:40,748 --> 01:20:42,838
we were flying and looking
behind us, waiting
1736
01:20:42,881 --> 01:20:44,665
for those guys to catch us.
That was our big thing.
1737
01:20:44,709 --> 01:20:46,885
We got to get there
before them, 'cause,
1738
01:20:46,929 --> 01:20:48,452
you know, maybe we'll catch
somebody in the process
1739
01:20:48,495 --> 01:20:50,671
and-and move up a place,
but there's no way
1740
01:20:50,715 --> 01:20:52,412
-we were letting those guys...
-INTERVIEWER: Right.
1741
01:20:52,456 --> 01:20:54,327
There's this
almost 3,000-mile race,
1742
01:20:54,371 --> 01:20:56,242
and it turns out to be a sprint
1743
01:20:56,286 --> 01:20:58,331
for the last 200, 300 miles.
1744
01:21:02,683 --> 01:21:04,685
All clear down the median.
1745
01:21:06,078 --> 01:21:08,820
Thermals and binoculars.
1746
01:21:11,562 --> 01:21:13,694
You know, I should've waited
for Josh to pull up.
1747
01:21:13,738 --> 01:21:15,740
WELLES: He's giving me...
he's gonna have to follow...
1748
01:21:15,783 --> 01:21:16,784
find us.
1749
01:21:16,828 --> 01:21:18,482
Don't worry about him.
1750
01:21:18,525 --> 01:21:22,399
ROY: I see a Cayenne Turbo with
high-powered Xenons back there.
1751
01:21:22,442 --> 01:21:25,228
That was a great intercept.
1752
01:21:25,271 --> 01:21:28,274
[indistinct chatter]
1753
01:21:37,153 --> 01:21:38,937
-ROY: How far...
-WELLES: Stay left.
1754
01:21:38,981 --> 01:21:40,765
ROY:
How far to the exit?
1755
01:21:40,808 --> 01:21:42,375
WELLES:
How many miles?
1756
01:21:42,419 --> 01:21:44,464
MAHER:
Five. Little over five.
1757
01:21:44,508 --> 01:21:46,989
[Welles speaking indistinctly]
1758
01:21:51,602 --> 01:21:53,909
♪
1759
01:21:53,952 --> 01:21:56,912
ROY:
Over here...
1760
01:21:56,955 --> 01:21:59,871
This is gonna ruin the footage
for the movie.
1761
01:21:59,915 --> 01:22:01,917
WELLES:
He's probably gonna race you...
1762
01:22:03,396 --> 01:22:04,571
MAHER:
Oh, the Ferrari?
1763
01:22:04,615 --> 01:22:06,965
[speaks indistinctly]
1764
01:22:07,009 --> 01:22:08,836
[indistinct radio transmission]
1765
01:22:08,880 --> 01:22:11,883
Oh, yeah, he's on.
1766
01:22:11,927 --> 01:22:14,233
Come on, Wexler.
1767
01:22:14,277 --> 01:22:16,409
He's not as crazy
as you, though.
1768
01:22:16,453 --> 01:22:18,803
WELLES:
That's perfect.
1769
01:22:18,846 --> 01:22:20,848
Stay left. Just keep going.
1770
01:22:23,025 --> 01:22:24,809
[Welles speaking indistinctly]
1771
01:22:24,852 --> 01:22:26,811
This is the quieter part.
1772
01:22:39,998 --> 01:22:42,740
I need all this video
of what we're doing right now...
1773
01:22:42,783 --> 01:22:44,307
-This alone...
-Just worry about the driving.
1774
01:22:44,350 --> 01:22:46,004
Oh, my God.
1775
01:22:46,048 --> 01:22:47,963
It's gonna be insane.
1776
01:22:48,006 --> 01:22:50,182
[laughs]
1777
01:22:50,226 --> 01:22:53,185
-♪
-[indistinct talking]
1778
01:22:53,229 --> 01:22:54,970
MAHER:
Yeah.
1779
01:22:59,017 --> 01:23:00,976
WELLES:
Back to the left.
1780
01:23:06,111 --> 01:23:08,113
Hammer down.
1781
01:23:10,681 --> 01:23:11,812
Is that a motorcycle?
1782
01:23:11,856 --> 01:23:12,813
MAHER:
It's a motorcycle.
1783
01:23:12,857 --> 01:23:15,338
[indistinct chatter]
1784
01:23:15,381 --> 01:23:17,035
-WELLES: No. No.
-MAHER: No.
1785
01:23:17,079 --> 01:23:20,778
-Give him some space.
-[Welles speaks indistinctly]
1786
01:23:20,821 --> 01:23:22,040
WELLES:
Your exit is 4th Street.
1787
01:23:22,084 --> 01:23:23,911
Two exits to go.
1788
01:23:32,572 --> 01:23:34,357
MAHER:
4th and 5th Street,
1789
01:23:34,400 --> 01:23:36,663
-one mile?
-WELLES: Yeah.
1790
01:23:41,016 --> 01:23:43,453
[indistinct talking]
1791
01:23:57,684 --> 01:23:59,077
MAHER:
Yes.
1792
01:23:59,121 --> 01:24:01,079
-WELLES: Yes...
-[Maher speaks indistinctly]
1793
01:24:01,123 --> 01:24:03,777
WELLES:
You follow 4th Street.
1794
01:24:03,821 --> 01:24:06,041
4th Street's gonna go on.
1795
01:24:06,084 --> 01:24:08,043
♪
1796
01:24:10,828 --> 01:24:12,786
ROY:
Let's roll windows down?
1797
01:24:12,830 --> 01:24:14,092
-Left side.
-4th only, left side.
1798
01:24:14,136 --> 01:24:16,529
Windows down?
1799
01:24:17,791 --> 01:24:19,315
WELLES:
Careful.
1800
01:24:19,358 --> 01:24:21,534
-MAHER: Careful, careful.
-WELLES: Stay straight.
1801
01:24:21,578 --> 01:24:23,536
You're not following
these people. Straight.
1802
01:24:23,580 --> 01:24:25,103
Take a right at the light.
1803
01:24:25,147 --> 01:24:27,932
All righty.
1804
01:24:27,975 --> 01:24:29,368
MAHER:
Have a green.
1805
01:24:29,412 --> 01:24:31,022
-ROY: Right here?
-WELLES: Yes.
1806
01:24:31,066 --> 01:24:32,763
-Careful, careful, careful.
-ROY: I got, I got, I got it.
1807
01:24:32,806 --> 01:24:34,765
WELLES:
Left at the light.
1808
01:24:34,808 --> 01:24:36,984
-Cop.
-Which car?
1809
01:24:37,985 --> 01:24:39,335
Oh.
1810
01:24:39,378 --> 01:24:40,988
[indistinct radio transmission]
1811
01:24:41,032 --> 01:24:42,947
He's making a U-turn?
1812
01:24:42,990 --> 01:24:44,514
Don't worry about it. Go.
1813
01:24:45,863 --> 01:24:47,821
JARLSON:
I was there for the finish.
1814
01:24:47,865 --> 01:24:49,171
Someone...
1815
01:24:49,214 --> 01:24:51,521
was spotting further out,
and said,
1816
01:24:51,564 --> 01:24:56,352
"They're here. They're
on their way right now."
1817
01:24:56,395 --> 01:24:59,094
-Go for this car, go for
this car? -Don't worry about it.
1818
01:24:59,137 --> 01:25:01,661
JARLSON:
He still had his foot in it.
1819
01:25:01,705 --> 01:25:05,012
He was going for every second
of time he could get.
1820
01:25:05,056 --> 01:25:06,492
[excited shouts]
1821
01:25:06,536 --> 01:25:09,495
Come on.
You got to run, kid!
1822
01:25:09,539 --> 01:25:11,541
Run!
1823
01:25:15,632 --> 01:25:18,156
[indistinct talking]
1824
01:25:18,200 --> 01:25:19,984
WOMAN: Okay,
and then hold on to that.
1825
01:25:20,027 --> 01:25:22,204
-MAN: Here's how it looks.
-Okay?
1826
01:25:22,247 --> 01:25:24,075
Where's the time card?
1827
01:25:24,119 --> 01:25:26,817
Straight in.
1828
01:25:26,860 --> 01:25:28,949
[indistinct radio transmission]
1829
01:25:28,993 --> 01:25:30,951
ROY:
Where's the time card?
1830
01:25:30,995 --> 01:25:32,431
MAN:
Punch the card, punch the card.
1831
01:25:32,475 --> 01:25:34,477
-Here. -You take the card.
I got to see to the Honda.
1832
01:25:34,520 --> 01:25:36,522
Punch the card, man.
1833
01:25:36,566 --> 01:25:39,917
-Where's the clock?
-It's right there on the dash.
1834
01:25:42,485 --> 01:25:44,835
WRIGHT:
I put it in the realm
1835
01:25:44,878 --> 01:25:48,447
of one of those crazy things
I did as a kid that, um...
1836
01:25:48,491 --> 01:25:52,016
You know, again, you know,
it feels like this weird...
1837
01:25:52,059 --> 01:25:53,365
dream I had.
You know, you know,
1838
01:25:53,409 --> 01:25:54,932
I still kind of...
it's hard to believe
1839
01:25:54,975 --> 01:25:56,063
that I actually went
and did that.
1840
01:25:56,107 --> 01:25:57,239
But, um, I'm really glad I did.
1841
01:25:57,282 --> 01:25:59,676
Um, but it's... it feels
1842
01:25:59,719 --> 01:26:01,417
like a surreal part of my life.
1843
01:26:01,460 --> 01:26:03,419
And so the fact that, you know, periodically, your life
1844
01:26:03,462 --> 01:26:05,812
can kind of jump into,
you know, surreal space,
1845
01:26:05,856 --> 01:26:08,206
um... you know,
1846
01:26:08,250 --> 01:26:09,903
makes me very happy, actually.
1847
01:26:09,947 --> 01:26:12,558
You know, and I look forward
to more of those episodes,
1848
01:26:12,602 --> 01:26:14,691
-you know, in the future.
-[sighs]: Wow.
1849
01:26:14,734 --> 01:26:17,259
JARLSON: And when they got out
of the car, you could see...
1850
01:26:17,302 --> 01:26:19,435
as they got out of the car,
they were excited,
1851
01:26:19,478 --> 01:26:21,219
and all of a sudden it just...
1852
01:26:21,263 --> 01:26:22,568
boom, we're here.
1853
01:26:22,612 --> 01:26:24,614
You know,
the usual champagne stuff
1854
01:26:24,657 --> 01:26:26,877
and hugging everybody,
but that was about it.
1855
01:26:26,920 --> 01:26:28,313
It was just kind of...
1856
01:26:28,357 --> 01:26:30,750
it wasn't a big thing,
it was just kind of over.
1857
01:26:30,794 --> 01:26:32,883
It just ended.
1858
01:26:32,926 --> 01:26:34,450
ROY:
I think this might be
1859
01:26:34,493 --> 01:26:36,060
the most important thing
I've done in my life.
1860
01:26:36,103 --> 01:26:37,714
Ah, you got a ways to go,
but's it's pretty...
1861
01:26:37,757 --> 01:26:39,455
-Oh, maybe.
-it's right up there.
1862
01:26:39,498 --> 01:26:41,544
-I think it might be.
-And then they'll be looking
1863
01:26:41,587 --> 01:26:43,676
-for you the rest of your life.
-I know.
1864
01:26:43,720 --> 01:26:46,462
[indistinct chatter]
1865
01:26:46,505 --> 01:26:48,551
♪
1866
01:26:48,594 --> 01:26:52,076
ICE-T: Breaking cross-country
speed records isn't baseball.
1867
01:26:52,119 --> 01:26:54,121
The stats are unofficial.
1868
01:26:54,165 --> 01:26:56,385
There's no sanctioning body.
1869
01:26:56,428 --> 01:26:59,823
But for Alex and Dave,
proving a legitimate time
1870
01:26:59,866 --> 01:27:02,956
was just as important
as the run itself.
1871
01:27:03,000 --> 01:27:04,697
Time stamps.
1872
01:27:04,741 --> 01:27:06,482
GPS tracking.
1873
01:27:06,525 --> 01:27:08,353
Gas fill-up receipts.
1874
01:27:08,397 --> 01:27:10,660
Anything that matches a time
1875
01:27:10,703 --> 01:27:13,402
with a location
that can't be forged or faked.
1876
01:27:13,445 --> 01:27:16,666
Alex and David
documented everything,
1877
01:27:16,709 --> 01:27:18,494
while film producer Cory Welles
1878
01:27:18,537 --> 01:27:20,887
set up a studio
in the back seat
1879
01:27:20,931 --> 01:27:22,498
to capture the run on camera.
1880
01:27:22,541 --> 01:27:24,413
They returned
with a mountain of evidence
1881
01:27:24,456 --> 01:27:26,545
to prove their time was legit,
1882
01:27:26,589 --> 01:27:29,374
and they had indeed
broken the record.
1883
01:27:29,418 --> 01:27:32,943
Even more than that,
Alex proved that the time
1884
01:27:32,986 --> 01:27:34,901
Diem and Turner set in 1983
1885
01:27:34,945 --> 01:27:36,816
was not only possible,
1886
01:27:36,860 --> 01:27:38,688
but it could be beaten.
1887
01:27:38,731 --> 01:27:41,734
And yet one question remains:
1888
01:27:41,778 --> 01:27:45,260
Why would anyone risk their
life in a speeding gas bomb
1889
01:27:45,303 --> 01:27:47,305
to cross 3,000 miles
quicker than some other guy
1890
01:27:47,349 --> 01:27:50,700
in another car
with the same crazy idea?
1891
01:27:50,743 --> 01:27:53,616
Why did Cannon Ball Baker
do it?
1892
01:27:53,659 --> 01:27:56,793
Why did Brock Yates
or Rick Doherty
1893
01:27:56,836 --> 01:27:59,186
or Diem and Turner do it?
1894
01:27:59,230 --> 01:28:00,710
Why did Alex and David do it?
1895
01:28:00,753 --> 01:28:02,842
Was it personal satisfaction?
1896
01:28:02,886 --> 01:28:04,801
Were they chasing something,
1897
01:28:04,844 --> 01:28:07,891
or werethey being chased?
1898
01:28:07,934 --> 01:28:10,807
Those questions can't be
answered with gas receipts
1899
01:28:10,850 --> 01:28:13,940
or GPS or a spotter plane.
1900
01:28:13,984 --> 01:28:15,899
We just have to take
their word for it.
1901
01:28:15,942 --> 01:28:18,249
CLAUSMAN: I can sit here
right now and say
1902
01:28:18,293 --> 01:28:20,469
what we did was the stupidest
thing in the world.
1903
01:28:20,512 --> 01:28:22,166
Dumb. Crazy.
1904
01:28:22,209 --> 01:28:24,603
But like I said,
we'd do it again.
1905
01:28:24,647 --> 01:28:28,172
STANDER: Now we're grown up and
mature and we're responsible,
1906
01:28:28,215 --> 01:28:31,088
and, uh...
gee, if somebody told me
1907
01:28:31,131 --> 01:28:33,177
that they were ready
to do this again,
1908
01:28:33,220 --> 01:28:34,613
count me in.
[laughs]
1909
01:28:34,657 --> 01:28:36,572
I'm ready to go at it again.
1910
01:28:36,615 --> 01:28:38,269
MORSE:
I'm really glad I did it.
1911
01:28:38,313 --> 01:28:40,924
I think I'd die if my kids
1912
01:28:40,967 --> 01:28:42,752
-ever did it, though.
-DOHERTY: I always wished
1913
01:28:42,795 --> 01:28:44,928
that I'd get a phone call
saying, "Rick, it's happened.
1914
01:28:44,971 --> 01:28:47,060
"We've got enough people.
Can you run?
1915
01:28:47,104 --> 01:28:48,932
We'd like to have you back."
1916
01:28:51,326 --> 01:28:53,632
And, uh, I'm still waiting
for that phone call myself,
1917
01:28:53,676 --> 01:28:56,418
instead of having to make
that phone call to others.
1918
01:28:56,461 --> 01:28:59,943
ICE-T: After letting the statute
of limitations expire,
1919
01:28:59,986 --> 01:29:02,075
Alex and Dave were able
to discuss
1920
01:29:02,119 --> 01:29:05,209
their accomplishments publicly.
1921
01:29:05,252 --> 01:29:09,866
What can be said about Alex is
he opened up the floodgates.
1922
01:29:09,909 --> 01:29:13,478
Since then, every October,
small teams set out
1923
01:29:13,522 --> 01:29:15,524
to travel coast-to-coast.
1924
01:29:15,567 --> 01:29:18,962
Some do it for the fun,
some the adventure,
1925
01:29:19,005 --> 01:29:21,094
and some set records, too.
1926
01:29:34,238 --> 01:29:37,023
♪
1927
01:29:58,175 --> 01:30:00,177
♪
1928
01:30:05,182 --> 01:30:09,055
-[applause]
-Congratulations.
1929
01:30:09,099 --> 01:30:10,927
Hey.
1930
01:30:10,970 --> 01:30:12,972
[cheers and applause]
1931
01:30:17,542 --> 01:30:19,414
Hey, welcome, George.
1932
01:30:19,457 --> 01:30:22,242
WOMAN:
We are awfully glad to see you.
1933
01:30:22,286 --> 01:30:25,028
♪
1934
01:30:25,071 --> 01:30:26,377
WOMAN:
Hey, you made it this time
1935
01:30:26,421 --> 01:30:29,380
-in time for the banquet.
-Oh, yeah.
1936
01:30:29,424 --> 01:30:31,426
Did you have any equipment
problems or anything?
1937
01:30:31,469 --> 01:30:36,343
Yeah, the center stand fell off,
uh, the windshield cracked,
1938
01:30:36,387 --> 01:30:38,084
and I lost my face shield.
1939
01:30:38,128 --> 01:30:40,130
-One ticket in Arizona?
-What?
1940
01:30:40,173 --> 01:30:43,568
-One ticket in Arizona?
-Yeah. 104 in Arizona.
1941
01:30:43,612 --> 01:30:46,745
[laughs]
1942
01:30:46,789 --> 01:30:49,748
Oh, I got stopped, also,
for doing 82,
1943
01:30:49,792 --> 01:30:50,836
but I talked my way out of it.
1944
01:30:50,880 --> 01:30:52,142
WOMAN:
What did you tell 'em?
1945
01:30:52,185 --> 01:30:54,884
That, uh-- oh,
my headlight was falling out,
1946
01:30:54,927 --> 01:30:56,494
and I had it tied
to a bungee cord,
1947
01:30:56,538 --> 01:30:59,410
and I wanted to try to make it
to a shop by nightfall.
1948
01:30:59,454 --> 01:31:01,456
[laughter]
1949
01:31:03,936 --> 01:31:06,069
WOMAN 2:
That sounds good.
1950
01:31:09,289 --> 01:31:10,726
CLAUSMAN:
I don't know, man, guys,
1951
01:31:10,769 --> 01:31:13,293
I'm 42 years old, and I'm having a kick-ass time,
1952
01:31:13,337 --> 01:31:14,817
and you guys are younger.
1953
01:31:14,860 --> 01:31:16,819
Let's liven up, get drunk,
get naked or something.
1954
01:31:16,862 --> 01:31:19,735
You know, make... make something
happen around here, you know.
1955
01:31:19,778 --> 01:31:22,433
I mean, for Christ's sake.
1956
01:31:25,828 --> 01:31:27,177
I want to do it again.
1957
01:31:27,220 --> 01:31:28,526
Where are all these guys going?
1958
01:31:28,570 --> 01:31:30,310
I got to race 'em
for some money.
1959
01:31:30,354 --> 01:31:32,225
We didn't make any money
doing all of this.
1960
01:31:38,884 --> 01:31:41,017
No, our lights, uh...
1961
01:31:41,060 --> 01:31:43,062
We-we-we turn on the lights
in New York
1962
01:31:43,106 --> 01:31:45,325
and we see California,
and then we just...
1963
01:31:45,369 --> 01:31:46,979
just drive straight here.
1964
01:31:47,023 --> 01:31:48,459
[laughter]
1965
01:31:55,118 --> 01:31:56,772
So this is a, this is
a very competitive event.
1966
01:31:56,815 --> 01:31:59,557
We're, uh...
1967
01:31:59,601 --> 01:32:02,212
we're in it for enjoying
the American highway.
1968
01:32:02,255 --> 01:32:04,780
We're in it for, uh, for proving
that we can do something
1969
01:32:04,823 --> 01:32:05,868
in time, speed, distance
1970
01:32:05,911 --> 01:32:08,044
with other people who enjoy
1971
01:32:08,087 --> 01:32:09,828
that same highway
and camaraderie.
1972
01:32:30,109 --> 01:32:32,459
♪
1973
01:32:43,819 --> 01:32:45,821
♪
1974
01:33:06,885 --> 01:33:08,887
♪
1975
01:33:28,994 --> 01:33:30,996
♪
1976
01:33:51,060 --> 01:33:53,062
♪
1977
01:34:13,125 --> 01:34:15,127
♪
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