Fast Company (1979) 1080p Subtitles

00:02:06,419 --> 00:02:10,All right, outta sight, go, go, and go!

00:02:10,548 --> 00:02:13,It is time for the final round
of the funny car eliminators...

00:02:13,551 --> 00:02:16,at the annual Edmonton
International Speedway-

00:02:21,142 --> 00:02:25,I tell you what-in the left lane we've g***t
the nitro-breathin' FastCo Firebird...

00:02:25,146 --> 00:02:27,driven by Billy "The Kid" Brooker.

00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:30,This is Billy's second year
as a funny car driver,

00:02:30,568 --> 00:02:33,but he's young,
he's fast and he's brash.

00:02:33,738 --> 00:02:36,He'll do everything he can...

00:02:36,908 --> 00:02:40,to keep up
with the seasoned veterans
of the funny car wars.

00:02:40,578 --> 00:02:46,In the right lane, number one
in the Pacific Northwest right now,

00:02:46,167 --> 00:02:49,Gary "The Blacksmith" Black!

00:02:50,839 --> 00:02:52,They're creeping up on the line.

00:02:52,841 --> 00:02:55,They're pre-stage.
They're stage.

00:02:55,969 --> 00:02:58,They're gone!

00:03:06,229 --> 00:03:08,All right, we've g***t our winner!

00:03:08,481 --> 00:03:13,It's Gary Black, and he smokes through
the quarter mile at 2 18 miles an hour,

00:03:13,820 --> 00:03:17,and he gets an E. T. of 6.63.

00:03:17,866 --> 00:03:20,Now, that is smokin', folks!

00:03:20,410 --> 00:03:23,Billy, better luck next time.
I know you're gonna be back.

00:03:39,804 --> 00:03:41,Get outta here.

00:03:43,975 --> 00:03:47,You're getting a little too much
wheel spin off the line.

00:03:50,148 --> 00:03:53,Take it easy when you
drop the hammer next time, Billy boy.

00:03:53,735 --> 00:03:56,I thought I'd get that hole shot
on him, you know.

00:03:56,738 --> 00:03:59,He's usually geared up pretty high.
Yeah.

00:03:59,699 --> 00:04:03,- Didn't work out.
- Ah, you did all right anyway.

00:04:09,167 --> 00:04:13,Hey, Elder, you're teaching the kid
some of Lonnie Johnson's tricks.

00:04:13,129 --> 00:04:16,All that smoke, man.

00:04:16,132 --> 00:04:18,Whew! Pretty.
Just don't win races.

00:04:18,801 --> 00:04:21,Hey, Gary, give me a few more runs.
All right?

00:04:21,512 --> 00:04:23,Then you'll be suckin' my pipes.

00:04:23,514 --> 00:04:26,Oh, yeah. Sure.

00:04:29,103 --> 00:04:32,Been civil chattin' to ya...
meathead.

00:04:32,106 --> 00:04:35,Go ahead.

00:04:57,131 --> 00:05:00,So you're the girl that's gonna
be Miss FastCo, right? Yeah.

00:05:00,218 --> 00:05:02,My name's Candy.

00:05:06,057 --> 00:05:08,You must be
Lonnie Johnson's mechanic.

00:05:08,309 --> 00:05:11,No, no, no. I'm Billy the Kid.
I drive a funny car.

00:05:11,396 --> 00:05:14,That fun machine right there.

00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:17,That one?
Yeah, that's the one.

00:05:19,487 --> 00:05:21,It's beautiful.

00:05:21,489 --> 00:05:23,Let me guess whether I'm right or not.

00:05:23,992 --> 00:05:27,You're waiting for the Lonnie Johnson
double-A top fuel machine.

00:05:27,412 --> 00:05:31,And listen, the current standing
has Lonnie Johnson...

00:05:31,582 --> 00:05:33,at number 18,

00:05:33,918 --> 00:05:37,but I'd say tonight Lonnie Johnson
is number one in your hearts!

00:05:37,255 --> 00:05:40,What do you say, fans?

00:05:46,014 --> 00:05:48,Hey, man.
How's it goin'?

00:05:48,433 --> 00:05:52,Good, good.
You g***t a car yet,
or you still riding a bicycle?

00:05:55,231 --> 00:05:58,All right, ladies and gentlemen,
it is time to get serious now...

00:05:58,526 --> 00:06:00,at Edmonton International Speedway.

00:06:00,695 --> 00:06:05,It is the first elimination round of these
incredible double-A top fuel machines.

00:06:05,783 --> 00:06:10,Now in the right lane
I want you to welcome,
driving the Wheeler Dealer car,

00:06:10,288 --> 00:06:11,that's Terry Koepp down there!

00:06:11,914 --> 00:06:14,All right!

00:06:14,208 --> 00:06:16,Now in the left lane,
a man-

00:06:16,419 --> 00:06:19,You'd better watch
that left foot of yours
off the line.

00:06:19,422 --> 00:06:22,You g***t a lot more horses back there
than you ever had before.

00:06:22,425 --> 00:06:25,"Lucky Man" Lonnie Johnson!

00:06:25,428 --> 00:06:30,Now, listen,
Lonnie's always a crowd pleaser
and tonight is no exception,

00:06:30,933 --> 00:06:35,because tonight the Lucky Man fueler
is running for the first time anywhere-

00:06:35,313 --> 00:06:38,the Lonnie Johnson-designed
quadra-vane blower.

00:06:38,483 --> 00:06:41,For those of you
who aren't mechanically inclined,

00:06:41,486 --> 00:06:46,I'll just say for now
that the quadra-vane blower is
a brand-new concept in supercharging...

00:06:46,324 --> 00:06:48,brought to you by
the good people at FastCo.

00:06:48,826 --> 00:06:52,And it is reputed to increase the power
of the FastCo Power plant...

00:06:52,830 --> 00:06:58,by 16% over its normal
2,000 horsepower.

00:06:58,169 --> 00:07:00,Now, that is pumpin'!

00:07:00,171 --> 00:07:02,Okay.
Go, Lonnie.

00:07:51,764 --> 00:07:53,Oh, my God!

00:07:53,850 --> 00:07:56,There's been an explosion!

00:07:56,394 --> 00:07:59,Ladies and gentlemen,
there's been an explosion!
Please stay off the track!

00:07:59,981 --> 00:08:03,We have to have room
for the emergency vehicles
and the fire trucks to get down.

00:08:03,442 --> 00:08:07,I know you'll wanna know what's going on.
We'll let you know as soon as we know.

00:08:07,321 --> 00:08:09,Please stay off the track!

00:08:14,328 --> 00:08:16,And there he goes!

00:08:16,581 --> 00:08:19,The man is simply unreal!
Man, he just doesn't care!

00:08:20,084 --> 00:08:24,I was just lucky.
Can you believe it, folks?

00:08:24,213 --> 00:08:27,Let's go, Lonnie.
That's why they call Lonnie Johnson
the Lucky Man.

00:08:27,717 --> 00:08:32,I mean, that's a close squeaker for any normal man,
but for Lonnie Johnson it's all in a day's work.

00:08:32,930 --> 00:08:35,Let's hear it for the Lucky Man,
Lonnie Johnson!

00:08:37,435 --> 00:08:40,Get him back up to that tower
and get him checked out.

00:08:40,438 --> 00:08:43,Let's not forget the staff
here at Speedway too.

00:08:43,441 --> 00:08:48,Had it not been for their
very fast arrival on the crash scene,
it might have been all over.

00:08:48,154 --> 00:08:52,But thanks to the Speedway staff, they
make this sport as safe as it is today.

00:08:52,408 --> 00:08:54,Let's give'em a hand!

00:08:59,540 --> 00:09:01,Jesus.

00:09:01,542 --> 00:09:04,You wanna get up and catch
this other tire, Kid?

00:09:04,545 --> 00:09:06,Who told you to tack on
that d***n blower?

00:09:06,547 --> 00:09:09,I can't afford to win like that!
I'm on a budget!

00:09:12,136 --> 00:09:15,I'm holding you responsible
for that crash today.

00:09:15,806 --> 00:09:18,What?

00:09:18,476 --> 00:09:22,Who the hell told you
to tack on that d***n blower any way?

00:09:22,980 --> 00:09:26,Look, if you want to win
you can't stand still.

00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:29,Win?
I can't afford to win like that.

00:09:29,820 --> 00:09:33,I'm on a budget.
FastCo ain't Gulf and Western.

00:09:33,741 --> 00:09:35,Now, wait a minute.

00:09:36,035 --> 00:09:39,You really don't give a d***n, do you?
You don't want to win!

00:09:39,205 --> 00:09:40,Right. I don't!

00:09:40,957 --> 00:09:42,Not if it's gonna bust my budget.

00:09:42,959 --> 00:09:45,Do I have to tell you again?

00:09:45,962 --> 00:09:48,Winning is too expensive.

00:09:48,422 --> 00:09:50,Then what the hell
are we in this for?

00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:55,I'll tell you what we're in it for-

00:09:55,263 --> 00:09:58,to sell those little
red, white and blue cans of FastCo.

00:09:58,557 --> 00:10:02,Because if we don't I don't eat,
you don't eat, nobody eats!

00:10:04,772 --> 00:10:08,You just keep those cars
competitive enough
to stay in the limelight...

00:10:09,026 --> 00:10:12,so those good folks out there
can see the FastCo trademark.

00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:14,You g***t it?

00:10:17,326 --> 00:10:21,It's show biz.
Yeah, yeah, okay.
I g***t it, Phil.

00:10:21,122 --> 00:10:23,Yeah, yeah, I g***t it!

00:10:36,304 --> 00:10:41,One of those eardrum-shattering
fuel dragsters made even
more noise than usual last night...

00:10:41,392 --> 00:10:43,out at Edmonton International Speedway.

00:10:43,728 --> 00:10:47,Drag racing star
Lonnie "Lucky Man" Johnson
lived up to his name...

00:10:48,065 --> 00:10:50,and walked away
from a spectacular crash.

00:10:51,068 --> 00:10:54,Things started to go wrong
about halfway down
the quarter-mile strip.

00:10:55,197 --> 00:11:00,The explosion and fire destroyed
the FastCo top fuel dragster.

00:11:00,369 --> 00:11:03,An amazing accident,
and even more amazing
that Johnson wasn't hurt.

00:11:03,998 --> 00:11:06,And now let's check in
with Marsha and the weather.

00:11:18,929 --> 00:11:21,Hello. Sammy's.

00:11:21,515 --> 00:11:23,Sam? It's Lonnie.

00:11:23,601 --> 00:11:25,Lonnie, where are you?
Are you in town?

00:11:25,686 --> 00:11:29,No, I'm on the road,
on my way to Big...