Adrenaline (2015) - full transcript
A street racer's life is turned upside down after a near fatal car crash, leaving him semi paraplegic. Forced to face his new circumstance, he struggles to walk, to trust, to love, and ultimately, race again.
I get this feeling racing through my veins, this Rush...
I never get enough, I'm never satisfied,
I race to win and that's my purpose.
* Every drop sends my heart racing *
* Relax and let the vitals spin *
I don't think so
* Every pulse of new blood burning *
* Like current sliding underneath my skin *
Dark takes it.
* Let it all crash... we'll be ok *
* If it all falls... I'm not afraid *
* I feel ya flow... feel ya move... feel ya shakin' me *
* I feel ya runnin' through... *
So I think youhave somethingthat belongs to me
Yup, yup, that's what Iwas thinking.
But you know what, tonight is yourlucky night, because...
I am going to giveyou a little something
to help take the dustoff your windshield.
No! you like a dustywindshield, That's fine,
you knowdifferent strokesfor different folks
Have a good night!
Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!
Bottoms up fellahs
Racing fuel
Why do you like that?
Racer chasers
I think it'syour shot
Wow!
Look alive
When is it evergoing to be my shot?
Pretty impressiverace tonight
Thanks
So I hear you're thecar to beat these days?
Yeah with uhm 444 cubicinches topped with amax wedge cross ram,
pushing 11:1compression,
not to mention ahydraulic roller cam...
yeah it'spretty much thecar to beat.
So does it havea back seat?
Joseph,
We've got to go.
Hey!
Is this your boy?
He don'tlook like much.
Yeah, well he'sthe best driverin the state,
possiblythe country.
Really?
So I'm standing in thepresence of greatness.
Ha Ha, we'll see.
As discussed, this will be arace for $10,000 dollars.
I'll send you a text messageone hour prior to the event
which will take place at 7 o'clock on Tuesday.
This is business, I expectto see you and you alone.
I don't want any cheerleaders standing around
causing any extra attention.
Now when the event is over,
the winner will take the prize
and the deal will be done.
Do you understand?
We got it.
Did he say...?Did he say best in State?
Best in the country?
Who are youkidding slim!
Huh!
You know whatI see here?
I see an overzealouspunk who thinks hehas it all figured out.
He thinks that afterhe finishes this one,
he's going to stack up, that he is going to matter.
But it doesn't workthat way because,
racing is no placefor wannabes.
It's not inyour DNA, okay.
You don't have it, yourold man didn't have it.
That's why he'snot here anymore.
Save it... Save it!
I hope your launch time is faster than your reflexes.
Otherwise, I would stay athome and save yourselfsome embarrassment.
Tuesday, 7 o'clock, cash in hand.
Yeah we got it.
Let's do this...
One, two, three
One second, ha ha.
Ohhh!
Mom! I need my luckysocks, I've got to go!
You evergoing to get yourown place, man?
No man! Free food, rent, laundry...
Please...
Those sockskill me man.
So how are you feelingafter last night?
Oh he is goingto regret that.
Mr. Kringle!
Oh, you've gotsomething for us.
Is that how we're doing this...
Santa Clause?
Alright then.
Merry Christmas.
Push of a buttonand BOOM!
That's what I'mtalking about.
Yeah, boom baby.
Yeah, Aha, let me tell you what I'm talking about,
I know you two aretrying to big time me.
Street Racing,
Snow Man talking...
You want to race, put it on the track.
Put it on thetrack, alright.
We know.
Yeah you know, what do you know?
I don't want to hear nothing on ...
Facebook, Twitter, newspaper, nothing... alright?
Yeah.
Alright, getout of my store.
Is that it?
That's it, that's the speech, go!
Come on.
One second, quick question...
Am I on thenaughty list?
Right here, solid, on the list.
Come on, let's go!
Alright, next time I gotthe milk and cookies.
Top of the list,
Out of my store!
* I feel ya flow... feel ya move... feel ya shakin' me *
* I feel ya runnin' through my veins like adre-na-line *
* Adrenaline... You're my adrenaline *
* Light the fire... energize... You awaken me *
* I feel ya runnin' through my veins like adre-na-line *
* Adrenaline... You're my adrenaline *
Breakerbreaker 1-9,
What's your 20 good buddy?
All set, let's do it.
Alright here we go in ...
Three, Two, One Go!
Wow!
Lucky socks, what you go man?
11.10 big daddy
I like the sound ofthat, lets push it.
Wow!
11 flat Joe
Wow! yeah!
Yeah!
Alright, let's go.
They're here.
It's about time.
You, come here.
Do you think we haveenough time for this?
Oh it will be overin 10 seconds.
Line's right here.
You start this, we'll finish it.
I don't feelgood about this.
This could drop atany moment and it mightget slick out there.
Then you betterhurry up.
Okay, but I just don'tfeel good about it.
Hey, I got this, let's go.
Get out of here!
Okay, okay, hey good luck.
Let's do this!
Joseph!
Joseph!
Joseph!
Joseph, oh no!
Joseph, no no no!
NO!
Joseph!
Help!
Hello.
Help!
Hey Joseph, just tryto remain still, okay.
We're going toget you fixed up.
Joseph as we've discussed.
The injuries fromyour accident have left youwith significant trauma,
to your L-2and L-3 vertebrae.
We call this a class-3spinal cord injury.
Unfortunately withan injury like this,
the chances are you'llnever walk again.
Mr. Jenkins
My name is JosieRigsby, I'm yourphysical therapist.
That's okay, today is justan opportunity
for us to getto know one another.
We'll get to the tough stuff later.
Look you've been through alot so, you're off the hook.
I'll see you soon.
You havea visitor.
Hey man.
Page me if youneed anything, okay?
So what's in the bag?
Oh, yeah.
Well they told me youmight be here for a while,
so I thought I would ...
...bring you a couplethings from your apartment.
There's some otherstuff in there too.
Oh yeah and Igot you ...
What do you think?
I appreciate this...
but I'm done with it.
Dude this is a superstock cross ram Hemi.
That's very nice, but I don't want it.
I know, but it's got real detail, look at it, if you put some fuel in ...
Trace, get itout of here!
I just thoughtthat...
You thought what?
You thought what?
That a constant reminder ofeverything that was taken away
from me mightsomehow cheer me up?
What are you thinking?
I don't want it.
I'm sorry.
I died outthere alright.
Yeah, well you're still here.
Half.
Look, why don't you just get out of here alright.
I almost forgot.
Cement fuel pump to side of engine block Okay,
okay.
Sorry if I woke ya, found this all banged up.
Hope you don't mind.
Looks nice.
Guess you're never tooold to try something new.
Looks like you gotpretty banked up there,
Did you get yourself intoa quarrel with a squirrel?
Ha ha ha
And we go'n be, coopedup here for a few weeks,
just you, me andthe Almighty.
Might as well getto know each other.
My name is Elijah Benjamin Salisbury.
Not to be confusedwith the steak
- although that is my favoritefood in this institution,
Jell-O is not bad either,
but I suggest you take a pass on that meatloaf.
You sure are onefor conversation.
What can I helpyou with Joseph?
Joseph?
Joey, Joe Joe, Jay bird, Jay Jay Dynamite!
What is it?
I want to be movedto another room.
Well, I can't dothat right now.
Why not?
All the other rooms are full.
If you wanted me tobe quiet, Jay bird,
all you had to do is ask.
I'm sorry Nurse Amy, therewon't be any more trouble.
You just let me know if youneed anything else, okay.
I'm just go'n to mine my own.
I do me and you do you.
I'm just gonna get backto putting this here...
Engine together.
Mr. Jenkins,
we have you scheduledfor physical therapy.
Mr. Jenkins, Hmmmm...
Joseph.
Look I'm doing my best.
But you're going to have tomeet me at some point here.
Your life is over Joseph.
You're old life that is.
Excuse the mess, I don't reallyspend much time in here.
Much less time to clean.
I don't typically bringpatients to my office.
My first three years here, I kept a scrapbook...
Of all the patients I got toknow and I guess I felt like...
maybe I made adifference in their life.
Everyone in this book, went through an experience.
Just like yours, where inan instant, it all changed.
To some, they thought they were lost causes.
But each andevery one of them,
ended up doing someamazing things.
This is Kate.
She was 22.
Four days after her college graduation,
she lost her leg.
She got a great job.
Got married and is nowpregnant with her second baby.
This is Jake, he's amurder ball champion.
He's for the Carolina Crash.
This is Meredith, she's a mom, has three kids,
husband, was a lost causeif there ever was one.
She becamean author.
She's currently workingon her third novel.
All of these people aremuch worse off than you.
Joseph.
They went on to do great things.
You can too.
When I wake up, I getthis emptiness inside.
I have the yearningto feel the rumble...
of a big block V8.
The dead calm right beforethe flag comes down,
and 3 gs arepushing on me as I go fromzero to 120 miles per hour.
It was more thanwhat I did...
It was a part of me.
How am I goingto get that back?
What could youpossibly do to help me?
Cement 196A fuelmanifold, the filter,
then sub assemblenumber 202 connected...
Cement the fuel pump monitorthe fuel pump and fuel manifold.
What the heck isa fuel manifold?
It's what distributesthe fuel to each of thecarburetors.
Aha he speaks.
You know what JJ?
I knew you wouldcome around.
Yeah, well I justcan't believe it'staken you this long
to finish buildingthat engine.
Well, maybe I'm just not whatyou would call a car person.
Gearhead!
Say what?
a personto modifying cars,
hotrods and engines, anything mechanical.
A-huh.
Well, now baseball...
ask me anything youwant to know about thegame I can tell you.
San Francisco's own BarryBarnes broke the all-time
single season home runrecord when he hit 73,
which broke the 70 markset by Saint Louis Cardinals
first basemanMark McGwire 1998,
see what did I tell ya!
Well I guess you'renot into baseball?
Nope.
But go on, anythingto help pass thetime in this place.
Well, when you'vebeen in this place aslong as I have,
you figure out all kindsof ways to pass the time.
Well it doesn't looklike I'm going anywhereany time fast, so!
Well, then Iguess I could showya... the list.
The List?
A collection of thebest time killers,
each one personallytested and perfected.
I would like toget a copy of that.
Son, I said...
I would haveto show ya.
You've got your bearingson that thing yet?
I thinkI can manage.
Well I tell you what,
why don't you strapyourself in and follow me.
Looks clear.
Come on son, I thought youwere a racer car driver!
Oh this can't be good.
Alright, let's go, do it.
Get it in there, get it in.
Ahhhh!
One more try.
Okay, okayalright It's in.
Yes!
Ha ha ha Yeah!
Now this here,
is about my favorite placein all of God's creation.
They get in theback of your mind,
this might be the lastbeautiful thing you ever see.
And that would bealright with me.
Hey Eli...
Thanks
Yeah, neveryou mind Jay,
training'smy pleasure.
Oh Oh!
Yes yes yes!
Ahhhh
The good stuff.
You really know yourway around here.
I've been in and out of theseplaces for the last 40 years.
You've just got to find a wayto keep yourself entertained.
40 years?
I can't imagine.
Since about my senioryear of high school.
I was the biggestthing on campus too.
All Star pitcher.
I had the staterecord in strikeouts,
everyone knew I wasdestined for the big leagues,
I had scouts knockingon my door every other day.
That uhm...
my prom date thatyear was Sally Wilcox,
prettiest thingyou've ever seen.
Nice too.
You might say we were a perfect match.
I drove to herhouse that night.
To pick her up, parked the car,
headed upto the house.
Heard the screams evenbefore I got to the door.
Sally's daddy was a drunkand he liked to beat on her.
A secret she had keptfor nearly a year.
I charged through thedoor, pulled him off her,
wrestled himto the ground,
gave him acouple licks.
It ended, gotSally to the car,
dress all torn and bloody andput her in the passenger seat
and was aboutto close the door
and felt a burningsensation in my back.
Then anotherand another.
And there it was...
Shot 3 times in the back, never to walk again.
And left with a heartthat's barely hanging on
after all these years.
But my number's finallyup on the transplant list.
How did you do it?
It's about faith, butit wasn't all bad...
Sally daddy ended up in thepen and after a couple years...
Me and Sallygot married!
Really?
Yes sir!
Ha ha ha
Now that's a story.
Yeah, don't get me wrong, I was upset about it forquite a while.
Yeah but in time I come torealize you've got to
get right or you'regonna get left.
What's that mean?
Let me put it toyou this way...
Every man runs a race and at theend of the race there's a prize.
For some it's moneyand fame, glory.
But, those thingsdon't last forever
and not all races endat the finish line.
So you've got toask yourself...
What am I racing for?
Hmmm.
Dad?
Hey kiddo.
Hey, Hey mister.
What's your name?
Joseph.
What happenedto you?
Miles!
Get over here and leave that man alone.
We brought you some food.
Mmmmmm, smells heavenly.Did you bring the corn bread?
Oh I got it right here!
Awww. Joe Joe, let me tell you,
you want to get in on thisright here, I'm telling ya.
No, I'm good.
Oh, that's nonsense, just nonsense.
Boy come here, mind yourGranddaddy and give thisto Mr. Joseph.
Boy I tell you, you're still asstubborn as the day we met.
Takes a strong man towithstand my husband.
You're going to bein my prayers son.
Pastor had a greatmessage today!
Sure did.
Oh yes yes, it was good.
Amen, yes.
Amen, Amen.
Thank you Jesus!
It was boring.
Miles!
You betterwatch it!
Okay Momma, geez.
Excuse me, what didyou say?
I mean yes mam.
That's what I thought.
Alright enough ofthis, I'm famished.
Let's eat, come on, let's bow our heads.
Gracious Father we thank you for this day.
For this family, and for new friends.
May we realize Lord that you give strength to the weak.
Lord God, you are the healer of the broken.
Father we ask that you give us strength during these difficult times.
Jesus, we ask that you forgive us for not trusting in you.
Thank you, thank you Lord for every new breath.
Let us not take for granted the short time we have left here.
May each and every moment from this point forward
be a reflection not of who we were Lord,
but who we are today.
To you be thy Lord for ever and ever, Amen.
Hey man.
You all set?
Yup.
It's been real, Jay Train.
Yes it has.
Thanks forkeeping me busy.
No problem.
Don't be a stranger, huh?
I won't.
Is this you?
Yup.
Here we go.
Nice ride!
Dude, it's free.
Okay.
No, I've got this, I need to do it.
Okay.
I'm sorry aboutthe car Dad.
You oughta be sorry,
that car raced for two seasons.
Two seasons withoutso much as a scratch,
then you get in it andyou flip the thing over.
That old Max Wedgemade 525 horsepower.
We broke therecord at Indy.
It was 11:21 at 121 mile/hour
and we went onto win the event.
But still it wasnothing like that day.
Now that, was amoment to remember.
We'd just taken homethe 1990 championship.
We were the"unbeatable team"they used to call us.
- Your Dad and I.
Uncle Paul?
Yeah!
Uncle Paul, that was whatyou used to call me back then.
Mind if I sit down?
Oh Yeah sure, sure.
That was the lastrace in the old cuda.
He ran straight and hard, but the next season
we got a new carrunning pro-stock.
I remember.
Yeah, but I'm sure you'rewondering why I'm here?
The thing is, I've beentrying to get the courage
to come see you ever sinceyou had the accident.
I didn't have the strengthfor that and I'm sorry.
You don't owe me anything.
No, no I think I at leastowe you an explanation.
For what?
About the crash thattook your father.
What's to explain, firstround of the qualifying.
Car got out of shape, hecollided with the side wall.
Right?
Your father told me, thathe felt like the backend
was shaking so much thatit was going to come out
of the frontend.
I tried every adjustmentthat I could think of, but...
The floor length, rearshocks, everything.
And I never quitefigured it out,
but still I insisted thathe go on and make a full run,
and keep his foot init and you know the rest.
After that day I drankmyself into an oblivion.
I lost everything I ever hadand I never forgave myself.
The reason I'm here is becauseI need you to forgive me.
Joseph I should'vebeen there for you,
I wasn't and I amtruly sorry for that.
So, you said that uh,
the most horsepower you ever gotout of that Max Wedge was 525?
And that wason a good day.
We got her up t0625 on the dyno.
625?
625!
It looks like it'sclearing up a bit,
would you like to goget some fresh air?
That sounds good.
625?
625!
Ha!
Right over there is somethingyou don't see every day.
1932 Cadillac V16.
They stopped making thosebabies just before WWII.
Of Course right here isthe Ford flathead V8,
preferred power plant ofhot rodders everywhere.
This place is incredible!
Yeah, well I've got somethingelse I want to show you.
Hang on...
Pro stock engine.
Just like Dad ran.
Hey!
Take a look at this!
Tada!
This isn't real...
Dad's Barracuda!
Yeap!
I didn't have theheart to sell him.
Amazing.
ADRENALINE.
Perfect namewouldn't you say?
Oh yeah.
Yeah he's tried and true, battle scarred, that's for sure.
Hasn't been runin over 20 years,
but I think witha few tweaks here andthere he'd be just fine.
Wheelie bars, Lexan windows...
That's a tubechassis right?
Yes it is!
See that button onthe steering wheel?
...
Tranny brake!
What I would do tofeel a kick like that.
Well I do just happen toknow a guy who knows a guy...
I'm that guy.
There you go.
Ha ha ha.
Figured next time Iseen you, You wouldbe in a wooden box.
NO, I wouldn't do that to you, You would miss me too much.
Is that right?
That is right!
So who is yourfriend here?
Come on takea closer look.
Ronnie's boy Joey.
Joey?
Shoot boy, you've seenbetter days I reckon.
You've got to forgive Bennie,
He's not much for conversation, it kind of confuses him.
Hey!
All seriousness, yourDaddy was a great driver.
I used to let himtest out here.
Ha.
Seen better days I guess!
No, it looksabout the same.
Ha.
Now that'snostalgia boy.
What's y'all doing allthe ways out here anyway?
Came out here to teach thisyoung fellah how to drive again.
What?
What?
You said you wanted tofeel the kick right,
there's no betterplace to feel the kick thenright here on the track.
I think you're missinga pretty important piece here.
Look all I want to do isget you back into a car
so you can get thefeel for it.
I'm not talking about breakingany land speed records.
But I do want you toadjust to something new.
This is the best place, ifyou want to learn to drive.
You don't haveto race again.
But you do have tobe self-sufficient.
You're out of your mind.
That may be, do you havesomething I can put him in?
Okay this is obviouslya whole different carthen you're used to.
Tell me somethingI don't know.
I want to start by workingon your coordination.
Yeah, I got it!
I'm thinking we'd go awhole lot faster if youactually start the car.
Pull it up to theline, nice and easy.
Oh he's lost hisdang mind for sure.
I can't watch this.
It's okay, don't worryabout that, back up.
You've got this, justtry it again, let's go.
No way!
I can't do this.
You don't havea choice.
You're goingto do it.
But we're goingto crash.
If we crash, we crash!
Now on three, you ready?
No! 1!
Steady boy, steady.
Haaaa!
Alright, ease off, counter steer.
Okay.
I've got it.
Brake.
I can't, I can't!
Brake, Brake, Brake!
Brake!
Now that's whatI'm talking about.
How do you feel?
Let's do itagain.
Let's do itagain, Ha!
Alright, backit on up.
Boy can't hardly walk.
But he sure can drive.
We must have ran thattrack like thirty times.
Finally had to stopwhen the sun went down.
That's incredible.
I...
I can't believe it, that's great.
Yeah, it was great, just... great.
Maybe one day you'll geta page in my scrapbook.
Hmmmm.
That was just for fun.
Felt good though.
Well you only have afew more visits with me,
I'd say I've helped youjust about as much as I can.
Got any plansthis weekend?
Ah...
uhm.
Or not, there's a points racetomorrow and I just thought.
Yes, I'll go.
Oh! Okay!
Haven't been to a racelike this in a long time.
Everything is the same, the sounds, the smells, everything.
Missed it?
Never thought Iwould, until now.
I grew up on the track, everyweekend this was my world.
Nitro fumes, burnt rubber, popcorn with butter.
Extra butterfor me, ha.
Everybody lovesextra butter.
I know the feeling.
I had a placelike that,
that my Mom took meto when growing up.
Yeah.
Yeah.
What wasthat like?
You don'twant to know.
I do, tell me.
Don't makefun of me.
I won't.
My Mom used to take meto this place called...
"Mary's Gone Mad"
Basically, this lady oneday just started painting,
everythingin her house.
Everything inside andoutside of her house,
windows, toilets, kitchen sinks,
you name it shewas painting it.
People in the communitystarted finding out about it
and just would show upto see what she was doing.
She builtthis chapel,
like a full on chapel out ofglass bottles in her front yard.
I don'tbelieve it.
Which I have tosay was incredible.
I don'tbelieve it.
Well, I will just findyou a picture then.
I'm going toneed to see it.
Cause it's amazing.
Okay.
So whatabout your Mom?
I never knew her, she died when I was born.
And my Dad raised me tillI was twelve years old
and then he died.
Then I was in and out of fostercare until I was eighteen.
But luckily for me though Traceand I kept in contact and...
As soon as I was out, it was like I had neverleft the neighborhood.
He's a good friend.
He seems like it.
What are they doingto their tires?
They're spinning the wheelsto get the tires hot and sticky,
so it will have bettertraction on the track.
Put your ear plugs in.
Huh?
PUT YOUR EAR PLUGS IN!
QUICK!
Woohoo!
That was so much louderthan I had expected!
That's a rushfor sure.
Was that fun?
Yeah.
Newcomer Jason Skinner,
pulls up to the line for the final run of the night.
He's had a great season so far
and has finished up very well in his class.
And here to play there's no doubt about it.
If he pulls it off today,
it will be his third straight win.
Did he say...
Did he say best in state or best in the country?
Who are you kidding slim, racing is no place for wannabes.
It's not in your DNA okay.
Your old man didn't have it,
you don't have it and you never will.
Joseph?
I want to race again!
I can work hard, really push myself.
Hey, hey, hey, slowdown, slowdown.
What are youtalking about?
There's a racein three weeks.
I want to do this,I'm going to do this!
Are youabsolutely sure?
YES!
Meet me at thetrack in the morning.
I'll be there.
Oh boy.
Hey, I gotsomething for ya.
Woohoo!
No way?
Way!
How did you get this?
Oh, I figured your Dadwould want you to have it.
This is legit.
Alright, this is it.
Trace get my helmet.
Wait?
Hold on a second.
Am I missingsomething here?
I'm goingto race again.
How?
He's been practicing.
Boy knowswhat he's doing.
This is LEGIT.
So you in?
Yeah...
I'm going toneed my socks!
Come on, start it up!
Wow!
Alright.
Hmmm.
I thought the carwould run faster thanthat in the 8th mile?
The Car willrun in the 5s.
So what's the problem?
Well, either there's somethingwrong with that clock
or he's not gettingoff the line fast enough.
Huh.
Let's run it again.
Well, it's not the clock.
I can't get my feetto react fast enough.
Naw, you're just having troublegetting off the starting line,
that's all, everything else is fine.
Well how am Igoing to fix that?
I don't know.
How about a handlever system?
A what?
Yeah they make something likethat for handicapped drivers.
I checked into it whileyou were in the hospital.
So he would have to start thecar, stop the car,
and steerthe car all with his hands?
Think you can handlesomething like that?
Yeah.
That could work.
My legs are the problem.
I don't think it will be aseasy as you think, but...
Boys we've got ussome work to do.
Come on!
We're not goingto do it here.
Give a littlegas there mousy
Woohoo!
What do youthink of that?
That's it, that's it!
Alright, cut it, cut it!
Turn it off!
Let's take itto the track.
I don'tsee why not.
Woohoo!
Yeah, now that is a run!
That was good huh?
Did you see himget off that line?
He went rightoff that line!
So anything new?
Oh you know, not much.
Still hanging in there, every day I move upon the transplant list.
Shouldn't be long now, or at least they keeptelling me...
Doctors.
Well, you need to getout of here and come seeme on the track.
That's a deal.
First raceis tomorrow.
I want to be honest,I'm excited, but...
I'm a little nervous too.
The adrenaline'spumping that's for sure.
Adrenaline, huh?
Makes me feelalive again.
There'snothing like it.
Tell me, how long doesthat feeling last?
Less than 10 seconds.
That's a whole lot ofwork for 10 seconds.
It's worth it though.
Is it?
Hey I uhm, I reallyshould get going.
I've got to uh.... practice and uhm...
Okay, okay don't letme hold you back.
Hey.
Rain check?
Rain check.
Yes Sir.
Alright guys, I've got this under control, let me do all the talking.
Okay.
Sorry I'mlate fellahs.
Paul Sharpe,
Trace Mallery,
Joseph Jenkins
Now since this is youfirst official race,
I want to get a fewthings clear, alright.
Before you can evenget on the track,
my tech has tocheck out your car.
Make sure it meetsIHR regulations,
if it does youcan race, alright.
Follow the ruleson the track.
If you don't youwill be disqualified.
It's as simpleas that.
Simple.
Alright.Yeah, yeah.
Alright, then all I needis your driver signature
right here andwe'll be good to go.
Oh, I'm sorry.
That's okay.
I can't believeit either.
Well, see ya onthe track.
Good luck.
Thanks.
It's toolate now.
Oh yeah, I'vegot this old man.
I don't want youto break anything.
Old Man!
Alright Rookie,I'll meet you at tech.
Hey you.
Hey, you made it.
Of course, I wouldn't havemissed it for the world.
Oh no, me either, ha ha.
Nice set of wheels.
Oh thanks, it's a 67 Barracudawith a low block stroker.
No, I wasn't talkingabout those wheels,
I was talking aboutthose wheels right there,
ha ha ha.
What's you alldressed up for boy?
Looks like somebodygoing to race.
Oh yeah, yougoing to race?
I'll shut themup on the track.
He's going to shutus up on the track.
Ooooh!
Hope you drive straighterthen your legs look,
ha ha ha.
Hey, listen, thisis your first run.
So if the cargets squirrely
anything goes wrongout there just ease up.
Okay, easeout of it.
Alright, you can do this.
Go Cripple!
Yeah! Woohooo!
Ha ha ha.
Don't everdo that again.
* Stay a while. *
* I can't believe this could get any worse. *
* I lost everything I've ever had, *
* cause I threw it all, away. *
* Oh I know I need a change. *
* Can you hear me, *
* am I the only one here? *
* Get around, turn the pages *
* Of all the years that I've gone ahead and wasted. *
* Is it over? *
* Is it all for nothing? *
* I'm not so sure... *
* anymore. *
Hey!
Hey!
Why don'twe lock it up?
You goget some rest.
Alright.
Let's callit a night.
Hey Kiddo!
Look at you, all grown up.
Dad!
I miss youtoo buddy.
Listen to me Joseph, you havealways been a driven person.
Disciplined, I always knew youwere destined for great things.
But I need you tounderstand something.
As much as Ilove the sport...
racing wasn'teverything to me.
If all you have to livefor is the next rush,
well then you're acar without an engine.
You serve no purpose.
I need you to understandwhat I'm telling you.
Racing was a job...
Not my life.
I love you kiddo.
Dad!
Lord we thank you for thistime that we have together.
And Lord we prayfor special protectionfor our friend Joseph.
As he pursues his dream.
Yes.
To you be the glory.
Forever and ever.
Amen
AMEN!
Now that's what I'mtalking about right there.
Cornbread?
Ooooh.
Here you go hunny.
Ha ha, hey hey!
No I'm good.
Oh come on nonsense!
You might as well, he's gonnaget his way no matter what.
Alright.
Jay Train, thanks for...
Thanks for comingto see me like this.
It's the leastI could do.
So one lastweek here.
My number hasfinally come up.
Mine too.
I can'tbelieve it.
In 3 weeks I'll have a chanceto compete at Dragstock X.
Man whowould've thunk it.
Not me!
I mean this is like theworld series of drag racing.
I'm proudof you Joseph.
I appreciate that.
Hey Eli,
Uh hmm.
Do you think dreamsmean anything?
Why do you ask?
I keep having thisdream, It's Dad...
He's at theend of a track.
And I'm running, I meanI can run my legs work.
I see him and I'm going asfast as I can toward him.
When I get to him, he'strying to tell me something.
What is he tryingto tell you?
I don't know...
He says that I'm acar without an engine.
Ha ha, I mean a carwithout an engine?
what's thatsupposed to mean?
What do you mean,"What's that supposed to mean"?
A car without an enginedoesn't get very far does it?
Sounds like a manwithout a purpose.
I have a purpose.
Okay, and what is it?
Glory.
I mean isn'tthat enough.
I mean...
Even without being able towalk people look up to me now.
They need to knowthat I can win.
I give people hope.
I'm someoneto believe in.
Spoken like a true fool.
Was glory worth losingyour ability to walk?
I don't need this...
When I first metyou, I told you,
you had to get right oryou were going to get left.
Do you remember that?
That meant you hadto get right in here.
But mostly it means youhave to get right in here.
I think your Daddy's tryingto tell you that without God...
That thirst, that need forthat adrenaline pumping
threw your veins oryou'll never be satisfied.
You'll always be like ajunkie trying to get a fix.
Why do youalways do this?
God, really?
I hate to break it to you, but I think God is a joke!
Joseph.
Listen.
Joseph!
You listen tome this time!
What kind of God takes a Dadaway from a 12 year old boy?
You tell me that? Tell me that?
If there was a God, why would he let me crash,
leave me crippled, let someone shoot you?
Come on, God's notrunning the show here...
We are!
We control what happens, it's our choices.
And you need tostart seeing that,
open your eyesand wake up.
Take a lookaround you.
God's a fairy tale.
I earnedall this myself.
Protect him Jesus.
Protect him.
Joseph Jenkins,
You all set?
Yeah, let's go, Idon't want a penalty.
You okay?
I said let's go!
I don't want apenalty Okay!
Okay, alright.
Wow, wow!
Hang on!
What happened toyou out there?
I couldn't get offthe line fast enough.
Yeah I saw that, you seemeda little distracted.
Oh was I?
Yeah you were allover the track.
Did you check the lane?
What kind of aquestion is that?
Did I check the lane?
The right lanewasn't right,
I didn't have anytraction out the hole.
If the right lane wasn'tright? a lot of people wereracing in the right lane.
Nobody had anyproblem except you.
Is that what you told myDad before he ran that day?
What's this really about?
Responsibility!
Responsibility to my Dad, Josie, Trace, everybody!
People aredepending on me now!
Is that right? You think thisis about responsibility?
Come on be honestwith yourself,
what aboutJason Skynard?
Huh.
I know it, Trace knows it, everybody who knows you,
knows it's betweenyou and Jason Skynard.
Even your Father wouldtell you that if he were here.
Well, he's not, you madesure of that didn't you?
I'm going to do us botha really big favor andforget you ever said that.
Don't you pretendfor a second,
you're the only onewho ever lost anybody.
Why don't you get lost.
You're pretty goodat that aren't you?
Hey guys.
Hey.
Where's Paul?
He couldn't make it.
That's weird.
Yeah, I'll see youafter the race alright.
Everything okay?
Yeah, I'm just tryingto concentrate.
Okay.
Woohoo!
Yeah!
We are gatheredhere today.
To celebrate the life ofElijah Benjamin Salisbury.
A man whose heart gavemore love and happiness...
Amen ...then hecould contain.
Hey buddy.
Hey.
It's going to be okay.
He would'vereally loved this.
I wish I would've had justone more chance to say...
I know.
I just don'tunderstand.
I don't think weever really do.
I mean, why?
Why doesthis have to happen, to Elli, my Dad?
I should be theone dead not them.
But you're not.
You're probably just goingto say that's a miracle.
I know this is going tosound crazy, but I...
I think it's muchmore than that.
There was a timeI had my doubts,
but I don't anymore.
Why is that?
I think we're all herefor a purpose and...
Eli served his.
He spent most of hislife in a hospital bed.
You're missingthe point.
It's not about the time hespent in a hospital bed.
It's about what hedid with that time.
I saw Eli make people laughwhen they were crying.
He changed them, He changed me!
He changed you.
His love was realand powerful...
and greaterthan all of us.
Eli always said thatlove comes from God.
Do you thinkthat's true?
I do, It's a kind oflove that never gives up.
It's the kind of love thatEli and your Dad had for you.
I want thatkind of love.
What's holdingyou back?
Okay.
Okay.
Morning Kiddo.
Hey.
Thanks forcoming back.
Not a problem at all.
Just takingone last look.
You sure you're readyto do this thing?
My whole life, I just didn't think Iwould get here like this.
Did you ever see something likethis and think to yourself...
If this is the lastbeautiful thing I see,
It will bealright with me?
Listen Paul I...
I want you to know, it was never your fault.
Welcome ADRL Nation,
The dragstock X here at beautiful Rockingham Dragway,
Steve Earwood's palace of speed.
If you would, please stand,
remove your caps as we sing our national anthem.
* Oh, say, can you see, by the... *
You all sit downquickly
* ...early light,
* What so proudly we hail'd *
* at the twilight's last gleaming? *
* Whose broad stripes and bright stars, *
* thro' the perilous fight, *
You made it just in time forthe pledge of allegiance.
Miles, it's theNational Anthem.
It's the samething Mom!
The only thingthat's the same
is that you put yourhand over your heart.
Yes, mam.
That's what I thought.
* And the rockets'... *
so as we get set forthis first round matchup
between Shawn Barron and Joseph Jenkins,
one can only imagine
what is going through the young Jenkins mind,
after all he's been through.
Should be quite a day, we'll see if he can handle the pressure.
Speaking of guys that can handle the pressure,
our Diane Godwin is with Johnny Lightneen.
Hello with Diane Godwin and Iam live back on the track.
Today we've seen manygreat races and it's
almost time to find out who thisyear's new champion will be.
Standing right next to meis last year's winner andtop contender,
Johnny Lightneen.
Why don't you tell us, what are you feeling rightat this moment?
I mean you are on theverge of winning your nextchampion title,
will Lightneenstrike twice?
Well first of all it's veryexciting to be here again.
Uh-huh.
But you never can tellwhat's going to go on withthis kind of talent.
He's cute.
No, No, No.
He is not ascute as Joseph!
Oh and you're notbiased at all?
Come on!
So the wait is finally over,
it is time for Shawn Baron vs. Joseph Jenkins,
as Jenkins rolls his beautiful barracuda towards the starting line
here at a packed Rockingham Dragway,
all a part of the excitement here at Dragstock X,
and this is where champions are made.
This is where nerves take over and if you can manage
those nerves and get past this round,
the rest of the day could be just a little bit easier.
Right now he makes his final adjustments.
He'll get set to do his burnout.
Here we go ADRL fans, make some noise.
The burnouts are complete and Jenkins will purge the nitrous
and get set to traverse the 1/8th mile here at Rockingham dragway.
Jenkins is away green, they are both off green,
Barron at the 1/8th mile stripe,
it's going to be Jenkins running a 5.37 at a 129.05 mph.
Now that's what Iam talking about come on.
And the young man is moving on to round number 2
Next up it's going to be Jason Skynard taking on Jake Varner.
Hey, this is the guy he isalways talking about.
What the heck ishe doing there?
And Skynard's away with a huge whole shot.
He straps one on Varner at the finish line,
it's going to be Skynard with the easy victory, he is moving on.
I don'tlike that boy.
The honey badger doing his thing right there
and that is awesome man, to see that car.
Team Alan Obye and that little mustang
that's laid down the world's fastest record, recorded run..
Those trailersare huge man.
We're doing it man, weare really doing it.
Hey guys,
Hi,
Hey Lizzy.
Nice run out there today.
Hey not too bad yourself.
Thank you.
Maybe one day I can runtop sportsman like you.
Now you're talking.
Yeah give you arun for your money.
Ha ha ha Do you thinkyou can handle my class?
Do you teachprivate lessons?
We've got to goLizzy come on.
I've got to go,I'll see you guys.
Alright, see ya.
Good luck out there.
You too.
Do you teachprivate lessons?
Seriously?
- That was good man.-Stop play'n.
Jason skynard, how do you feelabout going up against him?
To get into the finals?
That's funny, you know, the whole season
I've been keeping my eye onhim, I've watched him,
he sort of came out of leftfield and he's doing real well,
so I would say today is goingto be a very interesting time.
So up next it's going to be Tony Cameron taking on Joseph Jenkins,
will the dream weekend continue for Jenkins
or will Cameron move on to the final round,
we are just seconds away from finding out.
All the stage bulbs are lit,
the green light is down and...
So Joseph Jenkins and his beautiful 67 barracuda go into the finals,
but man you saw the puff of smoke fans,
he has hurt that motor,
no doubt in this announcer's mind,
they're going to have to thrash between rounds,
but none the less Jenkins going to the finals,
the American drag racing leagues premiere event...
Ha ha ha.
Way to go Joe.
...Are you kidding me
Trace check theintake and the heads.
What's the problem?
I don't know, I definitelyfound a loss of power.Here get me out of here.
No, no, no, take a break.
I'll check it out, you get focused.
How do you feel about Joseph Jenkins?
Joseph...
uhm.
I don't know reallywhat to tell you,
except he's beenthrough a lot.
Uhm, I've been very impressed with him
and I'm very interested to see what he's going to do.
And actually you know,
If I was going to say anythingto him right now, I would say
"Hey Joseph, God blessyou buddy, good luck".
It's thehead gasket.
Either that or thehead's cracked.
How bad is it?
I don't know I'm goingto have to pull it.
How muchtime do we got?
Not enough.
Your lucky socks, do you got them?
We've got a chance.
Alright.
See you back there.
Alright, ADRL fans, who's it going to be
taking on Jenkins in the championship round?
Will it be Johnny Lightneen the defending champion
and future ADLR hall of famer in his 57 ford thunderbird,
or the young up start, Jason Skynard in his 66 Chevy too
here we go.
Man'o man what a heartbreak for Johnny Lightneen,
he turns on the red light,
which means Jason Skynard is going to the final round,
Johnny Lightneen is going home.
I don'tlike that boy.
...get through this top sportsman Al Tucci,
we are going to bring in the original champion,
dragstock back in 2004.
This is it.
Yeah it is, thanks for everything.
You're welcomefor everything.
Now go out thereand win this thing.
You got it.
Please tell meit's all fixed.
Let's just say weput a bandage on it.
Lie to me.
It's all fixed.
Good Job!
So the traction twins putting the final touches
on this track surface as we get set for our championship matchup.
Is it going to be Jason Skynard or does the
dream weekend come to the ultimate end,
for Joseph Jenkins?
They approach the water, it's burnout time at the rock.
In the words of hall of fame announcer Al Tucci,
"Beautiful smokey burnout!"
Both stage bulbs are lit, Will it be Jenkins?
Will it be Skynard?
The tree comes down
they're away and they're both away
clean and green dead even off the start.
Jenkins with a slight lead on Skynard
No!
No!
Awww another huge puff of smoke again from Jenkin's car.
Jenkins and Skynard are glued together at the finish line,
who's it going to be?
Who won?
It's dead even, in all my years of doing this
we're going to have to go to the 4 digit and triple zero margin of entry,
we have no idea who won,
we'll go to our assistant director of competition Leida Corzine,
take a look at the computer printout.
By one ten thousandth of a second,
my voice is shot Rockingham
Joseph Jenkins gets the win the dream weekend dragstock champion,
can you believe it?
Cheering
Heavenly Father thank you so much for the family and friends around us,
we love you and we pray for this food for the nourishment of our bodies
and our bodies to your service.
Amen.
Amen, Very good
Who wants some of this...
Green beans.
I thought my life was over,
but it's now only the beginning.
I found the rush that always satisfies.
I discovered...
It's not what you drive?
it's what drives you.
I never get enough, I'm never satisfied,
I race to win and that's my purpose.
* Every drop sends my heart racing *
* Relax and let the vitals spin *
I don't think so
* Every pulse of new blood burning *
* Like current sliding underneath my skin *
Dark takes it.
* Let it all crash... we'll be ok *
* If it all falls... I'm not afraid *
* I feel ya flow... feel ya move... feel ya shakin' me *
* I feel ya runnin' through... *
So I think youhave somethingthat belongs to me
Yup, yup, that's what Iwas thinking.
But you know what, tonight is yourlucky night, because...
I am going to giveyou a little something
to help take the dustoff your windshield.
No! you like a dustywindshield, That's fine,
you knowdifferent strokesfor different folks
Have a good night!
Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!
Bottoms up fellahs
Racing fuel
Why do you like that?
Racer chasers
I think it'syour shot
Wow!
Look alive
When is it evergoing to be my shot?
Pretty impressiverace tonight
Thanks
So I hear you're thecar to beat these days?
Yeah with uhm 444 cubicinches topped with amax wedge cross ram,
pushing 11:1compression,
not to mention ahydraulic roller cam...
yeah it'spretty much thecar to beat.
So does it havea back seat?
Joseph,
We've got to go.
Hey!
Is this your boy?
He don'tlook like much.
Yeah, well he'sthe best driverin the state,
possiblythe country.
Really?
So I'm standing in thepresence of greatness.
Ha Ha, we'll see.
As discussed, this will be arace for $10,000 dollars.
I'll send you a text messageone hour prior to the event
which will take place at 7 o'clock on Tuesday.
This is business, I expectto see you and you alone.
I don't want any cheerleaders standing around
causing any extra attention.
Now when the event is over,
the winner will take the prize
and the deal will be done.
Do you understand?
We got it.
Did he say...?Did he say best in State?
Best in the country?
Who are youkidding slim!
Huh!
You know whatI see here?
I see an overzealouspunk who thinks hehas it all figured out.
He thinks that afterhe finishes this one,
he's going to stack up, that he is going to matter.
But it doesn't workthat way because,
racing is no placefor wannabes.
It's not inyour DNA, okay.
You don't have it, yourold man didn't have it.
That's why he'snot here anymore.
Save it... Save it!
I hope your launch time is faster than your reflexes.
Otherwise, I would stay athome and save yourselfsome embarrassment.
Tuesday, 7 o'clock, cash in hand.
Yeah we got it.
Let's do this...
One, two, three
One second, ha ha.
Ohhh!
Mom! I need my luckysocks, I've got to go!
You evergoing to get yourown place, man?
No man! Free food, rent, laundry...
Please...
Those sockskill me man.
So how are you feelingafter last night?
Oh he is goingto regret that.
Mr. Kringle!
Oh, you've gotsomething for us.
Is that how we're doing this...
Santa Clause?
Alright then.
Merry Christmas.
Push of a buttonand BOOM!
That's what I'mtalking about.
Yeah, boom baby.
Yeah, Aha, let me tell you what I'm talking about,
I know you two aretrying to big time me.
Street Racing,
Snow Man talking...
You want to race, put it on the track.
Put it on thetrack, alright.
We know.
Yeah you know, what do you know?
I don't want to hear nothing on ...
Facebook, Twitter, newspaper, nothing... alright?
Yeah.
Alright, getout of my store.
Is that it?
That's it, that's the speech, go!
Come on.
One second, quick question...
Am I on thenaughty list?
Right here, solid, on the list.
Come on, let's go!
Alright, next time I gotthe milk and cookies.
Top of the list,
Out of my store!
* I feel ya flow... feel ya move... feel ya shakin' me *
* I feel ya runnin' through my veins like adre-na-line *
* Adrenaline... You're my adrenaline *
* Light the fire... energize... You awaken me *
* I feel ya runnin' through my veins like adre-na-line *
* Adrenaline... You're my adrenaline *
Breakerbreaker 1-9,
What's your 20 good buddy?
All set, let's do it.
Alright here we go in ...
Three, Two, One Go!
Wow!
Lucky socks, what you go man?
11.10 big daddy
I like the sound ofthat, lets push it.
Wow!
11 flat Joe
Wow! yeah!
Yeah!
Alright, let's go.
They're here.
It's about time.
You, come here.
Do you think we haveenough time for this?
Oh it will be overin 10 seconds.
Line's right here.
You start this, we'll finish it.
I don't feelgood about this.
This could drop atany moment and it mightget slick out there.
Then you betterhurry up.
Okay, but I just don'tfeel good about it.
Hey, I got this, let's go.
Get out of here!
Okay, okay, hey good luck.
Let's do this!
Joseph!
Joseph!
Joseph!
Joseph, oh no!
Joseph, no no no!
NO!
Joseph!
Help!
Hello.
Help!
Hey Joseph, just tryto remain still, okay.
We're going toget you fixed up.
Joseph as we've discussed.
The injuries fromyour accident have left youwith significant trauma,
to your L-2and L-3 vertebrae.
We call this a class-3spinal cord injury.
Unfortunately withan injury like this,
the chances are you'llnever walk again.
Mr. Jenkins
My name is JosieRigsby, I'm yourphysical therapist.
That's okay, today is justan opportunity
for us to getto know one another.
We'll get to the tough stuff later.
Look you've been through alot so, you're off the hook.
I'll see you soon.
You havea visitor.
Hey man.
Page me if youneed anything, okay?
So what's in the bag?
Oh, yeah.
Well they told me youmight be here for a while,
so I thought I would ...
...bring you a couplethings from your apartment.
There's some otherstuff in there too.
Oh yeah and Igot you ...
What do you think?
I appreciate this...
but I'm done with it.
Dude this is a superstock cross ram Hemi.
That's very nice, but I don't want it.
I know, but it's got real detail, look at it, if you put some fuel in ...
Trace, get itout of here!
I just thoughtthat...
You thought what?
You thought what?
That a constant reminder ofeverything that was taken away
from me mightsomehow cheer me up?
What are you thinking?
I don't want it.
I'm sorry.
I died outthere alright.
Yeah, well you're still here.
Half.
Look, why don't you just get out of here alright.
I almost forgot.
Cement fuel pump to side of engine block Okay,
okay.
Sorry if I woke ya, found this all banged up.
Hope you don't mind.
Looks nice.
Guess you're never tooold to try something new.
Looks like you gotpretty banked up there,
Did you get yourself intoa quarrel with a squirrel?
Ha ha ha
And we go'n be, coopedup here for a few weeks,
just you, me andthe Almighty.
Might as well getto know each other.
My name is Elijah Benjamin Salisbury.
Not to be confusedwith the steak
- although that is my favoritefood in this institution,
Jell-O is not bad either,
but I suggest you take a pass on that meatloaf.
You sure are onefor conversation.
What can I helpyou with Joseph?
Joseph?
Joey, Joe Joe, Jay bird, Jay Jay Dynamite!
What is it?
I want to be movedto another room.
Well, I can't dothat right now.
Why not?
All the other rooms are full.
If you wanted me tobe quiet, Jay bird,
all you had to do is ask.
I'm sorry Nurse Amy, therewon't be any more trouble.
You just let me know if youneed anything else, okay.
I'm just go'n to mine my own.
I do me and you do you.
I'm just gonna get backto putting this here...
Engine together.
Mr. Jenkins,
we have you scheduledfor physical therapy.
Mr. Jenkins, Hmmmm...
Joseph.
Look I'm doing my best.
But you're going to have tomeet me at some point here.
Your life is over Joseph.
You're old life that is.
Excuse the mess, I don't reallyspend much time in here.
Much less time to clean.
I don't typically bringpatients to my office.
My first three years here, I kept a scrapbook...
Of all the patients I got toknow and I guess I felt like...
maybe I made adifference in their life.
Everyone in this book, went through an experience.
Just like yours, where inan instant, it all changed.
To some, they thought they were lost causes.
But each andevery one of them,
ended up doing someamazing things.
This is Kate.
She was 22.
Four days after her college graduation,
she lost her leg.
She got a great job.
Got married and is nowpregnant with her second baby.
This is Jake, he's amurder ball champion.
He's for the Carolina Crash.
This is Meredith, she's a mom, has three kids,
husband, was a lost causeif there ever was one.
She becamean author.
She's currently workingon her third novel.
All of these people aremuch worse off than you.
Joseph.
They went on to do great things.
You can too.
When I wake up, I getthis emptiness inside.
I have the yearningto feel the rumble...
of a big block V8.
The dead calm right beforethe flag comes down,
and 3 gs arepushing on me as I go fromzero to 120 miles per hour.
It was more thanwhat I did...
It was a part of me.
How am I goingto get that back?
What could youpossibly do to help me?
Cement 196A fuelmanifold, the filter,
then sub assemblenumber 202 connected...
Cement the fuel pump monitorthe fuel pump and fuel manifold.
What the heck isa fuel manifold?
It's what distributesthe fuel to each of thecarburetors.
Aha he speaks.
You know what JJ?
I knew you wouldcome around.
Yeah, well I justcan't believe it'staken you this long
to finish buildingthat engine.
Well, maybe I'm just not whatyou would call a car person.
Gearhead!
Say what?
a personto modifying cars,
hotrods and engines, anything mechanical.
A-huh.
Well, now baseball...
ask me anything youwant to know about thegame I can tell you.
San Francisco's own BarryBarnes broke the all-time
single season home runrecord when he hit 73,
which broke the 70 markset by Saint Louis Cardinals
first basemanMark McGwire 1998,
see what did I tell ya!
Well I guess you'renot into baseball?
Nope.
But go on, anythingto help pass thetime in this place.
Well, when you'vebeen in this place aslong as I have,
you figure out all kindsof ways to pass the time.
Well it doesn't looklike I'm going anywhereany time fast, so!
Well, then Iguess I could showya... the list.
The List?
A collection of thebest time killers,
each one personallytested and perfected.
I would like toget a copy of that.
Son, I said...
I would haveto show ya.
You've got your bearingson that thing yet?
I thinkI can manage.
Well I tell you what,
why don't you strapyourself in and follow me.
Looks clear.
Come on son, I thought youwere a racer car driver!
Oh this can't be good.
Alright, let's go, do it.
Get it in there, get it in.
Ahhhh!
One more try.
Okay, okayalright It's in.
Yes!
Ha ha ha Yeah!
Now this here,
is about my favorite placein all of God's creation.
They get in theback of your mind,
this might be the lastbeautiful thing you ever see.
And that would bealright with me.
Hey Eli...
Thanks
Yeah, neveryou mind Jay,
training'smy pleasure.
Oh Oh!
Yes yes yes!
Ahhhh
The good stuff.
You really know yourway around here.
I've been in and out of theseplaces for the last 40 years.
You've just got to find a wayto keep yourself entertained.
40 years?
I can't imagine.
Since about my senioryear of high school.
I was the biggestthing on campus too.
All Star pitcher.
I had the staterecord in strikeouts,
everyone knew I wasdestined for the big leagues,
I had scouts knockingon my door every other day.
That uhm...
my prom date thatyear was Sally Wilcox,
prettiest thingyou've ever seen.
Nice too.
You might say we were a perfect match.
I drove to herhouse that night.
To pick her up, parked the car,
headed upto the house.
Heard the screams evenbefore I got to the door.
Sally's daddy was a drunkand he liked to beat on her.
A secret she had keptfor nearly a year.
I charged through thedoor, pulled him off her,
wrestled himto the ground,
gave him acouple licks.
It ended, gotSally to the car,
dress all torn and bloody andput her in the passenger seat
and was aboutto close the door
and felt a burningsensation in my back.
Then anotherand another.
And there it was...
Shot 3 times in the back, never to walk again.
And left with a heartthat's barely hanging on
after all these years.
But my number's finallyup on the transplant list.
How did you do it?
It's about faith, butit wasn't all bad...
Sally daddy ended up in thepen and after a couple years...
Me and Sallygot married!
Really?
Yes sir!
Ha ha ha
Now that's a story.
Yeah, don't get me wrong, I was upset about it forquite a while.
Yeah but in time I come torealize you've got to
get right or you'regonna get left.
What's that mean?
Let me put it toyou this way...
Every man runs a race and at theend of the race there's a prize.
For some it's moneyand fame, glory.
But, those thingsdon't last forever
and not all races endat the finish line.
So you've got toask yourself...
What am I racing for?
Hmmm.
Dad?
Hey kiddo.
Hey, Hey mister.
What's your name?
Joseph.
What happenedto you?
Miles!
Get over here and leave that man alone.
We brought you some food.
Mmmmmm, smells heavenly.Did you bring the corn bread?
Oh I got it right here!
Awww. Joe Joe, let me tell you,
you want to get in on thisright here, I'm telling ya.
No, I'm good.
Oh, that's nonsense, just nonsense.
Boy come here, mind yourGranddaddy and give thisto Mr. Joseph.
Boy I tell you, you're still asstubborn as the day we met.
Takes a strong man towithstand my husband.
You're going to bein my prayers son.
Pastor had a greatmessage today!
Sure did.
Oh yes yes, it was good.
Amen, yes.
Amen, Amen.
Thank you Jesus!
It was boring.
Miles!
You betterwatch it!
Okay Momma, geez.
Excuse me, what didyou say?
I mean yes mam.
That's what I thought.
Alright enough ofthis, I'm famished.
Let's eat, come on, let's bow our heads.
Gracious Father we thank you for this day.
For this family, and for new friends.
May we realize Lord that you give strength to the weak.
Lord God, you are the healer of the broken.
Father we ask that you give us strength during these difficult times.
Jesus, we ask that you forgive us for not trusting in you.
Thank you, thank you Lord for every new breath.
Let us not take for granted the short time we have left here.
May each and every moment from this point forward
be a reflection not of who we were Lord,
but who we are today.
To you be thy Lord for ever and ever, Amen.
Hey man.
You all set?
Yup.
It's been real, Jay Train.
Yes it has.
Thanks forkeeping me busy.
No problem.
Don't be a stranger, huh?
I won't.
Is this you?
Yup.
Here we go.
Nice ride!
Dude, it's free.
Okay.
No, I've got this, I need to do it.
Okay.
I'm sorry aboutthe car Dad.
You oughta be sorry,
that car raced for two seasons.
Two seasons withoutso much as a scratch,
then you get in it andyou flip the thing over.
That old Max Wedgemade 525 horsepower.
We broke therecord at Indy.
It was 11:21 at 121 mile/hour
and we went onto win the event.
But still it wasnothing like that day.
Now that, was amoment to remember.
We'd just taken homethe 1990 championship.
We were the"unbeatable team"they used to call us.
- Your Dad and I.
Uncle Paul?
Yeah!
Uncle Paul, that was whatyou used to call me back then.
Mind if I sit down?
Oh Yeah sure, sure.
That was the lastrace in the old cuda.
He ran straight and hard, but the next season
we got a new carrunning pro-stock.
I remember.
Yeah, but I'm sure you'rewondering why I'm here?
The thing is, I've beentrying to get the courage
to come see you ever sinceyou had the accident.
I didn't have the strengthfor that and I'm sorry.
You don't owe me anything.
No, no I think I at leastowe you an explanation.
For what?
About the crash thattook your father.
What's to explain, firstround of the qualifying.
Car got out of shape, hecollided with the side wall.
Right?
Your father told me, thathe felt like the backend
was shaking so much thatit was going to come out
of the frontend.
I tried every adjustmentthat I could think of, but...
The floor length, rearshocks, everything.
And I never quitefigured it out,
but still I insisted thathe go on and make a full run,
and keep his foot init and you know the rest.
After that day I drankmyself into an oblivion.
I lost everything I ever hadand I never forgave myself.
The reason I'm here is becauseI need you to forgive me.
Joseph I should'vebeen there for you,
I wasn't and I amtruly sorry for that.
So, you said that uh,
the most horsepower you ever gotout of that Max Wedge was 525?
And that wason a good day.
We got her up t0625 on the dyno.
625?
625!
It looks like it'sclearing up a bit,
would you like to goget some fresh air?
That sounds good.
625?
625!
Ha!
Right over there is somethingyou don't see every day.
1932 Cadillac V16.
They stopped making thosebabies just before WWII.
Of Course right here isthe Ford flathead V8,
preferred power plant ofhot rodders everywhere.
This place is incredible!
Yeah, well I've got somethingelse I want to show you.
Hang on...
Pro stock engine.
Just like Dad ran.
Hey!
Take a look at this!
Tada!
This isn't real...
Dad's Barracuda!
Yeap!
I didn't have theheart to sell him.
Amazing.
ADRENALINE.
Perfect namewouldn't you say?
Oh yeah.
Yeah he's tried and true, battle scarred, that's for sure.
Hasn't been runin over 20 years,
but I think witha few tweaks here andthere he'd be just fine.
Wheelie bars, Lexan windows...
That's a tubechassis right?
Yes it is!
See that button onthe steering wheel?
...
Tranny brake!
What I would do tofeel a kick like that.
Well I do just happen toknow a guy who knows a guy...
I'm that guy.
There you go.
Ha ha ha.
Figured next time Iseen you, You wouldbe in a wooden box.
NO, I wouldn't do that to you, You would miss me too much.
Is that right?
That is right!
So who is yourfriend here?
Come on takea closer look.
Ronnie's boy Joey.
Joey?
Shoot boy, you've seenbetter days I reckon.
You've got to forgive Bennie,
He's not much for conversation, it kind of confuses him.
Hey!
All seriousness, yourDaddy was a great driver.
I used to let himtest out here.
Ha.
Seen better days I guess!
No, it looksabout the same.
Ha.
Now that'snostalgia boy.
What's y'all doing allthe ways out here anyway?
Came out here to teach thisyoung fellah how to drive again.
What?
What?
You said you wanted tofeel the kick right,
there's no betterplace to feel the kick thenright here on the track.
I think you're missinga pretty important piece here.
Look all I want to do isget you back into a car
so you can get thefeel for it.
I'm not talking about breakingany land speed records.
But I do want you toadjust to something new.
This is the best place, ifyou want to learn to drive.
You don't haveto race again.
But you do have tobe self-sufficient.
You're out of your mind.
That may be, do you havesomething I can put him in?
Okay this is obviouslya whole different carthen you're used to.
Tell me somethingI don't know.
I want to start by workingon your coordination.
Yeah, I got it!
I'm thinking we'd go awhole lot faster if youactually start the car.
Pull it up to theline, nice and easy.
Oh he's lost hisdang mind for sure.
I can't watch this.
It's okay, don't worryabout that, back up.
You've got this, justtry it again, let's go.
No way!
I can't do this.
You don't havea choice.
You're goingto do it.
But we're goingto crash.
If we crash, we crash!
Now on three, you ready?
No! 1!
Steady boy, steady.
Haaaa!
Alright, ease off, counter steer.
Okay.
I've got it.
Brake.
I can't, I can't!
Brake, Brake, Brake!
Brake!
Now that's whatI'm talking about.
How do you feel?
Let's do itagain.
Let's do itagain, Ha!
Alright, backit on up.
Boy can't hardly walk.
But he sure can drive.
We must have ran thattrack like thirty times.
Finally had to stopwhen the sun went down.
That's incredible.
I...
I can't believe it, that's great.
Yeah, it was great, just... great.
Maybe one day you'll geta page in my scrapbook.
Hmmmm.
That was just for fun.
Felt good though.
Well you only have afew more visits with me,
I'd say I've helped youjust about as much as I can.
Got any plansthis weekend?
Ah...
uhm.
Or not, there's a points racetomorrow and I just thought.
Yes, I'll go.
Oh! Okay!
Haven't been to a racelike this in a long time.
Everything is the same, the sounds, the smells, everything.
Missed it?
Never thought Iwould, until now.
I grew up on the track, everyweekend this was my world.
Nitro fumes, burnt rubber, popcorn with butter.
Extra butterfor me, ha.
Everybody lovesextra butter.
I know the feeling.
I had a placelike that,
that my Mom took meto when growing up.
Yeah.
Yeah.
What wasthat like?
You don'twant to know.
I do, tell me.
Don't makefun of me.
I won't.
My Mom used to take meto this place called...
"Mary's Gone Mad"
Basically, this lady oneday just started painting,
everythingin her house.
Everything inside andoutside of her house,
windows, toilets, kitchen sinks,
you name it shewas painting it.
People in the communitystarted finding out about it
and just would show upto see what she was doing.
She builtthis chapel,
like a full on chapel out ofglass bottles in her front yard.
I don'tbelieve it.
Which I have tosay was incredible.
I don'tbelieve it.
Well, I will just findyou a picture then.
I'm going toneed to see it.
Cause it's amazing.
Okay.
So whatabout your Mom?
I never knew her, she died when I was born.
And my Dad raised me tillI was twelve years old
and then he died.
Then I was in and out of fostercare until I was eighteen.
But luckily for me though Traceand I kept in contact and...
As soon as I was out, it was like I had neverleft the neighborhood.
He's a good friend.
He seems like it.
What are they doingto their tires?
They're spinning the wheelsto get the tires hot and sticky,
so it will have bettertraction on the track.
Put your ear plugs in.
Huh?
PUT YOUR EAR PLUGS IN!
QUICK!
Woohoo!
That was so much louderthan I had expected!
That's a rushfor sure.
Was that fun?
Yeah.
Newcomer Jason Skinner,
pulls up to the line for the final run of the night.
He's had a great season so far
and has finished up very well in his class.
And here to play there's no doubt about it.
If he pulls it off today,
it will be his third straight win.
Did he say...
Did he say best in state or best in the country?
Who are you kidding slim, racing is no place for wannabes.
It's not in your DNA okay.
Your old man didn't have it,
you don't have it and you never will.
Joseph?
I want to race again!
I can work hard, really push myself.
Hey, hey, hey, slowdown, slowdown.
What are youtalking about?
There's a racein three weeks.
I want to do this,I'm going to do this!
Are youabsolutely sure?
YES!
Meet me at thetrack in the morning.
I'll be there.
Oh boy.
Hey, I gotsomething for ya.
Woohoo!
No way?
Way!
How did you get this?
Oh, I figured your Dadwould want you to have it.
This is legit.
Alright, this is it.
Trace get my helmet.
Wait?
Hold on a second.
Am I missingsomething here?
I'm goingto race again.
How?
He's been practicing.
Boy knowswhat he's doing.
This is LEGIT.
So you in?
Yeah...
I'm going toneed my socks!
Come on, start it up!
Wow!
Alright.
Hmmm.
I thought the carwould run faster thanthat in the 8th mile?
The Car willrun in the 5s.
So what's the problem?
Well, either there's somethingwrong with that clock
or he's not gettingoff the line fast enough.
Huh.
Let's run it again.
Well, it's not the clock.
I can't get my feetto react fast enough.
Naw, you're just having troublegetting off the starting line,
that's all, everything else is fine.
Well how am Igoing to fix that?
I don't know.
How about a handlever system?
A what?
Yeah they make something likethat for handicapped drivers.
I checked into it whileyou were in the hospital.
So he would have to start thecar, stop the car,
and steerthe car all with his hands?
Think you can handlesomething like that?
Yeah.
That could work.
My legs are the problem.
I don't think it will be aseasy as you think, but...
Boys we've got ussome work to do.
Come on!
We're not goingto do it here.
Give a littlegas there mousy
Woohoo!
What do youthink of that?
That's it, that's it!
Alright, cut it, cut it!
Turn it off!
Let's take itto the track.
I don'tsee why not.
Woohoo!
Yeah, now that is a run!
That was good huh?
Did you see himget off that line?
He went rightoff that line!
So anything new?
Oh you know, not much.
Still hanging in there, every day I move upon the transplant list.
Shouldn't be long now, or at least they keeptelling me...
Doctors.
Well, you need to getout of here and come seeme on the track.
That's a deal.
First raceis tomorrow.
I want to be honest,I'm excited, but...
I'm a little nervous too.
The adrenaline'spumping that's for sure.
Adrenaline, huh?
Makes me feelalive again.
There'snothing like it.
Tell me, how long doesthat feeling last?
Less than 10 seconds.
That's a whole lot ofwork for 10 seconds.
It's worth it though.
Is it?
Hey I uhm, I reallyshould get going.
I've got to uh.... practice and uhm...
Okay, okay don't letme hold you back.
Hey.
Rain check?
Rain check.
Yes Sir.
Alright guys, I've got this under control, let me do all the talking.
Okay.
Sorry I'mlate fellahs.
Paul Sharpe,
Trace Mallery,
Joseph Jenkins
Now since this is youfirst official race,
I want to get a fewthings clear, alright.
Before you can evenget on the track,
my tech has tocheck out your car.
Make sure it meetsIHR regulations,
if it does youcan race, alright.
Follow the ruleson the track.
If you don't youwill be disqualified.
It's as simpleas that.
Simple.
Alright.Yeah, yeah.
Alright, then all I needis your driver signature
right here andwe'll be good to go.
Oh, I'm sorry.
That's okay.
I can't believeit either.
Well, see ya onthe track.
Good luck.
Thanks.
It's toolate now.
Oh yeah, I'vegot this old man.
I don't want youto break anything.
Old Man!
Alright Rookie,I'll meet you at tech.
Hey you.
Hey, you made it.
Of course, I wouldn't havemissed it for the world.
Oh no, me either, ha ha.
Nice set of wheels.
Oh thanks, it's a 67 Barracudawith a low block stroker.
No, I wasn't talkingabout those wheels,
I was talking aboutthose wheels right there,
ha ha ha.
What's you alldressed up for boy?
Looks like somebodygoing to race.
Oh yeah, yougoing to race?
I'll shut themup on the track.
He's going to shutus up on the track.
Ooooh!
Hope you drive straighterthen your legs look,
ha ha ha.
Hey, listen, thisis your first run.
So if the cargets squirrely
anything goes wrongout there just ease up.
Okay, easeout of it.
Alright, you can do this.
Go Cripple!
Yeah! Woohooo!
Ha ha ha.
Don't everdo that again.
* Stay a while. *
* I can't believe this could get any worse. *
* I lost everything I've ever had, *
* cause I threw it all, away. *
* Oh I know I need a change. *
* Can you hear me, *
* am I the only one here? *
* Get around, turn the pages *
* Of all the years that I've gone ahead and wasted. *
* Is it over? *
* Is it all for nothing? *
* I'm not so sure... *
* anymore. *
Hey!
Hey!
Why don'twe lock it up?
You goget some rest.
Alright.
Let's callit a night.
Hey Kiddo!
Look at you, all grown up.
Dad!
I miss youtoo buddy.
Listen to me Joseph, you havealways been a driven person.
Disciplined, I always knew youwere destined for great things.
But I need you tounderstand something.
As much as Ilove the sport...
racing wasn'teverything to me.
If all you have to livefor is the next rush,
well then you're acar without an engine.
You serve no purpose.
I need you to understandwhat I'm telling you.
Racing was a job...
Not my life.
I love you kiddo.
Dad!
Lord we thank you for thistime that we have together.
And Lord we prayfor special protectionfor our friend Joseph.
As he pursues his dream.
Yes.
To you be the glory.
Forever and ever.
Amen
AMEN!
Now that's what I'mtalking about right there.
Cornbread?
Ooooh.
Here you go hunny.
Ha ha, hey hey!
No I'm good.
Oh come on nonsense!
You might as well, he's gonnaget his way no matter what.
Alright.
Jay Train, thanks for...
Thanks for comingto see me like this.
It's the leastI could do.
So one lastweek here.
My number hasfinally come up.
Mine too.
I can'tbelieve it.
In 3 weeks I'll have a chanceto compete at Dragstock X.
Man whowould've thunk it.
Not me!
I mean this is like theworld series of drag racing.
I'm proudof you Joseph.
I appreciate that.
Hey Eli,
Uh hmm.
Do you think dreamsmean anything?
Why do you ask?
I keep having thisdream, It's Dad...
He's at theend of a track.
And I'm running, I meanI can run my legs work.
I see him and I'm going asfast as I can toward him.
When I get to him, he'strying to tell me something.
What is he tryingto tell you?
I don't know...
He says that I'm acar without an engine.
Ha ha, I mean a carwithout an engine?
what's thatsupposed to mean?
What do you mean,"What's that supposed to mean"?
A car without an enginedoesn't get very far does it?
Sounds like a manwithout a purpose.
I have a purpose.
Okay, and what is it?
Glory.
I mean isn'tthat enough.
I mean...
Even without being able towalk people look up to me now.
They need to knowthat I can win.
I give people hope.
I'm someoneto believe in.
Spoken like a true fool.
Was glory worth losingyour ability to walk?
I don't need this...
When I first metyou, I told you,
you had to get right oryou were going to get left.
Do you remember that?
That meant you hadto get right in here.
But mostly it means youhave to get right in here.
I think your Daddy's tryingto tell you that without God...
That thirst, that need forthat adrenaline pumping
threw your veins oryou'll never be satisfied.
You'll always be like ajunkie trying to get a fix.
Why do youalways do this?
God, really?
I hate to break it to you, but I think God is a joke!
Joseph.
Listen.
Joseph!
You listen tome this time!
What kind of God takes a Dadaway from a 12 year old boy?
You tell me that? Tell me that?
If there was a God, why would he let me crash,
leave me crippled, let someone shoot you?
Come on, God's notrunning the show here...
We are!
We control what happens, it's our choices.
And you need tostart seeing that,
open your eyesand wake up.
Take a lookaround you.
God's a fairy tale.
I earnedall this myself.
Protect him Jesus.
Protect him.
Joseph Jenkins,
You all set?
Yeah, let's go, Idon't want a penalty.
You okay?
I said let's go!
I don't want apenalty Okay!
Okay, alright.
Wow, wow!
Hang on!
What happened toyou out there?
I couldn't get offthe line fast enough.
Yeah I saw that, you seemeda little distracted.
Oh was I?
Yeah you were allover the track.
Did you check the lane?
What kind of aquestion is that?
Did I check the lane?
The right lanewasn't right,
I didn't have anytraction out the hole.
If the right lane wasn'tright? a lot of people wereracing in the right lane.
Nobody had anyproblem except you.
Is that what you told myDad before he ran that day?
What's this really about?
Responsibility!
Responsibility to my Dad, Josie, Trace, everybody!
People aredepending on me now!
Is that right? You think thisis about responsibility?
Come on be honestwith yourself,
what aboutJason Skynard?
Huh.
I know it, Trace knows it, everybody who knows you,
knows it's betweenyou and Jason Skynard.
Even your Father wouldtell you that if he were here.
Well, he's not, you madesure of that didn't you?
I'm going to do us botha really big favor andforget you ever said that.
Don't you pretendfor a second,
you're the only onewho ever lost anybody.
Why don't you get lost.
You're pretty goodat that aren't you?
Hey guys.
Hey.
Where's Paul?
He couldn't make it.
That's weird.
Yeah, I'll see youafter the race alright.
Everything okay?
Yeah, I'm just tryingto concentrate.
Okay.
Woohoo!
Yeah!
We are gatheredhere today.
To celebrate the life ofElijah Benjamin Salisbury.
A man whose heart gavemore love and happiness...
Amen ...then hecould contain.
Hey buddy.
Hey.
It's going to be okay.
He would'vereally loved this.
I wish I would've had justone more chance to say...
I know.
I just don'tunderstand.
I don't think weever really do.
I mean, why?
Why doesthis have to happen, to Elli, my Dad?
I should be theone dead not them.
But you're not.
You're probably just goingto say that's a miracle.
I know this is going tosound crazy, but I...
I think it's muchmore than that.
There was a timeI had my doubts,
but I don't anymore.
Why is that?
I think we're all herefor a purpose and...
Eli served his.
He spent most of hislife in a hospital bed.
You're missingthe point.
It's not about the time hespent in a hospital bed.
It's about what hedid with that time.
I saw Eli make people laughwhen they were crying.
He changed them, He changed me!
He changed you.
His love was realand powerful...
and greaterthan all of us.
Eli always said thatlove comes from God.
Do you thinkthat's true?
I do, It's a kind oflove that never gives up.
It's the kind of love thatEli and your Dad had for you.
I want thatkind of love.
What's holdingyou back?
Okay.
Okay.
Morning Kiddo.
Hey.
Thanks forcoming back.
Not a problem at all.
Just takingone last look.
You sure you're readyto do this thing?
My whole life, I just didn't think Iwould get here like this.
Did you ever see something likethis and think to yourself...
If this is the lastbeautiful thing I see,
It will bealright with me?
Listen Paul I...
I want you to know, it was never your fault.
Welcome ADRL Nation,
The dragstock X here at beautiful Rockingham Dragway,
Steve Earwood's palace of speed.
If you would, please stand,
remove your caps as we sing our national anthem.
* Oh, say, can you see, by the... *
You all sit downquickly
* ...early light,
* What so proudly we hail'd *
* at the twilight's last gleaming? *
* Whose broad stripes and bright stars, *
* thro' the perilous fight, *
You made it just in time forthe pledge of allegiance.
Miles, it's theNational Anthem.
It's the samething Mom!
The only thingthat's the same
is that you put yourhand over your heart.
Yes, mam.
That's what I thought.
* And the rockets'... *
so as we get set forthis first round matchup
between Shawn Barron and Joseph Jenkins,
one can only imagine
what is going through the young Jenkins mind,
after all he's been through.
Should be quite a day, we'll see if he can handle the pressure.
Speaking of guys that can handle the pressure,
our Diane Godwin is with Johnny Lightneen.
Hello with Diane Godwin and Iam live back on the track.
Today we've seen manygreat races and it's
almost time to find out who thisyear's new champion will be.
Standing right next to meis last year's winner andtop contender,
Johnny Lightneen.
Why don't you tell us, what are you feeling rightat this moment?
I mean you are on theverge of winning your nextchampion title,
will Lightneenstrike twice?
Well first of all it's veryexciting to be here again.
Uh-huh.
But you never can tellwhat's going to go on withthis kind of talent.
He's cute.
No, No, No.
He is not ascute as Joseph!
Oh and you're notbiased at all?
Come on!
So the wait is finally over,
it is time for Shawn Baron vs. Joseph Jenkins,
as Jenkins rolls his beautiful barracuda towards the starting line
here at a packed Rockingham Dragway,
all a part of the excitement here at Dragstock X,
and this is where champions are made.
This is where nerves take over and if you can manage
those nerves and get past this round,
the rest of the day could be just a little bit easier.
Right now he makes his final adjustments.
He'll get set to do his burnout.
Here we go ADRL fans, make some noise.
The burnouts are complete and Jenkins will purge the nitrous
and get set to traverse the 1/8th mile here at Rockingham dragway.
Jenkins is away green, they are both off green,
Barron at the 1/8th mile stripe,
it's going to be Jenkins running a 5.37 at a 129.05 mph.
Now that's what Iam talking about come on.
And the young man is moving on to round number 2
Next up it's going to be Jason Skynard taking on Jake Varner.
Hey, this is the guy he isalways talking about.
What the heck ishe doing there?
And Skynard's away with a huge whole shot.
He straps one on Varner at the finish line,
it's going to be Skynard with the easy victory, he is moving on.
I don'tlike that boy.
The honey badger doing his thing right there
and that is awesome man, to see that car.
Team Alan Obye and that little mustang
that's laid down the world's fastest record, recorded run..
Those trailersare huge man.
We're doing it man, weare really doing it.
Hey guys,
Hi,
Hey Lizzy.
Nice run out there today.
Hey not too bad yourself.
Thank you.
Maybe one day I can runtop sportsman like you.
Now you're talking.
Yeah give you arun for your money.
Ha ha ha Do you thinkyou can handle my class?
Do you teachprivate lessons?
We've got to goLizzy come on.
I've got to go,I'll see you guys.
Alright, see ya.
Good luck out there.
You too.
Do you teachprivate lessons?
Seriously?
- That was good man.-Stop play'n.
Jason skynard, how do you feelabout going up against him?
To get into the finals?
That's funny, you know, the whole season
I've been keeping my eye onhim, I've watched him,
he sort of came out of leftfield and he's doing real well,
so I would say today is goingto be a very interesting time.
So up next it's going to be Tony Cameron taking on Joseph Jenkins,
will the dream weekend continue for Jenkins
or will Cameron move on to the final round,
we are just seconds away from finding out.
All the stage bulbs are lit,
the green light is down and...
So Joseph Jenkins and his beautiful 67 barracuda go into the finals,
but man you saw the puff of smoke fans,
he has hurt that motor,
no doubt in this announcer's mind,
they're going to have to thrash between rounds,
but none the less Jenkins going to the finals,
the American drag racing leagues premiere event...
Ha ha ha.
Way to go Joe.
...Are you kidding me
Trace check theintake and the heads.
What's the problem?
I don't know, I definitelyfound a loss of power.Here get me out of here.
No, no, no, take a break.
I'll check it out, you get focused.
How do you feel about Joseph Jenkins?
Joseph...
uhm.
I don't know reallywhat to tell you,
except he's beenthrough a lot.
Uhm, I've been very impressed with him
and I'm very interested to see what he's going to do.
And actually you know,
If I was going to say anythingto him right now, I would say
"Hey Joseph, God blessyou buddy, good luck".
It's thehead gasket.
Either that or thehead's cracked.
How bad is it?
I don't know I'm goingto have to pull it.
How muchtime do we got?
Not enough.
Your lucky socks, do you got them?
We've got a chance.
Alright.
See you back there.
Alright, ADRL fans, who's it going to be
taking on Jenkins in the championship round?
Will it be Johnny Lightneen the defending champion
and future ADLR hall of famer in his 57 ford thunderbird,
or the young up start, Jason Skynard in his 66 Chevy too
here we go.
Man'o man what a heartbreak for Johnny Lightneen,
he turns on the red light,
which means Jason Skynard is going to the final round,
Johnny Lightneen is going home.
I don'tlike that boy.
...get through this top sportsman Al Tucci,
we are going to bring in the original champion,
dragstock back in 2004.
This is it.
Yeah it is, thanks for everything.
You're welcomefor everything.
Now go out thereand win this thing.
You got it.
Please tell meit's all fixed.
Let's just say weput a bandage on it.
Lie to me.
It's all fixed.
Good Job!
So the traction twins putting the final touches
on this track surface as we get set for our championship matchup.
Is it going to be Jason Skynard or does the
dream weekend come to the ultimate end,
for Joseph Jenkins?
They approach the water, it's burnout time at the rock.
In the words of hall of fame announcer Al Tucci,
"Beautiful smokey burnout!"
Both stage bulbs are lit, Will it be Jenkins?
Will it be Skynard?
The tree comes down
they're away and they're both away
clean and green dead even off the start.
Jenkins with a slight lead on Skynard
No!
No!
Awww another huge puff of smoke again from Jenkin's car.
Jenkins and Skynard are glued together at the finish line,
who's it going to be?
Who won?
It's dead even, in all my years of doing this
we're going to have to go to the 4 digit and triple zero margin of entry,
we have no idea who won,
we'll go to our assistant director of competition Leida Corzine,
take a look at the computer printout.
By one ten thousandth of a second,
my voice is shot Rockingham
Joseph Jenkins gets the win the dream weekend dragstock champion,
can you believe it?
Cheering
Heavenly Father thank you so much for the family and friends around us,
we love you and we pray for this food for the nourishment of our bodies
and our bodies to your service.
Amen.
Amen, Very good
Who wants some of this...
Green beans.
I thought my life was over,
but it's now only the beginning.
I found the rush that always satisfies.
I discovered...
It's not what you drive?
it's what drives you.