Hurley (2019) - full transcript

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WELL, HURLEY,
WHAT ARE YOUR GENERAL

RACING PLANS
FOR THIS SEASON?

WELL, THEY'RE STILL
A BIT UP IN THE AIR.

I'M GONNA BE
DRIVING WITH PETER

IN ALL
THE ENDURANCE RACES,

AND, AND...

Hurley: I WAS ALWAYS SORT OF
DESCRIBED AS, I THINK,

PRETTY QUIET.

I'VE GOT A SUPER-V RIDE,
AND OTHER THAN THAT,

PLANS HAVE NOT BEEN
TOTALLY FINALIZED.



HOW DO YOU FEEL
ABOUT THIS YEAR?

I WAS SUPER SHY.

I MEAN, I WAS REALLY, REALLY SHY
WHEN I FIRST STARTED.

I WOULD JUST ALMOST THROW UP

IF I HAD TO GET
IN FRONT OF A MICROPHONE.

JUST, I HATED IT.

WE'RE PLANNING RIGHT NOW
DRIVING FOUR HOURS ON

AND FOUR HOURS OFF.

THAT GIVES US A LOT OF TIME
TO REST OR SLEEP OR WHATEVER.

OKAY.

- THANKS SO MUCH.
- YEP.

Hurley:
SOMETIMES I EVEN WOULD THINK

ABOUT DRIVING OFF
THE RACETRACK

SO WE WOULDN'T WIN



SO I WOULDN'T HAVE TO GET UP
IN FRONT OF THE MICROPHONE.

THE VERY FIRST TIME
I GOT INTO A RACE CAR,

I THINK MY CORE GROUP OF PEOPLE
KNEW WHAT MY STORY WAS,

BUT AS LONG AS I WAS ABLE
TO HOLD MY FOOT DOWN

LONGER THAN THE GUY
NEXT DOOR TO ME,

THAT'S WHAT ANYBODY LOOKED AT.

France: BACK IN THE EARLY '70s,
HURLEY WAS LIKE A SUPERHERO.

HE DROVE PORSCHES.
HE WON RACES.

HE DID THINGS THAT
NOBODY ELSE HAD EVER DONE.

Posey: HE COULD TAKE A CAR OUT,
ANY CAR,

AND DRIVE IT RIGHT AT THE LIMIT.

Busby:
HE JUST WAS THE REAL DEAL.

IF YOU'D EVER CAST
A RACING-CAR DRIVER IN A MOVIE,

IT WOULD BE HURLEY HAYWOOD.

Long: HE'S KIND OF
THE ESSENCE OF COOL.

THEN, AS YOU SPEND MORE TIME
AND YOU GET TO KNOW HURLEY,

YOU KIND OF ARE HIT WITH
SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT

THAN WHAT THE STORIES
OR THE PHOTOS TELL.

HURLEY HAS A CURIOUS PLACE
IN RACING HISTORY

BECAUSE ON THE ONE HAND IS
A SIZZLING-HOT RACING DRIVER,

AND ON THE OTHER HAND,

HE WAS SOMEBODY WHO WAS
THE ANTITHESIS OF THAT.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE,
HOW DID HE DO THIS?

IT'S NOT EASY TO TALK ABOUT.

WELL, YOU KNOW,
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME

I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS
TO ANYBODY PUBLICLY.

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DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

I ALWAYS LOVED COMING HERE.

THE FIRST TIME I CAME THROUGH
THE TUNNEL WAS IN 1969.

I'VE BEEN HERE
ALMOST EVERY YEAR SINCE.

THEY'LL RACE FOR 24 HOURS

AND MORE THAN 2,500 MILES.

PRODUCTION CARS
AND PROTOTYPES --

THE 24 HOURS OF DAYTONA.

Hurley:
IT'S JUST A GREAT FEELING.

I LOVE THIS PLACE.
IT'S LIKE FAMILY.

TO ME, HURLEY HAYWOOD
IS A LEGEND,

WITHOUT QUESTION.

HE CAME INTO THE SPORT

AND DOMINATED THROUGH
THE '70s AND '80s

AND HAS WON IN ANY TYPE OF CAR
HE COULD DRIVE.

I HEARD ABOUT HURLEY
WELL BEFORE I MET HIM,

WHICH WAS VERY EARLY ON
IN MY RACING CAREER,

AND I APPROACHED HIM.

BUT I GOT A LITTLE NERVOUS
BECAUSE OF WHAT HE'S ACHIEVED,

NOT ONLY ON THE TRACK
BUT OFF THE TRACK.

SO WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT
WE WERE GONNA RACE AT DAYTONA

AND HAVE BRUMOS LIVERY
ON THE CAR

AND THEN HURLEY AS A MENTOR,

YOU KNOW,
IT WAS VERY SPECIAL.

HOW ARE YOU?

MORNING, GUYS.

HOW'S IT GOING?

ALL THE TEAMS PRETTY MUCH
SET UP TO OPERATE

OVER A 24-HOUR PERIOD OF TIME.

THE PITS HAVE GOT
ALL THE TOOLS, TIRES,

EVERYTHING YOU COULD
POSSIBLY IMAGINE,

GETTING READY
FOR THE 24-HOUR RACE.

SO THIS PRETTY MUCH IS WHERE
WE'RE GONNA LIVE, RIGHT HERE,

FOR 24 HOURS.

THIS IS VICTORY LANE,

SOMEPLACE THAT I'VE BEEN
QUITE A FEW TIMES.

IF YOU STAND ON THAT PLATFORM,
YOU'VE BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB.

AN OPPORTUNITY
CAME UP TO TEAM UP

WITH JOHN WRIGHT
AND PATRICK DEMPSEY.

IT'S REALLY EXCITING FOR US
AS A DEALERSHIP

BRINGING BRUMOS BACK
INTO THE RACING SCENE.

BRUMOS RED-WHITE-AND-BLUE CARS
HAVE BECOME AN ICON

THAT'S RECOGNIZED
ALL OVER THE WORLD.

Dempsey:
BRUMOS IS ON THE CAR,

AND I HAD BEEN RACING AGAINST
THAT CAR FOR SO MANY YEARS,

BUT LIVERY'S BEEN AROUND
SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING.

THE CONSISTENCY
YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT --

IT MAKES YOU WORK
THAT MUCH HARDER.

YOU WANT TO WIN BECAUSE YOU WANT
TO BE A PART OF THAT LEGACY.

THERE'S SOMETHING
ABOUT THAT AND PORSCHE

AND THE ATMOSPHERE OF HURLEY
BEING THERE IN THE PITS.

YOU HAVE EVERYTHING AT YOUR
DISPOSAL TO WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS.

SPOT CHECK...

Hurley: WINNING THIS RACE
IS SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL.

IT'S A COMBINATION
OF A LOT OF HARD WORK

AND A LOT OF DISCIPLINE.

I GUESS THE FACT
THAT I'VE WON IT FIVE TIMES.

THEY'VE GOT A LITTLE STAND
OVER HERE,

THE HURLEY HAYWOOD STAND,
YEAH, RIGHT HERE.

GREGG AND HAYWOOD --

THE LEGENDS OF DAYTONA,

PRETTY COOL DEAL.

Dempsey:
WHEN YOU THINK OF BRUMOS,

YOU THINK OF HURLEY
AND HIS LEGACY.

I MEAN, HE IS A QUINTESSENTIAL
RACE-CAR DRIVER.

BUT, YET, YOU LOOK
AT HIM CLOSELY,

THERE'S A VULNERABILITY THERE.

HURLEY IS DIFFERENT.

YOU KNOW, HE'S BEEN DIFFERENT
SINCE THE MOMENT HE WAS BORN.

HE ALSO JUST HAD
AN ABILITY RIGHT AWAY.

Hurley:
I HAD ALL HAD A LOVE OF CARS

WHEN I WAS JUST A SMALL KID.

I STARTED DRIVING
A FULL-SIZE CAR

WHEN I WAS 12 YEARS OLD,

SO I KNEW THE BASICS
OF HOW TO DRIVE.

HURLEY STARTED DRIVING, REALLY,
WHEN WE WERE QUITE YOUNG

BECAUSE, WELL,
FIRST HE HAD A GO-CART.

HE HAD TO SIT ON A CUSHION.

HE COULD BARELY TOUCH,
YOU KNOW, THE PEDALS.

Hurley:
MY MOTHER WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW,

"WHEN YOU PUT YOUR HELMET ON,

YOU'RE A COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT PERSON

THAN YOU ARE
WITHOUT YOUR HELMET ON."

YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST
KIND OF MY WAY

OF SHIELDING MYSELF
A LITTLE BIT.

THE PAPERS EXAGGERATE.

I WOULDN'T SAY
WE WERE SOCIALITES,

BUT, YEAH, WE DID
THAT WHOLE DEBUT CIRCUIT.

THREE TIMES A WEEK, THERE WERE
HUGE PARTIES LIKE THAT.

SO HURLEY WAS THE DRIVER.

Hurley: WE WERE BROUGHT UP
IN A LIFESTYLE

THAT THERE WASN'T TOO MANY
THINGS THAT WE WERE WITHOUT,

SO WE WERE EXTREMELY LUCKY.

AS KIDS, WE WERE ABLE TO DO
A LOT OF TRAVELING TO EUROPE.

WE DID A LOT OF THINGS
THAT WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG

AND YOU'RE ABLE TO BE SUBJECTED
TO DIFFERENT CULTURES

AND DIFFERENT WAYS
OF LOOKING AT CERTAIN THINGS,

IT SORT OF BROADENS
YOUR HORIZONS

ON WHAT WAS --
WHAT YOU THOUGHT IMPORTANT

AND WHAT YOU, YOU KNOW,
LIKED AND DIDN'T LIKE.

Hope: ALL MY GIRLFRIENDS WERE
COMPLETELY IN LOVE WITH HURLEY,

ALL OF THEM.

SOMETIMES WHEN HURLEY WOULDN'T
RECIPROCATE THEIR FEELINGS,

THEY WOULD GET ANGRY,
AND I'D BE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.

Hurley: I WAS SUPER SHY.

I MEAN, I WAS REALLY, REALLY SHY
WHEN I FIRST STARTED RACING.

I HAD NO REAL ROLE MODEL
TO LOOK TO AND SAY,

"OKAY, THAT'S WHO I WANT TO BE."

AMONG THE BEST-KNOWN
DRIVERS IN CURRENT COMPETITION

IS PETER GREGG.

FEW COMPETITORS
HAVE RACED HARDER

OR WON MORE HONORS ON THE TRACKS
OF AMERICAN SPORTS-CAR RACING.

WENT DOWN TO THE COLLEGE
DOWN HERE AT J.U.

I BROUGHT MY CAR WITH ME,

WHICH WAS A REALLY FAST
CORVETTE.

IT SORT OF OPENED THE DOOR,
IN MY EYES, TO MOTORSPORTS.

THE ENGINEERS BELIEVE
THAT THE ULTIMATE TEST

OF A CAR'S TOTAL PERFORMANCE
IS BEST DONE IN RACING.

AN AFTERNOON'S AMUSEMENT
TURNED INTO A LIFE AT SPEED

FOR HURLEY HAYWOOD

AFTER DEFEATING ALL COMERS,
INCLUDING RACING CHAMPION

AND BRUMOS PORSCHE OWNER
PETER GREGG

IN A LOCAL JACKSONVILLE,
FLORIDA, AUTOCROSS.

Hurley: PETER WAS THE DOMINANT
RACING DRIVER

IN THE UNITED STATES FOR YEARS.

OBVIOUSLY,
HE DIDN'T KNOW WHO I WAS.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHO HE WAS.

HURLEY WON BY, LIKE,
A TENTH OF A SECOND,

AND SO DAD, YOU KNOW,

THOUGHT HE WAS
A REAL TALENTED DRIVER.

Hurley: BUT HE CAME UP.
HE WAS VERY FRIENDLY.

HE SAID, "YOU HAVE TO BE
PRETTY GOOD TO BEAT ME."

PETER GREGG WAS, YOU KNOW --

THEY CALLED HIM "MR. PERFECT,"
"PETER PERFECT."

YOU COULD SEE HE WAS SOMEONE WHO
WAS DRIVEN TO WIN AT ALL COSTS.

THAT WAS HIS FOCUS.

PETER WAS 10 YEARS OLDER
THAN I WAS.

HE STARTED VERY SIMILAR
TO THE WAY I DID.

HE HAD A CORVETTE IN COLLEGE,

AND HE USED TO TAKE IT OUT
AND RACE IT.

THAT'S WHAT HE DID FOR FUN
WHEN HE WAS A KID.

Hope: HURLEY AND PETER
WERE MORE LIKE BROTHERS.

IT WASN'T SO MUCH, YOU KNOW,
THE MENTOR/PUPIL.

THEY RESPECTED EACH OTHER,
AND THEY LIKED EACH OTHER.

HE WAS A PREPPY RACER.

PETER WAS THE NORTHEAST ELITE,

AND HURLEY WAS
THE MIDWEST ELITE.

Patton:
WERE BOTH WELL-EDUCATED,

BOTH FROM FAMILIES
THAT HAD WEALTH.

THE FACT THEY WERE BORN
ON THE SAME DAY

WAS ALWAYS KIND OF STRANGE.

BUT THERE WERE
SOME SIMILARITIES.

I REALLY THINK
THAT BOTH PETER AND HURLEY,

THEY COMPLEMENTED EACH OTHER.

Hurley: IN 1969, I STARTED
WITH PETER GREGG,

DRIVING A BRUMOS CAR
THE SIX HOURS OF WATKINS GLEN.

IT'S A WORLD-CHAMPIONSHIP RACE.

WE WON THE GT PORTION OF IT.

I WAS FEELING REALLY,
REALLY GREAT,

AND THEN I GOT
THAT DREADED LETTER

IN THE MAIL FROM THE ARMY.

I WAS SHIPPED OFF
TO VIETNAM FOR A YEAR.

CAME BACK IN
THE EARLY PART OF '71

AND IMMEDIATELY STARTED RACING
BACK WITH PETER.

WE WON TWO IMSA CHAMPIONSHIPS
BACK-TO-BACK

FROM '71 AND '72.

'73, WE WON BACK-TO-BACK

DAYTONA AND SEBRING.

THOSE ARE TWO BIG,
WORLD-RENOWNED RACES.

PETER AND I WON AGAIN IN '75,

AND SO WHEN PETER AND I
WERE TOGETHER,

THAT WAS ALMOST
AN UNBEATABLE COMBINATION.

I WAS JUST THIS KID IN COLLEGE
THAT SUDDENLY LANDED

INTO ONE OF THE BEST TEAMS
IN THE WORLD,

AND DRIVING FOR PETER GREGG --

I JUST KIND OF FELL INTO THAT
BY --

ALMOST BY MISTAKE.

IN THE '70s, IT WAS JUST --
THE WINS JUST WOULDN'T STOP.

Davis:
THEY WERE QUITE THE TEAM.

I CALLED THEM
"BATMAN AND ROBIN."

IF THEY WERE IN THE RACE,
THEY WERE THE GUYS TO BEAT.

IN MY WILDEST IMAGINATION,
I NEVER DREAMED THAT

ALL THE STARS
WOULD KIND OF LINE UP

AND EVERYTHING WOULD
WORK OUT AS IT DID.

IT'S AN ICONIC RACE,
AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY SAYS,

"WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN LE MANS AND DAYTONA?"

I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY
MORE DIFFICULT TO WIN

HERE AT DAYTONA
VERSUS LE MANS.

IS IT EASY FOR YOU TO BE HERE
AND NOT TO DRIVE?

YES AND NO.

I'M STILL VERY INVOLVED
WITH THE RACING TEAM

AND WITH RACING STUFF
IN GENERAL.

AND MY JOB NOW
IS BASICALLY

TO HELP WITH
RUNNING THE TEAM

AND HELP
MANAGING THE DRIVERS.

5, 4, 3, 2, 1, GO!

Hurley: 27.3.

3, 2, 1, GO!

THEY CAN ADJUST THE BELTS AS
THEY'RE GOING OUT OF THE PITS.

IS THE RULE --
WHAT'S THE RULE SAY?

USUALLY THEY CINCH THEM UP
AS THEY'RE GOING OUT.

- AS THEY'RE GOING OUT?
- YEAH.

AS LONG --
BUT YOU GOT TO BE SURE

THAT THE BELT IS OVER
THE HARNESS DEVICE.

YEAH, YEAH,
SO IT'S ALL CLIPPED IN.

- YEAH, YEP. OKAY.
- YEAH.

Dempsey:
ENDURANCE RACING A TEAM SPORT.

YOU HAVE THREE DRIVERS,
AND EVERYBODY HAS TO RACE,

AND EVERYBODY HAS A MINIMUM TIME
IN THE CAR, A DRIVE TIME,

THAT THEY HAVE TO GO OUT AND DO,
SO DRIVERS ROTATE THROUGH.

AND YOU DO THIS
THROUGH A 24-HOUR CYCLE.

9 TIMES OUT OF 10,
THE FASTEST CAR DOESN'T WIN.

IT'S THE ONE WITH THE BEST
RACE PLAN AND EXECUTES IT

AND DOESN'T GET CAUGHT UP
IN SOMEONE ELSE'S TROUBLE.

OVERCOMING ADVERSITY
AND ADJUSTING TO THE SITUATION

IS WHAT MARKS
A GREAT ENDURANCE TEAM.

Hurley: ONE OF THE LESSONS
THAT PETER GAVE ME,

WHICH I STILL USE TODAY,
IS BE PATIENT IN A CAR.

YOU HAVE 24 HOURS
THAT YOU'VE GOT TO GET THROUGH,

SO YOU HAVE TO PACE YOURSELF.

PETER WAS KIND OF MY MENTOR.

HE WAS THE ONE
THAT SET DOWN THE PRINCIPLES,

AND I REALLY OBEYED THOSE
TO THE LETTER.

ONE, I THINK HE SAW SOMEBODY
THAT HE COULD GET ALONG WITH.

PETER WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT
TO BE A FRIEND TO.

PETER SIMPLY NEEDED TO BE THE
CENTER OF ATTENTION AT ALL TIMES

AND COULDN'T DEAL WITH
ANY OTHER POSITION ON THE TEAM.

TO BE A FRIEND TO PETER, YOU HAD
TO TAKE THE GOOD AND BAD.

YOU HAD TO TAKE
HIS REALLY UP MOMENTS,

AND THEN YOU HAD TO TAKE
HIS REALLY DOWN MOMENTS.

AND YOU COULDN'T LET THE DOWN
MOMENTS AFFECT THE FRIENDSHIP,

'CAUSE IF YOU DID,

THEN YOUR FRIENDSHIP
WASN'T GONNA LAST FOR VERY LONG.

Stella: HIS IMAGE OF HIMSELF
SEEMED TO CHANGE A LOT.

YOU KNOW, WHETHER HE WAS A GREAT
MANAGER OR GREAT RACER,

OR WHATEVER IT WAS,
IT WAS HARD TO SAY.

Hurley: PETER OWNED
MULTIPLE DEALERSHIPS.

SO, I MEAN,
HE HAD THE WHOLE NINE YARDS.

BUT HE WANTED TO BE KNOWN AS
PETER GREGG, THE RACING DRIVER.

HE WAS THE KIND OF PERSONALITY

THAT PEOPLE
JUST COULDN'T GET ENOUGH OF,

EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T LIKE HIM,

WHICH WAS OFTEN THE CASE.

PETER ALWAYS HAD A WAY
OF PUTTING YOU ILL AT EASE,

MAKING YOU NERVOUS.

PEOPLE WERE VERY NERVOUS
AROUND PETER.

Hurley: PEOPLE DIDN'T LIKE
HIS ARROGANCE,

AND HE WAS REALLY ARROGANT.

HOW DO YOU FEEL
THIS CAR WILL DO

OUT ON THE TRACK
MECHANICALLY?

WALT, I WOULDN'T HAVE
SIGNED WITH THEM

IF I DIDN'T THINK
WE'D WIN.

AND THEN ON THE OTHER HAND,
THE PEOPLE THAT HE LIKED,

HE WAS THE GREATEST GUY
IN THE WORLD.

HE WAS ALSO LOVABLE OR HATEABLE,

DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW,
WHAT MOOD HE WAS IN.

JUST WOULD HAVE TO SAY,
"OKAY, YOU KNOW,

THIS WILL PASS."

Stella:
IT JUST CAME AND WENT, YOU KNOW,

AND YOU DIDN'T THINK
ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

IT WAS JUST SO OBVIOUS
AND STRAIGHTFORWARD,

MAYBE TO EVERYBODY BUT HIMSELF.

NOBODY KNEW WHAT WAS
EXACTLY WRONG WITH HIM.

Dempsey: WHEN YOU RACE,
IT BECOMES YOUR IDENTITY.

YOU SEE EVERY SIDE
OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S PERSONALITY.

THE TOP DRIVERS -- THEY LIVE
AND BREATHE AND DREAM RACING.

HURLEY HAYWOOD IS ONE OF
THE LEGENDS OF THIS SPORT.

SO, IT GAVE HIM HIS IDENTITY,
IN A WAY,

THAT HE COULDN'T HAVE
OFF THE TRACK,

WHICH IS HIS GIFT,
AND ALSO A BIT OF A CURSE, TOO,

I THINK, AT THE SAME TIME.

BUT YOU CAN'T RUN AWAY
FROM YOURSELF IN THE CAR.

DID I FEEL I WAS DIFFERENT?
NOT REALLY.

I MEAN, I DIDN'T REALLY THINK

I WAS DIFFERENT
THAN ANYBODY ELSE.

I HAD GIRLFRIENDS, AND I HAD
ALL THE THINGS YOU NORMALLY DO.

BUT, YOU KNOW,
THERE WAS SOMETHING

THAT WAS JUST MAYBE
A LITTLE BIT...

OFF-CENTER,

AND THAT I DIDN'T REALLY...

WELL, I ACTUALLY --
UNTIL RIGHT NOW --

I'VE NEVER ACTUALLY
CAME OUT PUBLICLY.

MY UPBRINGING DIDN'T APPROVE
THAT KIND OF BEHAVIOR.

MY STEPFATHER WAS REALLY PRETTY
NASTY ABOUT THE WHOLE THING,

AND BECAUSE HE WAS NASTY,

MY MOTHER WAS NOT
100% SUPPORTIVE.

I MEAN, MY PARENTS WERE SORT OF
THE TYPICAL '50s-TYPE PARENTS.

MOST PEOPLE JUST HAD NO IDEA
THAT HE WAS GAY.

MY PROFESSION THAT I CHOOSE
TO MAKE A LIVING AT

WAS REALLY SORT OF CONTRADICTORY
TO THAT IMAGE OF A GAY PERSON.

AND HURLEY WAS QUINTESSENTIAL
PERFECT RACE-CAR DRIVER

TO EVERYBODY'S EYES.

I THOUGHT HURLEY HAYWOOD
WAS A MOVIE STAR

THE FIRST TIME I SAW HIM.

HE WAS SO GOOD-LOOKING THAT,
YOU KNOW, I JUST ASSUMED.

HE WAS HURLEY.

IT WAS LIKE CHASING NEWMAN
AROUND THE PITS.

DID HURLEY HAVE GIRLS AFTER HIM?

YOU CAN'T ASK ME THAT.

Hope: HE KEPT HIS RACING LIFE
AND HIS PERSONAL LIFE SEPARATE,

AND ONLY DID EXTREMELY CLOSE
FRIENDS KNOW.

I'M CONCENTRATING REAL HARD
ON DRIVING REAL SMOOTH,

AND AS TIME GOES ON,
I WANT TO GO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER

AND A LITTLE BIT FASTER,
HOPEFULLY.

YEAH, YEAH.
THAT DIDN'T WORK.

THAT WAS, UM...

EVERYBODY'S NOT TOTALLY
COMFORTABLE WITH IT.

THAT BEING THE CASE,

YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO CREATE
AN ATMOSPHERE

THAT'S GONNA HAVE
ANY TENSION IN IT.

YOU DON'T MIX BUSINESS
AND PLEASURE.

AND I WAS SORT OF INDISCREETLY
TOLD THAT BY A VERY GOOD FRIEND,

AND HE SAID, "LET ME JUST
GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF ADVICE.

I WOULDN'T BRING YOUR
PERSONAL LIFE TO THE RACETRACK."

Snodgrass:
I CAN'T IMAGINE HAVING TO THINK

YOU HAVE TO KEEP
PART OF YOUR LIFE QUIET.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY DIFFICULT,
TREMENDOUSLY DIFFICULT.

Hurley: THE WHOLE SOCIAL CIRCLE
THAT I RAN IN,

AND CERTAINLY THE PROFESSION

THAT I CHOSE
TO MAKE A LIVING AT,

I FELT WAS REALLY
GONNA BE A PROBLEM.

IT WAS JUST...

IT WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS
THAT YOU JUST KNEW.

I WASN'T TRYING
TO HIDE IT FROM HIM.

HE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON.

AND I THINK THAT HE WAS
SORT OF CURIOUS

ABOUT WHAT ALL OF THAT WAS.

WHEN I FIRST STARTED
RACING WITH PETER,

YOU KNOW, THERE WAS ALL KINDS
OF RUMORS FLYING AROUND

WHEN, YOU KNOW,
WE WERE BATMAN AND ROBIN.

Dempsey: THIS SPORT IS
INCREDIBLY UGLY

WHEN IT COMES TO GOSSIP,

ESPECIALLY IN THE ERA
HE WAS RACING.

IT WAS A MACHO WORLD.

IT WAS CRAZY WHAT WAS HAPPENING
IN THE '70s

WITH THE HYPOCRISY
AND THE JUDGMENT

AND THE LACK OF TOLERANCE.

SOMEBODY SAID TO ME,

"I THINK PETER GREGG
IS A LATENT HOMOSEXUAL,

AND I THINK HE'S GOT
EYES FOR HURLEY."

I BLEW IT OFF, LIKE,
"YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME.

GET OUT OF HERE.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?"

AND I WAS OFFENDED.

Dempsey:
THERE WERE DEFINITELY RUMORS

ABOUT GREGG AND HURLEY.

I MEAN, THERE WAS ALWAYS RUMORS.

Stella: IF THEY HADN'T BEEN
SO CLOSE AND SO IN TUNE,

THEY WOULDN'T HAVE
GONE THAT FAST.

I MEAN, IT WAS THE VERY CLOSE
RELATIONSHIP IN EVERY WAY.

Simon: I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT
THEY WERE JUST GOOD FRIENDS.

MAYBE ONE PERSON TOLD ME ONCE
THAT, LIKE, YOU KNOW,

PETER AND HURLEY, LIKE,
HAD A RELATIONSHIP.

BUT, NO, I NEVER BELIEVED IT.

Hope: THEY WERE CLOSE.
THEY WERE LIKE BROTHERS.

BUT THAT'S NONSENSE.
PETER WAS VERY STRAIGHT.

MM. NO COMMENT.

IF THERE WAS SOMETHING
BETWEEN PETER AND HURLEY,

IT CERTAINLY WAS THE BEST-KEPT
SECRET IN MOTOR RACING.

Hurley: BACK IN THE '70s, A LOT
OF PEOPLE JUST KIND OF THOUGHT,

YOU KNOW, "THE TWO OF THEM
ARE HAVING A THING TOGETHER."

BUT THAT WAS NEVER THE CASE.
IT NEVER WAS BROUGHT UP.

IT NEVER WAS DISCUSSED.

AND JUST PEOPLE, YOU KNOW,

COULD THINK
WHAT THEY WANTED TO THINK.

Dempsey:
YOU KNOW, IT'S TRICKY.

IF HURLEY CAME OUT IN THE 1970s,

SAYING,
"I'M A GAY RACE-CAR DRIVER,"

HIS CAREER WOULD HAVE BEEN OVER.

THOSE WERE THE '70s,
SO THESE GUYS WERE TOROS.

THESE GUYS WERE COWBOYS.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY HAD
COMPETITION IN THEIR BLOOD.

Hewitt:
THE GUYS WERE ON TOP.

IT WAS A SEXIST SOCIETY.

WOMEN GOT SEXUALLY
HARASSED IN THOSE DAYS.

YOU DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT.

Dempsey: WELL, EVERY POSTER
THEY'RE SELLING SEX, RIGHT?

SEX AND SPEED.

AND HE WAS ALWAYS THERE --
HANDSOME RACE-CAR DRIVER,

BEAUTIFUL MODEL, TROPHY IN HAND,

STANDING ON THE PODIUM,
SEXY CAR IN THE BACKGROUND.

Snodgrass:
THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.

IT WAS A TOTAL STEREOTYPE

OF WHAT A RACE-CAR DRIVER
SHOULD BE.

THOSE DAYS ARE
PROBABLY NUMBERED.

Hurley: AS MUCH AS WE WOULD LIKE TO
FEEL THAT, YEAH, IT'S OKAY TO BE GAY,

IN A LOT OF PLACES,
IT'S NOT OKAY TO BE GAY.

THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT SCARY
IN THE BEGINNING.

Hurley: BUT YOU GET USED TO IT,
YOU KNOW?

AND YOU ADAPT TO IT,
AND IT'S PART OF THE JOB.

CAN WE PLEASE GET
A COUPLE AUTOGRAPHS?

- SURE.
- YOU'RE, LIKE, WORLD-FAMOUS.

WELL...

Hurley: I WAS IN A SPORT
THAT WAS PREDOMINANTLY MALE,

PREDOMINANTLY MACHO.

BEING GAY WAS NOT AS ACCEPTED
AS IT IS TODAY,

AND I DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE
ANYBODY UNCOMFORTABLE.

WHEN YOU SAY SOMETHING
PRETTY DEFINITE LIKE THAT,

I'D HAVE TO SAY PROBABLY,

BUT I COULD NOT TELL YOU
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

Hurley: I WAS SPONSORED
BY PENTHOUSE MAGAZINE,

AND THEY HAD SOME OF THE MOST
BEAUTIFULLY GLAMOROUS WOMEN

IN THE WHOLE WORLD.

IT WAS KIND OF FUNNY IN A WAY,
BUT IT --

YOU KNOW, IT WAS BUSINESS.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S
A CERTAIN FLASH TO RACING.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, A LOT OF THEM
ARE SELLING A PRODUCT.

Hurley:
YEAH, IT LOOKS GOOD.

THERE'S GONNA BE
MORE OF THESE, RIGHT?

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
HURLEY HAYWOOD.

Dempsey:
HE WAS MARKETABLE.

HE'S EVERYTHING
YOU WOULD WANT AS A BRAND

WANTING TO MARKET YOUR PRODUCT,
AND HE DID IT.

HE HAD TO DO
WHAT HE HAD TO DO

IN ORDER TO SURVIVE
THE SPORT AT THAT TIME.

Hurley: IT WAS REALLY SEXY
TO BE A RACING DRIVER,

AND IT WAS SEXY TO HAVE
A FEMALE ON YOUR ARM,

AND, YOU KNOW, I CERTAINLY DID
AS MUCH AS ANYBODY ELSE DID

TO SORT OF PROMOTE THAT IMAGE.

GIRLS LOVED HURLEY.
I MEAN, HOW COULD YOU NOT?

THEY THOUGHT HE WOULD HAVE
KIND HAVE BEEN

AN AMERICAN JAMES HUNT
THE WAY HE LIVED.

MY NAME'S HURLEY HAYWOOD.

WE'RE AT SAVANNAH'S
ROEBLING ROAD.

COME ON WITH ME,
AND LET'S GO FOR A RIDE.

YOU GO TO A RACE WITH HURLEY,
PEOPLE ARE ALL OVER HIM.

Hurley: THE AUDIENCE THAT
YOU'RE PERFORMING FOR,

YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
A GOOD FEELING FOR THAT AUDIENCE

AND WHAT YOU CAN DO
AND NOT DO.

AND THERE'S NOT MANY RACING
DRIVERS THAT HAVE COME OUT

AND SAID THAT THEY'RE GAY.

I WAS MINDFUL NOT ONLY
THE SPONSORS BUT MY TEAMMATES,

CREW MATES, TEAM OWNERS.

THEY WERE PAYING FOR MY RIDE,

AND SO I JUST CHOSE TO KEEP IT
KIND OF A SECRET.

IF YOU'RE A FAN OF SOMEONE,
YOU WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW,

WHAT'S THEIR PERSONAL LIFE LIKE?
DO THEY HAVE A FAMILY?

WHO ARE THEY WITH?
THAT TYPE OF THING.

YOUR SUCCESS IS BASED,
A LOT OF TIMES,

BY YOUR PARTNER IN LIFE.

BEHIND EVERY GREAT PERSON,

THERE'S A PERSON
THAT STANDS BEHIND HIM OR HER

THAT HELPS MOTIVATE
AND HELPS SUPPORT.

I JUST DIDN'T WANT
TO LIE ABOUT IT ANYMORE.

"TRACKSIDE" ALWAYS LIKES TO
FEATURE OUTSTANDING ROOKIES.

THIS IS CERTAINLY ONE,
HURLEY HAYWOOD.

HURLEY, HOW OLD?

I AM 31.

AND UNMARRIED?

UNMARRIED.

OKAY, NOW, HURLEY,
YOU'RE STAYING

INDIANAPOLIS
MOTOR SPEEDWAY MOTEL,

INCIDENTALLY.
THAT'S RIGHT.

OKAY.
KNOW ALL ABOUT YOU.

NOW, I KNOW THAT YOU...

Hurley:
PETER WAS MARRIED.

I THINK HE LIKED THE FAMILY.

HE LIKED THE SECURITY
THAT A FAMILY GAVE

AND HAVING A REALLY STABLE
STRUCTURE AT HOME.

MY MOM AND DAD MET, LIKE,
IN BOSTON.

THEY WERE BOTH
GOING TO COLLEGE THERE,

AND IT WAS A MARRIAGE
MADE IN HEAVEN, I GUESS.

Hurley:
WHEN HE WAS MARRIED TO JENNIFER,

I WAS OVER THERE ALL THE TIME.

WE WENT ON HOLIDAYS TOGETHER,
AND IT WAS --

IT WAS A NICE FRIENDSHIP.

Hope: ALL OF THE DRIVERS
USUALLY BROUGHT

THEIR WIVES AND FAMILIES,

AND THEY WERE VERY MUCH
A PART OF IT.

IT WAS A VERY FAMILY-ORIENTED
TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT.

Patton: TO ME, JENNIFER WAS A
LITTLE BIT OPPOSITE OF PETER --

A LOVING, VERY CARING PERSON.

SHE HAD NO QUALMS AT ALL ABOUT

HAVING A BEER
WITH THE MECHANICS.

PETER WAS MADLY IN LOVE
WITH JENNIFER.

HE LOVED HER FOR LIFE AND WOULD
NEVER HAVE EVER LEFT HER.

HE WOULD HAVE DRIVEN HER OFF.

DAD HAD TO RACE.

HE WOULD HAVE BEEN
SUCCESSFUL AT ANYTHING.

HE WAS JUST DRIVEN AND SMART,

AND HAVING A GREAT PERSON
LIKE MY MOM AS HIS PARTNER,

YOU KNOW,
HELPED HIM SUCCEED, TOO.

COULD HAVE ANYBODY EVER STAYED
MARRIED TO PETER GREGG?

PROBABLY NOT.

Hurley:
BACK IN THE '70s AND '80s,

I MEAN, YOU WERE SO FOCUSED
ON RACING

THAT YOU REALLY DIDN'T HAVE
ENOUGH TIME FOR A PERSONAL LIFE.

HAVING RELATIONSHIPS
WAS SOMETHING

THAT WAS REALLY DIFFICULT TO DO,

AND THAT REALLY TOOK A TOLL.

AS A RACING DRIVER,
YOU NEED SORT OF YOUR INNER CORE

TO BE SUPPORTIVE
BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES

THAT YOU WORK THROUGH.

AS A DRIVER, YOU'RE ALWAYS
QUESTIONING YOURSELF,

YOUR ABILITY --
YOU KNOW, IT'S ON AND ON.

THE FIRST TIME
I MET MY PARTNER, STEVE,

I WAS COMING BACK
TO JACKSONVILLE

FROM CHRISTMAS VACATION
IN CHICAGO.

HAD GONE OUT TO A LOCAL BAR
IN JACKSONVILLE,

AND THAT'S WHERE I MET HIM,
AND THAT WAS 19...79.

I CAN'T BELIEVE
HE WANTS ME TO TALK.

CAN YOU SEE WHEN I BLUSH?

- NO.
- OKAY.

HE KEPT FOLLOWING ME AROUND

TILL I FINALLY STARTED DANCING
WITH HIM AND TALKING WITH HIM.

AND, YOU KNOW, I ASSUME
I WAS KIND OF NERVOUS

TO KIND OF GO INTO A GAY BAR
IN DOWNTOWN JACKSONVILLE,

WHICH WAS, LIKE,
A REALLY SCARY PLACE TO BE,

IT WAS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF IN

A VERY, YOU KNOW,
BAD NEIGHBORHOOD

WHERE EVERYTHING
WAS SHUT DOWN,

AND IT WAS THE ONLY THING
AROUND,

SO I WAS PROBABLY
A LITTLE NERVOUS.

I ASKED HIM WHAT HE DID,

AND HE SAID HE RACED CARS.

HE WAS PROBABLY, I BET,
AT THE PEAK OF HIS CAREER,

AND I WAS SOMEONE THAT CAME IN
AND DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE

AND DIDN'T KNOW WHO HE WAS.

Hurley: YOU KNOW, THE RACING
THING WAS, LIKE,

ON A DIFFERENT PLANET.

BUT HE WAS PERSISTENT.

NO.

I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW.

I MEAN, IT WAS NOT
ONE OF THOSE THINGS

THAT WAS LIKE MAGIC
RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING.

Hill: I THOUGHT HE WAS
A BIT OF A SNOB,

MAYBE BECAUSE OF WHO HE WAS,
ONCE I FIGURED OUT WHO HE WAS.

BUT HE ACTUALLY IS JUST --
HE'S REALLY SHY.

Hurley: THE ATTRACTION PART,
I THINK, CAME WITH TIME,

AS HE AND I
SORT OF GREW TOGETHER.

STEVE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A REALLY
SUPPORTIVE PERSON FOR ME

FROM A PERSONAL STANDPOINT.

HE'S KIND OF THE RUDDER
THAT KEEPS THE BOAT

GOING DOWN A STRAIGHT LINE.

WE DON'T TALK A LOT ABOUT
WHAT WE DO WHEN WE'RE HOME,

WHICH I WOULD IMAGINE
MOST COUPLES DON'T.

I WAS NOT INTERESTED
IN RACING.

EVEN TODAY, I DON'T HAVE
A LOT OF INTEREST IN THAT.

YOU KIND OF LEAVE
YOUR WORK AT WORK.

YOU DON'T BRING IT HOME.

I ALWAYS, AND I STILL DO TODAY,
STAY IN THE BACKGROUND,

YOU KNOW,
KIND OF IN THE SHADOWS.

I NEVER WANT TO BE
IN THE LIMELIGHT.

SO AS I WORKED THROUGH THE YEAR,
I SAW THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

O'Meara:
HE WAS NEVER ACKNOWLEDGED

AS BEING HURLEY'S PARTNER
FOR YEARS,

AND I THINK IT IS A TRAGEDY.

NOW DOMINATING THE FIELD,

GT CHAMPION PETER GREGG
AT THE WHEEL,

ONE OF THE OUTSTANDING RACERS
IN THE COUNTRY.

Busby: WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN YOU GET INTO RACING

AND YOU BEGIN WINNING --
YOU'RE PRETTY SELF-CENTERED.

AND YOU GET TO THAT RACETRACK,
AND ANYBODY'S TROUBLES OR STUFF,

THAT'S IN THE WAY.

PETER WAS PERHAPS INCAPABLE
OF SACRIFICING HIMSELF

COMPLETELY TO ANYBODY.

Hurley:
HE WAS A LADIES' MAN.

HE HAD THE LINE
OF GIRLFRIENDS THAT HE DATED,

AND THAT WAS THE REASON WHY,

YOU KNOW, HE GOT IN TROUBLE
WITH HIS FIRST WIFE.

DAD MAY HAVE BEEN A PLAYER.

IF THEY HAD INFIDELITY PROBLEMS
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT,

I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW ABOUT IT,
LIKE, AND I DON'T KNOW.

I DIDN'T REALLY ASK ABOUT IT.

I NEVER REALLY, LIKE, THOUGHT
THEY HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS.

PETER WAS VERY FLIRTATIOUS.

HE ASKED ME OUT A MILLION TIMES
OVER THE YEARS

AND WAS ALWAYS
COMING ON STRONG.

Patton: OCCASIONALLY,
PETER WOULD HAVE OTHER PEOPLE,

OTHER THAN JENNIFER,
ATTEND RACES WITH HIM,

AND WE ALL KNEW
WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE, TOO.

THEIR RELATIONSHIP FELL APART

REALLY FAIRLY SHORTLY
THEREAFTER.

Hurley: THE DIVORCE
THAT PETER HAD WITH JENNIFER

WAS NOT ONE THAT WAS PLEASANT.

IT WAS JUST A TOUGH PERIOD.

AND I WAS SORT OF THE MIDDLE
AND SAW BOTH GOOD AND THE BAD.

I KIND OF SIDED UP ON
JENNIFER'S SIDE OF THE STORY,

AND HE KIND OF WENT OFF
ON HIS OWN.

'75 WAS REALLY
KIND OF THE LAST YEAR

THAT I WAS RUNNING
EXCLUSIVELY WITH PETER.

YOU KNOW, I'D GOTTEN ON
THE RADAR WITH OTHER TEAMS,

AND THEY WERE ALL FINE
FOR ME TO DRIVE FOR THEM,

SO HE AND I REMAINED FRIENDS,

BUT CERTAINLY NOT AS CLOSE
AS WE WERE BEFORE THAT.

RACING IS VERY HARD ON FAMILIES,
AND FROM THAT STANDPOINT,

IT WAS PROBABLY LUCKY
THAT I DIDN'T HAVE A FAMILY

BECAUSE THAT MIGHT HAVE, YOU
KNOW, HAD A DIFFERENT OUTCOME.

I THINK FOR HURLEY,
DRIVING WAS A RELIEF OF SORTS.

HE DIDN'T HAVE TO DEAL
WITH PETER, FOR ONE THING.

Hurley:
IT'S A VERY VIOLENT SPORT,

BUT IT'S ALSO
A VERY GENTLE SPORT.

YOU'VE GOT THIS LITTLE COCOON
THAT YOU'RE OPERATING IN.

ALL OF THE OUTSIDE
DISTRACTIONS ARE GONE,

SO IT'S JUST A NICE FEELING.

YOU HAVE ALL THIS HORSEPOWER.

YOU HAVE ALL THIS ENERGY

THAT THE DRIVER'S TRYING
TO HARNESS AND CONTROL

AS YOU'RE UP AGAINST

NOT ONLY DRIVING
A REALLY SERIOUS RACE CAR,

BUT IT'S A FRAGILE CAR
BUILT TO GO FASTER,

NOT BUILT TO CRASH.

HURLEY HAYWOOD
IS OFF THE COURSE.

IT IS DISASTER
FOR THE VETERAN AMERICAN.

THE CAR'S WHEEL AND SUSPENSION
LAY IN THE ROAD,

AND THE CROWD WATCHES,
HORRIFIED,

AS HAYWOOD STRUGGLES
TO LEAVE HIS CAR.

Hurley:
I HAD A CATASTROPHIC INJURY.

MY LEG WAS IN A CAST
FOR TWO YEARS.

TODAY, EVERY STEP I TAKE,
I REMEMBER,

YOU KNOW, THAT ACCIDENT
THAT I HAD WITH MY LEG.

Posey:
IT WAS A TERRIBLE TIME.

WHEN YOU LOOK BACK ON IT,

IT WAS THE APOGEE
OF DANGER IN RACING, YOU KNOW?

PEOPLE WERE BEING KILLED
RIGHT AND LEFT.

WE ALL KNOW THE RISKS
THAT ARE INVOLVED,

AND WE ALL ACCEPT THOSE RISKS,

AND WHEN SOMEBODY
IS BADLY HURT OR KILLED,

THEN IT'S SORT OF
THE COMFORT IN KNOWING

THAT THEY KNEW THOSE RISKS

AND THEY WERE DOING IT
BECAUSE THEY LOVE DOING IT.

BACK THEN, THE SAFETY
REQUIREMENTS IN THE RACE CARS

WERE PRETTY MINIMAL.

WE ALL WORE OPEN-FACED HELMETS.

THE SEAT BELTS
WERE KIND OF ARCHAIC.

IF YOU LOOK AT
A PETER GREGG CAR,

YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE ARE
VERY FEW SHARP EDGES

'CAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE
ANY SHARP EDGE IMPALE HIM.

HE WAS OBSESSED WITH DOING
EVERYTHING TO MAKE THE CARS

AS SAFE TO DRIVE AS POSSIBLE.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS
WHY HE SOLD ME THE 917/10.

HE SAID IT JUST SCARED HIM
TO DRIVE THAT CAR.

I WENT FROM A 300-HORSEPOWER 911

TO A 1,200-HORSEPOWER
PROTOTYPE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT CAR
WITH THE SKIN OFF,

I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY ALARMING.

IF YOU EVER HAD AN IMPACT
AT ANY FORCE,

YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN
CRUMBLED UP LIKE A SARDINE.

AND PETER DIDN'T REALLY LIKE
THE PROTOTYPE RACING,

AND THAT'S WHAT
THE WHOLE SCHEME OF RACING

WAS FOLDING OVER TO BE.

SO HURLEY WAS MORE FEARLESS,
IT SEEMED.

Hurley: I WAS JUST PLAIN YOUNG
AND STUPID AT THAT POINT.

ONCE YOU STRAP YOUR HELMET ON
AND YOU START THE CAR,

ALL OF THAT GOES OUT THE WINDOW.

LE MANS IN FRANCE --

THE TALKS OF
THE CAR-RACING CALENDAR.

DRIVERS HAVE COME FROM ALL
OVER THE WORLD TO TAKE PART.

NIGHT OR DAY IN THIS
24-HOUR TEST OF ENDURANCE,

THERE'S TENSION ALL THE WAY.

Hurley:
AT THAT POINT IN '77,

I HAD WON THREE RACES AT DAYTONA
IN '73, '75, AND '77.

BY WINNING THOSE,
IT SET MY NAME

ON THE INTERNATIONAL BASIS,

PORSCHE SAID,
"LET'S TAKE A CHANCE.

WE WANT TO HAVE AN AMERICAN
OVER TO LE MANS

TO DRIVE FOR THE FACTORY,

BUT WE JUST HAVEN'T FOUND THE
RIGHT AMERICAN TO REPRESENT US"

AND THEY GAVE ME A SHOT.

Leatherman: WHEN YOU LOOK
AT SPORTS-CAR RACING,

THE WORLD'S VIEW OF IT,

THE LE MANS IS THE BIG ONE.

Pendell:
LE MANS THE CHERRY ON THE CAKE.

IT'S THE HOLY GRAIL
OF ENDURANCE RACING

'CAUSE THE BUDGETS ARE HUGE.

WHEN YOU GET A CALL TO SAY,
"OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO LE MANS,"

IT DOESN'T MATTER
WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

"OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GO LE MANS."

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T WAIT TO GET
ON THE PLANE AND GO.

Hurley: ONE OF THE REAL BATTLES
THAT PETER HAD --

PeG@SuS
Urang Sunda Asli

WHEN I GOT ASKED TO DRIVE
FOR THE FACTORY BEFORE HE DID.

THAT WAS A BIG DEAL FOR HIM.

Warner: YOU CAN BE A TERRIFIC
DRIVER, A GREAT DRIVER.

BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T WON LE MANS,
NO ONE KNOWS YOU.

YOU WIN LE MANS,
EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU.

Hurley:
I KNEW ABOUT LE MANS,

BUT I WAS REALLY UNPREPARED
FOR THAT WHOLE THING.

AND I WAS COMPLETELY LOST.

I DIDN'T KNOW
HOW TO SPEAK FRENCH,

AND I PRACTICALLY
HAD A HEART ATTACK

JUST THINKING ABOUT

STARTING THE MOST IMPORTANT
MOTOR RACE IN THE WORLD.

Reporter: WELL, IT'S BEEN
YOUR FIRST TIME IN LE MANS

AND YOUR FIRST TIME IN
THIS PORSCHE SPORTS CAR,

WHAT DID YOU THINK
OF THE RACE SO FAR?

WELL, SO FAR,
I'M REALLY HAPPY.

IT'S BEEN A TERRIFIC RACE.

IT'S BEEN EXCITING.
THE CAR IS TERRIFIC.

NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS
EVER ENVISIONING MYSELF

WINNING LE MANS
THE VERY FIRST TIME BEING THERE.

AFTER WE GOT DOWN
OFF OF VICTORY LANE,

IT WAS LIKE
AN OVERNIGHT ROCK STAR.

I MEAN, WHEN I CAME TO THE
AIRPORT THE NEXT DAY TO GO HOME

ON MONDAY, I WAS, LIKE,
MOBBED AT THE AIRPORT.

THERE WAS SOME ENVY ON PETER'S
PART OVER HURLEY'S SUCCESS.

CARS HURLEY WAS DRIVING

WERE PROTOTYPES
CAPABLE OF WINNING.

I DON'T THINK PETER
EVER GOT THE OPPORTUNITY

TO DRIVE A CAR THAT COULD
WIN OVERALL AT LE MANS.

Hurley: I THINK THAT PETER
WAS VERY PROUD

OF WHAT I WAS ABLE TO DO.

BUT I THINK THAT HE WAS
A LITTLE BIT ENVIOUS

OF THAT -- THAT POSITION
THAT I WAS IN.

PETER NEVER WAS VERY
COMFORTABLE DRIVING PROTOTYPES,

SO HE WAS FEELING THREATENED.

IT BECAME EVIDENT THAT,
YOU KNOW,

HURLEY COULD RACE ON OTHER TEAMS
BESIDES JUST WITH PETER.

Patton: ALL OF A SUDDEN,
YOU'VE GONE FROM AN AUTOCROSSER

TO BE WINNING LE MANS
OF THAT SHORT OF PERIOD OF TIME.

IT SPEAKS
JUST UNBELIEVABLY HIGHLY

FOR THIS NATURAL SKILL
THAT HURLEY HAD.

SO HE PROVED THAT HIS SUCCESS
WASN'T JUST DUE TO BRUMOS

AND PETER GREGG.

Hurley:
AFTER I HAD WON THE RACE,

I WAS AMAZED THAT
SO MANY PEOPLE KNEW WHO I WAS.

IN THE BEGINNING,
I WAS KIND OF EMBARRASSED

WITH ALL THE ATTENTION.

THE FAME CAME
SORT OF BY SURPRISE.

YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST --
I'M STILL SURPRISED TODAY.

I WAS HERE
IN THE GREAT DAYS.

WHEN HE'S AT THE TRACK, HE IS IN
AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT ELEMENT.

CAN I TAKE A PICTURE
TAKEN WITH YOU?

SURE, YOU CAN.

- AWESOME.
- THERE YOU GO.

THERE'S A DIFFERENCE ABOUT HIM
THAN WHEN HE'S OFF THE TRACK.

HE'S IN HIS PERSONA.

HE'S IN HIS HURLEY HAYWOOD
PERSONA, YOU KNOW?

SO HE'S GONNA DO HIS JOB.

AND HAVE FUN.

I WAS WORRIED ABOUT,
OH, THEY'RE GONNA,

YOU KNOW, KNOW HE'S GAY
BECAUSE I'M HERE.

SO I WOULD STAY
WAY IN THE BACKGROUND

UP AGAINST THE FENCE, YOU KNOW.

IT'S NOT A COMFORTABLE PLACE
TO BE.

BUT, I MEAN,
THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS.

WE HAVE SEEN YOU SO MANY TIMES
WITH A VERY SOLEMN EXPRESSION

ON YOUR FACE,
WALKING DOWN TO THE PIT AREA.

I WISH THE FANS COULD SEE
IN EAR-TO-EAR GRIN RIGHT NOW.

CONGRATULATIONS.
WELL, BELIEVE ME,

FOR ME, IT'S VERY EXCITING
TO BE HERE,

AND I AM SO HAPPY
THIS IS ALL OVER.

I GUESS, YOU KNOW,
FROM THE CAREER STANDPOINT,

THE MOMENTS WHERE I WAS
MOST DISAPPOINTED

WERE TIMES
WHEN HE WOULD WIN A RACE,

AND, YOU KNOW, I KNEW THAT
IF I WAS A WOMAN AND HIS WIFE,

THAT I WOULD HAVE BEEN
CARRIED OUT THERE

ON TOP THE CAR
WITH EVERYONE ELSE.

THOSE KIND OF MOMENTS, YOU KNOW,

WE COULDN'T REALLY
SHARE TOGETHER,

AND THAT BOTHERED ME.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT BOTHERED HIM,
BUT IT BOTHERED ME.

WHEN HE WON THE 24 HOURS
OF DAYTONA THE LAST TIME,

I HAD A HANDFUL
OF MY FRIENDS THERE,

AND WE WATCHED VICTORY LANE
THROUGH A CHAIN-LINK FENCE.

Hurley: THAT'S THE WAY
IT WAS AT THAT TIME.

NOW, IF I WON DAYTONA NEXT YEAR,

WHICH IS NOT GONNA HAPPEN,

YOU KNOW,
THEN IT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT.

SO, YES, HE WAS ON
THE OUTSKIRTS A LITTLE BIT.

IF IT WAS MY GIRLFRIEND,
MY GIRLFRIEND WOULD HAVE BEEN

UP THERE HUGGING ME
AND KISSING ME.

BUT IT JUST WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN
A COMFORTABLE THING FOR HIM

OR ME TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN.

YOU CAN'T CHANGE THINGS.

I WASN'T GONNA, YOU KNOW,
TRY TO MAKE A SCENE

AND TRY TO EMBARRASS HIM
BY FORGING MY WAY IN THERE

OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT,
YOU KNOW.

I WAS JUST CONCERNED THAT
I WOULD JUST DRAW ATTENTION

TO HIM BEING GAY.

Dempsey: SPORTS-CAR RACING,
ROAD RACING --

IT TAKES A TOLL,
WITHOUT QUESTION.

YOU LEAVE A PART OF YOURSELF
ON THE TRACK EVERY RACE.

AND YOU HAVE TO BE
100% COMMITTED TO WIN,

AND YOU DO HAVE TO SACRIFICE
TO GET TO THAT LEVEL.

WHAT YOU'VE GIVEN UP,
IT'S HARD.

IT ALIENATES A LOT OF PEOPLE
ALONG THE WAY

'CAUSE NOTHING ELSE MATTERS

OTHER THAN WHERE YOU ARE
AT THAT MOMENT IN TIME.

AND SOME PEOPLE UNDERSTAND,
AND SOME PEOPLE DON'T.

IT FEELS JUST LIKE IT DID
IN 1971.

ALL RIGHT, YOU READY?

Long: I CALL MOTORSPORT
A RELIGION,

OR AN OBSESSION, AN ILLNESS.

IT'S A DRUG THAT --
THE HIGH THAT EVERYBODY WANTS.

Busby: IT'S AN EXPERIENCE
THAT MOST DON'T HAVE.

IF YOU'RE ONE OF THE PEOPLE
THAT'S A WINNER IN A RACING CAR,

YOU SLIP INTO
A STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS

THAT IS NOT
ON THE CONSCIOUS LEVEL.

WHEN YOU'RE IN THE CAR,
YOU'RE COMPLETELY ABSORBED

BY THE TASK OF DRIVING IT.

THERE'S NO ROOM THERE
FOR EXTRANEOUS THOUGHTS.

Leatherman: MONEY PROBLEMS
OR RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS,

OR ALL THAT STUFF IS GONE.

Hurley:
RACING IS ALMOST LIKE A SHIELD

FROM EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON
OUTSIDE OF THE RACETRACK.

THERE CAN BE A MILLION THINGS
HAPPENING AROUND YOU,

BUT YOU JUST SORT OF
ZONE IT ALL OUT.

AND WHEN IT'S OVER,
THE DEMONS ARE BACK.

IT IS DAYTONA
INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY,

AND WE'RE INTO QUALIFYING

FOR THE UNITED SportsCar
CHAMPIONSHIP.

WELL, THERE IS THE GREEN FLAG
FLYING, GENTLEMEN.

Announcer #2: THE PRESSURE'S
ON THE DRIVER.

THEY HAVE TO DO IT NOW.

THEY CAN'T WORK UP TO IT.

NOT SURE THAT THAT CAR
ACTUALLY TURNED A LAP.

YOU HAVE TO GO NOW.

Wright: YOU GOT TO GO.
IF WE DON'T...

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE...
HE WAS DOING.

THAT COULD HAVE BEEN UGLY.

YOU NEVER SET IN THE PITS.
YOU GO RIGHT THEN.

- YEAH.
- A LESSON FOR THESE GUYS.

THEY'RE NOT QUALIFYING THING.
THEY GET OUT AND GO.

- AND, I MEAN, THAT WAS THE PLAN.
- YEAH.

AND I'M LIKE,
"WHAT THE...?"

I THOUGHT SOMETHING
WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR.

- YEP.
- YOU CAN'T BEAT EXPERIENCE.

YOU JUST CAN'T.

Dempsey: THERE'S A LEVEL OF
EXPECTATIONS THAT YOU HAVE

THAT YOU HAVE TO PERFORM,
AND YOU HAVE TO DO WELL.

SO IF YOU MAKE TOO MANY
MISTAKES, IT'S OVER.

A RACING DRIVER'S GREATEST FEAR

IS NOT TO BE ABLE
TO PERFORM AT 100%.

THE CLOSER YOU ARE TO 100%,

THE BETTER THE OUTCOME'S
GONNA BE.

YEP.

YOU'RE JUDGING YOUR PERFORMANCE
ON THAT ONE SINGLE DAY

AGAINST ALL YOUR COMPETITORS.

THE GAUGE FOR A PERFORMANCE
IS INSTANT.

WHEN YOU FEEL THAT
YOU'VE FAILED AT SOMETHING,

FAILED IN A RACE
BECAUSE YOU MADE MISTAKES,

THEN IT'S YOUR FAULT.

THE GUY THAT WON MADE
LESS MISTAKES THAN I DID,

AND A MISTAKE CAN BE
JUST TINY, LITTLE THING.

Peter: WE'VE HAD
A COUPLE OF GREAT DRIVES

AND A COUPLE OF
DISAPPOINTING DEFEATS.

SOMEBODY SAID RACING IS ALL
A BUNCH OF ECSTASY AND AGONY.

THERE'S NOTHING IN BETWEEN.

YOU'RE SELDOM JUST
MEDIUM HAPPY WITH IT.

Hurley: '78 AND '79,

PETER WAS REALIZING THAT,
YOU KNOW,

MAYBE HIS DOMINANT ROLE
IN SPORTS-CAR RACING

WAS COMING TO AN END.

THERE WAS TOO MUCH COMPETITION
COMING OVER FROM EUROPE,

REALLY FAST GUYS
THAT COULD CARE LESS

ABOUT PETER GREGG
AND WHAT HE STOOD FOR.

THEY JUST WANTED
TO BEAT HIM ALL THE TIME.

IN 1980, HE GOT ASKED TO DRIVE

ON THE FACTORY TEAM AT LE MANS.

SO I WENT WITH PETER TO LE MANS,

AND THAT DIDN'T
TURN OUT SO GREAT, EITHER.

WE HAD AN ACCIDENT GOING
FROM THE HOTEL TO THE TRACK.

YOU KNOW,
THOSE ROADS IN FRANCE --

THEY'RE NOT VERY WIDE,

BUT A LOT OF THEM STRAIGHT.

AND A TRACTOR MOVED OUT
OF A SIDE ROAD,

AND PETER SWERVED TO AVOID
HITTING THE TRACTOR.

WE WENT OVER.

WE TUMBLED OVER
AND ENDED UP UPSIDE DOWN.

AND PETER WAS OUT.
HE GOT HIT IN THE HEAD.

WHEN HE WOKE UP AND EVERYTHING,

HE WAS IN A COMPLETE STATE
OF DENIAL.

HE INSISTED ON GOING TO
THE TRACK AND EVERYTHING,

BUT THE DOCTORS
WOULDN'T LET HIM RACE.

Hurley: SOMETHING HAPPENED
TO PETER'S EYESIGHT.

THAT WAS REALLY
EMBARRASSING FOR HIM.

BECAUSE OF HIS CONCUSSION
AND DOUBLE VISION,

DAD COULDN'T RACE VERY WELL.

Leatherman: YOU COULD TELL HE
JUST -- HE WAS JUST NOT HIMSELF.

THAT WAS MAJOR TO PETER,
NOT BEING ABLE TO BE THE PETER,

THE PETER PERFECT THAT HE WAS.

HE COULDN'T HANDLE
THE LACK OF SUCCESS.

Hurley: HE HAD THE ACCIDENT,

AND HE WAS "FLUSTRATED" AND
EMBARRASSED THAT THAT HAPPENED.

SO WHEN THE PAUL REVERE
CAME AROUND --

THAT WAS THE RACE AFTER
WE GOT BACK FROM LE MANS --

WELL, THAT WAS THE LAST TIME
THAT I RACED FOR PETER.

SO, I STARTED THE RACE,
HAD A HUGE LEAD, A LAP LEAD,

AND I JUST GOT SO HOT,
JUST HOTTER THAN HELL,

AND I FINALLY CALLED IN.

I SAID, "I JUST DON'T THINK
I CAN DRIVE ANOTHER LAP.

I'M JUST ABOUT READY
TO MELT DOWN.

IS THERE ANY WAY
THAT PETER IS READY TO GO?"

HE SAYS, "YEAH, HE'S STANDING
HERE WITH HIS HELMET ON."

SO I SAID, "OKAY,
I'M COMING IN ON THE NEXT LAP."

WHEN HE CAME OUT OF THE PITS,
I GAVE HIM NEARLY A LAP LEAD.

HE LOST LEAD,
AND WE FINISHED THIRD.

SO HE BASICALLY BLAMED ME
FOR DOING THAT ON PURPOSE

TO MAKE HIM LOOK BAD.

IT WAS NOT ON PURPOSE.

THAT'S THE SPIN
THAT PETER STARTED IN.

I MEAN, HE WASN'T THE PETER
THAT HE WAS BEFORE,

AND SO IT WAS
OTHER PEOPLE'S FAULT.

Hurley: BASICALLY, HE FORBID ME
INTO THE DEALERSHIPS.

HE SAID, "DON'T COME AROUND.
I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU."

HE DIDN'T WANT ME THERE,
SO I SAID, "OKAY, THAT'S FINE.

I'M NOT GONNA GO THERE."

PETER WAS ROUGH ON EVERYBODY.

HE WAS ROUGH ON HURLEY.

HE WAS ROUGH ON ANYBODY
WHO WAS CLOSE TO HIM

OR SURROUNDED HIM.

Hurley: AS TIME WENT ON
AND HE HAD OTHER ISSUES,

SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW,
CRAZINESS WAS STUFF

YOU JUST COULDN'T
OVERLOOK ANYMORE.

IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY,
THIS PROBLEM.

Hurley: IN A LOT OF WAYS,
IT WAS SOMETHING

THAT WAS ALMOST PREDICTABLE,
BUT WE NEVER --

WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AT IT,
YOU SAY, YOU KNOW,

"WHY DIDN'T WE --

WHY DIDN'T WE SEE THAT COMING?"

BASICALLY, I DID NOT SEE OR TALK
TO PETER FROM THE MIDDLE OF JULY

UNTIL SOMETIME AROUND
THE FIRST PART OF DECEMBER.

I ALWAYS WAS ABLE TO SORT OF
KEEP TOUCH ON WHAT WAS GOING ON,

BUT NOT THROUGH PETER,

BUT FROM OTHER PEOPLE
THAT WERE AROUND HIM.

Pendell: DEBORAH GREGG
HAD COME INTO HIS LIFE.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, SHE BECAME VERY
VISIBLE AROUND THE DEALERSHIP,

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN,
THERE WAS A WOMAN.

Simon:
SHE WAS YOUNG AND SEXY.

HE WAS, LIKE,
TAKEN BY HER CHARMS.

THEY DATED FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS
BEFORE THEY GOT MARRIED.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY MET,
BUT I USED TO HAVE

KIND OF A CHIP
ON MY SHOULDER ABOUT THAT.

I COULD SEE HIM FALLING IN LOVE
IN A HURRY LIKE THAT

BECAUSE THAT'S THE TYPE
OF PERSONALITY THAT PETER HAD.

YOU KNOW, HE WAS EITHER ALL IN
OR HE WAS ALL OUT.

THERE WAS NO IN BETWEEN
WITH HIM.

IT WAS CRAZY, RIGHT?
SO THAT WASN'T SURPRISING.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SURPRISING
IF IT WEREN'T CRAZY.

SHE WAS A SMART GIRL
AND, I MEAN,

BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE KNEW,
EITHER,

ABOUT WHAT THE WORLD WAS
THAT SHE WAS IN.

AND, I MEAN, IF THEY WEREN'T AS
WEIRD OF PAIR AS YOU COULD FIND,

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.

Hurley:
THAT WAS HIS QUEST IN LIFE

IS TO FIND SOMEBODY
THAT WOULD MARRY HIM, AND...

THAT LASTED NINE DAYS.

FOR ME, THAT MAYBE 15 MINUTES

FROM THE COMMAND
TO START YOUR ENGINES,

I LIKE TO KIND OF JUST SIT THERE

AND PLAN THE ATTACK
THAT I'M ABOUT READY TO DO.

YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO GET
EVERYTHING IN YOUR MIND

SET TO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO
AND WHEN YOU NEED TO DO IT.

YOU'RE ALWAYS THINKING,
YOU KNOW,

"AM I GOOD ENOUGH
FOR THE TASK ON THIS GIVEN DAY?

AM I GONNA HURT MYSELF?

AM I GONNA KILL MYSELF?"

I MEAN, IT'S JUST
A MILLION THINGS

THAT ARE GOING THROUGH
YOUR MIND.

- THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
- ALL RIGHT. YEAH.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

THANKS.

YEAH.

DRIVERS,
PLEASE START YOUR ENGINES.

AND HOW COULD YOU
NOT LOVE THAT SOUND?

THE ROLEX 24 STARTS OFF THE
SPORTS-CAR CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON

IN NORTH AMERICA.

IT'S A 200-MILE-AN-HOUR
CHESS GAME FOR 24 HOURS,

AND IT HAPPENS
RAIN OR SHINE.

OH, BRAGGING RIGHTS --
IT ALL STARTS RIGHT HERE.

THE GREEN FLAG FLIES.

Announcer #2:
THIS IS OUR SUPER BOWL,

AND YOU GUY HAVE
A FRONT-ROW SEAT.

HE'S NOT DOING BRAKES,
OKAY?

SO JUST THE WHOLE SERVICE,
IN AND OUT.

- NO BRAKES?
- NO BRAKES.

WHAT YOU THINK, CALVIN?

GTD -- HOW ARE THEY GONNA
DO DURING THE NIGHT?

THERE'S SOME
SUPERSTARS IN THIS CATEGORY.

IT'S GONNA BE
A GREAT BATTLE.

LITERALLY RIGHT DOWN
TO THE WIRE LAST YEAR, BOB.

Announcer #3: AS MUCH AS
WE'D LIKE TO HAVE

THAT BRUMOS CAR
IN THE HUNT RIGHT NOW,

IT'S DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT.

SEE, THOSE CURVES
RUNNING AROUND.

OOH, THERE'S A TOUCH.

I THINK THAT WAS.
THAT'S UNNECESSARY.

HELL OF A STRAP
GOING ON HERE IN GTD.

Hurley: I GET A PHONE CALL
FROM PETER.

THAT KIND OF THREW ME
FOR A LOOP.

AND I SAID, "OKAY."
AND SO, I WENT DOWN THERE,

AND DEBORAH HAD FIXED
A REALLY NICE LUNCH TO SERVE US.

AND WE ATE OUT ON THE TERRACE
AND BASICALLY TALKED ABOUT

WHEN WE HAD FIRST MET,

ALL THE WAY THROUGH
ALL THE THINGS WE HAD DONE

AND KIND OF WHAT THE FUTURE
WAS GONNA HOLD,

THINGS WE COULD DO
GOING FORWARD.

HE HAD ASKED ME
IF I WANTED TO GO

TO THE BASKETBALL GAME WITH HIM.

AND I SAID,
"NO, I CAN'T DO IT.

I'VE ALREADY GOT SOMETHING
PLANNED FOR THIS EVENING."

AND, BASICALLY, HE ROLLED UP
IN A BLANKET ON THE COUCH

AND THE NEXT DAY WENT OUT AND
BOUGHT A GUN AND SHOT HIMSELF.

YOU KNOW, THAT WAS AN AWFUL DAY.

"BANG, BANG, BANG" ON THE DOOR.

AND THEY, SAID, "MY GOD.
YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED.

PETER SHOT HIMSELF,
KILLED HIMSELF ON THE BEACH."

I COULDN'T FATHOM
THAT HE HAD DONE THAT.

AND BY THE TIME
I WAS ABLE TO DIGEST THAT,

ALL THE PRESS
HAD ARRIVED OUTSIDE.

I IMMEDIATELY GOT
ON THE PHONE TO JENNIFER

AND TO THE KIDS
TO TELL THEM ABOUT IT.

I WANTED THEM TO HEAR THAT
FROM ME, NOT THE PRESS.

AND IT WAS,
"PETER'S KILLED HIMSELF."

AND, YOU KNOW, A LONG PAUSE
AT THE OTHER END OF THE PHONE,

AND THEN, YOU KNOW,
LOTS OF TEARS.

I MEAN, IT WAS JUST AWFUL.

THAT DAY WAS A BAD DAY.

I'LL NEVER FORGET IT.

MY MOM SAID SHE HAD
SOME BAD NEWS FOR ME,

AND I BETTER SIT DOWN.

I REMEMBER NOT
BEING ABLE TO FEEL, LIKE,

THE IMPACT OF IT
HAPPENING RIGHT THEN.

I GOT THE PHONE CALL, AND HURLEY
TOLD ME WHAT HAD HAPPENED.

IT WAS PRETTY SHOCKING.

UM...NO.

I DON'T THINK THAT THAT
WOULD HAVE MADE

ONE BIT OF DIFFERENCE.

I THINK THERE WERE SO MANY OTHER
THINGS GOING ON IN HIS MIND

THAT IT MIGHT NOT HAVE
BEEN ON THAT MONDAY.

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW,

THE NEXT WEEK SOMETHING
WOULD HAVE HAPPENED.

PEOPLE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW
ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT
ALL THE THINGS

THAT PEOPLE WERE GOING THROUGH

AND HOW TO LOOK FOR SIGNS OF
WHEN PEOPLE ARE IN DISTRESS.

IF I HAD BEEN TRAINED
IN LOOKING AT SIGNS OF PEOPLE

THAT WERE GONNA, YOU KNOW,
COMMIT SUICIDE,

I WOULD HAVE HAD
THE RED FLAG IN THE AIR.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS LOOKED
AT PETER AS BEING PETER.

WE JUST KIND OF DIDN'T SEE IT.

THEY ATTRIBUTED IT
TO MANIC DEPRESSION

AND NOT TAKING HIS MEDICINE,
WHICH WAS LITHIUM, FOR THAT.

HE FELT, "I'M TOO SMART

TO LET MEDICINE
DICTATE MY LIFE."

SMART PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS
HAVE COMMON SENSE.

"I'M SMARTER THAN THE MEDICINE.

I CAN DEAL WITH THIS MYSELF."

AND HE COULDN'T.

EVERYBODY IN RACING WAS SHOCKED.

THEY ALL REALIZED
THE SCOPE OF THE LOSS.

Chapman: IT JUST HITS YOU
FROM THE BROADSIDE.

I STILL RIGHT NOW --

I GET CERTAIN CHILLS OVER IT.

YOU WASN'T JUST LOSING
AN OWNER OR A COMPANY,

BUT YOU WERE LOSING
A WINNER, A FRIEND.

IT WAS SO UNBELIEVABLE.

Warner: I CAN REMEMBER
MY EXACT RESPONSE.

"I'M SHOCKED,
BUT I'M NOT SURPRISED."

THE GUY HAD ALL THE INGREDIENTS
TO HAVE A WONDERFUL LIFE.

HE WASN'T HAPPY.

France: IT SEEMED LIKE

EVERYTHING WAS SO PERFECT
FROM THE OUTSIDE,

SO WHY WOULD THE GUY THAT LOOKS
LIKE HE'S GOT EVERYTHING,

YOU KNOW, WANT TO ABANDON IT?

Busby:
THERE WAS SOMETHING DEEPER.

PETER BROUGHT WITH HIM
SOMETHING FROM HIS --

PERHAPS HIS CHILDHOOD.

Simon: YOU KNOW, HIS MOTHER
TOOK HER OWN LIFE, TOO,

WHEN HE WAS, LIKE,
SEVEN YEARS OLD.

WHEN PETER WAS BORN,
SHE GOT POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION.

SHE JUMPED IN FRONT
OF THE SUBWAY TRAIN.

UNFORTUNATELY,
ALL THE PIECES FIT TOGETHER,

I MEAN, IT WASN'T LIKE IT WAS
ANY INCREDIBLE ANOMALY.

Simon: HE HAD THE STOP
RACING FOR A WHILE,

AND THEN IT WAS HARD
TO COME BACK,

AS IF HIS SELF-WORTH WAS BASED
ONLY ON WINNING RACES.

I THINK THAT IT WAS
A LOSS OF SELF.

I THINK THAT HE,
ALL OF A SUDDEN,

WASN'T THE WHOLE PETER GREGG
THAT HE HAD INVENTED,

AND HE COULDN'T FALL BACK
AND SAY, "THAT'S WHO I WAS.

I'M PROUD OF IT.
NOW I'M SOMETHING ELSE."

Hurley:
PETER WAS "PETER PERFECT."

HE WAS KIND OF LIKE MY BROTHER,
MY OLDER BROTHER,

AND HE WAS SOMEBODY

THAT I LOOKED UP TO
AND ADMIRED GREATLY.

THROUGH EVERYTHING,
HURLEY LOVED PETER.

HE REALLY DID.

THE LOSS OF PETER
WAS DEVASTATING TO HURLEY.

I THINK IT WAS LIKE HIS LOST
A PART OF HIS FAMILY.

THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT
LEVELS OF LOVE,

BUT I WOULD SAY, YEAH,
I LOVED HIM.

THE BRUMOS THING WAS PETER GREGG
AND HURLEY HAYWOOD AS A TEAM.

NOW IT'S -- NOW WHAT IS IT?

GREEN FLAG,

AND WE'VE GOT THE 12 HOURS
OF SEBRING UNDERWAY.

Hurley: JUST TWO MONTHS
AFTER PETER DIED,

I WON MY SECOND SEBRING IN 1981.

HE WOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD,

BUT NOT TO HAVE HIM AROUND WAS
KIND OF A REALLY STRANGE THING.

Announcer #2: NUMBER 3 COMING UP
HARD AND FAST,

HURLEY HAYWOOD NOW DRIVING.

Hurley: TWO YEARS LATER, I WAS ABLE
TO HAVE MY SECOND WIN AT LE MANS

IN 1983.

IN 1991, I WAS ON TRACK
TO WIN MY FIFTH WIN AT DAYTONA.

IF I CAN WIN IT TODAY,
AND THIS WILL MAKE FIVE WINS

AT THIS RACETRACK,
AND NOBODY'S EVER DONE THAT.

IT WOULD ALSO GIVE ME THE LEAD
IN THE ALL-TIME,

THE CLASSIC RACES, WHICH IS
HERE, DAYTONA, AND LE MANS.

DAYTONA HAS BEEN GOOD TO ME
OVER THE YEARS,

AND IT'S ONLY
70 MILES FROM HOME.

I'VE GOT A LOT OF FRIENDS
THAT COME DOWN.

AND SO PATIENCE
PROVED TO BE PRUDENT,

AND I'M SITTING IN VICTORY LANE.

Hurley: WITHOUT PETER,
I PROBABLY NEVER WOULD HAVE BEEN

ABLE TO WIN ALL THE RACES
THAT I WON.

I GIVE HIM COMPLETE CREDIT
FOR ALLOWING ME

THE OPPORTUNITY
TO DEVELOP THE WAY I DEVELOPED.

PETER WAS ALWAYS MY FRIEND.

YOU KNOW, THERE WAS GOOD TIMES
AND BAD TIMES,

BUT HE WAS STILL, YOU KNOW,

SOMEBODY THAT WAS HUGELY
INSTRUMENTAL

IN MY ENTIRE CAREER.

WITHOUT PETER, NOBODY WOULD KNOW
WHO HURLEY HAYWOOD WAS TODAY.

I REALLY MEAN THAT, SERIOUSLY.

AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR HIM
FOR THAT.

OH, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.

IT SEEMS LIKE
THE MINUTES ARE RUSHING AWAY

AFTER WE WERE COUNTING
THE HOURS...

ONCE I SORT OF
CUED UP THE FACT THAT HE,

YOU KNOW, HAD A PARTNER

AND HAD A GREAT HOUSE TOGETHER
IN JACKSONVILLE,

AND THAT THEY HAD BEEN
TOGETHER FOR A WHILE,

SOMEONE SAID SOMETHING TO ME
ABOUT,

"WATCH WHICH HAND
HIS RING IS ON."

I WANTED SOMETHING TO SAY
WE WERE COMMITTED,

SO I SAID,
"WELL, LET'S -- I'LL GET A RING,

AND THEN WE'LL BOTH
HAVE A RING."

AND IT REALLY NEVER OCCURRED
TO ME, BUT THAT IT WOULD --

IT WOULD SWITCH.

HE WOULD SWITCH IT
WHEN HE WAS SORT OF

AT A MORE FORMAL
DRIVING-TYPE EVENT,

AND WHEN IT WAS MORE OF
A CASUAL, YOU KNOW, DINNER OUT.

AT THAT TIME, WE BOTH WORE THEM
ON OUR RIGHT HAND,

AND, ACTUALLY, THIS IS FIT
MY RIGHT HAND.

IT FALLS OFF MY LEFT HAND.

WE WERE AT A WEDDING ONE TIME,

AND HURLEY WAS GOING
TO DO A TOAST.

HE DID THE TOAST.

AND I REMEMBER THERE WERE
TWO MEN IN THE CROWD,

AND ONE OF THEM SAID
SOMETHING LIKE,

"WHAT DOES HE KNOW
ABOUT MARRIAGE?"

I THINK IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR
THAT HIS INFERENCE WAS

THAT BECAUSE HURLEY WAS GAY,
THAT HE COULD NOT SPEAK

FROM ANY AUTHORITY
ABOUT LOVE OR MARRIAGE.

AND I REALLY WANTED
TO SAY TO THE GUY,

"HE KNOWS A LOT MORE ABOUT LOVE
THAN YOU'LL EVER KNOW."

IN MY MIND,
THEY WERE ALREADY MARRIED.

BUT I KNOW IT WAS IMPORTANT TO
THEM TO BE ABLE TO LEGALLY WED.

Hurley: WHETHER YOU'RE MARRIED,
WHETHER YOU'RE SINGLE,

EVERY RACING DRIVER SACRIFICES
IN SOME ELEMENT OF THEIR LIFE.

I LOVE BEING HOME,
AND THAT'S WHERE STEVE IS.

WHEN YOU LEAVE THAT ENVIRONMENT,
YOU'RE SACRIFICING.

YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE THERE.

AND I'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR,
YOU KNOW, GOD KNOWS HOW LONG.

BUT RACING, FOR ME,
IS LIKE A LOVE STORY.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST --
IT'S SOMETHING THAT

WHEN YOU HAVE A REALLY GREAT CAR
AND A GREAT TEAM BEHIND YOU

AND GREAT DRIVERS
THAT YOU'RE DRIVING WITH,

IT'S AN HONOR.

TWO AND A HALF
MINUTES TO GO...

OH, MY.

ONE MORE LAP.

AFTER 23 HOURS AND 59 MINUTES,

IT'S JUST ONE MORE LAP.

IT'S JUST SO GREAT TO BE HERE,
TO BE A PART OF THIS SPORT,

AND HERE WITH BRUMOS

AND WITH PORSCHE
AND THEIR SUPPORT.

AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
PORSCHE,

YOU TALK ABOUT
HURLEY HAYWOOD, TOO.

AND HIS ADVICE HAS REALLY
HELPED US SURVIVE THIS.

BOB WOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD.

I'M GLAD IT'S OVER.

THAT WAS TOO MUCH STRESS
FOR NOT BEING IN THE CAR,

I'LL TELL YOU THAT.

HURLEY'S LEGACY
IS HIS UNDERSTATED SUCCESS.

Posey: WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A GUY
WHO'S MADE HIS MARK

IN ABOUT THE QUIETEST WAY
YOU CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE.

Dempsey: IN EVERY GENERATION,
THERE'S ONE ATHLETE

WHO JUST SURPASSES
EVERYBODY ELSE,

AND HURLEY WAS
THAT DRIVER OF THAT ERA.

THAT'S NO JUDGMENT THERE
BECAUSE IT'S PROVEN.

AND I THINK HE FOUND A SPORT

THAT WAS JUST LIKE
QUINTESSENTIAL MALE MACHISMO,

AND HE PROVED THAT ALL WRONG.

Long: HURLEY HAYWOOD IS
ONE OF THE HOUSEHOLD NAMES

IN SPORTS-CAR RACING WORLDWIDE,

BUT ESPECIALLY FOR AN AMERICAN,

HE'S A LEGEND IN MY EYES,

AND TO EVEN HAVE HIM
RECOGNIZE ME

OR CALL ME BY MY FIRST NAME,

AS A KID, YOU JUST SEE
THESE GUYS ON TV,

BUT TODAY, HE'S SOMEONE
I GO TO ADVICE.

Dempsey:
NOW HE'S A MENTOR TO PEOPLE.

HE'S A GOOD COACH, AND HE'S
AN AMBASSADOR OF THE SPORT.

ARE YOU READY?
GO.

THE CREAM RISES TO THE TOP,

AND HURLEY ROSE TO THE TOP.

ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT
KNOWS US KNOWS WE'RE A COUPLE

AND HAVE BEEN FOR,
YOU KNOW, NOW 25 YEARS.

BUT IT IS HARD TO SAY TODAY,
YOU KNOW,

THAT HURLEY IS MY HUSBAND.

I CAN'T SAY THAT TODAY AT WORK,

EVEN THOUGH I'M IN A VERY
OPENLY SUPPORTIVE ORGANIZATION

FOR GLBTQ.

I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE

BECAUSE I KIND OF WORRY ABOUT
HIS FANS AND, YOU KNOW,

HIS LEGACY, AND HOW IT MAY
BE REPRESENTED.

I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU
FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS.

WELL, HERE I AM.

OH, MY GOD.
CAN YOU SIGN IT?

- SURE.
- OH, MY GOD.

TO ANYBODY SPECIAL
OR JUST MY NAME?

OH, TO DANNY.

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
MY HUSBAND ADORES YOU.

HIS CAR IS THE SAME
COLOR SCHEME AS YOURS.

- REALLY?
- OH, MY GOD.

IF HE COMES OUT
AND HE'S MILITANT,

I THINK IT KILLS HIM.

IF HE COMES OUT AND
HE'S GRACEFUL AND HE'S HURLEY

AND SAYS, "THIS IS MY LIFE.

THIS IS THE SECRET
THAT I'VE LIVED.

I DON'T WANT TO WEAR IT
AS A BADGE OF HONOR,

AND I'M NOT GONNA WEAR
A SCARLET RIBBON."

BUT IF HE COMES OUT AND HE'S
A MILITANT GAY ACTIVIST,

I THINK IT HURTS HIM.

Long: HIS SEXUALITY
OR HIS PRIVATE LIFE

IS NOT THE FIRST THING
THAT COMES UP.

THERE'S NOT
MANY QUESTIONS FOR ME

BECAUSE IT DOESN'T CHANGE MUCH.

IT REALLY DOESN'T.

THE TIMES HAVE CHANGED.

WHY KEEP IT HIDDEN.
WHO CARES?

I WOULD HOPE THAT
HURLEY'S COMING OUT

WOULD ADD TO HIS LEGACY.

I GUESS I DON'T WANT TO SEE
HURLEY'S INCREDIBLE SUCCESS

IN HIS INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY
AND KNOWN THE WORLD OVER,

FROM CORPORATE BOARD ROOMS
TO RACE-FAN KIDS --

I DON'T WANT HIM TO BECOME
MORE FAMOUS BECAUSE HE'S GAY.

I WOULD NOT GET ON A SOAPBOX.

Dempsey:
I THINK IT'S EVEN TOUGH NOW

TO BE TALKING ABOUT
HOMOSEXUALITY IN MOTORSPORT.

AND THIS IS A SPORT I LOVE.

I'M NOT SURE TIMES
HAVE CHANGED THAT MUCH.

IT TAKES ONE PERSON
TO SORT OF STAND UP

AND GO AGAINST THE GROUP
AND STAND AS AN INDIVIDUAL.

IT TAKES GREAT COURAGE.

Hurley: PEOPLE WILL SAY,

"WELL, WHY,
AT THIS STAGE OF THE GAME,

DO YOU FEEL THAT IT'S IMPORTANT
TO COME OUT TO YOUR PUBLIC?"

PETER'S LOSS WAS A HUGE
EMOTIONAL BLOW TO ME.

HE COMMITTED SUICIDE, AND HE
COULD HAVE BEEN SAVED BY...

TALKING...

IF WE HAD
THE RIGHT TOOLS TO LISTEN.

I WAS IN MY OFFICE,
AND THE TELEPHONE RANG,

AND IT WAS A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR.

HE WAS GAY, AND HE STARTS
ON THIS STORY LINE

OF HIM BEING BULLIED
ALL OF HIS LIFE,

AND EVERY MORNING HE WAKES UP
AND HE THINKS, YOU KNOW,

"I'M GONNA COMMIT SUICIDE."

AND I SAID, "LISTEN...

...IT'S NOT HARD TO LOOK AT YOU

AND SEE WHERE
YOU'RE COMING FROM.

TURN THAT AROUND AND MAKE THAT
A POSITIVE THING FOR YOU.

THERE'S ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE
IN THIS WORLD WHO ARE GAY

THAT ARE IN
EVERY KIND OF PROFESSION

THAT YOU CAN THINK OF.

I'M AT THE HEIGHT
OF MY PROFESSION RIGHT NOW,

AND I'M GAY,
SO YOU CAN DO ANYTHING

THAT YOU WANT TO DO
IF YOU PUT YOUR MIND TO IT."

ABOUT A YEAR LATER,
HIS MOTHER CALLED,

AND SHE SAID,
"YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHO I AM,

BUT YOU TALKED TO MY SON
ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THAT
YOU PROBABLY SAVED HIS LIFE."

AND THAT'S A REALLY HEAVY THING
TO HEAR FROM A MOTHER.

YOU KNOW, THAT WAS -- MM.

I GET CHOKED UP
WHEN I EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT.

IT HAS TO DO WITH GIVING
A POSITIVE ATTITUDE

TO SOMEBODY THAT MIGHT BE YOUNG
THAT'S GOING THROUGH THE THINGS

THAT I WENT THROUGH
WHEN I WAS YOUNG.

I'M LUCKY I'M STILL HERE.

WHERE WOULD HAVE BEEN
SILENT IN THE PAST,

I NOW SAY, "OKAY,
IT'S TIME TO BE VOCAL ABOUT IT,

AND IT'S TIME TO GIVE BACK."

IT ISN'T ALWAYS ABOUT
WINNING THE RACE.

SOMETIMES IT'S ABOUT
HAVING HAPPINESS IN YOUR LIFE

AND BEING ABLE
TO BE TRUE TO YOURSELF.

WHEN NEW YORK PASSED THE LAW
FOR GAY MARRIAGE,

AND IT WAS OPEN TO ANYONE...

Hurley: WE SAID,
"OKAY, YOU KNOW, LET'S DO IT."

Hill: ON A BRIGHT SUNNY DAY

IN THE MIDDLE OF CENTRAL PARK...

IT WAS A PERFECT DAY.

O'Meara: I THINK WE ALL FELT
VERY TOUCHED.

IT WAS A BIG STEP FOR THEM
TO BE ABLE TO LEGALLY WED.

WHEN THEY EXCHANGED THEIR VOWS
AND COULD TRULY DO THAT,

WAS I EMOTIONAL? YES.

Hurley: THAT WAS SORT OF
THE INDIRECT PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE

OF THAT LOVE
THAT WE SHARE FOR EACH OTHER.

WELL, THEY WOULDN'T BE SECRETS
IF I TOLD YOU,

SO I'M NOT GONNA
TELL YOU EVERYTHING.

THE WHOLE PROCESS
OF ACCEPTING SOMETHING --

THE PROCESS GETS EASIER
AS TIME GOES ON.

I THINK AS HISTORY
STARTS TO UNFOLD,

THAT PEOPLE WILL MAYBE
LOOK AT ME DIFFERENTLY.

I AM HAPPY WHO I AM.

I AM REALLY LUCKY
TO HAVE THE PEOPLE

THAT I HAVE IN MY LIFE
THAT ARE CLOSE TO ME,

AND I WOULD NOT TRADE
THAT IN FOR ANYTHING,

PERIOD.

PeG@SuS
Urang Sunda Asli