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9. - Copy that.
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that's a good thing.
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15. - How far is good
for our BPS, gentlemen?
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here we go. And three...
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27. - (heavy metal music)
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28. - Who is Ken Block?
- Insane.
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29. - If you get maimed,
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31. - The real Ken Block,
or the Ken Block you know?
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32. - (engine revs)
- He's an artist.
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33. - (engine revs)
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34. - (engine revs)
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35. - It depends on the day.
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37. - You know, between
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was absolutely flying here!
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behind the scenes.
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42. - I mean, that was cool, but
(chuckles) is that all you got?
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43. - If that dude crashes
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46. - Sure, I'll give you a version.
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47. - I'm very happy to have
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them what I'm able to do
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49. - with my Ford Fiesta.
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50. - Day three,
number six, plus, what,
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52. - All saying
the same thing.
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53. - Right now,
introduce you!
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54. - What is it at home,
like, early evening?
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55. - It's
back to the drivers!
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56. - It's actually midnight.
- It's midnight, yeah.
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57. - Rally driver!
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58. - It's not too bad.
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59. - Super style!
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60. Ken Block, from USA!
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61. - The thing for me is,
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62. Pike's Peak is one of
the most famous hill climbs
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63. in the world, and I think it's
the second oldest race
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experience,
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69. (speaking Japanese)
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with something so simple.
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four guys.
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mainstream in a way...
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74. - We didn't see this
as a big video series.
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75. - It wasn't like I had any
great, fucking forecast
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but...
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language) Ken Block!
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78. (speaking foreign
language) YouTube!
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79. - 20 or 30 million views,
in just a couple months.
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80. - (car tires screech)
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81. - And Ken said...
- Oh shit, we—
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82. - (indistinct yelling)
- (cheering)
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83. Within weeks, the— you know,
the sponsors were like,
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85. "You gonna do something more,
what's next?" You know, and—
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becoming a franchise.
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87. - It just really touched the
nerve of showing motor sports
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88. in a way no one
had seen it before.
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89. I think one of the things I've
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harder and harder for us
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91. to re-manufacture something
that happened very naturally.
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92. - Like, before we even
started filming Gymkhana Ten,
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93. I'd spent a year and
a half working on it.
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94. - It's the 10th one, so there's
an expectation of, like,
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95. "Okay, you keep making
this bigger and better,
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96. "what the hell are
you gonna do for ten?"
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97. - (indistinct chatter)
- (laughter)
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98. - This is about to
become a whole other TV show!
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99. - Do you have a projector?
- What?
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100. No, I got a screen.
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101. - Is it dirty?
- No, I just—
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102. - Give me a second while I
air drop all of this to this.
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103. - It does look like
a construction worker!
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104. - Wait, you're not prepared?
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105. - No!
- So surprising!
- Weird.
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106. - Dammit,
my phone died! (laughs)
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107. - (laughter)
- No!
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108. By the way— by the way,
hold on!
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109. Let's break the wall
for a second!
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110. Most Scotto thing ever,
electronics die!
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111. - Oh, we have to charge this,
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112. are on my phone, unless I
can find them on iPhotos.
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113. - Well, you could just
draw us pictures. (laughs)
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114. - Really? Really?
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up until, like, 12 or 13
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California, in the city,
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rode BMX bikes,
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city kid stuff.
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putting me in a place
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injuries from that.
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injuries from it,
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nature of dirt bikes.
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riding in dirt.
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on vacation with my parents,
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little bump in the road
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131. over a bridge,
so I went over it,
jumped a little bit,
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uh, got pulled over.
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a park ranger.
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and yellin' at me,
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killed him, and like,
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in the campground.
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139. And anyway, I was like,
"Okay, what are you gonna do?"
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"I'm gonna arrest you!"
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141. I'm like, "Aw, crap!"
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142. So, I got arrested
for jumping my car.
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143. Now if I don't jump,
people get mad at me! (laughs)
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144. - We talked about
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145. - Yep.
- Reverse entry turn.
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146. - Yep.
- Center axis donuts.
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147. - Yep.
- Figure eight, jump.
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148. And the rock holding back
the car for the launch.
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149. - Which I got
a positive email about.
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150. - Nice.
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151. - Alright, so let's
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153. "I'm gonna go become
a war journalist!"
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during my junior year,
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155. 9/11 happens,
and I live in New York City.
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was about
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of Red Hook, Brooklyn,
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160. Yeah, "I grew up in this city,
please don't come here!"
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161. And in the end,
I write about cars.
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162. Throughout the whole thing,
there's sections of light,
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163. and then there's
also darker sections.
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164. Depending on the tricks
and the needs for sparks,
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165. - we can do things.
- But even going
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would be cool.
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167. - All of the younger
culture mags in New York,
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when I was there,
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who knew automotive.
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175. - (camera shutter clicks)
- I mean, that would make
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176. a natural figure eight, or
a donut-type thing anyway.
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177. - How wide is that gap?
- There's varying.
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178. There's 35's, there's 45's,
and then there's 65, 75's.
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179. - Let's start in the 75's.
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180. - Considering
those are massive, but—
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181. - It's all gonna depend on
this roll the dice thing
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this thing grips.
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183. So it may be awesome, or it
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- I'm guessing ice.
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good under-areas,
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186. like, you've got these kind
of like overlooks and stuff.
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187. Which A, for camera,
but also just gives us
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188. kind of a different
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189. This is...
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190. - It's not easy to do
the stuff I'm trying to do.
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191. The Hoonicorn,
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192. I'm afraid to drive this thing
on Pike's Peak.
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193. Say it, like, three times!
I'm brain dead.
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194. - Okay, look for
the Pennzoil display
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197. - Look for the Pennzoil display
with the Hoonicorn on it.
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198. Look for the Pennzoil display
with the Hoonicorn on it.
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199. - ... with the
Hoonicorn on it in stores.
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200. - In stores? In the store?
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201. - You can just say
on it, forget the store.
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202. - I'm just part race car driver,
part marketing person.
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203. - I think what's
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out of so many cars.
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think of most racers,
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one series—
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sports car racing—
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that's about all they do.
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so many cars racing...
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215. I never have seen
that before!" (laughs)
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216. - It's a moving chicane, but
it's a counter moving chicane,
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217. you know, so the chicane's
actually coming at you.
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218. In racing, a chicane is
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on a straightaway,
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221. but we've added some
extra violence to it
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222. - by adding blades.
- (laughter)
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223. 'Cause more violence
makes everything better!
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224. - Hey, Dirker,
do you copy, it's Jeff.
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225. - Yeah, Jeff, go ahead!
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226. - The action is the
car slaloming the snowplows.
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227. You'll see that.
Keep this scene back lit.
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228. - Copy that.
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229. - Alright, good.
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230. - I mean, one of the
main reasons why I'm here is,
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mountain so many times,
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the dynamic of the mountain,
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233. and also, I understand
cars pretty well,
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234. except that this car is
so wild and different.
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one of the most unique
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237. You know, a '60's muscle car
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all-wheel drive technology,
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239. and a very modern engine in it.
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240. It's genuinely the funnest
thing I've ever driven.
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241. It just drives like I'm
fighting its effort to kill me!
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242. - (distant engine revs)
- Where's Ken?
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243. - Hey, Dan, Dan?
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244. I'm still—
I'm still waiting on KB.
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245. - Coming back up the hill.
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246. - (walkie talkie crackles)
- 10-4.
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247. - Here we go, guys,
car is on the move!
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248. - Alright, guys, we're gonna
come up in the Suburban.
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249. We're gonna go to our
armed car position, okay?
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250. - Everybody stand by
for picture, please!
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251. - Stand by!
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252. - (tires screech)
- (engine revs)
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253. - What's that?
- Am I rolling on this take?
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254. - Yes, this is a real take.
- You got it.
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255. - Car is on the move.
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256. - (walkie talkie beeps)
- Ready, and three...
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258. Action, action, action!
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259. - (helicopter blades whir)
- (tires skid)
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260. - We're always looking
for that real killer shot.
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261. You know, he delivers
99% of the time.
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262. We normally use the first take.
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263. You know, he's
absolutely on the money.
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264. - It's Scotto, Derek.
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267. Figure it'd be at least
five minutes, correct?
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268. - Number one, to get
a car to perform here,
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to be addressed.
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a mile in altitude.
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272. - Yeah.
- And, this is
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273. an altitude that the FAA
requires that you wear oxygen
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274. - in an airplane, you know?
- Right.
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275. - There's a lot
going on up here.
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276. - I mean, one of the reasons
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278. - with the Hoonicorn last time.
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279. - So, think about a bag
of chips at sea level.
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280. They kind of have
some air space,
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281. and then you bring them
to the top of Pike's Peak
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282. and 14,000 feet, and
they're hard as a rock.
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283. Same thing was
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285. quite as good as a
bag of Lay's, and—
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286. Oil was coming out of it,
so... a bit of an issue.
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287. When you lose oil, you
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288. and things like that, so...
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289. - Yeah.
- And that's the thing
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291. I mean, think about
how much it affects you.
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292. You can feel yourself
being winded,
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293. and it just becomes
an issue of what—
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294. - Right.
- It's the same thing
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295. for a car, I mean,
it runs on oxygen.
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296. It's like, that's
what makes it work.
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297. - Scotto to Derek,
does Ken have come on?
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298. - So Ken, I just reviewed
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301. So, just give me the
wildest exit you can.
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302. I mean, that's what
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towards the armed car
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more sideways, you know,
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306. - as wild as possible's best.
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307. - And this'll
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308. One more run, last run.
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309. - Stand by!
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310. - Three... two... one.
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312. - That's pretty rad!
- (laughter)
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314. Ken, that line was perfect!
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an incredible crew.
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318. Take this guy, Magic,
one of our camera ops.
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into the barrier
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323. so Magic has to stand there
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325. Oh, and also, I have him
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327. This is a cliff,
like 1,000 feet down,
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328. but that's what it
takes to get the shot.
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329. - (helicopter blades whir)
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- So guys,
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on to our next section.
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332. - So, I'll park on top
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333. - Yeah, you just
will want to chase him
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looking down,
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335. so that we can kind
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336. That way, we play the edges
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337. instead of the face
on this side.
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the over crank stuff, yeah!
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341. This is what Pike's Peak
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342. Changes all the time.
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343. Good, that's the way.
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344. Now, that's a good move!
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345. - Today, I got called
Fat Paul Walker.
- Really?
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a compliment.
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Fat Bam Margera.
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348. - Hey, Jeff,
I'm gonna move Cotto
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350. and Ken's gonna do
donuts around him.
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351. I'm gonna put him
on a super wide,
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352. and he's just gonna
kind of spin with him.
You cool with that?
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353. - It's not
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354. - We got an ambulance
up there if you need it!
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in the background.
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359. - I know, I've been
talking with the race team.
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360. I'm tempted to scoop people up
and get 'em in the van.
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362. - I'm on two, on two.
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363. - 10-4.
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364. I mean, we got the pieces
that I think we need, so...
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365. - ... needs to get vehicles
hunkered down.
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367. I'll wait for you guys
down here to grab us.
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struck by lightning
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you know? (chuckles)
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370. - Yeah, for tomorrow,
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371. I mean, it's looking
just like it did today.
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372. - This morning was clear.
- Yeah.
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373. - As of right now, I just
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we were up there,
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the peak we were at.
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377. - Yeah.
- You could see it hit.
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378. - I don't know, with
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380. I know the top's
gonna get worse.
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381. The radar coming in, nothing.
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382. It's not—
nothing left for us today.
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383. - Right.
- 'Cause it's gonna be wet.
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385. Starting line still
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387. For tomorrow, there's
some other stuff we can
pick up...
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388. - (indistinct dialog)
- Yeah, I was out there.
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389. - One conversation we might
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390. - is...
- Drift to the edge.
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- To me, it's not a rig shot,
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a particular turn,
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398. because it is the one turn
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399. that really has the most
dramatic views still down,
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400. looking from probably, like,
12 and a half thousand feet,
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401. and there's been some very
iconic photos on this corner.
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402. Now, what makes it still
really usable for us
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403. and what we want to do
is there's no guardrail.
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404. - 'Cause I think you want
that moment of kind of
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405. suck in your stomach, where
you think the car's goin' off,
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406. - but yet—
- Is that the same—
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407. - Yeah, that's the corner.
- I mean,
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408. that's how old and
iconic it is! (laughs)
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409. - See how
it's not a cliff?
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410. See how it's not even
45 degrees there?
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411. - Yeah, but I mean,
the pole we have hangs, what,
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412. eight feet off
the side of the car?
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413. - Yeah, but it's still
not looking off a cliff.
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414. It's still just gonna
look down, and you'll see
a bank with rocks.
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415. - But if you're looking
forward, you're not
looking straight down.
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416. You're looking forward.
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417. You will feel the earth
drop out from underneath you.
Copy !req
418. - Just a couple years ago,
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420. He thought he was on
a different corner,
and this corner comes.
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421. It looks just like a corner
before, one step below.
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422. - And he came in there thinking
he was in a different turn and—
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423. - And as you come through it,
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424. you're waiting to
see the guardrail,
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425. and then you break
at that guardrail.
Copy !req
426. So, he came around this corner
looking for the guardrail.
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427. It wasn't there,
and the corner tightens.
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428. It's a 45 degree, roughly,
you know, face of gravel
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429. with big rocks in it, and—
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430. Luckily, he was in a very
safe and well-built car,
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431. and tumbled a couple hundred
yards down this thing,
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432. and... lived,
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433. but, you know,
it could've been really bad.
Copy !req
434. So, that particular corner,
I knew,
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435. was something we had to shoot.
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436. - It's kind of the
iconic Pike's Peak shot,
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437. of the cars drifting around
in the mornings.
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438. - We didn't shoot
it the first day,
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439. which— (laughs), then I
had to think about it
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to Brian, he's like,
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uh... Evo corner."
Copy !req
443. And I'm like, "Oh, really?"
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444. - So, you can think about
it all night long. (laughs)
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445. - Yeah, I'll tell you,
you all sleep on it!
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446. - Yeah!
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447. - (walkie talkie chirps)
- (yelling)
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448. - You forget how much
bigger this mountain is,
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Mt. Washington.
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450. (laughter)
Like, "Oh, yeah!"
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451. - I don't think
there's any comparison.
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452. (laughter)
I'm still gonna argue on that!
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453. - Mt. Washington,
90% of the road,
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if you go off it.
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455. - (laughter)
- (engine roars)
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456. - You're more likely
to die hitting a tree
than you are falling.
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big, nice, long rolls
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459. just take the impact right out!
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460. - Comfortable rolls like that!
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461. - Yeah, comfortable rolls!
- (indistinct yelling)
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462. - So, you know,
it's early morning.
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everyone's expecting.
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465. have even talked about
how many tire marks
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on this corner,
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467. 'cause it's sketchy.
Copy !req
468. But also, there's no reference,
there's nothing.
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in the driver's seat,
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470. there's tarmac, there's
a little bit of gravel on
the edge,
Copy !req
471. and then it's just sky,
you know?
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472. I really had to walk
the corner several times,
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Copy !req
474. I'd driven it and looked at it
for a couple days,
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475. just so I had
some sort of visual.
Copy !req
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on that morning
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477. and set a stack of rocks.
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478. I made a stack of rocks
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479. on that dangerous,
sketchy part right there.
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480. I made a little stack of rocks.
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track is hot and locked.
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for picture, please!
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483. - It was a pretty
nerve-wracking moment,
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484. because the car, actually,
wasn't working that great
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485. for those last two days
of shooting.
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486. - This is the highest
we've ever driven this car.
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487. We never got this far
last time (laughs),
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488. so this is the farthest
up this car has driven.
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489. - As you climb and climb,
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is different,
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493. as you start
climbing up the W's.
Copy !req
494. - So, I had to just keep
driving through this stuff,
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this particular problem was
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earlier than I wanted.
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497. So, if I had said I needed
to be full throttle here,
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498. well, that meant
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499. I actually had to try and
be full throttle here.
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with most of our cars
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501. is very quick,
and for some reason,
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502. we were just havin'
some issues.
Copy !req
503. - We're all ready here.
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504. From our side, Brian
can do that ready, ready.
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505. - Action, action.
- Action, action, everybody!
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506. Roll cameras, action, action!
Copy !req
507. - And so, I
went and drove it
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508. for the fist time on camera.
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509. The first time I went through,
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510. I was being a
little conservative,
Copy !req
511. and I had a very conservative
line through there.
Copy !req
512. - We also— it'd be
good from Ken's standpoint.
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514. that he's not very
close to the edge.
Copy !req
515. Ken, are you on come?
Copy !req
516. - Copy.
Copy !req
517. - Alright,
now that we got the test run
out of the way,
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518. let's take it all the way
to the edge.
Copy !req
519. No pressure.
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520. - Copy that, no problem.
Copy !req
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to reposition,
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522. and while I'm repositioning,
I'm thinking,
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523. "Man, is this gonna
take 20 tries?"
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524. And I think back to the
moment when I was doin'
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525. Gymkhana Nine...
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526. and we were trying to get
that water's edge moment.
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527. That took a lot of tries,
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528. because I had to be within
inches to make it look good.
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529. Brian's like, "Oh,
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530. "you're still four inches off!"
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531. I'm, like, "Is this
just too much for me?"
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532. So, as I was going back down,
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the second run,
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"Is this time for me to quit?
Copy !req
535. "Can I handle this?
"Can my nerves handle it?"
Copy !req
536. - We prepared ourselves
from our side,
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537. with recovery,
and how to recover the car,
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538. if it went over.
Copy !req
539. - You know, the consequences
on Gymkhana Nine,
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540. with the water's edge.
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541. Yeah, there was a water
drop 15 feet below,
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542. but it's water.
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543. It would suck, I mean
it'd hurt a little bit.
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544. But, that— how far
down you tumble.
Copy !req
545. I mean, the Evo that
crashed there was lucky.
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546. - Yeah.
- They were lucky
to walk away.
Copy !req
547. - So anyway, that's
all going through my mind,
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548. and there I was.
Copy !req
549. I'm in the moment, and I'm
in a place where I wanna be.
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550. I'm doing one of
the raddest things
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551. I can possibly do,
Copy !req
552. and what happened
that second run was...
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553. - (tires screech)
- (engine revs)
Copy !req
554. And so I took the second run.
Copy !req
555. I'm just like, "Okay,
I'm just gonna step up
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556. "a little bit."
Copy !req
557. But, the problem with the
engine setup in those turbos,
Copy !req
558. it's hard to add 10%.
Copy !req
559. Oops.
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560. - This was such an
important shot for us.
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561. It's such that iconic moment
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562. that I wanted to watch
it from our hero camera,
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563. so I was sittin'
right behind Magic,
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564. looking at it through the lens,
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565. and as it was happening,
there was that realization that
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566. he wasn't gonna
pull it back out.
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567. - I'm 90 degrees,
basically, to the road.
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568. I know I've gotta keep
the front wheels on tarmac,
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569. or I'm going off.
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570. - (metal clattering)
- (tires screeching)
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571. - This is one of
the worst places
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572. to go to the edge here, too.
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573. No guardrails, nothing,
and Ken just ran it
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574. clear to the edge.
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575. - No intimidation.
- (tires screech)
Copy !req
576. - And, when I got to the end
and started slowing down,
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577. I called over,
"I hope you like that,
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578. "'cause I'm not
doing that again!
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579. "That was as good as
I could fucking do it!
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580. "So, it'd better be
good enough!"
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581. - Holy shit!
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582. - (laughter)
- (indistinct chatter)
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583. - (shouting, laughing)
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584. - Dude,
I thought it was over.
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585. - It was awesome, 'cause
it was a little bit of
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the dirt driving,
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587. combined with the pavement.
Copy !req
588. I mean, I don't know how we
could get a more epic shot.
Copy !req
589. And, I mean, Ken, again,
just blows me away.
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590. Seriously, seriously!
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591. All my years, that's the
best thing I've ever seen!
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592. - Oh, Ken,
that is so beautiful.
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593. - I've got that from
the camera car up there, too.
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594. It's so good!
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595. - Thank you, sir, thank you!
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596. By the way, next year at 50,
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597. you can't do this
stuff any more!
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598. - It was way too good!
- 50's the cutoff!
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599. - But until then,
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600. we got a lot to do
before November!
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601. - You know,
I've watched Ken from afar
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and you come into a corner
Copy !req
603. rotating a car at angles that
I've never even witnessed,
Copy !req
604. and those are the moments,
as a director, you just say,
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605. "Okay, it can't get
any better than this!
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606. "We can walk away!"
Copy !req
607. - To me, it's one of
the most beautiful shots
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608. that we've ever gotten, and
it's one of the most dramatic,
Copy !req
609. and the image of it really
hearkened back to years ago
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610. when that road was
completely dirt,
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611. and guys were driving that
thing flat out sideways.
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to that level of driving,
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skills that it takes
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615. Because you don't
have to do that today,
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616. but I wanted to do it that way.
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617. - I mean, you know,
I don't know when it started,
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618. but certainly even
the fist year I ran here,
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Copy !req
620. the reward at the summit
was to get up here
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fresh-made donut.
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it's never a time
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the summit I don't feel like
I gotta get a donut.
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which, arguably,
Copy !req
625. I would say is now
the Hoonicorn corner!
Copy !req
626. - Did we know how rad
it would turn out? No.
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627. - The whole success of
Gymkhana's been based on these
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628. iconic moments where you say,
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629. "Holy shit, this is incredible!
Copy !req
630. "I gotta share this
with someone!"
Copy !req
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about Gymkhana Ten,
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find those moments.
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633. We want this one to be
the best ever.
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634. - It could be something
that lives in Sweden,
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635. stuff that comes out of Texas,
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636. Detroit.
Copy !req
637. - We've set everything in
motion for it to be the best,
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638. most dynamic one ever,
but what are these moments
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639. that put it above the rest?
Copy !req
640. I don't know yet.
Copy !req
641. - It's almost like— it's like
we're chasing something
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