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Amigo, l have to go. Show these

maricas what a real driver can do.

-l'll do my best.

-Okay.

Bye.

Sophia!

Where are you going?

Good luck today, Beau.

Everyone excited to see how

Joe Tanto does today.

His first race since

he nearly lost his life.

-Stop bothering people, wiseass.

-Don't mess with me.

The season's rookie leader, Bly.

It'll be interesting to see if this

young man can handle the pressure.

-What's she doing here?

-lt's all right.

No, this is not all right.

Brandenburg's whatever

enters your life by accident?

-''Whatever''? Hi, l'm Sophia.

-That's your problem.

DeMille, come on.

Weren't you being pulled

in too many directions?

-Man.

-That'll make more legroom for us.

We're ready in Toronto. Time for

the big one to get underway.

Working your way down the track?

Brandenburg is on the pole

first again.

As you have heard,

we are ever so close.

-We have five minutes to race time.

-Joseph.

Gentlemen, to your cars.

Hey, Jimmy. Good luck, man.

Thanks, man.

All the racers down in pit lane now...

...are in the final stages

of getting ready for this race.

Pace cars are standing by.

We are almost underway

here in Toronto.

Ladies and gentlemen,

are you ready for racing?

Gentlemen, start your engines.

Starting today's race from

the pole position, Beau Brandenburg.

Second qualifier, Dario Franchitti.

Third, Christian Fittipaldi.

They're warming their tires to desired

temperature for better traction.

This is the first

of four warm-up laps.

All eyes on the green flag

ready for it to drop.

Sixteenth, Joe Tanto.

The race is underway!

They roar toward the first turn,

a right-hander, a treacherous gate.

They funnel down into that corner.

The second passing opportunity

lies just ahead.

Someone's in trouble!

Two cars sideways, the Visteon car!

Right through the barrier!

He's flipping up end over end!

The Visteon car in big trouble!

An incredible accident!

This puts us at

a full course yellow.

It'll give the drivers a chance

for their first pit stops of the day.

One of the strategies to this game

is when to bring your man in.

An extra second in the pits can cost

a driver a place or two in this race.

There goes Brandenburg.

Bly, and Tanto is out.

All three with very fast pit stops,

just over 12 seconds.

As Andretti and Tracy almost

get together on the exit!

But now Brandenburg's in front,

Jimmy Bly in second.

l want you to go after Brandenburg.

Go right now. Go!

We have some really interesting

driving by Bly behind Brandenburg.

-l can't find a hole.

-Don't look for a hole. Make a hole.

Back to full speed,

Bly in pursuit of Brandenburg.

He's right there.

He tries him at every corner.

Jimmy, you got 10 laps to go.

Conserve the tires.

You talk into that again,

l'll make you eat it.

Don't conserve anything. Go get him.

If he's gonna overtake Brandenburg,

it'll happen in Turn 3.

And it's right--

Oh, look at that!

What a way to move!

Jimmy Bly grabs the lead away

from Brandenburg. It's magical.

And Jimmy Bly has just taken the lead!

-Joe.

-Yeah?

l want you to pit now.

Why? l don't need to pit, Carl.

l want you to pit.

In a very unusual move, Carl Henry

has just called Tanto into the pits.

He hit the marks.

l know what you're doing, Carl.

lt's wrong.

They're changing the tires, refueling.

I see no movement on the chassis,

no wing adjustments.

l'm not asking you to like this, Joe.

Just work with me.

In the meantime, the veteran

Brandenburg behind Bly.

That's gotta worry the young rookie.

One mistake, that's all it'll take.

-Hold. Hold, Joseph, hold.

-Come on, come on, damn!

Come on, Carl, let me out of here!

Bly in front, Brandenburg second.

Carl, l can't hold him off.

Now, Joe. Go get that son of a b*tch.

They release Tanto,

and he roars out of the pit!

I don't know what

Carl Henry and his team were thinking.

Tanto's making a very fast exit

from the pit. Look at this!

Tanto slices in between

Bly and Brandenburg!

The officials aren't gonna

like that one.

Tanto has to allow Brandenburg

to pass him after a move like that.

One lap to go now.

It's Bly and Brandenburg battling

it out in the last half-mile.

Brandenburg tries to the inside!

They come off the turn neck and neck.

Who's it gonna be?

And here they come!

The checkered flag is out!

It's Jimmy Bly,

the winner of this race!

As they go around the track,

the checkered flag is flown, and....

Very good strategy, Carl. Thank you.

What a battle between

Jimmy Bly, Beau Brandenburg.

This time, the young rookie

took it to the veteran.

You did all right today, Joseph.

Don't ask me to do that again.

Jimmy, after four lackluster

performances, is Jimmy Bly back?

Well, l hope so.

Everyone falls down.

lt's just how fast you get up, right?

Beau, the win could be

called controversial.

-Well, a win is a win.

-So you won't protest?

No, but l will have some lunch.

Anyone wants to join me?

Thank you.

Enjoy. This won't happen again.

Jimmy, want to talk later?

lf he wants to talk, he'll be

talking to me, okay? Come on.

Know how much you'll be worth if

you win? They'll buy you in sections.

Your eyes to a sunglass company,

your arm to a watch company.

Your foot to a shoe company. Or maybe

you'd like to keep some parts.

-Come on, he just finished racing.

-Hey, you're not here.

-DeMille.

-What?

What's so wrong with what she said?

Nothing.

Nothing.

What are you doing?

-Swimming.

-Swimming?

That's swimming to you, huh?

l don't think that's swimming.

That's a little beyond.

l've never seen anything like that.

Pretty fantastic.

Where'd you learn how to do that?

-l was raised by frogs.

-Raised by frogs?

-Well, l'm glad you escaped.

-Oh, thank you.

Jimmy, what's on your mind?

-How does Beau do it?

-Do what?

Stay on top. Stay focused.

He drives scared.

No, l don't think so.

That guy is ice.

To you, he's ice. lnside he's scared.

But he likes it.

He says it makes him try harder.

He says the day he's not afraid

is the day he'll stop.

You're just as good.

And the day you stop caring...

...what other people think and make

yourself happy, you'll be even better.

Come on.

Don't you ever stop running,

cold fish?

Block me again

and l'll put you into the wall.

Well, that's not gonna happen again.

Believe me.

-What are you trying to prove?

-Got nothing to prove.

No, you proved you could do very

little with very much. Forget it.

Why do l waste my time

talking to this guy?

Because no one else

likes your arrogant ass.

-So that's it.

-That's it. Mystery solved.

While you're in this good mood,

do yourself a favor.

-What?

-Take her back if she wants you.

Stay out of my business, Joe.

What are you doing?

l'm just talking.

You do want her back, right?

Why do you care?

You two have a lot of history.

That doesn't go away so fast.

-l pushed her away, Joe.

-But you weren't thinking right.

l wasn't thinking at all.

You know, it's really hard when--

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