Fast Company Page #5

I know I can take it.

Damn right.

That just goes to show you

you can win and still be a loser.

Screw you, Phil.

it's true.

I put some of that sh*t of yours in my car,

and it hasnt run right since.

[Laughing]

Serves you right.

You should know better.

You mind?

Yeah, I mind.

I just wanna talk to your boss

for a few minutes alone.

Cool it, Stoner.

All right, Phil,

what the hell do you want?

FastCo is interested in your future.

Yeah. What about Johnson?

Well, were a big company.

We have lots of interests.

Johnsons one.

But he's getting old...

and cranky.

We're always looking

for new winners.

Right now we're looking

for a funny car winner.

[Chuckles]

Man, I think I would kill

for that semi.

That's good to hear, Gary,

but you dont have to.

All you have to do is sign a long-term

contract with FastCo, and it's yours.

We'll even repaint it

for you in your colors

in time for the meet this weekend.

Youre serious about

dumping Johnson?

it's up to you.

Hey, Lonnie.

I'd say he's not here.

And if he's not here,

I dont know where he is.

Oh, God.

[Chuckles]

I think I drunk too much.

I think you did.

I guess youre leaving, huh?

What, are you trying

to get rid of me?

Well, you said you quit.

You aint got no job.

Yeah, I did say that.

You wanna- You wanna

wait with me for Lonnie?

it could take all night.

I like it

when it takes all night.

What?

You know what I mean?

I think I do.

I think you do.

## [Country Rock]

# Hey there, lady #

# Workin so hard #

# Your 9 to 5 keeps you uninspired #

# So get in my car

and I'll treat you right #

# We'll get some inspiration

from the night #

# And go rockin #

# In the moonlight #

# We'll go rollin #

# Until daylight #

# We'll go rockin #

# in the moon #

# Light ##

I'm so glad

you decided to invite me up.

What the hell is going on?

Billy!

Lonnie!

Oh, Billy!

I didnt know

you were comin.

Oh! Here I thought

I'd interrupted something.

No, no.

Oh!

I came by looking for Lonnie

last night, and he wasnt here.

And, uh, we just

kind of fell into bed.

[Laughing]

Yeah.

Oh, uh, this is Candy.

Hi.

Hi.

Sammy.

No comment.

Lonnie!

Oh! Oh, babe!

it took you long enough

to get here, didnt it?

[Billy] Oh, Lonnie, listen.

You got heavy problems.

Candy overheard a conversation

with Adamson in Kansas City

about dropping the team.

We'll- Why dont we

worry about that later, huh?

No, I think we should

worry about it now.

Billy!

All right.

Look, Lonnie-

You out.

All right.

You in.

[Squeals]

[Laughing]

[P.A. Announcer] Good morning,

and welcome to Spokane Raceway

here in Spokane, Washington.

We're all set today

with a full slate of racing,

including those fantastic

space-heating machines,

the super-charged,

nitro-burning funny car.

Look for Gary ' The Blacksmith" Black,

known throughout the Pacific Northwest,

in the hot Pacemaker Vega...

to be running Lonnie Lucky Man Johnson

in the funny car eliminator.

Okay, racers,

lets get those cars out of the pits.

We need Pro Eliminator

to lane number one,

Heavy Eliminator

to lane number two.

You know, its criminal to keep

a lover like you on the road for so long.

Well, maybe your troubles are over.

Shh. I dont need that.

I'm a big girl now, Lonnie.

Hey, I knew what I was getting into.

Maybe just not for how long.

No. I mean it, babe. I-

I really think I wanna quit.

You know, if it's really

that important to em-

Adamson and Gary Black and the Kid-

well, let em have it.

Cause what do I need it for?

You know, I used to drag

on the river road for- for Coca-Colas,

and I thought

I never wanted to quit.

Hey.

If all it took to get you to come home

was a little good lovin...

why didnt you call me

a hell of a lot sooner?

Maybe I shouldve.

[Engines Revving]

[Revving Continues]

Lonnie, I wanna talk to you.

Privately.

This is the second time in two weeks

you walk in here without knocking.

This is where I live.

it's my home.

Yeah? Maybe it is, and maybe it isnt.

That's what I came to talk to you about.

- Yeah, well, I would like to talk to you first.

- I'm not interested.

I wanna talk to you

about hurting people.

You know, youre out

of your goddamn mind, Johnson.

Youre out of your mind,

and youre over the hill.

First you turn my trailer

into a goddamn whorehouse.

Now it's an insane asylum.

Oh, baby, youre finished.

You got it?

Finished.

Adamson, take a look around you.

There's all of us,

and then there's you.

Now, we're gonna run that car,

and you aint gonna stop us.

Youre all finished.

Gee.

Lonnie mustve done something

to get him mad.

Meatball, uh, I'd like

to talk to you for a minute.

Hey, Meaty you aint

going no place till youre

finished with that oil pan.

I'm done, Stoner.

Got a little job for you.

[Announcer]

All right, now, we're all set to go

with the funny car action.

Gary Black is suiting up

in the spectator lane,

while over on the tower side,

it's the Lucky Man, Lonnie Johnson.

Okay, the drivers

are getting in their cars.

The pit crew's making

last-minute adjustments...

to these incredibly

powerful machines.

The starters are hooked on.

The drivers are buckled in, secured.

They get tossed around

pretty good out there.

Tough, tough job. Tough.

[Revving]

Look for Gary 'The Blacksmith' Black

in the spectator lane,

running Lonnie ' Lucky Many' Johnson

in the funny car eliminator.

[Crowd Screaming]

[Announcer]

Oh! Lonnie Johnson goes

through the trap!

Let's go! Let's go!

But he punches his fire buttons

and knocks the flame down.

He's all right. His onboard fire extinguishers

have done their job, and the fire is out.

Lonnie Johnson is perfectly okay.

He's all right.

He even managed

a respectable E.T. of 7.26...

at 164 miles an hour.

Not bad for a man

fighting a fire in his seat.

But not good enough

to beat Gary Black,

who has avenged his loss to the Lucky Man

at Big Sky last week...

taking this one with an E.T. of6.62.

Lonnie, you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

That engine blow up on you?

I dont know.

She was strong

until I shut it down.

Somebody got to us, right?

What's he

talking about, Lonnie?

I dont know.

Hey, what happened to Johnson?

- He caught fire.

- Lets go check it out, man.

- Ah, let him fry.

- Hey, man, cool it.

Geez, Meat.

Aw, sh*t.

Lift it up.

Hey, what the hell happened?

That's beautiful.

We got stiffed.

That's what happened.

- You watch your ass, you little suck.

- Back off Meatball.

Hey.

Gary.

Hey, Johnson, I dont have

to kill you to beat you.

[Sighs]

I know you dont.

- Lets get it back to the pit, P.J.

- [Billy] You dont buy that sh*t, do you?

[Lonnie]

Come on, Kid.

Goddamn valve cover

gasket's missing, Lon.

Okay, load her up.

Youre fired.

Hey, what the hell are you doing,

you son of a-

- Ah!

- Lon.

What are you waiting for?

[Groaning]

Come on, big man.

Come on now.

[Billy]

How you doing, Lonnie?

Hey, Elder thinks he can get me a job

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