Fast Company Page #6

with Domestic Auto parts.

Oh, no, Billy.

Ah, it's all right.

The money's decent.

Besides, I think I can drive

locally on the weekends.

Some guy's got double-Bys here.

Wouldnt you rather go racing with me

at Edmonton next week?

Sh*t, yeah.

But we aint got no car.

We got a car. Its just been stolen.

All we have to do is find it.

## [Country Rock]

# Youre a lucky man #

# At 200 miles an hour

drinking up the fumes #

# Youre never more alive #

# When you feel its power #

# You better have it today #

# 'Cause the going gets hot #

# Racin both the man

and the clock #

# Youre livin your life on fire, you see #

# Burnin out with fast company #

# Whoo, take me #

# It's the only way to come #

# It's the only way to go #

# Blazin us a hot streak

in paradise #

# For you #

# And for me #

# It's the quick life #

# Fast company ##

The competitions tough out there.

Cars are all good. Drivers are all good.

You need an edge, something

that will put you over the top.

Now, I got the best

power plant on the circuit.

And with the kind of performance

that FastCo gives me,

nobody can touch me.

[No Audible Dialogue]

We won

the Funny Car Nationals on Sunday

with this machine here.

Yeah, we're staying

at the Sandman inn, Room 237.

I dont know why Lonnie

wanted us to come down here for.

We should be out

looking for the car.

Look, somebody knows where that car is,

and that somebody's gonna be here for sure.

Sh*t, look at this. Come here.

Can you believe this? it's right here.

Hi, fellas.

Hey, Meatball.

Looking pretty cute, huh?

[Laughing]

Dont worry.

Dont worry.

Well, I wish there was something

I could do to help, Lonnie.

There is.

You can get me another beer.

- We found our funny car.

- What? Where?

Adamsons got it

on display at the car show,

right out in the open.

- is it hurt? They butcher it?

- No, it looks fine.

I'll tell you what.

He's got more balls than brains.

[Billy] No sh*t.

Make us sick to see it.

it's all roped off and propped up.

Well...

let's go get her.

Go get her? What are you gonna do,

walk in there and stuff it in your pocket?

it's a car, isnt it?

I'm gonna drive

that sucker out.

[Radio:
Dispatcher]

Eighteen, this is Central. Check in.

[Radio:
Dispatcher Continues,

indistinct]

Did he see us?

- Yeah. Hes coming over.

- Okay, come on.

[Engine Revving]

- Okay, hit it.

- [Engine Revving]

[Tires Squealing]

## [Radio:
Heavy Metal]

[Engine Idling]

Okay, let's lift it.

Get it up.

Up you go, Lon.

That's it.

Hey, guys.

Terrific.

Food!

# Sparks ignite on #

# Darkness Street #

# The angels #

# Hold their breath #

# Black satin folds all #

# Disappear#

# We fall without #

# A net #

# And it was summertime #

# We understand no one #

# But with all the money #

# That I could get #

# At the crossroads #

# in a timed-out fuel race #

# I tug on the rich boy's wrist #

# Everybody said #

# He may be crazy #

# But what happened I cannot tell #

# For a little strip of heaven #

# You got to rumble #

# The streets #

# Of hell #

# Racing the night away #

#Just racing the night away #

# Oh, yeah #

# Racing the night away #

#Just racing the night away #

# Racing the night away #

# I'm here to tell you

we were kids #

#Just under the spell #

# My spell #

# And play with my headlights

the black, total nights #

# We're only a race away #

# We're always a race away ##

Do you, um- Do you ever think about

when we was on the road together?

Yeah. I think about it.

Did you ever, um-

Did you ever think

about doing it again?

No.

No, I didnt, Lonnie.

How about you?

You wanna spend the next

10 years of your life on the circuit?

Well, only when I'm driving,

But, uh,

you know, I got

my people to take care of.

[Chuckles]

Yeah, I know all about that.

Hey. Youre gonna build

a new fueler?

Yeah. You bet.

Where are you

gonna get the money?

Hey, look, I wasnt too bad

at hustling rides before FastCo.

I'm not ashamed

to do it again.

Just so long as it's my own ride...

and my own way.

Well, if you ever do decide

to set up a shop,

something like

Lonnie Johnson Racing Engines-

[Laughs]

Hey, Seattle's not a bad spot.

My neighborhood aint exactly

in a bad part of town.

[Laughing]

Sam, if I ever do.

If I ever do.

[Announcer] All right, this is it,

the one youve been waiting for.

The FastCo Funny Car

Challenge of the Champions.

Let's take a look,

see who we got down there now.

Hey, it's gonna be a scorcher.

We've got the brand-new

FastCo Vega funny car...

driven by one of the funny car warriors

of a way back.

I'm talking

about Gary "The Blacksmith" Black.

We've got him here right today

with us now.

As a matter of fact,

we've even got a man here today

that nobody expected to see.

Its a man that everybody knows...

even though he's one of the newest

funny car pilots on the circuit today,

a man whose entry crossed my desk

just a few hours ago.

You know who I'm talking about.

The Lucky Man is here.

Lonnie Johnson will be here.

He'll be driving

the ex-FastCo double-A fuel funny car

as an independent today...

for the very first time,

[Crowd applauding]

I knew you'd like that one.

[Announcer] Now this is

a very interesting development.

As a matter of fact, I'd feel safe in calling

this a grudge match for top eliminator

in the next and final round

of funny car flying.

It's gonna be Gary Black

versus Lonnie "Lucky Man" Johnson.

Elder.

Huh?

We're still a tenth of a second

off our best time with that quadra-valve.

Yeah, I know that, Lonnie.

What are we doing about it?

What's the read, Billy boy?

Hold on a second.

Eighty-two.

Bump it up to 88 or 89

and throw in a label.

Think you can

handle that, big man?

I dont know.

Why dont you ask the Kid?

He's driving.

- You still got a fire sunt?

- Oh, yeah. Sure.

Yeah sure.

You heard the man.

Well?

[Crowd Cheering]

I had a feeling.

Got it covered, man.

I'm gonna put him on the trailer

in front of 20,000 people.

I want

that son of a b*tch.

No.

You dont want a fuss

in front of the cameras.

[Engines revving]

Dont sweat it, Phil.

Johnsons gonna be staring at my wheelie bars

all the way down the stripe.

Semi-final time was.3

better than yours, Gary.

Yeah, well,

I didnt have it dialed in yet.

I'll tell you, I'm gonna blow

his doors right off, man.

Meatball, what do you got?

Got something real nice

for you, Mr. Adamson.

I'm working on it.

All you got to do is make sure

Gary is in the left lane and he cant lose.

- What's that gonna accomplish?

- Dont worry about it.

It's got real class.

Just leave it to Meatball.

[Gary] What the hell

are you talking about?

I dont know what's going on here, man,

but I dont like it.

You just drive, Gary,

That's what youre good at.

[Announcer] All right, teens,

queens, guys and bluejeans,

Are you ready? This is it!

The one you've been waiting for.

The final two nitro fifties are paired off.

And we're ready

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