Need for Speed

MONARCH:
Hey, I've been

doing some homework

on this kid Tobey Marshall

from Mount Kisco.

This kid was a phenom.

Used to tear up the local circuits.

Him and his dad, man, they

campaigned like champions.

Of course, Mount Kisco had

another great, Dino Brewster.

You all know Dino.

He went on to race

in the big leagues at Indy

and Tobey just kind of

fell through the cracks.

Well, here's some news, cretins.

Tobey's been running again,

and running fast.

Real fast, fast as that

Grim Taquito will take him.

Tobey, you wanna fly with the eagles,

you need bigger wings, son.

I'm just telling you right now

that if Tobey Marshall

ever got a car worthy of his talents,

he could be toeing the line at De Leon.

Give me four clicks of compression.

JOE:
All right.

Actually, make it three.

No, two. Two is perfect.

You wanna make up your mind?

What is it, two, three, or four?

- Exactly.

PETE:
- Yo, guys!

You know I'm gonna hurt you, right?

FINN:
(LAUGHING) - Two.

- Thank you.

Guys. Joe, you gotta

check this out, man.

- Yo.

- Monarch's on fire.

MONARCH:
Cretin, go ahead.

Monarch, this is Darryl

from East Orange.

Why would you let a redneck

trust fund baby into the De Leon?

He doesn't deserve to be

in a winner-takes-all race

with multi-million-dollar cars!

- Come on, Monarch!

- Caller?

Do I get to talk?

(DARRYL CONTINUES TALKING)

Darryl, have your parents ever

smacked you upside the head?

See, this is a case where sometimes

you just need to beat kids.

(TALKING CONTINUES)

Darryl, Darryl, it's my show. I get...

Shut up! Listen to me!

Darryl, one important question.

Have you ever even driven a race car?

That's what I thought.

(SIGHS)

Let me explain to all

of you people out there

how this works one more time.

It's my race.

It's the De Leon. I created it.

It's rarefied air, kids. It's beautiful.

I decide who gets in,

and who does not

get in to the race, okay?

I loved your dad.

He was a customer of

the bank for 30 years.

Thirty.

(SIGHS)

What y'all talking about?

MONARCH:
Ooh! The Flyin'

Hawaiian just took down

Steve Heavy Chevy

in the Arizona desert.

What?

...an invitation as a wild card.

Okay? That's important.

Wild card. Maybe.

I'm not saying he's in,

I'm saying he might be.

Who was that?

Oh, he's just an old

customer of my dad's.

Oh. I didn't recognize him.

Yeah, he might bring

his car in on Friday.

What's wrong with it?

Our job to find out.

I was thinking about the race tonight.

We should get there early.

Five cars, the race is full.

Pot should be, like, what?

Five grand.

(ALL LAUGHING)

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

(REWING ENGINE)

- Tobey.

- Pete.

- You good?

- Good.

- Are you ready?

- Yeah.

You know, Monarch

gave you a shout-out.

- Then he sh*t on your car.

- Yeah, I know. I heard.

Never mind that.

While Monarch was talking

about you, I had a vision.

All right, here we go.

Quiet, okay? I happen to like his visions.

Pete, proceed, please.

I see water, and the sun, and...

- Your sister in a bikini.

- Shut it.

I see Tobey looking at a lighthouse.

I see you, and you're

gonna win De Leon.

FINN:
- Really?

- Hey.

Thanks for the vote

of confidence, Petey,

but I got my hands full

trying to beat Jimmy Macintosh

and you tonight, so...

(CAR APPROACHING)

Oh, man.

My sister and Dino are here.

She didn't tell me

she was coming home, Tobe.

I'm sorry.

No, it's fine.

JOE:
Coming with Dino isn't.

What's this fool even

doing back here, man?

Maybe he just came to watch

how a real racer drives.

(BENNY CHUCKLES)

The guy raced Indy.

It doesn't get more real than that, Finn.

Let's go, Tobey.

You don't need that distraction.

No, it's fine.

All right, boys,

the race is gonna start soon.

Ben, you should head up.

I just wanna let you know

I'm going because I want to

and not because you told me to.

- Just know that.

- Okay.

Way to put your foot down, Benny.

(ALL LAUGHING)

Nice pleather jacket, homie.

- Hey.

- Hi, guys. Hi, Petey.

How are you?

- I'm good. How are you?

- Good.

- Are you racing tonight?

- Yeah.

- You be careful.

- Okay.

Okay.

Hi, Tobey.

Anita.

I'm really sorry to hear about your dad.

Did you get my flowers?

Yeah.

Good.

And thank you for watching out for Pete.

Ah...

He's like a little brother to me.

How's the shop?

The shop is... It's good.

It's good.

Yeah?

How's the city?

It's different than I expected,

but it's not here.

Hmm.

Are you still allergic to Mount Kisco?

(CLEARS THROAT) Actually,

Dino has something

he wants to talk to you about.

I doubt that.

After the race, though.

I don't wanna distract you.

Then you should have

stayed in Manhattan.

You look beautiful.

- How are you feeling?

TOBEY:
- Good.

Have you got the roads locked down?

The road is clear.

We are at the finish line

and Benny is in the Cessna.

JOE:
Liar One, you standing by?

BENNY:
Ah, here we go with this again.

I wouldn't have to use that handle

if you stopped telling people you

flew Apache helicopters.

I took an Apache for a joyride, okay?

That's all I said.

I know that's what you said.

We just don't believe you.

Hey, man, look,

just because I'm a crew chief

doesn't mean I don't know how to fly.

You gotta have balls

of titanium alloy to do what I do.

So I need a little respect.

A little R-E-S-P-E-C-T.

All right, enough messing

around. What's the status,

Liar One?

Clear, and this is "Maverick."

Call me Maverick,

or I will kamikaze this into your nut sack.

(ENGINES REVVING)

Mind if I watch?

(ENGINES CONTINUE REVVING)

(TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING)

(BELL DINGING)

(TRAIN HORN HONKING)

(TIRES SCREECHING)

BENNY:
Okay, gentlemen,

please be advised,

I got traffic ahead.

Repeat, I got traffic ahead.

(TIRES SCREECHING)

(CAR HORN HONKING)

That was close. He got lucky.

It's not luck. He's patient.

(TIRES SCREECHING)

(TOBEY GRUNTING)

(BEEPING)

Sorry, little buddy.

My house!

(CHUCKLES)

Benny!

(CHUCKLES) You bodied

that guy's grocery cart. Nyah!

HOMELESS MAN:
What's wrong with you?

(HORN HONKING)

Yeah!

(INAUDIBLE)

Yeah!

(ALL CHEERING)

Sweet!

Hey, yo, Father Joseph,

make sure you save me a beer, buddy.

Hello?

JOE:
That's what we do. That's right.

Benny, my man. (CHUCKLES)

I thought you had him, brother.

Nah, I had him in the turns.

Where were you?

We missed you, brother, we missed you.

What do you mean?

I was flying, watching your butts.

- You were flying?

TOBEY:
- Flying?

- I didn't see him flying.

- Y'all gonna play me like that?

- I didn't see him flying.

- Did you see him flying?

Maybe you should ask

the shopping cart guy

if he saw you flying up there.

ALL:
Oh! (LAUGHING)

Shots fired! Boom, boom!

So I'm supposed to watch out for cops,

fly the plane, make sure

you got a clear lane

and look out for homeless people

coming out of the shadows?

I didn't get that memo, I'm sorry.

(CAR APPROACHING)

Nice driving.

I'm impressed.

Tobey Marshall.

The man to beat in Mount Kisco.

(SIGHS)

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