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I Was Little

And I'd Sit In Daddy's Car

In The Driveway There.

I Don't Feel Like

I Belong Any Place Else.

And...

What, Honey?

Sometimes, It

Kinda Scares Me.

When I See Other Kids

Doing Stuff And--

All I Want To Do

Is Race, Mom.

Sometimes I Feel Like

I'm Some Kind Of Alien

Or Something.

You're Not

An Alien, Honey.

You're Just

A Little Different

Than Most Girls.

And At Your Age,

Being Different

Can Be Pretty

Difficult.

But Don't Make It

Any Rougher

On Yourself

Than It Already Is.

No One Wins

All The Time, Honey.

Come On.

Get To Bed.

Vroom! Vroom!

Vrooooooooom!

So, Did You Win?

Don't Do That.

Boy, I Can't Wait

Till I Get To Drive

One Of These.

You Got A Couple

Of Years.

When I Get Mine,

We Can Race.

Uh, No Way.

I'll Still Be

In A Different Age Class,

So Forget It.

But We'll Have The Same

Kind Of Car.

Forget It.

Why?

'Cause When I Beat You,

I'll I Did Is Beat

A Little Kid,

And If, And I Do Mean If,

By Some Miracle, You Beat Me,

Then I Got Beat

By A Little Kid.

It's A No-Win Situation

For Me.

You Really Crack Me Up,

You Know That?

You Take It So Serious.

How Am I Supposed

To Take It?

It's Just A Race.

When You Lose A Race--

Which Is Rare.

Ok. But Even When You

Win, Like, If You Get

A Lousy Time On The

Trials Or Something,

You Mope Around,

Slam Doors, And Stuff.

I Do Not.

Do To.

Courtney, Do Me

A Big Favor.

What?

Got Out Of My Car.

[Sighs]

Repos.

All:
Repos.

Fatigu.

All:
Fatigu.

Content.

All:
Content.

Trist.

All:
Trist.

Agit.

All:
Agit.

Tranquille.

All:
Tranquille.

Furieux.

All:
Furieux.

Rationnel.

All:
Rationnel.

Content.

Announcer:

Welcome Back, Race Fans,

To Texas Raceway

In Dallas, Texas.

Let's Go!

Announcer:
Lane One,

Courtney Enders.

Yes!

And Courtney Wins

With A Time Of 8.99!

And That Breaks The Previous

Record That Was Held By,

That's Right, Her Big

Sister, Erica Enders.

How About That?

That's What We Call

Keeping It In The Family.

Wow! Did You See

That? Did You See

That, Huh? Huh?

Congratulations.

Now We're Both

In The Record Books.

Yeah.

Well...

Isn't That Great?

What's The Matter?

You Had A Good Time,

That's All.

That's All?

That's All.

Whatever.

Why Do You Waste

Your Time Putting

On Makeup Like That

When All You're Gonna Do

Is Put On A Helmet,

And Nobody Even Knows?

So What?

[Knocking]

Hi, Erica.

Jerry Tramel.

I Interviewed You

For National

Dragster Magazine.

Hey, Mr. Tramel.

I'll Be Out In A Sec.

Uh, Actually I'm Here

To Talk To Your Sister.

Oh. Ok.

For You.

Try Not To Mess Up

Your Hair.

Courtney, Hi.

Hey.

Couple Questions

For You.

Of Course,

I'm Happy For Her.

I Mean,

She's My Sister,

And I Love Her,

And It's Just That...

Ohh!

She Just Drives Me

Crazy Sometimes.

Don't Let Her.

I Can't Help It.

And It's Not Like She

Does It On Purpose.

At Least,

Not All The Time.

Like Today.

When I Get Interviewed,

I Get All Nervous,

And I Usually

Just Stutter,

And My Mouth Gets Dry,

Like I Don't Know What.

I've Seen It,

Remember?

Right.

But Courtney, You Know,

It's Like Nothing

To Her.

Even Racing.

I Mean, She Tries Half

As Hard As I Ever Did,

And She's Just As Good

As I Was At Her Age.

I Mean, Everything Comes

So Much Easier For Her.

Well, She Had

A Pretty Big Advantage.

What?

She Had You To Teach

Her A Lot Of Stuff.

I Mean, She's Good,

But She's A Lot Better

Because Of You.

You Know, For A Boy,

You Say Some Pretty

Intelligent Things

Once In A While.

I'll Take That

As A Compliment.

Should I Leave?

I Don't Want To Wreck

Your Love Life.

I Gotta Have One

Before You Can Wreck It.

I'm Gonna Find You

A Girlfriend.

Me? What About You?

Where's Your Boyfriend?

I'm Away Racing

Every Weekend.

Not Every Weekend.

I Don't Know What It Is.

I Mean, Maybe

They're Intimidated

Or Something.

'Cause They're Just Getting

Their Learner's Permit,

And You've Been Racing

Dragsters Since You Were 8.

[Horn Honking]

I Can't Even Get Them

To Talk To Me,

And She's Got Them

Hanging All Over

The Place.

I Don't Get It.

Well, It's Simple.

She Loses.

Down, Girl, Down.

Just Looking.

Well, Push Your Eyeballs

Back In.

It's Time To Practice.

Check It Out.

It's Our Racer Girl.

She Thinks

She's So Cool.

Yeah, Big Deal.

She Drives A Car.

Think She Chews

Tobacco, Too?

The Second One

Of Them Breaks

A Nail,

They'll Call 911.

Besides, They're

Just Jealous.

Why? They're

The Popular Ones.

Just 'Cause They're

Popular

Doesn't Mean

Anybody Likes Them.

[Whistle Blows]

Let's Go, Ladies!

2 Lines.

Outside Hitting.

Let's Go! Let's Go!

Decide To Come

Out For A Real

Sport, Erica?

If You Get Winded

Or Anything,

Take A Break.

Are You Saying What

I Do Is Not A Sport?

Well, It Doesn't

Take A Lot Of

Athletic Ability

To Sit

On Your Butt.

Don't Forget,

She Has To Step

On The Gas, Too.

Ever Drive A Dragster?

The G-Forces Are So Intense,

It Slams You Into The Seat.

You Can't Breathe, Literally

'Cause Of The Pressure

On Your Lungs.

Makes It Kind Of Hard To

Move Your Head And Arms,

And, Believe Me,

You Gotta Do Both.

So You Really Have

To Develop Your Arm

And Shoulder Muscles,

And As For Hand And Eye

Coordination,

You Make A Mistake,

You Lose A Point.

I Make A Mistake,

Someone Can Get Hurt.

So, Sorry. I Gotta

Disagree With You.

It Does Take A Little

Athletic Ability To Do

What I Do.

Coach:
Very Good, Erica!

Oh, Man.

Can You Tell Me What's

Wrong With This Picture?

I Give Up.

What's Wrong?

We've Got Almost

The Exact Same Times,

Exact Same Records,

And Look.

Jordy Got, Like,

A Million Sponsors,

And I Can't Even Get One.

Is That What's

Bothering You?

Yes. I See It

All The Time.

There's Kids Here,

Kids I've Beaten,

And They've All

Got Sponsors.

Because They're Boys.

That's The Only Reason.

It's Not Fair.

I'm Sorry, Dad.

I Mean, I Know It's

A Lot Of Money--

You Let Me Worry

About That.

But You Wouldn't Have To

If I Could Get A Sponsor.

I'm As Good As,

Or Better Than,

Those Kids,

And They've All

Got Sponsors.

It's Just Because

I'm A Girl.

And It's Not Fair.

I'll Tell You What.

I'll Have A Talk

Tomorrow With Mr. White

About Sponsorship,

And You

Just Keep Racing.

Ok?

Ok.

Hey.

Hey.

How'd It Go?

Erica:
What'd They Say?

Did You Get It?

I'm Sorry,

Honey.

I Had A Long Talk

With Mr. White,

And He Said That

His Company Couldn't

Sponsor You Because,

Well, At Least

He Was Honest,

He Said There's

A Lot Of People

Out There

Kind Of Upset

Because You Keep

Beating The Boys.

Just Give It Time,

Honey.

When You Get Closer

To The Nationals,

They Won't Be Able

To Ignore You.

Why Are People

Like That?

People Are Slow

To Change Sometimes.

Anything New

Or Different

Kind Of Frightens Them.

And You Are

Different, Honey.

Now, I Know You're

Not The Most Patient

Person In The World.

Neither Am I.

So You Get It

Honest.

But You're Just

Gonna Have To Wait.

They'll Come Around.

Thanks For Trying,

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