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Daddy.

Ow!

Are You Hurt?

No. I'm Fine.

I'm Fine.

Are You Sure?

I'm Fine.

I'm Fine.

Are You Sure?

Uh-Huh.

Yeah.

All Right. Let's Get

Back To Practice.

Yeah.

Ok.

Here. You Should

See A Doctor.

I'm Fine.

You Can't Even

Lift Your Arm.

If I Tell My Parents,

They Won't Let Me Race

This Weekend.

So, Take A Weekend Off.

Ok. Ok.

Ridiculous Thought.

Hey, Hon.

Hey.

Erica Hurt Herself

At Volleyball Today.

She's Got A Bruise

On Her Shoulder

The Size Of An Orange.

Why Didn't She

Say Something?

Why Do You Think?

It's Too Much

For Her, Gregg.

She's Gotta Cut Back

On The Racing.

She'll Never Make

The Nationals

If She Does That.

I Don't Care About

The Nationals, Gregg.

I'm Worried About Her.

You're Pushing Her

Too Hard.

Honey, The Only One

Pushing Erica Is Erica.

Oh, You Help, Gregg.

You Do.

I Just Want Her

To Be Good.

For Who?

You Or Her?

You Know, When She

First Started, I Admit,

I Was A Little Jealous.

And, At First, I Thought...

Well, Let's Face It,

She's A Better Driver

Than I Ever Was.

But That Wasn't It, Honey.

It Was Her Passion.

That Kid Has An Honest

To God Passion For This,

And She's Known It

Since She Was 8 Years Old.

She's Still A Kid.

I Know.

But, Hon,

The First Time

She Got Behind A Wheel,

I Could See That She

Knew How To Do Things

That Can't Be Taught.

Only The Best Drivers

Have That...

That...That Instinct.

You Have It

When You're Born,

And It Seems To Me,

If God Gives You

A Natural Talent Like That,

It Has To Be

Encouraged.

But It's Just That She's

Going Through Such

A Rough Age For A Girl.

And Then She's Got

To Cope With Stuff

That Most Kids Don't.

I Hate To Think

She's Missing Out

On Being A Kid.

Hey,

If Erica Or Courtney

Ever Want To Quit Racing,

I Am Not Gonna Stand

In Their Way.

Announcer:
Welcome To Today's

Time Trials, Folks.

These Young Drivers Will

Be Racing Against The Clock

And Trying To Keep

From Being Eliminated.

Those With The Best Times

Go On To Race Another Day,

So Every Millisecond Counts.

Jordy, You've Really

Been Ripping It Up

In The Northeast,

What Brings You

Down To Houston?

Well, My Sponsor

Sent Me Down

For The Spring Series.

That Was

Awesome.

So Good Today.

I Know.

Gonna Take It

A Little Easy Out

There Today?

Never.

What Is He

Doing Here?

You Just Made

The Cover Of

Junior Dragster

For The Third

Straight Month.

Jordy:
Yeah.

Who Else?

What Do You Want

To Bet I Get Him

In The Time

Trials Tomorrow?

And This Time,

He's Not

Gonna Know

What Hit Him.

Not A Good Idea

To Take This Stuff

Personally.

I Can't Help It.

I Still Get

Nightmares

About The Time

He Beat Me.

What Do You Think

Of The Competition

So Far?

Not Much.

But, Uh,

I Figure I Might

Be Meeting One

Of These Guys Down Here

For Nationals, So I Had

To Check Things Out.

Guys?

Do You Hear

That? Guys?

Announcer:
In Lane 2,

Jordy Knowlton.

Erica, Let's Go.

Monkey, Relax.

It's Just A Time Trial.

Announcer:
And That's

Jordy Knowlton

With A Time Of 8.91.

8.91. I Can Beat That.

Announcer:
In Lane One,

Erica Enders.

Announcer:
An 8.89

For Erica Enders.

So, What Was My Time?

That Was 8.89, Honey.

Yes.

You Beat His Time.

We're Coming

To Get You.

Dad, Stop.

Hey, Jordy.

Mr. Knowlton.

Those Are

For Your Son,

In Case He Starts

Crying When I Whup

Him In The Final.

It Was Just A Joke.

No, It Wasn't, Erica.

For The First Time

In Your Life,

You Embarrassed Me.

Oh, But It's Ok

When He Does It?

You're Not Him!

You Have Been Taught

Better.

You Want To Lower

Yourself? Go Ahead,

Be Like The Knowltons.

A While Ago, I Had

To Teach You How To Act

When You Lose,

But I Never...

Never Thought I'd Have

To Teach You How To Win.

Honey,

I Know It Would Feel

Good For A Couple

Of Minutes

To Throw It Back

At Him,

And To Be Honest,

I've Wanted To Do

It Myself A Couple

Of Times,

But, In The End, All You

Do Is Cheapen Yourself.

You're Better Than That.

You Haven't Yelled

At Me In A Long Time.

Yeah, Well, Don't Make

Me Do It Again.

I Don't Like It.

Me, Neither.

[Engine Revs]

Announcer:
Well, This Is

The One We've Been

Waiting For, Folks.

New Jersey State Champion

Jordy Knowlton Taking On

The Southwestern Champion

Erica Enders.

This Is Not The First Meeting

Between These Two.

Something Tells Me

It Won't Be The Last.

This Is The One

We've All Been Waiting For.

Both Cars Are Staged.

This Is Going

To Be A Dandy.

Ladies And Gentlemen,

Erica Enders Left

Before The Light Turned Green,

Which Will Disqualify Her.

And Which Makes Today's Winner

Jordy Knowlton.

[Crowd Cheering]

Yes! All Right!

I Blew It!

Gregg:
You'll Get Him

Next Time.

Teacher:
Tu Conduis.

Class:
Tu Conduis.

Vous Conduisez.

Vous Conduisez.

Je Conduis.

Je Conduis.

Nous Conduisons.

Nous Conduisons.

Tu Conduis.

Tu Conduis.

May I?

Sorry.

Merci.

Merci.

All Right.

Let's Start Again.

Announcer:
Pro Stock's

16 Qualifiers This Year

Is The Closest Ever

With Only 300 Separating

The Field Of 16 Cars.

Number One Qualifier

At 678...

Hey, Would You Set

The Torque Wrench

For 150

And Hand It To Me?

Gregg! Gregg Enders.

Who Is That, Daddy?

I Don't Know.

Will Coleman.

Team Pennzoil.

And You,

You Must Be Courtney.

Pleasure To Meet You.

Say, You Got

A Minute?

I Got To Tell You,

My Daughter Is

A Huge Fan Of Erica's.

Well, Listen, I Can't

Promise Anything,

But I've Got

Some Of The Big Boys

Here Today,

And If Erica Shows Them

Something, I Mean Really

Shows Them Something,

Well, I Might Be Able

To Persuade Them

To Sponsor Her.

[Clang]

[Both Laugh]

Really?

Yes, Sir,

I Think We Can.

Aw, Thank You!

Thank You Very Much.

You Don't Know

How Much

This Means To Us.

You Know, I Tell

You What, On A Purely

Business Level,

I Think Erica's Got

A Good Chance

To Win Nationals.

And On

A Personal Level,

My Daughter Has Been

Driving Me Nuts

To Do It.

So, You Guys Have

A Good Race Today.

Good Luck To You.

Thank You!

You Bet!

Thanks Again!

Wow!

Not A Word

To Your Sister.

She Puts Enough

Pressure On Herself.

Tell Me About It.

Pretty Cool!

[Squeals]

Oh, My God!

Rock And Roll,

Monkey!

You Got It!

That's The One

I Was Telling You

About Right Here.

[Engine Revs]

The Clutch Bolt's

Loose!

Stop The Race!

Stop The Light!

Erica, Stop The Car.

Dad, It Won't

Shut Off.

It Won't Shut Off!

All Right.

Don't Panic.

Dad, I Can't Stop.

Dad, The Throttle's

Stuck!

The Throttle's

Stuck!

All Right.

Just Keep It Straight.

You're Going In The Stands.

You're Going To Be All Right.

Just Hang On.

I'll Be Right There.

[Siren]

Oh!

[Erica Screams]

[Rescue Men Giving Orders]

Erica!

Erica...

Erica...

It's All Right,

Honey, It's Daddy.

Daddy!

It's Going

To Be All Right.

Hold On.

They're Going To Lift--

They're Going To Lift

You Out Of Here, Ok?

[Moaning]

It's Ok. She's Going

To Be All Right.

If It Was Dangerous,

Would I Let Her

Do It?

Remember

Saying That?

I Do.

Janet Lee, Don't.

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