Speed Racer Page #4

...one might expect that company

to do very weII for itseIf.

You know what I want.

I know for the Iast few years...

...you've been trying to buy out

your main rivaI, Tetsua Togokahn.

The question is, can we make a deaI?

DeIiver Togokahn at that price

and the transponder foundry is yours.

Done.

-Speed!

-Mr. RoyaIton.

WeIcome!

Come here. Look at this.

Oh.

Wow.

That's what I thought. We're stiII working

on the R and R, but it's getting there.

Come, sit. We can taIk Iogos Iater.

Can I get you something to drink?

Water? BubbIy? A shot of rye?

No. I'm okay.

So I can see you've been giving

some serious thought to this thing.

-I have. Yes, sir.

-Good.

Means you understand we're taIking

about not just your future...

...but your famiIy's future.

My famiIy means a Iot to me.

I know. I can teII.

That's why this is so important,

because you can heIp them.

AII you have to say is yes.

That's aII I need to hear...

...and I can make so many things happen

for you and your famiIy.

You ready for that?

You ready to say yes, Speed?

[SPRITLE WHIMPERING]

Jackpot.

Oh, boy, oh, boy.

This isn't an easy decision for me,

Mr. RoyaIton.

For my famiIy, racing's everything.

I was tooIing timing pins with Pops

whiIe I was stiII wearing diapers.

I mean, there's nothing more perfect

than a picnic at Thunderhead.

But when my brother died,

aII that went away.

I can't teII you how painfuI that was.

It nearIy kiIIed aII of us.

EspeciaIIy Pops.

He didn't set foot in his shop

for over a year.

But one night, when I was stiII

pretty young, I couIdn't sIeep...

...and I went into the Iiving room,

and there was Pops in his beat-up robe...

...watching some oId race recordings.

[ANNOUNCERS SPEAKING

INDISTINCTLY ON TV]

So I sat with him there...

...watching oId Ben Burns coming around

the Iast turn of the 43 Prix and...

...aII of a sudden,

Pops started screaming.

Go!

SPEED:

And then I started screaming.

As Burns and StickIeton

headed for the finish...

...we were cheering our heads off.

And the second the bIack-and-white

came down...

...we Iooked at each other

and we reaIized...

...racing's in our bIood.

But for Pops...

...it isn't just a sport.

It's way more important than that.

It's Iike a reIigion.

And in our house, the major sponsors...

...are kind of Iike the deviI.

I don't mean to offend you, sir,

and I do appreciate your offer...

...but after aII we've been through...

...I don't think this kind of deaI's for me.

[CHUCKLING]

You poor, naive chump.

I'II pretend I didn't hear

that sickening schmaItz...

...and I'II give you an education.

At the end, if you're smart...

...you'II thank me

and then you'II sign that contract.

[VEHICLE APPRO ACHING]

Huh?

Huh?

[SPRITLE GASPS]

Jig's up.

HoIy moIy.

Hey. This is Marvin,

down at the Ianding pad.

I think we got mice again.

MAN [O VER RADIO] : All right. We'll send

someone over to take care of it. Over.

Look. There is the true spirit

of the goIden age of racing.

Benjamin Braddack, ReginaId White, George

WheeIer, Diamond Dave Tewksbury...

...and OIiver Potter.

The five most powerfuI men in the worId

at the turn of the Iast century.

For aII intents and purposes, they created

the modern automotive industry.

But the true stroke of their genius

was the invention of the WRL...

...the world's first racing league.

Interesting that you and your father

were so moved by the 43 Prix.

One of the great finishes

in the history of racing, right?

Everyone remembers Burns and StickIeton

sIugging it out.

But who remembers CarI Potts?

Driving this rebuiIt Wittigan

for Iodyne Industries...

...Potts spun out in the second Iap

and went down as a DNF...

...a forgettable and pathetic finish.

So bad that afterwards,

Iodyne stock dropped six points.

But as Ben Burns sat guzzIing

coId, fresh miIk in Victory Lane...

...a thousand cameras

taking his picture...

...Sirrus Aeronautics saw

aImost a 1 2-point gain...

...which bIocked PenninsuIa Power CeII...

...from being abIe to afford

the price of a takeover.

This put JoeI GoIdman, the CEO of Iodyne,

Inc. in the exact position he wanted to be in.

By first buying controIIing interest

in his own company at a devaIued price...

...he then brokered a merger with Sirrus that

sent Iodyne into the gains record book...

...the onIy record book that matters.

Look out that window. There isn't

a singIe pIane or heIicopter or K-Harrier...

...that isn't powered by Iodyne fueI ceIIs.

That's what racing is about.

It has nothing to do with cars or drivers.

AII that matters is power

and the unassaiIabIe might of money.

Whoo!

Dude! Yeah!

Oh, no! Woo-hoo!

Get out of the way! Out of the way!

Get out of the way!

[IMITATES ELECTRIC GUITAR]

[PEOPLE YELLING]

You understand?

Burns knew he was going to win.

It was aIready decided.

A week before the Prix,

GoIdman and Sirrus...

...met with other major pIayers

at the CargyIe HoteI.

They met there as they had for years.

They met to negotiate

the finish order of the Grand Prix.

No race is more important

and no race is more controIIed.

GoIdman was supposed to win,

but he knew if he soId his win...

...whatever that win might be worth was

nothing compared to what couId be gained.

That's why I spent $3 miIIion

on this burnt and twisted Iump of metaI.

Because it reminds me

of what reaIIy matters.

This is the true heart of racing, boy.

This is my reIigion.

You don't know how often

I've seen that same cow-eyed...

...''say it isn't so'' Iook of disbeIief.

Every bumpkin who comes in from

the sticks Iooks exactIy as you do now.

I won't bother proving it to you.

You waIk away from me and this deaI,

you'II know how true it is soon enough.

So Iast chance. You ready to

put away your toys and grow up?

Are you ready to make more money in

one year than your father made in his Iife?

Are you ready to become a reaI

racecar driver? Then sign that contract!

[CHIM CHIM GIBBERING]

Spearhook.

What's this?

If that's your idea of racing,

you can keep it.

[GRUNTS]

Listen to me and Iisten good...

...because I'm gonna give you

one more history Iesson.

You're gonna go to Fuji and try and prove

everything I toId you is nothing but a Iie.

But no matter how weII you drive,

you won't win, you won't pIace.

I guarantee you right now,

you won't even finish the race.

Speed Racer's making his move,

gunning for the Iead.

Ha!

The Harbinger of Boom

once again Ieaves his mark...

...a traiI of carnage and chaos

cartwheeIing behind him!

-Oh, but the fans Iove it, don't they?

-They do, God heIp them.

They're about to get more

as Iodyne is now sIugging it out...

...with young Taejo Togokahn.

Whoo!

[YELLS]

[TAEJO & BILLY RAY YELLING]

ANNOUNCER 1 :

Oh, terrible crash!

They'll have to fish

Taejo and Billy Ray out of the drink.

ANNOUNCER 2:

But this race is far from over.

ANNOUNCER 1 :
Right now, one car

stands between Speed Racer and the lead:

-The Grey Ghost.

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