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Wait a minute.

Operator.

-Hello?

-Hello, Mr. Hepworth.

Hello. Susan?

Yes. The Charlotte 600

is on Sunday, and....

Let him keep some of the money

to pay his personal obligations?

We can't do that. lt's against the rules.

Well, then he won't race.

And he'll sell his stock car.

But he can't do that.

But he will,

unless you agree to his proposition.

lf he wins the 600 on Sunday...

we could collect a lot of money

for the government...

plus all the winnings from future races.

Plus?

Well, in that case, all right.

And in the future, Susan,

don't call me at 4 a.m...

unless it's as important as this call.

Bye.

You're the greatest.

You'd better be the greatest

on that track tomorrow.

-And qualify, right?

-Right.

lt was nice of you to call Mr. Hepworth.

We're in qualifying for the World 600.

Come on!

Down to the flag.

There's the white flag.

lf he puts his hands out,

he'll fly like a bird.

Paul Dado on his first time at 35. 15.

-Come on!

-Go!

The checkered flag.

And the time....

lt's a beauty! 35.10.

Well?

He qualified. Man, did he ever qualify!

That would be 153.484 miles per hour.

l'll have to stand on it.

That means push the accelerator

to the floor.

l know.

Grayson, always a tough qualifier,

will have to really go.

He's got some real good times to beat.

Right out of Turn 2.

There's the green flag.

Boy, he is really honking.

Time to beat.:
35. 10...

to make it into the first four positions.

Out of Turn Number 4.

The white flag. Coming up, the final lap.

The first time around.:

the time at 35.05.

That puts Steve Grayson

in the first six cars.

Wide out of the turn....

You're home free.

The checkered flag.

Grab hands, girls. Come on. Let's go.

Steve Grayson climbing out of the 6 car.

He looks all right.

Grayson was really on it

when he came down to the flag.

He made it, even with the spin,

into the first four positions...

with a time of 35.03.

l feel fine. Birdie, did l qualify?

Yeah, you qualified, but you sure

made a clunker out of that car.

Clunker means that--

Well, it's no problem.

Birdie will have it fixed in no time, l hope.

Well, you might as well get started now.

Come on, kids.

l've seen blown engines before, but, boy....

Never mind the details.

Just put another engine in here.

-Speak to Kenny.

-Repossessed.

-All of them?

-l tried to hide one, but l couldn't lift it.

-Can this be fixed by tomorrow?

-We can't fix this in two tomorrows.

They took all our spare parts, too.

We don't even have one spark plug.

What are we gonna do now?

-Why don't you go and buy some?

-With what?

All right, then. Borrow some.

Even if we could borrow the parts,

we couldn't fix it that fast.

How do you know unless you try?

She's right. l think you can do it.

You drive 'em, Steve. We fix 'em.

l tell you this clunker

can't be ready for the race tomorrow.

-What's the first thing to be done?

-Get new engine parts.

l could be a mite helpful

in the parts department.

-Good. l'm glad somebody can help.

-What are we waiting for?

All right, come on.

-Come on.

-Okay.

-Hi.

-Hi.

-ls it all finished?

-All finished.

From the Charlotte Motor Speedway,

the World 600.

The green flag is out, and we're racing!

lnto the first turn,

it's a scramble for the first spot.

The 14 car takes over the lead.

lt's Paul Dado in car 43 around the outside.

Something's wrong with Steve Grayson....

This is a new one for me.

He's dragging.

Come on, stand on it, Steve.

Grayson can't get up to speed.

We'll keep an eye on him while the rest

of the track is jockeying for position.

The 43 car, Paul Dado,

he's still riding the outside...

picking off car after car.

Still the leader, Car Number 14.

Paul Dado now running second.

Steve Grayson has dropped back

to 12th position and running low.

From here, it looks like Steve Grayson

is having handling problems...

or something is wrong

with the weight distribution.

Come on. You're no feather-foot.

Any of you guys

leave a tool kit in that car?

Paul Dado driving a perfect race...

still picking off cars

and coming up on Grayson.

When he does come around,

he will have lapped the 6 car.

And here he comes on the outside.

There he goes,

and Grayson's now one lap down.

Tough break for Grayson,

the fourth fastest qualifier.

What are you doing here?

After we finished working,

l guess l fell asleep in the car.

Lay down and hang on.

The weight's killing me.

l'll just hang on.

The 6 car heading for the pits.

Still having trouble.

-What's slowing you down?

-Get him out of here.

Holy smoke!

Come on! Let's get him out of there.

-Can you make up the time?

-l've got to. Where am l?

You're way back.

-Get off the track.

-l'm not on the track.

Get him off the track!

You all right?

Am l out of the car?

Steve Grayson in Car Number 6

comes back into the race, one lap down.

The leader in Car Number 4,

Paul Dado in Car Number 43.

Dado holding the first spot

for the last 192 laps.

And here comes the 6 car, Steve Grayson.

Man, is he moving!

Already, he's picked up four cars.

He'll have to pass the leader,

Paul Dado in Car Number 43...

to be on the same lap.

Look at this boy go!

He's going to try it on the outside.

There it is.

He's on the same lap with the leader

and pulls away.

Car Number 6 is passing cars

at almost record speed.

We've got him on the last lap...

at 149.06 miles per hour.

That should be a great credit to his crew.

Already, he's made up three-quarters

of a lap, and he's looking for the leader.

Here he is behind Car Number 43...

hitting the wall, trying to get by...

and he made it.

Steve Grayson in Car Number 6.

That's your new leader.

Grayson has been holding the lead now

for the last hour-and-one-half...

riding the high groove and pulling away

as we come to the last five laps.

Steve Grayson,

after all kinds of problems...

has made a fantastic recovery.

He's coming onto the track

one full lap down. Made up for one lap...

turning this track at almost record speed...

to take over the lead

with only three more laps to go.

The battle is still on.

Paul Dado in the 43 car

is trying to recover that lead.

The yellow flag comes down.

The car losing it in the turn,

Number 88, is okay.

We're down to the last two laps.

Please. Come on, Steve.

One more lap to go.

lt's Grayson and Dado,

they'll race for it right to the wire.

Both drivers coming out okay.

Steve Grayson's real steady

with only a half lap to go.

And the 9 car loses a wheel.

And this will be your winner.

Paul Dado wins!

Car Number 43.

Here comes Grayson out of the car.

And he seems to be all right.

The fire crew is there.

Well, race fans, we've seen a beauty.

Darling...

you were wonderful.

-Flat-out all the way.

-A lot of good it did me.

You tried.

Steve, l figured it out.

Counting lap money,

you get $7,670 for third place.

-How about that?

-That's marvelous!

That's enough to get you out of trouble.

We can pay off the furniture,

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