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Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story

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An in-depth profile of the life and career of Willy T. Ribbs - the controversial Black driver who shattered the color barrier of professional auto-racing and became the first Black qualifier in the storied history of the Indy 500.
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Nate Adams, Adam Carolla
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2020
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And he says, "Well, I don't care what you want to do. You can't drive a car." - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:11
And he says, "Well, I don't care what you want to ...
So you could be your own boss." And with him, being your own boss - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:09
So you could be your own boss." And with him, being you...
I wanted to be my own boss. Behind the steering wheel. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:07
I wanted to be my own boss. Behind the steering wheel.
Young drivers from all over the world would all go to Britain, - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:19
Young drivers from all over the world would all go to Britai...
That's the place where you find out if you're real. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:13
That's the place where you find out if you're real...
Look at me going to England to race Formula 4, - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:16
Look at me going to England to race Formula 4,
But he knew it was there. He lost - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:19
But he knew it was there. He lost
When I got to England, I knew from reading Autosport Magazine. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:21
When I got to England, I knew from reading Autosport Magazin...
I said, "No, I'm here to talk to you about driving one of your racecars." - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:14
I said, "No, I'm here to talk to you about driving...
We shook hands on a deal. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:06
We shook hands on a deal.
If you want to be an IndyCar driver - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:23
If you want to be an IndyCar driver
The second race I won. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:29
The second race I won.
The head of Formula One was there, Bernie Ecclestone. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:31
The head of Formula One was there, Bernie Ecclestone.
I wanted to catch your eye - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:17
I wanted to catch your eye
He'd earned so many points, championship was already his. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:04
He'd earned so many points, championship was already hi...
Once I won my championship in Formula 4, - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:15
Once I won my championship in Formula 4,
Once you start coming out of Formula 4, getting into Formula Three, - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:13
Once you start coming out of Formula 4, getting into Formula...
Wanting to be a racecar driver. It costs. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:06
Wanting to be a racecar driver. It costs.
A lot of the drivers were being sponsored by their own country. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:15
A lot of the drivers were being sponsored by their own count...
When I came back to the United States, I was 22 years old. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:06
When I came back to the United States, I was 22 years old.
The next step from Formula 4 to the United States was Formula Atlantic. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:10
The next step from Formula 4 to the United States was Formul...
They had a sponsor that put me in my first race in the United States. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:18
They had a sponsor that put me in my first race in the Unite...
You could feel the tension. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:21
You could feel the tension.
After that, there was nothing. Despite what I accomplished in England. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:13
After that, there was nothing. Despite what I accomplished i...
Let alone African-Americans." - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:07
Let alone African-Americans."
I came to speedway back in 1975, - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:11
I came to speedway back in 1975,
Then we had high wire acts. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:22
Then we had high wire acts.
If 30 % of the population is Black, - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:15
If 30 % of the population is Black,
Humpy Wheeler was smart enough to say, "This would be great for our series." - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:14
Humpy Wheeler was smart enough to say, "This would be g...
And his record was pretty darn good - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:08
And his record was pretty darn good
Usually it takes them two days - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:10
Usually it takes them two days
I said, "You gonna crash this thing if you keep going." He said, - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:19
I said, "You gonna crash this thing if you keep going.&...
You think about that time period we were in in the '70s. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:04
You think about that time period we were in in the '70s...
Everything was supposed to be integrated and yackity yack across the country, - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:09
Everything was supposed to be integrated and yackity yack ac...
Willy had challenges in front of him that - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:05
Willy had challenges in front of him that
You're coming into a sport where the majority of the people are white, - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:10
You're coming into a sport where the majority of the pe...
You go to a racetrack and 75 % of the infield - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:06
You go to a racetrack and 75 % of the infield
Daytona's down there, - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:24
Daytona's down there,
Not if you're black. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:07
Not if you're black.
And when we got into the pits, people were actually - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:07
And when we got into the pits, people were actually
It wasn't a very warm welcome, and it - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:06
It wasn't a very warm welcome, and it
If you're such a badass, don't spit, start swinging your fists. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:04
If you're such a badass, don't spit, start swingin...
The clash of taking a west coast, Northern Californian, black man, - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:17
The clash of taking a west coast, Northern Californian, blac...
And so I said, "Okay, - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:06
And so I said, "Okay,
I'm gonna give you one." - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:14
I'm gonna give you one."
In Talladega, Alabama. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:15
In Talladega, Alabama.
You stood at the driver's meeting and said to the grand national competitors, - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:09
You stood at the driver's meeting and said to the grand...
Oh, no, because it was probably one of the most intelligent questions - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:17
Oh, no, because it was probably one of the most intelligent ...
There was death threats that were called in. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:11
There was death threats that were called in.
It was not only that call, but we got a lot of other calls. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:05
It was not only that call, but we got a lot of other calls.
"If you let that blankety blank run in the race, - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:13
"If you let that blankety blank run in the race,
And you don't turn the other cheek - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:10
And you don't turn the other cheek
Things just kept getting worse and worse and worse. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:15
Things just kept getting worse and worse and worse.
Especially being the personality that he was. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:04
Especially being the personality that he was.
That kind of ended as they say, "The Battle of Willy T." - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:10
That kind of ended as they say, "The Battle of Willy T....
In England, in 1977, I met Muhammad Ali. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:09
In England, in 1977, I met Muhammad Ali.
He said to me, "You're going to deal with some challenges... - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:08
He said to me, "You're going to deal with some cha...
You're not in basketball. You're not in baseball. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:08
You're not in basketball. You're not in baseball.
What gave me resolve - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:12
What gave me resolve
I thought about those, those two men... - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:06
I thought about those, those two men...
Don't give up mentally. You might not be in a racecar, - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:07
Don't give up mentally. You might not be in a racecar,
Don't quit on yourself because the only person - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:05
Don't quit on yourself because the only person
No one was jumping to put me in a racecar. I didn't want to be... - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:09
No one was jumping to put me in a racecar. I didn't wan...
I didn't wanna be in that business, but I had to. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:06
I didn't wanna be in that business, but I had to.
Everything I achieved in England was meaningless. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:22
Everything I achieved in England was meaningless.
He asked me to go to a race with him. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:05
He asked me to go to a race with him.
And I said, "Nah, I don't wanna go." - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:13
And I said, "Nah, I don't wanna go."
I'll drive you down. Just walk me around, I've never been." - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:04
I'll drive you down. Just walk me around, I've nev...
Went down there and I was walking through the pits - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:06
Went down there and I was walking through the pits
I didn't know who Jim Trueman was, he said, "I own Red Roof Inns." - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:25
I didn't know who Jim Trueman was, he said, "I own...
He says, "What do you wanna do?" - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:30
He says, "What do you wanna do?"
The Formula Atlantic Series, was in many ways the pre-eminent - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:07
The Formula Atlantic Series, was in many ways the pre-eminen...
It was the most similar to what a race driver would be driving anywhere - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:09
It was the most similar to what a race driver would be drivi...
My first Formula Atlantic race, I ran in the top Six. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:21
My first Formula Atlantic race, I ran in the top Six.
That surprised me and everybody else. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:05
That surprised me and everybody else.
In front of Formula One, - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:11
In front of Formula One,
I knew that. I said, "I'm as good as anybody in the sport." - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:06
I knew that. I said, "I'm as good as anybody in th...
Took off, and I had a good week. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:12
Took off, and I had a good week.
And I could feel the engine start to fade. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:10
And I could feel the engine start to fade.
The reason that engine failed was because - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:06
The reason that engine failed was because
Everybody we were beating, they had a brand new engine with - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:05
Everybody we were beating, they had a brand new engine with
And it was special for Long Beach - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:19
And it was special for Long Beach
Where's the deals? Where's the phone calls? - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:04
Where's the deals? Where's the phone calls?
Nothing happened. No deal. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:14
Nothing happened. No deal.
Two days before Thanksgiving, the phone rang, and it was Paul Newman. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:05
Two days before Thanksgiving, the phone rang, and it was Pau...
Paul Newman took racing really seriously. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:08
Paul Newman took racing really seriously.
The only thing that I ever found any grace in was an automobile. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:04
The only thing that I ever found any grace in was an automob...
I first met Paul - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:39
I first met Paul
They got a few hard asses there, - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:14
They got a few hard asses there,
DeAtley Racing was sponsored by Budweiser. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:16
DeAtley Racing was sponsored by Budweiser.
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An in-depth profile of the life and career of Willy T. Ribbs - the controversial Black driver who shattered the color barrier of professional auto-racing and became the first Black qualifier in the storied history of the Indy 500.

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