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Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story

Do you think he'll get in? Just a gut feel.Are they gonna make it or not?

Do you think he'll get in? Just a gut feel.
Are they gonna make it or not?

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Do you think he'll get in?
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Just a gut feel. Are they gonna make it or not?
Duration
4 seconds
Views
47
Timestamp in Movie
01:28:36
Uploaded
Jun 05, 2025
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documentary
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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.
And not knowing what to do coming down to the wire. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:05
And not knowing what to do coming down to the wire.
And Buick really tried to help all of its teams - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:34
And Buick really tried to help all of its teams
And there was some, some squeezing, - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:08
And there was some, some squeezing,
Somebody got their balls squeezed real hard - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:08
Somebody got their balls squeezed real hard
And then it's bump day. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:19
And then it's bump day.
So we were really worried at not being fast enough - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:15
So we were really worried at not being fast enough
All right, just smoking. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:04
All right, just smoking.
We're dead meat, we are gonna go home. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:06
We're dead meat, we are gonna go home.
The thing was just laboring the whole time. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:05
The thing was just laboring the whole time.
And then when I went out this time, the thing just died. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:05
And then when I went out this time, the thing just died.
When the turbo blows, - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:05
When the turbo blows,
It's concerns about, did metal shavings - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:22
It's concerns about, did metal shavings
Probably the wildest roller coaster ride - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:17
Probably the wildest roller coaster ride
He hadn't been over 210. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:20
He hadn't been over 210.
It took a lot of resolve. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:11
It took a lot of resolve.
But you got to keep going and you gotta keep your edge. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:04
But you got to keep going and you gotta keep your edge.
You gotta keep that toughness - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:05
You gotta keep that toughness
Tim Wardrop showed Willy a set of tires - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:05
Tim Wardrop showed Willy a set of tires
The tires that he called "Magic tires." - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:27
The tires that he called "Magic tires."
To a driver this is the magic set of tires. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:08
To a driver this is the magic set of tires.