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It was a road course, and that was a race
that I could win. The engines that we had
from Robert Yates, every one of them
blew in three to four laps. This was just testing only. He ran into probably
a lot more opposition as people would rather
not have him around. They knew in Watkins Glen, Willy T. Ribbs
was going to be a threat and Willy T. Ribbs would probably win
that I could win. The engines that we had
from Robert Yates, every one of them
blew in three to four laps. This was just testing only. He ran into probably
a lot more opposition as people would rather
not have him around. They knew in Watkins Glen, Willy T. Ribbs
was going to be a threat and Willy T. Ribbs would probably win
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It was a road course,
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and that was a race
that I could win.
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The engines that we had
from Robert Yates,
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every one of them
blew in three to four laps.
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This was just testing only.
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He ran into probably
a lot more opposition
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as people would rather
not have him around.
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They knew in Watkins Glen,
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Willy T. Ribbs
was going to be a threat
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and Willy T. Ribbs would probably win.
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Movie Summary
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.
