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Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story

So they practice and seehow fast they can go and then they qualify.There's four days

So they practice and see
how fast they can go and then they qualify.
There's four days

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So they practice and see how fast they can go
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and then they qualify. There's four days.
Duration
5 seconds
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55
Timestamp in Movie
01:22:11
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.
You qualify the first day, that's up front. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:25
You qualify the first day, that's up front.
You have to run. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:15
You have to run.
That's where the testicles come in. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:05
That's where the testicles come in.
Ten miles, anything can happen in ten miles, anything. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:06
Ten miles, anything can happen in ten miles, anything.
At Indy, - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:05
At Indy,
If you were not one of the wealthy teams, - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:28
If you were not one of the wealthy teams,
And so, we went to the following weekend to qualify. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:06
And so, we went to the following weekend to qualify.
At that time, the rules allowed you to go with - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:18
At that time, the rules allowed you to go with
That took a few days to get done. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:11
That took a few days to get done.
Up to speed, two laps, get her up to speed and get it going. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:04
Up to speed, two laps, get her up to speed and get it going.
If it don't feel right, just get on the radio - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:06
If it don't feel right, just get on the radio
Okay, well-- - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:04
Okay, well--
Listen for that valve in case that valve blows off, - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:06
Listen for that valve in case that valve blows off,
The engine had lots of power when it was going. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:06
The engine had lots of power when it was going.
It was like a ticking time bomb. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:12
It was like a ticking time bomb.
This was a bad, bad situation. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:10
This was a bad, bad situation.
Big cloud of smoke. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:09
Big cloud of smoke.
There, you almost have sympathy, - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:22
There, you almost have sympathy,
Awesome race driver, - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:04
Awesome race driver,
The generation before me - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:29
The generation before me