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That's a new chapter for Willy. The checkered flag
for Denis Aase. He's won the Watkins Glen 300, Ribbs comes in second and down in the pits,
you can bet there's a big smile on Dan Gurney's face. Dan Gurney's Toyotas
ended up beating me. I finished second. Dan Gurney, he's spraying
champagne all over me and I grabbed him by the arm as we were walking off the podium and I said,
"I wanna race for you in '87." The beginning of 1987,
my childhood hero, I was his driver. What a grand performance. Willy T. Ribbs is giving
what Dan Gurney has learned about
how to put a car together. In auto racing,
there's always rivals
for Denis Aase. He's won the Watkins Glen 300, Ribbs comes in second and down in the pits,
you can bet there's a big smile on Dan Gurney's face. Dan Gurney's Toyotas
ended up beating me. I finished second. Dan Gurney, he's spraying
champagne all over me and I grabbed him by the arm as we were walking off the podium and I said,
"I wanna race for you in '87." The beginning of 1987,
my childhood hero, I was his driver. What a grand performance. Willy T. Ribbs is giving
what Dan Gurney has learned about
how to put a car together. In auto racing,
there's always rivals
Full Transcript
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That's a new chapter for Willy.
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The checkered flag
for Denis Aase.
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He's won the Watkins Glen 300,
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Ribbs comes in second
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and down in the pits,
you can bet there's a big smile
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on Dan Gurney's face.
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Dan Gurney's Toyotas
ended up beating me.
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I finished second.
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Dan Gurney, he's spraying
champagne all over me
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and I grabbed him by the arm
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as we were walking off the podium
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and I said,
"I wanna race for you in '87."
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The beginning of 1987,
my childhood hero,
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I was his driver.
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What a grand performance.
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Willy T. Ribbs is giving
what Dan Gurney
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has learned about
how to put a car together.
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In auto racing,
there's always rivals.
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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.
