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Then we had high wire acts. When Geoff Bodine came down here from Chemung, New York,
and I used to say, Earnhardt's Robert E. Lee and
Geoff Bodine is Grant. For a while there, they sold
a lot of tickets 'cause there was a civil war
kind of aspect about it. I get a phone call from
a promoter in Charlotte, North Carolina
and I used to say, Earnhardt's Robert E. Lee and
Geoff Bodine is Grant. For a while there, they sold
a lot of tickets 'cause there was a civil war
kind of aspect about it. I get a phone call from
a promoter in Charlotte, North Carolina
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Then we had high wire acts.
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When Geoff Bodine came down here
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from Chemung, New York,
and I used to say,
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Earnhardt's Robert E. Lee and
Geoff Bodine is Grant.
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For a while there, they sold
a lot of tickets
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'cause there was a civil war
kind of aspect about it.
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I get a phone call from
a promoter in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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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.