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Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story

Then we had high wire acts. When Geoff Bodine came down here from Chemung, New York,and I...

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

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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.
Duration
22 seconds
Views
225
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:52
Uploaded
Jun 05, 2025
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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.