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Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story

This was a bad, bad situation. People were actuallyfeeling really sorry for us 'cause they...

This was a bad, bad situation. People were actually
feeling really sorry for us 'cause they look up,
then here goes Willy again

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This was a bad, bad situation.
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People were actually feeling really sorry for us
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'cause they look up, then here goes Willy again.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
42
Timestamp in Movie
01:25:12
Uploaded
Jun 05, 2025
Genres
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.
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
Every day that you come, you come straight into the garage. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:05
Every day that you come, you come straight into the garage.
He gave me a lot of confidence. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:18
He gave me a lot of confidence.
Rick Mears is a four-time Indy champion. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:19
Rick Mears is a four-time Indy champion.
I want you to get to the corner and wait till the last second. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:18
I want you to get to the corner and wait till the last secon...
Unfortunately, the reliability of the car - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:14
Unfortunately, the reliability of the car
So we want to get that sorted out. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:13
So we want to get that sorted out.
As you crash or you blow an engine, - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:20
As you crash or you blow an engine,
I think there was a sense of pity, - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:05
I think there was a sense of pity,
I don't know how they kept going. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:10
I don't know how they kept going.
Do you think he'll get in? - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:04
Do you think he'll get in?
And not knowing what to do coming down to the wire. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:05
And not knowing what to do coming down to the wire.
And Buick really tried to help all of its teams - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:34
And Buick really tried to help all of its teams
And there was some, some squeezing, - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:08
And there was some, some squeezing,
Somebody got their balls squeezed real hard - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:08
Somebody got their balls squeezed real hard
And then it's bump day. - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:19
And then it's bump day.
So we were really worried at not being fast enough - Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 00:15
So we were really worried at not being fast enough