Born to Race (2011)

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[MUSIC DRAG STREET RACING]



[CHEERING]

Man: Yeah, what yöu got?

Tony: An ET 35 Raw Turbo kit.
Mishimoto intercooler.

Uh huh.

Engine SCS exhaust.

Oh, what?

That's how I roll.

Man: Oh, check it out,
it's the SX Race Car.

Our boy's gone legit,
sponsored ride and everything.

What's next, Kruger?

Danny: I want to be the
first import racer in top fuel.

Yeah.

I better get yöur autograph
now, so I can sell it

on eBay when yöu blow up.

Mike: Come on, Danny, yöu
know yöu can't be here in this.

Relax, Mikey, I'm just here
to visit, no harm in that.

If EFX finds out yöu're just
visiting, yöur a*s is done,

they'll kick yöu off.

Tony: Ahhh.
Look who showed up,

yöu going to pay yöur
respects to the King?

Tony, if I beat yöu again, yöu'd
have to file as*ault charges.

All: Oh, h*, h*.

Nobody can touch my
new set up, Kruger.

And, yöu ain't top dog no more.

Don't listen to him, yöu
know he's baiting yöu.

I'll tell yöu what, I'll
come back with my slow car,

and make it fair.

All: Ohhhh.

Yöu know what, I don't
care what yöu're driving,

step up or shut up.

All: Ohhhh.

Not tonight.

Yeah, forget it.

Oh, so, so what, yöu
just coming to show off?

Yöu go ahead, standing like a
p*nsy and posing next to that...

show car.

Yöu can like say what
yöu want about me, Kruger,

when I come to the
ring, I'm ready to box.

Man: Right.

All: Ohhhh.

Okay, come on.

Yeah, ohhhh.

Let's do it.

Walk away.

I'm not going to let this
punk make me look bad.

Who cares what
these people think.

They just want to see a race.

[POLICE RADIO]
Attention all units, downtown.

Got a possible 10-19
in progress at Spencer.

♪...

Dude, I just heard it on the
scanner, it's been called in.

Flag us.

I'm not doing it, this is
stupid, I'm telling yöu.

Just do it. It'll
be over in ten seconds.

[SIRENS]

[CRASH]

Police: Yöu all right?

Danny: Yeah.

Good. Put yöur hands up,
yöu're under arrest.

Spread yöur legs.

Mom: I only agreed to let
yöu race for them, because

I thought it would keep yöu
out of trouble. That yöu would

finally be doing something
productive. I have had it.

Joe: Oh boy.

How bad this time?

Dude, l, I don't think
we should do this, man.

Mr. Afshaw, I am so sorry.

If yöu could let
me explain, l...

Afshaw: What part
do yöu want to explain?

The part where yöu took
a hundred thousand Dollar

car to an ill*gal street
race, or how yöu managed

to crash it into a cop car?
Yöu're lucky nobody got hurt.

I know. I made
a mistake, but...

What yöu did was stupid.
This is a disaster.

Yöu're done, Kruger.

I'll, I'll pay for it.

Yöu're done.

Come on, Danny, let's
go. Sorry, Mr. Afshaw.

Ohhh, I should have
listened to yöu.

Dude, yöu're like a bull, yöu
see red, yöu just go for it.

It doesn't matter
what anyone says.

Yeah.

Keep yöur head up, man.
Yöu'll be all right.

What?

We're trying to
help yöu, we are...

it's, it's just, ah...

We're sending yöu to
live with yöur father.

What?

Yöu need to make a clean break,
put all of this behind yöu.

When did yöu talk to him?

This morning.

He put yöu up to
this, didn't he?

No, Joe has nothing
to do with this.

Every time there's a problem,
it is worst than the last time.

Speeding tickets, street racing,
and now another accident, l

don't even want to think about
what is going to happen next.

Yöu're going to send
me to go live with a guy

that I haven't seen in
five years? He's a drunk.

No, Danny, he is not a drunk.

Oh, not any more.

I have done everything
I can think of and l

don't know what else to do.

I'm not going.

My whole life is here,
there's no way...

No, yöu don't have a
choice in the matter.

Yöu are going, end of story.

♪...

[SHATTERING]

Frank: Hey Liz.

Hi, Frank.

Yöu look good.

Umh, yöu too.

[GARAGE DOOR]

Hey kid.

Hey, Frank.

So, yöu want to get
loaded up or what?

♪...

It's ahh, nice ride
yöu got back there.

What is it, ah, 2003, right?



Four.

Modify it yöurself?

Me and my buddy, Mikey.

Nice.

Looks expensive.

A heck of a guy that
stepfather of yöurs.

I bought it myself.

Can we keep the small
talk to a minimum?

Ahhh, so that's yöur plan.

Ignore me.

Until I turn
eighteen, pretty much.

Umh.

Why wait, tough guy, go on.

Get out!

Take a walk.

Go ahead and hate me
all yöu want, it won't

change the fact that we're
stuck with each other.

Do yöu understand?

Oh, I'm not going to
win a popularity contest,

or be yöur best friend,
or make up for lost time.

I'm here because yöur mother
couldn't handle yöu anymore,

yöu get that?
Yöu get it?

I owe her.

Yeah?

What about me?

What about yöu?

♪...

So this is home.

♪...

Danny: Yöu still
have that thing?

Yep.

I bet it runs like crap.

All right.

My humble abode.

So, now that yöu're living with
me, there's a few rules that

yöu're going to follow.
There's no maid service,

so pick up after yöurself.
Yöu make yöur own meals,

yöu do yöur dishes,
laundry is over there.

Yöur room.

Any questions?

Could we unload my car now?

What's yöur hurry,
yöu can't drive it.

My license is restricted,
I can drive to work and school.

Uh huh?

And, nowhere else, right?

Right. Get unpacked.

♪...

I got it from here.

What's it need?

Just finishing a turbo upgrade. It's no
big deal.

So, yöu think yöu know
yöur way around an engine?

Probably better than yöu.

Fantastic, I always
wanted a second mechanic,

but I couldn't afford it. Yöu're
going to put those expert skills

of yöurs to work, every day,
after school. No free rides.

[ALARM CLOCK]

Ahhh.

Crap.

♪...

Max: Okay, check the
fuel maps. The air fuel ratio

gets anywhere near


Harry: This ain't cool, man.
We should run it rich.

Dude, I wanted 12.5 to one.

All right, fine. Pistons crack, it's on yöu,
my friend.

Max: Whatever.

Check the EGTs, too.

Yes, master.

Jake: Watch this, baby.

What's up, Max.
How's the rice burner running?

Pretty sweet.
Worked on it all summer.

Cool.

Want to see if the
hard work paid off?

Harry: Hell, yeah.

It's so much faster
with the turbo.

Show them what we got.

[REVVING]

Jessica: Can we
not do this, please?

Jake, don't.

Jake, pull over.

All right, we got it.

Jake!

Keep it up.

Ahhh, Jake!

Yöu're such a jerk.

Come on.

Come on.

Shake and bake, baby.

What the hell is wrong with
yöu, they could have been hurt!

What, they're fine.

Come on, yöu still mad?

Pretty sick prize, right?

Yeah.

Best racing school there is.

All the top racing teams
scout for new drivers there.

Well, yöu better have a fast
ride if yöu're going to enter?

I got that covered.

Yöu look familiar.
What do I know yöu from?

Yöu don't.

Oh, oh, boys, another hopeful.

It's cruel to have them
posters up there like that,

make these fools
think they have a chance.

Hey Max, close
race this morning.

[SCHOOL BELL]

I'm Mr. Briggs.

I'm going to tell yöu candy
asses right now, this is not

some fluff elective yöu'll be
able to jerk yöur way through.

I run a very serious shop class.

Jake...

I'm talking to yöu.

Me?

Yöu.

I don't care who yöu think yöu
are, when yöu're in my class,

yöu will pay attention,
and yöu will participate.

Do yöu understand?

Yes, Sir.

All right, well since
yöu're in such a good mood,

Jake, why don't
yöu tell the class what

Cam torque actuated
variable cam timing is?

Ahhh, what was that again?

[SNIGGERING]

Yöu...

explain.

Ahh, well, it varies intake
valve timing by using tortional

energy to rotate the camshaft.

Well, I don't keep up the
import tuner magazine.

[SNIGGERING]

Actually, CTA variable timing
is used in domestic cars

Iike the new Mustang.
Don't yöu drive one of those?

Briggs: Not bad.
What's yöur name?

Danny.

Yöu got a last name, Danny?

Kruger.

Yöu're Frank's kid?
He said yöu'd show up.

He also said yöu got a
piss poor attendance record,

I'm not going to have a
problem with yöu, am l, Danny?

No.

Good.

Wait, yöu're dad's Frank Kruger?

One more reason yöu shouldn't
set foot on a track.

[SCHOOL BELL]

How do I sign up for the drags?

Yöu eighteen yet?

No.

Have yöur dad sign it,
get it back to me,

deadline's in two weeks.

Danny...

ignore them.

Yöur dad was one
hell of a racer.

♪...

[SCHOOL BELL]

Parker: Okay, now for all
the new faces out there,

I'd like to welcome
yöu to Drama Class.

I am Miss Parker. And,
I like to start each new

class with an exercise that
I call 'First lmpressions'.

So, which one of yöu
is going to go first?

Uh huh, uh huh.
Okay, yöu in the back.

Yeah. What is yöur name, Sir?

Danny.

Danny? Will yöu
stand right here?

Ah, and who would
like to give us their

first impression of Danny?

Jessica.

Yöu seem like yöu have
a lot to say today.

Why don't yöu tell
me what yöu see?

He's definitely a
transfer student.

Okay, interesting.
Continue.

He is probably in Drama
because it's the

only elective still open.

And, why do yöu say that?

He doesn't look like the kind
of guy who reads Shakespeare.

[HUFFS] Neither do yöu,
Miss Popularity,

in yöur four
hundred dollar jeans.

Name one character
in any of his plays.

I can name two,
Romeo and Juliet.

Please, even a fifth
grader knows that.

Yöu said any character.
Yöur turn.

Oh, this is really difficult,
I mean there are so many

great ones. MacBeth, Shylock,
Desdemona, Othello, Hamlet.

Yöur turn.

Are those are all
the characters?

[LAUGHS]

Yöu did good.

Puck.

Excuse me?

Puck, from A
Midsummer's Night Dream.

The Mischief Maker, the
Merry Wanderer of the Night.

Somebody Googled
Shakespeare after class.

So ah, how could yöu tell
that I got stuck with Drama?

The same thing happened
to me when I transferred.

Oh, yöu transferred, too, huh? When?

Last year, from Tampa.
What about yöu?

Encino.

A Valley boy, huh?

Yeah.

Is Bradford like a
major culture shock?

This place sucks.

[LAUGHS]

It'll get better.

I hope so.

I'm having a back to
school party tonight.

Yöu should come.

Uh, yeah, I don't know.

Not into the whole people thing?

Here is the address...

in case yöu get bored.

Yöu're late.

I got three cars that needed
tune-ups fifteen minutes ago.

[ENGINE DOES NOT START]

Pick it up, yöu got two
more after that one.

I'm not used to
working on antiques.

Antiques?

Do yöu even know
how to set points?

What I know is programmable
engine management systems,

not carburetors and
mechanical ignition.

Try using a feeler gauge,
that'll help yöu out.

Where the hell do yöu
keep the stupid thing?

I don't know, I never need it.

[ENGINE STARTS]

Write it up.

[KNOCKING]

Heading to the diner
for something to eat,

do yöu want to join?

I already ate.

Suit yöurself.

[ENGINE STARTS]

Max: Hey, Danny, Danny.

Now I know where
I seen yöu before.

Hey, put that away man,
that's ancient history.

History is our favorite subject.

I'm Max, this is Harry.

So, what's a rock star
like yöu doing in Bradford?

Yöu two know the girl
who is throwing this party?

Kind of. Definitely.

Yöu're cool with us
tagging along, right?

I guess.

Max: Whoa, there's a pool.

Should have done crunches.

Dude, let's go get some
brewskis. Want one?

I'm good.

All right.

Rachel: lmpressive turn out,
Jessica, I'm must say.

Where's Jake?

Come on, Rachel. We went
on two of the worst dates.

I'm officially done.

Yeah but look at what he's
done for yöur social life.

This party, it's
strictly A list.

Oh my God, it's that
kid from Drama Class.

The Bruder...?

So?

What, yöu invited him?

Thought it'd be a
good opportunity

for him to meet people.

Well, he's off to a great
start, hanging out with the

Tech support over there. Did,
did yöu invite them, too?

They're not hurting anybody.

[SCOFFS]

Max: Andrew's here.

Pete, the shorts?

Yöu seen him.

Hey.

Hey yöurself.
I didn't think yöu'd show.

Since the host gave me
a VlP invite, I thought

I'd skip work and
make an appearance.

And she appreciates that.

Very good, cause my
boss is a real hard a*s.

Briggs: So what happened,
yöu're out and about

and not holed up in that
damned shop of yöurs.

Frank: It's like old times.

Kendall:Frank Kruger,
is that yöu?

I hardly recognize yöu
standing upright and all,

yöu know they don't
serve Wild Turkey here.

Been sober a year
this October, Jimmy.

Ohhh.

Add another car to
yöur collection?

What are yöu talking about,
the same one I've always had.

Now I recognize it,

I only ever saw the
headlights in the rearview.

Briggs: Ohhhh.

Yöu're a funny man.

Hey, what up baby,
how's it going?

Yöur parents aren't gonna scoop
in and break this up any time?

Are yöu kidding?

Throwing a party like this,
is my stepdad's idea of bonding.

Oh, mine couldn't
wait to get rid of me.

Yöu see Jessica anywhere?

Hey that Kruger kid
gets around, doesn't he?

Is that how yöu
ended up in Bradford?

Something like that.
My dad lives here.

Why, I have no idea.

Come on, it's not
that bad, is it?

It's getting better.

Jake.

What are yöu doing
with this boy?

We're talking.

That's all yöu better be doing.

Don't act like my boyfriend,
Jake, cause yöu're not.

Look, I know we had a
little fight, that's cause

we're still getting
to know each other.

Oh, really? How?

The only thing yöu talk
about is yöu, and yöur car.

[LAUGHS]

What's wrong with that?

[LAUGHS]

b*tches, right, they
never know what they want.

All right, all right,
no need to get nasty.

Yöu going to do
something about it?

Relax, okay?
Nobody wants a problem.

Too late.

[PUNCH]

Oh my God.

Yöu want a little bit more,

yöu think he needs
a little bit more?

Yeah, he's gonna get
a little bit more.

Stop.

How that one feel, huh?

Huh, yöu like that, huh?

Is that all yöu got?

Yöu want some of this?

Ahhhh.

Jessica: Oh my God.
Somebody stop this!

Danny, stop!

He's like a super hero!

Get up. Get him!

♪...

Jessica: Jake, don't!

♪...

He's dead.

Get him.

Come on.

[CAR HORNS]

And that's where we got
a straightaway, boys.

Come on!

Why aren't we catching him?

'Cause I got yöu
two idiots in the car.

No cops, no cops, no cops.

Briggs: I'm impressed, Frank.

Yöu finally getting
that temper under control.

It ain't easy with that kid
testing it every other day.

He's as bad as I was.

Yöu were worse and yöu know it.

[LAUGHS] Yeah.

He seems like a good kid,
just give him some time.

I just hope I can keep him
out of trouble, yöu know.

[FAST CARS]

Yöu're doing a hell
of a job so far.

♪...

God!

Move.

Pull over, Kruger,
we just want to talk.

Go, go!

Ahh, come on!

We got him.

There we go, rice burner.

Pull over, Kruger!

Come on.

Got him, boys.

[TRUCK HORN]

[SQUEALING TIRES]

[PANTING]
Oh, he's a dead man.

[ENGINE DIES]

Come on.

Yeah.

Ahhh.

Yöu better hit the road or
yöu're going to be late.

My car's got problems,
can I have a ride?

Ah, driving it too hard?

I'll find my own ride home.

Hey man, is it true yöu
dusted Jake's Mustang?

Bro.

What do yöu got under yöur hood?

Guy: Dude, I don't know,
I think he's gonna...

No dude, there's no way
he's gonna show up...

[ROOM FALLS SILENT]

Kruger, yöu might want
to sit right there.

All right, let's
start off with a little pop

quiz on air fuel ratios.

Dude, yöu outran Jake.

That's what everybody
at the diner was saying.

He had two people in his
car so I had the advantage,

but yeah, I did all right, why?

Dude, he's the
fastest in the County,

nobody can touch him
at the street races.

His dad owns
Kendall Performance,

he's got like a whole
store at his disposal.

Great.

Jake's cars will put
this school on the map.

Our football team sucks.

Yöu're into drags, right?

Yeah, just got to finish
some work on my car first.

Yöu don't know what yöu started.

Briggs: Hey, hey, hey,
knock it off. There'll be

no fighting in my
classroom, not if yöu want to

compete in this
year's drags. Now, yöu got

a problem with each other,
yöu settle it on the track.

And, keep yöur racing
off the streets.

I'll see yöu outside school.

[SCHOOL BELL]
See yöu after school?

Yeah, I'll catch yöu later.

Danny.

Hey.

Hey.

How's the lip?

It's fine.

How does it feel to be the most
talked about guy at school?

Huh, I liked it better
when nobody knew my name.

Thank yöu.

Yeah well, I didn't like the
way he was talking to yöu.

It was very Puck like.

That's a good thing, right?

Yes.

Go on a date with me.

I might consider that.

But, my car's out of commission,

so yöu're going to
have to drive, too.

The car everyone's
dreaming about?

Yeah, don't tell anybody.

It's at the end of the month.

Yöu're kidding me, right?

The grand prize is
a full ride to the

NHRA Pomona Racing School,
it's where everybody...

Yeah, yeah.

I think yöu should stay away
from racing for a while.

I should have known that yöu
would be a jerk about this.

Watch yöur mouth.

Especially when yöu're
asking me for favors.

I haven't asked yöu for
anything in seven years.

All I want is yöur signature.

Yöu want my signature?

I better not catch yöu
street racing again.

I haven't been.

Who do yöu think
yöu're talking to?

[ENGINE STARTS]

[ENGINE DOES NOT START]

No way.

Yöu're not the only one
around here with a fast car.

And it's stick, too.

What's the point of having a
Porche that's an automatic?

Yöu know, yöu're
making it really hard for

me to like yöu right now.

Oh. Buckle up.

So, where we going?

Chuckie Cheese.

Chuckie Cheese?
That's fun.

Yöu ever been there before?

No.

♪...

So, who taught yöu how to drive? Yöu're
good.

Unlike most girls?

Hey, yöu said that, not me.

It was the car l
learned to drive in.

Mine was an old Honda Civic.

It was my dad's.

The day he brought it home,
he was like a little kid.

He had been saving up
for years to buy it.

My mom was so mad.

She called it his
convertible midlife crisis.

I still remember the feel of
the leather when it was new,

and the smell.

He used to say Porche leather
had a unique scent to it.

And, I don't want that to fade
so I only drive it on special

occasions, or...
when I have a lot on my mind.

How long has he been gone for?

Three years.

I'm sorry.

Why?

So, I heard a rumor
yöur dad raced in Nascar.

Until he hit a wall at 150
and shattered his clutch leg.

Ouch.

Yeah.

He wasn't the same after that. It was like
living with a ghost.

Yöu knew he was there but,

he only made himself
visible when he felt like it.

But, yöu're closer now, right?

Sure, from a
geographical standpoint.

But ah, I don't
know, it's weird.

What is?

Trying to communicate.

He's, it's like it's
just too much to say.

That's not a bad problem
to have, trust me.

Do yöu want to go for a drive?

Yeah.

Okay.

♪...

Good night.

Nite.

What's up?

Think yöu could take
a look at my car?

Maybe this weekend, I got to get
this head gasket replaced, asap.

Forget it.

I'll figure it out myself.

What's the problem?

It's getting fuel,
it's getting spark, the timing

beIt's not broken, vacuum lines
are all good. I don't get it.

Normally, I'd run a diagnostic
with Mikey's laptop,

but obviously I can't do that.

Try it now.

Start the damned thing already.

[ENGINE STARTS]

Yöu forgot to torque
down the crank sensor.

That's why it was
running rough before.

And those poly mounts yöu got
probably helped shake it loose.

I didn't even think
to check that.

Uh.

It's a 2.5, right?

Yeah.

Yeah, so yöur taxing those
little injectors with yöur big

turbo, it might be
running lean on top end.

Just seemed to pull
hard through the red

Iine last time I checked.

It could pull harder
is all I'm saying.

Anyway, now that it's running...

I need yöu to go on a parts run.

Where to?

Kendall's.

Yöu buy parts from
the competition?

Competition, I'm lucky
to be in business.

And, it's too late to drive
all the way to Pep Boys.

Yöu're welcome.

Thanks.

Hey.

When yöu get on it, make
sure no one's around.

♪...

[ENGINE REVVING]

Sure there's nothing wrong?

Mechanic: It's filled
up with 116 race gas and

three degrees of timer.
This baby's ready to go.

It better be, I'm racing
that college punk tonight.

Kendall:
Yöu'll smoke him, son.

Yöu better, if yöu
want to wear that name.

[PHONE RINGS]

Hey yöu. We're still
on for 7:30, right?

Ahhh, actually l, I don't
think I'm going to make it.

I've got to work late.

Oh.

I'm, I'm sorry, Jess.

Ah, could we do it
tomorrow instead?

Yeah, sure.

Thank yöu, yöu're awesome.
I'll talk to yöu later, okay?

Bye.

[ENGINES ROARING]

♪...

Guy: Give it up old man.

Danny: Hey.

Dude, are yöu crazy,
if Jake and his boys see yöu,

they're going to
rip yöur throat out.

Relax, I'm just
doing some recon.

All right.

Come on Jake, come on Jake,
come on Jake, let's go.

Let's go, let's go.

Yöu're about to get
schooled, college boy.

Well, it looks like college boy
forgot to put down the E brake.

Too bad.

[PHONE RINGS]

Hey Rachel.

Ah, I thought yöu and the
newbee were going out tonight?

He had to cancel.
He's working late.

Ah no, he's at the races.
I'm staring right at him.

He finished , before so
it's around one twenty.

He's probably running elevens.

Dude, I thought that ,
running elevens at the track,

Jake's got to be running tens.

All right, I'll
see yöu guys later.

All right.

What do we have here?

Don't be shy, Kruger,
come and say hello.

Kruger, I'm glad yöu stopped by.

I think we got off on
the wrong foot, yöu see,

I didn't realize I was in
the presence of a celebrity.

I did a little digging and
it seems yöu were a big

man back in L.A.
Not that that means much,

when yöur competition is
a bunch of rice rockets.

All: Ohhhh.

But, yöur wins did land yöu a
high profile sponsorship,

which surprised me at first.

I was like, this is that
loser, Frank Kruger's kid?

All: Ohhhh.

Shut up, Jake.

And, then I found out yöu
managed to crash yöur

sponsor's race
car a month later.

And I was like, what do
yöu know, he is a Kruger.

[LAUGHTER]

And now, everyone's under the
impression that yöu're fast,

maybe even faster than me.

Oohh!

Well, let's set them straight.

Yöu couldn't come
close the other night.

I had three people in my car.

I wasn't getting full boost.

Well then, let's
settle it right now.

We got a few hours
before the bars close,

and yöu have to scoop
yöur old man off the floor.

That is why yöu
moved here, right,

to be yöur dad's
personal dial-a-ride.

Ohhhh.

Ow!

That was low. That was low,
I admit it, I shouldn't

insult yöur dad, my gardener
says he does good work.

Yöu want to race?

Come on, let's go.

Take it easy, Danny.
Yöu're not thinking straight.

Looks like Kruger's going down.

Ohh.

All right.

[SQUEALING TIRES]

Okay.

Here we go.

Come on.

Come on.

No.

Damn it.

That's it.

That's what yöu get
for going Japanese.

I almost had yöu,
and yöu know it.

Almost doesn't count.
Now is a good time to get out

of here before yöu make a
bigger fool out of yöurself.

[SIRENS]
Bobo.

Jessica!

Damn it.

I think we lost them.

So how much yöu beat him by?

Not enough.

I almost had yöu
and yöu know it.

Almost doesn't count.
Now is a good time to

get out of here before
yöu make a bigger fool...

We were bam, blew
by him in fourth gear.

Smelling my exhaust.

Kruger, Kendall, follow me.

Make sure the columns
match to 871, let's go.

Go.

What the hell were yöu thinking?

I don't know.

I warned yöu both to
keep it on the track.

Now, I got to call yöur dads.

Mine practically threw me a
party for taking Kruger down.

I'm still going to
have a word with him.

Now get yöur dumb
a*s back in the class.

Yöu put me in a bad position
Danny, yöu know that?

I really thought yöu
were smarter than this.

What's it going to take?

I'm sorry.

What's it going to take?

Cause I was thinking, ah what
the hell, maybe I should let

him race. He's doing his homework, he's
showing up on

time, maybe I should
cut him some slack.

[CRUNCHES PAPER]

Give me yöur keys,

nothing but an irresponsible
spoiled little punk.

Do no lecture me about
responsibility,

yöu abandoned yöur wife and kid.

Yöu're seventeen.

Yöu don't know a damned
thing about life.

Do yöu know what it's like to
have yöur dad shut yöu out?

I was ten.

Yeah? Yöu talk to me
when fifteen years of hard

work blow up in yöur face
because of one mistake.

Maybe yöu should have focused
on what yöu had instead of

obsessing over what yöu lost.

Yöu know what, that's
enough. I'm not going to let

yöu screw up. Give me yöur
keys, yöu're done driving.

Yöu're done driving.

Yöu know what I think,
I think yöu're jealous, cause

I've got a real shot at doing
something that yöu never could.

Give me yöur keys.
Give me yöur keys!

[KNOCKING]

Hi, ah...

is Jessica here?

What do yöu want, Danny?

I screwed up, but l
didn't go there to race.

Then why were yöu there?

Oh, I needed to see what l
was up against in the drags.

Why couldn't yöu
just tell me that?

I don't know.

Back in L.A., I had a
sponsorship, a really big one,

and I lost it.

How?

It doesn't matter how.

When I heard about the High School
Drags, I thought...

this could be my shot, yöu
know, like my second chance.

So, am I just something
to pass the time with

until yöu get that
golden ticket out of here?

No, no, not at all.

Have yöu ever stopped
to think that just maybe

there are more important
things than racing?

I came here to apologize
to yöu, why are yöu

giving me a hard time?

If that's how yöu feel,
then yöu need to go.

Are yöu serious?

Now.

[DRIPPING]

♪...

[SQUEALING TIRES]

[CRASH]

[PHONE RINGS]

Yeah?

Dad, I need yöur help.

Where are yöu?

Are yöu okay?

Yeah.

Are yöu okay?

I'm fine.

Are yöu sure?

I'm fine.

Oh man.
What happened?

Somebody messed with my brakes.

Yöu had to be hauling
a*s to end up like that.

I'm telling yöu, somebody
screwed with my car.

Always somebody
else's fault with yöu.

Yöu could have gotten
yöurself k*lled.

Yöu don't think.

What the hell's wrong with yöu?

Ohhh.

Help me with the winch.

[DIALS]

[PHONE RINGS]

Hello.

Mom?

Danny?

Can I come home?

Oh, Danny.

If, if I thought this
wasn't the best thing for yöu,

I would come and
get yöu in a heart beat.

[CRYING]

He hates me, he doesn't want
me here, he never wanted me.

No, no, that is not true.

It was his idea for
yöu to go there.

Danny, talk to him.
He loves yöu.

Maybe it's time to forgive him.

Oh, I'm sorry, Mom.

I know.

I love yöu.

I love yöu, too.

Why did yöu leave?

Ah, I fell apart,
I ruined everything,

trying to make an impossible
path instead of finishing

second and having a
family and a career.

Hey...

do yöu remember the time I came to pick
yöu up from school...

right before l, I took off?

No.

Yöu had a 104-degree fever,

the school nurse called
for us to pick yöu up.

Mom was at work, I didn't
have a job because l...

well, when I got there...

they wouldn't release yöu to me.

I mean it wasn't even


and I was already
half a bottle in.

I don't remember that.

Yöu know what I do remember?

It was the first time yöu took me for a
ride in this beast.

I had butterflies in my
stomach the whole time.

That feeling of
acceleration was so intense,

I was really scared
at first, then I felt safe.

Cause I knew yöu were
behind the wheel.

Yöu know what...

as hard as it is to hear it,

I'm glad I mean it's better that I wasn't
there for the last few

years, cause it wasn't pretty and yöu'd
hate me even more.

I didn't hate yöu.
I never hated yöu.

But, yöu know, a
visit every once in a

while would have been nice.

Yeah, I should have been there.

Thanks. I'll get a
ride home from Max.

Hey Kruger, where's yöur ride?

Working on any new mods?

It's wrecked, yöu guys.

I'm out.

[SCHOOL BELL]

Where's Fernando?

He's supposed to be up there
playing Ben, I need a Ben.

He's in the bathroom.

Are yöu kidding me?

I'll do it.

Oh.

Huh.

Nice to see yöu
coming around, Danny.

All right, yöu know what,
before yöu just jump in,

I want yöu to tell me in
yöur own words, what do

yöu think that Ben is
trying to say to Claire?

Ahhh...

All right, just remember,
he's a compulsive gambler

and he just bet everything
on the wrong horse,

and now he has to face her.

Danny: I guess he's...
saying he's sorry.

Sorry?

Dan... He just gambled
away her wedding ring,

yöu're going to have to do
better than, I'm sorry.

Ahh...
he'd say he was stupid,

and that he let his addiction get the best
of him.

Parker: Good. What else?

He'd say he should have
listened when she

tried to help him,
and he'd say thank yöu.

Yöu're welcome.

♪...

Well, that's a familiar
sight, I can't remember

the last time I saw
yöu driving it.

Ah, just thought l'd
dust her off and take

my son to school today.

I guess yöu heard our
boys got a little rowdy

the other night, just like we
used to, except of course ah,

Kendall won this time.

Heard it was close.

Ah, yöur boy didn't
have much of a chance.

Got half my shop
bolted under Jake's V8.

It'd end up lower, next.

Frank: Uh huh.

It's good for business.
When he wins.

All the other kids come in and
they spend all their money.

Right.

Hey, yöu know, l, I'm not
really sure that yöur

boy's got much of a future
in racing, but hey...

yöu can always change the name
of that shop to Kruger and Son.

Ah, yöu know something, Jimmy,
it's one thing to understand

how to bolt after market
parts to yöur car...

It's another thing entirely...

to understand how they
all work together.

♪...

[LAUGHS]

Son of ah...

Hey kid, what's going on?

Remember guys, it's the last
day to turn in yöur permission

slips for the Drag. So, drop
them if yöu got them.

I'm glad yöu're still in.

Yöu guys want to be
part of my pit crew?

Hell, yeah.

We got three days boys,
so let's get this front

end stripped,
I mean everything.

Could yöu guys use
another pair of hands?

Thank yöu.

Two fenders, front cross member,
radiator supports, two A arms,

inter cooler, motor mounts and
the grand total is...

There's no way, it's too much.

All right, it's a school
night, everyone go home.

We'll regroup tomorrow.

Hey Randy.

Same to yöu.

Yöu still got yöur
eyes on my Buick?

Mark: Frank, wow,
long time no see.

Good to see yöu, Mark.

Yeah, what can I do for yöu?

Ah, I ah, I really
need yöu to hook me up.

It's for my boy.

Oh wow.

Yeah, he's racing in
the high school drags.

Yöu sold the Buick?

Yep.

Should be enough left
over for the rest

of the performance stuff.

But, it won yöu
yöur first trophy.

Time to let go of the past
and focus on what's ahead.

Thanks, Dad.

It's the least I could do.

Now, help me unload this stuff.

♪...

Right button purges the lines,
left button arms the nitrous.

Kendall's got twice the motor
and a super charger, yöu got a


light goes green, hit it.

Hold it down the
whole way through.

♪...

Yeah, GT40 manifolds.

Is that the best
price yöu can give me?

Rocket fuel.

[ENGINE STARTS]

[APPLAUSE]

How's it feel?

Feels good, sounds really good.

I have a little surprise.

Don't ask.

I thought it would be good
advertising for the shop.

Yeah, he's thinking
about turning this place

into an import shop.

All right, good job
guys, we race tomorrow.

♪...

Announcer: Welcome everyone,
to the NHRA California

High School Drags. With over


our biggest event ever.

Leading the pack, is Bradford
High School with six entries.

Keep yöur eyes on hometown
favorite, Jake Kendall, and the

whole g*ng from Kendall
Performance Centers.

Newcomer, Danny Kruger has a
unique entry this year, fielding

a 2.5-liter, four cylinder,
all wheel drive Subaru STl.

It's one of the only four
cylinder's in competition,

and it's going head to head
with all these big V8s.

Let's see if this little
Subaru has what it takes.

We'd like to thank all our
sponsors, including Grant

Steering Wheels,
Brarer Racing...

Yöu guys get unloaded,
I'll get us registered.

Yöu got it.

Announcer: Next up in the
warm up round, we have Miguel

Sanchez with his classic turbo
diesel truck, Little Red.



I've seen both these cars run
quicker, so I don't think

they're giving it
all they've got.

Yöu're going down, Kruger.

It runs in the family.

Like father, like son.

Looks like yöu picked
the wrong team, Jess.

Looks like I picked
the wrong friend.

Frank: All right, turn him out. Yöu got to
stay focused.

Here.

We're good to go.

Fantastic.

All right, let's get yöur
a*s to the starting line.

Warm-up round is almost over.

First run, all yöu have to
do is come under 13 seconds.

That should be no problem.

Okay.

Announcer: This is the last race of the
warm-up round and we

have Danny Kruger and his STl.
His opponent is Alex Dodd in

his retro Ford Mustang from
Washington High School.

Look at that burnout. Dodd is
getting those tires nice and

sticky so he can get maximum
traction off the starting line.

No need to heat up yöur
tires when yöu got all

wheel drive like that Subaru.

Kruger stumbles off the starting
line and the Mustang is gone.

Let's see if Kruger
can catch him.

And, no sir, Alex Dodd
comes in first with a 12.29.

Danny Kruger barely
qualifies with a 12.98.

Ah, it's in the bag.

Hey.

I know, I know.

Come on, man.

The track is stickier than the
street, I wasn't expecting that.

At least I had a
solid track speed.

Every run, from now on,
yöur time has to drop.

Yöu should be in the elevens.

Yöu lost another race, we're
out of here, it's over.

Now, get focused.

Announcer: Let's cheer
on all our racers, as we

head into round one.
Coming up to the line now is

Grant Warner and his


Grant's been testing all summer,
and let me tell yöu folks,

those wheelie bars aren't
just for looks.

But, he's going against
Jake Kendall, with his


kicking things off with two

of our fastest racers
going head to head.

[CHEERING]

Look at Jake give
Grant the thumbs down,

Jake is feeling
confident, folks.

[SCREECHING]

Ouch folks, seems like Grant
pushed his 442 a little too

hard, and that car's
going home on a trailer.

Jake Kendall wins with a


Next up, Danny Kruger's STl,
versus Kevin Picara

in his 1970 Chevy Nova.

Let's see if Danny gets his
launch right this time.

Oh, and a good launch
for Danny Kruger as he

jumps ahead of the Nova.

And he did it. Danny
Kruger advances to the

next round with an 11.40
and 121 miles per hour.

That's a solid run from
that little 4 cylinder.

Well, it's hard to miss Andrea
Faust in her hot pink Dodge.

This girl has been
racing her whole life,

and knows how to get the
boys a run for their money.

And, they sure love
watching her race.

Andrea Faust advances
to the next round.

Folks, there is some serious
competition and these kids

are not taking it lightly.
Let's see who's got it.

Max: Hey, how yöu doing?

Andrea: How are yöu?

Good to see yöu.

Good to see yöu.
Yöu guys racing?

No, we're with Danny Kruger.

He's in the Subaru over there.

Yeah. Looking good.

Like a birthday cake.

Announcer: In the quarter
final round we have another

Kendall performance racer
from Bradford High School.

Clint Johnson in his 1969 Chevy
Chevelle, who is up against

Danny Kruger and his
fast and furious 4 bay.

Clint smokes up his
tires as Danny drives

around the burn out box.

The winner here advances
to the semi-finals.

Clint: Come on,
come on, come on.

No, no, no.

Kruger easily takes it, with
an 11.17 to Johnson's 11.88.

Yes! We did it.

Announcer: In our first
semi-final round, we have

Andrea Faust in her ground pounding low
farb from

Patriot High School
versus Jake Kendall and

his super charged
Mustang from Bradford.

Jake Kendall advances to the
championship final round.

That's our fastest
run of the day.

For our second semi-final
round, we have Miguel Sanchez

and his Dodge truck
versus Kruger and his STl.

Hi Tom.

Bill. How are yöu?

Carl, Tom Briggs.

Carl: How are yöu?

I'm good.

I see three of yöur
students up there.

That's impressive.

Any bets who takes it?

That's all yöu're
going to give me?

Fluids are good,
everything checks out.

Ready to roll?

What a moron.

Hey, that thing's
got massive torque,

he's going to beat yöu off
the start no matter what.

Don't let that screw
with yöur concentration.

Focus on maximum traction.
Yöu will catch him

by the end of the
quarter. Reel him in.

Announcers: Folks, yöu
couldn't ask for a more

diverse pair of turbo charged.

Fun, eh?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Oh, Danny Kruger catches
him right at the end. Ladies

and gentlemen, Danny Kruger
advances, he just passed him.

What?

He did it.

[APPLAUSE]

Announcer: Well, this was unexpected, l
can't believe

that this little Subaru has
made it to the championship

round, but now Kruger
has work cut out for him.

Jake Kendall has posted
quicker quarter mile times and

faster track speed than Danny
all day. Danny's really got to

hope for a miracle, or at
least a couple more cylinders.

What are yöu doing with that?

Cranking up the boost,
otherwise I don't think

I can do much better
than my last run.

Danny, what are yöu doing?
Yöur turbo's maxed out,

yöu're going to blow yöur
motor like that out of the..

It's only set a 22 psi,
I can still turn it up a bit,

it might give me
enough of an edge.

Yöu know how yöu shave a
few tenths off yöur time?

How?

Power shift on this one.

Isn't that just as dangerous?

No, only if yöu screw
up. Not much point.

Now, I don't want that
Kruger kid showing us up.

It'll look real bad,
yöu understand me?

Yes, sir.

Is it almost ready?

Yeah, we got the new tires
on and the muffler's off.

Yöu should get a
lot more top end.

But do not rev it too high.

I'll be fine.

Announcer: Here we go folks,

the championship race at
the NHRA High School Drag.

What's power shifting?

Frank: It's shifting without
lifting off the throttle.

In turbo cars it keeps the
engine in full boost between

gears for maximum acceleration.
Yöu have to be lightning

fast to do it. There's no room
for error, otherwise, boom.

Go.

[BLOWS UP]

[expl*si*n]

♪...

Ladies and gentlemen,
it is my pleasure to declare

Danny Kruger the winner of this
year's NHRA High School Drag.

[CHEERING]

Yöu got talent, son.
See yöu next summer.

Thank yöu.

Maybe yöur idea wasn't
so bad after all.

And what's that?

Turning my place into an
import performance shop.

Hey, hey.

♪...