Fast Company Page #2

[Man]

Who told you to tack on

that damn blower?

I cant afford to win like that!

I'm on a budget!

I'm holding you responsible

for that crash today.

[Elder]

What?

Who the hell told you

to tack on that damn blower anyway?

Look, if you want to win

you cant stand still.

Win?

I cant afford to win like that.

I'm on a budget.

FastCo aint Gulfand Western.

Now, wait a minute.

You really dont give a damn, do you?

You dont want to win!

Right. I dont!

Not if it's

gonna bust my budget.

Do I have to tell you again?

Winning is too expensive.

Then what the hell

are we in this for?

I'll tell you what we're in it for-

to sell those little

red, white and blue cans of FastCo.

Because if we dont I dont eat,

you dont eat, nobody eats!

You just keep those cars

competitive enough

to stay in the limelight...

so those good folks out there

can see the FastCo trademark.

You got it?

it's show biz.

Yeah, yeah, okay.

I got it, Phil.

Yeah, yeah, I got it!

One of those eardrum-shattering

fuel dragsters made even

more noise than usual last night...

out at Edmonton international Speedway.

Drag racing star

Lonnie "Lucky Man Johnson

lived up to his name...

and walked away

from a spectacular crash.

Things started to go wrong

about halfway down

the quarter-mile strip.

The explosion and fire destroyed

the FastCo top fuel dragster.

An amazing accident,

and even more amazing

that Johnson wasnt hurt.

And now let's check in

with Marsha and the weather.

[Rings]

Hello. Sammy's.

Sam? It's Lonnie.

Lonnie, where are you?

Are you in town?

No, I'm on the road,

on my way to Big Sky.

But, uh, week after that

I'm gonna be in Spokane...

and I thought maybe

we could get together.

What's wrong, Lonnie?

What are you

talking about?

- Somethings wrong. I can hear it.

Are you all right?

- I'm just fine.

I had a minor accident

in the dragster.

What the hell is "minor"?

[Laughs]

Well, she didnt blow up when she landed.

That's not funny.

Are you calling me from the hospital?

No, I am not calling you

from the hospital.

You want me to put Elder

on the intercom?

No. No, no.

I believe you.

How are-

How are things in Seattle?

Business as usual.

it sure would be nice, though,

to see you come walking through my door.

Hey, why dont you?

You dont have a car to drive

for a while.

Oh, I'd love to, babe,

but you know Adamson.

[Chuckles]

Its promotion time and all that.

Oh, hey, babe, I'm sorry.

I gotta get back to work.

Do you promise

youll call me from Big Sky?

Yeah.

Yeah, I'll do that.

Sam, I wanna see you soon.

Take care of yourself.

Okay?

Yeah.

Bye.

Bye.

Hi.

[Car Passing By]

God, Lonnie's amazing.

That crash didnt seem

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