Downhill Racer Page #3

and then the bumps took you out.

That's it. That's all there was to it.

You got to have your strength

right up to the end.

These guys aren't amateurs,

they're national heroes.

You're trying to beat them

out of their way of life.

You're just not strong enough.

Well, I'll take a Charles Atlas

course this summer

and build myself up, all right?

Okay.

All right, that's it.

Chappellet, how do you feel? Tired?

Give me two more laps.

- What?

- Two more laps.

- Are you kidding?

- No, we got time.

- How do you feel, John?

- Cool.

Talk and move. Talk and move.

Europeans simply can't understand why

this country doesn't turn out

the world's greatest ski teams.

And I'm ashamed to tell them the truth.

We have the mountains,

we have the men, we have the muscle.

We don't have the money

in this richest nation in the world.

Every racer on

a well-equipped winning team

is a foreign sales representative

for U.S. Ski products.

These fine young competitors

that we are training

are roving ambassadors

for the American way of life.

Thanks a lot.

Hey, Dad.

David.

How you doing?

- So, how've you been?

- I got your postcard from France.

Oh, yeah?

Your cousin said to thank you

for the stamps.

Yeah, I was all over Europe.

Dad, I was in... I was in Austria,

I was in France, Switzerland, Germany.

I've just been training out in Oregon.

That's really great country.

- I'm on the U.S. Ski team, you know?

- Yeah.

They had your picture

on some paper in town.

- I see you still got the old Chev, huh?

- Well, it runs pretty good.

Hey, why don't you knock off for a while

and ride into town? I'll buy you a beer.

Keys are in it, if that's what you want.

So Long Ago, Bobby Greensboro

trying to grab you and a-groove you.

It's nine before four is what it is.

Do you know we have 88 degrees

right here in downtown Denver,

and a good chance of rain?

So take care.

KZOK in Denver

Country music, country music

Mind some business,

preferably your own.

Our business is playing top tunes,

and here's Hank Hopkins,

It was a Long Happy Day.

I better go.

I'm not talking to you.

Who's talking about talking?

Come on, get in.

You didn't tell me you were leaving.

Well, I'm back.

Come on, get in.

Come on.

I'll see you later, kids.

I'm going for a ride with Dave.

I... I've got a chance

to go to Denver this fall

and study dental hygiene.

Of course, if I do that, it means

finding an apartment and everything.

And then Pam, she went...

You remember Pam Houser?

She's going to Yellowstone

to work as a waitress.

She wanted me to come with her.

And afterwards, we could travel.

I'd sort of like to see everything.

It's a... It's such a big decision to make.

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