The Gymkhana Files (2018) s01e01 Episode Script

1
- [Man] Alright,
we're ready to go.
- [Ken] Okay.
- (walkie talkie static)
(mechanical clanking)
- (walkie talkie static)
- [Man] Go to two.
- [Man] Radio check, check.
- The thing about
that mountain is
- [Man] KB has landed.
Get him in the car
and get him here.
- [Ken] It's a killer
- [Man] Copy that.
(mechanical noises)
(staticky voices
on walkie talkies)
(engine revs and fades)
- Putting a car at 14,000 feet,
it doesn't act the same
way it does at sea level.
Car feels like it
still wants to kill me.
- That's good,
that's a good thing.
You can really tell on camera.
- [Man] How far is good
for our BPS, gentlemen?
- [Man] We're getting in
the car and rolling GoPros.
GoPros are rolling.
- (engine revs)
- (helicopter blades whir)
- (tires screech)
- (engine revs)
- [Man] Alright,
stand by guys, stand by!
- (mechanical noises)
- (engine revs)
- [Man] Okay,
here we go. And three
- (mechanical noises)
- Two
- (engine revs)
- One!
Action, action!
- (car engine purrs)
- (helicopter blades whir)
(engine revs)
- (heavy metal music)
- (engine revs)
- [Man] Who is Ken Block?
- Insane.
- If you get maimed,
it makes the story more
interesting. (laughs)
- The real Ken Block,
or the Ken Block you know?
- (engine revs)
- He's an artist.
- (engine revs)
- Ken Block is gnarly.
- (engine revs)
- He's dangerous.
- It depends on the day.
- (engine revs)
- (loud crashing)
You want it all but
you can't have it ♪
- You know, between
the racing that we do
- [Race Announcer] Block
was absolutely flying here!
- [Ken] To the Gymkhana videos,
there's so much
behind the scenes.
It's a team.
- I mean, that was cool, but
(chuckles) is that all you got?
- If that dude crashes
and dies, I don't get paid.
- You know that's
Have I reached my limit
of what I can do with this?
It's in your face,
but you can't grab it ♪
- Sure, I'll give you a version.
(electronic whirring)
(beep)
(traffic noise)
(beep)
(engine revving)
(tires screech)
(applauding and cheering)
- [Matt] I'm very happy to have
so many people out here in Tokyo
where I'm able to show
them what I'm able to do
- with my Ford Fiesta.
- (crowd cheering)
(engine races)
- [Man] Day three,
number six, plus, what,
three rehearsals? (laughs)
- [Ken] All saying
the same thing.
- [Announcer] Right now,
introduce you!
- [Ken] What is it at home,
like, early evening?
- [Announcer] It's
back to the drivers!
- It's actually midnight.
- It's midnight, yeah.
- [Announcer] Rally driver!
- [Man] It's not too bad.
(laughter)
- [Announcer] Super style!
Ken Block, from USA!
- The thing for me is,
Pike's Peak is one of
the most famous hill climbs
in the world, and I think it's
the second oldest race
in all of America,
so just such an incredible
experience,
driving that road and
and the tires worked
very consistently
all the way through.
- [Translator]
(speaking Japanese)
(fast electronic music)
- It's funny to start
with something so simple.
Two days of shooting,
four guys.
- 2008, the day we
uploaded Gymkhana,
it connected to the
mainstream in a way
- We didn't see this
as a big video series.
- It wasn't like I had any
great, fucking forecast
of what was gonna happen,
but
- [Man] (speaking foreign
language) Ken Block!
(speaking foreign
language) YouTube!
- 20 or 30 million views,
in just a couple months.
- (car tires screech)
- (engine revs)
- And Ken said
- Oh shit, we
we got something here!
- (indistinct yelling)
- (cheering)
Within weeks, the you know,
the sponsors were like,
"Hey, you gonna do
that again, right?
"You gonna do something more,
what's next?" You know, and
- It ended up
becoming a franchise.
(electronic music)
- It just really touched the
nerve of showing motor sports
in a way no one
had seen it before.
I think one of the things I've
learned in doing these films
is that it becomes
harder and harder for us
to re-manufacture something
that happened very naturally.
- Like, before we even
started filming Gymkhana Ten,
I'd spent a year and
a half working on it.
- It's the 10th one, so there's
an expectation of, like,
"Okay, you keep making
this bigger and better,
"what the hell are
you gonna do for ten?"
(distorted audio)
(wind blowing)
(whirring and beepng)
(walkie talkie chirps)
- (indistinct chatter)
- (laughter)
- [Man] This is about to
become a whole other TV show!
- Do you have a projector?
- What?
No, I got a screen.
- Is it dirty?
- No, I just
- Give me a second while I
air drop all of this to this.
- [Man] It does look like
a construction worker!
- Wait, you're not prepared?
- No!
- So surprising!
- Weird.
- Dammit,
my phone died! (laughs)
(whirring and beeping)
- (laughter)
- [Man] No!
By the way by the way,
hold on!
Let's break the wall
for a second!
Most Scotto thing ever,
electronics die!
(whirring and beeping)
- Oh, we have to charge this,
'cause all the photos
are on my phone, unless I
can find them on iPhotos.
- Well, you could just
draw us pictures. (laughs)
- Really? Really?
- I mean,
we could talk tricks!
(whirring and beeping)
My parents raised me
up until, like, 12 or 13
in Long Beach,
California, in the city,
where I skateboarded,
rode BMX bikes,
all that sort of thing,
city kid stuff.
And then, they moved me
down to an avocado grove
in north San Diego,
putting me in a place
where, like,
there's nothing to do, uh,
so you gotta buy me
a dirt bike.
My parents were really
against me riding dirt bikes,
'cause you get a lotta
injuries from that.
I have a lot of
injuries from it,
but I loved the aggressive
nature of dirt bikes.
Jumping, sliding,
riding in dirt.
I was actually up in Yosemite
on vacation with my parents,
and there used to be a
little bump in the road
over a bridge,
so I went over it,
jumped a little bit,
and kept going,
uh, got pulled over.
I got you know,
a park ranger.
Super mad at me
and yellin' at me,
and said I almost
killed him, and like,
I didn't want to
get in trouble.
You know, my parents are
close by somewhere
in the campground.
And anyway, I was like,
"Okay, what are you gonna do?"
He's like,
"I'm gonna arrest you!"
I'm like, "Aw, crap!"
So, I got arrested
for jumping my car.
Now if I don't jump,
people get mad at me! (laughs)
- We talked about
donuts around Dyrdek.
- Yep.
- Reverse entry turn.
- Yep.
- Center axis donuts.
- Yep.
- Figure eight, jump.
And the rock holding back
the car for the launch.
- Which I got
a positive email about.
- [Man] Nice.
- [Matt] Alright, so let's
look at these photos.
(walkie talkie chirps)
- I got out of college,
and thought, like,
"I'm gonna go become
a war journalist!"
Because,
during my junior year,
9/11 happens,
and I live in New York City.
It's been my home.
My first feature story ever
was about
the rampant gentrification
of Red Hook, Brooklyn,
and why it wasn't welcome.
Yeah, "I grew up in this city,
please don't come here!"
And in the end,
I write about cars.
(camera shutter clicks)
Throughout the whole thing,
there's sections of light,
and then there's
also darker sections.
Depending on the tricks
and the needs for sparks,
- we can do things.
- But even going
in and out of the light
would be cool.
- All of the younger
culture mags in New York,
at least in the time
when I was there,
GQ or Maxim, or Vibe,
or Complex, or
Everyone knew each other,
and I happened to be
the one person in the group
who knew automotive.
So, I'd write for every
one of the magazines
under a fake name.
- (camera shutter clicks)
- I mean, that would make
a natural figure eight, or
a donut-type thing anyway.
- [Matt] How wide is that gap?
- There's varying.
There's 35's, there's 45's,
and then there's 65, 75's.
- Let's start in the 75's.
- [Scotto] Considering
those are massive, but
- It's all gonna depend on
this roll the dice thing
of what how much
this thing grips.
So it may be awesome, or it
may be like I'm driving on ice.
- Which I would predict.
- I'm guessing ice.
And there's some
good under-areas,
like, you've got these kind
of like overlooks and stuff.
Which A, for camera,
but also just gives us
kind of a different
texture inside there.
This is
- It's not easy to do
the stuff I'm trying to do.
The Hoonicorn,
I'm afraid to drive this thing
on Pike's Peak.
(slow, reflective music)
Say it, like, three times!
I'm brain dead.
- [Man] Okay, look for
the Pennzoil display
with the Hoonicorn on it,
or visit online at this address.
- Look for the Pennzoil display
with the Hoonicorn on it.
Look for the Pennzoil display
with the Hoonicorn on it.
- [Man] with the
Hoonicorn on it in stores.
- In stores? In the store?
- [Man] You can just say
on it, forget the store.
- I'm just part race car driver,
part marketing person.
- I think what's
really unique about Ken
is that he gets in and
out of so many cars.
You know, when you
think of most racers,
they're dedicated to
one series
Formula One, and NASCAR,
sports car racing
those guys,
that's about all they do.
Ken jumps between
so many cars racing
so many cars filming
so many cars in daily life,
yet he's able to put it
on the edge at any moment,
in any vehicle.
And I'm like, "Whoa!
I never have seen
that before!" (laughs)
(beeping)
- It's a moving chicane, but
it's a counter moving chicane,
you know, so the chicane's
actually coming at you.
In racing, a chicane is
something you put in
to slow a car down
on a straightaway,
so it's basically
a moving chicane,
but we've added some
extra violence to it
- by adding blades.
- (laughter)
'Cause more violence
makes everything better!
- [Jeff] Hey, Dirker,
do you copy, it's Jeff.
- [Dirker] Yeah, Jeff, go ahead!
- [Jeff] The action is the
car slaloming the snowplows.
You'll see that.
Keep this scene back lit.
- [Dirker] Copy that.
- [Jeff] Alright, good.
- (helicopter blades whirring)
- I mean, one of the
main reasons why I'm here is,
you know, I've raced this
mountain so many times,
so I kind of understand
the dynamic of the mountain,
and also, I understand
cars pretty well,
except that this car is
so wild and different.
- The Hoonicorn is
one of the most unique
all wheel drive vehicles.
You know, a '60's muscle car
with modern-day,
all-wheel drive technology,
and a very modern engine in it.
It's genuinely the funnest
thing I've ever driven.
It just drives like I'm
fighting its effort to kill me!
(laughs)
- (distant engine revs)
- [Man] Where's Ken?
- [Man] Hey, Dan, Dan?
I'm still
I'm still waiting on KB.
- [Man] Coming back up the hill.
- (walkie talkie crackles)
- [Man] 10-4.
(engine roaring)
- [Man] Here we go, guys,
car is on the move!
- Alright, guys, we're gonna
come up in the Suburban.
We're gonna go to our
armed car position, okay?
(engine roars)
- [Man] Everybody stand by
for picture, please!
- [Man] Stand by!
- (tires screech)
- (engine revs)
(engine idling)
- [Jeff] What's that?
- Am I rolling on this take?
- Yes, this is a real take.
- You got it.
(engine revs)
- [Man] Car is on the move.
- (walkie talkie beeps)
- Ready, and three
two one!
Action, action, action!
- (helicopter blades whir)
- (tires skid)
It's not running clean at all.
Brian to Derek, I'm sure
you can hear it yourself,
but from up here,
the run Ken just did
definitely sounded like the car
was running a bit rough.
Copy.
- We're always looking
for that real killer shot.
You know, he delivers
99% of the time.
We normally use the first take.
You know, he's
absolutely on the money.
- [Scotto] It's Scotto, Derek.
We're gonna film something
else real quickly
while we wait for you guys.
Figure it'd be at least
five minutes, correct?
Yeah, five is good.
- Number one, to get
a car to perform here,
the altitude has
to be addressed.
I mean, the engine
management here,
you climb over
a mile in altitude.
- Yeah.
- And, this is
an altitude that the FAA
requires that you wear oxygen
- in an airplane, you know?
- Right.
- There's a lot
going on up here.
- I mean, one of the reasons
we're back here
is because we had such an issue
- with the Hoonicorn last time.
- (engine revs)
- So, think about a bag
of chips at sea level.
They kind of have
some air space,
and then you bring them
to the top of Pike's Peak
and 14,000 feet, and
they're hard as a rock.
Same thing was
happening with that car,
except it wasn't sealed off
quite as good as a
bag of Lay's, and
(engine revs)
Oil was coming out of it,
so a bit of an issue.
When you lose oil, you
eventually lose motors,
and things like that, so
- Yeah.
- And that's the thing
I think about a hill climb is,
I mean, think about
how much it affects you.
You can feel yourself
being winded,
and it just becomes
an issue of what
- Right.
- It's the same thing
for a car, I mean,
it runs on oxygen.
It's like, that's
what makes it work.
- [Man] Scotto to Derek,
does Ken have coms on?
- So Ken, I just reviewed
through the footage.
It's not the best shot,
but your action looks
really good on it.
So, just give me the
wildest exit you can.
I mean, that's what
we're trying to get,
so however you want to
throw that out there,
if it's getting it
towards the armed car
with throwing a little
more sideways, you know,
- as wild as possible's best.
- [Man] And this'll
be our last run.
One more run, last run.
- [Man] Stand by!
- [Man] Three two one.
Action, action!
(engine roars)
(metal clanking)
(engine revs)
(tires screech)
(engine revs)
- [Scotto] That's pretty rad!
- (laughter)
That's really great!
Ken, that line was perfect!
Our success over
the last ten years
- What's up, girl?
- Has relied on us building
an incredible crew.
Take this guy, Magic,
one of our camera ops.
Ken's drifting right
into the barrier
just as the helicopter
passes overhead,
but we only know he's
close to the barrier
if we get a proximity shot,
so Magic has to stand there
three feet from the Hoonicorn,
right under the helicopter.
Oh, and also, I have him
standing on top of an apple box
at the edge of a cliff.
This is a cliff,
like 1,000 feet down,
but that's what it
takes to get the shot.
- (helicopter blades whir)
- (wheels skid)
- (engine revs)
- [Man] So guys,
we are officially moving
on to our next section.
(helicopter blades whir)
- [Man] So, I'll park on top
and just shoot him?
- [Jeff] Yeah, you just
will want to chase him
on the high side,
looking down,
so that we can kind
of do it that way.
That way, we play the edges
instead of the face
on this side.
(indistinct radio chatter)
- It should be good with a
little bit of snow falling
at the same time! (laughs)
Good for
the over crank stuff, yeah!
This is what Pike's Peak
is about!
Changes all the time.
(helicopter blades whir)
(engine roars)
Good, that's the way.
Now, that's a good move!
(engine revs)
- Today, I got called
Fat Paul Walker.
- Really?
- I took it kind of as
a compliment.
(laughter)
It's better than
Fat Bam Margera.
(tires squeal)
- Hey, Jeff,
I'm gonna move Cotto
into the center of this donut,
and Ken's gonna do
donuts around him.
I'm gonna put him
on a super wide,
and he's just gonna
kind of spin with him.
You cool with that?
- [Jeff] It's not
my body out there!
- [Man] We got an ambulance
up there if you need it!
- [Scotto] Thanks, bud!
- So, just be
Oh, lightning.
(indistinct radio chatter)
Hey, Jay, I just
wanna let you know
there is some lightning
in the background.
- [Jay] I know, I've been
talking with the race team.
I'm tempted to scoop people up
and get 'em in the van.
- [Man] Brian, do you copy?
- I'm on two, on two.
Yeah, Brian, Jim Dirker
is pulling outta here
because of the lightning
all around,
so we're wrapped
on the helicopter today.
- 10-4.
I mean, we got the pieces
that I think we need, so
(indistinct dialog)
- needs to get vehicles
hunkered down.
(indistinct dialog)
- Alright, sounds good.
I'll wait for you guys
down here to grab us.
It would suck to get
struck by lightning
after a good day,
you know? (chuckles)
(thunder rumbles)
- [Randy] Yeah, for tomorrow,
I mean, it's looking
just like it did today.
- This morning was clear.
- Yeah.
- As of right now, I just
actually had lightning hit
at Cattle Mound.
- Oh, before when
we were up there,
it hit the peak behind
the peak we were at.
- Yeah.
- You could see it hit.
- I don't know, with
the lightning and stuff
being that close,
I know the top's
gonna get worse.
The radar coming in, nothing.
It's not
nothing left for us today.
- Right.
- 'Cause it's gonna be wet.
It's actually hailing up there.
Starting line still
could dry out later,
but it's up to you guys.
For tomorrow, there's
some other stuff we can
pick up
- (indistinct dialog)
- Yeah, I was out there.
- One conversation we might
want to have with Ken tonight
- is
- Drift to the edge.
- It's like that
big rig shot
at that Evo corner.
Like, is that something
that's really gonna
- sketch you out?
- To me, it's not a rig shot,
and I don't want to do it
more than once.
I just knew that at some point,
we're gonna use
a particular turn,
because it is the one turn
that really has the most
dramatic views still down,
looking from probably, like,
12 and a half thousand feet,
and there's been some very
iconic photos on this corner.
(camera shutter clicking)
Now, what makes it still
really usable for us
and what we want to do
is there's no guardrail.
- 'Cause I think you want
that moment of kind of
suck in your stomach, where
you think the car's goin' off,
- but yet
- Is that the same
- Yeah, that's the corner.
- I mean,
that's how old and
iconic it is! (laughs)
- [Man] See how
it's not a cliff?
See how it's not even
45 degrees there?
- Yeah, but I mean,
the pole we have hangs, what,
eight feet off
the side of the car?
- Yeah, but it's still
not looking off a cliff.
It's still just gonna
look down, and you'll see
a bank with rocks.
- But if you're looking
forward, you're not
looking straight down.
You're looking forward.
You will feel the earth
drop out from underneath you.
- Just a couple years ago,
a Mitsubishi Evo went off there.
(engine roars)
(static crackles)
He thought he was on
a different corner,
and this corner comes.
It looks just like a corner
before, one step below.
- And he came in there thinking
he was in a different turn and
- And as you come through it,
you're waiting to
see the guardrail,
and then you break
at that guardrail.
So, he came around this corner
looking for the guardrail.
It wasn't there,
and the corner tightens.
(engine roars)
Oh, shit!
It's a 45 degree, roughly,
you know, face of gravel
with big rocks in it, and
(indistinct yelling)
Luckily, he was in a very
safe and well-built car,
and tumbled a couple hundred
yards down this thing,
and lived,
but, you know,
it could've been really bad.
So, that particular corner,
I knew,
was something we had to shoot.
- [Jeff] It's kind of the
iconic Pike's Peak shot,
of the cars drifting around
in the mornings.
- We didn't shoot
it the first day,
which (laughs), then I
had to think about it
the whole first day!
And then, talking
to Brian, he's like,
"Yeah, first thing up is,
uh Evo corner."
And I'm like, "Oh, really?"
- So, you can think about
it all night long. (laughs)
- Yeah, I'll tell you,
you all sleep on it!
- Yeah!
(walkie talkie chirps)
- (walkie talkie chirps)
- (yelling)
(tires screeching)
(mask clicks)
(birds chirping)
- [Scotto] You forget how much
bigger this mountain is,
after we were at
Mt. Washington.
(laughter)
Like, "Oh, yeah!"
- [Man] I don't think
there's any comparison.
(laughter)
I'm still gonna argue on that!
- [Man] Mt. Washington,
90% of the road,
you're not dead
if you go off it.
- (laughter)
- (engine roars)
(engine races)
- You're more likely
to die hitting a tree
than you are falling.
I mean, look at the Evo!
The Evo shows that
big, nice, long rolls
just take the impact right out!
- Comfortable rolls like that!
- Yeah, comfortable rolls!
- (indistinct yelling)
- So, you know,
it's early morning.
I know what
everyone's expecting.
I know Brian and I
have even talked about
how many tire marks
I'm able to put down
on this corner,
'cause it's sketchy.
But also, there's no reference,
there's nothing.
Even when you're sitting
in the driver's seat,
there's tarmac, there's
a little bit of gravel on
the edge,
and then it's just sky,
you know?
I really had to walk
the corner several times,
and look at it.
I'd driven it and looked at it
for a couple days,
just so I had
some sort of visual.
I actually went out there
on that morning
and set a stack of rocks.
I made a stack of rocks
on that dangerous,
sketchy part right there.
I made a little stack of rocks.
- [Man] You guys, our
track is hot and locked.
Everybody stand by
for picture, please!
- It was a pretty
nerve-wracking moment,
because the car, actually,
wasn't working that great
for those last two days
of shooting.
- This is the highest
we've ever driven this car.
We never got this far
last time (laughs),
so this is the farthest
up this car has driven.
- As you climb and climb,
the throttle response
is different,
so when you press the throttle,
you don't get the same delivery
as you start
climbing up the W's.
- So, I had to just keep
driving through this stuff,
and the way that I drove through
this particular problem was
I'd have to be on the gas
earlier than I wanted.
So, if I had said I needed
to be full throttle here,
well, that meant
I actually had to try and
be full throttle here.
Normally, the reaction
with most of our cars
is very quick,
and for some reason,
we were just havin'
some issues.
- [Man] We're all ready here.
From our side, Brian
can do that ready, ready.
- Action, action.
- Action, action, everybody!
Roll cameras, action, action!
- [Ken] And so, I
went and drove it
for the fist time on camera.
The first time I went through,
I was being a
little conservative,
and I had a very conservative
line through there.
- [Jeff] We also it'd be
good from Ken's standpoint.
The camera's are reporting
that he's not very
close to the edge.
(tires screech)
- [Scotto]
Ken, are you on coms?
- [Ken] Copy.
- [Scotto] Alright,
now that we got the test run
out of the way,
let's take it all the way
to the edge.
No pressure.
- [Ken] Copy that, no problem.
So, I went back down
to reposition,
and while I'm repositioning,
I'm thinking,
"Man, is this gonna
take 20 tries?"
And I think back to the
moment when I was doin'
Gymkhana Nine
and we were trying to get
that water's edge moment.
That took a lot of tries,
because I had to be within
inches to make it look good.
Brian's like, "Oh,
"you're still four inches off!"
(engine revs)
I'm, like, "Is this
just too much for me?"
So, as I was going back down,
and getting ready for
the second run,
I think,
"Is this time for me to quit?
"Can I handle this?
"Can my nerves handle it?"
- We prepared ourselves
from our side,
with recovery,
and how to recover the car,
if it went over.
- You know, the consequences
on Gymkhana Nine,
with the water's edge.
Yeah, there was a water
drop 15 feet below,
but it's water.
It would suck, I mean
it'd hurt a little bit.
But, that how far
down you tumble.
I mean, the Evo that
crashed there was lucky.
- Yeah.
- They were lucky
to walk away.
(suspenseful music)
- [Ken] So anyway, that's
all going through my mind,
and there I was.
I'm in the moment, and I'm
in a place where I wanna be.
I'm doing one of
the raddest things
I can possibly do,
and what happened
that second run was
Okay, here we go.
Alright, Brian, I'm ready.
Three,
two, one,
action, action.
(engine revs)
- (tires screech)
- (engine revs)
And so I took the second run.
I'm just like, "Okay,
I'm just gonna step up
"a little bit."
But, the problem with the
engine setup in those turbos,
it's hard to add 10%.
(engine revs)
Shit.
- Oops.
- This was such an
important shot for us.
It's such that iconic moment
that I wanted to watch
it from our hero camera,
so I was sittin'
right behind Magic,
looking at it through the lens,
and as it was happening,
there was that realization that
he wasn't gonna
pull it back out.
- I'm 90 degrees,
basically, to the road.
I know I've gotta keep
the front wheels on tarmac,
or I'm going off.
- (metal clattering)
- (tires screeching)
(engine revs)
- This is one of
the worst places
to go to the edge here, too.
No guardrails, nothing,
and Ken just ran it
clear to the edge.
- No intimidation.
- (tires screech)
(engine revs)
(triumphant music)
(rocks clatter)
- And, when I got to the end
and started slowing down,
I called over,
"I hope you like that,
"'cause I'm not
doing that again!
"That was as good as
I could fucking do it!
"So, it'd better be
good enough!"
- Holy shit!
- (laughter)
- (indistinct chatter)
- [Ken] (shouting, laughing)
- [Brian] Dude,
I thought it was over.
- It was awesome, 'cause
it was a little bit of
the old days of
the dirt driving,
combined with the pavement.
I mean, I don't know how we
could get a more epic shot.
And, I mean, Ken, again,
just blows me away.
Seriously, seriously!
All my years, that's the
best thing I've ever seen!
- [Man] Oh, Ken,
that is so beautiful.
- [Man] I've got that from
the camera car up there, too.
It's so good!
- Thank you, sir, thank you!
By the way, next year at 50,
you can't do this
stuff any more!
(laughter)
- It was way too good!
- 50's the cutoff!
- But until then,
we got a lot to do
before November!
(laughter)
- You know,
I've watched Ken from afar
for many, many years,
and you come into a corner
rotating a car at angles that
I've never even witnessed,
and those are the moments,
as a director, you just say,
"Okay, it can't get
any better than this!
"We can walk away!"
- To me, it's one of
the most beautiful shots
that we've ever gotten, and
it's one of the most dramatic,
and the image of it really
hearkened back to years ago
when that road was
completely dirt,
and guys were driving that
thing flat out sideways.
To me, this really is a homage
to that level of driving,
and that sort of
skills that it takes
to drive up that mountain.
Because you don't
have to do that today,
but I wanted to do it that way.
- I mean, you know,
I don't know when it started,
but certainly even
the fist year I ran here,
which was way back in 1990,
the reward at the summit
was to get up here
and have a warm,
fresh-made donut.
And I swear,
it's never a time
that I come up here to
the summit I don't feel like
I gotta get a donut.
(upbeat music)
- The Pike's Peak Evo corner,
which, arguably,
I would say is now
the Hoonicorn corner!
- Did we know how rad
it would turn out? No.
- [Man] The whole success of
Gymkhana's been based on these
iconic moments where you say,
"Holy shit, this is incredible!
"I gotta share this
with someone!"
- I mean, that's the thing
about Gymkhana Ten,
that we're trying to
find those moments.
We want this one to be
the best ever.
- It could be something
that lives in Sweden,
stuff that comes out of Texas,
Detroit.
- We've set everything in
motion for it to be the best,
most dynamic one ever,
but what are these moments
that put it above the rest?
I don't know yet.
- It's almost like it's like
we're chasing something
that we can't get.
(movie reel clatters)