The Gymkhana Files (2018) s01e05 Episode Script

1
- So the current relationship
for Ken and Brian
going into Gym 10 Um
(glass breaking)
You ever been married?
You know how like
in the beginning,
it's beautiful?
You love each other,
you communicate well.
Right, it's this
beautiful thing.
It's fresh.
And then as time goes on,
the communication
falls off a little bit.
Hey guys, we have a bunch
of shit to shoot outside,
but let's shoot inside
where it's really dangerous.
I know you're
doing what you can.
- You still love each other,
but there's definitely
been some shouting matches
in front of the kids.
- An hour and a half left,
we haven't really done anything.
- 55 minutes left, we can't get
shit done in a fuckin' hour.
- He's like, I'm fucking done.
I'm out.
I understand why both
of you feel this way,
but ultimately, we still
gotta get this thing done.
(car engine roaring)
- Well, and it kinda
goes without saying
L.A. was a bit of a disaster.
- We got through it and then
we all kind of just split
and went our ways, right?
So I went back to New York
and Brian came back to Hoonigan
and Ken went back to racing.
(birds chirping)
(dramatic music)
- [Ken] It's time
for me to move on.
I don't mind running the team,
use my social media
and marketing power
to make Ford one of the
leaders in rally cross.
Help them sell small cars,
'cause that's what
this is all about.
- The discussion point
was Ken could continue
to kind of be the
head of the team.
Pop into a few races,
and then we'd run like
a two-car operation
with Andreas as lead driver.
- So now I'm saying yeah, okay,
I'm stepping out of the car.
We're gonna hire someone
else to take my seat.
- Andreas, like,
he's gonna be a champion.
There just isn't
a doubt in my mind.
He's made of the stuff
that makes him a champion.
- [Announcer] A drying
track for Q one in Estering
and it was Andreas backward
who set the early pace,
finding some grip on a
very greasy stock grid.
- And I'm like, bop!
And we have a big car,
you have a small car.
I just see his car like, pew!
(laughing)
Oh, do, do (laughs)!
- But we got a call this week.
- Ford didn't see the same value
in Ken just being kind of like
the figure head of the team.
(audience cheering)
I get it. It sucks, but, like,
from Ford, I totally get it.
- It's not gonna be easy
but that's the reality
and that's what we
have to deal with.
- [Andreas] What are we
gonna talk about this time?
- [Ken] Everything about you.
- [Andreas] In life, in general?
About me?
- About your hair (laughs).
- It's really bad.
You know that's genetics.
It's from my father.
He had curly hair.
I got it too.
It's bad, bad, bad, bad.
- Uh
so I mean, obviously,
you know the one thing
we haven't talked about
is the future.
And you know I've pushed
very hard on them on this car.
And basically
it's come down to budgets
and return on investment.
And so going forward
- You're joking with me now?
- [Ken] I wish I was.
I am not joking with you.
- After every
- We're missing this week.
We're out.
They just
I I feel like hell
telling you this.
I seriously
- Yeah, I know, I know, I know.
I understand.
- [Ken] This isn't, you know.
- Hey, I'm caught by
a very big surprise.
Like even after
all we have done.
- They're continuing on with me,
I still have my contract.
But unfortunately
I have to apologize.
- No, no, that's the hard
part with the motorsport.
You know, I don't know what
I could do differently,
but I'm sure it's the backside
of the motorsport.
When you're not performing,
also.
- My wife and my kids and I
really like you, Andreas
(laughs).
You're our other son (laughs).
Mike is gonna be
devastated (laughs).
But you know, I don't
I don't have I don't have
another solution for you.
I'm sorry.
- Okay, thank you.
- I wonder if Ken understood
how much responsibility
the race team was gonna be
when it started.
- [Andreas] Fuck.
- (hand thumps)
(hand thumps)
- I think when this all began,
this was, I wanna
take the money I made
from working really hard
at DC Shoes and go racing.
And it quickly
became not a hobby,
but like a whole new business.
If Ken stops what he's doing,
it's going to trickle down
and affect hundreds of people.
- So this team will no longer
exist after South Africa.
So unfortunately
that's our last event.
I want these guys to know
how much they all mean to me
and what we've tried to do.
So, yeah, not fun.
I really want to thank you all.
I just really appreciate the
effort that everybody's put in.
So Andreas who's not
out here right now,
'cause I just had to tell him,
and he's devastated.
So I'm gonna try and help
him in any way that I can
but it's really tough on him.
- Even though it
looks very dark now,
I'm sure I will
turn every stone,
work extremely hard to get back.
That's what I'm gonna do.
(crying) Fuck.
- So thank you again,
I really wish that
it was continuing on.
Thank you.
That's it, thank you, Derek.
- You know I think bang
your head against a wall,
try to make this thing
work and trying to win
and not getting a result.
You know, you're away from
your kids, away from your wife.
You're sacrificing a lot
that people don't see.
Like you're just
living the dream.
You're a race car driver.
What more could you want?
And it's like, no one wants
to just be a race car driver.
They want to be
a winning race car driver.
- [Man] Since Southgate
was such a fucking fiasco,
it was decided I'd head
to Sweden really early.
Scout the locations,
make sure we don't have a repeat
of all the same mistakes.
- We are in northern Sweden,
very close to the
border of Finland.
(laughing)
But you'd never know,
'cause there's
no point of reference.
But look at this.
This is like amazing.
- I don't like coffee 'cause
my parents drank so much coffee
when I was a kid.
So I don't know,
I just like tea.
My grandmother, who's Irish,
would give me what
she called Irish tea.
Which was basically like
half milk, half sugar
and like a dip of tea in it.
Basically just warm milk.
I don't know man, coffee's
just too hipster for me.
(water pouring)
I think one of the most
frustrating things for me
and it's very kind of similar
to how Southgate felt,
it was like, it's very
easy for me to do this
when we're doing it on tires.
'Cause like, I've been
around the car enough.
I understand exactly
like what it's gonna do
and what it's not
gonna do on tires.
I know the capability
of what we can do.
When I come here and scout,
I'm kind of just doing
the math in my head
of like, well, this is
about how much room he needs
in a corner.
- And I got some signage too,
so I wanted Swedish signs.
- [Man Driving] The other
signs that I saw this weekend
that I thought you might
be interested in, Matt,
is like moose crossing,
reindeer crossing.
- [Matt] Yeah, and you know
what I like about the signs
especially out here where
everything's so white out,
it's gonna give the driver
some point of reference.
- [Cameraman] Which Ken's
gonna need 'cause it's so white
so being able to
use some obstacles
that look good for us as
a dressing point of view,
but for him can be like
a point of reference.
- [Matt] Exactly.
- In Detroit,
Ken blew out two wheels
'cause he didn't have
a visual frame of reference
so we're working on that.
I don't think
I've ever seen a sign
that says you're more
fucked than that sign.
It's just like a variable
that none of us really know.
Like, we don't have
a ton of experience.
We've done rallies on snow
but that's kind
of very different.
Um, and just sort of
understanding what that grip is
versus everything else.
By the way, this is such
a cool, look at this.
(bottle clicking)
Amazing, I don't know how we
don't have this in America.
So anyway.
How old do you think Ken is?
- I think he's 38
years old, yeah.
- He's this wild and crazy
dude who's like doing backflips
- and riding mountain bikes.
- 35.
- They think he's in his 30s.
- Uh, 34.
- 27.
- 35.
- What if I told you Ken
was turning 50 years old?
- 50?
- [Man] No way.
- Really?
- Geez.
- That would be unbelievable
'cause he looks so young.
- Like, you know, most
people don't realize he's 50.
That's a
You're old, you're old.
He walks with
a little bit of a limp
'cause he's got
arthritis in his ankle.
Like, I'm not trying to be mean,
but like you're old.
- That's awesome.
And he can still do
what he can do, ah?
- Now I like him
even more (laughing).
(bus engine roaring)
- No!
- Can she have
a little bit of space?
Thank you.
- He absolutely wants to slow
down, a little bit, right?
His kids are getting older.
You know, he wants to
spend more time with them
as they're now able
to have conversations
that mean something,
versus being six and just
sneezing into your mouth
when you're talking to them.
- (laughing)
- I don't know, he's a good guy.
Yeah, I don't know.
Even if he's not working,
he's looking at magazines
or Facebook or
internet sites or blogs
or commercials or
whatever it might be.
You know, he's always thinking.
Come.
- Come here.
- (dogs barking)
when he started
World Rally Cross,
you know, the kids were
older and they were like,
we don't wanna be
gone for six weeks
traveling the world.
We want to do our
dance performance.
And so they have to stay
and do the practice.
We can't travel.
So not being able
to go with him,
it's definitely difficult,
because, I'm sure he
doesn't like this comment,
but I was like,
I'm a single mom again.
You know.
Would I have preferred
that he didn't do it,
even from the beginning?
Sure.
But I'm not the kind of person
that's gonna crush
someone's dreams.
You know what I mean?
That's not something
I would ever do
is be like oh no, you
can't chase your dream.
That would be, you know,
I don't think that's my
position to tell someone
not to go do
something like that.
- I mean the reason
we did the F-150,
so basically, obviously
we did the Hoonicorn,
and the Hoonicorn
was wildly popular.
And then obviously,
with the idea of doing Gymkhana
10,
we decided that we
needed to kind of
build a special vehicle again.
You know, we're using a Fiesta,
which we've used
the Fiesta previously.
we're using a Focus which
we've done previously.
We're reusing the Hoonicorn
because the Hoonicorn rips.
(engine revving)
And then, obviously,
we purchased the Cosi.
(alarm beeping)
Because we wanted something
that was a little
bit more classic,
but still rad.
And then it was like, all right,
well now we need to do a
new kind of special build.
The F-150 was kind of
the most wild looking
of the initial
renders that we did.
Worked with this guy named
Khyzyl who's out of the UK.
He's like a video
game car design guy.
And then we took
the initial design
that we worked on with him
and we started working
with the guy
that did the elevation
drawings for the Hoonicorn,
Andy Blackmore.
The F-150's kind of
an iconic vehicle.
Better known as a
truck that Uncle Jesse
on Dukes of Hazzard drove,
which is kinda cool.
So they needed a codename
for this build here.
Yeah, truck's called Uncle
Jesse, internally here.
- [Man] Matt, this is Chris.
- [Matt] Chris?
How you doin' man?
Matt, nice to meet you finally.
- The best part about the
build process is the delivery.
You ready to take a look?
- Yeah, no please.
- Seeing the customer's
eyes light up.
To see it for the first time.
The smile, how big the smile is.
- Oh my God (laughing).
- [Chris] That's a
really cool experience.
- Yes!
Holy shit, this is bananas.
All right, I'm feeling
good about this now.
- Opens right up.
- Yeah, no, this is gonna work.
(laughing)
This is, yeah, you
guys do a nice job.
- [Chris] Thank you, thank you.
- [Matt] Wow, okay.
When we test, are
we just gonna run
without any panels on you think?
- We'll definitely
run aluminum doors,
aluminum fenders,
probably no box sides.
Just time wise I don't
see it happening.
I'd like to finish the
grill off a little bit more
just to give it some,
a bit more character.
But it'll pretty much be
like what you see right now.
- This is ridiculous,
I meant this is amazing.
- They started making
aluminum panels back here.
There is an aluminum corner
for the back of the bedside.
- This is very expensive.
- It started as a sheet
of aluminum, pressed.
- [Matt] See that's beautiful.
That's a lost art.
(pen squeaking)
(metal dropping)
(hammer pounding)
(fire burning)
(hammer hitting)
You're probably
holding five grand.
- Right now? Sweet.
- I think this might
be my new favorite toy
that Ken has.
This is nice.
- I don't want to say
everything's falling apart
'cause that's very like
the sky is falling.
But the last shoot
went miserably.
Ken's got to finish out of
season that doesn't even matter.
Let's just focus on Gymkhana,
that's what matters right now.
If it was me, it's like
why even bother finishing
out the year?
But contractually
I guess he has to.
And ya know, you gonna go back
and you know you're
not gonna do great.
And even if you do,
why does it matter?
I mean it'd be completely
ironic if they go back and win.
(rock and roll music)
Anyway, good luck.
Don't go too fast.
(laughing)
- [Announcer]
Onto Q2 in South Africa.
Final race of the day and
the big guns were in action.
Ken Block making the move
to come through and take
the checkered flag.
It was a great
performance by him.
It would be enough to see him
at the top of the overnight
standings.
- Division one for
Ken too (mumbles).
I feel fantastic for Ken,
been winning for 11 years.
We've had our
highs and our lows.
But very nice moment last
night to see him lead.
- I haven't had this early
success with this car
in two years so it feels good.
- All me and Katie
wanted to do after that
was to do that, finish up and
give this with the whole thing
and go have an adult
beverage at the end.
- You're good,
you're like, have fun.
- [Man] Play nicely.
- [Andreas] We'll try (laughs).
- [Announcer]
There is Ken Block,
of course he's the other
guy I think he's most keen
to take a win here.
- [Announcer] It's gonna be
the last race for Bacaroot,
as well as Ken Block.
So they also want something
really, really special.
- [Ken] We came here with
this car to try and win races
and win a championship
and it's been two of the most
difficult years of my career.
So to actually end it
here on a positive note
would be really good.
- [Announcer] Block would
love to make it through
to the final.
He's had a good on form weekend.
- There's a rule that when
you come off the track
you have to be a certain weight.
- [Man On Speaker]
Inside, Ken, inside.
- [Everyone] Oh!
- [Ken] So they
check us every time
there's a qualifier
race that's done.
There's a bit of work to do
before the final.
There's bodywork everywhere.
They actually check the
weight to make sure we're not
doing anything funky.
Oh, my goodness me!
Ken Block's car is dropping
pieces of body work
left, right, and center.
- [Man On Speaker]
Just gotta keep it nice
and tight as you can.
- C'mon, c'mon Ken!
- [Announcer] Brock's in there.
Light around the
outside, unbelievable!
Ken Block leads!
Crowd is going
absolutely mental!
- [Man On Speaker] All
the way to the checker,
go, go, go, go, go!
(cheering)
That car is f@&%d up.
- I came off the track
and automatically
up on the scales.
The scale guy's like,
"You're underweight."
I'm like, I'm probably
- You're missing half a car.
- [Ken] Yeah.
- Ken, I need feedback
on the vehicle.
- [Ken] Front right
seems a bit off.
- [Man On Speaker] Okay, copy.
No interviews,
straight for the pit.
- Forget the tires.
Get the body work on descending
right, under the tires.
- [Man] Less than 10 minutes.
- [Man] Stupid things
as quick as we can.
(tool drills)
(tool drills)
- [Ken] If you have
a bunch of damage
in a race when you come off
and you're missing half the car,
of course it's gonna
be underweight.
We did everything
possible to get there
to be in the final.
If I woulda been in the
second row in the final,
I would've been in
fourth position.
You know the stewards
made a decision
and I didn't find
out really 'til they
were starting the race.
- [Announcer] Ken Block, oh wow.
No!
Ken Block, who qualified for
the final for the first time,
is being replaced by Kevin
Hanson in the finals.
Probably been underweight
because of the amount of panels
that were missing from the car.
- [Man] Well, that
shouldn't happen.
- [Announcer]
Green light for start,
look to get the best
of star (mumbles).
(dramatic music)
- [Ken] You know, they just
never called me up to go race.
- This part of Ken's life,
which is racing FIA is over.
(dramatic music)
- [Man] You know, in our
world there's this thing
that we say you're only as
good as your last trick.
Who wants your last
trick to be that?
Smile like you got shafted
in the final.
- [Everyone] Aw!
- I have to say what
a fantastic team
and thank you very much.
(clapping)
- [Man] That's a wrap.
- L.A. definitely left a
pretty bad taste in my mouth
and sometimes things like
that just get away from ya.
And they do in
every relationship.
Where you're like shit,
I can't take that back.
Like that's always
gonna be there.
I don't I would say I regret it
but I think we both
wish it didn't happen.
(laughing)
(engine roaring)
- Holy hell.
We kind of handled it the
way that men handle things.
You don't talk about it.
And you both just
have an understanding
that okay, we're not
gonna do this again.
Happy birthday (laughs).
- Oh hey, Brian's here.
- It just gets better
the more you look at it.
Yeah, I've been looking at it
for like an hour and a half.
- [Man] It's nice, right?
- [Brian] It's really nice.
- [Man] It's beautiful.
- [Man] Can we dial
in more flames?
I haven't seen it run yet
but I already know I want
more flames.
- By the way, we already
had a conversation
of what the antenna's for.
- [Man] It leaned up.
- [Brian] Is it coms?
- [Man] That's Derek
Radio right there.
- [Brian] Oh my God.
- [Man] That's actually really,
- that's actually really smart.
- Derek hasn't said anything
yet.
- [Man] Yeah, where's Derek?
(laughing)
- Hey, Derek!
- [Derek] I love it.
- Good afternoon, sir.
- I love it.
- Yeah.
- [Man] I love this
thing, are you kidding me?
- Yeah, the boys at
Detroit did a great job.
- [Man] This is the
best vehicle we have.
- [Man] So will we have
spares of these for shooting?
- [Man] Yes, we'll have a spare
one of these for shooting.
- [Man] We'll have a spare rear?
- [Man] They're all off the
shelf
and all four axles
are identical.
- [Ken] Oh, you hit a wall.
Boom, boom, put the on it.
- [Man] You don't have
to carry as many spares.
- [Man] That's actually
really smartly done.
- God, this is so sick.
I've been saying it,
but this is my new favorite.
- I said it before too,
I think this is my new favorite.
- [Ken] Very, very nice.
- Okay, so now can I invite you
to get changed, sir?
- [Ken] All right.
- [Ken] Connected, yeah?
- [Man] You good, okay.
- [Ken] Videotape.
- [Derek] Live and
clear, birthday boy.
- [Ken] (laughs) Dick.
Copy.
Starting up.
- Copy, all clear.
(car starting)
We should go up the hill to
take the first righthander.
The outside line
is slightly bumpy
so watch your break
point into that.
- [Ken] Copy, thanks.
- The F-150, which still
doesn't have a name
at this current point,
the Hoona truck.
Hopefully, it's what it
takes for the next Hoonicorn.
It's a Ford F-150 the way
you've never seen one before.
- Yes, yes, yes!
The stakes for everyone
involved in Gym 10
is that we're still managing
to like entertain people.
(engine roaring)
Never done Gymkhana
in a truck before.
- This is insane.
(electronic music)
- People are gonna
say, holy shit.
- This is fuckin' crazy.
- That's crazy.
- [Man On Speaker]
I think (mumbles).
- [Man] It's so good.
- [Ken] Oh yeah.
It's amazing.
- Like this truck is gonna
be our new Hoonicorn.
At least we sure
hope it will be.
(engine revving)