Off Limits:NASCAR – The Ringer

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Video Description Narration

00:02 Various shots of Malcolm racing as a kid and a trophy

Malcolm: “Ever since I was old enough to understand the concept of racing, I really wanted to make it big.”

00:12 John OC, various shots of Malcolm

John: “I think for throwing him into the fire, short notice, no testing, he’s done very well. Very impressed with him.

00:19 Shot from Malcolm’s car spinning out

Sound Up: Malcolm spins out

00:23 Shawn OC Shawn: “Must have spun out or went off track”

00:26 Various shots of a live race, shots of fans cheering

Narrator: No form of motor sports racing is rooted as deeply in American Popular Culture as NASCAR.

Sound Up: Fighter jets fly over a NASCAR event

00:46 Various shots of a live NASCAR race

Narrator: Today, it’s by far the most popular form of auto racing in the USA. Each summer Millions of rabid stock car fans flock to events across North America to watch their hero’s race at speeds of more than 260 kilometers per hour, in NASCAR’S premiere championship: The Sprint Cup Series. At larger tracks such as Daytona International Speedway a sprint cup race can draw crowds in excess of 160,000. To keep fans on the edge of their seats, NASCAR fills their track with a seemingly endless supply of highly skilled drivers and teams. This deep talent pool is filled by several smaller series where up and coming drivers and teams cut their teeth and hone their skills.

01:33 Various shots of a live NASCAR race

Key: Richard Buck / NASCAR Director of Touring Series, North America

Richard: “Like most stick and ball or hockey leagues if you will, NASCAR

Richard OC

has a Structure and a system. You start at the grass roots level and there you go cut your skills, you see if you’ve got what it takes, so really it is based on the talent, um that’s what the top tiered teams in NASCAR are looking for. They’re looking to spot that raw talent out there – that next pitcher, that next goalie that next, that next talent.”

01:57 CU of Nascar Canadian Tire series truck and fans cheering

Narrator: “In Canada, the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series is the place for aspiring Canadian racers and teams to strut their stuff, in preparation for a shot at the bigs.”

02:11 Shot of fans taking pictures at a race

Brad OC

Various shots of Nascar’s in a parking lot

MS of Joey from Holland

Richard OC

Key: Brad Moran / Director, NASCAR Canadian Tire Series

Brad: “Well the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series is the only National Series in Canada. We run coast to coast – our farthest race west is Vernon BC and we go to Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

We run 13 events across the country.”

Richard: “It is the top series in Canada. It’s a place for Canadians, and for that matter Europeans, we’ve had Australians, we had a young man, Joey from Holland. He races here so it’s attracting – um it is high on the radar if you will of the NASCAR world.”

02:43

Various shots of Picton, Ontario

MS of Malcolm

Camera pans left on a house

Shots of Malcolm holding a trophy and of a trophy room

Key: Prince Edward County / Picton, Ontario, Canada

Narrator: Picton, Ontario is not high on the radar of the NASCAR world. Its population could fill the 168 thousands seats in Daytona Speedway 40 times over. But that’s never stopped this small town boy from dreaming of the big time. Malcolm Strachan has spent his entire 25 years in Picton, most of it trying to drive as fast as he can. A room filled with trophies shows just

WS of an old building

how serious he is about the sport. Malcolm’s success was fueled by the passion of his parents; owners of a small photo business on Picton’s Main Street.

03:24

WS of a school

Malcolm OC

Old footage of Malcolm as a kid

WS of the arena

Pans right following a car

Several still shots of Malcolm as a kid

Malcolm OC

Home movies of Malcolm in a toy car

Malcolm OC

Key: Malcolm Strachan / Amateur Race Car Driver

Malcolm: “Picton was a decent place to grow up, this is where it all began for me where I dreamed of being a big-time racing driver and having all the money and the fame and all that kind of fun stuff.

Everything from my father putting together a pedal car; taking out the pedals, putting in a belly-pan for it so that I could go flying down paved hills and go sliding around on the plastic tires, it was a lot of fun.”

Sound up: Home movie – young Malcolm races down a hill in a push-car. Dad: “Hey, that’s good! Hey yeah, you bet.”

Malcolm: “This is really a hockey-town, uh, motor racing’s most definitely not what people think about when they come to the county but uh, through the influence of, I think, of my father growing up – a lot of weekends at racing circuits and that sort of thing – I definitely had dreams of going fast on four wheels instead of skates or kicking a ball around.

Ever since I was old enough to understand the concept of racing I wanted to be behind the wheel. I wanted to get up into the big time, whether it was NASCAR whether it was Formula 1 whether it was Le Mans, anything like that. I really wanted to make it big.

04:41 Various shots of Malcolm’s parents business

Various shots of Malcolm racing as a kid

Angela OC

Various still shots of Malcolm racing as a kid

Shots of Malcolm’s trophy collection

”Sound-Up: Malcolm’s mother Angela and Father David serve a customer.

Key: Angela Strachan / Malcolm’s mother

Angela: “His first cart I ever watched him in, I mean he started mid grid, and I mean the sea of little cars take off and you just kind of go huh! My child is in the middle of that! And suddenly he miraculously appeared at the front by the 1st corner at Shannonville and I thought, ok stay there because I don’t want you in that mass in the middle and he seemed to always do that. Right from the very 1st race I know he had it in him – he had that analytical brain and he could analyze set ups and situations, tell his father and his father would make the cart too – what they ended up having was a winning combination. David of course, Malcolm’s father has done extensive racing through his career, so I think it was all just inevitable that he would be where he is today.”

05:38 WS and CU of Malcolm’s Dad working on a car in garage

David OC beside his car

Various shots of Nascar cars

Sound Up: Malcolm’s dad raises the hood of a car in the family garage.

Key: David Strachan / Malcolm’s father

David: “There are a lot of memories in this garage; we’ve spent so many hours out here.

It’s unheated and sometimes those hours were very uncomfortable so it was sweat like blazes in the summertime and freeze our fingers off in the winter but I wouldn’t trade it for anything.

We’ve learned how to do a lot with very little primarily because I really couldn’t

David OCStill shots of newspaper articles about Malcolm

David OC

afford to pay someone else to do it. It actually always did my heart good because we’d go out and race against quarter million dollar twin turbo Porches and Ferraris and our home build Corvette with used tires and pump gas would invariably beat them and I put most of that down to Malcolm’s driving talent more than the uh, perhaps the car preparation but at any rate the trophy’s came home with us and that’s what counted, so uh, proud father – no question about that.”

06:40 WS of Malcolm walking down street

Malcolm OC

Malcolm walks into his parents store

Various shots of Malcolm talking to his Dad in store

Sound Up: Malcolm walks down Picton Street

Malcolm: Every time I turned a wrench on a car – it was always a thought of how can I get up to the big time and I quickly came to the realization that a lot of it is money and if you- you’ve got to either come from money or you’ve got to be well connected with good sponsors to be able to make it in this business.

Sound Up: Dad: “Hey Buddy”. Malcolm: “How’s it going?” Dad: “Good.”

Narrator: “In professional racing, no sponsor means virtually no chance - but just before Strachan parked his racing career for good, Television Network RUSH HD has thrown him a lifeline.”

07:19 Malcolm OC

Shots of Malcolm holding a RUSH HD helmet

Camera tilts up on RUSH

Malcolm: “I was pretty much running out of hope in terms of making it as a professional racing driver.

I really didn’t know what was going to happen and uh, came across RUSH HD and thought well, here’s an opportunity that might exist so I got in touch with a few people and managed

HD racecar to show them what I’m all about and we put together a really good deal and I’m really excited to be running the Rush HD dodge in Montreal.”

07:46 Malcolm peels sticker off his RUSH HD helmet

Shot of Malcolm in his car

Shot of race on jumbotron

WS of fans and nationwide series car

Narrator: Rush HD has offered to give Strachan one shot at his dream. They are sponsoring his entry into this year’s NASCAR Canadian Tire Series race, at Montreal’s legendary Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. This is a massively popular Canadian stock car event that shares the bill with a NASCAR Nationwide Series round. It’s a chance to impress some of the NASCAR Big wigs. Best of all It’s a road course, which is Strachan’s specialty.

08:19 David OC

Camera scans several team trailers

David OC

David: “I’m really pleased with the fact that there are going to be a number of really big NASCAR teams there and I just hope that somebody takes the time to watch the Canadian Tire Series race and takes notice of him it because I’m sure he’ll put on a pretty good show.”

08:35 Malcolm OC

Shots of the big teams trailers and different team logos

Malcolm OC

Montreal race t-shirt, and WS of packed grandstands

Malcolm OC

Malcolm: “I really think this is my biggest shot at making the big time.

If I can impress the right people and influence the right people, maybe I could get a shot at being a road course ringer for some team in the Nationwide series. They only run 2 road races a year so they need a pro driver in there to get the job done and hopefully I can convince them that I can be that pro driver.

This will definitely be the biggest race I’ve been in and I’m really looking forward to basically show what I’m made of and show that I can hustle a car around a track as well as look good on camera for the sponsor so we’ll have to see how it goes.

09:11 Various shots of Malcolm at the Gilles Villeneuve race track in Montreal

Narrator: In just 2 days, racecar driver Malcolm Strachan gets one shot at a dream. He will be competing in a

WS of NASCAR nationwide trailersWS of lots of fans cheering

MS of Malcolm talking CU of RUSH HD car

MS of Jim Bray in and around his truck

NASCAR Canadian Tire Series race at Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

This NASCAR sanctioned event will lead into a bigger race, a Canadian stop in the Nationwide Series - and 70,000 stock car fans are expected to attend.

For this once in a lifetime opportunity, Strachan will be competing in the RUSH HD Dodge owned by Jim Bray Racing. Jim Bray is a NASCAR veteran with more than 40 years under his belt. He’s one of the few Canadians to have ever actually raced with NASCAR in the prestigious Daytona 500.

09:58

Jim OC

MS of a truck moving a trailer

Jim OC

Key: Jim Bray / Owner, Jim Bray Racing

Jim: “I ran in 2 Daytona 500’s – 64 and 65, and met a lot of great people. Richard Petty’s a personal friend and I was at his 1st race and his last race.

What I know about Malcolm’s driving ability is from what I hear from other people, and I heard good things about him. To me it’s as important how a guy conducts himself off the racetrack, you know I mean – you might say there are lots of drivers around but sometimes there’s not lots of good people you want to run your cars so, we’re a little fussy.”

10:36 Shot of Malcolm driving away in a car

Narrator: “With Team Bray’s hauler set-up in the paddock, Strachan heads off to park his car. He’s a long way from the red carpet. In fact, he’s a long way from everything.”

10:51 Malcolm OC talking while walking away from his car

Sound Up: Malcolm walks away from car. “It’s uh, its about quarter to 2, way out in P3 parking. Any further we’d be in the water. We’re about a 10 minute walk away from the pits which is another 2 km from uh, from the

start/finish line, so a lot of walking around. My father actually raced here back in 1986. Pretty impressive stuff.”

11:17 WS of the team trailers

Shot of people sitting around

Various shots of guys screwing something together

Narrator: “The team’s trucks are parked in the makeshift pits, and the rolling technical inspection area is set to go, but no one’s allowed to pull their cars out and get to work - until NASCAR gives the green light.

Every race team will be given precisely the same amount of time to prepare their entry for NASCAR’s very strict rolling technical inspection.”

11:38 MS of NASCAR official blowing horn and teams unloading their cars

Tim OC

Various shots of teams pulling their cars out of the trailers

Sound Up: NASCAR OFFICIAL Sounds the horn, Pit crews get to work.

Key: Tim Ellis / Technical Director, NASCAR Canadian Tire Series

Tim: “Yeah, it’s pretty cool to see when all the gates go down, the cars start coming out, the pit carts are rolling out. Guys get working on stuff, they’re all excited to get going here and as you can see behind me, there’s lots of work going on here today.”

12:12 Beauty shots of the exterior and interior of the Rush HD car

Malcolm OC

Beauty shots of Malcolm’s RUSH HD car

Malcolm OC

Malcolm: “Uh, car looks good. I like it up close. Can’t wait to get out in it though, that’s for sure. Yeah the car’s quite a bit different than the Corvette that I used to race – big carbureted V8 - a bit more power – should be a closer ratio gear box. But uh, drove a late model stock car on an oval for a total of about 20 minutes once, so hopefully that will give me a bit of experience in a similar type of machine. I uh, definitely want to get in and even just feel out the gear box – see how it feels, see what I need to do to get used to it, especially for qualifying, so that I can turn in a quick lap – but yeah, it should be fun – I’m looking forward to tomorrow.”

12:55 Various shots of people working on the RUSH HD car and pushing it to the inspection area

CU of John Fletcher talking to someone

Narrator: “Before the RUSH HD Dodge can take part in tomorrow’s practice, it must first pass NASCAR’s technical inspection. Luckily, this pit crew doesn’t have much to worry about. The number 49 Car was built from the ground up by Jim Bray’s Crew Chief, John Fletcher, a talented fabricator who has built upwards of 50 stock cars during the course of his career.

13:19

RUSH HD car being pushed to inspection area

John OC

Various shots of the RUSH HD car being inspected

Key: John Fletcher / Crew Chief / Jim Bray Racing

John: “Inside and out we built the car from scratch in 2003. Jim Bray bought it 2 years ago I think, um, so we had this opportunity this week-end with Malcolm and I told Jim go for it, you know it will be fun.

They’re about 125 thousand turn key. There’s a lot of work in them. There’s a lot of cheaper race cars out there but they don’t have the man hours in them – more production line stuff. This is a, it’s an oddball car, and um, it’s much like a cup car was 15 years ago, or a bush car. Um, they’re a great car – they’re just their own beast, you can’t take them anywhere else, so they’re unique to what they’re doing.”

14:02 Shot of NASCAR official handing paperwork over

Sound Up: Official: “ok that’s mine, you can have that back because I’m happy, you’re good to go. Ok thanks.”

14:09 NASCAR official gives RUSH HD team yellow tape to put on car’s bumper

RUSH HD team pushing their car back to pit area

Sound Up: Shawn: “Malcolm this is where you’re earning your stripes” Pit crew member put yellow tape on rear bumper.”

Narrator: “The RUSH HD Dodge passes technical inspection without a hitch. Now, as per NASCAR rules, Inspection Officials put a strip of what’s known as, Rookie Tape, on the car’s

rear bumper. This simple yellow tape lets the other drivers know that the #49 entry has a rookie on board.”

14:33 Shot of an official filling out paperwork

Narrator: “Just a few hours later, team Bray runs into an unexpected snag during a mandatory safety gear inspection.”

14:45 Malcolm and NASCAR official OC as they talk

MS of Malcolm looking at his helmet

Sound Up: (Official taps helmet) Official: “Those are counterfeit”Malcolm “Really?” Official: “Yes. They have – they’re supposed to be magnetic. If they’re real Hans they’re supposed to be magnetic steel.” Malcolm: “So what can I do about that?” Official: “You can get them changed here.” Malcolm: “Yeah.” Official: “You have to go down to the nationwide garage to get it done though.”Malcolm: “Ok… Hmm. That’s a little unsettling.”

15:05Malcolm OC

Malcolm: “The Hans device basically goes underneath the uh, your shoulder belts and then goes up behind the helmet, and then there are 2 tethers that goes to- that attach to the helmet, so in an accident, basically your head can’t extend too far forward, It’s a bit unnerving that the past couple years, I have been racing with counterfeit safety pieces.”

Malcolm: “I have to get them changed before I’m allowed on the track.”

15:31 Malcolm looking at his helmet and various shots of Malcolm in the garage

Narrator: “Luckily, Malcolm’s counterfeit Hans device will be repaired in time for tomorrow’s practice run. Relieved, Strachan takes a moment to stroll through the Nationwide Series paddock to catch a rare glimpse of life in the fast lane.

15:51 Malcolm OC walking Malcolm: “it’s funny because you get into something like the Nascar

Beauty shots of NASCAR nationwide series cars

Canadian Tire Series and it’s a, it’s a big deal and then you walk down a pathway a little bit and all of a sudden you’re next to the bigger guys and then it’s like oh, well, it’s another step up.

There’s a little bit of the Kid in a Candy Store type of feeling but at the same time – it’s kind of like the kid in a candy store that doesn’t have any change in his pockets and uh, Hopefully I could talk to a team or 2 or, at least have a few people watching the Nascar Canadian Tire series race and if they can see how well I do then, they might be willing to pick me up for a road course race or 2.”

16:32 WS of cloudy skyShots of windshield wipers being installed on the car

Malcolm OC

Shots of Malcolm and his car

Malcolm OCMalcolm’s car gets put away in the trailer, fade to black

Malcolm: “The forecast is for rain tomorrow. If there is rain, it might play into my hands – I tend to go well in the rain, I’ve had some good results in the rain and I absolutely love racing in the rain, so if there is some inclement weather, then I think I have a better chance of finishing higher up in the order.

When I was very, very young I had a lot of experience in the rain. It’s definitely not normal for racers to enjoy racing in the rain - but then there are the few odd-balls like me that absolutely love it so, we’ll have to see how it goes.”

17:21

Various shots of teams preparing for test runs

Shots of Malcolm’s car

Key: Circuit Gilles Villeneuve / Day 2 – NASCAR Canadian Tire Series / Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Narrator: Today, the competitors in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series will get their only official practice session. It will be their first look at the Montreal street circuit.

For Malcolm Strachan it is also his 1st

and only chance to drive the RUSH HD Dodge before qualifying – and to raise the stakes even higher - For the first time in his racing career – getting noticed by NASCAR is a real possibility.

17:51Shot of Malcolm preparing his car

Richard OC

Shots of the teams Richard talks about

Richard OC

Key: Richard Buck / NASCAR Director of Touring Series, North America

Richard: “It’s not only possible but it’s happening today. It’s been happening since the inception of the NASCAR Canadian Tire series. Um, probably the 1st one was Pete Shepherd, he got recognized by Jack Roush – got a ride in the truck series and you know, we’ve got guys like Andrew Ranger that compete down there and DJ Kennington is very well respected already and recognized in that garage area so many of them have crossed over from this end to that end and are recognized.”

18:17 WS of the Hans device

CU of under the cars hood

Narrator: “With his Hans device now up to spec, Strachan is geared-up and ready to roll, but his pit crew still have some last minute set up adjustments to make.

18:27Jim OC

CU of the car’s engine

Jim: “You can be here for a week and at the last minute there’s a bunch of stuff – that uh, my friend – one time she said, ‘Is the car ready?’ I said, ‘the car’s never ready’, she said, ‘what do you mean?’ I said, ‘well, it doesn’t matter how much time you have, there’s always something to do right in the last few minutes.’”

18:44 Malcolm OCShots of people working on Malcolm’s car

Shots of the rain and windy weather

Malcolm: “I got here around six, um, there’s been a lot of stuff going on right now- they think the battery’s a little bit low so – they’re just charging it a little bit. Yeah, I’m really happy to see the rain this morning, uh, it should be a bit of an advantage, uh, it would be nice to get a bit of dry time in the car just so I

MS of man installing tire

Malcolm OC

could get a feel for the balance of it and everything. I’ve driven similar cars before so, this one in the rain – I don’t know, I should be able to figure it out. Fingers crossed anyway.”

19:14 Montage of Malcolm getting into the carCU of Malcolm and John talking before he takes the car out

Sound Up: Malcolm: “This is a triple disc clutch right?”

John: “Yeah, you push it as much as you need and that’s it.”

Malcolm: “Right, so when I’m starting, like when I’m going…”

John: “Once you get her rolling just you let it out.” Malcolm: “Let it out, so like I don’t want to slip the clutch at all.”

John: “No don’t drag it, just get rolling, let it off.”

Malcolm: “Let it out, let the tires spin a little?”

John: “And only spin it as much as you need.”

Malcolm: “Yeah? Ok.”

19:45 Shots of mechanics working on Malcolm’s car

John OC

CU of Malcolm in his car

John: “We don’t have to coach him on his driving, we know he can drive – we have to coach him on this car.

These are a different animal from anything else, so uh, just try to keep him out of trouble till tomorrow – then we’ll turn him loose.”

20:03 CU of Jim, and of Malcolm in his car

Narrator: “While waiting in the hot pits for his practice to begin, Strachan’s pit crew hits speed bump.”

20:12 CU and MS of John and Jim talking

Sound Up: Jim: “They want you up there I think.”

John:” What did they say... We gotta fix the light Jim.”

Jim: “Huh?”

John: “Gotta fix the light. If it’s not on, they don’t go on the racetrack…

” Pit Crew Member: “That’s what I’ve been trying to say.”

20:29 WS ZI to CU of a mechanic stripping some wire

Narrator: “According to NASCAR rules, during rain conditions cars must be equipped with brake-lights. Unfortunately, the plug required to activate Strachan’s brake lights is back in the team’s hauler– parked in the paddock 1 mile away.

20:46 John OC John: “For the wet you’re supposed to have it on - on a switch. Well, we hardly ever run in the wet, so it’s got a plug. It’s all hooked up but the plug’s in the other trailer... Typical. Typical motor-sports.”

21:04 MS of Malcolm sitting and waiting in his car

Shots of crew members working

Narrator: “If Strachan’s brake light isn’t working within the next few minutes, he’ll be barred from entering the track. Losing his one and only chance to get used to the car before the qualifying session would be devastating. Crew Member Shawn McGlynn pleads with the officials for permission to run without the lights.

21:22 Official and Shawn OC as they talk

Sound Up: Official: “Ready to go?”

Shawn: “Do we have to have a break light?”

Official: “Pardon?”

Shawn: “Do we have to have a break light?”

Official: “Uh, 49 is having trouble with their break light, are they required to have it for practice?.........Ten-Four,

Thank you…Don’t need it, just roll out”

21:43 Camera pans left following the RUSH HD car line up

MS of John on his headset

Shot from inside race car

Narrator: “At the last minute, NASCAR Officials rule that the 49 can run, and the RUSH HD Dodge is allowed to enter the track. This practice session is crucial. These are extremely difficult cars to drive and Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is unforgiving.

For Strachan, this will be a fast and steep learning curve.”

Sound Up: Strachan enters the racetrack in 49 car.

22:08 Shot from inside race carShot of pit crew, tilts up to race on jumbotron

Shot from inside race car

Camera pans left as Malcolm’s car races by

Narrator: “This is also a crucial session for the number 49 Pit Crew. They will be monitoring the car’s performance from pit lane.

Vital information gathered here will be used to tweak the cars set up before this afternoon’s qualifying session. After 1 warm up lap, the practice goes green.”

Sound Up: Strachan races by

22:34 Camera looking out the windshield of Malcolm’s car

CU of Malcolm’s coach

Camera pans left as Malcolm drives by

Narrator: “Mother Nature has decided to keep the weather conditions for this practice session, less than ideal. Most drivers hate running in the wet, but rookie Strachan loves nothing more than racing in the rain.”

Sound Up: Strachan races by22:55 Shot of car spinning out from

camera inside Malcolm’s carNarrator: “It doesn’t take long for the wet conditions to take their toll. Near the completion of lap 1, the 41 car spins out and Strachan squeezes by – narrowly missing a collision that could have ended his week-end early.”

23:13 Camera looking out the windshield of Malcolm’s car

Narrator: “On his second lap, Strachan’s wet weather skills shine though as he makes an impressive pass.”

Malcolm OC

MS of Malcolm’s car driving

Shot from inside Malcolm’s car

Key: Malcolm Strachan / Driver # 49 Rush HD/Dodge

Malcolm: “The skills needed for that are to be gentle with everything to be really smooth, to have a good feel for the car’s doing, uh, you also need to experiment a lot to find where there’s grip on the track. Uh, you don’t want to stay on the dry racing line because that’s where all the rubber is.

It’s grippy in the dry but it’s really, really slippery in the wet, so you actually want to go off-line, around the outsides of corners to try to get grip where the asphalt is basically untouched.”

23:59 MS of scoreboardshot from inside Malcolm’s car

Narrator: “Five minutes into the session, Strachan is 11th fastest. Suddenly he starts to struggle with the number 49’s adjustable breaking bias system. Within seconds he looses control and is forced to pull off onto an escape road.

24:17

Jim OC

CU of Malcolm’s coach and Jim watching the race

Key: Jim Bray / Owner, Jim Bray Racing

Jim: “He was driving a high performance corvette before so, I told him, don’t be disappointed if you’re 25th

or something.

These cars are difficult to drive, they’re different, they’re heavy, they have- they don’t have as much break as a lot of cars, they have less tire, they’re heavier, and uh, restricted engine a little bit.”

24:38 Shot from inside Malcolm’s car

Narrator: “The rookie makes a quick adjustment to the breaking system, gathers his composure and pulls back out onto the racetrack.

Sound Up: (Malcolm drives back onto the track)

24:47 Shawn OC Shawn: “Oh, he’s doing alright, he said that he had a wheel hop issue in one of the straight always and had to take a run-off route. Just to avoid, you know, spinning, but he’s doing ok. Didn’t hit anything yet, that’s good.”

25:04 Shot from inside of Malcolm’s car

Narrator: “With only 9 laps under his belt, Strachan kicks things into high gear. He powers through some technical turns and increases his average lap speed to an amazing 8th

fastest in the session.”

Sound Up: Malcolm makes some impressive turns.

25:25 MS of Shawn talking into his radio

Shawn (on radio): “Malcolm everything’s going good, your lap-times are good, so uh finish this lap and then bring it in.”

25:31 Malcolm pulls into the pits

Various shots of Malcolm talking with coaches and looking at lap times

MS of John working on the car

Narrator: “Strachan has finished the practice session with a best lap speed of 74.393 mph. That’s 12thfastest out of a field of 34 cars – a very impressive debut.

The NASCAR rookie lapped faster than some of the top competitors in the series, like Andrew Ranger and DJ Kennington.

Now, the #49 Pit Crew has just a few hours to fine-tune the RUSH HD car for the qualifying session.

26:01 Malcolm OC Malcolm: “I’m happy with the result, uh for 1st time in the car, 1st time in the wet in this car, um – 1st time on the track. I don’t know – um no complaints here, I think that worked out pretty well.”

26:13 Various shots of Jim and Malcolm taking about the car

Sound Up: Jim: “…And you were comfortable in the car?” Malcolm: “Yeah, yeah, the car seemed to be fine.” Jim: “Like you felt ok, you didn’t feel like you were overdriving it or anything. Malcolm: “No, uh, it took me a little while to realize that the break biased was a little bit too much to the

rear… and it hopped the rear under the- Jim: “Oh, I was going to ask you about that – talk you you about brake biased.” Malcolm: “But, yeah, car seemed to be working well.” Jim: “As long as you felt comfortable about it, that’s the important thing.” Malcolm: “Yeah, yeah, oh yeah. But I think if we make a few more changes – I don’t know what the weather’s going to do but if we can make the rear end just a little softer for on throttle coming out of the corners then…” Jim: “Yeah, John’s the guy to deal with.” Malcolm: “Yeah, I’ve been talking to both John and Shawn: “Jim: Yeah, John and Shawn. They’re great, yeah; they’re both great chassis men. Malcolm: “Yeah, yeah.” Jim:”...And races are won with chassis - and horsepower.” Malcolm: “Yeah exactly.”

26:59 Various shots of the crew working on the car

Malcolm OC

Malcolm: “I think there’s still more in the car. Obviously I’ve got probably about uh, 20 minutes in the car so I’m far from an expert but just based on what it feels like compared to the other, like uh, one of the quicker guys, I think softening uh, up the rear, somehow, would uh, would help get a bit more rear grip.”

27:18 Shots of the pit crew workingShot of officials looking at times

Narrator: “As the pit crews prepare for the qualifying session – the power tools aren’t the only things creating a buzz in the Paddock. Strachan’s surprising 12th

place finish has turned some heads.27:31

WS of Malcolm talking to coaches

Brad OC

MS of Malcolm working on his helmet

Key: Brad Moran / Director, NASCAR Canadian Tire Series

Brad: “The kid did great, I mean you know a 12th place, I believe he finished 12th in the practice session – uh just outside of the top ten there are some big names, uh definitely that were behind him, so – I’m sure he’s pretty excited – a great start on wet conditions – uh so he made, he

certainly could handle the car in the wet that’s for sure.”

27:54 NASCAR official talking to pit crew

CU of weather patterns on a GPS

Beauty shots of cars and tires

Sound Up: Tim Ellis talks to another official: “No. Right now no tires, no tools. Take the car in dry conditions…”

Narrator: “No one knows what mother nature has in store for today’s qualifying session.

Right now, NASCAR Officials are ruling that the competitors must start with a dry set-up, but this could change at any time leading up to the start.”

28:13

Tim OC

Various shots of cars getting worked on in the pits

Tim OC

Key: Tim Ellis / Technical Director, NASCAR Canadian Tire Series

Tim: “There’s lots of questions from a lot of teams trying to figure out what they need to do next. Uh, their set-ups in their cars are different from dry to wet, so their looking for a little more than just changing tires, so we’re trying to work with them, we need a good show, we need to make sure they’re safe so we’ll try to work with them the best we can so we can make all the adjustments and accommodate their needs as we go along here so, uh there’s just many questions about what we’re going to do next. And uh, mother Nature Keeps changing on us here. One minute we’re looking for Jackets and the next minute we’re nice and dry and warm so we’ll just take it one step at a time here.”

28:44 RUSH HD car get pushed to inspection area, Malcolm gets ready in the team trailer

Narrator: “While the RUSH HD Dodge goes through the pre qualifying technical inspection, Strachan mentally prepares in the team’s trailer.”

28:53 Malcolm OC talking while getting ready

Strachan: Sound Up. “I’m just focused on the job at hand, and uh just thinking about what I have to do as a driver. I’m not really thinking about uh – wow, I’m so lucky, wow, all this kind of stuff like, I am lucky, that usually, that feeling

Malcolm walking out of the trailer

Malcolm walking with his helmet in hand

usually comes after – but uh, or leading up to the race but, when I’m lacing up I’m focusing on everything I’ve gotta do and just thinking about that sort of thing.

I am definitely very happy that I’ve got this opportunity but at the same time I’ve gotta make the most of it so I’ve got to focus and make sure that I do all the right stuff at the right time.”

“I think I might have a decent chance if it stays dry but if it’s wet, I think I’d have a much better chance of doing well, so uh, I’m praying for Rain, if it rains I think uh, I think we’ll be looking a little bit better in the 49 car.”

29:55 Shots of the cars lined up waiting to do the 4 lap qualifier, and of the crowd

Narrator: “The RUSH HD Dodge passes inspection and is moved to the hot pits for the 4-lap qualifier. The fastest lap time for each driver will determine the starting grid positions for tomorrow’s final. For Strachan, a good qualifying time will improve his chances of success on race day. This time on the track, Strachan won’t be able to rely on his wet weather skills – but rain or not – his dream of making it big in NASCAR, really starts right here.

30:30 Malcolm racing on the track Narrator: “After the warm up laps, the qualifier goes green.”

Sound Up: Malcolm races by and into the hairpin turn.

30:48 Shot looking out of Malcolm’s windshield

John and Jim OC talking in the pits

Narrator: “Strachan gets through his first 2 laps without a hitch, and starts the 3rd lap running hard.

Sound Up: Malcolm races through the hairpin again.

Sound Up: Malcolm spins out, tries to re-start the engine. John: “(expletive) he just spun. I don’t know if he got going or not. (On radio to Malcolm)

“Did you get going?” Malcolm: “No, the battery’s dead.” John: “Did the battery – it won’t start.” It’s off down there it won’t start.” Jim: “It just quit on him?” John: “No he spun out. Jim: “Oh, oh and then it wouldn’t start. Okay.”

31:55 MS of JimCU of the race on a small monitor

Narrator: “Strachan miscalculated his breaking speed heading into the chicane and lost control of the number 49 dodge.”

32:05 Shot looking out the cars windshield

MS of John, Malcolm’s car pulls into the pit

Narrator: “The spin-out caused the number 49 to stall and without a fully charged battery, Strachan can’t get the engine to re-start. His best qualifying time will have to be taken from his first 2 laps. Now, Strachan and the rest of the crew must wait for the official results from the qualifying session.”

32:24 MS of Malcolm talking OC Sound-Up: Shawn: “What are you thinking?” Malcolm: “Well, I was overdriving the breaks too much, uh, I was trying to learn the track in the dry, learn the car, how it felt in the dry, and try to pull off a fast lap all at once and uh, I just out-braked myself a couple times. I don’t know. I’m not pleased with myself, I know I could have done better – I was actually on a fast lap and I probably would have knocked off half a second because I was making big gains out there just every corner I went through I was like ok I can do this now, ok I can find out this I can get that 2 tenths in this corner, 2 tenths in that corner, like – I am, I am way off my- I don’t know - I’m way off my own pace in that session so.” Shawn: “We have more patience for your driving than you do, so that’s ok. Don’t worry about it.” Malcolm: “Fair enough.”

33:11 WS of pit crew workingCU of qualifying results

Narrator: “While the pit crew works on the number 49 entry, the timing print-out reveals that Strachan has qualified 19th fastest in a field of 34.”

MS of Malcolm talking to his coaches

Sound Up: Malcolm: 19th, that’s not too bad, I’m not too disappointed in that, but the time difference is so huge, but I know I’ve got a lot left in me and there may be a little in the car but I don’t know.

33:36

Jim OC

Shot of the car, camera pans to Malcolm and get a shot of him looking disappointed

Jim OC

WS of Malcolm walking

CU of a tire stack

Key: Jim Bray / Owner, Jim Bray Racing

Jim: “I’m very impressed with the 49 car. He’s, he’s uh, the thing I like is – he said now, ‘I did this and I did that and I did whatever wrong’, and, so he knows, he’s very intelligent, and very perceptive of what he’s doing, so uh he did very, very well. He’s not satisfied, I know, but everybody else is, and when I say everybody else I mean, people in NASCAR, other crew, other teams. They’re very pleased with what he’s done even though he’s not satisfied. Maybe that’s why he’s as good as he is because he’s not satisfied.”

Fade to black34:16

Various shots of team members talking in the pits and crowd sots

Camera pans left following Malcolm’s car

Key: Circuit Gilles Villeneuve / Day 3 – NASCAR Canadian Tire Series / Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Narrator: “For both NASCAR Officials and the teams, staging a round of the NASCAR Canadian Tire series and the Nationwide Series in front of 70,000 fans - takes a pile of planning and preparation. But this morning, much of the talk in the paddock is about the performance of 1st time rookie competitor Malcolm Strachan. His results in both the Practice and the Qualifier have been noticed.”

34:45

Richard OC

Key: Richard Buck / NASCAR Director of Touring Series, North America

Richard: “He’s already caught the attention – almost an unknown if you

MS of Malcolm walking towards camera

Richard OC

will, but I mean to step into these cars which are very difficult to drive, uh it takes a lot of skill and the circuit is very demanding as well and to do as well as he has already, he’s already caught the attention of quite a few people, so your talent really shines, you can come to this series and be recognized for your talent, not just a suitcase full of money.”

35:08

John OC

CU of Malcolm’s face

MS of Nascar truck

Key: John Fletcher / Crew Chief, Jim Bray Racing

John: “I think for throwing him into the fire short notice no testing, um, in the rain 1st out, he’s done very well, very impressed with him. Um the Dry’s a little bit different. Um that’s where he’ll have to work at getting a little bit of the speed out of the car. But he’s done very well.”

Sound Up: Horn blows, Pit crews start opening haulers.

35:29 Various shots of the crew members working on cars

Shot of the RUSH HD car’s crew

Narrator: “The 7am horn sounds and the crews get to work. Each team has about 2 hours to make any final adjustments or repairs before the final technical inspection.

But over in the RUSH HD pit, the crewmember with the keys to the team’s trailer is missing in action.”

35:50 Tim and John walking and talking OC

Sound Up: Tim Ellis: “You should get keys for this thing. Second set. Third set.” John: “I should get a hammer.” Tim Ellis: “ha ha ha. There ya go, have a good day Johnny.”

35:59 Cu of a grinder cutting the lockWS of the crew pulling the car out

Narrator: “After 25 minutes of waiting for the keys, Crew Chief John Fletcher takes matters into his own hands and cuts the locks. The pit crew now has less than 90 minutes before final inspection.

CU of the RUSH HD car being pulled out of the trailer

This is not a good start to the day. The rushed preparation could affect Strachan’s performance. “

36:21 Shawn OC

Various shots of people working on cars

Malcolm OC

Various shots of the crew pushing the car.

John OCVarious shots of crew working in pits

Key: Shawn McGlynn / Pit Crew Member, Jim Bray Racing

Shawn: “it’s just a schedule change initially – the pit was opening up at 8 but they changed it to 7pm – there was some confusion whether it was 7pm or 8pm. We didn’t guess right.”

Malcolm: It’s about 8 O’ Clock, um the garage opened at 7 but I didn’t really need to be here that, quite that early – it’s basically just getting the car ready for tech inspection and uh, last thing they need is a driver poking their nose in everywhere to try to see what’s going on so… The weather channel said, uh it’s supposed to start raining around eleven o’clock, and our race is at 11:45 so my fingers are crossed for the rain because I think that will uh, that’ll help me out quite a bit.”

John: “He’s got a good motor, good set up. He’s happy with the car we tightened him up a little bit for today. Um, I think he’ll do fine, a top – I’d be happy with a top 15 um, and 23 laps would be a great- it’s a tough race I’m not sure he knows how tough a race it is, it’s gonna be for him. But uh, we’ll see what he looks like at the end.”

37:30Malcolm walking towards his car

Malcolm OC

Cars pulling out of the pits

Key: Malcolm Strachan / Driver, #49 Rush HD / Dodge

Malcolm: “A little bit anxious about getting the race underway and trying to improve upon my lap times and qualifying and work my way up if possible. Um, big thing is attrition in these races, a lot of guys go 110% from the drop of the green flag all the

Rush HD car lining up on race track

Malcolm walking around on the racetrack

Malcolm OC

Announcer OC calling Malcolm’s name, Malcolm walks on stage and shakes everyone’s hand

way to the finish, so there might be some broken gear boxes out there, broken clutches uh, bent cars, stuff like that so I’m going to try my best to keep the nose of this thing clean and uh just stay on the track. A few people have told me that - some drivers to watch out for and that sort of thing so I’m gonna try to keep that in mind as well and um, yeah, I’ll just try my best to keep smooth, consistent and be there at the end. The show’s pretty impressive, I’m looking forward to getting out there, it should be a lot of fun, this’ll be the first time I’m actually even racing on TV so that’s uh, kind of fun too, but uh, but yeah, most of all I just can’t wait to get out there and get down to the actual business of racing…”

Sound Up: Announcer introduces Malcolm Strachan in French. Applause.

38:52

Malcolm OC

Various shots of Malcolm getting ready and jumping into his car

Malcolm: “This is definitely the biggest race I’ve been in, uh, I’ve done a lot of road racing but nothing compares to crowds like this and a series like this – there are a lot of good drivers out these so it’s gonna be an uphill battle but uh I think – I know where I can make some big gains on the track. And uh, I think that hopefully, hopefully I can work my way up the field a bit – and uh, be smooth with the gear shifts so I don’t mess up the gear box or anything like that I think a few people are going to have issues like that. See a few guys wheel hoping and when you wheel hop you break stuff so. So if I can be smooth with everything and make it to the finish and conserve the brakes, should be good.”

Sound Up: Official: “We’re gonna do ‘Start your engines’ in about 3 minutes,

Beauty shots of Malcolm putting his helmet on and getting into the car

Malcolm’s car takes off on the race trackShots from inside Malcolm’s car looking out windshield

ok?”

Malcolm: “ok” Official: “2 minutes.”

Malcolm: “It makes me excited – all the cameras around, the fans – it’s great to see everything – it definitely gets me excited but uh, in terms of getting nervous I think it’s just the cars around me that give me the only sort of uneasy feeling, I’ve never raced with these guys, I’m going into the 1st corner, I’m not sure what to expect. I don’t know if I’m going to be hit from behind, I don’t know if anyone’s gonna even touch me, it’s a really big unknown at this point so uh, I’ll probably be a little conservative into the 1st corner and then start pushing harder and harder from there. The last thing I want to do is end up in somebody’s rear bumper, or have something go wrong there, so uh. Yeah, you don’t win the race in the first lap.”

Sound Up: Cars move towards starting grid

40:46 WS of Malcolm warming his tires up

Shot of a sunny cloudy sky, tilts down to racetrack

The race starts, camera pans left following cars around 1st turn

Narrator: “The first 2 laps are driven under a waved yellow caution. This gives the driver’s time to warm-up their tires and to preview the track’s condition. Strachan’s hope for a wet race have dried up, as the sun beats down on the racing surface.

Sound Up: Race begins.

41:10Camera inside Malcolm’s car looking out of windshield

Narrator: The race goes green. Right out of the gate, Strachan gives up his 19th place stating position, and now the fight begins.

Sound up: Strachan accelerates,

catches up to field.41:31 In car view of Malcolm

passing a competitor and flying through track

Narrator: “Still on lap 1, Strachan regains 19th place by aggressively making a pass on the inside corner of the chicane.

Sound Up: Race continues41:48 In car view looking out of

Malcolm’s windshieldNarrator: “On Lap 4, Malcolm snatches another position, and closes in on 17th.

Sound Up: Strachan heads into hairpin turn with group of cars.

42:03 Split screen showing 2 angles of spin out

In car camera view looking out windshield

Narrator: “On Lap 5, another competitor spins out in front of Strachan, forcing him to cut through the infield.”

“This off track excursion has cost Strachan 4 positions. He is now in 22nd place on lap 5, and must push even harder to re-gain ground.

Sound Up: Strachan accelerates to catch up to the field.

42:33 In car view looking out windshield

Narrator: “Strachan barrels into the chicane, and fights his way back - up to 19th.

Sound Up: Shawn cheers for Malcolm from pits.

42:47

WS of the crowd cheering

Malcolm spins out on track

Narrator: “On Lap 8, Strachan and the number 49 Rush HD Dodge grab 18th place.

Sound Up: Crowd cheers

Sound Up: Malcolm spins out of control43:05 In car view watching cars

pass Malcolm spun out

Malcolm takes off to get back into the race

Narrator: “While dicing for 17th place, Strachan hit the brakes a split second too late and lost control of the number 49. Almost the entire field races by – Now, he must drive as hard as he can to catch up to the pack.

Sound Up: Malcolm turns around and

accelerates past the pits.43:30 Shawn OC Key: Shawn McGlynn / Pit Crew

Member, Jim Bray Racing

Sound Up: Shawn: “Must have spun out or went off track, looks like he’s ok – I didn’t see any body damage so, maybe somebody spun him.”

43:30 In car view looking out windshield, Malcolm slows down

Shawn OC

Narrator: “Now on Lap 11, Strachan looses sight of the field as he tries to re-gain ground.”

Sound Up: Strachan accelerates. A thump is heard from under the car. Strachan slows down and pulls into an escape road.

Sound Up: Malcolm (in car): “I’m done guys I’m sorry. Coming into the corner I broke the drive shaft or something.”

Shawn (in pits): “Looks like uh Malcolm had to pull off track, something happened, I don’t know if it’s engine or what it is, so we’re done for the day.”

44:28

Jim OC

In car view of Malcolm spinning out

Shot of officials directing Malcolm where to go

Key: Jim Bray / Owner, Jim Bray Racing

Jim: Well, Malcolm radioed in that there was a, as he said a bad sound, a vibration or something in the drive line, so he coasted into the hairpin run-off, and uh, that may have- he spun out once and sometimes a strain like that will put something in the drive line, or who knows, but anyhow, something in the drive shaft – universal joint, something in the drive line he said went on it so, unfortunately it’s a DNF.

45:05

Malcolm OC, sitting on his car

Key: Malcolm Strachan / Driver, #49 Rush HD / Dodge

Malcolm: Yeah, it broke. I broke it. I’m not sure which, but yeah, just disappointment – big chance and uh, snap a piece of metal and it’s all gone

45:22 MS of Malcolm

In car view of Malcolm racingVarious shots of Malcolm’s team working

Narrator: “Even though he “DNF’d” or did not finish the race, Strachan officially records a 28thplace finish in the field of 34 entries. This NASCAR rookie is not happy with that result, but his team has a more positive view of his efforts.

45:42

Shawn OC

WS of team member working on car

Shawn: “Aw, I think he did great, there’s a lot of talented drivers out there in this class and he did a good job, we’re proud of him. I mean when you’re running competitive, qualified well, running the race well – if the car wouldn’t have let us down we would have had a top-ten finish I think so, it would have been a great, great week-end.”

46:00

John OC

Key: John Fletcher / Crew Chief, Jim Bray Racing

John: “Pissed off. Malcolm did very well, sorry the car broke, but broke an upper link but uh, it happens – 4 or 5 of them broke today so not like it’s uncommon, um, I think he was surprised at how hard they run from practice, qualifying to the paying race, everything pick’s up a little bit but uh, he did awesome. Good feed-back, did a good job.”

46:23 WS of cars going around a corner in the race

Various shots of the damage done to Malcolm’ car

Malcolm OC

Malcolm: “Yeah everyone was driving close I think there’s uh, marks all the way around the car except on the nose, I didn’t hit anyone but everyone else seemed to be hitting me. A lot of close quarters fighting it was uh, definitely the most fierce battle that I’ve ever had because you’ve always got a car behind you, you always got a car in front of you, you’re trying to pass the guy in front of you without screwing up your line and letting the guy behind you ahead.”

46:46 In car view looking out Malcolm’s windshield

Jim: “Well you know the expression: It, it wasn’t especially good but it can be a heck of a lot worse. Uh, the best part of

Jim OC

Various shots of Malcolm, and the crew after the race

Jim OCMS of Malcolm signing autographs

it was Malcolm. Of course he’s an old, uh go-cart racer and it shows up – go car racers show up immediately. They’re smooth and pretty intelligent. But Malcolm did a great job, great job I thought and the crew, the crew thinks the same way and so does NASCAR and the other drivers. I just hope we can find some funding to run him again, because uh, we’re very satisfied with him. Certainly have him back for a season if we could get a, get a deal, yup. Not a problem.”

47:27 Various shots of Malcolm getting into the Rush HD car

Malcolm OC

Malcolm: “I’d love to hop back in this car again at some point if I could get the uh, if I could get the budget to do so, it would be uh, another good experience, the car seems strong. I think it’s got a good amount of power, I think that I’d be able to at least get a little higher up.”

47:44 Fan OC, camera pans over to Malcolm posing for pictures with kids

Sound Up: Fan: “I got Rush HD at home, so I’m getting a photo of the car with my boys.” (takes photo of boys with Malcolm)

47:52 Various shots and angles of the race

Malcolm OC

Malcolm: “I still think I can uh, be a road race ringer, I think it will just take a little bit more testing time, a little bit uh, a little bit more preparation and I think if I’m in the right equipment and the right opportunity comes I think I can get the job done, and uh, I’m just really hoping that something like- this situation – maybe I can make it happen the next couple of years. Finger’s crossed.”

48:19 Shot of Malcolm’s car going back into the trailer

Credits roll