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00:00 [silence]
00:05 [silence]
00:14 [music]
00:29 I'm looking for the ultimate statement.
00:32 Ken Carter, world's greatest daredevil.
00:36 Really, that's what it's about.
00:38 Did you have any childhood heroes?
00:40 Did you ever want to be a daredevil?
00:42 Did you watch superheroes and long to be that guy that flies?
00:45 Well, here we have Ken Carter.
00:47 And here we have Mark Haney, who remembers what it was like
00:50 to be that nine-year-old kid full of wonder.
00:52 He's the only person who could possibly have come up with him for the roses.
00:56 [music]
01:00 The thing about Aim for the Roses is it strikes the perfect balance
01:03 between utterly amazing and completely ridiculous.
01:07 Saturday, Saturday, Saturday night
01:15 At Flamborough Speedway, just off Highway 6
01:23 See Ken Carter's ramp to ramp
01:29 World record attempt over 13, 1974
01:34 Chevrolet's worth over 50 grand
01:43 Plus all the regular racing
01:52 If we get into the trees, it could be disastrous.
01:57 So we gotta aim for the roses.
01:59 [music]