0:00:02 > 0:00:06This programme contains strong language.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09For the last 35 years, on Sundays and bank holidays,
0:00:09 > 0:00:13thousands have descended upon the site of an old cement works
0:00:13 > 0:00:14in Essex...
0:00:14 > 0:00:17to share their passion...
0:00:17 > 0:00:18for crashing!
0:00:18 > 0:00:21CRUNCH!
0:00:21 > 0:00:22SERIES OF CRASHES
0:00:26 > 0:00:29Banger racing.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31The rules are simple.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Be the first to get round the track 15 times.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37No hits allowed to the driver's door.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41But other than that, anything goes.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Oh, no!
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Competing comes at a price.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48I've basically broken every bone in my body, apart from my spine
0:00:48 > 0:00:52and pelvis. I've broken all my legs, top and bottom.
0:00:52 > 0:00:53Collarbone, jaw...
0:00:53 > 0:00:55skull.
0:00:55 > 0:00:56The list goes on.
0:00:57 > 0:01:02- Drivers not only race but build their own cars.- Where's Phil?
0:01:02 > 0:01:05I don't know how he's wired the car - I didn't wire it up.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07You can cut in like that.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10- It's a family affair. - It's definitely passed down.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Everyone you know, either their dad's done it or their uncle's done it
0:01:13 > 0:01:16or someone in their family has always done it.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18And the drivers often start young.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20- How did it feel?- It feels lovely!
0:01:20 > 0:01:24I'm inspired by Nigel Mansell, Formula One driver.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26He says there's no friends on the track.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Go on, Alf, pull your finger out, son. Go on.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31The driver is unbelievable, the hatred.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35Once we're out there, it's time to go into battle.
0:01:35 > 0:01:40This is going to be a day none of us will ever forget.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43TYRES SCREECH
0:01:43 > 0:01:45CRASH
0:01:45 > 0:01:47What do you think people think
0:01:47 > 0:01:49a banger race is, generally, like the general public?
0:01:49 > 0:01:55Well, they think us dirty, filthy, horrible, no-brainer,
0:01:55 > 0:01:57thick-as-idiots scum!
0:01:58 > 0:01:59Really.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06"Oh, banger racing - yeah, that's a gutter sort of motorsport
0:02:06 > 0:02:08"and all that." But it's not really.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10There's a lot of good drivers in banger racing.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Them that haven't had the chance.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16And like me, when I first started, I didn't want to be doing it,
0:02:16 > 0:02:20but it was the nearest thing I could, at the end of the day,
0:02:20 > 0:02:22get to a little bit of motorsport,
0:02:22 > 0:02:25because it was in me blood and I wanted to do it.
0:02:25 > 0:02:26That's me.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31All right? That's my first banger race I ever won.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36- Stephen, come and have a look at this.- You had hair there!
0:02:36 > 0:02:39THEY CHUCKLE
0:02:39 > 0:02:43- "Bill the Skill."- I've never seen you with hair before!
0:02:43 > 0:02:44LAUGHTER
0:02:44 > 0:02:4963-year-old Billy Brown dedicated most of his youth to banger racing.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52He's got a full range of wigs, hasn't he?!
0:02:52 > 0:02:53THEY CHUCKLE
0:02:53 > 0:02:58- How long have you been away from racing?- 20 years.
0:02:58 > 0:03:0220 years, I think it might even be longer, could be 23 years, yeah.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Yeah.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07ENGINE REVS
0:03:07 > 0:03:09Now Billy has found an excuse to get
0:03:09 > 0:03:12back behind the wheel for one last race.
0:03:13 > 0:03:19I've been prepared for this, in my head, for about eight months.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21It's a one-off meeting.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27Every year, the best of today's generation of racers
0:03:27 > 0:03:31compete in the Olly Moran Memorial race.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Good luck to all your favourites.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36Good luck to each and every one of them.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38But this year, for one time only,
0:03:38 > 0:03:42the young racers will be joined by some of the most celebrated
0:03:42 > 0:03:48drivers from the past, who are suiting up for one final showdown.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51This one is particularly special, I think, because there's so many people
0:03:51 > 0:03:53that haven't raced for so many years
0:03:53 > 0:03:55that have suddenly come on board.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02It could be a nightmare on the day, cos there's people haven't driven for 20 years,
0:04:02 > 0:04:05just driven down to ASDA shopping and things and gone to work.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10These old champions will have to test their mettle.
0:04:10 > 0:04:15I've lost sleep over it. You think what you'd do, and...I'm nervous.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17Yeah, nervous about it.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20They will renew fierce rivalries
0:04:20 > 0:04:26and search out old enemies as they head out to war for the final time.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29This will most probably be the last opportunity that
0:04:29 > 0:04:31I can ever pay back some of the debts that I owe...
0:04:33 > 0:04:35And if the opportunity arises,
0:04:35 > 0:04:39I will put a hit in that will make their bells ring!
0:04:47 > 0:04:49SEAGULLS CRY
0:04:53 > 0:04:58- Oh, Bill, how did you do this? - That's how I done it.- It's too tight.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00- I just thought...- That will slip like anything.
0:05:00 > 0:05:05- Hold that exhaust there for me. - Right.- Mind my fingers.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08The exhaust's in the way now. Let me go that way, then. See what happens.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10It's two months till the big race.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Nearly had it, then.
0:05:12 > 0:05:17Bill "the Skill" Brown and his mate Phil "the Bear" Wise have just
0:05:17 > 0:05:20started to transform an old wreck into Bill's race car.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24How do your powers compare in state of readiness?
0:05:24 > 0:05:29- Well, Bill's never ready.- I'll be ready about an hour before the race.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32He'll tell you he's ready about a month before the race,
0:05:32 > 0:05:35- but he never is. Put this one on, Bill.- I can't reach it.
0:05:35 > 0:05:40I'm too relaxed, I'm in a coma, I think. That's what it's like.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42- I don't get...- He might be, on the 20th.- I don't get...
0:05:42 > 0:05:45LAUGHTER
0:05:45 > 0:05:47It's a buzz, winning a race.
0:05:47 > 0:05:52In this meeting, if I was one lap out and there was one of the people in
0:05:52 > 0:05:58front of me, the old movements would come back again if I can catch 'im.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02He would get launched, and hopefully we'll take the flag,
0:06:02 > 0:06:06but reality is I don't think I'm going to get anywhere!
0:06:06 > 0:06:10I just think I'm going to get kicked from pillar to post!
0:06:15 > 0:06:19Bill is coming back to drive for his old banger team, The Condoms,
0:06:19 > 0:06:22whose HQ is a garage in Gravesend, Kent.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Here, unpaid drivers spend their evenings
0:06:32 > 0:06:34and weekends working on their bangers.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40- What kind of men are these? - Oh, true grit.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Yeah, yeah.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45You want them on your side in a war, put it like that!
0:06:47 > 0:06:50You can't believe, once they're in one of these vehicles,
0:06:50 > 0:06:53how much they change. I think they get possessed.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Most probably henpecked at home,
0:06:55 > 0:07:00and it's their excuse to get in a car and smash someone to pieces!
0:07:00 > 0:07:03Circulate it up the pipe.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07Condom's HQ is run by Steve Davies, also known as Captain Condom...
0:07:08 > 0:07:11..who oversees the creation of the banger racing cars.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17What they are is a normal type car that everyone takes their kids
0:07:17 > 0:07:19to school, goes and does their shopping,
0:07:19 > 0:07:21just a run-of-the-mill motor.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24They'll do 10 or 15 years of their life,
0:07:24 > 0:07:28and then we purchase a car for as little as possible
0:07:28 > 0:07:31and start the process of getting out everything we don't need in it.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37For safety, all glass and mirrors are removed.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Non-essentials like the dashboard
0:07:39 > 0:07:43and passenger seats are also stripped out to reduce weight.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Watch your fingers with this.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48The car is then fortified with a roll cage
0:07:48 > 0:07:52and metal plates on the driver's door and foot well.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55If a car had its own mind, I think it would
0:07:55 > 0:07:59like to end its days of being driven around the road
0:07:59 > 0:08:03by going out being a racing car, having thousands of people watching
0:08:03 > 0:08:07and then it goes to the Promised Land after doing that.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10ENGINES ROAR
0:08:10 > 0:08:15MUSIC: "Black Math" by The White Stripes
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Most banger drivers are in their early 20s.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Although their cars are designed to crumple on impact...
0:08:32 > 0:08:35they all get whiplash...
0:08:35 > 0:08:37and are sometimes knocked unconscious.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44Competitors are nearly all retired by their mid-30s.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02- So you're looking forward to going back to this, then?- I'm loving it.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05I'm absolutely loving it, I can't wait.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09The adrenaline is pumping now, we're whatever months away from it, like.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11We're two months away from it.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Wherever we go, people are asking how we're getting on
0:09:14 > 0:09:17with the cars, have we got any more people in it?
0:09:17 > 0:09:20They talk about this meeting coming up, and the main thing
0:09:20 > 0:09:25they're looking forward to is seeing pink and yellow trade paint again.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27The reason why up to 60 retired drivers
0:09:27 > 0:09:30are expected to return to the circuit is to renew
0:09:30 > 0:09:35a 25-year-old rivalry between the pink of the Condoms
0:09:35 > 0:09:38and the yellow of the Suicide Squad.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41TANNOY: 'These are the best in the business, ladies and gentlemen -
0:09:41 > 0:09:43'the Suicide Squad!'
0:09:48 > 0:09:52Years and years ago, when we started, we was all individuals.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56But you had the Bexley Suicide Squad Team was actually a team then.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00They were racing. They used to kick us from pillar to post.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04Oh! What a hit by Wilshire!
0:10:04 > 0:10:05Oh, I say!
0:10:11 > 0:10:14They was bullies. And they used to win everything.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20And then I got friendly with another couple of guys, ie Steve...
0:10:20 > 0:10:24Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, the Condoms' Steve Davies!
0:10:24 > 0:10:28- Hello, Paul? All right? Steve here. - He said, "We're putting a team together."
0:10:28 > 0:10:30I said, "Yeah, I'll have some of that."
0:10:33 > 0:10:36'And the Suicide Squad is in real trouble here...'
0:10:36 > 0:10:40I wasn't prepared to sit back and let them smash me up -
0:10:40 > 0:10:43if they smashed me up, I'd smash them up back.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46A team upset!
0:10:48 > 0:10:51As the Condoms began to fight back against the Squad,
0:10:51 > 0:10:55the rivalry became more and more intense.
0:11:00 > 0:11:01Oh, my word!
0:11:02 > 0:11:04At the centre of it was the battle
0:11:04 > 0:11:06between Captain Condom Steve Davies...
0:11:09 > 0:11:14..and the Squad's star driver, Steve Taylor.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16'Taylor...'
0:11:18 > 0:11:21- 20 quid, I'd give for one. - You could afford to.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23I was making a living out of it!
0:11:23 > 0:11:25No good to me, to race and come second or third.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28I was that competitive, I wanted to win.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30I don't care what anyone says,
0:11:30 > 0:11:32"I got a third in the stock saloons,
0:11:32 > 0:11:34"and that's all right."
0:11:34 > 0:11:35That's a load of old bollocks.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37People go out there to win.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40OK!
0:11:40 > 0:11:44In the world of banger racing, the Squad are legendary.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46When the Squad turned up,
0:11:46 > 0:11:51people beat themselves before we'd even turned up because of the name.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53It makes you, being in that colour, it makes you.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Makes you a better driver, a better thinker...
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Well, the Squad I don't think has had no rubbish drivers.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00- You put a stop to me twice.- Did I?
0:12:00 > 0:12:03- You said I hadn't proved myself yet. - Did I?
0:12:03 > 0:12:05The Olly Moran race will be the first time anyone has seen
0:12:05 > 0:12:09the Squad drive since they disbanded 15 years ago.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12You've got all the old farts really, coming back,
0:12:12 > 0:12:14who was good in their day.
0:12:14 > 0:12:15How capable am I?
0:12:15 > 0:12:19As soon as the gate closes and the flag goes down, I'll tell you,
0:12:19 > 0:12:21see if I've still got a little bit.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29The reassembled Squad have signed up 19 drivers for their showdown
0:12:29 > 0:12:33- with the Condoms. - You've changed all the leads again...
0:12:33 > 0:12:36I ain't changed the leads, I was waiting for you...
0:12:36 > 0:12:38The Condoms have managed 13.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40He hasn't got 'em.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43- They're not on the shelf.- I ordered some in the week! I asked ya!
0:12:43 > 0:12:46I asked ya last week to order me some leads.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48The way the stories are going at the moment, we are
0:12:48 > 0:12:49a little bit outnumbered,
0:12:49 > 0:12:53but whenever we've took the Squad on, it's always been
0:12:53 > 0:12:56if there's ten of us, they'll be 30 of them, so we're used
0:12:56 > 0:12:59to being outnumbered and we can deal with that accordingly.
0:13:02 > 0:13:03At a normal meeting,
0:13:03 > 0:13:07banger races can drive whatever model of car they like.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11But for the big race, the veterans have insisted that everyone
0:13:11 > 0:13:14has to drive a specific model of car from their era.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20I had never driven the new Granada,
0:13:20 > 0:13:22so Bob and I swapped cars for the weekend.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27After a day like I've just had, it was nice to get some peace.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Strong...
0:13:29 > 0:13:31..powerful...
0:13:31 > 0:13:34..and made in their thousands...
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Granadas were the weapon of choice for the veteran banger drivers.
0:13:37 > 0:13:42You'll never believe how good the new Granada is until you drive it.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46Do you reckon that's going to stay on there, then?
0:13:46 > 0:13:50But by choosing a car that was discontinued in 1994,
0:13:50 > 0:13:53they've made life hard for themselves.
0:13:53 > 0:13:5620 years ago, when you were building these Granadas all the time,
0:13:56 > 0:13:58day in, week in, week out,
0:13:58 > 0:14:01you had all the gear from one car to the next.
0:14:01 > 0:14:06Because we ain't raced for 20 years, we beg borrow and steal odds
0:14:06 > 0:14:10and sods what we ain't got. Makes hard work of it all.
0:14:10 > 0:14:15But at the end of the day, it's payback against a certain team,
0:14:15 > 0:14:18and I can show my aggression, hopefully.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Before they show theirs.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24So every nut and bolt I do up on this vehicle
0:14:24 > 0:14:26is another nail in their coffin!
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Grown up with the Granadas around me,
0:14:39 > 0:14:42so I know everything about them, really.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47I can relate to them 30 years ago.
0:14:47 > 0:14:48Bit of nostalgia.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51We're both near our sell-by date.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55That's going to end up in a crusher.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00And I'm most probably going to end up in an 'ole in the ground,
0:15:00 > 0:15:05but the thing between the car and myself is I'm just going to go
0:15:05 > 0:15:08and feed whatever it is in the ground
0:15:08 > 0:15:12and they're going to be recycled into something that the modern day
0:15:12 > 0:15:17or person who's getting born now is going to be using as a utensil.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Or someone's nice new washing machine.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26I'm just going to be rotting away, smelling!
0:15:26 > 0:15:29So if anything, that's going out with more dignity than me.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33One, two, three, four...
0:15:33 > 0:15:37five, six, seven, eight,
0:15:37 > 0:15:39nine, ten...
0:15:39 > 0:15:42OK, jogging on your toes. Chin down.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44Both of them, Roy!
0:15:44 > 0:15:46Yeah! Nice and relaxed.
0:15:46 > 0:15:51When I count, I want you to make them legs move nice and quick.
0:15:51 > 0:15:52Get ready... Let's go, 12!
0:15:52 > 0:15:55One, two, three...
0:15:55 > 0:16:00At 64, Roy Rawlins will be the oldest driver in the Granada race.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03I haven't really got any older.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07I think like I was a young man. I just look older.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09- Come on, Pop.- One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight,
0:16:09 > 0:16:13- nine, ten!- Good - even at your age, you can count!
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Roy only quit banger racing five years ago,
0:16:20 > 0:16:23then immediately took up amateur boxing.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Work, come on - your mummy's harder than that. Work!
0:16:26 > 0:16:29My father flew Lancaster bombers,
0:16:29 > 0:16:33and my grandfather was a boxer in the '30s,
0:16:33 > 0:16:37so I guess we've got a little streak in us that goes,
0:16:37 > 0:16:39"Come on! Come on, world, do me!"
0:16:39 > 0:16:42- Really hate me. - I fucking do hate you.- Good.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46LAUGHTER
0:16:46 > 0:16:47It's what Brits do, I think.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50We're an island and, for years, we've been defending ourselves,
0:16:50 > 0:16:55- so it's like, dig deep, dig deep. - That's it, last ten!
0:16:55 > 0:17:01Come on, keep going! Come on, keep going! Good, that's better!
0:17:01 > 0:17:05That's good! Have a breather, well done, Roy. Good man.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08'5-5-5 -
0:17:08 > 0:17:11'Roy Rawlins, the race leader...
0:17:11 > 0:17:13'Pow!'
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Roy has never been part of the Condom/Suicide Squad rivalry...
0:17:19 > 0:17:22He was seen as a maverick who drove for himself,
0:17:22 > 0:17:26his number more important to him than the colour of his car.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28I'm very fussy about colours.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31People go out in colours they're not entitled to,
0:17:31 > 0:17:33there's terrible rows about it.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37Technically, if I went out in pink and didn't ask them first,
0:17:37 > 0:17:41they'd smash me up. They'd smash me up anyway, as it happens, but...
0:17:42 > 0:17:46- But it's just a colour, you know? - You don't want to belong to a group?
0:17:46 > 0:17:48I just basically don't give a toss!
0:17:50 > 0:17:55It's seven weeks till the Olly Moran and Roy has left things late.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59With 240 drivers in the race, Britain's supply
0:17:59 > 0:18:02of Mark One and Two Granadas has dried up.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06But his son Ricky has found one in a back garden in Kent.
0:18:07 > 0:18:12- It's got an engine. Is it worth getting out?- Yes.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16- How long has it been there? - I reckon ten years.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18Ten years, that's all.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22You won't recognise it in seven weeks' time.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26Little bit of TLC, bit of WD-40, it'll be brand-new.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29Look at that lot - Ford Granada, it's a legend!
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Best car for racing we ever made.
0:18:39 > 0:18:40Here she comes.
0:18:52 > 0:18:53Oh, God!
0:19:01 > 0:19:06Roy runs a haulage company from a south-east London trading estate.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09- So what kind of men work here? - Real men.
0:19:11 > 0:19:15This is where you find banger racers, really - small industry.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17The country is made up of small industrial estates,
0:19:17 > 0:19:21fellas like taking things to pieces and putting them together again and getting their hands dirty.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25That's how they start, really. MOT failures - what are you going to do with that? Scrap it?
0:19:25 > 0:19:27No, let's have a little race around the yard.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29No, don't want to do around the yard, that's dangerous.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33Let's build a little track, we'll have a run round the track.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Yeah, that's a good idea. I suppose That's how it all started, really.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39- What car was that, red and blue? - Spice Boys.
0:19:39 > 0:19:44- I know, it didn't matter. - Custard, orange...- Or blue.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47You ain't good enough for yellow and red. You can't go in yellow and red.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50Roy works on the same industrial estate as Steve Taylor,
0:19:50 > 0:19:53- the Suicide Squad's star driver.- Are you looking forward to it, or what?
0:19:53 > 0:19:55It'll be a good day, I think.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57I'm right looking forward to it - all the old faces,
0:19:57 > 0:20:01- all the old names.- Yeah? I've had sleepless nights, Roy.- Shut up!
0:20:01 > 0:20:05- On my life!- No way! - You know I wouldn't do it,
0:20:05 > 0:20:06I'm shitting myself.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16Steve is one of the most successful banger drivers of all time.
0:20:16 > 0:20:20The only man to have won the world championship three times.
0:20:21 > 0:20:26But as his comeback has got nearer, he's begun to get cold feet.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28You seem quite reluctant, really.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31I don't know, I finished racing, I finished on a high.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33It is a young man's...
0:20:33 > 0:20:37I don't care what anyone says, it's a 17 to 23, 24 thing,
0:20:37 > 0:20:41then it's time, I think, 25, get out of it.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Hold it there. Lift it back up again.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47These days, Steve runs an MOT garage with his son, Dan,
0:20:47 > 0:20:50who's worked with a friend to get a car built,
0:20:50 > 0:20:52so all his dad has to do is show up on race day.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56You were like a kid when your dad was a champion?
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Yeah, this'll be the first time I've actually seen Dad in a banger.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05Think he give up in '92, so that makes me five, maybe.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Missed everything. Obviously, them years, you don't remember anything.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Just missed out on... well, all of Dad's years.
0:21:14 > 0:21:19Everyone says how good he was, but I can only see that in a video.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23Never actually seen him on the track. And...
0:21:24 > 0:21:27I think I'm more excited than the old man, anyway!
0:21:29 > 0:21:32- That's all right, isn't it? - Do you want a mirror on?
0:21:32 > 0:21:35No, only practising, isn't it?
0:21:35 > 0:21:37With six weeks till the race,
0:21:37 > 0:21:40Steve and his car need a test drive.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42I'm not going to get through there.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46It's the first time he's got in a banger in 20 years.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52- Dan was saying he'd had to adjust the seat belt.- The chain? Yeah.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54- Put it right down, init? - Why's that?
0:21:55 > 0:21:58Cos that's as far as it goes.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Dan was saying how you're a bigger boy, now...
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Yeah, put on a bit of weight.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17For the test drive, Steve and Dan are coming
0:22:17 > 0:22:21to Arena Essex Raceway, where the big showdown will take place.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Today will show whether he still has the driving skills
0:22:27 > 0:22:30and reflexes to compete with younger drivers.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33I'm going to throw up, nervous, sick.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37And it's only practice! God, strewth!
0:22:38 > 0:22:40- All right?- Yeah, that'll do.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42Turn the immobiliser on, Dan?
0:22:42 > 0:22:43Yeah.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47Oh...!
0:22:48 > 0:22:50(Fuck!)
0:22:52 > 0:22:54ENGINE ROARS
0:22:54 > 0:22:58Because the stretches of racetrack are short, drivers need exceptional
0:22:58 > 0:23:02coordination to get the power down into the turn at the right moment.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13- How does he look? - He looks all right!
0:23:15 > 0:23:18First time round, it's all right!
0:23:18 > 0:23:22One of today's younger drivers is joining Steve, to help him
0:23:22 > 0:23:24summon some of his old magic.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30'In second place, a long way behind,
0:23:30 > 0:23:32'it's number 17, Steve Taylor!'
0:23:43 > 0:23:46'And now we've got four laps to go, one mile,
0:23:46 > 0:23:48'for the world championship title.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51'17 is closing the gap!'
0:24:11 > 0:24:14'And 175 leads...
0:24:14 > 0:24:18'And Wyman spins out in front of him, and Taylor has taken the lead!'
0:24:27 > 0:24:31'Steve Taylor, can he win the world championship?
0:24:31 > 0:24:32'He's got one lap to go!'
0:24:36 > 0:24:39'Here he comes now!'
0:24:39 > 0:24:41HE LAUGHS
0:24:44 > 0:24:47'Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, we have a new banger
0:24:47 > 0:24:52'world champion - it's number 17, Steve Taylor, he's done it!'
0:24:59 > 0:25:03You feel the adrenaline rush out there, it felt very good.
0:25:03 > 0:25:04Felt really...
0:25:04 > 0:25:06young again. Took 20 years off of me.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08It felt real good.
0:25:08 > 0:25:12'The new champion of the world, at the banger world champs,
0:25:12 > 0:25:13'Steve Taylor!'
0:25:13 > 0:25:16CHEERING
0:25:16 > 0:25:18Cheers!
0:25:22 > 0:25:23HAMMERING
0:25:25 > 0:25:28These letters, this "Kamikaze",
0:25:28 > 0:25:30I wanted that in the bamboo...
0:25:30 > 0:25:34Tied together, how they tie with reed or whatever, don't they?
0:25:34 > 0:25:36Yeah, with a little bit of plant leaf.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39There's now three weeks until the Olly Moran race.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43The bodywork on Bill's Granada is finished
0:25:43 > 0:25:45and it's having its paint job.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47As long as it's Condom colours,
0:25:47 > 0:25:50the drivers can add their own personal touch.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53- You want to do the bamboo part across here...- That's it.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57- With that, there.- That says, "No guts, no glory."
0:25:57 > 0:25:58That bit round here.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02No problem. Do you want drips of blood running off of it or...?
0:26:02 > 0:26:04- I'll leave that with you, shall I? - Yeah.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09So I'm doing the shock absorbers there.
0:26:11 > 0:26:16The outsider Roy is way behind. His car is still a wreck.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19Only when we put it on its side, we went, "My God,
0:26:19 > 0:26:22"look at the state of that!" Didn't realise until last night.
0:26:22 > 0:26:27There should be a plate that holds this back axle on. That's fell off.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30The bolts that hold this in have just snapped off, got rusty
0:26:30 > 0:26:34and snapped off. They're going to be a dog to get off now.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37It's just, er... It's not well.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44Luckily for Roy, his two sons are mechanics.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49They've happily agreed to help their dad finish the car.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55They let me do things like this, a bit of gardening.
0:26:55 > 0:27:00I'm banned from the welder now. I'm banned from the cutting guns.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Too many little accidents, I think!
0:27:02 > 0:27:05I think it's because I'm getting older.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07But they're good kids, basically, they're just like, "Dad,
0:27:07 > 0:27:11"go and have a rest, we'll do the car, don't worry."
0:27:11 > 0:27:14But...I'm quite happy with that!
0:27:16 > 0:27:18SPEAKERPHONE RINGS
0:27:20 > 0:27:23With the race approaching, Bill is reaching out to his kids.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29He's trying to get hold of his daughter, to ask her
0:27:29 > 0:27:33to bring his grandson to see him race for the first and last time.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37- 'Welcome to Orange answerphone.' - No-one wants to talk...
0:27:37 > 0:27:40When they see my number come up, "Don't want to talk to him."
0:27:45 > 0:27:48Bill has been divorced twice and has difficult relationships
0:27:48 > 0:27:50with his four grown-up children,
0:27:50 > 0:27:54including the mother of seven-year-old Hayden.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56Do you get to see much of Hayden?
0:27:57 > 0:28:00Not as much as what I'd like.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03I want him to turn up, really,
0:28:03 > 0:28:06I want some nice photograph with him and everything,
0:28:06 > 0:28:11so he can look back through the old photo album later in his life...
0:28:15 > 0:28:18..and say, "That old bald-headed bloke was me grandad!"
0:28:21 > 0:28:23He used to throw these stupid cars
0:28:23 > 0:28:26around the track for a labour of love!
0:28:29 > 0:28:32'And Billy Brown wins it on the home straight!
0:28:33 > 0:28:37'An astonishing bit of driving there, and here he comes now,
0:28:37 > 0:28:38'for your applause...'
0:28:38 > 0:28:40I haven't been the best of fathers...
0:28:42 > 0:28:45I was heavily into this banger racing.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47'455, Billy Brown, in charge.'
0:28:49 > 0:28:52You know, I never used to cuddle them
0:28:52 > 0:28:53and kiss them good night and things.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56I'd stroll in bloody drunk.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58I didn't do half the things I should have done with them.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01I should have been socialising with them, really,
0:29:01 > 0:29:04and playing with them and really enjoying them.
0:29:04 > 0:29:08And with him, I experience all that now,
0:29:08 > 0:29:09and it's a fantastic feeling.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14It would be nice, really, before I die,
0:29:14 > 0:29:16that the record is straight with all the...
0:29:16 > 0:29:19with the girls, my older two children,
0:29:19 > 0:29:22who I don't see any more and...
0:29:24 > 0:29:26..with the other two, really.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30You know, I might get injured. We have lost people in it.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32And I just...
0:29:32 > 0:29:38If you go to the grave... well, I won't know nothing,
0:29:38 > 0:29:41because you're not around, but they would have horrible thoughts of me,
0:29:41 > 0:29:44and I didn't really want them to have horrible thoughts of me.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51ENGINE SPUTTERS THEN STARTS
0:29:51 > 0:29:54ENGINE REVS NOISILY
0:30:01 > 0:30:06With just 48 hours to go, Roy has pulled it out of the bag.
0:30:06 > 0:30:07I love it!
0:30:09 > 0:30:14'And it's 555, Roy Rawlins in the lead.'
0:30:19 > 0:30:21CHEERING
0:30:27 > 0:30:29- How are you doing? - Grab hold of that, son!
0:30:30 > 0:30:34Around at Steve Taylor's garage, the veterans of the Suicide Squad
0:30:34 > 0:30:38have begun assembling to fill up and fine-tune.
0:30:43 > 0:30:48The Granadas and their drivers will soon have one final lease of life.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02But with the showdown looming,
0:31:02 > 0:31:05Bill the Skill is showing signs of pressure.
0:31:07 > 0:31:11All we've done, we've put a picture of the vehicle on Saturday.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14We took a photo, put it on Facebook.
0:31:14 > 0:31:18Then he's wrote, "Oh, he's going in."
0:31:19 > 0:31:21Billy Batten's car, bless him, all ready to go.
0:31:21 > 0:31:25First comment, Roy Rawlins, "He's going in."
0:31:25 > 0:31:27In banger slang,
0:31:27 > 0:31:31"going in" means slamming another driver into the race wall.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33He's going in. You're going in.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36On all of it. No-one's got the hump with it.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38They deliberately...
0:31:38 > 0:31:42want to hospitalise me by the sounds of things, so...
0:31:43 > 0:31:47It looks like I'll have to have payback with him, then,
0:31:47 > 0:31:49if he feels that way.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51Is it actually, at times, a serious business, this?
0:31:51 > 0:31:54Yeah, it was a serious business.
0:31:54 > 0:31:59The rivalry was unbelievable between us, the hatred.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01Really HIS hatred.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03Once we're out there, come Sunday,
0:32:03 > 0:32:05it's time to go into battle, I think.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13He said on the Facebook, "He's going in."
0:32:13 > 0:32:15I said, "No, I thought he'd have respect,
0:32:15 > 0:32:17"because I'm an old man," you know what I mean?
0:32:17 > 0:32:20- I haven't raced for 20 years now. - Oh, leave it out!
0:32:21 > 0:32:25- I ain't going to give no respect to any old man.- Well, no, I won't now.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28- That is Rawlins, 100%. - I've bit, then.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31Yeah, you have, and he's done his job, hasn't he? Yeah?
0:32:31 > 0:32:33He's put something on there, he's wound you up,
0:32:33 > 0:32:36and it's got you all jittery, you know, and he has done his job.
0:32:36 > 0:32:40If you can't cut it, don't... you know, get out of it.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43I'm telling you. You've got to learn to take it on the chin.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46I'm telling you, it's going to get worse on Sunday.
0:32:52 > 0:32:558am, race day.
0:32:58 > 0:33:02The Condoms have been preparing for this moment for months.
0:33:03 > 0:33:07By nightfall, all their hard work will only be fit for the crusher.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11- Are we all ready to go? - As far as I know, we are, yeah.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13It sounds that way.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17Right, these are all the spares you take with you.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20As it is a contact sport,
0:33:20 > 0:33:24the drivers need spare parts to patch up their cars in the pits.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27We are obviously going to need, if the batteries go down...
0:33:27 > 0:33:29Bill is leaving nothing to chance.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40- Bill?- Yeah?- Ten minutes. - Yeah, I'm there.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42Righto.
0:33:42 > 0:33:43HE SIGHS
0:33:45 > 0:33:48- So, what is that you are packing in there?- My best overall.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50Jenson Button's overalls.
0:33:50 > 0:33:54Jenson Button wore these at China in 2004,
0:33:54 > 0:33:57and it just happened to have my number on them.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00But they won't just be famous as Jenson Button's overalls -
0:34:00 > 0:34:03they will be famous as Roy Rawlins' overalls as well, won't they, now?
0:34:03 > 0:34:05They will have doubled the value!
0:34:11 > 0:34:12Snug as a bug.
0:34:18 > 0:34:19Let's go and have a giggle.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25We're going out there, boss.
0:34:25 > 0:34:26Right, rock and roll.
0:34:35 > 0:34:36That's us.
0:34:50 > 0:34:54Tell you what, people must think, "What the hell is going on here?"
0:34:54 > 0:34:57All this mob coming down the road.
0:35:04 > 0:35:08You get all the pink cars, like this, arriving all in one go...
0:35:08 > 0:35:12you start to put the domination into other drivers.
0:35:12 > 0:35:14They look up and they see us out in force
0:35:14 > 0:35:16and they think, "Oh, my God,"
0:35:16 > 0:35:20so you partly beat a lot of drivers who will look at it that,
0:35:20 > 0:35:22"I ain't tangling with them today, they've got force around them,
0:35:22 > 0:35:24"and if I hit one of them,
0:35:24 > 0:35:26"I'll have half a dozen of them pouncing on me."
0:35:32 > 0:35:35Someone could get hurt, especially with the rain today.
0:35:35 > 0:35:39The cars are not going to stop as easy as that.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43The circuit is going to be...it's going to be like a skating rink.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47There's a few old boys out there, not just myself.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50You never know, like, you don't know what medical condition
0:35:50 > 0:35:56and a nice wallop in the wrong place and it's triggered something,
0:35:56 > 0:35:59and then next thing you know, they've had a heart attack.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05HORN BEEPS
0:36:09 > 0:36:13- You're looking older, son, you are. - I am older!- I'm younger now!
0:36:13 > 0:36:15THEY LAUGH
0:36:15 > 0:36:20- All right?- Hello, Roy. - Good to see you.- Just get on with it.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23- How you going? All right?- Nice to see you. How are you doing? All right?
0:36:23 > 0:36:25How are you doing, son? All right?
0:36:25 > 0:36:27- There you go, son. All right? - How are you, eh?
0:36:27 > 0:36:30- Good to see you, though, son. - Happy days!
0:36:37 > 0:36:40- All right?- Long time no see! - I know, yeah.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56The biggest draw of the day has arrived.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58Yeah, are you ready?
0:36:59 > 0:37:03Steve Taylor and his legendary team from the glory days.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05Felt like throwing up this morning.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08I don't know if it was whether I had had no sleep or...
0:37:10 > 0:37:13They want to smash us up as much as we want to smash them up.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15We'll smash the smithereens out of them.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17HE LAUGHS
0:37:18 > 0:37:22The return of bangers veterans has attracted a crowd of 10,000,
0:37:22 > 0:37:25the highest attendance since their era.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32'Please leave your message after the tone.'
0:37:32 > 0:37:34Hello, Alice, it's Dad.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37I've been told the queue is really bad by the tunnel...
0:37:37 > 0:37:41Bill still doesn't know if his grandson is coming to see him race.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45But people are queueing up to see Steve.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47Where's the pen?
0:37:47 > 0:37:49- I'll get a fag.- Gillian!
0:37:49 > 0:37:53- He's a bit of a celebrity, isn't he? - Yeah. I didn't realise.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55Everyone was stopping him and saying, "Oh, Steve,"
0:37:55 > 0:37:57from years ago, and it feels good.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00- You proud of him?- Yeah. Oh, yeah. Very proud of him, yeah.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls,
0:38:02 > 0:38:05the new champion of the world...
0:38:05 > 0:38:09number 17, Steve Taylor! Good morning, Steve.
0:38:09 > 0:38:13Also coming out of retirement after 20 years
0:38:13 > 0:38:15is race commentator Rob Porter.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18Fingers crossed that we have a good sporting day,
0:38:18 > 0:38:20lots of good crashing, no-one gets hurt,
0:38:20 > 0:38:24and everyone goes home knowing that they have witnessed
0:38:24 > 0:38:28the greatest spectacle ever in the history of banger racing.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38APPLAUSE
0:38:45 > 0:38:47- Nice to see you.- You're looking well.
0:38:50 > 0:38:55Alongside the legends of the past are the best of today's drivers.
0:39:00 > 0:39:05240 Granadas will be divided into six heats of 40 cars.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10The first six in each heat will then make the final.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15After that, any car still moving
0:39:15 > 0:39:19will fight to the death in the Demolition Derby.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23The day is here now, so we know what we've all got to do -
0:39:23 > 0:39:28we're all against the yellow. You all know your separate heats.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31Concentrate on the yellow. If the hit ain't there, don't waste it.
0:39:31 > 0:39:35If possible, we need to get a few cars into the final, yeah?
0:39:35 > 0:39:39- Yeah, cheers.- All right, then? - See you in A&E.- That's it.
0:39:39 > 0:39:40LAUGHTER
0:39:41 > 0:39:44Maverick Roy isn't part of any team.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47He is driving solo with his boys as pit crew.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51Mm, this is for real.
0:39:51 > 0:39:55It is... I'm getting a little bit nervous, but you are supposed to.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58If you don't go out with butterflies, you ain't going to do any good.
0:39:59 > 0:40:03Haven't read the papers yet. I might get a chance later.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06Roy is in the first heat along with Bill.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09That's red-hot, that starter motor. It must've been...
0:40:09 > 0:40:12But with ten minutes to go until his heat starts, he has a problem.
0:40:12 > 0:40:13You need a starter motor.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15It's probably flattened your battery and all.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17ENGINE STRUGGLES
0:40:17 > 0:40:21We've got problems. It's burnt the starter motor out.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29Come on, then! Get in the car!
0:40:31 > 0:40:33See if it will go, Bill.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36Turn the key on, eh?
0:40:36 > 0:40:40- That's it, you've done your starter motor in.- Oh, fuck's sake!
0:40:43 > 0:40:45Despite being so well-prepared,
0:40:45 > 0:40:49the one spare part Bill didn't bring was a starter motor.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59Roy Rawlins!
0:40:59 > 0:41:01CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:41:13 > 0:41:17Bill's grandson Hayden has made it to the arena.
0:41:19 > 0:41:23This is his only chance to see his grandad race.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27Right, how the fucking hell is this wired? Where's Phil?
0:41:27 > 0:41:29How has he wired it?
0:41:29 > 0:41:32Today, when it matters, the fucking thing won't go!
0:41:32 > 0:41:34The fucking jack is up there, the car is here.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37I've been blocked in and I'm not lifting a jack.
0:41:40 > 0:41:44Full rolling lap, right? Full rolling lap, just play safe, yeah?
0:41:46 > 0:41:47Nothing.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49HE SIGHS
0:41:49 > 0:41:50Nothing.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00Good luck to all your favourites.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02Good luck to each and every one of them.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07If Roy doesn't get through this heat,
0:42:07 > 0:42:09this will be his last-ever banger race.
0:42:11 > 0:42:15He must pre-empt the other drivers' moves to avoid getting caught
0:42:15 > 0:42:18in the crossfire between the warring pinks and yellows.
0:42:25 > 0:42:30OK, here we go! 15 laps, old-school Grenada banger racing!
0:42:30 > 0:42:32Top six to qualify!
0:42:41 > 0:42:45And Tony Wade got the first hit in there, for pink on yellow.
0:42:45 > 0:42:49Oh, my word! And another huge hit!
0:42:49 > 0:42:52Oh, Wyman gets his revenge on Wady!
0:43:07 > 0:43:10Three yellow cars in bits down there on the...
0:43:10 > 0:43:11Oh!
0:43:11 > 0:43:16And here comes another one to join the party! Oh, no!
0:43:22 > 0:43:27This is going to be a day none of us will ever forget.
0:43:29 > 0:43:32Oh, no, I need the fucking spanner.
0:43:32 > 0:43:33Oh...
0:43:36 > 0:43:37Two laps to go now.
0:43:41 > 0:43:44Quite a hot race developing for sixth place, Sharon.
0:43:44 > 0:43:45Top six to qualify.
0:43:54 > 0:43:55And there is three of them together now,
0:43:55 > 0:43:57racing for the last two places
0:43:57 > 0:43:59as Randall gives Rawlins a tickle.
0:44:06 > 0:44:09Chris Worthington is the winner!
0:44:11 > 0:44:15And as for Roy Rawlins, well, the former racer
0:44:15 > 0:44:20who has now turned boxer he has qualified for today's final.
0:44:29 > 0:44:30Argh.
0:44:31 > 0:44:33Just one word...
0:44:33 > 0:44:34epic!
0:44:37 > 0:44:40A sixth-place finish guarantees Roy a place in the final.
0:44:42 > 0:44:45The pinks and yellows destroyed each other.
0:44:46 > 0:44:50But these wrecked cars could still race again in the Demolition Derby.
0:44:50 > 0:44:54This one here, from the looks of that, might be able
0:44:54 > 0:44:57to straighten the drive shaft and the wishbone.
0:44:57 > 0:44:59Pull the back out away from the wheels.
0:44:59 > 0:45:01The one that's on the back of the vehicle,
0:45:01 > 0:45:05that's bent the wishbone big-time, and the shaft is handing out of it.
0:45:06 > 0:45:09For the pit crew, this is their moment to shine.
0:45:11 > 0:45:14To use their mechanical skills against the clock to get
0:45:14 > 0:45:16a wrecked car moving again.
0:45:17 > 0:45:20Fucking hell, I'm up for this, my old son.
0:45:22 > 0:45:25Bill and his crew have finally fixed his car.
0:45:25 > 0:45:28And the organisers have allowed him to race in the next heat.
0:45:28 > 0:45:30Last one - I'll never, ever race again, will I?
0:45:37 > 0:45:40Joining him is Captain Condom, Steve Davies.
0:45:43 > 0:45:47And their arch rival, the Squad's Steve Taylor.
0:45:49 > 0:45:50You all right?
0:45:52 > 0:45:56Now, this is the serious stuff and that, you know. He's my enemy now.
0:45:56 > 0:46:00And I'll be his enemy, so this is when the business starts.
0:46:00 > 0:46:03We're out going looking for yellow now.
0:46:03 > 0:46:06Let's go and see if I can squash a few.
0:46:06 > 0:46:10This could be something special. There's 77, Steve Davies.
0:46:20 > 0:46:24The business, the Bexley Suicide Squad's number 17, Steve Taylor.
0:46:24 > 0:46:27Are we going to see pink on yellow?
0:46:27 > 0:46:30Davies and Taylor have made it clear they'd love nothing more
0:46:30 > 0:46:32than to do each other in this race.
0:46:35 > 0:46:38- For your dad, he wants to impress you more than anything. He ain't got to.- No.
0:46:38 > 0:46:41- He knows he ain't got to, but he wants to.- He'll be all right.
0:46:41 > 0:46:45Make you proud of him, but it's crazy, because you already are proud of him.
0:46:45 > 0:46:48- He could put himself in on the first bend, and you'd still be proud. - Yeah, definitely.
0:46:50 > 0:46:53Later than expect it, Bill's grandson, Hayden,
0:46:53 > 0:46:55will get to see him race.
0:47:01 > 0:47:05Captain Condom has given Bill the role of wrecker, which may mean
0:47:05 > 0:47:08sacrificing himself to take out as many yellows as he can.
0:47:12 > 0:47:14It's time to go racing.
0:47:16 > 0:47:17ENGINES REV
0:47:23 > 0:47:24CRASH
0:47:24 > 0:47:26Billy rams! Oh!
0:47:28 > 0:47:30TYRES SCREECH
0:47:39 > 0:47:42Some psycho-blitzing going on down there. Oh, Davies has lost it.
0:47:53 > 0:47:56Billy Brand's still going well. Oh, no, he's gone.
0:48:06 > 0:48:07CRASH
0:48:09 > 0:48:11Christ Almighty!
0:48:13 > 0:48:18Bill has taken out three Squad cars...but now he's a sitting duck.
0:48:19 > 0:48:2217, Steve Taylor. He sees Billy Brand.
0:48:24 > 0:48:25CRASH
0:48:25 > 0:48:27Oh!
0:48:27 > 0:48:32And Taylor just goes straight through Billy Brand's rear end.
0:48:41 > 0:48:46With a dead battery, Bill has no choice but to bow out.
0:48:46 > 0:48:47CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:48:49 > 0:48:51Davies, still running.
0:48:54 > 0:48:56And Taylor is still running.
0:48:59 > 0:49:02Go on, Davey boy!
0:49:02 > 0:49:03Go on, Dad!
0:49:04 > 0:49:08With three laps to go, Steve Taylor's in contention,
0:49:08 > 0:49:11but his legend status makes him a prize target.
0:49:11 > 0:49:15Weeks is in on Taylor, and Taylor is taking some stick.
0:49:17 > 0:49:19- Go on, Steve. - Come on, Steve.
0:49:23 > 0:49:25Our man, Davies, look.
0:49:26 > 0:49:28Captain Condom's still in the hunt.
0:49:30 > 0:49:33But on the penultimate lap, he runs into heavy traffic.
0:49:37 > 0:49:39# The trouble started
0:49:39 > 0:49:41# In cell block number four. #
0:49:44 > 0:49:46And when Steve Taylor runs out of track...
0:49:46 > 0:49:48Taylor had nowhere to go.
0:49:48 > 0:49:50..it's open season.
0:50:00 > 0:50:02CHEERING AND SHOUTING
0:50:04 > 0:50:06# There's a riot going on
0:50:09 > 0:50:12# There's a riot going on, yeah
0:50:13 > 0:50:17# Up on cell block number nine. #
0:50:23 > 0:50:24LAUGHTER
0:50:27 > 0:50:30He was behind me, and I see him, so I reversed him
0:50:30 > 0:50:33into a car coming down the straight, and the other car blew him away.
0:50:36 > 0:50:37So I got a little bit of payback.
0:50:42 > 0:50:46Although Bill and the two Steves didn't finish, the star
0:50:46 > 0:50:50of the heat was another veteran, the Bear, who drives for the Condoms.
0:50:53 > 0:50:54You like that?
0:50:54 > 0:50:58As well as making the final, he took out five yellows
0:50:58 > 0:51:00and delivered the fatal blow to Steve Taylor.
0:51:00 > 0:51:02Well done, Bear, you done it.
0:51:05 > 0:51:09They know, look out, he's got into the final. That's two.
0:51:11 > 0:51:14- Fucking loved it. - Mr Grise enjoyed himself.
0:51:16 > 0:51:20For wrecker, Bill, his plan to hit the yellows worked a treat.
0:51:20 > 0:51:23- Did it look good, though? - It did, yeah.
0:51:23 > 0:51:26I said, if one's right up me arse, I'm gonna hit the fucking brakes
0:51:26 > 0:51:29from the off, and the other should fly straight past me.
0:51:29 > 0:51:34And that'll the other geezer behind as well, which caused me to spin out.
0:51:34 > 0:51:36The other two went past me,
0:51:36 > 0:51:39and I had a lovely shot on them coming out the bend.
0:51:39 > 0:51:42So I went for the head-on.
0:51:42 > 0:51:44And then...
0:51:44 > 0:51:47And then I sat there for a little while, because the oil broke out.
0:51:49 > 0:51:52But we stopped every yellow car. Fucking the bollocks!
0:51:53 > 0:51:55CAR HORN
0:51:55 > 0:51:56Hayden, come here a minute.
0:51:57 > 0:51:59Get on there.
0:52:00 > 0:52:04- See that, what does that say?- Hayden. - Yeah, who's that then?- Me.
0:52:04 > 0:52:08Is that you? Yeah, course it is. Champion!
0:52:17 > 0:52:19Dan?
0:52:20 > 0:52:23- Dad, he's told me he doesn't want to go out.- He'll go out, he'll go out.
0:52:23 > 0:52:27With a sprained wrist and a broken prop shaft, nothing can persuade
0:52:27 > 0:52:32Steve Taylor to get himself up for the Demolition Derby.
0:52:32 > 0:52:35I have hurt my wrist, it ain't just a sob story, and I'm feeling...
0:52:35 > 0:52:39I'm hurting, so. I'm 50-odd.
0:52:39 > 0:52:42I can't wait to get home and get in the bath.
0:52:42 > 0:52:45Can't wait. Never again.
0:52:54 > 0:52:57After all the six heats,
0:52:57 > 0:53:00not one of the 19 Suicide Squad cars have made the final.
0:53:03 > 0:53:06Seven of the Condoms have qualified.
0:53:06 > 0:53:09But Captain Condom has made a surprising decision.
0:53:10 > 0:53:12It's not worth us going out in the final,
0:53:12 > 0:53:15the cars that we've got through to the final,
0:53:15 > 0:53:17it ain't worth going out to do that,
0:53:17 > 0:53:21because we ain't here to win races - where here to squash the yellow.
0:53:21 > 0:53:24We've come here to war with them and if they're not out there,
0:53:24 > 0:53:27we can't war with them, so we'll go in the race where they are where we can war with them.
0:53:29 > 0:53:33With no pink or yellows in the final, the veterans will be
0:53:33 > 0:53:37represented by the oldest man in the field, 64-year-old Roy.
0:53:37 > 0:53:42It's sad, really. This could be my last ever race...technically.
0:53:42 > 0:53:46I might come off and get in the DD, but it's doubtful.
0:53:46 > 0:53:48Last ever race, all them years.
0:53:53 > 0:53:55HE GROANS
0:54:05 > 0:54:09So, here we go, folks. This is it.
0:54:09 > 0:54:1331 cars on the track for the big boys in the world of banger racing.
0:54:35 > 0:54:36There's the green flag.
0:55:00 > 0:55:03And here comes John Nichols and straight into Roy Rawlins.
0:55:10 > 0:55:14They are absolutely flying round the track.
0:55:14 > 0:55:15This is fast.
0:55:27 > 0:55:30Roy Rawlins, he's taking a right pasting out there.
0:55:30 > 0:55:32And then coming back for more.
0:56:04 > 0:56:09On his tenth lap, Roy succumbs to retirement.
0:56:09 > 0:56:11And Boxer Jack has done it!
0:56:11 > 0:56:13Jason Jackson wins.
0:56:15 > 0:56:17The best of today's generation won the event.
0:56:20 > 0:56:22But Roy didn't go home empty-handed.
0:56:22 > 0:56:24CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:56:27 > 0:56:29Can you believe this? You'll never guess what it's for.
0:56:29 > 0:56:31Best Entertainer, in that race.
0:56:37 > 0:56:42That's it, my banger racing career is finished. Where do I go now?
0:56:42 > 0:56:48I'll get a buzz out of people getting a buzz, if you like. That's like...
0:56:49 > 0:56:53No-one's going to cheer and clap when I go to ASDA for my shopping, are they?
0:56:53 > 0:56:56I'm sort of, I'm left outside now, I'm like...
0:56:56 > 0:56:59I'm done, I'm finished, I've retired, it's all over.
0:56:59 > 0:57:02Horrible feeling, I've got to tell you that.
0:57:02 > 0:57:04Horrible feeling, but you can't turn the clock back.
0:57:10 > 0:57:13In the Demolition Derby, the wrecking continued
0:57:13 > 0:57:18till every car of every colour was silenced.
0:57:26 > 0:57:28In the final reckoning,
0:57:28 > 0:57:32it was generally considered to be the Condoms' day.
0:57:33 > 0:57:35They seem really happy with what was going on.
0:57:35 > 0:57:36So what they had a better day?
0:57:36 > 0:57:39But over the years, we've always been one step ahead of the Condoms.
0:57:39 > 0:57:42Always one step ahead, best team ever, Bexley Suicide Squad.
0:57:42 > 0:57:43Best team ever.
0:57:46 > 0:57:47Last word?
0:57:47 > 0:57:50Last word... You know, don't you? You got me there, didn't you?
0:58:07 > 0:58:09I really wanted him to be there and that, and...
0:58:11 > 0:58:15And I loved him being there, it's lying there in the heart, like.
0:58:15 > 0:58:17Fantastic feeling.
0:58:18 > 0:58:22He managed to see his grandad go crashing, really.
0:58:22 > 0:58:23I couldn't say go racing.
0:58:23 > 0:58:28I don't even think I done three laps out of the whole meeting, really.
0:58:28 > 0:58:32Because I know one of them was just the Grand Parade.
0:58:32 > 0:58:35That was the one lap I actually completed.
0:58:36 > 0:58:40I'd climb in a race car tomorrow, really.
0:58:40 > 0:58:42It will never, ever die.
0:58:42 > 0:58:44When that old lid goes on the old coffin, mate,
0:58:44 > 0:58:47I'll still be thinking about it, somewhere.
0:58:47 > 0:58:49If there is somewhere like, you know.
0:58:56 > 0:58:58# Take me riding in the car, car
0:58:58 > 0:59:00# Take me riding in the car, car
0:59:00 > 0:59:01# Take you riding in my car, car
0:59:01 > 0:59:04# I'll take you riding in my car. #