Land Speed Ultimate Race - Al Teague

" Al Teague is a self-confessed gear head. A piston engine is his passion. Land speed is a way of life."

" Al Teague to land speed racing is like Jimmy Stewart to film, like George Gershwin to music. He's just the kind of guy that everybody really likes, and he's just a wonderful man. He's a regular guy. If you meet him on the street, you'd never know that this guy was the king of land speed racing with regard to real-driven cars. He's the hot riders' hero. He went from nothing, coming back from the Vietnam War to the top of the heap. There's nobody like Al Teague in land speed racing."

" Teague's team is like an extended family, unpaid and completely dedicated. Many have been with him from the very beginning. But the most cherished member of the family is the machine itself. The car goes by the affectionate nickname of Betsy."

" The heat of the oil up and it's warm at my back and it feels good."

" Investing so much time and emotion in the pursuit of speed is only for a dedicated few. A fact that Teague was aware of when he first met his wife Jane."

" It took him 2½ years of us going together before he proposed, because he was so afraid I was going to change, and maybe tell him he couldn't race anymore. When Al is going to run, that's when I pace and I pray."

" Doing okay?"

" I've been pacing and doing all that stuff. I hope Al never gives up the Salt Flats. The need for speed to come up here, it's Salt Fever. There's no cure for Salt Fever except another trip to the Salt Flats. Okay, I'm off."

" [unk]"