By 10:00 they were spread out all over the course.
5 seconds sound clip from the Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:25:32 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- They were due to go off, ten at a time every two minutes.
- Goddamn it. What day is it? Saturday?
- Hello! Anyone? Have you seen the race?
- By 10:00 they were spread out all over the course.
- It was no longer a race. Now it was an endurance contest.
- The idea of trying to cover this race in any conventional press sense was absurd.
- Hey! It's pretty great, huh? Come on in!
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