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Eat you alive. >> like surf boards or jet skis or snowmobiles, gravity cars are are location dependent, so we're off in search of a hill ideally the middle of nowhere. along the way fred and i had a great discussion. we discussed the unintended consequences of eliminating risk from the human experience. unfortunately, fran's deeply troubled muffler made much of our salient points unusable and that's a shame because the conversation really was fascinating. right here, for instance, we're discussing the nuances of homeostatic risk, a controversial idea that says when mandatory safety measures ar...

Another element of gravity racing that fred nearly didn't walk away from. what are the risks? >> risks are very high. fred's had our worst injury. he was doing about 64, touched wheels with another car, slid off the road, hit a tree, and set down. all that happened in about 1.2 seconds. >> what broke? >> shattered the tibia, fibula. i have ten pins and two plates. >> fred's knee, exhibit "a." fred's cautionary tale is more sufficient to make me think twice about strapping myself into a gravity car, but fran's enthusiasm is impossible to overcome, plus it looks like fun. >> i'm assuming this is...

But this is not that. what fran and fred are doing here is motivated entirely by something they bonded over years ago. a need for speed. >> this is us. >> tell me what i'm looking at here. >> it's a formula atlantic car. >> what's that mean? that's 200 miles an hour. >> 224 at pocono. >> which one's you? >> red car. >> that's you, fred, over here? >> yes, sir. >> and you're over 200 miles an hour right here. fran and fred became fast friends many moons ago on the circuit known as formula atlantic racing, a sport with all the gear of formula 1 but not so much of the glamour. >> we'd rather be d...

>> risks are very high. fred's had our worst injury. he was doing about 64, touched wheels with another car, slid off the road, hit a tree, and set down. all that happened in about 1.2 seconds. >> what broke? >> shattered the tibia, fibula. i have ten pins and two plates. >> fred's knee exhibit "a." fred's cautionary tale is more sufficient to make me think twice about strapping myself into a gravity car but fran's enthusiasm is impossible to overcome, plus it looks like fun. >> i'm assuming this is only sensible way. >> if there was any sense involved in this, you wouldn't be here. >> yeah, t...

>> deal. >> all right. we need drivers over here. all of you. how many people are here that have never run with m.i.s.f.i.t.s. before? only one? we're going to do card draw for starting position. >> what am i rooting for? what do i want? >> 1. 1 through 4 is what you want. >> arms up. >> of course, everybody assures me that it's all perfectly safe. >> okay. arms down. >> as long as you don't crash, flip over, drive headlong into a truck or otherwise suffer some catastrophic injury. thanks. i remain, of course, skeptical. hey, fran? >> yes? >> one last question? >> yes? >> what the [ bleep ] am...