History Channel: The Alco Black Beast in “Cars That Built America: Part I”
This month the History Channel played a new series "The Cars That Built America". In the two-hour Part I, I played Alexander Winton, the world's fastest man, racing Henry Ford. As seen in this five-minute segment, I did all the stunt driving in the Alco Black Beast.
Enjoy,
Howard Kroplick
The Alco Black Beast makes its appearance at the 3:06 mark.
Check out my great acting. The director told me to give Ford a look of distain.
The segment was originally shot at Old Bethpage Restoration Village in July 2012 for the series "Men Who Built America".
That was Ed Labounty driving as Henry Ford. His Ford racer was actually Labounty's 1913 White.
Ford won the race by less than a car length.
Comments
Awesome Howard, I hope the new spare is holding up! The Black Beast, The Alco.
A pleasure to view!
Yes, I watched the new series and immediately recognized the footage from the prior series. Great to see it all again!
Great footage. Hadn’t seen is Enjoyed the story of this historic game-changer. Must’ve been a blast to shoot these scenes.
Every time I watch this I keep hoping you will win. 😊
-joe
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Howard Kroplick
Me too!!!
Gary M:
I saw that show, that was you and your car. How cool!
Lee C:
I remember seeing that History series in 2012. Had I only known it was you driving!