00:00We're in Pontiac, Michigan for Roadkill Night's 10th anniversary right here on Woodward Avenue.
00:10Do you realize they're taking Woodward Avenue and making it the fastest street in the United States?
00:15This has been prepped and ready to haul, dude.
00:18If you're not here, I don't know what to tell you, but next time you better be here.
00:22Moments, literal moments awake for this 10th anniversary of Roadkill Night's.
00:26Brought to you by Motor Trend and powered by Dodge.
00:30And the Mustangs are going to pull them all the way to the strike.
00:34Best race we've seen all day, side by side.
00:37Go, John.
00:38Got it.
00:38Oh, huge, huge move.
00:40They're both away.
00:41Oh, man.
00:41It's all got to be pretty.
01:00Who's going to be the winner of the grudge race here on Woodward Avenue?
01:18Got it.
01:23Oh, huge, huge move.
01:25Oh, huge move first, but Morgan is just going to absolutely dog walk into the finish line.
01:31Look at it.
01:31Let's take a try.
01:32This is amazing.
01:46They have small tire racing, big tire racing.
01:49They have shut Woodward Avenue down and turned it into a drag strip.
01:52This is super, super fast.
01:54Cars are running like low 440s.
01:56It is mind-blowing.
01:58Now we're going big tire racing.
02:00The adults have arrived.
02:01Pretty good drag race, and he is going to walk away from the Nova.
02:16So Demetrius Maciernas is eliminated, and Jimmer Klein moves on to the semifinal round.
02:25Oh, he's not pulling the front end yet, either.
02:27He's there now.
02:28And Mislevic is going to outrun Moore handily.
02:31He goes 496.
02:32This is the semifinal round of big tire.
02:35Oh, and he's going to just park it on the starting line while the Blazer goes down.
02:41And he didn't.
02:42And he didn't.
02:45And that is a waxing out there for the Trackhawk.
02:48No match for the door car.
02:50I love this, and I hate this at the same time.
02:55One of them's got to go.
02:56These are two of the best cars in the entire show.
03:04Sanchez brings it in.
03:06Sanchez had the jump.
03:07This is a great race.
03:08Cal is going to buy a car length, and now he's going to buy two.
03:13Huge, huge starting line advantage.
03:16Travis Martin lays one down.
03:18A 449.7.
03:20And here come the deal, boys.
03:21What's the deal?
03:23Here are Mustangs.
03:26Oh, good race.
03:28Good race.
03:34See ya.
03:35Pulling away.
03:36And McKenna kicks it in a high gear.
03:37Goes 464.
03:38There we go.
03:39There it is right there.
03:40Mustangs in front.
03:41Wow.
03:42And the Mustang's going to pull him all the way to the stripe.
03:44Got it.
03:45Oh, huge, huge move.
03:47Huge move for Calo.
03:48And Calo goes across a 60 beats a 46.
03:52It's a whole shot win.
03:55A pair of steel-bodied nitrous cars in the final round of Big Tire.
03:59How cool is that?
04:00That's right.
04:00A little motivation for the young guy to try to put one on the old man here.
04:11And it's much motivation for the old man not to let the young guy do it to him.
04:14Not to let him do it.
04:15And Slocum, another of the big block variety.
04:26Go time.
04:28Oh, it backfired.
04:29Popped it on the starting line.
04:31A nitrous manifold explosion on the starting line there for Slocum.
04:35And it is Jimmer uncontested.
04:374-51-3.
04:39The motor sneezed when he stepped on the gas.
04:42Last final round, folks.
04:4388 Ford Mustang.
04:49Dave McKenna in the right lane.
04:5299 Chevy Camaro.
04:53Jeff Calo in the left lane.
04:56Mustang versus Camaro, Ryan.
04:58That's the way it's supposed to go.
04:58Cars like this, guys like this competing at this level.
05:01The reason you don't have to worry about the sport of drag racing.
05:03A lot of young, motivated people in this sport.
05:06Building cool stuff with their own two hands.
05:07Being innovative.
05:08And it's the final round of small tire here locked in.
05:12Jeff Calo's got his hands full.
05:14McKenna's trying to catch him.
05:15He's not going to get there.
05:164-56 beats a 4-68.
05:19A great drag race.
05:20Good drag race.
05:21Side by side.
05:25We are standing here with a small tire winner at the Roadkill Knights.
05:29Jeff Calo.
05:30Tell me about this bad dog you got sitting here.
05:34Well, you know, all day.
05:35We went fast.
05:36Came out of the gate.
05:37Had one of the fastest paths of the days off the trailer.
05:39A lot of people couldn't get down the track.
05:41As the day went on, two got faster.
05:43Miguel, standing over there.
05:46He's won it three years in a row.
05:47So he tuned my car today.
05:48I knew we had a chance of winning all day long.
05:51Ended up in the winning circle.
05:52Did you expect this car to leave on the wheel like this and go down the tracks like that?
05:57Absolutely.
05:58Really?
05:58With him behind the keyboard, absolutely.
05:59So your car's been running great.
06:00What size engine do we have here?
06:02So it's a stock block, LS motor with a big turbo on it.
06:06Nothing fancy.
06:0694mm turbo.
06:08You want a party, baby.
06:10What's the transmission there?
06:11It's a power glide, two-speed glide.
06:13Yep.
06:13Dude, it's great.
06:14I guarantee you didn't wake up this morning.
06:16You had the dream of winning this, but then you woke up and you've seen this.
06:19You get it.
06:19I'm telling you, I knew we were going to win the minute we came in today.
06:21Really?
06:22Yep.
06:22Wow.
06:23Confidence is incredible.
06:24I like that.
06:25Well, dude, congratulations on winning.
06:27We appreciate it, dude.
06:29Thank you for coming.
06:29Yep.
06:30One of my favorites.
06:30I have one at home very similar.
06:32Awesome.
06:33Thanks, guys.
06:34All right.
06:34We are here with Jimmer Klein, the big tire winner here at Roadkill Nights.
06:41He has been to this event and won six times.
06:45This car is beautiful.
06:46What is this car?
06:47This is a 66.
06:49Well, basically a Nova, but it's an Acadian, a Canadian version of a Nova.
06:52So the grille is different.
06:53The tail lights are different, you know.
06:54Big block Nightsus, right?
06:55That's true to me.
06:56622 with Nightsus.
06:58Really?
06:59What trans is in it?
07:00Razzler Turbo 400.
07:01Nice.
07:01How are you managing to get down this track?
07:05I don't know.
07:05Is it being so consistent?
07:06He said, I don't know.
07:07No, actually, I tried the first run.
07:09It didn't work, you know.
07:10So we just changed the tune-up and it worked.
07:12And then we just stick with it all day.
07:14Wow.
07:14Dude, this thing looks amazing.
07:17And it did amazing, man.
07:19So congratulations on winning the big tire again.
07:21Thank you very much.
07:22You know, you got to kind of let other people win sometimes, maybe.
07:24I was hoping my nephew was going to make it down and make a run out of it.
07:28But he had a little stumble, yeah.
07:29That's my nephew who was in the blazer.
07:30Oh, okay.
07:31Yeah, that was a cool car.
07:32And we just got it running, like, in June, I think.
07:34And it was his first year out racing.
07:36Well, dude, this has been great.
07:38Congratulations.
07:38Nice job.
07:39Beautiful car.
07:40Oh, way beautiful.
07:41Thanks for coming, man.
07:42I appreciate you guys.
07:43Man, that is a wrap on Motor Trend Presents Roadkill Knights, the 10th anniversary powered
07:48by Dodge.
07:49Man, it was some good side-by-side drag racing.
07:52That was the best racing I've ever seen on Woodard, especially with the grudge match and the
07:56influencers.
07:57No leakers.
07:58Everybody chopped the tree.
07:59It was awesome.
08:00I'm going to have to absolutely agree.
08:02And Morgan Evans winning this thing now twice.
08:05I want to see her come back next year.
08:06Hopefully it's on Woodward once again.
08:09It's going to be a riot.
08:10Stay tuned for more of Roadkill Lighters.
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