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00:00Previously on the Grade 8.
00:04We were at New England Dragway, and Kai Kelly got off to a fast start.
00:09He beat Giuseppe in round one.
00:11Kai Kelly going to take the win. Great pass.
00:14Took down Dan Merchant in round two to advance to the finals.
00:21Finally got a good race.
00:22I know. Now we know. Now we know. Good job, baby.
00:24And went up against first-time Grade 8 driver, Callie Mills.
00:28She's making good runs. I watched every pass she made last night.
00:31She's fast.
00:35Kai won the race in his first Grade 8 of the season.
00:39And Kai Kelly will take the win.
00:42He took home $10,000 and has a seven-point lead over the rest of the field in the individual championship.
00:48I was looking up at the scoreboard. They were like, no way you could tell who won.
00:51It looked close from the starting line.
00:53She was in front of me almost the whole way.
00:54Now, on a scorching hot day in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the current top 8 in points will battle it out
01:01for another $10,000 and valuable points towards the individual championship.
01:06Holy s***. What a rush.
01:11Ow!
01:12Put your hands together for the Grade 8 drivers.
01:14Grade 8 drivers meeting.
01:27So y'all are in the top 8.
01:29If we're talking about the Grade 8 points,
01:31Kai Kelly, number one right now, man.
01:34Holding it down.
01:34Don't forget, this is the individual championship, $100,000 to the person with the most points
01:39in the Grade 8 at the end of the season.
01:42Here's how it works.
01:43If you win the Grade 8, you get 10 points.
01:45Plus, you also get $10,000 if you runner-up, you get seven.
01:49And if you make it to the semifinals, you will get three.
01:52Those points go towards an individual championship that will be worth $100,000 at the end of the season.
01:57As of now, Kai Kelly has a seven-point lead over Axeman,
02:01who didn't qualify for the Grade 8 today.
02:04There's a four-way tie for third between Ryan Martin, David Gates, Caleb Orton, and Giuseppe Gentile.
02:10Gates and Ryan are both watching from the sidelines also
02:13because they haven't been doing well in the Saturday races,
02:16which means Kai can really open up his lead today.
02:20Are y'all ready to draw to see who you're going to race in the first round?
02:23It's hot, in case you didn't notice.
02:24Yes, Bodie.
02:25I want to throw a dilemma here, man.
02:26I'm feeling confident.
02:27I feel like I'm like Don King.
02:29I've been drafting good.
02:30I got the first-place guy, second place in the team.
02:32I want to take a bet right now.
02:34A thousand bucks.
02:35Whoever Damon draws in the first round, I'll put a thousand bucks on him.
02:37I mean, Nathan.
02:39Wait, Nathan.
02:40Nathan, Nathan, Nathan, Nathan.
02:41You didn't want to use yourself.
02:43How'd you?
02:43You broke the rear end, right?
02:44Wait a minute.
02:45If Damon draws Nate, you get a thousand.
02:46Damon got a broke rear end right now, so I want to wait.
02:49I got a thousand bucks.
02:50He'll outrun anybody first pass down.
02:52All right.
02:53Let's go ahead and draw chips.
02:54We're a whole bunch of weight.
02:59I don't think y'all will.
03:00All right.
03:01Where are my number ones at?
03:05All right.
03:05Pick up right where we left off.
03:06Kayla versus Damon.
03:08That's a good rear end.
03:09First pair.
03:10Damon's car is really consistent on Saturdays.
03:13He seems to struggle on Fridays, which might play to my advantage, but we're not thinking
03:17about that going into round one.
03:19We're thinking about what this one can do.
03:21It doesn't matter who's in the other lane.
03:23She needs to perform to the most potential she can, so we'll be ready for round two.
03:27Number twos.
03:29Nate Saylor and Lizzie.
03:31We got Lizzie Musi.
03:33We feel pretty good about it.
03:35We got a fast car.
03:36We tested here.
03:37I'm pretty familiar with the track.
03:39I ain't doing a thousand.
03:40She ain't doing a thousand, buddy.
03:41She got all that money.
03:42Hey, she'll do it.
03:43She'll do $10.
03:44She got all that money.
03:45She sent my money back.
03:46Tell them.
03:47Lock in $10.
03:48I bet $100.
03:49Bet $100.
03:49Bet $100.
03:50Bet $100.
03:50A hundred.
03:51I'll do it.
03:51All right.
03:51You do a hundred.
03:52Breeze.
03:53Swanstrom versus...
03:54Oh, hell yeah.
03:55Father versus son.
03:56Oh, that ain't how it was last year.
03:58That's some rivalry right there.
04:00I drew Kai Kelly.
04:01This is the same race that I had a year ago here.
04:05I drew Kai Kelly first round.
04:06I was able to beat him,
04:07so I know he owes me an ass whooping,
04:09but let's see if we can go ahead
04:10and pull it off 2-0.
04:11And it plays like it did last year.
04:13If we win this first race,
04:14we went on to win the event,
04:15so let's just see how it plays out.
04:17Which means our fourth and final pair
04:19will be Giuseppe and Scott Taylor.
04:22All right, you two.
04:23Grade eight, we drew Giuseppe.
04:25Last time I run him, he knows me out,
04:26so I know we got a battle coming ahead of us,
04:29and as much as I want to put power in it,
04:31I got to know that that racetrack's hot,
04:33so that's going to be the kicker right there.
04:35Trying to figure out how much it'll take,
04:37but he's got the same battle ahead of him.
04:39All right, guys and ladies, here we go.
04:41Grade eight starts now.
04:46The matchups are set,
04:47and it's a hot and humid day
04:49with temperatures over 100 degrees,
04:50which will make the track very slick.
04:53Eyes will be on Kai to see how he responds
04:55after tapping the wall last race in New England.
04:57Also, Lizzie Musi will be debuting
05:00a new race car today,
05:01Bonnie II, that her team just finished building.
05:11I don't know where the f*** that oil's coming from.
05:13It's still coming out.
05:15It's everywhere.
05:18Look at this.
05:19I don't have a clue.
05:29I mean, but it's up here, too.
05:32Hey, it's f***ing spraying oil everywhere again.
05:37Yeah, it's just as bad as it was the other night.
05:39We had some gremlins from testing the other day.
05:42Like a little leak on the engine
05:44that we cannot find that's spraying.
05:47I still think it's coming out of that damn plug.
05:49There's a line that goes from that plug
05:51straight down the side of the wall.
05:52Yeah.
05:52Come look at it.
05:53Yeah.
05:53Dang it.
05:55We've got to start cooling it down.
05:57No, no.
05:57We're just going to have to, like,
05:58kind of go over a few things.
06:00Hopefully, we find something
06:01and get that thing mopped up
06:03and get it fixed
06:04because, you know,
06:05like I said,
06:06these oil leaks are never a good thing
06:07out here on this track.
06:07What's this?
06:11What'd you get me?
06:12Well, we got a little something new
06:14to play with this week.
06:15We have a brand new MH7 oil engine.
06:19It's supposed to make
06:19about 200 more horsepower,
06:21but what we're up against
06:22is this 100-degree temperature.
06:24Yes.
06:25So it's never bad to have more power,
06:28but it's not really an optimal time
06:30to be trying new stuff.
06:31Right.
06:31We are in Tulsa, my home track.
06:33I'm super comfortable here.
06:35What is not comfortable
06:36is these weather conditions.
06:38It is 109.
06:39The chances of looking pretty
06:40after getting out of a race car today
06:42are slim to none,
06:44but that's not what we're here for.
06:45I'm in the grade 8 tonight,
06:47which is super exciting.
06:48We're up against a lot of different stuff.
06:50I know.
06:51This engine burns more fuel.
06:52It makes more power.
06:53We went and tested,
06:55and we didn't get to use any of it.
06:56Right.
06:57And then today, as hot as it is,
06:58it's greasy as a track's going to be.
06:59We're not going to get to use
07:00any of it either.
07:01Let me tell you,
07:02we got a lot of extra horsies,
07:04but right now, we cannot use them.
07:05It's a hot Simon gun out here.
07:07Horsepower is not going to come into play.
07:10It's going to be tuner, driver, race,
07:12and I feel like we got the right combo for that.
07:21I'm super close in that third and fourth spot,
07:23so it's super important to do well
07:26in the grade 8 tonight
07:27and keep accumulating points
07:29so I can climb my way out of the middle of the field
07:31and towards the top.
07:32And Damon Merchant is going to get the win.
07:53Nice drag race there.
07:55Damon Merchant turns on the win light.
07:57Nice job.
07:57It was a wild ride.
08:00I stayed in it as best as I could.
08:03I feel like we've left together.
08:05And we'll just try again tomorrow.
08:08You know, this is the fourth pass
08:10on a brand-new combo,
08:11so no shame in our game.
08:12We'll make another test pass
08:14and come out swinging tomorrow.
08:16That was just a good drag race.
08:18I thought, I mean, you did your job.
08:20It was like one of those things
08:22where we just looked up at the board
08:24and it could have went either way.
08:32They won't take the tune.
08:35Conditions out here are insane.
08:37It's hot.
08:38The track is greasy.
08:39What that does to these high-horsepower cars
08:41is the starting line's pretty decent
08:43because everybody's leaving some fresh rubber there.
08:45You get out probably 330, 400 feet,
08:47and the car wants to start rattling the tires
08:49or hazing the tires.
08:50That, then in turn, is where we have to figure out.
08:52That's the tuner's game here.
08:54It's acting super funny.
08:56Like, when I plug the laptop into it now,
08:58the screen turns on,
08:59but it won't open fuel tech on its own anymore.
09:01We have to figure out where to turn it up
09:03and where to turn it down
09:04so that we can make a clean pass A to B
09:06and a fast pass so that we beat our competitor.
09:09Well, this is why my car wouldn't start
09:10in the staging lane thing.
09:11Right, right.
09:12I had the same problem.
09:14You guys didn't start before you went to...
09:16Okay, always start the car up.
09:18You load something.
09:19Yeah.
09:19I think the hardest part
09:21is going to be getting out of our own way.
09:23I'm used to clicking the up button
09:24and wanting more power,
09:25and in this situation,
09:26we're not going to be able to do that.
09:29This is going to be a...
09:31who can turn it down
09:32and not down too much.
09:34Oh, we've got to race each other first round.
09:37I know.
09:37Good luck.
09:38Be safe.
09:39She got a brand new Bonnie 2.0,
09:41so we're hoping...
09:43I mean, I hate to hope anything,
09:45but I'm hoping she's struggling
09:46with that thing a little bit
09:46until we get this racetrack figured out.
09:48At least the sun went down, thank God.
09:51I'm like,
09:52it was freaking too hot earlier.
09:54Oh, yeah.
09:54Oh, my God.
09:55The wind coming in is what scares me.
09:57It scares me what's blowing in.
09:59Oh, you think it's storm?
10:00Probably.
10:01It looks like all the rain's hidden.
10:02Around?
10:03Really?
10:04Yeah, that's what I was worried about.
10:06Yeah.
10:06There's so much humidity in the air already.
10:08I know, I know.
10:09We're what, second pair?
10:10Yeah, second pair.
10:11We're in Tulsa, Oklahoma,
10:13and it's freaking hot as hell.
10:15We got a new car.
10:16It was in the works.
10:18In the beginning of the season,
10:18we decided to build a new car.
10:20Reasons being is
10:22because we want to try to get down to weight.
10:23I think the biggest advantage
10:25for a nitrous car right now
10:26is weight, getting down to weight,
10:27and it's so hard to do that
10:28with steel roots, steel quarters.
10:30So my chassis guy,
10:31I mean, he freaking nitpicked
10:33everything in that car
10:34to get it down to weight.
10:35I'm going to just throw it out there.
10:36It was like literally 90 pounds lighter
10:38than the other car,
10:39and that is a huge jump.
10:41So she looks identical
10:42to the other Bonnie car,
10:44so I feel good about it.
10:45A lot of people say new car blues,
10:47but I'm positive,
10:48and we're ready to go.
10:49We're ready to rock this race.
11:06But over in the right lane,
11:11that is going to be Nate Saylor.
11:14Nate Saylor in the right lane,
11:16going up against Lizzie Musi.
11:18Lizzie Musi in the left lane.
11:20Brand new Camaro for Lizzie.
11:23Over in the right lane,
11:42that is going to be Nate Saylor
11:43going up against Lizzie Musi.
11:46And Nate Saylor
12:10will get the win.
12:12That was another great drag race
12:15there between both those cars.
12:21What the hell happened on that run?
12:23What the f**k?
12:27This f**k is making a run.
12:30Oh, thanks.
12:32Damn it.
12:39What the f**k?
12:40I don't believe this.
12:45I feel like I laughed pretty good on him.
12:48I didn't see him for a while,
12:49and then all of a sudden,
12:50it felt like someone just cut the throttle cable.
12:52Everything just shut off completely.
12:57Mine just shut off,
12:58like in the middle of the run.
12:59I'm so sorry to monitor all this stuff.
13:00Hey, you're a gamer.
13:01I'm pulling through it.
13:02That's all that matters.
13:03Hell yeah.
13:04People that are supporting me,
13:05I appreciate it,
13:06and you're one of them, so.
13:07I got you.
13:08I know,
13:09and I appreciate you very much.
13:10You did a clean run?
13:12Yeah, I made it,
13:13and then it sounded like
13:14it should just shut the motor off.
13:15Like, it just shut off.
13:17Mine shook the tires about 400 feet,
13:19but I drove right through it.
13:21I wasn't letting off.
13:21Yeah, it went through it.
13:22No, I know.
13:23I don't blame you.
13:23I can hear you.
13:24Yeah, you heard me.
13:25I don't know what happened.
13:27I have no idea.
13:28I owed her one.
13:29She got me the first time,
13:30and we owed her one,
13:32so we put a tune-up in the car
13:34we knew would go down,
13:35shook the tires still a little bit.
13:36I think the middle of the track's
13:37a little greasy,
13:38but she had enough,
13:41and we went around her,
13:41so grateful to go on a round two
13:44of the grade eight,
13:45and hopefully earn
13:46some individual points, too.
13:49Dad, we would have had that.
13:51Oh, my God.
13:51So bad.
13:52It's like the worst feeling
13:53when you're ahead of someone,
13:54and, like, all of a sudden,
13:56just your car completely
13:56just shuts off, like,
13:58and here they come,
13:59just blow past you.
14:00Like, it was a sickening feeling.
14:02I was pretty aggravated,
14:03not going to lie.
14:04You didn't ride on nothing, right?
14:07No, I was ahead of him.
14:08Bad.
14:10I felt I had it.
14:11And then all of a sudden,
14:12just, like, ooh, I'm like...
14:14Yeah, it shut the nitros off.
14:15Everything.
14:16Everything.
14:17Like, I still stayed in it
14:19because I was, like, just...
14:20I wanted to, like,
14:21bust it through the firewall
14:22is what I wanted to do.
14:23I swear.
14:25Yeah.
14:26It's like, there is no freaking way.
14:28Oh, my God.
14:29Oh, that was a very sickening feeling.
14:39Get your fingers out of the way.
14:40Just put that right back on
14:51and tighten it up.
14:54I had way too much oil in it.
14:56So we're out here in Tulsa, Oklahoma,
15:00Tulsa Raceway Park,
15:01and it is hot.
15:02It is very hot.
15:03You can't even walk outside
15:04without breaking a sweat.
15:05We were ready to get back in the race car,
15:06so this heat wasn't going to stop us.
15:07I fixed the car
15:08because I hit the wall on my last pass.
15:10I couldn't save it
15:11from scratching the wall.
15:12I held it as long as I could.
15:15It was going to be a life-or-death situation.
15:17Let out of it.
15:18Gave it a win.
15:18Can't nobody in them stands say
15:20that I didn't push my car to the limits
15:21trying to get that win.
15:22We got the quarter panel looking good,
15:24but the way it worked out,
15:25we didn't get the test.
15:26So we got a few changes to the car,
15:28no test passes,
15:30and we're here in Tulsa.
15:33Broke the plug.
15:34It backfired probably.
15:36All right, so that means that plug.
15:38All right, see if you can get that plug out.
15:40You got this hole.
15:42Is it bad?
15:43Which cylinder is that?
15:46Number seven.
15:48You got number seven.
15:49What did you do?
15:50Turn it up?
15:52I took fuel off it.
15:53That's what Lee kept saying.
15:54I took fuel off the motor.
15:55Y'all kept saying
15:56I wasn't running hard enough,
15:57so I did it.
15:57I took fuel off it.
15:59So I probably took a swing.
16:01I took 5% fuel off it,
16:02like 7%,
16:03and now that's the result of it.
16:06Isn't that a pretty big swing?
16:07What?
16:08I said, is that a pretty big swing or no?
16:10I mean, I think so,
16:11but apparently it was.
16:14It went the up, I guess.
16:16It looks like one of our spark plugs broke.
16:18Oh, my God.
16:19And when it broke,
16:20that's what allowed the motor
16:21to basically put a load on it.
16:24And when it put a load on it,
16:25everything else was trying to work harder,
16:27it finally just backfired and popped.
16:29That's what popped it, so.
16:34Yeah, see how it blew the burst panel?
16:36So it's kind of a protecting deal.
16:38Okay, so it doesn't blow this off the top.
16:40It blows the burst panel,
16:41so see, that's not supposed to look like that.
16:45Yeah, we're going to put in a new burst panel
16:46and then put it back on the car.
16:50Hey, man, we're going to need
16:52probably about another 15, 20 minutes.
16:54I don't know if you are okay with that.
16:56If you're not, you got to finish good.
16:57I'll wait.
16:57I'll say later.
16:58Okay.
16:58I just want to be a swanstrom
16:59because I like being a swanstrom.
17:00It pisses him off.
17:01He has a real long face on the big end.
17:03He tries to cuss at his daddy,
17:06and his daddy threatens to whoop his ass.
17:07It's just a funny case scenario
17:09down there on the big end.
17:10We can put that blower belt back on.
17:12I'll do this.
17:12Put that blower belt back on.
17:14I think we're good.
17:14I'm just going to fire it up.
17:15Hopefully, it don't leak.
17:17My luck.
17:18I know usually when you do this,
17:19the ring leaks on the blower.
17:21Ready?
17:36So going up, we're racing against Kai Kelly.
17:39You know, he's got this new combo,
17:40screw blower, and he's doing extremely well.
17:42Let's get it down.
17:46I think we kind of found the issue.
17:49It looks like, you know,
17:50we missed a gear change in the car.
17:52Luckily, I have parts here
17:54to be able to get this fixed.
17:55What sucks about it is
17:56I am going to be basically
17:57throwing darts at the wall
17:59and hopefully get past first round
18:01and try to get a better handle
18:02on what we got going on.
18:12Coming into the night,
18:13I'm number one in points in a grade 8
18:14and we really need to do good.
18:16Pretty much leaving it all
18:17in the tuner's hands
18:18to make sure my car goes down the racetrack.
18:19And Kai Kelly.
18:36Kai Kelly takes the win.
18:38I'm on fire.
18:43I'm on fire.
18:45Justin Swanstrom,
18:46another pop down there
18:48at the finish line.
18:57All right, give me one second.
18:58Okay.
18:59Is this on fire or no?
19:00I don't think so.
19:01I don't think so.
19:02I don't think so.
19:06Ow, f***.
19:08I'm tired of f***ing here.
19:10And we are struggling right now
19:11and we have backfired to blower twice.
19:14We are running into issues.
19:16We lost first round of grade 8
19:18and now we have f***ed up
19:20a lot of stuff inside the motor.
19:22Bitch had a pretty blue flame
19:23coming right out the back of that chimney.
19:24It was just over here
19:25and it was growing.
19:26I bet y'all couldn't see up there?
19:27That bitch was over the windshield.
19:29Screaming.
19:31Over here, it started out
19:32like this and it went
19:33and I was trying to get
19:36the car shut off.
19:38We are going to be able
19:39to extremely late tonight
19:40get everything done
19:41because we're going to put
19:41a set of heads on it tonight
19:42because we got new valves
19:43and everything in.
19:44We're going to put a set
19:44of rods in the motor.
19:45We're also going to check
19:46the transmission and converter
19:47to just make sure everything's good
19:48so we can get prepared
19:50for tomorrow.
19:55We're in Tulsa, Oklahoma
19:56and the last round one race
19:58for tonight's grade 8
19:59is between Scott Taylor
20:00and Giuseppe Gentile.
20:02So what do you think
20:04the heat's going to do
20:05compared to New Hampshire?
20:07Obviously, the car ran sweet
20:08in New Hampshire.
20:09The humidity here is terrible.
20:11Water grains are higher.
20:12150, Ryan said.
20:14150 elevations over 4,000.
20:16Well, it's going to be slow.
20:17The track's going to be
20:17It's going to hurt anybody
20:19with a blower.
20:19Really getting into weather
20:20like this, hot, greasy.
20:22A good car is going to really show.
20:23A car that has a little bit more
20:24room for air, won't shake the tires.
20:27We've been fortunate so far
20:28that this car's got
20:29a pretty big window
20:30where I can go ahead
20:30and control the power
20:32and get away with a little bit
20:33if we miss a little bit.
20:34We'll have to see
20:34because this is the worst
20:35condition so far.
20:37So I don't want to get
20:37too far ahead of ourselves,
20:38try to keep it something
20:39we can make it.
20:41And then you still
20:41got to be fast.
20:43That's it.
20:45That's all we can do.
20:46And we're going to put time-based.
20:51We're going to do it right now.
20:53With Scott Taylor,
20:54I think it's going to take
20:55really a good run.
20:56I've got to cut a good light
20:57and almost make a near-perfect run,
20:59I believe.
20:59I mean, Scott's fast.
21:01I think when we raced him,
21:02it was within half a car
21:03or something like that.
21:04So I feel like this is going
21:05to be a tough round for us.
21:06Yeah, this guy's fast.
21:08I ain't going to bull****.
21:09He's fast.
21:10As long as I don't lose a tire
21:12at 1.4, I'll be fine.
21:13The weather is changing a lot,
21:16so I've got the laptop in the car.
21:18I'm trying to stay on top of it.
21:32In the last 10 minutes,
21:33we've come from what felt like
21:34100 degrees down to what feels
21:36like 75.
21:37I don't know what it is right now,
21:38but it's dropping by the minute.
21:40And hopefully we got the tune-up right,
21:42that's all I can say.
21:43Last pair of the great eight,
21:59the first round,
22:00going to be a good one here
22:01over in the left lane.
22:03Backing up that beautiful Nova.
22:05That is going to be Giuseppe.
22:08He is going up against Scott Taylor.
22:10Scott Taylor in that right lane.
22:12And Giuseppe gets the win.
22:40What grade eight's rough, y'all.
22:48Leaving the starting line,
22:50I felt like I was out front
22:51maybe eighth of a car or so.
22:52You know, I think I led to the 330
22:54and then 330 to finish line.
22:56He just got more mile an hour
22:57than I do, so.
22:59But man, I just don't know
23:01what I'm exactly doing wrong,
23:03but it's just a few inches there.
23:07I think me and Giuseppe's had a race,
23:09that same race,
23:10separated by a few inches
23:11a couple of times now.
23:13Ain't even one thing to say.
23:14I just, I'm a couple inches too slow.
23:17And I don't know what to do
23:18to figure it out,
23:19but like I always say,
23:21my famous saying,
23:22we too dumb to quit.
23:23So we're going to keep on digging, man.
23:25We just, it's inches down there,
23:27but all these cars are running within inches,
23:28so ain't nothing new.
23:33Hey, baby.
23:37We're all happy here.
23:38We got two more rounds to go.
23:39We want to win this tonight.
23:40These next guys,
23:41Kai Kelly, Nate Saylor,
23:44and Damon.
23:45Everybody's fast.
23:46All those top guys going right now,
23:47so it's going to be a tough round here.
23:48We're going to see where we stand up
23:49to these guys right now.
23:52Here we go.
23:52We're going to go ahead
23:53and start our
23:54grade eight semifinals
23:55drivers meeting.
23:56We started with eight racers.
23:59We are down to four.
24:00Currently, Kai Kelly,
24:02you are sitting in first place
24:04in the grade eight points.
24:05Way to go.
24:06But you've got some tough competition.
24:08You've got Giuseppe,
24:09who as you know,
24:10has won an invitational race, right?
24:12You also have Nate,
24:13Saylor,
24:14who is hauling
24:16some serious butt this year.
24:17And you also have
24:19the current number one points guy
24:21in the invitational class,
24:22Damon Merchant.
24:25Big D, big D.
24:27All right.
24:28Well, let's go ahead
24:28and draw chips
24:29and see who's racing who.
24:35Here we go.
24:37Where are my number ones?
24:41Number ones.
24:42Well, Damon Merchant,
24:43who are you racing?
24:44Oh, racing Nate Saylor.
24:47Wow.
24:49Which means our second pair
24:50will be Giuseppe
24:51versus Kai Kelly.
24:55All right, y'all.
24:56Hey, you're
24:57got me two times already.
24:59What's that, Giuseppe?
25:00He's beat me two times already,
25:01so hopefully it turns
25:02our way right now.
25:03Now it's your turn, right?
25:04Yes.
25:05Is that right, Kai?
25:05I don't feel like
25:06I've got to run the car
25:07that everybody else has yet,
25:08so we still got him
25:09on our list.
25:10We're faster.
25:10We're a little faster.
25:11Okay, got it.
25:12Thanks for that guy.
25:13All right, y'all.
25:14Go get your cars,
25:15turn around,
25:15bring them in the staging lanes.
25:17Let's get back to racing.
25:18Hey, turn your light on.
25:27Give me your phone.
25:29Is that mine or yours?
25:31I just need to look
25:31in the pro charger.
25:33We're going to have to face
25:34Nate this round,
25:35and he's been super fast.
25:37He's been getting
25:38a lot more consistent,
25:39so that's a recipe
25:40for a good race anytime.
25:43I don't know where the
25:43be coming out at, dude,
25:45because that thing was,
25:45that thing's spraying.
25:47Went up this round,
25:47still had the oil leak.
25:49Sensors could be prone
25:50to leaking.
25:51You know,
25:52I've seen them
25:52on other vehicles
25:54where once the sensor
25:55goes out,
25:55creates a leak.
25:57Kind of narrowed it
25:58down to that,
25:58so we're going to try
25:59that now.
26:00Put a little thread sealant
26:02on this one,
26:03and then cram it in there
26:05and make sure it reads right
26:06and see if we...
26:08It's doing it under pressure
26:09because when we start it
26:11here in the pits,
26:11it's not doing anything.
26:12It's not showing
26:13that it's leaking anywhere,
26:15so once we're in a pass
26:17and it's creating
26:18a lot of pressure
26:20and it's pushing it back out,
26:24so hopefully it's fixed.
26:26I don't need oil
26:27going everywhere
26:27and I damn sure
26:28don't need it
26:28on the back tires,
26:29so there's no telling
26:31and hopefully we got
26:32our stuff together here,
26:33got things fixed up.
26:34Just go up there
26:35and kick his ass
26:35and we'll play
26:37the teammate thing tomorrow.
26:43Damon and I
26:43ended up drawing each other.
26:44We really wanted
26:45to save that for the final.
26:47We want to get
26:47as many individual points
26:48as we can,
26:49so we both got
26:50three points last round.
26:52Obviously,
26:52I want that 100 grand,
26:53so I want this win bad,
26:55which will give us
26:55three more points
26:56and then 10 for the win
26:57and seven for the semis,
26:59so hopefully we get this win.
27:01But I say this
27:01from the start of all this,
27:02it really doesn't matter
27:03who's in the other lane for us.
27:04We're going to do everything
27:05we can do to make sure
27:06we put this Nova
27:08in the winner's circle
27:09and that's exactly
27:10what we're going to do.
27:21Winner of this round
27:22will move on to the finals
27:24and race for $10,000.
27:26Let's see who it'll be.
27:28Let's go!
27:34Your first pair
27:44of grade 8 semi-finals
27:45is here.
27:47Nate Saylor,
27:48he is going up
27:49against his teammate,
27:50Damon Merchant.
27:51Oh, and Damon Merchant
28:06turns on that win
28:09like what a drag race.
28:11Damon Merchant
28:12heading to the finals.
28:13Nice job.
28:15Hey, that was a badass pass.
28:17Both of my guys,
28:18they went down there.
28:19That was a badass pass right then.
28:21Hey, Weezy.
28:22Golly, I told you.
28:25Hell yeah!
28:28I owe Nate one
28:29from Bowling Green.
28:30He stuck me
28:31on the tree real hard.
28:32I've been watching him
28:34week after week
28:35be a little more consistent,
28:36a little more consistent.
28:37So,
28:38pulled on him
28:39before the 60 foot.
28:41I could hear him.
28:41He was coming.
28:42But the race went our way.
28:44Felt like I got it early
28:45and he didn't get it
28:45around me, so.
28:49Holy rush.
28:52When they left together,
28:53I thought for sure
28:53Damon was...
28:54No.
28:54Have you seen the 60?
28:56They're...
28:56Well, I mean...
28:58They're...
28:58It doesn't matter
29:01who's in that other lane.
29:02I'm always going to try
29:03to win that race
29:04regardless.
29:05You good?
29:06Yep, good.
29:07Just making sure.
29:08It's a big win for us
29:10because Nate's a killer.
29:11He's got the best
29:11of the best,
29:12everything over there.
29:13And he's been bringing
29:14people in.
29:14He's smart.
29:15And it just felt good
29:17to get that win against him.
29:18Yeah, this thing 60 foot
29:19is like a son of a bitch.
29:22Oh, my God.
29:23That car's fast
29:24out of the hole, man.
29:25It is.
29:26He, uh...
29:27We put a tune-up
29:28in the car
29:29we thought would handle.
29:32It did.
29:33Our car handled it great.
29:34We went A to B,
29:34just not fast enough.
29:36He's got a quick car.
29:37This car's so fast early
29:38that by the time
29:39you have to try
29:40and get around him
29:41and there's not
29:41enough real estate left.
29:43And kudos to him, man.
29:44They got that thing
29:45running good.
29:47Good job, man.
30:06I drew Giuseppe.
30:07I knew that
30:08going to happen,
30:08but at the end of the day,
30:10two of the team
30:10boaties people
30:11has to race each other
30:12so that means
30:12one of them
30:13is not going
30:13to the finals
30:14or the runner-up.
30:15So that's a good thing
30:16for us points-wise.
30:17Only thing is
30:18I got to go ahead
30:19and beat the pair.
30:20You just tickle it
30:21right there
30:21in the middle
30:21where it's happy
30:22and then they'll take it.
30:24Oh, I ain't gonna have a problem.
30:25It ain't gonna have a problem.
30:25It just needs more.
30:27As long as it's past
30:27that one spot.
30:29As long as it's past
30:30160 out,
30:31there'll be no issue.
30:33Right now,
30:33it's been unbelievable
30:35doing everything
30:35we want it to do.
30:36It responds good.
30:37We make changes.
30:38The car gets faster
30:39every round.
30:39We've been picking up.
30:41Couldn't ask for a better car.
30:43So Kai Kelly,
30:44we've raced already
30:44a couple times
30:45and he's got me both times.
30:46We've made the car
30:47a little faster.
30:48I just don't know
30:48if it's fast enough yet.
30:49Now we've picked it up enough
30:50where if he didn't pick up anything,
30:52it should be a really,
30:53really good race this time.
31:07Me and Giuseppe's race
31:09before one time
31:10he burned a push-ride
31:11up on the big end
31:12and I came around him
31:12and he's beating me.
31:13Second time,
31:14this car just kind of
31:14laid over about mid-track
31:15and I came around him.
31:16So I haven't really
31:17got to race side-by-side
31:18with him yet.
31:19I'm not taking anything
31:19away from him
31:20because I know he's fast
31:21because he's always
31:21been in front of me
31:22until the 330.
31:22And Kai Kelly
31:43takes the win.
31:45Nice job.
31:47Kai Kelly
31:47all up on the center.
31:51Well, what happened?
31:52I had James a lot.
31:53Already?
31:53I kept looking at that wall
31:54and I was like,
31:55I don't want him
31:55going that way.
31:56I looked and I seen
31:57that I could make it
31:58to the cone
31:58before I touch the center line
32:00so I just held it.
32:03Giuseppe, he's a fast car
32:04so you get a win against him
32:05it's always a good thing.
32:06We're going to the finals
32:07against, damn,
32:08Damon Merchant again.
32:09That dude,
32:10he ain't playing.
32:11He's here
32:11and he's always in the semis
32:12or always in the finals.
32:13So hopefully we can keep
32:14our record up
32:14and beat him again.
32:18He got us.
32:20It was close.
32:20We have to look at the camera
32:21but it was close.
32:24Put a pretty good tune-up
32:25in the car.
32:26Let go of the trans brake.
32:28He was there, there, there.
32:31All the way
32:32to the finish line.
32:34And I mean,
32:3518 inches,
32:36he beat us.
32:37Every time it's been close,
32:38he got us on the other end.
32:39Guys are saying,
32:40I left a little late.
32:40We'll have to find out.
32:41But, you know,
32:42it was a great race
32:43and we'll just keep working on it.
32:44We'll get him next time.
32:46They said he got me
32:47a little bit on the tree
32:48but I don't know.
32:48He said it was close.
32:54I can't get it.
32:56I don't know what happened.
32:57I got to lean on it.
32:58I got to lean on it harder.
32:59Call it now.
33:08Look, I don't want to tell y'all
33:10about odds
33:11but I just threw
33:11three heads in a row.
33:13Okay.
33:14All right, here we go.
33:15We're going to do
33:15our grade 8 final
33:17drivers meeting
33:18while we wait
33:19for the official word
33:20on the track down there.
33:22Grade 8 finals
33:23will be
33:24Damon Merchant
33:25versus Kai Kelly.
33:27You're racing
33:28for $10,000
33:28and
33:3010 points, right?
33:32So whoever wins
33:33gets 10 points
33:33towards the
33:34grade 8
33:35points championship.
33:37All right.
33:38Who's going to
33:39call this in the air?
33:40He said I good.
33:41All right, here we go.
33:43F***ing heads.
33:44Heads is the call.
33:46That's how f***ing good.
33:47And it is tails.
33:49Damon Merchant,
33:50your lane, my friend.
33:51I told you,
33:51I cannot win a coin toss.
33:52I'll let you know.
33:53He's going to let you know too.
33:54Man, all right, y'all.
33:55Well, go back in your cars
33:56and get suited up
33:57because your final race
33:58is coming up here shortly.
34:00You're out of disaster, man.
34:02Oh, yeah.
34:12Hey, I'm Damon Merchant.
34:14This is my pit.
34:15Let me take you on a tour.
34:17We got the kitchen
34:18back here going on.
34:19Quincy's makes
34:20a killer pork chop.
34:22Got a pretty good
34:23display of tools.
34:24If there's one thing
34:25I learned
34:26from running with Dave
34:27last year,
34:28it doesn't matter
34:28how big your rig is
34:30and all that stuff.
34:30You don't have tools in it.
34:32This is where I change
34:34and get ready.
34:35This is my little corner here.
34:37I got my closet,
34:38my pants,
34:39and my helmet.
34:40Keep all my stuff in there.
34:42You kind of see
34:42how the floor's all broke down
34:43and it's starting to pull up.
34:45Well, when I put a big car
34:46in here
34:46and start pulling up
34:47off the floor
34:49to anchor it down,
34:50it tears the floor
34:52up pretty bad.
34:52So I appreciate you guys
34:53coming by,
34:54seeing how we've been
34:55doing things.
34:56We got some work
34:57to do to the car,
34:57so you guys
34:58get the hell out of here.
34:59That's a f***ing puddle.
35:06It's coming.
35:07The bottom of that rag
35:08on that corner
35:09is covered.
35:10Holy f***ing.
35:11It's right here.
35:12Yeah, there's one
35:13on this side too.
35:13Yeah, there's a puddle
35:14on this side.
35:15There's something
35:16that's not f***ing tight.
35:19That's a lot of wool.
35:20Ben, we have no idea
35:21where it's coming from.
35:22This is not f***ing good.
35:23We're f***ing right now.
35:24We were dealing
35:26with a little bit
35:27on a firewall
35:28and kind of back
35:29around the back china rail.
35:30This time,
35:31soaked the entire intake
35:32and everything
35:33around it
35:34on the blower.
35:35Like, honestly,
35:37probably lucky
35:37it didn't f***ing
35:38quad the car up out there
35:39and f***ing die.
35:40That'll see a big
35:41splash back here.
35:42Oh, we sure do.
35:43Got a wool right up here.
35:49Looks like it came
35:50right up here.
35:50Oh, okay.
35:51Okay.
35:52We've been constantly
35:54chasing this oil leak
35:56that just keeps coming up.
35:58We don't find it
35:59exactly what it is
36:00and take care of it.
36:02It's going to be hard
36:02to let go of that button,
36:03I'm going to tell you that,
36:03because we put everything
36:05into that car.
36:07So, you know,
36:08I can't take the chance
36:09of, you know,
36:10wadding it up
36:11or hurting myself
36:12or killing myself
36:13out there.
36:13So we've got to find
36:14this issue
36:15before we can go any further.
36:16That taps into the oil
36:17passage out of the head.
36:20All right.
36:21Go ahead.
36:21All right.
36:22Let's see what we got.
36:23You ready?
36:24There it is.
36:26Oh, wow.
36:27Yeah.
36:29Okay.
36:30Okay.
36:31All right.
36:32Let's get it up.
36:33Got to get it up in the air
36:33so we can get the...
36:34All right.
36:34So we can start
36:35cleaning it up.
36:37Right out in plain sight,
36:38there's a bolt missing
36:39in the intake,
36:40which goes down
36:40into the oil galley
36:41in the head.
36:42So it looks like
36:44that might be it.
36:45We're going to throw
36:46a bolt in it,
36:47repressurize it,
36:48make sure we don't hear
36:48anything funny,
36:49and go with it
36:51from there, I guess.
36:52All right.
36:53Let's see what we got.
36:53You ready?
36:54Yeah.
36:55Okay.
36:55We're going to put some air
36:55to her.
36:56Ready?
37:03See nothing.
37:05See no bubbles.
37:09I think we're good.
37:10I think we're good.
37:11All righty, guys.
37:12So since we found the issue,
37:14got it fixed,
37:15checked everything out,
37:16everything's good to go.
37:17The car's been giving us
37:18a lot of trouble,
37:19but to be honest,
37:20I've felt confident
37:21every round.
37:21The car's been running
37:22a little bit better
37:22and a little bit better,
37:23kind of getting our heads
37:24wrapped around the combination,
37:26what it wants,
37:27what it needs.
37:27This is our time,
37:29and no better place
37:30to kick Kai's ass
37:30than right here in Oklahoma.
37:35Going into the finals,
37:36I got Damon Merchant.
37:37He's a familiar face.
37:38I've been to two or three finals
37:39with him this year already,
37:40so he's a newcomer.
37:43You know,
37:43he don't really race
37:44with a big budget.
37:45I think he's really
37:46only got one motor,
37:47so the last four times
37:48we raced,
37:48he had technical difficulties
37:49three times,
37:50and we actually got
37:51to race once head up,
37:52and his car's fast,
37:53and he's in the semis
37:54or the finals every week,
37:55week in and week out.
37:56All right, here we go.
37:58Grade A finals
38:00for $10,000
38:02headed your way.
38:10So this is your
38:17Grade 8 finals,
38:18$10,000 to win
38:19over in the left lane.
38:20Damon Merchant
38:20going up against
38:22Kai Kelly,
38:23the winner.
38:24We'll get the $10,000
38:26and the 10 points
38:28for the Grade 8 championship.
38:31And Damon Merchant
38:58will get the win.
38:59Kai Kelly has the shootout early.
39:04Damon Merchant
39:05with the drive-by
39:07gets the win.
39:10God,
39:11hell!
39:15That's my time, baby!
39:16That's my time!
39:19Woo!
39:22He went right in
39:23like I figured he would,
39:25thawed him right in,
39:25and pretty sure
39:29I got him on the line.
39:29I've never seen him
39:30after that.
39:35I knew once we had him then
39:37that it was going to
39:38take him running us down,
39:39and I just didn't think
39:40he was going to get it
39:41done this time.
39:42Was it a good race?
39:43Did you get to see it?
39:44Yeah.
39:46Did you get to see all of it?
39:47How'd it go?
39:47Good.
39:48Looked good from your view?
39:49Yeah.
39:49See that wind light come on?
39:51Yeah.
39:51I had to stand on
39:53an ice chest in the middle.
39:54Ah, cool.
39:56Hell yeah.
39:56Game plan worked.
39:59I mean,
40:00we just worked our ass off
40:01all day
40:01in the heat
40:02trying to get this done,
40:04and we made it happen tonight.
40:06Good job, guys!
40:08Good job!
40:08Yeah!
40:09Yeah!
40:09Yeah!
40:09Yeah!
40:10Woo!
40:10Woo!
40:10Woo!
40:11Woo!
40:11Woo!
40:11Woo!
40:11Woo!
40:12Woo!
40:13That's what hometown looks like.
40:14Yeah!
40:15Yeah, brother.
40:15Yeah, brother.
40:16That's it for the Great Eight here in Tulsa, and Damon comes away with his first Great Eight win.
40:34He's pocketing $10,000 and gains 10 points to his individual championship points total.
40:41But Kai still has a commanding lead with 27 points, while there's a three-way tie for second
40:46place with 13 points.
40:51Next week...
40:52It's broke in two places.
40:54All that s*** with the shop.
40:55I'll s*** carry none of that s***.
40:57Damon goes for another Great Eight win.
41:00Kai Kelly is behind nobody in the Great Eight right now.
41:03Can we start calling me gold medal?
41:05While Kai looks to extend his points lead even more.
41:07Our engines hate this area.
41:08Old Jane Lane's gonna have some trouble breathing, but I think she's still got enough to get past these boys.
41:13Cars are breaking down.
41:15We're not gonna build a race.
41:16Can't get the gas in it.
41:17We're getting a transmission broke.
41:18We never went out of first.
41:19And things are getting pushy.
41:20I want to tell my mom, I was running for five.
41:21No, I said, s***, we'll do it.
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