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00:00Previously on the Grade 8, the top eight drivers heading into Tulsa battled it out for $10,000 and points towards the individual championship.
00:10Kai Kelly, number one right now, man.
00:13Holding it down.
00:14Kai Kelly came in looking to extend his points lead.
00:17He beat Justin Swannstrom in round one and took down Giuseppe in round two.
00:25And Kai Kelly takes the win. Nice job.
00:30Damon Merchant was struggling with an oil leak all day.
00:33I don't know where the f***ing gold is coming from.
00:35But fought his way into the finals.
00:41Oh, and Damon Merchant heading to the finals.
00:46Holy f***ing, what a rush.
00:49It was a close race until Kai's parachute released early and Damon won his first Grade 8.
00:56And Damon Merchant will get the win.
00:58Who took home $10,000, 10 points, and moved into second place on the leaderboard.
01:05I mean, we just worked our ass off all day in the heat trying to get the f***ing done.
01:09And we made it happen.
01:10Like, homegrown, hometown.
01:13This is what you get.
01:17Kai still has a commanding lead over the rest of the field.
01:20But all these top drivers will race for points towards the individual championship and a chance to win $10,000.
01:30Ow!
01:31Put your hands together for the Grade 8 drivers.
01:33Hey!
01:44Firebird Raceway, how y'all doing today?
01:49All right!
01:50We're here in Boise, Idaho at Firebird Raceway.
01:54This track opened its doors in 1968 and has been run by the same family the entire time.
02:00This track is in the northwest and it sits at an elevation of almost 2,700 feet above sea level.
02:06The air quality at this altitude will make it harder for a lot of these cars to make power they're used to.
02:11Today, we're running the Grade 8.
02:14It's the sixth of 14 events spread across the entire country.
02:18And things are heating up.
02:19Here's how it works.
02:21If you win the Grade 8, you get 10 points.
02:23Plus, you also get $10,000.
02:25If you runner-up, you get seven.
02:27And if you make it to the semifinals, you will get three.
02:30Those points go towards an individual championship that will be worth $100,000 at the end of the season.
02:36Tonight, everyone will be eager to knock Kai out in round one to prevent him from opening up his lead.
02:41All right, guys and ladies, y'all are the top eight drivers currently in the Invitational Class.
02:47That's why you're racing tonight.
02:48We're going to go over our point standings for the Grade 8, right?
02:52First place, Kai Kelly.
02:54Baby, good job.
02:54Hey, man, you're in first.
02:56Yeah.
02:56Hey.
02:57Then there's a three-way tie for second between Axeman, Giuseppe, and Damon Merchant.
03:04All right, y'all got 13 points.
03:06Kayla Morton, you got 10 points.
03:08Nate, Saylor, you have got six.
03:10And then that's it for people that are standing here.
03:13Lady squared.
03:15Lady squared.
03:16Let's go.
03:17We two.
03:18Yeah.
03:19I really suck at math, but I knew what that was.
03:23What?
03:23Wait a minute.
03:25I knew what that was.
03:26Hold on.
03:27Okay.
03:28Color.
03:29That's why you f***ed up him.
03:31Shut the f***ing night.
03:32Number one, Scott Taylor and Giuseppe.
03:40Good luck, sir.
03:41Yeah, you too.
03:42Round one of the Grade 8 tonight, I drew Scott Taylor.
03:45We're consistently in the Grade 8.
03:47We're doing good.
03:48We've got to stay in there, so we've got to do good both days.
03:51Kai's got a pretty big league on us right now, and everybody's got like 25 or 27 points
03:55to our 13.
03:56So in the Grade 8, that's a pretty big gap there.
04:00He needs to go out early, and I need to win one to actually make a move on the points.
04:04All right, number twos.
04:06Number twos.
04:07Nate Saylor and Kai Kelly.
04:10All right, Nate, now is your chance to do the rest of the guys and yourself a favor.
04:15Knock Kai out in the first round, and then that leaves it wide open for people to catch
04:19up to him, all right?
04:19We talked about that.
04:20We need you here, bud.
04:20That's the strategy.
04:21We need you here.
04:21I like it.
04:22We have Kai Kelly.
04:23We need to take him out first round.
04:24I think I have the car to do that.
04:26We have a car that goes down great in these kind of conditions.
04:29He's been running really good, but I think with this new setup at this elevation, he hasn't
04:33done yet.
04:34I'm hoping that he doesn't get that figured out, so we're going to put a tune-up in it that
04:37we know will go A to B and quickly, and hopefully take Kai out this first round.
04:41If we do that, that gets us, obviously, some more points and into round two of the Grade 8,
04:45but it stops him from accruing points.
04:47He's got such a big lead right now.
04:49We need to put a stop to that.
04:50All right.
04:51Number threes.
04:52Team squared.
04:53Oh.
04:54Team squared.
04:55Team squared.
04:55Team squared.
04:56Same time, same chip.
04:57Lizzie versus Kayla.
04:59First round.
05:00My God.
05:00We drew Lizzie Musi.
05:02She's a tough contender.
05:03She won in Tulsa.
05:04I'm excited to see how close we are at the stripe, and I think it'll be a hell of a race.
05:08Goal today is to win the Grade 8.
05:09I think that's everybody's goal in the Grade 8.
05:11Like I said, it's to do or die.
05:13We need to close the points gap and put some pressure on Kai and Damon.
05:16Which means our fourth and final pair will be Axeman and Damon Merchant.
05:21Big.
05:21Hi, y'all.
05:22We're the Hemi-Killer.
05:22Hey.
05:23We'll see.
05:23Here we are at number two tied with Giuseppe and Axeman.
05:26This is a good opportunity for me to get Axeman out of that number two position, solidify myself in there,
05:32and see if we can really make up some points.
05:34Any questions?
05:34If not, I'll head on back to your pits, all right?
05:37Good luck, y'all.
05:46We got Giuseppe in the beautiful Nova.
05:50Yeah, that'll be hard.
05:51It is, um, seems like I run him or Nate Sailor every week, and they both have my number,
05:57and that's, that's why we did the upgrades, so that we can try to be more competitive.
06:01We've been right there, just like a few inches behind and did the upgrades, but looking at
06:06this, we made some right calls.
06:08It looks good until it didn't, so we just gotta, we gotta get in there and dig in and
06:12make sure, make it run good.
06:13It's not in me just to be okay losing, and we were losing by inches every week, and we
06:19decided to do an upgrade.
06:21When you do upgrades, typically, every time I've done one, there's always a minor setback,
06:27but I think, you know, if we get, if we play our cards right and we hit the tune-up right,
06:31we got a shot at it, but we gotta make a good pass out running, and that's gonna be tough
06:37in this air, so not only did we do an upgrade that changes the fuel drastically, we're in air
06:42that changes the fuel drastically, so we, we, you know, we got our work cut out for us
06:46as far as tune-up was.
06:48From where this thing come from last night, y'all wouldn't even be, you couldn't imagine
06:51even running today, I mean, it was literally a bare block in the car, 5 a.m. this morning.
06:59We're not gonna build a race?
07:01Can't get the gas in it.
07:03The strongest guy on the crew can't even get it off.
07:05Here, I'll get it, let me get it, let me get it.
07:07I just wanted to do it on TV, I wanted to be the one to get it.
07:10Hey, you broke it loose.
07:11Close it, no.
07:15That's it.
07:16So far with the car, we've been doing really good.
07:19Cars made almost every single run, except for the last run against Damon Merchant a couple
07:24weeks ago.
07:25We changed the front springs, we wanted to try something there, because we were having
07:27the front end was bottoming out on the top end, and upsetting the car through the lights.
07:31We've changed the tires, see if that can pick us up, hopefully that gives us that little
07:34bit of an edge there.
07:36You guys, I'm here, and they're changing this, changing their converter, loosening their converter,
07:39trying more rear gear, we're going to leave it the same.
07:42So let's see if that plays out the smart move, right?
07:45Either they're going to be faster than us, and we've lost a bunch, or we're smart, and
07:50they've, yeah, we've already known.
07:53We made one change, we changed the spring last weekend, and the car didn't make it.
07:56First run in 30 runs, and all we did was change the spring.
07:59Now we're changing the tires, changing the springs back.
08:02I mean, everything we do on this car is a gamble.
08:05So out here, the altitude's like 2,500, but corrected's probably going to be 4,500, which
08:10affects performance on these cars, brings the horsepower way down, but it brings everybody
08:15down.
08:15So it's really who compensates the most or the best for it, and whatever changes anybody
08:20decides to do.
08:21As of right now, we're going to try to just leave our combination alone that we know works,
08:26and try to win that way this weekend.
08:28Sorry, Scott.
08:29I can't beat this car, man.
08:30Giuseppe's going to sleep.
08:31Well, we'll see.
08:33I'm trying, I promise, but you've had my number, dawg.
08:36I can't beat this guy either.
08:38Well, look, it's just like a cycle.
08:39Yeah, I know.
08:40It's a cycle.
08:41Everybody's got somebody.
08:42Yeah, it's been really hard on Friday nights to come in, and you're racing the best, all
08:46the fastest, guys.
08:48All right, Scott, be safe.
08:49Good luck, bro.
08:49Good luck, guys.
08:50See you on the other side.
08:51So whoever really has it figured out here with the air, and see what we can pull off here,
08:55but it should be a good night.
09:05All right, over in the left lane, that is going to be Giuseppe going up against Scott.
09:11Scott Scooter-Taylor in the right.
09:13Beautiful Nova there in that left lane.
09:16Scott Taylor with the Camaro in the right.
09:20Pro Charger on Pro Charger Crime.
09:22All right, over in the left lane.
09:37And that is going to be Giuseppe going up against Scott.
09:41Scooter-Taylor in the right.
09:42And Giuseppe going to get the win there.
10:04Nice pass.
10:05Scott Taylor has some issues.
10:06Just past the 60-foot has to get out of it.
10:10Woo!
10:11Yeah, baby.
10:12So we go up there against Scott Taylor.
10:14We made some adjustments to the car.
10:16I threw a bunch of power right off the hit, which I normally don't have to do.
10:19Put a little bit more on the launch chip.
10:21Let go of the button.
10:23Car got up.
10:23Felt great.
10:24Went straight down.
10:25Didn't move around.
10:26Didn't do nothing.
10:26Made a great run to the finish line.
10:28Wind light came on.
10:31Damn, Scott.
10:32What happened?
10:33You spin, Shake?
10:34Yeah.
10:35Hey, we just kept pulling fuel off it.
10:37We finally found it.
10:38And then it gets too hot.
10:39Found too much.
10:39Hey, good job.
10:40Yes, sir.
10:41Good job.
10:42Night was huge on that first run.
10:43Now we'll have some data to base everything on, look at the fuel, air-fuel ratio, make some
10:47adjustments, and man, we need this win tonight.
10:51But hey, you've done a killer job.
10:52You've done better than I did.
10:53Oh, I appreciate it.
10:53Yeah.
10:53Made the lick.
10:54Yeah, we made it.
11:02Hello, you finna strap in?
11:05What's that?
11:06You finna strap in?
11:07Yeah.
11:07We're right here whenever you are.
11:09Okay.
11:10It's the first race of the Western Swing.
11:12All year, none of us look forward to coming way out here.
11:14Some beautiful scenery, some nice racetracks, but our engines hate this air.
11:19Just the prettiest country you'll see, but the air sucks over here.
11:23The elevation's high.
11:24Where I live, it's sea level, which is meaning zero.
11:27Where they live, it's like 5,600 feet.
11:29So it's way higher than we're used to being.
11:32Old Jane Lane's going to have some trouble breathing, but I think she's still got enough
11:35to get past these boys.
11:36How many more gallons of fuel will we use if we make a full pass?
11:39Oh, you'll be fine.
11:39Okay.
11:40This is our first time out west with a blower.
11:43You know, we always came out here with a nitrous car.
11:44I had that figured out pretty good.
11:46I mean, I could almost go just as fast out here as I could on the East Coast.
11:49On a nitrous car, you can make your own atmosphere inside the motor.
11:52On the blower car, all you can do is suck in whatever air you got.
11:55So it's going to be a little learning curve.
11:56Luckily, I got Jeff and Adam here, so I'm not going to have to learn much,
11:59except for they can go to Transbrake and ask them questions while they're making my car fast.
12:04We're taking this training career off.
12:06I'm training.
12:07We are in Boise, Idaho.
12:10This is as close to home track as I can get.
12:12We're about nine hours from here.
12:13We're feeling good.
12:14The elevation here is really similar to at home.
12:17We've been used to racing on the East Coast where you're below sea level.
12:20So this is going to be a lot to get through for a lot of guys.
12:23I feel we got an advantage because we're from up here.
12:25We've got a good race car.
12:26The track's a little sketchy, but other than that, we'll get through that.
12:39Next pair, Nate Sailor going up against Kai Kelly.
12:45Kai currently leading in the great eight points.
12:49This points championship for Friday night, $100,000 to the driver with the most points
12:54at the end of the season.
13:26Kai Kelly.
13:33What a drag race there, but Kai Kelly turns on that wind light side by side.
13:42Me and Nate take off.
13:44He beats me on a tree a little bit.
13:47Old Jane Ling rocks back, picks up the front tires, and goes to driving away from him.
13:50I beat him by about a car on the other end.
13:52He ain't no slouch.
13:53He made a hell of a pass.
13:54We just made a better one.
13:55Did Kai beat you?
13:56Yeah, he's close.
13:58But he got me.
13:59He's fast.
14:02I left on him, and it was side by side.
14:04It's probably the best race we've had.
14:06And the last one was close that we had.
14:07I mean, him and I are door to door.
14:10It's really hard to gain points when I lose.
14:12That was a good race, though.
14:13Yeah, it was.
14:14Did you have one parachute pin?
14:15Yeah.
14:16I'm wondering.
14:16Kai Kelly's the points leader right now, so for us to be door to door with him is something
14:21that's an achievement for us anyways.
14:23We got a hot rod.
14:24I got a good crew.
14:25We got a fast car.
14:26We got good parts in it.
14:27And we make solid runs.
14:28Unfortunately, he got the win.
14:30We're done for tonight, but we're going to come back strong for tomorrow.
14:34Good run, brother.
14:35Super nice.
14:35It was a good side by side.
14:37It was side by side.
14:39Good run, dude.
14:39Good luck.
14:43Good God.
14:44Did somebody grease the out of those?
14:46That's all you're doing.
14:47Did you douse someone WD-40?
14:51God bless.
14:54You don't have to do that, you know?
14:56They just slide right in there.
14:58They don't got to be greasy.
15:00We are in the grade 8 town, which I'm super thankful for.
15:02It is a huge accomplishment.
15:03However, we are getting to be like do-or-die time at this time.
15:07The points are spreading.
15:09We're not up here.
15:10We're more down here.
15:11And we need to do our very best to accumulate some points
15:14and get closer to that 1-2-3 spot today.
15:16Tulsa was an absolute train wreck.
15:18We got out of our groove.
15:20We kind of just lost control of our program and what we do.
15:25And Chase and I had a talk this week.
15:27We are back to routine, execution, doing what we know best,
15:31the little engine that could is back in.
15:34The MH6 is in, which we are familiar with.
15:36We've won a lot of rounds.
15:38We've done a lot of digging with this motor.
15:40So we're just going to go back to square one,
15:42just like how we started off the season.
15:44How you feeling, Lizzie?
15:46Feeling good.
15:48Just going to take it round by round.
15:49That's it.
15:53Come on.
15:54We need this one bad.
15:55All right.
16:18Next pair is coming at you right now over in the right lane.
16:23That is going to be Kayla Morton.
16:26She is going up against Lizzie Musi.
16:29Lizzie versus Kayla here in the first round of the Great Eight.
16:36Nitrous in the left lane.
16:37Pro Charger in the right.
16:38Let's go.
16:40Let's go.
16:41Let's go.
16:42Let's go.
16:43Let's go.
16:44Let's go.
16:45Let's go.
16:46Let's go.
16:47Let's go.
16:48Let's go.
16:49Let's go.
16:50Let's go.
16:51Let's go.
16:52Let's go.
16:53Let's go.
16:54Let's go.
16:55Let's go.
16:56Let's go.
16:57Let's go.
16:58Let's go.
16:59Let's go.
17:00Let's go.
17:01Let's go.
17:02Let's go.
17:03Let's go.
17:04Let's go.
17:05and Lizzie Musi gonna get the win there it's like some issues in the right lane for Kayla
17:20Lizzie right down through there nice job something get under a tire I look like
17:27freaking transmission broke never went out of first damn that was rough backed up everything
17:38was fine and then it started idling real high and as a driver you just kind of know something's off
17:43so I knew that it was gonna be kind of a Hail Mary if you will and luck if it went down but it did
17:53exactly what I anticipated it fell on its face with the let go of the button we're having a
17:57really rough time here the last couple races coming over to you this is the first time I ever won a
18:02freaking grade eight what I have is something must have happened it broke the transmission broke at
18:07the let go oh it was stuck I knew something because I said I normally she's like right there with me
18:12there's no way I wanted uh I was just looking forward to like racing yeah so you like to see
18:17where we were together and now that you got your I know that would have been a nice kind of a boost
18:22so that automatically creates a vacuum leak which creates the idle to uh go up and idle super
18:31high and then when you let go of the button it just literally has no boost and if you know how pro
18:35charger works you have to have boost in order to make power and we had no boost so we had no power
18:40we'll get it fixed here pick up our patty faces go make a test pass and try to prepare for tomorrow
18:47yeah we got stuff too if you need anything okay whatever you need this I don't blame I hate
18:55losing like that just stupid you want a good race I know I just want a good race I know
18:59it's broken two places yeah like this far away from each other crack here and I crack here
19:08I mean the problem is the fact goes and just eat up so
19:12all that with the shop I don't carry none of that
19:17I'm about to
19:19so these things are ran off the crank
19:24this hub hooks up your crank and then you put a gear on it and a gear here that runs your blower speed
19:32the air here is pretty bad we're down quite a bit of quite a bit of boost so we're going to put more
19:37gear to it to spin it harder to create more boost and in turn while we were changing out the gear
19:43ratio and that you always inspect your bearings and stuff just because of wear and tear I found out
19:50that one's got two cracks in it right here right here once it goes it goes and it's catastrophic
19:55failure from there so we caught it was debating whether to run it and they come over check us
20:03out see what we were up to lo and behold he has a f3 which a lot of people don't run everybody runs
20:08f4 is usually he had a plate for one so all it contains is the bearings here plate that bolts up to
20:14the block and then you know all the magic happens and spins it and makes boost so I'm going to clean
20:21his up you can tell here he's had one come apart and been damaged before but I'm not going to worry
20:26about that we're just going to clean it the best we can butt everything up and roll with it and go
20:31into some you know go in the first round with some more borrowed parts here this thing will be fast
20:38this weekend I'm working on yeah we're getting it right that's that's the goal there that's the goal
20:50but I truly like I know you went out on a limb to listen to me and keep the small motor in the car
21:00and you want the big motor but I like being the underdog like this motor is not as big it's the
21:06uh it makes six but I like it I love this motor we beat three sevens last yes yeah yeah so so I gave
21:16what you wanted yeah you give me what I want I feel like this one has more in it and on this track
21:22not nearly as good a track yeah so we'll be able to manage the smaller motor better than they can manage
21:26the big one yeah but it's gonna be an advantage having a smaller one right now yeah it's awesome to
21:31drive this car next race in altitude you might be having a big motor in it with no testing we're
21:39testing grade eight so we use grade eight to test swing four I think that's a good idea when I first
21:47got into grade eight and I won my first ever grade eight I was still thinking I wanted to win the
21:53Invitational more fast forward a race and didn't get into the grade eight oh it kind of broke my heart
21:59I was like this I want to be in grade eight more than I thought to be back in grade eight is awesome
22:04because I can build my points I think I'm around third now in points so maybe I can creep back up
22:09closer to Kai in the top and you know Kai talking trash on the internet about us is he so basically
22:15coming from the last race to here the air is going to be different with different altitude so the uh the
22:19car is going to have a little less power so we're going to have to add a little more timing maybe
22:22spin it blower a little more the shifts a little higher the rpms in the engine to make a big
22:27difference in all that so uh we'll have to make up uh I'd say two three hundred horsepower
22:31all right final pair of this grade eight first round over in the right lane that's going to be
22:45Axeman going up against Damon Merchant in the left
22:49and Axeman takes the win great drag race side by side
23:18Axeman getting the win nice job
23:22I turned loose the trans bracket I didn't see him 330 I didn't see him and all of a sudden my car
23:31pinned me in the seat even harder I said damn this thing is riding I said if he comes around me the
23:36way it's running now he's a bad dude got the finish line got that light going around two mine didn't go
23:42in high gear I only raced you in two years brother I left in high that's what he said oh damn damn the
23:50story getting worse everybody was like who won who won we were looking for the lights it was good I seen
23:54him coming about the 330 and then I just watched him fool and I was like yeah it's over okay well good
23:58job there yeah yeah good job that was the one draw I didn't want was that car
24:03all right here we go we're gonna go ahead and start our grade eight semifinals drivers meeting we
24:11started with eight racers we're now down to four I got bad news Kai Kelly is still in and he's in
24:19first place so he's just extending he's getting he's gaining points you know we're supposed to knock
24:23him out in the first round but he is in the lead in first place behind nobody I like that man I'm gonna
24:29keep saying a couple more times Kai Kelly is behind nobody in the grade eight right now can we start
24:34calling me gold medal gold medal if you win the championship Kai I will stop calling you silver
24:39medal and call you gold medal now Giuseppe and Axeman you're in second you're tied for second now Lizzie
24:44congratulations you got points you're guaranteed at least three points tonight let's go ahead and get
24:51the chips out and see who is racing who all right here we go Elizabeth here we go Christopher yep
25:00gents all right number ones please step forward Kai Kelly and Axeman oh boy which means our second pair
25:15will be Giuseppe versus Lizzie Musi all right all right all right drivers go back to pits get your
25:24cars turned around put your hands together for these drivers folks be easy on me yeah
25:30so we're going in the semi-finals of grade eight I drew Kai Kelly that's one bad dude so on my first
25:49pass in right lane that thing was rolling one of the fastest paths I've ever made in this car when I
25:53drew my chip I got left lane heart dropped just a little bit but then people told me left lane was good
25:58so I said well shoot we're gonna turn it up and swing it make it a little faster and uh hopefully
26:03take Kyle out yeah the weather's great humidity's perfect you know got a little tailwind behind us
26:12all right man I'm gonna run x-man kick his ass and win the grade eight next round all right then you can
26:17get the wind and then I'll be in the grade eight next week and then we'll be back yeah make sure to
26:22tell boosted that it's a $10,000 pot I'm going to car owner Steven Brindle he come over here trying to
26:28be tough to my mom at the t-shirt tent tonight talking about I got $5,000 if y'all want a grudge
26:33race in this past and I come from grudge racing I love betting money all you got to do is say the
26:37word and if I feel like I got half a chance I'm gonna lock you in and we're gonna race for it
26:41semi-finals winner goes to the finals also $5,000 a side winner of this race takes that entire pot
27:00let's see who it's gonna be right here right now if I can win $5,000 from Steven Brindle $10,000
27:08in the finals it's a good night
27:10grade eight semifinal starts right now here is the first pair over in the left lane driving the game
27:29changer Mustang that is gonna be Axeman and in the right lane current points leader in the grade eight
27:36that would be none other than Kai Kelly winner goes to the finals also $5,000 a side winner of this race
27:45race takes that entire pot let's see who it's gonna be
27:49Kai Kelly moving to the finals once again in the grade eight and
28:19will take the pot $10,000 total there $5,000 a side Kai Kelly big winner here in this round
28:28so me and Kai roll in turn loose the brake about 60 feet out I didn't see him and a little bit
28:34farther I seen his little injector hat sticking in my windshield I think dang all the way up the track
28:40I had to stare in the corner of my eye that injector hat then watch his light come on that was a hard
28:43feeling right there oh
28:45well that was a good one that was a good one it's a little better on your end though
28:55yeah Brenda was over there trying to handle me all hard he coming there telling my mama I'll run in for
28:59five dollars no that's me we'll do it I told her don't tell me I don't want to get in my head
29:03love Axeman but you being a
29:05to be honest I got tore up every time I lose I don't care if it's about a mile or inch I just hate
29:15it it's tough he done his job he got that win damn that was a good race car was unhappy at the finish
29:23yeah are you out 60 minute color are you the 60 of me or cut a better light one of the two I don't
29:29know I've been sucking on lights all day that's why we was kind of skittish about bed I ain't got my
29:35help yeah when I could see that blower hand I said that's not good it's all right in Colorado
29:42uh we'll be all right we were glued together I said damn come on come on getting that win is the most
29:48important because that's more points toward an individual championship but taking five thousand
29:52dollars from Brindle when he was handling me kind of rough is also cool I always try to stay humble
29:56everybody's seeing me throughout my whole career I like being humble when somebody is not being humble
30:01I like to try my best to humble them so hopefully tomorrow Brindle respects my gangster a little more
30:06and uh he won't be talking with all that bass in the voice
30:09excuse us sorry sorry I feel um the best I can after a treatment I guess I'm pushing through it
30:29pushing through it this one's a little rough on me so um I'm just trying to be strong here
30:35I'm gonna clear this really quick okay just put your ears on I'll be fine
30:41all right I'm definitely gonna have some drinks tonight if we pull it off that's for sure we need
30:49one we gotta get by Lizzy though one round at a time
31:04so we got some in it for our first round of uh grade eight car responded really good still soft in
31:24the middle so um and we went up against Lizzy I put some more in the middle she's coming off a big win
31:28last week and Tulsa it's definitely gonna be a tough round for us
31:31all right this will be the last pair of the semi-finals here in grade eight
31:46over in that left lane that's gonna be Giuseppe
31:49going up against Lizzy
31:52the winner of this race here will face off against Kai Kelly in the great eight finals
32:00And Giuseppe gets the win.
32:22Giuseppe will face off against Kai Kelly in the Great Eight Finals.
32:27Good race. I don't know what happened with mine, because it was popping and banging.
32:32Was it? Yeah. I was like, oh, where is she at?
32:34Oh, God. I don't know what was going on, but I was just saying it's all good.
32:37Yeah. Good race. Yeah.
32:39Yeah, you were still there. It was still there. It was just like pop, pop. I don't know what was going on.
32:44That's all right. Oh, yeah. Good race.
32:48Felt good. Let go of the button. Saw her a little bit in the middle.
32:51The car pulled good, where I put some power to it.
32:53We got out, and we ended up getting the wind light.
32:55Yeah, I'm feeling good right now.
32:57Yeah. You got to beat Kai now.
33:00All right, let's get back. Let's hurry up. We're not going to have much time.
33:03Thank you. Good race, guys.
33:11Yeah, baby.
33:13Let's go.
33:15Hell yeah.
33:16Uh-huh. Uh-huh.
33:18Make her say, uh-huh.
33:21Huh?
33:22Yeah.
33:23She was popping, popping, yeah.
33:25She said it was popping. Bang, she didn't lift, but it was popping.
33:29But she wasn't out on us.
33:30Yeah. No.
33:31No.
33:32No.
33:33Yeah.
33:34Yeah.
33:35Yeah, it was good.
33:36That's what we got to do.
33:37So it liked it in the middle, too.
33:38So let's see what it picked up.
33:39Hopefully, we're right where we need to be.
33:40Okay.
33:41Kai, look fast.
33:42Larry, yeah.
33:43Close?
33:44It was close.
33:45Yeah.
33:46It's fast.
33:47It's good.
33:48Yeah, his top end's good.
33:49Hopefully, we picked it up enough on that one.
33:50Yeah.
33:51Yeah.
33:52Let's do it.
33:53All right.
33:54Let's get the data out.
33:55Troy, you're going to do it.
34:04Right there, just a little bit of the tire.
34:06Yeah.
34:07Yeah.
34:08Right down.
34:12Man, the tire tracks are perfect.
34:13No paddling.
34:14No nothing.
34:15All right.
34:16We can give them more.
34:18We got to get one.
34:23I think I raced here in season two.
34:25It was season two.
34:26We drove 40 hours to get here.
34:29Had all the kids with us.
34:31And I got here and made test hits.
34:35And I drew Dean Karn's first pass, Stinky Pinky.
34:38And Dean came up to me telling me how fast he was.
34:41He's like, man, I just went this fast.
34:44So it got in my head.
34:46I went straight down there.
34:48Took a shot under the tree.
34:50Missed it.
34:51Went red.
34:52Had to drive 40 hours back home on one pass.
34:58And come to find that, Dean was just bull .
35:00I mean, he didn't even know that fast.
35:01It got in my head.
35:04All the muscles, all them biceps.
35:06He tried.
35:07He couldn't hold that little button like that.
35:10So he done his job.
35:12Hopefully I can redeem myself down there.
35:16All right.
35:18Half.
35:19So I put half.
35:20I put it from early, too.
35:21I put it from half a second on.
35:28I mean, we got to get it.
35:29We got to get out on him.
35:30We got to get out on him.
35:31We got to get out on him.
35:32We got Kai for the finals.
35:33He's had our number.
35:34He's beat us three or four times.
35:36I don't even know anymore.
35:37But we haven't been able to beat him all year.
35:38If we don't do something a little extra, we're going to get.
35:41Yeah.
35:42We got to try it.
35:43We got to get him.
35:44I want to win.
35:45I think I got his number tonight.
35:46Hopefully we can pull off this win and celebrate.
35:50I want to win.
35:51So four.
35:52What is it?
35:53How many?
35:54What's that?
35:55Almost 700 feet better.
35:56Right now.
35:57Than the first pass earlier today.
35:58Oh, yeah.
35:59What do we have right now?
36:0046?
36:01Still .
36:02We're running really good, though.
36:03You're down 10 pounds, 12 pounds of boost.
36:06He better make a good run.
36:08If we make it down, cut a light, he might be in trouble tonight.
36:11Doesn't matter.
36:12It's his altitude, too.
36:13Yeah.
36:14It's the same thing.
36:15Oh, we're not slow, though.
36:16He's got to deal with it, also.
36:17We're not slow.
36:18I got the working right now.
36:20Feeling great with the car.
36:21You know, the car gave us a couple issues, which it normally hasn't done.
36:23But we made some adjustments to get it to go straight.
36:25And the car is going straight down the middle now.
36:27You know, Kai is fast.
36:28So I think this one's who's going to take a bigger shot at it and win this tonight.
36:31You ready to kick this dude's ass in the dirt, or what, man?
36:32Yeah, yeah, man.
36:33I need you to get in the smart car, though.
36:34Hey, Giuseppe's fast.
36:35He's been running good.
36:36I just need to keep chipping away.
36:37I need to get this win tonight and give him seven points.
36:38The least he can get.
36:39And let him put his car up and wait for tomorrow.
36:40Oh, man.
36:41You suck in the finals.
36:42Huh?
36:43Been there, what, four times?
36:44One.
36:45One.
36:46It feels great to be the finals.
36:47It's the second time we've actually got to the finals.
36:48So we're going to win this tonight.
36:49You're going to kick this dude's ass in the dirt or what, man?
36:50Yeah, yeah, man.
36:51I need you to get in the smart car, though.
36:52Oh, man.
36:53You suck in the finals.
36:54Huh?
36:55Been there, what, four times?
36:56One.
36:57One.
36:58It feels great to be the finals.
36:59It's the second time we've actually got to the finals now.
37:01Third final.
37:02What you think?
37:03You got enough?
37:04I ain't seen this car make a pass.
37:06We're just going to give it all we think of the day.
37:09Thanks.
37:10All right.
37:11Appreciate it.
37:12All right.
37:13Thanks.
37:14Kai's still got a pretty big lead, but it's going to put us firmly into second place right now.
37:19So either way, whatever happens, we just got to do what we got to do and win this tonight.
37:34Grade eight finals right here, right now.
37:3610,000 to win over in the left lane.
37:38That is going to be Giuseppe going up against current grade eight points leader.
37:44Kai Kelly in the right lane.
37:47Me and Giuseppe's been pretty much running side by side the whole year.
37:50I've had him by maybe a quarter fender or half a car sometime.
37:53But he's fighting the same thing.
37:56He's got a pro charge him.
37:57I got a screw blown him.
37:58They're both starving for air.
38:00So there's no advantages in this race.
38:02It's just going to be made the best man win.
38:04Winner of this race right here will be $10,000 richer.
38:08Here we go.
38:09Hey, Kai Kelly takes the win.
38:36Kai Kelly is your grade eight winner.
38:40Wow.
38:41What a drag race.
38:45Giuseppe was fast all day.
38:47Ryan told me in the staging lanes that he didn't think I had enough to beat Giuseppe.
38:50So being able to beat him today, that was badass.
38:52Hey, man.
38:53We had a little old tune-up in there for you.
38:55Good job.
38:56Can't beat you, man.
38:57Good job, though.
38:58You hauled ass.
38:59That was good.
39:00Good race, man.
39:01We'll get it.
39:02We'll get one.
39:03I don't know, man.
39:04Maybe we might not.
39:05We stage.
39:06Do our thing.
39:07Let go of the trans brake button.
39:09See him a little bit.
39:10See him.
39:11And I'm like, oh, I got him in the middle.
39:12Usually, I get something ahead of somebody.
39:14It's usually over.
39:15So I'm like, I don't see him.
39:16I don't see him.
39:17And, man, right towards the finish line, I'm looking for my light.
39:19Here he comes.
39:20Boom!
39:21Goes by.
39:22You're the real number two.
39:23I know how you feel.
39:24I know.
39:25I'm just right there, man.
39:26I can't get it.
39:27I know how you feel, man.
39:28That's about three years' experience right there.
39:29Yeah, yeah.
39:30I'll take it, man.
39:31We're getting there.
39:32And we're running good, too.
39:33We picked it up a lot.
39:34You just ran a little better, man.
39:35You were fast on that one.
39:36My car gets loose, loose at the finish line.
39:38Same with mine.
39:39Same thing.
39:40Again, when we race each other, whatever happens.
39:42I almost thought we tried to.
39:43Yeah.
39:44Both of us.
39:45I was trying not to look.
39:46And it pulls me in every time when we race each other.
39:48At the finish line with the chutes out, I've done this.
39:49So I think what's happened is we're pretty close.
39:51So the chutes are both out.
39:52And it sucks us in.
39:53Yeah.
39:54Because I'm like, .
39:55What happened every time?
39:56Yeah.
39:57Every time, yeah.
39:58We're talking about racing.
39:59Badass, man.
40:00Good job.
40:01That was a good race, though.
40:02It was.
40:03So tonight, I showed up racing for 10 grand.
40:05I'm walking away with 15.
40:07Steven Brindle donated us $5,000.
40:09Then we took the $10,000 win home.
40:11So $15,000 in one night with old Buick.
40:14Hey, that ain't a bad night.
40:15Little Giuseppe's mad at me again, man.
40:17Couldn't let me have one this time.
40:22And there you have it.
40:23For the second time this season, Kai Kelly wins the great A.
40:26He's taken home $10,000 and 10 points towards that individual championship.
40:32Kai is now 17 points ahead of Giuseppe, who's in second place with 20 points.
40:40Next time.
40:42This is the horsepower killer track.
40:45So the higher you go up in air, the less oxygen there is in the air.
40:50So the less power it makes.
40:52The top eight race in Colorado's challenging high altitude.
40:57Blue, that may be a car.
41:00Oh, we got to make a problem.
41:03I want to find out how fast this nitrous car is.
41:06No.
41:07Whatever.
41:08Stop.
41:09Everybody's talking about how fast Lizzy is.
41:10Nobody's got a chance out here against nitrous cars.
41:14Giuseppe Gentile goes after another grade eight finals,
41:17while Kai Kelly does everything he can to add to his points lead.
41:21Damn Kai with a guest like that, what's the most power balls over?
41:24Oh, you think I guess?
41:26That's what it is, man.
41:28We're making money.
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