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00:00Previously on the Grade 8,
00:04the top eight drivers raced in Las Vegas, Nevada
00:06for $10,000 and points toward the individual championship.
00:11My first one, I'm already intimidated by everybody, you know?
00:16In his first ever Grade 8 appearance,
00:18Murder Nova put the entire field on notice
00:20as he took out points leader, Kai Kelly.
00:23Oh, and Murder Nova knocks off Kai Kelly in the first round.
00:28Doing your racers a favor
00:30by knocking out the number one guy in the first, Kai Kelly.
00:36Then he went on to win a close race against Kayla Morton.
00:40And Murder Nova gets there first.
00:43Great drag race.
00:44Going to the finals.
00:46I mean, we're going to try to get this win.
00:50Nate Saylor had some good luck on his side
00:52as Damon Merchant's engine cut out
00:54and gave him the win in round one.
00:56And Nate Saylor going to get the win.
01:00Then he took out Axeman in round two
01:02to meet Murder Nova in the finals.
01:04Yeah, baby.
01:05Hey, man.
01:06I'm not going to talk.
01:07Go get that money, baby.
01:18Yeah, Murder Nova gets the win.
01:21Sean won his first grade eight event of the season
01:24and collected points towards that individual championship.
01:28To never be in a grade eight,
01:29come out the first time I was in grade eight
01:31and win it and beat all those people
01:33that are in the grade eight,
01:35there's no feeling like it.
01:37Now, today we're in Ohio
01:38where the top eight drivers will battle it out once again.
01:44Oh!
01:45Put your hands together for the grade eight drivers.
01:47Ohio, how you doing?
02:01We are here at Dragway 42,
02:03located in West Salem, Ohio.
02:05This is our first time here.
02:07It is a very beautiful facility.
02:08This track opened its doors in 1957
02:11and it is just an hour south of Cleveland.
02:13We're a lot closer to sea level,
02:15which is a huge change
02:16after spending a few weeks in the mountains
02:18and even in Vegas.
02:20It's also cooler than the temperatures
02:22we've been dealing with.
02:23Lower elevation and cooler temps
02:24means the engines can breathe easier
02:26and produce more horsepower.
02:28Every driver will have to make big adjustments
02:30to what they've been doing.
02:31Right now, Kai Kelly is still sitting number one in points,
02:34but last week he went out in the very first round,
02:37which means he gained no points whatsoever,
02:40which allowed other drivers to make up some ground.
02:43Here's how it works.
02:44If you win the grade eight, you get 10 points.
02:46Plus, you also get $10,000.
02:49If you runner up, you get seven.
02:50And if you make it to the semifinals,
02:52you will get three.
02:53Those points go towards an individual championship
02:56that will be worth $100,000 at the end of the season.
03:01Here we go.
03:02Grade eight driver's meeting starts now.
03:05I would like to say,
03:06Kai Kelly really it up last weekend,
03:08went out first round.
03:09So, uh, yeah.
03:11Wording.
03:12Murder Nova was our winner.
03:13So you can do it again this weekend
03:15and catch up to him.
03:17Robin Roberts, welcome to the grade eight.
03:19I noticed you're not standing next to Nate Saylor,
03:23though.
03:23That's kind of a little bit of a surprise.
03:24It's all right.
03:24Hopefully you all have mended the fences
03:26in our friends again, I would hope.
03:27What happened?
03:27They had a little, just a bait.
03:30They had a debate, guys.
03:30It wasn't an argument.
03:31It was a debate.
03:35They measured it when they came and teched the car.
03:38Nobody measured that, dude.
03:39That's why we put the other thing on the bottom of it
03:41when they measured it,
03:42because it was five inches.
03:44I can put three fingers under mine
03:46and I can put three fingers under yours.
03:48You cannot put three fingers under yours, dude.
03:50I'll walk up and look at it.
03:51Oh, bull !
03:52You guys got in the car when I...
03:54Whatever.
03:55I drag his ass.
03:58Then we get to the end of the track
03:59and everybody...
04:00Oh, you're cheating.
04:01You're cheating.
04:01So they said the sender on my car is too low.
04:05Oh, bull !
04:06Oh, bull !
04:08Good for you.
04:09Hey, good for you.
04:09You guys ain't legal.
04:11Oh, neither is yours.
04:12F***er.
04:13Was both cars legal or...
04:15Ah, yeah, I don't...
04:16I don't know.
04:16Were they?
04:16I don't...
04:17One was far off and one was just...
04:18Oh, yeah.
04:19So I cheated, but not a lie.
04:20I didn't cheat as much as the other guy.
04:23I cheated, but I didn't cheat as much as this guy,
04:25so I shouldn't be counting on you.
04:26That's all I want to know if y'all were past it.
04:29It's a race board.
04:30It sounds like you are.
04:32You were both past it of what happened last week,
04:33and that's good.
04:34All right.
04:35Let's go ahead and draw chips.
04:40Stop looking at me, Dave.
04:43It's nice to get me to draw, too.
04:46Are you ready, bro?
04:47All right.
04:48Where are my number ones?
04:51Damon Merchant and Lizzie Musi.
04:54All right.
04:54That's going to be a good one.
04:55Right, out the back.
04:56Going into the first round, we drew Lizzie.
04:58Haven't raced her in a while.
05:00I'm not quite sure how Rogue stacks up against that new Bonnie,
05:03so we're just going to go out there, race our race,
05:05do everything we can to get down the track as fast as possible.
05:09Number twos.
05:10Son of a bitch.
05:12Murder...
05:12Oh, rematch.
05:13Murder Nova and Kai Kelly.
05:15Keep doing it.
05:16I'm going to get you.
05:17I drew Murder Nova again, the one that took me out last week,
05:20and hopefully we can break that cycle.
05:22All right.
05:22Number threes.
05:24Axeman and Robin Roberts.
05:27I drew Robin Roberts.
05:29Can't say that was my favorite pick.
05:30He just put me out at the last race in the Invitational,
05:33so going into this, I kind of don't...
05:35I know he's fast.
05:37We're going to tune this hot rod up, roll up there,
05:38and give it hell.
05:40Which means our fourth and final pair
05:42is Kayla Morton and Nate Saylor.
05:45I've never even raced Nate,
05:47so honestly, I'm kind of excited
05:49to see where we stack up against each other
05:51because we're so close in points,
05:52so it should be a pretty even matchup
05:53as long as both cars make the trip.
05:55Y'all know who you're racing.
05:56Go back into the pits.
05:58Get your cars ready.
05:59That's all I got, guys.
06:00Good luck.
06:00Nasty-ness.
06:16Maintenance.
06:18Maintenance is nasty.
06:22Sometimes dirty job, you know.
06:24It's a dirty job.
06:25Somebody's got to do it.
06:28We had a long journey over here.
06:31We had a detour back to Oklahoma.
06:32Had to get some work done.
06:34Made some changes to the car.
06:35Changed rods.
06:36Got it for the beginning of this eastern swing.
06:39Everything's slick.
06:43Even though we may not have exactly an idea
06:46how the car's going to run in this air,
06:48I think we can get a handle on it pretty quick.
06:51God dang, I made a mess, bro.
06:55Probably going to have to be like 900 on the bottles.
06:58What is the air?
06:59Did we even look?
07:00It's got to be killer.
07:03Probably now it won't have got better.
07:04Forget it.
07:052300 feet.
07:06No, it's not even that bad.
07:08Well, 2300 is pretty good.
07:11Yeah, it's pretty good,
07:11but I thought maybe it was like 900 or something.
07:14We came all the way back from the mountains.
07:16Now we're back to, like, somewhat sea level,
07:19which is nice for the nitrous cars,
07:21but, you know, actually have Damon Merchant,
07:24first round, first pair out.
07:26That's a rough draw for me.
07:28Congrats on the win, by the way.
07:30Yeah.
07:31Never really thought I'd get one of those.
07:32Don't say it.
07:33Shut up.
07:34You're killing it.
07:35You're killing it this year.
07:36But to come in,
07:38like, after watching y'all run for so long.
07:41Hey, you worked your ass off.
07:42Everybody's fast.
07:43I'm like,
07:43where you are, so, you know?
07:46It was a lot of uncertainty, I'll say that,
07:49and then come in and do it.
07:50It was a weird feeling, so.
07:52That's why I said it.
07:53Well, I think it's badass.
07:55Somebody told me, like, the first one,
07:57you'll never get that feeling again.
07:59Yeah.
07:59Oh, it's huge.
08:00It's, yeah.
08:01Oh, it's definitely a cool feeling.
08:04All right.
08:05Yeah.
08:05See you.
08:05All right.
08:06Good luck, you say.
08:07Okay.
08:08Yeah.
08:09The weather has taken a little twist for us
08:12because it's cooler out.
08:13We make a lot more power,
08:14so we know the track's good,
08:16the air's good,
08:17so I think we detune it enough
08:18to make a good run.
08:24But we just got to figure it out.
08:26First pair here in this grade-eight
08:38first-round race,
08:39it's going to be a good one.
08:40Over in the right lane,
08:41that is Damon Merchant.
08:43Damon Merchant in the right lane
08:44going up against Lizzie Musi.
08:47Lizzie Musi in the left lane.
08:51Grade-eight starts now.
09:26And Lizzie Musi will get the win.
09:30Damon Merchant goes red.
09:33Yeah, he ripped it.
09:34Yeah, .
09:35I went red.
09:40I went red.
09:42Hey, that went in hard.
09:44He jumped.
09:45It went too hard in, yeah.
09:47Man, it was deep.
09:49Stage, and he double-bowled real quick,
09:53and I'm like, all right, fine.
09:54I go in, finally, and light turns green.
09:58I leave, and come to find out he went red,
10:01so I end up getting the win on that one.
10:04It is what it is.
10:04It's racing.
10:05People go red.
10:06It happens.
10:07Woo!
10:07Woo!
10:08Let's go!
10:11Good.
10:12I mean, it makes you feel like complete s**t.
10:17You're riding this high coming off of a race that you dominate,
10:21and you come here, and you run really good.
10:24But, man, I wanted to get two more rounds in
10:26and take home that $10,000.
10:27That's how I've been doing this,
10:29like getting into money, winning money,
10:32and funding it through that,
10:37which nobody thought we would be able to do
10:39coming into this deal.
10:41It's our first year.
10:42Like, nobody f*****g gave us a chance,
10:44and we've proved them wrong,
10:46and we know we're killing it.
10:47I mean, we know we've got a f*****g hot rod right now,
10:50and the team's been on point.
10:52Ah, it's hard riding this high from Vegas to here,
10:55and then something like this happens.
10:56I don't know.
10:56Dude, I wish I had your luck, man.
11:02Hey, I've had nothing but bad luck the last three years.
11:06You deserve it.
11:07Hey, you deserve it.
11:08I'm good with it, though.
11:09Like, I gave, I let him pick.
11:12I took the trash and everything.
11:14Coming off the win last weekend,
11:16I feel confident.
11:17You know, the car's fast.
11:18I know now I can run with these cars,
11:22but there's one guy that always shines,
11:24you know, Kai Kelly,
11:24and who do we draw?
11:25We draw him again first.
11:27I can't believe that.
11:28Yeah.
11:28Hey, we already know what can be done.
11:30Yeah, I know.
11:30We're going to see,
11:31but I'm telling you right now,
11:32he ain't going to underestimate us again.
11:33No.
11:33You know what I mean?
11:34He did the first time.
11:35He did the first time,
11:36and I'm telling you right now,
11:37I'll step it up this race, too.
11:39It does kind of suck the fact that
11:41last week, whenever I outran him,
11:44I believe he underestimated me.
11:51Oh, and Murder Nova
11:53knocks off Kai Kelly
11:55in the first round.
11:57Hey, that was a good race.
12:01And there's going to be no more of that.
12:04He saw how well my car ran.
12:06He knows that I'm competitive
12:07with everybody,
12:08and I think he's going to be loaded
12:10for Barry this time,
12:11and we're going to do the same.
12:13All right, brother.
12:14We'll see you in the stage links.
12:15Okay.
12:15I just took off,
12:37and I sat back,
12:38and all of a sudden,
12:39it's here.
12:39Oh, and he ran over the floor.
12:42Oh,
12:42Yeah.
12:44We had a test pass.
12:46We had a cap come off
12:47the brake reservoir,
12:48and it got a little brake fluid
12:49underneath the tire.
12:54Kai Kelly has something break.
12:56I can still see pieces
12:57flying across the track.
12:58Got a little fluid
12:59under the tire.
12:59It went left.
13:01We saved the car,
13:02so I'm just going to put
13:02the cap back on,
13:03put some new brake fluid in it,
13:04look at the data,
13:06and she'll go right down
13:07on the next pass.
13:08Good?
13:10Yeah,
13:10we left the cap
13:12off the brake reservoir.
13:13Yeah, no,
13:13I don't know.
13:14Did you change your pants
13:15over there?
13:16No, I didn't have a chance to.
13:17It happened so quick.
13:18Real fast.
13:19Yeah,
13:20I heard them say,
13:21there's parts everywhere,
13:22and I went,
13:23oh, man.
13:25Yeah,
13:25you knew I just passed that.
13:26Look,
13:26I want to win,
13:27but I don't want you
13:27to up.
13:29We said it last week,
13:30if you can't beat him now,
13:32you can't beat him in the finals.
13:33So,
13:34honestly,
13:35it doesn't really matter
13:35who I get.
13:37I've said it
13:38a whole bunch.
13:39We don't really race
13:40the person,
13:41we race the track,
13:42and we're going to go
13:43as fast as we can possibly go.
13:45Oh,
13:46this is going to be
13:46a good one right here.
13:48Is it?
13:48Yeah.
13:49Yeah.
13:49Well,
13:50it fixed the problem.
13:58Next pair
13:58coming at you right here,
13:59going to be a good one.
14:01Rematch
14:02from last week,
14:03folks.
14:03Over in the left lane,
14:05that is going to be
14:06Kai Kelly
14:07going up against
14:08Murder Nova
14:09in the right.
14:10wins again against Kai.
14:24Yeah.
14:24Yeah.
14:24That's right, baby.
14:27Yeah.
14:28Who can't be amped
14:29whenever you outrun Kai Kelly?
14:30You know,
14:31Kai Kelly's on top of his game right now.
14:32Yeah.
14:33I let go of the button.
14:53I know I've got a lead.
14:56It is definitely not a comfortable lead
14:58because I know the screwblowers
14:59make a lot of big end power
15:01and chances are
15:02that car's going to outmile
15:03and outrun me.
15:04But I just kept on waiting
15:05for him to come around me
15:06and he never did.
15:09Man,
15:10I made another good pass
15:11and you outran me again.
15:12Yeah,
15:12I made a good pass.
15:14That was close though, man.
15:15That was really close.
15:16I knew it was going to
15:17take an 82 to outrun you, man.
15:19Hey,
15:19so we had to shoot for it.
15:20I had my wheels up
15:21almost the whole way.
15:21I know.
15:22I know.
15:22Trust me,
15:23I can see your car.
15:24Like,
15:24I knew it.
15:25Hey,
15:25and then there
15:25and the again, dude,
15:26whenever I thought
15:27he's fixing to come around me,
15:28he's fixing to come around me.
15:29You didn't.
15:29Yeah.
15:30It was,
15:30we stuck.
15:31Yeah,
15:31no,
15:31it was a good race, man.
15:32I got to quit drawing you
15:33to where I don't lose
15:33a grade eight.
15:35Just like last week,
15:36it was a hell of a race
15:37between me and Sean,
15:38but he just got me again.
15:39So right now,
15:40he's got my number.
15:41Sometimes that happens.
15:43Well,
15:43we're so close
15:45that I know
15:45he's not going to beat me
15:46every time.
15:47So next time we race,
15:48we're going to swing for it.
15:49Try to give him all we got.
15:50So last time,
15:51whenever you said,
15:52man,
15:52we were stuck.
15:52Yeah.
15:53We were stuck this time.
15:54We were stuck this time.
15:55Nice job,
15:55man.
15:56You too.
15:59Oh,
15:59yeah.
16:01Nah.
16:02The housing may not be bent.
16:04It's just,
16:04usually gears will last a while.
16:07That's the other thing
16:08about a heavy car.
16:09Gears don't last as long.
16:10Every weekend,
16:11we knock a rear end out.
16:12So we're here
16:13in dragway 42 in Ohio.
16:15We're going into the grade eight.
16:17We just changed everything
16:18on this hot rod
16:18from pistons,
16:19rods,
16:20gears,
16:21stator,
16:21converter.
16:22I mean,
16:22everything's changed.
16:23The rear end is making
16:24like a,
16:25when we go back down pit road,
16:27you can hear a knocking noise.
16:29So we switch the gear.
16:30Usually when that happens,
16:32the housing's bent.
16:34So in Colorado,
16:35we had added compression
16:36to the engine
16:36and changed the stator.
16:37So we just ran
16:39the same stuff in Vegas.
16:41Coming here,
16:41the air's a lot better.
16:42So we're going back
16:43to our old setup.
16:44And for some reason,
16:45the car keeps knocking
16:46the rear gear out
16:47every race.
16:48This axle should just
16:48slide right out.
16:49So that's usually a sign
16:50something's binding up.
16:53Damn.
16:54Damn it,
16:54damn it,
16:55damn it.
16:55It's like it starts
16:56whining and knocking.
16:57So each race,
16:59we have to put a new one in.
17:01So we're going in
17:02hopefully fresh.
17:03So we got it to come out.
17:05So we're good.
17:06The last couple
17:07grade eights
17:07have been going out
17:08like second round.
17:09I'm hoping this time
17:10I can pull off a win.
17:12I want to move up
17:12in the grade eight,
17:13not stay still.
17:15I like moving up.
17:16Robin put me out
17:17in Vegas.
17:19Then I draw him
17:20first round this race.
17:21That's not a good feeling.
17:22Hopefully I can get
17:23a little redemption.
17:26Okay, we good?
17:28Fuel, air,
17:28you good to go?
17:30Here we are,
17:30Jagway 42,
17:31event 10.
17:32For us,
17:32this is the business
17:33end of the season.
17:34This is our chance
17:34to shine and rise up.
17:36We've been chipping away
17:37at the points.
17:37Now we've got to
17:38take it home.
17:39Ready?
17:39Let's go show them.
17:41The car's hauling ass.
17:43It's super smooth.
17:44It's running the way
17:45it should.
17:45We need to get just
17:46a little more power
17:47out of the backside
17:48and we've talked about
17:49some things to do that.
17:50So I'm happy with our combo.
17:51I'm happy with where we are.
17:52Now it's a good time
17:53to just go show that.
18:01All right,
18:02this third pair here
18:03in the grade eight.
18:04Another good one.
18:06Over in the left lane,
18:07that's going to be
18:08Robin Roberts.
18:09Going up against
18:10Axeman,
18:11Larry Roach.
18:12I'm happy with him.
18:13I'm happy with him.
18:14I'm happy with him.
18:15I'm happy with him.
18:15I'm happy with him.
18:16I'm happy with him.
18:17I'm happy with him.
18:17I'm happy with him.
18:17I'm happy with him.
18:18I'm happy with him.
18:18I'm happy with him.
18:18I'm happy with him.
18:19I'm happy with him.
18:20I'm happy with him.
18:20I'm happy with him.
18:21I'm happy with him.
18:21I'm happy with him.
18:22I'm happy with him.
18:22I'm happy with him.
18:23I'm happy with him.
18:23I'm happy with him.
18:24I'm happy with him.
18:24I'm happy with him.
18:25I'm happy with him.
18:25I'm happy with him.
18:25I'm happy with him.
18:26I'm happy with him.
18:27And Robin Roberts makes a great pass there, will get the win.
18:49Roll up in their lights, and they just went straight as an arrow.
18:53I never saw him, so I don't know if he had problems, I don't know what happened, but
18:56now we finally got some great eight points on the board.
18:59Now we're trying to get more, we're trying to get ten tonight.
19:02Close up on them guys.
19:03Damn it, damn it, damn it, man.
19:06After everything I felt like I had working against me, I got real confident.
19:09I said, all right, we got this, we got this.
19:11All we gotta do is kill a tree and down in the red track, get this win.
19:14I let off a button and pinned me in the seat, and I said, man, this feels good.
19:17And all of a sudden, I'm about to wobble the tires, and I went to pedal, and there Robin
19:21goes, show is over.
19:23I've not had to abandon one pass, and I haven't had to abandon two in a row.
19:28Uh, yeah, we got video, right?
19:31Yeah.
19:32Okay, yeah, I'll send you some video.
19:35Yeah, it honestly was pretty, I mean, I would have been happy with that run.
19:43We came here and tested, we put a tune-up in the car, we went straight down.
19:53And Nate Sailor turns on the wind light, nice job.
19:56Car made just a little bit of move there at the 330, stayed with it.
19:59The only hiccup we had is on the gear change from 2-3.
20:02It got a little squirrely, tried to take me out of the groove, but I steered her back quick,
20:06and she went right through the traps.
20:09No, a track temp was 94, so, but, I'll do it, all right.
20:19First round, grade eight, here in Ohio, we got Kayla Morton, and we're pretty excited about
20:23it.
20:24We got a good race car.
20:25I know they do, too.
20:26They run the same setup we do, so, we're going to bring our A game, and they'll have to
20:29do the same.
20:30Let me go make sure the battery charger's hooked up, and I need to get the fan on the transmission
20:36right.
20:37We are in Ohio, obviously one of my favorite states for reasons.
20:41Like, I won here the very first race.
20:44I drew Nate Sailor.
20:45We are friends, but we've never got to race each other, so, um, I'm excited to race Nate
20:50to see kind of where we stack up.
20:52Both cars are very fast.
21:03All right, folks, this will be the last pair of the grade eight first round over in the
21:09left lane.
21:10That's going to be Nate Sailor going up against Kayla Morton in the right.
21:14Shout out to Kayla Morton.
21:17Let's go.
21:22LEY detriment
21:25Hey, Kayla Morton gonna get the win.
21:43Nate Sailor goes red.
21:46Are you kidding me?
21:50Are you 100% sure?
21:53That'll do it for the first round of the grade eight.
22:01Let me pull my shoe. You got mine?
22:03Who'd they say won? Kayla won? I went red.
22:06He went red. No way.
22:10Good race.
22:11It was a beautiful race.
22:13I didn't see him go red.
22:16So I was disappointed at first, but they told me in my ears that he went red.
22:19So final four, chipping away at those points.
22:23I know Kai went out first round.
22:25So man, Sean's got his number on Friday nights and that does nothing but help us.
22:29So yeah, W for us, man. We'll take it.
22:32I didn't know he went red.
22:34All right. We're gonna go ahead and do our grade eight semifinals drivers meeting.
22:51We started with eight drivers. We are now down to four.
22:55So for my four drivers here, you're at least guaranteed three points in the individual championship for the grade eight.
23:01If you haven't noticed points leader, Kai Kelly is not in the race anymore.
23:07Murder Nova ended up taking them out in the first round again.
23:11My gosh. Are you Kai Kelly's kryptonite? That is the question.
23:15I don't think I'm anybody's kryptonite. I don't know. We took a shot at it and it paid off.
23:20Well, yeah, it sure did. You put Kai Kelly on the trailer again.
23:23So that means with Kai Kelly, the points leader, not being in this race right now, this is a chance for everybody else to make up some ground.
23:29All right. So take advantage of that.
23:31Let's go ahead and draw chips and see who is racing who here in this semifinal round.
23:39I forgot you're representing Lizzie.
23:41All right. Number one step forward.
23:46Robin Roberts and Murder Nova will be the first pair.
23:52will be the first pair, which means my second pair will be Lizzie Musi versus Kayla Morton.
23:58Oh, boy. All right, y'all.
24:00You know who you're racing. You know what you got to do.
24:01Go back to the pits, get your cars in the staging lanes.
24:04We got $10,000 to give away.
24:14I'm definitely ready.
24:16It's going to be a tough one.
24:18It's going to be a tough one.
24:20I think he's definitely the fastest.
24:24Yeah, he knows we are, too.
24:26He's going to throw the house at it.
24:28He's going to throw everything at it, which that may play in our favor, too.
24:32Look, that's what Axeman did last round.
24:34It shook the tires.
24:35Round two of the grade eight, and I drew Murder Nova.
24:38Sean, like, this is the toughest draw.
24:40When I looked across the crowd, I thought, that's the one guy I don't want to draw.
24:42I want to meet him in the finals.
24:44He struggled a little bit at first.
24:46Now he's really come up.
24:47He's doing incredibly well.
24:48It's going to be a hell of a run.
24:50I have a lot of respect for him.
24:52I love Sean, but we're going to try and do our best to beat him.
24:55Like, we're going to go on to the next round.
24:56It's our turn to take one and come up in points.
24:59I mean, just to be real, if we can get past Sean, this might be our night.
25:05What land did we get?
25:09I don't know.
25:11You think I'd pay attention a little bit.
25:13Just try.
25:14I drew Robin Roberts.
25:16I'm not real sure we've ever got the wind light against him.
25:21Hey, good luck, guys.
25:23Good luck, man.
25:28You too, brother.
25:29I told him, man, yeah, no, we've become good friends.
25:32I said it was easier whenever I didn't like him.
25:34You know what I mean?
25:35I said, no, I'm going to try and knock his head off just the same way he's going to try and knock.
25:41I said, and then we're going to shake hands at the big end and everything's going to be cool.
25:45So, good luck, man.
25:46Love you, man.
25:47You too.
25:48Blower car or turbo cars.
25:50He's always had our number, you know?
25:52And I'm going to change that tonight.
26:02Here we go.
26:03Over in the right lane.
26:05That is going to be Robin Roberts going up against Murder Nova.
26:10Here we go.
26:11Over in the right lane.
26:12That is going to be Robin Roberts going up against Murder Nova.
26:20Here we go.
26:21Over in the right lane.
26:22That is going to be Robin Roberts going up against Murder Nova.
26:35Overall, there we go over here.
26:40Let's go over.
26:42There it is.
26:44That's going to be pair.
26:46We have to do the same go over here.
26:48I let go of the button, he got out on me a little bit, I start pulling on him.
27:12He didn't disappear, he was close to it, we took the win.
27:16The car rolled out on that pass.
27:18It ran every bit of what we wanted it to run, and probably a little bit more.
27:22We have a competitive car, so when you talk about who possibly has a chance at win from
27:27here on out, I need Murda Nova to come out of people's mouths.
27:30Killer run, dude.
27:31Killer, you kicked ass.
27:32Thank you, bro.
27:34I think that's the first time I've ever turned the win light on against you.
27:36Hey, pro charger, turbo, anything.
27:38I think that's the first time.
27:39You got us pretty good, though.
27:40Good run.
27:41Good race.
27:42Good race.
27:43Good for him.
27:44Great pass, man.
27:45He really just whooped us, so man, he's running good.
27:48We'll just have to get him tomorrow.
27:50Hey, we are on the board for the individual deal.
27:53Right.
27:54Yeah.
27:55There's not many people on that board.
27:58No.
27:59And tomorrow, we just got to solidify our position.
28:02Try and slide up a notch or two again.
28:05Take the race, man.
28:06Take the $40,000.
28:08That'd be the big deal.
28:10Take the paydays so we can buy some more crap.
28:13Keep blowing it up.
28:15Hey, I'll be right back, fam.
28:17Thank you, man.
28:18I appreciate it.
28:19I appreciate it.
28:20One more, right?
28:21One more.
28:22Thank you, brother.
28:23I thank you, man.
28:25That's what I'm doing.
28:28Got it.
28:29I got it.
28:30That's what I was doing.
28:31Good.
28:32If you think you're good, then you're 100% fine.
28:33Good.
28:34Second round, I ended up drawing Kayla.
28:36Feeling a little sick today.
28:37Normally, a third day after chemo is my worst day.
28:40But I'm making it and getting in this car and doing my thing.
28:43I think we tweaked a little bit enough.
28:45We took some rear steer out of the car.
28:47Kind of maybe, hopefully, it'll straighten it out on the pass.
28:50Hi, Lindsey.
28:51Good luck, please.
28:52So we feel good about it.
28:55Hopefully, we fix the issue.
28:56And hopefully, kick some ass.
29:01Aw.
29:02Aw.
29:03Aw.
29:08I got it.
29:09Stand the man.
29:10It's on now?
29:11Yeah.
29:12Off?
29:13And on?
29:14No, stand on.
29:15Still on.
29:16That's still on?
29:17So it's with my tail lights.
29:21Okay.
29:22Okay.
29:23And if it comes to the one when you're out there, I'll...
29:26Yeah, give it a knee.
29:27Nice knee.
29:28My swift knee.
29:30Ready?
29:31Feel good.
29:32We made a really solid pass, round one.
29:37Just chipping away at those little points.
29:40And I would really like to see a final with Murder Nova today.
29:43So we gotta get past Lizzy first.
29:44I feel like .
29:45I feel like .
29:46What?
29:47I feel like .
29:48She's okay.
29:49The track is gonna be killer at this point.
29:50She does very well on a good track.
29:51So we gotta be on our game.
29:52The track is gonna be killer at this point.
29:55She does very well on a good track.
29:57So we gotta be on our game.
30:22All right, folks.
30:23Here we go.
30:24This will be the last pair of the semifinals for the grade eight.
30:27Over in the left lane.
30:28That is gonna be Lizzy Musi.
30:31Lizzy Musi going up against Kayla Morton in the right lane.
30:35Nitrous in the left.
30:37Pro Charger in the right.
30:38Who will move on to face Murder Nova?
30:41No, no, no, no.
31:11And Lizzy Musi gets there first.
31:23Turns on the wind light.
31:25So your grade eight finals will be Murder Nova versus Lizzy Musi for 10,000 thumbs.
31:32After my burnout, backing up, I hear the car.
31:35It's like, it's just off.
31:37Knocking a little bit.
31:38And my dad's like, it's a rock armless.
31:40And I was like, I know.
31:41I hear it.
31:42I hear it.
31:43He's like, just run it.
31:44Just run it.
31:45I'm like, okay.
31:46All right.
31:47It's either gonna not make it all the way, or it's gonna make it just right at the finish
31:49line.
31:50So as I'm getting ready to stage, the light turns green, let go of the button.
31:53The car is trucking down there.
31:54I'm like, oh my God, it's gonna freaking make it.
31:56Let's do this, you know?
31:57And all of a sudden, right before the finish line, this freaking big-ass ball plane sends my
32:01hood scoop up into orbit.
32:03Like, not a good situation.
32:05Yeah.
32:06I couldn't see the scoreboard, honestly.
32:08But after the whole explosion thing, I got sidetracked over that.
32:12Kayla, she was right next to me.
32:14She was kind of close coming in.
32:17I think she got a little loose on that run.
32:19But I didn't know if I won or not, to be honest with you.
32:23My guys had to tell me on Top M, like, holy , okay, let's go.
32:26I heard it.
32:27I was like, I know that's mean.
32:28That ain't hurt.
32:29It sounds so bad.
32:30I'm surprised it made it that far.
32:32Me too!
32:33I said, oh, we're home.
32:35I thought it was gonna make it right after the finish line, but it did it.
32:39Without the rocker arm being in place, it'll be all out of sync.
32:42So it definitely throws the motor off.
32:45And, yeah, timing, everything.
32:47Just that's what you get that big ball of fire.
32:49Pretty much the backfire.
32:50Here it is.
32:51It's an exhaust.
32:52We can fix it.
32:53No, yeah, we're gonna fix it.
32:55Okay.
32:57Tell me you better strap the in.
33:00All right, here we go.
33:05We're gonna go ahead and do our Grade 8 Finals drivers meeting real quick.
33:10First and foremost, Lizzie Musi, you find yourself here in the finals for $10,000.
33:16And it's your first Grade 8 Finals of the season.
33:19So great job there.
33:21But I have bad news.
33:22You are going up against Murder Nova, who is trying to make it two in a row for Grade 8 wins.
33:28Pretty badass.
33:29As you know, he won last week in Las Vegas.
33:32Grade 8 Finals, $10,000.
33:34We're gonna flip a coin for lane choice.
33:36Are you gonna let Lizzie call it?
33:37Absolutely.
33:38Okay.
33:39It's only the right thing to do.
33:40Lizzie.
33:41Call it in the air.
33:42Heads.
33:43Heads is the call.
33:44It is.
33:45Heads.
33:46I actually changed it up this time.
33:47Look at that.
33:48Lizzie, it is your lane.
33:50Uh, left lane.
33:52Left lane is the call.
33:53Good luck, y'all.
33:54Go ahead, get suited up.
33:56Still racing, all right?
33:5710,000 to win.
33:58Let's do it.
33:59Hey, what happened to you and Robin?
34:02Well, he lost by, like, a car and a half and then decided to protest the height of my
34:10fender.
34:11Oh, for real?
34:12That ain't three inches.
34:13Well, I don't know what to tell you.
34:15They measured it when they came and teched the car.
34:17Nobody measured that, dude.
34:18I can put three fingers under mine and I can put three fingers under yours.
34:22You cannot put three fingers under yours, dude.
34:24I want to look at it.
34:25I wish I'd have been involved.
34:26I'd have won that one.
34:27I could have won that race.
34:28I ain't lying.
34:29I think I could have won that race.
34:30Oh.
34:31Yeah.
34:32No, we won.
34:33And we won fair and square and we won by a lot.
34:35They found a technicality and they were trying to, you know, get an opportunity off of it
34:40and it didn't work because he was telling me my was too low and I was like, dude, yours
34:44is lower than mine.
34:45See, I got to argue with all .
34:47I'm sure it was lower, so I won.
34:49What would you have done if his big ass would have grabbed a whole ticket?
34:52What?
34:53He might have kicked my ass, but he didn't know what his jaw hurt the next day.
34:56You would have gave him a fight.
34:58Oh, yeah.
34:59That's what I was hoping.
35:00Hey, John.
35:01How are you?
35:02Uh, it could be better.
35:03I feel like I'm having a little rough time right now.
35:05Yeah.
35:06The third day, it's always rough for me.
35:07That's what, we're around Mallory a lot, you know?
35:08Oh, yeah.
35:09And she's always like, she always says the third day's the day I don't want to get out
35:10of it.
35:11Yeah, it's weird.
35:12Like, hits me like a break train.
35:13That's what she said, too.
35:14Every run, I'm like, I have to go, like, lay down, because it's bad.
35:15Got Shawn Mertanova in the finals.
35:16He won the last grade eight.
35:17And he's hauling ass.
35:18And he's hauling ass.
35:19Yeah.
35:20Yeah.
35:21Yeah.
35:22Yeah.
35:23Yeah.
35:24Yeah.
35:25So, you know, I'm a little tired, but I really want to kick his ass.
35:32I'm ready.
35:33I'm ready for anything.
35:34I don't know.
35:35My car was making a really killer run.
35:37We looked on the race pack.
35:38It looks killer.
35:39So, minus the fact of it, you know, backfiring and a frickin' big ball of fire, you know?
35:46We're not quite sure why it did what it did.
35:49It could happen when it gets cold temperatures like this.
35:52We placed the rocker and the pushrod in that side.
35:55We decided to leave the hood scoop off in case it decides to happen again in the finals.
36:00The car is running good.
36:01So, we feel good about it.
36:02Hopefully, we fix the issue.
36:03And we're gonna go up there for the final and hopefully kick some ass.
36:07Trying.
36:08Trying the best I can.
36:09Yeah.
36:10No, you're killing it.
36:11You're killing it.
36:13You're calling ass, too.
36:14You're running really good.
36:15Well, we'll see.
36:16We'll see.
36:17Last time you drove out of my life.
36:18Oh, whatever.
36:19So, we'll see.
36:20We'll see if it's any different.
36:21We're racing Lizzy.
36:22Unfortunately, last time we raced her, she drove out of my life.
36:30And Lizzy Musi gets the win.
36:33Wow.
36:34It was really close and then she locked it up and she just started kind of pulling away,
36:38man.
36:39I was like, oh, no.
36:40It was pretty humbling in the car.
36:43I felt like we were on a pretty decent pass.
36:46But it wasn't the greatest error for Pro Chargers.
36:49It was a little bit favorable for the nitrous stuff.
36:52But Lizzy's fast.
36:53She goes to a lot of finals.
36:54She wins a lot of races.
36:56And it's just like anybody else in the grade eight.
36:58We can't underestimate her.
36:59She's gonna go out there and Pat is gonna do anything he's gotta do to win this race.
37:04And we're gonna try to do anything we can for them not to win it.
37:09All right, folks.
37:10Here we go.
37:11This will be the last race of the night.
37:13This is your grade eight finals.
37:30Over in the left lane.
37:32Backing up that nitrous powered Camaro.
37:35That is Lizzy Musi.
37:37She is going up against none other than Murder Nova.
37:41Murder Nova over in the right lane.
37:43This race right here for $10,000.
37:46And very important points towards that individual championship.
37:50And Murder Nova makes it two in a row.
38:13Murder Nova $10,000.
38:17Congratulations to him.
38:20Damn, son.
38:22There's a bull right here.
38:25Two times in the grade eight and two wins.
38:28You know, the car's rolling.
38:30We have, uh, we've stumbled upon something.
38:33You know, some sort of a magic tune that's going down.
38:37And it's going down fast.
38:38You know, and the track has taken it.
38:39Two in a row, dog.
38:40You like an old hat at this.
38:42You like an old hat.
38:43Damn, baby.
38:45Damn.
38:46Good job.
38:47Good job.
38:48Good job.
38:49Car's working well.
38:50Motor's producing all the power.
38:52And we're winning races, you know?
38:54Couldn't be happier.
38:55This is what we strive for every time we work on the car.
38:59Every time we make a pass on the car.
39:01Every time we spend money on the car.
39:03This is what we do it for.
39:04It's been a long time since we've had this winning feeling.
39:07And, uh, we love it.
39:10You know?
39:11And we're not going to sleep until we get an invitation to win.
39:14So tell me about the grade eight.
39:15Is it pretty fun?
39:16Man.
39:18I mean.
39:20Good job.
39:22Good job.
39:23Good job.
39:24Good job.
39:25Proud of you.
39:26Oh, dude.
39:28Hey, but you guys know I couldn't have done it without y'all.
39:29You know that.
39:30Hey, man.
39:31Did you see that fireball?
39:32Did you even have a chance to see her fireball?
39:33Fireball?
39:34On that pass?
39:35Did she nuke it?
39:36Uh, it went early.
39:37Just poof.
39:38Oh, yeah.
39:39That sucks.
39:40I'm going to go back and talk to her.
39:41Where's she at?
39:42Oh, is she up front?
39:43That's why.
39:44Oh.
39:45Yeah.
39:46If it would have had a scoop on it, that would have been gone too.
39:47Hey, all I know is that we made a killer pass, and I didn't see her.
39:51Boom.
39:52So, thank you.
39:53Uh, I went in really fast.
39:55She lit the top bulbs.
39:56I went in with the other two.
39:58She was purging her car.
39:59It was a really quick light.
40:01I was ready for it.
40:02Uh, I'm not real sure she was, so I let go of the button.
40:05I knew I left out before her.
40:07Car 60-footed like we told it to, and we made a hell of a pass.
40:11I could see her for a little bit, and then all of a sudden she fell back, and we took the
40:15wind light.
40:16Yeah, I got blinded by the light when I came here.
40:19All right.
40:20It happened to me.
40:21I know.
40:22Ugh.
40:23I don't know what's causing it, but it's crazy.
40:26Wow.
40:27.
40:28Yeah, I know.
40:29Yeah, I'll leave that up to them.
40:31Thank you so much.
40:32Good job, Sean.
40:33All right.
40:34See ya.
40:35At the end of the night, Sean was able to win yet another grade eight event.
40:42That is two in a row.
40:44Plus, he took out Kai Kelly in round one, which made it so where he could not extend his
40:49lead.
40:50That landed him fourth on the leaderboard, and there's plenty of braces left for him to
40:54catch up.
40:56Next time.
40:57This is the grade eight.
41:01Sean, you've won two grade eights in a row, man.
41:05Kai's been struggling a little bit on Fridays.
41:07He's gonna struggle.
41:08We need to capitalize on it.
41:09We actually broke the transmission, so we have an hour to put a new transmission in
41:14the car.
41:15I think we can change the tranny in an hour.
41:16I just gotta worry about murdering over on his little killing spree he's doing, because
41:19he keeps winning every weekend.
41:21He's gonna catch.
41:22At this point, we have to get points every grade eight if we're gonna catch Kai.
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