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Street Outlaws: No Prep Kings - Season 6 Episode 11 -
Return of the Champ
Return of the Champ
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00:00:00All right, let's do it.
00:00:02Oh, wait.
00:00:03Ryan's team all went out early.
00:00:06That's one.
00:00:07He beat Ryan.
00:00:08Whoa.
00:00:09But team captain Murder Nova and Nate Saylor from Team Bode raced in the finals.
00:00:15And Nate Saylor.
00:00:17Wow, what a drag race.
00:00:19That earned both teams enough points to pass Team Ryan in the rankings.
00:00:23And Team Murder Nova now holds their highest ranking of the season.
00:00:30Here we go.
00:00:46All right, kids.
00:00:55Hey, Maple Grove, how y'all doing today?
00:01:00Folks, we have a big show planned for you today.
00:01:04A lot of racing.
00:01:05The Invitational Class pays $40,000 to win.
00:01:09$200,000 to win to the team that has the most points at the end of the season.
00:01:18We are here in the beautiful green countryside of Pennsylvania.
00:01:22About an hour or so outside of Philadelphia.
00:01:24We're getting ready for our 10th points race of the year.
00:01:32All right, we'll go right here.
00:01:34Go by my buddy Mikey.
00:01:36Team Kai Kelly has been holding down first place now for four straight weeks.
00:01:41And they have held that position more than any team this entire season.
00:01:45But Team Daddy Dave is just 100 points behind them.
00:01:49Even though both of those teams didn't do so hot last week in Ohio.
00:01:53Kai Kelly got knocked out in round one by his teammate, Clay Cole.
00:01:56And Dave hasn't made it out of the first round in the past three events.
00:02:00That's gave a couple other teams a chance to move ahead.
00:02:03Like Team Murder Nova, who had a great event last week.
00:02:06So, we're in third place.
00:02:09Yeah.
00:02:09We're only 60 points away from Dave's team.
00:02:12So, the only bad thing is, they got all five in.
00:02:15And Doc can't, he can't get a break.
00:02:18I know.
00:02:19We're four.
00:02:19We're four.
00:02:20But, if we have another week like we did last week, we'll make it up ground.
00:02:24We need to put them out in first round.
00:02:26No doubt.
00:02:26Now's the time to make our moves, though.
00:02:28We're running out of time.
00:02:29I know.
00:02:30And also, Team Bodie has been looking strong.
00:02:33Mr. Bowman.
00:02:34Bodie himself, unfortunately, could not make the event.
00:02:37But, one of his teammates, Damon Merchant, has stepped up to help lead.
00:02:41Having three in has been really hurting us.
00:02:44Right.
00:02:44We've been putting in work.
00:02:45Been doing it.
00:02:46But, if you think about that now, are we in the ninth or tenth race?
00:02:49That's 90 to 100 points right there.
00:02:51Yeah, it's a lot.
00:02:52It would have made a big difference if I was there with you guys.
00:02:55Like I said, it ain't been for lack of effort.
00:02:56We know it's fast.
00:02:57It's been looking really good.
00:02:59You're in.
00:03:00We've got rounds to go today.
00:03:01Yeah, we've got rounds to go today.
00:03:02Mike Bowman was able to successfully race his way into the main event.
00:03:06This will be the first time that Team Bodie has had four racers in the invite.
00:03:13Meanwhile, Ryan Martin's team is having a little bit more trouble.
00:03:16Last week, Ryan traded Chuck for Jerry Bird.
00:03:18But, unfortunately, Jerry Bird was unable to race his way in.
00:03:22That, along with mediocre performances from the rest of the team, forced him to drop two spots in the rankings.
00:03:27The reason why we came here first is to welcome you guys to our team.
00:03:32I think that we can help you guys get a little faster.
00:03:35And that part, I'm ecstatic about.
00:03:37We're all stoked.
00:03:38Together, we're going to get this deal turned around, and it's going to be a great move for our team.
00:03:41Y'all know I love you.
00:03:42Thank you, man.
00:03:43I appreciate it.
00:03:44Yeah.
00:03:44I love that.
00:03:45And I'm glad to have you.
00:03:47I'm looking forward, brother.
00:03:48Get after it and see what happens.
00:03:49I just hope we don't get each other.
00:03:55We got all five in.
00:03:56We are 60 points behind Ryan.
00:03:58And I think Kai and them, they're still in first.
00:04:01They got a pretty big lead.
00:04:03But we're coming up on the races.
00:04:05We're really going to count.
00:04:06But we're going to have points and a half, points and a half, and double points at the end.
00:04:09Last year, you and John capitalized a lot on that points and a half, double points and a half deal.
00:04:16Nobody's out of it yet.
00:04:17I mean, Disco Dean may be out.
00:04:19I don't know if he's even got a chance, honestly.
00:04:22Look at that.
00:04:24Bread crumb.
00:04:24That's like a ginger.
00:04:27Finally, we have Mike Murillo and Disco Dean's teams who have had a really rough year.
00:04:32They each have less than half the points of Team Kai Kelly, and they're running out of time to catch up.
00:04:37Our main concern is, obviously, Larry's been doing pretty good.
00:04:40The rest of the team over here has been struggling, riding the struggle bus.
00:04:43We made the change.
00:04:44We got Chuck on the team.
00:04:45Tried to change our luck up.
00:04:46Jerry's over here.
00:04:47Booted that worthless-ass Jerry Byrd out of here that couldn't get in.
00:04:50So, I mean, he's out of here.
00:04:51Kicking the ****.
00:04:52Yeah, I'm good.
00:04:53I got big shoes to fill.
00:04:54You know I only wear nine and a halves, right?
00:04:58Last week, we had a lot of back and forth with trades.
00:05:01But this week, there were only two changes.
00:05:04Dave dropped Kyle Canyon, who was unable to make it to the event.
00:05:07And picked up Reaper.
00:05:09And Boaty replaced himself with Tim Brown.
00:05:16Team Disco Dean did not have much success racing their way in.
00:05:20So, they only have two drivers racing in the main event today.
00:05:24And the deal he made proved to be better for Ryan.
00:05:27As Jerry Byrd was able to race his way in and make it into the main event.
00:05:31Which now means Ryan has all five of his drivers in today.
00:05:35That should give him a good chance at crawling back up the leaderboard.
00:05:41You wore an Earnhardt shirt.
00:05:43You wore an Earnhardt shirt for driving.
00:05:45Lizzie.
00:05:46What?
00:05:47Oh, God.
00:05:49That's it.
00:05:50This is getting really out of control.
00:05:52What the f***?
00:05:53I'm sad that you can actually fit in that.
00:05:58You look like a little pregnant water snake in that sweater.
00:06:02All right, folks.
00:06:07We are now at the point in time where I ask my drivers,
00:06:09go ahead and draw from the bucket.
00:06:11There are 32 drivers that are going to draw chips for their pairings.
00:06:15Oh, God.
00:06:16Oh, God.
00:06:17Oh, God.
00:06:22Oh, my God.
00:06:25No.
00:06:25There are some very interesting match-ups coming in to round one.
00:06:32Ryan drew his new teammate, Jerry Byrd,
00:06:35which is a tough draw for him
00:06:36since it's his first time back in the Invitational since Idaho.
00:06:40Ain't nobody traded with him.
00:06:45That could have went better.
00:06:47Hey, you want to trade him back real quick?
00:06:48No, we're good.
00:06:52Lizzie Musi drew Tony McKinney,
00:06:54who actually was able to take her out
00:06:56in the first round of last week.
00:06:59Then Damon Merchant from Bodie's team
00:07:01ended up drawing Clay Cole from Team Kyle.
00:07:04Both those drivers have been earning
00:07:05a ton of points for their team,
00:07:07but that will not be the case for one of them today.
00:07:10All right, folks.
00:07:11We're going to go ahead and get the starting line cleared off,
00:07:13and we're going to go ahead and get this show started.
00:07:16Invitational first round coming at you right now.
00:07:18That is going to be Mike Bowman
00:07:20going up against Justin Swanstrom.
00:07:23If he outruns me,
00:07:25then he's got to make a stellar run.
00:07:28Whether or not he knows that, who knows?
00:07:29We're going to see.
00:07:30It's got to be consistent.
00:07:32Huh?
00:07:32It's got to be consistent.
00:07:33Yeah.
00:07:35Yeah.
00:07:35I mean, we know we're making good runs, so.
00:07:37We're in the Invitational,
00:07:39and I'm super stoked
00:07:40because I haven't been there for a while.
00:07:41So I'm getting ready to race Justin Swanstrom.
00:07:44They're telling me he hadn't made that good elixir yesterday,
00:07:47and I have.
00:07:48So I've got to build some points,
00:07:50so every round counts.
00:07:51Got to make it happen.
00:07:52It starts today.
00:08:03It's been, you know, four or five races
00:08:05since I've been able to get out of first round,
00:08:06so hopefully we can change that today.
00:08:08We've got a new color scheme,
00:08:09and we got all five drivers in.
00:08:11Hopefully we can all win,
00:08:12go to the next round, gain some points.
00:08:14I think we're only like 60 points behind Ryan Morin.
00:08:16Let's just see if we can go out there and do our job,
00:08:18see if we can win, and go on to the second round.
00:08:37And Justin Swanstrom takes the win.
00:08:39Nice pass from both cars.
00:08:42Hell yeah.
00:08:46Woo!
00:08:48Holy !
00:08:49I was able to cut him on the tree,
00:08:51and I was able to win that race.
00:08:52Very, very exciting for my crew, me, everybody.
00:08:55I mean, we've been struggling so many races,
00:08:57so just get it out of first round,
00:08:58and let's see if we can go more rounds.
00:09:00I went red.
00:09:01Let's go!
00:09:02Yeah, baby!
00:09:04Let's go!
00:09:05Let's go!
00:09:07Yeah, bud!
00:09:08Next pair coming at you right now,
00:09:12I've got Jim Howell going up against Kai Kelly.
00:09:15I hate having Jim Howell.
00:09:16That little hill, Mary.
00:09:21I don't know if I thank him, man.
00:09:22I don't, man, but if we're conservative,
00:09:25we're going to get our ass whooped, I think.
00:09:27Me and Jim Howell, we always go back and forth.
00:09:29He's one of the guys that kind of intimidate me
00:09:31because he can pull a really fast pass out of his ass,
00:09:34especially first round, you know?
00:09:36If somebody don't have nothing to lose first round,
00:09:37they can swing at it,
00:09:38and they either beat you or they don't.
00:09:39It don't matter.
00:09:39So that's the kind of guy Jim Howell is,
00:09:41and I hate drawing somebody like that first round.
00:09:56I feel like we've got the faster car,
00:09:58so drawing Kai is not a bad thing in my eyes,
00:10:00but it is a tough draw first round.
00:10:02I need to gain points.
00:10:03You know, that's the thing,
00:10:04and the only way to do that is to beat the guys at the top.
00:10:07Next pair coming at you right now,
00:10:20I've got Jim Howell in the left lane
00:10:21going up against Kai Kelly.
00:10:22Kai Kelly in the right lane.
00:10:24All right, so Jim Howell gets the win.
00:10:44Kai Kelly goes red.
00:10:45You made a good hit?
00:10:53That tree take forever for you?
00:10:55Dude, I almost let go of the button.
00:10:58He left before the tree came off.
00:11:00In the light situation, man,
00:11:01I went up there, it's just a long light.
00:11:03I let go.
00:11:04It's one of those things.
00:11:05It sucks, you know?
00:11:07There's really nothing you can do about it.
00:11:08Just...
00:11:08Yeah.
00:11:08If he wasn't a grown man, he'd just cry.
00:11:11Or drive off the end of the racetrack or something,
00:11:13but whatever.
00:11:14You just...
00:11:15You can't take it back.
00:11:16You can't fix it.
00:11:17I up.
00:11:18It is what it is.
00:11:19On to the next one.
00:11:22That was a long tree.
00:11:23Brain, man.
00:11:24I thought they went to sleep on us.
00:11:26I didn't.
00:11:27All right, next pair,
00:11:31we got Scott Taylor going up against Murder Nova.
00:11:34It's out of control, man.
00:11:35At this point,
00:11:37if you go up there
00:11:38and you're not in your right mind
00:11:39and you are not ready
00:11:41to do your job flawlessly,
00:11:43you're going to lose.
00:11:45Yeah.
00:11:46Push it right to the limit each round.
00:11:48Yeah.
00:11:49As competitive as it can get, man.
00:11:51I draw Scott Taylor.
00:11:52Scott's struggling a little bit right now.
00:11:54I know how fast his combination is
00:11:57because it's the same combination I have.
00:11:59And I can't take him lightly.
00:12:01Scott's a good racer.
00:12:02He's going to get it figured out.
00:12:05Murder Nova has been killing it.
00:12:14That is a tough draw.
00:12:16You know, we've been stinking a little bit lately.
00:12:17We had a bunch of stuff that just kept fighting us,
00:12:20but we found a lot in our program
00:12:22the last couple of passes.
00:12:23I think we're going to put up a good fight.
00:12:24It's going to come down to inches.
00:12:25Murder Nova takes the win.
00:12:44Nice pass there for Sean.
00:12:46He will move on the next route.
00:12:47I don't know if I let go of the button first,
00:12:53but I got to the finish line first.
00:12:56We made a good pass.
00:12:58It made every bit of the pass that we put in it.
00:13:01We got this win out of the way.
00:13:02On to round two.
00:13:05Nice job, bro.
00:13:07In that slump, dude.
00:13:08Yeah, I made a good one.
00:13:09Yeah, I know.
00:13:09I'm just in that slump.
00:13:18Well, we never raced Paige before,
00:13:20so this will be the first.
00:13:21I don't know if she's fast or not.
00:13:23I don't know.
00:13:23I've only got to see a couple of her runs,
00:13:25but they have been here.
00:13:26They look good, yeah.
00:13:28We're here at Maple Grove.
00:13:29First round drivers meeting.
00:13:31I drew Paige Coughlin.
00:13:32I've never drawn her before.
00:13:34I've seen her run.
00:13:35It's fast, so we're not going to take her lightly.
00:13:38Let's do it.
00:13:39Did you hear how long they're all on a two-step?
00:13:45It's a long tree.
00:13:49I'll be good.
00:13:50So when we went up for a chip draw for round one,
00:13:53we drew Jeff Lutz,
00:13:54and I'm like thinking to myself,
00:13:55oh, shoot, okay, you know,
00:13:56he's an OG to this show.
00:13:58You know, my dad knows him,
00:13:59and he's been here,
00:14:01part of this series for a while.
00:14:07This is going to be a really interesting lap
00:14:08because I'm the new kid,
00:14:09and we're earning our way in
00:14:11and making our kind of just like proving ourselves.
00:14:14We really need those wind lights
00:14:15to turn on for myself and Team Daddy Dave.
00:14:17We really need to go some rounds today.
00:14:18Like, all of us full send it.
00:14:26All right, next pair,
00:14:27we got Paige Coughlin in the left lane
00:14:29going up against Jeff Lutz in the right.
00:14:31We're going up against Jeff Lutz in the right.
00:14:34We're going up against Jeff Lutz in the right.
00:14:36And Paige Coughlin takes the win.
00:15:00Great drag race there.
00:15:01Jeff Lutz was coming,
00:15:03but ran out of room down there in the top end.
00:15:07Woo!
00:15:08Hey, are you?
00:15:09It felt so good to see my wind light
00:15:11turn on against an OG like Jeff Lutz.
00:15:13This car is on fire.
00:15:15They are doing it bright.
00:15:16It is boogieing,
00:15:17and it's just,
00:15:18it's mind-blowing to see it all kind of come together,
00:15:20finally,
00:15:21and we're really working well together,
00:15:22and it just feels so good.
00:15:25Man, that was a close one.
00:15:26Good job.
00:15:27Happy for you.
00:15:31So the race with Paige went down, man.
00:15:34I left with her,
00:15:36and I thought I clipped her at the end.
00:15:38It was that close.
00:15:40Man, we just got to figure out what happened.
00:15:41As soon as I look at it, we'll know.
00:15:43I just don't know yet.
00:15:45Man, this thing's a beast.
00:15:47Holy crap, we needed that.
00:15:49Ten more for Team Daddy Dave.
00:15:50Come on, everybody else, let's roll.
00:15:52All right, next pair, Giuseppe.
00:15:56Go up against Nate Saylor.
00:15:58I heard they were struggling a little bit,
00:16:00but I don't really give a who's in the other lane.
00:16:03I don't, see, that's me.
00:16:04It doesn't ever bother me.
00:16:05I just get in there and do my deal.
00:16:06Yep.
00:16:07I'm just going to go,
00:16:08when the light comes on,
00:16:09it could be my sister,
00:16:10and I'd still want to chop her head off.
00:16:12Right.
00:16:12We got Giuseppe,
00:16:13and they've been having a few issues.
00:16:15They got a fast car.
00:16:16They're both Hemi Pro Charger cars,
00:16:18so they're going to be real similar.
00:16:20Obviously, mine's ProLine powered.
00:16:21His is Noonan powered.
00:16:23We're just going to put a tune-up in it
00:16:24that I know the track will take.
00:16:25We got the left lane,
00:16:26which I think is the better of the two lanes.
00:16:27The right lane's missing a bunch of rubber.
00:16:33But, I mean, realistically,
00:16:35Hemi Pro Charger, Hemi Pro Charger,
00:16:36it's going to be a coin toss,
00:16:38but we're going to give him all he can handle.
00:16:43Invitational today.
00:16:44Still working on the car,
00:16:45having some issues.
00:16:47Still having backfiring issues
00:16:48through the manifold.
00:16:49We've changed every electrical part
00:16:51on the car, computer,
00:16:53everything, gone through that.
00:16:55Everything's going wrong.
00:16:56We broke the transmission.
00:16:57We're just having multiple issues,
00:16:58so going into first round
00:17:00is going to be a tough deal for us here.
00:17:02We're going to just try changing more stuff
00:17:03and get back to where we were.
00:17:04Seppi Gentile in the right lane
00:17:17going up against Nate Taylor
00:17:18over in that left lane
00:17:19was your invitational champ last weekend.
00:17:24Looking to double up here in Maple Grove.
00:17:26Nate Taylor, able to win that race there.
00:17:42That's a great run.
00:17:43That's a good race.
00:17:43It's a great run.
00:17:44That's best run for the weekend.
00:17:46It's a great run for you.
00:17:47Woo!
00:17:48Yeah.
00:17:50It went good.
00:17:51We leave and go right down Broadway.
00:17:54We made a really good pass.
00:17:55He was right there with me.
00:17:56It was a good race, side by side.
00:17:58I think we ended up winning
00:17:59by about half a car is all.
00:18:00New transmission's working great.
00:18:02Now we're going to turn it up.
00:18:03Now we know that she'll function
00:18:04and take what we can give her.
00:18:05And we're on to round two.
00:18:07That was a good race.
00:18:08Yeah, it was a good race.
00:18:09I loved it.
00:18:09I was on at that time.
00:18:10We made it, yeah.
00:18:11Oh, Nate, that was a good race.
00:18:12Yeah, I was like, can I get him, can I get him?
00:18:15But yeah, you got it, man.
00:18:16That was good.
00:18:17That was a good race.
00:18:18All right, folks.
00:18:19Tony McKinney versus Lizzie Musi
00:18:21coming at you right now.
00:18:26Yeah, yeah.
00:18:28Revenge.
00:18:32First round, I ended up drawing Tony McKinney,
00:18:35racing him second time in a row.
00:18:37I just raced him in Ohio.
00:18:38He kicked my ass.
00:18:39We are six pair out, left lane for me.
00:18:41Good luck, we saved you.
00:18:44It's time to get some revenge.
00:18:45My car needs to start acting right.
00:18:46We feel confident about today.
00:18:48We put a new motor in.
00:18:50It's a little bit more spicier.
00:18:51So we're going to have to just tune for that
00:18:53and hopefully make a good run again soon.
00:19:11And Tony McKinney goes red, Lizzie Musi going to take the win there.
00:19:27He would have had it.
00:19:28He would have had it.
00:19:29Golly.
00:19:30You got to wait for it.
00:19:31And these drivers need to wait.
00:19:34We get on our two steps.
00:19:36It felt like forever before the light dropped and turned green.
00:19:42That's an automatic loss.
00:19:43So I just held on as long as I can until the light was right and left.
00:19:49And right around 330 feet, it shook the tires.
00:19:51So we got lucky this time.
00:19:52If he didn't go red, I definitely would have lost it.
00:19:53Honestly, we think the motor's just topped up.
00:19:55It's fresh and it's new parts.
00:19:57It's just got a lot more oomph to it, you know?
00:19:59So we got to just tone it down a little bit
00:20:01and get ready for second round.
00:20:03I was way behind him.
00:20:04He just made an A to B run.
00:20:07All right, folks.
00:20:08Next pair, battle of the turbos.
00:20:10We got Reaper in the car.
00:20:11I was just going to get ready for the second round.
00:20:13I was way behind him.
00:20:14He just made an A to B run.
00:20:16All right, folks.
00:20:17Next pair, battle of the turbos.
00:20:19We got Reaper in the car.
00:20:21We got Reaper in the car,
00:20:22and then he just made it.
00:20:23Battle of the turbos.
00:20:24We got Reaper going up against Dominator.
00:20:28I know.
00:20:29Really?
00:20:29I know.
00:20:30Of all people.
00:20:31I know.
00:20:31I agree.
00:20:32Here, we've been struggling trying to help each other.
00:20:34Both of us.
00:20:35That's what I just told him.
00:20:37And now we got to race each other?
00:20:38Yep.
00:20:39Well.
00:20:40It is what it is.
00:20:42You kick my ass, you're going to earn it.
00:20:44If I kick yours, I know I earned it.
00:20:47How much you got on that scramble?
00:20:50All of it.
00:20:52It won't put no more in it.
00:20:54That gate is 100% slammed shut.
00:20:57So coming back this season, I took some time,
00:21:00switched it over to turbos.
00:21:01We're real close on the car, but we're not quite there.
00:21:04We're going in with a semi-fast car.
00:21:06And I have to draw Dominator, one of my best friends,
00:21:08and I have to draw him the first round.
00:21:10But that friendship ends when we pull up to that light.
00:21:22My 405 guy, Reaper.
00:21:24Reaper's no dummy to racing.
00:21:25He's been doing it a long time.
00:21:26He knows his car ain't 100%.
00:21:28He even said that coming into the meeting.
00:21:30Like, hey, look, we ain't got it quite figured out yet,
00:21:31but we're really close.
00:21:33So maybe real close means he's actually really close,
00:21:36and he can make some fast passes.
00:21:57He tried.
00:21:57Hey, he gave it his all.
00:21:58He tried.
00:22:00Hey, he tried.
00:22:01Woo!
00:22:02Good job.
00:22:07Yeah!
00:22:09Woo-hoo!
00:22:10I let go of the brake.
00:22:11It started to shake about 60 feet out,
00:22:13and then it started to pick the front end up.
00:22:15His got a little nasty about the 330,
00:22:17and he said, take off, Coon.
00:22:19I hate it for him, but I'm going to take the win.
00:22:23So it was a good lick.
00:22:25We just got to calm it down a little bit.
00:22:26It was a little mad right there at 60 foot.
00:22:28No, it still moved.
00:22:29That's why I needed one more hit on it.
00:22:31Yeah.
00:22:32But damn in the middle.
00:22:34All right, folks.
00:22:35Next pair coming at you right now.
00:22:36We got B-Rab going up against Kayla Morton.
00:22:39We've been doing our putting our 10 points in each week,
00:22:41but we just can't get past first round.
00:22:43Today, we're going to get past first round.
00:22:44I want to put 10 points on the board.
00:22:46I'm tired of just, like, going out first round.
00:22:48It's just, it's tough.
00:22:50So round one here at Maple Grove Racing,
00:22:51we just drew Kayla Morton.
00:22:53We actually raced her last race first round, and she beat me,
00:22:56so we owe her some redemption.
00:22:58I had a couple of pistons messed up.
00:22:59Now we have all new pistons and new tires.
00:23:02But she's got a really good tuner, and he got me tuning in mind.
00:23:04So I don't know how good that is, but we're going to see what happens.
00:23:07I got some stuff I'm going to try and see if it works.
00:23:08Please go straight.
00:23:10Please, please go straight.
00:23:12Hey, please go straight.
00:23:14Hey, please, please go straight.
00:23:15Hey, hey, ooh, you're going to win.
00:23:18You're going to win.
00:23:19Ooh, you're going to win.
00:23:21Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, you're going to win.
00:23:23Team Daddy Dave is looking good for today.
00:23:26The most important part is that we're all consistent,
00:23:28and we get through a couple rounds.
00:23:29Last week, Paige and I carried the team.
00:23:31This week, I need the boys to step up and do their part.
00:23:34We're only 100 points behind Kai, and with double points
00:23:37and points and a half coming into play,
00:23:39we still have time to catch them.
00:23:40We just got to do our jobs.
00:23:55This girl is just so temperamental.
00:23:58She is not cooperating right now.
00:24:00We are absolutely on the struggle bus 100%.
00:24:03We're running out of time.
00:24:04We're feeling the pressure to start doing well.
00:24:06So maybe it's my turn today, and I really
00:24:08need to set my game up here.
00:24:27Kayla Morton takes the win.
00:24:29Wow, that was a good race.
00:24:31She had to drive that .
00:24:33Damn.
00:24:33It starts shaking right there.
00:24:34I know.
00:24:36I learned how to lose that one.
00:24:38The pass was wild.
00:24:41We took off, and it wagged its tail down the whole way.
00:24:44I was not letting out of that gas pedal,
00:24:46and I threaded that needle right through,
00:24:48and it came out with the win.
00:24:50It was one of those things where I just decided
00:24:52I was going to win no matter what.
00:24:53That was a rough one.
00:24:54That wasn't the same track as yesterday.
00:24:55Yep.
00:24:57Not at all, was it?
00:24:58I was all over the place.
00:24:59And that tree was like, I almost flinched because I was like,
00:25:01Dude!
00:25:02I'm like, oh, no, no.
00:25:02So long.
00:25:03All right.
00:25:04Next pair, and that's going to be Rich Bruder going up against Axe Man.
00:25:12Good luck, man.
00:25:12Thank you, man.
00:25:14It's imitational day, and I drew Rich Bruder.
00:25:17They've been up and down all season.
00:25:19The car runs good one minute, next minute they struggle.
00:25:21I talked to them yesterday, and they were having a wiring issue.
00:25:24So going into this first round, it'll
00:25:27be interesting to see if they get that car figured out.
00:25:29You got the models on or not yet?
00:25:30Not yet.
00:25:31Not yet.
00:25:32You can put them on.
00:25:32When I get down there, I'm going to turn them on.
00:25:34All right.
00:25:35Last race, we had a mishap.
00:25:37We popped the burst panels on the blower.
00:25:39So normally when that happens, there's a misfire,
00:25:41you know, happening in the motor.
00:25:44The burst panel is a piece of thin metal that's designed to protect
00:25:48the blower or the intake manifold in case the engine backfires.
00:25:57We put a fresh motor in, got it all ready, the car's ready,
00:26:01the crew's ready, and like I said, we're going to go up there
00:26:03and make a race out of it.
00:26:18All right.
00:26:21Next pair over in that right lane, that's going to be Rich
00:26:23Bruder going up against it.
00:26:25Axe man.
00:26:26Rich Bruder takes a stab on the tree and goes green.
00:26:48Good job, bud.
00:26:49Good job.
00:26:50Oh, man.
00:26:51He gets the .
00:26:52Rich Bruder takes the win.
00:26:53Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo.
00:26:55Did you see that?
00:26:56I love it.
00:26:57Oh, my God.
00:26:57Holy .
00:26:58Then guess that.
00:27:00Hey, and then I thought, after all that,
00:27:03you're going to let him come around you at the end.
00:27:04That's possible, yeah.
00:27:05I thought for sure he was coming around you.
00:27:06I went, oh, no.
00:27:08Don't come around you.
00:27:09Ah, no.
00:27:11Damn, damn, damn.
00:27:14Oh, my goodness.
00:27:16Damn.
00:27:18Going into racing Rich, I knew that car had
00:27:20been giving him some trouble.
00:27:21And my car has been flying, especially after last night
00:27:23they seen them passes.
00:27:25I told myself, I said, if I was Rich,
00:27:27I'd take a shot at that light.
00:27:29And that was in my mind, thinking, like,
00:27:31he was probably going to do that.
00:27:33So as the green come on, I seen him
00:27:36going by the 60-foot mark.
00:27:37I said, damn, he took a shot at it.
00:27:40We crossed the finish line, and he had me by a couple feet.
00:27:43So apparently, he caught that light.
00:27:44I got that lost.
00:27:46That was a good guess.
00:27:47Guess?
00:27:48You're damn right that was a guess.
00:27:50Oh, that was a guess.
00:27:52With all the problems y'all had,
00:27:53I said, he's going to guess.
00:27:54I really didn't guess, bud.
00:27:56You a lying son of a bitch.
00:27:58I promise you.
00:28:01It was a good one, brother.
00:28:03Damn it.
00:28:04I was up on the tree.
00:28:05I didn't know I didn't guess.
00:28:06They can say what they want.
00:28:08Wind light came on.
00:28:09We got some work to do.
00:28:10We got to get back in the pit.
00:28:11I got to change some burst panels on the blower
00:28:14and get ready for the next round.
00:28:16He said he didn't guess.
00:28:19Your bulbs are out before the green light came on.
00:28:21It can't be.
00:28:22You're going to win.
00:28:24All right.
00:28:24Next pair, that is going to be Cali Bills going up
00:28:28against David Gates.
00:28:30What do you think, Adam?
00:28:32I think I'm going to take the run we made yesterday when
00:28:34it was warm out.
00:28:36Clean it up, clean the engine up, and run to the finish line.
00:28:39Turned the sixth on in about three seconds.
00:28:41Let her rip.
00:28:43We're going to go out here.
00:28:44We got Cali Bills.
00:28:45I think we get down to the other end first,
00:28:47and we get past that first round.
00:28:48And that's always the most nervous to me is the first round.
00:28:51Once I get past the first round, I'm good.
00:28:53The rest of the day.
00:28:53So, you know, Cali's fast, but she's got to put a fast run
00:28:56together to outrun us in this car.
00:28:58First round chip draw, I drew David Gates.
00:29:10I raced him last weekend.
00:29:11He didn't make it down the track, but I'm sure they've
00:29:13gotten their stuff figured out and went and tested and things
00:29:16like that as well as we did.
00:29:17So it should be a good race.
00:29:28David Gates takes the win.
00:29:44What a drag race there.
00:29:45Looked like it shook a little bit.
00:29:47Gates able to pull out the W.
00:29:49Nice job.
00:29:53This is the spark plug.
00:29:55Not good.
00:29:56You're not supposed to have pieces falling out.
00:29:58It actually started coming apart at about two seconds
00:30:00into the run.
00:30:04Essentially there, after that, I was running off seven
00:30:06cylinders.
00:30:07I think I still gave David a pretty good run just being
00:30:10on seven cylinders.
00:30:11I think definitely if I would have had all eight, it would
00:30:13have been no problems.
00:30:15Great.
00:30:15Always racing with y'all.
00:30:16For real.
00:30:17It's always a fun time, you know?
00:30:19Yeah.
00:30:20All right.
00:30:20Next pair, that is going to be Brandon James going up
00:30:23against Bobby Dacote.
00:30:25This damn thing is shook on me.
00:30:26Every pass of the last 10 passes.
00:30:28That shaking hurts, dude.
00:30:31It's hard on you.
00:30:32It's hard on the car.
00:30:34It's hard on my fat ass in here.
00:30:38Got a whole new car, a whole new hot ride day.
00:30:40It's getting faster and faster and faster.
00:30:42And whether people want to admit or not, this car's a couple
00:30:45months old now, but we're still having a new car blues.
00:30:54About to do what we got to do to keep them running and keep
00:30:56them together.
00:30:57Getting here is half the battle.
00:30:58Race is half the battle.
00:30:59So whooping ass is another half the battle.
00:31:01And Brandon James takes the win.
00:31:15Great drag race there between both those guys.
00:31:19Out of the drag race right there, Hal.
00:31:21Good job, boy.
00:31:22Good girl.
00:31:23Good job.
00:31:24We're getting better and better every weekend.
00:31:25So we just got to keep up the consistency.
00:31:26And hopefully we go several rounds a day.
00:31:27We kind of need to.
00:31:28We're at the bottom of not having to race our way in like 24 or
00:31:29something.
00:31:3024 is the cut off.
00:31:32So we're tired of having to worry if we're in every week or not.
00:31:47So it's time to make us some ground this weekend.
00:31:52All right, next pair coming at you we got Jon Odom.
00:31:54Time to make us some ground this weekend.
00:31:57All right, next pair coming at you.
00:31:58We got John Odom and going up against Robin Roberts.
00:32:02You know, Robin won the grade eight last night.
00:32:04So we know that car's fast.
00:32:05We know this car's fast.
00:32:07So it's going to come down to driver on this pass.
00:32:09And we'll see how it goes.
00:32:10And maybe the best blue car wins.
00:32:11I'm coming off of the grade eight win.
00:32:25The car's running fantastic.
00:32:27It's smooth and buttery, just the way it should be.
00:32:32John and I have a history.
00:32:33But you know, when he's up, he's tough to beat.
00:32:35So if he makes a hero pass, we may be in trouble.
00:32:38It's going to be a hell of a challenge.
00:32:41John Odom will take the win there.
00:32:59Something happens to Robin Roberts' car.
00:33:00Hey, we got three in.
00:33:02Don't matter.
00:33:02Let's go.
00:33:03All right, next pair.
00:33:05That's going to be Larry Larson going up against Daddy Diggs.
00:33:09Larson, first round, 13th pair.
00:33:11Winnable.
00:33:14Don't say very, because I'm going to trip on my thing
00:33:17in any of these.
00:33:18Very well.
00:33:20So last time we raced Larson, I got the win on that deal.
00:33:22But in Vegas, he went to the finals.
00:33:25So he's not a duck.
00:33:27Like, the car's fast.
00:33:28And we got a fast out ride, so hopefully I can beat him again.
00:33:35So last week, after hurting the motor,
00:33:37refreshing the motor up, all new stuff in it, I feel real good.
00:33:40Like, we made a really fast pass last night.
00:33:42The car's back to where it was.
00:33:43I won grade eight here a few years ago.
00:33:45I'm hoping we can just pull up an imitation on one today.
00:33:48We won this race here five years ago, I think it was, in 2018.
00:34:04So I'd sure like to do it again this weekend.
00:34:07I just need to do my job, not be late, get past first round,
00:34:10and move on.
00:34:23All right, over in that right lane, backing up the Cadillac.
00:34:25That's going to be Larry Larson going up against Daddy Dave in that outing.
00:34:30Daddy Dave going to take the win there, driving it.
00:34:52Car makes a hard move towards the center line.
00:34:54Dave, driving that thing, takes the win.
00:34:57I mean, not that you can see his marks out there over everybody else's.
00:35:01Hey, I mean, you know.
00:35:02That looks horrible, but nice job.
00:35:04Yeah.
00:35:05That looked terrible.
00:35:06But he was worse.
00:35:08Round one, curse, out the window.
00:35:11All right, next pair of battle of some blower cars here, folks.
00:35:14That's going to be Chuck 55 going up against Disco Dean.
00:35:18What's up, bro?
00:35:19And we meet again.
00:35:20Hey, this is like three times, isn't it?
00:35:22This is it.
00:35:23It's a tiebreaker, and then we'll dodge each other the rest of the season.
00:35:25For the rest of the season, that's what we need to do.
00:35:27Good luck out there, buddy.
00:35:28Yeah, same to you, bud.
00:35:29I just ran Chuck 55 last week, first round.
00:35:32He blew his up, but he beat me.
00:35:34So today, I hope we don't blow up, but we're going to try to get to win light,
00:35:38get redemption.
00:35:39Obviously, we haven't been doing good this year, so we needed to test.
00:35:52We stayed over Sunday at Dragway 42.
00:35:54Unfortunately, the car got away from me.
00:35:56I wrecked and hit the wall.
00:35:57We got the car fixed.
00:35:59We got the fiberglass done, header, zoomy, lower control arm, rocker panel, quarter panel,
00:36:04wheel tub.
00:36:05Now that it's here and it's back together, we need to turn some wind lights on.
00:36:08I know it's late, and we've been struggling, but it's time to turn the season around.
00:36:11And Chuck Parker gets the win.
00:36:32Nice job.
00:36:34All right, folks, next pair coming at you.
00:36:36Battle of the teammates.
00:36:37He's going to be Jerry Bird against Ryan Martin.
00:36:41It's a lot of pressure, man.
00:36:45It's not just racing the captain, but you're racing Ryan.
00:36:48The good news is I made it an invitational.
00:36:51I'm on a new team, as you all know.
00:36:54I'm on Ryan Martin's team.
00:36:55But I'm going to go out there and try to put him on the trail.
00:36:58Hope to turn a new page.
00:36:59I hope my luck's changing, and, you know, we're heading in the right direction.
00:37:11As a team championship, we dropped to number five this week, but we're 10 points behind the other three that are in front of us, so it's a very close, tight race.
00:37:35Problem, though, I drew my teammate again for two weekends in a row.
00:37:39Last weekend, it was Robin Roberts.
00:37:41This weekend is my new teammate, Jerry Bird.
00:37:52Jerry Bird's got a potentially brutally nasty fast car that I can tell you that probably 20 drivers here are smart enough to be scared of, and I'm one of those.
00:38:01And Jerry Bird goes red, gives the win to Ryan Martin.
00:38:22Over in that left lane, Jerry Bird does not wait on the light, goes red.
00:38:28He didn't get the memo.
00:38:29Anybody going to guess, it's Jerry Bird.
00:38:43Jerry!
00:38:46You're going to take a shot on me.
00:38:50Get him on my team.
00:38:52He'll take a shot on me.
00:38:53What'd you take a shot for, man?
00:38:56You didn't need to do it.
00:38:57Not only did you not need to do it, but you hurt my feelings, too.
00:39:00No, I was trying the red light.
00:39:02Oh, okay.
00:39:03We did.
00:39:04Jerry jumps against everyone, but I didn't want the perception to the other teams to go, oh, well, he gave it to him because he's on his team now.
00:39:10I wanted to see, did we make any progress with this car or not?
00:39:13It wasn't as fast as what we went, so it probably would have went this way anyway, but it doesn't matter.
00:39:17It would have been nice to see a good, nice, close race.
00:39:19I wasn't trying to beat you.
00:39:21Well, why?
00:39:21I just, you know I'm rich like that.
00:39:24I know, but I mean...
00:39:25I want you to try to beat me.
00:39:26I know, but I mean, I feel like you're going to be the call right now to win this, to go further.
00:39:32If that's what you did, I'm a little upset with you because I never would ever, ever, ever, ever want you to do that.
00:39:38Sucks, yeah.
00:39:39All right, next pair coming at you right now over in the left lane, that's going to be Clay Cole going up against Damon Merchant.
00:40:00I got Damon Merchant, 16th pair to go down the track, so that makes me feel a little better because there's going to be quite a bit of rubber down the track.
00:40:07So, but Damon's a fast car, as everybody knows.
00:40:10We got our hands full, so we're going to have to tighten up the ship a little bit.
00:40:14We're going to have to put a better tune-up in it, and we're just going to have to go A to B.
00:40:23We drew Clay Cole, and he's a tough draw.
00:40:26The dude looks like he's been hauling ass.
00:40:27He put Kai out first round last week, so he is definitely somebody to keep your eye on and not look past for sure.
00:40:34Every round counts, and every race, how you start out counts, so, you know, it's good to have four in.
00:40:42There's no time, like, right now to get in there and start, you know, kicking some ass, going some rounds, and gathering up some team points, because this thing ain't over yet.
00:40:50All right, so Clay Cole will take the win there.
00:41:14Damon Merchant, not sure what happened, but ends up leaving before the tree drops.
00:41:20Being in this better air, put more power into it today.
00:41:28I went in, got the first bulb on.
00:41:31He comes in, I get my second.
00:41:34But it took him a little while to get that second one in, so I came off the throttle, and when I went to stick it again, the car lunged forward, and, you know, the race was over by then.
00:41:42I just rolled out, tried to make, you know, do the walk of shame down the track, and he makes a killer pass, and it's a day over for us.
00:41:51Sorry you had problems, brother.
00:41:53I wish it would have been a race.
00:41:54I don't like taking a win like that.
00:41:55No, no, no.
00:41:56I was really looking.
00:41:57I'd like to get a good race with you up here.
00:41:58Oh, yeah.
00:41:59I'm sorry, brother.
00:42:00I'm good.
00:42:01If you need anything from me, let me know.
00:42:03Appreciate it.
00:42:04We saw a lot of big names go down in round one today.
00:42:08Kai Kelly, Damon Merchant, and Giuseppe Gentile, just to name a few.
00:42:13Those guys are threats to win every weekend, so having them out of the race is a big deal.
00:42:18All right, we're going to go ahead and draw chips now, ladies.
00:42:20Please step forward.
00:42:26Okay.
00:42:27Nice job, nice job, nice job.
00:42:29Fellas, fellas, fellas.
00:42:34All right, my number ones, we're going to be Rich Bruder versus David Gates.
00:42:40All right, number twos, we're going to be Brandon James versus Justin Swanstrom.
00:42:46Number threes, we're going to be Jim Howe versus Lizzie Music.
00:42:51All right, number fours, we're going to be Dominator versus Daddy Dave.
00:42:56Number five, Slay Cole versus Ryan Martin.
00:43:01Number six, Chuck 55 versus Murder Nova.
00:43:06Pair number seven, going to be Paige Coughlin and Kayla Morton.
00:43:12Damn it.
00:43:12Which means our eighth and final pair will be John Odom versus Nate Saylor.
00:43:19All right, drivers, you know who you're racing.
00:43:20You know what you got to do.
00:43:21Go back to the pits, get your cars turned around, bring them into the station lanes.
00:43:25We need to give someone $40,000 at some point today.
00:43:28All right, let's do it.
00:43:31I'm coming at you right now.
00:43:37That is going to be Rich Bruder driving the jackal, going up against David Gates.
00:43:43What do y'all got?
00:43:44Uh, Bruder.
00:43:47Man, did they get it ready?
00:43:48They knocked it over or something.
00:43:49I don't know.
00:43:50I ain't heard.
00:43:51But we're ready.
00:43:51You know me, I don't like to be late, and I like to sit here forever.
00:43:54We, uh, something's going on.
00:43:59We're having some electrical issue, and it keeps misfiring the motor.
00:44:02So it's banging in and out, going down the track with full boost in there.
00:44:05So it pisses the motor off.
00:44:07First round, we pop the purse panels on the blower.
00:44:10Get back to the pit, rip the blower off the motor, put new purse panels on it, and got it ready for the next round.
00:44:15You know, they're waiting for us up there at the start line.
00:44:17And, you know, it's a lot of work between rounds to get ready for the next round.
00:44:21Can I feel?
00:44:24See, Rich Bruder just got here in the burnout box.
00:44:27Got to get suited up real quick.
00:44:29Get in the car, and then we will go racing.
00:44:32Yeah, you know, my team, I've got another guy in.
00:44:47I've got Rich Bruder, which is awesome.
00:44:49So there's, you know, there's two of us in.
00:44:51It means we're making points.
00:44:52We're getting our team points towards the team championship.
00:44:55We're in a good spot.
00:44:56Not that it's a huge move, but that's at least 20 points.
00:44:59That's good for us.
00:45:02We're having some type of electrical issue.
00:45:09The car goes out, it starts misfiring.
00:45:11So that's the issue we're having.
00:45:12So we're doing our best to try and figure it out.
00:45:17All right, so they put it on a two-minute clock now.
00:45:19Rich Bruder shut it off.
00:45:20David Gates has put them on a two-minute clock.
00:45:22He's got two minutes to stage.
00:45:23Hang on.
00:45:32David Gates shakes, has to get out of it.
00:45:58So Rich Bruder will take the win.
00:46:00Bruder brothers, they've been working on that car since they got here.
00:46:04Go up there, they're 10 minutes late to the call, sitting in the car, you know.
00:46:08And then I do a burnout, and you still ain't ready, and we're having to shut the cars off.
00:46:12The car's heating up.
00:46:13They don't even tell us they're broke for however long.
00:46:15I hope we're with it, working on it.
00:46:17And then we go out here, and you know, the car's too damn hot to make the run, and we're trying to make the run.
00:46:26Get your fixed and get it out of here.
00:46:29If it ain't fixed, don't bring it to the lanes.
00:46:31And I can tell you, from this point forward, no more nice guy for me.
00:46:34I don't give a who it is.
00:46:35I don't care if it's my team captain, Kai Kelly.
00:46:38I'm here to win.
00:46:40What happened, bud?
00:46:42Bro, the tires off.
00:46:44Dude, I'm sorry, bro.
00:46:46I appreciate you waiting.
00:46:49Pop the blower again.
00:46:50Damn it.
00:46:51We took the wind light, but we had the same issue we had the round before.
00:46:55It popped the burst panel on the blower.
00:46:58Let's get the blower and valve covers.
00:47:04There's a lot of oil.
00:47:05That one clamp I put on came off, so that's where oil is all over the place.
00:47:09We're going to take the blower off.
00:47:11So we have a lot of work to do to get ready for the next round.
00:47:18So this pair right here, battle of the blower cards.
00:47:21Justin Swanson going up against Brandon James.
00:47:28Ready?
00:47:29We're going up.
00:47:30We got Brandon James' second round.
00:47:32Let's see if we can get after it.
00:47:34It's the hottest point in the day, so the track is going to be the trickiest right now.
00:47:37If we can get through this round, these next couple rounds, the track is going to start
00:47:41cooling down, the cars are going to start going faster, and we'll be able to start getting
00:47:44after it, too.
00:47:44All right, Justin Swanson will take the win.
00:48:10Nice job there, doing a little bit of driving.
00:48:13Swanson moving on to the third round.
00:48:15Way to go.
00:48:19All right, next pair coming at you right now.
00:48:21I've got Jim Howell going up against Lizzie Musi.
00:48:26Second round, and end up drawing Jim Howell.
00:48:30Definitely have to be on our game to run Jim.
00:48:32His car is fast.
00:48:33And I feel like it's a little warmer this round, so I wanted to get after it a little
00:48:37bit more in the front half of the run, and my dad didn't.
00:48:40He said it was too hot, but I felt like now the air is, like, a little bit worse than
00:48:45earlier, and I felt like it's going to need that extra power to lead the line.
00:48:52So I was just crossing fingers, and hopefully it's going to make a run against him.
00:48:55You know, three of us went in the second round.
00:49:06Jim did well at taking out Kai Kelly.
00:49:08I mean, there's some heavy hitters that's already gone, but there's still heavy hitters
00:49:11that's in.
00:49:12Hopefully we can go ahead and gain some ground and figure out if we can go ahead and, you
00:49:18know, throw up a couple spots.
00:49:19That's what we need.
00:49:25Sure enough, I was right about being too slow off the hip.
00:49:53Light turns green, we both leave.
00:49:56I felt like I had him just by a little bit.
00:49:58I'd say 330 feet.
00:49:59It's just kind of, like, all over, not happy, and I'm not going to take a chance of getting
00:50:04crazy out there, so I just, I lifted, and Jim got the win.
00:50:08Good run, girl.
00:50:09Good race.
00:50:10You're hauling ass.
00:50:11I know.
00:50:11We're trying.
00:50:12I feel like there's, like, a miscommunication or something, but, like, I know my dad's got
00:50:18this, so I don't know.
00:50:20We're going to figure out in this race.
00:50:21Just need a little luck.
00:50:22Yeah.
00:50:23Same.
00:50:24Yep.
00:50:26All right, next pair, Dominator, going up against Daddy Dave.
00:50:33Hey.
00:50:34Hey.
00:50:35You think, baby?
00:50:36Always.
00:50:36All right.
00:50:38Second round, imitation of that Dominator.
00:50:40I hate racing 405, guys.
00:50:42We've been together since day one.
00:50:43It's just, it's hard putting your, you know, four or five guy in a trailer.
00:50:46Oh.
00:50:46Oh.
00:50:47Oh.
00:50:47Oh.
00:50:47Oh.
00:50:47Oh.
00:50:48Oh.
00:50:48Oh.
00:50:48Oh.
00:50:49Oh.
00:50:49Oh.
00:50:50Oh.
00:50:50Oh.
00:50:50Oh.
00:50:50Oh.
00:50:51Oh.
00:50:51Oh.
00:50:52Oh.
00:50:52Oh.
00:50:52Oh.
00:50:53Oh.
00:50:53Oh.
00:50:54Oh.
00:50:54Yeah.
00:50:58We have been battling with bending throttle blades.
00:51:01We do the burn out.
00:51:02The idle wants to go up.
00:51:04The gas pedal dropped to the floor.
00:51:05Throttle Lincoln, we've got to push it back.
00:51:07You got to push him back.
00:51:10I knew what it was.
00:51:11I killed the car.
00:51:12My daughter is running down there to line me up,
00:51:14and I'm yelling for her to get help.
00:51:17Dave, being the racer that he is,
00:51:18he's not taking a win like that.
00:51:20I have two minutes.
00:51:22He shut his off and never said, you got two minutes, nothing.
00:51:25Just get your car back here.
00:51:26We got it back.
00:51:27Pop the front clip off.
00:51:28Pop the throttle blade connector back on, and we're in.
00:51:33All right, looks like Dominator, good to go.
00:51:37Look at your car.
00:52:01And Daddy Dave takes the win.
00:52:04That was a great drag race, there.
00:52:06Love you, Joe.
00:52:07Love you, man.
00:52:08All right, folks.
00:52:09Battle of the Hemi Pro Chargers.
00:52:11Clay Cole going up against Ryan Martin.
00:52:17I drew Ryan Martin.
00:52:19I've got a lot of respect for him.
00:52:20He's a fast car, a good guy.
00:52:25Same combination as I have.
00:52:27So it's going to be a good race.
00:52:28It's going to come down to who gets who on the tree.
00:52:31It's going to be a good race.
00:52:32All right, let's do a good burn out.
00:52:35Let's cut a good light.
00:52:37Let's give him some stride, baby.
00:52:37Let's go one round at a time right here, baby.
00:52:40Clay Cole has proved to be one of the faster guys this year.
00:52:42He's on Kai's team, but he's done the dirty work for us
00:52:45and taken Kai out a couple times.
00:52:47So his car's fast.
00:52:54Do you feel the air that comes out of there?
00:52:58It's a very similar combination to this car.
00:53:00I know it pretty well.
00:53:02It has the potential to be a frontrunner.
00:53:04It has the potential to win an event.
00:53:06We can't take him lightly.
00:53:07We've got to give him everything we've got.
00:53:20All right, folks, this next pair right here
00:53:22is going to be a battle of all the pro-charge cars
00:53:24over the left lane.
00:53:25Clay Cole, first-gen Camaro,
00:53:27going up against Ryan Martin in the right lane.
00:53:32Ryan Martin right down Broadway, gets the win.
00:53:49Nice job.
00:53:50Clay Cole rattles the tires hard.
00:53:54You good?
00:53:54Yeah.
00:53:56Shook the tires.
00:53:56Ah, where at?
00:53:58About 60 foot.
00:54:01It's not the way I want to lose to you, but congratulations.
00:54:05Not the way I want to beat you either.
00:54:06I know, brother.
00:54:07I know.
00:54:08You know, we vowed to race the racetrack,
00:54:11not necessarily the guys.
00:54:12We're trying to go as fast as we can on this racetrack every round,
00:54:15and that's what we did, and it paid off.
00:54:16I was hoping to give you a good race, brother.
00:54:18I'm sure it would have been.
00:54:19I've been worried to run racing.
00:54:21Yeah, I'm sure your car's fast.
00:54:21On to round three.
00:54:24All right, next pair.
00:54:25We got Chuck, 55, going up against Murder Nova.
00:54:29Man, hey, what's good is we know what number it's going to take
00:54:33and whoever can get the number to stick.
00:54:35I just don't know about the track, man.
00:54:36Yeah, it's going to be worse now than it was while I go.
00:54:38I know.
00:54:39Both the cars are fast.
00:54:41We've talked about this all week, man.
00:54:42No, no, I know it.
00:54:43We've talked about this all week.
00:54:44We know what we run.
00:54:45Yep.
00:54:45Just got to be able to do it.
00:54:46Just got to be able to get it now.
00:54:47Yep.
00:54:47So round two, it's bound to happen.
00:54:50We get Chuck, 55.
00:54:52When you're teammates with somebody, you share a lot of information.
00:54:55I know what Chuck runs just like Chuck knows what I run.
00:54:58So whoever gets more aggressive with the tune-up
00:55:00and the track actually holds it, that's who's going to win this race.
00:55:04So not what we wanted out of everybody.
00:55:18I mean, we drew each other.
00:55:19Both of us made some pretty good hits.
00:55:20We both know what number it's going to take to run it.
00:55:22So it's going to be whoever can get that number down the track today.
00:55:26We're going to put what we think the track is going to handle
00:55:28and see if we can pull this W out.
00:55:30We let go of the button.
00:55:58They were more aggressive with their tune-up
00:56:02and the track didn't hold it.
00:56:05Sucks nobody else on my team made it.
00:56:07But when you race a teammate like I just raced Chuck,
00:56:10the good thing you can think about is one of us is going on
00:56:13to get points for the team.
00:56:15So I'm not sure where that's going to land us.
00:56:17I haven't even looked to see what all teams made it in.
00:56:21But hopefully we stay in third.
00:56:23Roll on, man.
00:56:25We'll see what we can do.
00:56:26All right, next pair is going to be Paige Coughlin
00:56:30going up against Kayla Morton.
00:56:33Good luck, babe.
00:56:39Love you.
00:56:40Good luck.
00:56:40Be safe.
00:56:41Okay, see you on the other end.
00:56:42All righty, sounds good.
00:56:44Round two, drew Paige.
00:56:46Hate that I drew her.
00:56:47But no matter what, one person from Team Daddy Dave here advances
00:56:50and continues to accumulate points for our team.
00:57:03What can I say?
00:57:04Me and Paige got strong shoulders the last couple of weeks.
00:57:06I believe in Paige, okay?
00:57:08She's like my little sister at this point.
00:57:10But today is about determination and grit for me.
00:57:14So I'm just refusing to lose today.
00:57:15I'm just going to keep that mindset all day long.
00:57:31All right, so Paige Coughlin going to get the win.
00:57:33Uh-oh.
00:57:44I think he's going to need fire rescue down at the end of the track.
00:57:48Looks like Paige Coughlin got into the wall down there
00:57:51on the shutdown.
00:57:53No!
00:57:57You okay?
00:58:00Yeah.
00:58:01All right.
00:58:02I'm sorry.
00:58:02I've got to get it out of my system.
00:58:07Hey.
00:58:10Hey, no, it's okay.
00:58:11It didn't hurt.
00:58:12All right.
00:58:12It didn't hit very hard.
00:58:14I'm good.
00:58:15It did not hit very hard.
00:58:18Anything you have?
00:58:19She was.
00:58:20She was good.
00:58:22I won.
00:58:25Thanks.
00:58:25You get up there, she ended up going red.
00:58:28The car made an absolute beautiful lap, but as soon as we crossed the finish line, kicked
00:58:34the rods out of it, oil everywhere, felt it sliding.
00:58:39We hit the wall.
00:58:43Me as a driver, hit the wall like that just breaks my heart, and I really want to get this
00:58:48thing fixed up, but we did turn on the wind light, so I'll take that win.
00:58:54You good?
00:58:55I'm good.
00:58:55I want to go race again.
00:58:56What do you need?
00:58:57I think we're just doing some cosmetic stuff and put the, you're getting what you want.
00:59:01We're putting the AMA Sherman.
00:59:03Thankfully, we got a spare motor in the trailer that Daddy Day's been asking us to put in every
00:59:08single race, so he's getting his wish, but we're okay.
00:59:12I think this is fixable, and we're going to try to go back up for third round because we
00:59:15really want to win this thing.
00:59:18I love it.
00:59:20I love it.
00:59:21All right, folks, next pair, Don Odom going up against Nate Saylor.
00:59:31Your main's fine.
00:59:32Your main's fine.
00:59:33Okay.
00:59:33Okay.
00:59:35I'm going to change the suit up.
00:59:37Okay, let's go, babe.
00:59:39And of course, I go to chip draw, draw Nate Saylor.
00:59:42He beat me last weekend.
00:59:43I won some revenge, so we got 500 bucks on it.
00:59:46Make it up there and just give it a run for his money.
00:59:49We got him for a nice little piece.
00:59:51We're going to try to clip his ass, man.
00:59:53Do your thing, sir.
00:59:54So going into second round here, I'm the only one left on Team Bodhi, so there's a lot of
00:59:58pressure on me to keep going around so we can stay up there.
01:00:01All right, folks, we're going to go ahead and start our invitational third round driver's
01:00:30meeting starts now.
01:00:31We started with 32.
01:00:33We are now down to eight.
01:00:36We've got Ryan, Team Dave, and Team Swanstrom all standing strong with two drivers remaining.
01:00:43Also, a little fun fact, Dave and Paige, if y'all can go to the finals, you'll be within
01:00:4820 points of Team Kai Kelly for first place.
01:00:52Where's he at?
01:00:52Give us a chance to make a comeback because he is out.
01:00:54This team is out.
01:00:56All right.
01:00:56All right.
01:00:58Well, hey, Paige, go ahead and step up.
01:00:59Ladies first for drawing out of this bucket.
01:01:03All right, gents.
01:01:09Damn, dude, I got to stop this number one.
01:01:16All right, number one, step forward.
01:01:18It'll be Rich Bruder versus Jim Powell.
01:01:21Number two, Paige Coughlin and Daddy Dave.
01:01:25At least one Team Daddy Dave driver will move on to the semifinals.
01:01:29That's one way to look at it.
01:01:30All right, number three, Ryan Martin versus Murder Nova.
01:01:35Wow, fast race.
01:01:37Which means our fourth and final pair will be Nate Saylor versus Justin Swanstrom.
01:01:43All right.
01:01:44Well, drivers, you know who you got.
01:01:45You know what you got to do.
01:01:46Go back to the pits.
01:01:47Get your cars turned around.
01:01:48Bring them in the lanes.
01:01:49Let's do it.
01:01:49Let's get the blower first.
01:02:05Try popping the blower this time.
01:02:11The gas gets out in the stutter, bro.
01:02:15Right here, right?
01:02:16Yeah.
01:02:17Mabel Grove, round three.
01:02:18We've been fighting some issues with the car.
01:02:21We're going down the track, and the burst panel keeps popping.
01:02:24Sometimes it just pops the burst panel, but sometimes it could do more damage than that.
01:02:28So we've been lucky to come back and put new burst panels in the motor.
01:02:31We got to do that ground wire for the cam sink.
01:02:33We have the crew over here working.
01:02:35It's a Robin's crew, and Ryan's crew is there helping us out.
01:02:38It was a team effort to get the car back up there ready for the next round.
01:02:47I don't know.
01:02:48Let's shut off.
01:02:55Huh?
01:02:56I tried to do a burnout, and the car just dies.
01:03:13So I tried it again, and it did the same thing.
01:03:17I've been racing for a while.
01:03:20It ain't hard to do a burnout in a big tire or a water.
01:03:24So I knew there was some type of an issue.
01:03:26So I'm locked up in the converter.
01:03:28And somehow, I guess from the blower popping every time, the map sensor got unplugged.
01:03:33So it's just a line.
01:03:33So the extra boost came there, and it broke the fitting.
01:03:36All right, so here we go.
01:03:39Invitational round three coming at you right now.
01:03:41I've got Jim Howland on the left side, and Rich Brooder unable to make the call.
01:04:04Woo!
01:04:06Well, that was probably the slowest winning pass in the history of MPK.
01:04:13I just decided to drive it down through there.
01:04:15I mean, it doesn't do us any good to go out there and make a killer lick and hurt a part
01:04:20or take a chance on tearing something up.
01:04:22So on to the next round.
01:04:25All right, our next pair coming up is going to be Paige Coughlin going up against Daddy Dave.
01:04:30Take your time.
01:04:31Okay.
01:04:32Take your time.
01:04:32Give us a second.
01:04:33You guys, take your time.
01:04:34Okay.
01:04:34No, I don't give a fuck your time.
01:04:37You drop him, buddy.
01:04:38Johnny.
01:04:39Yeah, be down with that other car and drop him.
01:04:41Hold on.
01:04:41We'll pay him.
01:04:41Thank you, Johnny.
01:04:47So help fix your car.
01:04:49This is our teammate.
01:04:50Yeah.
01:04:50Now we draw her.
01:04:51Yes.
01:04:53That's terrible.
01:04:54That sucks.
01:04:56Third round invitational.
01:04:58I draw Paige, my own teammate.
01:05:01On one hand, it sucks to draw your teammate, but on the other hand, it's one of our teams
01:05:05going on to the fourth round.
01:05:06Paige just kicked the rods out of her motor, spun the car around, tapped the wall with it.
01:05:12To swap a motor out and to be confident, the tuner's just got to know what he's doing and put a tune up in that thing and make it all last.
01:05:18And Daddy Dave takes the long way down to the finish line, but gets the win.
01:05:42All right, folks, this pair right here is going to be a great one.
01:05:47It's going to be Ryan Martin and Murder Nova.
01:05:50That was a terrible draw.
01:05:52Always is.
01:05:53I'll let you know.
01:05:54I can't draw, man.
01:05:55And you know what?
01:05:56I didn't even draw.
01:05:58You took the last one?
01:05:59I took the last chip in the bag.
01:06:00Oh, man.
01:06:01And I looked directly at Ryan and I went, and he goes, and I went, and I went, obviously, I'd have raced anybody else up there before I wanted to race Ryan.
01:06:10No, it wasn't his favorite draw either, I promise you.
01:06:13Yeah.
01:06:13Yeah.
01:06:14It's tough because we know what each other runs.
01:06:16We test with each other.
01:06:17We share all of our data together, you know?
01:06:20But at that point, you just got to put some fast stuff in it and hope your lane holds it.
01:06:28Unfortunately, my draw is Murder Nova.
01:06:31I know how good his car runs.
01:06:33He knows how good my car runs.
01:06:35All we can do is do, you know, just do the best we can.
01:06:37That's what we're going to do.
01:06:40Ryan Martin takes the win.
01:06:57What a drag race.
01:06:58That was close.
01:07:00At the other end, my gosh.
01:07:03Ryan Martin moves on.
01:07:05We let off the button, and it was a drag race.
01:07:10Couldn't have been any closer than what it was.
01:07:15He made a good run, I made a good run, and we got outran.
01:07:19He's coming around me.
01:07:20He was close.
01:07:21I know.
01:07:21We're off to the semis, which is great for us because we haven't, we've only been to the semis one other time this year, and it was at the qualifier.
01:07:28What did you do?
01:07:29Did you get a lot more engine?
01:07:31Yeah, I bet it.
01:07:32All right, folks, this will be the final pair here in this third round, and that's going to be Nate Sailor going up against Justin Swanstrom.
01:07:40When mine goes down the track, it's literally doing this, getting happy.
01:07:45I should bend that back up.
01:07:47I'd be scared of that.
01:07:47I ain't going to lie.
01:07:48Huh?
01:07:48I'd be scared of that pulled under the car or something.
01:07:52I would have made that probably a little bit stronger.
01:07:54Well, next year it will be.
01:07:57Round three here in Maple Grove, we got Justin Swanstrom.
01:07:59I feel pretty good about it, man.
01:08:01I really don't care who we got.
01:08:02This car runs so good right now.
01:08:13Track's getting hotter, so traction isn't as good.
01:08:16It gets slimy.
01:08:17So we're going to put a tune-up in it that we know will go, and we're going to go try and put that W and keep gaining points.
01:08:38And Nate Sailor takes the win.
01:08:40We'll move on to the semifinals of the Invitational Class.
01:08:42Nice job.
01:08:43Good job, guys.
01:08:45Woo!
01:08:47So going up against Nate Sailor, listen, I knew we had to be on our game.
01:08:51It was a good drag race.
01:08:52He just put about a car on me at the other end.
01:08:54He's running extremely fast right now.
01:08:56But I'm happy with what we did.
01:08:57We were able to get out of first round, go into third round.
01:09:00We're going to capitalize.
01:09:00We're going to get better.
01:09:01Next track we're going to, it's going to be a little cooler weather.
01:09:04Let's see what happens.
01:09:05Hopefully we can pull something off and get a win there.
01:09:08I ain't mad about it.
01:09:09We are ready for the semifinals here in Pennsylvania, and this will be the first time that Dave has made it to the semis since Kentucky.
01:09:20And this will be Ryan Martin's first time in the semifinals the entire year.
01:09:25It may have been a rocky start to the season for Ryan Martin, but look, he has turned it on here in the last half of the season, and he's trying to make his presence known as a three-time returning champion.
01:09:40All right, y'all, let's go ahead and draw some chips, see who's racing who.
01:09:43Just like you drew it out.
01:09:47I like it.
01:09:48I like it.
01:09:49Really wanted a surge at the end.
01:09:50All right, where are my number ones?
01:09:52Number one step forward is going to be Jim Howe versus Daddy Dave, which means our last pair there will be Nate Saylor versus Ryan Martin.
01:10:04Look at that.
01:10:06All right, folks, so that does it for the semifinals drivers meeting.
01:10:09Let's go.
01:10:13All right, next pair coming at you, we got Jim Howe going up against Daddy Dave.
01:10:18Hey, you got Daddy Dave.
01:10:21I got Daddy Dave.
01:10:22Hell yeah.
01:10:23First pair out, we're left lane.
01:10:24Okay, same lane you love.
01:10:26So you know what that means?
01:10:28Let's do our thing.
01:10:29Go out and do your thing?
01:10:31Yep.
01:10:31And then you and Ryan Martin in the finals.
01:10:33Boy, I'd make a good day.
01:10:34I'd like it.
01:10:34I'd like you and Ryan Martin in the finals.
01:10:36Like nothing more than to be, I don't care who I'm with the finals.
01:10:38I just want to give him the finals.
01:10:40You know, a lot of things go through our minds as racers, and I was sitting up there like,
01:10:43you know, who would I want out of this whole crowd?
01:10:45Well, the whole deal is, is that everybody up there is a killer.
01:10:48You know, the one I want is the guy that's going to give me the best opportunity to get
01:10:51to the next round.
01:10:52That's the guy I want.
01:10:53So we're going to race Dave.
01:10:55Don't beat up on me, Jim Howe.
01:10:58Why are you a big bully?
01:10:59If you listen to the internet, big bully.
01:11:06Going to the semifinals, it's anybody's race to win, but just staying in a circle with all
01:11:11the fast guys and all of us being that fast and everybody worrying about everybody, it says
01:11:15that's a lot for this whole sport and this whole LBK series.
01:11:18One of my fabulous fans brought me something called shoo fly pie.
01:11:35I don't even know what to expect, but we'll crack it open.
01:11:40Is this the proper way to open it?
01:11:42What happens if this thing tastes like on national TV?
01:11:50He goes like, yeah, shoot.
01:11:50What happens if you cook me a pie?
01:11:52What if this is like actually like a pie?
01:11:54This guy's like, doesn't like me or something.
01:11:57Let's see.
01:11:58Okay.
01:11:59Look at that.
01:12:01Bread crumb.
01:12:01That's like a ginger.
01:12:03Maybe like a, oh, look at this thing.
01:12:06If we can get it at, look at that.
01:12:07You see all that deliciousness in there?
01:12:12It's, uh, I don't know.
01:12:17Never tasted nothing like that before.
01:12:20I'm going to give it about a 7.2 out of 10.
01:12:23Here, America, let's give you your final bite.
01:12:27All right, next pair coming at you, we've got Jim Howe going up against Daddy Dave.
01:12:32All right, Jim Howe will take the win there.
01:12:53Move on to the finals.
01:12:54Nice job.
01:12:55There's one for your finals.
01:12:58I thought we was going to have a good drag race side by side.
01:13:02Well, the car didn't make the one-two shift.
01:13:06Instead, it went right on to third gear.
01:13:08When it did, it was kind of underpowered.
01:13:09Shot me over towards the wall.
01:13:11He was still in my view, so I didn't lift.
01:13:13I drove the wall all the way down through there.
01:13:15He got me about a car, car and a half.
01:13:17Our night ends right here.
01:13:19Like the weight of the world is off my shoulder.
01:13:22Why?
01:13:23Been struggling all year, man.
01:13:25I know.
01:13:25You know what it's like.
01:13:26Oh, yeah.
01:13:27All right, folks.
01:13:28Last pair here in this semifinals.
01:13:30Going to be Nate Saylor going up against Ryan Martin.
01:13:35I just went over there.
01:13:35I was just curious.
01:13:36And I talked to him this morning.
01:13:37I said, how fast does he go?
01:13:38Well, I put an 83 in it.
01:13:39He's like, he caught me at 200 foot and drove around me.
01:13:42He said, so I would say he goes to 70.
01:13:45He's like, I don't know, 78 to 80 flat.
01:13:47Yeah, OK.
01:13:48Semi-finals for me, pretty big this year.
01:13:52Not the same story as last year, obviously.
01:13:54It was like an old hat for me to go to the semi-finals.
01:13:56But goals change.
01:13:58And this year, me getting the semis is big.
01:14:00Because the only other time I did it was when it was a qualifier and it didn't count for any points.
01:14:05I'm, you know, behind in points.
01:14:07Anything I can do to make up is better off.
01:14:09So, you know, like, as far as I'm concerned for points goes, I need to win this race.
01:14:18We've picked this thing up every run for today and it's no different.
01:14:24Made a pretty big move on the tune-up.
01:14:26Kind of joke around, it's either going to go faster, it may not go, you know.
01:14:29But that's the kind of tune-up you've got to run against Nate.
01:14:33The points for me mean a big deal because all the rest of my team's been out for a couple rounds.
01:14:38So, we're trying to gain back up so that we can try and win this $200,000.
01:15:02And Ryan Martin going to get the win.
01:15:04Something breaks on Nate Saylor's car here in the right lane.
01:15:06Took everything for him to keep it off the wall.
01:15:09Wow, Nate Saylor asses up the brake over here in the right lane.
01:15:14Ryan Martin cruises onto the win.
01:15:17Yeah, I'm good.
01:15:21My car's never done stuff like that before.
01:15:24We, uh, we knew we had to have a hot tune-up in this thing.
01:15:27I leave on him.
01:15:30And about 60 to 100 feet, the car just gets crazy.
01:15:34He flips the ass end out, tries to shove me into the wall.
01:15:38So, I backed off just a teeny bit.
01:15:40I got it straight, and it swung around and nailed the wall.
01:15:46You okay?
01:15:47You good?
01:15:48I'm fine.
01:15:49You good.
01:15:50There you go.
01:15:51That's it?
01:15:54That's it?
01:15:56Don't be mad about that.
01:15:58That, it could have been a lot worse, dude.
01:16:00Got any inspirational quotes for me?
01:16:20Yeah, don't, don't this up.
01:16:23We spent a whole lot of money on this car this year.
01:16:26We crashed it.
01:16:27Well, we, I say I.
01:16:29I've crashed it.
01:16:30I've had to rebuild the motor at least once, so this will be a big help.
01:16:34We're late in the season here at Maple Grove, and I have made my way to the finals.
01:16:38It's a place that I haven't been able to get to.
01:16:40I've had a lot of parts failures lately.
01:16:42We struggled with just the car at the beginning of the season.
01:16:45Just been a bad season for us.
01:16:47All we know to do is keep our head down and keep pushing.
01:16:49And that mentality has got us to the finals here at Maple Grove.
01:16:53I got Jim Howe in the finals.
01:16:56May the fastest car win.
01:16:58You got this.
01:16:59That's a good man.
01:17:00Yep.
01:17:06Ryan's been working.
01:17:07Like, I mean, they've been testing.
01:17:09You know, they crashed the car.
01:17:10I know what that's like.
01:17:11The way that we're going to do it is just exactly what we've been doing.
01:17:14We're going to race the racetrack.
01:17:15Sun's down.
01:17:16Track's good.
01:17:16I promise you, Ryan's coming to win the same as we are.
01:17:20So we just got to go up there and do our job.
01:17:22You got Ryan Martin in the left lane.
01:17:24Who got Ryan Martin?
01:17:27And you got Jim Howe in the right lane.
01:17:31We're going to burn up.
01:17:32Hell yeah, we are.
01:17:33I've won championships, and I've won individual races.
01:17:55And this year, it's like, I just can't make it there.
01:17:58So, you know, just thinking about it, I get a little emotional about the fact that I'm in the finals and I have a chance to win.
01:18:04This year has proven how competitive and crazy MPK is.
01:18:09There is no easy draws from first round to the finals.
01:18:12But you got to get through everybody to do it.
01:18:13Come on, let's get through.
01:18:19Come on, let's get through.
01:18:20Come on!
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01:18:43Ryan Martin!
01:18:46Amazing comeback from crashing the car a few events ago
01:18:49to winning the Invitational here tonight in Pennsylvania.
01:18:52You did it!
01:18:55Woo!
01:18:57That was a guessing comeback.
01:18:59That was a guess for life.
01:19:04That man was asleep.
01:19:06That was not green winning like it was.
01:19:09I expected a red light to come out on that one.
01:19:13You treed the out of me.
01:19:15Nah, dude, I'm gonna make you feel better.
01:19:17I'm not a liar or nothing like that,
01:19:19and so I'm gonna be honest with you.
01:19:20I let go of the button and went,
01:19:22like I swear to God I thought it went red.
01:19:25I was like, I got on the radio, I was like,
01:19:26he had to have guessed.
01:19:28I would never, on our friendship, I would never guess.
01:19:31I 100% let go of the button and was like,
01:19:34but I saw the green light when I went by.
01:19:36I know I left a little early on, Jim,
01:19:40and there's so many guys that won't admit that.
01:19:42Look, I let go of the button early,
01:19:44nervous enough that I thought that,
01:19:45hey, I could have went red.
01:19:47But when I did it and I hit it,
01:19:49I legitimately felt bad,
01:19:50because I don't like to be doing that.
01:19:53I don't like to do that to people,
01:19:54whether it's intentional accident or whatever the case is.
01:19:57That's just not my style.
01:19:58It's all right, you won, buddy, good job.
01:20:00I know, and hey, I, I,
01:20:01this is a better sweep for me,
01:20:03because I hate to do that to anybody,
01:20:04and I hate when people do it to me.
01:20:06He is a true sportsman,
01:20:07because he didn't just say,
01:20:08no, I seen green.
01:20:09He admitted that, you know,
01:20:10he let off the button early,
01:20:11and that happens.
01:20:12It's not, he didn't guess,
01:20:13he just let off the button early.
01:20:14He didn't go up there with the intention of guessing.
01:20:16But, you know, it happens.
01:20:18And, you know, at the end of the day,
01:20:19we're in the final round.
01:20:20There's nothing to be ashamed of.
01:20:21Uh, I got beat by the, you know,
01:20:23the man that we all strive to be like.
01:20:25And, uh, we go try again next week.
01:20:27Oh, let's hear it for Ryan Martin and Jim Howell!
01:20:30Woo!
01:20:35Ryan Martin, everybody!
01:20:36Yeah!
01:20:40We did it again.
01:20:42I think we'll be able to.
01:20:49Ryan!
01:20:50Ryan!
01:20:51That didn't surprise me.
01:20:52You did it, man.
01:20:53Your first final for the season,
01:20:55season six,
01:20:56and you won it.
01:20:58Is it safe to say that you're back?
01:21:00Oh, you know,
01:21:01I don't want to say that, right?
01:21:03Because I feel like that, like,
01:21:04might accidentally, like,
01:21:05put some bad juju on me,
01:21:06but I do think we have a badass hot rod.
01:21:09I'm stoked that we went to the finals
01:21:10and were able to make it as far as we did,
01:21:12and come out on top.
01:21:13But Jim Howell's car's badass.
01:21:15He did fantastic.
01:21:16That being said,
01:21:17at least we got one.
01:21:18Woo!
01:21:19We got four races left,
01:21:21and it's four of the biggest races this season.
01:21:23It's all the ones that matter.
01:21:24I don't want to be too optimistic,
01:21:25but, like, I mean, you know,
01:21:27you never know what could happen.
01:21:28We got a double points race coming up.
01:21:30We got a points-and-a-half race coming up.
01:21:32It's kind of anybody's game.
01:21:33I see Kai.
01:21:34He's off in the distance,
01:21:35but he ain't that far as he was.
01:21:36So, for us, the season is four races long.
01:21:39We've got to make our moves right now.
01:21:41Good job.
01:21:42Thanks.
01:21:43Thanks, homie.
01:21:44Congratulations.
01:21:45Ryan Martin and his team.
01:21:47First invitational win at $40,000.
01:21:49There you go, buddy.
01:21:51You heard it.
01:21:53That gray car is back for sure.
01:21:55Good job, man.
01:21:56And there you have it.
01:21:58Three-time defending champion Ryan Martin
01:22:01has won his first event of the season.
01:22:05That moves his team back into third place.
01:22:08But the numbers in the middle of the pack
01:22:10are extremely close.
01:22:12Look, there is only 200 points
01:22:14separating sixth place from first place.
01:22:18This competition is extremely tight.
01:22:21Next week.
01:22:26Michigan.
01:22:27How y'all doing today?
01:22:31A little damp?
01:22:32Yeah.
01:22:34The weather makes racing conditions trickier than normal.
01:22:39Really far north.
01:22:41It's cold.
01:22:43And a cold track could be worse than a hot and greasy track.
01:22:51But that doesn't stop the team captains
01:22:56from making their biggest moves of the season.
01:22:58There's a couple of teams
01:23:00that know they don't have a shot at winning.
01:23:03So they're talking about getting rid of their number one
01:23:06and number two picks to higher up teams for money.
01:23:10$10,000.
01:23:11Oh.
01:23:12Oh.
01:23:13What?
01:23:14Oh.
01:23:19Here we go.
01:23:20Here we go.
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