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00:00The drivers raced at Dragway 42 in West Salem, Ohio, for a chance at $10,000 and points toward the individual championship.
00:08Son of a-
00:09Murder, oh, rematch! Murder Nova and Kai Kelly.
00:13Murder Nova was paired up with Kai Kelly for the second week in a row in round one, and put Kai on the trailer again.
00:22And then beat Robin Roberts in the semis to secure a spot in the finals for the second straight week.
00:30Woo-hoo!
00:34Lizzie Musi advanced to the semis after Damon Merchant red-lit in round one.
00:39Woo-hoo!
00:45And there were fireworks at the finish of Lizzie's semifinal race versus Kayla Morton when her hood scoop blew off.
00:51I'm surprised it made it that far.
00:52Me too!
00:54This led to a grade eight finals between Murder Nova and Lizzie Musi.
01:00Murder Nova won his second grade eight race in a row and collected ten points towards the individual championship.
01:07And Murder Nova makes it two in a row!
01:12Now, the top eight drivers heading into Pennsylvania will battle for another $10,000 and valuable points.
01:22Ow!
01:23Put your hands together for the grade eight drivers!
01:33Hey, Maple Grove! How y'all doing today?
01:38We are at Maple Grove Raceway, located in Pennsylvania.
01:41This track opened its doors in 1962 and is one of the ten longest tracks in the country.
01:48Today, it's hosting the grade eight.
01:50Here's how it works.
01:51If you win the grade eight, you get ten points.
01:54Plus, you also get $10,000.
01:56If you runner-up, you get seven.
01:58And if you make it to the semifinals, you will get three.
02:01Those points go towards an individual championship that will be worth $100,000 at the end of the season.
02:07All right, this is the grade eight drivers meeting.
02:11As you can see, though, there are nine of you in this grade eight meeting.
02:15I believe Axeman and Gates.
02:18Y'all are tied.
02:20So, are y'all going to draw a chip out of the bucket, or are we going to figure out another way to decide who gets in the grade eight?
02:26I'll race.
02:27Y'all are going to race this spot off the trailer.
02:28I'll race.
02:29Okay, so y'all are going to race.
02:30You don't get a test pass.
02:31The test pass is your race.
02:32Whoever wins that will then be in the grade eight.
02:35All right?
02:36All right, ladies.
02:37We want to draw last this time.
02:38Yeah, we're going to change it up.
02:40Oh, wow.
02:41Really?
02:42Yeah.
02:43I wanted last.
02:44Go ahead, pick one.
02:45You can have the very last, and me and Lizzie will draw right before you.
02:47Yeah.
02:48Hey, that's a good, you know, middle of them all.
02:52Okay, that didn't work like that.
02:53No, it didn't.
02:54We still drew each other.
02:55Oh, God.
02:56Christopher.
02:57Okay, where are my number ones at?
03:02Number ones, Nate Sailor and Kai Kelly.
03:06Oh, man.
03:07We drew Nate Sailor first round.
03:09I didn't want to draw Murder Nova because I felt like he was in our heads.
03:12We reached in there and drew a guy just as fast as him, and we've beaten Nate Sailor all year.
03:17So, we know he owes us one.
03:19So, that's one of them guys you don't want to draw.
03:21Nate, congrats on your win last week, by the way, rotational.
03:24Uh, number twos, Robin Roberts and Lizzie Musi.
03:30Okay.
03:31All right.
03:32First round, I end up drawing Robin Roberts.
03:35Robin, he's been running real good, but if you look in the great eight circle, there is no one you want to draw there.
03:41So, I can't really, you have to be on your eight game no matter who you draw.
03:44Number threes.
03:46Lizzie, we're not doing that again.
03:48No, we're not.
03:49Like, come on.
03:50Murder Nova.
03:51We drew Murder Nova.
03:52It is a very tough matchup.
03:54Um, he's won the last two great eights, and the last time we lined up, he beat me by just a smidge.
03:59Um, but the time before that, um, I beat him by just a smidge.
04:03My fourth and final pair will be Damon Merchant versus the winner of David Gates and Axeman.
04:09Good luck.
04:10Oh, wow.
04:11Good luck.
04:12If you know who you're racing, go back to pits, get your cars turned around.
04:14I'll get one test pass except for Axeman and Gates who are racing.
04:17So, how'd the chitner all deal go?
04:22Axeman, you know, I like, he's one of my favorites.
04:26He's cool as hell.
04:27Straight off the trailer?
04:28Straight off the trailer.
04:29Left lane.
04:30Left lane.
04:31And then whoever wins that runs through Damon fourth pair left lane.
04:36Okay.
04:37You guys got a grudge?
04:38No, we're racing for the grade eight with Axeman off the trailer.
04:41Oh, okay.
04:42Okay.
04:43Last time we was in the grade eight was in Brainerd, Minnesota, and we won it.
04:46We beat Kai, we beat Axeman, and we beat Giuseppe in the finals.
04:50We won the $10,000.
04:52We're here today.
04:53We finally had some struggles.
04:54It got us out of the grade eight, but we're right there back at it.
04:57We was one round away from securing it, but 50-50 chance.
05:00I feel lucky.
05:01I'm going to go up here and grab it.
05:02We're going to come on back and get this thing down through there.
05:06You have to cut it hard, Kevin.
05:09Track look all right?
05:11Uh, the track looks good.
05:12It's pretty thick.
05:13Is it?
05:14But it's, uh, it's more spotty.
05:16It's peely.
05:17My biggest concern is, uh, water coming up.
05:20There's going to be .
05:22If you go over there, like, it's dry.
05:23If you go over there and sit there and rub your foot deep down in it,
05:26Yeah.
05:27Water.
05:28Dang.
05:29It's going to be .
05:31Yeah.
05:32Racing off the trailer is always the hardest because you don't know the track.
05:35Use that first pass for all your data.
05:37You can see every bump in the track.
05:39See when the car tried to spin and when it didn't.
05:41But I like the racing off the trailer.
05:43It shows who can get down and who can't.
05:47Again, folks, this is an off the trailer race for the eighth and final spot in the grade eight class tonight.
05:56All right, so we got David Gates in the left lane.
06:11Axeman, Larry Roach in the right.
06:15These two drivers tied in points.
06:20Only way to settle it is to race for it.
06:22And Axeman takes the win, so he will be racing in the grade eight.
06:37He will take that eighth and final spot.
06:40We raced it off the trailer, old school style.
06:43Best man one.
06:44We're going to go the rest of the night and figure this thing out and be ready for it tomorrow,
06:49so next week we'll be in.
06:50So we'll get us the rest of the night to do our testing and get it lined out with everything we're doing.
07:08And when we go to bed tonight, I feel like we'll be real confident in the morning for the first round.
07:13You got to pull the data or you want me to?
07:15I got it.
07:20It feels like the front end is off the ground, so you could move the steering wheel thinking that,
07:34and it would go one way or another, you know what I mean?
07:36You know, we started off the season running through everybody in the grade eight.
07:39We jumped way out in points.
07:41In the last two weeks, we've had first round exits.
07:50Oh, and Murder Nova knocks off Kai Kelly in the first round.
07:57Murder Nova all of a sudden decided to start doing good.
08:02And Murder Nova wins again against Kai.
08:08That's right, baby!
08:10It really didn't affect us in points because he's only got 20 points and I still got 47.
08:16So as long as we don't screw it up from here on out, I think we still got a pretty comfortable lead
08:21because really I just got to worry about Murder Nova on his little killing spree he's doing
08:25because if he keeps winning every weekend, he's going to catch me.
08:28But just like normal, Kai Kelly drawing out of the bucket fashion,
08:32I go up there and I drew last week's MPK winner.
08:36How you doing, man?
08:37What's going on, man?
08:38I got a tough draw going in the first round, and that's pretty much the end of the story.
08:43Did you look at it?
08:46I'm looking at it, and I'm trying to figure out what's wrong with it.
08:49It felt like I broke a blower, but it's not broke.
08:52Yeah, like it left good, and it was good until about 6 tenths, and it just quits.
08:59Like the motor didn't quit, the motor's running, but the motor's banging up against a rambler.
09:04Oh, okay.
09:06Okay.
09:07Well, the grudge match against John Odom, we broke the transmission.
09:15So left, it left hard, left straight, and the transmission gave out.
09:18Started banging off a rev limiter.
09:20He said it's just banging off the rev limiter.
09:22Yeah.
09:23Yeah.
09:24Yeah.
09:25Tranny.
09:26Okay, all right.
09:27All right, guys.
09:29We're gonna take the tranny out.
09:30Broke a transmission, and that grudge hit.
09:31We just needed to focus on our grade 8, and here I got greedy, and we actually broke the transmission, so we have an hour to put a new transmission in the car.
09:47We're gonna get started.
09:48Set it right here, guys.
09:49Just set it right here, guys.
09:58Just set it right here, guys.
10:03We broke a transmission, and that grudge hit, so we have an hour to put a new transmission in the car.
10:08We're gonna get started.
10:09I think we can change the tranny in an hour.
10:12All right.
10:14When you want a spare transmission, nothing comes exactly the way you have to have it, so all the changes we've made to this car, we've also made changes to transmission, so we had fittings that were wrong, we had plugs that were wrong, hoses that were wrong, so we had to steal everything off of the old transmission, put it on the spare.
10:35Have you changed bearings in it in a while?
10:37I have bearings.
10:38I guess I could yank it apart real quick, huh?
10:39You got somebody to put on it, and you probably can't even.
10:45Huh?
10:50What are you talking about?
10:57What about this one?
11:02This one's smaller, too.
11:04He was trying to get time, but I don't think they're gonna let him have time, so.
11:09I'm getting ready to get in my car and push up.
11:11Nate comes over here and says that his transmission's bad in his car, and he's trying to change it.
11:16Well, normally, that's a 20- or 30-minute job.
11:19I'll just wait and see what happens.
11:21Somebody get under there and help him push that up.
11:32Oh, Danny.
11:33It's up.
11:34OK.
11:36Where's he at?
11:37Heard something?
11:38Yeah.
11:39He broke the transmission, so I don't know.
11:48Mark.
11:49Realistically, how many more times do you need?
11:54Realistically, at least 20 or 30 minutes.
11:58Yeah.
11:59That's fine.
12:01Now you can take your time, guys.
12:04What's up?
12:05Yep.
12:06It sucks, but, I mean, there's no sense in crying over spilt milk.
12:11I mean, it's broke.
12:12I can't unbreak it.
12:13We have a spare.
12:14We're gonna get it put in the car.
12:15At the end of the day, my safety and the safety of the guy in the other lane's more important
12:18to me.
12:19Excuse me, guys.
12:20Excuse me.
12:21Sorry.
12:22And I can tell you this will be a learning lesson for me.
12:24We're gonna take those transmissions out, and they will have all the same fittings, all
12:31the same lines.
12:32So I can literally take one out and dump it in.
12:34If I could have done that, we wouldn't have spent a half an hour, 45 minutes swapping
12:37everything.
12:38We'd have made first round grade eights.
12:39Jeff.
12:40Jeff.
12:41No.
12:42I tried.
12:43I got 20 more minutes, so.
12:44That's right.
12:45I appreciate you getting the chance, anyways.
12:47I got it in.
12:48I just, there's no way I can get up here in time.
12:49We get up there.
12:50We wait in the stage and lands for 10 or 15 more minutes, and he finally pulls up and
12:52said, hey, man, I still got 20 or 30 minutes left.
12:53I'm not gonna make it.
12:54You're here to competition.
12:55No.
12:56No.
12:57No.
12:58No.
12:59No.
13:00No.
13:01No.
13:02No.
13:03No.
13:04No.
13:05No.
13:06No.
13:07No.
13:08No.
13:09No, no.
13:10No.
13:11No, no.
13:13No.
13:14No.
13:15No.
13:16All right, folks, here we go.
13:18Great eight.
13:19First round coming at you right now.
13:23Nick Kelly getting a break as Nate Sailor unable to make the call.
13:28So, Kai Kelly getting a bye run here in the first round.
13:35Kelly, nice pass there in the left lane, so he'll move on to the next round of the grade
14:03eight. Kai didn't wait for him? No, I don't think they were close either. I raced myself, but I didn't cross, I didn't red light, I done everything right, and the car went fast, so my team's on top of it, I'm on top of it, felt like I cut a good light. I feel confident going into the second round for the first time in three weeks. We tried something we wouldn't have tried, it took it, so it's going to make our car faster for the rest of the day, so it was all good. Luck.
14:33Starting off with luck. Luck's always good.
14:40Thank you so much.
14:41Can I get a picture of you?
14:45Can I get a picture of you?
14:47Can I get a picture of you?
14:49It's beautiful!
14:53This race, I actually feel a little bit better. The last race, I was not feeling so great. I was sleeping a whole lot, my treatments really knocked me down on my feet.
15:02But I kept going. Wasn't the greatest of a race for us in Ohio, but we're moving on to the next race. I feel confident, I think the car is going to make a really good run, so we just go up there and run our race.
15:14Hey, thank you guys.
15:17What?
15:18Did you get the grade A?
15:20Yes. I was in anyway, I was seven.
15:22Oh, you are.
15:23I got meat, and I got Lizzy.
15:24Man, we worry a lot about Lizzy, because she can run really good. She's just really salty, so she's also really good on the tree, and so I want to do my job just right. She's been killing it. She's won two races in a row. She's pretty badass, and then she got a little bit inconsistent, so we don't know which Lizzy Musi we're going to see. But if she runs good, it's going to be super tough.
15:43All right, next pair. This first round of the grade A over in the right lane, that is going to be Robin Roberts. Robin Roberts in the right lane going up against Lizzy Musi in the left.
16:12Robin Roberts in the left.
16:40Robin Roberts takes the win. Nice job. Robin on the tree, never looked back.
16:47I missed it by a hair on the tree, but not enough for him to, like, come out on me like he did. So he was definitely pulling ass. I was probably right there with him, but, like, a little past 60 foot, he was, like, pulling real hard, and he, like, stayed there, and I stayed where I was.
17:07I don't know. I don't know. Just sucks going out first round again. We've been having, it's been rough last two races, and I don't want to make it three.
17:15We still got imitational coming up, but we got to get a little bit faster, because, apparently, Robin's flying.
17:21Robin's flying. Good job, Robin. You're on it. Good job. Good race.
17:28Good race. Good race. Yep. See ya. Okay.
17:31Oh, .
17:37So I've been in two grade eights, and I've won them both, you know? So I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing right now, because in my mind, there's a lot of pressure on me to go out and do good again.
17:47Right now, we're sitting in fourth. We're still a long ways behind Kai, so at this point, we have to get points every grade eight if we're gonna catch Kai.
17:57I think I, yeah, I do gotta be pushed back. Here we go.
18:04Got it? Yeah.
18:07We have a little problem that we can't find. You know, I'm having a hard time right now balancing my life, if we're gonna be honest.
18:13A lot of people stayed and tested last week at Dragway 42, and I would have loved the opportunity to do that.
18:19But, you know, right now I'm struggling with being a full-time mom and a full-time racer, and I had to go home and watch my baby play baseball.
18:26And, you know, if I lose first round because I made that decision, then so be it. But I'm doing the best I can.
18:33All right, over in that right lane, backing up the Pro Charge Mustang, that is Miss Kayla Morton going up against Murder Nova.
18:52Murder Nova, Murder Nova there in the left lane, has won two grade eight events in a row, looking to make it three.
19:00Gonna have to get around Kayla Morton though first here in this first round.
19:05All right, over in that right lane, backing up the Pro Charge Mustang, that is Miss Kayla Morton going up against Murder Nova.
19:20Has won two grade eight events in a row, looking to make it three.
19:25Gonna have to get around Kayla Morton though first here in this first round.
19:30All right, over in that right lane, backing up the Pro Charge Mustang, that is Miss Kayla Morton going up against Murder Nova.
19:35Has won two grade eight events in a row, looking to make it three.
19:39Gonna have to get around Kayla Morton though first here in this first round.
19:45All right, Murder Nova gonna get the win there.
20:11Kayla Morton on a pass, but the car made a hard move across the center.
20:16That was abrupt.
20:18My God.
20:24I let go of the button, I looked over and of course Kayla's there.
20:28Her car 60 foot's really well, and it 330's really well.
20:32It was pretty neck and neck, then all of a sudden she fell back.
20:36I didn't know what happened.
20:37Are you okay?
20:38Yeah.
20:39What happened?
20:40Did you not make one?
20:41I took out all the cones and got crazy.
20:44Oh no.
20:45Dude, like, this thing is wild.
20:49You've been fighting this car for the past few rounds.
20:53She's just extremely temperamental right now, hard to control.
20:57Anyways, good job, babe.
20:58Good job.
20:59Y'all will figure it out.
21:01Mess.
21:02It's all good.
21:03This thing is just being a complete bitch, honestly.
21:06It's been that way since 42.
21:08I'm just having to drive it every pass and like, just not fun right now.
21:12But we'll figure it out.
21:13We'll get it back, get it up on the sands, look underneath, and then make a test pass.
21:18But Sean deserves that win for sure.
21:19But we were right with him until we weren't.
21:21I'm going to end up crashing this piece of .
21:25I want to roll it back and get the motor out of the sun and put this back on that side like we usually do.
21:33Hello?
21:34Will you do the shoots real quick?
21:36Please?
21:37I got to clean up all this .
21:40We're going to have to get on top of this car, make sure that, you know, everything's right, everything's ready.
21:51We slipped up a little bit last week, but the car's hauling ass.
21:55It feels good.
21:56So I feel like we can get a handle on it and haul ass here.
22:02All right.
22:03That's good.
22:04How's it feel?
22:05About 200, 250.
22:06Well, somewhere up through there.
22:07I felt that chatter, probably top of the first.
22:08Probably shatter a little.
22:09And then it started back strolling.
22:10And then, I don't know, the last 100 feet, it just calmed.
22:11It was calm.
22:12But it probably might have, I don't know.
22:13You probably, you know.
22:14I don't know if you had said it like that or not.
22:15But it's...
22:16Yeah, I was pretty conservative on the fuel and timing tune up on it, just to keep it alive.
22:19We've got to race all the way.
22:20We've got to race all the way.
22:21We've got to race all the way.
22:22We've got to race all the way.
22:23We've got to race all the way.
22:24I don't know if you had said it like that or not.
22:25But it's...
22:26Yeah, I was pretty conservative on the fuel and timing tune up on it, just to keep it alive.
22:31We've got to race all weekend.
22:32Yeah, no.
22:33It actually, I mean, it made a hell of a pass.
22:35Good.
22:36I told Sarah.
22:37I told Sarah.
22:38If I have to drive this truck the rest of the year, and we can go test her in a week,
22:41me, man.
22:42That pays off.
22:43It does.
22:44Yeah, no.
22:45For the whole car to be new and a different engine, rear end, converter, and then roll
22:50off the trailer and...
22:51Yeah.
22:52I'll take it.
22:53I'll take it.
22:54Racing Damon, you never know.
22:55The last time I raced him, I outran him the time before.
22:58He outran me, so we back and forth all season.
23:00Most of us have Hemis.
23:01He doesn't have a Hemi, so I give him props for making that car so fast without having
23:05to go to a Hemi.
23:06It's going to be tough.
23:16All right, folks.
23:17Last pair coming at you.
23:18That right lane, that's going to be Damon Merchant going up against Axeman.
23:22There at Roach.
23:23They're in the left lane.
23:25This will be the last pair of the Grade A first round.
23:45And Axeman takes the win.
23:55Nice pass from both cars, but Axeman moving on the next round.
24:00Nice job.
24:01Son of a bitch.
24:04I took my time getting in, grabbed the button.
24:07It rocked really hard, knocked out the salt ball.
24:10Let go of the button.
24:12Didn't go red at the 3.30 was ahead of him.
24:15He starts coming and clips me at the end.
24:18Damn, it's hard out here.
24:20These guys are fast, and we're losing by inches.
24:24So we're just going to have to do something to pick it up out back and, you know, stay
24:28out in front of these guys.
24:29It's that feeling when I let off the brake, and I don't see them.
24:33I don't hear them.
24:34And then, like, we're coming right up on the mile an hour cone.
24:38And it's like, I got this.
24:40And they just clip us at the end, man.
24:43That's...
24:44I don't know how many races we've lost like that this year.
24:47And I don't...
24:51But the thing is, like, it's hard.
24:54That's what I was saying down there.
24:55It's kind of hard to get all, you know, down about it.
25:01Because the car is running like .
25:03Everybody's just leaning on .
25:05It's go time.
25:08And that's...
25:10Maybe that's where our lack of experience in this is going to start hurting us.
25:14I don't know.
25:15I mean, I know we're competitive, but they're starting to really lay into their .
25:21Whoo!
25:24That was an awesome race.
25:26I mean, it's a great eight for a reason.
25:28Shoot.
25:29I'm just glad to move on to the next round.
25:31Hopefully...
25:32Hopefully I can take somebody out.
25:34I'm going to try anyway.
25:35Yeah, I seen it.
25:36Coming up to 3.30, I seen a little corner of my eyes.
25:38Like, uh-oh.
25:39And then, all of a sudden, I just see it.
25:41See you later.
25:42Pulled off from it.
25:46Hey, man.
25:47Made it out of first round.
25:48That's because you didn't draw a motor notebook.
25:50I know.
25:51I didn't draw a nobody.
25:52That's the only reason.
25:54I agree.
25:55All right.
25:56We're going to go ahead and start our grade eight semifinals drivers meeting, folks.
25:59We started with eight drivers.
26:00We are now down to four.
26:03First and foremost, Murder Nova still in the show.
26:07Got his win there in the first round.
26:09Murder Nova looking to make it three in a row for grade eight wins.
26:14Also, current grade eight points leader, Kai Kelly, still standing.
26:20Made it to the second round.
26:21Made it to the second round.
26:22Good job, Kai.
26:23It was a tough one.
26:24It was a tough race for you there.
26:25Man, that other lane was empty.
26:27But you made a good pass nonetheless.
26:29Unfortunately, Nate Sailor unable to get his car turned around after whatever he broke.
26:34So now, no free to win this round.
26:37As you got some tough competitors standing next to you.
26:39You got Axeman and Robin Roberts as well.
26:42Two very fast drivers.
26:44Well, hell, let's go ahead and draw chips.
26:47See who's racing who here in this semifinals round.
26:56My number one step up.
26:59Kai Kelly versus Axeman.
27:02Which means my second pair will be Robin Roberts versus Murder Nova.
27:09All right, y'all.
27:10You know who you're racing.
27:11You know what you got to do.
27:12Go back to the pits.
27:13Get your cars turned around.
27:14And bring them up here to the staging lanes.
27:16I don't want to draw none of y'all.
27:18I like that competition buy deal I got last round.
27:21That was nice.
27:22Yeah.
27:23So you got to race Axe?
27:28Yeah.
27:29He might take good passes.
27:30Yeah, me and Axeman decided we was going to stand by each other.
27:33So we wouldn't have to pick Murder Nova and Robin Roberts.
27:36And y'all picked each other?
27:37Yeah, they told us, man, y'all are full of .
27:39That ain't going to work.
27:40It worked.
27:41We wanted to race each other.
27:43I feel like we got a better chance with us than them two, fat .
27:47Think right before the storm, man.
27:51What do you think, Motor Man?
27:53We're ready.
27:54So all season, Kyle's been killing it with the Jangalang.
27:57I mean, he's been hurting everyone's feelings.
28:00But last race or so, Jangalang's been breaking parts.
28:03He popped the blower.
28:04I mean, it's just been part failure about every time takes him out of the race.
28:09But still, I'm not going to underestimate him because I know he's going to have that hot rod turned up to try to pit me out.
28:15So he did make a good lick in the left lane?
28:17Yeah.
28:18So he's been in the left lane, what, twice?
28:20Three times?
28:22Yeah, dang.
28:23You got to be used to that lane.
28:24Kyle's number one in the grade eight.
28:26I'm number three.
28:27He's about 20 points ahead of me.
28:28So if I can take him out, that's just another point or two I can pull off.
28:31And if I can pull the wind off, hey, two winds and I've tied him.
28:36So that's actually the game plan.
28:50Great eight semifinal starts now.
28:52We've got two pairs here.
28:54First pair coming at you right now over in the right lane.
28:56That is going to be Axeman.
28:58Larry Roach, Axeman there in the right lane.
29:01Back in the game changer Mustang up.
29:03And in the left lane, that will be Kai Kelly.
29:06Driving that Regal current points leader in the grade eight.
29:28And Axeman will take the win.
29:31Kai Kelly breaks the blower belt right on the hit.
29:37What the is that, man?
29:41Whew!
29:43That feels a lot better.
29:46So me and Kai rolled in.
29:47I knew I was going to have my hands full.
29:49Light turned green, I turned loose that trans brake,
29:51and the game changer set me back.
29:53I said, dang!
29:54I get to the finish line, roll around.
29:56I was amazed at how fast the car ran.
29:58I got to looking, there was no Kai.
30:00Then when everyone rolled up, I said, what happened to Kai?
30:02They said he broke a belt on the starting line.
30:04So the race was wrong right there.
30:08Damn.
30:09Sucks, man.
30:11I can understand that we was running them bitches 20 runs
30:13or something, but that sucks.
30:14That's interesting.
30:15Yeah.
30:16When you buy a box of blower belts, you're supposed to get 12 passes
30:20out of a blower at a minimum.
30:23And the first belt we put on, it broke at like seven passes.
30:27The second belt shredded in half at like six passes.
30:31And then that one just broke at nine passes.
30:34So we're going to take that box of belts and the whole box,
30:37because that's stupid, man.
30:39A $250 belt costs you 10 grand, you know?
30:43I really felt like I had an opportunity to be in the finals
30:46tonight, and then some dumb like that.
30:48I hate that.
30:50That is the hardest way to lose.
30:52I might probably put some used ones in there.
30:59Got that brand new box, man.
31:00Yeah.
31:04Hey, Brian.
31:05Can I set the torque wrench up?
31:08105.
31:10Man, I drew Murder Nova for the semifinals.
31:13What a badass.
31:14He's won two in a row.
31:15He was in the finals last week in the Invitational.
31:17Like, he's just on a roll.
31:19This is going to be tough.
31:20Should be good.
31:21I put one flat, and that ARB made it longer.
31:26See how that works.
31:27Hopefully it takes away that little...
31:30Right here.
31:31Right off the head, it just takes a little left move,
31:34and let's see if we can get rid of that.
31:35I think our cars are quite similar.
31:38I mean, we've both got ProLine MH7s, so there's so much to say.
31:42There's a lot of parity here.
31:43Our runs are neck and neck, and so let's just see.
31:55All right.
31:56I'm going to go ahead and get in.
31:57All right.
31:58We went up, and we draw Robin Roberts.
32:00You know, we've been here before.
32:02What the **** do you know?
32:05I raced Robin in the last grade eight,
32:07and it was actually the first time we ever outran him.
32:09Everybody said he made a killer pass on his first one,
32:12but, you know, every car up here is fast,
32:15and got to take them out one at a time.
32:17All right, folks, last pair here in this great eight semifinals
32:29over in the right lane.
32:30That is going to be Robin Roberts.
32:31Robin Roberts backing up that blue Firebird there in the right lane,
32:36and his competitor over in the left lane.
32:38That is going to be Murder Nova.
32:40Murder Nova in the left lane looking to make it three in a row.
32:44And Robin Roberts gets the win.
33:12So your grade eight finals will be Robin Roberts versus Axeman.
33:19That was a good race, dude.
33:21That was a killer race, man.
33:22My God.
33:23Nice job, brother.
33:24That light was long as ****, wasn't it?
33:27Holy ****.
33:28It was a nice job, man.
33:29Hey, that **** was next, dude.
33:32You did awesome.
33:33I feel like I made a pretty good one,
33:34and I wasn't catching you.
33:35Is that right?
33:36Yeah.
33:37Yeah, you made a good lick.
33:38No doubt about it, man.
33:39Appreciate it, man.
33:40The light was long.
33:42I see a flicker green, and I'm off.
33:45So we're rolling out, and we just edged him at about 60,
33:47and it just stayed there the whole way.
33:49And I quit paying attention because I wanted to go straight as an arrow.
33:52I knew if we faltered or moved at all, he'd be around us.
33:54And I thought he'd have a top-end charge.
33:57Just quite didn't have enough, and we got lucky.
33:59I mean, it's big to beat him because he's on such a roll.
34:01For us, though, to get into the finals of this grade eight,
34:03I just wanted to be in the grade eight.
34:05Now we're in the finals of the grade eight.
34:06Now we're going to win it.
34:07Every dumb thing?
34:08Every dumb thing?
34:09Did you tighten the loose nut behind the wheel?
34:11I was like, what am I doing?
34:12Maybe.
34:13To lose the nut behind the wheel.
34:15It always gets us.
34:16Every dumb thing.
34:17Every dumb thing?
34:18Every dumb thing.
34:19Did you tighten the loose nut behind the wheel?
34:20I was like, what am I doing?
34:21I was like, what am I doing?
34:22Maybe.
34:23The loose nut behind the wheel is always what gets us.
34:26Every dumb thing.
34:28I don't know.
34:29It's been pretty tight so far, so.
34:30Yeah, it's done good today.
34:31Yeah, yeah, yeah.
34:32It's on the level.
34:33It's so hard.
34:34Then when you do that, that's when something little, you know?
34:37Yeah, right.
34:38It changed every grade.
34:40Hey, last week we got, well, this is doing something different,
34:43so it'll be good.
34:44No, it's good.
34:45It's good.
34:46We're okay.
34:47It's fine.
34:48It's our weekend.
34:49It's our weekend.
34:50It's our weekend.
34:59Hello, Mr. Gates.
35:00Hi, man.
35:01I like the way you wake up your crew.
35:03I just saw that video.
35:04Yeah.
35:05Always.
35:06Gotta get them in, you know, the mood, man.
35:08Quit laying around being late.
35:10It's time to get it.
35:11Oh, my God.
35:12That's gotta be on that intro to one of the shows.
35:15He got no shirt on and his toenails are painted red.
35:16Yeah.
35:17Yeah.
35:18Yeah.
35:19It's time to get it.
35:20Yeah.
35:21Yeah.
35:22Yeah.
35:23Yeah.
35:24Yeah.
35:25It's time to get it.
35:26It's time to get it.
35:27Yeah.
35:28It's time to get it.
35:29We're gonna go ahead and do our great eight finals driver's meeting.
35:33We started with eight.
35:34We are now down to two.
35:35Yeah.
35:36Our two drivers are Robin Roberts and Axeman gonna race for $10,000.
35:41Here we go.
35:43Winner gets $10,000 and 10 points towards the individual championship, which, as you know,
35:50at the end of the season, the driver with the most points gets $100,000.
35:55So a lot of money.
35:56Yeah.
35:57Yeah.
35:58Yeah.
35:59Yeah.
36:00Yeah.
36:01Yeah.
36:02Yeah.
36:03Yeah.
36:04Yeah.
36:05Yeah.
36:06Yeah.
36:07Yeah.
36:08Yeah.
36:09Yeah.
36:10Yeah.
36:11So a lot of money there for that.
36:14What we're gonna do here is we're gonna have a coin toss to decide who gets lane choice.
36:17Robin Roberts, call in the air, sir.
36:19Heads.
36:20Heads is the call.
36:21It is Tails Axeman's lane.
36:24You gonna let him know?
36:25Yeah, definitely.
36:26All right.
36:27So Axeman's gonna let Robin Roberts know.
36:28All right, folks.
36:29These two drivers are gonna put on a show for $10,000.
36:31I hear you.
36:32Make some noise for Robin Roberts and Axeman.
36:34Good luck, Robin.
36:36But most likely is gonna be left.
36:37I'm just saying.
36:38Hey, the lane up.
36:39Okay.
36:40That's fine.
36:41Next way.
36:42Next way.
36:46How you doing, man?
36:47I'm good.
36:48I'm good, brother.
36:49I'm good, brother.
36:50You never know about this though, man.
36:54These guys are so fast, man.
36:56They are real.
36:57I would believe these cars run that fast.
37:00It's blowing my mind.
37:06Just do your thing, baby.
37:07Yeah.
37:08With the finish line.
37:09Okay?
37:10Tell Alan right.
37:11Yeah.
37:12Same thing you did last time.
37:13Just look at the finish line.
37:14Yep.
37:15Man, I drew Axeman.
37:18Like, I haven't wanted to win anything like this in a long time.
37:22We've kind of just edged at it this year and I've been on the edge in Tulsa and things like that.
37:26Now it's our time.
37:27Now it's our time.
37:28All right, folks, here we go.
37:40Grade 8 Finals.
37:41Over in the right lane.
37:42Backing up that Blue Firebird.
37:43That is Robin Roberts.
37:44And in the left lane.
37:45Driving the game changer.
37:46Pro-charged Mustang.
37:47That is Axeman.
37:48Axeman versus Robin Roberts.
37:4910,000 to win right here, right now on this Maple Grove surface.
38:02I will see you on the right lane.
38:03On this Maple Grove surface.
38:04Kind of, in the right lane.
38:09I will see you on the right lane.
38:10And Robin Roberts gets the win.
38:36Robin Roberts is your winner for the grade eight tonight.
38:40$10,000 richer, and 10 points towards the individual championship.
38:45Yeah, yeah, it's all right.
38:51So me and Robin, we left out of there.
38:55I didn't see it.
38:56My car starts moving to the left just a little.
38:57I tried to correct, but it kept pulling left, left, left.
39:00First time in my life I ever seen the wall and thought I could drive down it.
39:04So I said, I'm not letting out.
39:05Usually I lift it.
39:06So I just held my foot in the floor, and all of a sudden I put the car and come back to the right.
39:09It's all the way off the wall.
39:12I come off the throttle, the throttle was stuck.
39:14I said, oh, man.
39:15I go from one death trap straight to the next.
39:17I get out, and we had a battle wound here before, like riding in a trailer.
39:22But then I started looking closer, and you could tell where it hit the wall here, here, here.
39:27So I actually did hit the wall.
39:29I didn't really think I did.
39:30I can't believe it didn't hit the headers, though.
39:32So you can get the back in.
39:33Oh, the back in?
39:35It's just a back split.
39:36You've been driving.
39:37As far as we know, we've got to check out why the throttle is hanging.
39:42But that's part of racing.
39:48Yeah!
39:50Man, I'm so excited.
39:51Like, we've been looking forward to this.
39:53We've been trying to just get in the grade 8 and stay there.
39:55We thought we could win some, but we could get in, and here we are.
39:59That just happened.
40:00Like, I can't believe it, but it just happened.
40:03Yeah, guys.
40:06Just winning in this grade 8 is so incredibly difficult.
40:09There are eight of the best.
40:10Eight of your top points.
40:12They're the best, and there's no round that's easy.
40:14It's hard to get through this deal.
40:15This is probably the toughest.
40:16It's tougher to win in the Invitational.
40:17You might get a lucky round in the Invitational.
40:19There's no lucky round in this group, and we just won it.
40:24Oh!
40:25Yeah!
40:26Let's get a sip, baby!
40:28Woo!
40:29Let's go, Robin!
40:31Rock and roll.
40:34And that's it for the grade 8 here at Maple Grove Raceway.
40:38Robin Roberts won his first individual event of the year and is taking home $10,000 and adding 10 points to his overall total.
40:47That gives Robin 13 points, but he has a long way to go to catch Kai Kelly.
40:52He was in the lead with 50 points.
40:57Next time.
40:58Kai, you may be in the lead right now.
41:02That might not be the case much longer.
41:04Y'all have messed up thoroughly because you have let Ryan Martin into the grade 8.
41:09So with you even being in this meeting, Kai Kelly right now is very nervous.
41:13I can tell.
41:13Still number one in points.
41:15I've been sucking the last three grade 8s, so I'm trying to turn my luck around here.
41:19I'm trying to turn my luck around here.
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