Street Outlaws No Prep Kings S06E12

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00:00:00Last week at Maple Grove Raceway in Pennsylvania.

00:00:05All right, so Jim Howell gets the win, Kai Kelly goes red.

00:00:09He wasn't a grown man, he just cried.

00:00:11Or drive off the end of the racetrack.

00:00:14All of the racers on Team Kai were out by round two.

00:00:17Here's your chance to make a comeback.

00:00:20That gave other teams the chance to go some rounds and close the gap.

00:00:25And boy, did they.

00:00:26The biggest win went to Ryan Martin, who won his first invitational race of the season.

00:00:34Woo!

00:00:36Congratulations, Ryan Martin and his team.

00:00:39There you go, brother, you turned it.

00:00:41He moved his team back into third place, just 140 points out of first.

00:00:46But with four events left, it's still anyone's championship.

00:00:53Here we go!

00:00:56Michigan.

00:01:06How y'all doing today?

00:01:08Woo!

00:01:10A little damp?

00:01:11A little damp?

00:01:12Yeah.

00:01:13Hey, look, we're going to be dodging this stuff all day long, y'all.

00:01:16But look, I will tell you one thing.

00:01:18We're going to try our best to get this track dry.

00:01:20If a little shower comes through, we'll turn around and try to get it dry the moment it stops raining.

00:01:26But now we're going to go ahead and try to get started, get some racing in, and try to beat this weather.

00:01:31We are here today at U.S. 131 in Michigan.

00:01:36This is the first time for us at this track.

00:01:39With the weather being kind of weird, cold and wet, what it does for the drivers is they'll make a pass and they get data,

00:01:46and then the track conditions can change completely when it rains.

00:01:50They have to come back, wait for the track to dry.

00:01:52All that data they got is now gone.

00:01:55It's useless.

00:01:56We're getting a late start today because of the rain, which may mean we only get through the first round of racing tonight,

00:02:03and we'll have to come back and finish tomorrow.

00:02:07Yeah, Ryan Martin, winner of last week's event, got his first invitational win of the season.

00:02:14Comeback starts now.

00:02:16That's right.

00:02:17That's right.

00:02:18Right now.

00:02:19Coming into this race, Kai Kelly is still sitting number one in points,

00:02:22but for the last three weeks, they have struggled.

00:02:26And as we're getting closer to the end of the season,

00:02:28it sounds like all of the captains have spent a lot of time on the phone this week

00:02:32working out potential trades and deals of all kinds.

00:02:38There's a couple of teams that know they don't have a shot at winning.

00:02:42Yep.

00:02:42And, you know, every team's got a couple of decent guys in it.

00:02:45You know, and then after that it goes, you know.

00:02:47Yep.

00:02:47You know.

00:02:48And so they're talking about getting rid of their number one and number two picks

00:02:52to hire up teams for money.

00:02:56Politicking.

00:02:57Politicking.

00:02:58Politicking.

00:02:59We made some decisions to make some trades.

00:03:02Due to the performance of our team, our team has been on a spiral going down.

00:03:06We got two guys who've been killing it for us all year.

00:03:10Nathan and Damon, these guys deserve an opportunity to win a championship,

00:03:14but a hot commodity right now, man.

00:03:15I'm auctioning them off.

00:03:16We got the deal pretty close.

00:03:18These guys want an opportunity to win,

00:03:20and I gave them an opportunity to pick the team they wanted to go to.

00:03:24All right, fellas, so I got some pretty good news.

00:03:26Buddy called me and said that he realizes that his team ain't got a shot at the championship,

00:03:31and he wanted to sell us Damon Merchant.

00:03:35What's the bid?

00:03:36We bidding it or what?

00:03:37What's the bid?

00:03:3710 grand and ranking.

00:03:39Worked his ass off the whole year.

00:03:41The guy's put in the work.

00:03:42He's done a lot, but he just couldn't get off that struggle bus right now.

00:03:45Man, this ain't friendship.

00:03:48It's business.

00:03:48We got to do what we got to do.

00:03:50Pretty much halfway through this season already,

00:03:53I was already talking to Buddy about possibly trying to get Damon Merchant.

00:03:56I hope y'all are in, because I already told him yes.

00:03:59He named a price.

00:04:00It was $10,000, and I immediately told him, hell yeah, we want to do it.

00:04:05I did hear some more things.

00:04:06I don't know if they're true, but I heard Ryan may or may not have bought Nate Sailor,

00:04:11which is a weapon right now.

00:04:18Are you buying anybody?

00:04:20I might.

00:04:20I mean, you might as well.

00:04:22I might buy somebody today.

00:04:22Must be a thing to do here.

00:04:23I might buy somebody today.

00:04:25You can just buy people.

00:04:26This is the last event before the points and a half starts, and if there's any moves to

00:04:31be made, now is the time if you think you're going to make a push.

00:04:34That being said, I've got to make smart moves for my team to try to strategically get out

00:04:40of this championship, and so I got a phone call from Bodhi.

00:04:43Bodhi's got two hot commodities.

00:04:44Nate's car's fast.

00:04:45He wants to be on our team.

00:04:46It's going to take a little bit of money.

00:04:48It's going to be interesting today.

00:04:49Yeah, you know how this go.

00:04:55Everybody got knives.

00:05:00So last week when Bodhi called me wanting to sell Nate and Damon, I actually had told

00:05:06him that I would take both of them for the money he was asking for them.

00:05:10Nate, he called Ryan, actually got Ryan to buy him.

00:05:15Damon, we went back and forth, back and forth, and I thought all was good.

00:05:19Like, I thought Damon was coming out of my team, and it was going to be great.

00:05:22I almost feel like I got a knife in my back.

00:05:25Hey.

00:05:26You've got to take the best shot at winning this championship.

00:05:31Coming up, you look at the coming up races a lot, Lizzie's going to run good there.

00:05:35Kyle's going to run a test there a lot.

00:05:38It's going to be a good race for them.

00:05:39Still Alabama's going to be a good race for Ryan.

00:05:42Texas is where it's like, it's any man's game at Texas, I think.

00:05:47Was Ryan trying to get you too?

00:05:49Uh, we talked, he talked a little bit.

00:05:51He got, I think he got Nate.

00:05:53Huh?

00:05:53He got Nate.

00:05:58What's up?

00:05:59That's why I'm glad I'm on the bottom part of the ladder.

00:06:02There's nothing wrong with me.

00:06:03You look like you're upset.

00:06:04I'm not upset.

00:06:05Are you okay?

00:06:06Are you upset?

00:06:07No.

00:06:08Do I have a reason to be upset?

00:06:09I could be, I guess.

00:06:10I don't know.

00:06:10Am I, should I be upset?

00:06:12You should wake up in a happy mood.

00:06:13Why?

00:06:14You should.

00:06:15I didn't know he's waking up angry.

00:06:17Nope.

00:06:19I know, you just look like you had a, like a, like a face frown.

00:06:21Uh-uh.

00:06:21Uh-uh, I'm good.

00:06:25All right, guys, this is the captain's meeting.

00:06:27As you know, this is where you can make changes to your team.

00:06:29So we're going to start at the bottom.

00:06:31I mean, it's not the bottom, sorry.

00:06:32We're going to start with the team that has the most opportunity to do well.

00:06:37Yes.

00:06:38Dean.

00:06:38Yeah, no change.

00:06:39Really?

00:06:39No change.

00:06:40Okay, I like it.

00:06:40I got faith in my guys.

00:06:41One of these days, we're going to pull through.

00:06:43Murillo.

00:06:43Yes.

00:06:44Any changes?

00:06:45Man, you know what?

00:06:45We're doing so good right now, I'd hate to mess it up.

00:06:50Y'all are just a well-oiled machine over there.

00:06:53So no changes.

00:06:54Yeah, we're good.

00:06:54Keeping it where it's at.

00:06:55Status quo.

00:06:55Yes, sir.

00:06:55Swanstrom.

00:06:57Changes.

00:06:58I found out this week my money doesn't go as long as some others, so.

00:07:02Oh.

00:07:03It's all right.

00:07:03What happened?

00:07:04I don't know.

00:07:04I'm going to stay because there's no trade there.

00:07:08Got it.

00:07:09Uh, Bodie.

00:07:11I tell you what, we're going to make a lot of changes over here today.

00:07:14First.

00:07:15What?

00:07:16Yeah, the first change I'm going to make is I'm going to put myself back in for Tim Brown.

00:07:20Like it.

00:07:21I'm also going to make a major trade with my two top guys.

00:07:25Okay.

00:07:28So who are you starting with?

00:07:30First, I'll start here with Kai Kelly.

00:07:33What's going on here?

00:07:34Uh, you was talking about negotiating.

00:07:37Uh, I got Damon.

00:07:40He wanted to go to your team.

00:07:42You was going to bring me back over Rankin and a couple extra dollars.

00:07:47Ooh.

00:07:49Say no more.

00:07:50$10,000.

00:07:51Wait a minute.

00:07:52Time out.

00:07:53Wait, time out.

00:07:54$10,000.

00:07:55Trading Damon for Rankin was huge for us because Rankin's been struggling.

00:07:58When it does make a pass, it's fast.

00:07:59But to win these deals, you've got to be consistent.

00:08:01And you've got to be consistent every single week with no breaks.

00:08:04For now, he's just not consistent enough for us to win the championship.

00:08:07And Damon is.

00:08:08It's business and it's $200,000.

00:08:10I hate it for Rankin, but I've got to do it.

00:08:13Rankin, please do not take offense to this.

00:08:15But you just traded Damon Merchant for Chris Rankin.

00:08:19And $10,000.

00:08:20I get a lot of credit.

00:08:21I'm the great GM because everybody had the opportunity to pick these guys and they didn't.

00:08:25Yeah, that's right.

00:08:25So I GMed these guys and I got them here and they showed me that they was worth every dime

00:08:30of it.

00:08:30So this is what I get in return.

00:08:31And we're not done.

00:08:32We're not done.

00:08:33Oh, you're not.

00:08:33You got more trades.

00:08:34Wow.

00:08:34Okay.

00:08:35What else you got?

00:08:36The next trade we got.

00:08:37Blockbuster trade.

00:08:38It's Nate Saylor.

00:08:39We working a deal with Ryan Martin.

00:08:41Yeah.

00:08:41For who?

00:08:45For Jerry, unfortunately.

00:08:47The Bird Boys.

00:08:48Oh, that's what you think, Yabima?

00:08:51And you know, I wasn't going to do this, but then I heard Kai was going to do it.

00:08:56Damon's a heavy hitter.

00:08:57He's one of the fastest cars here.

00:08:58Obviously, top five for sure.

00:09:00So to go get this championship, it's going to be tough to try to get there without having

00:09:04an equal team.

00:09:05I need people that are going to be heavy hitters.

00:09:09Odie put up Nate Saylor.

00:09:10It was a $10,000 purchase.

00:09:11I talked it out with my team.

00:09:13We split it up four ways.

00:09:14It was $2,500 a piece.

00:09:16We thought of it as a very cheap investment to possibly guarantee us another driver to

00:09:21collect points for us to go get that championship.

00:09:24Did you already have the money wired to you?

00:09:26Or is it in cash?

00:09:26Or what's going on with that?

00:09:27You know I'm good for it.

00:09:29Yeah, yeah.

00:09:29Ryan's murder.

00:09:30Yeah, yeah.

00:09:31I'm good for it.

00:09:31I'd also like to point out that I'm sure Team Dave and Murder Nova maybe are not exactly

00:09:36happy with the trades because that just kind of sets them back as well.

00:09:39It makes it harder for them to win the championship as well.

00:09:41It's kind of stacking the teams, you know?

00:09:43Set me back.

00:09:45All right.

00:09:46Is that it?

00:09:46Yes, sir.

00:09:47All right.

00:09:48Murder Nova.

00:09:49Yes.

00:09:49I ain't got 10 grand, so.

00:09:53It looks like I'm sticking with my guys.

00:09:56Yeah.

00:09:57Okay.

00:09:58All right, guys.

00:09:59Well, there you have it.

00:10:00That's the captain's meeting.

00:10:02All right.

00:10:02Let's do it.

00:10:03You know what you got to do.

00:10:03Good deal.

00:10:04All right.

00:10:05Team Kai getting another heavy hitter onto a team that is already sitting in first place.

00:10:10And then you've got Team Ryan Martin, who is also getting an extremely fast driver.

00:10:17Moving up, huh?

00:10:17I'm just going to keep doing what I've been doing.

00:10:20That's right.

00:10:21Oh.

00:10:22This will put a lot of pressure on Damon and Nate to really perform for their teams

00:10:28because these captains made these moves to try to win that team championship.

00:10:34What do you think about the team deal?

00:10:39I don't mind it.

00:10:40It helps y'all.

00:10:41But at the same time, the way he did it.

00:10:43Yeah.

00:10:44You know, I got to him last night.

00:10:47I said, I'll probably be the next one to go.

00:10:49I said, but I'd rather kind of be anywhere than with a snake.

00:10:54We still had a chance.

00:10:56We weren't out.

00:10:57You know what I'm saying?

00:10:57That's what I kind of said, too.

00:10:58Me and Nate talked about that.

00:11:00We still had a chance for the championship.

00:11:01We weren't out.

00:11:03But all that benefited was his pocket.

00:11:06That's it.

00:11:07And then he threw up in my face.

00:11:08Oh, well, I didn't have to pick you.

00:11:11You ain't done for the team.

00:11:14You ain't got a point.

00:11:15You ain't went a round.

00:11:17But you want to take all the money in your pocket and sell out on your people?

00:11:21That ain't no captain.

00:11:22That's chicken.

00:11:29All right.

00:11:29Well, folks, we are now going to move into the Invitational Round 1 Drivers Meeting, folks.

00:11:37This is the main event for the weekend.

00:11:40This is the class where 32 drivers battle it out for $40,000.

00:11:45It seems like those trades really opened the floodgates for other team captains to try to make some moves.

00:11:51I said no.

00:11:51I said you've worked more than five.

00:11:53He just don't like you, man.

00:11:54He don't like you.

00:11:55He thinks he can't win a championship.

00:11:58He don't want you to.

00:11:59He can't either.

00:12:00That's where we're at with Mike right now.

00:12:02That's the type of guy Mike is.

00:12:04You had Sean trying to get Mike Murillo to trade Scott Taylor for $5,000.

00:12:10But for some reason, Murillo is not down with that.

00:12:13He's trying to go from fourth to third.

00:12:15Yeah.

00:12:15But he's not getting his paper right.

00:12:17How much paper is it going to take?

00:12:18$10,000.

00:12:19$10,000.

00:12:20You're good for it, right?

00:12:21That's what the going...

00:12:22I guess that's what top-tier people go for.

00:12:25Are you talking about Ryan?

00:12:27Oh, wow.

00:12:28Damn.

00:12:30Oh, wow.

00:12:31Damn.

00:12:33Hey.

00:12:35Wow.

00:12:36We just recovered.

00:12:37I love you, man.

00:12:38All right.

00:12:39Well, look, Sean.

00:12:39It looks like Murillo is not going to crack yet.

00:12:42We'll try next week, buddy.

00:12:43Sorry.

00:12:43And now, after all the successful and unsuccessful trading, plus our race your way in, the 32-car field is set.

00:12:54Since he auctioned off two of his team members, Bodie only has two drivers in the Invitational today.

00:12:59But Kai's and Ryan's investments are really paying off, as they each have all five racers in, unlike Dave, who only has four.

00:13:07We'll go ahead and get the bucket here.

00:13:10We'll draw out of this bucket real quick.

00:13:12All right.

00:13:14You son of a...

00:13:16You were looking at that.

00:13:17I was trying to get a mix of...

00:13:18If anyone asks me, I think you're worth $10,000.

00:13:22Thank you, bud.

00:13:23You're welcome.

00:13:24In the first round here in Michigan, eight teammates drew each other.

00:13:29You got Chuck 55 going up against B-Rat.

00:13:31Sean had four racers coming in to this race.

00:13:34Unfortunately, this guarantees that he'll have, at the most, three racers continuing on after this first round.

00:13:40Then, the race that everyone's got their eye on, it is a rematch between Kai Kelly and Lizzie Musi.

00:13:46Those two are the heaviest hitters on their team.

00:13:49Plus, you factor in the history they have between each other, this is going to be a good one.

00:13:55Then, you have Robin Roberts versus Ryan Martin.

00:13:58Again, two of the heaviest hitters on their team.

00:14:01And, for Ryan Martin, who's trying to get to the top, he needs all of his strongest racers to stay in as long as possible.

00:14:09Finally, you have Dave himself going up against Paige Coughlin.

00:14:13Paige has been trying to prove herself all season long.

00:14:16And Dave is the captain of the team.

00:14:19Which means there'll be a lot of pressure for Paige and Dave to get the win.

00:14:24So, I think you're in a better position now.

00:14:26I do, too.

00:14:27I mean, for sure now, but Dave is really wanting to make a run.

00:14:33All right, folks.

00:14:34First pair here in the Invitational first round.

00:14:37Got Rich Bruder going up against Jim Howe.

00:14:40It's a rematch from last weekend.

00:14:43Here we are, US 131.

00:14:45What a crazy day.

00:14:46Rain on and off, getting cold out.

00:14:49Go up there for Invitational chip draw, we draw Jim Howe.

00:14:52It's going to be a rematch from the last race.

00:14:53We went up there third round last race, went up there, we had a problem with the car.

00:14:57We, uh, after that race, we went to a dyno, dynoed the car a little bit, got it back where it should be.

00:15:03And it's running strong today.

00:15:04Damn, somebody's on some sticker tires.

00:15:18Holy...

00:15:19So, we're here in basically my hometown.

00:15:24We're in Martin, Michigan.

00:15:25I grew up racing here for two days.

00:15:27That's all it's done is rain, rain, rain, rain, rain.

00:15:29The sun finally came out this afternoon.

00:15:30I do not like racing in the winter weather, and that's what this is.

00:15:34You know, it's no prep racing, and this is what it is.

00:15:37It's what makes this sport and this particular series such an interesting deal.

00:15:41That's why we've seen so many different winters all year.

00:15:43And Rich Bruder takes the win.

00:16:07Rich Bruder moving on to the next round of the Invitational Class.

00:16:13All right, next pair coming at you right now.

00:16:15We got Brandon James going up against Kayla Morton.

00:16:18We are getting ready for today, and Dave and Kai kind of went after Damon, and he chose to go with Kai.

00:16:38So, we just need to use that as drive and, you know, a fire lit under our ass to do better.

00:16:44If you don't want to be on our team, then we're going to show you that you made a mistake.

00:16:47And Kayla Morton takes the win there.

00:17:05Brandon James getting all kinds of sideways over there in the left lane.

00:17:13Woo!

00:17:13The right lane was a little more sketch.

00:17:16Up top, man, it was a little shaky.

00:17:18It was all over the place, but I am glad that we drew that lane, and now we have some data in both lanes,

00:17:22and I'm just hoping to keep this momentum going.

00:17:24There's something to be said about winning five times in a row, and hopefully we can just keep that up.

00:17:30I was driving.

00:17:31Mine drove to the center upheld, and I'm about wrecking.

00:17:33Did you really?

00:17:34Damn, that track is just so cold now.

00:17:38Yeah, it is.

00:17:39Good job.

00:17:39Thanks, Brandon.

00:17:40Good luck, Ma.

00:17:40Appreciate you.

00:17:42Next pair, coming at you right now.

00:17:44We got Clay Cole going up against Scott Scooter Taylor.

00:17:53So, I went up and drew Chip today for round one of the Invitational.

00:17:56I drew Scott Taylor.

00:17:58I've not raced Scott yet, so it ought to be an interesting race.

00:18:00So, round one's a little bit different today.

00:18:05We've had Mother Nature against us all weekend, unfortunately.

00:18:13It's a little cooler out, so it's definitely going to be tricky, and you're going to have to be on your A-game for sure to get down this track.

00:18:19What's wrong?

00:18:30It's a trans break.

00:18:32It ain't clicking.

00:18:33Looks like Scott Taylor having issues out there stuck.

00:18:38Not backing up.

00:18:39Jiggle right there.

00:18:41Right here?

00:18:41Yeah.

00:18:42Mike Murillo, team captain, needs to get out there and figure out what's going on with his teammate, Scott Taylor.

00:18:48Put him on the clock!

00:18:50He's got it.

00:18:50Are you going to put him on the clock?

00:18:53Yeah!

00:18:53All right, so Clay Cole has put Scott Taylor on a two-minute clock.

00:18:57Oh, my.

00:18:58See it broke anywhere?

00:18:59I don't see anything.

00:19:01Oh, yep, right there.

00:19:02Can you shove it back?

00:19:08You don't get it?

00:19:09Oh, it ain't my team.

00:19:11I don't give a .

00:19:11One minute has surpassed.

00:19:15Y'all push me back.

00:19:16I'm going to try it.

00:19:16Maybe it goes red or something.

00:19:19Put him in.

00:19:20Man, Clay, if you don't give him extra time, that's sorry.

00:19:24All right, so got about ten seconds.

00:19:31Nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, one.

00:19:39He's almost got it.

00:19:40He's almost got it.

00:19:41That is two minutes.

00:19:43Two minutes has surpassed.

00:19:50All right, so Clay Cole will take the win in the...

00:19:54peddling over there in that right lane.

00:19:56Scott Taylor has something happen there right on the hill.

00:19:58Damn.

00:19:58Does not make the pass.

00:20:01We had a wire brake on the trans brake on the dash.

00:20:05We had a wire brake on the dash, and we just needed a few minutes to fix it.

00:20:33He didn't want to give no extra time.

00:20:34I know that Clay Cole is not going to give anybody one second to actually get a drag race.

00:20:39We know that.

00:20:40We established that.

00:20:41So in the future, anybody, you know, goes up against Clay and he has a problem, he ain't

00:20:46going to give you time.

00:20:46So you got that stuck in the back of your mind.

00:20:49What happened, brother?

00:20:50Tie, a trans brake wouldn't work.

00:20:51I just, it ain't just ain't meant to be right now.

00:20:53Oh, man, I'm sorry.

00:20:54Oh, good, man.

00:20:54I didn't put you on the clock, my guy did, I'm sorry.

00:20:56No, you're fine.

00:20:57I don't know if you could have got it fixed or not.

00:20:59It's all good.

00:21:00It's good?

00:21:00Yep.

00:21:01I think we had one of the fastest cars on the property tonight, and a wire, you know,

00:21:05one wire broke, and I thought that maybe, you know, the testing and stuff had paid off.

00:21:11We do really good when the track's not great.

00:21:13That's, that's our specialty.

00:21:15We're in the biggest slump we've ever been in, but there ain't been one way to get out of it,

00:21:18let's keep digging.

00:21:18Man, you lay down in a slump, you get covered up.

00:21:22We ain't gonna lay down.

00:21:25All right, folks, next pair.

00:21:27That is gonna be David Gates going up against Murder Nova.

00:21:31Man, I'm gonna have to go up here and race my buddy Sean, Murder Nova.

00:21:36I'm gonna try to get that win, put him on the trailer.

00:21:42Man, we're starting to go into these points and a half.

00:21:45We got a shot.

00:21:46We're not that far behind.

00:21:50No, y'all are in a good, y'all are in a good spot for sure.

00:21:52Yeah.

00:21:54Y'all are in a, it's achievable where you're at.

00:21:56Yes, yes.

00:21:57Five four teams are all...

00:21:59Pretty tight.

00:22:00Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:22:01Yeah.

00:22:01But now it's gonna start doing this, because they all got five guys in.

00:22:05So normally we race a first round during the day, and you have to worry about a tricky track that's hot.

00:22:12Well, this is a little bit different.

00:22:13We're really far north.

00:22:14It's cold, and a cold track could be worse than a hot and greasy track.

00:22:20David Gates' car has the capabilities of being one of the fastest cars on the property.

00:22:36I know he's been struggling a little bit, but I can't look at it that way.

00:22:40I have to look at it like, how much power is this lane gonna take whenever I try to put it down?

00:22:46And that's the route we're gonna go.

00:22:47I have to look at it like, how much power is this lane gonna take when I try to put it down?

00:22:51I have to look at it like, how much power is this lane?

00:22:53I have to look at it like, how much power is this lane gonna take when I try to put it down?

00:22:58I have to look at it like, how much power is this lane gonna take when I try to put it down?

00:23:04I have to look at it like, how much power is this lane gonna take when I try to put it down?

00:23:08I have to look at it like, how much power is this lane gonna take when I try to put it down?

00:23:10Good job, Phantom.

00:23:11Next pair coming at you is gonna be B-Rack going up against Chuck 55.

00:23:17Good luck.

00:23:18Be careful.

00:23:19Good luck, guys.

00:23:20Good job.

00:23:21We just drew a teammate.

00:23:23We drew Chuck Parker.

00:23:24It sucks.

00:23:25They're fans.

00:23:26But I really won and won first round.

00:23:28That's my simple goal for the week.

00:23:29Win first round.

00:23:40Next pair coming at you is gonna be B-Rack going up against Chuck 55.

00:23:59And Chuck 55 takes the win.

00:24:02All right, coming at you right now, that's gonna be Disco Dean going up against Nate Saylor.

00:24:10At the end of the day, it's the captain's choice to do what they want.

00:24:14They can put us down in the reserve pool, trade us, swap us.

00:24:17Nothing we can do about it.

00:24:18But Bodhi gave me the choice.

00:24:20He said, you pick where you want to go.

00:24:22That's where you can go.

00:24:24And to be honest, I didn't want to go to the first place team, Kai's team.

00:24:29I want to earn this championship.

00:24:31Like, if we win, I don't want to be like, oh, well, you got traded at the last minute onto Kai's team and he was in first place.

00:24:37I want to go to a team that's gonna work their ass off and make it happen.

00:24:50Now it's crunch time.

00:24:51After this race, then it's points and a half, points and a half, and then double points.

00:24:55Like, if you don't have your group and your together before then, people are gonna go flying by you.

00:25:01I'm just looking for the opportunity to go win a championship.

00:25:19Woo!

00:25:20Let's go, brother!

00:25:21You look close to me.

00:25:22You look close to .

00:25:25Good lap, mate.

00:25:26Thanks, brother.

00:25:29Good run.

00:25:30Did you make a clean head?

00:25:31Yeah, I was right there next to you the whole time.

00:25:32Just getting loose down there like that.

00:25:35I lifted about the mon-air cone just to be safe because it was getting wish-washy.

00:25:39I hear you.

00:25:40Good lap!

00:25:41Thanks, brother.

00:25:43Next pair, that is gonna be Damon Merchant and his competitor, Jeff Lutz.

00:25:48Which one?

00:25:49Number one, sitting at around 700.

00:25:52We got your belt.

00:25:53Huh?

00:25:54We got your belt.

00:25:56Check it.

00:25:57We've just been fighting little gremlins all day, really.

00:26:00Just got a blower.

00:26:02We keep having cylinder one shut off randomly, so we got the coil swapped and a new spark plug wire on it.

00:26:10So we're just gonna, I mean, it's time to go up, so we're gonna give her hell.

00:26:14We drew Jeff Lutz for the first time this year.

00:26:18In all honesty, I haven't got to race very many 405 guys this season.

00:26:22He's another big block Chevy out here.

00:26:23There are not too many of us out here, so just gonna have to find out if his big block's faster than my big block.

00:26:31What do you think?

00:26:33I don't know.

00:26:34I didn't get to see Damon's earlier pass.

00:26:35I'm not worried about him.

00:26:36I'm just worried about the cold track.

00:26:38And I went over and asked Ryan.

00:26:39I said, what's your plan?

00:26:40He goes, man, I think I'm gonna leave it alone.

00:26:42I said, yeah, I think we're gonna too.

00:26:44He's 12th.

00:26:45I said, well, pay attention to us, because we're gonna leave it alone.

00:26:49Don't you know I draw Damon Marchant?

00:26:50You know, it's been cold all day.

00:26:52It's been raining.

00:26:53It is what it is.

00:26:54Let's give it what we got, you know?

00:26:56So our test pass earlier today went really well.

00:26:59We ran pretty close against Ryan, and I said, let's just rerun that run.

00:27:12Let's go.

00:27:13Let's go.

00:27:14Let's go.

00:27:15Let's go.

00:27:16Let's go.

00:27:17Let's go.

00:27:18Let's go.

00:27:19Let's go.

00:27:20Let's go.

00:27:21Let's go.

00:27:22Damon Gershaw takes the wing right past there.

00:27:27Woo!

00:27:28I'm done.

00:27:29Let's go.

00:27:30Damon won his race.

00:27:31So far my trade is going exactly the direction I needed it to go.

00:27:36His test passes, they sucked.

00:27:38Broke a blower, burned up a spark cloak, but he showed up for an invitation in round one.

00:27:43And that's exactly why we paid the money for him, because he's worth it.

00:27:46Woo!

00:27:47Had to do a little driving that time.

00:27:49All right, folks.

00:27:50This next pair, that's gonna be Larry Larson going up against Axeman.

00:27:55Larry lost.

00:28:01How many times you beat him?

00:28:03Shoot.

00:28:04I don't know how many times I've raced Larry.

00:28:05I got him the last time we raced.

00:28:07But it was nose to nose that tossed him.

00:28:10Larry has stepped his game up a lot.

00:28:13So this is not gonna be easy.

00:28:16It's not gonna be easy.

00:28:18I'm putting my mittens on now.

00:28:20What's that?

00:28:21I'm gonna put my mittens on.

00:28:22You're all set.

00:28:25It's cold out here.

00:28:27Yes, it is.

00:28:28Pulled Larry, Roach, Axeman.

00:28:31Same guy tunes his, that tunes Kayla's and a couple other ones.

00:28:34So I know about how fast they are.

00:28:36I think we're fully capable of outrunning them.

00:28:38You're gonna have to be good on the light and make a nice clean run.

00:28:41The track's really cold right now.

00:28:53Sun's went down.

00:28:54It hasn't rained this afternoon, which is great.

00:28:56But the track conditions are gonna start to get a little treacherous down there from half track on.

00:29:01All right, folks, this next pair, that's gonna be Larry Larson going up against Axeman.

00:29:18Axeman.

00:29:35And Axeman.

00:29:39Good job, baby.

00:29:40Good job.

00:29:41So Axeman moving on to next round.

00:29:44We rolled in.

00:29:48When that light turned green, I come off that button.

00:29:50I've never seen him again.

00:29:53Like this thing is walking up on the center line.

00:29:55I'm fighting it back, fighting it back.

00:29:56I kept telling myself, I'm not gonna let off.

00:29:59My light come on.

00:30:00I dodged another bullet.

00:30:03Man.

00:30:04I'm glad to get past that first round.

00:30:07Next pair, that's gonna be Giuseppe going up against Tony McKinnon.

00:30:11So in Maple Grove, we had Nate first round, which is tough.

00:30:15He's fast.

00:30:16Obviously, he was coming off a win.

00:30:17Yeah, he's been moving lately.

00:30:18Yeah.

00:30:19So he got us by a fender.

00:30:22But we made a good run.

00:30:23The car's fast.

00:30:24We made some changes.

00:30:25We changed the combination up.

00:30:26Yeah.

00:30:27So I'm feeling confident for the rest of the season.

00:30:28I feel real good.

00:30:29Yeah, I'm feeling good.

00:30:30Real good.

00:30:31Going in, we got the chip draw, and we drew Tony McKinney for first round here.

00:30:34Haven't raced Tony McKinney this year, so not sure how fast he is or not.

00:30:38Haven't really gauged him yet, but we're about to find out here in a little bit.

00:30:49The car's really fast.

00:30:50It's flying.

00:30:51But we gotta make it to the finish line.

00:30:56We tried a couple more things.

00:30:57We'll see if it makes it to the finish line this next round here.

00:30:59Just set it.

00:31:00With the win, that car was out of it.

00:31:01Just set it.

00:31:02With the win, that car was out of it.

00:31:06It was fast.

00:31:07Fast.

00:31:08Right through the stripe.

00:31:09Didn't see Tony McKinney that whole run.

00:31:11And we pulled off a win.

00:31:12I just had to cut your ass.

00:31:13Yeah.

00:31:14I knew I had to.

00:31:15I know how fast you are.

00:31:16No, yeah.

00:31:17Yeah, that was a good run probably right there.

00:31:18Yeah, wheels up.

00:31:19It was moving around a little bit, but.

00:31:21Was it?

00:31:22Yeah.

00:31:23Man, we packed the wheels, and then they still had the wheels packed.

00:31:24And the one that we had to do, and the one that we had to do was.

00:31:27I don't know how fast you are.

00:31:28It was fast.

00:31:29Fast.

00:31:30Right through the stripe.

00:31:31Didn't see Tony McKinney that whole run.

00:31:32And we pulled off a win.

00:31:33I just had to cut your ass.

00:31:34Yeah.

00:31:35I knew I had to.

00:31:36I know how fast you are.

00:31:37No, yeah.

00:31:38Yeah, that was a good run probably right there.

00:31:39Yeah.

00:31:40Yeah, wheels up.

00:31:41It was moving around a little bit, but.

00:31:42Was it?

00:31:43Yeah.

00:31:44Man, we packed the wheels, and then they still had the wheels packed.

00:31:50And the one-two ship, and then I felt it.

00:31:52As soon as I felt a wiggle, I was like, oh, and I cut gas,

00:31:54and I almost went over into your lane.

00:31:56Oh, .

00:31:57So I was able to save it.

00:31:58Yeah.

00:31:59Hey.

00:32:00All right, buddy.

00:32:01Congratulations.

00:32:02All right, man. Thank you.

00:32:03All right, next pair coming at you.

00:32:04We got Callie Mills going up against Mike Murillo.

00:32:06Got 100 bucks on the left lane.

00:32:09Going into the first round of Race Your Way In against Jerry Bird,

00:32:12and had just a killer pass and broke a rod.

00:32:16We're applying, you know, 5,000 horsepower at, you know,

00:32:192.2 seconds in.

00:32:21Have we reached a threshold, a limit?

00:32:23You know, I don't know.

00:32:24What does this mean?

00:32:26It means we're broke.

00:32:27That's what it means.

00:32:28We're broke.

00:32:29I draw none other than Mike Murillo.

00:32:38Unfortunately, he broke his motor.

00:32:40Like, it's, I guess, in pieces.

00:32:42Not good.

00:32:43I hate that for them.

00:32:44Very unfortunate luck.

00:32:45But on our end, we got lucky.

00:32:47Yeah!

00:32:48All right, Drew.

00:32:49All right, Drew.

00:32:50All right, so Callie Mills pulls the shoes,

00:32:51gets it back straight.

00:32:52Nice job.

00:32:53I got out there, got loose on the 2-3 shift.

00:32:58It had the wheels up and just got sideways.

00:33:00I needed to have the shoe out a little bit sooner

00:33:02because it was .

00:33:03And that was not good.

00:33:04So just had it too hopped up.

00:33:05Next pair coming at you right now, Kai Kelly going up against Lizzie Mewsie.

00:33:11You know, I know you're sick, so there's nothing you can do about it.

00:33:16But I honestly like, so I got up to the 2-3 shift.

00:33:19I got out there, and then I got out there.

00:33:21Got loose on the 2-3 shift.

00:33:22I got out there.

00:33:23Got loose on the 2-3 shift.

00:33:24It had the wheels up and just got sideways.

00:33:25I needed to have the shoe out a little bit sooner because it was .

00:33:27And that was not good.

00:33:28So just had it too hopped up.

00:33:29Next pair, coming at you right now, Kai Kelly going up against Lizzie Mewsie.

00:33:33I honestly, like, standing, like, I feel like I could throw up any minute.

00:33:37That's how I feel like.

00:33:38Really?

00:33:39I'm not feeling the greatest this weekend.

00:33:41I'm trying the best I can, so I'm pushing through it.

00:33:44And guess what?

00:33:45I draw a freaking Kai first round again.

00:33:48Definitely didn't want to freaking race him again.

00:33:50No matter what, one of us is going on to the next round for the team,

00:33:53so that's the way I kind of look at it.

00:33:55Let me win one.

00:33:56You almost kicked my head freaking out.

00:34:00Round one, I drew Lizzie.

00:34:01I don't like racing my own team.

00:34:03I definitely don't like racing Lizzie.

00:34:04It seems like every time I get beside her, I get emotional.

00:34:07And I don't like the feeling, and I'd rather her just draw somebody else

00:34:11because her car is fast, and we've got to run the hell out of my car

00:34:14to try to outrun her.

00:34:15So it just sucks because there's two fast people,

00:34:17and one of us has got to go home first round when we draw each other.

00:34:31We've got to be on top of our game.

00:34:36We've got to go as fast as we've possibly ever been right here today

00:34:40if we want to get out of first round.

00:34:42It's probably the toughest first round draw you can get.

00:34:44Next pair coming at you right now.

00:34:58Kai Kelly going up against Lizzie.

00:35:01You see.

00:35:02Kai Kelly gets the redemption there, takes the win.

00:35:29Lots of smoke down there in Lizzie's lane at the very end of the track.

00:35:34I couldn't imagine having more than one motor

00:35:36where you're cool with just burning it down.

00:35:38Every lap.

00:35:39What the f***?

00:35:40Yeah, yeah.

00:35:42I don't get it.

00:35:44They said he was up against the wall.

00:35:45Was he?

00:35:46I don't think so.

00:35:48No, I can't.

00:35:51What a good thing about it, Sean.

00:35:52It ate itself up before the finish line, but you had me anyway.

00:35:55Good job.

00:35:56At least we're one-on-one for the day.

00:35:57If they ain't blowing the motor up, they ain't trying to win,

00:36:02and that's exactly what I want my team to do when they draw me.

00:36:04I want them to win because I want the fastest car to go to the next round

00:36:07because at the end of the day, that gets us more points.

00:36:09I'm still proud of you, though. You're my hero.

00:36:11Why?

00:36:13You're fighting what you're fighting.

00:36:14Don't stop.

00:36:15Hard on me this weekend, so...

00:36:18I still love you.

00:36:20Always.

00:36:21Okay, good job.

00:36:23Go kick ass, okay?

00:36:27Okay.

00:36:30Robin Roberts going up against his team captain, Brian Martin.

00:36:38Here we are now.

00:36:39It's nighttime.

00:36:40It is really cold out here.

00:36:43The track surface is good for about 100 foot,

00:36:46but after that, it's not great.

00:36:47You know, I'm trying to make this deal a comeback, right?

00:36:49So we won the last race.

00:36:50We're trying to do well,

00:36:51and all the guys, we've all talked like,

00:36:54hey, we just need a couple of good draws.

00:36:56And here I am today, and I drew Robin Roberts again.

00:36:59Good luck, man.

00:37:00He's safe, man.

00:37:01Good luck.

00:37:01Good luck, Ryan.

00:37:02Good luck.

00:37:06Good luck, homie.

00:37:07You too, man.

00:37:08He's safe.

00:37:09He has one of the fastest cars here.

00:37:11Very similar combination to mine.

00:37:13I mean, not who I wanted.

00:37:15We're pulling out all the stops.

00:37:17We'll see if it's enough.

00:37:19You know, I hate drawing Ryan.

00:37:21One, he's my buddy.

00:37:23Two, like, he's my team captain.

00:37:31But we got Ryan.

00:37:32We're going to have to make it work.

00:37:45That didn't even really look close, did it?

00:37:57Rolled in the lights,

00:37:58and I know he likes to do the double bulge real fast,

00:38:01so I tried to light mine real quick behind him.

00:38:03We rolled left at the same time,

00:38:04and he just flat out run us in the middle of the track.

00:38:06He just pulled a fender on me.

00:38:08You know, I hate to lose, and it sucks,

00:38:09but the team, four out of five,

00:38:11are moving on to the next round,

00:38:12keep gaining points for Team Ryan Martin.

00:38:14You know what?

00:38:15I've drawn my teammate four times in a row.

00:38:17Started with him,

00:38:18then I drew Giuseppe,

00:38:19then I drew, uh,

00:38:20Bird Boys,

00:38:21and I drew him again.

00:38:22What about drawing Lizzie twice in one day?

00:38:23Yeah, no,

00:38:24a great eight in there.

00:38:25Good job.

00:38:26And then I hugged her and started crying.

00:38:28It's still in there somewhere.

00:38:29Yeah.

00:38:32This pair here,

00:38:33I've got Paige Coughlin

00:38:34going up against her teammate

00:38:36and Team Captain, Daddy Dave.

00:38:41Car just needs to do what it did earlier.

00:38:43What's that?

00:38:44It just needs to do what it did earlier.

00:38:46Yeah, it will.

00:38:48You'll be nice.

00:38:49Tonight was a nice, smooth run,

00:38:50and pretty similar.

00:38:53All righty.

00:38:54Oh,

00:38:54we're here at US 131 Dragway.

00:38:57We finally get to go some rounds.

00:38:59You know,

00:38:59we were able to make a test pass.

00:39:01We're going up for first round.

00:39:02We've been battling, like,

00:39:03the cold weather,

00:39:04the rain,

00:39:05sunshine,

00:39:05clouds,

00:39:06clouds,

00:39:06but finally,

00:39:07we're able to hit the track.

00:39:08We're ready to rock and roll.

00:39:09We went up for chip draw

00:39:10and we drew Daddy Dave,

00:39:11but you know what?

00:39:12Positive outlook on this.

00:39:14One of us from Team Daddy Dave

00:39:15is going to be guaranteed

00:39:16a spot in round two.

00:39:17We drew our own teammate again,

00:39:34Paige Goughlin.

00:39:35We raced her a few weeks ago

00:39:36at another event.

00:39:37This time,

00:39:46I hope it's a little closer race

00:39:47because she got this new motor in there.

00:39:49We'll go up here,

00:39:50let go of the button,

00:39:50and see if we can't go on round two.

00:40:07And Daddy Dave

00:40:12takes the win.

00:40:16Looked like Paige Coughlin

00:40:17was out in front,

00:40:18pulled the chutes a little early.

00:40:20Oh, my God.

00:40:21You friggin'

00:40:22I'm so scared.

00:40:23Why?

00:40:24What happened?

00:40:24Oh, it was going everywhere

00:40:25but straight for a minute.

00:40:27Oh, my God.

00:40:28No, no, no.

00:40:29Hey, good job.

00:40:29Oh, my God.

00:40:30So scary.

00:40:31Knocked my head up at the tree.

00:40:32I go,

00:40:32where is she going?

00:40:34You know what?

00:40:35You took a guy.

00:40:36It was .

00:40:36I got to keep you in line

00:40:38at least on the top part, you know?

00:40:40That's the second time

00:40:41I've left before you.

00:40:43Yeah.

00:40:44All right, next pair

00:40:45coming at you.

00:40:46We got John Otis

00:40:46and going up against Bobby.

00:40:48Jacote.

00:41:00Which I disappoints,

00:41:02we kind of got our whole team

00:41:03like smashed out from under us

00:41:04and our great captain

00:41:06decided to just sell everybody

00:41:07to pat his own pockets

00:41:08to hell with everybody else.

00:41:10His ass still ain't racing.

00:41:11He ain't got a single point this year,

00:41:13went a single round this year,

00:41:14but he put all that money

00:41:15in his pocket

00:41:16to hell with the rest of the team.

00:41:18Whatever.

00:41:19It is what it is.

00:41:21I'll probably be trading next week.

00:41:23I don't really know where I'm going.

00:41:25Don't really care.

00:41:25I'd rather be anywhere

00:41:26than with a snake like that.

00:41:28John Otis will take the win there.

00:41:47Yeah, John, we got the win.

00:41:51At least that one's moving on.

00:41:52How is pulling back to you?

00:41:54Bobby, I saw you the whole time, dude.

00:41:56The whole time, brother.

00:41:58Were you like,

00:41:58there was a boy, I didn't.

00:42:00Did you see me the whole time?

00:42:01I can see your nose right here.

00:42:02Yeah, the whole time.

00:42:03Battle of the Turbo Cars

00:42:06coming at you right now.

00:42:08Got Chris Rankin

00:42:09over in the left lane

00:42:09in the conquest.

00:42:11Going up against Chuck Sightsinger

00:42:13in the right lane.

00:42:21We drew Chuck,

00:42:22and him and I

00:42:23are usually door to door

00:42:24so it can be anybody's race.

00:42:25Him and I are both hot strong as hell,

00:42:27so hopefully we can both

00:42:29have a good drag race

00:42:30and I come out on top,

00:42:32and I go in round two.

00:42:33So, that's it.

00:42:35Chris Rankin in the left lane,

00:42:36Twin Turbo Concrest

00:42:37going up against Chuck Sightsinger.

00:42:38Twin Turbo Mustang

00:42:40in the right lane.

00:42:47This is the first time

00:42:48I've been in the Invitational

00:42:49in three or four weeks,

00:42:50so I need to go to the semifinals

00:42:52so when I go to Galat,

00:42:54I'm not in the race your way in,

00:42:56so, but right now,

00:42:58I just can't give up,

00:42:59so I'm going to do the best I can.

00:43:03All right, Chris Rankin will get the win.

00:43:24Chuck Sightsinger has problems on the hit.

00:43:26All right, folks,

00:43:30and we got Jimmy Taylor

00:43:30going up against Justin Swanstrom.

00:43:49It's being so cold here.

00:43:51It's pretty rough.

00:43:52We'll see how it plays out.

00:43:53I know the tracks are going to be very tricky

00:43:55for everybody today, too,

00:43:57but everybody's got to go down

00:43:58the same surface.

00:44:13All right, folks,

00:44:14and we got Jimmy Taylor

00:44:14going up against Justin Swanstrom.

00:44:31And Jimmy Taylor will take the win.

00:44:34Justin Swanstrom having to pedal

00:44:35over there in that right lane.

00:44:37Going into round two,

00:44:39Ryan Martin has four racers moving on.

00:44:42Meanwhile, Dave and Kai only have three.

00:44:44It does feel like Ryan is picking up

00:44:46some momentum in his programming,

00:44:48but he came off his first

00:44:49invitational win last week.

00:44:51Now, he's picked up Nate Saylor,

00:44:53and he's looking to continue

00:44:54that forward movement.

00:44:56Nate Saylor and Damon Merchant

00:44:58are moving on to round two.

00:44:59It really seems like they're trying to prove

00:45:01that they are worth the investment

00:45:03that was made.

00:45:03All right, folks,

00:45:05going to have my drivers draw chips.

00:45:06All righty, where are my number ones?

00:45:19Kelly Mills versus Kayla Morton.

00:45:23Chuck 55 and Giuseppe.

00:45:25Yes, Giuseppe, that is a two.

00:45:28Oh, Axeman versus Ryan Martin.

00:45:33Oh, my.

00:45:33Daddy Dave versus Murder Nova.

00:45:37I love you, man.

00:45:38Chris Rankin versus Nate Saylor.

00:45:42It's going to be John Odom

00:45:43versus Damon Merchant.

00:45:45Jimmy Taylor and Kai Kelly.

00:45:49Oh, yeah!

00:45:50Ooh.

00:45:51All right, so my eighth and final pair

00:45:54will be Rich Bruder versus Clay Cole.

00:45:58All right, drivers,

00:46:00well, y'all got some time to think about

00:46:01what you got to do to your cars

00:46:02because this round will be run tomorrow.

00:46:05We appreciate you coming.

00:46:06See you tomorrow.

00:46:09Unfortunately, the rain yesterday

00:46:11set us back late enough

00:46:12that we were only able to get

00:46:13the first round of racing in.

00:46:15That means we will have to be spending

00:46:17one more day here in Michigan

00:46:18to finish up the rounds

00:46:20and determine who will be walking away

00:46:22with the $40,000 invitational prize money.

00:46:25How are you?

00:46:25What's up?

00:46:26How's everybody doing today?

00:46:27Good.

00:46:27All right, folks,

00:46:35we're going to go ahead

00:46:36and get started on racing.

00:46:37For those that were here last night,

00:46:38you know that we made it through

00:46:40our first round

00:46:42of the Invitational Class.

00:46:44We're going to finish it up today

00:46:45on a beautiful Sunday

00:46:47here in Michigan.

00:46:50First pair here in this second round

00:46:51of the Invitational Class

00:46:52is that Callie Mills

00:46:53going up against Kayla Morton.

00:46:55You ready?

00:46:56Yeah, I think so.

00:46:57Last night,

00:46:58so we changed the cam,

00:47:00you know,

00:47:01to make more horsepower

00:47:02out in the back.

00:47:03And so they didn't have

00:47:04the drive shaft curve

00:47:05close enough to it

00:47:06because they were trying

00:47:07to see what it would do

00:47:08since we had that fly against Mike.

00:47:10And hell, it went out there

00:47:11and it was like,

00:47:11I was like...

00:47:12You did a hell of a job

00:47:13last night.

00:47:13Yeah.

00:47:14I'm like,

00:47:14so I just hope

00:47:15we can make it down

00:47:16and if I can do my job

00:47:17on the tree,

00:47:17I think we'll be okay.

00:47:19Today's a new day.

00:47:20Second round of Invitational.

00:47:22We drew Kayla Morton.

00:47:23I'm going to have my work

00:47:24cut out for me

00:47:25because my car

00:47:26has not been happy,

00:47:28but last night

00:47:29we made a good pass

00:47:30to like the 330

00:47:31and then when it shifted

00:47:32into high gear,

00:47:32it just got sideways

00:47:33and did not go well.

00:47:40So hopefully

00:47:41we can get it to go A to B

00:47:42and I can do my job

00:47:42on the tree

00:47:43because I think

00:47:44I'm going to have

00:47:44to have a really good light.

00:47:48Perfect.

00:47:50Nailed it.

00:47:51Started off the day good, guys.

00:47:52Callie is not one

00:47:54to take lightly.

00:47:55She's getting better

00:47:56and better,

00:47:56faster and faster

00:47:57each race.

00:47:58She's been to a semifinal

00:47:59this year.

00:48:00We are first pair,

00:48:01so that is another factor

00:48:02to kind of take

00:48:03into account.

00:48:04But we have momentum.

00:48:19We've made pass after pass

00:48:20and just looking to get

00:48:21six round wins here

00:48:23in a row,

00:48:23which is super exciting.

00:48:24And Kayla Morton

00:48:48going to take the win there.

00:48:49Callie Mills

00:48:50car makes a hard move

00:48:51out there.

00:48:54We both be driving.

00:48:56All right.

00:48:57Next pair,

00:48:57we've got Chuck 55

00:48:58going up against Giuseppe.

00:49:01We just need to figure out

00:49:02we got a Giuseppe.

00:49:06He's got a good setup,

00:49:09fast car,

00:49:10but he's been struggling

00:49:12a little bit.

00:49:13I'm going to try

00:49:13to tear their head

00:49:14off on the light.

00:49:15And if I can leave

00:49:16with them,

00:49:17it gets game over

00:49:18because I'm telling you

00:49:19I'll pull them

00:49:20on the big end.

00:49:21If we hold things together,

00:49:22I'll make more power

00:49:23on the big end.

00:49:24We need to make it

00:49:24to the finals.

00:49:25That's it.

00:49:26I know.

00:49:28We need to get

00:49:29to the finals, baby.

00:49:30All right.

00:49:31You guys good over there?

00:49:32We're good.

00:49:33Right now,

00:49:33I just put a bunch of fuel,

00:49:34the air fuel ratio

00:49:35that the car would normally

00:49:36run at,

00:49:37which has just changed.

00:49:38The weather, whatever,

00:49:40don't know,

00:49:40but now it needs

00:49:41a lot more fuel

00:49:42in the car,

00:49:43so we put more fuel

00:49:43in it.

00:49:44Chuck 55,

00:49:45I know he made it

00:49:46to the finals

00:49:47a few races back there.

00:49:48We're really going

00:49:49to just try

00:49:49to run our own race,

00:49:50try to go as fast

00:49:51as we can

00:49:51what the track will take,

00:49:52and I'm going to just

00:49:53worry about our program

00:49:54right now

00:49:54and try to push

00:49:55the limits of the track

00:49:56and see if we can

00:49:56pull it off.

00:50:11Right now,

00:50:12we got four guys in.

00:50:13We got the most guys

00:50:14still going rounds

00:50:15right now.

00:50:15We're the only ones

00:50:16who have four in,

00:50:17so we're going to try

00:50:17to close that gap

00:50:18this weekend.

00:50:19Hopefully,

00:50:19we can get two

00:50:20of our guys

00:50:20in the finals,

00:50:21and I'm hoping

00:50:22for all four of our guys

00:50:23for the semifinals left

00:50:24and then two of our guys

00:50:25in the finals

00:50:26to get max points

00:50:27out of this weekend

00:50:27and close that gap

00:50:28against Kai there.

00:50:43and Giuseppe

00:50:48going to take

00:50:49the win there.

00:50:51Nice pass from him.

00:50:52It was loose out there.

00:50:53I did what I didn't

00:50:55want to do.

00:50:55Shook?

00:50:56No,

00:50:57we took power out

00:50:58of it on the hit,

00:50:59not knowing what it'd take.

00:51:00Yeah.

00:51:01And plus,

00:51:01you left on me.

00:51:02Oh, yeah.

00:51:03And so that didn't help.

00:51:04Yeah, yeah.

00:51:05But, man,

00:51:06I mean,

00:51:06when I felt the power ramp in,

00:51:08I started reeling you up,

00:51:09but it was, man,

00:51:10it was too late.

00:51:11Too late.

00:51:12All right, folks,

00:51:12this right here

00:51:13is going to be a good one.

00:51:13That is going to be

00:51:14Max Man going up

00:51:15against Ryan Martin.

00:51:17Better make a straight hit.

00:51:19We'll have something for him.

00:51:20Definitely can't pedal

00:51:20against Ryan,

00:51:21so you're going to have

00:51:22to drive him.

00:51:22No, no.

00:51:23Got a tough competitor,

00:51:24Ryan Martin.

00:51:25The maddest man

00:51:27on the planet

00:51:27as far as I'm concerned.

00:51:28Like, I mean,

00:51:29he's tough.

00:51:30He's got a couple advantages.

00:51:31He's changed

00:51:31his new car over.

00:51:33He went to that new blower,

00:51:34but I'm going to figure out

00:51:35some way to get around here.

00:51:38I've got Axeman first round.

00:51:40They got a new motor

00:51:40in the car.

00:51:41I expect them to be a handful,

00:51:42so we're not going

00:51:44to turn this car down.

00:51:45I'm going to bank

00:51:45on the track holding

00:51:46what I'm going to put in it,

00:51:47and hopefully it does.

00:52:00My team is sitting really good.

00:52:01We've got four cars in right now,

00:52:03which is what we hope for.

00:52:04Nobody else has that many in.

00:52:05The trade move that we did,

00:52:07Nate's still in,

00:52:08and it was a smart move.

00:52:09I need all four of my guys

00:52:10to advance to next round

00:52:11because we didn't draw each other,

00:52:12and it would be fantastic

00:52:13if we could get there.

00:52:14No, don't work.

00:52:16He can't be mad, he did it last week!

00:52:43I told that, I said,

00:52:45you can't be mad ever again!

00:52:47You did it last week!

00:52:48He did it last week!

00:52:50How you doing, baby?

00:52:52I'm sorry, but I had to do it!

00:52:55Whoo!

00:52:56So, unfortunately, we had a car tuned up

00:52:58and a good car for the weekend,

00:52:59and, uh, put me a guest and put us on the trailer.

00:53:02We all got the same opportunity,

00:53:03that's just not the way I raced.

00:53:05He's a guest of the one.

00:53:08Hey, hey!

00:53:09Hey, one day you're gonna have a car fast enough,

00:53:10you ain't gotta do that.

00:53:11Hey, let me tell you,

00:53:12that blower is 600s faster and you know it!

00:53:15It's all good!

00:53:16Hey, I know you're gonna hit some of those

00:53:17and some of them you ain't!

00:53:18That one you hit, good job!

00:53:19Hey, I had to make up 600s, brother!

00:53:21I get it!

00:53:22Axeman ended up guessing on the tree,

00:53:24and as we know, Ryan Martin absolutely hates that.

00:53:27But, it just goes to show that these racers

00:53:29will do whatever it takes to get the win.

00:53:32Oh, we, uh, everybody knew you were gonna do it.

00:53:35Next pair, that's gonna be Daddy Dave

00:53:37going up against Murder Nova.

00:53:40It sucks because what do you do here?

00:53:42You know what I mean?

00:53:43Like, you can't turn it down because you'll get outran.

00:53:46You can't turn it up anymore

00:53:47because the track ain't gonna take it.

00:53:48You know what I mean?

00:53:49I promise you don't turn it .

00:53:51Yeah.

00:53:52That's gonna be a track racer.

00:53:53We finally don't suck, so don't turn it down.

00:53:55This is where your tune-ups get tricky.

00:53:58Uh, I drew Daddy Dave and we're the fourth pair.

00:54:01It's not a whole lot of heat in the track.

00:54:03Uh, this might be one of those days

00:54:05where a later round probably would've been better.

00:54:08Dave's a tough draw no matter what.

00:54:10Even if you have Dave outgunned,

00:54:12which I truly believe I do,

00:54:14Dave is Dave, and Dave tends to win races.

00:54:27Sean's been hauling ass lately, going rounds,

00:54:29and I couldn't be happier for the guy.

00:54:31But when we pull the starting line,

00:54:33the friendship's over right there.

00:54:34Next pair, that's gonna be Daddy Dave,

00:54:35going up against Murder Nova.

00:54:36Next pair, that's gonna be Daddy Dave,

00:54:37going up against Murder Nova.

00:54:41That was a drag race, folks,

00:54:43but Murder Nova gets there first,

00:54:44turns on the wind light.

00:54:45Nice job.

00:54:46Five, five, five.

00:54:47So we take the light.

00:54:48We left together.

00:54:49He got me a little bit in the middle.

00:54:50I put about half a car on me on the finish line.

00:54:51I put about half a car on me on the finish line.

00:54:52So we take the light.

00:54:53We left together.

00:54:54He got me a little bit in the middle.

00:54:55I put about half a car on me on the finish line.

00:54:56It was side by side.

00:54:57It was.

00:54:58It was a good race, man.

00:54:59This next pair, that's gonna be Chris Rankin.

00:55:02That was a drag race, folks,

00:55:04but Murder Nova gets there first,

00:55:05turns on the wind light.

00:55:06Nice job.

00:55:09Five, five, five.

00:55:11So we take the light.

00:55:13We left together.

00:55:15He got me a little bit in the middle.

00:55:17I put about half a car on me on the finish line.

00:55:18It was side by side.

00:55:20It was.

00:55:21It was good.

00:55:22Thanks, man.

00:55:24The next pair, that's going to be Chris Rankin

00:55:26going up against Nate Saylor.

00:55:30OK, we can go up.

00:55:32Second round, we have Chris Rankin.

00:55:34He can make a stupid fast pass, but it's one here or there.

00:55:37Our car is more consistent, I would think.

00:55:40So as far as the matchup goes, he's going to have to tree me,

00:55:43and I'm just going to make it impossible for him to do that.

00:55:54He got traded to Team Bodhi, which is where I came from.

00:55:59I love my old team still.

00:56:01In fact, I'd go back to him if I had to.

00:56:03But now we're Team Ryan, and we're

00:56:05going to do everything we can to chop their heads off.

00:56:24He guessed.

00:56:36I knew he knew he had to.

00:56:38He ain't got nothing for this car, let's be honest.

00:56:40Man, I went red, dude.

00:56:41I knew I was going to take a shot of with your ass, dude.

00:56:43That's your ass?

00:56:44I'm sorry, man.

00:56:45We're moving on.

00:56:46You ain't sorry.

00:56:46Don't lie.

00:56:47You're moving on anyway.

00:56:48Yep.

00:56:49All right, next pair coming up right here.

00:56:50It's going to be John Odom going up against Damon Merchant.

00:56:54Did you see John make a pass yesterday?

00:56:56No, I didn't.

00:56:57His test pass wasn't very good, but they

00:56:58said he ran pretty good in his first E1 pass.

00:57:02I don't know who he raced, though.

00:57:03He raced Bobby, Dakota?

00:57:05We'll talk to Bobby and see how it went.

00:57:07We know how Bobby runs.

00:57:09Bobby's not shy.

00:57:10We got our draw last night in John Odom.

00:57:12I raced that car twice this year, once with Jim driving it,

00:57:15once with John driving it.

00:57:16We've outran them both times.

00:57:18But after the problems that we've been having this weekend,

00:57:21you can't count anybody out.

00:57:22I don't know if it's a deal where, you know,

00:57:24his tuner's going to have all the confidence in him

00:57:25to get it down that cold racetrack today.

00:57:28So as long as Vinyl hit on all eight cylinders,

00:57:31I'm pretty sure we can outrun that car again.

00:57:33Jim, we throwing in the kick-ass tune?

00:57:37I got Damon Merchant today.

00:57:39You know him and Jim have had a little drama.

00:57:41Now he's on Kai Kelly's team.

00:57:42As you guys know, Kai Kelly's number one.

00:57:44He is fast.

00:57:45So that just makes it a little bit harder for Team Swanstrom just

00:57:48to get to that spot.

00:57:49But we're working really hard.

00:57:57Jim had a problem with his car.

00:57:58It went right last night.

00:57:59So he's out already.

00:58:01Justin's out.

00:58:01He had a problem with his car.

00:58:02So let's just see if we can go out and get us in the finals,

00:58:05and we'll help Team Swanstrom.

00:58:08Team-wise, I still got three in.

00:58:10We lost David and Lizzie.

00:58:11Brian Martin's got three just like we got three.

00:58:14If we can just make it to the next round and they all win,

00:58:16we'll be tied up with him.

00:58:17We'll keep points in between us.

00:58:19He can't catch us.

00:58:35And David Merchant gets the win.

00:58:42Great pass here in the left lane for David.

00:58:44Takes the win there and move on to the next round.

00:58:47Woo!

00:58:48Baby, that's a good race.

00:58:49It was a good one.

00:58:50Oh, I didn't think he was coming with no weak .

00:58:55No, I wasn't.

00:58:56We were right there.

00:58:57I'm super proud of you, man.

00:58:58That was a great race.

00:58:58Good job.

00:58:59Good job.

00:59:01Next pair coming at you right now.

00:59:03We've got Jimmy Taylor going up against Kai.

00:59:05Kelly.

00:59:06Hey, man.

00:59:08Welcome to the team today, man.

00:59:09Don't shut up.

00:59:10You need some help.

00:59:11I'm available today.

00:59:12And don't forget nothing.

00:59:13All right?

00:59:14Got it.

00:59:15Other than that, I'm going to let go of the button.

00:59:16Kick Mr. Jimmy Taylor's ass.

00:59:20I'm going to let go of the button on time.

00:59:22We're back.

00:59:23We're in Michigan.

00:59:24We're starting round two in the Invitational.

00:59:25We won last night.

00:59:26We got that monkey off our back.

00:59:28We got Jimmy Taylor.

00:59:29He took out Justin Swanstrom yesterday,

00:59:30so he must be fast, but we're ready for him.

00:59:35Jimmy's also another Pro Charger car.

00:59:40Pro Chargers are hard to beat.

00:59:41Some guys are just bouncing data off each other

00:59:43and hooking each other's computers to their cars,

00:59:44and they're all getting faster and faster.

00:59:45And they're all getting faster and faster.

00:59:51Jimmy's also another Pro Charger car.

00:59:54Pro Chargers are hard to beat.

00:59:55Some guys are just bouncing data off each other

00:59:57and hooking each other's computers to their cars,

00:59:59and they're all getting faster and faster.

01:00:00and faster.

01:00:19And Kai Killen gets there first with a great pass there

01:00:24down the track.

01:00:25We just got through round two,

01:00:30which felt like round one,

01:00:31because it was the first race of the day.

01:00:32And our car went really fast.

01:00:34Adam nailed the tune-up.

01:00:35I think I did pretty good on the tree.

01:00:37Jimmy Taylor, he pulled on me in the middle a little bit,

01:00:40and then my car shifted into high.

01:00:41I just went around it.

01:00:43It was a lot faster than I thought I was about to go.

01:00:44I'm real happy with it.

01:00:45And I think we got a hot rod.

01:00:46I think as long as I do my job,

01:00:47I think they got their hands full today.

01:00:49All right, last pair here in the Invitational class.

01:00:51Rich Bruder going to go up against Clay Cole.

01:00:53We double-checked all the wiring

01:00:54and the fittings on the front of the car over there?

01:00:56Yes, sir.

01:00:57And is suspension good up front?

01:00:58Yep, yep.

01:00:59How do you feel about it?

01:01:00I feel good.

01:01:01I feel really good.

01:01:02We got a good driver.

01:01:03Yeah?

01:01:04Yeah?

01:01:05Yes, sir.

01:01:06I got Rich Bruder.

01:01:07I've not faced off against him yet.

01:01:09I know he's got a fast hot rod,

01:01:10but it's a lot faster than I thought I was about to go.

01:01:13I feel like we're probably a little bit faster on the big end.

01:01:17We're going to go up there, see what we got for Rich Bruder,

01:01:19and hopefully we'll go on with the third round.

01:01:21So last night, it was really cold.

01:01:22The track temp was really, really down.

01:01:24It was bottom 40s.

01:01:25So we had to pull a lot out of our tune-up

01:01:27just to get down the track.

01:01:28And if you've seen the pass, it was pretty sketchy already.

01:01:31So today, being the complete opposite,

01:01:33we're going to be able to put all that power back in the car,

01:01:35and we're going to go a lot faster today down the track,

01:01:37and we're going to make a good A to B pass.

01:01:39And we're going to make a good A to B pass.

01:01:41And we're going to make a good A to B pass.

01:01:43We got Clay Cole.

01:01:57I haven't raced him this year yet.

01:01:59He's been doing good.

01:02:00But like I said, we got our hot rod back,

01:02:02and I'm not even worried he was in the next lane.

01:02:04We're going to race our race, our lane,

01:02:06and turn on that wind light.

01:02:08And Rich Bruder takes the win.

01:02:29Nice job there.

01:02:31Rich Bruder going around.

01:02:33Nice.

01:02:37Made a clean pass.

01:02:38Straight down.

01:02:39We got that win on to round three right now.

01:02:41Keep it going.

01:02:43You good, bud?

01:02:44Oh, yeah.

01:02:45I had to lift.

01:02:45Did you?

01:02:46Yeah.

01:02:47It was going that way.

01:02:48I was like, this ain't worth it, bro.

01:02:49Yeah.

01:02:49You know the deal.

01:02:50Oh, yeah.

01:02:50Yeah.

01:02:51Good race, though, bro.

01:02:52You made a good lick.

01:02:52Yeah.

01:02:53You know.

01:02:53Good job.

01:02:54We got some figured out,

01:02:55and hope we go some rounds now.

01:02:56No, good job, man.

01:02:57You guys are killing it.

01:02:58You can kill it this year, buddy.

01:02:59All right, folks.

01:03:00That'll do it for the second round

01:03:02of the Invitational Class.

01:03:06Going into the third round,

01:03:07Ryan has three racers left in,

01:03:09while Dave and Kai only have two.

01:03:12Even though Ryan Martin is out of the race,

01:03:14his teammates are still gaining ground

01:03:16on the two teams in front.

01:03:17All right, we're going to go ahead

01:03:18and start our Invitational Drivers meeting

01:03:20for the third round.

01:03:21Let's go ahead and draw chips.

01:03:22Gently.

01:03:23Gently.

01:03:24God bless.

01:03:25All right, my drivers have their chips.

01:03:30Where are my number ones?

01:03:32Going to be Damon Merchant

01:03:33versus Kayla Morton.

01:03:35Number twos.

01:03:36Giuseppe versus Kai Kelly.

01:03:40How fast did you say it was going?

01:03:42I'm not sure.

01:03:43I don't even know.

01:03:44Number threes.

01:03:46Rich Bruder versus Axman.

01:03:49Which means the fourth and final pair

01:03:52will be Nate Saylor versus Murder.

01:03:55Nova.

01:03:56All right, drivers, you know what you got to do.

01:03:57Go back to your pits.

01:03:58Get your cars turned around.

01:03:59Put them in the staging lanes.

01:04:01One of you is going to win $40,000.

01:04:03Let's go.

01:04:06All right, first pair here in the third round.

01:04:08The Invitational Class is going to have Damon Merchant

01:04:10going up against Kayla Morton.

01:04:12If we let it lay over against her out back,

01:04:16she'll drive around us.

01:04:19Her quicker than John down low,

01:04:22and it pulls way harder out back, so.

01:04:25All right, round three here.

01:04:26We drew Kayla.

01:04:27It's hard to come to one of these deals super confident

01:04:30when, you know, she's running really good this weekend.

01:04:33We've been struggling.

01:04:34We've been getting by, but we've been struggling a little bit.

01:04:35But we feel like we do got a hot rod right now.

01:04:38So we're not here for no reason.

01:04:40You know, we're going to go up there and do our thing.

01:04:41We're the first pair down.

01:04:43And hopefully put our ass on the trailer.

01:04:46Didn't get to do it yesterday, so maybe today's the day.

01:04:53Ready, suit up.

01:04:55All right, suit up.

01:04:57Good luck.

01:04:59See you down there.

01:05:01All right.

01:05:03Hey.

01:05:05Come on, Kayla.

01:05:27Come on.

01:05:28Come on.

01:05:29Come on.

01:05:30Come on.

01:05:31Come on.

01:05:32Come on.

01:05:34Come on, Kayla.

01:05:35Come on, Kayla.

01:05:36Come on, Kayla.

01:05:37Come on, Kayla.

01:05:38Come on.

01:05:39Come on, Kayla.

01:05:40Come on, Kayla.

01:05:41And Damon Merchant will take the win there.

01:05:42You know the .

01:05:43Great drag race between both those cars.

01:05:44Woo!

01:05:45Stop it.

01:05:46I said at the very beginning, if we finish in the final eight at every race consistently,

01:05:52wins over just a win here and a win there.

01:05:53So I can't be mad about that.

01:05:55I'm not pouting over the top eight ever.

01:05:56So we are officially in the fastest race.

01:05:57And Damon Merchant is a win.

01:05:58And Damon Merchant will take the win there.

01:05:59You know the .

01:06:00Great drag race between both those cars.

01:06:01Woo!

01:06:02Stop it!

01:06:03I said at the very beginning, if we finish in the final eight at every race, consistency,

01:06:16wins over just a win here and a win there.

01:06:19So I can't be mad about that.

01:06:20I'm not pouting over the top eight ever.

01:06:24So we are officially in the badass group of people here.

01:06:27And Mama Shark is coming for a galop, man.

01:06:30Pretty pass.

01:06:31Ugh.

01:06:32Huh?

01:06:33It was rough.

01:06:34It was pretty.

01:06:35I figured you was coming.

01:06:36I was.

01:06:37I figured.

01:06:40All right.

01:06:41Next pair coming up, gonna be Giuseppe going up against Kai Kelley.

01:06:45At round three, I went up, I drew Giuseppe.

01:06:50He's been struggling the last couple of weeks, but he's going around, so he's probably got

01:06:53it back figured out.

01:06:54We're just not going to take Giuseppe lightly.

01:06:55We're going to go out there and go as fast as we think we can go on this race track.

01:06:58There's $200,000 on the line.

01:07:00We've got to keep clicking that 10 points towards our pot.

01:07:02We drew Kai Kelley.

01:07:15We haven't been able to beat him this year.

01:07:17I'm feeling pretty good, though.

01:07:18The car is running really good.

01:07:19I feel like we're back to where we used to be.

01:07:21The car's making great runs again.

01:07:22So I'm feeling like we're going to go rounds, and we've got a chance to win this this weekend.

01:07:25So we got past Giuseppe in round three.

01:07:53It was a good side-by-side race.

01:07:56Got about a fender on him, I think.

01:07:58You got me on the tree, I think.

01:08:01I feel like you pulled in front of me in the middle.

01:08:03In the middle, I think I did.

01:08:04Yeah.

01:08:05You got me a little early, I think, in the middle.

01:08:07It was a good race.

01:08:08Yeah, man.

01:08:09You're going so fast you blew the wind out.

01:08:10We're going to have to watch out for you again.

01:08:11I know.

01:08:12I know.

01:08:13Good race, man.

01:08:14You too, bud.

01:08:15Coming at you right here.

01:08:16That's going to be Rich Fruiter going up against Axman.

01:08:19So he agreed we raced straight up.

01:08:24I hope so, after the last pass.

01:08:25You trust him?

01:08:26After the last pass you did, I hope we're straight up.

01:08:28I mean, if we ain't going to race straight up, I don't mind not racing straight up.

01:08:30We can do it.

01:08:31If you jump, something up.

01:08:32All right, sure.

01:08:33He played a game with me last week.

01:08:34I'll play it again this week.

01:08:35But if you want straight up, we got straight up.

01:08:37I'm fine.

01:08:38Round three, I drew Rich Fruiter driving a jackal.

01:08:41He jumped on me last weekend.

01:08:43I just showed him I can do it too.

01:08:45I'm going to tell you, bring some paramedics if he jumped.

01:08:50So I went over.

01:08:51I told him, I said, I'll race you straight up.

01:08:53I said, you jumped last week.

01:08:54You know how I'd do it.

01:08:55I said, if you want to play games, I'm good with it.

01:08:57But if you want to race straight up, we'll shake on it.

01:08:59Is he going to guess on him?

01:09:00Yes, he's right here.

01:09:01What?

01:09:02Is he going to guess on him?

01:09:03I would.

01:09:05I'll see.

01:09:13And Rich Fruiter.

01:09:22Wow.

01:09:23Well, that thing's fast.

01:09:25Hey.

01:09:26That's fast.

01:09:27Damn, where did that come from?

01:09:28Hey, at the big end, it's like, oh.

01:09:30Yeah.

01:09:31Yeah.

01:09:33Good race, liar.

01:09:34Damn, it cut off on me.

01:09:36Did it?

01:09:37Yeah, yeah, yeah.

01:09:38Our front end.

01:09:39I hate it.

01:09:40We have our hot rod back, then we can go rounds.

01:09:42And it's showing.

01:09:43Good job, bro.

01:09:44Oh, yeah, bro.

01:09:45It's always fun racing.

01:09:46Oh, man.

01:09:47All right, folks.

01:09:48Last pair here in the third round.

01:09:50That is going to be Nate Saylor going up against Murder Nova.

01:09:54It does not .

01:09:57I guarantee it doesn't.

01:09:59I got data that shows how high it is.

01:10:01It's about eight inches off the ground.

01:10:03All right.

01:10:04It's about eight inches off the ground.

01:10:05The beam's only seven.

01:10:07The beam's between five and seven.

01:10:10Seven tops.

01:10:11I think you're crazy.

01:10:13I don't think it does anything anyways.

01:10:15OK.

01:10:16I'll get it fixed before the next one.

01:10:17I think it does.

01:10:18And I would have it on him.

01:10:20We draw Nate Saylor, who is at the top of his game right now.

01:10:23He's killing it.

01:10:24His car's really fast.

01:10:26And right now, he's in the top three out here.

01:10:28We've outran him before.

01:10:29He's outran us before.

01:10:30So it can go either way.

01:10:31It just matters on who gets more aggressive with their tune-up.

01:10:33If the track holds it, I'm not real sure he can get more aggressive than what we're going to.

01:10:47And Nate Saylor will get the win.

01:11:15Murder Nova has problems over there in that right lane.

01:11:18I wonder what happened here.

01:11:19Way early in the past.

01:11:20So Nate Saylor will move on to the semifinals.

01:11:22I told the tuner, I was like, if you're ever going to put a tune-up in it that's gambling, now is it.

01:11:31Because we're going to need it.

01:11:32And I think it carried the tires so far, I couldn't steer the car.

01:11:36So when the tires came down, I had to bring her back to the groove.

01:11:38So he put a tune-up in it.

01:11:40I wanted to win.

01:11:41And we won.

01:11:42And now we're going to the next round.

01:11:43We've got two Brian Martin cars in the next round.

01:11:45So we're collecting those team points.

01:11:46I let it go to the button, and it just shook instantly.

01:11:49Dude, I carried the tires so far, I couldn't steer.

01:11:53Nice job.

01:11:54Nice job, man.

01:11:55Thanks, brother.

01:11:56I don't know if it broke the gears, but they're howling the whole way.

01:12:00So I didn't even make it to the 60 foot.

01:12:03Well, I'm not going to bull you.

01:12:04If you lost, I just assumed it'd be for me.

01:12:05Oh, yeah, yeah.

01:12:06And if I lost, I just...

01:12:07For sure, for sure.

01:12:08I'm good with it.

01:12:09So there you have it, folks.

01:12:10Damon Merchant, Kai Kelly, Rich Bruder, and Nate Saylor moving on.

01:12:19All right, we're going to go and get started with our invitational semifinals drivers meeting.

01:12:23Folks, we started with 32 drivers.

01:12:24We are now down to four.

01:12:27Four drivers.

01:12:28Man, we are close.

01:12:30All the teams have been knocked out except for Team Kai Kelly and Team Ryan Martin.

01:12:34Kai, they're kind of catching up on you.

01:12:36Yeah.

01:12:37Look, man, do you just not like number one?

01:12:39You prefer number two?

01:12:43No, you know, all year, Damon's been, like, really close to me.

01:12:46So I went ahead and bought him, Ryan, to worry about that.

01:12:50There you go.

01:12:51I like the strategy.

01:12:52All right.

01:12:53Kai's nothing but honest over here.

01:12:55He has a plan.

01:12:56I like it.

01:12:57All right.

01:12:58Let's draw chips, y'all.

01:13:03Where are my number ones?

01:13:06Y'all want a trade?

01:13:07Oh, wow.

01:13:08The teammates drew each other.

01:13:10Damon Merchant versus Kai Kelly, which means the other teammates drew each other.

01:13:15Rich Bruder versus Nate Saylor.

01:13:17But what that does guarantee is it'll be a Team Kai Kelly, Team Ryan Martin Finals.

01:13:22All right, y'all.

01:13:23Go back to the pits.

01:13:24Get your cars turned around.

01:13:25Now, I'll tell you, $10,000 does sound good right about now.

01:13:35Invitational Semifinals coming at you right now.

01:13:39Hey, take it easy on me.

01:13:41Make it look like a good race.

01:13:42I hope you won.

01:13:43So chip draw did not go our way going into the semifinals here.

01:13:48Ryan's got two guys in.

01:13:49Kai and myself are in.

01:13:51It would have been great for points if we could have drew them two, put them out, went in the

01:13:56finals together.

01:13:57Chips didn't fall that way.

01:13:58So we got Kai.

01:14:12Any time you throw me in a race to race for $40,000, I'm not laying down for any team

01:14:17captain, teammate, or anything.

01:14:21We're going to give them hell out there.

01:14:22And like I said, the best car is going to go to the finals.

01:14:28Hey, Boosh.

01:14:29Yes, Axeman.

01:14:30Aren't these two on the same team?

01:14:31Who?

01:14:32Nate and Damon.

01:14:33Ryan paid for Nate, and Kai paid for Nate.

01:14:34I don't really watch social media about you.

01:14:35What happened?

01:14:36You missed the first day.

01:14:37There was some trading that went on.

01:14:38Nate and Saylor went to Ryan Martin's team, and Damon Merchant went to Kai Kelly's team.

01:14:39You don't even know?

01:14:40So they bought them?

01:14:41Yeah.

01:14:42I didn't see it.

01:14:43We got sold.

01:14:44So literally paid money for them.

01:14:45Yeah, there was a little bit of money exchanged, you guys.

01:14:46I was asleep, and then I didn't get anything.

01:14:47And Ryan?

01:14:48Ryan done it too?

01:14:49Ryan did it also.

01:14:50No way.

01:14:51Actually, Ryan was the first one that did the trade.

01:14:52But y'all's team, you know, I don't really watch social media.

01:14:53I don't really watch social media about you.

01:14:54What happened?

01:14:55You missed the first day.

01:14:56There was some trading that went on.

01:14:57Nate and Saylor went to Ryan Martin's team, and Damon Merchant went to Kai Kelly's team.

01:14:58You don't even know?

01:14:59So they bought them?

01:15:00I didn't see it.

01:15:01Man.

01:15:02We got sold.

01:15:03So literally paid money for them.

01:15:04Yeah, there was a little bit of money exchanged, you guys.

01:15:05Ryan?

01:15:06Ryan done it too?

01:15:07Ryan did it also.

01:15:08No way.

01:15:09Actually, Ryan was the first one that did the trade.

01:15:12But y'all's team, you know, co-captain is the one who started this whole deal.

01:15:17Dave tried to, but he didn't get his money right.

01:15:20Couldn't get his money right.

01:15:22Can we move on?

01:15:24Can we move on now?

01:15:26Big rotational semi-finals coming at you right now.

01:15:42Kai Kelly gets the win.

01:15:44Kai left first, never looked back.

01:15:46Both guys driving those cars there.

01:15:49Kai Kelly gets the win.

01:15:50He will go to the finals.

01:15:51Picking up Damon, that's probably the best $10,000 I ever spent.

01:15:54He went to the semis with me today.

01:15:56He helped me hold off Ron's team from getting any points on us.

01:15:59He puts in the work.

01:16:00He's got a bad-ass fast car.

01:16:02I raced side by side with her.

01:16:03It's whoever leaves on the light.

01:16:05And to be able to buy somebody like that and put them on your team,

01:16:07it's just a gift.

01:16:08Appreciate it, bud.

01:16:09Hey, man.

01:16:10You passed me.

01:16:11What happened?

01:16:12Let him loose, man.

01:16:13That's it.

01:16:14There he goes.

01:16:15Oh!

01:16:17That was a race.

01:16:19Last pair here in the semifinals for the Invitational Class.

01:16:22Rich Bruder going up against Nate Saylor.

01:16:27Sucks, but at least one of us are moving on to the next round.

01:16:30One team Ryan's going to the next round, period.

01:16:31Yeah, that's the only thing that's good about this.

01:16:33Semi-finals, we got Rich Bruder.

01:16:37Didn't want that.

01:16:38We were trying to stay away from each other so we could race each other in the final.

01:16:41Keep safe.

01:16:42Have fun.

01:16:43We'll see you on the other side.

01:16:44We're going to put a tune-up in the car.

01:16:45We know it's going to haul ass.

01:16:47He's going to do the same.

01:16:48I guarantee it.

01:16:49And we're going to see if we can go get some money and some points and get into the final.

01:16:53If the track's going to be there, I don't think there's going to be an issue with that.

01:17:06We're hanging more weight on the front end.

01:17:08This is the fastest passes we've been made to date.

01:17:10You know, it's been shown.

01:17:11We're going rounds now.

01:17:12So hopefully we'll be back and be in the final.

01:17:35And Nate Sailor will take the win.

01:17:39That was a drag race.

01:17:41Super close to the other end.

01:17:42But Nate Sailor turns on the win light.

01:17:44So your finals will be Kai Kelly versus Nate Sailor for $40,000.

01:17:52Good race, brother.

01:17:53Thanks, man.

01:17:54Good job.

01:17:56Our front end's high up.

01:17:57We got to make a barge age on this thing now.

01:17:59Oh, man.

01:18:00This thing did a monster wheelie.

01:18:01Yeah, same thing.

01:18:02It was awesome.

01:18:03Good job.

01:18:04Thanks, brother.

01:18:05We're going to go win us the championship.

01:18:06That's it.

01:18:07That's it.

01:18:08We're going to do it.

01:18:09All right, Michigan.

01:18:10This is your invitational final right here, right now.

01:18:17Dude, I want this one so bad.

01:18:18I can't even tell you.

01:18:19Finals here were against Kai Kelly, and that is my kryptonite.

01:18:23He has beat me three out of three times.

01:18:26Y'all got everything ready to go fast?

01:18:28Yup, man.

01:18:29I know they're going to throw the kitchen sink at it,

01:18:31because they know when we were running them before,

01:18:33we were right there at his door.

01:18:34Well, this car's faster now.

01:18:40And I don't want to think these guys all pooled their money

01:18:42together to buy me, and I'm not doing my job.

01:18:46So I'm out here trying to do the best I can for my team.

01:18:49We'll see what happens here.

01:18:51These drivers are racing for $40,000.

01:19:03Win or lose, we're going to be at least 100 points ahead of Dave's team.

01:19:07Not to mention we're about to go up there and race for $40,000.

01:19:10This right here will be a drag race between these two extremely fast cars.

01:19:17When Nate Saylor first came into the MPK,

01:19:19you know, everybody was saying he had a lot of money,

01:19:20he was going to be fast, he was going to be hard to deal with.

01:19:22And he done one thing that most of the rich guys don't do.

01:19:25He's putting in the work.

01:19:26He's out testing.

01:19:27He knows his car.

01:19:28He's got a good tuner.

01:19:29Let's see who will win the bag of money.

01:19:33So if there was any time we needed to bring our best game up there, it's now.

01:19:58Oh, and Nate Saylor gets the win!

01:20:02What a drag race!

01:20:06Kyle Kelly was right there!

01:20:08But Nate Saylor is your $40,000 winner!

01:20:17I'm on cloud nine, dude.

01:20:19We made some changes on the car to go fast, quicker, let go of the button.

01:20:23He left right with me, and it was door to door.

01:20:27And then my car was coming in his lane, his car was going to hit the wall.

01:20:31But we got the win.

01:20:33Nate Saylor and crew!

01:20:35Michigan!

01:20:37Woo!

01:20:38We got a fast race car.

01:20:39We're on a good team.

01:20:40We're going to come for that championship.

01:20:42About to hit some wall, buddy.

01:20:43Oh, dude, I about to hit you.

01:20:44Yeah, good race, man.

01:20:45You deserve it, for real.

01:20:46Thanks, brother.

01:20:47I told him, I said if he beats me, I ain't even going to be mad,

01:20:49because I beat him several times this year.

01:20:50Three out of three, you beat me.

01:20:51Yeah.

01:20:52It was a good race, though.

01:20:53Believe it or not, I feel pretty good coming out of the final race.

01:20:55I did get my ass kicked, but I beat on Nate Saylor all year.

01:20:58It was due.

01:20:59He beat me today, but what we did do is me and Damon went to the semis with him.

01:21:03We made sure they didn't make up any ground on us in the championship,

01:21:05and that's what it's all about right now.

01:21:07We're racing for $200,000.

01:21:08I'm going home, I'm safe, my car don't have no scratches on it,

01:21:11and Nate Saylor got a win.

01:21:13All right, Nate Saylor, it is payday, sir.

01:21:17Look, you battled all weekend and steamrolled through the Invitational Class.

01:21:23Two in one season.

01:21:25Nate Saylor, congratulations, man.

01:21:28What are you thinking?

01:21:29Man, I'm just, I can't tell you how excited we are.

01:21:32We're on a new team.

01:21:33Team Ryan Martin proud right there, already paying off.

01:21:38We made a big move for our team, you know.

01:21:40Nate's car's really fast.

01:21:41He's won two events now.

01:21:43Me picking him up paid off dramatically for me.

01:21:45He won the race.

01:21:46He took our team to 110 off first place.

01:21:50And while that might seem like a lot, with the points and a half,

01:21:52and the points and a half, and the double points,

01:21:54it's very achievable.

01:21:55Whoo!

01:21:56Whoa!

01:21:57Look at that, Nate Saylor, man.

01:22:00Hey!

01:22:01Congratulations, sir.

01:22:02$40,000.

01:22:03Nate Saylor makes a good one.

01:22:05Whoo!

01:22:06Whoo!

01:22:07Nate Saylor has won his second Invitational of the season.

01:22:10You gotta ask yourself, where did this guy come from,

01:22:13and how did the other teams miss him?

01:22:17With that being said, Ryan Martin has to be pleased with himself,

01:22:20his team, and his decisions, as he is now within 10 points of Team Dave.

01:22:25He's gotta be feeling pretty good about himself.

01:22:28There's only three events left, and at this point, it is anyone's championship.

01:22:32Next week.

01:22:33All right, Galant, London Sports Park, how y'all doing today?

01:22:37I think we got the most solid team there is here, as long as we can keep things together.

01:22:42You got Ryan with a lot of momentum.

01:22:45Kai's team might be holding the lead in points.

01:22:50Kai's been running away with this deal.

01:22:52We need to go get him, and this is our chance to make a big move.

01:22:54But the fight for the championship is far from being over.

01:23:02Bodhi, you still have a couple guys on your team you have not sold.

01:23:05Points and a half, and then the double.

01:23:06Three races to either catch up or forget him.

01:23:08And at this point right now, we're getting left behind.

01:23:10Some of the teams are out of reach of this championship.

01:23:13We are not, so we're gonna do whatever we can to get Scott Taylor on our team.

01:23:16Oh my God.

01:23:17Is it gonna happen?

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