Street Outlaws No Prep Kings S06 E12

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00:00:00Oh, man, you just cry, or drive off the end of the racetrack.

00:00:04All of the racers on Team Kai were out by round two.

00:00:07Here's your chance to make a comeback.

00:00:10That gave other teams the chance to go some rounds and close the gap.

00:00:15And boy, did they.

00:00:18The biggest win went to Ryan Martin, who won his first invitational race of the season.

00:00:24Woo!

00:00:26Congratulations, Ryan Martin and his team.

00:00:30There you go, brother. You darned it.

00:00:31He moved his team back into third place, just 140 points out of first.

00:00:36But with four events left, it's still anyone's championship.

00:00:43Here we go.

00:00:55Michigan.

00:00:56How y'all doing today?

00:00:57A little damp, a little damp, yeah.

00:01:03Hey, look, we're going to be dodging this stuff all day long, y'all.

00:01:06But look, I will tell you one thing.

00:01:08We're going to try our best to get this track dry.

00:01:11If a little shower comes through, we'll turn around and try to get it dry the moment it stops raining.

00:01:15But now we're going to go ahead and try to get started, get some racing in, and try to beat this weather.

00:01:22We are here today at U.S. 131 in Michigan.

00:01:26This is the first time for us at this track.

00:01:28With 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, and then the track conditions can change completely.

00:01:39When it rains, they have to come back, wait for the track to dry.

00:01:43All that data they got is now gone.

00:01:45It's useless.

00:01:46We're getting a late start today because of the rain, which may mean we only get through the first round of racing tonight, and we'll have to come back and finish tomorrow.

00:01:57Yeah, Ryan Martin, winner of last week's event, got his first invitational win of the season.

00:02:04Comeback starts now.

00:02:06That's right.

00:02:07That's right.

00:02:08Right now.

00:02:09Coming into this race, Kai Kelly is still sitting number one in points, but for the last three weeks, they have struggled.

00:02:16And as we're getting closer to the end of the season, it sounds like all of the captains have spent a lot of time on the phone this week working out potential trades and deals of all kinds.

00:02:28There's a couple of teams that know they don't have a shot at winning.

00:02:32Yep.

00:02:33And, you know, every team's got a couple of decent guys on it.

00:02:35You know, and then after that, it goes, you know.

00:02:37Yep.

00:02:38You know.

00:02:38And so they're talking about getting rid of their number one and number two picks to hire up teams for money.

00:02:47I'll take it.

00:02:48I'll take it.

00:02:49We made some decisions to make some trades due to the performance of our team.

00:02:53Our team has been on a spiral going down.

00:02:56We've got two guys who've been killing it for us all year.

00:03:00Nathan and Damon, these guys deserve an opportunity to win a championship, but a hot commodity right now, man.

00:03:05I'm auctioning them off.

00:03:07We got the deal pretty close.

00:03:08These guys want an opportunity to win, and I gave them an opportunity to pick the team they wanted to go to.

00:03:12All right, fellas, so I got some pretty good news.

00:03:16Buddy called me and said that he realizes that his team ain't got a shot at the championship, and he wanted to sell us Damon Merchant.

00:03:25What's the bid?

00:03:26We bidding or what?

00:03:27What's the bid?

00:03:27$10,000 in ranking.

00:03:30Worked his ass off the whole year.

00:03:31The guy's put in the work.

00:03:32He's done a lot, but he just couldn't get off that struggle bus right now.

00:03:36No.

00:03:37Man, this ain't friendship.

00:03:38It's business.

00:03:38We got to do what we got to do.

00:03:39I know.

00:03:39Pretty much halfway through this season already, I was already talking to Bodie about possibly trying to get Damon Merchant.

00:03:46I hope y'all are in, because I already told him yes.

00:03:50He named the price.

00:03:51It was $10,000, and I immediately told him, hell yeah, we want to do it.

00:03:55I did hear some more things.

00:03:56I don't know if they're true, but I heard Ryan may or may not have bought Nate Sailor, which is a weapon right now.

00:04:03This is the last event before the points and a half starts, and if there's any moves to be made, now is the time if you think you're going to make a push.

00:04:24That being said, I've got to make smart moves for my team to try to strategically get at this championship.

00:04:31And so I got a phone call from Bodie.

00:04:33Bodie's got two hot commodities.

00:04:34Nate's car's fast.

00:04:35He wants to be on our team.

00:04:37It's going to take a little bit of money.

00:04:38It's going to be interesting today.

00:04:39Let's see how I'm going to get.

00:04:43Yeah, you know, man.

00:04:44You know how the go.

00:04:45Everybody got knives.

00:04:48Shot, shot, shot, shot.

00:04:50Yeah.

00:04:51So last week when Bodie called me wanting to sell Nate and Damon, I actually had told him that I would take both of them for the money he was asking for them.

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

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

00:05:09Like, I thought Damon was coming out of my team and it was going to be great.

00:05:12I almost feel like I got a knife in my back.

00:05:15Hang on.

00:05:16Hey.

00:05:16You've got to take the best shot at winning this championship.

00:05:21I think coming up, you look at the coming up races, Gallaud, Lizzie's going to run good there.

00:05:26Kyle's going to run a test there a lot.

00:05:28It's going to be a good race for them.

00:05:29Steel Alabama is going to be a good race for Ryan.

00:05:32Texas is where it's like, it's any man's game at Texas, I think.

00:05:37Was Ryan trying to get you too?

00:05:39We talked, he talked a little bit.

00:05:41He got, I think he got Nate.

00:05:43Huh?

00:05:44He got Nate.

00:05:48What's up?

00:05:49That's why I'm glad I'm on the bottom part of the ladder.

00:05:52You're not wrong with me.

00:05:53You look like you're upset.

00:05:54I'm not upset.

00:05:55Are you okay?

00:05:56Are you upset?

00:05:57No.

00:05:58Do I have a reason to be upset?

00:05:59I could be, I guess.

00:06:00I don't know.

00:06:01Should I be upset?

00:06:02You should wake up in a happy mood.

00:06:03Why?

00:06:04You should.

00:06:06I know you're waking up angry.

00:06:07No.

00:06:09I know.

00:06:09You just look like you had a face frown.

00:06:11Uh-uh.

00:06:12I'm good.

00:06:15All right, guys.

00:06:16This is the captain's meeting.

00:06:17As you know, this is where you can make changes to your team.

00:06:19So we're going to start at the bottom.

00:06:21I mean, it's not the bottom.

00:06:22Sorry.

00:06:22We're going to start with the team that has the most opportunity to do well.

00:06:27Yes.

00:06:28Dean.

00:06:28Yeah.

00:06:28No change.

00:06:29Really?

00:06:29No change.

00:06:30Okay, I like it.

00:06:30I got faith in my guys.

00:06:31Of course.

00:06:32One of these days, we're going to pull through.

00:06:33Murillo.

00:06:33Yes.

00:06:34Any changes?

00:06:35Man, you know what?

00:06:36We're doing so good right now, I'd hate to mess it up.

00:06:40Y'all are just a well-oiled machine over there.

00:06:43So no changes.

00:06:44Yeah, we're good.

00:06:44Keep it where it's at.

00:06:45Status quo.

00:06:45Yes, sir.

00:06:46Swanstrom.

00:06:47Changes.

00:06:48I found out this week my money doesn't go as long as some others, so.

00:06:52Oh.

00:06:53It's all right.

00:06:53What happened?

00:06:54I don't know.

00:06:55I'm going to stay because there's no trade there.

00:06:58Got it.

00:06:59Uh, Bodie.

00:07:01I tell you what.

00:07:02We're going to make a lot of changes over here today.

00:07:04First.

00:07:05What?

00:07:06Yeah, the first change I'm going to make is I'm going to put myself back in for Tim Brown.

00:07:10Like it.

00:07:10I'm also going to make a major trade with my two top guys.

00:07:15Okay.

00:07:18So who are you starting with?

00:07:20First, uh, I'll start here with Kai Kelly.

00:07:23What's going on here?

00:07:25Uh, we was talking about negotiating.

00:07:27Uh, I got Damon.

00:07:30He wanted to go to your team.

00:07:32He was going to bring me back over, rank it, and a couple extra dollars.

00:07:37Ooh.

00:07:39Say no more.

00:07:41$10,000.

00:07:41Wait a minute.

00:07:42Time out.

00:07:43Wait, time out.

00:07:44$10,000.

00:07:45Trading Damon for Rankin was huge for us because Rankin's been struggling.

00:07:48When it does make a pass, it's fast.

00:07:49But to win these deals, you got to be consistent.

00:07:52And you got to be consistent every single week with no breaks.

00:07:54For now, he's just not consistent enough for us to win a championship.

00:07:57And Damon is.

00:07:58It's business, and it's $200,000.

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

00:08:03Rankin, please do not take offense to this.

00:08:05But you just traded Damon Merchant for Chris Rankin.

00:08:09And $10,000.

00:08:10I get a lot of credit.

00:08:11I'm the great GM because everybody had the opportunity to pick these guys, and they didn't.

00:08:15Yeah, that's right.

00:08:15So I GMed these guys, and I got them here, and they showed me that they was worth every dime of it.

00:08:20So this is what I get in return.

00:08:21And we're not done.

00:08:22We're not done.

00:08:23Oh, you're not?

00:08:23You got more trades.

00:08:24Wow.

00:08:24Okay, what else you got?

00:08:26The next trade we got.

00:08:27Blockbuster trade.

00:08:28It's Nate Taylor.

00:08:29We're working a deal with Ryan Martin.

00:08:31Yeah.

00:08:34For who?

00:08:35For Jerry, unfortunately.

00:08:37The Bird Boys.

00:08:38Oh, that's what you think.

00:08:40Y'all be in my heart.

00:08:41And you know, I wasn't going to do this, but then I heard Kai was going to do it.

00:08:46Damon's a heavy hitter.

00:08:47He's one of the fastest cars here.

00:08:48Obviously, top five for sure.

00:08:50So to go get this championship, it's going to be tough to try to get there without having an

00:08:54equal team.

00:08:56I need people that are going to be heavy hitters.

00:08:59Odie put up Nate Saylor.

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

00:09:02I talked it out with my team.

00:09:03We split it up four ways.

00:09:04It was $2,500 a piece.

00:09:06We thought of it as a very cheap investment to possibly guarantee us another driver to collect

00:09:12points for us to go get that championship.

00:09:14Did you already have the money wired to you, or is it in cash, or what's going on with that?

00:09:17You know I'm good for it.

00:09:19Yeah, yeah.

00:09:19Ryan's murder.

00:09:20Yeah, yeah.

00:09:21I'm good for it.

00:09:21I'd also like to point out that I'm sure Team Dave and Murder Nova maybe are not exactly

00:09:26happy with the trades, because that just kind of sets them back as well.

00:09:29It makes it harder for them to win the championship as well.

00:09:32It's kind of stacking the teams, you know.

00:09:33Set me back.

00:09:35All right.

00:09:36Is that it?

00:09:36Yes, sir.

00:09:37All right.

00:09:38Murder Nova.

00:09:39Yes.

00:09:39I ain't got 10 grand, so.

00:09:43It looks like I'm sticking with my guys.

00:09:46Yeah.

00:09:47Okay.

00:09:48All right, guys.

00:09:49Well, there you have it.

00:09:51That's the captain's meeting.

00:09:52Let's do it.

00:09:53You know what you got to do.

00:09:53Good deal.

00:09:54All right.

00:09:55Team Kai getting another heavy hitter onto a team that is already sitting in first place.

00:10:01And then you've got Team Ryan Martin, who is also getting an extremely fast driver.

00:10:07Moving up, huh?

00:10:09I'm just going to keep doing what I've been doing.

00:10:10That's right.

00:10:12This will put a lot of pressure on Damon and Nate to really perform for their teams.

00:10:18Because these captains made these moves to try to win that team championship.

00:10:25What do you think about the team deal?

00:10:29I don't mind it.

00:10:30It helps y'all.

00:10:31But at the same time, the way he did it.

00:10:33Yeah.

00:10:34You know?

00:10:35I got to him last night.

00:10:37I said, I'll probably be the next one to go.

00:10:39I said, but I'd rather kind of be anywhere than with a snake.

00:10:44We still had a chance.

00:10:46We went out.

00:10:47You know what I'm saying?

00:10:47That's what I kind of said, too.

00:10:48Me and Nate talked about that.

00:10:50We still had a chance for the championship.

00:10:51We wasn't out.

00:10:53But all that benefited was his pocket.

00:10:56That's it.

00:10:57And then he threw up in my face.

00:10:58Oh, well, I didn't have to pick you.

00:11:02You ain't done for the team.

00:11:04You ain't got a point.

00:11:06You ain't went a round.

00:11:07But you want to stick all the money in your pocket and sell out on your people?

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

00:11:12That's chicken.

00:11:17All right.

00:11:20Well, folks, we are now going to move into the Invitational Round 1 Drivers Meeting, folks.

00:11:27This is the main event for the weekend.

00:11:29This is the class where 32 drivers battle it out for $40,000.

00:11:36It seems like those trades really opened the floodgates for other team captains to try to make some moves.

00:11:41I said, no.

00:11:41I said, you're worth more than five.

00:11:43He just don't like you, man.

00:11:44He don't like you.

00:11:46He thinks he can't win a championship.

00:11:48He don't want you to.

00:11:49That's where we're at with Mike right now.

00:11:52That's the type of guy Mike is.

00:11:54You had Sean trying to get Mike Murillo to trade Scott Taylor for $5,000.

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

00:12:03He's trying to go from fourth to third.

00:12:05Yeah.

00:12:05But he's not getting his paper right.

00:12:07How much paper is it going to take?

00:12:08$10,000.

00:12:09$10,000.

00:12:10You're good for it, right?

00:12:11Hell no.

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

00:12:15Are you talking about Ryan?

00:12:17Oh, wow.

00:12:18Damn.

00:12:20Oh, wow.

00:12:21Damn.

00:12:23Hey.

00:12:25Wow.

00:12:26We just recovered.

00:12:27I love you, man.

00:12:28All right.

00:12:29Well, look, Sean.

00:12:29It looks like Murillo is not going to crack yet.

00:12:32We'll try next week, buddy.

00:12:33Sorry.

00:12:35And now, after all the successful and unsuccessful trading,

00:12:39plus our race your way in,

00:12:41the 32-car field is set.

00:12:44Since he auctioned off two of his team members,

00:12:46Bodie only has two drivers in the Invitational today.

00:12:49But Kai's and Ryan's investments are really paying off,

00:12:53as they each have all five racers in,

00:12:55unlike Dave, who only has four.

00:12:58We'll go ahead and get the bucket here.

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

00:13:02All right.

00:13:05You son of a...

00:13:06Yeah, you were looking at him.

00:13:07I was trying to get him mixed up.

00:13:08If anyone asks me, I think you're worth $10,000.

00:13:12Thank you, bud.

00:13:13You're welcome.

00:13:13There ain't no chips in there.

00:13:14No, I ain't.

00:13:15In the first round here in Michigan,

00:13:16eight teammates drew each other.

00:13:19You got Chuck 55 going up against B-Rad.

00:13:21Sean had four racers coming in to this race.

00:13:24Unfortunately, this guarantees that he'll have,

00:13:26at the most, three racers continuing on after this first round.

00:13:30Then, the race that everyone's got their eye on,

00:13:33it is a rematch between Kai Kelly and Lizzie Musi.

00:13:36Those two are the heaviest hitters on their team.

00:13:39Plus, you factor in the history they have between each other,

00:13:44this is going to be a good one.

00:13:45Then, you have Robin Roberts versus Ryan Martin.

00:13:48Again, two of the heaviest hitters on their team.

00:13:52And for Ryan Martin, who's trying to get to the top,

00:13:55he needs all of his strongest racers to stay in as long as possible.

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

00:14:03Paige has been trying to prove herself all season long,

00:14:06and Dave is the captain of the team,

00:14:09which means there'll be a lot of pressure

00:14:10for Paige and Dave to get the win.

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

00:14:16I do, too.

00:14:17I mean, for sure now,

00:14:19but Dave was really wanting to make a run.

00:14:23All right, folks, first pair here in the Invitational first round.

00:14:27Got Rich Bruder going up against Jim Howe.

00:14:30It's a rematch from last weekend.

00:14:33Here we are, US 131.

00:14:35What a crazy day.

00:14:36Rain on and off, getting cold out.

00:14:39Go up there for Invitational chip draw, we draw Jim Howe.

00:14:42It's going to be a rematch from the last race.

00:14:44We went up there third round last race,

00:14:46went up there, we had a problem with the car.

00:14:48We, uh, after that race, we went to a dyno,

00:14:51dynoed the car a little bit,

00:14:52got it back where it should be,

00:14:53and it's running strong today.

00:14:54Damn, somebody's on some sticker tires.

00:15:08Holy...

00:15:09So we're here in basically my hometown.

00:15:14We're in Martin, Michigan.

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

00:15:17That's all it's done is rain, rain, rain, rain, rain.

00:15:19The sun finally came out this afternoon.

00:15:21I do not like racing in the winter weather,

00:15:23and that's what this is.

00:15:24You know, it's no prep racing,

00:15:25and this is what it is.

00:15:27It's what makes this sport

00:15:28and this particular series

00:15:30such an interesting deal,

00:15:31and that's why we've seen

00:15:32so many different winters all year.

00:15:33And Rich Bruder

00:15:55takes the win.

00:15:58Rich Bruder moving on to the next round

00:16:01of the Invitational Class.

00:16:03All right, next pair

00:16:05coming at you right now.

00:16:06We got Brandon James

00:16:06going up against Kayla Morton.

00:16:22We are getting ready for today,

00:16:24and Dave and Kai kind of went at Damon,

00:16:27and he chose to go with Kai,

00:16:28so we just need to use that as drive

00:16:31and, you know, a fire lit under our ass

00:16:34to do better.

00:16:34If you don't want to be on our team,

00:16:35then we're going to show you

00:16:36that you made a mistake.

00:16:37And Kayla Morton takes the win there.

00:16:56Brandon James getting all kinds of sideways

00:16:59over there in the left lane.

00:17:00We're going to be on the right lane.

00:17:03Woo!

00:17:04The right lane was a little more sketch.

00:17:06Up top, man, it was a little shaky.

00:17:08It was all over the place,

00:17:08but I am glad that we drew that lane,

00:17:10and now we have some data in both lanes,

00:17:12and I'm just hoping to keep this momentum going.

00:17:14There's something to be said

00:17:16about winning five times in a row,

00:17:18and hopefully we can just keep that up.

00:17:20I was driving.

00:17:21Mine drove to the center upheld,

00:17:22and I'm about wrecking.

00:17:23Did you really?

00:17:24Yeah.

00:17:24Damn, that track is just so cold now.

00:17:28Yeah, it is.

00:17:29Good job.

00:17:30Thanks, Brandon.

00:17:30Good luck, Ma.

00:17:30Appreciate you.

00:17:32Next pair, coming at you right now.

00:17:34We got Clay Cole going up against Scott Scooter Taylor.

00:17:43So I went up and drew chips today

00:17:45for round one of the Invitational.

00:17:46I drew Scott Taylor.

00:17:48I've not raced Scott yet,

00:17:49so it ought to be an interesting race.

00:17:52So round one's a little bit different today.

00:17:55We've had Mother Nature against us

00:17:56all weekend, unfortunately.

00:18:03It's a little cooler out,

00:18:04so it's definitely going to be tricky,

00:18:06and you're going to have to be on your A game

00:18:08for sure to get down this track.

00:18:14Hey, hey!

00:18:20What's wrong?

00:18:20It's a trans race.

00:18:22It ain't clicking.

00:18:24It looks like Scott Taylor having issues out there stuck,

00:18:28not packing up.

00:18:29Jiggle right there.

00:18:31Right here?

00:18:31Yeah.

00:18:32Mike Murillo, team captain,

00:18:33needs to get out there and figure out what's going on

00:18:35with his teammate, Scott Taylor.

00:18:38Put him on the clock!

00:18:40He's got it.

00:18:41He's got it.

00:18:41We're going to put him on the clock?

00:18:43Yeah!

00:18:43All right, so Clay Cole has put Scott Taylor

00:18:45on a two-minute clock.

00:18:47Oh, my.

00:18:47I don't see it broke anywhere.

00:18:49I don't see anything.

00:18:51Oh, yep, right there.

00:18:52Can you shove it back?

00:18:53I'm going to try to.

00:18:58You don't get it.

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

00:19:01I don't give a...

00:19:01One minute has surpassed.

00:19:03You know, push me back.

00:19:06I'm going to try it.

00:19:06Maybe it goes red or something.

00:19:11Man, Clay, if you don't give him extra time,

00:19:13that's sorry.

00:19:14All right, so...

00:19:16Got about...

00:19:17Ten seconds.

00:19:21Nine.

00:19:22Eight.

00:19:23Seven.

00:19:24Hold on, we good.

00:19:25Six.

00:19:25We good.

00:19:26He's got to tighten one thing.

00:19:27Five.

00:19:27Four.

00:19:28Three.

00:19:29He's almost got it.

00:19:30He's almost got it.

00:19:31That is two minutes.

00:19:33Two minutes has surpassed.

00:20:03All right, so Clay Cole taking the win

00:20:09and pedaling over there in that right lane.

00:20:11Scott Taylor has something happen there

00:20:13right on the hit.

00:20:14Damn.

00:20:14Does not make the pass.

00:20:17We had a wire break on the trans break,

00:20:19on the dash,

00:20:20and we just needed a few minutes to fix it.

00:20:23He didn't want to give no extra time.

00:20:24I know that Clay Cole is not going to give anybody

00:20:27one second to actually get a drag race.

00:20:30We know that.

00:20:30We established that.

00:20:31So in the future,

00:20:33anybody, you know,

00:20:34goes up against Clay

00:20:34and he has a problem,

00:20:35he ain't going to give you time,

00:20:36so you got that stuck in the back of your mind.

00:20:39What happened, brother?

00:20:40Ah, a trans break wouldn't work.

00:20:41I just...

00:20:42It ain't just meant to be right now.

00:20:43Oh, man, I'm sorry.

00:20:44Oh, good, man.

00:20:45I didn't put you on the clock.

00:20:45My guy did, I'm sorry.

00:20:46No, you're fine.

00:20:47I don't know if you could have got it fixed or not.

00:20:49It's all good.

00:20:50We good?

00:20:50Yep.

00:20:51I think we had one of the fastest cars

00:20:52on the property tonight

00:20:53and a wire, you know,

00:20:55one wire broke

00:20:57and I thought that maybe, you know,

00:20:59the testing and stuff had paid off.

00:21:01We do really good when the track's not great.

00:21:03That's our specialty.

00:21:05We're in the biggest slump we've ever been in,

00:21:07but there ain't but one way to get out of it

00:21:08is keep digging.

00:21:09You lay down in a slump,

00:21:10you get covered up.

00:21:12We ain't gonna lay down.

00:21:15All right, folks, next pair.

00:21:17That is gonna be David Gates

00:21:18going up against Murder Nova.

00:21:21Man, I'm gonna have to go up here

00:21:23and race my buddy Sean Murder Nova.

00:21:27I'm trying to get that win,

00:21:28put him on the trailer.

00:21:32Man, we're starting to go into these points and a half.

00:21:35We got a shot.

00:21:37We're not that far behind.

00:21:40No, y'all are in a good spot for sure.

00:21:42Yeah.

00:21:43You know, it's achievable where you're at.

00:21:46Yes.

00:21:47Yes.

00:21:47Pretty tight.

00:21:50Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:21:51Yeah.

00:21:51But now it's gonna start doing this

00:21:53because they all got five guys in.

00:21:56So normally we race a first round during the day

00:21:59and you have to worry about a tricky track that's hot.

00:22:02Well, this is a little bit different.

00:22:03We're really far north.

00:22:05It's cold.

00:22:06And a cold track could be worse

00:22:08than a hot and greasy track.

00:22:20David Gates' car has the capabilities

00:22:23of being one of the fastest cars on the property.

00:22:26I know he's been struggling a little bit,

00:22:28but I can't look at it that way.

00:22:31I have to look at it like,

00:22:32how much power is this lane gonna take

00:22:34whenever I try to put it down?

00:22:36And that's the route we're gonna go.

00:22:37Murder knows him.

00:22:57Takes the win.

00:22:59He'll move on the next round.

00:23:01Last week at Maple Grove Raceway in Pennsylvania.

00:23:04All right, so Jim Howell gets the win.

00:23:08Kai Kelly goes red.

00:23:09He wasn't a grown man.

00:23:10He just cried.

00:23:11Or drive off the end of the racetrack.

00:23:14All of the racers on Team Kai were out by round two.

00:23:18Here's your chance to make a comeback.

00:23:21That gave other teams the chance

00:23:23to go some rounds and close the gap.

00:23:25And boy, did they.

00:23:28The biggest win went to Ryan Martin,

00:23:31who won his first invitational race of the season.

00:23:34Congratulations, Ryan Martin and his team.

00:23:40There you go, brother.

00:23:41You turned it.

00:23:42He moved his team back into third place,

00:23:44just 140 points out of first.

00:23:46But with four events left,

00:23:48it's still anyone's championship.

00:23:53Here we go.

00:23:55Michigan.

00:24:07How y'all doing today?

00:24:10A little damp.

00:24:11A little damp.

00:24:13Yeah.

00:24:14Hey, look, we're going to be dodging this stuff

00:24:16all day long, y'all.

00:24:16But look, I will tell you one thing.

00:24:18We're going to try our best to get this track dry.

00:24:21If a little shower comes through,

00:24:23we'll turn around and try to get it dry

00:24:24the moment it stops raining.

00:24:27But now we're going to go ahead

00:24:28and try to get started, get some racing in,

00:24:30and try to beat this weather.

00:24:32We are here today at U.S. 131 in Michigan.

00:24:37This is the first time for us at this track.

00:24:39With the weather being kind of weird,

00:24:41cold and wet,

00:24:42what it does for the drivers is

00:24:44they'll make a pass and they get data,

00:24:47and then the track conditions can change completely.

00:24:50When it rains, they have to come back,

00:24:52wait for the track to dry.

00:24:53All that data they got is now gone.

00:24:56It's useless.

00:24:56We're getting a late start today

00:24:59because of the rain,

00:25:00which may mean we only get through

00:25:02the first round of racing tonight,

00:25:03and we'll have to come back and finish tomorrow.

00:25:07Yeah, Ryan Martin,

00:25:09winner of last week's event,

00:25:11got his first invitational win of the season.

00:25:15Comeback starts now.

00:25:17That's right.

00:25:18Right now.

00:25:19Right now.

00:25:20Coming into this race,

00:25:21Kai Kelly is still sitting number one in points,

00:25:23but for the last three weeks,

00:25:25they have struggled.

00:25:27And as we're getting closer to the end of the season,

00:25:29it sounds like all of the captains

00:25:31have spent a lot of time on the phone this week

00:25:33working out potential trades and deals of all kinds.

00:25:38There's a couple of teams that know

00:25:41they don't have a shot at winning.

00:25:43Yep.

00:25:43And, you know, every team's got a couple of decent guys in it.

00:25:46You know, and then after that, it goes, you know.

00:25:48Yep.

00:25:48You know.

00:25:49And so they're talking about getting rid of their number one

00:25:52and number two picks to hire up teams for money.

00:25:57Politicking, politicking.

00:25:58Politicking.

00:26:00We made some decisions to make some trades

00:26:02due to the performance of our team.

00:26:04Our team has been on a spiral going down.

00:26:07We got two guys who've been killing it for us all year.

00:26:10Nathan and Damon.

00:26:11These guys deserve an opportunity to win a championship,

00:26:14but a hot commodity right now, man.

00:26:16I'm auctioning them off.

00:26:17We got the deal pretty close.

00:26:19These guys want an opportunity to win,

00:26:20and I gave them an opportunity to pick the team

00:26:22they wanted to go to.

00:26:24All right, fellas, so I got some pretty good news.

00:26:26Buddy called me and said that he realizes

00:26:28that his team ain't got a shot at the championship,

00:26:31and he wanted to sell us Damon Merchant.

00:26:35What's the bid?

00:26:36We bidding or what?

00:26:37What's the bid?

00:26:3810 grand and ranking.

00:26:40Worked his ass off the whole year.

00:26:41The guy's put in the work.

00:26:43He's done a lot, but he just couldn't get off

00:26:45that struggle bus right now.

00:26:46Yep.

00:26:47Man, this ain't friendship.

00:26:48It's business.

00:26:49We got to do what we got to do.

00:26:50Pretty much halfway through this season already,

00:26:53I was already talking to Bodie

00:26:55about possibly trying to get Damon Merchant.

00:26:57I hope y'all are in,

00:26:58because I already told him yes.

00:27:00He named the price.

00:27:01It was $10,000,

00:27:02and I immediately told him,

00:27:04hell yeah, we want to do it.

00:27:06I did hear some more things.

00:27:06I don't know if they're true,

00:27:07but I heard Ryan may or may not have bought Nate Sailor,

00:27:11which is a weapon right now.

00:27:16Are you buying anybody?

00:27:20I might.

00:27:21I mean, you might as well.

00:27:22I might buy somebody today.

00:27:23Must be the thing to do here.

00:27:24I might buy somebody today.

00:27:25You can just buy people.

00:27:26Yeah.

00:27:27This is the last event

00:27:28before the points and a half starts,

00:27:30and if there's any moves to be made,

00:27:32now is the time

00:27:33if you think you're going to make a push.

00:27:34That being said,

00:27:36I've got to make smart moves for my team

00:27:38to try to strategically get out of this championship.

00:27:41And so I got a phone call from Bodie.

00:27:43Bodie's got two hot commodities.

00:27:45Nate's car's fast.

00:27:45He wants to be on our team.

00:27:47He's going to take a little bit of money.

00:27:48It's going to be interesting today.

00:27:49Let's see how I'm going to get

00:27:50Yeah, you know, man.

00:27:55You know how the go.

00:27:56Everybody got knives.

00:27:59Shot, shot, shot, shot.

00:28:01Yeah.

00:28:01So last week when Bodie called me

00:28:03wanting to sell Nate and Damon,

00:28:06I actually had told him

00:28:07that I would take both of them

00:28:08for the money he was asking for them.

00:28:10Nate, he called Ryan,

00:28:12actually got Ryan to buy him.

00:28:15Damon, we went back and forth,

00:28:17back and forth.

00:28:18And I thought all was good.

00:28:19Like I thought Damon was coming out of my team

00:28:21and it was going to be great.

00:28:22I almost feel like I got a knife in my back.

00:28:25Hey.

00:28:26Hey.

00:28:26You got to take the best shot

00:28:28at winning this championship.

00:28:31I think coming up,

00:28:32you look at the coming up races,

00:28:34Galat, Lizzie's going to run good there.

00:28:36Kyle's going to run nice.

00:28:37They test there a lot.

00:28:38It's going to be a good race for them.

00:28:40Steel, Alabama is going to be a good race for Ryan.

00:28:42Texas is where it's like,

00:28:44it's any man's game at Texas, I think.

00:28:47Was Ryan trying to get you too?

00:28:50We talked, he talked a little bit.

00:28:52He got, I think he got Nate.

00:28:54Huh?

00:28:54He got Nate.

00:28:58What's up?

00:28:59That's why I'm glad I'm on the bottom.

00:29:01What's the matter there?

00:29:02You're not wrong with me.

00:29:03You look like you're upset.

00:29:05I'm not upset.

00:29:06Are you okay?

00:29:07Are you upset?

00:29:07No.

00:29:08Do I have a reason to be upset?

00:29:10I could be, I guess.

00:29:10I don't know.

00:29:11Should I be upset?

00:29:12You should wake up in a happy mood.

00:29:14Why?

00:29:15You should.

00:29:16I know you're waking up angry.

00:29:18No.

00:29:19I know, you just look like you had a face frown.

00:29:21Uh-uh.

00:29:22No, I'm good.

00:29:26All right, guys.

00:29:26This is the captain's meeting.

00:29:27As you know,

00:29:28this is where you can make changes to your team.

00:29:30So we're going to start at the bottom.

00:29:31I mean, it's not the bottom.

00:29:32Sorry.

00:29:32We're going to start with the team that has the most opportunity to do well.

00:29:37Yes.

00:29:38Dean.

00:29:38Yeah, no change.

00:29:39Really?

00:29:40No change.

00:29:40Okay, I like it.

00:29:41I got faith in my guys.

00:29:42One of these days, we're going to pull through.

00:29:43Murillo.

00:29:44Yes.

00:29:44Any changes?

00:29:45Man, you know what?

00:29:46We're doing so good right now, I'd hate to mess it up.

00:29:51Y'all are just a well-oiled machine over there.

00:29:53So no changes.

00:29:54Yeah, we're good.

00:29:54Keeping it where it's at.

00:29:55Status quo.

00:29:56Yes, sir.

00:29:56Swanstrom.

00:29:58Changes.

00:29:58I found out this week my money doesn't go as long as some others, so...

00:30:02Oh.

00:30:03Oh.

00:30:03It's all right.

00:30:04What happened?

00:30:04I don't know.

00:30:05I'm going to stay because there's no trade there.

00:30:09Got it.

00:30:09Uh, Bodie.

00:30:11I tell you what, we're going to make a lot of changes over here today.

00:30:15First...

00:30:15What?

00:30:16Yeah, the first change I'm going to make is I'm going to put myself back in for Tim Brown.

00:30:20Like it.

00:30:21I'm also going to make a major trade with my two top guys.

00:30:26Okay.

00:30:28So who are you starting with?

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

00:30:34What's going on here?

00:30:35Uh, we was talking about negotiating.

00:30:37Uh, I got Damon.

00:30:40He wanted to go to your team.

00:30:42He was going to bring me back over Rankin and a couple extra dollars.

00:30:47Ooh!

00:30:50Say no more.

00:30:51$10,000.

00:30:52Wait a minute.

00:30:52Time out.

00:30:53Wait a time out.

00:30:54$10,000.

00:30:55Trading Damon for Rankin was huge for us because Rankin's been strong.

00:30:58When it does make a pass, it's fast, but to win these deals, you've got to be consistent.

00:31:02And you've got to be consistent every single week with no breaks.

00:31:04For now, he's just not consistent enough for us to win a championship, and Damon is.

00:31:08It's business, and it's $200,000.

00:31:11I hate it for Rankin, but I've got to do it.

00:31:13Rankin, please do not take offense to this, but you just traded Damon Merchant for Chris Rankin.

00:31:20And $10,000.

00:31:21I get a lot of credit.

00:31:22I'm the great GM because everybody had the opportunity to pick these guys, and they didn't.

00:31:25Yeah, it's a...

00:31:26So I GM these guys, and I got them here, and they showed me that they was worth every dime

00:31:30of it, so this is what I get in return.

00:31:32And we're not done.

00:31:33We're not done.

00:31:33Oh, you're not?

00:31:34You got more trades.

00:31:34Wow.

00:31:35Okay.

00:31:35What else you got?

00:31:36The next trade we got...

00:31:37Blockbuster trade.

00:31:38It's Nate Taylor.

00:31:39We're working a deal with Ryan Martin.

00:31:41Yeah.

00:31:41For who?

00:31:45For Jerry, unfortunately.

00:31:47The Bird Boys.

00:31:48Oh, that's what you think, Yabima.

00:31:51You can't.

00:31:53And you know, I wasn't going to do this, but then I heard Kai was going to do it.

00:31:57Damon's a heavy hitter.

00:31:57He's one of the fastest cars here.

00:31:59Obviously, top five for sure, so to go get this championship, it's going to be tough to

00:32:03try to get there without having an equal team.

00:32:06I need people that are going to be heavy hitters.

00:32:09Odie put up Nate Saylor.

00:32:10It was a $10,000 purchase.

00:32:12I talked it out with my team.

00:32:13We split it up four ways.

00:32:15It was $2,500 a piece.

00:32:16We thought of it as a very cheap investment to possibly guarantee us another driver to

00:32:22collect points for us to go get that championship.

00:32:24Did you already have the money wired to you, or is it in cash, or what's going on with that?

00:32:28You know I'm good for it.

00:32:29Yeah, yeah.

00:32:30Ryan's murder.

00:32:31Yeah, I'm good for it.

00:32:32I'd also like to point out that I'm sure Team Dave and Murder Nova maybe are not exactly

00:32:36happy with the trades, because that just kind of sets them back as well.

00:32:39It makes it harder for them to win the championship as well.

00:32:42It's kind of stacking the teams, you know.

00:32:43Set me back.

00:32:46All right, is that it?

00:32:47Yes, sir.

00:32:47All right.

00:32:48Murder Nova, thank you.

00:32:49Yes.

00:32:50I ain't got 10 grand, so.

00:32:53It looks like I'm sticking with my guys.

00:32:55Yeah.

00:32:58Okay.

00:32:59All right, guys.

00:32:59Well, there you have it.

00:33:01That's the captain's meeting.

00:33:02All right.

00:33:02Let's do it.

00:33:03Know what you got to do.

00:33:04Good deal.

00:33:04All right.

00:33:05Team Kai getting another heavy hitter onto a team that is already sitting in first place.

00:33:11And then you've got Team Ryan Martin, who is also getting an extremely fast driver.

00:33:16Moving up, huh?

00:33:19I'm just going to keep doing what I've been doing.

00:33:21That's right.

00:33:23This will put a lot of pressure on Damon and Nate to really perform for their teams,

00:33:28because these captains made these moves to try to win that team championship.

00:33:35What do you think about the team deal?

00:33:36I don't mind it.

00:33:41It helps y'all.

00:33:42But at the same time, the way he did it.

00:33:44Yeah.

00:33:44You know?

00:33:46I got to him last night.

00:33:47I said, I'll probably be the next one to go.

00:33:49I said, but I'd rather kind of be anywhere than with a snake.

00:33:55We still had a chance.

00:33:56We went out.

00:33:57You know what I'm saying?

00:33:58That's what I kind of said, too.

00:33:59Me and Nate talked about that.

00:34:00We still had a chance for the championship.

00:34:02We went out.

00:34:03But all that benefited was his pocket.

00:34:06That's it.

00:34:07And then he threw up in my face.

00:34:09Oh, well, I didn't have to pick you.

00:34:12You ain't done for the team.

00:34:15You ain't got a point.

00:34:16You ain't went a round.

00:34:17But you want to stick all the money in your pocket and sell out on your people?

00:34:21That ain't no captain.

00:34:22That's chicken.

00:34:29All right.

00:34:31Well, folks, we are now going to move into the invitational round.

00:34:36Round one driver's meeting, folks.

00:34:37This is the main event for the weekend.

00:34:40This is the class where 32 drivers battle it out for $40,000.

00:34:46It seems like those trades really opened the floodgates for other team captains to try to make some moves.

00:34:51I said, no.

00:34:52I said, you're worth more than five.

00:34:54He just don't like you, man.

00:34:55Yeah, he don't like you.

00:34:56He thinks he can't win a championship.

00:34:58He don't want you to.

00:34:59He can't either.

00:35:01That's where we're at with Mike right now.

00:35:02That's the type of guy Mike is.

00:35:04You had Sean trying to get Mike Murillo to trade Scott Taylor for $5,000.

00:35:10But for some reason, Murillo is not down with that.

00:35:13He's trying to go from fourth to third.

00:35:15Yeah.

00:35:15But he's not getting his paper right.

00:35:17How much paper is it going to take?

00:35:19$10,000.

00:35:20You're good for it, right?

00:35:22Hell no.

00:35:22That's what the going for.

00:35:23I guess that's what top tier people go for.

00:35:25Are you talking about Ryan?

00:35:26Oh, wow.

00:35:30Wow.

00:35:31Damn.

00:35:33Wow.

00:35:36We just recovered.

00:35:37I love you, man.

00:35:39All right.

00:35:39Well, look, Sean.

00:35:40It looks like Murillo is not going to crack yet.

00:35:42We'll try next week, buddy.

00:35:43Sorry.

00:35:46And now, after all the successful and unsuccessful trading,

00:35:49plus our race your way in,

00:35:52the 32-car field is set.

00:35:54Since he auctioned off two of his team members,

00:35:57Bodie only has two drivers in the Invitational today.

00:35:59But Kai's and Ryan's investments are really paying off,

00:36:03as they each have all five racers in,

00:36:06unlike Dave, who only has four.

00:36:08We'll go ahead and get the bucket here.

00:36:10We'll draw out of this bucket real quick.

00:36:12All right.

00:36:15You son of a...

00:36:16Yeah, you weren't looking at him.

00:36:17I was trying to get him mixed up.

00:36:21If anyone asks me, I think you're worth $10,000.

00:36:23Thank you, bud.

00:36:23You're welcome.

00:36:23There ain't no chips in there.

00:36:24No, there is.

00:36:25In the first round here in Michigan,

00:36:27eight teammates drew each other.

00:36:29You got Chuck 55 going up against B-Rad.

00:36:32Sean had four racers coming in to this race.

00:36:34Unfortunately, this guarantees that he'll have,

00:36:36at the most, three racers continuing on

00:36:38after this first round.

00:36:40Then, the race that everyone's got their eye on,

00:36:43it is a rematch between Kai Kelly and Lizzie Musi.

00:36:46Those two are the heaviest hitters on their team.

00:36:49Plus, you factor in the history they have between each other.

00:36:54This is going to be a good one.

00:36:55Then, you have Robin Roberts versus Ryan Martin.

00:36:58Again, two of the heaviest hitters on their team.

00:37:02And for Ryan Martin, who's trying to get to the top,

00:37:05he needs all of his strongest racers to stay in as long as possible.

00:37:09Finally, you have Dave himself going up against Paige Coughlin.

00:37:13Paige has been trying to prove herself all season long.

00:37:16And Dave is the captain of the team.

00:37:19Which means there will be a lot of pressure

00:37:21for Paige and Dave to get the win.

00:37:24So, I think you're in a better position now.

00:37:26I do, too.

00:37:27I mean, for sure now,

00:37:29but Dave was really wanting to make a run.

00:37:34All right, folks.

00:37:35First pair here in the Invitational first round.

00:37:37We've got Rich Bruder going up against Jim Howe.

00:37:40It's a rematch from last weekend.

00:37:43Here we are, US 131.

00:37:45What a crazy day.

00:37:46Rain on and off, getting cold out.

00:37:49Go up there for Invitational chip draw.

00:37:51We draw Jim Howe.

00:37:52It's going to be a rematch from the last race.

00:37:54We went up there third round last race.

00:37:56Went up there, we had a problem with the car.

00:37:58After that race, we went to a dyno,

00:38:01dynoed the car a little bit,

00:38:02got it back where it should be,

00:38:03and it's running strong today.

00:38:07Damn, somebody's on some sticker tires.

00:38:19Holy...

00:38:20So, we're here in basically my hometown.

00:38:24We're in Martin, Michigan.

00:38:25I grew up racing here for two days.

00:38:27All it's done is rain, rain, rain, rain, rain.

00:38:29The sun finally came out this afternoon.

00:38:31I do not like racing in the winter weather,

00:38:33and that's what this is.

00:38:34You know, it's no prep racing, and this is what it is.

00:38:37It's what makes this sport and this particular series

00:38:40such an interesting deal,

00:38:42and that's why we've seen so many different winners all year.

00:38:43And Rich Bruder takes the win.

00:39:08Rich Bruder moving on to the next round of the Invitational Class.

00:39:14All right, next pair coming at you right now.

00:39:16We got Brandon James going up against Kayla Morton.

00:39:19We are getting ready for today,

00:39:34and Dave and Kai kind of went at Damon,

00:39:37and he chose to go with Kai,

00:39:38so we just need to use that as drive and, you know,

00:39:43a fire lit under our ass to do better.

00:39:45If you don't want to be on our team,

00:39:46then we're going to show you that you made a mistake.

00:40:04And Kayla Morton takes the win there.

00:40:06Brandon James getting all kinds of sideways

00:40:09over there in the left lane.

00:40:10The right lane was a little more sketch.

00:40:16Up top, man, it was a little shaky.

00:40:18It was all over the place,

00:40:19but I am glad that we drew that lane,

00:40:21and now we have some data in both lanes,

00:40:22and I'm just hoping to keep this momentum going.

00:40:25There's something to be said about winning five times in a row,

00:40:28and hopefully we can just keep that up.

00:40:30How's your driving?

00:40:31Mine drove to the center upheld,

00:40:32and I'm about wrecking.

00:40:34Did you really?

00:40:35Yeah.

00:40:35Damn, that track is just so cold now.

00:40:38Yeah, it is.

00:40:39Good job.

00:40:40Thanks, Brandon.

00:40:40Good luck, Ma.

00:40:41Appreciate you.

00:40:43Next pair, coming at you right now.

00:40:44We got Clay Cole going up against Scott Scooter Taylor.

00:40:54So I went up and drew Chip today

00:40:55for round one of the Invitational.

00:40:57I drew Scott Taylor.

00:40:58I've not raced Scott yet,

00:40:59so it ought to be an interesting race.

00:41:03So round one's a little bit different today.

00:41:05We've had Mother Nature against us all weekend, unfortunately.

00:41:07It's a little cooler out,

00:41:15so it's definitely going to be tricky,

00:41:16and you're going to have to be on your A game for sure

00:41:18to get down this track.

00:41:24Hey, hey.

00:41:30What's wrong?

00:41:31It's trans-raising.

00:41:33It ain't clicking.

00:41:34Looks like Scott Taylor having issues out there stuck.

00:41:38Not packing up.

00:41:40Jiggle right there.

00:41:41Right here?

00:41:41Yeah.

00:41:42Mike Murillo, team captain,

00:41:44needs to get out there and figure out

00:41:45what's going on with his teammate, Scott Taylor.

00:41:49Put him on the clock!

00:41:50He's on track.

00:41:50He's got it.

00:41:51He's got it.

00:41:52Are you going to put him on the clock?

00:41:53Yeah!

00:41:54All right, so Clay Cole has put Scott Taylor

00:41:56on a two-minute clock.

00:41:57Oh, my.

00:41:58See it broke anywhere?

00:42:00I don't see anything.

00:42:01Oh, yep, right there.

00:42:03Can you shove it back?

00:42:04I'm going to try to.

00:42:08You don't get it.

00:42:10Oh, it ain't my team.

00:42:11I don't give a...

00:42:12One minute has surpassed.

00:42:15Y'all push me back.

00:42:16I'm going to try it.

00:42:17Maybe it goes red or something.

00:42:21Man, Clay, if you don't give him extra time,

00:42:23that's sorry.

00:42:25All right, so...

00:42:26Got about ten seconds.

00:42:31Nine.

00:42:32Eight.

00:42:33Seven.

00:42:34Hold on, we good.

00:42:35Six.

00:42:36We good.

00:42:36He's got to tighten one thing.

00:42:37Five.

00:42:38Four.

00:42:39Three.

00:42:40He's almost got it.

00:42:41He's almost got it.

00:42:41That is two minutes.

00:42:44Two minutes.

00:42:46Has surpassed.

00:43:11All right, so Clay Cole will take the win

00:43:19and peddling over there in that right lane.

00:43:22Scott Taylor has something happen there right on the hit.

00:43:24Damn.

00:43:24Does not make the pass.

00:43:27We had a wire break on the trans break, on the dash,

00:43:30and we just needed a few minutes to fix it.

00:43:34He didn't want to give no extra time.

00:43:35I know that Clay Cole is not going to give anybody one second

00:43:38to actually get a drag race.

00:43:40We know that.

00:43:41We established that.

00:43:41So in the future, anybody, you know, goes up against Clay

00:43:45and he has a problem, he ain't going to give you time.

00:43:47So you got that stuck in the back of your mind.

00:43:49What happened, brother?

00:43:50Tide trans break wouldn't work.

00:43:52I just, it ain't just meant to be right now.

00:43:54Oh, man, I'm sorry.

00:43:54Oh, good, man.

00:43:55I didn't put you on the clock, my guy did.

00:43:56I'm sorry.

00:43:57No, you're fine.

00:43:57I don't know if you could have got it fixed or not.

00:43:59It's all good.

00:44:00Good?

00:44:01Yep.

00:44:01I think we had one of the fastest cars on the property tonight

00:44:04and a wire, you know, one wire broke.

00:44:07And I thought that maybe, you know,

00:44:10the testing and stuff had paid off.

00:44:11We do really good when the track's not great.

00:44:13That's, that's our specialty.

00:44:15We're in the biggest slump we've ever been in,

00:44:17but there ain't but one way to get out of it is keep digging.

00:44:19You lay down in a slump, you get covered up.

00:44:23We ain't gonna lay down.

00:44:25All right, folks, next pair.

00:44:27That is going to be David Gates going up against Murder Nova.

00:44:32Man, I'm going to have to go up here

00:44:33and race my buddy, Sean, Murder Nova.

00:44:37I'm trying to get that win and put him on the trailer.

00:44:43Man, we're starting to go into these points and a half.

00:44:45We got a shot.

00:44:48We're not that far behind.

00:44:50No, y'all are in a good spot for sure.

00:44:53Yeah.

00:44:53You know, it's achievable where you're at.

00:44:57Yes.

00:44:57Five four teams are all...

00:44:58Pretty tight.

00:45:00Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:45:01Yeah.

00:45:01But now it's going to start doing this

00:45:03because they all got five guys in.

00:45:06So normally we race a first round during the day

00:45:09and you have to worry about a tricky track that's hot.

00:45:13Well, this is a little bit different.

00:45:14We're really far north.

00:45:15It's cold.

00:45:16And a cold track could be worse than a hot and greasy track.

00:45:31David Gates' car has the capabilities

00:45:33of being one of the fastest cars on the property.

00:45:36I know he's been struggling a little bit,

00:45:39but I can't look at it that way.

00:45:41I have to look at it like,

00:45:42how much power is this lane going to take

00:45:44whenever I try to put it down?

00:45:46And that's the route we're going to go.

00:45:48Now Murder Nova takes the win.

00:46:09He'll move on the next round.

00:46:10Good job, panel.

00:46:13Next pair coming at you is going to be B-Rack

00:46:15going up against Chuck 55.

00:46:18Good luck.

00:46:19Be careful.

00:46:20Good luck, guys.

00:46:20Good job.

00:46:22We just drew a teammate.

00:46:23We drew Chuck Parker.

00:46:24It sucks.

00:46:25They're fans.

00:46:27But I really want him to win first round.

00:46:28That's my simple goal for the week.

00:46:29Win first round.

00:46:40Next pair coming at you is going to be B-Rack

00:46:43going up against Chuck 55.

00:46:48And Chuck 55 takes the win.

00:47:03All right, coming at you right now.

00:47:04That's going to be Disco Dean going up against Nate Saylor.

00:47:07At the end of the day, it's the captain's choice to do what they want.

00:47:14They can put us down in the reserve pool, trade us, swap us.

00:47:17Nothing we can do about it.

00:47:18But Bodhi gave me the choice.

00:47:21He said, you pick where you want to go.

00:47:23That's where you can go.

00:47:24And to be honest, I didn't want to go to the first place team, Kai's team.

00:47:30I want to earn this championship.

00:47:32Like if we win, I don't want to be like, oh, well, you got traded at the last minute on to Kai's team and he was in first place.

00:47:37I want to go to a team that's going to work their ass off and make it happen.

00:47:50Now it's crunch time.

00:47:52After this race, then it's points and a half, points and a half, and then double points.

00:47:56Like if you don't have your group and your together before then, people are going to go flying by you.

00:48:01I'm just looking for the opportunity to go win a championship.

00:48:20Let's go, brother!

00:48:21You look close to me.

00:48:22Close to me.

00:48:25Good lap, mate.

00:48:27Thanks, brother.

00:48:29Good run.

00:48:30Did you make a clean hit?

00:48:31Yeah, I was right there next to you the whole time.

00:48:33Just getting loose down there like that.

00:48:35I lifted about the Monarchone just to be safe because it was getting wish-washy.

00:48:39I hear you.

00:48:40Good lap!

00:48:41Thanks, brother.

00:48:43Next pair, that is going to be Damon Merchant and his competitor, Jeff Lutz.

00:48:48What's wrong?

00:48:50Number one, sitting at around 700.

00:48:52We got your belt.

00:48:57We've just been fighting little gremlins all day, really.

00:48:59Uh, got a blower.

00:49:01We keep having, uh, cylinder one shut off randomly, so we got the coil swapped and a, uh, new spark plug wire on it, so we're just gonna, uh, I mean, it's time to go up, so we're gonna give her hell.

00:49:15We drew Jeff Lutz for the first time this year.

00:49:18In all honesty, I haven't got to race very many 405 guys this season.

00:49:22He's another big block Chevy out here.

00:49:24There's not too many of us out here, so, uh, just gonna have to find out if his big block's faster than my big block.

00:49:31What do you think?

00:49:32I don't know.

00:49:33I didn't get to see Damon's earlier pass, so...

00:49:35I, I'm not worried about him.

00:49:37I'm just worried about the cold track.

00:49:39And I went over and asked Ryan.

00:49:40I said, what's your plan?

00:49:41He goes, man, I think I'm gonna leave it alone.

00:49:42I said, yeah, I think we're gonna, too.

00:49:44He's 12th.

00:49:45I said, well, pay attention to us, because we're gonna leave it alone.

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

00:49:51You know what?

00:49:51It's been cold all day.

00:49:52It's been raining.

00:49:53It is what it is.

00:49:54Let's give it what we got, you know?

00:49:56So, our test pass earlier today went really well.

00:50:00We ran pretty close against Ryan, and I said, let's just rerun that run.

00:50:21Damon Merchant.

00:50:23Takes the wing right past there.

00:50:31Damon won his race.

00:50:32So, so far, my trade is going exactly the direction I needed it to go.

00:50:36His test passes, they sucked.

00:50:39Broke a blower, burned up a spark plug, but, uh, he showed up for an invitation in round one.

00:50:44And that's exactly why we paid the money for him, because he's worth it.

00:50:47Woo!

00:50:48Had to do a little driving that time.

00:50:50All right, folks, this next pair,

00:50:52that's gonna be Larry Larson going up against Axeman.

00:50:56Larry Larson.

00:51:01Larry.

00:51:01How many times you beat him?

00:51:03Shoot, I don't know how many times I've raced Larry.

00:51:06I got him the last time we raced.

00:51:07But it was nose-to-nose that Tulsa, Larry has stepped his game up a lot.

00:51:14So, this is not gonna be easy.

00:51:18Tiger, man.

00:51:19I'm putting my mittens on now.

00:51:21What's that?

00:51:22I'm gonna put my mittens on.

00:51:24You're all set.

00:51:26Cold out here.

00:51:28Yes, it is.

00:51:29Pulled Larry, Roach, Axeman, same guy tunes his, that tunes Kayla's, and a couple other ones.

00:51:34So, I know about how fast they are.

00:51:37I think we're fully capable of outrunning them.

00:51:38You're gonna have to be good on the light and make a nice, clean run.

00:51:42The track's really cold right now, sun's went down, it hasn't rained this afternoon, which is great, but the track conditions are gonna start to get a little treacherous down there from half track on.

00:52:12All right, folks, this next pair, that's gonna be Larry Larson's going up against Axeman.

00:52:35And Axeman.

00:52:38First seven.

00:52:39Looks bad.

00:52:40Good job, baby.

00:52:41Good job.

00:52:42So, Axeman, moving on to the next round.

00:52:45Whoa!

00:52:46Hey, Mark!

00:52:47Whoa!

00:52:48We rolled in.

00:52:49When that light turned green, I come off that button.

00:52:51I've never seen him again.

00:52:54Like, this thing is walking up on the center line.

00:52:56I'm fighting it back, fighting it back.

00:52:57I kept telling myself, I'm not gonna let off.

00:52:59My light come on, I said, whew!

00:53:02No, that's another bullet.

00:53:04Man.

00:53:05I'm glad to get past that first round.

00:53:08Next pair, that's gonna be Giuseppe going up against Tony McKenzie.

00:53:13So, in Maple Grove, we had Nate first round, which is tough.

00:53:15He's fast.

00:53:16Obviously, he was coming off a win.

00:53:18Yeah, he's been moving lately.

00:53:19Yeah.

00:53:20So, he got us by a fender.

00:53:22Yeah.

00:53:22But we made a good run.

00:53:23Yeah.

00:53:24The car's fast.

00:53:24We made some changes.

00:53:25We changed the combination up.

00:53:27Yeah.

00:53:27So, I'm feeling confident for the rest of the season.

00:53:29I feel real good.

00:53:29Yeah, I'm feeling good.

00:53:30Real good.

00:53:30Going in, we got the chip draw, and we drew Tony McKenzie for first round here.

00:53:34I haven't raced Tony McKenzie this year, so not sure how fast he is or not.

00:53:39I haven't really gauged him yet, but we're about to find out here in a little bit.

00:53:42The car's really fast.

00:53:51It's flying, but we got to make it to the finish line.

00:53:56We tried a couple more things.

00:53:58We'll see if it makes it to the finish line of this next run here.

00:54:24Set it.

00:54:25With the wind, that car was out of here.

00:54:30It was fast, fast.

00:54:32Right through the stripe, didn't see Tony McKenzie that whole run, and we pulled off a wind.

00:54:37I just had to cut gas.

00:54:38Yeah.

00:54:39I knew I had to.

00:54:39I know how fast you are.

00:54:40No, yeah.

00:54:41I'm flying, so.

00:54:41Yeah, that was a good run, probably, right there.

00:54:44Yeah, wheels up.

00:54:45It was moving around a little bit, but.

00:54:46Was it?

00:54:47Yeah.

00:54:47Man, we packed the wheels, and then they still had the wheels packed.

00:54:51And the 1-2 ship, and then I felt it.

00:54:53As soon as I felt it wiggle, I was like, oh, and I got it.

00:54:55Cut gas, and it almost went over into your lane.

00:54:57Oh, .

00:54:57So I was able to save it.

00:54:58Yeah.

00:54:59Yeah.

00:54:59Hey.

00:54:59All right, buddy.

00:55:00Congratulations to the brother.

00:55:01All right, man.

00:55:01All right, next pair coming out here.

00:55:03We got Kali Mills going up against Mike Murillo.

00:55:07Got $100 on the left lane.

00:55:10Going into the first round of Race Your Way In against Jerry Bird, and had just a killer pass,

00:55:15and broke a rod.

00:55:16We're applying, you know, 5,000 horsepower at, you know, 2.2 seconds in.

00:55:22Have we reached a threshold, a limit?

00:55:24You know, I don't know.

00:55:25What does this mean?

00:55:27It means we're broke.

00:55:28That's what it means.

00:55:29We're broke.

00:55:29I draw none other than Mike Murillo.

00:55:39Unfortunately, he broke his motor.

00:55:41Like, it's, I guess, in pieces.

00:55:42Not good.

00:55:43I hate that for them.

00:55:44Very unfortunate luck.

00:55:46But on our end, we got lucky.

00:55:48I got out there, got loose on the 2-3 shift.

00:56:14I had the wheels up and just got sideways.

00:56:16I needed to have the shootout a little bit sooner because it was, and that was not good.

00:56:21So, just had it too hopped up.

00:56:24Next pair coming at you right now, Kai Kelly going up against Lizzie Musi.

00:56:30You know, I know you're sick, so there's nothing you can do about it.

00:56:33I honestly, like, standing, like, I feel like I could throw up any minute.

00:56:37That's how I feel like.

00:56:38Really?

00:56:40I'm not feeling the greatest this weekend.

00:56:42I'm trying the best I can, so I'm pushing through it.

00:56:45And guess what?

00:56:46I draw a freaking Kai first round again.

00:56:49Definitely didn't want to freaking race him again.

00:56:51No matter what, one of us is going on to the next round for the team.

00:56:54So that's the way I kind of look at it.

00:56:55Let me win one.

00:56:57You're going to kick my head freaking out.

00:57:00Round one, I drew Lizzie.

00:57:02I don't like racing my own team.

00:57:03I definitely don't like racing Lizzie.

00:57:05It seems like every time I get beside her, I get emotional.

00:57:07And I don't like the feeling.

00:57:09And I'd rather her just draw somebody else, because her car is fast.

00:57:13And we've got to run the hell out of my car to try to outrun her.

00:57:15So it just sucks, because there's two fast people.

00:57:18And one of us has got to go home first round when we draw each other.

00:57:20We've got to be on top of our game.

00:57:37We've got to go as fast as we've possibly ever been.

00:57:40Right here today, if we want to get out of first round.

00:57:42It's probably the toughest first round draw you can get.

00:57:56Next pair coming at you right now.

00:57:59Kai Kelly going up against Lizzie Musi.

00:58:07Kai Kelly gets the redemption there.

00:58:28Takes the win.

00:58:30Lots of smoke down there in Lizzie's lane.

00:58:33At the very end of the track.

00:58:34I couldn't imagine having more than one motor.

00:58:37But where you're cool with just burning it down.

00:58:39Every one, every lap.

00:58:40What the f***?

00:58:41Yeah, yeah.

00:58:42I don't get it.

00:58:44They said he was up against the wall.

00:58:46Was he?

00:58:46I don't think so.

00:58:48Oh, f*** it.

00:58:51But a good thing about it, Sean.

00:58:52It ate itself up before the finish line, but you had me anyway.

00:58:55Good rest.

00:58:55Good job.

00:58:56At least we're one-on-one for the day.

00:58:58Oh, whatever.

00:59:00If they ain't blowing the motor up, they ain't trying to win.

00:59:02And that's exactly what I want my team to do when they draw me.

00:59:04I want them to win because I want the fastest car to go to the next round.

00:59:07Because at the end of the day, that gets us more points.

00:59:10I'm still proud of you, though.

00:59:11You're my hero.

00:59:12Why?

00:59:13You're fighting once you're fighting.

00:59:14Don't stop.

00:59:16Hard on me this weekend, so.

00:59:18I love you.

00:59:21Always.

00:59:22Okay.

00:59:22Good job.

00:59:23Sorry, don't.

00:59:25Go kick ass, okay?

00:59:27Okay.

00:59:27Robin Roberts going up against his team captain, Brian Martin.

00:59:39Here we are now.

00:59:40It's nighttime.

00:59:41It is really cold out here.

00:59:43The track surface is good for about 100 foot, but after that, it's not great.

00:59:47You know, I'm trying to make this deal a comeback, right?

00:59:49So we won the last race.

00:59:51We're trying to do well.

00:59:52And I, and I, all the guys, we've all talked like, hey, we just need a couple of good draws.

00:59:56And here I am today, and I drew Robin Roberts again.

01:00:00Good luck.

01:00:00You safe, man.

01:00:01Good luck.

01:00:02Good luck.

01:00:06Good luck, homie.

01:00:07You too, man.

01:00:08Be safe.

01:00:09He has one of the fastest cars here.

01:00:12Very similar combination to mine.

01:00:14I mean, not who I wanted.

01:00:15We're pulling out all the stops.

01:00:17We'll see if it's enough.

01:00:18You know, I hate drawing Ryan.

01:00:22One, he's my buddy.

01:00:23Two, like, he's my team captain.

01:00:32But we got Ryan.

01:00:33We're going to have to make it work.

01:00:48Hey, that didn't even really look close, did it?

01:00:57Rolling in the lights, and I know he likes to do the double bulbs real fast, so I tried

01:01:02to light mine real quick behind him.

01:01:03The build left at the same time, and he just flat out run us in the middle of the track.

01:01:06He just pulled a fender on me.

01:01:08You know, I hate to lose, and it sucks, but the team, four out of five, are moving on to

01:01:12the next round, keep gaining points for Team Ryan Martin.

01:01:15You know what, I've drawn my teammate four times in a row.

01:01:17Started with him, then I drew Giuseppe, then I drew, uh, Bird Boys, and I drew him again.

01:01:22What about drawing Lizzie twice in one day?

01:01:24Yeah, no f***ing a great eight in there.

01:01:26Good job.

01:01:27And then I f***ing hugged her and started crying.

01:01:29It's still in there somewhere.

01:01:30You did?

01:01:30Yeah.

01:01:32This pair here, we got Paige Coughlin going up against her teammate and team captain, Daddy Dave.

01:01:39The car just needs to do what it did earlier.

01:01:44What's that?

01:01:44It just needs to do what it did earlier.

01:01:46Yeah, it will.

01:01:48You'll be nice.

01:01:49It was a nice, smooth run, and pretty similar.

01:01:54All righty.

01:01:54Oh, f***.

01:01:56We're here at US 131 Dragway.

01:01:58We finally get to go some rounds.

01:01:59You know, we were able to make a test pass.

01:02:01We're going up for first round.

01:02:02We've been battling, like, the cold weather, the rain, sunshine, clouds, but finally, we're

01:02:07able to hit the track, and we're ready to rock and roll.

01:02:10We went up for chip draw, and we drew Daddy Dave, but you know what?

01:02:13Positive outlook on this.

01:02:14One of us from Team Daddy Dave is going to be guaranteed a spot in round two.

01:02:33We drew our own teammate again, Paige Coughlin.

01:02:35We raced her a few weeks ago at another event.

01:02:37This time, I hope it's a little closer race, because she got this new motor in there.

01:02:49We'll go up here, let go of the button, and see if we can't go on round two.

01:03:07And Daddy Dave takes the win.

01:03:16Looked like Paige Coughlin was out in front, pulled the chutes a little early.

01:03:19Oh, my God.

01:03:20Oh, my God.

01:03:21You friggin' scared.

01:03:24Why?

01:03:24What happened?

01:03:25Oh, it was going everywhere but straight for a minute.

01:03:27Oh, my God.

01:03:28Oh, no, no, no.

01:03:29Hey, good job.

01:03:30Oh, my God.

01:03:30So scary.

01:03:31Knocked my head up at the tree.

01:03:32I go, where is she going?

01:03:34You know what?

01:03:35You took a guy.

01:03:36It was .

01:03:36I got to keep you in line, at least on the top part, you know?

01:03:41That's the second time I've left before you.

01:03:43Yeah.

01:03:45All right, next pair coming at you, we got John Otis.

01:03:47They go up against Bobby.

01:03:48Jacote, you mean?

01:04:00We're trying to get some points.

01:04:02We kind of got our whole team, like, just smashed out from under us.

01:04:05And our great captain decided to just sell everybody to pad his own pockets to hell with everybody else.

01:04:10His ass still ain't racing.

01:04:11He ain't got a single point this year.

01:04:13Went a single round this year.

01:04:15But he put all that money in his pocket.

01:04:16The hell with the rest of the team.

01:04:18Whatever.

01:04:19It is what it is.

01:04:21I'll probably be trading next week.

01:04:24I don't really know where I'm going.

01:04:25I don't really care.

01:04:26I'd rather be anywhere than with a snake like that.

01:04:45Oh, !

01:04:46John Otis will take the win there.

01:04:50Yeah, John.

01:04:50We got the win.

01:04:51At least that one's moving on.

01:04:53I was pulling back to you.

01:04:54Bobby, I saw you the whole time, dude.

01:04:56The whole time, brother.

01:04:58Were you like...

01:04:59There was a point.

01:05:00I didn't...

01:05:00Did you see me the whole time?

01:05:02I can see your nose right here.

01:05:03Yeah.

01:05:03The whole time.

01:05:05Battle of the turbo cars coming at you right now.

01:05:08Got Chris Rankin over in the left lane in the conquest.

01:05:10Going up against Chuck Sightseger in the right lane.

01:05:21We drew Chuck, and him and I are usually door-to-door, so it could be anybody's race.

01:05:25Him and I are both high-strong as hell, so, you know, hopefully we can both have a good drag race, and I come out on top, and I go in round two, so that's it.

01:05:34Chris Rankin in the left lane, twin turbo con crest, going up against Chuck Sightseger, twin turbo Mustang in the right lane.

01:05:48This is the first time I've been in the Invitational in three or four weeks, so I need to go to the semifinals, so when I go to Galat, I'm not in the race your way in, so.

01:05:57But right now, I just can't give up, so I'm gonna do the best I can.

01:06:04All right, Chris Rankin will get the win.

01:06:24Chuck Sightseger has problems on the hit.

01:06:29All right, folks, we got Jimmy Taylor going up against Justin Swanstrom.

01:06:34All right, let's go.

01:06:50It's being so cold here.

01:06:51It's pretty rough.

01:06:52We'll see how it plays out.

01:06:53I know the tracks are gonna be very tricky for everybody today, too, but everybody's gotta go down the same surface.

01:06:59All right, folks, we got Jimmy Taylor going up against just a monster.

01:07:29Going into round two, Ryan Martin has four racers moving on.

01:07:42Meanwhile, Dave and Kai only have three.

01:07:45It does feel like Ryan is picking up some momentum in his program.

01:07:48Look, he came off his first invitational win last week.

01:07:51Now he's picked up Nate Saylor, and he's looking to continue that forward movement.

01:07:56Nate Saylor and Damon Merchant are moving on to round two.

01:07:59It really seems like they're trying to prove that they are worth the investment that was made.

01:08:04All right, folks, I'm going to have my drivers draw chips.

01:08:07What is that?

01:08:08Jesus.

01:08:09What is that?

01:08:13What is that?

01:08:17All righty, where are my number ones?

01:08:20Kelly Mills versus Kayla Morton.

01:08:23Chuck 55 and Giuseppe.

01:08:25Yes, Giuseppe, that is a two.

01:08:28Oh, Axeman versus Ryan Martin.

01:08:33Oh, wow.

01:08:34Daddy Dave versus Murder Nova.

01:08:38Chris Rankin versus Nate Saylor.

01:08:43It'll be John Odom versus Damon Merchant.

01:08:46Jimmy Taylor and Kai Kelly.

01:08:49All right, so my eighth and final pair will be Rich Bruder versus Clay Cole.

01:08:59All right, drivers, well, y'all got some time to think about what you got to do to your cars,

01:09:03because this round will be run tomorrow.

01:09:05We appreciate you coming.

01:09:07See you tomorrow.

01:09:07Unfortunately, the rain yesterday set us back late enough that we were only able to get the first round of racing in.

01:09:15That means we will have to be spending one more day here in Michigan to finish up the rounds

01:09:20and determine who will be walking away with the $40,000 Invitational Prize Month.

01:09:25How are you?

01:09:26What's up?

01:09:26How's everybody doing today?

01:09:28Good.

01:09:35All right, folks, we're going to go ahead and get started on racing.

01:09:37For those that were here last night, you know that we made it through our first round of the Invitational Class.

01:09:44We're going to finish it up today on a beautiful Sunday here in Michigan.

01:09:50First pair here in this second round of Invitational Class got Callie Mills going up against Kayla Morton.

01:09:56You ready?

01:09:57Yeah, I think so.

01:09:58Last night, so we changed the cam, you know, to make more horsepower out in the back.

01:10:04And so they didn't have the drive shaft curve close enough to it,

01:10:07because they were trying to see what it would do, since we had that fly against Mike.

01:10:10And, oh, it went out there, and it was like, ah!

01:10:12I was like, you know, you did a hell of a job last night.

01:10:14Yeah, I'm like, so I just hope we can make it down.

01:10:17And if I can do my job on the tree, I think we'll be okay.

01:10:19Today's a new day.

01:10:20Second round of Invitational.

01:10:22We drew Kayla Morton.

01:10:24I'm going to have my work cut out for me, because my car has not been happy.

01:10:29But last night, we made a good pass to, like, the 330,

01:10:31and then when it shifted into high gear, it just got sideways and did not go well.

01:10:35So hopefully we can get it to go A to B, and I can do my job on the tree,

01:10:43because I think I'm going to have to have a really good light.

01:10:49Perfect.

01:10:50Nailed it.

01:10:51Started off the day good, guys.

01:10:53Callie is not one to take lightly.

01:10:55She's getting better and better, faster and faster each race.

01:10:58She's been to a semifinal this year.

01:11:00We are first pair, so that is another factor to kind of take into account.

01:11:18But we have momentum.

01:11:19We've made pass after pass and just looking to get six round wins here in a row,

01:11:24which is super exciting.

01:11:28And Kayla Morton is going to take the win there.

01:11:50Callie Mills, car makes a hard move out there.

01:11:54We both be driving.

01:11:55All right, next pair, we've got Chuck 55 going up against Giuseppe.

01:12:02We just need to figure out, we got a Giuseppe.

01:12:07He's got a good setup, fast car, but he's been struggling a little bit.

01:12:13I'm going to try to tear their head off on the light,

01:12:15and if I can leave with them, it gets game over,

01:12:19because I'm telling you, I'll pull them on the big end.

01:12:21If we hold things together, I'll make more power on the big end.

01:12:24Just need to make it to the finals.

01:12:26That's it, I know.

01:12:29We need to get to the finals, baby.

01:12:30All right, you guys good over there?

01:12:32Yeah, we're good.

01:12:33Right now, I just put a bunch of fuel, the air-fuel ratio that the car would normally run at,

01:12:37which has just changed.

01:12:39The weather, whatever, don't know, but now it needs a lot more fuel in the car,

01:12:43so we put more fuel in it.

01:12:45Chuck 55, I know he made it to the finals a few races back there.

01:12:48We're really going to just try to run our own race, try to go as fast as we can, what the track will take.

01:12:53But I'm going to just worry about our program right now and try to push the limits of the track and see if we can pull it off.

01:12:57Right now, we've got four guys in.

01:13:14We've got the most guys still going rounds right now.

01:13:16We're the only ones who have four in, so we're going to try to close that gap this weekend.

01:13:19Hopefully, we can get two of our guys in the finals, and I'm hoping for all four of our guys for the semifinals left,

01:13:25and then two of our guys in the finals to get max points out of this weekend and close that gap against Kai there.

01:13:29And Giuseppe, going to take the win there.

01:13:51Nice pass from him.

01:13:52It was loose out there, Chuck.

01:13:54I did what I didn't want to do.

01:13:56Chuck?

01:13:57No, we took power out of it on the hit.

01:13:59Not knowing what it'd take.

01:14:01Yeah.

01:14:01And plus, you left on me.

01:14:03Oh, yeah.

01:14:03And so that didn't help.

01:14:04Yeah, yeah.

01:14:05But, man, I mean, when I felt the power ramp in, I started reeling you up.

01:14:10Yeah.

01:14:10It's too late.

01:14:11Too late.

01:14:12All right, folks, this right here is going to be a good one.

01:14:14That is going to be Axman going up against Ryan Martin.

01:14:18Better make a straight hit.

01:14:19We'll have something for him.

01:14:20Definitely can't pedal against Ryan, so you're going to have to drive him.

01:14:22No, no.

01:14:23Got a tough competitor, Ryan Martin.

01:14:26The baddest man on the planet, as far as I'm concerned.

01:14:29Like, I mean, he's tough.

01:14:30He's got a couple advantages.

01:14:31He's changed his new car over.

01:14:33He went to that new blower, but I'm going to figure out some way to get around here.

01:14:38I've got Axman first round.

01:14:40They got a new motor in the car.

01:14:42I expect them to be a handful, so we're not going to turn this car down.

01:14:45I'm going to bank on the track holding what I'm going to put in it, and hopefully it does.

01:14:49My team has done really good.

01:15:02We've got four cars in right now, which is what we hope for.

01:15:04Nobody else has that many in.

01:15:06The trade move that we did, Nate's still in, and it was a smart move.

01:15:09I need all four of my guys to advance to next round because we didn't draw each other,

01:15:13and it would be fantastic if we could get there.

01:15:15Guess the light.

01:15:36What's that?

01:15:37A spike.

01:15:38No, no.

01:15:38Hey, the guess.

01:15:40Super guess.

01:15:40Yeah.

01:15:41He can't be mad.

01:15:42He said last week.

01:15:43I told that, I said, you can't be mad ever again.

01:15:48You did it last week.

01:15:49Because he did it last week.

01:15:52How you doing, baby?

01:15:53I'm sorry, but I had to do it.

01:15:56Woo!

01:15:57So, unfortunately, we had a car tuned up

01:15:59and a good car for the weekend,

01:16:01and somebody guessed and put us on the trailer.

01:16:03We all got the same opportunity.

01:16:05That's just not the way I raced.

01:16:06He's a guest of the one.

01:16:09Hey, hey.

01:16:10Hey, one day you're going to have a car fast enough

01:16:12you ain't got to do that.

01:16:12Hey, let me tell you.

01:16:13That blower is 600s faster, and you know it.

01:16:16It's all good.

01:16:16Hey, I know you're going to hit some of those,

01:16:18and some of them you ain't.

01:16:19That one you hit.

01:16:20Hey, I had to make up 600s, brother.

01:16:22I get it.

01:16:23Axeman ended up guessing on the tree,

01:16:25and as we know, Ryan Martin absolutely hates that.

01:16:28But it just goes to show that these racers

01:16:31will do whatever it takes to get the win.

01:16:34Everybody knew you were going to do it.

01:16:36Next pair, that's going to be Daddy Dave

01:16:38going up against Murder Nova.

01:16:40It sucks, because what do you do here?

01:16:43You know what I mean?

01:16:44Like, you can't turn it down because you'll get outran.

01:16:47You can't turn it up anymore because the track

01:16:49ain't going to take it.

01:16:50You know what I mean?

01:16:50I promise you don't turn it.

01:16:52Yeah.

01:16:53That's got to be a track race for sure.

01:16:54We finally don't suck, so don't turn it down.

01:16:56This is where your tune-ups get tricky.

01:17:00I drew Daddy Dave, and we're the fourth pair.

01:17:02It's not a whole lot of heat in the track.

01:17:05This might be one of those days where a later round

01:17:08probably would have been better.

01:17:10Dave's a tough draw no matter what.

01:17:11Even if you have Dave outgunned,

01:17:13which I truly believe I do,

01:17:15Dave is Dave, and Dave tends to win races.

01:17:18Sean's been hauling ass lately, going rounds,

01:17:31and I couldn't be happier for the guy.

01:17:32But when we pull the start line,

01:17:34the friendship's over right there.

01:17:35Next pair, that's going to be Daddy Dave

01:17:48going up against Murder Nosy.

01:18:03That was a track race, folks,

01:18:04but Murder Nosy gets there first,

01:18:07turns on the wind light.

01:18:08Nice job.

01:18:10Side by side.

01:18:13So we take the light.

01:18:15We left together.

01:18:16He got me a little bit in the middle.

01:18:18I put about half a car on me on the finish line.

01:18:21Side by side.

01:18:22It was.

01:18:22It was a good race, man.

01:18:24This next pair,

01:18:25that's going to be Chris Rankin

01:18:26going up against Nate Saylor.

01:18:30Okay, we can go up.

01:18:32Second round, we have Chris Rankin.

01:18:34He can make a stupid fast pass,

01:18:36but it's one here or there.

01:18:38Our car's, like, more consistent, I would think.

01:18:40So as far as the matchup goes,

01:18:42he's going to have to tree me,

01:18:43and I'm just going to make it impossible

01:18:44for him to do that.

01:18:45He got traded to Team Bodie,

01:18:58which is where I came from.

01:18:59I love my old team still.

01:19:01In fact, I'd go back to him if I had to.

01:19:03But now we're Team Ryan,

01:19:05and we're going to do everything we can

01:19:06to chop their heads off.

01:19:07And I still almost drove around him.

01:19:22He guessed.

01:19:37I knew he knew he had to.

01:19:38He ain't got nothing for this car,

01:19:39let's be honest.

01:19:40Man, I went red, dude.

01:19:41I knew I was going to take a shot

01:19:42up with your ass, dude.

01:19:44That's right.

01:19:44I'm sorry, man.

01:19:45We're moving on anyway.

01:19:46You ain't sorry, don't lie.

01:19:47You're moving on anyway.

01:19:48Yep.

01:19:49All right, next pair coming up right here.

01:19:51It's going to be John Odom

01:19:51going up against Damon Merchant.

01:19:54Did you see John make a pass yesterday?

01:19:56No, I didn't.

01:19:57His test pass wasn't very good,

01:19:58but they said he ran pretty good

01:20:00in his first E1 pass.

01:20:02I don't know who he raced, though.

01:20:03He raced Bobby to Dodie.

01:20:05We can talk to Bobby and see how it went.

01:20:07We know how Bobby runs.

01:20:09Bobby's not shy.

01:20:10We got our draw last night in John Odom.

01:20:12I raced that car twice this year,

01:20:14once with Jim driving it,

01:20:15once with John driving it.

01:20:17We've outran them both times,

01:20:18but after the problems

01:20:19that we've been having this weekend,

01:20:21we can't count anybody out.

01:20:23I don't know if it's a deal where,

01:20:24you know, his tuner's going to have

01:20:25all the confidence in him

01:20:26to get it down that cold racetrack today.

01:20:28So as long as mine will hit

01:20:29on all eight cylinders,

01:20:31I'm pretty sure we can outrun that car again.

01:20:33Jim, we throwing in the kick-ass tune?

01:20:35I got David Merchant today.

01:20:39You know, him and Jim

01:20:40have had a little drama.

01:20:41Now he's on Kai Kelly's team,

01:20:42as you guys know.

01:20:43Kai Kelly's number one.

01:20:44He is fast,

01:20:45so that just makes it

01:20:46a little bit harder

01:20:47for Team Swanstrom

01:20:48just to get to that spot.

01:20:50But we're working really hard.

01:20:57Jim had a problem with his car.

01:20:58It went right last night,

01:21:00so he's out already.

01:21:01Justin's out.

01:21:02He had a problem with his car,

01:21:03so let's just see if we can go out

01:21:04and get us in the finals,

01:21:05and we'll help Team Swanstrom.

01:21:09Team-wise, I still got three in.

01:21:10We lost David and Lizzie.

01:21:12Ron Martin's got three,

01:21:13just like we got three.

01:21:14If we can just make it

01:21:15to the next round,

01:21:15and they all win,

01:21:16we'll be tied up with him.

01:21:18We'll keep points in between us.

01:21:19He can't catch us.

01:21:20And David Merchant

01:21:40gets the win.

01:21:42Great pass here

01:21:43in the left lane for David.

01:21:45Takes the win there

01:21:46and move on to the next round.

01:21:47Woo!

01:21:49Baby, that's a good race.

01:21:50It was a good one.

01:21:53Oh, I didn't think

01:21:54he was coming with no weak

01:21:55No, I wasn't.

01:21:56We were right there.

01:21:57I'm super proud of you, man.

01:21:58That was a great race.

01:21:59Good job.

01:22:00Good job.

01:22:00Good job, bro.

01:22:01Next pair coming at you right now.

01:22:03We've got Jimmy Taylor

01:22:04going up against Kai Kelly.

01:22:07Hey, man.

01:22:08Welcome to the team today, man.

01:22:10Don't suck.

01:22:11You need some help.

01:22:12I'm available today.

01:22:12Don't forget nothing.

01:22:14All right?

01:22:15Got it.

01:22:15Other than that,

01:22:16I'm going to let go of the button

01:22:16and kick Mr. Jimmy Taylor's ass.

01:22:21I'm going to let go of the button on time.

01:22:23We're back.

01:22:24We're in Michigan.

01:22:24We're starting round two

01:22:25in the Invitational.

01:22:26We won last night.

01:22:27We got that monkey off our back.

01:22:28We got Jimmy Taylor.

01:22:29He took out Justin Swanstrom yesterday,

01:22:31so he must be fast,

01:22:33but we're ready for him.

01:22:34Jimmy's also another Pro Charger car.

01:22:54Pro Chargers are hard to beat.

01:22:56Some guys are just bouncing data off each other

01:22:58and hooking each other's computers to their cars,

01:22:59and they're all getting faster and faster.

01:23:01All right.

01:23:02We got Monte Massacre.

01:23:03We lovedining any other ones to set up the challenge for the

01:23:04Annable Rangers.

01:23:05Jimmy Taylor,

01:23:07DOT pizza and McKellie.

01:23:08Thank you, Jimmy Taylor.

01:23:09All right.

01:23:10Come on.

01:23:11Let's play against it.

01:23:12Come on.

01:23:13There.

01:23:13Big.

01:23:14Big.

01:23:15Big.

01:23:19Big!

01:23:20Big.

01:23:20Big!

01:23:21Big!

01:23:22Big!

01:23:23Big!

01:23:24Big!

01:23:25Big!

01:23:26Big!

01:23:27Big!

01:23:28Big!

01:23:28We just got through round two, which felt like round one,

01:23:32because it was the first race of the day.

01:23:33And our car went really fast.

01:23:35Adam nailed the tune-up.

01:23:36I think I did pretty good on the tree.

01:23:39Jimmy Taylor, he pulled on me in the middle a little bit.

01:23:41And then my car shifted into high, just went around it.

01:23:46It was a lot faster than I thought I was about to go.

01:23:48I'm real happy with it.

01:23:49And I think we got a hot rod.

01:23:51I think as long as I do my job,

01:23:53I think they got their hands full today.

01:23:55All right, last pair here in the Invitational class.

01:23:57Rich Bruder going to go up against Clay Cole.

01:24:00We double-checked all the wiring and the fittings

01:24:02on the front of the car over there?

01:24:03Yes, sir.

01:24:04And is suspension good up front?

01:24:05Yep, yep.

01:24:06How do you feel about it?

01:24:07I feel good.

01:24:08I feel really good.

01:24:09We got a good driver.

01:24:10Yeah? Yeah?

01:24:11I got Rich Bruder.

01:24:12I've not faced off against him yet.

01:24:14I know he's got a fast hot rod,

01:24:16but I feel like we're probably a little bit faster on the big end.

01:24:20We're going to go up there, see what we got for Rich Bruder,

01:24:22and hopefully we'll go on with the third round.

01:24:24So last night, it was really cold.

01:24:26The track temp was really, really down.

01:24:28It was bottom 40s.

01:24:29So we had to pull a lot out of our tune-up just to get down the track.

01:24:32And if you've seen the pass, it was pretty sketchy already.

01:24:35So today, being the complete opposite,

01:24:37we're going to be able to put all that power back in the car,

01:24:39and we're going to go a lot faster today down the track,

01:24:41and we're going to make a good A to B pass.

01:24:57We got Clay Cole.

01:24:58I haven't raced him this year yet.

01:24:59He's been doing good.

01:25:00But like I said, we got our hot rod back,

01:25:02and I'm not going to worry who's in the next lane.

01:25:04We're going to race our race, our lane,

01:25:06and turn on that wind light.

01:25:07And Rich Bruder takes the win.

01:25:29Nice job there.

01:25:31Rich Bruder going roused.

01:25:37Made a clean pass.

01:25:38Straight down.

01:25:39We got that win.

01:25:40On to round three right now.

01:25:41Keep it going.

01:25:42You good, bud?

01:25:43Oh, yeah.

01:25:44I had to lift.

01:25:45Did you?

01:25:46Yeah.

01:25:47It was going that way.

01:25:48I was like, this ain't worth it, bro.

01:25:49Yeah.

01:25:50You know the deal.

01:25:51Oh, yeah.

01:25:52Yeah.

01:25:53You know.

01:25:54Good job.

01:25:55We got some figured out,

01:25:56and hope we go some rounds now.

01:25:57No, good job, man.

01:25:58You guys are killing it.

01:25:59You can kill it this year, buddy.

01:26:01All right, folks, that'll do it

01:26:02for the second round of the Invitational Class.

01:26:07Going into the third round,

01:26:08Ryan has three racers left in,

01:26:10while Dave and Kai only have two.

01:26:12Even though Ryan Martin is out of the race,

01:26:14his teammates are still gaining ground

01:26:16on the two teams in front of them.

01:26:18All right, we're going to go ahead

01:26:19and start our Invitational Drivers meeting

01:26:20for the third round.

01:26:21Let's go ahead and draw chips.

01:26:23Gently.

01:26:24Gently.

01:26:25God bless.

01:26:28All right, my drivers have their chips.

01:26:30Where are my number ones?

01:26:32Going to be Damon Merchant versus Kayla Morton.

01:26:35Number two, Giuseppe versus Kai Kelly.

01:26:40How fast did you say it was going?

01:26:42I'm not sure.

01:26:43I don't even know.

01:26:44Number three, Rich Bruder versus Axman.

01:26:48Which means the fourth and final pair

01:26:52will be Nate Saylor versus Murder Nova.

01:26:55All right, drivers, you know what you got to do.

01:26:57Go back to your pits, get your cars turned around.

01:26:59Put them in the staging lanes.

01:27:01One of you is going to win $40,000.

01:27:03Let's go.

01:27:06All right, first pair here in the third round,

01:27:08the Invitational Class going to have Damon Merchant

01:27:10going up against Kayla Morton.

01:27:12If we let it lay over against her out back,

01:27:16she'll drive around us.

01:27:20Her quicker than John down low,

01:27:22and it pulls way harder out back, so.

01:27:25All right, round three here, we drew Kayla.

01:27:27It's hard to come on one of these deals.

01:27:29Super confident when, you know,

01:27:31she's running really good this weekend.

01:27:33We've been struggling.

01:27:34We've been getting by, but we've been struggling a little bit.

01:27:35But we feel like we do got a hot rod right now.

01:27:38So we're not here for no reason.

01:27:40You know, we're going to go up there and do our thing.

01:27:42We're the first pair down.

01:27:43And hopefully put our ass on the trailer.

01:27:46Didn't get to do it yesterday, so maybe today's the day.

01:27:54Ready, suit up.

01:27:55All right, suit up.

01:27:58Good luck.

01:28:00See you down there.

01:28:02All right.

01:28:03Let's go up there.

01:28:04Let's go up there.

01:28:05Let's go up there.

01:28:06Let's go up there.

01:28:07Okay.

01:28:26Come on, Kayla.

01:28:32All right, first pair here in the third round.

01:28:33The official class to have Damon Merchant going up against the table.

01:28:45Morton.

01:28:56Damn it.

01:28:57And Damon Merchant will take the win there.

01:28:59You know the out of it.

01:29:00Great drag race to be both those cars.

01:29:02Woo!

01:29:07Stop it!

01:29:09I said at the very beginning, if we finish in the final eight at every race, consistency wins over just a win here and a win there.

01:29:19So I can't be mad about that.

01:29:21I'm not pouting over the top eight ever.

01:29:24So we are officially in the badass group of people here.

01:29:27And, um, Mama Shark is coming for a galop, man.

01:29:30Pretty pass.

01:29:31Ugh.

01:29:32Huh?

01:29:33It was rough.

01:29:34It was pretty.

01:29:35I figured you was coming.

01:29:36I was.

01:29:37I figured.

01:29:41All right, next pair coming up gonna be Giuseppe.

01:29:43Giuseppe going up against Kai Kelly.

01:29:48At round three, I went up.

01:29:49I drew Giuseppe.

01:29:50He's been struggling the last couple of weeks, but he's going around, so he's probably got it back figured out.

01:29:54We're just not gonna take Giuseppe lightly.

01:29:56We're gonna go out there and go as fast as we think we can go on this race track.

01:29:58There's $200,000 on the line.

01:30:00We gotta keep clicking at 10 points towards our pot.

01:30:14We drew Kai Kelly.

01:30:15We haven't been able to beat him this year.

01:30:17I'm feeling pretty good, though.

01:30:18The car is running really good.

01:30:19I feel like we're back to where we used to be.

01:30:21The car's making great runs again, so I'm feeling like we're gonna go rounds,

01:30:24and we got a chance to win this this weekend.

01:30:30Damn it.

01:30:44Man, I thought the got it.

01:30:47We should win that .

01:30:49Damn it.

01:30:51So we got past Giuseppe in round three.

01:30:55It was a good side by side race.

01:30:57I got about a fender on him, I think.

01:31:00You got me on the tree, I think.

01:31:01I feel like you pulled in front of me in the middle.

01:31:03In the middle, I think I did.

01:31:05Yup.

01:31:06You got me a little early, I think, in the middle.

01:31:07It was a good race.

01:31:08Man, you're going so fast you blew the wind out.

01:31:10We're gonna have to watch out for you again.

01:31:11I know, I know.

01:31:13Good race, man.

01:31:14Me too, buddy.

01:31:15Coming at you right here.

01:31:16That's gonna be Rich Fruder going up against the Axeman.

01:31:22So he agreed we raced straight up.

01:31:24I hope so after the last pass.

01:31:25You trust him?

01:31:26After the last pass you did, I hope we're straight up.

01:31:27I mean, if we ain't gonna race straight up, I don't mind not racing straight up.

01:31:30I haven't seen you jump.

01:31:31If you jump, something up.

01:31:32All right, straight up.

01:31:33He played a game with me last week.

01:31:34I'll play it again this week.

01:31:35But if you want straight up, we got straight up.

01:31:37I'm fine.

01:31:38All right.

01:31:39Round three, I drew Rich Fruder driving the Jackal.

01:31:41He jumped on me last weekend.

01:31:43I just showed him I can do it too.

01:31:45I don't tell you, it brings a pair of medics if he jumped.

01:31:48So I went over and I told him, I said, I'll race you straight up.

01:31:52I said, you jumped last week.

01:31:53You know how I do it.

01:31:54I said, if you don't play games, I'm good with it.

01:31:56But if you don't race straight up, we'll shake on it.

01:31:59See, I'm guessing on him.

01:32:00Right here.

01:32:01What?

01:32:02I would.

01:32:03I would.

01:32:04I'll see.

01:32:20And Rich Fruder.

01:32:23Wow.

01:32:24Well, that makes fast.

01:32:26Hey.

01:32:27Fast.

01:32:28Damn, where did that come from?

01:32:29Hey, at the big end, it's like, oh.

01:32:31Yeah.

01:32:32Yeah.

01:32:33Good race, Larry.

01:32:35Damn, it cut off on me.

01:32:36Did it?

01:32:37Yeah, yeah, yeah.

01:32:38Our front end.

01:32:39I hate it.

01:32:40We have our hot rod back and we can go rounds.

01:32:42And it's showing.

01:32:43Good job, bro.

01:32:44Oh, yeah, bro.

01:32:45It's always fun racing.

01:32:46Oh, man.

01:32:47All right, folks.

01:32:48Last pair here in the third round.

01:32:50That is going to be Nate Saylor going up against Murder Nova.

01:32:54It does not change the .

01:32:57I guarantee it doesn't.

01:32:59I got data that shows how high it is.

01:33:01It's about eight inches off the ground.

01:33:03All right.

01:33:04It's about eight inches off the ground.

01:33:05The beam's only seven.

01:33:08The beam's between five and seven.

01:33:10Yeah.

01:33:11Seven tops.

01:33:12I think you're crazy.

01:33:13I don't think it does anything anyways.

01:33:15OK.

01:33:16I'll get it fixed before the next one.

01:33:17I think it does.

01:33:18And I would have it on him.

01:33:20We draw Nate Saylor, who is at the top of his game right now.

01:33:23He's killing it.

01:33:24His car's really fast, and right now he's in the top three out here.

01:33:36We've outran him before.

01:33:37He's outran us before.

01:33:38So it can go either way.

01:33:39It just matters on who gets more aggressive with their tune-up.

01:33:42If the track holds it, I'm not real sure he can get more aggressive than what we're going to.

01:33:47And Nate Saylor will get the win.

01:34:16Kurt Urnova has problems over there in that right lane.

01:34:18He's out of the gas way early in the past.

01:34:20So Nate Saylor will move on to the semifinals.

01:34:27I told the tuner, I was like, if you're ever going to put a tune-up in it that's gambling, now is it.

01:34:31Because we're going to need it.

01:34:32And I think it carried the tires so far, I couldn't steer the car.

01:34:36So when the tires came down, I had to bring her back to the groove.

01:34:39So he put a tune-up in it.

01:34:40I wanted to win, and we won.

01:34:42And now we're going to the next round.

01:34:43We've got two Brian Martin cars in the next round.

01:34:45So we're collecting those team points.

01:34:47I let go of the button, and it just shook instantly.

01:34:50Dude, I carried the tires so damn far, I couldn't steer.

01:34:53Nice job.

01:34:54Nice job, man.

01:34:55Thanks, brother.

01:34:56Yeah, I don't know.

01:34:57I don't know if it broke the gears, but they're howling the whole way.

01:35:00So I didn't even make it to the 60 foot.

01:35:03Well, I'm not going to bull you.

01:35:04If you lost, I'd just assume it'd be for me.

01:35:06Oh, yeah, yeah.

01:35:07For sure.

01:35:08For sure.

01:35:09Good to have it, folks.

01:35:10Damon Merchant, Kai Kelly, Rich Bruder, and Nate Saylor.

01:35:14Moving on.

01:35:19All right, we're going to go and get started with our invitational semifinals drivers meeting.

01:35:23Folks, we started with 32 drivers.

01:35:24We are now down to four.

01:35:27Four drivers.

01:35:28Man, we are close.

01:35:30All the teams have been knocked out except for Team Kai Kelly and Team Ryan Martin.

01:35:34Kai, they're kind of catching up on you.

01:35:36Yeah.

01:35:37Look, man, do you just not like number one?

01:35:39You prefer number two?

01:35:43No, you know, all year, Damon's been, like, really close to me.

01:35:46So I went ahead and bought him, Ryan, to worry about that.

01:35:50There you go.

01:35:51I like the strategy.

01:35:52All right.

01:35:53All right, look.

01:35:54Kai's nothing but honest over here.

01:35:55He has a plan.

01:35:56I like it.

01:35:57All right.

01:35:58Let's draw chips, y'all.

01:35:59Where are my number ones?

01:36:07Y'all want to trade?

01:36:08Oh, wow.

01:36:09The teammates drew each other.

01:36:11Damon Merchant versus Kai Kelly, which means the other teammates drew each other.

01:36:15Rich Bruder versus Nate Saylor.

01:36:18But what that does guarantee is it'll be a Team Kai Kelly, Team Ryan Martin finals.

01:36:23All right, y'all.

01:36:24Go back to the pits.

01:36:25Get your cars turned around.

01:36:26Now, I'll tell you, $10,000 does sound good right about now.

01:36:28Invitational semi-finals coming at you right now.

01:36:38Hey, take it easy on me.

01:36:41Make it look like a good race.

01:36:42Oh, you .

01:36:43Hope we were.

01:36:44So, chip draw did not go our way going into the semi-finals here.

01:36:47Ryan's got two guys in.

01:36:49Kai and myself are in.

01:36:51It would have been great for points if we could have drew them two, put them out, went in the

01:36:56finals together.

01:36:57Chips didn't fall that way.

01:36:58So, we got Kai.

01:36:59Any time you throw me in a race, it's a race for $40,000.

01:37:15I'm not laying down for any team captain, teammate, or anything.

01:37:20We're going to give them hell out there.

01:37:22And like I said, the best car is going to go to the finals.

01:37:28Hey, Boosh.

01:37:29Yes, Axeman.

01:37:30Aren't these two on the same team?

01:37:31Who?

01:37:32Nate and Damon.

01:37:33Ryan paid for Nate, and Kai paid for Nate.

01:37:34I don't really watch social media.

01:37:35What happened?

01:37:36You missed the first day.

01:37:37There was some trading that went on.

01:37:38Nate and Sailor went to Ryan Martin's team, and Damon Merchant went to Kai Keller's team.

01:37:53You don't even know?

01:37:54So, they bought them?

01:37:55Yeah.

01:37:56I didn't see it.

01:37:57We got sold.

01:37:58So, literally paid money for them?

01:38:00Yeah, there's a little bit of money exchanged.

01:38:01Boosh sold these two guys.

01:38:02Holy shit.

01:38:03I was asleep.

01:38:04And then I didn't get anything.

01:38:05And Ryan?

01:38:06Ryan done it too?

01:38:07Ryan did it also.

01:38:08No way.

01:38:09Actually, Ryan was the first one that did the trade.

01:38:12But y'all's team, you know, co-captain is the one who started this whole deal.

01:38:17Dave tried to, but he didn't get his money right.

01:38:20Couldn't get his money right.

01:38:22All right.

01:38:23Can we move on?

01:38:24Can we move on now?

01:38:27And the National Semi-Finals coming at you right now.

01:38:41Kai Kelly gets the win.

01:38:44Kai left first.

01:38:45Never looked back.

01:38:46Both guys driving those cars there.

01:38:48Kai Kelly gets the win.

01:38:50He will go to the finals.

01:38:51Picking up Damon, that's probably the best $10,000 I ever spent.

01:38:54He went to the semis with me today.

01:38:56He helped me hold off Ryan's team from getting any points on us.

01:38:59He puts him to work.

01:39:00He's got a bad-ass fast car.

01:39:02I raced side by side with him.

01:39:03It's whoever leaves on the light.

01:39:05And to be able to buy somebody like that and put him on your team,

01:39:07it's just a gift.

01:39:08Appreciate it, buddy.

01:39:09Hey, man.

01:39:10You passed me.

01:39:11What happened?

01:39:12Let him loose, man.

01:39:13That's it.

01:39:14There he goes.

01:39:15Oh!

01:39:16That was a race.

01:39:18Last pair here in the semifinals for the Invitational Class.

01:39:22Rich Bruder going up against Nate Saylor.

01:39:26Sucks, but at least one of us are moving on to the next round.

01:39:29One team Ryan's going to the next round, period.

01:39:31That's the only thing that's good about this.

01:39:33Semi-finals, we got Rich Bruder.

01:39:35Didn't want that.

01:39:36We were trying to stay away from each other so we could race each other in the final.

01:39:41Keep safe.

01:39:42Have fun.

01:39:43We'll see you on the other side.

01:39:44We're going to put a tune-up in the car.

01:39:45We know it's going to haul ass.

01:39:47He's going to do the same.

01:39:48I guarantee it.

01:39:49And we're going to see if we can go get some money and some points and get into the final.

01:40:03If the track's going to be there, I don't think there's going to be an issue with that.

01:40:06We're hanging more weight on the front end.

01:40:08This is the fastest passes we've been made to date.

01:40:10You know, it's been shown.

01:40:12We're going rounds now.

01:40:13So hopefully we'll be back, be in the final.

01:40:33And Nate Sailor will take the win.

01:40:39That was a drag race.

01:40:41Super close to the other end.

01:40:42But Nate Sailor turns on the win light.

01:40:44So your finals will be Kai Kelly versus Nate Sailor for $40,000.

01:40:52Good race, brother.

01:40:53Thanks, man.

01:40:54Good job.

01:40:55Thanks.

01:40:56Our front end's high up.

01:40:57We've got to make a barge age on this thing now.

01:40:59Oh, man.

01:41:00This thing did a monster wheelie.

01:41:01Yeah, same thing.

01:41:02It was awesome.

01:41:03Good job.

01:41:04Thanks, brother.

01:41:05We're going to go win us the championship.

01:41:06That's it.

01:41:07That's it.

01:41:08We're going to do it.

01:41:09All right, Michigan.

01:41:10This is your invitational final right here, right now.

01:41:17Dude, I want this one so bad.

01:41:18I can't even tell you.

01:41:19Finals here were against Kai Kelly, and that is my kryptonite.

01:41:23He has beat me three out of three times.

01:41:26Y'all got everything ready to go fast?

01:41:28Yup.

01:41:29I know they're going to throw the kitchen sink at it,

01:41:31because they know when we were running them before,

01:41:33we were right there at his door.

01:41:34Well, this car's faster now.

01:41:40Now, I don't want to think these guys all pooled their money

01:41:42together to buy me, and I'm not doing my job.

01:41:46So I'm out here trying to do the best I can for my team.

01:41:49We'll just see what happens here.

01:42:00These drivers are racing for $40,000.

01:42:04Win or lose, we're going to be at least 100 points ahead of Dave's team.

01:42:07Not to mention we're about to go up there and race for $40,000.

01:42:10This right here will be a drag race between these two extremely fast cars.

01:42:17When Nate Sailor first came into the MPK,

01:42:19you know, everybody was saying he had a lot of money,

01:42:21he was going to be fast, he was going to be hard to deal with.

01:42:23And he's done one thing that most of the rich guys don't do.

01:42:26He's putting in the work.

01:42:27He's out testing.

01:42:28He knows his car.

01:42:29He's got a good tuner.

01:42:30Let's see who will win the bag of money.

01:42:34So if there was any time we needed to bring our best game up there,

01:42:37it's now.

01:42:38Oh, and Nate Sailor gets the win!

01:43:02What a drag race!

01:43:06Mike Kelly was right there!

01:43:08But Nate Sailor is your $40,000 winner!

01:43:17I'm on cloud nine, dude.

01:43:19We've made some changes on the car to go fast, quicker,

01:43:22let go of the button.

01:43:23He left right with me, and it was door to door.

01:43:27And then my car was coming in his lane,

01:43:30his car was going to hit the wall, but we got the win.

01:43:33Nate Sailor and crew!

01:43:35Michigan!

01:43:37Woo!

01:43:38We got a fast race car.

01:43:39We're on a good team.

01:43:40We're going to come for that championship.

01:43:42About to hit some wall, buddy.

01:43:43Wow, dude, I about to hit you.

01:43:44Yeah.

01:43:45Good race, man.

01:43:46You deserve it, for real.

01:43:47Thanks, brother.

01:43:48I told Jim, I said if he beats me, I ain't going to be mad,

01:43:49because I beat him several times this year.

01:43:50Three out of three, you beat me.

01:43:52It was a good race, though.

01:43:53Believe it or not, I feel pretty good coming out of the final race.

01:43:55I did get my ass kicked, but I beat on Nate Sailor all year.

01:43:58It was due.

01:43:59He beat me today, but what we did do is me and Damon went to the semis with him.

01:44:03We made sure they didn't make up any ground on us in the championship,

01:44:06and that's what it's all about right now.

01:44:07We're racing for $200,000.

01:44:09I'm going home, I'm safe, my car don't have no scratches on it,

01:44:12and Nate Sailor got a win.

01:44:14All right, Nate Sailor, it is payday, sir.

01:44:17Look, you battled all weekend and steamrolled through the Invitational Class.

01:44:23Two in one season.

01:44:25Nate Sailor, congratulations, man.

01:44:28What are you thinking?

01:44:29Man, I'm just, I can't tell you how excited we are.

01:44:32We're on a new team.

01:44:33Team Ryan Martin-Proud right there already paying off.

01:44:37We made a big move for our team, you know.

01:44:40Nate's car's really fast.

01:44:41He's won two events now.

01:44:43Me picking him up paid off dramatically for me.

01:44:46He won the race.

01:44:47He took our team to 110 off first place,

01:44:50and while that might seem like a lot,

01:44:52with the points and a half and the points and a half

01:44:54and the double points, it's very achievable.

01:44:56Whoo!

01:44:57Whoa!

01:44:58Look at that, Nate Sailor, man.

01:45:00Hey!

01:45:01Congratulations, sir.

01:45:02$40,000.

01:45:03Nate Sailor, fix it.

01:45:05Whoo!

01:45:06Whoo!

01:45:07Nate Sailor has won his second Invitational of the season.

01:45:12You gotta ask yourself, where did this guy come from,

01:45:15and how did the other teams miss him?

01:45:17With that being said, Ryan Martin has to be pleased with himself,

01:45:21his team, and his decisions, as he is now within 10 points of Team Dave.

01:45:26He's gotta be feeling pretty good about himself.

01:45:29There's only three events left, and at this point, it is anyone's championship.

01:45:33Next week.

01:45:34All right, Galant, London Sports Park, how y'all doing today?

01:45:38I think we got the most solid team there is here,

01:45:41as long as we can keep things together.

01:45:43He got Ryan with a lot of momentum.

01:45:48Kai's team might be holding the lead in points.

01:45:51Kai's been running away with this deal.

01:45:52We need to go get him, and this is our chance to make a big move.

01:45:55But the fight for the championship is far from being over.

01:46:03Bodie, you still have a couple guys on your team you have not sold.

01:46:05Points and a half, and then the double.

01:46:07Three races to either catch up or forget it.

01:46:09And at this point right now, we're getting left behind.

01:46:11Some of the teams are out of reach of this championship.

01:46:13We are not.

01:46:14So we're gonna do whatever we can to get Scott Taylor on our team.

01:46:17Oh, my God.

01:46:18Is it gonna happen?

01:46:19We're gonna do whatever we want.

01:46:20It's gonna be adorable.

01:46:21We're gonna do it.

01:46:22We're gonna do it.

01:46:23We're gonna do it.

01:46:24We're gonna do it.

01:46:25We're gonna try it.

01:46:26We're gonna be right now.

01:46:28We're gonna have time Oods.

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