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00:00:01Kyle Kelly's team managed to hold on to their lead-in points.
00:00:04And David Murchin gets the win!
00:00:07Despite the fact that they all lost before the semifinals.
00:00:10Drag race right there.
00:00:11Trans out, boy.
00:00:13Is it moving?
00:00:14Yeah.
00:00:15Trans is done.
00:00:16Kyle Canyon is not going to make the call.
00:00:18And the same went for Daddy Day's team.
00:00:21Their last standing driver went out in round three.
00:00:24Hey, listen, there's nothing.
00:00:27It was Larry Larson from Team Disco
00:00:30and Damon Merchant from Team Bodie
00:00:33who raced in the finals.
00:00:36Damon Merchant wins his first finals this season!
00:00:42Wow!
00:00:50Damon's win pushed Team Bodie
00:00:52into a tie with Team Ryan Martin for third place.
00:00:55But unfortunately for Larry and Team Disco,
00:00:58they are still in dead last place.
00:01:05Here we go!
00:01:07Alright, Ohio, how are you doing this beautiful Saturday?
00:01:24I didn't see everybody clap or yell.
00:01:27So one more time, Ohio, how you doing?
00:01:29All right.
00:01:30All right.
00:01:31OH!
00:01:32All right, we'll keep doing that.
00:01:34Yeah.
00:01:39We're here in West Salem, Ohio for the first ever No Prep Kings race here at Dragway 42.
00:01:44And we're getting ready for the invitational event.
00:01:47As we get closer to the end of the season, these team captains are making decisions,
00:01:51trying to make changes, have had to position themselves to win this $200,000 championship prize.
00:01:57Hey, hey, hey.
00:01:58What was that?
00:02:01What happened?
00:02:02What's wrong?
00:02:03Why are you looking like this?
00:02:04What's up?
00:02:05Dropped the valve.
00:02:06Shut the .
00:02:08Three days in a row we ain't slept.
00:02:11That's a rough day.
00:02:12That's a rough couple days.
00:02:13That's a rough week.
00:02:15I mean, soon or not later, look, it's got to change.
00:02:18It's got to.
00:02:19Before the start of Race Your Way In, Disco Dean dropped Jerry Jensen down and picked Jerry Bird back up.
00:02:26And Bodie ended up dropping himself down and put Randy Williams in his place.
00:02:31But unfortunately, neither one of those racers were able to race their way in and be in the 32 car field today.
00:02:38With that being said, I'm willing to bet that the changes are not done yet.
00:02:42So I've been struggling with the fact of how that we've been doing.
00:02:47I say we, me, Birdman, and really anybody else that we get over here.
00:02:52But Kai has been trying to get you since race one.
00:02:59And the amount of guilt that I feel because we are completely blowing it for you.
00:03:05I'm trying to get you on Kai's team.
00:03:07I understand that.
00:03:08I can understand why Murillo might be thinking about trading Scott to Kai's team.
00:03:13Look, Kai and Scott are teammates from NOLA.
00:03:16And look, Mike wants to get Scott on a good team that has a chance to win the championship.
00:03:21You good?
00:03:22Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:03:23We're just running through maintenance.
00:03:24All right, good, good, good.
00:03:25All right, good, good, good.
00:03:26Come on.
00:03:33I heard some talks.
00:03:36Daddy Dave is fixing to probably be trading a Paige Coughlin for a Damon merchant.
00:03:40Like, they're finna make a super team and make a run at us.
00:03:42Like, we gotta, we really need five people making points.
00:03:46Knock, knock.
00:03:49What up, man?
00:03:50Hey, man.
00:03:51What you doing?
00:03:53Oh, man, just coming over to talk about a trade.
00:03:57This isn't a matter of me trying to get rid of Scott.
00:04:00This is more of a, we suck, holding him back.
00:04:04You asked me about it several times, about trading him.
00:04:07All year, I've been trying to get Scott Taylor back on my team just because, you know, he's one of the hearts of NOLA.
00:04:13So for me to trade as a team captain, I would need to trade for somebody that is faster than somebody on my team
00:04:19and who can fill a void for us right now.
00:04:22Because right now, we got four fast cars.
00:04:24We got me, Lizzie, David Gates, Clay Cole.
00:04:28Rankin's ended up earning us 30 points out of almost 800 points.
00:04:32So, uh, I love Rankin to death.
00:04:35He's a great guy, but, you know, business is business.
00:04:37If I could trade somebody that's more consistent and faster than him, that's what we need to do for our team to win this championship.
00:04:42Because, I mean, we're racing for $200,000.
00:04:44You know, I'd be interested, and if you don't, I understand, but I'd be interested in a Brandon and a Scott trade for a Clay and a, uh, Rankin.
00:04:53I think we're going to definitely keep Clay because he's probably doing better than anybody on our team right now.
00:04:59I thought Murillo would trade me Rankin for Scott, but Murillo only wants to trade for Clay Cole.
00:05:04I want to, I need to talk to the team about it.
00:05:06Okay.
00:05:07Obviously, I'd love to have Scott back on my team.
00:05:10I know, but I'm not straight trading Scott for Rankin.
00:05:13Yeah.
00:05:14Just so you know.
00:05:15So it had to be Scott for Clay?
00:05:16Or somebody equal to that.
00:05:18Because I can't completely cannibalize our team.
00:05:20You know, I was hoping to trade for Clay Cole, which I mistakenly got rid of earlier in the season.
00:05:25Clay has a little bit higher value right now because how well Clay has been doing.
00:05:30You know, I'm not going to just give Scott up for a nobody.
00:05:33Murillo says he's doing it because he wants Scott to be on a winning team.
00:05:37Well, what Murillo's trying to do is trade for somebody that's faster than Scott at the moment.
00:05:41All right.
00:05:42All right. Thanks, man.
00:05:43Thanks, brother.
00:05:44We'll see you later.
00:05:45Good luck to you guys today.
00:05:47All right. Hello, guys, captains.
00:05:49This is where you have a chance to make changes to your team.
00:05:52If you're not happy with how your season is going, now's the time.
00:05:56Dean, I know that you were one of those folks that said, you know, I'm going to wait until race 10.
00:06:00Yeah.
00:06:01And then really go 100%.
00:06:02The mid-season momentum shift.
00:06:04Yeah.
00:06:05That's what's happening right now.
00:06:06That's right.
00:06:07So now is the time to enact that plan.
00:06:08With that being said, Dean.
00:06:09Yes.
00:06:10Any changes?
00:06:11No.
00:06:12Dude, I've got so much faith in Daryl and Jerry Bird, and they have worked their asses off.
00:06:19They put everything they've got into it.
00:06:21And I'm not going to cut them off the team because I know sooner or later he's going to pull through.
00:06:24And the minute I trade him off to one of you guys is when he'll do his valiant effort and turn on five wind lights in a row.
00:06:30So we're going to keep the same team we got.
00:06:31All right.
00:06:32Sounds good.
00:06:33Mike Murillo.
00:06:34We got three guys in.
00:06:35Yeah.
00:06:36And not making any changes.
00:06:37Swanstrom.
00:06:38I'm good.
00:06:39I got all five in.
00:06:40Oh, look at you.
00:06:41Damn, again?
00:06:42Bode, any changes right now?
00:06:43No changes right now.
00:06:44We got three in.
00:06:45Same three we've been having all year.
00:06:46I guess we've been doing good with three, so.
00:06:47Okay.
00:06:48Ryan.
00:06:49Good?
00:06:50I got four out of five.
00:06:51We're in third place.
00:06:52Now, three out of eight teams, that's pretty good.
00:06:54But we want to win.
00:06:55I said last week, I said, I really need Chuck to make it in.
00:06:57And he didn't.
00:06:58You know, and I think I was in the heat of the moment.
00:06:59I said, I'm putting it in.
00:07:00I'm putting it in.
00:07:01I'm putting it in.
00:07:02I'm putting it in.
00:07:03I'm putting it in.
00:07:04I'm putting it in.
00:07:05I'm putting it in.
00:07:06And I don't know that that's not what I still do.
00:07:08We might make a change.
00:07:09We'll see.
00:07:10I have a theory.
00:07:11Okay.
00:07:12Maybe Jerry's struggling because he's on your team.
00:07:13Maybe Chuck's struggling because he's on my team.
00:07:15Yeah.
00:07:16They could both.
00:07:17Change of scenery.
00:07:18Hold on.
00:07:19Hold on.
00:07:20Let me think about it.
00:07:21No.
00:07:22Should we ask Jerry?
00:07:23I'll trade you somebody who's in the invitational today.
00:07:25Who?
00:07:26Who?
00:07:27Doc.
00:07:28Damn.
00:07:29For who?
00:07:30Jerry Bird.
00:07:31No.
00:07:32I got faith, man.
00:07:33I understand what he's saying, though.
00:07:34Wait a minute.
00:07:35You could have another guy in.
00:07:36You got him in right now.
00:07:37If you get him, he's in.
00:07:38I know, but then that's just kicking Jerry to the curb for a little bit.
00:07:39No, it ain't kicking him to the curb.
00:07:40I'm the curb?
00:07:41Can't do it.
00:07:42What if Jerry wants to go to the curb?
00:07:43Well, I would ask him.
00:07:44Well, he's not here.
00:07:45Where's he at?
00:07:46That's a good question.
00:07:47Yeah, get Jerry and Chuck up here to talk about that.
00:07:48So both Ryan and Sean are offering trades to Disco.
00:07:50Ryan is looking for a lot of money.
00:07:51He's looking for a lot of money.
00:07:52He's looking for a lot of money.
00:07:53He's looking for a lot of money.
00:07:54Well, he's not here.
00:07:55Where's he at?
00:07:56That's a good question.
00:07:57Yeah, get Jerry and Chuck up here to talk about that.
00:07:58So both Ryan and Sean are offering trades to Disco.
00:08:01Ryan is looking to trade Chuck for Jerry Byrd,
00:08:03even though neither one of those drivers are in the main event today.
00:08:06Meanwhile, Sean is looking to trade Doc for Jerry Byrd.
00:08:09Doc is in the Invitational, which would give Dean another driver in the field
00:08:13and take Sean down to four.
00:08:15I'm going to be up here in a minute.
00:08:16All right.
00:08:17All right.
00:08:18We are now at Dave.
00:08:19Any changes?
00:08:20All five in.
00:08:21I'm good.
00:08:22Damn.
00:08:23We're halfway through the season, and, you know, I still got my drivers.
00:08:27Just when you think you need to get rid of them, they pull something out of their ass,
00:08:31and they prove that they need to be on the team.
00:08:33And I think I pretty much decided I'm going to keep these guys for the rest of the year.
00:08:37You know, we're all doing good.
00:08:39All five of us are going in.
00:08:40We need to collect some points and take the lead back from Kai Kelly.
00:08:43Captain.
00:08:44Mike.
00:08:45Leading captain.
00:08:46Mike.
00:08:47Uh-oh.
00:08:48Here we go.
00:08:49I can't get rid of Clay Cole because him and Scott's...
00:08:50Then we ain't got nothing to talk about.
00:08:52Oh.
00:08:53What if I gave you a guaranteed $5,000 in ranking?
00:08:57$5,000?
00:08:58Sometimes.
00:08:59Or a $10,000 if I win the championship.
00:09:01Ooh.
00:09:02Or how much?
00:09:03What?
00:09:04$10,000 if we win the championship, or a guaranteed $5,000 today.
00:09:06God.
00:09:07There's no counter?
00:09:08It's just a no?
00:09:09He already knows what I want.
00:09:12Jerry's here.
00:09:13Uh, so what had happened was, it started with Ryan, uh, with Chuck.
00:09:18Yeah.
00:09:19And what we thought, well, what we were thinking was, you guys, you're struggling.
00:09:21Chuck's struggling a little bit.
00:09:22Sometimes if you put them on...
00:09:23A little switcheroo.
00:09:24You did a little switcheroo.
00:09:25Yeah.
00:09:26You know, it might be able to do better on a different team.
00:09:28Chuck might be able to do better on a different team.
00:09:29And he trying to hold you back over here.
00:09:30I said, I wouldn't do it without Jerry's consent.
00:09:32I'll do whatever Jerry wants to do.
00:09:34With that being set up, I gotta do something.
00:09:36You're sure?
00:09:37I gotta change that.
00:09:38Oh, T!
00:09:39Oh!
00:09:40T!
00:09:41T!
00:09:42T!
00:09:43T!
00:09:44T!
00:09:45T!
00:09:46T!
00:09:47I knew it!
00:09:48I need to do something different just to try to turn this thing around.
00:09:49I'm superstitious.
00:09:50I mean, it might work, it might not.
00:09:51But I'm superstitious, and I gotta try anything to try to turn it around.
00:09:54I then went to church.
00:09:55I put a new suit on.
00:09:57I put my old suit on, my shoes on, you know, when I was winning.
00:10:01So none of that worked.
00:10:02So I had to try something drastic.
00:10:04So I went up there, and I told Disco to trade me.
00:10:06And I did feel bad for doing it, because he picked me first.
00:10:09But right now, I'm going backwards, and I have to make a change.
00:10:14And that was it.
00:10:15If I do get my running right...
00:10:17Yeah, that's what we're all banking on here.
00:10:19I'm banking on that too, but that ain't happening yet.
00:10:22All right, there you go.
00:10:23Come on.
00:10:24Secondary trade.
00:10:25Chuck for Jerry Bird.
00:10:27You go to Team Ryan Martin.
00:10:28We traded Chuck for Jerry Bird.
00:10:30This was tough for me.
00:10:31Chuck and I have been buddies for a long time.
00:10:33Goes back almost 10 years ago now.
00:10:35He's been struggling, and maybe being on my team is not making him better.
00:10:40Jerry's got a really fast car.
00:10:42I think that they've been struggling, and the pressure that is added to them to make it in makes it worse.
00:10:47He was the number one pick for a reason.
00:10:49So I'm going to make sure that he understands.
00:10:51No pressure.
00:10:52If you don't make it in, you don't make it in.
00:10:53It's not the end of the deal.
00:10:54Hoping that it'll take pressure off him to make the right decisions.
00:10:57Jerry, Chuck, welcome to your new homes.
00:10:59Jerry Bird, how do you go from last-faced team to tied for third place?
00:11:04He's trying to win that championship.
00:11:05God.
00:11:06Well, is there any other movement that needs to happen here?
00:11:08Mike.
00:11:09Everybody done?
00:11:10Mike.
00:11:1110,000 a day.
00:11:12Ooh, 10,000.
00:11:1310,000 today.
00:11:14Don't do it.
00:11:16Listen, no.
00:11:17No.
00:11:18It sounded like Murillo's not going to go for your trade.
00:11:20I'm sorry, man.
00:11:21All right.
00:11:22That does it.
00:11:24Wow.
00:11:25You can tell the competition is heating up now when one captain offers $10,000 to another captain for a single racer.
00:11:33But now, after all that, we know who's racing for what team going into round one.
00:11:37Even though neither Jerry nor Chuck made it into the main event today, I can see why that trade made sense.
00:11:44We're in the last part of the season, and these captains are trying to set themselves up to get as many points as possible.
00:11:50Wow.
00:11:51That's probably the reason why Kai Kelly was willing to put up so much money for Scott Taylor.
00:11:57We're all our new guys.
00:11:59I made a bunch of trades.
00:12:00We're all our new guys.
00:12:03What was that all about?
00:12:04I got to do it on the end of it.
00:12:05Hey, .
00:12:07Well, Jerry, what happened?
00:12:09He's like, I got to do something different, dude.
00:12:10This ain't working.
00:12:11This 10 races in.
00:12:12I got to do something to switch it up.
00:12:13It ain't us that's been holding him back.
00:12:15I know.
00:12:16I know.
00:12:17I didn't want Jerry to leave inside.
00:12:19You know, he was my number one draft pick.
00:12:21I didn't want him to go anywhere.
00:12:23But I understand where him and his brother are.
00:12:25They've done everything to try to win.
00:12:28It's doing nothing from him leaving my team to going Ryan's.
00:12:32So now, we've got Chuck Seitzinger on the team.
00:12:34All right, folks.
00:12:35Again, there is 32 drivers.
00:12:37Every driver has to pull a chip out of the bucket, so there will be a brief pause as they get their chips.
00:12:42The matchups are set for round one, and there are a couple interesting draws.
00:12:57Kai Kelly ended up drawing his new teammate, Clay Cole, which means one of those drivers will go home only getting 10 points today.
00:13:04That's good news for the other teams, as this is a chance for them to gain ground.
00:13:09And there's also another matchup between Damon Merchant and Jim Howe.
00:13:13And there's no secret that those two guys do not like each other.
00:13:16There's been a lot of smack talk on the internet.
00:13:18Jim Howe seems to think that Damon Merchant is cheating, and he's been whining about it.
00:13:23So Damon Merchant is coming back with, he's not cheating.
00:13:26It's a typical he said, he said, they raced once back in New Hampshire, and Damon was able to get that win.
00:13:31But we'll see what happens here.
00:13:33Coming at you right here, and that is going to be Giuseppe going up against Brandon James.
00:13:40Can I lube this?
00:13:43Hey.
00:13:44So first pair, we drew Giuseppe.
00:13:48To be honest, it didn't matter who we drew.
00:13:50I knew that we had to go fast to be able to go rounds today.
00:13:52And at the end of the day, if I want to win one of these, I've got to beat everybody, so.
00:13:56You got the air on?
00:13:57No, I just checked the chutes.
00:14:00Make sure CO2 is good.
00:14:02I'm for sure, I'm tired of going out first round, to be honest.
00:14:05Everybody this year has gotten so much better that you can't make any mistakes.
00:14:09And that's all we've been doing is making mistakes.
00:14:11We've got to get the program together.
00:14:12So we're going to try to go some rounds, at least today, and get out of there where I don't have to worry about it anymore.
00:14:25Rattle out of the box, coming at you right here, over in the left lane.
00:14:27That is going to be Giuseppe.
00:14:29Giuseppe in the left lane, going up against Brandon James in the right.
00:14:42Rattle out of the right lane.
00:14:43Rattle out of the right lane.
00:14:44Coming at you right here, and that is going to be Giuseppe, going up against Brandon James.
00:15:01Oh, and Brandon James takes the win.
00:15:18Giuseppe out of the gas before the finish line.
00:15:21Brandon James gets the win and will move on to the next round.
00:15:24Hell yeah, baby!
00:15:25All right, folks.
00:15:26Here we go.
00:15:27Second pair.
00:15:28We've got Tony McKinney going up against Lizzie Musi.
00:15:32We got us all in?
00:15:33Yeah, yeah.
00:15:34You got us all in.
00:15:35We were already all in.
00:15:36Well, all right.
00:15:37So I did my job.
00:15:38You got us all in.
00:15:39I did my job for a change.
00:15:40So Lizzie has us right now.
00:15:42She's beat us four times in a race, so it's nerve wracking.
00:15:45And you know you're going up with somebody who's a real good competitor.
00:15:47You know, there was a bunch of things going through my head.
00:15:50My crew calmed me down.
00:15:51Let's see if we can't get this.
00:15:59Lizzie Musi made it to the finals of last night's Grade 8,
00:16:02but her last two passes have resulted in fireballs coming out of the hood on the big end.
00:16:07She's got a good crew behind her that supposedly fixed the problem,
00:16:10but this will be her first pass since that happened.
00:16:17And Tony McKinney will take the win.
00:16:41Lizzie Musi has to get out of the gas.
00:16:43All right, folks, next pair coming up,
00:16:45going to be Axman going up against Ryan Martin.
00:16:51Just take it right there and just tap it.
00:16:53You know what I mean?
00:16:54So it's Invitational Day in Ohio.
00:16:56Saturday, the big day.
00:16:58We got the great car back.
00:16:59That's the car that's won a lot of races for me.
00:17:01It ran good last night.
00:17:03Now it's about making good tune-up decisions for today.
00:17:06Go ahead.
00:17:08Yeah, just hit that.
00:17:10Yeah, that'll work.
00:17:12This track's going to be really good, but if we get past first round,
00:17:15I feel pretty good about the day.
00:17:16I haven't had a season win.
00:17:18So hopefully at the end of the day, I can be in the finals.
00:17:21What's up, baby?
00:17:22Come on, hop in.
00:17:23I believe every race I think about calling him out,
00:17:26because I'm like, I just want to race him,
00:17:28because eventually I may get him.
00:17:29Here you go.
00:17:30But it never works out for him.
00:17:32I drew one bad man, Ryan Martin.
00:17:35He has had it out for me.
00:17:37Like, he's beat me at every race I think I've ever been in.
00:17:40It's been rough.
00:17:42Hopefully we can make this time difference.
00:17:44I want some redemption on that.
00:17:45I want to get him back.
00:17:47Be safe, Ryan.
00:17:48See you, man. You too.
00:17:49Good luck, guys.
00:17:50So last night, the track seemed to be great.
00:17:54But I had abandoned three runs last night.
00:17:57Axeman, the car makes a move towards the wall,
00:17:59has to get out of it.
00:18:00This car is not liking this track.
00:18:19Ryan Martin takes the win.
00:18:23Green light dropped.
00:18:24We took off.
00:18:25Axeman jumped out on me just a little bit.
00:18:26It'll look like maybe he spun the tires or something.
00:18:28But honestly, mine made a perfect pass.
00:18:29We needed that first round victory.
00:18:31I'm pretty stoked.
00:18:32The data looks good.
00:18:33So, providing we don't have anything stupid happen,
00:18:35we got a pretty good race car this week.
00:18:37Hey.
00:18:38Good race with you, homie.
00:18:39I didn't see you.
00:18:40I said, thank God.
00:18:41When it shook, I said, no way.
00:18:42Yeah, that sucks.
00:18:43All right, folks.
00:18:44Next pair coming at you right now.
00:18:45We got Clay Cole going up against Kai Kelly.
00:18:48Kai, I hope you and Jeff got something good in that
00:18:51dang old computer there, because, uh...
00:18:53We got the same thing we used on you last time, bud.
00:18:55You're going to need it.
00:18:56That ain't going to work this time, boys.
00:18:57It ain't?
00:18:58You're going to have to get something faster.
00:18:59One of us has got to go on and win this thing.
00:19:01I know.
00:19:02That sucks, man.
00:19:03I mean, literally, you helped me work on my car all night,
00:19:05and then we draw each other.
00:19:06Now I got no choice but to outrun you.
00:19:08At the end of the day, though, man,
00:19:10we just need one of us to advance.
00:19:11That's all that matters, yeah.
00:19:12And one of us is.
00:19:13Yeah.
00:19:14I just hope it's me.
00:19:15Last night, we stayed up till almost daylight.
00:19:17Clay Cole ended up hitting the wall
00:19:18right after the finish line.
00:19:20And Clay Cole.
00:19:22Oh!
00:19:23Oh, clear the starting line.
00:19:25Clear the starting line.
00:19:26Clay Cole into the wall at the top end.
00:19:28But his car made a really good pass.
00:19:30We helped him rivet his front end back together,
00:19:32because his front end was just destroyed.
00:19:33It was terrible.
00:19:34It had a four-foot gaping hole in it.
00:19:36We got it back together, and now I got him.
00:19:38You know, that's one of the guys I didn't want first round.
00:19:41You know, I don't want Clay to think be awkward or anything.
00:19:43I know he's new to my team, but I always told my team
00:19:46to race me as hard as you can race me.
00:19:48Because if I can't beat you, that means I can't beat the next person.
00:19:51So if Clay goes out there and beats me today,
00:19:53that'll be ten points going to my team anyway,
00:19:55and I'm good with it.
00:20:06And Clay Cole takes the win, puts Kai Kelly on the trailer.
00:20:21Didn't see that coming.
00:20:22Clay Cole knocks off Kai Kelly in the first round.
00:20:27All right, so me and Clay put him in the beams.
00:20:29You know, we were side by side for probably 100 or 200 feet,
00:20:32and he pulled on me in the middle a little bit,
00:20:34and I started pulling on him on the big end.
00:20:38He beat me by, I don't know, inches, a fender.
00:20:41You can't really tell at 200 miles an hour,
00:20:42but it was a hell of a race, and he kicked my ass.
00:20:45I helped him put his car back together to roll up there and kick my ass.
00:20:48But it is what it is. I'm not mad about it.
00:20:51It was a good side-by-side race, and that's what I live for.
00:20:53And I got a teammate moving around too,
00:20:55so it could have been me, it could have been him.
00:20:57It's the same amount of points no matter what.
00:20:59Next pair, that's going to be Rich Bruder
00:21:01going up against Cali Mills.
00:21:03Battle of the blower cars right here.
00:21:06Ready to go.
00:21:08You got to win.
00:21:10I got Rich Bruder.
00:21:12I'm going to go up there and do my job on the tree.
00:21:15But if I get him on the tree, I don't think he can really run me down.
00:21:18I think that my car is running pretty good right now.
00:21:20Vegas was really rough for us. We didn't make it down.
00:21:22We got one good pass last night once we got the car figured out.
00:21:30I think if we can make that pass again today and I can be on the tree,
00:21:33then I think we'll be fine.
00:21:34I think we'll be fine.
00:22:04And Rich Bruder is going to turn on the wind light there.
00:22:17Like Cali Mills got loose, they're going to get out of it.
00:22:19He had his foot in the beam and Cali staged with his crew member's foot in the beam.
00:22:36I mean, normal racing, that's a...
00:22:39When two cars stage, you have one car that will light the top bulb
00:22:42and then the other car will light the top bulb.
00:22:44Then they will move into the next beam, which is the bottom bulb.
00:22:48Once four bulbs are lit, the cars will get on the limiters
00:22:51and wait for the green light to drop.
00:22:53All right, your foot was in the beam.
00:22:55You can't do that.
00:22:56She staged with your foot in the beam.
00:22:58So...
00:22:59So who's my foot in the beam?
00:23:00No, no, listen.
00:23:01I'm telling you your foot was in the beam.
00:23:02While she's...
00:23:03While her light is in there, while she's in, right?
00:23:05You got to look over there because you stepped in while she lit.
00:23:07Now she thinks the car is lit.
00:23:08She thinks it was the car.
00:23:09If you look at the tree, make sure...
00:23:10So, I mean, if they start bitching about it...
00:23:12They could have disqualified.
00:23:13You could have been disqualified.
00:23:14Actually, you were supposed to be out.
00:23:16If they want to with it, they may.
00:23:18They may disqualify you.
00:23:19I'm just letting you know.
00:23:20This isn't the first time we've had to deal with something like this.
00:23:22Last year, Robin Roberts and Sean had the same type of issue happen,
00:23:26and we ended up rerunning that race.
00:23:28And that's what we're talking about doing here as well.
00:23:30That's on y'all if y'all want to...
00:23:32That's on y'all if y'all want to do that.
00:23:34Yeah, it's all right.
00:23:35That's all up over there, I'm sure.
00:23:37That's on y'all.
00:23:38She can at least get a rerun problem.
00:23:40Pull that thing off.
00:23:41We got us undoing these bolts.
00:23:43We came back, looked at the car.
00:23:45We popped the burst panel on the blower.
00:23:47We couldn't make the rerun.
00:23:48We had the blower off, and I came back here,
00:23:50and it dropped the valve, so...
00:23:52Oh.
00:23:53More damage than fixing it in 15 minutes.
00:23:55Yeah.
00:23:56I was gonna...
00:23:57We're gonna...
00:23:58I'll take the loss.
00:23:59You won that, and then I'll still get him.
00:24:00Well, thank you, guys.
00:24:01So we're on to the second round.
00:24:03Not exactly how it'd like to have been in the second round.
00:24:05All right, be good.
00:24:06Yep.
00:24:07Yeah.
00:24:08That big-ass foot out.
00:24:09We're being close.
00:24:11All right, next pair.
00:24:13And that's gonna be Chuck 55 going up against Disco Dean.
00:24:17Hey.
00:24:18Hey, you want the lead blower?
00:24:21No?
00:24:22We're good right now.
00:24:32My home state of Ohio, Dragway 42 in West Salem.
00:24:35So today we have Chuck 55.
00:24:37He's gonna be out for some vengeance
00:24:39because we ran in Vandermeer,
00:24:40and he knocked the tires off instantly,
00:24:42and I got the wind light.
00:24:43So I know he's gonna be on his A-game,
00:24:44and my job is to turn the wind light on in mine lane
00:24:47for my home state while I'm here.
00:24:49Going into first round, we drew Dean,
00:25:00and I'm pretty excited about that.
00:25:02I owe him one,
00:25:03because I gave him an easy one there in Denver,
00:25:05basically giving the race away.
00:25:07I want to make him earn it if they're gonna win it.
00:25:19Yeah!
00:25:29Hey, hey, that motor.
00:25:31Get the wind.
00:25:32Get the wind.
00:25:33That was that brand new motor.
00:25:34Yeah.
00:25:35They just put it in like right they did.
00:25:37Brand new.
00:25:38Hey, that's all right.
00:25:39That's all right.
00:25:40That's points.
00:25:41All right, next pair are gonna be John Odle
00:25:43going up against Larry Larson.
00:25:46Okay, bring the one from the back.
00:25:49I'll get these.
00:25:50You just bring me that one from the back.
00:25:53So, first round drew Larry Larson.
00:25:55I don't think I raced him this year.
00:25:56I raced him a few times last year.
00:25:58We know that car's fast.
00:25:59We feel like the track will hold some power.
00:26:01We feel like we got to tune in to win it.
00:26:11It's been an odd year,
00:26:12because I struggled so bad the last two years,
00:26:14and now I'm in a position where I'm the only one
00:26:16that's really going any rounds on this team.
00:26:18But I'm okay with the draw.
00:26:20I'm gonna start this five race deal out today
00:26:22and see if we can go to the final like we did last week.
00:26:24All right, next pair.
00:26:26That is gonna be Robin Roberts.
00:26:28going up against Justin Swanstrom.
00:26:32So, Brian got one.
00:26:34Your turn and get one.
00:26:36All right, next pair, that is going to be Robin Roberts going up against Justin Swanstrom.
00:26:56So, Brian got one, your turn to get one, and get the one for the team.
00:27:08Keep marching forward.
00:27:09That's right.
00:27:10Round one, I draw Justin Swanstrom.
00:27:12We've been buddies for a while, we're on the same team for a while, but if they're early,
00:27:16like, we were 0-4 against Justin, so the last couple times we've been able to even that
00:27:20up, so hopefully we're going to do that again today.
00:27:26Me and Robin have raced a lot of times over the years.
00:27:32The car's running good right now.
00:27:33We've had all these issues of backfiring and doing all that.
00:27:36I think we finally have a race car.
00:27:56And Robin Roberts is going to get there first, turn on that wind light.
00:28:02That was a close one.
00:28:03We went out there, and I cut a good light.
00:28:06I was out in front of him.
00:28:08The car went into a tire shake and the gear changed.
00:28:10We just missed the tune-up.
00:28:13I hate to go out first round like this.
00:28:15It's the fifth race in a row.
00:28:17We are completely sucking it up and , but we're going to figure it out.
00:28:20Yeah.
00:28:21The rest, man.
00:28:22Congratulations.
00:28:23You too.
00:28:29Next pair, that's going to be Brad Eglin going up against Kayla Morton.
00:28:34At this point, like, it's our opportunity to kind of capitalize on some things.
00:28:51Lizzie's out.
00:28:52Kai's out.
00:28:53This is our chance to start lessening that gap and moving ahead in the top eight.
00:28:57I would love the Kayla Day final.
00:28:59That would be awesome.
00:29:00We would pull ahead against Kai Kelly's team.
00:29:02And that's the ultimate goal here is to win and to leave number one in this team race.
00:29:22Kayla Morton going to take the win there in a close drag race.
00:29:25V-Rap had a great pass in the left lane.
00:29:28Next pair.
00:29:29That is going to be Paige Coughlin going up against Bobby to Cody.
00:29:44We got Bobby, and, you know, he's been around with the series for a while.
00:29:47And I knew this was going to be a good lineup for us.
00:29:49And we really just needed to kind of put our braids together and just go out there and rip the band-aid off.
00:29:53First round is always the most stressful.
00:29:55I mean, at least it is for me.
00:29:56I get so nervous.
00:29:58Next pair.
00:29:59That is going to be Paige Coughlin going up against Bobby to Cody.
00:30:00Next pair.
00:30:01That is going to be Paige Coughlin going up against Bobby to Cody.
00:30:05Next pair.
00:30:06Next pair.
00:30:07That is going to be Paige Coughlin going up against Bobby to Cody.
00:30:20The first pair is going to be Paige Coughlin.
00:30:23I saw him when we left and then he slowly backed in away.
00:30:36I saw him when we left and then he slowly backed in away so I'm like all righty all righty just
00:30:51keep focused driving it straight keep it straight don't forget your shoots because I was driving it
00:30:55pretty far into the run and oh my gosh and just seeing that Kayla won the round before me just
00:31:01it just made it even much more better just like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders you
00:31:06know we we were going out first round we didn't get to raise our way in one event and we we can't
00:31:12have that and we were hungry but today we were starving yes bitches that a girl oh we needed that
00:31:19yeah we did that bad good job baby oh thank you you too all right next pair that's Jim Howell going up
00:31:25against Damon Merchant I think it's to the point now he's like got himself from talking so much
00:31:31stuff on the internet like he's probably willing to blow that so much up to outrun us right now so
00:31:36we're about to get we're about to see everything that car has yeah lo and behold after all the
00:31:40talking and everything again we matched up with Jim Howell in the drivers meeting we end up putting
00:31:46him out in Vegas you know he's just trying so hard to piggyback off of us doing so good this year to
00:31:52have to be relevant you know we broke the car against him last week but the bottom line is I've
00:32:08not had a chance to run him when we were healthy and right now we're healthy so if we can go up
00:32:14there and make a good lick I think that I could finally shut the big block Chevrolet down yeah Damon
00:32:19Merchant and I've had some internet rivalry going on and he's got a different persona online than he
00:32:23does in person so me I'm just me all the time it's no secret that Jim Howell's made some enemies out
00:32:29here Keela Morton doesn't particularly care for him just because of the mega cash days issue and then
00:32:34Damon Merchant really doesn't like him because Jim insists on calling him a cheater every chance he
00:32:38gets but in racing you don't have to be friends when you pull the starting line
00:32:41all right who's gonna go in first both drivers sitting outside the beach
00:32:51see the driver wanting to go in
00:32:54all right Jim Howell goes in first here we go
00:32:58I wait till it was fully illuminated let go of the button by then he was already out on me and I
00:33:25couldn't reel him in we made a hell of a fast pass so he just threw this kitchen sink at it and got
00:33:30around us today and he beat us hey Jim you beating up all my teammates he had it coming
00:33:38you know what's funny is they act like I'm the one doing all the talking they're the ones that never
00:33:44shut the up about it you heard what he said he got we act like they're the ones talking
00:33:48all right next pair coming at you got Nate sailor and going up against Scott Taylor
00:34:06hey how you feel today it's a race day for one year I feel fan fantastic you give him five more
00:34:15years he won't say this is like do or die for us we need to we're already gonna start down because
00:34:22we only have three drivers in so we're gonna actually step down from tied in third to fourth
00:34:26place in this because Ryan's team's got four drivers in so like we need to get our together now
00:34:32it's just our turn to go out there and put some wins on there rack up some points and try and climb
00:34:37up that list again we can win there I mean I have a tune-up in it that could go 380 no problem it
00:34:51could go stupid fast we're gonna try to win this round
00:34:56all right next pair and that is gonna be Kyle Canyon going up against David Gates
00:35:26let's get out there and rip it today man let's get something going let's get a win as far as team
00:35:30points go we're behind not a comfortable spot but we got the cars we got the team this is our chance
00:35:43I took over the number one spot and that team points but it don't take but one race and we can
00:35:52get that back guys team needs to go out first round and then it gives us more chances for my team to go
00:35:58rounds and just keep racking up those 10 points
00:36:00all right next pair and that is gonna be Kyle Canyon going up against David Gates
00:36:18David Gates gets their folks with Gates the win line he'll move on to the second round
00:36:44let go of the button about 330 feet I've seen him out on me and I was like oh girl come on just be
00:36:54good to me just a little bit whenever I got about 450 feet I started coming on with it went around and
00:36:59got the win light that's a drag race right there boys that's a fast test car I know it is he's one
00:37:05of the best competitors I've raced with him for many years hey getting that first round win that's
00:37:11always the best round win to me to get past that first round jitters now it's just do my job go out
00:37:15here and kill that tree keep going rounds get 10 points for team Kyle Kelly and that 200,000 baby
00:37:19because we work all right folks next pair that is going to be Joe Dominator Woods going up against
00:37:27Murder Nova you're gonna take your fellow 405 guy on huh damn it stop it Sean stop it nice
00:37:36what Dominator ever do you stop it hey he's beat me before first round it's amazing winning the great
00:37:46eights I'm going into today's invitational with confidence you know I got a fast car it's been
00:37:52running good this weekend and end up getting Dominator you know and as a friend and a teammate
00:37:59from the 405 I hate to drawing you know but I've got to go up there I've got to do my job and I've
00:38:05got to go rounds we drew a murder Nova he and I have raced together for what 20 years now all I
00:38:14gotta do is my job hopefully I got a better tune-up in it than he does you know he's out there to kick
00:38:19my ass so that's what I got to do to him I'm not gonna sleep until I get an invite win it's amazing
00:38:36winning the the great eights but I gotta get an invitational you know I need to go five rounds I
00:38:41need to win this it's not even really about the money at this point I mean but absolutely the money
00:38:47would go a long ways it's about getting that win getting that trophy and the pride of being the few
00:38:55who've won one of these invitations
00:39:17we need to make sure that this car nothing stupid happens against this race against Greg Chandler I got
00:39:31to have this win I need those points I need to go the next round I got Greg Chandler I took care of
00:39:35him last week in race your way in nothing's a given you know all I gotta do is do my job the car's
00:39:40gonna do its job it's just got to go down the track go down as fast it's been going and I'm
00:39:44pretty sure we can get it into the second round cool let's get this so who you got first round Doc
00:39:50Doc I've run him probably three times this year and you're running this year I'm not running Doc
00:39:56hey I'm telling you Doc's hitting a lick you gotta go A to B to beat him right yes you know we're
00:40:01struggling we're at the bottom of the list we need to move it up we ain't got the five races left
00:40:06we really need to get it get some points on the board
00:40:09Doc love will take the win there nice job Doc make chicken ass I gotta get Doc credit he's doing way better
00:40:31to me we did swing for it like I said just made it a little too hot it rattled the tires and you
00:40:38pulled away there's nothing I can do I just got out run very very impressed with me and my team we
00:40:43did a good job killer job all right folks Jeff Lutz going up against Daddy Dave I rolled the whole way
00:40:52up here I put my driving jacket on I don't have my pants amateurs first round drivers meeting I
00:40:58tried not other than daddy Dave and we're 16th pair there's enough room in there I could ride in
00:41:03there right here when you're last and it's hot out you get all the rubber it starts getting real
00:41:10greasy the tracks not as optimum as it would be first through 10 you know so I'm not a fan of being that
00:41:17late in the day all right folks this will be the last pair of the invitational first round over in
00:41:29the right lane that is going to be Jeff Lutz driving the turbo GTO going up against daddy Dave in the left
00:41:38lane Dave driving the pro charge Audi this is the second time we've paired up this season and uh he
00:41:45kicked my ass the first time and I'm actually looking for a little redemption and uh put him
00:41:49on a trailer first round
00:41:50and Jeff Lutz takes the win there nice job Jeff move on the next round first round for Team Daddy Dave was horrible you
00:42:17know I hurt my motor x-man hurt his Kyle hurt his so we have the two girls going into round two um
00:42:25never thought I'd be standing on the shoulders of two girls but these girls are devoted their teams are
00:42:31devoted and hopefully they can go some rounds love you buddy thank you man race with Dave went exactly
00:42:37how I planned it to go and man we've whooped him and we whipped him in big fashion all right round two here
00:42:43we come we started the day with 32 drivers and now we're down to 16 both Sean and Justin Swanstrom
00:42:51teams look great as they have four drivers moving on to the next round but the biggest shock of the day
00:42:56is Kai Kelly and Lizzie Musi are out that leaves a lot of room for other teams to catch up to number one
00:43:02all right folks that'll do it for an invitational first round
00:43:05all right y'all let's go ahead and draw chips
00:43:11all right all my drivers have their chips where are my number ones
00:43:29going to be Clay Cole versus Kayla Morton number two going to be Brandon James versus Paige Coughlin
00:43:39number three going to be Tony McKinney versus Murder Nova
00:43:45number four John Odom versus Nate Saylor number five going to be Chuck 55 versus Jeff Lutz number six
00:44:02going to be Robin Roberts versus Ryan Martin not ideal situation there for team Ryan Martin
00:44:09all right number seven going to be Kelly Mills versus Doc love are we going on green
00:44:19just let me know which means my eighth and final race will be Jim Howe versus David Gates
00:44:24Jim Howe versus David Gates all right drivers you know who you're racing you know what you got to do go
00:44:32back in the pits get your cars turned around bring them in the staging lanes one of you is going to win
00:44:36$40,000 here today
00:44:38here we go second round Clay Cole going up against Kayla Morton
00:44:46really need pass this round he's fast he's very fast
00:44:51okay let's do it I'm ready do it man that thing is ugly it's like a little ugly girl it used to be
00:45:04pretty Clay Cole is an absolute badass he took Kai out he wrecked in the wall last night stayed up
00:45:11all night long and fixed his car and it just made a hell of a pass so not the ideal draw we have to be
00:45:16on our game go up there cut a light give him a run but in a team aspect this is ideal we have an
00:45:22opportunity to take a member of Kai Kelly's team out and close that gap
00:45:38all right so Kayla Morton does her burnout Clay Cole tried to do his burnout something happened car dies
00:45:46round two we draw chips I get Kayla Morton she's got a fast hot rod but I did beat her in Bantamere so
00:46:00I've got a little bit of confidence going into this round we're going to put a better tune up in it
00:46:04obviously we went fast against Kai we're just going to try to get faster the tracks getting
00:46:08better and better so we're going to go up there and hopefully make a good solid lick
00:46:16good job nice job all right next pair we got Paige Coughlin going up against Brandon James
00:46:45oh the sun the sun oh oh I every time every time I'm glad I didn't get this one painted so going
00:46:57up for round two we draw Brandon James you know I've been watching Brandon I mean I think he's a great
00:47:02driver he's got a nice car but I think this is going to be another great lineup for us
00:47:05we really need to turn on that wind light I mean me and Kayla we got to keep this momentum going
00:47:18we're the only two left on the team and we got to carry that for sure
00:47:22and Paige Coughlin takes the win nice job Paige
00:47:48that thing was moving I mean we have this car going faster and faster every lap proud of you
00:47:58boo boo thank you now we have team daddy Dave going in with me and Kayla we just need to keep doing it
00:48:04great race thank you
00:48:07this next pair that is going to be Tony McKinney looking to take out Murder Nova
00:48:16okay we ain't going to
00:48:24Tony McKinney's he's a wild card he's been killing it the last couple of races uh there for a while
00:48:35he couldn't do anything right he couldn't even race his way in and now he's been hauling ass here
00:48:41this weekend you can't take somebody like that lightly because he's got nothing to lose
00:48:45he's gonna go over there and he's gonna throw the biggest tune-up he has in the car and we're not
00:48:51gonna underestimate him
00:48:53second round we got Murder Nova Murder Nova is flying right now we just got to take that win from
00:49:06him and go on to the next round that's what I'm looking forward to right now getting through this
00:49:10round then I don't have to race my way in if I can get this one win I'm locked in for next week
00:49:14I'm gonna take the win there he will move on to the third round nice job
00:49:41we pulled up there I just felt like I chopped the tree down we put the tune-up in it that the
00:49:52track would possibly take and it took it all we gotta do is take one race at a time uh three left you
00:50:00know let's go get this invitation to win all right next pair it's gonna be John Odom going up against
00:50:06Nate Sailor Nate Sailor here we go baby John what's up back or no not on me no no not on myself
00:50:15I just took a thou off of him for Jim and Damon so he's trying to get it back on me
00:50:20whoo got Bodie for a thousand dollars but as you know I don't bet on myself I don't think that's
00:50:26good luck so I'm not gonna do that so I'm just gonna go out see if we can get this W here you know
00:50:33I drew Nate Sailor he's been kind of up and down we feel like our car is faster so we felt like that's
00:50:39a good draw for us and we just hope that you know as long as I do my job and hit the tree right
00:50:43we feel like we'll be successful on the other end we literally need to go rounds our team is like
00:50:56there's just down to me daddy Dave's team had two in murder Nova's team had three or four in like
00:51:03Ryan Martin's team had two but they drew each other so that's good for us but yeah we need to go
00:51:09rounds to collect points so we're gonna start falling down that ladder and just getting towards
00:51:13crunch time here so I'm gonna do everything I can to make sure we've gained some points for our team
00:51:17so let's keep us in this baby keep us in it make let's go baby
00:51:44oh man this car is a bad bitch I can feel her carrying the tires for 400 feet setting her
00:51:52down it just feels like amazing you beat me by a lot I think you got me on the tree pretty good
00:51:57do it that was good that was good round all right gonna be a bye run for Jeff Lutz
00:52:04man man that worked out that worked out for the best I mean yeah if anybody I mean if anybody's
00:52:14gonna get it I want a team member to get it I know as soon as you said you were hurt I'm like
00:52:17oh no I draw Chuck 55 he's hurt he blew it up in the first round which is bittersweet for me that
00:52:24means I'm going on the third round if you need anything yeah I got you we got second round given
00:52:29to us Jeffrey can swing for it let's see what it'll take because whoever's left in the third round
00:52:35they're gonna be damn fast so we got to be on our game and ready for it
00:52:39I'm bummed out for Chuck because Chuck's a good racer and his is fast
00:52:46all right Jeff Lutz on a pass looks like the front tires in the air unable to steer car went
00:53:10towards the wall yeah it wasn't bad I had to lift uh it was going a little right but um I got I got
00:53:17enough data that was that was good Junior will be happy with that on the third round boys this next
00:53:25fair gonna be a fast one's gonna be Robin Roberts going up against Ryan Martin do you good be safe
00:53:34buddy uh sucks my own teammate I've raced him three or four times this year it's like guys you know some
00:53:39some years you just draw the same dude a lot for some reason it's me and Robin uh but I've got to
00:53:44race him so now unfortunately I have to turn the team thing off and try to go out running like we
00:53:52just must be the worst chip drawers in the whole planet it's terrible odds that we end up together
00:53:56but you know if you're gonna race and race together in an event like this if you keep winning eventually
00:54:02you're going to meet each other when you race someone like Ryan Martin you just you got to give
00:54:12the car everything you got to do everything you can to beat him he's in a car that's still a little
00:54:16bit they're still working with it to get it right the wires is pretty solid so that should give us an
00:54:22advantage but we're not taking anything lightly we're gonna roll with this thing
00:54:25this next pair gonna be a fast one to be Robin Roberts going up against Ryan Martin
00:54:52all right so Ryan Martin gonna get the win Robin Roberts time's out
00:55:20that's what it would like because you're bumping yeah wouldn't roll so you know we go to pull up
00:55:33and Robin lights the bulb first you know we kind of sit there for a little bit he lights the first
00:55:38bulb okay no problem so I went ahead and grabbed both of the next two bulbs wait for him to come in
00:55:43and I wait and I wait and I wait and he never comes in his light goes red I put it on the train's
00:55:50brake take off he does the thing where he bumps in for Robin unfortunately the bump feature failed for
00:55:59him so I got the automatic win went and got the data the pass was really good we made a really good run we knew he
00:56:06was fast so we had it hopped up pretty good so I'll be able to go pull this data and figure out what to do for round
00:56:12three why do you think it won't bump I don't know I think we've got to do things remove variables and
00:56:16that's not good for us so the bumping yeah I'm not a fan of it I know all right next pair we got Callie Mills
00:56:25going up against Doc love calm down relax we made it I know we made it I drew Callie who um as far as I
00:56:37can tell has been struggling this weekend I don't think she's made a good pass or she has very few
00:56:43last time we raced Doc he jumped guess the light
00:56:53got it and I couldn't catch him
00:56:58he called me a sore loser so in the drivers meeting I asked him we shook hands are we going on green
00:57:06he shook my hand and said I'll let you know so I own one a big one I'm gonna get him back this round for
00:57:14sure
00:57:23I really did not mean to go red I really did not and I did not I did not mean to double bulb you
00:57:48either I'm so sorry I could have sworn I guess he went red we went out there and still did the
00:57:54same old deal oh well we got the win that's all that matters right well I got lucky one round so
00:57:59no it's time now it's time for us to be good we got lucky again yeah you got lucky again last pair
00:58:04here of the invitational class Jim Howell going up against David Gates what do you think I think
00:58:11the racetrack's very similar I'm just gonna work on the middle work on the middle and let the uh
00:58:19let the engine run better out back round two he's gonna duck out of the 32 Jim Howell's fast he's got a
00:58:26badass program a lot of people don't like him he's got it figured out he does really well so we know we
00:58:31got our work cut out for us but he also knows when he gets up against us he's gonna have a competitor
00:58:35they ain't got no quid in him we're gonna go out there and give him hell
00:58:37I had a team Kyle Kelly I'm the only one still standing there with only four of us in today
00:58:49but at the end of the night we got championship points towards that $200,000 and that trophy in our hand
00:58:53we had an oil line fail
00:59:23so you know how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop I don't know but one
00:59:28less run than this is how many we need to put on these oil lines the silver lining in this is had
00:59:32this happened at 400 foot 500 foot 600 foot down the racetrack uh we would have probably wrecked a car
00:59:40David gates nice pass there gonna take the wind light hey y'all got like a mop or something
01:00:08better it happened here than out in the middle of the race round two is in the books and that leaves
01:00:16eight drivers left in the competition including two from team murder nova and two from team daddy
01:00:23daddy Kayla Morton and Paige Kaufman are carrying the boys on their back this weekend and showing
01:00:27no signs of slowing down and Ryan Martin's gray car is still in the event it is anyone's race to win
01:00:33all right folks so we're gonna go ahead and draw chips now there's a few people to do that
01:00:42nobody here explain to me why that why what makes they tried to get me to do that and I was like
01:00:48absolutely not that's the worst part of having a turbo car how would you want to bump in
01:00:51all right where are my number ones all right Nate Saylor versus Kayla Morton
01:01:05all right number two step forward gonna be David Gates versus Callie Mills
01:01:12second pair third pair oh god Paige Coughlin versus murder Nova
01:01:23Paige Coughlin versus oh my god this is so cool
01:01:27Paige why'd you go why'd you go oh god yeah she goes I can't believe it
01:01:33I'm racing murder Nova that's awesome right you're gonna have to work on that a little bit
01:01:37that is awesome you know what sorry folks Paige Coughlin a little excited she's racing murder Nova
01:01:41right now that's cool she's fangirling down here you know it's all good all right our fourth and
01:01:46final pair will be Jeff Lutz versus Ryan Martin drivers you know who you're racing you know what
01:01:52you got to do go back in the pits get your cars turned around bring them into staging lanes
01:01:56one of you is gonna win $40,000 let's do it here we go Nate Saylor going up against Kayla Morton
01:02:05you got a hard one I know that car's hauling ass and Sean's hauling ass so and I'm hauling ass
01:02:13yeah yeah at this point we got one guy in
01:02:17oh yeah you see it carry the tires
01:02:21car just car just working and it's running good so this is hoping you can just carry us in there
01:02:28man you got uh four big cheerleaders right now I like it where's your pom-poms
01:02:33right here
01:02:35round three we drew Kayla Morton we feel pretty good about it they were on the same setup we do
01:02:41tuner said he sped it up a little bit I don't know how he could do that because it was carrying
01:02:46the tires so damn far but I got to trust in him to do that he's he does that and I can let go of a
01:02:50button so we're gonna put a hot tune up in the car and let her eat
01:02:53here we go first pair in the third round for the invitational class gonna be a good one over in
01:03:07the left lane that is going to be Nate Saylor Nate Saylor in the left lane going up against Kayla
01:03:14Morton in the right Pro Charger on Pro Charger crime coming at you right here
01:03:21here we go Nate Saylor going up against Kayla Morton coming at you right here
01:03:39here
01:03:46here
01:03:48here
01:03:50here
01:03:54here
01:03:58here
01:04:05yeah
01:04:07It's a wheelie as hell.
01:04:07Yeah, that is getting it.
01:04:10Damn, she had oil on her tires.
01:04:11She had oil on her tires.
01:04:14Yeah.
01:04:16It's gonna blow on the burst panel out
01:04:19and probably ate the blower.
01:04:21That's just a guess.
01:04:23It didn't like kick your rods out.
01:04:24It blew the burst panel out
01:04:26and probably smoked a few pistons.
01:04:30We got a race car.
01:04:34Woo!
01:04:35Man, this round was badass.
01:04:37We knew they were fast.
01:04:38We raced them last night.
01:04:39Let go of the button.
01:04:41And honest to God, never saw or heard her.
01:04:44I think the car wheelied almost the whole eighth mile
01:04:47from start to finish.
01:04:48Probably the fastest by far pass I've made in that car
01:04:51since I've owned it.
01:04:52Uh, my note says, run it on the edge.
01:04:56That was on the edge.
01:04:57I know, I leave Chase little sticky notes
01:04:59on his computer before passes
01:05:01and that said run it on the edge.
01:05:03I think we just tipped the edge.
01:05:05Yeah, yeah.
01:05:05That was over the edge.
01:05:06Over the edge.
01:05:07Oh, my gosh, man.
01:05:08Uh, the motor said she don't want no mo.
01:05:12All right, next pick.
01:05:13That is going to be Callie Mills going up
01:05:15against David Gates.
01:05:18Man, I feel great.
01:05:20I feel like we're going to the third round
01:05:22and we need to get past it and get to the finals.
01:05:29Keep right on moving.
01:05:30I'm going to do my part as a driver.
01:05:32I'm going to do my best to cut a good light,
01:05:34drive it to the other end, get the wind light,
01:05:36get into that 40,000, and then points for Kyle Kelly.
01:05:38Since we're the last man standing,
01:05:40we're going to try to represent for him
01:05:41because he's toted us in times like this.
01:05:43So I feel like I'm going to try to tote the team at this time
01:05:45and keep going around and get that wind tonight.
01:05:47And Adam's going to smoke a cigar
01:05:48and we're going to drink a cold beer.
01:05:50I think if we can get the car to go straight,
01:05:59I think it definitely will win.
01:06:00I think that could win the whole race
01:06:02if it would just act right.
01:06:04But I don't know.
01:06:05We're going to see.
01:06:06I'm feeling good.
01:06:07You know, there's a reason why he's on this car.
01:06:10So why stop now?
01:06:20And Callie Mills gets the win.
01:06:33Nice job, Callie Mills.
01:06:36All right, next pair, that's going to be Paige Coughlin
01:06:39going up against Murder Nova.
01:06:43Who'd you draw?
01:06:44Murder Nova.
01:06:45Are you excited?
01:06:46I'm so strong.
01:06:47Like fangirl excited?
01:06:49Yes.
01:06:49Hello.
01:06:50We're going into round three.
01:06:51We drew Murder Nova.
01:06:53And I'm thinking to myself, oh my gosh.
01:06:57One of my favorite people to watch growing up on the show
01:07:00and named my first race car after him.
01:07:02And I don't even know if he knows that, but it's true.
01:07:04I had a little fangirl moment.
01:07:06So why don't you take it easy on Sean,
01:07:07because you're no.
01:07:09You got man crutch on you?
01:07:11I just think it's so cool.
01:07:13Like, I never thought in a million years.
01:07:15Let's knock his head plum off his shoulders.
01:07:18Let's do that.
01:07:19All right.
01:07:19OK.
01:07:20I'm not going easy.
01:07:21I'm not scared.
01:07:22I'm going to give him a run for his money no matter what.
01:07:24No matter who wins, this is going to be so badass.
01:07:30Good?
01:07:30Yeah.
01:07:31I'm so excited.
01:07:33Round three, we go up.
01:07:34We drop Paige.
01:07:35She is fairly new to this.
01:07:38I know she can cut a light.
01:07:39I know that she's been racing for a long time,
01:07:42and she knows what she's doing.
01:07:43It's like everybody else out here, man.
01:07:45Good luck.
01:07:46Be safe.
01:07:47When the helmet goes on, though, it's game on.
01:07:48No doubt about it.
01:07:49No doubt about it.
01:07:50I'm ready to race.
01:07:51I believe we have passed Team Bodie, and we're right there with Ryan.
01:07:56We still have two in, me and Jeff, and Ryan only has himself in.
01:08:01So I think we're one round behind him.
01:08:04But if we can continue on, we're right there on his heels.
01:08:08It's been a good weekend for Team Murder Nova.
01:08:11And Murder Nova is going to take the win.
01:08:32Paige Coughlin tried the best she could.
01:08:35Car made a move towards the wall, had to get out of it.
01:08:37That's right, baby!
01:08:41We knew that the track was cooling off.
01:08:42We knew that everything was getting better.
01:08:45And we put a pretty big dog tune-up in it.
01:08:47I focused on the light like usual.
01:08:49I let go of the button.
01:08:51I saw her right there with me for a little bit.
01:08:54And then after that, I didn't see her.
01:08:58Team Murder Nova has killed it this weekend.
01:09:00Me and Jeff are still in it.
01:09:02We have a chance at going to the finals together.
01:09:05Oh, my .
01:09:05Are you good?
01:09:06Are you good?
01:09:07That is so cool.
01:09:08Good job.
01:09:08Oh, my god.
01:09:09You deserve it.
01:09:10You deserve it.
01:09:11Good job.
01:09:11So the two girls are the only ones advanced on the team today.
01:09:15Each up went to the third round, where, you know,
01:09:18they both collected 30 points apiece for the team.
01:09:21So this event has proven to be crazy.
01:09:23There's a lot of hurt motors.
01:09:25A lot of people blowed up.
01:09:26A lot of teams have moved positions on the race
01:09:28to win the championship.
01:09:30Sean's moving up.
01:09:30He's going into the semifinals right now.
01:09:33Kais Kelly team is completely out of it.
01:09:36So this event has been wild.
01:09:39Jeff Lutz going up against none other than Ryan Martin.
01:09:45Man, I've been watching Ryan's runs.
01:09:47He's running pretty good.
01:09:48So are we, though.
01:09:49All right.
01:09:50I'm going to get in.
01:09:50Love you, buddy.
01:09:51Be safe.
01:09:52Be careful.
01:09:52All right.
01:09:53Round three, I've got my buddy Jeff Lutz.
01:09:55Jeff and I have raced quite a bit.
01:09:57We haven't raced in a while.
01:09:58His car looks like it has been running pretty well.
01:10:01But I did see him having to abort his last run
01:10:04because he went to the right.
01:10:06So when we made a really fast pass last night,
01:10:08we're going to take that tune up,
01:10:09and we're going to use that against Jeff.
01:10:27And Jeff Lutz gets the win.
01:10:29Ryan Burton's .
01:10:31Damn.
01:10:32I can shut off.
01:10:33We're four .
01:10:34Come on, Jeff Lutz.
01:10:35Damn.
01:10:35That is it.
01:10:36Growing up or screwing something up.
01:10:39Wow.
01:10:40Who won?
01:10:41Lutz.
01:10:41Lutz won?
01:10:42He beat Ryan?
01:10:42Yeah.
01:10:43Whoa.
01:10:43Me and Jeff are still in it.
01:10:45All of my guys had a good weekend, and we're stoked.
01:10:48You know, we're coming on strong on this back half charge.
01:10:52And as long as we keep it up, we still got a shot at this thing.
01:10:56That was a drag race.
01:10:58Now we are down to four.
01:11:00Team Murder Nova still holding it down with two drivers left in the event.
01:11:04Sean himself and Jeff Lutz have been making some extremely fast passes.
01:11:08But those two are going to have their hands full,
01:11:10as Nate Saylor and Callie Mills still remain as well.
01:11:14All right.
01:11:15Let's draw chips.
01:11:16See who's racing who.
01:11:17It's Callie.
01:11:18Yeah.
01:11:18That, nope.
01:11:19Yeah, that one.
01:11:20Right there.
01:11:21All right, guys.
01:11:22Is there one left?
01:11:23Is it a one?
01:11:24No.
01:11:25All right.
01:11:26Where are my number ones?
01:11:27All right.
01:11:28Nate Saylor versus Jeff Lutz.
01:11:29This will be the first time.
01:11:30Which means my second pair will be Callie Mills versus Murder Nova.
01:11:35All right.
01:11:36Hey, hey.
01:11:37All we got to do now is not up.
01:11:38The teammates stay away from each other.
01:11:39Now all you got to do is not lose.
01:11:40That's right.
01:11:41That's right.
01:11:42And you've got your all-team final.
01:11:43All right, y'all.
01:11:44Go back to the pits.
01:11:45Get your cars turned around.
01:11:46Bring them to the stage lane.
01:11:47Look.
01:11:48Like I said, one of y'all is winning 40,000.
01:11:49You made it this far.
01:11:50You're doing a great job.
01:11:51Keep it up.
01:11:52Let's go.
01:11:53First pair coming at you right now.
01:11:54That is going to be Nate Saylor going up against Jeff Lutz.
01:11:56I mean .
01:11:57We're in the semifinals again.
01:11:58Two weekends in a row.
01:11:59With Old Reliable.
01:12:00The same number we've had for 13 years.
01:12:01Oh, man.
01:12:02That's right.
01:12:03That's right.
01:12:04That's right.
01:12:05That's right.
01:12:06And you've got your all-team final.
01:12:07All right, y'all.
01:12:08Go back to the pits.
01:12:09Get your cars turned around.
01:12:10Bring them to the stage lane.
01:12:11Look.
01:12:12Like I said, one of y'all is winning 40,000.
01:12:13You've made it this far.
01:12:14You're doing a great job.
01:12:15Keep it up.
01:12:16Let's go.
01:12:17First pair coming at you right now.
01:12:18Yeah.
01:12:19With Old Reliable.
01:12:20The same number we've had for 13 years.
01:12:23Oh, my God.
01:12:24Yeah.
01:12:25Yeah.
01:12:26Isn't that insane?
01:12:27So we have not run Nate yet, so this might be a good, yeah.
01:12:31I mean, I know Nate's fast.
01:12:33Sean said it a couple of races ago, man, we've got to get our together.
01:12:36Well, I promised him I was going to get my together, and we got our together, and so did he.
01:12:41So it seems like our whole team is just coming together nicely.
01:12:48Okay.
01:12:49Murder Nova's team is now in third place, which puts a lot of pressure on me to hold my team
01:13:03up, because if I can take Lutz out here, and Callie can take out Murder Nova, that'll
01:13:07put us in the final, and both of those teams out, and will give us an opportunity to make
01:13:12another round.
01:13:13We're going to do what we can do to do that.
01:13:17All right.
01:13:18So we're here in Kai Kelly's dojo, his toter home.
01:13:32This is Kai Kelly's beautiful mother.
01:13:34I'm her favorite driver.
01:13:35You can ask her.
01:13:36And Grammy's, I'm her favorite driver too, ain't I?
01:13:39So what we're doing here, I owe Kai Kelly some money.
01:13:42It's late in the day.
01:13:43It's already 1 o'clock, and I'm trying to pay Kai.
01:13:46So we're going to call Kai from his mom's phone to see if he answers.
01:13:52Because he's been avoiding some people this morning.
01:13:54Does he need to sleep in?
01:13:55Did he get drunk last night?
01:13:56No, he worked on Clay Cole's car.
01:13:57Oh, he worked on Clay Cole's car.
01:13:58That's why he's tired.
01:13:59Watch out.
01:14:00Here he comes.
01:14:01Uh-huh.
01:14:02What did he say?
01:14:03He got to put some concealer on.
01:14:04That's why you wouldn't answer the phone.
01:14:05He better put concealer on.
01:14:06All right, so we got him.
01:14:07We got him up.
01:14:08We got him up.
01:14:09We got him up.
01:14:10Now we can square up our finances.
01:14:11Hey.
01:14:12First pair coming at you right now is going to be Nate Taylor going up against Jeff West.
01:14:30Yeah, baby.
01:14:31Let's get in, man.
01:14:32Woo!
01:14:33Yeah, baby.
01:14:34Awesome, baby.
01:14:35Let's get in, man.
01:14:36Woo!
01:14:37Yeah, baby.
01:14:38Awesome, baby.
01:14:39Let's get in.
01:14:40Let's get in, man.
01:14:41Good job, man.
01:14:42Man, we are into the finals on the Invitational here in Ohio.
01:15:05We're jacked, man.
01:15:06We've worked our asses off for this.
01:15:08Good race, brother.
01:15:09Now I know where we're at.
01:15:11Get that to go straight.
01:15:13I put five pounds in the nose that time because it was wheeling the whole track, and I was
01:15:17like, oh, I'm going to tame that down.
01:15:19I think that was a mistake.
01:15:20Yeah, I had to board again.
01:15:22Good race, brother.
01:15:24You can do whatever you want, but I'm going to probably tell you what you need to do against Sean.
01:15:33What?
01:15:34He's not going to hold out.
01:15:35He wants to go in first.
01:15:36Every race, he wants to go in first.
01:15:38Okay.
01:15:39For me, I go in last.
01:15:40It doesn't bother me.
01:15:41Yeah.
01:15:42But I do know that you like to go in first.
01:15:43So both of y'all are going to be racing to see who can get into the bulbs first.
01:15:46It's going to be two races.
01:15:48Yeah.
01:15:49Be prepared for him to go in quick.
01:15:50Be prepared for him to do the same you're about to do.
01:15:52You're about to double ball.
01:15:53Okay.
01:15:54I think y'all are going to double ball each other, and I just don't want you or him to get caught on both of them.
01:15:59And cross.
01:16:00Murder Nova's definitely stepped up his game.
01:16:02He won two of the grade eights, including last night's grade eight.
01:16:04So I know that I'm definitely going to have to be on my eight game, for sure.
01:16:07Right lane's a little rough, so I'm happy that you're in the left lane.
01:16:10I've been in left lane all day.
01:16:11Nobody has went down the right lane yet.
01:16:13You get out there probably around the 3.30, that's what I'm saying.
01:16:15Try to cut a light, get out there in front, and just stay out there.
01:16:18Because everybody in the right lane, by 3.30, the car's just washing out.
01:16:21Yeah.
01:16:22Callie is very, very intelligent.
01:16:24She's very capable of being able to beat anybody out here on the property.
01:16:27She says she's comfortable the way she's got it going on, so I said go ahead and rock out with it.
01:16:30Let's see what happens.
01:16:31I hope she pulls off the win and she can go on to the finals.
01:16:42Callie Mills, I raced her one other time this season.
01:16:45She got me.
01:16:46It was a really close race, and I owe her one.
01:16:49This is my time.
01:16:50My car's running good right now.
01:16:51I'm going to put a tune-up in it that I think it's going to take to outrun her.
01:16:55We're going to go out there, we're going to let off the button, and we're going to see if it takes it.
01:17:11And Murder Nova gets the win.
01:17:16That was a race.
01:17:18Hey, that was a race.
01:17:21Damn.
01:17:22She's the quickest to go in that I've had in the past two days.
01:17:28My car kind of got out of shape just a little bit, started driving towards the wall.
01:17:32I was going to ride it to the wall before I lift it.
01:17:35I puckered up a little bit.
01:17:37I thought we were going to scrape the wall just a little bit.
01:17:41At the finish line, it was so close, I wasn't sure who was going to get the win like.
01:17:45Good job, buddy.
01:17:46It was so close.
01:17:47I know, I'm so proud of you.
01:17:48It was so close.
01:17:49But I wanted to say, I'm proud of you.
01:17:51You guys are killing it out there.
01:17:52You never gave up through all the years.
01:17:55I'm tired of beating my head against the wall.
01:17:57I know.
01:18:04Ready, homie?
01:18:05Yeah, brother.
01:18:07You know what's badass?
01:18:09I'm racing for Nova in the finals at the end of the weekend.
01:18:13That would be cool with being in the finals, man.
01:18:15I just, it's surreal for me.
01:18:17Look, I'm probably going to cry either way after the race.
01:18:19You might cry too.
01:18:20Maybe we can cry together.
01:18:21Yeah, when I give you a hug at the other end, there'll be tears flowing.
01:18:24I promise.
01:18:25No matter what happens.
01:18:26I know.
01:18:27It's me and Nate, Sailor in the finals.
01:18:28And, you know, he's got the same combination as me.
01:18:31I know what the thing's capable of.
01:18:33I raced him twice last weekend.
01:18:35I won one and he won one.
01:18:36And it was two very close races.
01:18:38So, at this point, man, whoever gets more aggressive with the tune-up is going to take this win.
01:18:43I feel something weird in my back.
01:18:46There you go.
01:18:48It don't matter who's in the other lane, really.
01:18:50We're racing the race track.
01:18:51I'm going to put as much power in it that the race track can handle.
01:18:53Sean's on a roll right now and he's got that momentum.
01:18:56I plan on taking the wind out of his sail right quick.
01:19:06Nate is really smart.
01:19:07I'm sure he got a tune-up.
01:19:08He's been rounds already.
01:19:09He got a tune-up to go real fast.
01:19:11Because right now is the time when you want your real fast tune-up.
01:19:13Let it all hang right now.
01:19:15Break your motor.
01:19:16You hurt anything.
01:19:17You got a whole week to fix it.
01:19:19So, I feel like today is his day.
01:19:21All right, folks.
01:19:23Here we go.
01:19:26Invitational finals for $40,000.
01:19:30Battle of the Pro Chargers over in the left lane.
01:19:33That is going to be Nate Saylor going up against Verner Nova.
01:19:38Verner Nova looking to make it two in two days.
01:19:42He won the grade eight half night.
01:19:44Looking to win his very first Invitational right here in Ohio.
01:19:50This is going to be a grand race.
01:19:5340K to win this thing, you know, that goes a long way.
01:19:57And that will help out tremendously.
01:20:00But honestly, man, it ain't about that.
01:20:02I said I wasn't going to sleep until I win an Invitational.
01:20:05And I'm not going to.
01:20:06I think I'm going to take the win.
01:20:20Oh, wow, what a drag race.
01:20:33It made a good trip.
01:20:35It made a good trip.
01:20:36Yeah, baby.
01:20:37Yes.
01:20:38Yes.
01:20:39Two in a row, baby.
01:20:40Yeah.
01:20:41Boo-yah.
01:20:42Let's go.
01:20:43That's big right there.
01:20:45Whoo.
01:20:46Oh, my life.
01:20:47Woo!
01:20:49Oh, my God!
01:20:50It was a drag race.
01:20:52Oh, .
01:20:53Oh, I know.
01:20:54Let go of the button.
01:20:55I can hear him over there.
01:20:57And we get to the finish line, and my car actually quits.
01:21:02It dies and noses over.
01:21:03And I saw my wind light come on, and I about crapped my pants.
01:21:08Oh, my God!
01:21:11It's crazy.
01:21:12To come here and win this event is, I can't even put it into words.
01:21:17It's amazing.
01:21:19I'm super grateful.
01:21:22It's crazy to think that I was sitting on my couch watching all this happen,
01:21:25and now we're here doing it and making history for my family.
01:21:28Hey!
01:21:31I knew it was your night, dude.
01:21:33I knew it was your night.
01:21:34Being that Nate was my number one pick, a lot of people didn't understand why.
01:21:38He wasn't a familiar face.
01:21:39A lot of people didn't know who he was.
01:21:41But I know Nate, man.
01:21:42He's one of my West Coast guys, and he get the job done, man.
01:21:45He worked so hard.
01:21:46And him and Damon have been carrying the team, man.
01:21:49And I knew it.
01:21:50He was a diamond in the rough.
01:21:51A lot of people didn't understand who he was.
01:21:52But like I said, after this season, everybody gonna know who he is.
01:21:55Put your hands together for Nate Salis!
01:22:01Coming in here and winning out in the grade eight, and then coming to the finals of my first invitational ever.
01:22:08Nice job, baby.
01:22:10Nice job, baby.
01:22:11Nice job, baby.
01:22:12Good job.
01:22:13I couldn't ask for a better weekend.
01:22:15It was a big night for Team Bodie and Team Murder Nova.
01:22:19They both had drivers go far enough to the event that they passed Ryan Martin's team in points.
01:22:25Team Kai and Team Dave still lead the pack, and it's now more evident than ever that it is anyone's championship to win.
01:22:31Wow!
01:22:32Oh, we did it, man!
01:22:34We did it, man.
01:22:35We did it, man.
01:22:36We did it, man.
01:22:37Yeah, man.
01:22:38I knew this was your day, Nate!
01:22:41Next time on No Prep Kings.
01:22:45After dropping in the rankings...
01:22:47We dropped to number five this week,
01:22:48but we're ten points behind the other three that are in front of us.
01:22:52Team Ryan Martin is trying to find a way to claw their way back up.
01:22:57The car's running fantastic, just the way it should be.
01:23:00If you go up there and you're not ready to do your job flawlessly,
01:23:04you're going to lose.
01:23:05And with five events left,
01:23:07everyone is scrambling to get as many points as they can.
01:23:09It could be my sister, and I'd still want to chop her head off.
01:23:13So they can take home the $200,000 championship.
01:23:16We're running out of time.
01:23:17We're feeling the pressure to start doing well,
01:23:19and I really need to set my game up here.
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