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00:00Had a chance to close the gap on first place.
00:03And Lizzie Musi takes the win there.
00:06After points leader Kai Kelly was knocked out in round one.
00:10Good luck.
00:13The car just hit.
00:14It stopped.
00:15Nate, what's going on, buddy?
00:16Torque converter bolts are hitting the block.
00:18Unfortunately, Nate Saylor not going to be able to get it fixed in time.
00:22So Kayla Morton going to make the pass here.
00:24But only one driver made significant gains last week.
00:26Nice pass there for Kayla.
00:27She will be your grade eight winner.
00:29$10,000.
00:30Kayla Morton won her first event.
00:32And I hate to take the win that way, but it's $10,000.
00:35And moved herself up from fifth place to third.
00:38That bypass was a winning pass no matter who was in the lane next to me.
00:42And now our top eight here in North Carolina are getting ready to battle it out for more money and even more points.
00:52Put your hands together for the grade eight drivers.
00:59We are here at Galat Motorsports Park in North Carolina.
01:10Fun fact for you, Galat stands for Get a Load of This.
01:13And what that's from is the track owner actually hauled concrete.
01:18So that's where the load comes from.
01:19Get a load of this.
01:21We have been here before, but look, it has been a few years.
01:24This track is fast.
01:26This facility is beautiful.
01:28Coming into this event, the point system has changed.
01:31Now rounds are worth one and a half times points.
01:34Kai has a 21-point lead currently.
01:36But whoever wins this race will get $10,000 and 15 points, which could close that gap tremendously.
01:44The runner-up will earn 10 and a half points, with the semifinalists each getting four and a half.
01:49All right, this is the grade eight drivers meeting, the eight fastest drivers in the Invitational class, right?
01:59Your top eight in points.
02:01Right now, Kai in the lead.
02:03So your goal for the rest of all seven of you, other than Kai, is to get him knocked out in the first round.
02:09I've already been doing it.
02:10Yeah, you've been doing a great job.
02:11Yeah, four races in a row so far.
02:13So at least you all know what you've got to do now.
02:15You want to knock Kai out in the first round.
02:17He does have a little bit of a lead.
02:18Don't forget, points and a half.
02:20So that also helps.
02:21I am.
02:2215 points if you want to.
02:23And how many points you got?
02:2415.
02:25There's exactly that many points left.
02:27So you're saying there's a chance.
02:28Turn around.
02:29Target right there.
02:31And I know how you felt.
02:32Oh, yeah.
02:33Oh, yeah.
02:35You the rabbit.
02:36Yeah.
02:36Everybody got the gun.
02:37All right, ladies squared.
02:39Ready?
02:40Yeah.
02:41Let's do this.
02:43We got this this time.
02:45Elizabeth, welcome back.
02:47Hi.
02:47You feel better.
02:50There's one left.
02:53Number one.
02:55Oh, man.
02:56Oh, man.
02:57Come on, man.
02:58Lizzie.
02:59Yeah.
03:00Come out here.
03:01Draw her.
03:02She's bad fast here because she's raised around here.
03:06This is her home track.
03:07Number two.
03:09Axeman and Kayla.
03:11Oh, that's nice.
03:12Dang.
03:13I draw Kayla Morton, but that's rough there.
03:16I'm second in points behind Kai Kelly in the grade eight.
03:20If he goes that first round, that'll give me an opportunity to run and catch him.
03:24So this first round hit is worth everything to me.
03:28Number three is going to be Nate Saylor and Kai Kelly.
03:31I'll take it.
03:31I'm going to rematch.
03:33Uh-oh.
03:34I'm feeling good coming into this race.
03:36That car was fast at the last race.
03:37It's points and a half for these next two races, and then the final race is double the points.
03:41But I think if I could just clinch one of these grade eight wins, I could seal this championship up.
03:45Which mean number fours will be Ryan Martin and Murder Nova.
03:49Ryan Martin.
03:50I drew him last week.
03:51First round also.
03:53I'd like to race him, but I'd like to do it in the finals.
03:56I need some points.
03:58He needs some points.
03:59We're just going to have to go up there, let go of the button, see how it goes.
04:03Go to the pits.
04:04Get your cars ready.
04:34Let her rip.
04:35Coming off last week, we ran really good, especially under the conditions that we were in after the swap, after hurting a blower, and just doing everything we could to make round by round.
04:48We made all the semifinals.
04:49So coming here, we took the week to freshen up the car, check everything over.
04:55You kind of never exactly know exactly what you're going to get.
04:58Coming right out of the gate with a brand new fresh combination.
05:00Team made or not, on Saturday, it's Friday night, and we're after those individual points.
05:06I've got to really make a push starting tonight to, if I'm going to make a run at this deal, and see if we can get another win on Friday night.
05:16Yay!
05:17Yay!
05:18Woo!
05:24Here you go, girl!
05:26Oh!
05:26Thank you!
05:27We were running the grade 8.
05:30Last week, it was a little rough for me.
05:33It was not feeling good.
05:35I had another treatment since then.
05:38I don't feel as bad, so that's a good, that is a plus.
05:41I feel a little bit more lively than last week, so I'm ready for this weekend.
05:47Good luck, be safe.
05:50No, you didn't.
05:51You're good.
05:52Good luck, be safe.
05:53We've been having motor issues, like freaking blowing up is not what we do in this camp, and my dad's been working night and day trying to figure this out.
06:02This race, we're starting off with a brand new fresh motor, rolling in for first round of grade 8.
06:09I ended up drawing Damon first round.
06:11I don't know, he made it to the semis last race.
06:14He's running good.
06:23Once again, in the right lane, driving the Pro Charge Camaro.
06:27That is going to be Damon Merchant.
06:29Damon Merchant going up against Lizzie Musey in the left lane.
06:34From here on out, the next two races are point and a half.
06:47The finals is double points.
06:48This is a perfect opportunity if you've been slacking on points, but you're still in the hunt to make up a lot of ground here.
06:56It's anybody's ballgame still.
06:57I know Kai's got a hell of a lead right now going into this weekend, but it just takes a couple of good outings.
07:05Winning a couple of races on Friday nights, and he'll be right back in the ballgame.
07:08But we've got to get him out early, and we've got to occur some points real quick.
07:12And Damon Merchant takes the win there.
07:31What a drag race between both those cars.
07:33Nice pass for Damon, also for Lizzie.
07:38Slow, it was really slow.
07:39Slow.
07:42I got drugged, is what I got.
07:47Good lick for us, man.
07:49We needed that one.
07:51That little test tip that we did earlier showed us that we had a little bit of issue going on.
07:58After making that lick right there, it felt like we got a handle on it, because to come out here and put a win light on against her is saying something.
08:08Good job.
08:09I was like, sitting still while you blew past me.
08:14Hey, it's all good.
08:15Good job.
08:16I was wondering if you made a good one or not, because we had stumbled on this one, so I thought that one felt better.
08:21Really?
08:21And we didn't get a chance to make the freaking one, because the oil line was off.
08:25Oh, shit.
08:26Loose, yeah.
08:27Oh, I didn't know that.
08:28But you look like you made a hell of a pass.
08:30I made a little good licks.
08:30Yeah.
08:31I'm pretty happy with it.
08:31Hell yeah.
08:32I need to win one here and get one away from the guys.
08:33Yeah, you do.
08:34Yeah.
08:34Good job, Damon.
08:37I'll see you later.
08:37All right.
08:38Good job, Damon.
08:40Thank you, man.
08:41Tough draw, man.
08:45Teammate draw.
08:45Yeah, I don't like any of it.
08:47I hate that.
08:48But we've only done it the one time in the final in Bowling Green, so it's bound to happen sometime, but I know he's so fast, but we're so fast, too.
08:59We drew our teammate Axeman first round of grade eight, not the ideal draw.
09:04One, we want both Chase, Driscoll, Tune cars to go multiple rounds, but I guess the good thing is one of us is going to go on no matter what.
09:13Just the points and a half thing, it just sucks for one of us to go out and one of us to move on, but it is what it is.
09:19I do feel like he has a slight advantage.
09:21He tested here a couple of weeks ago, but I've been using that data, so we share, and so it should be a really good race.
09:27Kick ass, take names.
09:28That's it.
09:30What would Andrew say?
09:32What would Andrew say?
09:33Pass whoopings are free all day.
09:35Winning the grade eight last week is super crucial.
09:38It boosted our confidence going into this week, and then it also allows us to be within range of winning.
09:45Maybe it has to be perfect for the next three events, but it's obtainable, so I'm really excited for the grade eight today.
09:50See if we can stack some more points up and close that gap.
09:53So going into the grade eight here at Gallop Motorsport Park, the points move to a point and a half.
10:09If you win, you get to 15 points instead of 10.
10:12That would be amazing.
10:19I'm second in points behind Kai Kelly in the grade eight.
10:24If he goes that first round, that'll give me an opportunity to run and catch him.
10:28So this first round hit is worth everything to me.
10:33All right, folks, next pair here in this grade eight over in the right lane, that is going to be Kayla Morton in the Pro Charge Mustang going up against Axeman in the left lane.
10:54Axeman backing up the game changer, Mustang there in the left lane going up against Kayla in the right.
11:00Pro Charger versus Pro Charger.
11:03Here we go.
11:05All right, folks, next pair here in this grade eight over in the right lane, that is going to be Kayla Morton.
11:34Kayla Morton in the Pro Charge Mustang going up against Axeman in the left lane.
11:41Axeman backing up the game changer, Mustang there in the left lane going up against Kayla in the right.
11:46Pro Charger versus Pro Charger.
11:49Here we go.
11:51So, let's go.
11:53All right.
11:54All right.
11:55Well, let's go.
11:56We can go first.
11:57And you saw that again.
11:58Let's go first.
11:59It's gonna go first.
12:00All right.
12:01Let's go first.
12:02Let's go first.
12:03All right.
12:04We can go first.
12:05We can go first.
12:06All right.
12:07All right, Axeman will take the win there.
12:23Nice pass for Axeman.
12:25Lots of smoke from Kayla's car there on the top end.
12:29That's a moment for the lightweight green.
12:33Yes, it's right there, man.
12:37Guess who?
12:40That is f***ing f***ing.
12:42Second time he's done that.
12:45Well, you definitely guessed.
12:47We went up there to line up.
12:49I kind of feel like he took a shot at the tree.
12:53And I wasn't expecting that from a teammate,
12:56but all is fair in love and racing.
12:59It wouldn't have mattered anyways,
13:01even if we would have pulled off that W
13:03because the motor is very tired.
13:06I let go on that pass.
13:07We'll get it fixed tonight.
13:08Turned down for tomorrow.
13:10MBD.
13:10No big deal.
13:12Make a good hit?
13:13It's okay.
13:14Dang.
13:15This one's fun, shook, everything.
13:17Damn.
13:20One parachute.
13:22Was it close?
13:23No, Larry.
13:24You guessed.
13:25I'm not guessing.
13:26I promise you.
13:27I bet my life on it.
13:28I got the top end,
13:29and she felt like I guessed,
13:31so I just stayed in my side
13:33and let it cool off a little bit.
13:35It's not guessing.
13:36I promise you.
13:37Woo.
13:39Hey.
13:42So we have Kai.
13:46Third pair, first round.
13:49We got the left lane,
13:50which I think is probably the better of the two.
13:53The right lane's got a little shade in it, though,
13:55so the track temp on our side
13:56is going to be a little hotter.
13:57We draw Kai Kelly, first round.
13:59Honestly, right now,
14:00we need somebody that's going to go
14:01and swing for the moon
14:02and take his ass out right away
14:04so that the rest of us
14:05can get this points and a half
14:06and cut his lead up.
14:08Like, I'm hoping that we get him early
14:11when he's vulnerable
14:11and we take his ass out.
14:13And this is points and a half,
14:14so if we win tonight,
14:16that's 15 points.
14:18That'll put us at 35.
14:19Then we're one grade eight
14:21away from tying him.
14:22So we need to take him out
14:24and win this tonight.
14:26He's got 50 points.
14:27We're at 20.
14:28So my plan right now
14:29is to go out first round.
14:31We got third pair.
14:32We got the left lane,
14:33which is the better of the two,
14:34and hopefully put Kai on the trailer.
14:40Another day in the office.
14:43Stress level was in the red,
14:46but I just got to take a deep breath
14:47and try to hold these boys off.
14:54Hey, pal.
14:59What are we going to do today?
15:01Just tell me something sweet.
15:02Something sweet?
15:03Yeah.
15:04So maybe you put that goodness
15:05out in the world
15:06and that goodness is going
15:07to come back to you.
15:07Good karma always comes back around.
15:09Yeah, man.
15:10Positive out, positive in.
15:12All right, man.
15:13Let's try that today.
15:14Go out there and kick some ass, okay?
15:15All right, man.
15:16And be careful.
15:17All right, bud.
15:17All right, folks.
15:30This pair right here
15:31is going to be a good one.
15:32Over in the left lane,
15:33that's going to be Nate Saylor,
15:35Pro Charge Nova,
15:36going up against Kai Kelly
15:38in the Regal
15:39here in the right lane.
15:41And Nate Saylor
16:09takes the win.
16:11Nate Saylor
16:13puts Kai
16:15on the trailer
16:16in the first round.
16:18That is going to help out
16:20the rest of the drivers there
16:21in that individual
16:22points championship.
16:23We got a bad
16:25I drew Nate Saylor again,
16:34same guy I ran
16:35in the finals last week.
16:37It was pretty much
16:38the same race.
16:38He beat me right at the end,
16:40you know, so.
16:45Points drives,
16:46I need X-Man to go out,
16:47but at this point,
16:48I need everybody to go out.
16:49Sean's got 26 points.
16:51If he wins the next
16:52two of these races,
16:53he's six points ahead of me
16:54with the points and a half.
16:55Did anybody pack the shoes
16:56that hadn't been packing them?
16:57Like I said,
16:58we just need some luck.
16:59We need the people
16:59at the bottom.
17:00We need them to start winning.
17:02They went, like,
17:02through the willy bars.
17:04No, one of them.
17:10This ain't a good track
17:11for that to happen.
17:12Those damn brakes
17:13was smoking
17:14when I pulled up.
17:18The best-case scenario today
17:20is if Damon Merchant
17:20could win this whole deal.
17:21That would really help me out.
17:23But it is what it is.
17:25We just got to sit back
17:26and watch because we're out.
17:28Just got beat by Nate again.
17:29First-round loser
17:30five weeks in a row.
17:33There's one way
17:34to blow a championship.
17:35Just watch what we're doing.
17:38The car's making good passes.
17:39I don't know.
17:42They're just faster than us
17:43right now.
17:43All right, so I'm back
17:51in grade eight still.
17:51I'm sitting number seven
17:52in points.
17:53And I drew Sean last week,
17:55knocked the tires off,
17:56lost to him.
17:56So this week,
17:57I drew Sean again.
17:58First round.
18:00Ricky?
18:02Good luck, man.
18:03We got a good position
18:04as far as the grade eight.
18:05We're the fourth pair.
18:07I got the right lane.
18:08He got the left.
18:08There's nobody good.
18:09There's nobody good.
18:10So really,
18:11it is what it is.
18:12Maybe I don't want
18:13to outrun my buddy,
18:14but if I have to,
18:15that's what I'm going to do.
18:17Let's get out
18:18of this oil right here.
18:19Hopefully, man,
18:20they in my lane,
18:21whoever's laying down this oil.
18:25Honestly,
18:26this is more nerve-wracking
18:29than anything
18:30is coming into this,
18:31it's points and a half.
18:33Just as easily
18:34as you can climb that ladder,
18:36you can get kicked
18:36off that ladder.
18:40Have one bad weekend
18:41of the car not running
18:42good if somebody
18:43could sneak in there
18:44and steal everything
18:45that I worked hard
18:46for all year.
18:49Unfortunately,
18:50I drew Ryan Martin.
18:52I drew him last week,
18:53first round also,
18:55and, you know,
18:57I'd like to race him,
18:58but I'd like to do it
18:59in the finals.
19:00I need some points.
19:01He needs some points.
19:03Me and Ryan
19:03have went back
19:04and forth this year.
19:05I've won a couple.
19:06He's won a couple.
19:07But honestly,
19:08I'm tired of racing him.
19:09He's got that thing
19:10figured out right now,
19:11and he's on a roll.
19:12All right, folks,
19:13this will be the last pair
19:14in the first round
19:15for the grade eight.
19:15Going to be a great one here.
19:25If I can win,
19:26I'm going to win.
19:27We're going to go up.
19:28We're going to do
19:28the same thing that we do
19:30no matter who we're racing.
19:31I'm going to go up there
19:32and I'm going to go
19:33as fast as I possibly can
19:34in that lane
19:35and hope I take the win.
19:37Over in the right lane,
19:39that is going to be
19:41Ryan Martin.
19:42Ryan Martin in the right lane
19:43and Murder Nova.
19:45Murder Nova in the left lane.
19:48Let's see who will go
19:49to the semifinals
19:50of the grade eight.
19:51Here we go.
19:52All right, folks,
20:09this will be the last pair
20:10of the first round
20:11for the grade eight.
20:11Going to be a great one here.
20:13Over in the right lane,
20:15that is going to be
20:16Ryan Martin.
20:17Ryan Martin in the right lane
20:18and Murder Nova.
20:21Murder Nova in the left lane.
20:23Let's see who will go
20:24to the semifinals
20:25of the grade eight.
20:26Here we go.
20:48And Murder Nova
20:54gets the win.
20:56Ryan Martin makes a move
20:58towards the center,
20:59has to get out of it.
21:01Hey, it's fast early.
21:04Don't do me no good
21:05if I can't make it.
21:06What happened?
21:06It's a piece of
21:07and I'll go straight again.
21:09No, we left again.
21:10It's like third,
21:11fourth time in a row.
21:12It's a tricky track right now.
21:14I'm slow out of the hole.
21:17It looked like Ryan
21:18was out on me
21:18just a little bit
21:19and then he had problems.
21:23And, you know,
21:25we made the trip.
21:26So we took the win.
21:28It looked like he was out on me.
21:30It looked like he was out on me
21:32and then just all of a sudden
21:33it looked like he dumped
21:34out of it and just gone.
21:35You know, like,
21:36he definitely out 60 foot's me.
21:38We know that.
21:39And I kept on thinking,
21:40okay, all right.
21:42But I didn't know,
21:43I know my car will mile an hour
21:44a little bit more than his,
21:45but I didn't know
21:46if he was out on me far enough
21:47that I couldn't come around him.
21:49If he'd have made a full hit,
21:50I don't know.
21:51I don't know.
21:53Yeah.
21:54And it never, yeah.
21:57What's got to change?
21:58What's got to change?
22:02Slow the car down a little bit,
22:0360 foot a little bit better,
22:05or hope the track comes around to us.
22:08We don't like,
22:08none of us like turning the cars down.
22:10You can walk out there
22:12and the surface looks amazing.
22:13It looks like it'll take
22:14every tune-up that we have.
22:16And it's just,
22:16it's slow out of the hole.
22:18Too much wheel speed
22:19and slows the cars down.
22:22So.
22:32All right.
22:33We're going to go ahead
22:34and get started
22:34with our grade eight
22:36semi-finals drivers meeting.
22:37Folks,
22:38we started with eight drivers,
22:39the eight fastest drivers
22:41in the imitational class.
22:42You know,
22:43they battle out
22:43for $10,000
22:44on Friday nights.
22:46Well,
22:46we started with eight,
22:47now we're down to four.
22:49My good friend,
22:50Nate Saylor,
22:51did the rest of the drivers
22:52a favor,
22:53knocked out
22:53Kai Kelly
22:54in the first round.
22:55You're welcome.
22:56Nate Saylor.
22:57Nice job.
22:59Way to go.
23:01Also,
23:02Murder Nova
23:02able to beat
23:04Ryan Martin
23:04in the first round.
23:05Yeah.
23:07Great job.
23:08All right.
23:09So,
23:09we're going to go ahead
23:10and draw a chip,
23:11see who's racing who
23:12here in this semi-final round.
23:14All right,
23:14you're that much closer
23:15to $10,000.
23:16So,
23:17gentlemen,
23:18go ahead,
23:19draw your chips.
23:21You taking the trash this time?
23:22Okay,
23:23I don't know.
23:23I normally do
23:24and then it screws me.
23:25I'll race anybody, too.
23:28All right,
23:29where are my number ones?
23:32Going to be Nate Saylor
23:33versus Murder Nova.
23:35Red is right.
23:36First pair,
23:37wow.
23:38All right,
23:39which means my second pair
23:40will be Damon Merchant
23:42versus Axeman,
23:44Larry Roach.
23:46All right,
23:46drivers,
23:47you know who you're racing,
23:48you know what you got to do,
23:49go back to the pits,
23:50get your cars turned around
23:50and bring them in the staging lanes.
23:52Good luck.
23:53I cannot draw
23:58that either one of y'all
23:59would have been a better draw.
24:00Can I be honest with you guys
24:01since you're standing here?
24:02For you to say that about me
24:04makes me feel pretty
24:05You're fast as
24:06No, no, no, no,
24:07he's fast as
24:08right now.
24:09He's too fast to be fanboy.
24:10Get over here.
24:11You're too fast to be fanboy.
24:13Damn.
24:13Get your ass back up there.
24:17Fanboy.
24:18Damn it.
24:19Damn it.
24:21Did this shock leak at all that pass?
24:23Did you put a wrench on this?
24:25Let's do that.
24:26I think we need to get a new plan.
24:31Oh, okay.
24:31I think I have some.
24:33Small one.
24:36Slow down for more.
24:39Was it loose again?
24:40Yep.
24:41That last pass we made,
24:42it actually was starting to come left,
24:44starting to come left,
24:45and the car,
24:45I wasn't going to lift yet
24:46because I could see him right there.
24:48The car came down
24:49and I brought it back
24:50to the center.
24:51Every pass.
24:52Yep, right now,
24:53until I figure out
24:54what's going on,
24:55it was loose.
24:56Pretty loose.
25:01Yep.
25:02So every pass,
25:03I'll have you do that, okay?
25:05Check this one?
25:07Check the other side
25:08just in case, Mason,
25:09since we have it out.
25:15The strut didn't matter
25:16this time
25:17because the wheels
25:17were carried for so long, so.
25:21But we're going to have
25:22to add that to our deal.
25:23I'll get a hold of Chris
25:24and find out what I need to do.
25:26If you notice,
25:27we put those weight pucks
25:28back in the front here.
25:29So we moved that weight
25:30from the trunk to the nose.
25:32We're hoping to keep
25:33that nose down
25:33just a little bit.
25:34It didn't set it down
25:35right before the finish line.
25:36Like, it was up, up, up, up,
25:38and I could feel it come down
25:39right before the finish line.
25:40I don't want it to carry it
25:41that far.
25:42Like, half that's cool,
25:43but, yeah,
25:44it's hard to steer
25:45when it's up in the air.
25:46All right.
25:46You know,
25:49the track's kind of tricky,
25:50actually.
25:51It's good early
25:52and then bad in the middle
25:54and then good again.
25:55So it's kind of
25:56one of those deals
25:57where we're having
25:59to change the tune-up
26:00for the length
26:01in the track, basically.
26:03You guys,
26:03we have not won
26:04a grade 8 yet,
26:05and I want one badly.
26:08I mean, don't get me wrong.
26:09I'd rather have
26:10the 40 grand
26:11than the 10,
26:11but I haven't won
26:13one of these,
26:13and I want one.
26:15And we got a free.
26:17And I think we have
26:17the to do it.
26:19So, murdering over.
26:20We race back and forth,
26:22back and forth,
26:22always in the grade 8.
26:23He's killing it this year.
26:25We run the same setup
26:26as he does,
26:26Proline Hemi's.
26:27The cars are pretty equivalent.
26:32He's got a badass race car.
26:33We got a badass race car.
26:35It's going to be
26:36a 200-driver game.
26:37We're going to see
26:37who wants it more.
26:38your first pair
26:52here in the grade 8
26:53semifinals
26:54over in the left lane.
26:55That is going to be
26:56Nate Saylor.
26:58Nate Saylor
26:59in the left lane
27:00going up against
27:02Murder Nova
27:03in the right lane.
27:05We draw Nate Saylor
27:07who is arguably
27:09one of the guys
27:10who has his hot rod
27:11running faster
27:11than anybody else out here.
27:13He's been killing it lately.
27:14And the car's fast.
27:16I'm going to have to go up there.
27:17I'm going to have to do
27:17what I do,
27:18cut a good light,
27:19and hopefully get out
27:20in front of him
27:21and stay out in front of him.
27:23The last three races,
27:25it's almost like
27:26he's unbeatable.
27:27So, he's definitely found
27:29the niche that that car likes.
27:31And he's capitalizing on it.
27:34So, it's going to be
27:35a drag race.
27:36I know it is.
27:37And if we take that win,
27:39we'll be sitting in a good spot.
27:52Your first pair here
27:54in the grade 8 semifinals
27:55over in the left lane,
27:56that is going to be
27:57Nate Saylor
27:59going up against Murder Nova
28:02in the right lane.
28:24And Nate Saylor
28:27gets the win.
28:29Nate Saylor
28:29going to the finals
28:31for the grade 8 class.
28:33Wow.
28:37I let go of the button.
28:39And I treat
28:40out of him.
28:41I'm out on him.
28:42I'm making what I feel like
28:44is a decent pass,
28:45and he drove around me.
28:46I did what I needed to do
28:48as a driver,
28:49and the car just didn't
28:51make the pass it needed to
28:52on that surface.
28:54Dude, that was
28:54drag.
28:55I can't run with that, man.
28:56There's nothing.
28:57I treed you.
28:58I left on you,
28:59and you drove around me, dude.
29:00I can't run with that, man.
29:03I just can't.
29:04Like, you made a
29:05kill for a pass, man.
29:06Oh, dude, it made stupid.
29:07It pulled the tires up
29:08on the gear change
29:09and just hung him.
29:10At the beginning of the season,
29:11we sucked because
29:12we were in air,
29:14and now that the air
29:15is coming around
29:15where Pro Charger cars run,
29:16now it's going the other way.
29:18Nice job, man.
29:19Good race, brother.
29:19Nice job.
29:19Right now,
29:21Axe Man's ahead of me,
29:22so that's not
29:24that big of a deal,
29:24but here comes Nate,
29:25and Nate's coming hard.
29:27With the way he's running,
29:29somebody's going to
29:29have to shut him down.
29:31It sucks, you know,
29:33because that Pro Charger's
29:35the same as the one
29:36I got on my car.
29:37Like, and if I could
29:38get down to that weight,
29:40I'd be doing it.
29:41I just can't.
29:43I did everything
29:44I needed to do, man.
29:45I treat him.
29:46I was way out on him.
29:50Lane was better, you think?
29:54I feel more comfortable
29:55in right lane, but
29:55I wish lane's better.
29:58I don't see a difference,
29:59but I just,
30:00a driver always feels
30:01more comfortable
30:02in right lane
30:02because the tree's right there.
30:04Pulled Damon in chip draw.
30:05I got right lane.
30:06I kind of like it right lane.
30:08I think both lanes are similar,
30:09so he's been a tough competitor.
30:12I think his record's probably
30:13better than mine
30:14against each other.
30:15I'm pretty sure
30:16he's beat me more
30:16than I beat him.
30:19So usually this car
30:20is just as smooth
30:21as it can be.
30:22Now, at top of first gear,
30:23shaking the tires
30:24and moving around.
30:25Going against Damon,
30:26there's no margin
30:27for loss here.
30:28I cannot lose anything.
30:30That's going to be
30:31a tough run.
30:31I hope I can at least
30:32sit out 60 him
30:33and get out on him,
30:34but that car's fast.
30:41We're no stranger
30:42to racing that cat.
30:44Him and I have went
30:44back and forth
30:45a few times this season
30:46and he's got a fast hot rod.
30:49I think here lately,
30:50they've changed
30:51the motor combination
30:52in it,
30:52and the last time
30:53we raced,
30:53he got me.
31:01And Axeman
31:03takes the win.
31:06Right at the stripe
31:07in a grade 8 race.
31:08So, redemption
31:09is what I'm seeking here.
31:11Word around the pit areas
31:12is he's been a son of a bitch
31:14on the guessing lately.
31:16So, I'm just going to get up there
31:18and be aggressive on the light
31:19and, you know,
31:20kick his ass.
31:21All right, folks,
31:29this will be the final pair.
31:31The semi-finals
31:32for the grade 8
31:32over in the left lane.
31:34That's going to be
31:35Damon Merchant.
31:36Damon Merchant
31:36in the left lane
31:37going up against Axeman.
31:39Larry Roach
31:40in the right lane.
31:42The winner
31:43will go on
31:43to face Nate Saylor
31:45in the finals
31:46for $10,000.
32:14An Axeman!
32:16Axeman gets the win there.
32:18Great pass
32:19from both cars,
32:20but Axeman
32:20takes the win.
32:21So, your finals
32:22in the grade 8 class tonight
32:24will be Nate Saylor
32:25versus Axeman.
32:27Ah!
32:29The light turns green.
32:32I never seen him.
32:34About 150 feet or so out,
32:35I felt my car
32:36start shaking again.
32:37Oh, here we go.
32:38It's not going to make the trip.
32:39I went to let out the throttle
32:40and all of a sudden
32:41I felt it grab.
32:42I held it down.
32:43Pulled off that win.
32:45You make a good decision.
32:46Ah, it was just chattering.
32:47I wanted to get it,
32:49but I mean, it's fast.
32:50Mine is the top of first.
32:51It chatter so hard,
32:52I started to lift.
32:54Oh, down low?
32:55Top of first.
32:56Yeah.
32:57So about 200.
32:58Yeah.
32:59I heard you coming
33:00and there you were.
33:01Going into the finals,
33:03that's nothing but badass.
33:04I'm gaining points on Kai
33:05and for him to go out first round
33:07and me to still be in here,
33:09maybe I can pull this off.
33:10But it's not done
33:11until I take out Nate
33:13and Nate is flying.
33:14The front end down
33:15is messing this car up.
33:16Why don't we break it?
33:18I reckon he's going to tune
33:19through it and make it faster.
33:20Huh?
33:21If he gets it tuned up right
33:22and it gets through that shake
33:24and you can keep the front end down,
33:25I can drive it
33:26and it'll go faster.
33:26Yeah.
33:27I know what he's doing.
33:28I mean, it's going to be fast
33:29when he gets it worked out.
33:31So we're just a little bit away
33:32from what we need.
33:33Yeah, we're testing in grade 8.
33:34That's not good.
33:36Testing.
33:37Kayla and Axe both do it.
33:39It's like right
33:40last 200 feet,
33:41they slide.
33:43And I can't pull them off.
33:46Like, I don't know what to do.
33:48I needed that race tonight.
33:49I needed to win this deal.
33:50So not only for the money,
33:52but for the points
33:53and just let it slip away
33:55the last 200 foot of the race there.
33:58Thanks.
34:03All right, folks,
34:07we're going to go ahead
34:07and do our grade 8
34:08final drivers meeting.
34:10We started with 8 drivers
34:12in our grade 8.
34:13Two drivers remain.
34:15This race here
34:16is going to be worth $10,000.
34:18Our two drivers remaining
34:19are Nate Saylor
34:21and Axeman.
34:24The two drivers remaining.
34:26Nate Saylor, I said earlier,
34:28but you did all the guys a favor.
34:29You knocked out Kai Kelly
34:30in the first round.
34:31So did all those guys
34:33a favor there.
34:34And now Axeman,
34:35find yourself in the finals.
34:36Axeman, you're in second place.
34:37This is your chance
34:38to get those points
34:40just in time
34:41and catch up to Kai.
34:42All right.
34:43Look, we got the coin here.
34:44We're going to go ahead
34:45and flip it for lane choice.
34:46Who's calling it?
34:48He's won so much lately.
34:51Nate's won
34:51so many rounds lately.
34:53He's been so many people
34:54on the trail.
34:54I'm going to give him lane choice.
34:56Wow!
34:56Axeman just giving
34:58Nate Saylor lane choice.
35:00Wow, look at that.
35:01Nate, what's up with that?
35:03I don't know,
35:04but I like it.
35:05Yeah, I bet you do.
35:06What lane you taking?
35:07We'll take the left lane.
35:08All right, so Nate Saylor's
35:09taking the left lane.
35:10Axeman will be in the right lane.
35:11That'll be your finals, folks,
35:13for $10,000.
35:14You earned that lane choice.
35:15Thanks, brother.
35:16Come on over here.
35:26Come on over here.
35:26Come on over here.
35:27Hey, come on over here.
35:28You want that?
35:29Let them be beside each other.
35:30They're making me look short.
35:31They're making you look short.
35:31Come over here, bro.
35:32I'm good with it.
35:33Yeah.
35:35I'll stand right here like this.
35:36That's right.
35:36Like, hey, and I'll do this, too.
35:38Y'all need a box to stand on?
35:39We got a box.
35:40They stay away from me.
35:41They make me look short.
35:41Let me step forward.
35:42I'm probably up here holding him
35:43in a little while.
35:43You're going to see your legs on TV.
35:44Get you a box.
35:46I thought they make me look short.
35:47Oh, I love that.
35:48Hey, he told Nate,
35:49they make you look short, too, man.
35:50Come over here with me.
35:51Yeah.
35:51Hey, because...
35:52No.
35:53Come on.
35:53Hey, Nick kind of makes you look short, too.
35:56I got my boots up there.
35:57I got my boots.
35:59Like, hey, I'd make y'all look skinny.
36:01Because that's one thing y'all can say.
36:03Hey, if we step forward a little bit,
36:04it looks a little tall.
36:07No, it's rattling.
36:08One, two, shake.
36:09Oh, on top of first gear.
36:10Once it gets in second, it goes.
36:14Top of first.
36:16Like, it's slumping.
36:18I mean, I shouldn't be complaining
36:20because we're winning,
36:21but, like, ah.
36:23Wow.
36:25Like, this car don't do that.
36:26Right.
36:27I mean, yeah.
36:27Nate's been on a killing spree.
36:29I mean, he's been slaughtering these racers.
36:32I mean, we're just running at the back,
36:33but, like, what was that?
36:35Ohio when it was spinning every pass?
36:38I mean, it's doing great.
36:39But to outrun Nate,
36:45it can't shake.
36:47It's going to have to go smooth,
36:48one inch or two.
36:49Yeah.
36:50It's going to have to be fast.
36:52Nate's rolling.
36:52Yeah.
36:53All the cars we think's fast,
36:55Nate's been outrunning them.
36:56So, I mean, I got my work cut out.
36:58And with the tires shaking,
36:59ah, man, the confidence,
37:01I need them,
37:02but, oh, in the back of my mind,
37:04it's tough.
37:04I need to make that thing
37:06to make a full pull
37:07and be really fast.
37:10Be safe, man.
37:11Yeah, good luck, you guys.
37:12Good luck, man.
37:14Love you, man.
37:14Axeman's a badass.
37:15I love him.
37:16They pit across from us all the time.
37:17Him and his wife are just super cool people.
37:20I love them both.
37:21We broke in Denver against them,
37:23and they got the win.
37:24And then we beat them in Vegas.
37:26So, like, it's one and one.
37:29How many times were you to race?
37:30Yes, I'm here.
37:33The car's fast as s***.
37:34That's why he's in the finals.
37:36These guys aren't in the finals
37:37because they're getting lucky.
37:38They're in the finals
37:38because they're doing the work.
37:39And they did it.
37:41I mean, they just did.
37:43It's a bad dude.
37:45It's a bad dude.
37:46I think we have a better hot rod
37:48than they do.
37:48And I want to go out and see it.
38:04This is the great eight finals right here, folks.
38:08$10,000 on this race right here
38:11over in the right lane.
38:13That's going to be Axeman Larry Roach
38:15going up against Nate Saylor
38:18in the left lane.
38:20This will be the final race of the night.
38:24$10,000 to win
38:25right here, right now.
38:27Go on.
38:27Go on.
38:28Go on.
38:30Let's go.
39:00And Nate Sailor will get the win.
39:03Axeman goes red.
39:06$10,000 to Nate Sailor as Axeman leaves early, gets the red lights.
39:16So we roll in.
39:18Nate come in.
39:19Shoot.
39:19I went on the floor.
39:20I turned loose that button.
39:22I seen that green light.
39:23I said, oh, yeah.
39:25I looked right below and seen a red one.
39:27I said, damn.
39:28That's really what happened.
39:30You said you jumped, did you?
39:33No, I anticipated.
39:35Jumping and anticipating is two different things.
39:39I got a great eight, man.
39:41We've been waiting for this.
39:43He knew he needed it.
39:44I don't fault him for it, but I will never, you will never see me guess unless it's by accident,
39:49ever.
39:49But you lose right on the starting line.
39:52I could have spun.
39:53I could have broke something.
39:54I could have done all sorts of stuff.
39:55But the second you guess and turn on that red light, your race is over.
39:59Who beat you to the finish line?
40:00Well, my win line, Caleb.
40:02Oh, come on, baby.
40:02I almost ran you down anyway.
40:05But no, that's when I let off.
40:06You thought you called me.
40:06Oh, okay.
40:07Now we're at 35 points and Kai is at 50.
40:11We're only 15 points down from winning this $100,000.
40:14And the next two races are a point and a half and two points.
40:17We got a shot at this 100 grand.
40:19Plus, our team's kicking ass.
40:20So, man, I'm on cloud nine right now.
40:22I did not jump, man.
40:23You're getting confused.
40:24No, you didn't jump.
40:25You didn't even wait for me to stage.
40:26I didn't even anticipate.
40:27I anticipated.
40:28I anticipated.
40:28I still love you, buddy.
40:30So, Nate, coming off his second invitational win, just won his first grade eight event.
40:36That moves him from the sixth place all the way up to third.
40:39Just 15 points behind Kai Kelly.
40:42He could totally win in his rookie season at New York.
40:47At the beginning of the season, it looked like Kai Kelly might run away with the grade eight championship.
40:51But the drivers have got their ducks in a row, and now it is a close race.
40:57To Alabama International Dragway.
40:59How are you doing today?
41:02There's only two races left.
41:03So, if you're in first place in points, I want to lock it up, Kai.
41:07Lock it up.
41:08I've been trying.
41:09You went out first round last week.
41:10And the week before, and the week before, and the week before.
41:12Don't suck, Kai.
41:12Nate Saylor and Sean, they're two I'm really worried about.
41:15Nate could actually tie me, and Sean could get really, really close.
41:21I've been trying.
41:40Well, thank you so much.
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