Street Outlaws No Prep Kings Season 6 Episode 13 Taking Down a King

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Street Outlaws No Prep Kings Season 6 Episode 13 br Taking Down a King

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00:00:00...and a lot of money flying around.

00:00:02Ooh!

00:00:05$10,000.

00:00:07And it paid off.

00:00:09Kai picked up Damon Merchant,

00:00:10who helped extend

00:00:11their points lead.

00:00:17Damon!

00:00:17And Damon Merchant will take the win there.

00:00:20Woo!

00:00:22Ryan ended up picking up Nate Saylor.

00:00:24I wasn't going to do this,

00:00:25but then I heard Kai was going to do it.

00:00:26...who won the entire event.

00:00:32Oh, it's Nate Saylor!

00:00:35Make some noise for him, folks.

00:00:37It's the type of guy Mike is.

00:00:39Sean's been trying to get Scott Taylor

00:00:41for several weeks,

00:00:42but Mike Murillo was not impressed

00:00:44with Sean's cash offer.

00:00:46How much paper is it going to take?

00:00:48$10,000.

00:00:49That's what the going is.

00:00:50That's what top-tier people go for.

00:00:52Oh!

00:00:54Damn!

00:00:56You've got to wonder

00:00:58if we're going to see more money

00:01:00flying around the pits this week.

00:01:07Here we go!

00:01:09You said it's your boy there, huh?

00:01:20Yes, he's a man.

00:01:21He's a man.

00:01:22He's a man.

00:01:23He's a man.

00:01:24He's a man.

00:01:25He's a man.

00:01:26He's a man.

00:01:27He's a man.

00:01:28He's a man.

00:01:29He's a man.

00:01:30He's a man.

00:01:31He's a man.

00:01:32He's a man.

00:01:33He's a man.

00:01:34Thanks.

00:01:35Appreciate it, bro.

00:01:36Appreciate you.

00:01:37Thank you very much.

00:01:38All right, Gallant Motorsports Park.

00:01:42How y'all doing today?

00:01:47Y'all can do way better than that.

00:01:49I know it's Sunday.

00:01:50Let's try again.

00:01:51Gallant Motorsports Park.

00:01:52How you doing today?

00:01:56All right.

00:01:57That was better.

00:01:58All right, y'all.

00:01:59I appreciate you coming and spending your Sunday with us today.

00:02:04The weather is...

00:02:05You know what?

00:02:06It could be hot, and it's not hot today, so I am not complaining one bit.

00:02:09All right?

00:02:10A little bit of wind.

00:02:11That's okay.

00:02:12A little chilly.

00:02:13We got a lot of racing that is gonna happen here today.

00:02:16You're gonna love it.

00:02:17We're gonna have a lot of fun.

00:02:21We are here at Gallant Motorsports Park, and it is time for the Invitational Race.

00:02:25For the first time all season long, each round is now worth points and a half.

00:02:30Which means a racer wins a round, they now get 15 points instead of 10.

00:02:36Team Kai is coming into the event sitting on top of the leaderboard, but it is tight at the top.

00:02:41The gap between first and fifth is only 260 points.

00:02:46There are still enough points up for grabs for any of the top teams to make a run and take over that number one spot.

00:02:52And with the big name trade that Kai and Ryan made last week,

00:02:55I bet Shawn is still thinking about how he can get himself Scott Taylor.

00:03:02So, we all know we gotta do as well as we can with these points and a half.

00:03:06We got three races to either catch up or forget it.

00:03:09And at this point right now, we're getting left behind.

00:03:11Some of the teams are out of reach of this championship.

00:03:14We are not.

00:03:15Now is the time.

00:03:16So, we're gonna do whatever we can to get Scott Taylor on our team.

00:03:19Last week, they wanted 10 for just Scott and it just, it wasn't feasible.

00:03:24I offered 7,500.

00:03:26I think he's gonna take that offer.

00:03:28We're gonna have to come up with the money.

00:03:29Luckily, my team said that they'd all pitch in.

00:03:32So, it's doable now.

00:03:33You're dropping Doc.

00:03:34Got to, man.

00:03:35Yeah.

00:03:36Got to.

00:03:37At this point, we have to make a business decision.

00:03:39And you can't think with your heart every time.

00:03:41Yep.

00:03:42You know what I mean?

00:03:43Got so much broken to pay for.

00:03:48I don't get it.

00:03:49No, and that's why I wanted to talk to you because I didn't, I know that.

00:03:54Yeah.

00:03:55Me moving don't necessarily help you, but it helps you financially.

00:03:58Yep.

00:03:59So, the train with Scott Taylor.

00:04:02Man, that's a tough one.

00:04:04Scott wants to move on.

00:04:06You know, if he feels that's the direction that he needs to go to do better with two races left, I understand.

00:04:11We're blowing up three motors, so we could actually, you know, use some money.

00:04:15Our resources are limited compared to, you know, some of the other ones that are out here,

00:04:19which that's nobody's fault but my own.

00:04:21But either way, we're not doing it for free.

00:04:24You know, I'm actually hoping maybe I can put Brandon on a good team also.

00:04:27You know, they can go on a winning team and possibly win a championship.

00:04:32This is the second week we got Damon on the team.

00:04:36Hey, man.

00:04:37We're glad to have you, man.

00:04:38Good job.

00:04:39Glad to be here.

00:04:40Sorry, we .

00:04:41I'm glad to have him at the last invitation because he helped me bail you guys out.

00:04:45So it's been a long, hard road, but I'm feeling good coming into this race.

00:04:51Our car was fast at the last race.

00:04:52I did go to the finals, though.

00:04:53We turned our luck around, so I'm looking for the uphill climb now because we already went back to the bottom.

00:04:59Now it's time to come back up.

00:05:01It feels good to be this close to the championship.

00:05:03What sucks is I've always been number two.

00:05:05So there was no stress.

00:05:06There was nothing.

00:05:07No pressure.

00:05:08You're just chasing that number one guy.

00:05:10But now it's way worse being in the number one spot in these last couple races, especially knowing that people's going to be getting points in a half and double points.

00:05:17We've done good all year.

00:05:18We started off at the end of the year, me and David and Lizzie, totaling our team.

00:05:22We stayed in first.

00:05:23Then we picked up two.

00:05:24That was a big help.

00:05:25And then right here in the end, I think we got the most solid team there is here as long as we can keep things together.

00:05:34You got Ryan with a lot of momentum.

00:05:37Yes.

00:05:38And his team.

00:05:39And Nate.

00:05:40And you got a point and a half, a point and a half, and then double points.

00:05:42Yes.

00:05:43We need to stop Nate Taylor.

00:05:44Yes.

00:05:45I want us to win.

00:05:46Yeah, I mean that's what we're here for.

00:05:52Oh, look at this.

00:05:53You got a Scott Taylor pin on.

00:05:55It's crazy.

00:05:56I like that.

00:05:59What's up, Scotty?

00:06:00Hey, man.

00:06:01How are you doing, buddy?

00:06:02Good, buddy.

00:06:03Well, let's go ahead and start our captain's meeting.

00:06:06We do this before every race.

00:06:07Fine.

00:06:08It gives you your chance as a team captain to make changes or trades.

00:06:15Stabbed in the back out of the way around.

00:06:17I stabbed in the back.

00:06:18Everybody.

00:06:19It's awesome.

00:06:20And as always, we start with the team that has the most biggest chance.

00:06:24Last place.

00:06:25Yeah.

00:06:26Yeah.

00:06:27Dean, any changes for you before this race?

00:06:31No.

00:06:32So no changes?

00:06:34No changes.

00:06:35Mr. Murillo.

00:06:36Something may be going on here.

00:06:37Is it going to happen?

00:06:38I don't know.

00:06:39Maybe.

00:06:40That's what we're here to talk about.

00:06:41What are we going to do to get there?

00:06:42Oh, hey!

00:06:43Oh, my God.

00:06:44Is it going to happen?

00:06:45Yeah.

00:06:46Well, I don't know.

00:06:47We need...

00:06:48Wait, wait.

00:06:49How much is there?

00:06:50Where's the scooter?

00:06:51Oh!

00:06:52That's his deal.

00:06:53That's his deal.

00:06:54I told y'all that's between y'all.

00:06:55I think we're giving him like a 250.

00:06:57A 250?

00:06:58Yeah, a scooter.

00:06:59Is that the small one?

00:07:00Yeah.

00:07:01He didn't say what kind.

00:07:02No, I didn't.

00:07:03Now, see there?

00:07:04They come up on a pretty good agreement.

00:07:06Murillo wanted to pay $5,000.

00:07:07I really wanted $10,000.

00:07:08They met in the middle.

00:07:09Did $7,500.

00:07:10He even got me to chip in a Burmax scooter.

00:07:13So everybody's out of pocket a little bit.

00:07:15But hey, if I can go up to a team that's doing good

00:07:17and maybe learn something from my program, I'll be happy.

00:07:21Who are you trading for?

00:07:23I'm trading Doc.

00:07:24Doc?

00:07:25We didn't talk about that.

00:07:26I didn't hear that.

00:07:27Oh, yeah.

00:07:28No, we never talked about that.

00:07:29Doc was the guy.

00:07:30Oh, yeah.

00:07:31Doc was the guy.

00:07:32Now the money's stock.

00:07:33Hold on.

00:07:34Yes.

00:07:35This is pretty funny.

00:07:36So close.

00:07:37Now, hold on.

00:07:38There's something else I want to talk about.

00:07:39Oh, .

00:07:40I want to do, OK, I want nothing for Brandon,

00:07:43but I want Brandon to go also.

00:07:45Nothing for Brandon.

00:07:47Who else would you trade other than Doc?

00:07:50B-Rad.

00:07:51B, OK.

00:07:52B-Rad and Doc and our deal here and Brandon and Scooter.

00:07:58This is interesting.

00:07:59It's a good deal.

00:08:01I wasn't expecting this at all.

00:08:03I didn't consider trading B-Rad yet.

00:08:07Well, Brandon James is already in.

00:08:10It is a no-brainer in my opinion.

00:08:13Sorry, B-Rad.

00:08:14I appreciate everything.

00:08:16But at this point, we have to have five people in at all times

00:08:20if we're going to have any shot at winning this.

00:08:23Yeah.

00:08:24Personally, I think it's a good deal.

00:08:25Oh, dang.

00:08:26All right, we got a deal.

00:08:27OK, done deal.

00:08:28You got two new teammates.

00:08:29So, sorry, Doc.

00:08:30Doc.

00:08:31Yeah, sorry, B-Rad.

00:08:32Yeah.

00:08:33I told him I'd let him race his way in today

00:08:35before I thought about trading him.

00:08:37To be in this series as long as I have been,

00:08:39and knowing what's going on this year with the points,

00:08:42the teams, and the already trading and swapping of team players already,

00:08:46you have to be an idiot not to realize that at any given day,

00:08:51your weakest link could be traded.

00:08:53I like that pin.

00:08:54That's right.

00:08:55All right, Bodie.

00:08:56You still have a couple guys on your team you have not sold.

00:08:59You've got...

00:09:01You've got Bowman and Bobby.

00:09:03No, no, no.

00:09:04Bowman and Bobby.

00:09:05Uh-uh.

00:09:06No, no.

00:09:07We're good.

00:09:08OK.

00:09:09Swanstrom.

00:09:10No, I'm good.

00:09:11OK.

00:09:12Ryan.

00:09:13Yeah.

00:09:14No, I think we're good.

00:09:15I think I made a pretty big change last week.

00:09:17You did.

00:09:18Paid off.

00:09:19Paid off.

00:09:20Yeah.

00:09:21So we're good.

00:09:22Dave.

00:09:23Uh, I got Kyle back, so I got all five in.

00:09:25We're good.

00:09:26Kai.

00:09:27I'm good.

00:09:28Anything you'd like to share with the group?

00:09:29We got all five in.

00:09:30Good.

00:09:31All right.

00:09:32Points and a half.

00:09:33Points and a half.

00:09:34This is a pretty big race.

00:09:36This is the first race of points and a half,

00:09:38and if anybody's going to make a push to the end,

00:09:40it really doesn't matter who it is.

00:09:41Me, anybody that's not in first place, this is where you start.

00:09:44All right.

00:09:45Well, that's all I got, guys.

00:09:46All right.

00:09:47All right.

00:09:48In the captain's meeting, we saw another big trade.

00:09:50Murillo put up Scott Taylor and Brandon James in exchange

00:09:53for Doc, B-Rad, $7,500, and a scooter.

00:09:57The big ticket items in the trade were very strange, but look,

00:10:00these captains are trying to get their angle into this championship.

00:10:03This change could make a huge difference.

00:10:06Hey, we're glad to have you guys.

00:10:08Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:10:09Thanks.

00:10:10We do still have a shot, though.

00:10:12Absolutely.

00:10:13Especially with the points and a halves today, next week, and then double.

00:10:18We got a real good shot.

00:10:19Still achievable.

00:10:20It's doable.

00:10:21It is.

00:10:22We have to do well this weekend to still continue to have a shot.

00:10:25We need the Nates drawing the kies.

00:10:28Ryan drawing Robin.

00:10:29Yes.

00:10:30Yes.

00:10:31Stuff like that.

00:10:32I agree.

00:10:33So we need some of them teams to go out.

00:10:34So we need some luck.

00:10:35Yeah, we need some luck and us running good at the same time.

00:10:38I think all five people on this team could win at any moment.

00:10:40I think so, too.

00:10:41That's a good thing.

00:10:42One of us needs to win this event this weekend.

00:10:44It would be nice.

00:10:45For sure.

00:10:47With the addition of Scott and Brandon, Team Murder Nova

00:10:50now has all five drivers in the event, leaving Team Murillo with none.

00:10:55So that trade is already working out for Sean.

00:10:58The top three teams in points, Team Kai, Team Ryan, and Team Dave, also have all five in.

00:11:04While Disco Dean, Bodie, and Swanstrom each have four.

00:11:08With this event being points and a half, every driver in the field will earn 15 points just

00:11:13for making it into the first round.

00:11:15But these captains know they got to move as many drivers as possible into the later rounds

00:11:20in order to stay in contention for the championship.

00:11:23As you can see, we have a group of drivers here on the starting line.

00:11:27This group of drivers is the 32 drivers that will be competing for $40,000 today.

00:11:33There's 32 of them.

00:11:34These drivers are going to each draw a chip out of the bucket.

00:11:44Ow, damn it.

00:11:45You want me to pull you out?

00:11:46Let me pull you on out.

00:11:48Round one, there are a couple matchups to keep your eye on.

00:11:56Scott Taylor is going up against Kyle Canyon.

00:11:58Look, you got to think Scott is really wanting to prove that he is worth the money and the scooter that was put up to get the trade.

00:12:06Then you've got Damon going up against Lizzy.

00:12:09Look, two new teammates, two heavy hitters going up against each other.

00:12:14And then we've got Kai Kelly going up against Axeman.

00:12:17Look, a lot of pressure on this race.

00:12:19Kai Kelly trying to keep his team in first place and Axeman sitting on the second place team.

00:12:24All right, folks. Invitational first round starts right now. First pair. That's going to be Rich Bruder going up against David Gates.

00:12:33First pair out.

00:12:35All right, he's coming now.

00:12:37Sorry, David. Don't matter.

00:12:38We got it.

00:12:39Round one, we got David Gates.

00:12:41First round's a tough round, and we got to put a fast dude up in it.

00:12:44We can't take him late.

00:12:45So if we can knock him out on this round, you know, that allows us to get some more points, even though it's one and a half points.

00:12:50So that's it. We got to do what we got to do.

00:12:52You know, we got Rich Bruder. We're going to be first pair out down the left lane, and we're going to go out there and we're going to let this thing go and get to the other end first, come back over here, service the old girl, cool her down, and be ready to go rounds today.

00:13:09The goal when we got here is to go win the thing, and after testing Friday night, I feel like we got the car to beat here this weekend along with our team captain Kai Kelly, and we know where we stand at now, and the car's reacting to what we're doing to it.

00:13:31And I think at the end of the night, I hope to be standing here holding that trophy, drinking cold beer.

00:13:38All right, folks, the invitational first round starts right now. First pair, that's going to be Rich Bruder going up against David and Gates.

00:14:03And Rich Bruder takes the win. Great drag, Rich Bruder turns on the win light.

00:14:30Ours got all out back. What'd you do?

00:14:33She looked like a first car's out.

00:14:36It's hard to be in the first pairs out.

00:14:43I'm about ready not to be any pairs out.

00:14:47All right, folks, next pair coming up right now, you're going to have Bodie going up against Kayla Morton.

00:14:53Okay, so we had some issues on Friday. Worked really hard to get it back together. The next three races are extremely important.

00:15:02Yeah, points and a half.

00:15:03Points and a half and then double points. It is invitational day. It's a very important day because we do have points and a half.

00:15:11You can't help but be a little nervous in these situations just because points and a half can make you or break you. I definitely have a little bubble guts today.

00:15:18So it'll be a driver's wheel race and a tuner's computer race.

00:15:22Yes, it's definitely a different track and we tend to thrive on off the trailer races and I like our chances here.

00:15:29Cool. Let's go do it.

00:15:31We drew Bodie round one, which is a pretty solid draw. Chase always tells me draw good before I go and I think we did just that.

00:15:38Team got four in, man. Everybody's car seems to be running good. We got some momentum going, man. I know I got a tough fight, but I feel good, man. I got the right lane. I liked it. I wanted it. So I'm ready to go out there and show what this car can do.

00:15:59Caleb Orton will take the win there. Nice pass right down through there. Bodie.

00:16:27He might have had to pedal there.

00:16:31Round one is always the most nerve-wracking, so I'm really glad to get that over with. We had a lot of problems on Friday that we had to fix, so I'm glad she's back together and she's healthy.

00:16:40And honestly, I was a little worried about Bodie guessing, but he didn't. And yeah, on to round two, so it's smooth sailing now.

00:16:46All right, next pair coming up right now. We got Chuck Sidesinger going up against your Great Eight winner, Nate Saylor.

00:16:55Well, we finally got that monkey off our back. I wanted that Great Eight badly. Badly.

00:17:02We just got off the Great Eight last night. We got our first Great Eight win. We're super jacked about that.

00:17:07We got a badass car right now. This thing's flying. We're ready for the invitation today to collect some points.

00:17:12Everything should stay the same. We got the new pushrods in, and we got more room on our table for another trophy, so I really want to do that today.

00:17:20And this track's fast. Today's point and a half date, so with five guys going rounds from our team, we can shorten that gap up.

00:17:28Like, we could make that gap disappear today. So that's our plan. That's what we're going to do. Anything any one of these guys needs, whatever I have is theirs.

00:17:34This team is ready to back each other, and we're ready to win this championship.

00:17:38I had a mishap on Friday. We torched a boater. We broke two rods. I made it in the Invitational. Then I draw Nate Saylor.

00:17:58Like, probably the fastest guy out of the parking lot, but you can't win this Invitational without going through the best.

00:18:03So, uh, whether you're racing the first round or the last round, you've got to beat him in order to win this $40,000.

00:18:08So, hell, bring it on.

00:18:28And Nate Saylor will take the win there. Nice pass for Nate. He'll move on the next round.

00:18:34That just took whatever he gave it, so it did, didn't it?

00:18:40I was honestly afraid he was going to jump on me just because he's kind of known for that, and he didn't. He made it a fair race.

00:18:46We turned on the green light. It went right down the line, and she's solid today, so we got a good race car.

00:18:52Hey, hey, go win this . Go win this whole thing, man. Good job. You've been doing great the last couple weeks.

00:18:57Thanks, brother. I like it. Thank you.

00:18:59All right, folks. Next pair, Tony McKinney versus Clay Cole coming at you right now.

00:19:14I drew Tony McKinney. Today's a Points and a Half event, huge for us. We've got all five of our team members in the event.

00:19:21We've all got to perform. We've at least got to go two rounds. As long as we're one, two, three, four, five,

00:19:26that's all I care about.

00:19:40So we weren't able to race our way in. We found some issues with the car. We should have found them earlier, but our schedule is so grueling.

00:19:46We don't have the time to test. We got Clay Cole. Clay Cole's fast. He beat me on the racer way in in Colorado and went on to make it all the way to the finals. So I owe him one. We're going to be one for three. I'll take it today if I can.

00:20:02We got the time to test. We got the time to test. We'll be one for three.

00:20:24and clay cole will take the win there nice pass for clay cole straight as an arrow there in that

00:20:38right lane great rip there for him all right folks next pair coming up right now it's gonna

00:20:45be greg chandler going up against mike bowman

00:20:54so i'm all pumped up today for you know racing greg chandler uh really need to make this happen

00:21:06um you know we're getting near the end of the year we're just gonna look at one round at a time

00:21:12we gotta race through this and we got a good hot rod and uh we just gotta make it happen

00:21:24and mike bowman gets the win there greg chandler has some issues is out of it by the 330.

00:21:41all right folks next pair that's gonna be bobby decote going up against robin roberts

00:21:46if it stays overcast at all there are gonna be some big fast cars and fast numbers

00:21:50all the fast guys will roll right up front round one i drew bobby decote he's a wild card he's he can

00:21:57be fast but he's just a wild card you never know what he's gonna do so now we got bobby

00:22:01man i drew a bear he's robin roberts we blew this thing up last night got it back together

00:22:15it cranks i know that much so we're about to see what the rest of it's gonna do i'm gonna try to

00:22:19treat him and i hope i stay out front of him and get the w because i gotta give me some freaking points

00:22:24all right folks next pair that's gonna be bobby decote going up against robin roberts

00:22:40yeah roll up against bobby car shook just a little bit and then hauled out the back door so

00:23:08i knew it was over and i never saw him i was the third team driver to go and the third one to get

00:23:14the w for team ryan martin we're in a great spot oh yeah i was gonna race this thing fast yeah thanks

00:23:20all right folks this next pair here that's gonna be cali mills going up against brandon james

00:23:26go out there and quiver a little bit but you're gonna have to stay with it until you you know

00:23:31you know when how far to take it all right okay all right i actually raced brandon james in the

00:23:38grudge passes and pretty close race until i had to abort i know that my car is faster now than it was

00:23:44when we raced him so i think it should be good as long as i can do my job on the tree and not let him

00:23:48get out on me

00:23:49we broke a lot of things the other day i mean everything's new transmission is new third

00:24:03member's new so we can't really run it exactly how we would normally run it but we kind of know

00:24:08about where she's at so i'm confident going in the first round

00:24:11and cali mills takes the win what a drag race there

00:24:34all right next pair that's gonna be chris rankin going up against jeff lutz

00:24:40round one driver's meeting i draw chris rankin i've raced him many times before and i've always

00:24:49come out with a win so i don't plan it any different but hey he's getting better his car's fast

00:24:56he's one to watch out for i just don't know if it's going to be today

00:24:59good old lutz somehow we've raced in three times now in the invitational hopefully third time's charm

00:25:17we can get over one on this one and we need it they got a fast hot rod and they're pretty damn

00:25:21consistent so we're gonna have a work cut out for us but got to beat the best to be the best so

00:25:26there's a lot of best guys here's got to be beat yet he's one of them

00:25:31and jeff lutz is out of there like a rocket ship gets the win chris rankin

00:25:51something break here right on the line

00:25:54so the race went for me good for lutz got the win damn it man

00:26:04we'll get it apart here see what happened hopefully lutz can go on and move on and

00:26:12do really well for himself damn all right kyle canyon going up against scott scooter taylor

00:26:19everything good you think we got to shake these first round blues we're on a new team

00:26:25uh team murder nova now and we've been stinking for about six races and it's time to turn that

00:26:32around a little bit of pressure

00:26:34might be a pretty tight race with him yes with scott we got points to make up after the last two races

00:26:42being gone making that up pretty fast with points and a half today i know dave's counting on us to go

00:26:47rounds and he was missing us the last two races so we got a good hot rod we got a good car

00:26:51it's time to go prove it

00:26:53so

00:26:55so

00:27:00so

00:27:05so

00:27:07so

00:27:11so

00:27:15And Kyle Canyon gets the win.

00:27:32What was that bobble bobble?

00:27:33He's just not comfortable in the car, man.

00:27:36Been there, though.

00:27:37Whenever you lose so much, man,

00:27:38you're just not confident in the car.

00:27:40I think that's the problem.

00:27:41Because he shouldn't have went up on the brake that early.

00:27:43Yeah, that was weird.

00:27:44It seems like no matter how much we test,

00:27:49the first round is just killing us.

00:27:51And down towards the finish line,

00:27:53transmission line blows off.

00:27:55Thankfully, you know,

00:27:56if we're going to look at any kind of luck,

00:27:57at least it didn't burn me.

00:27:59It sprayed to the right side of the car.

00:28:01And honestly, that's pretty lucky.

00:28:03I'm not going to the hospital right now.

00:28:05So I'm going to take it as a win.

00:28:06You know, I'm healthy.

00:28:08I can watch my friends race.

00:28:09And we'll try to be the ones they're watching next week.

00:28:11Like a decent pass or something happened?

00:28:15Oh, it blew a hydraulic line inside here.

00:28:17I'm just happy it didn't get me.

00:28:18It, like, shot...

00:28:20It burned all the carpet straight through, like...

00:28:22Next pair.

00:28:23That's going to be Larry Larson going up against...

00:28:26Daddy Dave!

00:28:28I think I'll make the same pass that made the other night.

00:28:30We'll be good to go.

00:28:30Here in Gallop, we drew Dave again.

00:28:34We get a little chance to redeem ourselves today,

00:28:36first round again.

00:28:37So that'll put a little hurting on those guys

00:28:40if we can take him out.

00:28:42And with this points deal,

00:28:43I think it's going to get pretty interesting

00:28:44in the next three races.

00:28:51We got really good test passes in the other night.

00:28:54The car's good.

00:28:56We freshened the motor up.

00:28:57Everything should be good to go.

00:28:58I got Larry Larson again.

00:29:00We've met up quite a few times this season

00:29:02and he hasn't outran me yet.

00:29:04So I'm going to keep that streak going

00:29:06and see if we can go into the second round.

00:29:28And Daddy Dave kills him on the starting line.

00:29:32He takes the win.

00:29:35I don't think he's...

00:29:36I think Larry's late.

00:29:39I figured he knew we'd have his ass.

00:29:42Well, that race was a little,

00:29:44let's just say aggravating.

00:29:47Larry, if you think I jumped on you, I apologize.

00:29:49I had no intentions of guessing it.

00:29:51The crappy part about it is

00:29:52if you're going to jump, admit you jump.

00:29:54Don't stand down there to lie to me.

00:29:56I think he thinks I guessed on him.

00:29:59Did you?

00:30:00I don't know.

00:30:01I'm pretty sure I did not.

00:30:03Did I leave early?

00:30:04Was it green?

00:30:05You might have left early.

00:30:06But you didn't go red.

00:30:07Uh-huh.

00:30:09All right, the next pair,

00:30:10you got Chuck 55 going up against Jim Howell.

00:30:14Good luck, Jim.

00:30:15Good luck, brother.

00:30:16You bet.

00:30:17Now we're moving into that points and a half

00:30:19in our points chase right now,

00:30:21so today is a big day.

00:30:22We drew our good friend Chuck 55.

00:30:24They've had some struggles here lately,

00:30:26but when that car makes a good rip,

00:30:27it's usually fast.

00:30:36I drew Jim Howell,

00:30:38and he's probably one of the five cars

00:30:41I wouldn't wish for in first round.

00:30:42But, uh, hey,

00:30:44eventually you're going to have to draw somebody fast,

00:30:46and, uh,

00:30:47I think we got the car that can beat him.

00:30:49I'm going to try to leave on him,

00:30:51and, uh, if I can leave on him,

00:30:52I think we got to cover him.

00:31:05All right, the next pair,

00:31:06you got Chuck 55 going up against Jim Howell.

00:31:12And Chuck 55 with a great pass.

00:31:29Gets the win.

00:31:31Nice job.

00:31:31Nice pass.

00:31:32Chuck 55 moving on the next round.

00:31:37Man, that was a drag race.

00:31:39Mine tried to go right.

00:31:42I seen him starting to make a move.

00:31:45And I thought, man,

00:31:46I just hope mine will stay hooked.

00:31:48And it did, thank goodness.

00:31:50All right, folks,

00:31:50next pair here in this invitational first round

00:31:52is going to be a good one.

00:31:54Driving the Pro Charge Camaro,

00:31:55that is going to be Damon Merchant

00:31:57going up against Lizzie Musi.

00:32:00Did you guys look at the air last or no?

00:32:02I haven't lately.

00:32:04It was like 1,300 last time I worked.

00:32:07I think it was better.

00:32:07So today is the official invitational day.

00:32:12The rain has passed.

00:32:13We got some cloud cover.

00:32:15It's actually pretty chilly out.

00:32:17Good temps for nitrous cars.

00:32:18We like to go fast in that.

00:32:19Okay, going in.

00:32:21Love you.

00:32:24Of course.

00:32:25We go out for first round of chip draw,

00:32:27and I get Damon Merchant first round.

00:32:30Damon was definitely not the one

00:32:32I wanted to draw first round for invitational,

00:32:34especially he's on our team,

00:32:35and, you know, he's fast.

00:32:39It don't sound right, does it?

00:32:41No, no.

00:32:48It sounded right there.

00:32:50It didn't sound right on idle.

00:32:52It sounded like it was missing a couple.

00:32:53Nah, she would never come up here hurt on purpose.

00:33:03Pat would never do that.

00:33:05It's not better now.

00:33:08Damon Merchant in the right lane.

00:33:11Lizzie over here in this left lane.

00:33:14Pat, as you see,

00:33:15the brakes and it's on board.

00:33:16And Damon Merchant

00:33:40gets her on the tree

00:33:42and never looks back.

00:33:45The car made a phenomenal pass,

00:33:50so I'm super pumped about that.

00:33:52The guy's been working their ass off,

00:33:54and we're heading in the right direction right now.

00:33:57We've got a hot rod that can win this thing.

00:33:59Good?

00:33:59Good job on that tree.

00:34:01Did I get it?

00:34:02Yeah, you did.

00:34:05It's all good.

00:34:06Yeah, it didn't shift, so...

00:34:08It really didn't?

00:34:09No.

00:34:10He said you...

00:34:11It was on the rev limiter.

00:34:12Yeah.

00:34:13I don't know what the hell's going on.

00:34:15I'm not having any luck,

00:34:17I can tell you.

00:34:18Sometimes I'd rather be lucky

00:34:19any time than that.

00:34:20I said that same thing.

00:34:21Yeah.

00:34:22Sometimes you've got to be lucky and good.

00:34:23Yeah.

00:34:24That sucks.

00:34:25We've got another freaking first-round loss

00:34:28eating away at me

00:34:29because it's been several events in a row,

00:34:31so...

00:34:32And that's not typical for us.

00:34:34We'll at least go a couple rounds, you know?

00:34:37I don't know.

00:34:38This is a little rough.

00:34:39So now, keep going.

00:34:41Thank you, ma'am.

00:34:42Next fair, that's going to be Jimmy Taylor

00:34:44going up against Ryan Martin.

00:34:49Good luck, Blake.

00:34:49Thank you, man.

00:34:50Appreciate that.

00:34:53This is a big race.

00:34:55This is the first one of points and a half,

00:34:57so we've got three races left,

00:34:58and it goes points and a half,

00:34:59points and a half,

00:35:00and double points.

00:35:01This being the first points and a half,

00:35:03and us getting all good draws,

00:35:05and Kai not getting such a good draw,

00:35:07this is our opportunity to catch him.

00:35:09He's been running away with this deal this year,

00:35:10and we need to go get him,

00:35:12and this is our chance to make a big move.

00:35:13So all it's going to take

00:35:15is a couple of us to get in the finals,

00:35:16which means we've got to have good cars

00:35:17that run good,

00:35:18and we stay away from each other.

00:35:30We're in North Carolina

00:35:32getting ready to run

00:35:33the first round of the Invitational.

00:35:34We made it in yesterday.

00:35:36We drawled Ryan Martin,

00:35:37first pass.

00:35:39Ryan's strong.

00:35:40He runs good.

00:35:41I think we've got something for him, though.

00:35:43We ran Friday night.

00:35:43We've got our car run

00:35:44the three best passes it's ever ran.

00:35:46We're going to leave it all on the line.

00:36:07And Ryan Martin right down Broadway

00:36:08gets the win.

00:36:09Nice job.

00:36:10Jimmy Taylor has some issues there

00:36:11in that left lane,

00:36:12has to get out of it.

00:36:13This is points and a half,

00:36:16so every one of these rounds

00:36:17are super crucial.

00:36:18The important thing

00:36:19is just to keep going

00:36:19and collecting points.

00:36:20My team's sitting

00:36:21in a pretty good spot.

00:36:22So far,

00:36:23four of my five guys are in.

00:36:24I got Giuseppe left,

00:36:26and I think he's probably

00:36:27going to be in two,

00:36:27but we're sitting pretty good already.

00:36:30Good race, Jimmy.

00:36:32Good race, buddy.

00:36:33I busted rear-enter drive line.

00:36:34Did you?

00:36:36I hate to hear that.

00:36:37I don't like that we didn't get a good race.

00:36:38Thanks, man.

00:36:39Appreciate it.

00:36:39Sorry to hear that, man.

00:36:40Hey, part of it.

00:36:41If you need anything,

00:36:42let me know.

00:36:42Nah.

00:36:43Thanks, man.

00:36:44All right, folks.

00:36:45This next pair right here

00:36:46is going to be a good one.

00:36:47That's going to be Axeman

00:36:48going up against Kai Kelly.

00:36:51Let's see how it goes.

00:36:54Yeah, it sucks about Damon

00:36:55and Lizzie drawing each other.

00:36:58It's two of our

00:36:58consistently fast cars.

00:37:01Yep.

00:37:02It's the first race

00:37:02of points and a half.

00:37:03We're hoping we can do better

00:37:04this week and go some rounds

00:37:06because everybody's

00:37:07starting to catch us.

00:37:08Going into the day,

00:37:09I got five in,

00:37:09but the top four teams

00:37:10has got five in,

00:37:11so they really don't matter.

00:37:12We just,

00:37:13we really need to go rounds

00:37:14with them.

00:37:14We need to take them out

00:37:15round by round

00:37:16and hopefully be

00:37:17the last one standing.

00:37:31Around one,

00:37:32I drew Axeman.

00:37:33Axeman's been guessing

00:37:34on everybody,

00:37:34but I feel like me and him

00:37:36is good enough buddies

00:37:37that I think he'll give me

00:37:38a straight up race,

00:37:38so I'm going to go up there

00:37:39and run my race.

00:37:40I'm not going to guess on him.

00:37:41I'm going to leave on green

00:37:42and see what happens.

00:37:59All right, folks,

00:38:00this next pair right here

00:38:00is going to be a good one.

00:38:01That's going to be Axeman

00:38:02going up against Kai.

00:38:04Kai Kelly.

00:38:22Axeman's going to get the win.

00:38:24Kai Kelly's car dies

00:38:26on the starting line.

00:38:28Axeman gets the win.

00:38:30Kai Kelly's car dies

00:38:32on the starting line.

00:38:36Wow.

00:38:36Is that a f***ing blower belt?

00:38:38Yep.

00:38:40Is that another f***ing belt?

00:38:44We do our burnouts.

00:38:45I stage,

00:38:46I get ready to leave on green,

00:38:47and a blower belt breaks again.

00:38:48This year has been a year

00:38:49of that kind of dumb-ass s*** happening.

00:38:52It's a tough loss for me today.

00:38:54It makes the wearer

00:38:55the rest of these teams

00:38:55is going to catch us today.

00:38:57It just sucks.

00:38:57It's a f***ing situation.

00:38:59Nothing good comes from it,

00:39:01and I really don't know how to take it.

00:39:02I'm just pissed off,

00:39:03feeling sorry for myself,

00:39:04and that's about it.

00:39:07Ooh.

00:39:10All right, folks,

00:39:10next pair coming at you right now.

00:39:12That is going to be Giuseppe

00:39:13going up against Justin Swanstrom.

00:39:15The team is in a real good position.

00:39:20We got all five drivers in.

00:39:21We got points and a half for this race.

00:39:23Feeling good about the car.

00:39:24It's right where it needs to be.

00:39:25As long as we make a nice, clean run,

00:39:27I feel like we can beat Justin on this round.

00:39:38This weekend, we're short on hands.

00:39:39My dad had some work issues come up.

00:39:42This will be my first race racing without him,

00:39:44so that definitely sucks,

00:39:45but I've called him every pass that we've made.

00:39:48He's watching it on live feed.

00:39:50He's trying to coach me through.

00:39:52I made three passes Friday night,

00:39:54and the car was steadily,

00:39:55gradually driving left.

00:39:56We had to put some preload in the car,

00:39:58and I called him on the phone,

00:39:59and he talked me through

00:40:00on how to get everything ready,

00:40:01so hopefully this car

00:40:02will drive back straighter.

00:40:14And Seppi's going to get the win there.

00:40:25Justin Swansham on a pass,

00:40:26but he's unglued there about the 330.

00:40:30You know, I went out there.

00:40:33This car out of nowhere,

00:40:34it just snapped sideways.

00:40:36If my dad was here,

00:40:37he probably could have read the track

00:40:38a little bit better than I did.

00:40:39But, you know, I tried my best,

00:40:40but it just wasn't good enough.

00:40:42Justin, good race, buddy.

00:40:45This will be the final pair

00:40:47for the first round.

00:40:48That is going to be Paige Coughlin

00:40:49going up against Murder Nova.

00:40:52Hey, do you see a little starstruck

00:40:54race at Murder Nova,

00:40:55or is it an old hat at this point?

00:40:56Oh, no.

00:40:57It's...

00:40:57It'll be a starstruck

00:40:58every single time.

00:41:00You know, just because

00:41:01I might have a little fangirl moment

00:41:03doesn't mean I'm going to go easy on him.

00:41:05This will be a great rematch.

00:41:06And we got that new motor in that car,

00:41:09so we're meeting business here.

00:41:10No easygoing for Murder Nova.

00:41:21I know what she has

00:41:22because it's the same thing that I have.

00:41:24And I don't know how much

00:41:26they're unleashing that car at this point.

00:41:28But I know what the car's capable of,

00:41:30and that's the only thing I can go off of.

00:41:32So I'm not going to underestimate her.

00:41:36Yeah!

00:41:54We made a good lick, man.

00:41:57I let go of the button.

00:41:59The car did exactly what we told it to do.

00:42:01She was right there.

00:42:02It looked like a good race,

00:42:03but we got that wind light, baby.

00:42:06You made a good one, didn't you?

00:42:08Thanks. We're still getting this thing figured out.

00:42:09It looked like you was right...

00:42:11As soon as I hit the chutes, I looked over,

00:42:12and you was right there, so...

00:42:14I tried. That was a long tree.

00:42:15It was, wasn't it?

00:42:16Holy smokes.

00:42:16It was.

00:42:16I was like, don't you go run now.

00:42:18Don't do it.

00:42:20Good job.

00:42:20Good race.

00:42:22Going into round two,

00:42:23Ryan Martin has all five of his drivers still in the event.

00:42:27This really appears like Ryan's team has just got the momentum,

00:42:30and they are building on it.

00:42:32Day's team has four, Sean's team has three,

00:42:35and our number one in points, Team Kai, only has two.

00:42:39All right, here we go.

00:42:40Guys, this is your chance to make up ground

00:42:43on the number one team, which is Team Kai Kelly.

00:42:45It is one and a half times points, all right?

00:42:48So the points are getting bigger for each round, right?

00:42:50Let's go ahead and draw chips

00:42:52and see who is racing who here in this second round.

00:42:56Oh, good.

00:42:59All right, guys.

00:43:03Let's start with number ones.

00:43:06First pair, Mike Bowman versus Murder Nova.

00:43:10Number two.

00:43:12Oh, boy.

00:43:14Going to be Jeff Lutz versus Ryan Martin.

00:43:18Oh, teammates.

00:43:19Kyle Canyon versus Axeman.

00:43:21Callie Mills versus Daddy Dave.

00:43:25Number fives.

00:43:26Clay Cole versus Robin Roberts.

00:43:31Giuseppe versus Chuck 55.

00:43:34Number seven is Rich Bruder versus Kayla Morton,

00:43:39which means my eighth and final pair.

00:43:41Oh, boy.

00:43:42Going to be Damon Merchant versus Nate Saylor.

00:43:46That's going to be a fast pass right there.

00:43:50Woo.

00:43:51Drivers, you know who you're racing.

00:43:52You know what you got to do.

00:43:53Go back to the pits.

00:43:54Get your cars turned around.

00:43:55Bring them into the staging lanes.

00:43:57I want to give someone $40,000 today.

00:44:00Let's see who it'll be.

00:44:00Let's go.

00:44:01Let's go.

00:44:01Well, here we go.

00:44:07First pair coming at you right now in the second round.

00:44:09That's going to be Mike Bowman going up against Murder Nova.

00:44:16It's the tough task of beating Sean right here.

00:44:19We're going to the second round.

00:44:21Who do I draw?

00:44:23Sean.

00:44:24I mean, probably one of the toughest guys here.

00:44:26So I stepped it up a little bit right here.

00:44:29Hopefully it hooks and, you know,

00:44:31makes a trip all the way down the racetrack

00:44:32and they cut a good light

00:44:33and we'll see what we can do here.

00:44:36Hey, good luck, brother.

00:44:37Hey, good luck, man.

00:44:39Round two, I haven't raced Bowman.

00:44:42I don't know if I've raced him yet this season.

00:44:44At the beginning of the season, he was on fire.

00:44:46His car was one of the fastest on the property.

00:44:48He had a little bit of problems with it

00:44:50and I actually think he's back now.

00:44:52He's been running good.

00:44:53He raced his way in.

00:44:54He's been taking out some big name cars

00:44:56and he's fast.

00:45:01We tweaked the tune just a little bit

00:45:11off the first pass,

00:45:12tried to go a little bit faster.

00:45:14We have to go as fast as we possibly can.

00:45:16And Bernardinova takes the win

00:45:31with a great pass there in that left lane.

00:45:45Mike Bowman right there with him,

00:45:47but not enough.

00:45:47I left on him and I never looked back after that.

00:45:55We got the win light.

00:45:57It was a pretty close race,

00:45:58but on to the third round.

00:46:00Hey, man.

00:46:01Nice job, man.

00:46:02That was a good race, dude.

00:46:02Yes, it was.

00:46:03I got a little bit loose.

00:46:04Yeah, it did.

00:46:05Nice job, brother.

00:46:05You pulled out in front of me

00:46:06and you can't go around some way.

00:46:08I know what that thing's capable of

00:46:09and I know what you did early on in the season.

00:46:11So I promise you, man, I was worried.

00:46:15All right, folks.

00:46:15Next pair right here,

00:46:16that's going to be Jeff Lutz

00:46:17going up against Ryan Martin.

00:46:20Good luck, homie.

00:46:21Love you, brother.

00:46:21Be safe, man.

00:46:22See you at the other end.

00:46:23All right.

00:46:23Round two, I get Ryan Martin.

00:46:25Out of everybody in that damn group,

00:46:28there's two people I didn't want,

00:46:29Ryan Martin and Sean.

00:46:30So don't I get Ryan Martin.

00:46:32You know what?

00:46:49We've raced them here before

00:46:50and we beat them here before.

00:46:51So I'm going to give it hell.

00:47:02And Ryan Martin will take the win.

00:47:20That right there was a close race, folks.

00:47:22But Ryan Martin,

00:47:23they're going to turn that win light

00:47:24to get the win.

00:47:26After that pass,

00:47:27I can say that we made all the right moves.

00:47:29That's really four straight passes in a row.

00:47:31So I'm excited about that.

00:47:33I think we cut a pretty good hot rod.

00:47:35The thing's running pretty good.

00:47:36We're down to eight.

00:47:37That's all eight really fast cars.

00:47:39So we're going to see

00:47:41just how good we got it here pretty close.

00:47:43Race, man.

00:47:44Oh, yeah.

00:47:45Make a good pass?

00:47:46Yeah.

00:47:47I think it was.

00:47:49Yeah, you said you was right there

00:47:50for a little bit.

00:47:53All right.

00:47:54Next pair,

00:47:55these two drivers are teammates.

00:47:56Kyle Canyon going up

00:47:58against Axeman Larry Roach.

00:48:01Round two,

00:48:09we drew Axeman,

00:48:10drew our teammate.

00:48:11Bad deal.

00:48:12But in the scheme of things,

00:48:13one of us goes on.

00:48:13So we get points.

00:48:15With Kai losing three drivers

00:48:16in the first round,

00:48:17we're hoping this really helps us

00:48:18close the gap.

00:48:19It guarantees another car moving on.

00:48:21So there's a positive there for us.

00:48:22Kyle Canyon going to take the win there

00:48:47against Axeman.

00:48:48Wow.

00:48:49Kyle Canyon out of there.

00:48:50Looks like Axeman's chutes did not come out,

00:48:53but he makes the turn,

00:48:54so that's good.

00:48:55That pass was good for us.

00:48:59It was picking the front tires

00:49:00up in the middle,

00:49:00and it was on a run.

00:49:02I think it would have been hard

00:49:02for anybody to outrun,

00:49:03so I'm on cloud nine right now.

00:49:05First part of the year,

00:49:06we had some good showings,

00:49:07and I think we're back.

00:49:08I mean, I really do.

00:49:09So I'm excited to see

00:49:11what this thing does

00:49:11the rest of the night.

00:49:12Hopefully, it's our night.

00:49:14Damn, I just my pants for you.

00:49:16Oh, don't lie to me.

00:49:17Hey, I don't know.

00:49:19You 60-footed the **** out of me.

00:49:21What happened out there?

00:49:22Chutes with no ****.

00:49:23Passures didn't come over.

00:49:25Whew.

00:49:25And it was running so fast,

00:49:26passures didn't come over,

00:49:27and I stood on the brake.

00:49:28I seen it.

00:49:28And all of a sudden,

00:49:29the brakes got so hot,

00:49:30then it slid sideways.

00:49:32I seen it.

00:49:32Whew.

00:49:33All right, next pair.

00:49:34That is going to be Callie Mills

00:49:36going up against Daddy Dave Comstock.

00:49:41Chip draw for round two.

00:49:43I drew Daddy Dave.

00:49:44I've raced Daddy Dave.

00:49:46Quite a bit.

00:49:46He usually beats me,

00:49:48but I have a lot more confidence in my car.

00:49:49My car's a lot faster now

00:49:51than when he's raced me in the past.

00:49:53Justin lost.

00:49:54Jim Howell lost.

00:49:55Anthony McKinney lost.

00:49:56So it is what it is.

00:49:57I'm just going to do my job,

00:49:58and hopefully I can continue on

00:50:00and carry the team, I'd say.

00:50:12Second round, we got Callie Mills.

00:50:14I raced with her, Dan.

00:50:15I watched her dad growing up.

00:50:17Kaylee's watched me race as she grew up.

00:50:19It's kind of cool to actually race

00:50:21one of the guys' daughters,

00:50:22and she's doing really good.

00:50:24The car's really fast,

00:50:25so it should be a really, really good race.

00:50:27great pass from him.

00:50:40Callie Mills also made a great rip there in the right lane,

00:50:58but just not quite enough.

00:51:01The car's good.

00:51:02That was a really, really fast pass.

00:51:04I got some awesome data from that one,

00:51:06so we're only going to go faster from here,

00:51:07but bad part of going into the third round,

00:51:10there's no ducks.

00:51:11I mean, everybody's there for a reason.

00:51:12Everybody's fast,

00:51:13so let's get a good draw and go on to the next round.

00:51:16You need me to help you get out, Grandad?

00:51:18Yeah.

00:51:21There's a lot of stuff in there.

00:51:23Good job, babe.

00:51:25It was close.

00:51:26It was close.

00:51:26I was like, go, go, go.

00:51:28I pulled the shoes,

00:51:29and it kind of went like this,

00:51:30and I was like,

00:51:30I was like, damn, she was right there.

00:51:32Good job.

00:51:32Yeah, I try to make sure

00:51:33that I get the shoes out and get it early.

00:51:35You know, like,

00:51:36Dad, I got to make sure I cut it off at the eighth mile,

00:51:38especially when she's smoking like she is.

00:51:40I'm like...

00:51:42That was good, right?

00:51:42How close was it?

00:51:43I think it was pretty close.

00:51:44Half a car, probably.

00:51:45I mean, maybe half a car.

00:51:46It was good.

00:51:47As soon as I lifted,

00:51:48you shot by, I go,

00:51:48damn, she was right there.

00:51:49Good job.

00:51:50Yeah.

00:51:51Good luck.

00:51:54All right, next pair coming up right now.

00:51:55That's going to be Clay Cole

00:51:56going up against Robin Roberts.

00:51:59Robin's a fast guy,

00:52:00but we'll put something in this here computer

00:52:03and make it go a little faster.

00:52:04Yes, sir.

00:52:05The car's gone perfectly straight.

00:52:06Now we can have power.

00:52:08But we went into this deal

00:52:09first round with five of our teammates

00:52:11in the imitation room.

00:52:12We came back after the first round

00:52:13with only two left,

00:52:14me and Damon Merchant.

00:52:16So we're really going to have to pick up the slack,

00:52:18hopefully go some rounds,

00:52:19and really stand up for our team

00:52:21so we can get these points and a half today

00:52:22to help keep our lead

00:52:24and keep them from coming closer to it.

00:52:34Drew Clay Cole,

00:52:35guy has been really fast this year.

00:52:37He's done great.

00:52:38He's just coming in,

00:52:39but our car's flying.

00:52:41The conditions are perfect.

00:52:43The weather's perfect.

00:52:43The air is perfect.

00:52:44It's going to,

00:52:45both cars are going to go really fast.

00:52:47Robin Roberts!

00:53:10Robin Roberts turns on.

00:53:14The win like that

00:53:16was another close race, folks.

00:53:20It was a drag race.

00:53:21He had just enough

00:53:22to inch me out down at the end.

00:53:23He got the win.

00:53:24Sucks for our team.

00:53:25We are not going to the next round

00:53:26to get any more points,

00:53:28but honestly,

00:53:29the most fun I've had all weekend.

00:53:31Right on!

00:53:34That's what we needed.

00:53:37Keep moving them around.

00:53:38Keep moving them around.

00:53:39All right, folks.

00:54:05Next pair coming up right now,

00:54:06we got Giuseppe going up

00:54:07against Chuck 55.

00:54:12We drew Chuck 55,

00:54:14raced Chuck 55 at the last race,

00:54:16and we were able to get him.

00:54:17We got by.

00:54:18I know he's fast.

00:54:19He said he was making some fast runs.

00:54:21It's going to be a pretty tough round

00:54:22here for us right now.

00:54:23I don't like my draw real well.

00:54:36I drew Giuseppe.

00:54:37It seems like he's kind of

00:54:38been my kryptonite,

00:54:39but I do feel like I have a car

00:54:40that can outrun him.

00:54:41I feel like I can make more power

00:54:43than he can.

00:54:44If I can just be on my game,

00:54:45I think I'm going to pull this one off

00:54:46and get that monkey off my back.

00:54:48All right, folks.

00:55:00Next pair coming up right now,

00:55:01we got Giuseppe going up

00:55:02against Chuck 55.

00:55:03And Giuseppe going to win

00:55:23that one.

00:55:24Both drivers driving those things

00:55:27down through there, folks.

00:55:28We left together.

00:55:34He jumps out there.

00:55:36Half track, I'm driving away from him.

00:55:37And my car's going to the left.

00:55:39I chop the throttle.

00:55:41He literally came up on me

00:55:42and clipped me right at the end.

00:55:45Next time I draw him,

00:55:46I'm going to chunk that piece

00:55:47of kryptonite at him

00:55:48when I go by him.

00:55:49He don't want to draw me next time,

00:55:51I'm telling you.

00:55:52Man, that was close.

00:55:53Oh, it was close.

00:55:54It was close.

00:55:55You had me.

00:55:56You had me.

00:55:58All right, folks.

00:55:59Here we go.

00:56:00Seventh pair.

00:56:00That is going to be Rich Bruder

00:56:02going up against Kayla Morton.

00:56:07Round two, we drew the Bruder brothers.

00:56:09And every race,

00:56:11they seem to get a little faster and faster.

00:56:12So we're going to be on our toes here,

00:56:14but we're ready.

00:56:14From a team aspect,

00:56:15we're not only looking out for Kai.

00:56:17We have to worry about Ryan

00:56:18because I think with his five drivers,

00:56:20he may have passed us.

00:56:21Down one for Ryan

00:56:22if we take out Bruder.

00:56:24We just got to keep picking him off, man.

00:56:28We got Kayla.

00:56:37She's been running good.

00:56:38A couple finals.

00:56:39Our car is fast.

00:56:40We're gaining points.

00:56:41All five of us are still in.

00:56:43Dave had four,

00:56:44so we got one more than them.

00:56:45Their team's running strong over there,

00:56:47so we're going to do

00:56:47what we have to do to get that win.

00:56:48And Kayla Morton will take the win there

00:57:07with that pass.

00:57:08Nice job.

00:57:09I definitely anticipated

00:57:18the light of Smidge.

00:57:20The deal is that they did it

00:57:22to Axeman last weekend,

00:57:23so I know he's capable.

00:57:24And it's just a cutthroat world out here.

00:57:26You know, it just is what it is.

00:57:28And if there's room in the tree

00:57:29to guess or anticipate,

00:57:31you got to get them before they get you.

00:57:33And that's just how this world works out here.

00:57:35Good job.

00:57:36All right, folks.

00:57:39Last pair of the second round.

00:57:40That is going to be Nate Saylor

00:57:42going up against Damon Merchant.

00:57:45Somebody's going to have to knock off

00:57:47on Nate's train here.

00:57:48Second round here at Galat,

00:57:50we drew Nate.

00:57:50A little bit of a struggle

00:57:51at the first of the year.

00:57:52Figured it out.

00:57:54He's been on fire ever since.

00:57:55But we're not teammates anymore.

00:57:58He's moved on to Ryan's team.

00:57:59I've moved on to Kai's.

00:58:00And it's set up to be

00:58:01a good rivalry right here.

00:58:06You know, he's walking around

00:58:17with a couple of winds under his belt,

00:58:19his chest out,

00:58:20and he's riding that wave right now.

00:58:22And it's going to be up to us right here

00:58:23to knock him off that pestle.

00:58:24And Damon Merchant

00:58:43jumps the tree down

00:58:46and gets the win against Nate Saylor.

00:58:49Woo!

00:58:51As soon as I seen it illuminate,

00:58:53I let go of the button.

00:58:55He didn't have a chance after that.

00:58:58We really threw a tune at it

00:58:59that, you know,

00:59:00we thought would go

00:59:01and we thought would be fast,

00:59:02and we nailed it.

00:59:03I got to get back

00:59:04to cutting people's heads off up there,

00:59:05and that's exactly

00:59:06what I'm doing here today.

00:59:10Man, that race went like

00:59:11I don't know if he guessed

00:59:14or didn't guess

00:59:14or either way.

00:59:16He jumped probably a car

00:59:17and a half out on me

00:59:18out of the hole,

00:59:19and there's just no

00:59:20making up that ground.

00:59:21Did yours act up?

00:59:22No.

00:59:23You just

00:59:24had like two cars

00:59:25out on me on the hole.

00:59:26Did it really?

00:59:27Yep.

00:59:38All right, folks,

00:59:39here we go.

00:59:40Invitational round three

00:59:41drivers meeting

00:59:42coming at you right now.

00:59:43We started with 32 drivers,

00:59:45and we are now

00:59:46down to eight.

00:59:48I will tell you

00:59:48there are two teams

00:59:49that still have

00:59:50three drivers standing,

00:59:52and that team is

00:59:53Daddy Dave

00:59:54with three drivers

00:59:55and

00:59:56Team Ryan Martin

00:59:58with three drivers.

01:00:01Good job, boys.

01:00:02Let's go ahead

01:00:03and draw chips,

01:00:03see who's racing who

01:00:05here in this third round.

01:00:06It's my good luck.

01:00:08I got to go for the back.

01:00:09Oh, hello.

01:00:10Well, hi.

01:00:13All right,

01:00:14my number ones,

01:00:15please step forward.

01:00:17Get it over with.

01:00:18Oh.

01:00:19It's going to be

01:00:20Kayla Morton

01:00:21versus Murder Nova.

01:00:23I don't know.

01:00:24All right,

01:00:24number twos.

01:00:27Giuseppe

01:00:28versus Damon Merchant.

01:00:31Number threes.

01:00:33Robin Roberts

01:00:35versus Daddy Dave,

01:00:37which means

01:00:38my fourth and final pair

01:00:40will be Kyle Canyon

01:00:41versus Ryan Martin.

01:00:45All right, y'all.

01:00:46Well, look.

01:00:47You know who you're racing.

01:00:48You know what you got to do.

01:00:49Go back to the pits.

01:00:49Get your cars turned around

01:00:50and bring them

01:00:52in the stage lanes.

01:00:52Let's do it.

01:00:54All right, here we go.

01:00:57Invitational round three.

01:01:00Coming at you

01:01:01right now.

01:01:05It's just crazy.

01:01:06Like, you look around

01:01:07and there's just not

01:01:08one person that you

01:01:09want to draw.

01:01:10Team Dave is holding

01:01:11strong, though,

01:01:11with three players in.

01:01:13We're coming up

01:01:14in the underdog position.

01:01:15I really don't think

01:01:15anybody expected us

01:01:16to stay in the hunt,

01:01:17but we're making moves, baby.

01:01:24I feel great.

01:01:30I'm just worried

01:01:31about the points and a half

01:01:32because that can either

01:01:34make you or break you.

01:01:35I've spent all season

01:01:36getting to where

01:01:37I want to be right now,

01:01:38and I'm number four.

01:01:40A couple bad weekends,

01:01:41man, I could have

01:01:41all that hard work

01:01:42taken away from me.

01:01:43So we're more focused

01:01:45and we're trying to be

01:01:46more on top of our game

01:01:47right now than ever.

01:01:49Here we go.

01:01:50Invitational round three

01:01:51coming at you right now

01:01:53over in the left lane.

01:01:55That is going to be

01:01:56Kayla Morton

01:01:57going up against

01:01:58Murder Nova

01:02:00in the right lane.

01:02:02Oh, and Kayla Morton

01:02:24takes the win.

01:02:26Wow.

01:02:27Kayla Morton rolling

01:02:29here today,

01:02:30able to take out

01:02:31Murder Nova.

01:02:32Close.

01:02:33What a great drag race.

01:02:35It's close.

01:02:37Yes, baby!

01:02:39Woo!

01:02:41That was such a close race.

01:02:43When I beat Sean like that,

01:02:44I always feel like

01:02:45I can go all the way

01:02:47because he's just so fast

01:02:49and it's always

01:02:49a neck and neck race.

01:02:50And, yeah, I'm ready.

01:02:52Final four, baby.

01:02:53Let's go.

01:02:54It was still a good race.

01:02:56Man, it was close.

01:02:57Dang, every time.

01:02:59Good job.

01:03:00Every time.

01:03:01Every time.

01:03:02All right, next pair.

01:03:05Giuseppe going up

01:03:07against Damon Merchant.

01:03:12Yep, yep, yep.

01:03:13Take care.

01:03:14All right, round three.

01:03:16We drew Damon Merchant.

01:03:17He's flying.

01:03:18My crew said

01:03:19they were watching him.

01:03:20He's making some fast runs.

01:03:21Probably one of the fastest cars

01:03:22here right now,

01:03:23they're saying.

01:03:23So it's going to be

01:03:24a tough round for us.

01:03:29I looked at the tune-up.

01:03:30Car kind of was overpowering

01:03:33it there in the middle,

01:03:33so actually turned it down

01:03:34a little bit.

01:03:35Hopefully that pays off

01:03:36and we can make a better run.

01:03:38And we got to get him out, too.

01:03:40He's on Kai's team.

01:03:41They just got him.

01:03:42Got to try to take him out

01:03:43right now so we can make a move.

01:03:44We draw Giuseppe.

01:03:50I feel like they've got

01:03:51a lot of momentum

01:03:53on Ryan's team right now,

01:03:54and that's contagious.

01:03:56So you got two or three guys

01:03:58really running good.

01:03:59Those guys that's been struggling,

01:04:00they've got to get

01:04:01their act together.

01:04:02Those guys will help them

01:04:02get their act together.

01:04:04But Rogue's flying right now.

01:04:06We took out Lizzie.

01:04:08We took out a killer and Nate.

01:04:09And, you know,

01:04:10here we are against Giuseppe.

01:04:12So can't take anybody lightly

01:04:14at this point.

01:04:17The air is great.

01:04:18The track's great.

01:04:18Everybody's hauling ass

01:04:19and them high horsepower

01:04:20handings right now

01:04:21are on the hunt.

01:04:23We're just going to have to,

01:04:24you know,

01:04:25knock them down to our level

01:04:26with this big block.

01:04:42Over in the right lane,

01:04:47that is going to be Giuseppe

01:04:48going up against Damon Merchant.

01:04:52Driving that pro-charged

01:04:53Camaro.

01:04:54And Damon Merchant

01:05:16will take the win there.

01:05:19Folks,

01:05:20these races are super close.

01:05:21Let go of the trans brake.

01:05:36Car was up,

01:05:36wheels up,

01:05:37came down a little bit

01:05:38and I could feel it slow down.

01:05:39He just clipped me

01:05:40for sure less than a foot.

01:05:42Car probably was spinning

01:05:43going through.

01:05:43I have to look at the data.

01:05:44But yeah, man,

01:05:45he made a great run.

01:05:46We made a great run.

01:05:47Holy

01:05:50what a rush, man.

01:05:53I mean,

01:05:54I ain't going to lie.

01:05:56When you get a captain

01:05:57like Ryan,

01:05:58it's got a ton of momentum

01:06:00right now.

01:06:00You got Nate coming over,

01:06:01it's got a ton of momentum.

01:06:03Racing,

01:06:04that's contagious

01:06:05to pull up here

01:06:07third round with him.

01:06:09He ain't third round

01:06:10because he's no slouch.

01:06:11I was worried about that one.

01:06:13It's a damn good feeling.

01:06:14And now we're back

01:06:15to back semifinals.

01:06:16We got to get it done

01:06:17this week, though.

01:06:18I mean,

01:06:19that was close.

01:06:21I could tell.

01:06:22Can you tell or no?

01:06:23I mean,

01:06:23not until right there

01:06:25at the stripe

01:06:25and he was boom right there.

01:06:26I knew he was close.

01:06:28I couldn't see you.

01:06:28I was like,

01:06:29did you see him a little bit

01:06:30and reel me in or no?

01:06:31No, you didn't see me.

01:06:32I didn't see you either.

01:06:33Oh, okay.

01:06:34Oh,

01:06:34you want to see you?

01:06:34That was good.

01:06:36You got a hot rod again,

01:06:37don't you?

01:06:38Yeah, yeah.

01:06:38I can tell.

01:06:39Would have been nice

01:06:40to take Damon out

01:06:41because he's on Team Kai right now

01:06:43and that would have

01:06:44really helped us

01:06:45going into the next round.

01:06:46Good job getting it

01:06:47back together, dude.

01:06:48Yeah, yeah.

01:06:48You got a car.

01:06:51Next fair,

01:06:52got Robin Roberts

01:06:53going up against

01:06:54Daddy Dave Comstock.

01:06:57Daddy Dave,

01:06:58it's going to be

01:06:58a good matchup.

01:07:00Third round,

01:07:00I draw Daddy Dave.

01:07:02Look,

01:07:02Dave's been inconsistent.

01:07:04He's not that fast,

01:07:05but he's taking big jumps.

01:07:11Oh!

01:07:13We just got to see

01:07:15how this goes.

01:07:16He's totally unpredictable.

01:07:39And Robin Roberts

01:07:40going to get the win there

01:07:41with that pass.

01:07:42Nice job.

01:07:43Daddy Dave,

01:07:44just not enough.

01:07:47Robin didn't disappoint.

01:07:50Down through there,

01:07:51right before the stripe,

01:07:52I looked over

01:07:52and he's right beside me.

01:07:54So it was one of those races

01:07:55that you had to look up

01:07:56to see the win light.

01:07:57And I'll take that loss

01:07:59every day of the week.

01:08:00That's the way.

01:08:02That's the way.

01:08:04Good run.

01:08:05Good run.

01:08:06This last pair

01:08:07coming up right now,

01:08:08Kyle Canyon

01:08:09going up against

01:08:11Ryan Martin.

01:08:13Going to be a good one, folks.

01:08:19This race has been

01:08:20pretty big for us so far.

01:08:21We're making headway.

01:08:23I think we're ahead

01:08:24right now in second place.

01:08:25I believe we're gaining ground

01:08:26on Kai's team.

01:08:29All of Kai's drivers

01:08:31are out except for Damon.

01:08:32Damon's the only one

01:08:32that's going on.

01:08:33You know,

01:08:34it's going to be tough,

01:08:35but I think when this

01:08:36is all said and done,

01:08:36if we can keep doing

01:08:37what we're doing,

01:08:38we're going to close

01:08:38the gap dramatically.

01:08:45We drew Ryan Martin.

01:08:47I'm excited about it.

01:08:48He's one of the biggest

01:08:48bears out here,

01:08:49if not the biggest,

01:08:50and I want this one.

01:08:53We're going to go out

01:08:54there and send it.

01:08:54This will be a big round

01:08:56for us if we can get past him.

01:09:03There's been a lot of people

01:09:28jump, a lot of people

01:09:29won that shouldn't have won,

01:09:30and people just taking

01:09:32shots at the trees

01:09:33and he took a little stab

01:09:34at it, went red,

01:09:35we got the W.

01:09:36So I don't like to win

01:09:37like that personally,

01:09:38but I don't like to lose

01:09:39like that either.

01:09:40So this is what it is.

01:09:41We'll take the win.

01:09:41Man, you said it was going

01:09:52to be a good clean run.

01:09:53He gave it a little jump.

01:09:54You know, I had no intention

01:09:55of doing anything stupid up there.

01:09:56It wasn't enough.

01:09:57Yeah, I know.

01:09:59I went up on the chip

01:10:00and it stuttered there

01:10:01for a second

01:10:01and kind of got me off the road.

01:10:02It's all good.

01:10:03Oh, yeah.

01:10:04I'll get you a clean one one day.

01:10:05It's all good.

01:10:07I do not know what is going on

01:10:08with these parachutes.

01:10:09Going into the semifinals,

01:10:13two of the four racers

01:10:14are from Team Ryan Martin.

01:10:16That will guarantee

01:10:17that they pull into

01:10:18the second place position

01:10:19at the end of this race.

01:10:21Meanwhile, Damon Merchant

01:10:22has the entire Team Kai Kelly

01:10:24on his back.

01:10:25If he can win this,

01:10:27Team Kai Kelly stays in first.

01:10:29Now we are down to four.

01:10:33Four drivers remain.

01:10:34They've been battling

01:10:34through this field.

01:10:37Well, let's go ahead

01:10:37and start it right now.

01:10:38Team Ryan Martin

01:10:40standing strong

01:10:41with two of the four drivers.

01:10:44Good job, Robin.

01:10:45Nice job, Ryan Martin

01:10:46and Robin Roberts.

01:10:47Also, Ryan,

01:10:48with this performance today,

01:10:50y'all are now in second place

01:10:52in the team standings.

01:10:53You have passed

01:10:55Team Daddy Dave.

01:10:57Nobody wants to draw

01:10:58anybody at this point.

01:10:59Go ahead and embrace that,

01:11:00that you're going to get

01:11:01someone fast.

01:11:03Taking the last one?

01:11:04Yeah, I'll let y'all draw each other.

01:11:05They're all bad.

01:11:08All right.

01:11:09Team Ryan Martin

01:11:10probably trying to stay away

01:11:11from each other.

01:11:13Where are my number ones?

01:11:16Oh, boy.

01:11:18Kayla Morton

01:11:19versus Ryan Martin,

01:11:21which means my second pair

01:11:23will be Damon Merchant

01:11:24versus Robin Roberts.

01:11:26All right, y'all.

01:11:27You know who you're racing.

01:11:28One more round

01:11:29and you're racing for $40,000.

01:11:32All right.

01:11:33Let's go back to the pits.

01:11:34Get our car turned around.

01:11:35See you in the stage lanes.

01:11:36Let's do it.

01:11:38Put your hands together

01:11:38for these drivers, folks.

01:11:39There's only four left.

01:11:40Welcome back

01:11:49for another episode

01:11:50of Track Snacks

01:11:51with your host, Disco Dean.

01:11:52We're here in Benson, North Carolina.

01:11:55Let's go see what type of snacks

01:11:56this track has to offer.

01:11:59So I'll do one carne asada,

01:12:01one ground beef,

01:12:02one chicken.

01:12:03No savoya.

01:12:04That's Spanish for onions.

01:12:05We don't do onions on anything.

01:12:08You hear popcorn?

01:12:09I hear popcorn.

01:12:11Hold on.

01:12:11They do a lot of barbecue down here.

01:12:13How many hot dogs

01:12:14do you think they sell

01:12:15at a regular event?

01:12:16Can't pass up

01:12:16a track corn dog.

01:12:18Yeah, I'm a sucker

01:12:18for popcorn, dude.

01:12:19That's true.

01:12:20Look at them fat kernels.

01:12:22Taco sauce in there.

01:12:23Yeah, thank you very much.

01:12:25Ooh, they gave me

01:12:26a little limon.

01:12:27I don't know about this radish.

01:12:28That's in the onion family.

01:12:29That stuff's got to go.

01:12:31Ooh.

01:12:32That taco sauce ain't no joke.

01:12:35It's really good.

01:12:36That's gonna cost me

01:12:37later today, boys.

01:12:38My own special batch

01:12:39of salted buttered corn,

01:12:41boys and girls.

01:12:42Popcorn and tacos.

01:12:43What a combination.

01:12:44Disco Dean, Stinky Pinky,

01:12:46we out.

01:12:49Invitational semifinals

01:12:50heading your way right now.

01:12:53Kayla Martin

01:12:54going up against

01:12:56Ryan Martin.

01:12:58Ready?

01:12:59I'm ready.

01:12:59All right.

01:12:59You ready?

01:13:00Yeah.

01:13:00Okay, good luck.

01:13:01You know, I don't really like

01:13:02this draw very much.

01:13:04I know you don't really like it either.

01:13:05Oh, no, hell no.

01:13:05I don't like it any more than you do.

01:13:06It's not a really good time.

01:13:07Yeah, I know.

01:13:08My fun meter's been a lot,

01:13:10you know, higher at other races.

01:13:11Yeah, right?

01:13:12All right, see you on the other side.

01:13:13Okay, good luck.

01:13:14Good luck to you.

01:13:15Semifinals, super tough.

01:13:17Final four.

01:13:18No draw is a good draw,

01:13:20but we got Ryan Martin,

01:13:21and we're just gonna go

01:13:22wax that ass.

01:13:24That's it.

01:13:25Man, forget making a final.

01:13:26Let's win a final.

01:13:28It is time.

01:13:29I haven't won one

01:13:29since the very first one,

01:13:31and no better time to win

01:13:33than now with his points

01:13:34and a half coming into play,

01:13:35and I think we're back

01:13:36to one of them feared cars.

01:13:47All right, so I'm in the semifinals.

01:13:49We have, you know,

01:13:50slowly started to get back

01:13:51a handle on the car,

01:13:52coming off the win

01:13:53a couple of races ago

01:13:54at Maple Grove.

01:13:55We did lose to a guess

01:13:57last weekend,

01:13:58but, you know,

01:13:59haven't had that happen to us yet.

01:14:00That being said,

01:14:01I got Kayla.

01:14:01Kayla's known to guess

01:14:02a little bit.

01:14:03She didn't do it against Sean

01:14:04in the last run,

01:14:05but she might do it against me.

01:14:07I don't know.

01:14:09My team is in a good position

01:14:11right now.

01:14:11I don't know how close we are

01:14:13to, you know,

01:14:13to getting towards

01:14:14that first place.

01:14:15Damon is holding strong

01:14:16for Kai's team, though,

01:14:17so there's that.

01:14:18But every time that me

01:14:19and Robin advance

01:14:21and continue to advance,

01:14:22we gain more on Kai's team.

01:14:23So what we really need here

01:14:25is I need to take out Kayla.

01:14:27Robin needs to take out Damon.

01:14:30So, folks,

01:14:31this is the Invitational

01:14:32Semifinals right here.

01:14:33Winner of this race

01:14:33goes on to the finals

01:14:34to race for $40,000.

01:14:37Let's see who it'll be.

01:14:39Kayla Moore in the right lane,

01:14:40Ryan Martin in the left.

01:15:07Good job, Ryan.

01:15:15Good job, girl.

01:15:17Did you make an okay pass?

01:15:19Yeah.

01:15:19Just a close, clean race.

01:15:20It's probably had me by, like, half a car.

01:15:22Just all the way down, you know?

01:15:24Appreciate you not guessing.

01:15:25No, no problem.

01:15:28Hey, I kind of don't like that one.

01:15:30I'm on the other end of it.

01:15:31I know.

01:15:31So I kind of get it, you know?

01:15:33I know.

01:15:34It sucks.

01:15:34Ryan Martin will go to the finals.

01:15:38Let's see who he'll face between Damon Merchant and Robin Roberts.

01:15:43We need it.

01:15:45We're a race like we need the ****, you know what I mean?

01:15:48We're out here to win.

01:15:49**** like friends.

01:15:50You know, Robin's sitting over there with four motors in his trailer,

01:15:54and we've got our one.

01:15:56It's hard to pull the trigger and go,

01:15:58okay, this will be the run where we might **** end this **** thing.

01:16:03But if there's one thing I'd say about Robin,

01:16:05when he's on, he's on.

01:16:07Have a good run, man.

01:16:08Be safe.

01:16:08Good luck, dude.

01:16:10So if he's in the semifinals,

01:16:12he's probably got a hot rod here this weekend.

01:16:14And like I said,

01:16:15he's one of those that has some momentum going into this weekend on Ryan's team.

01:16:20And if maybe just one of them deals,

01:16:22me being the last guy on Kai's team,

01:16:24Ryan and them are making big moves,

01:16:26making a push into that second place,

01:16:28and they're coming.

01:16:28They got a lot of momentum.

01:16:29So if I've got to shut them down one by one,

01:16:31that's the plan for this weekend.

01:16:42All right.

01:16:43Last pair here in the semifinals.

01:16:45The Invitational Class is going to be Robin Roberts in the left lane,

01:16:49going up against Damon Merchant in the right.

01:16:51I want him to drag his ass so bad.

01:17:02I want him to drag his ass so bad.

01:17:04I know.

01:17:06And Robin Roberts goes red.

01:17:34This is the win to Damon Merchant.

01:17:39He took a shot at it.

01:17:41That's what you get for guessing.

01:17:50Did you win?

01:17:51Should have talked to your boy about that red light.

01:17:54No.

01:17:54Did he go red?

01:17:55Did you get in his head?

01:17:55I didn't think.

01:17:56Not on purpose.

01:17:57Hey, if he did it,

01:17:58he didn't do it on purpose.

01:17:59Uh-huh.

01:18:01Did you go red?

01:18:02After all that

01:18:05I screwed the pooch is what I did.

01:18:08Wasn't much of a race.

01:18:09I think all the talk and all the stuff just going on,

01:18:12man, I just let go early.

01:18:13I don't know.

01:18:14Flinch, let go, whatever it is.

01:18:16But we were early and it was done.

01:18:18You can't even cry alive, dog.

01:18:20Cry alive.

01:18:21Woo!

01:18:21They've been chattering like a little sewing circle

01:18:27about me guessing.

01:18:29And there's one thing I can do out here

01:18:31that's cut some heads off on that tree.

01:18:33They got in Robin's head.

01:18:35They told him I was guessing.

01:18:36And he anticipated it and went red.

01:18:39And that's what happens.

01:18:40So, let them guess.

01:18:44If they think,

01:18:45they can think I'm guessing all they want,

01:18:46but it's going to themselves.

01:18:47Did he go red?

01:18:48Yeah.

01:18:49What the f*** are you at?

01:18:51What do you mean?

01:18:52Did you make it?

01:18:53Yeah, he just led me

01:18:54the half a car the whole way.

01:18:55Oh, you didn't make it to the finals?

01:18:57No.

01:18:58Sorry.

01:18:59I'll let you down.

01:19:00What the f***?

01:19:00I'll let you down.

01:19:01Well, I mean,

01:19:03yeah, there have been gaining points.

01:19:04He's very fast.

01:19:06I kind of needed you on that one.

01:19:07I know.

01:19:07So,

01:19:11your invitational finals

01:19:13will be Ryan Martin

01:19:14versus Damon Merchant

01:19:16for $40,000.

01:19:26Well, if you...

01:19:27I think either way,

01:19:28win or lose,

01:19:29we're still ahead,

01:19:30but not by most,

01:19:30like, five points.

01:19:32If you win,

01:19:33though, we're ahead by, like,

01:19:34maybe 15 or 20.

01:19:36Trade over to Kai's team,

01:19:37now.

01:19:38It's kind of a breath

01:19:38of fresh air for us,

01:19:40and it's starting to pay off.

01:19:41You know,

01:19:42we've taken down

01:19:43some big, big hitters today,

01:19:45starting with Lizzie

01:19:46and Nate,

01:19:47Giuseppe,

01:19:48Robin.

01:19:49Like,

01:19:49we have not had

01:19:50an easy road to get here,

01:19:51so I couldn't be more happy

01:19:53right now.

01:19:54Good luck.

01:19:54Thank you, ma'am.

01:19:55Good luck, babe.

01:19:56You got this.

01:19:57Thank you, mama.

01:19:58You got it.

01:19:59Ryan and them make a big push,

01:20:00and we're doing everything we can

01:20:02to single-handedly hold them off.

01:20:04It's our night to win.

01:20:05It's his helmet goes on.

01:20:08It's business.

01:20:09People's champ

01:20:10versus the reigning champ.

01:20:12We've worked our ass off

01:20:12to get here,

01:20:13so I couldn't be more proud

01:20:15at the moment

01:20:15for my crew

01:20:17and the car.

01:20:18All right, come on.

01:20:20This is your

01:20:22invitational final.

01:20:27This will be

01:20:28the last race of the night.

01:20:30Mulver in the right lane,

01:20:32backing up the pro-charge

01:20:33to Merrill.

01:20:34That is going to be

01:20:35Jamie Merchant

01:20:36going up

01:20:37against Ryan Martin

01:20:39in the left lane.

01:20:41I'm excited to be racing

01:20:42in another finals,

01:20:43win or lose.

01:20:44Of course,

01:20:44that's not going to change me.

01:20:45We're still going to try

01:20:46to win it,

01:20:47try to collect

01:20:48us another victory

01:20:48for the season

01:20:49to try to make up

01:20:50for how bad we did

01:20:51at the beginning

01:20:52of the season.

01:20:53We got Damon,

01:20:53and Damon's car

01:20:54runs really good.

01:20:54I haven't got to race him

01:20:55this year,

01:20:56but you know what?

01:20:57I've been wanting to see

01:20:58how fast this car is.

01:20:59This is the best way.

01:21:01Once again,

01:21:02this race is for $40,000.

01:21:05Pick one

01:21:06and ride with them, folks.

01:21:18I feel like I'm on top of the world right now,

01:21:37and I can't help compare it to a video game

01:21:40where you work your way through these stages

01:21:42up to the big boss.

01:21:44What a animal.

01:21:46Oh, my God.

01:21:48Ryan's the reigning champ,

01:21:49the captain of the team.

01:21:51How the you do that right there?

01:21:52I took out the whole team.

01:21:55If I can stay consistent on the light,

01:21:57the crew's got the car moving

01:21:58a little bit faster each round.

01:22:00It's a recipe for a championship,

01:22:02and that's what we're after.

01:22:03Hey, look,

01:22:04I don't know if you know or not,

01:22:05but you just won $40,000,

01:22:07my friend.

01:22:08And you pretty much put

01:22:10the entire Team Kai Kelly

01:22:12on your back.

01:22:13You are,

01:22:14I'm going to say you're the sole reason

01:22:15why Team Kai Kelly

01:22:16is still number one.

01:22:18And there you have it.

01:22:19Damon Merchant beats

01:22:20three-time champion Ryan Martin

01:22:22to win his second

01:22:23invitational race of the season.

01:22:25That keeps Team Kai Kelly in first

01:22:27and moves Team Ryan Martin

01:22:28into second.

01:22:30Best 2,500 I ever chipped in.

01:22:35But heading into

01:22:36the second-to-last race,

01:22:38things are extremely close

01:22:39at the top.

01:22:40There's only 70 points

01:22:41between the first

01:22:42and third-place teams.

01:22:45Next week.

01:22:46Alabama International Dragway.

01:22:48Y'all have packed this place.

01:22:49This is not a place

01:22:50to sit anywhere.

01:22:51Nice job.

01:22:52It's the second-to-last race

01:22:53of the year.

01:22:54Don't make me make the decision

01:22:56you make it.

01:22:56I'm going.

01:22:57And the wheels

01:22:58are coming off.

01:23:00Going into the last

01:23:00two races,

01:23:02and I'm trying to give

01:23:02an option that we can

01:23:03possibly win.

01:23:04We're not ready to quit.

01:23:08We've still got one more race

01:23:09that's double points

01:23:10and today's points and a half.

01:23:12It's anybody's game.

01:23:13You never told me

01:23:14that you was going to trade me.

01:23:15You kept telling me I'm safe.

01:23:16I'm safe, right?

01:23:16Last week.

01:23:17Last week.

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