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Street Outlaws: No Prep Kings - Season 6 Episode 13 -
Taking Down a King
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.
00:20:30And Klay Cole will take the win there. Nice pass for Klay Cole.
00:20:37Straight as an arrow there in that right lane.
00:20:39Great rip there for him.
00:20:43All right, folks, next pair coming up right now is going to be Greg Chandler going up against Mike Bowman.
00:21:00So I'm all pumped up today for racing Greg Chandler. We really need to make this happen.
00:21:08We're getting near the end of the year. We're just going to look at one round at a time.
00:21:13We've got to race through this. We've got a good hot rod, and we've just got to make it happen tonight.
00:21:30And Mike Bowman gets the win there. Greg Chandler has some issues. He's out of it by the 330.
00:21:41All right, folks, next pair, that's going to be Bobby Ducote going up against Robin Roberts.
00:21:46If it stays overcast at all, there are going to be some big, fast cars and fast numbers.
00:21:51All the fast guys will roll right up front.
00:21:53Round one, I drew Bobby Ducote. He's a wild card. He can be fast, but he's just a wild card.
00:21:59You never know what he's going to do, so now we've got Bobby.
00:22:09Man, I drew a bear. He's Robin Roberts.
00:22:13We blew this thing up last night, got it back together. It cranks. I know that much, so we're about to see what the rest of it's going to do.
00:22:19I'm going to try to tree him and hope I stay out front of him and get the W because they've got to give me some freaking points.
00:22:29All right, folks, next pair, that's going to be Bobby Ducote going up against Robin Roberts.
00:22:40All right, folks, next pair, that's going to be Bobby Ducote going up against Robin Roberts.
00:22:40Good job.
00:23:02Yeah.
00:23:03Roll up against Bobby.
00:23:05The car shook just a little bit and then hauled out the back door,
00:23:08so I knew it was over, and I never saw him.
00:23:11I was the third team driver to go
00:23:13and the third one to get the W for Team Ryan Martin.
00:23:16We're in a great spot.
00:23:17Oh, yeah. That's a good race. This thing fast.
00:23:20Yeah, thanks.
00:23:21All right, folks, this next pair here, that's gonna be Callie Mills
00:23:24going up against Brandon James.
00:23:27Go out there and quiver a little bit, but you're gonna have to stay with it
00:23:30until you know how far to take it.
00:23:33All right?
00:23:34Okay.
00:23:35All right.
00:23:36I actually raced Brandon James in the grudge passes
00:23:39and pretty close race until I had to abort.
00:23:42I know that my car's faster now than it was when we raced him,
00:23:45so I think it should be good as long as I can do my job on the tree
00:23:48and not let him get out on me.
00:23:50We broke a lot of things the other day.
00:24:02I mean, everything's new.
00:24:03Transmission's new, third member's new,
00:24:04so we can't really run it exactly how we would normally run it,
00:24:07but we kind of know about where she's at,
00:24:09so I'm confident going in the first round.
00:24:20And Callie Mills takes the win.
00:24:33What a drag race there.
00:24:35All right, next pair, that's gonna be Chris Rankin
00:24:38going up against Jeff Lutz.
00:24:41Round one driver's meeting I draw Chris Rankin.
00:24:47I've raced him many times before,
00:24:49and I've always come out with a win,
00:24:51so I don't plan it any different,
00:24:53but, hey, he's getting better.
00:24:55His car's fast.
00:24:56He's one to watch out for.
00:24:58I just don't know if it's gonna be today.
00:25:11Good old Lutz,
00:25:13somehow we've raced him three times now
00:25:15in the Invitational.
00:25:16Hopefully third time's a charm,
00:25:17we can get over one of them on this one,
00:25:19and we need it.
00:25:20They got a fast hot rod,
00:25:21and they're pretty damn consistent,
00:25:22so we're gonna have a work cut out for us,
00:25:23but gotta beat the best to be the best,
00:25:26so there's a lot of best guys here.
00:25:27They gotta be beat yet.
00:25:28Need one of them.
00:25:41And Jeff Lutz is out of there like a rocket ship.
00:25:49Gets the win.
00:25:50Chris Rankin,
00:25:51something break here right along the line.
00:25:58So the race went for me.
00:26:01Good for Lutz.
00:26:02Lutz got the win.
00:26:03Damn it, man.
00:26:08We'll get it apart here,
00:26:09see what happened.
00:26:10Hopefully Lutz can go on and move on
00:26:11and do really well for himself.
00:26:13Damn!
00:26:14All right,
00:26:15Kyle Canyon going up against Scott Scooter Taylor.
00:26:19Everything good, you think?
00:26:21We gotta shake these first-round blues.
00:26:24We're on a new team,
00:26:25Team Murder Nova now,
00:26:26and we've been stinking for about six races,
00:26:30and it's time to turn that around.
00:26:32A little bit of pressure.
00:26:37Might be a pretty tight race with him.
00:26:38Yes.
00:26:39With Scott.
00:26:40We got points to make up after the last two races being gone.
00:26:43Making that up pretty fast was points and a half today.
00:26:45I know Dave's counting on us to go rounds,
00:26:47and he was missing us the last two races.
00:26:49So we got a good hot rod.
00:26:50We got a good car.
00:26:51It's time to go prove it.
00:26:52It's time to go prove it.
00:26:53It's time to go prove it.
00:26:54It's time to go prove it.
00:26:59It's time to go poet.
00:27:00It's time to go off.
00:27:01It's time to go.
00:27:02It's time to go off.
00:27:03A little bit.
00:27:04It's time to go.
00:27:05Help me out.
00:27:06Oh, my God.
00:27:07We got a good car.
00:27:08Ah, no, no.
00:27:09No.
00:27:10Yes, sir.
00:27:11Crazy.
00:27:12And 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.
00:27:45It 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, if 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 that are watching next week.
00:28:12Make a decent pass or something happened?
00:28:15It 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 Daddy 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.
00:28:40We 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.
00:28:45We got really good test passes in the other night.
00:28:55The 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 want to keep that streak going
00:29:06and see if we can go into the second round.
00:29:08And Daddy Dave kills him on the starting line.
00:29:32He jumped.
00:29:33He 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? Was it green?
00:30:05You might have left early.
00:30:06But you didn't go red.
00:30:07Uh-uh.
00:30:08All right, the next pair,
00:30:10you got Chuck 55 going up against Jim Howe.
00:30:14Good luck, Jim.
00:30:15Good luck, brother.
00:30:16You take it, you bet.
00:30:17Now we're moving into that points and a half
00:30:19in our points chase right now,
00:30:20so 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.
00:30:28I drew Jim Howe,
00:30:38and he's probably one of the five cars
00:30:41I wouldn't wish for in first round.
00:30:43But, hey,
00:30:44eventually you're going to have to draw somebody fast,
00:30:46and I think we got the car that can beat him.
00:30:49I'm going to try to leave on him,
00:30:51and if I can leave on him,
00:30:52I think we got to cover him.
00:30:53All right, the next pair,
00:31:06you got Chuck 55 going up against Jim Howe.
00:31:09and Chuck 55 with a great pass.
00:31:29Gets the win.
00:31:31Nice job Chuck 55 moving on the next round.
00:31:37Man, that was a drag race.
00:31:39Man, try to go right.
00:31:42I seen him start 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,
00:31:52going 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.
00:32:07You went up?
00:32:07All day.
00:32:08So 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.
00:32:16Good 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.
00:32:36And, you know, he's fast.
00:32:39It don't sound right, does it?
00:32:40No, it don't.
00:32:49It sounded right there.
00:32:50It didn't sound right on idle.
00:32:52It sounded like it was missing a couple.
00:33:00Nah, she would never come up here hurt on purpose.
00:33:03Pat would never do that.
00:33:05Sounds better now.
00:33:06Damon Merchant in the right lane.
00:33:11Lizzie over here in this left lane.
00:33:14Pat, you see the brakes and engines on board.
00:33:16And Damon Merchant gets 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 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 it looked like you had an issue or something.
00:34:12Yeah.
00:34:13I don't know what the hell's going on.
00:34:15I'm not having any luck, I can tell you.
00:34:18Sometimes I'd rather be lucky any 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 because it's been several events in a row,
00:34:31so...
00:34:32And that's not typical for us.
00:34:33We'll at least go a couple of rounds, you know?
00:34:36Um, I 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.
00:34:46Good luck, Clay.
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, points 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 is a couple of us
00:35:15to get in the finals,
00:35:16which means we've got to have good cars that run good,
00:35:18and we stay away from each other.
00:35:30We're in North Carolina,
00:35:32getting ready to run the first round of the Invitational.
00:35:34We made it in yesterday.
00:35:36We drawed Ryan Martin, first 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.
00:35:43Our car ran the three best passes it's ever ran.
00:35:46We're going to leave it all on the line.
00:36:00And Ryan Martin right down Broadway gets the win.
00:36:09Nice job.
00:36:10Jimmy Taylor has some issues there
00:36:11in that left lane, has to get out of it.
00:36:15This is points and a half,
00:36:16so every one of these rounds are super crucial.
00:36:18The important thing is just to keep going
00:36:19and collecting points.
00:36:20My team's sitting in a pretty good spot.
00:36:22So far, four of my five guys are in.
00:36:24I got Giuseppe left,
00:36:26and I think he's probably going to be in two,
00:36:27but we're sitting pretty good already.
00:36:29Good 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.
00:36:40Part of it.
00:36:41If you need anything, let me know.
00:36:42Nah.
00:36:43Thanks, man.
00:36:44All right, folks.
00:36:45This next pair right here is going to be a good one.
00:36:47That's going to be Axeman going up against Kai Kelly.
00:36:51Let's see how it goes.
00:36:53Yeah, it sucks about Damon and Lizzie drawing each other.
00:36:58It's two of our...
00:36:59consistently fast cars.
00:37:01Yep.
00:37:02It's the first race of points and a half.
00:37:03We're hoping we can do better this week
00:37:05and go some rounds because everybody's starting to catch us.
00:37:08Going into the day, I got five in,
00:37:09but the top four teams has got five in,
00:37:11so they really don't matter.
00:37:12We just...
00:37:13We really need to go rounds with them.
00:37:14We need to take them out round by round
00:37:16and hopefully be the last one standing.
00:37:18Round one, I drew Axeman.
00:37:33Axeman's been guessing on everybody,
00:37:34but I feel like me and him's good enough buddies
00:37:37that I think he'll give me a straight-up race,
00:37:38so I'm going to go up there and run my race.
00:37:40I'm not going to guess on him.
00:37:41I'm going to leave on green and see what happens.
00:37:43All right, folks, this next pair right here
00:38:00is going to be a good one.
00:38:01And that's going to be Axeman going up against Kai Kelly.
00:38:22Axeman's going to get the win.
00:38:24Kai Kelly's car dies on the starting line.
00:38:28Axeman gets the win.
00:38:30Kai Kelly's car dies on the starting line.
00:38:36Wow.
00:38:37Is that a f***ing blower belt?
00:38:38Yep.
00:38:40Is that another f***ing belt?
00:38:43We do our burnouts on 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 of that kind of dumb-ass s*** happening.
00:38:52It's a tough loss for me today.
00:38:54It makes the wear of the rest of these teams
00:38:55that's going to catch us today.
00:38:57It just sucks.
00:38:57A f***ing situation.
00:38:59Nothing good.
00:39:00It comes from it.
00:39:01And I really don't know how to take it.
00:39:02I'm just pissed off, feeling sorry for myself,
00:39:04and that's about it.
00:39:10All right, folks, next pair coming at you right now.
00:39:12That is going to be Giuseppe going up against Justin Swanstrom.
00:39:18The 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.
00:39:29This 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, gradually 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 on how to get everything ready.
00:40:01But hopefully, this car will drive back straighter.
00:40:22And Seppi's going to get the win there.
00:40:25Justin Swanstrom on a pass,
00:40:26but he's unglued there about the 330.
00:40:29You know, I went out there.
00:40:33This car out of nowhere, it 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.
00:40:39You 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 for 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 race
00:40:54at Murder Nova, or is it old hat at this point?
00:40:56Oh, no.
00:40:57It'll be a starstruck every single time.
00:41:00You know, just because I might have
00:41:02a little fangirl moment
00:41:03doesn't mean I'm going to go easy on him.
00:41:05This will be a great rematch.
00:41:07And we got the new motor in that car,
00:41:09so we're meeting business here.
00:41:10No easygoing for Murder Nova.
00:41:12I 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.
00:41:33We made a good lick, man.
00:41:56I 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,
00:42:04but we got that wind light, baby.
00:42:06You made a good one, didn't you?
00:42:08Thanks.
00:42:08We're still getting this thing figured out.
00:42:09It looked like you was right...
00:42:11As soon as I hit the chutes,
00:42:12I looked over, and you was right there.
00:42:14I tried.
00:42:14That 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.
00:42:19Good job.
00:42:20Good race.
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,
00:42:31and they are building on it.
00:42:32Day's team has four,
00:42:34Sean's team has three,
00:42:35and our number one in points,
00:42:37Team Kai, only has two.
00:42:39All right, here we go.
00:42:40Guys, this is your chance
00:42:42to make up ground on the number one team,
00:42:44which 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, f***.
00:42:59All right, guys.
00:43:00Okay.
00:43:01Let's start with number one.
00:43:06First pair, Mike Bowman versus Murder Nova.
00:43:11Number two.
00:43:12Oh, boy.
00:43:13It's going 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.
00:43:26Ooh.
00:43:26Clay Cole versus Robin Roberts.
00:43:30Giuseppe versus Chuck 55.
00:43:34Number sevens.
00:43:35Rich 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.
00:43:50Ooh.
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.
00:44:01Let's go.
00:44:05Well, 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.
00:44:20We'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 it kind of good light.
00:44:33And we'll see what we can do here.
00:44:35Hey, 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.
00:44:57And he's fast.
00:44:58We tweaked the tune just a little bit off the first pass,
00:45:12try 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 with a great pass there in that left lane.
00:45:45Mike Bowman right there with him, but not enough.
00:45:50Oh, baby!
00:45:52I 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, but 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.
00:46:04Yes, it was.
00:46:05Nice job, brother.
00:46:05You pulled out in front of me, and I can't go around to life.
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.
00:46:13Yeah.
00:46:15All right, folks.
00:46:15Next pair right here, that'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, Ryan Martin and Sean.
00:46:30So don't I get Ryan Martin.
00:46:47You know what?
00:46:48We've raced them here before, and we've beat them here before.
00:46:51So I'm going to give it hell.
00:46:55And Ryan Martin will take the win.
00:47:20That right there was a close race, folks,
00:47:22but Ryan Martin able to turn that win light to get the win.
00:47:25After that pass, I 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've got a pretty good hot rod.
00:47:35The thing's running pretty good.
00:47:36We're down to eight, but it's all eight really fast cars.
00:47:39So we're going to see just 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.
00:47:46Yeah.
00:47:47I think it was.
00:47:48Yeah, you said you was right there for a little bit.
00:47:53All right.
00:47:54Next pair.
00:47:55These two drivers are teammates.
00:47:56Kyle Canyon going up against Axeman Larry Roach.
00:48:00Round two, we drew Axeman, drew our teammate, bad deal.
00:48:12But in the scheme of things, one of us goes on, so we get points.
00:48:15With Kai losing three drivers in the first round,
00:48:17we're hoping this really helps us close the gap.
00:48:19It guarantees another car moving on,
00:48:21so there's a positive there for us.
00:48:22And Kyle Canyon going to take the win there against 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, so that's good.
00:48:57That pass was good for us.
00:48:59It was picking the front tires up in the middle,
00:49:00and it was on a run.
00:49:02I think it would have been hard for anybody to outrun.
00:49:03So I'm on cloud nine right now.
00:49:05First part of the year, we 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 what this thing does the 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 mind me.
00:49:17Hey, I don't know.
00:49:19No, you 60-footed the out of me.
00:49:21What happened out there?
00:49:22It shoots what no what?
00:49:23Passers didn't come over.
00:49:25And it was running so fast,
00:49:26passers didn't come over,
00:49:27and I stood on the brake.
00:49:28I've 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've seen it.
00:49:32All 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 quite 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 Howe 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 dad.
00:50:15I watched her dad growing up.
00:50:17Callie'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.
00:50:30Great pass from him.
00:50:54Callie Mills also made a great rip there
00:50:57in the right lane,
00:50:58but just not quite enough.
00:51:00The 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 the bad part of it,
00:51:09going 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
00:51:15and 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, baby.
00:51:25It was close.
00:51:26It was close.
00:51:26I was like, go, go, go!
00:51:28I pulled the chutes,
00:51:29and I 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 chutes out
00:51:34and get it early.
00:51:35You know, like,
00:51:36I got to make sure
00:51:37I cut it off at the eighth mile,
00:51:38especially when she's smoking like she is.
00:51:40I'm like...
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,
00:51:48I go, damn, she was right there.
00:51:49Good job.
00:51:50Yeah.
00:51:51Good luck.
00:51:53All right,
00:51:54next 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
00:52:02in this here computer
00:52:03and make it go a little faster.
00:52:04Yes, sir.
00:52:04Yes, sir.
00:52:05The car's gone perfectly straight.
00:52:06Now we can have power.
00:52:08Well, we went into this deal
00:52:09first round with five
00:52:10of our teammates
00:52:11in the invitation 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
00:52:17to pick up the slack,
00:52:18hopefully go some rounds,
00:52:19and really stand up
00:52:20for our team
00:52:21so we can get these points
00:52:22and a half today
00:52:22to help keep our lead
00:52:24and keep them
00:52:24from 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
00:52:46to go really fast.
00:52:49Robin Roberts.
00:53:10Robin Roberts turns on the win.
00:53:15Like, that was another
00:53:17close race, folks.
00:53:20It was a drag race.
00:53:21He had just enough
00:53:22to inch me out
00:53:22down at the end.
00:53:23He got the win.
00:53:24Sucks for our team.
00:53:25We are not going
00:53:26to the next round
00:53:26to get any more points,
00:53:28but honestly,
00:53:29the most fun I've had
00:53:29all 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
00:54:15at the last race,
00:54:16and we were able
00:54:17to get him.
00:54:17We got by.
00:54:18I know he's fast.
00:54:19He said he was making
00:54:20some fast runs.
00:54:21It's going to be
00:54:21a pretty tough round
00:54:22here for us right now.
00:54:23I don't like my draw
00:54:35real well.
00:54:36I drew Giuseppe.
00:54:37It seems like he's
00:54:38kind of been my kryptonite,
00:54:39but I do feel like
00:54:40I have a car
00:54:40that can outrun him.
00:54:41I feel like I can make
00:54:42more power than he can.
00:54:44If I can just be on my game,
00:54:45I think I'm going
00:54:45to pull this one off
00:54:46and get that monkey
00:54:47off my back.
00:54:48All right, folks.
00:55:00Next pair coming up
00:55:00right 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
00:55:26those things down
00:55:27through there, folks.
00:55:32We left together
00:55:33he jumps out there
00:55:35half track.
00:55:36I'm driving away from him
00:55:37and my car is going
00:55:38to the left.
00:55:39I chop the throttle.
00:55:41He literally came up
00:55:42on me and clipped me
00:55:43right at the end.
00:55:45Next time I draw him,
00:55:46I'm going to chunk
00:55:47that piece of kryptonite
00:55:47at him when I go by him.
00:55:49He don't want to draw
00:55:50me 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.
00:55:56Woo!
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
00:56:01Rich Bruder
00:56:02going up against
00:56:02Kayla Morton.
00:56:07Round two,
00:56:08we drew the Bruder
00:56:09Brothers,
00:56:09and every race,
00:56:11they seem to get
00:56:11a little faster and
00:56:12faster,
00:56:12so we're going to be
00:56:13on our toes here,
00:56:14but we're ready.
00:56:14From a team aspect,
00:56:15we're not only looking
00:56:16out for Kai.
00:56:17We have to worry
00:56:18about Ryan,
00:56:18because I think
00:56:19with 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
00:56:24picking him off, man.
00:56:25We 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
00:56:42are still in.
00:56:43Dave had four,
00:56:44so we got one more
00:56:45than them.
00:56:45Their team's running
00:56:46strong over there,
00:56:47so we're going to do
00:56:47what we have to do
00:56:48to get that win.
00:56:48And Kayla Morton
00:57:06will take the win
00:57:07there with that pass.
00:57:08Nice job.
00:57:14I definitely
00:57:16anticipated the light
00:57:18a smidge.
00:57:20The deal is
00:57:21is 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
00:57:26world out here, you know?
00:57:27It just is what it is,
00:57:28and if there's room
00:57:29in the tree to guess
00:57:30or anticipate,
00:57:31you got to get them
00:57:32before they get you,
00:57:33and that's just how
00:57:33this world works out here.
00:57:35Good job.
00:57:38All right, folks,
00:57:39last pair of the second round.
00:57:40That is going to be
00:57:41Nate Saylor
00:57:42going up against
00:57:43Damon Merchant.
00:57:45Somebody's going to have
00:57:46to knock off
00:57:47a Nate train here.
00:57:48Second round here
00:57:49at Galat,
00:57:50we drew to 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
00:57:54ever since,
00:57:55but we're not teammates
00:57:57anymore.
00:57:58He's moved on
00:57:58to Ryan's team,
00:57:59I've moved on to Kai's,
00:58:00and it's set up
00:58:01to be a good rivalry
00:58:02right here.
00:58:02You know, he's walking
00:58:17around with a couple
00:58:18of winds under his belt,
00:58:19his chest out,
00:58:20and he's riding
00:58:21that wave right now,
00:58:22and it's going to be
00:58:23up to us right here
00:58:23to knock him off
00:58:24that pestle.
00:58:24and David Merchant
00:58:43jumps the tree down
00:58:46and gets the win
00:58:47against Nate Saylor.
00:58:49Woo!
00:58:51As soon as I seen
00:58:52it illuminate,
00:58:53I let go of the button.
00:58:55He didn't have
00:58:56a chance after that.
00:58:58We really threw
00:58:59a tune at it
00:58:59that, you know,
00:59:00we thought would go
00:59:01and we thought would be
00:59:01fast,
00:59:02and we nailed it.
00:59:03I got to get back
00:59:04to cutting people's
00:59:04heads off up there,
00:59:05and that's exactly
00:59:06what I'm doing here today.
00:59:10Man, that race
00:59:11went like .
00:59:12I don't know
00:59:13if he guessed
00:59:14or didn't guess
00:59:14or either way.
00:59:16He jumped probably
00:59:17a car and a half
00:59:17out on me
00:59:18out of the hole,
00:59:19and there's just
00:59:20no making up
00:59:20that ground.
00:59:21Did yours act up?
00:59:22No.
00:59:23He just had like
00:59:25two cars out on me
00:59:26on the hole.
00:59:26Did it really?
00:59:27Yep.
00:59:33All 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,
00:59:56and Team Ryan Martin
00:59:58with three drivers.
01:00:00Good job, boys.
01:00:01Let's go ahead
01:00:03and draw chips,
01:00:03see who's racing who
01:00:05here in this third round.
01:00:07It's my good luck
01:00:08I gotta go from the back, dude.
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 gonna be
01:00:20Kayla Morton
01:00:21versus Murder Nova.
01:00:23I don't know.
01:00:23I don't know.
01:00:24All right,
01:00:24number twos.
01:00:27Giuseppe
01:00:28versus Damon Merchant.
01:00:30number threes.
01:00:34Robin 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 gotta do.
01:00:49Go back to the pits,
01:00:49get your cars turned around,
01:00:51and bring them
01:00:52in the stage lanes.
01:00:52Let's do it.
01:00:55All right, here we go.
01:00:57Invitational Round 3.
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
01:01:09that you want to draw.
01:01:10Team Dave is holding strong,
01:01:11though,
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.
01:01:19We're making moves, baby.
01:01:21I 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.
01:01:40Couple bad weekends, man,
01:01:41I could have all that
01:01:42hard work taken 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.
01:01:47Here 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.
01:02:17Oh, 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!
01:02:39What?
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.
01:03:00Rick.
01:03:00Every time.
01:03:01Every time.
01:03:03All right,
01:03:04next pair,
01:03:05Giuseppe
01:03:05going up
01:03:07against Damon Merchant.
01:03:11I'll see you at the other.
01:03:13Yep, 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.
01:03:24So 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.
01:03:39And 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.
01:03:49We 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 their 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.
01:04:07We took out a killer at Nate.
01:04:09And, you know,
01:04:11here 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.
01:04:45Over in the right lane,
01:04:47that is going to be Giuseppe.
01:04:48Going up against Damon Merchant.
01:04:52Driving that pro-charge.
01:04:54Camaro.
01:04:56And David Merchant
01:05:16will take the win there.
01:05:19Folks, these races,
01:05:20super close.
01:05:21Woo!
01:05:22Let go of the trans brake.
01:05:36Car was up.
01:05:36Wheel's 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.
01:05:50Holy what a rush, man.
01:05:53I mean, I ain't going to lie.
01:05:56When you got a captain like Ryan,
01:05:58it's got a ton of momentum right now.
01:06:00You got Nate coming over.
01:06:01It's got a ton of momentum.
01:06:03Racing, that contagious.
01:06:06To pull up here,
01:06:07third round with him.
01:06:09He ain't in 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.
01:06:14Now we're back-to-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, not until
01:06:24right there at the stripe
01:06:25and you just boom right there.
01:06:26I knew you was close.
01:06:28I couldn't see you.
01:06:28I was like...
01:06:29Did you see me 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, you want to see you?
01:06:34That was good.
01:06:35Good.
01:06:36Y'all got a hot rod again,
01:06:37don't you?
01:06:38Yeah, yeah.
01:06:38I didn't tell.
01:06:38It would 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,
01:06:52we've got 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, Dave's been inconsistent.
01:07:04He's not that fast,
01:07:05but he's taking big jumps.
01:07:08We just got to see
01:07:15how this goes.
01:07:16He's totally unpredictable.
01:07:17And 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.
01:07:45Robin 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 coming up
01:08:07right now,
01:08:08Kyle Canyon going up
01:08:10against Ryan Martin.
01:08:13Going to be a good one, folks.
01:08:19This race has been pretty big
01:08:20for 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.
01:08:30All of Kai's drivers are out
01:08:31except 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 there
01:08:54and send it.
01:08:54This will be a big round
01:08:56for us if we can get past him.
01:09:03.
01:09:15Have that got some bullbra**!
01:09:17That got some bullbra**!
01:09:22The chutes didn't come out.
01:09:23Hey, you okay?
01:09:24The chutes come out?
01:09:25Yep.
01:09:27There's been a lot of people
01:09:28jumped, a lot of people won
01:09:29that shouldn't have won,
01:09:30and people just taking shots at the trees
01:09:33and he took a little stab at it,
01:09:35went red, we got the W.
01:09:36So I don't like to win like that, personally,
01:09:38but I don't like to lose like that either.
01:09:40So this is what it is, we'll take the win.
01:09:52Man, you said it was going to be a good clean run.
01:09:53He gave it a little jump.
01:09:54You know, I had no intention of doing anything stupid up there.
01:09:56It wasn't enough.
01:09:57No, no.
01:09:58I went up on the chip and it stuttered there for a second
01:10:01and kind of got me off going.
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 with these parachutes.
01:10:11Going into the semifinals,
01:10:13two of the four racers are from Team Ryan Martin.
01:10:16That will guarantee that they pull into the second place position
01:10:19at the end of this race.
01:10:21Meanwhile, Damon Merchant has the entire Team Kai Kelly on his back.
01:10:25If he can win this, Team Kai Kelly stays in first.
01:10:29Now, we are down to four.
01:10:33Four drivers remain.
01:10:34They've been battling through this field.
01:10:37Well, let's go ahead and start it right now.
01:10:39Team Ryan Martin standing strong with two of the four drivers.
01:10:44Good job, Robin.
01:10:45Nice job, Ryan Martin and Robin Roberts.
01:10:47Also, Ryan, with this performance today,
01:10:50y'all are now in second place in the team standings.
01:10:53You have passed Team Daddy Dave.
01:10:56So, nobody wants to draw anybody at this point.
01:10:59Go ahead and embrace that,
01:11:00that you're going to get someone fast.
01:11:03Taking the last one?
01:11:04Yeah, I'll let y'all draw each other.
01:11:06They're all bad.
01:11:08All right.
01:11:09Team Ryan Martin,
01:11:10probably trying to stay away from each other.
01:11:13Where are my number ones?
01:11:16Oh, boy.
01:11:17Kayla Morton versus Ryan Martin,
01:11:21which means my second pair
01:11:23will be Damon Merchant versus Robin Roberts.
01:11:27All right, y'all.
01:11:27You know who you're racing.
01:11:29One more round,
01:11:29and you're racing for $40,000.
01:11:32All right.
01:11:32Let'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 for these drivers, folks.
01:11:39There's only four left.
01:11:40Welcome back for 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, one 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 at a regular event?
01:12:16Can't pass up a track corn dog.
01:12:18Yeah, I'm a sucker for 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 a 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.
01:12:31Ooh.
01:12:32That taco sauce ain't no joke.
01:12:35It's really good.
01:12:36That's gonna cost me later today, boys.
01:12:38My own special batch of salted buttered corn, boys and girls.
01:12:42Popcorn and tacos.
01:12:43What a combination.
01:12:44Disco Dean, Stinky Pinky, we out.
01:12:49Invitational semifinals heading your way right now.
01:12:53Kayla Martin going up against Ryan 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 this draw very much.
01:13:04I know you don't really like it either.
01:13:05It's not a really good time.
01:13:07Yeah, I know.
01:13:09My fun meter's been a lot, you 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, final four.
01:13:18No draw is a good draw, but we got Ryan Martin, and we're just gonna go wax 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 since the very first one, and no better time to win than now with his
01:13:33points and a half coming into play, and I think we're back to one of them feared cars.
01:13:37All right, so I'm in the semifinals.
01:13:49We have, you know, slowly started to get back a handle on the car, coming off the win a couple
01:13:54of races ago at Maple Grove.
01:13:55We did lose to a guest last weekend, but, you know, haven't had that happen to us yet.
01:14:00That being said, I got Kayla.
01:14:01Kayla's known to guest a little bit.
01:14:03She didn't do it against Sean in the last run, but she might do it against me.
01:14:07I don't know.
01:14:09My team is in a good position right now.
01:14:11I don't know how close we are to, you know, to getting towards that first place.
01:14:15Damon is holding strong for Kai's team, though, so there's that.
01:14:18But every time that me and Robin can advance and continue to advance, we gain more on Kai's
01:14:23team.
01:14:24So what we really need here is I need to take out Kayla.
01:14:27Robin needs to take out Damon.
01:14:30So, folks, this is the Invitational Semifinals right here.
01:14:33The winner of this race goes on to the finals to race for $40,000.
01:14:37Let's see who it'll be.
01:14:39Kayla Morton in the right lane.
01:14:40Ryan Martin in the left.
01:14:41And we're in the right.
01:14:51Good job, Ryan.
01:15:15Good job, girl.
01:15:17Did you make an OK pass?
01:15:19Yeah.
01:15:19Just a close, clean race has probably had me by, like,
01:15:21half a car, just all the way down, you know?
01:15:23Good job.
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.
01:15:32So I kind of get it, you know?
01:15:33I know.
01:15:34It sucks.
01:15:36Ryan Martin will go to the finals.
01:15:38Let's see who he'll face between Damon Merchant
01:15:41and Robin Roberts.
01:15:43We need it.
01:15:45We're a race like we need .
01:15:46You know what I mean?
01:15:48We're not here to win.
01:15:49like friends.
01:15:50You know, Robin's sitting over there with four motors
01:15:53in his trailer, and we've got our one.
01:15:56It's hard to pull the trigger and go, OK, this will be the run
01:15:59where 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.
01:16:09Good luck, dude.
01:16:10So if he's in the semifinals, he's
01:16:12probably got a hot rod here this weekend.
01:16:14And like I said, he's one of those that has some momentum
01:16:17going into this weekend on Ryan's team.
01:16:20And it may be 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, and 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.
01:16:43All right, last pair here in the semifinals.
01:16:45The Invitational class is going to be Robin Roberts
01:16:48in the left lane, going up against Damon Merchant
01:16:50in the right.
01:16:59I want him to drag his ass so bad.
01:17:02I want him to drag his ass so bad.
01:17:03Yeah, I know.
01:17:29And Robin Roberts goes red.
01:17:33Yeah.
01:17:34Hell yeah.
01:17:35Yeah, baby.
01:17:36This the win to Damon Merchant.
01:17:38He took a shot at it.
01:17:39That's what you get for guessing.
01:17:49Did you win?
01:17:50Should have talked to your boy about that red light and .
01:17:52No, did he go red?
01:17:53He hit in his head.
01:17:54I didn't think, not on purpose.
01:17:55Huh?
01:17:56Hey, if he did it, he didn't do it on purpose.
01:17:57Uh-huh.
01:18:00Did you go red?
01:18:03Well, after all that ,, I screwed the pooch is what I did.
01:18:07Wasn't much of a race.
01:18:08I think all the talk and all the stuff just going on, I, man,
01:18:11I just let go early.
01:18:12I don't know, flinch, let go, whatever it is.
01:18:15But we were early and it was done.
01:18:22Whoo!
01:18:23They've been chattering like a little sewing circle
01:18:26about me guessing.
01:18:28I don't know.
01:18:29And there's one thing I can do out here
01:18:30that's cut some heads off on that tree.
01:18:32They got in Robin's head.
01:18:34They told him I was guessing.
01:18:35And he anticipated it and went red.
01:18:38And that's what happens.
01:18:41So let them guess if they think,
01:18:44if they can think I'm guessing all they want,
01:18:45but it's going to themselves.
01:18:46Did he go red?
01:18:47Yeah.
01:18:48What the are you at?
01:18:50What do you mean?
01:18:51Did you make it?
01:18:52Yeah.
01:18:53He just led me the half a car the whole way.
01:18:55Oh, you didn't make the finals?
01:18:56No.
01:18:57Sorry.
01:18:58I'll let you down.
01:18:59I'll let you down.
01:19:00Well, I mean, yeah, they've been gaining points.
01:19:03He's very fast.
01:19:04Kind of needed you on that one.
01:19:06I know.
01:19:09So your invitational finals will be Ryan Martin
01:19:14versus Damon Merchant for $40,000.
01:19:19Well, if you think either way, win or lose,
01:19:24we're still ahead, but not by most, like, five points.
01:19:30If you win, though, we're ahead by, like, maybe 15 or 20.
01:19:35Trade over to Kai's team now.
01:19:37It's kind of a breath of fresh air for us.
01:19:39And it's starting to pay off.
01:19:40You know, we've taken down some big, big hitters today,
01:19:44starting with Lizzie and Nate, Giuseppe, Robin,
01:19:48like, we have not had an easy road to get here,
01:19:50so I couldn't be more happy right now.
01:19:53Good 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 to single-handedly
01:20:02hold them off.
01:20:03It's our night to win.
01:20:05This helmet goes on.
01:20:07It's business.
01:20:08People's champ versus the reigning champ.
01:20:11We've worked our ass off to get here,
01:20:13so I couldn't be more proud at the moment
01:20:15for my crew and the car.
01:20:17All right, come on.
01:20:19This is your Invitational Finals.
01:20:26This will be the last race of the night.
01:20:28Mulver in the right lane,
01:20:31backing up the pro-charge tomorrow.
01:20:33That is going to be Shannon Merchant
01:20:35going up against Ryan Martin in the left lane.
01:20:39I'm excited to be racing in another finals, win or lose.
01:20:43Of course, that's not going to change me.
01:20:44We're still going to try to win it,
01:20:46try to collect us another victory for the season,
01:20:48to try to make up for how bad we did
01:20:50at the beginning of the season.
01:20:51We got Damon, and Damon's car runs really good.
01:20:53I haven't got to race him this year, but you know what?
01:20:56I've been wanting to see how fast this car is,
01:20:58and this is the best way.
01:21:00Once again, this race is for $40,000.
01:21:04Pick one and ride with them, folks.
01:21:20And Damon Merchant is your winner,
01:21:25Damon Merchant.
01:21:27I feel like I'm on top of the world right now,
01:21:37and I can't help compare it to a video game
01:21:39where you work your way through these stages
01:21:41up to the big boss.
01:21:43What a animal.
01:21:46Oh, my God.
01:21:47Ryan's the reigning champ, the captain of the team.
01:21:50How the you do that right there?
01:21:52I took out the whole team.
01:21:54If I could stay consistent on the light,
01:21:56the crew's got the car moving a little bit faster each round.
01:21:59It's a recipe for a championship,
01:22:01and that's what we're after.
01:22:02Hey!
01:22:03Look, I don't know if you know or not,
01:22:05but you just won $40,000, my friend.
01:22:07Wow.
01:22:08And you pretty much put the entire Team Kai Kelly
01:22:11on your back.
01:22:12You are...
01:22:13I'm gonna say you're the sole reason why
01:22:15Team Kai Kelly is still number one.
01:22:17And there you have it.
01:22:18Damon Merchant beats three-time champion Ryan Martin
01:22:21to win his second invitational race of the season.
01:22:24That keeps Team Kai Kelly in first
01:22:26and moves Team Ryan Martin into second.
01:22:28Best 2,500 I ever chipped in.
01:22:30But heading into the second-to-last race,
01:22:36things are extremely close at the top.
01:22:38There's only 70 points between the first and third-place teams.
01:22:42Next week.
01:22:43The Alabama International Dragway.
01:22:44Y'all have packed this place.
01:22:45There's not a place to sit anywhere.
01:22:46Nice job.
01:22:47It's the second-to-last race of the year.
01:22:48Don't make me make the decision you make it.
01:22:49I'm going.
01:22:50And the wheels are coming off.
01:22:51I'm going into the last two f***ing races,
01:22:52and I'm trying to get an option
01:22:53that we could possibly f***ing win.
01:22:54We're not ready to quit.
01:22:55We've still got one more race
01:22:56that's double points and today's points and a half.
01:22:57It's anybody.
01:22:58You never told me.
01:22:59You was going to trade me.
01:23:00You kept telling me I'm safe.
01:23:01I'm safe, right?
01:23:02Last week.
01:23:03Last week.
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