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00:00:00National Trail Raceway.
00:00:04Brainerd International Raceway.
00:00:07Bowling Green, how y'all doing today?
00:00:10Over the past 14 weeks, no-prep drivers have been battling it out on racetracks all over the country.
00:00:23Clear the starting line, clear the starting line.
00:00:26Ryan Martin hard into the wall.
00:00:28For the first time ever, we had 18 captains who drafted drivers to their teams,
00:00:32with the option to drop or trade drivers at any point in the season.
00:00:36Team Mike Murillo has sent Birdman down to the reserve pool and has brought up Dominator.
00:00:44Let her trip once, and she'll be on Kai's team, so...
00:00:47What'd you just say?
00:00:48You never told me that you was going to trade me, you kept telling me I'm safe, I'm safe, right?
00:00:52Last week?
00:00:53Each round these drivers went, they collected points towards their team's total.
00:01:01And Lizzie Musi gets the win.
00:01:06Team Kai came out swinging.
00:01:08Virginia Motorsport Park champ Kai Kelly.
00:01:12As did Team Dave.
00:01:16Congratulations, Daddy Dave!
00:01:19And Team Bodie.
00:01:20Cut that knife, boys!
00:01:22Those three teams held the top three spots for more than half the season.
00:01:26Man, y'all doing good, man. I'm just proud of my whole team, man.
00:01:28But Team Ryan kept climbing up the rankings...
00:01:33Oh, and Nate Saylor!
00:01:35Woo!
00:01:37...until they passed Dave to hold their highest rank all season in the number two spot.
00:01:43Ryan Martin, get the win!
00:01:45Go!
00:01:47And now, as we head into our final event of the season...
00:01:50I have never had so much pressure for one round as I have today.
00:01:54...four of these eight teams are within reach.
00:01:57Do I get a chance to knock out the team?
00:01:59This completely ends their chances of the championship for this season.
00:02:03Our first ever team championship...
00:02:05This is one of the biggest races of the year.
00:02:08...worth $200,000.
00:02:10Me, Kai Kelly, Ryan Martin, we're all so close.
00:02:13This first round will probably dictate who's gonna win the championship.
00:02:18Here we go!
00:02:28Here we go!
00:02:30All right...
00:02:45Well, Texas Motor Flex, how y'all doing today?
00:02:48How y'all doing today?
00:02:50Doing good?
00:02:52Look, we are here to do some racing,
00:02:55and it is going to be a day full of action-packed passes.
00:03:00There's going to be some fast passes here tonight,
00:03:03and as you know, this track right here is an extremely fast surface.
00:03:07Super nice track here.
00:03:08We're here at Texas Motorplex,
00:03:19and it is time for the final invitational points race of the season.
00:03:24We are looking at double points here, which means 20 points per round.
00:03:28Look, with the team championship leaderboard so close,
00:03:32that could literally change who wins and who is the loser.
00:03:35Team Kai Kelly currently sitting in first,
00:03:39but right there behind them is Team Ryan Martin.
00:03:42They have momentum, and they are making moves.
00:03:45Dave currently sitting in third, and Sean is sitting in fourth.
00:03:49Look, those teams all have a chance to win that championship here today.
00:03:56There's four teams that could win.
00:03:58Murder Nova could win, but all of us had to go out first round.
00:04:01Everybody.
00:04:02I'm telling you right now, nobody wants us to win it.
00:04:04Oh, no.
00:04:04Oddly enough, they want Ryan to win it, which is kind of weird, but it's okay.
00:04:09So we're finally here.
00:04:10We're in Ennis, Texas.
00:04:11It's the championship race.
00:04:12It's been a battle all year.
00:04:14We're coming into this race 20 points ahead,
00:04:15which with double points, it only means it's one round ahead.
00:04:18Ryan Martin, he has accumulated a bunch of people on his team
00:04:21that runs the same exact combination he does.
00:04:23So they've been bouncing data back and forth,
00:04:25and them cars are getting super fast.
00:04:27My team has pretty much led the entire season.
00:04:29I think there was two or three races where Daddy Dave took the number one spot from us.
00:04:33Pretty much, we have had number one security the entire season.
00:04:36Feel good about it.
00:04:36I just hope nobody does all the guessing
00:04:38and all that, because we 100% planning on doing it back.
00:04:41All right, let's go them up.
00:04:45All right, guys.
00:04:46This is it, right?
00:04:47We worked all season.
00:04:48A lot of us had struggles here.
00:04:51That was one of those people.
00:04:51Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:04:52And overcome that, and we have a really good, solid team.
00:04:56Today's for 200,000.
00:04:57Yeah, yeah.
00:04:58This is the big day.
00:04:59I don't know about y'all, but I'd like to split that 200 grand up tonight.
00:05:02Oh, yeah.
00:05:02Okay?
00:05:03Yeah.
00:05:03We got three teams that are very close, and a fourth that's still possible.
00:05:07Mathematically, it is possible for Sean as well to finish.
00:05:11You know, a lot of things would have to happen, but still it's possible.
00:05:14So you've got Kai Kelly, myself, Daddy Dave, and Sean's team all in that order,
00:05:18all with $200,000 up for grabs.
00:05:21And I know for me personally, I got a really good team,
00:05:23but I need my team to shine more than they have ever shined in any race today.
00:05:28Counting Dave's out is a mistake.
00:05:29Yes.
00:05:30Like, that's how people come from the back and win a championship.
00:05:32Yes.
00:05:33So we cannot do that.
00:05:34We need to have more cars in this race than Dave does every round,
00:05:38and as well as Kai.
00:05:39It's no different.
00:05:40So right now, it's a game of how many cars does our team get to the next round.
00:05:44Hey, one more race.
00:05:46Just got to finish it off.
00:05:46That's it.
00:05:47That's all the more.
00:05:48One more.
00:05:48Okay.
00:05:49This is what we're racing.
00:05:49Let's do it.
00:05:50All right.
00:05:50Let's do it, guys.
00:05:51All right.
00:05:51Good job, boys.
00:05:55So everybody knows Kayla wanted to jump ship.
00:05:58Yep.
00:05:59And it was a hard decision.
00:06:00So I've had the same team all year.
00:06:02Only replaced people as they made me replace them.
00:06:06So the deal was Clay and $8,000 for Kayla.
00:06:11And I just want to take this $8,000.
00:06:14Like, I don't want none of it.
00:06:16So I want you all to split it between y'all.
00:06:19$8,000.
00:06:19That's great.
00:06:20So it's $2,000 a piece for y'all.
00:06:22You sure?
00:06:22You need some of it.
00:06:23You're the captain.
00:06:24I don't.
00:06:24You made that decision.
00:06:25I don't need it.
00:06:26I don't want a penny of this.
00:06:27I want you all to split it between yourselves.
00:06:29So last race in Steele, Alabama, Kayla wanted to go over to Kai's team.
00:06:32You know, Kai's number one in points for the team championship.
00:06:36And I get it.
00:06:36I understand.
00:06:37It's not a guarantee she's going to get some money.
00:06:40But it's a better chance because we are sitting in third.
00:06:43So completely understand.
00:06:45And I let her make that decision.
00:06:46It was completely up to her.
00:06:48So the deal was Clay Cole and $8,000 for Kayla.
00:06:51Clay, the first race you come onto the team, you did amazing.
00:06:54Oh, yes, you did.
00:06:55You got a lot of points.
00:06:56Clay Cole, good guy.
00:06:57I actually wanted him on the team to begin with.
00:07:00So it wasn't a bad swap for me.
00:07:02Because at Alabama, when we did the swap, Kayla went out first round.
00:07:05And Clay went three rounds for me and racked up some points for us there.
00:07:08So it wasn't a bad trade at all.
00:07:11Last race here in Ennis, and we're in the running for the team championship.
00:07:14We're only 70 points behind Kai.
00:07:16That's just a couple rounds.
00:07:17We still have a chance.
00:07:18We can do this.
00:07:19Let's get some big stacks and divide that tonight.
00:07:21Yeah.
00:07:22This first round is going to tell a lot.
00:07:23Team Mertanova, you are still in the running for the team championship.
00:07:33There's a small chance.
00:07:34Slim.
00:07:35Slim.
00:07:35Slim chance.
00:07:36We still have a chance, but it's a slim chance, and we get it.
00:07:42It's this tight.
00:07:43Lots of people would have to lose, and lots of my team would have to win for this to happen.
00:07:47And, you know, it's been a rough season to get a lot of us far on in the race.
00:07:53We're going all in tonight.
00:07:56We're going all in.
00:07:57I'm going to win it all or lose it.
00:07:58I'm not sure how it's going to work.
00:08:04The changes we saw coming into this race were,
00:08:06Bodie dropped himself and put Reaper in.
00:08:10Murillo also dropped himself and put in Doc.
00:08:13Disco replaced Greg Chandler with himself.
00:08:18Thank you so much.
00:08:23Going into the first round, Kai, Ryan, and Dave all have five drivers representing their team.
00:08:29Look, this is proving to be extremely close.
00:08:32It is anyone's championship to win.
00:08:36You can see here we've got all of our drivers on the starting line.
00:08:39These drivers are from the invitational class.
00:08:42There's 32 of them, 32 drivers.
00:08:45They're going to race for $40,000.
00:08:47One of these drivers will walk home with that money.
00:08:49I just want to reiterate that there are four teams that can win the championship.
00:08:54So this first round draw is probably the most important draw of the day, right?
00:09:00It will make or break some hearts.
00:09:01So with that being said, we're going to draw out of the bucket.
00:09:04There are 32 drivers. This is going to take a second for all our drivers to get their chips.
00:09:10Oh, God.
00:09:15This first round draw is extremely important.
00:09:18We saw Team Kai Kellys, David Gates, and Damon draw each other.
00:09:21And Team Dave's, Kyle Canyon, and Clay Cole.
00:09:26Clay Cole and Kyle Canyon, do y'all want to swap with David Gates and Damon Merchant?
00:09:31Kyle against Damon.
00:09:35And you take Gates.
00:09:37Yep.
00:09:38Y'all good with that?
00:09:38That's a good pair.
00:09:39What is it?
00:09:40Clay Cole versus David Gates and Kyle Canyon versus Damon Merchant.
00:09:45Those teams negotiated a trade. So we've got Kyle Canyon racing Damon
00:09:49and David Gates racing Clay Cole. That trade right there is big because you go from guaranteeing
00:09:56one driver moving on to potentially having two or zero going into the next round.
00:10:02All right, folks. So there you have it. We've got the pairing set up.
00:10:05We're going to get this party started.
00:10:08All right, folks. Here we go. Invitational first round, first pair.
00:10:12Brandon James going up against Doc Love.
00:10:16We're going to try to get this. You know it.
00:10:19I know it.
00:10:21I'm on Murder Nova's team now. We're in fourth place.
00:10:24We have a small chance of being able to win the championship here.
00:10:28All five of us have to go past first round and obviously go as far as we can.
00:10:37Unfortunately, I drew Doc and I know he's got kind of a reputation of guessing.
00:10:42So I'm going to keep that in the back of my mind. But at the end of the day,
00:10:44I can only do what I can do. I just got to run as fast as the car's going to run.
00:10:51So coming into the last race of season here at Ennis, Texas, we've been testing.
00:10:55We've been having high hopes. The car's been making killer passes. I was traded for Brandon
00:11:00James and Scott Taylor in the big trade between Murillo and Murder Nova. Not only do I get a chance
00:11:06to vindicate being traded for somebody, but I also get a chance to knock out the team that I used to be on.
00:11:12Just completely end their chances of the championship for this season.
00:11:26I got it. Doc Love takes a stab at the tree, gets the win.
00:11:44He gets the win. Wow.
00:11:46Good job.
00:11:48Hey. Doc Love.
00:11:48Hey, you just ruined their chances. Any chance they had is over.
00:11:52Are you serious?
00:11:53Over there, yeah. They had to . Their guys had to win all of them.
00:11:56God.
00:11:57Damn.
00:11:58Oh, . He had a car on the road.
00:12:00Yeah, yeah, he did.
00:12:01Championship win out the window. It's been a rough season, you know. I had a good time with the teams
00:12:08this year, but at the end of the day, I'm just somebody that stands in front of them and tries
00:12:13to give them a pep talk. I can't change anybody's programs just like nobody's going to come in here
00:12:18and change my program. Good job. Love you, buddy.
00:12:25I got on the break, and sure enough, he left early, and I went right behind him.
00:12:31You can't bitch and complain at the other end when somebody guesses on you,
00:12:36because I have the same opportunity to guess.
00:12:37Man, good light.
00:12:39Well, you know, sometimes the thought just says it's time to go.
00:12:43All right, here we go. Next pair coming at you right now. We got Tony McKinnon going up against
00:12:48Ryan Martin. Our best option right now is the first round early. That's our best option with these
00:12:55guys. We draw Ryan Martin. Ball people, we catch one of the heaviest hitters here. Like I said,
00:13:00if I can't beat him now, I can't beat him later. So I'm going to take this opportunity and swing for it.
00:13:05You think, uh, you think Tony goes at it?
00:13:09100%. This is big. This first round is one of the biggest races of the year.
00:13:15I've got to be able to win this thing. I've got to have as many guys in as we can, including myself.
00:13:31So it's a huge race.
00:13:49All right, here we go. Next pair coming at you right now. We got Tony McKinnon going up against
00:13:53Ryan Martin in the first round. Wow.
00:14:11And Tony McKinnon gets there. Tony McKinnon knocks off Ryan Martin in the first round.
00:14:20Wow. What an upset. Tony McKinnon beats Ryan Martin.
00:14:28Tony just beat Ryan. Tony. Yes, Tony.
00:14:31Tony. I'm going to have to go kiss him on the mouth.
00:14:36I've never beat that man. I have never beat that man.
00:14:42But I knew I had to be on the tree. I had to be on my tune-up. And like, he's the fastest,
00:14:48like he's the best of the best, right? So for me, I just won the whole damn event.
00:14:54Me and Tony McKinnon go up. We go into the pre-stage beams. And right as I was getting ready to go,
00:15:00boom, I see Tony. Let's go to the button. It takes off. Jumps out on me. A good, probably two cars.
00:15:05If you get a two-car head start on somebody, the race is over four starts.
00:15:09I know I let go a little bit early. Huh? You let go early. Yeah, you did.
00:15:13Listen, I know what I had to do. I know what it is.
00:15:16Listen, like, I know what I had to do. Like, it is what it is.
00:15:20Hey, it is what it is. You know what I mean?
00:15:22I'm out first round. I needed to win for my team, and I hate it. For me to feel like I'm
00:15:27letting four other members of my team down, it just compiles that guilt that I have towards my team.
00:15:34It's going to be hard for me to swallow that the way I had to lose that. You know what I'm saying?
00:15:37I understand. Seeing Ryan Martin go out first round on a light guess, it sucks.
00:15:43It's a horrible feeling, but this is a championship, and I need all Ryan's team to go out.
00:15:47And it wouldn't hurt me one bit if they all went out this first round.
00:15:50Hey, two races, two guesses. That's what I said. It's going to be like this all night.
00:15:55Next pair coming at you right now, Giuseppe Gentile going up against Daddy Dave Comstock.
00:16:05First round today, I got Giuseppe. The car's wicked fast, but he's on Ryan's team.
00:16:11Ryan's a decent captain. Like, he knows what has to happen to win a race.
00:16:16Do I anticipate Giuseppe trying to guess on me? Absolutely.
00:16:19Good luck. Hopefully Dave don't guess. Yeah, right? Daddy Dave's my buddy,
00:16:25but one thing I know about Daddy Dave is if he thinks you can jump,
00:16:29he's going to participate in that. He's going to jump if he thinks you can jump.
00:16:33Hey, he probably will. Don't let it get in your head.
00:16:36I'm kind of worried about this race. If Dave takes a shot,
00:16:55it's the same scenario as me and Tony McKinney. You can't outrun him.
00:16:58Hey, Dave's going to guess his ass off too.
00:17:00Oh, yeah.
00:17:01Oh, yeah.
00:17:03Oh, yeah.
00:17:06Dave will go red.
00:17:07Hey, probably.
00:17:10He's going back on the road.
00:17:13Hey, he's either going to go red or he's going to nail it.
00:17:16Either way, he's guessing.
00:17:17Right.
00:17:30Hey, Giuseppe will get the win. Daddy Dave goes red.
00:17:54Just missed it. Daddy Dave goes red.
00:18:00That was a long tree.
00:18:08That was stupid.
00:18:16I didn't plan on guessing. I concentrated on the green light.
00:18:19I physically just let go of the button. That was my fault.
00:18:22I let go of the button and it was too soon.
00:18:26You made a good run too.
00:18:27Yeah.
00:18:28Yeah.
00:18:29Like I didn't have to guess.
00:18:30I wasn't trying to guess.
00:18:32It would have been a good race, yeah.
00:18:34With me taking myself out, it's going to be harder to get this championship.
00:18:38Can we still do it? Absolutely.
00:18:40You know, the stars will have to align.
00:18:42If I would have not red lit, I know I had Giuseppe covered.
00:18:46It would have been extra points and we could have moved on.
00:18:48I'm never guessing again.
00:18:50All right, next pair coming at you right now.
00:18:52We got Kyle Canyon going up against Damon Merchant.
00:18:57Going into the day, we worked our ass off until the wee hours of the morning.
00:19:06Fixing the carnage from last night.
00:19:10Look at all the , there's oil everywhere.
00:19:12man.
00:19:14Stayed up all night, got it all back together this morning.
00:19:21But all we can do is show up today and kick some ass and go some rounds.
00:19:32We're in third place, Dave's team overall right now.
00:19:35There's still a good possibility we can win this deal.
00:19:37We'll see you down here.
00:19:39See you, buddy.
00:19:39Damon's had my number all year, so it's my time to go up here and turn it around.
00:20:00Damon's had a lot of confidence in this all year, and it makes me feel good.
00:20:03So we've got to go up here and make this happen. Damon's got a fast hot rod, in my opinion.
00:20:09Top two fastest hot rods on the property. We can make this happen right here.
00:20:12We've got to go up here and knock this one off.
00:20:15Let's go!
00:20:33And Kyle Canyon gets the win. Damon Merchant looks like he might have broke something there.
00:20:49We left on green. Halfway down the track, it let go. I think it broke the cam.
00:20:55After all the carnage that we've had, this ain't supposed to do this. We've got a few of them here.
00:21:04And this one don't have a roller, so it did a lot of damage. It just hurts right now.
00:21:12Damon Merchant, he's probably done better than anybody this whole year.
00:21:16He comes here and goes out first round because his motor let go. I mean, happens.
00:21:19Ryan. Hey, and Ryan went out first round. We're still in it, dude. We're in it.
00:21:25No, 100%. I wish I'd have done my job.
00:21:27All right, folks. Next pair coming at you right now. We've got Paige Coughlin going up against Disco Dean.
00:21:33This is it.
00:21:41We drew Disco Dean. For us right now, we're in a tricky spot because Team Daddy Dave, Team Fireball,
00:21:47and Team Kai Kelly, you know, we're all pretty, pretty close, and we really want to gain some points.
00:21:51Hopefully, we can get these guys to go out. With everything this car has been through this year,
00:21:55especially in the last week, we had our rig wreck on the way here. Completely totaled the entire rig,
00:22:01and the front right steer tire blew out. With our car kind of going through the motions of a wreck like
00:22:07that, it's a lot of movement, and so I'm nervous about everything.
00:22:17Right now, we need to try to play the spoiler. The car has been fast. We just keep getting outran by a faster car.
00:22:32It's not like we're making terrible runs. We just need a little bit of luck to go our way,
00:22:37squeak through a couple rounds, maybe get a lucky round, and end up in the semis. I feel like I got a
00:22:41car that contend with the top five cars, at least where we feel we're at.
00:22:56All right, folks, next pair coming at you right now, we got Paige Coughlin going up against Disco D.
00:23:11And Paige Coughlin right down Broadway gets the win. Disco D has something happen on the launch, unable to make the pass.
00:23:26Uh, I screwed up. As a driver, it was 100% my fault. I went into stage, I was on the button forever,
00:23:33forever, forever, and I just turned it loose on nothing. She come back on the button, locks it up,
00:23:38and the race was already over. It was 100% my fault. I may not be able to compete with anybody
00:23:43on push-ups, pull-ups, and sit-ups, but by God, I'll go toe-to-toe with anybody on up,
00:23:48because I can do that really good.
00:23:54Team Daddy Dave's not done today. We still got a chance in this thing.
00:23:59So as of right now, I took myself out, but Paige and Kyle, they're moving on to the next round,
00:24:04and we still have Clay and X-Man coming up. Oh, .
00:24:13Don't know where this is going, but we're going to go with it.
00:24:15Tell you how to do it. Watch the tree.
00:24:18Oh. I ain't going to do that, but these pistons are going to be mad at the end.
00:24:22I mean, I think about it, but I can't guess. So this season has been a roller coaster,
00:24:27from starting on a new team, Mike Murillo, and then all of a sudden we changed teams.
00:24:32Now we're on Murder Nova's team. Last race, points race. We ain't got a chance of winning the points
00:24:38or the team, but we can be a spoiler for some of them, so that's kind of our goal, you know.
00:24:43Scott's a great guy. You know, I think a lot of it's going to be who gets who on the tree.
00:24:46And Jimmy Taylor will get the win. Scott Taylor goes red. Wow.
00:25:15Dang it. Well, that's not the way we wanted to end the season, you know.
00:25:21I guess going up there being extremely antsy, we've turned the car up, we've added all this power.
00:25:25The driver error, I let go of the button too early. I think that's the first time I've been red all year.
00:25:31The first time all season. That is the worst way you can take a loss in drag racing, is turning the light red.
00:25:38I told myself, I said, I'm not going red no matter what, and I still went red, dude. I'm sorry.
00:25:43Hey, good. Hey, it's a win, it's all.
00:25:45Hey. We were throwing the kitchen sink out on it that fast. It's the last race, and we threw everything we could,
00:25:50and we're probably going to do it all night, and hopefully everybody's red light, and we can win the whole thing,
00:25:55not to even have to make a full hit, so. Yeah!
00:25:59All right, next pair, we got Callie Mills going up against Kai Kelly.
00:26:04Well, I guess Ryan lost, so that's good for you.
00:26:07That's good for you. Yeah, it is really good.
00:26:09I drew the seventh pair, Callie Mills. She's, uh, Callie and her dad's pretty straight up racers.
00:26:14I don't think that they're going to go out there and guess on me. I'm going to go out there and run my race.
00:26:18I'm not going to do no tricky . I'm not going to mess with her on the tree.
00:26:21I'm going to go out there and run her straight up. If she guesses on me, that's on her, but I've never seen her do it before.
00:26:27Even though we don't have a chance for the championship, we would still like to gain some points here,
00:26:30and we could possibly come in third here. If Callie can take Kai out, that'll put a hurting on his program
00:26:36and for the deal. You know, all year running hard to come down to this last race, and Callie does
00:26:41have a car that could possibly take him out.
00:26:53The first round is going to be huge. It's the deciding factor. If we can get three people
00:26:57to go to the next round, and Ryan's only got two. I mean, it's just every round all the way to the end.
00:27:04And if Ryan makes it to the finals tonight, one of us needs to be in the finals with him.
00:27:08It's going to be tough. I think we can do it. I mean, we didn't get here for nothing.
00:27:27And Kai Kelly takes the win. Close drag race there with Callie Mills.
00:27:40But Kai Kelly moving on the next round, helping his team out.
00:27:44Oh, that sucks.
00:27:46I think Callie beat me on the tree. She beat me all the way to about 600 feet,
00:27:52finally come around her.
00:27:56She gave me all I wanted. I can tell you that. That was a badass drag race.
00:27:59All right, folks, this next pair right here is going to be a good one.
00:28:02Robin Roberts going up against Murder Nova.
00:28:07You know I will never guess against you.
00:28:09I know you won't either, but you know, I don't have to try and worry about it.
00:28:12That's a fair race.
00:28:13And I know you're too cool for it.
00:28:14This thing is, it's not right.
00:28:16I know.
00:28:17I draw Robin Roberts again. Feels like I race him every other race.
00:28:22I'm not saying that it's not going to make a good pass.
00:28:24Oh, no, I get it.
00:28:25It'll still make a decent pass.
00:28:26We're taking that out, so you're going to have to.
00:28:27It'll still make a decent pass.
00:28:28I'm just telling you, I'm going to leave when I see Green.
00:28:30Oh, thank you.
00:28:31You don't have to worry about that with me.
00:28:32I'm going to try. I'm going to do that same thing.
00:28:33I know. I know.
00:28:35We're having some problems with the car.
00:28:38We broke last night in the grade eight against Giuseppe, and the car's not happy.
00:28:44We got some oil in the cylinders, and that takes the octane
00:28:48and just does whatever it wants with it.
00:28:49So we're going to have to be careful here not to hurt the motor any worse
00:28:53and still try to go fast enough to outrun Robin.
00:28:56Okay. Love you.
00:29:00Three teams are neck and neck to the championship.
00:29:02First round is going to be the most important round of the day
00:29:05because that's going to set the tone for the whole thing.
00:29:07We may even either win it or lose it first round.
00:29:09Some racing Murtanova.
00:29:14There's so much pressure on this one because Ryan has already gone out,
00:29:18and now we got to hold up our side of it.
00:29:20So I got to win this race.
00:29:39I got to win this race.
00:29:44And Robin Rowe.
00:29:45We need that.
00:29:46Yeah, we need that. Come on, baby.
00:29:47Murtanova there. Nice pass for him.
00:29:50That's two more of my guys moving on with me being the only loser of my team so far.
00:29:55So we've got Bruders left and Nate left, and I've got a lot of faith in both those cars to win.
00:30:00So we'll see what happens.
00:30:01It was a great race. We both leave together.
00:30:09He's hanging in, and we just pulled him in the middle and snuck out a win.
00:30:13So on to the next round.
00:30:15Good job.
00:30:15I made a good one, so.
00:30:16Good?
00:30:17Yeah.
00:30:17It was a good race. That's all I care about.
00:30:20I saw you at like the 330 and just barely eeked.
00:30:22I was like, oh, yeah, good, good.
00:30:23Yeah, yeah.
00:30:24Good job, buddy.
00:30:25Nice job, man.
00:30:26Yep.
00:30:26Next pair driving the Turbo Conquest.
00:30:30That's going to be Chris Rankin going up against Justin Swanstrom.
00:30:35Hey, set that in the hat over there.
00:30:36Put it up against the rat.
00:30:40Here we are, Team Bodie, man.
00:30:41We're in a run still to actually be able to beat Team Swanstrom.
00:30:44We can all go two rounds, and they don't.
00:30:48Then we have a chance to at least beat them guys and working our way up into points a little further.
00:30:51We just got to go out here and do our thing and put a screw blower on the trailer first round.
00:31:00Next pair driving the Turbo Conquest.
00:31:16That's going to be Chris Rankin going up against Justin Swanstrom.
00:31:28And Justin Swanstrom gets the win even with a pedal.
00:31:44Swanstrom turns on that wind light.
00:31:46Nice job.
00:31:49All right, next pair are going to be Jim Howe going up against Jeff Lutz.
00:31:53We drew Jeff Lutz first round.
00:32:08We elected last night not to make any grudge hits.
00:32:12So I'm coming off the trailer with no runs down this racetrack since last year.
00:32:16And Jim Howe will take the win there.
00:32:40Jim made a good look, but Jeff made a good look too.
00:32:45Good job, Jim.
00:32:46Good job, Bubba.
00:32:47Just didn't have enough in it.
00:32:50Next pair coming at you right now.
00:32:52We got Larry Larson going up against Chuck 55.
00:32:55So you're all good? Everything good?
00:32:57Uh, as far as I know, we found a fuel line that was about ready to blow the end off of it.
00:33:01Ooh, amen.
00:33:02That could be dangerous real quick, huh?
00:33:03Oh, it could be bad.
00:33:04So just a little bit of maintenance stuff.
00:33:07We drew Chuck Parker again, and we've ran Chuck a couple times this year.
00:33:11He's been running pretty good.
00:33:12I didn't think we could get by him.
00:33:14It's going to be a good race for sure.
00:33:16Chuck 55 turns on the win like gets the win.
00:33:25Nice pass for him.
00:33:26He'll move on to the second round of the Invitational Class.
00:33:40All right, folks, next pair, we got Nate Saylor going up against Kayla Morton.
00:33:49You ready?
00:33:51Fire this deal up.
00:33:53All right, let's do it.
00:33:55All right, let's do it.
00:33:56I'm going to.
00:33:58I drew Nate Saylor first round.
00:34:00Very tough draw, but honestly, the best case scenario for both teams.
00:34:05It's a chance to take Ryan's team out for me.
00:34:07It's a chance to take me out for Ryan's team.
00:34:09So pretty evenly matched cars.
00:34:11We're both very, very fast, and it's a really tough draw.
00:34:16Holy .
00:34:18I'm just, this whole jumping got me nervous.
00:34:21No, you don't need to be nervous.
00:34:22All the ones that have jumped have gone red besides one.
00:34:26No, Doc jumped and Tony McKinney jumped.
00:34:29Mm-hmm.
00:34:30Two slow cars that shouldn't have won.
00:34:32Well, hopefully you just have enough in it.
00:34:35Turn your hand real quick.
00:34:37This is a big day for us.
00:34:39We're in second place.
00:34:40We're down by 20.
00:34:41Dave's team's not far behind us.
00:34:43This is for $200,000.
00:34:44This is our, what we've been fighting for all year long.
00:34:48Just a lot on the line, especially with Ryan being out.
00:34:52Losing Ryan first round sucked.
00:34:53I hate it when people guess, you know.
00:34:55And that's what they obviously know they need to do against that car or that caliber.
00:34:58I'm scared to death that that stuff's going to happen to us.
00:35:01I'm really good at the tree, so she's going to have to really guess if she's going to guess on me.
00:35:05But I think I got enough to run her down.
00:35:06Last week, we bought Kayla.
00:35:20We traded Clay Cole.
00:35:22Kayla, she's been doing badass all season.
00:35:24Kayla drew Nate.
00:35:25That's really big, because Nate's one of the faster guys on Ryan's team.
00:35:28If she can put him out, that really helps us.
00:35:30Because Nate's got potential to win first round and go all the way to the finals.
00:35:34Kayla could either run Nate straight up and beat him, or she could guess on him.
00:35:37That could be a huge upset.
00:35:38She's really good at guessing.
00:35:50And Nate Sailor gets there first.
00:36:02What a drag race.
00:36:03That looked close from the starting line, but Nate Sailor able to turn on the win light.
00:36:06He got her on the tree.
00:36:08I figured she'd take a shot.
00:36:11I figured she would.
00:36:12I thought she would have too.
00:36:13Good race, Nate.
00:36:15Good race, Kayla.
00:36:17I wish we wouldn't have had to have done that for a while.
00:36:19It's all right.
00:36:20I have never had so much pressure for one round as I have today.
00:36:24We both left clean.
00:36:26He just took off on me and just kind of led me by what he got me off of the whole way down.
00:36:32Nate makes a perfect pass, puts her on the trailer.
00:36:35So I've got a third one of my teammates going to the next round, which is fantastic.
00:36:41And that's one of Kai's players that's not in.
00:36:44All right, next pair coming at you right now,
00:36:45going to be John Odom going up against Mike Bowman.
00:36:50Last year we went to the grade eight finals here.
00:36:57We won it.
00:36:58So, you know, we got some good history at this track and we need a good win for this year.
00:37:06This is the last race.
00:37:08This is it.
00:37:08I feel like I have a good car today to race John Odom.
00:37:11Yeah, I'm going to step it up a little bit.
00:37:13It's going to be fast.
00:37:14We'll see what happens.
00:37:23All right, next pair coming at you right now,
00:37:33going to be John Odom going up against Mike Bowman.
00:37:43And John Odom will take the win there.
00:37:55Next pair coming at you right here.
00:37:58We've got Blake Holt going up against David Gates.
00:38:02I'm on Daddy Dave's team.
00:38:10We're currently sitting in third place.
00:38:12We're definitely not out of the running now.
00:38:14It's a little bittersweet because of my former presence on that other team.
00:38:19And I really like those guys.
00:38:21They're great.
00:38:21But when we go to that starting line, business is business.
00:38:24You know, Clay, I owe him one from a week ago.
00:38:28He was in Alabama.
00:38:29He beat me second round.
00:38:35These pro chargers, they're fast as hell out here, man.
00:38:37They got it figured out.
00:38:39We're going to have to send a thing, go down through there,
00:38:41and see what we can do with it and try to get the win.
00:38:54And Clay Cole gets the win, moves on the next round.
00:39:10We've got three yet.
00:39:11Damn it!
00:39:16Baby Lizzy.
00:39:24We go up there.
00:39:30It's a side-to-side drag race all the way to the end.
00:39:33Thankfully, our win light turned off.
00:39:36We've got the win there.
00:39:37The W for the team.
00:39:37We got the points.
00:39:38Double points this weekend.
00:39:40So it does nothing but help us out and get closer.
00:39:44You are, you are.
00:39:45It's all right, man.
00:39:48She killed me on the tree.
00:39:49Next pair, Larry Axeman Roach going up against Lizzy Musi.
00:40:02Yeah.
00:40:03Lizzy's going to be tough, boy.
00:40:06We battled it out several times this year.
00:40:09I ended up drawing Axeman for first round.
00:40:14Axeman is not the one I want to draw.
00:40:17He's fast and he's good on the tree.
00:40:20I know a lot of people have been guessing.
00:40:22So that's taken into consideration.
00:40:26Got to be on my game to race him.
00:40:31Come on, Axeman.
00:40:47And Axeman gets the win.
00:41:00Lizzy's car makes a move towards the wall.
00:41:02Has to get out of it.
00:41:04So Team Kai Kelly taking the losses here.
00:41:09Took out three of Kai's team for Ryan.
00:41:12My expectations were really low for winning this championship
00:41:15because I took myself out.
00:41:16I needed all five drivers in there.
00:41:18And I needed all of us to do well.
00:41:20But my team took out three of Kai's team members.
00:41:23So going into round two, it's only Kai.
00:41:26But I have four left on my team.
00:41:28Ah.
00:41:33All right, folks.
00:41:34This will be the last pair for the invitational first round.
00:41:37And that's going to be Rich Bruder going up against Bobby
00:41:40to Cody.
00:41:45Bruders is my last guy in.
00:41:48And Bobby, look, he's known to guess.
00:42:10Rich Bruder winning the win there over Bobby and Cody.
00:42:17Great job, good job, Eddie.
00:42:18Great pass on his.
00:42:19Wow.
00:42:20Good news is Bruder wins.
00:42:35Bobby gave him a straight up race.
00:42:37Bruders outrun him.
00:42:38It worked out exactly like we needed to.
00:42:40Bad news is Dave also has four people in.
00:42:44So Dave's kind of nipping at our heels here and advances with four.
00:42:48So we advance with four.
00:42:49He advances with four.
00:42:51Good news for both of our teams, myself and Dave,
00:42:54is that Kai only has one racer and he only has himself.
00:42:57That's going to be a lot easier to deal with Kai.
00:43:00But now it looks like potentially Dave's going to be the pain in my ass to try
00:43:04to take this win away from me.
00:43:06How many has he still got in, four?
00:43:09We got one.
00:43:11What happened to Lizzie?
00:43:13I don't know.
00:43:13I just heard X-Men wins.
00:43:16My team just fell apart today.
00:43:18Damon's motor blew up.
00:43:19Lizzie and Kayla got outran.
00:43:20David Gates got outran by Clay Cole.
00:43:23Clay just all of a sudden started running really well when he got on Dave's team.
00:43:26And Kayla didn't.
00:43:28She went out first round both events.
00:43:30She was on our team.
00:43:31The only thing we can hope for now is three of their four go out next round and I go to the finals.
00:43:38Round one proved to be disastrous for team Kai Kelly.
00:43:41As he only had one driver moving on to the second round.
00:43:45And that one driver is Kai Kelly himself.
00:43:48So Kai Kelly is going to have to do what Kai Kelly does.
00:43:50Put his entire team on his back and win this whole thing.
00:43:54Meanwhile, Ryan and Dave, who are sitting in second and third, each have four drivers left.
00:43:58With that being said though, it was the captains themselves that lost.
00:44:02Dave and Ryan.
00:44:04They're going to have to sit on the sidelines and cheer the rest of their team on to victory.
00:44:07All right, folks, here we go.
00:44:11I've got my drivers here on the starting line.
00:44:13We are going to do our invitational round two drivers meeting.
00:44:18Folks, the first round was full of a lot of surprises, a lot of upsets.
00:44:24And Team Murder Nova is now out of contention.
00:44:28All right, folks.
00:44:29So we're going to go ahead and draw chips and see who is racing who here in this second round.
00:44:36All right, 16 drivers left.
00:44:39And after this round, we'll be that much closer to giving someone $40,000.
00:44:52All right, all my drivers have their chips.
00:44:54Where are my number ones?
00:44:57Jimmy Taylor going up against Clay Cole.
00:44:59What's up, brother?
00:45:00Come on, sir.
00:45:01Number two, Chuck 55 going up against Kai Kelly.
00:45:07All right, man.
00:45:08All right.
00:45:08All right.
00:45:09Number threes, Kyle Canyon versus Nate Saylor.
00:45:14Good luck, buddy.
00:45:15All right.
00:45:16Fourth pair, Doc Love versus Justin Swanstrom.
00:45:21Doc.
00:45:22You going to guess on me or what?
00:45:23Probably.
00:45:24Probably.
00:45:24Probably.
00:45:24Probably.
00:45:25Number fives, ooh.
00:45:27John Odom versus Axeman Larry Roach.
00:45:31Number six, Jim Howe versus Paige Coughlin.
00:45:37Good luck, kiddo.
00:45:37All right.
00:45:38He's safe.
00:45:39Number sevens, Rich Bruder versus Tony McKinney.
00:45:46Tony McKinney, dragon slayer here today.
00:45:48Knocked out Ryan Martin.
00:45:49All right.
00:45:50My eighth and final pair will be Robin Roberts versus Giuseppe.
00:45:57Oh, man.
00:45:59Aren't y'all on the same team?
00:46:00Yikes.
00:46:01That hurts.
00:46:02Get your cars turned around.
00:46:04Bring them back up here.
00:46:05Someone's going to win $40,000 and some team is going to win $200,000 today.
00:46:11All right, folks.
00:46:12Let's do it.
00:46:13Bounty bonuses they kind of have.
00:46:15Yeah, absolutely.
00:46:17Hey, I think you can do it.
00:46:19First pair coming at you right now.
00:46:23An invitation to round two to be Jimmy Taylor going up against Clay Cole.
00:46:27See that oil that's running down the head?
00:46:30I can't have that under the tires.
00:46:33No, I know.
00:46:35B went first round and we went back with four people.
00:46:38Four out of five.
00:46:39The only other team to do that was Ryan Martin.
00:46:41So that's great.
00:46:44Oh, yeah.
00:46:45I'm going to turn the CO2 on.
00:46:49Moving forward, we just got to do our due diligence.
00:46:51Make sure our cars are perfect.
00:46:53Go up there and turn on wind lights.
00:46:54Oh, we need this.
00:46:55We need it.
00:46:56And Jimmy Taylor goes red.
00:47:18Clay Cole takes the win.
00:47:20I just got the first win for our team.
00:47:30I need the other three team members to pull through and get their win so we can move right
00:47:33on into the next round and secure this championship.
00:47:36Man, I just can't believe I did that.
00:47:40Cannot believe I did that.
00:47:42All right, next pair here in the second round of the invitational class is going to be Chuck 55
00:47:48going up against Kai Kelly.
00:47:52Hey, man.
00:47:54Been a long time.
00:47:55It's been a long time.
00:47:56I've been wanting to see what these two cars are doing.
00:47:57Yeah, let's do it.
00:47:58We'll make you work for this one.
00:47:59Everybody keeps saying you're the bad as it is.
00:48:02Well, I don't know about that.
00:48:03We're going to have to work for it.
00:48:04I promise you that.
00:48:05Kai Kelly is right on the bump on whether he can even win this deal or not.
00:48:10Man, Ryan said, dude, if you can take him out, there's going to be a bounty on this guy.
00:48:15If we get a good, clean race, I think I can take him.
00:48:18Good luck, because that's on all your successful , sir.
00:48:21Thanks, man.
00:48:21For real, you're doing good.
00:48:23Just kind of following my dad's footsteps.
00:48:25Yeah, I mean, you know, it's close.
00:48:28It's not quite the same footsteps.
00:48:29You're taking a little different path.
00:48:33I wish I had David's reaction time about right now.
00:48:35What?
00:48:36I wish I had David's reaction time about right now.
00:48:38You do.
00:48:39You'll be fine.
00:48:40Just use Kai's reaction time, bud.
00:48:42You're fine.
00:48:43All right.
00:48:43Hey, we believe in him.
00:48:44Believe in yourself.
00:48:45I wish I had David's reaction time.
00:49:05Whoa.
00:49:06Damn!
00:49:07Damn!
00:49:37And Chuck, 55, gets the win, knocks Kai Keeley out.
00:49:46Wow.
00:49:47.
00:49:48Treated the out of him.
00:50:02Yeah, he cut a good light, too.
00:50:03I think it was one of those, it's time to go.
00:50:05.
00:50:08Well, Eric, congratulations, everybody.
00:50:12Oh, yeah, y'all are out.
00:50:13Yeah, we're done.
00:50:14Damn.
00:50:15We're done.
00:50:16That's not a wrap yet, because Dave's still got guys in,
00:50:19so now it's between us and Dave.
00:50:20How many you got down, three?
00:50:21I got four, but two of them drew each other.
00:50:27Thought you wanted to see who had the fastest car, man.
00:50:29I did.
00:50:30.
00:50:31Hey, there wasn't no guessing.
00:50:32.
00:50:33.
00:50:34You guess.
00:50:35I swear to God.
00:50:36You guess.
00:50:37Can we look at it?
00:50:38I did not guess.
00:50:39That was a guess.
00:50:40You was at 60 foot from my green light.
00:50:41Come on, bro.
00:50:42That wasn't it.
00:50:43I'm telling you.
00:50:44Maybe you didn't mean to.
00:50:45I didn't.
00:50:46Kai, you know, have I ever guessed against you?
00:50:47They told me to guess on you, and I said he's standing with God.
00:50:49He wasn't good.
00:50:50Have I ever guessed against you?
00:50:51Never.
00:50:52You did today.
00:50:53Well, it wasn't on purpose if you think I did.
00:50:54I swear to God.
00:50:55I don't think.
00:50:56I know, but I mean, it's all good.
00:50:57I've done it before on accident.
00:50:58If that's what happened.
00:50:59You know, a whole season of hard work comes down to, I guess.
00:51:05I'm proud of you.
00:51:06He ran on his crazy legs.
00:51:09He was faster than him, too.
00:51:11It was catching him like he was tied to a stump.
00:51:14And we had a really fast hot rod.
00:51:17He was way out on us, and I reeled him in.
00:51:19Like, I almost caught him.
00:51:22He won the race.
00:51:23Uh, just, it sucks.
00:51:25Uh, am I aggravated?
00:51:27Yeah.
00:51:28I thought he was going to hit me.
00:51:29That's why I let out before the finish line.
00:51:30He was coming over hard.
00:51:32It sucks that it happened here in the championship race
00:51:34when I actually had a chance to put the team on my shoulders
00:51:36and go to the finals and win.
00:51:38Right there before the green light come on, my mind said let go.
00:51:42If I would have, I'd have beat him.
00:51:43All right.
00:51:44Next pair, Kyle Canyon going up against Nate Sailor.
00:51:49Can anybody hear me?
00:51:52Let's go, Nate.
00:51:57I got you.
00:51:58We're third pair.
00:51:59We drew Nate Sailor.
00:52:13This round's going to be the telltale here.
00:52:15We still have four in from Dave, four in from Ryan.
00:52:19But Ryan getting two of his teammates drawing each other
00:52:22and then me drawing one of Ryan's teammates,
00:52:24that was probably the best opportunity for us to pass it.
00:52:27Looks like it's between me and you, sir.
00:52:29Thank you, sir.
00:52:30Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.
00:52:35Oh.
00:52:39He let the go start on that one.
00:52:57Woo!
00:52:58There's one berth.
00:53:03Oh, man.
00:53:05I needed that.
00:53:07Next pair coming at you right now.
00:53:09Doc Love going up against Justin Swanstrom.
00:53:16Good work, buddy.
00:53:18Good work.
00:53:20I'm racing Swanstrom.
00:53:21I haven't raced him this year.
00:53:22He's struggling a little bit this year, but he's still fast.
00:53:25Just because you struggle doesn't mean that you're not fast.
00:53:28Everybody thinks that I'm guessing the light
00:53:30or anticipating whatever you want to call it.
00:53:32I'm just freaking good on it.
00:53:33All right, turn the power on. Let's go.
00:53:35If you're going to blame me to be the guesser,
00:53:38then I'm probably going to guess.
00:53:40Your car looked good, man.
00:53:42Keep going it.
00:53:43We're going up against Doc Love,
00:53:44and I even asked him up there,
00:53:46I said, hey, you about to guess on me?
00:53:47And he said, yeah.
00:53:48So I'm going to go up and just run my race.
00:53:50What I don't want to do is,
00:53:51I don't want to give the race away by going red.
00:53:53I'm going to go off green.
00:53:54We're going to go off green.
00:54:14Good job.
00:54:15Second round.
00:54:16Hey, Doc told me.
00:54:17I didn't go up there planning on guessing the first round.
00:54:19He didn't guess.
00:54:23Man, it was a good race.
00:54:25I could hear him over there,
00:54:26and I was getting close by the wall,
00:54:28so I cracked the throttle and got back in it.
00:54:30I was out there just enough
00:54:31to be able to nudge it out at the end.
00:54:33It was very, very close,
00:54:34so I'm excited for it,
00:54:35and we're on to round three.
00:54:37All right, next pair,
00:54:39that's going to be Jon Odom
00:54:40going up against Axeman Larry Roach.
00:54:45Come on, baby.
00:54:46Let's get this done.
00:54:47Come on.
00:54:49We need this big, Dad.
00:54:52Ah.
00:54:57Okay.
00:55:00I haven't reached Axeman much this year.
00:55:02I think one or two times.
00:55:03I think I may have won, he may have won.
00:55:05I'm just going to go out there and see what happens
00:55:07and rock and roll.
00:55:08Come on, Axeman!
00:55:09Come on, Axeman.
00:55:11Oh, shit!
00:55:12Come on, Axeman.
00:55:14Come on, Axeman.
00:55:15It just died, I need some fuel.
00:55:45Uh-oh, and John Odom looks like he can't back up over there in the left lane.
00:55:50His crew's running down there.
00:55:53It's your job to put him on the clock.
00:55:55Oh, yeah.
00:56:02All right, looks like Axeman has put John Odom on a two-minute clock.
00:56:07I put him on the clock.
00:56:09Hey, I got him.
00:56:11I put him on the clock.
00:56:13Hey, I got him.
00:56:14So what that means, folks, is John Odom's got to get his car backed up and staged within two minutes.
00:56:21Nothing.
00:56:22There's nothing.
00:56:23It's dead.
00:56:24It's dead.
00:56:25All right, so one minute has gone by.
00:56:34Power on.
00:56:35Power on now.
00:56:36Hang on.
00:56:37Watch out.
00:56:38Keep on pushing.
00:56:39Keep on pushing.
00:56:40Keep on pushing.
00:56:44Keep on pushing.
00:56:45Keep on pushing.
00:56:46Keep on pushing.
00:56:47Keep on pushing.
00:56:48Push him.
00:56:49Get him back.
00:56:50Push him back.
00:56:51One minute.
00:56:52Well, 50 seconds now.
00:56:53Oh, 30 seconds left.
00:56:5430 seconds left.
00:56:56Uh-oh.
00:56:5730 seconds.
00:56:58Get him close to the beams.
00:56:59They can't the beams either.
00:57:00They're almost ready.
00:57:01Fire it up.
00:57:02Fire it up.
00:57:03Fire it up.
00:57:04Fire it up.
00:57:05I'm on fire it up.
00:57:06Okay, come on.
00:57:07Fire it up.
00:57:08Come on, you're holding his car back.
00:57:09Push him back.
00:57:10Push him back.
00:57:11Push him back.
00:57:12Push him back.
00:57:13One minute.
00:57:14Well, 50 seconds now.
00:57:1530 seconds left.
00:57:1630 seconds left.
00:57:17Uh-oh.
00:57:1830 seconds left.
00:57:2030 seconds left.
00:57:21Uh-oh.
00:57:22How you say that?
00:57:23Get him close to the beams.
00:57:24They can't the beams either.
00:57:25Fire it up.
00:57:26Fire it up.
00:57:27Fire it up.
00:57:28Fire it up.
00:57:29Fire it up.
00:57:30Two minutes has surpassed, here we go.
00:57:38What the f*** is that?
00:57:40Hey, John Odom gets the win! Wow!
00:58:02Hey, got him!
00:58:04After all that, John Odom gets the win!
00:58:08Good job, man. Good job.
00:58:12Hey, let's go!
00:58:14Good job.
00:58:16Hell yeah!
00:58:18I owe you an apology, Axe Man.
00:58:20Oh, my car broke.
00:58:22It wouldn't stay fired under reverse or load.
00:58:26So, I'm sorry, bro.
00:58:28I broke, so it didn't make a difference.
00:58:30Okay, well, you know I never...
00:58:32I ain't worried about that.
00:58:34I blew a brush panel or something.
00:58:36Did you?
00:58:38I broke a pro charge.
00:58:40Oh, f***.
00:58:42I broke, I must have broke a shaft.
00:58:44Hey, sorry about all that.
00:58:46I ain't worried about that. That's racing, man.
00:58:48Hey, why do you?
00:58:50Oh, it was him.
00:58:52So, round two is not looking up.
00:58:56Kyle grenaded his motor against Nate
00:58:58and ended up losing.
00:59:00Axe Man up against Odom,
00:59:02there was a big disaster on the start line
00:59:04with the tree and the two-minute time limit,
00:59:06and it was horrible.
00:59:08But we still have Paige,
00:59:10and Paige drew a bear on this one.
00:59:12Jim Howell, like, his car's hauling ass.
00:59:14Paige is coming around.
00:59:15Her car is doing what it's supposed to be doing.
00:59:17The tuner's doing great.
00:59:18She's doing great as a driver.
00:59:19I need Paige to take Jim Howell out.
00:59:22That's racing, brother.
00:59:24All right, next pair coming at you.
00:59:26Got Jim Howell going up against Paige Coughlin.
00:59:30First round, the burnout was my fault.
00:59:32Well, I feel like there's some people up there.
00:59:34I know.
00:59:35I was not giving it enough throttle, I think,
00:59:37because I'm so nervous.
00:59:38So round two, we drew Jim Howell.
00:59:41I've actually never raced him before,
00:59:42so I'm super excited about that.
00:59:44The championship for the team is riding on us
00:59:47going past second round,
00:59:48and it's, like, no pressure.
00:59:50Hey, I need her to go out, too.
00:59:52I need Jim to run on this.
00:59:54Oh, hey, hey.
00:59:55That's a 100.
00:59:56I feel like it's pretty good.
00:59:58I feel like it's pretty good.
01:00:00I feel like it's pretty good.
01:00:08And Paige Coughlin for the win there.
01:00:25Nice job.
01:00:27Paige Coughlin, look at Jim Howell.
01:00:29So how many's Dave got in now?
01:00:33Just that one, right?
01:00:35Two.
01:00:36Let's get Clay Cole.
01:00:37Oh, yeah, Clay Cole.
01:00:39Oh, my God.
01:00:41I can't believe we just beat him.
01:00:44Oh, my smokes.
01:00:45This thing was absolutely fast.
01:00:48I couldn't even comprehend how fast we were going.
01:00:51It has to be one of the top five fastest laps
01:00:53we've ever made.
01:00:55We're going into third round,
01:00:57so it's just me and Clay Cole left for Team Daddy Dave.
01:01:00I know there's three left for Team Ryan Martin,
01:01:02so we really need to, both of us need to go into this round.
01:01:05This thing was hollow in the flipping mill.
01:01:08It's riding so rough, you can't even see where you're going.
01:01:11It's vibrating.
01:01:13Next pair, that is going to be Tony McKinney
01:01:16against Rich Bruder.
01:01:24We got Tony McKinney.
01:01:25He jumped on Ryan,
01:01:26so I don't know what kind of staging games are going to be,
01:01:29but we're going to be ready.
01:01:30We're going to make a fast path.
01:01:31We're going to turn our car up faster.
01:01:33We have to gain these points.
01:01:35Our team's hungry for this championship,
01:01:36and I think we're going to get it.
01:01:37Come on, Tony.
01:01:38Again.
01:01:39Again.
01:01:40Yeah!
01:01:41Yeah!
01:01:42Yeah!
01:01:59Bruder with the win.
01:02:02Nice job there.
01:02:03Rich Bruder moving on the next round.
01:02:06How many is that LeBron in?
01:02:07Three.
01:02:08Well, two, and then two of them are racing each other.
01:02:12So three.
01:02:13One of them's going on, and I got two in.
01:02:14Last pair for the second round.
01:02:15That's going to be Giuseppe going up against Robin Roberts.
01:02:19Hey, feelin' good?
01:02:20Yeah.
01:02:21Okay, good deal.
01:02:22Good deal.
01:02:23Good deal.
01:02:24I don't know why, son.
01:02:25Headed into round two.
01:02:26I got Giuseppe.
01:02:27You hate to draw a teammate,
01:02:28but it does mean that one of us moves on.
01:02:29Nate and Bruder both won,
01:02:30so we know that at least three of us are moving on,
01:02:32and that's a great step to clinching this championship.
01:02:34How many?
01:02:35Oh, my God.
01:02:36What am I doing?
01:02:37I got Giuseppe.
01:02:38You hate to draw a teammate,
01:02:39but it does mean that one of us moves on.
01:02:41Nate and Bruder both won,
01:02:43so we know that at least three of us are moving on,
01:02:45and that's a great step to clinching this championship.
01:03:04and Robin Roberts is your winner so Robin Roberts in the next round good job
01:03:13nice job that race between Chuck 55 and Kai was huge he gets knocked out in the second round and
01:03:22with that goes his hopes of winning the team championship now it all comes down to team Dave
01:03:27and team Ryan those teams came into the race today being 50 points away from each other and
01:03:33it is still neck and neck all right folks here we go round three drivers meeting let's draw chips see
01:03:42who is racing who in this third round all right all my drivers have their chips where are my number
01:03:58ones John Odom versus Justin Swanstrom number twos Clay Cole versus Nate Sailor oh man number threes
01:04:12going to be Paige Coughlin versus Robin Roberts which means the fourth and final pair will be
01:04:22Rich Bruder versus Chuck 55 all right drivers go back to your pits get your cars turned around
01:04:29let's give away $40,000 and a team championship let's go
01:04:34first pair in this third round that's going to be John Odom against Justin Swanstrom
01:04:46this sucks going up against a teammate I would have loved us been split apart we could have
01:04:57possibly taken two other people out and be able to keep gaining points for us at least one of us is
01:05:02going to the next round and whoever that is maybe we can go off and pull off a win for us out here
01:05:06first pair in this third round that's going to be John Odom against Justin Swanstrom
01:05:23and Justin Swanstrom will get the win John Odom crosses the center there looks like he might have taken out the timing cone
01:05:48I was right there so I think I went to the middle and I'm never going to come over on you you know
01:05:53that I'm never going to come over on you good race I say good thing about it at least one of us
01:05:57gets to go to the next round hell yeah dude we're going into the semi-finals for it to be my first
01:06:01semi-finals of season six hopefully you know I can keep pulling it off and let's see if we can win
01:06:06this deal um it's going to take a lot of luck but it's going to take a lot of skill too
01:06:09that's awesome yeah I was coming in your lane I'm like nope I'm done I'm done nope
01:06:13this race right here gonna be a great one that is for sure Clay Cole going up against Nate Sailor
01:06:21let me grab the computer and put a tune-up in it feels good we'll top it back off here in a second
01:06:28third round we drew Nate Sailor I've not faced off against Nate yet we are not going to take Nate
01:06:33lightly I'm going to throw the kitchen sink at this thing and uh it's either going to hold it or it's not
01:06:38Daddy Dave's team is uh they really stepped up to the plate this weekend um we went into the second
01:06:43round with four people we're going into the third round with two people left so we still have a shot
01:06:48at the championship here uh providing this this here round goes good if Nate can pull this off it'll for
01:07:05the most part solidify the win for my team I really need Nate to pull this win off against Clay I think
01:07:11Nate's got a faster car than Clay does but also Clay's kind of up and coming his car's fast it runs very
01:07:16well
01:07:21so
01:07:23so
01:07:25so
01:07:27so
01:07:31Oh, and Clay Cole knocks out Nate Saylor.
01:07:46Wow, Clay Cole just beat Nate Saylor.
01:07:52The implications for the team championship right there.
01:08:01Oh, my gosh, I'm on cloud nine, bro.
01:08:11As soon as I see Green, I let go of the button,
01:08:13and I can see him in my peripheral side to side
01:08:15all the way down the pass.
01:08:16I was like, oh, my gosh, oh, my gosh, come on, Carter.
01:08:19And right at the end, boom, I'm like, we're good to go.
01:08:22Happiness all day long.
01:08:26We're still in the hunt.
01:08:26We're still in the hunt, baby.
01:08:28We're still in the hunt.
01:08:29Next pair, that is going to be Paige Coughlin
01:08:31in the third Jane Camaro
01:08:32going up against Robin Roberts.
01:08:3810 o'clock, be safe.
01:08:40You too.
01:08:47You know what to do.
01:08:49I love you.
01:08:50I love you.
01:08:51So I got Paige.
01:08:53Paige beat Jim Howe.
01:08:54Jim Howe's run really well, and she's won a lot of stuff.
01:08:57Like, that's one of the cars that people are concerned about.
01:09:00So Paige is doing phenomenal.
01:09:03But we're going to do what we do.
01:09:04It's time to beat her.
01:09:05The bigger deal is to beat Team Dave.
01:09:07She's on Team Dave.
01:09:08We've got to knock her out.
01:09:09Everybody's just so fast at this point, and it's the last race of the year.
01:09:28The Team Championships are just, like, this close.
01:09:31And Robin Roberts with the great pass there.
01:09:59Go on to the semifinals.
01:10:02Nice job.
01:10:05I saw him out in front.
01:10:07I feel like I let my team down a little bit, but, you know, I'm really proud of how far we've come.
01:10:12This is our first year ever running MPK.
01:10:15The fact that we've been able to go rounds, and I've never driven a car like this before in my entire life.
01:10:21And we've overcome a lot as a team.
01:10:23And just seeing how we've all kind of grown together, it's mind-blowing to kind of watch, think back on.
01:10:30So, I don't know.
01:10:31I'm not upset.
01:10:32Hey, young lady.
01:10:35Must have been a pretty good race.
01:10:36It was pretty good.
01:10:37Nice work.
01:10:38You had a good season, girl.
01:10:39I appreciate it.
01:10:40We didn't guess.
01:10:42I know.
01:10:43I vote for you as rookie of the year.
01:10:44Oh, thank you.
01:10:45I appreciate that.
01:10:48All right.
01:10:49Last pair here in this invitational third round.
01:10:51That's going to be Rich Bruder going up against Chuck, 55.
01:10:55All right.
01:10:56Let's do it.
01:10:57I think, I mean, we just make a good pass.
01:11:01Leave together, I think.
01:11:03Yeah.
01:11:03Let's do it.
01:11:03Let's do it.
01:11:04Let's do it.
01:11:05Let's do it in the heat of gas.
01:11:06No.
01:11:07All right, man.
01:11:08Here we go.
01:11:09All right.
01:11:10Let's do it.
01:11:11Let's do it.
01:11:11Let's do it in the 50s.
01:11:12Come on.
01:11:13Come on.
01:11:14Going into the third round, we drew Bruder.
01:11:17I know he's a combination.
01:11:18He's got a 4.9.
01:11:19It's fast.
01:11:27I mean, I'm in it to win it.
01:11:29And we're not going to give up.
01:11:30I'm going to push it as hard as I can push it.
01:11:31And, hey, the whole key tonight is, let's go after that 40 grand.
01:11:35I mean, that's what I want.
01:11:36Let's do it.
01:11:37Let's do it.
01:12:01Hell yeah.
01:12:08Hell yeah.
01:12:09Good job, baby.
01:12:10Good job.
01:12:10Good job, guys.
01:12:13All right.
01:12:14So Rich Bruder going to get the win.
01:12:16Nails him on the tree.
01:12:18Rich Bruder going to get the win there.
01:12:20Good job.
01:12:20All right.
01:12:21I love racing against you guys.
01:12:22You bet.
01:12:22Get after it.
01:12:23That's it.
01:12:23We're going to try.
01:12:24You bet.
01:12:26Heading into the semifinals,
01:12:28Team Ryan Martin has two drivers still left in.
01:12:30Meanwhile, Team Dave only has one.
01:12:39All right, let's go ahead and draw chips,
01:12:41see who is racing who in this semifinal round.
01:12:44Guys, I got great news.
01:12:46One of you is going to win $40,000 tonight.
01:12:49And I have more great news.
01:12:51Between Team Daddy Dave and Team Ryan Martin,
01:12:53one of the teams is going to win $200,000 tonight.
01:12:57Let's draw.
01:13:03All right, my drivers have their chips.
01:13:07Where are my number ones?
01:13:09Oh, boy.
01:13:12Robin Roberts versus Justin Swanstrom.
01:13:16Wow, which means my second pair,
01:13:19final pair in the semifinal round
01:13:21will be Rich Bruder versus Clay Cole.
01:13:25Hey, you know you got to race.
01:13:27You know what you got to do.
01:13:28Go back to the pits, get your cars,
01:13:30bring them to the stage lanes.
01:13:31Let's get it on.
01:13:32Let's go.
01:13:32Go back.
01:13:36Let's go.
01:13:36There you go deer hunting, man.
01:14:06Yeah, we the bed on it.
01:14:10When you get down to the final four like this,
01:14:12you got to keep doing what you're doing.
01:14:14It's hard not to.
01:14:15It's hard not to want to change or do something different,
01:14:17but, man, you got to stick to where you are
01:14:19and do what got you here.
01:14:22Invitational semifinals coming at you right now,
01:14:26and that's going to be Robin Roberts
01:14:28going up against Justin Swanstrom.
01:14:31All right, B, push up.
01:14:36I drew Robin Roberts.
01:14:38Man, I'm just happy to be here.
01:14:40I'm going to be humbled about it,
01:14:41and I haven't been in the semifinals all year.
01:14:43If we can pull off this win here,
01:14:45go on to the finals and win this whole deal,
01:14:47it'll be a hell of a weekend.
01:14:49The team championship's not clinched yet,
01:14:51and it would be fantastic for this team
01:14:52to just take it and win it.
01:14:53That's what we came into the season to do.
01:14:55That's where Ryan picked me first.
01:14:56That's why I'm here to do it,
01:14:57to help him get done tonight.
01:14:58Oh!
01:15:08Oh!
01:15:09Oh!
01:15:10Oh, and Justin Swanstrom takes the win, what a pass there, Justin Swanstrom driving that
01:15:34nice job. So, you know, going up against Robin, my great plan was to try to cut a light. If I cut a light, get out in front of him, I don't think he'd be able to come around me. I cut a good light on him, kind of rattled the tires out there a little bit, pushed me over by the wall, but I drove through it. Just to be able to make it this far is an achievement for us, but if we can pull off this win, it'll be great. Holy s***. Good run. Good run.
01:16:05All right, this will be the last pair here in the Invitational Semifinals. That's going to be Rich Bruder going up against Clay Cole. I needed it. F***ing killed it, man. Attaboy. We're doing it, baby. Go get it. We're doing it. We're going to do it. You've been this close before. There's nothing like winning one. I've got to get it done right now. And tonight's the night. You've got to do it. Tonight's the night. Beautiful night for it. Track's good. Car's fast. Might as well just get her done. So, I went up and drew chips. I got
01:16:34Rich Bruder. We're the second pair down. I faced off against Rich one other time. He turned
01:16:38on the wind light. I had some issues. Had to get out of the throttle. So, I'm excited for
01:16:43a second chance at this. We got a hot rod today, so I'm pretty confident we're going to go up
01:16:47there and turn on a wind light.
01:16:59The car will take more power. The longer we're up there at the track, the better the track's getting,
01:17:03it seems like. It's going to hold whatever we throw at it. So, I'm going to throw some more power at it
01:17:07and make a good lick here.
01:17:15Oh, and Clay Cole! Clay Cole is going to the final strike.
01:17:31He got it. He's got it.
01:17:41Yeah, baby! Yeah! Yeah! Woo! Woo!
01:17:49Oh, bro. There's no explanation about how I feel right now. I let go of the button. This thing pins me against the seat. Just bam. I hear it's click, shift, click, shift.
01:17:59We're like done. We just probably made the fastest pass I've ever made in my life.
01:18:05I'm going to the finals here in Texas.
01:18:07Well, good job. Good racing with you, buddy.
01:18:09I'm shaking. I'm such a good racer.
01:18:10Go ahead and win this thing, buddy.
01:18:11Oh, thank you. Thank you.
01:18:13Oh, my God.
01:18:15That was a pass right there.
01:18:18Oh, man.
01:18:20Invitational finals headed your way right now.
01:18:24It is worth $40,000.
01:18:27Clay Cole going up against Justin Swastrow.
01:18:32Let's go, Swastrow!
01:18:34Woo!
01:18:36I'm excited, man.
01:18:38To be able to go through the year that we did and be able to bring the car around, what we got going on.
01:18:41The guys are doing good.
01:18:42My dad, he's tuning the car up all year long.
01:18:44And being able to be right here, just to be able to make it this far is an achievement for us.
01:19:00If we can pull off this win, it'll be great.
01:19:02So that's our game plan.
01:19:03We got one more round.
01:19:04We're going to go out there and see if we can bust Clay Cole's ass.
01:19:09I'm racing Justin Swastrow in the final.
01:19:11I'm not nervous about it.
01:19:12I'm not intimidated about it.
01:19:14I know we got a fast hot rod, so he better be bringing his A-game is all I got to say.
01:19:39Oh, and Justin Swastrow!
01:19:49Justin Swastrow is your winner!
01:19:53$40,000!
01:19:55What a drag race right there!
01:19:58Wow!
01:20:06It's on a fire!
01:20:09Oh, .
01:20:10You got that one?
01:20:11Fire!
01:20:12Who's on fire?
01:20:15Oh, fire!
01:20:16Fire, fire!
01:20:17Justin's on fire!
01:20:18Under here!
01:20:19It's right there, it's hot!
01:20:20It's hot, it's hot!
01:20:21Clear the starting line, clear the starting line, got a car on fire.
01:20:34Car on fire at the end of the track.
01:20:37Uh-oh.
01:20:38Is he okay?
01:20:39Yeah, I think so.
01:20:40I think it popped something like a small fire or something.
01:20:45I told y'all I was gonna swing the crank out of this bitch this weekend.
01:20:48Here you go, champ.
01:20:49Here you go.
01:20:51I'm gonna lie.
01:20:52Broke the crank.
01:20:53No, Matt, we won.
01:20:54We won, son.
01:20:55Good job, man.
01:20:56Thank you, guys.
01:20:57All right, let's go.
01:20:58Thanks, guys.
01:20:59Good job, man.
01:21:00Put on it.
01:21:01So going up against Clay, I knew that I had a good chance of winning.
01:21:06And then when I seen the light, I was actually looking up, trying to find the light to see if I won or not.
01:21:11That's when the car backfired, right at the finish line.
01:21:13I'm glad it happened down there, because if it would have happened during the race at the track, he would have just drove around me.
01:21:18So it did happen right at the finish line.
01:21:20The whole entire motor up.
01:21:21The blower's hanging off the side of it right now.
01:21:23But that's what we had to do to be able to pull off this win.
01:21:26Nobody can say that we weren't trying to run this thing hard.
01:21:28We were running hard every single round.
01:21:30We've had a lot of bad this year.
01:21:32But being able to finish it out here with a win, that's a good thing for us.
01:21:35Congratulations, Justin Swanstrom.
01:21:37Here you go, brother.
01:21:46Justin Swanstrom ends up beating Clay Cole in the final race here at Ennis.
01:21:50Takes home that $40,000.
01:21:52Look, that is a huge deal for him.
01:21:54He struggled a lot of the year, but he finally got that win here in this last race.
01:21:59Well, as everybody knows, it came down to this race, the final race, to see who won the team championship, the $200,000 prize.
01:22:09What a finale, right?
01:22:10You know, it was decided here at the last race.
01:22:13How awesome is that?
01:22:14Look, we did some calculating, got all the numbers right, and you're winning for the 2023 No Prep Kings season.
01:22:23Team championship and $200,000 richer is Team Ryan Martin.
01:22:28This is a very bittersweet, wild season for me.
01:22:29Everybody knows that I have had a rocky season, which transferred into my team had a rocky start.
01:22:42But we all fought as a team to make it happen.
01:22:45And here we are tonight.
01:22:46We finished off the Invitational Championships.
01:22:49We have clinched ourselves a $200,000 Invitational Championship that I did not think was going to be possible at the beginning of this season.
01:22:56Folks, make some noise for Team Ryan Martin, your 2023 team champion.
01:23:03Come on, Gisette, jump, baby.
01:23:05Jump.
01:23:06That's another No Prep Kings season in the books.
01:23:09It was exciting, a new twist with the team championship, and you know what?
01:23:13It really came down to decisions that were made by the team captains towards the end of the season.
01:23:18Yeah, baby.
01:23:19That's all I got to say.
01:23:20Good job, boys.
01:23:21Good job.
01:23:22Good job.
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