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00:00This year on the Grade 8, every Friday we had our top 8 racers compete for points and a $10,000 prize.
00:08The person that has the most points in the Grade 8 will win a $100,000 championship.
00:14After coming out of the gate strong, Kai Kelly grabbed an early lead.
00:19Kai Kelly will take the win.
00:22But recently he's been going out in early rounds, letting Murder Nova, Nate Saylor, and Ryan Martin catch up.
00:28You went out first round last week.
00:29Been trying.
00:30Don't suck, Kai.
00:32Then last week, he launched a comeback by going all the way to the finals against Ryan Martin.
00:38Ryan took home the $10,000.
00:40And Ryan Martin takes the win over Kai Kelly.
00:45But now, as we head into our final event.
00:48This race is the most important of the whole year.
00:51Everyone's eyes are on that $100,000 prize.
00:55No more mistakes.
00:57This is it.
00:58Put your hands together for the Grade 8 drivers.
01:10All right, Texas Motorplex, I want to say thank you so much for coming out here on a Friday.
01:17Yeah.
01:18We have made it to our final stop here on the No Prep Kings circuit.
01:23It is, it is Texas, Texas Motorplex.
01:26This track has been around since the 80s.
01:28It is all concrete.
01:29It is a beautiful facility.
01:31It is a fast surface.
01:32I love being here because it's only 30 minutes from my house.
01:35And what's better than the great state of Texas?
01:38Nothing.
01:39In this final race to the championship, racers can earn double points as they go all out looking for that $100,000 championship prize.
01:48This is your great eight drivers.
01:52Top eight in points from the invitational class.
01:56One of these drivers right here, out of the eight, will win $10,000 tonight.
02:01Also, more importantly, the great eight is an individual championship.
02:06So, after tonight, one of these drivers will be crowned the grade eight champ, the individual championship.
02:13Let's go ahead and draw chips.
02:15Ladies.
02:17Ladies squared.
02:19Or ladies.
02:20Just plural.
02:21Plural.
02:21Plural.
02:23All right, here we go.
02:26Gents.
02:30Woo!
02:33Let me see.
02:36All right, my drivers have their chips.
02:38Let's see who will race who in this first round of the grade eight class.
02:42Number ones.
02:44Please step forward.
02:46Oh, man.
02:47Nate Saylor versus Ryan Martin.
02:50First pair.
02:51Fast.
02:52Right off the bat.
02:53So, first round grade eight, I draw Nate.
02:55Nate's on my team now, but, however, there's no teams in grade eight.
02:59So, you know, I turn this team thing on and off, essentially, and Friday night, it's off.
03:04There's no teams.
03:05When we pull up the starting line, it is what it is, and I won't treat Nate any different.
03:08Number twos.
03:11Oh.
03:11Going to be Giuseppe versus Murder Nova.
03:14Second pair in that grade eight.
03:17So, for first round, we drew Sean Murder Nova.
03:20He's tough.
03:21He's been, he's won a couple of grade eights, and he's fast.
03:24So, it'll be a tough round for us tonight.
03:26Number three is going to be Damon Merchant versus Kai Kelly.
03:32First round of grade eight, I drew Damon Merchant, and I really feel like he's probably the fastest car at MPK.
03:37So, I feel like if I can beat him, I've got a good chance of winning the night.
03:41Which means the fourth and final pair will be a battle of the females as Kayla Morton goes up against Lizzie Musi.
03:50All right, drivers.
03:51So, go ahead and go back in the pits, get your cars ready, and bring them in the staging lanes.
03:55One of these drivers is going to go home with $100,000 tonight.
03:59Put your hands together for the grade eight class.
04:01All right.
04:14All right, bye.
04:18Make you another one?
04:19Yeah, just got to make a little change.
04:21Today's grade eight, look, I came off a win for the last grade eight, and as well as a double up for the invitational win last week.
04:29I'd really like to keep this trend going.
04:31It should still say Ennis, grade eight, E1.
04:34Hang on, don't hit it yet.
04:37Okay, now.
04:45Yep.
04:51Let's keep you ticked a little bit, right?
04:56We'll be good.
04:57Okay.
04:58Tonight, we still have $10,000 to the winner.
05:01So, we need that $10,000.
05:03The eight of the fastest cars on the property, we're just happy to be one of them.
05:08We're going to chase that $10,000 and see if we can't win that.
05:12Good luck, homie.
05:12Stay safe, brother.
05:13You too.
05:13We drew our teammate, Ryan Martin.
05:15We didn't want to do this.
05:16I'd rather do it at the end of the night.
05:18But nonetheless, I got to beat everybody, so to see.
05:20So, I truly believe that our two cars are one of the two fastest cars on the property.
05:25We're about to find that out.
05:27I mean, first round won't be as good a track condition, so we're going to see who wants it more and who swings for it more, and we'll go from there.
05:32All right, here we go.
05:35Grade A, first round.
05:46We are sitting in third right now, and I think he's in fourth.
05:51So, realistically, if he beats me, he could come by me, which I definitely don't want.
05:57We want to win this thing tonight.
05:58Over in the left lane, that is Nate Saylor driving the ProCharge Nova, going up against Ryan Martin in the ProCharge Camaro.
06:08And Ryan Martin gets the win.
06:30He'll move on to the next round of grade A.
06:32Nice drag race there.
06:35Ryan Martin moving on to the next round.
06:39So, the green light drops.
06:40Nate and I take off, and I never see him.
06:44I make a pretty good run.
06:46I think I get him on the tree.
06:47I make a pretty solid pass.
06:49I don't look back to the end, pull the parachutes, and there he is.
06:54I know he made a good run because he was right there.
06:56I think the race was, for the most part, one off the tree, which happens sometimes.
07:01But, for me, it's a W in the right column.
07:04It's good data for me for tomorrow, and I'm on to second round of the grade A.
07:09You ain't running that car down.
07:11Good job, man.
07:12Thanks.
07:13Good job.
07:13Good to see you, brother.
07:14Now we need tomorrow.
07:15Use that data for tomorrow, as long as we don't draw each other.
07:17Yep.
07:19Thank you, Rick.
07:20Well, man, the race didn't go as expected.
07:23Ryan's fast.
07:24I mean, both those cars are stupid fast.
07:27Arguably, probably one of the two fastest cars on the property.
07:32We just didn't put enough in it.
07:34Sucks.
07:35Just didn't have enough.
07:36He just had more in it.
07:38He started coming on me early, and I had to go back and see if we left together.
07:42And we left together, thank God, because then I did my job.
07:45But it's just, we didn't put enough in the car, and we're going to use this data for tomorrow,
07:50for that championship tomorrow, and we're going to work as a team.
07:53And win that $200,000.
07:55But hopefully, we're going to go up and support Ryan.
07:56Hopefully, he wins that $10,000 tonight, and gets some more data for us tomorrow,
08:00and keeps climbing up that ladder.
08:04Well, that sucks.
08:07She was moving around good.
08:08I could feel her.
08:11Hey, baby.
08:12Look at that.
08:13Yeah, I know.
08:15All right, buddy.
08:20Yep.
08:20Why don't you put it on your helmet right now, or is it on?
08:23I'm going to put it on in a couple of minutes.
08:28We're going to go right?
08:30Yes.
08:31Left lane, same lane?
08:32Yep, or left lane.
08:34Don't headlight.
08:36I'm trying not to.
08:37We're here in Texas, the last race of the season.
08:42We struggled for the grade eight a little bit in the middle of the season.
08:45We fell out of the grade eight.
08:46We're back in right now.
08:48We don't have a chance of winning it, but we have a chance of finishing second in points
08:52and winning $10,000 tonight, and that's our plan.
08:55So we're going to get after it, try to win some money, and just try to take home for bragging
09:00rights, try to get second in points.
09:02All right, here comes Sean, right next to you.
09:03Yep.
09:04Sean's coming in right now.
09:04All right, cool, baby.
09:05I think Bird's on first.
09:06All right.
09:10All right, well, let's go get this win, man.
09:14I mean, you know, it sucks to say that because I don't have any confidence behind it, especially
09:20with this lane and the 136.
09:24We'll see.
09:25Even second there?
09:26Yeah.
09:28I don't mind the conditions.
09:30It's a little cool, but that's fine.
09:34Giuseppe's rolling right now.
09:35His car's faster than ever, and we've got to put a tune-up in it that we think will outrun
09:40him.
09:41Will the track hold it?
09:42We don't know.
09:43We're going to find out.
09:45All right, next pair coming at you right now.
09:57Here in this first round of the Great Eight, over in the left lane, that's going to be Giuseppe
10:04going up against Murninova.
10:08Murninova in the right lane, Giuseppe in the left.
10:13Here in this first round of the Great Eight, over in the left lane.
10:41And that's going to be Giuseppe going up against Murninova.
10:45Murninova in the right lane, Giuseppe in the left.
10:49The Great Eight.
10:53All right.
10:55And Giuseppe, able to nose him out,
11:23gets the win.
11:25What a drag race there.
11:30I got out.
11:32I felt like we left together.
11:35Saw just a little bit of him.
11:37Started to pull.
11:39You know, didn't see him half track on.
11:42We got the wind light.
11:43We're excited about that.
11:44Moving on to the second round.
11:46Car laid over.
11:47I don't know what happened.
11:48Yeah.
11:49Yeah, I made a...
11:50Pro charger's not broke.
11:51It just completely laid over.
11:54About how far out?
11:56Half track.
11:57Somewhere around there.
11:59I mean, it's like always.
12:01It was a drag race.
12:02It was right there.
12:03You were right there.
12:04I know I can see.
12:05I can tell.
12:06Yeah.
12:07Yeah.
12:08We left good, I think.
12:09That was good.
12:10Yeah.
12:11Sorry son.
12:12It is what it is.
12:13Yeah, man.
12:14I always like a good race and everything.
12:16And fortunate enough, his car ain't too bad.
12:17He hurt a little bit.
12:18He's gonna fix it.
12:19He'll be ready for tomorrow.
12:20And we're moving on to the second round.
12:21How much happened, bud?
12:23Oh, he says he was shut off in the middle of the track.
12:26So I don't know.
12:27But I mean, I didn't...
12:28I couldn't tell he was there.
12:29Yeah.
12:30Yeah.
12:31So I think it was good.
12:32Yeah, it left good.
12:33It was good.
12:34It felt good.
12:35That felt good.
12:36It was hooked.
12:37You know, it was a good run.
12:39So here we go.
12:40First round.
12:41So shooting from the hip.
12:42See how it goes.
12:43Tonight we're racing for $10,000.
12:44It's a lot of money.
12:45It definitely helps with us getting here.
12:46So we'd like to win it.
12:47We'll go up there and give them all they got.
12:48Take me with Daniel.
12:49Thanks, buddy.
12:50This is Paul.
12:51You're slow.
12:52Red light.
12:53Try to touch the center line.
12:54And then, like, if you just feel like you're in front of us, go ahead and kill your car.
13:09No.
13:10You don't need it though.
13:11No.
13:12Kind of do.
13:13No.
13:14All right.
13:15For real.
13:16Do good.
13:17We're on it.
13:18Round one, grade eight drivers meeting, we draw Kai.
13:21We went back and forth all season.
13:24He beat up on me pretty hard the first part of the season.
13:26And we've caught a few wins on the second half.
13:29I don't plan on things to be any different.
13:31But I'm still hungry for that $10,000.
13:32So, you know, he's not going to get an easy race with us.
13:35Hey, man.
13:36What's up?
13:38We're going straight up here?
13:40Is that what we said?
13:41Yeah.
13:42As long as you go straight up, I will.
13:43All right.
13:44You good?
13:45I like seeing green.
13:46Yeah, I'm good.
13:47See green.
13:48Since I'm so far out of the points situation right now,
13:51we haven't been able to show up too much on Fridays.
13:54It's been a big learning curve for us.
13:56Tonight's going to be about racing for $10,000 for me.
13:59First round.
14:01Here we go.
14:03Your grade eight first round.
14:08See you thing, baby boy.
14:09Thank you, man.
14:10Be safe.
14:21I think if I could just clinch one of these grade eight wins,
14:35I could seal this championship up.
14:37Matter of fact, I've got to win tonight.
14:39Just to get this whole deal over with,
14:40and I can kind of take it easy,
14:41and I can try to help my team win the team championship.
14:43Because we also got that championship
14:45that we're in first place for,
14:46and we got everybody gunning for our backs there too.
14:48And Damon Merchant pulls off the win.
14:51Damon Merchant gets the win over Kai Kelly.
14:53moving on to the next round here in the grade eight class.
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16:13We go up there, good clean light by both of us.
16:30Pull pretty hard on him through the 60 foot, get to the 330, still don't see him, don't
16:35hear him on the big end, don't see him, don't hear him, turn on the wind light.
16:39As soon as I desailed, oil got on the engine somewhere, smoked like a freight train, car
16:47made a killer pass, made a killer pass, and I didn't hear anything of knock or anything
16:58like that, it just, it's just blowing oil everywhere, it looks like it's out of the
17:08place, because it wouldn't make no sense for it to come out of the bottom.
17:15It's almost like a line came off or something, as much oil as this is.
17:23Supply line's on, well, there's intake bolts missing, so that's gonna be a problem.
17:34Two intake bolts missing, man.
17:39So we assessed what had happened, we had two intake bolts pop out, under pressure they shoot
17:46out like, shoot the oil out like a rocket, so made a huge mess, but thankfully it wasn't
17:52a rod or a crack in the block or something, you know, catastrophic.
17:55Everybody hates you when you oil down the track.
17:59Yeah, you hate it when you oil down the track too.
18:01Yeah, I know, yeah.
18:04We made a really good pass, nothing seems like it's hurt hurt, we're gonna have to put
18:11some bolts in the intake, make sure that they're all good, tight, silicone them in, and then
18:17we'll be ready for next round.
18:18What are y'all doing?
18:24The fuel driver that drives the fuel pumps jacked up, gonna take all the fuel back off
18:39of it again.
18:44Okay.
18:45All right, well, we have $10,000 to race for, and no pressure today.
18:58I'll just take mine in cash.
18:59Just, oh, cash only?
19:01Yeah.
19:02So I think we should probably just swing for it here on the grade eight.
19:05We got nothing to lose.
19:06Grade eight and first round, I matched up with Lizzie.
19:08It's always cool for the fans to see the two girls,
19:12the two top girls race each other.
19:14Although she's my teammate, you know, right now, that doesn't really matter.
19:17But she has a very fast car.
19:18I have a very fast car.
19:20And I think it's the most entertaining mashup for the fans.
19:22I'll tell you good luck.
19:25Stay.
19:26Hopefully I don't shake my brains out.
19:27Is that what you did last ?
19:28Yeah.
19:29It's a tricky track, man.
19:30It is.
19:31And then they haven't had a big event here for weeks.
19:35So there's just nothing on there.
19:37That makes sense.
19:38I'll see you at the end.
19:38All right.
19:39See you there.
19:41We are in Ennis, Texas, Texas Motorplex.
19:44We are finally getting the last event in for the MPK season.
19:49I'm happy to still be in it.
19:51I've been struggling the last couple of races.
19:53Trying to make a good run, get some data.
19:55All right, folks, once again, this is the last pair in the first round of the grade eight.
20:09It's going to be a battle of the females over in the left lane, driving the Pro Charge Mustang.
20:10That's going to be Kayla Morton going up against Lizzie Musi in the right lane, driving the nitrous-fed Camaro, winner of this race.
20:28We'll move on to the semifinals for the grade eight, and that much closer to $10,000.
20:41We'll move on to the next couple of races.
20:55And Lizzie Musi gets the win.
21:15Kayla goes red.
21:17Lizzie will move on to the next round of the grade 8 class.
21:22I told myself before I went in that I was going to wait for Green and sometimes as a driver
21:29you just get anxious and you feel like it's time to go and that's exactly what I did and
21:33it was just a tad too early.
21:41I knew I should have waited.
21:42She probably didn't even make a pass, did she?
21:45I'm just a little disappointed in myself.
21:47This is hard racing.
21:49The light is random.
21:50Sometimes you guess and it works out.
21:52Sometimes, I mean, that wasn't even intentional.
21:56I am a little sad, but we made a good hit and we're ready for tomorrow.
22:03It wasn't that big of a win.
22:05Come on, guys.
22:10I hate winning like that, but, you know, it is.
22:13This is number one.
22:14This is number one.
22:15Thanks, guys.
22:17I was about to let go and Kayla left right ahead of me.
22:20Her light turned red.
22:22Fortunately, she left before the green light came on.
22:25I get it because it was a long light, but I was able to make the run.
22:31It went straight and then it was drifting towards a little bit over to the right.
22:37It was trying to steer it back over.
22:38It didn't come back over, so I quit.
22:40No matter what, I had the win light anyway, so I didn't want to push it.
22:44We got the win for round one of grade eight and we're moving on to round number two.
22:48I know, but how do we know what Campbell did we take?
22:55I wasn't standing right behind the car.
22:57It was right.
22:58We need to look at the video.
23:00You were against the wall.
23:01Yeah, I know.
23:02But it was making a run.
23:04It was on a run.
23:05It was on a run, yeah.
23:17Went across the scales.
23:19He was quite a ways up there, but we started hearing a clanking noise.
23:23That's usually a good indication that it's either A, a tranny, or B, a rear end.
23:27It sounded like it was coming more from the rear end.
23:30Came back, confirmed that it was the third member.
23:34Oh, .
23:34Rear end?
23:36Yeah, it had a bad catch in it.
23:39Right there.
23:40It's locked up bigger than .
23:42Ah, .
23:44In this car, I don't have a floater, what they call a floater rear end, so those are a lot easier
23:51to change the third member.
23:52With mine, it takes a lot more time.
23:55You got to do the brakes, the axles, everything's got to come out and come off.
23:58Hey, we still got to do the little things.
24:00I said, we still got to do the little things, set valves, pro charger, do you already do it?
24:08Yeah, it's pro charging.
24:08Yeah, it's pro charging.
24:09Okay.
24:09Okay.
24:09Okay.
24:09Spark plugs, tune.
24:12Let me know.
24:12It's a pretty catastrophic mess under there.
24:16And do some sort of record time, third member change if possible.
24:20But I'm figuring we can make next round, so.
24:23How much time do you got?
24:25Probably 30 minutes, maybe.
24:26Got it.
24:36All right, folks, we're going to go ahead and do our grade eight semifinals driver's meeting.
24:41We started with eight drivers.
24:43We are now down to four.
24:45We are that much closer to giving someone, one of the four drivers here, $10,000.
24:51Sounds good, right?
24:52All right, those four drivers are Giuseppe, Lizzie Musi, Damon Merchant, and Ryan Martin.
25:01All right, well, let's go ahead and draw chips.
25:05Okay.
25:07What did you do in there?
25:08I didn't do anything in there.
25:09Wait, is there?
25:10Oh, wait.
25:10Oh, my God.
25:11I didn't do anything.
25:13They're spread out.
25:15Like I mixed them up.
25:17All right.
25:18You know what, Lizzie, it's all right.
25:19I'm looking for what colors.
25:21Gosh, I'm blue.
25:23It's me.
25:23I'm you.
25:25Where are my number ones?
25:29Number ones.
25:30Damon Merchant, Giuseppe.
25:33Damon Merchant and Giuseppe, first pair, which means my second pair will be Lizzie Musi versus Ryan Martin.
25:41Why don't I race you either?
25:42No, you kick my butt every freaking time.
25:46Why don't y'all draw each other?
25:48All right, drivers, go back to the pits, get your cars turned around, and bring them to the staging lanes.
25:53Somebody's going to win 10,000.
25:55All right, let's go.
25:56Let's go.
25:57Let's go.
25:58Let's go.
25:59Let's go.
26:00Let's go.
26:01Let's go.
26:02Still leaking wool everywhere.
26:03Yeah.
26:04Let's go.
26:05Which, when we started to mower, everything up here gets warm, so we dealt with this before.
26:11We draw Giuseppe.
26:13You know, in this grade eight deal, not too many faces have changed, and he's been one that's been around since the first of the season.
26:19We're going to do everything we can to get this win here.
26:22Since we're close to home, I had a lot of buddies show up.
26:25My dad's here.
26:26We got quite the crew here, and none of them are scared to jump in there and do their part to get this thing cleaned up and ready for the second round.
26:33So we got the third member changed.
26:35We got the intake bolts fixed, and then the normal maintenance that we do round to round.
26:41We got it done, and here we go into the second round.
26:44Be safe, Damon.
26:45See you on the other end, brother.
26:46All right, buddy.
26:47Take care.
26:48All right, man.
26:49See you in a little bit.
26:56All right, folks.
26:57Here we go.
26:58Great eight semi-models headed your way right now.
27:05Over in the left lane.
27:06That's going to be Giuseppe driving the Nova going up against Damon Merchant in the right lane.
27:22Driving that pro charge Camaro.
27:25Winner will go on to the finals to race for $10,000.
27:30$10,000.
28:00And Damon Merchant gets the win.
28:05Giuseppe took a guess on the light, went green, but then rattled the tires, had to get out of it, and Damon Merchant passed the .
28:15So Damon Merchant going to the finals here in grade eight.
28:19We're up there in the staging beams, and he takes a hell of a shot at the light.
28:36I could not believe that he went green, though.
28:38His car was out probably a full car before the green light came on.
28:42He took a shot at it.
28:44It went, but it didn't pay off for him.
28:46Oh, what the hell, man?
28:48I can't beat you.
28:50Oh, .
28:51Well, you don't need that big of a head start, I promise.
28:55I couldn't wait no longer.
28:57We went up, put a little bit slower tune-up back in it because the track was getting cold.
29:01Then my guys went up, said, oh, maybe the track's not too bad.
29:03And I said, all right, we'll put the other tune-up back in it.
29:06So it went back and forth, but I ended up putting the hot tune-up in it.
29:09Obviously, I left early.
29:10Hot of green, but the car went out and spun, spun.
29:12Damon drove right by us, and that's it.
29:14Race is over.
29:16Got us again.
29:17I can't believe I went green.
29:18I can't either, too.
29:20I was like, whoa, did he go red?
29:22He said, nope.
29:23He said, he gets the out of it.
29:25Like, he damn sure did.
29:26No, I anticipated it.
29:28I couldn't wait no longer.
29:30That tree was taking forever to drop.
29:33Long one.
29:34Good job, buddy.
29:35Long one.
29:36What happened?
29:37Did it kick the tire?
29:38Yeah.
29:39Spun, spun.
29:41All right, Adam, here we go.
29:44All right.
29:45Don't suck.
29:46Don't suck.
29:47OK.
29:48What do you think about is the lane about the same?
29:51The left lane is better.
29:52Yeah?
29:53100% better.
29:54OK.
29:55The left lane is way better down track.
29:56Way better down track.
29:57OK.
29:58However, it's just cold.
30:00What are you going to do?
30:01Cold.
30:02I know that's a problem.
30:03I'm not pushing it.
30:04I know that.
30:05Hit the fan.
30:06Go to bed.
30:07Shut the fan off.
30:08You don't need anything.
30:09No.
30:10OK.
30:11We're going out for round number two.
30:13Chip draw.
30:14End up getting freaking lovely Ryan again.
30:17He's like my nemesis again.
30:19Here we go.
30:20You know, when you're running Ryan,
30:21you can't leave nothing on the table.
30:22So we had to get a little bit more aggressive
30:24than we did the last pass.
30:30Good luck.
30:31Hey, good luck.
30:32Good luck.
30:33You too.
30:34Second round, I got Lizzie.
30:35Lizzie and I raced each other a couple times
30:37at the last race and I was able to come out victorious
30:40on that.
30:41I think we went 2-0 at the last race.
30:42So I know how she runs.
30:44I know how to outrun her.
30:45But we've got to translate that over to this racetrack,
30:48which is a little bit different because it's not as good
30:51as what we raced at last week.
30:52So I've got to not overpower it, but put enough in it
30:55to be able to outrun her.
30:56And here we go.
31:12Our final pair for the semi-finals of the great eight class.
31:17Over in the left lane.
31:19That is going to be Lizzie Musi going up against Ryan Martin
31:24in the right lane.
31:26Winner of this race will go on to face Damon Merchant for $10,000
31:32here in this great eight class.
32:02And Ryan Martin will take the win.
32:07Lizzie Musi has to get out of it.
32:10Just before the 3-30, Ryan Martin will go on to the finals
32:14where he will face Damon Merchant for $10,000.
32:19The green light drops.
32:20We both take off and she's out in front of me.
32:23She got me on the tree.
32:24I was a little nervous that I was early the run before.
32:27Although it did not go red.
32:29I did not want to be early in the second round.
32:31And for some reason that caused me to be even later.
32:33So she got me on the tree really good.
32:35She put about a half a car on me early.
32:36She blitzed the tires and we drove around.
32:38I don't know how that race would have went,
32:39but for us, we made it to the other end first.
32:41That's all that matters.
32:42Did you take a shot at it?
32:44No, I didn't.
32:45I was just slow.
32:46I just had to like try to be on it.
32:48Yeah, no, you was on it.
32:49I was taking a nap before we were running.
32:52Hey, I was in my car with my head over like this.
32:55Well, like before they call us to go up.
32:57Like you were in deep.
32:58For me?
32:59No, Ryan.
33:00I don't know.
33:01I feel like we thought me and Rick were like,
33:02man, Ryan probably thinks he's in deep.
33:04So he's like, man.
33:05No, I must have just sucked.
33:06I don't know.
33:07Good job to you.
33:08I don't know.
33:09Good job to you.
33:10One more for you.
33:11You got this.
33:12We'll see.
33:13I don't know.
33:14Damon's car's fast.
33:15I was out on him pretty damn good.
33:16His car was still sitting when I left.
33:18So I felt like I definitely had an advantage off the line.
33:21Car was hauling ass until it got out there.
33:24Shook real hard.
33:25Shot me left.
33:26Had to get out of it.
33:27Really sucks.
33:28It was like one of those moments like, hell yeah.
33:29And then I was like, oh, no.
33:31Like slow motion.
33:32Like .
33:34I finally had him leaving the line, you know?
33:36He goes, you took a shot at it, didn't you?
33:39I said, no.
33:40No, he was dead late.
33:41Yeah.
33:42Oh, my God.
33:43No.
33:44That was the last race for the grade eight of the season.
33:48I didn't do so good in the grade eight, but it is what it is.
33:51I still remained in the grade eight, which is great.
33:53So, I don't know.
33:54I feel good after everything I've been going through this year.
33:57I'm happy with that.
33:59Well, he, I knew he was going to go win double bowls.
34:02So I said, I'm going to string him out the longest I can on that last bowl of the roller in it.
34:07Yeah, baby.
34:08Ryan Martin will go on to the finals where he will face Damon Merchant for $10,000.
34:13What's up, buddy?
34:15All right.
34:16So, we're going to just, we're going to settle a dispute, okay?
34:20You are obviously from Ohio, where I was from, right?
34:23We're here with longtime racer Birdman.
34:25He's representing Texas through and through.
34:27What up, girl?
34:28What's up, man?
34:29All right.
34:30So, we've been debating this, and we're talking about chili.
34:31I'm from Ohio.
34:32We eat our chili with beans.
34:33We have beans in our chili.
34:34We put beans in our chili in Ohio.
34:36We always put beans in our chili.
34:37Wow.
34:38We come down here to Texas, these people act like it's forbidden to have beans and chili.
34:41How do you eat your chili?
34:42No beans.
34:43How do you eat your chili?
34:44Beans.
34:45See?
34:46Beans don't belong in chili.
34:47Chili, onions, cheese, Fritos, or spaghetti noodles.
34:50No beans.
34:51You can't.
34:52No beans.
34:53I'm not a bean.
34:54I'm a baked beans kind of guy.
34:55And how do you eat your chili?
34:56With beans.
34:57With beans.
34:58So, we got a Texas representative saying that he goes for beans.
35:00Yes.
35:01All right.
35:02I mean, that's the way, that makes chili, right?
35:03Makes chili better.
35:04That's what I'm saying.
35:05Beans and a cigarette for you, right?
35:06Yeah, two cigarettes.
35:07Two cigarettes.
35:11Yeah.
35:12I don't know if we need to, or if this is smart or not.
35:13But it is going to be faster, so.
35:14Let's go for it.
35:15Like, if it's doing this little two-number jig, then it'll pick up two more numbers.
35:29In the finals race, it's me and Damon again.
35:31So, me and Damon have been in at least three finals this year.
35:34He is one of the cars that we all know runs very well.
35:38In my opinion, one of the most impressive cars here for what it is.
35:42Runs right there with all the rest of us.
35:44But I have heard a rumor that he has had engine problems and testing.
35:48And I've seen some smoke from the car and things like that.
35:51But every run that I've watched previously, it looks fast.
35:54Yes, it smokes a little bit, but it looks fast.
35:56So, we're not going to go in there and think that he's any slower than he normally was.
35:59I'm probably going to go to the tune-up that I outran him with and use that to try to outrun him again.
36:03It takes so much part tomorrow to clean it up again.
36:07All that oil is just kind of drained and drained and drained.
36:10Like, down in them saddles and everything, it's still just full everywhere.
36:15So, the past two weeks, we've raced Ryan in the finals at Galat and beat him.
36:21We've raced him in the finals at Steel and he beat us.
36:24So, part of me really wants to lay into this thing and really put a stamp on,
36:30yes, we're faster than Ryan Martin.
36:32Yes, we do things, we do what it takes to get done against a guy like him,
36:37being a reigning champ after the last three seasons.
36:40But we're going to have to do what's smart as well.
36:44Good luck to everyone. See you back to the other end.
36:47We're going to do what it takes to what we think will win this race,
36:50but we've got to keep the car alive.
36:52So, it is what it is and we're just going to have to do what we've got to do.
36:56Here we go, this is the Great Eight Finals right here.
36:59$10,000 to win on this race right here, right now.
37:04Your Great Eight Finals is here, folks.
37:16Over in the left lane, driving the Pro Charge Camaro.
37:19That is going to be Damon Merchant.
37:22And he is going up against none other than Ryan Martin in the right lane,
37:28who is also driving a Pro Charge Camaro.
37:31Winner of this race will win $10,000.
37:35And at the conclusion of this race, we will also name an individual champion from the Great Eight Series.
37:45here we go.
37:52We will beחça.
37:55This is running out of power in the cold.
37:57By the way we're mogą we'll discrep dinner from落 as well.
38:03and ryan martin is your great eight winner congratulations to him
38:25it was a good race i know damon's car runs good i shanked the light against lizzie
38:35on the last run and so she killed me on the tree and i was really late and i just told these guys
38:39i said look i'm not gonna be late again in that tree they've been holding the light really long
38:43it's really hard to keep your thumb on the train's brake button but that being said i saw a glimmer of
38:47green and i was out this thing made a perfect pass as far as the weekend goes it was our fastest one
38:52that we've had that was the best looking data on gust man that's what i said that flight took
39:01forever it's long for us to go down fighting and turn around and pull off a second place finish
39:08in the grade eight when we weren't in three quarters of them i was you know lucky enough to be part of
39:12the first one i won it and then i didn't participate in i don't know the exact number seven eight nine
39:17i don't know what it was but we've done good at the last few thanks buddy good night good night
39:26sir good to see you thank you good to see you good night yeah it's all right give me just give me a
39:30couple minutes and i'll find a marker and i'll get it for you okay grade eight's always a great test
39:35for saturday and hopefully we put this car to work with these runs to be more prepared for tomorrow
39:43what do you think i was on it you're on it huh i was on it it was perfect it was green perfect green
39:51before i left so ryan gets his second grade eight win in a row but it was kai kelly who was the big
39:59winner as he wins the individual championship a hundred thousand dollars in his pocket
40:04for those that were here last night y'all saw the great eight class that was the individual
40:14championship class we have crowned a winner make some noise for your individual championship winner
40:23a hundred thousand dollars if you need a loan stop by this man's pit mr kai kelly
40:29congratulations all i'm gonna say is finally finally no more silver medals gold medal hundred
40:45thousand dollars worth what do you guys say man it's uh it's bittersweet i got my teeth kicked in
40:51by ryan for like three years straight finished number two finally i was able to finish number one so uh
40:57it's been a long road a lot of sacrifices gave up a lot to get this trophy so uh had a lot of great
41:02supporters all my fans they always no matter how many times ryan was running over me they just
41:07always said that you can beat him so uh i appreciate that and uh yeah this means a lot man it's a lot
41:13of work so thank y'all congratulations kai kelly
41:17put your hands together for the great eight drivers
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