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No prep is one of the most intense competitions in motorsports. What's

dude? I got a quarter million dollars in this car!

Where drivers race down an eight -mile track at speeds nearing 200 miles per

hour. There is no room for error. One mistake here, you're going home.

For the last five years,

Drivers have gone head -to -head racing for an individual championship.

Ryan Fireball Martin.

But this year, we're doing something we've never done before.

We have eight teams led by eight captains.

This is no prep like you've never seen it before.

The racing is more intense.

Everything that we're used to is no longer. You got the money. That's the

important part.

And winnings are bigger than ever.

Game on, baby.

That's huge.

Pops are bigger. The cars are faster.

There's nearly a million dollars on the line. Here we go.

Check,

check.

All right.

National Trail Raceway. How you doing?

How's it going?

We're here at National Trail Raceway in Hebron, Ohio, to kick off the sixth

season of No Prep Kings.

The championship series where racers compete for a stack of cash across the

country. This is the first race of the season. This kicks the season off. We've

been doing this No Prep series for five years, and it's been an individual

championship the whole time.

You 32 guys are obviously the baddest on the planet.

At each event, 32 drivers would race round by round.

until there was one person standing. It's so much money, I can't even get it

of my hoodie. And they would win that $40 ,000.

$40 ,000, man!

Each round, racers would also gain points. And the racer with the most

the end of the season would win the championship and the grand prize.

Birdman, Larry Larson, let's go!

This is big. $40 ,000 for this race and $50 ,000 for the championship.

Are you ready, Tulsa? Get on it!

Our first No Prep Kings champion was Birdman from Texas.

Hell yeah, baby!

That's how you do that!

The most feared man in No Prep. Hell yeah, baby! $50 ,000 for winning the No

Prep Kings championship.

Next year, it was Mike and Rillo who won the crown.

It is Texas.

Get on your feet.

It's the finals.

All right, this is it, boys. The best race of the season, and I don't know if

can watch.

Talk to me when we get done here. I'll be a whole different person.

Then we had a bit of a sweep.

One more pass.

That's all we got.

With Ryan Martin from the 405 winning three championships in a row.

Ryan Fireball wins the championship.

Invitational final driver's meeting.

Kyle beats Ty Kelly. Ryan Martin will be your champion.

And Jim Howe takes the win.

Ryan Martin is your 2020 snow prep team champion.

Put your hands together for Ryan Martin.

But this season, we're doing something completely different.

Instead of an individual competition, this year, the Drivers are competing on

team. with eight captains that draft a team, and those captains are Ryan

Mike Murillo, Disco Dean,

Bodie, Justin Swamstrom, Ty Kelly,

Daddy Dave, and Murder Note.

We do have our drivers here on the starting line.

We're going to start this driver's meeting here momentarily.

Today is the qualifier round.

Are y 'all ready to draw chips?

All 40 drivers will get matched up, and the drivers that win this first round

will qualify to race in the very first points competition next weekend in

Virginia.

The most important thing for these team captains is to get as many of their

drivers through this qualifier as possible.

All right, everybody's got a chip. Where are my number one?

I know people don't like to hear it, but this is the biggest round of the season

because if you do not win one round a day, your whole season is behind the

ball. All right, folks.

This is an elimination round.

There are a lot of really exciting matchups in this qualifier round.

Damon Merchant from Team Bodie drew Bodie's son, who was drafted by Team Kai

Kelly after his dad.

Didn't pick him up. We also have a matchup between two new drivers to the

prep team with voting Nate Thaler going against Marty Robertson on Team Disco.

Then we've got a race between two MPK veterans.

Disco's number one draft pick, Jerry Bird, is going against team captain

Dave.

And team captain Mike Murillo, who struggled in the last few seasons of no

he's going against Axeman, who's driving a brand new car.

I'm excited.

How do y 'all feel about this?

It's probably a team that nobody really expected was going to be together. We

had a checklist of people, and you were on there for sure.

I want to say this. Elephant in the room.

You guys know I haven't performed well.

When it affects my team, you guys are depending on me for points,

I've got to be more consistent.

I've got to be very consistent.

So you got my word. That's what I'm going to do. Scott.

No need to say, you know, you are the shining star. You are the LeBron James

our team.

And we just have to do our part.

We got the team we want. We got to do everything we can.

Failure is not an option.

I know that this group right here will do whatever it takes.

Dun, dun, dun, dun.

This is it. This is the team that we have constructed for No Prep Kings.

I feel like I have constructed.

One of the most indestructible teams there is. Uh -oh.

Guess what, ladies and gentlemen? The number one draft pick is Larry Bird.

It's better be Larry Bird.

We've constructed this team together. After you get on the team, I used your

decision. We picked up Marty, right? After that, we got a veteran here. We

Larry Larson. Everybody knows Larry Larson. We got none other than Greg

Chandler, Twisted Metal. One unit trying to chase a championship.

And we've got to do whatever we can to win that championship.

All right, so is everybody happy about the chosen ones to be on the team? Hell

yeah. Man, I think it's going to be a good year. I think we've got a strong

team. Absolutely.

Y 'all are all running good.

My goal going into it, and I even told Jim when I picked him first, I wanted to

get... three heavy hitters, and then the final two were just going to be, you

know, try to go a couple rounds and do good. We lucked out, and we got people

that can actually go rounds and work out. So it's going to work in our favor.

was able to choose right, and I feel like I did choose the right team to be

to take on this year and win the championship.

I'm going to be honest with you, I'm a little nervous. I hate this first race

because it's the qualifier race.

So I've already told my dad my game plan is to get past tonight, first round.

It doesn't even matter about anything going on tomorrow.

I want to get past first round, so I'm eligible to run next week in Virginia.

And nothing would make me happier is to have five of us in.

Five of us in means five are in Virginia.

We don't have to race our way in. If you have to race your way in, that means

you're behind the ball, and it is so hard to get back.

I've been in a position to where I did.

fall out of the points and I had to race my way in. And it is extremely hard to

do that. You got to bust your ass and you got to want it and work, work, work

get it back.

So I don't want my team to fall down there into that.

I think we're going to be strong. I think so. I think we're one of the

strongest.

Usually I've been the weak link.

Right now I feel like we have no weak links. That's just how I feel. I feel

every car is capable of winning the race. These guys are really smart, man.

They're determined. They all got fast cars.

We're all pro -chargers, and these guys like to strategize and figure out how to

get to the top. If anybody needs anything, I got a full crew.

Anything in my trailer is yours, so just holler.

I don't know you need it if you don't ask.

There's a lot of fast cars this season.

Like, I don't think anybody slowed down.

It's one of them deals that I think that we have a solid team, and all we got to

do is focus on one win at a time.

We may not have the same combinations.

We may not have really anything of the same, you know, but we all have the same

want to win. We all have the same we have something to prove.

And I don't think I could have chose a better team.

I think we're going to be all right.

We got gangsters on our team.

Let's kick some ass, man.

I think our team, we got fast high rise and we ain't got no quit. We're going

after that 200 ,000.

I'm going to be honest with you. I picked you because you always turn up on

street and you work hard. I picked you because you're deadly on the tree and

you've got a fast car, you know, and you're an upcoming star, in my opinion.

I picked Lizzie and David because I know they're both deadly. You know, they've

got fast cars. I just want y 'all to work hard and win races.

Yep. I want us to be better than Ryan.

Yeah, that's what we've got to do.

There's two races I always say, man, these are some of the biggest races of

year. First one and the last one.

Really sets everything up. It's hard to start from behind, and it's hard to make

up ground when you are behind. So there's no points for today, but for me

team, it's going to set the tone for the year.

If we get by tonight in the first round, we don't have to race our way into

Virginia. You're already in for Virginia. So it's key to get by the

It's a big thing. Huge, huge. Do or die.

It's do or die.

It is time to start our qualifier race.

First is Bobby Ducote from Team Bodie going up against Randy Williams from

Mike Murillo.

Both these drivers have found themselves toward the bottom of the field in

previous years, but they swear things are different, they've made changes, and

it's all going to turn around.

Time to go ahead and get this big win, man. Started off right.

Bobby put a good draw, man. Randy Williams' car is not quite figured out.

If I had to put my money on any one of them, I'm going to put my money through

Bobby because he can drive.

It's crazy, man.

Way faster than what it used to be.

Oh, yeah. Like, 100%. The race is just different.

You know?

Five years ago, a 440 car could win this.

Well, yeah, five, six years ago, definitely, 100%. 420 car would

You've got to be 370, 380 now.

Some of these dudes dipped in the 70s.

There's no way around it. That's a lot.

That's a big team.

My name's Bobby Ducote. I'm from Lumberton, Mississippi.

It's the first year I actually feel confident coming to No Prep Kings.

I actually feel like I can f*** somebody up.

All right, folks, this first pair right here over in the right lane, that's

going to be Randy Williams going up against Bobby Ducote in the left lane.

Again, this is an elimination race right here.

I'm Randy Williams. I'm from Garden City, Kansas, and I'm flying the 1970

Challenger.

First pass in a couple years.

It feels good to be back in the driver's seat.

We have the capability of going all the way to the winning circle.

I really need Randy to be competitive and be one of the top five cars.

So I'm up on the starting line trying to help Randy because he's on our team,

Team Murillo.

And I noticed that his car's not lined up in the center of the racetrack, and

he's actually pointed a little bit to the right. That's terrible because the

front tires basically don't touch the ground until you get to the half -track

mark. So you've got to be pointed straight or you will not make the trip.

You want to back him up and start over?

What I'm saying is when you're backing him up, find the center of the

It's layered out so far over there.

Randy Williams going up against Bobby Ducote.

I'm happy right now. Run light. Run button.

Look, look, our kid just got into the... I was wanting to back up and start all

the way over. Is that my dad?

No.

It just is what it is. All right.

He was running, though. Yeah, he was.

Hey.

You got your car ready, though. Yeah. Sorry I had to beat you, Mr. Randy. I

don't take that ass looking personal.

Man, I was super crunk, super excited.

Then I get to race in Virginia.

So I'm good. No race your way in for me.

What are you doing, man?

You got Bodie? I got Bodie and Senior.

I'm in the right lane. You guys are all left?

Yeah. There are going to be a lot of fast cars.

For me, I'm just like, let's get through one round at a time. Let's worry about

the next later.

I think we have a strong team, probably one of the strongest teams out here. Me,

John, and Jim, we all got race wins last year, so I really do feel that we have

the strongest team out here.

All right, well, I'll see you all up there. We'll be ready. See you, man.

luck. Thank you.

I'm Jim Howe. I drive a 1967 Camaro called the Guardian.

Getting drafted by Swanstrom was a surprise.

We are competitors.

He and I have had a lot of rivalry, and we're going to continue to have rivalry.

I drew Bodie Sr.

There was a whole lot of draws I could have had that would have been an easier

draw. So we're going to go up there and swing for it. We'll see how it goes

tonight. I think we'll come out on top.

All right, next pair coming at you right now over the left lane. That's going to

be Jim Howe going up against Bodie.

Bodie in the right lane.

My name's Jermaine Bodie from California.

I'm driving my 68 Camaro. I got a pro -charge Noonan in there, and I'm ready

play. We're two of the fastest cars in the field. We know it's with Jim Howe.

How fast that car is, you want fast cars out here laughing, got to take him out.

All right, Jim Howell, get there first, gets the win. Bodie has issues over

there in the right lane, has to get out of it.

Didn't go as planned, man.

I felt like it just ended up. We knew we was racing a fast car.

Tried to make a decision to turn it up, and it didn't work.

You know what I'm saying? We knew Jim and I was fast.

I watched him get out there. When we left, he pedaled.

I wish I would have left the food up the same so I could leave until it got down

and I'd have a chance to win. But we're trying to go fast every race, so

hopefully next time we can get together.

What's up, Mr. Chandler? Just pretty excited.

I see a lot of good things.

You know, I know we're going to do great. Number one, I think we've got a

of guys that's fast, and then number two, we've got a group of guys that can

along. Greg Chandler and Chuck 55 is the next matchup on the Dean's List.

Chuck has been doing a lot of testing, and we all know Chuck has a good budget

behind him, so he can run fairly fast.

So that's going to be a handful for Chandler. That's going to be a handful.

We're all here to do one thing, and, you know, that's the main goal is to win

this race. That's right.

I constructed this team.

That's right. I constructed this team to try to chase the championship, and

that's what we're going to do.

You know, I just want to make sure that Ryan don't get it again.

That's right.

Amen.

Yeah, we'll go ahead and get in.

My name is Greg Chandler. I'm from West Virginia.

And this is Twisted Metal, 69 Camaro, Pro Charge Emmy.

Chuck 55, you know, definitely going out there to kick his ass.

My goal is to win it. Every time I go to that line, I want to win.

Next pair right here, we got Greg Chandler in the left lane.

Chuck 55 in the right.

I'm Chuck 55. I drive a red and white 55 screw -blown Chevy.

This year, we kind of changed our combo up just a little bit. We went with a 4

.9. more space hemi with pjs racing engines and we're looking to dominate

Chuck Parker, way to go.

The way the luck goes, man. Hey, congratulations.

Dude, me and this car go a long ways back.

Chuck 55 went out there, and he pulled the win.

As the team captain, I'm stoked about it. Well, it feels good. We got off that

struggle bus we've been on, made it out of first round. So we're in the show.

Dude, no more race our way in. Exactly. That's all we have.

Horrible. I don't even know what to say.

Kyle, he grenaded his motor.

He has Lizzie Mucey first round.

So if we can't get a fix, that gives Lizzie a free buy and a free round into

Virginia. Just took out the crank, hole in the block.

Window of the block.

Okay. I'm Kyle Canyon.

I drive a 68 Camaro. We drew Lizzie Mucey. We just went over that last test

against Dave.

It's going good.

The car started filling up with smoke, and it kicked her out.

It's done. That motor's done, so we're going to have to try to get it out, see

what we can do to get another motor before next weekend.

For this weekend, we're done.

All right, so we've got Lizzie Mucey over here in the right lane.

She was supposed to run Kyle Cannon, but Kyle Cannon ended up breaking on the

test pass. This will be a by -run for Lizzie Mucey.

I'm Lizzie Mucey.

I drive Bonnie, 68 Camaro, fuel injected, 959, half music motor. It's a

car.

Kyle Cannon ended up breaking, and I was able to get a buy room, which was

awesome. We definitely needed it because we put in a new motor, and anything can

happen.

She will automatically be in the main event tomorrow.

Because Kyle Canyon broke, Lizzie Mucey has a buy.

That allows her to get some data, try some things, knowing she already has the

win. It's good for Kai Kelly, but bad for Daddy Dave, who has one less racer

going into tomorrow.

through there.

Man, what the hell you done did, man?

Break it up, break it up.

I'm Chris Rankin. I'm from Littletown, Pennsylvania.

I'm driving a 1987 Chrysler Conquest called Relic X2. It's a new build we

brought out for the MPK.

You think you'll be able to fix it, huh?

We were going to, man, but once we tore it apart and we seen that the sleeve was

nicked, we go out for a test hit.

Chased some new car blues, apparently still.

Thought we got through them. We had a mechanical failure.

Well, man, it sucks.

You come out swinging hard, though.

Rankin, his little car was hauling ass, but it burned a hole in the block and

the head. So it was unrepairable this race.

He's already got it apart. He's over there working his ass off. I feel like

he'll get it fixed by next week, but if not, we'll throw him in a reserve pool,

grab somebody else out of there that can make passes, and when he gets his car

fixed, I'll get him back.

Bring the laptop up in the car. Bring the laptop up.

I'm from Southern California, and I'm here driving the 69 Nova.

We drew Chris Rankin. I know a little bit about Chris Rankin. We've talked

before. He's told me about his combo.

Man, with turbo, with my experience, it's going to be tough for him in the

Man, he's falling already. Like, you hear, you heard a birdie tell you

something. What happened?

Well, man, it's tough.

You come out swinging hard, though.

Rankin' his little car, it burned a hole in the block and the head. So it was

unrepairable this race.

Uh -oh.

What's up, buddy?

Man, you're smiling already. Like, you heard a birdie tell you something. Oh,

dude, you never know nothing.

Never know, man. Well, you're going to get yourself a freebie. What happened?

We torched the cylinder. You know, the downside of it is I'm going to have to

race my way in next week.

All right, man. Good luck. We'll see you at the next one.

I've known Giuseppe before any Street Outlaws stuff, and he's been racing out

west forever.

And his car's fast. He is one of the guys that I have my eyes set on for

All right, so we got Giuseppe over there in the left lane.

Giuseppe supposed to race Chris Rankin.

Unfortunately, Chris Rankin unable to make the call.

Team Ty Kelly got the easy win with Lizzie Musi's bye, but it's come back to

bite them, and Chris Rankin gives the free pass to Ryan Martin.

Ty Kelly has come in second to Ryan Martin for the past three seasons, so

know he doesn't want to give him an inch.

Ready?

I'm Damon Merchant. I drive a 1968 Camaro we call Rogue. We originally

car for the street, brought it out a few seasons ago, ran with the guys on it

for a while.

I think we've got something that can compete.

We drew Bodie's son.

You know, my team captain, I shouldn't have to say is there a conflict of

interest, but I do know that Bodie backs that program money -wise, so it's a big

deal for us, but I don't think he really knows exactly how fast the car is.

Bodie Jr., I'm from California. I drive a 67 ProCharge Camaro.

Big tire, chassis car, three -speed, and a 141 ProCharge.

I got Damon Merchant, first round.

Damon's always been fast, so he's going to give me a good run.

If he go out there and make a move, I'm going to just drive it. I got to do what

I need to do for my team.

I got to send this early message to my dad to make him feel bad for not picking

me. So I got one of his teammates. I got to knock him out, send him home.

My son over there, my teammate right here.

My son drew one of my guys.

I think my team is going to get the win. I really do.

Go team.

Go team. Go team.

Tough one. Good one.

All right. So we got Birdman

over here in the right lane.

And as you can see, this left lane is empty.

Unfortunately, Callie Mills not able to make the call.

We're not proud. We'll take it.

Birdman and I, we've been together for a long time, even before all this.

We got to win first round.

So right now we're going to worry about Birdman.

Birdman getting the bye here automatically will be in the main event.

We blew the head gasket right when we started up getting ready to go up to

Birdman. We could have, you know, probably raced, but I don't think he

wanted to wait on us because he knew we had a fast car.

and had to get out of it by the 60 foot.

Dodge that bullet.

Birdman needs to get his together.

Period. They got what it takes over there. They got some good parts, but

everybody's got to put their weight in. They have to. You know what I mean?

He's got to get it together.

We didn't quite make it to the end. It was shaking. The good part is it's

because we weren't going fast enough early.

We didn't put enough power in it early.

Rich Bruder in the left lane going up against Team Captain Murder Nova

in the right lane.

Getting the Bruder brothers, it's a tough call every time. They've got

much the same engine that I have, the ProLine MH7 Hemi in their car.

They're always a tough draw. We used to always call them class killers.

They go to races, and they make people change the rules because they're so

I've got my work cut out for me, but right now, this is the most important

of my career.

Oh, Murder Nova!

Get there first!

Wow, what a drag race! Murder Nova!

I let go of the button, 60 -footed even.

You know, the car moved around a little bit, but there was no way I was lifting.

I drove it to the finish line, and we got that first win under our belt.

Good job. That was good.

Murder Noah is the first team captain to officially earn a spot in the race next

week in Virginia.

While team captain Bodie is out already, he still has two drivers that are

moving on.

Meanwhile, Team Kai Kelly already has two drivers that have been eliminated.

I'm Scott Taylor, and I drive Tracto 2021 Camaro.

Over the winter, we tweaked on every part of this car.

Manny Alvarez over here in the left lane. Scott Taylor from Team Mike

over there in the right lane.

Me and Mike Murillo have been friends for years, and I think that was his go

because me and him get along really great.

I drew Manny Alvarez. He has been making waves, so I think it's a tough draw.

We're going to do what we got to do, and we're going to go out there, and I'm

going to make a pass just like I was racing Ryan Martin.

Over here in the left lane, Scott Taylor from Team Mike Murillo over there in

the right lane.

Good job, man. Hey, I'm proud of you, dude. I've been watching you all year.

You're killing it. You stepped right in and started wheeling that thing.

Manny Alvarez, he drew Scott Taylor, and Scott Taylor's a tough draw, you know,

so it is what it is. I'm still happy with my picks. I think I got a solid

I'm so backwards right now.

You're going to get it. Scott Taylor was Mike Murillo's first pick in the draft,

and it looks like he's already proving his value.

And next, it's two first draft picks going head -to -head as Jeff Lutz goes

against Robin Roberts.

One of these guys is about to be eliminated and will have to race their

next week.

Ready?

We're back at it. We're here at National Trail Raceway. We're still driving a

2004 GTO.

That's a big block Chevy.

We've got the lower end motor in the parking lot.

I guarantee you, I'm getting my bang for my buck right here.

Last year, I had Robin first round, and I beat him.

So, if we can repeat that, I'll be happy. You owe me for last year. I do.

This is where I beat you last year. You're right, you did.

Well, hopefully that happens again.

Yeah, well.

All right, let's roll up a little bit.

I'm Robin Roberts from Smithville, Missouri.

I'm driving high velocity, my 1968 Firebird.

We just converted it over to a pro charger this year, so it's going to be a

badass machine.

I'm so happy with the way the car is. Bringing this new car is performing

marvelously. This couldn't have started off any better for me than this year

has. Like, Ryan chose us. This is going to be fun. We're fired up. Time to go

racing as a team and do something great.

That's close range.

We need to get through this one.

I know. This is the most important one of the season besides every final. Let's

turn this one wind light on.

You're not going to need a gosh damn corn dog.

Hi, everybody. I'm Disco Dean from Fairborn, Ohio.

I have a 2014 CTS -V Cadillac powered by a 521 Brad Anderson Hemi and a Rossler

Turbo 400.

This is the biggest round of the season besides the last round. If you do not

win one round today, your whole season is behind the eight ball. We're already

gelling as a team. We understand we put the ego thing behind. First things

first, the egos are out the door. We're trying to chase a championship as five

drivers get one championship.

Here we go. Mike Bowman from Team Bodie in this left lane going up against Team

Captain Cisco Dean in the right lane.

I'm Mike Bowman from O 'Keele's, California.

And I have the 68 Chevelle. I call it Resurrection. We've got a pro -line

Now we're ready to go.

And we've got to race Kinky. We've raced a lot.

Actually, I don't even think I've ever beat him, so tonight is my night. I know

he's going to be fast. We're fast, too, so we've got a really good shot at

winning this round.

It was a great run. Like, we turned our step, and away we went. The first race

is huge on so many different levels.

You know what it's like to lose first round of No Prep King?

Have all your money invested in your car, get your hands kicked, and then you

got to race your way in next weekend when you go to Virginia.

The race was textbook on my side.

Let go. I tree him a little bit. I don't see him, so I keep it in the groove.

It's been getting loose down track just a little bit.

I get to the cones, and here's Bowman, and his wind light comes on.

Everything I've worked for and my team has worked for, it feels like you just

get let down, and it makes you just feel inadequate. You're like, what am I

doing wrong?

Like, I'm a good driver. My team's a great team. My car's a good car, and I

can't get a wind light to turn on. Good job, buddy.

Hey, good job. Get him, Mike. Good run, bud. Good lap.

My name's Tony McKinney. I'm from Farmersville, Ohio.

I'm driving a 66 Nova called Nova Cane.

You know, I was the last man standing as far as it comes for teams. And the last

minute, you know, you're looking at the 12th hour.

It's nerve -wracking.

My gut dropped through my butthole.

Luckily, Justin and Jim, they saw something in me that apparently nobody

sees. So I'm going to try to make them proud.

Everybody in our crew is fast. They all have something to bring to the table.

I am super excited that I am on that team.

We drew Larry Larson. He just now switched over to a pro charger.

He's still struggling getting a handle on it, so I think I've got to win there.

I've got to take out one of Dean's teammates.

I know Tony McKinney wants to beat Larry Larson's ass just as much as Larry

Larson wants to beat Tony's ass.

So it's going to be dogfight right there.

Both guys haven't made great stellar passes yet, so they're both struggling.

it's going to be a dogfight for the finish line.

I'm happy to be on Dean's team. We may not be the fastest guys out there, but I

think the chemistry is going to work real good, and I think everybody's

to help everybody out.

Tony McKinney in the left lane, going up against Larry Larson in the right.

And Larry Larson handles it as a tire shake, but still able to pull off.

Off the wind.

I need my laptop.

I'm Nate Taylor from Billings, Montana.

I drive a 67 Nova ProLine Hemi -powered Supercharged.

I've been bracket racing since I was 15.

I'll be 46 this year, so it's been a hot second.

And we've won track championships, Super Pro Points championships.

We just basically want to show these guys that we belong, and that's what we

plan on doing.

Craig, what was track temperature that time? Oh, 112.

Thank you.

Nathan, man, I feel like just Nathan got the best car. He was my first pick. If

I feel like my first pick can't beat everybody here, then I'm doing something

wrong. I think Nathan put it on.

I got matched up with Marty Robinson first round. He's a fast car. His last

we watched, and it was pretty quick, but I think we got something for him.

They will get the win right now through their night pass.

They will be in the main event tomorrow.

We got good momentum, man. I feel really good. My guys did a great job.

Bobby Carr went out there and went straight down. Damon went straight down.

Nate was on a rail, man. Nate's car was flying.

Me and Mike Bowman took out Tinky Pinky, a captain. That was huge.

Man, my team did marvelous, man. I am the only loser. We got four in, and I'm

out.

Good job, brother. You too, man. Yeah. That was on a mission.

Now we turned it up. We traded the out of him. And I think we're the only team

that has four teammates in right now.

Thanks,

brother.

Can we settle this here? What?

We ain't throwing hands down there.

Unless you want to.

I ain't going to walk away this time.

Everybody knows last time I was here, first round, I had Daddy Dave.

Jeff said the light and beat him and me and him got in a fight on the finish

line. Jumping, you cheat.

Hey, I'll race you straight up if you won't grudge race.

You won't race straight up. I'll race you straight up. You won't. I'll race

straight up. You won't. I'll race you straight.

You'll do some chicken.

Next time I go to shake your hand, you don't shake my hand, I'm going to punch

you in the mouth.

I've always shaken your hand.

You what? When have I not shaken your hand? You what? Don't do it, man. You do

it. Don't do it. Do it, dude.

Do it.

I didn't do you dirty.

I didn't do you dirty.

If you lean on green. It don't matter.

I'll shake your ass.

You're dead.

Congratulations. So, I'm against the delight again, and if you want to fight,

can fight again.

I don't care.

But. I'm going to go out there and do what I got to do to try to get this win.

We'll roll around and we'll hurt tomorrow.

It always hurts.

That's why we don't do it.

Good luck, buddy.

Thank you, man.

Going to this round, nervous as hell because I've raced Jerry before and he

me last time. But more than that, this is important.

What's more important than getting redemption on Jerry is winning this

because it gets me in on Virginia.

What happened? It shook.

It did?

I had him, but I had my car. I could see his nose.

And it backfired out there. I think it lost the tire from not having enough

power to keep it going.

Lost the tire, and it shook, and he drove away from me.

Hey, that puts me one up, Jerry.

I still dangled my head.

This is a victory all the way around.

The hot rod's coming around. It's getting faster and faster.

We ain't backing up.

So, Team Captain Day is guaranteed a spot in next week's race. But Jerry

who was Disco's very first pick, is out. And will have to race his way in next

week. Up next, we have another team captain as Justin Swanstrom goes up

Brandon James from Team Mike Murillo.

Good? Good.

I drew Brandon James. I ran him quite a few times last year. And listen, he's

gotten fast.

We're a little behind right now, and going up against Brandon James is

good.

It's a little nerve -wracking, but we just need to go ahead and go out there

run this first round tonight, see if we can get a win on it.

Shoot that early.

Brandon James gets there first.

Good job, man.

We were struggling to get down the track, and we were starting to get

around, and the car's running good. I just think I'm inside my own head right

now. Trust me, nobody here is going to be harder on me than I am. So taking

loss sucked because now I've got to race my way in at the next event, and I need

to get better on my end.

Did you ever see him? I just threw the chutes, and when I threw the chutes, he

came around me.

Follow you through the chutes, too.

It didn't turn out how I wanted it to be.

I let go of the button. The car was going down the track. I thought I felt a

little tire shake.

I dumped the chutes trying to drive through the chutes. And when I did that,

put so much drag on the car. It allowed Brandon to come around me. It is what it

is. I mean, I hate it that we're going to race your way in next weekend.

Yeah, we got a little heavy hitter. Yeah, we got to try to stay away from

other and race your way in.

It's all good, though. We'll get it figured out.

See you, babe. See you. See you tomorrow.

There are just five races left tonight.

Captain Kai Kelly has not raced yet, and neither has three -time champion Ryan

Martin. He is racing B -Rad from Murder Nova's team.

I feel good about going into this year.

I'm not going to sit here and say I got the fastest car on the property, but,

you know, I guarantee it's top five. That's one thing for sure.

We're coming into the season with a new motor. Should be good for another couple

hundred horsepower.

Same pro chargers for the most part, but a little bit smaller.

Me and B -Rad have raced a lot, so it seems like I probably raced him ten

last year, and all ten of those times, I'm nervous. He gave me fifth in Steel,

Alabama, which is close to the end of the season last year. I really needed

win.

I let go of the button, and he was right there, and he was right next to me the

entire time, and I edged him out at the end.

That day, I respected B -Rad a lot, and I realized when I race him, I've got to

be on my A game.

All right, battle of the pro chargers right here over in the right lane. We've

got B -Rad, Brad Eglin, going up against team captain and last season's

champ, Ryan Martin, in the left lane.

And B -Rad, tire shake over in that right lane.

It's all right. It's all right. You shoot for it, man. You shoot for it.

what happens. Hey, it is what it is, man.

You can't. You know how that is going against him. B -Rad went out there. He

gave it probably a little more power than what it needed. He shook the tires

had to lift. But when you race Ryan Martin, you can't leave anything at the

trailer. Otherwise, you're going to get outran anyways.

What happened? It just went off to the side. Tire shook and shut off.

I'm sorry, man. That's all right. I just wanted to give you a raise. Yeah, yeah.

I wasn't going to hand it to you. I know you are.

I'm stoked. I was real nervous going into this.

We're both ready. We take off at the exact same time. My car checked out. It

made a perfect path.

I don't have to race my way in next week in Virginia.

That's awesome.

And I'm in a pretty good spot.

All right. Good luck, buddy. Hey, you too, man. Thanks again for the race.

I forgot who you were running.

Brody. Brody.

I'm David T. Gates Jr. I'm from Junction City, Arkansas. I'm driving a 2014

Camaro called Showstopper.

I drew Brody Melton.

Brody's a good racer. He can drive the hell out of it. But he's got his hands

full with this little unit right here. Good luck.

Thank you, man. You too, buddy.

Love you, Kyle.

Love you back. You know, make this first pass. It's probably the most critical

run of the whole season. I don't want to have to race my way in like I did last

year at several events. So we'll pick and go out here and give it hell.

We got Brody Melton over here in the right lane from Team Daddy Dave going up

against David Gates in the left lane from Team Ty Kelly.

David Gates.

Nice pass there from Gates.

He will move on to the main event tomorrow.

Great job.

With that win from David Gates, Team Kai Kelly has two drivers moving on to next

week's race.

And this next one is big for Team Daddy Dave.

He's only got one driver in so far, and coming up next is his number one pick,

Kayla Morton. She will go up against Chuck Seitzinger.

Both drivers have to be feeling the pressure to deliver.

Coach, do you hear CO2 leaking over there?

Yes. You do?

Yes. Right here.

Okay. Okay. Plug it back in good.

Okay. Now, okay.

Okay. It's in there.

Okay. All right. I heard it leaking.

I drew Kayla Morton. My track record is Kayla Morton. She's never beat me.

Unfortunately, we've been having problems with the car. For whatever

this motor's a little lazy.

She has one of the fastest cars here, and if I don't pick this thing up, she

will send my ass home tonight, and tomorrow I'll be a spectator.

Tonight is crucial.

Like, probably the most important round in the entire season.

It ensures your spot for Virginia, and also you prove to your team that you can

go rounds, and if you want to be not loaded up in the box, tonight is your

night. So no mistakes here.

Have to get through this first round.

All right, folks, getting down towards the last few pairs here in this

elimination round.

Right here, going to be a good one. We've got Chuck Seitzinger over in the

lane from Team Ryan Martin going up against Kayla Morton in the left lane

Team Daddy Dave.

Chuck Sidesinger has issues on the starting line.

Man, I don't even have a guess of what that could have been.

Oh, man, what a relief. Good job, guys. Good job.

Just laid her down, went right through there, and I'm ready for a beer.

I'm thankful for these super awesome pink parachutes that slowed us down

that badass pass.

I told you we can't get right.

What happened?

That CO2 ball's empty.

Oh, Chuck. I looked and I was like, oh, you kidding me? I don't own you one. I

don't own you one.

Hey, so while we were in the staging lanes, I go, hey, do you hear something

leaking? Will you take your helmet off?

I'm trying. My God, it's too tight.

It's like NASCAR out here now. Ricky Bobby!

Ricky Bobby!

Do you want me to help pull it off?

Come on, Chuck.

Your cheeks are stuck in there.

Don't tear my head off.

Don't leave me out by here with everybody.

They are right here.

Over the right lane, we've got John Odom going up against team captain, Guy

Kelly.

We pulled John Odom first round.

That's never a good draw. The team's always fast. They're always consistent.

I really don't have a whole lot of confidence because it's a brand new car.

We've only been screw building for like a month.

You know, we learned most of that off of YouTube.

So I've always been known as the nicest guy. Just for some reason couldn't get

it done the last three years in a row. And it's number two.

And all the big boys say they use these screw blowers. So here we are. We spent

a lot of money, a lot of work.

The screw blower itself costs about $35 ,000.

Everything you put on it needs to be the best of the best. You don't want to

take no shortcuts.

You know, you can come out here and take shortcuts and be a half -assed guy, and

you can probably do it real cheap. But you're going to a race knowing you can't

win, and that's something I'll never do.

I was coming into beams. Forgot to turn my CO2 bottle on. Sunshine, my crew

guys, he's seen the gauge in the car until he turned it on. Had he not done

that, we'd probably blew my motor up. He saved my ass, so I owe him that one.

I thought for sure Odom had him.

Me and John Odom went down through there side by side.

It was a hell of a drag race.

It had to be within a fender.

We were right there. Yeah, that was a hell of a race. I don't know where we

finished, but it was close, huh? I think it was within a half a fender. Yeah, I

think so.

We got Lizzie going to second round, David Gates going to second round, and

That's three hitters that we going in with only 20 cars to battle. So I like

odds. Yeah, I'm sure proud of you.

Thanks, man.

It's your turn, baby.

My pick is a rough one.

I'm Mike Murillo from San Antonio, Texas.

I'm driving a 1993 Ford Mustang LX named La Fonda.

That's been...

That's a tough draw for just about every single one of us.

The car I'm driving is a 2019 Mustang with a pretty big Proline Hemi in it.

First round, I have Mike Murillo. He's been working on his program for years.

He's won a championship before.

So I feel like first round, it's going to take a very fast hot rod to beat

Murillo because I think he's going to be on his day game.

I'm still proud of y 'all.

Made the trip.

So I roll in, let off a trans bracket, pin me in his seat.

Like a rocket, we were out of here.

Did we race to Axeman?

Wasn't a bad race up until about 3 .30, and then at that point, he just started

making a major move. He got us by, I want to say, a bus. That's what it

like to me.

Bottom line, doesn't matter.

Three of our five cars are going to make it. Good pass, man.

Damn you with my pass, bro.

That wraps up the qualifier round.

Everyone that won their race is guaranteed a spot in next week's first

race. Also, they'll get to race tomorrow for $25 ,000.

Let's go out there and stay away from each other. We don't give a who we draw

long as there ain't one of us. Win or lose, I'm with you. We got good

man. I'm good. My guys did a great job.

We got four guys in. Four went fast.

My drive is paying off, man. You got four in.

I did great. Four in, one out.

I feel like I did a great job.

Always keep your ear out to what's going on around here because I got guys

sleeping in people's pits and talking to them. So now we got one up on them.

That's the plan.

I like it. I am the only loser. At the same time, my team is moving on, and

that's what we hear from them.

Well, right now we're in the best position. Let's wrap this up. Let's get

draw. Stay away from each other. Go out there and continue to do what we do.

get our drivers meeting started. We started with 40. We raced one round, got

down to 20. Those 20 drivers are on the starting line here and they are going to

race for $25 ,000 today.

So someone is going to go home with $25 ,000.

We now have 20 drivers that have guaranteed themselves a spot in next

race. And they get to race for $25 ,000 in our event today.

Four of our captains, Ryan Martin, Kai Kelly, Murder Nova, and Daddy Dave, each

have three of their drivers in the event today.

That puts them in a strong position to start earning points next week.

Murillo has two drivers, while Disco and Swannstrom only have one.

But it's Team Bodie who leads the pack with four drivers in the competition.

So, Bodie, you mean to tell me your team of five racers, four of them won their

races last night?

Yes, I told you we weren't underdogs.

Hey, I need to know, though, who did not win their race from your team?

Voting, you are the weakest link.

Goodbye. Goodbye.

Goodbye.

All right, next up from Team Swanstrom, that would be Jim Howe. Got a win last

night.

Justin Swanstrom, where is the rest of your team, sir?

Because that's all I see up here.

He's the only one that did good yesterday.

All right. Okay. Fair enough.

We didn't do too good. Four of the drivers are out. Jim Howell was the only

that succeeded and went on to the next round.

First race, if this is the worst that happens this season, we're okay with it.

Like I said, I got a lot of small stuff happening, plus my driving.

We just need to get past it, and I think we will. I think we have a strong team,

probably one of the strongest teams out here. We're struggling a little bit this

weekend, but we'll all figure it out, and we'll get ready for Virginia, and

hopefully we kick everybody's ass.

All right.

The team did.

I mean, we just did all of it. I mean, one out of five is not a good number to

have. All right, folks, there will be a brief little pause here while these

drivers pull chips from the bucket.

These racers aren't done here in Ohio.

They've already earned themselves a spot in next week's Invitational, and

they're about to get matched up for the first round of our $25 ,000 race today.

Drivers don't start accumulating points until next week, but today there's still

a big cash prize on the line.

All right, so all my drivers now have a chip.

Number ones, please step forward.

There's some good matchups in this round, including Birdman, the former No

Kings champion, going up against three -time champ Ryan Martin.

And a race between team captain Kai Kelly and boating number one pick Nate

Saylor, newcomer to the No Prep Kings series.

And everyone is anxious to see what he does.

Oh, boy.

Oh, boy.

Hey,

Kyle. Nate said you may not have heard of him, but you're about to hear about

him right now.

Well, today when I woke up, I was looking through the videos on the

was like, man, I think that Nate guy probably made the fastest pass

And then here I go, you know. Typical Kyle Kelly crash. There you go.

Guess I'm just going to have to be faster.

It's all good, man. There's always next week at Virginia, brother.

In the invitational, my plan is to cut everybody's head off. I'm not here to

make friends.

I've got plenty of friends here. I don't need any more.

I'm here to win money.

We don't care who's in the other lane.

We're going to go down, we're going to put in a tune -up that we think that we

would make no matter who was in that other lane, and I think that's how we're

going to win.

All right, so that will do it for the pairing.

Let's go ahead and get to the pits, get our cars turned around.

I'm in the staging lane.

Let's go racing.

Round one of our $25 ,000 event is getting started.

The first race is between Giuseppe of Team Ryan Martin going up against David

Gates and Team Kai Kelly.

Who are we running?

Giuseppe.

He's fast, but he ain't as fast as this car.

It's going to be hot, though. That track temp up there is 135 degrees.

Yeah, it's going to be flicking. And it is freaking flicking.

We drew Giuseppe for the...

first pair, number one. It's the first time I ever drew the number one chips.

The Ioga Cepi won back from last year. I had a parachute cable that was routed

wrong and the parachute fell out. He beat me. So when we turn the beams on,

know, it don't really matter who's beside me. I'm focused on my car.

You know, I plan on being standing right here talking to y 'all at the end of

the night with $25 ,000 in my pocket.

It's race time.

Let's go, let's go.

So last night...

Went back and forth on the tune -up. The crew was there. We said, let's do it.

Car hauled ass.

Car hauled ass. It worked out. It worked out good.

We got by first round.

Car's making great runs right now. We turned it up.

I'm confident right now.

I'd be really surprised if somebody can outrun us. Because if we can get that to

go down, it'll set up the stage for the rest of the night.

We'll see what happens in the first round there.

He went in. I went in.

Let go of the trans brake a little late.

Good run.

Pretty close at the end. I wish I would have left on time. As a driver, it's

hard for me to accept I cut a bad light, but I did.

I don't know what the outcome would have been. It would have been a better race.

He got us.

Hats off to him.

We'll take that loss.

It is what it is. We'll head out to Virginia.

We'll keep moving forward.

We'll try to help the team get some points on the board and go from there.

Good job, Dave.

Good job, man.

Thank you.

I picked Giuseppe to go all the way with me, but unfortunately he got knocked

out this round.

I think he was a little bit late on the three, and that's all it took, and David

Gates went around him, and the rest was history. So it's myself and Robin

Roberts left. I hope if we can pull it off, we are the two last players in the

finals. Man, good run, buddy. Good run. Always good racing. Yeah, man. Lots of

respect. Nice car. Yeah, thank you, man.

Kayla starts whooping my ass down here, smoke her off of me.

I hope she beats the brakes off you.

First round of the day, got Larry Larson.

My chassis builder, my car builder, used to work for Larry.

Didn't end on the greatest terms. I just got a text from him saying it would

make him so happy if we put Larry on the trailer and sent him home.

I watched a couple of Larry's hits. I know he switched to ProCharger. I don't

know if he's got the car figured out, but mine's not 100 % either, so we're

going to see.

You got that fitting?

Uh -huh. What are you doing? It's in the car.

Well, we found that. You got something?

Yeah.

Okay. Where's the one that's in the car?

We'll go grab it, and I'll screw it all together here.

I'm Drew Dave, and we've run a lot in grudge racing, but never that I can

remember, never in elimination. So it's always been kind of a banner back and

forth. But I've seen Dave go red numerous times.

I've run him in testing a lot, and he always likes to brag about how he's

whipping my tail. I'm like, we haven't ever run in each other in competition

that I remember, so it doesn't really count in grudge racing. So we'll see

happens.

All right, next pair, come at you right here.

Over in that left lane.

From Team Disco Genie, that's going to be Larry Larson.

Larry Larson in the left lane. Going up against Team Captain.

Daddy Dave.

Daddy Dave in the right lane. Brand new Audi.

We got down through there, and it wasn't probably 100 foot. My car started

shaking.

Got out of it, pedaled it a few times.

Like the fourth time I pedaled it, the car was not running. I literally coasted

across the finish line. I expected Larry to blow by me at any minute. He did

not. My wind light turned on.

I literally dodged a bullet on that. Good Lord.

Dave, what'd you do?

What? What'd you do?

I crossed the finish line not running.

Shut up.

So not sure what I just broke, but it shook real bad. I pedaled it.

I probably broke the blower or something because I'm stupid, and he wasn't in

front of me, so I just kept pedaling it.

If something's broke, we'll get it back and figure it out.

Well, crap.

I was a little apprehensive. I just was trying to go down and hoping he had

trouble. Well, he had problems. Unfortunately, I didn't make it down

both of us were out there.

You know, pedaling and shaking and all crossed up. It was close. We'll go home,

regroup, fix a few things, and get ready.

Yep. Shut off.

I had to look up and see who went like that.

It shook real bad.

Sideways, and I pedaled it, and it goes. It's a shake.

I let off, hit it again.

That bitch was done. It wasn't even there. You did kill a job, brother.

Hey, who put the plug wires on that side?

I didn't put the plug wires on at all. You cannot cross them.

This was flipped up under here.

Crosses it, it interrupted.

Okay. You good?

You know, we drew Kayla.

Man, girl's super fast. She's a hell of a driver.

I kind of idolized the girl a little bit because I always told myself, man, if

she can do it, I can do it.

I come to find out she got way more experience than 90 % of these guys out

So we're going to give her hell, man, and, you know, hope for the best. Man,

she's getting the wood thrown at her. I'm holding my foot to the damn firewall

if I got to.

I feel like we have a good shot today.

I drove last night with my knees. It was so good.

Just one knee up, just driving, you know, hands on my head. I think if we

what we did last night all day long, stay consistent, don't shoot ourselves

the foot, we'll be totally fine.

I do too.

Good girl. Good girl.

My teammate's fixing to F you up, boy.

I hope

if

she does that around me, she...

First round of the Invitational, we drew our good friend Bobby Ducati.

Essentially, it's like really racing Scott Taylor, though. Scott Taylor is

man behind the keyboard of that car.

He calls all the shots.

Bobby is just a shoo -in. But I'm feeling good about it.

This racetrack is extremely tricky, but we kind of excel in those conditions.

Next pair headed your way right here. We've got Bobby Ducote in the left lane.

Going up against Kayla Morton in the right.

I just got my ass kicked.

I mean, I just got outran.

Can't take nothing from her. She's crazy fast.

Sucks, but it's part of racing.

One person's got to win and one person's got to lose.

I was the person that lost.

Hope for the best next time.

Because you're only as good as your last race. And my last race sucked.

That track is tricky.

Dude. I pedaled that thing two or three times. We were so vulnerable.

Like, I took off, and, like, I could immediately, like, the track peel up.

Like, brr, and I was like, oh, this is going to be rough.

Yes. It did not go as planned by any means whatsoever. I was extremely

vulnerable. Almost got caught with my pants down there.

We let go of the button. It almost was like it sat still, and I started

panicking, but then it took off. I did my job that time, and I'm confident in

myself to be able to drive a race car like that, so I just stayed in the gas.

whittled around through there and made it happen. So round one victory.

We're going to reevaluate everything, make some decisions, and not do that

again. Good job, team.

We got one more. We got one more right here. Yeah.

All the bow springs look good.

Good to go. I drew Scott Taylor.

He's extremely fast. He's extremely good. He's got the best parts. He's got

everything. I mean, he's been stepping it up every year.

I'd be lying if I didn't say it was a little intimidating because, I mean, I'm

new to this car, still learning it. He stands a heck of a chance, but I'm

I can put it on him.

Put the ax to it, huh?

Good luck, man. As always, I know it'll be a drag race. Oh, you're damn right.

No matter who you draw, nobody's slow.

No. Don't make a difference.

I had an old saying a few years ago, there ain't no more ducks left in this

pond. No, this pond is an odd one.

It got serious.

Tractor street, we always find each other.

What our plan on this race is, is to do our thing. We've put in the work this

winter, and I've said it time and time again, that's when you win races, is in

the off -season.

That's what we're going to do. We don't care who we're running.

Of course Axeman's fast, but we don't care who's in the other lane.

We're going to go down. We're going to put in a tune -up that we think that we

would make no matter who was in that other lane.

And I think that's how we're going to win.

win right there.

Yeah, baby!

Woo!

Yeah, baby!

So taking out Axeman was huge.

He's always a competitor. He's always done really good. Street track, it

matter.

Oh, man!

I was looking for my green light, and I seen yours pop on. Damn!

That was a drag race, baby!

That's all right. I'll get you next round. Hey!

See how Swanson talked like that and how he ended up. Yeah.

I'm not there. I take it back. Hey, hey, I take it back. I enjoy all drag

racing. You can't make me mad, girl.

So far as a team, we have two left in, me and Kayla.

Axeman, he had a tough hand, like Scott Taylor. He's a tough opponent.

That had to be Cole.

He's barely got him, but regardless, Axeman's out. Me and Kayla are still in

For the team I picked, I'm still pretty happy about it.

He's laced on light, I promise you. Damn,

it was like a race.

That's why we're here.

Who you got, Bowman?

Yeah. That'd be a good race. That'd be a good race, yeah.

We drew Mike Bowman.

People have slept on Mike Bowman in the past and found out that that was a bad

plan. So I've got the whole weight of the team on my back right now, and we

to get us some wins.

But we've got to do it one round at a time.

You know, we've just got to race the lane, and hopefully we'll be the one

gets to the finish line first and we'll go from there.

Today is going to be super tough.

We had a good run yesterday.

Yep. My matchup is Jim Howe. He's tough.

Everybody knows he was probably the fastest guy last year.

Hey, Mike.

Oh, I'm testing. I'm going to try.

We just have to go and do our race, and I think we'll be successful.

We're going to do our best to go out there and smash them right now.

We got one guy who made the biggest win ever. We got Bowman, took on a big dog,

knocked him out. So we happy.

Lots of smoke on the top end.

Track staff going to check it out down there and make sure everything's okay.

We welded on the whole panel this morning, had a crack in it.

And when we put it back on, although we put the plug in, we didn't tighten it

with the wrench.

We get back, it's unloaded all the oil out of the pan by the time we stop down

there. But I knew it won, and we got the problem taken care of. We're going to

move on to the next round.

Thanks,

guys. Appreciate it.

We are halfway through this first round, and these drivers are that much closer

to the $25 ,000 prize.

But none of them are from Team Disco or Team Swanstrom, as their drivers have

been knocked out of the event.

This next race should be a good one. We've got Robin Roberts, who is Ryan's

first pick.

going up against team captain Murder Nova.

Par for the course, I draw Robin Roberts.

I draw him a lot, and I've struggled with him a lot.

I've yet to outrun him, and today's the day.

Relax. Do your pat.

Yep. Watch the plate.

You can do the power now. I'm good.

I drew Murder Nova. There's a revenge factor going on here. He took out my boy

Ridge, so now we've got to take out Murder Nova.

Yes. Barely. That was a close side -by -side drag race right there.

Wow, what a run.

They just hauled ass and went straight on down the track.

It's perfect.

I look over the button.

We were like dead even, and I thought, this is going to be close.

When I went through the lights and looked over, mine was green.

Yeah, that is the way it's done.

That was a good race, man. That was.

Mine shook just a little bit through the...

I knew that's all it took, man.

We need to see the finish line. It was close, dude. Good job.

It was real close. Super close.

This car is butter. It's so smooth.

The other car used to fight me when we had turbos in it. It used to fight me.

Now it just wants to roll out and roll over. Everything feels like it's just on

a plane.

It was super close. I didn't even know. We didn't know until the whole time. I

had to look over for the green.

Oh, my God.

See you at the other end.

Don't pull up too close to my wheelie bars when you pull up. Yeah.

So I drew Chuck 55 for the first round today.

I know what tune -up I need to do and where I need to be by the end of this

thing. The track's good, so we'll see when I get up there, see if it'll take

tune -up I put in it, and it should be enough to outrun Chuck.

Close to the wall, had to pedal it, driving that thing.

I

think

we've proven to a few people now that we do have a hot rod.

We come out here, track's 100, almost 140 degrees.

We knew we couldn't run with what we did last night because it'd be too greasy,

we was going to knock tires off.

It was kind of a crapshoot, and man my tuner, he hit it right on it.

We left.

Brandon was actually a little bit ahead of me, and he started spinning. He

overpowered it a little bit right there on part of the track, and I came around

him, and we did what we had to do.

Made it happen.

We're pumped.

Round one today on Saturday, I get Birdman.

Myself and Birdman have raced many, many times.

A lot of times up against me, he'll swing with the big bat. Sometimes he

the home run. Sometimes he doesn't. I think the name of the game today is

managing the track temperature.

Track temperature is 130, 140 degrees.

It's going to be slimy. So while you want to go out there and give it your

and put a hot tune up in it, it's probably not something you can do. So

going to be conservative and just try to stay out in front of it.

We're so far behind the eight ball on testing with this car. We crashed right

before the event started, so we didn't get any good data on it. So the best

thing we can do against Ryan Martin is go down the racetrack.

If we go down the racetrack, as bad as this sounds, I think in this heat, Ryan

is susceptible to making a mistake.

And it feels great to take Ryan out today, and that's the goal. We're going

take him out.

Get the wind, had to pedal it on out there. Well, Birdman looks like he had

shake right on the hit. Had to get out of it.

Exactly what we thought would happen, happened. Ryan went out there. He was

to beat today. He just was.

I treed the hell out of him.

Our boost controller went haywire.

Put in seven more pounds of boost than what we were calling for.

We're doing something wrong. We don't know what it is. So we're going to go

to the old waste gates to keep this from happening again. Ryan earned the win

because he went down the racetrack.

We must have had a little bit too much in it for these track conditions.

Luckily, we were still able to get around Birdman, so we're off to the next

round. Ten cars left, ten fast cars left. So we've got our work cut out for

but so does everybody else.

Felt like we went fast last night. That was good.

I think we got a lot of attention out of a lot of these veterans that have been

doing this a while.

Draw number nine, and we pick Lizzie.

She's, I think, been really high on points every season that they've been

They're really game. They're really, you know, setting their ways of going fast.

So this right here is going to tell us exactly where we stack up coming into

this deal for sure.

She's fast.

She's fast. We'll see where we stack up right here for sure.

The best thing that we can do is, you know, take the data that we have, and

to go as fast as possible with it and, you know, get her in the trailer.

So I ended up drawing Damon Merchant. We are fourth pair out. I told him that

you just can't take anyone lightly because they can go out there and throw

Hail Mary. So we just got to be on our game and just do what we do.

I feel like I left on him on the light.

The car went straight as an arrow, and I ended up getting there first.

I'm just happy we got that win, and we're going to keep that momentum going

see who we draw next.

I came up a hair short, man.

I think.

We ran right with her the whole way, it felt like. And it looked like she had a

gun come on pretty late in the run and just pulled out a little bit.

So the race with Lizzie didn't quite go our way.

On the tree, I felt like we left together.

I pulled her through the middle, and then that big nitrous motor started

on the big end. I started seeing her kind of out on my peripheral, and then

started pulling on me. I could see the gun.

turning on on that thing so we came up just a little bit short um but it gives

me a good gauge of kind of where we're at with this field we're still learning

this combination and it's just going to take a little more time to get this

thing figured out where we can run with these you know these elite cars that was

a good race david oh yeah man you're right there with me i said oh good race

thank you david good race it was good

I drew Nate, Taylor.

Everybody knows he's probably the fastest car here.

I hope my reputation gets to his head and turns it up. Nice tires, though.

Same thing I do when I race Ryan, you know? I'm going to give it all I got,

I think I got my hands full.

This guy's going to get a whooping.

He doesn't even know it's coming yet. That's the plan.

I think if I can beat him, that's saying something.

It was a good matchup for us. I don't want to wait for this. I wanted this.

If we could beat a number two guy, that's saying something. That's what we

intend on doing.

Next pair coming at you right here over the left line is going to be Nate Saylor

going up against team captain Kai Kelly in the right.

Hi, Kelly over here in the right lane. Brand new car.

Team Captain trying to make it here to the next round.

Got a tough competitor in the left lane, Nate Saylor. Been fast all weekend

long.

It's the first time I've got to get the right lane. They put me in the right

lane, I'm going to have a little cancer Christmas because I'm leaving on them.

I left on Nate, and I never seen him.

It was a hell of a race, and I don't think if I would have left on him, I

think I'd have won.

They said I couldn't do it. How do you like me now? Because I'm doing it, and

I'm whooping people with a screw blower.

That was a good one there.

Yeah, it was, brother. Thanks for the race, man.

I was skirting that wall so bad, I wasn't getting out of it. I got loose

there about 550, but I was out there far enough. Oh, that was a good run. Yeah,

it was.

I was definitely nervous.

Thank you.

All 20 of the drivers from that round are still guaranteed a spot in next

points race.

But now we are down to 10 drivers still competing for that $25 ,000.

All right, here we go. We're going to start our round two drivers meeting.

But first and foremost, Kai Kelly, you are standing strong with three

teammates. Three teammates here.

Out of the 10 cars left.

Yeah, man.

Also, it is noteworthy to mention that Disco Dean's team is now eliminated from

this race, as well as Justin Swanstrom's team.

Both those teams now have nobody left in the race.

I do believe we are going to draw chips now to see who races who. Look, we are

that much closer to awarding $25 ,000.

It's going to go to one of you standing right here in front of me.

There are some incredible matchups in this round, and luckily, none of the

drew each other. Everyone left in this competition is a heavy hitter,

the drivers in this first matchup of this round.

Well, drivers, you know who you're racing.

Let's go ahead and get to the pits, get our cars turned around, put them in the

staging lanes. Let's go racing.

Let's go.

First pair is going to be Kai Kelly versus Kayla Morton.

We drew.

Kai Kelly, new car is coming around. He's already taken out some heavy

for the day. Both Dave and I drew his team, so we are banking on knocking two

Kai's members out.

Track is extremely tricky. It's extremely easy to get greedy out here.

of banking on that. We are going to depend on me to do my job at the tree

clip him at the end. I don't feel like Kayla's as strong as the guy I just ran,

but I've always had some bad luck against that girl.

So we're going into round two today to draw Kayla Morton. She's always fast,

I've never really had a whole lot of good luck about it. We went back and

a lot.

She's nobody that I can just say that I've always been able to run over.

So just when I think I'm on a winning streak, Kayla knocked me off my

So I'm just going to go into this race pretty humble and try to beat her on a

three.

Kayla's always been kind of like my nemesis. Usually I'd be running real

and Kayla just runs a little more solid.

You know,

we went down there.

We spoke the tires up, put them in the beams, and I let go, and I was in front

of her, and I thought I had her this time.

Somewhere down there around 650 feet, Kayla comes around me like I'm tied to a

stone. I hope I can do that for the rest of the day.

You can keep doing that. I believe you'll go all the way. Oh, man.

I just meet Kai Kelly, and it's becoming habitual.

Seems like every time we line up, I have the upper hand, and I love that. I love

that we're going in confident no matter who we pick. I'm ready to take this

whole motherfucker.

If you just win this thing, no pressure. If we don't, I don't know.

Like, we're good. I mean, I'm going to give it my best shot.

Go get your pom -poms. I will be there, baby. I will be there. Okay.

My primer pump ain't working, but I mean, it's the least of our worries. We

it running, but I'm just hoping I don't have any other issues.

It's not priming. Like, I don't know yet. I'm trying to sort of diagnose it.

So right before that passed, we run into some problems. We went to start the

car. The primer pump wasn't working.

I tried to shove a wire in front of there that was broke, and it didn't

We're going to make next round. We're not going to be 100%, but we're going to

run it like it is 100%. Y 'all slow down. Take your time. Do it right.

I've got to keep on moving for our team.

I'm the only one left, and I've got to win this thing for the team.

Scott's a fast car. He just got through taking out a pretty fast car his last

pass, and he's a competitor.

We're going to go out there and give it our best and see what happens.

The motor's wounded a little bit.

Hopefully we can make it through. This thing is oiling like crazy out the left

side. It looks like a freight train, but we ain't going to give up. We're going

to run it until it won't run no more.

Chuck made a good pass. You know, he went down through there. He made a

lick. Scott just outran him. Looked like his car was hurt. Still made a great

pass over there in that left lane.

Scott Taylor will move on to the next round. Nice job.

We staged.

I let go of the button. I think I was with him until about 60 foot, and I

he pulled out on me a little bit.

I about got around him at the end.

He barely outran me.

We'll see him in Virginia.

I hope I get him again because I got a little more for him.

It definitely

affected the race.

It missed the shift wire to pull back out that was broken during the tire

Luckily, I was able to reach over and slap it in the next year.

So all we can do is keep plugging away. The motor's wounded.

Either the shifter didn't shift or the transmission's wounded, so we got a lot

of work to do.

So, yeah, Daddy Dave had to take him out in a new car, man. I hope, you know,

I'm trying to do good for you guys, my team captain, since you picked me, man.

Yeah. I really didn't have a whole lot of choices left when you rolled around,

but I'm glad I got you now. When I rolled around, there was only eight

gone.

I'm racing for $25 ,000.

The second round, we went out and drew Daddy Dave. Daddy Dave's been in this

game a long time. He's got a lot of, you know, season laps under his belt, and I

want to go out there and beat him. Daddy Dave's car might be broke.

I've seen him. He showed us some pictures.

What was that?

It's like a rear end. Rear end?

I'm just going to go out there and try to do the best I can do, drive the car,

and get it done.

Thank you.

Round one, I broke everything.

The third member was broke. I thought the pro charger was broke or the driver

something. We trashed on that thing. The guys at the pro charger were here. We

got it all tore apart.

Nothing wrong up front.

The third member was broke for sure. We voted a new one in.

Made some chassis adjustments, some tune -up adjustments. Going into round

three, I got David Gates. Obviously, he's fast. He's still in this thing.

But I think with the changes we made, we got his number.

We've got David Gates over in the left lane going up against Daddy Dave in the

right lane.

Next pair here in this second round of the Invitational Class.

We've got David Gates over in the left lane going up against Daddy Gates in the

right lane.

We've been waiting all year to get here, and we're here. We're here to stay,

baby.

We just win my career, and that's a hell of a drag race, too. Yeah,

hell of a job, man.

We took off down through there. We were, like, side by side.

Mine started to shake a little bit, and I pedaled the throttle once to try to

catch it before it got completely out of control, and he went around.

He got the win.

No excuses, man. This car's fast.

Was Gates fast?

No, we were like this.

I just started pulling away, and it shook real bad, and I jacked up wrong.

The team I put together right now, we are on Kayla's shoulders.

Hopefully she's got broad shoulders. She'll carry us through to the end, but

we'll all be up there cheering her on.

Hopefully she can win this deal.

Big Mike!

Hey, buddy!

Put us on your back, Mike!

So now we got Robin Roberts. We're third round here in Clubbit, and super stoked

about it.

The goal is to win, right?

Yes, sir. Hey, there ain't no easy route.

No. Easy down.

Everybody's down.

Everybody's down. How's down?

How's down? You stick your head up and take care of me.

Robin's a great competitor. He's fast.

Doesn't matter what combo it is.

We're going to go up there and we're going to drag him right down the

Hopefully we can get it done right here.

Man, I drew Bowman in the third round here.

Bowman's fast.

We've raced a lot against each other.

I've done pretty well against Bowman, but this is his new car, new combo,

similar to the combo we have.

It's going to be a hell of a race again.

I mean, I just had one of those. We're going to have another one.

Hold these for now.

I feel really confident. Like, this is one of those where, again, it's going to

put us over the top to get us where we want to be.

That's the plan.

You know what? I've worked hard for this. I am telling you, I've worked

tested. We did all that.

Right before I left, I'm just thinking, you've got to be on the tree.

I did that.

We got out.

I saw him just there for a little bit, a couple of times, and he was gone.

We're going to go back and see who we're going to race, and then we'll make a

change from there.

If we possibly think we need to step it up a little bit more, I think Carr will

take it. We're going to do it. Good job, man. Thank you.

Thanks,

guys.

Love you. Love you. Thank you. End up getting the fifth chip, and of course,

guess who I get? Lovely Ryan Martin.

Me and him definitely battled out over the few years, and beating him is

definitely... an achievement.

We definitely have a really good car this year. I'm confident. I feel really

good about it. So, um, may the best car win.

You ready to go up?

Uh, is it time? Yeah.

Let's go.

You take yours. It's got shade. Yeah, let's do it.

I'm there in the chip draw and I'm looking around. I get number five.

I'm watching number one go, number two go, number three go, number four go. And

I look over and it's just Lizzie Moody.

And that's who I got.

She's always tough when we race her. Last couple seasons, we had her number,

we need to try to keep it that way. So we're going to probably put some pretty

hot in it, try to just get to the finish line first.

Ryan Martin will get the win. That is an unfortunate break for Lizzie Mucey.

What happened?

Trans break didn't hold.

Get ready to stage.

Get on the trans break button, pour it, and all of a sudden the car just rolls

forward.

But that's racing.

It happened.

We're going to go through the transmission, look at everything, and

everything's all right, I feel.

accomplished what i've done this weekend

we

lost robin this round so i'm the lone ranger for my team uh there's five of us

left it'd be nice to get that buy to throw a test run at it to try to be

prepared for a final race good job thanks brother But I can tell you this,

five cars in it are badass cars.

So there's no guarantees here.

We're just going to keep doing what we're doing.

I'm really excited for the pass that we just made because it was really solid,

probably the best one we've had yet.

And it's only going to get better from here.

There we go, man.

Hey, I'm proud of you all, for real. Good job. Great job. I know you've been

really dedicating a lot of time to that program, and I've seen you at my test

sessions and all that. You're doing great. Good job. Appreciate it. Thanks,

Frank. You bet.

That will do it.

For the second round of the Invitational Class, the winners of that round were

Kayla Morton, Scott Taylor, David Gates, Mike Bowman, and Ryan

Martin.

All right, so we have one racer from Team Daddy Dave, one racer from Team

one racer from Team Mike Murillo, one racer from Team Kai Kelly, and one racer

from Team Ryan Martin, and it just so happens it is the captain himself.

So, don't forget, with there being five racers, that means there is a buy this

round. So someone will get a free shot down this track.

Whoever's drawn.

You sure? Yeah.

There you go.

You're going to get just three out of here.

I'll take the last one. Go ahead.

All right.

Where are my number ones?

David Gates and Caleb Morton. And now Kyle Kelly is back to talking trash

on the starting line. Hey, put 100 on it.

Put 100 on it.

I bet 100.

I will. All right, number twos.

Scott Taylor and Mike Bowman, which means the bye goes to Ryan Martin. Oh,

God.

I need it, guys.

I need it. Thank you. Where's the HR department around here? I do need it.

right.

Racers, you know who you're racing.

You know what you got to do. Go back in the pits. Get your cars in the staging

lanes so we can put on a show for these lovely Ohio fans.

All right?

Let's go. Let's get it done.

What do you think she ran?

I beat her on a tree, I think, and she put about at least a fender on me.

We got her first pair, and we're in the right lane.

I drew Kayla.

You know, and last year, Kayla and me raced twice, and she drug my ass.

Kayla's a really good racer. She works hard, and she can drive the wheels off

that damn car.

I want to win this probably worse than I've ever wanted to win a race in my

life.

We got Gates. For a couple different reasons, I wanted him.

One is because I need some redemption here. He took out Dave last time, and we

need to show him what's up.

And two, that will knock Kai's entire team out if we can do it this round, and

then hopefully we'll get the bye into the final. It's honestly my race to

That's how I feel. If I lose, it's because of something I did, and I'm

consistent as a driver. So we just continue to execute here and keep going

around.

Gates in the right lane. Going up against Kayla Morton in the left lane.

Kayla Morton gets there first.

Nice job. So Kayla Morton will be one.

of the three drivers in the semifinals. Great job.

Man, I really love beating Team Kai Kelly.

Oh, it's just so satisfying.

We got the exact pool we wanted, and I let Dave for me.

It was a great race.

I just had to do it a couple more times, and we're going to start the season off

with a W.

Scott, who you got?

Mike Bowman. He's been running really well. He's fast.

What lane you got? I think it was left. I think left's a little better.

So we drew Mike Bowman, and that dude has really been putting in the work.

Hopefully, if we can get past all of our little problems, we can put up a heck

of a fight. I think we have the car to win this race. I really do.

You guys fueled it, right?

Fueled it our day, buddy. All right. All right. Kick another one down.

One round at a time. That's what we got to do. We're going to race Scott Taylor.

We do realize the last run, he was smoking out the left side, so he might

slightly hurt.

None of that matters. It'll still run good. Pro -charge Hemi.

I'm super stoked to be here and to be in the last five.

I really want to get to the semis. If I've decided to leave the same tune -up

it, the track will start coming my way a little bit. It'll be a smoother run.

If he outruns me, it's basically going to be if he treats me, is what I would

say.

Something happened.

My car got cut off.

We was ahead.

We were worried about everything working. You know, the path before it

shift. That time, everything worked flawlessly. Made one heck of a path.

Mike Bowman put up a heck of a run. I saw him for the majority of the run.

He is a real, real contender, and he'll be back for sure. But this dude is fast,

y 'all.

Now, that was a good one.

That was a good one.

What do you think? Who do you think is going to win?

Come on.

Ryan won every first race.

I know. I got my money on Ryan.

I mean, got me.

Here we go, folks. This will be the bye run for this round.

It belongs to Ryan Martin.

Right now is my bye.

I'm going to try a little something crazy. We're going to put something hot

it. Because you know what? If we knock the tires off right now, we can say,

it didn't take it, and maybe we won't go to it the next round. So this will be a

good test run for us. We are going to try to go faster than we've gone yet at

this racetrack.

So we're going to do a little experimenting here.

It was a good, strong path.

It lived around a little bit in the middle, but it was very strong out of

hole. I'm hoping that when we get back and pull data, it says it's the

path that we've made yet. There you have it, folks.

We are now down to three cars, and they are Ryan Martin, Scott Taylor, and Kayla

Morton. One of them will win the $25 ,000 tonight.

We will find out here shortly.

So here we go. Let's get this driver's meeting started.

This is the invitational semifinal driver's meeting. Look, it's been a long

weekend for everybody, right? We started at 40 cars. 40 cars yesterday. We're

all the way down to three. It's come down to this.

I've got my team captains here. Daddy Dave.

Yes, sir. You are present.

And you are present because...

Your draft pick, Kayla Morton, is still in the race. My first draft pick.

That's right. She has put the team on her back and has carried you all the way

to this point.

And then I'm going to move over here to my good friend, Mike Murillo, who is

also in this driver's meeting. But look, Mike, you are here because.

Your number one pick, Mr. Scott Taylor, is still in the running. Yes, he is.

Michael Jordan, baby. Michael Jordan. Oh, he called you the GOAT.

Wow. He's the GOAT. That is a strong phrase when you're standing next to the

that is to your right, Mike Murillo. Team captain himself, Ryan Martin.

And look, Ryan Martin's not here because it's one of his teammates that are in

this meeting. He is here because he himself is still in this race.

Ryan, you got the buy last round, which means you are unable to get the buy this

round. So I'm going to have you draw one chip out of this bucket.

Once you draw your chip, I will then drop the buy in the bucket. So please

a chip.

You always do so good at this. You got to figure it out. Not that one. You

always got to figure it out. This one or that one? This one? That one. That's

the one I like.

Okay. The buy is now going in the bucket.

All right. Who's drawing the chip first? Who's going to draw? Oh, Dave's going

to draw it.

I got them both in my hand.

Better pick one. Better pick one.

Scott Taylor, what number did you get in there?

Hot dog!

Oh, God.

All right. So the race in the semifinals will be Scott

Taylor versus Ryan Martin.

Kayla Morton, true or lie?

I got the ride. It's a good thing I took my bike around the ride. It's the first

time I've been in it.

Congratulations. Hey, I still got it. I still got it. Going to the finals.

With the assist from Daddy Dave, who always draws the ball. Always.

Well, hey, racers. Hey, go back to your pits. Get your cars turned around. Bring

them in the staging lane. Let's go racing.

For one, I feel like we have a race car to run with us. It's hard to tell. His

car is deceiving, but you look fast.

Yep. But that's looking. You know how it is on the start line. It's tough. We're

talking hundreds. Are you trying to make him feel good or bad?

Yes. He's built me up.

He forgot.

You're supposed to cut me down and build me up. He just built me up and cut me

down. It's okay to look faster, but, you know, give him hell.

So we've had a lot of problems tonight.

But all in all, the car's running better than it ever has. And if we ever had a

shot at beating Ryan Martin, it's right here, right now, tonight.

I was thinking how interesting this is. This is going to give us a pretty good

comparison of MH6 and MH7.

This is my old motor from last year, my championship motor.

And the new motor this year. So I was like, huh.

Scott's car's been looking good. Interesting fact is I sold Scott my

championship motor from last year, and that's what's in his car.

So kind of like me racing my old motor with my new motor, we don't really know

yet if the new motor's, you know, how much it's really worth or if it's faster

or whatever the case is. So there's going to be a real good gauge for that.

threw the kitchen sink out in the last run to see what it would take, what it

wouldn't take.

We're going to doctor that tune up a little bit. We feel like that tune's

enough to cover anybody, and try to go out there and run a personal best -in

-break track.

Right now, we've got as much to run as we ever have. I think it's going to be

one heck of a dogfight.

He is the baddest in no grip, and we've been all putting in work trying to get

as good as he is. I got a shot to beat Ryan right here.

He's the fastest until tonight. I hope we can end that streak right now.

Hey, Dave, come up here.

You get on one shoulder. I get on the other.

Yeah, well, we should. Get on there.

Yeah, I got broad shoulders. It's all good. I feel like you can carry us. It's

all good. I feel like you can.

Yeah, but y 'all are going to have to carry me one day, too. It's just my turn

right now. I don't know. Not after watching that last pass you made.

Yeah. I think it was a haul in the mail.

All right, let's go get them.

Matching pom -poms, guys.

Next race, if I have to. I don't think this is something to do with a pom -pom.

If I have to do this again in Virginia, we're getting cheerleading starts.

I will put her in the reserves.

That's good. That's good.

She's too bossy.

She's going to win it.

All right, folks, here we go. It's the live finals. Scott Taylor in the left

lane. Ryan Martin in the right lane.

Winner goes to the finals.

What happened?

Just lost it.

You was like, yeah, I did not see you go in, dude.

Good job.

Dude, I want to beat you one day without something happening. You know, it's too

tough. We're always going after it. So either you're spinning the tires or I'm

spinning the tires. I know, but I want both of us to make it real.

It's all good, man. Hey, good job. You're truly the GOAT, and I want to

outrun you. It's all good, man. Hey, today I'm not. So good job, man. Thank

homie. Woo!

So we just took out Ryan Martin, which lands us in the final.

We picked up a win, and we're going to the finals.

That is the best feeling possible for any racer racing.

That's what we dream about.

That's what we work hard for, and that's what we're here for.

And tonight, I'm going to do everything I can to get this off my back.

Man, we needed that one, y 'all. Yeah, baby!

Woo!

Go!

Fine down low? Felt great. I looked fast.

Felt great down low. It was, like, stuck, and then it literally just went.

It took a move. Like, it was stuck. Yeah.

Did you ever see him?

For like the split second, like maybe 30 foot, and then I was pulling out.

And then it took me a second when I pulled to the wall and pulled it back

to see him, and then there he was. So I don't know. We'll look at the 360 and

see what that says.

Like I said, Scott's got my old championship motor.

That car's fast, and we knew it was. I felt like we probably had the faster

and we had a good car all day. The car worked really well, and we hopped it up

just a little.

just trying to make sure that we were covered, you know.

And it just lost the tire. But the crazy thing is where we hopped it up, it took

everything down low.

In the middle of the racetrack, it just lost the tire. And we didn't turn it up

there, but it is what it is.

Sometimes things just up and bite you for no reason, and it is what it is.

We did good. Went top three.

It's a good start.

It's a good start. Great start.

It's bad, yeah.

I still don't know if anybody's, I don't know if there's another car out there

faster, but it's only good if we can get to the other end.

All right, here we go.

I got everything.

Here we go.

Backing it up.

Ensuring our spot in the final by drawing that buy is exactly what we were

looking for. We're rolling with steam. We have lots of test passes. And if you

ask me, I think we're off to a pretty good start.

All right, folks, here we go. This will be our buy run. Kayla Morton, she will

automatically go to the finals where she will face Scott Taylor for $25 ,000.

She's trying something on that one.

Probably tried something there on the bye run.

Didn't like it. That's okay. It is a bye. She will go to the finals.

I think we got a hot rod.

Tried some there.

It's going to work out good. It's going to be a great final.

I'm actually really glad Scott won. He deserves it. And I think we need to see

some new winners around here. You know, Ryan Martin's not guaranteed anything.

And I think we both proved that today. And it's going to put some pressure on

him this season. And I like pressure.

Did it. And props to you. I don't even think you had a plan whenever.

I didn't know I was going to be a captain, so no plan whatsoever.

Right. Pick her first, and she's sitting in the finals. I think that's a pretty

good statement there.

She's the first pick, and I don't regret it one bit.

I cannot be happier for myself, for my dad, for my team. We are putting Daddy

Dave in the winner's circle.

We're going to get it done for the team.

All right, let's go to this win.

You got it, babe. Win. I'll be up there.

We. Yes. All y 'all better be up there. We will. All right.

This ought to be a good race, I think.

It's a lifelong dream right here. I know.

I've never won a main event MPK, and I think we got the hot rod to close the

deal tonight.

I'm in the zone that is a very dangerous place.

to be for everybody else. So I got one thing to do and I plan on doing just

that. Going to get that W.

The look broke.

When you're winning and the car's going fast, the last thing any racer's going

to do is stop.

Is there oil everywhere?

Oh, yeah. You all right? Yeah.

We had major issues going on with the motor. It was oiling. We knew we had

issues. So what happened against Kayla?

We left the starting line. We were squared up pretty even.

And next thing you know, this thing chunks a rod out the side.

Obviously, she drove off from it.

That ended my night, ended my chances.

We tried.

The motor just wouldn't work. I know.

You were hauling us.

Thank you.

All my Team NOLA homies was up there pulling for me, and it means the world.

can separate us, but we're still going to be together. Of course I'm pulling

Team Murillo, but NOLA's my heart for sure.

Woo!

Man, I feel like we made a friggin' statement.

Cannot be more excited.

So I am here with National Trail Raceway champ for the 2023 season, Miss Kayla

Morton.

Thank you so much. It feels so good to be the fastest car out of 40

today. This is the fastest field by far that we have ever been through. And I'm

glad Sean and Ryan skipped me over because I'd be on Dave's team any day of

week. I like it. I like where we're at.

Team Dave is going to take this championship.

I'm going to say it right now. I love that every one of those dudes was behind

my car during the final and that Dave was up there to draw my chip for me. And

I'm feeling this season.

Well, there you have it. This is the way you want to start a season.

Congratulations once again. You deserved it. Thank you so much. Thank you.

Fastest car out of 40 today.

Six grueling rounds.

Man, we got it done. We got it done, and it feels so good.

You like this one?

You going to take this to show and tell at school?

Yes.

Today, a little different. Today is the team championship.

The team with the most points at the end of the season will win the $200 ,000

championship.

I think we probably got some attention now.

I don't have like two or three friends, and I don't really need no more.

As long as I'm in their head, I really don't give a... I honestly don't know

I didn't win that race.

No, I'm not a bad loser, Doc.

Don't. I'm sorry.

I think Ty's just trying to run from me again, but I'm just saying.

Wow. You never told me that you was going to trade me. You kept telling me

safe. I'm safe, right? Last week.

Next time you ever swing on my son, I will beat the brakes off your ass. You

understand me?

Stress builds.

Anxiety builds.

I feel like I've been gone through hell and back.

I had another talk to Lindsay today. She broke up with me, by the way. Maybe it

happens for a reason.

Man, this year is totally different.

Ryan Martin out. First round here. This is my bad year.