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Previously on The Great Eight.

Top eight drivers heading into contention battled it out for $10 ,000

the Great Eight Championship.

And Axeman gets the win.

Ty Kelly had a chance to take the lead after winning his first race, but he

in the semifinals to Kayla Morton. And Kayla Morton gets the win.

Then, when Kayla lined up for the finals... I knew it.

Her trans break did not hold, and Axeman won his first Grade 8 event.

All right, and Larry Roach will get the win.

And took home $10 ,000, 10 points, and the Grade 8 points lead. Good job

tonight, brother. Number one, baby.

Ryan Martin is still out of the Grade 8, and new faces Nate Saylor,

Justin Swanson, and Callie Mills are coming in looking to get their names on

leaderboard.

Callie Mills will take the win. Nice job there.

So now, all these top drivers will race for points towards the individual

championship and a chance to win $10 ,000.

Put your hands together for the grade A drivers.

New England Dragway, how y 'all doing out there?

Good? Yeah!

We're here in Epping, New Hampshire at the New England Dragway.

This track has been around since 1966 and has been the premier racing facility

in this part of the country.

Today, it's hosting the Grade 8. This is the fourth of 14 Grade 8 events spread

across the entire country, and things are heating up.

Here's how it works. If you win the Grade 8, you get 10 points. Plus, you

get $10 ,000.

If you runner up, you get seven, and if you make it to the semifinals, you will

get three.

Those points go towards an individual championship that will be worth $100

at the end of the season. Heading into this event, Axeman currently holds the

number one spot in that individual championship for $100 ,000.

Right on his heels, there are five racers tied for the second spot.

Tonight, there are three drivers here for the first time. Callie Mills, Nate

Saylor, and Justin Swanstrom.

And a few of our top competitors, like Ryan Martin, Axeman, and David Gates,

didn't make it in.

which means they could see their lead drink tonight.

We're going to have a chip draw now, see who is going to be paired up.

I'm looking forward to a good weekend.

We definitely need one after last weekend's show.

I really need to make a show. I need to make some points. I need to get some

distance between these guys. It's been raining here for like two weeks, and now

the sun's out, and we're having a good day of racing.

All right.

Where are my number ones?

Oh, Damon Merchant going up against Justin Swanstrom, first pair.

Wow. So first round in our grade eight, we drew Justin Swanstrom.

We knew coming into this deal, he's a big hitter. He's been coming up through

the ranks the last few seasons, and we knew he was going to be one of the big

contenders, you know, for the season.

Drawing him first round, he's somebody that I'd like to see it help us back up

again.

Number two, Kai Kelly versus Giuseppe. I hope not. Kai Kelly.

Oh, God.

We drew Kai Kelly.

We raced Kai Kelly in Virginia, and he got us by inches. We broke a couple push

rods on that run. He's right up there. I mean, he's got to be one of the fastest

guys here.

So we're going to, you know, evaluate what we've got to do. We know we've got

be on our game and make a good hit right now.

Number three, step up. Oh, battle of the females.

Callie Mills versus Lizzie Musi.

I drew Lizzie. I've never raced Lizzie, actually. It sucks that I drew her

because me and her are friends.

And we actually, last night, we went and got a pedicure together and kind of,

like, relaxed a little bit before the race.

Which means my fourth and final pair will be Nate Saylor versus Scott Taylor.

Man, this is our first Great Eight ever. We are super excited.

I have not raced Scott Taylor before. This will be our first race.

Scott's a fast competitor.

He runs another Pro Charge Pro Line Hemi. So we know we got our work cut out

us. But we think we got a good car, and we'll try and get that win.

Racers, you know who you're racing. Go back to the pit. Make your final

adjustments before your first test path. And good luck.

All right, y 'all.

See ya.

You want to put some money on top of it?

How am I?

Kill me.

A thousand. Whoever goes the farthest gets all the money. I'm out of a

I'm sort of. Okay.

You want to get in? But y 'all are welcome to do it.

Five million, man.

Come on, man. A thousand. It's fine.

Five. You in?

It's fine.

You don't have to be in. Yeah, I don't have to be in. I'll be out. Okay, you're

out? Can we do it after first round?

So whoever goes the farthest will get the five grand.

Damon, are you in or no?

What did y 'all end on?

$1 ,000. Whoever goes the farthest gets the five grand. I ain't been showing up

on Fridays. That's hard for me to say yeah.

Been gapping everybody.

Come on. On Saturday.

Stop. Saturday's good. Friday's the new Saturday.

You don't want in? He'll cover me.

Sure, I'll cover you. Okay, so that's five.

All right, if I win, I owe you. If I don't, I don't.

actually tearing the motor down because when we started it up, the car was

smoking like a freight train.

So they've got the piston out and it's cracked.

Saying it's my fault because I ran the car a little bit too long in Bowling

Green against Scott Taylor.

Scott Taylor!

Taylor is your winner there.

So I've got to make sure I shut the car off right at the eighth mile because I'm

running a little car.

Right now they're just putting all new rods and pistons in it. You can see

you've got a little bit of wear there. Nothing too bad.

It's cracked right there.

My job now is to clean these head gaskets, get everything cleaned up so

go back together with the motor.

Everything's clean and ready to go.

Is this an emergency or is this just a... No, it is an emergency.

Yeah, like we can't run it if it's smoking like that.

It's just going to create more problems.

So eventually then you have to worry about, you know, getting a piston or

getting a rod or window in the side of the block. So, yeah, it's definitely,

definitely want to have it all together before the grade eight tonight.

So that way we can run and have no problem.

Up now, get some RPM in it and make it some boo.

Well,

that gives us good data for Swanstrom first round.

We haven't shown up well on Fridays yet. The Friday gremlins for us have been a

down injector halfway down the track and me redlining. We're trying to shake

that monkey off our back.

We're just going to have to get out there and see if we can prove it.

We're now going to move into...

I'm just looking out there, Joe.

Doing good. We're going to see what happens.

I finally got in the grade A, and I am going up against Damon Merchant. I

haven't gotten to race him yet this year. I did see him make some passes at

other events.

He's extremely fast, and he is extremely good on the light. He wins a lot of his

races by cutting a good light.

All right, Paul, be careful out there. Go get this one, boys.

My goal is to try to kill the tree and try to cut a good light with him. If I

can lead with him or in front of him, that's even better. But if I can lead

him, I do believe that my car is a little faster and be able to pull off

win. But if I lead behind him, it's going to be hard to try to run him down

be able to get this win off.

Here we go.

Late eighth first round coming at you right now, folks. 10 ,000 to win this

class.

lot of people that's been saying that Damon's been guessing the light and

jumping he's just cutting a good light you have those people that are very very

good on the tree and you get caught sleeping you can be the fastest guy

going home early so you have to be up on the tree you got to make sure you get a

to b you got to make sure you give yourself a chance to be able to get to

finish line first

And Justin Swannstrom goes red, gives the win to Damon Merchant. So Damon

Merchant will move on to the semifinals.

Last race was my first one ever with Justin Swannstrom.

And I don't know if a little bit of birdie got in his head or what about the

light situation, but he took a stab at the tree, went red, and we made a pass

right behind him.

About two seconds into the run, the car really started shaking.

Transmission ain't up to par with what we've been running. We've been beating

the thing.

This last five weeks have been real hard on us, been hard on the car, and we're

starting to see signs of that.

Nonetheless, he went red, we got the W, and it's on to the second round.

Damn it, boy, where are you going?

I let go of the button.

I hear you.

I just let go of the button early. I let go of the button and gave the race away

right there on the start line.

Good try. Good job.

Once I seen red, I just got out of it.

I figured you was probably calling it good.

Save it for tomorrow.

Thanks, Sam. Thanks, brother.

We're here at New England Dragway, and next up in the grade 8 is Giuseppe

Gentile versus Kai Kelly.

So the belt's got to come out, too, and everything?

The gear can slide off the bottom.

Oh, wow.

We're going to make some horsepower right here, boys.

That's it.

Snap ring.

Snap ring in.

We found some material in our oil filter. So once we got here, I decided

going to change the motor because it's pushing the thrust out of the motor.

trying to push the crank forward for some reason. We're having issues with

So that's what we're doing this weekend. We swap the motor, speed up the blower,

and we'll lean on the tune -up.

Try to win.

Hey, do you want to fire it up in the air?

Do we need to fire it?

Do you want me to jump in the air? Do we need to fire it?

Yeah,

if you want to clear everything, just fire at it.

Have them look underneath or something.

Just want to run it for like 10 seconds, shut it off? Yeah, just make sure

everybody's looking. Mark, look over there.

All of these can be beat. He's been beat before.

We got probably one of the other faster cars here on the property. Right now

would be a time to prove our point and show them who's the fastest car here.

How are you going to do in the grade eight this weekend?

I'm not even in it, but I'm freaking three points out of the lead. What is

Axeman? He ain't in this weekend.

Yeah, he's number one. He's number one. He got 13 points. And then me, you,

Ryan, and Guseppe got 10 points.

And you and Guseppe are in it.

So you need to stretch and get the whole lead in that.

Yeah, it'd be cool if I could get about 10.

Yeah.

So really the only one racing a grade 8 that I'm tied for number 2 with is

Giuseppe, and I drew him. So if I can beat Giuseppe here, I'll be tied with

Axeman for first place.

Tonight, I really hope that at the end of the night you win the grade 8 and

you're leading by 10 points.

Absolutely. Because I want that for you.

Because next week, when I win tomorrow, I'm going to be in the grade 8 when we

come back, and then I'm going to beat you up. If I win the grade 8 tonight,

going to give you the back tire tomorrow. I'm going to call you out.

That would be really dumb on your part.

Man, I can't wait until I get that good, until I get that cocky.

Hopefully by soon. I can't wait.

He's beating me to death this year. I figure if we do a race that he thinks he

can win, maybe I'll win it.

Yeah. That's another thing, you know, with, like, me and Lizzie splitting up

all.

I don't know that she's not going to want to trade, and I really don't want

trade her. I'd rather just y 'all talk to her if she don't want to talk to me.

You know what I'm saying? That's fine.

She's a killer. I mean, she makes a strong team. Obviously, I'm sure they

probably don't want to leave either because they know how strong your team

Disco mentioned that he would trade Jerry Bird for Lizzie if they wanted to,

I know why.

Lizzie's killing points, and Jerry's still racing his way in.

Yeah. Could me and Adam fix Jerry's car? I think so, but then we're going to

have a killer on our hands.

That's it, probably.

He's always fast when you get his car to go.

But for now, I want to keep losing to you. I agree.

I mean, I absolutely agree. Yeah, leave that decision to her. Like, she broke

up. She dumped your ass. I can't say that I blame her. Look at you. You know

what I mean?

So, she dumped you.

Yeah. So, let her make the decision. If she wants to be trading, we'll support

her either way. I mean, I think she's a good asset to the team. Yeah, I think

she's a good asset, and I think that they know it, too.

So, good team.

All right, guys.

I remember Adam's beating himself up. We went out first round last week, and

Adam slept in the trailer with no air conditioning.

Last time I raced this epi, he was out on me. He was probably out on me about a

half a car.

I caught him right at the finish line and barely beat him. So his car's

definitely fast.

He's been really consistent.

The car's working good. So he's nobody we can take for granted. We got to go

there and give him our best. We're going to beat him.

This will work, you know. Oh, just make a minor adjustment.

I'm trying not to.

There's a lot of weight hanging way out there, though.

Good luck, sir. Be safe. Good luck.

Thank you.

And over in the left lane, that is going to be Giuseppe.

And over in the right lane, that's going to be Ty Kelly.

going to take the win. Nice job there.

Great pass.

Me and Giuseppe laid the other button.

We was pretty much side by side all the way to about mid track.

And then my front end started coming up a little bit and I started driving away

from him. It's always a real good race with him as far as super fast.

It's a huge win for us because what that does is that takes us out of second

place in the grade eight and puts us tied for first. And it puts Giuseppe

He's one of the guys I was tied with in second.

Best draw for us. Probably one of the fastest cars on the premises, but we

glad to be able to draw him and beat him. What happened, man?

You had to lift?

No, I was right there, and then, I don't know, I was moving around, but good

race. It was a good race. I see both of our tires.

Go, go, and you were there, and then I'm like, damn, he's got me. I ain't

running. Actually, you pulled me in the middle. Yeah, that's what I just told

him. You pulled me in the middle, because I was like, oh, I got him, I got

and the thing laid over.

When I pulled the chutes, though, I don't think I ran a roll, but, man, I

tap the brakes or nothing.

It was bloshing around. I heard something. I heard something on my car

blah, blah, blah. I got some bump out there. Yeah, some. It was moving around.

Good job.

That was a good race, though. No, me and you was only two in the grade eight. I

know.

Whenever one of us won, I was like, damn, man.

So as of right now, grade eight's over. We're out. We've got to focus on

tomorrow, focus on the team event, and earn some points so we can stay in that

grade eight for next week. I definitely don't like pulling you, Debbie, if that

matters. I don't want to pull you either. I'm like, damn it, man.

the ignition's off when you do that.

No, it wasn't off, but it was on.

So make sure it's off before you do that.

Got a little pressure. We got everything. It's not smoking like a

anymore, so that's good.

We're freshened up. We're ready to go. Never been in the grade eight.

Next pair coming at you right now. Going to be a battle of the females over in

the right lane. That's going to be Callie Mills going up against Lizzie

the left.

I'm just going to do my thing, go out there, hopefully be good on the tree and

do my best to get it shut down right at the line so we don't have any carnage

tonight.

No prep is in New Hampshire. Next up, it's Lizzie Mucey versus Callie Mills.

It's a bit overcast, and the track is looking fast so far. So we'll see how

power these two try to put down.

Kelly Mills, congrats.

Good job.

And we both win at the same time. Oh, I know.

I was like, well, I have a brake pressure issue. Like, we have been

them. And I was like, hey, the brake pressure is, like, messed up. And they

didn't drain it. Well, I didn't know. My dad said you were having issues. So I

was like, take my time. So I was waiting for you to. No, you're good. And then

my freaking glasses fogged up. So I just took them off. I was like, I'm done

with this. Well, you did badass.

Good job.

Bugs look good. Car look good.

We got Scott Taylor.

So this is our individual championship tonight. You guys know that. Like, this

is our grade 8 deal. Right.

Okay. Well, we'll pop it off and have it ready. Yeah, let's get it popped off.

We'll get it down on the ground, put it all back together, make sure she's

polished. I like a nice, clean car.

And then we'll be ready to roll.

Oh, yeah, boy. All right. Thanks, guys.

I'm Nate Taylor. I'm from Billings, Montana.

I drive a 67 Nova.

It was easy to go fast last week.

This week it's going to be racing the racetrack. It's going to be a matter of

whether you can get down from A to B and do it as quickly as you can without

pouring the coals to it. Hopefully we can be 1 -0 after this.

All right, I'm going to fire it up. We got Nate Saylor, and he's new this year,

but that don't mean nothing about his program because he's rolling.

I know he's fast. Heck, he took out Ryan Martin last week.

Fair and old.

We're gonna throw everything we got at it is the deal All right, we just put

right tune up in there. I'm gonna treat him like I was running Ryan We're not

gonna leave anything on the table

Over in the left lane, that's going to be Nate Taylor going up against Scott

Scooter Taylor in the go right.

Scott Taylor trying to get it stopped.

Definitely had something go wrong there.

Yeah.

I got up and turned on my light. He sat there for a while and let me think about

it. Turned on that second light, and we left with him, and Scott broke tumbles

all over the place. But if we leave with him or on him, they're in trouble.

Did you win, Nate? Yeah. Good. Good job, Nate.

The new guys and girls are coming around. Looks good.

Chuck, Scotty had some problems, but we're on to the final four of the grade

eight.

We got a hot rod.

Oh,

it could have been worse. It could have been.

I know it toasted the drive shaft. I can tell you all that. I got carbon from

here.

We're going to fix it.

I got another drive shaft, but I got to build a wishbone tonight somehow.

I don't think we've got a choice if we're going to race tomorrow. We're just

going to have to make this one work. I don't know what else to do.

We broke the wishbone.

It's a bad deal. The wishbone keeps the hole we're in under the car.

It feels like you're on ice when this breaks.

I'm happy we didn't wreck the car.

We borrowed one from Brandon James.

We're trying to make this one work.

We've got a lot of season left.

We're going to get the car fixed, and we're going to find a way to race

tomorrow.

We're going to get this grade eight semifinals drivers meeting going here.

I said, we started with eight. We are now down to four. This is the

Look, good news.

All of my drivers here, you're now at least guaranteed to make three points in

this grade eight tonight. Also, good news, Kai Kelly, no longer number two in

the individual.

You're now tied for number one. I like it. Yeah.

Here's your chance to take the lead, man. This is your chance. How does this

feel? It just feels awkward, man. I don't really like this spot, you know? I

hear you, man. Anytime I think of number one in Kai Kelly, it's awkward. It's

real awkward, man. So you're right. All right, here we go.

All my drivers have their chips.

Where are my number one?

Ooh.

Cali Mills and Nate Saylor.

Cali Mills and Nate Saylor, which means...

Our second pair will be Damon Merchant versus Kai Kelly.

I feel like I've seen this race a couple times this year, maybe a couple. How

many times have you all raced?

Three? Four.

This will be four. This will be four. This will be four. What is your record,

Kai, against Damon?

3 -0, but we haven't both made a good pass.

So you're saying if he makes a good pass, he's probably going to win?

I hope not, but, I mean, I'd like to see it.

Not win, but see you make a good pass.

He's going to have to show you what you mean. He's trying to make a race out of

it. Okay.

All right, y 'all. You know who you're racing.

Go back to the pits. Get your cars turned around.

Get them in the staging lanes.

And let's give away $10 ,000 to one of you. How's that sound? Sounds good to

All right, man. Let's go.

I'm facing Nate Saylor.

He's super fast, new guy on the block, but he's not someone to take lightly.

Very fast car, very good driver.

Ow! Can we not? I have a headache.

So I'm going to have to do my job on the tree, and hopefully we got a good tune

-up that will get us down the track in front of him, because if I leave behind

him, I'm screwed.

Semifinals, we got to Cali Mills. We got the left lane again.

We're going to put another hot rod tune -up in this baby.

Track's getting better. It's getting cooler. You can feel the temperature's

cooling off really quick. I honestly don't ask the tuners here today, so I

even think about it.

I let him put what he thinks is going to run in the car. I let go of the button,

and hopefully we got enough.

Yeah! She's ready!

All right, first pair here in the great... semifinals over in the right

That's going to be Callie Mills.

Callie Mills over there in the Camaro going up against Nate Saylor in the left

lane.

Up next, it's our first semifinals race between Tally Mills and Nate Singer.

Both of these two are new to the Grade 8, and the winner moves on for a chance

at 10 points and $10 ,000.

Go into the finals.

We're in

the finals at the grade eight. Hey, these guys, they're out here. We're

it. They're fast.

Fast, fast, fast.

And every race is so close. So hopefully we'll have something for them in the

finals.

You know, the race didn't go as we wanted, obviously, but it was a good

and that's what we asked for.

They're fast, and they did a great job wheeling it. It was by inches. I was

watching the scoreboard to see whose light came on. It was so close.

Hats off to her.

I got a good team behind me. Everybody here is working their asses off to try

and get us in the winner's circle, and I have no doubt that we're going to do

that. Thanks, buddy.

That was close.

Yeah.

I had to look up.

I can't believe that we're actually going into the finals.

Well, right now you're at seven points. You win, you're at ten. You're tied with

four other drivers for the $100 ,000. Oh, yeah, it's a different point.

So, hey, I got the $1 ,000 right here.

I'm going to give it to Justin to hold or what? Yeah, yeah. Because I might

leave just in case. Yeah, that's good with me. I'll make sure, you know.

Yeah, Drew, diamond merchant.

I've already raced Damon three times, and all three times I won, but something

happened.

Hey, Ty Kelly's going to get the win.

Hey, Ty Kelly nailed the three.

Both drivers go red.

Damon leads first.

So I'd like to do a good side -by -side race and prove to him that my car's

faster here.

Against Bowman, you were on the chip super short.

I'm going to get Kai at Brainerd and see what it did.

That one was a real short one.

When we get back, we pull data, and converter charge pressure looked really

different than before.

So we kind of think that the dump valve may be sticking. It may not be happy.

Hey, do you have any dastic caps available?

Yeah.

I got a cap off my belt.

Ours is acting weird.

Oh. And Joe wants to just turn it off because he thinks it's hanging.

Yeah, if it's hanging, you want to shut it off. Why is it weak out there?

Yeah.

Like that?

Yeah,

no problem. Okay, thank you. No problem.

I'm a bum.

That's all right.

We think the trans brake's acting up. The dump valve and the transmission is

sticking open.

So we're just going to cap it off and act like it ain't there. You know, see

what the car does.

When you race, Kai, you just got to kind of swing for it. And that's kind of

been what's happening lately.

And he's fast.

Take nothing away from him. Just got to get your together.

And we just ain't had it together since every time we draw him for some reason.

Lo and behold, you're on Kyle Kelly again.

At some point, I'm going to have to get a win over that guy.

I mean, he's been my kryptonite this season. With us doctoring up the dump

valve, you know, we can make a race out of it and see who actually is faster.

All right, guys. Good luck, man.

We're still tied for number one. So winning the grade eight tonight is huge.

got to beat Damon right here because $10 ,000 to win and it's 10 points.

That would put me with 20 points over accident 13.

So I'd be leading a grade 8 by a second place finish.

I need to get one of those big jumps, see three points at a time. They really

just don't add up.

We're good.

I feel like it might be the night.

Shakes us off our back. The curse of Kai Kelly.

He brought from New Orleans.

He's fast.

Who? Kai. Oh, yeah.

The car's hauling ass up front, so I'm just going to... Do whatever we can to

put his ass on the trailer.

All we're going to do is try to be on the tree this time. Think if I can leave

the line with him, we'll have a hell of a race and try to get this monkey off my

back of the car.

Going to the finals of the Grade 8.

Nice drag race there, but Kai Kelly able to get the win.

With that pass right there, it makes sure that I steal the number one spot in

the Grade 8. So that pass is huge for us.

When me and Damon left, it felt like we left about the same time. All the way to

about 330 feet, he was probably right beside me or a little in front of me.

my car shifted, went to high gear, and it went to making a move on him. So it

was definitely a good side -by -side race. One of them deals where you're

looking up to see who won.

Tonight, we've got 11 o 'clock curfew here, so we're going to have to finish

final of the Great Eight in the heat tomorrow.

I think we hit it at the same time. I was thinking, oh,

God.

That's a badass pass, man.

Thanks. That was a fun race. That was a good race. We finally got a good race. I

know. Well, now we know. Now we know. Good job, baby.

It did make a hell of a hit off the line.

The car seemed like it did really good all the way to the 500 -foot mark.

And, you know, the chatter was still there that we were fighting earlier, but

wasn't nearly as aggressive. It was just enough to make a move and let him come

around us. And I don't know if it's just some curse he brought from New Orleans

with him or what, but he noses me out by probably a bumper.

So still got that monkey on my back. We're just going to have to go into

Saturday and see if we can catch him there somewhere and get him out of this

deal. Finally get a race with him, and it's just...

Mom already called me. She's like, it was a bumper.

It went the whole way, though.

It was a good race.

Yeah, very good.

We're inching our way into this at the top, actually.

If we came in, we'd stay there.

In New Hampshire, there's a curfew at the track, meaning we have a hard cutoff

for racing.

We weren't able to get to the Grade 8 finals in time, so Kai and Callie will

have to race tomorrow.

If I can win right here, I can be number one in points, grade eight.

Get a little further away from you while you're not racing with us. Well, you're

tied with me right now. No, I'm tied with number one, bud.

Don't get too cocky right here because you can fuck up.

I can fuck up and still be ahead of you, though.

No, you can't. If you lose right now, then you're tied.

No, you're three points ahead.

Yeah. I told you I wanted you to win it. I know. You can beat 10 points ahead of

me. Yeah.

Because you're going to need that lead whenever we get.

It is Saturday here at New England Dragway, and we are getting ready to see

finals from last night's grade eight, which we weren't able to finish because

the curfew.

Ty Kelly is taking on... Callie Mills.

And look, now that the sun is out, these drivers are going to have to figure out

a totally different type of racing condition.

Everything good?

Yes, ma 'am.

I feel pretty confident. I think this is definitely a good race for us.

So here we are, sunny New Hampshire.

It's getting warm out. The track's getting hot.

And we're about to run the grade eight finals against Kai Kelly.

You know, Justin's raced Kai a couple times and it's been close.

So we kind of have that data from them to know what Kai runs.

And I've kind of figured out what I've needed to do. Like I was on the light

last night, really good yesterday.

So I just have to continue to do that today. And I think we'll have a hard

to beat.

Give them as much pain and discomfort as we can. Are you feeling dangerous?

Yeah, I was feeling dangerous yesterday and today.

Are you working on your war cry?

No, I'm not doing the war cry.

No matter what you think.

That's what I worry about, man.

I think you plan and you prepare and something stupid happens.

Don't go red. Don't suck.

Because she's making good runs. I watched every pass she made last night.

She's not going to cut the tree down like you did.

She's fast.

And they got it together and they worked hard.

Did she outrun Nate Saylor?

No, she outran him.

That's scary. By pretty much the car.

That's pretty scary.

But Nate was laid on the tree.

Was he? Yeah.

As fast as these cars are now, if you give up anything, you're whooped. You're

whooped. Only bad thing is you're racing a final in the heat of the day.

Pretty much everything that we learned Friday night in the grade 8, we're going

to throw all that out the window and start back over because we've got a hot

racetrack. It's green.

So it's a tuner's game here. We know Kelly's car has been bad fast, but we've

got a fast, hot ride too.

I feel like our tuner is more.

Conservative than theirs, though, so I hope they don't shoot from the hip and

sticks. You know how that happens sometimes.

Yeah. That's the problem when you're up on top, man. Everybody shoots at you

hard. Every time it sticks.

We are now moving into the grade A final between Callie Mills and Kai Kelly.

No matter what, we are in this.

I'm not that worried about it. I'm feeling really confident.

If I go out there and do my job and give Kai a good race, I'll be happy. But

I'll be extremely happy when we come out with the win.

All right, here we go. Great eighth final. Tenth out for the win right here.

Never good to wake up first thing in the morning and have to race a final race

for big money. It's $10 ,000 on the line. I've only been up for a couple

I really haven't woke up yet. I'm not a morning person.

And here we are. We're going right into battle, straight off the trailer for a

$10 ,000.

Ocali Mills in the left lane. Ty Kelly in the right.

Battle of the blower cards coming at you right now. The winner is $10 ,000 and

10 points towards the individual championship.

Kai Kelly, $10 ,000 and 10 points in the individual championship race.

Bro,

that was a race.

So me and Kelly let go of the button.

Side -by -side race.

She actually pulls in front of me a little bit.

Put it into high gear and come on around.

So far, this old Buick has won us a bunch of races on the big end.

This thing's going to be nasty, and I don't think nobody here can touch it.

Kelly, that was really impressive, right?

Good job.

I think it was close.

I was looking up at the tree. I mean, at the finish line. I didn't know who won.

Yeah, I didn't know. It was close. You was in front of me pretty much the whole

way, and I started pulling on you on the big end. Big end, yeah. We won our

first grade eight this year, and it's badass.

I get nervous when I'm in the finals.

Really?

It puts me seven points ahead of everybody. So I'm leading number one,

some space. Somebody has to finish at least number two to catch me.

I was looking up at the scoreboard. There was no way you could tell who won.

looked close from the starting line. She was in front of me almost the whole

way. I bet.

Well, we know who's running just like us now.

Everybody.

All right, that's it for the Grade 8 here at New England Dragway. Kai Kelly

his first Grade 8 win and is taking home $10 ,000 and, more importantly, 10

points. Callie Mills came in second with seven points, and Damon and Nate Thaler

each got three.

That puts Ty in a strong lead for the overall Grade 8 championship and the

,000 grand prize.

Next week on The Grade 8, the top drivers head to Oklahoma and battle for

and points towards the Grade 8 championship.

Ty Kelly, number one right now, man.

Hold it down. Don't forget, this is the individual championship, $100 ,000 for

the person with the most points in the Grade 8 at the end of the season.

Ty Kelly, try to hold on to his rules.

Wow,

David Merchant.

Spraying oil everywhere again.

And Justin Swannstrom, look for redemption.

Isn't that a pretty big swing?

I mean, I think so, but it's up, I guess.