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Last week on No Prep Kings, we saw a lot of trading and a lot of money flying

around.

$10 ,000.

And it paid off.

Kai picked up Damon Merchant, who helped extend their point lead.

Damn it! And Damon Merchant will take the win there.

Ryan ended up picking up Nate Saylor. I wasn't going to do this.

But then I heard Kai was going to do it.

Who won the entire event?

Oh, it's Nick Taylor!

Make some noise for him, folks.

What type of guy Mike is?

Sean's been trying to get Scott Taylor for several weeks, but Mike Murillo was

not impressed with Sean's cash offer.

How much paper is it going to take? $10 ,000. That's what the going is. That's

what top -tier people go for.

You got to wonder if we're going to see more money flying around the pit this

week.

There's a boy there.

He's a man.

He's a man.

Thanks. Appreciate it, bro. Appreciate you. Thank you very much.

All right, Galat Motorsports Park, how y 'all doing today?

Y 'all can do way better than that. I know it's Sunday, but let's try again.

Galat Motorsports Park, how you doing today?

All right. That was better. All right, y 'all.

I appreciate you coming and spending your Sunday with us today.

The weather is, you know what, it could be hot, and it's not hot today, so I am

not complaining one bit.

All right, a little bit of wind, that's okay. A little chilly. We got a lot of

racing that is going to happen here today. You're going to love it. We're

to have a lot of fun.

We are here at Galat Motorsports Park, and it is time for the Invitational

For the first time all season long.

Each round is now worth points and a half, which means a racer wins a round,

they now get 15 points instead of 10.

Team Kai is coming into the event sitting on top of the leaderboard, but

tight at the top. The gap between first and fifth is only 260 points.

There are still enough points up for grabs for any of the top teams to make a

run and take over that number one spot.

And with the big -name trade that Kai and Ryan made last week, I bet Sean is

still thinking about how he can get himself Scott Taylor.

So, we all know we've got to do as well as we can with these points and a half.

We've got three races to either catch up or get it. And at this point right now,

we're getting left behind.

Some of the teams are out of reach of this championship. We are not.

Now is the time. So, we're going to do whatever we can to get Scott Taylor on

our team. Last week, they wanted 10.

for just Scott, and it just wasn't feasible.

I offered $7 ,500. I think he's going to take that offer. We're going to have to

come up with the money.

Luckily, my team said that they'd all pitch in, so it's doable now.

You're dropping Doc.

Got to, man. Got to. At this point, we have to make a business decision, and

can't think with your heart every time. Yep. You know what I mean?

Got so much broken shit to pay for.

No, and that's why I want to talk to you because I know that me moving don't

necessarily help you, but it helps you financially.

So the trade with Scott Taylor.

Man, it's a tough one. Scott wants to move on. If he feels that's the

that he needs to go to do better with two races left, I understand.

We've blown up three motors so we could actually use some money. Our resources

are limited compared to...

You know, some of the other ones that are out here, which that's nobody's

but my own. But either way, we're not doing it for free.

You know, I'm actually hoping maybe I can put Brandon on a good team also. You

know, they can go on a winning team and possibly win a championship.

This is the second week we've got Damon on the team.

Hi, man. We're glad to have you, man. Good job. Glad to be here.

Sorry. I'm glad to have him at the last invitation because he helped me bail you

guys out.

So it's been a long, hard road, but I'm feeling good coming into this race. I

crawled as fast as the last race. I did go to the finals, though. We turned our

luck around, so I'm looking for the uphill climb now because we already went

back to the bottom.

Now it's time to come back up.

It feels good to be this close to the championship.

What sucks is I've always been number two, so there was no stress.

There was nothing, no pressure.

You're just chasing that number one guy. But now... It's way worse being in the

number one spot in these last couple races, especially knowing that people's

going to be giving points and a half and double points.

We've done good all year.

Started off the end of the year, me and David and Lizzie took our team. We

stayed in first.

Then we picked up Jew. That was a big help.

And then right here in the end, I think we got the most solid team there is

here, as long as we can keep things together.

You got Ryan with a lot of momentum and his team, and you got a point and a

half. Point and a half, then double point.

We need to stop Nate Taylor.

Yeah. I want us to win.

Yeah, I mean, that's what we're here for.

Oh, look at this. He's got a Taylor pin on.

Crazy. I like that.

What's up, Scotty? Hey, man. How are you doing, buddy? Good, buddy. How are you

doing today?

Well, let's go ahead and start our captain's meeting. We do this before

race. Fine.

It gives you your chance.

As a team captain to make changes or trades.

Babbed in the back. Everybody.

It's awesome.

And as always, we start with the team that has the most.

Last place.

Yeah.

Dean, any changes for you before this race?

No. We're good.

So no changes. No changes. Mr. Murillo.

Something may be going on here. Is it going to happen? I don't know. Maybe.

That's what we're here to talk about. What do we got to do to get there?

Oh, hey!

Oh, my God.

Is it going to happen? Well, I don't know.

How much is there?

$7 ,500.

Where's the scooter?

That's his deal.

That's his deal. I told you all, that's between y 'all. I think we're getting

like a $250.

A $250? Yeah, scooter.

Is that the small one? Yeah.

He didn't say what kind. No, I didn't. Now, see there? I think they come upon a

pretty good agreement.

Mudder Nova wanted to pay $5 ,000. Rillo wanted $10 ,000. They met in the

middle. It's $7 ,500.

He even got me to chip in a Burmax scooter. So everybody's out of pocket a

little bit. But, hey, if I can go up to a team that's doing good and maybe learn

something from my program, I'll be happy.

Who are you trading for?

I'm trading Doc.

Doc! We didn't talk about that.

I didn't hear that. Oh, yeah.

This is pretty funny. So close.

Now, hold on. There's something else I want to talk about.

I want to do, okay, I want nothing for Brandon, but I want Brandon to go also.

Nothing for Brandon.

Who else would you trade other than Doc?

B -Rad.

Okay, B -Rad and Doc and our deal here and Brandon and Scooter.

This is interesting.

It's a good deal.

I wasn't expecting this at all. I didn't consider trading B -Rad yet.

Well, Brandon James is already in. It is a no -brainer in my opinion.

Sorry, B -Rad. I appreciate everything.

But at this point, we have to have five people in at all times if we're going to

have any shot at winning this.

Yeah. Personally, I think it's a good deal. Oh, dang. All right. We got a

Okay. Done deal. We got two new teammates. Sorry,

Doc. Yeah, sorry, B -Rad. I told him I'd let him race his way in today before I

thought about trading him.

To be in this series as long as I have been and knowing what's going on this

year with the points, the teams, and the already trading and swapping of team

players already, you have to be an idiot not to realize that at any given day,

your weakest link could be trading. I like that pin.

That's right.

All right, Bodie, you still have a couple guys on your team you have not

You've got.

You've got Bowman and Bobby.

No, no, no.

Bowman and Bobby.

Uh -uh.

Okay. We're good.

Okay. Swanstrom.

No, I'm good. Okay.

Ryan. Yeah.

No, I think we're good.

I think I made a pretty big change last week. You did. Fade off. Fade off, yeah.

So, we're good.

Dave. I got Kyle back, so I got all five in. We're good.

Kai.

I'm good. Anything you'd like to share with the group?

I got all five in.

Good. All right.

Points and a half. Points and a half.

This is a pretty big race. This is the first race of points and a half.

And if anybody's going to make a push to the end, it really doesn't matter who

it is. Me, anybody that's not in first place, this is where you start. All

right. Well, that's all I got, guys.

All right. All right.

In the captain's meeting, we saw another big trade. Murillo put up Scott Taylor

and Brandon James in exchange for Doc, B -Rad, $7 ,500, and a scooter. The big

ticket items in the trade were very strange, but look.

If these captains are trying to get their angle into the championship, this

change could make a huge difference.

Hey, we're glad to have you guys.

I'm happy to be here.

We do still have a shot, though. Especially with the points and a half

next week, and then double. We got a real good shot.

But still achievable. It's doable. We have to do well this weekend.

Phil, continue to have them. We need the Nates drawing the Kais.

Ryan drawing Robin.

Yes. Stuff like that. So we need some of them teams to go out.

We need some luck. Yeah, we need some luck and us running good at the same

I think all five people on this team could win at any moment. I think so,

That's a good thing. One of us needs to win this event this weekend. It would be

nice. For sure.

With the addition of Scott and Brandon, Team Murder Nova now has all five

drivers in the event.

leaving Team Murillo with none.

So that trade is already working out for Sean. The top three teams in points,

Team Kai, Team Ryan, and Team Dave, also have all five in, while Disco Dean,

Bodie, and Swanstrom each have four.

With this event being points and a half, every driver in the field will earn 15

points just from making it into the first round.

These captains know they've got to move as many drivers as possible into the

later rounds in order to stay in contention for the championship.

As you can see, we have a group of drivers here on the starting line. This

of drivers is the 32 drivers that will be competing for $40 ,000 today. There's

32 of them. These drivers are going to have to each draw a chip out of the

bucket.

Let me pull you one out.

Round one, there are a couple matchups to keep your eye on.

Scott Taylor's going up against Kyle Canyon. Look, you've got to think Scott

really wanting to prove that he is worth the money and the scooter that was put

up to get the trade.

Then you've got Damon going up against Lizzie. Look, two new teammates, two

heavy hitters going up against each other.

And then we've got Kai Kelly going up against Axeman. Look, a lot of pressure

this race. Kai Kelly trying to keep his team in first place. And Axeman sitting

on the second place team.

All right, folks.

Invitational first round starts right now. First pair. That's going to be Rich

Bruder going up against David Gates.

First pair out.

All right, he's coming now. Sorry, David. We got it.

Round one, we got David Gates.

First round's a tough round, and we got to put a pass to it up in it. We can't

take him late, so if we can knock him out on this round, you know, that allows

us to get some more points, even though it's one and a half points. So that's

it. We got to do what we got to do.

You know,

we got Rich Bruder. We're going to be first pair out down the left lane.

And we're going to go out there and we're going to let this thing go and get

the other end first, come back over here, service the little girl, cool her

down, and be ready to go around today.

The goal when we got here is to go win the thing, and after testing Friday

night. I feel like we got the car to beat here this weekend, along with our

captain, Kyle Kelly. And we know where we stand at now, and the car's reacting

to what we're doing to it. And I think at the end of the night, I hope to be

standing here holding that trophy, drinking cold beer.

The invitational first round starts right now. First pair. That's going to

Rich Bruder going up against David Gates.

Rich Bruder turns on the wind light.

Ours got all out back. What'd you do?

Two o 'clock.

First car's out.

Hard to be in the first.

Pair's out.

I'm about ready not to be any pair's out.

All right, folks. Next pair coming up right now. You're going to have Bodie

going up against Kayla Morton.

Okay, so we had some issues on Friday. Worked really hard to get it back

together. The next three races are extremely important.

Yeah, points and a half.

Points and a half and then double points.

It is Invitational Day. It's a very important day because we do have points

a half. You can't help but be a little nervous in these situations just because

points and a half can make you or break you. I definitely have a little bubble

guts today.

It'll be a driver's wheel race and a tuner's computer race.

It's definitely a different track, and we tend to thrive on off -the -trailer

races, and I like our chances here.

Cool. Let's go do it.

We drew Bodie round one, which is a pretty solid draw.

Chase always tells me, draw good before I go, and I think we did just that.

Team got four in, man.

Everybody's car seems to be running good.

We got some momentum going, man. I know I got a tough fight, but I feel good,

man. I got the right lane. I liked it. I wanted it. So I'm ready to go out there

and show what this car can do.

And Kayla Morton will take the win there. Nice pass right down through

Bodie, you might have had to pedal there.

Round one is always the most nerve -wracking, so I'm really glad to get

over with. We had a lot of problems on Friday that we had to fix, so I'm glad

she's back together and she's healthy. And honestly, I was a little worried

about Bodie guessing, but he didn't. And, yeah, on to round two, so smooth

sailing now.

All right, next pair coming up right now. We've got Chuck Feitzinger going up

against your grade 8 winner.

Nate? Taylor!

Well, we finally got that monkey off our back.

I wanted that grade 8 badly.

Badly.

Just got off the grade 8 last night. We got our first grade 8 win. We're super

jacked about that.

We got a badass car right now. This thing's flying.

We're ready for the invitation today to collect some points.

Everything should stay the same. We got the new pushrods in.

And we got more room on our table for another trophy, so I really want to do

that today.

And this track's fast.

Today's point -and -a -half date, so with five guys going rounds from our

we can shorten that gap up. We can make that gap disappear today.

So that's our plan. That's what we're going to do. Anything any one of these

guys needs, whatever I have is theirs. This team is ready to back each other,

and we're ready to win this championship.

I had a mishap on Friday. We torched a boater. We broke two rods. I made it in

the Invitational.

Then I draw Nate Saylor, like probably the fastest guy in the parking lot. But

you can't win this Invitational without going through the best. So whether I

race you first round or the last round, you've got to beat him in order to win

this $40 ,000. So, hell, bring it on.

Taylor will take the win there. Nice pass for Nate.

He'll move on the next round.

That just took whatever he gave it, so it did, didn't it?

I was honestly afraid he was going to jump on me just because he's kind of

for that, and he didn't. He made it a fair race. We turned on the green light.

It went right down the line, and she's solid today, so we got a good race car.

Hey, hey, go win this.

Go win this whole thing, man. Good job. You've been doing great the last couple

weeks. Thanks, brother. I like it. Thank you.

All right, folks, next pair, Tony McKinney versus Clay Cole coming at you

now.

I drew Tony McKinney.

Today's points and a half event, huge for us. We've got all five of our team

members in the event.

We've all got to perform. We've at least got to go two rounds. As long as we're

one, two, three, four, five, that's all I care about.

We weren't able to race our way in. We found some issues with the car. We

have found them earlier, but our schedule is so grueling. We don't have

to test.

We got Clay Cole. Clay Cole's fast.

He beat me on the race your way in in Colorado and went on to make it all the

way to the finals.

So I owe him one.

We're going to be one for three.

I'll take it today if I can.

He'll take the win there. Nice pass from Clay Cole.

Straight as an arrow there in that right lane.

Great rip there for him.

All right, folks, next pair coming up right now is going to be Greg Chandler

going up against Mike Bowman.

I'm all pumped up today for racing Greg Chandler.

We really need to make this happen.

We're getting near the end of the year.

We're just going to look at one round at a time.

We've got to race through this.

We've got to get hot rod, and we've just got to make it happen.

Mike Bowman gets the win there.

Greg Chandler has some issues. He's out of it by the 330.

All right, folks, next pair. That's going to be Bobby Ducote going up

Robin Roberts.

If it stays overcast at all, there are going to be some big, fast cars and fast

numbers. All the fast guys will roll right up front.

Round one, I drew Bobby Ducote.

He's a wild card. He can be fast, but he's just a wild card. You never know

he's going to do. So we got Bobby.

Man, I drew a bear.

He's Robin Roberts.

We blew this thing up last night, got it back together.

It cranks. I know that much. So we're about to see what the rest of it's going

to do. I'm going to try to tree him and hope I stay out front of him and get the

W because I got to get me some freaking point.

All right, folks, next pair, that's going to be Bobby Ducote going up

Robin Roberts.

Yeah, roll up against Bobby.

The car shook just a little bit and then hauled out the back door, so I knew it

was over and I never saw him.

I was the third team driver to go and the third one to get the W for Team Ryan

Martin. We're in a great spot.

Oh, yeah.

That was a good race. That was pretty fast.

Yeah, thanks.

All right, folks, this next pair here, that's going to be Callie Mills going up

against Brandon James.

Go out there and quiver a little bit, but you're going to have to stay with it

until you, you know, you know how far to take it.

All right? Okay. All right.

I actually raced Brandon James in the grudge passes and pretty close race

I had to abort.

I know that my car is faster now than it was when we raced him. So I think it

should be good as long as I can do my job on the tree and not let him get out

me.

We broke a lot of things the other day.

I mean, everything's new.

Transmission's new. Third member's new. So we can't really run it exactly how we

would normally run it. But we kind of know about where she's at. So I'm

confident going into the first round.

What a drag right there.

All right, next pair, that's going to be Chris Rankin going up against Jeff

Lutz.

Round one drivers meeting, I draw Chris Rankin. I've raced him many times

before, and I've always come out with a win, so I don't plan it any different.

But, hey, he's getting better. His car's fast.

He's one to watch out for. I just don't know if it's going to be today.

Somehow we've raked in three times now in the Invitational.

Hopefully third time's a charm. We can get over one of them on this one, and we

need it. They've got a fast hot rod, and they're pretty damn consistent.

So we're going to have a work cut out for us, but you've got to beat the best

be the best. So there's a lot of best guys here. You've got to beat that, and

he's one of them.

Rocketship gets the win. Chris Rankin.

Something break here right on the line.

So the race went for me. Good for Lutz. Lutz got the win.

Damn it, man.

We'll get it apart here, see what happens. Hopefully Lutz can go on and

and do really well for himself.

Damn. All right. Kyle Canyon going up against Scott.

Scooter, Taylor.

Everything good, you think?

We've got to take these first -round blues. We're on a new team, Team Murder

Nova now, and we've been thinking for about six races, and it's time to turn

that around.

A little bit of pressure.

Probably be a pretty tight race with him.

Yes, with Scott.

We've got points to make up after the last two races have been gone. Making

up pretty fast was points and a half today.

I know Dave's counting on us to go rounds, and he was missing us the last

races. So we've got a good hot rod. We've got a good car.

It's time to go prove it.

He's just not comfortable in the car, man.

Been there, though. Whenever you lose so much, man, you're just not confident in

the car. I think that's the problem.

Because he shouldn't have went up on the brake that early. Yeah, that was weird.

It seems like no matter how much we test, the first round is just killing

And down towards the finish line, transmission line blows off.

Thankfully,

you know, if we're going to look at any kind of luck, at least it didn't burn

me. It sprayed to the right side of the car.

Honestly, that's pretty lucky. I'm not going to the hospital right now, so I'm

going to take it as a win.

You know, I'm healthy.

I can watch my friends race, and we'll try to be the ones they're watching next

week.

Make a decent pass or something happen?

It blew a hydraulic line inside here. I'm just happy it didn't get me.

It, like, shot, it burned all the carpet straight through, like.

That's going to be Larry Larson going up against Daddy Dave.

I think I'll make the same pass I made the other night. We'll be good to go.

Here in Galap, we drew Dave again. We get a little chance to redeem ourselves

today, first round again. So that'll put a little hurting on those guys if we

can take him out. And with this points deal, I think it's going to get pretty

interesting the next three races.

We got really good test passes in the other night.

The car's good.

We freshened the motor up. Everything should be good to go. I got Larry Larson

again. We've met up quite a few times this season, and he hasn't outran me

So I want to keep that streak going and see if we can go into the second round.

I think Larry's late.

I figured he knew we'd have his ass.

Well, that race was a little, let's just say, aggravating.

Larry, if you think I jumped on you, I apologize. I had no intention of getting

it. The crappy part about it is, if you're going to jump, admit you jumped.

Don't stand down there and lie to me.

I think he thinks I guessed on him.

I don't know.

I'm pretty sure I did not.

Did I leave early? Was it green?

You might have left early, but you didn't go red.

All right, next pair. You got Chuck 55 going up against Jim Howell.

Good luck, Jim. Good luck, brother. You bet.

Now we're moving into that points and a half in our points chase right now, so

today is a big day.

We drew our good friend Chuck 55. They've had some struggles here lately,

when that car makes a good rip, it's usually fat.

I drew Jim Howe, and he's probably one of the five cars I wouldn't wish for in

first round.

But, hey, eventually you're going to have to draw somebody fast, and I think

we've got the car that can beat him. I'm going to try to leave on him, and if I

can leave on him, I think we've got it covered.

Next pair, you got Chuck 55 going up against Jim Howard.

And Chuck 55 with a great pass gets the win.

Nice job.

Chuck 55 moving on to the next round.

Man, that was a drag race.

Trying to go right.

I think he's starting to make a move.

I thought, man, I just hope mine will stay hooked.

And it did, thank goodness.

All right, folks. Next pair here in this Invitational first round. Going to be a

good one.

Driving the Pro Charge Camaro. That is going to be Damon Merchant going up

against Lizzie Musi.

Did you guys look at the air last or no?

I haven't lately.

It was like 1 ,300 last time.

It went up.

So today is the official invitational day.

The rain has passed.

We got some cloud cover.

It's actually pretty chilly out. Good temps for nitrous cars. We like to go

in that.

Okay, going in.

Of course.

We go out for first round of chip draw, and I get Damon Merchant first round.

Damon was definitely not the one I wanted to draw first round for

especially he's on our team.

And, you know, he's fat.

It don't sound right, does it? No, it don't.

It sounded right there.

It didn't sound right on idle.

It sounded like it was missing a couple.

Nah, she would never come up here hurt on purpose.

Pat would never do that.

Pat's better now.

Damon Merchant in the right lane.

Lizzie over here in the left lane. Pat, can you see her?

And Merchant hits her on the tree, never looks back.

Car made a phenomenal pass, so I'm super pumped about that.

The guys have been working their ass off, and we're heading in the right

direction right now. We've got a hot rod that can win this thing.

Good job on that tree.

Did I get it?

Yeah, you did.

It's all good.

Yeah, it didn't shift.

It really didn't? No.

He said it looked like you had an issue or something. Yeah.

I don't know what the hell is going on.

I'm not having any luck, I can tell you that.

Sometimes I'd rather be lucky any time of day. I said that same thing. Yeah.

Sometimes you've got to be lucky to be good. Yeah.

That sucks.

I've got another freaking first -round loss beating away at me because it's

several events in a row.

And that's not typical for us. We'll at least go a couple rounds, you know.

I don't know. This is a little rough.

So now keep going.

Thank you, ma 'am.

Next pair, that's going to be Jimmy Taylor going up against Ryan Martin.

Good luck, Lou. Thank you, Mac.

Appreciate that.

This is a big race. This is the first one of points and a half. So we've got

three races left. And it goes points and a half, points and a half, and double

points. This being the first points and a half and us getting all good draws and

Kai not getting such a good draw, This is our opportunity to catch him. He's

been running away with this deal this year, and we need to go get him. And

is our chance to make a big move. So all it's going to take is a couple of us to

get in the finals, which means we've got to have good cars that run good. We

stay away from each other.

We're in North Carolina, getting ready to run the first round of the

Invitational. We made it in yesterday.

We're all driving. Ryan Martin, first pass.

Ryan's strong. He runs good. I think we've got something for him, though. We

Friday night. Our car ran the three best passes it's ever ran.

We're going to leave it all on the line.

Nice job. Jimmy Taylor has some issues there. That left lane has to get out of

it.

This is points and a half, so every one of these rounds are super crucial. The

important thing is just to keep going and collecting points. My team's sitting

in a pretty good spot. So far, four of my five guys are in.

I got Giuseppe left, and I think he's probably going to be in, too, but we're

sitting pretty good already.

Good race, Jimmy.

Good race, buddy. I busted rear inner driveline. Did you?

I hate to hear that. I don't like that we didn't get a good race. Thanks, man.

Appreciate it. Sorry to hear that, man.

Part of it. If you need anything, let me know.

Thanks, man. Thank you.

All right, folks. This next pair right here is going to be a good one. That's

going to be Axeman going up against Kai Kelly.

Let's see how it goes.

Yeah, it sucks about Damon and Lizzie drawing each other.

Two of our consistently fast cars.

It's the first race of points and a half. We're hoping we can do better this

week. Go some rounds because everybody's starting to catch us.

Going into the day, I got five in, but the top four teams have got five in. So

it really don't matter. We really need to go rounds with them. We need to take

them out round by round and hopefully be the last one standing.

Round one, I drew X -Man. X -Man's been guessing on everybody, but I feel like

me and him's good enough buddies that I think he'll give me a straight -up race.

So I'm going to go up there and run my race. I'm not going to guess on him.

I'm going to leave on green and see what happens.

All right, folks, this next pair right here is going to be a good one. That's

going to be Axeman going up against Ty Kelly.

Axeman's going to get the win. Ty Kelly's car dies on the starting line.

Axeman gets the win.

Kai Kelly's car dives on the starting line.

Wow.

Is that another belt?

We do our burnouts, I stage, I get ready to leave on green, and a blower belt

breaks again. This year's been a year of that kind of dumbass happening.

Tough loss for me today.

It makes me aware the rest of the team is going to catch us today.

This situation,

nothing good comes from it. And I really don't want to take it. I'm just pissed

off, feeling sorry for myself, and that's about it.

All right, folks, next pair coming at you right now. That is going to be

Giuseppe going up against Justin Swanstrom.

The team is in a real good position. We got all five drivers in. We got points

and a half for this race.

Feeling good about the car. It's right where it needs to be.

As long as we make a nice, clean run, I feel like we can be just on the ground.

This weekend was short on hands. My dad had some work issues come up. This will

be my first race racing without him. So that definitely sucks, but I've called

him every pass that we've made. He's watching it on live feed. He's trying to

coach me through.

I made three passes Friday night, and the car was steadily, gradually driving

left. We had to put some preload in the car, and I called him on the phone, and

he talked me through on how to get everything ready, so hopefully this car

drive back straighter.

He's going to get the win there. Justin Swanson on a pass.

You know,

I went out there.

This car out of nowhere, it just snapped sideways.

If my dad was here, he probably could have read the track a little bit better

than I did.

You know, I tried my best, but it just wasn't good enough.

Justin, good race, buddy.

Thank you.

This will be the final pair for the first round. That is going to be Paige

Coughlin going up against Murder Nova.

Hey, do you see a little starstruck race to Murder Nova or is it old hat at this

point? Oh, no. It'll be a starstruck every single time.

You know, just because I might have a little fangirl moment doesn't mean I'm

going to go easy on them. This will be a great rematch.

And we got the new motor in that car, so we're meeting business here. No easy

going for Murder Nova.

I know what she has because it's the same thing that I have. And I don't know

how much they're unleashing that car at this point. But I know what the car's

capable of. And that's the only thing I can go off of. So I'm not going to

underestimate her.

We made a good lick, man.

I let go of the button.

The car did exactly what we told it to do. He was right there.

It looked like a good race, but we got that wind light, baby.

You made a good one, didn't you?

Thanks. We're still getting this thing figured out. It looked like you was

right. As soon as I hit the chutes, I looked over, and you was right there.

Nice try. That was a long tree. It was, wasn't it? It was.

I was like, don't you go right now.

Don't do it.

Good job. Good race.

Going into round two, Ryan Martin has all five of his drivers still in the

event. This really appears like Ryan's team has just got the momentum and they

are building on it. Dave's team has four, Sean's team has three, and our

one in points, Team Kai, only has two.

All right, here we go. Guys, this is your chance to make up ground on the

one team, which is Team Kai Kelly. It is one and a half times points, all right?

So the points are getting bigger for each round, right?

Let's go ahead and draw chips and see who is racing who here in the second

round.

Let's start with number one.

First pair, Mike Bowman versus Murder Nova.

Number two. Oh, boy.

It's going to be Jeff Lutz versus Ryan Martin.

Oh, teammates, Kyle Canyon versus Axeman.

Callie Mills versus Daddy Dave.

Number five, Clay Cole versus Robin Roberts.

Giuseppe versus Chuck 55.

Number seven, Rich Schroeder versus Kayla Morton, which means my eighth and

final pair, oh boy, going to be Damon Merchant versus Nate Saylor.

That's going to be a fast pass right there.

Drivers, you know who you're racing. You know what you got to do. Go back to the

pits. Get your cars turned around. Bring them into the staging lanes.

I want to give someone $40 ,000 today.

Let's see who it'll be. Let's go.

Well, here we go.

First pair coming at you right now in the second round. That's going to be

Bowman going up against Murder Nova.

It's the tough task of beating Sean right here.

We're going to the second round.

Who do I draw?

Sean. I mean, probably one of the toughest guys here. So I stepped it up a

little bit right here.

Hopefully it hooks and, you know, makes the trip all the way down the racetrack

and it cut a good light. And we'll see what we can do here.

Hey, good luck, brother.

Hey, good luck, man.

Round two, I haven't raced Bowman.

I don't know if I've raced him yet this season. At the beginning of the season,

he was on fire. His car was one of the fastest on the property. He had a little

bit of problems with it, and I actually think he's back now.

He's been running good. He raced his way in. He's been taking out some big -name

cars, and he's fast.

We tweak the tune just a little bit off the first pass, try to go a little bit

faster. We have to go as fast as we possibly can.

Takes the win with a great pass there in that left lane. Mike Bowman right there

with him, but not enough.

Ah, baby!

I left on him, and I never looked back after that. We got the win light. It was

a pretty close race, but on to the third round.

Hey, man. Nice job, man. That was a good race, dude. I got a little bit loose,

and that was it. Nice job, brother. You pulled out in front of me.

I know what that thing's capable of, and I know what you did early on in the

season. So I promise you, man, I was worried.

All right, folks, next pair right here. That's going to be Jeff Lutt going up

against Ryan Martin.

Good luck, homie. Love you, brother. Love you, buddy.

See you at the other end. All right, round two, I get Ryan Martin.

Out of everybody in that damn group, there's two people I didn't want, Ryan

Martin and Sean.

So don't I get Ryan Martin.

You know what?

We've raced them here before, and we've beat them here before. So I'm going to

give it hell.

Take the win. That right there was a close race, folks, for Ryan Martin.

Able to turn that wind light to get the win.

After that pass, I can say that we made all the right moves. That's really four

straight passes in a row, so I'm excited about that.

I think we caught a pretty good hot rod.

The thing's running pretty good. We're down to eight. That's all eight really

fast cars.

So we're going to see just how good we got it here pretty close.

Make a good pass?

Yeah. Yeah.

I think it was.

Yeah, he was right there for a little bit.

All right, next pair. These two drivers are teammates. Kyle Canyon going up

against Axeman Larry Rhodes.

Round two. We drew Axeman. Drew our teammate.

Bad deal. But in the scheme of things, one of us goes on, so we get points.

With Kai losing three drivers in the first round, we're hoping this really

us close the gap. It guarantees another car moving on, so there's a positive

there for us.

Going to take the win there against Axeman. Wow.

Out of there.

Looks like Axeman's chutes did not come out, but he makes the turn, so that's

good.

That pass was good for us. It was picking the front tires up in the

it was on a run.

I think it would have been hard for anybody to outrun, so I'm on cloud nine

right now. First part of the year, we had some good showings, and I think

back. I really do.

I'm excited to see what this thing does the rest of the night. Hopefully it's

our night.

I'm not paying it for you.

Oh, don't lie to me.

I don't know. You think you put a s*** out of me.

What happened out there?

Shoots went up.

Pressures didn't come over.

And it was running so fast, pressures didn't come over, and I stood on the

brakes. I seen it. And all of a sudden, the brakes got so hot, and it slid

sideways.

I seen it. All right, next pair. That is going to be Callie Mills going up

against Daddy Dave Comstock.

Tip draw for round two.

I drew Daddy Dave.

I've raced Daddy Dave quite a bit. He usually beats me, but I have a lot more

confidence in my car. My car's a lot faster now than when he's raced me in

past. Justin lost, Jim Howell lost, Anthony McKinney lost, so it is what it

I'm just going to do my job, and hopefully I can continue on and carry

I'd say.

Second round, we got Callie Miller.

God, I raced with her dad. I watched her dad growing up.

Kaylee's watched me race as she grew up. It's kind of cool to actually race one

of the guys' daughters.

And she's doing really good. The car is really fast. So it should be a really,

really good race.

From him, Callie Mills also made a great rip there in the right lane, but just

not quite enough.

Car's good. That was a really, really fast pass.

I got off and down it for that one, so we're only going to go faster from here.

But the bad part is, going into the third round, there's no ducks. I mean,

everybody's there for a reason. Everybody's fast, so let's get a good

go on to the next round.

You need me to help you get out, Green Dad?

There's a lot of stuff in there.

It was close. It was close. I was like, go, go, go.

I pulled the chute and I kind of went like this. And I was like, damn, she was

right there. Good job. Yeah, I try to make sure that I get the chutes out and

get it early. You know, like, Dad, I got to make sure I cut it off at the eighth

mile, especially when she's smoking my chute.

I'm like.

That was good, right? How close was it?

I think it was pretty close. Half a car, probably. I mean, maybe half a car. It

was good. As soon as I lifted, you shot by. I go, damn, she was right there.

Good job. Yeah.

Thank you. Good luck. Thank you.

All right, next pair coming up right now. That's going to be Clay Cole going

against Robin Roberts.

Robin's a fast guy, but we'll put something into your computer and make it

little faster.

Yes, sir.

Perfectly straight. Now we have power.

We went into this deal first round with five of our teammates in the invitation.

We came back after first round with only two left, me and Damon Merchant.

So we're really going to have to pick up the slack, hopefully go some rounds.

and really stand up for our team. So we get these points and a half today to

help keep our lead and keep them from coming closer to it.

Drew Clay Cole, guy has been really fast this year. He's done great. He's just

coming in, but our car's flying.

The conditions are perfect. The weather's perfect. The air is perfect.

Both cars are going to go really fast.

Robin Roberts turns on.

The win like that was another close race, folks.

It was a drag race. He had just enough to inch me out down at the end. He got

the win.

Sucks for our team.

We're not going to the next round to get any more points, but honestly, the most

fun I've had all weekend.

Right on.

That's what we needed.

Keep moving them around. Keep moving them around.

All right, folks, next pair coming up right now. We got Giuseppe going up

against Chuck 55.

We drew Chuck 55, raised Chuck 55 at the last race, and we were able to get him.

We got by.

I know he's fast. He said he's making some fast runs.

It's going to be a pretty tough round here for us right now.

I like my draw real well. I drew Giuseppe.

Seems like he's kind of in my kryptonite.

But I do feel like I have a car that can outrun him. I feel like I can make more

power than he can.

If I can just be on my game, I think I'm going to pull this one off and get that

monkey off my back.

All right, folks. Next pair coming up right now. We got Giuseppe going up

against Chuck 55.

We left together.

He jumps out there.

Half track, I'm driving away from him. And my car's going to the left. I chop

the throttle.

He literally came up on me and clipped me right at the end.

Next time I draw him, I'm going to chunk that piece of kryptonite at him when I

go by him.

He don't want to draw me next time, I'm telling you.

Man, that was close. Oh, it was close. It was close.

You had me.

You had me.

All right, folks, here we go. Seventh pair. That is going to be Rich Bruder

going up against Kayla Morton.

Round two, we drew the Bruder brothers.

Every race, they seem to get a little faster and faster, so we're going to be

our toes here, but we're ready. From a team aspect, we're not only looking out

for Kai, we have to worry about Ryan, because I think with his five drivers,

may have passed us. Down one for Ryan, if we take out Bruder, we just got to

keep picking him off, man.

Kayla, you've been running good. A couple finals.

Our car is fast.

We're gaining points. All five of us are still in. Dave had four, so we got one

more than them. Their team's running strong over there, so we're going to do

what we have to do to get that win.

We'll take the win there with that pass.

Nice job.

I definitely anticipated the light of Smith.

The deal is that they did it to Ackman last weekend, so I know he's capable.

It's just a cutthroat world out here. It just is what it is. If there's room in

the tree to guess or anticipate, you've got to get them before they get you.

That's just how this world works out here.

Good job. Thank you.

All right, folks. Last pair of the second round. That is going to be Nate

going up against Damon Merchant.

Somebody's going to have to knock off on Nate's train here.

Second round here at Galat, we drew Nate.

A little bit of a struggle at the first of the year. Figured it out.

He's been on fire ever since.

But we're not teammates anymore.

He's moved on to Ryan's team. I've moved on to Kai's. And it's set up to be a

good rivalry right here.

He's walking around with a couple of wins under his belt, chest out, and he's

riding that wave right now. And it's going to be up to us right here to knock

him off that pedestal.

against Nate Saylor.

Woo!

As soon as I seen it illuminate, I let go of the button. He didn't have a

after that.

We really threw a tune at it that we thought would go and we thought would be

fast, and we nailed it.

I got to get back to cutting people's heads off up there, and that's exactly

what I'm doing here today.

Man, that race went like... I don't know if he guessed or didn't guess or...

Either way, he jumped probably a car and a half out on me out of the hole.

And there's just no making up that ground.

Did yours act up?

No. It had like two cars out on me on the hole.

Did it really? Yep.

All right, folks, here we go.

Invitational round three driver's meeting coming at you right now.

We started with 32 drivers. We are now down to eight. I will tell you, there

two teams that still have three drivers standing, and that team is Daddy Dave

with three drivers and Team Ryan Martin, three drivers.

Good job, boys.

Let's go ahead and draw chips, see who's racing who here in the third round.

Am I good? I got to go from the back. Oh, hello.

Well, hi.

All right, my number one, please step forward.

Oh. It's going to be Kayla Morton versus Murder Nova.

I don't know. I don't know. All right, number two.

Giuseppe versus Damon Merchant.

Number three.

Robin Roberts versus Daddy Dave, which means my fourth and final pair will be

Kyle Kenyon versus Ryan Martin.

You know who you're racing. You know what you got to do. Go back to the pit.

your cars turned around and bring them in the staging lane. Let's do it.

All right, here we go.

Invitational round three.

Coming at you right now.

It's just crazy. Like you look around and there's just not one person that you

want to draw. Team Dave is holding strong now with three players in.

We're coming up in the underdog position. I really don't think anybody

it. But we're making moves, baby.

I feel great. I'm just worried about the points and a half because that can

either make you or break you. I've spent all season getting to where I want to

be right now, and I'm number four.

A couple bad weekends, man, I could have all that hard work taken away from me.

We're more focused, and we're trying to be more on top of our game right now

than ever.

There we go.

Invitational round three coming at you right now over in the left lane.

That is going to be Kayla Morton going up against Murder Nova in the

right lane.

here today able to take out murder nova what a great drag race close

that was such a close race

when i beat sean like that i always feel like i can go all the way because he's

just so fast and it's always a neck and neck race and uh yeah i'm ready final

four baby let's go it was still a good race close

Every time. Good job.

Every time.

Every time.

All right, next pair.

Giuseppe going up against Damon Merchant.

All right, round three.

We drew Damon Merchant. He's flying.

My crew said they were watching him. He's making some fast runs. Probably one

the fastest cars here right now they're staying.

So it's going to be a tough round for us.

We looked at the tune -up.

Carr kind of was overpowering it there in the middle, so actually turned it

a little bit.

Hopefully that pays off and we can make a better run.

And we got to get him out, too. He's on Kai's team. They just got him.

Got to try to take him out right now so we can make a move.

With Roger Steffi, I feel like they've got a lot of momentum on Ryan's team

right now, and that's contagious.

So you've got two or three guys really running good. Those guys that's been

struggling, they've got to get their act together. Those guys will help them get

their act together.

But Rogue's flying right now.

We took out Lizzie. We took out a killer in Nate.

And, you know, here we are against Giuseppe. So can't take anybody lightly

this point.

The air is great. The track's great.

Everybody's hauling after them. High horsepower endings right now are on the

hunt. We're just going to have to, you know.

Knock them down to our level. That's a big block.

Over in the right lane, that is going to be Giuseppe going up against Damon

Merchant.

Driving that road chart.

Come here.

And David Merchant will take the win there.

Folks, these races are super close.

Let go of the trans brake.

Car was up, wheels up. Came down a little bit, and I could feel it slow

just flipped me for less than a foot. Car probably was spinning, going

I have to look at the data. But, yeah, man, he made a great run. We made a

run.

Holy, what a rush, man.

I mean, I ain't going to lie.

When you got a captain like Ryan, it's got a ton of momentum right now. You got

Nate coming over. He's got a ton of momentum.

That's contagious to pull up here third round with him. He ain't in third round

because he's no slouch. I was worried about that one.

It's a damn good feeling.

Now we're back -to -back semifinals.

We've got to get it done this week, though. I mean, that was close.

I could tell.

Can you tell or no?

I mean, not until right there at the stripe, and he was boom right there. I

he was close.

I couldn't see you. I was like.

Did you see him a little bit and reel me in or no? No, you didn't see me. I

didn't see you either.

Oh, okay.

See,

I got a hot rod again, don't you? Yeah, yeah.

Would have been nice to take Damon out because he's on Team Kai right now, and

that would have really helped us going into the next round. Good job getting it

back together, dude. Yeah, yeah.

You got a car.

Next pair. Got Robin Roberts going up against Daddy Dave Comstock.

Daddy Dave, it's going to be a good matchup.

Third round I draw Daddy Dave. Look, Dave's been inconsistent.

He's not that fast, but he's taking big jumps.

We just got to see how this goes. He's totally unpredictable.

Daddy Dave just not enough.

Robin didn't disappoint.

Down through there, right before the stripe, I looked over, and he's right

beside me. So it was one of those races that you had to look up to see the wind

light.

And I'll take that loss every day of the week.

That's the way.

That's the way.

Good run. Good run.

This last pair coming up right now, Kyle Canyon going up against Ryan Martin.

It's going to be a good one, folks.

This race has been pretty big for us so far.

We're making headway. I think we're ahead right now in second place.

I believe we're gaining ground on Kai's team.

All of Kai's drivers are out except for Damon. Damon's the only one that's going

on. You know, it's going to be tough.

But I think when it's all said and done, if we can keep doing what we're doing,

we're going to close the gap dramatically.

We drew Ryan Martin.

I'm excited about it. He's one of the biggest bears out here, if not the

biggest, and I want this one.

We're going to go out there and send it. This will be a big round for us if we

can get past him.

Yeah. There's been a lot of people jump, a lot of people won that shouldn't have

won.

And people just taking shots at the trees.

And he took a little stab at it, went red. We got the W. So I don't like to

like that, personally.

But I don't like to lose like that either. So this is what it is. We'll

win.

Man, you said it was going to be a good clean run. You know, I had no intention

of doing anything stupid up there. It wasn't enough.

I went up on the chip and it stuttered there for a second and kind of got me

goal. It's all good.

I'll get you a clean one day. It's all good.

I do not know what is going on with these parachutes.

Going into the semifinals, two of the four racers are from Team Ryan Martin.

That will guarantee that they pull into the second place position at the end of

this race.

Meanwhile, Damon Merchant has the entire Team Kai Kelly on his back.

If he can win this, Team Kai Kelly stays in first.

Now, we are down to four.

Four drivers remain. They've been battling through this field.

Well, let's go ahead and start it right now. Team Ryan Martin standing strong

with two of the four drivers.

Good job, Robin. Nice job, Ryan Martin and Robin Roberts. Also, Ryan.

With this performance today, y 'all are now in second place in the team

standings. You have passed Team Daddy Days.

Nobody wants to draw anybody at this point. Go ahead and embrace that, that

you're going to get someone fast.

Taking the last one? Yeah, I'll let y 'all draw each other.

They're all bad.

All right.

Team Ryan Martin probably trying to stay away from each other.

Where are my number ones?

Oh, boy.

Kayla Morton versus Ryan Martin, which means my second pair will be Damon

Merchant versus Robin Roberts.

All right, y 'all. You know who you're racing. One more round and you're racing

for $40 ,000.

All right?

Let's go back to the pit. Get our car turned around.

See you in the staging lane. Let's do it.

Put your hands together for these drivers, folks. There's only four left.

another episode of Track Snacks with your host, Disco Dean.

We're here in Benson, North Carolina.

Let's go see what type of snacks this track has to offer.

So I'll do one carne asada, one ground beef, one chicken, no cebolla.

That's Spanish for onions. We don't do onions on anything.

You hear popcorn?

I hear popcorn. Hold on.

They do a lot of barbecue down here. How many hot dogs do you think they sell at

a regular event?

Can't pass up a track corn dog. Yeah, I'm a sucker for popcorn, dude. Ooh,

at them fat kernels. Taco sauce in there.

Yeah, thank you very much. Ooh, they gave me a little limon. I don't know

this radish. That's in the onion family. That stuff's got to go.

Ooh, that taco sauce ain't no joke.

This is really good.

That's going to cost me later today, boys. My own special batch of salted

buttered corn, boys and girls. Popcorn and tacos.

What a combination.

Disco Dean, Stinky Pinky, we out.

Invitational semifinals heading your way right now.

Kayla Morton going up again.

Ryan Morton.

Ready? Ready. All right. Yeah.

Okay, good luck. You know, I don't really like this draw very much. I know

don't really like it either.

I don't like it any more than you do. Not a really good time. Yeah, no.

My fun meter's been a lot, you know, higher at other races. Yeah, right.

All right, see you on the other side. Okay, good luck. Good luck to you.

Semifinals, super tough. Final four, no draw is a good draw, but we got Ryan

Martin, and we're just going to go wax that ass.

That's it.

Man, forget making a final. Let's win a final. It is time. I haven't won one

since the very first one, and no better time to win than now with this points

and a half coming into play.

And I think we're back to one of them feared cars.

All right, so I'm in the semifinals. We have, you know, slowly started to get

back a handle on the car coming off the wind a couple of races ago at Maple

Grove. We did lose to a guest last weekend, but, you know, haven't had that

happen to us yet. That being said, I got Kayla.

Kayla's known to guest a little bit. She didn't do it against Sean in the last

run.

but she might do it against me. I don't know.

My team is in a good position right now. I don't know how close we are to

getting towards that first place.

Damon is holding strong for Kai's team, though, so there's that.

But every time that me and Robin advance and continue to advance, we gain more

on Kai's team.

So what we really need here is I need to take out Kayla.

Robin needs to take out Damon.

Well, folks, this is the Invitational Semifinals right here. Winner of this

goes on to the finals.

To race for $40 ,000.

Let's see who it'll be.

Taylor Morton in the right lane. Ryan Martin in the left.

Good job, girl.

Did you make an okay pass?

Yeah, just a close clean race. Probably had me by like half a car.

Just all the way down, you know?

Appreciate you not guessing.

No, no problem.

Hey, I kind of don't like that one. I'm on the other end of it. I know. So I

kind of get it, you know?

I know. It sucks.

Ryan Martin will go to the finals.

Let's see who he'll face between Damon Merchant and Robin Robert.

We need it.

We're raced like we need it.

You know what I mean?

We're out here to win.

Make friends. You know, Robin's sitting over there with four motors in his

trailer, and we've got our one.

It's hard to pull the trigger and go, okay, this will be the run where we

end this thing. But there's one thing I say about Robin. When he's on, he's

on. Have a good run, man. Be safe.

Good luck, dude.

So if he's in the semifinals, he's probably.

Got a hot rod here this weekend. And like I said, he's one of those that has

some momentum going into this weekend on Ryan's team.

And it may be just one of them deals, me being the last guy on Kai's team.

Ryan and them are making big moves, making a push into that second place.

they're coming. They got a lot of momentum.

So if I got to shut them down one by one, that's the plan for this weekend.

semifinals for the Invitational class.

It's going to be Robin Roberts in the left lane going up against Damon

in the right.

Merchant. It took a shot at it. That's what you get for guessing.

Did you win?

You should have talked to your boy about that red light.

No, did he go red? He hit his head.

Not on purpose. Hey, if he did it, he didn't do it on purpose.

Uh -huh.

Did you go red?

After all that, I screwed the pooch is what I did.

Wasn't much of a race. I think all the talk and all the stuff that's going on,

man, I just let go early. I don't know.

Flinch, let go, whatever it is. But we were early, and it was done.

They've been chattering like a little sewing circle about me

guessing.

And there's one thing I can do out here is cut some heads off on that tree.

They got in Robin's head.

They told him I was guessing.

Anticipated it and went red.

And that's what happens.

So, let them guess. If they can think I'm guessing all they want, that's going

to f*** themselves. Did he go red?

Yeah. Where you at?

What do you mean?

Did you make it?

Yeah, he just led me a half a car the whole way. Oh, you didn't make it to the

finals? No.

Sorry. I'll let you down.

I'll let you down.

Well, I mean, yeah, they've been gaining points. He's very fast.

Kind of needed you on that one. I know.

So, your invitational finals will be Ryan Martin versus Damon Merchant

for $40 ,000.

Well, I think either way, win or lose, we're still ahead, but not by much, like

five points.

If you win, though, we're ahead by like...

Maybe 15 or 20.

Trade over to Kai's team now. It's kind of a breath of fresh air for us, and

it's starting to pay off.

We've taken down some big, big hitters today, starting with Lizzie and Nate,

Giuseppe, Robin.

We have not had an easy road to get here, so I couldn't be more happy right

Good luck. Good luck, babe. You got this. You got it.

Ryan and them are making a big push.

And we're doing everything we can to single -handedly hold them off. It's our

night to win.

If this helmet goes on, it's business.

People's champ versus the reigning champ.

We've worked our ass off to get here, so I couldn't be more proud at the moment

for my crew and the car.

All right, come on.

This is your invitational final.

This will be the last race of the night.

Culver in the right lane, backing up the post on Samara. That is going to be

Jamin Merchant going up against Ryan Martin in the left lane.

I'm excited to be racing in another finals, win or lose.

Of course, that's not going to change me. We're still going to try to win it,

try to collect us another victory for the season, to try to make up for how

we did at the beginning of the season.

We got Damon, and Damon's car runs really good. I haven't got to race him

year, but you know what?

I've been wanting to see how fast his car is, and this is the best way.

Once again, this raises for $40 ,000.

And I can't help compare it to a video game where you work your way through

these stages up to the big boss.

What a animal.

Oh, my God.

Ryan's the reigning champ, the captain of the team.

How the hell did you do that right there? I took out the whole team.

If I can stay consistent on the light, the crew's got the car moving a little

bit faster each round.

It's a recipe for a championship, and that's what we're after.

Hey, look, I don't know if you know or not.

You just won $40 ,000, my friend. Wow. And you pretty much put the entire Team

Kai Kelly on your back.

I'm going to say you're the sole reason why Team Kai Kelly is still number one.

And there you have it. Damon Merchant beat three -time champion Ryan Martin to

win his second invitational race of the season.

That keeps Team Kai Kelly in first and moves Team Ryan Martin into second.

Best 2 ,500 I ever chipped in.

But. Heading into the second to last race, things are extremely close at the

top. There's only 70 points between the first and third place teams.

Next week.

Alabama International Dragway. Y 'all have packed this place. It's not a place

to sit anywhere. Nice job.

It's the second to last race of the year.

Don't make me make the decision, you make it. I'm going.

And the wheels are coming off. Going into the last two races, and I'm trying

give an option that we could possibly...

I'm not ready to quit. We've still got one more race that's double points and

today's points and a half.

It's anybody's game. You never told me you were going to trade me. You kept

telling me I'm safe. I'm safe, right? Last week.