[Mike Hall] My name is Mike Hall, and over the last 40 years,
against better judgment, I've managed to amass over 400 classic cars.
These cars are my legacy,
but I'm running out of time to restore them all.
So I opened up a restoration shop with my son, Connor,
and my best friend, Avery, to try and turn my passion into profit,
restoring cars that the average person can afford.
But it's tough making a buck,
so I'm going to have to get the whole car-crazed town behind me
to help get the job done.
[engines rev]
But that's how things roll here in Rust Valley.
[engine revs]
[tires screech]
- [Mike] What do we need? - [Connor] Something full-frame,
and something you don't care if we smash the shit out of.
[narrator] Mike, Connor, and Avery are prowling through
Mike's "Field of Dreams"...
- How about a cop car? - [Avery] Ride in the back if you want.
...but they're not looking for a car to restore.
They want something to destroy.
Imagine demo derby meets NASCAR.
It's roundy-round racing, but you gotta hit each other.
That doesn't sound very safe.
- What's safe got to do with anything? - Are you driving, Avery?
- Come on. - Connor's entered the Rust Bros
in a demolition derby-style hit-to-pass race
at Western Speedway in Victoria, BC.
[Connor] Hit-to-pass race... It's pretty much high-speed
bumper cars in full-size cars.
Imminent danger, death, dismemberment, it's all possible.
- [Avery] What about this Monte here? - [Connor] Guys have raced these forever.
I'm just thinking what we have around here that's a full-frame car,
that you're not gonna care that we destroy.
Wouldn't we want something with the strongest frame available?
- Yeah. - What's tougher?
These are fully boxed, aren't they?
No. You know what is fully boxed?
- What? - The El Caminos,
- cuz they run the convertible frame. - But would you want to smack one up?
We got some pretty ugly El Caminos.
If we're going to be going round and round and smashing at 70 miles an hour,
I'd like you to be safe. It doesn't sound safe to me.
This is not my idea.
I am not really enthused about this hit-to-pass.
Nervous about the potential for somebody getting hurt.
I'd just as soon not do it.
You ain't gonna hurt this piece of shit.
The ugliest El Camino ever known to mankind.
[engine revs]
One of the first crossover vehicles ever made,
the El Camino was a car and truck rolled into one.
Released in 1959, the first generation was a flop,
but a later redesign, modeled after the Chevelle,
with powerful V8 engine options, was a hit with the younger crowd.
[Mike] Ave, throw the hood off.
Most car chassis from the '60s and '70s, they were like a C-channel.
- Heads up. - The El Camino, it's basically a square,
so it's actually a way stronger frame.
Got a rear end in it.
Solid, actually.
This car looks perfect for the build, Mike.
Maybe. If we are gonna do it, this thing's got the solid box frame.
- It's basically a truck. - It'd be pretty cool to see.
[Avery] You're never gonna do nothing with this car.
It's a win-win all around.
[Connor] If we can take a '60s muscle car, and bring it to hit-to-pass
and get our name out there, it'll open some doors for us.
What do we need? We need bumpers, doors, a clip, and a power plant.
- [Mike] Let's do it. - [Connor] Awesome.
Basically, we've got about a week and a half,
so there's a lot of car to build, and we've got no time to do it...
- [Connor] Good. - ...but we're gonna make it happen.
To the checkout till, please.
[Mike] We're gonna do it fast. Mostly we're gonna do it right.
[Mike] One, two, three, go!
Mike and Connor have hauled the old El Camino up to the shop.
I think first thing we need are some shocks.
- Maybe! - [Mike laughs]
- Okay. - We need a driver's-side door panel.
- Why? - Cuz it says in the rules.
How many pages of rules are there?
Holy guacamole!
[Connor] Pop a squat. "Car construction rules.
All combustible materials
glass, plastic, chrome, lights, must be removed, except windshield
- and driver's inner door panel." - Yeah.
Their tech sheet is pretty intensive.
Safety is the prime consideration.
"Roll cage, minimum four-point cage, minimum two-inch pipe.
Everything has to pass tech. If vehicle does not pass, you will not be running."
[Mike] How fast are these guys
- smashing into each other? - I'll show you.
They do around...
60 miles an hour.
- This is what we're gonna be doing. - Huh.
Hit-to-pass is meant literally.
You must hit a car before you can pass.
- [Mike] That doesn't look very safe. - [Connor] There's a rollover!
[Mike] He pushes a guy and rolls him over, then drives up over top of him.
I don't like that idea.
[Connor] It's hit-to-pass. That's how you get past guys.
They don't get out your way, you push 'em out the way.
- Why do you wanna do this? - I don't know, why not?
- [Connor] I got a neck brace, I'll use it. - [Mike] No shit, you'll wear it!
[man] We are building a race car here,
so I want you to strip it of all the weight possible.
Let's add the stuff it needs for safety and, from there, it's game on.
On the other side of Rust Valley...
When we're done, I really want it to look like a cop car.
I want this to be the "Rust Patrol."
...local rival, JF Launier, has heard Mike's entered the hit-to-pass.
We're gonna take this car, and go beat the Rust Bros with it.
Oh, boy!
[JF] That should be pretty fun, actually.
I've decided to go up against the Rust Brothers in a race.
We're gonna kick some ass.
These are the rules. We gotta go through this, make sure we're within the rules,
- then we gotta cheat the rules. - Well, of course. Stretch 'em a bit.
The funny thing about rule books when it comes to racing
is it's just meant to be interpreted.
If you can find a loophole, it's fair game.
They're going down, man. No problem. They're messing with the wrong guys.
Oh, yeah. Here we go, buddy.
With less than two weeks before the hit-to-pass event,
JF's crew quickly start stripping down the car...
Whoa!
...to get it race-ready.
This is pretty sketchy stuff here, man.
I don't wanna take this in the forehead.
The car's airbags would detonate
right away in the high-impact race,
so they must be removed.
Oh... Here we go. Have you seen one of these things blow up, Kyle?
[Kyle] Oh, yeah. My buddy used to put basketballs on 'em,
they'd go 30 feet in the air.
Until it's deployed, the airbag is essentially a live explosive.
I'm probably gonna wear this if I do this.
We're gonna have to set this off, and then I can take the plastic off.
[JF] I'm just wondering where, so we don't damage stuff.
- [JF] Need to stand back. - [man] Okay, count her down.
Three, two, one...
Holy shit!
[group of men laugh]
That is cool.
[man] Holy... Man, that's awesome!
Yeah, baby!
- [Kyle] Okay, back to work. - [JF] Okay, get back to work.
[Connor] Oh, look at him go! Don't drop that starter.
- Don't drop that pump. - Piss me off, I'll drop 'em on the ground.
Today, Avery's son, Shafin, is helping out
with the Rust Bros' El Camino.
Shafin? He has trouble focusing on work.
I need to whip him into shape a little bit.
- Did we remember to get the rad? - Yeah, it's right over here.
Maybe he'll find some commitment and teamwork out of this.
- Let's she if she's gonna fit. - Stomp on it.
[Connor] That's enough.
[Avery] Look at that, fits right in the saddles.
Piece of tin goes across the top as a girdle, it'll strengthen it up.
It's hot.
I'm not too big on building cars, but I guess some people like that stuff.
- [Avery] 27... - [Shafin coughs]
- 50, 429... - [Connor] Yeah.
[Connor] Hey! Shafin.
[mutters indistinctly]
It's gonna be fun to see how our cage goes around this seat.
I wonder how far back from the wheel you want to be.
Probably as far as possible, so you don't smash your face into it.
- [Avery] You worried? - [Connor] Nope.
Remember the tattoo on my back? "No regrets."
- He is awake over there. - "No regrets."
- It'd be funny if they spelled it wrong. - Hey, get up so we can do this.
If we're allowed a passenger, I am more than willing and glad.
[Connor laughs]
Okay.
Your head's a little close. Don't bounce.
I'm a bit worried about Connor's and Shafin's safety in this.
It's both their first time doing this kind of stuff amongst these piranhas.
What motor we putting in this jewel?
- I'll go get it. - I'll be right here, waiting.
- Yeah, don't strain yourself. - I won't.
No way!
[Avery laughs]
[Shafin] Holy crap!
It's the old, fully-rebuilt, big block Chevy 396
from Mike's '68 Chevelle.
Look familiar, Avery?
This motor, it's not a good idea.
This thing will take off, literally, like a missile.
- It's out of my old man's Chevelle. - It's had a pile of money put into it,
- and we'll wreck the car it's going in. - Yeah. In essence.
Sounds like the kids we are!
[Shafin and Connor laugh]
[Avery] These newbies in there, it doesn't sit well with me.
[phone ringing]
- [man] Yeah? - How's she hanging, big guy?
Oddly close to the ground.
Mike's calling a metal supplier.
You guys got any three-sixteenths wall?
His son, Connor's, hit-to-pass race is just a week away,
and there's no room for error when it comes to reinforcing
the El Camino.
How about some one-inch expanded metal, you got a sheet of it?
- There's no glass in the car. - Yeah.
Okay, and what about two-inch pipe
- for the roll-cage? - Yeah.
Okay, we'll come see you.
It's a race car, it's gotta go 20 laps, getting shit-kicked,
so if we're going to do it, we'll try and make it as safe as we can.
[Mike grunts]
[narrator] Before they do anything else, Mike and Avery want to check the brakes
on the car both their sons will be racing.
[Avery] Look at that. Brakes are just done.
There's no brakes on this car. It's absolutely mentally insane.
Yeah, they're worn out.
This has nothing left.
[Mike] The race is coming up super quick,
but I'm not seeing my kid or Avery's kid hurt.
It's not happening.
[Avery] Junk.
For what you're doing, we've got some sheet metal over here.
Yeah, probably some 18 and 20.
JF needs some metal reinforcements
for his own hit-to-pass car.
We'll build the roll cage from scratch.
We got a bender at the shop, we need the car to take some big impacts.
This is JF's first hit-to-pass race. He knows he's an underdog.
- Box tubing? - Got some box tubing outside. Have a look.
He's very competitive. He wants to win.
[JF laughs] What the hell's this?
- [Kyle] Rust Brothers? - [JF] This must be their order.
[JF laughs]
- Are you thinking what I'm thinking? - No order, no metal.
Let's clean the place out.
[Kyle laughs]
We will do whatever it takes to win this competition.
[Kyle] Expanded metal.
[JF] We're gonna take that stuff for ourselves.
Rust-busters are coming, so beware.
Another one bites the dust.
[horn honks twice, breaks engage]
Oh, the treasures we have found.
Mike and Avery have hauled a second El Camino up to the shop,
to cannibalize for parts, starting with the brakes.
[Mike] Okay, so what's the next step, Muscle Car MacGyver?
- It's probably the same spindles. - You wanna bet?
I'll bet you 20 bucks it's not the same spindle.
- Ice cream, Mike. - Ice cream.
- I bet you an ice cream. - Okay.
Oh, a big ice cream.
Go and see if that fits on. Does it look like it's close to the same?
Almost looks smaller, Ave. Does it wiggle up and down?
Like **** it does.
Is the back spacing different on 'em? Maybe that's why.
I knew there was a reason, Ave.
I knew the spindles were the same. The backing is just different.
- The spindle's not the same. - The spindle is exactly the **** same.
The spindle's from here to here. The machine part is the same.
The spindle is different.
- From here... - This is the **** spindle.
No, it's the whole piece. You lose.
You're buying ice cream.
- [Avery] I hate this car. - [Mike] I know what you do love, though.
Ave, I think you got ripped off!
- [Mike] I hope they were expensive. - [Avery] They didn't have my kind, even.
Come on, let's go, Ave. We got work to do.
- You know what, Mike? - What?
It tastes pretty good to be wrong.
[Mike laughs]
[man] Okay, 16 gauge, right over here.
Mike and Avery make one more stop,
to pick up their order from Metal Supermarkets.
Sixteen gauge.
[man] Looks like we're out of this stuff.
- Troy, have you seen... - Should be on the shelf.
[man] That's not that stuff that got sold yesterday?
- It could've been. - These guys had some stuff on hold.
- Yeah. - What else we got on the list, guys?
- Two-and-a-half inch sched-40 pipe. - Right over here.
We are out of two-and-a-half sched-40.
- [Mike] It's not what you said yesterday. - They've cleaned us right out.
Where did that come from?
[Mike] JF Racing. Huh.
- [man] That's new to me. - I'm sure that he's the culprit.
[Mike] Guaranteed.
I do have some stock incoming tomorrow. I can bring it out to you, personally.
[Mike] Okay, let's do that. Appreciate it. The sooner, the better.
I think I'm gonna make a phone call to a Frenchman I know.
- [Mike] James. - How's it going, boys?
What've we got here?
The race is just two days away, so Mike's bringing in the big guns,
- welder and hot-rodder, James West. - What do we need to do,
- and what can we get away with? - Check it out.
[James] You-know-who's gonna have the target on their back.
- [Mike] Us. - Exactly.
There's gonna be a bunch of veterans there.
The first thing they'll wanna do
is take our ass and hand it to us, so we're gonna make it safe.
We're gonna have to trim this dash a little.
They're calling for a bar above the steering column.
[Mike] Okay.
Basically, what makes them safe is what they're surrounded by,
massive steel pipes.
Okay.
Hey. Put some goggles on.
Thanks, tips. This ain't my first rodeo, cowboy.
We got everybody doing something.
Mike's also recruited engine specialist, Dave,
to help get the big block running.
[Mike] We've gone through a lot of effort, a lot of time.
I just hope it's not a total failure.
- James, she ready to run? - She's ready to run, Mikey.
Let's have a listen.
[engine revs]
I think there's a couple miles left
- in the old girl yet, Dave. - Oh, yeah.
[James] Can you wipe that down for me?
We are Rust Brothers, we do deal in vintage cars...
[James] Slap these stickers on there.
...and if we're gonna go, we're gonna make an impression.
Sixty-nine...
"Hell Camino."
[Mike] Okay. We got a good motor, we got a brand-new tranny.
Hit-to-pass, it looks like a dangerous game to play.
[Dave] Watch your fingers.
- [Mike] Okay, Dave, it's tight. - [Avery] Let's roll this thing.
[Mike] It doesn't take much to really get hurt bad, doing what we're doing...
- Good. - ...so, we'll see what happens.
Who said you can't build a car in five days?
There you go!
[Mike laughs]
I see one car we're better-looking than.
Holy... What have you guys done?
Just outside Western Speedway in Victoria, BC,
the Rust Bros have arrived at the home and auto shop
of their friend and fellow competitor, Kenny Baker.
- Hey, 1969 was a good year. - What do you think, Kenny?
- It looks good. - Will it pass tech?
- Yeah, this'll work. - A reinforcement is okay?
You probably will need it.
[Connor] Hit-to-pass came up with a friend of ours, Kenny.
It's something he does all the time. Every second weekend, he goes out,
and has a blast doing it.
- You're not riding? - No.
- Why? - Cuz my back's been cut open twice,
- and I've got these guys... - Story time, Walt Disney!
- That's a bunch of words for "chicken." - No.
[Kenny] So, we just set it up, like that.
Kenny's offered to help the crew
install some last-minute safety gear and foam padding.
[Connor] Okay, we need a knife.
[Kenny] You want to put padding on this. Your elbow could hit this.
[Mike] Maybe I should give Kenny the old...
[Avery] Ow! You ****.
[Kenny] Hey, quit horse-playing with the safety devices!
- Put those on the... - [Connor laughs]
- Go somewhere and yell "fire." - [Mike] Okay.
Fire! Fire! Fire! Get out of there!
Hurry up, you're gonna burn.
Oh.
- Did I win? - It was pretty well a tie.
- [Mike] Okay, that's good. - How much driving have you done with this?
- About 300 yards. - [Connor] That's the problem.
We didn't have enough room to get it up to 60 miles an hour.
- What time is it right now? - Noon.
[Kenny laughs] Should probably get on the track.
[announcer on PA] Well, ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to Westshore Spring and 4x4 night
here at Western Speedway. This is a chance to check out
some of the cars and drivers competing in tonight's racing action...
[narrator] Victoria's Western Speedway is western Canada's oldest racecourse,
and host of the two-day hit-to-pass tournament.
[Mike] Where's our pit? Right here?
This is definitely something different.
I've never seen this kind of high-speed destruction before.
I'm not worried, but I'm a little nervous.
[announcer] Caution flag coming out. A graveyard developing in the dirt mound.
[Mike] This thing is nuts, man. Gonna be 30, 40 cars,
60, 70 miles an hour, and we're JF hunting.
These sunglasses or a different set of sunglasses?
JF's here.
- What? - JF's here.
Bonjour, monsieur.
- Michel, comment ça va? - Ça va trés, trés bien.
It's like Father's Day. You and your kid, Avery and his kid, me and my kid.
Why don't we park?
- You can check out our car. - Yes.
[narrator] JF's copilot in the Crown Vic will be his son, Calvin.
[Mike] Oh.
- [Mike] Oh. Oh. - [Connor laughing]
We showed up with a car that's completely different, looks different,
functions different.
We never do things like everybody else does.
[Connor] That front bumper looks excessive.
I thought you had to have factory front bumpers?
- [JF] We didn't read the rules. - "We didn't read the rules," he says!
Jesus! JF interpreted the rules slightly more liberally
than most people.
Like, what is that?
So we don't hurt our fancy paint job.
[announcer] All right, ladies and gentlemen,
the first group of cars,
heading out onto the speedway for qualifying.
[Connor] Shafe, let's go.
[narrator] Connor and Shafin's first race is about to begin.
- Let's do this. - Shake and bake!
You're good.
We got a pretty cool El Camino,
but we haven't had a chance to test it.
No idea what to expect or what it's gonna be like.
I'll go out there, keep my foot down, and hope for the best.
[starting horn blares]
[announcer] The 13 machine leading the charge.
JF Launier, the 12, is the bad boy.
Kenny Baker, and Connor Hall is in the Hell Camino.
[Mike] Go, Connor!
[narrator] There's no hits allowed in the qualifying round,
it's purely about speed.
[Mike] Kenny's pushing JF!
Come on, Kenny!
Each car's best lap determines
whether they'll move on in the competition,
and the fastest overall car wins the coveted Trophy Dash award.
[announcer] Zero-four, Connor Hall, having some problems.
[James] Upshifting, I don't like that.
That car will pull into the pit area, as Kenny Baker takes the lead.
- [Dave] Let him in. - [Mike] Watch out.
- [Dave] What's wrong, Connor? - I'm nowhere near as fast as they are.
I don't know what the car needs to do
to make it not plow as much through that corner.
Ask this guy. We're plowing.
- We have some different-size tires. - Might work.
Okay.
[narrator] The front wheels are losing traction in the corners.
Bigger tires in the back might transfer more weight forward,
and give them better grip on the turns.
[Mike] Where's those lug nuts?
[announcer] Now, with two laps down, JF Launier out in front,
Kenny Baker right behind him, as the white flag flies.
[man] Hey, last lap.
[narrator] They're out of time to get back in.
- [Connor] We're not the slowest car. - Okay, we're still competing.
But Connor's first few laps should be enough for him
to stay in the competition.
- JF's serious about this shit, isn't he? - He is, actually. He's not a bad driver.
[Dave] He's hauling it good! Yeah!
[group indistinctly yelling]
[Connor] Kenny can't catch him.
[Mike] Look at that JF go.
JF's kicking ass, but you know what? There's something not right with this car.
This car doesn't make that much horsepower naturally.
Come on, Kenny!
[loud bang]
[group indistinctly yelling]
[Mike] That's gotta piss Kenny off.
- [engine revs] - [Avery laughs]
[JF cheers]
[announcer] JF Launier gets the Trophy Dash win.
JF did it. Nice!
[JF laughs]
That is awesome. Wave at the crowd.
[Connor yells and cheers]
JF beat him because he put Kenny in the dirt right there.
Hey, that doesn't bode well for the hit-to-pass.
[group laughs]
- JF, I think you made an enemy. - I think so, too!
It's scarier than I thought.
- Oh, you got a trophy. - With the car, or without the car?
- [Dave] Mike, Avery, come here. - [Avery] What's up?
[narrator] Just as JF goes to the podium, Connor spots something inside his car.
Look in there, what do you see? Guy's running spray.
It's a hidden nitrous oxide system,
a race car trick that injects the engine with liquid gas
and boosts horsepower.
- [Mike] What the **** is that? - [JF] Read the rules!
[JF laughs]
He's not playing fair. He read the rules,
and he found the loopholes.
I'm the one supposed to be finding the loopholes, not him.
JF Launier, your dash winner of the demo cars,
in car number 13. Nice work, JF.
[crowd cheers]
[Mike]Whatever, we'll see how it goes.
[announcer] All right, ladies and gentlemen,
take some time to clear off the chaos
in the front straight.
Junkyard rally cross, coming up.
[narrator] It's intermission at Western Speedway in Victoria, BC...
[Connor] Avery, put that on and go in the car.
- [man]What are we doing? - [Mike] Avery's going racing.
...and Avery has volunteered to be part of the entertainment,
a junkyard rally cross.
Avery, let's go, get in there.
Our guys, they have no experience. They're a bunch of Boy Scouts out there.
Me, I've been involved in stock car racing a whole bunch.
[Connor] He doesn't need the neck brace.
- Avery's got no neck. - I don't like that visor.
[announcer] What a huge field we have for the junkyard rally cross.
- Okay. - These are the people who really
don't care about their spine.
[starting horn blares]
- [announcer] We are racing. - Here we go. Dad's gonna wreck this.
- [Mike] Come on, Ave! - [man] Look for the block...
Slicin' and dicin' through the tractor tires.
[crowd cheers]
They head over the first dirt mound,
everybody going in every which way direction.
He saved it good! Did you see him in there, throwing wheel?
Ninety-nine trying to pull away from Avery Shoaf,
- who sits in second. - [Connor] He's doing all right.
[Shafin] Look at him! The windshield wipers are on!
[group laughs]
[announcer] Coming out of the final turn, the checkered flag is in the air for 99...
[Connor] That's it. The race is over.
I don't think anyone's told Avery.
- [Connor laughs] - Avery Shoaf finishes in second.
Hey! It was 500 bucks if you won.
- I didn't know that. - Avery.
- What? - Your wipers are on!
I'm waiting for it to rain.
[announcer] All right, coming up, cars and trucks head out for their first
heat race of the evening,
hitting, for the first time, being allowed.
- Get in there. - We're up next, buddy.
[narrator] Connor, Shafin, and the Hell Camino need to survive
two rounds of hit-to-pass racing tonight to move on to the semifinals tomorrow.
The only major rule in this race is that, in order to pass a car,
you have to hit them first.
I'm not even really nervous. I'm excited, more than anything.
But once we start slamming 4,000 or 5,000-pound cars into each other,
who knows?
I might pee my pants.
[Shafin laughs]
That car is built as safe as it possibly could be.
I feel good about that part.
I just hope that the drivers don't put him into the wall or something.
[announcer] All right, get ready to go.
The green is in the air, we are racing.
[Mike] And they go. Come on, Connor, get out there.
- [Mike] Oh! - [Avery] Oh!
No fear. He has no fear.
Good driving, Connor.
- [Mike] Something happened. - [James] He wiped out.
Keep it going!
[Mike] He's learning. He's no quitter.
[Connor hollers]
Where's JF, he still in the front?
He's right there?
[Mike] That's it.
- [Mike] Now, he's mad. - [Connor] Can't believe that limo's alive.
[Avery] Here we go. There he is again.
Look at this. Hey.
Look at this.
[Mike] Oh, yeah, he's pissed off now.
We got spun twice and we're still not last.
[announcer] The Rust Valley Restorers' Hell Camino
has Brandon Young all over its tailgate.
- [Mike] They spun him again. - [Avery] They're just beating on him!
Being the new guys there, everybody wants to put a dent in it.
- They got a target on their back. - All right!
[Mike] The kid's got balls.
[Connor] This is awesome!
[announcer] As they come off at turn number four...
A solid shot into the back of the cop car.
[Mike] Oh, there goes JF.
Connor Hall back up and running in the 04 truck.
- [Mike] Look at him go. - [Dave] Yeah, push him...
[Mike] Don't show me that motor's tire.
[announcer] Ronnie Kiefer in the limo gets turned sideways.
[Shafin] Yeah, Connor, come through.
[Mike] JF's at the back of the pack.
Oh, no!
Come on, JF, push him!
Push him! Push him!
Yeah!
Done.
[group cheers]
[announcer] Big hit on the outside wall, and the red flag flies.
[Mike] Uh oh. [Avery] It's bad when this shit happens.
[narrator] The crash brings a temporary halt to the race.
[Mike] Man, I hope he's okay.
[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, out of the car and giving you a wave,
Ronnie Kiefer climbing out under his own power.
[Mike] All right, okay!
As soon as clean-up's done, we'll resume heat race action.
[Mike] Hey, Connor's ahead of JF.
[Connor laughs]
- Yeah... - This is awesome!
Really? I thought it was terrible.
There is nothing scarier than a 30-foot limo sideways in front of you.
- [JF] Right? - [Connor] Holy, that was wild!
[announcer] Looks like clean-up work has been completed.
- [Connor] We're in second, Shafin. - [Shafin] Huh?
- We're in second. - [Shafin] I like to hear that.
[announcer] All right, caution lights are out,
and the green is once again in the air.
The Chevy hanging back of the Crown Vic,
pushes it way wide,
and Brandon Young emerges as your new race leader in the three truck.
Young slides around, and the 04 of Connor Hall takes the lead.
[Shafin cheers]
Hall, now, gets punted around by the 31
as JF Launier sneaks by on the inside.
[Mike] Uh oh. What's happened? He got spun.
[Dave] I think JF pushed him.
[announcer] The checkered flag is in the air for your heat race winner,
JF Launier.
Brandon Young will finish in second, and Dakota Hansen, 33,
will round out your podium in third.
- [man] Look out. - [Connor] We were briefly third.
[Mike] I know. How's it running?
It handles way better with these tires now.
[Mike] There you go.
Man, this is sweet. Getting jostled around, bumped, and hit.
It's insane.
- You were ahead of JF. - I know! I know!
- Scary as **** I tell you what. - These guys are ruthless.
They're lunatics.
[JF] I'm used to having super-nice cars,
racing with guys that are trying to stay afloat.
This has nothing to do with that.
- How do you like it? - I'm scared shitless.
Are you?
- Connor's having the time of his life. - [JF] Total opposite.
- Is that it for tonight? - [Kenny] That was the heat race.
Oh, there's still a final.
The main event is with all the cars and all the trucks.
All the cars!
JF, you will not emerge unscathed.
[announcer] Well, your demo car and truck
main event field roars on to the speedway.
Chaos reigning supreme tonight.
Sure, JF's got NOS. We got a big block.
There's no replacement for displacement. I'm not gonna play nice this next time.
Okay. Last race, be safe.
[Mike] I don't need my kid getting hurt.
I don't think Connor's being reckless, but it's a very dangerous sport.
[starting horn blares]
- [announcer] And the green is in the air. - [Mike] All right!
The 62 car gets in the back of JF Kustoms' cruiser.
[Mike] Look at Connor go.
[announcer] A surprise to all of us, as Connor Hall goes around.
He's driving that thing. He's driving it!
[Connor laughs]
[announcer] It's a very ragtag start.
Oh, boy, what a mess on the front straight.
[Mike] Go around... Oh!
[Dave] Connor's down.
[Shafin] That's okay. As long as you didn't pile into those other guys.
[announcer] The 71 truck stopped at turn number three,
and once again, the caution flag will fly.
[Mike] I don't think my kid knows his rad's leaking.
Check your temperature, your rad!
Just give him a heads-up.
[horn blares]
[announcer] All right, we are racing once again.
[Mike] Check the rad!
Check the temperature!
They get him every time in this corner.
[announcer] Mark Keeler, the 41 truck, behind Connor Hall,
closing in, and he pounds him in the tailgate, absolutely pile-drives him.
[Mike] What happened to him? I don't see him.
Shawn Young takes the lead,
as Connor Hall pulls the Hell Camino into the pit area.
We're overheating.
[Mike] You got taken out. What happened?
- It got hot. - What?
- It got hot. - They put the bumper through the rad.
- I told you to watch it. - I was watching it,
- that's why I came in. - Okay.
Let's pull this out.
[narrator] The damage to the rad will take them out of the competition,
unless they can fix it in time for tomorrow's race.
You okay?
See that dent in the door.
You don't have to go back in there if you don't want. Get out.
Here's the problem. A lot of guys out here, their whole thing is,
"I'm not gonna use brakes, he's my brakes."
- Yeah. - They slow down, they make the corner,
- they spin you out. - My back!
[Shafin groans]
[Shafin] I didn't think it was gonna hurt that bad, getting hit.
[Avery] No, no, no, no, no, no, no. You sit over here. Don't be sitting there.
- [Mike] Shafe, you okay? - [Connor] I think Shafin's had enough.
[Connor] We took a pretty good hit right on his side.
Here, sit in the front.
Shafin got banged up. He's in quite a bit of pain.
Avery, you wanna call the medic over and check him out?
Yeah. Hey, yes.
- How you doing, man? - Hi, buddy, how you feeling?
My back hurts. Feels like a pinched nerve in there.
One to ten, how bad's the pain?
It feels like someone's stepping on my back right now.
- [medic] Hold him for a second. - [Avery] Yeah, I got him.
[Connor] Hope he's gonna be okay. He's in quite a lot of pain.
[Avery]Shafin is my son. If anything happens to him,
I'll never forgive myself for allowing him to do this.
[Mike] Not feeling too good right now.
[Connor] I think Shafin's around. Shafin, what do you weigh?
One-eighty-five.
- [Connor] About the same, then. - [James] Pretty close.
After a long night, Avery's son, Shafin,
is back from the hospital.
- Did you wreck your back? - Yeah.
We got hit hard. I'm in pain. Feels like I got hit by a truck.
It really sucks, but I can't go back out there.
Now, Connor needs a new copilot.
I just hope I get to ride beside you in the main event.
Dude, we'll make it.
So, James West is stepping in.
I would hate to see somebody else get hurt because of me.
If I gotta drive a little more reserved
because I got somebody else in the car with me, so be it.
Hopefully, we have a good time.
Come forward a foot, give it a good tug.
The hit also damaged the El Camino's frame and radiator...
- Whoa! - Okay, hold on.
...so Kenny teaches the boys a fast fix.
Okay, give it a light one.
[Connor] Oh, my spine!
Is this how you do it at your shop, JF?
- Harder. - That's an organic frame machine.
There it is. Okay, that's good.
- Put it against that rock, right there. - It's still in front of the suspension.
It didn't change how it drives at all.
- No. - Okay, here, take the rad out.
[Kenny] You gonna fix it, or what do you wanna do?
- Well, we got a new one. - [James] Yeah, we should fix it anyway,
just to have a spare.
[Kenny] That thing melts that shit fast, eh?
Here's our new bumper.
[Mike] I like it.
- I like it a lot. - That's a piece of material.
It's down to the wire. We gotta finish putting the parts on,
and we gotta go.
[Mike] Notch it and weld it right to the frame horn.
- [James] Right here? - [Mike] Yeah, it's right there.
With less than an hour till the race begins,
the crew rushes to reinforce the car.
- Happy there? - Happy. Happy now.
- Need that to weld right along this edge. - We'll just bend it where it fits.
[Mike] Okay, two thumbs up.
Is that a bumper, buddy? Look at that thing, man.
- Now she's Mad Max. - [Mike] Fire her up.
[engine revs]
[Connor] Purrs like a kitten.
Let's get her on the trailer and get down there, it's three o'clock.
[Mike] Okay, let's go. I know there's a black and white car
that's just crying for a little dent!
[group laughs]
[Connor] Let's go. Let's go wreck shit.
At Western Speedway, in Victoria, BC,
it's the second and final day
of hit-to-pass racing.
[Mike] We're gonna give it our best shot.
Hopefully, he can get out front and not get shit-kicked.
Oh, no. We gotta fix our upper rad hose. It's leaking.
It's not the hole in the rad, it's the rad hose.
But the radiator they just fixed is leaking.
It's just the top rad hose.
- [James] Cut it a whisker shorter? - [Connor] Oh, shit!
It's the **** rad itself.
- Mike! - What?
- We need that other rad. - Why?
The top's cracked. See it bubbling out of there?
- [Mike] Oh, for **** sakes. - [Connor] Yeah.
Just rough it up and put some J-B Weld on it.
It won't be dry, we gotta drive in ten minutes.
It'll dry.
- Okay. - Set time, 25 minutes.
- What's this one? - J-B Kwik.
[Mike] Put it on.
- You don't need that much. - [Connor] I don't care,
I'm putting lots in there. Make it thick.
[announcer] All right, lining them up at the start line.
Racing action coming up in just a few minutes.
- [Connor] I gotta go. - [Mike] Okay.
- [Connor] Nice and dry? - [Mike] Yeah.
Hey, where'd the other racing suit end up?
- What? - We're missing a racing suit.
We have the one-piece, we don't have the two-piece suit.
- Where's the other suit? - I don't know.
- Look in your truck. - For **** sakes. Where's the other suit?
- ****, Mike. - What?
There's no wonder you can't find **** all in here.
- Where's the other half? - Right **** there.
- Okay. - Why don't you clean your **** truck out?
You just did. We found it.
[announcer] Revs building, as the last driver gets in place.
The official gives them the signal to look up at the flag stand.
We've done all we can. I'm nervous, but I know we've prepared the car well.
Found hundred cubic inches of big block, and it's running good.
[announcer] The green is in the air, we are racing.
And they're off.
[Connor] Sounds like it's holding.
[narrator] Only the top five cars in this heat
will move on to the finals.
[announcer] Connor Hall, 04, the Hell Camino,
takes the lead into turn number one.
[James] Take out the shaft!
JF Launier, in the 13 machine, slams into his quarter panel.
[Dave] JF spun him out.
Hall, now, slams into Kenny Baker.
[Avery laughs]
He's mad now! Oh, he's mad.
[narrator] Connor races to catch up with the pack.
[Dave] I mean, coming in angry.
[announcer] JF Launier, in the cop car, sits in second
as the checkered flag will wave.
Connor Hall staying in fourth, his best lap time.
Bryce Hobbs rounds out the top five.
Coming up next, get ready for the final dash of the evening.
They want to play dirty, take that!
She is holding first gear the whole way. Yes!
The car's going way faster. We're in the final. The main's coming up.
- Did you hear it opening up back there? - Oh, yeah.
Connor, what's leaking?
- Bit of oil, I think. - Do you wanna pop the hood, or what?
One, two, three...
- Oh, shit! - What?
We're touching the frame now. Hold on. Light...
- It's our J-B Weld. - [Mike] Really?
Yeah, our J-B Weld cracked.
[narrator] The hit tore open the radiator where it was damaged earlier.
Why don't we just put in the other rad?
- It's right here. - We'll just patch it.
This one's six inches narrower, and it'll ride between the frame horn...
- That one has a pinhole in it. - Yeah, it's got a pinhole.
Pinhole you could probably run 20 laps.
Let's do it.
[announcer] We'll clear out the front straight and get underway
in just a few minutes.
[Connor] Where's the floor mat? Cut strips.
[narrator] The replacement rad isn't the right size,
- but Connor has a quick fix. - [Connor] Pull.
- Is it underneath it? - Yeah.
- [Mike] Okay. - Hey, you start getting ready.
[announcer] Everybody's lined up and ready to go for the standing start.
- Fire the pickup. - Get in!
I love this shit! I love this shit!
[James hollers]
- That's how we do it! - Go out there and kick some ass!
Let's do this!
Yee-haw!
[suspenseful music plays]
[announcer] Well, your main event field roars onto the speedway.
[Avery] Let's get up on our perch.
[narrator] It's the final showdown for the Rust Bros' Hell Camino,
and JF's Crown Vic, at the Western Speedway hit-to-pass.
[starting horn blares]
Green. And they're off.
[Avery] Look at that one guy stick the back.
The winner of this race could determine the weekend's champion.
[Mike] Come on, Connor.
[Avery] He got knocked out already.
[Mike] That's okay. Now he gets to catch up.
Okay, he's coming.
[announcer] Into turn three,
and Launier getting tapped by Kenny Baker in the 12 car.
[Avery] Look at that!
[Mike] Where's Connor?
[Avery] Look at the sparks coming off.
Oh, jeez...
[announcer] Connor Hall back into the pits.
Connor's coming in.
Take the hood off.
- [Connor] I think the fan's in the rad. - [Mike] Oh, for **** sakes.
Told you guys not to change that rad.
- Whatever. Hey, check it. Is it dry? - Where is it?
Against the wall.
This wasn't it. This is another one.
- I know. Put it in. - Put it in, okay.
[narrator] If they can replace the rad fast enough,
- Connor can get back in the race. - Run a ratchet strap
- around the front of the car. - Grab it.
- [Avery] Connor, get in. - [Mike] Get in.
Go, go, go, go, go.
- [Avery] Enough, Mike, let's go! - Okay. Go.
You guys did good, man.
- I told you not to put that rad in. - [Mike] The other one was ****.
We got three **** rads. Shut up.
[horn blares]
[Mike] It's green. Here they go.
[announcer] JF Launier punted around in the 13 machine, as Connor Hall,
the 04 El Camino, gets around him.
Did you see that? Did you **** see that?
JF's turtling.
[Avery laughs]
[announcer] Sparks coming out from underneath of the back end of the 12
as he gets punted out of the way, and the caution will come out again.
- They're stomping him. - [Avery] Kenny got cleaned out.
[Mike] Holy!
[Avery] He's going around the track on fire.
[Mike] Kenny!
Fire extinguisher!
[Kenny] It's okay. Nobody's dying.
Jesus, Kenny, I'm running at you with a fire extinguisher!
[Kenny laughs]
That's cosmetic. I just can't turn left as fast.
[Mike] Come on, kid.
He's in fourth. He's moving up.
And it's gonna go green again.
Where is he?
[Connor] We lost too much water.
[Mike] Really?
Dude, the rad cap was only a quarter on,
it was just pouring water out around the corners.
- [Mike] Okay. - [Avery] Mike, get back.
- [Connor] Get some water in it. - [Mike] Okay.
[announcer] Well, we started the night with 17 demo cars and trucks.
Now we have five still running.
- Where's the cap? - It's right here.
Aha!
- [Avery] There you go. - [Mike] Okay.
[Avery] Make sure it's on.
Okay. Go!
[Connor] Woo-hoo!
[narrator] But they're too late.
[announcer] Coming off of turn number four,
the checkered flag is out for JF Launier.
- [man] That's it. - [Mike] It's over.
[crowd cheering]
We won the whole weekend!
I drove for my life.
It was crazy. They're all trying to kill me.
We still managed to find our way to the front of the pack,
and kick some ass.
Ah!
[Connor] We came, we tried,
we didn't finish.
But, the car's coming home in one piece, we're all coming home in one piece,
I think it's a win.
Whatever. You did good, kid.
- I tried. - Yeah.
Connor's a driver. I'm very impressed with what my son did today.
We gave it our best shot.
JF won. He came with a better car.
Excellent performance. I'm happy for him.
You fought the law, and the law won.
[Mike] I'd definitely do this again. Ask Connor.
Connor would be signed up to do it tomorrow!
Hey, can I go do a big smokin' burnout?
- Go do it. - Let's do her.
Hey, you know what? Like father, like son.
[Connor] Woo!
[Mike laughing]
[Mike] That's how you do a burnout.