1 00:00:01,066 --> 00:00:02,567 [narrator] This year on The Great 8... 2 00:00:02,567 --> 00:00:05,667 Every Friday we had our top eight racers compete for points 3 00:00:05,667 --> 00:00:08,000 and a 10,000-dollar prize. 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:09,967 [announcer] The person that has the most points 5 00:00:09,967 --> 00:00:13,767 in the Great 8 will win a 100,000-dollar championship. 6 00:00:14,834 --> 00:00:16,300 [narrator] After coming out of the gate strong, 7 00:00:16,300 --> 00:00:18,200 Kye Kelley grabbed an early lead. 8 00:00:19,166 --> 00:00:22,166 [announcer] Kye Kelley will take the win! 9 00:00:22,166 --> 00:00:25,100 [narrator] But recently he's been going out in early rounds 10 00:00:25,100 --> 00:00:28,166 letting Murder Nova, Nate Sayler and Ryan Martin catch up, 11 00:00:28,166 --> 00:00:30,100 -You went out first round last week. -Been trying. 12 00:00:30,533 --> 00:00:32,266 Don't suck, Kye. 13 00:00:32,266 --> 00:00:34,467 [narrator] Then, last week he launched a comeback 14 00:00:34,467 --> 00:00:37,700 by going all the way to the finals against Ryan Martin. 15 00:00:37,700 --> 00:00:39,600 Ryan took home the $10,000... 16 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:42,100 -[announcer] And Ryan Martin... -Yeah! Let's go! 17 00:00:42,100 --> 00:00:45,400 ...takes the win over Kye Kelley. 18 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:48,066 [narrator] But now, as we head into our final event... 19 00:00:48,066 --> 00:00:51,166 [man 1] This race is the most important of the whole year. 20 00:00:51,166 --> 00:00:55,066 ...everyone's eyes are on that 100,000-dollar prize. 21 00:00:56,033 --> 00:00:57,667 No more mistakes. This is it. 22 00:01:00,967 --> 00:01:02,900 [narrator] Put your hands together for the Great 8 drivers. 23 00:01:10,867 --> 00:01:12,667 All right, uh, Texas Motorplex, 24 00:01:12,667 --> 00:01:16,266 I want to say thank you so much for coming out here on a Friday. 25 00:01:16,266 --> 00:01:18,767 -[audience cheering] -[announcer] Yeah! 26 00:01:18,767 --> 00:01:22,800 We have made it to our final stop here on the No Prep Kings circuit. 27 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:26,200 It is Ennis, Texas, Texas Motorplex. 28 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:27,900 This track has been around since the '80s. 29 00:01:27,900 --> 00:01:32,700 It is all concrete. It is a beautiful facility. It is a fast surface. 30 00:01:32,700 --> 00:01:35,767 I love being here because it's only 30 minutes from my house. 31 00:01:35,767 --> 00:01:38,667 And what's better than the great State of Texas? Nothing. 32 00:01:39,834 --> 00:01:41,667 In this final race to the championship, 33 00:01:41,667 --> 00:01:45,166 racers can earn double points as they go all out 34 00:01:45,166 --> 00:01:49,767 looking for that 100,000-dollar championship prize. 35 00:01:49,767 --> 00:01:52,367 [Boosted speaking through PA] This is your Great 8 drivers. 36 00:01:52,367 --> 00:01:55,500 Top eight in points from the Invitational clash. 37 00:01:55,500 --> 00:02:00,600 One of these drivers right here out of the eight will win $10,000 tonight. 38 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:06,066 Also, more importantly, The Great 8 is an individual championship. 39 00:02:06,066 --> 00:02:09,700 So after tonight, one of these drivers will be crowned 40 00:02:09,700 --> 00:02:12,867 The Great 8 champ of the individual championship. 41 00:02:12,867 --> 00:02:14,266 Let's go ahead and draw chips. 42 00:02:15,367 --> 00:02:18,767 Ladies... Ladies squared... 43 00:02:18,767 --> 00:02:20,266 -Or ladies... -[woman 1] Yeah. [chuckles] 44 00:02:20,266 --> 00:02:22,567 -Just... plural. -Go in together? 45 00:02:23,367 --> 00:02:24,467 All right, here we go. 46 00:02:26,367 --> 00:02:27,467 Gents. 47 00:02:30,367 --> 00:02:31,367 Whoo! 48 00:02:33,266 --> 00:02:34,200 Let me see. 49 00:02:36,100 --> 00:02:38,300 All right, my drivers have their chips. 50 00:02:38,300 --> 00:02:42,500 Let's see who will race who in this first round of the Great 8 class. 51 00:02:42,500 --> 00:02:44,967 Number ones, please step forward. 52 00:02:44,967 --> 00:02:50,166 Oh, man! Nate Sayler versus Ryan Martin. 53 00:02:50,166 --> 00:02:53,266 First pair, fast, right off the bat. 54 00:02:53,266 --> 00:02:55,200 [Ryan] So, first round Great 8, I draw Nate. 55 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:58,767 Nate's on my team now, but however there's no teams in Great 8, 56 00:02:58,767 --> 00:03:01,600 so, um, you know, I turn this team thing 57 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:04,000 on and off essentially, and Friday night it's off. 58 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:05,266 There's no teams. 59 00:03:05,266 --> 00:03:06,867 When we pull up at the starting line, it is what it is, 60 00:03:06,867 --> 00:03:08,266 and I won't treat Nate any different. 61 00:03:08,266 --> 00:03:11,500 Number twos. 62 00:03:11,500 --> 00:03:16,867 Gonna be Giuseppe versus Murder Nova. Second pair in that Great 8. 63 00:03:16,867 --> 00:03:20,166 [Giuseppe] So for first round, we drew Shawn, Murder Nova. 64 00:03:20,166 --> 00:03:24,066 He's tough. He's been... He's won a couple of Great 8s and... and he's... he's fast, 65 00:03:24,066 --> 00:03:26,266 so it'll be a tough round for us tonight. 66 00:03:26,266 --> 00:03:27,967 Number threes. 67 00:03:27,967 --> 00:03:32,700 Gonna be Damon Merchant versus Kye Kelley. 68 00:03:32,700 --> 00:03:34,567 First round of Great 8, drew Damon Merchant 69 00:03:34,567 --> 00:03:37,800 and I really feel like he's probably the fastest car in NPK, so, 70 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:39,567 uh, I feel I probably can beat him. 71 00:03:39,567 --> 00:03:41,000 I've got a good chance of winning tonight. 72 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:45,467 Which means the fourth and final pair will be a battle of the females 73 00:03:45,467 --> 00:03:49,700 as Kayla Morton goes up against Lizzy Musi. 74 00:03:49,700 --> 00:03:52,567 All right, drivers, so go ahead and go back in the pits, 75 00:03:52,567 --> 00:03:55,300 get your cars ready and bring them in the staging lanes. 76 00:03:55,300 --> 00:03:59,467 One of these drivers is gonna go home with $100,000 tonight. 77 00:03:59,467 --> 00:04:01,967 Put your hands together for the Great 8 class. 78 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:13,500 -[man 1 on phone] [bleep]. -All right. 79 00:04:13,500 --> 00:04:14,600 -[man 1] All right. -Bye. 80 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:21,100 -[man 2] Making another one? -Yeah, just gotta make a little change. 81 00:04:21,867 --> 00:04:23,700 Today's Great 8, um, 82 00:04:23,700 --> 00:04:26,100 look, I came off a win from the last Great 8, 83 00:04:26,100 --> 00:04:29,300 and as well as a double up for the invitational win last week. 84 00:04:29,300 --> 00:04:31,700 I'd really like to keep this trend going. 85 00:04:31,700 --> 00:04:34,266 It should still say "Ennis Great 8, he won." 86 00:04:34,266 --> 00:04:35,667 -[man 1] Hang on. -Don't hit it yet. 87 00:04:37,500 --> 00:04:38,367 Okay, now. 88 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:46,200 Yep. 89 00:04:51,066 --> 00:04:53,100 -[Nate] You good? -Yeah, just got a cold beer. 90 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:57,166 -Just keep you ticked a little bit right, we'll be good. -Okay. 91 00:04:58,867 --> 00:05:03,400 Tonight, we still have $10,000 to the winner, so we need that ten grand. 92 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:05,767 The eight of the fastest cars on the property. 93 00:05:05,767 --> 00:05:07,200 We're just happy to be one of them. 94 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:10,367 Uh, we're gonna chase that $10,000 and see if we can win that. 95 00:05:11,867 --> 00:05:13,567 -Good luck, homie. You too. -Stay safe, brother. 96 00:05:13,567 --> 00:05:15,567 We drew our teammate, Ryan Martin. 97 00:05:15,567 --> 00:05:17,667 We didn't want to do this. I'd rather do it at the end of the night, 98 00:05:17,667 --> 00:05:20,367 but, uh, nonetheless, I got to beat everybody. So does he. 99 00:05:20,367 --> 00:05:23,000 So we're... I truly believe that our two cars 100 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,000 are one of the two fastest cars on the property. 101 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:26,767 We're gonna... We're about to find that out. 102 00:05:26,767 --> 00:05:28,767 I mean, first round won't be as good a track condition, 103 00:05:28,767 --> 00:05:30,467 so we're gonna see who wants it more 104 00:05:30,467 --> 00:05:33,300 and who swings for it more, and we'll go from there. 105 00:05:33,300 --> 00:05:37,500 [Boosted] All right, here we go. Great 8 first round. 106 00:05:37,500 --> 00:05:40,667 [engine roaring] 107 00:05:46,367 --> 00:05:50,567 We are sitting in third right now, and I think he's in fourth. 108 00:05:50,567 --> 00:05:54,767 Uh, so, realistically, if he beats me, he could come by me, 109 00:05:54,767 --> 00:05:57,166 um, which I definitely don't want. 110 00:05:57,166 --> 00:05:59,166 Uh, we want to win this thing tonight. 111 00:05:59,166 --> 00:06:02,066 [Boosted] Over in the left lane, that is Nate Sayler 112 00:06:02,066 --> 00:06:06,000 driving the procharged Nova, going up against Ryan Martin 113 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,000 in the procharged Camaro. 114 00:06:12,667 --> 00:06:15,166 [engines sputtering] 115 00:06:18,700 --> 00:06:21,166 [engines roaring] 116 00:06:26,667 --> 00:06:30,100 [Boosted] And Ryan Martin gets the win. 117 00:06:30,100 --> 00:06:32,600 He'll move on to the next round of Great 8. 118 00:06:33,967 --> 00:06:38,000 Nice drag race there. Ryan Martin moving on to the next round. 119 00:06:39,667 --> 00:06:43,066 So the green light drops. Nate and I take off, and I never see him. 120 00:06:44,767 --> 00:06:47,400 I make a pretty good run. I think I get him on the tree. 121 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:50,100 I make a pretty solid pass, I don't look back till the end, 122 00:06:50,100 --> 00:06:51,767 pull the parachutes, and there he is. 123 00:06:54,266 --> 00:06:57,200 Um, I know he made a good run 'cause he was right there. 124 00:06:57,200 --> 00:06:59,567 And I think the race was, for the most part, 125 00:06:59,567 --> 00:07:01,500 one off the tree, which happens sometimes. 126 00:07:01,500 --> 00:07:04,367 But for me, it's a W in the right column. 127 00:07:04,367 --> 00:07:06,367 It's good data for me for tomorrow. 128 00:07:06,367 --> 00:07:08,900 And I'm on the second round on the Great 8. 129 00:07:08,900 --> 00:07:11,000 -[groans] -[Nate] He ain't running that car down. [chuckles] 130 00:07:11,734 --> 00:07:13,066 -Good job, man. -[Nate] Thanks. 131 00:07:13,066 --> 00:07:14,567 -Good job. -[Nate] You too, brother. 132 00:07:14,567 --> 00:07:16,000 -Now, we need tomorrow. -[Ryan] We'll use that data for tomorrow, 133 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,066 -and as long as we don't draw each other... -[Nate] Yep. 134 00:07:20,867 --> 00:07:24,266 Man, the race didn't go as expected. Uh, Ryan's fast. 135 00:07:24,266 --> 00:07:27,200 I mean, both those cars are stupid fast. 136 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:31,166 Arguably, probably one of the two fastest cars on the property. 137 00:07:31,166 --> 00:07:33,967 Um, we just didn't put enough in it. 138 00:07:33,967 --> 00:07:35,767 -[man 3] Sucks. -Just didn't have enough. 139 00:07:36,767 --> 00:07:38,433 And he just had more in it. 140 00:07:38,433 --> 00:07:42,467 He started coming on me early and, uh, I had to go back and see if we left together, 141 00:07:42,467 --> 00:07:43,767 and we left together, thank God, 142 00:07:43,767 --> 00:07:46,266 'cause then I did my job, but it just, uh, 143 00:07:46,266 --> 00:07:48,367 we didn't put enough in the car and, um, 144 00:07:48,367 --> 00:07:51,200 we're gonna use this data for tomorrow, for that championship tomorrow, 145 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:55,100 and we're gonna work as a team and, uh, win that $100,000, but hopefu... 146 00:07:55,100 --> 00:07:56,166 We're gonna go up and support Ryan, 147 00:07:56,166 --> 00:07:58,000 hopefully he wins that 10 grand tonight 148 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:02,166 and, uh, gets some more data for us tomorrow and keeps climbing up that ladder. 149 00:08:04,066 --> 00:08:06,400 Well, that sucks. 150 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:09,266 She was moving around good. I could feel her. 151 00:08:10,867 --> 00:08:12,767 -[woman 2 speaking indistinctly] -Okay, babe. 152 00:08:12,767 --> 00:08:14,600 Yeah, I know. I know. Love you. 153 00:08:19,467 --> 00:08:20,967 -[man 4 speaking] -[Giuseppe] Yeah. 154 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:23,700 [man 4 speaking] 155 00:08:23,700 --> 00:08:25,400 [Giuseppe] I'll put it on in a couple of minutes. 156 00:08:28,100 --> 00:08:29,266 [man 4] Murder No... Uh... 157 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:31,567 -[Giuseppe] Yes. -[man 4 speaking] 158 00:08:32,500 --> 00:08:33,367 [Giuseppe] Yep. We're left lane. 159 00:08:34,166 --> 00:08:35,266 [man 4 speaking] 160 00:08:36,567 --> 00:08:38,567 [Giuseppe] I'll try not to. 161 00:08:38,567 --> 00:08:40,900 We're here in Texas, the last race of the season. 162 00:08:40,900 --> 00:08:45,467 Um, we struggled in the... for the Great 8 a little bit in the middle of the season. 163 00:08:45,467 --> 00:08:48,066 We fell out of the Great 8 We're back in right now. 164 00:08:48,066 --> 00:08:50,266 Uh, we don't have a chance of winning it. 165 00:08:50,266 --> 00:08:52,667 But we have a chance of finishing second in points 166 00:08:52,667 --> 00:08:55,367 and winning $10,000 tonight, and that's our plan. 167 00:08:55,367 --> 00:08:58,300 So we're gonna get after it and try to win, uh, some money 168 00:08:58,300 --> 00:09:00,467 and, um, just try to take it home for bragging rights. 169 00:09:00,467 --> 00:09:02,066 Try to get second in points. 170 00:09:02,066 --> 00:09:03,166 [man 5] All right, here comes Shawn, right next to you. 171 00:09:03,166 --> 00:09:04,667 -[Giuseppe] Yep. -[man 5] Shawn's coming in right now. 172 00:09:04,667 --> 00:09:05,567 All right, cool, baby. 173 00:09:05,567 --> 00:09:07,367 -[man 5 speaks indistinctly] -Okay. 174 00:09:10,500 --> 00:09:11,567 All right, well... 175 00:09:12,633 --> 00:09:14,367 let's go get this [bleep] win, man. 176 00:09:14,367 --> 00:09:16,800 I mean, you know, it sucks to say that 177 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:18,567 because I don't have any confidence behind it. 178 00:09:19,767 --> 00:09:22,266 Especially with this lane and the 136... 179 00:09:24,266 --> 00:09:26,567 -We'll see. Yeah. -[indistinct] 180 00:09:28,300 --> 00:09:30,567 Um, I don't... I don't mind the conditions. 181 00:09:30,567 --> 00:09:32,667 It's a little cool, but that's fine. 182 00:09:32,667 --> 00:09:37,000 Uh, Giuseppe's rolling right now. His car's faster than ever, 183 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:41,667 and we've got to put a tune-up in it that we think will outrun him. 184 00:09:41,667 --> 00:09:45,166 Will the track hold it? We don't know. We're gonna find out. 185 00:09:45,166 --> 00:09:47,367 [Boosted] All right, next pair coming at you right now. 186 00:09:47,367 --> 00:09:49,800 [engine roaring] 187 00:09:57,467 --> 00:10:01,967 [Boosted] Here in this first round of the Great 8 188 00:10:01,967 --> 00:10:04,867 over in the left lane, that's gonna be Giuseppe 189 00:10:04,867 --> 00:10:07,500 going up against Murder Nova. 190 00:10:07,500 --> 00:10:11,266 Murder Nova in the right lane, Giuseppe in the left. 191 00:10:31,500 --> 00:10:32,900 [engines roaring] 192 00:10:35,567 --> 00:10:40,066 [Boosted] Here in this first round of the Great 8 193 00:10:40,066 --> 00:10:42,934 over in the left lane, that's gonna be Giuseppe 194 00:10:42,934 --> 00:10:45,567 going up against Murder Nova. 195 00:10:45,567 --> 00:10:49,400 Murder Nova in the right lane, Giuseppe in the left. 196 00:10:59,734 --> 00:11:01,767 [engines idling] 197 00:11:11,266 --> 00:11:13,200 [engines roaring] 198 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:24,867 [Boosted] And Giuseppe able to nose him out, gets the win. 199 00:11:24,867 --> 00:11:26,467 What a drag race there. 200 00:11:28,500 --> 00:11:30,367 [Giuseppe chuckles] [bleep] yeah, baby. 201 00:11:31,667 --> 00:11:33,767 I got out. I felt like we left together. 202 00:11:35,667 --> 00:11:38,166 Saw just a little bit of him. I started to pull. 203 00:11:39,300 --> 00:11:40,934 You know, didn't see him half track on. 204 00:11:42,033 --> 00:11:44,166 Uh, we got the win light. We're excited about that. 205 00:11:44,166 --> 00:11:46,300 Moving on to the second round. 206 00:11:46,300 --> 00:11:48,000 -[Shawn] The car laid over. I don't know what happened. -Did you? 207 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:49,100 -[Shawn] Yeah. -Yeah. 208 00:11:49,100 --> 00:11:50,700 -I made a pretty good-- -Procharger's not broke, 209 00:11:50,700 --> 00:11:53,467 -It just completely laid over? -It just [bleep], [bleep], just [bleep] laid over. 210 00:11:53,467 --> 00:11:54,400 About how far out? 211 00:11:56,066 --> 00:11:57,767 Half track. Somewhere around there. 212 00:11:59,467 --> 00:12:01,100 -[Giuseppe sighs] -[Shawn] I mean, it's like always. 213 00:12:01,100 --> 00:12:02,400 -It was driving nice until then. -It was right there. 214 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:03,600 You were right there. I know. I can see. 215 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:05,367 -I can tell. I was like, "Bro." -[Shawn] Yep. 216 00:12:05,367 --> 00:12:07,367 -[bleep] yeah. -Yeah. 217 00:12:07,367 --> 00:12:09,767 -We left good. I think that was good. -[Shawn] Yeah. 218 00:12:09,767 --> 00:12:11,934 -Sorry, Shawn. I'm gonna-- Yeah, man. -[Shawn] Ah, it is what it is. 219 00:12:13,934 --> 00:12:15,333 I always like a good race and everything. 220 00:12:15,333 --> 00:12:18,000 And fortunate enough, his car ain't too bad. He hurt it a little bit. 221 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:19,767 He's gonna fix. He'll be ready for tomorrow, 222 00:12:19,767 --> 00:12:21,567 and we're moving on to the second round. 223 00:12:21,567 --> 00:12:23,767 [man 6 speaks indistinctly] 224 00:12:23,767 --> 00:12:27,000 Oh, he says he was shut off in the middle of the track, so I don't know. 225 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:28,767 But, I mean, I didn't... I couldn't tell he was there. 226 00:12:28,767 --> 00:12:30,767 Yeah. Yeah. So I think it was good. 227 00:12:30,767 --> 00:12:32,400 -[indistinct] -Yeah, left good, 228 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:34,100 It was good. It felt good. That felt good. 229 00:12:34,100 --> 00:12:36,166 It was hook-- You know, It was a good run. 230 00:12:41,867 --> 00:12:43,667 [Kye] So here we go. First round. 231 00:12:43,667 --> 00:12:45,767 Uh, shooting from the hip. See how it goes. 232 00:12:45,767 --> 00:12:47,767 Tonight we're racing for $10,000. 233 00:12:47,767 --> 00:12:50,100 Uh, that's a lot of money. It definitely helps us get in here. 234 00:12:50,100 --> 00:12:51,867 So, uh, we'd like to win it. 235 00:12:51,867 --> 00:12:53,000 Go up there and give them all I've got. 236 00:12:58,367 --> 00:13:00,166 -[man 7] Good luck, Damon. -Thanks, buddy. 237 00:13:00,166 --> 00:13:02,400 [man 7] You're supposed to get there slow... 238 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:05,834 -Uh, red light. Try to touch the starting line. -[man 8 laughs] 239 00:13:05,834 --> 00:13:08,600 And then, uh, like, if you just feel like you're in front of us, 240 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:10,467 just go ahead and kill your car. Save gas. 241 00:13:10,467 --> 00:13:12,000 You don't need it, though. 242 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:13,300 [man 7] No, I kinda do. 243 00:13:13,300 --> 00:13:15,066 -[Damon] Well... -[man 7] All right, for real, 244 00:13:15,066 --> 00:13:16,734 -do good and... -Yeah, buddy. 245 00:13:17,567 --> 00:13:18,600 We're on it. 246 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:20,767 Round one, Great 8 drivers meeting, we draw Kye. 247 00:13:20,767 --> 00:13:23,867 Um, we went back-and-forth all season. 248 00:13:23,867 --> 00:13:26,567 He beat up on me pretty hard the first part of the season, 249 00:13:26,567 --> 00:13:29,000 and we caught a few wins on the second half. 250 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:30,667 I don't plan on things to be any different, 251 00:13:30,667 --> 00:13:32,667 but I'm still hungry for that ten grand, 252 00:13:32,667 --> 00:13:35,667 so, you know, he's not gonna get an easy race with us. 253 00:13:35,667 --> 00:13:37,667 -[Kye] Hey, man. -What's up, [bleep]? 254 00:13:39,033 --> 00:13:41,300 We're going... we're going straight up here? Is that what we said? 255 00:13:41,300 --> 00:13:44,400 -[Kye] Yeah, long as you go straight up, I will. -[Damon] All right. 256 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:46,100 -[Kye] You good? -I like... I like seeing green. 257 00:13:46,100 --> 00:13:47,000 Yeah, I'm good. 258 00:13:47,567 --> 00:13:48,734 See green. 259 00:13:48,734 --> 00:13:51,166 Since I'm so far out of the points situation right now, 260 00:13:51,166 --> 00:13:53,934 we haven't been able to show up too much on Fridays. 261 00:13:53,934 --> 00:13:55,767 It's been a big learning curve for us. 262 00:13:55,767 --> 00:13:58,867 Um, tonight's gonna be about racing for $10,000 for me. 263 00:13:59,633 --> 00:14:02,767 First round. Here we go. 264 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:06,600 Your Great 8 first round. 265 00:14:08,166 --> 00:14:09,867 -[man 9] Do your thang, baby boy. -[Damon] Thank you, man. 266 00:14:09,867 --> 00:14:10,867 [man 9] Be safe. 267 00:14:14,767 --> 00:14:17,000 [engine roaring] 268 00:14:32,867 --> 00:14:35,000 [Kye] I think if I could just clinch one of these Great 8 wins, 269 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,367 I can seal this championship up. 270 00:14:37,367 --> 00:14:39,367 Matter of fact, I'm just... I gotta win tonight 271 00:14:39,367 --> 00:14:41,667 just to get this whole deal over with and I can kind of take it easy 272 00:14:41,667 --> 00:14:43,767 and I can try to help my team win the team championship 273 00:14:43,767 --> 00:14:46,767 'cause we also got that championship that we're in first place for, 274 00:14:46,767 --> 00:14:48,967 and we got everybody gunning for our backs there, too. 275 00:14:54,100 --> 00:14:56,367 [engines idling] 276 00:15:01,266 --> 00:15:03,767 [engines roaring] 277 00:15:07,767 --> 00:15:12,467 [Boosted] And Damon Merchant pulls off the win. 278 00:15:12,467 --> 00:15:16,367 Damon Merchant gets the win over Kye Kelley, 279 00:15:16,367 --> 00:15:20,000 moving on to the next round here in the Great 8 class. 280 00:15:20,767 --> 00:15:23,867 [Damon] [bleep]! Whoo! 281 00:15:33,367 --> 00:15:34,567 What? 282 00:15:36,100 --> 00:15:37,867 -[Damon speaks indistinctly] -[man 10 speaking] 283 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:40,600 [Damon] [bleep] oil everywhere. 284 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:43,767 It looks like it's on fire, but I don't see any flames. 285 00:15:45,367 --> 00:15:46,400 [bleep]. 286 00:15:55,767 --> 00:15:57,667 Look at all this [bleep]. There's oil everywhere. 287 00:15:57,667 --> 00:16:00,100 -Oh, yeah, no, it's everywhere. -[Damon] [bleep]. 288 00:16:04,100 --> 00:16:05,266 Swear to God. 289 00:16:11,100 --> 00:16:12,934 Just set it over here by the four-wheeler. 290 00:16:13,734 --> 00:16:15,266 [bleep], man. 291 00:16:25,367 --> 00:16:28,400 We go up there, good clean line for both of us. 292 00:16:29,834 --> 00:16:32,467 Pulled pretty hard on him through the 60-foot. 293 00:16:32,467 --> 00:16:35,500 Get to the 330, still don't see him. Don't hear him. 294 00:16:35,500 --> 00:16:37,767 On the big end, don't see him, don't hear him. 295 00:16:37,767 --> 00:16:40,200 Turn on the win light... 296 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:46,734 Soon as I decel, uh, oil got on the engine somewhere, smoked like a freight train. 297 00:16:46,734 --> 00:16:48,300 Car made a killer pass. 298 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:55,967 Made a killer pass, and I didn't hear anything 299 00:16:56,867 --> 00:16:59,667 of knock or anything like that. It just... 300 00:17:03,300 --> 00:17:05,166 It's just [bleep] oil everywhere. 301 00:17:05,166 --> 00:17:06,667 It looks like it's out the top end. 302 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,734 Because it wouldn't make no sense for it to come out of the bottom. 303 00:17:15,100 --> 00:17:17,467 It's almost like a [bleep] line came off or something, 304 00:17:18,567 --> 00:17:20,000 as much oil as this is... 305 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:24,600 Supply line's on. 306 00:17:25,700 --> 00:17:28,100 Well, there's intake bolts missing, so, 307 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:31,266 that's gonna be a problem. 308 00:17:34,100 --> 00:17:35,567 Two intake bolts missing. 309 00:17:35,567 --> 00:17:37,100 [man 10 speaking] 310 00:17:37,100 --> 00:17:39,166 [bleep], man. 311 00:17:39,166 --> 00:17:42,166 So we assessed what had happened. 312 00:17:42,166 --> 00:17:45,500 Uh, we had two intake bolts pop out under pressure, 313 00:17:45,500 --> 00:17:48,166 they shoot out, like, shoots oil out like a rocket. 314 00:17:48,166 --> 00:17:50,600 So it made a huge mess. 315 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:53,367 But thankfully, it wasn't a rod or a crack in the block 316 00:17:53,367 --> 00:17:56,734 or something, you know, catastrophic. 317 00:17:56,734 --> 00:17:59,567 Everybody hates you when you oil down the track. [chuckles] 318 00:17:59,567 --> 00:18:00,967 Yeah, you hate it when you oil down the track, too. 319 00:18:00,967 --> 00:18:02,266 Yeah, I know. 320 00:18:03,333 --> 00:18:04,867 Um, we made a really good pass. 321 00:18:05,734 --> 00:18:08,567 Uh, nothing seems like it's hurt hurt. 322 00:18:08,567 --> 00:18:10,967 We're gonna have to... 323 00:18:10,967 --> 00:18:15,467 um, put some bolts in the intake and make sure that they're all good, tight, 324 00:18:15,467 --> 00:18:18,934 silicone them in, and then we'll, uh, be ready for next round. 325 00:18:27,066 --> 00:18:28,033 [Kayla] What are y'all doing? 326 00:18:31,467 --> 00:18:35,467 The fuel driver that drives the fuel pump's jacked up. 327 00:18:36,734 --> 00:18:38,567 Gonna take all the fluid back out of it again. 328 00:18:40,066 --> 00:18:41,133 [Kayla] Okay. 329 00:18:46,934 --> 00:18:48,133 Bolts shook down a little bit. 330 00:18:50,133 --> 00:18:52,233 I can't get the bearing back in. 331 00:18:52,233 --> 00:18:55,100 [Kayla] All right, well, uh, we have $10,000 to race for. 332 00:18:55,467 --> 00:18:56,600 Oh. Cool. 333 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:59,567 -And no pressure today. -I'll just take mine in cash. 334 00:18:59,567 --> 00:19:01,667 -Just... Oh, cash only? -Yeah. 335 00:19:01,667 --> 00:19:03,567 [Kayla] So I think we should probably just swing for it here... 336 00:19:03,567 --> 00:19:06,367 -[man 11 speaking] -...on the Great 8. We've got nothing to lose. 337 00:19:06,367 --> 00:19:08,467 Great 8 and first round, I matched up with Lizzy. 338 00:19:08,467 --> 00:19:11,934 It's always cool for the fans to see, um, the two girls... 339 00:19:11,934 --> 00:19:13,734 the two top girls race each other. 340 00:19:13,734 --> 00:19:15,567 Um, although she's my teammate, you know, 341 00:19:15,567 --> 00:19:16,967 right now that doesn't really matter. 342 00:19:16,967 --> 00:19:19,333 But she has a very fast car. I have a very fast car. 343 00:19:19,333 --> 00:19:22,100 And I think it's the most entertaining mash up for the fans. 344 00:19:22,667 --> 00:19:23,667 I'll tell you good luck. 345 00:19:25,166 --> 00:19:27,333 Be safe. Hopefully, I don't shake my brains out. 346 00:19:27,333 --> 00:19:29,433 -Like the last [bleep] -Yeah. 347 00:19:29,433 --> 00:19:30,367 It's a tricky track, man. 348 00:19:30,367 --> 00:19:32,166 It is, and then, they haven't... 349 00:19:32,166 --> 00:19:35,000 They haven't had a big event here for weeks. 350 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:37,767 -So, like, there's nothing on there. -That makes sense. 351 00:19:37,767 --> 00:19:39,367 -I'll see you at the end. -All right. See you there. 352 00:19:40,767 --> 00:19:44,467 We are in Ennis, Texas, Texas Motorplex. 353 00:19:44,467 --> 00:19:49,567 We are finally getting the last event in for the NPK season. 354 00:19:49,567 --> 00:19:51,000 I'm happy to still be in it. 355 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:53,033 I've been struggling the last couple of races. 356 00:19:53,033 --> 00:19:55,100 Trying to make a good run and get some data. 357 00:19:55,100 --> 00:19:56,633 [engine roaring] 358 00:20:08,867 --> 00:20:11,667 [Boosted] All right, folks, once again, this is the last pair 359 00:20:11,667 --> 00:20:13,233 in the first round of the Great 8. 360 00:20:13,233 --> 00:20:15,567 It's gonna be a battle of the females. 361 00:20:15,567 --> 00:20:20,867 Over in the left lane, driving the procharged Mustang, that's gonna be Kayla Morton, 362 00:20:20,867 --> 00:20:25,767 going up against Lizzy Musi in the right lane, 363 00:20:26,567 --> 00:20:30,000 driving the nitrous-fed Camaro. 364 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:34,567 The winner of this race will move on to the semifinals for the Great 8, 365 00:20:35,567 --> 00:20:39,333 and that much closer to $10,000. 366 00:21:05,367 --> 00:21:06,100 [race start signals] 367 00:21:12,133 --> 00:21:14,633 [Boosted] And Lizzy Musi gets the win. 368 00:21:14,633 --> 00:21:17,033 Kayla goes red. 369 00:21:17,033 --> 00:21:22,467 Lizzy will move on to the next round of the Great 8 class. 370 00:21:24,567 --> 00:21:28,066 I told myself before I went in that I was gonna wait for green, 371 00:21:28,066 --> 00:21:29,734 and sometimes as a driver, you just get anxious 372 00:21:29,734 --> 00:21:31,100 and you feel like it's time to go. 373 00:21:31,100 --> 00:21:34,100 And that's exactly what I did, and it was just a tad too early. 374 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:40,867 [Kayla sighs] 375 00:21:40,867 --> 00:21:42,367 I knew I should have waited. 376 00:21:42,367 --> 00:21:44,767 She probably didn't make a pass, did she? 377 00:21:44,767 --> 00:21:46,834 I'm just a little disappointed in myself. 378 00:21:46,834 --> 00:21:50,467 This is hard racing. The light is random. 379 00:21:50,467 --> 00:21:52,333 Sometimes you guess, and it works out. 380 00:21:52,333 --> 00:21:55,567 Sometimes... I mean, that wasn't even intentional. 381 00:21:55,567 --> 00:22:01,033 I am a little sad, but we made a good hit and we're ready for tomorrow. 382 00:22:01,533 --> 00:22:03,467 [people cheering] 383 00:22:03,467 --> 00:22:06,433 It wasn't that big of a win. Come on, guys. 384 00:22:06,433 --> 00:22:07,867 [man] It's a win, baby! 385 00:22:09,967 --> 00:22:13,333 I hate winning like that, but, you know, it is a win. 386 00:22:13,333 --> 00:22:15,533 [man speaking indistinctly] 387 00:22:15,533 --> 00:22:17,367 Thank you, guys. Thank you. 388 00:22:17,367 --> 00:22:20,100 I was about to let go, and Kayla left right ahead of me. 389 00:22:20,100 --> 00:22:21,533 Her light turned red. 390 00:22:21,533 --> 00:22:25,133 Fortunately, she left before the green light came on. 391 00:22:25,133 --> 00:22:28,767 I get it, because it was a long light, 392 00:22:28,767 --> 00:22:31,567 but I was able to make the run. 393 00:22:32,567 --> 00:22:34,033 [race start signals] 394 00:22:34,033 --> 00:22:35,367 It went straight, and then it was drifting 395 00:22:35,367 --> 00:22:37,033 towards a little bit over to the right. 396 00:22:37,033 --> 00:22:38,000 It was trying to steer it back over, 397 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:40,066 it didn't come back over, so I quit. 398 00:22:40,066 --> 00:22:44,166 Either way, I had the win light anyway, so I didn't want to push it. 399 00:22:44,166 --> 00:22:46,767 We got the win for round one of Great 8, 400 00:22:46,767 --> 00:22:48,266 and we're moving on to round number two. 401 00:22:48,266 --> 00:22:51,667 [indistinct chatter] 402 00:22:51,667 --> 00:22:55,033 I know, but how do we know what gamble do we take? 403 00:22:55,033 --> 00:22:57,266 I wasn't standing right behind the car. 404 00:22:57,266 --> 00:23:01,367 -It was right? -We need to look at the video. You were against the wall. 405 00:23:01,367 --> 00:23:02,667 [Lizzy] Yeah, I know. 406 00:23:02,667 --> 00:23:04,000 [man 1] But it was making a run. 407 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,367 -[man 2] It was going to the left. -[Lizzy] It was making a run. 408 00:23:17,233 --> 00:23:20,066 Went across the scales and he was quite a ways up there, 409 00:23:20,066 --> 00:23:22,066 but we started hearing a clanking noise. 410 00:23:23,433 --> 00:23:24,867 That's usually a good indication 411 00:23:24,867 --> 00:23:27,467 that it's either A, a tranny or B, a rear end. 412 00:23:27,467 --> 00:23:29,667 It sounded like it was coming more from the rear end. 413 00:23:29,667 --> 00:23:32,867 Came back, confirmed that it was the third member. 414 00:23:33,533 --> 00:23:35,567 Oh, [bleep] 415 00:23:35,567 --> 00:23:38,233 -[man] Rear end? -[Damon] Yeah, it had a bad catch in it. 416 00:23:39,266 --> 00:23:42,133 Right there. It's locked up bigger than [bleep]. 417 00:23:43,100 --> 00:23:44,367 [groans in frustration] [bleep]. 418 00:23:45,667 --> 00:23:47,867 In this car, I don't have a floater, 419 00:23:47,867 --> 00:23:49,367 what they call a floater rear end, 420 00:23:49,367 --> 00:23:52,266 so those are a lot easier to change the third member. 421 00:23:52,266 --> 00:23:54,667 With mine, it takes a lot more time. 422 00:23:54,667 --> 00:23:56,166 You gotta do the brakes, the axles. 423 00:23:56,166 --> 00:23:58,266 Everything's gotta come out and come off. 424 00:23:58,266 --> 00:24:00,867 Hey, we still gotta do the little things. 425 00:24:03,867 --> 00:24:05,667 I said we still gotta do the little things. 426 00:24:05,667 --> 00:24:08,000 Set valves, ProCharger... 427 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:09,433 [man] ProCharger tune-up... 428 00:24:10,266 --> 00:24:12,066 [Damon] Spark plugs, tune. 429 00:24:13,100 --> 00:24:16,266 It's a pretty catastrophic mess under there. 430 00:24:16,266 --> 00:24:20,834 Do some sort of record time third member change if possible. 431 00:24:20,834 --> 00:24:23,033 But I figure we can make next round. 432 00:24:24,734 --> 00:24:26,367 Probably 30 minutes, maybe. 433 00:24:36,066 --> 00:24:37,433 All right, folks, 434 00:24:37,433 --> 00:24:40,433 we're gonna go ahead and do our Great 8 semifinals drivers meeting. 435 00:24:40,433 --> 00:24:45,133 We started with eight drivers, we are now down to four. 436 00:24:45,133 --> 00:24:47,967 We are that much closer to giving someone, 437 00:24:47,967 --> 00:24:50,567 one of the four drivers here, $10,000. 438 00:24:50,567 --> 00:24:52,467 -10 grand? -[Boosted] Sounds good, right? 439 00:24:52,467 --> 00:24:54,266 -[Ryan] Pretty good. -[whistles] 440 00:24:54,266 --> 00:24:57,567 All right, those four drivers are Giuseppe, Lizzy Musi, 441 00:24:57,567 --> 00:25:01,000 Damon Merchant, and Ryan Martin. 442 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,066 All right. Well, let's go ahead and draw chips. 443 00:25:04,066 --> 00:25:06,433 [groans] Okay. 444 00:25:06,433 --> 00:25:08,934 -What did you do in there? -[Boosted] I didn't do anything in there. 445 00:25:08,934 --> 00:25:11,233 Wait, is there... Wait. Oh, my God. 446 00:25:11,233 --> 00:25:12,533 I didn't do anything. 447 00:25:12,533 --> 00:25:13,767 They're spread out. 448 00:25:15,266 --> 00:25:17,000 Like, I mixed them up. 449 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:18,233 -[Damon] What? -[Lizzy] Are you red? 450 00:25:18,233 --> 00:25:19,633 [Damon] You know what, Lizzy, it's all a game. 451 00:25:19,633 --> 00:25:20,467 I'm looking for... 452 00:25:20,467 --> 00:25:21,467 What colors? 453 00:25:21,467 --> 00:25:25,166 Gosh, I'm blue. It's me and [bleep]. 454 00:25:25,166 --> 00:25:28,567 Where are my number... ones? 455 00:25:28,567 --> 00:25:30,066 Number ones. 456 00:25:30,066 --> 00:25:33,567 -Damon Merchant, Giuseppe. -[bleep]. 457 00:25:33,567 --> 00:25:36,066 [Boosted] Damon Merchant and Giuseppe first pair, 458 00:25:36,066 --> 00:25:39,100 which means my second pair will be Lizzy Musi 459 00:25:39,100 --> 00:25:40,967 versus Ryan Martin. 460 00:25:40,967 --> 00:25:43,333 Well, I don't wanna race you either. 461 00:25:43,333 --> 00:25:46,000 No, 'cause you kick my butt every freaking time. 462 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:47,233 Why did y'all draw each other? 463 00:25:47,967 --> 00:25:49,000 All right, drivers. 464 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:51,467 Go back to the pits, get your cars turned around, 465 00:25:51,467 --> 00:25:53,033 and bring 'em to the staging lanes. 466 00:25:53,033 --> 00:25:55,266 Somebody's gonna win $10,000. 467 00:26:02,033 --> 00:26:03,533 Still leaking oil everywhere. 468 00:26:05,633 --> 00:26:07,133 Which, when we started the motor, 469 00:26:07,133 --> 00:26:09,533 everything up here gets warm, starts... 470 00:26:09,533 --> 00:26:10,967 We dealt with this [bleep] before. 471 00:26:12,767 --> 00:26:14,033 We draw Giuseppe. 472 00:26:14,033 --> 00:26:15,033 You know, in this Great 8 deal, 473 00:26:15,033 --> 00:26:16,400 not too many faces have changed, 474 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:19,266 and he's been one that's been around since the first of the season. 475 00:26:19,266 --> 00:26:22,166 We're gonna do everything we can to get this win here. 476 00:26:22,166 --> 00:26:25,767 Since we're close to home, I had a lot of buddies show up. 477 00:26:25,767 --> 00:26:27,200 My dad's here. 478 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:29,133 We got quite the crew here and none of 'em are scared to jump in there 479 00:26:29,133 --> 00:26:32,066 and do their part to get this thing cleaned up 480 00:26:32,066 --> 00:26:33,433 and ready for the second round. 481 00:26:33,433 --> 00:26:37,433 So we got the third member changed, we got the intake bolts fixed, 482 00:26:37,433 --> 00:26:41,567 and then the normal maintenance that we do round to round, 483 00:26:41,567 --> 00:26:45,667 we got it done, and here we go into the second round. 484 00:26:45,667 --> 00:26:47,266 -Be safe, Damon. -See you on the other end, brother. 485 00:26:47,266 --> 00:26:48,433 -All right, buddy. -Take care. 486 00:26:48,433 --> 00:26:49,767 -All right, man. -I'll see you in a little bit. 487 00:26:51,867 --> 00:26:53,533 [engine starts] 488 00:26:56,467 --> 00:26:58,633 [Boosted] All right, folks, here we go. 489 00:26:58,633 --> 00:27:02,734 Great 8 semifinals headed your way right now. 490 00:27:10,767 --> 00:27:12,767 Great 8 semifinals. 491 00:27:12,767 --> 00:27:14,066 First pair headed your way right now. 492 00:27:14,066 --> 00:27:18,633 Over in the left lane, that's gonna be Giuseppe driving the Nova 493 00:27:18,633 --> 00:27:22,567 going up against Damon Merchant in the right lane, 494 00:27:22,567 --> 00:27:25,567 driving that ProCharged Camaro. 495 00:27:25,567 --> 00:27:32,166 The winner will go on to the finals to race for $10,000. 496 00:27:54,133 --> 00:27:54,867 [race start signals] 497 00:28:01,967 --> 00:28:06,100 [Boosted] And Damon Merchant gets the win! 498 00:28:06,100 --> 00:28:09,967 Giuseppe took a guess on the light, went green, 499 00:28:09,967 --> 00:28:12,066 but then rattled the tires, had to get out of it, 500 00:28:12,066 --> 00:28:13,767 and Damon Merchant... 501 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:15,800 Passed [bleep]. 502 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:20,100 [Boosted] So Damon Merchant going to the finals here in the Great 8. 503 00:28:20,967 --> 00:28:25,934 [laughing] 504 00:28:25,934 --> 00:28:28,367 When it works out for you, it's good. 505 00:28:29,166 --> 00:28:31,433 What a jackass. 506 00:28:32,333 --> 00:28:34,100 We're up there in the staging beams, 507 00:28:34,100 --> 00:28:35,934 and he takes a hell of a shot at the light. 508 00:28:35,934 --> 00:28:38,333 I could not believe that he went green, though. 509 00:28:38,333 --> 00:28:40,433 His car was out, probably a full car, 510 00:28:40,433 --> 00:28:42,767 before the green light came on. 511 00:28:42,767 --> 00:28:46,000 He took a shot at it, it went, but it didn't pay off for him. 512 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:48,166 What the hell, man? 513 00:28:48,166 --> 00:28:50,233 I can't beat you. 514 00:28:50,233 --> 00:28:54,567 Oh [bleep]. You don't need that big of a head start. I promise. 515 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:57,166 I couldn't wait no longer. 516 00:28:57,166 --> 00:29:00,367 We went up, put a little bit slower tune-up back in 517 00:29:00,367 --> 00:29:01,667 'cause the track was getting cold. 518 00:29:01,667 --> 00:29:03,667 And my guys went up, said, "Oh, maybe the track's not too bad." 519 00:29:03,667 --> 00:29:06,066 And I said, "All right, we'll put the other tune up back in it." 520 00:29:06,066 --> 00:29:09,066 So it went back and forth, but I ended up putting the hot tune up in it. 521 00:29:09,066 --> 00:29:10,266 Obviously, I left early. 522 00:29:10,266 --> 00:29:12,066 I called it green, but the car went out and spun. 523 00:29:12,066 --> 00:29:14,367 Damon drove right by us, and that's it. 524 00:29:15,233 --> 00:29:16,834 Race is over. Got us again. 525 00:29:16,834 --> 00:29:18,734 I can't believe I went green. 526 00:29:18,734 --> 00:29:20,834 [Damon] I can't either, dude. 527 00:29:20,834 --> 00:29:22,667 I was like, "Whoa, did he go red?" 528 00:29:22,667 --> 00:29:23,767 He said, "Nope." 529 00:29:23,767 --> 00:29:25,934 He said, "He guessed the [bleep] out of it." 530 00:29:25,934 --> 00:29:27,734 -Like, damn, you're good. -No, I anticipated it. 531 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:31,000 I couldn't wait no [bleep] longer. 532 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:33,467 That tree was taking forever to [bleep] drop. 533 00:29:33,467 --> 00:29:35,767 -Long one. -Good job, buddy. 534 00:29:35,767 --> 00:29:36,867 What happened, did it kick the tire? 535 00:29:36,867 --> 00:29:40,166 Yeah, it [bleep]. Spun and spun. 536 00:29:42,767 --> 00:29:44,333 All right, Adam. Here we go. 537 00:29:44,333 --> 00:29:45,767 [man] All right. Don't suck, Lizzy. 538 00:29:45,767 --> 00:29:48,467 -Don't suck. Okay. -[man] Don't suck. 539 00:29:48,467 --> 00:29:51,266 What do you think about... Is the lane about the same? 540 00:29:51,266 --> 00:29:52,667 -The left lane's better. -Yeah? 541 00:29:52,667 --> 00:29:53,700 -100% better. -Okay. 542 00:29:53,700 --> 00:29:57,667 -The left lane is way better down track. -Okay. 543 00:29:57,667 --> 00:30:00,633 However, it's too cold, what are you gonna do? 544 00:30:00,633 --> 00:30:01,834 Cold. I know, that's the problem. 545 00:30:01,834 --> 00:30:03,333 I'm not pushing it. I know that. 546 00:30:03,333 --> 00:30:06,266 [bleep] hits the fan, going to bed. 547 00:30:06,266 --> 00:30:08,000 -Shut the fan off. -Yeah, shut the fan off. 548 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:10,133 -You don't need me to do that. -No. 549 00:30:10,133 --> 00:30:11,667 Okay. 550 00:30:11,667 --> 00:30:13,867 We're going up for a round number two chip draw. 551 00:30:13,867 --> 00:30:16,667 I end up getting freaking lovely Ryan again. 552 00:30:16,667 --> 00:30:19,100 He's like my nemesis again. Here we go. 553 00:30:19,100 --> 00:30:20,734 You know, when you're running Ryan, 554 00:30:20,734 --> 00:30:22,133 you can't leave nothing on the table. 555 00:30:22,133 --> 00:30:24,967 So we had to get a little bit more aggressive than we did the last pass. 556 00:30:30,233 --> 00:30:31,066 Good luck. 557 00:30:31,066 --> 00:30:32,367 -Hey, good luck, be safe. -You, too. 558 00:30:32,367 --> 00:30:33,467 [Lizzy] Okay. 559 00:30:33,467 --> 00:30:34,867 [Ryan] Second round, I got Lizzy. 560 00:30:34,867 --> 00:30:38,166 Lizzy and I raced each other a couple of times at the last race 561 00:30:38,166 --> 00:30:41,033 and I was able to come out victorious on that. 562 00:30:41,033 --> 00:30:42,767 I think we went 2-0 at the last race. 563 00:30:42,767 --> 00:30:45,467 So I know how she runs, I know how to outrun her. 564 00:30:45,467 --> 00:30:48,333 But we've got to translate that over to this racetrack, 565 00:30:48,333 --> 00:30:49,667 which is a little bit different 566 00:30:49,667 --> 00:30:52,867 because it's not as good as where we raced it last week. 567 00:30:52,867 --> 00:30:54,867 So I've gotta not overpower it, 568 00:30:54,867 --> 00:30:56,266 but put enough in it to be able to outrun her. 569 00:31:11,567 --> 00:31:12,967 [Boosted] And here we go. 570 00:31:12,967 --> 00:31:17,667 Our final pair for the semifinals of the Great 8 class. 571 00:31:17,667 --> 00:31:21,166 Over in the left lane, that is gonna be Lizzy Musi 572 00:31:22,567 --> 00:31:25,767 going up against Ryan Martin in the right lane. 573 00:31:25,767 --> 00:31:27,867 The winner of this race 574 00:31:27,867 --> 00:31:32,567 will go on to face Damon Merchant for $10,000 here 575 00:31:32,567 --> 00:31:35,266 in this Great 8 class. 576 00:31:55,533 --> 00:31:56,633 [race start signals] 577 00:32:04,133 --> 00:32:06,533 [Boosted] And Ryan Martin will take the win. 578 00:32:06,533 --> 00:32:12,266 Lizzy Musi has to get out of it. Just before the 330. 579 00:32:12,266 --> 00:32:14,033 Ryan Martin will go on to the finals, 580 00:32:14,033 --> 00:32:17,133 where he will face Damon Merchant for $10,000. 581 00:32:19,467 --> 00:32:21,266 The green light drops, we both take off, 582 00:32:21,266 --> 00:32:23,867 and she's out in front of me. She got me on the tree. 583 00:32:23,867 --> 00:32:27,367 I was a little nervous that I was early the run before, 584 00:32:27,367 --> 00:32:30,967 although it did not go red, I did not want to be early in the second round. 585 00:32:30,967 --> 00:32:32,867 And for some reason, it caused me to be even later. 586 00:32:32,867 --> 00:32:34,667 So she got me on the tree really good. 587 00:32:34,667 --> 00:32:36,100 She put about a half a car on me early. 588 00:32:36,100 --> 00:32:38,367 She blitzed the tires and we drove around her. 589 00:32:38,367 --> 00:32:39,834 I don't know how that race would have went, 590 00:32:39,834 --> 00:32:42,567 but, for us, we made it to the other end first and that's all that matters. 591 00:32:42,567 --> 00:32:44,166 Did you take a shot at it? 592 00:32:44,166 --> 00:32:46,567 -No, I didn't, no. -You didn't? I was just slow? 593 00:32:46,567 --> 00:32:49,333 -[Lizzy] I just had to, like, try to be on it. -No, you was on it. 594 00:32:49,333 --> 00:32:52,100 Real [bleep] though, I was taking a nap before we were running. 595 00:32:52,100 --> 00:32:53,266 So, just letting you know. 596 00:32:53,266 --> 00:32:55,266 Hey, I was in my car with my head over like this. 597 00:32:58,734 --> 00:33:00,066 -Who, me? -No, Ryan. 598 00:33:00,066 --> 00:33:01,367 I don't know. 599 00:33:01,367 --> 00:33:03,934 Me and Rick were like, "Man, Ryan probably thinks he's in deep, 600 00:33:03,934 --> 00:33:06,166 -so he's, like, being chill." -Nah, I must have just sucked. 601 00:33:06,166 --> 00:33:08,467 -Well, good job, you. -Good job, you. 602 00:33:09,233 --> 00:33:11,033 One more for you. You got this. 603 00:33:11,033 --> 00:33:11,967 We'll see. I don't know. 604 00:33:11,967 --> 00:33:14,033 -Damon's car is fast! -Yeah. 605 00:33:14,033 --> 00:33:15,734 I was out on him pretty damn good. 606 00:33:15,734 --> 00:33:17,266 His car was still sitting when I left, 607 00:33:17,266 --> 00:33:20,834 so I felt like I definitely had an advantage off the line. 608 00:33:20,834 --> 00:33:25,767 The car was hauling ass until it got out there, shook real hard, shot me left. 609 00:33:25,767 --> 00:33:27,433 Had to get out of it, really sucks. 610 00:33:27,433 --> 00:33:29,467 It was like one of those moments like, "Hell, yeah!" 611 00:33:29,467 --> 00:33:31,333 And then it was like, "Oh, no!" 612 00:33:31,333 --> 00:33:33,834 Like, slow motion. Like, [bleep]. 613 00:33:33,834 --> 00:33:36,100 I finally had him leaving the line, you know? 614 00:33:36,100 --> 00:33:38,667 He goes, "You took a shot at it, didn't you?" 615 00:33:38,667 --> 00:33:40,533 -I said, "No." -No, he was dead late. 616 00:33:40,533 --> 00:33:44,767 -Dead late. -Yeah, I'm like, "Uh, no." 617 00:33:44,767 --> 00:33:48,567 That was the last race for the Great 8 of this season. 618 00:33:48,567 --> 00:33:50,767 I didn't do so good in Great 8, but it is what it is. 619 00:33:50,767 --> 00:33:53,667 I still remained in the Great 8, which is great. 620 00:33:53,667 --> 00:33:56,000 I don't know. I feel good. 621 00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,667 After everything I've been going through this year, 622 00:33:58,667 --> 00:33:59,567 I'm happy with that. 623 00:33:59,567 --> 00:34:02,467 I knew he was gonna go in double bulbs. 624 00:34:02,467 --> 00:34:06,767 So I said I'm gonna string it out the longest I can on the last bulb, 625 00:34:06,767 --> 00:34:08,867 we'll roll right in. 626 00:34:08,867 --> 00:34:10,633 [Boosted] Ryan Martin will go on to the finals, 627 00:34:10,633 --> 00:34:13,367 where he will face Damon Merchant for $10,000. 628 00:34:15,667 --> 00:34:17,266 -[man] What's up, buddy? -[Disco Dean] All right. So. 629 00:34:17,266 --> 00:34:19,934 We're gonna settle a dispute, okay? 630 00:34:19,934 --> 00:34:23,467 You were obviously from Ohio, where I was from, right? 631 00:34:23,467 --> 00:34:25,133 We're here with longtime racer, Birdman. 632 00:34:25,133 --> 00:34:27,166 He's representing Texas through and through. 633 00:34:27,166 --> 00:34:28,367 -What up, girl? -What's up, man? 634 00:34:28,367 --> 00:34:29,333 All right, so we've been debating this. 635 00:34:29,333 --> 00:34:31,467 And we're talking about chili. 636 00:34:31,467 --> 00:34:32,867 From Ohio, we eat our chili with beans. 637 00:34:32,867 --> 00:34:34,066 We have beans in our chili. 638 00:34:34,066 --> 00:34:35,667 We put beans in our chili in Ohio. 639 00:34:35,667 --> 00:34:37,767 -We always put beans in our chili. -Why? 640 00:34:37,767 --> 00:34:40,233 We come down here to Texas, these people act like it's forbidden 641 00:34:40,233 --> 00:34:41,233 to have beans and chili. 642 00:34:41,233 --> 00:34:43,133 -How do you eat your chili? -No beans. 643 00:34:43,133 --> 00:34:44,667 -How do you eat your chili? -Beans. 644 00:34:44,667 --> 00:34:45,834 See? 645 00:34:45,834 --> 00:34:47,467 Beans don't belong in chili. 646 00:34:47,467 --> 00:34:50,767 Chili, onions, cheese, Fritos or spaghetti noodles. 647 00:34:50,767 --> 00:34:51,867 -Beans. -No beans. 648 00:34:51,867 --> 00:34:54,233 -No beans? -I'm a baked beans kind of guy. 649 00:34:54,233 --> 00:34:55,867 Now how do you eat your chili? Beans or-- 650 00:34:55,867 --> 00:34:57,166 -With beans. -With beans! 651 00:34:57,166 --> 00:34:59,934 So we got a Texas representative saying that he goes for beans. 652 00:34:59,934 --> 00:35:00,834 -Yes. -All right. 653 00:35:00,834 --> 00:35:02,367 I mean, that makes chili, right? 654 00:35:02,367 --> 00:35:03,633 Makes chili better. Absolutely. 655 00:35:03,633 --> 00:35:06,066 That's what I'm saying. Beans and a cigarette for you, right? 656 00:35:06,066 --> 00:35:07,834 -Yeah, two cigarettes. -Two cigarettes. 657 00:35:18,166 --> 00:35:21,166 Yeah, I don't know if we need you to or if this is smart or not. 658 00:35:21,166 --> 00:35:24,166 -But it is gonna be faster, so... -Let's go for it. 659 00:35:24,166 --> 00:35:27,567 Like if it's doing this little two number jig, 660 00:35:27,567 --> 00:35:29,467 then it'll pick up two more numbers. 661 00:35:29,467 --> 00:35:31,266 In the finals race, it's me and Damon again. 662 00:35:31,266 --> 00:35:35,000 So me and Damon have been in at least three finals this year. 663 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:38,667 He has one of the cars that we all know runs very well. 664 00:35:38,667 --> 00:35:41,433 In my opinion, one of the most impressive cars here for what it is. 665 00:35:41,433 --> 00:35:43,834 Runs right there with all the rest of us. 666 00:35:43,834 --> 00:35:48,467 But I have heard a rumor that he has had engine problems in testing. 667 00:35:48,467 --> 00:35:50,734 And I've seen some smoke from the car and things like that. 668 00:35:50,734 --> 00:35:54,166 But every run that I've watched previously, it looks fast. 669 00:35:54,166 --> 00:35:56,166 Yes, it smokes a little bit, but it looks fast. 670 00:35:56,166 --> 00:35:59,266 So we're not gonna go in there and think that he's any slower than he normally was. 671 00:35:59,266 --> 00:36:01,867 I'm probably gonna go to the tune up that I outran him with 672 00:36:01,867 --> 00:36:03,467 and use that to try to outrun him again. 673 00:36:05,133 --> 00:36:07,567 Take the sumbitch apart tomorrow and clean it up again. 674 00:36:07,567 --> 00:36:10,667 All that oil is just kinda draining and draining. 675 00:36:10,667 --> 00:36:12,734 Like, down in them saddles and everything. 676 00:36:12,734 --> 00:36:16,367 It's still just [bleep] full everywhere. 677 00:36:16,367 --> 00:36:17,500 So the past two weeks, 678 00:36:17,500 --> 00:36:20,767 we raced Ryan in the finals at GALOT, and beat him. 679 00:36:20,767 --> 00:36:23,233 We raced him in the finals at Steele, and he beat us. 680 00:36:23,233 --> 00:36:30,033 So part of me really wants to lay into this thing and really put a stamp on 681 00:36:30,033 --> 00:36:31,834 "Yes, we're faster than Ryan Martin. 682 00:36:31,834 --> 00:36:33,467 Yes, we do things." 683 00:36:33,467 --> 00:36:36,967 We do what it takes to get done against a guy like him 684 00:36:36,967 --> 00:36:39,633 being a reigning champ after the last three seasons. 685 00:36:39,633 --> 00:36:43,133 But we're gonna have to do what's smart as well. 686 00:36:44,467 --> 00:36:45,934 -Good luck out there man. -Yep. See you there. 687 00:36:45,934 --> 00:36:47,233 See you at the other end. 688 00:36:47,233 --> 00:36:50,667 We're gonna do what it takes, what we think will win this race, 689 00:36:50,667 --> 00:36:52,333 but we gotta keep the car alive. 690 00:36:52,333 --> 00:36:56,000 So it is what it is and we're just gonna have to do what we gotta do. 691 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:59,166 [Boosted] Here we go. This is the Great 8 finals right here. 692 00:36:59,166 --> 00:37:04,000 $10,000 to win on this race right here, right now. 693 00:37:11,867 --> 00:37:16,633 Your Great 8 finals is here, folks. 694 00:37:16,633 --> 00:37:19,266 Over in the left lane, driving the ProCharged Camaro, 695 00:37:19,266 --> 00:37:22,266 that is gonna be Damon Merchant. 696 00:37:22,266 --> 00:37:24,367 And he is going up against none other 697 00:37:24,367 --> 00:37:28,000 than Ryan Martin in the right lane, 698 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:31,667 who is also driving a ProCharged Camaro. 699 00:37:31,667 --> 00:37:35,533 The winner of this race will win $10,000. 700 00:37:35,533 --> 00:37:37,433 And at the conclusion of this race, 701 00:37:37,433 --> 00:37:42,734 we will also name a individual champion 702 00:37:42,734 --> 00:37:45,633 from the Great 8 series. 703 00:38:08,333 --> 00:38:09,066 [race start signals] 704 00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:19,567 -[Boosted] And Ryan Martin... -[bleep] yeah! 705 00:38:19,567 --> 00:38:22,633 [Boosted] is your Great 8 winner. 706 00:38:23,567 --> 00:38:25,567 Congratulations to him. 707 00:38:30,266 --> 00:38:33,033 [Ryan] It was a good race, I know Damon's car runs good. 708 00:38:33,033 --> 00:38:35,667 I shanked the light against Lizzy on the last run, 709 00:38:35,667 --> 00:38:38,100 and so she killed me on the tree, and I was really late. 710 00:38:38,100 --> 00:38:41,266 And I just told these guys, I said, "Look, I'm not gonna be late." 711 00:38:41,266 --> 00:38:43,567 In that tree, they've been holding the light really long. 712 00:38:43,567 --> 00:38:45,867 It's really hard to keep your thumb on the trans brake button. 713 00:38:45,867 --> 00:38:48,133 But that being said, I saw a glimmer of green and I was out. 714 00:38:48,133 --> 00:38:50,367 This thing made a perfect pass. 715 00:38:50,367 --> 00:38:53,133 As far as the weekend goes, it was our fastest one that we've had. 716 00:38:53,133 --> 00:38:54,667 That was the best looking data. 717 00:38:56,533 --> 00:38:58,667 [bleep] I don't guess, man. 718 00:38:58,667 --> 00:39:00,066 -Oh, hey. -[Damon] That's what I said. 719 00:39:00,066 --> 00:39:01,867 That [bleep] light took forever. 720 00:39:01,867 --> 00:39:03,767 [Damon] It's long. 721 00:39:03,767 --> 00:39:05,467 [Ryan] For us to go down fighting 722 00:39:05,467 --> 00:39:08,533 and turn around and pull off a second-place finish in the Great 8 723 00:39:08,533 --> 00:39:10,166 when we weren't in three-quarters of them. 724 00:39:10,166 --> 00:39:12,967 I was, you know, lucky enough to be part of the first one. I won it. 725 00:39:12,967 --> 00:39:15,066 And then I didn't participate in... 726 00:39:15,066 --> 00:39:17,567 I don't know the exact number. Seven, eight, nine. I don't know what it was. 727 00:39:17,567 --> 00:39:19,133 But we've done good at the last few. 728 00:39:20,233 --> 00:39:21,233 [man 1] Good job, boys. 729 00:39:21,233 --> 00:39:23,767 -[man 2] Good job, Ryan! -Thanks, buddy. 730 00:39:23,767 --> 00:39:26,100 -Good night. -Good night, sir. 731 00:39:26,100 --> 00:39:27,333 Good to see you. Thank you. 732 00:39:27,333 --> 00:39:28,800 -Good to see you. Good night. -[bleep]. 733 00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:31,266 Yeah, that's all right. Give me a couple of minutes and I'll find a marker 734 00:39:31,266 --> 00:39:32,734 and I'll get it for you, okay? 735 00:39:32,734 --> 00:39:36,567 Great 8's always a great test for Saturday. 736 00:39:36,567 --> 00:39:41,033 And hopefully we put this car to work with these runs 737 00:39:41,033 --> 00:39:42,767 to be more prepared for tomorrow. 738 00:39:42,767 --> 00:39:44,333 What do you think? I was on it? 739 00:39:44,333 --> 00:39:46,033 -You were on it. -Yeah. 740 00:39:46,033 --> 00:39:47,033 I was on it. 741 00:39:48,100 --> 00:39:49,100 Like, the perfect launch. 742 00:39:49,100 --> 00:39:52,667 It was green. Green before I left. 743 00:39:52,667 --> 00:39:56,233 [Boosted] So Ryan gets his second Great 8 win in a row. 744 00:39:56,233 --> 00:39:58,767 But it was Kye Kelley, who is the big winner 745 00:39:58,767 --> 00:40:01,567 as he wins the individual championship. 746 00:40:01,567 --> 00:40:03,967 $100,000 in his pocket. 747 00:40:08,100 --> 00:40:09,934 For those that were here last night, 748 00:40:09,934 --> 00:40:11,767 y'all saw the Great 8 class. 749 00:40:11,767 --> 00:40:15,333 That was the individual championship class. 750 00:40:15,333 --> 00:40:18,233 We have crowned a winner. 751 00:40:18,233 --> 00:40:22,567 Make some noise for your individual championship winner. 752 00:40:22,567 --> 00:40:23,967 $100,000. 753 00:40:23,967 --> 00:40:26,834 So if you need a loan, stop by this man's pit. 754 00:40:26,834 --> 00:40:28,867 Mr. Kye Kelley! 755 00:40:28,867 --> 00:40:31,667 [people cheering] 756 00:40:32,734 --> 00:40:34,867 -Hey, man. -Hey, man. 757 00:40:34,867 --> 00:40:37,734 Kye Kelley. Congratulations! 758 00:40:37,734 --> 00:40:40,667 All I'm gonna say is... finally. 759 00:40:40,667 --> 00:40:43,467 Finally, no more silver medals. 760 00:40:43,467 --> 00:40:47,066 Gold medal, $100,000 worth, what do you gotta say? 761 00:40:47,066 --> 00:40:49,567 Man, it's bittersweet. 762 00:40:49,567 --> 00:40:52,734 I got my teeth kicked in by Ryan for, like, three years straight. 763 00:40:52,734 --> 00:40:54,133 Finished number two. 764 00:40:54,133 --> 00:40:57,567 Finally, I was able to finish number one, so it's been a long road. 765 00:40:57,567 --> 00:41:00,667 A lot of sacrifice, gave up a lot of [bleep] to get this trophy. 766 00:41:00,667 --> 00:41:02,467 Had a lot of great supporters. 767 00:41:02,467 --> 00:41:04,100 All my fans. They always, 768 00:41:04,100 --> 00:41:06,567 no matter how many times Ryan was running over me, 769 00:41:06,567 --> 00:41:08,767 they just always said that you can beat him. 770 00:41:08,767 --> 00:41:10,333 So I appreciate that. 771 00:41:10,333 --> 00:41:12,533 And, yeah, this means a lot, man. 772 00:41:12,533 --> 00:41:14,834 It's a lot of work, so thank y'all. 773 00:41:15,500 --> 00:41:17,767 Congratulations, Kye Kelley! 774 00:41:23,934 --> 00:41:26,166 [Boosted] Put your hands together for the Great 8 drivers.