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What?

Motorsports Park, how you doing today?

Good!

Right now, Kai in the lead.

So your goal for the rest of you, all seven of you,

other than Kai, is to get him knocked out in the first round.

Everyone is trying to close the gap in points

and to get that number one spot.

There's some points in the half, so if we win tonight,

that's 15 points.

That'll put us at 35.

Then we're one Grade 8 away from tying it.

Nate Saylor did everyone a huge favor

by knocking Kai out in the first round.

And Nate Saylor!

Just got beat by Nate again.

First round loser, five weeks in a row.

There's one way to blow a championship,

just watch what we're doing.

He went on to win the final race of the night.

And Nate Saylor will get the win!

Axe Bank goes red!

That moved Nate from sixth place up to third,

just 15 points behind Kai.

I almost ran you down anyway.

And now, the top eight drivers are

set to race for $10,000 and valuable points

towards the individual championship.

Put your hands together for the Grade 8 drivers.

All right, Alabama International Dragway,

how are you doing today?

We have made it to Alabama, and it's

time for the second to last Grade 8 event of the season.

This track here in Alabama is extremely fast.

Look, these guys hold radial races all the time,

and this surface is sticky from the start.

This facility is 100 acres in size,

and their first race took place back in 1955.

And they're avid Alabama fans.

Roll Tide.

Once again, we are at one and a half times the points,

which means these drivers can make some big moves.

Welcome to the Grade 8 drivers' meeting.

Guys and ladies, there's only two races left.

So if you're in the hunt for points,

or if you're in first place in points,

I want to lock it up.

Kai.

Lock it up.

Been trying.

You went out first round last week.

And the week before, and the week before, and the week before.

And the week before.

Don't suck, Kai.

Been trying, man.

No pressure.

Who do you want to draw?

Got to race all y'all.

I mean, maybe.

I don't think anyone wants to draw anybody.

Y'all are fast.

Nobody wants to draw nobody.

I don't.

I'd like for y'all to draw each other first round.

That would be good for me.

Who?

Y'all.

That's if you don't lose the first one.

So going into this race, Nate, Sailor, and Sean,

they're two I'm really worried about.

The X-Man's in second place, but he's not even

in the Grade 8 this week.

So Nate could actually tie me, and Sean

could get really, really close.

So leaving this race, even if I go out first round,

nobody's going to pass me.

Worst case scenario is I could be tied.

But what I really need to do is draw Sean or Nate first round

and go ahead and take them out.

That way I can stop their run at this championship.

Because if you're going to be the champion,

you've got to beat all eight of them.

And that's what I plan to do.

Number 1s.

Step forward, please.

Number 1s.

Robin Roberts and Kai Kelly.

Everybody else in the Grade 8 wants me to beat Kai Kelly.

Because he's sitting at the top in points,

so we need to knock him off here and hold him back.

Number 2s.

Dang it, Merchant and Lizzie.

We love first round together.

Yeah, we do.

We do.

I got a lot of ground to make up.

Coming off the last week, killer race for us in Gullot.

Got to ride that momentum into this week

and bust some ass Friday and Saturday night now.

Number 3s.

Ryan Martin and Kayla Morton.

Are we making a deal on this?

Do you want to make a strike a deal?

What's our deal?

Absolutely not.

Absolutely not.

Yeah, there is absolutely a chance for us

to still win the Grade 8.

We are still in this fight.

And we are scratching tooth and nail for this championship.

I believe in myself.

I believe in our team.

And it's still obtainable.

Kai has been doing a really good job losing first round.

So I'm hoping he just continues the streak

and we can make it a show for Ennis.

Number 4s.

That's good.

Nate Saylor, Murder Nova.

That's great.

Good job.

Oh, because they drew each other?

Yeah, sorry.

I guess I was the only one that thought that was good.

So we are right on Kai's feet.

If he goes out first round and we win it, we'll tie it up.

So Texas will decide what's up.

We got fresh power, fresh blower.

We're ready to do this.

All right, well, there you go.

You know who you're racing?

OK, good luck, buddy.

OK.

So we're good then.

I don't think we're good.

Did you tighten all that up?

It's been too tight.

It's been too tight.

Because we've been prying on that when it's cold.

On the cold belt, I have not.

Or on the little belt, I have.

I've seen them do it.

Really?

Because they take one of these and put it in here.

It's a half extension.

Because I was just doing it by like this,

just pulling out like that a little bit,

just to get the slack out of it.

But honestly, it was probably how it was in Michigan,

just like that.

We're here in Alabama.

This is a track that's kind of local to me,

about five hours from my house.

We actually drive over here to Grudge Race.

To me, in my opinion, this track in maybe Virginia

is probably the two fastest tracks in the country.

So we're looking forward to really going fast here.

And all week, I've researched everything

I could research about how to keep this belt from breaking.

And I really think we found a problem.

I think we were getting the belt too tight.

Them other spacers, they was on the ground.

We need to save them so we can cut them.

Where are the motor?

Yeah, send them without them.

I feel like if we wouldn't have had these belt problems,

then we probably already had the championship sealed.

But it's just one of them things, man.

You know, it's a, you're running a marathon.

You know, you're not sprinting.

So it takes 16 races to get to the top.

And, you know, if it would have taken five or six,

we'd have won it.

Because the first part of the year, we were killing it.

And then we won Band of Mirror both days.

After that, it's just plagued with belt problems.

This little lever right here broke in half one day.

It's just something that we weren't prepared for.

You know, it's $5 parts.

You're supposed to get, like, 10 to 15 passes out of a belt.

Our plan is I bought enough belts.

We're going to run them three passes and take them off.

And after that, I'll probably just test

with them later or something.

But at this point, we can't afford

for another belt to break.

So belts are about $300 a piece.

So every three passes, it's going to cost me $300.

But it's a lot better than losing first round

and going to the total home and trying to figure

out what I did wrong.

So we're just taking all precautions.

We're going to give them the best run

we can at this championship.

And if we fail, at least we know we gave it all we had.

Alabama International Dragway, Steel, Alabama.

This is going to be a fast track.

It is stellar.

We're going to fly.

All right, baby.

Let's go get them.

Every time.

Same.

Yep.

No worries.

I want to win this grade A so bad.

This grade A is a big deal to us.

So we're going to go get it.

Turns on the wind light.

Nice job.

He'll go to the next round.

Hell, yeah.

Round one down, baby.

Bears on my back.

The race with Robin Roberts was just like always.

He was back and forth the whole way.

We were looking up at the wind light

whenever we went to the finish line.

So it was a bad-ass race.

Well, that was a hell of a race, wasn't it?

That was a good race.

Good job, man.

I had to look up and see the light.

Yeah, for real.

Yeah.

You too.

I knew it was going to be fast.

Good job, man.

Thank you.

The good thing about it is I won that round.

So it gives me some points.

So nobody can tie me today.

So that buys me one more week.

I just need to go ahead and win this thing tonight.

I don't have to worry about it at all.

Go up to race Kai.

I let go.

I look over.

We're pretty even.

He just squirts out a little bit.

And then in the middle, I gained it back.

And I thought, I didn't know who won.

So I had to look up the lights to even see who won.

It was a fantastic race.

I don't know how close it was.

Kai and I have these kind of races.

Like one year, we had four in a row.

I think the total of them all wouldn't have been a foot.

So tough run.

Great competitor.

Well, just check it out.

One test pass in the other lane.

See what happens.

Today, we are in Alabama.

Lately, we have been sucking, going out first round

several times in a row.

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

But we don't have luck on our side.

We made a grudge hit.

And the car made a stellar pass.

And Lizzie with a nice pass there in the left lane.

Come back, find out the motor was hurt.

We've been fighting this the last few races.

Ever since we came back from Denver,

we've been fighting this issue.

And I don't know.

We're chasing it.

And we still can't figure out why.

For first round, I end up drawing Damon.

I drew Damon first round in grade 8 in glide

and first round at imitation.

So I don't know.

I keep drawing him for some reason.

He's definitely a guy I don't want to draw.

He's fast, kicked my ass the last few times.

So I feel like I have a car that can beat him.

I don't know.

We just got to be on our game.

And hopefully, this motor stays together.

And we make a fast pass.

Losing up.

We drew Lizzie, no stranger to racing her.

She's been struggling a little bit.

Go up there, try to bust her ass on the tree,

and go some rounds here today.

It's a point and a half.

And I'm going to need all I can get

if I want a shot at that individual championship.

Good luck.

Be safe.

Yeah, I think so.

I guess.

We had a motor swap.

And well, I don't know.

I don't know.

I don't know, honestly.

Maybe this one.

I want to say the one, but kick my ass with it.

I'm out of this deal.

I don't know.

I don't know.

We need to stop drawing each other.

Last week into this week, we've had Lizzie's number.

She's a great competitor.

She's not going to lay down for anybody.

What we throw in should be enough.

If it ain't, more power to her.

But if it is, we'll just go round by round here

and try to get that $10,000 tonight.

All right, folks, next pair coming up right now.

We got Damon Merchant in the right lane,

going up against Lizzie Musi in the left lane.

And Lizzie Musi turns on the wind light.

Nice job.

Wow, what a drag race there.

That sucker had some mile an hour, girl.

What the fuck?

That thing was fast.

I thought I was not going to get it until the end.

Oh, god.

Light turns green.

I felt like we both left pretty even.

And then a little bit past turn at 30 feet,

my car starts pulling away from him.

And it's pretty much like a little drive-by.

And I actually got the win.

I was pretty stoked about that.

Finally.

You're shaking the shit out of me.

Oh, shit.

Oh, man.

Good job.

Thank you.

Oh, shit.

Man, I thought you had it.

I did, too.

Huh?

I even walked out there with my hand up.

Her light came on.

I was like, what?

Yeah.

That's kind of what my face said, too.

I didn't even see her.

It's shit.

I'll say this.

It's dark as shit back there.

And I just, I couldn't see her.

I couldn't hear her.

I couldn't see her.

I don't know.

So to put it simple, I got Musi mile an hour there.

It's nice to see that she's not struggling right now.

She made a hell of a pass against us.

Everything was hitting on all cylinders.

We made a hell of a pass.

We didn't have a mile an hour.

All right, well, fuck.

Come on.

Rick, flip that switch up real quick.

Tell me what that says.

No, no, don't do it.

OK, no.

All right, we are at second to the last racetrack,

Alabama International Dragway here at Steele, Alabama.

And it is race day.

It's Friday.

The track looks just right.

This should be a really good race.

You know, we have, if you could call it a comeback story,

I feel like we're on the comeback.

Last week, I went to the finals, but unfortunately

had a parts failure for about the third or fourth time

this year.

So we're going to do some extra maintenance this week,

try to make sure that those things don't happen,

replace parts a little bit more often that potentially could

break, and try to get our way to the finals.

Just a little sore on the front.

The racetrack is not, like, there yet.

As soon as a couple parts got it.

By the time we get back up there, it'll be killer.

So all the rest of it, after the first five feet,

it's just like where we tested.

When we were in Gullot, the little engine

that could, that MH6 was on its very last leg, and we knew it.

But we went to Pro Line, traded her for her big sister,

and now we have a MH7 in, and the playing field is even.

I'm going to leave on him, and it's going to be over.

I just can't wait to get this first round over with.

Good luck, honey.

Good luck.

You know, I still got a chance at this.

Oh, I know.

Man, we drew Ryan Martin for first round.

And in my opinion, he is the grizzliest bear out here.

He's the fastest one in the field, in my opinion,

right now.

But you got to beat the best to be the best.

So here we go.

We'll get the win.

He'll move on to the next round there.

I slowed it down just a little bit.

We wanted to make sure we made the trip.

But essentially, we basically put the tune-up back in

that we ran her with in the semis last week.

But we just put in what we knew was going to go,

and it went fast.

I haven't been able to say this in a while,

but I'm on to round two in grade eight.

It's weird, I know, but grade eight, for some reason,

we really struggled.

We won the very first one, and then, yeah,

and then we're out of it for 10 races,

and then pop back in here at the last couple.

And Sean beat me on both of my last two first rounds.

So it is what it is.

But we got a good car back, so we're

going to pick away at this, try to go fast for the next run,

see what happens.

All right, well, I'll pull data, see what it looks like.

OK.

Thanks.

See ya.

Are you ready for this?

Yeah.

Yeah, for real.

He is just really, unbelievably fast.

So I will be guessing if I draw him again.

Facts.

So I don't know.

I just, I felt, like, super prepared going into that round,

and went from, like, hero to zero super quick.

We made a fine pass.

It wasn't as good as the first one,

but even if we would have repeated,

we still wouldn't have beat him.

So it's kind of s*** together.

He's my pick to win the grade eight.

Do it again tomorrow.

I'm sitting fourth right now in the grade eight,

so I still have a shot.

And I just don't know, man.

There's so many fast cars.

It is, though, man.

You've been running so good.

I've been running consistent.

Yeah.

You know, and we've, like, me and Fann

was just talking about this this morning.

We've literally aborted two passes all season is all.

So as far as that aspect goes, we've been doing pretty good,

but just the people that are in the grade eight, man,

is a bunch of killers, you know?

And you get one pass to figure out the track

and figure everything out and then right into it.

That's right.

Grade eight, everybody knows that Nate's been killing it

this season, and who do I draw?

Of course I draw Nate.

I've raced him four or five times this year,

and the last two or three times, he's outran me.

What we're trying to run now, first round,

would have been final round stuff last year.

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

Which just blows my mind, man.

So.

I know that I've got to go faster,

because right now I'm using my what

I would call a final round tune-up in my first pass.

My test pass is wicked up, you know?

And then after that, where do you go?

And that's my problem.

Tonight, we're going to have to go somewhere

we haven't been yet.

I tell people all the time, man, look,

if you can't run a three-second pass,

you can't run a three-second pass.

Like, if you don't know how to do it, it's tough to do it.

You have to do it in testing on a good track,

and then come here and have the data.

Absolutely.

So literally, we got like three time slips with this car.

Our first full hit was the first race of MPK this season.

Really?

It was our first full hit on this car.

Other than that, we 60-footed a couple of times,

and that's it.

Well, you figured it out quick.

Doesn't really matter who you draw.

Everybody's fast, and you've got to get through those people.

Since Nate is one of the people that is still

in this championship race, it's not a bad deal

for me to draw him first.

But I need to get this win, and I need to put him out.

Hey, Dan, pull this forward a little, will you?

What?

This bracket.

Just pull the whole thing forward.

There you go.

Perfect.

There you go.

It sits right on my broken collarbone.

I know.

I got one on this side.

We have Sean.

Murder Nova first round.

Track's awesome.

I mean, the track, dude, you're going to see some stupid fast

passes tonight.

Yeah, buddy.

I believe I have a better car.

We have the same power plan.

So it's down to gear ratio.

So he's a ProLine-powered car.

We're a ProLine-powered car.

ProCharger, ProCharger.

I think it's all going to be who wants it,

and going to put the tune-up in the car,

and what driver leaves on what driver,

I think is what it's going to end up at.

All right, folks, next pair over in the left lane,

that's going to be Nate Saylor going up against Murder Nova.

Nate Saylor.

Oh, Nate Saylor.

Nate Saylor into the wall down the end of the track.

Clear the starting line.

Clear the starting line out.

Nate Saylor into the wall on the top end.

Murder Nova will get the win and move on to the next round.

Nate Saylor into the wall.

I'm fine.

It felt like every normal run.

Wheel's up in the air and felt great,

and all of a sudden, it's coming over, and it's coming over,

and I'm like, "[bleep].

And so it set itself down, and you can't jerk the wheel.

So I'm bringing it over, bringing it over,

and just ass-end came around, and there were sparks

flying in the car and smoking.

I pulled the fire pin and then whacked the wall.

It started eating the pavement.

I thought I had it saved.

It was super close, and I didn't.

I'm fine.

It's hard to hear.

It's OK.

I'm OK.

The car can be fixed.

We're OK.

It's all right.

It's fine.

I'm good.

I'm just pissed.

Like, we were in a championship here,

and we had the car do it, you know?

This car's been solid ever since.

I've never had an issue with it.

You know, I can fix that thing, so we'll be fine.

Oh, dude, it slid forever.

I thought it felt like it was a mile long that it slid,

and I was like, oh, my god, is it going to stop?

And it just, it was on its side so hard, it was rubbing on,

it broke the car.

I heard it grinding this.

I was at the beginning putting my chutes up,

and I looked over, and I hear, I see sparks

just shooting down the side.

I don't know if it was the zoomies or if it was that.

I pulled the fire extinguishers because the engine was just

sparks.

Sparks and smoke.

And I was like, I'm not going to burn my car down.

No.

How bad is the front clip?

The front clips, I think most of it's,

I think we're going to duct tape.

I'm going to be ready tomorrow.

OK, that's great.

I just, I have an extra set of tires.

I don't have a way to change them.

OK, I have wheels and tires.

OK.

If they're the right bearings.

OK.

I have wheels and tires.

OK.

It's got a bent wheel.

It's got bent headers.

It actually pushed the body panel up here, right here.

So it shoved it up into the deal.

We haven't figured out what's exactly wrong with it yet.

We're going to dissect it.

I'll be out here all night until it's done.

Oh, one way or the other, I'm going down that track tomorrow.

Yeah, yeah.

Hey, there's enough parts here.

We will figure this out.

OK.

All right.

Well, you go concentrate on your s***.

We'll get started.

Whatever you need, I got you.

Thank you.

OK.

Good job, bro.

F*** up Kai.

Yeah.

And the rest of them.

So you can.

Yeah, no, I need to draw Kai.

So you can take this s*** championship.

I need to draw Kai this round.

We went on to the next round.

Kai did also.

And then Ryan Martin and Lizzie Musi.

So we're the last four standing in this grade eight.

We need Kai to go out so that we have

a chance at this championship.

Oh, man.

Oh, man.

Next round sucks.

Second round definitely sucks.

Holy crap.

Hey, because all the people that you didn't want

in the first round are still in.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, this gets no better here.

No.

All right, folks.

We're going to go ahead and do our grade eight

semifinals drivers meeting.

Look, we are now having four drivers.

We started with eight.

Y'all battling it out for $10,000.

You're one step closer now.

As you're now down to four drivers,

we got Myrna Nova, Ryan Martin, Lizzie Musi,

and Kai Kelly.

Well, hey, let's go ahead and draw chips

and see who's racing who.

There we go.

All right, where are my number ones?

Going to be Lizzie Musi and Ryan Martin,

which means my second pair will be

Kai Kelly versus Myrna Nova.

That's right, baby.

All right.

They're all going to be good racers.

All right, drivers.

You know who you're racing.

Go back to the pits.

Get your cars turned around.

We'll see you in the staging lanes.

Not much.

Just right off the button, like 30 RPM,

and then where it rolls over, like 30 RPM.

Not like.

It's just big wind.

That's what I'm doing.

I don't want to go back too far, but.

See if that's that steel grade-A E2.

Yep.

Fire in the hole.

Second round, I got Lizzie.

I just watched her run around Damon's car pretty good.

It is not cold.

Her car's fast, and we all know it's fast.

They've been struggling a little bit,

but it looks like they've got a handle on it.

And that thing is tough on the big end.

So we're going to give her something fast,

try to go as fast as we can, try to stay out in front of her,

see who we can meet in the finals.

For round two, I end up drawing Ryan.

I didn't want to draw any of them,

but I end up drawing Ryan.

Ryan's actually been running pretty freaking good here

lately.

He made it to the finals at Galat, so yeah.

We've got to be on our game again.

Like anyone in the grade-A is freaking fast,

so just got to have our s**t together.

We're both running good.

We got to make sure.

I know.

That's Ryan.

That's Ryan.

Just focus.

Because, you know, everybody's swinging for that tree.

I know.

Yep.

OK.

Sounds good.

OK.

Coming around the corner into the water box right now.

This is your first pair.

Going to have Lizzie Musi here in the right lane.

Going up against Ryan Martin in the left lane.

Lizzie versus Ryan.

Going to be a battle here.

Winner will move on to the finals and race for $10,000.

This is your first pair.

Lizzie Musi going up against Ryan Martin.

And right with the fast pass there.

It's the win.

Nice job.

You will go to the finals.

That was a bad-ass race.

It was close.

Close, close, close.

Good job, Ryan.

Were you reeling me back in?

Huh?

Were you reeling me back in?

Yeah.

Yeah.

I was like, f**k, f**k, f**k, f**k, f**k.

Bad-ass race.

That was good.

Good job, Ryan.

Good job.

Proud of you guys.

Thank you.

Proud of you, too.

It's good, man.

You know, Lizzie always does something

different in staging.

And, hey, you almost got me with your quick stage.

With the quick stage?

Yeah, I was like, I'm just going to roll right in.

And you had it in your mind, too.

I can't believe you did that.

I've never seen you do that before.

No, I just changed it up.

You had me off guard.

I'm going to tell you right now.

Well, we both left.

Yeah.

Yeah.