1 00:00:19,945 --> 00:00:22,465 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 2 00:00:33,625 --> 00:00:36,865 Hello and welcome to Top Gear! We're back! 3 00:00:36,865 --> 00:00:39,305 CHEERING 4 00:00:39,305 --> 00:00:41,145 It's a brand-new series 5 00:00:41,145 --> 00:00:43,705 and it's a very important one, 6 00:00:43,705 --> 00:00:46,065 because this is a big year for the Beeb. 7 00:00:46,065 --> 00:00:49,265 It is. 2022 is the centenary. 8 00:00:49,265 --> 00:00:51,705 100 years of the BBC. 9 00:00:51,705 --> 00:00:53,265 Go on, the Beeb! 10 00:00:53,265 --> 00:00:55,145 Go on, the Beeb. 11 00:00:55,145 --> 00:00:58,945 100 not out - now, that's a big innings, 12 00:00:58,945 --> 00:01:01,545 but we've got the weight of history on our shoulders, boys. 13 00:01:01,545 --> 00:01:02,945 We have indeed, Fred. 14 00:01:02,945 --> 00:01:04,705 Did you see that trailer they put out? 15 00:01:04,705 --> 00:01:05,905 HE GASPS 16 00:01:05,905 --> 00:01:08,305 All the greatest moments of the BBC 17 00:01:08,305 --> 00:01:10,825 from all over the years - Attenborough, Strictly, 18 00:01:10,825 --> 00:01:12,585 Line Of Duty. 19 00:01:12,585 --> 00:01:14,865 It was spine-tingling stuff. Were we in it? 20 00:01:14,865 --> 00:01:16,065 No, we weren't. 21 00:01:16,065 --> 00:01:17,305 LAUGHTER But don't worry, 22 00:01:17,305 --> 00:01:19,825 because we've put our very own trailer together. 23 00:01:19,825 --> 00:01:21,865 Forget 100 years of history - 24 00:01:21,865 --> 00:01:24,865 here's what we've got coming up over the next few weeks. 25 00:01:33,105 --> 00:01:35,785 Open the taps, Christopher. See what she can do. 26 00:01:37,145 --> 00:01:38,825 Oh, my Lord, it's fast. 27 00:01:38,825 --> 00:01:40,665 PADDY: Spin it, Fred! LAUGHS 28 00:01:42,505 --> 00:01:45,145 Yes! LAUGHS 29 00:01:45,145 --> 00:01:48,065 Where does that jumper start and stop, and your chin finish? 30 00:01:48,065 --> 00:01:49,705 Right, stop there. 31 00:01:49,705 --> 00:01:55,265 I have turned a Sinclair C5 into a bobsled. 32 00:01:56,705 --> 00:01:59,545 This is the one now - 12 into 13. 33 00:01:59,545 --> 00:02:01,185 This looks terrifying. 34 00:02:01,185 --> 00:02:03,985 Oh, my God! 35 00:02:03,985 --> 00:02:05,945 Ohh-ohh... 36 00:02:05,945 --> 00:02:07,825 BOTH CHEER 37 00:02:10,305 --> 00:02:11,305 LAUGHS 38 00:02:12,345 --> 00:02:13,385 Feels good! 39 00:02:14,385 --> 00:02:17,225 Man, this is such a rush! 40 00:02:17,225 --> 00:02:20,465 Go on, we're there! Go on, Chris! 41 00:02:21,945 --> 00:02:23,585 Whoa-ho-ho! 42 00:02:23,585 --> 00:02:25,145 Ohh! 43 00:02:25,145 --> 00:02:26,985 ENGINE ROARS 44 00:02:26,985 --> 00:02:29,505 That's my theme tune right here! 45 00:02:30,585 --> 00:02:33,785 Look at me - when I grab hold of that, do not pull it! 46 00:02:33,785 --> 00:02:35,305 Have you got it? Yeah. 47 00:02:35,305 --> 00:02:37,185 Oh... BLEEP! 48 00:02:37,185 --> 00:02:38,905 TYRES SCREECH 49 00:02:38,905 --> 00:02:40,665 Oh! Oh! 50 00:02:40,665 --> 00:02:42,785 Oh! CHRIS LAUGHS 51 00:02:45,865 --> 00:02:46,905 Oh! 52 00:02:47,905 --> 00:02:48,905 Ooh-hoo-hoo! 53 00:02:52,545 --> 00:02:54,305 OTHERS LAUGH Howzat? 54 00:02:55,585 --> 00:02:57,265 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 55 00:03:02,945 --> 00:03:04,425 All that to come, 56 00:03:04,425 --> 00:03:07,985 but tonight, we're kicking off by talking about motorsport. 57 00:03:07,985 --> 00:03:09,225 Isn't that right, Fred? 58 00:03:09,225 --> 00:03:10,665 That's right, Pad. 59 00:03:10,665 --> 00:03:13,425 Because see here at Top Gear, we love a bit of racing. 60 00:03:13,425 --> 00:03:15,825 But if we're being honest, we've not had much success. 61 00:03:15,825 --> 00:03:18,545 We? It's you two. Not fair. 62 00:03:18,545 --> 00:03:21,425 Formula Off Road, Baja, the GT Cup - 63 00:03:21,425 --> 00:03:25,105 barely ever a finish, definitely no silverware. 64 00:03:25,105 --> 00:03:27,145 But we reckon the problem isn't us, 65 00:03:27,145 --> 00:03:29,865 it's just we haven't found the right race yet. 66 00:03:29,865 --> 00:03:32,385 Exactly. There's got to be something we're good at. 67 00:03:32,385 --> 00:03:34,225 So, the producers said, "Fine. 68 00:03:34,225 --> 00:03:37,465 "You want to fail at a load more motorsports? Go ahead." 69 00:03:37,465 --> 00:03:39,505 And they packed us off to a corner of the world 70 00:03:39,505 --> 00:03:41,545 that just loves a bit of wacky racing - 71 00:03:41,545 --> 00:03:43,185 Florida! 72 00:03:43,185 --> 00:03:46,985 MUSIC: Conga by Miami Sound Machine 73 00:03:51,065 --> 00:03:57,985 PADDY: Welcome to the sun-soaked seaside playground that is Miami. 74 00:03:57,985 --> 00:04:01,385 # Come on, shake your body, baby, do the conga... # 75 00:04:01,385 --> 00:04:04,305 Oh, yes. For a mission to find a motorsport 76 00:04:04,305 --> 00:04:06,305 we were actually good at, 77 00:04:06,305 --> 00:04:09,945 there were definitely worse places to kick off from. 78 00:04:11,385 --> 00:04:13,825 Miami, baby! 79 00:04:13,825 --> 00:04:15,945 FREDDIE: Tell you what, it's all right, this, in't it? 80 00:04:15,945 --> 00:04:18,585 Here to conquer the world of motorsport 81 00:04:18,585 --> 00:04:21,745 and get a tan at the same time, Patrick! Oh, all over it! 82 00:04:21,745 --> 00:04:23,785 Miami, Monaco... 83 00:04:23,785 --> 00:04:24,905 ..Morecambe. 84 00:04:24,905 --> 00:04:28,025 It doesn't matter, boys, because we're going racing. 85 00:04:28,025 --> 00:04:29,265 Oh-oh! 86 00:04:29,265 --> 00:04:31,065 Yes, we were. 87 00:04:32,385 --> 00:04:34,745 And because any professional race team 88 00:04:34,745 --> 00:04:37,745 needs a slick, sophisticated way of getting to the paddock, 89 00:04:37,745 --> 00:04:40,585 I'd taken the liberty of sorting out 90 00:04:40,585 --> 00:04:43,985 a proper F1-inspired team bus. 91 00:04:46,105 --> 00:04:47,945 CHRIS: What is that? 92 00:04:47,945 --> 00:04:49,785 I'm glad you asked. This, my friends, 93 00:04:49,785 --> 00:04:54,065 is the Holiday Rambler Aluma Lite XL. 94 00:04:54,065 --> 00:04:56,025 FREDDIE: Wow. 95 00:04:56,025 --> 00:04:57,985 35ft of driving pleasure. 96 00:04:57,985 --> 00:05:01,105 Ignore that. Right, let me talk you through the old girl. 97 00:05:01,105 --> 00:05:02,185 Ignore that? 98 00:05:02,185 --> 00:05:04,385 Where have you got this from? 99 00:05:04,385 --> 00:05:07,465 Is that wee coming out of there? What's that? 100 00:05:07,465 --> 00:05:09,065 Ignore that. Come round this side. 101 00:05:10,505 --> 00:05:11,905 ALL CHUCKLE 102 00:05:11,905 --> 00:05:13,345 Come on in! 103 00:05:13,345 --> 00:05:15,305 Here we go. 104 00:05:15,305 --> 00:05:17,225 Fred, this feels like a crime scene. 105 00:05:18,425 --> 00:05:20,865 Eh? Now, let me just talk you through it. 106 00:05:21,985 --> 00:05:23,505 Living area. 107 00:05:23,505 --> 00:05:25,225 Driving area. Yeah. 108 00:05:25,225 --> 00:05:27,625 Dining table and... 109 00:05:27,625 --> 00:05:29,505 You're going to love this, you two. 110 00:05:29,505 --> 00:05:30,665 ..your beds. 111 00:05:30,665 --> 00:05:32,185 The kitchen turns into a bedroom. 112 00:05:32,185 --> 00:05:35,265 You've got all this to yourselves, you two. Ohh! 113 00:05:35,265 --> 00:05:37,305 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! I've looked after you! 114 00:05:37,305 --> 00:05:38,705 Who gets the master suite, then? 115 00:05:41,145 --> 00:05:42,985 PADDY: Finders keepers. 116 00:05:42,985 --> 00:05:48,625 And anyhow, the boys were about to get a little treat of their own - 117 00:05:48,625 --> 00:05:55,745 two front-row seats on the Rambler's maiden voyage down Ocean Drive. 118 00:05:55,745 --> 00:05:59,545 MUSIC: Ocean Drive by Lighthouse Family 119 00:05:59,545 --> 00:06:03,305 THEY HUM ALONG AND JOIN IN: # We'll live on Ocean Drive 120 00:06:03,305 --> 00:06:06,345 # Don't know why 121 00:06:06,345 --> 00:06:09,625 # You're so blue So blue 122 00:06:09,625 --> 00:06:13,465 # The sun's gonna shine on everything you do... # 123 00:06:13,465 --> 00:06:16,305 THEY HUM ALONG # And the sky... # 124 00:06:16,305 --> 00:06:18,345 Whoa! 125 00:06:18,345 --> 00:06:19,985 PADDY: Oh, lively, Chris, innit? 126 00:06:19,985 --> 00:06:22,545 I tell you what, Pad, you've chosen a beauty. She drives straight. 127 00:06:22,545 --> 00:06:24,545 Thank you. A lot of power. 128 00:06:24,545 --> 00:06:27,385 Eh - 7.4-litre V8... 7.4? 129 00:06:27,385 --> 00:06:31,865 7.4 V8, big block, straight out of a Corvette Stingray. 130 00:06:31,865 --> 00:06:34,305 It's got more grunt than it's got brakes. 131 00:06:36,825 --> 00:06:39,705 So, we've got the idea that we're going racing, 132 00:06:39,705 --> 00:06:41,705 we've got our team, we've got our team truck. 133 00:06:41,705 --> 00:06:43,465 Race team. Now what we need is... 134 00:06:43,465 --> 00:06:45,225 ..team captain. 135 00:06:45,225 --> 00:06:46,585 What are you thinking? 136 00:06:46,585 --> 00:06:49,625 Well, we've got an obvious candidate. 137 00:06:49,625 --> 00:06:51,345 Which one of the three of us has captained 138 00:06:51,345 --> 00:06:53,105 an international England side? 139 00:06:53,105 --> 00:06:54,945 I understand why you're plumping for me, 140 00:06:54,945 --> 00:06:57,425 but the captaincy... Don't think of yourself 141 00:06:57,425 --> 00:07:00,145 as a captain. Think of yourself more of a sacrificial lamb. 142 00:07:00,145 --> 00:07:03,185 Oh, my word. Hands up Flintoff captain. 143 00:07:03,185 --> 00:07:05,065 Hands up Flintoff not captain. 144 00:07:05,065 --> 00:07:07,585 Outvoted. Get your arm down! 145 00:07:10,745 --> 00:07:13,025 Miami, baby! 146 00:07:13,025 --> 00:07:14,825 Here we go, road trip! 147 00:07:16,625 --> 00:07:19,705 Open the taps, Christopher. See what she can do. 148 00:07:19,705 --> 00:07:20,905 ENGINE ROARS 149 00:07:20,905 --> 00:07:22,905 FREDDIE CHEERS 150 00:07:22,905 --> 00:07:24,785 Listen to that V8! 151 00:07:26,105 --> 00:07:29,225 Do you know what, Paddy? It's not what I expected, this RV, 152 00:07:29,225 --> 00:07:31,665 but it's perfect. Thank you. 153 00:07:31,665 --> 00:07:33,305 '80s Americana. 154 00:07:33,305 --> 00:07:34,865 FLAPPING 155 00:07:36,345 --> 00:07:38,985 What's that flapping about, Chris? What's that noise? 156 00:07:38,985 --> 00:07:41,225 That's that window... Windscreen rubber. 157 00:07:41,225 --> 00:07:44,465 Do you know what I like about these '80s motors, like this? 158 00:07:44,465 --> 00:07:47,305 They're proper. You get in and go, "That's comfortable." 159 00:07:47,305 --> 00:07:50,145 They did know how to make comfort. 160 00:07:50,145 --> 00:07:52,905 I feel like Captain Kirk on the... 161 00:07:52,905 --> 00:07:54,465 Is it the SS Enterprise? 162 00:07:54,465 --> 00:07:56,025 Do you mean Kirk or Cook? 163 00:07:56,025 --> 00:07:57,985 Kirk. Captain Kirk. The one that sailed a boat 164 00:07:57,985 --> 00:08:00,105 or the one that had a starship? Captain Kirk. 165 00:08:00,105 --> 00:08:03,105 In the middle on the starship, sat in the seat... 166 00:08:03,105 --> 00:08:05,185 The one that discovered Botany Bay in Australia? 167 00:08:05,185 --> 00:08:06,305 ..weighing it all up. 168 00:08:06,305 --> 00:08:09,545 That's near Chorley, that... It is, yeah. ..Botany Bay! 169 00:08:11,225 --> 00:08:14,345 CHRIS: At the risk of rambling too far off brief, 170 00:08:14,345 --> 00:08:16,345 it was just as well 171 00:08:16,345 --> 00:08:19,545 that the first pit stop on our motorsport map of Florida 172 00:08:19,545 --> 00:08:21,825 was located just up the coast 173 00:08:21,825 --> 00:08:25,105 at the Palm Beach International Raceway... 174 00:08:26,105 --> 00:08:29,345 Oh, Chris! Wa-hey, boys, here we are! 175 00:08:29,345 --> 00:08:33,425 ..where we'd been told to get stuck in to something called... 176 00:08:33,425 --> 00:08:34,825 ..donk racing. 177 00:08:39,265 --> 00:08:43,625 It started on the streets of Miami back in the late '80s, 178 00:08:43,625 --> 00:08:48,465 taking the head-to-head, high-stakes world of illegal drag racing... 179 00:08:49,865 --> 00:08:53,745 ..and giving it a uniquely outlandish edge. 180 00:09:05,305 --> 00:09:07,345 Donk racing has become so popular 181 00:09:07,345 --> 00:09:11,265 that it's now a fully legalised official motorsport. 182 00:09:17,105 --> 00:09:21,145 A motorsport driven by a love of big old '70s Chevrolet barges, 183 00:09:21,145 --> 00:09:23,745 modified with huge horsepower 184 00:09:23,745 --> 00:09:27,065 and simply enormous wheels. 185 00:09:27,065 --> 00:09:29,265 Oh, look at this! Look at these things, Pad. 186 00:09:29,265 --> 00:09:30,625 Are you all right, lads? 187 00:09:30,625 --> 00:09:34,025 Some of the paint jobs are unbelievable. Look at that! 188 00:09:34,945 --> 00:09:36,545 ALL: Spinners! 189 00:09:36,545 --> 00:09:38,385 Yay! Love a spinner! 190 00:09:39,905 --> 00:09:41,945 ENGINE FIRES 191 00:09:41,945 --> 00:09:44,185 How big are them wheels, Chris? What size? 192 00:09:44,185 --> 00:09:45,945 26. 193 00:09:45,945 --> 00:09:49,425 Imagine if you hit a British pothole in that. Wow! 194 00:09:49,425 --> 00:09:52,625 This is proper Americana, though, innit? 195 00:09:52,625 --> 00:09:55,465 Noise! Power! That's what we want! 196 00:09:58,905 --> 00:10:00,945 We weren't just here to spectate, though. 197 00:10:00,945 --> 00:10:02,785 We'd been invited to compete. 198 00:10:04,905 --> 00:10:07,065 So, to see about some cars, 199 00:10:07,065 --> 00:10:09,665 we tracked down the big boss himself - 200 00:10:09,665 --> 00:10:11,145 Sage Thomas... 201 00:10:11,145 --> 00:10:12,665 How are you? What's up? What's up? 202 00:10:12,665 --> 00:10:14,945 ..otherwise known as... How are you, boss? 203 00:10:14,945 --> 00:10:16,825 ..the Donkmaster. Welcome to America, men. 204 00:10:16,825 --> 00:10:18,425 So, what's donking? 205 00:10:18,425 --> 00:10:20,065 It's donk racing. 206 00:10:20,065 --> 00:10:23,705 What we have here is the National Donk Racing Association. 207 00:10:23,705 --> 00:10:25,145 You act a donkey in a donk. 208 00:10:25,145 --> 00:10:27,025 You see how flamboyant it is and shiny it is. 209 00:10:27,025 --> 00:10:29,265 No, you've lost me. What? You act a donkey. 210 00:10:29,265 --> 00:10:31,625 You act like a donkey. You got to be wild! 211 00:10:38,185 --> 00:10:41,385 So, a middleweight donk has speakers, AC, 212 00:10:41,385 --> 00:10:43,145 cruise control, all this kind of stuff. 213 00:10:43,145 --> 00:10:44,425 But it has to have that? 214 00:10:44,425 --> 00:10:45,945 Yes, it has to have that. 215 00:10:45,945 --> 00:10:48,305 And it has to have the 26-inch wheels that you see here. 216 00:10:48,305 --> 00:10:49,785 They call this one Gold Digger. 217 00:10:49,785 --> 00:10:51,985 One question. How big is the engine in this? 218 00:10:51,985 --> 00:10:53,745 Seven litres. BOTH: Seven litres? 219 00:10:53,745 --> 00:10:57,225 This car here, it makes over 900 horsepower to the rear tyres. 220 00:10:57,225 --> 00:10:59,065 So 0 to 60 - how fast would that be? 221 00:10:59,065 --> 00:11:01,505 This'd go to 60mph in under two seconds. 222 00:11:01,505 --> 00:11:03,745 These can run about 150mph in a quarter mile. 223 00:11:03,745 --> 00:11:05,905 That's outrageous! Absolutely. 224 00:11:05,905 --> 00:11:08,385 And better still, the Donkmaster 225 00:11:08,385 --> 00:11:11,185 had been kind enough to line one up for each of us. 226 00:11:12,465 --> 00:11:13,905 This is a bit of me. 227 00:11:13,905 --> 00:11:15,505 Is that you? That's me! 228 00:11:15,505 --> 00:11:16,625 Chris? That one. 229 00:11:16,625 --> 00:11:18,345 I'll go Gold Digger. 230 00:11:18,345 --> 00:11:19,985 Have they all got the same power? 231 00:11:19,985 --> 00:11:21,985 Nah. So, this one makes about 1,000 horsepower, 232 00:11:21,985 --> 00:11:24,385 so you picked the right one. That's what I want to tell you. 233 00:11:24,385 --> 00:11:26,465 PADDY CHUCKLES 234 00:11:26,465 --> 00:11:29,105 You ready for training? Yes! Here we go. 235 00:11:29,105 --> 00:11:31,145 1,000 horsepower. 236 00:11:31,145 --> 00:11:32,785 In a straight line. CHRIS LAUGHS 237 00:11:32,785 --> 00:11:36,225 That's where he's worst - straight line. It's where he's at his worst. 238 00:11:37,545 --> 00:11:40,585 Suddenly very aware that all that horsepower 239 00:11:40,585 --> 00:11:42,785 sat inside someone else's pride and joy, 240 00:11:42,785 --> 00:11:45,985 before hitting the track, we took a couple of minutes 241 00:11:45,985 --> 00:11:48,625 to have a quick pootle around the car park... 242 00:11:49,825 --> 00:11:51,665 ENGINES ROAR 243 00:11:58,465 --> 00:12:01,425 Whoa! That has just got a mind of its own! 244 00:12:02,625 --> 00:12:05,865 ..which, unfortunately, was all the time Harris needed in HIS donk... 245 00:12:06,905 --> 00:12:08,305 ..to kill it. 246 00:12:08,305 --> 00:12:09,625 CLATTER 247 00:12:12,545 --> 00:12:13,905 That broke. 248 00:12:15,305 --> 00:12:16,665 That's gone. 249 00:12:18,145 --> 00:12:20,385 So, that went well!? 250 00:12:20,385 --> 00:12:22,345 The first time I put the throttle down... 251 00:12:22,345 --> 00:12:24,145 OTHERS: Oh, dear. ..the diff went bang. 252 00:12:24,145 --> 00:12:26,625 Oh, no! And now this is the bit that I don't like. 253 00:12:26,625 --> 00:12:28,625 This is the bit... Racing driver... 254 00:12:28,625 --> 00:12:30,665 BOTH LAUGH AND CHEER 255 00:12:30,665 --> 00:12:31,865 Well done! 256 00:12:31,865 --> 00:12:35,145 Pro driver! What happened, Chris? 257 00:12:35,145 --> 00:12:36,345 You pair of... 258 00:12:36,345 --> 00:12:38,105 BOTH CHEER 259 00:12:40,065 --> 00:12:42,585 Am I not allowed to say anything? Go on, then. 260 00:12:42,585 --> 00:12:44,345 Um... FREDDIE CHEERS 261 00:12:48,385 --> 00:12:51,785 Suffice to say, with the competition already under way... 262 00:12:53,425 --> 00:12:56,665 ..I would now have to share a donk with Fred 263 00:12:56,665 --> 00:13:00,945 who, as team captain, had bravely volunteered to run first 264 00:13:00,945 --> 00:13:03,625 and show the locals what we were made of. 265 00:13:11,305 --> 00:13:13,225 Thank you! Thank you! Thanks, lads. 266 00:13:13,225 --> 00:13:15,665 Thanks for popping in. Thanks for coming. 267 00:13:24,185 --> 00:13:25,985 I'm feeling quite nervous for him here. 268 00:13:27,185 --> 00:13:28,785 I'm up against it here. 269 00:13:28,785 --> 00:13:30,585 I'm up against a bloke who does it every day of the week. 270 00:13:32,745 --> 00:13:35,065 My main concern - not hitting a wall. 271 00:13:35,065 --> 00:13:36,465 Keep it straight. Keep it straight! 272 00:13:36,465 --> 00:13:38,705 The Donkmaster's telling me to keep it straight. 273 00:13:38,705 --> 00:13:41,345 That's what I'm thinking. Yeah. That's what I'm thinking. 274 00:13:42,985 --> 00:13:44,385 Let's go. Let's go. 275 00:13:46,025 --> 00:13:48,865 Light on the throttle. Just...rrr-rrr! Mmm. 276 00:13:51,705 --> 00:13:55,185 It's one of the most ridiculous sights I've ever seen! 277 00:13:55,185 --> 00:13:56,785 Come on, Fred! Take this fella. 278 00:13:56,785 --> 00:13:59,825 ENGINES ROAR 279 00:13:59,825 --> 00:14:02,105 Oh... Oh-oh. Oh, God. 280 00:14:12,425 --> 00:14:13,865 Oh, you... BLEEP! 281 00:14:15,905 --> 00:14:17,105 BOTH LAUGH 282 00:14:19,945 --> 00:14:21,065 It spun out. 283 00:14:22,185 --> 00:14:24,025 TYRES SCREECH 284 00:14:24,025 --> 00:14:26,025 PADDY GASPS 285 00:14:26,025 --> 00:14:27,865 Ohh! CHRIS LAUGHS 286 00:14:27,865 --> 00:14:29,265 Ah. 287 00:14:29,265 --> 00:14:30,705 THEY LAUGH What is he doing? 288 00:14:38,465 --> 00:14:40,025 Who do you think won? 289 00:14:40,025 --> 00:14:42,465 That was no good. No good. 290 00:14:42,465 --> 00:14:45,145 Hell, when he went sideways, my heart was beating. 291 00:14:45,145 --> 00:14:47,185 LAUGHTER 292 00:14:47,185 --> 00:14:49,425 I went at it too hard. 293 00:14:49,425 --> 00:14:52,425 I wanted to go and then was just too keen. 294 00:14:52,425 --> 00:14:55,025 At what point did you realise you were doing an 80mph burn-out? 295 00:14:55,025 --> 00:14:57,945 I was enjoying it for a minute and then I started seeing the wall. 296 00:14:57,945 --> 00:15:01,185 Hey, there was a bit, it went like that and we all went, "Ooh!" 297 00:15:01,185 --> 00:15:03,145 Paddy, I'm here. I know. 298 00:15:03,145 --> 00:15:05,665 You came second. You're allowed to these days. You came second, 299 00:15:05,665 --> 00:15:07,745 Where am I going here, now, then? 300 00:15:07,745 --> 00:15:09,545 Uh... Am I reversing out? 301 00:15:09,545 --> 00:15:11,345 Just go sideways up there for 100 yards. 302 00:15:14,305 --> 00:15:17,025 So, the captain was out, 303 00:15:17,025 --> 00:15:22,145 and our American racing debut was off to a rocky start. 304 00:15:22,145 --> 00:15:23,545 Well done, sir. 305 00:15:23,545 --> 00:15:25,345 I owe you $20. THEY LAUGH 306 00:15:25,345 --> 00:15:28,905 Let me tell you, the guy who owns this car, his ass, about this big. 307 00:15:28,905 --> 00:15:30,985 Was he not happy? Listen, you were hanging the wall. 308 00:15:30,985 --> 00:15:33,065 No, I was all right with it. OK. 309 00:15:34,705 --> 00:15:37,545 But for the next race, 310 00:15:37,545 --> 00:15:40,705 me and Harris had been drawn against each other 311 00:15:40,705 --> 00:15:43,545 which meant, as long as we kept our noses clean, 312 00:15:43,545 --> 00:15:46,425 at least one of us would be through to the next round. 313 00:15:48,745 --> 00:15:50,545 Woo! Yeah! 314 00:15:50,545 --> 00:15:51,785 Come on, boys. 315 00:15:53,385 --> 00:15:55,545 EXCITED CHATTER 316 00:15:58,065 --> 00:16:00,105 ENGINES REV 317 00:16:08,065 --> 00:16:09,745 Ohh! 318 00:16:09,745 --> 00:16:12,505 Oh-ho-ho! Whoo! 319 00:16:15,665 --> 00:16:18,665 Ohh! Chrissy Harris! 320 00:16:18,665 --> 00:16:21,625 Woo! That's fast! 321 00:16:24,825 --> 00:16:27,345 Woo! I think we might have beaten him! 322 00:16:27,345 --> 00:16:28,985 LAUGHS EVILLY 323 00:16:28,985 --> 00:16:30,745 Paddy! 324 00:16:35,425 --> 00:16:37,865 That is outrageous! 325 00:16:37,865 --> 00:16:40,945 Man, that donking's visceral. 326 00:16:43,545 --> 00:16:47,425 Beating McGuinness had sent Harris straight into the quarterfinals. 327 00:16:47,425 --> 00:16:51,705 Win the next round, and we'd be in with a shot at the podium. 328 00:16:53,065 --> 00:16:55,585 The only problem was, his next opponent... 329 00:16:57,265 --> 00:16:59,305 ..would be the Donkmaster himself. 330 00:17:00,985 --> 00:17:03,905 The Donkmaster's car has a parachute on the back of it. 331 00:17:05,105 --> 00:17:07,145 I think you have to be going quite fast 332 00:17:07,145 --> 00:17:09,545 to require the services of a parachute to stop. 333 00:17:09,545 --> 00:17:10,625 Go on, Chrissy! 334 00:17:10,625 --> 00:17:13,025 ENGINE REVS 335 00:17:16,865 --> 00:17:18,945 CHEERING 336 00:17:20,105 --> 00:17:21,545 Shall we have a bet on him? 337 00:17:21,545 --> 00:17:23,185 Who, the Donkmaster? Yeah, of course. 338 00:17:23,185 --> 00:17:24,385 Come on! Come on! 339 00:17:24,385 --> 00:17:27,265 No idea what I'm doing at all. 340 00:17:28,345 --> 00:17:29,905 Who do we come for for bets? 341 00:17:29,905 --> 00:17:32,105 We're on the Donkmaster. Who are you going on? 342 00:17:32,105 --> 00:17:33,545 On the Gold Digger right here. 343 00:17:33,545 --> 00:17:34,945 100? Ooh! Ooh! 344 00:17:34,945 --> 00:17:37,345 BOTH LAUGH 345 00:17:37,345 --> 00:17:38,985 SHOUTS: Come on, the Donkmaster! 346 00:17:38,985 --> 00:17:40,985 Oh, good luck, Chris. Chris, good on you, son. 347 00:17:40,985 --> 00:17:42,945 Good luck, Chris! Good luck, Chris! 348 00:17:42,945 --> 00:17:44,105 BOTH LAUGH 349 00:17:44,105 --> 00:17:45,425 That's lovely! 350 00:17:47,865 --> 00:17:49,705 HISSING 351 00:17:49,705 --> 00:17:53,225 Here we go, here we go! Come on, Chris! Come on! 352 00:17:53,225 --> 00:17:54,665 ENGINE REVS 353 00:18:07,265 --> 00:18:09,105 I think I cheated. 354 00:18:09,105 --> 00:18:11,145 He's cheating, he's gone at red light. 355 00:18:11,145 --> 00:18:13,425 CHRIS GUFFAWS 356 00:18:15,905 --> 00:18:17,025 There he goes! 357 00:18:19,665 --> 00:18:21,265 He didn't beat me by that much. 358 00:18:22,305 --> 00:18:24,305 Woo! Ohh! 359 00:18:24,305 --> 00:18:25,745 Have we won? Yeah. 360 00:18:25,745 --> 00:18:26,945 Just clap. 361 00:18:26,945 --> 00:18:28,985 SUBDUED CHEERING 362 00:18:28,985 --> 00:18:31,425 Oh, no... I'll get dinner. LAUGHS 363 00:18:31,425 --> 00:18:33,265 PADDY AND FREDDIE GIGGLE 364 00:18:33,265 --> 00:18:36,585 Oh, Chris, good effort, that. 365 00:18:36,585 --> 00:18:38,945 Unlucky, Chris. Well done. That was amazing. 366 00:18:38,945 --> 00:18:41,385 But I jumped the start so I was disqualified before I started. 367 00:18:41,385 --> 00:18:44,785 But you had to try. Looked good, though. You looked amazing. 368 00:18:44,785 --> 00:18:46,465 It was like the Bristol Donker... 369 00:18:46,465 --> 00:18:48,465 Look, we won! WHISPERS: Shh! Not now. 370 00:18:48,465 --> 00:18:51,105 Donkmaster won! Not now. Thank you. Thank you. 371 00:18:51,105 --> 00:18:53,745 So, our team spirit needed some work. 372 00:18:53,745 --> 00:18:57,385 And retreating back to the Holiday Rambler, 373 00:18:57,385 --> 00:19:01,265 it was time to conclude that when it comes to donk racing, 374 00:19:01,265 --> 00:19:05,625 we probably made better spectators than competitors. 375 00:19:05,625 --> 00:19:07,785 I were catching him at the end. 376 00:19:07,785 --> 00:19:10,545 No, you weren't. You nearly had me, Pad. 377 00:19:10,545 --> 00:19:12,945 If it had gone on for another six miles, you'd have caught me. 378 00:19:12,945 --> 00:19:15,305 No, I reckon about another four. 379 00:19:15,305 --> 00:19:17,145 Joking aside, 380 00:19:17,145 --> 00:19:19,585 I think, for our first attempt at something, 381 00:19:19,585 --> 00:19:22,705 we all got through it in one piece. Job's a good 'un. 382 00:19:22,705 --> 00:19:24,465 That was a result. Job's a good 'un. 383 00:19:24,465 --> 00:19:26,105 And we won $100, didn't we, Pad? 384 00:19:26,105 --> 00:19:28,105 $100. Yes, we did. 385 00:19:29,305 --> 00:19:32,185 Time to set our sights on our next race... 386 00:19:33,625 --> 00:19:37,385 ..taking place the following morning over on Florida's west coast. 387 00:19:37,385 --> 00:19:41,545 To reach it, we'd be crossing the enormous tropical wilderness 388 00:19:41,545 --> 00:19:43,025 of the Everglades... 389 00:19:44,745 --> 00:19:46,785 ..which, in a highly reliable vehicle, 390 00:19:46,785 --> 00:19:49,425 driven by a highly skilled driver, 391 00:19:49,425 --> 00:19:51,665 would be no problem at all. 392 00:19:53,105 --> 00:19:56,105 Hang on, it just keeps... It's cut out. 393 00:19:56,105 --> 00:19:58,345 Have you got any power now? No. 394 00:19:58,345 --> 00:20:00,385 None. Freewheeling. 395 00:20:00,385 --> 00:20:02,345 What have you done to it? I haven't... 396 00:20:02,345 --> 00:20:04,465 You've been in it two minutes, you've broken it. 397 00:20:04,465 --> 00:20:06,505 Exactly. You've had it for an hour-and-a-half... 398 00:20:06,505 --> 00:20:08,905 No, no. It was absolutely fine. Was it fine when I was driving? 399 00:20:08,905 --> 00:20:10,585 Don't bring me into this. 400 00:20:10,585 --> 00:20:13,665 Was it fine when I was driving? Don't bring me into this squabble. 401 00:20:13,665 --> 00:20:15,625 Are you scared of his physicality? 402 00:20:15,625 --> 00:20:17,065 I'm having a nice time. 403 00:20:17,065 --> 00:20:19,305 Do you know what you're forgetting here? 404 00:20:19,305 --> 00:20:20,945 I'm captain. OK. All right? 405 00:20:20,945 --> 00:20:24,145 I'm beginning to understand why it didn't work for you, Andrew. 406 00:20:24,145 --> 00:20:26,385 You going to have a look at the engine, Chris? 407 00:20:26,385 --> 00:20:28,265 For what good it'll do! 408 00:20:28,265 --> 00:20:31,705 Oh, there he goes. Oh, here we go. Ohh, lovely. 409 00:20:31,705 --> 00:20:33,705 Flaming heck! Turn it off, turn it off. 410 00:20:33,705 --> 00:20:35,545 I've got no hairs on me legs! 411 00:20:35,545 --> 00:20:37,625 My God! What are you doing? 412 00:20:37,625 --> 00:20:39,825 What are you going to do with that now? The heat! It's hot. 413 00:20:40,905 --> 00:20:42,225 Get that open. 414 00:20:42,225 --> 00:20:44,905 Ooh, pristine, that, innit? That looks lovely. 415 00:20:44,905 --> 00:20:46,905 There's nothing wrong with that at all. 416 00:20:46,905 --> 00:20:48,745 No, spotless. Put the lid back on it. 417 00:20:48,745 --> 00:20:50,345 WHIRRING 418 00:20:50,345 --> 00:20:51,985 Bit of throttle. 419 00:20:51,985 --> 00:20:53,625 WHIRRING SPEEDS UP 420 00:20:53,625 --> 00:20:54,705 Bit more. 421 00:20:54,705 --> 00:20:56,545 REVVING 422 00:20:56,545 --> 00:20:58,905 Not a lot of fuel there, Fred. Have you not filled it up? 423 00:20:58,905 --> 00:21:01,545 What do you mean, I didn't fill it up? You've handed it to me empty. 424 00:21:01,545 --> 00:21:03,425 Fuel gauge says full. Give it a... 425 00:21:04,665 --> 00:21:06,625 What are you doing now? It's broken. 426 00:21:06,625 --> 00:21:08,265 Put the fan cover back on. 427 00:21:08,265 --> 00:21:11,465 You've been driving it and you've not filled it up. 428 00:21:11,465 --> 00:21:12,705 You've handed it over empty. 429 00:21:12,705 --> 00:21:15,065 Let's just go and get some petrol, for God's sake! 430 00:21:16,145 --> 00:21:19,185 Since neither of the two clowns had considered 431 00:21:19,185 --> 00:21:23,185 a 7.2-litre V8 might at some point need a top-up, 432 00:21:23,185 --> 00:21:26,505 we limped along to the next petrol station, 433 00:21:26,505 --> 00:21:30,585 and soon had the Rambler fully brimmed, back on track 434 00:21:30,585 --> 00:21:35,025 and ready to head straight into the Everglades... 435 00:21:36,185 --> 00:21:39,945 ..also known as alligator country. 436 00:21:54,585 --> 00:21:56,385 That's Gatorsville in there, innit? 437 00:21:57,825 --> 00:22:01,025 How much to swim across that? 438 00:22:01,025 --> 00:22:02,465 $100. 439 00:22:07,345 --> 00:22:09,585 I can't see... What's that over there? Where? 440 00:22:09,585 --> 00:22:12,505 There's something over there. Where? On the other side of the river. 441 00:22:12,505 --> 00:22:14,865 Where are you looking? Over there! 442 00:22:14,865 --> 00:22:16,065 Oh, it's a heron. 443 00:22:18,665 --> 00:22:22,385 Truth be told, the further we rolled across the Everglades, 444 00:22:22,385 --> 00:22:26,025 the more it looked like the so-called alligator country 445 00:22:26,025 --> 00:22:28,505 was missing a crucial ingredient. 446 00:22:29,985 --> 00:22:33,145 Well, we've been in gator country for several hours now 447 00:22:33,145 --> 00:22:34,545 and I've not seen a sniff. 448 00:22:34,545 --> 00:22:37,545 I've seen a heron, both alive and dead. 449 00:22:37,545 --> 00:22:39,305 We've seen vultures. 450 00:22:39,305 --> 00:22:42,345 Snake! Snake! Is that a snake on the ground there? Where? Where? Where? 451 00:22:42,345 --> 00:22:44,585 What's that dead there? That? THUD 452 00:22:44,585 --> 00:22:47,145 That's a branch, Chris. Well done! 453 00:22:50,025 --> 00:22:52,665 But the day was wearing on, 454 00:22:52,665 --> 00:22:56,305 and it turned out the overnight campsite we were booked at 455 00:22:56,305 --> 00:22:58,345 was a bit more... 456 00:22:59,545 --> 00:23:00,545 ..rural. 457 00:23:02,785 --> 00:23:04,145 Watch out on that tree. 458 00:23:04,145 --> 00:23:05,305 LEAVES RUSTLE 459 00:23:05,305 --> 00:23:06,625 Jesus! 460 00:23:13,385 --> 00:23:16,785 Slow it down round here. Yeah. Let's have a look. 461 00:23:16,785 --> 00:23:18,145 Got to be summat. 462 00:23:24,105 --> 00:23:26,345 There's one! Where? Where? There, there, there, there! 463 00:23:27,265 --> 00:23:29,545 Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Hey. Hey! 464 00:23:30,625 --> 00:23:31,865 Look at that lad. 465 00:23:31,865 --> 00:23:33,665 Tell you what, it's bigger than you think, that. 466 00:23:33,665 --> 00:23:35,465 How big is that? Five foot? No, it's bigger. 467 00:23:35,465 --> 00:23:37,785 Is it? It's bigger than you think. 468 00:23:40,185 --> 00:23:42,425 When it comes out of th'watter... 469 00:23:42,425 --> 00:23:45,865 Can you speak in...? "When it comes out of th'watter..."? 470 00:23:45,865 --> 00:23:47,145 They live in water. 471 00:23:47,145 --> 00:23:49,505 Whoa, Jesus Christ! Look at this lad here! 472 00:23:49,505 --> 00:23:52,185 Look at the size of this one! In here! 473 00:23:52,185 --> 00:23:54,505 Look at this! Crikey, he's large. 474 00:23:54,505 --> 00:23:56,425 Oh, my God, this lad here! Right here, Fred. 475 00:23:56,425 --> 00:23:57,905 That's what I was looking at, that one. 476 00:24:00,465 --> 00:24:02,865 Flintoff, what are you doing? 477 00:24:02,865 --> 00:24:05,345 That's it, Fred. Just open the door, invite him in. 478 00:24:05,345 --> 00:24:07,585 I'm straight in if he comes. 479 00:24:07,585 --> 00:24:10,025 Tell you what, they go quick, Fred. 480 00:24:10,025 --> 00:24:12,865 Do they? They come out quick, my friend. Is that more than 6'1"? 481 00:24:12,865 --> 00:24:14,345 That's a big lad. 482 00:24:16,985 --> 00:24:18,305 Look, there's one there! 483 00:24:20,225 --> 00:24:21,425 Oh, he's gone. 484 00:24:21,425 --> 00:24:23,985 Oh, where's he going now? 485 00:24:25,705 --> 00:24:30,025 With that in mind, we decided to get to our campsite before nightfall. 486 00:24:30,025 --> 00:24:32,305 So, we saddled back up... 487 00:24:33,745 --> 00:24:36,425 ..and hurried on deeper into the wild. 488 00:24:40,105 --> 00:24:43,425 RATTLING AND RUMBLING 489 00:24:44,985 --> 00:24:46,025 Oh, no. 490 00:24:46,025 --> 00:24:47,505 CLATTERING 491 00:24:47,505 --> 00:24:48,825 Fred? 492 00:24:50,465 --> 00:24:53,225 Right, Andrew... Chris, I'm doing 20mph. 493 00:24:53,225 --> 00:24:56,065 That is your first official warning. I'm doing 20mph. 494 00:24:56,065 --> 00:24:57,665 CLUNK 495 00:24:57,665 --> 00:24:58,785 Andrew! 496 00:25:05,705 --> 00:25:09,985 And thanks to Flintoff, we were soon rumbling up to 497 00:25:09,985 --> 00:25:15,145 the slightly unnervingly named Trail Lakes Camp Ground. 498 00:25:17,345 --> 00:25:21,305 So, we're camping at a place with lakes full of alligators. 499 00:25:21,305 --> 00:25:23,145 That's the one. 500 00:25:24,185 --> 00:25:26,225 Keep that Labrador on a lead. That's lunch! 501 00:25:27,625 --> 00:25:29,785 Imagine bringing your kids here. 502 00:25:32,305 --> 00:25:33,625 What you've got to do... 503 00:25:34,945 --> 00:25:37,705 Apparently, their eyes are like cats' eyes, they're reflective. 504 00:25:37,705 --> 00:25:40,425 There's seriously alligators in that? Yeah. 505 00:25:40,425 --> 00:25:43,865 Proper big ones? Big 'uns. 506 00:25:43,865 --> 00:25:46,025 Why would you want to camp by a load of alligators? 507 00:25:46,025 --> 00:25:48,065 Why are we doing that? A bit of fun, innit? 508 00:25:49,305 --> 00:25:51,745 We enjoyed the RV. Enjoyed it. I thoroughly enjoyed it. 509 00:25:51,745 --> 00:25:54,545 Hey! And come on, what do you reckon? 510 00:25:54,545 --> 00:25:57,105 I know we've had a few little technicals today. 511 00:25:57,105 --> 00:25:59,145 It has done us proud. Done us proud, hasn't it? 512 00:25:59,145 --> 00:26:01,745 It's comfy. Extremely comfy. 513 00:26:01,745 --> 00:26:04,545 I'm slightly nervous about the sleeping situation. 514 00:26:04,545 --> 00:26:06,825 You don't have to be. I've told you. 515 00:26:06,825 --> 00:26:08,705 Master bedroom - that's mine. 516 00:26:08,705 --> 00:26:10,505 Dining table - that's you. 517 00:26:10,505 --> 00:26:12,105 Couch - that's you. 518 00:26:12,105 --> 00:26:13,545 I'm not sleeping with him. 519 00:26:13,545 --> 00:26:15,385 You're not sleeping with him. He's in the dining room. 520 00:26:15,385 --> 00:26:17,385 Have you seen how long he is? It's the same room. 521 00:26:17,385 --> 00:26:19,425 Why am I going to sleep on a dining table or a couch? 522 00:26:19,425 --> 00:26:22,105 You're on the couch. It pulls out. Don't think of it as a couch, Fred. 523 00:26:23,305 --> 00:26:25,225 Are you naked or are you a pyjamas man? 524 00:26:25,225 --> 00:26:27,425 Absolutely in the buff, mate. Sorry? 525 00:26:33,145 --> 00:26:36,705 The next morning, we were back on the dusty trail 526 00:26:36,705 --> 00:26:39,985 where, having decided we'd missed a trick 527 00:26:39,985 --> 00:26:42,385 on the previous day's drive through Miami, 528 00:26:42,385 --> 00:26:46,865 McGuinness had generously opened up his holiday wardrobe. 529 00:26:53,345 --> 00:26:55,705 What do you think of the outfit, boys, eh? 530 00:26:55,705 --> 00:26:57,265 Miami Vice! 531 00:26:57,265 --> 00:26:59,305 Have I pulled it out the bag or what? 532 00:26:59,305 --> 00:27:01,065 Not in Miami, Pad. You what? 533 00:27:01,065 --> 00:27:02,905 We're not in Miami. Where are we? 534 00:27:02,905 --> 00:27:04,425 Naples. 535 00:27:04,425 --> 00:27:06,225 Near enough, innit? 536 00:27:06,225 --> 00:27:08,465 Naples, baby! 537 00:27:08,465 --> 00:27:10,665 How many days more of this are there? 538 00:27:12,705 --> 00:27:17,305 At least one, because we'd been told our next motorsport test 539 00:27:17,305 --> 00:27:21,185 could be found somewhere in the nearby marshes. 540 00:27:21,185 --> 00:27:26,465 And, so far, tracking it down in the RV hadn't been easy. 541 00:27:27,905 --> 00:27:30,105 Here you are, Chris, what's this coming up here? 542 00:27:30,105 --> 00:27:31,825 Whoa, whoa, Pad, we've missed our turn, I think. 543 00:27:31,825 --> 00:27:33,545 What? Down there. 544 00:27:33,545 --> 00:27:36,585 How do you know that were it? Were it signposted? Just listen to me. 545 00:27:36,585 --> 00:27:38,425 Oh! Ohh! OK. 546 00:27:38,425 --> 00:27:40,505 Don't worry. I'll spin it round down here. 547 00:27:40,505 --> 00:27:42,705 I don't want to get us stuck, lads. 548 00:27:42,705 --> 00:27:44,825 I don't want to get us stuck. Nose down there and go back in there. 549 00:27:44,825 --> 00:27:46,985 I reckon you could drive just round... 550 00:27:46,985 --> 00:27:48,425 There she goes. 551 00:27:48,425 --> 00:27:50,065 Oh... Don't worry. 552 00:27:50,065 --> 00:27:52,305 CHRIS LAUGHS Ohh! 553 00:27:52,305 --> 00:27:54,945 We'll have a little run into it now. 554 00:27:54,945 --> 00:27:57,465 This is perfection. Oh, my word. 555 00:28:01,065 --> 00:28:03,025 WHEELS SPIN 556 00:28:03,025 --> 00:28:04,465 And we are... 557 00:28:04,465 --> 00:28:05,865 No, we're not. 558 00:28:07,705 --> 00:28:08,905 Oh, dear, we might be. 559 00:28:08,905 --> 00:28:11,705 I cannot believe you've gone into wet sand! 560 00:28:11,705 --> 00:28:13,385 We're in the middle... 561 00:28:13,385 --> 00:28:18,145 We are in the middle of nowhere dressed like three clowns... 562 00:28:18,145 --> 00:28:19,585 On private land! 563 00:28:19,585 --> 00:28:21,505 ..on private land, where we're going to get shot. 564 00:28:21,505 --> 00:28:22,945 WHEELS SPIN 565 00:28:22,945 --> 00:28:27,585 After a phone call to the nearby race venue, wherever it was, 566 00:28:27,585 --> 00:28:29,825 we were told someone had been sent out to look for us... 567 00:28:31,065 --> 00:28:35,665 ..which left plenty of time for a little more hopeless digging. 568 00:28:36,745 --> 00:28:38,825 No. No, no, throw more power at it. That'll help. 569 00:28:38,825 --> 00:28:41,225 Shut up a minute. Shut up a minute. 570 00:28:44,065 --> 00:28:45,905 Oh, dear. Oh, dear, Patrick. 571 00:28:45,905 --> 00:28:49,305 And once we were well and truly stuck... 572 00:28:49,305 --> 00:28:51,785 Gino D'Acampo don't have this problem with Gordon Ramsay. 573 00:28:51,785 --> 00:28:53,065 CHRIS LAUGHS 574 00:28:53,065 --> 00:28:55,945 ..we decided to pass the time some more 575 00:28:55,945 --> 00:28:59,705 by settling down to a friendly game of cards... 576 00:28:59,705 --> 00:29:01,225 Play snap. 577 00:29:01,225 --> 00:29:03,745 Snap it is! Is that what we're playing? 578 00:29:03,745 --> 00:29:06,665 ..although, if you'd like to play along at home, 579 00:29:06,665 --> 00:29:10,625 we do not recommend our optional house rule. 580 00:29:10,625 --> 00:29:12,905 Snap! Whoa! That's a nine and a seven! 581 00:29:12,905 --> 00:29:14,345 Right, because you went early... Yeah. 582 00:29:14,345 --> 00:29:16,145 ..you've got to let us give you one of them on t'face. 583 00:29:16,145 --> 00:29:17,385 Ow! That was a punch! 584 00:29:17,385 --> 00:29:18,705 What about mine? Yeah, go on. 585 00:29:23,305 --> 00:29:24,905 So you don't do that! 586 00:29:31,745 --> 00:29:33,425 I'm taking me glasses off! 587 00:29:35,105 --> 00:29:37,545 Ohh! He's out. He's out. 588 00:29:44,585 --> 00:29:45,585 Ohh! 589 00:29:48,865 --> 00:29:49,865 ALL CHEER 590 00:29:55,185 --> 00:29:56,705 FREDDIE AND PADDY GROAN 591 00:29:56,705 --> 00:29:58,585 CHRIS GUFFAWS 592 00:29:58,585 --> 00:29:59,865 Ohh! 593 00:29:59,865 --> 00:30:01,865 Ow! Ow! 594 00:30:08,985 --> 00:30:11,625 Sadly, there was no time for another round, 595 00:30:11,625 --> 00:30:15,745 because the very American cavalry had arrived. 596 00:30:15,745 --> 00:30:18,305 Ha! One thing I will say, 597 00:30:18,305 --> 00:30:21,665 I don't think it'll struggle pulling us out. Look at it! 598 00:30:21,665 --> 00:30:22,985 All it took now... 599 00:30:22,985 --> 00:30:24,305 Oh, that's lovely. 600 00:30:24,305 --> 00:30:26,385 ..was a bit of good old-fashioned teamwork 601 00:30:26,385 --> 00:30:28,065 to get us hitched up... 602 00:30:28,065 --> 00:30:29,545 You comfy in there? 603 00:30:29,545 --> 00:30:31,265 I'm being the pilot. 604 00:30:31,265 --> 00:30:33,145 I'm going to drive us out of this thing. 605 00:30:33,145 --> 00:30:35,505 ..and a bit of good old-fashioned horsepower... 606 00:30:35,505 --> 00:30:37,025 Paddy? Yeah. 607 00:30:37,025 --> 00:30:38,385 ..to get us out. 608 00:30:41,945 --> 00:30:43,105 ALL CHEER 609 00:30:43,105 --> 00:30:44,305 Yes, boss! 610 00:30:46,145 --> 00:30:48,065 Done well! 611 00:30:48,065 --> 00:30:50,185 How deep? Such a helmet. 612 00:30:53,145 --> 00:30:56,105 With the Rambler finally back on track, 613 00:30:56,105 --> 00:30:59,705 it was time to do the same with our motorsport adventure. 614 00:31:01,585 --> 00:31:05,465 And for our next taste of Florida's unique take on racing, 615 00:31:05,465 --> 00:31:09,385 we soon found ourselves arriving at what could only be described... 616 00:31:10,305 --> 00:31:11,345 ..as a swamp. 617 00:31:14,985 --> 00:31:16,345 Look at this, lads. 618 00:31:17,385 --> 00:31:20,065 Oh! Oh! Swamp buggy racing! 619 00:31:20,065 --> 00:31:24,025 Oh, that'd be fun. That'd be good. Oh, hello! Good Lord. 620 00:31:30,425 --> 00:31:34,065 Swamp buggy racing, as you can probably tell... 621 00:31:35,385 --> 00:31:38,465 ..sits firmly in the specialist interest corner 622 00:31:38,465 --> 00:31:39,785 of the racing community. 623 00:31:39,785 --> 00:31:43,025 In fact, it is so specialist 624 00:31:43,025 --> 00:31:45,865 that this is the only place in the world that does it. 625 00:31:48,225 --> 00:31:51,145 70 years of competition has seen 626 00:31:51,145 --> 00:31:53,505 traditional Everglades water transport 627 00:31:53,505 --> 00:31:56,625 evolve into bespoke high-performance machines 628 00:31:56,625 --> 00:31:58,665 that generate up to 1,000 horsepower... 629 00:31:58,665 --> 00:32:00,705 ENGINE REVS 630 00:32:00,705 --> 00:32:03,705 ..and hit speeds of up to 80mph... 631 00:32:04,745 --> 00:32:06,185 ..on muddy water. 632 00:32:08,785 --> 00:32:09,905 Fantastic! 633 00:32:09,905 --> 00:32:12,185 Are we still happy with the garments? 634 00:32:12,185 --> 00:32:14,305 Hey, how cool do we look? 635 00:32:14,305 --> 00:32:17,145 All we need is an explosion behind us now as we walk off. 636 00:32:17,145 --> 00:32:19,385 Look at these things. Look at 'em! 637 00:32:19,385 --> 00:32:21,305 I've never seen anything like 'em. 638 00:32:22,745 --> 00:32:27,785 And we were just in time to see how the seasoned pros wade into battle. 639 00:32:27,785 --> 00:32:30,385 Are you ready to see some swamp buggy racing? 640 00:32:30,385 --> 00:32:31,785 CHEERING 641 00:32:31,785 --> 00:32:33,665 ENGINES REV 642 00:32:35,225 --> 00:32:36,425 Let's go swamping! 643 00:32:36,425 --> 00:32:38,265 Look at the state...! Look at this thing. 644 00:32:38,265 --> 00:32:41,905 Good God! Why would you want to be strapped into it? 645 00:32:41,905 --> 00:32:43,385 Here we go! 646 00:32:49,625 --> 00:32:51,265 That's a tsunami! 647 00:32:51,265 --> 00:32:52,505 Whoa! 648 00:32:53,705 --> 00:32:55,545 I've never seen anything like this in my life. 649 00:32:55,545 --> 00:32:57,185 Can you smell how angry they are? 650 00:32:57,185 --> 00:32:59,985 Oh, he's took a bit of the bike! Wow. 651 00:33:08,145 --> 00:33:09,345 Yay! 652 00:33:14,825 --> 00:33:17,865 Wowsers. Hey, guys. What do you think of swamp buggy racing? 653 00:33:17,865 --> 00:33:20,105 That's outrageous! That is mega. 654 00:33:20,105 --> 00:33:22,865 What's the origins of it? It's over 70 years of doing this? 655 00:33:22,865 --> 00:33:24,785 Yeah. It started off as hunting buggies 656 00:33:24,785 --> 00:33:27,625 out of necessity to get into the swamp and hunt for food, 657 00:33:27,625 --> 00:33:29,425 and naturally, one guy's like, 658 00:33:29,425 --> 00:33:31,905 "I'm going to get to camp before you get there." 659 00:33:31,905 --> 00:33:33,745 And they raced to camp. I love that. 660 00:33:33,745 --> 00:33:35,945 Next thing you know... That's how it all starts. 661 00:33:35,945 --> 00:33:39,625 Can I just check, have we done an alligator scan of the water? 662 00:33:39,625 --> 00:33:42,025 Yeah. Are we alligator-free? Yeah. 663 00:33:42,025 --> 00:33:44,865 Well, we scanned it. We didn't say it was free of alligators. 664 00:33:44,865 --> 00:33:48,145 Do you race and there are sometimes alligators in there? Oh, yeah. 665 00:33:48,145 --> 00:33:50,385 There's one that lives under... If you're an alligator 666 00:33:50,385 --> 00:33:52,625 and one of them comes towards you, you're out of there. 667 00:33:52,625 --> 00:33:55,745 He usually stays hidden in his hole. Usually. 668 00:33:55,745 --> 00:34:00,985 And with that, it was time to get ready for the race... 669 00:34:00,985 --> 00:34:03,265 Come on, guys. Let's get you into the buggies. 670 00:34:03,265 --> 00:34:05,425 Here we go. They're over there. 671 00:34:05,425 --> 00:34:08,385 ..where, presumably, with our reputation at donk racing 672 00:34:08,385 --> 00:34:09,945 preceding us, 673 00:34:09,945 --> 00:34:12,705 it turned out we wouldn't be competing in the top-level buggies 674 00:34:12,705 --> 00:34:14,545 that the pros drive. 675 00:34:14,545 --> 00:34:19,505 Instead, we'd be cutting our teeth on something rather more... 676 00:34:19,505 --> 00:34:21,105 ..agricultural. 677 00:34:25,505 --> 00:34:29,865 Yes, swamp buggy racers begin their careers 678 00:34:29,865 --> 00:34:32,065 in clapped-out, jacked-up old Jeeps... 679 00:34:32,065 --> 00:34:33,905 Look at these things. Look at 'em. 680 00:34:33,905 --> 00:34:35,105 I'm not sure about this. 681 00:34:35,105 --> 00:34:38,065 ..complete with about 150 horsepower... 682 00:34:38,065 --> 00:34:40,185 ENGINE REVS Let's race. 683 00:34:40,185 --> 00:34:41,785 ..and no brakes. 684 00:34:44,225 --> 00:34:45,825 CLUNK 685 00:34:45,825 --> 00:34:47,505 CLUNK Look at his...! 686 00:34:48,905 --> 00:34:50,705 I forgot you don't brake. I forgot! 687 00:34:50,705 --> 00:34:52,265 Has he crashed into him? 688 00:34:52,265 --> 00:34:54,385 What on earth are you doing? 689 00:34:56,585 --> 00:34:58,625 The race itself would see 690 00:34:58,625 --> 00:35:01,425 seven buggies competing in a one-lap dash, 691 00:35:01,425 --> 00:35:04,745 with the top three finishers taking home silverware. 692 00:35:09,185 --> 00:35:10,825 Here we go. 693 00:35:12,265 --> 00:35:14,665 Seven cars in the field, three of us. 694 00:35:14,665 --> 00:35:17,505 This is our best chance of a podium. 695 00:35:17,505 --> 00:35:19,745 One of us has got to get on. 696 00:35:22,385 --> 00:35:24,225 Here we go, then. 697 00:35:26,145 --> 00:35:29,065 Swamp buggying, here we go. 698 00:35:32,745 --> 00:35:33,985 Ohh! 699 00:35:41,425 --> 00:35:42,905 LAUGHS 700 00:35:46,985 --> 00:35:51,065 Now, I had got off to a lightning start 701 00:35:51,065 --> 00:35:52,865 and was leading the field. 702 00:35:54,985 --> 00:35:57,785 Harris had found himself stuck in the middle... 703 00:36:00,465 --> 00:36:02,665 ..and the big lad... Go! Go! 704 00:36:02,665 --> 00:36:03,625 ..well... 705 00:36:05,065 --> 00:36:06,145 Ohh! 706 00:36:06,145 --> 00:36:10,105 ..he was busy getting just plain stuck. 707 00:36:10,105 --> 00:36:11,225 Come on! 708 00:36:11,225 --> 00:36:12,625 So, that was the captain out... 709 00:36:12,625 --> 00:36:14,785 ENGINE FAILS TO START ..again. 710 00:36:14,785 --> 00:36:17,865 But we still had two horses in the race. 711 00:36:21,065 --> 00:36:23,665 And right up at the front, 712 00:36:23,665 --> 00:36:27,385 I was locked in a do-or-die battle for glory! 713 00:36:31,985 --> 00:36:33,065 McGuinness is having a go. 714 00:36:36,505 --> 00:36:38,345 McGuinness might win! 715 00:36:49,745 --> 00:36:51,065 Go, Pad! 716 00:36:55,025 --> 00:36:57,025 TANNOY: First, General Lee. 717 00:36:57,025 --> 00:36:58,825 Second place - Mr Paddy McGuinness! 718 00:36:58,825 --> 00:37:01,585 And third place...Captain Bridges. PADDY CHEERS 719 00:37:01,585 --> 00:37:03,225 CHRIS GROANS 720 00:37:03,225 --> 00:37:05,385 Well, well, well... 721 00:37:09,785 --> 00:37:12,705 Nearly won it! First time I've ever done it! 722 00:37:12,705 --> 00:37:15,145 Fourth place I'll take that. I'm still alive. 723 00:37:15,145 --> 00:37:17,345 That is unlike anything I've done before. 724 00:37:17,345 --> 00:37:19,185 PADDY GASPS 725 00:37:19,185 --> 00:37:20,425 MAN: You OK? 726 00:37:20,425 --> 00:37:23,465 Yeah, fine. That's how you dismount a swamp buggy! 727 00:37:26,505 --> 00:37:28,545 Oh, what a day. 728 00:37:28,545 --> 00:37:30,625 I don't think I'm going to be a swamp racer. 729 00:37:31,625 --> 00:37:34,425 Oh, dear. Oh, dear, oh, dear. 730 00:37:42,545 --> 00:37:45,185 It's fair to say that was an anti-climax. 731 00:37:45,185 --> 00:37:48,105 I work with a gentleman, I'm going to use one of his favourite sayings. 732 00:37:48,105 --> 00:37:50,665 I was embarrassed for you. 733 00:37:50,665 --> 00:37:52,145 There's plenty to go round. 734 00:37:52,145 --> 00:37:54,585 There's plenty to... You'll be next. Anyhow, 735 00:37:54,585 --> 00:37:56,665 the main thing is... We got on a podium. 736 00:37:56,665 --> 00:37:58,585 We've got silverware. We have got silverware. 737 00:37:58,585 --> 00:38:01,065 We've got silverware, boy! Second. Where did you come? 738 00:38:01,065 --> 00:38:03,425 Fourth. Sorry. Couldn't do any more than that. 739 00:38:03,425 --> 00:38:05,705 Right, there's a podium to stand on. 740 00:38:05,705 --> 00:38:08,625 I'm not sure there is, Pad. I think you might be disappointed here. 741 00:38:08,625 --> 00:38:09,985 I'll make one. 742 00:38:12,025 --> 00:38:15,385 Having discovered, then, that McGuinness's racing future 743 00:38:15,385 --> 00:38:18,225 lay in a remote Floridian swamp, 744 00:38:18,225 --> 00:38:21,185 we had our very first trophy. 745 00:38:21,185 --> 00:38:24,225 TANNOY: Second place - Mr Paddy McGuinness. 746 00:38:24,225 --> 00:38:26,105 Thank you. CHEERING 747 00:38:28,505 --> 00:38:31,905 Once the hero of the hour had taken the dubious honour 748 00:38:31,905 --> 00:38:35,585 of joining the Queen of the Swamp for the traditional dip... 749 00:38:35,585 --> 00:38:36,745 What is happening here? 750 00:38:39,425 --> 00:38:44,425 ..and after another rummage through his wardrobe for some dry clothes... 751 00:38:46,065 --> 00:38:49,665 ..we got back on the road in the trusty Rambler... 752 00:38:52,305 --> 00:38:53,465 That cap is actually... 753 00:38:53,465 --> 00:38:54,785 It suits you. 754 00:38:54,785 --> 00:38:57,265 I'm very comfortable in my pink. 755 00:38:58,665 --> 00:39:01,985 And this would have fitted me in about 1993. 756 00:39:01,985 --> 00:39:03,945 ..which, as it turns out, 757 00:39:03,945 --> 00:39:09,105 may also have been the last time the Rambler had its oil changed. 758 00:39:09,105 --> 00:39:12,145 She's making some odd noises now. 759 00:39:12,145 --> 00:39:14,985 Yeah! Can you hear that knocking noise? 760 00:39:14,985 --> 00:39:17,825 I want the expert ear of McGuinness on this. Ready? He'll go... 761 00:39:17,825 --> 00:39:18,905 IMITATES JUDDERING 762 00:39:18,905 --> 00:39:20,865 LOW JUDDERING 763 00:39:20,865 --> 00:39:23,945 Be right. Just needs a little breather. 764 00:39:23,945 --> 00:39:26,345 Our great American adventure is in jeopardy here. It's not! 765 00:39:26,345 --> 00:39:28,585 Because this thing is knackered. Nowt wrong with it. 766 00:39:29,585 --> 00:39:30,745 Have the faith. 767 00:39:33,985 --> 00:39:36,505 You two just don't have any mechanical sympathy at all, do you? 768 00:39:36,505 --> 00:39:38,945 Car park over there. Oh, we're in a church! 769 00:39:38,945 --> 00:39:40,505 Oh, God. 770 00:39:41,505 --> 00:39:43,425 Oh, you can't say that now, Chris! 771 00:39:46,785 --> 00:39:48,145 Are you going to stay in the car 772 00:39:48,145 --> 00:39:50,265 and just oversee everything and do nothing? 773 00:39:50,265 --> 00:39:52,065 No, we're going to play Frisbee. 774 00:39:52,065 --> 00:39:53,585 ENGINE RATTLES 775 00:39:55,825 --> 00:39:57,465 Sounds awful. 776 00:39:57,465 --> 00:39:59,265 O ye of little faith, Christopher. 777 00:40:00,505 --> 00:40:01,905 So, your solution to this - 778 00:40:01,905 --> 00:40:04,345 we've got a dead vehicle and you're playing Frisbee. 779 00:40:04,345 --> 00:40:07,425 You've got it. What a shot, that, eh? 780 00:40:07,425 --> 00:40:08,945 Are you seeing this, Chris? 781 00:40:08,945 --> 00:40:12,705 To be fair, while the Rambler cooled down enough to top the oil up, 782 00:40:12,705 --> 00:40:14,305 we had to do something. 783 00:40:14,305 --> 00:40:17,505 Do you want to join in on the Frisbee? Might as well. 784 00:40:17,505 --> 00:40:18,945 Although, on balance... 785 00:40:18,945 --> 00:40:20,105 Lovely throw. 786 00:40:20,105 --> 00:40:21,185 Oh, he's done it before. 787 00:40:21,185 --> 00:40:23,625 ..we probably should have just played cards again. 788 00:40:23,625 --> 00:40:25,665 Lovely. Ooh... CRUNCH 789 00:40:25,665 --> 00:40:28,105 Oh, what's happened? 790 00:40:29,505 --> 00:40:30,945 Gone over, twist? 791 00:40:30,945 --> 00:40:33,385 I landed right on it and it did something very odd. 792 00:40:33,385 --> 00:40:34,985 Ooh... 793 00:40:34,985 --> 00:40:38,465 In fact, Harris had managed to badly damage his ankle. 794 00:40:38,465 --> 00:40:41,265 You get him in, Pad. I'll see what's in t'freezer, get some ice on it. 795 00:40:41,265 --> 00:40:43,385 Yeah, get in here, brother. 796 00:40:43,385 --> 00:40:44,585 Oh, listen. 797 00:40:44,585 --> 00:40:47,185 We should all know what happens when middle-aged men do sport. 798 00:40:47,185 --> 00:40:48,585 We shouldn't have done it. 799 00:40:48,585 --> 00:40:50,625 Can you reach? Right, put a towel on it. 800 00:40:50,625 --> 00:40:52,705 Go. Now... 801 00:40:52,705 --> 00:40:54,305 Mother...! 802 00:40:54,305 --> 00:40:56,345 Ooh, ooh... You all right? 803 00:40:56,345 --> 00:40:59,585 On the plus side, the Rambler had cooled off, 804 00:40:59,585 --> 00:41:04,665 and after a big slug of oil, was soon feeling much better. 805 00:41:07,025 --> 00:41:11,585 MUSIC: Take My Breath Away by Berlin 806 00:41:11,585 --> 00:41:15,025 I've got to say, boys, she's purring. She's purring. 807 00:41:15,025 --> 00:41:17,065 Here we go. 808 00:41:17,065 --> 00:41:19,265 Do us a favour, Fred. Cover his toes up. 809 00:41:19,265 --> 00:41:21,505 They need painting, them! What's wrong with my toes? 810 00:41:21,505 --> 00:41:23,145 You got your nail clippers, Paddy? 811 00:41:23,145 --> 00:41:25,185 I think that might be the more serious job! 812 00:41:29,465 --> 00:41:32,665 It had been an eventful day. 813 00:41:32,665 --> 00:41:36,545 I mean, who'd have thought that between 1,000-horsepower drag racing 814 00:41:36,545 --> 00:41:41,465 and ploughing rusty jeeps through chest-high, muddy swamp water, 815 00:41:41,465 --> 00:41:45,705 that our only injury would come from Frisbee in a church car park? 816 00:41:47,305 --> 00:41:50,105 I'm not sure I'm going to be much use for the rest of this adventure. 817 00:41:50,105 --> 00:41:51,905 Well, what's new?! 818 00:41:54,825 --> 00:41:58,185 But it wasn't all bad news. 819 00:41:58,185 --> 00:42:00,505 I tell you what, though. 820 00:42:00,505 --> 00:42:03,985 Once the children are out playing, it isn't half peaceful here. 821 00:42:03,985 --> 00:42:08,185 After all, we still had one last race ahead of us... 822 00:42:08,185 --> 00:42:10,665 BOTH: Wahey! 823 00:42:10,665 --> 00:42:13,145 Wahey! Oh...! Oh, no, get it! 824 00:42:13,145 --> 00:42:15,425 ..and to stand any chance of taking part, 825 00:42:15,425 --> 00:42:19,025 the doctors have mercifully prescribed taking a break 826 00:42:19,025 --> 00:42:21,425 from Maverick and Goose. 827 00:42:26,545 --> 00:42:29,585 # Take my breath away... # 828 00:42:38,305 --> 00:42:40,665 Our last morning on the road... 829 00:42:43,185 --> 00:42:46,865 ..and having now reached the very back of the McGuinness wardrobe, 830 00:42:46,865 --> 00:42:52,105 all we had to do was nurse the Rambler to our final race. 831 00:42:53,345 --> 00:42:55,745 Don't ask too much of her, Fred. Don't ask too much of her. 832 00:42:55,745 --> 00:42:57,505 No, I'm just backing off a bit there, Chris. 833 00:42:57,505 --> 00:43:01,025 I get a feeling she's on her last legs, this. Yeah, I know. 834 00:43:09,785 --> 00:43:12,465 We never did sort out that flapping windscreen thing, did we? 835 00:43:12,465 --> 00:43:15,465 I know, listen to it. Part of the character of the vehicle, that, Pad. 836 00:43:15,465 --> 00:43:18,105 Yeah. What's your state of play, here, Chris? 837 00:43:18,105 --> 00:43:20,145 Are you...on the sidelines now? Or are you...? 838 00:43:20,145 --> 00:43:23,225 Are we going to try and get the old sprained ankle into a boot? 839 00:43:23,225 --> 00:43:25,625 No, but we're in a good place. We've got one trophy. Yeah. 840 00:43:26,865 --> 00:43:28,065 We can win another. 841 00:43:28,065 --> 00:43:30,905 We'll find a way. We'll find a way. 842 00:43:32,745 --> 00:43:36,945 And we needed to, because after a few more hours of coaxing... 843 00:43:36,945 --> 00:43:38,425 She is still running, boys. 844 00:43:38,425 --> 00:43:40,865 I would not have had money on this still running now. Yeah. 845 00:43:40,865 --> 00:43:42,625 ..later that afternoon, 846 00:43:42,625 --> 00:43:46,145 we found ourselves pulling into our last stop... 847 00:43:46,145 --> 00:43:50,305 ..at somewhere called the Freedom Factory - 848 00:43:50,305 --> 00:43:53,865 an old-school oval race track with a twist. 849 00:43:57,545 --> 00:44:01,385 It's the brainchild of YouTube sensation Cleetus McFarland 850 00:44:01,385 --> 00:44:05,465 who set out to build the kind of place where anything goes 851 00:44:05,465 --> 00:44:08,305 in anything that goes. 852 00:44:10,345 --> 00:44:14,625 So, to see what madcap, made-up, just-for-the-fun-of-it race 853 00:44:14,625 --> 00:44:19,265 we'd be joining in on, the man himself stopped by for a chat. 854 00:44:20,625 --> 00:44:22,305 It's an Audi S3. 855 00:44:22,305 --> 00:44:23,905 KNOCKING Anybody home? 856 00:44:25,145 --> 00:44:26,785 Hello. Whoa, come on. 857 00:44:26,785 --> 00:44:28,625 Hello. Hey, guys! 858 00:44:28,625 --> 00:44:31,505 Nice machine you got here! THEY WELCOME HIM IN 859 00:44:32,745 --> 00:44:34,105 Wow. 860 00:44:34,105 --> 00:44:35,745 How are you? How are you doing? 861 00:44:35,745 --> 00:44:37,425 How are you? I'm Chris. Chris. 862 00:44:37,425 --> 00:44:40,225 Nice to meet you. I'm Fred, nice to meet you. Nice to meet you all. 863 00:44:40,225 --> 00:44:43,025 Cleetus. Yes, sir, Cleetus McFarland. That's the name. 864 00:44:43,025 --> 00:44:44,185 What a great name. Yes, sir. 865 00:44:44,185 --> 00:44:46,065 What are we racing today, Cleetus? 866 00:44:46,065 --> 00:44:48,305 We're going to be racing on the oval track 867 00:44:48,305 --> 00:44:51,545 in one of the most sought-after cars in America, 868 00:44:51,545 --> 00:44:53,585 and that's the Ford Crown Victoria. 869 00:44:53,585 --> 00:44:55,265 Yes! Police car? Yes. 870 00:44:55,265 --> 00:44:56,985 Yeah, retired police cars. Yes! 871 00:44:56,985 --> 00:44:59,665 Bought right from the auction, and we put tyres on it... 872 00:44:59,665 --> 00:45:02,105 Show us one. Come on, show us one. Come and check it out. 873 00:45:05,305 --> 00:45:07,465 All right. Look at these! 874 00:45:07,465 --> 00:45:10,265 This is what we're working with, guys. Yeah! 875 00:45:10,265 --> 00:45:14,425 So, these things average from 50 to 200,000 miles. 876 00:45:14,425 --> 00:45:16,825 They're little beat up, but we got them ready for you guys. 877 00:45:16,825 --> 00:45:18,825 They got a roll cage... Love that. 878 00:45:18,825 --> 00:45:20,385 ..like I said, nitrous. 879 00:45:20,385 --> 00:45:22,425 So, is it just the three of us racing? No, sir. 880 00:45:23,625 --> 00:45:25,985 We got 11 cars total racing tonight. 881 00:45:28,305 --> 00:45:32,825 You're up against a bunch of the best, finest team of rednecks... 882 00:45:32,825 --> 00:45:34,625 Love it! ..we could come up with. 883 00:45:37,065 --> 00:45:39,105 Just to be clear, then, 884 00:45:39,105 --> 00:45:41,545 our great American motorsport adventure 885 00:45:41,545 --> 00:45:43,585 would be ending that night 886 00:45:43,585 --> 00:45:46,945 on a packed grid of ex-police V8 Crown Vics, 887 00:45:46,945 --> 00:45:49,145 race-prepared and fitted out with tanks 888 00:45:49,145 --> 00:45:51,425 of performance-boosting nitrous oxide 889 00:45:51,425 --> 00:45:54,785 in a Nascar-inspired floodlit oval race 890 00:45:54,785 --> 00:45:56,785 called the Dirty 30. 891 00:45:57,985 --> 00:46:01,225 And, if that wasn't quite American enough for you, 892 00:46:01,225 --> 00:46:03,985 before our turn in the evening's main event, 893 00:46:03,985 --> 00:46:06,985 there was still time for a light hot dog supper 894 00:46:06,985 --> 00:46:10,985 in front of the monster truck tug-of-war. 895 00:46:13,625 --> 00:46:15,665 I'm going blue. 896 00:46:15,665 --> 00:46:17,065 Go on! 897 00:46:17,065 --> 00:46:18,305 HE LAUGHS 898 00:46:19,545 --> 00:46:21,745 Look at the little 'un. He's not moving him. 899 00:46:21,745 --> 00:46:23,305 Oh, he's going! 900 00:46:26,705 --> 00:46:29,025 It's like watching two chess grandmasters, isn't it? 901 00:46:29,025 --> 00:46:30,745 Tactics. 902 00:46:30,745 --> 00:46:33,145 With the crowd whipped up, 903 00:46:33,145 --> 00:46:36,385 it was time to prepare for the race. 904 00:46:38,025 --> 00:46:40,825 First, there was the highly technical grid draw 905 00:46:40,825 --> 00:46:45,985 where it looked like luck might finally be on our side... 906 00:46:45,985 --> 00:46:49,385 I got 11, dude. I'm in last! LAUGHTER 907 00:46:49,385 --> 00:46:52,305 Are you kidding me?! I literally got the worst one. 908 00:46:52,305 --> 00:46:55,265 ..because, while the big lad, Cleetus, 909 00:46:55,265 --> 00:46:56,665 would be starting at the back, 910 00:46:56,665 --> 00:46:59,745 I had taken eighth, Paddy fifth, 911 00:46:59,745 --> 00:47:04,305 and Harris would be starting all the way up in third. 912 00:47:04,305 --> 00:47:07,025 You got three? Unbelievable. 913 00:47:07,025 --> 00:47:09,665 This is the one guy I've got to worry about! 914 00:47:13,985 --> 00:47:19,225 # O say can you see 915 00:47:19,225 --> 00:47:24,665 # By the dawn's early light... # 916 00:47:24,665 --> 00:47:27,185 Chris Harris has drawn three. 917 00:47:27,185 --> 00:47:28,905 Cleetus is desperate to beat Chris - 918 00:47:28,905 --> 00:47:31,465 he's worried about Chris, I can see it in his eyes - 919 00:47:31,465 --> 00:47:33,825 and Harris, he's done his usual thing. 920 00:47:33,825 --> 00:47:37,105 Building up to a race, he gets a bit intense, a bit moody. 921 00:47:37,105 --> 00:47:43,465 # And the rocket's red glare 922 00:47:43,465 --> 00:47:48,665 # The bombs bursting in air... # 923 00:47:48,665 --> 00:47:52,345 Well, I'm in...I'm in fifth going out. 924 00:47:52,345 --> 00:47:53,985 Er... 925 00:47:53,985 --> 00:47:58,425 That will probably change to about 11th by lap 29, 926 00:47:58,425 --> 00:48:00,465 but we just want to get round in one piece. 927 00:48:00,465 --> 00:48:05,785 # O say does that star-spangled... 928 00:48:06,745 --> 00:48:14,505 # ..banner yet wave... # 929 00:48:14,505 --> 00:48:15,905 CHEERING 930 00:48:15,905 --> 00:48:22,785 # O'er the land of the free 931 00:48:23,825 --> 00:48:31,345 # And the home of the... 932 00:48:32,545 --> 00:48:35,305 # ..brave! # 933 00:48:36,585 --> 00:48:41,385 ANNOUNCER: Gentlemen, start your engines! 934 00:48:41,385 --> 00:48:43,305 ENGINES REV 935 00:48:43,305 --> 00:48:44,345 Yeah! 936 00:48:45,665 --> 00:48:47,425 Woo! 937 00:48:47,425 --> 00:48:49,625 Brother! Come on, Chrissy! 938 00:48:54,905 --> 00:48:58,385 ANNOUNCER: Chris Harris, battling an injury, is on crutches in his car. 939 00:48:58,385 --> 00:49:00,385 You know, maybe not driving with them, 940 00:49:00,385 --> 00:49:02,385 but he truly is using crutches to get around. 941 00:49:09,945 --> 00:49:12,065 Here we go! 942 00:49:12,065 --> 00:49:14,265 Wow. 943 00:49:14,265 --> 00:49:18,265 I've got to tell you, the adrenaline is pumping! 944 00:49:19,625 --> 00:49:21,905 This is a formation lap now, 945 00:49:21,905 --> 00:49:27,425 side by side, and then, we're just going to see 946 00:49:27,425 --> 00:49:30,665 what happens when it goes green. 947 00:49:33,905 --> 00:49:35,945 Come on, Chrissy Harris, get the win, lad. 948 00:49:37,145 --> 00:49:38,785 Dear Lord. 949 00:49:38,785 --> 00:49:42,225 My ankle absolutely bloody kills. 950 00:49:44,465 --> 00:49:46,505 Here goes to American racing. 951 00:49:46,505 --> 00:49:48,145 The pace car is coming off the track, 952 00:49:48,145 --> 00:49:50,345 making its way into the centre of the field. 953 00:49:50,345 --> 00:49:53,385 Stay calm, stay smooth, stay safe. 954 00:49:53,385 --> 00:49:55,385 ANNOUNCER: They are going to be off and under way 955 00:49:55,385 --> 00:49:57,265 here at the Dirty 30, the very first lap 956 00:49:57,265 --> 00:49:58,905 at the Freedom Factory. 957 00:49:58,905 --> 00:49:59,905 Fire me up. 958 00:49:59,905 --> 00:50:01,745 And they have the green. 959 00:50:01,745 --> 00:50:04,225 We're off! We are off! 960 00:50:15,345 --> 00:50:17,785 ANNOUNCER: I want to point out the number 188. 961 00:50:17,785 --> 00:50:20,145 That's Chris Harris. And he's actually squeezing his way 962 00:50:20,145 --> 00:50:22,265 right into second place here in the first lap, 963 00:50:22,265 --> 00:50:23,705 the first lap is not even over, 964 00:50:23,705 --> 00:50:25,705 and the man with crutches is in second place. 965 00:50:33,785 --> 00:50:36,065 Going high to begin with. 966 00:50:36,065 --> 00:50:38,305 Whoa! 967 00:50:38,305 --> 00:50:40,745 There's one gone. Nearly tucked in front of me there. 968 00:50:40,745 --> 00:50:44,745 Oh, this is such a rush! 969 00:50:46,225 --> 00:50:47,865 It's terrifying! 970 00:50:47,865 --> 00:50:50,305 ANNOUNCER: So, Paddy and Freddie are at the back of the pack, 971 00:50:50,305 --> 00:50:53,625 but Chris Harris, now passing lap traffic in the 188, 972 00:50:53,625 --> 00:50:57,505 going through Turn 3 and giving himself a clear, open shot. 973 00:50:58,825 --> 00:50:59,825 Right... 974 00:50:59,825 --> 00:51:03,065 I've got one right on my tail now. 975 00:51:03,065 --> 00:51:04,505 I've got a bit of understeer. 976 00:51:05,625 --> 00:51:07,665 ANNOUNCER: All these drivers are here to race, 977 00:51:07,665 --> 00:51:09,225 and there's been some clean racing, too. 978 00:51:09,225 --> 00:51:10,785 Come on, Pad! 979 00:51:13,825 --> 00:51:15,265 Come on, Pad! 980 00:51:17,505 --> 00:51:18,825 ANNOUNCER: Oh! 981 00:51:18,825 --> 00:51:19,865 BLEEP! 982 00:51:19,865 --> 00:51:21,345 Oh, Paddy! 983 00:51:21,345 --> 00:51:22,585 Paddy just spun out. 984 00:51:24,265 --> 00:51:26,105 Oh, I've knocked Paddy off. 985 00:51:26,105 --> 00:51:27,585 He is going to be fuming! 986 00:51:27,585 --> 00:51:29,505 Flintoff, you dick! 987 00:51:29,505 --> 00:51:31,705 ANNOUNCER: He's facing the wrong way! 988 00:51:31,705 --> 00:51:33,945 We've got the car of Cleetus avoiding contact. 989 00:51:33,945 --> 00:51:35,625 Oh, my gosh. 990 00:51:35,625 --> 00:51:37,065 The caution has come out. 991 00:51:37,065 --> 00:51:38,625 That was a close call. 992 00:51:40,025 --> 00:51:41,145 Under caution. 993 00:51:41,145 --> 00:51:43,705 Oh, I gave Paddy a nudge there. 994 00:51:43,705 --> 00:51:45,745 He is going to be after me now, that lad. 995 00:51:45,745 --> 00:51:48,705 Can you believe me own team-mate rammed me off? 996 00:51:48,705 --> 00:51:50,385 What a bell-end. 997 00:51:56,025 --> 00:51:58,705 I'm now being rubbed by Cleetus. 998 00:51:58,705 --> 00:52:01,785 That's a phrase I never thought I'd say in my life. 999 00:52:03,345 --> 00:52:04,625 ANNOUNCER: Here we go. 1000 00:52:04,625 --> 00:52:06,305 And it's green. 1001 00:52:07,865 --> 00:52:09,305 Who has the jump? 1002 00:52:13,345 --> 00:52:14,585 Oh, here comes Chris. 1003 00:52:14,585 --> 00:52:16,265 Oh, my gosh, look on the back straight. 1004 00:52:16,265 --> 00:52:19,065 Chris Harris transitions into the first position! 1005 00:52:19,065 --> 00:52:21,385 Is he going to be able to hold it through Turn 3? 1006 00:52:21,385 --> 00:52:22,505 And he does! 1007 00:52:22,505 --> 00:52:25,345 Through Turn 4, Chris Harris is now in first place. 1008 00:52:25,345 --> 00:52:27,385 Woohoo-hoo! 1009 00:52:28,425 --> 00:52:29,785 Come on, Chrissy Harris! 1010 00:52:29,785 --> 00:52:33,265 I can see him up there! 188. 1011 00:52:33,265 --> 00:52:34,385 He's our saving grace. 1012 00:52:36,105 --> 00:52:38,345 Come on now, boy. 1013 00:52:38,345 --> 00:52:41,185 ANNOUNCER: I think that was a total vet move by Chris 1014 00:52:41,185 --> 00:52:43,425 on a rookie, Zach. 1015 00:52:43,425 --> 00:52:46,305 Just passed him real quick and got up in front. 1016 00:52:48,585 --> 00:52:50,385 Now we are halfway through the race, folks. 1017 00:52:50,385 --> 00:52:52,865 We are lap number 14, about to start lap number 15. 1018 00:52:52,865 --> 00:52:53,985 Oh! 1019 00:52:53,985 --> 00:52:57,665 We have a spin-off. Carson spins into the infield. 1020 00:52:57,665 --> 00:53:00,065 We are still under green. There is no caution. 1021 00:53:00,065 --> 00:53:03,505 Man, this is crazy! 1022 00:53:05,345 --> 00:53:07,625 Chris Harris fighting for his life 1023 00:53:07,625 --> 00:53:09,305 to hold down the first position. 1024 00:53:09,305 --> 00:53:12,465 The veteran Cleetus McFarland coming up the inside in Turn 4. 1025 00:53:15,105 --> 00:53:17,625 Is he going to be able to get him on the main straight? 1026 00:53:17,625 --> 00:53:20,065 Oh, door-to-door racing. 1027 00:53:20,065 --> 00:53:23,345 Cleetus clinches the first-place position. 1028 00:53:26,505 --> 00:53:28,305 Whoa... 1029 00:53:28,305 --> 00:53:31,345 Whoa! Going through Paddy. 1030 00:53:31,345 --> 00:53:33,305 I'm taking another one, there we go. 1031 00:53:33,305 --> 00:53:35,625 That's what I'm talking about! Come on. 1032 00:53:46,185 --> 00:53:49,585 ANNOUNCER: Oh, and it looks like we have another spin-out. 1033 00:53:49,585 --> 00:53:52,265 Payback's a bitch, baby! 1034 00:53:52,265 --> 00:53:55,705 ANNOUNCER: Freddie, Freddie Flintoff hits the gate. 1035 00:53:56,745 --> 00:53:57,985 Paddy got me back there. 1036 00:53:59,785 --> 00:54:01,025 HEAVY THUD 1037 00:54:03,265 --> 00:54:05,505 ANNOUNCER: Oh, and there's a car spun around in Turn 2. 1038 00:54:05,505 --> 00:54:07,105 That's the menace, Freddie. 1039 00:54:08,785 --> 00:54:11,145 I've got a flat tyre. Flat tyre. 1040 00:54:12,985 --> 00:54:16,025 The blowout looked like it had taken me out of the race 1041 00:54:16,025 --> 00:54:19,305 with just nine laps to go. 1042 00:54:19,305 --> 00:54:20,945 We're going in. 1043 00:54:20,945 --> 00:54:22,905 ANNOUNCER: Unfortunately, 1044 00:54:22,905 --> 00:54:25,385 Freddie has had to come off the track due to car malfunction. 1045 00:54:25,385 --> 00:54:26,825 Where are my team-mates? 1046 00:54:28,065 --> 00:54:30,265 The red one back there... 1047 00:54:30,265 --> 00:54:31,705 Where's the blue one gone? 1048 00:54:33,945 --> 00:54:35,865 Did you see your buddy blew a tyre and spun out? 1049 00:54:37,585 --> 00:54:40,025 CHRIS CHUCKLES 1050 00:54:40,025 --> 00:54:43,385 But this is Florida racing. 1051 00:54:43,385 --> 00:54:45,705 Never had a conversation 1052 00:54:45,705 --> 00:54:48,145 with the other driver whilst I'm going round. 1053 00:54:48,145 --> 00:54:50,985 And it turns out, in the Dirty 30... 1054 00:54:52,425 --> 00:54:55,665 ..the show's not over until you run out of wheels. 1055 00:55:00,945 --> 00:55:02,985 ANNOUNCER: Freddie has come out in a new car 1056 00:55:02,985 --> 00:55:05,745 with orange spray paint on it, with the orange number 11. 1057 00:55:05,745 --> 00:55:09,025 It's the white Crown Vic that has come out there. 1058 00:55:09,025 --> 00:55:12,945 Rejoining the back of the pack, though, by this point, 1059 00:55:12,945 --> 00:55:17,225 a podium finish for me and McGuinness was out of the question. 1060 00:55:17,225 --> 00:55:21,305 The real race was all Harris. 1061 00:55:25,625 --> 00:55:27,945 ANNOUNCER: Number 99, he's very quick. 1062 00:55:27,945 --> 00:55:29,985 He's driving very aggressive as well. 1063 00:55:32,465 --> 00:55:34,865 What's he going to be able to do the inside? 1064 00:55:36,505 --> 00:55:39,945 Looks like Chris falling back to third place. 1065 00:55:39,945 --> 00:55:42,345 Come on, Harris has dropped to third. 1066 00:55:45,465 --> 00:55:47,265 ANNOUNCER: These cars are driving hot. 1067 00:55:54,145 --> 00:55:55,785 Oh! 1068 00:55:55,785 --> 00:55:56,825 Oh... 1069 00:56:03,745 --> 00:56:07,145 Bit of a tap there. Got away with it, I think. 1070 00:56:07,145 --> 00:56:09,505 ANNOUNCER: Did you see Chris Harris avoid that? 1071 00:56:09,505 --> 00:56:11,025 He shake left, shake right, 1072 00:56:11,025 --> 00:56:13,425 came on the inside, avoided the contact. 1073 00:56:13,425 --> 00:56:16,905 And here he is able to close the gap, potentially, on Cleetus. 1074 00:56:35,425 --> 00:56:38,545 Two to go, come on. Keep it going. 1075 00:56:39,665 --> 00:56:41,705 Ooh, Flintoff! 1076 00:56:42,745 --> 00:56:44,105 Just a tickle on the wall. 1077 00:56:45,545 --> 00:56:48,545 Woo! Man, this is knackering. 1078 00:56:48,545 --> 00:56:51,545 ANNOUNCER: These guys are driving on the wrong side of the car. 1079 00:56:51,545 --> 00:56:53,825 Can we talk about that? They are literally on 1080 00:56:53,825 --> 00:56:56,105 a steering wheel on the incorrect side of the vehicle. 1081 00:56:59,305 --> 00:57:00,745 Ooh! 1082 00:57:00,745 --> 00:57:02,025 Oh, contact! Oh! 1083 00:57:02,025 --> 00:57:05,665 Paddy riding along, he's smoking on the final lap. 1084 00:57:05,665 --> 00:57:07,265 We're going to avoid a caution. 1085 00:57:07,265 --> 00:57:10,345 Oh, that... That was intense. 1086 00:57:10,345 --> 00:57:12,145 Paddy is completely broken down. 1087 00:57:13,505 --> 00:57:16,225 Paddy is out. We've got Cleetus on the back straight. 1088 00:57:16,225 --> 00:57:17,825 This is the final lap. 1089 00:57:17,825 --> 00:57:21,905 Ladies and gentlemen, Chris and Cleetus 1090 00:57:21,905 --> 00:57:24,745 coming across for the finish line. 1091 00:57:24,745 --> 00:57:27,385 The race winner, Cleetus McFarland! 1092 00:57:28,625 --> 00:57:30,545 Oh, second! 1093 00:57:32,265 --> 00:57:34,305 LAUGHS 1094 00:57:34,305 --> 00:57:37,945 ANNOUNCER: Second place given to Chris Harris. 1095 00:57:37,945 --> 00:57:40,465 What an amazing performance from these guys. 1096 00:57:40,465 --> 00:57:42,025 Wow! 1097 00:57:42,025 --> 00:57:44,745 What an experience that was. 1098 00:57:46,865 --> 00:57:48,905 The Dirty 30 was done, 1099 00:57:48,905 --> 00:57:50,945 and with it was our voyage 1100 00:57:50,945 --> 00:57:55,705 to discover some of America's most brilliantly bonkers ways 1101 00:57:55,705 --> 00:57:57,465 of going racing... 1102 00:57:59,105 --> 00:58:03,385 ..and, rambling home with two trophies from three races, 1103 00:58:03,385 --> 00:58:07,385 Team Top Gear was a failure no more. 1104 00:58:09,065 --> 00:58:13,905 # I've never felt this way 1105 00:58:13,905 --> 00:58:18,985 # Oh, show me heaven 1106 00:58:18,985 --> 00:58:22,025 # Cover me 1107 00:58:22,025 --> 00:58:25,105 # Leave me breathless 1108 00:58:25,105 --> 00:58:28,945 # Oh-oh-oh 1109 00:58:28,945 --> 00:58:35,185 # Show me heaven, babe 1110 00:58:35,185 --> 00:58:38,665 # Leave me breathless. #