1 00:00:01,418 --> 00:00:02,836 This time on Roadkill, insane fun 2 00:00:02,877 --> 00:00:07,007 with a total beater, a 700 mile road trip and Roadkill night. 3 00:00:07,090 --> 00:00:08,173 [all cheering] 4 00:00:18,018 --> 00:00:20,103 [theme music playing] 5 00:00:34,868 --> 00:00:36,828 We are near Youngstown, Ohio, 6 00:00:36,870 --> 00:00:40,373 and this is the week that leads up to our Roadkill Nights event 7 00:00:40,457 --> 00:00:43,126 powered by Dodge, which is in Pontiac, Michigan. 8 00:00:43,209 --> 00:00:45,420 That is the deal where we gather cars up, 9 00:00:45,503 --> 00:00:49,049 and we have legal street racing on Woodward. 10 00:00:49,132 --> 00:00:51,634 Yes, and we're going to race ourselves this time, 11 00:00:51,718 --> 00:00:53,887 and I'm so excited about the manner in which we're going to do it. 12 00:00:53,970 --> 00:00:56,139 Oh, man, it's gonna be gruesome. 13 00:00:56,222 --> 00:00:57,640 So here's our plan. 14 00:00:57,724 --> 00:01:00,018 We've bought a truck sight unseen, 15 00:01:00,060 --> 00:01:02,562 and we need to drive it from Youngstown to, 16 00:01:02,645 --> 00:01:05,940 I think, somewhere near Indy to pick up a roll cage. 17 00:01:06,024 --> 00:01:09,444 And we need to pick up a bunch of tools along the way and we have to go... 18 00:01:09,527 --> 00:01:11,196 roughly 700 miles. 19 00:01:11,237 --> 00:01:12,614 Then once we get there, 20 00:01:12,697 --> 00:01:16,158 we're going to run our vehicle down the track and then make it faster. 21 00:01:16,242 --> 00:01:19,621 Yes, and we're doing it the right way, which is really the wrong way. 22 00:01:19,704 --> 00:01:23,166 We're going to to butcher this vehicle with no guilt, 23 00:01:23,249 --> 00:01:25,627 making it lighter every time we cut something off of it, 24 00:01:25,710 --> 00:01:27,128 and then we're going to find out, 25 00:01:27,212 --> 00:01:29,756 can we actually go faster with just a pair of frame rails and a roll cage 26 00:01:29,839 --> 00:01:31,007 -and maybe a seat or two. -Yeah. 27 00:01:31,091 --> 00:01:33,051 We're gonna make it as light as possible. 28 00:01:33,093 --> 00:01:34,594 I've seen the photos. 29 00:01:34,678 --> 00:01:36,221 So we're gonna go check it out right now. 30 00:01:36,262 --> 00:01:38,056 Yeah. You're gonna be fine. Trust me. 31 00:01:44,104 --> 00:01:45,396 [Mike Finnegan chuckles] Look at it. 32 00:01:45,438 --> 00:01:47,190 -[David Freiburger] Oh! -Yeah. Look at how rusty it is. 33 00:01:47,273 --> 00:01:48,733 This is great. 34 00:01:48,775 --> 00:01:51,152 Wow, this is bad. 35 00:01:51,235 --> 00:01:54,114 No one is collecting and or restoring this. 36 00:01:55,949 --> 00:02:00,537 [David] What we're looking at is a 2001 Dodge Ram 1500. 37 00:02:00,620 --> 00:02:04,040 It says V8. I don't know if it's a 5.2 or 5.9. 38 00:02:04,124 --> 00:02:06,209 -We can figure that out. Yeah. - [Mike] As long as it's a V8. 39 00:02:06,292 --> 00:02:09,336 [David] And I understand it has low mileage, runs and drives fine. 40 00:02:09,420 --> 00:02:12,716 But it is bad. Look at the dent across the hood. 41 00:02:12,799 --> 00:02:14,801 You know what makes me super happy? 42 00:02:14,884 --> 00:02:17,971 I will have no guilt about hacking this up. 43 00:02:19,931 --> 00:02:22,976 I have an idea. Every time we cut a piece off to make it lighter, 44 00:02:23,059 --> 00:02:24,561 we sign it, we give it to the crowd. 45 00:02:24,644 --> 00:02:25,937 [David] Oh! Good idea. 46 00:02:25,978 --> 00:02:28,565 Let me pop the hood and find out what engine's in it. 47 00:02:29,149 --> 00:02:32,277 This claims 5.2! 48 00:02:32,317 --> 00:02:33,194 Ah! 49 00:02:33,278 --> 00:02:34,404 They shorted me. 50 00:02:34,988 --> 00:02:37,073 I was hoping it was a 5.9. 51 00:02:37,156 --> 00:02:39,617 Okay. It's a 318 automatic. 52 00:02:40,744 --> 00:02:42,787 Oh, my God, when you open the door, it's worse. 53 00:02:42,829 --> 00:02:44,664 -There is no rocker... -[David] No. 54 00:02:44,748 --> 00:02:45,999 [Mike] ...and part of the floor is gone. 55 00:02:46,082 --> 00:02:47,917 Does it run? Ready? 56 00:02:49,418 --> 00:02:50,337 [engine starts] 57 00:02:51,421 --> 00:02:54,215 -If it even sounds tough. -Might have an exhaust leak. 58 00:02:54,299 --> 00:02:57,385 It has 99,954 miles on it. 59 00:02:57,469 --> 00:03:00,096 So we're going to break the seal and roll that to a hundred thou. 60 00:03:00,180 --> 00:03:01,931 Check engine lights on. 61 00:03:02,015 --> 00:03:04,559 All of this happened in less than a hundred thou? 62 00:03:04,642 --> 00:03:06,603 It's called shenanigans, dude! 63 00:03:06,686 --> 00:03:10,982 Hey, this has been ridden hard and put away wet for way more than that. 64 00:03:21,618 --> 00:03:22,952 Wow, it's perky. 65 00:03:23,036 --> 00:03:24,496 I was gonna say, no tire scratch. 66 00:03:24,537 --> 00:03:26,581 No, there was no tire scratch. 67 00:03:26,664 --> 00:03:28,708 I think I had these seats in the C-10 once. 68 00:03:28,792 --> 00:03:30,877 [David] Oh, the shocks are wasted! [laughing] 69 00:03:32,003 --> 00:03:33,171 [both laugh] 70 00:03:33,963 --> 00:03:35,173 Does it look like we have gages? 71 00:03:35,215 --> 00:03:36,174 Everything works. 72 00:03:38,051 --> 00:03:39,302 It downshifted. 73 00:03:39,386 --> 00:03:42,263 [Mike] All right, so we got a transmission that transmits. 74 00:03:42,347 --> 00:03:43,430 That's good. 75 00:03:43,515 --> 00:03:44,849 Oh, hey, the oil has just changed. 76 00:03:44,891 --> 00:03:47,811 The next oil change is 1,02,000 miles, 77 00:03:47,894 --> 00:03:49,646 and it's got ninety nine thou now. 78 00:03:49,728 --> 00:03:51,439 So don't worry about that. We're good. 79 00:03:51,523 --> 00:03:52,857 [Mike] Actual test now. 80 00:03:53,692 --> 00:03:56,069 Oh, boy, don't break in half. 81 00:03:56,152 --> 00:03:59,614 It handles like it's on rails, as in the guardrail. 82 00:03:59,698 --> 00:04:00,907 [both chuckle] 83 00:04:03,410 --> 00:04:06,246 I feel it's too...plain. 84 00:04:06,329 --> 00:04:09,833 I pre-ordered a whole bunch of decals for it. 85 00:04:09,916 --> 00:04:13,211 Like Dodge, and Roadkill Nights, Roadkill. 86 00:04:13,253 --> 00:04:14,504 [Mike] Do they stick to rock? 87 00:04:17,339 --> 00:04:20,719 Huh, a severe thunderstorm warning by the National Weather Service. 88 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:22,929 [David] Awesome. Here comes the rain. 89 00:04:23,013 --> 00:04:27,600 [Mike] Surprisingly, the leaks are coming from places you would expect, 90 00:04:27,684 --> 00:04:29,269 like the open window. 91 00:04:29,352 --> 00:04:31,938 You know, not like some of the other vehicles we've driven, 92 00:04:32,022 --> 00:04:34,315 where it would just leak in from the headliners. 93 00:04:34,399 --> 00:04:36,026 I feel pretty good about all this. 94 00:04:36,109 --> 00:04:37,027 Hi, there. 95 00:04:47,287 --> 00:04:48,955 Okay. This is real rain. 96 00:04:49,039 --> 00:04:49,956 Yeah. 97 00:04:57,088 --> 00:05:00,675 [laughing] Oh, I broke the lever off a bit. 98 00:05:00,759 --> 00:05:02,302 [both laugh] 99 00:05:02,385 --> 00:05:05,805 That was funny, tried to parking brake slide it in here, 100 00:05:05,889 --> 00:05:09,059 but I stepped on the pedal and broke it off. 101 00:05:09,142 --> 00:05:12,771 Anyway, we're driving a hard 300 miles today, 102 00:05:12,812 --> 00:05:14,898 just on the 80, just cannonballing. 103 00:05:14,981 --> 00:05:16,066 I got bored. 104 00:05:16,149 --> 00:05:18,693 So we're gonna stop and decorate this thing. 105 00:05:18,777 --> 00:05:21,154 I got a bunch of Roadkill s tickers and Dodge stickers, 106 00:05:21,237 --> 00:05:23,782 Roadkill Nights, and all that stuff. 107 00:05:23,823 --> 00:05:26,701 So, let's go to town. Let's get artistic. 108 00:05:26,785 --> 00:05:28,912 [Mike] Yeah. We don't need to fix it. Let's just improve it. 109 00:05:28,995 --> 00:05:30,413 [David] I'm not fixing it. 110 00:05:30,497 --> 00:05:31,831 You know, here's the thing. 111 00:05:31,915 --> 00:05:36,002 Some fan is going to get a Dodge tailgate with all of this on there. 112 00:05:37,796 --> 00:05:40,632 -Cool. -That added at least 15 horsepower. 113 00:05:40,674 --> 00:05:45,011 Did you know this logo is called a Fratzog? 114 00:05:45,095 --> 00:05:46,763 It's a made up word, means nothing. 115 00:05:46,846 --> 00:05:50,892 They designed that... early '60s, I'm going to say, 116 00:05:50,975 --> 00:05:52,352 and they're bringing it back. 117 00:05:53,603 --> 00:05:54,854 Pretty cool. 118 00:05:57,190 --> 00:05:59,526 We can go "Freiburger-Finnegan" on this side. 119 00:05:59,609 --> 00:06:01,319 "Finnegan-Freiburger" on the other side. 120 00:06:03,488 --> 00:06:05,115 That is a pro. 121 00:06:05,198 --> 00:06:06,783 -All right. -Yep. 122 00:06:06,866 --> 00:06:08,076 Look at us. 123 00:06:08,159 --> 00:06:09,703 -[engine starts] -Ready for violence? 124 00:06:09,786 --> 00:06:11,204 -Yes. -Let's get out of here. 125 00:06:12,122 --> 00:06:13,039 [tires screech] 126 00:06:16,876 --> 00:06:17,877 [both laughing] 127 00:06:21,214 --> 00:06:22,674 [Mike laughs] That was great. 128 00:06:22,716 --> 00:06:24,384 I thought you were going one way 129 00:06:24,467 --> 00:06:26,052 and then you whipped it the other way. Like-- 130 00:06:26,136 --> 00:06:27,971 Oh, you have to... give it the flick. 131 00:06:32,225 --> 00:06:34,436 We just got a tornado warning. 132 00:06:34,519 --> 00:06:39,065 "National Weather Service, tornado warning in this area till 4.45. 133 00:06:40,066 --> 00:06:41,735 "Take shelter now!" 134 00:06:47,699 --> 00:06:49,034 Wow, they're not kidding. 135 00:06:49,075 --> 00:06:51,369 [Mike reading] "If you are outdoors in a mobile home or in a vehicle, 136 00:06:51,411 --> 00:06:54,372 move to the closest substantial shelter 137 00:06:54,414 --> 00:06:56,582 and protect yourself from flying debris." 138 00:06:56,666 --> 00:06:57,584 [David] Wow. 139 00:06:58,418 --> 00:06:59,753 I don't see any flying cows yet. 140 00:06:59,836 --> 00:07:02,422 I was about to say exactly the same thing. 141 00:07:05,759 --> 00:07:06,801 [Mike] We're gonna keep rolling. 142 00:07:06,885 --> 00:07:08,261 [David] Not bad. 143 00:07:08,303 --> 00:07:12,349 The weather is cleared and we're moving away from the actual tornado. 144 00:07:15,352 --> 00:07:17,771 Well, I think we survived that one. 145 00:07:17,854 --> 00:07:20,940 It was a little spooky when we got the text that said... 146 00:07:21,024 --> 00:07:25,278 "Imminent danger, extreme risk of death." 147 00:07:25,362 --> 00:07:26,613 Yeah, I've never seen that before. 148 00:07:26,696 --> 00:07:29,741 It's like they watch our show or something like that. 149 00:07:29,783 --> 00:07:32,369 Anyway, the truck just cruises. 150 00:07:32,452 --> 00:07:34,496 If the air conditioning and the cruise control worked, 151 00:07:34,579 --> 00:07:36,706 it'd be everything that we need, and then some. 152 00:07:36,790 --> 00:07:38,249 Anyway, do you want to drive? 153 00:07:38,792 --> 00:07:40,085 Sure! 154 00:07:40,126 --> 00:07:41,294 [engine starts] 155 00:07:44,130 --> 00:07:45,548 [David] This comes off pretty easy. 156 00:07:45,632 --> 00:07:46,800 Ah, it's like a quick release. 157 00:07:47,801 --> 00:07:49,094 Man! 158 00:07:49,135 --> 00:07:50,428 How about this? 159 00:07:51,388 --> 00:07:53,139 Yeah, that comes off easily, too. 160 00:07:55,308 --> 00:07:58,728 You know, this is lighter, if we just go with it. 161 00:08:01,815 --> 00:08:02,649 Let's go. 162 00:08:05,318 --> 00:08:07,946 I'm sure nothing will go wrong in the next three days. 163 00:08:08,822 --> 00:08:12,117 Sort of, broke the seal on that I guess. 164 00:08:12,158 --> 00:08:14,452 Now that I know I'm like, all right, 165 00:08:14,494 --> 00:08:16,663 we don't need this, this doesn't even need to be here. 166 00:08:17,497 --> 00:08:18,957 We're lighter already. 167 00:08:22,669 --> 00:08:23,962 Now it's lighter! 168 00:08:24,045 --> 00:08:26,297 [David] All right, well, that's pretty much our trip for the day. 169 00:08:26,339 --> 00:08:30,552 Tomorrow we head into South Bend, Indiana, home of Studebaker. 170 00:08:30,635 --> 00:08:33,972 And then we move on to Rhodes Race Cars to pick up our roll cage. 171 00:08:34,014 --> 00:08:34,889 But tonight... 172 00:08:34,972 --> 00:08:35,932 we rest. 173 00:08:46,359 --> 00:08:48,987 -How many miles have we gone? -180. 174 00:08:49,029 --> 00:08:51,281 We'll get there. We have time. 175 00:08:51,364 --> 00:08:52,699 -We do. -It's only Wednesday. 176 00:08:57,704 --> 00:08:59,205 -[laughs] -That wasn't bad. 177 00:09:00,832 --> 00:09:04,294 Well, we're leaving the Toledo, Ohio, area, 178 00:09:04,377 --> 00:09:09,090 and our plan for a first stop is in South Bend, Indiana, 179 00:09:09,174 --> 00:09:10,717 where we're gonna see something pretty cool. 180 00:09:19,225 --> 00:09:20,727 Welcome to Indiana. 181 00:09:22,228 --> 00:09:23,563 Ah, the horn works. 182 00:09:23,646 --> 00:09:24,731 [David] We made it! 183 00:09:28,193 --> 00:09:29,903 [David] This is really cool 'cause I've never been here. 184 00:09:29,986 --> 00:09:30,987 But here's the deal. 185 00:09:31,071 --> 00:09:33,990 Studebaker, the car company, started in the 1800s 186 00:09:34,074 --> 00:09:38,453 as horse carriages, and right here in 1926 187 00:09:38,536 --> 00:09:43,165 they built the very first automotive proving ground in the United States. 188 00:09:43,249 --> 00:09:45,794 And then, around 1936 to 1938, 189 00:09:45,877 --> 00:09:48,880 they decided they had to have epic advertising. 190 00:09:48,922 --> 00:09:53,093 And so what they did is they bought 8000-plus trees, 191 00:09:53,176 --> 00:09:55,220 and they planted 'em right here, 192 00:09:55,261 --> 00:09:59,432 and spelled out the word 'Studebaker' over half a mile. 193 00:09:59,516 --> 00:10:03,103 -So right here, it just looks like forest. -Yeah. 194 00:10:03,186 --> 00:10:06,356 But you go up in the sky and you can read 'Studebaker'. 195 00:10:06,439 --> 00:10:10,110 They just wanted people in airplanes and pilots to have an advertisement 196 00:10:10,193 --> 00:10:11,194 for Studebaker, 197 00:10:11,277 --> 00:10:12,904 [Mike] Best marketing campaign ever. 198 00:10:12,946 --> 00:10:14,280 -[David] I'll drive. -[Mike] Yeah. 199 00:10:15,281 --> 00:10:16,491 Where to next? 200 00:10:16,574 --> 00:10:19,494 I think I know where there's an old drag strip around here. 201 00:10:19,577 --> 00:10:20,745 Is it abandoned? 202 00:10:21,621 --> 00:10:23,540 -Those are the best kind. -Yeah. 203 00:10:23,623 --> 00:10:27,293 -Abandoned but not secured. -Right, "Not secured" is key. 204 00:10:27,377 --> 00:10:30,755 Deserted, but no signage, you know. 205 00:10:30,797 --> 00:10:33,758 Come on, Forest! Run! Forrest, Run! 206 00:10:35,969 --> 00:10:37,887 It runs fine. 207 00:10:37,971 --> 00:10:39,055 Yeah, it got better. 208 00:10:39,139 --> 00:10:41,474 -Yeah. -Maybe it just needed that good oxygen air. 209 00:10:48,314 --> 00:10:53,069 [David] Where we are right now is Hobart, Indiana's US 30 drag strip. 210 00:10:53,153 --> 00:10:56,573 Not to be confused with US 30 drag away, 211 00:10:56,656 --> 00:10:59,826 a more popular join that was in York, Pennsylvania. 212 00:10:59,909 --> 00:11:01,828 I know there's a logo on the ground that says, 213 00:11:01,911 --> 00:11:05,749 US 30 and AHRA, American Hot Rod Association. 214 00:11:05,832 --> 00:11:07,459 You mean right here? 215 00:11:07,500 --> 00:11:11,755 -There's an A and H and an R. -Oh, wow, it's super faded. 216 00:11:11,838 --> 00:11:12,839 [Mike] Facing that way. 217 00:11:12,922 --> 00:11:14,674 [David] I've seen way better photos 218 00:11:14,758 --> 00:11:16,634 or photos of it in way better condition. 219 00:11:16,676 --> 00:11:17,761 Here. 220 00:11:17,844 --> 00:11:19,596 There's your, your shield. 221 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:20,930 Watch this. 222 00:11:21,014 --> 00:11:21,973 A-H-R. 223 00:11:22,015 --> 00:11:23,266 Yeah. 224 00:11:23,350 --> 00:11:25,268 -[Mike] Yeah, it goes way up there. -Yep. 225 00:11:25,352 --> 00:11:29,022 -Oh, that's cool. -Look, we are standing right here... 226 00:11:29,105 --> 00:11:30,940 in the same spot. 227 00:11:31,024 --> 00:11:31,941 [Mike] Wow. 228 00:11:32,984 --> 00:11:34,277 [upbeat music playing] 229 00:11:39,616 --> 00:11:40,658 [Mike] Think we can make it? 230 00:11:40,700 --> 00:11:41,993 -[David] Yes. -Just keep going. 231 00:11:43,370 --> 00:11:46,039 What if there's a river? [laughs] 232 00:11:46,122 --> 00:11:47,915 Look, there are berries hanging from these trees. 233 00:11:47,999 --> 00:11:50,710 -This goes far. -Yeah. 234 00:11:50,794 --> 00:11:52,671 [David] This was the return road to the pits. 235 00:11:52,712 --> 00:11:53,713 [Mike] This is so great. 236 00:11:53,797 --> 00:11:55,298 [David] Don Garlits was here. 237 00:11:55,382 --> 00:11:56,591 Every track in the country. 238 00:11:56,675 --> 00:11:58,051 -[thudding] -Oh! 239 00:11:58,134 --> 00:11:58,968 That was bad. 240 00:11:59,052 --> 00:12:01,221 That, that log went up to the floor. 241 00:12:02,681 --> 00:12:03,973 [thudding] 242 00:12:04,057 --> 00:12:06,017 [both laughing] 243 00:12:07,060 --> 00:12:08,895 [David] There we go. Yeah! 244 00:12:10,313 --> 00:12:11,147 Yes! 245 00:12:12,357 --> 00:12:14,109 That was awesome. 246 00:12:14,192 --> 00:12:17,529 [David] This is the... trees we ran over before. [laughing] 247 00:12:21,825 --> 00:12:23,868 This is one of our better adventures. 248 00:12:25,578 --> 00:12:27,497 That was a bad one. Did you see that one? 249 00:12:27,580 --> 00:12:28,748 [David laughing] 250 00:12:35,922 --> 00:12:38,049 Well, that was some fun at US 30. 251 00:12:38,091 --> 00:12:42,512 The best part about it is we got permission for all of this. 252 00:12:44,848 --> 00:12:46,599 That's actually kind of working. 253 00:12:46,683 --> 00:12:49,936 I don't know how happy it's going to be about it, but it is working. 254 00:12:50,895 --> 00:12:52,272 [both laugh] 255 00:12:53,565 --> 00:12:55,025 I smell rubber. 256 00:12:55,108 --> 00:12:58,028 So now I think we're spending the night in South Bend, Indiana, 257 00:12:58,111 --> 00:13:02,615 and tomorrow morning, first thing we need to go acquire some merchandise. 258 00:13:02,699 --> 00:13:06,369 Stuff some things to make this either safer or faster. 259 00:13:07,454 --> 00:13:08,747 Probably not both of them. 260 00:13:15,420 --> 00:13:19,424 It does not look as destroyed from brush scratches as I thought it would. 261 00:13:19,466 --> 00:13:22,761 Maybe it's the rust distracting me from it, but this doesn't look too bad. 262 00:13:22,802 --> 00:13:26,556 Are you starting to develop more and more affection for our truck as we go? 263 00:13:26,639 --> 00:13:28,725 I... Kind of. It's getting lighter. 264 00:13:28,808 --> 00:13:32,771 I like sawzalling it in half, taking it down the drag strip of Roadkill Nights. 265 00:13:32,812 --> 00:13:33,897 I'd like that with a roll cage. 266 00:13:33,980 --> 00:13:34,981 -Let's go get one. -Okay. 267 00:13:36,483 --> 00:13:37,901 [engine revs] 268 00:13:37,984 --> 00:13:39,319 All right. 269 00:13:39,402 --> 00:13:41,780 It just hosed me with muffler water. 270 00:13:42,447 --> 00:13:43,323 Wow. 271 00:13:44,157 --> 00:13:45,116 [tires screech] 272 00:13:48,787 --> 00:13:51,498 [David] This morning we're on our way to go get a roll cage for the truck. 273 00:13:51,581 --> 00:13:53,415 Not that it's gonna be that fast, 274 00:13:53,500 --> 00:13:56,002 but it's gonna have no body on it when we're done. 275 00:13:57,754 --> 00:14:00,090 All right, Rhodes Race Cars. 276 00:14:00,173 --> 00:14:03,593 I've bought a whole bunch of inter cooler tanks and fuel cells from these guys. 277 00:14:03,677 --> 00:14:05,428 -Me, too. -And now, roll cage. 278 00:14:06,680 --> 00:14:07,931 Watch the paint. 279 00:14:12,435 --> 00:14:14,104 [engine starts] 280 00:14:14,187 --> 00:14:17,315 Now for the rest of the day, we're gonna have to stop and pick up a bunch of stuff 281 00:14:17,357 --> 00:14:21,111 'cause we don't have any tools with which to hack apart this thing of duty. 282 00:14:21,194 --> 00:14:23,530 And I don't have a helmet or safety gear. 283 00:14:23,613 --> 00:14:26,032 So I think our next stop is a shop that might have that stuff. 284 00:14:28,326 --> 00:14:30,078 [Mike] It'll be funny if we get all the way there, 285 00:14:30,161 --> 00:14:33,248 cut the whole truck apart and then the transmission just gives up. 286 00:14:33,331 --> 00:14:34,540 Yeah, that'd be hilarious. 287 00:14:35,875 --> 00:14:38,503 Look at that, old school speed shop. 288 00:14:38,545 --> 00:14:39,587 Wow. 289 00:14:39,671 --> 00:14:40,839 This is going to be neat. 290 00:14:41,965 --> 00:14:44,009 "Since 1967." 291 00:14:44,050 --> 00:14:45,010 I need a helmet. 292 00:14:46,344 --> 00:14:47,220 Hi. 293 00:14:48,346 --> 00:14:49,222 [whispers] This is cool. 294 00:14:50,056 --> 00:14:51,099 Do you have helmets? 295 00:14:51,182 --> 00:14:53,601 [woman] I only have, I think, two half helmets. 296 00:14:53,685 --> 00:14:55,311 Oh, motorcycle helmets. 297 00:14:55,395 --> 00:14:57,605 Well, unfortunately, no helmets. 298 00:14:57,689 --> 00:14:59,107 But this place is really cool. 299 00:14:59,190 --> 00:15:03,111 This is what old school speed shops looked like before mail order. 300 00:15:03,194 --> 00:15:05,488 I'm flipping through this magazine at the speed shop, 301 00:15:05,572 --> 00:15:08,199 and there you go, Ida Zetterstrom. 302 00:15:08,241 --> 00:15:10,076 We're gonna see her at Roadkill Nights. 303 00:15:11,077 --> 00:15:12,746 -That was cool. -Yeah. 304 00:15:12,829 --> 00:15:17,751 All right. I've been trying to get rid of whatever that sticker is on the window. 305 00:15:17,834 --> 00:15:21,421 So we're going to go US 30 dragstrip. 306 00:15:21,504 --> 00:15:23,381 [Mike] Oh! This is gonna be way better, right? 307 00:15:23,423 --> 00:15:24,799 Truck's already faster. 308 00:15:24,883 --> 00:15:27,052 White's pit stop, right there. 309 00:15:29,763 --> 00:15:31,765 [upbeat music playing] 310 00:15:39,773 --> 00:15:41,107 [David] And Michigan. 311 00:15:41,191 --> 00:15:42,525 [Mike] We made it. 312 00:15:42,609 --> 00:15:43,610 We're virtually there. 313 00:15:44,611 --> 00:15:45,987 Oh, yeah. 314 00:15:46,071 --> 00:15:48,114 It's only 250 miles to Detroit. 315 00:15:48,948 --> 00:15:50,658 Well, about 10 percent of the time 316 00:15:50,742 --> 00:15:52,744 you go wide open throttle on this truck, 317 00:15:52,786 --> 00:15:54,704 and it misses. 318 00:15:54,788 --> 00:15:56,456 Let's test it right now. 319 00:15:59,459 --> 00:16:00,752 Right now, it runs great. 320 00:16:00,794 --> 00:16:03,338 Now it was awesome. That's the best it's run in three days. 321 00:16:03,421 --> 00:16:06,424 Probably, which is why we're gonna change it up. 322 00:16:06,466 --> 00:16:07,592 [Mike laughs] 323 00:16:09,594 --> 00:16:10,470 Whoop. 324 00:16:11,262 --> 00:16:12,639 I thought he was gonna hit it. 325 00:16:13,556 --> 00:16:15,266 All right, we're gonna get in the zone. 326 00:16:15,308 --> 00:16:18,812 I think we're gonna go... spark plugs, spark plug wires. 327 00:16:19,813 --> 00:16:22,065 Air filter. 328 00:16:22,148 --> 00:16:24,150 -Yeah, we need that. -How about we just remove it? 329 00:16:24,234 --> 00:16:25,151 Now you're talking. 330 00:16:28,488 --> 00:16:30,740 You can't make power without explosions, 331 00:16:30,824 --> 00:16:34,953 and you can't spark explosions without spark plug wires. 332 00:16:34,994 --> 00:16:38,456 So the deal is, we've got spark plugs and the spark plug wires. 333 00:16:38,498 --> 00:16:39,833 But... 334 00:16:39,874 --> 00:16:42,627 We found out that there's another abandoned drag strip close by 335 00:16:42,669 --> 00:16:45,672 and a little dirt circle track. 336 00:16:45,755 --> 00:16:47,674 And so we need to cannonball there before they close, 337 00:16:47,757 --> 00:16:49,676 because they're going to let us make some passes. 338 00:16:49,759 --> 00:16:50,969 So we'll do this tomorrow. 339 00:16:53,638 --> 00:16:54,973 Ooh. 340 00:16:55,015 --> 00:16:58,101 Duralast U-joints coming in soon. 341 00:16:58,685 --> 00:17:00,353 [upbeat music playing] 342 00:17:08,862 --> 00:17:10,070 There we go. 343 00:17:10,155 --> 00:17:11,281 Now it's running bad. 344 00:17:11,364 --> 00:17:13,324 -Yeah. -Now it's misfiring. 345 00:17:14,701 --> 00:17:16,828 Now it sucks. Ha-ha! 346 00:17:16,869 --> 00:17:20,165 We'll fix that or not later. 347 00:17:20,205 --> 00:17:22,876 And we're on the hunt again for another abandoned drag strip. 348 00:17:24,044 --> 00:17:25,337 [Mike] Oh. This is exciting. 349 00:17:25,377 --> 00:17:27,213 [David reading] Thunderbird Raceway. 350 00:17:31,051 --> 00:17:33,053 I think they may have opened it for us. 351 00:17:33,136 --> 00:17:35,180 I would say someone's been maintaining it. 352 00:17:35,221 --> 00:17:37,891 This looks like someone's just waiting to have a drag race here. 353 00:17:38,558 --> 00:17:39,976 [David] There's a burnout box. 354 00:17:40,060 --> 00:17:42,896 They have a concrete launch pad up here. 355 00:17:42,979 --> 00:17:45,732 It must have had grandstands that they pulled out, right? 356 00:17:45,815 --> 00:17:48,777 This was pretty cool. We just explored a little bit. 357 00:17:48,860 --> 00:17:51,780 This is Thunderbird dragstrip, 358 00:17:51,863 --> 00:17:55,575 right next to Thunderbird Raceway over here, which is a dirt circle. 359 00:17:55,658 --> 00:18:00,330 It probably opened around 1961, closed 2008, 360 00:18:00,413 --> 00:18:03,625 but they are now resurrecting it as an airstrip, 361 00:18:03,708 --> 00:18:05,710 and that's why it looks so good. 362 00:18:05,752 --> 00:18:07,170 You can see the tower's still here. 363 00:18:07,253 --> 00:18:09,714 You can see the burn out box still has some rubber in it. 364 00:18:09,756 --> 00:18:11,424 But you want to go dirt tracking? 365 00:18:11,508 --> 00:18:12,884 -Sure. -Yeah. 366 00:18:14,344 --> 00:18:17,681 Here is this big dirt circle. 367 00:18:17,764 --> 00:18:20,975 They run every Saturday here, so this is an active place, 368 00:18:21,059 --> 00:18:25,313 and they have a really cool '62-ish fire truck, you're up. 369 00:18:25,397 --> 00:18:27,023 -Go ahead and wreck this. -Okay. 370 00:18:27,107 --> 00:18:28,525 No one will notice. 371 00:18:28,608 --> 00:18:32,529 We only have to be at Roadkill Nights urgently, or people will miss us. 372 00:18:35,115 --> 00:18:36,950 Okay, I get three laps. 373 00:18:37,033 --> 00:18:38,034 Let's make 'em good. 374 00:18:42,372 --> 00:18:43,456 [laughing] 375 00:18:43,540 --> 00:18:44,791 Come on, girl. Don't pull over. 376 00:18:44,874 --> 00:18:46,418 Don't pull over. Don't pull over. 377 00:18:47,585 --> 00:18:48,712 Oh! This is fun. 378 00:18:51,631 --> 00:18:53,008 Whoo-hoo-hoo! 379 00:18:53,091 --> 00:18:56,428 We're making laps here on this dirt track that's been here since 1958. 380 00:18:56,469 --> 00:18:59,097 Finnegan's in the truck, and I've got to say he's haulin'. 381 00:18:59,139 --> 00:19:00,515 Look at that. 382 00:19:00,598 --> 00:19:01,725 He's on the rev-limiter. 383 00:19:04,644 --> 00:19:06,146 Driving in circles is awesome. 384 00:19:07,272 --> 00:19:08,982 [David] Here's the genius of Mike Finnegan. 385 00:19:09,065 --> 00:19:12,944 This is why he's a TV star, because he can drive vehicles 386 00:19:12,986 --> 00:19:15,864 while cackling like an absolute idiot. 387 00:19:15,947 --> 00:19:19,743 Thereby convincing you that it's the most fun thing in the whole world, 388 00:19:19,826 --> 00:19:23,496 but the fact is he is having the most fun of anybody in the whole world. 389 00:19:24,789 --> 00:19:26,416 -[cackles] -See him? 390 00:19:26,499 --> 00:19:28,084 I can see him cracking up from here. 391 00:19:28,168 --> 00:19:30,253 I can't believe somebody paid me to do that. 392 00:19:30,337 --> 00:19:31,921 [laughs] 393 00:19:32,005 --> 00:19:34,215 All right. We gotta get going before he breaks it. 394 00:19:34,299 --> 00:19:36,509 Maybe he'll let me drive. We'll see. 395 00:19:39,137 --> 00:19:40,805 It's so slow, and it's so fun. 396 00:19:40,847 --> 00:19:42,015 It definitely needs a tune up. 397 00:19:42,098 --> 00:19:43,183 -You're gonna let me? -Yeah. 398 00:19:43,266 --> 00:19:44,851 Oh, you-- You're gonna love this. 399 00:19:44,934 --> 00:19:47,729 It's not even hot. Like, this thing is money. 400 00:19:47,812 --> 00:19:51,566 [chuckling] So it runs really poorly, which means it's not likely 401 00:19:51,649 --> 00:19:53,735 to kill you 'cause it's not that fast. 402 00:19:53,818 --> 00:19:54,778 But, man, is it fun! 403 00:19:56,196 --> 00:19:59,282 Wow, it does not have much power at all. 404 00:20:02,535 --> 00:20:05,538 Ah! That's pretty sideways. [laughing] 405 00:20:05,622 --> 00:20:07,582 [Mike] Oh! The back of the truck's sliding a little bit. 406 00:20:07,665 --> 00:20:09,334 There we go. 407 00:20:09,376 --> 00:20:12,671 It sounds horrible, but, man, is it fun? 408 00:20:17,801 --> 00:20:20,929 Wow, that's my best turn, right there. 409 00:20:21,012 --> 00:20:23,056 Yeah, I could just spin around in circles all day. 410 00:20:24,849 --> 00:20:26,393 [upbeat music playing] 411 00:20:40,073 --> 00:20:42,075 Wow, it is running awful. 412 00:20:46,204 --> 00:20:48,415 I feel like I'm breaking it. 413 00:20:48,498 --> 00:20:49,916 [Mike] Yeah. Should we quit while we're ahead? 414 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:51,251 Yeah, that's what I'm thinkin'. 415 00:20:51,334 --> 00:20:52,961 -Okay. -It's like I was having fun. 416 00:20:53,044 --> 00:20:55,797 I wanted to have more fun, but it runs awful. 417 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:57,007 All right. We're heading out. 418 00:20:57,090 --> 00:20:59,426 I think we're gonna crash in Muskegon for the night. 419 00:20:59,509 --> 00:21:00,760 I said 'crash'. 420 00:21:00,844 --> 00:21:05,140 And tomorrow we need to buy parts, buy tools, tune it up, 421 00:21:05,223 --> 00:21:07,308 hope that it doesn't misfire like this, 422 00:21:07,392 --> 00:21:10,687 and cannonball all the way to Pontiac, Michigan, for Roadkill Nights. 423 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:19,070 -[Mike] Ball joint breaker. Ball joint breaker. -[David laughs] 424 00:21:19,779 --> 00:21:21,114 Ball joint breaker. 425 00:21:21,197 --> 00:21:22,615 That's exactly what that was. 426 00:21:34,711 --> 00:21:36,129 [David] Watch the paint. 427 00:21:36,171 --> 00:21:39,215 All right. This morning we're gonna go ahead and tune this thing up. 428 00:21:39,299 --> 00:21:40,175 Went to Autozone. 429 00:21:40,258 --> 00:21:42,552 When you buy Duralast spark plug wires, 430 00:21:42,635 --> 00:21:44,095 you're not buying spark plug wires, 431 00:21:44,137 --> 00:21:47,724 you are buying eight full cylinders of ignition. 432 00:21:47,807 --> 00:21:50,727 I've been keeping track of where we're going here on the hood. 433 00:21:50,810 --> 00:21:53,104 So far, Youngstown, Ohio, Toledo, Ohio, 434 00:21:53,146 --> 00:21:54,314 South Bend, Indiana, 435 00:21:54,397 --> 00:21:56,066 the Studebaker Trees. 436 00:21:56,149 --> 00:21:57,150 -[Mike] Mmm-hmm. -That was an exciting moment. 437 00:21:57,776 --> 00:21:59,235 And US 30 Drag Strip 438 00:21:59,319 --> 00:22:03,573 and then Thunderbird Dragway and Raceway. 439 00:22:03,656 --> 00:22:05,950 -[Mike] Right. -[David] We are in Muskegon. 440 00:22:05,992 --> 00:22:08,745 And next stop, Roadkill Nights. 441 00:22:08,828 --> 00:22:12,082 But first, we're gonna throw our "Tune up" on this thing 442 00:22:12,165 --> 00:22:14,125 and then we need to go shopping. 443 00:22:14,167 --> 00:22:16,836 I think we still need all the tools to hack this thing apart 444 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:19,506 And we need one more piece of metal to do the roll cage. 445 00:22:20,340 --> 00:22:21,508 [Mike] Okay, how is she running? 446 00:22:22,008 --> 00:22:22,842 Let's see. 447 00:22:23,927 --> 00:22:25,345 Ooh, this is a hot plug. 448 00:22:25,428 --> 00:22:27,889 Actually, it looks like it's running pretty darn good, David. 449 00:22:27,972 --> 00:22:29,307 [upbeat music playing] 450 00:22:29,933 --> 00:22:30,767 Ah-ha! 451 00:22:31,476 --> 00:22:32,977 Oh, this thing's brand new. 452 00:22:33,019 --> 00:22:37,440 Someone was really taking care of the general maintenance on this baby. 453 00:22:41,027 --> 00:22:42,696 All right, I added performance. 454 00:22:46,866 --> 00:22:48,535 Is it this one? 455 00:22:48,618 --> 00:22:49,536 Okay. 456 00:22:50,537 --> 00:22:51,996 Got it clicked. 457 00:22:52,038 --> 00:22:54,624 -[Mike] Okay. -[David] And the last one. 458 00:22:54,708 --> 00:22:56,376 -[Mike] Think it runs better? -High performance. 459 00:22:56,459 --> 00:22:58,628 Absolutely. Shall we? 460 00:22:58,712 --> 00:22:59,671 [creaking] 461 00:23:04,217 --> 00:23:05,719 [David] I don't see anything. Do you? 462 00:23:06,386 --> 00:23:07,637 Nah. Slam it harder. 463 00:23:09,556 --> 00:23:10,849 [David] That doesn't seem right. 464 00:23:11,349 --> 00:23:12,892 [man speaking] 465 00:23:12,976 --> 00:23:15,186 [David] Oh, maybe that's why. 466 00:23:15,228 --> 00:23:17,522 I just smashed the wee out of that. 467 00:23:17,564 --> 00:23:20,316 All right. It was only a GoPro, you know. 468 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:22,235 We don't need to shoot the show. We're good. 469 00:23:24,237 --> 00:23:25,155 Fixed. 470 00:23:25,238 --> 00:23:26,740 The past couple days as we've been driving, 471 00:23:26,823 --> 00:23:30,243 at every break, I've just been sort of scribbling all over the truck, 472 00:23:30,326 --> 00:23:31,953 writing little phrases and things. 473 00:23:32,037 --> 00:23:33,705 Because remember, when we get to Roadkill Nights, 474 00:23:33,747 --> 00:23:35,081 we're gonna be cutting this thing up 475 00:23:35,123 --> 00:23:38,126 and I hope to give parts to fans and it just makes it more fun. 476 00:23:38,209 --> 00:23:39,502 And, of course, we'll sign the stuff. 477 00:23:39,586 --> 00:23:43,381 But, now we're headed to Roadkill Nights. 478 00:23:43,423 --> 00:23:44,424 [rock 'n' roll music playing] 479 00:23:44,507 --> 00:23:46,259 [David] Ready for newfound performance. 480 00:23:48,261 --> 00:23:49,929 [tires screeching] 481 00:23:53,933 --> 00:23:55,852 -[tires screech] -[David laughs] 482 00:24:01,024 --> 00:24:02,859 The guy in front of us just did a burnout. 483 00:24:02,942 --> 00:24:04,652 I think he's challenging you. 484 00:24:04,736 --> 00:24:08,406 I mean, I'll give it a shot. Maybe with our newfound, you know, power. 485 00:24:08,448 --> 00:24:10,825 [David laughs] Maybe just don't rocket into the back of his truck. 486 00:24:10,909 --> 00:24:12,535 [tires screeching] 487 00:24:13,953 --> 00:24:15,705 [laughing] 488 00:24:18,291 --> 00:24:20,251 It does do burnouts now. It wouldn't do that yesterday. 489 00:24:20,293 --> 00:24:23,546 -[David] That's right. We got plug wires now. -[Mike laughs] 490 00:24:23,630 --> 00:24:25,715 -Thank you, Duralast. -Duralast power. 491 00:24:26,299 --> 00:24:27,801 [music stops] 492 00:24:30,136 --> 00:24:31,054 [Mike] I like tools. 493 00:24:32,806 --> 00:24:34,349 [crash] 494 00:24:34,432 --> 00:24:38,144 I hate it when guys run shopping carts into the side of your truck. 495 00:24:38,895 --> 00:24:40,563 -[Mike grunts] -[thuds] 496 00:24:43,066 --> 00:24:44,234 [David] It's like Christmas. 497 00:24:44,317 --> 00:24:46,236 -Except we're paying for it. -[Mike] Yeah. 498 00:24:47,654 --> 00:24:50,448 We just spent more money on tools to destroy this truck 499 00:24:50,490 --> 00:24:52,033 than we did on the truck. 500 00:24:52,117 --> 00:24:52,951 But, hey... 501 00:24:54,452 --> 00:24:55,787 [Mike] Woo-hoo! 502 00:24:55,829 --> 00:24:58,873 Next stop, we need some more metal for the roll bar. 503 00:24:58,957 --> 00:25:01,459 And then, [mimics rocket] Pontiac, Michigan, 504 00:25:02,335 --> 00:25:03,169 [Mike] All right. 505 00:25:05,755 --> 00:25:07,882 Oh, got all kinds of traction now. 506 00:25:07,966 --> 00:25:09,050 [David laughs] Yeah, it doesn't do burnouts 507 00:25:09,134 --> 00:25:11,761 with 400 pounds in trunk or more. 508 00:25:11,845 --> 00:25:14,639 We have our roll cage, we have tools. 509 00:25:14,681 --> 00:25:15,849 All we need now is some metal. 510 00:25:15,932 --> 00:25:17,308 [upbeat rock music playing] 511 00:25:20,145 --> 00:25:21,855 This is eight feet. 512 00:25:23,773 --> 00:25:24,816 -[David] Nailed it. -[Mike] Done. 513 00:25:28,028 --> 00:25:29,529 It feels so much slower. 514 00:25:29,612 --> 00:25:31,281 Yeah, it really is. 515 00:25:31,948 --> 00:25:33,450 I'm on the floor. 516 00:25:33,533 --> 00:25:35,660 -But see how much smoother it is? -Uh-huh. 517 00:25:36,995 --> 00:25:38,955 [upbeat music playing] 518 00:25:47,881 --> 00:25:49,799 [Mike] This is it. Woodward Avenue. 519 00:25:49,883 --> 00:25:51,551 Yeah, I would say this makes it official. 520 00:25:53,887 --> 00:25:55,680 [Mike] We made it. Look at all the cars. 521 00:25:55,722 --> 00:25:56,639 [David] That's it. 522 00:25:57,724 --> 00:25:58,892 [engines revving] 523 00:25:58,975 --> 00:26:01,269 [David] So we just pulled into M1 Concourse, 524 00:26:01,353 --> 00:26:04,022 which is the private racetrack property 525 00:26:04,064 --> 00:26:07,317 where we have the main show for Roadkill Nights. 526 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:11,196 And in past years we've raced on Woodward 527 00:26:11,237 --> 00:26:13,073 right in front of M1 Concourse. 528 00:26:13,156 --> 00:26:15,533 This year, MotorTrend found out 529 00:26:15,575 --> 00:26:17,327 kind of at the very last minute, 530 00:26:17,410 --> 00:26:19,871 that they weren't going to be able to race on Woodward. 531 00:26:19,913 --> 00:26:22,624 And so, we're running on a eighth mile stretch, 532 00:26:22,707 --> 00:26:27,921 which is actually 550 feet here inside M1 Concourse for the first time. 533 00:26:28,004 --> 00:26:29,506 -[tires screeching] -[engine revving] 534 00:26:33,927 --> 00:26:37,013 [David] That's a BAM. This is it. M1 Concourse. 535 00:26:37,097 --> 00:26:38,932 This is where Roadkill Nights happens. 536 00:26:39,015 --> 00:26:42,936 And tomorrow we're gonna have this whole space to rip this thing apart 537 00:26:43,019 --> 00:26:45,730 after we find out how quick it is on the drag strip. 538 00:26:45,772 --> 00:26:46,940 Or how slow it is. 539 00:26:47,023 --> 00:26:49,025 [David] We will find out tomorrow. 540 00:26:49,109 --> 00:26:50,193 [rock music playing] 541 00:26:54,614 --> 00:26:58,702 We had a 700-mile adventure in cheap garbage 542 00:26:58,785 --> 00:27:00,412 and now it's life ends. 543 00:27:00,453 --> 00:27:03,039 -[both laughing] -I think it's just beginning. 544 00:27:03,123 --> 00:27:05,458 It's like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly. 545 00:27:05,542 --> 00:27:07,669 We go down the drag strip, find how slow it is 546 00:27:07,752 --> 00:27:09,045 and then hack it to pieces. 547 00:27:09,129 --> 00:27:10,338 That's what's gonna happen. 548 00:27:10,422 --> 00:27:13,550 And when Roadkill Nights opens, this place is gonna be packed 549 00:27:13,633 --> 00:27:14,467 and we're gonna be standing here 550 00:27:14,551 --> 00:27:16,386 signing as many items as we can, 551 00:27:16,469 --> 00:27:18,763 -interacting with viewers, it's gonna be great. -Yes. 552 00:27:18,805 --> 00:27:20,557 -Ready to make your baseline run? -Oh, yeah. 553 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:24,477 Well, first, I need to pen in our final destination. 554 00:27:24,561 --> 00:27:27,480 [Mike] Yeah, 'cause we made it on the day we planned to be here. 555 00:27:27,564 --> 00:27:29,357 -Which is huge. -[David] There's that too. 556 00:27:29,441 --> 00:27:31,151 -Did it. -Yay, us. 557 00:27:31,234 --> 00:27:32,986 -All right, let's go racing. -Let's go. 558 00:27:33,069 --> 00:27:34,154 [rock music playing] 559 00:27:35,655 --> 00:27:38,241 [David] This is it. The drag strip at Roadkill Nights. 560 00:27:38,324 --> 00:27:42,162 You may notice this is not Woodward Avenue. 561 00:27:42,245 --> 00:27:43,955 For the first time in eight years, 562 00:27:43,997 --> 00:27:46,750 we're running inside M1 Concourse. 563 00:27:46,833 --> 00:27:50,086 The thing that's cool about it actually is the danger. 564 00:27:50,170 --> 00:27:52,839 Look how close the guardrails are. 565 00:27:52,922 --> 00:27:54,841 This is a very narrow track. 566 00:27:54,924 --> 00:27:57,135 It's gonna be really interesting for later on 567 00:27:57,177 --> 00:27:58,595 when they have the fast car shootouts. 568 00:27:58,678 --> 00:28:03,516 And the nitro burnouts with a Top Fuel Dragster and Nitro Funny Car. 569 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:07,395 But now, Mike Finnegan in a 2001 Dodge Ram. 570 00:28:07,479 --> 00:28:09,397 This is gonna be our baseline run. 571 00:28:09,481 --> 00:28:11,441 He's gonna make a pass, we will get a time. 572 00:28:11,524 --> 00:28:15,320 It's a 550-foot track, so it's a little bit shorter than an eighth mile 573 00:28:15,362 --> 00:28:18,198 and we'll use that to know how much quicker we go 574 00:28:18,281 --> 00:28:19,949 as we start to cut weight off the track. 575 00:28:20,533 --> 00:28:21,701 Please do a burnout. 576 00:28:21,785 --> 00:28:23,870 Here comes the burnout. Let's see if it slides sideways. 577 00:28:25,455 --> 00:28:26,456 [engine revving] 578 00:28:26,539 --> 00:28:28,124 -[tires screeching] -[David] Oh, it's working. 579 00:28:31,461 --> 00:28:33,004 [Mike] Ooh. [laughs] 580 00:28:33,046 --> 00:28:35,131 That was weak, but it did do it. 581 00:28:35,215 --> 00:28:38,385 This is Pooch from VP Racing Fuels, giving him the arm drop. 582 00:28:40,178 --> 00:28:41,805 [engine revving] 583 00:28:41,888 --> 00:28:42,847 And he's off! 584 00:28:43,473 --> 00:28:44,724 Like a herd of turtles, 585 00:28:47,018 --> 00:28:48,728 [Mike] That's 35. 586 00:28:49,646 --> 00:28:52,691 That is 53 miles an hour. 587 00:28:52,732 --> 00:28:54,734 That was faster than I thought it would be. 588 00:28:55,568 --> 00:28:56,903 But not fast enough. 589 00:28:56,986 --> 00:28:59,656 Nine, five, seven, seven. Which means nothing. 590 00:28:59,739 --> 00:29:01,533 I have no scale. I don't know how high is up 591 00:29:01,574 --> 00:29:04,869 because it's a 550-foot track or something thereabouts. 592 00:29:04,911 --> 00:29:06,830 But we'll be able to see how much better it is 593 00:29:06,913 --> 00:29:08,998 as we make it lighter and lighter, which is now. 594 00:29:09,082 --> 00:29:10,750 [rock music playing] 595 00:29:12,836 --> 00:29:14,379 [Brian] I'm Brian Lohnes, he's K.J. Jones. 596 00:29:14,421 --> 00:29:16,506 A great event, a great day here at M1 Concourse. 597 00:29:16,589 --> 00:29:18,508 The 2024 Roadkill Nights. 598 00:29:18,591 --> 00:29:21,928 Magical place you guys have out here in terms of hot rods and cars. 599 00:29:22,012 --> 00:29:23,054 -Whoa, man! -[KJ] Wow! 600 00:29:24,431 --> 00:29:26,433 [David] The next thing we're gonna do is weigh it. 601 00:29:26,516 --> 00:29:29,936 We've got some scales and the corner weights won't be accurate, 602 00:29:30,020 --> 00:29:32,272 -but it'll give us an overall. -Yeah. 603 00:29:32,355 --> 00:29:35,191 Let's find out how fat this pig is before we make it lighter. 604 00:29:38,695 --> 00:29:40,613 [David] I'm not positive that jack goes high enough. 605 00:29:41,865 --> 00:29:44,451 Is there anything to put on top of the jack pad? 606 00:29:45,368 --> 00:29:47,037 That's gonna crush. 607 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:47,954 It's going up. 608 00:29:49,122 --> 00:29:52,709 -New use for our sponsor's items. -[David laughs] 609 00:29:52,792 --> 00:29:56,463 The Duralast tool box is now a jack spacer. 610 00:29:56,546 --> 00:30:00,050 And our jack is on top of some moving blankets. 611 00:30:00,133 --> 00:30:02,385 -This is extra sketchy. -[Mike] Don't try this at home. 612 00:30:02,469 --> 00:30:04,596 Okay, hold on. You're there on this one. 613 00:30:04,637 --> 00:30:06,097 -Okay. -Let me get the other one. 614 00:30:06,973 --> 00:30:08,808 [David] There. Yes. 615 00:30:09,309 --> 00:30:10,226 That was great. 616 00:30:13,605 --> 00:30:14,814 [Mike] Take a guess. 617 00:30:14,898 --> 00:30:18,318 It's gonna be 4,280. 618 00:30:18,401 --> 00:30:20,362 [Mike] You have owned one of these? 619 00:30:20,445 --> 00:30:22,030 -[David] I still do. -[Mike] 4,496. 620 00:30:22,113 --> 00:30:23,365 [David] 4,496. 621 00:30:23,448 --> 00:30:27,243 For a standard cab half-eaten by rust pick-up. 622 00:30:27,327 --> 00:30:29,329 [David] This is it. The hacking's gonna begin. 623 00:30:30,163 --> 00:30:31,748 [rock music playing] 624 00:30:31,831 --> 00:30:32,832 [whirring] 625 00:30:37,295 --> 00:30:38,630 [upbeat music playing] 626 00:30:42,258 --> 00:30:47,555 Basically, we're gonna take off as much as we can before our deadline. 627 00:30:47,639 --> 00:30:50,934 We have to go run again in about an hour. 628 00:30:51,017 --> 00:30:52,352 So, we'll go as far as we can. 629 00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:57,982 -You got it? -I have it. Yes, sir. 630 00:30:58,024 --> 00:30:58,983 [Mike] Congratulations. 631 00:30:59,025 --> 00:31:00,360 -[rock music continues] -[tires screeching] 632 00:31:11,371 --> 00:31:13,915 -[Mike] Guess how much we've taken off? -[David] 300? 633 00:31:13,998 --> 00:31:16,835 -[Mike] 365. -[David] 365. 634 00:31:16,876 --> 00:31:19,796 We've removed 365 pounds. 635 00:31:19,879 --> 00:31:21,381 [crowd cheering, whistling] 636 00:31:22,382 --> 00:31:23,925 All right, it's trivia time. 637 00:31:24,009 --> 00:31:26,219 First one to name a Roadkill project car. 638 00:31:27,137 --> 00:31:28,888 -[man] Remi HEMI. -He gets it. 639 00:31:28,972 --> 00:31:30,473 [engine revving] 640 00:31:31,850 --> 00:31:35,395 Which vehicle officially ruined Freiburger's spine? 641 00:31:35,478 --> 00:31:38,606 [David] I crushed an L5 disc, I'm still wrecked. 642 00:31:38,690 --> 00:31:40,984 -It was the custom wagon. -Wagon. 643 00:31:41,067 --> 00:31:42,110 -He got it. -[Mike] Oh, there we go. 644 00:31:42,193 --> 00:31:43,611 [David] Yup. Winner, winner. Chicken dinner. 645 00:31:43,695 --> 00:31:45,363 [crowd laughs] 646 00:31:45,405 --> 00:31:47,323 We just gave this guy the whole tailgate. 647 00:31:47,407 --> 00:31:48,783 Who's the Mopar guy? 648 00:31:48,867 --> 00:31:51,369 -[woman] Whoo! -I saw his arm up first. 649 00:31:51,411 --> 00:31:52,620 -Thank you very much. -Yup. 650 00:31:52,704 --> 00:31:54,289 [rock music playing] 651 00:31:54,372 --> 00:31:56,041 [saw whirring] 652 00:32:00,086 --> 00:32:01,171 [tires screeching] 653 00:32:06,217 --> 00:32:07,761 [rock music playing] 654 00:32:12,932 --> 00:32:14,517 Trivia contest. 655 00:32:14,601 --> 00:32:17,312 First person with the right answer gets this. 656 00:32:17,395 --> 00:32:20,398 What season of Roadkill is this episode in? 657 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:22,776 -[crowd] 13! -Oh! Too many people. 658 00:32:22,859 --> 00:32:24,778 -It was that dude right there, right? -Wow! 659 00:32:24,861 --> 00:32:27,781 -I had no idea y'all would know that. -[crowd laughing] 660 00:32:27,864 --> 00:32:31,117 [Mike] So, we scaled this when it was stock. 661 00:32:31,201 --> 00:32:32,911 Forty-five hundred pounds, right? 662 00:32:32,952 --> 00:32:36,915 Closest guess to the actual weight of the vehicle as it sits right now. 663 00:32:36,956 --> 00:32:38,625 It was 4,500 when it was stock. 664 00:32:38,708 --> 00:32:39,542 [man 1] 3,800. 665 00:32:39,626 --> 00:32:41,044 -[man 2] 3,850. -[Mike] Nope. 666 00:32:41,127 --> 00:32:42,379 -[man 3] 2,970. -No. 667 00:32:42,462 --> 00:32:43,296 Twenty-eight. 668 00:32:43,380 --> 00:32:44,297 -[man 4] 4,355. -[man 5] Four! 669 00:32:44,381 --> 00:32:45,215 [tires screeching] 670 00:32:45,298 --> 00:32:46,633 [David] He gets it. 671 00:32:46,716 --> 00:32:49,636 Nailed it. Without going over even. Nice work. 672 00:32:49,719 --> 00:32:50,679 [crowd laughing] 673 00:32:50,762 --> 00:32:54,265 It is, uh, 4,001 pounds right now as it sits. 674 00:32:54,307 --> 00:32:55,350 [woman] Wow. 675 00:32:55,433 --> 00:32:57,936 -She is heavy. -[man] Thank you. 676 00:32:57,977 --> 00:32:59,187 [David] So here's an update. 677 00:32:59,270 --> 00:33:02,565 The truck was 4,500 pounds but it was bone stock. 678 00:33:02,649 --> 00:33:04,359 We have decimated this thing. 679 00:33:04,442 --> 00:33:06,569 It's all over the lawn and in a lot of people's hands. 680 00:33:06,653 --> 00:33:09,197 It's still 4,000 pounds if you can believe that. 681 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:11,116 We've only taken five hundred pounds off. 682 00:33:11,157 --> 00:33:13,618 There's not much of a bed, there's not much of a front end. 683 00:33:13,660 --> 00:33:15,870 It's about time we go make our second pass. 684 00:33:15,954 --> 00:33:18,581 And then when we come back, extreme damage. 685 00:33:18,665 --> 00:33:21,960 Doors off, roof off. Maybe a roll bar, I don't know. 686 00:33:22,002 --> 00:33:25,630 The weight is now 3,875. 687 00:33:25,672 --> 00:33:27,340 -Six hundred and twenty five pounds. -Six hundred and twenty five. 688 00:33:27,424 --> 00:33:28,842 Yeah. 689 00:33:28,925 --> 00:33:31,720 All right, we're off to go run this thing for the second time. 690 00:33:31,803 --> 00:33:33,221 [rock music playing] 691 00:33:33,304 --> 00:33:35,015 -[engine revving] -[tires screeching] 692 00:33:44,691 --> 00:33:46,985 [Brian] It is prime time. Real deal Holyfield action here 693 00:33:47,027 --> 00:33:49,279 as around the corner comes four-time, 694 00:33:49,362 --> 00:33:52,574 NHRA Nitro Funny Car world champion, Matt Hagan 695 00:33:52,657 --> 00:33:55,243 and the Dodge Direct Connection Power Brokers. 696 00:33:55,326 --> 00:33:58,246 SRT Hellcat Charger Redeye. 697 00:33:58,329 --> 00:34:00,457 [David] All right, this is one of my favorite parts of Roadkill Nights, 698 00:34:00,540 --> 00:34:02,751 the Nitro Burnouts. 699 00:34:02,834 --> 00:34:05,587 Right here on this pop-up drag strip. 700 00:34:05,670 --> 00:34:08,297 -This is champion, Matt Hagan. -[engine sputtering] 701 00:34:09,799 --> 00:34:13,553 [David] And we're also gonna have a Top Fuel Dragster of Ida Zetterstrom. 702 00:34:13,636 --> 00:34:15,054 [engine sputtering] 703 00:34:17,724 --> 00:34:18,558 [engine revving] 704 00:34:22,062 --> 00:34:23,730 -[rock music playing] -[David] That was awesome. 705 00:34:26,232 --> 00:34:28,568 The next nitro car you're gonna see 706 00:34:28,650 --> 00:34:31,446 is the Top Fuel Dragster driven by Ida Zetterstrom. 707 00:34:31,529 --> 00:34:37,202 She is the the FIA Top Fuel world champion in Europe from 2023. 708 00:34:37,243 --> 00:34:38,745 [engine sputtering] 709 00:34:43,750 --> 00:34:44,583 [revving] 710 00:34:47,087 --> 00:34:48,672 [David] It's Roadkill Nights, powered by Dodge. 711 00:34:48,755 --> 00:34:50,382 You don't see that anywhere else but here. 712 00:34:50,422 --> 00:34:52,175 -[rock music playing] -[engine revving] 713 00:34:58,598 --> 00:35:01,017 All right, I think Finnegan's ready to drive. 714 00:35:01,101 --> 00:35:05,647 [Mike] Hell of a day. Just watched two Top Fuel cars go down this track. 715 00:35:05,730 --> 00:35:09,359 Then a guy in a fire engine did a wheelie the length of the track. 716 00:35:09,442 --> 00:35:10,902 And then there's us. 717 00:35:10,944 --> 00:35:12,612 [laughing] 718 00:35:12,696 --> 00:35:14,781 Hopefully we go quicker than we went this morning. 719 00:35:17,242 --> 00:35:19,994 [KJ] Mike Finnegan of Roadkill about to send it. 720 00:35:20,078 --> 00:35:23,581 That low compression, tiny cam engine sounds so threatening. 721 00:35:23,623 --> 00:35:24,958 It idles like a boat. 722 00:35:25,375 --> 00:35:26,626 [laughing] 723 00:35:26,668 --> 00:35:29,337 All right, this is embarrassing right after the Nitro runs. 724 00:35:29,421 --> 00:35:30,964 Finnegan in that! 725 00:35:31,464 --> 00:35:32,882 [engine revving] 726 00:35:35,385 --> 00:35:36,469 [tires screeching] 727 00:35:37,137 --> 00:35:38,972 [Mike] Wow, that is garbage. 728 00:35:39,055 --> 00:35:42,600 Okay, everybody, I get to go down the drag strip with half a truck. 729 00:35:43,935 --> 00:35:45,186 [engine revving] 730 00:35:45,270 --> 00:35:47,814 Oh! Spun the tires a little bit. 731 00:35:49,315 --> 00:35:50,150 Come on, truck. 732 00:35:51,568 --> 00:35:53,486 Good, good, good. 733 00:35:53,570 --> 00:35:56,114 [Mike] Well, it got into second. Any lift. 734 00:35:56,156 --> 00:35:57,657 Uh, that wasn't much faster 735 00:35:57,741 --> 00:35:59,993 and I couldn't tell if the tires were spinning or not. 736 00:36:00,076 --> 00:36:02,245 All right, let's look at the time. What did he go? 737 00:36:02,328 --> 00:36:04,539 -[man] 9:34. -Nine-thirty-four! 738 00:36:04,622 --> 00:36:07,667 That's better than two-tenths quicker than he was before. 739 00:36:07,751 --> 00:36:10,086 It was nine, five, seven, seven before 740 00:36:10,170 --> 00:36:12,547 -[Brian] That is a solid improvement. -[KJ] Yes it is. 741 00:36:12,630 --> 00:36:13,840 -That's legit. -[Brian] It went from 742 00:36:13,923 --> 00:36:16,134 completely and utterly sad and horrendous 743 00:36:16,176 --> 00:36:19,554 -to only mildly depressing. -[laughing] 744 00:36:19,637 --> 00:36:22,932 We made it faster by dropping 625 pounds. 745 00:36:23,016 --> 00:36:27,062 So the next thing in our arsenal is we should put slicks on it. 746 00:36:27,145 --> 00:36:30,065 We're obviously gonna take off the doors and cut the top off. 747 00:36:30,148 --> 00:36:33,401 We're probably gonna have to put a roll bar in for safety, 748 00:36:33,485 --> 00:36:36,821 And we do have a bottle with a hose on it 749 00:36:36,863 --> 00:36:39,824 that might find its way into the air plenum. 750 00:36:40,450 --> 00:36:43,119 [engine whirring, turns off] 751 00:36:43,203 --> 00:36:44,829 [saw whirring] 752 00:36:47,165 --> 00:36:48,166 [David] Here it comes. 753 00:36:49,209 --> 00:36:50,960 -[cheering] -[Mike and David laughing] 754 00:36:52,712 --> 00:36:54,381 [saw whirring] 755 00:37:02,472 --> 00:37:03,306 Nice work. 756 00:37:04,391 --> 00:37:06,393 -[crowd cheering] -[Mike and David laughing] 757 00:37:09,145 --> 00:37:09,979 [thuds] 758 00:37:10,855 --> 00:37:11,690 [crack] 759 00:37:11,731 --> 00:37:13,233 -[David laughs] -[crowd cheering] 760 00:37:13,900 --> 00:37:15,235 [glass breaking] 761 00:37:15,318 --> 00:37:16,569 [whirring] 762 00:37:20,031 --> 00:37:21,324 [crowd cheering] 763 00:37:23,576 --> 00:37:24,869 Yeah! 764 00:37:27,664 --> 00:37:28,581 [whistling] 765 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:30,834 [Mike laughs] 766 00:37:32,502 --> 00:37:34,713 Man, people like destruction. 767 00:37:34,754 --> 00:37:36,840 -It's gotta be faster now, right? -Right. 768 00:37:36,923 --> 00:37:39,009 -[laughing] -I mean, look at it. 769 00:37:41,428 --> 00:37:42,303 [David laughs] 770 00:37:42,387 --> 00:37:44,389 -[crowd cheering] -[David] Yeah! 771 00:37:44,431 --> 00:37:45,724 [laughs] 772 00:37:49,102 --> 00:37:50,812 [Mike] I haven't done this in a long time. 773 00:37:50,895 --> 00:37:55,567 We're about to flux core weld with no shielding gas outdoors 774 00:37:55,608 --> 00:37:57,902 with an underpowered machine in the wind. 775 00:37:59,070 --> 00:38:00,405 This is not gonna work. 776 00:38:00,447 --> 00:38:02,240 -[sparking] -[suspenseful music playing] 777 00:38:02,282 --> 00:38:03,700 [tires screeching] 778 00:38:03,783 --> 00:38:07,829 [Mike] Our spark box there, it won't actually melt metal to metal. 779 00:38:07,912 --> 00:38:11,666 So, our plan of cutting the roof off the truck is currently backfiring on us. 780 00:38:11,750 --> 00:38:13,293 'Cause now I have no seatbelts, 781 00:38:13,376 --> 00:38:17,589 nor anything to save my hair if I tip the truck over. 782 00:38:17,630 --> 00:38:19,883 -[engine revving] -[tires screeching] 783 00:38:23,303 --> 00:38:24,888 [Mike] I love car people. 784 00:38:24,971 --> 00:38:27,140 We bought a welder. Our welder sucked. 785 00:38:27,223 --> 00:38:29,768 Somebody with an awesome car said, "I got a welder 786 00:38:29,809 --> 00:38:32,437 and this big old tank of shielding gas." 787 00:38:32,479 --> 00:38:35,857 And I believe we now have a shot of actually welding together a roll bar 788 00:38:35,940 --> 00:38:37,650 that might do something in a crash? 789 00:38:38,401 --> 00:38:40,737 Uh, no. 790 00:38:40,820 --> 00:38:43,615 -[David] Ground? -Nah, turn it all the way up. 791 00:38:43,656 --> 00:38:46,159 Give me all... everything. [laughs] 792 00:38:46,242 --> 00:38:47,077 [David] All everything. 793 00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:48,995 [sparks and crackles] 794 00:38:49,079 --> 00:38:52,582 Nope, I think our generator might suck. 795 00:38:52,665 --> 00:38:55,752 Our rented generator seems to be the problem, 796 00:38:55,835 --> 00:38:58,088 not necessarily our underpowered welder. 797 00:38:58,171 --> 00:39:00,715 Because we got a decent welder now 798 00:39:00,799 --> 00:39:03,843 and still having the same problem of no welding. 799 00:39:03,927 --> 00:39:05,804 Top five sketchiest things I've ever done in my life. 800 00:39:06,805 --> 00:39:08,640 Took the cord apart for the welder 801 00:39:08,682 --> 00:39:10,225 'cause we didn't have the right adaptor 802 00:39:10,308 --> 00:39:12,435 and the homeboy just stuffed the wires in 803 00:39:12,519 --> 00:39:14,062 and covered 'em up in tape. 804 00:39:14,145 --> 00:39:15,689 We're now gonna see if the welder will weld. 805 00:39:16,356 --> 00:39:17,232 [crackles] 806 00:39:17,315 --> 00:39:19,859 [Mike] There we go. Welds great. 807 00:39:19,943 --> 00:39:22,362 The track closes in half an hour from right now 808 00:39:22,445 --> 00:39:24,030 and the rain looks like it's coming in. 809 00:39:24,114 --> 00:39:27,325 So we're basically thrashing to see if we can get this done. 810 00:39:28,618 --> 00:39:29,828 [rock music playing] 811 00:39:31,204 --> 00:39:33,456 [David] I thought the shoulder bar was gonna go right in. 812 00:39:33,540 --> 00:39:36,710 I can't believe that their kit doesn't fit its own kit. 813 00:39:36,793 --> 00:39:38,294 Maybe we grabbed the wrong bar. 814 00:39:38,378 --> 00:39:39,838 [grinding] 815 00:39:42,382 --> 00:39:43,800 [crackling] 816 00:39:47,303 --> 00:39:49,514 Wherever the top of my shoulder is, just mark the bar. 817 00:39:49,556 --> 00:39:51,224 [hammering] 818 00:39:51,307 --> 00:39:53,393 [David] Safe to say we have reached panic time. 819 00:39:53,476 --> 00:39:56,771 It is 7:30 right now so we're begging the track to stay open. 820 00:39:56,855 --> 00:39:59,190 You can see that we've got all hands on deck. 821 00:39:59,232 --> 00:40:02,736 This guy loaned us the welder. He's showing up. Producer Taylor's here. 822 00:40:02,819 --> 00:40:06,364 PA Mason's here and then we've got our showrunner, Dustin Gould. 823 00:40:06,406 --> 00:40:07,699 Man, this has been a thrash. 824 00:40:07,741 --> 00:40:09,576 All these guys jumped in to help. 825 00:40:09,659 --> 00:40:11,077 We finally got it done. 826 00:40:11,161 --> 00:40:14,330 The last thing Mason did is put slicks on it so we won't spin the tires. 827 00:40:14,414 --> 00:40:16,291 We're finally ready to go to the drag strip. 828 00:40:16,374 --> 00:40:18,960 -[rock music playing] -[cheering] 829 00:40:19,044 --> 00:40:21,755 It's 7:45, we're 15 minutes late. 830 00:40:21,838 --> 00:40:23,089 -Let's go. -Okay. 831 00:40:23,506 --> 00:40:24,341 Ready? 832 00:40:24,424 --> 00:40:25,800 -[crowd cheering] -[laughing] 833 00:40:25,884 --> 00:40:26,718 We did it! 834 00:40:27,594 --> 00:40:29,596 -It's so safe. -[engine revving] 835 00:40:32,599 --> 00:40:33,558 [David] Okay. 836 00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:34,601 [rock 'n' roll music playing] 837 00:40:37,562 --> 00:40:39,522 -[David] Oh, look at our flag. -[Mike] Oh, is it flying? 838 00:40:39,606 --> 00:40:40,440 [David] Yes. 839 00:40:41,566 --> 00:40:43,068 [KJ] So, should we prank these guys? 840 00:40:43,109 --> 00:40:45,945 [Brian] I think we should prank these guys and I'm not kidding you. 841 00:40:46,029 --> 00:40:49,949 So, as a joke, when they show up, start booing. 842 00:40:50,033 --> 00:40:51,368 It'll be perfect Roadkill fodder. 843 00:40:51,451 --> 00:40:54,079 When they show up, just start booing. 844 00:40:54,120 --> 00:40:56,581 [David] Looks like drag racing is probably over 845 00:40:56,623 --> 00:40:58,416 and they're just waiting for us. 846 00:40:58,458 --> 00:41:00,126 -[crowd booing] -Oh, I love you too. 847 00:41:00,210 --> 00:41:02,128 -Oh, come on. -[engine revving] 848 00:41:04,631 --> 00:41:06,549 -[Mike] Oh, a lot of thumbs down. -[crowd booing] 849 00:41:06,633 --> 00:41:07,717 Why are we getting booed? 850 00:41:07,801 --> 00:41:09,803 -[crowd booing] -[David laughs] 851 00:41:10,303 --> 00:41:11,763 We made it! 852 00:41:13,640 --> 00:41:15,058 [engine revving] 853 00:41:15,141 --> 00:41:16,726 -[sputtering] -[David laughs] 854 00:41:17,227 --> 00:41:18,228 [Brian] Nice job. 855 00:41:19,145 --> 00:41:21,898 David, Mike, it was a prank. 856 00:41:21,981 --> 00:41:23,775 [KJ laughing] It was a... 857 00:41:23,817 --> 00:41:27,487 [Brian] Show 'em how much you love and you waited here to see 'em do their thing. 858 00:41:27,570 --> 00:41:29,155 [crowd cheering] 859 00:41:30,115 --> 00:41:31,157 [David] Oh, thanks you guys. 860 00:41:33,326 --> 00:41:35,662 Let's run this garbage and go home. 861 00:41:36,496 --> 00:41:37,997 -[crowd cheering] -[David laughing] 862 00:41:38,623 --> 00:41:39,666 [rock music playing] 863 00:41:42,335 --> 00:41:43,670 [engine revving] 864 00:41:48,633 --> 00:41:50,176 [Brian] There's so little weight on the rear end, 865 00:41:50,260 --> 00:41:52,387 it didn't even burn the stickers off the slicks. 866 00:41:52,470 --> 00:41:54,180 [KJ and David laughing] 867 00:41:55,181 --> 00:41:56,391 [David] Here he goes. 868 00:41:56,474 --> 00:41:57,642 [engine revving] 869 00:42:00,437 --> 00:42:01,271 [David] Oh, I'm dragging. 870 00:42:02,313 --> 00:42:03,148 Come on, drag. 871 00:42:04,315 --> 00:42:05,942 Go, go, go, go! 872 00:42:06,026 --> 00:42:07,027 Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo. 873 00:42:07,110 --> 00:42:08,945 [Brian] Finnegan goes 8:86. 874 00:42:09,029 --> 00:42:11,197 -They got the eight second barrier. -[David] Eight, eighty-six. 875 00:42:11,281 --> 00:42:13,283 -[Brian] Out of the way. -[David] Eight, eighty-six. 876 00:42:14,325 --> 00:42:15,702 Epic! 877 00:42:15,785 --> 00:42:19,205 [Mike] I think it was better. Not by much, but I think it was better. 878 00:42:19,289 --> 00:42:20,665 -They've done it. -They did it. 879 00:42:20,707 --> 00:42:23,418 That is a feat of drag racing history 880 00:42:23,501 --> 00:42:27,005 in that astonishing unbelievable finish. 881 00:42:27,047 --> 00:42:30,759 -Dude! 8:86! -Yeah! 882 00:42:30,842 --> 00:42:32,802 -Eight, eighty-six! -[crowd cheering] 883 00:42:32,886 --> 00:42:34,387 [both laughing] 884 00:42:38,558 --> 00:42:40,769 [crowd cheering] 885 00:42:40,852 --> 00:42:44,230 [David] That's a wrap on Roadkill Nights, powered by Dodge 2024. 886 00:42:44,314 --> 00:42:46,024 Epic! We couldn't possibly win more. 887 00:42:46,066 --> 00:42:49,110 Mike and I wanted to interact with more fans than we have in a few years. 888 00:42:49,194 --> 00:42:51,154 -We nailed that. - [Mike] Mmm. 889 00:42:51,237 --> 00:42:53,073 [David] We did a 700-mile road trip. 890 00:42:53,156 --> 00:42:55,784 We did abandoned drag strips, we did a dirt track. 891 00:42:55,867 --> 00:42:59,829 We hacked this thing and we cut a whole bunch of time off. 892 00:43:00,580 --> 00:43:01,790 Super killer week! 893 00:43:01,873 --> 00:43:02,749 We didn't suck this time. 894 00:43:02,832 --> 00:43:04,125 -This is incredible. -We did not suck. 895 00:43:04,209 --> 00:43:05,794 Absolutely incredible. 896 00:43:05,877 --> 00:43:08,004 -Thank you. Thank you. -Bro hug? [laughs] 897 00:43:08,088 --> 00:43:09,047 Good week.