(loud car engine)
(car backfiring)
(animal roaring)
(rock and roll music)
(Load car engine)
- This is incredible,
this is the biggest race I've ever been to.
The zoo is massive, everybody's here,
everybody's battling for points,
cause this is really late in the season.
And somehow, some way, the NHRA said
yeah, show up in the middle of all of this
with you leaking six cylinder out of eight draguar,
and make some passes.
So, I'm going to have fun no matter what.
Even if we suck, once again.
(heavy rock guitar music)
- NHRA tech came by, we got away with a lot of stuff,
we still got to put the neutral safety switch on the thing,
we don't need the drive shaft safety loop
which is a woo!
And I don't think they really like
my throttle return spring.
But aside from that, we're going to be good to go.
He agreed this is going to be the worst thing
he's teched in two decades, so.
(laughter)
- Setting records here.
(engine rumbling)
- [Finnegan] They are shorter, they're two inches shorter.
- It's fully outside the lip.
- [Finnegan] So, we might not be anywhere near it.
- Might not.
But we won't know that until we put lug nuts on it.
- Alright, let's go find lug nuts.
(hands clapping)
- Okay, we got to go find lug nuts,
and we'll have wheels and tires,
and pretty much be ready to run tomorrow.
- Yeah.
- It's going to be great!
- Oh yeah!
(race car engines)
(crowd chatter)
- Well, we've got our new spark plugs in this thing,
and a couple new wires and everything.
And it's running worse than it ever has.
And we discovered why, in fact this is a problem
we probably had on the street,
it is dribbling fuel out of this booster,
and these two boosters.
(car ignition failing)
Way flooded.
(car engine starts)
There you go.
(car engine whirring)
Still doing it.
So we're pretty sure the issue here is that
this is the needle and seat
that lets fuel into the carburetor bowl.
And it has a little tiny seal
that needs to go through that hole,
that lets the gas come in,
and then stops it when the float comes up.
And we're pretty sure they're sticking,
and allowing the float level to get too high,
and that's why it's running out the boosters.
So we're going to go on to the pits and try and find parts.
'Cause we have to do an autography session in half an hour,
and race in an hour and a half.
(upbeat rock music)
(loud race car engines)
- So allegedly, Bob runs,
and Bob has parts we could use to replace these parts.
And rather than just take Bob down the drag strip,
we're going to take these parts off of Bob's carburetor
to fix the carburetor on the draguar.
It all makes sense if you really don't think about it.
Sorry Bob!
- Okay, do you have a good one in your hand?
And I do too.
(upbeat rock music)
Okay!
(car engine roaring)
Fixed.
Stealing parts out of Stubby Bob,
you wouldn't think that would work.
But so far, it did.
- Bob's a giver.
(guitar riff and rock music)
(car engines roaring)
- Hello, can I sign one of these for you?
- Yeah.
- Alright.
Thanks!
(rock music)
- Alright.
- Did you guys get the draguar running right?
- Yep!
- Yeah, he's ready.
(upbeat rock music)
(announcer over loud speakers)
- Are you guys ready for this?
We got the big match race here at BIR.
- Oh yeah, we've got brand new tires
and all the leaks are fixed, this is going to be amazing.
- Yeah, I noticed no smoke, great stuff!
- Days not over yet.
- No promises.
- Now, Leah was giving you come heads up
on the staging process, do you feel like you got it?
- No, all I heard was blah, blah, blah,
Pro Tree, lights, don't screw up.
- No, I think it'll be good, they were up here yesterday
with the fuel cars running, and everybody else.
You know, you put your first half moon on,
and then the other person, all sportsmen like
puts their half moon on,
and then you go in just nice an neat,
if that's the way that we're going to do it.
(laughter)
- She was saying don't double bulb her.
(laughter)
- Are you going to double bulb her?
- Well, I'll admit, that was my plan for winning, yes.
(laughter)
- Guys, thank you very much, good luck.
- Thank you.
(suspenseful dramatic music)
- Hood pins are in, this is hardcore race prep.
- This is going to be awesome.
- I know, make it happen.
Okay, after a little bit of bench racing,
we've actually got Finnegan and Leah in the cars,
and it comes down to this.
We find out if we're going to embarrass ourselves or not.
This is all about the fun.
And it's really cool that Leah's in on it.
But I hope Finnegan puts on a smoke show.
Alright, here we go!
(dramatic music)
Just as a reminder, this is an RHRA national event.
We've never before failed in front of this many people live.
(intense music)
- [Announcer] Alright, there you go.
The very refined Jaguar,
next to the brand new 325-powered challenger
driven by Leah Pritchett.
First of two rounds.
(loud engines roaring)