[upbeat music]
Look at these guys. They're working on the karts.
Awesome!
MIKE: They got the karts running!
JERSEY JON: Yeah, they got it going, man!
Oh, yeah! [engine revving]
Hey! Hey!
Hey!
Hey, cut it!
Cut it, dude.
Cut it!
MIKE: --to hear them running, god, they sound mean.
[engine revving]
- Cut it! - Dave.
[laughs] What's up?
Dave.
You are the magic man. - What's up?
What's going on, man? - The magic man.
Give me enough time, I'll get it going.
Dave, man!
MIKE: When I bought these go-karts out
of Ohio a few years ago, I had big plans for 'em
and I had big dreams.
You know?
And then Diamond Dave said, I can fix these.
And that was two years ago.
Two years ago.
So it's like, that's been more of a nightmare.
I mean, I try to make your dreams--
Yeah. Why are you--
[laughter]
Why are you not realizing our dream, Dave?
I try to make your dreams come true every day.
Dave, you should be on the same freaking team.
- Every day. - You dream maker, you.
You dream maker. - [laughs]
- Was this one running too? - Oh, heck, yeah.
That one's running too.
MIKE: Diamond Dave wears a lot of hats around here.
Now he can add to his résumé the two-stroke tamer.
We were just about ready to take 'em around the block.
MIKE: Before you get arrested, I know
a guy in Dixon that has a friend that's kid has a track.
Yeah.
[laughs]
My cousin's hairdresser's kid owns a track.
I'll call the guy right now and I'll line it up.
- Dude, I'm down. - OK, you guys--
- I'm totally down. - You guys do your stuff there.
So what did you have to do to this thing, man?
Oh, man, everything. Well, like, all the hoses--
- You went through the motor? - This is--
Yeah.
Dude, the motor is completely rebuilt.
It's no surprise that it took Dave a year and a half to put
these go-karts back together.
These parts are not stuff that you find sitting
on a shelf in a hardware store.
The track is closed, which is perfect for us.
He said we can run these.
It's kind of like an old motorcycle.
You don't just go to the Harley dealer and say, hey man,
you got a 1936 Knuckle top end?
These parts have to be found.
- You got it? - Yeah.
Are you sure?
We could have wheeled it over here!
God, Jersey, what's the matter with you?
MIKE: Everybody's yelling at each other
and we haven't got the go-kart in the van yet.
[laughs] We're gonna follow you guys in the Impala.
All right? DAVE: All right.
Sounds good, man. - All right.
Come on, Jersey. Let's kick some butt.
ROBBIE: They're losing.
Robbie, you got no chance, man.
ROBBIE: Losing. - No chance.
ROBBIE: Loser! - Zero!
Loser!
You're done, baby.
Sergeant Rock Head, he ain't gonna win, man.
First off, look at the size of the dude, man.
It's just the weight alone, man, that's gonna slow him down.
You know, I'm light, slim, and trim.
I'm going fast.
I'm gonna cut the turns.
I'm gonna win this race.
My brother's very competitive.
I know.
My question to you is-- DAVE: Yeah.
JERSEY JON: We're gonna smoke Robbie's ass, dude.
- [laughs] - Robbie ain't nothing, man.
All right. Yeah.
Give me the skinny.
I mean, which one's got the better tires?
One is laid down.
One's standing up.
I mean, is the wind gonna cause a problem?
[laughs]
ROBBIE: I mean, I need to know all this.
- He's my little brother. - Yeah, exactly.
I got to keep that in perspective.
Yes.
You are so low, wind is not gonna be a problem.
But these things are probably scary fast for you.
Like, you are gonna be--
There ain't no go-kart gonna scare me.
You're gonna be four inches off the ground,
and you're gonna be-- - That's even better.
--going 70 miles an hour.
ROBBIE: I'm a Wolfe, dude.
MIKE: He wants me-- like, subliminally,
he wants me to go out there and show
him how to drive a go-kart. - I think he could do it.
He wants that.
DAVE: You are gonna be going fast.
Dude, low and to the ground is the key.
He wants me to lead him through life.
He just forgot that. - [laughs]
He needs-- he's gonna be reminded of that today.
Yeah.
DAVE: They're both wicked fast.
So it's gonna come down to who's a better driver.
You or me?
You or Mike?
MIKE: All right.
They left the gate open. Killer.
JERSEY JON: Cool.
ROBBIE: Most guys that are into the NASCAR scene right now,
they started in the go-karts.
All right.
Don't scratch this one.
This is-- this one's mine. - Get out of the way.
Grab that side. We'll roll this out.
Hold on, Jersey, you freaking mongrel.
ROBBIE (VOICEOVER): We're talking about kids that were
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 years old.
That's how it goes. All right.
Over here. - Wow.
ROBBIE (VOICEOVER): Man, if you were a kid in the '60s,
imagine your dad bringing this rough Monza home going,
hey, be careful.
It's a lay-down luge, man.
All right.
OK, set her down.
OK.
All right, so and I first up.
All right.
MIKE (VOICEOVER): We're settling the biggest score first,
and that is me versus my brother Robbie.
I'm more aerodynamic than you.
I don't care.
You're gonna lay down on that thing.
- [laughs] - Three laps.
- OK. - Winner take all.
All right. DAVE: Single elimination.
ROBBIE: Yeah, single elimination.
MIKE: Three laps, single elimination.
This is like Gangs of New York style racing.
[laughs]
- Then me and Dave come in. - Right.
Right?
Yeah.
MIKE: Then it's Jersey versus Dave.
And then, whoever wins those two heats
goes at it bare knuckle style.
Let's do it, man.
Where's the starter? - Right there.
It's in the back. Grab that.
I'll grab the starter.
DAVE (VOICEOVER): When I was a kid
and I had a really cool toy that I had gotten for Christmas--
Come on.
You're losing already, bro.
DAVE (VOICEOVER): --and I had some cousins that
were a little rough come over, I hid those toys
so they didn't get broken.
So after spending a year and a half working on these karts,
kind of the first people I want to ride them
are not Robbie and Mike Wolfe.
I'll be going around like this.
DAVE (VOICEOVER): These guys the size of a Sherman tank.
And I really wanted these things to run for a while.
Ready, Robbie? - Yeah, I'm ready.
Hang on, bro.
Give it a little gas.
Come on.
[engine revving]
Something about a two-stroke motor--
when you hear that thing start up for the first time, you
want to get on it and ride it.
JERSEY JON: This is not your kid's go-kart.
This is not the go-kart you find in an amusement park.
This is, like, full-blown professional karting.
Get it, Jersey.
[engine revving]
Shake and bake!
Hold on.
These things are dangerous.
I mean, you hit 6,000 RPMs, it's jerking your head back.
I mean, you better hold onto your [bleep]..
Ready?
MIKE: Robbie and I have been competitive
out of the gate, man.
I mean, we're obviously fast swimmers, you know?
I mean, we're here.
Right?
[engines revving]
DAVE (VOICEOVER): As I'm watching them tear down
the track, I can tell that they don't think there's brakes
because they never touch 'em.
And they're trying to kill each other.
They're trying to kill the car.
JERSEY JON: Come on, Mike!
Oh, not the corner!
The corner!
Oh, he's got the inside.
ROBBIE (VOICEOVER): Oh, he was ahead.
It's only the first lap.
I had my maneuver-- the high bank, come in,
pass on the inside.
Bam!
DAVE: They're gonna burn up before we get to drive 'em.
I know. I know.
JERSEY JON: That's all right.
Mike's smoking him, though.
[engines revving]
That's two laps!
Right? This third?
DAVE: Yep.
[engines revving]
JERSEY JON: Oh, my god.
Robbie's gonna do it.
Oh, Robbie got it!
[engine revving]
Yeah!
[cheering]
You won! You won!
You won! - Did I win?
I won. Right?
No, I won! How'd you win?
I got you cornered. - We said three laps.
Three laps!
[arguing] - Three.
Three, not four. - What do you mean?
We were over there by the van!
I never heard that!
Mike won on the second lap.
Mike thought he won at the second lap.
So he's, like, already celebrating
and Robbie passed him.
But he had one more lap to go.
Ah!
[laughs]