[music playing]
We're here at Speed Week at the Bonneville Salt Flats
to check out Turbinator Streamliner we just finished
painting after it got smashed last year
trying to break the record.
We've been walking around the flats
checking out some sick ass cars trying
to break all kinds of records.
But now it's Turbinator's turn with our paint job.
I still have not seen this thing put back together,
and I'm dying to see it finished.
Man, I hope it's just not so fast that we don't even see it.
RYAN: No, this one, there they're just
testing it and feeling it out.
So I don't know what speed they're going for they're
just shaking it down early.
MAN: Oh, yeah, yeah.
RYAN: That's it. That's it.
MAN: Oh, my god.
RYAN: Holy cow.
Look at that thing.
MAN: Holy smokes.
RYAN: Moving, look at that.
MAN: Holy crap, man.
RYAN: He's still going. He hasn't pulled the shoots yet.
MAN: Uh-uh.
Amazing.
RYAN: It was so smooth.
MAN: Right.
I got to find out how fast that was, dude.
That was crazy.
That sounds like a plane taking
off, like a jet because it sounds so far behind it.
Yeah.
Man, that was awesome.
I've seen plenty of cars race before, but nothing like this.
Watching Turbinator go down the salt flats with our paint job
on it, man, that makes me feel really good.
I can't wait to see this thing up close.
It was unreal.
Hey, look who's here, huh? RYAN: Rick?
All right.
And Eric, this is the first time I've
seen it all put back together.
This thing is so sleek.
When I set out to get this terminator painted,
I had two goals in mind, to stick
to Team Vesco's all-American theme,
and to make it look fast.
I wanted the main colors to be red, white, and blue,
but I added a strip of yellow as well for the Team Vesco
colors, which really makes it stand
out against the salt flats.
The main graphic had to be a bald eagle.
But to avoid making it look like a slow mail truck,
I had to put my own speedy spin on it.
So I had Mike work some mechanical magic.
And now this bird is badass, and ready to soar through the wind,
and hopefully take the Turbinator
to 500 miles an hour.
Everything you did here on the side, all that airbrushing.
Yeah.
All this was in theory, because the car was
up here while I'm painting it. - Yeah.
I had no idea that it would all really
work once it was on the ground.
And it really does.
I had no idea this wing was that low.
I think it's six feet longer than it was in the shop.
Yeah, 36 feet is a little tough to work on.
This is the smoothest paint job we've ever had on it.
And it's an eye-catcher.
Everybody loves the Betsy Ross stitching.
RYAN: Oh, the stitching?
MAN: The stitching.
Yeah, that's cool.
RYAN: All in the details.
It looks fast.
I hope we can make the car go as fast as the paint job.
That's the trick, you know?
So, guys, what is the record?
We have the world wheel-driven International Record, 458.
The national record at 427.
We've redesigned this one to go 500.
That's the whole goal.
It's going to be a challenge.
There's about 11 cars that have the capabilities of going 500.
So it's going to be an interesting situation.
We call this project first to 500.
First to 500.
My money is on us.
I didn't realize there are that many cars
out here going for that record.
One guy says his car gets 550.
He's just jumping way up there.
Yeah, he is.
But he could do it.
Man, Rick, I thank you so much for giving us this opportunity.
This is the biggest feather in my hat so far.
This is great. Thank you.
You bet. - Yeah.
All right, thank you.
Let's get this baby on the racetrack.
After years of being a fan and reading about Bonneville,
it's like a dream to actually be here.
The Turbinator looked crazy out there.
And I'm so proud of our team.
The paint job looked absolutely stunning on the track.
We've got to get back to the shop.
And I can't wait to tell the guys how she ran.
And I tell you what, every time she
goes after that 500 mile an hour record, I'll be watching.