Fastest Car (2018) s01e03 Episode Script
Revenge
Me versus the three sleepers? It's David versus Goliath.
A sleeper car is a wolf in sheep's clothing.
I've always been told, "You're a girl, maybe you shouldn't be going out there and drag racing.
" I'm basically an adrenaline junkie.
We should be able to annihilate the supercar with this Cadillac.
Everyone has their vice and mine is racing.
I pretty much had to build this car from scratch.
You built it to do one thing, take me out, I guess we'll roll and see what happens.
That motor's been through three marriages, three divorces, and a bankruptcy.
Whoa! Blake's accident, that was the worst day of my life.
When the green light hits, my foot's to the floor.
Let's fuckin' race.
A lot of people don't like me strictly 'cause of racing.
They can't separate racing and bullshitting.
In Texas racing's a big thing.
My dad raced.
My friends raced.
That's all I know, is racing.
My dad was a huge influence in my early years.
He bought my first junior dragster.
My dad's a Ford guy and I'm a Ford guy.
You know, I think Chevys suck.
Generally, your grandma or grandpa would be driving an old Thunderbird but I have a ton of pride in this car.
If my Thunderbird raced a supercar, I don't see me having a problem.
I think supercars is a car for someone who has more money than sense.
Stefan's going to be real mad when I catch the first fish.
My sister Sarah is like a girl version of me.
Sarah's into racing.
I'm into racing.
I taught her how to drive.
It's a little guy, but it's a fish.
Shut up.
I'm a real shy and I don't want to be the center of attention.
I don't like it.
He's helped me grow.
I'm very thankful that he's my brother.
I met Blake when I was about 24.
I didn't know how to weld, and I needed some fabrication done on my car.
I took it to him.
He did a great job on it.
From that day forward, we were inseparable.
Blake was like his right-hand man.
They did everything together.
All of these cars, Blake has helped me with.
I mean, half these trophies were all won with him.
Blake loved street racing.
Blake's passion was just as strong for cars, if not stronger than mine.
I remember when I first met him, I was like, "Dude, you need to go do something," 'cause that's all he did, was work on cars non-stop.
We won so many races together, and we traveled the whole country and then Blake comes up to me.
He's like, "Hey, do you care if I ask your sister out?" So, he takes her out and they go out, they start dating or whatever.
And, you know, they fall in love and they had two kids.
It made me happy that, you know, they got together.
She couldn't have found a better man.
Blake called me up one night.
He said, "Hey, they got a four-car shootout, $500 entry.
" Naturally, I said, "Yeah, let's do it.
" He said, "Hey, will you drive the car?" He was super nervous.
I told him, "No, dude.
You got this.
You got this.
" I wanted him to have the joy to win.
As soon as he takes off I'm like, "We won.
" The drag racing community is stunned.
Twenty-three-year-old Blake Williams was a husband and father of two.
Another driver apparently lost control and hit him, sending Williams's car into a tree and throwing him from the vehicle.
That was the worst day of my life.
After Blake died, Stefan watched over me.
It's helped me a lot.
Me and Blake wasn't family but he was closer to me than any blood I have.
I'm the one who got rid of his car, took it to the junkyard.
That's my little Blake wall, you know? This is Blake's welding helmet.
The mirror, the steering wheel, the hood scoop, his helmet I mean, that's stuff you can't replace.
At first, whenever I used to come in here, I used to get emotional.
But I do all right now.
So⦠it's pretty hard.
I was able to save the motor the block heads and his rear end.
And then two months after Blake died, a bunch of people tagged me on a car for sale on Facebook.
It was just like Blake's old Thunderbird.
I said, "This is perfect.
I'm gonna go get it.
" It was a shell with nothing.
So, I pretty much had to build this car from scratch.
I worked on that car for 12 hours a day.
I think I tried to do it to help cope.
Inside of the new Thunderbird, we have Blake's engine.
The engine is the heart of the car.
And Blake had a unique sound to his car.
And I tried keeping that unique sound.
And then everything else is brand new.
It's definitely a tribute car.
So, I was trying to make a complete duplicate, like exact.
I finished building it yesterday.
I'm doing this race for my friend Blake, and I don't want to lose.
My name is Shawnee Haggard.
We are in Watauga, Texas.
People from Texas are very Texas-proud.
Here in Watauga, it's just It's a pretty quiet community.
We're the loudest out of everybody, so I bought the S-10 for about $3,000.
First week, I put a turbo 350 in it.
Then did the transmission.
Every time I turn around, we're adding something else to it.
It's just a little truck with a big punch.
It's like me.
Just my Lilâ 10.
Growing up, my dad was in the army.
I was very much a tomboy.
In high school, I was on the rifle team.
I had talked to the Army recruiter.
He told me that I couldn't be a sniper because they don't put females on the front line.
And then I found drag racing.
I've always been told, you know, "You're a girl, maybe you shouldn't be going out there and drag racing.
" I didn't like that.
Being a woman driver, it's difficult.
There's a lot of trash talkers out there.
Bunch of grown men that act like little babies 'cause they think, you know, you're a girl, so they have a chance at beating you.
The Lil' 10 has the fluorescent pink wheels on it, so the people up in the stands can see that "Hey, that's a lady driving that truck.
" It's a lot of fun beating the guys just because of the fact that they get really pouty.
I guess I'm doing this race just to kind of prove to everybody that a girl can do it too.
That's big-block power right there, baby! Woo! My name is Ryan Hall.
I've been racing my whole life.
I think as a modern-day cowboy, I'm basically an adrenaline junkie.
There's first place and there's last.
I mean, there's this That's how I am.
Once we do this race, the proof's gonna be in the pudding, whenever we put it down.
We are gonna drag the damn paint off a supercar in this car.
I don't care what kind of supercar it is.
I'm gonna embarrass somebody.
I'm very determined to win.
As a kid, I knew that I wanted to be my own boss.
My mentality from growing up was just a hustler.
You know, just do what you gotta do to make a living.
During 2010, when the economy went south, I went through some rough patches and some hard times.
But then a couple of years ago here, one of my guys, Rick Bales, me and him came up with the idea to start a speed shop.
And so we came up with Motorsports Mafia.
Here we are, building cars and selling speed.
It's, you know It's a cool gig.
If you're having fun at where you work, it's not really a job.
A sleeper car is gonna be something that looks inconspicuous, and you think, "There's no way this car is gonna outrun this car.
" The Dadillac is a '79 Cadillac Coupe de Ville that looks kind of "Mafieta," or however you Whatever that word is.
Mafioso I'm sorry, "Mafioso," I guess, is the correct pronunciation.
It's kind of a doo-doo maroon-brown color.
It's probably one of the ugliest cars I've ever seen.
Here's the stock engine that came in this car, that Cadillac, in 1979.
Uh Maybe 250 horsepower, at the most.
Back in the day, in 1979, this was a cool motor.
Nowadays, this would be basically a yard ornament.
So, here we got Old Blue, which is a truck I've had for over 25 years.
Been known around here for years for being a very fast truck.
This truck has a lot of sentimental value to me.
It's been through three marriages, three divorces, and a bankruptcy.
I took everything out of Old Blue, took the motor, transmission, the radiator, the shifter, all the gauges, all the electronics, the rear end, everything, and put it underneath this Cadillac.
It is something that you could pull up with and somebody's gonna think, "This car's not that fast.
Look how big it is.
" But the Dadillac's a bad motherfucker.
I'm Skip Reagan.
Military brat, never married, no kids My dad was a Green Beret.
My mom's Japanese.
They met after he was deployed in Vietnam.
When I was in high school, my dad brought home a Porsche 928.
And it was the first time he let me drive something like that.
If you can get an erection from a car, that was probably my first car erection.
Did I share too much? I was a small kid, so, um, I was easy target.
With that came the bullying, and a lot of it.
I used to get in a lot of fights.
It started a progression for me.
I wanted to be bigger, stronger, faster.
So, that, um led over to a lot of different parts of my life.
Getting into gym martial arts and the racing.
My car, 2016 Dodge Viper ACR-E E for extreme.
Very limited production run.
I had the first one in Dallas.
They don't make 'em any more.
If you see my car, you know exactly who's behind the wheel.
She is vicious.
Zero to 60, sub-4 second range.
A hundred and fifty-seven thousand dollars.
Plate says revenge.
Revenge is a life full of success.
And hopefully, she'll whoop some ass here in a couple of days.
We're gonna meet a buddy of mine Brent.
He and I have raced together for years.
We'll see what both cars throw down.
What's up, dude? - What's going on, man? - Not much.
Uh, I'm up against sleepers.
I hope I can take those freakin' punks.
I'm having trouble hooking up the rear tires, dude.
Even after I heat 'em up um, she's still breaking loose on me.
Let's do some launches, man.
- Let's do it.
- My brother.
Let's do it.
I don't like sleepers, not a fan.
Guys who take a three or five-hundred-dollar crap box and put 30 grand worth of motor in it You know, they go, "Oh, my car's street legal.
" It's all crap.
Okay, you built it do one thing, take me out.
I guess we'll roll and see what happens.
I have satellite navigation, air conditioning, leather interior.
The girls turn heads.
You're not gonna go to a nice restaurant.
You're not gonna take your gal out on a date in that.
The reality is, it's not a freakin' supercar.
- Something's not right.
- Is it this pink wire, Robert? Hold on.
He's He's tweaking.
It's not a street car without a Christmas tree Scentsy in it.
Yep, try it.
- She's losing spark somewhere.
- Yeah.
- Hello.
How are you? - Hey.
- Good.
How's it going? - Good.
My ex-wife, Brandy.
We co-parent together.
We share fifty-fifty custody.
She'll drop off Isaiah.
He really likes hanging out here at the shop.
He's at that age where he's into cars.
So is that a sleeper car y'all are gonna build? - That's it, right there.
- Yeah.
- You haven't seen it, have you? - No.
- We call it the Dadillac.
- The Dadillac? That's what we call it, the Dadillac.
Right now, we're having some issues with the car getting the ignition to fire, so Oh.
Welcome to racing.
Yeah, it's always something.
You know that.
- Yeah.
- We're gonna win, huh? Yep.
What do you win? - Bragging rights.
- Oh.
- What would you want me to race? - Probably a Lamborghini Centurion.
Okay, well, I can tell you right now, it is an American-made supercar.
It is a 2016 Dodge Viper - ACR.
- Wow.
That's it, right there, that's what we're racing.
That's gorgeous.
At least it's American made.
It's not an European, you know? American steel against American steel.
It's gonna look even better behind me.
MSRP, 118,000.
Money doesn't always win, and I want my son to be able to say, "My dad was able to outrun a supercar in a 3,000 dollar, '79 Cadillac Coupe de Ville.
" And hope that drives him later on in his life to know you can do anything you put your mind to.
Eleven-point-five at 127 mile an hour.
Six-hundred and forty-five horsepower.
- We should be able to annihilate that.
- Yeah.
Still nothing.
You got the ignition on? We do have our disadvantages.
Yeah.
Yeah.
One day, we'll have everything perfectly organized like a professional speed shop.
No, we won't.
Yeah, probably not.
I found out we're racing a Dodge Viper AXC Extreme.
- ACR? - Yeah, ACR.
That's it.
Got a lot of cool, nifty things like navigation.
Eight-point-four liter V-10, six speed manual.
- On here it's 141,000 dollars.
- Dang! - That's more than our house.
- Does he live in that thing? Top speed, 177 miles an hour.
I think this plug's okay.
You want to look at it? I feel like there's more pride in a sleeper car, just because you've built the vehicle how you want it to be, where a supercar, in my opinion, is just a bought entitlement.
We got weight transfer, which they don't have.
We should be able to run 650, 700 horsepower versus 650 horsepower.
How you feel about running that Viper? - It's overrated.
- Nervous at all? - Yeah.
- You know that car is built for a track.
It's not made for drag racing.
Running from a dead stop, we got tires, and we got weight transfer.
We got your fast reaction time.
Isn't the statistics on females having quicker reaction time? Most females do have a quicker reaction time, unless they race their husband, and - What? - Yeah.
I love to race, and I just kept going out to the street races.
And that's where I met my husband.
He supports me in anything I do.
He puts a big front of being a tough guy, but he's really a softie.
It's just like having an ace in your pocket.
He's amazing.
He's such a good guy.
I absolutely love the fact she races.
She's got a little speed demon inside of her, for sure.
We are there for each other.
If I'm racing, she's helping me and if she's racing, I'm helping her.
That's ten pounds of nitrous.
We roughly use about three pounds per run.
So, nitrous is really cold compressed air and it sprays into the motor, which increases the motor capacity.
Go-fast juice.
I have full confidence in you in this race.
Stefan, let me hear you bang your nitrous.
That's right.
I'm the wild one, and Eileenâs the conservative one.
She definitely keeps me on the straight and makes me do right.
Racing's a huge part of my life.
My wife gets mad at me 'cause she thinks it's one of my top priorities.
She gets pretty pissed, if I have to say.
I plan on raising my son the same way as my dad raised me, at the track, messing with cars.
You know Daddy's gonna be in a big race.
Yeah.
- You want to see how we're gonna do it? - Yeah.
- We got a four-lane road.
- Yeah.
- We're gonna be this one, right? - Yeah.
Okay.
So, there's gonna be four cars, all lined up - to race.
- Uh-huh.
A sleeper, a sleeper, a sleeper and then a slow supercar.
Boo! Uh-huh.
Okay.
So, who you think's gonna win the race? - It's that one.
- 'Cause that's Daddy, right? - Yeah.
- My man.
I'm a huge fan of music.
I used to deejay.
Actually, uh, I deejayed at a strip bar.
My house is decorated like a bachelor-type Spartan.
I don't like having things that people typically have.
I've been described by many people as a peacock, 'cause I always like to garner attention.
It's Texas.
We shoot, and we shoot a lot.
My weapons collection is about 130.
I love guns.
I love fast cars.
I get very competitive when I shoot, just like when I drive.
This is Japanese katana.
It was the weapon of the samurai.
They knew this blade in and out.
You're only as good as your weapon.
But in the right hands, you could just wreck someone's world.
Same deal with my driving.
Used to have a hot rod shop.
I had huge aspirations of what that place could've been.
And my partners, they were just not good people.
When that shop collapsed, financially, it was hell.
They cost me almost everything.
I lost over a quarter million dollars in less than seven months.
To remind me of where I was in the low point in my life, I got the revenge plate.
I don't like to lose.
At all.
And I lost big there, financially emotionally.
But if you're lucky life gives you, um, a best friend.
When I got Deedee, I had to be present.
I used to drink a lot.
But she sobered me up.
That dog raced with me a lot.
Win or lose, I still got a kiss from her in the end.
So I was good to go.
I lost her not too long ago.
She used to have on a collar, little charm.
I had it made into a lapel-style pin.
I wear it with me when I race now.
It's kinda like she's still riding with me.
She was a good damn dog.
When she was with me, felt like I couldn't lose.
We'll win this together.
Now try it.
Flashing red light.
Is that cutting power off? When it comes to wiring, that's where I want to pull my hair out.
- You know that's the motor out Old Blue? - Yeah, Old Blue is - Okay.
- Okay? - Well, yeah.
- For Old Blue, it was nasty.
- Oh, okay.
- It was what it was.
Again.
Kill it.
- What have we got? - Whoa! You're running lean.
It was very lean.
Header caught the plug wire on fire.
Evidently, it's running too lean and it has caught a plug wire on fire.
Could the whole car catch on fire because of this? - Could it? Yeah.
It could.
It could.
- Mm-hmm.
We're gonna make sure that don't happen.
These cars are dangerous.
People get hurt every day doing this and die every day doing this.
I always pray for you when you go to the races, - whenever something bad's happening.
- That means a lot.
It means a whole lot.
- We're gonna win this for you.
- Yep.
To hear my son talk about praying for me it just lets me know that I'm doing the right thing.
I hold that very close to my heart.
- It's dead.
- No fire.
Deep breaths.
Have you plugged into the grid? - No, we haven't.
- Let's plug into the grid and check it.
If there's a wire short somewhere, we'll fix it.
So, basically, what this is, is a poor man's launch control.
A supercar has high tech, things that do it for it.
This is what we use.
This box runs the ignition timing and when you've done such an extensive build like we've done here, you're gonna miss little wires, or there may be a connection somewhere that you overlooked.
It makes me very nervous, having these issues, but I will do everything in my power to win this race.
You got the key on? This is our our wall of glory.
This is things that when things go wrong in street racing.
A little memento from Shawnee's truck.
This is pretty much what's left of the transmission.
But that's her first trans that's not her first transmission.
- That's my second transmission.
- Second or third.
There is a drag racing prayer.
Lord, I pray as I race today, keep me safe along the way.
Not only me but the others too, as they perform the jobs they do.
We've had a few friends wreck and so, it's surreal when accidents happen.
We put racing seats, and harnesses, and - Yeah.
- we just, we got fire jackets, so.
We focus more on the safety than the performance, and then You get one life, you know? You need to live it right.
Normally, whenever people have accidents, it pushes them away.
But it's made Sarah more into racing.
Blake died probably a year ago.
Today will be the first time Sarah sees the car finished.
- Surprise.
- It's beautiful.
You did a great job.
It turned out really nice.
Like, I'm really shocked with how nice it turned out, honestly.
It's difficult seeing Stefan build a Thunderbird that looks just like Blake's.
'Cause it still has parts off of Blake's car from when he crashed it.
- You want to hear it? - Yes.
It feels good just to hear Blake's motor run again.
It's like he's still it's still his car.
He's still there.
- What do you think? - It's fucking bad-ass.
- Sounds good, right? - Yeah.
All we need to do is just check the tires and we should be ready to make some passes.
I grew up in a pretty harsh environment.
I seen things a lot of kids shouldn't have seen.
I can remember, you know, being scared and praying to God.
And at 16 or 17 years old, I had moved out on my own and was selling drugs, getting hooked on drugs.
My mother and my grandmother actually came and rescued me and took me to a rehab, which was probably one of the best things that ever happened to me.
It give me a chance to really see where I had went south 'cause Hellfire.
there's a lot of people that have told me, they're like, "Ryan, we always expected you to be either dead or in prison.
" I have no regrets from what I went through.
I think it's made me the man I am today.
Try it.
We got fire! We're here for the first time to test the car.
There ain't no telling what this thing's gonna do.
Since it's a brand-new car, I'm pretty nervous right now.
I'd be pretty happy if it went A to B, you know, didn't give me no problems.
No hero shit.
I'm gonna let this bitch sing.
Oh, shit.
It broke a rocker arm, didn't it? - It sounded like it.
- Sounded like it.
That sucks.
Like, 95% sure it was a rocker arm.
Blake was famous for breaking rocker arms.
Like, almost every time we took the car out.
So, that's why it didn't shock me that it was a rocker arm.
He's giving us trouble.
He's making sure we know he's here.
We were actually having some issues with the car, but now it's running.
Here we go, baby! Today we're gonna do some tests, 'cause most of the cars we're gonna be racing are probably 1,000 to 1,500 pounds lighter than we are.
This is gonna be kind of the maiden test.
Knock on some fake wood.
Now it's time to see what she's got.
As a kid, I always felt like I was in last place, and I was determined to get to first place.
Everybody is always, like, "You can't do that, 'cause you're a girl.
" You want to change out the bottle? Well, yes, I can.
I love racing, and I love going out there and showing these boys up.
So, you see this thing right here? It's not supposed to be right there.
This is the one that Blake welded together.
You know what? I think, I'm just gonna throw these on.
When it's things that need to be fixed right away, he just shuts down and focuses and it's awesome to see him work.
Start it up.
The preparation I've got to do for this race I've been doing what I can.
Tires are new.
They're broken in.
The car is solid.
Revenge is winning on race day, no matter what.
Nothing feels better than winning.
I'm ready.
When the green light hits, my foot's to the floor.
I think I have a fighting chance.
We basically built this car in ten days.
I'm gonna pull the teeth out of the supercar with this Cadillac.
- How'd it feel? - Like a Dadillac.
So, we got the car back together, but I'm gonna try and make the first pass on the car, see what happens.
If Blake was here, he'd say, "That's a bad bitch.
" The main thing I'm worried about is the rocker arm breaking.
But I think all the little problems are mostly figured out.
I'm not good with the anticipation.
Just ready to kick some ass now.
Your competition.
That thing's pretty cool.
You see the ghost flames? Yeah.
- Don't look that fast, but it's nice.
- It doesn't, but you never know.
- It's a lot quieter than ours.
- Watch her run us all over.
I'm ready for the race to start.
I'm ready to get out there.
- Stefan.
How you doing? - Shawnee.
- Hi.
I'm Eileen.
- What y'all got in there, LS? That's an LS.
- Yeah.
- That's cute.
I like it.
Yeah, I like the flames.
- I like the pink wheels.
- Thank you.
Thank you.
- Good looking car.
- Thank you.
She's a tank.
I'm ready to just get at it.
I don't like talking so much.
- Is she under the car looking? - I don't know.
I feel like y'all just looked up my skirt.
What's that look like to you from way down there? It's a two-door Caddy.
'78 model, something like that.
I may not have the heaviest car here.
- That's a lot of car.
- I know him.
He goes out to the track all the time.
He's a big track guy.
What's that sticker say on the back? Motorsports Mafia.
That's the guy, Ryan Hall.
I plan on winning this race.
I feel confident.
Oh yeah, that is Ryan Hall right there.
Bet you they got a big ol' motor in that thing.
That's definitely unexpected.
- This is gonna be good.
- All right, how you doing? I knew it would be somebody I knew when they said, it had pink wheels on, I was like, "I know who it is.
" - How you doing? - How's it going, man? How you doing? Man y'all came for real? Man, we're trying.
Pop the hood.
Oh, boy.
What does this thing weigh? - Forty-five hundred, yeah.
- I know it looks heavy.
I thought I was gonna be the only one with a grandpa car.
Y'all stole my thunder.
- Wow.
- I was expecting some pink in here.
Nice little truck.
I know the truck.
It's a fast, little truck.
Don't underestimate it.
- Y'all want to look under my hood? - Yeah, we got time I'll show and tell y'all today.
All y'all had to do is ask.
Let's set it on the ground.
- The ground? - Yeah.
Blake used to have a Thunderbird just like this one.
- Yes.
- We knew Blake.
Everyone knows about Blake's accident.
Racers, we're like one big family.
I felt it right in your heart, 'cause it's somebody you know.
We were close to the same age.
- It's pretty straight? - Go up a little on the right.
Yeah, that's a good-looking sticker there.
When I was pulling up, I was thinking, "Holy crap, that looks just like, you know, Blake's car.
" The Thunderbird literally brought chills down me and I thought, "Wow.
" Blake Williams, he was just like us and he died doing what he loved.
It's like losing one of your brothers.
- It's been a mad thrash to get it running.
- As long as we beat the supercar.
No, yeah, I know, I hear you.
Oh, boy.
That Dodge Viper.
God damn, that wing is obnoxious.
God damn! Yeah, that's not done.
The car is prepped.
She smells good, she tastes good, she looks good.
Normally, whenever people are looking for revenge, bad stuff done happen to 'em.
Yeah, right.
We could use that wing as a dining table.
It's definitely a nice car, but is it set up for drag racing? I don't think so.
- Good to meet you.
- Skip Reagan.
Thanks for coming out, Skip.
- Morgan.
Nice meeting you.
- Skip.
Does that shirt really have his picture on it? Is this thing set up for racing? Well, I'll see what I can do swinging against you boys.
- And girl.
- Oh.
Freaking sweet! My bad.
My bad.
I apologize.
Real quick, can I Am I allowed to? Sure, take a look.
Talk to me, dude.
What is the monster here, brother? Called the Dadillac.
It's all steel, all real.
God Almighty.
Hell of a setup.
So, this was a tribute car to a buddy of mine that passed.
He had an identical Thunderbird.
- What happened to your buddy? - He died.
Wow, I'm sorry, bro.
- Valve cover's for him? - Yeah.
- Gas bottles in the trunk? - Yeah.
Secret sauce or can you say how much? - We got 300 on it.
- Okay.
Just checking everyone's rear suspension setup.
Yeah, so it's a stock 53 with a cam, little shot of nitrous and that's all she wrote.
You mind sharing how big your shot might be? - It's enough.
- It's enough? All right.
The car I'm most concerned and worried about, gal running the pickup.
Her setup stem to stern is pretty damn legit.
These guys brought some cannons out to the field.
There's a hell of a lot of motor and nitrous, so I'll have to slug it out.
All right.
So, drivers, come on in please.
Before we get started, I want to thank you for coming out.
Whoever wins this race will go on to compete in the grand finale at El Mirage, California.
All right.
Please, go ahead and take this opportunity to walk the track.
- Hey, guys, let's walk the lane.
- Babe! Come on.
Got to walk her? I can already feel this I'm gonna have to pedal there.
This right here is probably where that Viper might start catching up.
We got this frickin' turd sticking up out of the ground here.
I'm the only one that has real grooves in my tires.
The Thunderbird looks fucking like a bad bitch compared to them.
I better hope I don't miss a shift.
I better hope they slip a little bit.
I better hope my tires grip all the way through.
- We're ready to rock and roll.
- Yeah.
I'm ready to do this.
May the best man or woman win.
Let's fuckin' race.
We're here to win.
There is no other place but first.
Four-wide race, there's not a whole lot of room for error.
I'm just ready to go.
I'm feeling super, super anxious.
I want to get going.
I want to get racing.
We're gonna whoop their ass.
- Love you.
- Love you, babe.
We're all friends, but you know, once I get up on the line, it's It ain't no friends.
This race is for my dog, Deedee.
If I win today, I'll be fucking stoked.
My son Isaiah, he couldn't be here with us today.
But I know he's praying for me.
When I win, it'll show other women, you know, "Hey, just 'cause you're a female doesn't mean you're limited to sticking in the kitchen.
" I'm doing this for my family.
Winning this is gonna mean a lot.
Fuck.
- Good job.
- Thanks.
Blake would be proud of you.
Thank you, buddy.
I have Blake in mind just about every day.
And I put my heart and soul in this car and that engine did real well.
So, I come out here and dominate everyone.
It's an overwhelming feeling.
I'm not gonna have a big head, but I knew he was gonna win.
- No? - Something's not right.
You know, we spent so many hours, there's probably just some switch or something that we didn't double-check.
Hell of a launch, dude.
Hell of a launch, man.
- That thing was gone.
- Shit.
Damn, dude.
Dude, you were on fucking fire.
I came out hard and had I had more space, I think, well, I know I could've roped them in.
We're still having them review the film, because we can't handle a loss.
- That was a hell of a thing.
- That's understandable.
I'm never happy losing, but I can swallow it.
He was racing for a hell of a good cause in Blake's memory and I'm guessing the guy's smiling down on him right now.
Hell, he's using his motor to whoop all of our asses.
- Hey, good race, man.
- Awesome race.
I feel like Stefan has really upheld Blake's name.
He couldn't be a better person to lose to.
The official results, the good news is, it was a clean start.
So, thank you very much.
Everybody went on green, so outstanding.
First, Stefan in the Thunderbird.
Very close finish between second and third.
We had to review the tape.
That was extremely close, but Skip, you took it.
Good job.
Shawnee, you did really, really well.
You were really close.
Couldn't have lost to a better cause with with this being in memory of Blake.
Thank you.
Win, lose, or draw, you know, I'm happy with the car no matter what.
The car has a special meaning to me and it's something that I'll keep forever.
It's gonna be around for a long time in my family.
A sleeper car is a wolf in sheep's clothing.
I've always been told, "You're a girl, maybe you shouldn't be going out there and drag racing.
" I'm basically an adrenaline junkie.
We should be able to annihilate the supercar with this Cadillac.
Everyone has their vice and mine is racing.
I pretty much had to build this car from scratch.
You built it to do one thing, take me out, I guess we'll roll and see what happens.
That motor's been through three marriages, three divorces, and a bankruptcy.
Whoa! Blake's accident, that was the worst day of my life.
When the green light hits, my foot's to the floor.
Let's fuckin' race.
A lot of people don't like me strictly 'cause of racing.
They can't separate racing and bullshitting.
In Texas racing's a big thing.
My dad raced.
My friends raced.
That's all I know, is racing.
My dad was a huge influence in my early years.
He bought my first junior dragster.
My dad's a Ford guy and I'm a Ford guy.
You know, I think Chevys suck.
Generally, your grandma or grandpa would be driving an old Thunderbird but I have a ton of pride in this car.
If my Thunderbird raced a supercar, I don't see me having a problem.
I think supercars is a car for someone who has more money than sense.
Stefan's going to be real mad when I catch the first fish.
My sister Sarah is like a girl version of me.
Sarah's into racing.
I'm into racing.
I taught her how to drive.
It's a little guy, but it's a fish.
Shut up.
I'm a real shy and I don't want to be the center of attention.
I don't like it.
He's helped me grow.
I'm very thankful that he's my brother.
I met Blake when I was about 24.
I didn't know how to weld, and I needed some fabrication done on my car.
I took it to him.
He did a great job on it.
From that day forward, we were inseparable.
Blake was like his right-hand man.
They did everything together.
All of these cars, Blake has helped me with.
I mean, half these trophies were all won with him.
Blake loved street racing.
Blake's passion was just as strong for cars, if not stronger than mine.
I remember when I first met him, I was like, "Dude, you need to go do something," 'cause that's all he did, was work on cars non-stop.
We won so many races together, and we traveled the whole country and then Blake comes up to me.
He's like, "Hey, do you care if I ask your sister out?" So, he takes her out and they go out, they start dating or whatever.
And, you know, they fall in love and they had two kids.
It made me happy that, you know, they got together.
She couldn't have found a better man.
Blake called me up one night.
He said, "Hey, they got a four-car shootout, $500 entry.
" Naturally, I said, "Yeah, let's do it.
" He said, "Hey, will you drive the car?" He was super nervous.
I told him, "No, dude.
You got this.
You got this.
" I wanted him to have the joy to win.
As soon as he takes off I'm like, "We won.
" The drag racing community is stunned.
Twenty-three-year-old Blake Williams was a husband and father of two.
Another driver apparently lost control and hit him, sending Williams's car into a tree and throwing him from the vehicle.
That was the worst day of my life.
After Blake died, Stefan watched over me.
It's helped me a lot.
Me and Blake wasn't family but he was closer to me than any blood I have.
I'm the one who got rid of his car, took it to the junkyard.
That's my little Blake wall, you know? This is Blake's welding helmet.
The mirror, the steering wheel, the hood scoop, his helmet I mean, that's stuff you can't replace.
At first, whenever I used to come in here, I used to get emotional.
But I do all right now.
So⦠it's pretty hard.
I was able to save the motor the block heads and his rear end.
And then two months after Blake died, a bunch of people tagged me on a car for sale on Facebook.
It was just like Blake's old Thunderbird.
I said, "This is perfect.
I'm gonna go get it.
" It was a shell with nothing.
So, I pretty much had to build this car from scratch.
I worked on that car for 12 hours a day.
I think I tried to do it to help cope.
Inside of the new Thunderbird, we have Blake's engine.
The engine is the heart of the car.
And Blake had a unique sound to his car.
And I tried keeping that unique sound.
And then everything else is brand new.
It's definitely a tribute car.
So, I was trying to make a complete duplicate, like exact.
I finished building it yesterday.
I'm doing this race for my friend Blake, and I don't want to lose.
My name is Shawnee Haggard.
We are in Watauga, Texas.
People from Texas are very Texas-proud.
Here in Watauga, it's just It's a pretty quiet community.
We're the loudest out of everybody, so I bought the S-10 for about $3,000.
First week, I put a turbo 350 in it.
Then did the transmission.
Every time I turn around, we're adding something else to it.
It's just a little truck with a big punch.
It's like me.
Just my Lilâ 10.
Growing up, my dad was in the army.
I was very much a tomboy.
In high school, I was on the rifle team.
I had talked to the Army recruiter.
He told me that I couldn't be a sniper because they don't put females on the front line.
And then I found drag racing.
I've always been told, you know, "You're a girl, maybe you shouldn't be going out there and drag racing.
" I didn't like that.
Being a woman driver, it's difficult.
There's a lot of trash talkers out there.
Bunch of grown men that act like little babies 'cause they think, you know, you're a girl, so they have a chance at beating you.
The Lil' 10 has the fluorescent pink wheels on it, so the people up in the stands can see that "Hey, that's a lady driving that truck.
" It's a lot of fun beating the guys just because of the fact that they get really pouty.
I guess I'm doing this race just to kind of prove to everybody that a girl can do it too.
That's big-block power right there, baby! Woo! My name is Ryan Hall.
I've been racing my whole life.
I think as a modern-day cowboy, I'm basically an adrenaline junkie.
There's first place and there's last.
I mean, there's this That's how I am.
Once we do this race, the proof's gonna be in the pudding, whenever we put it down.
We are gonna drag the damn paint off a supercar in this car.
I don't care what kind of supercar it is.
I'm gonna embarrass somebody.
I'm very determined to win.
As a kid, I knew that I wanted to be my own boss.
My mentality from growing up was just a hustler.
You know, just do what you gotta do to make a living.
During 2010, when the economy went south, I went through some rough patches and some hard times.
But then a couple of years ago here, one of my guys, Rick Bales, me and him came up with the idea to start a speed shop.
And so we came up with Motorsports Mafia.
Here we are, building cars and selling speed.
It's, you know It's a cool gig.
If you're having fun at where you work, it's not really a job.
A sleeper car is gonna be something that looks inconspicuous, and you think, "There's no way this car is gonna outrun this car.
" The Dadillac is a '79 Cadillac Coupe de Ville that looks kind of "Mafieta," or however you Whatever that word is.
Mafioso I'm sorry, "Mafioso," I guess, is the correct pronunciation.
It's kind of a doo-doo maroon-brown color.
It's probably one of the ugliest cars I've ever seen.
Here's the stock engine that came in this car, that Cadillac, in 1979.
Uh Maybe 250 horsepower, at the most.
Back in the day, in 1979, this was a cool motor.
Nowadays, this would be basically a yard ornament.
So, here we got Old Blue, which is a truck I've had for over 25 years.
Been known around here for years for being a very fast truck.
This truck has a lot of sentimental value to me.
It's been through three marriages, three divorces, and a bankruptcy.
I took everything out of Old Blue, took the motor, transmission, the radiator, the shifter, all the gauges, all the electronics, the rear end, everything, and put it underneath this Cadillac.
It is something that you could pull up with and somebody's gonna think, "This car's not that fast.
Look how big it is.
" But the Dadillac's a bad motherfucker.
I'm Skip Reagan.
Military brat, never married, no kids My dad was a Green Beret.
My mom's Japanese.
They met after he was deployed in Vietnam.
When I was in high school, my dad brought home a Porsche 928.
And it was the first time he let me drive something like that.
If you can get an erection from a car, that was probably my first car erection.
Did I share too much? I was a small kid, so, um, I was easy target.
With that came the bullying, and a lot of it.
I used to get in a lot of fights.
It started a progression for me.
I wanted to be bigger, stronger, faster.
So, that, um led over to a lot of different parts of my life.
Getting into gym martial arts and the racing.
My car, 2016 Dodge Viper ACR-E E for extreme.
Very limited production run.
I had the first one in Dallas.
They don't make 'em any more.
If you see my car, you know exactly who's behind the wheel.
She is vicious.
Zero to 60, sub-4 second range.
A hundred and fifty-seven thousand dollars.
Plate says revenge.
Revenge is a life full of success.
And hopefully, she'll whoop some ass here in a couple of days.
We're gonna meet a buddy of mine Brent.
He and I have raced together for years.
We'll see what both cars throw down.
What's up, dude? - What's going on, man? - Not much.
Uh, I'm up against sleepers.
I hope I can take those freakin' punks.
I'm having trouble hooking up the rear tires, dude.
Even after I heat 'em up um, she's still breaking loose on me.
Let's do some launches, man.
- Let's do it.
- My brother.
Let's do it.
I don't like sleepers, not a fan.
Guys who take a three or five-hundred-dollar crap box and put 30 grand worth of motor in it You know, they go, "Oh, my car's street legal.
" It's all crap.
Okay, you built it do one thing, take me out.
I guess we'll roll and see what happens.
I have satellite navigation, air conditioning, leather interior.
The girls turn heads.
You're not gonna go to a nice restaurant.
You're not gonna take your gal out on a date in that.
The reality is, it's not a freakin' supercar.
- Something's not right.
- Is it this pink wire, Robert? Hold on.
He's He's tweaking.
It's not a street car without a Christmas tree Scentsy in it.
Yep, try it.
- She's losing spark somewhere.
- Yeah.
- Hello.
How are you? - Hey.
- Good.
How's it going? - Good.
My ex-wife, Brandy.
We co-parent together.
We share fifty-fifty custody.
She'll drop off Isaiah.
He really likes hanging out here at the shop.
He's at that age where he's into cars.
So is that a sleeper car y'all are gonna build? - That's it, right there.
- Yeah.
- You haven't seen it, have you? - No.
- We call it the Dadillac.
- The Dadillac? That's what we call it, the Dadillac.
Right now, we're having some issues with the car getting the ignition to fire, so Oh.
Welcome to racing.
Yeah, it's always something.
You know that.
- Yeah.
- We're gonna win, huh? Yep.
What do you win? - Bragging rights.
- Oh.
- What would you want me to race? - Probably a Lamborghini Centurion.
Okay, well, I can tell you right now, it is an American-made supercar.
It is a 2016 Dodge Viper - ACR.
- Wow.
That's it, right there, that's what we're racing.
That's gorgeous.
At least it's American made.
It's not an European, you know? American steel against American steel.
It's gonna look even better behind me.
MSRP, 118,000.
Money doesn't always win, and I want my son to be able to say, "My dad was able to outrun a supercar in a 3,000 dollar, '79 Cadillac Coupe de Ville.
" And hope that drives him later on in his life to know you can do anything you put your mind to.
Eleven-point-five at 127 mile an hour.
Six-hundred and forty-five horsepower.
- We should be able to annihilate that.
- Yeah.
Still nothing.
You got the ignition on? We do have our disadvantages.
Yeah.
Yeah.
One day, we'll have everything perfectly organized like a professional speed shop.
No, we won't.
Yeah, probably not.
I found out we're racing a Dodge Viper AXC Extreme.
- ACR? - Yeah, ACR.
That's it.
Got a lot of cool, nifty things like navigation.
Eight-point-four liter V-10, six speed manual.
- On here it's 141,000 dollars.
- Dang! - That's more than our house.
- Does he live in that thing? Top speed, 177 miles an hour.
I think this plug's okay.
You want to look at it? I feel like there's more pride in a sleeper car, just because you've built the vehicle how you want it to be, where a supercar, in my opinion, is just a bought entitlement.
We got weight transfer, which they don't have.
We should be able to run 650, 700 horsepower versus 650 horsepower.
How you feel about running that Viper? - It's overrated.
- Nervous at all? - Yeah.
- You know that car is built for a track.
It's not made for drag racing.
Running from a dead stop, we got tires, and we got weight transfer.
We got your fast reaction time.
Isn't the statistics on females having quicker reaction time? Most females do have a quicker reaction time, unless they race their husband, and - What? - Yeah.
I love to race, and I just kept going out to the street races.
And that's where I met my husband.
He supports me in anything I do.
He puts a big front of being a tough guy, but he's really a softie.
It's just like having an ace in your pocket.
He's amazing.
He's such a good guy.
I absolutely love the fact she races.
She's got a little speed demon inside of her, for sure.
We are there for each other.
If I'm racing, she's helping me and if she's racing, I'm helping her.
That's ten pounds of nitrous.
We roughly use about three pounds per run.
So, nitrous is really cold compressed air and it sprays into the motor, which increases the motor capacity.
Go-fast juice.
I have full confidence in you in this race.
Stefan, let me hear you bang your nitrous.
That's right.
I'm the wild one, and Eileenâs the conservative one.
She definitely keeps me on the straight and makes me do right.
Racing's a huge part of my life.
My wife gets mad at me 'cause she thinks it's one of my top priorities.
She gets pretty pissed, if I have to say.
I plan on raising my son the same way as my dad raised me, at the track, messing with cars.
You know Daddy's gonna be in a big race.
Yeah.
- You want to see how we're gonna do it? - Yeah.
- We got a four-lane road.
- Yeah.
- We're gonna be this one, right? - Yeah.
Okay.
So, there's gonna be four cars, all lined up - to race.
- Uh-huh.
A sleeper, a sleeper, a sleeper and then a slow supercar.
Boo! Uh-huh.
Okay.
So, who you think's gonna win the race? - It's that one.
- 'Cause that's Daddy, right? - Yeah.
- My man.
I'm a huge fan of music.
I used to deejay.
Actually, uh, I deejayed at a strip bar.
My house is decorated like a bachelor-type Spartan.
I don't like having things that people typically have.
I've been described by many people as a peacock, 'cause I always like to garner attention.
It's Texas.
We shoot, and we shoot a lot.
My weapons collection is about 130.
I love guns.
I love fast cars.
I get very competitive when I shoot, just like when I drive.
This is Japanese katana.
It was the weapon of the samurai.
They knew this blade in and out.
You're only as good as your weapon.
But in the right hands, you could just wreck someone's world.
Same deal with my driving.
Used to have a hot rod shop.
I had huge aspirations of what that place could've been.
And my partners, they were just not good people.
When that shop collapsed, financially, it was hell.
They cost me almost everything.
I lost over a quarter million dollars in less than seven months.
To remind me of where I was in the low point in my life, I got the revenge plate.
I don't like to lose.
At all.
And I lost big there, financially emotionally.
But if you're lucky life gives you, um, a best friend.
When I got Deedee, I had to be present.
I used to drink a lot.
But she sobered me up.
That dog raced with me a lot.
Win or lose, I still got a kiss from her in the end.
So I was good to go.
I lost her not too long ago.
She used to have on a collar, little charm.
I had it made into a lapel-style pin.
I wear it with me when I race now.
It's kinda like she's still riding with me.
She was a good damn dog.
When she was with me, felt like I couldn't lose.
We'll win this together.
Now try it.
Flashing red light.
Is that cutting power off? When it comes to wiring, that's where I want to pull my hair out.
- You know that's the motor out Old Blue? - Yeah, Old Blue is - Okay.
- Okay? - Well, yeah.
- For Old Blue, it was nasty.
- Oh, okay.
- It was what it was.
Again.
Kill it.
- What have we got? - Whoa! You're running lean.
It was very lean.
Header caught the plug wire on fire.
Evidently, it's running too lean and it has caught a plug wire on fire.
Could the whole car catch on fire because of this? - Could it? Yeah.
It could.
It could.
- Mm-hmm.
We're gonna make sure that don't happen.
These cars are dangerous.
People get hurt every day doing this and die every day doing this.
I always pray for you when you go to the races, - whenever something bad's happening.
- That means a lot.
It means a whole lot.
- We're gonna win this for you.
- Yep.
To hear my son talk about praying for me it just lets me know that I'm doing the right thing.
I hold that very close to my heart.
- It's dead.
- No fire.
Deep breaths.
Have you plugged into the grid? - No, we haven't.
- Let's plug into the grid and check it.
If there's a wire short somewhere, we'll fix it.
So, basically, what this is, is a poor man's launch control.
A supercar has high tech, things that do it for it.
This is what we use.
This box runs the ignition timing and when you've done such an extensive build like we've done here, you're gonna miss little wires, or there may be a connection somewhere that you overlooked.
It makes me very nervous, having these issues, but I will do everything in my power to win this race.
You got the key on? This is our our wall of glory.
This is things that when things go wrong in street racing.
A little memento from Shawnee's truck.
This is pretty much what's left of the transmission.
But that's her first trans that's not her first transmission.
- That's my second transmission.
- Second or third.
There is a drag racing prayer.
Lord, I pray as I race today, keep me safe along the way.
Not only me but the others too, as they perform the jobs they do.
We've had a few friends wreck and so, it's surreal when accidents happen.
We put racing seats, and harnesses, and - Yeah.
- we just, we got fire jackets, so.
We focus more on the safety than the performance, and then You get one life, you know? You need to live it right.
Normally, whenever people have accidents, it pushes them away.
But it's made Sarah more into racing.
Blake died probably a year ago.
Today will be the first time Sarah sees the car finished.
- Surprise.
- It's beautiful.
You did a great job.
It turned out really nice.
Like, I'm really shocked with how nice it turned out, honestly.
It's difficult seeing Stefan build a Thunderbird that looks just like Blake's.
'Cause it still has parts off of Blake's car from when he crashed it.
- You want to hear it? - Yes.
It feels good just to hear Blake's motor run again.
It's like he's still it's still his car.
He's still there.
- What do you think? - It's fucking bad-ass.
- Sounds good, right? - Yeah.
All we need to do is just check the tires and we should be ready to make some passes.
I grew up in a pretty harsh environment.
I seen things a lot of kids shouldn't have seen.
I can remember, you know, being scared and praying to God.
And at 16 or 17 years old, I had moved out on my own and was selling drugs, getting hooked on drugs.
My mother and my grandmother actually came and rescued me and took me to a rehab, which was probably one of the best things that ever happened to me.
It give me a chance to really see where I had went south 'cause Hellfire.
there's a lot of people that have told me, they're like, "Ryan, we always expected you to be either dead or in prison.
" I have no regrets from what I went through.
I think it's made me the man I am today.
Try it.
We got fire! We're here for the first time to test the car.
There ain't no telling what this thing's gonna do.
Since it's a brand-new car, I'm pretty nervous right now.
I'd be pretty happy if it went A to B, you know, didn't give me no problems.
No hero shit.
I'm gonna let this bitch sing.
Oh, shit.
It broke a rocker arm, didn't it? - It sounded like it.
- Sounded like it.
That sucks.
Like, 95% sure it was a rocker arm.
Blake was famous for breaking rocker arms.
Like, almost every time we took the car out.
So, that's why it didn't shock me that it was a rocker arm.
He's giving us trouble.
He's making sure we know he's here.
We were actually having some issues with the car, but now it's running.
Here we go, baby! Today we're gonna do some tests, 'cause most of the cars we're gonna be racing are probably 1,000 to 1,500 pounds lighter than we are.
This is gonna be kind of the maiden test.
Knock on some fake wood.
Now it's time to see what she's got.
As a kid, I always felt like I was in last place, and I was determined to get to first place.
Everybody is always, like, "You can't do that, 'cause you're a girl.
" You want to change out the bottle? Well, yes, I can.
I love racing, and I love going out there and showing these boys up.
So, you see this thing right here? It's not supposed to be right there.
This is the one that Blake welded together.
You know what? I think, I'm just gonna throw these on.
When it's things that need to be fixed right away, he just shuts down and focuses and it's awesome to see him work.
Start it up.
The preparation I've got to do for this race I've been doing what I can.
Tires are new.
They're broken in.
The car is solid.
Revenge is winning on race day, no matter what.
Nothing feels better than winning.
I'm ready.
When the green light hits, my foot's to the floor.
I think I have a fighting chance.
We basically built this car in ten days.
I'm gonna pull the teeth out of the supercar with this Cadillac.
- How'd it feel? - Like a Dadillac.
So, we got the car back together, but I'm gonna try and make the first pass on the car, see what happens.
If Blake was here, he'd say, "That's a bad bitch.
" The main thing I'm worried about is the rocker arm breaking.
But I think all the little problems are mostly figured out.
I'm not good with the anticipation.
Just ready to kick some ass now.
Your competition.
That thing's pretty cool.
You see the ghost flames? Yeah.
- Don't look that fast, but it's nice.
- It doesn't, but you never know.
- It's a lot quieter than ours.
- Watch her run us all over.
I'm ready for the race to start.
I'm ready to get out there.
- Stefan.
How you doing? - Shawnee.
- Hi.
I'm Eileen.
- What y'all got in there, LS? That's an LS.
- Yeah.
- That's cute.
I like it.
Yeah, I like the flames.
- I like the pink wheels.
- Thank you.
Thank you.
- Good looking car.
- Thank you.
She's a tank.
I'm ready to just get at it.
I don't like talking so much.
- Is she under the car looking? - I don't know.
I feel like y'all just looked up my skirt.
What's that look like to you from way down there? It's a two-door Caddy.
'78 model, something like that.
I may not have the heaviest car here.
- That's a lot of car.
- I know him.
He goes out to the track all the time.
He's a big track guy.
What's that sticker say on the back? Motorsports Mafia.
That's the guy, Ryan Hall.
I plan on winning this race.
I feel confident.
Oh yeah, that is Ryan Hall right there.
Bet you they got a big ol' motor in that thing.
That's definitely unexpected.
- This is gonna be good.
- All right, how you doing? I knew it would be somebody I knew when they said, it had pink wheels on, I was like, "I know who it is.
" - How you doing? - How's it going, man? How you doing? Man y'all came for real? Man, we're trying.
Pop the hood.
Oh, boy.
What does this thing weigh? - Forty-five hundred, yeah.
- I know it looks heavy.
I thought I was gonna be the only one with a grandpa car.
Y'all stole my thunder.
- Wow.
- I was expecting some pink in here.
Nice little truck.
I know the truck.
It's a fast, little truck.
Don't underestimate it.
- Y'all want to look under my hood? - Yeah, we got time I'll show and tell y'all today.
All y'all had to do is ask.
Let's set it on the ground.
- The ground? - Yeah.
Blake used to have a Thunderbird just like this one.
- Yes.
- We knew Blake.
Everyone knows about Blake's accident.
Racers, we're like one big family.
I felt it right in your heart, 'cause it's somebody you know.
We were close to the same age.
- It's pretty straight? - Go up a little on the right.
Yeah, that's a good-looking sticker there.
When I was pulling up, I was thinking, "Holy crap, that looks just like, you know, Blake's car.
" The Thunderbird literally brought chills down me and I thought, "Wow.
" Blake Williams, he was just like us and he died doing what he loved.
It's like losing one of your brothers.
- It's been a mad thrash to get it running.
- As long as we beat the supercar.
No, yeah, I know, I hear you.
Oh, boy.
That Dodge Viper.
God damn, that wing is obnoxious.
God damn! Yeah, that's not done.
The car is prepped.
She smells good, she tastes good, she looks good.
Normally, whenever people are looking for revenge, bad stuff done happen to 'em.
Yeah, right.
We could use that wing as a dining table.
It's definitely a nice car, but is it set up for drag racing? I don't think so.
- Good to meet you.
- Skip Reagan.
Thanks for coming out, Skip.
- Morgan.
Nice meeting you.
- Skip.
Does that shirt really have his picture on it? Is this thing set up for racing? Well, I'll see what I can do swinging against you boys.
- And girl.
- Oh.
Freaking sweet! My bad.
My bad.
I apologize.
Real quick, can I Am I allowed to? Sure, take a look.
Talk to me, dude.
What is the monster here, brother? Called the Dadillac.
It's all steel, all real.
God Almighty.
Hell of a setup.
So, this was a tribute car to a buddy of mine that passed.
He had an identical Thunderbird.
- What happened to your buddy? - He died.
Wow, I'm sorry, bro.
- Valve cover's for him? - Yeah.
- Gas bottles in the trunk? - Yeah.
Secret sauce or can you say how much? - We got 300 on it.
- Okay.
Just checking everyone's rear suspension setup.
Yeah, so it's a stock 53 with a cam, little shot of nitrous and that's all she wrote.
You mind sharing how big your shot might be? - It's enough.
- It's enough? All right.
The car I'm most concerned and worried about, gal running the pickup.
Her setup stem to stern is pretty damn legit.
These guys brought some cannons out to the field.
There's a hell of a lot of motor and nitrous, so I'll have to slug it out.
All right.
So, drivers, come on in please.
Before we get started, I want to thank you for coming out.
Whoever wins this race will go on to compete in the grand finale at El Mirage, California.
All right.
Please, go ahead and take this opportunity to walk the track.
- Hey, guys, let's walk the lane.
- Babe! Come on.
Got to walk her? I can already feel this I'm gonna have to pedal there.
This right here is probably where that Viper might start catching up.
We got this frickin' turd sticking up out of the ground here.
I'm the only one that has real grooves in my tires.
The Thunderbird looks fucking like a bad bitch compared to them.
I better hope I don't miss a shift.
I better hope they slip a little bit.
I better hope my tires grip all the way through.
- We're ready to rock and roll.
- Yeah.
I'm ready to do this.
May the best man or woman win.
Let's fuckin' race.
We're here to win.
There is no other place but first.
Four-wide race, there's not a whole lot of room for error.
I'm just ready to go.
I'm feeling super, super anxious.
I want to get going.
I want to get racing.
We're gonna whoop their ass.
- Love you.
- Love you, babe.
We're all friends, but you know, once I get up on the line, it's It ain't no friends.
This race is for my dog, Deedee.
If I win today, I'll be fucking stoked.
My son Isaiah, he couldn't be here with us today.
But I know he's praying for me.
When I win, it'll show other women, you know, "Hey, just 'cause you're a female doesn't mean you're limited to sticking in the kitchen.
" I'm doing this for my family.
Winning this is gonna mean a lot.
Fuck.
- Good job.
- Thanks.
Blake would be proud of you.
Thank you, buddy.
I have Blake in mind just about every day.
And I put my heart and soul in this car and that engine did real well.
So, I come out here and dominate everyone.
It's an overwhelming feeling.
I'm not gonna have a big head, but I knew he was gonna win.
- No? - Something's not right.
You know, we spent so many hours, there's probably just some switch or something that we didn't double-check.
Hell of a launch, dude.
Hell of a launch, man.
- That thing was gone.
- Shit.
Damn, dude.
Dude, you were on fucking fire.
I came out hard and had I had more space, I think, well, I know I could've roped them in.
We're still having them review the film, because we can't handle a loss.
- That was a hell of a thing.
- That's understandable.
I'm never happy losing, but I can swallow it.
He was racing for a hell of a good cause in Blake's memory and I'm guessing the guy's smiling down on him right now.
Hell, he's using his motor to whoop all of our asses.
- Hey, good race, man.
- Awesome race.
I feel like Stefan has really upheld Blake's name.
He couldn't be a better person to lose to.
The official results, the good news is, it was a clean start.
So, thank you very much.
Everybody went on green, so outstanding.
First, Stefan in the Thunderbird.
Very close finish between second and third.
We had to review the tape.
That was extremely close, but Skip, you took it.
Good job.
Shawnee, you did really, really well.
You were really close.
Couldn't have lost to a better cause with with this being in memory of Blake.
Thank you.
Win, lose, or draw, you know, I'm happy with the car no matter what.
The car has a special meaning to me and it's something that I'll keep forever.
It's gonna be around for a long time in my family.