Hyperdrive (2019–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - Qualifier 1: Ready to Launch - full transcript
[timer ticking]
[engine turns over, revs]
- [gears shift]
- [engine revving]
- [man] It's been a long road to get here.
- [screams]
[woman]
If you want something bad enough,
you do what you need to do
and make it happen.
[shouting]
[woman] Being a woman in the motor sports
industry is a challenge,
but I just want to prove everyone wrong.
[engine revving]
[man] I don't have a lot of money.
But competition,
that's all that matters in this life.
[man over radio] Come back. Come back.
Back, back, back.
This thing is swinging all over
the freakin' place.
[man] There, stop.
- [shouting]
- [cheering]
- Oh, no!
- [man] I got fire!
[crowd gasps]
Oh, my God. Wow!
- Did you see my jump?
- [laughing]
[Mike Hill] They've come from
across the globe to chase a dream.
[tires screech]
Officially, I am the best female drifter
in Europe.
[Hill] European all-stars.
[woman] Alex and I, we are known
as the fastest couple in Germany.
[Hill]Brazilian renegades...
I didn't come here to play. I came here
to take the title back to Brazil.
[Hill] Japanese masters...
and American outlaws.
I've always been more
of like theunderground drifter...
[man] Let's go!
[Hill] Twenty-eight off-the-grid racers
and their custom-built machines.
[man] This is like The Fast
and the Furious, but in real life.
[Hill]They've come for this:
a 100-acre proving ground...
[crowd shouting]
- engineered, designed to challenge them.
- [cheering]
I'm here to prove who I am,
as a man and as a driver.
- [man] Go, go!
- [Hill] Making an impression.
To test them.
- Oh, God! Oh, God! Oh, God!
- [man shouts]
[Hill] To push your limits.
Every time I leave the start line,
I want my family to be proud of me.
[Hill] This is the most spectacular
car competition on Earth.
He only knows one way!
[cheering]
[man] Whoa!
The more pressure we face,
the more opportunity to be...
- a diamond.
- [crowd cheering]
[Hill] This is Hyperdrive.
Absolutely, nothing compares
to the spectacle you are about to see.
Racing enthusiasts
from all over the world
have gathered here
at this industrial complex,
which has been has been transformed
into ten of the most insane
race courses ever imagined.
Where dragsters,
drifters, sleepers and outlaws
will be pitted against each other...
with the goal of crowning
the ultimate underground racer.
I spent my whole life around cars,
from the autobahn
to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway,
and I thought I'd seen it all.
I was wrong.
This is my childhood dream come true.
The twists, turns and obstacles
that make up these ten tracks
will test cars and drivers in ways
that have never been seen before,
and tonight,
it's all about testing control.
It starts with Supernova,
where drivers will be challenged
to whip their cars from reverse to drive
- in one insane motion.
- [tires screech]
Lightbox: a dizzying control challenge
where power meets precision,
and tires meet their death.
[tires screech]
The next obstacle, quite frankly,
terrifies me.
Bis, why don't you take it?
I've been in the octagon with people
that are trying to rip my head off,
but that's not nearly as intimidating
as the Leveler.
A six-story monstrosity,
it's the ultimate test of courage
that will show us exactly
what these drivers are made of.
They'll also face the ruthless combo
of Walk on Water and Target Zone.
An engine-choking water hazard,
followed immediately
by a slick surface targeting test.
[Lindsay Czarniak] We got the best
of the best amateur drivers in the world.
Our first group of 12
will attack the track tonight.
They all have the same goal:
to win the Hyperdrive championship.
And that is what it's all about.
This is the ultimate test of man,
woman and machine.
May the best driver win. Let's get it on!
[woman over PA]
Driver one, prepare for launch.
[Hill] The first ever contestant
in Hyperdrive history
pulling up to the start right now.
[man over radio] All right, Fielding,
get hyped. You got this.
[engine revving]
[Hill] His name is Fielding Shredder,
a 33-year-old rally instructor
from Austin, Texas.
A soft-spoken guy,
but don't let that fool you.
This guy isn't afraid of anything.
Fielding points to a single moment
in his life
that has come to define
the driver that he is today.
[man] Code: 3A4750.
[Fielding Shredder] Growing up,
my dad was a pilot in the military.
Flew F-16's.
As a kid, I was honestly pretty shy,
pretty timid.
But watching him being courageous
changed everything.
I really appreciate and respect
what he did for me growing up.
One day, he just got a headache,
and about an hour later, he passed out.
I was working at a car dealership
at the time.
I got the phone call from my mom,
and everything stopped and stood still.
It was a major stroke.
We didn't think he was going to make it.
You know, the doctors several times
told us to pull the plug.
It's been eight years now.
He's still with us, but he's bedridden.
It certainly made me realize, you know,
I don't want to have a desk job
at a car dealership my whole life.
I hate doing this job.
Life is short.
I need to follow my passion.
I need to take risks, and my passion
is driving cars, and so I did.
I've made racing a career.
Being able to embody that spirit,
that's part of driving like I do,
and I'm convinced that's the only way
for me.
- [engine revving]
- [crowd cheering]
[Hill] Fielding Shredder,
and yes, that's his real name,
in the launcher and ready to let it fly.
Look at that smile on his face.
Let's go down to Lindsay
with his best friend
and the guy who's going to help him
navigate this course.
[Czarniak] Hey, there, guys,
MIchael van Shellenbeck is his spotter.
You're going to kill it, dude.
Just stay calm.
Come on!
They seem very positive,
but also I want to point out,
as you hear the cheering right now,
you know, the fellow contenders here.
They're all sitting
on the edge of their seats.
[Hill] All right, thanks, Lindsay.
Rut, tell us about the car.
He's rockin' the Nissan 240SX,
which is easily...
- [engine revving]
- Whoa!
[Michael Bisping] Is that normal?
Should it be making that sound,
and should I be so scared?
[Rutledge Wood]
You have nothing to worry about.
This is a super lightweight,
500-horsepower car set up to drift.
Going straight is anything
but easy in this,
and this course is designed
to test control.
So if you're not on your game,
this track will eat you alive.
- [Bisping] Here we go, guys.
- [Hill] It's time.
[Bisping] First ever.
Keep calm.
You got this. Have fun with it, too.
Have fun.
[Hill] Fielding Shredder is off!
[Michael Van Shellenbeck] Keep it tight.
- [Hill] Wow! What a takeoff.
- [tires screech]
- [Shredder shouts]
- [Wood] Oh! A monster drift heading
into the first turn.
[Shredder shouting]
[Hill] Coming up on the first obstacle
on the course.
He's got to hit that target with
the front of his car to start Supernova.
- [tires screech]
- [Wood] Pulls the handbrake.
[woman over PA] Supernova engaged.
[Hill] He's gonna have to whip his car
around this tight cluster of pylons.
Each one he hits will be
a two-second penalty.
Can he keep it under control?
[shouting]
[Bisping] What did I just witness?
[Wood] That is a Rockford turn.
You put it in reverse and cut the wheel.
Slam the brake, put it in gear
and floor it.
Nice job, to the right.
[Hill] Great job through Supernova.
[Wood] Oh, he is so hot into that turn.
- [Hill] Come on, baby.
- Whoa!
[Bisping shouts]
I am speechless. That is insane.
[Wood] Guys, at these speeds, one mistake
and he could put his car into a wall.
Look at him drifting that corner.
He is ripping it up.
[Hill] Fielding Shredder is screeching up
to our second obstacle, the Lightbox.
And the clock will stop here.
All right, hold on. Wait for the pattern.
[Hill] Rut, break it down for us.
[Wood] Okay, here's how it works.
Two of these four boxes are gonna
light up at random,
and Fielding is gonna have to execute
one and a half turns
in each of the highlighted boxes,
without hitting any of the penalty pylons.
[Hill] There's the pattern.
Just two and they're diagonal.
Go for it, baby! Go, go, go!
[Hill] We hear his spotter
setting him up for success here.
[Wood] Oh, look how close he is
to the light tubes.
[Van Shellenbeck] Careful.
[Hill] There's one spin-and-a-half,
and he's out.
[Bisping] Look at that, that is insane.
Awesome, you're killing it.
Get outta there. Diagonal.
[Wood] You see Fielding pulling
that big handbrake.
That allows him to lock up his
rear tires, cut the steering wheel
and start his car into these drifts.
All right, get me out of here.
Look at that! And he passes.
There you go! [laughs]
[Hill] Aces the first two obstacles, no
penalties as he heads to Walk on Water.
[Shredder] Oh, God.
Watch your wheel speed.
Watch it right there. Watch it.
[Shredder]
Whoo! Okay, a little wild. A little wild.
...or not.
Just do what you want, whatever.
- [Bisping] He's out of control!
- [Shredder] It's all right.
- [tires screech]
- [Shredder] I'm losing it!
[Hill] That's his first big mistake.
[Wood] So tough to control all that power
when you're pushing it that hard.
- [Van Shellenbeck] Careful.
- Here we go. Cool it off. Light bar on.
[Hill]
Fielding's gotta use those reflectors
to find the hidden path through
this 50,000-gallon water hazard.
[Shredder] Oh, my God!
[Wood] That nine-foot raised path
is the only safe way through,
but at this speed,
he's risking flooding his engine bay.
- [Shredder] No traction whatsoever.
- All right, don't miss this target.
[Hill] Now, he's on to Target Zone.
He's got to hit his target
with the back half of his car.
And missed the target.
Oh, that's going to cost him.
Car's fogging, dude. Oh, God!
[Hill] Oh, listen to that.
Did he flood that engine?
Did he push it too hard through
Walk on Water?
- [Bisping] Here we go, second chance.
- [Hill] He got it!
I did it!
You got it. Get out!
[Shredder] All right!
[engine sputters]
Car's running rough. Oh, God.
Oh, no.
I've ingested too much water.
Come on, baby. Come on.
[crowd groans]
[Bisping] Rut, what happened?
[Wood] He really shot himself in the foot
at Walk on Water.
He took a risk and attacked at high speed.
But look at all that water that went
gushing into his engine bay.
That is a car killer.
My car is not running right. Damn it!
[crowd groaning]
Oh, that's gonna hurt him.
That could be the end of the road.
Get with it! Get with it!
[Hill] Fielding Shredder in deep trouble
in his very first race.
This is the last place you want
to be having engine problems.
The Leveler.
The Leveler, I love this thing!
Oh, my God!
[Hill] It's time for the Leveler.
The six-story monster.
A 40% incline straight into the sky.
Is it clearing up, or you can't rev?
Water temps are down, big time.
Car's still running like [bleeps]
[Wood] Fielding better pray he has enough
power left in that engine
to get to the top of this thing,
because the closer to the edge he goes,
the faster the Leveler will come down
on the other side,
saving precious time.
[Shredder]
Get with it. Come on, baby. Come on!
[Van Shellenbeck] Go, go, go. Green!
[Bisping] Here it is.
[Shredder] Oh, my gosh, you guys.
Stop at the light.
Stop at the first light.
- Oh, that's far.
- [Bisping] He got it!
[Hill] Whoa! Less than a car-length
from the edge.
Leveler engaged.
I know why they call it Hyperdrive,
because I'm about to hyperventilate.
Can someone get me
a brown paper bag please?
[Bisping] I thought he was gonna
go flying right off.
[Wood] I'm sure Fielding's heart rate
is sky high right now.
He pushed it so close to the edge,
and now you can see that leveler is coming
down fast.
[Hill] All right, the backstretch of this
course is a sprint to the finish line.
Okay, go, go, go! Floor it!
Get out of there!
[Wood] Sounds like the water's gone,
and he's back to full power.
[Hill] He's got a few big sweeping turns
and plenty of straightaway
to make up that lost time.
- [Bisping] Come on, Fielding. Oh!
- [Hill] Oh, yeah, baby!
All right, watch the curve on the inside.
Final corner, come on through.
[shouting]
[laughs] ...or not. Oh, God.
[whoops] Later, dude!
[Hill] Oh, my God!
Down the stretch, Fielding Shredder!
- What a run!
- [Bisping] Whoa!
[Hill] Five minutes and 45 seconds.
Austin, Texas, is in the house!
And, yeah, boy, go ahead and get
your donuts in. You deserve it.
[laughs] Good job, buddy. Good job.
Very good job.
Holy [bleeps] How did I not stuff it?
I don't know how you kept that together.
I do not know.
[Hill] Not a perfect run, with his engine
trouble coming out of Walk on Water,
but he certainly kicked off Qualifier 1
with a wild ride.
[Bisping] Well, when we sat down
and spoke to him this week,
he was all smiles,
and he was very confident.
But, now, I see why.
No wonder he was all smiles.
No wonder he was so confident.
This guy is the real deal.
- Good job. That was awesome.
- Dude!
[Hill] Our first official time has been
posted in Qualifier 1.
And here's how this is gonna go down.
Tonight, 12 drivers will take the track
in the first of four very different
qualifying races.
The top three finishers will immediately
advance to the Knockout Rounds.
The middle six will have another chance
in Qualifier 2.
But for the bottom three, sadly,
they got to go home.
[woman over PA] Track is hot.
Driver two, report to the start line.
[engine turning over]
[Hill] All right, fellas, I'm really
looking forward to this next guy.
He is João Barion.
31 years old from Brazil.
They call my man the Sheriff,
and he is one of the best drift drivers
in his country.
[Wood] No doubt.
This guy was a racing prodigy
and competing in Formula Three
at age 14.
Unfortunately, he had to leave the sport
when his family's business collapsed,
but over a decade later, he's his own man,
and he's back on the track
doing what he was born to do.
[João Barion]
I was out of racing a long time.
But realizing how short life really is...
I could no longer stay away
from what I truly loved.
The competition is a chance
for me to show the world
that a race driver has no age limit.
There is no age limit on a dream.
- [engine revving]
- [crowd cheering]
- Whoo!
- [Hill] Listen to that bad boy, yes.
That's 800 horsepower and side pipes.
I love this country.
This car is about six times as powerful
as your average daily driver.
Guys,
this is one of the fastest cars here.
800 horsepower is a ton of power,
but it's also one of the largest,
makes this car not as agile as the others.
He might struggle with some
of the precision obstacles like Supernova,
but this car is gonna be a ton of fun
to watch.
Let's go, Brazil! It's Brazil time!
We came to win!
That's what we're here for.
[Hill] Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!
Hit that corner, baby!
João Barion in his giant '65 Mustang
coming up on the first challenge
of the course.
[woman over PA] Supernova engaged.
[Hill]
Getting ready to do that Rockford turn.
[Wood] Got to get the car straight,
that's the hardest part.
[Bisping] Spin it, baby.
[shouting]
[Wood] Oh, my gosh, you guys.
He was inches from that penalty pylon.
So tough to control a car like this.
The force he is bringing
and the power in each of these turns.
You can watch that supercharge V8
just bounce off the rev limiter
on his dash.
You can see when it lights up red.
That means he's pushing the engine
to its absolute limit.
[Hill] Just barely squeezed this beast
through Supernova,
and Lightbox is even tighter.
This will be no small task.
He's right on the heels
of Fielding Shredder's pace,
waiting for his randomized pattern.
Pay attention to the pattern.
[Hill] His best friend and spotter Nando
dialing him in there.
These guys built this car together
from the ground up.
I need you to go faster!
Come on!
- [Bisping] Pulls the brake.
- [Hill] Got to do that 540.
- [Bisping] Let's go, Sheriff.
- [Hill] All right, Looking good.
- There we go.
- [Bisping] Nailed it.
Come on! Go!
Which one is next?
[Nando Campos] Three.
[Hill] Perfectly executed that first box.
Let's see what he does in the second.
[Wood] That front right tire
is practically glued to the pavement.
João is showing incredible control
over that huge car!
[Hill] And he's cleared
the precision obstacles
with all the pylons still standing.
No penalties.
[shouts] Go!
[Hill] That Mustang tearing towards
Walk on Water next.
We've already seen how devastating
this obstacle can be in Fielding's run.
Let's see if the water cools me down.
Be careful of the water!
[Wood]
João's actually added aluminum plates
to the bottom of his car to keep the water
out of his engine bay.
Let's see if it makes a difference.
[Hill chuckles] Whoa!
[Campos] Give it some water, dude.
[Hill] Super aggressive.
[Wood] Taking a risk here. Putting a ton
of faith in those modifications.
[Hill] Now he's got to hit the target.
And here he goes.
- [Bisping] Ah! Look at that!
- [Hill] That was beautiful!
[Bisping] That was perfect!
[tires screeching]
[cheering]
[Hill] Hitting that target on the first
attempt should separate him from Fielding.
[Campos] Go, go, go!
[Bisping]
He's setting the bar pretty high so far.
This is awesome!
The Sheriff has come to town, you guys.
[Hill] Well, that engine's sounding good
as he's headed over to the Leveler.
Seems like those aluminum plates
paid off for him, Rut,
and he's crushing Fielding's pace
right now.
What do you think his approach will be
here for the Leveler?
[Wood] He's got a heavy car.
If he can get close to the edge,
the Leveler will swing down fast.
Six stories straight into the air,
a 40% incline.
[Hill] Here he goes.
[Campos] Careful! Careful! Careful!
[Bisping] See? I'm telling you. See?
[Hill] Nine feet from the edge.
That's three feet closer than Fielding's.
[Bisping] I told you.
[Wood] Guys, this is where the car
makes all the difference.
This is pure American muscle.
800 horsepower lets him tear up that ramp,
and that 3,000-pound car
brings it down fast.
Let's go, man!
[Wood] Go!
[Hill] João Barion coming
into the final straightaways.
[Campos] That's it, my man! Let's go!
[Hill] Way ahead of our leader
and sending a message
to the rest of the field in Qualifier 1.
[Barion shouts]
[Campos] Go!
[Bisping]
Coming down on the home straight.
[Hill] Maybe he can break five minutes.
He's gonna finish in first!
Here he comes!
Down the stretch he comes!
[Bisping] Here he is!
- [Hill] Joao Barion!
- [shouting]
[laughing]
[Hill] Unbelievable!
We're the top now. Fastest time so far.
[shouts]
[Wood] That was nuts.
[Hill] And with that,
Brazil's João Barion, aka the Sheriff,
sets a new bar in Qualifier 1.
What a run.
[Wood] When he came around
drifting the last turn,
- can I level with you guys?
- Please.
I peed just a little.
Just like the tiniest bit.
[laughing]
[shouts]
João, what is your reaction to that run?
[laughing] I loved that.
It's an amazing course.
It's like, really, really nice.
And, Orlando, you got your
best friend over here, right?
But how was that communication
that you had with him tonight?
It's not just the communication tonight.
It's what we did together, to be here,
to build this car and everything.
So, we are here to work, no?
- We did good.
- [laughing]
[woman over PA] Track is hot.
[Hill] After a jaw-dropping performance
by João Barion,
the bar for Qualifier 1 had been raised.
And the next drivers
to the line were eager
to show that they had the skill to match
or exceed it.
- Close the door.
- [engine turns over]
[Hill] First up, in his custom-built
Corvette Grand Sport,
62-year-old Michael Pettiford
from Colorado,
the most decorated amateur racer
in American history.
I've won more SCCA
amateur divisional national championships
than anyone in history.
I've won 44 of them.
I'm here to win.
I don't go anyplace to finish second ever.
Count on that.
[Hill] Here we go.
He tore out of the gate with four decades
of experience behind the wheel.
[Wood] Think of the amount of races.
This guy knows pressure,
and he knows how to deliver.
He is prepared
and ready for this competition.
Oh! He got the angle all wrong.
[Hill] Took out five pylons.
At two seconds each,
that's a ten-second time penalty.
And now that rearview mirror is
just hanging off there.
- He's not looking in the rearview mirror.
- [Michael Pettiford] Damn.
Okay, you're still going, though.
[Hill] Clearly frustrated
by the catastrophe at Supernova.
[man] Three, two, Mike, go, go, go.
[Hill] Michael couldn't crack the code
at Lightbox.
[Bisping] Where's he going?
Mike, I'm sorry, you're in one.
You're in the wrong one.
[Bisping] This is so bad.
- [thuds]
- [crowd gasps]
[Wood]
Misjudged just how tight that box is.
[Hill] And it turned out Michael needed
that rearview mirror after all.
[Pettiford]
I think I've got damage to the car.
Can you at least take solace in the fact
that you came out here,
you did this course, that is arguably
the most difficult one ever?
I'm alive.
Okay.
I'm thankful for that.
[Hill] Driver four
was Florida's Ed Michalak.
A Marine Corps vet driving the mother
of all muscle cars,
a '69 Chevy Camaro.
Go, go, go! All the way through Supernova.
[Hill] The question was, could he control
his 3,000-pound vintage dream car
through the precision obstacles?
[shouting]
[Wood] Way off-line on his approach.
Can't see [bleeps]
Stay calm.
Can he turn the tide here at like box?
He's out of control a little bit there?
That's going to cost him.
Dude, this blows.
[Hill]
Next up was Aaron Parker from California,
a guy who works four jobs
to support his foster siblings
and keep his racing dreams alive.
He brought something
that no one else did, a rotary engine.
That's right. This thing is gonna be
screaming, buddy.
Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!
He made it through Supernova clean
and completed his first 540
perfectly at Lightbox,
You're good. Go on to number three.
[Hill] But he under rotated at the second.
[Aaron Parker] No. Come on.
Hold on.
You didn't get enough rotation in there.
- I didn't?
- No, you gotta go back.
[Hill] And after doubling back
to complete the obstacle,
in his rush to correct the mistake,
he lost more than just time.
[all] Whoa!
I think you lost your bumper back there.
And a little bit of my soul.
[Hill]
Driver number six was Atsushi Taniguchi,
a racer known as "The Drift Sensei."
[Bisping] This guy's gonna go balls-out
the whole way.
[Hill] He's going in, baby.
Atsushi tore out of the gate and made
easy work of the course's early obstacles,
showing why he's a legend in Japan.
- Oh! There it is!
- [Bisping] He got it!
[Wood] Putting on a clinic here.
[Bisping] Come on, baby. Come on.
[Hill] And when he pulled up
to the Leveler,
Atsushi looked like a lock
for the top three.
[man] Good.
Go with power!
- [Bisping] That's a slow start.
- [tires screeching]
[Hill] Uh-oh! What's happening there?
[man] Go forward!
[Wood] You have to attack this obstacle
with power, or you are dead in the water.
[Hill] And now we'll have to wait
for the Leveler to reset.
[Bisping] Remember,
the clock is ticking this whole time.
[man] We're gonna hold you there.
Number 7, it's not reset!
[all] Whoa!
Oh, my gosh!
- [Bisping] What?
- [Hill] Whoa!
[Bisping] What's happening, Rut?
What just happened?
- [Wood] He just hit the safety ramp there.
- [winces]
[Wood] He charged it before the Leveler
reset. Oh, my goodness!
Something's wrong with my car.
[Hill]
Running such a great race, until that.
Oh, my God, this was
the final obstacle though...
If you can move forward, let's do that.
[Hill] Look at this. His spotter telling
him to go again as the Leveler resets.
[Bisping] That is insane.
Go, go, go, go!
[Wood] Oh, my gosh, you guys.
[Hill] He's going again.
- [Bisping] Look at this. He doesn't care.
- [man shouts]
[Wood] Unbelievable.
[Hill] So, Atsushi somehow wheels his way
to the top of that Leveler,
but now sits two seconds off
of a qualifying pace.
Can he keep his car in one piece
after that nasty crash?
[man] Come on! Come on!
[Hill] It's all gonna come down
to the back stretch.
[Bisping] Let's go.
[man] Go!
[Hill] He's gonna have to push it
to make the top three.
[Wood] This is all the high speed part.
He's just gotta link it all together now.
The hood is about to open!
[Hill] Looks like that hood might open.
I'm trying to keep it closed!
You have no choice, just let it open!
- [Hill] Can he hold it together here?
- [shouting]
[man] Go!
[Hill] He's coming hot.
[Wood] He's gonna be close at the line.
He's seconds off a qualifying pace.
[man] Push the pedal! Push!
[crowd cheering]
[Hill] Atsushi Taniguchi somehow
cracks the top three,
knocking Aaron Parker into the fourth spot
and out of qualifying position.
[Wood] What a lap. I mean, talk about
getting through adversity.
My man went airborne, risked it all,
put his car on the line,
and he still came out
with an incredible lap.
You ever been airborne in a car?
Yes, it is not as much fun as it looks.
- It looks a lot of fun.
- [Wood] No.
- Did you see my jump?
- [laughing]
[Hill] As we take a look
at our updated leaderboard,
Atsushi Taniguchi managing
to snag the second spot,
despite that near disaster at the Leveler.
And someone who will be watching
these runs closely is Fielding Shredder,
currently sitting in third place.
If any of the next six drivers can beat
his time of 5:45,
he'll be bumped
from that coveted qualifying position.
[woman over PA]
Current qualifying time 5:45.
Driver seven, report to the start line.
[man]
She's putting her helmet on now. 10-4.
[Hill] Our next driver is 27-year-old
Texas native Brittany Williams.
Now she's relatively new
to the sport of drifting.
But, fellas,
I'm told this young lady is a natural.
[Bisping] She's been drifting now
for about two-and-a-half years.
Doing really well.
She's actually ranked number four out
of 34 racers on the Lone Star Drift.
Very positive outlook on life.
She owes that to her mother.
Brittany says it's the lessons she learned
during a difficult childhood
- that still fuel her on the track.
- [engine revs]
[Brittany Williams] I am still learning
every time I get behind the wheel.
I'm still actually pretty novice compared
to some of the other drivers out there.
But, what I've noticed is that if I focus
on just enjoying myself, I do better.
Growing up as a kid, there was a point
where we were homeless.
But my mom, she was able to make sure
that we were always positive,
despite going through that level
of hardship.
And so that's what I try to focus on
when I drive.
My goal is always just to have as much fun
as possible in everything that I'm doing,
and honestly, that's kind of a win-win.
[cheering]
Good, you've practiced this
a hundred times.
Just drive through it.
Just like any other day.
[Hill] And that's the guy who will be
helping her navigate through this course,
Brittany's husband and spotter...
Kevin Williams. Rut, what's she driving?
[Wood] So, she's in a 2008 Nissan 350Z.
It's about 270 horsepower.
That's not nearly as much power
as the other cars we've seen tonight,
so she'll be under pressure
to excel in the precision obstacles.
[Hill] All right, Brittany Williams,
from Texas, ready for launch.
I love you. Good luck. You got this.
Love you, too.
[Hill] Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!
- [cheering]
- [shouting]
[Wood] The first obstacle's gonna
be critical, guys.
We're gonna learn a lot about what
Brittany and her car have to offer
right here at the start.
[woman over PA] Supernova engaged.
[Wood]
She can't afford to take any penalties.
- [Williams] Am I lined up?
- Straighten it out.
Oh. Got it.
[Hill] Spin it.
[shouting]
So close to hitting that penalty pylon.
- [Kevin Williams] Yeah, go!
- Go, go, go!
[Hill]
Not the cleanest Rockford turn we've seen,
but she's out of there
with no time penalties
as she heads to the Lightbox.
[Wood] She's gotta absolutely floor it
on every one of these straightaways.
- [shouting]
- [Hill] Whoa!
[Bisping] Look at that! Look at that!
- [bleeps] you!
- [laughs]
A lot of confidence, you got to love that
personality right there.
All right, pay attention to the boxes.
When that first one hits green, you go.
[Williams] I'm gonna go on the first one.
[Kevin] There you go.
[Hill] Now she's entering Lightbox
without seeing the entire pattern.
That could actually save her more time
as long as she doesn't mess it up.
[Wood]
There you go, going for a clutch kick.
[Hill]
Look at that spin. Look at that smoke!
Diagonal. Diagonal!
[Bisping] Such precision on the drifts.
[Wood]
See how it's all in one fluid motion
and she's able to get
into that spin easily?
That's perfection.
Yeah!
[Hill] Yeah, she's having fun!
That is the best one so far.
That is the best Lightbox,
I think, in my opinion.
She's sending a message here.
[Hill] Nailing those 540s at Lightbox
now has her on a qualifying pace,
as she heads over to Walk on Water.
So, let me ask you about her car.
What will that do to her?
[Wood] This is a converted street car,
so her engine is prepared
for the elements.
She is going to bring it right here.
- [Hill] Look at that.
- [Bisping] Flying through that.
[Wood] That's the advantage of having
a streetcar instead of a true race car.
Oh, God! It's coming through the window!
It's fine, let it come through the window.
Who cares? Get wet.
[Bisping] It's okay. You'll dry off.
[Hill] Coming out of Walk on Water,
this target's gonna be critical.
[Williams] Door!
[Hill] Man! Nice!
- [Kevin] She got it! Go, go, go!
- Go, go, go!
- [Hill] What a run! What a run!
- [cheering]
Her line through that target was
a thing of beauty.
Great execution with those slick tires
coming out of Walk on Water.
[Wood] And her engine is humming.
No water damage.
That's going to separate her
from Fielding.
[Williams] Hell, yeah!
[Hill] There it is.
Brittany Williams' mistake-free run
has her 15 seconds ahead
of fellow Texan Fielding Shredder
and in prime position to qualify.
Go, go, go...
[Hill] Does she have enough power
to make it up the Leveler?
[man shouting]
[Hill] She's up,
but a full 15 feet from the edge.
How much is that gonna cost, Rut?
[Wood] I think she's okay.
Other drivers have made it farther,
but remember, because this once was
a street car, it's still got things
like an air conditioner weighing it down.
It's heavier, and that's actually
an advantage on the Leveler.
[Hill] The only other clean run to this
point on the course has been João Barion.
Top three in her sights
if she can keep it under control.
[Bisping] Come on, baby. Come on.
[Wood] Come on, Brittany.
Get it. Get it. Get it.
[Hill] Tight turn coming up here.
[Kevin] Go, go, go, go!
[shouting]
- [Bisping] Wow!
- [Hill] Here she comes, down the stretch.
Brittany Williams from Texas
bringing it home across the line,
right here, right now, on Hyperdrive.
She's in second place.
Hell, yeah! Perfect, baby! Perfect!
[Hill] Under powered, but who cares
when you can drive like this?
Absolutely flawless.
How do you like them apples?
[shouting]
And the mic drop! No way!
Drops the mic, drives off,
that's all she wrote.
[Wood] Ladies and gentlemen,
that is Hyperdrive right there.
- Hell, yeah! Killed it.
- Killed it!
Why she did it with the microphone?
That was pretty dang clever.
- It's kinda like she handled it...
- Okay, I understand.
Our french baguettes.
[laughing]
[Hill] And with that amazing run,
Brittany Williams has a firm hold
on second place,
separating herself from the pack
and bumping Fielding Shredder
from his qualifying spot.
Meaning Atsushi Taniguchi's time
of 5:45.1 is now the time to beat.
[woman over PA]
Driver eight, prepare for launch.
[Hill] After Brittany Williams'
razor sharp performance,
the final wave of drivers look
to follow her roadmap,
confident that a mistake-free run could
vault them into the top three
and earn them a spot
in the Knockout Rounds.
First up, in his '93 Nissan with a BMW
engine and an old tractor turbo
was the Frenchman Axel Francois.
I'm from Manosque, France.
A very small community.
I think there are people
all over the world
that have more talent,
more money...
but my goal is,
from my small place,
to give as much as I can.
[Hill] He tore out of the gate
and made it through Supernova
and Lightbox like a pro.
[French accent] Perfect.
[Hill] And appeared to be making a run
for first as he came to Walk on Water.
[Bisping] No! No way, look at this.
[Axel Francois] I can't see anything.
[Hill] Look at the steam fogging up
his windshield.
[Wood] Axel's car is so stripped down,
there's nothing to protect the cold water
from hitting his engine.
Hot engine plus cold water
equals steam bath.
[Francois] Oh, no, no, no, no!
[Hill] Ooh! He can't see.
- Ooh!
- Oh!
Where's the target?
Right in front of you.
I had no choice but to keep going.
But I lost a lot of time.
Come on! Go!
[Hill]
Despite having almost no visibility...
He got it!
[Wood] Bonsoir, mon ami.
[Hill] ...Axel soldiered on...
He's still got a chance to finish inside
the top three!
It's gonna be close at the line!
[Bisping] Wow!
[Hill]
But came up short after a valiant effort.
With the pressure mounting,
Florida's Sara Haro pulled to the line.
A 22-year-old truck driver
who can drive anything on wheels.
[Sara Haro] I'm new to drifting,
and I think people underestimate that.
Are you ready?
I'm ready.
But who doesn't love an underdog?
[Bisping] Let's go.
[Hill] Just started racing
about eight months ago.
- Good job. Wow!
- [Wood] Yeah, girl.
That was awesome.
She hit that with a lot of speed.
[Hill] She put together a spectacular run.
- [Wood] Sara making a push for third.
- [Bisping] There she goes!
[Hill] Crossing the line at 5:45,
beating out Atsushi Taniguchi
by 500ths of a second.
You killed it! Good job!
[tires screeching]
[Hill]
However, an early mistake at Supernova...
[shouting]
resulted in a two-second time penalty,
and she dropped from third
all the way to fifth place,
showing just how slim the margin
for error is on this Qualifier 1 course.
The next racer to throw his hat
in the ring
was Kentucky dentist Brent Pursifull,
who bored through the course
in his supercharged '72 Firebird.
I got this, lovee.
Awesome, baby!
[Hill] With his wife Nicole
guiding the way,
he put together a clean run
through all the obstacles.
Come on, mother fricker, let's ride!
Come on home to me, baby.
[Hill] But he didn't carry enough speed
through the course
and put himself in danger
of being eliminated
when he landed in the eighth spot.
Golly-gee-willikers.
[Hill]
The second to last driver of the night
was 34-year-old San Francisco native
Faruk Kugay,
a pizza delivery man who spends all
of his money on drifting and racing.
I've worked so many jobs
to keep this dream alive.
The blood, sweat and tears that have gone
into building my driving skills.
It's knocked me down,
and I'm here to prove who I am,
both as a man and as a driver.
[Hill] He flew through the front half
of the course
and pushed his car to the limit
at every turn.
This is sketchy! Whoo!
Until a tactical master stroke
at Walk on Water.
[Wood] He's taking this slower
than the other stripped down race cars,
betting that a dry engine will be
a fast engine down the stretch.
[man] Go, go, go!
[Hill] That bet paid off
as he tore across the line.
- Oh, goodness!
- [man] Wow!
[Hill] Faruk Kugay at 5:35, knocking
Atsushi Taniguchi out of the top three,
and for the moment, holding a bid
for the knockout round.
Good job, bubba.
And, so, with 11 racers down,
João Barion and Brittany Williams
have punched their ticket
to the Knockout Rounds
and will be skipping the rest
of our qualifying races.
On the other side of things,
Michael Pettiford and Ed Michalak
have been officially eliminated
from the competition.
It's been a great first night so far
as we get set for our final driver
in Qualifier 1.
[woman over PA]
Driver 12 to the start line.
Driver 12 to the start line.
[Hill] All right, fellas, there she is,
the last driver to attack
this Goliath of a course.
Her name is Stacey Lee May
and what a story she has.
Twenty-two years old,
from Soweto, South Africa,
her father sold his tow truck so they
could travel here for this competition.
Good luck.
[Bisping] First time out of her country.
First time in America.
- First time on a plane.
- [chattering]
[Hill] She's already a legendary
competitor back in her hometown
in a radical sport called spinning.
One of our executive producers
and fellow South African
paid her a visit to find out why
she's called "the Queen of Smoke."
My name is Stacey Lee May.
I'm from Johannesburg, South Africa.
This is the community where I grew up in.
It's basically part of Soweto.
The crime is a bit high.
The drug rate is high,
and, like, not a lot of people can afford
to live the way most people live.
I was bullied a lot at school
because I was always younger.
People used to put me in the dustbin
and beat me around
and take my money and just like,
they were so mean.
I had no self-confidence at all.
My dad thought that car spinning
would help change that,
and ever since then, we've been spinning,
and it's just been amazing.
Stacey. Hi, looking for Stacey.
Where's the the Smoke Queen?
"The Smoke Queen"!
Finally! Hi!
[Stacey Lee May] This is so amazing.
Oh, my gosh. So good to see you!
- You! Oh, my gosh.
- [laughing]
Meeting Charlize,
it felt like I'm dreaming.
This is really bad-ass. Wow!
But then I realized that this is actually
happening. It's reality.
[woman] I'm super proud.
I can't believe this. It's like a dream.
And then she went over
to speak to my dad,
My mom just burst into tears.
And, then she went over
to speak to my dad,
and she just started speaking Afrikaans.
It's incredible that you're right
for this opportunity.
And I know that you have
given up so much...
My wife can't believe it.
It's tough being a parent.
I want in.
I want in the car for a little bit.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah.
- [father] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- [Charlize Theron] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Okay, let's do it. Let's do it.
Oh, my God! Oh, my God!
[Theron shouts]
[May laughs] Spinning is like a mosquito.
Once it bites you, you just have that itch
to do it over and over and over again.
[screams] Yeah, baby!
Whoa! Oh, my God!
[May] I get this amazing feeling
when I'm driving my car,
because then it feels like I'm in control.
It's like I'm on top of the world.
I'm the driver of my own destiny.
I can do anything.
[shouts]
[Hill] You know her mom and her siblings
are thinking about her right now
- and Soweto, South Africa.
- [crowd chanting]
[Wood] She is hoping that this is the kind
of thing that can open the doors
to her being a professional drifter
one day.
[Hill]
Let's go down to Lindsay with her father.
Okay, Dad, how are you feeling right now?
I'm over-anxious. [laughs]
I can't help it.
It's my baby's first race in America,
and I still can't believe that we're here.
Tell me when to go, Daddy.
[Hill] Well, as it stands, Faruk Kugay
currently sits in the third position
so Stacey will be gunning for him.
And she also knows that Brent's time
of 6:07 is the cut line.
[engine revving]
Stacey Lee May.
Let's see what she's got.
Come on, Stacey.
Come on, girl! Let's go!
Let's go! Let's go!
[theme music playing]
[engine turns over, revs]
- [gears shift]
- [engine revving]
- [man] It's been a long road to get here.
- [screams]
[woman]
If you want something bad enough,
you do what you need to do
and make it happen.
[shouting]
[woman] Being a woman in the motor sports
industry is a challenge,
but I just want to prove everyone wrong.
[engine revving]
[man] I don't have a lot of money.
But competition,
that's all that matters in this life.
[man over radio] Come back. Come back.
Back, back, back.
This thing is swinging all over
the freakin' place.
[man] There, stop.
- [shouting]
- [cheering]
- Oh, no!
- [man] I got fire!
[crowd gasps]
Oh, my God. Wow!
- Did you see my jump?
- [laughing]
[Mike Hill] They've come from
across the globe to chase a dream.
[tires screech]
Officially, I am the best female drifter
in Europe.
[Hill] European all-stars.
[woman] Alex and I, we are known
as the fastest couple in Germany.
[Hill]Brazilian renegades...
I didn't come here to play. I came here
to take the title back to Brazil.
[Hill] Japanese masters...
and American outlaws.
I've always been more
of like theunderground drifter...
[man] Let's go!
[Hill] Twenty-eight off-the-grid racers
and their custom-built machines.
[man] This is like The Fast
and the Furious, but in real life.
[Hill]They've come for this:
a 100-acre proving ground...
[crowd shouting]
- engineered, designed to challenge them.
- [cheering]
I'm here to prove who I am,
as a man and as a driver.
- [man] Go, go!
- [Hill] Making an impression.
To test them.
- Oh, God! Oh, God! Oh, God!
- [man shouts]
[Hill] To push your limits.
Every time I leave the start line,
I want my family to be proud of me.
[Hill] This is the most spectacular
car competition on Earth.
He only knows one way!
[cheering]
[man] Whoa!
The more pressure we face,
the more opportunity to be...
- a diamond.
- [crowd cheering]
[Hill] This is Hyperdrive.
Absolutely, nothing compares
to the spectacle you are about to see.
Racing enthusiasts
from all over the world
have gathered here
at this industrial complex,
which has been has been transformed
into ten of the most insane
race courses ever imagined.
Where dragsters,
drifters, sleepers and outlaws
will be pitted against each other...
with the goal of crowning
the ultimate underground racer.
I spent my whole life around cars,
from the autobahn
to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway,
and I thought I'd seen it all.
I was wrong.
This is my childhood dream come true.
The twists, turns and obstacles
that make up these ten tracks
will test cars and drivers in ways
that have never been seen before,
and tonight,
it's all about testing control.
It starts with Supernova,
where drivers will be challenged
to whip their cars from reverse to drive
- in one insane motion.
- [tires screech]
Lightbox: a dizzying control challenge
where power meets precision,
and tires meet their death.
[tires screech]
The next obstacle, quite frankly,
terrifies me.
Bis, why don't you take it?
I've been in the octagon with people
that are trying to rip my head off,
but that's not nearly as intimidating
as the Leveler.
A six-story monstrosity,
it's the ultimate test of courage
that will show us exactly
what these drivers are made of.
They'll also face the ruthless combo
of Walk on Water and Target Zone.
An engine-choking water hazard,
followed immediately
by a slick surface targeting test.
[Lindsay Czarniak] We got the best
of the best amateur drivers in the world.
Our first group of 12
will attack the track tonight.
They all have the same goal:
to win the Hyperdrive championship.
And that is what it's all about.
This is the ultimate test of man,
woman and machine.
May the best driver win. Let's get it on!
[woman over PA]
Driver one, prepare for launch.
[Hill] The first ever contestant
in Hyperdrive history
pulling up to the start right now.
[man over radio] All right, Fielding,
get hyped. You got this.
[engine revving]
[Hill] His name is Fielding Shredder,
a 33-year-old rally instructor
from Austin, Texas.
A soft-spoken guy,
but don't let that fool you.
This guy isn't afraid of anything.
Fielding points to a single moment
in his life
that has come to define
the driver that he is today.
[man] Code: 3A4750.
[Fielding Shredder] Growing up,
my dad was a pilot in the military.
Flew F-16's.
As a kid, I was honestly pretty shy,
pretty timid.
But watching him being courageous
changed everything.
I really appreciate and respect
what he did for me growing up.
One day, he just got a headache,
and about an hour later, he passed out.
I was working at a car dealership
at the time.
I got the phone call from my mom,
and everything stopped and stood still.
It was a major stroke.
We didn't think he was going to make it.
You know, the doctors several times
told us to pull the plug.
It's been eight years now.
He's still with us, but he's bedridden.
It certainly made me realize, you know,
I don't want to have a desk job
at a car dealership my whole life.
I hate doing this job.
Life is short.
I need to follow my passion.
I need to take risks, and my passion
is driving cars, and so I did.
I've made racing a career.
Being able to embody that spirit,
that's part of driving like I do,
and I'm convinced that's the only way
for me.
- [engine revving]
- [crowd cheering]
[Hill] Fielding Shredder,
and yes, that's his real name,
in the launcher and ready to let it fly.
Look at that smile on his face.
Let's go down to Lindsay
with his best friend
and the guy who's going to help him
navigate this course.
[Czarniak] Hey, there, guys,
MIchael van Shellenbeck is his spotter.
You're going to kill it, dude.
Just stay calm.
Come on!
They seem very positive,
but also I want to point out,
as you hear the cheering right now,
you know, the fellow contenders here.
They're all sitting
on the edge of their seats.
[Hill] All right, thanks, Lindsay.
Rut, tell us about the car.
He's rockin' the Nissan 240SX,
which is easily...
- [engine revving]
- Whoa!
[Michael Bisping] Is that normal?
Should it be making that sound,
and should I be so scared?
[Rutledge Wood]
You have nothing to worry about.
This is a super lightweight,
500-horsepower car set up to drift.
Going straight is anything
but easy in this,
and this course is designed
to test control.
So if you're not on your game,
this track will eat you alive.
- [Bisping] Here we go, guys.
- [Hill] It's time.
[Bisping] First ever.
Keep calm.
You got this. Have fun with it, too.
Have fun.
[Hill] Fielding Shredder is off!
[Michael Van Shellenbeck] Keep it tight.
- [Hill] Wow! What a takeoff.
- [tires screech]
- [Shredder shouts]
- [Wood] Oh! A monster drift heading
into the first turn.
[Shredder shouting]
[Hill] Coming up on the first obstacle
on the course.
He's got to hit that target with
the front of his car to start Supernova.
- [tires screech]
- [Wood] Pulls the handbrake.
[woman over PA] Supernova engaged.
[Hill] He's gonna have to whip his car
around this tight cluster of pylons.
Each one he hits will be
a two-second penalty.
Can he keep it under control?
[shouting]
[Bisping] What did I just witness?
[Wood] That is a Rockford turn.
You put it in reverse and cut the wheel.
Slam the brake, put it in gear
and floor it.
Nice job, to the right.
[Hill] Great job through Supernova.
[Wood] Oh, he is so hot into that turn.
- [Hill] Come on, baby.
- Whoa!
[Bisping shouts]
I am speechless. That is insane.
[Wood] Guys, at these speeds, one mistake
and he could put his car into a wall.
Look at him drifting that corner.
He is ripping it up.
[Hill] Fielding Shredder is screeching up
to our second obstacle, the Lightbox.
And the clock will stop here.
All right, hold on. Wait for the pattern.
[Hill] Rut, break it down for us.
[Wood] Okay, here's how it works.
Two of these four boxes are gonna
light up at random,
and Fielding is gonna have to execute
one and a half turns
in each of the highlighted boxes,
without hitting any of the penalty pylons.
[Hill] There's the pattern.
Just two and they're diagonal.
Go for it, baby! Go, go, go!
[Hill] We hear his spotter
setting him up for success here.
[Wood] Oh, look how close he is
to the light tubes.
[Van Shellenbeck] Careful.
[Hill] There's one spin-and-a-half,
and he's out.
[Bisping] Look at that, that is insane.
Awesome, you're killing it.
Get outta there. Diagonal.
[Wood] You see Fielding pulling
that big handbrake.
That allows him to lock up his
rear tires, cut the steering wheel
and start his car into these drifts.
All right, get me out of here.
Look at that! And he passes.
There you go! [laughs]
[Hill] Aces the first two obstacles, no
penalties as he heads to Walk on Water.
[Shredder] Oh, God.
Watch your wheel speed.
Watch it right there. Watch it.
[Shredder]
Whoo! Okay, a little wild. A little wild.
...or not.
Just do what you want, whatever.
- [Bisping] He's out of control!
- [Shredder] It's all right.
- [tires screech]
- [Shredder] I'm losing it!
[Hill] That's his first big mistake.
[Wood] So tough to control all that power
when you're pushing it that hard.
- [Van Shellenbeck] Careful.
- Here we go. Cool it off. Light bar on.
[Hill]
Fielding's gotta use those reflectors
to find the hidden path through
this 50,000-gallon water hazard.
[Shredder] Oh, my God!
[Wood] That nine-foot raised path
is the only safe way through,
but at this speed,
he's risking flooding his engine bay.
- [Shredder] No traction whatsoever.
- All right, don't miss this target.
[Hill] Now, he's on to Target Zone.
He's got to hit his target
with the back half of his car.
And missed the target.
Oh, that's going to cost him.
Car's fogging, dude. Oh, God!
[Hill] Oh, listen to that.
Did he flood that engine?
Did he push it too hard through
Walk on Water?
- [Bisping] Here we go, second chance.
- [Hill] He got it!
I did it!
You got it. Get out!
[Shredder] All right!
[engine sputters]
Car's running rough. Oh, God.
Oh, no.
I've ingested too much water.
Come on, baby. Come on.
[crowd groans]
[Bisping] Rut, what happened?
[Wood] He really shot himself in the foot
at Walk on Water.
He took a risk and attacked at high speed.
But look at all that water that went
gushing into his engine bay.
That is a car killer.
My car is not running right. Damn it!
[crowd groaning]
Oh, that's gonna hurt him.
That could be the end of the road.
Get with it! Get with it!
[Hill] Fielding Shredder in deep trouble
in his very first race.
This is the last place you want
to be having engine problems.
The Leveler.
The Leveler, I love this thing!
Oh, my God!
[Hill] It's time for the Leveler.
The six-story monster.
A 40% incline straight into the sky.
Is it clearing up, or you can't rev?
Water temps are down, big time.
Car's still running like [bleeps]
[Wood] Fielding better pray he has enough
power left in that engine
to get to the top of this thing,
because the closer to the edge he goes,
the faster the Leveler will come down
on the other side,
saving precious time.
[Shredder]
Get with it. Come on, baby. Come on!
[Van Shellenbeck] Go, go, go. Green!
[Bisping] Here it is.
[Shredder] Oh, my gosh, you guys.
Stop at the light.
Stop at the first light.
- Oh, that's far.
- [Bisping] He got it!
[Hill] Whoa! Less than a car-length
from the edge.
Leveler engaged.
I know why they call it Hyperdrive,
because I'm about to hyperventilate.
Can someone get me
a brown paper bag please?
[Bisping] I thought he was gonna
go flying right off.
[Wood] I'm sure Fielding's heart rate
is sky high right now.
He pushed it so close to the edge,
and now you can see that leveler is coming
down fast.
[Hill] All right, the backstretch of this
course is a sprint to the finish line.
Okay, go, go, go! Floor it!
Get out of there!
[Wood] Sounds like the water's gone,
and he's back to full power.
[Hill] He's got a few big sweeping turns
and plenty of straightaway
to make up that lost time.
- [Bisping] Come on, Fielding. Oh!
- [Hill] Oh, yeah, baby!
All right, watch the curve on the inside.
Final corner, come on through.
[shouting]
[laughs] ...or not. Oh, God.
[whoops] Later, dude!
[Hill] Oh, my God!
Down the stretch, Fielding Shredder!
- What a run!
- [Bisping] Whoa!
[Hill] Five minutes and 45 seconds.
Austin, Texas, is in the house!
And, yeah, boy, go ahead and get
your donuts in. You deserve it.
[laughs] Good job, buddy. Good job.
Very good job.
Holy [bleeps] How did I not stuff it?
I don't know how you kept that together.
I do not know.
[Hill] Not a perfect run, with his engine
trouble coming out of Walk on Water,
but he certainly kicked off Qualifier 1
with a wild ride.
[Bisping] Well, when we sat down
and spoke to him this week,
he was all smiles,
and he was very confident.
But, now, I see why.
No wonder he was all smiles.
No wonder he was so confident.
This guy is the real deal.
- Good job. That was awesome.
- Dude!
[Hill] Our first official time has been
posted in Qualifier 1.
And here's how this is gonna go down.
Tonight, 12 drivers will take the track
in the first of four very different
qualifying races.
The top three finishers will immediately
advance to the Knockout Rounds.
The middle six will have another chance
in Qualifier 2.
But for the bottom three, sadly,
they got to go home.
[woman over PA] Track is hot.
Driver two, report to the start line.
[engine turning over]
[Hill] All right, fellas, I'm really
looking forward to this next guy.
He is João Barion.
31 years old from Brazil.
They call my man the Sheriff,
and he is one of the best drift drivers
in his country.
[Wood] No doubt.
This guy was a racing prodigy
and competing in Formula Three
at age 14.
Unfortunately, he had to leave the sport
when his family's business collapsed,
but over a decade later, he's his own man,
and he's back on the track
doing what he was born to do.
[João Barion]
I was out of racing a long time.
But realizing how short life really is...
I could no longer stay away
from what I truly loved.
The competition is a chance
for me to show the world
that a race driver has no age limit.
There is no age limit on a dream.
- [engine revving]
- [crowd cheering]
- Whoo!
- [Hill] Listen to that bad boy, yes.
That's 800 horsepower and side pipes.
I love this country.
This car is about six times as powerful
as your average daily driver.
Guys,
this is one of the fastest cars here.
800 horsepower is a ton of power,
but it's also one of the largest,
makes this car not as agile as the others.
He might struggle with some
of the precision obstacles like Supernova,
but this car is gonna be a ton of fun
to watch.
Let's go, Brazil! It's Brazil time!
We came to win!
That's what we're here for.
[Hill] Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!
Hit that corner, baby!
João Barion in his giant '65 Mustang
coming up on the first challenge
of the course.
[woman over PA] Supernova engaged.
[Hill]
Getting ready to do that Rockford turn.
[Wood] Got to get the car straight,
that's the hardest part.
[Bisping] Spin it, baby.
[shouting]
[Wood] Oh, my gosh, you guys.
He was inches from that penalty pylon.
So tough to control a car like this.
The force he is bringing
and the power in each of these turns.
You can watch that supercharge V8
just bounce off the rev limiter
on his dash.
You can see when it lights up red.
That means he's pushing the engine
to its absolute limit.
[Hill] Just barely squeezed this beast
through Supernova,
and Lightbox is even tighter.
This will be no small task.
He's right on the heels
of Fielding Shredder's pace,
waiting for his randomized pattern.
Pay attention to the pattern.
[Hill] His best friend and spotter Nando
dialing him in there.
These guys built this car together
from the ground up.
I need you to go faster!
Come on!
- [Bisping] Pulls the brake.
- [Hill] Got to do that 540.
- [Bisping] Let's go, Sheriff.
- [Hill] All right, Looking good.
- There we go.
- [Bisping] Nailed it.
Come on! Go!
Which one is next?
[Nando Campos] Three.
[Hill] Perfectly executed that first box.
Let's see what he does in the second.
[Wood] That front right tire
is practically glued to the pavement.
João is showing incredible control
over that huge car!
[Hill] And he's cleared
the precision obstacles
with all the pylons still standing.
No penalties.
[shouts] Go!
[Hill] That Mustang tearing towards
Walk on Water next.
We've already seen how devastating
this obstacle can be in Fielding's run.
Let's see if the water cools me down.
Be careful of the water!
[Wood]
João's actually added aluminum plates
to the bottom of his car to keep the water
out of his engine bay.
Let's see if it makes a difference.
[Hill chuckles] Whoa!
[Campos] Give it some water, dude.
[Hill] Super aggressive.
[Wood] Taking a risk here. Putting a ton
of faith in those modifications.
[Hill] Now he's got to hit the target.
And here he goes.
- [Bisping] Ah! Look at that!
- [Hill] That was beautiful!
[Bisping] That was perfect!
[tires screeching]
[cheering]
[Hill] Hitting that target on the first
attempt should separate him from Fielding.
[Campos] Go, go, go!
[Bisping]
He's setting the bar pretty high so far.
This is awesome!
The Sheriff has come to town, you guys.
[Hill] Well, that engine's sounding good
as he's headed over to the Leveler.
Seems like those aluminum plates
paid off for him, Rut,
and he's crushing Fielding's pace
right now.
What do you think his approach will be
here for the Leveler?
[Wood] He's got a heavy car.
If he can get close to the edge,
the Leveler will swing down fast.
Six stories straight into the air,
a 40% incline.
[Hill] Here he goes.
[Campos] Careful! Careful! Careful!
[Bisping] See? I'm telling you. See?
[Hill] Nine feet from the edge.
That's three feet closer than Fielding's.
[Bisping] I told you.
[Wood] Guys, this is where the car
makes all the difference.
This is pure American muscle.
800 horsepower lets him tear up that ramp,
and that 3,000-pound car
brings it down fast.
Let's go, man!
[Wood] Go!
[Hill] João Barion coming
into the final straightaways.
[Campos] That's it, my man! Let's go!
[Hill] Way ahead of our leader
and sending a message
to the rest of the field in Qualifier 1.
[Barion shouts]
[Campos] Go!
[Bisping]
Coming down on the home straight.
[Hill] Maybe he can break five minutes.
He's gonna finish in first!
Here he comes!
Down the stretch he comes!
[Bisping] Here he is!
- [Hill] Joao Barion!
- [shouting]
[laughing]
[Hill] Unbelievable!
We're the top now. Fastest time so far.
[shouts]
[Wood] That was nuts.
[Hill] And with that,
Brazil's João Barion, aka the Sheriff,
sets a new bar in Qualifier 1.
What a run.
[Wood] When he came around
drifting the last turn,
- can I level with you guys?
- Please.
I peed just a little.
Just like the tiniest bit.
[laughing]
[shouts]
João, what is your reaction to that run?
[laughing] I loved that.
It's an amazing course.
It's like, really, really nice.
And, Orlando, you got your
best friend over here, right?
But how was that communication
that you had with him tonight?
It's not just the communication tonight.
It's what we did together, to be here,
to build this car and everything.
So, we are here to work, no?
- We did good.
- [laughing]
[woman over PA] Track is hot.
[Hill] After a jaw-dropping performance
by João Barion,
the bar for Qualifier 1 had been raised.
And the next drivers
to the line were eager
to show that they had the skill to match
or exceed it.
- Close the door.
- [engine turns over]
[Hill] First up, in his custom-built
Corvette Grand Sport,
62-year-old Michael Pettiford
from Colorado,
the most decorated amateur racer
in American history.
I've won more SCCA
amateur divisional national championships
than anyone in history.
I've won 44 of them.
I'm here to win.
I don't go anyplace to finish second ever.
Count on that.
[Hill] Here we go.
He tore out of the gate with four decades
of experience behind the wheel.
[Wood] Think of the amount of races.
This guy knows pressure,
and he knows how to deliver.
He is prepared
and ready for this competition.
Oh! He got the angle all wrong.
[Hill] Took out five pylons.
At two seconds each,
that's a ten-second time penalty.
And now that rearview mirror is
just hanging off there.
- He's not looking in the rearview mirror.
- [Michael Pettiford] Damn.
Okay, you're still going, though.
[Hill] Clearly frustrated
by the catastrophe at Supernova.
[man] Three, two, Mike, go, go, go.
[Hill] Michael couldn't crack the code
at Lightbox.
[Bisping] Where's he going?
Mike, I'm sorry, you're in one.
You're in the wrong one.
[Bisping] This is so bad.
- [thuds]
- [crowd gasps]
[Wood]
Misjudged just how tight that box is.
[Hill] And it turned out Michael needed
that rearview mirror after all.
[Pettiford]
I think I've got damage to the car.
Can you at least take solace in the fact
that you came out here,
you did this course, that is arguably
the most difficult one ever?
I'm alive.
Okay.
I'm thankful for that.
[Hill] Driver four
was Florida's Ed Michalak.
A Marine Corps vet driving the mother
of all muscle cars,
a '69 Chevy Camaro.
Go, go, go! All the way through Supernova.
[Hill] The question was, could he control
his 3,000-pound vintage dream car
through the precision obstacles?
[shouting]
[Wood] Way off-line on his approach.
Can't see [bleeps]
Stay calm.
Can he turn the tide here at like box?
He's out of control a little bit there?
That's going to cost him.
Dude, this blows.
[Hill]
Next up was Aaron Parker from California,
a guy who works four jobs
to support his foster siblings
and keep his racing dreams alive.
He brought something
that no one else did, a rotary engine.
That's right. This thing is gonna be
screaming, buddy.
Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!
He made it through Supernova clean
and completed his first 540
perfectly at Lightbox,
You're good. Go on to number three.
[Hill] But he under rotated at the second.
[Aaron Parker] No. Come on.
Hold on.
You didn't get enough rotation in there.
- I didn't?
- No, you gotta go back.
[Hill] And after doubling back
to complete the obstacle,
in his rush to correct the mistake,
he lost more than just time.
[all] Whoa!
I think you lost your bumper back there.
And a little bit of my soul.
[Hill]
Driver number six was Atsushi Taniguchi,
a racer known as "The Drift Sensei."
[Bisping] This guy's gonna go balls-out
the whole way.
[Hill] He's going in, baby.
Atsushi tore out of the gate and made
easy work of the course's early obstacles,
showing why he's a legend in Japan.
- Oh! There it is!
- [Bisping] He got it!
[Wood] Putting on a clinic here.
[Bisping] Come on, baby. Come on.
[Hill] And when he pulled up
to the Leveler,
Atsushi looked like a lock
for the top three.
[man] Good.
Go with power!
- [Bisping] That's a slow start.
- [tires screeching]
[Hill] Uh-oh! What's happening there?
[man] Go forward!
[Wood] You have to attack this obstacle
with power, or you are dead in the water.
[Hill] And now we'll have to wait
for the Leveler to reset.
[Bisping] Remember,
the clock is ticking this whole time.
[man] We're gonna hold you there.
Number 7, it's not reset!
[all] Whoa!
Oh, my gosh!
- [Bisping] What?
- [Hill] Whoa!
[Bisping] What's happening, Rut?
What just happened?
- [Wood] He just hit the safety ramp there.
- [winces]
[Wood] He charged it before the Leveler
reset. Oh, my goodness!
Something's wrong with my car.
[Hill]
Running such a great race, until that.
Oh, my God, this was
the final obstacle though...
If you can move forward, let's do that.
[Hill] Look at this. His spotter telling
him to go again as the Leveler resets.
[Bisping] That is insane.
Go, go, go, go!
[Wood] Oh, my gosh, you guys.
[Hill] He's going again.
- [Bisping] Look at this. He doesn't care.
- [man shouts]
[Wood] Unbelievable.
[Hill] So, Atsushi somehow wheels his way
to the top of that Leveler,
but now sits two seconds off
of a qualifying pace.
Can he keep his car in one piece
after that nasty crash?
[man] Come on! Come on!
[Hill] It's all gonna come down
to the back stretch.
[Bisping] Let's go.
[man] Go!
[Hill] He's gonna have to push it
to make the top three.
[Wood] This is all the high speed part.
He's just gotta link it all together now.
The hood is about to open!
[Hill] Looks like that hood might open.
I'm trying to keep it closed!
You have no choice, just let it open!
- [Hill] Can he hold it together here?
- [shouting]
[man] Go!
[Hill] He's coming hot.
[Wood] He's gonna be close at the line.
He's seconds off a qualifying pace.
[man] Push the pedal! Push!
[crowd cheering]
[Hill] Atsushi Taniguchi somehow
cracks the top three,
knocking Aaron Parker into the fourth spot
and out of qualifying position.
[Wood] What a lap. I mean, talk about
getting through adversity.
My man went airborne, risked it all,
put his car on the line,
and he still came out
with an incredible lap.
You ever been airborne in a car?
Yes, it is not as much fun as it looks.
- It looks a lot of fun.
- [Wood] No.
- Did you see my jump?
- [laughing]
[Hill] As we take a look
at our updated leaderboard,
Atsushi Taniguchi managing
to snag the second spot,
despite that near disaster at the Leveler.
And someone who will be watching
these runs closely is Fielding Shredder,
currently sitting in third place.
If any of the next six drivers can beat
his time of 5:45,
he'll be bumped
from that coveted qualifying position.
[woman over PA]
Current qualifying time 5:45.
Driver seven, report to the start line.
[man]
She's putting her helmet on now. 10-4.
[Hill] Our next driver is 27-year-old
Texas native Brittany Williams.
Now she's relatively new
to the sport of drifting.
But, fellas,
I'm told this young lady is a natural.
[Bisping] She's been drifting now
for about two-and-a-half years.
Doing really well.
She's actually ranked number four out
of 34 racers on the Lone Star Drift.
Very positive outlook on life.
She owes that to her mother.
Brittany says it's the lessons she learned
during a difficult childhood
- that still fuel her on the track.
- [engine revs]
[Brittany Williams] I am still learning
every time I get behind the wheel.
I'm still actually pretty novice compared
to some of the other drivers out there.
But, what I've noticed is that if I focus
on just enjoying myself, I do better.
Growing up as a kid, there was a point
where we were homeless.
But my mom, she was able to make sure
that we were always positive,
despite going through that level
of hardship.
And so that's what I try to focus on
when I drive.
My goal is always just to have as much fun
as possible in everything that I'm doing,
and honestly, that's kind of a win-win.
[cheering]
Good, you've practiced this
a hundred times.
Just drive through it.
Just like any other day.
[Hill] And that's the guy who will be
helping her navigate through this course,
Brittany's husband and spotter...
Kevin Williams. Rut, what's she driving?
[Wood] So, she's in a 2008 Nissan 350Z.
It's about 270 horsepower.
That's not nearly as much power
as the other cars we've seen tonight,
so she'll be under pressure
to excel in the precision obstacles.
[Hill] All right, Brittany Williams,
from Texas, ready for launch.
I love you. Good luck. You got this.
Love you, too.
[Hill] Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!
- [cheering]
- [shouting]
[Wood] The first obstacle's gonna
be critical, guys.
We're gonna learn a lot about what
Brittany and her car have to offer
right here at the start.
[woman over PA] Supernova engaged.
[Wood]
She can't afford to take any penalties.
- [Williams] Am I lined up?
- Straighten it out.
Oh. Got it.
[Hill] Spin it.
[shouting]
So close to hitting that penalty pylon.
- [Kevin Williams] Yeah, go!
- Go, go, go!
[Hill]
Not the cleanest Rockford turn we've seen,
but she's out of there
with no time penalties
as she heads to the Lightbox.
[Wood] She's gotta absolutely floor it
on every one of these straightaways.
- [shouting]
- [Hill] Whoa!
[Bisping] Look at that! Look at that!
- [bleeps] you!
- [laughs]
A lot of confidence, you got to love that
personality right there.
All right, pay attention to the boxes.
When that first one hits green, you go.
[Williams] I'm gonna go on the first one.
[Kevin] There you go.
[Hill] Now she's entering Lightbox
without seeing the entire pattern.
That could actually save her more time
as long as she doesn't mess it up.
[Wood]
There you go, going for a clutch kick.
[Hill]
Look at that spin. Look at that smoke!
Diagonal. Diagonal!
[Bisping] Such precision on the drifts.
[Wood]
See how it's all in one fluid motion
and she's able to get
into that spin easily?
That's perfection.
Yeah!
[Hill] Yeah, she's having fun!
That is the best one so far.
That is the best Lightbox,
I think, in my opinion.
She's sending a message here.
[Hill] Nailing those 540s at Lightbox
now has her on a qualifying pace,
as she heads over to Walk on Water.
So, let me ask you about her car.
What will that do to her?
[Wood] This is a converted street car,
so her engine is prepared
for the elements.
She is going to bring it right here.
- [Hill] Look at that.
- [Bisping] Flying through that.
[Wood] That's the advantage of having
a streetcar instead of a true race car.
Oh, God! It's coming through the window!
It's fine, let it come through the window.
Who cares? Get wet.
[Bisping] It's okay. You'll dry off.
[Hill] Coming out of Walk on Water,
this target's gonna be critical.
[Williams] Door!
[Hill] Man! Nice!
- [Kevin] She got it! Go, go, go!
- Go, go, go!
- [Hill] What a run! What a run!
- [cheering]
Her line through that target was
a thing of beauty.
Great execution with those slick tires
coming out of Walk on Water.
[Wood] And her engine is humming.
No water damage.
That's going to separate her
from Fielding.
[Williams] Hell, yeah!
[Hill] There it is.
Brittany Williams' mistake-free run
has her 15 seconds ahead
of fellow Texan Fielding Shredder
and in prime position to qualify.
Go, go, go...
[Hill] Does she have enough power
to make it up the Leveler?
[man shouting]
[Hill] She's up,
but a full 15 feet from the edge.
How much is that gonna cost, Rut?
[Wood] I think she's okay.
Other drivers have made it farther,
but remember, because this once was
a street car, it's still got things
like an air conditioner weighing it down.
It's heavier, and that's actually
an advantage on the Leveler.
[Hill] The only other clean run to this
point on the course has been João Barion.
Top three in her sights
if she can keep it under control.
[Bisping] Come on, baby. Come on.
[Wood] Come on, Brittany.
Get it. Get it. Get it.
[Hill] Tight turn coming up here.
[Kevin] Go, go, go, go!
[shouting]
- [Bisping] Wow!
- [Hill] Here she comes, down the stretch.
Brittany Williams from Texas
bringing it home across the line,
right here, right now, on Hyperdrive.
She's in second place.
Hell, yeah! Perfect, baby! Perfect!
[Hill] Under powered, but who cares
when you can drive like this?
Absolutely flawless.
How do you like them apples?
[shouting]
And the mic drop! No way!
Drops the mic, drives off,
that's all she wrote.
[Wood] Ladies and gentlemen,
that is Hyperdrive right there.
- Hell, yeah! Killed it.
- Killed it!
Why she did it with the microphone?
That was pretty dang clever.
- It's kinda like she handled it...
- Okay, I understand.
Our french baguettes.
[laughing]
[Hill] And with that amazing run,
Brittany Williams has a firm hold
on second place,
separating herself from the pack
and bumping Fielding Shredder
from his qualifying spot.
Meaning Atsushi Taniguchi's time
of 5:45.1 is now the time to beat.
[woman over PA]
Driver eight, prepare for launch.
[Hill] After Brittany Williams'
razor sharp performance,
the final wave of drivers look
to follow her roadmap,
confident that a mistake-free run could
vault them into the top three
and earn them a spot
in the Knockout Rounds.
First up, in his '93 Nissan with a BMW
engine and an old tractor turbo
was the Frenchman Axel Francois.
I'm from Manosque, France.
A very small community.
I think there are people
all over the world
that have more talent,
more money...
but my goal is,
from my small place,
to give as much as I can.
[Hill] He tore out of the gate
and made it through Supernova
and Lightbox like a pro.
[French accent] Perfect.
[Hill] And appeared to be making a run
for first as he came to Walk on Water.
[Bisping] No! No way, look at this.
[Axel Francois] I can't see anything.
[Hill] Look at the steam fogging up
his windshield.
[Wood] Axel's car is so stripped down,
there's nothing to protect the cold water
from hitting his engine.
Hot engine plus cold water
equals steam bath.
[Francois] Oh, no, no, no, no!
[Hill] Ooh! He can't see.
- Ooh!
- Oh!
Where's the target?
Right in front of you.
I had no choice but to keep going.
But I lost a lot of time.
Come on! Go!
[Hill]
Despite having almost no visibility...
He got it!
[Wood] Bonsoir, mon ami.
[Hill] ...Axel soldiered on...
He's still got a chance to finish inside
the top three!
It's gonna be close at the line!
[Bisping] Wow!
[Hill]
But came up short after a valiant effort.
With the pressure mounting,
Florida's Sara Haro pulled to the line.
A 22-year-old truck driver
who can drive anything on wheels.
[Sara Haro] I'm new to drifting,
and I think people underestimate that.
Are you ready?
I'm ready.
But who doesn't love an underdog?
[Bisping] Let's go.
[Hill] Just started racing
about eight months ago.
- Good job. Wow!
- [Wood] Yeah, girl.
That was awesome.
She hit that with a lot of speed.
[Hill] She put together a spectacular run.
- [Wood] Sara making a push for third.
- [Bisping] There she goes!
[Hill] Crossing the line at 5:45,
beating out Atsushi Taniguchi
by 500ths of a second.
You killed it! Good job!
[tires screeching]
[Hill]
However, an early mistake at Supernova...
[shouting]
resulted in a two-second time penalty,
and she dropped from third
all the way to fifth place,
showing just how slim the margin
for error is on this Qualifier 1 course.
The next racer to throw his hat
in the ring
was Kentucky dentist Brent Pursifull,
who bored through the course
in his supercharged '72 Firebird.
I got this, lovee.
Awesome, baby!
[Hill] With his wife Nicole
guiding the way,
he put together a clean run
through all the obstacles.
Come on, mother fricker, let's ride!
Come on home to me, baby.
[Hill] But he didn't carry enough speed
through the course
and put himself in danger
of being eliminated
when he landed in the eighth spot.
Golly-gee-willikers.
[Hill]
The second to last driver of the night
was 34-year-old San Francisco native
Faruk Kugay,
a pizza delivery man who spends all
of his money on drifting and racing.
I've worked so many jobs
to keep this dream alive.
The blood, sweat and tears that have gone
into building my driving skills.
It's knocked me down,
and I'm here to prove who I am,
both as a man and as a driver.
[Hill] He flew through the front half
of the course
and pushed his car to the limit
at every turn.
This is sketchy! Whoo!
Until a tactical master stroke
at Walk on Water.
[Wood] He's taking this slower
than the other stripped down race cars,
betting that a dry engine will be
a fast engine down the stretch.
[man] Go, go, go!
[Hill] That bet paid off
as he tore across the line.
- Oh, goodness!
- [man] Wow!
[Hill] Faruk Kugay at 5:35, knocking
Atsushi Taniguchi out of the top three,
and for the moment, holding a bid
for the knockout round.
Good job, bubba.
And, so, with 11 racers down,
João Barion and Brittany Williams
have punched their ticket
to the Knockout Rounds
and will be skipping the rest
of our qualifying races.
On the other side of things,
Michael Pettiford and Ed Michalak
have been officially eliminated
from the competition.
It's been a great first night so far
as we get set for our final driver
in Qualifier 1.
[woman over PA]
Driver 12 to the start line.
Driver 12 to the start line.
[Hill] All right, fellas, there she is,
the last driver to attack
this Goliath of a course.
Her name is Stacey Lee May
and what a story she has.
Twenty-two years old,
from Soweto, South Africa,
her father sold his tow truck so they
could travel here for this competition.
Good luck.
[Bisping] First time out of her country.
First time in America.
- First time on a plane.
- [chattering]
[Hill] She's already a legendary
competitor back in her hometown
in a radical sport called spinning.
One of our executive producers
and fellow South African
paid her a visit to find out why
she's called "the Queen of Smoke."
My name is Stacey Lee May.
I'm from Johannesburg, South Africa.
This is the community where I grew up in.
It's basically part of Soweto.
The crime is a bit high.
The drug rate is high,
and, like, not a lot of people can afford
to live the way most people live.
I was bullied a lot at school
because I was always younger.
People used to put me in the dustbin
and beat me around
and take my money and just like,
they were so mean.
I had no self-confidence at all.
My dad thought that car spinning
would help change that,
and ever since then, we've been spinning,
and it's just been amazing.
Stacey. Hi, looking for Stacey.
Where's the the Smoke Queen?
"The Smoke Queen"!
Finally! Hi!
[Stacey Lee May] This is so amazing.
Oh, my gosh. So good to see you!
- You! Oh, my gosh.
- [laughing]
Meeting Charlize,
it felt like I'm dreaming.
This is really bad-ass. Wow!
But then I realized that this is actually
happening. It's reality.
[woman] I'm super proud.
I can't believe this. It's like a dream.
And then she went over
to speak to my dad,
My mom just burst into tears.
And, then she went over
to speak to my dad,
and she just started speaking Afrikaans.
It's incredible that you're right
for this opportunity.
And I know that you have
given up so much...
My wife can't believe it.
It's tough being a parent.
I want in.
I want in the car for a little bit.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah.
- [father] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- [Charlize Theron] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Okay, let's do it. Let's do it.
Oh, my God! Oh, my God!
[Theron shouts]
[May laughs] Spinning is like a mosquito.
Once it bites you, you just have that itch
to do it over and over and over again.
[screams] Yeah, baby!
Whoa! Oh, my God!
[May] I get this amazing feeling
when I'm driving my car,
because then it feels like I'm in control.
It's like I'm on top of the world.
I'm the driver of my own destiny.
I can do anything.
[shouts]
[Hill] You know her mom and her siblings
are thinking about her right now
- and Soweto, South Africa.
- [crowd chanting]
[Wood] She is hoping that this is the kind
of thing that can open the doors
to her being a professional drifter
one day.
[Hill]
Let's go down to Lindsay with her father.
Okay, Dad, how are you feeling right now?
I'm over-anxious. [laughs]
I can't help it.
It's my baby's first race in America,
and I still can't believe that we're here.
Tell me when to go, Daddy.
[Hill] Well, as it stands, Faruk Kugay
currently sits in the third position
so Stacey will be gunning for him.
And she also knows that Brent's time
of 6:07 is the cut line.
[engine revving]
Stacey Lee May.
Let's see what she's got.
Come on, Stacey.
Come on, girl! Let's go!
Let's go! Let's go!
[theme music playing]