Hyperdrive (2019–…): Season 1, Episode 8 - Wild Card: A Chance at Redemption - full transcript

[Rutledge Wood] Hey,
can I have everyone's attention?

Everyone, just gather around.

Everyone gather around nice and tight.
Just squeeze in here.

Thank you.

So... in these first leveled-up races,

to see what you guys have done
with your cars and your skills,

it's been special to watch,

but unfortunately five of you have been
eliminated here in the Knockout Rounds:

Faruk, Fielding, Jordan,
Alexander, Sara...

You guys put it all on the line.

That passion that you showed
behind the wheel,



your determination was unbelievable.

And when this competition was conceived,

a unique opportunity was built in
that could get you back on the track.

So if you're interested, there is a chance

for you to compete one more time.

We're all ears.

[Rut] You five have the opportunity

to enter the Hyperdrive Last Chance
head-to-head tournament.

Alright?

Here's how it's going to work.

You five will go in for a series
of head-to-head battles.

One of you is going to come out a winner
and get back into this competition

with a chance to compete
for the Hyperdrive championship.

Dude, that's insane.



- You're telling me there's a chance.
- [Rut] That's right.

This is going to be something epic,
and I don't use that word lightly.

Hell, yeah.

Getting back into this competition with
a second chance feels absolutely amazing.

[Sara Haro] I'm like, in shock,
super excited,

and can't wait to bring it on.

[in French] It's an honor to have
a second chance. I hope it works out.

[spotter] Let's do this.

We're going to roll the dice
and see how it all shakes out.

Get those cars ready.

[female announcer] Drivers,
report to head-to-head track.

[Mike Hill] Alright.
How about this for a plot twist?

Five eliminated drivers

have just been brought back from the dead,

and they're now set to go head-to-head

with a chance to win their way back
into this competition.

Listen, they were very disappointed,
they thought they were going home,

but now, as you just said,
they're coming back.

They've got to get focused,
get back in gear,

they've got to fix their cars,
get back on the track,

and get back in this competition.

[Rut] It's tough to take desperation,

and then get handed elation,

and then turn that into motivation.

That's a lot to go through,
that range of emotions,

and now we're about to see these five
compete in a series

of head-to-head battles.

Winner gets back in the game.

[MH] They've been ranked in the order
they were knocked out of the competition,

and our very first match-up

features two drivers
with very different styles and cars.

[male announcer] One minute warning.

Of course, we're talking about
Alexandre Claudin and Faruk Kugay.

That's the Frenchman
in his 2500 lb widebody '68 Charger,

taking on the pizza delivery man
from San Francisco

in his lightweight BMW drift car,

which may give him a slight advantage
on this track, Rut.

[Rut] Could be, but that's why
this head-to-head track

is such a perfect battleground.

It tests almost every
Hyperdrive discipline

in a lightning-fast sprint.

It features precision targets,
narrow shipping containers,

tight barrel turns.

This is going to be awesome.

- [in French] Ready, my love?
- [Julie] Yes, so ready.

[spotter] Get it, bubba.

[Faruk] Going into the head-to-head
for the second time,

I've learned
that it's all about precision.

If you make one mistake, you're done.

Hopefully I can get through
without making another mistake.

[engine revs]

[Mike Hill] An opportunity
for new life is on the line.

Who will seize the moment?

Here we go.

[Michael Bisping] Let's go!

[tires squeal]

[MH] Alexandre in the heavier car
beats Faruk off the line,

but Faruk is jumping ahead
on the inside lane.

Got to hit these targets coming up.

- [tires squeal]
- [bang]

[bang]

[MB] Both got it.

[Rut] Yes.

[MH] Coming up
on the shipping containers next.

Faruk's going to hit it first.

[whoosh]

[MH] Alexandre's slower in that wider car,

but he's going to have the inside lane
down the stretch.

[Rut] Oh! Faruk with an epic drift.

- [bang]
- [MB] Wow!

Beautiful.

Whoa!

[Rut] Look how close this is.

[MH] Coming into the barrel turn,
Faruk's got a slight lead.

Alexandre's at a disadvantage
with that big car.

- [bang]
- [hosts groan]

[MH] But Faruk takes a penalty,

and that's going to open the door
for the Frenchman.

[MB] Go!

Faruk's across.

Can Alexandre catch him in time?

And he comes up
just short of Faruk Kugay...

[Rut] Wow!

[MH] ...who's moving on to the next round
of this Wildcard tournament.

[Faruk] Sheldon, I love you.
Thank you very much.

Good job, dude.

[MH] Man, if that run is any indication,
we are in for a treat tonight.

I had a little bit of a penalty,

but our speed was enough
to make up for that.

Now we're moving to the next
head-to-head battle.

We are ecstatic.

[MH] And for Alexandre, who turned heads

in that one-of-a-kind Dodge Charger,

it's the end of the line.

So that penalty made it close,
but Faruk Kugay moves on.

He will face Sara Haro next.

But before we get to that,

we'll see Fielding Shredder
and Jordan Martin.

And listen, you can't have a wildcard
without a wild child,

and we got that in Fielding Shredder.

He's aggressive,
can be a little bit reckless,

but he gets a second chance
against Jordan Martin,

the multi-millionaire,
and of course that Lamborghini.

[MB] Got to love Fielding Shredder,
the way he drives is so much fun,

and he went out with a bang, literally.

But if you think he's going to slow down

and play it safe, think again.

He's going to give it everything he's got.

[Rut] And amazingly, after that impact,
the car itself was okay,

he said the suspension was still straight,
but it is a foot-and-a-half shorter now,

because it's got no rear bumper,
it's got no wing.

That means he has to change those arcs,

how he's going to slide into those turns
to try to hit the targets,

completely differently than he did before.

And he knows that the best driving
that Jordan has done

was when he was in
the head-to-head battle.

So to me, I don't think this
is an easy one to call,

I think this could go either way.

[engine revs, rattles]

So ready for this.

[spotter] Keep it tidy.

[engine revs]

Alright, here we go.

[spotter] Good luck, Jordan.

[spotter] Fielding, you got this.

[engine revs]

[MB] Let's go!

[MH] Whoa!

As expected, Jordan crushing Fielding
on the straightaway.

- [MB] Look at that go.
- [MH] Coming to that first target.

- [bang]
- Jordan with a nice drift.

- [ding]
- [hosts] Oh!

[MH] Fielding misses! What's going on?

[MB] This is where Fielding
will make up some time, though.

[Rut] No fear through the container.

[hosts] Oh!

[MB] He's out of control.

- [bang]
- Wow!

[MH] Fielding with a nice recovery.

- [buzzer]
- [MH] Jordan misses the target.

It's all going to come down
to this final barrel turn.

[MB] Spin it, baby.

[hosts] Oh!

[MH] Oh my gosh, Fielding Shredder!

[Rut] Reverse entry,
and Jordan is in the K-rail.

What is happening?

[MH] Fielding Shredder,
leaving Jordan in his dust,

but those penalties could cost him.

[engine roars]

Jordan's still got a chance.

[MB] Come on!

[MH] Coming down the stretch,
here he comes.

[MB] Wow!

That was the best thing
I've ever seen in my life.

[Rut] That was unbelievable.

[MH] Fielding Shredder
beats out Jordan Martin

by a second.

Yeah!

[MB] We got to watch that again
on instant replay.

[Rut] Watching a driver
who missed the first target go,

"You know what? I got nothing to lose.

I'm going to go full-throttle
into a shipping container,"

and it literally launched him up,

the car bounced once in the middle
and then he launched out of it.

[MH] I don't know if he meant to do it,

but this might be
the move of the tournament,

going backwards into the barrel turn.

[MB] Wow, look at that.

[MH] But Jordan Martin
misses the opportunity

and goes crashing into a K-rail himself,

and that would seal his fate
here on Hyperdrive.

That wasn't good.

[Rut] Nothing but respect for this guy.

He did what no one thought was possible,
and got a Lambo to drift.

My hat's off to him. Well done.

[MH] Fielding Shredder is moving on
to the final.

Now he's got to refocus,
because he's going to get the winner

of this next upcoming Wildcard,

Sara Haro, the Cinderella,
against Faruk Kugay,

who ended Alexandre Claudin's dreams.

[Rut] And any way you slice it,
Sara is a massive underdog here.

Her stock V6 Mustang has less than half
the horsepower of Faruk's BMW.

but as we've seen
on this head-to-head track,

anything can happen.

So for Faruk, he has to be flawless,

and Sara has to do
what she's done the whole time,

which is go out there, give it your best,

and you might be surprised,
you might move on.

You ready, Freddy?

I'm ready.

[spotter] Calm down, breathe,
then get ready to launch.

Woo.

[Bun Bun] Remember to breathe.

[Mike Hill] Let's go!

[Rut] Sara's off to a slow start,
,looking a little gun-shy here.

[MH] Get these targets.

- [bump]
- [Rut] There it goes.

- [buzzer]
- [MB] Oh!

[MH] Sara missed a target,
that's going to cost her.

Going through the container,
threading that needle.

Sara's got to make up some time
coming into that second turn.

[Rut] Come on, Sara!

[MH] Oh, but she overshoots it.

[MB] Man.

[buzzer]

[MH] Faruk misses the target.

[bleep]

[MH] Sara's got a chance...

- [buzzer]
- ...but she misses the target!

[MB] What is happening right now?

[MH] Did Faruk just stall?

Broke my car.

[MB] Oh my word.

[MH] Sara Haro misses two targets,
overshoots a turn but she's still alive.

[Bun Bun] You got it. Bring it.

[MH] It is not midnight yet!

- You did it. Good Job!
- [MH] Oh my God.

[Rut] I can't believe it.
Faruk's car broke.

- I think he...
- [MB] He's blown it.

[Rut] I think he got into that turn,
I don't know if it was the axle,

but that thing is toast.

Wow.

What, again?

[MB] Look at the disbelief, the shock.
Look at the denial, he's pissed.

[MH] So another tough go for Faruk Kugay.

My man's got all the talent in the world,
but he just couldn't catch a break.

It doesn't end.

[MH] So that means
Sara Haro is moving on to the final.

The underdog does it again.

She's going to be taking on
Fielding Shredder,

and fellas, it all comes down to this.

One final race, a chance to return
to the competition on the line.

[Rut] And looking at his last race,

Fielding's driving like he's playing
with house money right now.

That could come back to bite him
if he doesn't clean it up.

As always, Sara Haro is out-gunned
in terms of horsepower,

but if she can just make it
across the line in one piece,

she might just have a shot.

I'm picking Fielding to win,
but I really shouldn't.

[MH] I don't know, Sara Haro,

not only does she have
those glass slippers on right now,

but right now she might have
a lucky rabbit's foot.

[engine starts]

Here we go. Let's get it.
Let's keep it tidy.

Woo!

You got this.

[engine starts]

[engine revs]

Here we go.

[MH] It all comes down to this.

Who will earn the golden ticket
back into this competition?

A chance to compete
for the championship.

Who wants it, baby?

[engines roar]

[spotter] Go!

[MB] Let's go!

[hosts] Whoa!

[MB] Drifted all the way round.

[Bun Bun] Keep it tight. Big penalty.

We both missed it.

[MB] Both spin out.

Fielding is going to go full kamikaze
through Thread the Needle.

[Bun Bun] Go!

[Rut] So does Sara.

[MB] Wow!

[MH] Sara didn't care either.

[spotter] Watch your mirrors.

[MH] Here they come, the next...

Oh, and Sara!

[Sara] Not again, no!

[Rut] She overshoots
the second turn again!

- [bang]
- [Rut] He got it.

[MH] Fielding,
one obstacle away from new life.

Can Sara salvage this run?

[Rut] Come on, Sara.

[MH] Fielding, now in the barrel turn.

[MB] There it is. Doing it perfectly.

[Rut] Unbelievable, talk about redemption.

[MH] Fielding Shredder,
doing the impossible,

driving his way back
into this competition.

Sara Haro comes up short,

but the wild child from Texas
is our Wildcard winner.

[spotter] Hell, yeah! Good job.

Very good job.

That was awesome.

[Fielding] Wildcard was absolutely wild,
so I'm back now with the top eight.

This is seriously like,

from hero to zero, back to hero,
I feel like for myself,

so I couldn't be happier.

Good job, Sara. Nice run.

Thank you.

[MH] So it's a final goodbye
to young Sara Haro,

who has every reason
to hold her head high.

As for Fielding Shredder,

he made the most
of his second opportunity,

so he's back in the game.

[MB] Even though he's only got
essentially three quarters of a car,

all the other drivers, I think
they're all going to be a bit worried.

[Rut] The rest of the field
is not going to be happy

to see a guy with this much talent
get back in.

This changes everything.

We got eight exceptional drivers
on Hyperdrive remaining,

and it starts right now.

[Brittany] Coming into this competition,
I was nervous.

I didn't know who I was competing against,

what the track
or the obstacles would look like.

It scared me.

I didn't expect to get so far,

but now that I'm here
and I've seen the competition,

I'm gunning for the end at this point.

I want to make it to the end.

I am ready to destroy this track.

[MH] With the championship
just a few races away,

the track designers are looking
to send a message tonight.

It's time for the contenders
to rise to the occasion.

We are calling this course the Gateway.

[Rut] Seven obstacles in total,

11 targets,
two entirely new challenges,

and the Leveler has been unleashed.

We've hidden a new counterweight
on the monster,

and she's going to swing more wildly
than ever before.

Just when they thought
they had it dialed in,

it's a brand-new puzzle
for these drivers to solve.

If you can make it through course,

you deserve to advance
to the final rounds.

[MH] And Rut, to make matters worse,

the racers will also be battling
the elements,

as we've got a slight drizzle now,

which of course,
could make for a wet track.

[announcer] Track is hot.

[MH] Our first driver tonight
is Axel Francois,

of course, along with his fiancée
and spotter, Lise.

Now we've seen this guy
more than any other driver

in this competition.

Axel has driven in nine out of ten
possible races so far,

and there's no question
his car is hurting because of it.

This poor old Nissan
with the BMW six-cylinder under the hood,

it's tired.

I think that engine
is definitely on it's last leg,

so it's a little down on power,
but Mike, he's not going any softer.

He's going as hard as he's ever gone.

[MB] And that is why we love Axel.

Every time, Axel pushes it to the limit.

The car falling apart at the seams,

it might even explode on this track,

but I'll tell you something,
I'll enjoy watching.

[MH] Of course, his dreams
haven't gone up in smoke,

but that car certainly has,
every time it's on the track.

I can't breathe right now.
[coughs]

[Michael Bisping laughs]

[in French] Okay,
can you tell me the notes?

One-hundred meters, right ninety
and double target.

Go with the angle.

[MH] His spotter, Lise,
with those precise directions as always.

The big question, though.
Can that car hold up?

Axel Francois, let's go baby!

[engine revs]

[MH] Coming up on the first turn,

two targets, a car length apart,

this puppy is called Slideways.

[two bangs]

[crowd cheers]

[MH] Drifted through those targets
exactly the way it's supposed to be done.

[in French] Perfect!

[Rut] These early obstacles
are going to test Axel's car.

Every time he pops that clutch,
every time he kicks the throttle,

he's trying to push it to the limit
without blowing that engine.

[MH] He pulls up to Roundhouse next.

[Lise in French] Okay, stop there.

[MH] He's got to perform a series of 360s
around those pylons.

And you've got a couple of targets
you have to hit in there as well.

[in French] Okay, let's go.

[MH] Here he goes, into that first 360.

[Rut] It's so important for drivers to get
as close to these pylons as possible,

and link them together,
one spin to the next.

[MH] Now he's got to hit the target.

No! He missed it.

[in French] You didn't get it,
go back, Axel.

[MB] This is costing time.

- [bang]
- [MH] Yes.

[Rut] He is an instructor
at his own drift school in France,

and this is the kind of thing they teach.

You see that nice tight circle?

And he has the confidence
to throw the car into that turn

as close as he wants to that light pole.

[MB] And he is getting so close,
but that is by design, not by accident.

- [bang]
- [MH] And bam! Nice.

[in French] Leave, left 90, left 90 again
to the acceleration zone.

[MH] Coming out of Roundhouse,

no penalties, but a little time lost
at that first target

as he heads over to Forced Perspective.

Drivers now have just two inches
of clearance on either side.

Axel Francois is not slowing down,
hitting it with speed!

[MB] And he nailed it.

[crowd cheers]

[Rut] Great job
through Forced Perspective.

[MH] Axel now moving on
to the re-calibrated Leveler.

Now the balance point has changed,

so it's gonna swing more wildly
than ever before.

And for Axel, who struggled
on this obstacle

here in the Knockout Rounds,

communication with Lise will be key.

Woo!

Okay, here we go.

[Axel in French]
Tell me when it's catching speed.

It's catching speed, Axel.

[Rut] This is another obstacle

where his engine is going to be
put through the wringer.

The way you have to stop
and start your car,

the quick changes in direction,

you can already see the smoke
start pouring out of his hood.

[Lise in French] One meter.

[Rut] Stalled it.

[Lise in Frecnh] Go up.

[Michael Bisping] Ah.

[Rut] That engine is struggling.
It's on its last legs.

[in French] Now, at your tail. It's good.

[Rut] A lot of pressure on him
as the first driver

trying to negotiate this new
counterweight.

Got to try to offset that.

[MH] Let's see if they can adjust.

[Lise in French] At your tail.

[MH] Got to go up a little bit further.

[MB] Yeah, that's right, go forward.

[in French] Go up.

[MH] Under 30 seconds left now.

[Lise in French] Go up.

Stop right there.

[in French] I hate this thing.

[Lise in French] Go down.

- Back.
- Not back.

- Rut, not back!
- Not that far back.

I said "not back."

[Rut] You were right.

- Thank you, finally.
- I was wrong.

[MH] Fellas, it's a whole new ball game
at the Leveler tonight.

[crowd groans]

[MB] Max time.

[in French] Go back up.
It's all good, Axel.

[MB] Messed that up, Axel.

[in French] It's going to be left fast,
right 90.

On the right, 110 meters then slalom.

It's nothing, Axel.

Focus on what's next.

[Rut] He needs to have
the drive of his life right here.

Wide open, Axel. Send it, buddy.

[MH] The extreme drift instructor.

Headed for the Gauntlet next.

Three swinging targets,

preceded by a slalom
to throw off his timing.

This is going to be a tough one.

- [MB] Here we go.
- [bang]

- [MH] That's one.
- [bang]

- [MB] Two...
- [bang]

[MH] Made it!

[MH] Yes!

[in French] Good.

[MB] He really had to chase down
that third target,

because it was swinging out the way,

but he was not gonna admit defeat.

[Lise in French] Left 90 again,
on the doughnut, then four targets.

[MH] Axel needs to nail Target Zone
to keep this run competitive,

so much on the line here.

How much can that car take?

[MB] Easy.

[two bangs]

[MH] He got it. Spin it.

Spin it. There it is.

[MB] So good at this.

[Rut] Unbelievable.

[in French] Turn around at the tube,
then go on the rail.

[MH] Now it's a choice between Rail Slide
or the long way through Walk on Water.

[Lise] Alright, the rail.

[Rut] With all the issues he's had
at Walk on Water,

this might be the safer play.

- [bump]
- [hosts] Oh!

- [Axel in French] I went hard on it.
- It's okay.

100 meters, break right ahead.

[tires squeal]

[Lise] 150 meters.

[Rut] This is insane. What a lap!

Even with that penalty, for the Leveler,
he is flying in this old car!

[MB] That car will blow up.

[Lise] 300 meters, fast.

[MH] Coming around that last bend.

He's our first racer of the night.

Axel Francois!

Smoking.

[crowd cheers]

[MH] A solid run by the Frenchman,

despite that penalty
at the Leveler, but...

you can see right there
by the look on his face

that he ain't too pleased about it.

That's Axel Francois trying to keep
himself out of the bottom two,

and out of the head-to-head.

[Axel in French] [Bleep] the Leveler!

I'm so tired.

I stalled,
right when I was about to get it.

[MH] Oh my God.

[Rut] He's experiencing
a very real condition

we would call, "oil blow-by,"

because the rings are so angry,
and they are trying to give up.

That's very real, there.

[MH] Axel had better hope
he doesn't have to drag that car

into that head-to-head later tonight.

Seven drivers still to run.

The goal, stay out of the bottom two,

and put yourself one step away
from the championship.

[announcer] Track is hot.

Prepare for launch.

[engine starts]

[engine revs]

[MH] With a shot at the trophy
on the horizon,

the Hyperdrive track designers
were determined

to force the cream to rise to the top.

[engine revs]

[Ken in Japanese] Here we go!

Let's roll up our sleeves!

[MH] Atsushi...

...Brittany...

[Kevin] You got this. This is all you.

[MH] ...Alex and Corinna...

...loaded into the launcher,

hellbent on keeping
their championship dreams alive,

and surviving the most brutal course yet,

[hosts] Whoa!

[Michael Bisping] Go, baby!

[MH] But they soon learned,

success will be hard to come by

in Knockout Four.

- [buzzer]
- [MB] Just missed it.

[bang]
[buzzer]

Ah, son of a monkey.

[MB] Here we go.

- [buzzer]
- [crowd groans]

[Rut] Seven obstacles tonight.

This course is not
for the faint of heart.

[whoosh]
[buzzer]

Let's go!

- [buzzer]
- [crowd groans]

[MB] Five seconds.

[MH] Not a single racer
approached the Leveler penalty-free,

so steadying the swaying bridge
would be paramount

if they were to separate themselves
from the pack.

[in Japanese] I will leave it to you, Ken.

Back up!

[Jacqueline in German] Stop. Don't move.

- [Kevin] Hold on.
- I can feel it.

[in German] You have to come back
a little. Stop.

Is it too far?

A little farther forward!

Jacqueline, I see that!

[MH] The new counterweight
on the six-story monster

gave the drivers fits.

[Kevin] There you go, forward.

Dang it! So close.

[Rut] These seconds
are clicking by so fast.

[MB] Back a bit! Ah!

[MH] Even Corinna Graff,

who had solved the Leveler
in every single race...

- [in German] Where should I move?
- Down. Backwards.

[MH] ...couldn't find
that elusive balance point,

no matter how she tried.

- [buzzer]
- [crowd groans]

[in German] This is [bleep]!

The Leveler was one of my favorite
obstacles the last few races...

[in German] It's swinging now.

...but today the balance
is completely different.

Sorry, Benny.

[MH] The clock expired
on all four racers...

- [buzzer]
- [crowd groans]

...ballooning their run times.

That went by real quick.

[Rut] With this new balance point,

I'm not sure if anyone's going to
solve this thing tonight.

[MH] They made a furious push
to the finish...

Bam!

Bam!

- [bang]
- [MH] There's one...

- [bang]
- two, three...

[Rut] There we go, Corinna.

[MH] ...desperate to stay out
of the bottom two.

[MB] Atsushi!

[MH] And after the dust settled,
Atsushi and Corinna breathed easier,

safe from the hea-to-head.

[yells in triumph]

[Ken, in Japanese] Nice!

You did it!

[MH] While Brittany and Alex
found themselves in the danger zone...

[MB] Come on!

[MH] ...owning the two slowest times
posted to the board.

[Rut] That run drops Brittany
into last place,

with only three drivers to go.

[Kevin] That Leveler got the best of us
this time, babe.

You were going too far back.

[MB] The old backseat driver.

I bet she'll love that.

Kevin is daring.

[MH] Five racers down,

and look at how those penalties
are stacking up.

This course is eating people
alive right now,

but we do have some big guns
getting ready to hit the track.

[announcer] Track is hot.
Prepare for launch.

[MH] Without a clean run on the board,

Diego Higa and João Barion
pulled to the line,

eager to prove they could conquer
the Knockout Four track.

[Rut] If it looks like half a car,

it's because the whole front half
of the car is now gone.

[MH] And unfortunately for the Sheriff,

his last run had left his vintage Mustang
with battle scars he couldn't hide.

[Rut] This is more than cosmetic.
He's going to be fighting this car

his entire run.

[engine revs]

[João in Portuguese] My car isn't 100%.

It has a lot of problems,

principally with its steering
and alignment.

[Nando] It's going to be fine, dude.

Stay calm.

[MH] Here we go.

[Michael Bisping] Go!

Wow!

[MH] The Sheriff showed early
he was prepared to wrestle his car

- through the track...
- [Rut] Keep in mind that car

is a couple feet shorter on the front.

- [two bangs]
- [MH] Got them both.

[Rut] No problem there.

[MH] Coming up on those first two targets.

[bang]
[buzzer]

[hosts groan]

[MB] He missed a target!

[MH] ...while a mistake at Slideways

had Bis wondering if the course
would bring Diego back down to earth.

[MB] He hasn't faced much adversity.

Can the youngster shake off
that early time penalty here?

[MH] The baby-faced assassin stepped up
to the challenge at Roundhouse...

- [bang]
- [MH] That's one.

[bang]

[MH] Outstanding job by Diego Higa.

...and João pushed his wounded car
to its limits.

[bang]

[Rut] Oh!

[MB] Wow!

[MH] Oh yeah, baby.

[Rut] Even with half the car removed,

this thing still looks insane
going around the track.

[bang]

Well done. Get out of there, bro.

[MH] When the Brazilians
arrived at the Leveler,

they were neck-and-neck.

[Rut] Not a single racer
has solved this thing tonight.

[Nando in Portuguese] Go back.
Calm down. Let it start to fall.

- [hosts] Oh!
- [MB] Forward!

- Oh, come on!
- [MH] Balance out!

[in Portuguese] Stay calm.

That's it, that ain't moving nowhere.

[MH] That's when Diego made
the designer's new challenge

look like child's play.

...eight, nine, ten!

He got it! Yes!

[MB] Wow!

[Rut] Is there anything this kid can't do?

He just vaulted himself
to the front of the pack.

[Nando] Stop, stay there!

[MH] But João Barion wouldn't be outdone.

- [Rut] He got it!
- [crowd cheers]

This guy's unbelievable.

The Brazilians are getting it done
here in Knockout 4.

[MH] And still it was anybody's race.

On his way to the gauntlet.

[in Portuguese] I think the supercharger
fan belt popped again.

[Rut] He's been fighting that car
all race.

Can João hold on?

[Nando in Portuguese] Stay straight, João!

- [bang][
- [MB] Got it.

- [buzzer]
- [Rut] Missed it.

- [crowd groans]
- [MB] Missed the third one!

[Rut] He missed both of those.

[MH] Oh my word.

[MB] That's going to cost him big time.

[Rut] Oh! He's going the wrong way.

[MB] No!

He's got to go back.

[in Portuguese]
Where did you go? Get back!

- [MH] You've got to go back!
- [MB] Go back!

[João] During the race,
I really lost my concentration,

because of all the problems
I was having with the steering wheel.

[MB] Wow!

[MH] João's wrong turn
opened the door for his rivals.

Diego Higa, coming down the back stretch!

Taking on the hardest course yet,
and laying one down.

[crowd cheers]

[MH] And in an effort
to make up the time he'd lost,

the Sheriff continued to tempt fate.

[crowd shouts in excitement]

[Mike Hill] João Barion...

flies across the finish line.

6:34...

but that's still a full 18 seconds
off of Diego's pace.

That'll be good enough
to put him into third place.

[João in Portuguese] I had problems
with my car from the start.

Problems with the engine leaking oil,

overheating the engine.

Several problems altogether.

- [crunch]
- [crowd] Oh!

[MB] Oh my God!

Oh, man!

[João] No, my car is broke. I cannot go.

[Rut] That right front suspension
has given up.

[MB] No way.

Trying to keep up with the baby-faced
assassin has come at a cost.

[in Portuguese] I don't know what I'll do
from here on,

if I'll be able to repair it or not.

[MH] So Diego Higa back
in familiar territory,

taking over the top spot
here at Knockout Four,

and with only one racer to go.

Brittany Williams now knows she'll be
in that head-to-head elimination race.

Only question right now is,

will she'll be taking on Alex Graff
or the wild child, Fielding Shredder,

who's our final racer of the night?

[announcer] Track is hot.

Driver eight, report to the start line.

Back in it.

[MH] Alright, here comes Fielding Shredder
and what's left of his car.

Of course, he kept his Hyperdrive hopes
alive by winning the Wildcard,

but now he's got to race
for a third time tonight,

and we know he's been one
of the most entertaining drivers

in this competition.

My man rolls the dice
every time he gets behind the wheel,

and although the final results
have been inconsistent

for the rally instructor from Texas,

you just know
he's about to put on a show.

The car looks fantastic.

Does the trunk look like
it's going to hang on?

[spotter] I don't know.

[laughs]

Oh my God.

Just be you, Fielding Shredder.
Let's send it down to Lindsay.

Michael, Fielding, I know he's so pumped
to be back in this competition,

but he told me that he's actually
going to dial it back.

How is that going to play out?

What's that going to look like?

He's going to try to dial it back,
but knowing Fielding,

I mean, he's Mr. Checkers or Wreckers,
so he's either going to get first place,

or go down in a spectacular fashion
as we've already seen.

So hopefully he's Mr. Checkers today
and keeps it together.

- [bang]
- Whoa! Jeez!

[crowd cheers]

[Lindsay] Alright, he's ready.

[Fiedling] This course has a ton
of new elements I've never tried.

I've never done Forced Perspective,

I've never been down the grind rail,

so I need to watch out for myself,
and just...

not break anything, not smash anything,
and try to make it to the end.

[MH] Well, Fielding's got to beat
Alex Graff's time

to avoid going into that head-to-head.

Put his car into a wall in Knockout Two,

earned himself a new lease of life
as our Wildcard winner...

[crowd cheers]

...said he'd be dialing it back,

but I'm just going to believe that
when I see it.

Woo-hoo!

[hosts yell in excitement]

[engine roars]

[MH] He only knows one way.

He only knows one way!

Fielding Shredder!

[bang]

[crowd cheers]

[MH] Smashed into one of those targets,
but failed to hit the other.

Woo-hoo!

[MB] He's going to take it easy, for sure!

- Nailed it.
- [laughs]

[Rut] One thing he does have to factor in:

Because that rear bumper is gone,
the car is considerably shorter,

so he'll have to approach the targets
a lot differently than he did before.

[MH] He's lost a front bumper,
he's lost a back bumper,

he's lost the back of his car.

[MB] My word.

Back in the saddle, baby.

He said, "I'm going to take it easy."
Okay, buddy.

Okay, you keep telling yourself that.

[MH] That ten-second penalty
already has him behind Alex Graff's pace,

going into Roundhouse.

[Rut] Oh my gosh.

He is going to "Fielding Shred"
this thing.

[MH] Alex made it through here clean.

Ooh, yeah!

[MH] These targets
are going to be critical.

Here we go.

- [bang]
- [MH] Boom, baby!

- [crowd cheers]
- [MB] Yeah, buddy.

That was a little wide.

[spotter] Looking great.

[MH] Losing a little time
on that wide turn there, though,

got to keep it under control.

Easy.

[MH] Fielding Shredder,
trying to stay out of the bottom two,

spinning that beat-up car
around this track.

[Rut] He's got to get this target.

[MB] Come on.

- [hosts] Whoa!
- [bang]

[MH] Yeah!

Go ahead.

Nailed it. Good Job.

[tires squeal]

[hosts] Whoa!

[Rut] Nice, Fielding.

- [MB] Oh God.
- [crowd groans]

[MH] Whoa!

[bang]

Might as well do it, right?
Might as well.

You lost your tail light.

[laughs]

[Jordan] He's clinically insane.

It's Fielding.
[laughs]

[Rut] Heading into Forced Perspective.

This is his very first time
attempting this obstacle.

[MB] Come on. Let's go.

[engine roars]

[MH] Heading through,
let's see if he gets clear.

- [buzzer]
- [MB] Oh!

[MH] Five seconds for a penalty.

To be fair, I thought he would've just
smashed all of them on purpose.

Well, half the car's hanging off the back,
it's way harder to get through now.

[MH] That's two penalties
through three obstacles now,

as he heads for the Leveler,
dropping farther behind Alex Graff's pace.

So if he can't clean things up here,

Fielding is in jeopardy
of falling out of this competition

just as quickly as he got back in it.

[Rut] He cannot afford max time here.

[Fielding] Talk to me, Goose.

Should I go forward more?

Yeah, forward slightly.

Come back.

Keep coming.

[MB] They must be patient.

It takes a while for it to start moving.

Stop. Forward.

[MB] Forward, of course.

Stop there,

Come back. It's looser this time.
Come back slow.

- [MB] No, stay there.
- [spotter] Stop there. Stop.

A little farther forward.

The balance point's a little bit in front
of where it was.

Just hold it there. A little more forward.

[MH] Man, that counterweight
continues to frustrate his efforts.

[spotter] Wait there for a second.

Come back slightly. There, stop.

[MB] Right there.

[spotter] Wait, it may oscillate back
a bit. We don't want it going too far.

Never mind, you've got to back up.

[MB] Good advice.

- Look at the wheels.
- [Rut] Spinning tires in reverse?

Come on, give me a break, man.

[spotter] There you go, now wait.

That's the spot, right here.

- [onlooker] Come on, Fielding!
- [MB] That's it come on, buddy.

[hosts groan]

[MB] God.

[crowd groans]

- [buzzer]
- [Rut] Max time.

Max time. Just go forward.

[MH] 90 seconds is up,

so Fielding has put himself
in real jeopardy here,

with just three obstacles remaining.

[MB] He ain't smiling now.

[spotter] Go!

[MH] Alex Graff nailed
the back half of this course.

Fielding's going to have to be
picture-perfect now.

[MB] Come on, baby.

[tires squeal]

[MH] Into the Slalom
and then the Gauntlet.

[tires squeal]

[spotter] You're good,
get it through there.

[MH] Here we go.

[bang]

- [bang]
- [MH] Bam.

- [bang]
- [MB] Whoa!

- [crowd cheers]
- [MB] Yes!

[MH] Fielding Shredder,
perfect through the Gauntlet.

Three for three on those targets.

Racing against the clock
as he heads to Target Zone now.

Crushed them.

[Rut] This run's going to come down
to whether or not he can pick up

these next targets clean.

If he misses here,
Fielding could be dead in the water.

Four targets, then back to the 180.

- [tires squeal]
- [bang]

[MB] That's it.

- [tires squeal]
- [bang]

- [two bangs]
- [crowd cheers]

That's four, get out.

[Rut] Look at that. He got it
with that spoiler that's hanging off.

Now 180 around the pole.

[MH] Under a minute to make it home,
he is headed for that Rail Slide.

[Rut] He's never done this.

Here we go!

[thump]

[Fielding] Woo-hoo!

[crowd cheers]

Great job! That looked awesome.

[MH] He's got a great chance
not to be in that bottom two

and avoid the head-to-head.

Let's see if he can bring it home solidly.

[Rut] Hard as you can, Fielding.

[MH] You know he's going to bring it
as hard as he can.

That's what he does.

[MB] Oh yeah.

[MH] Mr. Excitement.

[MB] Come on, buddy.

[MH] Fielding Shredder,
trying to bring it home.

- Trying to avoid being in the bottom two.
- [MB] Come on!

Let's go!

[MH] Coming down the final stretch.

Five seconds to bring it home.

Can he do it?

- Yes!
- [MB] Wow!

- [laughs]
- [crowd cheers]

[Rut] Fielding crosses the line,
beating out Alex by less than a second,

and avoids another head-to-head race.

[spotter] That was awesome!
Good job, dude.

- [MH] Holy crap.
- [MB] I can't take it.

I'm going to have a heart attack.

[MH] The Wild Child advances
to the next round

by the skin of his teeth,

and I think I can speak for everybody

when I say I'm so happy to have him back.

Is the car... destroyed yet?

[spotter] No, I don't think it can be
any more destroyed.

Oh, copy. So, it's good.

[spotter] Yeah.

[MH] Alright, so six drivers
have risen to the occasion,

and are through safely
on this gateway track.

It's now time to find out
who will be joining them

in the next round.

- Look good?
- Yep.

[talking in German]

[MH] It's time for another head-to-head
and you know the situation.

One's got to go home, one will continue
in this competition,

and we got two drivers
that we've come to know and love,

that is, in Brittany Williams
and the old school drifter, Alex Graff.

Brittany's really proud of how far
she's made it,

and she doesn't want to go home
without a fight.

That said, she does realize
that she has less experience than Alex.

Alex, of course, one of the oldest guys
in the competition,

been doing this for years, and he feels
that he's in the better car as well.

In fact, he said he wouldn't sell it
for $60,000,

not even to Rutledge Wood.

I wouldn't pay that much for it,
but I did try and buy it off-camera.

This seems like a battle of horsepower,

but honestly it's really about
the battle of perfection:

Who's not going to make a mistake?

[Brittany] Alex Graff
is a phenomenal driver.

It makes it more nerve-racking,

but his car is kind of
the closest to mine,

as far as power goes.

So hopefully, it goes my way.
I'm going to give it my best.

[Kevin] Don't look
at the bright yellow BMW.

You look at your lane.

Don't worry about him.

[Alex, in German]
Today I go head-to-head.

Of course, it's not so easy for me.
It's a lot of pressure.

One mistake and you're out...

but that's racing here,
that's the challenge here,

and I will race for the top.

For me there is only number one.
I don't want to go home.

Are you a little nervous?

Of course I'm nervous.

[engine revs]

[engines rev]

Here we go.

You got it, baby. Get it.

[in German] You got this.

[MH] Here we go.

Alex got a slight lead
right here on the inside lane.

[MB] It's going to be accentuated
round this bend, of course.

[Brittany] Ah! [bleep]

[MH] Hold it. Brittany missed it?

[MB] Wow!

[MH] Blew through that container.

[Rut] Brittany falling behind.

She'll have the inside lane
on the second target.

[bang]

[MH] Alex nails it.

Don't miss this one.

- [bang]
- [MH] Oh, and Brittany's got it too.

[Kevin] You got it, go!

[Rut] She's still got a chance,

- it'll come down to the barrel turn.
- [MH] Alex with the lead,

but Brittany's not letting up.

- [MB] Come on!
- [Brittany] [bleep]

[Rut] Here we go for the win.

[MB] Oh, so close. Go!

[MH] Old school, with new life
in this competition.

[Rut] Whoa!

[crowd cheers]

[MB] Wow.

Wow!

[in German] Good job!

[Rut] Boy, that is two drivers
putting it all on the line,

We've really seen the best
out of these drivers

in the head-to-head competition,
because it really puts it all

on that boilerplate.

[clapping, cheering]

[Brittany sighs]

It's okay, baby. Good job...
I love you, honey.

[sighs]
[bleep]

That was close.

I lost, but he deserved that win.
He did an absolute perfect lap.

This is the opportunity of a lifetime.

I never expected to make it
past the first round,

and to know that I put down
some really solid laps,

and I was able to prove myself,

not just to everyone else,
but also to me.

Standing here is probably one
of the greatest moments of my entire life.

It's been a wild ride. I did...

way better than I thought I could.

I loved it, every minute of it.