Top Gear USA (2008–…): Season 1, Episode 2 - Blind Drift - full transcript

Now on "Top Gear"...

Rutledge thinks he's James Bond...

This is the kind of car you
want to save the world in.

Dominic Monaghan thinks
he's lost on our track...

This car is a hunk of junk.

And Tanner thinks he's gonna throw up.

I get carsick.

Welcome to "Top Gear"!

On this show, there will be no cooking,

no one will be taking an emotional journey,

but if it has an engine and
tires, it will be right here.



I'm Adam Ferrara, that's Tanner Foust,

and this is Rutledge Wood.

Yes, and we've got an amazing show tonight.

I get to drive the Aston
Martin v-12 vantage,

we challenge Tanner to
a drifting competition,

And "Lost's" Dominic Monaghan
is our big star in a small car.

But first we start with a question...

What exactly do you want from a car?

Horsepower.

Enough room for the kids.

Yes, it would be nice to
have both of those things.

Personally, I would like
everything in one car.

Something that's good on the
freeway and great on the racetrack,

something with five seats, a real trunk,



and, ideally, it wouldn't
cost an arm and a leg.

Well, you're very selfish.

Good luck with that.

It may sound impossible,
but I'm not so sure.

The Sierra Nevada mountains,

California.

In winter, this frozen
wilderness is entombed in ice.

But when spring brings a thaw,

deep in the forest, a beast stirs.

This...

...is the Mitsubishi lancer evolution.

It's what happens when you take
engineers, lock them in a room,

and say, "here's your
coffee. There's your pencils.

Now don't be a bunch of pansies"...

And they man up.

But that's no surprise
because Mitsubishi's engineers

Cars is just a very small
part of their business.

They make ships, they make electronics...

You may have a Mitsubishi TV
in your living room right now...

And they make airplanes.

In fact, Mitsubishi manufactured
the wildly successful zero.

One of the best business
models on the planet...

Build it, jump in, crash it into a ship.

Of course, when you buy a car,
you want more than a one-way trip,

and the Evo delivers.

The Evo packs 291 horsepower into
just 4 cylinders and 2 liters.

That's more horsepower per
liter than a Ferrari f430.

Zero to 60... 4.9 seconds.

While the interior is
nothing to write home about,

it's what you can't see that it
so incredible about this machine.

There's a dizzying array
of computers and sensors

that do all kinds of crazy things,

but, ultimately, somehow, it puts the power

to the exact tire that
needs it when it needs it.

And with this cool little
all-wheel control button,

you can choose between different surfaces.

You can select tarmac,

which is pavement to us, of
course, or gravel or snow,

which basically changes the strategy
and how the car uses its power

to maximize performance on that surface.

That all sounds great, but does it work?

To find out, I've come to mammoth mountain.

With an 11,000-foot summit,

it's one of the highest
ski areas in America...

Not the normal place you'd test a car.

But since Mitsubishi claims
that this is no ordinary car,

we needed an extraordinary test.

Okay, here's the plan.

I'm gonna race this
Evo against these skiers

disguised as walki skittles.

The skittles might dress loud,

but these guys are extreme skiing pros...

Big-mountain-skiing
extreme daredevils,

who do not know fear.

They will race to the summit by gondola,

then take a 3-minute banzai
run down 3,000 vertical feet

to the finish line at little eagle lodge.

I, meanwhile, will take the
twisting 7-mile route to the finish,

that will be a supreme
test of the Evo's ability

on pavement, gravel, and snow.

Good to meet you guys.

I guess I need to get a little
bit of critical information.

I mean, how long are you
sitting on the gondola?

About 14 minutes up the gondola.

- 14 minutes?
- Yep.

So, I could get pretty far down
the road by that point, right?

- Yep.
- Sure could.

And how quick are you getting up to?

We're getting up there
between 60 to 70 miles an hour.

- What?
- Yep.

You guys ready to give it a shot?

- Yeah. Heck, yeah.
- Absolutely.

All right, we'll see you at the lodge.

Hey, Tanner. Oh!

Son of a...

If I can't take advantage of
these first 14 minutes or so,

then I am absolutely screwed.

Okay, going through the
hordes of people here.

Mammoth gets nearly a million
and a half visitors each year,

and they all seem to be here right now.

Trying not to run over anybody

as everybody comes out
of the nice day of skiing.

My fate hung on the Evo's ability
to adapt to changing road surfaces.

The first 2 miles were pavement...

Oh, no!

And a big, stupid, slow bus.

I am absolutely screwed.

Just people enjoying their afternoon.

But this is a race.

Thank you, buddy!

The road was now a loose surface,

but in gravel mode, the Evo
got its claws out and clung on.

A good thing, too,
because coming off here...

would be permanent.

Yes!

Up above, the skittles were
climbing relentlessly to the summit.

But I was making great time...
until the inevitable happened.

Holy crap.

A propane truck... highly explosive.

I was doomed.

It's a beautiful road,
too. It's really nice.

I could be flying right now.

They're probably just about
changing gondola right now,

probably getting onto the second one.

Go, go, go, go, go!

Come on, Bessie! Come on, girl!

It was becoming clear that
what we had here was a road hog.

This is crazy.

Probably overcompensating for something.

He was super-super-short
growing up, always got picked on,

so he got a job driving the biggest,
slowest, widest truck he could find.

Put flammable stickers all over
it so nobody would pass him.

Like, he's laughing in there.

12 minutes down.

The skiers were a few
hundred feet from the top,

and I might as well have
been going backwards.

- Ready, dude?
- Yeah, let's do this.

Come on, truck!

Go, go, go, go, go, go, go!

Somewhere above the snow clouds...

They were coming for me.

The luminous hellhounds were on my trail.

A minute later, I finally lost the
angry little guy in the big truck,

and with the weather closing in fast,

the Evo was about to
face its ultimate test...

8- foot-deep
snow.

I kicked it into snow mode. This was it.

I'd either be shredding like Shaun white

Or sinking up to my windows.

Yeah!

This is awesome.

I would rather be in this Evo than a jeep

going through this snow right now.

Not only could this car
drive on snow, it mastered it.

It owned it.

It was a glorious, beautiful
thing, and I was in love.

Heaven... this is heaven.

Oh, my gosh.

Even when the Evo's almost
stuck, it just doesn't give up,

sending that power where you need it.

For all you Subaru owners

who think the Evo is just a
pavement queen, think again.

This is the real deal.

And then they were on me
like fluorescent devils.

And the orange one was in my sights.

How did those guys get down here so quick?

We were neck and neck
with just a mile to go,

and now the skiers had the advantage.

They could go off-trail,
through the woods.

The Evo was good but not that good.

Whoa!

Son of a bitch!

Oh, God, this is gonna be so close.

Come on!

As we burst out of the
storm and into the sunlight,

It was too close to call.

Aaaaaah!

Aah!

Yes!

You know what?

I'm getting the feeling
you really like this car.

That was some of the most fun
I've ever had behind the wheel.

I mean, I'm blown away by this
thing. It's a world-class sports car,

disguised as a family car for 34 grand.

It looks like it fell out of the ugly
tree and hit every branch on the way down.

It's not about looks, you know?

If you need to express your virility,

you can get yourself a yellow Lamborghini.

This is a machine for drivers,

and if you like the way cars feel
from behind the steering wheel,

this is it.

When did you become the fashion police?

You're Mr. Flannel.

How can you be griping about the fashion?

Well, I'm a little more classy now

ever since I drove an Aston Martin,
which, conveniently, is coming up next.

Welcome back to "Top Gear."

It is now time to take a look at a
legendary luxury British sports car

favored by James Bond.

Now, for this, we needed a host

that was handsome,

debonair,

charming,

fearless,

and, unfortunately, I was busy.

So we sent the guy with the beard.

This is a car maker that
defines itself in three words...

Power...

Beauty...

Soul...

A British company with
nearly 100 years of history,

a rich racing heritage,

and a tradition of creating instantly
recognizable iconic sports cars.

It can only be...

Aston Martin.

This particular Aston
Martin is the v-8 vantage.

It's Aston's smallest
and least expensive car,

with the base model setting
you right about $120,000.

Now, that's pretty big money
for an entry level to the brand,

but it is beautiful,

and it is an Aston.

Now, this has a 4.7-liter v-8
that puts out 420 horsepower,

which sounds great, but it's
pulling 3,600 pounds along with it,

which is a huge amount of
weight for a car this small.

In comparison, the Porsche
911 weighs 500 pounds less.

You know, the worst part about this car is

the power doesn't come
on till high in the RPMs,

So you really got to flog it to
feel like you're getting anywhere.

It doesn't feel as fast as it should be.

I mean, when a car looks
this fast and costs this much,

you expect it to deliver.

I mean, if you think about all the
cars you could buy for $120,000...

A Porsche 911, an Audi
r8, the Mercedes cl63,

or even for less money, the Nissan gt-r,

I'd rather have any one of those over this.

So, the car will do 180 miles an hour,

but the speedometer goes up to 220.

Is that a British thing...

lying?

So, what do you do if your 120-grand
car has beauty and soul but no power?

Well, the engineers at Aston Martin decided

the best answer was a heart transplant.

I'm driving an Aston
Martin. I feel like 007.

I mean, this is the kind of car
you want to save the world in.

Wood

Rutledge Wood.

Just as q branch modified
James Bond's personal cars,

Aston's goons somehow wedged a
6-liter v-12 from the larger db9

into the comparatively tiny vantage.

And this was no small amount of work.

Take a look at the cars. It's clear
to see there's a big difference.

In the v-8, you've got tons
of room around the engine,

whereas the v-12, you can
barely fit your hand in there.

For the engineers to fit this motor,

not only did they have
to change tons of things,

they had to cant the
radiator, shave the oil pan,

and even run a smaller alternator.

But you know what?

That's what hot-rodding is...

You take the smallest car you have and
cram the biggest motor in there you can.

Finally, the Brits took
a page from the Americans.

This car has a 6-liter v-12
that puts out 510 horsepower...

190-mile-an-hour
top speed.

Zero to 60 is 4.1 seconds.

The cost for all this wonderfulness?

180 grand.

And for that, you get a car
that's even sexier than the v-8.

If the v-8 is Angelina Jolie,

the v-12 is Angelina
Jolie in knee-high boots...

With a riding crop.

Added aggressive touches give
it the look of a cage fighter.

From the race-derived
side sills and rear spoiler

to the carbon details on the hood.

The v-12 is muscular and menacing.

So, the v-12 was showing some promise
after the disappointment of the v-8.

It had the beauty, and it had the soul.

The question was, did
it really have the power?

On the edges of the Mojave
desert in California,

is a 6-mile-long
dry lake bed.

This hot-rodder's
playground has no speed limit

and is known simply as "el mirage."

Oh! That power is incredible!

I see what was wrong with the v-8 vantage.

It just didn't have
enough motor for the car.

But this... this is it.

The v-12 is only available
with a manual transmission,

so you know it's a purebred driver's car.

What fun would a car like this be if
you couldn't take traction control off?

That is just a beast.

Ohways!

Oh, that's pretty.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah, I'll hang it out there.

The v-12 has almost perfect weight
balance between the front and rear wheels,

and it only weighs 110 pounds more than
the v-8 despite the extra cylinders.

That all sounds good,

But what does it mean in
real-world performance?

Zero to 60 is.6 seconds
quicker than the v-8.

Now, that doesn't seem like much
return for an extra 60 grand,

so it was time to put the
British hot rod to the test...

The American way.

Within seconds, the v-12 had
established an unbeatable lead.

The v-8 was eating my dust.

Oh, man, let's see how fast we can get it.

120.

130.

140!

150! Look at that!

160!

The v-12 will do 190 miles per hour,

but on this surface, there
was no chance of getting there.

175 was the best I could get.

And the v-8... it was totally dusted.

You know the one thing that
doesn't make sense about this car?

The speedometer in this
one only goes up to 200.

Liars!

All of these Brits are liars.

You can't fault Aston Martin here.

They tackled the issue of the
lack of power in the v-8 head-on

and created the v-12.

But they did such a great job

That the vantage has been
propelled towards a higher level.

It has the performance, the price tag,

and, with only 300 being
made, the exclusivity

needed to achieve the
coveted tag of supercar.

Clearly, the v-12 is better than the
v-8, but is it really worth 60 grand more?

You know, I think it is. A
big problem with the v-8...

It just didn't have the
power it needed for the car.

The v-12 solves that entirely.

Yeah, but it costs $180,000.

I mean, you can just about
get a Mercedes SLS AMG for that

or a Porsche turbo s and still
have a huge pile of money left over.

For you, you could get 1.8
million pairs of tube socks.

Yeah, but here's the thing...
when you spend that much money,

what do you tell people you drive?

Mercedes? A Porsche?

- Yeah, that won't get you laid.
- Or an Aston Martin?

Aston.

Just makes you feel important.

All right, it may be classy,

but all I care about is how fast it
goes around the "Top Gear" test track

at the hands of our silent racing driver.

So, take it away, Stig.

The Stig, of course, is the
fourth member of our team,

whose sole purpose is to shake
down each new car we review.

So, let's see how the
v-12 vantage performs.

A lot of wheelspin off the line there.
510 horsepower... can't argue that.

But she is a heavy beast.

Breaking into the first
corner, it's 3,700 pounds.

Really ripping. Still
looking pretty composed

as it comes through the chicane.

Now he comes into the teardrop. This
is the slowest part of the track.

Now, with the
rear-wheel-drive cars,

this is where it's tough
to get the power down.

Can he do it without sliding?

Little bit of opposite lock
there. He's working hard today.

Over the yump, catches a little bit of air.

Onto the straightaway at
over 120 miles an hour.

And into the trickiest braking spot.

Now, this is the most dangerous
part... a big jump right there.

Aston Martin... no problem.

Really looking pretty good on the track.

As he gets a little bit of
wheelspin coming into the last s's.

Coming into the final corner now.

Laying it down. This is gonna be a
pretty quick time for such a big machine.

And across the line.

I don't know... I'm not the hugest fan,

- but I will admit that looked pretty clean.
- Yeah.

I mean, you've got the viper sitting
the top, some Lamborghinis up there.

The Aston Martin, with an
extra more than 1,000 pounds,

comes in at a 128.2.

- Wow!
- 128.2.

Earlier, we had the Evo, and the Stig did
get a chance to take this around the track.

$34,000 car, basically 1/5
the price of the Aston Martin.

Did it in a 129.2,

only a second slower than the Aston Martin.

Wow. It's unbelievable.

All right, coming up,

- Hopefully Dominic Monaghan won't get...
- Don't... don't do it.

- ..."lost" on our test track.
- He did it.

Yeah.

All right. Well, now it's time
for our big star in a small car.

Now, he's been trapped on a desert island
after an airplane accident in "lost,"

he's been on an amazing journey
in "the lord of the rings,"

and he was in "FlashForward,"
where he saw visions of his future,

but I bet he didn't see
himself in a $17,000 hatchback

riding around on an old runway.

Ladies and gentlemen, Dominic Monaghan.

How you doing, man? Nice to see you.

- Nice to see you, too.
- Have a seat.

So, I mean, I have to ask, first off,

You drive what's been described
as a tented and dented Prius.

That's true, yeah. I
drive a pretty awful Prius.

Yours is an '05.

Does that mean you have
that funny little sticker

- on the bumper?
- I do.

- I have the beautiful little sticker.
- So, in L.A. And I guess in California,

you could put this little
yellow sticker on the bumper

which meant you can drive in
the h.O.V. Lane by yourself.

So, all of a sudden, no one's
giving out this sticker anymore,

So if you have one...

It's gold dust, and I had to
put it on and then razor it

so that people can't pull it off, you know?

And for a while there, you could
park on a meter in California

- for free.
- For free.

You can't do that now.

I have so many parking
tickets, it's ridiculous.

Now, when you were on "lost,"

it seemed like a lot of you
guys were getting pulled over,

and you guys kind of said
it was like the "lost" curse.

I think they got... probably,
out of the main cast,

I think they probably
got 9 out of 14 of us.

- Wow!
- Yeah, they did well.

On my driving license... I have two now...

Both of them, I pull really goofy faces.

On the first one, I have,
like, a big joker grin,

and on the second one, I'm like this.

What do cops... do they like that?

- Is that a good icebreaker?
- No, they don't really like it.

I mean, cops like you if
you're a really sexy girl,

and apart from that, you have no chance.

Now, I know you like to go
fast, but you're a smart man.

You're thinking forward.

You're on the waiting list
for a Tesla model s, right?

That's their new four-door
they're working on.

Yeah, yeah. I made a
decision a long time ago

that I can buy any car that
I want for the rest of my life

as long as it's either
electric or hybrid...

Hopefully electric, you know?

'cause, for me, cars are
not quite yet at the point

where I need them to be for my imagination.

There are so many things
I need them to be...

like, I don't like that noise
that the indicator makes.

You know, that

I want it to make a different noise.

I want it to make a better noise.

And I don't like the fact

that when the windscreen wiper
comes back, it goes, "Enh! Enh!"

like, I want it to go across like
this and then go across like that.

And I want it to go from a four-seater
to a two-seater when I ask it to.

I want the paint to change color.

And when I stand outside,
I want the speakers

that are playing inside
to flip and play outside,

when I'm hanging outside.

Like, I want my car to drive
me to where I want to go

and then go find parking.

And I want it to talk to me.

- I want it to ask me how my day was,
- Sure.

And ask me where I want to go,

and then I want it to talk to a car
thief and say, "you just stole Dom's car."

"not cool. Take it back."

"and if you don't pull
over, you're in trouble."

And then I want it to, like, knock
the guy out if he doesn't pull over.

You want to drive a mood
ring is what you want.

Every day of the week, a different color.

My mood changes so much, and I think
it should reflect in my car, you know?

Well, obviously, since you like fast cars,

You were right at home in our Suzuki.

- You guys want to see his lap?
- Kind of.

Let's take a look.

Ooh, nice little start there.

- Having a little...
- Oh. Couldn't put it into second.

Look how small I look. I
look like a little leprechaun.

Is it as racy as your Prius, dare I say?

Uh, you know, the Prius takes
a long time to actually respond

when you put your foot down on

- the accelerator.
- You don't say.

This was a stick shift, so you had
a little bit more of a chance, but...

This is the most technical
part right there to the course.

Looks like I'm going so slow.

No braking. Just tapped the brake there.

That's naughty... very naughty.

You got to remind yourself, don't you?

Yeah, yeah.

This car is a hunk of junk.

You're coming up to cameraman's curve.

It's a lot like dead man's curve,

except we're pretty sure
we're gonna lose a cameraman.

Yeah, I spin out a little bit here.

Definitely spinning out.

You look good in the helmet.

You should wear that all the time.

God, it looks like I'm
going like 20 miles an hour.

Oh, that's beautiful. And across the line!

- So, be honest...
- What did the spaceman do? 1:55.

Yeah, Buzz Aldrin was booking.

- How do you think you did?
- Oh, man.

I think I did like 1:41.

Wow, you're ambitious.
I like that about you.

We're talking about Buzz Aldrin.
He was the second man on the moon.

- He's been 25,000 miles an hour.
- Yeah, that's hardcore.

You had trouble breaking 90.

Yeah, but what is he...

- But what is he now, 80?
- Maybe.

I can't beat an
80-year-old man?

Well, let's... I guess we're
gonna find out, aren't we?

You did it...

Oh, no.

...In one minute...

- Forty, five three.
- Yeesh. 10 seconds.

So, I was just over 10
seconds faster. Nice work.

Barely, but like you said, he's 80.

- Yeah.
- He won't notice.

Let's hear it again for Dominic Monaghan.

Nice work.

Now, coming up,

Adam and I challenge Tanner to
a unique drifting competition.

You know, when he's not busy
stunt-doubling for Marty McFly,

Tanner competes in a form of
motorsport called drifting.

He says it's a art form that requires
supreme car control and immense mental focus.

Yeah, but we say it's just a
bunch of guys in imported cars

sliding around like morons.

Well, he is the two-time
drifting champion.

Which makes him the champion moron.

So, we decided to organize
a little test of his skill.

If you're going drifting,

you're gonna want one of these...

A Nissan 370z.

Rear-wheel drive, manual transmission,

lightweight, and 332 horsepower.

How could Tanner resist?

In the south, we call that a
powerslide. I didn't know it was a sport.

In New York, we call it grand theft auto.

Gentlemen.

Very impressive, young fella.

Welcome to my backyard.

You guys ready to get
your asses kicked here?

What was that?

That was drifting, my friend.

Yeah, originated in the hills of Japan.

Tanner felt it necessary to give
us the entire history of drifting,

like how it was started in the '70s by a
Japanese racer with a wild driving style.

And how it's still popular today.

You know, drifting's a style thing.

- Oh, it's like figure skating.
- Yeah.

- You're the Brian Boitano of drifting.
- That's it.

These guys can make
fun of me all they want,

but drifting takes years to perfect.

It may look like just a
bunch of smoking tires,

but doing it right requires
extreme precision...

And the ability to make the rear
tires lose traction at will...

Which allows the back of
the vehicle to slide...

Or drift.

I could beat Adam and Rutledge at any
drifting challenge with my eyes closed.

You guys ready to get
this show on the road?

Oh, yeah.

We've decided to level the playing
field on you, my fast and furious friend.

- Yeah, you're not gonna
be driving. - Mnh-mnh.

You are gonna be a driving instructor,
and we have got you a great teammate.

I get carsick.

That's a real manly statement.

- Yeah.
- Tanner Foust, professional drifter...

- "I get carsick."
- Do you want to meet your teammate?

Yeah. Who is it?

Hey, Brian!

Come on out!

He's pretending to be blind, right?

This way, Brian!

I thought my buddy Brian Fischler.

And his seeing eye dog, Nash, would
be the perfect partner for Tanner.

- Marco.
- Polo!

- Marco.
- Polo!

Brian's a fellow stand-up
comic who agreed to help me out.

Rutledge and I had Tanner
right where we wanted him.

But before we started
the drifting competition,

we thought it was only fair to
at least give Tanner a chance

to teach Brian how to drive.

It's been a long time since
I've sat behind the wheel.

Okay, let's keep those comments
maybe to a minimum if we can.

Know how to drive a manual?

I've never driven a stick, so...

The clutch is this thing on the right?

They didn't tell you that, huh? They
wanted to make it more complicated.

- Apparently.
- Yeah.

That's, that's awesome.

All right, it's the one
on the left, actually.

- Is it really?
- Yeah.

That's not the brake?

So, what do you... do you
drive with two feet or one foot?

Good question. Two feet.

Bring the clutch until you
feel it bite a little bit.

Good. Now you can take your
foot away from the clutch.

- You're in gear and rolling.
- Okay.

- I take it off the clutch or just...
- Yep.

- Okay, you want to try a burnout?
- Yeah.

And brake. Oh! There.
That's just how you stop.

- Oh. That wasn't a burnout?
- No.

Should we let Nash out?

Yeah, we might want to let Nash out.

While Nash was busy walking Tanner,

We tried to figure out what he sees
in this so-called sport of drifting.

Look at you!

Ha ha! That's fun.

Okay, so maybe that's why
Tanner likes to do that so much.

And start turning the steering wheel left.

- Left? We're moving?
- We're moving. Good.

Little to the right, to the
right, to the right, to the right.

And to the left. Sorry... right.

Right. Good. Left, left, left!

Brake, brake, brake, brake, brake!

Hard left, clutch, clutch, clutch!

So, let's go straight ahead.

Sorry, sorry, sorry... straight.

- Straight?
- Yeah. Don't stop driving.

Stop, stop, stop. Hard. Stop. Stop, stop!

Tanner definitely had
his work cut out for him.

There was no way he could win.

We were so confident, we
decided to take a break.

Restrooms and wi-fi... that's all we need.

I updated my Facebook status,

saying I was gonna whup Tanner
Foust in a drifting competition.

And for some reason, Rutledge
thought I would be interested

in learning about a type of
fishing called "noodling"...

And then once it bites, you just
need to pull it up for a second...

A way to catch catfish
with your bare hands.

- Are you paying attention at all?
- No.

Oh. Harder left, hard left! Left! Left!

Okay, fine.

You're on the clutch, right?

No, I wasn't on the
clutch. I was on the brake.

No, clutch.

Push it to the floor. Full throttle.

Hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it,

hold it, hold it, hold it.

That's Brian driving a six-speed.

Are you kidding me?!

Okay, that's enough.

- What'd we hit?
- Nothing. We're fine.

He's so much better than you are!

- It's ridiculous!
- Shut up! He's better than you, too!

Oh, the blind can drift.

We needed to start the competition
before Brian got any better.

Coming up, Rutledge and I
put our pride on the line

in a battle against a blind man.

Rutledge and I had challenged
Tanner to a drifting competition.

To make sure we won,

We had given him a driving
partner who was completely blind.

There were three events in
our drifting competition...

Hand-brake parking...

Donuts...

And the first event, the burnout.

Whoever could lay down rubber
for the longest distance wins.

You know what? Why don't I start?

- Go ahead.
- Do it, Rutledge.

Okay.

Get full-on redneck on us.

Yeehaw, baby!

That was impressive. I liked it.

Yeah? Pretty good.

Hoo-wee! Y'all gonna need
a long measuring tape!

Clearly, rednecks and burnouts go
together like whiskey and hunting.

- No way!
- Wow.

That looks like 98 feet, if I
stop at the nose of the cone.

What do you think, Brian?

Not bad, but it's definitely beatable.

Nobody likes blind and cocky.

Oh, man, he is gonna beat you.

Just hold the steering wheel straight

until we hit something or I say stop.

- Gotcha.
- Okay?

Ready? Full throttle.

Dump the clutch.

And stop.

Oh, man, that looks close.

Uh-oh.

Good. Let's file out and measure that.

I said right before he
went he was gonna beat you.

I didn't know he was gonna beat me, also.

Call it out. Where you at?

- 98, 99, 100
and... - Uh-oh.

...5.

- 105. 105.
- Wow!

- Well done, my friend.
- Thank you, thank you.

That's what I'm talking about.

You realize that "Top Gear's" reputation
rests solely on your shoulders.

Thank you.

The pressure was on,

but I knew Adam would be
the clutch in this situation.

Apparently, he's all clutch.

- Ladies and gentlemen...
- That was clutch.

...Exhibit "a."

There's not a skid mark on the road.

Hold on. It's kind of hard to see.

You have to look... you
have to look in the distance.

It's kind of hard. I'd start right...

- Try to walk straight.
- What happened?

Did you guys do something to the tires?

- I'll measure it. I'll measure it for you.
- I'll help. Yeah, hold on.

Right to the...

That's 11 inches.

- That's pretty good.
- Nice work.

- That's not bad.
- Hey, don't worry.

It's not like you got totally
smoked by your blind friend.

Adam and Rutledge didn't
know what hit them.

We gave them a beatdown
in the burnout competition.

And we were ready to beat
them again in the next event...

The art of the controlled spinout,

also known as the donut.

A donut is accomplished
by spinning the rear tires

and allowing the rear to slide
while you steer the car in a circle.

The bigger, the better.

The rules were simple...

Do as many donuts as you could
within the circle of cones.

If you hit any of the
cones, you were disqualified.

Mr. Clutch was up first.

Here he comes. On our toes.

Take off.

He's not in the circle, but...

Oh, and he's going back for another cone.

- Did he get another one?
- Yes.

And look... he can't
even see inside the car.

- He's blind now, too?
- It's all smoking.

Yeah. Look at the smoke
blowing out of that thing.

That would have been nice
if it was in the circle.

Yeah.

Who's up next? I'd like to
see you do better than that.

Brian's up next.

Sorry I used the word
"see," but, please, go.

Adam hit two cones, so
none of his donuts counted.

I knew that Brian could
do better than Adam,

and he was blind.

So, we're gonna just start
driving around in a circle,

and then I'll just say, "full throttle."

So, that's pedal...
that's all the way down.

Pedal to the metal.

Can't believe he's never
driven a manual before.

And he's blind.

And he's headed right for us.

You know, let's just ease it back.
Let's not put any pressure on him.

One step back.

And count to 3, and full throttle.

- Okay. Come on, Nash. Come on.
- That's enough.

Come on, Nash.

Neither Brian nor Adam were
able to stay within the circle.

It was my time to shine.

Oh, my God.

Well, if he's one thing, he's consistent.

I don't know how much
more of that we could take.

- I don't know about that.
- Well done, smoky.

- You don't know about that?
- I don't know about that.

That was like a pirouette.

I thought drifting was supposed
to be like figure skating.

I just wowed the crowd. I triple-axled.

Rutledge won the donuts event.

That meant if we were gonna
win the entire competition,

we would need to win the final challenge...

Hand-brake parking.

Each driver would need to do an
180-degree drift into a parking place

and get all four tires
into the designated area.

I've practiced doing this for
years, but this wasn't about me.

And the question is, can
you do it better than Brian,

who has never seen these boxes,

Never seen the color of this car?

Because if he wins this,

that means, in the ultimate
drifting competition,

you two got smoked by a blind dude.

Tanner was right.

Our plan to beat him at his own
game was beginning to backfire.

I couldn't let that happen, so
I took matters into my own hands.

Okay, Rutledge is coming right now.

- He's looking. He looks focused.
- Looks good.

He is...

Amazing! That was amazing.

Are you unloading
something on the sidewalk?

Yeah, isn't this the white zone?

I didn't have much faith that
Mr. Clutch would do any better.

- Got good speed.
- Good speed.

- That s...
- Whoa!

Oh, with the roll!

- That sounded good.
- Wow!

So, Brian, once he flicked it over
there, he just held the clutch in...

- Yeah.
- So it rolled backwards.

Oh. But that...

That would certainly work.

So, it had all come down to this.

Brian had come too far to
lose in the final challenge.

Driving along, I'm saying, "a
little faster, a little faster,"

And... now.

Yes.

Well, they're generally
pointed in the right direction.

Go a little faster, little faster, and now.

Yeah!

- We did it? Oh!
- We are so in there!

I've seen it all.

- It wasn't that hard, guys.
- Maybe next time.

Well, I don't think you
won. It was Brian who won.

- Absolutely, it was Brian who won.
- Well, he's not taking credit for it.

That's fine. Fair is fair. You guys won.

So, ladies and gentlemen,

let's welcome the first ever
"Top Gear" blind drift champion,

Brian Fischler, and his dog, Nash.

Yeah.

- Good to see you, Brian.
- What's up, guys?

- How you doing?
- Good.

Thank you.

Yeah, that was some awesome driving.

Well, now that I am the
"Top Gear" drifting champ,

I think applying for a New York
city cabbie's license will be easy.

I think Nash will probably
check out if you do that.

I'm just letting you know.

You know, when you first went
into first gear and stalled it...

Yes!

Oh, that's beautiful!

I don't think Nash likes the
idea of you being a cabbie.

Wow, that's it for this
episode of Top Gear.

Thanks for watching us. Good night.