A Day at the Track: The Ups and Downs of Racing

As we left the track that day, I couldn't help but feel a mix of emotions. On one hand, I was disappointed with our performance, but on the other hand, I was grateful for the experience and the opportunity to connect with fans like you all. We had been looking forward to this event for weeks, and while it didn't quite go as planned, we were determined to make the most of it.

The day started off on a high note, with Trevor's impressive performance leaving us in awe. His ability to relate his water system to our engine issues was spot on, and he even managed to crack us up with his humor. "This is my guy," he said, "the man he inspired me get anxious I know she'll lick it off later there's my guy." We couldn't help but laugh at his antics, and we were all excited to see what the day had in store.

As we took our places on the track, I couldn't help but feel a sense of nervousness. Would we be able to overcome our issues with the car? Would we be able to keep up with the competition? These were the questions running through my mind as we prepared for the first heat. And then, just as we were about to start, disaster struck. The prelude, which had been struggling all day, suddenly developed a mysterious issue that left us all stunned.

"This is not what I signed up for," I said, trying to keep my cool. "We only got three passes in the trailer today and all three of them were just issues with the car." It was clear that we still had a long way to go before we could call ourselves contenders. But despite the setbacks, we refused to give up. We worked tirelessly to diagnose the problem and come up with a plan to fix it.

As the day went on, things only got more chaotic. Our rival, Roman, struggled with his car's shifting issues, while Jamie's TPS sensor malfunctioned, leaving him unable to compete. It was clear that we were not alone in our struggles, but we vowed to keep pushing forward. "We can't give up," I said to my team. "We never do." And with that, we set off on the next challenge, determined to overcome our obstacles and emerge victorious.

The event itself was a wild ride, with fans packing the stands and creating a lively atmosphere. We even spotted a few familiar faces in the crowd, including Brent's and Cletus' loaded-up cars. It was clear that everyone had come out in support of their favorite drivers, and we were grateful for the enthusiasm.

But despite the excitement, our issues continued to plague us. Trevor managed to beat us both times, leaving us wondering what we could have done differently. And then there was the infamous Mountaineer, who seemed determined to cause chaos on the track. It was a tough day, but we refused to let it get us down.

As we left the track that evening, I couldn't help but feel a sense of gratitude towards our fans. Despite our struggles, they had turned out in force, bringing their support and enthusiasm with them. We may not have achieved the results we had hoped for, but we knew that we would be back stronger than ever. And as I looked around at my team, I knew that we were already making plans to come back and do it all again.

The Fraley Oh Alan moment was a highlight of the day, with fans bringing in all sorts of cool items to share with us, including an oil filter and even a Kings cake courtesy of homie Jr. It was clear that our fans had been having as much fun as we had, despite the chaos on the track.

As I looked back on the day's events, I realized that it wasn't about winning or losing – it was about the experience itself. We may not have achieved perfection, but we had come close to achieving something truly special. And with our team and fans behind us, we knew that we would always be ready to take on whatever challenges came our way.

So as we wrap up this eventful day at the track, I want to extend my sincerest thanks to all of you guys who came out to support us. It means the world to us, and we promise to keep pushing forward, no matter what obstacles come our way. We may not have won, but we've certainly earned our place in the hearts of our fans – and that's what it's all about.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey you know I mean Emilio of the Emilio booster boys asked about the pool game what's up guys we're over here at Houston Raceway Park for three distinct cars people going in right now I'm actually getting ready to if the Bailey checked in so we can go ahead and get this thing in line and do our first pass of the day Roman already got the Grinch tucked in and he is looking ready to go as well we've already been talking to a whole bunch of fans but it is still pretty early in the day so right now I'm gonna go ahead and bring this thing over get it tucked in and then once Romans ready yes we can go put them in line and see what they do yeah this there's big detail yep we're gonna be racing them here in a second all right so this guy brought Roman a gift oh by the way I was informed for get things sometimes so I brought you something I got oil but I didn't get a filter you forgot it again all right just got the Prelude checked in grant helping me with the tune a little bit because every time we come down to sea level we have to adjust a couple things yeah always got to turn them down a touch and give them some fuel yeah what they need especially with the prelude we want to turn it down just a hair just to make sure yeah everything is good we're gonna grow into it today yep we're gonna have to do some shakedown passes make sure she's running all right we don't want to give it the beans and the tunes off yeah so did you expect yeah so he's just made some adjustments and I'm about to ice this thing up and we'll go make a pass Romans waiting for me as well so he's ready to go which I put the cut right here good cut boost got it bitty yeah I'm down I'm too all right you guys right here what think so yourself first date of the date first hit with the prelude at sea level first kid on Romans new set up ever yeah we didn't even know they gave this is how we test the cars maybe a pinion grab it around they didn't check it early you know what we're just gonna go yeah well you guys are swapping cars yeah no break a record real quick I'll be right back I mean if I didn't know you you look like you could drive with that damn suit on oh hi guys we are getting ready to make our first pass in Texas with the prelude see how she does friend turned her down just a little bit and added some fuel I mean she's still pretty sad on kill so there's a good chance we get a smooth pass you should probably go faster than it doesn't call her out up but never know we'll see what happens you think I didn't like them stop like three weirdest thing a little too much power holy crap but she's running good all's good whoo I think we're gonna need Brent to tame her down just a little bit it's tilted at 12 17 17 my mom yeah we're definitely gonna have to pull a little bit of power out of this thing you is just all of it dude it was like how when we took it to the Lord up for the fair first all right well first pass was a little hot huh he was she was spinning like crazy like like madness yeah pretty bad so we're gonna be pulling some power out of it yeah I pulled cycle of employment made out did you do just first in second for you nerves are in second I could learn maybe just slightly it's hard to say because you didn't you know there was a Michener's there was something going on with hey I just I don't know so there's no data for that yeah we didn't get the log on that one so maybe I'll soften him up a little bit just because we saw the track wasn't there and then D down the track and then from there yeah I think boards should be fine though my fourth is always you know and ascended Romans getting ready to make a pass in the Grinch he didn't go right behind me cuz yeah did you get some plugs for his waste gate yeah because that top waste gate yeah I was missing these plugs right right here so they just put some vacuum nipples on there and loop them together because without those plugs I was just gonna leak out in the gate is useless and it would still over boost yeah so good thing good thing they caught that yeah and Trevor's getting ready make a pass as well you guys aren't lining up on this one right shakedown for now it's right back there together next thing you know his title of the video Decker inch killer there it is he was out dude nothing come out whoa looks like Roman is gonna be going against Trevor yo whoo 11 for 211 7 hey so what happened there's no no three said what I think what happened was the juice up was set up everything was good Jamie just went over it the park probably just wasn't warm enough oh yeah you guys just started it up and went and went so it probably wasn't there yet and then with the electric water pump kit that's on it it cools down so fast she should be ready good and that was only five pounds of boost to five so the gates working yeah it's working this way eleven seven and Trevor went 11 for their first passes out here so not bad for a shakedown yeah the second I slip the clutch a lot one 760 footed I think Trevor to Oded or something like that this is working nice we gotta get her in the one fours and under yeah one for Donner that's hopefully with two-step we could do that now I'm getting ready to make another pass in the prelude here soon they got the burnout contest going on and now I just got to reais this thing I let it cool off for a good 15 minutes we did pull some power out of first and second gear so hopefully this next pass will be a little better it's not just a spin fest so I'm gonna go ahead and get a reaiiy stuff and we'll be on our way they're going nuts over here right now oh my oh you have my hairpins over 800 hi bro guys we're gonna have to cheer real live one more time - this guy just found out well you guys are doing a gender-reveal right so there's a bullet on the way oh yeah man I think definitely though alright guys getting ready to make the second pass of the day we'll see if we can get down the track without spinning like crazy we're just going for a good time let's see what she can do apparently does not like in sea level right now it is completely cut out on me after I got out of first gear I'm not sure what she's doing bend it turn the datalogger on so we're gonna pull up the log and see what she's doing well we made our second pass and we got it back in line Brent's looking at it once again it's looking like we spun pretty bad in first gear and then once it finally hooked that kind of took all the load off the car and then you know who's just dropped off once it actually started to hook up and then since it bog out I kind of shifted early and then I just took it forever to build boost back up you can see it come back in and ramped in later so then I was thinking yeah then it was going but yeah Brent played with it a little bit we're gonna just have to adjust the tires we pulled a little more power out of first so if you can stay loaded up and you know keep that turbo spool that should should go but we've been running back and forth there's so much going on we've been talking to fans getting stopped all the time so we're doing our best to fit in as many runs as we can tonight but we do have to do a lot of adjusting since we're down at altitude now cars running completely different than how it would up and Colorado so it's not as easy as just you know taking it down and running it and making a faster pass we do have to adjust some things to make or want to go so we're doing our best I don't think it's gonna make a good time we've been fighting the prelude all day I don't know what her deal is but yeah I think that's gonna be I don't know if it's beyond or something else but really sucks take that record down here marlyne alright guys so last minute Garrett gave me one of his demo cars so it looks like I'm gonna be in the contest so we're about to pull around and let's see if I can't get someone in to get someone into this wall yeah we just had to go in the field and bust all the windows out make sure they don't shatter in your face you got this fine dear thanks porky bro he's going up against caliber right now take him out put them into the wall you'll never let it go back it up just control Wow think we got that one hello snitch no pun intended it was in low and I still passed them near the tracks people working that traction control on the bottom no it's off you go because you were hopping gotten too low tire shake I don't know the electronics don't even work in here turn on your light you know give them up give Emilio a pep talk what was that doing millio a pep talk let's talk hi man we're gonna get out there we're gonna hit him left we're gonna hit him right we're gonna hit him in the back but you're gonna better win all right I believe in you you got me hyped up we're gonna this man we're gonna take that negativity and we're gonna throw it over the mountains we the old cows you can see still running have a breaker no there's no Hebraic how you gonna do a Burnout no I got new children we blew the motor I think we blew the transmission apart yeah I hope that guy had a shirt once again junior brought us a king's cake the man the man he got what for how long - underneath we got to send it - I don't know what the conditions gonna be all the way back there but I'm gonna try my hardest I'm personally message B said hey I need it he call it a queen cake I said 15 cake appreciate that motor and wago still going - yeah yeah he's the one that saved wagon when it broke sent me a motor here's the man he inspired me get anxious I know she'll she'll lick it off later there's my guy hell yeah Trevor did you just take it it's like a shower or a bath and you want to relate your water go away what is that I think we're ready to dig in there's a baby in there who's gonna baby make sure it don't eat it don't know baby it is a choking hazard yeah alright so this is my birthday and I'm sayin got the baby what does that mean that means you're having a kid Oh God I'm just kidding babies you gotta buy the next would I do this weekend when in Houston no there's no baby in here Christina well guys we are getting out of here for tonight unfortunately I feel like everyone had issues with their cars the prelude was just not acting right you know I was hoping we could come down down a sea level you know what the new injectors new fuel system and just go for that record but she was just not having it I only got three passes in the trailer today and all three of them were just issues with the car but you know it is what it is that's just how it goes sometimes it was so packed that we were only able to get those few runs and we didn't really just have enough time to get the car sorted out we need some more passes in this thing especially down at sea though because the tune is so off rent has been busy running around so I don't have him at all times we were getting stopped by fans constantly and that's what it's really about you know it's coming down to see all of you guys and at least you know we still had fun Roman had issues with the Grinch you know shifting issues technically out of the two cars Rome Roman with the fastest today till 11 7:00 yeah they did its happy the gate yeah the gate was definitely working so then we turned it up a little bit yeah and then Jamie had issues with his knee on the TPS sensor went bad and he couldn't even race it yeah everyone went 11 today so you know it is what it is sorry to disappoint you guys but you know that's just the racecar life not every time we come out we're gonna have perfect passes even though we were really optimistic we didn't drive you know 1,200 miles just to have all our cars break we were really hoping we could get some good times but the event was awesome so much was going on so many people came out and it was just nonsense going on everywhere it was wild so so many fans broken back I think yeah that Mountaineer was messing him up dude but that is going to be it for tonight dude and I just realized we raced Trevor twice and he beat us both times he beat you or no the booster boy killer yeah I mean to be fair he got us wrong that's how it goes whole truck he beat you he beat me and he beat Derek in the whites oh my dude he came here just mock Rick and Trevor bro you know at our own game he went 11 oh and his all-wheel drive six tires and every pass was against one of us and every one of our car is not an issue it's clay you know you know we'll just come back stronger we have another but yeah Brent's loaded up Cletus is loaded up you know we didn't get a chance to fill them a whole bunch of stuff because we were just so busy running around they usually do a better job of covering the event it was madness out there we were just trying to get our cars figured out yeah we were getting stopped every second but uh yeah we gotta tell you how sketchy sketchy I was hoping the Fraley Oh Alan Alan yeah he held it in he's like Loki it's kind of funny super bro ya know it was awesome you know fans coming through with all kinds of cool stuff signing random stuff yeah some guy brought from an oil filter so he'll probably forget that the homie jr. coming through with with the Kings cake like always there's some good vibes regardless of our issues but you know what is what it is we're gonna get them sorted out come back stronger I think I'm gonna order a whole new wiring harness for the prelude and just completely redo it all yeah and like we just need to we just need to keep sorting the cars out and well keep getting faster and faster you just gotta keep working at it we can't give up we never do and yeah I guess that's gonna be it I just want to give a huge thanks to all of you guys that came out it was an awesome event and that's what we do it for is all you guys so you guys make it happen we cannot appreciate it enough so I was gonna be up for tonight and thanks for watchinghey you know I mean Emilio of the Emilio booster boys asked about the pool game what's up guys we're over here at Houston Raceway Park for three distinct cars people going in right now I'm actually getting ready to if the Bailey checked in so we can go ahead and get this thing in line and do our first pass of the day Roman already got the Grinch tucked in and he is looking ready to go as well we've already been talking to a whole bunch of fans but it is still pretty early in the day so right now I'm gonna go ahead and bring this thing over get it tucked in and then once Romans ready yes we can go put them in line and see what they do yeah this there's big detail yep we're gonna be racing them here in a second all right so this guy brought Roman a gift oh by the way I was informed for get things sometimes so I brought you something I got oil but I didn't get a filter you forgot it again all right just got the Prelude checked in grant helping me with the tune a little bit because every time we come down to sea level we have to adjust a couple things yeah always got to turn them down a touch and give them some fuel yeah what they need especially with the prelude we want to turn it down just a hair just to make sure yeah everything is good we're gonna grow into it today yep we're gonna have to do some shakedown passes make sure she's running all right we don't want to give it the beans and the tunes off yeah so did you expect yeah so he's just made some adjustments and I'm about to ice this thing up and we'll go make a pass Romans waiting for me as well so he's ready to go which I put the cut right here good cut boost got it bitty yeah I'm down I'm too all right you guys right here what think so yourself first date of the date first hit with the prelude at sea level first kid on Romans new set up ever yeah we didn't even know they gave this is how we test the cars maybe a pinion grab it around they didn't check it early you know what we're just gonna go yeah well you guys are swapping cars yeah no break a record real quick I'll be right back I mean if I didn't know you you look like you could drive with that damn suit on oh hi guys we are getting ready to make our first pass in Texas with the prelude see how she does friend turned her down just a little bit and added some fuel I mean she's still pretty sad on kill so there's a good chance we get a smooth pass you should probably go faster than it doesn't call her out up but never know we'll see what happens you think I didn't like them stop like three weirdest thing a little too much power holy crap but she's running good all's good whoo I think we're gonna need Brent to tame her down just a little bit it's tilted at 12 17 17 my mom yeah we're definitely gonna have to pull a little bit of power out of this thing you is just all of it dude it was like how when we took it to the Lord up for the fair first all right well first pass was a little hot huh he was she was spinning like crazy like like madness yeah pretty bad so we're gonna be pulling some power out of it yeah I pulled cycle of employment made out did you do just first in second for you nerves are in second I could learn maybe just slightly it's hard to say because you didn't you know there was a Michener's there was something going on with hey I just I don't know so there's no data for that yeah we didn't get the log on that one so maybe I'll soften him up a little bit just because we saw the track wasn't there and then D down the track and then from there yeah I think boards should be fine though my fourth is always you know and ascended Romans getting ready to make a pass in the Grinch he didn't go right behind me cuz yeah did you get some plugs for his waste gate yeah because that top waste gate yeah I was missing these plugs right right here so they just put some vacuum nipples on there and loop them together because without those plugs I was just gonna leak out in the gate is useless and it would still over boost yeah so good thing good thing they caught that yeah and Trevor's getting ready make a pass as well you guys aren't lining up on this one right shakedown for now it's right back there together next thing you know his title of the video Decker inch killer there it is he was out dude nothing come out whoa looks like Roman is gonna be going against Trevor yo whoo 11 for 211 7 hey so what happened there's no no three said what I think what happened was the juice up was set up everything was good Jamie just went over it the park probably just wasn't warm enough oh yeah you guys just started it up and went and went so it probably wasn't there yet and then with the electric water pump kit that's on it it cools down so fast she should be ready good and that was only five pounds of boost to five so the gates working yeah it's working this way eleven seven and Trevor went 11 for their first passes out here so not bad for a shakedown yeah the second I slip the clutch a lot one 760 footed I think Trevor to Oded or something like that this is working nice we gotta get her in the one fours and under yeah one for Donner that's hopefully with two-step we could do that now I'm getting ready to make another pass in the prelude here soon they got the burnout contest going on and now I just got to reais this thing I let it cool off for a good 15 minutes we did pull some power out of first and second gear so hopefully this next pass will be a little better it's not just a spin fest so I'm gonna go ahead and get a reaiiy stuff and we'll be on our way they're going nuts over here right now oh my oh you have my hairpins over 800 hi bro guys we're gonna have to cheer real live one more time - this guy just found out well you guys are doing a gender-reveal right so there's a bullet on the way oh yeah man I think definitely though alright guys getting ready to make the second pass of the day we'll see if we can get down the track without spinning like crazy we're just going for a good time let's see what she can do apparently does not like in sea level right now it is completely cut out on me after I got out of first gear I'm not sure what she's doing bend it turn the datalogger on so we're gonna pull up the log and see what she's doing well we made our second pass and we got it back in line Brent's looking at it once again it's looking like we spun pretty bad in first gear and then once it finally hooked that kind of took all the load off the car and then you know who's just dropped off once it actually started to hook up and then since it bog out I kind of shifted early and then I just took it forever to build boost back up you can see it come back in and ramped in later so then I was thinking yeah then it was going but yeah Brent played with it a little bit we're gonna just have to adjust the tires we pulled a little more power out of first so if you can stay loaded up and you know keep that turbo spool that should should go but we've been running back and forth there's so much going on we've been talking to fans getting stopped all the time so we're doing our best to fit in as many runs as we can tonight but we do have to do a lot of adjusting since we're down at altitude now cars running completely different than how it would up and Colorado so it's not as easy as just you know taking it down and running it and making a faster pass we do have to adjust some things to make or want to go so we're doing our best I don't think it's gonna make a good time we've been fighting the prelude all day I don't know what her deal is but yeah I think that's gonna be I don't know if it's beyond or something else but really sucks take that record down here marlyne alright guys so last minute Garrett gave me one of his demo cars so it looks like I'm gonna be in the contest so we're about to pull around and let's see if I can't get someone in to get someone into this wall yeah we just had to go in the field and bust all the windows out make sure they don't shatter in your face you got this fine dear thanks porky bro he's going up against caliber right now take him out put them into the wall you'll never let it go back it up just control Wow think we got that one hello snitch no pun intended it was in low and I still passed them near the tracks people working that traction control on the bottom no it's off you go because you were hopping gotten too low tire shake I don't know the electronics don't even work in here turn on your light you know give them up give Emilio a pep talk what was that doing millio a pep talk let's talk hi man we're gonna get out there we're gonna hit him left we're gonna hit him right we're gonna hit him in the back but you're gonna better win all right I believe in you you got me hyped up we're gonna this man we're gonna take that negativity and we're gonna throw it over the mountains we the old cows you can see still running have a breaker no there's no Hebraic how you gonna do a Burnout no I got new children we blew the motor I think we blew the transmission apart yeah I hope that guy had a shirt once again junior brought us a king's cake the man the man he got what for how long - underneath we got to send it - I don't know what the conditions gonna be all the way back there but I'm gonna try my hardest I'm personally message B said hey I need it he call it a queen cake I said 15 cake appreciate that motor and wago still going - yeah yeah he's the one that saved wagon when it broke sent me a motor here's the man he inspired me get anxious I know she'll she'll lick it off later there's my guy hell yeah Trevor did you just take it it's like a shower or a bath and you want to relate your water go away what is that I think we're ready to dig in there's a baby in there who's gonna baby make sure it don't eat it don't know baby it is a choking hazard yeah alright so this is my birthday and I'm sayin got the baby what does that mean that means you're having a kid Oh God I'm just kidding babies you gotta buy the next would I do this weekend when in Houston no there's no baby in here Christina well guys we are getting out of here for tonight unfortunately I feel like everyone had issues with their cars the prelude was just not acting right you know I was hoping we could come down down a sea level you know what the new injectors new fuel system and just go for that record but she was just not having it I only got three passes in the trailer today and all three of them were just issues with the car but you know it is what it is that's just how it goes sometimes it was so packed that we were only able to get those few runs and we didn't really just have enough time to get the car sorted out we need some more passes in this thing especially down at sea though because the tune is so off rent has been busy running around so I don't have him at all times we were getting stopped by fans constantly and that's what it's really about you know it's coming down to see all of you guys and at least you know we still had fun Roman had issues with the Grinch you know shifting issues technically out of the two cars Rome Roman with the fastest today till 11 7:00 yeah they did its happy the gate yeah the gate was definitely working so then we turned it up a little bit yeah and then Jamie had issues with his knee on the TPS sensor went bad and he couldn't even race it yeah everyone went 11 today so you know it is what it is sorry to disappoint you guys but you know that's just the racecar life not every time we come out we're gonna have perfect passes even though we were really optimistic we didn't drive you know 1,200 miles just to have all our cars break we were really hoping we could get some good times but the event was awesome so much was going on so many people came out and it was just nonsense going on everywhere it was wild so so many fans broken back I think yeah that Mountaineer was messing him up dude but that is going to be it for tonight dude and I just realized we raced Trevor twice and he beat us both times he beat you or no the booster boy killer yeah I mean to be fair he got us wrong that's how it goes whole truck he beat you he beat me and he beat Derek in the whites oh my dude he came here just mock Rick and Trevor bro you know at our own game he went 11 oh and his all-wheel drive six tires and every pass was against one of us and every one of our car is not an issue it's clay you know you know we'll just come back stronger we have another but yeah Brent's loaded up Cletus is loaded up you know we didn't get a chance to fill them a whole bunch of stuff because we were just so busy running around they usually do a better job of covering the event it was madness out there we were just trying to get our cars figured out yeah we were getting stopped every second but uh yeah we gotta tell you how sketchy sketchy I was hoping the Fraley Oh Alan Alan yeah he held it in he's like Loki it's kind of funny super bro ya know it was awesome you know fans coming through with all kinds of cool stuff signing random stuff yeah some guy brought from an oil filter so he'll probably forget that the homie jr. coming through with with the Kings cake like always there's some good vibes regardless of our issues but you know what is what it is we're gonna get them sorted out come back stronger I think I'm gonna order a whole new wiring harness for the prelude and just completely redo it all yeah and like we just need to we just need to keep sorting the cars out and well keep getting faster and faster you just gotta keep working at it we can't give up we never do and yeah I guess that's gonna be it I just want to give a huge thanks to all of you guys that came out it was an awesome event and that's what we do it for is all you guys so you guys make it happen we cannot appreciate it enough so I was gonna be up for tonight and thanks for watching\n"