0:00:02 > 0:00:03Now, on Top Gear.
0:00:05 > 0:00:08We've got a long way to go...
0:00:08 > 0:00:11and a short time to get there
0:00:11 > 0:00:13as we hit the open road in 18-wheelers.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15All right, that's a tanker truck!
0:00:15 > 0:00:18And find out just how dangerous it can be...
0:00:18 > 0:00:21- SMASH! - ..to drive big rigs.
0:00:21 > 0:00:22THEY CHEER
0:00:41 > 0:00:42TRUCK HORN BLARES
0:00:42 > 0:00:48Big rigs. They cover 150 billion miles on our highways annually
0:00:48 > 0:00:50and carry 70% of all freight in America.
0:00:52 > 0:00:57They're complicated, difficult to drive and extremely dangerous.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02Our challenge was to learn how to operate them in just 24 hours
0:01:02 > 0:01:06and then drive these 10-tonne beasts on the open road.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10So we hit the Eton Automotive Proving Grounds in Michigan to learn
0:01:10 > 0:01:12how to be truckers.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16- Now we're talking. Ha ha! - We got big rigs.- Look at that.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18These are the ultimate toys.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21- Yours is like a big, purple pickle though.- Yours is like an eggplant.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25- It's a Volvo.- Oh, man, that is a good-looking Peter you got there.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28- It's so creepy with your accent! - The Peterbilt.- Don't say that.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30Look at this. God, this is...
0:01:30 > 0:01:33- BANGS - ..the real deal right here.
0:01:34 > 0:01:39My big rig was a 1989 Peterbilt 379.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42With its classic box shape,
0:01:42 > 0:01:45this could be your rolling office on the highway.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Much cooler than Adam and Rut's Swedish semis.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52I grew up in a Volvo wagon that my parents had,
0:01:52 > 0:01:54but it was nothing like this Volvo.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Adam and I both had Volvos.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59They were sleepers so they had a bed in the cab.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02These babies were built to hold enough diesel to fill a hot tub.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Adam was definitely going to kill himself.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09- You know what's in my wheel well? A Toyota.- Four air horns.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13They finally found a Volvo that can fit your head.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16- That's not very nice, is it? - So what are we doing with them?
0:02:16 > 0:02:19- I think we're going to have some fun today.- All right.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22"Big rig drivers have to be some of the best drivers on the road
0:02:22 > 0:02:26"to control up to 80,000 lb of steel and freight at high speed.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29"So your first challenge is to drive 100 yards then back up
0:02:29 > 0:02:33"into the same parking space you started in. First to back into their space wins."
0:02:33 > 0:02:35- You guys ever driven a big rig before?- No.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39- Yeah, I drive them... I have TWO of these in New York.- Huh! You have?
0:02:39 > 0:02:42- Yeah. My buddy, Lunchbox, let me drive his in a parking lot once. - Hold it, back up.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46- What?- Yeah, my friend, Lunchbox. Truckers all have funny names.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48I've got a friend named Squirrel that's a truck driver.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Stump. His wife, Stumpette. Big Mike.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54- All right, so what's your trucker name?- How about Big Country?
0:02:54 > 0:02:57- How about Big Girl? You're the Big Girl.- No!- The Bearded Lady!
0:02:57 > 0:03:01- That's you.- That's not. - Yeah, you're The Bearded Lady.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04- I wouldn't call myself The Bearded Lady.- I will.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07- What's yours going to be? - I don't know... Mother Trucker.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12- Mother Trucker, nice! - What we going to call him?- Hmm.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16- How about Tiny Dancer?- Tiny Dancer! - You like it?- Yeah... No.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- RUTLEDGE LAUGHS - Tiny Dancer's good.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22- Are you ready to drive?- Yeah. - OK, let's do it.- Let's go.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34Wow, this is insane!
0:03:34 > 0:03:35There's, like, 100 switches!
0:03:37 > 0:03:40This thing's bigger than my apartment!
0:03:40 > 0:03:42What does all this stuff do?
0:03:42 > 0:03:45I don't know if Adam will know to take the parking brake off
0:03:45 > 0:03:47because it's an air brake.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50I have this! HE HONKS HIS HORN
0:03:50 > 0:03:52And that's assuming he can get it into gear.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55'Tanner, I think, probably, will figure how to get it into gear'
0:03:55 > 0:03:58but he might start it in first and, since I don't have a trailer,
0:03:58 > 0:04:00I'm going to start in third or fourth.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03First gear is, kind of, in the middle and up.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08Is that reverse? Where the hell is reverse?
0:04:08 > 0:04:10I'll be honest, I don't think I'm going to win this.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12I've had no big truck experience.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16'Rutledge's probably going to do well because he can drive this stuff.'
0:04:16 > 0:04:18I'm pretty sure he took a semi to the prom.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20And he dated a man named Lunchbox.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23Lunchbox, Squirrel, I'm trying to make you proud.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26'All right, Mother Trucker,'
0:04:26 > 0:04:29Tiny Dancer, you got your ears on out there?
0:04:29 > 0:04:30Come back, Bearded Lady.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Tiny Dancer, are you out there? Hold me closer.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34HE LAUGHS
0:04:34 > 0:04:35Yeah, yeah.
0:04:35 > 0:04:40Here we go. In three...two...one.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46All right, she's fired up, I'm going to take the air brake off...
0:04:46 > 0:04:48Parking brake off...
0:04:48 > 0:04:51That is not the parking brake, that's the window...
0:04:51 > 0:04:53..put it in third gear...
0:04:53 > 0:04:56- ..come on, get, get in there! - ..and then take off.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59- Oh, there she goes!- No, Rut!
0:04:59 > 0:05:02There it is, yeah!
0:05:05 > 0:05:06Ha-ha!
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Adam is leaving too!
0:05:08 > 0:05:12Wow, you've got to shift every two seconds!
0:05:12 > 0:05:15I'm not letting that happen. And we're off.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18I'm going to go to reverse, I'm going to go to high... Oh.
0:05:18 > 0:05:19Oh, I stalled it.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Come on, come on, come on, come on! Ha-ha!
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Oh, we're flying now, 18 miles an hour!
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Oh, man, I'm going to hit Tanner's truck!
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Oh, look at how close that was!
0:05:28 > 0:05:32Air brakes! Air brakes! Oh-oh, all right. Reverse.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35'It felt good to be winning but it felt even better to see Tanner
0:05:35 > 0:05:38'having a hard time driving something for once.'
0:05:38 > 0:05:39Get in there!
0:05:39 > 0:05:43Come on, you silly son of a... Get in there!
0:05:43 > 0:05:46It's now the slowest race in history with Adam.
0:05:48 > 0:05:49Get onto your side of the road!
0:05:51 > 0:05:52Getting this in.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56- Oh, yeah, look at that precision! - HE HONKS HIS HORN
0:05:56 > 0:05:57Ha-ha-ha!
0:05:57 > 0:06:00I cannot believe that Rutledge won that!
0:06:01 > 0:06:03And...we're there.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06Oh, this is a big truck! Oh, come on!
0:06:06 > 0:06:08- You're coming straight at me, Adam. - Shut up!
0:06:08 > 0:06:11- Adam, Adam, Adam, Adam! - ADAM HONKS HIS HORN
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Can you see this?
0:06:13 > 0:06:14HE LAUGHS
0:06:14 > 0:06:17'That's a trucker signal. I've seen that before, on the interstate.'
0:06:17 > 0:06:19I think it means, "You're number one"!
0:06:19 > 0:06:21THEY ALL HONK THEIR HORNS
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Victory is mine!
0:06:25 > 0:06:28- I love it! I love it. - That was harder than I thought.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32I mean, the gears are just vroom - shift, vroom - shift, vroom - shift.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35It took for ever to get it, it was like, grinding
0:06:35 > 0:06:38and the air brake - how did you find the parking brake in yours?
0:06:38 > 0:06:41- It's a big yellow thing that says, "Parking Brake".- It's true.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Did y'all both start in first?
0:06:43 > 0:06:45- It's called first but it's not low. - Looked like first to me.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48- What d'you start in?- I started in third and then went to fourth.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50See, when you're bobtailing,
0:06:50 > 0:06:52that's when you don't have the trailer - bobtailing.
0:06:52 > 0:06:56- I wish you'd stop saying terms that I don't know.- Yeah, what's bobtailing?
0:06:56 > 0:06:58It's when you don't have a trailer on there.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00'It was great being better than Tanner at something
0:07:00 > 0:07:03'and I was looking forward to whupping 'em in the next challenge,
0:07:03 > 0:07:07'where our trucks would be attached to a ten-tonne trailer
0:07:07 > 0:07:09'and parked on an incline.'
0:07:09 > 0:07:14"A trailer changes the weight, handling and braking of a big rig.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17"To prove that you can control a truck with a trailer attached,
0:07:17 > 0:07:20"you will now complete a loaded hill start.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23"Your truck is parked on a 15% grade
0:07:23 > 0:07:26"and your goal is to move forward without rolling backwards.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29- "Least roll back wins." - HE WHISTLES
0:07:29 > 0:07:32- I thought this was going to be a challenge!- You're going to do this?
0:07:32 > 0:07:35- Yeah, well, it's not- challenging, - it's just a hill!- Really?
0:07:35 > 0:07:37If you roll back, what's the big deal?
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Then you just go, there's nothing at stake.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42- All right.- Seems like you should crush something - like your watch.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45- Yeah, put your watch back there. - This was a gift from my wife.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47I'm not going to put my watch back there!
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Yours is more expensive but I'll put mine back there too...
0:07:49 > 0:07:51- I'll put mine.- ..Adam'll put his Swatch back there.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54Fine, I'll put my watch but let's up the ante -
0:07:54 > 0:07:56- why don't you put your phone back there?- Er...
0:07:56 > 0:07:57- Put your phone back there.- Uh-huh.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00I've got, I use my phone for work every day.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04- By "work" he means calling thousands of women, then yes.- That's work.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06- Put your phone back there, OK? - All right, fine.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10Watches, phones and I will offer my glasses.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13- Watches, phones, glasses.- Your 10 sunglasses you're going to offer up.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16- Well, I don't have sunglasses. - I'll raise you 15 sunglasses.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19- You have those.- I can't see without these, you understand that?
0:08:19 > 0:08:22All you got to do is just go straight, you'll be fine. Give them up.
0:08:22 > 0:08:23You know what?
0:08:23 > 0:08:26I'm so confident that I'm going to watch you guys crush your stuff.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29- And the watch and the phone. - You're not going to see anything.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31I'm happy to do it.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34- Like doing it blindfolded. - Oh, my God!
0:08:34 > 0:08:37- Truck's that way.- Towards the big purple blob.- (Watch it, Adam.)
0:08:37 > 0:08:39I'm Tanner.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41Wow, take those off before it goes permanent.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Look at, this is, he's freaking blind! Put those on.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45- No, I'm not putting those on. - Put them on!
0:08:45 > 0:08:48ELECTRONIC BEEPING AND ENGINE RUMBLING
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Can't see if my...brakes are built up yet.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59- His wife is going to be pissed. - Yeah.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02I'm going over that hill and I'm not driving over my own stuff.
0:09:02 > 0:09:07Oh, yeah, he's cocky, all right! And he's blind!
0:09:07 > 0:09:10All right, you ready, Bearded Lady?
0:09:10 > 0:09:12- I'm ready.- 'OK.'
0:09:13 > 0:09:16Come on back! Come on back! Come on! ADAM LAUGHS
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Here we go! I can do it.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21I don't think I heard the parking brake go off.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25- And we going to be able to tell if he's cheating?- All right.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28- That's the parking brake. - There's the parking brake, it's off.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Come on, into first.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Now he just did the parking brake.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Oh!
0:09:42 > 0:09:43Oh, I did it!
0:09:43 > 0:09:45No, he cheated!
0:09:45 > 0:09:49That's it, I did it, but I can't see, but I did it!
0:09:49 > 0:09:51- No good.- Do it again, you cheated!
0:09:51 > 0:09:53What are you talking about? I didn't cheat!
0:09:53 > 0:09:56We heard the parking brake release right before you left.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00That wasn't the parking brake, that's the air brakes. I didn't cheat!
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Bring me my glasses, I can't see anything!
0:10:03 > 0:10:05That's going to be tough to beat. He didn't move at all.
0:10:05 > 0:10:10- Why did you guys- doubt- for a second that I could do this?
0:10:11 > 0:10:14'If Rutledge could do it, essentially with his eyes closed,
0:10:14 > 0:10:16'well, how hard could it be?'
0:10:17 > 0:10:20- OK, oh, let's scroll through! - Oh, my God!
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Look how many names there are.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25- Tabitha, wow.- Ooh! Sounds exotic.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28There's a Jessica, a Sheila...
0:10:29 > 0:10:31..Bruce?
0:10:31 > 0:10:35Sad as it sounds, if I lose that phone I am screwed.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38I cannot roll back at all.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40- And...phone.- Phone.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44All right, you guys are doing the right distances
0:10:44 > 0:10:46on all my stuff, right?
0:10:46 > 0:10:47'Yup.'
0:10:49 > 0:10:53- Oh, you're going to...? You're not?! - RUTLEDGE GASPS
0:10:53 > 0:10:57This is a tough one to draw in the most complicated truck.
0:10:57 > 0:10:58You ready, Tiny Dancer?
0:11:00 > 0:11:01Oh, ooh!
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Crush that phone, crush that phone, crush that phone!
0:11:03 > 0:11:07- Crush it, crush it, crush it! - Go, go, go!- Go, go!
0:11:07 > 0:11:08WHINING
0:11:09 > 0:11:10What is it, a train?
0:11:12 > 0:11:14- Letting the clutch out. - There he goes.- There he goes.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18- I think I'm on the slipping point right now and...- Come on, come on, come on, come on!
0:11:21 > 0:11:23THEY SHOUT
0:11:23 > 0:11:26RUTLEDGE LAUGHS
0:11:26 > 0:11:30- That thing just left the ground! - She just went WHAP!
0:11:31 > 0:11:37Oh, my gosh, that was dangerous! We're heading up! We're heading up!
0:11:37 > 0:11:40How's my phone? How's my phone?
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Hold on, hold on, you've got to make it look real.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49- 'My phone?' - There, that's good, that's good.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Come back, Mother Trucker, how's my phone?
0:11:52 > 0:11:54We shouldn't have done that, shouldn't have done that!
0:11:54 > 0:11:56There's no evidence except for your footprint.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59No, no, don't! If you sell me out...
0:11:59 > 0:12:01this was, that was your idea, not mine.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03All right, we can't sell each other out, right?
0:12:04 > 0:12:07- That's gross.- Come on. - That's gross.- Shake my hand.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09I'm not going to do it, that's nasty!
0:12:09 > 0:12:11It's either that or a blood oath! RUTLEDGE LAUGHS
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Shake my hand!
0:12:14 > 0:12:17- Oh, gross, oh, God, it's so gross! I'm so gross!- Man!
0:12:17 > 0:12:21- Why is my phone on this side?! - You just clipped it.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23You just clipped it.
0:12:23 > 0:12:28You backed that up, right? It's just clipped, that's all.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31- No phone, I'm, I'm screwed.- Look what you, you're going to break it!
0:12:31 > 0:12:33You know, it might have worked until you did that.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36Good thing I got my 10 sunglasses though(!)
0:12:36 > 0:12:38I don't even want them.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42I was, I only cared about the phone and you stuck it...
0:12:42 > 0:12:44RUTLEDGE LAUGHS
0:12:44 > 0:12:46I'm so sorry.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49- I'm- really- sorry, man!
0:12:49 > 0:12:53You know, if you hadn't rolled back you'd still have a phone!
0:12:53 > 0:12:57- I don't know why you're blaming us! - You forgot your watch!
0:12:57 > 0:12:58No!
0:12:58 > 0:13:00- THEY LAUGH - 12-year-olds!
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Oh, you still have to go.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05- Oh, yeah.- Mmm-hm.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:13:07 > 0:13:11I can't believe you crushed my cellphone with a walkie-talkie.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14Don't look at me, I didn't have anything to do with that.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17"I didn't have anything to do with it"? Whose footprint was on there?
0:13:17 > 0:13:20"Oh, let me make this look more realistic."
0:13:20 > 0:13:21LAUGHTER
0:13:21 > 0:13:23- We had an oath. - LAUGHTER
0:13:23 > 0:13:26And you broke it.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28- Whatever, you're up next, right? - Yeah.
0:13:28 > 0:13:29I've seen you with four wheels,
0:13:29 > 0:13:31I cannot wait to see what you can do with 18.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Your cellphone is going down!
0:13:34 > 0:13:35LAUGHTER
0:13:36 > 0:13:39- Oh, really?- I think that's fair.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43In fact, the watch, I think, probably, should be more like...
0:13:43 > 0:13:45- that.- Oh, wow.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50This makes me think you're still upset about your phone.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52What's done is done, now it's time for revenge.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56OK, it is out of my hands, all right? Washing my hands of this.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59I'm going to start off, parking brake off, foot on the brake,
0:13:59 > 0:14:04clutch in, in gear, release the clutch, feel the clutch bite,
0:14:04 > 0:14:07get off the brake, onto the gas and, hopefully, I don't roll back.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11I don't think it's going to happen. I'm going to give it my best shot.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Hey, Mother Trucker, you got your ears on?
0:14:14 > 0:14:18Yes, I do, Bearded Lady, you put my stuff in the right order?
0:14:18 > 0:14:19Yeah.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Ab-solutely.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Why don't I believe you?
0:14:28 > 0:14:31- I have no response to that. - Yeah, yeah, how do you answer that?
0:14:31 > 0:14:32You're breaking up.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36All right, let's do this. Start her up!
0:14:38 > 0:14:39Build up the pressure...
0:14:41 > 0:14:43..in gear...
0:14:45 > 0:14:48..parking brake...off.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50All right, here it comes.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54See if I can heel-toe a little bit...
0:14:56 > 0:14:59Grab, clutch, grab, clutch, grab, clutch!
0:14:59 > 0:15:00See, he's holding the...
0:15:08 > 0:15:10That's not good.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12That was so awesome!
0:15:14 > 0:15:15Hey, fellas, I figured it out!
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Silly me, I left the trailer brake on!
0:15:24 > 0:15:25Come on, baby.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29Bite, clutch, bite, clutch, bite, clutch.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34CRUNCHING
0:15:34 > 0:15:36- Oh!- Oh!- Oh!
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Yes! Yes!
0:15:39 > 0:15:40- Oh, the phone!- (Yes!)
0:15:42 > 0:15:45- Ooh!- Oh-oh!
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Popped out of gear! Oh BLEEP! Wait! Wait!
0:15:56 > 0:15:57HE EXHALES
0:15:58 > 0:15:59Brake's on.
0:15:59 > 0:16:00You OK in there?
0:16:00 > 0:16:04Yeah, I, er, I'll be right out.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Are the parking brakes, like, pulled out right now?
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Yeah, brakes are on.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10Yeah, good call.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16- Good Lord, Adam!- Oh, man!
0:16:16 > 0:16:18What happened?
0:16:18 > 0:16:20I wouldn't worry about your glasses and your watch,
0:16:20 > 0:16:22you almost killed us!
0:16:22 > 0:16:26- You're fine!- What.- What? - What happened?
0:16:26 > 0:16:30You left the ground and then you came back towards us violently.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34Two things happened. Trailer brake...was on.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36- Oh.- Yeah, I forgot to do that,
0:16:36 > 0:16:39and it popped out of gear a little bit, but other than that...
0:16:39 > 0:16:43- So, you rolled back and crushed your phone...- Yeah.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46- ..you rolled back and crushed all of your things...- Yeah.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49..and I didn't roll back at all.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53- OK.- All right.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56- Sorry.- I don't believe you.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58- I think this is where I celebrate, right?- Yeah.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01Hold on, let me check my watch.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05Wait, let me check my phone, let me see what t... Yeah, celebration!
0:17:05 > 0:17:10I was getting sick of Rutledge winning and was determined to take him down in our next challenge.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12We were going to race three laps
0:17:12 > 0:17:15around an oval designed to stimulate a highway.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18You guys saw me driving earlier, right?
0:17:18 > 0:17:22- Yeah, you get out of the hole pretty, you're a madman!- Thank you.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25I've just been waiting, obviously this is my calling. All right.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27I wasn't sure how wheel to wheel big rig racing
0:17:27 > 0:17:29would prepare us for delivering cargo
0:17:29 > 0:17:33but I certainly was ready to see how fast my Peterbilt would go.
0:17:33 > 0:17:38All right, in three...two...one, go!
0:17:42 > 0:17:44GEARS GRINDING Get in there, baby, let's go!
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Oh, no!
0:17:49 > 0:17:51This is huge!
0:17:51 > 0:17:52Come on!
0:17:56 > 0:18:00Hello! Oh, don't hit the wall! Don't hit the wall!
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Oh, this is cool and scary.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05'The Bearded Lady took an early lead,
0:18:05 > 0:18:07'but I was picking up speed.'
0:18:07 > 0:18:10Where are you, Bearded Lady? I'm coming to get your ass!
0:18:11 > 0:18:14This is where this truck shines, we got some speed going.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17That's what she's all about.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23There's Adam, I got him in my sights.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Coming to get you, Mother Trucker.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Come on, Tiny Dancer, see if you can catch me!
0:18:27 > 0:18:29HORN BLARES
0:18:29 > 0:18:32Aw, damn it.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37'I was doing 65 miles-an-hour when Tanner passed me.'
0:18:37 > 0:18:38All right!
0:18:38 > 0:18:39'He was possessed.'
0:18:39 > 0:18:41- HE LAUGHS - Yeah!
0:18:41 > 0:18:45'With only a half a lap left before the finish,
0:18:45 > 0:18:49'there was no way I was going to let the Bearded Lady beat me.'
0:18:49 > 0:18:50Where are you, Bearded Lady?
0:18:50 > 0:18:52You'll never take me alive.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54Come on, just hold him off.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Oh, man, he is...
0:18:57 > 0:18:58Oh, he's back there.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Oh, no!
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Ohh! Oh, no!
0:19:09 > 0:19:13Yee-ha! That's what I'm talkin' about. Peterbilt!
0:19:13 > 0:19:15HORNS BLARE
0:19:20 > 0:19:22HORN BLARES
0:19:22 > 0:19:23OK.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30Peterbilt! That's what I'm talkin' about right there.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32How fast do you think you were going?
0:19:32 > 0:19:36- My speedometer maxes out at 80 and I was pegged way past that.- Really?
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Like, probably mid-90s, low 90s.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41I cannot believe the speed of this thing.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45What we've measured thus far, I won in skill and you've won in speed.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50One of those seems a little more important, doesn't it?
0:19:50 > 0:19:52What's next?
0:19:52 > 0:19:56We had learned all the skills necessary to be full-blown truckers.
0:19:56 > 0:19:57We could get them to make noise...
0:19:57 > 0:19:59HORN HONKS ..drive in reverse...
0:19:59 > 0:20:01- I'm going to hit Tanner's truck. - Oh, look out!
0:20:01 > 0:20:04'..use hand gestures...' Can you see this? 'And jumping.'
0:20:05 > 0:20:08We could do almost anything.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Brake! Brake!
0:20:10 > 0:20:12And with less than an hour behind the wheel,
0:20:12 > 0:20:15it was time for our final challenge.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19We had to deliver precious cargo to a depot 40 miles away.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22The person that arrived with the least amount of damaged cargo would win.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25- We've driven like a total of 30 yards.- Yeah.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28And now we're going to go 40 miles on a public road.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30I mean, I feel confident that I'm ready,
0:20:30 > 0:20:33I'm just concerned about you guys. What's in these, do you think?
0:20:33 > 0:20:36- Let's take a look. - This one's yours, right?- Yep.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43- You have bowling balls.- Yes. - Pianos...- And paint.- And paint.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46Is the paint open?!
0:20:46 > 0:20:48- The lids are off the paint. - That's a good colour.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51The lids are... Hey, hey, hey!
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Knock it off!
0:20:53 > 0:20:57- You know, you're going to be fine as long as you don't brake.- Yeah. As long as you...
0:20:57 > 0:20:59"As long as you don't brake you'll be fine!"
0:20:59 > 0:21:02- Yeah, if you don't brake or turn... - Yeah, perfect(!)- You've got it.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06- What've you got?- Let's go look in mine.- I could do that no problem.
0:21:10 > 0:21:11THEY LAUGH
0:21:11 > 0:21:14- Look at that, it's the Last Supper. - It's like college!
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Raviolis and wine.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20But the knives go on the inside, who set this? My gosh.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23- A little OCD, are we?- Yeah. - What've you got?
0:21:23 > 0:21:26- That's what I want to know, Rutledge.- Let's go see.
0:21:26 > 0:21:31- Yours has a sticker on it.- What does that mean?- Yours didn't have that.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36THEY LAUGH
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Nice!
0:21:38 > 0:21:41- That's lit!- I'm out of here! - I have lit...
0:21:41 > 0:21:42Those are fire... Oh, my...
0:21:42 > 0:21:44- That's a lit barbeque! - Barbeques and fireworks.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Those are awesome fireworks.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50I just want to point out the imminent danger that lies within my truck.
0:21:50 > 0:21:54- I mean, it's an open flame! - You're dead.- Yeah.
0:21:54 > 0:21:55Let's close the door here,
0:21:55 > 0:21:58I feel like we're getting oxygen to the flame.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02- God, that's a bad idea. - Here goes nothing.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05"Oh, perfect, how much training do you have?"
0:22:05 > 0:22:08"45 minutes." Yeah, this should be real good.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Rutledge, are you praying right now?
0:22:11 > 0:22:14Tiny Dancer, I've said my prayers. I'm ready for this.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16What about you, Mother Trucker?
0:22:16 > 0:22:19- You lead the way, Tiny Dancer. - Just follow Optimus Prime.
0:22:21 > 0:22:22Gently, gently.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Think about the Merlot, think about the Merlot.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Nice and easy.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36All right, easy. Easy.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38There it is.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48GEARS CREAKS
0:22:48 > 0:22:50See? We're starting already.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53'We hadn't even left the proving grounds
0:22:53 > 0:22:55'before we hit our first obstacle.'
0:22:55 > 0:22:56Uh-oh.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59Speed bumps.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01A little bit of a bump there.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Wow!
0:23:06 > 0:23:10Wow, is this thing heavy! This is not good.
0:23:12 > 0:23:13CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:23:13 > 0:23:16We're about to do one of the most dangerous things we've ever done.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20Drive one of these on the open road with a 10-tonne trailer.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24I don't know what you're worried about, weren't you birthed in the back of one of these things?
0:23:24 > 0:23:25LAUGHTER
0:23:25 > 0:23:29No, and it wasn't filled with explosives either.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31I'm basically driving a mobile bomb.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34HE LAUGHS This is going to be good!
0:23:37 > 0:23:40I think the key is, like, to have no throttle whatsoever.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43My trailer is so far back there.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46And the mirrors are almost useless.
0:23:48 > 0:23:49Boy, this thing's big.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53I've driven a lot of duallies, but this thing, she's wide.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57Now watch that fence getting out of there, Mother Trucker.
0:23:57 > 0:23:58Uh-oh.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04Thank you.
0:24:05 > 0:24:06Come on, now!
0:24:06 > 0:24:11These people have no idea the danger that they're in right now!
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Now just hold that gate open for me.
0:24:17 > 0:24:18Here it goes!
0:24:20 > 0:24:22All right, I can't tell if we're on the road
0:24:22 > 0:24:25or on the grass right there, to be honest with you.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Wow, I made that turn so wide and it was barely on the road.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34That is...snug.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38Oh, there's a car. Oh, good(!)
0:24:40 > 0:24:44Did you just drive that car onto the grass there, Bearded Lady?
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Come on, damn it.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Wow. Oh, boy.
0:24:48 > 0:24:49Thank you.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Oh. I am on the streets!
0:24:53 > 0:24:57I am driving a semi truck on public roads.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Oh, this is not good at all.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04HE SIGHS
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Here goes. This is one of the dumbest things we have ever done on this show.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11I'm just going to say that right now.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20We are moving! Oh, hell, I am cutting some trees off.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Hi-lo!
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Switch. Ha-ha! I got it.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42I don't know about you guys, but I've got about an hour
0:25:42 > 0:25:44before I need to get this load
0:25:44 > 0:25:47to Big Enos and Little Enos to collect my pay check.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51"Give me 500 on the Bambi!"
0:25:52 > 0:25:57"Daddy, it's too heavy when it's got the bullets in it!"
0:25:57 > 0:25:59"This is Sheriff Buford T Justice!"
0:26:04 > 0:26:06OK, good news and bad news, guys.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10Good news is, looks like we're all still on the road somehow.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14Bad news is, we're entering city limits of Marshall.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19I thought I gave it so much room!
0:26:19 > 0:26:22And I still drove right over the kerb.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Tell me we are not coming up to a roundabout right now.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29I had no idea how much planning ahead and focus
0:26:29 > 0:26:32and concentration there would be. All right.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35You're kidding. Really? Really?
0:26:35 > 0:26:37Really?! REALLY?! Yes, you!
0:26:37 > 0:26:41Yeah, I'm lookin' at you! You in the Pontiac!
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Did that sign back there say 94 East, Rut?
0:26:46 > 0:26:48That's a 10-4, Tiny Dancer.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Are we heading east or west?
0:26:50 > 0:26:54Adam, I've caught back up to you. Keep going.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57- Keep going west or east? - You've got to circle around.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00I'm right behind you.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Keep going, keep going.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06Oh, these guys.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09You know a circle just goes around. Don't be afraid of it.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14You said to go around. You want 94 East or West?
0:27:14 > 0:27:16West. Follow the...
0:27:16 > 0:27:18- Oh, shut the- BLEEP- up!
0:27:19 > 0:27:22HE LAUGHS
0:27:23 > 0:27:25'Tanner couldn't find the freeway.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28'So he decided to lead us to the middle of town.'
0:27:29 > 0:27:31This is getting tight in here.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36Guys, I think we were supposed to take a right back here.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38Hold on, we can turn right up here.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42TYRES SCREECH
0:27:45 > 0:27:47Oh, that's not good.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50Damn it! Coming back.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52I wouldn't move up more, that's good there.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55You are on a car.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58My mirror is not in the right spot, I can't see anything.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02Your trailer's not in the right spot either, it's on a car!
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Yeah, let me get out and help you.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06There's no way, you come into a little town like this,
0:28:06 > 0:28:09there's no way you're going to be able to make all these corners.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11All right, come on. Come on, hurry!
0:28:11 > 0:28:13- CAR HORNS BLARE - Sorry, thank you.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15OK, coming back.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22Am I good back there?
0:28:22 > 0:28:24- CAR HORNS CONTINUE TOOTING - Come on. Come on.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31I cannot see anything. I just see cars and people walking back there.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33This is bad news.
0:28:33 > 0:28:37- Come on back.- I'm going to stop the traffic.- Yeah.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40- MULTIPLE HORNS BLARE - Sorry!
0:28:40 > 0:28:44All right, partner, listen, you're going to have to cut it all the way to the right.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46OK, you just tell me if there's anybody behind me.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48No, you're clear, just come on back.
0:28:48 > 0:28:49CAR HORNS TOOT
0:28:49 > 0:28:52Come on, bring it back! This is a mess.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54Oh, cut it, cut the wheel to the right.
0:28:54 > 0:28:58Cut the... Oh, you're going to hit... OK, keep going.
0:28:58 > 0:29:02OK, easy, easy, don't jacknife it. Keep coming.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05Keep coming, keep coming, you've got about ten feet to me. Eight feet.
0:29:05 > 0:29:09OK, you got three feet, two feet. All right, stop. Stop, stop.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14Go forward, come round to the left.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16CAR HORN BLARES
0:29:16 > 0:29:17Sorry!
0:29:17 > 0:29:19CAR HORN TOOTS
0:29:19 > 0:29:22Let's get out of this little town.
0:29:36 > 0:29:40We made our way out of town and into more trouble.
0:29:40 > 0:29:46I am merging onto an interstate in a big rig for the first time.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49We've got trucks, we got cars.
0:29:49 > 0:29:50We got full throttle.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55- Oh,- BLEEP!- Oh, wide!
0:29:55 > 0:29:58Wide on the outside. Oh, jeez.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04This is not good at all.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11Hit the gas, go, go, go, go!
0:30:12 > 0:30:15- If you pull out in front of a big rig, hit the- BLEEP- gas!
0:30:15 > 0:30:17GEARS CREAK
0:30:17 > 0:30:20Oh, gosh, I've got trucker rage. I get it!
0:30:20 > 0:30:23HE EXHALES
0:30:23 > 0:30:25That just took everything out of me.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29We are officially on the freeway, building speed.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34I can't believe I'm on the interstate.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36- Holy- BLEEP,- this is dangerous.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39- Oh,- BLEEP!
0:30:39 > 0:30:41Don't hit those cars. Don't hit those cars.
0:30:41 > 0:30:46Don't you even... That's right, don't you even.
0:30:46 > 0:30:47- Oh,- BLEEP!
0:30:47 > 0:30:50Come on. Get in there. Get in there.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56Good God.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58HE GIGGLES NERVOUSLY
0:30:58 > 0:31:01Ah, that looked so close!
0:31:01 > 0:31:04OK. All right, that's a tanker truck.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06How close was I to that bridge?
0:31:06 > 0:31:09Pretty close, but there's a tanker truck right next to you.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11Highly flammable, heads up.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14He's... Copy that.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21Bearded Lady, you're on fire.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:31:25 > 0:31:27You haven't driven a big rig before?
0:31:27 > 0:31:30- I have not, no.- It's terrifying. - Yeah, I'm sure.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32Ladies and gentlemen, now it's time for something
0:31:32 > 0:31:34we like to call Big Star, Small Car,
0:31:34 > 0:31:37and our big star today has written, directed and starred
0:31:37 > 0:31:40in one of my favourite movies, The Brothers McMullen.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43You've seen him in Saving Private Ryan, and look for his new film Newlyweds,
0:31:43 > 0:31:45my pleasure to introduce to you Mr Ed Burns.
0:31:45 > 0:31:49- CHEERING AND APPLAUSE - Hey, man.- Nice to see you, pal. Thanks for being here.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51So how do you feel? Are you ready for this?
0:31:51 > 0:31:53You know, I've never been on a track before,
0:31:53 > 0:31:55- so we'll see how I do out there.- OK.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57Well, why don't you jump in this front-wheel drive animal?
0:31:57 > 0:32:01- And see if you can tame the beast. - All right, we'll see what I do.
0:32:01 > 0:32:05OK, the fastest celebrity lap on our board is Arlene Tur with a 1:42.4.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07Let's see if Ed can beat her time.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10OK. Stay wide.
0:32:10 > 0:32:11Maintain your speed.
0:32:11 > 0:32:15Yes, that's what you need to do into the first turn, and...not bad.
0:32:16 > 0:32:20Very good. Into the chicane. Throwing up a little chalk.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22TYRES SCREECH OK.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24All right, this is the turn. Come on.
0:32:24 > 0:32:28Heading into the teardrop, screaming the whole way.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31Stay on that brake, down shift! Come on out.
0:32:31 > 0:32:32Not too good.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35And don't put the power down too early.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37TYRES SCREECH He's fighting the car the whole way.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40I got too aggressive on that one.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42All right, here's where he can make up some time.
0:32:42 > 0:32:46He's at the halfway point. Ed is in eighth place, right behind Ty Burrell.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49He's coming into Cameraman's Corner.
0:32:49 > 0:32:50Brake and down shift!
0:32:52 > 0:32:54Wow, back end comes out a little bit!
0:32:54 > 0:32:56- Oh, I forgot the- BLEEP- brakes!
0:32:56 > 0:32:59Made a little bit of recovery. Oh, that's it.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02Brake before the turn, release through.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04Hammer down now. Come on, my friend.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06And across the line.
0:33:06 > 0:33:07Woo!
0:33:07 > 0:33:10CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:33:10 > 0:33:14Ladies and gentlemen, Ed Burns! Come on up, Ed.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19- Good to see you, pal.- What's up, man?
0:33:19 > 0:33:21- How did it go, good?- Good, good.
0:33:26 > 0:33:27How did it go, did you have fun?
0:33:27 > 0:33:31- I had a blast, I'm a little disappointed in my performance.- Why?
0:33:31 > 0:33:35I kept making the same mistake every time we did it,
0:33:35 > 0:33:38- so I think Stig was frustrated with me.- Where was it, on the turn?
0:33:38 > 0:33:42Yeah, it was on the turn. What I was doing is, I was... I was good,
0:33:42 > 0:33:45I was hitting the brake, I went into the turn.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47And on the three turns, we had to down shift into second gear.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50- Right.- I kept my foot on the clutch.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52- I forgot to keep my foot on the brake.- Right.
0:33:52 > 0:33:56So a couple of times coming out of it, I just...
0:33:56 > 0:33:58- Two turns specifically, the teardrop turn?- Yeah.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00I kept coming a little wide on that,
0:34:00 > 0:34:04and then just trying to get up that hill in second gear, screwed it up every time.
0:34:04 > 0:34:05OK, we'll see how you did a bit later.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08But you grew up on Long Island, as I did.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10- Yeah.- And we have the same taste in cars, the muscle cars.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13And we were talking before about those were the cars we saw.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15I mean, in our neighbourhood,
0:34:15 > 0:34:18what we would do is get on our bikes and ride around
0:34:18 > 0:34:22to just check out the cars that were in the neighbourhood, you know?
0:34:22 > 0:34:26There was a guy on my street who had a Chevelle Super Sport.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28- We were always checking that out. - Mm-hm.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31There was a '69 Camaro on Orleans Road.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34There was a '57 T-Bird on Wilson Road.
0:34:34 > 0:34:38And there was another guy with a total badass Challenger
0:34:38 > 0:34:42on the other side of the tracks. So it was just, you know, you knew where the cool cars were,
0:34:42 > 0:34:44so you drive around, take a look at them.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47And then when I finally made some money after Brothers McMullen,
0:34:47 > 0:34:50the first thing I went out to buy...
0:34:50 > 0:34:54A buddy, Mattie DeLeo, who's a gear-head, mechanic,
0:34:54 > 0:34:56he's got his own shop in Jersey.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58And I said, "Let's go find the ride."
0:34:58 > 0:35:02- And what car did you get?- You know, I just want an old muscle car,
0:35:02 > 0:35:04so we're looking at GTOs, we're looking at 442s.
0:35:04 > 0:35:08And we go to this lot, and we asked the guy,
0:35:08 > 0:35:10you know, he's selling cars on consignment.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12And he doesn't have anything, but he says,
0:35:12 > 0:35:15"There's an old Cutlass in the back, go take a look it."
0:35:15 > 0:35:18It was under a tarp. My buddy tops the hood,
0:35:18 > 0:35:20he looks at it, slams the hood down, he goes,
0:35:20 > 0:35:23"Let's walk back into the office, offer this guy 9,000 right now,
0:35:23 > 0:35:25"you're going to get this car off the lot.
0:35:25 > 0:35:26Because what's under the hood?
0:35:26 > 0:35:29There was a 454 under the hood, in perfect shape.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32- The car had no mileage on it.- Right.
0:35:32 > 0:35:36So we went, got nine grand, gave it to him, drove that thing off.
0:35:36 > 0:35:40And I mean, the minute we pulled out of the lot, that thing was just a beast.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43- So, how did you like the Suzuki? - Er, you know, it's funny.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46I mean, it's a lot of fun to drive.
0:35:46 > 0:35:50I'm curious to see how I sized up against some of the names up there.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52OK. Where do you think you came?
0:35:52 > 0:35:55I had a couple of laps where I thought I was doing pretty good,
0:35:55 > 0:35:57and would have had a quality time.
0:35:57 > 0:36:01And one in particular, I came into that last turn too hot
0:36:01 > 0:36:06and I blew it. So, you know, um...
0:36:06 > 0:36:10I bet you I'm in a 1:48-1:50 zone, I think.
0:36:10 > 0:36:11OK, so that would put you...
0:36:11 > 0:36:17You're thinking you're somewhere around in this vicinity?
0:36:17 > 0:36:20- Yeah, I think so. Sadly. - This above Chumlee vicinity?- Sadly.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23- Look, if you need... Above Chumlee's pretty good.- Is that all right?
0:36:23 > 0:36:25All right, good, I'll take it.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27I for one would not want to be below Chumlee.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29LAUGHTER
0:36:29 > 0:36:31So you guys want to see where he came?
0:36:31 > 0:36:35CHEERING AND APPLAUSE All right.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39You did it in one...forty...
0:36:40 > 0:36:44..six-point-seven! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:36:44 > 0:36:481:46.7.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50Ladies and gentlemen, Ed Burns!
0:36:50 > 0:36:52- Well done.- That's not bad. Not bad.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59There are 2.5 million big rigs on US roads.
0:36:59 > 0:37:00Oh...
0:37:00 > 0:37:04Rut, Adam and I were finding out that an afternoon of driver training
0:37:04 > 0:37:06was just not enough.
0:37:06 > 0:37:10Rut had won the drag race and hill challenge.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12And I'd crushed the high speed test.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16But now it was all down to this.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19Who could deliver their cargo without completely destroying it?
0:37:23 > 0:37:25So far, it was a toss up.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30Bearded Lady, you're on fire.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32I'm on fire?
0:37:32 > 0:37:34HE LAUGHS
0:37:34 > 0:37:36Tiny Dancer, I'm going to have to pull off here
0:37:36 > 0:37:40and check on this burning inferno here.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48All right, Rut on fire. This I got to see.
0:37:48 > 0:37:53Usually it's Adam on fire, but Rut, master truck driver, on fire...
0:37:54 > 0:37:56I've been waiting all day for this.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03THUNDEROUS EXPLOSIONS OF FIREWORKS
0:38:04 > 0:38:07# Oh, say can you see... #
0:38:07 > 0:38:08THEY LAUGH
0:38:12 > 0:38:14Yes! Yeah!
0:38:14 > 0:38:15HE LAUGHS
0:38:15 > 0:38:17You've got to be kidding me!
0:38:17 > 0:38:19THEY LAUGH
0:38:21 > 0:38:23It's still going! Those are good fireworks!
0:38:23 > 0:38:25Yes!
0:38:25 > 0:38:26This is not good!
0:38:31 > 0:38:33Oh, my gosh, you've got to be kidding me!
0:38:33 > 0:38:37Sweet Jesus, it's on fire. Oh, it's on fire.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40Hey, you're going to burn down the cornfield!
0:38:43 > 0:38:48- Go, Rut! Go, Rut!- Get down there!
0:38:48 > 0:38:50Rut, put the field out!
0:38:52 > 0:38:53- Put the...- Bad!
0:38:53 > 0:38:57- Good show, Rut. That was quality stuff.- That was...
0:38:57 > 0:38:59- That was a good fire. - It's still going!- Still going!
0:38:59 > 0:39:02This is a finale. Yes!
0:39:04 > 0:39:06- Holy- BLEEP.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09Yes! America!
0:39:09 > 0:39:12- America!- America!
0:39:12 > 0:39:14That escalated quickly.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19- That was awesome.- Fun.- I think I may not win this challenge.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21- ADAM LAUGHS - I am so happy.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25Boy, that grass went up fast, didn't it? Dry out here.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28Let's get out of here.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30- Convoy it is.- You take that.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33After Rutledge's patriotic tribute,
0:39:33 > 0:39:36we were only minutes from our drop-off point.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42HORN HONKS
0:39:44 > 0:39:47Come on, fireworks, just save me a little.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50Please don't all be on fire.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53You can do this.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56I can't do this. Get in there. GEARS CREAK
0:39:58 > 0:40:01It should be just off the train track.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04You better be careful going over those.
0:40:04 > 0:40:05Let's do this.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11GLASS SHATTERS
0:40:11 > 0:40:15Oh, oh. Careful. Careful.
0:40:15 > 0:40:19No trains. No trains. No trains. That's it, baby.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22That's it. You are a graceful big girl, aren't you?
0:40:22 > 0:40:24Yes, you are.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27Easy, last turn.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32After 40 miles of white knuckles and carnage,
0:40:32 > 0:40:36we finally arrived at our drop-off point.
0:40:38 > 0:40:39Oh, look at that.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48- We made it.- Hot damn, we made it!
0:40:48 > 0:40:52- I don't see any wine dripping. - Well done, big girl. - That's a good sign.
0:40:52 > 0:40:53- It's not smoking.- We made it.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56All right, least damaged cargo.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59- Let's see who's got it. - Least damaged cargo. Open it up.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03- Step back, step back.- OK. - Are we eating out tonight?- Go on.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06No, we're dining in, gentlemen. It moved a little bit.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08THEY LAUGH
0:41:08 > 0:41:13- A little is still set up. - It moved a LITTLE bit?! - Are you hungry? I'm hungry.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15- I'm going to go have a little bite. - Yeah.
0:41:15 > 0:41:18I thought there was going to be a mess. It's still standing.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21- I don't understand that. - Would you like some spaghetti?
0:41:21 > 0:41:24- Spaghetti would be fine. - Here you go, coming at you.
0:41:24 > 0:41:25Really?
0:41:25 > 0:41:28That counts. You broke it.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30That's total bull.
0:41:30 > 0:41:33- Let's check out Rut's. - Let's do mine first, cos if he's on fire, I'm out of here.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35Fair enough.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38It's not going to be on fire again.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41- OK, so you had bowling balls, pianos and paint?- Yeah.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44- OK.- Wow!
0:41:44 > 0:41:47- There is a bowling ball, and I see paint.- That is impressive!
0:41:49 > 0:41:52This is really potent. Burns the nostrils!
0:41:52 > 0:41:54It's actually...beautiful.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57- It's like a Jackson Pollock. - Everything is destroyed.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59No, it's not, look, the shelves are standing.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02You've got to close it, I'm going to throw up. That's so bad.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04Let's close it in the interest of public safety.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06That's got to be toxic.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09'It was time to see what was left of Rutledge's grills and fireworks.'
0:42:09 > 0:42:12Does anyone smell anything burning?
0:42:14 > 0:42:17- That's warm.- I tell you what, we're going to be over here.- Yeah.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19- Good luck!- Open on up.- OK.
0:42:19 > 0:42:20Oh...
0:42:22 > 0:42:24THEY LAUGH
0:42:24 > 0:42:28CACOPHONY OF EXPLOSIONS
0:42:31 > 0:42:34Pretty sure I lost. Yeah. I lost.
0:42:36 > 0:42:40- APPLAUSE AND CHEERING - And that settles it.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42Victory for me.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45Yeah, you're the winner, let me get a box so you can stand on it
0:42:45 > 0:42:47and people can see you and your little victory dance.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50- I'm not that short. - How do you think you won?
0:42:50 > 0:42:54The back of your trailer looked like an assassination attempt in a dining room, OK?
0:42:54 > 0:42:57I delivered my cargo and turned it into art.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00It was worth more when I dropped it off than it was when I picked it up!
0:43:00 > 0:43:04And I had fireworks. Everyone loves fireworks.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06They do. You're lucky to have survived that, by the way.
0:43:06 > 0:43:09That was very dangerous. But I won the final challenge.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11The whole point was to finish the challenge
0:43:11 > 0:43:13with the most intact cargo.
0:43:13 > 0:43:14You hit a car!
0:43:14 > 0:43:16LAUGHTER
0:43:16 > 0:43:19It was a New Yorker. Not really a car.
0:43:19 > 0:43:22LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:43:22 > 0:43:25I won the drag race and the hill climb.
0:43:25 > 0:43:27I won two challenges also.
0:43:27 > 0:43:29Well, the oval and final destination.
0:43:29 > 0:43:31I still think... I set my fireworks off.
0:43:31 > 0:43:33- Children!- They're not for storage.
0:43:33 > 0:43:35Children! It's a tie.
0:43:35 > 0:43:37- There's no way that was a tie. - It's a tie.
0:43:37 > 0:43:40Watch this - it's a tie. Thank you very much, good night!
0:43:40 > 0:43:42APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:43:42 > 0:43:44"I hit a New Yorker."
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