Top Gear USA - the Second Episode

Rutledge Wood with 2 Racing Hens (370Z's)

The second episode premiered last night, and it was pretty interesting. Still, not much interaction between the three like you see between Jezz, Dick, and Jim, but it's getting there. First off, Tanner Foust took on some skiers in a race down a Ski Mountain. His weapon of choice: a 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X. He loved that car, and he handled it pretty well. Now, in most Top Gear races, there is a time where the car loses to the other racing force. For example, Richard Hammond took on a flying man in a Twin-Turbocharged Porsche SUV. The flying man won. Another example: Hammond took on a RAF Fighter Jet in a Quad-Turbocharged Bugatti Veyron. The Jet won. In this race, however, it was Tanner Foust, a rally racer/pro-drifter, against two pro-skiers. Tanner actually won, even though the skiers stole his keys in the beginning. What sounds amazing, cuz the car actually won, is also so embarrasing. Why? Hammond had that same race against two other skiers in the Alps. He was driving a Twin-Turbocharged Audi RS6. That car has 580 horsepower. He lost to the skiers. Tanner's car only had 291 horsepower. Do you know how embarrasing that is? Anyway, after Tanner's race, big man Rutledge Wood was James Bond for a day testing out two Aston Martin Vantages: the V8 one and the all new V12 one. Even though the V12 Vantage was $60k more than the V8, Rutledge says it was definitely a better car. He also said that the British are liars when reading speedometers. Who knows if he's right? Anyway, Stig put the V12 Vantage around the track and managed to execute a time 1 second faster than the 291 horsepower Evo X. That car is something else. After the lap, Dominic Monaghan was interviewed by big man Wood and was put in the Suzuki SX4. This is strange, because on regular UK Top Gear, Clarkson does all the interviews. Here, they're alternating it. Anyway, Monaghan managed get a time faster than Astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Then, Rutledge and Adam challenged Tanner Foust to a little drifting competition in Nissan 370Z's. But, instead of putting Tanner by himself, he was teamed up with a Blind man. Wow! Don't underestimate him though. In all three challenges, Blind man Bryan actually won. Looks like Tanner is good as a driving and drifting instructor. Before the end of the show however, the most epic thing happened. After the three introduced Bryan, his guide dog literally pees on the stage. Yes he does! Look it up on YouTube! Watch the re-run on Friday! The dog literally pees right in front of everyone! I started balling off my chair. It was so hilarious! Anyway, conclusion: this second episode was descent, but good. We got to see an exciting race between man and machine, and we got to see a dog relieve himself on stage. Hopefully the next episode will be even better.