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[MUSIC PLAYING]
JOEL JOHNSON: Hey, guys, it's Joel from "Gizmodo" out here
with the boys from Jalopnik.
And two cars today--
an SRT Viper, the brand new one, and a 2014
Grand Cherokee SRT.
We've been racing these all day.
But now, we have a third contender, we're
going to race a potato.
JASON GEIGLEY: My name is Jason Geigley.
I'm the lead fabricator here at Hennessey Performance
Engineering.
And I love it.
JOEL JOHNSON: We let Jason load up the potato gun.
I hopped in the Cherokee.
And we put Travis, who's never drag raced before, in a Viper.
[CAR ENGINES REVVING]
JOEL JOHNSON: Not only did the potato win, I beat Travis.
Time for round 2.
[CAR ENGINES REVVING]
JASON GEIGLEY: So without help from my dad, moved a bunch of
equipment, and came across this tank with this big 2-inch
valve, which is known as a chia.
And you can set the bead on 18-wheeler tires.
And on the side, you could put a new barrel on, here, and
launch a potato farther than any other gun, obviously.
[AIR SPURT]
-Here we go.
[AIR SPURT]
-Whoa!
-***!
[MUSIC PLAYING]