I am very deceived Jason has been dropped. Other teams came in, rolled-up their sleeves and helped with the repair, (not all of America is dog eat dog, especially the car community
I think the formula for this show is the biggest handicap. The 'kick someone off' at each leg leaves absolutely no room for error or breakdown. If each leg had points value, summed-up at the end, the show would be even better. The American Idol format is too long (city to city auditions get boring) but to reduce the final cut down to 7 episodes totaly ruins the format and in this case leaves the producers to pick their own favorites (and maybe leave money on the table if the viewers don't vote for their favorites)
Anyways as much as I thought Elvis and the Dart teams were flakes (past tense.. NOW team player guys with big hearts IMOHO) I guess I'll be cheering for them even though the dice has already been tossed.
Finally I hope we get to meet Jason and Nick somewhere with the Pantera guys in the future.
PS The Bullrun chat states the whole production ran 20 days (Dec 1 to 20) and loosers follow the crew thru the end. I wonder what happens the rest of the time. D