T ’ S TIME ? OK , I ’ ll be right out .” It ’ s around 8:15 p . m . on a Wednesday and Ryan Martin is getting called back to set for the filming of season 2 of Street Outlaws : America ’ s List , one of the umpteen spinoffs of the original Street Outlaws . It ’ s not really a set in the Hollywood sense , with fake rooms in a fake house on a fake street in a fake town . It ’ s a very real street – a stretch of Highway 107 – in the very real town of McAllen , Texas , where 25 very real race teams have been stationed for the last five weeks .

But we ’ re not really here to talk about America ’ s List . We ’ re here to talk about Martin ’ s second consecutive championship in the No Prep Kings series , easily the most successful Street Outlaws spinoff . It just happens that rather than spending his offseason unwinding from the grueling 2021 NPK schedule or getting everything lined up for another 15-race season , Martin is here in Texas , racing on the street .

It ’ s a throwback to Martin ’ s earliest Street Outlaws appearances in 2015 when Martin ’ s twin-turbocharged “ Fireball ” 2010 Camaro first raced into America ’ s living rooms . But a lot has changed since then . Nearly 10 seasons later , Martin is one of the show ’ s biggest stars . He also has two No Prep Kings championships to his name . It ’ s one of the great success stories to come from the show , which itself has an incredible success story as it ’ s consistently grown and spawned spinoffs since the original show debuted in 2013 .

“ When the show first started and I wasn ’ t a part of it ,” Martin begins , “ I have to be honest and say I thought , ‘ Ehh , I don ’ t know , are people going to watch that ? Is that going to be good ? Can you go fast on the street ? Is it going to be worth watching ?’ I realized shortly thereafter that it was starting to bring spark to everything

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