Junkyard Wars

In this episode, each team has to build a "Dune Buggie" which has to be able to withstand the hard conditions of the desert. Then, the vehicles will be taken to the desert to test them in a competition. Contestants 'Junkyard Hogs' vs. 'Superchargers'

The ultimate way to deal with traffic jams would be to push the offending cars out of the way and go through. Well, for the High Flyers and Big Shots, that dream is about to come true. The will be building a machine that will power it's way through a gauntlet of cars. A bunch of cars have been strewn down a track. The team that has the fastest total time after 3 runs (and a different driver each time) through the cars will advance. However, if they go outside of the yellow boundaries on the sides of the track, they incur a ten second penalty. So it isn't just speed...it's precision as well. For the High Flyers, it's all about the traction. Using a monsterous truck for a base, they will add a second axle to the rear and wrap the two tires with tank treads. Combine a big engine and those massive footprints and put a big plow on the front and you have a bulldozer...in essence. However, adding a second axel isn't exactly a walk in the park. Neither will finding a big, reliable engine? This machine will have to be just plain tough! The Big Shots are going for power. A big truck chassis and a big engine will give them lots of power and strength to withstand any major collisions. However, their plow is going to resemble a cow catcher (like you used to see on old time locomotives). The trick is that they will put their blade at the rear and drive in reverse. This will protect the engine and give them some low-range power. Again, finding a good engine might be the problem.

It will be a hot time in the junkyard this episode as the Auto Amigos take on the Dirty Drivers in a fast and furious challenge to build a trike powered by a jet-engine. The race will consist of three trips down a one-eighth mile track...one at a time. The team that records the fastest time in any of their three trips will advance to the semi-finals. The Dirty Drivers are building a true jet engine on a lightweight frame. A propane tank will provide the gas and a spark plug will act as the ignition source. The key ingredient will be a turbo-charger from a truck. The turbo charger has two fans that turn in opposite directions. One fan will suck the propane into a combustion tank while the other will suck the heated air out and through a nozzle. If there's time, they also want to build an afterburner which should increase their speed. An afterburner ignites any remaining gasses in the chamber for added thrust. Time is NOT on their side. The Auto Amigos, on the other hand, are going for a thermo-jet engine. A car engine will be attached to a large fan. The fan will suck air into a large tube which will be funneled out the back. Around the back side of the fan are a series of nozzles which will spray a mist of gasoline into the tube. A spark plug will ignite the propane causing a jet of hot air (and flames) to shoot out the back. This is going to be heavy so a big, beefy, sturdy frame will be necessary. The weight might slow them down and cost valuable seconds.

In this episode, each team has to build a sled-puller tractor which has to be under 2000 lbs. Then, the tractors will be tested in a competition which consists in pulling a medium-sized sled through a simple course. The team that pulls the sled further wins. Contestants "Jet Doctors" vs. "Missile Masters"

In this episode, each team has to build a machine which has to be able to launch heavy objects. It doesn't matter if they build a catapult, a giant robot, etc... Then, the machines will be tested in a competition which consists in launching a 150 lb washing machine as far as possible without destroying it until it crashes into the floor. Contestants "High Flyers" vs. "Superchargers"

In this episode, each team has to build an amphibious vehicle which has to resist sea water. Then, the buggies will be tested in a competition which consists in "saving" a mannequin from an island - passing through the beach and the sea - in the less time possible. Contestants "Jet Doctors" vs. "Auto Amigos"

In this episode, each team has to build a car which has to be able to hit a ball with precision. Then, the cars will be tested in a very strange competition which consists in getting the lowest score in a giant-sized 3-hole short golf match. Contestants "Jet Doctors" vs. "High Flyers"

Challenge to build a machine able to harvest the most wheat in one hour. Contestants Team Turquoise: Brothers in Arms Team captain Richard "Dick" Strawberry David Strawberry Bobby Strawberry Expert David Bagley Team Purple: The Techo Teachers Team Captain Tim Juilet Andrew Expert David Pruess

Challenge to build a dragster with at least 3 wheels. The one that goes the fastest in the quarter mile wins. Contestants Team Red: The Chicago Fire Team captain Mike Joe Mike Expert Rob Hamilton Team Yellow: The Texas Scrap Daddies Team captain Ken Mark Sean Expert Dan Labinsky

Challenge to build a machine chunk a pumpkin the most accurately to hit a target. They must use human power only. Contestants Team Blue: The Young Guns Team captain Stan Brighton Jeus Beltran Brian Michem Expert Ron Toms Team Orange: Three Rusty Juveniles Team captain Jay Ray Tom Expert Waddy Thompson

Challenge to build a machine to carry each member on one lap around a off road course that has bumps, jumps, and water. Contestants Team Orange: Damage Team captain Ristow John Kalbot Expert James Aduskevich Team Green: The Long Brothers Team captain Brian Long Terry Long Gary Long Expert Mike Ferguson

Challenge to attack a "castle" with turnips. Contestants Team Yellow Team captain Richard Strawbridge Keli Monroe Dave Price Expert Don Mansfield Team Orange Team captain Anne Saunders Richard Munson Shen Chiu Expert Paul Harrington

Challenge to build vehicles to compete in a power tug of war. Contestants Team Yellow Team captain Richard Strawbridge Keli Monroe Dave Price Expert John Kilgour Team Orange Team captain Anne Saunders Richard Munson Shen Chiu Expert Mark Pacey

Challenge to build a diving apparatus to retrieve an underwater treasure. Contestants Team Yellow Team captain Richard Strawbridge Keli Monroe Dave Price Expert Russel Mitchell Team Orange Team captain Anne Saunders Richard Munson Shen Chiu Expert Harvey Porrett

Challenge to build a powerboat to save their team mates one by one that are stranded on an island. Contestants Team Yellow Team captain Richard Strawbridge Keli Monroe Dave Price Expert Lawrence Newing Team Orange Team captain Anne Saunders Richard Munson Shen Chiu Expert Richard Yemm

Challenge to build an offroad vehicle to race a relay race around a offroad course. Contestants Team Yellow Team captain Richard Strawbridge Keli Monroe Dave Price Expert Paul Zuckowskyj Team Orange Team captain Anne Saunders Richard Munson Shen Chiu Expert Mark Muench

Each team has to build a self-mobile machine that has to be able to destroy walls. Then, the machines will be tested in a competition which consists in demolishing 3 walls of a factory. Contestants:'Beach Boys' vs. 'Chaos Crew'.

Each team has to build a radio controlled glider that should drop a 'paint bomb' in a target located near the junkyard. Contestants:'Mothers of Invention' vs. 'Three Revs a Minute'

Challenge to build a 2 man submarine the can navigate an under water obstacle course the fastest. Contestants Team Yellow: The Dipsticks Team captain Mike Richard Ian Expert Hugh Williams Team Red: The NERDS Team captain Crash Neo Jeff Expert Duncan Macroft

Challenge to build a wind powered machine that can grind the most coffee.

Challenge to build a machine that can launch a rugby ball and hit a target. It must be powered by human power only. Contestants Team Blue: The Filth Team captain Bowser Bruiser Nic Expert Mike Preton Team Green: Beach Boys Team captain Chris Danny Jamie Expert Stuard Harris

Challenge to build a Machine able to carry all team members thats able to drive to a river span the torrent then load up the bridge drive to get a flag and repeat to get back the start. Contestants Team Blue: Brothers in Arms Team captain Richard "Dick" Strawberry David Strawberry Bobby Strawberry Expert Stg. Richard Little Team Turquoise: Mothers of Invention Team Captain Diana Will Matt Expert David Few

Challenge to build a steam powered vehicle that can carry all 4 team members the fastest around a track. Contestants Team Green: The Beach Boys Team captain Mike Richard Ian Expert Adrian Grimmett Team Red: The NERDS Team captain Crash Neo Jeff Expert Richard Gibbon

Challenge to build a boat able to cross a pond then extinguish a fire then reach the shore so a team member can retrieve their flag. And onto the center of the pond to place the flag on a buoy. Contestants Team Turquoise: Brothers in Arms Team captain Richard "Dick" Strawberry David Strawberry Bobby Strawberry Expert Ian McCrae Team Red: The NERDS Team captain Crash Neo Jeff Expert Steven Riley

Challenge to build a dragster with at least 3 wheels that can carry a team the fastest down a 1/8th mile track Contestants Team Turquoise: Brothers in Arms Team captain Richard "Dick" Strawberry David Strawberry Bobby Strawberry Expert Andy Johnson Team Purple The Megalomaniacs Team captain Nosher Kevin Dax Expert Brian Johnson

Challenge to build a vehicle that can jump crushed cars, race down a dirt straight away, but can still be agile enough to handle tight turns. Contestants Team Blue The Law Dawgs Team captain Tom Dave Mike, Expert John Seasock Team Orange Ghost Mountain Riders Team captain Scotty Clark Johnson, Expert Roy Hooser

The Challenge is to build a vehicle that not only must carry all members to a gap, but then span the gap without leaving any parts behind, retrieve a flag, and go back to where they started in a head-to-head race. Contestants: Team Red: The Miami Gearheads Team Captain Milton, Frank, Anthony, and Expert Bill Harris Team Blue: Canadian Junkies Team Captain Gary, Kevin, Mike, and Expert Richard Hunt

Challenge to build the most accurate and destructive cannon. The objective to break the most concrete bricks in the opponent's wall. They both get three shots both teams thinking the 1st being pretty much a throw away shot to sight in the sights Contestants Team Green The Hicks Family Team captain Sam Anna Jakey Expert Bruce Paulson Team Yellow Washburn Boys Team captain Ray Shane Jon Expert Bernie Paulson

Challenge for each team to build a raft that can carry two team members out of scrap. Then race the rafts up and down a white water course trying to avoiding rocks and not capsize. The team that completes the course in fastest time wins and advances to the next round. They have 3 laps to get the fastest time. Contestants Team Red The Dukes of Spook Team captain Dave Smith Laura Frenchy Expert Chuck Ratley Team Blue Nasa's Rocket Men Team captain Mike Jim Tom Expert Doug Riddle

Challenge to build a glider that can stay aloft for the longest time. The course is a large hill. One team goes for a traditional design the other goes more radical. Contestants Team Red Miami Gearheads Team captain Milton Frank Anthony Expert Chuck Slusarczyk Team Green The Hicks Family Team captain Sam Jakey Anne Expert Barnaby Wainfan

Challenge to build to a torpedo that can maneuver around obstacles in the water to reach the enemy ship and hit a target to register a kill. The best of five head-to-head rounds wins. Contestants Team Dark Blue Nasa's Rocketmen Team captain Mike, Tom, Jim, Expert Joe Curren Team Light Blue The Law Dawgs Team captain Tom, Mike, Dave, Expert Greg Bryant

Challenge: Each team has to build the most powerful demolition machine they can. Then, they'll try to destroy 9 panels of wall built from concrete blocks. The team that completely destroys the panels in less time wins. Contestants Team Red Miami Gearheads Team captain Milton, Frank, Anthony, Expert Dan Jacobsen Team Dark Blue Nasa's Rockemen Team captain Mike, Tom, Jim, Expert Tim Wilson

Teams compete to build giant eggshooters.

Teams build monster trucks capable of running over moguls and crushing a line of cars.

Two teams build reusable torpedos.

Teams work to build a four-man garbage-collecting machine.

Challenge to build a boat that carries 2 team members and that can go up and down fast flowing rapids. Each team get 3 goes to get the fastest time. Contestants Team Dark Blue The X-tinguishers Team captain Westy, Fergy, Morley, Expert Alan Pickard Team Green The Body Snatchers Team captain Tim, Garry, Debbie, Expert Colin Poole

Challenge to build a snowmobile from scrap that can go the fastest around a 300 meter oval course that contains a slalom and a hill. The have 10 a maximum 10 of minutes and can restart 3 times. Contestants Team Blue The McCarknow Clan Team captain Stephen, Colin, David, Expert David Patterson Team Purple The Elli-vators Team captain Ellis, Rodger, Salih, Expert Micke Nordstrom

Challenge to build a crane that can quickly pick up an item and transport it across a area for it to be placed in a designated area. The teams receive various points from 10-50 depending on how difficult the item is to loft and carry. The items must be completely off the ground when being moved. There are 2 15 minute rounds. The team with the most points wins. Contestants Team Pink Cat-alysts Team captain Gary, Tim, Shane, Expert Tom Betts Team Orange Chairmen Team captain Ron, Gerald, Gary, Expert Phil Harvey

Challenge to build machines able to clear a minefield of compressed paint mines. In the 1st round they have 10 minutes to destroy or defuse the most mines. In the second round who ever got the most in the 1st round gets a 5 second per mine head start to find the one giant mine. Contestants Team Lime green Storm Force Team captain Waggie, Richard, Martin, Expert Richard Little Team Orange The Mule Wrights Team captain Ray, Carlos, Rick, Expert John Killgowen

Challenge to build a vehicle that can carry one team member and can climb a very steep incline in the fastest time or the farthest without losing traction or toppling over. Contestants Team Black The McCarknow Clan Team captain Stephen, Colin, David, Expert Matt Lee Team Orange The Mulewrights Team captain Ray, Rick, Carlos, Expert John Deaville

Challenge in this episode each team has to build a "tunneller". Then the machines will be tested in a drilling competition. Each team will have to drill a 2 foot hole through 2 concrete walls 3 feet thick each. The 1st wall is a medium concrete. The 2nd tougher wall is a harder concrete reinforced with aggregate. After both holes are drilled all team members must pass through the tunnel to escape. The team which passed through their tunnel and crosses the finish line first wins and will advance to the next round. Contestants Team Dark Blue The X-tinguishers Team captain Westy, Fergy, Morley, Expert Bill Lord Team Orange The Cat-alysts Team captain Shane, Garry, Tim, Expert Andy Weatherall

Challenge to build a boat that carrying one team member that can go fast enough to lift it's self up out of the water winds that are designed and build by the contestants. The winner is the team that can go around the 1/8 mile track the fastest in one of 3 rounds. Contestants Team Yellow The Mulewrights Team captain Ray, Rick, Carlos, Expert Sim Oakley Team Orange The Cat-alysts Team captain Gary, Tim, Shane, Expert Chris Plaass

Teams convert automobiles into remote-controlled fighting machines.

Each team builds a ship to rescue the team captain, then sink the ship in the middle of water, then race back to the starting point to win. During the race, Red team rescued the captain first, but it took longer time to sink the floating ship. Blue team won in a close race by ringing the bell first. Team members Lin Dog, a hard-core fabricator Gus, a race car mechanic Mad Man (red), an off-the-wall welder Sparky, a body man Heckle and Jeckle, the twin aircraft mechanics

These two captains have ten hours to build rock crawlers capable of climbing and racing across a desert mountain course strewn with killer boulders and treacherous sand traps. Each team has three chances. Whoever can go the distance in the fastest time will be the winner. Team members Gus, a perfectionist fabricator who builds and races racecars Pat, an elite U.S. Army diver who fabricates and salvages underwater Sparky, a major demolition man Chopper Rat, a bad-ass bike builder Dicky, a certified and certifiable auto mechanic Shane, a visionary industrial designer with an endless supply of creative ideas

Both teams have ten hours to build combines, or in this case, combat harvesters. The machine that cuts the most crop in a pristine oat field will be crowned the combine king. Blue team built a delivery truck to have chopper mounted in front of the truck, connected to the back of the vehicle with a duct going through the windscreen. Red team mounted lawnmowers at the rear of a van, with a driver on top of the van to control the height of the lawnmowers.

Both teams have just ten hours to build vehicles and devices to navigate their way through a mind-bending junk maze located somewhere within Mojave desert. But here's the catch: they won't be able to see a thing! Each team will have three attempts to feel their way blindfolded to victory. Whoever makes it the furthest, or completes it quickest, will win. During the race, nobody was able to get exactly to the goal, but Red team won by finishing the race with team's own vehicle being closest to the goal. Team members Rich, the Californian godfather of custom cars Kurt, a computer genius with a list of inventions as long as his beard Rosanna, a hot-tempered junk artist from San Francisco Johnny, a tough-as-nails New Yorker and master fabricator Mike, a machine-minded cop who has his own problems with authority Sig, a theatrical set builder who loves tools but hates taking the back seat

Both teams have only ten hours to build mobile weapon systems that can shoot down weather balloons which are floating thirty feet above the ground. To help them in this quest are six Junkyard Warriors, the very best of the original field of twenty-four. Red team built a disc shooter which launches discs by grabbing motorcycle driven wheels.

Challenge to build a non powered glider. The winner the one who stays aloft longest Contestants Team Yellow: The Brainy Bunch Team captain Dr. Chess Micheal David Expert Dr. Billy Brooks Team Orange: In A Spin Team captain Rob Trevor Darren Expert Darren Arkright

Challenge to build a cannon that can hit the target the most accurately. Contestants Team Purple Brothers in Arms Team captain Richard "Dick" Strawbridge David Strawbridge Bobby Strawbridge Expert Dr. Derek Ulsop Team Red The Chemical Brothers Team captain Paul Westlake Paul Huff Rob Flint Expert David Rayner

Challenge to build a vehicle that can race from a start on land to across a lake to end the race with a stretch on land to the finish. Contestants Team Turquoise The Navy Blues Team captain Mark Tammer Doug Richardson Samantha Donaly Expert Johnathon Steadling Team Pink The Bodgers Team captain Babs Munson Bowser Munson Learch Expert Mark Eason

Challenge to build a vehicle that is wind powered and can carry all four team members. Contestants Team Orange The Megalomaniacs Team captain Nosher Kevin Dax Expert Jacquie Michtell Team Blue The Driller Thrillers Team captain Kevin Vince Darren Expert Sid Holder

Challenge to build a vehicle that can carry one member at a time in a relay contest to see who can achieve the greatest distance with one cup of fuel. The winner got a amazing 178 mpg. Contestants Team Pink The Dodgers Team captain Babs Munson Bowser Munson Learch Expert Steve Tripere Team Green: In A Spin Team captain Rob Trevor Darren Expert Josh Darling

Challenge to find a way to lift a mini from a stand under water and then get it to a designated spot onshore. Contestants Team Red The Chemical Brothers Team captain Paul Westlake Paul Huff Rob Flint Expert Richard Bradshaw Team Orange The Megalomaniacs Team captain Nosher Kevin Dax Expert Nick Bunton

Challenge to build a vehicle that could navigate a course the fastest. The catch it can't use wheels. Contestants Team Orange The Megalomaniacs Team captain Nosher Kevin Dax Expert Jerry King Team Pink The Bodgers Team captain Bowser Munson Anne Saunders Learch Expert Dr James Brighton