{"id":18115,"date":"2019-08-31T00:00:09","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T06:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1811210"},"modified":"2019-08-31T00:00:09","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T06:00:09","slug":"racing-wives-ep-5-recap-wedding-bells-racing-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/racing-wives-ep-5-recap-wedding-bells-racing-hell\/","title":{"rendered":"Racing Wives Ep. 5 Recap: Wedding Bells + Racing Hell"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Matthew Scott Donnelly<\/a><\/span> 37m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

Wedding bells were ringing on the latest episode of Racing Wives<\/a><\/em> \u2014 sadly, Amber\u2019s racing dreams continue to register as relative silence.<\/p>\n

Though Whitney and Mariel continued to drift apart because of their diverting social lives across the Charlotte, North Carolina social scene, Mariel had to temporarily put the fallout on the back burner at the start of Episode 5, as she and her husband-to-be were only six months away from their wedding day. Mariel, who was married (PUNS!) to the idea of a forest theme, hadn\u2019t yet found her perfect venue \u2014 and while she loved the idea of using the same winery that Whitney and Austin used at their wedding, she wasn\u2019t ready to pick up the phone and call her former BFF.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is by far the longest [Whitney and I have] ever gone without talking,\u201d Mariel said. \u201cThis whole wedding planning process I feel would be so much more fun and so much less stressful if I had her with me. I just need her here. She just gets it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, Whitney was tired of the cold war, decided enough was enough and, with the help of her husband Kyle, arranged a dinner with Mariel and Paul.<\/p>\n

Whitney admitted she was nervous to finally come face to face with Mariel again, and though things got off to a bit of an awkward start, Whitney and Mariel seemed to finally confront their issues and get back on the same page (the red wine likely helped!). Whitney said she never intended to hurt Mariel\u2019s feelings by posing in Sam\u2019s photo shoot (Mariel had perceived this as a slight since she and Sam didn\u2019t get along), while Mariel conceded that, yes, Whitney did need to keep up appearances with the other racing wives, and that she shouldn\u2019t have taken Whitney\u2019s expanding social circle as a sign their BFF-ship was at risk.<\/p>\n

In a particularly heartening conclusion, the ladies agreed that Mariel should, indeed, get married at the winery in question, and with the confirmation, it seemed like Whitney and Mariel were officially attached at the hip once more.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, across country lines, Amber returned home to Winnipeg, Canada to take a break from the fast life in North Carolina, where she was struggling to find sponsors and make good on her vow to make Sam and KBM proud. Amber explained that her dad had been a professional race car driver for 35 years, and that while racing should have connected them, it was actually an obstacle in their relationship. Amber said she struggled to get her dad\u2019s approval.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve constantly had to prove how committed I am to this sport,\u201d she said. \u201cMoving to Charlotte I thought would help him to see how serious I am about this\u2026I just haven\u2019t felt that yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Finally, though, Amber and her dad seemed to mend fences while racing together on their old favorite dirt track, and with a single subsequent heart-to-heart, their relationship was suddenly bounding in the right direction.<\/p>\n

\u201cRacing doesn\u2019t make me proud; you being a good person and being nice to people and having people respect you \u2014 that makes me proud,\u201d her dad said in a teary moment.<\/p>\n

And while Amber sorted through issues at home, Sam continued to try to expand her family tree. She said she was angling to conceive and have a second child, and though her first pregnancy was incredibly difficult, she couldn\u2019t stand the thought of not having a little girl.<\/p>\n

Sam expanded on her troubles during a trip to her hometown, Chicago, with Ashley and her best pal Trisha. Sam confessed to Trisha that her recent trip to the doctor was \u201cnot great,\u201d and that it was seeming less and less likely that her body could handle the stress of carrying another child.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe odds are stacking up against us, and it\u2019s nothing that I\u2019m prepared to face,\u201d Sam admitted.<\/p>\n

And the doubts didn\u2019t end there. While Sam continued to hype up Amber-the-racer, Ashley was skeptical, and worried that Sam had invested too much hope in her protege. Though Amber had previously been named Rookie of the Year, and routinely won races, Ashley pointed out that no one in North Carolina had seen her race, and worried that Amber\u2019s winning reputation may have been overblown.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be honest, I don\u2019t think I would be pushing somebody so hard\u2026if I hadn\u2019t seen them race in person,\u201d Ashley said. \u201cIf [Sam] wanted perfection, she\u2019d pick someone who\u2019s already a proven professional.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sam said she wanted Ashley\u2019s support but\u2026sadly, she didn\u2019t get it. Will a sisterly rift evolve, and can Amber prove Ashley wrong? Tune in to the next Racing Wives<\/a><\/em> episode to find out!<\/p>\n

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