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>> CURVE BALLS, YESTERDAY I WAS
OU NUMBER O SPRINGSD I
LYING ON THE FLOOR.
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TRYING TO COME UP WITH A SET OF
FOUR SPRINGS THAT WOULD LET THE
CAR RUN AS FAST AS THEY WANTED
IT TO G THESE GUYS IN THE 02
HAVE ACTUALLY THRASHED WITH THIS
NEW SPRING RULE.
>> THE RULE HAS GONE INTO EFFECT
THIS WEEKEND IN THE NASCAR
CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES.
AS WELL AS HERE IN THE BUSCH
SERIES.
ASHTON LEWIS RETURNS TO THE
TRACK AFTER SPENDING TIME IN THE
GARAGE.
HERE IS OUR LEADER, KEVIN
HARVICK.
HE HAS A 1.7-SECOND LEAD ON
NEWMAN AND HE HAS LED ALL OF THE
40 LAPS SO FAR.
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>>> 45 LAPS COMPLETE AND WORKING
LAP TRAFFIC, KEVIN HARVICK HAS
OPENED UP A 2.5-SECOND LEAD ON
NEWMAN WHO HAS A PACK BEHIND HIM
AND A MOMENT AGO AS THEY LAPED A
CAR, MIKE SKINNER TRIED TO GET
INSIDE STEVE PARK AND TAKE HIM
THREE WIDE INTO TURN THREE.
THANKFULLY, THAT SEPARATED OUT.
BEFORE IT BECAME DISASTEROUS.
>> TALKING ABOUT SPRING RUBBERS
AND AGAIN, THE BUSCH SERIES, NOW
THEY CANNOT QUALIFY OR START THE
RACE WITH A SPRING RUBBER.
WE WILL SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHAT IT
IS.
IT SERVE THE SAME PURPOSE AS A
REAR SPRING ON THE FRONT SPRING.
THIS IS A SPRING RUBBER RIGHT
THERE, MADE OUT OF RUBBER, PULL
THE RUBBER OUT, SOFTENS THAT
SPRING AND PUT THE RUB NER AND
STIFFENS THAT SPRING.
NOW ON THE BUSCH SERIES NOW,
THAT HE CAN USE THIS ADJUSTMENT
IN THE RACE.
THEY CAN ADD A SPRING RUBBER TO
THE FRONT SPRING BUT THEY CANNOT
QUALIFY OR THEY CANNOT START THE
RACE WITH A RUBBER IN THE FRONT
SPRING.
THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT
TO STILL IN THE REAR SPRING.
>> WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED WHILE WE
ARE AWAY.
GOT TO SHOW THROUGH.
THIS IS CALLED TRYING TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF A SITUATION.
HERE IS SKINNER IN 21 LOOKING
INSIDE P AS THEY LAP LARRY
FOYT.
NOT ENOUGH ROOM FOR THAT.
>> NOT WIDE ENOUGH FOR TWO CARS,
ESPECIALLY THREE CARS.
VERY CLOSE RIGHT HERE ON OUR
THIRD AND FOURTH-PLACE CARS.
>> IT ILLUSTRATES THE CHANCES
PEOPLE WILL TAKE OR WHO WILL YOU
KNOW WILL AT LEAST TAKE A LOOK
AT BECAUSE IT IS SO HARD TO PASS
HERE.
>> IT IS THAT.
JEFF GREEN IN THE 10 CAR,
REMEMBER HE RESTARTED IN 27th
POSITION.
HE HAS MADE HIS WAY UP TO 20th
BUT HE IS GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL
WITH ALL THESE CARS.
WE WATCHED HIM FIGHT BIFE A
WHIGO.
HE WAS PBABLY A HALF A SECOND
QUICKER THAN RICH.
BUT COULD NOT PASS HIM.
>> LARRY, HOW MANY CREW CHIEFS
WERE IN THE GARAGE THIS MORNING
AND SAID IF YOU COULD JUST TELL
ME WHAT THAT 2 CAR IS DOING.■■
>> HE HAS BEEN THE CLASS OF THE
FIELD ALL WEEKEND.
WHEN YOU WIN THE POLE BY .2, YOU
ARE FAST.
HE WAS FAST IN HAPPY HOUR AND I
ASKED TODD BARRIER, I SAID WHAT
DO YOU THINK ABOUT THENEW
OT HAPPY BY THELE
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, WE WILL HAVE
TO DEAL WITH IT.
THAT'S THE ATTITUDE YOU HAVE GOT
TO HAVE *** BERGGREN.
>> REMEMBER THAT THAT NUMBER 2
CAR OF MIKE SKINNER IS A TEAM
CAR OF THE NUMBER 2, HARVICK AS
THEY HAVE EXCHANGED NOTES SO
THEY ALL KNOW WHAT EACH OTHER
HAS GOT.
SKNER STRATEGY I TO KE
E FENDERS O UNTIL THE END.
HE WANTS THE REAR OF THE CAR OUT
NOT TEAR IT UP UNTIL THE VERY
END OF THE RACE.
MIKE SKINNER IN THE 21 HAS A
VERY GOOD RACE CAR.
HE SHOULD HOLD IT OFF UNTIL WE
GET SOME MORE LAPS IN.
>> WELL THAT, TEAM LIKES MIKE
SKINNER'S ATTITUDE AND THEY DO.
YOU WILL LOVE TED CHRISTOPHER
NEXT WEEK.
>> HE USUALLY RACES MODIFYFIEDS
AND THEY DON'T HAVE FENDERS TO
START, LET ALONE TO FINISH WITH.
>> ALL THEY HAVE IS METAL ON THE
ROOF AND DOORS.
>> THAT'S ALL YOU NEED.
>> NEXT SATURDAY NASCAR'S
ALL-STAR NIGHT.
THE WINSTON WILL THEREBY TO
BRING IT TO YOU ON FX.
>> THE CLOSER WE GET TO THAT, I
JUST CAN WAIT.
WHEN THEY PUSH THOSE CARS OUT
THERE AND IT IS 9 O'CLOCK AT
NIGHT AND THOSE TEAMS GOT THEIR
QUALIFYING MOTORS IN THERE AND
EVERYBODY HAS GOT THEIR GAME
FACE ON, 70 LAPS, NO POINTS.
NO HOLDS BARRED.
JUST A LOT OF MONEY.
>> WILL B A LOT OF FUN.
JEFF GREEN HAVING A LOOK.
ATEFF PVI
RD PURVIS'S NUMBER 1.
>> WHAT THEY NEED NOW WITH US
SHOWING 52 LAPS, THEY HAVE DONE
MADE THIS COMMIT MANY TO DO IT
ON ONE MORE STOP.
THEY NEED THIS RACE TO GO GREE
FLAG ALL THE WAY BECAUSE NOW,
BEING HERE IN 20th POSITION WE
HAVE RUN SO FAR, IF A CAUTION
COMES, THEY WOULD HAVE TO PUT
TIRES ON.
THEY WOULD HAVE TOMORROW THEY
NEED A GREEN FLAG RACE.
HE WILL GET UNDERNEATH JEFF
PURVIS HERE ON TURN TWO.
>> TAKES THE PASS.
NEXT CAR AHEAD SOME DISTANCE
FURTHER UP THE RACETRACK.
IT IS NOW A FOUR-SECOND LEAD.
KEVIN HARVICK TRYING TO WEAR
THEM OUT HERE IN LOUDONNALDIKIFT
CK THE CCT AWE Y TIME.
>> COMING UP AT 4 P.M. EASTERN,
MIKE PIAZZA AND THE NEW YORK
METS VISIT PAC BELL PARK TO TAKE
ON BARRY BONDS AND THE SAN
FRANCISCO GIANTS IN A REMATCH OF
LAST YEAR'S DIVISION SERIES.
ALL RIGHT HERE ON FX!
PART OF THE F NETWORKS.
YOUR HOME FOR NASCAR AND MAJOR
LEAGUE BASEBALL.
KEVIN HARVICK, LED THE MOST
LAPSE AT BRISTOL, THE MOST LAPS
AT TEXAS, AND HE HAS LED ALL 58
LAPS HERE.
NOW JEFF GREEN MADE A PIT STOP
BACK AT LAP 16 WHEN HE PULL UP
ON TIM FEDEWA.
GREEN WHO GOT GAS ONLY, TRYING
TO FIND HIS WAY BACK TO THE
PACK.
>> LOOK AT THAT RACE CAR, RIGHT
THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE CORNER
RIGHT ON THE BOTTOM.
THAT'S WHERE YOU PASS PEOPLE.
YOU BEAT THEM THROUGH THE MIDDLE
OF THE CORNER A BTM BACK
THROUGHF
RAIGHT AWHICH.
>> REALIZE THAT WHEN GREEN TOOK
THAT GAS STOP, HE WAS VIRTUALLY
DEAD LAST IN THEIELD AND NOW
RUNNINGN8t SPOT A HIS
EW IS TELLINIM AP AER
LAP THA HE IS THEASTEST CAR
ON THE FIELD.
AND GET THIS, HE IS COMPLAINING
THAT THAT THING HAS GOT TO PUSH
WHEN THEY MAKE A PIT STOP AND
ADJUST IT, HE IS REALLY GOING TO
BE QUICK.
>> HIS CREW CHIEF, HAROLD HOLLY
GOT HIS FIRST-EVER WIN AS A CREW
CHIEF HERE IN 1995.
HE WAS THE ASSISTANT CREW CHIEF
FOR CHADLY, BUT GARY C COGSWELL
FELL ILL AND HOLLY STEPPED UP ON
THE BOX THAT DAY AND FIRST DAY
AS CREW CHI GOT HIS FIRST
VICTORY.
>> NOT A BADAY TO START OFF AS
CREW CHIEF.
>> GREEN THEEFENDI SIES
CHAMP.
SECOND IN POINTS TO THE MANHO
IS LEADING THIS RACE, KEVIN
HARVICK AND THERE YOU SEE
GREEN'S PROGRESSION SINCE THE
RESTART.
BACK UP TOWARD THE FRONT.
>> ONCE AGAIN, PICK UP THIS
BATTLE FROM SECOND ON BACK, THIS
GROUP KEEPING CLOSE CHECK ON ONE
ANOTHER.
TWO FEET OFF THE REAR BUMPER OF
RYAN NEWMAN AND THE SAME STORY
THERE ON BACK.
>> THIS WHOLE GROUP, SECOND
THROUGH ABOUT EIGHTH AND AT THE
BACK OF THE PACK, BIFFLE IN THAT
06 CAR, HE AS CAUGHT THIS GROUP.
HE IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST MOVERS
BESIDES GREEN.
HE STARTED 14th.
I TALKED TO HIS CREW CHIEF AND
THEY WENT AND TESTED UP AT
MILWAUKEE.
THEY TRIED TO COME HERE AND USE
THE SAME SETUP, AND HE SAID
THAT'S WHAT WE KIND OF MISSED
OUT ON ON QUALIFYING.
THEY DID HAVE A GOOD RACE CAR IN
HAPPY HOUR AND THEY NEED A GOOD
RUN HERE.
AND THEY ARE FEELING GOOD ABOUT
WHAT THEY HAD YESTERDAY AT HAPPY
HOUR.
>> LOOKS LIKE HE IS JUST BUYIN
HIS TIME.
TAG ART DROPPED A CYLINDER.
THEY PICKED UP A NEW SPONSOR FOR
THIS RACE, RENTA WRECK AND NOW
TAKEEN THAT CAR TO THE GARAGE.
JEFF?
>> WHAT LARRY WAS SAYING EARLIER
ABOUT THE 60 CAR, THEY ARE
ACTUALLY RUNNING THEEE
SEUP AND MWA SHOCS ARE
ON T C
RANDY SAID HE WAS VERY, VERY
HAPPY AS THE CREW CHIEF, WAS
VERY HAPPEN EAT WAY THE CAR WAS.
TH DID MESS ULIFYG BUT
VERY HAPPY WITH THE BALANCE OF
THE CAR.
ONE OTHER THING, TALKED LOT OF
DRIVERS AND CREW CHIEFS AND SAID
WE RAN 06-SOME LAPSE THE OTHER
DAY IN PRACTICE AND THE TIRES
NEVER DROPPED OFF.
WE JUST REACHED 60 LAPS SO WILL
BE INTERESTING TO SEE ONCE WE
GET OVER THE 65, 66 LAPS, WHAT
THE TIRES START CHANGING A
LITTLE BIT AND HOW MUCH THEY
WILL PLAY A ROLE IN THE REST OF
THIS RACE.
>> ONE DRIVER THAT HAS EASED OFF
IS OUR LEADER, HARVICK.
HIS LAST LAP WAS ABOUT .50
SLOWER SO HE IS OUT FOR A SUNDAY
DRIVE.
TODAY BEING SATURDAY.
WE WILL SEE HOW THAT PAYS OFF.
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF CARS THAT
HE WILL HAVE TOND O
FS ADER
IN T BYAP TRAFFIC
AND THERE IS A BUNCH OF CARS IN
FRT OF HIM
>> HE IS BACKED OFF HIS LAP
TIMES BY TWO OR TWO TENTHS OF A
SECOND TRYING TO CHASE THEM
DOWN.
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>>> 70 OF 200 LAPS COMPLETE.
THE RUNNING ORDER UNCHANGED.
AND AGAIN, LEADER KEVIN HARVICK,
WHETHER HE IS IN TRAFFIC OR NOT
IS LAPING SLOWER THAN THE OTHER
LEADER.
HE HAS A PRETTY GOOD-SIZED LEAD
CUSHION ON THE REST OF THE
FIELD.
>> HE IS TRYING TO WORK THIS LAP
TRAFFIC CAUTIOUSLY, TRYING TO
CATCH THEM AT THE RIGHT PLACE AT
THE RIGHT TIME.
WITH THIS LEAD, YOU CAN PICK AND
CHOOSE WHERE YOU GO BY THE LAP
TRAFFIC.
>> THERE IS THE INTERVAL BACK TO
SECOND PLACE.
RYAN NEWMAN, STEVE PARK, SKINNER
AND THE REST OF THAT PACK.
AND IN THE MIDST OF IT IS 01 OF
ANDY SANTERRE.
***?
>> ANDY SANTERRE HAS HAD A GREAT
DAY SO FAR.
CURRENTLY RUNNING IN SIXTH SPOT.
A LOCL HERO FM CHEY FIELD,
MAINE.
HIS DAY WILL BE DETERMINED WHEN
HE MAKES HIS PIT STOP.
THIS IS HIS FOURTH RACE.
EVERY SINGLE TIME HE HAS RUN, IT
HAS BEEN WITH A DIFFERENT PIT
CREW.
BECAUSE HE IS RUNNING PART-TIME
HE DOESN'T HAVE A REGULAR
FALL-TIME PIT CREW AND THE GUYS
WHO ARE PITTING THE CAR HAVE
NEVER PITTED UNDER GREEN FLAG
POSITIONS.
>> NEWMAN SLIPPED UP THE
RACETRACK AND IT IS GOOD-BYE.
>> HE GAVE THE BOTTOM OF THE
RACETRACK UP AND I BELIEVE HE IS
GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY FROM
SECOND, PROBABLY BACK TO ABOUT
7th OR 8th IF HE DON'T GET BACK
TO THE BOTTOM OF THE TRACK
THERE.
FREIGHT TRAINING RIGHT HERE.
BOBBY HAMILTON JR. IN THE 26th
GOING BY AND BIFFLE GOING BY.
AWE THE WAY TO THE BACK.
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH NEWMAN?
>> WHAT'S HAPPENED IS THE CAR
HAS PICKED UP A PUSH.
IT HAS GOTTEN TIGHTER AND
TIGHTER AND CALLED IN AND SAID
NEXT TIME WE GET A PIT STOP WE
HAVE TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT WITH
AIR PRESSURE.
THEY GOT UNDER HIM AND NOW THEY
ARERIVING AWAY FROM HIM.
ONCE THY MAKE THESE ADJUSTMENTS
THEY WILL GET BACK BACK -- HIM
BACK UP TO THE FRONT
>> SKINNER AFTER HE MADE THE
PASS ON NEWMAN, SLIPPED UP THE
RACETRACK.
AND THAT ALLOWED JASON KELLER TO
GET BY.
>> THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH THIS
RACETRACK.
THE MORE RUBER THAT GETS DOWN ON
IT, THE HOTTER IT GETS AND THE
SUN IS STARTING TO POP BACK OUT
A LITTLE BIT, IT WILL GET
TIGHTER AND TIGHTER.
THE FRONTENED WILL WANT TO BITE
AND ESPECIALLY WENT YOU GET DOWN
TO 75, 85 LAPS ON A SET OF
TIRES.
>> HAMILTON JR., ON THEIR WAY
PAST SKINNER.
BEFORE MIKE WAS ABLE TO GET BACK
IN LINE.
CHANGES FROM SECOND ON BACK.
LET'S SET IT FOR NOW.
ABOUT 6 SECONDS BEHIND HEART
VIKT LEADER ARE PARK, KELLER,
THEN THE 01 OF SANTERRE AND THE
26 OF HAMILTON.
AND THEN SKINNER, NEWMAN, AND
BIFFLE, WHO IS 8th.
JOE BESSEY IS NINTH AND KENNY
WALLACE IS TENTH.
KEVIN HARVICK HAS LED EVERYONE
OF 75 LAPS SO FAR.
BUT THE CER
>>> KEVIN HARVICK CONTINUES TO
LEAD AND WE BEGIN TO SEE PIT
STOPS.
RANDY LeJOIE HAS COME IN AT LAP
79.
AND THAT'S A LITTLE EARLIER THAN
WE WERE THINKING.
>> THERE IS NO QUESTION WOULD HE
HAVE TO MADE ANOTHER PIT STOP
AND IF YOU ARE NOT CLOSE, THERE
IS NO SENSE IN PUSHING THE
ENVELOPE
HE WAS A TOP 20 CAR.
LARRY FOYT ALSO MAKING AN
APPEARANCE ON PIT ROAD AND NOW
TIM SAUTER COMING IN FOR HIS
FIRST STOP.
A LOOK AT SAUTER■, HIS BROTHER
JAY SPENT SOME TIME IN THE
GARAGE BUT HAS GOTTEN BACK OUT
ON THE RACETRACK SO HE IS 52
LAPS DOWN.
SEVENTH PLACE RACE, BIFFLE
TRYING TO WORK OVER RYAN NEWMAN.
OVER, UNDER, SIDEWAYS, DOWN
>> IF YOUR CAR IS PUSHING A
LITTLE BIT HERE, AGAIN THAT'S
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF LOUDON.
REMEMBER WHEN YOU ARE FOLLOWING
A RACE CAR, IT WILL PUSH WORSE
BECAUSE YOU LOSE THE FRONT
DOWNFORCE IN FRONT OF YOUR RACE
CAR AND MAKES YOUR CAR TURN
WORSE.
ALL THESE PIT STOPS, WE SHOULD
BE SEEING, THEY SHOULD BE
FOUR-TIRE STOPS.
WHAT THAT WOULD ALLOW POSSIBLY
TO DO IS IN THE LATTER PART OF
THE RACE, MAYBE MAKE A TWO RIGHT
SIDE TIRE STOP.
>> AND NEWMAN JUST PULLED OVER
AND LET BIFFLE GO.
OF COURSE THAT, PUTS HIM IN THE
BUNCHS OF JOE BESSEY.
LOCAL NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND
DRIVER, BESSEY FROM MAINE, SCORE
BORO.
RIGHT BEHIND HIM, 48 IN KENNY
WALLACE.
AND THEN 20, MIKE McLAUGHLIN.
>> KENNY WALLACE, TALKED TO HIM
AND HIS CREW CHIEF THIS MORNING
AND IT WAS REALLY PLEASED WITH
THEIR RACE CAR YESTERDAY AT
HAPPY HOUR.
BUT TALKED ABOUT THE NUMBER ONE
PROBLEM, GETTING THAT TRACK
POSITION.
>> BESSEY UNDERNEATH NEWMAN.
BACK FROM KENNY WALLACE AND JEFF
PURVIS RIGHT BEHIND THAT ACTION.
AND THE 11th.
>> UNLESS RYAN IN THE 02 CAR,
UNLESS THEY FEEL THEY CAN GO TO
LAP 10 0, THEY NEED TO GET TO
PIT ROAD.
IT WILL NOT GET ANY BETTER.
THE PUSHS O JUST GOING TO
GET SE.
HEAN'T KEEPHEOTTMHT
DOWN HERE.
KENNY WALLACE, HE WILL GET UNDER
HERE COMING OFF TURN TWO.
YOU CAN TURN THE WHEEL, TURN THE
WHEEL, TURN THE WHEEL BUT THE
ONLY THING THAT WILL HELP THAT
RACE CAR TURN IS JUST SLOWING
THE ENGIN SPEED OF THE CAR UP.
>> UNDER LARRY FOYT'S LAP CAR.
th PLACE ON BACK, THE BLACK CAR,
BESSEY, IN EIGHTH.
LOANY RAINES THE YELLOW CAR, WE
TALKED TO AT THE TOP OF THE
SHOW.
HE HAS HAD A GOOD STRING OF TOP
TENS BUT HE CURRENTLY SITS 13th.
>> THERE HE IS AND THAT PIT CAR,
HE IS GETTING ABOUT ONE OUT OF
THREE OR FOUR LAPS HE IS UP TO
THE 15th NOW AND GERNING THESE
GUYS, THEY WERE ON PIT ROAD AT
LAP 16, SO I FEEL LIKE THEY
SHOULD BE AT LEAST ABLE TO GO TO
LAP 105, MAYBE EVEN 110.
THESE GUYS, THEY DO NOT WANT TO
SEE A CAUTION FLAG HERE.
>> JASON KELLER HAS MOVED PAST
STEVE PARK.
AND THAT'S THE FIRST SPOT THAT
PARK HAS GIVEN UP TODAY IN THE
CHEVROLET.
SO KELLER, WHO IS JEFF GREEN'S
TEAMMATE BUT EMPLOYING A
DIFFERENT STRATEGY, IS THE NEW
SECOND-PLACE CAR.
GET READY FOR PIT STOPS HERE IN
LOUDON, A LOT OF ACTIVITY ALONG
PIT ROAD.
WE'LL BE BACK TO COVER IT IN A
MOMENT.
YOU ARE WATCHING THE CVS
>> KEVIN HEART SLOYK HAS LED
EVERY LAP OF THIS RACE SO FAR
HAS DECIDED TO PIT.
16.82.
>> THE WHOLE LEAD BACK CAME IN
WITH HIM.
JASON KELLER, STEVE PARK, ANDY
SANTERRE, BOBBY HAMILTON JR.,
MIKE SKINNER AND ELTON SAWYER.
NOW, JOE BESSEY, RYAN NEWMAN,
McLAUGHLIN, JOHNSON AND GRUBB
ARE IN.
JEFF?
>> AND THEY GO TO THE RIGHT
SIDE.
RIGHT SIDES ARE OFF.
MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE LATE
REAR.
THEY ARE TAKING A BITE OUT OF
THE CAR BY THE GAS MAN RIGHT
THERE.
THEY FELT LIKE THEY COULD JUST
THIS ADJUSTMENT, WOULD BE PRETTY
GOOD AND OUT OF THE WAY.
>> GREG BIFFLE COMES IN.
>> GREG HAD INHERITED THE LEAD
SO HEETS HIS SPOT IN THE RACE.
>> CYCLE THROUGH GREEN FLAG PIT
STOPS, THERE IS THE RANDY
GOSSLECK CREW AT WORK.
>> THEY ARE ALLOWED TWO SETS OF
TIRES UNDER CAUTION FOR THE
ENTIRE RACE.
SO THEY WILL PUT FOUR ON HERE.
>> YEAH.
CAUSE, AGAIN, THESE WILL NOT
COUNT AGAINST THEIR ALLOTMENT
BECAUSE IT IS UNDER GREEN SO
THEY STILL HAVE TWO SETS OF
TIRES.
NO WAY THEY WOULD EVER USE THOSE
FIRES.
HOW ABOUT GREG BIFFLE?
>> HE IS HAVING A PAINFULLY SLOW
PIT STO RIGHT NOW.
LO LONG TIME ON THAT LEFT
GOINTO PUT HIM W BACK.
STEVE PARK ALSO HAS A SLOW PIT
STOPS AND AS A RESULT, HE WILL
BE RUNNING IN THE BACK TOO.
>> LAP 93.
DAVID GREEN COMES IN.
>> KENNY WALLACE, WHO INHERITED
THE LEAD, HE IS ON PIT ROAD IN
THE 48 CAR.
LONG, LONG PIT ROAD.
35 MILES AN HOUR.
COMES ON LAP 93.
GOOD INDICATION, NONE OF THESE
CARS CAN MAKE IT WITHOUT
STOPPING AGAIN.
107, 106 LAPS TO GO NOW.
SHOULD BE A FOUR-TIRE STOP.
>> WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE AS
WE CLOSE IN ON THE LAP 100 MARK,
WHO HAS NOT BEEN ON PIT ROAD
BECAUSE A COUPLE OF CREW CHIEFS
INDICATED, THEY MIGHT TRY AND
STRETCH IT.
BUT WE HAVE HAD VERY FEW CAUTION
LAPS.
ONLY TWO CAUTIONS THUS FAR.
>> GUESS WHO IS LEADING THIS
RACE NOW AT LAP 94?
OLD NUMBER 10, JEFF GREEN.
WE KNOW BY VIRTUE OF HIM BEING
ON PIT ROAD ON LAP 16, IF HE CAN
GO TO AP 110, HE COULD DO THIS
RACE ON ONE MORE STOP.
HE NEEDS THIS THING TO GO AT
LEAST THAT FAR WITHOUT A
CAUTION.
HE NEEDS IT TO GO THE REST OF
THE WAY WITHOUT A CAUTION.
>> AND NOW, THEY ARE ALL ON
FRESH TIRES.
AND GREEN'S TIRES NOW HAVE 08
LAPS ON THEM.
>> THEY HAVE THE ENTIRE RAISMS
WHEN HE STOPPED ON LAP 16 --
>> YOU ARE RIGHT.
IT WAS JUST GAS SO THEY HAVE 96
LAPS ON THEM.
RAINES AND BESSEY BATTLING LAST
KEVIN GRUBB THERE.
JEFF GREEN IS THE LEADER.
TIM FEDEWA IS SECOND.
PURVIS THIRD.
SCOTT WIMMER FOURTH.
SHANE HALL NOW FIFTH.
CHAD LITTLE IS UP THERE.
ALONG WITH HANK PARKER JR..
CALIFORNIA WINNER.
NOW THOSE SEVEN CARS HAVE NOT
PITTED.
EVEN IF McLAUGHLIN.
THE 17th.
>> PARKER JUNE YO, SEEMS LIKE
THE CALIFORNIA WINNER --
>> TURN TWO, 66 MAY BE OUT OF
GAS.
NOW FEDEWA HAS NOT STOPPED BUT
HE IS SLOW DOWN THE BACK
STRAIGHTAWAY.
SHAKING IT BACK AND FORTH
>> HE IS OUT OFAS.
REMEMBER, THIS IS HANK PARKER
JUNE DWROR'S TEAMMATE, SEE
IMSLINGING IT BACK AND FORTH.
THE FUEL PICK UP, HE IS TRYING
TO GET FUEL BACK TO IT.
HE WILL MAKE IT TO PIT ROAD.
BUT A LOT OF TIME WILL BE LOST.
>> CREW WAITING ON FEDEWA.
SEVERAL CREW CHIEFS TOLD US THIS
MORNING THAT NASCAR MADE A VERY
CAREFUL INSPECTION OF FUEL CELL
SIZE HER AT LOUDON BECAUSE GAS
MILEAGE IS SUCH AN ISSUE.
>> THESE FUEL CELLS HOLD 22
GALLONS BUT THE WAY THEY MANDATE
THAT IS THE MEASUREMENT OF THE
BOX, THE FUEL CELL ITSELF.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN TIGHT.
HANK PARKER JR., FED WE'S
TEAMMATE HE IS IN PIT ROAD TOO.
WHEN YOUR TEAMMATE RUNS DOWN YOU
DON'T NEED TO BE TOO FAR BEHIND.
>> LAP 98.
THESE GREEN FLAGS STOPS, JEFF?
>> THE 66 CAR, TIM FEDEWA IS n
HE IS OUT OF FUEL RIGHT NOW AND
NOT MAKING ANY ADJUSTMENTS.
THE CAR IS FIRED.
IT IS STALLED AGAIN.
NOW THEY WILL TRY TO PUSH HIM
OFF.
>> NOW, THAT LEAVES CHAD LITTLE
ON THE RACETRACK.
THAT IS ANOTHER BILL BUM GARTNER
CAR AND THIS IS A BILL DAVIS
CAR.
OR RATHER SCOTT WIMMER IS OUT
THERE ALONG WITH JEFF PURVIS.
WIMMER IS THE DAISHIS CAR.
EXCUSE ME.
SHANE HALL COMES IN NOW AT LAP
99.
FIRST TIME ON PIT ROAD FOR HALL
TODAY.
>> EVEN THOUGH THESE GUYS MAY BE
RUNNING THE LAP 100 MARK,
REMEMBER THAT FIRST 100 LAPS WE
HAD CAUTION LAPS.
YOU CAN'T SAY NOW I CAN RUN THE
OTHER 100 LAPS BECAUSE THAT WILL
BE ALL GREEN LAPS SHOULD WE NOT
HAVE A CAUTION.
>> THE CARS THAT HAVE NOT PITTED
ARE THIS ONE, PURVIS COMING IN
NOW, AND SCOTT WIMMER, AND CHAD
LITTLE.
JEFF?
>> 4200 RPMs.
BRING IT DOWN PIT ROAD AT 35
MILES AN HOUR.
THE CREW GOES TO WORK ON THE
RIGHT SIDE.
GOT A PRETTY GOOD STOP GOING
HERE.
LEFT SIDE GOES UP.
ONE OF THE LAST CARS TO COME
HERE HE IS ON LAP 101.
DOWN AND AWAY.
REALLY GOOD STOP FOR THE MBNA
PONTIAC.
>> HE RAN THE FURTHEREST OF
ANYONE THAT DIDN'T TOP OFF
EARLIER IN THE RACE.
WE KNEW GREEN POPPED UP ON LAP
16 BUT WE ARE BEING TOLD THAT
WIMMER AND LITTLE POPPED OFF ON
LAP 8 SO PURVIS SHALL HE IS THE
FUEL MILEAGE KING RIGHT NOW.
THE QUESTION CAN BE BEINGS CAN
YOU RUN 99 LAPS TO FINISH THIS
RACE?
>> WE MAY SEE IF WE STAY GREEN.
SO JEFF GREEN, BIFFLE AND KENNY
WALLACE EACH LED A LAPS WE
CYCLE THROUGH GREN FLAG PIT
NT LEADER.■
>>> NASCAR ON FX IS BROUGHT TO
YOU BY:
>> WELCOME BACK TO LOUDON, NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
THAT'S NOT ONE OF THE FLAGS THE
DRIVERS WILL SEE.
THAT'S AN INFIELD CAMPER, I
HOPE.
JEFF GREEN IS OUR LEADER.
HE MADE A PIT STOP AT LAP 16.
THAT WAS 92 LAPS AGO SO WE
EXPECT HIM SHORTLY ON PIT ROAD.
HE HAS A LEAD OF 20 SECONDS ON
CHAD LITTLE.
WHO ALSO MADE A STOP AT THE SAME
TIME.
TO TOP OFF FUEL.
AND HERE IS GREEN, WHO WILL
SURRENDER THE LEAD ON THIS GREEN
FLAG PIT STOP.
>> ALL THEY NEED IS A GOOD SOLID
PIT STOP, FOUR TIRES, NEED TO
MAKE SURE THEY GET THAT THING
FULL OF FUEL.
NO MISTAKES.
*** BERGGREN, YOU ARE DOWN
THERE WAITING ON HIM, FOUR
TIRES?
>> YEAH.
FOUR TIRES.
THE OTHER THING THEY WILL DO IS
TAKE A ROUND OUT OF THE LEFT
REAR THIS.
EIT OF A
PUSH COMING OFF THE CORNER.
A COMMON SYMPTOM WE HAVE SEEN
ALL DAY LONG.
HAS TOLD HIS GUYS JUST GET IT
RIGHT.
A LOT OF FUEL SPILLING OUT.
THEY DID NOT GET NOZZLE IN WELL.
AROUND TO THE LEFT SIDE.
WORKING THE LEFT SE OF THE
RACE CAR NOW.
HOLLY THE CREW CHIEF, A GUTSY
CALL AND THERE HE GOES.
NICE STOP!
>> THE SECOND-PLACE CAR OF CHAD
LITTLE ALSO MAKING HIS STOP.
FOR FOUR TIRES AND FUEL.
>> PRETTY MUCH A GIVEN, JEFF
GREEN AND CHAD LITTLE WE KNOW
CAN MAKE IT THE DISTANCE FROM
HERE TOO IF WE STAY GREEN.
WE TALK AND TALK ABOUT WEDGE OUT
OF THE LEFT AND TALKED BY THE ON
GREEN'S CAR AND NEWMAN.
WE WILL TRY TO SHOW YOU WHAT A
WEDGE OUT OF THE LEFT REAR
REALLY IS IN A VISUAL.
CAR COMES ON TO PIT ROAD, THIS
IS THE LEFT REAR CORNERIGHT
HERE.
WHAT THEY DORKS THEY BACK THAT
OUT, COUNTER CLOCKWISE.
ACTUALLY WILL SHOW YOU ON THE
RIGHT REAR HERE.
WE WILL SHOW YOU TAKING WEDGE
T.
SCREWED DOWN ON THE RIGHT REAR.
WHAT THAT DOES, THAT TAKES
WEIGHT OFF THE RIGHT REAR AND
THE LEFT FRONT.
IT PUTS WEIGHT ON THE OTHER ONE
AND TT IS ACTUALLY TAKEN WEDGE
OUT.
YOU ARE CHANGING THE WHEEL
WEIGHTS AT THE CORNER.
>> SO CHAD LITTLE COMES BACK ON
TRACK AFTER BEING IN SECOND
PLACE.
HE IS NOW IN 24th POSITION.
JEFF?
>> THAT'S RIGHT, MIKE.
THEY MADE A GUTSYALL ANDOOK
IT AS FAR AS THEY COME THE CREW
CHIEF MADE A TRACK BAR ADJUST:
PUT FOUR TIRES ON AND FULL OF
FUEL AND BELIEVE THEY CAN GO
DISTANCE AND THEY DMIT 15.2
SECONDS.
>> PRETTY SLICK STOP.
KEVINARVICK AFTER THIS CYCLE
OF PIT STOPS IS COMPLETED, HAS
GONE BACK TO THE LEAD.
BUT JASON KELLER IS LESS THAN
THREE SECONDS FROM HARVICK.
BOBBY HAMILTON JR. IN THIRD.
MIKE SKINNERND ANDY SANTERR
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>>> NEXT WEEKEND, NASCAR'S
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NEXT FRIDAY AND QUALIFYING
PRACTICE BEGINNING AT 7 P.M..
NEXT SATURDAY, THE ARCA RACE,
5:30 ON FX, FOLLOWED BY THE
WINSTON OPEN AND THE WINSTON,
ALL ON FP AND NEXT SUNDAY WE ARE
AT NAZARETH WITH THE NASCAR
BUSCH SERIES.
TOUGH BREAK FOR DAVID DONAHUE,
WHOSE CAR SLOWED UP WAY IN THE
HIGH TIDE OF TURN TWO, COASTED
AROUND THE WALL AND FOUND ITS
WAY DOWN TO PIT ROAD.
IF YOU CAN HAVE A LOOK AT THE
RIGHT REAR OF THAT CAR, YOU CAN
SEE WHAT THEY PAINTED ON IT FOR
THIS WEEK: A BULL'S EYE.
SINCE THEY HAVE BEEN SIT SO MANY
TIMES AFTER LAST WEEK'S TELECAST
THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD PUT ONE
ON THERE.
NOBODY TOUCHED IT.
>> GOOD THING THEY PUT IT ON
THERE BUT UNFORTUNATELY NOW THEY
HAVE OTHER PROBLEMS.
>> DONAHUE LOST A CYLINDER, WE
ARE TOLD.
AND DONAHUE IS GOING TO BE DONE
FOR THE DAY AND THEY ARE GOING
TO PUSH THE NUMBER 25 BEHIND THE
WALL.
>> BIFFLE RIGHT THERE IN THE 60.
JEFF GREEN IN THE 10, THIS IS A
BATTLE FOR 12th, BUT, MIKE, JEFF
GREEN IS ON HIS OWN AGENDA RIGHT
NOW.
HE DON'T NEED TO RACE ANYONE.
HE JUST NEEDS TO MAKE LAPS AND
BE CAREFUL RACING PEOPLE.
HE KNOWS HE CAN GO THE DISTANCE
WITHOUT STOPPING.
GREG BIFFLE AND EVERYBODY ELSE
IN FRONT OF HIM, THEY HAVE GOT
STOP ONEORE TIME.
>> WELL, THERE A SEVERAL CARS,
LARRY, TH AREHE MAKE IT
OR BREAK IT CATEGORY, SCOTT
WIMME, SHANE HALL, HANK
PARKER JR. AGAIN, CHAD LITTLE
DOESN'T HAVE TO STOP.
I THINK I MENTIONED WOMENER AND
GREEN, THOSE CARS PROBABLY MIGHT
NOT HAVE TO STOP.
>> YEAH.
THE THING, THOUGH, WITH CHAD
LITTLE AND SCOTT WIMMER, THEY
ARE A LAP DOWN AND THEY
CERTAINLY WOYM PROVE THEIR
POSITION A BUNCH.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY COULD WIN
THE RACE WITHOUT STOPPING
BECAUSE WE KNOW JEFF GREEN IN
THE 10, HE HAS NOT COME TO PIT
ROAD.
>> CHAD LITTLE, HANK PARKER JR.
AND STEVE PARK GOING AT IT.
NOW PARK IS THE SIXTH PLACE CAR.
HE MAKES IT PAST THAT GROUP.
>> RANDY LAJOIE, HE IS UP TO
SEVENTH POSITION.
HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST CARS
THAT CAME TO PIT ROAD BACK ON
LAP 80.
WHAT HE DID, HE GOT ADVANTAGE OF
THE FRESHER TIRES AND WAS ABLE
TO IMPROVE THIS IS POSITION A
BUNCH.
WE KNOW HE WILL BE ON PIT ROAD
PROBABLY IN ABOUT 80, YOU KNOW,
LAP 180, 185 POSSIBLY.
>> YEAH.
HE WILL BE BACK IN.
12th PLACE BATTLE HERE.
WELL, IT WAS.
JEFF GREEN GOING BY GREG BIFFLE.
ELTON SAWYER LOOKING IN.
14th PLACE CAR.
122 LAPS COMPLETE.
HARVICK HAS LED 103 OF THEM.
MAKE THAT 104 NOW.
JEFF GREEN WITH 17 LAPS.
BIFFLE AND KENNY WALLACE EACH
LED ONE.
>> SOMETHING WE NEVER MENTIONED,
MIKE IS JAY SAUTER, HE IS BACK
IN THE RACE IN THE 43 CAR HF
BEING INVOLVED IN THAT FIRST
ACCIDENT BACK ON LAP 3.
52 LAPS DOWN BUT JUST OUT THERE
TRYING TO ACCUMULATE POINTS AND
MAKE LAPS.
>> YEAH.
HE HAS GAINED FOUR POSITIONS
SINCE WORKING ON THAT CAR AND
PUTTING IT BACK ON THE
RACETRACK.
NOT PRETTY, BUT GETTING THE JOB
DONE
>> OUT THERE ROLLING AND
RUNNING.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> JEFF PURVIS AND DAVID GREEN.
AND IN THE 34 IS JEFF HAMMOND.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT PIT STOPS
AND HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE TO
E TEAM.
THEY NEED TO BRING SOMEBODY IN
TO HELP THEM MAKE THEIR TEAM
BETTER.
THEY WENT OUT AND GOT A FORMER
MR. AMERICA AND MR. WORLD, DAVID
HAWK TO COME IN AND STUDY PIT
STOPS FOR ALL THREE OF THEIR
TEAMS.
DAVID ALSO WORK VERY CLOSELY
WITH THE FOLKS AT GNC WHICH
SPONSOR HANK PARKER JR.s CAR.
HE IS HERE TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND
PIT STOPS AND WILL COME BACK TO
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA TO
DEVELOP A PROGRAM TO MAKE THEIR
TEAM BIGGER, FASTER AND
STRONGER.
>> THE THING THE PIT CREWS, THEY
KEEP GOING DEEPER AND DEEPER
INTO THIS.
NO LONGER JUST A TIRE CHANGER,
YOU WORK OUT, YOU PRACTICE, IT
HAS BECOME PRETTY INVOLVED.
>> NOW, JEFF GREEN GOING PAST
THE 66, TIM FEDEWA.
>> THE REASON HE WENT A LAP DOWN
WAS HE RAN OUT OF FUEL A WHILE
AGO AND WAS ON PIT ROAD A LONG
TIME.
SPENT A LONG TIME GETTING TO PIT
ROAD.
>> SO KEVIN HARVICK, HIS LEAD
NOW CUT DOWN TO JUST TWO
SECONDS.
JASON KELLER TRYING TO CLOSE IN.
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>>> WELCOME BACK TO LOUDON.
131 LAPSOMETE.
HARVCK STILLEADS BUT HIS EAD
IS NOW CAUGHT TO 11 SCONDS
TIME FOR TODAY PPBO
TRIVIA.
I THINKHENSWER WILL NOT BE
>> EVIN HARCK IS WORKING HARD
HERE JUST TO BECOME THE ANSWE
TO THIS UEIO
I T THINK HE HASON AACE
HERE BUT THINK IT MAY HAVE
BEEN JEFF GREEN
>> LET'S SEE.
>> JEFF GREEN AND ADDED 17 MORE
TODAY TO HIS TOTAL AS HE GOES BY
JIMMIE JOHNSON TO TAKE OVER 11th
PLACE.
>> THE CAR IS REALLY WORKING
GOOD.
HE GETS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
CORNER AND TURNS THAT THING AND
MATCHES THAT THROTTLE UP OFF
THAT CORNER HE COMES A T
DIFFERENCE SHOWS UP DOWN THE
STRAIGHTAWAYMENT LOOKS LIKE HE
HAS A LOT BETTER MOR THAN HE
HAS GOT B THE REASON IS HE IS
BACKING THE THROTTLE SO EARLY,
JUST LIKE THIS MAN HERE, KEVIN
HARVICK IN THE 2 CAR.
>> HARVICK PULLING DOWN ON JOE
BESSEY, THE 20th PLACE CAR AND
THE LAST CAR ON THE LEAD LAP.
67 LAPS TO GO.
FUEL MILEAGE DEFINITELY A
QUESTION.
NOW, SECOND PLACE KIND OF
TIGHTENS UP AS WELL.
JASON KELLER AND BOBBY
HAMILTON JR..
RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE HOLDING
CONSTANT ABOUT 1.9 SECONDS OFF
THE LEAD.
>> THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING A LOT
OF LAPS.
THEY GO UNDERNEATH JAY SAUTER IN
THE 43 CAR.
ALMOST LIGHT REAL DIFFERENCE AT
LOUDON IS WHO CAN CATCH LAP
TRAFFIC IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND
WHO CAN MAKE THE RIGHT CALLS
FROM PIT ROAD.
>> LIKE THE RIGHT PLACE TO CATCH
IT IS A THIRD OF THE WAY DOWN
THE STRAIGHTAWAY.
>> A LOT BETTER TO CATCH THEM ON
THE STRAIGHTAWAY UNLESS THEY
MOVE UP FOR YOU WHILE YOU ARE IN
THE CORNER.
>> SO 19 CARS TO NOW ON THE LEAD
LAP.
DAVID GREEN IS THE LAST OF
THOSE.
AND MOST OF THESE TEAMS WILL
NEED ONE MORE PIT STOP.
GREEN IS NOW PULLED UP ON MIKE
McLAUGHLIN, RACING NOW FOR
TENTH.
LARRY IF WE GET A CAUTION AND
YOU MAKE THAT STOP, TWO TIRES OR
DO YOU TAKE THE TIME TO GET
FOUR?
>> I BELIEVE I WILL GO TORE TWO
TIRES.
WE HAVE SEEN HOW HARD IT IS TO
PASS.
HOW MUCH IT TOOK THEM TO PASS
CARS AND I JUST DON'T KNOW TRACK
POSITION, GIVE ME TRACK
POSITION.
>> WELL, LET'S FIND OUT
DOWNSTAIRS.
***?
>>ED TO BERIER IS WEARING THE
PAVEMENT OUT.
HOW LONG CAN YOU GO BEFORE YOU
HAVE TO FUEL THAT THING UP?
>> I'D SAY --.
>> YOU ARE GOING TO GO TWO TIRES
OR FOUR?
OKAY.
GOOD JOB.
>> DOWN HERE WITH THE CREW CHIEF
OF THE 57 CAR.
JASON KELLER.
CAR LOOKS GOOD, MAN AND I KNOW
YOU CAN'T GO ALL THE WAY SO
WHAT'S YOUR STRATEGY GOING TO
BE?
>> I THINK WE CAN GO TO 190.
BUT WE MIGHT GO A LITTLE BIT
FURTHER THAN THAT.
>> I TELL YOU RIGHT NOW BY THE
LOOK ON YOUR FACE AND THAT GRIN
IT SEEMS LIKE YOU MIGHT BE
HOLDING SOME CARDS HERE, BUDDY.
>> WE ARE RUNNING LEADER DOWN
AND I WILL LEAVE IT ALONE.
>> JEFF HAMMOND, I'M ONE OF
THESE CREW CHIEFS AND I DON'T
HAVE TO PIT UNTIL 15 LAPS TO GO,
SAY LAP 185.
I BELIEVE I'M GOING TO DO ME A
SPLASH OF GAS BECAUSE ALL THESE
GUYS NEED IS ABOUT TWO OR THREE
SECONDS OF FUEL.
AGAIN, GIVE ME THAT TRACK
POSITION ESPECIALLY AT THE END
OF THE RACE.
>> I AGREE COMPLETELY RIGHT
THERE, LAYER EACH YOU'VE GOT TO
GET IN AND GET BACK OUT THERE TO
HOLD THAT BOTTOM LINE AND
PROTECT IT AND STAY IN FRONT OF
A LOT OF THESE GUYS AND THE BEST
WAY TO DO IT IS GET ON AND OFF
OF PIT ROAD OR DON'T GO TO PIT
ROAD.
>> TROUBLE FOR TIM FEDEWA AND
YOU SEE THE RIGHT SIDE OF THAT
CAR IS ALL USED UP.
>> HAS BEEN AGAINST THE WALL,
PROBABLY UP OFF TURN TWO OR
PROBABLY TURN FOUR.
>> KEVIN HARVICK'S LEAD HAS NOW
COME TO LESS THAN ONE SECOND.
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>>> 56 LAPS TO GO IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
IN THE CVS PHARMACY 200
PRESENTED BY BAYER ON FX.
THERE IS SECOND, THIRD AND
FOURTH CLOSING IT IN ON RACE
LEADER KEVIN HARVICK.
>> THESE GUYS HERE, THEY HAVE
BEEN COMING LITTLE BY LITTLE.
JASON KELLER TOOK OVER A HALF A
SECOND BACK.
MIKE SKINNER IN THE FOURTH PLACE
ABOUT A SECOND AND A QUARTERBACK
>> ANDY SANTERRE IN THE TIME
ZONE OF HIS OWN IN FIFTH PLACE.
AND THEN STEVE PARK AND RANDY
LAJOIE.
ONE MORE PIT STOP WILL BE NEEDED
BY MOST OF THESE TEAMS.
KIM FED WE HAS BEEN IN AND OUT
OF THE PITS TRYING TO MAKE IT IN
OFF THE BASE AND OUT OF
CONTENTION AND JEFF GREENs
FORWARD PROGRESS HAS BEEN
STOPPED AND McLAUGHLIN, THE
TENTH PLACE CAR.
JEFF HAMMOND?
>> THAT'S RIGHT, GUYS.
A FEW MOMENTS AGO I'M STANDING
DOWN HERE IN PIT ROAD AND I SEEN
HAROLD HOLLY CAME RUNNING BY ME
AND I TRIED TO SEE WHERE HE WAS
GOING.
HE RAN ALL THE WAY UP TO THE 92
CAR PIT, SEVEN PITS AWAY AND
TOLD HIP, GET HIM OUTF THE WAY
YOU ARE HOLDING US UP.
HE WAS REFERRING TO JIMY JOHNSON
WE TALKED ABOUT EARER, YOU
CAN'T PASS HERE AND THEY CAN
TELL CLEARLY THAT HE WAS MUCH
FASTER THAN JOHNSON AND HE
WANTED TO GET SOME CLEAR LANE TO
GET BY HIM OR ELSE.
AND HE WAS MAKING IT MOSTLY
CLEAR.
ONE OTHER THING, GUYS, IS
GETTING A WHOLE LOT COOLER DOWN
HERE ON PIT ROAD SO THE
RACETRACK WILL START CHANGING.
SO THE GUYS THAT ARE TIGHTER MAY
BE GETTING TIGHTER YET.
>> IT IS DEFINITELY COOLING
DOWN.
WHEN WE STARTED THE RACETRACK
TEMPERATURE WAS 11 3.
IT IS DOWN TO 104 DEGREES.
THAT CAN DEFINITELY HEIGHTEN
YOUR RACE CAR AND MAKE IT TURN
WORSE.
>> IT HAS BEEN QUITE A MIX OF
SUN AND CLOUDS AND NOW FROM
PARTLY IT HAS GONE TO MOSTLY
CLOUDY.
JEFF PURVIS IS THE 18th PLACE
CAR AND KEVIN HARVICK IS TRYING
TO PUT HIM A LAP DOWN.
>> JEFF PURVIS IS ANOTHER CAR
THAT WAS IN QUESTION BECAUSE
REMEMBER, HE WAS ON PIT ROAD IN
THAT LAP 100 SO WE ARE NOT SURE
IF HE CAN'T GO THE DISTANCE
BECAUSE THAT WAS 100 LAPS WITH
11 CAUTION LAPS.
MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.
MEANWHILE, KEVIN HARVICK IS
FIGHTING WITH PURVIS.
YOU SEE JASON KELLER,
HAMILTON JR., SKINNER, RIGHT
THERE IN HIS REAR VIEW MIRROR
>> IT IS GETTING CLOSER.
YOU MEASURE THAT IN CAR LENGTHS
NOW, YOU DON'T NEED A STOPWATCH.
>> WE CAN DO IT ANDE CAN S
NE STREAM.
>> H KNOWS HE HAS GOTO GO.
TRYING TOAKE THE MOVE ON PUR
ADVICE TO THE INSIDE AND SAYS IT
OFF INTO TURN THREE UNDER PURVIS
WHO LEAVES THE DOOR OPEN FOR
KELLER.
>> ONCE YOU GET KICKED UP AT
HIGH SIDE IT IS A FREIGHT TRAIN.
ALL FOUR OF THE CARS WILL GO BY
JEFF PURVIS AND NOW HAVE 17 CARS
ON THE LEAD LAP WITH 50 LAPS TO
GO.
>> AND THAT'S A COURTESY MOVE BY
PURVIS THAT HE DIDN'T JUST TRY
TO DROP RIGHT IN BEHIND HARVICK
AND HOLD UP THOSE OTHER CARS
THAT ARE RACING FOR THE LEAD.
>> CARS STARTING TO MOVE UP A
LITTLE BIT UP THE RACETRACK A
LITTLE BIT.
HAMILTON JR. MOVED UP AND SKIN
NER THAT 21 CAR, HE WILL TAKE
THE THIRD PLACE POSITION AND
DOWN THE FRONT STRETCH HERE.
YOU MOVE UP A LITTLE BIT, YOU
JUST GIVE HEM A LITTLE BIT IN
THE BOTTOM OF THE RACETRACK AND
THEY WILL GET UNDER YOU.
>> JEFF GREEN MADE THAT MOVE ON■
McLAUGHLIN BUT HE MADE IT COMING
UP OUT OF THE CONNER ON
McLAUGHLIN INSTEAD OF GOING INTO
THE CORNER.
THAT IS A POSITION THAT IS TENTH
PLE CHANGE AGAIN THERE.
50 LAPS TO GO.
KEVIN HARVICK, JUST ABOUT SIX
CAR LENGTHS UP ON JASON KELLER.
HERE AT LOUDON, NEW HAMPSHIRE ON
WE WI BE RIGHT BACK!
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>>> WELCOME BACK TO LOUD ON.
44 LAPS TO GO.
SHANE HALL HAS JUST MADE A PIT
STOP.
HE WAS ONE OF THE LAST CARS TO
MAKE HIS FIRST SND HE IS
THE FIRST CAR TO MAKE HIS SECOND
PIT STOP OF THE DAY.
SO OF THE CARS THAT MADE
LATE-RACE PIT STOPS, ONLY JEFF
GREEN IS LEFT ON THE LEAD LAP.
NOW, IF HE YOU STAY GREEN AND
SO.
LEADERS, LIKE HARVICK HAVE TO
STOP, WILL PUT SOME OF THOSE
CARS BACK INTO PLAY IN THIS
RACE.
BUT IF WE GET A CAUTION, THEIR
CHANCES ARE GONE.