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>> AT THIS DISTANCE ON THE
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES
THEY STAND IN THE SHADOW OF
MILE TRACK JACK SPRAGUE, AND
LAST WEEK, IN NAZARETH, HE DID
IT AGAIN.
Mike>> 6 OF THE LAST 7 MILE
TRACK RACES GO TO JACK
SPRAGUE.
>> THIS WEEK THE ■■SERIES
RETURNS TO THE MILWAUKEE MILE
WHERE SPRAGUE LOOKS TO
DUPLICATE HIS 1996 VISIT TO
VICTORY LANE.
CAN ANYONE KNOCK OFF "MILE
TRACK JACK"?
WILL IT BE WISCONSIN'S OWN
RICH BICKLE, THE SERIES' POINT
LEADER?
OR CAN DEFENDING SERIES
CHAMPION RON HORNADAY GET BACK
ON TRACK?
WILL MIKE BLISS BREAK THROUGH
FOR HIS FIRST WIN OF THE YEAR?
OR CAN ROOKIE KENNY IRWIN
CONTINUE HIS RIDE TO THE TOP?
WE'LL SEE, TODAY, AS "MILE
TRACK JACK" HAS ANOTHER
VICTORY IN HIS SIGHTS AT THE
MILWAUKEE MILE.
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>> ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS
ADDRESSES IN ALL OF MOTOR
SPORTS -- THE MILWAUKEE MILE,
AND THIS WEEKEND THE NASCAR
>> FOR 94 YEARS, RACES HAVE
BEEN STAGED ON THIS LEGENDARY
FLAT ONE-MILE OVAL, AND THE
COMPETITION, THE NUMBERS SPEAK
FOR THEMSELVES.
LAST YEAR 17 LEAD CHANGES
ALONG WITH 47 LAPS OF CAUTION.
YESTERDAY, WHEN QUALIFYING WAS
DONE, WE HAD SEEN A NEW TRACK
RECORD SET, AND THE MAN ON THE
POLE -- WELL, IT'S NO SURPRISE
AT ALL.
HERE IS MIKE JOY.
Mike>> HE HAD ONLY ONE TWO OF
THESE WHEN I STARTED CALLING
HIM "MILE TRACK JACK" BUT JACK
SPRAGUE, YOU'VE ONE 6 OF THE
LAST 7 MILE TRACK RACES.
>> YOU'VE GOT TO HANDLE IT TO
BE ABLE TO USE THE HORSEPOWER,
AND THE QUAKER STATE CHEVY
TEAM HAS DONE A AWESOME JOB,
WE WERE AWFULLY GOOD IN THE
LAST PRACTICE, BUT IT'S A
LITTLE WARMER TODAY, I DON'T
KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE
DEALT, BUT WE CAN WORK ON IT
DURING THE RACE AND HOPEFULLY
GET THIS QUAKER STATE
CHEVROLET BACK IN VEHICLE
LANE.
Mike>> RIGHT ALONGSIDE IN THE
FRONT ROW, THEY BOTH BROKE THE
TRACK RECORD, THE FELLOW FROM
WISCONSIN HAS HAD THE POINT
LEAD SINCE RACE 4, CHEESEHEAD
RICH BICKLE.
YOU'RE HAVING A LOT OF FUN
WITH THIS TEAM, TWO WINS AND
HOW ABOUT TODAY ON YO HOME
TRACK.
>> COMING BACK WITH THE
DIEHARD TRUCK AND LEADING IN
POINTS, IF WE CAN WIN THIS
RACE WE'LL HAVE A HECK OF A
PARTY IN MILWAUKEE TONIGHT.
Mike>> LET'S GO BACK ONE ROW
TO THE EDITOR OF STOCK CAR
RACING MAGAZINE, ***
BERGGREN.
***>> ONE OF HIS WINS IS
RIGHT HERE AT MILWAUKEE BUT
HE'S NEW TO TRUCKS.
SO NEW, THIS UNIFORM HE'S
WEARING TODAY HE HAD TO BORROW
FROM THE TEAM FUELER, BUT HE'S
DONE A GREAT JOB QUALIFYING.
4th SPOT, ASK THAT'S THE BEST
QUALIFYING RUN THIS TEAM HAS
HAD ALL YEAR.
MIKE, HOW DO YOU FOLLOW
THROUGH?
Mike>> WE HAVE A COUPLE OF
RACES WE'RE GOING TO RUN
TODAY.
I'M THRILLED FOR THE PUROLATOR
TEAM THAT WE QUALIFIED HERE,
WE'RE GOING TO RACE FOR THE
FIRST 15, 20 LAPS, SEE HOW
THAT GOES THEN RACE TO THE
HALFWAY POINT.
AFTER THE HALFWAY POINT WE
HAVE A SECOND RACE.
KENNY SCHRADERS SAID GREAT
JOB, GUYS, BRING IT HOME IN
THE TOP 10.
I WANT TO MAKE IT THE TOP 5,
MYSELF.
>> ELI GOLD.
>> WELCOME TO MILWAUKEE, HOPE
YOU'RE HAVING A GREAT JULY
WEEKEND.
THIS IS THE START OF A NASCAR
DOUBLE HEADER WEEKEND ON CBS.
TODAY THE NASCAR CRAFTSMAN
TRUCK SERIES, TOMORROW THE
250.
EVEN THOUGH THIS IS THE FIRST
TIME THIS SERIES HAS RUN
MILWAUKEE THIS IS NOT A
FOREIGN TRACK.
Ned>> NO, LAPS ON ANY RACE
TRACK ARE VERY IMPORTANT
ESPECIALLY ON A TOUGH RACE
TRACK LIKE THIS ONE MILE.
NO LESS THAN 16 OF THE 34
STARTERS HERE TODAY ARE
STARTING THEIR VERY FIRST
TRUCK RACE ON THIS RACE TRACK,
BUT NINE OF THOSE 16 DO HAVE
PAST EXPERIENCE IN VARIOUS
FORMS OF COMPETITION, HERE,
SOME OF THAT WINNING
EXPERIENCE, AND THAT SHOULD
WORK IN THEIR FAVOR HERE
TODAY.
>> WHO SHOULD WE WATCH IN
ADDITION TO THE FRONT ROW?
GUYS LIKE RON HORNADAY JUNIOR,
HE'S BEEN HERE TWICE, FINISHED
3rd TWO TIMES, BOTHERED BY A
RIB AND CARTILAGE INJURY
SUFFERED LAST WEEK IN
NAZARETH.
HE'S GOT STEVE PARK STANDING
BY IN RELEASE.
Ned>> MIKE BLISS HAS RUN
STRONG ALL YEAR LONG, HAD A
BIG TRUCK BUT DIDN'T QUALIFY
TOO WELL.
LOOK FOR HIM TO COME THROUGH
THE TRACK.
>> JAY SAUTER HAS RUN HERE
BETTER THAN 15 TIMES, HE HAS
NEVER PICK UP A VICTORY HERE.
HE HAS RUN IN A TRUCK ALREADY
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAYBE HE
WILL PICK IT UP THIS
AFTERNOON.
Ned>> JOE RUTTMAN TOO SLIPPED
IN QUALIFYING.
HE HAS A LOT OF LAPS ON THIS
RACE TRACK, SO I LOOK FOR HIM
TO DO WELL HERE TODAY.
>> SOME OF THE PARTIALITIES IN
THE RACE, BUT HOW ABOUT THE
RACE
>> SOME OF THE PERSONALITIES
IN THE RACE.
EARLIER TODAY BUDDY BAKER WENT
TRACK SIDE WITH THESE
OBSERVATIONS.
Buddy Baker>> THE MILWAUKEE
MILE.
A GREAT RACE TRACK.
9 DEGREES OF BANKING IN THE
CORNER, TWO DEGREES OF BANKING
DOWN THE FRONT STRAIGHTAWAY.
LET ME TELL YOU.
I QUESTION THAT AS YOU CAN SEE
THIS BASKETBALL, IT'S GOING
NOWHERE.
ON MOST RACE TRACKS, THIS BALL
WOULD GO RIGHT OUT OF SIGHT
DOWN THE HILL.
VERY FLAT HERE, BUT THE RACING
IS GREAT.
THREE WIDE DOWN THE FRONT
STRAIGHTAWAY.
THROUGH THE CORNERS YOU HAVE
TO SINGLE FILE.
THE RACING IS GREAT.
LOOK FOR A LOT OF LEAD CHANGES
TODAY AND GREAT COMPETITION.
>> NOW LET'S LOOK AT THE
STARTING GRID.
Ned>> RICK CARELLI IS IN THE
PITS THERE.
I HOPE IT'S NOT A PROBLEM FOR
HIM.
A MANUFACTURER'S BREAKDOWN,
YOU HAVE 15 FORDS, 15
CHEVROLETS, FOUR
>> UNDER BEAUTIFUL SKIES IN
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN,
TEMPERATURE IN THE MID 70s.
Ned>> I'M SURE ANYBODY THAT
DRIVES A RACE -- TRUCK OR CAR
-- WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THIS DAY
TO RACE ON.
>> WE'LL GIVE YOU A LOT OF THE
DIFFERENT LOOKS AT THE
MILWAUKEE MILE.
THE SEARS DIEHARD CHEVY TRUCK
FOR RICH BICKLE WILL HAVE OUR
ONBOARD CAMERAS.
THE NAPA BRAKE CHEVY TRUCK,
RON HORNADAY WILL GIVE US A
RIDE AROUND THE RACE WAY.
JIMMY HENSLEY IN THE CUMMINS
ENGINE DODGE.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE KING OF
STOCK CAR RACING -- RICHARD
PETTY.
MIKE BLISS, QUICKEST IN
PRACTICE YESTERDAY, STARTS
MIDDLE OF THE FIELD, THE TEAM
A.S.E. TRUCK WILL BE GIVING US
THOSE SHOTS AS THE FIELD GETS
THE "ONE TO GO" SIGNAL.
BORIS SAID HAS THE FEDERATED
AUTO PARTS TRUCK AND HE WILL
BE RIDING US AROUND THE
MILWAUKEE MILE, AS WILL
MICHAEL DOKKEN TRYING TO BACK
UP HIS TOP-10 FINISH OF A
WEEKEND AGO.
BACK ON PIT ROAD AGAIN, HERE
IS RICK CARELLI.
WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
>> HE'S GOT A BIG PROBLEM,
ELI, AND HE'S ONLY GOT A TINY
BIT OF PEDAL HERE.
THIS IS A TRACK THAT REQUIRES
A GOOD BIT OF BRAKES.
THE CREW CHIEF UNDER THE HOOD.
THEY'VE GOT THE LEFT REAR
WHEEL OFF AND THEY'RE TRYING
TO BLEED THE BRAKES.
CARELLI SO FAR HAS FINISHED
EVERY RACE THIS YEAR; HE
ANTI-- HE CAN'T EVEN START
THIS ONE.
>> A TOUGH BREAK FOR RICH
CARELLI, "THE HIGH PLAINS
DRIFTER" WE ARE COMING TO
GREEN, AGAIN, 200 LAPS, 200
MILES, THE HALFWAY BREAK,
TECHNICALLY, AT LAP 101 WITH
THE SECOND SEGMENT, AS NED
TOLD YOU A BIT AGO, OF 99 LAPS
IN DURATION.
RACE 12 OF 26.
NOW THE LIGHTS ARE COMING BACK
ON ATOP THE SAFETY VEHICLE, SO
THEY ARE WAVING OFF THE START
OF THE MILWAUKEE 200.
Ned>> THIS IS GOING TO BE
INTERESTING.
RICK CARELLI IS TRYING TO GET
BACK ON THE RACE TRACK AND NOT
GO A LAP DOWN, BUT HE WOULDN'T
GO A LAP DOWN ANYHOW BECAUSE
THE GREEN HASN'T GONE OUT.
>> WE ARE ONCE AGAIN ONE LAP
AWAY FROM GOING GREEN.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH MIKE JOY.
Mike>> LAST WEEK AT NAZARETH A
COUPLE OF TRUCKS WENT THE
SECOND HUNDRED MILES WITHOUT A
FUEL STOP.
THAT WAS SOMEWHAT UNEXPECTED.
I BELIEVE THAT ALL TEAMS WILL
PIT IN THE FIRST SEGMENT SO
THEY CAN ACCURATELY GGE
THEIR MILEAGE UNDER RACE
CONDITIONS.
THERE ARE SOME TEAMS, THAT
BASED ON THE NUMBER OF CAUTION
LAPS WE HAVE IN THE SECOND
SEGMENT INTEND TO TRY TO GO
ALL THE WAY.
>> JOE RUTTMAN SHOWED
EVERYBODY THEY CAN GET THE JOB
DONE, AT LEAST LAST WEEKEND ON
CBS AT NAZARETH.
Ned>> AND BORIS SAID DID IT IN
THE FIRST HALF OF THE RACE, SO
IT IS POSSIBLE.
>> THAT'S UPPED THE
>> LOTS ON THE LINE AS WE GET
SET TO COME TO GREEN.
>> FOR THE CARELLI FANS, HE
HAS FALLEN IN TO THE TAIL OF
THE FIELD AND HE IS READY TO
GO, IT LOOKS LIKE.
>> THROUGH TURN NUMBER 4, THAT
FLAT TRACK.
JUST WIDE AND YAWNING AND
WAITING FOR THESE TRUCKS TO
ATTACK.
AND AS THE FORD PULLS AWAY,
HERE WE GO.
THE MILWAUKEE 200.
UNDER WAY.
THE NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK
SERIES.
>> DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR SOME
THREE-WIDE RACING, BUT THE
FRONT, THEY GO SINGLE FILE AS
THEY SAID THEY WANTED TO OFF
THE GET GO, JACK SPRAGUE IN
THE 24, BICKLE IN THE 17, JAY
SOUGHTER IN THE 23, HORNADAY
RIGHT BEHIND IN THE 16 NAPA
TRUCK, THEN MIKE WALLACE WHO
TAKES OVER THE 52 RIDE THIS
WEEKEND.
Ned>> THERE WAS A REAL
SCRAMBLE INTO TURN 1,
THREE-WIDE RACING BUT
FORTUNATELY, EVERYONE WAS ABLE
TO GET THROUGH THERE AND GOT
DOWN TO TWO-WIDE RACING.
Buddy>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
FLAT TRACK ITSELF.
WHAT YOU DO, YOU GO DOWN THE
STRAIGHTAWAYS LIKE YOU'RE ON
THE DRAG STRIP, ALMOST, YOU GO
DOWN TO THE CORNER, APPLY THE
BRAKES AND YOU GET OUT WIDE
YOU SEE THE GRAY PART OF THE
RACE TRACK THERE, THE BLACK
EDGE AROUND THE BOTTOM PART OF
THE RACE TRACK IS THE FASTEST
WAY AROUND THE RACE TRACK, AS
YOU SEE AS THEY PUT THE LEFT
FRONT RIGHT DOWN ON THE YELLOW
LINE, SWEEP OUT THERE, STAY ON
THE BLACK PART OF THE RACE
TRACK, BUT YOU GET OUT IN THAT
LOOSE PART, A FLAT RACE TRACK
DOES NOT GIVE YOU AS MUCH
TRACTION AND THE BACK END AM
WILL COME RIGHT AROUND ON YOU.
>> INTO TURN NUMBER 3, LEADERS
STILL WORKING WITH NO CHANGE
FOR POSITION.
SINGLE FILE ALL THE WAY BACK
TO ABOUT THE 12th SPOT NOW.
Ned>> THERE IS ONE GUY IN THE
BACK OF THE TRACK, RICK
CARELLI, YOU MENTIONED HE HAD
TO LINE UP IN THE BACK OF THE
PACK, BUT HE JUST MOVED UP ON
THE OUTSIDE, BUDDY, AND PASSED
ABOUT A HALF DOZEN TRUCKS IN A
LAP THERE, BUT HE HAS A GOOD
HANDLING TRUCK.
Buddy>> IF YOU COULD SEE RIGHT
NOW, HE'S LOSING IT BACK,
THOUGH, HE WENT IN THE CORNER,
DID MAKE UP SOME TIME, BUT
FURTHER THROUGHOUT CORNER HE
LOST ABOUT THREE SPOTS THERE.
THAT OUTSIDE NOT AS QUICK AS
THE INSIDE.
>> MIKE, WHAT ARE THEY SAYING
IN THE CARELLI PIT?
>> HE DOES HAVE SOME BRAKES.
THE PEDAL IS MUSHY.
HE SAID THEY CHANGED PADS AND
ROTORS AND BLED THE BRAKES
BEFORE THE RACE.
HE DOES HAVE SOME BRAKES.
HE'S NOT SURE HOW MUCH.
Ned>> HE'S UP TO 24 AFTER
STARTING 34.
>> JUST UNDER WAY.
4 OF THOSE 200 LAPS COMPLETE.
>> JAY SAUTER RUNNING IN 3rd
-- THE BLACK NUMBER 3 TRUCK
REALLY ONE OF THE ONLY RACING
SAUTERS NOT TO HAVE WON HERE.
HIS DAD, JIM HAS WON HERE, HIS
BROTHER, TIM, HAS WON HERE.
Buddy>> YOU CAN SEE THE LEFT
FRONT GOG RIGHT DOWN AGAINST
THE RUMPLE STRIPS ON THE
INSIDE, SWEEPS OUT A LITTLE
BIT, YOU CAN SEE SPRAGUE'S
TRUCK GET A LITTLE BIT TSY
IN THE BACK AS THEY HEAD DOWN
THE FRONT STRAIGHTAWAY, THESE
ARE VERY LONG TURNS.
AS THEY START IN, WATCH HOW
CLOSE THEY GET TO THE INSIDE
WALL THERE GETTING INTO TURN
1.
NOW THEY WILL SWEEP OUT RIGHT
HERE.
AND THEN PULL BACK DOWN TOWARD
THE WHITE LINE AS THEY COME
TOWARD THE BACK STRAIGHT AWAY,
LETTING THE TRUCK DRIFT OUT TO
THE OUTSIDE WALL.
Ned>> THE RIPPLE STRIPS ARE
SOMETHING NEW.
THEY'VE PAVED THE TURNS AND
YOU CAN SEE THE BLACK PAVEMENT
THERE WHERE IT'S NEW AND THE
RIPPLE STRIPS ARE NEW THIS
YEAR, SO IT KEEPS THEM FROM
CUTTING DOWN ON THE DIRT LIKE
WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST.
>> A WIDE RACE TRACK, AND OF
COURSE WITH NO TRAFFIC TO DEAL
WITH RIGHT NOW, THAT'S A
BLESSING.
ON ANY TRACK.
BUT PARTICULARLY A FLAT TRACK,
HERE, NO NEED TO LAY ON THAT
BRAKE PEDAL AT ALL.
SPRAGUE, BICKLE, SAUTER IN THE
3, HORNADAY NEXT IN LINE, THEN
KENNY IRWIN, JR. -- HE'S UP TO
THE 5th SPOT.
>> ONLY THE SECOND TIME CHUCK
BOWN HAS RACED HERE AT THE
MILWAUKEE MILE.
HE WAS HERE IN HIS NASCAR
BUSCH SERIES DAYS BUT NOT AT
ALL SINCE.
Ned>> I'M SURE THAT EXPERIENCE
HELPED HIM SOME, BUT THERE IS
A DIFFERENCE IN THE VEHICLES,
AND AS YOU SAY, THAT WAS
SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
ANY LAPS ON ANY RACE TRACK IS
HELPFUL.
>> THE 15 TRUCK RIGHT THERE,
MIKE COPE HAS BEEN HERE TWICE
AND HAS FINISHED 2nd IN NASCAR
ALL-PRO SERIES RACING.
>> ANOTHER FELLOW, WHO
ALTHOUGH HE'S BEEN HERE IS
USED TO DRIVING A 2800 POUND
CAR, NOW A 3400 POUND TRUCK.
>> RIDING WITH MICHAEL DOKKEN
ON TURN 1, CLOSED IN ON COPE.
>> YOU CAN SEE HIM GAINING ON
COPE AS THEY HEAD DOWN THE
BACK STRAIGHTAWAY.
Buddy>> SEE HOW
Ned>> SEE HOW CLOSE THEY GET
TO THE WALL.
THEY WANT TO MAKE THAT SWEEP
AS WIDE AS THEY CAN.
>> NO CHANGE UP FRONT.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP YOU WITH
THIS ACTION IN THE MIDDLE OF
FIELD.
JACK SPRAGUE CONTINUES WITH A
4-, NOW 5-TRUCK SPREAD.
Ned>> SAID IS CURRENTLY IN
12th POSITION.
>> REF
>> REFFNER, BRYAN REFFENER
SAID HE ALWAYS WANTED TO COME
AND RACE HERE, AND HE HAS, AND
HE'S DONE WELL.
>> WELCOME TO CBS SPORTS LIVE
COVERAGE
>> WITH NED JARRETT, ***
BERGGREN, MIKE JOY, WATCHING A
GOOD BATTLE NOW SHAPING UP
BETWEEN MIKE BLISS IN THE
NUMBER 2 TRUCK -- THAT'S FOR
8th SPOT AS HE WORKS ALONGSIDE
RANDY TOLSMAN, THE 61, AND
MAKES EASY WORK OF THAT
BATTLE.
Ned>> MIKE BLISS HAS COME FROM
HIS 15 STARTING POSITION.
>> THERE HAS BEEN THE
PROGRESSION FOR MIKE.
Buddy>> I TALKED TO THE CREW
CHIEF ON THIS TRUCK, HE SAID
THEY DID NOT PULL ENOUGH GEAR
BUT HE WOULD GUARANTEE
EVERYBODY THEY WOULD HAVE
ENOUGH GEAR IN THIS TRUCK TO
RUN UP FRONT ALL DAY LONG
HERE.
>> A GOOD LOOK AT MIKE BLISS
AT WORK IN THE TEAM
>> AN UP AND DOWN KIND OF YEAR
FOR MIKE BLISS.
NOT THE KIND OF CONSISTENCY
THEY ENJOYED IN THE PAST.
Ned>> WHEN THEY GOT TO TEXAS,
THESE TRUCKS RAN 176 MILES AN
HOUR, AND MIKE BLISS HAD A
PROBLEM IN THE RIGHT FRONT
TIRE, AND IT KNOCKED THE FRONT
FENDER OFF AND LOST ALL THE
AERODYNAMICS BUT IT WAS THE
FASTEST TRUCK OUT BLISS IS
QUICK ERYWHERE HE RACES.
>> 14 LAPS COMPLETE.
JACK SPRAGUE HAS LED FROM THE
START.
Eli>> JACK SPRAGUE IN THE
GREEN QUAKER STATE TRUCK
STARTED FROM THE POLE; HE HAS
NOT BEEN CHALLENGED.
Eli>> RON HORNADAY IS NEXT AND
THEN KENNY IRN JR..
PROBLEMS ON AN UNSCHEDULED PIT
STOP AS ROBERTSON BRINGS HIS
TRUCK ONTO PIT LANE.
Buddy>> IT LOOKED LIKE A
LITTLE FLAME A SECOND AGO.
THE BRAKES ARE VERY HOT ON THE
RIGHT FRONT OF THAT ROBERTSON
TRUCK.
Eli>> JERRY ROBERTSON IN THE
PITS FOR BRAKE PROBLEMS EARLY.
OUR RACE LEADER JACK SPRAGUE
HAS WON 6 OF THE LAST 7 RACES
ON ONE-MILE TRACKS COMING INTO
TODAY'S EVENT IN MILWAUKEE.
GOOD BATTLE THERE BETWEEN RON
HORNADAY, THE LEFT OF YOUR
SCREEN IN THE 16 AND THE
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR POINT
LEADER, KENNY IRWIN, JR., AND
WHAT A SURPRISE HE'S BEEN THIS
SEASON.
Ned>> HE'S HAD TWO WINS,
THAT'S 4th AND 5th YOU'RE
LOOKING AT, HORNADAY IN THE 16
AND IRWIN IN THE 98.
Buddy>> THIS KID REALLY HAS
GOOD HANDS.
HE HAS GREAT FEEL FOR THE
TRUCK.
HE'S ALREADY WON TWICE THIS
YEAR.
WHO KNOWS WHAT HE MIGHT DO
BEFORE THE YEAR IS OVER.
Eli>> *** BERGGREN HAS BEEN
FOLLOWING KENNY IRWIN FOR A
LOT OF YEARS AND I THINK MAYBE
HE'S SURPRISING HIMSELF THIS
SEASON.
***>> HE IS INDEED, ELI, AND
IF ANYONE WAS WATCHING LAST
WEEKEND AT NAZARETH AND SAW
IRWIN TAKE A HARD HIT ON THE
DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR THEY WOULD
BE SHOCKED TO LEARN THAT THE
TRUCK HE IS RUNNING SO WELL IN
TODAY IS THAT SAME TRUCK.
THEY WENT HOME SUNDAY NIGHT
AFTER THAT RACE AND PULLED THE
MOTOR.
MONDAY MORNING IT WAS IN THE
BODY SHOP.
THEY CUT THE BODY OFF IT,
RESKINNED IT, MONDAY NIGHT IT
WAS IN THE PAINT SHOP, TUESDAY
THEY SET IT UP, WEDNESDAY THEY
HEADED FOR MILWAUKEE AND RIGHT
NOW THEY'RE HEADED FOR THE
FRONT, DOING A GREAT JOB.
THIS TEAM KNOWS WHAT IT MEANS
TO WORK HARD.
Eli>> A SUPER RUN THERE.
CONVERSELY, RON HORNADAY, THAT
TEAM BASICALLY BUILT A TRUCK
IN THREE DAYS' WORK.
THEY LITERALLY DID THE
MIDNIGHT OIL -- HAD IT GOING
ALL WEEK LONG, SHOWED UP WITH
A TRUCK THAT WAS BASICALLY
UNTESTED AND HORNADAY IS
HAVING A GOOD RUN.
JACK SPRAGUE.
THAT PICTURE TELLS A STORY.
THERE IS NOBODY AROUND HIM.
THAT'S BEEN THE STORY SINCE
THEY DROPPED THE GREEN.
Ned>> EXCEPT ■
Buddy>> EXCEPT ERIC NORRIS,
YOU CAN SEE HIM IN THE BLACK
AND WHITE TRUCK AS BICKLE
MOVES IN ON HIM.
Eli>> ERIC NORRIS THE SON OF A
MAN WHO YOU ENJOY SEEING ON
CBS ON SATURDAY NIGHTS, CHUCK
NORRIS FROM "WALKER, TEXAS
RANGER." ERIC HAS BEEN RACING
SINCE 1982.
WENT A LAP DOWN.
THERE IS A GOOD SCRAMBLE AND
CHUCK BOWN WENT A LITTLE LOOSE
IN THE CORNER, IN THE 15 SPOT
IN THE NUMBER 99 EXIDE TRUCK.
Ned>> THEY'VE RUN 25 LAPS AND
THE CHASSISES THAT AREN'T
WORKING REAL GOOD, NOW IS WHEN
THEY START SLIPPING.
JIMMY HENSLEY IN THE NUMBER 43
ON THE LEFT OF YOUR SCREEN.
CHUCK BOWN IN THE BLACK NUMBER
99.
Eli>> MICHAEL DOKKEN, THE
RIGHT OF YOUR SCREEN.
Buddy>> HE'S COMING UP FAST
BEHIND BOWN AS THEY COME OFF
THE CORNER.
GOT A GOOD RUN ON HIM BUT NOT
ENOUGH TO GET BY.
Eli>> THAT'S THE KEY HERE.
IF YOU CAN GET THROUGH AND
TURN IN THE CORNER WELL, YOU
CAN JUMP ON THAT THROTTLE A
LOT MORE QUICKLY, AS CHUCK
BOWN AND DOKKEN GO AROUND
JERRY GLANVILLE WHO IS A LAP
DOWN.
Buddy>>
Eli>> SPEED CONTINUES TO
ESCALATE IN WHAT HAS BEEN A
CAUTION-FREE EVENT THUS FAR AS
YOU RIDE WITH MICHAEL DOKKEN
AND CHUCK BOWN IN THEIR
PRIVATE BATTLE, BOB KESELOWSKI
ON THE RIGHT-HAND OF THE
SCREEN COMING INTO VIEW AS
WELL.
LANCE NORICK GOES A LAP DOWN
IN THE 90 TRUCK.
Ned>> THESE ARE GOOD TRUCKS,
GOING A LAP DOWN RIGHT NOW,
THAT WAS STACEY COMPTON THAT
SPRAGUE WAS 6 AND PUT A LAP
ON.
LAST WEEK, THIS TRUCK RAN IN
THE TOP , STACEY COMPTON DID
ALL DAY LONG.
Eli>> TODAY COMPTON 29th IN
TRUCK NUMBER 86.
Buddy>> LOOKS LIKE BICKLE
MIGHT HAVE PICKED UP A LITTLE
BIT ON SPRAGUE -- COULD HAVE
BEEN IN THTRAFFIC, BECAUSE
SPRAGUCERTAINLY TIPTOEING
HIS WAY THROUGH THE TRAFFIC --
HAS A CLEAR TRACK AHEAD OF HIM
THERE NOW.
MAYBE BICKLE HAS CLOSED DOWN
JUST A LITTLE BIT ON HIM.
Eli>> IF YOU'RE NEW TO THE
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SIES,
WE TALK ABOUT "MILE TRACK
JACK." LAST YEAR HE WON THE
TWO RACES AT PHOENIX -- ONE
MILE FLAT TRACK, HE WON IN
NAZARETH, A AR AGO, HE WON
IN MILWAUKEE, AGAIN THIS YEAR
HE'S WON PHOENIX AND NAZARETH.
YOU SEE SPRAGUE GOING BY WITH
BICKLE NOW GIVING US THE VIEW
TOWARDS THE FRONT.
Buddy>> IF ANYTHING, I THINK
BICKLE MIGHT BE CLOSING IN ON
SPRAGUE RIGHT NOW.
Eli>> 30 LAPS COMPLETE,
CAUTION FREE.
Eli>> WELCOME BACK TO THE
MILWAUKEE MILE.
NO CHANGE ON THE LEADER BOARD.
Eli>> THE FIRST HALF OF THE
EVENT STILL UNDER WAY.
WE STOP AFTER LAP 101.
WE'RE AT LAP NUMBER 36 OF THE
200 LAPS HERE THIS AFTERNOON.
■
Eli>> YOU SEE JACK SPRAGUE NOT
BRAKING AT ALL -- MANY, MANY
OTHER TRUCKS ARE GETTING
PARTICULARLY LOOSE.
NED, YOU TALKED EARLIER, CHUCK
BOWN IS ONE OF THOSE.
THERE IS BORIS SAID'S TRUCK,
THE FEDERATED AUTO PARTS
MACHINE, AND KELLY, WILL YOU
MARRY ME?
FROM MIKE.
Eli>> THAT IS A MEMBER OF THE
CREW, A MECHANIC ON THE BORIS
SAID ENTRY, AND HE IS
PROPOSING TO KELLY, WHO IS
DOWN IN FLORIDA, I AM TOLD,
ENJOYING THE TELECAST TODAY ON
CBS.
Eli>> MIKE JOY, ARE YOU GOING
TO BE THE BEST MAN?
Mike>> HE'S MIKE KELLY, THE
SCORER FOR THE TEAM, HER NAME
IS KELLY WALKER, AND HOPEFULLY
SHE WILL CALL UP AND GIVE AN
ANSWER.
Buddy>> THERE IS A MIRROR JUST
ON THE LEFT SIDE THERE.
YOU CAN SEE NED JARRETT JUST
DREW A CIRCLE AROUND IT.
THERE IS A BLIND SIDE ON THESE
TRUCKS THAT YOU CANNOT SEE
RIGHT DOWN THE LEFT-HAND SIDE.
THAT'S A GOOD IDEA, I THINK,
FOR SAFETY WISE.
A LOT OF RACE ARS SHOULD PUT
THAT ON IT, BECAUSE THAT
REALLY LETS YOU KNOW WHEN THEY
ARE RIGHT ON THE REAR LEFT
CORNER.
Eli>> BORIS SAID IS HERE FOR
THE FIRST TIME EVER.
HE SAID I'M GETTING BETTER, A
LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE, AND
ANY EXTRA HELP I CAN GET I'M
GOING TO TAKE.
Ned>> CAN YOU IMAGINE DRIVING
A STREET CAR DOWN THE HIGHWAY
AND NOT HAVING A REAR VIEW
MIRROR?
Buddy>> YOU HAVE A WRAPAROUND,
YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE SIDE OF
THE HELMET ON BORIS SAID IT
GOES AROUND THE RIGHT SIDE AND
YOU ALSO HAVE ONE ON THE LEFT
SIDE, SO VISIBILITY IS PRETTY
POOR ON THE LEFT SIDE WHEN
YOU'RE LOOKING BACK.
YOU SEE THE HEAD REST THERE ON
THE RIGHT SIDE.
Eli>> A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T
REALIZE THE STRAIN, EVEN ON A
FLAT TRACK.
YOU CAN SEE IT IF YOU'RE AT
BRISTOL WITH HIGH CORNERS BUT
EVEN ON A FLAT TRACK YOU'RE
GOING TO GET NECK STRAIN.
Ned>> ON A FLAT TRACK, YOU GET
MORE THRUST TOWARD THE RIGHT
SIDE OF THE TRUCK THAN ON
BRISTOL.
BRISTOL, THE WHOLE CAR GOES
DOWN INTO THE RACE TRACK, ON
THE FLAT TRACK YOU HAVE TO
HAVE TREMENDOUS BODY ROLL, AND
THAT MAKES YOU WANT TO LEAN
OVER TO THE RIGHT IN THE SEAT.
THE FORM-FIT SEATS, THE
WRAPAROUNDS ON THE HEAD ARE
VERY ESSENTIAL.
Ned>> BATTLE GOING FOR 3rd.
Eli>> EVERYBODY WATCHING THIS
BATTLE INCLUDING ***
BERGGREN.
***>> JAY SOUGHTER HAS THE
PROBLEM,
***>> JAY SAUTER HAS A
PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES.
AT FIRST THE PEDAL WAS MUSHY,
NOW IT IS GETTING CLOSER AND
CLOSER TO THE FLOOR.
THE CREW IS WATCHING VERY
INTENTLY.
THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO
ABOUT THAT THING ON PIT ROAD.
SAUTER'S BRAKES ARE GOING.
ELI.
Buddy>> LET'S ELABORATE ON
THAT A LITTLE BIT.
WHAT HAPPENS, YOU BOIL THE
FLUID IN THERE AND YOU START
PUMPING THE BRAKES TRYING TO
GET ENOUGH PEDAL TO GET IN THE
NEXT CORNER, SOONER OR LATER,
IF THE CONDITION KEEPS LIKE
THAT, AND YOU DON'T HAVE A
CHANCE TO COOL 'EM, HE WILL
LOSE ALL THE BRAKE HE HAS ON
THAT TRUCK.
Ned>> *** MENTIONED THE
BRAKES ARE VERY IMPORTANT
HERE.
YOU RUN DOWN THE STRAIGHTAWAY
AT 140 AND YOU HAVE TO SLOW IT
DOWN TO LESS THAN 100 IN THE
TURN.
SO YOU DO USE A LOT OF BRAKES.
Eli>> PEOPLE LIKEN THIS TO
MARTINSVILLE, A COUPLE OF DRAG
STRIP LIKE SPEEDWAYS AND TIGHT
TURNS.
Buddy>> HE HAD SPACE WITHOUT A
LOT OF TRAFFIC AROUND HIM AND
THERE ARE FRESH AIR VENTS
GOING BACK TO THE BRAKES.
HE MAY HAVE COOLED THEM A
LITTLE BIT.
HE DOES NOT LOOK TO BE IN ANY
KIND OF TROUBLE BUT HE MIGHT
BE PUMPING THOSE THINGS
HALFWAY DOWN THE STRAIGHTAWAY
TO GET ENOUGH PEDAL TO GET
AROUND THE CORNER.
Eli>> THEY WENT AROUND THE 92
OF DOUG GEORGE, THE 60 OF MIKE
DODD.
GEORGE IS A TWO-FOOTED DRIVER,
ONE FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR,
ONE FOOT ON THE BRAKE.
THIS TIME HE CAN'T DO THAT.
HE'S HAVING TO TEACH HIMSELF
TO RACE ALL OVER AGAIN.
Ned>> ONCE YOU BECOME
ACCUSTOMED ON USING THE LEFT
FOOT ON THE BRAKES, IT'S HARD
TO BRAKE THAT -- IT'S HARD TO
BREAK THAT HABIT.
Buddy>> RON HORNADAY SAYS IF
YOU'RE HAVING BRAKE TROUBLE
I'LL GIVE YOU MORE TROUBLE.
Ned>> HE WILL RUN UP CLOSE AND
TRY TO MAKE HIM USE THOSE
BRAKES UP EVEN MORE.
Eli>> THROUGH TURNS ONE AND
TWO AND NOW ON THE BACK
STRAIGHTAWAY.
WE ARE AT LAP 45 OF 200.
NO CHANGE UP FRONT.
STILL JACK SPRAGUE AHEAD OF
RICH BICKLE.
THEN THIS BATTLE HERE.
SAUTER AND HORNADAY.
NOBODY HAS CHALLENGED JACK