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WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE GREAT
RACING CIRCUITS AROUND THE
GLOBE, IF THEY DON'T MENTION
THIS ONE, MAKE SURE YOU DO.
BECAUSE TRACKS LIKE THIS ARE A
RARITY THESE DAYS.
IT'S THE FOUR-MILE MONSTER THAT
IS ROAD AMERICA, AND GRAND-AM
RETURNS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A
DECADE.
THIS IS THE ROLEX SPORTS CAR
SERIES 250, DRIVEN BY VISIT
FLORIDA.COM.
AND AS WE STEP INTO THE SECOND
HALF OF THE 2011 CHAMPIONSHIP,
LET'S SHOW YOU THE STORY,
BECAUSE THE STORY IS POINTS, THE
STORY IS THAT RACE TO BECOME A
CHAMPION FOR SOME NOR THE FIRST
TIME, FOR OTHERS MULTIPLE TIMES
AS WE SAY WELCOME.
THIS LEGENDARY RACING VENUE, HI,
LEE DIFF FEW.
AND CALF VIN, AND CAL WHEN YOU
LOOK AT THE CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS
ALLOCATION, IF YOU WIN VERSUS
COMING SECOND, THERE'S ONLY
THREE SECONDS.
LOOKING AT THAT YOU SAID WELL,
THAT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD, BUT IT'S
A DIFFERENT GAME.
>> THINK ABOUT IT, THE GANASSI
TEAM HAD A 25-POINT LEAD, BUT
NOW IS A THREE TIME CHAMP,
HEARING THOSE RIGHT BEHIND THEM.
>> ADD TO THAT THE EXECUTING
LIKE WE HAVE SEEN IN SEASONS
PAST, SO THE CHAMPIONSHIP IS
DEFINITELY BACK ON AND THE
PRESSURE IS BACK ON WITH THE
GANASSI BOYS.
>> YOU WILL HEAR US TALKABILITY
A THAT NUMBER TEN A LOT.
NOT THE ONLY CAR AND THE TEAM
THAT CAN TAKE POINTS AWAY.
>> NOTATE ALL.
THEY MAY BE BACK IN FIFTH PLACE,
THEY REALLY STRUGGLED WITH THIS
WITH THEIR CHASSIS TO GET IT TO
ALL COME TOGETHER, THEY HAVE A
LOT OF SPEED, THERE WAS A LOT OF
OTHER TEAMS THAT ARE VERY GOOD
RIGHT NOW, AND AS MORE CAN
RUN -- THINGS LIKE THE NUMBER 90
SPIRIT OF DATONA, DON'T DISCOUNT
THE 60 CAR, MICHAEL STAMP.
WE ARE ONLY HALF WAY THROUGH
THIS, MOMENTS IN THE SUN, MOSTS
LIKE THIS FOR THE SUN TRUST
TEAM, TWO IN A ROW, AND IT ALL
STARTED ON MEMORIAL DAY.
>> IT TOOK THEM A YEAR, THEY DID
IT AGAIN AND THEN THE MO TENTUM
WAS WITH THEM.
WELL, HIS BOY DID IT AND MAX
ANGELELLI GREAT START.
>> FABULOUS SCENE THERE, AND WE
FAST FORWARD HERE TO YESTERDAY,
AND QUALIFYING IN THIS WENT
ONE-YEAR-OLD KIT IT AGAINST ALL
THE ODDS DID IT BY WINNING THE
POLL.
>> RICKY TAYLOR DIDN'T HAVE THE
FASTEST CAR, HE CARRIED THIS ON
HIS BACK, HE DID SOME HUGE
MOMENTS IN THIS ONE, RUINED THAT
SET OF TIRES LUCKILY DID NOT
MAKE CONTACT.
WITH ANYTHING.
>> AND IT WAS A SURPRISE POLE
POSITION, AND HERE COMES DAD AND
TEAM LEADER TO CONGRATULATE HIS
SON, AND THAT'S APPROPRIATE,
BECAUSE WAYNE IS STANDING BY.
>> IT WAS SOMEWHAT OF A
SURPRISE, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T
HAVE A LOT OF TRACK TIME, THEY
HAD TO DO AN ENGINE CHANGE, BUT
WAYNE TAYLOR, LOOKS LIKE THE SUN
TRUST GUYS GOT A SET UP ON THE
CAR THAT WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR
QUALIFYING IS IT GOOD ENOUGH FOR
THE RACE.
>> NOT SURE.
WE WERE LIMITED BY THE AMOUNT OF
MILES WE DID, AND THEN BEEN
RAINING FOR TWO DAYS SO
OBVIOUSLY IT WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR
THAT, AND THEN MAX I THINK HAS
MADE A COUPLE OF CHANGES THIS
MORNING PROBABLY BE A LITTLE BIT
BETTER AND WHILE I'M ON YOU, I
JUST WANT TO SAY HI TO NELSON,
TEAM OWNERS WATCHING TODAY.
>> THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO DO
SOMETHING THAT SUNTRUST RACING
HAS NEVER DONE, AND THAT IS WIN
THREE IN A ROW.
LEAD THIS CHAMPIONSHIP WIDE
OPEN.
>> THANKS BRYAN.
HERE IS A SNAPSHOT OF WHO HAS
WON WHAT.
AND IT STARTED AS CINCH AS THIS,
ONE, TWO, AND THREE, GANASSI,
GANASSI, BUT THEN IT CHANGES.
>> IT DID.
IT WAS LOOKING A BLOW OUT.
CULMINATED THAT RACE AT VIRGINIA
AND THEN LIME ROCK, WATKINS GLEN
THAT WAS THE TERRITORY OF THE
SUN TRUST TEAM.
>> ONE TEAM LOOKING TO GET ITS
FIRST, IS THE TEAM THAT DORSEY
WAS TALKING ABOUT.
JOHN FOGGERTY, THESE GUYS HANG
OUT YESTERDAY, JOHN WAS FAST.
>> THAT MEANS THAT HIS TIRES ARE
VERY FRESH FOR THE RACE.
>> LET'S GO DOWN.
HERE IS JAMIE HOWELL.
>> WELL, JOHN SAID AFTER
QUALIFYING THIS CAR HAS NEVER
BEEN BETTER IN 2011.
SO ALEX WHAT HAS BEEN THE
TURNING POINT FOR THE RED
DRAGON.
>> WELL, WE DID A TEST AFTER THE
WATKINS GLEN 6 R RACE, ON THE
MONDAY AFTER THE RACE, AND
REALLY FOUND SOMETHING WE HAVE
BEEN MISSING ALL YEAR, JUST A
LITTLE TWEAK THAT MADE ALL THE
DIFFERENCE.
SO WE FEEL LIKE IT IS THE FIRST
TIME WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RACE
THESE GUYS AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL
BE ABLE TO DO THAT TODAY.
>> AND JOHN FOGARTY SAID RIGHT
BEFORE HE GOT IN THE CAR, THIS
TRACK IS INCREDIBLE.
>> FOR BOTH OF THOSE BOYS IT'S
BEEN A NUMBER OF YEARS SINCE
THEY HAVE COMPETED HERE.
WHERE IS OUR CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS
LEADER?
WELL, THE 01, THE FAMILIAR BMX
IS BACK ON THE SECOND ROW IN
THIRD.
>> A SURPRISE THERE, THEY HAVE
ONLY BEEN ON THE FRONT ROW ONCE.
>> SO WE WILL SEE HOW THAT
EFFECTS THEM.
WE KNOW THAT QUALIFYING HASN'T
BEEN GOOD FOR THEM, BUT THEY
HAVE WON THREE OF THE SIX RACES,
WHEN WE COME BACK, IT IS G.T.,
AND GUESS WHAT THERE'S A BIG
SURPRISE AS FAR
>> SPEED'S COVERAGE IS PRESENTED
BY SPEED BY ROLEX, A CROWN FOR
EVERY ACHIEVEMENT.
BROUGHT TO YOU IN PART BY BURGER
KING, HOME OF THE WHOPPER.
AND BY SUBARU, WITH THE SAFETY
OF ALL WHEEL DRIVE, STANDARD ON
ALL VEHICLES.
WE WELCOME YOU BACK TO ROAD
AMERICA.
AND THE CARS ARE ROLLING.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WHEN WE WENT TO
THAT LAST COMMERCIAL BREAK, I
MENTIONED THERE WAS A BIG
SURPRISE AS FAR AS THE POLE
POSITION FOR G.T.
IT IS A TERRIFIC STORY, IT'S THE
LITTLE THINGS THAT COULD, AND IT
INVOLVES THE THREE CAR TEAM, THE
FAMILY OWNED AND WAYNE TODD
MAKER, YES, HE SURPASSED ALL THE
SUPER STARS TO PUT IT ON D ONE.
>> HE DID.
HE SURPRISED.
HERE IS THE TEAM, THEY ARE
ECSTATIC AFTER THAT LAP HE LAYED
DOWN, LOOK AT THAT,
CONGRATULATES HIM.
>> AND HERE IS THE TOP FIVE,
THROUGHOUT QUALIFY AGGIE LIKE
FORMER F-1 DRIVER, AND AN EXTRA
SHOT IN THE ARM, AND IT IS A
REALLY SATISFYING STORY.
ALL THREE NONNAMAKERS ARE IN THE
CAR, SO WE CAN'T SPEAK TO THEM
RIGHT NOW.
>> WE WERE GOING TO TALK TO
WAYNE ABOUT THAT GREAT POLE
POSITION, BUT HE IS OBVIOUSLY IN
THE CAR.
THIS TEEM SEEMS TO HAVE COME
ALIVE.
ANY IS LEADING THE BOB AIKEN
AWARD.
WHAT IS IT THAT HAS TURNED THIS
TEAM AROUND.
>> WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF TESTING
AND WE HAVE REALLY DEVELOPED THE
CAR AND SEEM TO FOUND A PORTABLE
SET UP, SO IT IS NICE.
>> IT IS NINE INDEED, SHE SAYS
WE JUST HOPE WE CAN STAY THERE.
WE ARE IN THE LAND OF BRAT WORTS
BUT IT IS A HOT DOGMA SHEEN OUT
IN FRONT.
>> GREAT POINT.
AND JOE THE MAN BEHIND THE NAME
IS NOT HERE THIS WEEKEND, BUT I
KNOW HE WILL BE THRILLED WITH
THAT ACHIEVEMENT.
HERE IS WHAT IT IS IN G.T. AND A
GOOD BLEND OF WINNERS.
>> IT REALLY IS.
SUDDENLY THE 88 CAR CAME ALIVE,
AND THEN LIME ROCK, WE SAW ONLY
CAMARO TAKING A WIN, AND THEN
PORSCHE REBOUNDED AND THEY ARE
LOOKING STRONG THIS WEEKEND AS
WELL.
>> SPEAKING OF CAMARO WINS IT IS
APPROPRIATE WE ROLL THROUGH TO
THE 57.
IT IS ALWAYS A CHAMPIONSHIP
CONTENDER CAR, AND THEY GOT OFF
TO A PRETTY ROUGH START THIS
YEAR, BUT THEN THEY WENT ALL THE
WAY TO VICTORY LANE.
>> WHILE THEY WERE AT LIME ROCK,
THEY GOT THE MENTUM BACK JUST
FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.
AND THAT STOPPED THEIR EFFORTS
AND TOOK A LONG TIME TO REPAIR
THAT CAR.
>> SO FROM THE HIGHS TO THE LOWS
AND NOW WE ARE HERE AT ROAD
AMERICA WITH A BRAND NEW CAR,
ROBIN LIDDELL, HOW READY IS THE
TEAM.
>> I THINK THE CREW IS VERY WELL
PREPARED AS ALWAYS.
I THINK IT HAS BEEN A VERY TOUGH
COUPLE OF WEEKS.
WE ELECTED TO FINISH OFF THE NEW
CAR, IT WAS GOING TO BE MORE
TIME CONSUMING SO WE HAVE GONE
WITH THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS.
AND SO FAR IN TESTING AND
PRACTICE, IT HAS PROVED TO BE
QUICK AND RELIABLE.
SO THE GUYS HAVE DONE AN
EXCELLENT JOB.
>> ROBIN TOLD ME EARLIER, THEY
ARE STILL TRYING TO FIND THE
SWEET SPOT, BUT THEY THINK THEY
MAY HAVE IT.
>> G.T. IS SUCH A CLOSE CALL
THIS YEAR, SO COMPETITIVE, AND
THE 59TH PORSCHE IS OUR MOST
RECENT WINNER.
THIS ONE WAS AN EMOTIONAL ONE.
THEY BUILT THEIR HERITAGE ON GT
RACING THEY ARE NOW BACK IN GT
AFTER SEVERAL GEARS, YOU SAW THE
FACE OF THE CREW THERE, THIS ONE
MEANT SO SO MUCH AND THEY ARE
SUDDENLY IN SECOND PLACE IN THE
CHAMPIONSHIP AND THEY ARE
CONTENDERS, HERE IS A SERIES
CHAMP.
LEE KING.
>> DEFINITELY CONTENDERS FOR THE
CHAMPIONSHIP, IT IS CLOSING
DOWN, FOR YOU IT WAS AN
EMOTIONAL VICTORY FOR THIS
ENTIRE TEAM.
YOU SEEMED TO HAVE REALLY FOUND
THE HANDLE ON THIS PORSCHE.
>> YEAH, THE GUYS HAVE BEEN
WORKING SO HARD, AND NOW THE CAR
IS BACK WHERE THE DEALERSHIP IS,
WHERE THE TEAM IS THE CORE OF
THE TEAM IS AND WHERE IT IS
FROM.
REALLY SOMETHING SPECIAL TO GET
THE WIN, WE START OUT THE SEASON
A LITTLE SLOW, AND NOW WE ARE
SECOND IN POINTS AND
CHAMPIONSHIP.
RIGHT BEHIND 3 POINTS BEHIND THE
GUYS AND WE HAVE A RACE WIN, SO
IT IS REALLY SPECIAL TO BE A
PART OF THIS, AND NOW I SEE IT
IS ALL ABOUT WINNING RACING.
>> YOU TALK ABOUT WINNING RACES
ONE THING THAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU
WIN IN THE ROLEX SPORTS CAR IS
THERE'S THAT PAUL REED SMITH
GUITAR THAT IS HANDED OUT.
I KNOW IT'S A GREAT VICTORY,
HAYWOOD MAY HAVE ANOTHER CAREER
AS A ROCK STAR, WE WATCHED HIM
WITH THAT GUITAR THAT WAS THERE,
BUT INTERESTING THING WAS WHEN
WE LEFT WATKINS GLEN YOU DID NOT
LEAVE WITH THAT PAUL REED SMITH
GUITAR, SO I KNOW HAVE A LITTLE
ROCK STAR AMBITION TOO IS THAT
WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
>> WELL, I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED
ONE OF THE GUITARS AND ANDREW
HAS ONE, HE GOT ONE LAST YEAR,
WE HAVE SO MUCH GOING ON, WE
FORGOT ABOUT THE GUITAR, SO WE
ARE LOOKING AT PICTURES THAT
NIGHT ON GRAND-AM.COM, AND
THERE'S HURLEY JAMMING OUT WITH
THE GUITAR, WE'RE LIKE WHOA,
WHERE ARE WE ARE, SO I HAVE TO
GET A GUITAR, HURLEY SAYS I'M
NOT GETTING THAT ONE SO WE HAVE
TO WIN ANOTHER RACE.
>> IT IS ABOUT THE TROPHY, THE
CHAMPIONSHIP, AND THE GUITAR.
>> GOOD STUFF.
SPEAKING OF CHAMPIONSHIP, THIS
IS JUST HOW TIGHT IT IS.
CHEVROLET PORSCHE FILL THE TOP
THREE PLACES, AND YOU HEARD LEE
MENTIONS 3 POINTS BETWEEN FIRST
AND SECOND, FOUR TEAMS
BLANKETING THE TOP FIVE, ONLY 15
POINTS BLANKETING THE TOP SIX.
>> IT IS SUPER TIGHT, AND
CERTAINLY THE LEADERS HAVE BEEN
ON A ROLL.
TWO SECOND PLACE FINISHES SO
THEY ARE GETTING BIG POINTS
EVERY WEEKEND IT SEEMS.
>> WE HAVE BEEN TALKING SO MUCH
ABOUT ROAD AMERICA, IF YOU
WOULD, TALK US AROUND THE BURGER
KING MAP.
>> THIS RACE IS ONE OF THE
AWESOME RACETRACKS IN THE WORLD.
MOST RACETRACKS HAVE ONE
STRAIGHT AWAY, THIS ONE HAS
THREE.
GOOD PASSING ZONES EVERYWHERE,
THERE'S ROOM TO RACE, WE WILL
SEE A GREAT ONE TODAY.
>> THAT WAS THE TRACK MAP FROM A
MAN WHO HAS BEEN ALL THE WAY TO
VICTORY LANE HERE.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT MORE,
THE SUBARU STARTING GRID ROLLING
THROUGH AT THE TOP OF YOUR
SCREEN, CALL, WE NEED TO GET TO
THE CONTINENTAL TIRES OF THE
RACE, THREE REALLY INTERESTING
ELEMENTS AND IT IS ALWAYS THAT
ULTIMATE COMPROMISE.
BE FAST BUT HAVE THAT CORNER
STABILITY.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
TALK ABOUT THREE STRAIGHT AWAYS
WHERE YOU REACH 175.
BUT THEN BE IN TOUCH WITH THE
BREAKS THROUGH THE CORNERS.
>> IT IS ONE THING TO BE DOING
175, BUT YOU HAVE TO STOP A LOT
AND THE BRAKES TAKE IT.
>> AND THEN STRATEGY -- HOW DO
YOU BREAK THAT UP?
45 YOU HAVE TO MAKE THAT FIRST
PIT STOP.
>> A QUICK SNAPSHOT, WHAT WE
LIKE TO CALL OUR ONBOARD SIX
PACK.
THE ONBOARD CAMERAS WE HAVE FOR
YOU TODAY.
CHEVY CAMARO PACE CAR, AND IT IS
A GREAT LOOK AT THE FIELD AS
THEY CLIMB THE HILL WE ARE
COMING TO THE SECOND HALF OF THE
GRAND-AM ROLEX SPORTS CAR SERIES
2011 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A
DECADE, GRAND-AM IS BACK AT THIS
FAMED RACING VENUE, HIGH SPEED,
HIDE RISK, HIGH REWARD, LET'S GO
AND THE GAIN COE CAR GETS A
MASSIVE JUMP.
>> THAT WAS A HUGE ONE.
JOHN FOGGERTY JUST TOOK OFF.
SIDE BY SIDE, DOWN INTO THE
BRAKE ZONE.
>> YOU HAVE TO HOPE HE SAW THE
GREEN FLAG, BECAUSE HE DID TAKE
OFF.
>> GOOD MOVES.
BURT FRISSELLE AROUND.
HE IS STAYS IN FIFTH AT THE
MOMENT.
>> LOOKING FOR -- HE IS REALLY
ON A ROLL RIGHT NOW.
THEY MISSED A COUPLE THEY ARE
BACK AND THEY ARE FAST.
>> LIKE YOU SAID IN THE OPENING
NOT JUST A ONE CAR RACE, THERE'S
A LOT OF CARS -- YOU CAN SEE IT
RIGHT NOW.
>> YOU MAY HAVE SEEN A GOOD
CLEAN START, FROM WINEMAKER, THE
57 IS ALREADY OUT IN FRONT,
WANAMAKER *** THE SIDE.
WE ARE HEARING THE RACE CONTROL
IS LOOKING AT THE START AGAIN
VERY CAREFULLY.
>> THAT'S WHAT I SAID.
I DIDN'T SEE THE GREEN FLAG, SO
I DON'T KNOW --
>> THEY WILL BE LOOKING.
>> AND THEORETICALLY HE IS
SUPPOSED TO LEAD ACROSS THE
STRAIN, AND JOHN FOGARTY TOOK
OFF.
THE KEY IS HOW DO THEY NOW READ
INTO THIS.
DON'T GET TOO EXCITED.
>> RICKY TAYLOR ON THE RADIO
RIGHT NOW, SAYING HE JUMPED IT
AND THE OFFICIALS ARE SAYING
RIGHT NOW THAT THE 99 WENT WITH
THE GREEN, RICKY WAS A LITTLE
LATE, EITHER WAY THE 99 TAKES IT
OVER.
THE WEATHER COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
TODAY THAN IT HAS BEEN.
TRACK TEMPERATURES WAY UP,
BALANCE WILL BE AN ISSUE TODAY.
AND RIGHT NOW THE 99 SEEMS TO
HAVE FOUND SOME BALANCE.
>> LOOK AT ROJAS, HE IS BACK A
LITTLE BIT.
THEY REALLY HAVE TO TALK HIM
THROUGH THIS RACE.
HE CAN'T AFFORD TO PANIC RIGHT
NOW, HE IS GOING TO BE LOOKING
AT FOGARTY, STREAKING AWAY.
ROJAS SEEMS TO BE REALLY CALM
HERE.
>> ON YOUR LEFT, JOHN FOGARTY ON
YOUR RIGHT.
>> COMING TOWARD THE GREEN FLAG,
LOOKS TO ME LIKE IT WAS A GOOD
RUN RIGHT ON THE STRIPE TOO, AND
THEN HE WENT.
>> THE DIFFERENT ANGLE.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT IT NOW,
CLEARLY IT IS GREEN.
>> YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD START.
>> JUST A LITTLE BIT OF SEQUENCE
THERE, YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE WHEN
THE START FINISH STRIPE IS, BUT
HE WAS RIGHT ON IT WHEN HI TOOK
OFF.
>> GP, LOOK AT THE 59 ON THE
INSIDE.
ANDREW DAVIS HERE HE COMES.
SO MAGNIFICENTLY, DAVIS IS UP
TWO, NAN MAKER THIRD, AND
SITTING IN FOURTH.
>> WAYNE NONNAMAKER FOR THE.
>> HERE IS ONE OF -- LOOKS LIKE
HE HAD A PROBLEM IN TURN TWO.
>> THE DATONA WINNER HAS DRAMA
ON THE LEFT FROM THE LOOK OF IT.
HE IS FOCUSED BEHIND HIM, AND A
GREAT QUALIFYING EFFORT.
>> THEY ARE COMING ALIVE HERE A
LITTLE BIT THIS WEEKEND.
THEY REALLY STRUGGLED GETTING TO
GRIPS WITH THE CONTINENTAL TIRE.
OH, AND HE HITS IT, THAT IS SUCH
A CHANGE, BECAUSE SPENCER'S CO
DRIVER HAS BEEN REALLY HIT THIS
WEEKEND IN THAT PORSCHE.
>> LOOK AT THE CONTACT HERE.
>> BACK TO BACK THERE AS WELL.
>> I SAW THE SAME THING, ANOTHER
CAR IN CLOSE PROXIMITY, SO YOU
HAVE TO WONDER IF HE GOT HELPED
ALONG A LITTLE BIT.
>> NO DOUBT, LALLY WHO IS
WATCHING OUT ON THE WEST COAST,
GETTING READY FOR HIS SPRINT CUP
RACE THIS WEEKEND.
DIDN'T QUALIFY ALL THAT WELL,
BUT HE WILL MAKE IT IN THE RACE.
>> I DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS
CONTACT THERE.
>> AND THERE'S A HEALTHY LEAD
FROM STEVENSON MOTOR SPORT.
CAMARO OF MAGNUSSON.
WE ARE INTO OUR RACING RHYTHM,
WAYNE TAYLOR IS PLEASED WITH
THAT START, BUT IT HAS BEEN
JAMES FAIR.
AND SPENCER GETTING READY, THEY
>> LET'S FOCUS ON ROAD RACING.
OH, WE HAVE AN INCIDENT.
>> NUMBER 90, SPIRIT OF DATONA
CAR.
3:30 THIS AFTERNOON, FINAL
PRACTICE COMING UP FROM THE
INFINEON RACEWAY.
DRAMA CONTINUES THIS WEEK.
>> YEAH, IT'S BEEN A VERY --
COPY THAT, COPY THAT.
GET IT BACK.
>> WHAT IT DOES IS KICK THE PADS
BACK AND EVERYTHING LOSES THERE.
>> DIDN'T EVEN ATTEMPT TO MAKE
THE CORNER, HE KNEW HE WAS IN
TROUBLE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
THAT'S A RUN OFF AREA, NOW IF
YOU GO STRAIGHT THROUGH, IT WILL
COST THEM A LAP.
BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY
DIFFERENCE REALLY.
>> A GOOD JOB BY ROJAS.
LED ON THE FAST LAP, NOW HAS TO
CLOSE IN ON THE SEASON.
>> AND RICKY TAYLOR HAS BRIDGED
THE GAP SOMEWHAT.
WHO SITS DOWN THE FASTEST LAP OF
THE RACING OF THE 99.
HE IS OUR ROLEX RACE ANALYSIS
FOR YOU, EVERYTHING IS THE SAME.
TWO HOURS THIS IS THE FIRST OF
3-2 HOUR RACES WE WILL HAVE THIS
YEAR.
>> YEAH, ALSO REDUCED THE
CAPACITY MIDWAY THROUGH THE
SEASON.
SO THAT'S REALLY GOING TO HAVE
AN EFFECT ON HOW THE TEAM GOES
UP TO THE 30 MINUTE POINT.
HOW DO THEY DIVVY UP THE REST OF
THIS RACE?
WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE.
>> WE FORGOT TO MENTION A
WORD -- FORGOT TO MENTION
EARLIER, FOGGERTY WITH A STRONG
START, HE WAS IN THAT THIRD
POSITION, LET'S SHOW YOU THE
REPLACE OF WHAT WHAT HAPPENED TO
PAUL EDWARDS.
>> YEAH, DEFINITELY THAT START.
LOCKED UP --
>> YEAH, HE WAS IN BIG TROUBLE.
>> BRAKES AT THE SAME TIME,
ROJAS IS COMING THROUGH HERE.
>> TWO OF 2.5.
LOOK AT THE LEADER IN GT.
>> THAT COULD BE A SET UP ISSUE
RIGHT THERE WITH ROJAS.
IF THAT CAR IS STARTING TO GET
HAPPY WITH THE TIRE ISSUE, YOU
KNOW WITH PRESSURES COMING UP,
IT'S -- TELLING HIM TO GET HIS
PACE, GET UP TO SPACE GET ONE
THOSE GUYS.
>> TELL YOU THAT PAUL EDWARDS
REPORTED ON THE RADIO A BRAKE
ISSUE.
CELEBRATING THE BIRTH OF HIS
MOST RECENT CHILD -- OH.
>> JUST LOCKED HIM OUT.
LOOK AT THE SPEED HE HIT THE
FENCE WITH.
TAKES FOSTER WITH HIM.
>> OH THAT WAS NASTY.
>> HE CLIPPED THE FEND.
>> HE WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE FENCE, LOOK AT THE TOP.
>> HE HAS GONE STRAIGHT ON AT
TURN 1 ADD ROAD AMERICA.
SOMETHING WAS WRONG THERE,
EITHER A STUCK THROTTLE OR
SOMETHING.
>> THAT WAS JOE FOSTER, HE GOT
HIT BY.
>> HE STILL HAD A LOT OF SPEED
COMING IN.
>> YOU SAW AT THE POINT THAT
SOMETHING WAS DESPERATELY WRONG.
>> ALMOST LIKE HE GOT THE BREAK
AND THE THROTTLE AT THE SAME
TIME.
>> THIS PLACE WE HAVE SAID FOR A
LONG TIME IS TOUGH ON BRAKES BUT
THAT LOOKS MORE LIKE A STUCK
THROTTLE.
>> ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE THERE
IS THE VISIT FLORIDA.COM.
AND WE SAW JOE MOVING HIS HANDS
AND ARMS AROUND IN THE COCKPIT,
SO THAT WAS SOMEWHAT OF A
POSITIVE SIGN.
WE HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT ABOUT
GUNTHER AS OF YET.
>> OF COURSE HE WENT THROUGH
THAT GRAVEL TRAP, NO SLOWING
DOWN AT ALL.
INSTANT TIRES.
>> HERE IS THE PROBLEM, THESE
GUYS HERE THUMBS UP IS GREAT,
THAT'S GREAT.
WHICH MEANS THAT HE IS PROBABLY
GETTING OUT OF THE CAR, YOU
CAN'T GET TO THAT OVER THAT
FENCE.
THEY ARE OUTSIDE THE RACETRACK
NOW, THEY HAVE TO GO OVER THE
ROAD TO GET TO IT.
THIS HUGE ACCIDENT YEARS AGO.
>> LET'S SHOW YOU THE REPLAY,
THE ORANGE CAR IS THE CAR THAT
CLEARED THE CIRCUIT.
BACK IN THE CAMARO, CENTER OF
THE RACETRACK.
AND THIS IS THE POINT WHERE --
>> ON THE BREAKS, -- OH.
>> THEY DIP DOWN AND HIS CAR
DEFINITELY --
>> OH!
>> SCARY INDEED.
>> THERE HE IS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THAT'S FANTASTIC.
>> THAT'S THE FRONT -- WATCH
WHEN IT BRAKES, A DIFFERENT
ANGLE HERE.
HE IS JUST IN THERE LIKE HE IS
STUCK AND COMPLETELY MISSED HIS
BRAKING POINT.
THE HEAD ON -- YOU CAN SEE THE
FRONT OF IT COMES DOWN, WHEN
THEY HIT ON THE BRAKES WATCH
RIGHT THERE, ON THE BRAKES THE
CAMARO ISN'T EVEN SLOWING DOWN
UNTIL MUCH LATER.
>> HE WAS FULL ON LOCKED UP, I
AGREE WITH YOU, I THINK THE
THROTTLE STUCK AND ALL HE HAS
WAS THE BRAKE.
>> AND FOR THE SECOND TIME IN
TWO WEEKS WE SAW THIS 24 HOURS
PHOTOGRAPHERS ON THE SIDE OF THE
RACETRACK, ESCAPE SERIOUS HARM,
AND SO DID THAT MAN THERE, ISN'T
THAT A GREAT THING.
WALKING BACK OKAY.
>> DOWN HERE YOU WERE JUST
WATCHING THE REPLAY THERE, YOU
ALMOST HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO
GUNNER ON THE RADIO, WHAT DID HE
SAY.
>> HE SAID THERE WAS A PROBLEM
WITH THE BREAKS.
THE BRICK PEDAL WENT TO THE
FLOOR, I THINK HE PUMPED IT UP,
BUT I THINK HE WAS CARRYING SO
MUCH SPEED IN AND THEN HE WAS
JUST A PASSENGER.
HE SAID HE IS OKAY, HE IS
WALKING BACK, IT IS A MIRACLE.
>> I KNOW YOU TWO HAVE HAD
ISSUED, I THINK I CAN REMEMBER A
CRASH -- A GREAT PLACE TO RUN
UNTIL IT GOES WRONG.
>> IT IS A PHENOMENAL TRACK,
SUPER PASS AND HIGH SPEED, IT IS
CHALLENGING, YOU KNOW YOU HAVE
TO SOME GREAT CHALLENGES HERE,
BUT JUST GLAD THAT GUNTER IS
OKAY.
I THINK WE HAD A GOOD RACE
TODAY, I THINK WE COULD HAVE
CHARGED BUT JUST GLAD HE IS
OKAY.
>> THE BEST NEWS OF ALL IS THAT
HE CLIMBED OVER THE WALL AND
HEAD BACK THIS WAY.
>> WELL, THE SAD THING -- THE
GOOD THING IS THAT HE IS OKAY
PHYSICALLY.
THE OTHER DISAPPOINTING THING IS
THE CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENDERS THEY
ARE FOURTH IN THIS CHAMPIONSHIP,
SO THERE ARE IMPLICATIONS ON
THAT FRONT AS WELL.
>> OLIVER GAVIN, HE HAS
COMMITMENTS ELSEWHERE, SO HE
WON'T COME IN FOR THE NEXT
ROUND.
>> SHOW YOU ONE MORE TIME.
WE ARE UNDER CAUTION WHAT
TRANSPIRED AT TURN ONE.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE ORANGE
CAR.
>> YOU CAN SEE IT PUMP IT RIGHT
THERE.
>> YOU CAN SEE THE DIVE THE
OTHER CAR IN FRONT OF HIM,
SUDDENLY HIS CAR JUST STAYED
FLAT IN TERMS OF THE RIGHT TIRE
OF THE RACE CAR.
>> THAT'S THE ONBOARD SHOT OF
THE DEMPSEY RACING MAZDA.
CONTROL TO GET OUT OF THE
COCKPIT, FINGERS CROSSED THAT HE
IS OKAY, OBVIOUSLY BEEN
COMMUNICATING.
WE WILL HAVE MORE WHEN WE COME
BACK, GRAND-AM ON SPEED.
>> COMPETITIVE, FANS HAVE BEEN
ENJOYING RACING HERE FOR 56
YEARS ISN'T THAT FABULOUS.
AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT,
THEY ARE GOING TO FIX THE FENCE
AND THE TIRE WALL.
AND TRY TO RETRIEVE THAT, I'M
SURE THAT WILL HAVE TO BE A
OUTSIDE DEAL.
AS YOU MENTIONED JOE FOSTER
NEEDS TO MAKE SURE -- WHILE WE
ARE IN THE BREAK, THIS HAPPENED
TO BURT.
>> YEAH, I THINK HE MAY HAVE GOT
A LATE CALL, STUCK IN THE PIT
LANE LIKE THE LEADERS DID, AND
HE TRY TO CUT ACROSS THE GLASS.
HIS NOSE DUG IN, LOOKING AT THE
DAMAGE HERE, IF THERE'S NOT TOO
MUCH DAMAGE, THEY MAY BE ABLE TO
SEND IT OUT.
FOUR MINUTES TO WORK ON THE CAR,
WITHOUT GOING DOWN A LAP.
WAIT AND SIGH WHAT THE DAMAGE IS
ONCE THAT PIECE OF BODY WORK IS
REMOVED.
>> THIS IS HOW IT HAPPENED.
WE DID HEAR A RADIO TRANSMISSION
DURING THE BREAK, AND WE
UNDERSTAND THAT BURT MIGHT HAVE
BEEN A SLIGHT -- TRIES TO CUT
ACROSS THE GRASS, AND OBVIOUSLY
SOME DRAINAGE RIGHT THERE.
>> THAT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME
THAT HAS HAPPENED HERE EITHER.
YOU STARTING UP THE STRAIGHT
AWAY YOU HAVE TO CUT ACROSS --
TAKE IT DOWN TO THE ONE LAP
LEAD.
>> LET'S GO TO THE TEAM AND GET
A UPDATE.
>> SITTING ON THE BOX, THERE'S
SOME CONJECTURE, MAYBE A LATE
CALL, TRYING TO GET INTO THE
PITS ACROSS THE GRASS IS THAT
WHAT HAPPENED.
>> YEAH, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
TIRE PRESSURE ISSUE, AND THEN
BURT SAID EVERYBODY IS PITTING,
AND I SAID WELL PIT, IT WAS TOO
LATE, AND SHOULD HAVE STAYED
OUT, BUT ANYWAY, I CAN'T REALLY
COMMENT, JUST ONE OF THOSE
DEALS.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING
ELSE AND HAD TO MAKE A LATE CALL
REALLY QUICK, AND IT DID US.
>> GREAT TO SEE YOU BACK HERE, I
KNOW THAT THE GAMMA 88 ONBOARD.
WHAT DOES THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE
FOR YOU.
>> THE GAMMA 88 GUYS HAVE BEEN
GREAT.
WE DID TWO RACES EARLIER IN H
THE YEAR WITH THEM, AND THEY
FELT THE PROGRAM WAS REALLY
GOOD, WE ARE GOING TO DO THREE
MORE RACES, THIS ONE WATKINS
GLEN, AND MONOTROLL OUR HOME
RACE, AND WE ARE TRYING TO GET
SOME DEALS PUT TOGETHER BUT FOR
SURE WE WILL BE AT THE GLEN AND
MONTREAL.
>> WE JUST HAD A REPORT THAT THE
PARAMEDICS AND WORKERS UP HERE,
THIS IS THE ONBOARD SHOT, JOE
FOSTER THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD
LIKE TO USE THE JAWS TO CUT THE
CAR TO HELP GET JOE OUT.
JOE SAID THIS IS MY CAR, DON'T
YOU DARE CUT MY CAR.
I HAVE TO PAY FOR IT AND I HAVE
TO FIX IT.
SO I GUESS THEY ARE GOING TO USE
SOME ALTERNATIVE MEANS TO, THAT
KATE HIM FROM THE NUMBER 40
MACHINE.
>> I CAN RELATE TO WHAT HE IS
SAYING RIGHT THERE.
>> WELL, THE KEY IS YOU HAVE TO
BE SO SAFE.
WE ARE SEEING NOW THE G.T. CARS,
PIT LANE IS CLOSED NEXT TIMEDY
D.P.
>> THE DRIVER CHANGE THERE,
MAGNUSSON IS NO LONGER IN THE
CHAMPIONSHIP HUNT, ROB BIB
LIDDELL IS.
THIS DOESN'T REALLY PLATTER TO
MAG, BUT IT DOES TO LIDDELL.
>> THAT ALLOWS THEM TO CHANGE UP
THEIR STRATEGY A LITTLE BIT.
TRYING TO KEEP THEIR GUYS ON THE
SAME TOTAL.
>> ONCE AGAIN, YOU NEED 30
MINUTES OF COMPETITIVE DRYING TO
GET CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS.
ELIGIBLE CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS.
IN EACH RACE.
HE WILL HAVE TO START OVER,
REIGNING G.P. PRO CHAMPIONSHIP.
IN THE GRAND-AM ROLEX SERIES IN
THE NUMBER 69.
IF YOU JUST JOINED US,
SPECTACULAR AND SCARY THINGS
INVOLVING GUNTER SHELLDUCK AND
FOSTER.
CLEARS THE BARRIER, HE IS OKAY
AND OUT.
THEY ARE ADMINISTERING TO JOE
FOSTER.
>> LEAVING THE RACETRACK IS
NOTHING NEW, I KNOW IT HAS
HAPPENED TO YOU, I REMEMBER BEAU
TELLING ME HE LEFT THE RACETRACK
AND THEY COULDN'T FIND HIM.
>> I WAS THE GUY THAT COULDN'T
FIND THEM, I WAS DRIVING THE
MEDICAL CAR, AND WE WENT TO
WHERE HE WAS H LAST SCENE, AND
WE HAD SPECTATORS POINTING
SAYING HE WENT THAT WAY.
>> HE WAS PROBABLY SCARED WHEN
HE SAW YOU DRIVING THE
AMBULANCE, HE GOT REALLY SCARED.
>> LUCKILY HE GOT OUT ON HIS
OWN, HE WAS IN A PARKING LOT
OUTSIDE.
WE USED TO DO RACING SCHOOL
THERE AND THERE WAS JUST A ROCK
PILE BACK THERE THAT WASN'T A
SMOOTH LANDING.
>> ON A SERIOUS NOTE, GUNTER
SCHALDACH IS OKAY.
HE WALKED BACK TO PIT LANE, WE
STILL HAVE YET TO GET A UPDATE
ON JOE FOSTER'S PHYSICAL
CONDITION.
>> IT WON'T BE EASY TO GET THAT
CAR BACK.
THERE'S NOT MUCH ACCESS AROUND
THERE.
WHERE IT HAS LANDED I KNOW WHERE
IT'S LANDED.
>> LET'S STAY WITH G.T., AND
WITH THE CAMARO STORY LINE, THE
SURPRISE LEADERS AND THE AUTO
HOUSE BOYS HERE IS ONE OF THEIR
DRIVERS.
>> YES, JORDON TAYLOR WILL BE
DOING THE SECOND STINT, AS YOU
WATCH THE TELEVISION, AND WHAT
HAPPENS TO YOUR FELLOW CAMARO
WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND.
>> REALLY SCARY, LOOKS LIKE
SOMETHING DEFINITELY WENT WRONG.
I'M NOT SURE, BUT A REAL
TESTAMENT TO THE SAFETY OF THE
CARS.
THEY BUILD A REALLY STRONG
CAMARO, AND SEE HIM FLY OVER THE
WALL AND THEN JUST WALK OUT,
REALLY AMAZING THING, I HOPE JOE
IS ALL RIGHT IN THE MAZDA, BEEN
A ROUGH COUPLE WEEKS FOR PEOPLE
CRASHING.
SO YOU GET SET, WHAT DO YOU HAVE
TO DO.
>> JUST PRETTY MUCH STAY OUT OF
TROUBLE.
WE WANT CONSISTENT RESULTS I
THINK THIS WILL BE OUR TOUGHEST
RACE LOOKING AT THE REST ON THE
CALENDAR, IF WE GET OUT OF HERE
WITH GOOD POINTS I THINK WE WILL
BE LOOKING GOOD.
>> GOOD LUCK.
>> 20-YEAR-OLD UNIVERSITY
STUDENT, JORDAN TAYLOR WHO ALSO
JUST HAPPENS TO BE THE G.T.
CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS LEADER, HE
AND BILL LESTER HAVE GONE WIN,
SECOND, SECOND, THE LAST THREE
RACES IN A ROW.
DOESN'T GET MUCH BETTER THAN
THAT.
WE WILL SQUEEZE IN A QUICK
BREAK, COME BACK TO ROAD
AMERICA.
>> WORD'S GREATEST EVENT.
BARRETT-JACKSON, THIS TIME
THOUGH IT IS IN CALIFORNIA IT IS
ORANGE COUNTY, AND LIVE COVERAGE
BEGINS ON SPEED.
WHAT WILL BE ON THE BLOCK.
WHILE WE ARE IN THE CAUTION,
GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO
REMIND YOU ABOUT THE CONTINENTAL
FIRE DREAM GIVE AWAY.
IT IS YOUR CHANCE TO WIN BRAND
NEW PORSCHES.
ONE LUCKY WINNERS -- 2011
PORSCHE G.T. THREE, AND A
SPECTACULAR CAYENNE S HYBRID.
NOW THIS GIVE AWAY, IT SUPPORTS
THE OFFICIAL CHARITY OF GRAND
A.M. WHICH IS GRAND PRIX.
THE CODE WORD THIS WEEK, REMER.
WIN THE PORSCHES COME VERY FREE
TICKETS.
>> WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE
PLAY DIFFERENT STRATEGIES RIGHT
NOW WE HAVE THE TWO STALWORTH
CARS.
NUMBER TWO ALEX RUNNING SECOND.
SO I THINK WHAT THEY ARE TRYING
TO DO IS THINK ABOUT HOW THEY
CAN STRETCH THEIR FUEL, BY
BUILDING UP MUCH LATER IN THE
RUN, ALSO IN OUR 28 MINUTES
PLUS, ANOTHER COUPLE OF MINUTES
THEY CAN WAIT AND DO A DRIVER
CHANGE AND THAT DRIVER STARTED
THE RACE WOULD STILL GET POINTS.
>> MEANWHILE, THE WORK CONTINUES
AT THE GAMA 88 TEAM.
BRYAN.
>> SCOTT IT LOOKS LIKE THE
GANASSI TEAM IS GOING TO TAKE
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DO THEIR
STOP AND MEMO HAS GOTTEN --
SCOTT IS GETTING HIS HELMET ON
AND GETTING READY TO GO.
>> .
>> HE DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE ON THE
TV LIVE.
>> OF COURSE.
>> 44 SECONDS IN, AT 30 MINUTES
AT POINTS WILL BE FULFILLED TO
GET POINTS.
>> AND ALSO YOU DON'T WANT TO DO
THAT DRIVER CHAIN UNDER GREEN
FLAG STOPS.
SO GUYING SWITCHING UP THE
STRATEGY, BUT CERTAIN CARS MAY
BE FORCING THE DRIVERS SOONER
THAN THEY WANT TO.
>> OF COURSE HAVING A LONG WAY
TO GO, IT IS ONLY AN HOUR AND A
HALF LEFT IN THE RACE, MAY NOT
EVEN BE THAT ONCE WE GET THE
ZOOM IN.
>> TIME NOW TO HEAR FROM THE MAN
THAT LED THE G.T. CLASS EARLY
ON.
>> YES, AND ROBIN LIDDELL TOLD
US EARLIER THAT GUYS ARE HAVING
A TOUGH TIME FINDING THE SWEET
SPOT, BUT AFTER THE WATCHING THE
START IT LIKES LIKE YOU MAY HAVE
GOTTEN IT.
>> I THINK SO.
THE CAR FEELS REALLY NICE.
IT WAS EASIER TO DRIVE.
THIS IS A WHOLE NEW SITUATION
WITH THE HEAT, IT'S BEEN COLD
AND WET, SO WE -- RIGHT NOW IT'S
VERY GOOD.
I THINK WE ARE IN GOOD POSITION,
FINALLY.
>> WHEN YOU SEE THE ACTION THAT
HAS ALREADY HAPPENED WHAT IS THE
IMPORTANT KEY TO STAYING CLEAN?
>> WELL, I THINK WHEN YOU ROTATE
THROUGH THE NEXT BUNCH OF PIT
STOPS MAYBE WE WILL GET UPFRONT,
AND LIT BE IMPORTANT FOR ROBIN
JUST TO STAY OUT OF THE
PROTOTYPES WAYS.
IT WILL BE HARD.
WE WILL ONLY GET THE REAL
PICTURE OF OUR SPEED IN THE NEXT
HALF AN HOUR.
RIGHT NOW IT IS THE BEGINNING OF
THE RACE AND OUR CAR IS STRONG.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE IN
HALF AN HOUR.
>> THINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN
SHAKEN UP HERE IN THE FIRST OF
2-3 HOUR RACES.
>> WE HAVE CROSSED OTHER THAT
MAGICAL 30 MINUTE MARK.
HERE IS THE SPIRIT OF DATONA
CAR.
WE TALKED BRAKE TROUBLES
EARLIER.
>> YEAH, IT'S BEEN A DIFFICULT
WEEKEND FOR THESE GUYS THEY HAVE
SHOWED SO MUCH PATIENCE THIS
YEAR.
PAUL EDWARDS IN ROAD AMERICA,
GOT UP ON A WET CURB, MAJOR
DAMAGE AND THEN ANOTHER SLIDE
OFF HERE YESTERDAY, AND AGAIN WE
TALK ABOUT THAT PROBLEM WITH THE
SUSPENSION WE HAVE BEEN HEARING.
>> THE RUNNING BACK BOTH OF YOU
JUST TURNING ON TO THIS LENGTHY
CAUSE PERIOD, THERE WAS A
COLLISION BETWEEN THE CAMARO.
AND THE NUMBER 401 OF THE TEAM
PRINCIPLES TAKING A LOT LONGER
THAN WHAT WE THOUGHT.
PERHAPS IT IS MORE SERIOUS THAN
WHAT WE THOUGHT.
PLEASE UPDATE US.
>> WE WENT DOWN TO DEMPSEY
RACING TO CHECK, THEIR RADIO
COMMUNICATION WITH JOE IS NOT
WORKING RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY SAID
THEY COULD SEE HIM IN THE CAR,
THEY SENT SOMEBODY DOWN THERE,
THEY COULD SEE HIM WORKING WITH
THE OFFICIALS TO TRY TO HELP
EXTRICATE HIM, WHAT HE DOESN'T
WANT TO DO IS DO MORE DAMAGE TO
THE CAR, SO THEY ARE WORKING TO
GET JOE OUT.
HE HAD A SCARY MOMENT EARLIER IN
THE WEEKEND IN A CONTINENTAL
TIRE IN HIS MUSTANG IN PRACTICE,
WHERE EH LOT BRAKES IN TURN ONE,
SO IT LOOKS LIKE ONE MORE TIME
HE HAS NOT HAD GOOD LUCK.
THEY REMOVED THE WINDSHIELD,
LOOKS LIKE THEY GOT HIM OUT
THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD OPENING
AND THEY WILL TAKE HIM TO
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.
>> PATRICK HAS HITMENT IN
MOSCOW, SO AS SOON AS HE GETS
THIS NEWS, HE WILL BE CONCERNED
FOR HIS FRIEND AND BUSINESS
PARTNER, AND WE WILL UPDATE YOU
ON JOE'S CONDITION AS SOON AS WE
KNOW.
S IN SO TOUGH ON EVERYONE HERE.
AND UNCTION JOE'S CONDITION A
LITTLE BIT BETTER.
AWARE THAT THEY WERE GOING TO
TAKE THE ROOF OFF, AND HE SAID
NOW WATCH, JUST NO BREAKS HE
GETS IT RIGHT THERE, THE FIRST
TIME HE GET AS LITTLE PUMP IN,
BUT HE JUST HITS HIM REALLY
HARD.
A LOT OF SPEED ON THESE CARS.
GUNTER'S CAR CLIMBS THE FENCE,
AND OF COURSE JOE GOES INTO THE
TIRE BARRIER SIDE WAYS.
>> THINKING THAT THE INITIAL
IMPACT FROM BEHIND WAS A BIGGER
HIT.
BECAUSE HIS CAR HAS SLOWED DOWN
QUITE A BIT BEFORE THE TIME IT
LEAVES THE FENCE.
>> COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED FOR JOE
FOSTER.
A GOOD RACE GOING ON AT THE
FRONT WHEN THIS ALL CYCLES
THROUGH AND WE GET BACK TO
GREEN.
THE POLE SITTER, 21-YEAR-OLD
RICKY TAYLOR, GETTING READY TO
GO.
GOING THROUGH
>> WE ARE GEHRING UP AND GETTING
READY, IF YOU ARE WONDERING WHAT
THE BLACK AND WHITE FOOTAGE, IS
ABOUT WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT
THE 50 ANNIVERSARY OF THE
ROLEX -- THAT FAMOUS VICTORY BY
DAN GURNEY.
>> GOING ACROSS THE FINISH LINE
TO WIN ON THE ENGINE HAS
RETIRED.
>> AND DAN ONE OF THE GREAT
RACING NAMES WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE
THE NAMES TURNING UP FOR THIS
ONE.
CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT.
>> SHOULD BE VERY SPECIAL
INDEED.
THESE GUYS THAT HAVE NOT MADE
THE PIT STOP YET.
AND MEANWHILE, YOU CAN SEE THE
ROOF DID HAVE TO BE CUT TO
EXTRICATE HIM FROM THAT MACHINE.
WE ARE HOPING THAT HE IS ON THE
STRETCH, I'M SURE THEY ARE JUST
TRYING TO BE VERY VERY CAREFUL
AND GET INTO THE MEDICAL CENTER.
>> AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU ARE
HURT, AND TELL THEM YOU CAN'T
CUT THE ROOF OFF, THEY WILL DO
IT ANYWAY BECAUSE THEY AREN'T
GOING TO RISK FURTHER DAMN.
>> THE PRINCIPAL SPONSOR OF THIS
RACE, NOT WHAT THEY WANTED TO
SEE, BUT WE WILL UPDATE YOU ON
JOE'S CONDITION AS SOON AS WE
RECEIVE SOMETHING.
THAT'S THE JOE FOSTER SITUATION,
THE OTHER ONE IS THE GUNTER
SITUATION.
>> HOW ARE YOU FEELING.
>> I'M GREAT.
THE CAR AND EVERY SAFETY
MECHANISM DID ITS JOB,
OBVIOUSLY.
>> WALK US THROUGH WHAT
HAPPENED.
>> WELL, I HIT THE BRAKE, INTO
ONE, AND NOTHING HAPPENED.
AND SO I IMMEDIATELY LET OFF,
AND I HIT IT GINN, NOTHING
HAPPENED AND THEN I HIT.
IN FRONT OF ME.
>> AND THEN THE HOOD CAME UP,
AND I COULDN'T SEE BUT I KNEW
THE SAND IS THERE, AND THEN THE
TIRES ARE THERE SO I'M SLOWING
DOWN, BUT I COULD TELL I'M NOT
SLOWING THAT DOWN THAT MUCH, AND
I'M LIKE HUH HE, THIS ISN'T
GOOD.
AND THEN I COW SEE THROUGH THE
GAP, THE TIRES COMING AND I WAS
LIKE OH MY GOSH I AM COMING
FAST, AND THAT WASN'T THAT BAD,
AND THEN I WAS LIKE WAIT A
MINUTE, I'M FLOATING, SO
APPARENTLY I FLOATED OVER THE
WALL, AND ROLLED THAT WAS A
WEIRD FEELING TOO.
BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO LAND
UPSIDE DOWN, BECAUSE I HAVE DONE
THAT BEFORE.
BUT THEN I LANDED STRAIT AND I
WAS RELIEVED LIKE OH WOW THIS IS
OVER.
>> PERFECTLY ALERT, REMEMBERS
THE WHOLE THING, CERTAINLY GLAD
YOU ARE STANDING HERE.
WHAT A GREAT RECOUNT OF HOW IT
ALL WENT DOWN.
>> A GOOD INDICATION -- IN YOUR
MIND IT IS SLOW MOTION.
HERE HE IS, NO BRAKES.
AND THEN HE HAS BRAKES ON THE
FRONT.
YOU CAN SEE THE LOCK UP, SO I
IMAGINE YOU WILL SEE MORE TO THE
REAR.
>> AND THEN THAT BUSINESS HE
TOLD YOU ABOUT, ONCE HE CLEARS
THAT.
HE ROLLS DOWN IN THAT CREEK BED,
THERE IS THE CAR.
>> THE KAY MARRY ROW.
YOU JUST HEARD THE VERY GRAPHIC
DESCRIPTION OF WHAT HAPPENED TO
GUNTER.
>> NOTICE THE PACE CAR, YOU CAN
SEE RICKY LEADING IN FRONT OF
THE 99.
DURING THAT CAUTION PERIOD, WHEN
THE LEADERS CAME IN, BOTH THE 01
GOT AROUND THE 99 DURING THIS
LAST LAP, MAY MADE ANOTHER PIT
STOP.
SO SOME STRATEGY GOING ON.
TURN BACK IN -- THE FINAL
TOUCHES ON THE FENCE.
THE CATCH FENCE, WE WILL COME
BACK, WE ARE ALREADY NEARLY 40
MINUTES INTO THIS TWO HOUR TIME
MAXIMUM RACE, HOPEFULLY WE WILL
GO RACING WHEN WE COME BACK.
>> DEALERSHIPS ALL AROUND THE
COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, CAMARO IS
TAKING IT TO ITS COMPETITION,
AND IN THE ROLEX SPORTS CAR
SERIES DAVIDSON MOTORSPORTS IT
IS TAKING IT TO ITS COMPETITION
OUT ON THE RACETRACK.
COMPETITION SUCH AS BMW, MAZDA,
AND AT THE HALF WAY POINT,
CAMARO HAS FOUND VICTORY CIRCLE
TWICE ALREADY.
>> UNDER THE HOOD OF THE RACE
CAR AND THE STREETCAR, A POWER
PLANT RIGHT OUT OF THE FACTORY,
THE RACE CAR UTILIZED AN L.S.
THREE POWER PLANT, WHILE THE
CAMARO UTILIZES A V EIGHT,
PRODUCING MORE THAN 225 HORSE
POWER.
>> WHAT ABOUT HANDLING, WILL,
THE STREETCAR FINDS ITS HANDLES
JUST LIKE THE RACE CAR DOES
THROUGH AN INDEPENDENT
SUSPENSION SYSTEM, AND THE
STOPPING POWER JUST AS
IMPRESSIVE.
FIND ITS BRAKING THROUGH A
MASSIVE BRAKE PACKAGE AND SUPER
HIGH PERFORMANCE TIRES.
BUT PERHAPSES THE MOST
IMPRESSIVE THING IS THAT THE
TECH KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU DRIVE ON
THE STREET EVERY DAY IN YOUR
GENERAL MOTORS PRODUCT IS THE
SAME TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY RACE
EVERY WEEKEND.
FOR MORE ON CHEVY CAMARO GO TO
CHEVY.COM OR
FACEBOOK.COM/CAMARRY ROSE.
AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE VIEW
FROM THE CHEVROLET PACE CAR,
CHEVROLET IS ONLY 4 POINTS OUT
OF THE MANUFACTURER'S
CHAMPIONSHIP IN GT.
OF COURSE, WE TALK NATURALLY SO
MUCH ABOUT THE DRIVER
ESCHAMPIONSHIP AS WE WELCOME YOU
BACK TO THE DRIVEN BY VISIT
FLORIDA.COM ROLEX SPORTS CAR
SERIES.
PORSCHE LEADS THE WAY, THE
FOUR-POINT GAP BACK TO CHEVY,
AND MAZDA TIED FOR SECOND AT THE
MOMENT.
BMW THERE, AND CHEVROLET ALL
THREE OF THEM HAD WINS THIS
YEAR.
THE CAMARIO HAD TWO WINS IN
2011.
>> UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE STILL
UNDER CAUTION, AND THAT IS FOR
THE CLEAN UP AFTER THIS GT
ACCIDENT BETWEEN GUNTHER.
JAMIE HOWELL HAS A UPDATE ON
JOE'S CONDITION.
>> YEAH, GUYS THE OFFICIAL
UPDATE RIGHT NOW.
HE MADE HIS WAY BACK HERE, NOW
THEY ARE GOING TO PUT HIM IN THE
AMBULANCE, TAKE HIM TO THE LOCAL
HOSPITAL THAT'S ALL WE KNOW
RIGHT NOW.
UNFORTUNATELY IT ISN'T THE END
OF THE DAY FOR JOE FOSTER.
>> AS SOON AS WE KNOW MORE,
THANK YOU, WE WILL LET YOU KNOW.
SO IT'S IN THE NAME OF SAFETY
THAT THIS CAUTION CONTINUES.
BECAUSE OF THE PREPARE TOOUT
SIDE TURN ONE GETTING THINGS
CLEANED UP.
AS WE HAVE SEEN IN YEARS BY, WAS
THAT THE FIVE DIVING?
>> THE FIVE AND IS 30 DIVING IN
THERE.
WITH THE RACESSENING TEAM AND
THE 30 RED MAZDA WHICH IS COMING
IN RIGHT BEHIND HERE.
DAVID IS DOWN THIS YEAR, TOWARDS
THIS WEEKEND.
I THINK THIS IS JUST EVERYONE'S
LIKE ADJUSTING HERE, REALLY
CATCHING THIS ON THE FLY, AS
THIS YELLOW CONTINUES YOU
CONTINUE TO ADJUST, TOPPING UP
WITH THE FUEL, MAYBE THINKING
ABOUT THAT DRIVER CHANGE, YOU
DON'T WANT TO BE LOCKED INTO
DOING A DRIVER CLANG UNDER GREEN
FLAG CONDITIONS.
>> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS
CHANGED IN 2011, THIS BEING THE
ROTATION OF THESE TWO DRIVERS.
DONAHUE -- TWO DRIVERS THAT HAVE
DONE EVERY SINGLE DATONA
PROTOTOE TYPE RACE, YOU ARE
TALKING IN EXCESS OF 100
CONSECUTIVE RACES.
DAVID USED TO BE THE FINISHER,
AND NOW THIS YEAR -- SO DONAHUE
DOES THE QUALIFYING.
>> WHICH SPEEDS UP A LITTLE BIT.
I THINK THEY ARE STRAPPING HIM
IN, SHOW HIM THE RACE EARLIER
THIS YEAR.
HE DOES HAVE A SEAT TIME.
>> IF YOU ARE A REGULAR --
PARTICULARLY FORMULA ONE ON
SPEED, YOU WILL KNOW WE HAVE
MENTIONED A LOT ABOUT DAVID HOBS
ROLL IN THE HOLLYWOOD MOVIE THE
DISNEY PIXAR MOVIE CARS 2.
HESSEN THE ONLY PERSON WITH A
POSITION IN THAT FILM.
>> THEY HAVE HAD TO ENLARGE THE
COCKPIT TO GET MEMO'S HEAD IN IT
NOW THAT IS H A MOVIE STAR.
I UNDERSTAND, WHICH CHARACTER IS
IT YOU ARE PLAYING.
>> WHAT KIND OF CAR IS IT.
>> IT'S LIKE A TOURING CAR, KIND
OF.
KIND OF LIKE MY HELMET WITH A
MEXICAN FLAG, SO THAT WAS COOL
FOR THEM TO DO THAT.
>> WAS IT LIKE GIVING FEEDBACK
TO TIM AND THE ENGINEERS WHEN
YOU GET OUT OF THE CAR?
WAS IT THAT DIFFICULT.
>> NO, TALKING IS WAY MORE
DIFFICULT.
>> THERE YOU GO, TIM, I WILL
TALK TO YOU REAL QUICK, SINCE HE
IS THE MOVIE STAR NOW, YOU HAVE
WORK TO DO AS WELL, YOU ARE
GOING TO LEAVE HERE AND THEN
CALL THE INDY CAR RACE TONIGHT,
IS THAT RIGHT.
>> I HAVE BEEN CALLING THE INDY
CAR RACES AND THE SERVICE
CENTRAL TEAM.
THE LAST FOUR HAVE BEEN REALLY
GOOD FOR US AND WE ARE LOOKING
FORWARD TO IT.
>> YOU DID A GREAT JOB AT THE
SPEED WAY, MY QUESTION IS IF YOU
ARE DOING DOUBLE DUTY, CHIP PAYS
YOU BIAS, RIGHT.
>> NO, I WISH.
TEAM SAYS HE IS ON SAMURAI, HE
DIDN'T DO IT FOR A BASIS.
BOTH OF THESE GUYS ARE REALLY
BUSY AS OF LATE.
INDY CAR AND IOWA, AND OF COURSE
MONTOYA, McMURRAY, INFINEON
LACE WAY LOOKING TO GET A RACE
TOWARDS VICTORY, IT WILL BE A
THRILLING WEEKEND.
I KEEP SAYING I HOPE WE ARE
GOING TO GO RACING, I WON'T SAY
IT THIS TIME, WE WILL
SUNDAY JULY 3RD, 1:00 P.M.
EASTERN 10:00 A.M. PACIFIC.
>> SPEED'S COVERAGE OF THE
SERIES IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY WALL
TRIMMERS WITH THE POWER OF
LITHIUM ION.
VISIT US.
BY CONTINUE THEN TELL TIRE,ISH
NO SATIVE TECHNOLOGY, DRIVING
CONFIDENCE.
AND BY CHEVROLET AND THEIR AWARD
WINNING CARS TRUCKS AND
CROSSOVERS.
WE WELCOME YOU BACK TO ROAD
AMERICA.
AND A QUICK REMINDER, THIS JULY
STARS WILL GATHER IN THE ARIZONA
DESSERT FOR ONE SPECTACULAR
NIGHT OF THE SUMMER'S BIGGEST
EVENT.
EVERY THRILLING MOMENT OF THE
ALL STAR GAME, COVERAGE BEGINS
TUESDAY JULY 12TH AT 8:00 P.M.
EASTERN, 5:00 P.M. PACIFIC.
SO WE ARE STILL CRUISING AT A
SLOW SPEED HERE.
WELCOME BACK.
JAMIE HOWL, AND -- THE FIRST
SUNNY DAY OF THE WEEK, THE TEAMS
AND DRIVERS HAVE BEEN ENDURING
MIXED WEATHER CONDITIONS A LOT
OF WET WATER RUNNING AND A LOT
OF NOT RUNNING ON TRACK AT ALL.
EVERYONE WOKE UP WITH A SMILE ON
THEIR FACE TO SEE THESE
BEAUTIFUL SKIES ABOVE, AND GOOD
WARM CLEAR CONDITIONS.
WE HAVEN'T HAD THE RACING THAT
WE HAD HOPED FOR JUST YET.
WE ARE RIDING ABOARD THE TURNER
MOTOR SPORT, LET'S GO TO THE
TEAM PRINCIPLE.
>> AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE
REST OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP, ROSS
IS IN FOR LAGUNE THAT, WHAT ARE
YOUR HOPES WITH THAT.
>> YOU KNOW, COMING INTO THIS
RACE, WE ARE SITTING PRETTY GOOD
IN POINTS WE ZILLION HAVE A SHOT
AT THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
WE HAVE BEEN TESTING FOR THE
LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AND IT ALL
FELL TOGETHER.
HE IS GOING TO BE THE RIGHT GUY
FOR THE JOB.
WE HAVE SYSTEM BIG SHOES TO FILL
WITH BILL BECAUSE HE IS THE BEST
IN THE BUSINESS, AND OUR
OPINION, BUT MAT TEST IS EXCITED
TO DO IT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
HAVING HIM.
>> THERE IS SOME RACING
CONFLICTS FOR THE REST OF THE
SEASON, BUT WE ARE ALSO HEARING
RUMORS OF TWO CARS FOR YOU GUYS
CAN YOU CONFIRM ANYTHING?
>> THE TURNER MOTORSPORT GUYS
RIGHT NOW AT THE SHOP WE ARE
WORKING ON OUR SECOND G.T. CAR.
WE ARE PRETTY FAR ALONG AND WE
PLAN TO DEBUT LATE THEY ARE
YEAR.
>> DRIVER LINE-UP.
>> TO BE DETERMINED BUT WE HAVE
EXCITING STUFF HAPPENING.
SEEING SOME VERY INTERESTING
THINGS BEING THROWN AROUND.
PERHAPS ALSO FOR THE PRIMARY CAR
AT MONTREAL AS WELL.
WE MIGHTY THE NEWS, WE WILL LET
THEM ANNOUNCE THAT IN GOOD TIME.
BUT VERY EXCITING.
DRIVERS COULDN'T POSSIBLY BE --
>> PHILLY WILL BE BACK FOR THE
SHORT RACES IN AUGUST.
ALONG WITH ANOTHER DRIVER, AND
BUT WE HOPE TO RUN THE CAR IN
NEW JERSEY, THE NEW CAR WITH
CLUB RACING, AND THE FRONT
RUNNING NAME, BUT JUST GET MILES
ON THAT CAR.
>> LET'S RESET THE AUTO FOR YOU,
NOW THAT THINGS HAVE CAKELES
THROUGH.
ON ALL OF THESE STOPS ON WHAT
NOW SEEMS TO BE FOREVER CAUTION
PERIOD.
RICKY TAYLOR IS THE RACE LEADER,
THERE HE IS.
ONE OF THE CARS YET TO MAKE A
DRIVER CHANGE.
SO TOO FOR THE CAR IMMEDIATELY
BEHIND.
ROBIN LIDDELL IS THIRD OVERALL.
PRUITT IS ABOARD THE 01, THE
CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS LEADER,
THREE TIMES DATONA PROTOTOE TYPE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> YEAH, HE HAS SO MUCH
EXPERIENCE, THEY DID GREAT THIS
WEEKEND, JUST LINED UP RIGHT
BEHIND RIGHT NOW.
AND HE SAID THAT IT REALLY TURN
THINGS AROUND HERE.
THEY GOT INTO THE EARLY STAGES
THIS YEAR WHERE THEY ARE TRYING
TO GET IT LONGER.
HE SAID BY DOING THAT, WE GET
THE CAR A LOT OF SPEED AND.
>> YOU TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT
TEAMS COMING INTO THE GAME, THEY
ARE VERY -- THEY ARE CAPABLE OF
WINNING THESE RACES.
>> FOR RILEY IS THAT HE IS MIRED
DOWN IN 13TH IN THE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
HE HAS HAD TW PODIUMS -- AND
THE ENTIRE TEAM, MIKE AND PETER
BARRON, AND VERY FRUSTRATING
WHEN THEY KNOW THEY CAN GET THE
JOB DONE.
IT'S A GOOD PLACE TO BE I THINK.
>> BIG NAMES.
>> WE SAW THE FIVE COME IN FOR A
STOP, LET'S GET A UPDATE HERE.
HERE IS DAVID DONAHUE.
>> YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO DO
A WHOLE LOT OF RACING, BUT THIS
RACETRACK, VERY DIFFERENT
CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW THAN WE
HAVE SEEN ALL WEEK, HOW IS THAT
NUMBER FIVE?
WE ARE LOSE.
VERY OVERSTEERING, HAVING SAID
THAT WE CAN'T TURN VERY WELL
THROUGH TURNS ONE AND TWO.
FOR THE MOST PART IT IS REAL
TAIL HAPPY.
THEY THERE HAVE THEIR HANDS
FULL.
>> YOU WERE GLAD TO STEP OUT OF
IT A LITTLE BIT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT CHAMPIONSHIP,
THIRD AND FOURTH IN THE
CHAMPIONSHIP RIGHT NOW, YOU FEEL
LIKE THE CHEMISTRY THAT'S BEEN
CHANGED REALLY KIND OF GIVES YOU
GUY AS SHOT AT SOMETHING THAT
MAYBE YOU HAVEN'T HAD A SHOT AT?
ABSOLUTELY, WE ARE REALLY
BUILDING STILL ON THE FUTURE.
THE WAY THEY ARE THINKING SO FAR
AHEAD, IT IS REALLY ENCOURAGING.
WE HAVE A LOT OF THE SAME GUYS
AND THEY JUST REALLY STEPPED UP
THEIR GAME, AND THE RESULTS
SHOWS.
>> RESULT DEFINITELY SHOWS THE
FIVE CAR NOT OUT OF THE TOP 10
AT ALL THIS SEASON, IN THE NINE
CAR THE SISTER CAR HAS A
VICTORY.
>> FABULOUS SPEED, CAMERA CREW,
AND WORKING UP NEAR TURN ONE, IT
SEEMS ALTHOUGH ALL THE REPAIRS
ARE DONE ON THE FENCE NEAR THAT
TURN ONE AREA, MAYBE THAT'S A
PROMISING SIGN AS WE FAST
APPROACH THE ONE HOUR MARK, WE
WILL GO RACING FOR AT LEAST ONE
HOUR
>> RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF
THIS ONE, HOWEVER THAT CAR IS
ZILLION IN THE RACE, STILL IN
THE MIX, THIS IS THE
TALKING POINT OF THE RACE.
SLAMS INTO THE BACK OF JOE
FOSTER AND THEN WATCH THIS, OH
MY GOODNESS.
CLIMBING HE WENT OUT OF THE
BALLPARK AS DORSEY SAID, BUT WE
HAVE HEARD FROM GUNTER AND HE IS
OKAY.
WE ARE WAITING ON FURTHER
UPDATES FROM THIS MAN.
DEMPSEY RACING THEY DID HAVE TO
PEEL THE ROOF BACK TO GET HIM
OUT, AND HE HAS BEEN THINK TO
THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
SO CONTINENTAL TIRE RACE
SUMMARIES NOT A WHOLE LOT TO
GIVE YOU.
WE DID HAVE FIVE LEAD CHANGES
BUT OF COURSE MOST OF THAT WAS
ON THE TOP ROTATION, AND ONE
CAUTION, THAT TAKES A LONG TIME.
>> THE FACE CAR OVER THE HALF
WAY LEADER COULD BE THE CAMARIO
FACE CAR.
THAT MEANS WE ARE GOING BACK TO
RACING WITH ONE HOUR TO GO.
>> WE HAVE GONE BACK -- AS YOU
CAN SEE THE STRATEGY WAS TO GET
THAT DRIVER TEAM AWAY UNDER
CAUTION.
RIGHT NOW THE TEN IN THE 99,
STILL NEED TO DO A DRIVER
CHANGE, YOU LOOK AT THE 01,
PRUITT IS NOW BEHIND -- THEY
SHOULD BE TO DO IT ON THIS.
>> WE ARE ABOUT TO MAKE IT 54
MINUTES ANY CAUTION WHATSOEVER,
JUST ONE LAP OF CAUTION, THEY
ARE GOING TO BE IN YOUR WINDOW.
>> AND I SAID WAYNE, HAVE YOU
STOPPED RIGHT NOW AND DONE THE
DRIVER CHANGES AND FUEL, ONE
MORE CAUTION HAVE YOU GONE ALL
THE WAY IS THIS AND HE SAID NO,
ONE LAP BEFORE WE WENT BACK TO
GREEN, THE FIVE DID COME IN AND
TOP OFF, THEY MAY BE GAMBLING.
>> LOOKING AT G.P., THE PORSCHE
IS FIGHTING FOR THE LEAD OF THE
CLASS, WE SHOWED YOU THAT AND
IT'S VERY MUCH THE CASE, JOHN
EDWARDS ON THE INSIDE.
THE 42 POLE SITTING MASTER IS
STILL IN THE MIX TOO.
>> JOHN EDWARDS WAS IMMEDIATELY
UP TO SPEED.
REMEMBER, WE HAD A FULL SPEED.
THE ORANGE MACHINE AND HE
RECENTLY DROPPED AWAY IN THE
600.
WE KNOW HIM WELL, AND LOOKS FOR
A WAY BY.
>> WHILE THESE GUYS ARE LOOKING
AROUND THEM, THEY HAVE ALL
SORTS -- ALSO.
>> ON THE 60 CAR, SEVERAL LAPS.
REALLY THE WHOLE ENTER ON THAT.
>> JUST REMEMBER THIS AS WE
WATCH THIS FIRST LAP FLYING ON
THE RESTART.
THEY CAME IN RECENTLY.
DAREN LAW, WILL DONE MAKER, AND
ANTONIO GARCIA.
WE WILL SEE WHAT THEY HAVE LATER
IN THE RACE.
>> I THINK IT WAS THE RIGHT
CALL.
YES, A LITTLE BIT OF TRACK AND A
VERY SHORT FUEL LOAD TO FIN THIS
ONE.
THAT IS REALLY UGLY FOR A
MOMENT.
>> THEY ARE TRYING TO WORK
THROUGH G.P., SOMEBODY FROM FIT
LANE, WHAT CAR WAS THAT.
>> ON THE FIRST LANE LEFT.
>> LOOKS LIKE THE 77 POSSIBLY.
MAYBE THE BLACK ROOF.
>> I WAS HAVING DOZENS OF
DRIVERS CHANGES THEY ARE BANKING
ON A CAUTION.
THAT WAS A DRIVE THROUGH PENALTY
BEING DONE.
AND THAT WAS FOR SPEEDING ON PIT
ROW.
EARLIER ON.
>> IN THE 90 CAR, FOCUS TO THEM.
HE IS TRYING TO MAKE HIS WAY
THROUGH THE FIELD, BUT DOWN IN
THE ACTION A LITTLE WAYS.
RICKY TAYLOR, ONLY THE 1 1/2
SECONDS BETWEEN THOSE GUYS.
TERRY A FORMER WINNER HERE, LOOK
AT JOHN EDWARDS ON THE OUTSIDE
DOWN INTO FIVE.
>> GOOD STUFF HERE FOR THE LEAD.
PUSHING HARD, AND THIS IS GOOD,
AND RIGHT BEHIND US, NUMBER 70
JONATHAN BEHIND THE WHEEL.
>> AND THOSE CARS ARE HAVING A
BATTLE.
LOOK RIGHT BEHIND HIM.
>> I DON'T THINK HE IS GOING TO
BE TOO AGGRESSIVE HERE.
HE IS A FEW LAPS DOWN.
KIND OF SHOWED HIM WHAT HE
THOUGHT.
AT THE SAME TIME TAKES THE LINE
AWAY.
THEY FOUND SOMETHING WITH THE
SET UP HERE.
USING THE TIRE, AND --
>> SOMETIMES -- A DUAL LIGHT
WEIGHT CAR, I USED TO RUN THE
OLD CAR, IT WAS SO LIGHT THAT
THE TIRES WEREN'T ABLE TO KEEP
UP AS FAR AS THE TEMPERATURE, SO
THE GRIP WAS NOT THERE.
>> THAT'S THE SAME ANTONIO
GARCIA THAT WON HIS THIRD 24
HOURS TWO WEEKS AGO.
FOUR CHEVROLET, IS HE SAID YEAH,
HE IS HAPPY WITH THAT.
HE SAID YEAH HE HAS WON THE
IMPORTANT ONE, THE OVERALL.
>> REALLY WIDE THERE.
POP A WHEELLY, WANT TO USE ALL
OF THE ROAD AND THAT LITTLE
PAVED AREA.
LIKE YOU SEE THERE ON THIS FRONT
STRAIGHT AWAY, GIVE YOU A LITTLE
BIT MORE SPEED.
YOU HAVE TO MAXIMIZE IT HERE.
>> .
>> NOTHING CHANGED UP FRONT, IT
IS STILL A 1.3 SECOND MARGIN
BETWEEN RICKY TAYLOR AND JOHN
FOGARTY.
THE 01 IS ONLY FOUR SECONDS OUT
OF THE LEAD.
TELL US MORE.
>> REALLY DIGGING IN BEHIND THE
WHEEL OF THE 01.
SAYING YOU ARE THE FASTEST ON
THE RACETRACK, BUT DON'T TAKE
ANY CHANCES RIGHT KNEW, WE DON'T
NEED IT.
OUR STOP WILL BE ABOUT 12
SECONDS FASTER, THAN ALL THE
OTHER COMPETITORS AND THEY ARE
ONLY THREE SECONDS AHEAD.
SO KEEP DOING WHAT YOU ARE
DOING, DON'T TAKE ANY CHANCES.
>> HERE IS THE DIFFERENCE, YOU
CAN TELL SCOTT THAT AND HE WILL
UNDERSTAND IT.
>> HE IS THRILLED TO BE BACK
HERE AT ROAD AMERICA, AND AS
THEY HEAD BACK TO STRICTRY LANE,
OR IS THERE ANOTHER SEAT WAITING
IN WE WILL FIND OUT.
>> A REMINDER ABOUT RACING.
TALKING ABOUT NASCAR RACE DAY.
THE DESTINATION, IT IS TOMORROW
NOON, LIVE ON SPEED, JOIN JOHN
ROBERTS AND THE GAIN TALKING
ABOUT WHO IS GOING TO WIN THE
FIRST ROAD COURSE RACE OF THE
YEAR.
>> NOW THAT YOU ARE AN AMERICAN
CITIZEN, WITH YOUR X COUNTRY
MEN, WHO WILL NOT -- MARCUS
AMBROSE, REALLY BEEN --
>> .
>> WELL, YOU KNOW.
>> YEAH, HE QUALIFIED SECOND.
MARCUS QUALIFIED 8TH.
MORRIS QUALIFIED BACK IN 30TH,
ANDY LALLY QUALIFIED FURTHER
BACK THAN WHERE HE WOULD LIKE TO
BE.
WELCOME YOU BACK TO ROAD
AMERICA, WHERE WE HAVE AROUND
SEVEN OF THE SERIES AND LEADING
JOHN FOGGERTY, YET TO DO THEIR
DRIVER CHANGES SCOT PRUETT HAS
ALREADY TAKEN OVER, AND WE HAVE
LESS THAN 50 MINUTES TO RUN.
>> YEAH, THAT WILL BE THE KEY,
BECAUSE I THINK FOR THESE GUYS
IT WILL BE DRIVER CHANGE TIME
WHICH WILL REALLY DETERMINE HOW
LONG ON PIT LANE OPPOSED TO THE
FUME GOING IN.
>> TEDDY MARSH HAS PULLED THE
CAR, JAMIE.
>> SUNOCO FUEL GOING IN THE CAR
RIGHT NOW.
SO STRATEGY BEGINNING TO PLAY
OUT IN THIS LATE STAGE OF THE
RACE.
>> KEVIN NOT HERE FOR HIS PRG
ORGANIZATION, HE IS OUT IN HOME
TERRITORY.
GREG JONES HE IS CALLING THE
SHOTS ON THAT CAR.
SO LET'S SEE HOW THEY WORKS OUT.
>> WE BELIEVE THE 99 IS GOING TO
PULL OFF, HE DOES.
THEY BELIEVE THEY ARE IN GREAT
POSITION LEAVING LESS FUEL.
DO THEY HAVE THEIR STRATEGY UP
AGAINST THE TEN AND CLOSEST TO
THEM IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> 44.5 MINUTES TO GO.
BRYAN STANDING BY.
>> .
>> IT MAY COME DOWN TO THE PIT
WORK.
WE SAW THE 99 AND THE 01, THE 99
CAME IN IN THE LEAD, SO RIGHT
NOW THE CREW DOWN HERE NEEDS TO
GO TO WORK, THEY NEED TO BE
FLAWLESS, IT IS A DRIVER CHANGE.
CONTINENTAL TIRES, GOING ONBOARD
GURNEY WILL HAVE A FRESH CAR
WHEN HE HEADS BACK ON TRACK.
THE BALANCE SEEMS TO BE PRETTY
GOOD, GREAT STOP DOWN HERE.
>> THAT WAS REALLY GOOD -- OH,
LOOK AT THIS.
LOOK AT THIS, THE TURN --
>> THAT'S ONE OF THE LEAD IN THE
TOP 3 RIGHT THERE.
>> AND HE SCOOTED THROUGH TO THE
LANE.
>> IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THAT
GOING ON.
THAT WAS A BIG SCRIMMAGE THERE
FOR THE LEAD.
>> I'M NOT SURE IF THERE WAS
CONTACT.
>> TROUBLE GETTING IN GEAR HERE,
HE HAS HAD IT IN REVERSE.
>> FRUSTRATION FOR ROBIN LIDDELL
AND THE STEVENSON GAME, LET'S
SEE IF THERE WAS CONTACT, RIGHT
BEHIND ROBIN.
>> YEAH, HE ISN'T DOING THAT.
>> HE GOT INTO HIM WHEN THEY
WERE ALMOST IN A STRAIGHT LINE,
AND ROBIN IS STILL TRYING TO
RECOVER.
GETTING AROUND.
>> LEFT SIDE.
>> GETTING AROUND, IT WAS A
LITTLE BIT OF UNCERTAINTY, AND
THEN HE WENT ONE WAY AND THEN
THE OTHER, SO THE CO
CHAMPIONSHIP, AND THEN ROBIN
BRINGS IT.
THEY ARE GOING TO NEED -- HE
FLIES IN THERE.
THERE'S THE LINE, A BIT OF IT
BEFORE YOU HAVE TO GET DOWN.
>> ROBIN HAS BROUGHT THE CAR TO
A STOP NOW.
THE CREW TOOK A SECOND TO WALK
AROUND, ASSESS THE DAMAGE, BUT
THEY ARE PUTTING ON TIRES SUNOCO
FUEL GOING ON, I DON'T SEE ANY
DAMAGE.
THE CAR LOOKS PRETTY CLEAN.
>> JUST THAT NUDGE ENOUGH TO
UNBALANCE AND UNSETTLE THE 57.
HERE IS SCOT PRUETT FOR THE
FINAL TIME.
>> I TELL YOU WHY THEY ARE DOING
THIS, 11 OF THE LEADERS COMES IN
YOU HAVE TO PROTECT YOURSELF,
AND I THINK THE TEN CAR HAS TO
COME SOON AS WELL.
BRYAN?
REALLY QUICK, DOESN'T NEED MUCH
FUEL HERE.
DON'T NEED TIME -- HE WILL NOW
COME OUT IN FRONT OF THE 99 CAR.
TEN CONTINUES TO LEAD.
>> DAREN LURE IS BACK IN, THE
PORSCHE FATHERED RILEY, IT'S
FINAL STOP.
WILL THERE WILL BE ANOTHER
CAUTIOUS IN H THE NEXT 45
MINUTES?
TO IMPACT HOW THIS RACE PLAYS
OUT.
IT WON'T TAKE MUCH FUEL TO FILL
UP THE FIVE, BUT RIGHT NOW HE
STALLED THE ENGINE AND WILL NOT
REFIRE, THEY WILL HAVE TO PUSH
IT, HE IS BACK UNDERWAY.
>> I HATE IT WHEN THAT FINAL
STOP -- THE TEN HAS TO COME IN.
WILL BE A LONGER PIT STOP, AND
THEY HAVE TO DO A DRIVER CHANGE.
>> YEAH, WE ARE HEARING MAYBE
THERE'S A CLUTCH ISSUE, WHICH
WOULD HAVE BEEN A CONTRIBUTING
FACTOR THERE.
SO THE TEN CAR DOES HAVE TO MAKE
A PIT STOP.
HE IS GOING TO NEED MORE FUEL AT
THE 01, SO I THINK THE 01 WILL
CERTAINLY LEAD FURTHER BACK.
BUT HE MAY ASSUME THE LEAD --
>> REMINDERS -- EVERYTHING THAT
HE NEEDS TO DO WHEN HE BRINGS
THAT INTO FIT ROAD AND A PIT NOW
IS THE CALL.
>> PIT NOW.
>> THE STALWORTH GUYS ROLL THE
DICE ON GETTING ANOTHER CAUTION,
AND MAYBE GETTING TO THE END OF
THIS WITHOUT ANOTHER PIT STOP,
LET'S WAIT AND SEE.
>> GOOD SCRUB GOING ON, THE BMW
VERSUS PORSCHE, THE 59 OF LEE
KING.
THE MOST RECENT WINNER IN
GRAND-AM SERIES WE HEAR THAT
THEY ARE INTO PIT LANE.
>> LOOK AT THIS, LOOKS TO THE
INSIDE, THAT BMW HAS 100 MORE
REPS THIS WEEKEND, VERY LATE ON
THE BREAK, CAN HE HOLD IT DOWN?
NO, HE SPINS.
>> YOU DON'T SEE THAT VERY
OFTEN.
A LITTLE HIT TAKE THERE.
>> RIGHT OF THE SCREEN, RACE
LEADING THE CAR, THE SUNTRUST
THEY ARE GOING FOR THREE WINS IN
A ROW, REMEMBER.
BRYAN IS THERE.
>> SOMETHING THAT IS SUNTRUST
TEAM HAS NEVER DONE, THEY HAVE
WON RACES AND CHAMPIONSHIPS,
THEY HAVE NOT 13 IN A ROW.
IT WILL BE UP TO MAC.
REAR CONTINENTAL TIRES ARE ON.
THE FUEL GOING IN, THEY WILL DO
THE DRIVER CHANGE.
YOU HEARD HIM EARL YES SAYING
THIS WILL BE SHORTER -- TELL YOU
WHAT, PULLED OFF A GREAT STOP,
BUT SO DID SUNTRUST.
>> PRUITT HAS ALREADY GONE BY,
THEY COME OUT IN SECOND, NOT
ENOUGH SPEED, THERE ARE ALEX
GURNEY.
SO FROM FIRST TO THIRD THAT
TELLS YOU THE STORY.
>> YEAH, I THINK A LITTLE BIT
TOO LONG.
I DIDN'T LIKE THAT CALL UNDER
CAUTION, WE CAN SEE WHAT GANASSI
DID.
GETTING THROUGH IN THE CAR, HAS
A BIT MORE FUEL ONBOARD, SO A
GOOD CALL BY THE GANASSI BOYS
BUT MEANWHILE, THEY CONTINUE TO
LEAD.
WHAT WILL HE NEED TO MAKE THE
PIT STOP.
>> THERE IS RICKY TAYLOR.
GOOD EFFORT, KIND OF A WEIRD
RACE SO FAR.
WE WILL SEE WHAT MAX CAN DO, HE
HAS 43 MINUTES TO DRAG THIS
NUMBER TEN UP TO THE FRONT.
SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENED WITH
BILLY ON THE SCREEN.
STILL ON THE BREAKS HE GOT ALL
THE WAY ON THE NOSE.
LIGHTS UP THE REAR OF THE CAR,
AS THEY MOVE IT AROUND.
>> THAT'S THAT TURN FIVE, YOU
ARE HEADED DOWNHILL, THE BACK
END GETS SQUIRRELY.
>> MORE DRAMA FOR THE 57, AND
TELL YOU WHAT THE DEAL IS ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THIS BREAK.
SO AS GANASSI POISED TO GO BACK
TO VICTORY LANE?
THEY CERTAINLY HOLD THE POWER
POSITION, SEE YOU IN A MOMENT.
>> SPEED'S COVERAGE IS BROUGHT
TO YOU BY CONTINENTAL TIRE.
INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY, DRIVING
CONFIDENCE.
BY MAZDA, ZOOM ZOOM.
AND BY SUNOCO, THE OFFICIAL FUEL
OF GRAND-AM AND FUEL PROVIDER TO
40 OTHER RACING SERIES.
WE ARE BACK AT ROAD AMERICA AND
THE RACE LEADING CAR RYAN WE
THOUGHT THEY, THEY BEING -- MAY
ROLL THE DICE, BUT THAT'S NOT
THE CASE.
>> YEAH, THEY OBVIOUSLY LOOKS TO
THE NUMBERS AND REALIZED THEY
NEEDED WAY TOO MUCH YELLOW.
SO THEY MADE THE CAR THEY HAVE A
FAST RACE CAR, MAYBE A YELLOW TO
STILL GET THEM BUNCHED ONE THE
LEADERS.
THEY ARE AFRAID WITH ALL THE
TALKING WE HAVE SEEN, THAT
THINGS THEY ARE AFRAID THEY
WON'T BE ABLE TO, SO THEY ARE
TRYING TO ROLL THE DICE, DIDN'T
GET TO ROLL AS HARD AS THEY
WANTED TO TODAY, NONETHELESS
THINGS GOING ACCORDING TO PLAN.
>> IF YOU DECIDE TO BE ONE OF
THE FIRST TO PIT, AND ESCAPE
THAT SAFETY NET, MAYBE THERE'S A
CAUTION THAT COMES OUT AND YOU
GAIN TRACK POSITION, SUDDENLY
YOU ARE RUNNING THE END OF THIS
RACE, WITH A LOT OF MILES ON
THAT RUBBER.
RIGHT NOW -- THE OTHER THING IS
WE ALWAYS SEEM ON THE DRIVER,
BUT REMEMBER THE TEAM MANNER AND
THE GUY THAT CALLED THE SHOT, ON
THE EASY CAR SIDE OF THINGS,
EASY TO GET ALL OF THE FAME AND
THE ACCOLADES BUT THEY HAVE BEEN
PULLING SOME PRETTY SAVVY
STRATEGIES.
AFTER THE 70 STARTS LAST AFTER A
HICCUP IN QUALIFYING THIS COULD
BE A LAST TO SAVE, RYAN.
>> A FRUSTRATING HERE FOR ALL
THE TEAMS.
JONATHAN BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THE
70, I TALKED TO HIM EARLIER, AND
NOW THAT THEY ARE FINISHED THE
CONTINENTAL TIRES I TALKED TO
HIM EARLIER, AND SAID WE JUST
CAN'T BUY A BREAK.
AND MAY ACTUALLY HAVE A LITTLE
PANDA BEAR -- TREMBLAY HAD A
PROBLEM IN QUALIFYING AND YOU
HAVE SEEN WHAT HAS HAPPENED
TODAY.
>> AS THE SUN RUST NOW THIRD
PLACE.
>> THE STRAIGHT AWAY, WE WILL
SEE HOW LONG IT IS DOWNHILL.
PASSING HIM.
>> THE DRIVER OF ROAD AMERICA,
BUSY BUT THRILLING IN HIGH
SPEED, THROUGH THE CARE SOUL.
>> AND A SHORT STRAIGHT AWAY,
AND THEN INTO THE KING.
ONE OF THE ABOUNDING CORNERS IN
NORTH AMERICA.
>> CERTAINLY ONE OF THE SCARIEST
ONES.
>> PROTOTYPES -- WITH THE DOWN
FORCE THERE, AND A LIFT THERE.
>> THE STRAIGHT AWAY GOING INTO
THE CORNER IS NOT STRAIGHT.
FREAKS A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT
BECAUSE OF THAT PASSING LANE.
>> ONE OF THE BIG STORIES OF
THIS RACE WAS THE FIRST TURN
COLLISION BETWEEN GUNTER AND
DEMPSEY RACING JOE CONCERN CAN
YOU GIVE US A UPDATE ON THE
CONDITION OF JOE.
>> I WAS TALKING TO THE HEAD OF
MAZDA SPORTS NORTH MARK WHEN THE
70 CAR CAME IN, BUT YOU AND I
ARE HAVING A PRETTY IMPORTANT
CONVERSATION, THIS HAS NOT BEEN
MAZDA YEAR, AND FOR JOE FOSTER
TODAY, BIG TROUBLE.
CAN YOU GIVE US A UPDATE.
>> ABSOLUTELY, GREG.
SORRY BRYAN.
MY HEAD IS ELSEWHERE, HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH JOE,
HE IS AWAKE, ALERT, THEY DID
TRANSPORT HIM TO GET SOME
FURTHER EXAMINATION, BUT YEAH,
IT HASN'T NECESSARILY BEEN A
LADY LUCK KIND OF YEAR, THE BEST
NEWS IS THAT JOE IS AWAKE AND
ALERT.
TESTAMENT TO THE STRENGTH OF
THESE CARS WHEN YOU SEE AN
INCIDENT LIKE THAT, AND THE
DEVICE AND ALL THE THINGS THAT
ARE SET UP IN THESE CARS TO MAKE
THEM WHAT THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, IT
IS GREAT THAT THE GUYS CAN WALK
AWAY FROM THOSE.
>> WELL, WE SAW HIM ON A
BACKBOARD, I KNOW THEY TOOK HIM
OUT OF MEDICAL, I ASSUME THEY
ARE GOING TO TAKE HIM TO A
HOSPITAL IN THE AREA.
>> THEY ARE TAKING HIM TO
MILWAUKEE.
HE HAD A PREVIOUS NECK INJURY,
SO HER COMPLAINING ABOUT THAT.
HER TALKING TO THE WORKERS SAY
DON'T HURT THE CAR, SO YOU KNOW,
WHEN A DRIVESER DOING THAT, HE
IS OKAY.
>> THAT'S GOOD NEWS, AND WITH
THAT PREVIOUS INJURY, THEY JUST
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
EVERYTHING IS OKAY, SO GOOD NEWS
BEFORE THE MAZDA FAMILY AND
THOSE AT DEMPSEY RACING.
>> YES.
THE PUBLIC RELATIONS WITH JOE
FOSTER HAS BEEN TRANSPORTED TO A
MEDICAL FACILITY IN MILWAUKEE
FOR FURTHER EVALUATION.
RACING TO THE END, JUST A LITTLE
OVER HALF AN HOUR LEFT, IS IT
GOING TO BE A GANASSI DAY?
PRUITT AND ROJAS ARE THEY HEADED
BACK TO
♪ ♪
♪ ♪.
>> THERE YOU GO.
THAT'S WHY GRAND-AM ROAD RACING
IS SO POPULAR.
AND THAT'S ONLY THE FIRST HALF
OF THE 2011 SEASON.
THIS IS THE 01, LUCAS OIL BMW
RILEY FOR CHIP GANASSI RACING.
ROJAS AND PRUITT, PRUITT IS
BEHIND THE WHEEL, AND THE 5.8
SECOND CHANGE OVER.
>> HUGE TRAFFIC ON THAT LAST LAP
TO THE 207.
ALEX GURNEY ON THAT LAST LAP.
>> RACING THEIR OWN RACE, YOU
WILL GET AT LEAST THREE GUYS AND
YOU CAN'T -- CONTEND.
THEY ARE THEIR OWN RACE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
A KEY PART OF THIS RACE RUNNING
THROUGH THE CAROUSAL.
>> CLIMBING UP THE HILL, UP
TOWARDS THE TIME TURN, AND THE
COMPLETE ANOTHER LAP, LESS THAN
HOFF AN HOUR TO RUN THAT'S WHAT
THE MAZDA LOOKS LIKE.
THE ARCH RILE, TRYING TO REDUCE
THAT DEFICIT.
>> SPOKE TO JOHN AFTER
QUALIFYING AND HE SAID "MAN, WE
HAVE BEEN DRIVING A CAR THAT WE
HAVE BEEN SCARED OF ALL SEASON
LONG, ALWAYS FEEL LIKE IT IS
GOING TO GET AWAY FROM US.
WE TRANSFORMED THE CAR, AND A
LOT MORE OF THE DRIVER'S FIELD,
SOMETIMES A THEORETICAL RIGHT
WAY FROM AN ENGINEERING
STANDPOINT DOESN'T WORK ON THE
RACETRACK."
NOW THEY ARE CHANGING IT FOR THE
TEAM RESULTS.
>> YOU CAN SEE IT, THEY ARE
HAPPY WITH IT.
>> PUTTING THE PRESSURE ON
ANGELELLI, SO THEY HAVE GONE
FROM LEADING THE RACE TO
DEFENDING.
FORD FATHERED RALLY.
>> ANOTHER CAR WE TALKED ABOUT
CHANGING, THE SET UP -- THE CAR
IS COMING ALIVE, BILL RILEY HAS
MADE THIS CAR MAGIC AGAIN, WHEN
A DRIVER GETS THE SKILL OF
BRYAN, HE IS GOING TO GET TO THE
ZONE.
>> HE HAS ONE TAKEN AWAY FROM
HIM EARLIER.
LOOK AT THE CONFIDENCE.
>> WATCH THIS, WATCH THIS.
VERY NARROW ON THE ENTRY THERE,
PERFECT EXECUTION THERE, JUST
TUCKS UNDERNEATH HIM.
>> HE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY OF THE
CROWDING EITHER.
>> DRIVE THROUGH FROM THE TURN
6, DOWN THROUGH A HURRY NOW, AND
HE HAS ONE FIT OFF THE PODIUM IN
ROUND SEVEN OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
ANOTHER FORD POWER CAR IS IN THE
TOP FIVE.
LET'S TURN OUR ATTENTION BACK TO
THE TRACK AND TALK WITH THE 99
TEAM AND JOHN FOGGERTY.
>> JOHN SAYING HERE WATCHING
ALEX ON THE TRACK, HE WAS JUST
TALKING ANT THE TESTING YOU DID,
THIS CAR REALLY SEEMS TO COME
ALIVE, VERY DIFFERENT WEATHER
THAN WE HAVE HAD THE LAST THREE
DAYS DOES ALEX HAVE A CAR TO
CHASE DOWN RIGHT NOW.
>> WE HOPE SO.
PRETTY HAPPY WITH THE AUTO
INSURANCE.
CHEVROLET, IT IS A LOT
DIFFERENT.
BUT COMPARED TO THE TEN CAR WE
ARE IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE.
SCOTT IS IN A RILEY CHASSIS JUST
LIKE US, SO IT IS MORE APPLES TO
APPLES, AND WE ARE TRYING TO
CONSERVE.
>> WATCH THOSE LAST COUPLE OF
LAPS IT COULD BE A GOOD ONE HERE
AT ROAD AMERICA.
>> JOHN WAS A LITTLE OUTSPOKEN
EARLIER, BECAUSE SHARING THE
TRACK THIS WEEKEND WITH THE
FOUNDATION NATIONWIDE SERIES.
DOESN'T REALLY LIKE SEEING THE
NATIONWIDE CARS HERE, THINKS
SHOULD USE THE NATION WIDE
ENGINE IN ONE OF THESE.
>> NOW YOU ARE TALKING.
>> IT'S A VERY EXCITING WEEKEND
FOR THIS ROAD COURSE.
A LOT OF GREAT RAISING ROAD
RACING THAT IS, GOING ON ALL
AROUND THE COUNTRY THIS WEEKEND.
BEHIND THE WHEEL AFTER JOHN Q
TAKES HIS CAREER BEST QUALIFYING
THIS FIFTH, THESE GUYS ARE
REALLY STARTING TO HAVE A STRONG
SEASON.
>> THEY REALLY ARE.
THEY CAME HERE AND TESTED ABOUT
A MONTH AGO.
OF COURSE ALL THIS WEEKEND AT
204 TO WORK WITH.
7400 NEAR THAT IS THE BMW AT 69.
THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE.
AND NOT ONLY DO YOU SEE -- WHEN
YOU WIND THE GEAR UP, YOU ARE
REALLY IN THE POWER.
>> EXACTLY RIGHT.
DOESN'T DO THAT MUCH MORE HORSE
POWER.
IT DOES GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT,
WHAT IT DOES DO IS GIVE THAT
EXTRA GEAR.
IT IS HUGE, PARTICULARLY HERE
WHEN YOU HAVE THIS --
>> YOU SAW THE SETH SEVEN, BRYAN
WITH SIX BEHIND.
CONSIDERING HE SERVES THE DRIVE
THROUGH PENALTY, AND HERE ARE
THE SISTER CARS.
THE FIVE AND THE NINE.
WE TOLD YOU EARLIER IN THE SHOW,
THIRD AND FOURTH IN THE
CHAMPIONSHIP, VERY STRONG
POSITIONS FOR THE ACTION PORSCHE
RILEY, HE HAS THE UPPER HAND IN
THE FIVE.
SO HE IS 9TH AND ANTONIO GARCIA
IS IN THE TOP 10 IN THE SPIRIT
OF DATONA.
LEAD CHANGE G.F., HOWEVER A LOT
OF THE FRONT RUNNING G.P. CARS
NEED TO COME IN AND PIT, IN THE
NEXT 25 MINUTES.
WHO WILL END UP ON TOP?
MAYBE A CRG PORSCHE.
>> A QUICK REMINDER ABOUT THE
CAR SHOW.
RIGHT HERE ON SPEED.
A SERIOUS LOVE OF CARS AND
SERIOUSLY FUNNY POINT AS WELL.
THE CAR SHOW.
NOTHING IS OFF LIMITS THAT
PREMIERS JULY 13TH RIGHT HERE ON
SPEED.
BACK AT ROAD AMERICA, YOU ARE
WATCHING SPORT CARS ON SPEED.
YOU ARE WATCHING A PRETTY
THRILLING BATTLE FOR SECOND
PLACE IN THE RANKS.
WELL, MAYBE SECOND, WE WILL SEE
HOW IT COMES OUT.
BUT THINGS ARE LOOKING GOODS FOR
THAT PORSCHE.
JOE DANTELOR, AND BILL OLDEN, WE
ARE EXPECTING THEM TO COME IN,
THEY ARE GOING TO BE STRETCHING
THING AS LITTLE TOO LONG.
EVEN IF THEY DO GET A CAUTION,
THIS IS THE 31 -- OF ERIC WHO IS
FIGHTING OFF JOHN EDWARDS, THERE
IS A PROBLEM IF YOU ARE IN THAT
CAR, BECAUSE 42 RAY HEAD WAS
LAST YEAR'S NUMBER 70, HITS THE
ROLEX BENT FOUR WINNING CAR, AND
JOHN EDWARDS USED TO DRIVE THIS.
SORT OF LIKE ME.
GOING OUTSIDE ANY MORE.
>> JOHN EDWARDS AND JONATHAN --
THEY DRIVE THE SAME CAR THE LAST
ROUND OF THIS CHAMPIONSHIP, SO
THEY KNOW EACH OTHER WELL, TWO
YOUNG GUNS REALLY MAKING THEIR
MARK IN COMPETITION.
>> ARE THEY GOING TO WIN THIS
WEEK.
>> WELL, THEY ARE PART OF THE
MASTER FAMILY, BUT THEY ARE
DEFINITELY ON POSITION HERE, AND
DURING THE BREAK WE SAW SOME
GREAT RACING, PARTICULARLY TRUE
HERE, SIDE WAYS ACTION, THESE
GUYS ARE JUST HANGING ON.
HESS LOOKING IN THE REAR VIEW
MORE THAN HE IS LOOKING FORWARD.
>> A LITTLE BIT MORE WEIGHT
ADDED THIS WEEKEND.
MAY NOW RUN A RESTRICTED -- THAT
CHANGES THING AS LITTLE BIT.
CHANGES THE TOP CURVE, A LITTLE
BIT, BUT THAT WAIT IS UP --
>> 31 CAR, IF YOU ADD THAT
WEIGHT, OBVIOUSLY THE ADDITIONAL
75 POUNDS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE
OF THIS SEASON.
HERE IS THE LEGITIMATE LEADER,
HOWEVER, LEE HAS BEEN OUT THERE
FOR SOME 22 LAPS.
SO FUEL ISN'T GOING TO STRETCH
THAT MARK.
THE PORSCHE IS COMING RIGHT
BEHIND.
>> WE SHOULD SAY IN THE LAST 20
MINUTES A LOT WILL GO ON,
BECAUSE MANY OF THESE CARS THAT
ARE LEADING RIGHT NOW WILL TAKE
A LOT OF G.T. CARS IN THE SAME
SITUATION.
EVERYONE IS PLAYING UP THE ONE
CAUTION.
>> WHAT IS THE FUEL SITUATION
FOR THAT CAR RIGHT THERE?
THE 44 PORSCHE LET'S FIND OUT.
>> HERE IS JOHN POTTER.
>> WE GET TO THE CLOSING STAGES
OF THE RACE, IS NOW HITTING PIT
LANE FOR QUITE SOME TIME, ARE
YOU GOOD TO THE END.
>> WELL, WE WILL HAVE TO SEE.
WE ARE ROLLING THE DICE A LITTLE
BIT, WE ARE HOPING FOR A
CAUTION, BUT THIS TEAM IS A BIT
LUCKY THIS YEAR, MAYBE WE WILL
GET LUCKY.
>> THIS IS ABOUT 20 MINUTES LEFT
IN THIS RACE, A LOT IS PLAYING
IN RIGHT NOW.
>> A LOT OF STRATEGY INDEED.
FIRST OF ALL, RICKY,
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE POLL THAT
WAS SPECTACULAR.
YOU HAD A GOOD RUN EARLY.
THE COMPLEXION OF THIS RACE IS
VERY STRANGE, ISN'T IT?
>> I THINK A LOT OF DIFFERENT
STRATEGIES GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
I THINK A BIG PART OF LIT BE
TIRES ONCE WE GET CLOSER TO THE
FINISH, MAX HAS ABOUT SIX LAPS
LEFT THAN PRUITT DOES RIGHT NOW,
I DON'T KNOW.
WE STRUGGLED A BIT ON WEDNESDAY,
SO WE ARE A BIT -- LIKE A DAY
BEHIND ON SET UP, SO WE ARE
STRUGGLING A BIT, BUT I THINK
MAX CAN GET IT DONE.
>> TALK ABOUT THE LAST LAP ON
THE TIRE, THE BOYS UP IN THE
BOOTH WERE TALKING ABOUT
STRATEGY, AND THEY WERE
QUESTIONING WHY YOU DIDN'T COME
IN, THAT'S THE WHOLE IDEA OF
GETTING BACK A LITTLE PRESSURE
CAR AT THE END.
>> YEAH, I THINK TRACK POSITION
HERE WILL BE PRETTY IMPORTANT,
AND IT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.
WE HAD A COUPLE BETWEEN FOGGERTY
AND PRUITT.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A GAP, AND
WE WENT AS LONG AS WE COULD ON
THE TIRES CAME IN AND GOT ONLY
FRESH TIRES, THEY ARE TELLING ME
I ONLY HAD TO DO A COUPLE LAPS
SO I TRIED TO DO ONLY A COUPLE
QUALIFYING AND THEY GO OUT
PRETTY FAST.
>> WHEN YOU ARE CONSIDERING HOW
THEY GO OFF AND YOU CAN PLAN FOR
IT, I THINK YOU CAN MAKE THE
DAMAGES LESS.
>> THAT'S THE STRATEGY FROM DOWN
HERE, THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE
SURE THAT HE HAS SOMETHING TO
FIGHT WITH AT THE END.
>> YEAH, A LOT GOING ON, I WOULD
LIKE TO BE IN THE ONE POSITION
IN THE '10 RIGHT NOW.
FRESHER TIRES OR NOT.
LOOKING AT THE FORD 11 LAP, BUT
REMEMBER PRUITT CAME IN AND
DIDN'T MAKE TIRES.
SIX MORE LAPS ON THE TIRES WITH
SCOT PRUETT.
>> AND THE GAP FROM PRUITT TO
ANGELELLI.
18 SECONDS AND WE NOT ONLY HAVE
18 MINUTES LEFT.
SEE YOU IN A MOMENT.
>> ROAD AMERICA, WE HAVE SHOWED
YOU THE DEFENDING G.P.
CHAMPIONSHIP.
HE IS INTO A LITTLE SCRIMMAGE,
SEE WHAT YOU THINK OF THIS.
>> TAKE A LOOK, SO FAR GOOD --
NO, PUSH YOU A LITTLE BIT, DO
YOU THINK IT IS OTHER?
NOT OVER.
I WILL TAKE YOU ON.
>> THE CAMERAS HAVE MADE THE
MOVE TO THE OUTSIDE, TRY TO GET
BACK TO THE MIDDLE --
>> UNFORTUNATELY LET IT GO A
LITTLE.
BUT THE SECOND ONE --
>> WE GAVE YOU THE RUN DOWN IN
GP, FUEL LIGHT AND JUST COME ON,
AS THE 59 PORSCHE, HE HAS FIVE
MORE LAPS ON TRACK IN THE CAR
IMMEDIATELY BEHIND, AND YOU CAN
SEE HIM LOOKING DOWN THE
ORDER -- WHO HAS FOUR LAPS LEFT
OUT ON TRACK.
LET'S HEAR FROM GREG JONES, AND
THE STRATEGY COMING IN.
>> GREG JONES, YOU GUYS HAVE
SEEMINGLY PLAYED THE STRATEGY
PERFECTLY, YOU ARE GOOD UNTIL
THE END ON FUEL, DO YOU STILL
THINK SO.
>> I DON'T KNOW, WE WILL HAVE TO
CROSS OUR FINGERS.
WE DEFINITELY NEED IT TO STAY
GREEN.
SOME OF THE GUYS IN FRONT OF US
ARE HAVING TO COME IN, LOOKS
LIKE OUR HOOD PIN MAY HAVE BEEN
BROKE ON THE LEFT FRONT ON THAT
CRASH.
SO OUR HOOD ISN'T DO TOO MUCH
FOR US ON THE ARROW RIGHT NOW.
HOPEFULLY WE WILL DO THIS WELL.
>> I HEARD THIS ON THE RADIO,
WHAT WHAT ARE YOU TELLING THEM
AT THIS POINT.
>> BASICALLY TO KEEP HIS HEAD
ABOVE HIM, MAKE SURE HE WATCHES
THE MIRRORS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE
CHARGING CARS BEHIND US, BUT
JUST KEEP HIS HEAD ON HIM AND GO
FOR IT.
>> ALL RIGHT, WISH YOU THE BEST
OF LUCK.
>> AND CERTAINLY IS, JAMIE.
LET'S REMIND EVERYBODY ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SERGEANT
PORSCHE EARLIER.
RIGHT ONBOARD.
>> COMING DOWN THROUGH TURN ONE,
JUST GETS UP AND THEN THERE IS
CONTACT.
IT SEEMS PRETTY HEAVY.
THEY THOUGHT THEIR DAY WAS
RUINED BUT FORTUNATELY FOR HIM,
HE MANAGED TO GET IT BACK TO PIT
LANE, NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE,
THEY KEPT IT ON THE LEAD LAP,
AND NOW THEY ARE WITHIN SHOT OF
A VICTORY.
>> THAT SPIN AND CRASH HAPPENED
BEFORE THE BIG ONE, SO IT GAVE
THEM THE WHOLE SERIES TO GET
EVERYTHING WORKED OUT.
IN THE MEANTIME, 51 COMES TO FIT
LANE, WHICH IS ROUGHING UP THE
1 HAS GOTTEN THEM THROUGH.
>> DOMINOES ARE STARTING TO FALL
HERE, WE THOUGHT FOR SURE THAT
LEE KING WOULD NEED FUEL.
THEY GOT THE VICTORY, NOT GOING
TO WORK TODAY.
>> A THROUGH SET UP, WHAT A LONG
LONG RUN DOWN PIT ROAD IT IS
HERE AT ROAD AMERICA.
IT HAS TO BE EXCRUCIATING AS A
TRAFFIC FLYING BY OUT THERE, AND
WELL OVER 140 MILES PER HOUR.
JUST BE A SLASH CREW OVER THE
WALL, THEY ARE GOING TO LEAVE
THE CONTINENTAL TIRES ON.
THE TEAM STARTS SHORT REFIRE THE
VEHICLE, THEY PUSH IT FORWARD
AND WAIT FOR THE FUEL.
WHILE THE STRATEGY WORKED,
WATKINS GLEN AS YOU SAID DID NOT
WORK HERE AT ROAD AMERICA.
>> AND FRANK HAD ALREADY GOT BY
HIM, THE 88 OF JORDAN TAYLOR HAS
GONE BY.
AND SPENCER HAS ALREADY GONE BY.
>> HE JUST MADE A BIG POWER MOVE
TO GET THAT TRANCE FOX AWAY, SO
THE QUESTION IS HOW ARE THEY ON
FUEL?
HOW IS CRAIG, HOW IS JORDAN
TAYLOR, IS THIS GOING TO LEAD TO
VICTORY TOO.
>> AND FOR THE BOYS IT WAS THE
WORST TIME TO HAVE THAT LITTLE
GLITCH RIGHT THERE, AND COST
THEM EXTRA TIME WHERE THEY DON'T
HAVE IT.
>> THE STRATEGY AND A LITTLE
LUCK, THEY HAVE THAT STRICTRY AT
THE ONE ON THE 6TH HOUR.
>> SPENCER HE CAN'T AFFORD TO
RELAX, BECAUSE THERE IS THE
CHARGING RIGHT BEHIND HIM, IN
THE CORVETTE, HE IS ONLY A
COUPLE OF SECONDS.
NOW ONE SECOND BEHIND ON THE
RACETRACK.
>> THIS IS GOING TO BE A FUME
ISSUE, NO QUESTION.
TRYING TO CONSERVE FUEL WHEN YOU
HAVE SOMEONE BREATHING DOWN YOUR
NECK.
>> HE SHOULD BE COMING IN THE
STREW ANY MOMENT.
>> CRAIG STANTON HAS TEN SECONDS
TO THE NEXT CAR IN GT WHICH IS
BILL.
THEN JOE DANTELOR, AND THEN
SPENCER AND AARON CURRIN.
HOW IS THIS FUEL STRATEGY GOING
TO PLAY OUT?
THIS IS THE BATTLE THAT CALVIN
JUST TOLD YOU ABOUT.
HERE COMING THE WHEELING
CORVETTE, HE DOESN'T HAVE HIS
REGULAR CODE DRIVER, JOHN
STARTED THE RACE THE G.N.
VETERAN, DONE A GREAT JOB
HANDING IT OVER TO ERIC WHO
INCIDENTALLY WAS IN THE MIDDLE
OF VARIOUS SCRIMMAGES YESTERDAY.
>> IT HAS TO BE KILLING HIM ON
THESE STRAIGHT AWAYS.
>> IT REALLY IS.
HE TALKED ABOUT IT AND SAID WE
NEED RUNNING, THEY DO, BUT RIGHT
NOW THEY HAVE A CAR BEHIND THEM
THAT IS A LITTLE BIT QUICKER.
>> CURRIN IS GOOD TO GO ON FUEL.
HE IS IN THE SAME SPOT AS
SPENCER.
AND HIS CAR IS NOT DAMAGED.
SO POWER TO THE 31.
THE QUESTION THAT NEEDS TO BE
ANSWERED IS HOW ARE THEY GOING
TO DO ON FUEL?
SURELY THEY WILL HAVE TO COME
IN.
WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED SEVEN LAPS
TO GO.
>> LOOK AT THESE GUYS THEY ARE
ALL GETTING PRETTY CLOSE THERE.
ONCE AGAIN, THEY NEED TO SAVE
ANY FUEL IF THEY ARE CLOSE ON
IT, START TO DROP AND SAVE A
LITTLE BIT OF FUEL IF YOU CAN.
>> CAN SPENCER HANG ON?
MEANWHILE, UPFRONT, THIS MAN
HERE, THE MAN, SCOT PRUETT HAS
SIX SECONDS OUT, LAST COMMERCIAL
BREAK THEN WE WILL TAKE YOU ALL
THE WAY TO THE CHECKERED FLAG.
>> INHERITS THE LEAD OF THE G.P.
CLASS, BUT SURELY THE VIVICA
MARRY ROW WILL NEED TO COME IN
AS WELL.
>> HE ELECTED TO PERFORM SOME
MAGIC ON FUEL STRATEGY, AND IT
SAVES A LOT.
HE WAS STRANDING CLOSE RIGHT
NOW.
>> HE IS GOING TO RESERVE, HE
SAID RIGHT THERE, SAID HIS
LIGHTS HAVE COME ON.
YOU CAN'T RESERVE ON THESE HUGE
HILLS THERE IS NO WAY.
>> JAMIE YOU HAVE MORE ON THE
88.
>> THEY SAID RIGHT NOW, WE ARE
IN CONSERVATION MODE, WE AREN'T
SURE YET IF WE WILL COME IN, BUT
RIGHT NOW THEY ARE JUST GOING TO
GAMBLE.
>> HE HAS BEEN OUT THERE FOR
SOME 24 LAPS.
THE NEXT CAR CLOSEST TO HIM IS
SPENCER WHO HAS FIVE LAPS LEFT.
NOW, ON TRACK, SO IT WILL GO THE
WAY OF SPENCER POMPELOLY.
AND JOHN EDWARDS THAT WILL BE
THE FIGHT FOR THE THREE PODIUM
POSITIONS AS IT STANDS WITH
6 1/2 MINUTES TO GO.
>> REMEMBER, THIS IS OVER A
FOUR-MILE RUN LAP HERE.
SO IF YOU ARE ON RESERVE, THAT'S
A LONG WAY TO GO.
MOST OF THESE RESERVE TANKS GIVE
YOU ABOUT ONE AND A HALF.
>> YOU HAVEN'T MISSED ANYTHING
UP FRONT, IT IS PRUITT, GURNEY,
THAT FIRST AND FINAL PODIUM
SPOT, AND DAREN LAW.
>> WE ARE HEARING WHAT WAS SAID,
IS THEY ARE TELLING HIM TO DRIVE
THAT CAR UNTIL IT IS ON RESERVE.
HE ISN'T ON RESERVE YET, THEN
THAT MEANS YOU WILL HAVE TO COME
IN.
>> THEN YOU NEED THAT FUEL TO
REALLY BE WORKING.
REMEMBER, THE PIT LANE IS
UPHILL, SO YOU CAN'T ROLL INTO
PIT LANE.
SO THIS COULD BE THE BATTLE FOR
THE LEADERS OF THIS RACE.
POM FEHELY HAS THAT POSITION
RIGHT NOW, NOT TOO FAR BEHIND.
>> DEFINITELY GOING TO -- WITH
THAT HOOD UP LIKE THAT, IMAGINE
STICKING YOUR HANDOUT THE WINDOW
AT 55 MILES PER HOUR, AND TO
THINK WHAT THEY ARE DOING --
>> DO YOU THINK KEVIN AND BUTLER
OUT THERE BRINGING IT RIGHT NOW.
>> SHOULD BE DOING 21.
>> THEY ARE WHEELING CORVETTE IS
SECOND PLACE THERE.
WELL, NOT SECOND JUST GET, BUT
VYING FOR THAT SPOT.
AS A BEST RESULT IN GT
COMPETITION, THAT WAS EARLIER
THIS YEAR, LAST YEAR, 9TH.
IT HAS NEVER BEEN ON THE PODIUM.
>> THEY WOULD LOVE TO SHARE IN
THAT SUCCESS IN THE FINAL FIVE
MINUTES, WE WISH THEM ALL THE
BEST NEXT WEEK.
SURELY WATCHING AS WELL.
>> ESPECIALLY PUMPING THE BRAKES
THERE GETTING TO THESE --
PROBABLY GETTING A LONG PENALTY
AND HE GETS LOSE.
>> GETTING THE BRAKES GOING
AWAY.
YOU DON'T NECESSARILY KEEP THE
SAME BRAKE AND BALANCE WHEN YOU
GET TO THE CORNER, SO HE MAY BE
OUT OF THE STRONGER TIRE RIGHT
NOW.
WE KNOW HIS CAR IS DAMAGED, HE
HAS SOME PROBLEMS NOW HE HAS
SOME ISSUES TOO.
>> DEFINITELY PUMPING THE PEDAL,
GET THE PRESSURE UP, YOU ARE
RIGHT, IT ISN'T ALWAYS THE SAME
WHEN YOU GET TO THAT CORNER.
>> THE DATONA PROTOTYPE, AFTER
SEEING HOW THAT EFFECTS THE 67
CAR WHEN HE GETS AROUND HERE.
IN THE AGO EIGHT CAR ONCE AGAIN,
AFTER THE PROBLEM EARLIER IN
THIS RACE FOR THAT CAR.
>> EVEN THE PROTOTYPES THIS LATE
IN THE RAISE, THEY AREN'T GOING
ON A OUTSIDE PASS, AND GETTING
IN THE PLAQUE AND SHOOTING OFF.
>> THROUGH THE KINK, AND ANOTHER
PROTOTYPE, THAT IS MARK WILKINS,
SPENCER POMPELOLY AS WELL.
HOW MUCH LONGER CAN JORDAN
TAYLOR AND THE CAMARO STAY OUT
THERE?
THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION THAT
NEEDS TO BE ANSWERED.
>> YEAH, THEY HAVE TO BE GETTING
REALLY CLOSE.
THAT CAMARO IS ALMOST ON FUMES.
PROBABLY HAD A COUPLE MORE LAPS
TO GET THROUGH HERE TO SEE THAT
CHECKERS FLAG.
HERE HE IS, THEY ARE ROLLING.
3 1/2 MINUTES AGO.
>> THESE ARE THE CHAMPIONSHIP
LEAD AS YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO GO
ALL THE WAY, BEING STRANDED.
TWO LAPS TO GO, ABOUT GO LAPS TO
GO.
>> MARCUS WILL BE CRUNCHING THE
NUMBERS FOR THOSE GUYS.
HE WILL KNOW WHERE THEY STAND.
HERE IS THE GAP FROM JORDAN
TAYLOR BACK TO SECOND PLACE.
JOHN EDWARDS JONATHAN -- AND
STANTON IS NOW COME BACK INTO
THE MIX.
LOOK AT THE GREEN AND WHITE
PORSCHE.
>> IT IS FAST.
HE IS LOOKING LIKE HE HAS A GOOD
RACE CAR.
HE WANTS TO GET BACK IN THIS
MIX.
THE WIND IS NOT OUT OF THE
QUESTION YET FOR THEM.
>> STANDING UP IN THE FAR END OF
PIT LANE, COVERING A LOT OF
PROTOTYPES, I LISTENED TO IT
WHEN I COME BY.
JORDAN TAYLOR IS OFF THE
THROTTLE BEFORE THE END OF PIT.
THE OTHER GUYS DRIVING AT FULL
THROTTLE DOWN TO THE THREE
MARKER BEFORE THEY GO TO THE
BREAK, HE IS DOING EVERYTHING HE
CAN TO SAVE FUEL.
>> HE CAN A LITTLE BIT, HE HAS A
TEN SECOND BUFFER.
>> THAT'S A GOOD THING.
AT TEN SECONDS HE WILL HAVE TO
USE THAT UP IN A VERY TIMELY
MANNER.
GETTING DOWN TO THE THROTTLE,
CHIPS ROLL IN RIGHT NOW, YOU
KNOW.
GOING FOR IT.
>> HE HAS TO MAKE A PIT STOP HE
IS GOING TO LOSE A TON OF TRACK.
>> THAT'S HOW YOU SAVE FUEL,
JUST GETTING OUT OF THE GAS.
ON THE DOWNHILL RUNS YOU CAN DO
THAT.
JUST ROLL OUT OF IT EARLY.
SHORT SHIFTING DOESN'T DO YOU
MUCH.
>> THE 31 HAD A DEAD ONE, YOU
KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM.
>> AND BACK IN THAT 70 CAR, HAS
JUST SEEN THE REAR-VIEW MIRROR
SAYING WHERE DID THAT PORSCHE
COME FROM.
>> I'M TELLING YOU, THIS IS
REALLY DRIVING RIGHT NOW.
BUT CATCH AND PASSING IS TWO
DIFFERENT THINGS.
>> SCOT PRUETT LENGTHENING HIS
ADVANTAGE OVER ALEX GURNEY.
AN LESLIE FOURTH, HE HAS SO MUCH
EXPERIENCE.
TALK ABOUT EXPERIENCE, PRUETT
LOOKING FOR HIS FOURTH WIN OF
THE YEAR.
HIS CAR LED THERE UNTIL ENGINE
PROBLEMS AT THE START.
AND RIGHT NOW, HE WANTS ANOTHER
VICTORY FOR KEVIN BUTLER AND HIS
TEAM IN ROLEX COMPETITION.
>> REMEMBER, THIS IS THE ROLEX
BENT FOUR AT DATONA, WINNING CAR
ONE MINUTE TO GO, AND JORDAN
TAYLOR STAYS OUT AGAIN.
>> ONE MORE LAP.
>> HERE THEY COME.
>> LET ME KNOW.
>> HE HASN'T SEEN IT, HE COULD
BE GOOD TO GO.
IF HE HASN'T SEEN THAT FUEL A
LOT, HE IS GOING TO BE WEARING
HIM ON THIS -- WHEN DO WE SEE
THE CHECKER?
AND HE MAY BE ON RESERVE IN THE
88 CAMARO.
>> BETTER PICK UP EVERY SINGLE.
>> OH, RIGHT THERE.
>> OH.
>> CAMERON THE 41.
>> 49TH JOE NONNAMAKER, WE CAN
ANSWER THE ONE QUESTION, LIT BE
A DRAMATIC FINISH.
>> YEAH.
>> A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE FOR
THE OVERALL VICTORY FOR SCOT
PRUETT, BUT THIS IS CRAZY STUFF
IN G.T.
JONATHAN HAS GOT AROUND JOHN
EDWARDS.
>> HE WANTS IT BACK.
TALK ABOUT NOSE TO TAIL, THEY
ARE TRADING PACE, GOING DOWN
TOWARDS TURN FIVE.
>> AND THAT'S WHAT YOU DO HERE.
>> AND HE TRIES TO TUCK UNDER,
HERE COMES STANFORD.
>> WATCH FOR THE PORSCHE ON THE
INSIDE, HE MAY GET ONE POSITION,
COULDN'T QUITE GET SIDE BY SIDE.
>> HE SPINS.
>> HE TURNS HIM.
>> HE JUST GOT IN BEHIND THE
LEFT REAR CORNER AND NOW THAT
CRITICAL POINT WHERE HE IS FULLY
LOADED AND TURNS JONATHAN.
>> HE WASN'T TRYING TO DO IT.
THAT CORNER IS OFF CAMERA -- OH.
>> CURRENT GOES WIDE.
>> THEY ARE RUNNING INTO MAJOR
TIRE WEAR ISSUES HERE.
WE HAVE SEEN BEAUTIFUL SIDE WAY
ACTION, FOUL HERE DRIFT, GOING
OVER, BUT NOW THAT IT IS GET THE
PRESSURE STAGE ON THIS FINAL
LAP, SO YOU QUESTION HAS BEEN
ANSWERED, PRUITT HAS CROSSED THE
LINE.
>> JORDAN TAYLOR COULD JUST DO
IT.
>> OH, GO HILLS FOR HIM TO
CLIMB.
>> WHERE IS PRUITT?
IS HE CLOSE ENOUGH TO GET BY
THAT 88?
AND BRING JOE DANTELOR HOME?
WAS THERE CONTACT BETWEEN THOSE
GUYS IN.
>> OFF THE CORNER --
>> THEY MAY RUN OUT BEFORE
JORDAN TAYLOR GETS TO THE LINE,
BUT THE OVERALL LEADER HAS NOT
SEEN THE CHECKERED FLAG, SO THIS
COULD BE A FACTOR IN TERMS OF
WHETHER THE 88 CAR HAS TO DO AN
ADDITIONAL LAP.
>> OH MY GOSH.
>> THAT WILL BE JUST BAD LUCK.
>> OH, THEY HAD A BAD BREAK,
LOOK AT THIS.
OVER THE TWO MINUTE MARK, HE IS
GOING TO CROSS THE STRAIN, BUT
HE WON'T SEE THE CHECKERS FLAG
BECAUSE THE OVERALL LEADER HAS
COME AROUND.
>> AND HE HAS USED UP HIS TEN
SECONDS TOO.
BEHIND HIM IS THE WHOLE PACKAGE.
>> SO THEY ARE GOING TO ROLL THE
DICE.
>> VERY AGGRESSIVE FUEL SAVING.
>> VERY AGGRESSIVE FUEL SAVINGS
BUT I AM TELLING YOU, THESE GUYS
HAVE FUEL ON BOARD, THEY CAN GO
FOR THE VICTORY.
HERE IS PRUETT IN THE 01.
IT IS HEAVILY EFFECTED BY
CAUTION RACE HERE AT ROAD
AMERICA, THE GP BOYS WILL FIGHT
FOR THEIR VICTORY.
RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW.
>> HE ALREADY IS IN POSITION THE
FUEL LEADER.
THE 88 THE VICTORY THERE,
REMEMBER THEY GOT BROKEN UP IN
THE 59.
UNBELIEVABLE.
>> YOU CAN'T -- HERE COMES --
>> GRAND-AM BACK AT ROAD AMERICA
NOR THE FIRST TIME IN A DECADE
AND THE DEFENDING CHAMPS GET THE
CHECKERS FLAG.
AND THE GANGS HAVE COME TO GRAB
THE 88.
>> HE IS OUT OF FUEL, HE DID A
SUPERB JOB IN SAVING IT, JUST
UNLUCKY WHERE THE OVERALL LEADER
WAS FOR THIS RACE HAS CAUGHT HIM
THE WIN.
CAN HE EVEN GET TO THE LINE.
>> DAMAGE CONTROL NOW, HERE
COMES STAN TOBACCO HE WILL GET
BY EASILY.
>> WILL WE SEE A BIG MANEUVER ON
THE PORSCHE?
AND WHAT HAS JOHN EDWARDS GOT IN
THAT 42 CAR.
>> THE POLL SITTING CAR.
>> .
>> AGAIN YESTERDAY, IN THE
CONTINENTAL FIRE RACE, ALONG --
AND THE CHEVY TODAY, HE HAS LOTS
OF POWER, LOOKING FOR ANOTHER
WIN.
>> I THINK THAT THE CORVETTE HAS
USED UP.
>> AROUND A FOUR-MILE TRACK, A
LEGENDARY VENUE, YOU COULD NOT
FOR A MORE THRILLING FINISH.
>> EDWARDS HERE, HE IS GOING TO
GET AGGRESSIVE, CURRENT DEFENSE
TO THE INSIDELINE, LOOK AT
EDWARDS TRYING TO GO THE LONG
WAY AROUND, CAN HE GO TO THE
CORNER.
>> OH, HE IS OUT OF FUEL.
>> SPENCER OUT OF FUEL.
>> HE IS AT THE PODIUM.
>> UNBELIEVABLE.
COULDN'T GET THE WIN BUT WILL
GET THE PODIUM.
THIS WHEELER CAR, THIS HAS NEVER
EVEN BEEN ON THE PODIUM.
OUT OF THE FINAL FOUR, A RUN TO
THE LINE, ERIC AND JOHN HINRICH
ARE GOING TO DO IT.
FORGET ABOUT THE PODIUM, WHEEL
DOWN TO VICTORY LANE.
FANTASTIC RESULTS.
SUNNY WILL BE THRILLED WITH
THAT.
AGAINST ALL THE ODDS THEY DO IT.
DISAPPOINTMENT FOR SPENCER --
>> THEY ALL HAD THEIR CARS OUT,
THEY DID EVERYTHING THEY COULD
DO.
>> HE GOT ON THE BREAK AND
LOADED THE CAR THROUGH CANADA,
THERE WAS NO GAS GETTING TO THAT
PICKUP.
HE WAS STARVING.
>> THE GANASSI BOYS THEY KNOW
WHAT GOING TO VICTORY LANE IS
ALL ABOUT.
BUT FOR THAT WHEELING CORVETTE,
IT IS A FIRST IN GRAND A.M
>> FOURTH MOVE OF THE RACE, IT
WAS DRAMATIC THAT'S FOR SURE.
BUT THE MOVE WAS THIS HERE.
CLIMBING OVER THE FENCE,
COMPLETELY HEALTHY, UNINJURED,
WHAT A LUCKY ESCAPE.
IN A VERY DRAMATIC TURN ONE IN
THE CAMARO.
AND HOW ABOUT THIS, THIS IS
PRETTY COOL TOO.
IN SEVEN EVENTS THIS YEAR, THE
DEFENDING SERIES CHAMPIONS,
SCOTT PRUETT, PREVAIL.
>> THEY HAD THE FASTEST CAR IN
RACE TRIM, BUT THEY HAD THE BEST
EXECUTION AND BEST STRATEGY,
THAT WAS A GREAT CALL BY THAT
TEAM ONCE AGAIN BRYAN.
>> DOWN HERE IN VICTORY LANES,
SCOTT PRUETT JUST PULLED IN.
IT'S BEEN THREE RACES SINCE THE
01.
I THINK SCOTT FORGOT HOW TO GET
TO VICTORY LANE, HE TOOK THE
LONG WAY TO GET THERE.
YOU GUYS STRUGGLED FOR BALANCE,
I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT,
STRANGE COMPLEXION FOR THIS
EVENT, FOR SURE.
>> WE STRUGGLED IN QUALIFYING
AND WARM UP WE WERE -- WE FOUND
SOME THINGS WITH OUR CAR, THEY
DID A GREAT JOB AND WE HAD A
REALLY GOOD RECOVERY.
>> I WAS JOKING I SAID IT HAD
BEEN THREE RACES SINCE YOU GOT
HERE YOU FORGOT HUE TO GET TO
VICTORY LANE.
LOOKS LIKE STRATEGY REALLY PAID
OFF FOR YOU.
>> WE HAD TO MAKE SOME BIG
CHANGES THIS MORNING WE WEREN'T
HAPPY WITH THE CAR.
AND SO IT WAS ONE OF THOSE
THINGS WE WEREN'T REALLY SURE
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE RACE.
BUT THAT YELLOW IS SO LONG, IT
JUST MADE SENSE.
TIMMY MADE A GREAT CALL.
>> BACK TO VICTORY LANE FROM ONE
TEAM THAT KNOWS HOW TO BE HERE,
THAT SOMEBODY IT IS A GRAND NEW
EXPERIENCE.
>> HE SAID TO HIS TEAM, ARE YOU
GUYS SURE THAT WE WON?
WHAT DOES THIS VICTORY MEAN TO
YOU.
>> OH, MAN.
WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO HARD.
WE HAVE HEAD, HAD POLLS WE HAVE
MANAGED TO SCREW IT UP SOME WAY
OR ANOTHER.
THE WHOLE PROGRAM, TEDDY MARSH
ALL THE MARSH GUYS THE 31
CORVETTE WAS AWESOME.
SORRY, BUD.
BUT COULDN'T BE HAPPIER.
>> SPLASHING WATER ON HIM RIGHT
NOW, THESE GUYS ARE EXCITED.
AS YOU LOOK AT THE STRUGGLES
THAT THIS TEAM HAS BEEN THROUGH,
NONETHELESS VICTORY LANE, HOW
PROUD ARE YOU OF YOUR TEAM.
>> EXCELLENT.
WE CAME SO CLOSE SO MANY TIMES.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT WE WON IT.
YOU SAID FOURTH NOT FIRST.
NO FIRST FIRST.
SO REALLY EXCITED.
THIS IS GREAT.
I CAN'T BELIEVE WE ENDED UP THIS
WAY.
>> A LOT OF HARD WORK, THEY ARE
ALL -- THIS YEAR, LAST YEAR, AND
MAYBE WE DON'T NEED BORRIS ANY
MORE.
[LAUGHTER]
>> WE WON'T TELL HIM YOU SAID
THAT, CONGRATULATIONS.
>> WE KNOW BORIS WILL BE
WATCHING OUT IN CALIFORNIA.
THERE'S JORDAN TAYLOR, HE FOUGHT
VALIENTLY TO THE END, FIFTH
PLACE FOR THE CAMARO.
AND THE GUYS AND LOOK AT THAT,
THAT IS HOW DRAMATIC IT WAS FOR
SPENCER AND STEVE NEEDING TO GET
BROUGHT BACK TO PIT ROAD ON THE
HOOK.
SO WHAT A CRAZY FINISH IN G.P.
THREE PASSES TO THE LEAD ON THE
FINAL LAP.
4 POINTS NOW SEPARATING JORDAN
TAYLOR, AND THE BRIMHALL BOYS.
STILL IN THE MIX AND SPREAD OUT
A LITTLE BIT, FROM 14 POINTS IN
THE TOP FIVE, TO 20.
LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT DATONA
PROTOTYPES AND SEE HOW IT IS
LOOKING.
>> AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY STRETCH
IT OUT.
19 COMING UP AND NOW IT IS UP TO
24.
HAVE TO LET THESE GUYS EXECUTE
AND STRETCH THE LEAD AGAIN.
>> IT WAS THE THIRTY-FIFTH ROLEX
PROTOTYPE, SCOT PRUETT, IT WAS
THE 20 SECOND FOR ROJAS AND 20
SECOND OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP
TOGETHER, THE 36TH VICTORY FOR
CHIP GANASSI'S SQUAD.
[ horn hon]
WHAT?
TOMMY FELL DOWN A WELL?
HI DAD!
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>> SPEED'S COVERAGE IS PRESENTED
BY:
>> I DON'T THINK WE HAVE EVER
HAD A MORE INTERESTING TWO-HOUR
FORMAT.
LONG CAUTIONS, CRAZY STRATEGY,
ALWAYS ENTERTAINING.
>> KEEPING THE ENGINEERS AND
TEAMS ON THE PIT BOXES ON THEIR
TOES.
HAD TO BE FLEXIBLE AND CAN'T
AFFORD TO GET LOCKED INTO WHAT
YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT
YESTERDAY.
>> WHAT CAN YOU NOT LIKE ABOUT
ROAD AMERICA?
THIS IS ROAD-RACING CAPITAL OF
THE UNITED STATES.
A BEAUTIFUL TRACK, A BEAUTIFUL
WEEKEND.
>> GUESS WHAT IS COMING UP NEXT?
LAGUNA SECA.
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A GREAT
TIME.
CONGRATULATIONS TO GT.
THEIR FIRST ROLEX GT COMP
POSITION.
WELL DONE FOR TEAM SALLEN.
AND EVERYBODY IS CHASING
GANASSI.
>> THE IRONY IS IN THE GT CLASS,
THE POSITION OF THE OVERALL
LEADER COST THEM VICTORY.
A BRILLIANT JOB SAVING FUEL BUT
HAVING TO GO THE ADDITIONAL LAP
COST THEM.
>> THE BRAT.
>> DRAMA SCENES HERE.
A VERY LONG CAUTION PERIOD.
IT WAS ONE TO REMEMBER.
FIRST TIME FOR GRAND-AM.
AND IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT.
WASN'T IT?
CRAZY, CRAZY STUFF.
GLAD YOU COULD BE WITH US TO
WATCH SPORTS CARS ON SPEED.
NEXT UP.
LAGUNA SECA.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
THANKS FOR BEING PART OF IT.
HOPE YOU ENJOYED ROAD AMERICA.