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CHECKER.
>> THEY ARE BEATING UP ON
EACH OTHER THERE.
>> ED TO
>> TODD MUSGRAVE OF A WHAT
VIEW OF WHAT ALMOST WAS
DISASTER.
SEE IF HE DOES IT AGAIN.
DOESN'T QUITE HAVE HIM CLEAR.
>> THIS IS FOR THIRD.
TAKING IT AWAY.
>> THE BANKING IS PROGRESSIVE.
YOU ARE GOING TO WANT TO
SLIDE UP THE HILL AND TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THE EXTRA
BANKING UP THE HILL TO COMPLETE
THAT PASS.
IT PROMOTES YOU TO GO DOWN
THERE AND DO THAT.
BUT IF THE GUY ON THE
OUTSIDE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO DO
THAT, WE COULD SEE TROUBLE.
>> RON HORNADAY MAKING HIS WAY
ON THE INSIDE OF A LAP DOWN
TRUCK.
THAT'S JACK SPRAGUE.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE POINTS
STANDING AND WHAT'S TAKING PLACE
TODAY.
RON HORNADAY LEADS SKINNER BY
63.
WHAT HAPPENED TO MIKE SKINNER?
WELL, MIKE SKINNER LOST A LEFT
REAR WHEEL BACK ON LAP 74.
THIS IS WHAT TOOK PLACE.
>> EARLY ON, MIKE SKINNER WAS
OUR LEADER.
HE HAD A VIBRATION.
HE FELT LIKE HE HAD A FLAT TIRE.
HE SAID THE VIBRATION NEVER WENT
AWAY.
>> AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S --
SKINNER, WE HEARD HIM SAY DARN
IT.
SOMETHING IS WRONG.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT WAS WRONG.
THE LEFT REAR WHEEL BROKE OFF.
>> SKINNER COMING INTO
THIS CHAMPIONSHIP, 29 POINTS
IN FRONT OF RON HORNADAY.
THEY SPENT CONSIDERABLE AMOUNTS
OF TIME BEHIND THE WALL.
THEY COME BACK AND NOW 11
LAPS DOWN TO THE FIELD.
MIKE SKINNER HOPING TO
FINISH THIS RACE WITHOUT
ANY MORE PROBLEMS.
AND IF HE HAS ANY CHANCE AT THE
CHAMPIONSHIP, RON HORNADAY WILL
HAVE TO HAVE PROBLEMS.
>> REMEMBER, RON HORNADAYS
HAS TO BEAT MIKE SKINNER BY
12 POSITIONS, AT LEAST 12
POSITIONS.
RIGHT NOW, MIKE SKINNER RUNS IN
THE 35th SPOT.
THAT WOULD MEAN RON HORNADAY HAS
TO FINISH 23rd RIGHT NOW TO
WIN THE RACE.
RIGHT NOW, TERRY COOK.
A FLIGHT TIRE, LOSING THE
CYLINDER.
THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE
SPORT.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN.
YOU GOT KYLE BUSCH LEADING.
HE WAS A LAP DOWN A LITTLE WHILE
AGO.
THAT SHOWS YOU HOW
QUICKLY THINGS CAN CHANGE.
>> HORNADAY
>>> WELCOME BACK TO CHAMPIONSHIP
WEEK.
IT STARTS RIGHT HERE WITH THE
CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES.
THE CHAMPIONSHIP WILL BE
DECIDED HERE TONIGHT.
THAT 23 TRUCK, JOHNNY
BENSON AWFULLY FAST.
EARLY IN THE GOOD
EVENING TONIGHT, PHIL, KYLE
BUSCH LOOKED MORTAL.
HE WAS RUNNING THE 10th, 15th
SPOT.
WE DIDN'T KNOW HE HAD A
TRUCK THAT WAS CAPABLE.
HE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE PIT.
GREAT WORK IN THE PIT BY
WATERS AND THOSE GUYS AND NOW
HE'S LEADING THE RACE.
>> RAY DUNLAP, WHAT'S GOING ON
WITH OUR CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENDER.
>> Reporter: WE TALKED ABOUT THE
PRESEASON PICKS AND MY
STORY BEFORE WE WENT TO DAYTONA,
I SAID I THOUGHT THAT KEVIN
HARVICK RACING HAD MATURED
TO BECOME A CHAMPIONSHIP
TEAM BUT I THOUGHT THAT RICK
WOULD BE THE EX-FACTOR ON THAT.
AND HE HAS BEEN.
RICK WORKED FOR BILL
DAVIS RACING LAST YEAR AND HE
TOLD ME THE REASON HE MADE
THE MOVE IS BECAUSE HAVING KEVIN
HARVICK, HE'S A TRUE RACER.
HE'S A GUY WHO UNDERSTANDS WHAT
YOU NEED TO GET THE JOB DONE AND
HE TOLD ME BEFORE THE RACE,
HE SAID HARVICK HAS GIVEN HIM
EVERYTHING THEY NEEDED TO
MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
HE OWES IT ALL TO HIS BOSS.
HARVICK HAS A PRETTY GOOD TRUCK
AND HE'S TELLING HORNADAY
JUST DO WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
>> HOW ABOUT THE RESILIENT NIGHT
FOR JUSTIN.
HE NEARLY MISSED THE RACE AND
DIDN'T QUALIFY.
AND THEN IN THE FIRST 15 LAPS, A
SPIN BRINGING OUT THE
FIRST CAUTION OF THE NIGHT.
THEY RALLY BACK, AND HERE THEY
FIND THEMSELVES IN THE TOP TEN.
A CAREER RUN, A GUY THAT
WILL RUN FROM ROCK O ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR IN 2008.
.
>> Reporter: THERE'S ANOTHER
BATTLE GOING ON.
WHAT ABOUT THE ROOKIE BATTLE?
WHAT ABOUT TIM SAUTER?
HE'S ONLY TWO POINTS AHEAD OF
HIM.
RIGHT NOW ON THE TRACK HE'S
ONLY
>> WE DOCUMENTED EARLIER.
THE QUALIFYING SHOW WAS GOING
AWAY.
THEY REALLY DON'T HAVE A REGULAR
DEAL GOING ON THE '08 TRUCKS.
AND HE SAID THEY ARE NOT SURE IF
THEY ARE GOING TO BE AROUND IN
2008.
IT WOULD BE ASHAMED TO BE
A LONG-TIME TEAM GO AWAY.
>> MOMENTUM ON THE SIDE OF
KYLE BUSCH IN THE NUMBER 51.
HE'S PUT ONE SECOND BETWEEN HE
AND JOHNNY BENSON RUNNING IN
SECOND.
RICK CRAWFORD, KEVIN HARVICK,
THE TOP FIVE HERE AT
>>> JEFF GORDON SPINNING
DOWN THE INSIDE.
GORDON IS IN THE GRASS.
CAUTION FLAG IS OUT.
THIS COULD BE THE RACE TO
THE FINISH OFF THE DAYTONA 500.
TWO DODGES.
BACK TO THE CAUTION FLAG.
WHO IS GOING TO GET THEIR FIRST?
>> THE RACE IS NOT OVER.
>> THEY ARE GOING TO STOP THE
FIELD.
RESTART THE RACE AND TRY AND
SETTLE IT.
>> MARLIN JUMPED AND HE'S GOING
AROUND TO LOOK AT THE RIGHT
FENDER.
HE CAN'T DO THAT.
>> YOU CAN'T WORK ON YOUR
CAR UNDER A RED FLAG.
THAT'S THE NASCAR RULE.
MARLIN IS GOING TO GO TO THE
LINE.
CHECKER FLAG IS UP AND BURTON
IS GOING TO WIN THE 44th DAYTONA
500!
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
>> EVEN I GET A HUG.
>> "SPEED"'S ALREADY GEARING
UP FOR THE 50th RUNNING OF
THE DAYTONA 500 AND "SPEED" WEEK
STARTING FEBRUARY 7th, "SPEED"
WILL HAVE 100 HOURS
OF PROGRAMMING FOR THE
WORLD CENTER OF RACING.
IT WILL ALL BE IN HD.
14 LAPS OF RACING TO GO HERE AT
HOMESTEAD.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT THE GREATEST
THING ABOUT THAT -- RAY, WHAT'S
GOING ON?
>> Reporter: APPARENTLY THERE'S
A TIRE DOWN.
HE JUST CAME ON THE RADIO
AND SAYS WE HAVE NOTHING TO GAIN
HERE.
HE SAYS I DON'T WANT TO
WRECK THIS TRUCK.
REMEMBER, THIS IS ANOTHER
BRAND NEW TRUCK THAT THEY BUILT
FOR NEXT YEAR WHEN JACK SPRACK
TAKES OVER THE NUMBER TWO.
SO HARVICK IS COMING TO THE PIT.
>> ERROR ON THE SIDE OF
CAUTION IS WHAT KEVIN
HARVICK WILL BE DOING.
I'M GUESSING THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT SKINNER WILL SAY LATER ON
THIS EVENING AND PROBABLY
THE REST OF THIS YEAR BEFORE
WE START UP IN 2008.
>> IF I'M HARVICK, I RUN
WITHIN TEN LAPS OF THE FINISH.
MAKE SURE I PUT MY TRUCK
BETWEEN HORNADAY AND SKINNER
TO HELP THAT SITUATION.
>> YEAH.
RIGHT NOW WE KNOW THAT MIKE
SKINNER IS 11 LAPS DOWN.
AND RON -- IF KEVIN HARVICK
WOULD STAY ON THE
RACETRACK, MAKE SURE HE RUNS ALL
BUT 10 LAPS.
HE'S GOING TO BE BETWEEN RON
HORNADAY AND MIKE SKINNER.
RON HORNADAY HAS TO BEAT SKINNER
BY.
>> SMITH THERE, RUNNING INTO THE
9th SPOT.
>> HE DOES A GOOD JOB THERE.
>> HE REALLY DOES.
REGAN HAS DONE A NICE JOB
STEPPING INTO THE TRUCK.
>> BOBBY GIN WANTED TO BE A PART
OF THIS SPORT IN A BIG WAY.
IT DIDN'T WORK OUT THE WAY
HE HOPED IT DID.
BUT YOU CAN SEE HIM WITH
REGAN HONORING THE COMMITMENT.
THAT'S WHY I LIKE BOBGY GIN
MANY HE'S A GOOD DUDE.
>> ANOTHER GUY THAT WE'VE ALL
COME TO LIKE, BRIAN SCOTT.
HE WILL DRIVE FOR ROOKIE OF
THE YEAR IN 2008.
STARTED 24th AND ALREADY
RUNNING VERY WELL.
COULD BE A CAREER BEST FOR HIM.
11.
>> BRIAN IS DOING A NICE JOB.
ONLY 19 YEARS OLD.
TRYING TO GET EXPERIENCE,
PREPARATION FOR A ROOKIE
RUN NEXT YEAR IN 2008.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE ROOKIE RUN?
YOU HAVE JUSTIN MARK
RUNNING ALONG, HAVING A GREAT
NIGHT.
HE'S IN THE 8th SPOT.
THESE GUYS COULD REALLY
BATTLE IT OUT NEXT YEAR.
>> WHAT AN UNBELIEVABLE
BATTLE WE HAVE.
KYLE BUSCH LEADING.
ADAM, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT
THIS YOUNG ROOKIE?
>> Reporter: HE'S A GREAT YOUNG
KID AND CERTAINLY HUMBLE AT AGE
19.
IT'S INTERESTING.
WHEN A GUY BECOMES A GREAT
YOUNG
GUY.
HIS DAD IS A
SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN AND HAS
HIS OWN HOAT MOTOR HOME.
BRIAN DROVE IT FROM PHOENIX HERE
TO MIAMI, 2400 MILES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AND THEN HOPPED IN THE
RACETRACK FOR 200 MILES
HERE TONIGHT, THAT SO FAR HAS
BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
>> KYLE BUSCH CONTINUING TO
LEAD.
WE'VE GONE INSIDE OF TEN LAPS TO
GO.
ONLY EIGHT LAPS REMAINING.
KYLE BUSCH HAS LED 47 OF THE 125
THAT'S RUN.
WE RIDE ALONG WITH MIKE SKINNER.
HIS ROW STARTED RAY -- WOES
STARTED WAY BACK.
HE THOUGHT HE HAD A TIRE OUT.
HE KNEW HE HAD A PROBLEM.
HE WAS LEADING THE RACE.
HE KNEW HE HAD A PROBLEM.
HE BECAME TO -- CAME TO PIT ROW.
I'M TELLING YOU.
SOMETHING IS WRONG.
HE GOES BACK ON THE RACETRACK
AND LATER ON, THINGS GOT WORSE.
>> WE HEARD HIM SAY, GUYS,
SOMETHING IS WRONG.
AND HERE IT IS.
SOMETHING GOING BAD WRONG
FOR THIS TEAM.
HE'S HOPING NOW FOR A LOT
OF STUFF TO GO ON IN THE NEXT
SIX, SEVEN LAPS.
RIGHT NOW, THIS CHAMPIONSHIP
BATTLE STILL IS NOT OVER.
HE CAN STILL WIN THIS
CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> BETWEEN NOW AND TWO LAPS
OF RACING TO GO, WE HAVE
A NUMBER OF TRUCKS THAT ARE
TWO LAPS DOWN.
WE SEE THE POINT
DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN
RON HORNADAY AND MIKE SKINNER.
54 POINTS NOW.
HORNADAY IN FRONT.
I THINK RON HORNADAY HAS TO
TAKE THE WHITE FLAG ON THE
RACETRACK TO FEEL SOMEWHAT
COMFORTABLE.
>> HE DOESN'T WANT TO HEAR
ALL OF THE MATH.
WE DO THE MATH AND THEY DO IT
PRETTY GOOD.
RON DON'T WANT TO BE DOING MATH.
HE JUST WANTS TO RACE AND
WANTS HIS CREW TO SAY IT'S OVER.
YOU WON.
>> HE HAS JUST BEEN HANGING OUT
THERE.
YOU SEE SKINNER IN THE PICTURE
RIGHT THERE.
WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
OVERALL SEASON.
WE HEARD RON HORNADAY
SAY EARLIER THAT EITHER ONE OF
THESE GUYS IN ANY
DIFFERENT SEASON WOULD HAVE
DOMINATED.
AN UNBELIEVABLE SEASON FOR
SKINNER AND HORNADAY.
PART OF THE REASON 33 GOT
TO WHERE IT WAS WAS A
GREAT PROGRAM FROM RICHARD
CHILDERS.
I HEARD RICHARD CHILDERS
RACING WILL NOT BE THE ENGINE
SUPPLIER NEXT YEAR.
IT APPEARS PROMOTER WILL
BE SUPPLYING FOR NOT ONLY THE
33 BUT ALSO FOR THE 2 TRUCK IN
2008.
>> WELL, I WANT TO TELL YOU IF
I'M KEVIN HARVICK, I OWN MY
OWN TEAM AND I OWE A LOT OF
THANKS WHEN WE HAVE SUCCESS TO
TOYOTA.
THE ENGINES ARE THE
CORNERSTONE FOR ANY RACE TEAM IN
NASCAR AT THIS LEVEL.
IF I'M KEVIN HARVICK, I DON'T
WANT TO MAKE THAT MOVE.
CHIME DRESS JUST HELPED HIM --
CHILL DRESS JUST HELPED HIM WIN
THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
I DON'T WANT TO MOVE AWAY FROM
THAT.
>> WE DON'T KNOW ALL OF THE INS
AND OUTS OF WHAT CAUSED THAT
MOVE BUT THAT'S VERY
INTERESTING THAT KEVIN WILL
NOT HAVE RCR MOTORS NEXT YEAR.
>> AND IF HE DOESN'T HAVE
THEM NEXT YEAR -- LET'S STOP
THERE.
BUT LET'S THINK ABOUT
WHAT BROUGHT KEVIN HARVICK
RACING ON THE MAP AND EXACTLY
WHY THEY ARE SUCCESS.
I THINK HE NEEDS TO PAT HIM ON
THE BACK AND SAY THANK THANK
YOU FOR MY ROOTS AND I THINK I
CAN GROW FROM HERE.
>> TWO LAPS OF RACING TO GO.
IT'S KYLE BUSCH IN FRONT.
WE HEARD EARLIER JOHNNY
BENSON WAS SAYING HE -- A
PROBLEM SPINNING IN ONTO
RACETRACK.
THE CAUTION WILL COME OUT.
THAT MEANS WE WILL HAVE A
GREEN-WHITE CHECKER FINISH TO
END THE 2007 SEASON.
>> YOU KNOW EARLIER, RICK, WHEN
WE SAID WHEN THE WHITE FLAG
FLIES, RON CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE.
IT'S NOT.
SO HE'S THINKING, I DON'T NEED
THAT.
>> THERE'S CHRIS JONES, HE HAS
A -- HORNADAY IS GOING TO