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>>> BACK AT GATEWAY
INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY.
NASCAR ON ESPN, GETTING SET TO
ROLL MOMENTARILY.
AND WE WELCOME YOU TO OUR LIVE
FLAG TO FLAG COVERAGE ALONG WITH
THE CHANCE, RUSTY WALLACE, WHO
MADE IT UP FROM THE PIT STUDIO,
I'M JERRY PUNCH.
ANDY, A LOT OF BRIGHT EYED
HOPEFULS GETTING READY TO LAUNCH
THEIR CAREERS.
WHAT IS THE ONE THING THEY HAVE
TO GUARD AGAINST TONIGHT?
>> JUST NOT TO BE OVERANXIOUS.
TRY TO CONTROL THE GUYS AND KEEP
THE REINS PULLED BACK ON THEM.
KEEP THEM ON THE RACE TRACK ALL
NIGHT LONG AND GET AS MANY LAPS
AS THEY.
>> AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE TICK
SXR THE STARTING GRID, YOU SEE
SCOTT WIMMER WON HIS FIRST
CAREER POLE, AND WILL LEAD THEM
DOWN.
LET'S START THE WALLACE FAMILY
REUNION.
WE'LL HAVE ALL THREE AS IN-RACE
REPORTERS, BEGINNING WITH YOUR
SON, STEVEN, WHO STARTS 27th.
>> STEVE, THIS IS DAD.
GOT ME?
>> I GOT YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, BUDDY.
I KNOW YOU DIDN'T QUALIFY THE
WAY YOU WANTED TO, BUT YOU HAD A
FAST CAR IN PRACTICE.
YOU FEELING GOOD ABOUT IT?
>> FEELING REAL GOOD ABOUT IT.
THESE DODGES, THE ONE THING YOU
KNOW, PRETTY GOOD IN PRACTICE.
WE'LL SEE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
HAVE A GOOD ONE.
>> ALL RIGHT, NEXT, YOUNGER
BROTHER MIKE'S GEICO CHEVY
STARTS IN 32nd POSITION.
>> MIKE, THIS IS BROTHER RUSTY.
GOT ME?
>> RUSTY, GO AHEAD.
>> ALL RIGHT, BUDDY.
A COUPLE YEARS AGO, YOU FINISHED
SECOND.
THIS IS A GOOD TRACK FOR YOU.
HOW IS THE CAR THIS YEAR?
>> A GOOD CAR FOR THE RACE.
I WAS THIRD OUT TO QUALIFY.
THE FIRST CAR CRASHED.
A LITTLE TOO CONSERVATIVE IN MY
QUALIFYING EFFORT.
BUT I CAN COME HOME WITH A GOOD
TOP FIVE FINISH TONIGHT.
>> MIKE, YOUR CAR IN PRACTICE
LOOKED PRETTY GOOD LAST NIGHT,
BUT THAT EARLY QUALIFYING RUN
REALLY KILLED YOU, DIDN'T IT.
>> I WAS THE THIRD CAR OUT.
THE RACE CAR SAT ALL NIGHT AND
ALL DAY.
IT WAS 38 DEGREES HOTTER ON THE
TRACK TEMPERATURE THAN WHAT WE
QUALIFIED IN.
HOPEFULLY WITH THE CAR RUNNING
GOOD, WE'LL GET TO THE FRONT.
>> HAVE A GOOD ONE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT, THE YOUNGEST BROTHER OF
THE WALLACE TRIO, KENNY, WHO IS
IN THE JIMMY JOHN'S SANDWICH
CAR.
>> RUSTY, YOU GOT ME.
>> YEAH, RUSTY, I READ YOU.
>> YOU GOT THAT REALLY FAST
RICHARD CHILDRESS RACING NUMBER
2 CAR THAT RUN GZ ALL THE TIME.
GOT TO BE FEELING GOOD ABOUT IT.
>> YEAH, RUSTY.
I'M REALLY EXCITED.
I THINK THE JIMMY JOHNS GORNY
SANDWICH CAR IS GOING TO RUN UP
FRONT.
WE HAVE TO MAKE CALCULATED
MOVES.
I DIDN'T GET THE QUALIFYING RUN
I WAS LOOKING FOR.
WE'LL PICK OFF THE CARS ONE AT A
TIME AND RACE ALL NIGHT, BE
THERE AT THE END.
>> ALL RIGHT, BUDDY.
HAVE A GOOD ONE.
>> THANK YOU, BRO.
>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE
OTHER ONBOARD CAMERAS.
WE HAVE J.J. YELEY.
YOU HEARD FROM KENNY WALLACE AND
MIKE WALLACE.
BRAD COLEMAN STARTS BACK IN 20th
SPOT.
KALE KALE STARTS 35th IN THE
CAMPING WORLD CHEVROLET.
CARL EDWARDS STARTS THIRD, AND
YOU HEARD FROM STEVE WALLACE,
AND DAVID REUTIMANN STARTS
EIGHTH IN THE AARON'S DREAM
MACHINE TOYOTA.
THE YOUTH MOVEMENT IS IN FULL
FORCE IN THE BUSCH SERIES.
LET'S HEAR FROM JAMIE LITTLE.
>> THE STORY WE HAVE BEEN
FOLLOWING, YOUNG BRAD
KESELOWSKI.
HE'S 23 YEARS OLD.
HE'S DRIVING THE 88 FOR THE
THIRD STRAIGHT WEEK.
DALE EARNHARDT JR. HAS TAKEN
BRAD UNDER HIS WING.
BRAD HAS BEEN LIVING WITH HIM AT
HIS HOUSE IN NORTH CAROLINA.
LAST WEEK, HE FINISHED 14th, A
PERSONAL BEST.
HIS JOB SAID GREAT JOB.
THEY HAD A TALK ABOUT THIS RACE,
AND BOTH OF THEM AGREED THEY
WANT A TOP TEN.
BRAD THINKS HE CAN GET A TOP TEN
TONIGHT.
>> THE OLDEST MEMBER IS
33-YEAR-OLD TIM McCREADY.
HE'S MAKING THE SECOND BUSCH
SERIES START THIS SEASON IN THE
21 RICHARD CHILDRESS CAR.
THAT'S THE SAME CAR KEVIN CARVIC
RAN TO THREE RACES THIS YEAR.
OVER TO MIKE MASSARO.
>> SHANNON, THIS MAY BE TRAVIS'S
FIRST START WITH JOE GIBBS
RACING, BUT THERE'S NO LACK OF
CONFIDENCE.
HE QUALIFIED 23rd AND SAID HE'S
PERFORMED UP, LOOKING FOR A
CINDERELLA STORY.
HE KNOWS THE ODDS ARE AGAINST
HIM BUT BELIEVES IT'S A
POSSIBILITY.
AFTER ALL, THIS IS THE SHOW-ME
STATE.
FOR GUYS LIKE KITTLESON, THAT'S
WHAT TONIGHT IS ALL ABOUT,
SHOWING US WHAT THEY'RE CAPABLE
OF.
>> LANDON CASSILL BECAME AGE
ELIGIBLE TO RUN IN THIS RACE
JUST THREE DAYS AGO.
THEY TAPPED HIM TO RUN IN 2007
IF HE RAN WELL LAST YEAR.
LANDON SHOWED VERY WELL.
IN FACT, HE HAD NEVER RACED IN
DIRT BEFORE, AND THAT WAS ONE OF
THE CHALLENGES LAID TO THE
DRIVERS.
HENDRICK KNEW THEY MIGHT HAVE A
GEM IN LANDON CASSILL.
HE'S START WAY UP IN THE FIELD
TONIGHT.
WE'LL SEE IF THE 24 CAR CAN STAY
THERE ALL NIGHT LONG.
>> ALL RIGHT, GUYS.
GREAT STORIES.
WE'LL BE WATCHING ALL NIGHT LONG
AS THE FIELD, 43 NASCAR BUSCH
SERIES DRIVERS, AND 18 OF THE
PEOPLE COMING ACROSS THE TOP OF
YOUR SCREEN HAVE NEVER BEEN TO
THIS RACE TRACK IN A NASCAR
BUSCH SERIES CAR.
THERE ARE SIX DRIVERS WHO ARE 20
YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER.
12 IN THIS FIELD WHO ARE 22
YEARS OF AGE AND YOUNGER.
THE YOUTH MOVEMENT IS MOVING IN
BIG TIME IN THE NASCAR BUSCH
SERIES.
WHAT SHOULD WE WATCH FOR
TONIGHT?
>> WITH THE LONG STRAIGHT AWAYS
AND THE TIGHT ONE AND TWO, THE
GUYS ARE GOING TO BE ON THE
BRAKES HARD AND WATCH FOR THE
BLOWN BRAKE ROTORS AND THE TRACK
IS SO DIFFERENT ON EACH SIDE.
TURN ONE AND TWO IS REALLY
TIGHT.
THREE AND FOUR IS A SMOOTH, FLAT
SWEEPING CORNER.
THEY HAVE TO HAVE TWO SETUPS FOR
THAT, BUT THEY ONLY HAVE ONE, SO
THEY HAVE TO COMPROMISE.
THE ENGINES ALSO HAVE TO HAVE A
BROAD POWER BAND BECAUSE OF THE
TRACK BEING SO DIFFERENT.
WE USED TO SHIFT HERE.
DOWNGEAR AND RUN A DIFFERENT
GEAR.
NOW THEY DON'T ALLOW THEM TO DO
IT.
THEY IS TO HAVE A GOOD ENGINE TO
PULL OFF THE BOTTOM END.
>> WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE RACE
ANALYSIS.
IT'S A 250-MILE EVENT.
PIT WINDOW, 80-85 LAPS.
THE BANKING IN TURNS ONE AND TWO
IS 11 DEGREES.
IT'S A VERY SHARP TURN ONE AND
TWO.
TURNS THREE AND FOUR MORE
SWEEPING, BUT FLATTER.
MUCH LIKE NEW HAMPSHIRE
INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY.
IT'S A FIELD FULL OF NEW FACES
AND ASPIRING TALENT.
COULD ONE OF THEM USE THIS TRACK
AT THEIR GATEWAY TO SUCCESS IN
NASCAR?
WE'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT.
WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND
ENJOY STOP 21 ON THE INCREDIBLE
$50 MILLION NASCAR BUSCH SERIES
TOUR FOR 2007.
200 LAPS, 250 MILES.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY WEEKEND FOR
YOUNG STARS IN NASCAR'S BUSCH
SERIES.
LET'S SIT BACK AND LISTEN IN AS
ITS FIELD COMES TOWARD US AND
TOWARD THE GREEN FLAG AND WE GO
FULL THROTTLE.
>> STAY READY.
>> STAY READY.
READY, GET READY.
READY.
GREEN FLAG, GREEN FLAG, GREEN
FLAG.
>> MUCH BETTER.
MUCH BETTER.
>> CLEAR.
CLEAR.
>> COVERED.
STILL THERE.
STILL THERE.
>> CLEAR.
CLEAR.
>> COMING INSIDE.
>> CLEAR RIGHT THERE.
>> CLEAR RIGHT THERE.
ALL CLEAR.
>> THAT WAS REAL GOOD RIGHT
THERE.
REPEAT THAT A COUPLE TIMES.
>> 89 OUTSIDE.
OUTSIDE 89 CAR.
YOU'RE PULLING HIM.
ALL CLEAR.
>> STAY WITH THAT CAR UP HIGH
THERE.
ALL CLEAR.
>> BACKING UP ON THE HIGH SIDE.
>> SAILING OUT OF TURN FOUR,
FIRST TIME BY, SCOTT WIMMER WILL
LEAD HIS 83rd LAP OF THE YEAR AT
176 MILES AN HOUR, AS THEY HEAD
INTO TURN ONE.
A CHALLENGE FOR SECOND SPOT.
>> TELL YOU WHAT, CARL EDWARDS
IS TRYING TO GET UNDER REED
SORENSON ON THE INSIDE.
WHY?
HE'S GOT GOOD TIRES WITH THESE
GOOD TIRES, YOU HAVE TO STRIKE
RIGHT NOW.
>> CARL EDWARDS STRIKING,
GETTING IN THE CORNER AND
DRIVING DEEP.
THIS CAR IS HANDLING WELL AT THE
BEGINNING PART OF THE RACE.
>> I WAS SURPRISED IN THE FIRST
LAP, GETTING INTO TURN ONE, A
GAGGLE OF CARS THREE WIDE GETs
THROUGH THERE.
THESE FIRST THREE OR FOUR LAPS,
THEY'RE HARD TO GET THROUGH
THERE.
>> SIDE BY SIDE, MOVING ON THE
INSIDE, AS THE VETERAN MIKE
BLISS IN THE 22 CAR, GOING
BENEATH THE 18-YEAR-OLD, LANDON
CASSILL IN THE 24 CAR, TRYING TO
HOLD HIS OWN WITH THE VETERAN.
>> THESE ARE TWO CARS THAT WERE
VERY, VERY GOOD IN PRACTICE AND
DIDN'T GET THE QUALIFYING RUNS
THEY WERE LOOKING FOR.
THEY'RE NOT TOO FAR BACK, BUT
THEIR TRR TRYING TO MOVE THEY
WEAR UP TO THE FRONT.
>> YOU'RE SO RIGHT ABOUT THAT.
THEY WERE SO GOOD IN PRACTICE.
THEY WANT TO GET THE TIRE
PRESSURE BUILT UP, GET A RHYTHM
GOING ON AND, GO WHERE THEY CAN
RUN.
GOOD RUN BY REUTIMANN.
>> SMART TO BACK OFF, ESPECIALLY
WITH THE 24 CAR OF LANDON
CASSILL BECAUSE THIS IS HIS
FIRST BUSCH START.
>> IT'S WARM IN ST. LOUIS STILL.
THE TRACK IS GOING TO COOL DOWN.
WHEN IT COOLS DOWN, THIS TRACK
IS GOING TO CHANGE BIG TIME.
WHAT WE CALL IT IS GETTING
TIGHT.
THE CARS ARE GOING TO START
SLIDING THEIR TIGHT ENDS.
THAT'S THE REASON THE DRIVERS
SET THEIR CARS VERY FREE SO IT
WILL BE BETTER AS IT COOLS DOWN.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT THE
COMPROMISE IN THE SETUP IS THE
KEY.
WATCH, RUSTY, WHEN THE TRACK
BEGINS TO CHANGE, WHAT AREA WILL
YOU BE CONCERNED ABOUT AS A
DRIVER?
>> THE BEST PLACE TO PASS IS THE
MIDDLE OF TURN ONE AND TWO.
YOU SEE GUYS RACING DOWN THE
BACK STRAIGHT AWAY.
IF THEY CAN HOLD THEIR OWN
THROUGH THREE AND FOUR AND
MAINTAIN THEIR SPEED, THAT'S THE
CORNER I WOULD GIVE UP RATHER
THAN ONE AND TWO.
>> THAT'S THE COMPROMISE.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE CAR TURNING
THROUGH ONE AND TWO TO GET
THROUGH THERE.
WE HAVE A LITTLE TROUBLE HERE.
>> CONTACT.
IT'S STEVEN WALLACE IN THE
HOMELIFE COMMUNITIES DODGE.
TAGS THE OUTSIDE WALL HERE IN
LAP NUMBER FIVE.
AND THAT WILL BRING OUT THE
FIRST CAUTION FLAG OF THE NIGHT.
>> HE'S GOT PRETTY HEAVY DAMAGE
ON THE RIGHT FRONT AND ON THE
RIGHT REAR.
BOTH RIGHT SIDES.
>> HE'S BEEN HAVING NOTHING BUT
PROBLEMS AT THE YOUNG AGE,
TRYING TO GET THE CARS GOING.
HAD A CREW CHIEF CHANGE LAST
WEEK TO TRY TO MAKE THE
PERFORMANCE BETTER.
DIDN'T SEEM LIKE IT HELPS SO
FAR.
WE'LL HAVE TO GO BACK TO REPLAY.
>> YOU CAN SEE THE YOUNG MAN
INSIDE, SHAKING HIS HEAD,
RAISING THE VISOR.
SEE IF WE CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENED.
>> RACING ON THE OUTSIDE OF CALE
GALE.
LOOKS LIKE HE MIGHT HAVE LOCKED
UP THE BRAKES IN THE CORNER.
LOOKS LIKE I SEE SMOKE.
>> HAVE A LEAK SOMEWHERE?
>> I SAW SPARKS COMING OUT OF
THE RIGHT SIDE?
LIKE FLAMES IN THE RIGHT REAR
THERE.
>> I'M NOT SURE WE DIDN'T LOSE
AN ENGINE.
IT'S COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD.
FLAMES OUT THE SIDE.
IT LOOK LIKE IT BLEW THE ENGINE
UP.
IT'S STILL ON FIRE.
I BELIEVE HE'S LOST AN ENGINE.
LET'S TAKE A LISTEN.
>> WE'RE BEING TOLD FROM
SPOTTERS HE'S SAID ON THE RADIO
THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE
FLOOR, AND YOU SAW THE FLAMES IN
THE RIGHT REAR.
FIRST YELLOW FLAG OF THE@
>>> SATURDAY NIGHT RACING, THE
LIGHTS ARE ON AS THE SUN SETS.
THE DRIVERS ARE PLAYING AROUND
DURING INTRODUCTIONS.
NOW IT'S TIME TO GET DOWN TO
BUSINESS AS THE GREEN FLAG
WAVES.
SCOTT WIMMER LEADS EARLY, BUT
CAUTION AT LAP FIVE AS STEVEN
WALLACE RAN INTO TROUBLE IN TURN
THREE.
>> STEVEN PULLED INTO THE
GARAGE, POPPED UP THE HOOD.
GOT IN THERE WITH WRENCHES.
WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED THERE?
?
WENT FLYING OUT OF TURN THREE,
AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE
FLOOR.
IT WASN'T MY FAULT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF LUCK I
NEED OR WHAT MONEY CAN BUY, BUT
I NEED TO GET LUCK ON MY SIDE.
I HATE IT.
IT'S JUST -- JUST WORDS CAN'T
EXPLAIN HOW FRUSTRATING IT IS.
>> DOC, WE'RE COMING TO THE
GREEN.
>> TOTAL FRUSTRATION.
THE YOUNG MAN HAD SO MUCH WANTED
TO BE IMPRESSIVE IN FRONT OF THE
HOME FOLKS IN MISSOURI, AND JUST
FIVE LAPS IN, IT'S UP AGAINST A
WALL WITH NO BRAKES.
YOU SEE THE FLAMES UNDERNEATH
THE CAR AS HE HEADS TO THE
GARAGE AREA.
>> IT BROKE A RIGHT REAR BRAKE
LINE.
YOU AND I SAW THAT COMING A LAP
BEFORE THAT, SAW SOMETHING
COMING OUT OF THE RIGHT REAR OF
THE CAR.
I FEEL BAD FOR HIM.
HE'S STRUGGLING.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT
BRAKES WERE.
>> READY, READY.
GREEN, GREEN, GREEN.
>> GREEN FLAGS WAVE.
SCOTT WIMMER WILL LEAD THEM BACK
OUT.
HE'S LED ALL EIGHT LAPS
THRUSFAR.
YOU'RE RIDING ALONG WITH CARL
EDWARDS.
WHICH CHALLENGE WAS BEHIND HIM
JUST A MOMENT AGO.
WATCH THIS THREESOME, NOW IT'S A
FOURSOME, THAT'S NOT GOING TO
WORK.
DAVID RAGAN WISELY BACKS OUT.
>> I HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE 21
WAR FROM THE START OF THE RACE.
THAT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME HE'S
BEEN THREE WIDE.
>> HE'S THREE WIDE BECAUSE HE
DOESN'T KNOW BETTER YET.
HE'S RUN ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF
CARS.
SEE HOW THIS STARTED.
YOU GOT HIM RUNNING ON THE
OUTSIDE.
STACKS HIM OUT.
>> CRASE MILLER GETS OUT OF THE
GAS AND STACKS THEM UP.
JUST BARELY ENOUGH ROOM FOR THE
21 TO SQUEEZE BY.
>> THAT'S TIM McCREADY, THE
33-YEAR-OLD DRIVER.
HE COMES DOWN ON THE INSIDE IN
THE 14 CAR.
>> THAT'S CRAZY, DUDE.
I TELL YOU WHAT, FOUR WIDE IN
ST. LOUIS IN TURN THREE, YOU
CAN'T DO THAT, ANDY.
>> CAN'T SAY THIS IS A
ONE-GROOVE RACE TRACK.
>> TELL THOSE GUYS THAT.
AND FOR MORE ON McCREADY, LET'S
CHECK IN WITH DAVE.
>> HE'S BEEN READY TO GO SINCE
THE START, OR THE NON-START.
THERE WAS A DELAY GETTING THE
CARS ROLLING TONIGHT.
THEY RADIOS TO TIM SXDZ, YOU
OKAY?
SAID YEAH, WAITING.
WAITING TO GO.
HE'S BEEN EXCITED TO START
RACING.
YOU CAN TELL HE WANTS TO GET TO
THE FRONT.
>> McCREADY ONLY HAS ONE START.
WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT IN
EIGHT OR NINE IN THE RACE, GOT
INTO CONTACT WITH TODD BODINE.
HE SAID I JUST WANT TO FINISH
THE RACE AND PROVE I CAN RACE
THE RACECAR.
>> THAT 21 CAR, HE'S GOT A LOT
TO LIVE UP TO WHEN HE'S DRIVING
THAT CAR.
HOPEFULLY, HE DOESN'T FEEL TOO
MUCH PRESSURE.
HE'S DRIVING AWFULLY HARD.
>> THAT'S A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD.
THE CAR IS EXPECTED TO WIN.
EVERY TIME KEVIN GETS IN IT,
IT'S WINNING.
TAKE A LOOK AT REUTIMANN PASSING
ON THE INSIDE OF KELLER.
THAT'S WAS A GOOD, CLEAN PASS.
I LIKE HOW IT'S LOW TO THE
GROUND.
YOU HEAR ME TALK ABOUT THAT.
MAKES IT RUN FASTER DOWN THE
STRAIGHT AWAY.
TURN BETTER.
>> JERRY BAXTER HAS THIS SET UP.
HE WAS CONFIDENT OFF THE BAT,
WHEN I TALKED TO HIM IN THE
GARAGE AREA, HE SAID HE FELT
LIKE THEIR CAR WAS GOING TO BE
REALLY GOOD.
>> A DEFINING MOMENT FOR
REUTIMANN WAS IN RICHMOND WHEN
HE WENT FOR A TEST.
THEY CHANGED THINGS AND THAT CAR
HAS BEEN FAST SINCE THAT TEST
SESSION.
>> HIS BEST FINISH THIS YEAR WAS
SECOND AT NASHVILLE.
HE WAS THE FASTEST CAR IN THE
FINAL PRACTICE SESSION.
>> HIS CREW CHIEF HAS A
PHILOSOPHY WITH THE RACE CARS,
BUILD THEM ALL THE SAME, MAKE
THEM ALL GO FAST.
THIS RACE CAR, YOU WOULDN'T
NORMALLY BRING A CAR FROM THE
CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY TO THE
GATEWAY INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
AND RUN GOOD, BUT THAT'S WHAT
THEY DID.
WE HAVE IT WHERE REUTIMANN LIKES
IT.
IT OPERATES WELL, AND HE'LL BE
ABLE TO RUN UP FRONT ALL NIGHT.
>> THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS
ABOUT THESIS TOYOTAS IS THEY
HAVE A LOT OF BOTTOM END TORQUE,
THE ENGINE BAND IS REAL BROAD.
THIS IS THE KIND OF RACE TRACK
THEY CAN DO WELL ON.
>> THEY'RE GOING TO GET A
DIFFERENT ENGINE FOR NEXT YEAR.
THE NASCAR ENJ SGLRN THERE'S A
FEW THINGS ABOUT THIS ENJBEN
THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE BOX.
THEY'RE GOING TO START RUNNING
THE SAME ENGINE PACKAGE.
>> ONE MORE YEAR MEANS THE
REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR.
>> NEXT YEAR, IT WILL BE OUTSIDE
THE SERIES.
GREAT ACTION HERE HEATING UP.
THE LAST TWO WINNERS AT THE RACE
TRACK, CARL EDWARDS, AND THE
2005 WINNER HERE, REED SORENSON,
DRIVING FOR CHIP GANASSI.
THEY RUN SECOND AND THIRD.
>> REED SORENSON IS ONE OF THOSE
GUYS WE EXPECTED TO SEE A LOT OF
GREAT THINGS.
AND HASN'T DONE A LOT SINCE.
HE'S GOT SOMETHING TO PROVE, NOT
ONLY IN THE BUSCH SERIES, BUT IN
THE CUP SERIES.
IT'S TIME FOR HIM TO START
SHINING IN THIS SERIES.
>> HE'S 1 A LOT OF RACES IN THE
BUSCH SERIES AND THE RACES HE
HASN'T WON, HE'S IN THE TOP
FIVE, TOP TEN.
HE HAS SELF-INDUCED PRESSURE.
HE'S HAD GOOD RUNS IN THE CUP
CAR WITH CHIP GANASSI'S TEAM.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT HIM.
HE KNOWS IT.
HE WANTS TO STEP THE THROTTLE
UP.
THIS IS A RACE HE CAN MAKE A
CHANGE.
HE WON THIS TWO YEARS AGO.
>> TODD BOTINE.
THIS IS ANOTHER TOYOTA.
THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD TWO OR
THREE OF THESE BUSCH CARS AND
RUN A FEW RACES BY THE END OF
THE YEAR AND RUN THE FULL SERIES
NECK YEAR.
>> IF YOU SAW THIS CAT IN
VICTORY LANE, WOULD THAT
SURPRISE YOU?
>> NOT AT ALL.
HE IS AN EXPERIENCED DRIVER AND
PROVED HIMSELF ON THE TRACK
EVERY WEEK.
>> 15 WINS IN THIS SERIES.
MIKE?
>> AND DOC, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, A
LOT OF THE EXPERIENCE IN THE
TRUCK SERIES HAS HELPED TODD
BODINE THIS WEEKEND.
OFF THE TRUCK, THEY STRUGGLED A
LITTLE BIT.
THE ONLY THING THEY HAD TO FALL
BACK ON WERE THEIR NOTES FROM
THE BUSCH SERIES.
THEY TRANSLATED TO THIS CAR.
THE ONLY THING THE THEY HAD TO
OVERCOME WERE THE TECH
INSPECTION.
THEY HAD THEIR CARBURETOR TAKEN
BECAUSE THERE WAS A DISCREPANCY.
THE THICKNESS OF THE THROTTLE
WAS A LITTLE TOO THICK FOR
NASCAR'S LIKING.
>> I TALKED TO THEM AFTER I SAW
THE THROTTLE.
THEY TAKE THE CARBURETORS AND
REBUILD THEM WEEK TO WEEK AND
CHANGE SOME OF THE PARTS TAT
WEAR.
THEY HAD JUST REPLACED IT WITH
NEW BLADES.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY TOO IN THE.
NASCAR HAS A MINIMUM THICKNESS.
THEY DIDN'T MEASURE UP RIGHT.
>> I WAS STARTING TO SAY, IF
IT'S TOO CHICK, THEY LOSE THE
HORSEPOWER.
THEY WENT THE POWER GAINING WAY.
>> LAP 19.
WE'RE EARLY ON AT GATEWAY
INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY.
IT'S THE RICHARD CHILDRESS CAR
UP FRONT.
SCOTT WIMMER, THE LEADER.
EDWARDS, SORENSON, BLISS, AND
REUTIMANN IN THE TOP FIVE.
IT'S A SENSATIONAL START AT
GATEWAY INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY.
♪♪ NOW YOU SEE ME NOW YOU DON'T
COME ON AND CATCH ME IF YOU
CAN ♪np0
>>> GATEWAY IS AN AMAZINGLY
UNIQUE TRACK.
THERE'S NO OTHER TRACK LIKE IT.
>> THEY PUT AS BIG A RACE TRACK
AS THEY GOOD ON THE GROUND.
TURNS THREE AND FOUR ARE BIG,
WIDE ESWEEPING CORNERS.
IT'S CHALLENGING RACE TRACK.
>> TOUGH RACE TRACK IN AERATE
SPORTS TOWN.
1 1/4-MILE RACE TRACK WHERE
SCOTT WIMMER HAS IT ALL GOING
HIS WAY.
25 LAPS IN.
AND LOOK AT THE GAP HE'S PUTTING
ON SECOND PLACE CARL EDWARDS.
>> HE'S CRUISING AROUND THIS
RACE TRACK.
ANDY, I'M WATCHING THE CARS COME
DOWN THE STRAIGHT AWAY.
AS THEY RUN THROUGH TRACK ONE,
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE BOTTOMING
UP.
WHAT DOES IT DO TO THE RACE CAR
AS THE RACE GOES ON?
>> WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS GETTING
LOW AS POSSIBLE.
WE SEE CARL EDWARDS GETTING REAL
LOOSE.
HAS TO GIVE WAY TO THE 41.
WHEN THE TIRES ARE LOW ON
PRESSURE IN THE START OF THE
RUNS, THEY'LL HIT THE HARD PARTS
OF THE CAR, BUT THEY TUNE THE
CARS UP SO WHEN THE PRESSURE
COMES UP, ALL THAT WILL STOP.
YOU DON'T SEE AS MANY SPARKS
RIGHT NOW AS YOU DID EARLIER IN
THE RACE.
>> YOU CAN SEE THAT REED
SORENSON HAS MOVED AROUND THE 60
CAR OF CARL EDWARDS FOR SECOND
SPOT.
>> HE'S TIGHT ACROSS THE CENTER.
HE SAID IT PUSHES AND THEN IN
THREE AND FOUR, HE'S LOOSE.
YOU WERE ACCURATE THERE.
HE'S PUSHING BECAUSE THIS IS HIS
HOME TRACK.
ACTUALLY, IT'S CLOSE TO CARL'S
HEART BOSS IN 2002, THIS WAS HIS
FIRST EVER BUSCH SERIES START.
HE FINISHED 39th.
NOW HE COMES BACK AS A NASCAR
SUPERSTAR.
HE'S LOOKING FOR HIS FIRST
NASCAR CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR.
HE WAS DISAPPOINTED EARLIER
TODAY IN FRONT OF HIS FAMILY AND
FRIENDS.
HE WANTED TO GET HIS FIRST POLE
OF THE SEASON, BUT HE SETTLED
FOR THIRD AND HE'S LOOKING TO
BRING HOME ANOTHER WIN.
>> ONE THING I WANT TO LOOK AT.
I KNOW CARL IS.
>> AND HE'S NOT GOING TO
SURPRISE ME IF HE WINS THE RACE,
BUT THIS CAR IN THE STRAIGHT
AWAY LOOKS ABNORMAL TO ME.
IT'S AWFUL HIGH.
HE'S ALL OVER THE RACE TRACK
WHILE HE'S STILL RUNNING SECOND
PLACE.
>> HE'S GETTING A LITTLE
PRESSURE.
YOU SEE HOW THE CAR IS HIGH ON
THE STRAIGHT AWAY AND SLAMMED
DOWN ON THE CORNER.
THIS IS SOMETHING I SEE OUT OF
THE 60 TEAM LOT.
THEY DON'T SEEM TO RUN THE EXACT
SET-UPS AND KEEP THE CAR LOW ON
THE STRAIGHT-AWAY.
THEY LET THEIR CAR TRAVEL A LOT
AND THEN IT SLAMS DOWN IN THE
CORNERS.
WHAT I SEE HERE IS HE'S REALLY
LOOSE GETTING INTO THIS CORNER.
HE'S BEEN STRUGGLING WITH THE
LINE.
NOW HE'S TRYING TO STAY IN FRONT
OF MIKE BLISS.
>> THE TRACK IS GOING TO TIGHTEN
UP.
THAT MIGHT SETTLE THE CAR DOWN.
I'M WATCHING THE CAR BEHIND HIM.
LOOK HOW MUCH LOWER IT'S
RUNNING.
WHO IS RIGHT AND WHO IS WRONG?
>> CARL DOES GO OUT AND RUN
RACES WITH THESE SET-UPS.
IT'S A DRIVER PREFERENCE
SOMETIMES, BUT IT'S LOOKING LIKE
IT'S RUNNING THE NOSE LOW.
>> THE 7 IS MIKE WALLACE IN THE
GEICO CHEVY.
33 IS CALE GALE.
THEE GUYS ARE BATTLING FOR 26,
27th, AND 28th.
BRAD KESELOWSKI, HE MADE A PIT
STOP.
MADE AN ADJUSTMENT.
CAME OUT IN 41st POSITION.
HE'S NOW GAINED 13 SPOTS SINCE
THE CAUTION FLAG.
>> TALKING ABOUT HIS CAR EARLIER
BEFORE QUALIFYING.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW IT WAS
GOING TO BE.
THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THE
CAR ADJUSTED AS THEY HAVE A FEW
LAPS ON IT.
>> TALKING ABOUT BRAD
KESELOWSKI.
WHEN HE WENT THROUGH THE CORNER,
IT WAS TIGHT.
THEN IT BOUNCED TWICE AND
SNAPPED LOOSE.
THE KID KNOWS HIS CAR.
HE KNOWS THE CELT-UP.
THE TEAM IS LOVING THE FEEDBACK.
HE KNEW HE NEEDED TO BRING IT
IN.
THEY MADE THE ADJUSTMENT AND
HE'S WORKING HIS WAY BACK
THROUGH THE FIELD.
THIS IS SOMETHING THEY
APPRECIATE OUT OF BRAD.
ONE OF HIS MAIN GOALS IS TO HELP
JR MOTORSPORTS PERFORM BETTER ON
THE TRACK, AND HE'S DOING IT
RIGHT NOW.
>> THEY'RE JUST GETTING TO KNOW
EACH OTHER, TOO.
I TALKED TO WES WARD, AND THEY
PICKED OUT PROBLEMS IN THE
PRACTICE.
THEY HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT HOW TO
TALK TO EACH OTHER YET.
AS THEY GET MORE EXPERIENCED
WITH EACH OTHER, THEY CAN FIND
THESE PROBLEMS EARLIER.
>> THIS RACE TRACK, WHEN YOU GET
IN THE FRONT STRAIGHT-AWAY, IT
HAS A BIG BUMP, AND THESE GUYS
WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE
STRAIGHT-AWAYS BEFORE THEY GET
IN THE CORNER.
THAT MAY BE ONE OF THE PROBLEMS
BRAD WAS HAVING.
YOU SAID EARLIER, THE TIRE
PRESSURE, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY
RIGHT.
THIS RACE TRACK HAS DIFFERENCES
OTHER THAN OTHER TRACKS.
>> HERE, CARL EDWARDS LOSES THE
THIRD SPOT.
SORENSON WEARS HIM OUT AND NOW
MIKE BLISS GOES BY.
YOU PICKED OUT THAT THE 60 CAR
DIDN'T LOOK THAT STABLE OR
COMFORTABLE GOING INTO THE
CORNERS.
>> IT DOESN'T LOOK REAL GOOD TO
ME.
AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING TO BASH
CARL EDWARDS BECAUSE HE'S
AMAZING BEHIND THE WHEEL, BUT IT
JUST DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT.
I THINK WHEN IT COOLS DOWN, IT'S
GOING TO GET BETTER YET, THOUGH.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SCOTT WIMMER HAVING THE KIND OF
NIGHT THAT ONLY OTHER DRIVERS
CAN DREAM ABOUT.
HE SAID HE WANTED TO GET A WIN
HERE AT GATEWAY INTERNATIONAL
RACEWAY.
PICKED UP HIS FIRST CAREER POLE
IN THE 29 CAR, AND THE HOLIDAY
INN CHEVY.
THIS IS WHAT WE HEARD FROM SCOTT
WIMMER JUST A MOMENT AGO.
>> ABOUT THE FIRST TWO LAPS AND
THEN IT WAS FINE.
STILL JUST A LITTLE FREE.
BUT IT'S PRETTY GOOD.
>> JERRY, HE JUST REPORTED NOW
THAT THE CAR IS JUST A LITTLE
TIGHT OFF TURNS TWO AND FOUR.
CAR CHANGES A LITTLE BIT FOR
HIM.
THE START WAS PERFECT.
AFTER LAP ONE, HE SAID PERFECT
START.
NOW GETS YOUR RHYTHM AND SAVE
YOUR TIRES.
THAT'S WHAT SCOTT HAS BEEN
DOING.
HE'S OUT FRONT BY A LOT, BUT HE
HASN'T BEEN ABUSING THE TIRES OR
ABUSING THE CAR.
AND HE STAYS THE LEADER.
>> WHAT HE'S DOING IS ABUSING
THE FIELD RIGHT NOW.
HE CONTINUES TO SET SAIL.
1.8 SECONDS AHEAD OF THE 41 CAR
OF REED SORENSON, BACK IN SECOND
SPOT.
AND SCOTT WIMMER HAS LED ALL 36
LAPS THUSFAR, TRYING TO GET
WITHIN GO TO carfax.com.CAREER.
>>> BUSINESS IS GOING TO PICK UP
NEXT WEEKEND AS THE NEXTEL CUP
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CHECK OUT NEXT SATURDAY.
YOU CAN PARK IT ON THE COUCH ALL
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QUALIFYING AND PRACTICE AND
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AND THEN NEXT SUNDAY, THE
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IT'S GOING TO BE BUSY AND WE'RE
LOVING IT.
>> I'M SO FIRED UP.
>> TONIGHT, IT'S THE NASCAR
BUSCH SERIES IN ST. LOUIS.
SCOTT WIMMER HAS BEEN OUT IN
FRONT.
WHAT WAS A 3.5 SECOND LEAD IS
DOWN TO LESS THAN A SECOND.
REED SORENSON STARTING TO CLOSE
IN ON SCOTT WIMMER.
DOC?
>> AND ALLEN, THE KID FROM
PEACHTREE CITY, GEORGIA, REED
SORENSON IS CLAWING AWAY AT THE
MARGIN FROM SCOTT WIMMER.
REED SORENSON, HIS WHOLE SEASON
HAS TAKEN A CHANGE IN THE LAST
CUPM WEEKS WITH BACK TO BACK TOP
TEN FINISHES AND A 15th PLACE
FINISH AT CHICAGOLAND LAST WEEK.
A LOT HAS TO DO WITH THE BRAND
NEW CREW CHIEF.
THEY MADE A CHANGE.
MERE IS WHAT REED SORENSON HAD
TO SAY ABOUT IT.
>> IT'S WORKED OUT GOOD.
BRAD'S GOT A LOT OF CONFIDENCE
IN ME.
WE KIND OF FEED OFF EACH OTHER
THERE.
WE HAD TWO REALLY GOOD RACES THE
PAST TWO WEEKENDS.
SO WE HAVE TO KEEP IT GOING.
WE'RE TRYING TO BE CONSISTENT
AND GET READY FOR THE REST OF
THE YEAR.
WE HAVE BRIAN CLAWSON COMING IN
THE END OF THE YEAR.
WE NEED TO GET A SOLID
FOUNDATION FOR HIM.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET OFF TOP TENS
AND GET A WIN BEFORE THE YEAR IS
OVER.
>> THE GUY HE HAD WAS A VERY
GOOD CREW CHIEF.
NOW WITH JUAN PABLO MONTOYA, BUT
THE CHEMISTRY SEEMS TO BE
WORKING BETWEEN SORENSON AND
BRAD.
>> I'M NOT SO SURE THIS WHOLE
SLOT THING HAS AS MUCH TO DO
WITH SORENSON AND PARE AS
MONTOYA.
THIS IS WHAT THEY DECIDED TO DO,
WAS SWAP THE WHOLE TEAMS.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE BOTH TEAMS
HAVE FAIRED A LITTLE BETTER.
THIS TEAM HERE IS LOOKING
AWFULLY STRONG TONIGHT.
THEY MAY EVEN BE ABLE TO GET A
WIN.
>> MARCOS AMBROSE'S WINS ARE
CONTINUESING.
HERE COMES SORENSON TO DO THE
SAME THING.
HE SAID I JUST CAN'T GET THE
LUCK I WANT.
LIKE STEVE WALLACE, A FAST CAR,
A FAST DRIVER.
JUST HAD HIS PROBLEMS.
GOING BACK TO REED SORENSON,
THIS CHANGE, I TOTALLY AGREE.
BRAD PERRETT FITS HIM, THE WAY
THEY GET ALONG, WORK, LAUGH.
YOU CAN TELL IT MAKES THE CAR
WORK BETTER.
>> AND THEY BOTH HAVE SOMETHING
TO PROVE THAT THEY CAN GET
SOMETHING DONE.
LET'S JUST SHOW WHAT WE CAN DO.
>> ALL RIGHT, THE THIRD PLACE
CAR IN THE FIELD IS THAT CAR,
THE DODGE OF MIKE BLISS.
BLISS MAKING HIS 14th START OF
THE SEASON.
HAS A BEST FINISH OF NINTH AT
DOVER IN KENTUCKY.
LIKES THIS RACE TRACK.
HAS BEEN HERE FOUR TIMES IN THE
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCKS AND SAT
ON THE POLE.
ONE CAR WE HEAR MAY BE DROPPING
BACK WAS ONE OF THE FAVORITES
EARLY ON.
DAVE BLANEY IN THE 10 CAR, THE
BRAWN TOYOTA.
HE HAS SLOWED UP ABRUPTLY AND
HAS CARS GOING BY.
>> HE WAS ON THE MARCH, COMING
TO THE FRONT, PASSING CARS.
WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING HIM MOVE
UP THE LADDER.
SHANNON, HAVE YOU GOT MORE ON
DAVE BLANEY.
>> WHAT A BAD BREAK FOR HIS
TEAM.
THEY STARTED 17th AND MOVED UP
TO SIXTH.
TRENT OWENS TOLD ME EARLIER THIS
WEEK HE FEELS WHERE THIS TEAM
HAS STRUGGLED IS ON PIT ROAD.
THEY HAVE A TIRE GOING DOWN
RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE
GOING DO TO GET HIM BACK ON THE
TRACK AND GET HIM COMPETITIVE.
>> HE HAS A TIRE DOWN.
IF HE CAN GET IT ON THE PITS AND
GET IT CHANGED, MAYBE HE HAS
ENOUGH TIME TO MAKE IT UP.
>> WHEN YOU LOSE A TIRE HERE,
THE PIT ROAD SPEED IS SO SLOW,
HE'S PROBABLY GOING TO LOSE A
COUPLE LAPS AS LEAST.
HE'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE TO
GET THE LAPS BACK, MAYBE THE
WHOLE RACE.
>> HE'S GOT A GOOD CAR.
HE CAN DO IT.
>> AS THEY WORK ON THE 10 CAR OF
DAVE BLANEY, WE'LL NOTE FOR YOU
STEVEN WALLACE FANS THEY HAVE
MADE REPAIRS TO THE BRAKES.
HE'S BACK ON THE RACE TRACK.
>> HE'S HEATING UP BACK UP FRONT
HERE.
REED SORENSON CAUGHT WIMMER IN
THE 29 CAR.
HE'S STOMPING IMRIGHT HERE.
YOU SEE IT GLOWING ROAD.
REED HAS HIS CAR RUNNING HOT.
>> HE WAS WORKING OVER, AND THEY
GOT TRAFFIC AND WIMMER GOT AWAY
FROM THEM.
WHAT THEY DMEED IS CLEAN AIR TO
RUN IT BACK DOWN.
NOT HAVE TO NEGOTIATE ALL OF THE
TRAFFIC.
THIS CAR HONESTLY LOOKS GOOD ON
THE RACE TRACK.
>> WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE FOR
REED SORENSON TO SET UP A PASS
ON A TRACK THIS FLAT?
>> HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO GET
MOMENTUM IN TURN ONE AND TWO.
OFF TURN TWO, THAT'S WHERE HE'LL
MAKE HIS PASS.
HE MIGHT PULL UP ON HIS BUMPER
AS HE EXITED TURN FOUR, BUT HE'S
GOING TO MAKE THE PASS OFF TURN
TWO.
>> THEY'RE WORKING THE LAP CARS
RIGHT NOW.
THAT COULD DICTATE WHERE HE'S
GOING TO MAKE THE PASS, WHERE
REED IS GOING TO PASS HIM
DEPENDS ON WHERE HE PASSES THE
LAP CARS.
>> PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT
HILL EARLIER.
HE DID SOME STUNT THE OTHER DAY.
>> HE TOOK A DODGE CHARGER AND
JUMPED 80 FEET IN THE AIR IN A
CHICKEN SUIT FOR A COMMERCIAL.
HE CAME HERE AND HAD HIS BEST
QUALIFYING RUN OF THE YEAR.
HERE GETS PASSED BY WIMMER AND
SORENSON.
>> THE SPONSORS ARE HARD TO COME
BY.
IF YOU HAVE TO PUT A CHICKEN
SUIT ON AND JUMP IN THE SKY, GO
FOR IT.
>> HAVE YOU DONE IT?
>> I WOULD DO IT AGAIN.
>> RUSTY WALLACEANE CHICKEN
SUIT.
I WOULD PAY TO DO THAT.
>> I HAVE LOOKED STUPID MANY,
MANY TIMES.
>> SORENSON HAS CLEAN AIR AND
MANY LAPS.
MAYBE HE'S GOING TO MOVE IN ON
WIMMER.
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>>> WE WELCOME YOU BACK TO THE
GATEWAY 250 WHERE WE HAVE A NEW
LEADER, A NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN.
IT'S THE 41 CAR RIGHT THERE OF
REED SORENSON.
AND HOW DID HE GET THE LEAD?
WELL, JUST A MOMENT AGO, OUR
LEADER FOR THE FIRST 52 1/2
LAPS, SCOTT WIMMER CAME ON PIT
ROAD.
YOU'LL SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.
>> THIS IS THE SECOND TIRE WE
HAVE SEEN GO DOWN ON THE RIGHT
FRONT.
BLANEY CAME IN EARLIER WITH THE
SAME PROBLEM.
WE'RE WATCHING.
>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK HOW THIS
HAPPENED.
WHAT HAPPENED TO WIMMER, YOU SEE
THE CAR STARTING TO MOVE THE
REAR END AROUND.
NOW HE'S GOING DOWN THE FRONT
STRAIGHT-AWAY INTO TURN ONE.
LET'S KEEP AN EYE ON THIS.
I BELIEVE THIS IS WHERE THE
PROBLEM STARTS TO OCCUR.
HE'S SLIDING UP THE TRACK.
GREAT JOB SAVING THE
CAR.
>> GREAT SAVE.
>> DAVE BURNS?
>> AND DOC, THEY HAVEN'T CIRCLES
ANYTHING ON THE TIRE YET,
INDICATED WHERE SOMETHING MIGHT
HAVE PUNCTURED THE TIRE.
BUT THEY TOLD HIM A COUPLE LAPS
AGO WHEN HE WAS GETTING PRESSURE
FROM SORENSON, TAKE CARE OF YOUR
FRONT TIRES.
THE TIRES HAVE BEEN ON SINCE THE
START OF THE RACE, AND JUST HARD
RACING AROUND THE RACE TRACK IS
STARTING TO TAKE ITS TOLL, IT
LOOKS LIKE.
>> THE TRACK JUST HAS SO MUCH
GRIP IT IN.
YOU CAN SEE THE SEALER OR
WHATEVER THEY PUT ON THE TRACK,
AND IT GIVES THE TIRES A LOT
MORE GRIP.
THE CARS JUST KEEP RUNNING THE
SPEEDS.
>> THEY SPRAYED SOMETHING ON
TRACK.
FOR YOUR DRAG RACING FANS.
IT'S ALMOST A CHEMTUAL LIKE VHT
THAT MAKES MORE ADHESION FOR THE
TIRES.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE BACK
STRAIGHT-AWAY.
WE'RE WATCHING THE LAP TIMES.
THE TIMES ARE NOT FALLING OFF
HARDLY AT ALL.
I BELIEVE THIS IS BEATING UP THE
RIGHT FRONT TIRE.
>> THAT'S *** THE TIRE WHEN
YOU HAVE THAT MUCH GRIP FOR THAT
PERIOD OF TIME.
>> FOR MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN
LOGON TO ESPN.COM, SEARCH WORD,
KNOW HOW.
UNDERSTANDING TIRE WEAR AND HOT
HAPPENS ON THE FLAT TRACKS.
REED SORENSON IS OUR LEADER.
TOOK OVER IN LAP 54 WHEN YOU SAW
THE TIRE HAVE THE PROBLEM FOR
OUR POLE SITTER, SCOTT WIMMER.
>> WE WERE LISTENING TO CARL
EDWARDS' RADIO.
HE WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT TIGHT
ALSO.
I TELL YOU WHAT, I WOULDN'T BE
SURPRISE HE'D THE NEXT VICTIM TO
HAVE A RIGHT FRONT TIRE PROBLEM.
>> IT'S A KIND OF A NIGHTMARE.
NOT VERY GOOD.
WAY BETTER IN ONE AND TWO.
THAN THREE AND FOUR.
THREE AND FOUR, IT SHATTERS THE
FRONT TIRES.
>> I TELL YOU WHAT, YOU TURN THE
WHEEL AS A DRIVER, IT'S LIKE
DRIVER DRIVING A TIRE OVER A
WASH BOARD.
HE CALLS IT CHATTERING.
THAT MEANS THE TIRE IS BITING,
SKIPPING, BITING, SKIPPING,
BITING, SKIPPING.
THAT WILL TEAR A TIRE UP.
>> THAT'S *** THE TIRES.
I'M SURE THAT'S WHAT IS
HAPPENING.
THESE CARS HAVING THE POWER
PROBLEMS.
>> IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE
ABOUT TIRES, WE HAVE JUST THE
GUY TO TELL YOU, OUR CHEVY
CUTAWAY CAR, TIM BREWER.
>> THANKS.
WHAT RUSTY IS TALKING ABOUT,
WHEN THAT CAR GOES DOWN IN THE
CORNER, YOU HAVE THAT LOAD, IT'S
LOAD, UNLOAD, LOAD, UNLOAD.
IT'S RIPPING THE RUBBER RIGHT
OFF THE TIRE.
YOU CAN TURN ON THE BRAKE FAN
COOLERS.
THROUGH THE AIR FLOW, YOU'RE
GOING TO COOL OFF THE BEAD OF
THIS TIRE.
THAT'S GOING TO HELP IT.
IS IT GOING TO SAVE IT?
PROBABLY NOT.
WHEN THAT THING IS CHATTERING,
IT'S LOAD, UNLOAD, LOAD, UNLOAD.
THAT'S HARD TO CURE IN THE
MIDDLE OF A RACE.
BACK UP TO YOU GUYS.
>> WITH THOSE CARS ON THE LIMIT,
THAT AIR IS NOT GOING TO SAVE
THE TIRE, BUT IT WILL HELP A
LITTLE BIT.
>> WHEN HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE
BEAD OF THE TIRE COOLING OFF,
WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO COOL.
>> THAT IS WHERE THE STEEL PART
OF THE WHEEL AND RUBBER COME
TOGETHER.
YOU CAN SEE THE BRAKE RUTTERS
GLOWING RED.
NOW WE SEE THE 41 CAR COMING IN.
>> THIS WOULD BE A BIT EARLY
FROM OUR CALCULATIONS ON FUEL.
HERE IS REED SORENSON.
AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO COME INTO PIT
ROAD OFF TURN THREE.
IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET
THERE.
>> I HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE TIRE
PROBLEMS.
THEY DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THEM
OUT TOO LONG.
>> WE'RE 64 INTO IT.
>> HE BRINGS IT DOWN, LEADING
THE FIRST LAPS HE'S LED ALL YEAR
LONG.
HIS CAR OVERALL IS TOO TIGHT.
THEY'RE GOING TO LOOSEN HIM UP.
AN AIR ADJUSTMENT AND FUEL.
HE'S THE FIRST TAKER ON PIT
ROAD.
>> THAT'S AWFUL EARLY TO PIT.
WE ESTIMATED BETWEEN 80 AND 85.
NOW, THE 22 IS COMING DOWN, TOO.
LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE ALL GETTING
NERVOUS.
THERE THEY HAVE SOON TWO OF THE
TOP CARS HAVE ISSUE WITH THE
RIGHT FRONT TIRE.
NOW BLISS HAS BEEN ON PIT ROAD.
HE'LL COME DOWN.
AND WE GO TO DAVE BURNS.
>> A GREAT RUN SO FAR FOR DAVE
BLISS.
HE WAS ONE OF THE FASTEST CARS
IN PRACTICE ALL FRIDAY NIGHT
LONG.
THE CREW WANTS TO MAKE A MINOR
ADJUSTMENT.
I KNOW THE CAR IS A LITTLE
TIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A SLIGHT AIR
PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT TO FREE THE
CAR UP.
THEY HOPE THEY WON'T GO TOO FAR.
THEY NEED A FAST FOUR-TIRE STOP.
THEY HAVE RUN VERY WELL WITH
MIKE BLISS SINCE HE'S BEEN
BEHIND THE WHEEL.
THIS IS ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE,
TIM McCREADY ON AND OFF FOR
RICHARD CHILDRESS, AND THERE
GOES BLISS.
>> HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT HAVING A
SOLID DAY ON PIT ROAD.
THAT'S A GOOD, SOLID STOP FOR
HIM.
>> THIS AFTERNOON, WHEN THEY
QUALIFIED, THESE GUYS WERE
COMPLAINING THAT THE CARS WERE
SO LOOSE, THEY COULD HARDY GET
IN THROTTLE.
THE TRACK TEMPERATURE WAS 131
DEGREES.
NOW EVERY IS SAYING TIGHT,
TIGHT, TIGHT.
>> NOW YOU SEE THE PROBLEMS THEY
FACE.
TO HAVE THE CARS HANDLING LIKE
THEY NEED TO, THEY HAVE TO HAVE
THEM SO LOOSE TO QUALIFY THEY
CAN HARDLY DRIVE THEM.
>> THESE GUYS WERE STRUGGLING
LAST YEAR.
THEY KEEP GETTING BETTER AND
BETTER.
YOU TAKE A LOOK AT CARL EDWARDS.
HE CONTINUES TO KEEP THIS ON THE
RACE TRACK.
>> SHANNON?
>> MIKE WALLACE IS GOING TO PULL
HIS CAR IN.
HE'S GOING TO GET FOUR TIRES.
THIS IS HIS SEVENTH START HERE.
HE HAS FOUR TRUCK STARS.
AS THE GUYS GO TO WORK ON THE
GEICO CAR, THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE
HIM MORE TIRES AND THEN HE'S
GOING TO TAKE OFF.
GUYS?
>> FOR LANDON CASSILL, THE
ROOKIE, THE CAR HAS DONE WHAT
YOU EXPECT.
STARTED ON THE LOOSE SIDE, WENT
TO THE TIGHT SIDE.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE A BIG
ADJUSTMENT, JUST AIR PRESSURE TO
KEEP THE CAR IN THE GAME.
A SOLID RUN FOR CASSILL IN HIS
FIRST BUSCH SERIES START.
>> AND CARL EDWARDS.
WE HEARD ON THE RADIO, HIS CAR
WAS A BIT OF A NIGHTMARE.
THEY'RE GOING TO PUT ONE POUND
IN THE RIGHT REAR, TAKE ONE OUT
OF THE RIGHT FRONT.
HOPEFULLY IT'S GOING TO FIX THE
CAR.
HIS TIRES ARE CHATTERING.
HE'S LOSING GRIP ON THE FRONT
END.
THEY'RE MAKING A QUICK STOP FOR
EDWARDS, AND HE'S AWAY.
>> GOT THE 99 IN AND 03 COMING
IN.
REUTIMANN IS ONE OF THE LAST OF
THE LEAD CARS TO COME DOWN PIT
ROAD AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
WE'LL HEAD DOWN AS HE COMES DOWN
FOR HIS PIT STOP OF THE DAY FOR
ONE OF THE CARS EVERYBODY
THOUGHT WOULD BE ONE OF THE GUYS
TO BEAT TONIGHT.
>> LET'S HEAD DOWN TO DAVE
BURNS.
>> CRAWLING DOWN PIT ROAD RIGHT
NOW, HERE COMES REUTIMANN.
THEY WILL MAKE A FOUR-TIRE
CHANGE AS WELL.
WHEN HE GOES INTO THE CORNER, IT
WANTS TO SPIN OUT ON HIM.
THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE AN
ADJUSTMENT FOR HIM.
TRY TO REDUCE THAT FOR DAVE.
IT'S A GOOD THING, THE CAR
DIDN'T TIGHTEN UP TO A BIG
DEGREE.
WAITING ON THE LEFT REAR, THAT'S
GOING TO COST THEM JUST A BIT
COMING OFF PIT ROAD RIGHT NOW.
>> WELL, DAVE, YOU HAD PROBLEMS
ON PIT ROAD, CALE GALE HAVING
ISSUES GETTING OUT.
WHEN KELLY BIRES PULLED HIS CAR
IN, THEY'RE GOING TO DO WORK ON
THE CAR.
HE SAID THE CAR IS TIGHT IN THE
CENTER OF THE TURNS AND OFF TURN
TWO.
THEY'RE OFF.
>> GUYS, THAT 20 CAR, FIRST TIME
WE HAVE SEEN HIM IN THE CAR.
HE'S HOPING TO BE THE CINDERELLA
STORY.
MAKING HIS FIRST APPEARANCE IN
THE BUSCH SERIES.
27 YEARS OLD, OUT OF WISCONSIN.
HE BRINGS IT HOME DOWN PIT ROAD
FOR THE FIRST PID STOP TONIGHT.
HE'S DOWN AND AWAY.
>> IMAGINE THE PRESSURE ON A
YOUNG MAN DRIVING HIS FIRST
RACE, FIRST EVER FOR JOE GIBBS
RACING IN A CAR THAT HAS WON
FOUR POLES WITH DENNY HAMLIN
ONBOARD.
IT'S A GOOD RACE CAR AND I'M A
GOOD RACE DRIVER.
I HAVE TO PROVE IT TO THESE
GUYS.
>> HE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
DRIVE THE 20 CAR, AND IT'S GOOD
AND BAD.
IT'S A GOOD CAR.
THE BAD THING IS YOU HAVE A LOT
OF PRESSURE ON YOU.
YOU BETTER PERFORM.
>> ALL KINDS OF PRESSURE ON
THESE YOUNG MEN.
THEY'RE RESPONDING.
SPEAKING OF RESPONDING TO
PRESSURE, HOW ABOUT THE GUY WHO
DRIVES THE NAVY CAR.
BRAD KESELOWSKI, DRIVING FOR
DALE EARNHARDT JR.
A PIT STOP ON LAP SEVEN BECAUSE
THE CAR WAS WOBBLING BACK AND
FORTH ON THE RACE TRACK.
MADE AN ADJUSTMENT.
DRIVEN FROM 41st SPOT TO THE
LEAD.
BOY, WOULD HE LOVE TO SEE A
YELLOW FLAG RIGHT NOW.
YOU BACK
>>> WELCOME BACK TO THE NASCAR
BUSCH SERIES AT GATEWAY,
PRESENTED BY CAMPING WORLD.
OUR LAP LEADERS, AT 76 LAPS,
SCOTT WIMMER HAS DONE MOST OF
THE TIME OUT FRONT.
YOU SEE A FEW OTHERS THROUGH THE
GREEN FLAG STOPS THAT ARE NOW
COMPLETE.
AS A RESULT OF THE FLAG STAYS
GREEN, THE GUYS WHO HAD TROUBLE
EARLIER ON WITH THE FLAT TIRES,
READ REED SORENSON AND SCOTT
WIMMER ARE CYCLES BACK INTO IT.
SORENSON IS NOW THE LEADER.
SORENSON IS FIRST.
WIMMER IS BACK IN THIRD.
AND ANDY PETREE, NOW WHAT THEY
NEED IS A CAUTION THAT BRINGS
EVERYBODY TO PIT ROAD EARL
TOGETHER.
>> THAT PUT THEM BACK IN SYNC ON
THE SAME TIRES AND ON THE SAME
PLAYING FIELD.
THEN EVERYBODY IS GO RACING.
THE ONLY ONE WHO GOT HURT ON
THAT IS DAVE BLANEY BECAUSE HE
BLEW THE TIRE OUT SO FARB FROM
PIT ROAD.
HE'S ON THE LEAD LAP AND TRYING
TO MAKE HIS WAY UP.
HE'S IN 14th RIGHT NOW.
>> GUYS, ONE OF THE DRIVERS I
HAD BEEN SO IMPRESSED WITH
TONIGHT IS DRIVING HIS FIRST
EVER NASCAR BUSCH SERIES RACE,
AND HE'S DRIVING IT FOR A GUY
NAMED RICK HENDRICK.
HOW ABOUT 18-YEAR-OLD LANDON
CASSILL.
HE TURNED 18 ON JULY 7th.
CHAD WALT SXR THE GUYS DO A
GREAT JOB ON THE CAR, BUT THIS
IS ONE TOUGH RACE TRACK, AND
THIS KID IS HANGING ON.
>> YOU CAN HAVE A GREAT RACE
CAR, BUT IF YOU DON'T DRIVE IT
WELL, IT WON'T LOOK GOOD.
IT'S A GREAT DAY FOR HIM.
WEE TALKING ABOUT HIM.
HE'S LOOKING GREAT.
HE QUALIFIED GOOD.
RIGHT NOW, HE'S IN SIXTH
POSITION.
HE JUST RAN A 34.15, AND?
LEADER RAN A 34.19, SO HE'S
RUNNING PRETTY GOOD.
>> WE ASKED THIS YOUNG MAN ABOUT
THE OPPORTUNITY AND WHAT IT
MEANS TO HIM TO DRIVE THIS CAR
FOR RICK HENDRICK.
>> YOU KNOW, AS A LITTLE KID,
YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE
A RACE CAR DRIVER.
I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT OF WHAT
IT WOULD TAKE TO GET TO THAT
LEVEL, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE
TESTING AND THE RACING AND
MEETING PEOPLE IN RACING ACROSS
THE COUNTRY AND GOING TO BIG
RACES.
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID, AS FAR
AS I WAS CONCERNED, I WAS GOING
TO RACE NASCAR AND THAT'S ALL
THAT MATTERED.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT HIM.
WHAT IS HE, 18?
>> BARELY.
>> HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S 14.
HE'S A GOOD-LOOKING KID, BUT HE
MUST HAVE A BIG RIGHT FOOT, IT
MUST BE 20 INCHES LONG, BECAUSE
HE'S FLAT ON THE THROTTLE RIGHT
NOW.
>> SMART, TOO.
HE LET TODD BODINE GO.
>> STICK WITH IT.
16 CARS ON THE LEAD LAP.
YOU'RE DOING GREAT.
>> I WOULD SAY HE'S DOING GREAT.
THESE GUYS ARE CHEERING HIM ON.
FOR MORE, LET'S CHECK IN WITH
DAVE.
>> THAT VOICE WAS JEFF
DICKERSON.
HE'S NORMALLY THE SPOTTER FOR
KYLE BUSCH.
ALSO, DAVID GREENE ON TOP OF THE
PIT BOX.
A FORMER BUSCH SERIES WINNER
MANY TIMES OVER.
HE'S A HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS
EMPLOYEE.
DOES COACHING WITH YOUNG GUYS
LIKE LANDON.
HE'S SPOTTED FOR HIM IN PRACTICE
AND YESTERDAY IN PRACTICE
NOTICED SOMETHING INTERESTING,
LANDON CAME OFF A CORNER SLOW,
DAVID ASKED HIM WHY.
LANDON SAID I THINK I HAVE A
FLAT TIRE.
HE DID.
THAT'S THE THING THEY NEED TO
NOTICE WHEN THEY'RE RUNNING ON
THE TRACK.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT
HIS BACKGROUND BECAUSE THIS KID
IS REALLY AMAZING ME RIGHT NOW.
>> YEAH, LANDON, HERE IS A KID
FROM CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA.
IT'S THE SAME HOME TOWN THAT
GAVE US ZACH JOHNSON.
NOT ONLY IN THE MASTERS IN GOLF,
BUT IN THE TOP SERIES IN NASCAR.
THIS KID IS DOING A HECK OF A
JOB.
MOVED TO CHARLOTTE, NORTH
CAROLINA.
NOW WHAT HE'S DOING, HE'S
TESTING THE CAR OF TOMORROW FOR
RICK HENDRICK FOR HIS CUP TEAM.
THAT'S HOW MUCH CONFIDENCE THEY
HAVE IN THE YOUNG MAN.
>> THEY HAVE SEEN A LOT MORE OF
HIM THAN WE HAVE.
WE'RE SEEING HIM FOR THE FIRST
TIME TONIGHT.
HE'S IMPRESSED ME BIG TIME.
HERE IS JASON LEFFLER IN THE TOY
TOTA.
PUTTING PRESSURE ON RON
HORNADAY.
>> LEFFLER, THE POLE SITTER FROM
DAYTONA, TRYING TO IMPROVE ON
HIS TWO THIRD PLACE FINISHES
THIS YEAR.
>> JERRY, LEFFLER RIGHT NOW IS
IN THE 13th POSITION.
I GOT A FEELING WE'RE GOING TO
SEE MORE OF HIM.
AND AS THE NIGHT COOLS OFF, THE
TRACK IS DFINITELY CHANGING BIG
TIME.
AS A CREW CHIEF, WHAT ARE YOU
DOING TO COMPENSATE FOR THIS.
>> YOU HAVE TO BE MAKING CHANGES
IN THE CAR.
FREEING TUP, RAISING THE TRACK
BAR UP.
THE TRACK IS GOING THROUGH A
PHASE RIGHT NOW WHERE IT'S
CHANGING.
WHOA.
GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF PRESSURE
NOW.
RON HORNADAY IS FROM LEFFLER.
>> HORNADAY IS NOT THE KIND OF
CAT YOU WANT TO MESS WITH.
IT'S LIKE TUGGING ON SUPERMAN'S
CAPE.
BACK HERE IS THE 10 CAR.
THAT'S THE 10 OF DAVE BLANEY.
THEY HAD AN UNSCHEDULED STOP.
HE'S FINDING HIS WAY BACK TOWARD
THE FRONT.
>> HE IS, BUT HE CAME OVER THE
RADIO AND TOLD THE CREW CHIEF
HE'S LOSING HIS BRAKES.
IT'S COMING AND GOING.
SOMETIMES IT'S THERE.
SOMETIMES IT'S NOT.
A FRUSTRATED DAVE BLANEY ON THE
RADIO RIGHT NOW, GUYS.
>> THIS IS A REAL TOUGH RACE
TRACK ON BRAKES BECAUSE THE
STRAIGHT-AWAYS ARE SO LONG AND
THE TURNS ARE SO TIGHT,
ESPECIALLY ONE AND TWO, THAT
THEY HAVE TO STAND ON THE BRAKE
PEDAL.
>> HERE IS THE 60 CAR OF EDWARDS
SNEAKING UNDERNEATH THE
CHEVROLET OF SCOTT WIMMER.
THAT'S FOR THIRD POSITION.
ALTHOUGH WIMMER SAYS NOT SO
FAST, MR. CARL.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET BACK
HERE IN TURN ONE.
CARL OUTDIVES HIM.
>> THEY'RE WAY OFF IN THE TIRE
SEQUENCE.
CARL HAS MUCH BETTER CARS THAN
WIMMER.
IT'S NOT THAT CARL HAS THAT MUCH
FASTER CAR.
THE TIRES ARE MUCH DIFFERENT.
>> HE HAD TO PIT SEVEN TO TEN
LAPS BEFORE THE 60 CAR PITTED.
THERE'S FRESHER TIRES ON THE 60.
ALSO, THIS 60 CAR SEEMS TO
START -- THEY DON'T SEEM TO
START THE RACES AS STRONG AS
THEY WOULD AT THE END.
GOT SOME BIG-TIME RACING GOING
ON WITH THE 10 CAR OF BLANEY.
>> COLEMAN HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
MAKE IT TLOOED-WIDE AND BACKED
OUT OF IT.
SMART MOVE.
THAT WAS GOING TO CAUSE ONE
ROUGE WREB.
HE'S TRYING TO PEEK AT IT AGAIN.
>> THINK BETTER OF IT, BUDDY.
>> LOOK AT THE BRAKE ROTORS.
THOSE GUYS ARE ON FIRE IN ALL OF
THE GUYS' CARS.
THEY'RE RACING HARD.
>> BRAD COLEMAN RACING FOR JOE
GIBBS.
SECOND AND FOURTH THE LAST TWO
OUTINGS, AS HE'S FOLLOWING RON
HORNADAY.
>> REMEMBER IN PRACTICE, THAT
CAR WAS IN THE WALL.
HE CONTINUES TO GET PRESSURE
FROM COLEMAN NOW.
HE WILL YIELD THE INSIDE LINE TO
THE 18-YEAR-OLD.
HE GOT INTO THE WALL TURNING OFF
TURN TWO.
HE AFFECTED HIS OWN REPAIRS ON
THE CAR.
HE WAS SO FRUSTRATED HE HIT THE
WALL.
HE HELPED THE TEAM *** OUT THE
RIGHT SIDE.
THE SFEV IS STILL QUIT.
JUST NOT AS PRETTY AS WHEN IT
STARTED THE WEEKEND.
BACK UP AGAINST THE 18.
>> THE REASON THE GUYS ARE IN
SUCH A HURRY, YOU SEE THE YELLOW
41?
THAT'S THE LEADER.
THESE GUYS ARE THE FINAL THREE
CARS IN THE FRONT LAP.
THEY WANT TO STAY IN FRONT OF
SORENSON.
>> SORENSON AND MIKE BLISS ARE
FRY FLYING.
COMPARED TO THE GUYS THEY'RE
GETTING READY TO LAP.
BRAD IS ABOUT .3 OR .4 OFF THE
SPEED OF SORENSON.
HE'S TRYING TO KEEP IT GOING.
>> WHAT IS GOING ON WITH STEPHEN
LEICHT?
>> BIG PROBLEMS.
A LOT OF FRUSTRATION WITH
STEPHEN LEICHT, AFTER HE CAME
DOWN FOR HIS ORIGINAL PIT STOP,
WENT OUT AND WHEN HE HIT THE
BRAKES, THE CAR WAS SHOOTING UP
THE RACE TRACK.
HE FELT LIKE THE CAR WAS GOING
TO SPIN OUT.
THEY BROUGHT HIM DOWN PIT ROAD,
TOOK AWAY THE ADJUSTMENTS THEY
MADE IN THE FIRST STOP.
THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THEY HAVE
BEEN DOWN PIT ROAD IN THE LAST
HANDFUL OF LAPS AND WHAT THEY
DISCOVERED IS A BROKEN LINK ON
THE SWAY BAR.
THIS DOES NOT LOOK GOOD FOR
STEPHEN LEICHT.
SGLO YOU BREAK THAT LINK, YOU
CAN'T DRIVE THAT CAR.
THAT SWAY BAR IS SUCH A BIG PART
OF THE SET-UP THAT YOU CAN'T RUN
WITHOUT IT HOOKED UP.
>> SORT OF LIKE BREAKING THE
HANDLE ON A CRUTCH.
YOU CAN'T GET ANYWHERE BECAUSE
YOU HAVE NOWHERE TO LEAN
AGAINST.
>> HERE IS A GUY THAT IS DRIVING
AWFULLY HARD.
MIKE BLISS CHASING THAT CAR, THE
41 OF REED SORENSON, WHO IS
MOVING ON THE 15th PLACE CAR OF
RON HORNADAY JR.
21-YEAR-OLD REED SORENSON TRYING
TO GET HIS THIRD CAREER WIN.
HE'S THE LEADER HERE AFTER LAP
91 HERE AT GATEWAY INTERNATIONAL
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>>> WELL, THE CAUTION SOME OF
THESE GUYS WANTED TO SEE HAS
COME OUT ON LAP 93.
DEBRIS IN LAP ONE.
HERE THEY COME DOWN PIT ROAD.
>> AND 21-YEAR-OLD REED
SORENSON, LEADING, CONTINUING TO
LEAD FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS
YEAR.
COMES INTO HIS PIT BOX.
ONE DOWN ON THE RIGHT REAR.
HIS BRAKES ARE GOOD.
FOUR TIRES, FUEL.
HE'S LOOKING FOR HIS FIRST WIN
IN TWO YEARS.
SHANNON?
>> DAVID RAGAN PULLS HIS CAR IN.
STARTED 21st, PULLED IN 9th.
THE BRAKES ARE A LITTLE FUNNY
AND THE CAR IS A LITTLE PUSHY.
JUST A SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT.
DON'T HURT MY FORWARD BITE.
>> BOTTLE OF THE SCREEN, MIKE
BLISS SAID THIS IS BETTER, BUT
THEY NEED MORE.
FOUR-TIRE CHANGE.
HE'S GONE.
>> WATCH THEM RACE OFF PIT ROAD,
AS YOU SEE THE PIT ROAD.
EDWARDS GAINS A COUPLE SPOTS.
HOW ABOUT THE HENDRICK TEAM,
PLUS THREE SPOTS FOR CASSILL.
MIKE BLISS, THEY PULLED THE
SPRING RUBBER OUT.
THAT COST HIM THREE SPOTS.
WHAT ARE THEY TRYING TO
ACCOMPLISH?
>> THEIR TRR TRYING TO GET IT TO
TURN BETTER.
IF IT THAT TOO MUCH SPRING IN
IT, IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT TURN
HARDER.
>> AND OUR LUCKY DOG AWARD
WINNER, THE AARON'S LUCKY DOG
FREE PASS GOES TO TODD KLUEVER.
HE GETS PACK ON THE LEAD LAP.
AS WE'RE UNDER CAUTION FOR THE
SECOND TIME TODAY.
AND 21-YEAR-OLD REED SORENSON IS
HAVING A GREAT NIGHT.
HOW ABOUT THESE GUYS ON PIT
ROAD?
GOOD EFFORT BY BRAD PERRETT AND
THE JUICY
>>> NHRA POWERADE SERIES
CONTINUING IN SEATTLE.
JOHN FORCE TRYING TO MAKE A
MID-SEASON RALLY.
QUALIFYING BEGINS AFTER OUR
RACE.
FINAL COVERAGE TOMORROW NIGHT AT
7:00 EASTERN TIME.
FINISHING UP CAUTION NUMBER TWO.
THEY'RE LINED UP BEHIND REED
SORENSON AND COMING TO THE GREEN
FLAG.
DAVID REUTIMANN BACK IN THIRD
SPOT.
THE BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF HIM
TRYING TO MAKE A MOVE INSIDE THE
21 CAR.
>> McCREADY, A GOOD RUN McCREADY
HAD GOING INTO TURN ONE, TRYING
TO HOLD ON TO GET THIS LAP BACK.
HE'S THE FIRST GUY IN LINE TO
GET THAT RIGHT NOW.
>> HE'S WORKING *** THE
OUTSIDE OF DAVID REUTIMANN.
>> YEAH, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT
OF A SECOND GROOVE STARTING TO
COME IN, ESPECIALLY OFF TURN
TWO.
OH, UP THE RACE TRACK.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE GOT IN THE
WALL OR NOT.
>> WHOA, GOOD JOB.
>> BLISS, BIG HIT.
OH.
HE.
>> HE GETS SANDWICHES ON THE
SIDE BY KRISILOFF.
HE HAD TRAFFIC ABOVE HIM.
BLISS'S CAR COMES DOWN.
>> BAD DAMAGE.
>> THAT'S A HEART WRECK.
>> KYLE HAD NOWHERE TO GO IN
THAT ONE.
JUST A VICTIM.
>> MIKE BLISS WAS HAVE AGGREAT
RUN, RUNNING SECOND AND THIRD.
MADE THE SPRING RUBBER CHANGE.
>> MIGHT HAVE BEEN A CHAIN
REACTION.
WE SAW THE 21 CAR ALMOST CRASH.
EVERYBODY CHECK SAID UP.
HE MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN TAGGED.
>> KENNY WALLACE INVOLVED IN IT.
THIS IS A BIG, BIG PROBLEM FOR
HIM.
HE REALLY WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO
THIS RACE.
>> CAUTION NUMBER THREE ON THE
NIGHT.
KENNY WALLACE TALKING ABOUT THIS
OPPORTUNITY FOR A MONTH AND A
HALF.
SO THRILLED THAT RC CALLED HIM
ABOUT GETTING A CHANCE TO WIN
HERE.
WATCH THE 21 GO HIGH.
>> HE JUST GOT LOOSE.
LOOKED LIKE GETTING IN THE REAR,
KICKED OUT.
BROUGHT IT UP THE TRACK.
WHEN IT HAPPENED, HE SLOWS UP.
>> LOOKS LIKE THE 24 CAR GOT
INTO THE BLACK OF BLISS.
THEN YOU SAW THE 14 HIT HIM HARD
IN THE SIDE.
>> DIFFERENT ANGLE.
NOW WATCH THE 21 GO UP.
SEE IF YOU CAN SEE THE LEFT SIDE
OF YOUR SCREEN AS HE GOES ACROSS
THE RACE TRACK.
WATCH THE 22 COME INTO YOUR
PICTURE AS HE COMES BACK ARTH.
THERE'S THE TAG.
YOU CAN BARELY SEE THE CONTACT.
>> YOU CAN SEE IT STARTED WITH
THE 21 WHEN HE GOT LOOSE.
IT STARTLED EVERYBODY.
AND THEN THE WRECK, AND IT JUST
KEEPS HAPPENING BEHIND IT.
TAGGED FROM LANDON CASSILL.
14 CAR COMES THROUGH OF KYLE
KRISILOFF.
WRECKING WAY BEHIND HIM.
EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO SLOW
DOWN, AND THEY STAY WRECKING.
>> LOOKED LIKE KENNY WALLACE WAS
TRYING TO GET UP AWAY FROM THE
SPINNING CARS AND HE MIGHT HAVE
GOTTEN A TAP FROM BEHIND.
THERE'S KENNY.
ONE OF THE FAN FAVORITES.
THREE-TIME MOST POPULAR DRIVER
IN THE BUSCH SERIES.
MAN, THE FANS WERE ON THEIR FEET
WHEN THEY SAW KENNY TO GO
QUALIFY.
AS THEY WERE WITH STEVEN AND
MIKE.
THEY LOVE THE WALLACES HERE.
NOT A GOOD NIGHT THUSFAR.
UNDER CAUTION FOR THE THIRD TIME
TONIGHT.
LAP 98.
A CHAIN REACTION CRASH INVOLVING
MIKE BLISS AND LANDON CASSILL
AND KENNY WALLACE ALSO INVOLVED
>>> UNDER CAUTION HERE, GREAT
CROWD ON HAND AT GATEWAY
INTERTHALSH RACEWAY.
HARD, HARD IMPACT FOR MIKE
BLISS.
KYLE KRISILOFF WHO HAD NOWHERE
TO GO.
IT WAS A CHAIN REACTION CRASH
THAT TOOK PLACE ON LAP 98
STARTED WHEN THIS 21 CAR GOT UP
HIGH AND THE TAP CAME FROM
BEHIND FROM LANDON CASSILL.
>> THEN YOU SEE THE OTHER GUYS
CRASHING BEHIND.
EVERYBODY GETS ON THE BRAKES
TRYING TO AVOID THE WRECK.
THEN THE FIRST GUY UP FRONT GETS
TAGGED FROM BEHIND.
IT SETS IT ALL UP.
>> A COUPLE DIFFERENT ANGLE
LOOKS.
WATCH THE 77 CAR.
CHASE MILLER IS IN THE 9.
WATCH THE 77.
MIGHT HAVE HAD CONTACT WITH
KENNY WALLACE.
WATCH WALLACE'S CAR COME UP AND
TAG THE WALL.
>> THEY'RE VICTIMS OF THE WHOLE
MESS.
WEREN'T ANYWHERE NEAR THE START
OF THE WRECK.
>> THE 21 CAR GETS A LITTLE
LOOSE.
LET'S WATCH KENNY HERE.
RUNNING THE BOTTOM OF THE TRACK.
GETS TAKEN, HIT FROM BEHIND.
BECAUSE OF THE CHAIN REACTION.
EVERYBODY TRYING TO SLOW UP.
>> KENNY CAN SEE WHAT WAS
HAPPENING, HE BACKS OFF THE GAS
AND GETS HIT FROM BEHIND.
>> BRAD COLEMAN'S ONBOARD.
>> SEE HOW FAST THINGS HAPPEN
HERE.
YOU CAN'T SEE VERY WELL WITH ALL
OF THE SMOKE.
COLEMAN DOES A GREAT JOB OF
WEAVING THROUGH IT.
>> BRAD COLEMAN WAS ABOVE
KRISILOFF.
BRAD HAPPENED TO BE IN THE RIGHT
PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.
HE GOT THROUGH COMPLETELY
UNSCATHED.
WE CONTINUE THROUGH THE CAUTION.
>>> CLEAN UP CONTINUING HERE IN
ST. LOUIS.
CAUTION FLAG OUT, AS ESPN BRINGS
YOU THE NASCAR BUSCH SERIES.
REED SORENSON OUT IN FRONT OF
CARL EDWARDS, REUTIMANN, LANDON
CASSILL, AND SCOTT WIMMER UNDER
THE YELLOW FLAG.
AND ALLEN BESTWICK WITH BRAD
DAUGHERTY.
WE HEARD HIM CALLING REED
SORENSON 21 YEARS OLD.
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE
KIDS ALL NIGHT.
I GUESS IT'S EASY TO FORGET THAT
REED IS SEWNLY 21 YEARS OLD.
>> I REMEMBER HIM RUNNING SIX OR
SEVEN YEARS AGO.
HE WAS THE FIRST GUY TO BREAK
INTO THE LEVEL AT THE YOUNG,
TENDER AGE.
HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB.
HE'S OUT FRONT RIGHT NOW.
>> OVERCOME A FLAT FRONT TIRE
EARLIER IN THE RACE.
MIKE BLISS INVOLVED IN THE HARD
CRASH A MOMENT AGO.
WITH SHANNON RIGHT NOW.
>> GREAT CAR ALL DAY.
DISAPPOINTING.
WAS THERE ANY WAY TO AVOID IT?
AVOID IT.
I GOT RAN INTO.
I DON'T KNOW WHO WAS DRIVING THE
24?
I DO, HE LOOKED LIKE A
10-YEAR-OLD.
HE WAVED ME BY AND THEN RAN INTO
THE BACK OF ME.
IT REALLY MAKES ME BACK.
OUR FAMILY DOLLAR DODGE WAS REAL
FAST.
I DON'T KNOW WHY HE RAN INTO ME.
YOU WAVE HIM BY AND THEN HE RUNS
RIGHT INTO YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
VERY DISAPPOINTED MIKE BLISS.
GUYS?
>> WELL, THAT'S A VERY
FRUSTRATING NIGHT FOR BLISS, WHO
DID HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN THE
RACE TONIGHT, BUT NOW WILL BE IN
THE GARAGE AREA.
>> THERE IS LANDON CASSILL, WHO
CONTINUES IN FOURTH SPOT IN HIS
NASCAR BUSCH SERIES DEBUT FOR
HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS.
THE 18-YEAR-OLD OUT OF IOWA.
>> LOOKS LIKE HE MAY HAVE MADE A
MISTAKE AND RUN INTO THE BACK OF
MIKE BLISS.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT THAT'S THE
WAY IT GOES.
>> GETTING CLOSE TO THE RESTART
HERE.
AND GOT CARL EDWARDS BACK UP
SPOT.ECOND
CARL TALKING A MINUTE AGO TO HIS
STRATEGY AND THE
CONDITION OF HIS CAR.
LISTEN IN.
>> GOOD JOB DOWN THERE.
JUST THIS IS GOING TO BE A
STRATEGY RACE, YOU KNOW THAT.
YOU GUYS ARE DOING GOOD.
JUST DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO.
>> 10-4.
EVERYONE WILL STILL HAVE TO STOP
ONE MORE TIME BEFORE THE END.
>> ALL RIGHT.
FOR MORE ON THE RADIO TALK,
LOGON TO ESPN.COM, SEARCH WORD
COMMUNICATIONS.
YOU SEE P.K., THE CREW CHIEF,
TALKING TO CARL A MOMENT AGO.
OBVIOUSLY, THIS CAUTION FLAG.
EE HAVE BEEN BRAGGED ON THE
PERFORMANCE OF LANDON CASSILL.
OBVIOUSLY A MISTAKE THERE.
COST SOME PEOPLE REALLY GOOD
RACE CARS.
>> HE'S BEEN RUNNING GOOD AND
HE'S GOING TO LEARN FROM THIS
MISTAKE.
WHEN HE GOES BACK, HE'S GOING TO
LEARN FROM THIS.
I'M SURE HE FEELS BAD.
THAT'S JUST BEING 18, DON'T YOU
THINK?
>> THEY HAVE TO PULL BACK THE
REINS ON THESE GUYS.
>> THEY'RE ALL BUNCHED UP BEHIND
THE PACE CAR.
A 21-YEAR-OLD VETERAN, REED
SORENSON WILL LEAD THEM DOWN
SIDE BY SIDE AS WE LISTEN TO THE
SPOTTERS AND GO FULL THROTTLE.
>> READY.
ARE YOU READY?
READY.
READY.
GREEN.
GREEN.
>> INSIDE.
CLEAR.
CLEAR.
>> CLEAR BY 2.
>> YOU'RE STILL CLEAR.
>> INSIDE BUMMER CLEAR.
>> RIGHT HERE.
>> OUTSIDE.
OUTSIDE.
>> ALL CLEAR.
GOOD JOB, MAN.
>> ON THE 25.
>> 47 CAR, CORNER, OUTSIDE.
>> CLEAR BY 2.
>> ALL RIGHT, DODGE, FORD,
TOYOTA, AND CHEVROLET.
YOU COULDN'T ASK FOR BETTER
PARODY.
REED SORENSON'S DODGE, GREAT RUN
FOR THE CHIP GANASSI TEAM.
LOOK AT CARL EDWARDS.
THIS CAR IS GETTING BETTER AND
BETTER AS THE RACE PROGRESSES.
AND AS YOU WATCH THIS BATTLE,
SHANNON HAS CAUGHT UP WITH KENNY
WALLACE.
>> HOMETOWN BOY.
HOW EMOTIONAL HAS THIS DAY BEEN
FOR YOU?
>> IT'S BEEN DEVASTATING BECAUSE
I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO FIGHT
FOR THE LEAD.
TO HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN, THEY
DROPPED THE GREEN FLAG AND I
COULDN'T GO ANYWHERE.
I WAS TIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
THIS WILL BE PRETTY TOUGH TO GET
OVER.
I GOT THE CAR I WANTED TO TRY TO
WIN THIS RACE.
SO I'M AT A LOSS FOR WORDS RIGHT
NOW.
REALLY DISAPPOINTED.
>> WE'LL LET KENNY GO.
BACK TO YOU GUYS.
>> HE WAS SO EXCITED TO DRIVE
THIS CAR.
ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU DON'T
TAKE A DRIVER THAT HASN'T BEEN
IN THE CAR ALL YEAR LONG AND
STICK HIM IN THE CAR AND SAY GO
WIN.
YOU NEED TO BE IN THAT THING A
LITTLE BIT.
YOU TAKE A LOOK AT SCOTT WIMMER.
HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB.
>> WE HAVE TWO GUYS HERE GETTING
TOGETHER.
>> CONTACT.
>> CAUTION IS OUT.
>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING
ABOUT.
THE YOUNG GUYS.
YOU HAVE TO PULL THE REINS BACK
ON THEM.
>> TRAVIS KITTLESON IN THE 25
CAR, AND THE 24 CAR OF LANDON
CASSILL.
TWO YOUNG DRIVERS GETTING AN
OPPORTUNITY AND THEY HAD SOME
CONTACT HERE.
HEAVY DAMAGE ON THE FRONT OF THE
NATIONAL GUARD CHEVY.
>> AND THE 88 ALSO INVOLVED.
BRAD KESELOWSKI.
AND THE DALE EARNHARDT JR. OWNED
MACHINE.
RIGHT FRONT DAMAGE.
LET'S SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENED TO
BRING OUT CAUTION NUMBER FOUR.
>> TWO CARS, NOTHING YOU CAN DO.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE THE 20 CAR OF
TRAVIS KITTLESON GOT IN AND GOT
LOOSE.
I DIDN'T SEE HIM HIT THE 24, BUT
YOU SEE THE REAR ENDS COMING
AROUND AND UP INTO LANDON.
>> THE 20 CAR WAS FIGHTING TO
STAY ONE LAP DOWN IN CASE THE
CAUTION DID COME OUT.
>> LET'S SEE WHAT MIKE WALLACE
THOUGHT.
BOTH OF THEM GOT SIDEWAYS.
>> DOWN LOW, DOWN LOW.
COME ON, COME ON, COME ON.
>> TWO GUYS.
TWO YOUNG GUYS RACING HARD.
>> COME ON, COME ON.
>> MIKE IS PROBABLY GOING, LET
THIS THING STOP FOR A MINUTE.
I HAVEN'T HIT ANYTHING, BUT I
ALMOST GOT HIT TEN TIMES.
>> KESELOWSKI, NOT THAT LUCKY.
WALLACE MAKES A HARD LEFT AND
GETS IT THROUGH.
ALL RIGHT, FROM CALE GALE'S
ONBOARD CAMERA.
>> CRASH, CRASH, BACK IT DOWN.
BACK IT DOWN.
COME ON.
COME ON.
DRIVE IT.
COME ON.
CLEAR, CLEAR, CLEAR.
>> YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH THE
SPOTTER DOOZ HELP THEM.
EVEN AFTER HE CLEARED THE WRECK,
THERE WAS ANOTHER WRECK
HAPPENING.
HE WAS TRYING TO CLEAR THAT TOO.
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY CARS WE
HAVE CRASHED IN THE LAST TWO
CAUTIONS, BUT IT'S 15 TO 20 CARS
TO HAVE DAMAGE AND SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE.
THEY'RE GOING TO FINISH THE
RACE, BUT YOU HAVE THE LEFT
FRONT FENDER OFF THE 20 CAR, THE
RIGHT FRONT FENDER OFF THE 88 OF
KESELOWSKI.
>> HAD A NICE RACE UNTIL NOW.
THE LAST FEW KAUSHZS HAVE
WREAKED HAVOC ON THESE GUYS.
>> HE DROVE IT FROM THE BACK OF
THE PACK, ALL THE WAY TO 12th,
TO THE TOP 15.
YOU CAN SEE WES WARD AND COMPANY
TRYING TO CUT SOME OF THE RIGHT
FRONT FENDER AWAY.
>> DALE JR. IS SAYING STAY WITH
THIS KID.
HE'S DOING A GOOD JOB FOR YOU.
HE WAS A VICTIM OF A PROBLEM HE
DIDN'T START.
>> WES WAS DOING A GOOD JOB
GETTING THIS HANDLING FOR HIM.
>> WORKING ON KITTLESON'S 20.
THE YOUNG MAN WHO NOW LIVES IN
FLORIDA, MAKING HIS THIRD NASCAR
BUSCH SERIES START, BUT FIRD OF
THE YEAR.
INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT WITH THE
24 CAR OF LANDON CASSILL TO
BRING OUT CAUTION FOUR.
IT BROKE LOOSE IN TURNS ONE A
>>> BACK AT GATEWAY
INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY, BUSCH
SERIES COVERAGE.
WORKING THE FOURTH CAUTION OF
THE NIGHT, COMING OUT ON LAP
109.
WATCH CAREFULLY AS LANDON
CASSILL WILL WAVE OUT THE LEFT
WINDOW.
HE'LL WAVE WIMMER BY.
>> I HAVE TO GIVE HIM CREDIT.
HE'S TRYING TO GIVE THE SPOT TO
WIMMER.
HERE IS WHERE THINGS GO BAD.
WIMMER DRIVES UNDER THE 24.
HERE COMES KITTLESON.
HE'S A LAP DOWN, TRYING TO STAY
ON THE LEAD LAP.
DRIVES INSIDE THE 24, 24 DOESN'T
GIVE HIM QUITE ENOUGH ROOM.
REALLY, THE 20 CAR SHOULDN'T
HAVE BEEN THERE TO START WITH.
AND HE SHOULD HAVE LET IT SORT
OUT.
HE TRIES TO FORCE IT IN THERE.
CAUSED THE WRECK.
>> WHOSE FALSE IS THAT IN.
>> AS A DRIVE, TRAVSIS THE FIRST
GUY TO GET THE LUCKY DOG, GET
THE TRACK BAG.
HE'S FEELING PRESSURE TO GET
THAT SPOT, TO PASS WHOEVER IS
AROUND ME TO FEND OFF THE CATS
BEHIND ME.
UNFORTUNATELY, HE DIDN'T GET THE
LUCKY DOG, AND THAT MOVE GOT HIM
IN TROUBLE.
>> A LITTLE TOO OVERANXIOUS.
BOTH OF THEM'S FAULT.
>> TWO DRIVERS MAKING THEIR
FIRST NASCAR BUSCH SERIES STARTS
OF THE YEAR.
>> IN THE FIRST PILE-UP, YOU
WERE TALKING ABOUT KES ALLOWSKY
AND WHAT A GREAT JOB HE DID
AVOIDING IT.
THE ONE THING JUNIOR DID NOT
WHATNOT AND YOU DID NOT WANT.
WHAT DID YOU SEE IN FRONT OF
YOU?
>> SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH THE
20 CAR.
WE'RE ALL FIGHTING FOR THE LUCKY
DOG, AND WE GAINED A COUPLE
SPOTS AND HE WAS THE NEXT GUY
FOR US TO GET THE LUCKY DOG.
SOMETHING HAPPENED WHERE HE SPUN
OUT.
HE GOT SIDEWAYS FOR ABOUT THREE
LAPS AND EVENTUALLY FINISHED IT
OFF.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT TOOK THE NAVY
MONTY KAURLO WITH US.
WE'LL GET THAT FIXED AND BE
RIGHT OUT.
>> THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR
KESELOWSKI.
I SWEAR, IT'S ABOUT 180 DEGREES
INSIDE THE COCKPIT RIGHT NOW.
>> I BET A LOT IS COMING OUTSIDE
OF THE HELMET RIGHT NOW.
HE'S GOT A GOOD RACE CAR AND
HE'S DRIVEN IT FROM THE BACK OF
THE PACK TO THE FRONT TWICE
ALREADY.
>> HE'S PROBABLY UPSET.
THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF THEM
UPSET.
THAT'S NASCAR.
EVERYBODY HAS PROBLEMS.
IT'S GROWING PAINS.
YOU GO THROUGH IT.
THEN IT STARTS TO MINIMIZE AND
GET BETTER.
>> WE TALK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT
IT IS TO HAVE GOOD BRAKES HERE.
WE HAVE SEEN BRAKES THAT WORK,
DON'T WORK, THAT GLOW IN THE
DARK.
HERE IS TIM BREW WR THE CHEVY
CUTAWAY CAR.
>> THIS IS A CONVENTIONAL PAD
THAT YOU WOULD RUN MOST OF THE
RACE TRACKS.
CHECK THIS PAD OUT.
THE ONE ON THE BOTTOM, ABOUT 30%
BIGGER.
THAT'S A SHORT-TRACK BRAKE PAD.
IFUMENT RR A BIGGER GUY, I'M
GOING TO BET ON THE BIGGER BRAKE
PAD.
>> I AGREE WITH YOU.
THE MORE BRAKES, THE BETTER.
KIND OF LIKE HAVING TOO MUCH
GAS.
THE ONLY TIME I HAVE HAD TOO
MUCH GAS, WHEN I'M ON FIRE.
>> THAT'S THE BIG TIME,
TOOL-TIME TIM, THAT WOULD BE THE
BEENFERRED 500.
>> WE HAVE SEEN THE CLOUDS OF
BLACK DUST.
THAT'S ALL THE BRAKE PAD.
YOU WANT THAT GIANT PAD IN
THERE.
>> NOT HOW FAST YOU GO, IT'S HOW
FAST YOU STOP.
SOME OF THEM AREN'T DOING A GOOD
JOB OF STOPPING.
>> MIKE, RUSTY ON ESPN.
YOU GOT ME?
>> GO AHEAD.
>> YOU GOT THROUGH THE WRECK.
DID A GREAT JOB GETTING THROUGH
THERE.
ARE YOU WORKING ON THE CAR TO
GET BETTER OR STILL STRUGGLING
WITH IT.
>> RIGHT NOW, IT'S THE RACE IN
THE RACE.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE LUCKY
DOG.
EARLIER, WE ROLLED ON THE BOTTOM
OF THREE AND FOUR REALLY GOOD.
THE LAST RUN, WE WERE A LITTLE
TOO FREE.
HOPEFULLY, WE CAN GET A SAFE
POSITION, A QUICK CAUTION, WORK
ON IT A LITTLE BIT AND RACE
UNTIL THE END.
>> ALL RIGHT.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE IN GOOD
SHAPE FOR THE LUCKY DOG.
THE RESTARTS HAVE BEEN TOUGH.
TRY TO GET THE TIRES WARMED UP
AND WATCH OUT.
WE HAVE LOST ABOUT 15 CARS IN
THE LAST COUPLE WRECKS.
>> WE'RE FORTUNATE NOT TO BE IN
THE MIDDLE OF ANY OF THEM.
WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THEM.
WE JUST DIDN'T GET GATHERED UP
IN THEM IN ANY WAY.
HOPEFULLY, WE CAN BRING THE
GEICO CHEVROLET HOME INTO THE
GOOD FENGZ.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET DRIVER'S
POINTS TONIGHT.
>> YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB.
BRING HER HOME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> JERRY, THIS IS ANDY PETREE.
GOT A COPY?
>> I GOT A COPY.
>> WHAT KIND OF ADJUSTMENTS ARE
YOU TRYING TO MAKE ON THE CAR.
HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S IN A GOOD
POSITION.
WHAT HAVE YOU ADJUSTED?
>> WE TALKED ABOUT DOING AN AIR
PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT.
MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE TOO
FREE.
ON THE OTHER STOP, WE GOT
ANOTHER ADJUSTMENT.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE LUCKY
DOG AND GO FROM THERE.
>> 10-4, YOU HAVE A GOOD RACE.
>> THANK YOU, ANDY.
>> ALL RIGHT, SHANNON, YOU'LL
SEE GERE THERE, CALLING THE
SHOTS NOW FOR THE LAST THREE
EVENTS WITH MIKE WALLACE.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH SHANNON HAS
CAUGHT UP WITH LANDON CASSILL.
>> DOING A GREAT JOB ON THE
TRACK TODAY.
TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE
20 CAR.
>> I LET THE CAR BEHIND ME GO,
AND THE NATIONAL GUARD CHEVROLET
GOT JUMPED UNDERNEATH BY A LAP
CAR.
I THINK IT'S A RACING DEAL.
NEXT WEEK, WE'RE GOING TO INDY.
THE CREW DID A GREAT JOB.
I'M EXCITED TO BRING THE
NATIONAL GUARD CHEVY TO INDY.
>> SMILE ON HIS FACE.
HE WILL GET ANOTHER CHANCE NEXT
WEEK IN INDIANAPOLIS.
>> AND THAT KID HAS LOTS OF
TALENT.
YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT LANDON
CASSILL, I BELIEVE, FOR MANY,
>>> BACK AT GATEWAY
INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY.
STILL UNDER CAUTION AS WE CHECK
DOWN IN THE PITSES.
>> KYLE KRISILOFF HAS COME OUT
OF THE IN-FIELD CARE CENTER.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> I'M BANGED UP, BUT I'M OKAY.
>> CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT
HAPPENED?
>> I WENT DOWN AND SAW MIKE GET
SIDEWAYS.
I HIT HIM, OBVIOUSLY.
I THINK THE 24, SOMEBODY MIGHT
HAVE GOT INTO HIM.
I COULDN'T TELL.
IT STINKS.
IT WAS A RESTART HALFWAY THROUGH
THE RACE.
IT SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED.
>> WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
THIS IS KYLE KRISILOFF'S FOURTH
DNF THIS SEASON.
>> BEEN GETTING BETTER AND
BETTER, AND LOOKING FOR GOOD
THINGS IN THE FUTURE FOR KYLE
KRISILOFF.
GETTING SET FOR THE RESTART HERE
AT GATEWAY INTERNATIONAL.
REED SORENSON HAS LED FOUR TIMES
FOR 51 LAPS.
GREAT CROWD ON HAND.
THESE FANS LOVE NASCAR AND THE
BUSCH SERIES.
THEY HAVE BEEN COMING HERE FOR
11 YEARS DATING BACK TO 1997.
CAN HE DUPLICATE THE PERFORMANCE
WHEN HE WON IT?
WE'LL FIND OUT.
CARL EDWARDS ON THE INSIDE.
LAST YEAR'S WINNER, AND CARL GOT
A GREAT JUMP ENTERING TURN ONE.
>> THEY DROVE THE CAR REALLY
HARD INTO THE CORNER.
HERE, THEY RUBBED TIRES.
RACING REALLY *** THE
RESTART.
HERE COMES THE 99 ON THE INSIDE.
>> LOOK AT REUTIMANN, THE TOYOTA
RIGHT BEHIND HIM.
HE BRINGS WIMMER WITH HIM.
>> TRACK POSITION IS EVERYTHING
IN THE WORLD.
THEY'RE REALLY FIGHTING FOR IT.
GENERALLY THE GUY GETS OUT
FRONT, IT'S AWFUL HARD TO PASS
HIM BECAUSE YOU LOSE THE
DOWNFORCE.
LOOK AT IT BOTTOMING OUT.
>> THE SPARKS FLY WHEN EDWARDS
SLAM ONS THE BRAKES TO GET IT ON
THE CORNER.
>> THE FANS ON THEIR FEET,
WAVING ONE OF THEIR LOCAL
HEROES, CARL EDWARDS, WAS A
SUBSTITUTE TEACHER, CAME HERE
BEGGING FOR A RIDES, AND HAS NOW
BECOME A HERO IN NASCAR.
>> HE'S DRIVING THE WHEELS THAUF
CAR.
81 LAPS TO GO.
HE'S DRIVING LIKE HE'S GOT EIGHT
LAPS TO GO.
>> WOULDN'T SURPRISE YOU IF HE
WENT TO VICTORY LANE.
YOU HAVE MORE?
>> YEAH, AFTER QUALIFYING 24th,
TODD BODINE WAS MUCH LESS THAN
HAPPY.
HE FELT HE HAD A MUCH BETTER CAR
THAN THAT.
NOW, AS HE'S RUN PRETTY STRONG
THIS EVENING, MOSE OF THE NIGHT
INSIDE THE TOP TEN, THE EMOTION
OF RACE DAY HAS CHANGED QUITE A
BIT.
>> THAT WAS A LITTLE CLOSE.
NOT BAD.
PRETTY GOOD.
JUST A LITTLE LOOSE, LIKE I
STARTED THE LAST RUN.
>> A LITTLE LOOSE.
BRAD WAS BEHIND YOU, AND HE GOT
IN.
>> CAN'T SHAVE SKNAE CLOSER THAN
THAT ONE.
>> YEAH.
ARE YOU HAVING FUN YET?
>> JUST A LITTLE BIT.
>> I KNOW I AM.
>> AND THE CONFIDENCE CONTINUES
TO GROW FOR TODD BODINE.
HIS CREW CHIEF CAME OVER THE
RAID YE AND TOLD TODD THAT AFTER
30 OR 40 LAPS ON HIS TIRES, HE
DOESN'T FEEL LIKE ANYBODY CAN
RUN WITH HIM.
>> WOW, AND REED SORENSON COMING
BACK.
THE CAUTION NOW WAVES AGAIN.
AND GOT IN TROUBLE.
GOT A CAR STUCK IN TURNS ONE AND
TWO.
THERE'S THE 25 CAR.
AND HAS HAD HARD CONTACT.
THAT'S RICHARD JOHNS IN THE
BACKUP CAR.
HE HAD PROBLEMS IN QUALIFYING
WITH THE PRIMARY CAR.
LOOKS LIKE HE HIT BOTH ENDS.
>> THIS IS THE SECOND CAR HE
TORE UP TODAY.
THIS LOOKS SIMILAR TO THE CAR HE
TORE UP IN QUALIFYING.
>> DRIVING THE NUMBER 25,
NORMALLY DRIVEN BY GILLILAND.
>> LOOKS ALMOST IDENTICAL TO
QUALIFYING.
GETS INTO TURN ONE, GETS LOOSE.
JUST TORE THE WHOLE BACK END OF
THE CAR UP.
>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE
QUALIFYING LAP AND SEE WHAT
HAPPENED THERE.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT LOOKED SIMILAR GOING INTO THE
CORNER.
HE STAYS OUT.
CAR IS LOOSE.
CAN'T GET IT TO THE BOTTOM.
BACKS INTO THE WALL.
>> ALMOST IDENTICAL.
THE ONLY THING DIFFERENT IS THE
SUN WAS OUT WHEN HE WAS
QUALIFYING.
>> HERE IS WHAT HAPPENS JUST A
MOMENT AGO IN TRAFFIC, ENTERING
TURN ONE.
>> YOU CAN SEE HIS MARKS FROM
QUALIFYING.
HE'S JUST A LITTLE FARTHER DOWN,
BUT EXACTLY THE SAME WRECK.
>> YOU CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE
AT ALL.
WHEN THEY GO BACK TO THE SHOP,
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TELL
THEIR FRAME GUY TO GIVE THEM TWO
OF THESE.
>> COULD THESE GUY R BE THE
FINAL PIT STOPS OF THE NIGHT.
THIS COULD BE THE MONEY STOP.
HERE COMES CARL EDWARDS LEADING
THEM DOWN AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
>> AND CARL EDWARDS FOUGHT HIS
WAY BACK TO THE LEAD.
YOU SEE FANS STILL STANDING ON
THEIR FEET.
THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE A TRACK
BAR ADJUSTMENT.
CARL COMES IN FOR FOUR TIRES AND
FUEL.
AT THIS POINT, THEY'RE NOT SURE
IF THEY'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO
THE END.
THEY'LL BE ABOUT FIVE LAPS
SHORT.
THEY'RE GOING TO GET AS MUCH
AS THEY CAN FOR
LEADER AND LOCAL HOMEBO
EDWARDS.
>> REUTIMANN WILL BE SHORT ON
FUEL, TOO, BUT HE'LL JUST GAS
AND GO AND RIGHT SIDE TIRES FOR
THE 99.
>> ALL RIGHT, ANDY.
CREW CHIEF, RIGHT-SIDE TIRES
ONLY FOR THE 99.
>> THE REASON THEY'RE TAKING
RIGHT SIDES IS THEY'RE GETTING
DURABILITY.
THE TIRE DOESN'T LOSE SPEED.
THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD STRATEGY.
>> NOT A BAD MOVE AT ALL.
IF THEY GET IN THE BACK OF THE
PACK, THEY CAN'T SEEM TO GET TO
THE FRONT QUICK ENOUGH.
>> ONE LAP UP ON THE TRACK BAR,
ON THE 60 CAR.
>> THE 60 CAR, IT'S BEEN AMAZING
ME.
HE REALLY WAS.
THE FRONT END HAS BEEN UP ON THE
CAR AND HE STILL GOT IT GOING.
STEAK A LOOK AT MIKE WALLACE.
HE GOT THE AARON'S LUCKY DOG
FREE PASS HE WANTED SO BAD.
HE GOT IT BACK.
>> MIKE WALLACE, WHO FINISHED
SECOND HERE IN 2005 IN THE
NASCAR BUSCH SERIES RACING HERE
WITH ALL OF THE HOME STATE FANS
IN THE STANTDZ.
AND STEVEN WALLACE HAD A PROBLEM
EARLY ON WITH A BRAKE FAIL.
.
KENNY WALLACE HAS BEEN INVOLVED
IN A CHAIN REACTION CRASH.
NOW MIKE WALLACE NOW BEAN SHOWN
BACK ON THE LEAD LAP IN 15th
POSITION.
>> HELP ME OUT WITH THIS ONE.
THE 03 IS LEADING THE RACE.
>> HE COULDN'T MAKE IT FROM
HERE.
HE STAYED OUT.
HE DIDN'T PIT.
>> YOU HAVE MORE ON THE 03 CAR?
>> JUDGING BY THE RADIO
CONVERSATION, IT DOESN'T LOOK
HIKE THAT WAS THE PLANNED
STRATEGY.
AFTER HE CAME DOWN THE FRONT
STRAIGHT-AWAY, HE APOLOGIZED TO
THE TEAM SAYING HE WAS SORRY AND
SHOULD HAVE MADE THE CALL TO
COME DOWN.
TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF IT.
HE SAID WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT THE
VALUE OF CLEAN AIR IS.
THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE ABOUT 15
LAPS SHORT ON FUEL.
>> I'M NOT FOR SURE THAT'S GOING
TO HURT HIM, DOC.
EVERYBODY HAS TO STOP ONE MORE
TIME.
STOP.TONG TO
BUT IF THEY DO GET ENOUGH
CAUTIONS, ANDY, HE MIGHT NOT
MAKE IT.
>> BODINE, THE 1986 NASCAR BUSCH
SE
SERIES, MADE HIS DEBUT.
15 WINS.
THIS IS HIS 316'S CAREER START.
AND LAST YEAR, HE WON HERE AT
THIS RACE TRACK AND WENT ON TO
WIN THE 2006 NASCAR CRAFTsMAN
TRUCK SERIES.
THE FIRST DRIVERS AND
MANUFACTURERS CHAMPIONSHIP FOR
MAJOR NASCAR SERIES IN
JUST THEIR THIRD YEAR OF
COMPETITION.
AND THEY CAME HERE TONIGHT, THE
NASCAR BUSCH SERIES, AND THE
TOTAL FOCUS WAS STEVE JERMAINE
SAID, I WANT TO MAKE MY DEBUT
WITH THE TOYOTA CAMRY AND BE THE
FIRST OWNER TO WINNANE BUSCH
SERIES WITH A TOYOTA.
UNDER KAUSHZ HERE FOR THE FIFTH
TIME TONIGHT.
COMING OUT ON LAP 122.
PIT STOPS HAVE BEEN THE ORDER OF
THE DAY.
GOOD PIT WORK FOR REUTIMANN'S
÷■■
>>> BACK AT GATEWAY
INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY, AND TODD
BODINE DID NOT PIT.
HE STAYED ON THE RACE TRACK AND
HE'S LEADER HERE.
THE LAST TIME HE LED A NASCAR
BUSCH SERIES RACE, OCTOBER 2003.
ALMOST FOUR YEARS AFFO.
HE'S SHOWING THE WAY HERE WITH
73 LAPS TO GO.
>> THIS YOUNG DRIVER HERE, TODD
BODINE, HE'S NOT A YOUNG MAN
NOW.
GOT A LITTLE BIT OF AGE ON HIM,
BUT WHEN HE WAS YOUNG, HE WAS
VERY AGGRESSIVE.
>> HE'S STILL VERY AGGRESSIVE.
THESE GUYS LOOK REALLY GOOD OUT
FRONT RIGHT NOW, BUT THE
STRATEGY IS NOT WORKING IN THEIR
FAVOR BECAUSE I THINK LATER HERE
IN THIS RUN, THESE GUYS ARE
GOING TO HAVE TO PIT.
A LOT OF THESE GUYS ARE PROBABLY
NOT GOING TO HAVE TO.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE CARL EDWARDS
CAN MAKE THIS THING.
HE'S TIGHT ON FUEL FOR EDWARDS.
>> LET'S LISTEN IN TO
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE FUEL
SITUATION.
>> LISTEN, SO EXPLAIN TO ME THE
FUEL SITUATION.
WE'RE CLOSE TO BEING ABLE TO
MAKE IT NOW ON ONE STOP OR NOW
UNTIL THE END?
>> NOW, UNTIL THE END.
>> OKAY, CLOSE TO MAKING IT NOW
TO THE END.
NOW, THE NEXT CONVERSATION
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE IS DO I
NEED TO CONSERVE STILL?
ARE YOU COMFORTABLE, NOT
COMFORTABLE?
THAT'S GOING TO BE THE DRIVER
SECOND GUESSING THE CREW CHIEF
AND THE CREW CHIEF GUESSING THE
DRIVER.
CARL HAS HAD TO SAVE FUEL
BEFORE.
THAT'S THEIR SHOT TO MAKE IT.
>> HE'S NOT SAVING FUEL RIGHT
NOW.
HE'S RACING HARD FOR SPOTS.
IF WE HAVE CAUTION FLAGS IN
THERE, HE'LL BE ABLE TO STRETCH
THE FUEL.
>> WE HEARD THE PIT ANNOUNCER
SAY, BASED ON THE CALCULATIONS,
HE WOULD BE ABOUT FIVE LAPS
SHORT.
HOW MANY CAUTION LAPS DOES HE
NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT.
>> RULE OF THUMB IS YOU CAN TAKE
TWO CAUTION LAPS WOULD EQUAL
THREE GREEN FLAG LAPS.
THEY WOULD NEED ABOUT TEN MOE
CAUTION LAPS TO GET THAT.
>> ONE THING THAT HAS AMAZED ME,
WE TALKED TO A LOT OF CREW GUYS
AND CALCULATED 80 TO 85 LAPS THE
RUN.CAN
BUT THEY'RE BURNING A LOT OF
FUEL.
AND THE FUEL MILEAGE HAS KILLED
IT.
EVERYBODY IS PITTING EARLIER
THAN THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD.
>> HERE COMES SORENSON, THE TRUN
CAR.
HERE COMES SCOTT WIMMER BY THE
33.
THERE IS SORENSON IN THE 41,
PULLING UP WITHIN A CAR LENGTH
OF THE 60.
GETS IN THE BACK OF THE 42.
>> THAT'S TOO BAD.
>> CARL GOT IN THE BACK OF HIM,
TOOK HIM OUT ACCIDENTALLY.
ONE, TWO, THREE CARS IN THAT
ACCIDENT.
LOOKS LIKE THE 42 IS GOING TO
GET OUT UNSCATHED.
>> HE WAS HAVE AGGREAT RUN,
KEVIN HAMLIN.
HE HAS BEEN IN THE TOP TEN JUST
ABOUT THE WHOLE RACE.
>> GREAT RUN FOR KEVIN HAMLIN.
SEE THE 27 ALSO INVOLVED IN A
BIT OF A SPIN THERE.
THAT'S THE VETERAN, JASON
KELLER.
CALE GALE TRYING TO GET HIS CAR
TURNED AROUND.
>> HE HAD A GOOD RUN.
>> JUST GOT IN THE BACK OF KEVIN
HAMLIN.
SEE THE GUYS RACING HARD IN THE
CORNER.
HE'S GOT A GOOD CAR AND FOUR NEW
TIRES.
THESE CARS ARE CARS THAT STAYED
OUT OR TOOK TWO.
HE JUST GETS IN THE BACK OF THE
42.
JUST A LIGHT TAP, BUT DOESN'T
TAKE MUCH.
>> TELL YOU WHAT, THE POSITIVE
THING, THAT'S A BAD THING FOR
CARL EDWARDS AND KEVIN HAMLIN'S
MIND, EVERYONE'S MIND, YOU DON'T
WANT TO SEE A DRIVER TAKE
ANOTHER DRIVER OUT, BUT IT'S
PROBABLY GOING TO HELP EDWARDS.
I KNOW HE DIDN'T MEAN TO DO
THAT, BUT NOW THE CAUTION FLAGS
ARE REALLY GOING TO HELP ON
FUEL.
HE'S GOING TO BE THE BENEFICIARY
OF THE DEAL HE STARTED.
>> SCOTT WIMMER DID A GREAT JOB
TO MISS THOSE GUYS.
>> THE 33 DIDN'T MISS AND GOT
INTO THE WALL.
DRIVING WITH CALE GALE AND THE
33 RIGHT HERE.
YOU SEE THE WRECK JUST IN FRONT
OF HIM.
NOTHING HE COULD DO TO TRY TO
AVOID THAT.
>> YOU'RE SLIDING THROUGH THAT
GRASS, HOLDING ON.
YOU DON'T WANT TO TO HIT
ANYTHING.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, BAM.
>> IT'S TYPICAL SHORT TRACK
CARNAGE ON A TRACK THAT IS
1 1/4-MILE LONG.
THAT'S WHY THEY PACK THEM IN.
THIS IS WHAT KIND OF SHOW THE
NASCAR BUSCH SERIES DRIVERS PUT
ON.
I'S BEEN A VERY BUSY NIGHT SO
FAR.
>> CAUTION.
CAUTION.
>>> STILL OUT OF THE CAUTION
FLAG AT GATEWAY INTERNATIONAL
RACEWAY.
THE BUSCH SERIES IN YELLOW
NUMBER SIX.
A LOT OF YOUNG DRIVERS IN THE
FIELD WHO HAVE USED UP A LITTLE
BIT OF SHEET METAL.
>> AND THEY HAVE BEEN VICTIMS,
TOO.
>> IT'S BEEN AN EVENT-FILLED
NIGHT.
A LOT OF MULTI-CAR CRASHES.
YOUNG GUYS HAVE LEARNED LESSONS
THE DIFFICULT WAY IN THIS EVENT.
DIFFERENT STRATEGIES HAVE BEEN
PLAYED.
THE FAST GUYS HAVE TRAPPED BACK
IN TRAFFIC.
AND A GUY OUT FRONT DOESN'T HAVE
ENOUGH FRUL TO MAKE IT TO THE
FINISH, AND SOME OF THE GUYS
BETWEEN THE FAST GUYS AND THE
GUYS UP FRONT ARE ON OLDER TIRES
OR DIDN'T TAKE TIRES AT THE PIT
STOP.
IT COULD GET WILD.
>> THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT GREAT.
LET'S DO IT.
>> TODD BODINE IS OUT IN FRONT.
HE'S THE GUY THAT IS GOING TO
NEED GAS BETWEEN NOW AND THE
FINISH OF THIS THING.
THEN YOU HAVE DAVID REUTIMANN.
THIS COULD GET A LITTLE WILD.
>> YEAH, WATCH THE 03 AND THE 9.
WE'RE UNDER CAUTION FOR THE
SIXTH TIME.
WATCH THE CONTACT HERE.
>> I TELL YOU WHAT, HE'S GOT
REAL DAMAGE.
TODD GOT DAMAGE OUT OF THAT.
THAT HURT HIS FENDER.
THE 9 CAR, GOING AROUND, HE'S
THE LUCKY DOG.
HE'S GOING BY THE LEADERS TO GET
HIS LAP BACK.
NASCAR MOTIONING HIM AROUND.
>> AND ANDY, A LOT OF THE TIME,
THE SPOTTERS ARE SAYING HERE IS
THE CAR LAP DOWN, THE LUCKY DOG.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT KNOCKED THE
CAMERA OUT OF THE CAR.
>> HE'S GOING TO HAVE A TIRE RUB
ON THE RESTART.
HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO GET THAT
FIXED.
>> HE'S LOST A LOT OF DOWNFORCE
IN THE RIGHT FRONT CORNER THERE.
>> YEAH, HE STARTED BACK IN 24th
POSITION.
THE FURTHEST BACK ANYONE WOULD
START AND HAVE WON HERE.
WHERE ARE THE TOYOTAS RUNNING?
>> BODIED IN 1st, REUTIMANN IN
2nd, LEFFLER IN 3rd, AND BLANEY
IN 34TH.
WITH MORE ON REUTIMANN, LET'S
CHECK IN ON HIS PITS.
>> CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET?
>> SURE.
>> THE CREW CHIEF RADIOS TO
REUTIMANN, WHEN YOU CROSS THE
FINISH LINE UNDER CAUTION, YOU
BOUGHT ME ENOUGH TIME AND FUEL
TO GET YOU TO LAP 200 WITH A
LITTLE BIT TO SPARE.
HE'LL NOT HAVE TO COME IN FOR
FUEL ANYMORE TONIGHT.
>> I WON'T TELL ANYMORE IF YOU
DON'T.
>> HOW ABOUT THAT FOR REUTIMANN?
HOWAGGRESSIVE CAN HE BE?
DOES HE HAVE TO SAVE A LITTLE
BIT.
>> HE'S GOING TO DRIVE IT HARD.
TO WIN THE RACE, HE'S GOING TO
HAVE TO RACE HARD.
>> IF I WAS THE GUY IN THE 03
CAR, I WOULD HAVE USED THE LAST
CAUTION TO PUT IN GAS AND FIX
THE FENDER.
>> HE KNOW HE NEEDS GAS.
REUTIMANN CAN MAKE IT ALL THE
WAY.
HOW WILL THAT IMPACT THE START.
PACE CAR GETTING READY TO PULL
AWAY.
LET'S LISTEN IN AS WE GO FULL
THROTTLE.
>> GREEN FLAG.
>> ALL CLEAR.
>> INSIDE, STILL THERE.
STILL THERE, INSIDE.
35 NICIDE.
FIRST CORNER.
GOING TO BE THERE OFF THE
CORNER.
INSIDE.
INSIDE.
STILL THERE.
CLEAR LOW.
CLEAR LOW.
>> ALL RIGHT, REUTIMANN KNOWS
THE LEADER HAS A DAMAGED RACE
CAR.
HE'S GOING TO TRIEK TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF HIM IN TURN THREE.
REUTIMANN TAKES THE INSIDE AND
TAKES THE LEAD.
>> ONE THING THAT IS IMPORTANT,
HOW LONG CAN THE 03 HANG ON WITH
THE RIGHT FENDER KNOCKED IN?
I DON'T SEE SMOKE.
THAT'S A GOOD SIGN.
I WOULD HAVE SWORE THE RIGHT
FENDER IS RUBBING ON THE TIRE.
LOOK AT THE PASS, THE 41 OF
SORENSON.
>> GETS BY EDWARDS.
>> THAT'S FOR FOURTH PLACE.
SORENSON HOLDS THE INSIDE,
SHOVES EDWARDS TO THE OUTSIDE
GROOVE.
>> THAT WAS A GREAT MOVE ON
SORENSON.
HE NEED TODAY CLEAR THAT CAR TO
GET THE TRACK POSITION.
HE NEEDED TO GET -- FOR CARL
EDWARDS, SMART ON HIS PART.
I HAVE A FEELING NASCAR HAS AN
EYE BALL ON THE 60 CAR RIGHT
NOW.
>> HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO CHILL
OUT, COOL IT.
HE'S GOT TO PASS THE CARS TO GET
TO THE LEAD.
>> AND WE HAVE A CAUTION WAVING.
YELLOW FLAG, KEVIN MOSS, THE
FLAGMAN YELLS THE YELLOW FOR
DEBRIS IN TURN ONE.
THAT WILL BRING OUT CAUTION
NUMBER SEVEN.
WE HAVE 60 LAPS TO GO.
TOYOTA, TOYOTA, AND TOYOTA IN
THE TOP THREE TONIGHT.
>> I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT FENDER
DIDN'T RUB ANY HARDER ON THE 03
OF TODD BODINE.
THEY MAY HAVE TO USE THIS
CAUTION TO FIX THAT AND GET GAS
IN THERE.
>> I WANT TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF
SITUATION HE IS IN RIGHT NOW
WITH FUEL.
HOW FAR CAN HE GO?
SHOULD HE USE THIS CAUTION TO
GET THE FUEL AND THE TIRES SO
HE'S GOT ENOUGH TIME TO GET TO
THE FRONT?
>> HE PITTED ON LAP 94.
HE STAYED OUT AND JASON LEFFLER
STAYED OUT.
BUT THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY GETTING
READY DOWN THERE.
MIKE HILLMAN AND COMPANY, THIS
IS A TEAM THAT WON THE NASCAR
CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES
CHAMPIONSHIP A YEAR AGO.
TRYING TO GET IT DONE IN THE
BUSCH SERIES.
MIKE?
>> TODD BODINE IS HEADED DOWN
PIT ROAD.
THEY WERE PLANNING ON STAYING
OUT UNTIL THEY WERE CLIPPED
EARLIER ON THE RACE TRACK.
NOW THE PLAN IS TO REPAIR THE
RIGHT FRONT FENDER.
THEY'RE CONTEMPLATING A TWO-TIRE
CHANGE.
THAT'S SOMETHING TO LOOK AT AS
WELL.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE KEY TO SEE
WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE DOES.
THERE'S ONLY 15 CARS IN THE LEAD
LAP.
IF HE PUTS FOUR NEW TIRES ON THE
CAR, HE COULD GET HIMSELF BACK
UP TO THE FRONT.
>> HE'LL BE ABLE TO TRY TO GET
THIS ON PIT ROAD, GET THE
>>> GETTING READY TO GO BACK
UNDER THE GREEN FLAG HERE AT
GATEWAY INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY AT
ST. LOUIS.
PRETTY CALM THE FIRST PART OF
THE RACE.
ONE CAUTION THE FIRST 93 LAPS.
99 LAPS SINCE, SIX YELLOW FLAGS.
>> JASON LEFFLER HAS MADE A NICE
MOVE TO THE FRONT.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE A
COUPLE MORE CAUTIONS.
>> TODD BODINE DID PIT IN THE
YELLOW FLAG.
HE'S BACK IN THE END.
THE GUY TO KEEP AN EYE ON IS THE
GUY IN THE YELLOW CARD.
REED SORENSON.
HE'S UP TO THIRD PLACE.
WITH THE FRESHEST TIRES OF THE
LEAD THREE.
HE'S THE GUY.
>> HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB.
LIKE I SAY, THERE'S A LOT OF
IMPATIENCE.
>> YOU THINK WE'RE DONE WITH THE
CAUTION FLAG?
>> I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET A
COUPLE MORE.
WE'RE COMING DOWN TO THE GREEN
FLAG.
IT'S THE TOYOTA OF REUTIMANN
LEADING THEM DOWN, LOOKING FOR
HIS FIRST BUSCH WIN.
>> JASON LEFFLER, HE'S JUST A
HALF A CAR LENGTH BEHIND DAVID
REUTIMANN, OFF THE REAR DECK OF
THE TOYOTA.
IT'S TOYOTA, TOYOTA, DODGE, AND
FOR THE RECORD, THE TOP FOUR,
THEN THE SHIVY OF SCOTT WIMMER.
>> DON'T COUNT OUT LEFFLER.
HE'S GOT A BRAND NEW CAR.
THE TOYOTA HORSEPOWER UNDERTHE
HOOD.
>> HE'S THERE.
HE'S THERE.
HE'S GOT SOME PRESSURE FROM REED
SORENSON IN THE 41 CAR.
>> THERE'S REED SORENSON
SNEAKING A PEEK TO THE INSIDE.
AND HE WILL TAKE THE SPOT AWAY
IN TURN THREE.
>> YOU HAVE TO BE FEELING PRETTY
GOOD RIGHT NOW, CARL EDWARDS.
HE'S PROBABLY OKAY ON FUEL.
HE CAN DRIVE THE CAR AS HARD AS
HE WANTS.
DOESN'T HAVE TO CONSERVE
ANYTHING.
THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS TO DO.
>> HE'S GETTING PRESSURE FROM
WIMMER IN THE 29 CAR.
>> AND SORENSON DECIDED HE'S NOT
GOING TO WASTE TIME.
HE'S GOING AFTER THE 99 CAR OF
ROUTE NN.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT WIMMER ON THE
BACKSIDE, HE'S GOT A FAST CAR,
AND HE'S RUNNING OUT OF TIME
WITH 55 TO GO.
GOT THE PREFERRED LINE ON THE
INSIDE.
>> THERE'S WIMMER IN THE 29.
HE WAS THE POLE SITTER.
LED THE 52 FIRST LAPS.
NOW HE'S BATTLING INSIDE OF
EDWARDS FOR POSITION.
FOR MORE ON WIMMER, LET'S CHECK
IN WITH DAVE.
>> THIS IS WHAT HE HAS TO MAKE.
SCOTT WIMMER'S CAR DOESN'T WORK
WELL ON THE LONG RUNS.
WHEN THE FLAG COMES OUT, THAT'S
WHEN HE HAS TO PASS RACE CARS,
ACCORDING TO HIS CREW CHIEF.
>> WE KNOW HE HAS A GREAT SHORT
RUN CAR.
HE SAT ON THE POLE, THAT MEANS
HE'LL GO AS SOON AS THE GREEN
GOES, BUT HE CAN'T GET BY
EDWARDS.
>> HE'S GOT THE PREFERRED LINE
ON THE INSIDE.
YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO, IF YOU
DON'T GET CLEAN AIR TO THE FRONT
OF THE CAR, IT WILL START
PUSHING THE FRONT END ON YOU.
>> THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR THE
POSITION RIGHT HERE.
SEE THE SPARKS FLYING, YOU CAN
TELL THEY'RE DRIVING INTO THE
CORNER REAL HARD.
>> ON THE OUTSIDE LANE, THE
OUTSIDE OF THE CORNERS.
HE'S GOT CLEAN AIR IN HIS CAR.
WIMMER DOES NOT BECAUSE HE'S
TUCKED IN BEHIND LEFFLER, WHICH
CAUSES HICAR TO LIFT AGAIN.
>> THESE CARS ARE NOT PUSHING
HARD.
>> WIMMER HASN'T WON SINCE 2003
AT PIKE'S PEAKWRECK HE'S VERY
HUNGRY.
THIS IS HIS RACE CAR, THE ONE HE
FINISHED SECOND WITH IN
MILWAUKEE.
THESE GUYS ARE RELENTLESS.
NEITHER ONE WILL GIVE UP.
>> THE LAST SIX CARS IN THE LAST
LAP WERE .1 SECOND TOGETHER.
I CAN'T GET MY EYES OFF THE
FRONT OF THE 60 CAR.
>> AND TODD BODINE IN THE 03 WHO
MADE THE PIT STOP A MOMENT AGO,
PUT ON FRESH TIRES AND GOT SOME
SPOTS.
PULLED THE FENDER AWAY AND HE'S
HUSTLING UP.
HE'S BACK UP TO 12th BGZ.
THE BATTLE TO THE 29 AND THE 60
ONCE AGAIN.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE WIMMER GETS A
GOOD BREAK, BUT BOY, COMING OFF
THE CORNER, THE 60 CAR HAS SOME
HORSEPOWER, TORQUE.
>> HE'S GOT GOOD POWER.
THE FRONT END IS UP.
WHEN HE SLAMS DOWN INTO TURN
ONE, SPARKS POUR FROM UNDERNEATH
THE CAR.
LOOK AT THAT THING, UP DOWN, UP
DOWN.
>> JAMIE, TELL US ABOUT THE 60?
>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE HOOD OF
CARL'S CAR AND HIS LEFT SIDE, HE
HAS A LITTLE DAMAGE.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EVERYBODY
BINGING AND BANGING EVERYBODY.
HE'S GOTTEN INTO THREE CARS, THE
41, THE 42, AND THEN THE 35 CAR.
GOT A LITTLE BIT OF DAMAGE ON
THAT HOOD THERE.
YOU CAN LOOK AT IT UP CLOSE.
THE CREW IS LOOKING AT OUR
MONITORS RIGHT NOW AS HE GOES
BY.
HE'S DEALING WITH THE CAR HE
HAS.
IT'S BETTER THAN HE STARTED.
THIS IS THE CAR HE DROVE TO
VICTORY LANE ONE YEAR AGO.
HE WANTS TO BRING IT HOME, BUT
HE'S GOT TO PUT A STOP TO REED
SORENSON, WHO HAS BEEN ON A
ROLE.
BACK TO THE BOOTH.
>> THANK YOU.
TODD BODINE DISPENSES WITH TODD
KLUEVER.
THAT PUTS HIM IN 11th POSITION.
>> HE'S NOT CLOSE ON FUEL AT
ALL.
HE MADE HIS PIT STOP AFTER THE
OTHER GUYS.
HE DOESN'T HAVE TO SAVE
ANYTHING.
HE'S PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS
HERE, TRYING TO PASS CARS.
>> TODD BODINE HAD THE FASTEST
LAP OF THIS SESSION SO FAR.
HE'S GOT THE FOUR TIRES AND HE'S
FLYING AROUND HERE.
>> REUTIMANN IN THE AARON'S
>>> WELL, BACK AT GATEWAY
INTERNATIONAL, THE LATEST YOUNG
VICTIM IS ANOTHER 19-YEAR-OLD,
BRAD COLEMAN, INVOLVED IN AN
INCIDENT JUST A MOMENT AGO,
BRINGING OUT CAUTION NUMBER
EIGHT.
WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENED.
TOO MANY CARS, TOO LITTLE ROOM,
AND TOO MUCH CONTACT.
>> SAIL THAT BABY DOWN ON THE
INSIDE OF J.J. YELEY.
YELEY OFF THE COURSE.
NO CONTACT, BUT THEY BOTH RUN
UP.
GOT TO GET OFF THE THROTTLE.
THEY ALL RUN OUT OF REAL ESTATE.
>> THE 37 SCAR GETS INTO HIM.
AND THEN KELLY BIRES GETS
INVOLVED.
>> BOBBY HAD THE 77 ON THE
INSIDE OF HIM.
THIS IS THE ONBOARD CAMERA FOR
BRAD COLEMANCOLEMAN.
>> YELEY BEING SMART AND GIVING
COLEMAN PLENTY OF ROOM.
THE 37 CAR JUMPS DOWN IN THERE.
>> TO BOBBY EAST'S DEFENSE, HE
HAD THE 77 CAR ON THE INSIDE OF
HIM.
WATCH THE INSIDE OF YOUR SCREEN.
CONTACT THERE.
BRAD COLEMAN GOES AROUND, ALMOST
GETS THE SIDE OF THE 37.
HE DOES GET KELLY BIRES OUT OF
SHAPE AND SPINS.
WE END UP WITH CAUTION EIGHT ON
THE NIGHT.
>> IT MIGHT HAVE LOOKED THAT THE
37 CAR DROVE IN AND RAN INTO
THOSE GUYS.
THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED,
THOUGH.
J.J. YELEY AND COLEMAN GOT SO
SLOW THAT THE CLOSURE RATE WAS
SO QUICK THAT HE COULDN'T GET
OUT OF IT QUICK AND GOT INVOLVED
IN IT, TOO, BOBBY EAST DID.
>> THERE'S THE DAMAGE THEY'RE
TRYING TO REPAIR ON THE RIGHT
FRONT OF TODD BODINE'S TOYOTA.
HE'S BACK ON PIT ROAD.
THERE'S LOTS OF STEAM AND WATER
COMING OUT OF THE CAMRY.
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>>> THE YARD OF BRICKS, IT CAN
ONLY BOO THE INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR
THEY AY, AND NEXT
GET THE ONCE A YEAR CHANCE TO BE
THE ONE TO KISS THE BRICKS BY
WINNING THE ALL-STATE 400 AT
INDIANAPOLIS.
IT'S SOMETHING SOME OF THE
GREATS IN THE SPORT HAVE ALREADY
DONE.
SOME OF THE GREATS IN THE SPORTS
ARE STILL LOOKING TO DO.
DALE EARNHARDT JR. STILL SEEKING
A WIN.
GORDON AND JOHNSON HAVE ALREADY
DONE IT.
THEY KNOW WHAT THE BRICKS TASTE
LIKE.
ESPN NEXT SUNDAY, THE ALL-STATE
400 AT THE BRICKYARD STARTING AT
1:00 EASTERN TIME.
WE HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US.
WE CAN'T WAIT.
>> WE GET TO WATCH THE GUYS KISS
THE BRICKS.
CAN'T WAIT.
>> TIME TO GO.
>> THIS SHOULD BE A SHOOT-OUT.
I CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO
INDIANAPOLIS NEXT WEEK AND THE
14th RUNNING OF THE ALL-STATE
400.
WHAT A SHOW.
A GREAT FINISH HERE AT GATEWAY,
AND HOW ABOUT HISTORY BEING
MADE.
IF HE COULD HANG ON,
REUTIMANNICATE GET THE FIRST WIN
FOR TOYOTA IN THE BUSCH SERIES.
NOT SO FAST.
HERE COMEATHIZE 41 CAR ON THE
OUTSIDE, REED SORENSON.
>> HE JUST LOST POSITION.
TELL YOU WHAT, THAT'S GOING TO
BE TOUGH TO GET AROUND THE 41
CAR NOW.
HE'S BEEN FASTER THAN ANYBODY.
>> HE'S BEEN HARD TO BEAT
TONIGHT.
GIVING HIM THE CLEAN AIR IS
SOMETHING THAT REUTIMANN WANTED
TO DO.
REED MUST HAVE SAW SOMETHING ON
THE OUTSIDE.
HE POUNCED ON HIM ON THE
RESTART.
>> CARL EDWARDS NOW LOOKING TO
SNEAK A PEAK INSIDE THE 38 CAR
TO TAKE THE THIRD SPOT AWAY.
WE'LL SEE IF HE CAN GET IT IN
THE CORNER.
GETS THE NOSE INSIDE, THE CAR
INSIDE.
HE'LL PULL ALONGSIDE THE 38.
>> CARL WAS GIVING SIGNALS TO
WIMMER LIKE, HEY, QUIT ROUGHING
ME UP.
I'M GOING TO LET YOU BY.
HAD THAT LOOK.
I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF
WIMMER GOT BACK AROUND CARL.
>> I DON'T THINK CARL IS GOING
TO GIVE IT UP TOO EASY.
HE'S GOT THE HOME TOWN CROWD
CHEERING FOR HIM.
>> HE'S GOING TO STAY ON THE
THROTTLE.
HEY F I HAVE A CAR THAT IS NOT
HANDLING RIGHT, I WANT CARL
EDWARDS IN MIZE CAR.
THEY HAVE THE CAR HANDLING GOOD.
AND I HAVE BEEN A LITTLE ROUGH
ON HIM BECAUSE THE CAR WAS
LOOKING FUNNY ON THE FRONT END,
BUT HE'S STILL GETTING THE JOB
DONE.
>> HE'S CARRYING THE FRONT END
ON THE STRAIGHT-AWAY.
>> LIKE A DRAG CAR.
UP IN THE FRONT END.
SLAMMING DOWN, BUT IT'S WORKING
IN THE CORNERS.
>> AND THEY HAVE NOW DISPENSED
WITH JASON LEFFLER, BOTH HERE
AND WIMMER, RUNNING THREE AND
FOURTH SPACE BEHIND SORENSON AND
REUTIMANN.
>> THAT CAR SLAMS DOWN SO HARD,
IT POURS OUT SPARKS WHEN IT
BOTTOMS OUT.
REALLY AMAZING.
>> CARL IS DRIVING THE WHEELS
OFF IT.
>> AND SO IS SCOTT WIMMER, WHO
LOOKS TO THE INSIDE.
HERE COMES WIMMER.
JAMS IN THE THROTTLE AND ENTERED
TURN THREE.
CAN HE HOLD ON?
WE SAW THIS HAPPEN BEFORE FOR
ABOUT EIGHT OR NINE LAPS.
THESE GUYS SIDE BY SIDE.
>> HERE WE GO AGAIN.
THESE GUYS GOING AT IT.
>> CARL EDWARDS IS WORKING THE
OUTSIDE LANE IN, ALMOST ALL BY
HIMSELF.
HE'S GOT THE CAR FIGURED OUT IN
THE SECOND GROOVE.
WHO SAID YOU COULDN'T RUN SIDE
BY SIDE AT ST. LOUIS.
CARL EDWARDS IS PROVING THEM
WRONG.
>> THE ROUSH FENWAY CAR THAT
EDWARDS IS IN, THE GREAT OWNERS
AND TEAMS IN NEXTEL, BUSCH, AND
CUP RUNNING SIDE BY SIDE.
THE HONDA AND TOYOTA RUNNING
SIDE BY SIDE.
>> WIMMER ALMOST HAD HIM CLEARED
ABOUT TWO LAPS AGO.
NEEDED ABOUT A FOOT.
HE JUST CAN'T GET CLEAR OF CARL
EDWARDS.
NOW WHILE THESE GUYS ARE RUNNING
SIDE BY SIDE, UP FRONT, REED
SORENSON, THERE YOU GO, REED
SORENSON, REUTIMANN, PULLING
AWAY.
SORENSON PULLING AWAY BY .7 OVER
HIS BATTLE FOR THIRD SPOT.
>> THE 29 OF SCOTT WIMMER AND
THE 60 OF EDWARDS SIDE BY SIDE.
I WOULDN'T DOUBT IF SOONER OR
LATER, THE ARROW LOOSENESS IS
GOING TO GET EFFECTIVE.
>> THESE GUYS ARE REAL PROS,
BOTH OF THESE GUYS.
>> YOU SEE HOW HE BREAKS APART,
LETS THE AIR FLOW COME DOWN THE
SIDE OF THE 29.
>> NOW WIMMER GIVES EDWARDS
CLEARANCE.
>> LOOK AT THE HOOD ON EDWARDS'
CAR.
>> HE'S HAD A LITTLE DAMAGE ON
THE LEFT FRONT.
I THINK IT'S GOT THE HOOD
BUCKLED JUST A BIT.
YOU CAN SEE THE AIR BUFFET
ACROSS THE HOOD, MAKING IT
BOUNCE UP AND DOWN.
>> AS YOU WATCH THIS ONBOARD
WITH EDWARDS, LET'S CHECK IN
WITH SHANNON.
>> BRAD COLEMAN TOLD ME HIS CAR
WAS A TOP FIVE CAR.
WALK ME THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED
THROUGH YOUR PERSPECTIVE, BRAD.
>> WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO PAST
J.J. YELEY.
OUR CAR WAS FASTER.
EVERY TIME I GOT TO THE INSIDE,
HE FORCED US TO THE GRASS.
HE DIDN'T WANT TO SEE IT PASS
ME, ESPECIALLY WITH ME IN IT.
THE CHEVROLET WAS AWESOME.
HE FORCED ME TO THE BOTTOM, GOT
IN THE DIRT.
SOMEONE TRIED TO MAKE IT
FOUR-WIDE, IT WENT CRAZY.
THE CAR IS AWESOME.
I FEEL TERRIBLE FOR MY GUYS.
WE'LL GET A TOP TEN NEXT
WEEKEND.
>> Y'RE IN THE CAR FORTHEX
FIVE RACES.
HOW MUCH CONFIDENCE DOES THAT
GIVE YOU MOVING TOWARD THE NEXT
FIVE RACE SNZ.
>> I HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE.
WE STARTED 19th AND GOT TO THE
TOP TEN, ALMOST TOP FIVE.
I THINK EVEN WITH THIS WRECK, WE
GOT SERIOUS MOMENTUM GOING INTO
NEXT WEEKEND.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
COLEMAN FINISHED FOR
THIS EVENING.
>> FRUSTRATION FOR BRAD COLEMAN.
I'M NOT SO SURE YELEY IS AS
INVOLVED AS HE MIGHT THINK IN
THE SITUATION.
>> I THINK HE'S MAYBE TALKING
ABOUT LAPS BEFORE THAT.
WE SAW THAT, HE GAVE HIM PLENTY
OF ROOM.
>> HE HAD HIMSELF ALL THE WAY IN
THE GRAY IN THE TOP OF THE RACE
TRACK.
I COULD UNDERSTAND THE
FRUSTRATION OF BRAD.
I DON'T THINK I WOULD BE
POINTING THE FINGER AT YELEY
RIGHT NOW.
HE'S JUST TRYING TO HOLD THE
POSITION AND RACE THE KID HARD.
>> WHY DON'T WE ASK YOUR
COLLEAGUES IN THE PIT STUDIO.
ALLEN, WHAT DO YOU THINK OUR
CROWN ROYAL CROWNING MOMENT OF
THE NIGHT HAS BEEN SO FAR?
>> BACK ON THE RESTART AT LAP
137 IN TRAFFIC, CARL EDWARDS WAS
AHEAD OF REED SORENSON, AND IN
THAT TRAFFIC, WATCH THE YELLOW
CAR OF SORENSON JUMP TO THE
INSIDE OF EDWARDS HERE.
THAT GOT HIM IN FRONT OF THE 60.
HE LED THE CHARGE BACK UP
THROUGH THE BACK.
>> REED HAS BEEN STRONG ALL
NIGHT LONG.
HE'S TRYING TO CHECK OUT ON THIS
BOARD.
>> GOT HIM IN POSITION TO
CHALLENGE REUTIMANN FOR THE
LEAD.
HE TOOK THE LEAD.
IT'S REED SORENSON WHO HAS
MOTORED AWAY BY A SECONDS AND A
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SADDLE AGAIN ♪
♪ I'M BACK WE'RE BACK IN THE
SADDLE AGAIN ♪♪
>> AND SOME OF THE NASCAR BUSCH
SERIES VETERAN ARE BACK IN THE
SADDLE.
SOME OF THE YOUNG DRIVERS HAVE
FALLEN OFF THE HORSE TONIGHT.
LET'S GET YOU UP TO SPEED WITH
WHAT IS HAPPENING, STARTING WITH
THE LEADER AND JAMIE LITTLE.
>> REED SORENSON, THE
21-YEAR-OLD LEADING THE FIRST
LAPS OF THE SEASON.
DOMINATING HIS CREW IS THRILLED
WITH HIM.
IT'S ONLY THE FOURTH RACE HIS
CREW CHIEF HAS BEEN MATCHED UP
WITH REED SORENSON.
HE'S LEADING THE WAY, LOOKING TO
GO TO VICTORY LANE FOR THE FIRST
TIME SINCE HE LEFT HERE TWO
YEARS AGO.
>> REUTIMANN LOST THE LEAD RIGHT
AWAY ON THE RESTART.
HIS ABILITY TO FIGHT BACK MAY BE
THE ISSUE.
HE COMPLAINED ABOUT HIS BRAKES
BEING HOT EARLIER.
THAT MAY BE THE ADVANTAGE TO
WIMMER RIGHT BEHIND HIM.
IF HE CAN SMELL BLOOD, HE MAY
RUN DOWN REUTIMANN BEFORE THIS
IS OTHER.
HE CONTINUES TO RUN IN THE THIRD
POSITION.
JAMIE, BATO YOU.
>> AND CARL EDWARDS RIGHT BEHIND
HIM, RUNNING FOURTH.
HE'S HAD THE ILL-HANDLING CAR.
HE'S BEEN ALL OVER THE MAP,
GOTTEN INTO A FEW CARS.
AND GUYS, THEY'RE TRYING TO
REGROUP, TELLING HIM TO WORK HIS
WAY TO THE FRONT AND WIN THIS
FOR THE HOME CROWD.
>> PERHAPS THE BIGGEST FAN OF
THE MOST RECENT CAUTIONS IS
JASON LEFFLER.
FOR HIM, THE KEY IS FUEL
MILEAGE.
THEY LAST PITTED ON LAP 117.
THEY BELIEVE THEY CAN GO THE
FINAL 83 LAPS ON THIS FINAL TANK
OF FUEL.
IF THEY CAN DO THAT, THEY CAN BE
ASSURED OF A SOLID TOP FIVE
FINISH.
>> DAVID REGAN CURRENTLY RUNNING
SIXTH.
HE STARTED THE RACE 21st.
HE'S RUNNING SIXTH.
EARLIER IN PRACTICE, THEY WERE
FLATTERED BECAUSE THE 60 TEAM
CAME TO THEM AND ASKED FOR NOTES
ON THE SET-UPS.
RIGHT NOW, HE'S HUNTING DOWN HIS
CREW MEMBER IN THE 60 CAR.
THEY TOLD DAVID, YOU'RE JUST AS
GOOD AS CARL, IF NOT BETTER.
>> DURING THE LAP 98 CAUTION
WHEN THE 84 TWENTY-FOUR AND 22
WRECKED, RON HORNADAY HAD
CONTACT.
HE PUSHED INTO THE CAR.
LIKE A BAD AFTER MARKET JOB, THE
GUYS PUT A NEW SCREEN ON THE
GRILL OF THE CAR.
IT WASN'T MEANT TO BE PRETTY.
IT'S VERY FUNCTIONAL.
THE AIR IS MOVING BACK INTO THE
CAR.
HE'S IN THE TOP TEN A GREAT
RECOVERY.
>> J.J. YELEY AS WELL HAVING
GREAT RECOVERY.
HE HAD TWO UNSCHEDULED PIT STOPS
FOR DAMAGE TO HIS CAR.
HE'S CURRENTLY RUNNING EIGHTH.
THE BEST HE'S DONE ALL YEAR.
HIS BEST SPHINX FINISH IS
SURPRISINGLY 11th.
>> IT'S BEEN A ROUGH LAST 25
LAPS OR SO FOR TODD BODINE.
FIRST, HE WAS CLIPPED BY THE
NINE CAR.
NOW THERE'S TROUBLE ON THE RACE
TRACK.
>> IT'S THE 60 CAR, POINTS
LEADER CARL EDWARDS.
>> HERE WE COME.
COMING TO YOU.
>> I THINK WE'RE FINE.
I JUST HIT THE REAR.
WE CAN KEEP RUNNING.
>> PUT TIRES ON IT.
FOUR TIRES ON IT, FUEL IT UP.
>> HEAVY REAR END DAMAGE.
THE CREW CHIEF ON THE PITS,
CAUTION NUMBER NINE OF THE DAY.
>> I TELL YOU, ONE THING GOING
THROUGH THE 29 TEAM'S MIND RIGHT
NOW IS WE'RE GAINING POINTS IN
CARL EDWARDS FOR THIS CAR OWNER
POINT SITUATION.
THIS IS A GOOD THING FOR THE 29.
>> THEY CAN MAKE UP GROUND ON
THE OWNER'S CHAMPIONSHIP CHASE.
HE'S MORE THINKING ABOUT TRYING
TO WIN THE RACE.
HE'S GOT A GOOD CAR, RIGHT AFTER
A RESTART, SITTING IN THE THIRD
SPOT.
>> JUMPING UP AND DOWN ON THE
BACK OF THE CAR, TRYING TO GET
THE BACK OF IT BENT BACK DOWN
AFTER HE BACKS IT INTO THE WALL.
THERE IS PIERRE CUTELL.
CARL'S MOM TO THE RIGHT OF YOUR
SCREEN.
SHE WAS JUMPING UP AND DOWN
EARLIER WHEN SHE WAS EXCITED
ABOUT THE GREAT QUALIFYING
EFFORT SHE HAD.
SHE SAW HIM WIN HERE A YEAR AGO
FROM THE OUTSIDE FRONT ROW IN
FRONT OF THE HOME STATE FANS.
LET'S WATCH FROM HIS ONBOARD
CAMERA AND SEE WHAT HAPPENED AS
HE GOES SAILING INTO THE CORNER.
>> STRUGGLING GETTING INTO THIS
CORNER LOOSE.
SOUNDED LIKE IT MAY HAVE BEEN
WHEEL HOPPING.
LIKE HE HOPPED THE REAR WHEELS.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT CARL'S LAST
FIVE FINISHES.
THE LAST TWO, VERY
UNCHARACTERSHICLY, 11th AT
DAYTONA.
WHEEL PROBLEM AT CHICAGO,
FINISHED 20th.
HIS PREVIOUS TWO RACE HE'S WON
WERE AT DOVER AND NASHVILLE.
HE GOT INTO CONTACT WITH A CAR
AT KENTUCKY.
SO, YOU KNOW, HE HAS ONE TOP
FIVE FINISH IN THE LAST FIVE
EVENTS.
>> I TELL YOU WHAT.
HE BETTER START LOOKING IN HIS
REAR CREW MIRROR.
YOU HAVE JEFF BURTON AND SCOTT
WIMMER.
THEY WANT ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP.
AND RIGHT NOW, I KNOW THAT'S
WHAT THEY'RE THINKING.
>> AND THE CREW WORKING ON THE
REAR OF THE POINTS LEADER'S CAR.
CARL EDWARDS HAS HEAVY DAMAGE.
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>>> JULY 30th, 2005, HERE AT
GATEWAY INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY,
AND REED SORENSON PASSING MARTIN
TRUEX JR. IN THE 8 CAR.
SORENSON SCORED HIS SECOND AND
AT THIS POINT, LAST NASCAR BUSCH
SERIES WIN.
HE'S OUT IN FRONT, DRIVING THE
41 CAR WITH 19 LAPS SEPARATING
HIM FROM ANOTHER GATEWAY NASCAR
BUSCH SERIES TROPHY.
IT'S THE NASCAR BUSCH SERIES
GATEWAY.
>> HERE IS A LOOK AT THE
LEADERS.
AS WE HAVE 19 LAPS TO GO, REED
SORENSON HAS LED 14 TIMES FOR 75
LAPS.
WIMMER, REUTIMANN, BODINE,
EDWARDS, KESELOWSKI, AND BLISS.
GUYS, WHO IS YOUR HORSE?
19 LAPS TO GO.
CAN SORENSON HOLD ON?
HOW ABOUT WIMMER IN THE CHEVY?
>> I LIKE SORENSON.
>> I LIKE SORENSON, TOO, BUT I
THINK WIMMER WILL BE MOUNTING A
DHARJ.
HE NEEDS A WIN, WANTS A WIN.
HE'S HUNGRY.
>> REUTIMANN IS HUNGRY IN THE
TOYOTA.
THEY WOULD LOVE TO GET A WIN FOR
REUTIMANN.
GREEN FLAG WAVES.
WE HAVE 19 LAPS TO GO TO SETTLE
IT HERE AT GATEWAY
INTERNATIONAL.
>> REED SORENSON HAS A GOOD
JUMP.
SCOTT WIMMER DIDN'T GET UP THERE
TO GET ON THAT ONE.
>> AND SORENSON JUST PULLS AWAY
FROM REUTIMANN BY ABOUT FIVE CAR
LENGTHS DOWN THE STRAIGHT-AWAY.
GREAT HORSEPOWER IN THE GANASSI
GAUJ.
RUDEMAN PULS WITHIN FOUR CAR
LENGTHS.
PULLS ON THE BACK OF THE 99 CAR.
>> THE RESTART SCOTT WIMMER HAD
WASN'T THE ONE HE WANTED, BUT
HE'S ON THE BACK OF REUTIMANN
RIGHT NOW.
PROBABLY START WORKING THE
BOTTOM LANE LIKE HE'S BEEN
WORKING ALL NIGHT LONG, GO TO
THE TOP AND CROSS TO THE BOTTOM.
WHILE THAT'S GOING ON, REED
SORENSON IS CHECKING OUT.
>> SEEMS LIKE REUTIMANN DOESN'T
HAVE A REAL GOOD CAR AFTER A
RESTART, TAKES HIM A LAP OR TWO
TO GET GOING.
>> YEAH, HERE IS CARL EDWARDS
NOW.
ALL THE DAMAGE ON THE REAR OF
THE CAR A MOMENT AGO.
HE WAS IN A BAT TO FIX IT IN THE
PITS.
HE'S TRYING TO SAIL HIS WAY
THROUGH THE PACK.
HE PULLS TO THE BACK OF THE 42
CAR.
THESE GUYS HAVE MET ONCE
TONIGHT.
>> LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE FORGOT TO
TELL HIM HIS CAR WAS TORE UP.
>> THAALIST LAST TIME IN TURN
ONE, A BIG PIECE OF HIS CAR FLEW
OFF.
THERE'S DEBRIS COMING OFF IT.
>> 9th, 10th, AND 11th.
IT'S HAM LIN10th.
AND YOU'RE LOOKING BACK AT
WALLACE, WHO IS 9th.
WALLACE TRYING TO RECORD HIS
BEST FINISH OF THE YEAR, BUT
HERE COMES EDWARDS ON THE HIGH
SIDE.
>> TELL YOU WHAT, THE GUY IS
GOOD.
YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT TO CARL AND
HIS TEAM.
THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB UNDER
THE CONDITIONS THEY'RE OPERATING
IN.
>> HE PULLS TO THE INSIDE.
AND WILL TRY TO SQUEEZE INSIDE
OF KETTLESON, SOMEHOW GETS IT
DONE.
>> YOU SEE MIKE WALLACE BACK
THERE.
HE'S NOT GOING THROUGH THERE.
YOU'RE CRAZY.
>> MIKE WALLACE PULLS TO THE
INSIDE.
WILL HAVE TO TRY TO GET THAT
SPOT BACK.
MIKE WAS IN NINTH SPOT.
LIPPED BACK TO 11th.
MEANWHILE, YOU SEE MIKE TRYING
TO MAKE A MOVE.
BOY, THIS CARL EDWARDS EFFORT IS
FUN TO WATCH.
EDWARDS, AFTER THAT PIT STOP, IS
JUST CUTTING THEM DOWN ONE BY
ONE.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT CARL EDWARDS.
HIS CAR IS BEAT UP ALL OVER THE
PLACE.
THE REAR END IS JACK UDUP.
AND THERE ARE CARS OUT THERE
WITHOUT A SKRASH IN THEM, NO
DAMAGE AT ALL, AND CARL IS FLAT
PUTTING IT ON THEM.
>> AND THE FANS IN THE
GRANDSTANDS ARE ON THEIR FEET.
THEY KNOW, THEY SAW CARL.
THEY CHEERED AND WAVED WHEN HE
WAS INTRODUCED.
THE HOME STATE FAN FROM MISSOURI
ACROSS THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI.
WATCHING THEIR HERO, CARL
EDWARDS, TRYING TO GET IT DONE,
TRYING TO PULL OFF A MIRACLE IN
THE LAST 13 LAPS.
>> I TELL YOU WHAT, TODD BODINE
IS TRYING TO PULL OFF A MIRACLE,
TOO, RIGHT IN FRONT OF EDWARDS.
THE CAR HAS BEEN OVERHEATING.
EDWARDS IS FLYING RIGHT NOW.
>> ALL RIGHT.
LET'S LISTEN IN WHAT CARL
EDWARDS WAS SAYING A MOMENT AGO.
HE'S MOVING ON THE INSIDE OF
BODINE.
>> HARD TO DRIVE ALL NIGHT.
I FIGURE, SCREW IT.
I HAVE A POINT LEAD.
I'M GOING TO DRIVE IT REAL HARD
AND TRY EVERYTHING I CAN.
I GOT TOO LOOSE THERE.
>> I THOUGHT HE WAS TALKING
ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW HE'S
DRIVING HARDER.
THE RIGHT FRONT FENDER IS BENT
IN.
THE REAR END IS JACKED UP.
THE LEFT FRONT FENDER IS KNOCKED
DOWN.
NOT A STRAIGHT PANEL ON THE CAR,
BUT I'M WATCHING THE TIMER HERE,
AND HE'S GOT ONE OF THE FASTEST
CAR ONS THE RACE TRACK.
WHAT DO YOU TO ABOUT THAT?
>> YOU CAN'T DRIVE A CAR HARDER
THAN HE'S DRIVING RIGHT NOW.
LOOK AT HIM RACING TODD BODINE.
A LITTLE BIT OF SMOKE, A LITTLE
BIT OF RUBBING.
>> RUBBING IS RACING, THAT'S
WHAT HARRY HOG SAID IN DATE DAYS
OF THUNDER."
>> IF CARL HAD A BUMPER RIGHT
THERE, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN
AGAINST IT.
>> NO BUMPER LEFT.
MEANWHILE, REED SORENSON I'M
JUST GOING TO TRY TO HANG ON FOR
11 MORE LAPS.
THAT'S A DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN
SORENSON AND REUTIMANN.
WIMMER IS THIRD, LEFFLER,
FOURTH.
RAGAN IN THE FIFTH SPOT,
HORNADAY, YELEY, AND EDWARDS IN
EIGHTH POSITION.
>> ANOTHER GOOD RUN FOR RAGAN.
SORENSON IS OUT RUNNING THESE
GUYS EVERY LAP BY ABOUT .1.
>> THERE'S RAG IN IN THE SIXTH
CAR.
HE TOOK A BACKUP CAR FROM THE
BACK OF THE PACK AND GOT A TOP
20 FINISH.
HE LEADS THE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
STANDINGS IN THE NASCAR BUSCH
SERIES, HAS GOT A VERY BRIGHT
FUTURE IN BUSCH AND THE NEXTEL
CUP FOR ROUSH FENWAY.
>> HE QUIETLY DROVE THE CAR INTO
THE TOP FIVE.
WE HAVE SEEN A SMOKE TRAIL ALL
NIGHT LONG BECAUSE HE'S RUBBING
THE RIGHT FRONT ON THE HOOD.
IT'S BARELY RUBBING THE TIRE.
NOT CAUSING A PROBLEM.
>> THAT DOES IT ALL THE WAY IN
THE MIDDLE OF TURN ONE AND TWO
WHEN THE FRONT END IS FULLY
COMPRESSED.
I DON'T THINK IT COULD HURT THE
CAR.
>> AND HERE IS LOOKING BACK FROM
THE DAVID REUTIMANN CAR.
LET'S CHECK IN THE PITS WITH
DAVE.
>> BOTH OF THE CARS RUNNING REAL
HARD AT THE END.
I THOUGHT WIMMERWIT GED GET
REUTIMANN.
REUTIMANN HAS BEEN DRIVING THE
CAR EXTREMELY HARD, EVEN WITH
THE POOR BRAKES RIGHT NOW.
AS FOR WIMMER, HE WAS
COMPLAINING HE COULDN'T MAKE THE
CAR TURN THROUGH THE CENTER
ANYMORE.
NOW HE'S GOT THE OUTSIDE LINE ON
REUTIMANN.
>> HE'S ABLE TO MAKE THE MOVE
AROUND HIM, DAVE.
GOOD CALL.
AND REUTIMANN TRYING TO COME
BACK ON THE INSIDE, BUT TOO MUCH
MOMENTUM FROM WIMMER UP HIGH TO
TAKE THE SPOT AWAY.
>> LOOKS LIKE SCOTT FOUND A
LITTLE BIT IN THE UPPER GROOVE.
HE GOT ALL THE WAY AROUND
REUTIMANN.
>> AND CARL EDWARDS NOW MOVES UP
ON HORNADAY IN THE 77 CAR.
THAT'S A BATTLE FOR SIXTH
POSITION.
>> UNBELIEVABLE THE WAY THIS GUY
IS DRIVING THE RACE CAR.
>> MAKES YOU WONDER HOW MUCH IS
LEFT IN THE 60 CAR.
IT EQUALS OUT, I GUESS.
>> WE TRY TO GET THE CARS, EVERY
SQUARE INCH OF THE BODY WORKING
RIGHT AND GET THEM IN THE WIND
TUNNEL, THAT CAR IS BEAT ALL TO
PIECES.
HE'S FLYING.
>> IF WE GET A CAUTION FLAG,
THIS COULD BE A RACE.
WIMMER HAS BROKEN LOOSE AND HE'S
RUNNING FAST LAPS.
>> EDWARDS ON THE INSIDE OF
HORNADAY, TRYING TO TAKE THE
SEVENTH SPOT AWAY.
HE JUMPS ON THE THROTTLE AND THE
42 ALSO MAKING A MOVE.
KEVIN HAMLIN TRYING TO GET TO
THE INSIDE.
HAMLIN GOES TO SEVENTH AND
EDWARDS GOINGS TO SIXTH.
>> GANASSI GUYS HAVE A GOOD RACE
WITH REED SORENSON DOMINATING
THE RACE, AND HAMLIN HAS BEEN UP
THERE ALL NIGHT.
>> TOYOTAS BATTLING FOR
POSITION, REUTIMANN AND LEFFLER.
>> SIX LAPS TO GO, THIS IS
STARTING TO HEAT UP.
WHAT DO YOU THINK, ANOTHER
CAUTION OR NOT?
>> IF THEY GET ANOTHER CAUTION,
YOU HAVE TO LOOK OUT FOR THE 29
CAR BECAUSE HE'S HUNGRY.
>> IT'S TAKE NO PRISONERS TIME
AT GATEWAY INTERNATIONAL
RACEWAY.
FINAL LAPS HERE.
WIMMER HAS NOT WON SINCE 2003.
HE'S HAVING TROUBLE, THOUGH,
TRYING TO REEL IN AN AWFULLY
STOUT REED SORENSON.
HERE IS THE BATTLE, THOUGH.
YOU SEE WIMMER FLASH BY, THIRD,
FOURTH, AND FIFTH, REUTIMANN,
LEFFLER, AND RAGAN.
>> SORENSON RAN A 34.04 COMPARED
TO WIMMER'S 34 FLAT.
WIMMER IS DEFINITELY OUTRUNNING
HIM.
NOT BY A LOT.
>> 16 CARS IN THE LEAD LAP.
THE LAST CAR IN THE LEAD LAP IS
BOBBY LEAKS IN THE LAST SPOT.
WHAT A NIGHT FOR THE 41.
GREAT EFFORT BY THE CHIP GANASSI
TEAM.
HE BEGAN THE WEEK AT WRIGLEY
FIELD WHERE HE THREW OUT THE
FIRST PITCH FOR THE CUBS TEAM.
AND THEN HE AND HIS TEAMMATES
SANG "TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL
GAME" AND THEN HERE ON SATURDAY
NIGHT, THE 21-YEAR-OLD FROM
GEORGIA TRYING TO PICK UP NOT
ONLY HIS FIRST TOP FIVE OF THE
YEAR, BUT HIS FIRST WIN SINCE
2005.
>> YOU HAVE TO HAND IT TO BRAD
PERRETT AND REED SORENSON.
HE'S KEPT IT OUT OF TROUBLE ALL
NIGHT LONG.
AND HE'S DRIVING THE WHEELS OFF
IT.
YOU HAVE TO HAND IT TO CHIP
GANASSI RACING TO SWAPPING THE
TEAMS UP AND MARRYING THE GUYS
TOGETHER.
>> YOU NEVER KNOW HOW THE
CHEMISTRY IS GOING TO WORK OUT,
BUT IT WORKED OUT IN THEIR
FAVOR.
>> THE 42 CAR, THAT TEAM IS ALSO
GREAT.
>> CARL EDWARDS IS NOT GOING TO
GET A WIN, MAY NOT GET A TOP
FIVE, BUT HE'S BEEN FUN TO
WATCH.
WHITE FLAG WAVES FOR THE 41 CAR
OF SORENSON.
HE COMES SAILING BY.
THERE IS SCOTT WIMMER.
REUTIMANN, RAGAN, AND EDWARDS.
>> PARTS ARE STILL FLYING OFF
THE 60 CAR.
>> REED HAS CLEARED THE 28 CAR,
LAP CAR.
CLEAR SAIL RIGHT NOW.
HE CAN SMELL THIS THING.
HE'S JUST GOT TO BRING THIS BABY
HOME.
AND AGAIN, CHIP GANASSI, WHAT A
SMART GUY DOING WHAT HE DID.
>> AND 21-YEAR-OLD PEACHTREE
CITY, GEORGIA, DRIVER REED
SORENSON PULLS IT OFF A SECOND
TIME.
HE COME BECOMES THE SECOND
DRIVER TO WIN IN 2007.
>> SORENSON, WIMMER, REUTIMANN,
LEFFLER.
>> AWESOME JOB.
AWESOME JOB.
>> BEEN A LONG TIME, LONG TIME.
AWESOME, GUYS.
CAN'T SAY ANYTHING ELSE.
>> IF YOU COULD, JUST --
>> AND THAT WOULD BE BRAD
PERRETT'S 18th WIN AS A CREW
CHIEF, AND HE WAS A CREW CHIEF
EARLIER IN THE YEAR WHEN JUAN
PABLO MONTOYA WON IN MEXICO
CITY.
HE'S NOW THE CREW CHIEF HERE.
LET'S CHECK WITH SHANNON.
>> JUICY FRUIT FOR EVERYONE.
YOU CAN SEE THE JUICY FRUIT IN
HIS HANDS.
FOURTH RACE WITH REED.
WHAT KIND OF CHEMISTRY KOO DOO
YOU HAVE?
>> REED SORENSON HAS BEEN A
GREAT RACE CAR DRIVER.
HE DID A GREAT JOB.
IT'S BEEN 61 RACES SINCE HE WON.
AND YOU KNOW, HE WAS WORRIED
ABOUT THE 99, BUT THIS TEAM'S A
GREAT RACE TEAM.
YOU KNOW, JUAN PABLO DID A GREAT
JOB EARLIER IN THE YEAR FOR US.
WE'RE TUNING UP FOR LATER IN THE
YEAR.
REED HAS TWO MORE RACES IN THIS
CAR.
WE'RE GOING TESTING IN BRISTOL
ON TUESDAY.
I CAN'T THANK THESE GUYS ENOUGH.
>> HE'S GOING TO GO GIVE THE
JUICY FRUIT.
DOC?
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU,
SHANNON.
HE THREW THE FIRST PITCH OUT AT
WRIGLEY FIELD ON MONDAY NIGHT.
TONIGHT, IN ST. LOUIS, IN THE
SHADOW OF BUSCH STADIUM, THIS
HITS A HOME RUN FOR
WRIGLEY.
THE JUICY FRUIT DODGE OF REED
SORENSON, CELEBRATING HER ON THE
FRONT STRAIGHT-AWAY.
WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'LL TALK TO
THE YOUNG 21-YEAR-OLD WHO JUST
DOMINATED TONIGHT AND PICKED UP
CAREER WIN NUMBER THREE.
>>> THE ONLY CLAIM REED SORENSON
IS GOING TO FILE TONIGHT IS THE
ONE FOR THE WINNER'S CHECK.
LET'S HEAR FROM HIM.
>> AND REED SORENSON CLIMBS FROM
HIS CAR, THE SPRAY OF THE BUSCH
BEER CELEBRATION.
IT'S BEEN TWO LONG YEARS.
REED SNAPS A 61-RACE LOSING
STREAK.
YOU FINALLY MADE IT BACK HERE
WHERE YOU LEFT OFF LAST TIME.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE DOTED YOUR
MOTIVATION.
WHAT DOES THIS SAY ABOUT YOU?
>> IT'S BING A LONG TIME SINCE
WE WON.
WE KNEW WE THE H A GOOD SHOT.
THE CAR WAS DOMINANT ALL NIGHT.
EVERYBODY DIT A GREAT JOB.
>> WHAT DOES THIS SAY FOR YOU AS
A DRIVER?
YOU CAME OUT, YOU LED THE FIRST
LAP THOFZ SEASON AND BRING HOME
A VICTORY?
I I'M JUST REAL PROUD OF
EVERYBODY.
WE KNEW WE HAD A GREAT CAR AFTER
PRACTICE.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
REED SORENSON VICTORIOUS FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN TWO YEARS.
>> WELL, CARL EDWARDS CAME UP A
LITTLE SHORT, BUT REALLY, HE DID
ENTERTAIN US OVER THE LAST 20
LAPS.
TAKE US BACK TO THE INCIDENT,
WHAT HAPPENED?
>> WHAT HAPPENED IS WE WERE
RUNNING FOUR.
THE CAR WAS DIFFICULT TO DRIVE
ALL DAY.
WE'RE GOING TO RUN FOURTH IF I
DRIVE LIKE THIS.
I TRIED DIFFERENT THINGS AND I
LOST IT GOING INTO THREE.
GOT MARBLES ON THE REAR.
WENT IN TOO LATE.
I HAVE TO SAY SORRY TO HAMLIN
FOR SPINNING HIM, AND WE'LL BE
RACING DIRT CARS TOMORROW NIGHT,
AND I'M PROUD OF THE GUYS FOR
GETTING THIS DISH NETWORK HOME
ZONE BACK TO SIX.
THAT'S PRETTY AWESOME.
>> I THINK THAT REALLY SHOWED
WHAT CARL EDWARDS IS MADE OF.
>> SCOTT WIMMER STARTED ON THE
POLE AND IT LOOKED LIKE AT THE
END IT WAS TOO LATE GETTING
AROUND REUTIMANN.
>> IT WAS.
THE TRACK POSITION WAS SO
IMPORTANT, AND WHEN THE 41 GOT
OUT FRONT, YOU WEREN'T GOING TO
CATCH HIM.
GREAT TO BY BY MY HOLIDAY INN
GUYS.
THEY DID A GREAT JOB ALL
WEEKEND.
WE'LL GO SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH.
ONE TIME, WE'LL WIN ONE.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE WAY WE
HAVE BEEN RUNNING.
>> ANOTHER GREAT FINISH.
ALMOST BROKE THE 45-RACE WINLESS
STREAK.
ALLEN?
>> AND WIMMER FLIPPED A LITTLE
BIT OFF CARL EDWARDS' LEAD, BUT
CARL'S GOT A HUGE ADVANTAGE.
852.
HELLO.
THAT OWNER'S CHAMPIONSHIP, THEY
FLIPPED ABOUT 20 OFF THE 60 TEAM
AND THE 29 HEADING TO
INDIANAPOLIS NEXT WEEK.
WELL, NEXT, IT'S THE NHRA
POWERADE SERIES.
WHAT A NIGHT.
A LOT OF CAUTIONS, SOME RALLIES.
REMEMBER SORENSON HAD A FLAT
TIRE ON THE GREEN EARLIER IN THE
RACE.
CAME BACK TO TAKE THE LEAD AND
SCORES THE VICTORY TONIGHT.
NEXT WEEK, IT'S THE INDIANAPOLIS
MOTOR SPEEDWAY, THE NEXTEL CUP
COVERAGE STARTS SATURDAY FROM
THE ALLSTATE 400 AT THE
BRICKYARD, PART OF A FULL DAY OF
MOTOR RACING PROGRAMMING FOR YOU
ON ESPN NEXT SATURDAY.
WE'LL BE AT THE BRICK YARD FOR
PRACTICES, THE QUALIFYING ON
SATURDAY, AND OF COURSE, THE
RUNNING OF THE ALL-STATE 400
NEXT SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
1:00 EASTERN TIME.
IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT RACE
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING