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IN THE BEGINNING, IT WAS
EARNHARDT.
HE WON THE FIRST MODERN DAY
GRAND NATIONAL EVENT.
1982.
DAYTONA.
SINCE THEN, GORDON,
LABONTE, HAVE LEAD THE LIST,
ROCKETING TO FAME IN THIS
SERIES.
SOME SAY IT'S THE TOUGHEST,
HARDEST STOCK CAR RACINGHERE
IS.
EVERY LAP, EVERY POSITION
GAINED A HARD STEP TOWARD
NATIONAL PROMINENCE.RESENT SOME
BEST OF AMERICA.SERIES LEADER
■■FROM THE NORTHWEST, CHAD
LITTLE.
THE NORTHEAST, MCGLOTHLIN.
IT'S 200 FAST AND FURIOUS
MILES, 82 LAPS, A BREATHTAKING
AND BEAUTIFUL AUTOMOBILE
RACING.
CHECK OUT YOUR OWN MAP FOR
WATKINS GLEN, NEW YORK, AND
EXCITEMENT.
AMERICAN RACING TRADITION IS
SYNONYMOUS WITH THE NAMES OF
ITS GREATEST CIRCUITS,
DAYTWATKINS
GLEN, AND TODAY V3BE TOASTING
IT IS AND . GOOD BUT YOU
EVERYBODY ELSE.
WHY DO THRAIN GUYS SAY YOU'RE
THE MAN TO BEAT TODAY.
I DON'T KNOW.
I GUESS BECAUSE WE WON THE
POLE, BUT IT WAS AWFUL CLOSE
QUALIFYING.
IT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH RACEIN.
AND ROTAKES A LITTLE B OFRUNS 1
NATIONAL RACE, 14th SEASON IN
THE ERA OF GRAND NATIONAL
RACING.
WHAT A WONDERFUL PLACE TO
CELEBRATE HERE AT WATKINS,
GLEN, NEW YORK, IN THIS
82-LAP, 200 MILE EVENT FOR 41
CARS.
WE'RE THRILLED TO HAVE ONE G
TO THIS RACE DO
YOU FEEL
?ú
IS NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
THERE'S SO MANY VARIABLES
INVOLVED IN ROAD RACING.
SO MANY THINGS YOU HAVE TO
THINK ABOUT ALL THE TILE, AND
THITRATION LEVEL DOES HAVE TO
BE HIGHER THAN RUNNING AT 200
MILES AN HOUR AT DAYTONA.
YOU'VE GOT TO CONCENTRATE ON
WHEN DO YOU DECELERATE GOING
INTO THE TURN, HOW MUCH DO YOU
LET OFF THE GAS, WHICH GEARS
DO YOU GO TO SHIFT DOWN TOYOU A?
HOW MUCH DO YOU HIT THE
BRAKES?
AND JUST EVERYTHING ON THE
CAR, YOU'RE CONSTANTLY
CONCENTRATING ON WHAT DO I DO
NEXT?
LET ALONE HAVING TO DEAL WITH
THE OTHER COMPETITORS OUT
THERE.
THEY ARE BESIDE YOU, BEHIND
YOU, IN FRONT OF YOU.
WHERE ARE THEY?
IT REALLY TAKES CONCENTRATION.
EVERYBODY IS READY FOR THAT
COMMAND OF FIRE THEM UP AND
GET THIS FIELD ROLLING TODAY.
THE MID-SEASONONAL STARS OF NAS.
A REAL THRILL FOR CBS TO BE
HERE TO BE ABLE TO BRING YOU
THIS EVENT TODAY.
WE HAVE 4 ON-BOARD CAMERAS
READY TO GIVE YOU THE ACTION.
VERY SHORTLY, THEY'LL SEND
THESE GENTLEMEN AWAY TO
CHALLENGE THIS VERY DIFFICULT
-- HOW MANY TURNS DO YOU
REALLY THINK THERE ARE HERE?
YOU WANT TO THINK THERE'S 10.
I GUESS THEY SAY THERE'S 7.
IT GETS PRETTY DIFFICULT AT
TIMES.
WE'LL GET BACK TO THAT STORY
AS WE CONTINUE ALONG OUR WAY
THROUGH THE WATKINS GLEN 200.
OUR STARTING GRID COMING UP IN
A FEW.
THAT'S IT.
41 CARS, 21 STRONG GETTING
READY FOR A GO.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER
HERE TODAY, AS WE MOVE ALONG.
GOOD DAY FOR RACING.
AND THE TRACK ANALYSIS NET.
THAT'S NOT COUNTING THE
INTERLOOP AS YOU GO INTO TURN
5.
IF YOU GET THROUGH TURN ONE IT
CAN SEND YOU UP THROUGH TWO
AND 4 AT A HIGH RATE OF SPACE.
THE EVER SO IMPORTANT INNER
LOOP IS THE HIGHEST SPEED PART
OF THE RACE TRACK.
FOURTH GEAR, YOU PULL IN
THERE.
AS SOON AS YOU COME OUT OF
THOSE S'S, YOU GRAB FOURTH
GREER AND YOU'RE REALLY
RUNNING ABOUT 160, 65 MILES
PER HOUR, BEFORE YOU GO INTO
THE INNER LOOP.
THE INNER LOOP IS A HAIRY
PLACE TO PASS.
YOU CAN GET IT DONE BUT THEY
HAVE HIGH CURVING THERE, SO
YOU'VE GOT TO DO IT RIGHT.
THEY HAD ONE CAR, ONE OF THE
SUPPORT RACES YESTERDAY UPSIDE
DOWN IN THERE.
>> BRAKES HAVE TO BE AN ISSUE.
WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE RACE
ANALYSIS.
BRAKES HAVE TO REALLY BE THE
FACTOR.
THEY'VE GOT TO BE SPONGY AFTER
3 OR 4 LAPS.
ANYTIME YOU COME TO A ROAD
COURSE THE BRAKES ARE THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING HERE.
THE NEW JERICO TRANSMISSION
HAS HELPED A LOT OF THE
DRIVERS ADJUST TO THE RACES
BETTER.
TELL THE FANS, JERICO
TRANSMISSION, HOW IS IT
DIFFERENT FROM A REGULAR
TRANSMIDDINGS?
FOR THE GRAND NATIONAL DRIVERS
YOU SEE SITTING AT HOME, THEY
NO LONGER HAVE TO USE A
CLUTCH.
WE HAVE A JERICO TRANSMISSION
WHICH HAS STRAIGHT CUT TEETH
GEARS IN IT, NO CLUTCH.
IF YOU'RE IN FIRST GEAR, YOU
JUST *** IT INTO SECOND, ***
IT INTO THIRD.
THE TIMING HAS TO BE RIGHT,
THE RPM'S HAVE TO MATCH THE
REAR END AND THE AT THE SAME
TIME.
IT HAS MADE A LOT OF THE
DRIVERS INTO ROAD COURSE
DRIVERS.
PROBABLY A LESSER CHANCE OF
OVER-REVVING THE ENGINE.
MORE SO, DEFINITELY.
YOU GET WHAT YOU CALL A LOT OF
WHEEL HOP.
IF YOU MISMATCH THE GEARS YOU
HAVE TO BRING THE RPM'S UP ON
THE MOTOR THROUGH THE END, AND
IF YOU DON'T DO THAT IT GETS
TO HOPPING AND YOU'RE REALLY
IN TROUBLE.
THE NEW TRANSMISSION HAS MADE
IT REALLY NICE.
TERRY LABONTE LEADING THE
FIELD OUT FOR THE WATKINS GLEN
200.
CBS SPORTS COVERAGE OF THE
WATKINS GLEN 200 WILL AFTER
THIS MESSAGE AND A WOR
THE FIRST OF THE TWO
PRELIMINARY LAPS AT THE
BEAUTIFUL WATKINS GLEN GRAND
NATIONAL COURSE TODAY.
WINSTON CUP COMING HERE LATER
THIS YEAR.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT.
41-STRONG HAVE ON-BOARD
CAMERAS.
WITH 4 MACHINES FOR THIS RACE.
>> TERRY LABONTE UP FRONT.
RIGHT THERE, GUYS, TERRY
LABONTE IS GETTING SOME HEAT
INTO THESE TIRES.
THEY HAVE BEEN GOING AROUND
THE ROAD COURSE RIGHT NOW
BEFORE THE START OF THE RACE.
WHAT HE'S DOING, WIGGLING THE
CAR BACK AND FORTH, HE'S
MAKING SURE WHEN THEY GET
READY TO RACE, HIS TIRES ARE
GOING TO STICK WHEN THEY GO
DOWN INTO THE HAIR PIN IN TURN
ONE.
THERE YOU SEE THE CAMERA ON
TOP OF THE ROOF CAM FROM TERRY
LABONTE'S POLE POSITION CAR.
>> CHAD LITTLE IS ALSO
CARRYING A CAMERA TODAY.
STARTING IN THIRD POSITION.
4-TIME WINNER THIS YEAR, FROM
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON. AND
JOHNNY BENSON BACK IN 7th
POSITION.
DOING AS THE LEADER WAS DOING.
GETTING THE CAR READY FOR
ACTION TODAY.
AND WAY ON THE TAIL END OF THE
FIELD FOR THIS RACE IS ELTON
SAWER, WHO CRASHED AND
DESTROYED THE CAR HE BROUGHT
HERE.
THIS IS THE BACKUP CAR.
HE'S GOT WORK TO DO COMING
FROM 39th POSITION.
OUGHT TO BE SOME PRETTY
INTERESTING PICTURES THERE.
SHOULD.
HE TOLD ME THIS MORNING THAT
THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD THE CAR
SWITCHED OVER TO -- IT WAS A
SHORT-TRACK CAR, AND YOU KNOW
AN OVAL TRACK CAR, THEY HAD TO
DO A LOT OF WORK TO SWITCH IT
OVER TO A ROAD COURSE CAR.
IT'S ONE LAP BEFORE THEY TURN
THEM LOOSE.
WHERE DO YOU WANT TO BE
MENTALLY RIGHT NOW AS YOU GET
READY FOR STARTING?
YOU WANT TO BE ON THE INSIDE
ROW, WHICH IS THE LEFT OF YOUR
SCREEN.
YOU SEE THE CAR OF MIKE
MCLAUGHLIN, YOU DON'T REALLY
WANT TO BE THERE.
WHEN YOU GO DOWN INTO TURN ONE
AND YOU HANG THAT RIGHT,
YOU'RE WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO
STICK IT RIGHT IN YOUR LEFT
REAR AND GET INTO YOU.
YOU REALLY DON'T WANT THAT.
TERRY LABONTE, CHAD LITTLE,
THEY'VE GOT THE PREFERRED
SPOT.
THAT'S THE HAIRPIN TURN I'M
TALKING ABOUT, TURN ONE.
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
PART ON THE START.
PIT STRATEGY WILL BE
EXCEPTIONALLY INTERESTING,
KEN, WITH THE INCREASE IN THE
LENGTH OF THIS EVENT, NOBODY'S
TRIED TO DO THIS EVER ABOUT.
NASCAR HASERATIONED TIRES,
EACH TEAM HAS JUST TWO SETS OF
TIRES, ALL THE TEAMS ARE
FIGURING ON TAKING AT LEAST
TWO PIT STOPS.
THE QUESTION IS, WHEN DO YOU
COME AND TAKE THEM?
A DRIVER RUNNING IN THE FRONT,
HE CAN MAKE A PIT STOP UNDER
GREEN, LIKELY WITHOUT LOOZING
A LAP.
A GUY BACK FURTHER CAN'T DO
THAT.
TRACK POSITION IS EVERYTHING.
CLYDE IS THE CREW CHIEF FOR
MIKE MCLAUGHLIN.
HIS FORMER CAR OWNER, THE
CHERRY CUP FOLKS HAVE A LOT OF
ROAD RACING EXPERIENCE.
WHERE DO YOU PUT YOUR
SPOTTERS.
IT'S NOT LIKE AN OVAL WHERE
ONE SPOTTER CAN SEE
EVERYTHING.
IT'S PRETTY DIFFICULT.
WE'RE USING 4 TODAY AND WE'VE
GOT THEM PLACED IN 4 DIFFERENT
LOCATIONS.
SHOW ME WHERE.
ONE DOWN IN HERE WHERE THE
GRANDSTAND IS IN TURN TWO.
WE'VE GOT ANOTHER MAN AT THE
LOOP, WATCHING THIS SECTION
HERE.
WE HAVEMAN OVER HERE,
WATCHING THIS SECTION HERE.
AND WEE GOT ONE ON THE PIT
ROW HERE COVERING TURN 11 AND
DOWN THIS MAIN STRAIGHT-AWAY.
WE STAND RIGHT HERE ON PIT
ROW.
4 DIFFERENT SPOTTERS, AND THEY
HAVE TO SCAN THE RACE TEAM,
NASCAR, AND THE RCA CORNER
WORKERS STATIONED ALL THE WAY
AROUND THE RACE TRACK.
THEY'RE THE FIRST INDICATION
THERE'S A PROBLEM.
HOW MANY PIT STOPS FOR 200
MILES?REALLY KNOWS, DO THEY?
>> WELL, PROBABLY TWO FOR
SURE.
GAS MILEAGE IS KIND OF FUNNY.
YOU NEVER GET A GOOD READING
IN PRACTICE.
WE'RE BASING IT ON TWO RIGHT
NOW.
WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT
HAPPENS.
I TALKED TO TERRY LABONTE
YESTERDAY AND ASKED HIM THAT
SAME QUESTION.
I SAID, "WILL YOU HAVE TO MAKE
TWO PIT STOPS?"
HE SAID I DON'T KNOW OF MANY
CARS THAT'S RUN MORE THAN 4
LAPS IN SUCCESSION SINCE THEY
CAME ON FRIDAY IN PRACTICE,
AND DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW FAR
THEY CAN GO ON FUEL.
IT'S HARD TO GO A HUNDRED
MILES ON A TANK OF FUEL ON A
ROAD COURSE.
WHEN YOU COME UP HERE, TO THE
ROAD COURSE, AND YOU GET A LOT
OF RAIN LIKE WE HAVE IN THE
AREA, YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT'S VERY HARD TO REALLY
PINPOINT WHAT YOU CAN DO GAS
MILEAGE-WISE.
ANOTHER THING THAT THE GRAND
NATIONAL SERIES HAS TO LOOK
AT, THEY HAVE THE V-8 9 TO ONE
COMPRESSION FOR THE FANS.
THESE MOTORS ARE A LOT LESS
COMPRESSION THAN THE WINSTON
CUP CARS.
YOU MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT GET THE
GAS MILEAGE.
CAR NUMBER 95 COMING AT YOU
THERE, THAT'S A LITTLE
DIFFERENT THAN A LOT OF THE
CARS IN THE FIELD.
THIS MARKS THE FIRST TIME
THESE CARS ARE HERE AT WATKINS
GLEN.
THE 95 CAR OF BUTCH
LEITZINGER, THAT CAR HAS A
DIFFERENT SUSPENSION, A 3-LINK
REAR END.
THIS CAR IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT
THAN THE REST OF THE CARS IN
THE FIELD.
THAT COULD BE OD OR NOT SO
GOOD.
I GUESS THAT'S WHAT SUITS HIM.
RIGHT.
MY TEAM OUT OF NASHVILLE,
TENNESSEE, WE ALWAYS RUN A
THROW-LINK.
HE'S GOT A CAR SIMILAR TO OURS
BUT THE FRONT END OF HIS CAR
IS DIFFERENT THAN EVERYBODY
ELSE.
WHAT MAKES THAT CAR DIFFERENT
IS THAT IT IS DIFFERENT IN THE
REAR AND ALSO DIFFERENT IN THE
FRONT.
MORE LIKE AN OBSOLETE CAR THAT
SOMEBODY IS RUNNING.
HE HAS A LOT OF ROAD RACING
EXPERIENCE.
HIS DAD WAS ONE OF THE BEST IN
AMERICA, THE LEITZINGER NAME
WELL-KNOWN.
HE WANTS TO DO MORE STOCK CAR
RACING OUT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA
AREA.
GRADUATE FROM PENN STATE.
HERE COMES THE FIELD.
COMING UP ON THE FINAL CORNER.
DOWN INTO THE STRAIGHT-AWAY TO
COMMENCE THE WATKINS GLEN 200
FOR NASCAR GRAND NATIONAL.
GREEN IS OUT.
TREMENDOUS CROWD HAS TURNED
OUT TOEE THESE PEOPLE IN
ACTION.
DEFINITE A NICE START THROUGH
1.
REALLY FAST HERE.
THEY'RE GRABBING THIRD GEAR
BEFORE THEY COME UP THE HILL.
AS YOU SEE TERRY LABONTE.
TWO WIDE IS VERY HAIRY GOING
THROUGH THESE CORNERS.
GOING TO BE A AND GO ON
NUMBER 43, THEY SAY RODNEY
COMBS JUMPED THAT START.
THEY'LL BRING HIM.
THEY SAID TRACK POSITION IS SO
IMPORTANT HERE, AND HE'S GOING
TO LOSE A LOT OF TRACK
POSITION.
HERE THEY COME.
INTO THAT INNER LOOP, TURNING
UP SIDEWAYS.
THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL THE
OUTER LOOP, TURN 5.
I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH CHAD
LITTLE HANGING WITH TERRY
LABONTE ON THE FIRST LAP.
THESE TWO HAVE RUN AWAY FROM
THE FIELD AS OF RIGHT NOW.
YOU'VE GOT PATTY MOISE IN
TROUBLE IN CAR NUMBER 40.
THIS IS IN LAP NUMBER ONE.
SHE GETS IT FIRED.
BRINGS IT AROUND.
MEANWHILE, FOR THE LEADERS,
CHAD LITTLE, WHO HAD A LOT OF
ROAD RACING EXPERIENCE, THE
OLD WINSTON WEST SERIES WAS
ABOUT 50/50 ROAD RACING.
WILLOW SPRINGS AND RIVERSIDE
IN THE OLD DAYS, PORTLAND,
OREGON, TACOMA.
HE RAN ALL THOSE TRACKS AND
HE'S RUNNING RIGHT WITH THE
2-TIME WINNER OF THIS EVENT,
TERRY LABONTE.
THERE YOU SEE LEITZINGER
RIDING IN THIRD.
HE WON ONE OF THE SUPPORT
RACES YESTERDAY FOR THE SPORTS
CARS HERE ON THIS TRACK.
HE'S LOOKING STEALTH RIGHT
NOW.
HERE IS RODNEY COMBS COMING IN
FOR HIS STOP AND GO.
A MISTAKE, JUMPING THE FLAG ON
THE START.
DEFINITE TOP 3, TERRY LABONTE,
CHAD LITTLE, LEITZINGER.
THE 3HOUR RACE THAT HE CO-WON
HERE YESTERDAY.
MCLAUGHLIN HOLDS ON IN FOURTH.
AND MAINTAINING FIFTH.
RIGHT NOW IT'S CURTIS MARKHAM
WHO STARTED ON THE OUTSIDE OF
THE SECOND ROW.
THIS IS TURN 5 THAT THEY'RE
COMING OUT OF, AND CHAD LITTLE
TOOK A PEEK ON TERRY LABONTE.
BUTCH LEITZINGER MAKING THAT
CAR WORK FOR HIM TODAY.
LOOKING GOOD RIGHT NOW.
JUST BEHIND THEM, JEFF GREEN
IN 6th, JOHNNY BENSON IS 7th.
DAVID GREEN IN EIGHTH.
JASON KELLER NINTH, AND JIM
BOWN ROUND OUT THE TOP 10.
RICKY CRAVENS DROPPED BACK ONE
INTO 11th.
DID YOU SEE CHAD LITTLE'S LEFT
FRONT HIT THE CURB THAT.
COST HIM TIME.
THE SMOOTH TERRY BONTE
ROLLED THROUGH THERE AND
PULLED THE GAP THAT YOU SEE.
RRY LABONTE SETS HIS OWN
PACE.
HE'S ALWAYS COMFORTABLE ON
THESE ROAD RACES.
HE DOES WHAT HE THINKS HE
NEEDS TO DO.
DOESN'T REALLY TAKE A DIVE AT
ANYBODY.
HE'S OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, AND
I GUARANTEE YOU HE'S CHECKING
IN THE MIRROR RIGHT NOW
LOOKING AT CHAD BUT HE'S NOT
OVER-DRIVING THE CAR TO STAY
IN FRONT OF HIM.
VERY SMOOTH.
CHAD REALLY MADE A RUN ON HIM
GOING UP THROUGH THE S'S.
HE HAS SOME SPEED THERE.
TERRY LABONTE HAVE A PROBLEM?
LOOKS LIKE TERY HAS A PROBLEM.
HE'S MOTIONING FOR HIM TO PASS
ON THE LEFT SIDE.
TERRY LABONTE -- CHAD LITTLE
INHERITING FIRST PLACE.
I'M EMBASSYING THAT WE MIGHT
HAVE A MOTOR PROBLEM HERE
BECAUSE THAT IS IN THE HIGH
SPEED OF THE TRACK.
THE S'S, YOU'RE WIDE OPEN
GOING THROUGH THERE.
YOU NEVER LIFT GOING THROUGH
THE SECOND CORNER.
AND UP THE HILL.
CHAD LITTLE NOW TAKES FIRST
POSITION.
SOME
HE'S NUMBER TWO NEWSCAST GRAND
NATIONAL POINTS.
RIGHT NOW, TERRY LABONTE'S CAR
STAYS RIGHT THERE, PRETTY
STOUT.
HE'S PICKED BACK UP AND SEEMS
TO BE RUNNING ALMOST AT FULL
SPEED.
GETTING A REPORT THAT THEY'RE
GOING TO PUT A BLACK FLAG ON
GREG CLARK'S NUMBER 53.
HE'S HAD SOME TROUBLE, LOST
ENGINE EARLY IN THE WEEK.
CAME UP WITH A REPLACEMENT.
RUN JUST A FEW RACES.
THIS COULD BE A SITUATION
WHERE TERRY LABONTE, THEY CALL
HIM THE ICE MAN.
HE DOESN'T D
SOMETHING COULD BE JUST NOT
RIGHT ON HIS CAR, AND INSTEAD
OF HAVING CHAD LITTLE HOUNDING
HE SAID, "HEY, JUST GO ON BY."
I WOULDN'T WANT LEITZINGER
BEHIND ME.
THAT KID CAN DRIVE.
>> TERRY RIGHT NOW HAS AN OPEN
TRACK TO HIMSELF, AND IT MIGHT
BE THAT HE JUST WANTED TO RUN
COMFORTABLE, MAYBE THE CAR
WASN'T EXACTLY RIGHT.
MAYBE HE WAS HAVING TO RUN
FASTER THAN HE WANTED TO TO
STAY OUT FRONT.
DEFINITE
I'M IN TERRY LABONTE'S PIT.
HIS DAD, BOB, IS THE CREW
CHIEF.
BOB, IS TERRY OKAY?
IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAVED CHAD
PAST.
HE'S ALL RIGHT.
SOMETHING DUMPED SOME OIL DOWN
AND HE HIT.
IT HE'S FINE.
YOU'RE RIGHT, KENNY.
I THINK IT GOES TO THE OLD
ADDAGE YOU MUST FIRST FINISH,
TO FINISH FIRST.
AND THERE'S NO BETTER THING
THAN EXPERIENCE.
GOT A CAR GOING VERY SLOW ON
THE TRACK.
CATCHING UP ON THAT ONE IN A
MOMENT.
COMING INTO TURN 7 IS WHERE
THAT CAR WAS.
11th RACE THAT LITTLE HAS LEAD
THIS YEAR.
THAT'S THE TIC TAC CAR.
IT'S IN TROUBLE.
STANLEY MOORE.
DONE A GREAT JOB IN THE BUSCH
GRAND NATIONAL NORTH SERIES.
CERTAINLY HAVING HIS TROUBLES
TODAY.
CHAD LITTLE IS REALLY FLYING
THROUGH THESE S'S.
THAT'S WHERE HE'S REALLY FAST.
HE LOVES TO ROAD RACE.
WON AT DAYTONA, STARTED LAST
AT DAYTONA.
IN THE 300, AND CAME TO THE
FRONT AND WON IT.
RIGHT NOW LEADS TERRY LABONTE
AND LEITZINGER.
GREG BARTON MAKING AN
UNSCHEDULED PIT STOP IN CAR
53.
MCLAUGHLIN HANGS RIGHT IN
THERE.
RIGHT BEHIND HIM, THAT'S
BENSON.
THE POINT LEADER, FROM
WISCONSIN.
WHAT A SMOOTH AND DRIVER HE IS
TO WATCH.
HERE'S DICKBERGREN.
PATTY MOREAS, THE ONLY FEMALE
DRIVER IN TODAY'S RACE IS ON
PIT ROW FOR AN EXTENDED STAY.
THE FRONT WHEELS HAVE GOT A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TOE-IN.
POINTING TOWARD EACH OTHER BY
ABT CH
THIS KIND OF GOES ALONG WITH
THE REST OF HER WEEKEND.
SHE BLEW TWO ENGINES TRYING TO
GET THE CAR IN THE RACE, AND
HER HUSBAND, ELTON SAWYER,
CRASHED HEAVILY BETWEEN THE
TWO OF THEM THEY GOT LESS THAN
5 LAPS OF PRACTICE.
I WOULDN'T WANT TO ENJOY
DINNER WITH THEM TONIGHT.
KELLY MOORE IS BRINGING OUT A
FULL COURSE CAUTION WHILE THEY
MOVE CAR NUMBER 41 OUT OF THE
WAY.
BACK WITH MORE FROM WATKINS
GLEN IN A MOME
AFTER A LITTLE OVER 12 MILES
OF HERE'S HOW THEY RUN UNDER
THE FIRST CAUTION.
HERE'S DICKBERGREN.
A PROBLEM WITH THE LEAD CAR,
CHAD LITTLE'S TEMPERATURE
GAUGE SAYS 240.
HOW HOT CAN THAT THING GET AND
STILL BE ALL RIGHT?
WE CAN RUN IT AT 250.
WE'VE RUN IT THAT HOT BEFORE.
I'M NOT OVERLY CONCERNED YET.
WE GET ABOVE 250 I'M GOING TO
SWEAT A LITTLE BIT.
THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT WE CAN
DO.
IT'S TOO EARLY TO PIT AND FIX
IT.
THE 9-1 COMPRESSION MOTORS
CREATE A LOT OF HEAT, GUYS.
IT'S NOT ABNORMAL FOR THEM TO
RUN 220, 230.
I LEARNED THAT GROWING UP IN
ANOTHER DIVISION.
250, THAT IS PUSHING IT.
I'M WORRIED ABOUT THIS CAR.
AWFULLY HOT.
WE KNOW THE BOILING POINT OF
WATER IS 212 DEGREES.
THIS IS WHAT IS HURTING HIM.
RUNNING REAL SLOW, NOT GETTING
A LOT OF AIR.
AS LONG AS HE HAS THE ENGINE
REVVING AND THAT WATER IS
CIRCULATING IT ISN'T GOING TO
BOIL EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE WAY
ABOVE THE 212 BOILING POINT.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT
HAPPENED TO GREG CLARK OUT
HERE.
CAR NUMBER 53.
WE'RE LOOKING AT ELTON
SAWYER'S WINDSHIELD.
HE GETS BY HIS WIFE, PATTY
MOISE.
THAT WAS CLOSE.
IT LOOK LIKE THERE WAS SOME
DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT REAR.
HE HAD TROUBLE THERE ON THAT
CAR.
KELLY MOOR OUT OF MAINE, THE
14-TIME GRAND NATIONAL NORTH
WINNER.
HE GOT HIS CAR FIRED AND CAME
DOWN ON TO PIT ROW.
HERE'S MIKE WITH AN UPDATE.
>> WE'RE AT THE GARAGE AREA
WITH KELLY.
WHAT HAPPENED?
WE ONLY WENT A COUPLE OF LAPS
AND I COULD SMELL REAR END
GREASE.
I GUESS THE REAR END BLEW UP.
IT'S A BRAND NEW ONE WE PUT IN
BEFORE QUALIFYING YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON.
IT JUST COME APARTOUS.
YOU LOST A REAR IN PRACTICE,
DIDN'T YOU?
YEAH, WE DID.
I DOWN-SHIFTED TO QUICK AND
DIDN'T GET THE GEARS RIGHT.
I WAS BEING EASY TO THE DRIVE
TRAIN, AND WE'RE JUST
DISAPPOINTED THIS FORD
THUNDERBIRD COULDN'T AT LEAST
GET TO THE END OF THE RACE
TODAY.
SORRY TO SEE YOU OUT OF IT.
THANK YOU.
THERE'S AN ACCENT YOU CAN
REALLY UNDERSTAND.
YOU CAN, YOU GREW UP IN THE
NORTHEAST.
WE'RE GETTING SET.
I THINK WE'RE ABOUT A LAP AWAY
BEFORE THEY TURN THEM LOOSE.
SHOWING TWO LAPS AWAY, IS THE
INDICATION NOW.
WE CAN REVIEW THE FIELD FOR
YOU.
TAKE YOU FURTHERURE DOWN.
SPENCER WAS 10th.
CRAVEN 11th.
YOU HAD A POINT IT MAKE.
I WAS JUST NOTICING, RICKY
CRAVEN IS IN THE PITS AND HE
WAS A FRONT RUNNER, RUNNING
ABOUT 10th OR 11th POSITION.
HE'S OKAY, LEAVING PIT ROW.
THAT WAS A SURPRISE TO SEE
RICKY COME IN THE PITS.
THERE'S RICKY COMING OUT OF
THE PITS.
THE 12th POSITION IS JIM BOWN
NOW.
13th IS LESLIE.
GRISSOM IN 15th.
16th LEPAGE, 16th, LARRY
PEARSON, 17th, SADDLER,
HOUSTON, MEN MCDONALD, AND
ROUNDING OUT THE TOP 20 IS
LEWIS.
THE OTHER CAR WITH A HEATING
PROBLEM WAS RICKY CRAVEN.
HIS TEMPERATURE GAUGE IS ALSO
RISING.
THE CREW CHIEF SAYS IT'S IN
THE SAFE ZONE.
IT'S GOING UP AND NOT SHOWING
ANY SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN.
THEY JUST SHOT WATER IN AND
SENT RICKY OFF.
THE SAME CAR CRAVEN FINISHED
THIRD AT DOVER WITH A COUPLE
OF WEEKS AGO.
THEY'RE HAVING THEIR TROUBLES
HERE WITH MOTORS.
THEY BLEW ONE IN PRACTICE.
AND THIS ENGINE, THEY HAD OIL
PRESSURE PROBLEMS WITH IT ALL
WEEKEND LONG.
THIS WAS NOT ON CRAVEN'S
SCHEDULE FOR THIS SEASON.
IT WAS ADDED A WEEK OR TWO
AGO.
HE DOES LIKE IT.
HE WENT BACK TO ROAD RACING
SCHOOL TO GET HIMSELF READY
FOR THIS THING.
EXCITED ABOUT.
IT I THINK A LOT OF THE GRAND
NATIONAL DRIVERS LIKE STEVE
GRISSOM, A LOT OF THEM COMING
UP HERE GETTING READY FOR THE
WINSTON CUP RACE IN AUGUST.
I TALKED TO RICKY AT MY LOCAL
HOMETOWN WHERE I LIVE, IT
WASN'T SCHEDULED.
HE SAID THE GUYSGARAGE
WERE GETTING BORED AND THEY
WANTED TO GO RACING.
HERE THEY ARE AT THE GLEN.
HE FOUND A WAY TO KEEP THEM
FROM BEING BORED.
BOB SUTTON OWNS THE NASCAR
SUPERTRUCK THAT YOU WILL SEE
AT MILWAUKEE NEXT WEEK.
HE OWNS ELTON SAWYER'S CAR
EVER THERE WAS A REPORT ELTON
MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN INTO PATTY
MOISE AND THE TWO CARS BUMPED
TOGETHER.
DID IT HAPPEN?
WE HEARD THAT.
ELTON'S DOING A GREAT JOB IN
THE BACKUP CAR.
WE HAD TO ASK HIM, DID YOU HIT
PATTY.
HE SAID HE DIDN'T HAVE NOTHING
TO DO WITH IT.
HE'S DOING A GOOD JOB IN THE
BACKUP CAR.
A PRETTY BAD ACCIDENT FRIDAY.
I THINK WE WILL DO OKAY TODAY.
WE HAD TO ASK BECAUSE ELTON
SAWYER AND PATTY MOISE ARE
HUSBAND AND WIFE.
HOW WOULD YOU FEEL ABOUT
DRIVING AGAINST MRS. WALLACE.
THAT WOULDN'T WORK FOR ME.
I LOVE MY WIFE, AND IT WOULD
BE HARD.
I'M TOUGH ENOUGH ON THE
COMPETITORS.
WE'RE READY TO GO GREEN FLAG
RACING.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS BATTLE UP
IN FRONT.
THIS IS GOING UPHILL, PRETTY
GOOD CLIMB.
WHAT, 12, 15 DEGREES UP
THROUGH THERE?
IT'S QUITE A BIT.
NOW THEY'RE ON THE INNER LOOP.
THAT WAS PUT THERE A FEW YEARS
AGO.
I THINK IT HAS REALLY HELPED
THE RACING HERE.
CERTAINLY HAS PRESENTED
ANOTHER CHALLENGE FOR THE
DRIVERS.
WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE
TRAGEDIES AT THIS OUTER LOOP
GOING DOWNHILL THERE, LIKE J.
D. MCCUFFY.
MAJOR DIFFERENCE.
THAT'S J. D. LOST HIS LIFE A
FEW YEARS AGO.
HERE'S A DRIVER CHANGE.
CAR 65.
IS IT NOT?
SO SPRAKER GETTING OUT OF THE
CAR AND ROB WILSON GOING INTO
THE CAR.
WILSON AND SPAKER, CAR 65.
AND MARK TRUEX, DURING THE
CAUTION, GOT OUT OF CAR NUMBER
56 AND JOHNNY ROMLY HAS GOTTEN
IN THAT CAR.
MARK TRUEX HAD QUALIFIED FOR
THE RACE, AND HE CRASHED ON
HIS LAST LAP IN QUALIFYING.
THEY DID IT EUROPEAN STYLE.
HE CRASHED AND SO HE WORKED
OUT A DEAL SO RUMLEY COULD BE
IN THE DEAL OR DRIVE HIS CAR.
MARTIN STARTED THE CAR.
YOU SEE THAT VIEW OF THE
600,00, 400 MARKERS, THOSE
MARKERS GIVE THE DRIVER A
VISUAL PERSPECTIVE OF WHEN TO
LET OFF THE GAS.
WHEN YOU'RE GOING 165 MILES
PER HOUR AND THERE'S NOTHING
TO GET YOURSELF ACQUAINTED
WITH, YOU MIGHT BE DRIVING TOO
HARD.
THAT LET'S THE DRIVERS KNOW
WHEN TO LET OFF AND BE
CONSISTENT EVERY LAP.
PART OF THAT CONCENTRATION
LEVEL.
MCLAUGHLIN MAKING A MOVE
BEHIND THE TWO LEADERS.
HE SNUCK IN BEHIND LEITZINGER.
AROUND TURN 6, AND THE LAST
TURN, WHICH IS 11 ON THE
COURSE.
DOWN THE MAIN STRAIGHT-AWAY.
LEADERS CHAD LITTLE, TERRY
LABONTE SECOND, LEITZINGER
THIRD, MCLAUGHLIN FOURTH,
JOHNNY BENSON IN FIFTH, CURTIS
MARKHAM 6th, JASON KELLER 7th.
JEFF GREEN TO EIGHTH, AND
DAVID GREEN, BROKEN SHOULDER
AND ALL, IN THE 44, IS STILL
COMING UP THROUGH THE FIELD.
JIMMY SPENCER HAS MOVED UP TO
THE 10th POSITION.
THEY'VE ADDED A SERIES OF
LIGHTS IN THE S'S GOING
UPHILL.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY'VE
DONE IT JUST THIS YEAR.
TWO SETS OF YELLOW LIGHTS.
BY THE TIME YOU GOT THE FLAG
OUT YOU WERE ALREADY ON THE
BRIDGE AND YOU COULD BE IN
TROUBLE.
A BIG NEW SAFETY FACTOR.
IN TURN 4 AT THE TOP OF THE
S'S WE'VE HAD SOME MIGHTY BAD
WRECKS.
IT HAS BEEN A BLIND SPOT.
WHEN YOU GET READY TO GO
THROUGH THE HILL, IF THE LIGHT
IS ON, YOU KNOW THERE'S A
CRASH.
YOU BETTER SLOW UP.
YOU COME AROUND THE CORNER,
TURN TWO WIDE OPEN, STAY WIDE
OPEN ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE
S'S AND INTO THE NARROWEST
PLACE OF THE TRACK, 38 FEET.
ANYBODY IN TROUBLE THERE, YOU
GET THEM BEFORE YOU EVEN KNOW
YOU'RE ON TOP OF THEM.
BATTLE FOR THE LEAD, CHAD
LITTLE, SPOKANE, WASHINGTON,
AND CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS,
THAT'S TERRY LABONTE RIGHT
THERE HANGING ON TO HIM IN
SECOND.
LABONTE WAS ON THE POLE WITH A
BIG ADVANTAGE.
WON IT HERE LAST YEAR.
THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING.
HE GRABBED THIRD GEAR VERY,
VERY EARLY.
THAT TELLS ME THAT TERRY'S GOT
SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
MOST PEOPLE WOULD GRAB THIRD
GEAR ALMOST AT THE
START-FINISH LINE.
THIS WILL BE INTERESTING TO
WATCH.
FORTUNATELY WE CAN WATCH BOTH
OF THOSE TWO LEADERS.
LEITZINGER HAS CLOSED UP
AGAIN, AND MCLAUGHLIN IS
DRIVING A BEAUTIFUL RACE.
MAGIC SHOES MCLAUGHLIN.
AND ANYBODY THAT FOLLOWS
MODIFIED RACING WILL TELL YOU
HOW MUCH MAGIC THERE IS IN
THAT GUY.
BENSON HANGS RIGHT ON.
YOU SEE THE NUMBER 74.
THAT'S YOUR FIFTH'VE PLACE
CAR.
HOW LONG BEFORE THE BRAKES GET
SPUCY?
YOU CAN RUN ABOUT 5 LAPS AS
HARD AS CURUN IT.
THEN YOU GET TO WHERE YOU
START USING THE TRANSMISSION
TO SLOW YOU DOWN.
THAT'S GOOD IF YOU GET THE
TIMING RIGHT.
ALSO BAD IF YOU DON'T GET THE
TIMING RIGHT.
WHEN YOU RELY ON THE
TRANSMISSION TO SLOW YOU DOWN
THE WHOLE RACE, I DON'T THINK
THAT'S REAL GOOD.
HAVE YOU HAD TO DO THAT?
OH, YEAH, I'VE DONE IT A LOT.
PARTICULARLY THIS CORNER RIGHT
HERE.
I'VE GOT INTO THIS CORNER VERY
HARD BEFORE AND ABOUT READY TO
LOSE IT, GRABBED SECOND GEAR
VERY EARLY TO HELP SLOW ME
DOWN.
FRONT OF THE FIELD COMING BY,
WORKING THE 12th LAP.
YOU SEE, AS THEY COME OFF TURN
7 AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN
THEY USED THAT CUSHING TO HOLD
THE CAR.
I'M IMPRESSED WITH SOME OF
THESE GUYS THAT ARE -- DON'T
HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF
EXPERIENCE.
KEN DID SAY CHAD LITTLE HAS A
LOT OF ROAD RACING EXPERIENCE.
SO DID TERRY LABONTE.
HOW ABOUT MIKE MCLAUGHLIN
THERE.
HE DOESN'T HAVE ROAD RACING
EXPERIENCE.
NOR BENSON.
BENSON HAD 3 YEARS ON DIRT UP
THERE AROUND GRAND RAPIDS.
HE'S DOING BEAUTIFULLY.
I THINK BENSON IS ONE OF THE
REAL MEN TO BE MARKED FOR THE
FUTURE IN THIS SPORT.
THERE'S MCLAUGHLIN.
JOHNNY BENSON REMIND ME OF JOE
NEMECHECK.
JOHNNY BENSON HAS WON THE ASA
CHAMPIONSHIP.
57 IN TROUBLE OUT THERE.
THAT'S KELLER.
HE WAS RUNNING IN THE 7th
POSITION.
STILL IN TROUBLE.
I WONDER IF HE MIGHT HAVE A
TIRE DOWN.
YES, HE DOES HAVE.
THE LEFT REAR TIRE IS FLAT.
THIRD-PLACE MOON, AND THE
GRAND NATIONAL STANDINGS IN A
HEAP OF TROUBLE.
LEITZINGER TRYING TO CHALLENGE
ON THE LEADERS.
THIRD-PLACE CAR BACK, THE CAT
CAR.
95 BEING DRIVEN BY LEITZINGER
FROM STATE COLLEGE,
PENNSYLVANIA.
CHAD LITTLE NUMBER 2, IN THE
NATIONAL POINTS STAYS RIGHT UP
ON THE POINT.
TERRY LABONTE, 2-TIME WINNER
HERE, CHASING AFTER HIM.
FROM LABONTE'S VANTAGE POINT.
BEHIND HIM, JIMMY SPENCER HAS
MOVED TO 7th, DAVID GREEN TO
EIGHTH, TRACY LESLIE TO NINTH,
JEFF GREEN TO 10th, STEVE
GRISSOM 11th, LARRY PEARSON
12, SANDLER 13th, AND TOMMY
HOUSTON, BLESS HIM, THE OLD
RED DEVIL IS UP IN 15th SPOT.
LABONTE STAYING RIGHT THERE
WITH CHAD LITTLE.
HASN'T MADE A SOURCE ATTEMPT
AT TRYING TO PASS HIM.
A COUPLE OF COOL CUSTOMERS UP
THERE IN 1ST AND 2ND.
THE ICE MAN IN 2ND PLACE.
TERRY LABONTE.
CLOSES ON THE RACING
BARRISTER, CHAD LITTLE.
BACK WITH YOU, AND VICTOR
CYSTON, IN NUMBER 77, OUT OF
TORONTO CANADA, HAS JUST SPUN.
NO CAUTION OUT.
THEY'RE WORKING LAP 15 OF 82.
BACK TO THE LEADERS.
AS THEY COME AROUND TO
COMPLETE THE 15th LAP, THIS
TIME, 36 AND 7-TENTHS MILE.
FRONT 5 IN A BUNDLE.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL ROAD RACE.
TERRY LABONTE NOW BEGINNING TO
PUT A LITTLE BIT OF PRESSURE
ON CHAD LITTLE.
I THINK HE'S A LITTLE FASTER
AND HE HAS FELT THE TRACK OUT.
THAT LITTLE OIL SLICK HE HAD
EARLIER, THAT'S ALL GONE AWAY
AND HE MIGHT BE READY TO
RAMBLE.
GOT 55 IN TROUBLE.
THE CORNER CAUTION, HE'S
TRYING TO GET IT CRANKED AND
BRING IT AROUND.
THAT'S JUST A CAUTION IN THAT
CORNER.
YOU SEE DAMAGE ON THE RIGHT
FRONT OF HIS CAR.
MAYFIELD COMING INTO THE PITS
NOW.
THAT'S THE BOBBY JONES.
THE GUY ON THE RAMBLE IS RICKY
CRAVEN.
HE'S COME FROM 32ND AFTER THAT
ALTERCATION HE HAD, AND HE'S
UP TO 20th.
HE'S FLYING THROUGH THE FIELD.
THIS IS FOR THE LEAD, CHAD
LITTLE IN 1ST.
TERRY LABONTE IN SECOND.
STILL THERE IN 3RD,
LEITZINGER.
CHANGE THAT, AND GIVE THAT 3RD
SPOT TO MCLAUGHLIN.
AND HERE'S 55 IN TROUBLE A
SECOND TIME.
YOU SOMETIMES GO OUT THERE AND
TRY TO MAKE UP MORE THE
MISTAKE YOU MADE.
IT'S LE PLAYING GOLF.
THE HAER YOU TRY, THE
FURTHER BEHIND YOU GET.
IF HE DOESN'T GET THAT STARTED
HE WILL HAVE A CAUTION,
BECAUSE THAT'S A VERY
HIGH-SPEED PART OF THE RACE
TRACK.
HE JUST OVERSHOT OR HE'S GOT
BRAKE PROBLEMS.
A VERY VULNERABLE PART OF THE
RACE TRACK.
UBLELY SEE A LOT OF ACTION IN
THAT TURN.
WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON HIM.
HERE IS MAYFIELS CAR.)q
RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST GETTING
TO THE POINT OF THE RACE WHERE
THE GUYS ARE SEEING WHAT
THEY'VE GOT TO GET TO THE
FIRST PIT STOP.
THE PROBLEM SIT'S A ROAD
COURSE.
FUEND UP CHASING THE GUY IN
FRONT YOU, YOU RUN
SOMETIMES HARDER THAN WHAT YOU
WANT TO RU
IT TAKES A LOT OF PATIENCE.
RICKY CRAVEN HAD PROBLEMS BUT
HE'S STILL IN THE THICK OF
THINGS, MOVING UP THROUGH THE
PACK.
TAKE A LOOK AT NUMBER 55
HAVING NOT MUCH OF A DAY HERE.
THAT MIGHT BE A BRAKE PROBLEM.
HE CAME IN IN THERE AND IT
LOOKED LIKE THE REAR BRAKES
LOCKED UP ON HIM.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT ON A ROAD
COURSE TO GET THE BIAS.
WHAT I MEAN BY BIAS, IS WHEN
YOU HIT THE BRAKE YOU WANT THE
FRONT WHEELS TO LOCK UP BEFORE
THE WHEELS.
SOMETIMES YOU GET THE FRONT
BRAKES WAY TOO HOT AND THE
REAR BRAKES TEND TO TAKE OVER.
THAT WAS THE SPOT RIGHT THERE.
YOU SEE THEY'RE BEGINNING AS
THEY COME OFF THO TURNS
BEGINNING TO SLIDE UP A LITTLE
BIT MORE UP ON TO THOSE
RIPPLES.
BECAUSE THE TIRES ARE GETTING
HEATED UP AND THEY DON'T ADHES
QUITE AS WELL AS EARLIER.
CRAVE SEN NOW INTO 18th
POSITION, FROM 32ND.
AS HE IS SLICING THROUGH THIS
FIELD.
TRYING TO MAKE A PASS AS THEY
GO TO TURN NUMBER ONE.
HEAVERS THE BATTLE FOR THE
LEAD CONTINUING.
HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO DRIVE
ONE OF THOSE TRUCKS YET?
BELIEVE IT OR N.
I DID ON THE BRUCE PATRON RACE
OF CHAMPIONS, WITH RICHARD
PETTY AND BUDDY BAKER.
LAST NIGHT I RAN MY TRUCK FOR
THE VERY FIRST TIME ON DIRT AT
THE DIXIE SPEEDWAY.
WHERE IS THAT?
IN WOODSTOCK, GEORGIA.
THE TRUCKS ARE BECOMING QUITE
POPULAR.
NOW THEY'RE BECOMING LOCAL
EVENTS AT THE LOCAL RACE
TRACKS.
YOUR WIFE MUST LIKE YOU A LOT
WHEN YOU GET A WEEKEND OFF.
THIS IS YOUR WEEKEND OFF.
I LOVE RACING AND I LOVE THE
FANS, GET TO GO OUT AND SIGN
AUTOGRAPHS.
I'M JUST HAPPY I CAN BE IN THE
BOOTH TODAY.
THIS IS A LOT OF FUN FOR ME.
WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU.
AND TERRY LABONTE IS
CONTINUING TO PUT THE PRESSURE
ON CHAD LITTLE.
HE MIGHT BE LOOKING TO MAKE A
PASS.
HE'S GOING TO SEE WHERE HIS
WEAK POINTS ARE AND MAYBE TRY
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT IN A
LITTLE BIT.
THEY'RE BEGINNING TO PULL AWAY
FROM THE 3RD PLACE CAR OF MIKE
MCLAUGHLIN.
TO SEE -- THERE ES LABONTE
MAKING A MOVE ON CHAD LITTLE
TO SEE.
WE'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE IN
TROUBLE.
THAT IS LEWIS IN THE 80
GETTING AROUND.
ASHTON LEWIS.
HE DROPS ONE OFF.
RUNING IN 13th PLACE.
HAD A GOOD RUN GOING.
HE'S BACK OUT ON T TRACK.
HE PULLED RIT IN FRONT OF
CARS.
ALL THESE CRASHES ARE
HAPPENING IN THIS INNER LOOP.
THE GUYS ARE REALLY GOING INTO
THE INNER LOOP HARD.
THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE ALL
HAPPENING TODAY.
ASHTON LEWIS IS BACK UNDER WAY
AND UNDER TIME.
I WAS ABOUT TO SAY, TAKE A
LOOKT THAT SPIN OF ASHTON
LEWIS.
HE HIT THAT INSIDE -- I DON'T
GUESS IT'S CURBING.
IT'S SOME CEMENT RIPPLES
THERE, I GUESS.
THAT'S NOT A RIPPLE.
THAT'S A RUMBLE STRIP.
>> THAT'S ONE OF THE EASIEST
PLACES TO PASS ON THE RACE
TRACK, UNTIL YOU GET THERE.
YOU GET DOWN THAT BACK
STIGHT-AWAY AND YOU'VE GOT A
LOT OF MOTORING, AND YOU GO
"YEAH, I'M GOING TO PASS HIM."
WHEN YOU GET TO THE CORNER
THERE'S NO ROOM AND YOU HIT
THE INSIDE CURB.
A LOT OF THE WINSTON CUP
DRIVERS CAN RELATE TO WHAT I'M
TALKING ABOUT.
YOU GET GOING DOWN THE BACK
STRAIGHT-AWAY, AND YOU GO
"YEAH, I GOT HIM," AND THEN
YOU DON'T.
THEN YOU GOT IT.
DEFINITE I'LL TELL YOU WHO IS
IMPRESSIVE.
MCLAUGHLIN IN THE 34.
THERE IS SOME KIND OF CE
DRIVER.
DOESN'T HAVE MUCH ROAD RACING
EXPERIENCE BUT HE'S -- MUST BE
THAT LEITZINGER HAS A PROBLEM.
HE'S BEEN COLLECTED AGAIN.
YOU SEE BENSON HAS GOT HIM.
LABONTE GETS AROUND AGAIN FOR
A LEAD CHANGE.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS ONE.
THIS IS HOW HE DID IT.
WENT IN TO -- IS THAT TURN 6?
UP THROUGH THE S'S.
GOT ON THE INSIDE.
CHAD DIDN'T FIGHT HIM TOO HARD
AFTER THEY GOT UP THERE AND
HEADED INTO THE INNER LOOP.
ON THAT REPLAY YOU SAW CHAD
LITTLE SAY "OKAY," CHAD WAS
POINTING HIS FINGER TO THE
RIGHT SAYING "GO AHEAD, TAKE
IT."
THAT WAS A FAVORRETURNED
BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN ABLE TO
PASS TERRY WITHOUT MUCH
PROBLEM.
CHAD LITTLE CALLED HIS CREW ON
THE RADIO AND HE SAID THE
RIGHT SIDE TIRES ARE REALLY
STARTING TO GET LOOSE.
HE SAID TERRY WAS REALLY
PUSHING HIM, SO CHAD MAY HAVE
TERRY GO AND REPAID THE FAVOR
RLIER IN THIS RACEIF
HE CAN GET HIS HANDLIN
SQUARED AY.
THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO BE
THWI A CAR AWAY IN SOME
BIG CHALLENGE OUT HERE.
>> AND THERE IS CHAD LITTLE'S
WIFE LOOKING ON, DONNA.
DONNA IS AT EVERY RACE TRACK
ROOTING CHAD ON.
THIS HAS BEEN A COMEBACK YEAR
FOR CHAD.
A CAREER-YEAR.
HE'S DONE A GOOD JOB IN THE
PAST, BUT NOW HE'S WON 4 GRAND
NATIONAL RACES, AND HE'S ONE
ALMOST 300,000 DOLLARS THIS
YEAR.
SOMEBODY HAS HIT A GUARD
RAILING.
YOU CAN SEE THE MARKS.
BIG-TIME.
THEY'VE GOT CAUTION OUT ALL
OVER.
THIS COULD BE A BAD ONE.
THAT IS A BAD ONE.
THAT'S WIDE OPEN.
TOP GEAR.
LOOKS LIKE PATTY MOISE'S
NUMBER 40.
IT HAS REALLY COLLECTED THE
WALL, AND THAT IS THAT AREA
WHERE YOU STICK IT IN THIRD
GEAR, YOU COME AROUND THAT
SECOND CORNER AND YOU NEVER
LIFT.
YOU COULD SEE IT HIT THE
OUTSIDE RETAINER, CAME ACROSS
THE TRACK, PUT A SOLID THUMP
ON THE METAL BARRIER.
THIS HAPPENS IN LAP 21.
YOU CAN SEE THE BLACK MARKS
SHE HAD THE BRAKES LOCKED.
THERE'S A FULL-COURSE CAUTION.
SECOND FULL-COURSE CAUTION OF
THE DAY.
THIS ONE FOR PATTY MOISE, WHO
HAS REALLY RIDDEN ONE DOWN.
WE WILL SEE SOME PIT STOPS
NOW.
THEN COLORADO NATIONAL A WEEK
OR TWO AFTER.
PATTY MOISE'S CAR, SHE'S
WALKING AWAY FROM THAT THING.
SHE HAD TROUBLE WITH BRAKES IN
THAT CAR FOR TWO DAYS AND WAS
CONCERNED ABOUT IT.
SURE LOOKED LIKE SOMETHING
HUNG UP ON THAT CAR RIGHT AT
THAT CRITICAL TURN 2 AREA.
GOOD TO SEE HER WALKING AWAY,
WE COULD SEE THE TIRE MARKS --
THERE THEY ARE.
SHE HAD THE BRAKES LOCKED
GOING INTO THE GUARDRAIL.
YOU CAN TELL, NED AND KEN, THE
ACCIDENT HAPPENED VERY, VERY
EARLY, FROM WHERE IT HAPPENED.
JUST ENDED UP STOPPING RIGHT
THERE.
SHE HAD LOST CONTROL, I AROUND
TURN 3.
AND SHE'S A GOOD ROAD RACER.
I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO PATTY
MOVING UP THROUGH THE FIELD.
I'VE RACED AGAINST HER.
HER BACKGROUND IS ROAD RACING.
SHE'S VERY GOOD AT THE GLEN.
GETTING A RIDE HERE IS MATTY
MOISE.
DEFINITELY THEY'LL CHECK HER
OUT AND MAKE SURE HE'S OKAY.
SHE'S TAKEN HARDER LICKS THAN
THAT.
OUT OF JAXVILLE, FLORIDA, HAD
AN EIGHTH IN ROAD ATLANTA IN
GRAND NATIONAL RACING.
SAT ON THE POLE DOWN THERE ONE
TIME.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I BELIEVE
IT WAS 1986 OR 87, MY BROTHER
RUSTY WALLACE WAS TELLING ME
HE RAN AS HARD AS HE COULD FOR
5 TO 10 LAPS, AND WHEN HE
LOOKED IN THE REAR PATTY WAS
STILL ON HIS TAIL.
RUSTY BROKE, AND PATTY WAS
GOING TO WIN THE RACE, AND I
THINK A COUPLE OF LAPS, IT
STARTED RAINING.
HERE COMES THE FEEL DOWN PIT
ROW.
AS WE EXPECTED THEY WOULD.
LAP 23 AS THEY COME IN.
HERE'S MIKE.
MIKE MCLAUGHLIN AND BUTCH
LEITZINGER PITTED NOSE TO
TAIL.
THEY WILL GET TIRES AND A
FULL TANK OF FUEL.
THIS PIT STOP COMES 4 LAPS
EARLIER THAN THE TEAMS WOULD
LIKE.
I THINK THEY CAN MAKE IT FROM
HERE ON ONE MORE STOP.
LOOKING AT THE WEAR ON BOTH
THESE TIRES, IT'S GOOD.
NO BLISTERS ON THE TIRES.
THE HANDLES SEEMS TO BE OKAY.
UNLIKE THE OVAL TRACKS WHERE
ONLY THE CARS ON THE LEAD LAP
CAN PIT FIRST TIME BY, HERE IN
THISRACE EVERYBODY CAN COME
IN ON THE FIRST LAP OF
CAUTION.
A VERY QUICK PIT STOP BY BUTCH
LEITZINGER.
CHAD LITTLE HAS BEATEN
EVERYBODY OUT OF THE PITS.
HE TOOK ON 4 TIRES.
THEY ADJUSTED THE WEIGHT BIAS
ON THE CHASSIS A LITTLE BIT
AND IT TOOK THEM 3 TRIES BUT
THEY MANAGED TO THROW A BOTTLE
OF WATER AT HIM.
HE'S COOLER NOW THAN HE WAS
BEFORE HE STARTED THAT ROUND
OF PIT STOPS.
THE WATER TEMPERATURE ON
LITTLE'S CAR IS STAYING
STABLE.
THEY THINK THE PROBLEM HAS
GONE AWAY OR IT MAY JUST HAVE
BEEN A FAULTY GAUGE.
THERE IS ONE OF THE GREAT
ACTS, TRYING TO DRINK A BOTTLE
OF WATER WITH THAT FULL-FACE
HELMET ON.
HOW GOOD DOES THAT TASTE NOW?
IT CAN DONE.
IT'S HARD TO DO, AS YOU SEE.
THAT'S TOTALLY NORMAL.
CHAD IS IN VERY GOOD PHYSICAL
SHAPE.
IT'S A LOT OF WORK AROUND THIS
ROAD COURSE.
REPLENISHING HIS BODY WITH
FLUID IS GOOD FOR EVERY
ATHLETE.
HOW MUCH WEIGHT -- A LOOSE
TIRE.
SOMEBODY GOOFED UP.
THAT IS OUT ON THE COURSE, I
BELIEVE.
IN BETWEEN TURN ONE AND TURN
2, ROLLING DOWN TOWARD THE
S'S.
THEY WILL HAVE A TOUGH TIME
STOPPING THAT THING.
THAT ONE WANTS TO KEEP ON
TRUCKING.
WHEN IT STARTS UP THE HILL IT
WILL SLOW DOWN.
A SAD BREAK FOR MIKE
MCLAUGHLIN AND COMPANY, NUMBER
40.
THE
SHOW."
QUITE A SHOW FOR YOU HERE
TODAY.
WHAT A SHOW JIMMY SPENCER PUT
ON A FEWS AGO.
THAT WAS ABOUT THE TIME THAT
PATTY MOISE WAS HAVING HER
PROBLEM.
JIMMY GOT OFF COURSE AND SPUN
AROUND.
RUNNING IN THE 7th POSITION,
HE DROPPED BACK NOW TO ABOUT
14th POSITION.
HE IS STILL ON THE LEAD LAP.
CAME IN, GOT SOME TIROS THAT
CAR.
HE'S OKAY NOW.
THE BEST THING ABOUT JIMMY
SPINNING OUT AT THAT TIME WAS
THAT IT HAPPENED AT THE
CAUTION TIME.
SHE WAS ABLE TO PIT AND
RECOVER: EXACTLY.
DIDN'T LOSE AS MANY POSITIONS,
SINCE THE OTHER CARS HAD
SLOWED DOWN, AS MAYBE HE WOULD
HAVE.
IF THERE'S A GOOD TIME TO
SPIN, THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN IT.
THERE'S THE CAUTION LIGHT.
AS YOU SAID.
HE DID SPIN AS THE CAUTION WAS
COMING OUT.
JUST AS PATTY MOISE WAS
GETTING IN TROUBLE, THAT MIGHT
HAVE BEEN PART OF AN AVOIDANCE
THING.
WE'VE HAD THESE PIT UPON
STOPS.
HERE IS TOMMY HOUSTON IN
NUMBER 6.
WE TALK ABOUT THIS, THE 400th
GRAND NATIONAL RACE.
THIS IS THE GUY WHO HAS BEEN
PART OF IT FROM DAY 1.
387 OF THOSE 400 RACES, HE HAS
STARTED.
YOU'RE LISTENING TO CHAD
LITTLE IN THE BACKGROUND
THERE.
LAST WIN THAT TOMMY HAD, 1992,
DOWN ONE OF HIS FAVORITE
TRACK, HICKORY, NORTH
CAROLINA.
WHERE HE STARTED HIS CAREER.
I SAW HIM START HIS CAREER.
DID YOU REALLY?
YOU WERE PROMOTING THAT TRACK
WHEN HE STARTED.
YOU WERE THE GUY THAT HAD THE
HICKORY SPEEDWAY.
THAT'S RIGHT.
WHAT KIND OF GUY WAS HE?
HE WAS A GREAT GUY.
AND STILL IS.
IT'S OBVIOUSLY THAT HE HAD A
LOT OF TALENT AND THAT HE
WOULD GO A LONG WAY IN THIS
SPORT.
HIS BEST FINISH THIS YEAR, WE
SAW HIM AT RICHMOND, VIRGINIA,
TAKE A 7th PLACE FINISH.
HE'S LOOKING VERY GD RIGHT
NOW IN EIGHTH.
YOU SEE THE FRONT OF THE
FIELD.
WE STILL HAVE 27 CARS IN THE
LEAD LAP.
>> JIM BOWN MADE 3 PIT STOPS.
THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD A BROKEN
SHOCK.
COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM.
JEFF FULLER, THEY HAVE 5 AIR
HOSES LEADING INTO THAT CAR,
HAUL GO TO THE OIL AND REAR
END COOLERS.
HE SAYS HE'SBURNING UP.
AND TERRY LABONTE MADE A PIT
STOP, TOOK 4 TIRES AND JUST
GOT ONE ROUND OF WEDGE IN THE
RIGHT REAR.
SAID THE CAR COULD BE HANDLING
JUST A LITTLE BETTER.
JOHNNY BENSON HAD HIS PROBLEMS
AS WELL.
WHEN HE CAME IN FOR HIS
EARLIER PIT STOP ALL THE LUGNUT
WHEEL.
THAT SLOWED THE PIT STOP
ABNORMALLY.
RICKY CRAVEN HAS COME BACK IN.
THIS IS ONE I CAN'T REMEMBER
EVER HAVING SEEN.
MECHANICS CHANGED ALL THE
HOSES.
THEY SAID NOW WE'VE GOT THE
OIL PRESSURE PROBLEM FIXED,
BUT BOY DO THEY HAVE A HEATING
PROBLEM.
DEFINITELY
SOME OF THESE DRIVERS DID NOT
PIT.
THEY HAD MADE PIT STOPS
UNSCHEDULED EARLIER, INCLUDING
THOSE OF JASON KELLER, WHO IS
IN THE WHITE CAR AT THE LEFT
ON THE SCREEN THERE.
CURRENTLY 3RD IN POINT
STANDINGS, AND HE'S TRYING TO
STAY OUT IN FRONT, HOPING TO
GET ANOTHER CAUTION.
JASON HAD TROUBLE EARLIER, HAD
THAT TIRE DOWN.
THE CAR ACTUALLY THIRD IN
LINE, THE BEAR CAR, IS THE
LEADER OF THE RACE.
THE REST OF THE CARS IN FRONT
ARE A LAP DOWN.
ALMOST TOOK THE LEADER RIGHT
THERE, CHAD LITTLE.
THAT'S KELLER'S CAR, ISN'T IT
KELLERS ON THE TAIL END OF
THE LEAD LAP.
LEITZINGER TRYING TO MAKE A
MOVE ON TERRY LABONTE.
HE CAN'T QUITE DO IT.
WOW, 3 WIDE UP THERE FOR A
MOMENT.
SWEEPING THROUGH TURN ONE.
HERE THEY COME FOR TURN TWO,
THEN THROUGH THE S'S.
UPHILL.
IF YOU LIFT, YOU'RE NOT PART
OF THIS GROUP.
WHAT'S INTERESTING, JASON
KELLER LEADING THIS PACK,
MIGHT HAVE A GOOD RACE CAR.
HE HAPPENED TO HAVE AN
ACCIDENT EARLIER WHICH TOOK
HIM OUT.
HE'S LEADING THESE TWO VERY
QUICKER CARS.
HE'S PRAYING RIGHT NOW FOR A
CAUTION.
THAT WOULD LET HIM MAKE UP
2.45 MILES HERE SO HE COULD
GET BACK IN THE THICK OF THIS
THING.
LET ME CORRECT ONE THING.
I SAID MCLAUGHLIN
THAT'S TAYLOR'S CAR, THAT
NUMBER 40 THAT GOT SO BADL
ABUSED IN THE TURN 2 AREA.
IT GOT SLAMMED INTO THE WALL.
THE GOOD NEWS SPATTY MOISE
WALKED AWAY FROM IT.
LITTLE BEGINNING TO MOVE IN ON
JASON KELLER.
HOW DO YOU WANT TO TAKE A GUY
LIKE THIS.
A CAR ON THE TAIL END OF THE
LEAD LAP.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF PRESSURE
BEHIND YOU.
YOU HAVE TERRY LABONTE, WHO IS
AS GOOD A ROAD RACER @7AS NASCA
HAS TO OFR.
LEITZINGER IS A BRILLIANT ROAD
RACER, IT'S IN HIS BLOOD.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?
I THINK CHAD LITTLE IS IN AN
OKAY SITUATION FOR THE ONLY
FACT HE'S GOT TERRY LABONTE
BEHIND HIM.
TERRY LABONTE IS A GOOD RACE
CAR DRIVER.
HE'S NOT GOING TO FORCE THE
ISSUE BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHAT'S
GOING ON IN FRONT HERE.
I THINK WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
IS THE 23 CAR, CHAD LITTLE, IS
JUST GOING TO RUN, AND AS SOON
AS THE 57 CAR OPENS THE DOOR
HE'S GOING TO TAKE IT.
THE 57 CAR IN FRONT IS RUNNING
AS HARD AS HE CAN.
HE HAS TO.
HE HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO RUN AS
HARD AS HE POSSIBLY CAN.
THAT GUY, JASON KELLER FROM
SOUTH CAROLINA, IN THAT BUDGET
GOURMET CHEVROLET, HE'S A
FULL-FORCE RACE DRIVER.
HE JUST GETS IT DONE.
THAT WAS ONE I WAS TALKING
ABOUT EARLIER, HAD A LOT OF
HORSEPOWER, THOUGHT HE HAD THE
PASS MADE AND DIDN'T.
HE MADE IT NOW.
WE WERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND
SAW JASON KELLER FINISH 2ND
THERE.
WHETHER OR NOT A SHOW.
IN FACT, YOU WERE IN THAT SHOW
FOR A WHILE.
TWO YEARS AGO.
I DIDN'T RUN THE RACE THIS
YEAR.
TWO YEARS AGO, I RUN SECOND IN
THAT RACE.
DEFINITELY I MENTRUNNING A