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>>> A LAST MOMENT CHARGE.
JACK SPRAGGUE.
TALK ABOUT A PHOTO FINISH.
>> MARK MARTIN.
SPINNING DOWN INTO THE INFIELD.
BLOCKED.
CONTACT MADE.
THE TOP TWO.
>> A LINE OF EVENTS PIECE
TOGETHER.
>>> THE PRECISE INSTANT
WHERE EVERYTHING ALIGNS BECAUSE
IN A MOMENT, EVERYTHING IS RIGHT
WHERE IT BELONGS.
>>> WELCOME TO THE
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES,
FORD 200.
HOMESTEAD, MIAMI SPEEDWAY IN
HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA.
GOOD EVENING FOR RACING.
DOWN TO TWO DRIVERS.
WILL IT BE MIKE SKINNER OR RON
HORNADAY?
LET'S GO BACK TRACKSIDE.
>> ARE YOU READY?
THE TIME IS NOW.
IT'S TIME FOR THE MOST FAMOUS
WORDS IN MOTORSPORTS.
PLEASE WELCOME FORD TRUCK
GROUP MARKETING MANAGER TO
GIVE THE COMMAND.
>> GENTLEMEN, START YOUR ENGINES
ENGINES.
>> SEVEN MINUTES ARE ALL BETWEEN
US AND THE GREEN FLAG HERE
FOR THE FINAL RACE FOR THE
2007th SEASON.
>>> WELCOME BACK.
HERE ON SPEED THE FORD 200
FROM HOMESTEAD, MIAMI SPEEDWAY.
FINAL RACE OF THE 2007 SEASON.
62 DEGREES AT THE START OF THIS
RACE.
CLEAR SKIES.
WE SAW SHOTS OF THE MOON
EARLIER.
UNDER THE LIGHTS ONCE AGAIN ON
THIS MILE AND A HALF TRACK
TO DETERMINE OUR CHAMPION.
WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE
BOARD POINT STANDINGS THROUGH
THE 24 RACES WE HAVE LABORED
THROUGH AT TIMES.
MIKE SKINNER, MIKE HORNE NOW --
RON HORNADAY.
GUYS LIKE TRAVIS KVAPIL
CAN'T MOVE UP BUT HE CAN
DEFINITELY MOVE BACK IN THIS
RACE.
HOW WILL THEY LINE UP?
IS THAT STARTING GRID WILL ROLL
ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF YOUR
SCREEN.
JOHNNY BENSON AND JOHNNY
WOOD MAKE UP ROW 1.
WE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR
PRICELINE TRACK DESCRIPTION.
>> WHAT A GREAT RACE.
A MILE AND A HALF IN LENGTH.
YOU SEE THE CORNERS
ARE PROGRESSIVELY BANKED.
18 DEGREES AT THE BOTTOM.
20 DEGREES AT THE TOP.
THE STRAIGHTAWAY ONLY 4 DEGREES.
SPEEDS UPWARDS OF THAT AMOUNT.
>> CAN'T TELL THE STORY BUT
IGNITIONS WILL TELL US THE RACE
DIMENSIONS.
YOU CAN SEE, DANGEROUSLY
CLOSE TO HALF THIS RACE CAN
BE RAN ON ONE TANK OF GAS AND
YOU CAN PIT.
WHAT ABOUT THE STRATEGIES
THESE GUYS WILL PLAY OUT TODAY?
>> I DON'T THINK THEY CAN
MAKE IT HALFWAY.
I THINK IT WILL BE SHY OF THAT.
>> STRATEGY GOING TO TAKE PLACE.
I TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER.
A LOT OF POSITIONS CAN BE
MADE UP OR LOST TODAY.
WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT
SIXTH THROUGH THIRD IN OUR SPEED
SPOTLIGHT.
STARTING IN THE SIXTH
POSITION IN THE POINTS IT IS
RICK CRAWFORD.
>> RICK CRAWFORD STARTS
23RD TONIGHT IN THE RACE.
12TH PLACE FINISH AT PHOENIX.
HE COULD STILL GET THIRD.
ONLY 53 POINTS OUT OF THE
THIRD POSITION FOR RICK.
HE IS LOOKING TO MAKE HIS
WAY TOWARD THE FRONT IN THE
FINAL RACE HERE TONIGHT.
>> YOU KNOW, ADAM LAST WEEK
AT PHOENIX OBVIOUSLY SAID IT WAS
HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL THAT JOHNNY
BENSON PASSED HIS TEAMMATE.
HE IS TRYING TO GET HIS
BEST POSITION THAT HE CAN IN THE
POINTS.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, HE COULD
GO ALL THE WAY TO THIRD TONIGHT.
HE IS JUST 45 POINTS BEHIND
TRAVIS KVAPIL.
SO BENSON HOPING TO WIN THE
RACE TONIGHT AND HOPING NOT TO
CAUSE A CHAMPIONSHIP FOR MIKE
SKINNER.
PHIL?
>> RAY, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR
DEFENDING CHAMPION RIGHT THERE.
WHAT A GREAT SEASON.
2006, WON THAT CHAMPIONSHIP.
ONLY 6 POINTS OUT OF THIRD
POSITION.
WOULD LOVE TO GET THIRD.
KNOWS HE CAN'T GET FIRST OR
SECOND.
TWO WINS ALREADY THIS SEASON.
WOULD LOVE TO MAKE IT THREE.
HE WILL START THIS RACE IN
THE FOURTH POSITION.
>> MIKEY?
>> RACERS WANT SPEED, PHIL.
I LOVE RACE BECAUSE I'M A RACER.
IF YOU'RE A RACER YOU WANT
TO FINISH THIRD IN THE POINTS.
YOU DON'T WANT TO FINISH SIXTH.
TRAVIS COULD FALL TO SIXTH FROM
THIRD.
SIXTH IS NOWHERE NEAR TO THIRD.
THIRD SPOT IS BIGGER THAN YOU
CAN IMAGINE.
>> WE WILL TRAVEL WITH THIS
DRIVER, DENNIS SETZER.
>> 27th POSITION IN THE
CHEVROLET.
>> YOU'VE GOT TED
MUSGRAVE RIDING AROUND HERE.
WON THE RACE TWO WEEKS AGO.
STARTS 17th TONIGHT.
>> WE SPOTLIGHTED HIM, TRAVIS
KVAPIL.
>> OUR POINT LEADER MIKE SKINNER
WILL START THE RACE FROM THE 4th
POSITION.
LET'S HEAD BACK TRACKSIDE,
AD A.M.,-- ADAM, ALEXANDER,
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> HOW DO THESE TWO DRIVERS
COMPARE HERE AT THE SPEEDWAY.
THEY HAVE COMBINED FOR 12 STARTS
AT THIS MILE AND A HALF
FACILITY AND HERE ARE THE
NUMBERS.
ONLY ONE WIN.
THAT'S THE BEST FINISH FOR RON
HORNADAY.
SKINNER A 4th THAT HAPPENED A
COUPLE YEARS AGO.
WHAT ABOUT THE AVERAGE FINISH.
THIS REALLY THE TELETAIL SIGNS.
YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT'S
ALL HISTORY NOW.
THE GUY WHO HAS THE BEST
FINISH TONIGHT, RAY, COULD
VERY WELL BE CELEBRATING
THE 2007 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK
CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND AND ON
ALL OF OUR SHOWS HERE ON
SPEED CHANNEL WE HAVE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT
THERE IS AN X FACTOR IN
TONIGHT'S RACE AND THAT'S
THE GUYS THAT AREN'T RUNNING FOR
THE CHAMPIONSHIP BUT THERE
MAY BE A BIG FACTOR IN THAT AND
I THINK KEVIN HARVICK WILL BE
A BIG PART OF THAT.
HE WAS CERTAINLY LAST WEEK IN
PHOENIX AND WE KNOW
KEVIN HARVICK WILL WIN.
HE CERTAINLY WILL TRY TO LEAD
THE MOST LAPS IF HORNADAY CAN'T
DO THAT AND I THINK WE WILL KEEP
OUR EYE ON THAT 2 TONIGHT
TO FIND OUT WHO WILL BE THE
CHAMPION.
>> KRISTA?
>> DURING THE PRERACE,
AN INFORMAL TEAM MEETING.
THEY ALL WENT BEHIND
VICTORY LANE, TALKED FOR A BIT,
THEY ALL WALKED OUT TO GO
THEIR SEPARATE WAYS.
REALLY NO BIG DEAL, THEY ARE
FOCUSED ON THEIR TRUCKS, BUT AN
INFORMAL TEAM MEETING RIGHT
BEFORE THEY GOT INTO THEIR RACE
TRUCKS TONIGHT.
>> THEY MAYBE SHOULD HAVE HAD
THAT LAST YEAR.
>> WELL, 4 POINTS WAS ALL
MIKE SKINNER LOST.
IF IT COMES DOWN TO THOSE LAST 4
POINTS AT THE END OF THE
RACE, THOSE WILL BE BIG POINTS.
>> IF THESE GUYS COULD HAVE
FOCUSED ON THEIR RACE INSTEAD OF
WORRYING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
LAST WEEK THEY MIGHT BE MORE
PREPARED TONIGHT.
>> JON WOOD ELECTED TO START
ON THE OUTSIDE.
TIES HIS OPTION WHETHER TO START
ON THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE.
HE CHOSE THE OUTSIDE.
>> JON WOOD ON THE OUTSIDE
OF POLE CENTER.
TRACK RECORD HOLDER.
ON THE INSIDE IT IS JOHNNY
VINCENT .
THE FINAL RACE OF THE 2007
SEASON IS UNDERWAY.
>> YOU SEE MIKE SKINNER GETTING
A GREAT START RIGHT, THERE,
PHIL.
RIGHT AROUND JOHNNY VINCENT .
>> I THINK JOHNNY BACKED OFF
A LITTLE BIT TO LET MIKE
SKINNER GET UP THERE.
JON WOOD DOESN'T WANT
ANYTHING TO DO WITH
LETTING SOMEONE BY HIM SO HE
HAS THE POINT AS THEY GO
INTO TURN NUMBER 3.
>> IF I'M MIKE SKINNER I GO FIND
JON WOOD BEFORE THIS RACE STARTS
AND SAY, HEY, BUDDY, HOW ARE YOU
DOING?
>> I'M NOT SURE YOU WANT
TO STRETCH YOURSELF.
>> HEY, ACCOMPLISH THAT IN THE
SETUP SO YOU CAN'T PASS.
DID YOU SEE THAT?
THEY WERE SPREAD FOUR
WIDE ACROSS THIS TRACK.
>> I WONDERED EXACTLY WHAT HE
WAS TALKING ABOUT.
SIDE-BY-SIDE RACING HERE
ALREADY.
HIS TEAMMATE KEVIN HARVICK
RIGHT BEHIND HIM.
>> NOW, CAN YOU IMAGINE THE
AMOUNT OF ASSUMPTIONS WE MAKE TO
THINK IT IS JUST GOING TO
COME DOWN TO THESE TWO RACING
EACH ON OR OTHER.
WE COULD HAVE A FLAT TIRE,
AN UNSCHEDULED PIT STOP.
YOU CAN SPIN OUT.
THESE THINGS ARE EASY.
EASY TO CRASH.
WE SAW THEM CRASHING ON THE
FRONT TRACK AT PHOENIX LAST
WEEK.
>> TWO AND THREE WIDE AND
NOW BACKING UP IS NUMBER 27.
GREAT QUALIFYING EFFORT BUT
IT LOOKS AS THOUGH HE CAN'T
GET UP TO SPEED AND HE
HAS GOT HIS HANDS FULL.
BATTLE FOR THIRD THERE.
LOOKING LIKE ERIC IS GOING TO
FIGHT BACK ON THE OUTSIDE.
THERE IS RON HORNADAY
RIGHT BEHIND HIM.
>> ONE OF OUR
CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENDERS NOW RON
HORNADAY RUNNING IN THE TOP FIVE
BUT THE GUY HE IS CHASING,
SKINNER RUNNING SECOND RIGHT
NOW TO JON WOOD.
>> CONTINUING TO HAVE TROUBLE AS
HE BACKS THROUGH THE FIELD.
>> WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> ALREADY BACK INTO THE 14TH
POSITION IN THREE LAPS.
HE SAID HE IS WAY TOO TOO LOOSE.
>> HERE COMES KYLE BUSCH, WINNER
OF TWO OF THE LAST THREE RACES.
GETS BY MUSGRAVE RIGHT DOWN ON
THE BOTTOM OF THE RACETRACK.
>> LOOK AT JACQUES JACQUES UP
THERE.
>> WHAT'S HAPPENED, THOUGH,
AT THIS POINT, PHIL, WE HAVE
RUN FOUR LAPS AND YOU CAN
SEE HORNE DAY UNDERNEATH
DARNELL LOOKING AT THE BOTTOM.
THESE GUYS ARE COMFORTABLE NOW.
THEY TOOK THE GREEN FLAG, FIRED
IT OFF IN TURN 1 AND NOW THEY
HAVE GOT A COMFORT LEVEL UNDER
THEM.
WHAT ARE THEY SAYING ABOUT THE
NUMBER 33 TRUCK?
>> THEY HAD PRACTICE AND THEY
GOT READY TO QUALIFYING.
RICK WANTED TO DO ONLY ONE
QUALIFYING RUN BUT HE HAD TO
DO TWO BECAUSE ON THE FIRST
QUALIFYING RUN HORNZ'S --
RON HORNADAY'S TRUCK WAS WAY TOO
LOSE.
RICK TOLD ME RIGHT BEFORE THE
RACE WE CAN ALWAYS DO SOME
APRIL ADJUSTMENTS TO LOOSEN
THE THING UP IF WE NEED TO BUT
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT
WAS TIGHT ENOUGH TO ROLL IT
THROUGH THE CORNERS AND
HORNADAY SO FAR HAS SAID HE
IS VERY, VERY HAPPY WITH THE
WAY THE TRUCK IS RUNNING.
>> THAT'S WHAT YOU CAN DO.
YOU SEE RON HORNADAY GO FOR
THE THIRD SPOT.
YOU CAN'T MOVE THAT TRACK BACK
UP.
>> IF YOU WATCH QUALIFYING ON
SPEED TODAY AND LISTENED TO RON
HORNADAY AFTER THAT LAP
THAT'S ALL HE WANTED.
HE WAS NERVOUS ABOUT THAT LAP.
HE THOUGHT HE KNOCKED HIM OUT,
GOT ALL HE COULD OUT OF
THAT TRUCK NOW HE HAS DRIVEN
UP TO THE THIRD SPOT.
>> GOING TO BRING HIS TEAMMATE
WITH HIM.
>> KEVIN WILL TRY TO FOLLOW HIM.
>> AND TEAM OWNER KEVIN HARVICK
WILL GET BY DARNELL AS WELL.
SO THOSE CHEVROLETS SEEING
KNOWS TO TAIL ON THIS MILE AND A
HALF RACETRACK TRYING TO
CHASE JON WOOD.
MIKE SKINNER OVER TWO
SECONDS BEHIND JON WOOD AND WE
JUST COMPLETED SEVEN LAPS
OF RACING FROM HOMESTEAD MIAMI
SPEEDWAY.
THE CHAMPIONSHIP IS ALL UP IN
THE AIR AS WE
>>> JON WOOD HOLDING OB TO
THE TOP SPOT.
2.5 SECONDS SEPARATE WOOD FROM