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REDDOG CAR.
14 RACES ONLY, AND THE FULL
WINSTON CUP SERIES.
YOU'VE GOT TO RUN THE REST OF
THE WINSTON CUP RACES THIS
YEAR.
RUN ALL THE REST OF THE
WINSTON CUP RACES THISER YOO.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT
WEEK, GOING TO DO DOUBLE DUTY.
THE PEPSI 400 AND ALSO
MILWAUKEE.
ON PIT ROW WITH DONNA LITTLE.
YOU SURE HAVE YOUR HANDS FULL.
3 STOP WATCHES GOING HERE.
SHE'S ALSO GOT A 35 MILLIMETER
CAMERA AND A BIG PAD FULL OF
NOTES.
WHAT'S YOUR JOB ON PIT ROW?
MY JOB IS TO LET THESE GUYS
DOWN HERE KNOW HOW EITHER FAR
AWAY WE ARE FROM SECOND PLACE
OR HOW FAR WE NEED TO GET UP
TO 1ST PLACE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S REAL
EXATING AND I'M CHEWED EVERY
ONE OF MY FINGERNAILS OFF.
MY FINGERS ARE CROSSED.
HOW GOOD IS HE DOING?
IS HE DOING ALL RIGHT?
SO FAR WE'RE HAVING A REALLY,
REALLY GOOD DAY.
IF WE CAN JUST KEEP THE BUGS
OFF THE SCREEN, WE'LL BE FINE.
A CAUTION IS OUT.
DEBRIS ON THE RACE TRACK.
IT LOOKS A DRIVE SHAFT.
AN EXHAUST PIPE.
THOSE ARE A COMPLETE SET OF
EXHAUST PIPES.
SOMEBODY IS RUNNING AROUND
WITH JUST THE HEADERS ON THEIR
CAR.
HOW MUCH IS THAT GOING TO COST
YOU?
BEFORE YOU ANSWER THAT
QUESTION, WE'LL SEE IF JASON
KELLER CAN RACE THEM BACK AND
GET BACK IN THE LEAD LAP.
HE CAME INTO THE PIT.
HE WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
TOUGH BREAK.
HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET
BACK IN THE LEAD LAP.
NOW HE WON'T.
FULL COURSE COTION.
DAVID GREEN HIT IT.
HIT IT WITH HIS RIGHT SIDE.
THIS IS DETRIMENTAL.
THIS COULD BQ HURTING THE
UNDERNEATH OF THEIR CARS.
SOMETHING SOMEBODY ELSE HIT
IT.
TOMMY HOUSTON.
YOU THINK THE SPOTTERS WOULD
BE UP THERE IN THAT LAST
CORNER BEFORE YOU COME DOWN
THE STRAIGHT-AWAY.
IF THEY HAVE A SPOTTER HERE,
WHO WAS IT THAT TOLD US THEY
HAD -- CLYDE MCCLOUD SAID THEY
HAD A SPOTTER ON THE ROOF
SOMEWHERE WHERE HE COULD SEE
THAT TURN.
I'VE ALWAYS HEARD THAT WAS THE
CORNER.
KENNY KEEPS REFERRING TO THAT
FIRST TURN AS SO CRITICAL.
I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT LAST
TURN WAS SO CRITICAL BECAUSE
YOU COULD GET SET UP, YOU GET
THIS LONG STRAIGHT-AWAY AND
YOU CAN GET SET UP TO GO INTO
NUMBER ONE.
THAT'S REALLY A TRICKY PART OF
THIS COURSE.
SO MANY TIMES, IT'S THAT LAST
CORNER WHERE HEY DECIDE GRAND
NATI
MIAMI WILL BE OUR SECOND,
NOVEMBER 5, AND I HAVEN'T
HEARD ANYBODY SAY ANYTHING BUT
THIS IS GOING TO BE SOME
PLACE.
KENNY, YOU GOING TO BE THERE.
I'M GOING TO BE THERE IN THE
GRAND NATIONAL DIVISION, THIS
IS A MAJOR IMPACT ON THIS
SPORT, CBS COVERA.
20,000 NEW SEATS ARE BEING
ADDED RIGHT THERE BECAUSE IT'S
GOING SO WELL.
HERE IS MIKE JOY.
TOMMY HOUSTON'S CREW IS
SHORT-HANDED.
SCOTT HOUSTON, HIS SON HAD TO
BE THE SIGN BOARD.
THEY'RE GOING TO CHECK TO MAKE
SURE NO DAMAGE WAS DONE WHEN
HE RAN OVER THAT PIECE OF
EXHAUST PIPE.
AS A PRECAUTION THEY WILL
CHANGE ALL 4 TIRES.
ALL 4 ARE UP AND THEY LOOK
OKAY.
JIM BOWN IS ALSO IN TRYING TO
RESEARCH THAT HANDLING
PROBLEM.
DID MOST OF THE LEADERS STAYED
OUT.
KELLER IS BEHIND THE WALL.
IT LOOKS LIKE ENGINE PROBLEMS.
WHAT'S WRONG?
I GOT IN THAT WRECK IN THE
FIRST LAP, FIRST OF THE RACE
THERE, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT
THE OTHER DRIVERS ARE TRYING
TO DO.
I ARE JUST TRYING TO STAY IN
FRONT OF LITTLE.
SOMETHING HAPPENED TO THE
MOTOR.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.
THE CREW HAS BEEN FLAWLESS.
WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO HAVE
BAD LUCK.
WE HATE TO HAVE BAD LUCK LIKE
THIS.
WE'LL BE BACK.
JOHN BENSON, WHO RAN INTO THE
HEADER DID SO BECAUSE NO
SPOTTER WAS ABLE TO SEE THE
HEADER.
HE'S ONLY GOT TWO OF THEM.
JEFF GREEN HOOS A SMOTER IN
THS'S AND HE'S WATCHING THE
CBS BROADCAST, AND THAT IS HOW
HE IS SPOTTING THE RACE FOR
GREEN.
BOTH DAVID GREEN, NOT JEFF,
BUT DAVID GREEN AND JOHNNY
BENSON HIT THAT EXHAUST PIPE.
THEY CHOSE TO STAY OUT THERE,
FEELING -- HOPING AT LEAST
THEY DID NOT DO ANY DAMAGE.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT MIKE JOY?
MOONLIGHTING HERE ON CBS?
YOU'VE GOT TO DO WHAT YOU'VE
GOT TO DO.
WORKING FOR TOMMY HOUSTON.
I WAS JUST STANDING HERE, ALL
THE SUDDEN I GOT A SIGN POST.
YOU DON'T HAVE A FULL CREW.
NO.
THE TEAM HAS JOBS THAT THEY
WORK ON DURING THE WEEK.
THEY'RE HOME PAINTING.
NOT EXACTLY.
A LOT OF THE RACES WE GO TO,
THEY HAVE TO ASK OFF OF WORK.
OR IF IT'S A LONG WAYS OFF.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE RACES TO
WHERE WE JUST HAD TO PICK UP
TWO OR 3 GUYS ALONG THE WAY,
AND I'M JUST GLAD YOU WERE
STANDING HERE, MIKE.
I THINK I FINALLY FOUND MY
CALLING.
IF THE BROADCAST BUSINESS EVER
ENDS, I'LL COME SEE YOU.
ASK SCOTT HOW WELL YOU DID?
HOW DID WE DO?
I DIDN'T GET AN OFFICIAL TIME
ON IT.
I THINK WE DID PRETTY GOOD.
DIDN'T LOSE A LAP.
WE GOT 4 TIRES ON IT.
I SHOULDN'T QUIT MY DAY JOB?
DEFINITELY NOT.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SPOTTERS.
SOME OF THE FOLKS, I WON A
RACE BECAUSE I WAS SCANING IN
ONE EAR THE OFFICIALS, AND ONE
EAR MY CREW.
THEY SAID, "WE'RE GOING TO RED
FLAG THIS."
I SAID TIME TO GO.
IF YOU MONITOR THE OFFICIALS
SITTING AROUND THE RACE TRACK
AND WORK IN THE CORNERS, MOST
OF THEM ARE VOL EARS AND LEARN
AN AWFUL LOT.
IF YOU CAN SIT OUT THERE IN
THE STANDS AND WATCH CBS, YOU
COULD LEARN EVE KNOW MORE.
WE'RE READY ON A RE-START.
GETTING DOWN TO IT, WITH 30
LAPS COMPLETE OF THE 82 TO BE
RUN.
WHEN YOU GET TO 30 LAPS YOU'RE
LOOKING AT 73 MILES THAT HAVE
BEEN FINISHED.
YOU SEE CHAD LITTLE LINING UP
FIRST, TERRY LABONTE SECOND,
LEITZINGER THIRD, NUMBER 95,
AND THEN MCLAUGHLIN, JEFF
GREEN, DAVID GREEN RUNNING
FIFTH AND 6th.
JOHNNY BENSON IN 7th.
PEARSON EIGHTH, BILL PARSONS
NINTH, JIMMY SPENCER IN 10th,
SPIN AND ALL.
11th IS GRISSOM, 12, COMBS,
13th SADDLER.
ON RE-START, TRACY LESLIE 14th
AND CURTIS MARKHAM 15th.
MCLAUGHLIN RIGHT ALONG WITH
LEITZINGER.
LEITZINGER ON THE MOVE.
I NOTICED ON EVERY ONE OF HIS
RE-STARTS THE 41 TWO CARS OF
CHAD LITTLE AND TERRY LABONTE
SEEM TO PULL AWAY EXTREMELY.
THEY MUST EITHER ARE
ANTICIPATING THE GREEN VERY
GOOD OR HAVE AN EXCELLENT
GEARBOX.
WHAT I MEAN BY TRANSMISSION
RATIOS TO GET THEM UP TO SPEED
QUICKLY.
THEY CHECKED OUT BY 10 CAR
LENGTHS AND THEY HAVEN'T GONE
HALF A LAP.
THE CAT CAR OF BUTCH
LEITZINGER ALWAYS ENDS UP THAT
FAR BEHIND THEM ON A RE-START.
HE SEEMS TO BE CLOSING RIGHT
NOW SINCE HE RAN SIDE-BY-SIDE
INTO TURN ONE.
THAT DOWNHILL HAS GOT TO BE A
THRILL IN THERE, WHEN YOU'RE
GOING -- BELIEVE IT OR NOT,
THERE'S A LOT OF G FORCES IN
THAT CORNER.
THAT CORNER LOOKS FLAT ON TV.
BUT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAR
REALLY, YOU GET CLOSE TO THAT
CURVE IT ADDS A LOT OF G
FORCES.
YOU STICK GOOD IN THAT CORNER.
DOES IT PUSH YOU TO THE SIDE
OR DOWN.
PUSHES YOU TO THE LEFT, WHICH
IS BACKWARDS OF WHAT WE'RE
USED TO.
IT'S A LITTLE GOOFY FEELING TO
A NORMAL OVAL TRACK RACER.
ALWAYS SURPRISE MIDE THAT YOU
GUYED TALKED ABOUT HOW IT
PUSHUD STRAIGHT DOWN AT A
PLACE LIKE DAYTONA, RATHER
THAN IT PUSHES YOU TO THE
SIDE.
YOU WOULD THINK IT WOULD PUSH
YOU OUT.
INSTEAD THE WEIGHT IS ON THE
TOP OF YOUR HEAD AND
SHOULDERS.
MUCH GREATER NOW THAN IT WAS
WHEN I DROVE RACE CARS BECAUSE
OF THE HIGHER SPEEDS.
CHAD LITTLE, THE FIRST GRAND
NATIONAL RACE HE EVER RAN IN
HERE WAS HERE AT WATKINS GLEN
BACK IN 1992.
STRUG AND HE WOULD FINISHED
29th.
PHIL PARSONS IN CAR NUMBER 99,
PHIL WIPED OUT HIS PRIMARY CAR
HERE ON FRIDAY.
AT QUALIFYING THE SECOND-ROUND
FASTEST QUALIFIER.
YESTERDAY STARTED IN 26th
POSITION.
JIMMY SPENCER RIGHT BEHIND
THEM.
PATTY MOISE, AN AWFULLY
AWFULLY HARD HIT.
IT'S BEEN A HELL EEKEND HERE.
THAT TIME, WE EITHER HAD
SOMETHING ELSE BREAK ON THE
CAR FROM THE PROBLEM THAT I
HAD WITH THE 55 CAR ON THE
FIRST LAP, OR WE HAD A TIRE GO
DOWN WHEN I WENT UP THROUGH
THE S'S.
THERE'S SUCH A THRASH ABOUT
THESE GUYS, MY FEELING STILL
IS IN WINSTON CUP A LOT OF
GUYS ARE MAKING A LOT OF
MONEY.
HERE YOU'VE GOT TO BE JUST AS
GOOD AS CAN YOU BE EVERY LAP
BECAUSE YOU KNOW EVERYBODY IS
WATCHING, AND THIS IS WHERE
YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT OR
BREAK IT.
IF YOU DON'T MAKEIT HERE -- A
LOT OF GUYS ARE MAKING THE
MISTAKE OF COMING IN FROM
OTHER AREAS OF RACING AND
TRYING TO GO RIGHT TO WINSTON
CUP AND THEY'RE LOSING THEIR
RIDES.
YOU REALLY NEED TO RUN GRAND
NATIONAL IF YOU'RE GOING TO
SUCCEED.
IN MY OPINION, THIS IS THE
GREATEST STEPPING STONE IN
MOTOR SPORTS, IF YOU'RE GOING
TO RACE STOCK CARS.
YOU NEED TO RUN IN THIS
DIVISION TO GET GOOD AT IT SO
YOU CAN MOVE UP IN TO WINSTON
CUP RACING.
NOT ONLY GETTING THAT
YOURSELF, BUT YOU'RE GETTING
EXPERIENCE SOMANY OF THE SAME
RACE TRACK US WILL RUN ON AS
WELL AS IN SIMILAR TYPE CARS
AND AGAINST MANY OF THE SAME
DRIVERS THAT YOU WILL RACE ON
LATER.
I LIKE THE RATIO.
I STILL HAVE MORE SHORT TRACKS
THAN YOU DO SUPERSPEEDWAYS,
BUT YOU GET TO DAYTONA, GET TO
MICHIGAN, BUT YOU RUN A LOT OF
SHORT-TRACKS, WHICH MOST OF
THESE GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH.
THEN THEY GET THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO SHOW THEIR STUFF AND REALLY
STRUT UP HERE AT THIS VERY
FAMOUS ROAD COURSE, AND
THEY'RE DRIVING IT WELL.
THE GRAND NATIONAL DIVISION IS
VERY, VERY COMPARABLE TO
TRIPLE A BALL.
THEY CALL IT THE SHOW AND THE
BIG LEAGUES, IN BASEBALL.
WINSTON CUP RACING IS THE
SHOW, BUT THIS SERIES RIGHT
HERE HAS BECOME SO POPULAR,
JUST BECAUSE OF ALL THE
COVERAGE AND THE GREAT DRIVERS
COMING THROUGH IT RIGHT NOW,
THAT LOOK AT THIS SPONSOR
HERE, LIPTON TEA.
A MAJOR CORPORATION.
JUT A GREAT DIVISION.
AS WE WATCH JOHNNY BENSON, THE
SERIES LEADER.
HE WON THE ASA CHAMPIONSHIP AS
AN INDEPENDENT, DID IT ALL
HIMSELF.
HIS DAD WAS A GREAT RACER.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE FOOTWORK
HERE.
I'M GOING INTO THE SWEEPER,
INTO THE SWEEPER, CAR OFF THE
TRACK TO THE LEFT.
HE IS MOVING, HE'S MOVING.
HE'S OFF THE TRACK TO THE
LEFT.
HE'S ON HIS WAY.
THE TRACK IS CLEAR.
THE TRACK IS CLEAR.
THAT SAYS IT ALL.
THAT'S VERY INTERESTING.
JOHNNY BENSON USING VERY
LITTLE AMOUNT OF HEEL AND TOW
THERE.
WHAT I MEAN IS, HE WAS
BASICALLY JUST USING ALL THE
TRANSMISSION, VERY LITTLE
CLUTCH.
IN THE SAME TIME, HIS FATHER
WAS ON THE RADIO.
EVERYTHING A DRIVER IS TRYING
TO THINK OF.
JUST LIKE NED SAID ATTOP
OF THE SHOW, TOTAL FOCUS.
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHEN TO
PUT ON THE BRAKE, THE SPOTTER
SAYING THERE'S A YELLOW HERE.
HERE HE GOES AGAIN.
GOING THROUGH THE INNER LOOP.
ON THE GAS, A LITTLE BIT OF
BRAKE.
A LOT OF THINGS TO THINK
ABOUT.
HE'S CONTROLLING, HE'S
BRAKING, THROTTLE.
COMING OUT OF THE TURN 5.
SHIFTING GEARS.
GRABBED THIRD GEAR THERE.
SHOULD BE GRABBING SECOND
RIGHT THERE.
BILL PARSONS ON THE INSIDE.
THAT IS A HECK OF A BATTLE
THAT YOU'RE WATCHING RIGHT NOW
AS 74, BENSON, STAYS IN 6th.
PARSONS, NUMBER 99, RIGHT
THERE IN 7th, AND DAVID GREEN
IN EIGHTH.
JIMMY SPENCER IS IN THAT THING
TOO, NUMBER 20, MOVING IN.
HERE COMES PARSONS MAKING HIS
BID.
DEFINITELY
>> THIS IS A BACKUP CAR, NED.
IT IS.
VERY IMPRESSIVE.
THEY HAD TO TAKE A BACKUP CAR,
AND HAS THAT CAR OUT HERE.
HE STARTED IN 26th POSITION.
NOW HAS MOVED INTO 6th
POSITION.
FOR THE MOMENT, CHAD LITTLE,
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, IN FRONT.
CORCHUS KRISTI, TEXAS, TERRY
LABONTE STAYS SECOND, WITH
LEITZINGER FROM PENNSYLVANIA
95 AND A HALF MILES, 39 LAPS
WILL BE COMPLETED THIS TIME BY
AT THE WATKINS GLEN 200.
200 MIMES, 82 LAPS THE
DISTANCE.
NASCAR GRAND NATIONAL RACING,
LIVE ON CBS THIS AFTERNOON.
IT'S A HUM-DINGER.
YOU WATCH CAR NUMBER 56 JOHNNY
RUMLEY.
A SHORT TIME AGO HE HAD HIS
HANDS FULL.
YES, HE DID.
GOT OFF THE COURSE.
THAT'S AT TURN 5 JUST AFTER HE
CAME OUT OF THE INNER LOOP.
SPINS AROUND ON THE GRASS AND
RIGHT INTO THE TIRES A LITTLE
BIT.
DOESN'T DAMAGE THE LEFT FRONT.
HE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AWAY.
HE'S HAD A DIFFICULT WEEK THIS
WEEK.
HE'LL COME BACK NEXT YEAR AND
BE MORE EXPERIENCED.
YOU LIKE HIM?
I THINK HE'S A GREAT RACE CAR
DRIVER.
AS NED KNOWS, HE'S AROUND THE
HICKORY, THE CAROLINA AREA,
HE'S WON A LOT OF LATE-MODEL
STOCK CAR RACES.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS BATTLE
THAT CONTINUES FOR 1ST PLACE.
CHAD LITTLE, NUMBER 2 IN THE
POINTS.
AND TERRY LABONTE, WHO RUNS A
LOT OF THESE RACES, WAS UP IN
THE TOP 10 THROUGH THE FIRST
THIRD OF THE SEASON.
STAYING RIGHT HERE IN SECOND.
THIS IS NOT HIS REGULAR
DOMAIN.
I THINK HE'S CONTENT SITTING
THERE.
PULLING AWAY A LITTLE BIT FROM
LEITZINGER, WHO IS RUNNING IN
3RD PLACE.
NO PRESSURE BEHIND.
SO HE SAYS, "OKAY, I'LL STAY
HERE AND NOT ABUSE THE CAR."
YOU DID A LITTLE BIT OF
RESEARCH IN THE GARAGE AREA
THIS MORNING AND LEARNED
THERE'S QUITE A DISTINCT
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE CARS
RUNNING UP FRONT.
I DID.
WHAT I LEARNED WAS THAT JUST
BECAUSE SOMEBODY ELSE HAS
SOMETHING AND THEY'RE THE
FASTEST DOESN'T MEAN YOU NEED
IT.
FOR EXAMPLE, CAR NUMBER 23 IS
RUNNING WHAT WE CALL AN
OVERDRIVE TRANSMISSION.
THE CAR BEHIND HIM, TERRY
LABONTE'S, IS NOT RUNNING AN
OVERDRIVE AND RUNNING A REAR
SWAY BAR.
WHAT I MEAN BY THAT, OKAY, THE
CAR IN FRONT, HE CAN RUN IN
THIRD GEAR A LOT LONGER THAN
TERRY LABONTE CAN.
TERRY LABONTE HAS TO USE
SECOND GEAR A LOT MORE.
A LOT MORE SHIFTING FOR TERRY
LABONTE.
A LOT LESS SHIFTING FOR CAR
23.
WHEN I TALK ABOUT A ROLL BAR,
TERRY LABONTE HAS A REAR
ANTI-ROLL BAR WHICH MAKES THE
CAR SWAY FROM SIDE-TO-SIDE
LESS, KEEPS THE CAR VERY
STABLE.
THEN YOU GO ALL THE WAY BACK
TO THE 3RD POSITION, AND HE'S
GOT A COMPLETE DIFFERENT CAR.
JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY'S GOT
ONE THING DOESN'T MEAN
EVERYBODY ELSE HAS TO HAVE IT.
THERE'S THE LEITZINGER CAR,
NUMBER 95.
THAT'S THE CAR THAT HAS THE
3-PINT POINT SYSTEM.
A 3 LINK IN THE REAR END.
NOBODY SEEMS TLIKE IT ON THE
OVAL TRACKS.
IT DID WORK FOR ME LAST YEAR.
I WON ALL 3 OF MY GRAND
NATIONAL RACES WITH THAT REAR
END.
THE UNIQUE THING ABOUT THIS
CAT CAR IS THE FRONT END.
IT'S LIKE NOBODY ELSE'S.
THAT'S ONE THING I DID FIND
OUT EARLIER TODAY.
>> THAT IS WHAT MAKES -- WHAT
MAKES THAT DIFFERENT?
JUST DIFFERENT FRONT END
GEOMETRY.
GOING TO BASEBALL, A LIGHTER
BAT AND HEAVIER BAT.
THIS GUY HAS A DIFFERENT FRONT
END THAT HE LIKES.
HERE COMES DAVID GREEN IF HAD
FOR AN UNSCHEDULED PIT STOP.
HE WAS RUNNING 7th.
HE'S GOING RIGHT BACK BEHIND
THE WALL.
REMEMBER, HE CAME IN WITH A
BROKEN SHOULDER, AND BOBBY
LABONTE, THE CAR OWNER, YOU
SAW IT.
WE'RE COMING TO HALFWAY.
HE WAS STANDING BY TO TAKE
OVER.
THIS SEEMS LIKE A CAR
SITUATION.
THIS IS THE FIRST "DID NOT
FINISH" FOR DAVE GREEN THIS
YEAR.
WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP LAST
YEAR.
HE'S HAVING SUCH A TOUGH YEAR.
A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS
GOING ON THIS YEAR.
DAVID GREEN COULD DO NO WRONG
LAST YEAR, NEVER BROKE.
JOHNNY BENSON CANNOT BREAK
THIS YEAR.
JUST A TURN-AROUND YEAR.
DAVID GREEN IS HAVING THE
WORST LUCK.
HAD A GOOD RUN GOING.
OF COURSE, KENNY, HE GOT
BUSTED DOWN THERE IN
CHARLOTTE.
THEY GOT HIM UP IN THE AIR AND
SPUN HIM.
HE CAME BACK FROM THAT.
HIS EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN FAILING
HIM.
HE'S BEEN RUNNING IN THE TOP
10 EVERY WEEK AND HE'S BEEN
HAVING A LOT OF MOTOR
PROBLEMS.
WHO ELSE IS HAVING TROUBLE,
DOUG HEIFERON.
WE'RE AT WATKINS GLEN, NEW
YORK, JUST PAST HALFWAY, AT
THE WATKINS GLEN 200.
NASCAR'S GRAND NATIONAL
DIVISION.
THEY SURE LOOK GRAND OUT HERE
IN THEIR 4 UNDth PERFORMANCE.
3 CAUTIONS FOR 7 LAPS.
3 LEAD CHANGES BETWEEN TWO
DRIVERS.
IT'S ALL CHAD LITTLE AND TERRY
LABONTE.
YOU TALK ABOUT HEVERON'S BAD
LUCK.
HE HAD A HOOD FLYING OCCUPY
THE CAR EARLIER THIS WEEK.
HE LOST AN ENGINE, PUT ANOTHER
ENGINE IT.
THE REAR END WAS SO MESSED UP
THEY COULDN'T GET THE GEARS IN
IT PROPERLY.
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON HEB RON
WAS IN THE CAR WORKING ON THE
DASHBOARD.
THE GAUGES WEREN'T WORKING
PROPERLY.
THIS MORNING THEY HAD TO
CHANGE THE EXHAUST SYSTEM.
THEY HAD A LEAK THERE.
I THINK THEY CHANGED
EVERYTHING IN THAT CAR SEVERAL
TIMES.
I JUST NOTICED SOMETHING.
RICKY CRAVEN, AS YOU WATCH THE
TERRY LABONTE PICTURE.
RICKY CRAVEN IS ON THE MOVE
BEHIND THESE CARS.
THEY'RE GOING INTO THE INNER
LOOP AND TERRY LABONTE TRYING
TO GAIN ON CHAD LITTLE.
AS THEY EXIT THE INNER LOOP
AND HEAD FOR TURN 5.
HE'SING
THIS IS TURN 5, IT'S A LONG
CORNER.
YOU'RE FEEDING A LOT OF GAS
AND TRYING NOT TO GET OUT INTO
THE GRASS.
BEING REAL CAREFUL.
GOING DOWN HERE IN THIRD GEAR,
RUNNING DOWN HERE, AND OVER
THIS BRAGE RIGHT THERE'S THE
BRIDGE.
YOU' GRABBING SECONDGEAR
RIGHT HERE, AND THERE'S THE
MAN ON THE MOVE, RICKY CRAVEN.
TEBth PLACE FOR CRAVEN.
KEEPS ON COMING.
STEVE GRISSOM IN NINTH.
A GROUP OF CARS, 6th, 7th,
EIGHTH AND NINTH.
SPENCER JUST IN FRONT OF
GRISSOM IN EIGHTH.
JOHNNY BENSON UP THERE IN 7th.
THIS IS SOME GOOD RACING
FURTHER BACK IN THE FIELD.
2-TIME BUSCH NORTHERN CHAMPION
RICKY CRAVEN HAS MOVED UP.
>> ONE CHAMPION HERE HAS HAD A
TOUGH DAVE, DAVID GREEN, WHAT
HAPPENED?
SOMETHING IN THE MOTOR.
SAME OLD THING.
NOT THE SAME THG, BUT JUST
WE CAN'T FINISH.
MY GUYS WORK 110 PERCENT TO
GET READY EACH WEEK.
CAR 80 HAS SPUN.
GETS HIMSELF BACK UNDER WAY.
ASHTON LEWIS.
DAVID, ALL THE SHIFTING, DOES
THAT TAKE A TOLL ON THE MOTOR?
IT DOES IF YOU MISS A GEAR.
THANK GOODNESS, I WAS ABLE TO
HIT ALL MY GEARS TODAY WITH MY
BUM ARM.
THE SAME OLD THING.
THE GUYS GIVE MAY A GREAT CAR
WEEKS QUALIFY GOOD.
WHEN IT GETS DOWN TO RACING,
SOMETHING BREAKS.
I WANT TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY
TO MOM THERE, AND HER BIRTHDAY
THERE.
AND HOPEFULLY JEFF WILL DO
PRETTY GOOD.
SHORT DAY FOR THE SLIM JIM
TEAM.
JEFF IS HIS YOUNGER BROTHER.
THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY IS
TAKING ITS TOLL.
YOU HAVE ALL THESE INWILLLETS.
ELTON SAWYER SAYS THERE'S A
LOT OF HEAT COMING UP THROUGH
THE FLOOR, AND HE'S GOT
BLISTERS ON HIS BUTT
HE MAY GET RELIEF.
RANDY MCDONALD WAS AS RED AS A
LOBSTER, COOKED.
HE WILL GET RELIEF FROM DIRK
STEVENS SHORTLY.
EARLIER WHEN WE WERE WATCHING
RICKY CRAVEN I NOTICED HIM
GOING THROUGH THE
STRAIGHT-AWAY WITH HIS HAND
OUT THE WINDOW.
I THINK IT'S VERY HOT OUT
THERE FOR THE PEOPLE SITTING
AT HOME IN THEIR COOL COUCHES
RIGHT NOW, I NOTICED RICKY
CREN GRABBING HIS HAND OUT
THE LEFT TRYING TO GET AIR TO
BLOW IN THE CAR.
THAT'S TODD BOWLES.
YOU NOT ONLY GET HEAT FROM THE
ENGINE BUT ALSO YOU HAVE TO
RUN TRANSMISSION COOLERS HERE
AND REAR END COOLERS.
A LOT OF HEAT FROM
TRANSMISSION AND REAR ENDS
HERE.
77 IS OFF.
VICTOR CYSTON.
MESSING UP A LOT OF THE PRETTY
GRASS HERE.
CONTINUE, THAT WAS
INTERESTING.
>> I WAS JUST SAYING THE
DIFFERENT POINTS THAT YOU HAVE
OF GETTING HEAT THAT YOU
WOULDN'T HAVE ON AN OVAL
TRACK.
I GUESS IT IS HOT IN THERE.
>> YOU SEE THE 38 CAR GOING
OUT OF THE PITS BECAUSE ELTON
SAER HAS JUST CLIMBED OUT OF
IT.
THE MAN WHO GOT IN TO THAT
NUMBER 38 CAR IS A FELLOW WHO
NEXT WEEK WILL BE WITHOUT A
RIDE, DENNIS SENSOR.
HIS TEAM WILL FOLD UP AFTER
THE MILWAUKEE RACE NEXT WEEK.
ELTON'S BACK IS VERY RED.
HE'S BEING ATTENDED TO BY THE
MEDICAL PERSONNEL.
THAT'S A BAD BREAK, THAT
ALLIANCE GROUP FALLING OUT.
THEY'VE MADE SUCH A STOUT
EFFORT.
HE'S BEEN UP IN THE TOP 10.
I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO COME
TOGETHER FOR HIM AND WE WOULD
SEE HIM MOVING ALONG THROUGH
THAT DIVISION.
I WANT TO TOUCH ON WHAT NED
WAS SAYING.
HOW HOT THESE CARS ARE
GETTING.
I HAD THIS PROBLEM EARLY IN
THE YEAR.
ALTHOUGH I WON THE RACE AT
RICHMOND I TOLD MY CREW CHIEF,
I SAID, "YOU BURNT MY FEET
OFF."
WE COME TO FIND OUT THIS NEW
MOTOR COMBINATION, 9 TO ONE
COMPRESSION, HOLDS SO MUCH
EXHAUST HEAT.
THESE DRIVERS ARE THINKING,
WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME SNIM NOT
HAD SHAPE.
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH
THEM.
IT'S JUST THAT THE NEW MOTORS
ARE CREATING SO MUCH
TEMPERATURE NOW.
THEY'RE GETTING TWICE AS HOT
AS THEY USED TO.
THE YELLOW IS OUT.
WE HAVE A CAUTION.
THIS WOULD BE THE FOURTH
CAUTION OF THE DAY.
THERE ARE THE TWO LEADERS.
CHAD LITTLE AND TERRY LABONTE.
THIS CAUTION COMING IN LAP 46.
NO REPORT AS CHAD WAVES DOWN
TERRY LABONTE UNDER YELLOW.
THAT'S THE 77 THAT'S DONE IT
AGAIN, VICTOR CYSTON.>■
CANADIAN DRIVER HAVING TROUBLE
HERE AT THE GLEN.
22 CARS REMAIN IN THE LEAD
LAP.
HEAT BECOMING A REAL ISSUE.
WITH THIS 9 TO ONE COMPRESSION
ENGINE.
WE'LL BE GETTING BACK ON THAT
STORY SHORTLY HERE.
RICKY CRAVEN BLISTERED HIS
FEET, BURNED HIS FEET, BURNED
THEM BADLY IN THE BUSCH RACE
AT DOVER.
THAT'S RIGHT.
IT'S GETTING TOUGH.
I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU MORE
ABOUT THAT.
CBS SPORTS COVERAGE OF THE
WATKINS GLEN 200 CONTINUES
AFTER THIS MESSAGE AND A WORD
FROM YOUR LOCAL STATION.
UNDER CAUTION, THE WATKINS
GLEN 200, THE 400th
PERFORMANCE, AND WE'VE GOT A
DING-*** BATTLE UP IN FRONT
THAT HAS CHAD LITTLE AND TERRY
LABONTE RIDING EACH OTHER
HARD, WITH 22 CARS IN THE LEAD
LAP, AFTER HALF DISTANCE.
3 LEAD CHANGES AMONG TWO
DRIVERS, 4 CAUTIONS FOR 7
LAPS.
>> I THINK WE'LL SEE THEM MAKE
PIT STOPS HERE.
IT'S BEEN ABOUT 23 OR SO LAPS.
THESE CAUTION THAT COME IN THE
AREA OF WHEN THEY WILL
NORMALLY MAKE PIT STOPS ARE
NOT TIMELY.
I DON'T THINK THEY CAN GO THE
REST OF THE WAY.
HERE THEY COME, ALL OF THEM
COMING DOWN PIT ROW RIGHT NOW.
WE'LGO TO THE PITS, AND MIKE
JOY.
CHAD LITTLE FAINTED TOWARD PIT
RODE.
HE LOOKED LIKE HE WOULD STAY
UP AND HE TURNED IN, ANDESH
CAME WITH HIM.
TERRY LABONTE TAKES A DRINK,
PORES SOME DOWN THE FRONT OF
THE HELMET.
WILL HE TAKE 4?
YES.
GOING ALL THE WAY AROUND FOR 4
TIRES.
CHAD LITTLE ALSO PITTED, AND
FOR A WHILE THEY SAID THEY
WEREN'T GOING TO PIT.
THEY WANTED TO SAVE THEIR LAST
SET OF GOOD TIRES FOR THE END
OF THE RACE.
THEY'RE ONLY ON LAP 47.
THIS IS AN 82-LAP EVENT.
WHERE THEY GOT LUCKY IS WHEN
THEY TURNED DOWN PIT ROW
EVERYBODY FOLLOWED THEM.
HAD THAT NOT HAPPENED THEY
WOULD HAVE RUN OUT OF TIRES
TOWARD THE END OF THE RACE.
LITTLE'S CAR WAS HAVING
PROBLEMS NEGOTIATING THE
RIGHT-HAND TURNS.
TERRY LABONTE HAS BEATEN HIM
OUT OF THE PITS, AND SO HAS
STEVEN GRISSOM.
LITTLE RETURNS TO THE RACE IN
THIRD SPOT.
GRISSOM HAD A GREAT PIT STOP.
HE WAS RUNNING IN THE EIGHTH
POSITION.
HE TOOK ON 4 TIRE ORSE MAYBE
JUST TWO?
THAT WAS A GREAT PIT STOP.
I BELIEVE MAYBE HIS WINSTON
CUP CREW IS UP HERE.
THE DIAMOND RIDGE TEAM.
I BELIEVE THEY MIGHT HAVE
BROUGHT THEIR CUP CREW UP
HERE.
>> YOU SEE ELTON SAWYER
GETTING OXYGEN, AND THE
SPONSOR'S CAP.
HE'S BURNED ON HIS BACK SIDE.
THEY WILL TAKE HIM FOR
ATTENTION.
RANDY MCDONALD CLIMB OUT OF
HIS CAR WITHOUT ASSISTANCE BUT
WILL GO TO TRACK MEDICAL.
THE HUMIDITY IS JUST ABOUT UP
INTO THE 90'S, THE SAME AS THE
HEAT.
THAT, PLUS THE LACK OF AIR
CIRCULATING IN THE COCKPIT AND
THOSE THICK FIRE SUITS IS
TAKING ITS TOLL.
ELTON SAWYER, WHO DROVE THAT
FORD MOTOR -- FORD CREDIT CAR,
RED CARPET LEASING CAR, IN
TROUBLE THERE.
HOW HOT IS IT IN THOSE CARS
THESE DAYS?
IT IS UNBELIEVABLEY HOT.
WE HAVE A NEW RULE, NOT HERE
AT THIS TRACK, BUT A RIGHT
SIDE WINDOW IN ON THE TRUCKS
OVER ONE MILE, WHICH MAKES IT
HOTTER.
HOW HOT IS HOT?
WE'RE TALKING PROBABLY 130
DEGREES IN THERE.
LET ME SAY SOMETHING ABOUT
ELTON SAWYER.
HE'S DRIVING HIS BACKUP CAR.
HIS CREW WORKED FEVERISHLY FOR
TWO DAYS TO GET THE CAR TO GO
ON THE RACE TRACK.
I'M SURE THEY HAD COOLING IN
THERE BUT THAT WAS NOT
PRIORITY.
HE STARTED THIS RACE IN A
BACKUP CAR, MAY NOT HAVE HAD
THE PROPER VENTILATION HOSES
TO HIM.
WHY FOR FOLKS THAT MIGHT BE
VIEWING THE FIRST TIME WE
DON'T SEE HEAT BOTHER AT
DAYTONA, WHEN YOU GO DOWN
THERE TO RUN, NEXT SATURDAY
THAT 400 MILE RACE.
THE HEAT IS SO INCREDIBLE IN
FLORIDA.
PEOPLE WOULD SAY "WHY HERE AT
WATKINS GLEN?"
YOU'RE UP IN THE COUNTRY.
>> THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE MAY
NOT BE THAT DIFFERENT.
OF COURSE, AS MIKE JOY SAID,
THE TEMPERATURE MAY BE UP
CLOSE TO 90 AND THE HUMIDITY
UP THERE ALSO.
THEY DON'T PAY AS MUCH
ATTENTION TO THAT ON THESIP
RACE TRACKS, PLUS THE FACT
YOU'RE HAVING TO WORK SO HARD
INSIDE THE RACE CAR.
AS WE SAID EARLIER, ALL THE
DIFFERENT AREAS THAT HEAT
BUILDS UP ON A ROAD COURSE,
TRANSMISSION, REAR END, AND
BRAKES.
EXACTLY.
IT'S A DEAL RIGHT HERE WHERE
YOU'VE GOT 7 CORNERS
NEGOTIATING, YOU'RE WORKING
REAL HARD, YOU BUILD INTENSE
HEAT IN YOUR BODY.
YOU SAID YOU BURNED YOUR FEET,
BLISTERED YOUR FEET.
I CAN REMEMBER DARRELL WALTRIP
BURNING HIS HEEL TO THE BONE.
YOU TALK ABOUT BURNING YOUR
FEET.
TELL FOLKS AT WHOME WHAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
YOU'RE IN A COMPETITIVE SPORT.
YOU DON'T WANT TO RADIO TO
YOUR CREW AND SAY MY FEET IS
HOT, I'M LEADING THIS RACE, I
WANT TO COME IN.
YOU LITERALLY SIT THERE AND
PUT IT OUT OF MIND AND LET
YOUR FEET MELT OFF.
THIRD DEGREE BURNS.
IT'S TERRIBLE.
WE GO GREEN HERE.
WE'RE GETTING READY TO.
WE UNDERSTANDOM TOOK 4 TIRES.
A TREMENDOUS PIT STOP.
CHADINGLY GETS BY AS GRIFFIN
SLIDES A LITTLE BIT HIGH AT
TURN ONE.
TERRY LABONTE AND CHAD LITTLE
IN FRONT.
THIS TIME IT'S LABONTE OUT
FRONT.
GRISSOM 3RD, MCLAUGHLIN THERE
WITH HIM IN FOURTH, JEFF GREEN
FIFTH, LEITZINGER TO 6th, AND
CRAVEN IN THE NUMBER 2 CAR UP
TO 7th.
LEITZINGER IS THE ONE THAT
LOST ON THAT PIT STOP.
HE WAS RUNING IN THIRD PLACE
AND HE'S BACK TO THE FIFTH
POSITION NOW.
YOU SEE JEFF GREEN, THE
YOUNGEST OF THE GREEN BOYS,
FROM KENTUCKY, GIVING IT HIS
ALL.
RIGHT BEHIND THIS NUMBER 3,
THERE'S LEITZINGER.
WITH HIM COMES RICKY CRAVEN IN
7th.
MCLAUGHLIN TRYING TO SWEEP
UNDER GRISSOM THERE.
HE IS REALLY AFTER HIM.
HERE COMES LEITZINGER MAKING A
MOVE ON GROWN.
I THINK HE GOT HIM.
LEITZINGER DOWN THE INSIDE.
HE COMES UP.
THAT WAS A VETERAN -- A CRASH.
AT THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN.
COMING OUT OF THE FINAL TURN.
ONE CAR THAT SPUN AROUND HARD.
TOMMY HOUSTON.
BOY, HE'*** SOMETHING HARD
WITH THE FRONT END OF HIS CAR.
AND THE BACK END.
TRYING TO ROLL IT AWAY.
THAT'S TOO BAD.
HARD TO BELIEVE THAT CAR IS
STILL ROLLING.
LOOKED LIKE A PERFECT RACER
ONE LAP AGO.
THAT'S ALL THAT'S LEFT OF
TOMMY HOUSTON'S HOPES HERE
TODAY.
>> IT'S HARD TO COMMENT ON
THAT.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE TOP OF THE
SCREEN.
HE'S IN TROUBLE ALREADY.
BACK AND FRONT END.
WHAT I THINK MIGHT HAVE
HAPPENED THERE, BEING I HAVE
EXPERIENCE ON THIS TRACK, HE
WAS GETTING READY TO ARK INTO
THAT CORNER.
IF HE WOULD HAVE GOT HIS LEFT
SIDE TIRE A LITTLE BIT IN THE
GRASS, AROUND COMES THE CAR.
WE'LL HAVE TO HEAR WHAT TOMMY
SAYS.
HE'S AN AWFUL GREAT VETERAN.
I'M SURE WHAT HAPPENED WAS NOT
HIS FAULT.
THE GUARD RAIL HAS TAKEN TO
IT.
SCOTT HOUSTON IS TALKING TO
HIS DAD.
THEY'RE GOING TO BACK IT UP
ALL THE WAY TO THE GARAGE.
APPARENTLY TOO MUCH SHET METAL
AND STEERING DAMAGE TO REPAIR
ON PIT ROW.
MCDONALD STILL PARKED.
WE HEARD THAT HE WAS HAVING
TROUBLE WITH HEAT EARLIER.
CANADIAN DRIVER OUT OF
ONTARIO.
SAW HIM UP ON THE
AMERICAN-CANADIAN TOUR.
FULL-COURSE COTION.
THERE YOU SEE THE TURN WHERE
IT IS.
WHERE HE IS IN TROUBLE.
THAT LAST TURN BEFORE YOU
START DOWN HERE BY THE PIT
AREA.
IT'S FULL-COURSE FOR THE FIFTH
TIME TODAY.
YOU WONDER IF THERE MIGHT HAVE
BEEN SOME OIL OR SOMETHING
DUMPED UP THERE.
THAT'S WHERE TOMMY HOUSTON
HIT.
AS WE WERE COMMENTING, NED,
TOMMY IS A VETERAN, AND HIS
CAR JUST COME ON AROUND.
HE MIGHT HAVE -- WE'VE GOT
ANOTHER CAR HERE.
DEFINITELY SOMETHING HAPPENED
TO THAT CORNER.
ASHTON LEWIS, ISN'T IT?
OR TOMMY BOWLES.
3 TO 4 CARS CRASHED IN THE
SAME CORNER.
AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE SPHEX
CAR, THERE IS A FULL-COURSE
CAUTION OUT.
EVERYBODY GATHERS BACK UP AND
WE'LL TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
HAPPENED IN THAT CORNER.
PRETTY BUNCHED UP.
HE MIGHT HAVE GOT A LITTLE TAP
IN THE BACK.
THE MCDONALD CAR ON THE
INSIDE, HE GOT HIS WHEELS DOWN
ON THE INSIDE GRASS AND AROUND
THAT WAY.
NED, I DON'T THINK NOTHING'S
WRONG WITH THAT CORNER.
IT JUST WASN'T WIDE ENOUGH FOR
ALL THOSE CARS.
HERE'S -- IT LOOKS LIKE THE
TREAD OFF OF ONE OF THE TIRES.
UNDER CAUTION ONCE AGAIN AT
WATKINS GLEN, NEW YORK.
51 OF 82 LAPS HAVE BEEN
COMPLETED.
THE PACE CAR HAS PICK ALMOST
EVERYBODY UP OUT THERE.
A DRIVER CHANGE ON 01.
RANDY MCDONALD WAS TAKEN OUT
OF HIS CAR WITH HEAT
PROSTRATION.
DIRK STEVENS GETTING A CHANCE
TO TAKE THAT CAR OUT.
THAT IS NOW DIRK STEVENS IN
THE 01.
WE'VE SEEN SEVERAL CARS COMING
DOWN PIT ROW.
I WONDERED IF THE LEADERS
MIGHT COME DOWN.
THEY'RE GETTING CLOSE TO BEING
ABLE TO MAKE IT ON FUEL FROM
HERE ON.
APPARENTLY THOSE THAT ARE
RUNNING UP FRONT FIGURED THEY
COULDN'T.
TRACY LESLIE IS IN.
WE SAW CURTIS MARKHAM.
THERE'S TIM FEDEWA.
WHAT ABOUT IT, MIKE JOY?
COULD THEY HAVE MADE IT?
WE'LL SEE.
HERE'S FLIP GROG DIET
31 LAPS TO GO.
CAN YOU MAKE IT OR WILL YOU
HAVE TO STOP AGAIN?
WELL, IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSE.
IT WILL BE CLOSE ON FOUL.
WE'RE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.
YOU'RE GOING TO TRY IT?
KNOWING THE HORSEPOWER WE'VE
GOT, WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO DO
IT.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF
HORSEPOWER, THERE AIN'T MUCH
FEEDING GOING ON.
I THINK THE TELLING THING WAS
THE PAUSE BETWEEN "WELL" AND
THE ANSWER.
IT WAS A SHORT PAUSE.
I THINK THEY WILL MAKE IT.
THAT'S GOING A LONG WAY.
I WAS WONDERING IF THEY COULD
HAVE EVEN MADE IT IF THEY HAD
COME IN NOW.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING
ABOUT.
IN MY MIND, I DIDN'T THINK IT
WAS POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO GO
FROM THE LAST TIME THEY MADE A
PIT STOP.
IF THEY COME IN NOW, MAYBE
THEY COULD.
I DON'T KNOW.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING.
WHEN THEY COME BY, THEY WILL
HAVE COMPLETED 53 LAPS.
THAT WOULD GIVE THEM 73 AND A
HALF MILES TO GO.
IS THAT ALL?
YEAH.
OKAY.
THEY PROBABLY CAN MAKE IT.
WHEN CHAD LITTLE PUT FUEL IN
HIS CAR, IT WAS LAP 47.
THAT MEANT HE HAD 35 LAPS TO
GO.
THAT'S BARELY INSIDE THE
WINDOW.
I DID A LITTLE CRUISE OF THE
GARAGE AND I ASKED HOW FAR
PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY COULD GO.
THE LONGEST ANYBODY THOUGHT HE
COULD GO WAS 38 LAPS.
SEVERAL PEOPLE SAID 30 LAPS.
THIS COULD BECOME A
I NK IT WILL GET UEL.
INTERESTING DOWN TOWARDS THE
END.
THE MORE LAPS THEY RUN UNDER
CAUTION THE MORE IT WILL HELP
THEM.
AND A SITUATION WE'VE GOT
RIGHT HERE, AS YOU LOOK AT THE
CAT CAR OF BUTCH LEITZINGER.
HE MAY BE CLOSE ON FUEL BUT
HE'S NOT GOING TO COME IN AND
BE THE ONLY ONE TO COME IN AND
START 21ST, 22ND.
TRACK POSITION PLAYS IN YOUR
MIND.
SHOULD I COME IN FOR FUEL OR
NOT?
COME IN TO BE SAFE?
YOU MAY BE SORRY LATER O. YOU
WILL BE WITH THE FIELD.
YOU WILL GO WITH THE MAJORITY.
>>
21 CARS IN THE LEAD LAP.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE RACE
SCHEDULE UPCOMING.
THE PEOPLE IN HOMESTEAD,
FLORIDA, ARE REALLY LAYING OUT
THE RED CARPET.
THEY'RE SENDING OUT PACKAGES.
HERE WE GO, GETTING READY TO
GO GREEN FLAG.
TERRY LABONTE LEADING THEM TO
TURN ONE.
GOT HIMSELF A GOOD JUMP AGAIN.
CHAD LITTLE RIGHT THERE WITH
HIM.
MCLAUGHLIN IN THIRD.
HERE COMES RICKY CRAVEN IN THE
2 RIGHT WITH THEM.
THOSE TOP 7 ALL IN THERE
TOGETHER.
GREEN BACK IN EIGHTH, AND
SPENCER, NINTH IS SPENCER.
10th IS BILL PARSONS.
RUNNING 11th IS SADDLER.
13 COMBS, 14th BOBBY BOWN.
16th IS KEVIN LEPAGE.
17th RICK BYE.
18th BOBBY DRAGON.
CURTIS MARKHAM 20th.
TRACY LESLIE ROUNDS OUT THE
21ST POSITION.
THOSE ARE ALL IN THE LEAD LAP.
MARKHAM AND LESLIE BOTH MADE
PIT STOPS.
THEY WERE RUNING IN THE TOP
10, OR AT LEAST MARKHAM WAS,
AND LESLIE WAS RUNNING ABOUT
12th.
THEY CHOSE TO MAKE PIT STOPS
FOR FUEL.
CHAD REALLY GOT A GOOD BITE
OFF THERE, CAUGHT HIM PRETTY
QUICK.
HERE'S SOME TROUBLE.
JUST UP IN THE GRASS AND DOWN
AGAIN.
THAT WAS JIMMY SPENCER.
95 IS OUT, LEITZINGER.
NO FULL-COURSE CAUTION YET.
RUNNING IN 6th WHEN HE SLID
OFF THE TRACK.
SOMETHING BIG HAPPENED IN THAT
CORNER BECAUSE THAT WAS A
FRONT-RUNNER.
HE WAS RUNING IN THE FOURTH
POSITION.
DEFINITE THERE WERE A LOT OF
CARS BUNCHED UP TOGETHER.
WHEN IT HAPPENED, IT HAPPENED
UP FRONT BECAUSE THERE IS A
MAJOR, MAJOR GAP FROM STEVE
GRISSOM ON BACK NOW.
LEITZINGER WAS RUNNING UP IN
FIFTH POSITION.
AS YOU SEE IT -- HERE WE GO.
RICKY CRAVEN GOT INTO IT.
I THINK CRAVEN GOT A PIECE OF
LEITZINGER.
DEFINITE AND JUST KEPT ON
GOING.
WHAT A JOB OF DRIVING THERE.
SPENCER, I GUESS, HAD TO HIT
THE BRAKES AND MAYBE LOCKED IT
OUT AND GOT OUT IN THE GRASS.
AND JEFF GREEN CAME RIGHT
THROUGH THE EYE OF THE NEEDOLE
THAT ONE.
HERE'S LEITZINGER BACK UNDER
WAY.
STILL IN THE LEAD LAP BUT WELL
DOWN.
HE LOST A LOT OF POSITIONS.
THAT WAS PRETTY AMAZING.
FOR ALL THAT BUNCH TO SPIN
OUT, THEY'RE ONLY A
STRAIGHT-AWAY BEHIND.
AS YOU'RE LOOKING OUT T
OF TERRY LABONTE AND OUT THE
FRONT OF CHAD LITTLE'S CAR
GOING THROUGH THE SYSTEM'S,
THIS IS A VERY FAST -- THE
FASTEST PORTION OF THE COURSE.
IT GRABS FOURTH GEAR RIGHT
HERE, AND LET ME TELL YOU
WHAT, RIGHT NOW YOU'RE RUNNING
ABOUT 165 MILES PER HOUR OR
FASTER.
THEN THEY START TO SLOW DOWN
AND GEAR DOWN AS HE HEADS TO
THE INNER LOOP.
>> HE WENT FROM FOURTH, THIRD,
TO SECOND, IS WHAT IT SOUNDED
TO ME LIKE.
OR WENT FROM THIRD TO SECOND.
THIS CAR DOES HAVE AN
OVERDRIVE.
HE'S REALLY PUNCHING THAT
FORD.
HERE HE COMES TO THE NEXT TO
THE LAST CORNER, HARD
LEFTHANDER HERE.
JUST IN FRONT OF HIM, THE
LEADER, TERRY LABONTE.
YOU SAW TOMMY HOUSTON GO IN
HEAD-ON AND TEAR HIS CAR TO
PIECES.
THAT'S THTHINK
TERRY LABONTE IS SO GOOD AT,
TURN ONE.
THE REASON I SAY THAT IS
BECAUSE LAST YEAR I RAN WITH
HIM AS HARD AS I COULD, AND
THAT'S WHERE HE GOT ME.
I COULD STAY WITH HIM
EVERYWHERE ELSE ON THE COURSE,
BUT TERRY LABONTE COULD GET
THROUGH 1 AND SEND THAT CAR
THROUGH THE SYSTEM'S AT A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SPEED.
WHAT'S THE SECRET?
NOT OVERDRIVING THE CORNER.
AS I WAS WATCHING THAT CAMERA
THERE, OUT OF THE BACK OF
TERRY LABONTE'S CAR, IT SEEMED
LIKE CHAD LITTLE CAME INTO THE
CORNER A LITTLE BIT HARDER.
HE GOT THROUGH THE CORNER
FINE.
IT SEEMED LIKE TERRY LABONTE
DID NOT OVERLY GRACIVELY GET
INTO THE CORNER AND WAS ABLE
TO ROLL THROUGH AND GET ON THE
GAS EARLIER.
>> RICKY CRAVEN DEFINITELY GOT
OFF-COURSE A WHILE BACK.
HE HAS GOT A FRONT END THAT'S
SUFFICIENTLY OUT OF LINE THAT
THE STEERING WHEEL IS OFF IN
POSITION BY ABOUT A THIRD OF A
TURN.
THE CREW IS BACK HERE TRYING
TO GET STRING READY IN CASE
HE'S GOING TO COME IN.
THE CREW CHIEF SAYS HE DOESN'T
WANT TO COME IN.
HE SAYS THEY CAME HERE TO WIN
THIS THING AND THEY'RE STILL
GOING TO TRY.
THE ENGINE -- WELL, HE SAYS
IT'S STILL LIVING, BUT NOT BY
MUCH.
BUTCH LEITZINGER'S CAR IS
OKAY.
HE'S OUT ON THE RACE TRACK AS
WELL AFTER THAT ALTERCATION
WITH CRAVEN.
BOB LABONTE TOLD ME HE HOPES
THE RACE GOES GREEN ALL THE
WAY.
HE'S NOT CONCERNED ABOUT FUEL
MILEAGE.
HE'S CONCERNED ABOUT THE HORSE
POWER THAT CHAD LITTLE HAS.
THAT FORD HAS HAD MORE POWER
THAN ALL THE REST OF THE CARS.
THEY'RE WORRIED, IF CHAD GETS
PAST HIM, HE HAS SO MUCH
POWER, TERRY WON'T BE ABLE TO
RE-PASS THE NUMBER 23 FORD.
LABONTE NOW WANTS TO DO
EVERYTHING HE CAN TO HOLD THIS
LEAD.
CHEFY AND FORD RUNNING 1ST AND
2ND.
BOY, YOU'VE GOT THE BEST SEAT
IN THE HOUSE, RIDING RIGHT NOW
WITH TERRY LABONTE, AS HE GOES
THROUGH THAT INNER LOOP.
LOOKS BACK AT CHAD LITTLE.
WE MENTIONED THAT TRACY LESLIE
HAD MADE A PIT STOP DURING THE
LAST CAUTION.
HE'S DOWN ON ABOUT 6 OR 7
CYLINDERS RIGHT NOW.
HE WON'T BE IN THE LEAD LAP
FOR LONG BECAUSE THE CAR IS
NOT RUNNING RIGHT.
19th, AND FALLING BACK.
YOU'RE RIDING WITH CHAD
LITTLE.
HEY, WHAT A RIDE.
TRIED WINSTON CUP, CAME BACK
TO GRAND NATIONAL.
STARTED THE YEAR LAST ON THE
FIELD IN DAYTONA, WON IT, GAVE
US A TREMENDOUS RACE IN
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.
IT WAS MISTING PRETTY HEAVILY.
I THOUGHT IT WAS RAINING.
JEFF GREEN GAVE HIM A FIGHT
RIGHT TO THE FINISH LINE.
IT WAS SOME KIND OF RACE.
SANDWICHED IN A COUPLE OF
OTHER VICTORIES.
CHAD LITTLE.
MARK RIPIEN'S CAR, LOOKING
GOOD WITH 24 LAPS TO GO, IN
SECOND SPOT.
NOT NEARLY AS GOOD AS THE
2-TIME WINNER TERRY LABONTE.
HE'S SO SMOOTH.
LET'S WATCH HIM FOR A MINUTE.
HE'S GOING DOWN THE BACK
STRAIGHT-AWAY VERY FAST AND
GETTING READY TO GO TO THE
INNER LOOP.
THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT PART
OF THE TRACK, LET'S SEE HOW
SMOOTH HE IS.
HE DIDN'T JAM THAT THING IN
GEAR, HE JUST NEATLY PUT IT
IN.
SEE HOW INTERESTING THAT WAS.
I'VE LEARN AID LOT SITTING
RIGHT HERE.
YOU WILL BE TOUGH WHEN YOU
COME HERE IN AUGUST.
LOOK AT THAT.
IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE HE --
THERE HE GOES TO THIRD GEAR.
WE MAY CHARGE YOU TO SIT IN
THAT SEAT.
HE PULLED SECOND GEAR ALL
THROUGH THAT INNER LOOP ALL
THE WAY AROUND THE CORNER.
I WOULD GO FROM SECOND TO
THIRD.
THAT'S WHY HE'S A LOT BETTER
THAN ME HERE.
HE STAYED IN SECOND GEAR.
HE CAME DOWN THE LONG
STRAIGHT-AWAY AND RAN SECOND
GEAR THROUGH THE INNER LOOP
ALL THE WAY AROUND THAT CORNER
AND THEN GRABBED THIRD GEAR.
IT HAS A GREAT DEAL TO DO WITH
THE RATIOS THAT YOU HAVE.
RIGHT, EXACTLY.
WHAT WOULD HE HAVE IN THERE?
A 411 IN THE BACK?
HE PROBABLY HAS SOMEWHERE
BETWEEN A 400 OR 422 GEAR, IS
WHAT I WOULD FIGURE.
THE RACERS ARE SO DIFFERENT.
IF YOU'RE RUNNING OVERDRIVE,
YOU'RE RUNNING A 456 OR 440.
WE'RE TALKING GEAR RATIOS IN
THE REAR OF THE CAR COMPARED
TO THE TRANSMISSION RATIOS.
EVERYONE SHIFTS DIFFERENTLY.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MARK
MARTIN AND HIS TEAM HAVE GOT
DOWN HERE.
MARK HAS BEEN TOTALLY
DOMINANT.
HE DOESN'T AGGRESSIVELY GET
INTO TURN ONE LIKE TERRY.
HE'S JUST LIKE TERRY LABONTE.
THEY'RE BOTH VERY GOOD AT TURN
ONE.
ONE THING THEY'VE LEARNED,
THAT RACE CAR WILL RUN FASTER
THE STRAIGHTER IT GOES.
THAT'S THE THING WITH THE
RADIAL TIRES.
WHEN WE HAVE THE BIAS TIRES WE
USED TO BE ABLE TO GET A LOT
OF SIDE WALL DEFLECTION.
DID YOU SEE HOW THERE WAS NO
DEFLECTION AS HE CAME OFF THE
CORNER?
WE'LL GIVE YOU MORE OF THE
STORY AT WATKINS GLEN IN THE
200 IN A MOMENT.
MONTHS.
STOP SQUIRMING !
NO, NO, NO. SHE SAID I SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT MY FLAKES.
I SAID, GET A NEW BARBER ? SHE SAID, GET NEW HEAD AND SHOULDERS.
I SAID, YOU'RE÷÷mn
HE TRIES TO CORRECT HERE, AND
EVENTUALLY SPINS ALL THE WAY
AROUND.
DENNIS DROVE BY.
HE WAS CLOSE ENOUGH TO IT TO
DRIVE BY.
THAT WAS CLOSE.
THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE SAYING
"PLEASE LET ME GET BY YOU."
I'D LIKE ON SAY MANAGE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DENNIS.
I WANT TO TELL ALL THE GUYS
WITH THE ALLIANCE TEAM, I'M
THINKING ABOUT THEM.
RICKY PEARSON, GREAT RACE
TEAM.
HAD TO SHUT THEIR COMPLETE
ORGANIZATION DOWN.
RICKY, ALL YOU GUYS, I'M
THINKING ABOUT YOU.
I THINK EVERYBODY IS.
I THINK EVERYBODY IS HOPING
SOMEONE WILL COME ALONG AND
RESCUE THEM.
I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO
MILWAUKEE NEXT WEEK, AND
THEY'RE UP UP IN THE TOP 10.
HE IS SO GOOD.
THAT'S A HARD HIT.
THAT TEAM LOOKS LIKE IT WILL
CLOSE THE DOOR FOREVER AFTER
MILWAUKEE.
BACK WITH YOU AT WATKINS GLEN,
NEW YORK.
THE WATKINS GLEN 200, NASCAR
GRAND NATIONAL.
BIG CROWD OUT TODAY.
VERY WARM.
A LOT OF THUNDER AROUND HERE.
THAT'S THE WAY TO GO TO A
RACE.
YOU TALK ABOUT A COUCH POTATO
WHO WANTS TO BE AT AN EVENT.
THE FANS ARE STILL OUT HERE
FOR HARRY GANT.
6 CAUTIONS FOR 13 LAPS.
THIS IS A NEW RECORD DISTANCE
THE 200 MILES.
THIS IS THE MOST CAUTIONS
WE'VE EVER SEEN, TOO, IN THIS
EVENT.
SUN SHADE OUT THERE THIS
AFTERNOON.
HUMIDITY UP IN THE 90'S.
YOU SEE THE LEAD CHANGES.
JUST BEHIND THEM, MCLAUGHLIN,
GRISSOM, JEFF GREEN, CRAVEN,
BENSON, SPENCER.
THERE'S LARRY PEARSON.
FULLER.
THOSE GUYS ARE PUTTING ON SOME
KIND OF SHOW.
NOT THAT THOSE TWO LEADERS ARE
NOT.
THEY HAVE BEEN AFTER EACH
OTHER ALL DAY.
SADDLER IS 11th, CURTIS
MARKHAM IN 12th.
CURTIS STARTED THE DAY IN THE
SECOND ROW.
GAVE AN OUTSTANDING
PERFORMANCE IN QUALIFYING.
QUALIFIED WHAT, 5 OR 6 CARS AT
A TIME.
A TIME PERIOD OF 6 MINUTES,
THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE
ON THE TRACK.
THEY WENT OUT THERE --
EUROPEAN STYLE.
THEY COULD IMPROVE ON IT.
MARKHAM LOST HIS CAR ON THE
SECOND LAP COMING OFF OF TURN
7 UP HERE, AS WE'RE CALLING IT
TODAY.
HE SAID, "BOY, IF I WOULD HAVE
MADE THAT LAP, I WOULD HAVE
HAD A GOOD ONE."
HE STILL HAD A GOOD ONE.
BILL PARSONS MADE A PIT STOP.
HE DIDN'T THINK HE HAD ENOUGH
FUEL.
BILL WAS RUNNING UP THERE IN
THE TOP 10.
HE'S DROPPED BACK NOW.
LEITZINGER IS BACK IN 17th.
THE CAT BACK IN 17th.
>> INTERESTING HIGH-TECH TOOLS
IN BOBBY DRAGON'S PIT CAMP.
THIS IS WHAT THEY USED TO ROLL
THE FENDER AWAY FROM THE TIRE.
A BASEBALL BAT.
LOOK AT WHAT THEY USED TO
BRING HIM IN.
A UNIQUE PIT FORCE.
YOU CAN JUST GUESS THEY HAVE A
SNOW SHOE MANUFACTURER AS A
SPONSOR ON THAT CAR.
STILL USING THOSE UP IN
VERMONT, YOU KNOW.
WE SHOULD BE ALL RIGHT BY THE
4th OF JULY.
READY TO GO GREEN FLAG RACING
AGAIN.
TERRY LABONTE TAKES OFF.
TERKSAS TERRY, THE ICE MAN.
LARRY PEARSON MOVING OUT BACK
THERE.
TRYING TO MAKE A PASS.
19 LAPS TO GO.
HERE COMES FULLER DOWN ON THE
INSIDE.
SPENCER.
HOW'S THAT GOING TO WORK OUT?
UP THROUGH THE S'S.
FLAT OUT.
FULL-BORE.
SHIFTER UP.
TRY TO OUT-BRAKE SOMEBODY
GOING INTO THAT TURN.
TERRY LABONTE LOOKING BACK.
TO SECOND PLACE, CHAD LITTLE.
CURTIS MARKHAM REPORTS HIS
FEET ARE BURNING UP.
HE'S RAPIDLY CLOSING ON JEFF
FULLER IN THE ROOKIE OF THE
YEAR BATTLE.
HE MAY NEED RELIEF.
JIM BOWN IS STANDING BY.
ON THE FUEL STORY, MIKE
MCLAUGHLIN'S CREW CHIEF SAID
ON THE FIRST STOP HIS CAR TOOK
ONLY 12 GALLONS, AFTER 23 LAPS
OF RACING.
I DON'T THINK FUEL IS GOING TO
BE AN ISSUE HERE.
MAGIC SHOES MCLAUGHLIN, STILL
THERE IN 3RD SPOT.
JEFF GREEN GETTING A HANDFUL
THERE.
OH, NO.
YOUR POINTS LEADER.
JIMMY SPENCER.
THAT FINAL CORNER.
COMING INTO THE SHOOT.
NO CAUTION.
THEY'RE BACK UNDER WAY.
IF THE RACE GOES ON, THIS
COULD PLAY OUT DRAMATICALLY IN
THE POINTS BATTLE.
CHAD LITTLE IS RUNNING IN THE
SECOND SPOT.
AND NOW JOHNNY BENSON HAS HAD
SOME PROBLEMS.
HE'S BACK AND GOING AND HE'S
FINE.
ABOUT 18 LAPS TO GO.
HE CAN STILL GET UP THERE.
THE REFERENCE WILL SHOW THAT
MARK TRUEX STARTED THAT CAR.
A LOT OF OIL COMING OUT FROM
THE MOTOR AREA THERE.
HE'S GETTING OUT OF THE
GROOVE.
HE DRUG THAT OIL UPOUGH
THE S'S.
HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY WILL GET
THROUGH THE S'S JUST FINE.
LEITZINGER WELL BACK IN THE
FIELD.
PULL HIMSELF BACK UP FROM
17th.
I'LL TELL YOU, SO MUCH
HAPPENED IN ONE LAP THERE, IT
WAS PHENOMENAL.
WE HAD JOHNNY BENSON AND
EVERYBODY GOING AROUND THERE,
AND NOW THE OIL LEAK, AND
FIGHTING FOR POSITION RIGHT
HERE.
LEITZINGER MAKES HIS MOVE.
LOOK AT THIS BATTLE.
CRAVEN ON THE OUTSIDE.
JEFF GREEN ON THE INSIDE,
SIDE-BY-SIDE ALL THE WAY DOWN
THE STRAIGHT-AWAY.
JEFF GREEN HOLDS HIM OFF.
JEFF GREEN INTO FIFTH.
CRAVEN BACK TO 6th.
UP IN FRONT, TERRY LABONTE
FIRST.
CHAD LITTLE 2ND, MCLAUGHLIN
3RD.
GRISSOM, THERE YOU SEE CRAVEN
WHO JUST GOT SET BACK A NOTCH
BY THE SENSATION OUT OF
OWENSBOROUGH, KENTUCKY.
HE WAS THE FIGHTER IN THE
GREEN BOYS.
HE CERTAINLY IS PUTTING ON
SOME KIND OF DISPLAY HERE THIS
AFTERNOON.
THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN IN THE
SPIN THERE.
HE AND SPENCER SPIN TOGETHER
OFF OVER THERE ON THOTSIDE
OF THE TRACK.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK FROM INSIDE
HIS CAR AND SEE WHAT HE WAS
SEEING?
HE GOT HIT FROM BEHIND.
I BELIEVE HE GOT HIT FROM
BEHIND.
THAT SENT HIM AROUND.
THAT PUT HIM BACK TO 17th
POSITION.
LEITZINGER ON THE CHARGE.
UP TO 10th.
RIDING WITH JOHNNY BENSON.
A CAR OFF OF TURN ONE.
DEFINITELY LARRY PEARSON.
TOUGH BREAK FOR HIM.
A 2-RACE WINNER IN YEAR.
BOTH IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
>> I THINK ANXIETY IS STTING
TO SET IN.
I KNOW IT'S COMING DOWN TO THE
END AND EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO
GRAB A LITTLE BIT DEEPER AND
GO A LITTLE BIT QUICKER.
SEEING A LOT OF SPIN-OUTS
RIGHT HERE, WITH SOME REALLY
GOOD RACE CARS.
THE FINAL LAPS ARE UPCOMING
HERE THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS IS A COMMERCIAL FOR CHEESE.
TIME FOR A SNACK.
THERE'S SOME CHEESE
THROW SOME CHEESE ON YOUR FRUITS AND MUFFINS.
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TERRY LABONTE SEEKING HIS
THIRD WIN AT WATKINS GLEN.
HE HAS THE ADVANTAGE OF 8 CAR
LENGTHS OVER CHAD LITTLE.
CHEVY FORD BATTLE FOR THE
LEAD, AS TIME RUNS OUT ON THIS
ONE.
MCLAUGHLIN CONTINUES TO RUN
3RD.
WE MENTIONED THAT LARRY
PEARSON, WE SAW HIM SPIN
OFF-COURSE.
LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENED.
JEFF FULLER BEHIND HIM GOING
INTO THE TURN, AND PEARSON
GETS A TAP FROM BEHIND.
AROUND HE GOES, OUT INTO THE
GRASS AREA.
DIDN'T DO ANY DAMAGE TO THE
CAR, BUT LOST A LOT OF TRACK
POSITION AND A LOT OF
POSITIONS, REALLY.
HE'S BACK ABOUT 17th NOW.
HE WAS UP THERE IN THE 6th
POSITION, I BELIEVE.
THE MAN ON THE MOVE IS
LEITZINGER.
HE'S RUNNING ABOUT 13 AND A
HALF SECONDS DOWN TO THE
LEADER, TERRY LABONTE.
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CURTIS MARKHAM HAS FOUGHT HIS
WAY BACK UP TO 7th POSITION.
DEFINITELY MARKHAM MAKING A
GOOD RUN HERE.
DEFINITELY THERE'S YOUR
LEADER, TERRY LABONTE.
THERE YOU SEE CHAD LITTLE
CHASING HIM DOWN.
CURTIS MARKHAM, WHO HAD
QUALIFIED FOURTH FOR TODAY'S
EVENT.
HERE IS MCLAUGHLIN.
THAT'S THE 3RD PLACE CAR.
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE FOR
HIM.
HERE'S THE FOURTH PLACE CAR,
JEFF GREEN.
THERE'S FIFTH, CRAVEN.