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KYLE: GOT A LOCKDOWN.
DEFINITELY WILL NEED SOME
TIRES.
BILL: GOES AROUND COMING OFF OF
TURN TWO.
DAVE BLANEY WILL BE THE LUCKY
DOG.
AS KYLE POINTED OUT, HARVICK
DID GET ONE OF HIS LAPS BACK ON
THE TRACK.
KYLE: HOW LUCKY IS THAT?
WALLY: THAT WAS AMAZING.
KYLE: I KEPT WAITING FOR THE
SHOT TO SEE IF HE GOT IN THE
WALL AT ALL.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE HE SPUN
COMING OUT OF TURN TWO AND ENDS
UP ALMOST ALL THE WAY AT THE
END OF THE BACKSTRETCH AGAINST
THE WALL IS HOW FAR THAT CAR
SLID.
BILL: BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE'RE
UNDER CAUTION.
AT THE LOWE'S MOTOR SPEEDWAY.
CARL EDWARDS IS THE RACE
LEADER.
>> NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT ON TNT --
>> GOOD MORNING, CHARLIE.
>> I HOPE YOU'RE READY FOR YOUR
NEXT ASSIGNMENT.
>> WHEN THERE'S ONLY ONE CHANCE
TO GET IT RIGHT, THEY'RE THE
ONES TO CALL, "CHARLIE'S
ANGELS" NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT AT
9:00.
>> TNT.
BILL: WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO
BACK TO GREEN.
WE HAD ONE STRETCH OF 56 GREEN
FLAG LAPS.
THAT'S THE ONLY STRETCH OF MORE
THAN 10 GREEN FLAG LAPS
CONSECUTIVELY.
WE'VE GOTTEN TWO LAPS, EIGHT
AS, THREE LAPSE, EIGHT LAPS,
TWO LAPS, FOUR LAPS, THREE LAPS
AND A BUNCH OF CAUTIONS, EIGHT
OF THEM SO FAR.
75 LAPS TO GO.
WE'LL TRY TO AGAIN.
KEVIN HARVICK CAME TO PIT ROAD
AND GOT HIMSELF FOUR FRESH
TIRES.
>> GREEN, GREEN, GREEN.
BILL: THE INSIDE LANE OF THE 33
CAR, EDWARDS IS THE RACE
LEADER.
WALLY: THE FIRST THREE CARS ARE
GOING TO CLEAR, WEBER.
BILL: EDWARDS, KENSETH, KYLE
BUSCH.
WALLY: KENSETH WAS REALLY GOOD
ON THE LONG GREEN FLAG RUN AND
DID IT ON OLD TIRES.
KYLE: IF THESE TWO CARS IN THE
FRONT HAVE NOT BEEN I THINK
SINCE THEY DROPPED THE GREEN
FLAG ON THE SAME TIRES, EQUAL
TIRES.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN THE
RACE EACH OF THEM HAVE THE SAME
AMOUNT OF LAPS ON THEIR TIRES
BECAUSE WHEN KENSETH WAS REALLY
OUT FRONT HE HAD AN EXTRA 35
LAPS ON HIS TIRES AND IT WILL
BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW IT
PLAYS OUT ON EQUAL STUFF.
BILL: KYLE BUSCH IN THE FIVE
CAR.
WALLY: LOOKS LIKE THE FIRST
THREE CARS ARE RUNNING ALMOST
EXACTLY THE SAME LINE.
BILL: 17 PULLS UP A LITTLE BIT
ON EDWARDS.
KENSETH IS RIGHT BEHIND HIM
NOW.
UPDATE ON 17 FROM MATT.
MATT: HIS TIRES LOOK GREAT
AFTER THAT LONG RUN AND ROBBY
RISER'S NEXTEL CUP CREW CHIEF
WAS DOWN LOOKING AT THEM AS
WELL AS THE TIRE SPECIALIST
FROM THE 17 NEXTEL TEAM.
YOU KNOW, HE SAID THE CAR IS A
LITTLE BIT TIGHT IN TRAFFIC BUT
NOT BAD AT ALL.
MEANWHILE, THE CAR BEHIND HIM
IS TRYING TO PUT A MOVE ON HIS
TEAMMATE, THE FIVE OF KYLE
BUSCH SAID HIS CAR WAS TIGHT ON
A SCALE OF ONE TO 10, ABOUT A
THREE AND THEY MADE ADJUSTMENT
FOR THAT ON THE LAST STOP.
BILL: A LOT OF GUYS DOWN THERE
LOOKING AT THE TIRES THAT CAME
OFF THE 17.
WALLY: REALLY NOT A LOT OF
PEOPLE, BILL, FROM THE ROUSH
RACING, REALLY, ROBBY RISER AND
THEY WENT DOWN PIT ROAD TO LOOK
WHAT THE OTHER TEAMS HAD COMING
OFF THEIR CARS BUT THAT'S
PRETTY MUCH IT.
BILL: THANKS.
KENSETH HAS BEEN IN 18 BUSCH
RACE THIS IS YEAR AND LED IN 14
OF THEM INCLUDING TONIGHT.
WALLY: CARL EDWARDS CAN KEEP
THAT CAR RUNNING HE WILL BE
TOUGH TO PASS.
KYLE: HE WILL BE TOUGH TO PASS
AND I THINK YOU SAW KENSETH RUN
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RACETRACK
TO SEE WHAT IT WAS LIKE BECAUSE
HE KNOWS IF CARL KEEPS
PROTECTING THAT BOTTOM LINE HE
WON'T BE ABLE TO GO THAT WAY
AND WILL HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER
WAY IN AND THAT'S THE ONE THING
ABOUT THESE TWO CARS AS WE
WATCHED THE FIRST PART OF THE
RACE, THEY'RE RUNNING IDENTICAL
GROUPS AND THAT'S THE ONE
STRANGE THING ABOUT RACING, I
GUESS, SOMEBODY'S IN YOUR WAY,
YOU CAN'T GET AROUND THEM,
DUDE.
IF YOU SEE MATT EXEERMENTING
GOING UP THE RACETRACK A LITTLE
BIT.
WALLY: AND LOST GROUND DOING
IT.
KYLE: LOST GROUND ON THE
PREVIOUS LAP BUT IF HE MAKES A
LITTLE GROUND, HE LOSES IT AT
THE EXIT OF THE CORNER BUT BY
THE END OF THE STRAIGHTAWAY HE
CLOSES BACK UP AND IS GETTING A
GOOD STRONG RUN BY RUNNING HIGH
BUT IT'S NOT TRANSLATING NOW
WHILE EVERYONE'S TIRES ARE
PRETTY FRESH.
BILL: THE LEADER STOPPED ON 96
ON 133 LIGHT NOW BUT 23 OF
THOSE ROUGHLY 37 LAPS HAVE BEEN
UNDER CAUTION.
UPDATE FOR MARTY ON TODD
KLUEVER.
MARTY: WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW
IMPRESSIVE A RUN THIS HAS BEEN.
A LOT OF TIMES YOU SEE YOUNG
GUYS GET IN THE TOP 10 AND FALL
OUT BUT TODD HAS PROGRESSIVELY
GONE FORWARD.
THINK OF WHAT HE'S GONE THROUGH
THIS WEEK.
FOR THE LAST YEAR HE THOUGHT
HE'D BE THE NEXT DRIVER OF THE
SIX NEXTEL CUP SERIES CAR AND
WOULD BE THE MAN TO REPLACE
MARK MARTIN AND FOUND OUT THIS
WEEK THAT'S NO LONGER THE CASE
AND WILL BE STAYING IN THE
BUSCH SERIES FOR ROUSH RACING
AND WAS DEVASTATED BY THAT
NEWS, CERTAINLY DRIVING WITH A
PURPOSE AND POINT TO PROVE
TONIGHT AS WELL, GUYS.
BILL: I WOULD THINK HE'S HIGHLY
MOTOR VATE, MARTY.
MARTY: DEFINITELY HIGHLY
MOTIVATED AND JACK ROUSH HAS
BEEN IN THE PIT SUPPORTING HIM,
TRYING TO GIVE HIM AS MUCH
ENCOURAGEMENT AS HE CAN AND HAS
BEEN ON THE RADIO WITH THE
YOUNG MAN AND HAS BEEN
IMPRESSIVE TONIGHT EVEN WITH
PAUL MENARD PASSING HIM RIGHT
HERE.
BILL: MENARD GETS THE SPOT AND
NOW THE 64 MCMURRAY WILL TAKE
THAT SPOT, ALLEN
[
ALLEN: NICE RUN FOR JAMIE.
HE TOLD ME BEFORE THE START OF
THE RACE HE EXPECTED THE CALL
BACK IN THE OPENING RUN OF THE
RACE.
YOU'D HAVE TO START THE RACE ON
THE SAME TIRES YOU QUALIFY ON
BECAUSE IT'S AN IMPOUND RACE ON
THE BUSCH SERIES AND THEY
PUPOSEFULLY TOOK THE WORST SET
OF TIRES THEY FELT LIKE FROM
THOSE THEY PRACTICED AND PUT IT
ON THE CAR TO QUALIFY, FIGURING
THEY'D BE ON THE CAR THE
SHORTEST PERIOD OF TIME IN THE
RACE.
MCMURRAY MOVED UP NICELY AFTER
LOSING TRACK POSITION EARLIER
AND IS BACK TO FIFTH POSITION.
MARTY?
MARTY: AND WE WERE GIVING TODD
KLUEVER ALL THE LOVE, ALLEN AND
HE NOW HAS HAD TO SWITCH
IGNITION BOXES AND HAS A
BATTERY PROBLEM IN THE 06 CAR
AND WENT TO THE BACKUP BOX
WHILE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HIM
BUT LOSING VOLTAGE AND HE'LL
HAVE TO COME TO PIT ROAD,
OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE HAVING
ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS ON THE 06
CAR AND HE WAS RUNNING FOURTH A
SECOND AGO BUT LOOK HAS FALLEN
OUT OF THE TOP 10.
BILL: GOOD JOB, MARTY.
>> LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE A
PLUG WIRE.
WALLY: THERE WAS A CAR THAT
SOUNDED LIKE THEY WERE DOWN A
CYLINDER.
SO IT COULD BE MORE PROBLEMS
THAN JUST SWITCHING THE
IGNITION BOX.
BILL: MARTY GAVE HIM THE
WHAMMY.
>> THE CAR DIES OUT RIGHT AWAY.
KYLE: HE'S OK IN THE CORNERS.
BILL: THAT'S TOO BAD BECAUSE HE
WAS HAVING A STRONG RUN AND
THAT'S TONY STEWART GOING BY,
SAUTER IN THE DOUBLE ZERO.
WALLY: I GUESS THEY'LL PROBABLY
KEEP HIM OUT THERE UNTIL HE
GETS LAPPED.
KYLE: HE'S GOT NOTHING TO LOSE.
HE'S DRIVEN A GREAT RACE NO
MATTER WHAT YOU SAY, HE'S
DRIVEN A GREAT RACE BUT LIKE
MARTY AND THOSE GUYS WERE
TALKING ABOUT THEM, WHETHER
THEY PUT THE HEX OR THE WHAMMY
ON HIM TONIGHT, THE BEST WAY TO
DO IS STAY AND RIDE IT OUT.
BILL: TONY STEWART IN THE EIGHT
CAR AND HE'S HAD AN EVENTFUL
EVENING, ALLEN.
ALLEN: I WANTED TO FOLLOW IT UP
AFTER SPINNING IN LAP 103 AND
DIDN'T HIT ANYTHING AND CAME
DOWN PIT ROAD TWICE UNDER THE
CAUTION FLAG AND CHANGED A SET
OF TIRES.
ALSO PIT THE RIGHT FRONT FENDER
AWAY FROM THE TIRE AND FELL
BACK TO 14TH AT THAT TIME.
NOT BAD.
MATT?
MATT: AND THE DOUBLE ZERO RIGHT
BEHIND HIM, JOHNNY SAUTER, A
GREAT RUN HE'S HAVING
REBOUNDING AND HE PITTED ON LAP
1 1 AND THE CAUTION CAME OUT
AND GOT THE LUCKY DOG AND HE
WORKED HIS WAY BACK THROUGH AND
RIGHT NOW RUNNING IN THE NINTH
POSITION TRYING TO LOCK DOWN 10
IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
THIS SEASON.
BILL: KEVIN HARVICK TRYING TO
GET IN POSITION FOR THE LUCKY
DOG IS IN A NASTY PACK.
WELL BEHIND THE RACE LEADERS.
HERE'S HARVICK IN THE 33 CAR.
THEY THOUGHT ABOUT GOING THREE
WIDE COMING OUT OF FOUR LAST
TIME.
WALLY: HE CUT THROUGH THE FIRST
FOUR OR FIVE CARS THAT WERE ONE
LAP DOWN.
KYLE: ONCE HE GOT TO THE 25
CAR, ASHTON LEWIS HAS HELD HIM
OFF PRETTY GOOD FOR THE PAST
SIX OR SEVEN LAPS.
BILL: DAVE?
DAVE: PRETTY GOOD REBOUND FOR
HIM IF THEY CAN GET THE LUCKY
DOG AND MOVE THEIR WAY UP THAT
WOULD BE EVEN BETTER.
A LITTLE TIGHT ON THE LAST RUN,
JUST AN AIR PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT
AND FOUR FRESH TIRES.
A VERY GOOD RACE CAR AS YOU
HAVE NOTED STILL FOR THE 33.
BILL: THANKS, DAVE.
CATCHING A COUPLE OF GUYS.
GOT 57 LAPS OR SO TO DO IT.
BUT CARL EDWARDS HAS PULLED
AWAY BY MORE THAN A SECOND AND
LEADS MATT KENSETH AND
BILL: LOWE'S MOTOR SPEEDWAY
JUST OUTSIDE OF CHARLOTTE,
NORTH CAROLINA.
AND IT WILL BE PACKED TOMORROW
NIGHT, 150,000 OR SO WILL BE
HERE TO WATCH THE STARS OF THE
NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES IN THE
BANK OF AMERICA 500.
FIFTH RACE IN THE CHASE FOR THE
NEXTEL CUP.
NASCAR RACE DAY GETS YOUR
ENGINES REVING RIGHT BEFORE THE
RACE AND WE'LL HAVE ANALYST AND
INTERVIEWS LIVE FROM THE TRACK.
NASCAR RACE DAY, SPEED,
TOMORROW, 5:00.
AND OUR NBC COVERAGE, 7:00
EASTERN TIME TOMORROW NIGHT AND
DON'T FORGET, 7:20 GREEN FLAG.
TOMORROW NIGHT.
OVER ON NBC.
CARL EDWARDS TRYING TO GET HIS
WEEKEND OFF TO A BIG START
PFMENT -- BIG START.
MISSING MATT KENSETH BY 1.2
SECONDS.
AND HE'S GOING TO HURT
HARVICK'S CHANCES BECAUSE HE'S
GOING TO START LAPPING GUYS
AGAIN.
WALLY: HE'S GOING TO CATCH UP
TO O'QUINN, THE 50 CAR IS HIS
NEXT VICTIM.
HE'S PUTTING CARS A LAP DOWN.
NOW IT'S A MOVING TARGET,ER
THIS THING STAYS GREEN THE
TOUGHER IT IS FOR HARVICK TO BE
THE FIRST CAR ONE LAP DOWN.
BILL: THE GUYS ON PIT ROAD WILL
HAVE BETTER NUMBERS I WOULD SAY
IN 10 LAPS OR SO, WE'LL BE
LOOKING FOR THE LEADERS HEADED
FOR PIT ROAD.
SET THE STAGE FOR THAT, DO A
TOP 10 THROUGH THE FIELD FOR
YOU.
ALLEN?
ALLEN: LET'S TALK ABOUT CARL
EDWARDS WHO IS DISCUSSING WITH
HIS CREW CHIEF THE AIR PRESSURE
ADJUSTMENTS HE MADE TO HIS
TIRES IN THE FINAL STOP.
I WOULD SAY ANYWHERE TO AS 10
OR 20 LAPS BECAUSE OF ALL THE
CALLSINGS FOR THAT STOP.
MATT: THE SAME GOES FOR HIS
TEAMMATE MATT KENSETH WHO SAID
THE CAR COULD STAND TO BE A
LITTLE FREER ESPECIALLY IN
TRAFFIC COLING HIS TEAMMATE
CARL EDWARDS.
THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS ON ENTRY.
MEANWHILE THE FIVE OF KYLE
BUSCH, HE HAS TWO BUSCH AND
TRUCK VICTORIES AT THE LOWE'S
MOTOR SPEEDWAY AND HAS ONE WIN
THIS SEASON AND SAID THE CAR IS
REALLY GOOD AND DIDN'T MAKE
ADJUSTMENTS ON THE NEXT STOP.
MARTY: EVERYBODY LOOKING 18
LAPS FROM NOW AROUND 170 TO
MAKE THEIR PIT STOP.
PAUL MENARD IS EXTREMELY LOOSE
AT THE BEGINNING BUT RIGHT NOW
IS WHEN MENARD IS VERY GOOD.
JUST A LITTLE SNUG BUT THIS IS
THE SWEET SPOT OF HIS RUN, IF
YOU WILL.
ALLEN: JAMIE MCMURRAY HAD A
NICE RUN AND IS EXPECTED TO PIT
AROUND LAP 15 AND SAID THE
RACE CAR HAS BEEN A RELIEF
AFTER THE CUP SEASON.
MARTY?
MARTY: EARLIER ON ABOUT THE
STRUGGLES CLINT BOWYER HAS HAD
AT THE LOWE'S MOTOR SPEEDWAY.
IN FACT HE HAS THREE STRAIGHT
FINISHES OF 32ND OR WORSE AND
WELL ON HIS WAY TO RIDDING
HIMSELF OF THAT TONIGHT,
RUNNING SIXTH RIGHT NOW.
CARS STARTING TO GET TOO TIGHT
THROUGH THE TURN LIKE YOU'D
LIKE.
ALLEN: VERY NICE RECOVERY FOR
DENNY HAMLIN.
REMEMBER THEY WERE CAUGHT UP
WITH DAMAGE IN LAP 22 WHEN
JIMMIE JOHNSON CRASHED AND MADE
AN EXTRA PIT STOP BUT BECOME TO
33RD.
MATT: JOHNNY SAUTER HAS LEVELED
OFF IN THE EIGHTH SPOT AND
WORKING ON A TOP 10, SOMETHING
HE HASN'T DONE SINCE
MARTINSVILLE IN JULY.
HE SAID THE CAR WAS LOOSE ON
EXIT AND HIS BIGGEST ISSUE IS
IT WAS TOO SNUG AND WOULDN'T
CUT THE WAY HE NEEDED TO, DAVE?
.
MENT
DAVE: MEARS CAN'T GO WITHOUT
CHANGING TIRES.
THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE IT AND
SAVE FUEL BUT BELIEVE THEY'RE
10 OR 12 LAPS SHORT AND YOU'LL
SEE HIM ON PIT ROAD AGAIN WITH
A FAST RACE CAR.
ALLEN: TONY STEWART IS DRIVING
A DALE EARNHARDT INCORPORATED
NUMBER EIGHT TONIGHT.
GOT A BIT OF SMOKE COMING OFF
THE RIGHT SIDE OF THAT CAR AS
HE GOES DOWN INTO THE CORNER.
TRYING TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT.
HE HAD THE RIGHT FRONT FENDER
RUBBING IT ON THE TIRE EARLIER
AND THEY'RE WATCHING IT
CAREFULLY DOWN HERE.
BILL: THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN,
THAT'S A TOP 10 THROUGHOUT THE
FIELD.
THERE ARE 18 CARS SCORED ON THE
LEAD LAP.
WE'LL GO FOR A BREAK AND BACK
WITH PIT STOPS.
BILL: NBC FROM LOWE'S MOTOR
SPEEDWAY PRESENTED BY OUTBACK
STEAKHOUSE.
LET GO OF THE DAY AND SEE
WHAT'S ON THE GRILL.
STATE FARM, GREAT SERVICE AND
GREAT RATES.
YOU CAN GET IT ALL FROM STATE
FARM.
AND BY SONY, THE HIGH
DEFINITION OF NASCAR ON TNT.
162 LAPS ARE COMPLETE.
38 TO GO.
CARL EDWARDS CONTINUES TO LEAD
MATT KENSETH BY ABOUT A SECOND.
KYLE BUSCH IS MORE THAN FIVE
SECONDS BEHIND THE RACE LEADER.
AND WE ARE RAPIDLY APPROACHING
PIT STOPS.
KEVIN HARVICK WHO RUNS IN THE
20TH POSITION, THE THIRD CAR,
ONE LAP DOWN, PITTED ON LAP
124.
SO HE'S GOING TO HAVE A SMALL
CUSHION THERE.
HE'LL PUT HIMSELF IN A FAIRLY
DECENT POSITION MAYBE TO CATCH
A BREAK.
WALLY: HE HAS 15 OR 20 LAPS AND
HE CAN STAY OUT LONGER THAN
EVERYBODY ELSE WHICH WILL PUT
HIM ON THE LEAD LAP WHICH IF A
CAUTION COMES OUT, HE'S BACK IN
BUSINESS.
BILL: THAT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF
TIME.
AND PLUS HE HAS TO FINISH 32
POINTS AHEAD OF CARL EDWARDS
WHO HAPPENS TO BE THE RACE
LEADER.
HARVICK TRYING TO CLINCH THE
CHAMPIONSHIP TONIGHT.
THERE'S EDWARDS IN THE 60.
HE'S THE RACE LEADER.
WALLY: HE'S PUTTING GUYS DOWN.
THERE'S COMPTON AT 16 AND
MICHAEL WALTRIP.
HE'LL BE PUTTING A LAP DOWN.
BILL: KENNY WALLACE IN THE 22
CAR IS ALREADY TWO LAPS DOWN.
SO EDWARDS, WORKING HIS WAY
THROUGH TRAFFIC.
WE WERE ABLE TO HEAR FROM HIM
DURING THE RED FLAG, JUST
PASSED ONE OF THOSE CARS THAT
DRIVERS DREAM ABOUT.
KYLE: EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID.
HE SAID THERE'S PLENTY OF GRIP
AND THERE'S BEEN SOMETHING
THERE AND HE'S NOT CHANGED
ANYTHING.
HE DIDN'T WANT TO SAY FLAT-OUT
NO, WE'RE NOT CHANGING ANYTHING
ELSE AND WILL JUST PUT TIRES ON
IT BUT BASICALLY IS WHAT HE WAS
IMPLYING.
BILL: NOW THE QUESTION IS WILL
SOMEBODY NOT BOTHER TO PUT
TIRES ON?
KYLE: IT DEPENDS ON THE TIRE
WEAR.
THIS HAS NOT BEEN A PLACE
HISTORICALLY IN THE PAST YOU
WANT TO BE THERE WITH MORE THAN
THAT IT.
BUT MAN, AS GOOD AS THE 17 CAR
DID EARLIER IN THE DAY, HE
COULD BE A POSSIBILITY.
BILL: KYLE BUSCH ON PIT ROAD.
MATT?
MATT: MAKING HIS WAY DOWN TO
HIS TEAM.
HE SAID SORT OF ROLLS OVER ON
THE FRONT AND JUST SORT OF BOGS
DOWN IT.
HE SAID THE CAR IS TIGHT
THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE
CORNER AND THEY WERE TALKING
ABOUT MAKING A WEDGE ADJUSTMENT
AS WELL AS TRYING TO FIX THE
RACE CAR.
SIGNIFICANT AIR PRESSURE
CHANGE.
WE'RE ABOUT ANOTHER FOUR OR
FIVE LAPS AWAY OF THE 17 OF
MATT KENSETH MAKING HIS FINAL
STOP AS WELL.
FINALLY, HE IS AWAY.
BILL: THAT WON'T HELP HIM.
A LONG PIT STOP AND 17 SECONDS
FOR KYLE.
WALLY: YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT
GASSING AND GOING.
YOU KNOW, IF IT GETS DOWN FOR
15 OR 120 OR 25 LAPS TO GO YOU
HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHAT
THE 17 CAR DID EARLIER ON
35-LAP TIRES AND THAT'S A
DISTINCT POSSIBILITY, SOMEBODY
WILL TRY AND THERE SHOULD BE
SOMEBODY THAT WOULD TRY IT.
DAVE: JASON LEFFLER HAPPY TO
GET FOUR NEW TIRES AND A WEDGE
ADJUSTMENT.
IT TIGHTENED UP BADLY.
LONG TIME ON PIT ROAD.
HE'S BEEN RUNNING GOOD ALL
NIGHT, GUYS.
WALLY: THIS IS WHERE YOU COULD
RUN INTO TROUBLE, COMING IN FOR
THE LAST PIT STOP AND
EVERYTHING HAS TO BE PERFECT.
YOU HAVE TO GET DOWN PIT ROAD.
BUT THEN SOMEBODY WILL COME IN
AND TAKE GAS.
AND IF IT WORKS OUT, SMOKE ALL
THESE GUYS.
WALLY: EXACTLY.
AND THEY'LL LOOK LIKE HEROES
WHEN THE DAY IS OVER WITH.
BILL: JUST 30 TO GO.
CARL EDWARDS WORKING HIS WAY TO
PIT ROAD.
SO HE GIVES UP THE LEAD.
29 TO GO AND HE HITS HIS STALL.
>> COME ALL THE WAY DOWN.
BILL: MATT KENSETH IS ALSO ON
PIT ROAD.
MATT: IS HE GOING TO HIT HIS
PIT STOP BEFORE HIS TEAMMATE.
MATT KENSETH SLIDES TO A STOP.
THE CAR WAS SIGNIFICANTLY
TIGHTER ON THIS PAST RUN.
THE CAR STALLED, REFIRED AND
THE AIR PRESSURE CHANGED.
BILL: CALL EDWARDS NOT TO SPEED
COMING DOWN PIT ROAD AND THROW
THE RACE AWAY THERE.
GOOD SMOOTH STOP SO FAR.
TROUBLE ON THE LEFT REAR.
MARTY?
MARTY: BOTH PAUL MENARD AND
CLINT BOWYER WILL COME TO PIT
ROAD.
MENARD RUNNING IN THIRD
POSITION COMING TO PIT ROAD.
A LITTLE TOO SNUG FOR HIM.
LATE IN THE RUN, WONDERED WHERE
HE WAS IN THE FUEL.
THE GUYS THAT JUST PITTED ARE
TAKING ON TWO TIRES AND MENARD
WILL TAKE FOUR TIRES.
THE CAR FROM BOYER, A LITTLE
TOO TIGHT AND GO UP HALF A
ROUND ON THE TRACK BARA LITTLE
BIT TO LAY-IN THE RUN.
AND A TWO-TIRE STOP WILL GET
HIM OFF PIT ROAD QUICKER.
ALLEN?
ALLEN: DENNY HAMLIN PITTING
FROM EIGHTH POSITION.
IT WAS GOING TO BE A FOUR-TIRE
STOP BUT NOW A TWO-TIRE STOP.
JAMIE MCMURRAY WILL COME DOWN
PIT ROAD AS THERE'S A TIRE
GETTING AWAY FROM ONE TEAM AND
HE PASSES THAT QUICKLY.
THEY'LL PUT FOUR TIRES ON THE
64 CAR.
TONY STEWART WILL COME IN THIS
LAP.
BILL: THE TIRE FROM THE GRASS
IS FROM THE 17 OF PAUL MENARD.
WALLY: THAT IS A PENALTY AND
HE'S COMING DOWN PIT ROAD.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT, ALL YOU
HAVE TO DO IS MAKE ONE MISTAKE
AND THAT'S IT.
BILL: KYLE BUSCH HAD A GOOD PIT
STOP GOING AND NOW MENARD HAS
TO MAKE THE PASS THROUGH
PENALTY FOR THE LOOSE TIRE.
ALLEN?
ALLEN: SO FAR TONY STEWART IS
CLOSE TO ACCOMPLISHINGING ONE
MAIN GOAL TONIGHT, WHICH IS TO
GET TO THE FINISH OF THIS THING
IN ONE PIECE.
HE HAD THAT AWFUL CRASH BACK IN
THE RACE YEAR IN MAY.
FOUR-TIRE CHANGE AND A CHASSIS
ADJUSTMENT FOR TONY STEWART.
BILL: 17 AND CHANGE FOR TONY.
WALLY: RIGHT NOW THAT CAR'S OUR
LEADER IN THE 42 CAR JOHNNY
SAUTER IS SECOND.
BILL: A LOT OF GUYS HOLDING
THEIR BREATH RIGHT NOW.
WALLY: I THINK CASEY MEARS RAN
OUT OF FUEL MILEAGE.
KYLE: HE HAS THE LEAD BUT HE
HAS TO COME DOWN AND GET ENOUGH
FUEL TO MAKE IT TO THE FINISH.
BILL: HE MAY BE THE GUY THAT'S
GOING TO PLAY THIS FLASH AND
GO.
I THINK EARLIER THE PIT CALL
THEY MADE PUTS HIM EARLIER AND
THIS ONE GETS HIM INTO IT.
MATT: WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
SOME GUYS MAY BE LOOKING AT
DOING FUEL ONLY AND THAT IS
EXACTLY WHAT JOHNNY SAUTER'S
TEAM IS LOOKING AT.
ALMOST FIVE SECONDS FULL OF
FUEL.
THE CARD HAS BEEN RUNNING UP IN
THE TOP 10.
HE'S FAST ENOUGH THIS WILL BE
AN ADVANTAGE FOR HIM.
WE'LL SEE WHAT 42 DOES AND I
EXPECT HIM TO DO THE SAME
THING.
>> DEFINITELY WHAT HARVICK WILL
DO.
WALLY: SO THEY HAVEN'T WAIVERED
ON THE 10 TO 12 LAPS SHORT FOR
CASEY MEARS SO IT'S PROBABLY 10
LAPS FROM NOW HE'LL BE IN.
AND YOU KNOW, KASEY RESPONDING
BACK AND SOUNDED LIKE IN CODE
THEY WERE ASKING HIM TO SAVE
FUEL EARLY BUT THEN TODD
RADIOED AND SAID THEY WOULD BE
SHORT.
PROBABLY TWO RIGHT-SIDE TIRES.
AGAIN, I ALMOST MADE IT.
WHAT GEARS ARE THEY RUNNING
RIGHT NOW?
DAVE: LONG GEARS, LONG GEARS.
DAVE: HE'LL ONLY NEED A COUPLE
OF SECONDS OF FUEL.
WALLY: IF THEY HAVE 10 MORE
LAPS, TWO OR THREE SECONDS WILL
BE ENOUGH.
KYLE: WE SAW A PIT STOP NOW
THAT MAY BE 2:30 OR THREE
SECONDS BECAUSE THEY NEED A
FLASH TO GET GOING.
>> THEY HAVE THOSE SLOWER FUEL
PANS.
MAYBE SAUTER DIDN'T GET ENOUGH
IN.
WE'LL SEE THERE, TOO.
WALLY: IF YOU'RE COMING IN JUST
FOR FUEL, YOU HAVE TO BE
CAREFUL ON YOUR PIT ROAD SPEED.
WHEN YOU'RE THAT CLOSE AND
THINK YOU'VE GOT THEM BEAT AND
TRYING TO WIN THIS RACE AND
THAT'S WHERE YOU MAKE MISTAKES.
KYLE: AND YOU CAN'T SLAM THE
TIRES BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING
WORSE TO GO OUT WITH FOUR TIRES
TRACK SPOTTED.
BILL: MATT KENSETH IN THE 17,
CURRENTLY EIGHTH RYING TO GET
BACK ON THE REED LAP.
THIS IS KENSETH TRYING TO GET
BACK ON THE LEAD LAP.
WALLY: MEARS DOESN'T WANT TO
MAKE IT EASY FOR MATT IF HE CAN
HELP IT.
HE KNOWS IF HE LETS THE 17 CAR
GO HE'LL WATCH IT DRIVE OFF
INTO THE DISTANCE WHICH WILL
HURT HIM LATER WHEN HE HAS TO
PIT.
HE'S GOT TO NOT BE A NICE GUY
AND LET THE 17 CLINING PASS.
>> HE NEEDS TO HOLD THEM UP.
BELIEVE ME HE'S NOT HOLDING
THEM UP.
HEAR RUNNING HARD.
BILL: CRASH.
JAMIE MCMURRAY.
CAUTION IS OUT, FIELD IS
FROZEN.
KYLE: EVERYTHING WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT, FORGET IT.
EXCEPT FOR THIS.
MATT KENSETH IS THE LUCKY DOG.
SO HE'S STILL IN THE RACE AND
STILL HAS AN OPPORTUNITY.
BILL: WE'LL WAIT FOR THAT
OFFICIALLY BUT IF KENSETH IS
THE LUCKY DOG, HE WOULD COME
AROUND AND BE JUST THE SEVENTH
CAR ON THE LEAD LAP.
AND KENSETH IS THE LUCKY DOG.
KYLE: IS GOT LOOSE UNDERNEATH
MUSGRAVE IN THE 14 CAR.
BILL: TOO BAD BECAUSE JAMIE HAD
ANOTHER GOOD RUN GOING.
THE LUCKIEST GUY HERE TONIGHT
IS TED MUSGRAVE.
KYLE: MICHAEL WALTRIP, DANNY
O'QUINN BUT HAVE ADMITTED THEY
HAVE TO PUT WHICH MOVES CARL
EDWARDS BACK IN THE SAME RACE.
THE SAME ONE IT WAS 50 LAPS
AGO.
BILL: UNLESS THIS CAUTION IS
LONG ENOUGH THAT MEARS STAYS
OUT.
KYLE: I DON'T THINK THERE'S A
GEAR LONG ENOUGH OR A CAUTION
LONG ENOUGH.
THAT ANSWERS THAT QUESTION.
BILL: DAVE, HE IS TAKING TIRES
NOW
[
DAVE: HE IS BUT THE QUESTION IS
TWO OR FOUR?
IF THEY TAKE TO THEY CAN DO IT
ON THE FUEL.
HE'LL GET A WEDGE ADJUSTMENT ON
THE CAR.
HOW ABOUT NO TIRES?
AND THE 32 CAR AS WELL, DAVE
BLANEY.
THEY ARE CHANGING RIGHT SIDE
TIRES FOR HIM.
MEARS MUSING NONE OF THE 32 AND
TRY TO MAKE IT TO THE OTHER
RACE.
KYLE: I THINK THE 42 SURPRISES
ME HE DIDN'T TAKE TIRES BUT AS
WE SAW HE WAS RUNNING IN
BETWEEN THE 60 AND THE 17 AND
REALLY HOLDING THE 17 UP
POSSIBLY A LITTLE BIT BUT PUTS
HIM ON THE 17'S BUMPER NOW SO
MAYBE HE THINKS HE'S IN A
POSITION HE CAN GET AROUND OR
PUTS HIM IN A POSITION OF BEING
BEHIND THE 90 IN THAT CAR.
BILL: MATT KENSETH, THE LUCKY
DOG.
NCHING
BILL: STILL UNDER CAUTION HERE
AT THE LOWE'S MOTOR SPEEDWAY.
THE ACTION HERE IN CHARLOTTE
CONTINUES TOMORROW NIGHT OVER
ON NBC.
THE BANK OF AMERICA 500.
THE FIFTH RACE IN THE CHASE FOR
THE NEXTEL CUP.
OUR COVERAGE KICKS OFF AT 7:00
EASTERN TIME, 7:20 GREEN FLAG
TOMORROW NIGHT.
SO BE WITH US AT 7:00 TOMORROW
NIGHT OVER ON NBC.
THE FIELD'S GOTTEN THE GREEN TO
GO.
DAVE: YOU WONDER WHY HE TOOK NO
TIRES ON THE LAST STOP, THEY
TALKED ABOUT IT, BRAD PARROT
AND CASEY MEARS AND THEY
REASONED AND AGREED TOGETHER
HOT TIRES, TIRES NOT COLD AND
PUT ON THE RACE CAR WITHOUT ANY
LAPS ON THEM, AND ALMOST AN
EMPTY FUEL TANK, JUST A FEW
SECONDS OF GAS HERE ARE THE WAY
TO GO HERE.
THAT'S THE FAST RACE CAR AND
WHY THEY DID THAT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
KYLE: I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT
BUT HE KNOWS HIS CAR.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO SIT UP HERE
AND SECOND-GUESS THESE GUYS.
THEY KNOW THEIR CAR AND
OBVIOUSLY HE HAD A FAST CAR AND
RUNNING IN BETWEEN THE 60 AND
17 AND I HAVE TO CORRECT MYSELF
ON THIS, I SAID THE 60 AND 17
WOULD BE UP FRONT.
THE 17 WAS THE LUCKY DOG AND
HE'S SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE TAIL
END OF THE LONGEST LINE.
BILL: REGARDLESS YOU'RE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THIS MESS WE
GUARDLESS OF COLD TIRES OR HOT
TIRES, IT WILL BE TOUGH.
WALLY: MEARS, THE 42 IS THE
RACE LEADER BUT NOT IN THE
FRONT.
ALLEN: HERE'S WHAT CARL EDWARDS
CAN'T UNDERSTAND FROM THE
COCKPIT OF HIS RACE CAR AND
WHAT HIS CREW CHIEF IS TRYING
TO EXPLAIN TO HIM.
IF CARL STAYED ON THE RACETRACK
AND CASEY MEARS CAME DOWN PIT
ROAD HE WOULD HAVE HAD TO STOP
AT THE END UNTIL THE RACE CARS
FILED PAST HIM AND DROPPED TO
THE TAIL END OF THE LINE AND
WONDERED HOW CASEY STOPPED AND
WAYS AUTOMOBILE TO GET IN FRONT
OF THEM ON THE TRACK FOR THE
RESTART.
BILL: DO YOU HAVE THE ANSWER
FOR THAT, ALLEN?
ALLEN: I'D LIKE SOMEBODY TO
CALL THAT ONE.
THAT IS HOW IT WORKS WHEN YOU
COME DOWN PIT ROAD YOU'RE
SUPPOSED TO CALL TO THE END OF
THE LINE ON THE CARS ON THE
RACETRACK.
BILL: UNDER YELLOW.
DAVE: THEY CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW
A GUY THAT PITTED LINE UP ON
THE FRONT OF THEM ON THE LEAD
LAP AND THE PACE CAR PICKED UP
CASEY MEARS AS THE LEADER SO
THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
HOW HE WAS ABLE TO GET PAST
THAT STOPLIGHT AT THE END OF
PIT ROAD AND GET IN FRONT.
BILL: IS THERE A STOPLIGHT OR A
GUY DOWN THERE WITH THE PADDLE?
DAVE: THEY HAD THE RED AND
GREEN LIGHT DOWN HERE, YEAH.
BILL: SO HERE'S MEARS COMING
DOWN PIT ROAD.
WALLY: WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT
LIGHT.
THERE'S THAT RED LIGHT THERE
BLINKING.
BILL: IT'S RED.
IT'S RED.
THEY TURNED THE LIGHTS BACK ON.
NASCAR IS LOOKING AT IT.
KYLE: THEY'RE TRYING TO SORT
THIS OUT AND WHY THEY HAVEN'T
GONE TO GREEN.
BILL: WE'LL WORK WITH THIS AND
CHECK WITH MARTY.
MARTY: WE'LL TALK TO JAMIE
MCMURRAY AND ODDLY ENOUGH WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU'VE
BEEN GREAT THE 3/4 OF THE RACE
AND THE LAST QUARTER NEVER GOES
YOUR WAY.
WHAT HAPPENED?
>> ONE OF THE LAP CARS POINTED
TO ME INSIDE AND GAVE ME ENOUGH
ROOM BUT DIDN'T HAVE A LOT AND
WENT UNDERNEATH HIM AND GOT
LOOSE AND RAN OUT OF TALENT.
AS HE GOT ON HIS OUTSIDE
QUARTER I COULDN'T HANG ON IT
AND WE'VE BEEN TIGHT PRETTY
MUCH ALL NIGHT AND KEPT TREEING
THE CAR UP AND ON THE LAST RUN
WE GOT IT TO ON THE EDGE AND I
COULDN'T HANG ON ON THE
OUTSIDE.
MARTY: GLAD TO SEE YOU'RE OK.
>> THANK YOU.
BILL: BEEN A TOUGH YEAR FOR
JAMIE MCMURRAY.
OK.
THERE'S MCMURRAY AGAIN -- OR
MEARS LEAVING PIT ROAD.
AND THERE IS GREEN.
WALLY: THAT'S NOT ENOUGH
DISTANCE TO MAKE ANY
DIFFERENCE.
KYLE: NO.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW HE ENDS UP
IN FRONT OF THEM.
YOU GOT ME ON THAT ONE BECAUSE
TECHNICALLY JUST LIKE THEY SAY
IF HE COMES DOWN PIT ROAD HE
SHOULD BE BACK BEHIND THEM.
IF WE LOOKED AT THE SCORING
MONITOR, HE SHOULD BE THE --
THE 60 CAR SHOULD BE LEADING
THE RACE AND EVERYONE ELSE
SHOULD BE BEHIND HIM BECAUSE
THE 60 CAR WAS THE LAST CAR --
WAS THE CAR THAT WAS THE TAIL
END OF THE LEAD LAP IN FRONT OF
HIM ON THE RACETRACK WHEN THE
CAUTION CAME OUT.
WALLY: BUT KNOWING THAT, IF YOU
KNEW THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN
YOU SHOULD HAVE STOPPED AND PUT
TIRES ON.
WALLY: UNLESS --
KYLE: THE ONLY UNLESS IS IF
CARL MOVED AROUND THE
RACETRACK.
IF HE TOOK HIS TIME TO GET
AROUND THE RACETRACK THEY HAD
TIME TO COME IN AND OUT MAYBE.
I DON'T KNOW.
BILL: THEY'RE COMING TO GET THE
GREEN WE THINK, DAVE.
DAVE: WHAT DO YOU THINK, DID
YOU MAKE IT OR NOT?
>> WE MADE THE PIT STOP AND THE
LIGHT WAS MAYBE GREEN, MAYBE
RED.
NASCAR SHOWING RED THERE BUT
THEN THEY TURNED THE LIGHT ON
GREEN RIGHT AFTER US.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN
TURN IT ON RIGHT AFTER WE
PASSED THE LINE.
THEY MESSED UP AND ARE PAYING
FOR IT AND WE'LL SEE.
WE'RE THE LEADER AND ARE GOING
TO WIN THIS RACE.
DAVE: LOOKS LIKE THEY INTENDED
TO TURN IT ON FOR YOU BUT DID
IT LATE.
>> WITHOUT A DOUBT.
IT'S THEIR CALL.
THEY CALL THESE RACES MORE THAN
I CALL THESE RACES AND WHATEVER
THEY DECIDE IS WHAT WE'LL STICK
WITH AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE
BUT THE TEXACO-HAVOLINE DODGE
HAS DONE GREAT AND THE WHOLE
CREW AND THIS IS CASEY'S LAST
RACE WITH US SO WE'RE PROUD OF
THE JOB HE'S DONE.
WE MESSED UP ON THE FIRST PIT
STOP AND DIDN'T GET IT FULL AND
PAID THE PRICE BUT IT'S FRIDAY
THE 13TH, ISN'T IT?
DAVE: STILL IS.
GAVE US A CLEAR, EARLY ON THEY
DIDN'T GET THE CAR FULL OF FUEL
AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY
THEIR STRATEGY CHANGED AND SEE
IF IT WORKS OUT NOW.
YOU GOT LUCKY BEING OUT IN THE
LEAD AND THEN THE CAUTION CAME
OUT.
>> THAT WAS THE STRATEGY WE
PLAYED AND YOU WIN THESE RACES
ON STRATEGIES AND DAN WHELDON,
I KNOW YOU'RE WATCHING AND WERE
IN THIS CAR, TOO, ONE DAY.
WALLY: NOW WE'RE COMING TO 10
TO GO, MEANING WE'LL GO SINGLE
FILE.
KYLE: IF YOU GO BACK AND SHOW
THE CAR LEAVING PIT ROAD AND
YOU SEE THE LIGHT.
THE LIGHT IS RED, GREEN.
YOU SEE THE LIGHT ON THE LEFT
FLICKING.
YOU LIGHT ON THE LEFT, IF YOU
SEE THE LIGHT, IT'S RED, GREEN,
GREEN, RED.
SEE THE ONE ON THE LEFT.
THAT MEANS THERE'S CARS PASSING
A CERTAIN POINT ON THE
RACETRACK WHICH TELLS THEM WHEN
TO TURN THE LIGHT BACK TO
GREEN.
THERE WERE CARS PRETTY CLOSE,
WHENEVER THAT CUT OFF IS, TO
MAKING THAT TRIP TO THE ONE ON
THE LEFT.
YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO LEAVE
PIT ROAD UNTIL THE ONE ON THE
RIGHT GOES GREEN.
I DON'T CARE IF IT'S A LITTLE
GREEN OR A LITTLE RED, IT'S
EITHER RED OR GREEN AND THAT'S
THE WAY THE INSPECTION STATION
IS AND WHERE THEY SEND THEM TO
INSPECTION.
RED MEANS STOP AND GREEN MEANS
GO.
BILL: THEY SHOULD STOP THE RACE
AND GET THIS FIGURED OUT WHICH
IS WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
WE'RE TOLD THEY WILL STOP THE
FIELD HERE.
PIT ROAD IS CLOSED.
ALLEN: I JUST DON'T SEE HOW
MEARES CAN BE IN FRONT.
WALLY: YOU CAN'T BE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT EITHER.
BILL: 10 LAPS TO GO AS OF RIGHT
NOW.
WE'RE TRYING TO SORT OUT A
SCORING SITUATION INVOLVING THE
42 CAR.
KYLE: IT ALMOST APPEARS THAT
THE 60 CAR -- OR THE 42 CAR
PITTED, CAME OFF OF PIT ROAD
AND THE PACE CAR PICKED HIM UP
AND THE 60 CAR HASN'T MADE THE
FULL LAP BACK AROUND THE
RACETRACK BECAUSE HE WAS AT THE
TAIL END TO BE PICKED UP BY THE
PACE CAR.
BILL: THEY WERE ONLY IN THE
PITS 2.7 SECONDS.
AND THEY'RE MAINTAINING THE
SPEED.
KYLE: ALMOST LIKE THE PACE CAR
PICKED UP THE 42 AFTER LEAVING
PIT ROAD AND THE OTHER CARS
WERE PASSING THAT THAT POINT
AND THEY PICKED THE WRONG
PERSON AND EVERYONE LINED UP
ACCORDINGLY.
BILL: WE'LL WAIT FOR SOME
INFORMATION AND CHECK WITH
MATT.
MATT: WE'LL CATCH UP WITH THE
CREW CHEF FOR MATT KENSETH.
WHAT IS GOING ON?
>> I DON'T THINK ANYBODY KNOWS
THE TRUTH.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON
BECAUSE THE 42 DID PAY IT BUT
LIKE I SAY, THEY HAVEN'T GOT A
CLUE.
DAVE: THERE YOU HAVE IT, BILL.
BILL: WHAT DO YOU MEAN NOT
HAPPY?
YOU NOTICE HIS GUY GOT THE
LUCKY DOG.
MATT KENSETH, CURRENTLY SEVENTH
IN THE SCORING THAT WE'RE
LOOKING AT.
PATRICK: IT SHOULD BE EASY TO
GO BACK, TIME ON PIT ROAD.
EVEN IF YOU TAKE LAP 187, 188,
190 AND DO THE TOTAL TIME FOR
THREE LAPS AND COMPARE THEM TO
EACH OTHER, THERE'S GOT TO BE A
PASS IS SOMEWHERE.
BILL: WORK ON THAT.
ALLEN?
ALLEN: WE WERE WITH THIS EQUAL
TIME HERE.
WE HEARD FROM PARROT EARLIER
AND OK, WHAT IS YOUR STANCE
HERE AND ARGUMENT WITH THE
OFFICIALS OVER THE WAY THE CARS
ARE LINED UP ON THE TRACK NOW?
>> I'M WAITING FOR NASCAR TO
MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION.
IT'S HARD TO COME DOWN AND PIT
AND COME BACK OUT IN FRONT OF
THE LEADER DOESN'T MAKE SINCE.
PLUS, THE BLOODLINE WASN'T
OBSERVED AND YOU DIDN'T FALL IN
THE LONGEST CONTINUOUS OF THE
LONGEST LINE WHEN YOU COME BACK
ON THE TRACK.
SO IT'S NOT A BIG DECISION.
THEY'LL SORT IT ALL OUT NOW
THAT IT'S 10 TO GO AND LINE
EVERYBODY UP BECAUSE IT NEEDS
TO BE A SINGLE FILE RESTART.
DAVE: I HEARD YOU AND YOUR
DRIVER COMMEND NASCAR FOR
STOPPING THE RACE.
>> THEY'RE REVIEWING IT ALL AND
WE'LL SEE WHAT NASCAR HAS TO
SAY ABOUT IT.
DAVE: THEY BOTH WERE HAPPY
NASCAR STOPPED THE RACE AND
STOPPED RUNNING LAPS OUT ON
BOTH THEM TRYING TO RACE FOR
THE WIN IN CASE THE DECISION
DOESN'T GO THEIR WAY AND ALSO
THE FANS WATCHING THIS THING
WILL BE THEIR MONEY TO SEE A
FINISH AND NOT ONE BEHIND THE
PACE CAR.
KYLE: THAT WAS THE 42 CAR, THE
ONLY ONE THAT CAME DOWN PIT
ROAD?
WALLY: WE'RE CHECKING NOW.
TODD KLUEVER DID SOME WORK ON
HIS CAR.
DANIEL O'QUINN, BLANEY.
WALLY: I'M GLAD THEY WENT TO
THE 10-LAP DEAL.
YOU ALWAYS SET YOURSELF UP WITH
AN ACT IN A DEAL LIKE THIS.
KYLE: THEY MADE A GOOD CALL
LETTING IT GET INTO THE 10
LAPS.
AND WE'RE IN THE RIGHT POSITION
WITH THE LEAD CARS.
THERE'S THE 42.
60 IS THE LAST LIGHT ON THE
TRACK.
MEARS IS LEAVING PIT ROAD.
AND IT WENT GREEN.
KYLE: IF YOU CAN REPLAY THAT
ONE THING ONE MORE TIME AND SEE
THE LIGHT ON THE CORNER LIKE I
WAS TALKING ABOUT.
SEE AS THE CARS PASS THE
START-FINISH LINE THE LIGHTS
YOU SEE THE
YOU SESHESEE THESE EE THE
LIGHT TO THE LEFT, I CAN'T WORK
THE TELESTRATOR.
YOU SEE THE LIGHT TO YOUR LEFT,
RIGHT THERE.
IT'S RED, IT'S GLENN.
THESE CARS ARE PASSING THE
CUTOFF POINT RIGHT HERE.
THERE'S A LINE IN THE RACETRACK
THAT'S A CUTOFF POINT THAT
PASSES THROUGH THAT.
WHEN THE LAST CAR PASSED THAT,
HE WAS PAST THAT LINE BUT HE
SHOULD HAVE BLENDED TO THE
LONGEST LINE.
BILL: THEY SAID THE 60 IS THE
RACE LEADER.
AND OBVIOUSLY BRAD'S NOT HAPPY.
KYLE: BUT HE'S GOT NO ARGUMENT.
YOU HAVE TO FALL IN.
IF YOU COME DOWN YOU HAVE TO
FALL IN AT THE TAIL END OF THE
LONGEST LINE.
IN THE OLD CASE WHEN WE HAD A
PANEL GUY IT MAKES NO
DIFFERENCE.
THE LIGHTS NEED WHAT THEY DO.
RED MEANS STOP, GREEN MEANS GO.
NOT ONLY DID HE RUN PAST THE
RED LIGHT WHEN YOU REALLY LOOK
AT IT, HE WAS PAST THE WORLD OF
NO RETURN.
THOSE ARE TWO THINGS THAT
SHOULD BE WRODGE.
BILL: CARL EDWARDS WILL BE THE
RACE LEADER AND MEARS SECOND.
THAT'S CAR OWNER JACK ROUSH,
OWNS THE CAR OF EDWARDS AND
KENSETH AND OTHERS.
ALLEN?
ALLEN: LET'S GET A REACTION
HERE FROM JACK WHO HAS BEEN
WATCHING ALL THIS UNFOLD.
FEEL BETTER NOW?
>> WELL, I FEEL BETTER BUT I
DIDN'T COME DOWN HERE BECAUSE
THE THING THAT HAPPENED WAS
OBVIOUSLY, THERE WAS A
CONTINUOUS LINE OF CARS.
I COULDN'T HAVE IMAGINED IT
WOULD TAKE 10 LAPS TO GET IT
STRAIGHTENED OUT BUT I GUESS I
DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW
COMPLICATED IT WAS.
MATT: HE'S SO SUBTLE.
DID THEY MAKE THE RIGHT CALL?
>> HE HAS A WAY OF WORDS WITH
NASCAR, DOES JACK.
BUT NASCAR MAKES THE CALL AND
WE'LL GO WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT TO
GO WITH.
BILL: IF YOU GO TO RACE, WHAT
WILL HAPPEN?
>> FRIDAY THE 13TH.
I'M HERE TO WIN RACES AND WHY I
HIRED MYSELF AND THE REST OF
THE GUYS HERE.
AND WE'RE HAVING FUN WITH THIS
TEXACO HAVOLINE DODGE AND 10
LAPS TO GO AND REMEMBER KARL IS
BEHIND ME AND NOT IN MAY.
SO YOU BETTER HOPE HIS BUMPER
IS HARD ENOUGH.
THIS IS HER LAST RACE.
KYLE: THAT CAR'S FAST.
>> YOU KNOW WHO THIS REALLY
HURT?
IT'S HARVICK BECAUSE IF THEY GO
TO A SINGLE FILE RESTART, HE
WON'T HAVE A CHANCE TO RACE HIS
LEAD LAP.
WALLY: WHEN HE CAME OUT OF THE
PITS HE WAS AT 35TH.
BY SOME MIRACLE OF GOT HERE HE
WORKED HIS WAY BACK TO 12TH.
BILL: I THINK IT'S THE MIRACLE
OF THE GUYS WHO BUILT THAT CAR.
EDWARDS, MEARS, DANNY O'QUINN,
DAVE BLANEY, COMPTON, AND MATT
KENSETH.
BILL: HE JUST RECEIVED THE
LUCKY DOG.
HE SHOULD BE THE LAST CAR ON
THE LEAD LAP.
BILL: THAT'S WHAT JIMMY
FINNIGAN IS TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT HIS GUYS.
KYLE: MAYBE IT WORKS DIFFERENT
THAN THE LAST 10 LAPS BUT
TECHNICALLY THEY THE WAY THEY
ACTUAL, IT'S ONCE YOU GET THE
LUCKY DOG YOU'RE AT THE TAIL
END.
WE'RE INSIDE THE LAST 10 LAPS.
WALLY: THERE IS NO LUCKY DOG
INSIDE OF 10.
KYLE: EXACTLY.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THE RULES WORK
OR WHAT HIS POSITION SHOULD BE.
WALLY: RIGHT NOW 11 CARS ARE
SCORED AND SOME OF THEM WILL BE
AT THE TAIL END.
MAYBE NOT, NOW THEY WON'T DO
IT.
BECAUSE THAT'S THE RUNNING
ORDER WE'VE BEEN TOLD FROM
NASCAR, EDWARDS, MEARS,
O'QUINN, BLANEY IN THE 32,
COMPTON.
AND MICHAEL WALTRIP, KYLE BUSCH
CORED -- SCORED, CLINT BYIER ON
THE LEAD LAP AND KENNY HAMLIN
ON THE LEAD LAP.
THE 17 SHOULD BE BEHIND --
THERE'S ONLY GOING TO BE ONE
LINE.
BILL: HE SHOULD BE THE LAST CAR
ON THE LEAD LAP IF THAT'S THE
WAY THE LUCKY DOG WORKS.
I'M NOT SURE I'VE SEEN THIS GET
DOWN TO A POINT WHERE YOU HAVE
10 OR 15 LAPS.
10 LED THE LONGEST LINE AND THE
YELLOW CAME OUT AND THERE WAS
10 TO GO HE WOULD MOVE UP.
KYLE: I WOULD THINK HE SHOULD
BE BEHIND HAMLIN, THE LAST CAR.
THAT SHOULD BE THE WAY IT IS.
ON BOAST HE HAD RESTARTS IT
GOES WITH EVERYTHING.
KYLE: WE'LL SEE WHERE HE IS.
BILL: I DON'T SEE HIM.
KYLE: HE MIGHT HAVE LEFT.
HE NEEDS A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP.
HE NEEDS A 500-RACE TOMORROW.
BILL: HE'S WAY BACK THERE.
FOUR OR FIVE CARS FROM THE END
THERE.
KYLE: I'M NOT SURE THAT'S THE
PROPER CALL IN THIS SITUATION.
I'VE HAD TO QUESTION THAT A
LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THEY HAD A
SCORING SNAFU THAT LED THEM
RIDE DOWN TO 10 LAPS.
SO NOW ANY OTHER TIME HE WOULD
BE THE TAIL END ON A DOUBLE
FOUL RESTART.
SO HE WOULDN'T BE 50 CARS BACK,
HE WOULD ONLY BE 15 CARS BACK
AT THE MOST SO HE WOULD HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY.
BILL: HE'S BEING PENALIZED?
KYLE: HE IS BEING SENT TO THE
BACK AND I WOULD ARGUE THAT.
HE'S THE TAIL END BEHIND
EVERYBODY AND I'M NOT SURE HE
SHOULD BE PENALIZED.
I THINK UNDER THESE
CIRCUMSTANCES, HE SHOULD BE THE
LAST CAR IN THE LEAD LAP.
BILL: I AGREE WITH YOU.
KYLE: THAT'S JUST KYLE PETTY'S
OPINION AND THAT'S WHY I'M IN
THE BOOTH WITH YOU.
KYLE: THAT'S ACTUALLY THE RIGHT
WAY TO GO.
WHAT'S THE USE?
BILL: GOING CLEAN NOW.
IT WILL BE EIGHT TO GO WHEN
THEY TAKE THE GREEN FLAG.
EDWARDS IS THE LEADER AND MEARS
IS SECOND.
BILL: YOU CAN TELL IT'S FRIDAY
THE 13TH.
MATT: THIS IS WHERE IT WILL
MATTER.
CASEY MEARS HAS A REALLY GOOD
PRESTART.
WALLY: LET'S SEE WHOSE CAR IS
BETTER RIGHT HERE.
PRETTY EVEN.
BILL: KASEY IS DRIVING IT LIKE
IT'S THE LAST TIME IN A
LIFETIME.
HE'S DRIVING THE WHEELS OFF OF
IT RIGHT NOW.
WALLY: A BOBBLE THERE WITH THE
60.
IT MIGHT BE ENOUGH.
HE'LL GET A LITTLE LOOSE IF HE
GETS CLOSE ENOUGH TO EDWARDS'
BUMPER.
>> THE YELLOW IS OUT BEHIND
YOU.
STEVE: LEFFLER.
WE'LL DO IT ALL AGAIN.
SOMEBODY KEEP AN EYE ON THE
PACE CAR.
THIS IS GREAT FOR KENSETH
BECAUSE NOW HE DOESN'T HAVE TO
BE THE LONGEST CAR IN THE LINE
BUT CAN GO WHERE THE LEAD LAP
CARS ARE.
BILL: WATCH THE EIGHT CAR AND
THE HIGH SIDE AND JUST GETS
LOOSE.
BILL: THAT WAS SIDEWAYS ON THE
ENTRY.
THE BAD PART FOR KENSETH HE'LL
BE FOUR LAPSE BEHIND.
BILL: A LOT OF BAD THINGS CAME
OUT OF THIS BUT THEY GOT THE
RIGHT LEADER.
WALLY: SEVEN CARS ON THE LEAD
LAP, EDWARDS, MEARS, BLANEY,
O'QUINN.
IT WILL BE FIVE TO GO BEFORE
THEY GET TO THE LINE THIS TIME
AND ONLY BE A COUPLE LEFT.
WE MIGHT EVEN HAVE ANOTHER
CAUTION FOR YOU.
THIS IS NUMBER 10.
BILL: IF IT KEEPS GOING LIKE
THIS IT WILL BE FRIDAY THE
14TH.
BILL: TOMORROW NIGHT'S RACE
WILL BE SHORTER.
BILL: I DON'T THINK THEY
IMPLEMENTED THE RULES THAT
WE'VE DONE TO AIZATION LIKE
THIS AND HAD TO GO AGAIN, THERE
WERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT
HAPPENED HERE AND TONIGHT FROM
THE FIRST TIME FROM A SCORING
STAN POINT.
LET'S TWEAK THIS.
WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE THIS OF
THESE THINGS.
WALLY: YOU'LL BRING IT UP IN
THE DRIVER'S MEETING ANYWAY.
BILL: DAVE UNDER CAUTION?
DAVE: HOW ABOUT THE 32 OF GAVE
BLANEY HAS HAD A STRONG WIN ALL
NIGHT.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE 59 OF
STACY COMPTON AND BOTH HAD
TROUBLE IN THE BIG WRECK THAT
HAPPENED EARLY ON AND BOTH
STAYED ON THE LEAD LAP.
AND THEY'RE RACING TO THE FRONT
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
LEADERS.
BILL: I BELIEVE THESE GUYS
STAYED OUT WHEN THAT CAUTION
CAME OUT AND WHY THEY GOT BACK
ON THE LEAD LAP.
SEE, I NEVER HAD TO DEAL WITH
99.
THEY FIXED THEIR STUFF.
BILL: IT'S BEEN A RACE WHERE
STRATEGY WILL DETERMINE THE
OUTCOME.
KYLE: OR LACK OF.
BILL: YES.
OTHER THAN THE FACT CARL
EDWARDS HAD A GREAT RACE CAR
AND SO HAS CASEY MEARS BUT
MEARS HAD TO WORK THROUGH A
BIZARRE PIT SEQUENCE, WORRIED
THEY DIDN'T GET ENOUGH FUEL IN
THE CAR.
PACE CAR TO PIT ROAD.
FOUR TO GO WHEN THE GREEN COMES
OUT.
WALLY: MATT KENSETH PICKED UP
HALF A MILE AT LEAST.
BILL: MEARS LOOKING FOR THE
LEAD.
IT LOOKS LIKE THAT 60 CAR IS A
LITTLE BIT LOOSE DOWN THERE IN
THREE AND FOUR.
I THINK IF THE 42 GETS UP CLOSE
ENOUGH ON THE BUMPER IT MIGHT
BE DIFFICULT FOR CARL.
WALLY: THREE TO GO.
KYLE: CASEY'S CAR IS REALLY
STRONG ON THE CENTER BUT
LAGGING ON THE RESTART BEHIND
CARL.
HE WOULD HAVE HAD A TREMENDOUS
RUN IF KARL HADN'T BLOCKED HIM.
WALLY: HE MAY HAVE IT THERE.
OH, TURNED EDWARDS AROUND.
CAUTION IS OUT.
DANNY O'QUINN HAS GONE AROUND
AND MATT KENSETH SNEAKS
THROUGH.
BILL: DAVE BLANEY IS GOING TO
WIN THE RACE.
WALLY: YEP.
BILL: AND KEVIN HARVICK MAY END
UP CLINCHING THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
DEPENDING ON THE DAMAGE TO THE
60 CAR AND WHERE HE FINISHES.
I JUST GOT UP ON THE OUTSIDE OF
THE 60.
THEY WERE COMING OFF OF FOUR.
THE 60 GOT A LITTLE BIT LOOSE.
WALLY: 42 GOT REAL LOOSE AND
GOT IN THE WALL AND TOOK THE 60
OUT.
KYLE: THE 60 CAR IS WHERE WALLY
-- THE 60 CAR LOOKS LOOSE.
RIGHT IN THAT PLACE RIGHT THERE
AND YOU SEE THE 60, HE GIFFERS
HIM ROOM, THE 42 JUST GETS UP
IN THE OUTSIDE WALL AND BOUNCES
OFF AND GETS INTO HIM.
BILL: JUST HOOKED HIM.
CARL GAVE THE 42 PLENTY OF ROOM
BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH.
THE CREW OF CARL EDWARDS.
WALLY: THE LAST COUPLE OF
WEEKS, THE LAST FEW LAPS HAVE
BEEN TOUGH.
YOU DON'T WANT TO BE LEADING.
BILL: THERE'S CARL.
WALLY: HE RAN A GREAT RACE
TONIGHT.
HE DIDN'T GET THE WIN.
BILL: TALKING TO THE FANS.
KYLE: THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS
GUYS OUT HERE TONIGHT RUNNING
GREAT RACES THAT WON'T GET
CREDIT FOR ANY OF THEM.
WALLY: THERE'S CASEY MEARS.
HE'S UPSET ABOUT SOMETHING OR
WITH SOMEONE.
MARTY'S THERE WITH HIM.
MARTY: CASEY, FIRST OF ALL,
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WRECK.
YOU CERTAINLY WERE GOING FOR
THE WIN AND TOOK THE OUTSIDE
LANE.
>> I KNOW.
IT'S NOT THE WAY I WANT TT TO
HAPPEN.
WE HAD A BETTER CAR AT THE END
AND, YOU KNOW, CARL WAS DOING
ALL HE COULD TO KEEP IT ON THE
BOTTOM AND NOT GET IN THE LANE.
I GOT THE OUTSIDE LANE AND WHEN
I GOT THE OUTSIDE LANE HE
STARTED RUNNING UP THE TRACK
AND IT TOOK OFF.
WALLY: THERE'S THE REPLAY.
>> I GOT LOOSE AND TOOK HIM
OUT.
I FEEL BAD FOR HIM BUT WE WERE
GOING FOR THE WIN, YOU KNOW.
THIS IS THE WAY -- IT'S NOT THE
WAY WE WANTED TO GO OUT WITH
THE 42 CAR BUT AT LEAST WERE
STRONG RUNNING UP FRONT.
AND ONE OF CARL'S GUYS HAD
WORDS FOR ME BUT KEPT WALKING
OFF.
MARTY: WHO WAS THAT AND WHAT
WAS THAT ABOUT?
>> I DON'T KNOW WHO IT WAS BUT
SAID I -- ANYWAY, IT WASN'T
GOOD.
I WAS GOING TO GET HIM ANYWAY.
I WAS TALKING TO HIM WALKING
OFF.
IT WAS A GOOD DAY.
CARL IS A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE
AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO
IS TAKE HIM OUT.
WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
MARTY: WILL YOU FIND HIM IN A
BIT?
>> I'LL TALK TO CARL.
I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THAT THE
ALL.
MARTY: OBVIOUSLY INTERESTING
THINGS HAPPENING IN THE FINAL
FEW LAPS, GUYS.
KYLE: YOU KNOW, THIS IS --
YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE THE GUY
CREDIT FOR GOING THROUGH THE
WIN AND NOT SETTLING FOR
SECOND.
I HATE IT FOR CARL EDWARDS WHO
RAN A GREAT RACE AND HE
DESERVED TO WIN THE RACE.
ONE OF THESE TWO DESERVED TO
WIN THE RACE BUT, YOU KNOW,
THAT'S WHAT THE FANS COME HERE
TO SEE.
THEY WANT TO SEE RACING AND
CASEY MEARS WAS GOING FOR IT.
WALLY: HE WAS GOING FOR IT.
YOU HATE IT FOR CARL AND YOU
HATE IT FOR CASEY.
NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY, YOU
HATE IT FOR THE GUYS THAT WORK
ON THE CARS BUT I HAVE TO GIVE
CASEY MEARS A TIP OF THE HAT
AND TOOK A LOT OF CLASS TO SAY
HEY, I GOT IT, I TRIED AND DID
EVERYTHING I COULD AND GOT UP
IN THE LOOSE STUFF AND MAYBE I
WAS FORCED UP THERE A LITTLE
BIT, THE DOOR SHUT A LITTLE BIT
AND TOOK HIM OUT.
IN HIS WORDS, I TOOK HIM OUT, I
HATE IT FOR CARL AND EVERYBODY
BUT IT TAKES A BIG MAN TO STAND
UP AND SAY THAT A LOT OF TIMES
BECAUSE HE COULD HAVE JUMPED
OUT OF THE CAR AND SAID HE
FORCED ME TO THE HIGH SIDE AND
RAN OUT OF ROOM AND GOT NO
PLACE TO GO.
WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT?
IT SHOWS HE COMES FROM A GOOD
FAMILY.
BILL: I THINK YOU'LL SEE THE
SAME AMOUNT OF CLASS WHEN THEY
INTERVIEW CARL.
HE IS A GOOD RACE CAR DRIVER
AND HAS FUN DOING IT AND
UNDERSTANDS IT'S A RACING DEAL.
WALLY: AND CARL HAS BEEN
THROUGH THIS SITUATION BEFORE,
THE BUSCH RACE AT MICHIGAN.
KYLE: YEAH, EXACTLY.
DALE EARNHARDT JR., ANOTHER ONE
HE SHOULD HAVE WON.
WALLY: THAT GOT UGLY.
BILL: HE WASN'T QUITE AS
PATIENT THEN.
AND JUNIOR WENT TO VICTORY LANE
AND CARL WENT TO VICTORY LANE
TO TALK TO JUNIOR.
A LONG DISCUSSION.
CARL WON FOUR RACES LAST YEAR
IN THE NEXTEL CUP SERIES AND
HAS NOT BEEN BACK TO VICTORY
LANE THIS YEAR.
SOMETIMES THAT FRUSTRATION CAN
COME OUT.
UNDER THE RED FLAG, OBVIOUSLY.
CARS STOPPED ALONG PIT ROAD.
KYLE: BUT HE'S NOT -- LIKE YOU
SAID, HE WON FOUR RACES LAST
YEAR AND HE'S NOT IN VICTORY
LANE THIS YEAR.
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, IT
DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE BUT
HE'S A GREAT RACE CAR DRIVER
AND SHOULD HAVE ALREADY WON TWO
OR THREE BUSCH RACES AND
PROBABLY A COUPLE OF CUP RACES.
IT'S NOT BEEN CARL'S YEAR.
LIKE WE TALK ABOUT KEVIN
HARVICK, WHEN IT'S YOUR TIME,
THINGS GO GOOD FOR YOU.
WHEN THINGS GO BAD FOR YOU,
THEY JUST GO BAD FOR YOU.
BILL: LET'S GET THE STORY FROM
DAVE BURNS.
DAVE: WE'LL START BY LETTING
CARL SEE THE REPLAY.
IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND ROLLING
IT.
LOOK OVER HERE.
I KNOW YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
FIRST OF ALL, ARE YOU OK?
>> I'M FINE.
I'M FINE.
I THINK WHAT HAPPENED --
DAVE: HERE IT GOES.
>> WE HAD A GOOD RUN THERE.
OH, MAN.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS SOMETIMES
YOU GO ON THE OUTSIDE AND THE
GUY SUCKS HIS NOSE AROUND.
I MADE A -- HAD THAT BEEN THE
LAST LAP IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE
COOLEST LAP EVER.
HENKEL DID GREAT.
AND HOPEFULLY AMERIQUEST WINS
IT.
I SAW THEM PLAYING THE TAPE OF
JUNIOR AND I AT MICHIGAN.
DAVE: YOU GET WRECKED LEADING A
LOT, DON'T YOU?
>> CASEY IS A GREAT GUY, A
GREAT FRIEND OF MINE.
I MADE THE MISTAKE OF GETTING
BENT OUT OF SHAPE AND GETTING
UPSET AT DALE JR.
HE'S A HECK OF A GUY AND I'M
NOT MAKING THAT MISTAKE AGAIN.
CASEY RACES AS HARD AS HE CAN
AND I WISH IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
THE LAST LAP.
WE WERE JUST RACING.
DAVE: HE TALKED ABOUT YOU BEING
VERY GOOD FRIENDS AND OBVIOUSLY
ISN'T THE WAY HE WANTED IT TO
HAPPEN EITHER.
>> NAH.
CASEY IS A GREAT GUY.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING I LEARNED,
LAST SEASON EVERYTHING WENT
WELL AND MIDDLE OF THE WAY
THROUGH THE SEASON I STARTED
GETTING DOWN BECAUSE THINGS
WEREN'T GOING THE WAY I WANTED
THEM BUT I HAVE A GREAT SPONSOR
AND GREAT TEAM AND GREAT FAMILY
AND I'M TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF
AND TRYING TO HAVE MORE FUN
LIKE I USED TO HAVE AND WE'LL
START HERE TONIGHT.
DAVE: I GUESS THERE WAS AN OLD
CARL EDWARDS AND HE'S BACK,
GUYS.
BILL: THAT WAS PERFECT.
YOU WERE RIGHT.
WALLY: IT TOOK YOU ALL NIGHT TO
SAY THAT, I'VE BEEN RIGHT QUITE
A BIT TONIGHT.
BILL: ACTUALLY, I HATE TO ADMIT
THAT.
WALLY: AND EVEN IF YOU'RE
HAVING A BAD YEAR, EVEN IF
YOU'RE WRECKED ON A SITUATION
LIKE THAT WITH CARL, AT LEAST
YOU'RE RUNNING GOOD AND AT
LEAST YOU CAN SWALLOW IT.
LIKE DALE JR., YEAH HE WANTED
TO WIN AT TALLADEGA BUT FELT
GOOD HIS TEAM WAS RUNNING GOOD
AND IT WAS GREAT TO RUN UP
FRONT.
KYLE: IT'S EASY TO GET MAD OVER
ALL THIS STUFF AND WE ALL HAVE
AND SHOW OUR EMOTIONS AND WE
ALL DO IT.
IT'S TOUGH TO JUMP OUT OF THESE
CARS.
REMEMBER, HE WAS JUST IN A CAR
FOUR OR FIVE MINUTES AGO COMING
OUT OF THE TURN WIDE OPEN AT
180 MILES AN HOUR THINKING
ABOUT WINNING THE RACE AND NOW
YOU'RE STICKING A MIKE IN HIS
FACE SAYING WHAT THE HECK
HAPPENED OUT THERE?
THESE GUYS HAVE TO REGAIN THEIR
COMPOSURE QUICK AND THESE YOUNG
GUYS DO IT VERY WELL.
WE ALL BLOW OFF EVERY NOW AND
THEN AND CARL MAYBE BLEW OFF A
BIT AT MICHIGAN BUT UNDERSTANDS
WHERE HE'S AT AND DOES IT WELL.
BILL: WE DID THE RIGHT THING BY
SENDING DAVE INSTEAD OF MARTY.
A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SITUATION.
WALLY: WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT
COOL FINISHES AND YOU SEE THE
PAINT SCHEME --
KYLE: IT WAS 28 WHEN I RAN IT.
AND WE CAME DOWN THE SAME WAY
AND WRECKED AT THE END OF ONE
OF THE WINSTONS.
AND BELIEVE ME, WHETHER YOU
WIN, LOSE, OR DRAW, WHEN
SOMEBODY WRECKS, IT MAY LOOK
GOOD ON TAPE BUT IT'S NOT A
COOL FINISH.
BILL: BUT YOU WERE BOTH GOING
FOR IT.
KYLE: THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL
ABOUT AND WHAT THE FANS PAY TO
SEE AND WHY PEOPLE ARE SITTING
AT HOME AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT
WATCHING IT ON TV TRYING TO SEE
THIS THING.
THAT'S WHAT NASCAR RACING,
WHETHER BE BUSCH OR CUP OR
NEXTEL, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT,
SOMEBODY FIGHTING FOR THE WIN
ALL DAY LONG.
BILL: STILL DOING A LOT OF
CLEANUP ALONG THE FRONT
STRETCH.
WHERE THAT WRECK OCCURRED.
LET'S CHECK BACK DOWNSTAIRS
WITH DAVE.
DAVE: IT'S BEEN INTERESTING FOR
THE 33 CAR.
YOU'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE
RACE CAR AND AN ANGRY BOSS AND
LOOKS LIKE YOU MIGHT HELP HIM
CLINCH A CHAMPIONSHIP HERE.
>> THE BIGGEST THING IS WHAT
SHANE WILSON AND ALL THOSE GUYS
IN THE 21 DID.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THOSE GUYS,
WE RACE AGAINST THEM EVERY WEEK
AND ARE TOUGH TO BEAT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIG DEAL FOR
EVERYBODY,, KEVIN HARVICK
INCORPORATED.
I'LL BE HONEST, I'M EMBARRASSED
WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT.
WE DIDN'T PERFORM THE WAY WE
NEEDED TO ON PIT ROAD BUT OUR
CAR IS GOOD ENOUGH TO GET UP
THERE AND YOU KNOW IF THAT
HAPPENS FOR KEVIN, IT'S AWESOME
AND WE'RE HAPPY.
DAVE: IF HE CLINCHES DO YOU
THINK THE PINK SLIPS WILL BE
FORGOTTEN.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I HOPE I'M NOT ONE OF THE PINK
SLIPS.
YOU KNOW, HE KIND OF CALMED
DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND WE GOT
THE CAR A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
BUT YOU KNOW, WE STILL GOT SOME
WORK TO DO.
DAVE: THE NASCAR OFFICIAL WANTS
TO SPEAK WITH YOU SO WE'LL BACK
OUT.
HOPEFULLY WILL HAVE GOOD NEWS.
THAT'S WALLY ROGERS AND HAS
BEEN WORKING FOR KEVIN HARVICK
INCORPORATED ALL YEAR AND
CONGRATULATING HIS BOSS MAYBE
AND IF HE CLINCHES THAT MONDAY
MORNING MEETING MAY BE A EASIER
TO TAKE.
BILL: IT WILL BE A LOT EASIER.
KYLE: THE MONDAY MORNING
MEETING I WOULD HATE TO BE ON
THE PIT CREW WITH 40 LAPS TO
GO, IT'S OK RIGHT NOW.
BILL: WHAT DID HE DO, DID HE
FIRE EVERYBODY 40 LAPS AGO OR
WHAT'S THE DEAL?
DAVE: I DIDN'T WANT TO REPORT
THAT BECAUSE IT WAS RATHER
NEGATIVE NEWS.
KEVIN WAS RATHER UPSET AND JUST
LIKE WALLY SAID, HE WAS
EMBARRASSED.
THEY HAD TROUBLE ON PIT ROAD
AND LUG NUTS FALLING OFF AND
KEVIN THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS
SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE CAR SO
HE WAS EVEN MORE FLUCTUATED AND
YES, THE WORDS, I BELIEVE, JOB
ELIMINATION IN SOME FORM OF
ANOTHER WERE MENTIONED BY
KEVIN.
BUT YOU KNOW, DRIVERS ALWAYS
GET A LITTLE TERSE IN THOSE
SITUATIONS, KYLE, RIGHT?
KYLE: WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO
SAY, MAN?
DAVE: YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S ALL
ABOUT.
KYLE: EXACTLY.
BILL: ALL RIGHT.
THEY CONTINUE THE TRACK
CLEANUP.
GOING TO GIVE US A CHANCE AT A
FINISH HERE AND WE'LL COME BACK
AND TAKE IT TO THE CHECKERS
EVENTUALLY.
BILL: TNT SPORTS AT LOWE'S
MOTOR SPEEDWAY IN CONCOURT,
NORTH CAROLINA.
WE'LL GO GREEN AND WHITE
CHECKERED.
WE GO BACK TO GREEN HERE AND
THE FIELD WILL ROLL OFF OF PIT
ROAD.
HERE'S THE CRASH.
THIS IS GOING FOR THE LEAD.
WALLY: THERE'S PLENTY OF
RACETRACK UP THERE.
BUT WHEN THAT WINDSHIELD --
THAT'S A FOOTBALL FIELD WIDE
FOR THE RACE CAR DRIVER.
KYLE: PLENTY OF RACETRACK BUT
AS CASEY SAID HE STARTED UP
THERE AND CARL MADE AN
ADJUSTMENT AND HE WENT HIGHER
AND IF YOU LOOK AT HIM THE
RIGHT REAR, THE RACETRACK IS A
LITTLE LIGHTER GRAY WHERE HE'S
AT RIGHT NOW AND WHEN YOU'RE UP
THERE YOU'RE IN THE MARBLES
ALMOST AND HE RUNS OUT OF ROOM.
BILL: COMPLETED 199 LAPS.
SO NOW WE HAVE DAVE BLANEY IN
THE LEAD, MATT KENSETH IS
SECOND AND WALTRIP AND COMPTON.
KYLE: O'QUINN WAS SOMEWHAT
INVOLVED IN THAT.
DON'T KNOW IF THEY STOPPED THE
RACE SO QUICK HE WASN'T ABLE TO
COME DOWN PIT ROAD TO CHANGE
TIRES BUT HE'LL NEED FOUR TIRES
IF HE'S GOING TO RIDE AROUND
AND FINISH FIFTH AND WOULD BE
NICE TO FINISH FIFTH ON A GREEN
AND WHITE CHECKERED.
WALLY: IF HE'S GOT ANY TIRES
LEFT.
BUT COME AND GET TIRES ANYWAY
YOU WON'T LOSE POSITIONS
ANYWAY.
KYLE: HE'S GOT NOTHING TO LOSE.
BILL: THIS WILL BE THE NINTH
GREEN-WHITE CHECKERS FOR THE
BUSCH SERIES IN 2006 IF THE
RACE REACHES ITS SCHEDULED
CONCLUSION, AFTER THE CAUTION
NASCAR WILL MAKE ONE ATTEMPT AT
THE GREEN AND WHITE FINISH.
IF A CAUTION ANY TIME THE RACE
IS OVER AND THE NASCAR WILL USE
VIDEOTAPE TO DETERMINE THE
FINISHING ORDER WHICH IS WHAT
HAPPENED LAST SUNDAY AT
TALLADEGA.
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET
EVERYTHING RIGHT.
KEVIN HARVICK IS SCORED 12TH.
AND WE'LL UPDATE YOU WHEN THEY
GO ACROSS THE START-FINISH THIS
TIME.
HARVICK NEEDS TO FINISH 32
POINTS AHEAD OF CARL EDWARDS.
EDWARDS OBVIOUSLY IS OUT OF THE
RACE AFTER THAT CRASH.
IS THAT O'QUINN COMING DOWN PIT
ROAD?
WALLY: YEP, GETTING THOSE FOUR
TIRES KYLE SUGGESTED.
MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA.
BILL: WE WILL GO BACK TO GREEN
NEXT TIME.
DAVE BLANEY NEVER HAS WON A
NASCAR BUSCH SERIES RACE IN 92
STARTS.
HIS BEST, SECOND, TWICE.
DARLINGTON AND ATLANTA.
THIS IS HIS 12TH BUSCH SERIES
RACE AT CHARLOTTE.
WALLY: HE'LL HAVE HIS HANDS
FULL.
KYLE: HE HAS A GOOD CAR BEHIND
HIM THAT CAN RUN ANYWHERE ON
THE RACETRACK.
WE TALKED ABOUT HOW MATT MOVED
AROUND LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO
GET AROUND THE 60.
SO MATT KNOWS WHAT HE CAN DO IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE RACETRACK AND
THE BOTTOM AND HIGH.
BILL: BLANEY HAS GOT TO GET A
GREAT RESTART AND YOU KNOW, PUT
A COUPLE CAR LENGTHS BETWEEN
HIM AND THE OTHERS AND
HOPEFULLY WILL BE ENOUGH TO
PULL IT OFF.
WALLY: THIS IS THE TYPE OF RACE
MICHAEL WALTRIP WILL WIN.
KYLE: HE'S DONE THAT BEFORE.
BILL: MICHAEL IN THE 99.
WALLY: NOW THE SCORING HAS
UPDATED.
HARVICK ONLY A COUPLE POSITIONS
AHEAD OF EDWARDS.
BUT HARVICK TRYING TO CLINCH
THE CHAMPIONSHIP TONIGHT AND
WE'LL SEE HOW IT ALL COMES DOWN
WHEN THE SCORING IS FINALLY
DONE AND WE SEE THE CHECKERED
FLAG BUT HE COULD CLINCH THE
BUSCH SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP
TONIGHT.
LOOKING FOR A RACE WINNER AND
MAYBE ANOTHER CHAMPION.
WALLY: SHOULD BE INTERESTING TO
SEE WHAT THE 50 PUT ON FOR
TIRES.
BILL: IT COULD BE A VERY FAST
CAR DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY PUT
ON THERE.
KYLE: HE DOES HAVE A LITTLE
DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT FRONT.
BILL: THE 17 CAR IN SECOND HAS
LED 51 LAPS TONIGHT.
DAVE BLANEY LOOKING FOR HIS
FIRST WIN IN THE BUSCH SERIES.
KENSETH WAS LAYING BACK THERE A
LITTLE BIT.
BUT HE'S GOT A PRETTY GOOD RUN.
WALLY: A LITTLE LOOSE THERE.
CAR IS SMOKING ON THE
BACKSTRETCH.
BILL: BLANEY DRIVES IN HARD,
MAYBE TOO HARD.
GOING TO OPEN THE DOOR FOR THE
17.
>> WHITE FLAG RIGHT HERE.
BILL: SIDE BY SIDE, ONE TO GO.
WALLY: I THINK BLANEY DROVE
THAT THING IN A LITTLE TOO
DEEP, KYLE.
KYLE: HANGING WITH HIM.
HE'S GIVING IT ALL HE CAN RIGHT
NOW.
THIS IS GOOD RACING.
WALLY: SEE IF HE CAN HOLD THE
LINE THROUGH THREE AND FOUR.
KYLE: WHAT A GREAT RUN BY
BLANEY.
BILL: HAS NEVER WON IN THE
BUSCH SERIES.
WALLY: WILL LOOSE A LITTLE BIT
HERE.
>> BACK IT DOWN, BABY, YOU'RE
THE MAN!
BILL: DAVE BLANEY WINS A WACKY
RACE AT CHARLOTTE.
KENNY -- DENNY HAMLIN HAS GONE
AROUND, KYLE BUSCH IS ON PIT
ROAD.
HIT SOMETHING.
WALLY: DAMAGE ON THE RIGHT
FRONT BUT THAT WAS A GREAT
FINISH.
KYLE: TO STAY HERE ALL NIGHT
LONG WAS WORTH THE FINISH BUT
KENSETH WAS DRIVING THE WHEELS
OFF.
WALLY: GIVING EVERYTHING HE HAD
BUT BLANEY OPENED IT UP AND
GAVE HIM THE LOW LINE WHERE HE
HAD BEEN BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT
WAS.
BILL: DAVE BLANEY GETS HIS
FIRST BUSCH SERIES WIN.
DAVE, TAKE IT AWAY.
DAVE: I WANT TO KNOW IF THE
CREW CHIEF TRENT OWENS KNOWS
HOW TO ANSWER THE LAST QUESTION
WHERE DAVE SAID OVER THE RADIO,
WHERE DO WE GO NOW?
PRESENT, YOU KNOW WHERE VICTORY
LANE IS?
>>> SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE.
WE'VE BEEN THERE FOR YEARS.
DAVE: HOW DID YOU DO THAT?
>> I DON'T KNOW, MAN.
WE HAD A FLAT TIRE AND WENT TO
THE BACK AND RUN IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE PACK AND NEXT THING YOU
KNOW WE'RE FOUR CARS ON THE
LEAD LAP AND COMING UP ON FOUR
TIRES AND IT ALL WORKED OUT.
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE NIGHTS WHERE
YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING RIGHT AND
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE NIGHTS WHERE
EVERYTHING FALLS IN PLACE AND
THIS EVENING EVERYTHING FELL IN
PLACE.
I WANT TO THANK GREAT CLIPS AND
TODD RON FOR GIVING ME THE
OPPORTUNITY, THE CREW CHIEF.
I'M SO EXCITED I DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO DO.
DAVE: A GREAT WIN AND GREAT
DRIVE AND GREAT CREW CHIEF JOB,
BILL.
BILL: AND A GREAT JOB BY YOU,
DAVE.
KYLE: GOOD TO SEE DAVE WIN.
A VERY UNDERRATED DRIVER IN
THIS SERIES.
AND HE HAS PLACES LIKE ATLANTA
AND PLACES LIKE THAT HE RUNS
AND DAVE CAN DRIVE THE HIGH
LINE, MAN AND HE'S RUNNING ON
THE OUTSIDE OF KENSETH AND
KENSETH GETS A LITTLE LOOSE AND
CORRECTS AND THOUGHT HE WAS
GOING TO GET IT BACK, MAN BUT
IT JUST --
WALLY: IT'S WORTH STAYING
AROUND FOR THE FINISH.
BILL: THERE'S KEVIN HARVICK,
HE'S THE 2006 NASCAR BUSCH
SERIES CHAMPION AND HAS
MATHEMATICALLY CLINCHED THE
TITLE WITH FOUR RACES STILL
REMAINING.
SEVEN WINS.
HE'S UNOFFICIALLY 775 POINTS
AHEAD OF SECOND PLACE CARL
EDWARDS.
WALLY: I THINK HIS NIGHT
EXPLAINS HOW GOOFY THE RACE
WAS.
FOR HIM TO HAVE THE TROUBLE HE
HAD TO BE 35TH AND WORK HIMSELF
BACK TO BE NINTH -- TO HAVE
ANOTHER TOP 10 FINISH, IT'S
KEVIN HARVICK'S YEAR.
KYLE: EXACTLY.
BILL: YOU CAN DO NO WRONG
SOMETIMES.
WHEN IT'S YOUR YEAR, IT'S YOUR
YEAR.
KEVIN HARVICK, HIS SECOND BUSCH
SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP.
WALLY: HE'S GOING TO HAVE A LOT
OF GUYS TO CELEBRATE WITH, TOO.
ALLEN?
ALLEN: KEVIN, RIGHT NOW WE'RE
JUST GETTING THE OFFICIAL WORD
HERE A MINUTE AGO, COASTING
AROUND AFTER THE RACE ENDED AND
ASKED HIS CREW, DID WE WIN IT,
AND THEY SAID THEY HAVEN'T
SHOWED -- TOLD US ANYTHING YET
BUT THEY WANTED YOU TO STOP ON
PIT ROAD AND SAID I GUESS SO.
HE IS GETTING READY TO CLIMB
OUT.
AND AS WE DISCUSSED, NOT
NECESSARILY THE WAY HE WANTED
THE CHAMPIONSHIP CELEBRATION TO
BEGIN BUT HERE HE IS.
THE 2006 NASCAR BUSCH SERIES
CHAMPION.
ALLEN: THAT SAYS IT ALL, RIGHT?
I KNOW THE NIGHT DIDN'T GO THE
WAY YOU WANTED IT TO BUT
CONGRATULATIONS, CHAMPIONSHIP
NUMBER TWO.
>> YEAH.
THIS IS REALLY AWESOME.
I WAS A LITTLE BIT
DISAPPOINTED, OBVIOUSLY.
YOU CAN'T CONTROL THE FLAT
TIRES BUT I LIKE TO CONTROL THE
THINGS THAT WE CAN CONTROL ON
PIT ROAD AND WE HAD -- WE
WEREN'T VERY GOOD IN THE PITS
TONIGHT BUT DID A GREAT JOB
PREPARING THIS THING.
THIS THING WAS FAST AND ABLE TO
GET A LAP BACK AND MADE
ADJUSTMENTS ON IT ALL NIGHT TO
MAKE IT BETTER AND WHAT A YEAR
IT'S BEEN.
YOU KNOW, U.S. COAST GUARD AND
R.C.R. AND ALL THOSE GUYS HAVE
DONE A GREAT JOB FOR ME AND
SHANE WILSON AND TODD BERRIER
AND RICHARD CHILDRESS.
THIS WAS A FIVE-MINUTE
CONVERSATION RICHARD AND I SAID
AND WHAT THE HECK, WE'LL MAKE A
RUN FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND
SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE GET TO
THE FIRST CHARLOTTE AND GO FROM
THERE.
JUST PROUD OF EVERYBODY.
IT'S BEEN QUITE THE YEAR IN THE
BUSCH CAR AND EVERYTHING
HAPPENED TONIGHT AND WE STILL
FINISHED IN THE TOP 10 SO IT'S
BEEN AN INCREDIBLE YEAR.
ALLEN: PAT BURNS FROM
ANHEUSER-BUSCH IS HERE AND HAS
SOMETHING TO SHOW YOU.
>> WHAT A GREAT RIDE.
WHAT A CRAZY RIDE TONIGHT.
>> WOO!
IT'S FINALLY OVER WITH.
BILL: WON THE 2001 BUSCH SERIES
CHAMPIONSHIP AND WAS ALSO
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR IN THE
NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES THAT
YEAR FOR 2002, IROC CHAMPION,
1998 NASCAR WEST SERIES
CHAMPION, KEVIN HARVICK, THE
2006 BUSCH SERIES CHAMPION AND
HE CELEBRATES THAT AND WE GO TO
VICTORY LANE.
DAVE: DAVE BLANEY GETTING OUT
OF HIS CAR AND SITTING IN IT
SAYING OVER AND OVER, I JUST
DON'T BELIEVE IT.
YOU WERE SAYING YOU DON'T
BELIEVE IT, IT'S TAKEN YOU SO
LONG TO GET HERE AND YOU'VE
BEEN CLOSE SO MANY TIMES, DAVE,
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU NOW?
>> THAT WAS FUN.
THAT WAS A CRAZY IN AND OUT.
HAD A GOOD CAR FOR A WHILE, HAD
A BAD CAR FOR A WHILE AND HAD A
FLAT TIRE AND GOT THE LUCKY DOG
JUST AT THE RIGHT TIME AND I
KNEW WHAT I HAD TO DO TO HOLD
MATT OFF, DIDN'T THINK I COULD
DO IT BUT WE GOT THERE AND WAS
COOL.
DAVE: HE PULLED ALONG THE
INSIDE AND YOU WERE HANGING UP
ON THE OUTSIDE OUT THERE.
>> THE ONLY WAY I COULD DO IT
WAS PINCH HIM DOWN THERE AND
TRY TO HOLD HIM.
MAN, I WISH THE WIFE AND KIDS
WERE HERE AND KIND OF MISSED IT
TONIGHT BUT GREAT FUN.
DAVE: FIRST NASCAR BUSCH SERIES
WIN FOR DAVE BLANEY AND A NIGHT
THAT WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR A
LONG, LONG TIME.
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS ON THE
BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.
HERE'S MARTY WITH MATT KENSETH.
MARTY: TELL ME ABOUT THE LAST
LAP.
YOU WERE TRYING TO GET AROUND
BLANEY AND HE WAS GIVING YOU A
HARD TIME.
>> WASN'T TOO COORDINATED.
IT WAS A DUMB FIN YIRBLE.
THAT WAS COOL FOR DAVE.
GLAD HE WON AND HE PROTECTED
THE OUTSIDE WHICH WAS SMART.
AND I COULDN'T GET HIM CLEAR.
I HAD A GOOD RUN OFF OF TWO AND
HE DROVE INTO THREE RIGHT AT MY
DOOR AND I PROBABLY DROVE IN
TOO HARD AND GOT THE CAR LOOSE.
I SHOULD HAVE PACKED THE CORNER
AND TRIED TO PASS HIM AND
DIDN'T THINK HE WOULD HANG IN
THERE AND THOUGHT WE HAD A FAST
ENOUGH CAR TO DO THAT BUT THAT
WAS ONE MESS OF A RACE.
MARTY: I TOLD HIM HE FINISHED
FOURTH BACKWARDS AND HE SAID
YEA BUT NOT EXACTLY THE FINISH
HE WANTED.
DAVE?
DAVE: MICHAEL WALTRIP
MENTIONING IT WAS FRIDAY THE
13TH.
WHAT A SHOCKER.
>> I HAD.
I WAS LAST IN CUP PRACTICE AND
THAT'S A TERRIBLE FEELING
BECAUSE THEY GOT THOSE
COMMUTERS AND LIKE ARROWS ARE
POINTING AT YOU WHEN YOU'RE
LAST AND THEN I CRASHED MY
FAMILY DOLLAR CAR QUALIFYING
AND THEN GOT ANOTHER FAMILY
DOLLAR CAR OUT AND FINISHED
SECOND AND THE WAY THIS DAY HAS
GONE, WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF
BLANEY FAILED HIS POST RACE
INSPECTION AND I GET THE WIN
LIKE AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING BUT
ARMANDO FITZ IS A GREAT MAN AND
I REALLY APPRECIATE HIM WORKING
WITH US AND FAMILY DOLLAR
SPONSORING US.
I HAVE TO ADMIT, DAVE, JUST A
LITTLE EMBARRASSED, THOUGH.
DAVE: BECAUSE?
>> WELL, I FINISHED SECOND.
I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE.
BUT I REMEMBER ONE DAY I LOST A
RACE THAT I SHOULD HAVE WON SO
I GUESS IT ALL WORKS OUT.
FRIDAY THE 13TH.
STAY TUNED, YOU BETTER WATCH
FOR POST RACE INSPECTION
DETAILS.
WHAT?
WHAT IF I FAIL?
DAVE: IT GOES BACK TO NEVER
MIND, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER
SCORING CHECK AND NASCAR WILL
GET IT RIGHT.
BILL: THANKS, DAVE.
AS WALLY POINTED IT OUT, IT'S
SATURDAY THE 14TH.
SO ALL THAT CRAZINESS WILL GO
AWAY.
BLANEY GOT THE LUCKY DOG ON THE
EIGHTH CAUTION ON LAP 124.
GOT BACK ON THE LEAD LAP.
AND SENT HIM ON TO VICTORY
LANE.
KYLE, THANKS A LOT FOR BEING UP
HERE.
GOOD LUCK TOMORROW NIGHT.
KYLE: THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
HOPEFULLY TOMORROW NIGHT'S RACE
WILL BE CALMER AND A LOT MORE
JUST YOUR STANDARD, ORDINARY
DULL NASCAR RACE.
BILL: THAT AIN'T HAPPENING.
TOMORROW THE CHASE FOR THE
CHAMPIONSHIP CONTINUES FROM
CHARLOTTE ON NBC AND COVERAGE
BEGINS AT 7:00 EASTERN TIME
WITH THE BANK OF AMERICA
COUNTDOWN TO GREEN.
DON'T FORGET, WE'RE ON THE AIR
AT 7:00 TOMORROW NIGHT.
THE GREEN FLAG IS AT 7:20
EASTERN TIME.
COMING UP NEXT ON TNT, WILL
SMITH AND KEVIN KLEIN ARE HIRED
GUNS IN THE APPROPRIATELY NAMED
"WILD, WILD WEST."
A WILD, WILD NIGHT AT THE
LOWE'S MOTOR SPEEDWAY AT
CHARLOTTE.
KEVIN HARVICK CLINCHES THE
BUSCH SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP, DAVE
BLANEY WINS THE RACE.
SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT, 7:00 ON
NBC.
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