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UP.
WATCH THEM WHEN THEY GET TO THE
STRAIGHT AWAY THERE.
THEY GO RIGHT OUT AGAINST THE
WALL AND RIG BACK INTO THE
TRI-OV.
THAT'S A P AROUND DAYTONA.
>> THAT'S THE HALFWAY LAP.
RING THE CASH REGISTER FOR JEFF
GORDON.
14 TES THE HALFWAY LEADER HAS
GONE O TO WIN THE DAYTONA 500,
INCLUDING BILL ELLIOTT TWIC,
RICHARD PETTY TWICE, BUDDY BAKER
IN 1980.
OF COURSE, YOU LED ALMOST EVERY
LAP THAT YEAR.
>> HI A GREAT CAR, A GREAT TEAM.
THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES.
I SAID AT THE START OF THE RACE,
IT TAK GREAT TEAMS, BUT IT H
TAKEN GREAT TEAMS SINCE THE
FIRST DAY THE WINSTON CUP RACE
WAS RUN.
YOU CAN'T TAKE ALL THE CREDIT
BEING THE DRIVER, BELIEVE ME.
>> BOBBY ALLISON DID THAT TWICE.
SO DID CALE YARBOROH.
ONCE JUNIOR JOHNSON, MARIO
ANDRETTI, A.J. FOYT LED THE
HALFWAY LA AND WENT ON TO WIN.
THIS IS JEFF GORDON LEADING THE
DAYTONA 500.
TRYING TO WIN IT TWO YEARS IN A
ROW.
>> YOU SEE THE TAPE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE STEERING WHEEL.
THAT CENTERS UP THE STEERING.
IF HE WAS TO GET IN A SPIN WRE
HE HAD TO CENR UP TO KNOW
WHERE HE WAS BACK STRAIGHT AND
ALSO WHEN YOU MAKE A PIT STOP,
YOU CAN GET THEHEELS STRAIGHT.
SO YOU KNOW WHERE THEY ARE WI