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WITH THAT QUALIFYING.
>> LET'S GO TO THE ARCA RACE.
RICK ALLEN?
>> YOU HAVE SEEN IT ALL.
THE JOURNEY HERE.
THESE BANKS HAVE HELD THEIR
GRIP.
THIS TRACK HAS SET THE STAGE
FOR LEGENDS TO BE BORN.
A STEP TOWARDS ROYALTY.
SOME OF RACING'S GREATEST
DRIVERS HAVE WON THE ARCA 200 AT
DAYTONA.
A TRACK KNOWN TO
SHOWER SOMEWHERE SUCCESS.
>> AND IT WILL BE NUMBER
FIVE FOR BOBBY GERHART
WINNING AT DAYTONA.
>> REDUCE OTHERS TO RUBBLE.
>> THEY ARE FLIPPING DOWN THE
BACK STRAIGHT AWAY.
NOTHING ELSE MATTERS.
FOR EVERY TEAM, DAYTONA IS A
STEPPINGSTONE TO GREAT
NECESSARY.
THE ARCA 200 AT DAYTONA BEGINS
NOW!
-- GATENESS.
THE ARCA 200 AT DAYTONA BEGINS
NOW.
>> WE ARE IN DAYTONA BEACH,
FLORIDA.
THE MECCA OF MOTORSPORTS.
DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL
SPEEDWAY, ABOUT TO KICK OFF THE
2008 SEASON FOR THE ARCA RE/MAX
SERIES.
TONIGHT, IT IS THE ARCA 200
FROM DAYTONA
INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
IN DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA.
THE FIRST OF 23 RACES FOR
THE ARCA RE/MAX SERIES.
HELLO, EVERYONE.
NOW, THE ONE AMAZING THING ABOUT
DAYTONA IS THAT IT ALWAYS BRINGS
OUT A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
REALLY WANT TO MAKE A NAME
FORTHEMSELVES AND THIS WEEKEND
IS NO DIFFERENT.
65 CARS TRYING TO GET INTO
THIS FIELD, PHIL, AND IT WAS
AN AMAZING QUALIFYING EFFORT
YESTERDAY, WHEN WE WERE
ONLY ABLE TO GET 43 IN THE
FIELD.
>> 65 QUALITY RACE CARS WERE
HERE AT DAYTONA.
32 CARS QUALIFIED ON TIME.
ALL 32 CARS WITHIN ONE SECOND
WHICH IS HUGE AT A RESTRICTOR
PLATE LIKE DAYTONA.
EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE FIELD HERE
FOR THE ARCA RE/MAX SERIES.
>> WE TALK ABOUT COMPETITIVE
FIELD.
YOU HAVE YOUR VETERANS AND THE
GUYS WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR
A LONG TIME, BUT, KEN, WE
HAVE SOME YOUTH IN THIS FIELD
AND WE ALWAYS SEEM TO HAVE
SOME PRETTY GOOD TALENT
THAT START OFF THE SEASON HERE
AT DAYTONA.
>> A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF YOUTH
IN THIS FIELD.
A LOT OF THEM ARE LOOKING AT THE
WHOLE SEASON, THE BIG PICTURE.
THIS IS THEIR OPPORTUNITY
TO MAYBE PROGRESS.
A LOT OF THEM ARE LOOKING
AT JUST TONIGHT.
TONIGHT IS THE PLACE WHERE THEY
CAN SHOW CASE THEIR TALENT AND
COME UP WITH MORE RACES FOR
THE YEAR WHAT WE HAVE HERE,
BESIDES JUST YOUTH, WE HAVE
ENTHUSIASM!
AMONG THE VETERANS AND AMONG THE
YOUTH AND EVERYBODY IS READY TO
GO.
THE FIRST RACE OF THE YEAR AT
DAYTONA.
>> THE ADRENALINE IS ALWAYS
HIGH.
THE EXCITEMENT IS ALWAYS THERE.
THE DRIVERS HAVE ACTUALLY
STRAPPED INTO THEIR CARS.
BEFORE THEY DID THAT,
JIM TRAYLOR WAS ABLE TO STOP
BY AND TALK TO FRANK KIMMEL.
>> FOR 45 YEARS, THIS YEAR,
HOWEVER, AS EVERYONE LOOKS FOR A
NEW SEASON AND THE CHANGE TO
COME, THERE'S NO BIGGER
CHANGE IN THE ARCA RE/MAX SERIES
GARAGE, THAN FRANK KIMMEL,
WHO ANNOUNCED THAT HE AND HIS
BROTHER ARE STRIKING OUT
ON THEIR OWN.
YOU HAVE COME TO
DAYTONA, KNOWING YOU HAVE
A GREAT PIECE OF LARRY CUMMINGS
BACKING.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR
OPTIMISM ABOUT THIS RACE.
>> OUR STARTING SPOT
DOESN'T REFLECT THE EFFORT
WE PUT FORWARD.
WE HAVE SOME GREAT
SPONSORS, RIVERSIDE
RECYCLING AND AUTO PARTS.
IT'S JUST BEEN A -- IT'S
REALLY BEEN A REWARDING
WEEK BECAUSE OF ALL THE PEOPLE
COMING OUT OF THE WOOD WORK
TO HELP US.
IT'S -- IT'S GOING TO BE A COOL
RACE STARTING THIS FAR BACK.
WE HAVE TO BE SMART ALL DAY.
ARE.
>> FRANK KIMMEL WILL START 43rd
AND HOPES TO WIN HIS VERY
FIRST ARCA 200 HERE AT DAYTONA.
>>> BOBBY GERHART HAS
DOMINATED DAYTONA FOR THREE
YEARS IN A ROW.
HE'S LOOKING TO MAKE IT A
FOURTH IN A ROW.
DOES YOUR GAME PLAN CHANGE AT
ALL?
WE WERE LOOKING AT YOUR PRACTICE
TIME.
AND IT'S YOUR FIRST RACE BACK
IN THE CAR SINCE YOUR WRECK AT
POCONO.
>> WE CAN'T CONTROL WHAT OTHER
TEAMS DO AND WHAT OTHER TEAMS
COME HERE WITH.
WE KNOW WE LEFT THE SHOP,
WE WERE PROBABLY A STRAIGHT LINE
WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR.
THAT'S THE WAY IT TURNED OUT.
IT'S THE SAME CAR WE WON
WITH LAST YEAR.
I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT
BETTER, YOU KNOW, LOOKING
FORWARD TO A GOOD RACE.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO THANK, FIRST
OF ALL, ALL OF MY SPONSORS,
LUCAS OIL, EVERYONE WHO
SUPPORTED BOBBY GERHART.
IT'S BEEN A DIFFICULT YEAR, ME
BEING AWAY FROM THE THEM.
PUTTING EVERYTHING BACK TOGETHER
WAS GOOD FOR ME AND THE WHOLE
TEAM.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
TEAM.
I THINK IT'S THE BEST MEDICINE
I CAN MAYBE GIVE MYSELF AND
BEAUTIFUL DAY HERE.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE
FANS FOR COMING OUT
AND EVERYBODY WATCHING ON
TELEVISION.
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN PUT ON
A GOOD SHOW FOR EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU.
>> BOBBY GERHART BACK TO GOOD
HEALTH, HOPING TO MAKE HIS SIXTH
VICTORY HERE AT DAYTONA.
>> THIS IS GREAT MEDICINE AND
OBVIOUSLY GREAT MEDICINE FOR
ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN EXPECTING TO
SEE SOME STOCK CARS ON THE
RACETRACK.
THEY ARE GOING TO SEE THEM
RIGHT HERE AT DAYTONA
INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY.
LET'S GET THE ENGINES STARTED.
WE GO DOWN FOR TODAY'S COMMAND.
>> AND NOW FOR THE MOST
FAMOUS WORDS IN MOTORSPORTS,
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TODAY'S
GRAND MARSHALL, AARON O'BRIEN.
>> DRIVERS... START YOUR
ENGINES!
[ ENGINES ROAR ]
>> BEEN ALMOST THREE
MONTHS SINCE THEY HEARD
THOSE WORDS AND NOW IT'S
HAPPENED.
THE ENGINES ARE FIRED UP AND
THE CARS ABOUT TO ROLL ON
TO THIS TWO AND A HALF
MILE SUPER SPEEDWAY THAT HAS SO
MUCH HISTORY.
WHO COULD COME HOME AND BE
VICTORIOUS AT DAYTONA?
WILL IT BE BOBBY GERHART ONCE
AGAIN IN WE WILL ONLY BE ABLE TO
FIND OUT AFTER THEY
COMPLETED THE 80 LAPS AND 200
MILES.
WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'LL GIVE
YOU THE LINEUP AND WE'LL SEE
THE GREEN FLAG.
>>> SPEED'S COVERAGE OF THE ARCA
RE/MAX SERIES IS BROUGHT TO YOU
BY:
>> THE FIELD IS MOVING FORWARD
AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY AROUND
THE TWO AND A HALF MILE SUPER
SPEEDWAY.
WE'D LIKE TO CALL
DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY.
THE CLOUDS HAVE JUST ROLLED IN,
AS OF THE PAST HOUR OR TWO.
SO THE WEATHER HAS DROPPED A
BIT.
I THINK IT WAS UP IN THE 70s
EARLIER TODAY.
NOW IT'S 69 DEGREES.
50% HUMIDITY, AND, AGAIN, PARTLY
CLOUDY.
NOT TOO MUCH SUN BEATING DOWN
ON THE TRACK.
>> ABSOLUTELY IDEAL RACING
CONDITIONS.
COOL A LITTLE BIT.
AND THE CARS WILL RUN FAST.
>> THAT'S JUST WHAT WE NEED,
EVERYBODY IN ONE BIG PILE AND
DRIVING FASTER.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S IDEAL
BUT IT WILL MAKE FOR MORE
EXCITEMENT.
>> WELL, THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT EVERYONE HAS BEEN
LOOKING FORWARD TO IS
THE EXCITEMENT OF THE
ARCA RE/MAX SERIES RACING.
AND THEY ALWAYS KICK
OFF SPEEDWEEKS HERE AT
DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY.
YESTERDAY WAS QUALIFYING TO
GET INTO THIS FIELD.
AGAIN, 43 CARS WILL START.
NOW, YESTERDAY AFTER QUALIFYING,
THEY HAD HAPPY HOUR.
WE HAD A LITTLE PROBLEM COMING
OUT OF TURN NUMBER TWO.
THAT WAS RICKY STENHOUSE,
JR., IN THE NUMBER 99.
>> YES, TRYING TO MAKE HIS
FIRST EVER DAYTONA START.
UNFORTUNATELY HE GOT A
LITTLE BIT LOOSE COMING OFF TWO
AND KENNY'S CAR, THE 52 BILL
BAIRD CAME ALONG WITH NOWHERE TO
GO.
>> YES, BILL'S OPTIONS WERE
LIMITED.
THEY GOT ANOTHER SATURN OUT
THERE.
HE WILL HAVE TO GO TO THE BACK,
ALONG WITH RICKY AND
SEVERAL OTHER CARS FOR DIFFERENT
REASONS.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A
GOOD RACE, LIKE EVERYBODY.
>> HE WILL HAVE SOME PRETTY GOOD
COMPANY.
YOU MENTIONED RICKY STENHOUSE,
Jr.
HE'S GOING TO THE BACKUP CAR.
HE WILL HAVE TO GO TO THE BACK
TO START THIS ONE.
WE WILL SEE SOME GREAT THINGS
OUT OF STENHOUSE.
SOMETHING HAS TO HAPPEN TO KIND
OF WAKE YOU UP A LITTLE BIT WHEN
YOU FIRST GET IN A STOCK CAR.
OKAY, THESE THINGS ARE
PRETTY TOUGH TO DRIVE.
>> I NEVER WANTED ONE OF
THOSE WAKE-UP CALLS AND
UNFORTUNATELY WE ALL GOT A VIEW
OF THEM.
RICKY WILL GO TO THE BACK BUT HE
WILL HAVE SOME GOOD
EQUIPMENT, AND FRANK KIMMEL
WHO WILL BE STARTING LAST IN THE
FEEL.
HE WILL BE WITH THEM, AS WELL AS
THE 22 OF KEN BUTLER III.
AND 52 OF BILL BAIRD.
SO HE WILL HAVE SOME GOOD
CARS BACK THERE TO LEARN FROM.
>> RICKY HAS TREMENDOUS CAR
CONTROL.
WE'VE SEEN THIS PART IN HIS
CAREER, IN THE OPEN-WHEEL
CARS AND STUFF, HE HAS TO
LEARN 180 MILES PER HOUR AND
3400 POUNDS AND WHAT YOU CAN
GET BY WITH AND WHAT YOU CAN'T.
BUT WE'LL BE READING ABOUT AND
WATCHING RICKY FOR A NUMBER OF
YEARS.
>> HE WILL BE RUNNING THE
ENTIRE ARCA RE/MAX SERIES
SCHEDULE THIS YEAR.
THAT'S 21 RACES.
I MENTIONED 23 EARLIER, BUT IT'S
21.
LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT
DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY.
31 DEGREES BANKING IN THE
CORNER.
NOW, PHIL, IT'S NOT THAT EASY
TO JUST SAY, WELL, IT'S REALLY
HIGH BANK AND YOU HOLD IT FLAT.
>> IT REALLY ISN'T.
WE COMPARE DAYTONA ALWAYS TO
TALLADEGA.
TALLADEGA IS REPAVED A COUPLE OF
YEARS AGO.
LIGHTNING QUICK.
LIGHTNING, JUST PERFECTLY
SMOOTH.
THIS RACETRACK, IT'S BEEN A LONG
TIME SINCE IT'S BEEN REPAVED.
A LOT OF BUMPS AND EVERY ONE OF
THOSE BUMPS WANT TO UPSET THE
CAR.
YOU SEE THE 31 DEGREES BANKING.
THE 18 DEGREES IN THE FRONT
STRAIGHTAWAY, THAT'S A TURN.
THAT'S NOT A STRAIGHTAWAY.
AND, KENNY, THIS RACETRACK
IS NOT AS WIDE AS TALLADEGA.
>> THREE WIDE HERE.
EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE ON THEIR
TOES.
IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THEY
WILL LINE UP.
ON THE FRONT ROW, IT'S JUSTIN
MARKS WITH HIS SECOND CAREER
POLE.
ON HIS OUTSIDE IS SCOTT SPEED.
HE STARTED 7th AT TALLADEGA LAST
YEAR.
HE FINISHED 7th THERE.
SO HE HAS SOME HISTORY AT
A SUPER SPEEDWAY INTO THAT'S THE
GUY RIGHT THERE IN NUMBER TWO,
BOBBY GERHART.
HE CERTAINLY HAS SOME HISTORY.
AS WE HEARD EARLIER,
FIVE-TIME WINNER OF THIS
RACE HERE AT DAYTONA.
>> LANDON CASSILL WILL
BE DRIVING FOR DALE EARNHARDT,
Jr.
PART OF THE HENDRICK
ORGANIZATION IN THAT CAR.
WE SAW DARIO FRANCHITTI IN ROW
NUMBER FIVE.
OUR REIGNING INDY 500
WINNER, AND IRL CHAMPION.
HE ALSO WON THE TALLADEGA RACE
LAST FALL.
AND ROW 10 YOU SEE DEXTER BEAN.
HE WAS THIRD IN THE POINTS
STANDING AT THE END OF 2007.
WE ARE EXPECTING BIG THINGS OUT
OF HIM.
>> YES, HE LEFT HIS FAMILY-OWNED
TEAM.
THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT
CONTENDING FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP
THIS YEAR.
>> MARIO GOSSELIN THERE.
>> WE SAW ABOUT FIVE OR SIX CARS
COME DOWN PIT ROAD WITH THE TOP
OFF.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN DO THAT
BEFORE THE GREEN FLAG.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN.
>> BUT I BELIEVE SINCE THEY
ARE STARTING IN THE BACK, THE
PENALTY IS THAT THEY GO TO THE
BACK.
>> IT'S LEGAL IN ARCA RE/MAX
SERIES.
IN THE CUP SERIES, THE NASCAR
MAJOR SERIES, IT'S NOT LEGAL TO
DO THAT, BUT IT IS LEGAL IN ARCA
RE/MAX SERIES.
>> WE WILL BE RIDING ALONG
WITH FRANK KIMMEL, IN THE NUMBER
44.
THAT'S A NEW CAR NUMBER AND
A NEW CAR FOR HIM.
HE'S DRIVING A DODGE FIRE SUIT.
HE'S DRIVING A NUMBER 44 DODGE.
THERE'S GOSSELIN.
HE'S STARTING BACK IN THE 27th
POSITION.
HE HAS HIS TEAMMATE AND ALLI
OWENS IN THIS FIELD AS WELL.
>> NUMBER 11 OF BRYAN SILAS
WILL CARRY ONE OF OUR CAMERAS.
ANDY HILLENBERG, HE PURCHASED
ROCKINGHAM AND THE ARCA
RE/MAX SERIES WILL GO THERE THIS
SEASON.
>> WE WILL BE RIDING ALONG
IN THE TEAM GLOCK, THE CAR
RIGHT THERE, THE NUMBER 37 WITH
DEXTER BEAN.
WE JUST TALKED ABOUT HIM.
HE WILL BE STARTING BACK IN
THE 20th POSITION.
>> YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST CAR
THAT WE WERE RIDING ON BOARD
WITH WAS FRANK KIMMEL.
WELL, NOW WE ARE ON BOARD
WITH THE 46 CAR.
NO LONGER IS THAT FRANK KIMMEL
PILOTING THAT.
THAT'S MATT CARTER STARTING
IN THE 7th SPOT.
MATT CARTER THE SON OF TRAVIS
CARTER.
>> A LOT OF STOCK CAR
EXPERIENCE FROM THAT CAR.
NOT IN THE ARCA RE/MAX STARTS
TO HIS CREDIT, BUT A LOT
OF EXPERIENCE RUNNING THE
*** SERIES.
>> AND NO PRESSURE AT ALL,
I WOULDN'T THINK.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> THE PACE CAR COMES OFF THE
RACETRACK.
THE LIGHTS ARE ON.
IT'S IN THE HANDS OF JUSTIN
MARKS.
THE 45th RUNNING OF THE ARCA
200.
GREEN FLAG IN THE AIR!
[ ENGINES ROAR ]
>>> KIRK SHE WILL BETTER DINE
HAS A BOAR START.
>> THEY WILL ARGUE FOR SPACE,
BEFORE THEY GET IN THERE.
>> THEY WILL GET UP TO SPEED.
AND YOU WILL ALSO SEE SOME
TWO WIDE HERE AT DAYTONA.
IT'S ALL TOYOTA FRONT ROW.
JUSTIN MARKS AND THE 2 OF SCOTT
SPEED.
>> YOU MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT
SLOW ON THE START AT THE
BEGINNING OF THIS RACE.
LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT WHAT
TOOK PLACE AT THE BEGINNING.
YOU SEE THE CARS THERE LOCK
THEIR BRAKES UP.
THAT WAS WHERE THE TIRE SMOKE
CAME FROM.
TRYING TO GET UP THROUGH THE
GEARS, OBVIOUSLY, STAY WITH
THE PACK, BUT SOME GOT UP
THROUGH THE GEARS QUICKER
AND NOW WE SEE SCOTT SPEED
OUT IN FRONT OF THE SPEED.
JUSTIN MARKS WILL BE RUNNING
SECOND.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE HOW ROUGH
THIS RACETRACK IS IN CERTAIN
AREAS.
YOU CAN SEE THE CARS BOUNCING
AROUND AS THEY WENT
THROUGH TURNS ONE AND TWO.
>> I THINK HIGH
DEFINITION POINTS THAT OUT
EVEN MORE AS YOU CAN SEE
THE WAVINESS OF THIS RACETRACK.
>> YOU CAN SEE THAT YELLOW
LINE, WHEN WE COME HERE TO
DAYTONA AND TALLADEGA.
THAT'S OUT OF BOUNDS.
YOU CAN'T IMPROVE YOUR
POSITION BY GOING OVER
THAT YELLOW LINE.
>> THE ARCA RE/MAX
OFFICIALS WILL BE WATCHING
THAT VERY CLOSELY.
>> THEY WANT TO KEEP THAT OUT OF
BOUNDS.
WHEN YOU ARE UNDERNEATH
THERE AND YOU GET TO THE
TURN, IT CREATES HAVOC
BEFORE YOU CAN GET BACK UP.
IT IS A REAL GOOD RULE.
>> THE LAP TIMES JUST BELOW 50
SECONDS.
WE ARE GETTING CLOSER TO WHAT
SPEEDS THEY WERE RUNNING
IN PRACTICE NOW THAT EVERYONE IS
UP TO SPEED.
>> WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT
PROBABLY 80% OF THESE CARS RAN
DAYTONA OR TALLADEGA IN
THE NEXTEL CUP CARS.
SO THE QUALITY OF THE EQUIPMENT
IS PHENOMENAL.
>> THAT'S THE GLOCK CAR, DEXTER
BEAN.
YOU MENTIONED HIM IN THE 37.
MANY WOULD SAY, WAIT A MINUTE,
A THOUGHT DEXTER BEAN WAS IN THE
6.
THAT WAS A NUMBER CHANGE FOR
HIM.
>> GREAT OUTSIDE RICE.
JASON ALLGAIER.
THE 75 CAR MAKING SOME NICE
MOVES ON THE OUTSIDE.
>> JIM TRAYLOR, WHAT'S
HAPPENING WITH THE 17?
>> DEXTER BEAN SAYS I CAN'T
WAIT TO GET THIS ON THE
RACETRACK.
KENNY TO YOUR POINT, THIS IS
THE SAME RACETRACK THAT
MARK MARTIN WAS TWO FEET SHY
OF WINNING LAST YEAR'S
DAYTONA 500 IN.
>> THERE'S A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF EQUIPMENT.
WE ARE TRYING EXTREMELY HARD TO
ELIMINATE SOME OF THAT
GOOD EQUIPMENT RIGHT HERE THREE
WIDE.
>> YES.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE EXCITING
HERE.
>> IN THE MIDDLE, THAT'S J.R.
HEFFNER IN THE 39 AND HE'S
BOUNCED AROUND QUITE A BIT.
DEVELOP TO CHECK UP BECAUSE THE
93 IS GOING THE WRONG DIRECTION.
THAT'S PIERRE BOURQUE.
>> HE'S SEIZED UP THAT CENTER
LANE FOR A LITTLE BIT.
MARIO GOSSELIN IS ON THE INSIDE
OF HIM.
>> VERY CLOSE THERE.
WE SAW THAT 39 MOVE OUT IN FRONT
OF THE 60 OF PATRICK SHELTRA.
NOW, THEY GO TWO BY TWO ONCE
AGAIN.
>> YOU KNOW, THE ARCA RE/MAX
COMPETITORS HAD A VERY,
VERY CLEAN WEEK, WITH
THE EXCEPTION OF THAT
ONE INCIDENT WE SAW, KENNY, IN
THE VERY BEGINNING OF HAPPY HOUR
WITH YOUR CAR, OF BILL BAIRD
AND RICKY STENHOUSE.
I THINK WE HAD ONE MINOR
INCIDENT THE ENTIRE DURING
PRACTICE.
>> WE ALSO DIDN'T HAVE A TON OF
DRAFTING PRACTICE.
AND DRAFTING PRACTICE WHEN
THEY ARE OUT THERE IN EIGHT
OR NINE OR TEN CAR GROUPS
IS NOTHING LIKE THIS.
THIS IS THEIR FIRST ON HANDS
TORE A LOT OF THESE GUYS.
AND IT WILL BE A LITTLE
STRESSFUL.
>> THAT'S BRIAN SCOTT
RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE IN
THAT NUMBER 75.
YOU SEE HIM WIGGLING AROUND.
THESE SCARS LOOK TO BE A
HANDFUL -- THESE CARS LOOK TO
BE A HANDFUL FOR THESE DRIVERS
TODAY.
>> AND MARIO GOSSELIN --
>> OH, RIGHT THERE!
ALLI OWENS IN THE 12 GETS TURNED
AROUND.
THERE WAS SOME CONTACT AS THEY
CAME THROUGH THE TRIOVAL.
SHE WILL GO THROUGH GRASS.
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE SHE WILL
TURN ANYTHING.
>> YOU CAN SEE THE ROOF
FLAPS DEPLOY AS SHE GOT TURNED
AROUND.
IT KEEPS THE CAR ON THE GROUND.
SHE DID A NICE JOB NOT
MAKING ANY CONTACT WITH
THE INSIDE WALL.
SHE GETS HER CAR RIGHTED AND
HEADED BACK TOWARDS THE
RACETRACK.
>> A COUPLE OF FLATS.
>> WHAT HAPPENS, WHEN
THESE THINGS GET TO WOBBLING --
SHE GOT PUSHED DOWN A LITTLE
BIT, WHICH MADE HER GO BACK UP A
LITTLE BIT AND THEN WHEN SHE
GOT BACK UP, SHE GOT INTO
THAT BLACK CAR AND THEN THAT'S
IT.
>> BUT IT'S NICE TO KNOW ALL OF
THAT ASPHALT IS DOWN
THERE, ISN'T IT, KENNY.
YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO SLIDE
THROUGH THE GRASS TOO MUCH.
THE ASPHALT KEEPS THEM ON THE
GROUND.
>> THEY SLOW DOWN ON THE
ASPHALT.
THEY DON'T SLOW DOWN ON THE
GRASS.
>> YOU SEE THE J.R. HEFFNER
CAR, THE 39.
REMEMBER, SHE'S RUNNING 189
MILES PER HOUR WHEN SHE STARTS
THAT SPIN.
>> WE'LL SEE A GOOD VIEW OF IT
RIGHT HERE.
SHE WILL DUMP BELOW THE 39
AND WOBBLED UP INTO HIM A LITTLE
BIT.
THEN SHE TRIES TO KEEP HER
CAR OFF OF HIM.
SHE TURNS LEFT AND LOSES CONTROL
ON THE INSIDE.
>> THEY ACTUALLY WENT A COUPLE
MORE LAPS THAN A
ANTICIPATED AFTER WATCHING THEM
THE FIRST COUPLE LAPS.
>> THE WAY THAT ONE STARTED,
IT LOOKED LIKE IT WOULD BE
HAIRY.
YOU CAN SEE THE LEFT FRONT
TIRE IS FLAT FOR ALLI OWENS.
SHE WILL BRING IT ON PIT ROAD.
THEY WILL CHECK IT OVER BEFORE
SHE SEND IT BACK OUT.
IT'S THE FIRST CAUTION OF THE
DAY FROM THE DAYTONA
INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY AND THE
ARCA RE/MAX 200 GETTING
UNDERWAY.
COMING OUT OF THE TRI
>>> THIS VALENTINE'S DAYS
SOME HEARTS WILL SOAR AND SOME
WILL BE BROKEN.
MOST DRIVERS WILL DO WHATEVER IT
TAKES TO MAKE THE DAYTONA 500.
WE HAVE YOUR VALENTINE'S
DAY RIGHT HERE!
NASCAR ON SPEED.
BE THERE!
>> I ALWAYS FELT LIKE THE
DUELS ARE THE MOST
EXCITING RACES OF SPEEDWEEKS.
KENNY, YOU WILL BE PART OF
THE DUELS TRYING TO GET INTO
THE 500 IN THAT 49 VAN CAR.
>> WE HAVE TO RACE OUR WAY IN.
WE HAVE TO BE ONE OF THE TOP
TWO FINISHERS IN ONE OF THOSE
RACES ON THURSDAY.
WOW, YOU THINK THEY ARE EXCITING
FROM THE COUCH OR FROM THE GRAND
STANDS.
YOU OUGHT TO BE DOWN THERE!
I MEAN, THERE'S STUFF
HAPPENING YOU JUST WOULDN'T
BELIEVE.
>> YEAH, RIGHT ON THE EDGE
OF YOUR SEAT AND
OBVIOUSLY COMING TO YOU ON SPEED
IN HIGH DEFINITION.
SO IT BRINGS YOU THAT MUCH
CLOSER TO THE ACTION.
TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING
ON LATER ON TODAY.
RIGHT AFTER THIS RACE,
IT'S NASCAR RACE DAY AT 6
P.M. EASTERN AND THEN THE BUD
SHOOTOUT AT 8 P.M. ON FOX.
OUR FOX FAMILY.
AND THEN 10 P.M. EASTERN, HERE
ON SPEED IS NASCAR VICTORY LANE.
SO WE'LL HEAR FROM ALL THE
EXCITING PARTICIPANTS IN THE BUD
SHOOTOUT.
>> THAT'S ANOTHER RACE THAT YOU
ARE INVOLVED IN, RIGHT, KENY.
>> YES, WE ARE STARTING 13th
IN THE SHOOTOUT.
IT WAS AN EXCITING PRACTICE.
I'M SURE IT WILL BE A LOT CALMER
WHEN IT PAYS.
>> YOU ARE A BUSY MAN.
AND JIM.
>> I KNOW BOBBY GERHART, HE'S
RUNNING THE SAME CAR HE RACED
LAST YEAR.
HE'S ON THE SAME HOOSIER TIRES.
ONE THING THAT CHANGES.
ONLY THREE SETS OF TIRES
ALLOWED.
SO BOBBY GERHART HAS TO LAY
HIS STRATEGY OUT WITH THREE SETS
OF TIRES.
THEY ARE DOWN TO THREE SETS
AND THE STRATEGY STARTS HERE.
THESE GUYS RUN SCUFFS.
A LOT OF GUYS ARE ON STICKERS.
WHEN HE'LL SEE HOW GERHART HOLDS
UP WITH A CAR HE REALLY
LIKES RIGHT NOW.
>> GOOD SIGN WHEN BOBBY GERHART
LIKES HIS CAR.
>> HE'S DRIVING THAT SAME CAR
FOR HOW LONG NOW?
>> LIKE EIGHT YEARS, I BELIEVE,
NOW.
FIVE WINS.
>> THERE'S NO REASON NOT TO
LIKE THAT CAR.
>> THE 99 OF RICKY STENHOUSE,
JR., IS ON PIT ROAD AND FRANK
KIMMEL.
SOME GUYS ARE TAKING
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TOP
THESE THINGS OFF WITH FUEL.
THERE'S FRANK LEAVING PIT ROAD.
IT IS GOOD TO SEE THE RIVER SIDE
AUTO PARTS ON THERE.
GREAT TO SEE THEM GET BACK
IN THE ARCA RE/MAX SERIES.
>> YES, I GOT TO DRIVE FOR THEM
IN SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, AND
IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
>> DOES IT YOU WERE YOU THAT WE
SEE THE 44, THE NINE-TIME ARCA
SERIES CHAMPION, FRANK KIMMEL,
REALLY NOT SPONSORED?
WE DON'T HAVE A SERIOUS SPONSOR
FOR FRANK KIMMEL RIGHT NOW.
>> WE SEE THAT IN ALL DIVISIONS.
IT'S NOT LIKE THEY STARTED DOING
IT IN JUNE OR JULY.
IT ALL CAME ABOUT LATE IN THE
YEAR.
SO IT -- YOU LOSE A LOT OF
TIME TO PUT THAT TOGETHER.
>> THE RIDE THAT HE JUMPED
OUT OF NOW DRIVEN BY MATT
CARTER.
WENDY, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT
TEAM?
>> I CAN ALSO ADD ON THE 60.
>> WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE 46
TEAM?
>> HEY, GUYS.
JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT MATT
CARTER WHO, OF COURSE, HAS HIS
ARCA DEBUT.
HIS FIRST RACE HERE AT DAYTONA
INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY.
HE'S THE SON OF LONG-TIME CREW
CHIEF AND TEAM OWNER, TRAVIS
CARTER.
HE WAS JUST TALKING DURING THAT
LAST CAUTION LAP ABOUT
JIMMIE SPENCER, OUR OWN
JIMMY SPENCER GAVE HIM
ADVICE YESTERDAY ABOUT HOW
TO GET AROUND THE TRACK, HOW
TO USE THAT THROTTLE AND HE'S
USING ALL OF THAT ADVICE IN
HIS DEBUT HERE AT DAYTONA.
>> GREEN FLAG BACK OUT IN
THE AIR HERE AT
DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY.
SCOTT SPEED IN FRONT OF THE
FIELD, AND JUSTIN MARKS
JUST BEHIND HIM.
JUSTIN MARKS IS GOING TO GO
TO THE OUTSIDE AND MAYBE MAKE
A MOVE FOR THE LEAD.
GOING INTO TURN NUMBER ONE.
MARKS WITH THE MOMENTUM BUT THE
HIGHER LINE NOW.
>> I THINK BOBBY GERHART IS
GOING TO BE CONTROLLING
WHO LEADS HERE.
>> GERHART TO GET BEHIND THE
NUMBER TWO OF SCOTT SPEED AND
NOW MOVES TO THE OUTSIDE LINE.
THAT'S THE 28 RIGHT BEHIND BOBBY
GERHART.
THAT'S MICHAEL.
HE WON THE ARCA RE/MAX AT
TALLADEGA.
>> YES, AT TALLADEGA.
>> MATT CARTER THE 46 UP ON THE
INSIDE.
THAT'S CASSILL IN THE 88.
THAT'S OUT OF THE
DALE EARNHARDT, JR., STABLE.
SMALLER PACK BREAKING OUT ON THE
TRIOVAL.
>> 00, ED KENNEDY GETS TURNED
AROUND.
HE COLLECTS ANOTHER CAR.
THAT'S THE 25.
THAT'S THE VENTURINI-OWNED 25
DRIVEN BY RYAN FISCHER.
AND QUITE A BIT OF DAMAGE ON THE
25 CAR.
>> MORE THAN LIKELY GOING TO BE
TERMINAL.
SECOND CAUTION COMES OUT ON LAP
10, JUST ON THE RESTART.
AND THERE'S ED KENNEDY, 00, THE
DAYTONA LaGOON CHEVROLET.
YOU SAW THE WINDOW NET COMING
DOWN FOR ED.
SO SIGNIFYING TO THE
SAFETY CREWS THAT THE DRIVER IS
OKAY.
SAFETY CREWS GETTING QUICKLY
OUT TO THESE VEHICLES.
SHORT DAY FOR RYAN FISCHER AS
WELL.
YOU SEE RYAN, HE ALREADY TOOK
HIS HELMET OFF.
HE'S HANGING IT ON THE HOOK
ON THE ROLE CAGE.
AGAIN, THIS IS COMING -- ROLL
CAGE.
AGAIN, THIS IS COMING OUT OF
TURN FOUR, PHIL.
YOU CAN SEE THE 00 OF ED KENNEDY
GET TURNED AROUND.
HE WAS ON THE INSIDE OF
THE OTHER CAR.
HE MAKES SOME CONTACT ON THE
OUTSIDE WALL.
HE BACKS ACROSS THE RACETRACK.
UNFORTUNATELY THE 25 OF
RYAN FISCHER WAS NOT AS LUCKY.
>> TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY.
NOWHERE TO GO.
>> YEAH, JUST RYAN FISCHER IN
THE 25 JUST GOT CAUGHT UP IN THE
RIGHT REAR CORNER BY ED KENNEDY
COMING ACROSS THE RACETRACK.
THE 4 CAR RIGHT THERE, TAYLOR
MALSAM DID A REAL NICE --
TAYLER MALSAM DID A REAL NICE
JOB OF AVOIDING THAT.
>> YOU CAN SEE HIM SLIDE
INTO THE SAFER BARRIER.
NOW THE 4 CAR ACTUALLY HAD
TO AVOID BOTH OF THOSE CARS,
THE 00 OF ED KENNEDY AND THE 25
OF RYAN FISCHER.
>> I LIKE THE FLAGMAN UP
THERE, THAT HOLDS THE PIT FLAGS.
>> HE JUMPED OUT OF THE WAY.
>> HE SAID, I'M NOT SURE
WHERE TO STAND, BUT THIS IS
NOT A GOOD SPOT.
>> I WILL JUMP BEHIND THIS
BIG WALL HERE.
>> AS THEY ATTEMPT -- THAT'S
THE GENTLEMAN WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT RIGHT THERE,
LETTING EVERYONE KNOW THAT
THE PITS ARE CLOSED RIGHT NOW
AS THEY CLEAN UP THIS MESS
HERE, COMING OUT OF TURN FOUR
AND ON THE PIT ENTRANCE
>>> WELCOME BACK.
UNDER OUR SECOND CAUTION.
FIVE-TIME WINNER OF THIS
RACE, BOBBY GERHART BROUGHT
HIS TEAMMATE DOWN PIT ROAD.
>> A LOT OF GUYS WERE
TALKING ABOUT REALLY, REALLY
GOOD FUEL MILEAGE.
THESE ENGINES MAKE ABOUT
425-HORSEPOWER.
THIS IS, I THINK, A LITTLE
BIT EARLY, UNLESS BOBBY
IS PLANNING ON A LOT OF CAUTION
LAPS.
HE FEELS LIKE WITHOUT
ANY CAUTION LAPS, HE
CAN PROBABLY RUN SOMEWHERE
ABOVE 60 LAPS.
THIS MAY BE SOME STRATEGY.
I WOULDN'T BET AGAINST HIM.
WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN THERE ON
PIT ROAD.
>> I CHECKED WITH HIS BROTHER,
HIS BROTHER, BILLY, UP ON TOP
OF THE BOX.
HE SAYS WE ARE GETTING GREAT
GAS MILEAGE AND WE THINK WE
CAN GO THE ENTIRE DISTANCE.
THEY KNOW WHAT THEY CAN DO.
THEY HAVE DONE A LOT OF
TESTING IN DAYTONA AND
TALLADEGA HERE THIS OFF-SEASON.
>> THAT'S 68 LAPS.
>> AND THE NIGH THING, AS
YOU MENTIONED, HE BROUGHT
HIS TEAMMATE WITH HIM, KYLE
KRISILOFF.
HE KNOWS HE HAS SOMEONE TO
DRAFT WITH AND HE HAS A LONG WAY
TO GO.
HE KNOWS EVERYONE IN FRONT OF
HIM WILL HAVE TO MAKE A PIT STOP
FOR SURE.
WHETHER HE CAN MAKE IT OR NOT --
YOU SEE BILL BAIRD IN THE 52 GO
OUT IN HIS DODGE.
BILL HAD TO COME BACK DOWN
TO PIT ROAD.
>> I'M SURE IT WAS JUST A SMALL,
MINOR ADJUSTMENT THAT WILL
MAKE IT BETTER.
THE PROBLEM WITH BOTH
THE TEAMMATES GOING TO THE BACK
IS IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, YOU CAN
BOTH BE IN IT.
I HATE TO BE THE DEVIL'S
ADVOCATE OF THAT, BUT THAT'S A
ROLL OF DICE.
>> THAT'S A LITTLE BIT NEGATIVE,
KENNY.
>> A LITTLE BIT NEGATIVE.
>> IS THE GLASS HALF EMPTY.
>> NO, IT'S ALWAYS HALF FULL
BUT I'M A REALIST TOO.
>> HE'S ALSO A CAR OWNER!
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> HE'S DEFINITELY A VETERAN.
>> I JUST KNOW WHAT GOOD
THINGS CAN HAPPEN AND WHAT BAD
THINGS CAN HAPPEN.
>> BILL BAIRD GETTING BACK UP
TO SPEED COMING UP TO THE FEEL.
>> AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT HAS BEEN CHANGED IN 2008
FOR THE ARCA RE/MAX SERIES IS
THE ADDITION OF THE LUCKY DOG.
THEY ARE NOW GIVING A FREE
PASS TO THE HIGHEST
SCORING DRIVER ONE LAP DOWN.
THEY CAN BE EVEN MORE THAN
ONE LAP DOWN.
THAT'S NEW TO THE ARCA RE/MAX
SERIES.
WE HAD IT IN THE NASCAR
SERIES FOR A WHILE.
THEY DECIDED TO JUMP ON BOARD
FOR THE LUCKY DOG.
THAT WILL BE A GREAT ADDITION
TO THE SERIES, I THINK.
>> MOST DEFINITELY.
THE CREWS WAITING UNTIL
THEY HAVE
>>> THE NASCAR CRAFTSMAN
TRUCK SERIES KICKED OFF
ANOTHER HARD-NOSED SEASON.
CAUTION, THESE TRUCKS DON'T PLAY
NICE!
THE NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK
SERIES IS FRIDAY, 7:30
P.M. EASTERN, AND 4:30 PACIFIC.
BE THERE, AND WE WILL BE
THERE TO WATCH EVERY EXCITING
LAP.
>> WHAT KIND OF INCREDIBLE RACES
HAVE WE SEEN IN THE TRUCKS?
KENNY, YOU WERE PART OF THAT
RACE OF THE TRUCK SERIES.
>> RIGHT UP UNTIL IT GOT
REAL BAD FOR US.
OH, BOY, IS THAT AN EXCITING
RACE.
IT'S ONE OF MY EXCITING RACE.
THE TRUCKS, JUST ABOUT
ANYWHERE, IS AN EXCITING RACE.
>> AND THE DUEL ON SPEED,
THURSDAY AT 2:00.
WE WILL SEE WHO WILL MAKE
THE DAYTONA 500.
THERE'S ABOUT A QUARTER OF A
MILLION DOLLARS TO START
THE DAYTONA 500.
>> YEAH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT NOBODY REALLY PAYS
ATTENTION TO THAT MONEY.
THAT WOULD BE FINE IF YOU
WEREN'T SPENDING
THREE-QUARTER OF A MILLION
DOLLARS TO COME DOWN AND RUN
THAT RACE.
>> WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE
CARS COMING DOWN PIT ROAD.
>> JIM, WHAT IS GOING ON
WITH BILL BAIRD IN THE NUMBER
52.
>> WHEN ED KENNEDY SPUN, THE
CREW CHIEF TOLD ME THEY HAD
THE LEFT FRONT THAT GOT SOME
SCRAPES.
THEY GOT IT PULLED AWAY FROM
THE TIRE AND A SECOND TIME
TO TOP IT OFF WITH FUEL.
HE WAS OUT THERE BRINGING THE
FENDER AWAY FROM THE 52.
>> IT MUST HAVE BEEN RUBBING
COMPOUND OR SOMETHING.
>> WE HEARD HE TRIED TO GET OFF
OF PIT ROAD A LITTLE BIT
QUICKER AND WAS PENALIZED
FOR TOO FAST EXIT OF PIT ROAD.
THE LIGHTS ARE OUT ON THE PACE
CAR.
WE WILL BE GOING BACK TO GREEN.
>> THAT WILL BRING BILL BAIRD
BACK TO PIT ROAD FOR A
PASS THROUGH PENALTY.
HE WILL RESTART THIS RACE BEHIND
THE ENTIRE FIELD AND PROBABLY BY
THE TIME HE GETS BACK UP
TO SPEED, HE WILL BE PROBABLY
A QUARTER OF A LAP BEHIND
ANYWAY.
>> AT LEAST A QUARTER OF A LAP
BEHIND.
>> JUSTIN MARKS HOLDING ON TO
THE TOP SPOT.
SCOTT SPEED WILL RUN SECOND.
JUSTIN MARKS MOVED TO THE TRUCK
SERIES FOR 2008, FOR
JERMAINE RACING, AND THAT'S
WHO FIELDED THIS CAR FOR HIM.
JUSTIN MARKS, THEY WANTED TO GET
HIM SOME ADDITIONAL SEAT TIME ON
THIS RACETRACK.
>> HERE'S THE GUYS WHO WON
THIS RACE, WON THE POLE.
BACK IN 1969, MY BROTHER BENNY
WON THIS.
>> BIG NAME THERE IGGY KATONA.
JUST EIGHT WINS HEAD OF FRANK
KIMMEL IN THE ALL-TIME WINS LIST
IN THE ARCA RE/MAX SERIES.
GREEN FLAG BACK IN THE AIR.
WE ARE BACK TO RACING!
>> SCOTT SPEED DIPS TO THE
INSIDE THERE.
GOING TO TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF RESTART.
AND ANOTHER TOYOTA IS
RIGHT BEHIND HIM.
>> STAYED IN LINE AS THEY
MOVE INTO TURN NUMBER ONE.
A LITTLE CONTACT THERE AS JUSTIN
MARKS COMES DOWN ON SCOTT SPEED.
>> TRIED TO BREAK THE MOMENTUM
THAT SCOTT SPEED HAD.
NOW MICHAEL ANNETT IS
PRETTY MUCH IN CHARGE OF WHO
WILL LEAD THIS RACE, ISN'T HE,
KENNY.
>> I DO BELIEVE SO.
AND HE CAN'T MAKE UP HIS
MIND RIGHT NOW.
>> JUSTIN MARKS MOVING OUT, JUST
THE NOSE IN FRONT OF THAT 2 OF
SCOTT SPEED AND NOW THEY ARE
SIDE BY SIDE, DOOR TO DOOR
AS THEY GO INTO TURN THREE.
>> HOW ABOUT THAT 94 CAR.
>> RIGHT THERE.
>> MAX DUMAREY.
HE WAS IN THE TOP 10 IN THE
TALLADEGA, IN THE FIRST
EVER ARCA RE/MAX.
>> 46 CAR OF MATT CARTER
RUNNING AS WELL.
WE HEAR ONE OF THE CAR HAS
LOWED.
THE 37 OF DEXTER BEAN HAS
MOVED TO THE INSIDE OF THE
YELLOW LINE.
HE'S DOWN ON THE APRON OF
THE RACETRACK, MAKING HIS
WAY BACK TO PIT ROAD.
>> JUSTIN MARKS' CAR IS REALLY
STOUT TO BE ABLE TO LINE
UP AGAINST THAT INSIDE ROW.
>> SO WE'LL KEEP YOU ABREAST
OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH DEXTER
BEAN AS WE CONTINUE WITH THE
RACING ON THE RACETRACK.
>> YOU MENTIONED JUSTIN
MARKS AND STOUT.
HE REALLY HASN'T HAD ANY HELP.
THERE'S BEEN NOBODY RIGHT
BEHIND HIM, BUT HE'S BEEN ABLE
TO HANG RIGHT ON THE DOOR
OF SCOTT SPEED.
>> RIGHT.
THAT'S -- THAT'S EXTREMELY
HARD TO DO WHEN THE INSIDE
ROW LINES UP LIKE THAT, TO
BE ABLE TO HANG JUST A
COUPLE CARS LIKE THAT ON THE
OUTSIDE.
THEY ARE NOT REALLY
NOSE-TO-TAIL.
THEY ARE NOT GETTING THE FULL
BENEFIT OF THE DRAFT.
TO BE ABLE TO HAND THERE IS VERY
STOUT.
>> THERE'S MATT CARTER
RIGHT, THERE HIS ON-BOARD
CAMERA.
WE HAD A BREAK AWAY OF EIGHT OR
TEN CARS AND NOW WE HAVE
ABOUT 20 CARS.
THAT SECOND PACK HAS CAUGHT THIS
LEAD PACK.
>> MICHAEL ANNETT JUST ON THE
OUTSIDE IN THE NUMBER 28.
>> IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE MICHAEL
HAS PULLED UP TO THE REAR
BUMPER OF JUSTIN MARKS TO HELP
HIM RIGHT NOW.
>> WHAT IS GOING ON WITH MICHAEL
ANNETT.
>> YOU MENTIONED IT DIDN'T LOOK
LIKE MICHAEL ANNETT COULD
PULL UP, BUT MOMENTS AGO, HE
SAID THESE CARS ARE SLOWING ME
DOWN AND HIS CREW CHIEF JUST
REMINDED HIM TO BE PATIENT.
THIS CAR IS THE CAR HE WON LAST
YEAR AT TALLADEGA.
>> A GOOD PIECE, OBVIOUSLY.
>> THAT SOUNDS REAL GOOD, BUT
HE HASN'T PULLED OUT AND PASSED
THEM, YOU KNOW.
>> THEY ARE HOLDING HIM UP.
THEN HE SHOULD GO BY.
>> JUST PASS 'EM.
>> WELL, WE SAW TWO WIDE.
WE HAVE SEEN THREE WIDE AND
IN SOME RACES WE HAVE SEEN FOUR
WIDE.
RIGHT NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE CALMER
HEADS ARE PREVAILING AS THEY GET
INTO TWO DISTINCT LINES
AND SEPARATE THEMSELVES BY
ABOUT A CAR LENGTH IN BETWEEN
THEM.
AND THAT WENT AWAY.
BIG DRAFT NOW.
SIDE BY SIDE AND A NUMBER
OF ROWS BACK COMING OFF OF
TURN NUMBER FOUR.
>> IT'S JUST AMAZING TO WATCH
HOW MUCH THOSE CARS BOUNCE UP
AND DOWN, AND THEN MOVE SIDE TO
SIDE.
>> ABOUT 20 CARS IN THIS
PACK HERE THAT'S BROKEN
AWAY FROM THE REST OF THE FIELD.
>> AGAIN, WE HAD PROBLEMS WITH
DEXTER BEAN EARLIER.
TAKE A LISTEN TO THIS CAR.
[ ENGINE NOISE ]
>> IS THAT A TRANSMISSION THERE?
JIM, WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM?
>> HE LOST THIRD AND FOURTH
GEAR ON THAT UP SHIFT, GUYS
AND THEY ARE BACK IN THE
GARAGE TRYING TO FIX IT.
HE'S TRYING TO GO FOR A
CHAMPIONSHIP.
HE FINISHED THIRD LAST YEAR, BUT
OBVIOUSLY, THE TRANSMISSION HAS
PUT THEM IN A GARAGE.
>> TOO BAD FOR DEXTER BEAN.
I'M HOPING THIS IS JUST ONE
OF 21 RACES.
HE WILL STILL BE FIGHTING FOR
A CHAMPIONSHIP HERE IN 2008.
>> THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS
YOU WORRY ABOUT ON RESTARTS, IS
TRANSMISSIONS AND CLUTCHES AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.
AGAIN, WE REMAIN SIDE BY SIDE
FOR THE LEAD AND ALL THE WAY
BACK.
NOW WE'LL HAVE ABOUT 30 CARS
IN THIS LEAD DRAFT HERE.
>> IT LOOKS TO ME THAT
THE OUTSIDE LINE MIGHT BE MOVING
A LITTLE BIT, KEN.
>> YES, THEY GAINED ALMOST A
FENDER IN FIVE OR SIX LAPS
BUT THIS IS REMINISCENT OF WHAT
WE SAW AT TALLADEGA LAST YEAR
ON THE NEW PAVEMENT.
TO SEE IT HERE, ON THIS
SURFACE JUST TELLS US THAT ALL
OF THOSE CARS ARE THAT MUCH
CLOSER TOGETHER.
>> CONTINUING TO WORK SIDE BY
SIDE IN THE TWO AND A HALF MILE
SPEEDWAY.
KICKING OFF THE 2008 SEASON HERE
AT DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL
SPEEDWAY.
YOU WANTED TO KNOW WHERE FRANK
KIMMEL IS RUNNING?
WELL, HE'S STILL TOWARDS THE
BACK.
HE SCORED IN THE -- WE MISSED IT
RIGHT NOW.
PROBLEMS JUST IN FRONT OF HIM.
THE 12 OF ALLI OWENS GETS
TURNED AROUND ONCE AGAIN.
THAT'S THE THEIR CAUTION OF THE
DAY.
THE SECOND ONE THAT ALLI HAS
BROUGHT OUT.
>> YEAH, THE OWN THING I
KNOW ABOUT THIS IS WHEN YOU
SPIN RIGHT HERE AND YOU DIDN'T
HIT ANYTHING, IT'S TIME
TO REEVALUATE YOUR DAY.
>> WELL, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CALL
VEGAS.
>> YES.
>> THE LUCK IS DEFINITELY ON HER
SIDE.
>> YES.
>> REMEMBER, SHE HAD FLAT TIRES
AFTER THE FIRST SPIN.
SHE HAS FLAT TIRES AGAIN, AND
SHE ONLY HAVE THREE SETS THE
>>> WELCOME BACK TO THE ARCA
200.
WE ARE UNDER OUR THIRD CAUTION
OF THE DAY.
THE FIELD IS LOOKING LIKE THEY
MAY BE MAKING A HARD LEFT
TURN HERE COMING UP ON PIT ROAD.
WE HAVE COMPLETED 23 LAPS OF
RACING AND THEY ARE ON PIT ROAD.
LET'S GO TO WENDY.
>> I'M ON PIT ROAD.
IT'S MAX DUMAREY.
HE HAS HIS BROTHER VISITING FROM
BELGIUM.
HE WANTS A GOOD RUN TODAY.
>> THEY ARE COMING UP SECOND
IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
ONE REAR TIRE AND ONE TURN
ON THE LEFT REAR.
NO CHANGE FOR JUSTIN MARKS IN
THE 65.
THEY WILL GO RACING.
A LITTLE HANG UP ON THE
RIGHT REAR ON THAT 65 TOYOTA
AND HE'S OUT AND AWAY.
>> SCOTT SPEED MADE PRETTY QUICK
WORK OF GETTING OFF OF PIT ROAD.
IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS GOING
FASTER THAN THE OTHER CARS BUT
WE DON'T KNOW IF HE SPED OR NOT,
THE ARKANSAS OFFICIALS ARE
COMING IN.
>> HE HAD A BIG GAP
BETWEEN HIMSELF AND THE
SECOND PLACE CAR OF JUSTIN
MARKS.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE
WHAT THE ARCA RE/MAX OFFICIALS
SEE.
>> I'M SURE WE WILL FIND
OUT REAL QUICK.
>> AND, AGAIN, THAT WAS JUST
MY PERCEPTION WATCHING THE OTHER
CARS.
I DON'T HAVE ANY TELEMETRY UP
HERE TO TELL ME THAT HE
WAS GOING FAST OR SLOW.
DID HE COME OFF OF PIT
ROAD PRETTY GOOD.
WE WILL WAIT TO SEE IF THERE WAS
ANYTHING THAT WAS NOT CORRECT
THERE.
THERE WE SEE THE 84 OF NORM
BENNING.
HE'S THE AARON'S LUCKY DOG.
AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER,
ARCA RE/MAX SERIES ADDING
THE LUCKY DOG TO THEIR RULES
AND SO NORM BENNING WILL GET
A LAP BACK.
>> I KNOW HE'S APPRECIATIVE OF
THAT AND MIKIE WOULD BE HAPPY
THAT AARON'S IS GIVING THAT.
>> BUT I NORM WAS COASTING.
OH, HE HAS A GEAR NOW.
>> HE'S FIRED BACK UP.
>> ISSUE ON PIT ROAD.
MATT CARTER UP THERE LEADING PIT
ROAD.
YOU CAN SEE THE 47 OF BRAD
BAKER.
IT LOOKED LIKE HE ALMOST MADE
A LITTLE CONTACT.
HE FORCED THE 46 OF MATT
CARTER OUT INTO THE GRASS.
>> A PRETTY GOOD DEN BEHIND
THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE.
>> ALLI OWENS STOPPED AT THEN
OF PIT ROAD.
WE SAW THAT AS THE CARS
WERE GOING BY.
SO ALLI OWENS BRINGING OUT OUR
THIRD CAUTION OF THE DAY.
WE SEE THE 40 ON PIT ROAD NOW.
WENDY?
>> WE DO KNOW DARIO FRANCHITTI
CAME DOWN PIT ROAD.
HE NEEDED ONLY TWO TIRES TO
MAKE UP SOME TIME.
UNFORTUNATELY HE HAD A
LITTLE BIT OF DAMAGE AS WE
JUST SAW ON THE VIDEO.
THEY HAD TO COME BACK PIT
ROAD AND PULL OUT THE FENDER
A LITTLE BIT.
>> YOU DO A LITTLE PIT
STRATEGY, AND MAYBE TRY
TO CHANGE ONLY TWO TIRES BUT
WHEN YOU LEAVE PIT
ROAD, INEVITABLY THE BACK OF THE
FIELD IS COMING ON THE ROAD,
AND THAT'S WHEN YOU SEE THE
INCIDENT.
>> AND THE FRONT FENDERS ARE
SO CRITICAL AS FAR AS GOING
THROUGH THE AIR.
HE HAS SOME FRONT-END DAMAGE
TOO.
ANY TIME YOU MESS WITH THE
FRONT OF THE CAR, YOU HURT
IT AERODYNAMICALLY, PLUS YOU
ROLL THE DICE.
YOU HAVE TIRE RUB HERE.
TIRE RUB IS NOT GOOD.
>> YOU CAN SEE THE CREW
MEN OPENING THAT UP.
THREE NEED TO PUT A PATCH
ON THAT FRONT END.
THE HOLE ON THE FRONT OF
THESE CARS AT A
HIGH-SPEED RACETRACK LIKE THIS
WILL KILL THE SPEED.
>> AND IT JUST KEEPS GETTING
BIGGER.
>> CERTAINLY DOES.
>> DARIO FRANCHITTI RAN
IN TALLADEGA LAST YEAR.
HE FINISHED 17th IN THAT RACE.
LOOKING TO IMPROVE ON THAT
TODAY.
>> PLENTY OF TIME LEFT IN
THIS RACE, THOUGH, AND THERE ARE
55 LAPS REMAINING FOR THE ARCA
200.
WE WILL BE B
>>> WELCOME BACK TO
DAYTONA, DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA.
THE ARCA 200 AT DAYTONA
CONTINUING.
THE PACE CAR WILL BE PULLING
OFF ON TO PIT ROAD, LEAVING
THE FIELD IN THE HANDS OF NUMBER
ONE.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT AS OF YET
TODAY.
TOM HESSERT III, AND BEHIND HIM
MARIO GOSSELIN.
GREEN FLAG IN THE AIR.
THE FIRST FOUR CARS DID NOT
COME TO PIT ROAD.
I THINK THE ENTIRE REST OF
THE FEEL DID.
KEEP AN EYE ON THAT 5 CAR OF
BOBBY GERHART.
HE WILL RESTART THE RACE IN
THE FIFTH POSITION.
>> I'M GUESSING IT WON'T TAKE
LONG AS HE PEEKS TO THE
OUTSIDE WHEN THEY GET INTO TURN
NUMBER ONE.
IT WON'T TAKE LONG FOR BOBBY
GERHART TO DECIDE THIS WILL BE
A GOOD TIME FOR ME TO BE OUT
FRONT.
>> HE HAS HIS TEAMMATE OUT
FRONT.
>> THE PIT STRATEGY MAY BE
WORKING.
I THINK PROBABLY ONLY PUT FUEL
IN THE CAR.
THAT'S WHY HE GOT OUT SO FAR IN
THE FRONT.
I THINK THAT HE WAS THE LEAD CAR
OFF PIT ROAD.
>> THE NUMBER 23 ON THE
INSIDE OF GERHART, AS THEY MAKE
THEIR WAY THROUGH TURNS
THREE AND FOUR AND BACK DOWN
HERE ON THE TRIOVAL.
MARIO GOSSELIN HOLDS DOWN
THE SECOND POSITION.
DAWAYNE BRYAN IS IN THIRD.
>> A LITTLE PUMP FROM KRISILOFF.
AND HERE COMES JUSTIN MARKS ON
THE INSIDE!
>> I'M NOT SURE THAT WAS
IN BOBBY GERHART'S GAME
PLAN WITH HIS TEAMMATE.
>> NO.
NO.
IT HARDLY EVER IS WITH YOUR
TEAMMATE.
>> SO JUSTIN MARKS HAS MOVED
INTO THE THEIR SPOT.
AND THEY ARE CHASING TOM
HESSERT.
>> HE'S BEEN IN MIDGETS BUT
NEVER A DRAFTING SITUATION
LIKE THIS BEFORE.
HE REMAINS IN THE LEAD BUT
HE DID NOT PIT BECAUSE ANDY
BEAUMONT TOLD ME, WE CAN'T GO
THE REST OF THE WAY AT LAP 25.
JUST STAY OUT.
THAT'S WHY THEY DIDN'T PIT.
>> YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE THING,
THE ONE CAR DID NOT RACE HERE.
IT RAN THE REST OF THE
SCHEDULE AND REALLY A GREAT RUN,
ESPECIALLY TOWARDS THE END
OF THE CONDITION AND TOM HESSERT
HAS STEPPED IN.
THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB THUS
FAR.
>> RIGHT NOW, TOM HESSERT III
HAS A COUPLE OF CARS WHO WANT TO
GET BY HIM.
KRISILOFF MADE AN AGGRESSIVE
MOVE COMING THROUGH THE
TRIOVAL AND MOVED HIS
TEAMMATE, BOBBY GERHART OUT
OF THE WAY.
>> HE WENT RACING.
THAT'S KEN BUTLER THE THIRD, THE
22 ON THE OUTSIDE.
>> BRIAN SCOTT AND PROBLEMS IN
FRONT OF HIM.
WE SEE THE CAR TURNING AROUND.
THAT'S THE 7 OF KYLE KRISILOFF.
HE WAS RUNNING SECOND BEFORE HE
GOT SPUN AROUND.
THE PROBLEMS CONTINUING ON THE
RACETRACK!
>> HARD CONTACT.
>> OKAY.
CAN YOU TELL ME AGAIN IF
MY GLASS IS HALF FULL OR HALF
EMPTY?
>> I THINK I'M GOING TO GO WITH
HALF EMPTY ON THAT, KEN.
>> YEAH.
>> THIS IS JUST BEFORE THE
START/FINISH LINE.
THE NUMBER 16 CAR.
IS THAT MARIO GOSSELIN'S
CAR, THE ONE WITH THE ON BOARD
CAMERA.
>> LOOK AT SCOTT SPEED.
THE RED BULL TOYOTA DAMAGED.
HE STARTS SECOND AND HE ENDS
WITH 50 LAPS OF RACING TO
GO, AFTER ONLY 30 LAPS OF
RACING.
SCOTT SPEED'S DAY IS OVER.
KYLE KRISILOFF CLIMBING OUT
OF HIS CAR.
NOW, WE SAW HIM SIDEWAYS AND,
AGAIN, HE WAS RUNNING SECOND.
WE ARE GOING TO BE TAKING
ANOTHER LOOK AND SEE IF THERE
WAS SOMETHING THAT TOOK
PLACE THAT GOT HIM TURNED
AROUND.
BRYAN SILAS ALSO INVOLVED
IN THIS ONE.
YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER 11
COMING OFF THE WALL, UNDER HIS
OWN POWER BUT SO MUCH DAMAGE
TO THAT CAR.
HE WON'T MAKE IT BACK OUT.
>> YEAH, YES, VERY DIFFICULT.
GETTING A REPORT THAT
ARCA RE/MAX OFFICIALS ARE
GOING TO RED FLAG THIS RACE
TO GIVE THEM AMPLE
OPPORTUNITY TO CLEAN UP THE
RACETRACK.
THEY ARE GOING TO STOP THE
FEEL OVER THERE -- A LITTLE
DAMAGE TO JUSTIN MARKS, THE REAR
OF HIS CAR.
>> HE WAS RUNNING THIRD.
AND IF KYLE KRISILOFF DID GET
SIDEWAYS, SOMEONE COULD HAVE
-- I MEAN, NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
CHECK UP AND GET INTO THE BACK.
>> JUST FOR A SECOND, THE 46 OF
MATT CARTER WHO MAY HAVE BEEN
RUNNING BEHIND HIM.
HE HAD DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT FRONT
CORNER.
MORE THAN LIKELY THE RIGHT FRONT
CORNER OF MATT CARTER GOT INTO
THE LEFT REAR OF JUSTIN MARKS'
CAR, THE 65 CAR.
>> RED FLAG IS OUT.
AGAIN, THAT'S BRIAN SCOTT'S
IWX, NUMBER 75 THAT THEY ARE
WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
IT'S AMAZING THAT WE HAVE THAT
INCIDENT AND, YOU KNOW,
PROBABLY TWO-THIRDS OF THE
FIELD WERE AFFECTED BY
THAT INCIDENT BECAUSE IT
HAPPENED SO CLOSE TO THE FRONT,
WHEN KYLE KRISILOFF RUNNING
SECOND GOT SIDEWAYS.
I MEAN, THE GUYS THAT GOT
THROUGH THIS THING MAY HAVE FLAT
SPOTTED TIRES, TRYING TO
GET SEIZED UP, OR WHOAD UP.
THAT IS MARIO GOSSELIN'S CAR, UP
FORTUNATELY FOR HIM.
-- UNFORTUNATELY FOR HIM.
HE WAS RUNNING UP IN THE TOP
FIVE.
THAT'S MARIO WALKING AROUND
THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAR
AND AROUND THE FRONT.
>> YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF GET
PARTIAL.
I MEAN, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO
BE UP HERE WATCHING
EVERYTHING, WHICH I AM BUT I
KNOW BILL BAIRD WENT INTO THE
TURN RUNNING 24th AND HE'S 8th
NOW.
SOMEWHERE THERE'S 16 CARS
LAYING AROUND THERE, JUST
A LITTLE BIT.
>> WE HAD TO CHECK UP AND SLOW
DOWN AND AVOID WHAT TOOK PLACE
RIGHT IN THE FRONT OF THIS FEEL.
AGAIN, TOM HESSERT III
WAS READING IT RACE AND BEHIND
HIM WAS THE 7 OF KYLE KRISILOFF.
NOW THE 7 OF KYLE KRISILOFF
WAS SIDEWAYS WHEN WE SAW HIM
COME INTO OUR CAMERA ANGLE.
THAT WAS A PROBLEM.
LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT WHAT
TOO MANY PLACE.
>> WE SAW THE CAR GETTING
LOOSE, THE 75 OF BRIAN SCOTT
AND THEN WE SAW THE SMOKE
UP AHEAD OF THESE GUYS AND
THEN THEY ALL TRY TO TAKE
SOME EVASIVE ACTION.
75 OF BRIAN SCOTT COLLECTS THE
4 CAR AND THE 09, AND THE 44
OF FRANK KIMMEL SLIDING
THROUGH THE INFIELD.
>> THERE'S THE 7.
WE SEE HIM CHECKED UP WAY BACK
THERE.
WE BELIEVE HE HAD A LOT TO DO
WITH WHAT TOOK PLACE BEHIND HIM.
>> A LOT OF DAMAGE TO
MARIO GOSSELIN'S CAR.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER
TO THE FRONT.
YOU SAW JUST LEFT OF YOUR
SCREEN WAS THE 2 OF SCOTT SPEED.
WE KNOW HE HAS
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE IN THIS
INCIDENT.
>> THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF
DAMAGE BETWEEN HIM AND BRIAN
SCOTT.
HE MADE A LITTLE CONTACT WITH
THAT 32 CAR.
>> THAT'S CASOLA.
AND BRIAN SCOTT.
>> EVERYONE IS CHECKING UP, NOT
ONLY BECAUSE OF WHAT WAS GOING
ON WITH BRIAN SCOTT BUT ALSO
THE FRONT OF THE FEEL.
HERE'S A GOOD LOOK AT NOW THE 7.
AGAIN, THE 7 MOVES UP THE
RACETRACK AND THEN TRIES TO COME
BACK DOWN, BUT THERE WAS NOT
ROOM.
>> HE JUST COMES BACK DOWN
AND JUSTIN MARKS ALREADY
COMMITTED TO THAT PART OF THE
RACETRACK AND THEN HE SLID BACK
UP THE RACETRACK AND CAUGHT THE
2 OF SCOTT SPEED.
HE WILL COME BACK DOWN AND
TRY TO GET IN THAT HOLE
THAT'S NOT THERE.
AND THEN YOU SEE CARTER RUNS
INTO THE BACK OF 65 OF
JUSTIN MARKS AND BOBBY
GERHART DOES A GREAT JOB AND
EVERYBODY ELSE, IT SEEMS LIKE IS
INVOLVED.
FRANK KIMMEL, HE SPINS
IN BETWEEN TWO OR THREE CARS.
HERE COMES RICKY STENHOUSE,
RIGHT ON HIS FRONT END.
FRANK WILL SLIDE OUT OF THE
WAY OF HIM.
JUST HAVOC ALL OVER THE RACE
TRACK.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE WE ALWAYS
TALK ABOUT THE BIG ONE, WHEN
WE TALK ABOUT RESTRICTOR
PLATE RACING AND THIS ONE --
THIS ONE STARTED AT THE FRONT
AND AT THE MIDDLE ALMOST
SIMULTANEOUSLY.
>> CARTER DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.
>> YES, EVEN THOUGH HE MADE
CONTACT WITH JUSTIN MARKS.
BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE.
YOU CAN SEE KRISILOFF COME BACK
UP THE RACETRACK.
THERE'S SOME HARD HITTING.
THERE THAT'S MARIO GOSSELIN
IN THE 21.
AND THEN YOU SCOTT SPEED RUNNING
ALONG THE TOP.
THERE'S ANOTHER CONTACT THERE
AND A VERY BIG HIT.
THAT'S A PRETTY TOUGH CAMERA BY
THE WAY.
>> YES.
THAT'S THE 72 OF DAWAYNE BRYAN.
AND 32 OF DOMINICK CASOLA.
>> NOW HERE'S FRANK KIMMEL.
THIS WILL BE AN INTERESTING
RIDE.
HE SEES THE SMOKE.
HE'S OFF THE THROTTLE.
CARS SLIDING IN FRONT OF HIM.
BRIAN SCOTT COMES BACK UP THE
RACETRACK.
HE AVOIDS IT BUT GETS TAGGED
JUST A BIT.
>> I THINK FRANK IS GOING
TO HAVE MINIMAL DAMAGE.
SO HE'S GOING TO -- HE
WAS RIDING AROUND AT THE TAIL
END OF THIS PACK.
HE'S GOING TO EMERGE WITH SOME
GOOD FORTUNES FOR SURE.
HERE'S BRYAN SILAS RIGHT
HERE, HIS ON BOARD CAMERA.
HE'S RIGHT BY PATRICK SHELTRA.
HE'S TRYING TO GET SLOWED DOWN.
THE CARS ARE CLEANING OFF THE
BANK.
OH, JUST --
>> THERE'S THE CONTACT
WITH MARIO GOSSELIN AGAIN.
>> EMERGED FROM THE SMOKE AND
MARIO GOSSELIN WAS RIGHT THERE,
UNFORTUNATELY.
THE CAR RIGHT IN FRONT OF
HIM STILL CRASHING.
>> WE HAVE CONTACT AGAIN AND
THEN MORE DAMAGE.
AND SILENCE.
>> YES.
>> RED FLAG HAS COME BACK
OUT HERE AT DAYTONA.
THE FOURTH CAUTION OF THE DAY
CAME OUT AND THEN THEY DECIDED
TO STOP THE FIELD.
THERE'S THE RED BULL TOYOTA OF
SCOTT SPEED.
SUCH A GOOD RACE CAR!
LED THIS RACE THE FIRST TIME
HERE AT DAYTONA.
THERE'S THE KYLE KRISILOFF
CHEVROLET WHO TRIED TO GET IN
A CAR THAT WASN'T THERE.
>> SILAS GOT CAUGHT UP IN
IT, THE NUMBER 11.
>> WE'LL LET YOU KNOW HOW
MANY CARS WERE INVOLVED.
AGAIN, THE FOURTH CAUTION OF THE
DAY, AND NOW THE
>>> THIS VALENTINE'S DAY,
SOME HEARTS WILL SOAR AND SOME
WILL BE BROKEN.
MOST DRIVERS WILL DO WHATEVER IT
TAKES TO DO THE DAYTONA 500.
THE DAYTONA DUEL, THURSDAY
2 P.M. EASTERN.
WE HAVE YOUR VALENTINE'S DAY
HERE.
NASCAR ON SPEED, BE THERE.
I KNOW, KEN, YOU WILL BE
THERE OBVIOUSLY, RACING TO
GET YOUR WAY IN.
CONTINUING TONIGHT WITH COVERAGE
HERE ON SPEED.
"NASCAR RACEDAY" FOLLOWS US AT 6
P.M. EASTERN AND THEN HAS THE
BUD SHOOTOUT AND THEN 10 P.M.
EASTERN WE ROUND IT ALL UP
WITH NASCAR VICTORY LANE,
TALKING TO ALL THE PLAYERS IN
THE BUD SHOOTOUT THAT WILL TAKE
PLACE LATER ON THIS EVENING.
>> THAT'S THE 88 CAR OF
DALE EARNHARDT, Jr., GOING
THROUGH INSPECTION,
GETTING READY FOR THE SHOOTOUT
TONIGHT.
>> IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT THAN HIS CARS HAVE IN
THE PAST.
>> NEW TEAM, NEW FEEL FOR THAT
TEAM.
>> THEY WILL BE GOOD!
>> A VERY PRISTINE LOOKING RACE
CAR, AND THERE'S A FEW CARS
ON THE BACK STRETCH THAT DON'T
LOOK TOO SCRATCHED UP,
BUT THERE'S QUITE A FEW THAT
ARE SCRATCHED UP, AREN'T THERE,
JIM.
>> WELL, JUSTIN MARKS WAS A
CONTENDER AND HE MAY BE.
HERE'S HIS CREW CHIEF.
>> WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT
OF DAMAGE WHEN THE 7 CAR
CAME DOWN INTO HIM.
WE HAVE THE LEFT QUARTER PANEL
PUSHED OUT, AND A BALD TIRE.
WE WILL JUST TRY TO GET
HER FIXED BACK UP.
WE HAVE A HOT ROAD.
ALL OF MY GUYS HAVE BUILT
AND AWESOME, AWESOME RACE CAR.
I HAVE TO THANK JOHN DICINGER
UP THERE IN HIGH POINT.
THEY BUILD US PHENOMENAL
ENGINES.
ALL THE GUYS WHO HELP US
AND SUPPORT US, IT'S AN AWESOME
DAY FOR THE TOYOTA CAMRY.
WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR TEAM
IS READY TO DO SOMETHING ON
THE FRONT AND THE REAR.
HOW BAD IS IT.
>> IT IS NOT TERRIBLE.
WE GET THE QUARTER PANEL PUSHED
IN, WE WILL BE ALL RIGHT.
JUST STAYING OUT OF TROUBLE HERE
WAS SO BIG.
YOU KNOW, WATCHING THESE
RACES OVER THE YEARS, THERE'S SO
MANY GUYS THAT GET THEMSELVES IN
TROUBLE, AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T
KNOW WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE FOR
SURE.
IT LOOKS LIKE GUYS NEED TO USE A
LITTLE BIT MORE GIVE AND TAKE
THIS EARLY IN THE RACE.
SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
JUSTIN IS DOING AN AWESOME JOB
IN THE RACE CAR, AND, YOU
KNOW, WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS
I DON'T KNOW.
>> CREW CHIEF ABNER.
>> Reporter: AND MATT CARTER.
THIS IS HIS FATHER, TRAVIS
CARTER.
HE'S MAKING HIS DEBUT IN THE
OLD FRANK KIMMEL RIDE.
YOU THINK YOU HAVE A HOLE IN THE
NOSE.
>> EVERYTHING HAS GONE REALLY
WELL.
I THINK -- YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES
YOU ARE JUST PLAIN FORTUNATE.
HE DID A GOOD JOB IN
THAT ACCIDENT AND MISSED.
THAT WE DON'T KNOW THE EXTENT
OF THE DAMAGE.
I GUESS WE WILL DETERMINE WHAT
YOU HAVE TO RISK BY GIVING
UP THE TRACK POSITION AND I'M
PRETTY RELUCTANT TO GIVE
UP TRACK POSITION.
>> SO WE ARE MORE THAN
LIKELY NOT GOING TO SEE YOU
COME DOWN PIT ROAD?
>> WELL, IF IT WORKS LIKE
I THINK IT WILL, I THINK
WE'LL PROBABLY STAY OUT AND SEE
HOW WELL IT RUNS.
AND IF IT KIND OF FEELS
LIKE IT'S HURTING HIM MUCH, THEN
WE WILL HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
THIS RACE -- IF HE PITS,
HE COULD BE BY HIMSELF AND
YOU DON'T NEED TO DO THAT.
>> WHAT WAS I HEARING THAT
MATT SAID THAT JIMMY
SPENCER GAVE HIM ADVICE.
IS HE LISTENING TO IT.
>> A LOT OF GUYS GAVE HIM SOME
ADVICE.
HE HAS SOME POINTERS.
MY ADVICE IS TO HELP SOME
YOUNG GUY AND TELL HIM ALL
THE THINGS NOT TO DO.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE KNOW WITH TO
DO.
THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT NOT
TO DO.
THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS
THAT I THINK THOSE GUYS HELPED
HIM WITH.
>> WE DO WANT TO SHOW YOU.
WE HAVE VIDEO, A CLOSE-UP OF
MATT'S CAR.
THERE'S THE HOLE RIGHT THERE AND
TRAVEL SIS GETTING A GOOD LOOK
AT OUR MONITORS RIGHT NOW.
-- TRAVIS IS GETTING A GOOD
LOOK AT OUR MONITORS RIGHT NOW.
>> WE MIGHT SEE WHAT --
WHAT THAT THING DOES LIKE THAT.
I HATE TO START BEHIND 30
CARS THERE, WITH THOSE REAL FAST
CARS ALL UP FRONT.
THAT'S THE THING YOU HAVE TO
BE CONCERNED ABOUT.
IF YOU HAVE THREE OR FOUR
CARS WITH, YOU THAT'S ONE THING.
IF YOU HUNG BY YOURSELF, IT'S
DIFFICULT TO GET BACK IN THIS
RACE.
>> A GOOD LOOK AND THAT WAS HIS
GOOD LOOK ON THE MONITOR.
>> I THINK WHAT TRAVIS IS
NOT THINKING ABOUT IS ALL THE
OTHER CARS THAT ALSO HAVE SOME
DAMAGE LIKE JUSTIN MARKS
AND PEOPLE LIKE THAT.
THIS IS 46, MATT CARTER, WENT
INTO THE 7 OF KYLE KRIS LOVE.
JUSTIN HAS TO GET ON THE BRAKES.
WE SAW THE DAMAGE TO MATT'S
CAR, THAT GAPING HOLE IN THE
FRONT BUMPER.
AND THERE'S SO MANY OTHER CARS
THAT GOT A LITTLE PIECE OF
THAT, KENNY, THAT WILL COME DOWN
PIT ROAD AS WELL.
I ALMOST THINK THAT TRAVIS WOULD
RESTART WITH MATT AS FAR BACK
AS HE THINKS HE WAS.
>> OTHER GUYS WERE LUCKY ENOUGH
TO GET THROUGH THE FLAT SPOTTED
TIRES.
THERE WILL BE ENOUGH GOOD CARS
IN THE BACK.
I KNOW I WOULD DEFINITELY WANT
TO FIX THAT HOLE.
IT'S TOO BIG.
>> RIGHT NEXT TO HIM, THE 5 OF
BOBBY GERHART IS THERE.
WE ARE HEARING FROM THE INFIELD
CARE CENTER AND WE SEE THE
DAMAGE OBVIOUSLY TO THE 5 OF
BOBBY GERHART.
THEY WILL PROBABLY COME DOWN PIT
ROAD.
I BET WE SEE QUITE A FEW CARS
ON PIT ROAD.
>> WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND
DONE, WE WILL PROBABLY SEE THE
46 CAR ON PIT ROAD.
THERE'S THE 72.
AND HERE'S BILLY GERHART RIGHT
THERE.
HE'S TRYING TO TAKE A LOOK
AT OUR PICTURES TO SEE HOW
MUCH DAMAGE HE HAS DOWN THERE
IN HIS 5 CAR WITH BOBBY.
WE KNOW THAT THE 65 OF
JUSTIN MARKS HAS DAMAGE.
YOU SEE GERHART RIGHT NOW, HE'S
TALKING TO HIS DRIVER SAYING I
DON'T SEE A HOLE BUT AS HE LOOKS
CLOSER AT IT, HE WILL SEE THAT.
SO THEY WILL KNOW THAT THEY
ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE
THEIR WAY DOWN PIT ROAD AS
WELL TO FIT THAT DAMAGE.
WE WILL SEE A LOT OF
TAPE, AREN'T WE, THAT
200-MILE TAPE THAT EVERYONE
IS SO FOND OF PUTTING ON
THE FRONT OF THESE CARS.
>> YES, TAPE AND PROBABLY --
THAT TAPE WILL BE OVER SOME
ALUMINUM THAT'S POP RIVETTED
THERE.
>> THE DRIVERS THAT
WERE INVOLVED IN THIS
ACCIDENT, YOU SEE THE LONG LIST
THERE.
WE HAVE HEARD THAT THE ONES
THAT WERE TAKEN TO THE INFIELD
CARE CENTER THAT HAVE
BEEN RELEASED, THE 7 OF KYLE
KRISILOFF, THE 2 OF SCOTT SPEED
AND THE 72 OF BRIAN SCOTT.
THEY WERE CHECKED OUT AND
RELEASED.
THE OTHER ONES DIDN'T GO TO
THE INFIELD CARE CENTER.
YOU SEE THE 2 OF SCOTT SPEED IS
NOT ON THAT LIST, BUT AS
YOU MENTIONED, HE IS -- WE
SAW ALL THE DAMAGE TO THAT
RED BULL TOYOTA AND HE HAS
BEEN RELEASED FROM THE
INFIELD CARE CENTER.
>> LIGHTS ARE BACK ON.
THEY ARE ABOUT READY TO FIRE
THE ENGINES BACK UP.
THEY WILL GET THEM ROLLING AND
WHEN THEY DO, WE WILL TAKE
A LOOK AT WHO WILL MAKE
THEIR WAY ON TO PIT ROAD.
THERE'S A PROBLEM THERE WITH THE
44 OF FRANK KIMMEL.
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>>> WELCOME BACK TO THE ARCA
200.
JUSTIN MARKS IS DOWN ON PIT
ROAD.
A LOT OF WORK UNDERNEATH.
THEY WANT TO GET THAT SEALED
BACK UP.
THEY ARE WORKING ON THE INNER
FENDER WALLS.
THEY ALSO ADDRESSED THE
RIGHT FRONT NOSE.
THEY ARE WAITING TO ADD FUEL.
SO HE'S STOPPED WITH A NUMBER
OF CARS FROM THAT DAMAGE.
>> THERE WERE REALLY ONLY 10
CARS THAT STAYED ON THE
RACETRACK.
ONLY 10 CARS OF ENTIRE FEEL
RUNNING.
THERE'S THE TEAM MANAGER
HANDING SOME TAPE OVER.
>> OBVIOUSLY FRUSTRATING FOR
THIS TEAM WITH SUCH A GREAT
CAR TO START OFF.
YOU CAN SEE THAT BIG BAR
STICKING OUT UNDERNEATH THE
BUMPER.
THAT'S WHAT MADE THE DAMAGE TO
THE 46 OF MATT CARTER.
WENDY?
>> NOW, WE DO KNOW THAT THE 46
OF MATT CARTER IS TAKING A
CHANCE AND STAYING OUT.
THE 99 OF RICKY STENHOUSE, HE'S
STAYING OUT AS WELL.
WHO CAME DOWN THE PIT ROAD
WAS THE 40 OF DARIO FRANCHITTI.
THEY CAME AND CHECKED THE TOW
ON THE CAR AND PULLED OUT THE
FENDERS.
IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WERE SO
MANY CARS THAT WERE DAMAGED AND
VERY LITTLE OF THEM DECIDED TO
COME DOWN PIT ROAD AND FIX IT.
>> TAKING A LOOK AT DARIO
FRANCHITTI, MAKING HIS WAY
OUT ON THE RACETRACK, THE NUMBER
40.
HIS TEAM TALKING OVER
WHAT CHANGES WERE MADE AND WHAT
THEY MIGHT HAVE TO DO IF
HE COMES BACK DOWN ON PIT
ROAD ONCE AGAIN, WHICH I'M SURE
HE WILL DO.
BRAD PARROTT, RIGHT THERE IN THE
MIDDLE OF YOUR SCREEN, THE ONE
NOT IN A FIRE SUIT UNIFORM.
>> NEW TO THE ARCA RE/MAX
SEAR IS THIS YEAR, THE LUCKY
DOG.
THE 38 MAKING HIS WAY BACK ON TO
PIT ROAD.
THAT'S ACTUALLY ED KENNEDY
THAT HAS STEPPED INTO THAT CAR.
HE WAS STARTING OFF IN THE 00.
NOW HE HAS MOVED TO THE 38.
>> CHANGING THE RIGHT SIDE
TIRES.
WE ALSO SEE THE 40 OF
DARIO FRANCHITTI IN AND THEY ARE
PUTTING TAPE ON THE FRONT OF
THAT CAR.
THEY WILL GET HIM OUT ON THE
RACETRACK.
>> DID YOU MENTION, PHIL, THAT
ONLY 10 CARS STAYED OUT ON
TO THE RACETRACK?
THE MOST RECENT CAUTION,
AGAIN, WE WENT CAUTION AND THEN
TO RED FLAG.
AND NOW BACK TO YELLOW FLAG
SITUATION WHERE THEY ARE
MAKING THEIR WAY AROUND THE
RACETRACK.
>> SPEEDWEEKS CONTINUING ALL
WEEK LONG AND THE RACE THAT
EVERYONE IS POINTING THEIR
FINGER TOWARDS HERE AT
SPEEDWEEKS IS THAT FRIDAY
RACE OF THE NASCAR
CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES AS
THEY TAKE TO THE HIGH BANKS
OF DAYTONA
INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
ON FRIDAY, 7:30 P.M.
EASTERN, 4:30 P.M. PACIFIC.
IT'S THE NCTS OPENING
NIGHT, PRESENTED ON SPEED BY
TOYOTA.
>> GREAT FINISHES.
OFTEN THREE WIDE HERE.
LAST YEAR, WE HAD TRAVIS KVAPIL,
ABOUT 100 FEET BEFORE
THE START/FINISH LINE.
WE ARE TRYING TO GIVE HIM
THE WIN AND HE ENDS UP FINISHING
THIRD.
>> AMAZING!
>> JIM, WHAT ARE THEY DOING
TO THE 65.
>> THEY ARE TRYING AS MUCH
AS THEY CAN TO KEEP THE
LEFT FENDER ON THIS TOYOTA TO
SO IT DOESN'T FLY OFF OR FLY
OVER.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE CREWMAN'S
HAND IS THE BUMPER.
THAT'S THE BUMPER BAR.
THAT'S WHERE ALL THE DAMAGE AND
THE CONCERN IS FOR JUSTIN MARKS
NUMBER 65 TEAM.
>> RIGHT BEHIND THAT TIRE, YOU
REALLY HAVE TO GET THAT TUCKED
BACK IN BECAUSE THAT WOULD ACT
AS A PARACHUTE.
REALLY THAT DAMAGE, IT
LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE IT
CONTAINED.
>> I WOULD MUCH RATHER HAVE
THEM TAKE THE TIME AND DO THAT.
I REALLY THINK THAT
BOBBY GERHART OUT THERE WITH THE
HOLES IN ANYWHERE FRONT
END, THAT IT'S GOING TO CAUSE
THEM SOME SERIOUS ISSUES.
>> YES, YOU WILL TUCK IN
OBVIOUSLY SOMEBODY.
BUT THE SECOND THAT THAT GETS
OUT THERE, AND YOU GET 180,
OR 185-MILE-PER-HOUR
WINDS COMING INTO THAT, WE WILL
SEE -- THAT COULD RIP THE
BODY RIGHT OFF OF THAT CAR.
>> IT MAKES YOU A CAR THAT HAS
TO FOLLOW, INSTEAD OF LEAD.
>> WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE 5
TEAM.
>> A LOT OF RAID CHATTER ON THE
5 CAR.
IS THERE A HOLE OR NOT A HOLE
IN THE FRONT OF THE BUMPER.
>> THE CREW IS TAKING A PEEK AT
OUR CAMERAS.
YOU CAN SEE THE HOLE BELOW THE
HEADLIGHT.
THE CREW CHIEF IS IN A LONG
DISCUSSION.
IF THERE'S A HOLE.
NOW THAT THEY SEE THE HOLE,
THEY ARE CONSIDERING COMING?
>> IT LOOKS LIKE THE HOLE GOT
WORSE.
THEY ARE RUNNING AROUND HERE AT
70 MILES PER HOUR AND IT
LOOKS LIKE THE HOLE GOT WORSE.
YOU CAN SEE FRANK KIMMEL'S GUYS,
BILL KIMMEL, HIS BROTHER,
DIRECTING THIS PIT CREW.
THEY ARE DOING A LITTLE BIT
OF REPAIR TO THAT GOT.
>> THE VALANCE GOT KNOCKED OFF
WHEN HE WENT THROUGH THE GRASS.
THEY WILL TRY TO FIX THAT.
EVEN THE SLIGHTEST ADJUSTMENTS
TO THE CARS AND THE AERODYNAMICS
REALLY GOES OUT THE WINDOW.
>> YOU GOOD IN A "WINDTUNNEL"
WITH THESE CARS AND YOU PUT
ONE PIECE OF TAPE IN THE
WRONG PLACE AND YOU SEE HOW
MUCH WORSE THAT CAR IS AS FAR AS
AERODYNAMICS GOES.
AND THEN YOU GET THE FRONT
END KNOCKED OFF THE THING.
IT'S AMAZING HOW CRITICAL -- YOU
KNOW, EVERY AREA OF THIS RACE
CAR, ESPECIALLY THE FRONTAL
AREA WHICH IS WHAT THEY ARE
WORKING ON RIGHT HERE WITH FRANK
KIMMEL'S CAR.
THE FRONTAL AREA IS SO IMPORTANT
TO THESE CARS AND SO THEY
CAN GET THROUGH THE AIR.
>> SO THEY WILL CONTINUE TO
WORK ON THAT NUMBER 44.
HOW ABOUT THIS... THE 37 OF
DEXTER BEAN BACK ON THE
SOAR
>>> SPEED'S COVERAGEA. OF
THE ARCA RE/MAX SERIES
IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY...
>>> THEY ARE WORKING THEIR WAY
THROUGH TURNS THREE AND FOUR.
THE PACE CAR HAS HIS LIGHTS OFF.
WE'VE BEEN BACK TO RACING.
IT HAS BEEN QUITE SOMETIME SINCE
THE GREEN FLAG WAS OUT IN THE
AIR.
QUITE A FEW CARS INVOLVED IN
THE MOST RECENT CAUTION.
AN ACCIDENT, ONE OF THOSE THAT
WAS UNHURT AND UNSCATHED WAS THE
NUMBER ONE OF TOM HESSERT III.
NOW WE ONLY HAVE 54 LAPS TO GO.
HE ELECTED TO STAY ON THE
RACETRACK.
>> ONE GUY WHO MAY HAVE MADE AN
ERROR IN THE JUDGMENT OF NOT
COMING ON TO PIT ROAD IS
THE NUMBER 5 OF BOBBY GERHART.
THERE'S A HOLE UNDERNEATH
THE HEADLIGHT, OR THE
HEADLIGHT DECAL THAT'S ON THE
CAR.
WHAT WILL AIR WHEN HE GETS UP TO
185 MILES PER HOUR GO TO
THE BODY OF THAT CAR.
>> WELL, RIGHT NOW HE'S TUCKED
IN.
HE WAS ABLE TO GET BY THE 46
OF MATT CARTER ON THE RESTART.
HE'S JUMPED UP TO SECOND.
RIGHT NOW, TOM HESSERT IN THE
LEAD WITH THE 1 CAR.
>> PATRICK SHELTRA IS IN THE
NUMBER 60 AND THE NUMBER 46
OF MATT CARTER HAS MOVED TO
THE HIGH LINE.
HE'S BACKING UP AS A FEW
OTHER CARS HAVE JUMPED IN BEHIND
HIM TO SEE IF THEY CAN MOVE
FORWARD.
YOU
>> YOU CAN SEE THE 99 OF RICKY
STENHOUSE.
THERE HE IS RUNNING FIFTH RIGHT
NOW IN THE K & N FILTERS FORD.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO
REMEMBER ABOUT GERHART, SOME
OF THE STRONGER CARS THAT HE
WAS RACING ARE ELIMINATED
IN THAT RACE TOO.
>> WE TALK ABOUT BOBBY GERHART
MAKING HIS WAY UP INTO THE
SECOND SPOT ON THAT RESTART.
IT LOOKS AS THOUGH HE RESTARTED
THIS ONE IN THE FOURTH OR
THE FIFTH POSITION.
LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE
RESTART AND HOW BOBBY GOT UP
THERE.
>> MATT CARTER IS A LITTLE
SLOW IN THE TAKEOFF.
BOBBY JUST JUMPED UP THERE.
YOU CAN PASS TO THE OUTSIDE.
WATCH THE GREEN AS IT'S
DISPLAYED.
PATRICK SHELTRA IS HAVING
A GREAT RUN IN THE FOURTH
POSITION IN THAT NUMBER 60 CAR.
>> SO FAR, NOT A BAD MOVE FOR
BOBBY GERHART STAYING ON
THE RACETRACK, EVEN WITH
THAT DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END
OF HIS CAR.
REMEMBER, KENNY, WHAT YOU
SAID, HE MAY BE RELEGATED TO
A FOLLOWER BECAUSE OF THE GAPING
HOLE HE HAS ON THE FRONT OF HIS
CAR.
IT LOOKS LIKE TOM HESSERT IS
ABLE TO COMFORTABLY LEAD THIS
RACE.
>> BUT WE THINK TOM HESSERT
HAS TO PIT, DON'T WE?
>> OUT OF THE RACING LINE, J.R.
HEFFNER.
THE LEFT REAR TIRE IS FLAT
ON THAT CAR.
J.R. WAS BEING SHOWN BACK IN
THE 22nd POSITION.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HOW
THAT DAMAGE TOOK PLACE.
YOU SEE THE CLOSE SHOT.
YOU CAN SEE THE TIRE RUB
GOING ON THERE.
>> THE TIRE IS ALREADY FLAT.
SO HE DOES A NICE JOB
KEEPING CONTROL OF THAT
CAR, KEEPS IT UP HIGH, OUT
OF THE WAY AND DOES NOT LOSE
CONTROL.
>> LOOK WHO JUST WENT BY, FRANK
KIMMEL.
I MEAN, HE SEES IT ALL.
>> HE DID A REAL GOOD JOB OF
CONTROLLING THAT.
>> THE FLAG MAN TRYING TO
SIGNAL HIM TO GET OVER ON
THE BOTTOM OF THE RACETRACK.
THERE'S LANDON CASSILL, AND
CHASTAIN, AND THERE'S THE 37 OF
DEXTER BEAN.
REMEMBER, DEXTER IS ABOUT
15 LABS DOWN BECAUSE OF THAT
TRANS -- LAPS DOWN BECAUSE OF
THAT TRANSMISSION PROBLEM.
>> BUT GAINING SPOTS RAPIDLY.
>> STRONG CAR FOR THAT NUMBER
37.
HEY, WENDY, WHAT IS GOING ON
ON PIT ROAD?
>> I DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT MATT
CARTER WOULD HAS FALLEN BACK TO
SIXTH, BUT WHEN THEY DID GET
UP TO SPEED, HE REPORTED BACK
TO HIS OWNER, LARRY CLEMENS AND
ALSO TO HIS FATHER,
TRAVIS CARTER, THAT HE
THINKS THE CAR IS JUST FINE,
DESPITE HAVING THAT BIG HOLE IN
THAT NOSE ON THE RIGHT FRONT.
>> HE JUST ABOUT HAD TO HIT THE
BRAKES FROM RUNNING INTO
THE BACK OF THE 99 CAR OF RICKY
STENHOUSE AS THEY CARS GOT SIDE
BY SIDE, MICHAEL AND THAT'S ON
THE OUTSIDE IN A BATTLE FOR
SECOND WITH THE 5 OF BOBBY
GERHART.
>> NEITHER OF THEM WITH HELP.
AND NOW WE SEE RICKY STENHOUSE,
JR., ABOVING UP BEHIND
THE NUMBER 5.
BOBBY GERHART MAY MOVE TO THE
OUTSIDE AND TRYING TO MAKE THE
MOVE ON GERHART.
NOW WE SEE RICKY STENHOUSE, JR.,
MOVING ALL OVER THE
RACETRACK, TRYING TO FIND A LINE
TO RUN.
>> THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO
TELL THE YOUNG GUYS, STAY IN
LINE.
IF YOU WANT TO RUN THE BOTTOM OF
THE RACETRACK, RUN THE BOTTOM.
IF YOU WANT TO RUN THE TOP, RUN
THE TOP.
JUST DON'T SWITCH.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO KYLE
KRISILOFF.
HE MOVED UP THE RACETRACK
EARLIER.
HE TRIED TO GET BACK IN LINE.
THE HOLE WAS NOT THERE ANYMORE
AND HE CAUSED A BIG WRECK.
>> NOW GERHART LOOKING TO THE
OUTSIDE.
WE TALKED ABOUT GERHART
BEING RELEGATED TO A FOLLOWER.
NOW IT LOOKS LIKE HE WANTS
TO TAKE THE LEAD AND MAYBE
TEST OUT HOW BIG THAT HOLE IS IN
THE FRONT OF HIS CAR.
>> HE'S GOT A LOT OF HAD HELP
RIGHT NOW.
HE HAS A GOOD PUSHER BEHIND
HIM IN NUMBER 28.
NOW HE MOVES.
A LITTLE BIT, RICKY
STENHOUSE TAKES OVER THE
THIRD SPOT MOMENTARILY.
>> PROBLEMS ALMOST THERE
NORICKY STEP HOUSE.
AGAIN, THAT'S THE SPEEDY
DRIVE THAT YOU ARE SEEING THERE.
AND RIGHT DOWN ON THE DOOR
OF THAT 99 IS MICHAEL ANNETT.
>> WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH RICKY.
>> RICKY STENHOUSE DECIDED
TO STAY OUT UNDER THAT LAST
CAUTION.
HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE
VALANCE.
THE CREW WANTED A GOOD SHOT
DURING THAT LAST CAUTION.
OUR SPEED CAMERAS GAVE IT.
THEY TOOK A CHANCE AND DIDN'T
GIVE UP THAT TRACK POSITION.
HE'S BATTLING MICHAEL ANNETT
FOR THAT THIRD POSITION RIGHT
NOW.
>> AND THEY ARE BATTLING HARD,
THAT'S FOR SURE.
>> SIDE BY SIDE, AND PROBLEMS
WITH THE 19 NOW.
JACK BAILEY RIGHT THERE.
IT LOOKS LIKE HE BLEW UP
THE LEFT REAR TIRE.
HE PROBABLY HAD A TIRE RUB FROM
BEFORE.
HE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF THAT
ACCIDENT.
SIDE BY SIDE, THERE'S GERHART ON
THE OUTSIDE.
AND GERHART MAKES HIS MOVE TO
THE HIGH SIDE OF RACETRACK, THE
CAUTION HAS COME OUT ONCE AGAIN.
GERHART TRYING TO TAKE OVER THE
LEAD.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE
CAMERAS AND ARCA WILL LET US
KNOW WHERE BOBBY GERHART
WAS WHEN THAT CAUTION CAME OUT.
YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE TO
THE LEFT REAR OF THAT NUMBER
19 OF JACK BAILEY.
HE WILL TRY TO MAKE HIS
WAY AROUND INTO THE PITS.
>> THERE'S THE LEFT REAR TIRE
GOING DOWN, BLOWING OUT
AND DOING ALL THAT DAMAGE TO
THE BOTTY WORK THERE.
>> A LOT OF DEBRIS -- BODY WORK
THERE.
>> A LOT OF DEBRIS.
HE DOES A GOOD JOB OF
KEEPING THE CAR AWAY FROM THE
OUTSIDE AND INSIDE WALL.
>> A QUALIFYING RUN, HE WAS
13th STARTING THIS RACE,
BUT OBVIOUSLY THE DAMAGE
HAS TAKEN OVER FOR THE 19
OF JACK BAILEY.
>>> WELCOME BACK.
TOM HESSERT III.
WE EXPECT HIM TO COME DOWN PIT
ROAD.
WE'LL SEE IF HE MAKES HIS WAY
DOWN.
HE'S THE LEADER OF THIS RACE.
ALTHOUGH WE KNEW THAT HE WAS
GOING TO HAVE TO STOP AT
SOME TIME AND IT LOOKS LIKE
IT WILL BE NOW.
>> THE BIG QUESTION IS WHETHER
BOBBY GERHART WILL STAY ON THE
RACETRACK.
IT APPEARS HE WILL.
AND IT APPEARS THAT THE 99
OF RICKY STENHOUSE WILL STAY OUT
THERE.
MATT CARTER WILL STAY ON THE
RACETRACK.
BUT THERE'S OUR LEADER,
THE NUMBER 1, TOM HESSERT.
HESSERT COMPLAINS THERE'S NO
ONE ELSE COMING WITH HIM.
HE SAYS WE HAVE THE HORSE.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
THE DISCUSSION WAS DO THEY DO
TWO TIRES OR FOUR.
HE SAYS LET'S GO TWO RIGHT
SIDE TIRES ONLY AND FILL THIS
BABY UP WITH GAS.
>> PRETTY IMPORTANT CALL TO MAKE
THAT YOUNG MAN MAKE.
>> REALLY.
THEY DO HAVE A GREAT HORSE.
THEY HAD A GOOD RUN LAST
YEAR, TALLADEGA, WITH THE
CONTROL IN THIS CAR.
ANDY DOES A NICE JOB WITH THIS
TEAM.
>> THE AARON'S LUCKY DOG GOING
TO THE NUMBER 4 WHO GETS HIS LAP
BACK.
THAT'S TAYLER MALSAM IN
THAT NUMBER 4 DODGE.
>> WENDY VENTURINI.
>> OH, LAST-MINUTE CALL WAS MADE
BY MICHAEL ANNETT'S TEAM.
HE TOLD HIM TO STAY OUT.
HE'S A DEVELOPMENT DRIVER.
ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HEARD,
ARE YOU SURE YOU CAN'T MAKE
IT TO THE END.
HIS CREW CHIEF DECIDED,
MAKING THE LAST-MINUTE CALL
FOR MICHAEL ANNETT.
TAKING A CHANCE AS WE ARE
45 LAPS INTO THIS 80-LAPPER.
>> AND SO THE GREEN FLAG
WILL COME BACK OUT.
WE'VE HAD FIVE CAUTIONS.
>>> UNDER OUR FIFTH CAUTION OF
THE DAY FROM DAYTONA
INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY FOR THE
ARCA # HUNDRED AT DAYTONA.
LET -- 200 AT DAYTONA.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WE GOT
HERE, HOW THIS RACE HAS EVOLVED,
FROM THE DROP OF THE GREEN
FLAG TO WHERE WE ARE NOW WITH 34
LAPS REMAINING.
GREEN FLAG FLEW AND EARLY ON,
THERE WAS BUMPING AND BANKING AT
THE STOP AS ALLI OWENS GOES
TO THE INSIDE AND SLIDES
SIDEWAYS.
AND THEN ED KENNEDY GOT A
FEW OTHER CARS AND A COUPLE
OF GUYS GETTING BY THAT RYAN
FISCHER HIT THE INSIDE WALL OF
THE 25 CAR.
HERE'S THE BIG ONE RIGHT HERE.
KYLE KRISILOFF TRIES TO GET BACK
IN LINE.
HE DOESN'T HAVE THE ROOM.
HE'S GOING TO CREATE A LOT
OF HAVOC FOR SCOTT SPEED AND
MARIO GOSSELIN AND A WHOLE BUNCH
-- A WHOLE BUNCH OF CARS.
>> BRYAN SILAS IS INVOLVED.
>> WE HAD A ABOUT A DOZEN CARS
IN THAT.
22 CARS WITH A LOT OF DAMAGE.
SOME OF THE CARS STAYED ON THE
RACETRACK.
>> THE MOST RECENT CAUTION FLAG,
JACK BAILEY BRINGING THAT OUT.
>> THAT BROUGHT OUT OUR MOST
RECENT CAUTION, THE FIFTH
CAUTION OF THE DAY.
THAT'S WHY WE ARE UNDER THIS
CAUTION.
WE ARE ABOUT TO GO BACK TO GREEN
FLAG RACING, BUT JOINING US IN
THE BOOTH, WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME
MICHAEL McDOWELL.
NOW SECOND IN THE POINTS A
YEAR AGO IN THE ARCA RE/MAX
SERIES.
ARE YOU GLAD YOU ARE IN
THE BOOTH INSTEAD OF ON THE
TRACK.
>> IT KILLS ME TO BE UP HERE,
BUT SINCE THAT BIG WRECK, I'M
GLAD THAT I WAS STANDING FROM
THE SPOTTER STAND.
SOME INTERESTING STUFF HAPPENING
FOR YOU WITH MICHAEL WALTRIP
RACING.
YOU ARE GOING TO GO FOR
THE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.
>> YES, AN UNBELIEVABLE
OPPORTUNITY.
IT IS A LITTLE CONFUSING, BUT
THE GOOD NEWS IS I CAN DO SOME
CUP RACING.
A NEW DIVISION OF AARON'S JUST
SIGNED ON TODAY, ACTUALLY.
SO LOOK FOR THAT 00 TOYOTA
CAMRY NEXT WEEK.
>> YOU KNOW BEING MICHAEL, WE
TALKED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
SHOW OF HOW IMPORTANT THIS RACE
IS FOR YOUNG GUYS AND WHETHER
THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE GOAL
OF RUNNING FOR THE
CHAMPIONSHIP OR MAYBE JUST
THIS ONE RACE.
HOW IMPORTANT WAS THIS RACE FOR
YOU LAST YEAR, STARTING
YOUR FULL SEASON HERE WITH
EDDIE.
>> WELL, DAYTONA IS REALLY
SPECIAL.
IT'S ONE RACE WHEN YOU ARE
IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP, YOU HAVE TO
GET THROUGH THIS ONE RACE.
YOU ARE SIDE BY SIDE FOR SO
LONG.
YOU JUST HAVE TO GET THROUGH
THIS FIRST RACE AND MAKE SURE
YOU START THE SEASON OFF RIGHT.
>> ABOUT TO GO BACK WITH
GREEN FLAG RACING.
WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOUR INPUT.
BOBBY GERHART OUT IN FRONT OF
THE FIELD, AT DAYTONA.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HEARD A
LOT OVER THE PAST SIX, SEVEN
YEARS.
BUT THE PROBLEM THAT
BOBBY GERHART FACES IS HE HAS
A BIG HOLE IN THE FRONT END OF
THAT RACE CAR, JUST OVER THE
LEFT FRONT WHEEL.
THERE'S A GAPING HOLE AS WE
SEE DEXTER BEAN QUITE A FEW
LAPS TRYING TO GET BY BOBBY
GERHART.
>> THAT CAR GOES WITH HIM AND IT
LOOKS LIKE HE WILL LINE UP
WITH HIM IS THE -- A LITTLE SIDE
ACTION GOING ON THERE.
REMEMBER THE 28 CAR OF MICHAEL
ANNETT, THEY DECIDED TO STAY OUT
ON THE RACETRACK.
THEY DID NOT COME DOWN PIT ROAD.
THAT'S THE CAR THAT
ONE TALLADEGA LAST OCTOBER.
>> GOOD TRADEOFF.
>> BOBBY GERHART THAT HE HAS
SOME WORRIED ABOUT THE
RIGHT SIDE WINDOW UNDER
GROWN AND THE FRONT DAMAGE MADE
HIS CAR NOT AS PERFECT, NOT
AS DRIVABLE AS IT WAS.
HE SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S
HOPE FOR THE BETTER FINISH, THE
BEST FINISH WE CAN GET OUT OF
THIS.
IF THEY GET BY ME, THEY CAN GET
BY ME.
>> I WOULDN'T COUNT HIM OUT.
>> I WOULDN'T COUNT HIM OUT.
>> WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO
HERE.
>> IF THEY DECIDE RIGHT NOW
THAT THEY CAN'T RUN WITH THESE
GUYS, OR CAN'T PASS THESE GUYS,
THEY MAY DECIDE IF WE CATCH
ANOTHER CAUTION FLAG TO
COME DOWN PIT ROAD AND REPAIR
THAT DAMAGE AND TRY TO TAKE
THEIR CHANCES THERE.
WENDY, WHAT IS GOING ON ON PIT
ROAD?
>> DURING THAT LAST CAUTION, WE
WERE HEARING THE VOICE OF THE
SPOTTER FOR MICHAEL ANNETT, CARL
MILLER.
HE WAS SAYING DON'T FORGET THE
INDIAN CHOP.
THAT'S THE SIGN FOR THE 99 RICKY
STENHOUSE.
THOSE TWO ARE OUT FRONT NOW
WHAT A GAME PLAN AND IT WORKED.
>> HAND SIGNALS?
WE ARE STARTING TO SEE SOME
SORT OF HAND SIGNALS GOING ON
HERE?
THEY CALL THEM SOMETHING?
I THOUGHT IT WAS ANY OF
GUYS WANT TO COME WITH ME.
>> I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT.
THE GUYS WE RACE WITH, I
WOULD BE AFRAID TO GIVE THEM THE
CHOP.
>> MATT CARTER IS IN THE 46.
THAT RIGHT SIDE WINDOW DID LOOK
LIKE IT WAS CHATTERING A BIT.
IF THAT IS AN ISSUE AND
THE RIGHT SIDE WINDOW COMES OFF,
HE WILL BE REQUIRED TO COME
ON TO PIT ROAD.
>> I THINK THEY ARE PROBABLY
HOPING FOR ANOTHER CAUTION
FLAG SO THEY CAN GET DOWN ON PIT
ROAD AND REPAIR THAT RIGHT SIDE
WINDOW AND THE DAMAGE TO THE
LEFT FRONT CORNER OF THAT CAR.
>> DEXTER BEAN IN THAT 37
THAT WE ARE RIDING ALONG WITH.
HE'S RIDING TWO LAPS DOWN.
HE HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS
EARLIER.
HE'S 15 LAPS DOWN FROM THE
LEADER.
>> YOU CAN SEE PATRICK SHELTRA
BEHIND HIM.
>> THEY SHOULD SLIDE IN THERE
AND SOMEHOW THAT THING CAME OUT
OF THAT TRACK.
>> IF I WAS DEXTER RIGHT NOW, I
WON BE IN THAT GROUP.
I WOULD BE FAR ENOUGH BEHIND
IT THAT IF SOMETHING WHO HAPPEN,
I COULD CAPITALIZE ON IT.
HE HAS NOTHING TO GAIN BY
BEING IN IT.
>> HE'S PROVEN THAT HE HAS
A FAST RACE CAR.
WE KNOW THAT NOW.
THERE'S SOME BUMP DRAFTING
GOING ON WITH PATRICK SVEHLA.
THERE'S A RISK/RE -- SHELTRA.
>> THERE'S A RISK/REWARD FACTOR.
>> YES.
>> DEXTER BEAN, 15 LAPS DOWN,
BUT YOU HAVE SOME GOOD PICTURES
OF WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE.
PATRICK SHELTRA RUNNING IN
THE THEIR SPOT.
RICKY STENHOUSE HOLING ON TO
SECOND.
OUR LEADER HERE AT DAYTONA IN
>>> UNDER CAUTION FOR THE SIXTH
TIME THIS EVENING.
THIS TIME IT WAS A CAR THAT WAS
LOOKING VERY STRONG AFTER HE HAD
COME OFF OF PIT ROAD.
THAT'S THE 65 OF JUSTIN MARKS.
HE WAS RUNNING SECOND
AND PROBLEMS ENSUED.
>> I THINK IT WAS EITHER HIM OR
PATRICK --
>> PATRICK SHELTRA.
>> ONE OF THEM GOT TO WIGGLING A
LITTLE BIT AND JUST OFF OF
TWO, IT'S EASY TO GET IN
TROUBLE.
>> THERE WAS VERY LITTLE CONTACT
WITH THE INSIDE WALL THERE.
>> YEAH.
>> HE HAD A GREAT RUN GOING.
HE WAS DOING A NICE JOB.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE
TO THAT K & N FORD.
YOU CAN SEE HE GOT UP INTO THE
OUTSIDE WALL.
>> WENDY VENTURINI.
>> THE 99 OF RICKY STEP HAAS HAS
EXTENSIVE DAMAGE ON THE RIGHT
SIDE.
-- STENHOUSE HAS EXTENSIVE
DAMAGE ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
HE SAID HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY
BRAKES.
IT'S AN UNFORTUNATENING FOR
THE ROUSH FENWAY DEVELOPMENT
DRIVER.
>> THAT'S THE SECOND CAR THEY
HAD OUT ON THAT RACETRACK AND
THE SECOND CAR THAT THEY HAD
SOME EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO.
>> RICKY WAS INVOLVED IN A
PRACTICE CRASH YESTERDAY.
HE WAS DOING A GREAT JOB.
HE WAS UP IN THE TOP FIVE.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN SEE
WHAT HAPPENED ON THIS
INCIDENT COMING OFF TURN
NUMBER TWO HERE.
>> THIS IS VINNY CHASTAIN.
>> THAT'S BEHIND.
>> THAT'S BEHIND.
IT LOOKS LIKE HE MADE SOME
CONTACT WITH THE OUTSIDE
BARRIER.
>> HE WILL SLIDE INTO WHAT
WILL TAKE PLACE IN FRONT OF HIM.
YOU CAN SEE THE SMOKE THERE.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE'LL TAKE A
LOOK AT WHAT TOOK PLACE UP
FRONT.
SHELTRA GETS LOOSE AND
MAKES CONTACT WITH THE 65 OF
JUSTIN MARKS.
YOU CAN SEE THE 99 MAKING
SOME CONTACT WITH THE
OUTSIDE WALL THERE.
THERE'S MATT CARTER ON
THE OUTSIDE RIGHT UP AGAINST THE
WALL AND JUSTIN MARKS
AND PATRICK SHELTRA BOTH
SPIN DOWN THROUGH THE INFIELD.
IT LOOKS LIKE JUSTIN WAS ABOUT
TO GET THE THING STRAIGHTENED
OUT.
HE'S HEADED TOWARDS THE INSIDE
WALL.
HERE COMES BOBBY GERHART ON PIT
ROAD, JIM.
>> A WINDSHIELD TEAR OFF.
THEY WANT TO FIX THE RIGHT SIDE
WINDOW.
BOBBY GERHART HAS THE TIME.
YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE UP
CLOSE ON THE LEFT FRONT OF
THE LUCAS OIL CHEVY.
THEY WILL ALSO FIX THAT.
THEY WILL FIX THE RIGHT SIDE
WINDOW AND TAKE THE
WINDSHIELD OFF AND FOUR TIRES.
WHAT THEY ARE MOST
CONCERNED ABOUT IS BOBBY
IS ASKING HOW MANY CARS ARE
ON THE LEAD LAP AND BILLY
SAYS WE CAN GET BACK INTO THIS,
GUYS.
RIGHT NOW THEY ARE PUTTING A
PIECE OF TAPER THAT HAS A
PIECE OF TIN IN IT.
IT'S A THIN PIECE OF METAL,
BUT THEY ARE TRYING TO PROTECT
THAT RIGHT FRONT NOSE ON BOBBY
GERHART'S CHEVY.
THEY MAY HAVE A CHANCE TO
WIN THIS THING AND MAKE THEIR
WAY THROUGH, SINCE THERE ARE SO
FEW CARS ON THE LEAD LAP.
>> YOU CAN'T COUNT THE 5 CAR
OUT.
I THINK HE WILL GET OUT THERE.
WITH NOT MANY CARS ON THE LEAD
LAP.
THEY WILL GET BACK TO THE FRONT.
IT'S SUCH A STRONG CAR.
>> I WASN'T TOO SURE IF
THEY WOULD BE A PLAYER UNTIL
THEY REPAIRED THIS DAMAGE.
NOW I THINK THEY ARE.
AND THERE'S THE 46 OF MATT
CARTER.
WE SAW HIM MAKE A LITTLE BIT OF
CONTACT TRYING TO AVOID
PATRICK SHELTRA AND JUSTIN
MARKS.
IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE TOO
MUCH DAMAGE AS THEY PUSH THE
99 OF RICKY STENHOUSE,
JR., BEHIND THE WALL.
>> THE 46 OF MATT CARTER
ACTUALLY HAS A LOT OF DAMAGE
ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE.
YOU CAN SEE ALL THE DAMAGE
ON MATT CARTER'S MACHINE IS ON
THAT LEFT-HAND SIDE.
SO HE JUST MADE HIS WAY BACK OUT
ON THE TRACK.
WE WILL SEE IF HE WILL COME DOWN
PIT ROAD.
WE WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER UPDATE.
>> A LOT OF BODY DAMAGE.
YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE LEFT FRONT
TIRE.
HE HAD A HOLE IN THE RIGHT FRONT
OF THAT CAR BECAUSE HE RAN
INTO THE BACK OF JUSTIN MARKS
BUT THAT LOOKS MINOR COMPARED TO
THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS CAR.
>> AND EVERYTHING IS RELATIVE.
THAT HOLE IS NOT THAT BIG OF A
DEAL NOW.
>> WE THOUGHT IT WAS.
>> YEAH.
>> BUT AS IT TURNS OUT,
IT'S REALLY NOT.
>> THE SIXTH CAUTION OF DAY
AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN UP TOWARDS
>>> WHAT A ROMANTIC LOOK AT
THE SUN SETTING.
WHEN YOU THINK OF ROMANCE, YOU
THINK OF VALENTINE'S DAY.
WHAT'S HAPPENING ON VALENTINE'S
DAY, THE GATORADE DUEL HERE ON
SPEED.
>> I WONDERED HOW YOU WERE
GOING TO GET VALENTINE'S
AND ROMANCE INTO THE DUELS.
>> THERE'S NOTHING ROMANTIC IN
THERE.
>> JIMMIE AND SOME OF THE
GUYS ARE SCARY AND NOT ROMANTIC.
>> I THINK THAT'S MORE ROMANTIC
THAN THE GATORADE DUEL.
>> YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT ON
SPEED.
BE THERE!
>> AND YOU DON'T WANT TO
MISS NASCAR RACE DAY.
THAT WILL LEAD INTO THE BUD
SHOOTOUT, WHICH WILL TAKE
PLACE LATER ON THIS EVENING.
MICHAEL, I TELL YOU WHAT, YOU
HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF RACING UP
HERE.
WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING UP AND
CHATTING WITH US.
I'M SURE YOU WANTED TO SEE
SOMETHING EXCITING UP HERE.
>> THERE'S BEEN PLENTY OF
EXCITEMENT.
NOT A LOT OF RACING BUT
IT'S BEEN GREAT.
THE ARCA RE/MAX SERIES IS A
GREAT PLACE TO RACE.
>> DO YOU FEEL THIS IS WHERE YOU
GOT YOUR OPPORTUNITY?
>> OH, ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S AMAZING THAT 12 MONTHS AGO,
I WAS DRIVING AN ARCA CAR,
AND NOW I'M DRIVING A CUP
CAR FOR MICHAEL WALTRIP.
>> YOU WENT FROM ROAD RACING
TO THE ARCA SERIES.
I MEAN, VERY LITTLE OVAL RACING
BEFORE THAT, RIGHT.
>>> EXACTLY.
I DROVE FOR ROUSH FINLAY.
AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
GO STOCK CAR RACING AND JUST
GREAT EQUIPMENT AND GREAT CARS.
THAT WAS MY FIRST YEAR AROUND
OVALS AND RACE CARS.
AN UNBELIEVABLE EXPERIENCE.
>> THE THING THAT I WAS PROUD OF
AND IMPRESSED WITH, YOU HAD THE
EXPERIENCE FROM RACING IN
GENERAL TO KNOW THAT YOU HAD
TO BE THERE WITH YOUR FENDERS
ON AT THE END OF THE RACE.
>> YES, THAT'S A BIG THING,
ESPECIALLY HERE AT DAYTONA.
THE START OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
YOU JUST HAVE TO FINISH THIS
OFF AND FRANK KIMMEL, HE'S
FOURTH.
HE STARTED WAY AT THE BACK
AND THIS IS HOW HE WINS
CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> WHO IS THAT 52 CAR
RUNNING THIRD THERE.
>> LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT IT.
EVERY TIME THERE'S BEEN
A HIGHLIGHT REEL, HE'S BEEN IN
THE MIDDLE OF IT AND LET'S
HOPE THINGS KEEP GOING.
>> I THINK WE SHOULD TALK
ABOUT BILL BAIRD.
BILL BAIRD IS THE MOST RECENT
CHAMPION OTHER THAN FRANK
KIMMEL AND THAT HAPPENED BACK IN
1999.
>> 1999!
BILL BAIRD RAN ONE
CHAMPIONSHIP THAT YEAR.
AND CAME DOWN AND TESTED A CAR A
LITTLE BIT LAST -- DECEMBER FOR
THE ARCA TEST.
I'M TALKING DECEMBER OF '06 AND
SAYS, HEY, I WANT TO RUN DAYTONA
AGAIN.
WE TOOK HIM AND HE RAN 11th.
WE BROUGHT HIM A LITTLE BIT
BETTER CAR AND NOW HE'S BACK
IN THE YELLOW CAR AGAIN.
>> HE HAD A COUPLE OF
INCIDENTS THAT CERTAINLY COULD
HAVE COLLECTED BILL AND
COLLECTED A LOT OF OTHER CARS.
WE ARE GETTING READY TO RESTART
THIS RACE AS THEY COME OFF
TURN NUMBER TWO.
THERE'S THE LUCKY DOG,
J.R. HEFFNER IN THE 39 CAR.
>> HE GETS THE AARON'S LUCKY
DOG.
AGAIN, NEW TO THE ARCA SERIES.
THEY GET A LAP BACK.
HE GETS ONE LAP BACK.
QUITE A FEW OF THESE CARS
ARE MULTIPLE SLAPS DOWN.
>> JUSTIN ALLGAIER.
I THINK THERE'S SOME INFO.
>> YES, HE HAS A CAR.
THIS IS ONE OF NINE CARS
THIS CAR BROUGHT FROM HALL OF
FAME RACING.
THAT'S MAYBE WHY IT LOOKS
FAMILIAR.
BUT JUSTIN HAD A GREAT CAR
ALL DAY LONG.
THEY HAD SLIGHT RIGHT SIDE
DAMAGE.
THEY PUT FOUR CARS ON IT,
AND THE CAR HAS BEEN GREAT
SINCE.
IT STARTED OUT A LITTLE BIT
MORE THAN HE THOUGHT.
HE HAS SEVERE SUNBURN,
HEAT STROKE, SPENT SOME TIME IN
THE HOSPITAL.
HE WANTED TO COME OUT AND
HAVE SOME QUIET TIME BEFORE THE
RACES.
HE DID IT A LITTLE TOO HARD IN
THE SUNSHINE.
I DON'T THINK THERE WILL BE
ANY PATS ON THE BACK WHEN
JUSTIN GETS OUT OF HIS CAR,
NO MATTER WHERE HE FINISHES.
>> NOW, JUSTIN IS ONE OF
THOSE PEOPLE THAT REALLY
MAKES ME FEEL -- I REMEMBER
WHEN JUSTIN WAS BORN.
AND BEEN AROUND HIM HIS WHOLE
LIFE.
HIM AND HIS DADDY, MIKE AND
MOM DARCY, THEY ARE
JUST EXCELLENT PEOPLE.
REALLY GOOD PEOPLE AND THEY HAVE
DONE A GOOD JOB OF RAISING THAT
BOY.
>> I WAS WORKING FOR TRAVIS
AT THE TIME.
I WAS WITH TRAVIS THE DAY
THAT MATT WAS BORN, ABOUT 26
AND A HALF YEARS AGO.
>> GREEN FLAG BACK OUT AS
THE ARCA 200 CONTINUES AT
DAYTONA.
THE FRONT OF THE FIELD IS
MICHAEL ANNETT.
CAN MICHAEL ANNETT MAKE IT TWO
IN A ROW ON THE SUPER SPEEDWAY.
HE'S LOOKING TO ADD TO HIS
WIN COLUMN HERE AT DAYTONA THIS
EVENING.
>> MICHAEL HAS AN AWFULLY STRONG
CAR.
YOU CAN SEE JASON ALLGAIER.
HE WILL TUCK IN BEHIND DEXTER
BEAN.
KEEP AN EYE ON THAT LUCAS CAR.
LET'S SEE HOW STRONG THAT CAR
IS.
HE'S BEEN FINISHING STRONG
HERE FOR YEARS.
>> YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN WHERE BOBBY GERHART
IS COMPARED TO OUR LEADERS.
>> WE HAVE A LOT OF RACE TO GO.
WE HAVE 21 LAPS TO GO HERE.
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN HERE AT
DAYTONA.
>> WE SAW THAT IN FIVE LAPS WHAT
COULD HAPPEN.
>> REMEMBER DARIO FRANCHITTI,
HE HAD TROUBLE ON PIT ROAD.
ALL OF DAMAGE REPAIRED THEY DID.
HE'S IN THE LEAD LAP RUNNING
EIGHTH WITH THAT PATCH.
>> DARIO FRANCHITTI THE
ONLY OTHER ARCA RE/MAX
START FINISHING 17th.
HE'S LOOKING TO IMPROVE ON THAT.
>> THERE'S THE 1 CAR OF TOM
HESSERT.
HE LEAD THIS GROUP.
HE WILL LEAD THE BACK UP ON THE
OUTSIDE.
THAT'S THE STANLEY CAR.
LANDON CASSILL ON THE
OUTSIDE AND DARIO FRANCHITTI
IN THE FASTENNAL DODGE.
>> THEY RACE DOWN THE BACK
STRETCH AND INTO THREE.
DARIO FRANCHITTI LOOKS AS
THOUGH HE WILL DECIDE ONCE HE
COMES OUT OF FOUR WHICH LINE
HE WANTS TO PICK.
>> AWAS THE 72 CAR OF DAWAYNE
BRYAN.
HE HAS A LOT OF DAMAGE FROM THAT
BIG ONE WE HAD COMING OFF
TURN NUMBER FOUR.
YOU CAN SEE ALL THE DAMAGE.
HE'S ON THE LEAD LAP, RUNNING
IN THE TOP 10 RIGHT NOW.
MICHAEL, WHAT DO YOU
REMEMBER ABOUT THIS RACE
WHEN YOU WERE RUNNING IT IN
A YEAR AGO.
>> I REMEMBER HOLDING THE WHEEL
REAL TIGHT BECAUSE YOU
NEVER KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO
COME NEXT.
NOW THE PACK IS SPREAD OUT
A LITTLE BIT.
BUT WHEN YOU GET TWO, THREE
WIDE, IT GETS PRETTY BUSY OUT
THERE.
WE LOST A LOT OF GOOD CARS OUT
THERE, BUT STILL A LOT OF
RACING TO GO.
THEY HAD A GREAT RUN AT
TALLADEGA.
WE SAW A LOT OF THAT 28 UP
FRONT THERE AS WELL.
>> I TELL YOU, THAT 5 CAR OF
BOBBY GERHART IS ALSO MAKING HIS
WAY TOWARDS THAT LEAD DRAFT.
THERE YOU SEE BOBBY RIGHT THERE.
HE'S CAUGHT THE BACK OF THAT
LEAD DRAFT.
THAT'S DAWAYNE BRYAN, THE 72 ON
THE INSIDE LINE.
CASSILL AND DARIO FRANCHITTI
ON THE OUTSIDE.
>> THEY ACTUALLY LOST TOUCH A
LITTLE BIT WITH THAT FRONT PACK
OF SIX CARS.
REMEMBER, ONE OF THOSE
CARS BEING THE LAPPED CAR OF
DEXTER BEAN.
>> IF THEY STAY IN A LINE, IT
WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT
FOR THESE GUYS RUNNING TWO BY
TWO TO CATCH UP TO THEM.
>> RUNNING TWO BY TWO.
JUST AS WE SAY THAT, THE
GUYS SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING
AND THEY GET IN A SITUATION
WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT
BE EASIER TO -- MIGHT BE
EASIER TO GET IN LINE.
IF THEY CAN'T GET IN LINE
AND MAKE IT HAPPEN, THEN THEY
NEED TO WORRY ABOUT
RACING AMONGST THEMSELVES BUT
THEY WILL COMMIT TO TRY TO
RUN THEM DOWN TO SEE IF THEY CAN
GAIN.
>> THAT'S DAWAYNE BRYAN,
AND BOBBY GERHART, LANDON
CASSILL.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE CLOSING
THE GAP A LITTLE BIT.
>> I WANTED TO GIVE YOU
AN UPDATE OF THE MAKEO FORD.
THEY PITTED ON LAP 45.
THEY GOT THE CAUTION THEY NEEDED
WHILE LEADING AND I WENT BACK
TO ANDY BELMONT AFTER.
I SAID HOW CLOSE WERE YOU?
ALL HE DID WAS GRIN.
THEY WERE VERY, VERY CLOSE TO
RUNNING OUT OF FUEL.
THEY ARE NOW BACK IN THE
HUNT, GUYS, RUNNING FIFTH.
>> A LOT OF GUYS IN THE HUNT
WHEN YOU START ELIMINATING
QUITE A FEW IN THIS FIELD.
>> THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A
-- THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A
LOT MORE IN THE OPPORTUNITY.
I MEAN, WE STILL -- WE
DON'T KNOW IN THAT GROUP WHO
IS GOING TO WIN AND WITH
THE CARS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN
OUT, THAT'S WHY IT JUST BECOMES
SO COMPETITIVE THAT YOU
CAN'T JUST LABEL THESE
RACES THIS GUY'S RACE OR THIS
GUY'S RACE ANYMORE.
>> I'M REALLY SURPRISED WITH ALL
THE DAMAGE THAT THE 72 CAR,
DAWAYNE BRYAN HAS.
BOBBY GERHART IS OKAY
WITH STAYING BEHIND HIM.
>> RIGHT.
>> TO TRY TO RUN DOWN THIS.
YOU SEE THEM GOING TO THE
OUTSIDE, MAYBE TRYING TO MOVE TO
THE OUTSIDE OF TOM HESSERT.
>> THEY CAUGHT THAT PACK OF
SIX THAT WE TALKED ABOUT
EARLIER.
THAT LINE HAS MOVED UP THERE.
NOW WE WILL SEE IF THEY
WILL MOVE BY OR BIDE THEIR
TIME FOR A FEW MORE LAPS
UNTIL WE GET MAYBE INSIDE OF 10
LAPS.
>> WELL, I THINK WE MAY -- I
THINK THEY MADE UP THEIR MIND.
>> DIDN'T TAKE VERY LONG, DID
IT AS THEY MOVE TO THE OUTSIDE.
LOOKING TO MAKE THE PASS, BUT
NOW DUCKING BACK IN BEHIND THAT
NUMBER 1.
>> FRANK KIMMEL RIGHT THERE IN
THE 44.
HE COMPLAINED ABOUT AN
ILL-HANDLING CAR IN PRACTICE
AND THEN QUALIFIED POORLY.
42nd WAS THE QUALIFYING
RECORD AND THEN GOT IN ON
THE CHAMPION'S PROVISION.
>> COMING UP NEXT,
"NASCAR RACEDAY," PRIOR TO
THE BUD SHOOTOUT.
WE WILL HAVE TO DECIDE THIS
RACE HERE AT DAYTONA
FIRST BEFORE WE CAN GET TO
"NASCAR RACEDAY."
WE HAVE A BIG, LONG LINE.
THAT CAR RUNNING IN SECOND IS
DEXTER BEAN AND HE'S SOME 15
LAPS BEHIND.
HE'S NOT A CONTENDER FOR THIS
WIN, BUT HE CERTAINLY COULD --
>> HE'S ROLLING.
>> HE COULD BE A FACTOR.
>> DEFINITELY A FACTOR.
>> MICHAEL ANNETT, KIMMEL
IS FOURTH AND DAWAYNE BRYAN HAS
BEEN ABLE TO CATCH UP AND IS IN
THE FIFTH SPOT.
>> WENDY VENTURINI.
>> MICHAEL ANNETT IS TRYING TO
HOLE HIS OWN RIGHT NOW.
NOW HIS PARTNER IS SUPPOSED TO
BE FRANK KIMMEL WHO IS RUNNING
FOURTH.
BUT EVERYONE IS HOLDING
THEIR LINE, SINGLE FILE, 65 LAPS
IN THE BOOK, BUT I THINK WITH 10
TO GO, YOU WILL SEE THOSE
DANCES STARTING AND EVERYONE
WILL START.
MICHAEL ANNETT IS IN THE LEAD
AND HE'S LOOKING FOR
FRANK KIMMEL TO BE HIS BEST BUD.
>> FRANK KIMMEL, HE'S
RUNNING BEHIND ANOTHER DODGE.
THE DODGES SHOULD TEAM UP, NOT
TO TRY TO HELP THE TOYOTA UP
FRONT.
>> I THINK BOTH OF OUR
DODGES ARE PRETTY MUCH MAXED OUT
RIGHT NOW AND I THINK MOST
OF THOSE GUYS RIGHT NOW ARE
LOOKING FOR A WHITE FLAG, A
CHECKERED FLAG.
SO WE'LL JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
>> NOTICE THE TAIL FOR DAWAYNE
BRYAN AND FRANK KIMM
.
>>> WE HAVE SOME SUCCESS WITH
THE MICHAEL ANNETT.
AND BOBBY GERHART AND HE PICKS
AWAY AT HIS COMPETITION.
>> HE DOVE TO THE OUTSIDE AND
HAS A LITTLE HELP FROM LANDON
CASSILL.
AND A SHOOT OUT FOR SECOND AND
LET THESE GUYS CHALLENGE EACH
OTHER AND WE SEE THAT WAY OUT
IN FRONT AND DO THAT ON HIS
OWN.
THAT WILL CATCH HIM AND WHAT HE
DOES IS DOESN'T WANT WHEN HE
GETS TO HIM TO HAVE THE
MOMENTUM BY HIM.
>> YOU KNOW LANDON CASSELL IS
SITTING BACK THERE AND THAT'S
THE CAR JEFF GORDON RACED LAST
JULY AND HE WAS SCHEDULED TO
RACE IT IN TALLADEGA LAST FALL
AND THIS REALLY TRULY IS
BRANDON'S SUPER SPEEDWAY RACE
AND THEY SEEM HAPPY WITH HIS
PERFORMANCE TODAY.
>> DO A LOT OF THE NATIONWIDE
SERIES THIS YEAR AND FROM JR
MOTORSPORTS AND BRIGHT FUTURE
FOR LANDON CASSILL.
>> A LOT OF THINGS TO AVOID ON
THE RACETRACK AND NOW, LOOKS TO
WORK WITH OR WORK BY THAT 44 OR
NINE TIMES CHAMPION FRANK
KIMMEL.
HE IS WITH GREAT COMPANY.
BOBBY GERHART AND NOW LANDON
WILL DRIVE TO THE OUTSIDE AND
SEE IF HE CAN DO SOMETHING WITH
THE 9-TIME CHAMPION.
>> WE WILL SEE THEM RUN TWO BY
TWO AS BOBBY GERHART MADE A
MOVE AND CASSILL MADE A MOVE
AND STILL MICHAEL AND ANNETT
AND TRYING TO GET BY AND THERE
IS TOM AND AND THE FIRST TRIP
TO I DO AND THEN FRANK KIMMEL.
>> THEY COME TO THE TRIAL AND
IT WILL BE SEVEN LAPS OF RACING
TO GO AND THEY ARE SPREAD OUT
AND PUT SOME DISTANCE BETWEEN
EACH OTHER.
SO, I THINK WE ARE GOING TO SEE
SOME BIG RUNS COME AT THE END
OF THE RACE.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE THE 28 CAR AND
SO STRONG BECAUSE THE
16th CAR AND MICHAEL WAS ABLE
TO PULL OUT IN THE LEAD AND HE
HAS THE CAUTION.
AND GETTING THOSE GUYS WITH A
BIG RUN AND HAVE MOMENTUM.
>> IF HE CAN KEEP FOUR, FIVE
CAR LENGTHS BEHIND AND NOT GET
A RUN, HE IS IN GREAT SHAPE.
>> WE SAW THE DAYTONA 500 WHERE
KEVIN HARVICK WAS ABLE TO GET
ON THE OUTSIDE AND LOSE BY
ABOUT A BUMPER AND NOW MICHAEL
ANNETT HAS TO WORRY ABOUT SLING
SHOT PASSED HIM.
>> HE HAS GOOD EXPERIENCE AND
IN SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS AND
THE SAME EXACT CAR HE WON WITH
AT TALLADEGA.
AND NO ONE WAS ABLE TO DO
ANYTHING WITH HIM AND RIGHT
NOW, HE IS DOING THE SAME
THING.
RUNNING THE TYPE LINE AND NOT
ALLOWING ANYONE TO GET IEWNDER
NEATH HIM.
>> BOBBY GERHART MADE A MOVE
AHEAD OF FRANK KIMMEL AND AND
LANDON CASSILL.
AND DWAYNE BARRETT AND BAKER IS
NINTH AND AT THE TOP IS DARIO
FRANCHITTI.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TOP
EIGHT CARS, EVERYONE HAS A
LITTLE BIT OF DAMAGE HERE AT
IT.
>> DON'T WANT TO GET A HUGE RUN
AND HAVE THEM GUY BY
THEMSELVES.
I THINK.
>> MICHAEL, YOU ARE RIGHT.
HE NEEDS IT TO GUARD AGAINST
MOMENTUM.
MOMENTUM IS YOUR FRIEND OR
ENEMY, WHEREVER YOU ARE SITTING
THERE.
AND ALL THE CARS HAVE HAD SOME
DAMAGE AND THAT'S WHY HE IS SO
STRONG AND EVERYONE ELSE IS SO
INVOLVED AND AT LEAST IN ONE OR
TWO OF THE INCIDENTS AND YOU
DRAG EACH OTHER DOWN AND WITH
THE DAMAGE, YOU GET THE AIR ON
THE BROKEN NOSE.
AND THEN SOME OF THE OTHER CARS
SLOW YOU DOWN AND GET SINGLE
FILE HERE.
THEY WILL GET THE RUN ON THE
28.
>> POSED TO MAKE A RUN AND
GERHART CHOMPING AT THE BIT AND
MADE A COMMENT TO THE CREW
CHIEF BILL GERHART AND SAID WE
WILL GET THE BEST WE CAN GET.
RIGHT NOW I AM THINKING THAT IS
THE FOUR WINS AT DAYTONA AND
THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING
AT.
>> BOBBY GERHART IS BEHIND THE
WHEEL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW
TO WIN THE RACE AND HE IS THE
GUY TO DO IT.
>> WE HAVE FOUR LAPS TO GO AND
TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE PACK
AND YOU ARE NOT GOING TO WIN IT
AT SEVENTH LIKE LANDON CASSILL
AND HE MAY BE WIDE OPEN AND NO
MOMENTUM AND HE HAS NO HELP
FROM BEHIND HIM.
MICHAEL ANNETT IN FRONT OF HIM
AND LIKE YOU SAID THEY ARE NOT
GETTING A BIG MOMENTUM ON HIM.
>> INSIDE OF THREE HAPPENS OF
RACING.
JUSTIN ALLGAIER RUNS IN 28th.
>> ABOUT HAVING THE CAR TO RUN.
WE DON'T FOCUS ON DAYTONA.
AND WE CAN SPEND OUR BUDGET AND
BE HAPPY TO COME DOWN WITH A
TOP 10 AND THESE GUYS ARE
PUMPED.
>> NASCAR VIEWERS WILL HAVE TO
WAIT A FEW MORE MINUTES.
AND FOR THE VICKTY AT THE ARCA
RE/MAX SERIES AND HE CAME OFF A
WIN IN TALLADEGA AND THIS IS
THE SAME ONE HE WON WITH AND
MICHAEL ANNETT IS TRYING TO
MAKE IT TWO WINS.
HERE AT DAYTONA T GUYS?
>> 5 MILES REMAINING.
TWO LAPS HERE AT DAYTONA
INTERNATIONAL RAISEWAY AND TWO
CAR LENGTHS BETWEEN MICHAEL
ANNETTAND JUSTIN ALLGAIER.
>> THAT IS HAMPERING HIS CAR
AND ALLGAIER IS DOING A GREAT
JOB.
>> GREAT RUN FOR MICHAEL ANNETT
AND COULD HE MAKE IT TWO BACK
TO BACK WINS AND AT TALLADEGA
AND NOW A WIN AS DAYTONA.
WHAT A HUGE BOOST TO THIS YOUNG
MAN'S CAREER AT THESE HALLOWED
GROUNDS AND INTO THE TRIAL.
AND ONE LAP OF RACING FOR
MICHAEL ANNETT.
>> HE WOULD LOVE NOT TO SEE A
CAUTION FLAG AND RESTART WOULD
CHANGE EVERYTHING AND HE WANTS
TO SEE IT GO CLEAN AND THEY
HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO CLOSE UP
ANY CLOSER THAN TWO OR THREE
CAR LENGTHS.
BOBBY GERHART MOVES A HALF LINE
UP AS HE GOES INTO TURN ONE AND
TWO AND ON TO THE BACK STRETCH
WHO MOVES ON TO THE OUTSIDE TO
TRY TO CATCH MICHAEL ANNETT HAD
THEY DON'T HAVE IT AND HE MAY
GET THE SECOND RE/MAX ARCA WIN
HERE AND STARTING IN ROW
NUMBER 2, 3rd SPOT OUT OF
TURN NUMBER 4.
BOBBY GERHART MOVES TO THE
OUTSIDE AND CAN'T CATCH HIM AND
MICHAEL ANNETT, WILL WIN AT
DAYTONA.
>> SUPER JOB.
AND THAT ENTIRE RACING TEAM AND
NUMBER 2.
TWO RESTRICTED RACES IN A ROW
WITH HIM.
MICHAEL ANNETT OUT OF DID HE
DID DEMEINES,
EYE WITH A AND HE GETS
.
>>> COMING UP NEXT IT IS NASCAR
RACE DAY ON SPEED.
WE ARE WAITING FOR THE
CELEBRATION TO CONTINUE FOR THE
28 TEAM AND MICHAEL AND ANNETT
CLAIMING A WIN AND MAKES THE
HARD LEFT TURN AND TOWARD
VICTORY LANE AT DAYTONA.
WHAT AN AMAZING THING FOR SOME
YOUNG MAN TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY.
>> TO GO TO VICTORY LANE IN
DAYTONA AND I WASN'T FORTUNATE
ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO DO IT.
AND GREAT DAY, GREAT EVENING.
>> HE PULLS INTO VICTORY LANE
AND LOOK AT OWN OFFICIAL
RESULTS.
BILL BAIRD AND BOBBY GERHART
AND FRANK KIMMEL.
>> AND LANDON CASSILL AND
DAWAYNE BRYAN AND DARIO
FRANCHITTI.
>> PRETTY GOOD FINISHES.
PATRICK SHELTRA ENDED UP 15 AND
THAT IS THE SIXTH CAUTION.
CONTINUE ON WITH THE UNOFFICIAL
RESULTS.
AND STEN HOUSE JUNIOR.
A TOUGH NIGHT FOR HIM AND MARKS
ENDS UP IN 25th.
AND AND IN VICTORY LANE MICHAEL
ANNET OUT OF THE CAR.
>> FROM THE SHORT TRACKS OF OF
IOWA, AND TWO FOR TWO AT BILL
DAVIS RACING.
>> WHAT IS THE MAGIC FOR YOU
TWO OF TWO SUPER SPEEDWAYS,
MICHAEL.
>> IT IS THE CARS THEY PUT
UNDERNEATH ME AND IT AS
PRIVILEGE TO DRIVE THEM.
>> YOU HAD A LOT OF GUYS BEHIND
YOU.
>> ANY WORRY WHEN YOU GOT THE
CUSHION AT THE END.
>> I CAN'T THINK ENOUGH AND MY
FAMILY AND WE HAVE SOMEONE HOME
AT THE HOSPITAL SICK.
AND I CAN'T THANK HIM ENOUGH.
>> AGAIN IN VICTORY FOR THE
FIRST TIME AT DAYTONA.
GUYS?
>> YOUNG MIDWESTERNER ABLE TO
MAKE IT TO VICTORY LANE IN
DAYTONA.
AND DRIVING WITH AN OPEN-WHEEL
BACK IN THE MIDWEST.
AND BILL DAVIS THERE STANDING
RIGHT BEHIND HIM.
HE IS A HAPPY CAR OPENER RIGHT
NOW.
TOYOTA IN VICTORY LANE.
WILL THIS BE INDICATIVE OF
OTHER THINGS LIKE IN THE CUP
SERIES.
>> IT IS A GREAT STABLE.
AND MAYBE UP TO THE FRONT.
>> MICHAEL, THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US.
PHIL PARSONS AND ALL THE ARCA
RE/MAX SERIES AND THIS ONE WON
BY MICHAEL ANNETT FROM DAYTONA.