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IS CONTENDERS FROM A YEAR AGO
PLAN >>> WELCOME BACK TO THE
CHEVY SILVERADO 250, COMPLETED
4 LAPS, ON LAP NUMBER 49,
CLOSING IN ON THE HALFWAY POINT
OF THIS 250-MILE RACE.
MICHAEL, REMEMBER THAT TRUCK
THAT KYLE BUSCH WAS HAVING SO
MUCH TROUBLE DRIVE SOMETHING
WELL, HE'S CAUGHT IN THE DRAFT
RIGHT NOW, UP IN 7TH POSITION.
>> FIGURE OUT HOW TO DEAL WITH
IT.
>> LOOKED LIKE HE HAD TO
STAY DOWN ON THE BOTTOM OF
THE RACETRACK TO GIVE THAT TRUCK
ENOUGH ROOM THERE.
WHEN HE MOVED UP HIGHER, THEN
HE DID VICE PRESIDENT AS MUCH
ROOM, THAT THING WOULD START
BOUNCING.
>> REALLY MAKES YOU WONDER HOW
--
>> THERES IS AGAIN, BOTTOMED
OUT.
>> MAKES YOU WONDER HOW THEY
WERE DEALING WITH IT WHEN IT
WAS THREE WIDE OUT HERE.
HE DIDN'T CAUSE ANY
PROBLEMS THAT I SAW, AND HE
CAN'T EVEN HARDLY DRIVE HIS
TRUCK.
>> A LOT OF THESE YOUNG
GUYS RUNNING OUT THERE.
GUYS WITH NOT A LOT OF
EXPERIENCE, BUT RUNNING CLOSE
TO THE FRONT OF THE TRACK.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
DID A GREAT JOB FINISHING UP
IN THE TOP 5.
DID A GREAT JOB.
>> RAY DUNLAP, WHAT'S GOING ON
WITH TODD?
>> WELL, HE IS VERY, VERY LOOSE.
HE'S BEEN ON THE RADIO A
LOT, AND ASKING THE 99 TO
BACK OFF A LITTLE BIT.
THE SPOTTERS TALKING TO
HIM, THEY'RE TELLING THE 99 AND
THE 9 THAT THEY'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO BE READY TO MAKE A MOVE
IF CODD GETS BACK LOOSE, AND
THE -- IF TODD GETS BACK LOOSE.
AND THEY ARE SAYING ON THE
RADIO SOMEBODY MUST BE
WRONG WITH TODD, BECAUSE
OUR SPEEDS ARE REALLY SLOWING
DOWN.
>> YOU CAN TELL PEOPLE ARE
STARTING TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.
HE'S HOLDING THEM UP, PEOPLE ARE
DUCKING OUT OF LINE, TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT A LINE TO TAKE.
>> IT'S LIKE WHO WILL GO WITH
ME.
IF I GO TO THAT OUTSIDE
LINE, WHO IS GOING TO GO WITH
ME.
>> I DON'T THINK HE'LL TAKE
LONG TO DECIDE.
I THINK HE'LL GO ANYWAY, WHETHER
ANYBODY GOES WITH HIM OR NOT.
OH, WE'VE GOT SIDEWAYS.
>> UNBELIEVABLE HOW LOOSE
IT LOOKS -- --
>> --, AND TODD IS THERE AGAIN.
IT ABOUT TURNED HIM IO THE
WALL.
>> WE TALK ABOUT THESE TRUCKS
ALL THE TIME.
THEY DON'T LIKE TO BUMP DRAFT.
APE THE INSIDE, TODD BOW DINE
MOVES OUT.
HERE COMES JOHNNY BENSON
WITH THEM AS WELL.
>> GROWING UP HIGH HERE, GOT
TO PUT IT INTO THE THROTTLE
A LITTLE BIT BIT.
HE HAS TO BACK OUT FOR HIM.
>> YOU SEE WHEN HE THROTTLES
THAT, ABLE TO PULL OUT IN
FRONT OF TOM A LITTLE BIT.
TODD WORKS BACK IN THE LINEUP.
THAT WILL TIGHTEN HIS TRUCK UP,
BILL.
WHEN HE WAS OUT FRONT, ALL
OF THE AIR WAS PUSHING DOWN
ON THAT NOSE, MAKING THOSE TIRES
VERY POSITIVE 37 NOW HE HAS
THE AIR BROKE.
OFF THE FRONT OF IT.
THAT WILL DRIVE BETTER.
SHOULD SUIT HIM BETTER.
>> IT WILL CAKE SOME OF THAT AIR
OFF THE NOTES, PUT SOME MORE
BACK ON THE TO TAIL, AND
HOPEFULLY COME THAT TR-BG
TRUCK DOWN FOR US?
>> LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENED TO
KYLE.
HE'S FIGHTING THAT THING,
GETTING SIDEWAYS, AND HIS
TEAMMATE IS GOING TO GET RIGHT
UP BEHIND HIM, AND ALMOST TURN
HIM INTO THE OUTSIDE WALL RIGHT
THERE.
WHAT A GREAT SAVE.
>> OH, MAN.
WHAT A HANDFUL FOR KYLE BUSCH.
>> YOU ALMOST LOSE THE TRUCK
ON YOUR OWN, THAT'S BAD ENOUGH,
AND THEN YOUR TEAMMATE GIVE USE
BUMP DRAFT AND TURNS YOU HEAD
ON INTO THE WALL.
>> PROBLEMS WEST IN THE 20.
WE HEAR IT'S BRINGING OUT A
CAUTION.
>> SURE ENOUGH.
>> LOOKS LIKE A RIGHT FRONT
TIRE COULD HAVE GONE DOWN.
>> GOT A CAUTION.
COME WORK ON THAT TRUCK.
KYLE BUSCH I GUARANTEE IS HAPPEN
HAPPY.
>> OH, MAN, YOU SAW THE
NUMBER 20, YEAH, TOOK A HARD
DRIVE.
HE ITS CUT THAT TIRE DOWN OR --
THERE HE GOES RIGHT THERE.
HE WAS WAS RIDING AROUND, IN
GREAT SHAPE PRESIDENT THAT
FORD, HAD A GOOD SHOT AT THE TOP
10 FINISH.
CAR GOES DOWN INTO THE OUTED
WALL.
>> AND THAT'S QUITE A CLIMB
AGAIN, 38-DEGREE BANKING IN
THE CORNERS HERE, SO HE WAS
GOING UP HILL TRYING TO FIGHT
THAT THING TO KEEP IT OFF THE
WALL.
>> HE WAS ALONG FOR THE RIDE AT
THAT POINT, RICK.
THOSE TIRES BLOW LIKE THAT, AND
YOU FEEL AS HELPS AS YOU'VE
EVER FELT IN YOUR WHOLE LIFE.
YOU TURN THE STEERING
WHEEL LEFT, AND IT GOES RIGHT.
>> FRUSTRATING NIGHT FOR QUITE A
FEW DRIVERS HERE TO START OFF
THE 2008 SEASON.
>> WHO WOULD BE THE HUCKY DOG?
-- THE LUCKY DOG?
>> IT WOULD BE SPRAGUE.
>> IT'S GOOD TO SEE LARRY
GET BACK ON THAT LEAD LAP.
>> HE IS HAVING A GOOD RUN.
>> GETTING THE FREE PASS.
LARRY FOYT, THE NUMBER 31.
SO LARRY GET WILL GO BACK ON THE
LEAD LAP.
THAT WILL MAKE IT 21 TRUCKS
ON THE LEAD LAP.
23 TRUCKS STILL BEING
STORED ONNY RACE TRACK.
THERE ARE FIGHT A FEW TRUCKS
IN THE GARMENT RIGHT NOW, AND
THEY ARE DOING RYE PAIRS ON
THEIR TRUCKS TO SEE IF THEY
CAN GET OUT AND LOG SOME
MORE LAPS HERE AT DAYTONA.
MICHAEL, I THINK THEY'RE
COMING IN, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> I KNOW THEY ARE.
THESE CREW CHIEFS ARE WANTING TO
SEE WHAT THEIR TRUCKS HAVE RIGHT
NOW.
>> THE SLIGHT GROWN, THE PIT
ROAD ENTRANCE IS OPEN, AND HERE
COMES THE FIELD.
AND ADAM ALEXANDER, ROOKIE
JUSTIN MARKS CURRENTLY RUNNING
WELL.
TODD BODINE HAS BEEN HELPING HIM
IN THE DRAFT.
HE SAID HE 9 TRUCK IS TIGHT.
FOUR TIRES AND FUEL THE CALL
FOR THE ROOKIE AS HIS PIT
STOP COMING AT LAP 55.
>> DARNELL, THEY'RE GOING TO GET
FOUR TIMES, BUT NO ADJUSTMENT.
ON THE BOTTOM, A COUPLE OF
ROUNDS ON JOHNNY BENSON'S TRUCK.
HE HAS THE PITT FURTHER DOWN.
WE'LL SEE WHO -- BENSON SAID
IF YOU CAN GET ME OUT FRONT, WE
CAN WIN THIS RACE.
>> LOOKS LIKE DARN SELL GOING
TO COME OUT IN FRONT OF THE
FIELD.
JOHNNY BENSON MAKES HIS WAY OUT
THERE.
JOHNNY MITCHELL VERY CLOSE
CALL AS HE COMES UPON HIM
IN THAT NUMBER 15.
REST OF THE FIELD COMING OFF
OF PIT ROAD.
GOING TO BE HOWARD.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK
>>> WELL COME BACK.
DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY.
>> GETTING READY FOR A RESTART,
JUST PAST HALFWAY.
PHILIP AND JUSTEN, MARK
MITCHELL IS UNDER THE TOP 10.
WON GOOD THINK ABOUT WHEN SOME
OF THE STARS CRASH, IT GIVES
OTHER GUYS A CHANCE TO SHINE,
AND DON'T BE SURPRISED IF THEY
PUSH THEIR WAY TO BE PART OF THE
FINISH HERE AT THE END.
>> DARNELL HAS BEEN VERY, VERY
STRONG.
HE DROVE BY TORNADO BODINE TO
TAKE THE LEAD.
>> AND ANOTHER THING YOU NEED
TO WATCH, THAT 51 TRUCK, IT
LOOKED LIKE IT NEEDED
MAJOR REPAIRS ON A PIT STOP.
DRIVE RIGHT BACK OUT ON THE
RACETRACK.
THEY DIDN'T DO A WHOLE LOT
TO KYLE'S TRUCK.
YOU CAN BET ON THAT.
THEY'RE COMING THROUGH THE
BACK STRETCH INTO TURN NUMBER 3,
INTO THE TRI-OVAL, AS THEY COME
BACK TO THE START/FINISH LINE.
SEARCH STAYING IN LINE.
HE IMMEDIATE THE COMMENT
EARLIER THAT HE WISHED
DARNELL WOULDN'T RUN HIM
SO FLOSS, BECAUSE HE GET VERY
LOOSE AND ALMOST READY TO WRECK.
THERE'SED TO BODINES TRUCK RIGHT
THERE.
>> THAT'S MARKING AT ITS BEST
THERE.
>> BUILDING THEN AIR PLEASURENY
TIRES.
STILL BOTTOMING OUT.
YOU CAN SEE KYLE'S TRUCK STILL
BOUNCING VIOLENTLY, BUT HE'S
HANGING ON TO IT.
>> WE RODE AROUND FOR A FEW LAPS
LIKE THIS EARLIER, AND
THEN SOMEBODY DECIDED I
DON'T WANT TO FOLLOW THE GUY OUT
FRONT.
I'M GOING TO MAKE A POSSIBLE
OUTSIDE, AND THAT'S WHERE WE END
UP WITH PROBLEMS ONCE AGAIN.
>> A LOOSE TRUCK FOR KYLE BUSCH.
WE TALKED ABOUT KEMP
HARVICK INCORPORATED, AND HOW
IN THE EXPECTATIONS WERE SO
HIGH.
>> WATCH THAT.
AT THE JACK SPRAGUE RIGHT THERE.
THE LAST TRUCK -- --, HE
WASN'T THE LAST TRUCK, BUT THEN
RON HORNADAY HAS PROBLEMS DOWN
THERE.
>>> WHAT'S GOING ON THE GARAGE,
ADAM >> ?
THE CREW CHIEF FOR
HORNADAY TRYING TO DETERMINE
MAT THE PROBLEM MIGHT BE.
RON HORNADAY IS SITTING
PATIENTLY BEHIND THE WHEELS.
DO YOU GUY IS KNOW WHAT IT IS,
RON?
>> WHAT A BLAST.
THESE GUYS?X$AVE DONE AN AWESOME
JOB WITH THE CHEVROLET.
EVERYBODY, IT'S JUST -- IT'S
FUN.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THIS THING
BACK OUT.
THERE.
IT'S BEEN A GOOD TRUCK.
>> AN OPTIMISTIC ATTITUDE
FROM DEFENDING CHAMPION RON
HORNADAY.
>> NOT A VERY GOOD PUT STOP FOR
THE 23 BUNCH, AND I WAS
WONDERING IF IF THEY HAD A
PROBLEM DOWN THERE, AND GUESS
WHAT?
IT WASN'T ANY OF THE CREW
MEMBERS, BUT THESE OIL IN JOHNNY
BENSON'S PIT.
WHEN HE PUT ON THE THROTTLE,
COULD NOT GET THE CAR GOING,
AND WHILE HE WAS SPINNING, FOUR
OUTER CARS PASSED HIM.
SO JOHNNY WENT BACK TO 8TH
IN THE RUNNING ORDER.
HE SAID PATIENCE WILL BE THE
ORDER OF THE DAY NOW.
WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME LEFT
FOR HIM TO WORK HIS WAY BACK UP
TO THE FRONT.
>> I THINK THOSE GUYS ARE
GOING TO HAVE TO WORK ON THAT
THING.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
MIKE SKINNER CLIMBING BACK
INTO HIS TOYOTA TUNDRA.
>> ASK SITTING RIGHT BESIDE HIM
IS RON HORN ADAY SAYING DID
YOU SEE THAT?
I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY FIXED THAT
TRUCK.
LIKE YOU SAID, BILL, THOSE 6
ON 8 OR 10 TRUCKS THERE, IF HE
CAN GET BACK OUT THERE, HE'LL
PICK UP SOME POINTS.
>> TODD BODINE CONTINUING TO BE
ALL OVER THE BUMPER OF DARNELL,
WHO STILL LEADS THE FIELD.
>>> HE HAS TO REACH AT
LEAST MINIMUM SPEEDS TO STAY ON
THE RACETRACK, ONCE THEY
FIB THAT TRUCK.
I BELIEVE THEY BAN DAMAGED THAT
TRUCK, ABOUT THE BEST YOU COULD
SAY ABOUT THE 88.
>> AND THE BEST HOPE YOU
HAVE WHEN YOU'RE IN THAT SHAPE,
TO REACH MINIMUM SPEED, IS TO
FALL?
BEHIND THE DRAFT SOMEWHERE.
HE'S HOPING IT'S AT LEAST FAST
ENOUGH TO CLING ON TO THESE
GUYS FOR A LITTLE BIT.
>> LOOKS LIKE HE MAY BE ABLE TO
DO THAT, BUT HE DOESN'T WANT
TO GET IN THE WAY OF THE TRUCKS
RACING ON THE LEAD LAP.
>>> THAT'S A TERRIBLE
FEELING BECAUSE OUT THERE
LIKE MATT, S.
BUT WHEN THERE'S A LOT OF
ADRUGS, YOU WANT TO BE THAT GUY.
WOW WANT TO BE THE FIRST ONE TO
GET YOUR TRUCK FIXED AND GET
OUT THERE AND GET THOSE POINTS.
AT THE END OF THE YEAR, YOUR --
>> OH, TROUBLE.
AND WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE
13, DOWN ON THE APRON.
NICE SAVE!
NO CAUSE.
HE WAS ON THE INSIDE OF
ANOTHER TRUCK, LOST THE AIR OF
THAT SPOILER, TURNED COMPLETELY
SIDE WAYS, DROVE DOWN THE APRON
AND SAVED IT.
>> BEAUTIFUL SAVE.
>> WATCH HIM.
NIECE THAT SILVER TRUCK,
LEADING THAT SECOND PACK ON THE