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>> THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL LOOSE.
YOU DON'T NEED TO HEAR SKINNER
TALK BECAUSE YOU CAN HEAR HIM
WORKING HIS FOOT.
>> THERE IS JEFF AND HIS WIFE
ANGIE.
WHAT A TERRIFIC SEASON THEY HAVE
HAD.
NOW RON HORNADAY HAS TO STAY
ON THE RACETRACK.
>> NOW WE ADOPT A DIFFERENT
STRATEGY, MICHAEL.
ALL HE HAS TO DO IS STAY ON
THE RACETRACK BECAUSE HE
SEES THIS GOING ON RIGHT HERE.
>> NOW, THE TRUCK THAT HADN'T
MADE PIT STOPS YET, KYLE BUSCH
LEADING THE RACE.
JACQUES.
THOSE GUYS PITTED UNDER LAP 14
CAUTION, PHIL, NOW THEY HAVE GOT
A BIG BREAK.
KRISTA?
>> IT COULD BE IN KYLE
BUSCH'S FAVOR NOW.
A LITTLE BIT OF
CONFUSION GETTING THE RIGHT
AIR PRESSURE FOR BUSCH BUT THEY
THINK THEY CAN GO THE DISTANCE.
>> WE WILL COME TO PIT
ROAD UNDER THE GREENS WITH THE
CAUTION FLAG OUT.
SAVING FUEL AND PITTING
UNDER THE CAUTION.
MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO HELP
THE HANDLING OF THEIR
RACETRACKS AT LAP 76.
>> THE IMPORTANT THING
TO REMEMBER WAS RON HORNADAY --
REMEMBER, NOW, MIKE SKINNER
CAME INTO THIS RACE WITH A
29-POINT LEAD.
IF EITHER OF THESE GUYS HAVE
TROUBLE, IT'S THREE POINTS PER
POSITION.
RON HORNADAY WOULD HAVE TO BEAT
MIKE SKINNER BY TEN
POSITIONS BECAUSE NEITHER ONE
OF THESE DRIVERS HAVE LED THE
RACE.
>> A LAP BACK.
LUCKY DOG.
WE WILL BE BACK WITH A
>>> WELCOME BACK TO
MIAMI CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND.
RON HORNADAY CAME BACK TO PIT
ROAD TO PUT A LITTLE SPLASH
OF FOOD IN IT.
THEY FELT THEY WERE TOO CLOSE
ON THEIR WINDOW TO MAKE IT
TO THE END AND THEY SAY THEY ARE
GOING TO GO THE DISTANCE NOW.
MEAN WHILE MIKE SKINNER'S
NUMBER 5 TRUCK SITS BACK IN
THE GARAGE AREA AND
THEY CONTINUE TO WORK ON IT.
NOW, THEY ARE TRYING TO CHANGE
THE LEFT REAR HUB ON THIS TRUCK.
NOW, BASICALLY THERE WERE
TWO WHEEL STUDS THAT WERE BROKEN
ON THERE AND THE CENTER CAP
MISSING.
AS YOU SAID, PHIL, WE SAW
THAT WHEEL COME LOOSE.
THAT WILL DO THAT.
BUT TWO BROKEN STUDS.
HAVE TO REMOVE THE ENTIRE HUB.
THEY HAVE GOT THEIR CRASH CART
ON HERE.
ONE OF THE TRUCK CHIEFS IS
WORKING ON IT.
JEFF RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE
AND THEY WILL TRY TO MAKE
REPAIRS TO MIKE SKINNER'S
TUNDRA BUT HORNADAY CAME TO PIT
ROAD SO THEY CAN BE SURE TO HAVE
ENOUGH GAS TO MAKE IT TO THE
END.
>> I SAID EARLIER NEITHER ONE
OF THESE GUYS HAS LED, SO
THIS IS NOT OVER.
JON WOOD LET HIM TAKE OVERT
FRONT SPOT.
RON HORNADAY HAS TO BEAT MIKE
SKINNER BY AT LEAST 12 POSITIONS
IN THIS RACE IN ORDER TO PASS
HIM.
AND MAY I TELL YOU, PHIL, IN THE
MIDDLE OF THAT, THAT'S RON
HORNADAY.
HE CAME AND GOT EXTRA GAS.
NOW IS HE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC.
THESE GUYSES CRASH HE COULD BE
IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
IT IS NEVER OVER UNTIL YOU
GET TO THE END OF THIS THING.
>> THAT'S WHY SKINNER'S TEAM IS
WORKING SO DILIGENTLY TO GET HIM
BACK ON THIS RACETRACK IN CASE
THE 33 HAS PROBLEMS.
>> I THINK RIGHT NOW THAT
RON HORNADAY HAS TO HAVE A
COMPLETE DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVE FOR THIS RACE
THAN HE DID EARLIER.
RIGHT NOW HE NEEDS TO STAY
AWAFROM ALL THESE TRUCKS.
LET THEM GET SINGLE FILE THEN
MAYBE PICK THEM OFF ONE AT A
TIME.
TRYING TO STAY ON THE LEAD
LAP IS ALL HE HAS TO DO.
>> JACQUES VILLENEUVE GOT
TURNED AROUND AND INTO THE WALL.
OUR THIRD CAUTION OF THE NIGHT
COMES OUT.
AND IT LOOKS AS THOUGH RON
HORNADAY, OUR
CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENDER MAKES IT
THROUGH.
>> AND HE CAN BREATHE AGAIN AS
WELL.
>> THAT HAPPENED IN FRONT OF
HIM.
LIKE YOU SAID, PHIL,
SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT JUST SAY I
THINK I WILL GO TO THE BACK.
THAT'S ALL I NEED TO DO.
I WILL GO TO THE BACK AND I
WILL HANG OUT, STAY ON THE
LEAD LAP, THEN ANALYZE
WHAT SKINNER DOES WHEN HE COMES
TO THE PIT.
YOU CAN SEE HE JUST GETS
LOOSE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
TRAFFIC.
UP AGAINST ANOTHER TRUCK.
THE THING SPUN OUT.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN TAKE A LOOK.
WE WILL GET A GOOD TIGHT SHOT OF
JACQUES THERE.
LOOK FOR RON HORNADAY, SEE IF
WE CAN SEE HIM.
THERE IS THE 10 OF DAVID.
LOOKS LIKE HE WAS ALREADY AHEAD
OF THAT.
>> GREAT NIGHT BUT GOING DOWN
HILL QUICKLY.
>> TWO FROCKS OUT OF THE FIELD
NOW.
SKINNER BATTLING TO GET
>>> WELCOME BACK.
THE CHAMPIONSHIP PICTURE WAS
CLOUDY A FEW MOMENTS AGO.
IT'S CLEARING UP A BIT.
>> THIS IS THE RESULT OF A GUY
THAT HAD MADE A PIT STOP
UNDER THE GREEN AND SOME OF
THE LEADERS HADN'T AND SO HE
WORKED HIS WAY UP INTO THE TOP
10.
>> WHAT IS GOING ON WITH
SKINNER?
>> THEY HAVE THE REPAIR DONE
ALREADY.
THEY HAVE CHANGED THE HUBS, HAVE
THE BRAKE CALPERS ON NOW.
THEY WILL DROP THE LEFT SIDE
OF THE TRUCK THEN RAISE THE
RIGHT SIDE TO CHANGE TIRES OVER
THERE AND YOU WILL SEE THAT
THEY ARE COMING IN TO MAKE
SURE THEY GET EVERYTHING
TORQUED DOWN REAL GOOD THIS TIME
AND THEY WILL BE READY TO
SEND SKINNER BACK TO THE
RACETRACK.
NOT SURE HOW MANY RACE LAPS
HE HAS LOST.
BUT WITHIN 35 SECONDS HERE THEY
WILL BE READY TO GET HIM BACK ON
TRACK.
>> RAY
ACTION
>> HOW ABOUT THAT LEFT REAR
TIRE COME OFF?
THEY NEVER CHANGED THAT
TIRE DURING THE RACE.
HE CHANGED RIGHT SIDES ONLY AND
THAT LEFT REAR TIRE
OBVIOUSLY CAME OFF.
SO WAS THE WHEEL NOT TORQUED
AT THE START OF THE RACE OR DID
THEY HAVE A PROBLEM?
WE HAVE HAD SOME PROBLEMS WHERE
THE LUG NUTS DIDN'T HAVE THE
RIGHT TAPER OR THE WHEEL HOLES
HOLES FOR THE LUG NUT SEAT
DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH.
>> THAT'S THE QUESTION THEY ARE
ASKING.
DID YOU TORQUE THE WHEELS?
BUT WHEN YOU'RE RACING FOR A
CHAMPIONSHIP, WE SAW SKINNER
BE CONSERVATIVE ON THE TRACK.
HE WASN'T TAKING ANY CHANCES.
WHEN HE HAD A TIRE THAT HE FELT
WAS FLAT HE SAID RIGHT REAR,
HIS TEAM SAID WHEN HE STOPPED,
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH
THE TIRES.
MY BRAIN WAS THINKING WHAT IF
THE WHEEL IS LOOSE.
SAFEST THING TO DO.
WHEN YOU'RE RACING FOR
A CHAMPIONSHIP AND YOU HAVE A
29 OPINION POINT LEAD WHEN THE
RACE STARTS YOU HAVE TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF EVERY CAUTION
THAT YOU CAN.
>> THE DAMAGE WAS DONE BECAUSE
HE WAS MAKING AN UNSCHEDULED PIT
STOP ANYWAY.
WHY NOT CHANGE FOUR TIRES.
YOU'LL STILL ONLY BE ONE LAP
DOWN.
YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN IN EXACTLY
THE SAME SITUATION AS THEY WERE.
I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY A
MISCUE NOT CHANGING FOUR
TIRES AND A BIT HIM.
>> IT'S EASY TO LOOK BACK
AND SAY THAT, BUT THE LONGER
THAT THE TRUCKS RUN UNDER GREEN
AND THE MORE THAT LEFT REAR
TIRE WOBBLED BACK THERE ON THE
WHEEL STUDS IT FINALLY
JUST BROKE EVERYTHING DOWN
THERE AND SENT HIM TO THE
GARAGE.
>> REMEMBER, WE GOT A REPORT
THAT HE STILL FELT THE VIBRATION
AND THEY HAVE WON A NUMBER
OF LAPS AFTER HE CHANGED RIGHT
SIDE TIRES AND HE STILL FELT THE
VIBRATION.
>> THE 100th RACE TONIGHT, THEY
WANTED TO CELEBRATE THE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> WE ARE READY.
>> KYLE BUSCH IS GOING TO
MAKE IT THREE OUT OF THE
LAST FOUR RACES GOING TO VICTORY
LANE.
HE LEADS AS THE GREEN FLAG
FLIES ONCE AGAIN HERE AT
HOMESTEAD.
>> DO YOU SEE THEM FAN
OUT BEHIND HIM.
ALL THOSE GUYS ARE DESPERATE.
THEY WANT TO GET BACK IN THE
FIGHT.
WE ONLY HAVE SOME 12 TRUCKS
ON THE LEAD LAP.
SO THEY KNOW IF THEY CAN GET A
LAP BACK THEY KNOW THEY CAN
HAVE A GOOD FINISH NAIVETE.
>> I SAW RON
HORNADAY
>> NUMBER 22.
WE SEE 3 AND 4 WIDE THROUGH THE
CORNERS HERE IN HOMESTEAD-MIAMI.
THAT'S RON HORNADAY ON
THE INSIDE OF A THREE-WIDE
BATTLE.
>> I HAVE SEEN THEM --
>> THAT'S RON HORNADAY RIGHT ON
THE BOTTOM.
MAKING A SPOT.
>> SOMETIMES YOU DON'T WANT TO
DEVIATE FROM YOUR GAME PLAN AND
RON HORNADAY'S GAME PLAN
EVER SINCE HE SHOWED UP RACING
TRUCKS HAS BEEN HAMMER DOWN.
66.
>> RON HORNADAY RIGHT NOW NEEDS
TO COMPLETE 38 LAPS.
HE NEEDS TO MAKE SURE HE GETS
INSIDE.
RIGHT NOW MIKE SKINNER IS WITH
36.
>> WE WATCHED SKINNER RALLY FOR
TOP PLACE ALL THE WAY UP
INTO THE TOP 20.
>> HE IS LAST AGAIN.
CAN HE RALLY AGAIN AND ***
THIS CHAMPIONSHIP FROM RON
HORNADAY.
DARNELL ON THE INSIDE AND TED
MUSGRAVE ON THE OUTSIDE.
>> TERRY COOK DRIVING THAT 59
TRUCK.
JIM HARRIS BROUGHT TWO TRUCKS
HERE.
THEY WILL GET A HEAD START
ON NEXT YEAR.
247th CONSECUTIVE SERIES START
TONIGHT.
>> FINISHING IN THE TOP 10
IN POINTS AND HAS
MADE CONSECUTIVE STARTS.
>> DIBBING INTO THE MIDDLE THERE
IS THE FORD OF TRAVIS KVAPIL.
>> KYLE BUSCH OUR LEADER.
>> WE HAVE SEEN THESE TRUCK
RACES ON SPEED TURN INTO CRASH
FESTS AT SOME POINT LATE IN THE
GOING.
THESE GUYS KNOW THESE RACES ARE
SHORT SO THEY ARE -- MAYBE
THEIR PATIENT FOR 40 OR 50
LAPS BUT IT IS TIME TO GO AND
WE ARE IN THAT WINDOW NOW.
THERE IS NO TELLING HOW THIS
-- THE QUESTION OF NOT ONLY
THIS RACE BUT THE
CHAMPIONSHIP COULD CHANGE OVER
THE NEXT 40, 50 LAPS.
>> 40 LAPS.
>> 45 LAPS TO GO.
KYLE BUSCH STILL IN FRONT.
SCORED 13.
>>
>> OUT IN FRONT
>>> HE'S DRIVEN AROUND RICK
CRAWFORD.
HE GOT UP BESIDES KYLE BUSCH
AND RAN OUT OF ROOM ON THE TOP
SIDE.
WE KNOW HE LOVES THE TOP SIDE.
>> KYLE HAS BEEN RUNNING HIGH.
HE'S RACING BRENDAN GAUGHN.
>> CRAWFORD HAS A GREAT TRUCK.
HE'S RUNNING THIRD SPOT IN THE
14 DOWN AT THE BOTTOM.
KYLE BUSCH JUST LOST THE LEAD
TO KEVIN HARVICK.
RIGHT DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE
RACETRACK.
>> KEVIN HARVICK IN FRONT.
HERE COMES THE 77 OF BRENDAN
GAUGHN.
BUSCH BACK ON THE HIGH SIDE
TRYING TO TAKE THE LEAD BACK.
>> BRENDAN KNOWS THINGS
ARE GETTING SERIOUS.
HE LOOKED UP AND HERE'S DAVE
BLANEY ON HIS REAR END.
HE KNOWS HE HAS TO FIGURE OUT A
WAY AROUND BUSCH BEFORE
BLANEY PUTTING HIM OUT OF
POSITION.
>> THAT WOULD BE AMAZING.
AS GOOD A TRUCK AS BRENDAN
HAS IF DAVE BLANEY GOES BY
HIM AND THE CAUTION GOES OUT,
HE WOULD NOT GET IT BACK.
>> Reporter: BRENDAN HAS A VERY
GOOD TRUCK AND HE KNEW IT COMING
IN.
HE FINISHED SECOND.
HE SAID AFTER THE TEST IN
JANUARY, THEY KNEW THEY FOUND
SOMETHING.
THE CREW CHIEF HAS
MOTIVATION FOR WINNING HERE.
HE'S FROM HOMESTEAD.
YES, I SAID HOMESTEAD.
NOT JUST MIAMI.
HE WENT TO SOUTH DADE HIGH
SCHOOL.
>> HOW BIG WOULD THAT BE?
>> BRENDAN IS SAYING WHAT THE
HECK!
I'M ON THE LEADER'S BUMPER.
WHO IS THIS LEADER BESIDE ME.
I GOT A GUY WANTING TO BEAT ME
UP FOR IT.
>> BRENDAN TRYING TO RACE HIS
WAY BACK ON THE LEAD LAP.
IT'S STILL KYLE BUSH IN FRONT
OF THE FIELD.
AMAZING THINGS HAVE TAKEN
PLACE AS WE COMPLETED 97 LAPS OF
RACING.
>> DAVE DIDN'T GET THE THROTTLE.
HE KNEW HE WOULD GET LOOSE
UNDERNEATH KEVIN HARVICK.
>> LOOK AT THIS BATTLE FOR THE
LEAD.
WE ONLY HAVE 37 LEADS.
SOME OF THEM ARE --
>> THE BRIGHT YELLOW TRACK, HE
WANTS TO GET UP THERE AND
RACE THAT 27 IN THE 22.
THREE WIDE IN THE BACK.
>> SKINNER IS HOPING FOR
TROUBLE.
>> HORNADAY WOULD LOVE TO SEE
GREEN FLAG RACING.
HE KNOWS HE CAN MAKE IT ON FUEL.
HE MADE A QUICK STOP UNDER
THE LAST CAUTION.
HE CAME IN AND TOPPED OFF
ON FUEL JUST TO GIVE HIM
A LITTLE BIT OF SECURITY.
>> I THINK IF WE DON'T
GO GREEN-WHITE CHECKER, I
THINK HE CAN MAKE IT THE REST OF
THE WAY.
I REALLY BELIEVE THEY WILL ALL
BE ABLE TO MAKE IT THE REST OF