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>> JUST ABOUT AN HOUR WEST OF
THE DETROIT, THE MOTOR CITY,
YOU'LL FIND A FAVORITE VACATION
DESTINATION CALLED THE IRISH
HILLS OF MICHIGAN.
IT'S ALSO THE SPOT WHERE ONE OF
THE MOST COMPETITIVE TWO-MILE
OVALS IN NASCAR HISTORY WAS
BUILT CALLED MICHIGAN
INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY.
WE WELCOME YOU BACK TO OUR
COVERAGE OF THE CARFAX 250 AT
MICHIGAN, STOP NUMBER 25 OF 35
ON THE $50 MILLION NASCAR BUSCH
SERIES TOUR.
IT'S 16 TIMES THE NASCAR BUSCH
CARS RAN HERE DATING BACK TO
1992 WHEN JEFF GORDON SAT ON THE
POLE AND TODD BOW DINE WON IT.
TIME TO GET PARTY STARTED,
DRIVERS ARE BUCKLED UP.
LET'S GO DOWN TRACKSIDE FOR THE
COMMAND.
>> RACE FANS, TIME FOR THE MOST
FAMOUS WORDS IN MOTORSPORTS,
PLEASE WELCOME BACK YOUR GRAND
MARSHAL FROM SMASHMOUTH, STEVE
HARWELL.
>> MICHIGAN, YOU READY TO ROCK
'N' ROLL?
I SAID, ARE YOU READY TO ROCK
'N' ROLL?
>> GENTLEMEN, START YOUR
ENGINES!
>> THE ENGINES HAVE FIRED IN 43
OF NASCAR'S FINEST ARE SET.
AND ROCK 'N' ROLL FOR 250 MILES,
125 LAPS AT MICHIGAN
INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY.
WHEN WE RETURN, WE'LL VISIT WITH
THE DRIVER OF THE HOLIDAY INN
CHEVROLET, JEFF BURTON, WHO WON
THE RACE ON THE POLE HERE IN
1998, WANTS TO GET WIN NUMBER
>> IT IS AN OVERCAST DAY HERE IN
MICHIGAN, UNSEASONABLY COOL FOR
THE DOG DAYS OF AUGUST, JUST 68
DEGREES, IN THE 40s WHEN WOKE UP
THIS MORNING, PERFECT DAY FOR
RACING FOR THE DRIVERS AND FOR
THE FANS.
EARLIER WE SHOWED YOU CARL
EDWARDS HOLDS A COMMANDING LEADS
IN DRIVERS STANDINGS, BUT ONLY
HALF THE STORY.
THE OWNERS BATTLE FOR POINTS.
ROUSH HOLDS A SLIM 41-POINT
ADVANTAGE OVER CHILDRESS, NUMBER
29, SHARED BY SCOTT WIMMER ARN
JEFF BURTON.
ONE HAS TO WONDER IF JEFF BURTON
IN 29 IS EYEING THAT
CHAMPIONSHIP FOR HIS OWNER
RICHARD CHILDRESS.
WHY DON'T WE ASK HIM?
HE'S OUR IN RACE REPORTER.
>> RUSTY WALLACE OF ESPN, YOU
GOT US?
>> I GOT YOU, RUSTY.
>> JEFF, EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU YOU
ALWAYS RUN GOOD HERE BUT ONE
THING ON YOUR MIND HAS TO BE THE
OWNERS POINTS, ONLY 41 POINTS
OUT FOR YOUR RICHARD CHILDRESS
TEAM OVER CARL EDWARDS.
ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT IT?
>> WE THINK ABOUT IT WINNING THE
CHAMPIONSHIP BUT WHAT'S ON OUR
MIND IS WINNING EVERY WEEK.
THAT'S THE THING THAT WILL GET
US THE MOST AMOUNT OF POINTS,
HERE TO HAVE FUN AND EARN
SOMETHING FOR THE COMPANY AND
HAVE A GOOD TIME AND TRY TO WIN
THE RACE.
>> THANK YOU FOR TALKING US TO,
WE'LL CHECK IN HALFWAY THROUGH
THE RAYS ON SOMETHING WITH YOU.
>> YEAH, MAN.
>> LET'S TALK TO HIS CREW CHIEF
PAT SMITH.
>> PAT SMITH, ANDY PE TREE YOU
GOT A COPY?
>> YEAH, JUST A SECOND, ANDY.
>> WE NEED TO LET THEM -- THEY
ARE TALK BACK TO EACH OTHER
ABOUT THE PIT ROAD SPEED.
THEY HAVE PACE CAR RUNNING A
CERTAIN SPEED AND THEIR RPM
GAUGE, TACKOMETER TO SEE HOW HOW
MANY --
>> ROAD SPEED IS 55 MILE PER
HOUR AND PACE CAR RUNS THAT
SPEED AND TELL AND TO YOU LOOK
AT THE TACHOMETER HOW FAST YOU
CAN COME DOWN WITH THE TACH ON
PIT STOP ZBLFS ONE CRUCIAL
THING, DRIVERS LINED UP AND HOLD
IT STEADY TO GET THAT NUMBER.
>> 51.
>> COPY THAT.
51.
>> HOW ABOUT IT PAT SMITH, YOU
GOTTI?
>> I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR,
ANDY.
>> YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT CAR IN
PRACTICE YESTERDAY BUT THIS
WEATHER IS SO MUCH DIFFERENT.
HOW WILL THAT AFFECT YOUR CAR
AND SETUP TODAY?
>> WELL, ANDY, I THINK I'LL RELY
ON YOU.
I FIGURE YOU CALLED A LOT MORE
RACES THAN ME, YOU SHOULD BE A
CAR OWNER.
I'LL LEECH IT UP TO YOU AND I'LL
CALL ON YOU AND ASK WHEN HE
SHOULD COME IN.
>> OKAY, WE CAN DO THAT, I GOT
YOUR CHANNEL UP HERE NOW, SO I
CAN DO THAT.
>> HOLD ON A MINUTE.
I GOT SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT
THAT.
>> OKAY.
JEFF, WE'LL LET PAT CALL THE
RACE.
YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD RACE.
>> SO MUCH RESPECT FOR THESE
GUYS WITH FORMER TWO-TIME NASCAR
NEXTEL CUP CREW CHIEF ANDY
PETREE.
SHARTING GRID, FORMER RACE CAR
DRIVER CHAMPIONS ON FRONT ROW.
THOSE OF YOU JOINING US, WE
WELCOME THOSE OF YOU JOINING US
WHO HAVE BEEN WATCHING OUR
TENNIS COVERAGE, STARTING GRID,
FRONT ROW, PAIR OF NASCAR BUSCH
SERIES CHAMPIONS, GREG BIFFLE
2002 CHAMPION AND BRIAN VICKERS
ALONGSIDE HIM.
MIKE WALLACE IN THE GEICO CHEVY,
SAM HORNISH, MOBIL 1 DODGE.
TONY STEWART IN THE OLD SPICE
CHEVROLET, HAPPY BIRTHDAY,
STEVEN WALLACE, THE DODGE TODAY,
BOBBY LABONTE IN DOLLAR GENERAL
CHEVROLET AND DAVID REUTIMANN IN
THE AARON'S TOYOTA.
ON BOARD CAMERAS HERE TODAY.
BEFORE WE GO GREEN, STORIES
WE'LL BE FOLLOWING TODAY FROM
THE PITS.
>> DOC, BEFORE CATCHING EYE OF
RICHARD CHILDRESS, CLINT BOWYER
EARNED HIS STRIPES ON DIRT
TRACTION THROUGHOUT THE MIDWEST
AND MAY NEED TO LEAN ON THAT
SFEERNS TODAY.
WHY?
BECAUSE GOES FROM THE HIGH SIDE
TO MIDDLE SIDE TO THE BOTTOM AND
HAS TO CHASE IT THROUGHOUT THE
DAY.
BECAUSE OF THAT, HE EQUATES
MICHIGAN TO A DIRT TRACK.
THAT'S COMFORTING TO BOWYER WHO
EARNED HIS STRIPES ON DIRT
TRACKS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED
STATES.
LOOKING FOR HIS THIRD WIN OF
2007.
>> MATT KENSETH HAS NEVER WON A
BUSCH WIN AT MICHIGAN BUT TWO
CUP WINS AND EARLIER THIS SKN
SWEPT BOTH RACES AT MONTANA,
MICHIGAN'S SISTER TRACK.
HEADQUARTERS LOCATED ABOUT AN
HOUR FROM HERE, MATT KENSETH
KNOWS WHAT IT WOULD MEAN TO GET
A WIN FOR JACK ROUSH AND START
THIS WEEKEND OFF ON THE RIGHT
FOOT.
>> MATT KEN SECRETARY'S TEAMMATE
GREG BIFFLE WOULD LOVE VICTORY
LANE TODAY STARTING ON POLE FOR
THE FIRST TIME IN THREE YEARS.
HE'S HAD THAT STRING OF BAD LUCK
RESULTS IN 60 DNFs, BACK BEHIND
NUMBER 16 FOR ROUSH RACING.
>> EARLIER TODAY, TIM DREWER
SHOWED US HOW TO CALCULATE FUEL
MILEAGE, VERY IMPORTANT, CAN'T
OVEREMPA FA SIZE THAT ON THE
FIRST STOP.
THEY'LL WEIGH THE CANS FOR KEVIN
HARVICK TODAY, DIFFERENCE IS,
BETWEEN THAT FIRST STOP AND REST
THE STOPS TODAY THE CARS RIGHT
NOW WENT OUT FOR QUALIFYING AND
BURNED OFF SOME FUEL, TEAMS
COULD NOT ADD FUEL AFTER
QUALIFYING.
FIRST ONE IS A LITTLE MORE OF A
GUESS.
YOU CAN'T RUN YOUR DRIVER OUT OF
FUEL, YOU HAVE TO BE VERY
ACCURATE ON THAT FIRST
CALCULATION.
DOC?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GUYS,
REGRET GRAIT STORIES WE'LL
UPDATE ALL AFTERNOON AT
MICHIGAN.
>> 33 OF NASCAR'S FINEST BUSCH
SERIES DRIVERS, MAYBE THE MOST
TALENTED FIELD SINCE THE SEASON
OPENER AT DAYTONA, $1.2 MILLION
PURSE, 250 MILES, 125 LAPS AND
ONE OF THE MOST COMPETITIVE RACE
TRACTION IN ALL OF NASCAR,
TWO-MILE, HIGH-BANK V-SHAPED
OVAL HERE IN THE IRISH HILS OF
MICHIGAN.
A FORD AND TOYOTA ON FRONT ROW,
BIFFLE AND VICKERS, FORMER BUSCH
CHAMPIONS.
FANS ON THEIR FEET AND THEY HEAD
DOWN TO THE GREEN FLAG.
>> OFF OF TURN TWO, SO MUCH ROOM
TO RACE, SO MUCH ROOM FOR THESE
GUYS GET IN TROUBLE.
THEY CAN GO TWO WIDE IN A HURRY
AND HERE COMES VICKERS IN THE
TOYOTA.
>> TOYOTA HAS A LOT OF POWER,
THIS IS NO SURPRISE THAT VICKERS
IS TAKING THE LEAD HERE AT
M.I.S. TODAY, WORKING THE MIDFUL
OF THE RACETRACK, GREG BIFFLE
TUCKS IN BEHIND AND LOOK AT
DENNY HAMLIN MADE IT THREE WIDE
AND MARK MARTIN THREE WIETD OFF
TURN FOUR.
>> FOUR WIDE HERE ON THE FRONT
STRAIGHTAWAY.
>> MARK MARTIN IN THE 5 CAR,
DRIVING FOR RICK HENDRICK.
SAM HORNISH IN THE DODGE FOR
ROGER PENSKE.
WATCH THE MOVE AS THE CARS GO
BY.
KELLY BYERS UP HIGH.
>> TAKES TIME FOR THE GROOVES TO
WIDEN OUT.
SEE SOMEBODY MAKE CONTACT WITH
DAVE REUTIMANN, GOT A LITTLE
TIRE RUB.
>> HE'LL HAVE TO MAKE A PIT
STOP.
TOO MUCH SMOKE.
>> LEFT FRONT TIRE.
SMOKING PRETTY HEAVY.
>> 21 CAR, KEVIN HARVICK, ON THE
INSIDE THERE.
HAS WON THE LAST TWO IN A ROW,
TRYING TO MOVE UNDER THE 20 OF
HAMLIN STILL SIDE BY SIDE FOR
THIRD POSITION.
KEVIN HARVICK ON A ROLL WITH TWO
WINS IN A ROW.
A LITTLE LOOSE ON THE BOTTOM OF
THE TRACK, THAT JUMPED AROUND,
HAMLIN SHOOT AS ROUNLD AND TAKES
ADVANTAGE OF WHAT HE MISSED UP
ON.
>> EVEN THIS BIG WIDE TRACK, YOU
CAN'T JUST MAKE -- YOU CAN'T
CLEAR -- YOU HAVE TO HAVE ALL OF
THE ROOM TO GET OFF THE CORNER.
>> THIS IS SO WIDE AND BILLING
DRIVERS PICK UP THROTTLE REALLY
EARLY, SOMETIMES THEY CARRY SO
MUCH MOMENTUM OFF THE CORNER
CARS GET LOOSE LIKE YOU SAW WITH
KEVIN HARVICK.
>> SMOKE STILL COMING OUT LEFT
FRONT OF THE 99 AND YOU ARE CREW
CHIEF, HOW LONG CAN YOU LEAVE
HIM OUT THERE?
>> I WOULD BE AFRAID OF THAT,
DAVID REUTIMANN, BECAUSE HE'S
SECOND PLACE IN POINTS.
I WOULDN'T WANT TO GIVE THAT UP.
TAKING A CHANCE ON THE TIRE
BLOWING OUT.
>> LOOK AT THE REPLAY.
GETS UP OFF RIGHT REAR QUARTER
PANEL OF THE 25 CAR AND WHOA,
ALMOST -- DAVID REUTIMANN GETS
WORST END OF THIS ONE.
ON TOP OF THE LEFT FRONT TIRE,
GUYS I'M WORRIED THIS MIGHT
CAUSE A CAUTION RIGHT AWAY.
SHANNON YOU HAVE MORE?
>> DAVID REUTIMANN I SPOKE TO
HIM THIS WEEK, HE SAID HE KNOWS
IF THERE IS NO WAY FOR HIM TO
CATCH CARL EDWARDS IN THE POINTS
STANDINGS BUT HE WOULD LIKE --
HE DID QUALIFY 12th FOR
TOMORROW'S CUP RACE.
GREAT QUALIFYING EFFORT BY DAVID
REUTIMANN.
>> STARTING 12th IN THE NEXTEL
CUP EVENT.
HERE IS 33, TONY STEWART
DRIVING -- DIDN'T QUALIFY THAT
WELL BUT COMING TOWARD THE FRONT
IN A HURRY.
>> BRAND NEW BODY ON NUMBER 33
CAR, THEY LIKE WHAT THEY'VE
DONE.
HE'S REALLY LOOKING ON THE TOP
SIDE, NOW BOTTOM, CLEAN AIR,
GETTING BIG RUN ON THE BOTTOM OF
THE TRACK.
>> A BIT OF GROUND TO MAKE UP,
HE'S 22nd PLACE RIGHT THERE.
JUST TOOK 21st PLACE FROM DAVID
REUTIMANN.
>> DOC, YOU SEE THE SMOKE ON THE
99 CAR, REUTIMANN IS -- I
BELIEVE THAT TIRE IS GETTING UP
THERE AND KNOCKING SOME ROOM FOR
ITSELF.
STILL MOEKING BUT NOT AS MUCH AS
IT WAS.
>> PRETTY WIDE RACING.
>> 44 IS CASEY MEARS, THE 41,
REED SOREN SON.
HASN'T RACED IN FOUR EVENTS, NOW
BACK IN THAT CAR AND HAVING A
HECK OF A BATTLE WITH CASEY
MEARS, GOES UNDERNEATH HIM IN
THE CORNER.
>> SEE YOU LATER DUDE.
HE GOT HELD UP, GOING BOGD DOWN.
REED SOREN SON, CARRIED THAT
MOMENTUM DOWN THE BACK
STRAIGHTAWAY, TURN THREE -- HE
MADE IT WORK IN THE BOTTOM.
>> ONE OF THE CAR EVERYONE WAS
TALKING ABOUT IN THE FINAL
PRACTICE SESSION YESTERDAY WAS
THE 17 CAR, IT WAS THE CLASS OF
THE FIELD IN PRACTICE, DIDN'T
QUALIFY THAT WELL, STARTED 12th
TODAY.
HUSTLED TO THE FRONT, CURRENTLY
IN -- GAINED FOUR POSITIONS.
>> SAM HORNISH, WALLACE DRIVES
UNDERNEATH THE 22.
THREE WIDE.
>> CONTACT UP AGAINST THE WALL.
THE 42 CAR.
KEVIN HAMLIN HAS HAD SOME
DAMAGE.
>> THERE IS DEBRIS ON THE
RACETRACK AND THAT WILL BRING
OUT YELLOW FOR THE FIRST TIME
TODAY.
>> PRETTY HARD CONTACT WITH THE
RIGHT SIDE, KNOCKED THE WHOLE
REAR BUMPER COVER OFF.
GOT SOME DAMAGE.
NOW THE TIRE IS BLOWING OUT.
>> HOLD ON.
HOLD ON.
FLAT TIRE.
>> GO TO THE BOTTOM THERE,
YOU'RE GOOD.
>> I THINK HE'S FINISHED
CRASHING NOW.
>> WHEN YOU LOSE RIGHT REAR TIRE
YOU ARE STILL GOING THAT FAST,
YOU ARE HOLDING ON THAT AND THAT
BLOWS, YOU -- LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
ALL BY HIMSELF, CAR GETS LOOSE.
HE TRIES TO -- IN THE WALL.
AND I BELIEVE THAT'S JUST A CASE
OF LOW TIRE PRESSURE, NOT ENOUGH
GRIP IN THE TIRES.
UNFORTUNATELY KEVIN LOST THAT
CAR AND GOT IN THE WALL.
>> TRYING TO GET THE CAR BACK TO
THE PITS.
A LOT OF DAMAGE, TIRE GOING
DOWN.
SPINS THE CAR BACK AROUND HERE.
>> STARTS FISHTAILING BACK AND
FORTH AND LOSING CONTROL.
RIGHT REAR TIRE IS FLAT.
HIT THE WALL SECOND TIME, HE WAS
WORRIED ABOUT THAT, DID A GOOD
JOB LOCKING THAT DOWN.
>> THEY WERE GOING TO CLOSE UP
AFTER LAST WEEK AND DECIDED TO
RUN THIS WEEK
>> WE WELCOME YOU BACK TO
MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY,
UNDER YELLOW, LAP 7 CAUTION,
CONTACT WITH THE 42 CAR OF KEVIN
HAMLIN, WHO HAD CONTACT WITH THE
WALL BUT THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED
ON FIRST LAP, DAMAGE TO LEFT
FRONT OF THE 99 CAR.
>> LEFT FRONT BEAT DOWN ON IT,
OUT OF SHAPE AND TRYING TO
PUT -- SOMETHING THEY CAN USE TO
RESHAPE THE FENDER AND HELP HOLD
IT TOGETHER.
THIS CAUTION COULDN'T COME AT A
BE THE TIME FOR DAVID REUTIMANN
W TO BLOW THAT LEFT FRONT TIRE
AND THEY GET THIS THING FIXED
UP.
>> YOU WANT TO HAVE THE FENDER
FIXED, IT'S ALL ABOUT
AERODYNAMICS IN MICHIGAN, YOU
HAVE TO MANAGE THE AIR OVER YOUR
CAR TO HAVE ANY KIND OF
ADVANTAGE AT ALL.
LET'S SHOW WHAT YOU WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT, LOOKING AT THE
DRAFT TRACTION.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT THE 29 CAR,
HE'S IN THE DRAFT, DIRTY AIR,
AIR CAUSES YOU TO BUILD MOMENTUM
INTO THE CORNERS AND MOMENTUM,
HE'LL PULL OUT, HAS CLEAN AIR TO
THE FRONT OF THE CAR NOW.
WHICH GIVES HIM GOOD DOWNFORCE
FOR ULTIMATE HANDLING, MAKES THE
PASS.
CAR IN FRONT BREAKING THE AIR
AND SECOND PLACE CAR TAKING
ADVANTAGE OF THAT DIRTY AIR AND
THAT DRAFT TO GAIN MOMENTUM
GOING INTO TURN ONE.
NOW HE'S GOING TO PULL OUT,
CLEAN AIR GOES IN THE FRONT OF
HIS CAR, HIS CAR HAS OPTIMUM
DOWNFORCE NOW AND HE MAKES THE
PASS.
THAT'S HOW YOU USE AERODYNAMICS.
>> GETTING SET FOR THE GREEN
FLAG HERE, AERODYNAMICS HERE SO
CRITICAL, USING THE AIR WHICH
YOU HAVEN'T WN ABLE TO SEE.
>> FUEL MILEAGE WILL BE A BIG
DEAL HERE, THESE GUYS TRY TO GET
INSIDE THIS PIT WINDOW OF 48-52
LAPS, A LOT OF GREEN FLAG
RACING.
ENGINE FAILURE, THEY'LL LOOK OUT
FOR, BECAUSE THIS PLACE IS SO
*** ENGINES AND THEN GREEN
FLAG RACING IS THE NORM HERE.
>> YOU HAVE TO MANAGE THE GREEN
FLAG RUNS.
LONG RUNS ARE IMPORTANT.
TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR TIRE WEAR.
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE LONG GREEN
RUNS.
>> GREEN FLAG WAVES ONCE AGAIN,
HERE WE'RE BACK UNDER WAY AT
MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY,
BRIAN VICKERS IN THE TOYOTA
LEADS THEM DOWN, GREG BIFFLE IS
SECOND AND DENNY HAMLIN NI
CHEVROLET IS THIRD.
>> THE WAY THAT TOYOTA
ACCELERATES ON THAT RESTART
TELLS ME HE HAS SOME HORSEPOWER
UNDERSTOOD THAT THEY HOOD.
>> TALK ABOUT MOMENTUM, KEN
SECRETARY SHOT AROUND HAMLIN OFF
TURN TWO, HE HAS MOMENTUM,
ENTERING TURN THREE, WORKING THE
BOTTOM OF THE TRACK.
GETTING DOWN TO THAT CLEAN AIR
WITH GOOD DOWNFORCE.
>> 21 CAR OF HARVICK, HE'S
THERE, OF LABONTE.
>> HOT IN THE NASCAR BUSCH
SERIES.
>> DRIVERS YOU LIKE THIS, YOU
WANT TO GET THIS THING SINGLE
FILE.
A COUPLE PILED IN THREE WIDE ON
FIRST LAP AND NOW THEY ARE
BREATHING A BIT, THINKING ABOUT
THE CAR, WHAT IS IT DOING, WHAT
DO I NEED TO TELL THE CREW CHIEF
THAT IS NOT HANDLING RIGHT?
>> THIS IS BAD NEWS TORE
COMPETITION WHEN MATT KENSETH IS
CHARGING TO THE FRONT THIS
EARLY.
RIGHT ON THE BOTTOM OF THE
RACETRACK.
>> THOSE OF YOU ON ESPN 2, WE'LL
CONTINUE OUR COVERAGE OF NASCAR
BUSCH SERIES HERE AT MICHIGAN.
TURN ONE, I DON'T THINK VICKERS
WILL PUSH THE ISSUE HERE.
>> GOOD CAR NOW, HANDLING WELL.
>> A LOT OF POWER.
YOU SEE HIM WORKING OUTSIDE THE
RACETRACK.
MORE GRIM UP THERE AND MOMENTUM
WILL LET HIM UP ON THE BUMPER
AND MAKE HIM LOOSE.
>> JUST ABOUT GOT INTO THE
BUMPER THERE.
>> HAMLIN TRYING TO GO BACK BY
THE 16 OF BIFFLE FOR THIRD
POSITION.
>> RIGHT THERE ABOUT THE POINT
OF RACE, 16, 17 LAPS INTO IT
WHERE HANDLING STARTS CHANGING
ON THE CARS.
THE DRIVERS START REPORTING BACK
TO THE TEAM, HEY, THE CAR IS
PUSHING THE FRONT END OR IT'S
LOOSE OR MAKING SUGGESTIONS WHAT
TO DO TO THE CAR TO GET THEM
BACK IN THE GAME HERE.
>> HAMLIN IN THE 20 CAR, SMACKED
THE WALL IN PRACTICE AND THE
GUYS HAD TO POUND IT OUT, LOOKS
LIKE THEY GOT IT FIXED PRETTY
GOOD.
>> ONE OF THE DRIVERS WE'RE KEEP
AN EYE ON, THE 88, NAVY
CHEVROLET, OWNED BY DALE
EARNHARDT, JR., BRAD KESELOWSKI
FROM ROCHESTER, HILLS, MICHIGAN,
SORT OF FAMILY TRADITION TO COME
HERE AND RACE AT M.I.S. AND THIS
YOUNG MAN WANTS TO HAVE, NEEDS
TO HAVE A GOOD FINISH HERE
TODAY.
>> HE'S GOT A DEAL WITH DALE
EARNHARDT, JR., TO GET THROUGH
THE BRISTOL RACE AND BRAD LOOKS
TO KEEP PROVING HE CAN DO IT.
ALMOST FOUR WIDE, STAGGER
THEMSELVES, BRAD IS WORKING
PREDY GOOD, NOW IN THE DRAFT OF
REED SORENSON, HE NEEDS TO BRING
THIS BACK HOME.
HE GOT A SCRATCH ON IT AND A
GOOD RUN.
>> YOU MENTIONED HE GREW UP
ABOUT 90 MILES AWAY, ROCHESTER
HILLS, MICHIGAN, A BIG EVENT FOR
BRAD KESELOWSKI AND THE ENTIRE
TEAM, ONE OF THREE GENERATIONS
OF KESELOWSKIS WHO HAVE RACED
HERE, DAD, UNCLE AND GRANDFATHER
INDUCTED INTO THE MICHIGAN
MOTORSPORTS HALL OF FAME BUT
THIS IS A BIG OPPORTUNITY FOR
BRAD BAUSZ THIS IS A CAR THAT HE
FEELS IS THE BEST OPPORTUNITY
HE'S EVER BEEN GIVEN IN NASCAR.
HE SAYS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY,
WITH JUNIOR MOTORSPORTS, HIS
CONFIDENCE IS MUCH HIGHER AND
MUCH BETTER SECURITY KNOWING
HE'LL MAKE THE RACE BUT AT THE
SAME TIME HE SAYS, HE'S MORE
UPTIGHT.
WHY?
BECAUSE OF THE EXPECTATIONS ARE
HIGHER, KNOWING HE WANTS TO MAKE
THE MOST OF THIS OPPORTUNITY.
>> MIKE, EXACTLY.
THIS IS THE CAR THEY HAD THEIR
BEST FINISH OF THE YEAR IN,
FINISHING SIXTH IN KENTUCKY,
BEST RIDE THEY GOT TO GET THIS
MAN CHAINS FOR A TOP TEN FINISH
IN ONLY FOURTH START.
>> HE'S IN DOG FIGHT HERE WITH
CARL EDWARDS, ALL THESE CUP
GUYS, REED SORENSON, BURTON, SO
FAR HE'S TAKING IT TO THEM.
>> 60 CAR OF CARL EDWARDS, HE'S
NOT -- THAT CAR IS NOT RUNNING
TO HIS LIKING.
BRAND NEW CAR CARL'S GOT.
HE'S REALLY STRUGGLING WITH IT.
TAKE A LOOK AT DENNY HAMLIN
WORKING THE BOTTOM SIDE OF GREG
BIFFLE.
HIT WAS REALLY GOOD IN PRACTICE.
LEFT SIDE OF THAT THING.
>> CONTACT THERE BETWEEN BIFFLE,
ABOUT TO GET IN THE WALL AGAIN,
HERE COMES HAMLIN TO SAY HEY,
NOT HAPPY AT WUHL AUL WITH THE
LITTLE NUDGE THERE.
FOLKS, AT ABOUT 187 MILES AN
HOUR.
>> YOU GO INTO TURN THREE HERE
AT MICHIGAN, BUMPER TO BUMPER,
YOU LOSE DOWNFORCE AND TRY TO
TUCK THAT NOSE UNDERNEATH A BIT
AND YOU SAW HAMLIN DOING THAT.
LET'S WATCH THAT ONE MORE TIME.
MADE THIS MOVE, WATCH.
TAPPED IN THE BACK RIGHT THERE,
GETS A LITTLE SIDEWAYS.
>> THAT'S NOT A FENDER BENDER IN
THE WAL-MART PARKING LOT, THAT'S
187 MILES AN HOUR ON A VERY
DIFFICULT RACETRACK.
>> BOTH STARTING TO RUN OUT OF
REAL ESTATE AND 20 CAR OF HAMLIN
RUNNING OUT OF ROOM, TOO.
>> GREAT ACTION FOR THIRD
POSITION IN THE EARLY LAPS.
AND THE FORD OF KEN SECRETARY
SETH KENSETH, MASHGS THE PASS
AND OUR LEADER HERE OVER THE
TOYOTA OF BRIAN VICAR.
KENSETH THE LEADER.
>> BACK AT MICHIGAN SPEEDWAY,
UNDER CAUTION FOR THE SECOND
TIME TODAY, LAP 24, JUST A
MOMENT AGO, OUR POINTS LEADER
INVOLVED, THE 60 CAR.
SLIDES UP IN FRONT OF REED
SORENSON AND GETS A TAP FROM
BEHIND.
>> I'M NOT SO SURE REED GO
CO-HAVE DONE ANYTHING ABOUT
THAT, 60 CAR OF CARL EDWARDS
GOING BACKWARDS, NOT HANDLING
WELL AND PROBLEMS IN PRACTICE
WITH IT.
>> HE WAS NOT HAPPY.
>> WE SEE HIM WAVING AT THESE
GUYS, THESE ARE 41 CREW MEMBERS
HE'S WAVING AT WHEN HE CAME DOWN
PIT ROAD, DIDN'T LOOK LIKE HE
WAS REAL HAPPY.
>> WASN'T A HI, HOW ARE YOU,
WAVE.
>> 50 MILES AN HOUR.
PIT ROAD.
>> THE TOYOTA PULLED INTO THE
PIT STOP, WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO
GET AROUND MATT KENSETH THE CAR
GOD A LITTLE TIGHT BUT DOESN'T
NEED MUCH, TRACK BAR ADJUSTMENT
AND FOUR TIRES.
>> SHANNON TIME TO ADJUST NOR
KEVIN HARVICK'S CREW, AIR
PRESSURE INCREASE LEFT REAR, CAR
WAS TOO TLOOS PASS COMPETITION.
>> 60 OF CARL EDWARDS, TEAM TOLD
HIM HE PITTED TOO EARLY, TAIL
END OF THE LONGEST LINE, DID
MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS, FOUR
TIRES AND TWO ROUNDS ON THAT
TRACK BAR.
FLAT LEFT FRONT.
CARL EDWARDS WILL RESTART THE
END OF THE LONGEST LINE, GUYS?
>> RACE OFF PIT ROAD, DENNY
HAMLIN GAIN AID COUPLE OF SPOTS,
MARTIN UP FOUR POSITIONS,
VICKERS ADJUSTMENT, DOWN FOUR IN
THE 10 CAR, HIS FIRST RIDE OF
THE YEAR IN THAT CAR NUMBER 10.
AND KASEY KAHNE, UP 20 POSITION.
>> KASEY KAHNE PITTED UNDER
FIRST CAUTION WE HAD, GOT FOUR
TIRES AND HERE JUST A LITTLE GAS
TO GET BACK IN FRONT OF THESE
GUYS TO GET TRACK POSITION.
>> RACE OFF OF PITD ROAD.
WATCHING THE 20 CAR, DENNY
HAMLIN COME OFF, HERE COMES
BIFFLE IN THE 16 BY.
HARVICK GOING BY.
THERE COMES VICKERS, YOU SAW
WHERE HE LOST A COUPLE OF SPOTS.
OUR CREW CAM, HE'S CARRYING THAT
FRONT TIRE FOR TONY STEWART ON
THE 33 CAR.
TRYING TO GET THE PIT STOP DONE
ON THE BRAND NEW CHEVY MONTE
CARLO FOR STEWART.
STEWART ON AND OFF PIT ROAD,
FOUR TIRES.
>> BACK TO GREEN FLAG ACTION
HERE AT MICHIGAN AND SMOKE OFF
THE FRONT FENDER OF THE 77 CAR.
>> BO DINE AND LABONTE RACING
*** TURN FOUR AND A BIT OF
CONTACT.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS WITH
THE FENDERS AND LABONTE WITH THE
SAME PROBLEM DAVID HAD.
THAT TIRE KEEPS BURNING LIKE
THAT, IT WILL BURN OUT, THEY'LL
HAVE TO WATCH THAT.
>> HAMLIN, 20 CAR, LEADER.
16 OF BIFFLE IS SECOND.
GOOD SIDE BY SIDE BATTLE GOING
FOR THIRD SPOT.
HERE COMES THAT TOYOTA AGAIN,
THAT 10 CAR IS VERY STRONG.
>> STRONGEST RUNS I'VE SEEN OUT
OF THE CAR ALL YEAR LONG.
GREAT RUN IN ST. LOUIS IN THAT
CAR.
>> THEY HAVE NOT WON A
SUPERSPEEDWAY YET.
THIS COULD BE THEIR DAY.
>> GREAT RACING, FOR THE LEAD,
HAMLIN AND BIFFLE.
>> BOTTOM OF THE RACETRACK IS
NOT A PREFERRED LINE BUT IF YOU
GIT ENOUGH DRIFT THERE TO MAKE
THE PASS, YOU CAN.
A LOT OF DRIVERS DON'T USE IT
THAT MUCH.
>> HARD TO BELIEVE THAT EXTRA
TEN FEET OF ROOM THAT YOU NEED
OFF THE CORNER MAKES THAT MUCH
DIFFERENCE BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE
THAT EXTRA ROOM TO GET BY.
>> RUSTY, WE SAW 20 PULL UP TO
THE REAR QUARTER PANEL OF 16 AND
COME ALL OF THE WAY DOWN, WHAT'S
HE TRYING TO DO?
>> JERRY HAS MOMENTUM, PULLED
RIGHT UP BEHIND IMAND DUCKED
DOWN, DID NOT STOP THE MOMENTUM,
HE WAS ROLLING, HE WANTED TO
MAKE THE PASS, HE COULD MAKE THE
PASS.
IF YOU CAN DO THAT, FRONT
STRAIGHTWAY, YOU BETTER TAKE IT
WHERE YOU CAN GET IT.
>> KENSETH AND VICKERS JOINING
THE PARTY.
GETTING LOOSE THERE --
>> RIGHT THERE, THAT REAR END
KICKED OUT.
NEXT PIT STOPS, THESE GUYS WILL
START TIGHTENING THINGS UP MORE
AND MORE.
ONE STOP NOW TO TRY TO GET IT
ROO.
BIFFLE MIGHT HAVE LOOSENED HIS
CAR UP ON THAT SIDE TOO MUCH.
>> AMAZING THAT THE CARS RUN
SINGLE FILE, AND THEN FAN OUT,
TRY TO FIND A PLACE ON THE TRACK
TO PASS.
>> LIKE FIGHTER SQUADRON, A
COUPLE PEEL OFF, WE SAW TWO
FORDS PEEL OFF A MOMENT AGO AND
BIFFLE'S CAR GOT LOOSE WHEN 17
WAS BEHIND HIM AND NOW 17 GETS A
PUSH FROM THE 10 AND THE 33 CAR
OF TONY STEWART, WHO HAD JUST
DODGED A BULLET A MOMENT AGO IN
THE PIT STOP WITH THE VIBRATION,
SPINS IT AROUND AND BRINGS OUT
CAUTION FOR THE THIRD TIME
TODAY.
>> MAY HAVE DODGED ANOTHER
BULLET.
SPIN A CAR AT 200 MILES AN HOUR
AND DON'T TEAR IT UP.
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE DAMAGE.
>> MIGHT HAVE GOT IN THE BACK OF
SOMEBODY.
>> RIGHT SIDE ON IT, RIGHT SIDE
GET US BACK OUT WE'LL COME BACK
OUT.
>> TONY STEWART SPINNING HERE ON
LAP 33 TO BRING OUT CAUTION FOR
THE THIRD TIME TODAY AT
MICHIGAN.
>> JUST BASICALLY LOSES IT UP IN
THE UPPER GROOVE, I DON'T KNOW
IF HE GOT SOME MARBLES UP THERE.
>> STEWART TO GET THAT CAR UNDER
HIM OFF OF TWO, CORNER WHERE YOU
GENERALLY DON'T GET LOOSE.
IN THE THROTTLE, JUST BREAKS
AWAY.
STAYS ON THE THROTTLE, LOCKS IT
DOWN, SLIDE DOESN'T SLIDE BACK
UP AND THAT'S WHAT YOU GOT TO
DO.
>> NOW, EARLIER HERE IS WHAT
HAPPENED TO THE 77 CAR, BOBBY
LABONTE.
ON THE RESTART, COMING OUT OF
TURN FOUR.
>> JUST RAN HIM OUT OF ROOM OFF
TURN FOUR.
>> 77 CAR BECOMES THE AARON'S
LUCKY DOG FREE PASS AWAR
WINNER, FIRST DRIVER A LAP DOWN,
GETS TO BACK ON THE LEAD LAP,
FORMER NASCAR BUSCH SERIES AND
NEXTEL CUP CHAMPION BOBBY
LABONTE GETING BACK ON THE LEAD
LAP.
A 10 CAR ON PIT ROAD, WE'RE TOLD
DID NOT GET THIS CAR COMPLETELY
FULL OF FUEL SO NOW THEY GOT TO
TAKE CHAINS TO COME BACK IN AND
TOP IT OFF.
>> MUST HAVE HAD SOME PROBLEM
GETTING IT FUELED, MAYBE DIDN'T
GET BENT CAN PLUGGED IN ENOUGH,
LOOKS LIKE THEY PUT A BIT OF
FUEL LIKE THEY DIDN'T GET ANY IN
THE LAST STOP.
>> YOUNGEST NASCAR BUSCH SERIES
CHAMPION BACK IN 2003.
LET'S MEET BRIAN VICKERS.
>> AIM BRIAN VICKERS.
I STARTED LEARNING TO KAYAK LAST
YEAR, FRIEND OF MINE BEEN A
KAYAKERS, HE GOT ME IN, I LOVED
IT.
EYE LEARN TO DO IT WITH A PRO,
ONE OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD.
A BIT OF KAYAKING I'VE DONE.
A GOOD ATHLETE LOOKS AHEAD TO
WHERE HE WANTS TO TO BE.
>> FIRST TRIP ALL OF OF THE WAY
DOWN.
THAT WAS AWESOME.
>> IN BOTH
>> PERFECT TIMING, WE WELCOME
YOU BACK TO MICHIGAN
INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY.
GREEN FLAG GETTING READY TO WAVE
AGAIN FOR THE THIRD TIME.
TONY STEWART, WE'LL UPDATE HIS
REPAIRS IN A MOMENT.
MATT KENSETH WILL LEAD THEM
DOWN, WITH GIFL, HARVICK AND
MARK MARTIN IN THE TOP FIVE.
>> GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW
GOOD A CAR CARL EDWARDS HAS
INSIDE HERE, TRY TO GET THAT LAP
BACK WHEN HE SPUN THE CAR.
>> HE CAN GO BACKWARDS AND CAN'T
SEEM TO HOLD THAT CAR TO GET
THAT LAP BACK, BUT TIRE PRESSURE
COMES UP IN THE CAR, HEAR SOME
MORE COMMENTS LATER ON, WHAT
HE'S GOT TO SAY BUT HE WASN'T
HAPPY WITH THAT CAR AT ALL,
GUYS.
>> WE COMMENTED A MOMENT AGO
THAT THE 5 CAR OF MARK MARTIN IS
ON THE MOVE.
THE DRIVER WHO HAS HAD SO MUCH
SUCCESS AT MICHIGAN
INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY, MARK
MARTIN KRIEVING RICK HENDRICK
CAR NUMBER 5 THAT HE FINISHED
SECOND IN IN DARLINGTON IN MAY.
>> MARK MARTIN HAS DONE HIS JOB
ON THE RACETRACK AND PIT DREW
GAVE HIM FOUR OR FIVE SPOTS IN
PITS, SO THAT'S REALLY HELPING
HIM MOVE UP.
A BIT OF A TAIL WIGGLE OFF TURN
TWO.
>> CARL, LOOK AT THE 10 CAR, HE
HAD A FUEL PROBLEM, MAKESING
HIMSELF ALL OF THE WAY UP TO THE
FRONT AND HE'S SCREAMING RIGHT
NOW.
SOME OF THE FASTEST LAPS OF THE
DAY.
BRIAN VICKERS THAT THAT TOYOTA,
GUYS.
>> 24 CAR CASEY MEARS TRYING TO
GET UNDERNEATH DAVID STREMME,
MEARS IN 12th POSITION.
6 9 CAR, KASEY KAHNE, ALSO
BATTLING FOR A TOP TEN SPOT.
>> THIS IS CLASSIC MICHIGAN
INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY RIGHT
NOW, THREE WIDE, OFF TURN FOUR,
DOWN THE BACK STRAIGHT AWAY, SO
MUCH ROOM WITH THIS TRACK, YOU
CAN MOVE ALL OVER AND FIND A LOT
OF REAL ESTATE TO USE.
THREE WIDE INTO TURN ONE RIGHT
NOW.
>> TRYING TO GET UNDERNEATH THE
ROOKIE, RIGHT UP IN FRONT OF
COLEMAN AND DAVID REUTIMANN HAS
TO KEEP, REUTIMANN ON THE INSIDE
WITH THE DAMAGED TOYOTA.
>> THEY WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT
THE LEFT FRONT FENDER NOT BEING
FIXED RIGHT, STILL LOSING THE
FRONT END.
HE IS TRYING TO GET DOWNFORCE
BACK, YOU HAVE TO HAVE DOWNFORCE
HERE IN MICHIGAN.
>> BRAD COLEMAN, 18 CAR HAS BEEN
SO IMPRESSIVE LAST COUPLE OF
WEEKS, BACK TO BACK TOP TENS AT
MONTREAL AND WATKINS GLEN ON THE
ROAD COURSES BUT ALSO IS THE
SAME CAR HE HAD THAT GREAT
SECOND PLACE FINISH WITH AT
KENTUCKY.
>> I'LL TRY NOT TO JINK HIM BUT
HE KEEPS THAT CAR CLEAN, I'VE
BEEN IMPRESSED, HE'S A ROOKIE
AND KEEPS THE CAR CLEAN.
I DON'T KNOW HOW HE DOES IT BUT
HAS A GREAT JOB.
>> IF HE HITS SOMETHING HE'LL
COME LOOKING FOR YOU.
>> DON'T WANT TO JINK HIM.
HOPEFULLY HE'LL KEEP IT CLEAN
TODAY.
>> TURN ONE, 200 MILES AN HOUR
HERE AT MICHIGAN.
AND TURN FOUR HERE AT M.I.S., SO
MUCH RHYTHM, SO MUCH MOMENTUM,
FLY DOWN THE FRONT STRAIGHT WAY,
WHERE THE GUYS LIKE MAKING THE
PASSES.
OFF TURN FOUR, OPENS UP REAL
BIG.
THROTTLE UP EARLY AND REALLY
JUST CARRY THAT MOMENTUM.
BY THE TIME YOU GET TO THAT
START/FINISH LINE, THAT'S WHEN
YOU SEE GUYS DUCK DOWN TO MAKE
THEIR PASSES.
>> VERY WIDE TRACK, LOTS OF ROOM
TO RACE BUT DRIVERS SAY LOTS OF
ROOM TO GET IN TROUBLE HERE AT
MICHIGAN.
>> YOU GET LOOSE, YOU FLY
ALONGSIDE A GUY AND TRY TO MAKE
THAT PASS, THE LAST PASS,
GETTING INTO TURN THREE AND IF
YOU GET TOO CLOSE YOU'LL GET
AERO DYNAMICALLY LOOSE AND CAR
WILL GET LOOSE AND SLIDE UP.
YOU HAVE TO HOLD ON THOUGH TO
THAT CAR.
BUT THAT'S ONE BAD FEELING WHEN
YOU GET AIR DYNAMICALLY LOOSE.
>> SURPRISING HE HAD BEEN
ABLE -- HE HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO
MOVE UP, HE'S BEEN ONE OF THE
BEST CARS IN PRACTICE.
IT WAS HOT WHEN THEY DID THAT
AND HAD A GOOD SETUP.
MAY HAVE TO ADJUST ON THIS
THING.
>> YOU LOOK AT HIS TACH AND SEE
THE RPMs HANG THERE.
BACK UP TO 9,000, NEVER GIVES
THE ENGINE ANY REST.
>> IMAGINE IF YOU ARE DISTANCE
RUNNER BUT NEVER ALLOWED TO TAKE
A DEEP DIRECT.
THE ENGINES CANNOT BREATHE AT
ALL, CONSTANTLY WIDE OPEN.
JAMIE?
>> YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT
JEFF BURTON, ONLY DRIVER IN THE
FIELD WHO HAS WON FROM THE POEM
HERE IN MICHIGAN, ONLY THING HE
SAID OVER THE RADIO TODAY WAS
THAT HE IS LOOKING TO TURN
BETTER.
THE CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS -- RIGHT NOW, IF THE
RACE WOULD END YOU COULD
IMAGINE --
>> BURTON TRYING TO MAKE HIS WAY
UP AND SORT OF STALLED BACK
THERE, JUST INSIDE THE TOP 10.
BEING SHOWN IN THE EIGHTH
POSITION.
>> TALKING ABOUT HOW THE GUYS
SEEM TO GET TOGETHER, LOOK AT
THE 60 CAR A LITTLE WHILE AGO
AND 29 OF BURTON RATING FOR
POINTS BUT LEAD, HAMLIN ON
INSIDE AGAIN.
YOU CAN'T GET THESE FELLOWS
PART, THEY'VE BEEN STUCK
TOGETHER THE ENTIRE RACE.
>> THEY HAVE A GOOD RACE GOING
AND BOTH THOSE CARS ARE HANDLING
WELL.
MATT WAS ON THE BOTTOM EARLIER.
LOOKS LIKE DENNY HAMLIN IS
HANDLING GOOD DOWN THERE.
KREERED RIGHT HERE.
>> THE 5 CAR OF MARK MARTIN
TRYING TO MAKE A MOVE ON 88 OF
BRAD KESELOWSKI.
THIS IS A BATTLE FOR SIXTH
POSITION.
>> I THINK THE 88 CAR IS GOING
FORWARD RIGHT NOW, BRAD
KESELOWSKI DOING A GREAT JOB.
DRIVING LIKE HE'S DRIVING FOR A
JOB.
I THINK HE IS.
LET'S CHECK IN --
>> YOU MENTIONED FIRST RACE FOR
HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS AT
DARLINGTON, I TALKED TO CHIEF
ABOUT THE THAT RACE, SAID THAT
WAS SO IMPORTANT FOR US.
IF WE HAD MORE TIME TOGETHER AS
A TEAM WE MIGHT HAVE BEAT KEVIN
HARVICK THAT DAY.
THIS WEEKEND, SECOND START FOR
RICK HENDRICK, HE DOES HAVE THE
TIME.
THEY WERE ABLE TO BUILD WHAT
MARK MARTIN WANTS NO A RACE CAR,
THEY WERE ABLE TO BUILD THAT IN
AND PRACTICE HAS BEEN MUCH
SMOOTHER FOR MARTIN AND THIS
TEAM.
>> RICK HENDRICK, THE OWNER,
HE'S GOING TO SEND THIS CAR OVER
TO DALE EARNHARDT, JR.'S SHOP
FOR THE 2008 SEASON WHERE MARK
MARTIN WILL DRIVE IT AND CASEY
MEARS AND DALE EARNHARDT, JR.
AND SO WILL JIMMIE JOHNSON AND
YOUNGSTER KESSEL.
>> HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE CREW
CHIEF CREW IN THAT CAR WITH ALL
THESE DIFFERENT ZPLIEFRS TALK
ABOUT HAVING A PROBLEM BUILDING
RHYTHM WITH THOSE DRIVERS.
A LOT OF CREW CHIEFS TALK ABOUT
BUILDING RHYTHM.
THAT 10 CAR, THIS GUY IS STILL
FLYING.
HE'S NOT SLOWED DOWN AT ALL.
DEAD LAST, NOW HE'S WORKING REAR
BUMPER OF CLINT BOWYER.
>> FOR 13th POSITION AND HE
STARTED BACK IN ABOUT 38th SPOT
ON THE RESTART.
SHOWED UP UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL
VICKERS, HOW WELL HE CAN PADDLE
UPSTREAM, HE'S HAVING TO DO THAT
NOW TO GET THAT FUEL OF FULL,
BACK FROM 33rd.
AND OF COURSE VICKERS NOW BEING
SHOWN IN THE TOP 15.
47 OF 125 LAPS ARE IN THE BOOKS
HERE AT MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL
SPEEDWAY.
DENNY HAMLIN, THE GUY THEY ARE
CHASING.
♪♪
>> THE SITES AND SOUNDS OF
NASCAR'S BUSCH SERIES HERE AT
MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
EARLY ON.
WE'RE 52 LAPS IN, JUST SHY OF
THE HALFWAY POINT HERE.
IN THE CARFAX 250.
DENNY HEM LANN IS LEADER.
HAD A SPIRITED BATTLE BETWEEN
HAMLIN AND MATT KENSETH UP
FRONT, GREG BIFFLE HAS BEEN
THERE, KEVIN HARVICK AND NOW
PAUL MEN ARD IN THE FIFTH SPOT
HAS GONE BY THE 5 CAR OF MARK
MARTIN.
HERE IS THE JIM J JOHNS DODGE
FOR THE 66 CAR, THE BIRTHDAY
BOISHGS STEVEN WALLACE TURNED 20
YEARS OF AGE HERE TODAY.
77 CAR OF BOBBY LABONTE, INJURED
THE NOSE OF THAT CAR, FRONT
FENDER ON A RESTART ABOUT 11
LAPS TO GO, BACK ON THE LEAD
LAP, BEING OUR LUCKY DOG.
NOW IN 28th POSITION, TRYING TO
MAKE HIS WAY TOWARD THE FRONT.
>> THE 99 CAR OF REUTIMANN,
COMING BACK TO THE FRONT,
PROBLEM WITH THE LEFT FRONT
FENDER IN LAP ONE.
CURRENTLY 18th RIGHT NOW, MAKING
HIS WAY BACK UP FRONT.
>> J.J. YES LE WAS IN THE
CORNER.
YELEY WAS IN THE CORNER.
>> 26th PLACE, BACK A BIT FROM
THE START.
23rd STARTING SPOT.
>> HORNISH, JR., WHO FINISHED
NINTH IN THE IRL EVENT AFTER
INVOLVED IN A SPECTACULAR CRASH
INVOLVING DARIO FRANKIETY A
COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
DRIVING I MOBIL 1 DODGE.
KEVIN HARVICK ON A ROLL OF LATE
BUT BACK-TO-BACK WINS AT
MONTREAL AND WATT BEGINS GLEN,
IN THE TOP FIVE AT FOURTH
POSITION.
>> JEFF BURTON, HE'S HAD A GOOD
CAR, CURRENTLY RUNNING SEVENTH.
JUST LOGGING LAPS, RACE HAS
STRETCHED OUT A BIT.
HE'S GOING FOR THE OWNERS
CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS OVER CARL
EDWARDS.
BIG BATTLE.
CURRENTLY SEVENTH AND LIKE THE
WAY HIS CAR IS RUNNING.
>> 33, OLD SPICE CHEVROLET OWNED
BY HARVICK, DRIVEN BY TONY
STEWART.
SPUN THAT CAR ON THE LAP AND HAD
A KOUSHEN.
JUST DOJD A BULLET, BY THE WAY,
HAD SOME LOOSE LUG NUTS.
JUST UNDERNEATH THE STEVEN
WALLACE CAR.
>> TONY HAS A LOT OF MOMENTUM ON
THAT PASS.
LOOK AT THE REPAIRS HE MADE ON
LAST PIT STOP, GUYS.
>> TORE UP THE NOSE ON THE CAR.
WASN'T THAT ACCIDENT WHEN IT
HAPPENED, MUST HAVE BEEN
EARLIER.
ARROW DYNAMICALLY YOU HAVE TO
SEAL THAT FONT END TO THE NOSE
SO IRDOESN'T GET UNDER IT, YOU
NEED DOWNFORCE.
>> DODGED BULL WET LOOSE LUG
NUTS ON FIRST PIT STOP, ABLE TO
DODGE THAT ONE BUT CAN'T GET WAY
FROM THE SPIN.
>> THESE GUYS CONTINUE TO RUN
DIFFERENT LINES AROUND THIS
RACETRACK, ALMOST SIDE BY SIDE.
>> LAST TIME WE SAW THAT BATTLE
WAS MATT KENSETH IN THE HIGH
SIDE AND DENNY HAMLIN ON THE LOW
SIDE.
>> WATCH THESE GUYS LAP AFTER
LAP, ONE IS ON THE BOTTOM, ONE
ON THE TOP, KEEP SWAPPING THE
BOTTOM LANE VERSUS THE TOP.
IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOREVER.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE GUYS WILL
GIVE UP --
>> NOBODY BEHIND THEM CATCHING
THEM WHILE THEY ARE DOING THIS,
EVIDENTLY THE CARS ARE HANDLING
WELL ENOUGH.
>> GREAT ACTION HERE OF THE
BATTLE FOR THE LEAD.
COURTESY OF OUR GOOD FRENTDS AT
GOODYEAR, OFFICIAL TIRE OF
NASCAR, HELPING NASCAR DRIVERS
GET TO THE FINISH LINE FOR THE
PAST 25 YEARS.
OUR AERIAL COVERAGE FROM THE
GOODYEAR BLIMP.
MATT KENSETH, AWFULLY STRONG
EARLY ON.
>> YOU ARE RIGHT.
MATT KENSETH ONE OF THOSE
DRIVERS, COMPETING IN CUP RACE
TOMORROW NIGHT, HOPING TO FIND A
BIT ON THIS TRACK HERE TONIGHT
THAT HE CAN USE TOMORROW.
HE SAID, I'M HERE ANYWAY,
SITTING IN A MOTOR HOME, MIGHT
AS WELL GET HERE ON THE TRACK
AND FIGURE SOMETHING OUT FOR
SUNDAY.
>> GUYS, STILL NOT GIVING UP IN
THE BOTTOM LINE AND TOP LANE.
HAMLIN WORKING THE TOP, HE
BETTER BE CAREFUL.
YESTERDAY DHE THAT SAME TRICK
AND KNOCKED THE RIGHT SIDE CLEAR
OFF THAT 20 CAR IN TURN ONE OF
PRACTICE, THANK GOD THEY WERE
ABLE TO FIX IT AND GET BACK IN
THE RACETRACK.
>> FLIRTING WITH DISASTER RIGHT
THERE.
HE DIDN'T TOUCH IT, HE WASN'T
FAR FROM IT.
>> ONE OF THE TRACTION YOU WANT
TO CARE HIGH LANE, GETTING IN TO
TURN ONE AND TURN THREE, HIGHER
YOU KEEP THE CAR ON THE TRACK
THE MORE MOMENTUM YOU'LL HAVE
THROUGH THE CORNERS.
>> STREMME AND BODINE, BY-
>> TODD HAD FAST CAR THROUGHOUT
THE DAY.
ANOTHER TOYOTA.
THESE TOYOTAS MAKING ABOUT 15
MORE HORSEPOWER THAN CHEVROLETS
MAKING AND FORDS AND OTHER GUYS
COMPLAINING ABOUT THEM.
>> THIS BATTLE IS FOR 11th, 12th
AND 13 WITH TODD BODINE IN 11
SPOT.
DAVE?
>> WE'LL SEE IF THAT TOYOTA
MOTOR HOLDS TOGETHER FOR TODD
BODINE, COMPLAINED ABOUT A
VIBRATION EARLY IN THE RACE.
HE SAID I KNOW IT'S IN THE DRIVE
TRAIN.
IT'S A HARMONIC THING, I CAN
HEAR IT AND FEEL IT, THEY ARE
HOPING IT LASTS THE DAY.
WHEN IT'S RUNNING, RUNNING WELL.
>> THAT WOULD CONCERN ME, THEY
DON'T USUAL GLOI AWAY, VIBRATION
JUST HANGS IN THERE AND COULD BE
SOMETHING HE MIGHT BE CONCERNED
ABOUT LATER IN THE RACE.
>> CLOSING IN ON THE HALFWAY
MARK AT MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL
SPEEDWAY.
MATT KENSETH IN THE 17 CAR, HE
QUALIFIED 12th, TOOK HIM SIX
LAPS TO THE LEAD AND HE'S HUNG
THERE THE LAST 15 LAPS.
>> JUST ACROSS THE MIDWAY POINT
OF TODAY'S CARFAX 250 AT THE
MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY.
THREE CAUTIONS.
CLASSIC MICHIGAN RACE, FUEL
MILEAGE COMES IN PLAY.
>> RACING ALL OVER RACETRACK,
LONG GREEN FLAG RUNS, PIT STOPS
SOON BUT LIKE YOU SAY, THERE
WILL BE THAT SPLASH OF GAS THAT
WILL BE NEEDED AT THE END OF
THIS RACE, IT'S GOING TO BE
INTERESTING TO WATCH THE
STRATEGIES PLAY OUT.
>> IF THE RACE STAYS GREEN AND
LOOKING LIKE IT MIGHT, WE'LL SEE
THE CARS ON PIT ROAD SHORTLY,
WHICH WILL SET UP A SPLASH AND
DASH TOWARD THE END OF THE RACE.
A FIGHT FOR LEAD, KENSETH AND
HAMLIN.
>> JUST PAST OF THE HALFWAY
POINT AND ACTION WORK LAP
TRAFFIC THERE.
KENSETH THE LEADER.
BIFFLE IS THIRD.
KEVIN HARVICK IS FOURTH AND HOW
ABOUT A CALL TO THE 15 CAR OF
PAUL MENARD?
>> JUST A FEW STARS THIS SEASON
AND EVERY ONE HE'S BEEN STRONG.
FINISHED TOP FIVE AT WATKINS
GLEN.
>> I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY
GOING TO HELP HIM IN HIS CUP
EFFORT TO GET SOME LAPS ON
SATURDAY.
>> BACK UP FRONT, KENSETH AND
HAMLIN, SWAP SPOTS AGAIN.
>> BACK AND FORTH ALL DAY LONG.
CAN'T KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT,
JUST BY THE TIME WE TALK BY THE
THEY PASS EACH OTHER AGAIN.
TWO SUPERIOR CARS, LAP TIMES
I'VE BEEN WATCHING LAP AFTER
LAP, LAST TIME THEY WERE
IDENTICAL, LAP TIMES AND YOU SEE
KENSETH WORK THAT BOTTOM LANE,
THE SAME HAMLIN HAS BEEN
WORKING.
>> IT'S KIND OF FUNNY, THE GUY
THAT IS UP FRONT DOESN'T SEEM TO
GET WAY.
LIKE THE CLEAN AIR WHEN A GUY
CAN GET OUT FRONT, GUY GETS OUT
FRONT AND THE GUY BEHIND THAN
MAKE BETTER LAP TIMES UNTIL HE
GETS THE LEAD AND THEN JUST BACK
AND FORTH.
>> THE DRAFT TRACK SHOWS YOU THE
WIDE RACETRACK, DIFFERENT WAYS
TO USE AIR AND MAKE THE PASS.
>> SEE 5 CAR OF MARK MARTIN, USE
THAT DIRTY AIR TO DRAFT UP
ALONGSIDE, NOW THAT MOMENTUM, HE
DUCKS DOWN OUT OF THE AIR, GETS
IN THAT CLEAN AIR, DOWNFORCE,
MAKES YOU HANDLE GOOD.
AND NOW YOU CAN WORK IT UP TO
THE TOP OF THE RACETRACK AND
THAT WAS A GOOD PASS THERE.
>> LOOK AT THE HIGH SIDE, BRIAN
VICKERS, DIDN'T LIKE THAT YELLOW
AIR, MOVE UP IN THE CLEAN AIR.
CLEAN AIR, GOOD DOWNFORCE, MADE
THAT PASS ON MATT KENSETH ON THE
OUTSIDE.
NOW HE'S COMING TO THE FRONT.
>> DURING THE DRAFT RIGHT HERE,
DIRTY AIR, TRY TO GET THAT NOSE
OUT OF IT.
NOW YOU GOT CLEAN AIR AGAIN,
WHICH GIVES YOU THE DOWNFORCE,
MAKES THE CAR HANDLE REAL GOOD
AND DRIVES OFF.
>> HOW MUCH CAN THE DRIVE FEEL
WHEN YOU GET GOOD DRAFT?
DO YOU FEEL THE CAR PICK UP OR
HEAR THE ENGINE CHANGE?
>> YOU CAN FEEL THE ENGINE
CHANGE, ESPECIALLY HERE AT
MICHIGAN, TURN FOUR THAT DRAFT,
ABOUT THE START/FINISH LINE THAT
RPMS GAIN IS A COUPLE HUNDRED,
YOU CAN FEEL IT TAKE OFF AND
BECAUSE OF THE DRAFT.
ABOUT RIGHT HERE COMING OFF TURN
FOUR, WATCH RPM GAUGE HERE.
CLOSE TO 8,000.
180 MILES AN HOUR AND THIS AREA,
THE CAR IN FRONT, THAT'S WHERE
YOU REAL YOU REALLY FEEL DRAFT.
>> STEVEN WALLACE, HAD THE WIN
HERE TWO YEARS AGO ONE DAY AFTER
HIS 18th BIRTHDAY, BECOMING
YOUNGEST DRIVER EVER TO WIN A
STOCK CAR, MAJOR STOCK CARE ON
THIS RACETRACK, DRIVING FULL
TIME IN THE NASCAR BUSCH SERIES.
>> THE 10 CAR, WHAT A RUN BRIAN
VICKERS HAS HAD IN THE 10 CAR.
THE CONCERN THEY HAD A BIT AGO,
AS WE SHOWED, THEY HAD TO COME
IN FOR A SPLASH OF FUEL.
HE CAME BACK OUT IN 44th
POSITION.
GAINED 25 SPOTS IN THE LAST 12
LAPS AND VICKERS, THE REASON HE
HAD TO COME IN, BECAUSE THEY HAD
TROUBLE GETTING FUEL IN THE CAR.
WITH MORE ON WHAT THE PROBLEMS
MAY HAVE BEEN, TO OUR ESPN DISH
TECH CENTER AND TIM BREWER.
>> THANK YOU.
THE FIRST THING THE GUY HAS TO
DO BACK HERE IN THE BACK OF THE
CAR WITH THE CATCH CAN IS HE HAS
TO INSERT THE CAN IN, BUT AS YOU
CAN SEE HERE ON THE CUTAWAY
ILLUSTRATION, OPENS UP THE
FLAPPER VALVE HERE, ENABLES AIR
TO COME OUT AS HE PUTS FUEL IN
THE CAR.
HE DIDN'T HAVE THE PROBE
ADJUSTED PROP LETTER, THAT MEANS
THE FLAPPER VALVE WAS PARTIALLY
CLOSED, HE DIDN'T GET THE CAR
FUEL OF -- FULL OF FUEL.
>> YOU CAN'T GET THE AIR OUT YOU
CAN'T GET THE FUEL IN.
>> I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH
TIMES GUYS THAT COME DOWN PIT
ROAD AND TRY TO FUEL THEM UP AND
GUYS PULLS IT OUT, TANK IS STILL
FUEL A LOT OF THIEMS HOSE GETS
TANGLED UP, FLAPPER VALVE GETS
STUCK LIKE TIM JUST SHOWED US,
ONE MISERABLE FEELING, YOU HEAR
THE GUY CALL YOU UP AND SAY THIS
THINGS DOESN'T HAVE GAS, YOU GOT
TO COME BACK IN.
>> HERE HE IS, NINTH, DRIVEN
INTO THE TOP TEN AND TEN LAPS
MORE ON FUEL NOW.
HE HAS SOME FUEL IN IT.
THESE GUYS START MAKE GREEN FLAG
STOPS HE'LL BE ABLE TO STAY OUT
A FEW EXTRA LAPS.
>> A HANDFUL OF LAPS AWAY FROM
WHAT COULD BE THE FINAL PIT STOP
OF THE DAY.
THEY'LL COME IN AND TOP THEM
OFF.
YOU GOT TO GET THEM FUEL FULL OF
FUEL, THIS TRACK HISTORICALLY IS
ABOUT FUEL MIASY HEROES?
>> BACK AT MICHIGAN, LEADERS
COMING ON THE PIT ROAD.
SHANNON?
>> FREE IT UP A BIT.
GUYS, THIS IS THEIR LAST STOP.
JAMIE?
>> HAMLIN NEEDS AIR PRESSURE
ADJUSTMENT, HAPPY WITH THE CAR.
I THINK THE CAR HAS GOTTEN
FASTER SINCE THE CONTACT WITH 16
EARLIER IN THE RACE.
BACK AND FORTH WITH MATT
KENSETH.
FOUR TIRES.
GOOD STOP FOR HAMLIN.
>> THERE IS THE 5 CAR OF MARK
MARTIN.
OFF PIT ROAD NOW.
PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT PREQUESTED,
GOTTEN LOOSE AT THE BEGINNING OF
THAT RUN.
STAYED LOOSE.
JUST CHANGE THE AIR PRESSURE A
BIT.
MIKE?
>> CLINT BOWYER ON PIT ROAD,
TIGHT ACROSS THE CENTER, ALL
FOUR TIRE CHANGE FOR CLINT
BOWYER.
HE'S AWAY.
>> AND MAKING HIS WAY DOWN PIT
ROAD THE 29.
HASN'T SAID A WHOLE LOT, JUST
NEEDED TO TURN BETTER, NEEDED
MORE FRONT AND CONTINUES TO COOL
DOWN HERE, NOIESTS FROM THE
DRIVER OUR IN-RACE REPORTER.
RIGHT SIDE TO THE LEFT SIDE FOR
JEFF BURTON.
CLEAN STOP.
THEY'LL TOP IT OFF AND HOPE TO
MAKE IT TO THE END.
AND HE'S OUT.
>> A MAJOR CHASSIS ADJUSTMENT ON
29 FOR BURTON.
>> WE SAW THE GUYS CHANGING THE
CHASSIS.
DAVE?
>> THIS CHASSIS HASN'T BEEN
CHANGED ALL DAY, THE CAR HAS RUN
BEAUTIFULLY, STARTED BACK THE
PACK BECAUSE OF BRAKE LINE LOOSE
AT THE HAD TO ADJUST IT AND
BODINE ALSO IN, FINAL PIT STOP
AS WELL.
BODINE COMING INTO HIS PIT
STALL.
CHANGE FOUR TIRES.
THE MOTOR ISSUE -- HE HASN'T
COMPLAINED ABOUT THE CAR.
HANDLING WELL AS WELL AS THE
MOTOR RUNNING SOLID.
>> CONTACT WITH THE 60, FRONT
END DAMAGE.
HE IS SAYING HE LIKE THE HIGH
LINE AND THE CAR IS NOT GOOD AT
ALL, TERRIBLE.
THEY'LL WORK ON THAT 41 CAR.
2003 CHAMPION BRIAN VICKERS,
PULLS HIS CAR DOWN.
RECOVERED FROM THAT BAD PIT STOP
WITH THE PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL
TANK.
THEY'LL GO TO WORK ON THE CAR.
THE CAR IS FIGHTING IN THE
CENTER.
HE DID STAY OUT TO LEAD A LAP
GUYS.
THEY'LL GO FOUR TIRES.
AND FUEL.
>> IT'S GOING IN.
>> STILL HAVING ISSUES WITH THE
FUELLING.
>> ALL CLEAR.
>> HAD SOME KIND OF PROBLEM IN
THAT SYSTEM THERE, NOT LETTING
THAT FUEL GET IN THERE QUICK
ENOUGH.
SAW 16.5 STOP THERE, ACTUALLY
WAITING ON THE FUEL.
NEVER WAIT ON FUEL.
>> WHEN HE SAID WAIT ON THE
FUEL, THEY HAVE A PROBLEM THEY
HAVE TO ADDRESS.
THEY ARE DRYING TOW SOMEWHAT THE
PROBLEM IS.
>> IF THEY GOT IT FULL OF FUEL
NOW IT WON'T BE THAT BIG A DEAL.
MAYBE LOST SOME TIME BUT IF IT'S
NOT FULL OF FUEL IT WILL COST
THEM, THEY HAVE TO RUN AWE FULL
FUEL LOAD FOR THE END OF THE
RACE.
>> RAGAN SHOWN AS LEADER.
ROUSH FENWAY COMING IN, TRYING
TO GET ANOTHER TOP FIVE HERE
LEADING ROOKIE STANDINGS.
FIRST TIME THIS YEAR IN
FULL-TIME NASCAR BUSCH SERIES
RIDE, MAKING WHAT SHOULD BE HIS
FINAL PIT STOP.
>> CHANGING FOUR TIRES, GUYS
PULL WINDSHIELD TEAR OFF THE
FRONT.
A BIT OF VISION THERE.
LOOKS LIKE A CLEAN STOP.
>> YOU SEE THE FUEL GUYS, SHOULD
BE DONE, ABOUT THE TIME THEY ARE
FINISHED, THEY ARE FINISHED.
WAITING --
>> LET'S GO.
GO, GO, GO.
>> MATT KENSETH HAS BEEN ONE OF
THE LEADERS THROUGHOUT MUCH OF
THE AFTERNOON, HE AND DENNY
HAMLIN BATTLING.
WATCH AS KENSETH HERE COMES DOWN
ON THE PIT ROAD.
STILL RACING FOR THE LEAD,
TRYING TO GET THE TO THE LINE
BEFORE PIT ROAD SPEED.
55 MILES AN HOUR RIGHT AT THE
LINE.
ON PIT ROAD FIRST.
NOW WATCH HIM AS CREWS HAVE TO
GET THEM ON AND OFF IN A HURRY.
>> MATT HAS DONE HIS JOB GETTING
IN THE PIT.
JUST A BIT OF ISSUE WITH THE
RIGHT FRONT.
LUG NUT THAT HE'S GOT TO PUT
BACK ON THAT FELL OFF.
CAME BACK AROUND HERE, LOOKS
LIKE CLEAN FROM HERE BUT COST
HIM A FEW SECONDS.
>> AND WHAT DOES A COUPLE OF
SECONDS DO WHEN YOU HAVE TO PUT
A LUG NUT ON?
IT CAN COST YOU THE LEAD COMING
OFF PIT ROAD AND INKEYED THE 20
CAR WAS ABLE TO GET BACK IN
FRONT OF MATT KENSETH.
SHANNON, 90 PIT?
>> SAME CAR HE DROVE TO VICTORY
LANE IN KENTUCKY, STRUGGLING
TODAY.
HE CALL THIS IS CAR THE ROCKET,
IT HAS NEVER FINISHED WORST THAN
TENTH.
RIGHT NOW IT'S LOOSE ALL OVER.
>> WITH THOSE CYCLE OF PIT STOPS
TAKE PLACE THAT PUTTING BOBBY
LABONTE CAR, 77 CAR OWNED BY
KEVIN HARVICK, AS THE LEADER.
BOBBY INVOLVED IN A SHUT ON THE
RESTART, LAP 35.
LOST A LAP.
HAD TO COME BACK ON TO PIT ROAD
AND NOW HAS BEEN THE LUCKY DOG,
BACK ON THE LEAD LAP AND BEING
SHOWN AS OUR LEADER.
WATCH DAVID RAGAN, KUV CARS
BACK, 21 OF KEVIN HARVICK.
HE WANTED ADJUSTMENT TO THE RACE
CAR ALL OF THE WAY AROUND.
INCREASE AIR PRESSURE, SO LOOSE
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE RUN HE
COULD HARDLY DRIVE IT.
TOOK 30 LAPS UNTIL KEVIN SAID
THAT THE CAR HAD COME IN, THAT
WAS TOO MANY IN HIS OPINION.
THEY INCREASED AIR PRESSURE TO
HELP HARVICK CHASE DOWN THE 20
AND THE 17 EARLIER IN THE RUN.
>> A LOT OF TIMES YOU TRY LOWER
THAT AIR PRESSURE SO YOU ARE
BETTER AT THE LONGER RUNS AND AT
THE END OF THE RUNS, IT TAKES 30
LAPS TO GET THAT.
YOU DO WANT TO START THAT
PRESSURE.
>> MIKE MASSARO WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN THE BOBBY LABONTE
PIT?
>> THE 77 TEAM UP ON THE WALL,
ALL SET FOR BOBBY LABONTE AND
THEN IT STARTED TO SPRINKLE VERY
LIGHTLY, THEY DECIDED TO STAY
OUT ON THE RACETRACK BUT RAIN
HAS GONE AWAY AND ALTERED PLANS
YET AGAIN, HEADED DOWN PIT ROAD
TO MAKE THE STOP BUT THEIR PLAN
WAS TO TO TRY TO STAY OUT AND
HOPE FOR RAIN.
>> LIKE THAT WALLY ROGERS TRYING
TO GET ONE.
>> BACK ON THE LEAD LAP AND THE
FORMER WINNER HERE, FORER BUSCH
SERIES CHAMPION MAKING HIS FINAL
STOP.
>> LEADER HERE, HAMLIN,
RACETRACK, COMING DOWN THE FRONT
STRAIGHTAWAY.
AND LOOK BACK TO MATT KENSETH,
THE DISTANCE THEY LOST IN THAT
PIT STOP IS DISTANCE THEY WERE
PART ON RACETRACK BUT I LIKE THE
RIGHT FRONT TIRE CHANGE, SMART
GUY, WENT AHEAD AND PUT THAT ON,
BECAUSE IF HE WOULDN'T HAVE PUT
IT BACK ON, THEY'D BE BACK ON
FIXING THIS PROBLEM RIGHT NOW.
STEPPING UP AND FIXING IT, YOU
GOT TO HAND IT TO THE RIGHT
FRONT TIRE CHANGER.
>> 2.5 SECONDS, DIFFERENTIAL
UPSTAIRS.
FRONT TIRE CARRIER, GETTING IT
DONE FOR THE 33 OF TONY STEWART
ON THAT PIT STOP JUST A MOMENT
AGO.
>> 34 LAPS TO GO IN THE CARFAX
250 NOR THE NASCAR BUSCH SERIES,
MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY,
DENNY HAMLIN, LEAD ON A SET OF
PIT STOPS, MATT KENSETH HOLDS A
TWO-SECOND ADVANTAGE ON THE
FINAL LAPS.
THERE IS HAMLIN AND THERE IS
MATT KENSETH.
STORY OF THE DAY, CHAMPIONSHIP
LEADER CARL EDWARDS, CAME INTO
THE DAY OFF TWO STRAIGHT 30th
PLACE FINISHES AND LAP 24 HAD --
>> IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S IN
TROUBLE.
HE SPUN THE CAR EARLY.
HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN HIS LAP
BACK BEFORE WE HAD ANY OTHER
PROBLEMS, HE WOULD HAVE A CHANCE
TO BE LUCKY DOG BUT HE'S RUNNING
OUT OF TIME AND LOOKS LIKE
ANOTHER SUB-30 PLACE FINISH.
>> CARL EDWARDS IS THE 11th CAR
ONE LAP DOWN, HE'S IN 33rd
PLACE, NO WAY HE GETS THAT FREE
PASS WITH THIS FEW LAPS
REMAINING, COULD BE THIRD
STRAIGHT FINISH IN THE 30s FOR
THE CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER CARL
EDWARDS AND REMEMBER, THOSE
OWNER POINTS, 60 TEAM ONLY LED
RICHARD CHILDRESS' 29 CAR BY 41
STARTING TODAY, JEFF BURTON
DRIVING THAT CAR TODAY, IS
RUNNING IN SIXTH PLACE RIGHT
NOUF.
>> DOC?
>> CARL EDWARDS TRYING TO HANG
ON AND NOT GET ANOTHER 30th
PLACE FINISH.
HAMLIN BEHIND 41 CAR OF REED
SORENSON WHO GUYS HIGH AND
DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN THE 20 CAR
AND THE 17 OF KENSETH, 1.9
SECONDS BACK.
YOU KNOW, GOOD RACE CAR DRIVERS
ARE ALSO SMART RACE CAR DRIVERS.
A MOMENT AGO MATT KENSETH
UNDERSTOOD THAT IT'S IMPORTANT
TO KNOW WHEN AND HOW TO MOVE, TO
USE YOUR CAR LATE IF THE RACE.
LET'S LISTEN IN.
>> THE TRACK CHANGED QUITE A BIT
RIGHT THERE.
MIGHT BE ABLE TO RUN HIM DOWN
BUT I DOUBT I COULD DO
ANYTHING --
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INSIGHT AS TO THE KIND OF RACE
CAR DRIVER.
>> THAT IS ULTIMATE COOL GUY,
STAYS SO CALM.
WELL, THE CAR IS RUNNING PRETTY
GOOD, HANG OUT BEHIND HIM
BECAUSE THAT'S ALL I CAN DO AND
CREW CHIEF IS LIKE RUNNING .3 A
LAP.
>> THAT WHAT IS MAKES A SPECIAL
DRIVER, THINK AND DRIVE.
MATT KENSETH IS ONE OF THOSE
GUYS, CALCULATING THAT IT'S NOT
GOING TO DO ME GOOD TO BURN THE
TIRES OFF AND RUN HIM DOWN, HALF
A STRAIGHTWAY WE'LL WAIT AND SEE
HOW IT VELS.
IF I GOT A GOOD CAR, I'LL BE
THERE AND I'LL HAVE SOMETHING
FOR HIM.
>> KENNY HARVICK, QUIET ALL DAY,
RUNNING THIRD.
GOOD HANDLING CAR AND HE'S
REALLY HAD THE FASTEST CAR IN
THE RACETRACK THE LAST COUPLE OF
LAPS.
SO KEVIN'S LOST TRACK POSITION
BUT HE'S STILL GOT A FAST CAR.
>> NEVER COUNT KEVIN HARVICK
OUT.
AS LONG AS HE'S OUT THERE ON THE
LEAD LAP NEVER COUNT HIM OUT.
>> GREG BIFFLE BACK IN THE
FOURTH POSITION.
HE'S BEING SHOWN JUST OVER NINE
SECONDS BEHIND DENNY HAMLIN.
THERE IS THE CAR, 16 OF BIFFLE.
TWO-TIME CUP WINNER HERE BUT
NEVER WON IN A BUSCH CAR AT
MICHIGAN.
>> MARK MARTIN IN THE 5 CAR,
HE'S ANOTHER GUY, IN FIFTH
POSITION, MATCHES HIS CAR
NUMBER.
HISTORY ON THE CAR, THEY TOLD
ME, LAST TIME HE RACED WAS LAS
VEGAS, TORE THE BACK AND FONT OF
CAR OFF AND PUT IT BACK TOGETHER
AND FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE A GOOD
CAR FOR HIM.
BUT CURRENTLY FIFTH RIGHT FOU.
HE CAN RUN A TOP FIVE ALMOST ALL
DAY LONG WITH THAT CAR.
>> TWO SECONDS BEHIENTD 5 CAR
MARK MARTIN IS 29 CAR, WHICH A
LOT OF PEOPLE, MYSELF INCLUDED,
THOUGHT WOULD BE ONE OF THE CARS
TO BEAT HERE TODAY, THAT IS JEFF
BURTON AND HE'S BETWEEN SIXTH
AND NINTH MOST OF THE AFTERNOON,
IN SIX THE RIGHT NOW.
>> I TALKED TO HIS CREW CHIEF
BEFORE THE RACE STARTED TO SEE
IF -- GOOD PRACTICE SESSION WITH
THE SUN OUT AND I THINK THE
CLOUD COVER CHANGED SETUP AND
MADE A CHANGE IN PIT ROAD LAST
PIT STOP BUT EVIDENTLY NOT
HELPED ENOUGH, MAY NEED ANOTHER
KOUSHEN AND JAUST SOME MORE.
>> PAUL MENARD, WORKING TOP SIDE
OF THE RACETRACK A LOT, LOT OF
MOMENTUM, IN 7th PLACE, SOLID
ALL DAY LONG.
WORKING WITH HIS TEAM ON
ADJUSTMENTS AND HAVE THIS THING
PRETTY CLOSE.
BUT I WANT TO ADD ONE THING,
ANDY, THIS TEMPERATURE,
OVERCAST, IS REALLY THROWING THE
TEAMS FOR A LOOP.
THIS RACETRACK IS RUNNING, GREEN
ALL DAY LONG.
BASICALLY.
JUST A CAUTION OR TWO AND REALLY
SPREAD THE FIELD OUT RIGHT NOW.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE THE
SEEN THE OVERCAST AS MUCH AS
RIGHT NOW.
>> THE 03 OF TODD BODINE MAKING
HIS SECOND START OF THE YEAR IN
THIS CAR.
THIRD START IN THE NASCAR BUSCH
SERIES.
>> FIRST RUN WASN'T BAD FOR TODD
BODINE AND GATEWAY EARLIER THIS
YEAR, HE TALKED ABOUT THIS WHOLE
DEVELOPMENT FORLT BUSCH SERIES
RIDE THEY WANT TO RUN NEXT YEAR,
TODD BODINE AND BUSCH SERIES,
STAY IN THE TRUCK SERIES WHERE
THEY ARE BUT THEY ARE GETTING
THEIR FEET WET WITH THE BUSCH
SERIES AT GERMAIN RACING.
THIS IS THEIR ONLY CAR,
LITERALLY --
>> COUPLE IN THE SHOP WE'RE
BUILDING BUT IF TODD HAS
ANYTHING ON THIS ONE WE'LL HAVE
TO REPAIR THEM.
THIS IS IT.
SO FAR HE'S DRIVING IT WELL
TODAY.
>> THEY ARE WANTING TO RUN SIX
MORE, RICHMOND, KANSAS CITY,
CHARLOTTE, HOMESTEAD AND MAYBE
LOOK TOWARD 2008.
>> AND LOOKING TOWARD, LOOK AT
THE TOP OF THE RACETRACK AT
VICKERS ON THE MOVE AGAIN.
>> BRIAN VICKERS HAS BEEN
FIGHTING ALL DAY LONG BECAUSE OF
THE FUELLING PROBLEM AND WE SEE
HIM WORK ON TODD DO BO DINE, IN
THE TOP TEN AND KIND OF
WONDERING WHAT HIS SITUATION IS
DOWN THERE.
SHAN SNN.
>> BRIAN VICKERS, 2003 SERIES
CHAMPION, CERTAINLY KNOWS HOW TO
GET IT DONE IN THE BUSCH SERIES,
TELLING HIS CHIEF THE CAR IS
FAST BUT HE'S WAITING TO RUN
THESE GUYS DOWN, I'LL WAIT FOR A
CAUTION UNTIL THEY BURN THEIR
STUFF UP AND I'LL GET THEM.
HE CAN MAKE IT ALL OF THE WAY
ACCORDING TO THE CREW CHIEF
TRENT OWENS.
>> WE WEREN'T SURE THEY GOT THE
FUEL IN ON THAT LAST STOP,
LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE STILL
HAVING PROBLEMS.
>> BATTLE FOR TENTH POSITION,
BRAD KESELOWSKI TRYING TO GET
BACK-TO-BACK TOP TEN FINISHES
FOR THE 88 CAR, THE NAVY.
AND 24 CAR, 11th SPOT, VETERAN
CASEY MEARS.
>> DALE, JR., HAS TO BE LOVING
THIS PERFORMANCE OF BRAD.
SITTING UP THERE, TOP TEN,
RUNNING GREAT ALL DAY LONG.
THROUGHOUT THE RACE, I JUST GOT
TO BELIEVE THAT THE NUNS OF --
HE'S BROUGHT SOME REAL STABILITY
TO DALE, JR.'S TEAM.
>> WORKED AT DEI FOR YEARS AND
YEARS WORKED FOR DALE, SENIOR
WHEN HE HAD HIS BUSCH TEAM
BEFORE HE FORMED THE DEI WE KNEW
TODAY.
DAVE?
>> MIKE?
>> GAUING FUEL HERE UP AND DOWN
PIT ROAD AND A SENSE OF WHO CAN
GO TO THE DISTANCE AND WHO
CANNOT, BRAD KESELOWSKI, VERY,
VERY CLOSE.
COACHING HIM OVER THE RADIO
RIGHT NOW, TRYING TO TELL HIM TO
SAVE FUEL.
RUNNING INSIDE THE TOP TEN AND
REALLY LOOKING FORWARD ANOTHER
GOOD RUN, COMING OFF HIS BEST
CAREER FINISH, BACK IN ORP AND
THINK THEY CAN TOP IT HERE,
PROVIING HE CAN GO THE
DISTANCE.
>> 8 # WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO
PIT UNDER THE GREEN FLAG STOPS,
HAS TO GO ABOUT 52 LAPS, MORE
THAN ANYBODY.
MAYBE HE CAN MAKE IT.
IT'S NOT UNDOABLE.
THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAYBE
MAKE THAT.
>> PITTED 48 TO 52, MOST
EVERYBODY HIT AROUND 48, SO YOU
ARE DEAD RIGHT, THESE GUYS
SHOULD BE FINE ON THE FUEL BUT
THEY HIT PIT ROAD JUST ABOUT THE
RIGHT TIME AND IF THE CAUTION
FLAG WILL WORK YOU HAVE TO HIT
PIT ROAD UNDER GREEN.
>> ONE OF THE FAVORITE EVENTS
THIS TIME OF YEAR IS WOODWARD
DREAM CRUISE, GO DOWN AND WATCH
VINTAGE CARS GO BY AND ENJOY
SOME GREAT MEMORIES AND GREAT
STREET RODS JUST OUTSIDE THE
IRISH HILLS OF MICHIGAN FROM
STREET RODS TO NASCAR'S HIGH
PERFORMANCE STOCK CARS, THIS
AREA HAS IT ALL HERE IN AUGUST
AT MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL
SPEEDWAY.
COVERAGE FROM HIGH ATOP M.I.S.
COURTESY OF OUR GOOD FRIENDS
GOODYEAR, OFFICIAL TIRE OF
NASCAR, HELPING NASCAR DRIVERS
GET TO THE FIN IB LINE FORLT
PAST 25 YEARS.
AND ONE GUY ON A DREAM CRUISE
RIGHT NOW IS DENNY HAMLIN,
26-YEAR-OLD DRIVER TRYING TO GET
HIS SECOND WIN OF THE YEAR IN
THE 20 I CAN'T REMEMBER FOR JOE
GIBBS RACING.
>> HE HAS WORKED EVERY LINE,
BOTTOM, MIDDLE, TOP.
I BELIEVE HE'S FINALLY FIGURED
OUT WHERE HIS CAR IS VERY
FASTEST ON THE RACETRACK AND
HE'S WORKED THAT TOP SIDE
PERFECTLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
ON TOP OF THAT TRACK AGAIN NOW,
A LOET OF MOMENTUM AND HE
FINALLY FIGURED OUT WHERE HIS
CAR IS QUICKEST ON THE TRACK.
>> LET'S SHOW YOU THE CHOICES
WHERE KENSETH AND 20 CAR HAVE
MADE PASSES WORK HERE ON THIS
WIDE RACETRACK.
>> LOOK AT MATT KENSETH, YUS
OOUSING THAT DIRTY AIR, TRYING
TO GET THAT DRAFT, BOTTOM OF THE
RACETRACK, CLEAN AIR, IT WORKED
FOR HIM THROUGHOUT THE RACE.
LET'S LOOK AT THE 20 CAR.
HE'S ON THE FRONT, HE'S GOT THE
CLEAN AIR.
HE IS ABOUT TO GET INTO THE
CORNER.
YOU SEE HIM WORK THE TOP SIDE.
TOP SIDE AND EVERY TIME THEY
GETS TO TOP OF THE RACETRACK HIS
CAR PERFORMS BETTER UP THERE.
YOU SEE ALL THAT MOMENTUM?
LIKE A ROCKET GOING AROUND TO
THE OUTSIDE, 176 MATT KENSETH,
AND GUYS THROUGHOUT THE DAY
THAT'S BEEN HIS BEST.
TRIED TO BOTTOM A BIT, TOYED
WITH IT THROUGHOUT THE DEIGN NOW
TO THE TOP AND STUCK THERE AND
LAP TIME HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE.
HE JUST BEEN RUNNING AWAY FROM
MATT KENSETH LAP AFTER LAP BY
DOING THAT.
>> DIFFERENTIAL NOW IS 4.2
SECONDS BETWEEN FIRST, HAMLIN,
AS YOU MENTIONED, RUSTY, AND
MATT KENSETH, AND ANDY, ALL
STARTED WITH THAT 2.5 SECONDS
THEY LOST ON PIT ROAD WITH LUG
NUT ON THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE.
>> COULDN'T HARDLY GET THE CARS
APART, LIKE GLUED TOGETHER UNTIL
THEY MADE THAT PUT STOP.
MATT MADE A GOOD MOVE ON PIT
ROAD TO GET DOWN ON PIT ROAD,
WALL STREET -- WASN'T A BIG DEAL
BUT A HICCUP.
>> STAYING BUMPER TO BUMPER,
THAT DRAFT WOULD KEEP THEM
BUMPER TO BUMPER, ONCE THEY GOT
SEPARATED AFTER THAT LUG NUT
PROBLEM, THEY COULDN'T USE THAT
DRAFT TO CATCH BACK UP AND EACH
ONE IS A SINGLE CAR OUT HERE BY
HIMSELF.
AND NO DRAFTING HELP.
>> HAVING TO WORK ALL THIS LAP
TRAFFIC.
THEY COULD USE THAT VACUUM OF
THAT DIRTY AIR BEHIND THAT CAR
WHEN THEY WERE RACING BUT NOW
THEY DON'T HAVE THAT.
THEY DON'T HAVE THAT TO WORK
WITH.
>> BATTLE FOR 11th POSITION,
BRAD KESELOWSKI TRYING TO
DUPLICATE TOP TEN FINISH AT
O'REILLY RACE WAY PARK LAST TIME
HE WAS IN 88, TRYING TO HOLD OFF
A NEXTEL CUP VETERAN 2SHGS CAR
OF CLINT BOWYER.
>> ANOTHER CHILDRESS STARTING
STRONG THIS YEAR.
>> ONLY 15 CARS IN LEAD LAP
RIGHT NOW, DENNY HAMLIN RUNNING
BLISTERING PACE AND MARX AND
HARVICK, RUNNING FASTEST
THROUGHOUT DAY BUT ON GREEN
FLAG, ONLY 125-LAP RACE, TUNE IN
TOMORROW WHEN IT'S A LOT LONGER.
AND ONLY 15 IN THE LEAD LAP
RIGHT NOW, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN YOU DON'T GET CAUTIONS.
ONE GUY BETTER THAN THE REST.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT IT FROM THE
BEGINNING OF THE SHOW, THIS WAS
A GREEN FLAG TYPE RACETRACK
WHERE YOU GET A LOT OF RUNS LIKE
THIS THE GUYS ARE PROVING IT
RIGHT HERE.
>> GOOD DAY FOR THE ROUSH FENWAY
CARS AT MICHIGAN.
JACK ROUSH'S HEADQUARTERS NOT
FAR WAY ANLT MANUFACTURERS NOT
FAR AWAY, FORD MOTOR COMPANY,
THIS CAR, TALK ABOUT FORDS AND
JACK ROUSH.
>> UP TO 13th PLACE, STARTED
DEAD LAST, HAD A PROBLEM AND
BACK OF THE PACK NOW TO THE
FRONT AND ROUSH'S BUSCH CARS ARE
ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT A DOUBT GREAT
CARS.
KENSETH, CURRENTLY 13th FOR HIM.
>> GOOD RACE BETWEEN 88 CAR,
BRAD KESELOWSKI AND THE 2 CAR,
CLINT BOWYER.
THEY ARE REALLY GOING AT IT
RIGHT HERE.
>> BRAD CAN HANG ON TOP OF THE
RACETRACK, THESE MOTORS GET
MOMENTUM WORKING THAT TOP SIDE
OF THE TRACK.
TAKE A LOOK AT TODD BODINE ON
THE BOTTOM.
RIGHT IN THE SIDE OF MENARD
THERE.
>> HEARD EARLIER THAT THE 15
CAR, PAUL MENARD HAD BROKEN A
HEADER, ONE OF THE PIPES THAT
GOES RIGHT TO THE ENGINE, THAT
COULD HURT THE POWER, AND MAKES
IT SOUND WEIRD TO THE DRIVER.
>> TALKING ABOUT 10, 15
HORSEPOWER YOU ARE LOSE WITH A
BROKEN EXHAUST PIPE, HERD THEY
CALL IT, HE'S ON TOP OF THE
TRACK, KEEPING THAT WIND UP, CAN
DRIVE IN THE CORNER DEEPER,
DOESN'T HAVE AS MUCH HORSEPOWER.
INSTEAD -- CARRYING ABOUT 180
BUT STAYING IN THE THROTTLE
LONGER, YOU KANG SEE THAT LAST
LAP THAT WORKED FOR HIM.
TOP OF THE TRACK.
>> THAT'S WHAT I'LL TELL HIM,
NINE LAPS TO GO, I'LL SAY JUST
MAKE UP FOR IT, DRIVE IT HARDER.
>> DAVE?
>> TODD, HE THINKS HE MAY HAVE
WORN OUT THAT RIGHT FRONT TIRE.
WILL THAT SLOW DOWN FROM PUSH IT
TOO HARD AT THE END?
>> I WOULD SAY IT SLOWED ME DOWN
A LOT, RIGHT HERE IN MICHIGAN,
DAVE, YOU WANT A LOT OF GRIP AND
HE'S WORKING THE BOTTOM LIKE
HE'S TRYING TO GET SOME MORE
GRIP.
IF HE'S GOT A TIRE THAT IS WORN
OUT ON RIGHT FRONT, YOU DON'T
WANT TO USE THE TOP.
IF YOU START SLIDING, THERE IS
NO MORE ROOM TO SLIDE.
NEXT THING THAT WILL HAPPEN,
YOU'LL HIT THE WALL.
SO, TODD WILL WORK THE BOTTOM,
MENARD WORKING THE TOP BECAUSE
OF THAT HORSEPOWER LOSS, THESE
TWO ARE BATTLING WITH EIGHT LAPS
TO GO.
>> THIS IS THE ONLY CAR THAT
BODINE HAS, DON'T WANT IT TEAR
IT UP, GOOD TOP TEN SPOT HERE,
DON'T NEED TO MAKE A MISTAKE
HERE AND TART CAR UP.
>> TODD BODINE, GREAT HISTORY
HERE, WON VERY FIRST NASCAR
BUSCH SERIES RACE IN 1992 AND
JEFF GORDON ON THE POLE, HAD TO
OUTRUN GORDON.
HE UNDERSTANDS THIS RACETRACK
AND IS TRYING TO GET IT DONE IN
THE FINAL EIGHT LAPS.
>> LOOK, THIS 29 CAR NOW IS
RUNNING THE FASTEST LAPS.
ONLY PROBLEM IS, A LOT OF
DISTANCE BETWEEN HIM AND DENNY
HAMLIN IN THE LEAD BUT RUNNING
SIXTH AND THE CAR IS BEST IT'S
BEEN ALL DAY.
>> COME IN WITH A GOAL TO WIN
THE RACE OBVIOUSLY BUT SECOND
GOAL IS TO GET IN THE LEAD IN
THE OWNERS POINTS STANDINGS AND
RIGHT NOW, LOOKS LIKE HE'LL PASS
CARL EDWARDS TODAY AND MOVE INTO
THE LEAD FOR RICHARD CHILDRESS
RACING AND THIS OWNERS POINT
STANDING.
>> CARL EDWARDS MOVED TO THE TOP
30, 29th ON THE RACETRACK, JUST
SEVEN LAPS TO GO.
PROBABLY A SWING IN THE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> KWEN A DRIVERS POINTS TITLE
WHICH CARL EDWARDS HOLDS FAIRLY
COMMANDING LEAD AND OWNERS
CHAMPIONSHIP AND IT WAS A
41-POINT DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN
ROUSH FENWAY FOR EDWARDS AND
CHILDRESS FOR THE 29 CAR.
APPARENTLY, IF THE FINISHES, 29
CAR GETS TOP FIX FINISH THAT
WILL CHANGE AT RCR GUYS WILL GO
ATOP THE OWNERS STANDINGS.
>> RIGHT NOW MARK MARTEN IN THE
5 CAR, DRIVING REALLY GOOD,
HANDLING WELL.
BUT JUST TOO FAR BACK FROM THE
LEADERS RIGHT NOW TO GET THE JOB
DONE.
LOOKS LIKE HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO
GET THE 16 CAR OF BIFFLE.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY, NOT TOO
LATE TO GET THE NEXT SPOT AND
YOU KNOW MARK MARTIN, HE'LL RACE
FOR EVERY SPOT UNTIL CHECKERED
FLAG FALLS.
HE'S LOOKING AT THE BACK BUMPER
OF THE 16 TRYING TO GET HIM.
>> BIFFLE RAN A 41.46 AND
PICKING UP .2 A LAP.
>> FORMER TEAMMATE THAT REALLY
LIKES TO RACE HARD.
EXTREMELY HARD.
TALK ABOUT MARK MARTIN, I CAN'T
REMEMBER EVER SEEING HIM OUT OF
TOP FIVE IN A BUSCH RACE.
>> SEVEN TOP FIVE FINISHES FOR
MARK MARTEN IN NINE STARTS HERE.
HE'S ALWAYS IN THE TOP FIVE AT
MICHIGAN AND TWICE HE'S WON THIS
RACE.
>> HERE HE GOES.
LOOKING AT THAT BACK BUMPER THAT
16.
LOOKING TO GET THIS SPOT.
>> LOOK AT HIM, BACK
STRAIGHTWAY, GETTING IN TURN
THREE, BIG MOMENTUM CORNER,
WANTS TO MAKE THE PASS, IF HE
CAN MAKE THAT STICK IN THE
BOTTOM, PROBABLY CLEAR THEM UP
OFF TURN FOUR, JUST ENOUGH RUN.
>> BIFFLE GOES DOWN, MOVING --
AERODYNAMICS -- LOSING FRONT
END.
>> ALMOST CATCH THE WALL RIGHT
THERE.
GOT INTO THAT, DOWNFORCE, THAT
CAR SLID UP THE RACETRACK,
ALMOST TAGGED THE WALL.
>> A LOT OF TIMES SPOTTERS DO A
GOOD JOB TELLING YOU WHAT HE'S
DOING OUT THERE, WHAT HE'S DOING
AND IF HE'S GOING HIGH OR LOW.
DRIVERS CAN ACTUALLY SEE THAT
BUT THESE SPOTTERS TALK TO THE
CREW CHIEF.
DAVE?
>> AT TEN LAPS THEY ASKED ARE
YOU GOOD ON FUEL, MARK SAID --
THEY SAID YOU ARE FINE.
>> NOT ABLE TO GET QUITE PAST
HIM, ONE THING TO CATCH HIM,
ANOTHER TO PASS HIM.
>> GREG BIFFLE, THREE LAPS TO
GET IT DONE.
>> MARK GOT IN THIS CLEAN AIR IN
THE BOTTOM.
>> 27 IS SLOW.
>> WARD BURTON, LOOKS LIKE HE'LL
MAKE IT BACK.
>> MIGHT HAVE BEEN A FUEL
SITUATION.
ROLLING THE DYES AS WELL.
>> BATTLE BETWEEN 16 AND 5 FOR
FOURTH PLACE.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT WONDER
WHY DO THEY TRY TO MAKE THE PASS
ON THE BOTTOM, THEY CAN'T ET
DONE LIKE NOW.
>> LOOKS LYING GREG BIFFLE HAD
TO GET OUT OF THROTTLE A BIT OFF
TURN TWO.
THAT MAYBE JUST WHAT MARK MARTIN
NEEDS.
>> 29 CAR, YOU SEE HIM COMING
INTO YOUR SCREEN, RIDE SIDE,
THAT IS JEFF BURTON.
WHOA.
16 ON THE OUTSIDE.
HANGS ON RACE CAR, TWO LAPS TO
GO.
THESE CARS RUNNING FIFTH, SIXTH
AND SEVENTH.
>> THAT'S WHAT JEFF BURTON
WANTED TO SEE HAPPEN.
THOSE GUYS GOT SIDE BY SIDE, LET
HIM CATCH UP ON THEM, MARK
MARTIN, HAS THAT CLEAN AIR, GUYS
HE'LL DRIVEWAY FROM THAT 16 CAR
AND --
>> JEFF BURTON IS COMING IN A
HURRY.
HE HAS A COUPLE LAPS THAT 29 CAR
IS A ROCKET.
>> FAST CAR, LAST TEN OR 15 LAPS
BUT TOO MUCH DISTANCE.
DENNY HAMLIN TASHGING THE WHITE
FLAG.
>> ONE TO GO RIGHT NOW.
>> DENNY HAMLIN.
HE'S CLEARLY HAD THE BEST CAR
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
WORKED TOP AND BOTTOM AND JERRY,
THIS GUY HAS GOT IT GOING ON
RIGHT NOW.
>> 5 CAR MAY BE OUT OF FUEL.
>> THEY RAN IT TOO CLOSE.
MARK MARTEN IN 5 CAR ALL OF THE
WAY TO FOURTH AND ONE LAP TO GO,
HALF A LAP TO GO, THEY ARE OUT
OF FUEL.
HERE COMES BURTON TRYING TO TAKE
THE SPOT FROM HIS FORMER
TEAMMATE GREG BIFFLE.
>> THAT IS THE FOURTH POSITION.
THE LEADER, THE CAR NUMBER 20,
DENNY HAMLIN TAKES THE CHECKERED
FLAG.
HIS SECOND WIN IN 2007.
HERE COMES JEFF BURTON, CLEAR
GREG BIFFLE OFF TURN FOUR.
DRIVING IT HARD.
EVERYTHING HE HAD, PICKED UP
ANOTHER POSITION AND THINKING
ABOUT THOSE POINT STANDINGS AND
HE DID A GREAT JOB TODAY PASSING
CARL EDWARDS AND BRINGING THAT
IN THE FRONT.
WHAT ABOUT BRIAN VICKERS, SIXTH
PLACE.
>> 6 AND 8 WITH VICKERS AND
BODINE.
THERE IS DENNY HAMLIN, GREAT
EFFORT.
LED FOUR TIMES FOR 69 LAPS.
IT WILL BE THIRD TIME THIS YEAR
HE'S GONE TO VICTORY LANE BUT
ONLY THE SECOND TIME HE'LL GET
CREDIT, REMEMBER HE DROVE FOR
ERIC ALMIROLA.
>> PIT BOX RIGHT NOW, DAVE, HE
SAID WHAT COMING TO THE
CHECKERED FLAG?
>> MY GOOD FRIEND DENNY SAID
WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF GAS AT THE
CHECKERED FLAG AND SAID -- JUST
KIDDING.
>> WAY TO MAKE YOU NERVOUS.
>> I OWE HIM A BEATING RIGHT
NOW.
>> I'M PROUD OF THE ALL OF THE
GUYS NOW.
BRAND NEW BODY THEY BUILT FOR
US.
MAN, IT'S AWESOME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AWESOME RACE CAR.
>> BUSY ABOUT 30 MINUTES AT
VICTORY LANE.
>> THANK YOU GUYS.
>> ROGERS, WINNING CREW CHIEF
TODAY, JERRY.
>> DENNY HAMLIN CELEBRATING,
BRAND NEW BODY AND BOY WAS THIS
CAR SLICK HERE AT 190 MILES AN
HOUR AT MICHIGAN.
LISTEN TO THIS CROWD.
>> HE'S STILL GOT PLENTY OF FUEL
LEFT IN THAT THING.
>> LEFT ABOUT TEN POUNDS OF
RUBBER THERE.
THAT WAS ONE COOL BURNOUT.
>> THE CARFAX 250 IS HISTORY AT
MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
AND DENNY HAMLIN HAS WON FOR THE
SECOND TIME IN 2007.
>> VICTORY LANE CEREMONIES ABOUT
TO BEGIN HERE AT MICHIGAN
INTERNATIONAL SPEED WAY.
DOMINATING PER FOMANCE BY DENNY
HAMLIN, 26-YEAR-OLD LED FOR 69
LAPS, FOUR TIMES, PICKS UP WIN
NUMBER TWO IN 2007.
LET'S GO DOWN.
>> BUSCH BEER SHOWER AND DENNY
CLIMBS FROM HIS CAR AND COKE
SHOWER.
DENNY, TELL ME ABOUT FINISH
LINE, RIGHT BEFORE YOU HIT IT WE
HEARD YOU COME OVER THE RAID
YOON PLAY A JOKE ON YOUR KREE
CHIEF.
>> I TOLD HIM I WAS OUT OF GAS.
MADE HIM JUMP ON THE WAND.
WE RAN OUT IN INDY, WASN'T SO
FUNNY BUT I FIGURED I COULD
COAST ANYWAY IF I DID RUN OUT.
I WOULDN'T JINK MYSELF AND SAY
IT TOO SOON.
I GOT TO GIVE CONGRATULATIONSES
TO DAVE ROGERS ON PREPARING THIS
RACE CAR, DID SUCH A GREAT JOB
AND THANK EVERYONE AT CHEVROLET,
SPECTRUM, JOE GIBBS RACING, COCA
COLA, EVERYBODY THAT HELPED
SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM AND
COULDN'T BE PROUDER OF THESE
GUYS.
>> SECOND OFFICIAL WIN BUT
YESTERDAY IN PRACTICE YOU
PANGKAKD IT IN THE WALL, GUYS
WENT TO WORK, REPAIRED THE CAR
AND I THINK I HEARD SOME SAY
DENNY NEEDS TO DO THAT MORE
OCHBT BECAUSE I THINK OUR CAR
WAS FASTER.
>> DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE THEM ANY
MORE WORK BUT I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH
OF THOSE GUYS IN PUT THIS CAR
BACK IN ONE PIECE THE WAY IT
WAS.
AND EVEN BETTER THAN WHAT IT
STARTED.
SO EVERYONE AT THE SHOP DOING A
GOOD JOB.
WOW, JUST INCREDIBLE WEEK, GOT A
MILE AND A HALF, TWO-MILE WIN.
>> NOBODY CALLED DENNY HAMLIN AS
THE WINNER.
HE WAS DARK HORSE AND HE CAME
OUT VICTOROUS.
>> HERE WITH MATT KENSETH,
SECOND PLACE FINISH.
LOOKED LIKE YOU HAD A FAST CAR
AT THE START OF THE RACE.
BACK AND FORTH WITH DENNY
HAMLIN, WHAT HAPPENED TEND?
>> I HAD A FUN RACE WITH DENNY.
MIDDLE SECTION OF THE RACE
BEFORE OUR GREEN FLAG PIT STOPS
ABOUT THE SAME, PASS HIM, PASS
HIM, GOT TOO TIGHT WITH THE
OVERCAST, TRACK CHANGED A FAIR
AMOUNT DIDN'T QUITE MAKE THE
CHANGES.
HAD A GOOD CAR, WOULD LIKE TO
BATTLE AT THE END BUT GOT TO FAR
BACK FROM THE GREEN FLAG PIT
STOP.
>> ANYTHING TO LEARN TODAY TO
USE TOMORROW?
>> TRACK CONDITIONS AND MAYBE
TIRE PRESSURE ADJUSTMENTS HOW IT
AFFECTED THE CAR.
PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THINGS WE
LEARNED.
MATT KENSETH ONE MORE CHANCE
TOMORROW TO GET JACK ROUSH THAT
WIN.
>> KEVIN HARVICK'S WINNING
STREAK HAS COME TO AN END BUT A
FINISH TO BE PROUD OF.
HOW WOULD YOU ASSESS KA?
>> IT WAS INTERESTING, CAR WAS
REALLY LOOSE AND WE GOT BETTER
THROUGH THE DAY, DIDN'T REALLY
MAKE IT BETTER AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE RUN BUT BETTER THROUGH
THE MIDDLE PART OF THE RUN AND
TOWARDS THE END OF THE RUN.
ALL IN ALL, EVERYBODY FROM OUR
AUTO ZONE CHEVROLET DID A GREAT
JOB AND BEEN QUITE A RIDE THESE
PAST SEVEN EIGHT WEEKS, I DON'T
KNOW HOW LONG IT'S BEEN.
FUN TO WIN AND BE COMPETITIVE,
PUNTO BE PART OF.
>> FOR RCR AS A WHOLE, CARL
EDWARDS GETTING AWAY
"CHAMPIONSHIP FROM THE DRIVERS
CHAMPIONSHIP BY OWNERS TITLE UP
FOR GRABS AND RCR YOUR
TEAMMATES, 29 CARS MAY HAVE
TAKEN THE OWNERS POINT LEAD
TODAY.
>> PRETTY AWESOME TO SEE AS MUCH
GROUND AS EVERYBODY HAS BEEN
ABLE TO MAKE UP ON THE 21, I
DON'T THINK THE 21 IS FAR BEHIND
BUT TO PUT PRESSURE ON 60 CAR IS
FUN TO WATCH THROUGH THE END.
>> ANOTHER STRONG EFFORT FOR
KEVIN HARVICK AND REAL CLOS.
THEY RAN OUT OF FUEL ON THAT
FINAL LAP.
>> WELL, GREG BIFFLE SAID THE
CAR WAS JUST OKAY.
WHAT WAS THE RACE LIKE FOR YOU
GUYS?
>> PRETTY UNEVENTFUL.
3M FORD FUSION CAR RAN GOOD,
QUALIFIED ON FIFTH, NOT WHAT --
AFTER WLARND LOT TODAY.
ADJUSTING TIRE PRESSURES, LOOSE
AT THE BEGINNING, TIGHT TEND.
HARD TO GET BALANCE TO KEEP
SPEED TEND.
RIGHT TEND LOST THIRD PLACE,
LOST OF COUPLE OF SPOTS BUT
OVERALL A GOOD DAY.
>> IG COULD YOU TAKE FROM
TONIGHT'S RACE POSSIBLY INTO THE
CUP RACE TOMORROW?
>> I THINK TIRE PRESSURE, WE
LEARNED ABOUT THAT AND THAT'S
ABOUT IT.
THE CARS ARE PRETTY SIMILAR,
ACTUALLY, THIS CAR AND THAT CAR
AND I'M WORRIED -- CAR WAS A
LITTLE TIGHTER THAN I WANTED IT
TO BE AND GRIES BEATING WITH THE
GAS, AND BEAT ME BY A TEN THS OF
A LAP.
WE'LL SEE ABOUT TOMORROW.
>> ANOTHER ROUSH RACING DRIVER
LOOKING TO GET A VICTORY TORE
JACK ROUSH IN HIS HOMETOWN OF
MICHIGAN.
>> THANK YOU SHAN.
DENNY HAMLIN JOKED ON LAST LAP
WITH HIS CREW CHIEF ABOUT
POSSIBLY RUNNING OUT OF GAS.
HE WAS JUST PLAYING A JOKE WELL
BECAUSE HE HAD PLENTY OF GAS BUT
OUR CROWN ROYAL CROWNING MOMENT
WAS A DRIVER WHO DID, INDEED,
RUN OUT OF FUEL BUT WOULD NOT
GIVE UP, HE WAS COASTING AND
COASTING, HERE COMES -- 6 BRAD
KESELOWSKI AND JUST KEPT WAVING
THE FLAG.
KEVIN WAVES THE CHECKERED FLAG
AND BAD DOES INDEED FINISH 13th.
>> JAMIE?
>> BRAD KESELOWSKI DOWN HERE, WE
TRACKED HIM DOWN, HE WAS
LAUGHING.
HOW ABOUT THAT OVATION?
EVERYBODY ON THEIR FEET
SCREAMING FOR THE LOCAL BOY.
>> PRETTY COOL, GET TO RACE WITH
MY HOMETOWN FAMILY AND FRIENDS
AND HAVING A DWRAT TIME, CAME
REALLY CLOSE TO GETTING ANOTHER
TOP TEN AND PROUD OF EVERYBODY
ON NAVY CAR AND HOPEFULLY MORE
STRONG RUNS LIKE THIS.
>> YOU WERE TOP EIGHT FOR A
WHILE, DID YOU KNOW YOU WERE
THAT CLOSE ON FUEL?
>> THEY WERE TELLING ME SAVE GAS
AS MUCH AS YOU CAN AND I WAS
DOING EVERYTHING I KOSHGS GAVE
UP A COUPLE SLOTS TRYING TO DO
THAT, JUST RAN OUT.
GLAD WE MADE IT BACK.
THAT'S COOL.
WE'RE PROUD OF EVERYBODY ON THE
TEAM.
>> GREAT DAY FOR THE KESELOWSKI
FAMILY, YOUR DAD WAS CREW
CHIEFING.
HOW LONG ARE WE GOING TO SEE YOU
IN THE 88 RIDE?
>> I'M NOT SURE.
LOOKS LIKE REST OF THE YEAR BUT
STILL WORKING ON ALL THAT.
AND GLAD TO BE PART OF IT AND
LOOKING FOR MORE STRONG RUNS
LIKE THIS.
AND IF THE RACE WOULD HAVE FELT
DIFFERENT MAYBE A SHOT AT TOP
FIVE.
HAPPY FOR EVERYBODY ON THE TEAM
AND GLAD TO BE REPRESENTING THE
NAVY.
>> GREAT RUN FOR BRAD
KESELOWSKI, LOCAL FAVORITE.
>> GREAT EFFORT TO FINISH FOR
THE THIRD GENERATION KESELOWSKI.
DENNY HAMLIN PICKS UP HIS FOURTH
CAREER WIN, SECOND OF 2007.
HE SPANKED THEM ON THE RACETRACK
AND WHEN IT WAS OVER HE LIT THEM
UP AT THE START/FINISH LINE.
MORE COVERAGE FROM MICHIGAN IN
JUST A MOMENT.
>> BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT
NASCAR NEXTEL CUP RACING,
WORLD'S GREATEST MOTOR SPORT
SERIES.
VICTORY LANE CELEBRATION ONGOING
WITH DENNY HAMLIN.
AS WE LOOK AT OUR POWER
PERFORMANCE PASS OF THE RACE.
29 CAR OF JEFF BURTON TRYING TO
GET BY THE 166 GREG BIFFLE FOR A
FOURTH PLACE FINISH.
>> ONE OF THE MOVES OF THE DAY.
JEFF BURTON STEADY THROUGHOUT
THE DAY, GAINING THOSE POINTS.
LET'S LOOK AT HIS OWNERS POINTS
BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG
THINGS THAT HE WAS GOING FOR ALL
DAY LONG.
>> RUSTY, THE FACT THAT AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE DAY, 41-POINT
ADVANTAGE FOR ROUSH FENWAY AND
GUESS WHAT?
THE 29 CAR IN RICHARD CHILDRESS
ASSUMED THE TOP SPOT IN THE
OWNERS POINTS AND ROUSH IS NOW
40 BACK IN SECOND PLACE.
LET'S GO DOWN TO MIKE.
>> IT'S BEEN A TEAM EFFORT
BETWEEN JEFF BURTON AND SCOTT
WIMMER, HOW MUCH PRIDE DO YOU
TAKE YOU KNOWING YOU HELPED RCR
MOVE TO THE TOP?
>> SCOTT HAS DONE A GREAT JOB
FOR US, A LONG WAY TO GO JUST
YET.
WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF FUN WITH
IT.
ALL OF THE PRESSURE ON 60, THEY
HAVE SUCH A BIG LEAD IN THE
DRIVER'S THING, NOBODY EXPECTED
US TO BE IN IT, WE'RE JUST
HAVING FUN AND RICH AFRD WANTS
US TO WIN IN THE WORST WAY AND
WE WANT TO WIN IN THE WORST WAY,
WE WON'T GET WOUND UP ABOUT IT,
JUST HAVING FUN.
>> MY PRO KUSERS UPSET WE HAD
YOU AS IN-RACE, WE DIDN'T GET TO
USE YOU.
HOW DID THIS BREAK DOWN?
>> I HEARD PETREE TALKING ABOUT
CALLING THE RACE FOR US, I DON'T
KNOW THAT THAT IS GOING TO WORK
VERY WELL FOR US.
I WAS OKAY WITH RUSTY GIVING ME
DRIVING ADVICE BUT I WAS FLIPPED
OUT ABOUT PETREE GIVING US CREW
CHIEF ADVICE, THAT WASN'T GOING
TO WORK.
>> HARVICK WAS CLOSE ON FUEL,
HOW CLOSE WERE YOU?
KINT KNOW IT WAS A ISSUE.
I'M ON NEED TO KNOW BASIS.
I DIDN'T NEED TO KNOW.
OTHER THAN SLOW DOWN NOTHING TO
DO ABOUT IT, MUST NOT HAVE FELT
IT WAS A CONCERN OR THEY WOULD
HAVE TOLD ME.
I'D RATHER NOT KNOW.
I WOULD RATHER RUN OUT LIKE MARK
D HE WOULD HAVE WORRIED WHOLE
LAST RUN IF SOMEBODY TOLD, YOU
WERE BETTER NOT KNOWING UNLESS
YOU CAN SAVE TO MAKE IT IT WHOLE
WAY BUT WE WEREN'T IN THAT
CONDITION.
>> IN SOME SITUATIONS IGNORANCE
IS BLISS.
>> I'M HERE WITH JEFF BURTON'S
BOSS, WATCHING JEFF BURTON DO
HIS INTERVIEW A LOT OF RACING
LEFT, CURRENTLY HAD THE OWNERS
CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE BUSCH
SERIES, WHAT WOULD IT MEAN TO
TAKE THE CHAMPIONSHIP OUT OF
THIS SEASON?
>> IT WOULD BE GREAT.
I'M RALLY PROUD OF ALL OF THE
GUYS ON 29 HOLIDAY INN TEAM WITH
JEFF AND SCOTT WIMMER, SCOTT'S
DN A GREAT JOB FOR HUFS LIKE YOU
SAY, A LOT OF RACING AND CARL
AND JACK, YOU GOT A LOT OF
RESPECT FOR THOSE GUYS.
HAVING A GREAT YEAR AND
HOPEFULLY WE CAN PUT A LITTLE
RACE ON FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> YOU KNEW YOU WOULD NOT GET
DRIVER'S POINT CHAMPIONSHIP THIS
YEAR BUT AT WHAT POINT DID YOU
FOCUS ON THE OWNERS
CHAMPIONSHIP?
>> THAT WAS OUR GOAL TO START
THE YEAR OUT WAS TO, WITH BOTH
DOORS TRY TO GO AFTER THE OWNERS
CHAMPIONSHIP AND JEFF AND SCOTT
JUST DOING A GREAT JOB AND YOU
ALWAYS SET YOUR GOALS, THAT'S
ONE OF THE GOALS SWEAT EARLY IN
THE YEAR.
>> YOU HAVE SO MANY TROPHIES
RIGHT NOW, WHERE WILL THIS ONE
GO?
>> RIGHT NEXT TO THE LAST ONE I
HOPE.
IT'S JUST SPECIAL.
WE JUST LOVE DOING WHAT WE DO
AND A LOT OF FUN.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, RICHARD CHILDRESS.
>> DOC?
>> THEY WON THE DRIVER AND OERNS
TITLE A YEAR AGO WITH KEVIN
HARVICK WINNING THE DRIVER'S
TITLE AND OWNER CHAMPIONSHIP
ALSO BACK IN 2003 AND 2001.
NOW CARL EDWARDS DIDN'T HAVE THE
KIND OF DAY HE WANTED TO V
COMING HOME WITH 28th PLACE
FINISH.
HE STILL IS ATONIGHT DRIVERS
POINTS BUT HE ALSO UNDERSTANDS
THAT HE LOST RIGHT NOW THE LEAD
IN THE OWNERS POINTS.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH DAVE.
>> CARL EDWARDS CAME HOME 28th
TODAY.
CONTACT ON THE RACETRACK CARL
KIND OF RUINED YOUR DAY.
>> FIRST CONGRATULATIONSES TO
DENNY HAMLIN, THEY DID A GREAT
JOB.
ALL MY GUYS THE DHE WELL.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT
WHATEVER HIS NAME IS DRIVES 41,
I DON'T REMEMBER, WHATEVER HE
WAS THINKING THERE.
I GUESS -- A REASON HE RUNS LIKE
HE DOES.
UNBELIEVABLE.
BUT OH, WELL.
WE'LL MOVE ON, GOT A GREAT TEAM.
GOING TO BRISTOL.
THAT WILL BE A LOT OF FUN.
HOPEFULLY HE'LL BE MAN *** TO
HAVE A CHAT WITH ME FACE TO FACE
ABOUT IT.
>> CARL, OWNERS POINTS HAVE BEEN
DISCUSSION POINTS, ARE YOU
FEELING THAT PRESSURE NOW AS THE
29 MOVED CLOSE TO YOU GUYS
TODAY?
>> YEAH, WE'RE FEELING THE
PRESSURE.
IT'S A BATTLE.
GOING TO MAKE IT EXCITING FOR
THE FANS.
THOSE GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT
JOB, JEFF BURTON DID A GREAT JOB
TODAY.
GOING TO BE FUN BATTLING THEM.
ONLY GOOD THING IS GOOD POINTS
BATTLE FOR THE OWNERS
CHAMPIONSHIP.
VERY FRUSTRATING DAY.
LIKE I SAID, HOPEFULLY, WE CAN
WORK IT OUT.
>> THANK YOU, CARL.
>> CARL EDWARDS STILL
COMFORTABLY ATOP NASCAR BUSCH
SERIES POINTS STANDINGS BUT
KEVIN HARVICK RUNNING 18 EVENTS
HAS MOVED UP THE SECOND
POSITION.
HE HAS BEEN JUST THAT GOOD, FIVE
WIN THIS IS YEAR.
FOUR WINS IN LAST SIX STARTS AND
KEVIN HARVICK, THIRD PLACE
FINISH HERE TODAY.
DAVID REUTIMANN INVOLVED IN
INCIDENT EARLY ON, LOSES A SPOT
IN THIRD OVERALL IN THE
STANDINGS.
CURIOUS, COMMENT A MOMENT AGO,
CARL EDWARDS VERY FRUSTRATED
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WITH REED
SORENSON.
AS A DRIVER, DO YOU GO SEEK OUT
REED SORENSON?
PRIVATELY, QUIETLY?
HOW DO YOU HANDLE THINGS LIKE
THAT?
>> THEY'LL TALK TO EACH OTHER
BUT IF YOU GO TO REED SORENSON
HE'LL SAY, HE COME FLYING FROM
THE BACK OF THE TRACK UP IN
FRONT, I HAD A LOT OF MOMENTUM,
I COULDN'T SLOW DOWN.
IF THIS GOE BACK TO THE REPLAY
AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT
CORNER, MIGHT SEE A DIFFERENT
POINT OF VIEW.
I CAN UNDERSTAND CARL EDWARDS
BEING IN FRONT OF HIM AND THINKS
HE GETS TAKEN OUT BY HITTING IN
THE BACK BUT IF HE LOOKS AT THE
REPLAY IT MIGHT BE DAVE STORY.
>> HE COULD HANDLE JEFF BURTON
WHEN FIND HIM, HEARD HIM TALK
ABOUT THAT -- MIGHT HANDLE THAT
THE SAME WAY.
>> I WON'T GET FIND WILL I?
>> I DON'T THINK HE WAS ROUGHING
YOU UP.
HE LOVES THE WAY YOU CALL UP.
>> WE'RE GOOD FRIENDS.
I'M JUST AGGRAVATING HIM.
>> SECOND RACE FOR GERMAIN
RACING, TWO TOP TENS, HOW ARE
YOU DOING JUST SHUTTING THE DOOR
ON THE TOP TEN?
>> WE GOT A GOOD TEAM AND A LOT
OF CONFIDENCE IN MIKE SENIOR AND
JUNIOR, DOING A GREAT JOB, A
LONG TIME SINCE WE RAN A CAR AND
DO SOME TESTING BUT NOT AS MUCH
AS WE NEED TO.
SO, WE'RE GAINING ON IT EVERY
WEEK, WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT
THE CARS AND WHAT THEY NEED A
LOT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'RE
USED TO.
WHAT WITH I DID AT LONG TIME, IS
DIFFERENT THAN NOW.
HAD A GOOD RUN TODAY, CAMRY WAS
A LITTLE TIGHT TO BEGIN WITH
OVERADJUSTED, GOT A LITTLE
LOOSE, OVERADJUSTED BACK, GOT A
LITSLE TIGHT.
TEND A LITTLE TOO TIGHT BUT A
GOOD RUN, COME BACK EIGHTH, OUR
GERMAIN TEAM DID A GREAT JOB.
>> YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THE
BIGGEST FEAT OF ALL, WON
CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE TRUCK
SERIES, I'M HEARING A RUMOR,
MIGHT SEE YOU FULL-TIME HERE IN
'08?
ANY TRUTH TO THAT.
>> THERE IS TRUTH TO IT.
WE WANT TO RUN FULL-TIME BARB
BUSCH.
YOU HAVE TO SPONSORSHIP, GERMAIN
BROTHERS GREAT, WANT TO GROAT
BUSINESS AND NEXT PLACE TO GROW
TO IS BUSCH SERIES SO WE'LL GIVE
IT A SHOLT.
>> WAY TO GET THE BUCKS IS TO
GET FINISHES LIKE THAT DOC.
>> A VERY STRONG TEAM, TODD
BODINE, 15-TIME WINNER NASCAR
BUSCH SERIES.
REIGNING NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK
SERIES CHAM.
RUNNING SIX MORE TIMES IN BUSCH
SERIES AND HOPES TO RUN FULL
2008 SEASON AS AN NASCAR BUSCH
REGULAR.
>> TOMORROW, NEXTEL CUP SERIES
TAKES CENTER STAGE HERE IN THE
IRISH HILLS OF MICHIGAN.
CARL EDWARDS ENDED HIS NEXTEL
CUP VICTORY HERE IN JUNE, FIRST
CUP WIN SINCE TEXAS IN NOVEMBER
OF 2005.
MATT KENSETH WON MICHIGAN RACE
LAST AUGUST BUT SUFFERED HIS
WORST FINISH OF THE YEAR BACK A
COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, WINDING UP
42nd AFTER CRASHING OUT.
OUR NEXTEL CUP COVERAGE OF
MICHIGAN BEGINS AT 1:00 EASTERN
TIME ON ESPN AT ESPN HD.
GREAT NASCAR BUSCH SERIES ACTION
TODAY.
WHAT AN IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE
BY DENNY HAMLIN, HAD A VERY GOOD
CAR BUT HE AND KENSETH WERE EVEN
PRETTY MUCH TWO-THIRDS THE RACE.
>> BIG BATTLE, MADE PIT STOP
UNDERSTOOD GREER AND BATTLED TO
ENTRANCE THE PIT ROAD.
THEY HAD A PROBLEM IN THE PITS
WITH 17 AND COST HIM A BIT OF
TIME BUT THEN LOOKED LIKE MATT
KENSETH'S CAR WASN'T QUITE AS
GOOD AS DENNY HAMLIN'S AND DENNY
JUST DROVE AWAY.
>> HAMLIN'S CAR SEEMED TO GET
STRONGER THE LAST 20 LAPS, AND
PULLED WAY.
HOW DO YOU GAIN STRENGTH IN THE
FINE APAL LAPS IN MICHIGAN?
>> WORKED TOP GROOVE, WORKED TO
FIND THE RIGHT PLACE HIS CAR
NEEDED TO RUN.
TRIED THE BOTTOM, WASN'T QUICK
ENOUGH, TRIED MIDDLE, WASN'T
QUICK ENOUGH AND ENDED UP IN THE
TOP AND STUCK WITH HIS PLAN AND
DROVE OFF.
>> ONE DRIVER WHO DODGED A
COUPLE OF BULLETS TODAY, TONY
STEWART STANDING BY WITH SHANNON
SPAKE.
>> TOUGH DAY FOR TONY STEWART
OUT THERE.
TALK ABOUT YOUR RACE.
WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE?
>> WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED,
THAT'S THE THING.
WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL WE GET
THE CAR TO THE SHOP TO FIND OUT.
WE PUT THE TRACK BAR DOWN FOUR
ROUNDS BUT TWO ROUNDS OF WEDGE
ON THE CAR, THREE POUNDS DOWN ON
RIGHT REAR.
FOUR POUNDS DOWN RIGHT REAR, I'M
SORRY, FOUR POUNDS IN RIGHT
FRONT, THREE POUNDS DOWN IN THE
RIGHT REAR.
THEE POUNDS LEFT YEAR AND POUND
AND A HALF LEFT FRONT.
SO THAT'S A LOT OF STUFF, I
SHOULD HAVE MADE IT NOT TURN AT
ALL COMPARED TO YESTERDAY.
SO, SOMETHING HAPPENED WE JUST
DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE
OLD SPICE CAR.
DISAPPOINTING CONSIDERING WE
WERE REALLY GOOD YESTERDAY,
RUNNING REALLY GOOD SPEEDS AND
TIMES AND REALLY CONSISTENT.
I DON'T THINK ANY OF US WOULD
HAVE HAD ANY INCLINATION THIS
WOULD HAPPEN TODAY.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO
IT.
WE'LL HAVE TO GET IT BACK TO THE
SHOP AND KEVIN HARVICK, INC. AND
FIND OUT.
>> YOU ARE ON A ROLLING IN THE
CUP SERIES, HOW DO YOU FEEL
ABOUT TOMORROW?
>> GOT TO BE BETTER THAN TODAY
UNLESS WE CRASH.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT TOMORROW BUT
FRUSTRATED ABOUT TODAY.
YITSDZ ONE THING WHEN YOU KNOW
WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, ANOTHER
THING WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW.
ALL OF THE GUYS ON OLD SPICE CAR
SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS SAYING
WHAT HAPPENED?
NONE OF US KNOW.
THINGS WE DID ON PIT STOPS TO
TRY TO GET THE CAR TIGHTENED UP
TO DRIVING IT WERE SO LARGE THAT
IT SHOUNLT HAVE TURNED LET ALONE
STILL BEEN LOOSE AT THE END OF
THE DAY.
SO, WE'RE JUST HAVING TO WAIT
AND SEE WHAT THEY FIND AT THE
SHOP.
>> GOOD LUCK TOMORROW.
>> A BIT MORE DISAPPOINTMENT ON
OTHER SIDE OF THE KHI CAMP,
BOBBY LABONTE, PROMISING DAY
UNTIL DAMAGE ON LEFT FRONT
FENDER.
WHAT HAPPENED.
>> WE GOT INTO IT WITH TODD
BODINE AND EASED US UP IN THE
WALL.
GREEN FLAG PIT STOP, GREAT JOB
BY THE GUYS COMING BACK.
TOO LOOSE ON RESTART AND
OBVIOUSLY, TIGHTENED IT UP ON
LAST RUN AND CAME BACK TO 18th,
FAST RACE CAR, FOLLOWING KEVIN
THERE TO THE START/FINISH LINE
ON LAST FEW LAPS, HAD SOME FAST
LAP TIMES ALL DAY EXCEPT FOR THE
SPAN WHERE WE WERE TOO LOOSE AND
DAMAGE.
THEY'LL FIX IT UP AND WE'LL GO
RACE.
>> YOU DESCRIBED THIS AS ONE OF
THE FAVORITE PLACES TO GO, WHAT
DO YOU TAKE INTO SUNDAY?
>> I CAN'T WAIT.
I BELIEVE A GOOD DAY FOR US.
OUR DODGE HAS BEEN GOOD,
QUALIFIED FOURTH AND WASN'T
QUITE AS GOOD TODAY IN A BIT OF
SUN BUT I DON'T THINK WE'LL HAVE
THE SUN TOM.
HOPEFULLY GOODED IN CLOUDS.
>> BOBBY LABONTE AMONG THE
FAVORITES, MULTI-TIME WINNER
MICHIGAN AND SOMEBODY TO WATCH
ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
DAVE?
>> BRIAN VICKERS BROUGHT NUMBER
10 TOYOTA SIXTH IN YOUR SECOND
RIDE WITH THEM, NOT BADE DEAL.
>> NO, NOT A BAD DEAL.
BEAT OURSELVES ON THAT ONE.
WE HAD THAT RACE, HAD SUCH A
FAST CAR AT THE START.
ON THE PIT STOP LOST A COUPLE OF
SPOTS IN PITS AND HAD TO COME
BACK IN, DIDN'T GET THE CAR
ABOUT HALVE FUEL.
A PROBLEM WITH THE OVERFLOW
TUBE, WEREN'T GETTING THE PUSH,
PIN PUSHED IN.
IT COST US THE RACE, BECAUSE WE
WERE THE FASTEST CAR ON THAT
POINT ON ON THE RACETRACK.
AND JUST COULDN'T MAKE IT UP.
THE RACE STAYED GREEN, IF WE
COULD HAVE HAD A CAUTION.
>> PROBABLY PASSED MORE CARS
TODAY THAN ANYBODY ELSE?
>> DEFINITELY PASSED A LOT CARS,
ESPECIALLY ON GREEN.
GREAT OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY GAVE
ME ON THE TOYOTA, THE PACKAGE,
GOOD PACKAGE OVER HERE AND WE'RE
PROUFD EVERYBODY.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE JUST -- THINGS
HAPPEN.
IT'S NEWS FROM TRAITING BUT WE
BEAT OURSELVES ON THIS ONE.
>> BRIAN VICKERS IN THE CAR NEXT
THREE EVENTS, BRISTOL,
CALIFORNIA AND RICHMOND, MORE
CHANCES TO GET WAYNE FOR THE 10
CAR.
GREAT RUN FOR BRIAN VICKERS IN
THE TOYOTA BUT THIS IS THE GUY
THAT HAD THEM ALL COVERED TODAY.
DENNY HAMLIN, STILL SMILING.
BACK TO MICHIGAN IN A MOMENT.
>>S THAT CAR BUSCH SERIES CARFAX
250 AT MICHIGAN, BROUGHT TO YOU
BY CARFAX 250.
BY ALLSTATE, OFFICIAL INSURANCE
SPONSOR OF NASCAR AND THE
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY
ADMINISTRATION.
DENNY HAMLIN THE WINNER TODAY,
WE HEARD FROM SEVEN OF THE TOP
EIGHT FINISHERS, REMAINDER OF
THAT GROUP IS WITH DAVE BURNS.
>> CAME OEM SEVEN TODAY, PAUL
TALK ABOUT RACING IN MICHIGAN,
HAVEN'T DONE IT MUCH THIS YEAR
BUSCH SERIES, HOW TOUGH WAS IT
TODAY SM.
>> A LOT OF FUN.
MICHIGAN IS ONE OF THE BEST
RACETRACKS THERE IS.
YOU CAN GO TOP TO BOTTOM, BUSCH
CARS ARE FUN, YOU DON'T LIFT A
LOT, PRETTY MUCH WIDE OPEN.
FINISHED SEVENTH, TOP FIVE CAR.
I THINK MAYBE OVERADJUSTED LAST
PIT STOP.
I WANTED TO TRY TO COME UP ON
THE TRACK BAR, TRY TO FREE IT
UP, ALMOST BREAKING LOOSE 20
LAPS AND GOOD LAST 30 LAPS OR
SO.
BUT GAVE UP TOP FIVE THERE.
>> HOW HARD IS TO IT HOLD ON TO
A LOOSE RACE CAR AT THIS TRACK?
>> IT'S HARD BUT I MEAN, IT'S
ALL RELATIVE, I GUESS.
HOW SIDEWAYS YOU WANT TO PUSH
IT, YOU CAN ALWAYS LIFT BUT
IT'S -- THAT WAS PRETTY LOOSE
RIGHT THERE, PRETTY SIDEWAYS.
>> YOU BROUTD IT HOME IN ONE
PIECE, TOP TEN RUN.
>> FOURTH TOP TEN FINISH, LAST
FIVE NASCAR BUSCH SERIES RACES
THAT HE'S RUN AND NOT A WIN
TODAY FOR PAUL MENARD BUT
CERTAINLY A SOLID SHOWING FOR
HIM AS HE TRIES TO GAIN SOME
MORE EXPERIENCE FOR HIS NEXTEL
CUP CAREER.
>> PAUL HAS A LOT OF TALENT.
I EXPECT HIM TO DO SOME GREAT
THINGS.
STARTING TO GET HIS CUP DEAL
TOGETHER AND IF HE DRIVES A CAR
LOOSE, IF HE SAYS IT'S LOOSE,
IT'S LOOSE.
>> 400 MILES OF NEXTEL CUP
ACTION HERE TOMORROW.
WHAT CAN WE EXPECT TO SEE?
>> I THINK TONY STEWART HAS
MOMENTUM, EVEN THOUGH HE DIDN'T
RUN WELL, A PRAB WITH THE BUSCH
KASHGS THEY'LL FIND IT WHEN THEY
GET HOME.
I FIND HIM HARD TO BEAT
TOMORROW.
>> I NI JIMMIE JOHNSON, CHAD
KNAUS BACK HERE IN AND A LOT OF
MOMENTUM GOING AND IF YOU
REMEMBER LAST YEAR, HE WENT
THROUGH A LOT OF PROBLEMANCE
THIS PART OF THE YEE HE TOOK OFF
AND NOW HAS KNAUS BACK AND THAT
WILL HELP.
>> CHEVROLET, LAST TIME THEY WON
HERE, JEFF GORDON ON THE POLE.
FOLKS, JEFF GORDON IS ON THE
POLE HERE TOMORROW.
WATCH FOR HIM TO A FACTOR ALL
DAY AFTER THE FRUSTRATING FINISH
AT WATKINS GLEN A WEEK> DOC, THAT'S TOMORROW AND
WRAPPING UP TODAY A LITTLE WHILE
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