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>>> DALE EARNHARDT JR. WON HERE
IN OCTOBER, HIS FATHER, THE LATE
GREAT DALE EARNHARDT SR. WON
BACK TO BACK TALLEDEGA RACES
THREE DIFFERENT TIMES.
TOP 30 CARS WITHIN THREE SECONDS
OF EACH OTHER, JEFF HAMMOND, AS
WE BE SERVE SOME OF THE
STRATEGY.
KENSETH STAYING OUT, THE POLE
SITTER, JOHNSON, PITTING EARLY.
>> I THINK A LOT OF GUYS RIGHT
NOW ARE TRYING TO FIND THAT
COMBINATION, WHO THEY CAN RUN
WITH.
JOHNSON HUNTED AROUND, DIDN'T
FIND WHAT HE WANTED, NOW BACK UP
TO NINTH, BACK IN CONTENTION.
I THINK A LOT OF CREW CHIEFS ARE
TRYING TO FIND THEY CAN COME TO
PIT ROW WITH CERTAIN GUYS.
THAT CAN BE A FACTOR AT THE END
OF THE DAY.
>> AS WE LOOK AT THE BACK OF THE
PACK, AS PEOPLE KNOW SATURDAY'S
BUSCH RACE, 27 CARS INVOLVED IN
THE BIG ONE.
LAST YEAR, IT WAS CAUTION FREE.
WHAT WOULD INDICATE, SOMEONE
SITTING BACK THERE, IF WE HAVE
MORE PROBLEMS?
>> EARLY ON, WE HAVE PATIENCE.
GUYS WILLING TO FALL INTO SINGLE
LINE, WORK THEIR WAY BACK AND
FORTH.
HAD 31 CARS WITHIN THREE SECONDS
OF THE LEAD EARLY ON.
I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT
THEIR CARS ARE CAPABLE OF AND
SHOWING PATIENCE.
LATER ON, THAT MAY GO AWAY.
>> ONLY TWO CAUTION-FREE RACES
RUN HERE AT TALLEDEGA, SIX
LEADERS, EIGHT LEAD CHANGES.
BACK UPSTAIRS TO MIKE JOY,
DARRELL WALTRIP, AND LARRY
McREYNOLDS.
>> CAUTION FREE AT TALLEDEGA
THROUGH 63 LAPS.
LET'S LOOK AT OUR 7-ELEVEN PIT
SUMMARY.
>> MAYFIELD, THAT 19, DID A GOOD
JOB GOING FROM 8 THE TO 2nd.
SADLER AS WELL 18th TO 4th.
AND STEWART, THAT GROUP, THEY DO
IT EVERY WEEK ON PIT ROAD.
BETWEEN DALE EARNHARDT JR.,
WALTRIP, AND MAYFIELD THIS GROUP
HERE, DALE EARNHARDT JR., GOOD
PIT STOP, GOOD LAP TIME.
THE LAP TIME IS THE TWO LAPS,
INCLUDING THE STOP.
WHAT HELPED DALE EARNHARDT JR.,
HE'S AT THE LAST BOX COMING DOWN
PIT ROAD.
HI DID NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
SPEEDING, JUST GET UP TO SPEED.
VERY LAST PIT LEAVING PIT ROAD,
ONLY HAD TO TRAVEL A SHORT
DISTANCE WORRYING ABOUT PIT ROAD
SPEED.
>> THE BIG LOSER ON PIT ROAD WAS
JEFF GORDON, WHO FELL TO 27th.
HE HAS SINCE CLIMBED BACK UP THE
ORDER TO 16th.
HERE'S MATT.
?>> I SPOKE WITH ROBBIE LOOMIS,
GORDON'S CREW CHIEF, SAID, YOU
GUYS DROPPED BACK, ANY TROUBLE
ON YOUR PIT STOP?
HE SAID, NO, IT WASN'T A BAD
STOP, JUST WASN'T A 14 AND
CHANGE LIKE DALE EARNHARDT JR.
NO ADJUSTMENTS.
I SAID, HOW MANY STICKS OF GUM
ARE YOU ON NOW, THREE?
HE SAID NO, I'M ON NUMBER TWO,
I'M PULLING OUT NUMBER THREE
SOON.
VERY NERVOUS FOR THE CREW CHIEFS
AS WELL.
>> GORDON'S PROGRESS THROUGH THE
DAY.
DALE EARNHARDT JR., WALTRIP,
TEAMMATES, NOSE TO TAIL.
JEREMY MAYFIELD AND ELLIOTT SAL
LER, WHO TOOK A PROVISIONAL, IS
UP THERE ALSO.
>> THAT USUALLY BOTTLENECKS
EVERYTHING UP.
>> JUST REMEMBER, ELLIOTT SADLER
THIS IS THE CAR, TOO, HE
FINISHED SECOND IN THE DAYTONA
500.
WE SAW THE SIGN, GET WELL JACK,
JACK ROUSH PROVIDES THE MOTORS.
>> WALLACE GOING A LAP DOWN WITH
TEAMMATE HAMILTON.
>> JOHNSON WON THE POLE I CAR
48.
TROUBLED WITH OVERHEATING ALL
DAY LONG.
AT THE LAST PIT STOP, PULLED
SOME TAPE OFF THE GRILL, LET ES
AIR GET TO THE RADIATOR.
DROPPED THE TEMPERATURE 10
DEGREES.
THEY TOLD HIM TO TURN THE FAN ON
THAT SHOULD DROP IT MORE.
THE MAN WHO BUILDS THE ENGINES
SAID YOU CAN RUN IT AT 250
WITHOUT HURTING THE ENGINE, SO
LONG HE DOESN'T PUMP THE WATER
OUT.
CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT
JOHNSON'S CAR.
>> NOT GOOD NEWS IN THE PIT OF
COMPTON.
CAME DOWN HERE WITHFOX FO CAR
THEY'VE NEVER TESTED, YET HE
QUALIFIED 6th.
HE IS NOW VERY FAR BEHIND THE
FIELD.
THEY THINK HE HAS A BROKEN VALVE
SPRING ON THE NUMBER 14 OF
COMPTON.
>> UPDATE FRANK KIMMEL, AFTER
THE BROKEN SHOCK PROBLEM,
RETURNED TO THE RACE.
>> WHEN YOU PULLING TAPE OFF,
YOU OPEN THAT FRONT END UP.
THAT SLOWS YOU DOWN.
WON'T LEAD THE RACE LIKE HE DID
AT THE GET-GO.
THESE CARS HAVE ELECTRICAL FANS.
THEY DON'T HAVE MECHANICAL FANS,
THEY HAVE AN ON AND OFF SWITCH
FOR THE FAN.
NORMALLY AT SPEED YOU DON'T NEED
TO RUN THE FAN, BUT IF YOU'RE
HAVING A HEATING PROBLEM, IT'S
HELPFUL.
>> I'M SURPRISED THE STACY
COMPTON GROUP IS HAVING A VALVE
SPEED PROBLEM.
NORMALLY THAT'S CAUSED FROM
EXCESSIVE RPMs.
THERE'S 16 OF THEM, ONE ON
INTAKE, ONE ON EXHAUST.
THERE'S THE VALVE SPRINGS, RIGHT
THERE.
WHEN YOU BREAK ONE, IT'S FROM
EXCESSIVE RPMs.
I'M SURPRISED AT THAT.
>> MORE THAN LIKELY IT HAPPENED
LEAVING THE PITS, REVVED THE
MOTOR LEAVING THE PITS.
>> IT'S EXACTLY I WOULD SAY WHAT
HAS HAPPENED.
TWO VALVE SPRINGS, AN INNER OR
OUTER.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO BREAK ONE, IT
HAPPENS AFTER LEAVING THE PIT
STOP.
>> THE WINNERS NOW JUST 1.2
SECONDS APART, PACK IS CLOSING
UP INTO A BAD AGAIN.
TO STEVE BYRNES.
>> YEAH, MIKE, I'M CURIOUS, I
WANT TO ASK DARRELL AND LARRY,
STACY COMPTON STALLED HIS CAR
WHEN HE WAS LEAVING THE PITS ON
LAP 51 WONDER IF THAT COULD HAVE
BROKEN A VALVE SPRING THEN.
>> WHAT IT DOES, YOU CRANK IT
BACK UP, YOU REV THE THING
BECAUSE IT WON'T DO, IT
STUMBLES.
WHEN IT TAKES OFF, THE ENGINE
REVS UP HIGH BEFORE YOU CAN DO
ANYTHING WITH IT.
SO, YEAH, I'D SAY THAT HAD A LOT
TO DO WITH IT.
IT PULLS SUP A HIGH GEAR, 300ths
307.
SIXTH SOMETHING AT MARTINSVILLE,
HARD TO GET IT GOING.
>> WHEN IT STALLS AND
EVERYBODY'S HOLLERING AT YOU --
WHOA --
>> JARRETT THAT 88 CAR, ALMOST
SIDEWAYS.
>> TRIED TO SLIP UNDER TONY
STEWART AND GET HIM BACK IN
LINE.
MIGHT HAVE GOT A POP FROM
KENSETH.
>> I THINK HE DID.
>> WOW.
>> ONE OUTSIDE, TWO OUTSIDE,
ROBBIE IN THE MIDDLE.
>> SEE WHAT HE DOES, TOO, SAYS,
I GOT TO CATCH MY BREATH, SAYS,
THAT SCARED ME.
>> DALE JARRETT STARTING BACK IN
41st.
WORKED HIS WAY ALMOST TO THE TOP
TEN OR 12.
FALLING BACK NOW TO THE 19th.
>> JEFF HAMMOND.
>> GUYS, I WAS WONDERING,
WATCHING THE 88 CAR, WONDER IF
HE THOUGHT HE WAS RUNNING OUT OF
BOUNDS, *** THAT CAR BACK UP
TO THE RACETRACK, NOT REALIZING
MATT WAS MAKING A MOVE ON HIM,
AND GOT HIMSELF IN TROUBLE.
>> WELL, LET'S SEE.
>> I THINK KENSETH IS JUST UP ON
THE BACK BUMPER.
STARTED TO MAKE A RUN, PULLED
BACK UP AND TAPPED HIM.
>> WHEN YOU SHAKE THAT CAR
SIDEWAYS AND LOSE YOUR FORWARD
BITE, THE AFFECTS -- THERE IT IS
RIGHT THERE IS THE EFFECT TO THE
CAR BEHIND YOU AS IF YOU'D HIT
YOUR BRAKE?
>> OH, YEAH.
YOU CAN'T ANTICIPATE SOMETHING
LIKE THAT.
WHOOPS OUT, SAYS, I CAN'T MAKE
IT A LOT LIKE WHAT JEFF SAID,
THE YELLOW LINE'S THERE WHEN HE
TRIED TO GET BACK IN LINE,
KENSETH HAD THE RUN ON HIM.
THAT'S WHY THEY INSTITUTED THE
YELLOW LINE OUT OF BOUNDS.
THEY DON'T WANT YOU GOING INTO
THAT CORNER THREE AND FOUR WIDE.
>> DALE EARNHARDT JR., OUR
LEADER.
HERE'S MATT.
>> MIKE, A FEW MOMENTS AGO, DALE
EARNHARDT JR. CAME ON THE RADIO
AND TOLD HIS TEAM TO TELL
MICHAEL'S TEAM THAT HE CANNOT
RUN THE SAME LINE AS MICHAEL.
MICHAEL LIKES TO RUN DOWN THE
BOTTOM NEAR THE YELLOW LINE.
DALE EARNHARDT JR. SAYS HE'S
CAUGHT, TRYING TO RUN THAT LANE,
SO HAS ASKED HIM TO MOVE UP HALF
A LANE OR SO.
>> TWO OF THE TOP THREE
FINISHERS IN THE DAYTONA 500 ARE
TAILING THE FIELD, ONE BURTON,
THE OTHER GEOFFREY BODINE.
>> ALL THOSE YEARS OF RACING,
WOULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN NICE TO
HAVE SOMEONE TO CALL ON THE
RADIO AND SAY, WILL YOU TELL HIM
TO FOLLOW ME WHERE I WANT TO GO?
HE'S MY TEAMMATE, TELL HIM TO
HELP ME.
>> I THINK WHAT WILL HAPPEB,
THEY WILL MOVE AROUND, AND SEE
IF THEIR CAR WORKS AS GOOD AS
MAYBE THEIR TEAMMATE'S WORK.
NO DISADVANTAGE IF IT WILL DO
THAT.
>> I ALWAYS CALL, SAY, WILL YOU
TELL SO AND SO TO STAY BEHIND
ME?
AND THEY SAY, YEAH, WATCH THIS.
>> BILL ELLIOTT'S OFTEN SAID --
MANY DRIVERS HAVE OFTEN SAID, I
WANT TO BE OUT FRONT, I WANT TO
BE WAY OUT BACK, MAYBE THAT'S
WHY AND WHERE BURTON IS.
>> THE EYE OF THE STORM IS
BREWING.
>> THREE WIDE IN THE CORNER,
THREE WIDE.
>> WELL, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT
A LOT OF PEOPLE BEING IMPORTANT,
THE DRIVER, THE CREW CHIEF, BUT
THAT SPOTTER ON TOP OF THAT
GRANDSTAND, IT'S HIS EYES, ARMS
EARS, HE'S GOT THE MOST