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CHRIS JONES.
ANDREW MYERS JOINING HIM.
JOHNNY BENSON CONTINUING TO
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>> ONE THING WE HAVEN'T TALKED
ABOUT WE DON'T GET A WHOLE
LOT OF GREEN FLAGS.
THESE RACES ARE SO SHORT.
BUT MIKE SKINNER PITTED
WITH THAT UNSCHEDULED PIT
STOP ON LAP NUMBER 27.
55 AND 60 LAPS WHEN YOU'RE
FULL OF FUEL SO HE CAN
GO PROBABLY ANOTHER 40 LAPS BUT
THESE OTHER GUYS ACTUALLY
AT QUALIFYING AND PACE LAPS WHEN
THEY STARTED THIS RACE SO THEY
ARE PROBABLY LOOKING TO
PIT PROBABLY IN THE EARLY 50s.
SO WE MAY BE JUST FIVE LAPSE
AWAY.
BRENDAN GAUGHAN MADE A NICE
SPOT.
SOME OF THESE GUYS MAY BE
GETTING READY TO PIT.
THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR
SKINNER RIGHT NOW TO PASS EVERY
TRUCK HE CAN.
SOME OF THE TRUCKS HE IS
PASSING RIGHT NOW ARE GUYS THAT
DID MAKE A PIT STOP ON OUR FIRST
CAUTION.
>> TALKING ABOUT THE TRACK HE
IS LOOKING AT.
>> THEY WILL STAY OUT A LITTLE
LONGER.
HE NEEDS TO PASS EVERY ONE OF
THEM.
SO WHEN THESE LEAD TRUCKS START
PITTING MAYBE IT WILL
PUT SKINNER ON THE LEAD LAP
WITHOUT HAVING TO USE THE LUCKY
DOG.
>> RIGHT NOW KYLE BUSCH IS
ONE OF THOSE TRUCKS THAT PITTED.
HE IS IN 14TH SPOT.
>> JON WOOD HAD HIS HANDS
FULL MOMENTS AGO AS
ANOTHER TRUCK CAUSED A PROBLEM.
>> THIS IS SCARY.
WATCH THIS.
>> ANDY MAKES A LITTLE CONTACT
WITH THE 1 OF JASON AND JON WOOD
ALL THE WAY UP TO THE TOP OF THE
RACETRACK.
>> KRISTA?
>> THEY JUST ASKED HIM WHAT
KIND OF ADJUSTMENT HE WANTS AND
HE SAID A REALLY BIG ONE.
HE WAS FIGHT AND NOW HE
IS SAYING IT IS LOOSE.
SEVEN MORE LAPS, GUYS.
>> THAT'S GOING TO BE
INTERESTING.
>> THEY ARE COMING INTO THEIR
PIT WINDOW.
ANYWHERE FROM 55 TO 60 LAPS
WOULD BE THE PIT WINDOW.
AND WE HAD THE ONE CAUTION,
JUST A FEW CAUTION LAPS SO
THAT MIGHT EXTEND THEIR WINDOW.
>> REMEMBER THEY HAVE THE FUEL
THEY USED QUALIFYING THEY
WERE NOT ABLE TO TOP THESE
TRUCKS BACK UP.
MOST OF THE GUYS WHEN THEY
SAY THEY CAN RUN 50 LAPS
THAT MEANS FULL OF FUEL.
NOW THEY ARE PROBABLY LOOKING AT
65.
>> SECOND PLACE RON HORNADAY HAS
TEAM OWNER AND TEAMMATE
RIGHT BEHIND HIM, KEVIN HARVICK.
THAT IS A BATTLE FOR THE SECOND
SPOT.
HARVICK RUNNING A LITTLE
HIGHER LINE THAN RON IS AROUND
THIS RACETRACK.
>> WE SEEN THAT ALL NIGHT LONG.
REV.
KEVIN HAS BEEN UP TOP.
GIVING YOU A WHOLE LOT OF
MOMENTUM WHEN YOU EXIT THE
CORNER.
>> KEVIN IS TYPICALLY NOT A
GUY THAT REALLY LIKES
THE OUTSIDE OF THE RACE.
HE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO RUN THE
BOTTOM.
THERE IS THE FIRST OF OUR
LEAD LAP TRUCKS.
CHAD HAD DRIVEN UP INTO THE
TOP 10, RAY.
>> ABSOLUTELY, PHIL.
HE IS HAPPY WITH THE TRUCK,
ONLY PROBLEM IS HE CAN'T GET
IT UP IN THE HIGH HIGH LINE.
THEY WANTED TO MAKE
AN ADJUSTMENT TO TRY TO LOOSEN
HIM UP JUST A LITTLE BIT TO SEE
IF HE CAN GET UP THERE
AND CHANGE THE LINE FOR THAT
CHEVROLET.
>> THIS IS ALL GOOD FOR
SKINNER RIGHT NOW.
THESE GUYS ARE PITTING AND HE
KNOWS THAT EVERYONE ONE
THAT PITS THAT'S A BETTER CHANCE
OF HIM GETTING ON THAT LEAD LAP.
THIS IS THEM WONDERING WHAT WILL
HAPPEN.
>> WE MAY BE IN THE EXACT SAME
SITUATION WHERE RON HORNADAY
MAY WATCH KEVIN HARVICK AND SEE
KEVIN GOING BACK TO THE TOP
OF THE RACETRACK AND RON GOES
RIGHT BACK TO THE BOTTOM.
>> KEVIN IS TRYING TO SHOW
HIM THAT LINE.
>> AND RON IS SAYING YOU'RE
GLG -- GOING TO HAVE TO SHOW ME.
>> LOOKS LIKE RON MAY BE
A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE ON THE
BOTTOM.
>> ERIK DARNELL MAKING HIS WAY
ON TO PIT ROAD.
THERE WERE 14 THAT STAYED ON
THE RACETRACK AND DID NOT COME
IN ON THAT FIRST CAUTION.
>> AND THAT'S WHO IS PITTING
RIGHT NOW.
WE TALKED ABOUT A MINUTE AGO,
HORNADAY WAS SOME 80 POINTS
BEHIND.
HE IS ONLY 64 BEHIND.
>> IT IS A LITTLE BIT EARLY FOR
ERIK DARNELL.
GOING TO GO AHEAD AND BRING HIM
IN.
THE CALL FOR THAT FORD.
IT WILL BE FOUR TIRES AND
FUEL, THE PIT SPOT, LAP 56.
YOU CAN SEE THAT.
FOUR TIRES, FUEL THERE.
THEY ARE ALSO DOING AN AIR
PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT.
HE WAS TIGHT.
BOTH GUYS NOW.
>> JON WOOD CAME IN.
HE WANTS HIS TRUCK TO TIGHTEN
UP.
FOUR TIRES.
>> 33 IS HERE.
RON HORNADAY BRINGING HIS
CHEVROLET IN FOR THE FIRST TIME.
>> REMEMBER, DANNY IS NOT GOING
OVER THE WALL.
INSTEAD IT WILL BE JEFF.
WE WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THE CREW.
EVERYTHING WAS SMOOTH ON
THE RIGHT SIDE.
THEY GO TO WORK OVER ON THE
LEFT.
GOT THE TIRES AWAY.
EVERYTHING.
A NICE SMOOTH STOP.
>> BACK TO THE RACETRACK.
>> GOOD STOPS FOR HORNADAY AND
JON WOOD.
HERE COMES BENSON NOW.
JOHNNY BENSON WILL RELINQUISH
THE LEAD.
>> RON HORNADAY RIGHT NOW FALLS
BACK BEHIND SKINNER WHEN WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT POINTS.
SKINNER WITH POINTS ON TOP OF
HORNADAY.
>> RIGHT.
>> BENSON, NUMBER 23, COMES IN.
HE IS TALKING ABOUT BEING A
LITTLE BIT TIGHT THROUGH THE
CENTER.
WE ALSO KNOW KEVIN HARVICK IS
ON HIS WAY.
HE WILL PIT BACK BEHIND BENSON
ABOUT TWO STALLS.
A BIT OF A HANG UP ON JOHNNY
BENSON'S TRUCK.
BENSON WILL NOT GET THROUGH WITH
A QUICK STOP BECAUSE IT WILL
BE FOUR TIRES FOR THAT TOYOTA.
>> THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I'M
TALKING ABOUT.
>> PIT ROAD ISSUES.
LAP 59.
A TEAM THAT IS USUALLY SPOT
ON, HE WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT NO
GRIP.
FOUR TIRES AND FUEL BUT A
SLOW START WILL COST HIM A
GREAT DEAL OF TRACK POSITION.
>> LOOK AT ALL THE GRASS ON THE
FRONT OF THAT TRUCK.
THEY WILL GET THAT CLEARED UP
AND BODIN EGHTIN -- BODINE WITH
FOUR TIRES.
>> CATERPILLAR TRUCK HAS
BEEN REALLY GOOD.
REALLY HAPPY WITH THE WAY IT'S
BEEN HANDLING.
THIS CREW WILL GO TO WORK
OVER ON LEFT SIDE.
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY
PACK THIS THING FULL OF FUEL.
HOW LONG WILL WE GO IN A LONG
GREEN FUN RUN?
NICE STOP ON THE RIGHT SIDE
WITH THESE GUYS.
IT WILL BE FOUR TIRES HERE
AND AS I SAID NO ADJUSTMENTS
ON THE CATERPILLAR TOYOTA.
>> GO, GO, GO.
>> THERE IS OUR POINT CONTENDER
RIGHT THERE, MIKE SKINNER ON THE
INSIDE.
RON HORNADAY.
REMEMBER HORNADAY ADDED PRESSURE
IN HIS TIRES.
>> EVERY WEEK OF
THE CHAMPIONSHIP
BATTLE, SOMEBODY NEW SURFACES
OVER THE TOP.
HE WENT FROM 80 DOWN.
NOW HE IS 30 UP.
>> DID YOU SEE THE GROUND
HE LOST TO HORNADAY IN ONE
CORNER?
THAT MEANS HE IS GIVING AWAY
TIME NOW.
SO FOR A WHILE SKINNER WAS
PRAYING THAT
THE CAUTION DOESN'T FLY.
NOW HE IS SAYING I NEED
THE CAUTION NOW.
>> I TELL YOU RIGHT NOW,
THOUGH, I THINK MIKE SKINNER AND
RON HORNADAY FIND THEMSELVES
A LAP DOWN BECAUSE A LOT
OF TRUCKS HAVE NOT PITTED YET.
I DON'T THINK EITHER ONE OF
THOSE TRUCKS HAVE.
>> I WOULD BRING THAT TRUCK
TO PIT ROAD RIGHT NOW.
ONE LAST GUY A LAP AHEAD.
JACQUES YOUR LEADER.
HALF A SECOND LEAD OVER KYLE
BUSCH.
THERE ARE 15 TRUCKS STILL ON
THE LEAD LAP HERE
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KYLE BUSCH NOW IN FRONT.
JACQUES VILLENEUVE DROPPED DOWN
TO THE SECOND SPOT.
HERE IS HOW IT HAPPENED.
KYLE WAS RUNNING REALLY WELL ON
THE OUTSIDE BUT HE DIPS DOWN
TO THE INSIDE.
DRIVES BY TRUCK 27 AND TAKES
OVER THE LEAD.
NOW KEVIN HARVICK GOES
AFTER THAT 51 OF KYLE BUSCH
TO TRY TO UNLAP HIMSELF.
>> KYLE BUSCH OUT IN FRONT.
YOU TAKE A LOOK AT HIS
PROGRESSION THROUGH THIS FIELD.
IF YOU ARE JUST TUNING IN,
OUR CHAMPIONSHIP HAS REALLY
SEESAWED BACK AND FORTH.
FIVE RACES IN A ROW BUT IN JUST
THIS RACE IT HAS GONE AND
FORTH AND IT STARTED WHEN MIKE
SKINNER HAD PROBLEMS ON LAP 27.
>> IT IS GETTING MORE INTENSE
NOW, RICK, BECAUSE MIKE
SKINNER NEEDS A CAUTION.
HE CAME TO PIT ROAD WITH A FLAT
TIRE.
SKINNER KNOWS WHAT HE FEELS AND
HIS TEAM SAID THERE WAS NOTHING
WHEN HE CAME IN.
>> HE WAS DEAD LAST WHEN HE MADE
THAT PIT STOP.
RUNNING IN THE 18TH POSITION.
THE PROBLEM IS WE HAVE GOT
A NUMBER OF TRUCKS LED BY
KYLE BUSCH, OUR LEADER,
THAT PITTED ON LAP NUMBER 16.
THEY HAVE NOT MADE THEIR GREEN
FLAG PIT STOP YET.
SO MIKE SKINNER FINDS
HIMSELF ONE LAP DOWN AS WELL
AS THAT TRUCK OF RON HORNADAY.
>> THE TRUCKS ARE GETTING READY
TO COME TO PIT ROAD.
WE WILL SEE THEM START HITTING
PIT ROAD IN THE NEXT FIVE LAPS.
SO THEY WILL MOVE UP INTO
THE TOP FIVE.
SKINNER WILL NEED TO COME TO
PIT ROAD SO HE IS STILL
THINKING WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN
WITH THE CAUTION FLAG.
I NEED SOME HELP HERE.
>> HOW DO I GET ON THE SAME
PIT CYCLE RIGHT NOW AS RON
HORNADAY IS ON.
22 POINTS SEPARATE OUR
CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER.
SKINNER SAYS HE IS FEELING A
VIBRATION WITH HIS TRUCK AND HE
IS NOT COMFORTABLE IN HIS TRUCK
RIGHT NOW.
>> HE WOULD TAKE HIS LUMP RIGHT
NOW.
HORNADAY.
SKINNER IS A LAP DOG.
HE WOULD LOSE A LAP RIGHT NOW.
>> MICHAEL, I DON'T THINK I
WOULD WANT TO DO THAT BECAUSE
YOU TAKE A CHANCE OF HORNADAY
BEING BETTER THAN YOU.
RON HORNADAY RIGHT NOW IS THE
NEXT TRUCK IN LINE.
>> WHOA, HANG ON SKINNER.
BIG TIME LOOSE.
>> ALMOST LOOSES.
>> MY TIRE IS FLAT.
>> YOU'RE HEARING HIM SAY THE
RIGHT REAR IS FLAT.
>> I HE CAN FEEL THAT.
THAT FRONT REAR IS FLAT.
HE WILL KNOW IT.
LIKE I SAID, BILL, HE WANTS A
CAUTION.
>> HE WOULD CATCH RON HORNADAY
DOWN A LAP IF A CAUTION WERE TO
COME OUT RIGHT NOW.
>> IF MIKE SKINNER HAS TO
MAKE ANOTHER UNSCHEDULED PIT
STOP LIKE THIS WE KNOW THAT
THE LEAD LAP TRUCK THAT WAS
PITTING JUST RECENTLY.
CHECK THIS OUT.
THEY ARE GOING TO THROW A
CAUTION FLAG.
THIS MIGHT BE IT FOR MIKE
SKINNER'S CHAMPIONSHIP
HOPES RIGHT HERE.
>> THERE GOES RON HORNADAY.
MIKE SKINNER HAVING TROUBLES.
A CAUTION FLAG WILL FLY.
>> THE WHOLE WHEEL CAME OFF
OF THE LEFT REAR.
>> THAT IS STILL NOT A BIG
BREAK.
ALTHOUGH MIKE SKINNER DID
BEAT KYLE BUSCH TO
THE START/FINISH LINE.
>> HE WILL BE TWO LAPS DOWN AND
WAY OUT OF WHACK.
ALL HE IS DO NOW, PHIL, IS BRACE
FOR THAT LAP BACK AND GET
HIMSELF INTO POSITION.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE DAMAGE TO
THE LEFT REAR OF THIS TRUCK?
>> CHANCES ARE IT DIDN'T HURT
ANYTHING AND CHANCES ARE
THAT'S WHAT HE FELT EARLIER.
HE KNEW SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT.
THAT LEFT REAR WAS LOOSE.
>> MICHAEL, I JUST LOOKED AT
IT AS THE TRUCK ROLLED BY
AND ALL THE STUDIES -- STUDS
WERE ON.
IT LOOKS LIKE THAT WHEEL WILL
NOT TIGHTEN ON THERE
SO APPARENTLY THERE IS
SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE
TRUCK SO THEY ARE TRYING TO
RUN THE LUG NUTS ON THERE
BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT
REAR WHEEL WILL NOT TIGHTEN UP
SO THAT IS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM
THAT WILL PROBABLY REQUIRE
THEM TO GO BEHIND THE WALL AND I
BELIEVE YOU'RE RIGHT, THIS
MIGHT BE THE ENDS FOR SKINNER'S
CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> THEY HAVE A SHOT TO PUT A
WHEEL SPACER ON THAT LEFT REAR,
PHIL.
WHAT THAT WILL DO IS IT
WILL MOVE THE WHEEL OUT AND
THEN THAT WILL ALLOW SOME FRESH
THREADS TO BE GRABBED BY THE
NUTS THAT GO ON TO THE STUDS.
THEY WILL FIGURE THAT OUT.
THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE
THINKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW
AND MAYBE THEY WILL GET THAT
THING TIGHTENED UP.
>> THE FIELD CONTINUING.
AS HE CONTINUES TO GO DOWN
FURTHER HIS CHAMPIONSHIP HOPES
CONTINUE TO FALL.
>> LET'S SEE IF WE CAN TAKE A
LOOK BACK AT POSSIBLY
WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT NUMBER 5
TRUCK.
MIKE SKINNER.
YOU SEE JEFF RIGHT THERE ON
TOP OF THE BOX.
MIKE SKINNER, HE KNOWS HE HAS A
PROBLEM.
YOU SEE THAT WHEEL WOBBLING A
LITTLE BIT.
THERE IT COMES, COMPLETE
OFF THAT TRUCK.
>> I HAVE BEEN THERE BEFORE,
WHEN THE LEFT REAR TIRE WHEEL
COMES LOOSE, YOU WOULD
PROMISE IT'S A RIGHT REAR FLAT
BECAUSE THE THING GETS
INCREDIBLY LOOSE THEN THE
LEFT REAR TIRE AND WHEEL FALL
OFF THAT TRUCK.
>> THE DUST CAP THAT HOLDS
THE AXLE IN I WOULD THINK.