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REMEMR, JIMMIE JOHNSON MUST
FINISH 36th OR BETTER TO WIN IT
ALL AND MAKE NASCAR HISTORY.
AND NO MORE DIFFICULT OF
DANGEROUS TIME FOR A DRIVER
MIRED BACK IN THE FIELD THAN THE
EARLY LAPS WHEN EVERYTHING CAN
BREAK LOOSE.
FANS ON THEIR FEET, GLAD TO HAVE
YOU WITH US ON WHAT COULD BE A
HISTORY MAKING DAY HERE IN SOUTH
FLORIDA, AS THE FIELD COMES DOWN
FOR THE GREEN FLAG.
FIRST TIME POLESITTER DAVID
REUTIMA TRIES TO LEAD THE
FIRST LAP HERE BUT MATT KENSETH
HAS ANOTHER OPINION.
>> HE'S RACING HIM *** THE
BOTTOM.
I THOUGHT MAYBE CARL EDWARDS
WOULD BE THE GUY THAT COU GET
OUT FRON EARLY.
DIDN'T GET AS GOOD AS START AS
MATT KENSETH.
>> REUTIMANN GOT A NICE JUMP ON
THE ART.
PRETTY OBVIOUS HE WANTED TO LEAD
THAT FIRST LAP AFTER WINNING HIS
FIRST POLE.
>> THERE'S THE 29 CAR OF KEVIN
HARVICK, LOOKING ON THE INSIDE
OF THE RACETRACK.
REMEMBER, THE 83 CAR, THAT IS
THE INEXPERIENC ROOKIE SCOTT
SPEED, WHO QUALIFIED ON THE
OUTSIDE FRONT ROW.
SO, SOME OF THE VETERANS
TIPTOEING ARND HIM.
>> DOING A GREAT JOB.
HE'S STAYING RIGHT UP WITH THOSE
GUYS.
NOT DOING ANYTHING GOOFY.
HE LOOKS SOLID.
SO FAR, SO GOOD FOR SCOTT SPEED.
>> HE HAD A FST CAR YESTERDAY
IN PRACTICE, TOO, SO -- HE KNOWS
WH'S GOING ON THERE.
BACK ON JIMMIE JOHNSON HERE, AS
HE TRIES TO MAKE HIS WAY UP
THROUGH.
>> HE'S ALREADY GAINED ONE
POSITION.
GOT TO BE CAREFUL.
>> JUST A LITTLE BIT OF SMOKE
TRAILING FROM THE 48 HERE.
YOU HAVE TO THINK THAT'S MAYBE
THE SPLITTER RUBBING THE
RACETRACK.
>> I SAW JIMMIE BEFORE THE RACE
DOWN AT DRIVER INTRODUCTIONS.
VERY CAM.
HE WAS JUST READY TO DO HIS JOB
TODAY.
>> CARL EDWARDS, NOW ON THE
BOTTOM OF THE RACETRACK.
AND REMEMBER, CARL NEEDS TO LEAD
THE MOST LAPS IF HE'S TO HAVE A
SHOT.
HE COULD WIN IT AND JUST LEAD
ONE LAP.
IF HE CAN LEAD THE MOST LAPS, HE
CAN FINISH THIRD.
>> HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO STAND
ON IT HERE.
LOOK AT THE TAPE ON THE
WINDSHIELD.
I DON'T KNOW HOW HE SEES OUT OF
THERE.
HE'S TRYING TO SHIELD THAT SUN,
WHICH IS GOING TO GET WORSE
BEFORE IT GETS BETTER TONIGHT.
>> EDWARDS TAKES THE SECOND SPOT
AWAY, AND SET HIS SIGHTS ON MATT
KENSETH.
>> THERE'S THAT SHAPE.
LOOK AT.
THAT HE CAN'T HARDLY SEE.
HE'S JUST ONE LITTLE SLIT THERE.
HE'S GOT SOME TAME ON THE DASH
TO KILL SOME OF THE GLARE.
>> SO FAR, HE LIKES WHAT HE'S
SEEING.
ONLY ONE GUY IN FRONT OF HIM,
SO --
>> JIMMIE JOHNSON, RACY HERE
EARLY ON.
NOT WASTING ANY TIME.
MAKING THE MOVE INSIDE THE 16
CAR, UP TO 23rd.
>> JIMMIE WAS REALLY HAPPY WITH
THE RACE CAR YESTERDAY IN
PRACTICE.
THEY SAID THEY HAD IT WHERE THEY
WANTED IT.
AWFUL HARD TO DRIVE, THOUGH.
THE CARS ARE HARD.
THEY ARE A HANDFUL TO DRIVE
AROUND HERE.
DAVE?
>> AND REMEMBER WHAT TONY EURY
JR. SAID BEFORE THIS RACE.
WHEN IT GETS DARK, WE'LL HAVE TO
GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THE TRACK.
CHAD KNAUS TOLD ME THIS MORNING,
WE HAVE TO MAKE PROGRESS WHILE
THE SUN IS OUT.
THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE OPTIONS
NOW.
JIMMIE CAN GO LOW OR HIGH.
WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN, EVERYONE
WILL GO TO THE BOTTOM AND HAVE
FEWER OPTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM.
THEY TRY TO MAKE AS MUCH HAY AS
THEY CAN WHILE THE SUN IS STILL
OUT.
>> KEVIN HARVICK MAKING A MOVE
FOR THIRD POSITION.
HARVICK, ONE OF THE DRIVERS YET
TO WIN HERE IN 2008.
ALSO NEVER WON HERE IN A CUP
CAR.
>> TAKES THAT THIRD SPOT AWAY
FROM DAVID REUTIMANN.
SCOTT SPEED, RIGHT BEHIND
REUTIMANN.
THEY STARTED ON THE FRONT ROW,
AND HANGING RIGHT UP THERE.
>> HEARD DAVE TALKING ABOUT HOW
THE TRACK CHANGES SO MUCH.
THE RACE STARTS IN THE DAYLIGHT
AND FINISHES AFTER DARK.
A HUGE TRANSITION IN TERMS OF
GRIP, AND THESE CARS WILL CHANGE
ABRUPTLY.
>> THE GUYS HAVE GOTTEN OUT --
>> LEAD ONE EARLY HERE?
>> I WAS WONDERING IF THEY WERE
GOING TO DO THAT.
THEY CAN ACTUALLY SWAP THIS
THING, AT LEAST GIVE THE FIVE
POINTS TO THE 99 CAR.
DAVE?
>> AND GUYS, MATT KENSETH IS A
DRIVER WITH HORSEPOWER.
NOT JUST UNDER THE HOOD, BUT
WITH MANAGEMENT.
HE CALLS DOUG YATES, THE ENGINE
BUILDER, MOST EVERY MONDAY
MORNING, GIVING HIM FEEDBACK,
IDEAS TO GET TH MORE
HORSEPOWER.
MATT'S BEEN A BIG PART OF THE
IMPROVEMENTS HERE AT ROUSH
RACING, AND HE'S HELPED GIVE
THEM THE HORSEPOWER THEY HAVE
UNDER THE 17 AND THE 99 OF CARL
EDWARDS.
>> SEE CARL TRYING TO GET THE
FIVE BONUS POINTS, BUT I CAN
ASSURE YOU, YOU GIVE DOUG YATES,
A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION IN
THE DIRECTION YOU WANT TO GO,
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE.
GIVE HIM A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO
WORKITH HIS PEOPLE AND WORK ON
THOSE ENGINES, AND THAT'S WHAT
HE HAS FOR YOU.
>> IN SPORTS, IT NEVER HURTS TO
GIVE SOMEONE A PAT ON THE BACK,
THANKS FOR YOUR HARD EFFORTS.
I THOUGHT MATT MIGHT MOVE OUT OF
THE WAY AND LET CARL HAVE A LAP.
>> I'M SURM PRIZED THAT MATT IS
RUNNING THIS HARD.
I KNOW THAT CARL HAS TO WIN AND
LEAD THE MOST LAPS.
THAT'S A LOT HE HAS TO DO.
MATT HASN'T WON THIS YEAR, AND
HE WANTS TO GET THAT WIN.
I'M KIND OF SURPRISED THAT HE
ISN'T LETTING CARL LE A LAP
HERE.
>> MATT'S LAST VICTORY, IT BEEN
35 RACES SINCE HE'S BEEN TO
VICTORY LANE.
IN THIS RACE A YEAR AGO, HE
DOMINATED BY LEADING 214 LAPS,
THE MOST EVER BY A WINNER HERE
AT HOMESTEAD-MIAMI.
>> WE TALK ABOUT THEM BEING
TEAMMATES, BUT THEY HAVE THEIR
OWN AGENDAS.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES OUR SPORT SO
GREAT.
A LITTLE CONFRONTATION AT
MARTINSVILLE BETWEEN THESE TWO