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>>> DOWNTOWN CHICAGO AS THE SUN
SETS, THAT'S THE BACKDROP HERE
AT THE O'REILLY AUTO PARTS ROUTE
66 NATIONALS, HOME OF TODAY'S
JEGS ALL-STARS FOR THE 29th TIME
AS THE FINAL ROLLS THROUGH THE
STARTING LINE AND START HANDING
OUT BIG-TIME CHECKS TO SPORTSMAN
RACERS WHO COME FROM ALL OVER
THE GREAT UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
AND WE BEGIN WITH OUR STOCK
FINAL AS JEG COUGHLIN, HIS
FAMILY THAT MAKES ALL OF THIS
HAPPEN, JOINS AL AND I IN THE
BOOTH.
WE'RE WATCHING SLATE CUMMINGS
GET READY TO TAKE ON BRAD BURTON
RIGHT NOW.
SLATE CUMMINGS WITH THAT
OPPORTUNITY TO DOUBLE.
>> BUT BRAD BURTON, TWO-TIME
WORLD CHAMPION ON THE LUCAS OIL
DRAG RACING SERIES.
HE'S NEVER BEEN TO THE ALL-STARS
BEFORE, AND EVERYONE WILL TELL
YOU, AS A SPORTSMAN RACER, YOUR
RESUME'S NOT COMPLETE WITHOUT
THIS TITLE.
>> VERY TOUGH.
HE'S GOT A CHANCE TO WIN TWO OF
THEM TODAY, WHICH WOULD BE A
FIRST FOR THE JEGS ALL-STARS.
THEY'RE BOTH IN HERE FOR THE
FINAL ROUND.
GOING TO BE A GOOD ONE.
>> JUST OVER HALF A SECOND HEAD
START GOES TO THE RED PONTIAC.
HERE COMES THE CORVETTE.
>> GOOD START FOR CUMMINGS.
HE'S GOT TO TRY TO CHASE DOWN
BRAD HERE.
>> IN THE WORLD LAST YEAR, THEY
WERE NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER
THREE.
>> OH HE'S HALFWAY HOME!
SLATE CUMMINGS GETS IT.
>> HOW ABOUT THAT?
>> GETS THE FIRST ONE AT 10:48,
AS PREDICTED, AND DIALING IN AT
10.47, PRETTY SOLID RUN.
10.97.
BRAD BURTON GOT THERE FIRST BUT
RAN UNDER TO DO IT.
>> AMONG THE BIGGEST NEWS WE GOT
THIS WEEKEND IS THAT JEGS FOLKS
HAVE DECIDED TO EXTEND THIS RACE
FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS.
JEG, WHAT IS IT ABOUT THIS RACE
THAT GETS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY SO
FIRED UP?
>> WE'VE ALWAYS ENJOYED IT.
YOU KNOW, FROM THE FIRST RACE
THAT WE CAN RECALL FROM KENTUCKY
IN 1985, AND YOU KNOW, JUST
WANTING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
TRW ALL-STARS AT THE TIME WAS A
GOAL AND A DREAM TO COME TRUE.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT, I
WAS ABLE TO DO IT, MY BROTHERS
WERE ABLE TO, AND NOW OUR
COMPANY'S TITLE WRITING, WHICH
IS FANTASTIC.
>> AND JEG HAS ACTUALLY WON THIS
EVENT.
IT'S NOT JUST AN INDIVIDUAL
EVENT, IT'S A TEAM EVENT.
AND COMING INTO THE FINAL ROUND,
THAT'S THE WAY THEY STOOD,
DIVISION 3, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE
JEG'S HOME TEAM, IS BEATING
EVERYBODY RIGHT NOW.
AND IN THAT LAST RUN, SLATE
CUMMINGS CAME IN AS A BLOCKER,
SO THE POINTS DON'T CHANGE WHEN
A BLOCKER WINS.
WE COULD LOCK IT UP RIGHT HERE.
>> THAT'S BECAUSE JAMES MONROE
REPRESENTS DIVISION 3, SET TO
TAKE ON PHIL UNRUH IN OUR TOP
DRAGSTER FINAL, ONE OF THE NEW,
EXCITING CATEGORIES.
>> BOTH OF THESE GUYS DIVISION
CHAMPIONS.
THAT'S THE GREAT THING ABOUT THE
ALL-STARS, PEOPLE COME FROM ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY TO GO HEAD TO
HEAD, BUT MAYBE THEY WOULD NEVER
HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO RACE
EACH OTHER.
CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE LINE IF
JAMES MONROE CAN LIGHT UP THE
SCOREBOARD.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY CLOSE
SPOT.
>> AGAIN, HANDICAP RACING BUT
ONLY 200 DIFFERENCE.
>> LOOK AT THE WHEEL STANDOUT OF
JAMES'S CAR.
>> THAT WILL DO IT.
BOTH DRIVERS 6.43, MONROE
PREDICTED 6.43 AND NAILED IT.
PHIL UNRUGH PREDICTED 6.45,
NAILED IT!
REACTION TIME WAS THE
DIFFERENCE.
JAMES MONROE REACTED QUICKER TO
THE GREEN LIGHT, AND JEG, THAT'S
SOMETHING YOU'VE BEEN KNOWN FOR
YOUR WHOLE CAREER.
>> YEAH, HE GOT A GREAT START.
LOOK AT THE WHEELS UP, CHARGE.
KILLER JAMES HAS LIVED UP TO
JUST THAT.
HE'S BEEN DIVISION 3 CHAMP
SEVERAL TIMES AND BRINGING HOME
ANOTHER ALL-STARS WIN.
>> AND BY MY MATH, THAT'S GOING
TO LOCK IT UP.
DIVISION 3 WILL TAKE HOME THE
TEAM TROPHY, EVEN THOUGH THERE
ARE INDIVIDUAL TROPHIES YET TO
BE AWARDED.
>> LEWIS IS NOT GOING TO LIKE TO
HEAR THIS, BUT THAT'S THEIR
SEVENTH WIN AS A TEAM, TYING
DIVISION 1 FOR THE MOST EVER.
>> NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
>> NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT AT ALL.
>> THAT GUY'S HAD A ROUGH DAY
TODAY, BUT JAMES MONROE DIDN'T.
JUST TOOK HOME A $5,000 PAY DAY.
CINCHED IT UP FOR DIVISION 3.
>> HOW ABOUT THAT?
>> NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO
THE STARTING LINE WITH SHERMAN
ADCOCK JR. AND MICHAEL SHELTON
COME TO THE LINE.
IT'S OUR SUPER COMP FINAL.
>> SHERMAN ACTUALLY CAME IN
HERE, DOUBLE-ENTERED AS WELL.
HE QUALIFIED FOR THE ALL-STARS
IN BOTH SUPER COMP AND SUPERGAS.
DIDN'T HAVE A LOT IN HIS SUPER
GAS CAR, BUT IF THEY CAN CLOSE
THE DEAL IN THIS MACHINE, IT
WILL STILL MAKE THE TRIP
WORTHWHILE.
>> HE'S BEEN THE PICTURE OF
CONSISTENCY FOR AS LONG AS I CAN
REMEMBER, 25 YEARS WORTH IN
SUPER COMP, SUPER GAS, FROM THE
GEORGIA AREA, AND IS GOING TO
GIVE MICHAEL A GOOD RUN HERE IN
THE FINAL.
AND MICHAEL'S OUR LOCAL DIVISION
3 CHAMPION FROM LAST YEAR AND
HAS BEEN VERY, VERY SOLID.
>> SAW THAT NUMBER, 31, ON THE
SCOOP.
THAT DESIGNATES DIVISION 3
CHAMPION.
WE JUST SAW THE DIVISION 3
CHAMPION WIN IN TOP DRAGSTER.
>> THIS COULD BE MEANINGFUL, A
3-2 MATCHUP, SO SHERMAN ADCOCK
REPRESENTING DIVISION 2 WOULD
LIKE TO GET A LITTLE REVENGE
HERE FOR IF NOTHING ELSE,
HIMSELF.
DID HE GET IT?
YES, HE DID.
>> DOUBLE BREAKOUT, MICHAEL
SHELTON 8.88, UNDER BY 200,
SHERMAN ADCOCK 8.89, UNDER BY
100.
DOUBLE BREAKOUT, THE CLOSER IS
SHERMAN ADCOCK.
HE GETS THE WIN AND JOHN
KERNAN'S HANGING OUT WITH ONE OF
THE WINNERS.
>> I'M WITH JAMES MONROE AND
WRAPPING IT UP FOR DIVISION 3.
JAMES, DESCRIBE TO US WHAT THIS
MEANS TO YOU.
>> WELL, THIS IS A BIG DEAL FOR
SPORTSMAN RACERS AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE JEGS FOR PUTTING THIS
ON AND THE WHOLE COUGHLIN FAMILY
FOR DOING THIS.
THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW,
AND I FEEL THE BITTER
DISAPPOINTMENT THAT GENTLEMAN
HAD IN DRIVING OFF LAST YEAR.
SO, NICE TO GET THAT WIN THIS
YEAR.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
THANKS.
>> HOLD THAT TROPHY FOR ME.
>> YEAH!
YEAH!
>> NOW THE COMP FINAL.
GUARANTEED FIRST-TIME JEGS
WINNER HERE.
GREG CAM PLAIN OR MIKE DE PALMA?
>> MIKE DE PALMA FROM THE WEST
COAST, HE'S BEEN HERE THREE OF
THE LAST FOUR YEARS BUT HASN'T
CLOSED THE DEAL.
THAT'S A V-6 UNDER THE HOOD OF
THE DRAGSTER.
FIRST ONE TO THE FINISH LINE.
AND CAMPLAIN DIDN'T MOVE.
>> GIVE IT TO MIKE DE PALMA.
I NOTICE EVERY ONE OF THESE
CATEGORIES, IT SEEMS THEY COME
UP, JEG, YOU'VE WON A NATIONAL
EVENT IN THEM.
>> WELL, WE'VE -- I DID RUN COMP
ELIMINATOR IN 1997, HAD GREAT
FORTUNE TO HAVE WON THE ATLANTA
RACE AND FINISHED NUMBER TWO IN
THE POINTS BY I THINK ONE ROUND.
>> CHECK THIS OUT, THE V-6 CAR
ALL THE WAY IN FROM PHOENIX.
WATCH THE WHEEL STAND FROM THE
V-6 FIREBIRD AS HE IS FLYING OUT
OF THE SCREEN, AND THIS IS A
LITTLE BIT BETTER ANGLE.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO
GREG THERE.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE IT LOST FIRE.
AND YOU KNOW, HE MIGHT HAVE --
IF HE COULD HAVE GOT DOWN THE
RACETRACK, MIKE WAS A LITTLE
TARDY ON THE LIGHT, BUT YOU
NEVER KNOW.
>> WELL, THE 1090 CATEGORY, JEGS
ALL-STARS FOR SUPERSTREET, CASEY
GRUB LOOKING FOR A FIRST WIN
GOING UP AGAINST A GUY LOOKING
NOR HIS:30 JEGS ALL-STAR WIN,
ALSO DEFENDING CHAMPION, RICKY
SHIPP.
>> CASEY, I WAS HANGING OUT
THURSDAY NIGHT AND THEY WERE
HIGH UP FOR THIS EVENT AND HE'S
GOT LITTLE LEAD OFF THE START.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
>> BOTH OF THEM DUMPING THE
FINISH LINE.
CASEY GRUBB IS GOING TO CLOSE
IS.
>> HOW ABOUT THAT IS THIS.
>> WENT 9.04.
10.92 FOR RICKY SHIPP.
I THINK ONE THING WE HADN'T
MENTIONED, SEVEN GEOGRAPHIC
DIVISIONS SENT TEAMS.
LAST YEAR'S WINNER GETS THE
INVITATION TO COME BACK AS A
BLOCKER, SO CASEY GRUBB WILL BE
BACK NEXT YEAR AS A BLOCKER.
>> MIKE DE PALMA, A BIG WIN
THERE, BUT DID YOU KNOW YOU HAD
WON IT RIGHT AWAY?
>> NO, I HADN'T.
I COULDN'T SEE THE WIN LIGHT
BECAUSE OF THE SUN, SO I JUST
HEARD IT ON THE RADIO.
>> WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR MIND
THEN?
>> JUST EXCITED.
IT'S BEEN A GREAT WEEKEND.
WE'VE BEEN RUNNING GOOD.
THANKS TO MY FAMILY, CRAIG AND
DIANE EATON FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
I WANT TO DEDICATE THIS TO
CRAIG'S MOTHER, SHE'S FIGHTING
SOME PROBLEMS IN THE HOSPITAL,
SO THIS ONE'S FOR YOU, EILEEN.
RICK WATERS, RICHARD FRIEDMAN.
IT'S BEEN AWESOME!
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOT ANOTHER GUARANTEED
FIRST-TIME WINNER HERE IN THE
TOP SPORTSMAN FINAL, JEFFREY
BARDNER TAKES ON JOHN SCHOOLIE
JR.
>> ANOTHER DIVISION 3 CHAMPION,
JOHN SCALLI ON THE LEFT SIDE.
TOP SPORTSMAN BRACKET RACING,
AND THE HANDICAP HEAD START GOES
TO JOHN AND LET'S SEE IF HE CAN
CATCH HIM.
YOU HAVEN'T WON A TOP SPORTSMAN,
JEG, HAVE YOU?
IS THAT ONE OFF YOUR RESUME?
>> I HAVE NOT.
>> WE'LL FIND OUT WHO'S GOT THE
BETTER DIAL.
DOUBLE BREAKOUT'S GOING TO GO TO
SCALLI, UNDER BY 100.
JEFF BARKER UNDER BY 300 ON THE
DOUBLE FOUL, THE LESSER OF TWO
EVILS.
JOHN SCALLI, ANOTHER DIVISION 3
CHAMP AND JEGS ALL-STARS CHAMP,
JUST LIKE YOU PLANNED IT.
>> THESE CARS ARE FUN TO WATCH.
THEY'RE WICKED FAST.
>> THEY ARE.
>> TALK ABOUT THE FACT, BOTH
DRIVERS ALMOST PERFECT, JUST A
MATTER OF WHO MADE THE RIGHT
CHOICE AT THE STRIPE.
SOMETIMES IN BRACKET RACING, THE
RIGHT CHOICE IS TO CUT YOUR
OPPONENT AT THE OTHER END.
>> DOWN HERE WITH CASEY GRUBB,
PICKING UP A BIG CHECK, $4,500
FOR SUPERSTREET.
HOW BIG OF AN EVENT IS THIS FOR
YOU SPORTSMAN RACERS?
>> THIS IS HUGE BECAUSE THIS IS
THE BEST OF THE BEST FROM ALL
AROUND THE U.S. AND CANADA.
I MEAN, IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.
I'M JUST HONORED TO BE HERE AND
THIS IS FANTASTIC.
I MEAN, THANKS TO MY FOLKS, MY
BUDDIES, MY WIFE AND MY KID, AND
YOU KNOW, IT'S UNBELIEVABLE,
UNBELIEVABLE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IN FACT, WE'VE GOT 30 STATES,
2 CANADIAN PROVINCES
REPRESENTING THE 80 DRIVERS THAT
CAME TO SETTLE THE BIGGEST
CHECK, JEGS ALL-STAR.
>> BRING US TO SUPERGAS, THE 990
CATEGORY.
WE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE
DIFFERENT CLASSES JEG HAS WON
IN.
YOUR FIRST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN
NHRA CAME IN SUPERGAS.
>> IT WAS, AND WE HAVE A MARQUEE
MATCHUP IN THE FINAL.
KEVIN MORSE, HOT IN ALL OF
2000s, MIKE SAWYER DOUBLED UP
LAST WEEK IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND
IS CERTAINLY LOOKING FOR THE
JEGS ALL-STAR WIN TODAY.
>> KEVIN MOORE ACTUALLY CAME IN
AND BROKE THE MOTOR ON THURSDAY
IN PRACTICE RUNS.
THEY STAYED UP ALL NIGHT
THURSDAY TRYING TO GET IT BACK
TOGETHER, TRYING MAKE IT PAY
OFF.
>> BUMPING IN, TAKING THEIR
TIME.
GOT TO BE NEAR PERFECT HERE IN
THE FINAL ROUND.
>> IS THIS A TIME WHEN YOU TRY
TO ENJOY THE MOMENT OR ARE YOU
SO FOCUSED ON BUSINESS AT HAND,
YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT IT?
>> YOU ARE SO FOCUSED.
LOOK AT MIKE, TURNED TO RED.
>> 0.003 OF A SECOND.
HE FOULED OUT AND KEVIN MOORE,
WHO HAD A CRAZY WEEK IS GOING TO
LEAVE AS JEGS ALL-STARS CHAMP.
THE BREAK IS OVERLOOKED.
DEAD ON TWO.
THAT WILL GET YOU TALKING TO
YOURSELF ALL THE WAY BACK TO
MASSACHUSETTS.
>> NOW HERE COMES THE BIG MOMENT
IN OUR SUPERSTOCK FINAL, BECAUSE
CUMMINS HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
BECOME THE FIRST MAN EVER IN THE
29-YEAR HISTORY OF THE JEGS
ALL-STARS TO DOUBLE UP.
PROBLEM IS, HE'S GOT MIKE
CRUTCHFIELD IN THE OTHER LANE.
MIKE'S VERY TOUGH, BUT SLATE
ALSO KNOWN AS THE GOLDEN CHILD,
NO STRANGER TO THE JEGS ALL-STAR
WINNER CIRCLE.
>> THERE'S NOT MANY PEOPLE WHO
HAVE MORE FUN IN THE CAGES.
THE JEGS SPORTS NATIONALS AT NO
PROBLEM RACEWAY IN LOUISIANA.
THOSE BUYS HAVE A HECK OF A
REPUTATION DOWN THERE.
>> THEY SURE DO.
THEY'RE GREAT FAMILY.
AND YOU KNOW, MIKE, THESE TWO
I'M SURE CROSS PATHS MANY TIMES
THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.
>> MIKE CRUTCHFIELD IN 1990 WON
THE JEGS ALL-STARS WHEN HE BEAT
GREG STANFIELD ON THAT DAY.
PRO STOCK WITH YOU NOW.
ON THE REACTION TIME, PRETTY
EVEN.
>> NOT A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENCE
IN DIAL EITHER.
HEADS-UP SIDE-BY-SIDE RUN.
>> OH!
>> OH!
>> SLATE CUMMINGS MISSES THE
DOUBLE BY 0.003 OF A SECOND.
9.05, MIKE CRUTCHFIELD WILL TAKE
HOME YET ANOTHER ALL-STARS
TROPHY.
SLATE WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO TRY
IT AGAIN.
BOTH DRIVERS VERY GOOD.
THIS IS ONE OF THE CALLING CARDS
OF SUPERSTOCK.
THE WHEELS UP, FUN FROM THE
SADDLE.
>> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, WHEN YOU
DEFY THE LAW OF GRAVITY AND THAT
THING IS FLOATING UP THERE,
ACCELERATING, THERE IS ALMOST NO
FINER FEELING.
>> A COUPLE OF PRETTY BIG-TIME
RACERS GOING HEAD TO HEAD AND
DOING IT LIKE WE EXPECT THEM TO
DO.
0.008 WAS THE MARGIN AT THE
FINISH LINE.
>> UP NEXT WILL BE TOP ALCOHOL
DRAGSTERS AND FUNNY CARS THAT
RACED ON THE REGIONAL LEVEL.
>> SPEAKING OF BIG-TIME MATCHUP,
BILL REICHERT, PHIL DEMKE.
NOW, BILL REICHERT FAILED TO
QUALIFY FOR THE NATIONAL.
>> DID HE JUST WIN?
>> YES, HE DID.
>> YES, HE DID.
>> 5.31 TO 5.32 AND BILL
REICHERT'S SALVAGED SOMETHING
TOMORROW THE WEEKEND.
IT WILL BE HIS FIRST DNQ AT THE
WORLD FINALS SINCE 2002.
>> WOW.
>> BUT HE GETS OUT OF HERE WITH
ANOTHER ALL-STAR TROPHY.
CHRIS DEMKE WON IT ALL LAST
YEAR, COMES UP ABOUT 0.0012
SHORT.
THAT'S SUCH A GREAT DRAG RACER.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE 1,000-FOOT
MARK, THEY'RE GLUED TOGETHER.
AT THE FINISH LINE, THEY'RE NOT
TOO FAR APART.
>> THE ONTRACK INTERVALS SHOW
YOU DEMKE TOOK IT OVER BY THE
60-FOOT MARK, BUT REICHERT
SHIFTS BY AT THE FINISH LINE.
GOODNESS FOR ELECTRONICS.
WHAT A DRAG RACE.
WE WRAP IT UP WITH ANOTHER
FIRST-TIME JEGS ALL-STAR WINNER.
TODD IS A SECOND-GENERATION
RACER.
HIS FATHER KEN.
AND JEG COUGHLIN.
GOES BACK TO 1976, YOUR DAD'S
RACING?
>> YEP.
>> DID TODD JUST DO IT?
WOW!
BY THE NARROWEST OF MARGINS.
>> TODD GOT OFF THE STARTING
LINE FIRST, A SUPERIOR TIME, BUT
DALE BRANT HAD ENOUGH TO TRACK
HIM DOWN, AND THE IOWA RUNNER
WILL ADD JEGS ALL-STAR CHAMPION
TO HIS RESUME.
>> LET'S LOOK AT FORMER JEGS
ALL-STARS WINNERS THAT ARE
CURRENT NHRA DRIVERS, STARS LIKE
JED COUGHLIN, MORGAN LUCAS,
SPENCER MASSEY.
WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE LUCAS
OIL DRAG RACING SERIES AND
SPECIFICALLY THIS GREAT EVENT AS
JUST SORT OF PAVING THE WAY.
SO, AS YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE
LUCAS OIL STARS AND GUYS WE SAW
IN TODAY'S JEGS, WHO DO YOU LIKE
TO MAYBE JOIN THAT LIST, MOVE UP
THE PRO RANKS?
>> YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY, SO
MUCH TALENT IN THE LUCAS OIL
SERIES.
I THINK WE COULD SEE -- I KNOW
MIKE DE PALMA WOULD LOVE TO RUN
IN PRO STOCK.
THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A GOAL OF
HIS, AND HE'D BE FANTASTIC AT
IT.
ANY ONE OF THE CUMMINGS BROTHERS
COULD CERTAINLY SHINE.
LOOK AT TODD VINNIE THERE IN THE
FINAL HAD A GREAT REACTION TIME,
JUST GOT TRACKED DOWN.
BUT THERE'S PROBABLY TOO MANY TO
NAME.
>> JEG, THANKS FOR ALL YOUR
FAMILY DOES.
>> MY PLEASURE.
THANK YOU.
>> THE JEGS ALL-STARS COMES TO A
CLOSE WITH DIVISION 3 TAKING
HOME THE TEAM TITLE AS WELL AS