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>>> IT IS A HUGE DAY ON SPEED.
THEY HAVE ALWAYS SAID HUGE
RACING HAPPENS ON THURSDAY.
A HAIR RACING 150 MILE
QUALIFYING RACE.
LET'S GO TO THE INVOCATION.
>> GOD, MAY WE REMEMBER THE NEED
FOR FAITH IN YOU, THE HOPE, THE
FRAGILITY OF LIFE, THE MEANING
OF THE MOMENT, THE NEED TO LOVE
OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS
WHEREVER THEY ARE IN THE WORLD.
BLESS THIS EVENT AND ALL WHO
PARTICIPATE IN IT.
THANK YOU, THE SOURCE OF ALL
THAT IS GOOD.
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OUR
NATIONAL ANTHEM.
♪ H, SAY CAN YOU SEE
WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAILED
THROUGH THE TWILIGHT'S LAST
GLEAMING ♪
♪ O'ER THE RAMPARTS WE WATCHED
WERE SO GALLANTLY STREAMING
AND THE ROCKETS' RED GLARE ♪
♪♪ THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR
GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT ♪
♪ THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE
OH, SAY DOES THAT STAR SPANGLED
BANNER YET WAVE ♪
♪ OVER THE LAND OF THE FREE
AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE ♪♪
>> IT IS A SLICE OF AMERICAN A.
WELCOME TO NASCAR!
♪♪♪
♪ TAKING IT TO THE STREETS
TAKING IT TO THE STREETS ♪
♪ TAKING IT TO THE STREETS ♪♪
>>> 35 NAMES ARE LOCKED IN FOR
DAYTONA'S 500.
BUT 22 DRIVERS INCLUDING A FAST
CUP CHAMPION AND SEVEN CUP RACE
WINNERS ARE BATTLING FOR JUST
FOUR STARTING SPOTS.
WHO WILL AND WHO WILL NOT RACE
THE 49th DAYTONA 5
>> DAVE, BILL ELLIOTT'S RACING
RESUME IS LEGENDARY, BUT BOTH OF
THESE CHAMPIONS ARE ON THE
OUTSIDE LOOKING IN.
TODAY THIS RACE DICTATES NOT
ONLY HOW THEIR SEASON COULD END,
BUT HOW THEIR SEASON COULD
START.
THEY KNOW IT ALL COMES DOWN TO
TODAY.
THEY HAVE TO GO OUT AND DO IT.
THEY KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO WIN
THE 500 AND HOW IT CHANGES YOUR
LIFE.
STEVE, EVERY TIME YOU HAVE A
SHOT, IT'S A WHOLE NEW
BEGINNING.
>> MATT MAYFIELD'S DREAM OF
WINNING THE DAYTONA 500 STARTED
MANY YEARS AGO AS A BOY ON A
PAPER ROUTE PRETENDING TO BE HIS
HERO BACK IN KENTUCKY.
ALONG THE WAY HE HAS BEEN THE
WINNER FIVE TIMES.
BUT HIS DREAM WAS DERAILED FIVE
SEASONS AGO.
JEREMY THINKS HE HAS A POINT TO
PROVE.
HE MUST RACE HIS WAY IN TODAY.
>> CLIMBING SHOES WOULD BE A
PERFECT GIFT FOR A.J. ADINGER.
HE SAYS HE HAS ONLY ABOUT TEN
DAYS EXPERIENCES IN A NEXTEL CUP
CAR.
HE CRASHED TWICE IN TWO DAYS IN
TESTING LAST MONTH.
HE SAID HIS BIGGEST OBSTACLE IS
PATIENCE, NOT ONLY DOES HE WANT
TO GO FAST, HE WANTS TO GO FAST
NOW.
>> KENNY WALLACE IS BEST KNOWN
AS THE ZANY CHARACTER YOU SEE ON
SPEED TV.
BUT HE WILL TELL YOU THE MOST
IMPORTANT JOB IN AUTOMOBILE
RACING IS BEHIND THE WHEEL OF A
RACE CAR AND HE DESPERATELY
WANTS TO MAKE THE DAYTONA 500.
TWO OF THE LAST THREE YEARS HE
FINISHED TO QUALIFY BECAUSE HE
DIDN'T FINISH WELL ENOUGH IN HIS
150 MILE QUALIFYING EVENT.
TODAY HE STARTS IN 23rd
POSITION.
A MOMENT AGO HE TELLS ME HE RUNS
HIS LIFE OUT OF THE FEAR OF
FAILURE.
HE DESPERATELY DOESN'T WANT TO
HEAR NASCAR SAY LOAD IT UP AND
TAKE IT HOME.
WE WISH YOU LUCK.
>> WE BEGIN OUR SEVENTH YEAR OF
BROADCASTING.
DAVE DESPAIN WITH JEFF HAMMOND.
>> THE GUYS THAT ARE IN HAVE TO
KEEP THEIR NOSE CLEAN AND USE IT
AS A LEARNING SESSION AND BE
SURE NOT TO GET THEMSELVES IN
TROUBLE.
>> WE SEE A LOT OF CARS SLIDING
AROUND.
>> HEY, BABY, I HAVE NEWS FOR
YOU NOW.
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE
PRACTICE SESSION.
NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE REAL
FIGHT, SO WE WILL SEE WHAT
EVERYBODY IS MADE OUT OF.
>> THE CREWS HAVE DONE WHAT THEY
CAN TO GET THE CARS READY FOR
ACTION.
AS WE GET READY, IT'S TIME TO GO
TRACKSIDE.
>> PLEASE WELCOME BACK YOUR
GRAND MARSHALL, AS HE DELIVERS
THOSE MOST FAMOUS WORDS I
MOTORSPORTS.
>> DRIVERS, START YOUR ENGINES!
>> WITH THAT IT'S TIME TO MEET
OUR CREW WHO WILL CALL THE
ACTION FOR THE DUELS.
>> THAT SOUND YOU HEARD WERE
DRIVERS WAITING TO TART THEIR
ENGINES TO CONSERVE FUEL.
THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE STORIES
HERE.
THE BIG STORY FOR THURSDAY, IT'S
THE BIGGEST FIELD SINCE 1920.
22 CARS ARE FIGHTING FOR EIGHT
QUALIFYING POSITIONS.
THAT MEANS EIGHT TEAM DRIVERS GO
HOME AND YOU CAN CUT THE TENSION
WITH A KNIFE.
>> EVERYBODY IS SITTING ON THE
HOT STOVE RIGHT NOW.
YOU KNOW, THEY CALL THESE
QUALIFYING RACES.
I'M NOT SURE WHY.
SOME ARE ALREADY QUALIFIED ON
OWNER POINTS, BUT I CALL THESE
ELIMINATION RACES.
YOU DON'T WANT TO ELIMINATE
YOURSELF.
THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET
INTO THE 500 THROUGH THESE
QUALIFYING RACES.
YOU BETTER BE READY TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE IF ONE OF THEM COMES
INTO YOUR LAP.
>> THERE'S THE 35 TEAMS THAT
WANT A GOOD STARTING POINT AND
PIT SELECTION.
>> THERE IS PRESSURE ON THEIR
SPOTTERS TO GIVE THEM GOOD
INFORMATION.
THIS IS A 60-LAP RACE.
THESE CARS CANNOT GO THE
DISTANCE WITHOUT STOPPING.
THESE GUYS GET ONLY ONE SHOT TO
GET IT RIGHT.
THERE'S A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE
CREW CHIEF TO MAKE THE RIGHT
CALL.
AND A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE PIT
CREWS, A LOT OF THEM WHOM
HAVEN'T WORKED TOGETHER BEFORE,
TO GET IT RIGHT.
OR, YOU CAN LOAD IT UP AND GO
HOME.
>> THE FRONT ROW WAS SET LAST
SUNDAY.
AND THOSE TWO DRIVERS WERE
LOCKED INTO THE 500 FIELD
BECAUSE THEY WERE AMONG THE TOP
35 IN 2006 CAR OWNER POINTS.
EIGHT POSITIONS REMAIN TO BE
DECIDED TODAY.
OF THE DRIVERS NOT YET
QUALIFIED, THE TOP TWO FINISHERS
IN EACH DUEL RACE WILL MAKE THE
500.
IF THE DRIVER IS NOT QUALIFIED,
THE FASTEST THREE IN QUALIFYING
SPEED WILL MAKE THE 500, AND
FINALLY, IF NEEDED, THE MOST
RECENT NEXTEL CUP CHAMPION NOT
IN THE RACE.
HERE ARE THE BOARDS.
HAMLIN IS THE ROOKIE OF THE
YEAR.
>> THOSE ARE BOTH ROOKIES ON THE
FRONT ROW.
>> A LOT OF TALENT DEEP IN THE
FIELD OF THIS FIRST 150.
MICHAEL WALTRIP'S WHOSE
QUALIFYING TIME WAS DISALLOWED
ARE AT THE BACK OF THE FIELD.
WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US
TODAY ON SPEED AS WE SET THE
FIELD FOR THE DAYTONA 500!
♪ DAYTONA
>>> COVERAGE PRESENTED BY --
>>> HERE AT DAYTONA WE TALK
ABOUT THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THOSE
GUARANTEED IN THE FIELD AND
THOSE NOT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE ROOKIES IN THE FRONT
ROW AND THE EXPERIENCE BEHIND
THEM.
>> NEITHER ONE OF THESE GUYS ON
THE FRONT ROW HAVE BEEN RACING.
ON ROW THREE YOU HAVE JIMMIE
JOHNSON AND DALE EARNHARDT JR.
I LOOK FOR THESE GUYS TO GET
HOOKED UP AND SEE YOU LATER,
GUYS.
>> LET'S GO DOWN TO TRACKSIDE.
>> IT'S FUNNY YOU MENTION
EXPERIENCE.
WE TALKED ABOUT FORMER 500
DAYTONA WINNERS NOT IN THE FIELD
INCLING DALE JARRETT.
AND HIS TEAMMATE.
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A SILVER
LINING NOW MORE THAN EVER.
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR FIRE,
ENERGY.
THEY WANT TO PUT TOYOTA ON THE
MAP INSTEAD OF UNDER THE
MICROSCOPE.
>> JIMMIE JOHNSON IS THE
DEFENDING DAYTONA 500 CUP
CHAMPION AND NEXTEL CUP
CHAMPION.
HE SAID IT WOULD BE NICE TO WIN.
WE'VE NEVER WON ONE OF THESE,
BUT WE ALSO WANT TO RACE IN THE
DAYTONA 500.
>> HE PICKED UP JIMMIE JOHNSON'S
SPOTTER A YEAR AGO.
HE SAID IT'S KEEPING AN EYE ON
THE THE MIRROR AND SEEING WHEN
OTHERS APPROACH YOU.
>> FOR SOME, THOSE WHO HAVE TO
RAILS TO THE DAYTONA 500, IT'S
DESPERATION.
FOR THE REST WHO DESPERATELY
WANT TO BRING THEIR CAR HOME IN
ONE PIECE, IT'S HE TERROR.
THEY ARE WORRIED THIS WILL TURN
INTO A CRASHFEST OR SLUGFEST.
>> THIS IS HOW YOU GET TO THE
500, BUT FIRST YOU MUST GET
THERE.
ON A BIT OF A CHILLY DAY IN
DAYTONA.
>> DARREL AND I WERE TALKING,
IT'S NOT REAL HOT OR COLD.
THIS IS WHAT THE DRIVERS WILL
LIKE BECAUSE YESTERDAY THE WINDS
WERE UP TO 26 MILES PER HOUR
GUSTS, REALLY PLAYING HAVOC.
REMEMBER, THESE CARS ARE RUNNING
AROUND IN ALMOST 190 MILES PER
HOUR, SOMETIMES THREE WIDE.
>> SOMETIMES?
>> FOUR WIDE.
>> PRETTY NEAR ALL TIMES.
>> THEY HAVE JUST BEEN GIVEN ONE
TO GO AND THE HEART RATE JUST
PICKED UP.
HOW ABOUT YOURS?
>> I HEAR MUSIC.
STARTING THE ENGINES.
A SYMPHONY IS STARTING TO BREAK
OUT.
>> THE MOST IMPORTANT POSITIONS
TO KEEP AN EYE ON WILL BE THE
TRANSFER SPOTS.
WE WILL DENOTE THOSE IN GREEN
AND TELL YOU WHO IS IN POSITION
TO QUALIFY FOR THE 500 AND WHO
IS NOT.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT THE 31
DRIVERS, PIT CREWS, CREW CHIEFS,
BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT GUYS IN
THE RACE COULD BE THOSE RIGHT
THERE, THE 31 SPOTTERS JUST
ABOVE US HERE ON THE GRAND
STAND.
THE OTHER SET OF EYES FOR THAT
DRIVER.
THEY LET THESE DRIVERS KNOW
WHERE THEY ARE AT AS FAR AS WHO
THEY ARE RACING TO GET IN THE
RACE.
>> THE OPENING LAPS ARE THE MOST
AGGRESSIVE AND EXCITING.
IF THERE IS GOING TO BE A
BREAKAWAY, YOU WANT TO BE IN
THAT BREAKAWAY GROUP.
YOU WANT TO MAKE A LOT OF BOLD
MOVES EARLY ON TO GET YOURSELVES
IN GOOD DRAFTING POSITION.
>> DAVID GILLILAND HAS ALREADY
EARNED THE POLE.
THE OTHER DRIVERS ARE RACING FOR
STARTING POSITION SUNDAY.
EVERYONE ELSE, TO TRY TO MAKE
THE GREAT AMERICAN RACE.
HIGH IN THE SKY THE GOOD YEAR
BLIMP FLOATS OVER SPORTING
EVENTS NATIONWIDE AND HAS DONE
SO FOR DECADES.
GOOD YEAR FEATURES TREADS FOR
ALL WEATHER.
>> SOME ARE RACING FOR THE LOVE
OF RACE, AND THAT'S TO BE IN THE
RACE SUNDAY.
>> 150 MILE DISTANCE PLUS THE
SPEED CARS TO FILL UP THE BACK.
THAT MEANS SAUTER KNOWS HE WILL
BE IN THE RCE IF HE HAS TO FALL
BACK ON SPEED.
FOR EVERYONE ELSE, THIS IS A
DUEL.
ONLY TWO WILL BE LEFT STANDING
AND TRANSFER DIRECTLY TO THE 500
FROM THIS.
>> THIS OFFICIALLY STARTS AT
2007 SO REACH UP THERE AND PULL
THOSE BELTS TIGHT ONE MORE TIME.
>> HERE THEY COME.
>> LET'S GO RACING 2007!
>> TONY STEWART IN THAT 20 CAR,
TAKE A LOOK TO THE INSIDE.
THAT YELLOW LINE, YOU TREAT IT
LIKE A WALL.
IF YOU GO OUT OF POSITION, THEY
WILL BRING YOU TO PIT ROAD.
>> YOU HAVE THE 11 CAR.
20 CAR RIGHT THERE.
WE KNOW WHAT DALE JR. CAN DO.
>> FOREST TRYING TO CAR OF UP
THROUGH THE MIDDLE.
>> YOU CAN PRACTICE, BUT THIS IS
WHEN YOU FIND OUT WHAT YOU ARE
MADE UP OF AND WHAT YOU HAVE
GOT.
>> THE ROOKIE LED THE FIRST LAP.
>> JEFF BURTON STARTED BACK IN
THE 26th POSITION, HE'S ALMOST
TO THE TOP FIVE.
WE'VE NOT COMPLETED TWO LAPS
YET.
>> GREAT START.
>> GREAT START IS RIGHT.
THEY HAD THAT CAR TUNED UP
PRETTY WELL FOR PRACTICE.
IT LOKS LIKE IT'S PERFORMING IN
THE RACE ALSO.
>> AND DARRELL IS MOVING UP.
>> THAT'S USUALLY CALLED THE
SUCKER HOLE.
YOU USUALLY DON'T GO VERY FAR,
BUT HE'S GOING FAST AND FAR.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE STEPPING
STONES.
SATURDAY THE CAR THEY RAN WOULD
NOT SUCK UP, MEANING PULL UP ON
THE CAR IN FRONT.
THIS CAR THEY HAVE SPENT A LOT
OF TIME IN PRACTICE SO IT WOULD
MANEUVER IN PRACTICE.
THEIR GOAL IS TO WIN TODAY AND
MAKE IT TO IS SUNDAY.
>> JOHNNY SAUTER HAD THE LEAD
GOING INTO TURN THREE AND LOST
BETWEEN FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD
PLACE.
>> BURTON SHOVED HIM TO THE LEAD
AND WAS BACK AND COULDN'T PUSH
HIM ON.
NOW WE HAVE A BATTLE BETWEEN THE
ROOKIES.
>> HE USUALLY GETS A GOOD SHOT
OFF OF THAT CORNER DOWN THE
STRAIGHTAWAY.
GET GOOD MOMENTUM DOWN THE
STRAIGHTAWAY AS YOU SAWJILL
LAND DO.
>> DRIVERS WHOSE NAMES ARE IN
BLACK ARE IN THE FIELD.
DRIVERS IN YELLOW, LIKE MICHAEL
WALTRIP NOT YET IN QUALIFYING
POSITION.
THE DRIVERS IN GREEN ARE IN THE
TWO TRANSFERS SPOT AND THE
DRIVERS IN BLUE KNOW THEY WILL
BE IN THE RACE BECAUSE OF THEIR
PROVISIONAL, BUT CAN IMPROVE BY
RACING INTO ONE OF THE TWO GREEN
POSITIONS.
FIRST TWO DRIVERS NOT YET IN THE
FIELD.
>> MICHAEL WALTRIP WE'RE RIDING
WITH.
HE STARTED AT THE TAIL END OF
THE FIELD AND HE HAS ALREADY
MADE HIS WAY UP TO THE TOP 20.
HE MADE IT.
HE LOST A FEW SPOTS.
HE STILL HAS A PIT CAR THAT HAS
TO RACE IN.
>> HE GOT HUNG UP IN THE MIDDLE
AND CAUGHT UP AND SHUFFLED BACK.
>> THAT'S HIS WIFE.
>> THEY ARE JUST HOPING TO MAKE
ENOUGH MONEY FOR THAT TANK OF
GAS.
>> ABOUT $6,000 A GALLON, THAT
TANK OF FUEL.
>> JOHNNY SAUTER, SECOND PLACE.
HE IS IN THE 500 BASED ON SPEED,
BUT HE CAN START A WHOLE LOT
CLOSER TO THE FRONT IF HE IS IN
ONE OF THOSE TRANSFER SPOTS LIKE
RIGHT NOW.
IT'S SAUTER AND MIKE BLISS
CURRENTLY IN THE TOP PLACE.
>> WALL HAD TO GO TO THE END OF
THE FIELD BECAUSE OF AN ENGINE
CHANGE AND HE IS IN THE TOP
FIELD.
>> BURTON JUST FELL OFF THE PACE
THERE.
HE'S HEADED TO PIT ROAD, AND
THAT MEANS ONE FORMER WINNER MAY
NOT BE IN THE RACE.
HE DROVE THE 22 CAR BLANEY IS
IN.
>> THAT MAY BE AN ENGINE PROBLEM
WITH THE 4 CAR.
THAT'S A HENDRICK ENGINE THEY
HAVE.
>> I'M REALLY, REALLY LOOSE.
>> TEN-FOUR.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET CAUTION.
>> I'M NOT SO SURE HE DIDN'T
HAVE AN IGNITION PROBLEM BECAUSE
IT QUIT AND NOW IT'S GOING
AGAIN.
>> TEN FORMER DAYTONA VIK
VICKTORS IN THIS RACE.
A FIRST-TIME RACER
>>> CAUTION IS OUT AT DAYTONA.
MAYFIELD GOT CAUGHT SCURRYING
WHEN TWO CARS GOT TOGETHER UP IN
TURNS THREE AND FOUR.
KEEP AN EYE ON STAN BARRETT
RIGHT THERE.
A BLACK CAR AT THE TOP OF YOUR
SCREEN.
>> THERE WAS NOWHERE FOR JEREMY
IN THE 36 CAR TO GO.
WE'RE LUCKY NO OTHER CARS WERE
INVOLVED.
>> PRETTY GOOD SAVE I MIGHT ADD.
>> RIGHT FRONT.
>> THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL COMING
TOGETHER.
THE 36 WAS IN THE MIDDLE.
THE 36 WAS THE ROCK BETWEEN TWO
HARD PLACES.
>> BRANDON HAD TO REALLY JUMP ON
THE BRAKES TO KEEP FROM PILING
ON JEREMY MAYFIELD'S 36.
>> WE HAVE TEN LAPS IN THE BOOK.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT AT THE TOP OF
THE SHOW.
THE PIT WINDOW FOR FUEL IS ABOUT
25 TO 38 LAPS.
I THINK WE WILL SEE A BUSY PIT
ROAD.
I THINK WE MAY SEE DIFFERENT
STRATEGY, TWO OR THREE TIMES.
>> TONY STEWART'S STRATEGY WILL
BE TIRES.
>> IN THE 38 DAVID GILLILAND'S
TEAM UP ON THE WALL.
TIGHT OVER THAT EARLY RUN.
>> PIT STRATEGY FOR DALE
EARNHARDT JR., HE SAID THE CAR
IS ONLY GOOD IN THE DRAFT.
IT WILL BE RIGHT TIRES FOR DALE
JR.
>> IT WILL BE TIRES FOR JIMMIE
JOHNSON.
THEY ARE GOING TO ADD TAKE TO
THE LOWER LEFT FRONT GRILL.
>> THEY WILL BE HEADED FOR PIT
ROAD AT THIS TIME AND VARYING
STRATEGIES.
>> THAT'S WHAT I EXPECTED.
WITH THIS TIRE COMBINATION AND
THIS CAUTION COMING WHEN IT IT
DID, IT GIVES YOU A LOT OF
OPTIONS.
>> THE TRACK HAS A LITTLE MORE
GRIP BECAUSE IT IS COOLING OVER.
>> HAVEN'T SEEN CARS JUMPING
AROUND LIKE IN PRACTICE.
>> MIKE BLISS IN ONE OF THE
TRANSFER STARTS.
MICHAEL WALTRIP STAYS ON THE
RACETRACK AND WILL PICK UP THE
LEAD.
>> JOHNNY SAUTER, ONE OF THE
FIRST GUYS TO HIS PIT BOXES.
YOU SEE TONY STEWART.
>> FOUR TIRES FOR STEWART, AND
HIS TEAMMATE DENNY HAMLIN.
>> FOUR TIRES FOR JEFF BURTON.
>> WE'RE GETTING A REPORT THAT
THE 38 CAR ALSO DROVE OVER HIS
AIR HOSE.
THERE COULD BE A PENALTY.
DAVID GILLILAND IS GOING TO LOSE
A TON OF POSITION.
>> DAVE BLANEY SCOOTS OUT.
THE 48 CAR, HE'S STILL THERE.
HE PRETTY MUCH IS GOING TO GO TO
ABOUT THE BACK OF THE FIELD.
>> LET'S LOOK FIRST AT WHAT
HAPPENED TO DAVID GILLILAND.
>> ROOKIE MISTAKE.
COMES IN TOO HOT, A LITTLE DID
HE DEBRIS.
>> BACK UP.
>> JUST WHAT WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT, LARRY, A CLAMITY OF
EVENTS ON A QUICK STOP.
>> 48 A LITTLE HOT GETTING IN AS
WELL, JIMMIE JOHNSON.
>> WORKING THE FIRST CAUTION
FLAG OF THE DAY, JEREMY MAYFIELD
BROUGHT IT OUT FOR A SLIGHT
CONTACT COMING OFF TURN NUMBER
>>> GETTING SET FOR THE RESTART
JAMES HELTON.
YOU HAVE TO BE IN YOUR PIT STOP,
SO HE WILL BE HELD.
WALTRIP IS THE ONLY CAR THAT
DIDN'T STOP.
>> JEFFM AND I WERE TALKING.
YOU GET ENOUGH CAUTION, MICHAEL
WALTRIP MAY FIGURE THAT'S HIS
BEST SHOT TO NOT WIN THE RACE,
BUT THE WAR, WHICH IS ONE OF THE
TOP TWO FINISHERS OF THE GUYS
WHO HAVE TO RACE IN.
>> I THINK HE'S THINKING WIN THE
RACE.
GREEN FLAG.
>> SECOND IS DALE EARNHARDT JR.
WHO TOOK JUST TWO TIRES.
RIGHT NOW THE TRANSFER SPOT CARS
WOULD BE MICHAEL WALTRIP AND
JOHNNY SAUTER.
SPEED AND RPM COME UP AS THEY
EXIT TURN TWO.
>> YOU BARELY CATCH HIGH GEAR IN
THREE AND FOUR AND YOU GAIN
SPEED IN THE BACK, PARTICULARLY
IF THE GIVES YOU A BUMP.
MY IT TAKES A LITTLE MORE TO GET
UP TO FULL SPEED ON THIS TRACK.
>> DAVE BLANEY HAVING TROUBLE
GETTING UP TO SPEED IT LOOKS
LIKE.
LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENED ON THE
RESTART TO BLANEY.
>> MISSED AGE.
-- MISSED A GEAR.
>> WANTED TO CONFIRM BLANEY DID
MISS A GEAR ON THE RESTART.
>> BLANEY IS IN THE 500 BASED ON
LAST YEAR'S OWNER POINTS.
>> YOU TAG A VALVE INTO A PISTON
AND YOU BREAK A VALVE SPRING AND
THE ENGINE GOES BAD.
>> MICHAEL WALTRIP AND JOHNNY
SAUTER ARE IN THE TRANSFER
POSITION RIGHT NOW.
SAID AND BLISS TRYING TO RACE
IN.
THEY WILL HAVE TO TRY TO GET
PAST WALTRIP AND SAUTER TO DO
IT.
>> OVER IN THE FRONT BEFORE
MICHAEL AND DALE JR. HAVE HAD
IMPRESSIVE RUNS.
HERE THEY ARE NOW, LINED UP NOW,
SHADES OF THE PASS.
>> SAUTER IS BACKING UP.
THERE HE IS ON THE OUT OF THE
SECOND PACK.
HE MAY FALL INTO THE CLUTCHES OF
BORIS SAID.
>> SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE HEARD,
DALE EARNHARDT JR. IS
HYPERSENSITIVE ABOUT THE DRAFT.
HE CANNOT PUSH OUT AND GET
THROUGH TRAFFIC.
HE IS WITH HIS OLD DRAFTING
PARTNER RIGHT NOW, MICHAEL
WALTRIP.
>> TONY STEWART'S CREW DID A
GREAT JOB GETTING HIM OUT WITH
FOUR TIRES.
THEY GOT HIM OUT IN THIRD
POSITION.
A LITTLE WORD ON GUTZ.
THEY COULDN'T GET A UNIFORM TO
FIT HIM AND THAT'S WHY THEY HAD
TO HAVE A BACKUP GAS MAN.
>> TOUGH SPOT.
HE CAME CLOSE, AND THAT'S WHY HE
HAD TO MISS THE PIT.
>> TROUBLE!
>> MICHAEL WALTRIP TRIED TO COME
UP AND DALE JR. WAS THERE.
WALTRIP TRIED TO SQUEEZE BETWEEN
JR. AND TONY STEWART AND THAT
HOLE CLOSED UP IN A HURRY.
>> NO DAMAGE.
>> CAUTION IS OUT.
>> I CAN'T IMAGINE HE DOESN'T
HAVE SOME DAMAGE.
THAT WAS PRETTY HARD LEG THAT
MICHAEL LAID ON HIM.
>> HE WILL HAVE TO GO SLOW.
HIS TIRES ARE FLAT.
55 HAS DAMAGE.
ON JR.'S IT LOOKS LIKE MOST OF
THE DAMAGE IS ON THE REAR.
YOU HAVE TO GO REAL SLOW,
BECAUSE IF THE TIRE COMES APART,
IT WILL RIP IT APART.
>> I'M NOT SURE WHAT MICHAEL WAS
THINKING.
>> MICHAEL WAS GOING TO SQUEEZE
BETWEEN TONY AND JR. AND THERE
JUST WASN'T ENOUGH ROOM.
>> IT LOOKED LIKE MICHAEL HAD
MORE SPEED THAN JR. AND THE HOLE
WAS CLOSING UP.
THAT CAMERA IS A LITTLE BIGGER
THAN HE THINKS IT IS I RECKON.
>> HE MISJUDGED IT BY A LOT.
>> LET'S RIDE WITH DALE JR.
>> INSIDE.
YOU HAVE ALL OF THE HELP IN YOUR
LANE.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE KIND OF
HELP HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
>> FROM JEFF BURTON.
>> ON THE BOTTOM BY HIMSELF.
TAKE A LOOK ON THE BOTTOM.
STANDY.
CAUTION IS OUT, CAUTION IS OUT.
GOOD JOB, BOSS, GOOD JOB.
>> AND FROM MICHAEL WALTRIP'S
CAR.
>> OUTSIDE.
ALL OF THEM LINED UP OUTSIDE.
LITTLE HOLE BEHIND THE 8.
>> YOU HEARD THE SPOTTER SAY
LITTLE HOLE BEHIND THE 8.
>> FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE.
WHEN YOU HAVE A NEW SPOTTER,
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LEARN WHAT
A LITTLE HOLE MEANS.
A NUMBER OF CARS ARE PITTING
INCLUDING JARRETT, MAYORFIELD,
BURTON.
DAVE BLANEY WHO IS IN A CAMRY.
>> A LOT OF CARS ARE NOT GIVING
A WHOLE LOT BY COMING TO PROCEED
FOR ADJUSTMENT AND TIRES.
>> TONY STEWART IS OUR LEADER,
18 LAPS IN TO THE FIRST DUEL AT
DAYTONA.
>>> WELCOME BACK TOÑi DAYTONA A
THE DUELS QUESTION OF THE DAY.
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RECORD FOR PENALTIES FOR RULE
VIOLATIONS AT DAYTONA, HOW CAN
YOU N/(SIBLYñr CREATE MOREñr
CONTROVERSYÑi THANçó WALTRIP?
>> YOU HEARD HIM SAY THE CAR
STARTED PUSHING ON HIM.
I THINK IT HAD TO DO WITH OLDERr
TIRES.
>> THE TWOÑi ROOKIES WHO STARTE
ON THE FRONT ROW AND DID NOT
ANy
NICE WORKÑi GILLILAND ANDçó RAG.
>>Ñi JOHNNY RUTHERFORD WON A
QUALIFYING RACE I.
THIS ISñr NOT ILGILLILAND'S FIR
NASCAR SUCRT.
IT IS HIS FIRST Ñi500çó ATTEMPT.
>>Ñi HE LINES UP ON THE INSIDE.
IF HE DOES NOT INHERIT THE LEADi
IF WE GET A CAUTION, HE WILL GET
THE FREE PASS.
>> IN THEÑi TRANSFER SPOT, JOHN
SAUTER AND MIKE BLISS.
>>> RIGHT AFTER HIS CONTACT, HE
SAID HE TURNED ME, THAT'S WEIRD.
>> REBOUNDING FROM THE INCIDENT
ON PIT ROAD, THE OTHER THING YOU
DIDN'T SEE WAS FEATHERS HAD TO
PUMP THE JACK ABOUT NINE EXTRA
TIMES TO GET THE LEFT SIDE UP.
LOSS OF POSITION.
THEY ARE WORKING SLOWLY BACK TO
THE FRONT.
HE DID MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT WITH
THE BRAKES, TO TRY AND TIGHTEN
IT UP.
>> THANKS.
BURTON TO THE INSIDE.
>> GILLILAND.
>> HERE COMES JEFF RIGHT BACK.
DAVID IS NOT GOING TO GIVE UP ON
THE OUTSIDE.
THAT 38 IS STRONG, BOYS.
>> REMEMBER, HAD ALL THOSE
PROBLEMS OF THAT PIT STOP, HAD
TO RESTART WAY AT THE BACK OF
THE PACK AND HERE HE IS UP THERE
AT THE SECOND POSITION.
>> MICHAEL AID HE PICKED UP A
WICKED PUSH COMING OFF TURN TWO
AND THAT'S WHAT PUT HIM UP AND
INTO DLE JR.
>> THIS DUDE IS ON IT.
>> HE IS STRONG.
RIGHT NOW TONY STEWART IN THE 20
HAS HELP FROM HIS TEAMMATE DENNY
HAMLIN.
LOOK AT KENNY SCHRADER IN THE 21
CAR TRYING TO MOVE UP.
>> IF GILLILAND COULD GET SOME
HELP, THEY WOULD BE IN TROUBLE.
HE IS ON THE BOTTOM BY HIMSELF.
>> HELP IS ON ITS WAY.
>> TROUBLE!
ROBBY GORDON.
>> CAUTION IS OUT.
A.J ALMENDINGER.
>> A.J., I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY
GOING TO SEND HIM TO THE HOUSE.
>> YEAH.
LOOK AT THE DAMAGE TO GORDON'S
CAR.
LAST MONTH COMPLETED IN THE
RALLY.
HE HAD A BEAUTIFUL PIECE WHEN
THIS STARTED.
WATCH YOUR NUMBER 7, MIDDLE OF
THE SCREEN.
ALMENDINGER.
>> IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH.
>> OTHERS QUICK TO TAKE EVASIVE
ACTION AND CAUTION IS OUT AGAIN.
>>> A.J.ALMENDINGER'S DAY IS
DONE.
LET'S LOOK AT SPEEDS COMING INTO
TURN FOUR BETWEEN HIS 84 AND
ROBBY GORDON'S NUMBER 7.
I THINK ROBBY WAS TRYING TO GET
OUT FROM BEHIND SAUTER IN THE 70
CAR AND MAYBE DIDN'T GIVE A.J.
QUITE ENOUGH ROOM AT THE CLOSING
RATE HE HAD.
I'M SURE HE'S NOT GOING TO SEE
IT THAT WAY, BUT WE'LL FIND OUT.
>> ROBBY HAS GONE TO THE GARAGE.
>> HE HAS BEEN WATCHING THE
REPLAYS ON THE PITSIDE MONITOR.
WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN?
>> I CAME DOWN ON THE 84.
I DID HAVE SOME REASONS.
ON TURN TWO HE HAD CHECK TIME.
I WANTED TO GET DOWN.
I THOUGHT I WAS CLEAR, AN I WAS
CLEAR FOR A SECOND AND THEN WE
GOT TOGETHER.
>> IT'S HE SO EASY FOR CARS TO
GET TOGETHER WHEN SOMEBODY IS
CHANGING GEARS.
>> ROBBY GORDON WILL BE IN THE
DAYTONA 500.
>> DALE EARNHARDT JR. GOT THE
FREE PASS.
HE MADE A PIT STOP.
WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF TAKERS
EXCEPT JEFF BURTON CAME TO
PROCEED.
WHAT THEY'RE CHECKING IS THE
ALIGNMENT OF THE FRONT TIRES,
THE TOE IN OR THE TOE OUT TO BE
SURE THE TIRES ARE IN THE RIGHT
LOCATION.
>> A LITTLE ARTISTIC WORK ON THE
AERODYNAMICS.
>> IT TAKES A LONG TIME FOR --
>> GO AHEAD AND GO.
>> WHEN YOU GET THE FREE PASS
YOU HAVE TO START AT THE TAIL OF
THE FIELD, SO NOTHING LOST.
>> STEWART THE LEADER, GILLILAND
AND SCHRADER.
JOHNNY SAUTER IS IN THE FIRST
TRANSFER SPOT AND BORIS SAID IS
IN SECOND.
>>> IT WILL GET OVER 100 MILES
PER HOUR OVER THAT BACK
STRAIGHTAWAY.
>> IN THE WATER I HOPE.
>> SEVEN LAPS COMPLETE THIS
TIME.
>> TONY STEWART LEADING DAVID
GILLILAND.
WE GO BACK TO GREEN.
JOHNNY SAUTER AND BORIS SAID ARE
IN THE TRANSFER SPOT.
THEY ARE LOCKED INTO THE 500
BASED ON SPEED, BUT THEY CAN
IMPROVE THEIR STARTING SPOT BY
TRANSFERRING IN RIGHT HERE.
>> THAT LOOKED LIKE THE
BUDWEISER SHOOTOUT UP THERE.
TONY STEWART WON THE RACE.
WE RIDE WITH DENNY HAMLIN.
>> NUMBER 38, BIG BERTHA IS WHAT
THEY CALL HER.
WE HAD A BIG BERTHA.
SHE IS GETTING THE JOB DONE.
LIKE THE WAY THAT THING IS
HANDLING.
>> IT DROVE GOOD THE OTHER
NIGHT.
A DIFFEREN CAR, BUT I'M SURE A
SIMILAR PACKAGE.
>> DALE EARNHARDT JR. IS HAVING
A GOOD DAY.
MAR MARTIN TRUEX SAID I TOLD YOU
YOU HAVE A WINNING CAR.
>> YOU CAN BESIDEWAYS AND THEY
TELL YOU -- BE SIDEWAYS AND THEY
TELL YOU YOU HAVE A WINNING CAR.
>> LAST RACE OF THE YEAR STARTED
COMING TOGETHER IN THE LATTER
PART OF 2006.
>> LET'S LOOK AT THE GORDON,
A.J ALMENDINGER INCIDENT.
THE 72 CAR BREAKS HIS MOMENTUM.
ROBBY SAYS I'M FASTER FROM THAT
GUY BUT I HAVE TO GET OUT FROM
BEHIND THE 72 CAR.
DRAFTS HIM INTO THE CENTER.
RIGHT IN HERE HE SEES HE NEEDS
TO GET OUT FROM BEHIND 72.
HE STARTS TO COME DOWN.
ALMENDINGER DOESN'T GO UP OR
DOWN.
HEAVY, HEAVY CONTACT OFF TURN
FOUR.
>> HE HOW DOES THIS
DISAPPOINTMENT STACK UP AGAINST
OTHERS?
>> IT'S NOT GOOD.
I FEEL BAD FOR THE WHOLE TEAM,
EVERYBODY BACK AT THE SHOP AND
EVERYBODY HERE.
THEY'VE WORKED THEIR BUTTS OFF
AND DESERVE TO BE IN THE 500.
HOPEFULLY THEY CAN GET IN THE
NEXT BECAUSE I WAS DRIVING MY
BUTT OFF.
I FELT LIKE I WAS ON THE YELLOW
LINE.
I STARTED TO COME DOWN, AND BY
THAT TIME I STARTED TO LIFT.
YOU SAW WHAT HAPPENED AFTER
THAT.
>> WE COULD SEE THE
DISAPPOINTMENT ON YOUR FACE.
>> I THINK BOTH DRIVERS ARE
TELLING IT LIKE IT WAS.
I LIFTED, WE CAME TOGETHER AND
CRASHED.
THERE'S A SLUGFEST FOR DRIVERS
LOOKING FOR TRANSFER SPOTS.
SAUTER AND SAID.
BARRETT, WALTRIP, BURTON ALL
TRIES TO RACE THEIR WAY INTO THE
500.
RIDING WITH WALTRIP IN 15th.
ONE THING YOU HEAR ON MICHAEL'S
CAR, HE'S NOT LIFTING.
THAT'S RE IMPORTANT.
-- VERY IMPORTANT.
THE LONGER YOU STAY IN THE RUN.
THAT'S IMPORTANT.
>> EVEN THOUGH HE IS NOT LIFTING
IT WENT FROM 183 TO 191.
YOU RUN FASTER LINED UP.
>> 16 CARS SINGLE FILE, AT THE
LEAD IS TONY STEWART.
NO DRIVER HAS EVER WON THE
SHOOTOUT AND THE DAYTONA 500 IN
THE SAME YEAR.
>> THE 72'S CAR IS NOT HANDLING.
YOU SEE HIM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
RACETRACK.
IT LOOKS LIKE HE HAS TO GET OUT
OF THE THROTTLE.
HERE COMES DALE JR. THIS TIME.
HE SAYS, DUES, WILL YOU GO ON OR
GET OUT OF MY WAY.
LOOK WHAT IT COST DALE JR.
>> KENNY WALLACE JUST AHEAD OF
JR.
JR. IS BACK ON THE LEAD LAP.
HE IS BACK TO THE 25th POSITION.
>> LABONTE'S CAR IS FAST.
GET BACK HERE, YOU CAN'T PASS
THEM.
GET UP FRONT, THEY CAN'T PASS
YOU.
JOHNNY SAUTER PICKED UP TWO
SPOTS THAT LAP.
STANTON BARRETT IN THE 30, RIGHT
BEHIND BORIS ON THE OUTSIDE LANE
NINE CARS BACK.
>> I WAS LOOKING AT THAT INSIDE
LINE RIGHT THERE.
YOU SEE REED SORENSON AND CASEY
MEARS.
BUT REMEMBER, REED, WE'RE
LOOKING OUT AT HIM FROM JIMMIE
JOHNSON'S CAR ONLY GOT ONE LAP
OF QUALIFYING IN THE OTHER DAY
AND HAD TO START AT THE BACK OF
THE FIELD.
BUT ALL THREE OF THEIR CARS ARE
LOOKING GOOD.
THAT WAS MY MULLIGAN.
>> CASEY MEARS DIDN'T DRIVE THAT
CAR LAST YEAR EITHER.
>> 16, THE AMERIQUEST CAR.
ROUSH RACING.
STANTON BARRETT, THE HOLLYWOOD
STUNT MAN IN THE 30 TRYING TO
FIGHT FOR THE LAST TRANSFER SPOT
AND MICHAEL WALTRIP DROPPING A
SPOT.
HE IS ALSO TRYING TO MOVE UP ANñ
TRANSFER.
>> YOU SEE HISÑi TWO TEAMMATES,
INCLUDING BOYER IN 07, THEY HAVE
BEEN STAYING BUMPER TOÑi BUMPER
WORKING BACK UP THROUGH THE
FIELD.
>> THESE GUYS BACK HERE IN THIS
PACK BETTER WATCH OUT, BECAUSE
THOSE FIRST FOURÑi OR FIVE WILL
BREAKAWAY FROM THIS GROUP AND
THEY ARE IN TROUBLE IF THEY ñrD.
>> HOW ABOUT JEFF BURTON.
>> HE IS ONE OF THOSEÑi CARS TH
PITTED FOR THE PRESSURE TIRES TO
HAVE Añrçóçó BET(M)
THE RACE.
HIS CAR IS STILL LOOSE.
HE TOLD HIS SPOTTER, TELL THEM
TO JUMP BEHIND US, MYSELF AND 07
WILL TRY TO DRAFT TO THE FRONT
AND TRY TO MAKE HIS BROTHER MAKE
THE GREAT AMERICAN RACE.
MY WE SAW THE SUCKER HOLE BEING
A SUCKER HOLE.
THEY COULDN'T GO ANYWHERE IN THE
MIDDLE.
>> YOU HAVE AIR COMING OFF OF
THE CAR ON THE OUTSIDE AND
INSIDE.
IT USUALLY SLOWS IT DOWN PLUS
MAKES IT DIFFICULT IN THE RACE
CAR.
>> 36 OF 60 LAPS COMPLETE.
THIS IS IS THE FIRST OF TWO 150
MILE QUALIFYING RACES TODAY TO
SET THE FIELD FOR SUNDAY'S
DAYTONA 500 FIELD ON FOX.
WATCH WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET
CAUGHT IN THE SUCKER.
THERE ARE SOME QUICK MOVES
THERE.
WATCH THE 41 CAR HERE.
HERE HE COMES.
HE PROBABLY HAS TO GET OUT OF
THE THROTTLE A BIT BECAUSE HE
HAS CARS AROUND HIM AND LOOK HOW
QUICKLY YOU GO TO THE BACK.
EVEN WITH HELP.
HE HAS THE 66 BEHIND HIM, NOT
DOING A BIT OF GOOD.
>> THIS WILL BE A GOOD SHOT FROM
THE GOOD YEAR BLIMP.
NOWHERE FOR HIM TO GO.
THE ONLY THING IS TO WAIT UNTIL
THEY GET BY.
FALL IN LINE AND WAIT FOR THEM
TO START OVER.
>> TONY STEWART IS THE PIED
PIPER OF THIS FIRST 150 MILER,
CONTINUING TO HAUL THEM AROUND.
>> I GUESS IT WOULD BE CONFUSING
TO SAY YOU ARE GOING BACKWARDS
AT 185, WOULDN'T IT?
>> YES, IT WOULD.
>> IT WOULD CONFUSE ME.
>> MICHAEL WALTRIP, STANTON
BARRETT IN THE 35 CAR, BOTH CARS
HAVING TO RACE THEIR WAY IN.
>> WHAT'S MAKING THAT 35 CAR SO
GOOD IS LISTENING TO THE ENGINE
HE IS NOT HAVING THE LIFT, WHICH
IS AN ASSET.
>> WHICH IS THE SIGN OF A
GOOD-HANDLING CAR.
>> BARRETT HAS TO GET UP TO
SECOND TO MAKE THE 500.
TONY STEWART, DAVID GILLILAND
>>> WELCOME BACK TO THE GATORADE
DUELS.
WE ARE GETTING A DEBRIS.
THERE IS THE DID HE BRO.
-- DEBRIS.
>> ANY SURPRISES?
>> TONY STEWART AND THE GUYS UP
FRONT PRETTY MUCH WHAT W
EXPECTED.
>> DAVID GILLILAND, HAD A LITTLE
ROOKIE MISTAKE, SKIDDED IN HOT.
EVEN CHAMPIONS CAN HAVE PROBLEMS
ON PIT ROAD.
JIMMIE JOHNSON WITH A LONG STOP.
>> THINGS GOT INTERESTING ON LAP
17 WHEN MICHAEL WALTRIP GOT UP
ON DALE JR. AND AROUND HE WENT.
ROBBY GORDON, TOOK BOTH OF THESE
OUT.
>> ALLMENDINGER.
>> TONY STEWART SAID MIGHT AS
WELCOME.
THEY WILL PUT FOUR TIRES ON IT.
JUST RIGHT.
AND DAVID GILLILAND, THEY ARE
WAITING TO SEE WHAT STEWART WILL
DO.
HE WAS ALSO COMPLAINING THE
WATER TEMPERATURE CLIMBED TO 270
DEGREES.
THEY LOOKED TO SEE IF HE HAD
DEBRIS ON HIS GRILL, THEY SAID
NO.
>> WHEN THIS CAUTION WENT OUT,
HIS CAR WENT FROM AWESOME TO TOO
LOOSE.
HE SAID I AM TOO LOOSE, THE CARS
WILL TAKE RIGHT SIDE TIRES.
>> THEY ARE DOING THE TAP DANCE
OF WHETHER MICHAEL WALTRIP WILL
MAKE IT ON TIME.
MICHAEL IS A LITTLE LOOSE.
THEY WILL GET A SPLASH AND FUEL.
MICHAEL IS CONSCIOUS IN THE CAR
OF WHERE HE IS ON THE TRACK.
RIGHT NOW HE IS THE TOP GUY.
JEFF BURTON STAYS ON THE
RACETRACK.
EVERYONE ELSE BUT JAMES HILTON
COMES TO PROCEED.
MY REMEMBER, JEFF BURTON IN THE
31 CAR PITTED ABOUT 10 OR 12
LAPS AGO.
THE PROBLEM, HE IS BASICALLY THE
ONLY ONE WHO DID STAY OUT AS FAR
AS OUR TOP-RUNNING CARS.
>> THERE'S GILLILAND AWAY.
TONY STEWART OUT PRETTY QUICKLY.
AND IT'S MARTIN TRUEX GOING TO
LEAD THE CHARGE OFF PIT ROAD.
>> I'LL TELL YOU WHO CONTINUES
TO HAVE TROUBLES ON PIT ROAD IS
THE 48 JIMMIE JOHNSON.
>> HE'S LOCKING UP THE RIGHT
FRONT AND SLIDING THROUGH THE
HIS BOX.
CAUTION IS OUT
>>> GETTING READY FOR THE
RESTART TODAY PRESENTED BY --
16 LAPS TO GO IN THE FIRST OF
TWO QUALIFYING RACES HERE AT
DAYTONA.
HOW ABOUT EXERCISING THAT IS
SURROUND SOUND YOU GOT FOR
CHRISTMAS?
TIME ON THIS RESTART TO CRANK IT
UP.
>>> KEEP AN EYE ON THAT BRIGHT
ORANGE CAR, DENNY HAMLIN, 72
YEARS OLD.
HE IS IN ONE OF THOSE TRANSFER
SPOTS.
HE DID NOT PIT.
DAVID RAGAN, TRYING TO CATCH UP
AND CRASHED.
>> I BELIEVE HE HAS HAD RIGHT
REAR PROBLEMS AGAIN THAT CAUSED
THIS.
YOU CAN SEE THE RIGHT REAR TIRE
IS DOWN.
THERE IS NOT A LOT OF DAMAGE
EXCEPT WHERE HE HAD THE FLAT
TIRE EARLIER.
>> HE HIT THAT WALL.
LOOK AT THAT NOSE.
GOODNESS GRACIOUS.
>> I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT CAUSED
THAT.
>> FIFTH CAUTION OF THE DAY.
THERE GOES ROOKIE DAVID RAGAN.
>>> 14 LAPS TO GO IN DAYTONAçó.
THEs
YEAR BLIMP.
START AND FINISHÑi LINE.
THE PACE CAR BRINGSçó THEM ACRO,
13 LAPS TO GO.
>> ONE THING WE'RE TAUGHT ABOUT
DAYTONA,Ñi ANY RACETRACK REALLY
BUT THIS ONE FOR SURE, WHEN YOU
START TO SPIN A CAR, DON'T TRY
TOçó SAVE IT.
LOCK IT DOWN, LOCKÑi THE BRAKES
DOWN AND TURN THE WHEELS TO THE
LEFT.
IF YOU HAD THEM TURNED ñrLEFT,ÑU
COULD GO DOWN TO THE INFIELD.
>>çó YOU MAY HAVE WOUND UP LIKE
DALE EARNHARDT JR., NEED FOURÑi
MORE TIRES, BUT NO DAMAGE.
>> IT'S HARD TO DO, BUTçó A
PRINCIPAL THAT WORKS.
>> TOMORROW THE NASCAR TRUCK
SERIES KICKS OFF.
AND SUNDAY, RACEDAY GETS YOU
READY FOR THE DAYTONA 500 ON
FOX.
RACE ONçó 2:00 P.M. EASTERN TIM
JEFF BURTON, IÑi LIKE WHERE HE'
AT.
HIS TIRES AREñr NOT THAT OLD.Ñi
>>> JAMES HYLTON WILL MAKE IT IT
TO THE 500, REPRESENTING BY THE
-- THE JER TOLL SERIES.
A LOT OF GUYS HE'S RACING IN
THIS RACE WERE NOT EVEN BORN.GE.
A LOT OF GUYS HE'S RACING IN
THIS RACE WERE NOT EVEN BORN.
>> I THOUGHT -- THE MAJORITY OF
THE FIELD WEREN'T BORN THEN.
>> WE'RE SETTING THE STAGE FOR
LIKE 13 OR 14 LAPS TO GO.
IT'S TIME TO GET UP ON THE
WHEEL.
>> ELLIOTT NEEDS TO RACE BACK UP
HERE.
I THINK YOU MIGHT SAY THE PRICE
OF POKER IS GOING UP.
FOR THOSE NOT IN THE DAYTONA
500, THE TIME AND OPPORTUNITY IS
RUNNING OUT.
WE HAVE HAD FIVE LEAD CHANGES
AND FIVE CAUTIONS, AND HOW ABOUT
JEFF BURTON WHO WON THE POLE IN
2006.
CAME DOWN HERE AND QUALIFIED SO
BADLY.
>> HE SAID ALL ALONG WHEN I
TALKED TO HIM, LAST YEAR THEY
BROUGHT A CAR TO SETTLE THE POLE
AND THIS YEAR THEY BROUGHT A CAR
BACK TO WIN THE RACE.
I THINK THAT THEORY IS PAYING
OFF.
>> YOU KNOW HOW OLD JACK IS --
>> THE NEXT THING HE IS GOING TO
SAY IS IT'S TOO WET TO RACE.
>> I GOT THAT FROM YOU.
>> RUNNING LIKE JACK.
>> JEFF BURTON WILL START ON THE
SECOND ROW IF HE WINS.
>> THE CONVERSATION IS THAT MORE
GUYS WOULD STAY OUT.
THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT TONY
STEWART WINNING A LAP AND
WORKING AROUND BOYER.
TONY SAID TELL CLINT TO RUN HIS
OWN RACE.
I'LL DO THE SAME.
WE'LL WORK TOGETHER IF WE CAN,
BUT YOU NEVER KNOW.
>> THERE IS A TWO-LINE
STREAMLINER RIGHT BEHIND THEM
AND IT'S TONY STEWART AND DALE
JR.
>> THAT'S THE VOICE FROM BURTON,
DON'T TRY TO HELP ME.
WE'LL WORK TOGETHER THE BEST WE
CAN AND YOU GO YOUR WAY AND I'LL
GO MINE.
>> CAN JAMES HYLTON HOLD ON TO A
QUALIFYING SPOT?
>> LET'S FIND OUT.
>> THAT'S A GOOD RACE CAR.
THAT'S A RICHARD CHILDRESS RACE
CAR.
>> HE AND SAUTER DRIFTING
TOGETHER.
>> RICHARD CHILDRESS CAR WITH A
RICHARD CHILDRESS ENGINE.
>> I'M SURE JAMES CAN SAY WOULD
IF I COULD.
>> I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY
QUESTION ABOUT THE CAR.
IT'S CAPABLE OF DOING THAT.
HYLTON IS RUNNER UP FOR WHAT IS
NOW THE NEXTEL CUP.
IN 1965 HE WAS THE CHAMPION CREW
CHIEF FOR NED JARRETT.
HE HAS HELP FROM BEHIND AND THEY
ARE PRETTY MUCH IN THE CAT BIRD
SEAT NOW.
>> LOOKING GOOD.
FOLLOWING THE LEVEL TRACK.
>> JOHNNY SAUTER IN THE 70 CAR
IS RIGHT BEHIND HIM.
HE WOULD GET IN, AS FAR AS
RACING HIS WAY IN, BUT HE IS IN
THE SHOW NO MATTER WHAT BECAUSE
HE WAS WITH THE FASTEST THREE
CARS.
>> HOLDER DOWN AND FOLLOW THE
11.
>> THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THE MOST
INCREDIBLE UPSETS IN DAYTONA 500
IF JAMES HARVEY HYLTON, AGE 72,
COULD MAKE THIS RACE.
>> SPEAKING A RACE, WE HAVE A
RACE FOR THE LEAD.
TONY STEWART IN THE 20 CAR.
WE HAVE TROUBLE GOING INTO
THREE.
WE HAVE AN ENGINE BLOWING.
>> REED SORENSON.
>> CAUTION IS OUT.
>> WHEN CAUTION COMES OUT -- YOU
ALL TAKE THAT RIGHT TO THE
GARAGE.
>> THE FIELD FREEZES BASED ON
THE LAST OF MANY SCORING LOOPS
AROUND THIS RACETRACK THAT THE
CARS PASS OVER.
THE FIELD IS FROZEN.
AT THE MOMENT THOSE CAUTION
LIGHTS COME ON.
THE DRIVERS CANNOT ADVANCE THEIR
POSITION.
>> REMEMBER, IT WAS NOT THAT
MANY LAPS AGO HE WAS A LAP DOWN,
PENALIZED FOROVER SHOOTING HIS
PITS.
HE GOT THE FREE PASS AND HE IS
RUNNING IN THE TOP TEN.
NOW HE IS ABOUT EIGHT AND A HALF
LAPS AWAY OF MAKING THE DAYTONA
500.
>> THESE SHORT RUNS ARE GOOD FOR
JAMES.
>> HE HAS TWO WINS.
RICHMOND IN 1970 AND TALADEGA
IN 1972.
>> HERE SETS MY OLD BUDDY.
>> YOU KNOW, RICHARD CHILDRESS,
SINCE HE GOT OUT OF THE DRIVER'S
SEAT, NOT ONLY HAS HE MADE A LOT
OF DRIVERS FAMOUS.
HERE'S YLTON WON $100.
>> THEY TOWED THE CARS ON AN
OPEN TRAILER.
PUT A LOCK AND GAS, AND WHEN HE
CAME IN HE THE KEY WAS IN JAMES
POCKET AND HE COULDN'T GET IT.
>> SENT TIME TALKING TO JAMES AT
THE TEST IN JANUARY.
YOU COULD SEE THE GRIN BEHIND
HIS HELMET.
HE SAID, LARRY, I KNOW IT'S A
LONG SHOT MAKING THE DAYTONA
500, BUT I'M HAVING FUN.
>> THERE'S HYLTON'S PIT.
I DON'T CARE HOW MANY ROCKY
MOVIES THEY MAKE, THEY WILL HAVE
TO GET UP TO ABOUT 88 TO TELL
THE STORY OF JAMES HYLTON.
WHO WOULD HAVE THUNG IT.
SAUTER.
THE MAN TRYING TO BREAK THAT UP
IS MICHAEL WALTRIP.
>> MICHAEL WALTRIP HAD WORKED
WITH REED SORE REN SEVEN -- SORE
REN SON.
YOU SEE THE NAMES IN YELLOW.
THOSE ARE THE GUYS THAT HAVE TO
RACE IN.
THAT'S WHAT THE CREW IS
MONITORING.
LOOK AT THAT CLUMP RIGHT THERE,
THOSE ARE THE GUYS THAT MICHAEL
WALTRIP ARE CONCERNED WITH AS
WELL AS JAMES HYLTON AND MICHAEL
WALTRIP IN FRONT OF HIM.
>> THEY WANT TO BE TARS ON
SUNDAY.
-- STARS ON SUNDAY.
THEY DON'T WANT THE LIGHTS TO GO
OUT.
>> I BET JAMES IS THINKING THIS
IS THE LONGEST 500 I'VE EVER
BEEN.
>> HIS LAST 500 WAS 1983.
THE MOST RECENT CUP RACE,
>> YOU WILL SEE SAUTER'S NAME IN
GREEN.
THEY ARE IN THE DAYTONA 500.
DRIVERS IN BLUE THEY WILL BE IN
ON SPEED OR PROVISIONAL.
AND THE NAMES IN YELLOW HAVE
WORK TO DO IN THESE FINAL SIX
LAPS.
>> SAUTER IS LOOKING UNDERNEATH.
HE IS GOING -- THAT COULD BE BAD
NEWS FOR JAMES.
>> JIMMIE JOHNSON.
KEEPING HIM TO THE HIGH SIDE.
>> THERE'S THE RACE RIGHT THERE,
THE TRANSFER.
>> MICHAEL WALTRIP MOVES INTO
SECOND TRANSFER SPOT AHEAD OF
BORIS SAID.
>> ONCE JAMES GOT OUT OF THE
DRAFT HE'S PRETTY WELL DONE.
>> WHAT A WEEK MICHAEL WALTRIP
HAD.
A NEW MAN FOLD PUT ON WHEN THE
INSPECTOR FOUND A SUBSTANCE THEY
COULDN'T IDENTIFY.
THE CREW CHIEF AND TEAM CHIEF
SENT HOME.
THEY SAID MICHAEL, YOU CAN TAKE
YOUR CAR AND TRY TO RACE IN.
>> I HAVE TO TIP THIS TEAM.
THEY LOST THEIR CREW CHIEF AND
MANAGER.
MICHAEL IS DRIVING THIS CAR
UNTESTED.
A BIG TIP OF THE HAT.
>> IT'S NOT EVEN HIS CAR.
>> IT'S REUTIMANN'S CAR.
I THINK THEY CHOSE IT BECAUSE
THEY THOUGHT IT MAY HAVE BEEN
BETTER THAN MICHAEL'S BACKUP.
>> MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT HE HAD NO
CHANCE TO MAKE THE 500.
HE IS PROVING THEM WRONG.
>> THAT 49 CAR, WHAT A TURN.
THAT'S ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE RACE
YOUR WAY IN CARS.
>> BURTON IS TRYING TO RACE IN.
THIS IS WHEN THESE ELIMINATION
OR QUALIFYING RACES GET
EXCITING.
IT'S ALL ON THE LINE.
THREE LAPS TO GO.
>> THERE'S MICHAEL'S WIFE.
I KNOW HOW SHE FEELS.
I'M TALKING ABOUT MY WIFE STEVI.
>> THERE'S A PACK OF RS KA
--
CARS LOOKING FOR ONE OF THOSE
TWO POSITIONS.
>> BURTON.
UP THE HILL HE GOES.
LOOK OUT JAMES HARVEY.
>> CAUTION WILL FLY.
>> THEY WILL COME TO THE LINE
WITH THREE TO GO.
>> 66 CAR GOT DAMAGE AS WELL.
>> ON PIT ROAD, GUYS.
>> THAT WILL BE IT FORWARD
BURTON.
HIS WEEK AT DAYTONA IS OVER.
>> JEFF GREEN IN THE 66 CAR HAD
MOVED UP THROUGH THE FIELD, BUT
HE HAS A LOT OF DAMAGE.
>> LET'S FIRST SHOW YOU FROM THE
GOOD YEAR BLIMP.
WATCH THE NUMBER 4, RIGHT SIDE
OF YOUR SCREEN, BEHIND JIMMIE
JOHNSON.
THERE'S WARD BURTON.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE A LOT OF
CARS IN FRONT OF HIM THAT SLOW
DUN A BIT AND HERE COMES AND
NOWHERE TO GO.
>> MIKE HAD JUST GOT IN BACK.
>> MICHAEL GETTING IN BACK OF
CASEY MEARS, THAT BOTTLED
EVERYBODY UP AND WARD GOT HIT
FROM BEHIND.
JIMMIE JOHNSON ALMOST GOT THE
WALL OFF 4 THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE DID OR NOT.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE CASEY MEARS,
25, HIS CAR WALKED UP THE
RACETRACK.
HE PROBABLY HAD TO ROLL OFF THE
THROTTLE A BIT.
IT'S LIKE AN ACCORDIAN.
>> OR COMING UP TO A RED LIGHT
FROM WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS, THE
LESS TIME EVERYONE ELSE HAS TO
REACT TO IT.
>> JEFF GREEN, 66, HE IS IN THE
DAYTONA 500.
>> WARD BURTON, HIS RETURN TO
NEXTEL CUP RACE RACING MARED BY
NOT MAKING THE 500.
>> WHEN YOU MISS THE FIRST RACE
OF THE SEASON, NOT ONLY DOES IT
PUT YOU IN A HOLE POINTS WISE,
YOU HAVE TO --
>> IT'S DISAPPOINTING TO WARD
BECAUSE HE WAS SITTING IN A SPOT
HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN IN.
HE HAD A SHOT AND IT'S GONE NOW,
GONE UP IN SMOKE.
>> BUT YOU HATE TO BE TAKEN O
YOU BY SOMEBODY ELSE'S NEAR
MISS.
WARD BURTON INTO THE WALL AND
DONE FOR THE >>> SUNDAY, DAYTON
SHOW.
WILL HE STAY OR GO?
DALE EARNHARDT JR. OUTSPOKEN
HERE IN DAYTONA, FIND OUT THE
LATEST ON JR.
WE'LL BE TALKING LIVE WITH
REIGNING CHAMPION.
ALSO JEFF GORDON.
FORMULA ONE, CAN HE CONQUER
NASCAR.
MONTOYA TELLING US ABOUT
HIMSELF.
PLUS THE PHOTO FINISH AND KELLY
CLARKSON PERFORMING LIVE.
ALL HERE ON THE PRERACE SHOW.
AERIAL COVERAGE BROUGHT TO YOU
BY GOOD YEAR TIRES.
THINKING ABOUT MICHAEL WALTRIP
AND TOYOTA AND ALL OF THOSE
TOYOTA EXECUTIVES TALKING ABOUT
INTEGRITY AND EMBARRASSMENT.
THAT WILL BE FORGOTTEN IF HE
RACES INTO THE DAYTONA 500.
>> HE HAS BATTLED HAD IS WAY ALL
DAY LONG.
AFTER GETTING INTO DALE
EARNHARDT JR., THE TEAM WORKED
ON THE CAR AND HE KEEPS WORKING
TO GET BACK.
>> REMARKABLE.
>> IT'S INCREDIBLE.
IT SHOWS HIS DETERMINATION AND
REDEMPTION BY DOING SOMETHING
EVERYBODY WILL BE WRITING ABOUT.
>> LET'S GO BACK OUTSIDE.
>> WALTRIP AND BORIS SAID IN THE
TWO TRANSFER SPOTS.
WE HAVE NOW CROSSED 60 LAPS, THE
SCHEDULED DISTANCE FOR THIS
RACE.
>> ALL THROUGH THE YEARS MICHAEL
HAS NEVER RUN BAD AT DAYTONA AND
TALLADEGA.
THE WOOD BROTHERS CARS, ALL OF
THE CARS HE'S DRIVEN, HE'S
ALWAYS HAD A KNACK FOR THIS
RACETRACK.
>> PRESSURE IS ON MIKE BLISS
BECAUSE JOHNNY SAUTER WILL BE IN
THE 500.
MIKE BLISS CANNOT FALL BACK ON
HIS SPEED.
HE WILL HAVE TO GET ON THE
WHEEL.
HE HAS TWO LAPS TO GET BACK
THERE.
>> IT WILL BE A SINGLE-FILE
RESTART.
>> TONY STEWART WON THE
BUDWEISER SHOOTOUT.
TRYING TO GO TO VICTORY LANE.
>> HE AND DALE JR. LEAVE WITH
TWO TO GO.
>> JEFF BURTON PURPOSELY LAGGED
BACK A BIT.
>> I BELIEVE JR. AND TONY WILL
BE PRETTY HAPPY TO JUST RIDE
THIS ONE ON HOME.
JAMES HYLTON BACK AT 20th SPOT.
I WOULDN'T LEAVE AN OPENING
THOUGH FOR THOSE TWO CHILDRESS
CARS.
>> THAT'S PRETTY POTENT
COMBINATION, 31 AND 38.
THEY COULD GET A NICE RUN HERE.
>> THEY HAVE BEEN TWO OF THE
STRONGER CARS.
>> TONY STEWART FINDING THE HORT
-- THE SHORT WAY AROUND RIGHT
ON THE BOTTOM.
>> THEY KNOW THEY ONLY HAVE ONE
MORE SHOT TO GET IT DONE.
WHITE FLAG.
>> JOHNNY SAUTER IS WORKING OVER
THE BACK BUMPER OF DALE JARRETT.
>> IT'SBORIS SAID.
>> HERE COMES BLISS IN THE 49.
BLISS HAS TO PASS THEM BOTH TO
MAKE THE 500.
GETTING A LITTLE HELP FROM THE
16 CAR.
MY MICHAEL IS IN PRETTY GOOD
SHAPE.
HE HAS HIS BUDDY KEN SCHRADER
RIGHT BEHIND HIM.
>> DALE JR. CANNOT ADVANCE ON
THE LEADER.
HERE COMES BLISS, HE COULD DO
IT.
>> WE MIGHT BE ALL RIGHT HERE.
>> HE IS ALONGSIDE SAID.
HERE THEY COME TO THE LINE.
IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSE.
>> SAID MAY HAVE ECLIPSD HIM BY
A NOSE.
>> HE JUST COULDN'T GET THERE.
>> JUST A LITTLE OVER 1/100th OF
A SECOND.
REDEMPTION FOR MICHAEL WALTRIP.
AND MIKE BLISS, WE'LL LOOK AT
THE PICTURES, BUT IT LOOKS AS
THOUGH BORIS SAID HAS LOCKED
MIKE BLISS OUT OF THE 500.
MY THAT'S THE BAD NEWS.
>> TONY STEWART GETS HIS SECOND
CHECKERED FLAG OF THE WEEKEND
AND HIS FOURTH OF THE YEAR.
HE WON TWO OPEN FIELD RACES
BEFORE COMING TO DAYTONA.
>> IT HAS BEEN AWHILE SINCE HE
DIDN'T WIN.
>> THAT'S TRUE.
>> TEAMMATES JARRETT AND
WALTRIP.
LET'S LOOK AT THE FINISH FOR THE
FINAL TRANSFER SPOT BETWEEN 60
BORIS SAID AND MICHAEL BLISS.
>> HE GOT A GREAT RUN.
HE GOT IN THE MIDDLE.
HERE HE COMES.
HE GOT A GOOD PULL OFF OF THE
48.
RIGHT HERE THE 48 RUNS UP ON THE
BACK OF CASEY MEARS, AND IT KIND
OF SLOWS THE PROGRESS OF THE 49.
THE INSIDE LINE STARTS TO MOVE.
HE'S TRYING, HE'S TRYING, HE'S
TRYING, JUST CAN'T QUITE GET
THERE.
JIMMY IS TRYING TO GIVE HIM A
LITTLE ROOM ON THE INSIDE
BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM.
DIDN'T MAKE IT.
>> TWO FEET AWAY FROM MAKING THE
500, MIKE BLISS.
GREAT TRY, GREAT EFFORT, GREAT
DRIVE.
>> YOU KNOW, BACK TO MICHAEL
WALTRIP IN THE 55 CAR, REMEMBER
HIS CREW CHIEF, SUSPENDED
INDEFINITELY THE CREW CHIEF
MOVED IN PLACE.
SCOTT WON IT IN THE QUALIFYING
CAR.
>> THE MAN ROOTING HARDEST WAS
REUTIMANN.
BECAUSE NOW THAT SAID HAS RACED
IN, HE WON'T NEED TO FALL BACK
ON HIS SPEED TO MAKE THE RACE
AND REUTIMANN WILL BE GUARANTEED
A SPOT.
>> MICHAEL GOT ALL THREE OF HIS
CARS IN THE RACE.
>> REUTIMANN CAN FINALLY EAT
AFTER ABOUT A WEEK.
>> HE HAS BEEN TORE UP ABOUT
THIS DEAL.
>> DLE WILL HAVE TO GO IN THE
BATHROOM AND DRAG HIM OUT.
THAT'S WHERE HE HAS BEEN.
>> I'M ABOUT TO CRY MYSELF.
>> I GUESS.
>> HE CAN BREATHE AGAIN.
HE IS IN THE DAYTONA 500.
>> THEY CAN HAVE SOME PIZZA NOW.
>> HE CAN GO OUT AND RUN 60 LAPS
NOW.
>> OH, YEAH.
>> YOU JUST NEVER KNOW.
THAT'S WHY THESE QUALIFYING
RACES ARE SO MUCH FUN.
YOU CAN'T PREDICT WHAT'S GOING
TO HAPPEN.
YOU JUST NEVER KNOW.
JAMES HYLTON JUST WITHIN A FEW
LAPS OF GETTING IN.
>> STANDING IN VICTORY LANE.
>> TONY STEWART ONCE AGAIN PULLS
INTO VICTORY LANE.
TUESDAY NIGHT HE DID A CLOSED
DOOR TOUR.
HE LOOKED AT THE WALL OF FAME
WITH ALL OF THE PAST 500
WINNERS.
LOOK AT THE SPOT RESERVED FOR
THE 49th ANNUAL RAISE.
DO YOU LIKE WHERE YOU STAND NOW
WITH THIS PACKAGE?
>> I THINK WE OUGHT TO BUILD
THIS CAR FROM THE GROUND UP.
NO.
I FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT.
THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES.
ANYBODY THAT CAN GO FROM A LAP
DOWN TO GET TO SECOND, THAT'S A
PRETTY STRONG CAR.
BUT THIS HOME DEPOT MONTE CARLO
SS HAS BEEN BAD TO THE BONE ALL
WEEK.
HOPEFULLY WE HAVE ONE MORE IN
IT.
>> YOU LOOKED AT THE WALL OF
FAME IN DAYTONA AND YOU SAW THE
SPOT RESERVED FOR THIS YEAR'S
WINNER AND YOU SAID THAT'S WHERE
I HOPE TO HAVE MY PICTURE.
>> THE QUALIFYING RACES AND
SHOOTOUTS ARE GREAT AND SO ARE
THE JULY RACES, BUT I REALLY
WANT THIS RACE ON SUNDAY BAD.
>> TONY STEWART TAKES HOME A
DUEL HERE AT DAYTONA.
>> MICHAEL, TO SAY IT IT HAS
BEENTUMULTUOUS WOULD BE AN
UNDERSTATEMENT.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU TO GET
INTO THE DAYTONA 500.
>> I RACE CARS.
I WANT TO THANK MR. HYLTON AND
MY WIFE FOR THAT.
I WAS SO UPSET YESTERDAY I
WANTED TO GO HOME.
AND THEY SAID YOU HAVE TO RACE.
THANK GOD.
I'M HAPPY BUT SAD AT THE SAME
TIME.
DAYTONA DOES THAT TO YOU.
>> MIKE BLISS, HOW BIG A
DISAPPOINTMENT?
>> IT'S REAL BIG.
I HAVE PEOPLE SAYING -- IT'S SO
COMPLICATED.
I WISH WE COULD RACE OUR WAY IN.
I GUESS THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING,
BUT FOR TWO SPOTS.
WE HAVE A GREAT RACE CAR TO
RACE, AN NOW I'LL BE WATCHING AT
HOME.
IT SUCKS.
I WANT TO CRY.
>> MIKE?
>> THAT PRETTY MUCH SAYS IT ALL.
AND YOU'VE GOT TO FEEL FOR MIKE
BLISS WHO RACED HIS HEART OUT
AND CAME UP A FOOT AND A HALF
SHORT.
>> I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER HAD
EMOTIONS RUN WILD THE WAY THEY
DO WHEN YOU ARE DOWN HERE.
IT'S THE WAY A COMPETITOR FEELS
ABOUT THIS JOINT.
YOU LOVE IT, HATE IT, IT HURTS
YOU, HELPS YOU, ONE OF THOSE
PLACES.
18 CARS HAVE TO GO HOME TODAY.
TONY STEWART THE WINNER.
IN 1979 BUDDY BAKER WON WHAT WAS
THEN BUSCH CLASS.
SCHRADER WO THE SHOOTOUT.
BUT NO ONE WAS WON THE SHOOTOUT,
THE CLASS RACE AND THE 500.
>> ALL CARS RACING TO GET THAT
FINAL SPOT BEHIND MICHAEL
WALTRIP TO BE ABLE TO RACE IN
THE DAYTONA 500.
>> JAMES HARVEY HYLTON 23rd
AFTER GETTING SHUFFLED OUT OF
THE DRAFT AND HIS DREAM OF
MAKING THE DAYTONA 500 ENDS
TODAY.
>> DO WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE OF
THESE TO RUN?
>> COMING RIGHT UP.
>> DAVID GILLILAND CONTINUES TO
GAIN CONFIDENCE.
SECOND IN THE BUDWEISER.
WINDS UP FINISHING FOURTH.
>> HE IS FABULOUS?
HE'S IN THE DAYTONA 500, BUT NOW
HE HAS TO GO RACE 150 MILES FOR
HIS STARTING POSITION.
>> WE'LL BE RIGHT B
>>> YESTERDAY THINGS LOOKED GRIM
FOR MICHAEL WALTRIP.
HE AND HIS TEAMMATE ARE BOTH IN
THE SHOW AS IS REUTIMANN BY
BLISS NOT MAKING IT BY TWO FEET.
MARGIN OF SUCCESS.
WE TALKED AT THE TOP OF THE SHOW
ABOUT THE DRAMA, WHO IS IN OR
OUT.
>> MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE GUYS
WHO HAVE TO GO HOME.
ELLIOTT.
YOU SAW BLISS'S EMOTION.
YOU SAW WARD BURTON WHO COULDN'T
BELIEVE THIS WAS HAPPENING TO
HIM.
THIS IS ALL COMING TOGETHER
TODAY.
>> BORIS SAID RACED HIS WAY TO
THE SHOW.
THAT MEANS ONE MORE DRIVER GETS
IN.
>> I CAN'T TELL YOU THE
DIFFERENCE IN DEMEANOR FROM
SUNDAY AT QUALIFYING TO NOW.
NORMALLY YOU HAVE TO BE IN A CAR
TO RACE, BUT I IMAGINE YOU
ALREADY FEEL LIKE YOU'VE WON.
>> I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO GET
SICK DURING THAT LAST RACE IT
WAS SO STRESSFUL.
I'M PRETTY SURE WE'RE IN, AND I
DIDN'T CARE WHAT SPOT I HAD.
I JUST WANTED A SPOT.
I WANTED TO TRY AND LEARN
SOMETHING AND MAKE THE CAR
BETTER FOR THE 500 AND KNOWING
WE HAVE A SPOT IN THE 500.
>> DAVID WAS JOKING HE WOULD
LIKE SOME KIND OF CERTIFICATE OR
SOMETHING FROM NASCAR SO HE
KNOWS HE IS.
YOU ARE IN.
>> JAMES HYLTON WAS ALMOST IN.
HOW MUCH FUN DID YOU HAVE?
>> I DON'T REMEMBER THE LAST
TIME I HAD THAT MUCH FUN.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY DESERVES
THAT MUCH FUN.
>> ARE YOU SURPRISED YOU RAN
THAT WELL?
>> REALLY.
BUT IT'S -- THE BIGGEST THING
-- NOT SO MUCH ABOUT THE TRACK
OR CAR, BUT WHEN YOU ARE RUNNING
WITH THIS BREED OF SUPERSTARS,
YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THEM
AND YOU DON'T WANT TO DO
ANYTHING TO GET THEM OUT OF
SHAPE.
THEY WERE ALL REAL GOOD TO ME,
EVERY ONE OF THEM.
I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT IT.
>> YOU HAD ALL OF THE FOLKS IN
THE ROCKING CHAIRS GOING A MILE
A MINUTE CHEERING FOR YOU.
EVERYBODY IN AMERICA WAS
CHEERING FOR YOU FOR SURE.
>> I HOPE I DIDN'T LET THEM
DOWN.
I DID THE BEST I COULD.
WE'LL GET THEM NEXT TIME.
>> STEVE?
>> WITH DAVID GILLILAND.
DAVID, YOU HAD A HANDFUL OF CUP
STARTS A YEAR AGO, A GREAT RUN
FOR THE BUDWIS BUDWEISER
SHOOTOUT.
>> WE HAVE A GREAT FORD FUSION.
WE HAVE HAD A GREAT DEAL OF
SUCCESS HERE AT DAYTONA.
WE'RE EXCITED.
IT'S MY FIRST TIME HERE SO I'M
WANTING TO LEARN.
AFTER THE RACE DALE JR. CAME UP
AND SAID GREAT JOB.
THIS IS THE FIRST RACE WE HAVE
HAD SOMEONE ON OUR BACK BUMPER
THE WHOLE TIME.
I NEED TO THANK MASTER FOOD USA
AND EVERYTHING THEY HAVE DONE
WITH THEIR SUPPORT AND I THINK
WE'RE MAKING THEM PROUD WITH
SNICKERS AND M & M'S ON THE
FRONT SHOW.
>> HE SPENT TWO YEARS AS A CREW
CHIEF FOR HIS FATHER.
>> SITS ON THE POLE FOR THE 500,
SECOND IN THE BUD SHOOTOUT AND
THIS PERFORMANCE TODAY.
NEVER SEEN DAYTONA UNTIL HE CAME
DOWN HERE TO TEST.
>> HOW ABOUT JAMES HARVEY
HYLTON?
>> I'M GLAD TO SEE HIM
INTERVIEWING SOMETHING OLDER
THAN HIM.
>> HOW ABOUT JAMES' LINE, WE'LL
GET THEM NEXT TIME.
>> DALE JR., HIS TEAMMATE TURNS
HIM AROUND.
>> ROBBY GORDON, HE ISSPUN
AROUND AND ENDING BOTH OF THOSE
GUYS DAY AND ENDING THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR FOR A
ALLMENDINGER.
>> FOR A SEAT AT THE DAYTONA
500, HE HAS TO GET BY BORIS
SAID, AND BLISS MISSES BY TWO
FEET AND HE IS IN, THE THIRD
MEMBER OF THE MICHAEL WALTRIP
TEAM TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.
>> A BIT OVERLOOKED IN ALL OF
THIS IS THE INCREDIBLE
PERFORMANCE OF THE 20 CAR.
IF I HAVE TO PUT MONEY DOWN, I
KNOW WHERE I'M BETTING.
>> HE HAS BEEN LOOKING STRONG
EVERY SINCE HE WAS UNLOADED.
ONE STEP FURTHER, WE HAD TWO DO
I -- TO TOYOTAS BEING
GUARANTEED.
BECAUSE OF THAT, WE ARE
GUARANTEED FOUR.
SCOTT, IT WILL BE A BIG RELIEF
FOR TOYOTA KNOWING THEY HAVE
FOUR CARS IN THE TOYOTA 500.
A TURN AROUND FROM THEIR IMAGE
YESTERDAY.
>> BECAUSE THIS QUALIFYING
PROCEDURE IS SO CONVOLUTED.
LET'S TAKE A SECOND AND TELL YOU
THE FOLKS WE KNOW ARE GOING
WRONG.
MIKE BLISS, KENNY WALLACE, KENNY
ELLIOTT, A.J. ALLMENDINGER.
THERE IS ONE QUESTION MARK AND
THAT IS MAYFIELD.
SHOULD STERLING MARLIN RCE IN,
HE WOULD NOT NEED TO FALL BACK
AND MAYFIELD WOULD GET THE 42nd
STARTING PAN.
SO MAYFIELD WILL BE THE BIGGEST
FAN FOR STERLING MARLIN.
>> A LOT OF THE PIECES OF THE
PUZZLE HAVE BEEN PUT TOGETHER.
THAT COULD MAKE THIS SECOND RACE
A LITTLE MORE SANER.
MAYBE GUYS WILL DRIVE WITH A
LITTLE MORE ETIQUETTE.
>> WE STILL HAVE ANOTHER ONE TO
GO, BUT SPINNING AHEAD TOWARD
THE DAYTONA 500, IT LOOKED LIKE
THE DODGE AND FORD IS STRONG,
BUT IT WAS SAID AND DONE, FIVE
OUT OF THE TOP SIX FINISHERS,
CHEVROLETS.
IT LOOKS LIKE CHEVROLETS HAVE
THE STRANGLEHOLD ON THIS
RACETRACK WHEN IT COMES TIME TO
RACE.
>> WE HAVE ALL FOUR OF BOBBY'S
CAR, BOTH OF THE PENSKE CARS.
>> ALL THREE CARS.
AND SCOTT HAD TO CHANGE AN
ENGINE IN HIS.
>> PRETTY OPTIMISTIC WHEN YOU
TALK ABOUT TEAMWORK.
>> MAYBE THEY WILL, MAYBE THEY
WON'T.
>> RACE TWO OF THE DUEL AT
DAYTONA TO FINAL EYES
>>> WELCOME BACK TO DAYTONA.
THE DRIVERS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED
FOR RACE TWO AT THE DUEL AT
DAYTONA.
AS WE GET READY TO GO, HERE'S
WHO WE KNOW WILL BE ADDED TO THE
DAYTONA 500 FIELD IN ADDITION TO
THE TOP QUALIFIERS.
MICHAEL WALTRIP RACED HAD IS WAY
IN.
SO DID BORIS SAID.
DALE JARRETT WILL USE THE
CHAMPION'S PROVISIONAL.
WE KNOW JOHNNY SAUTER HAD ONE OF
THE FASTEST SPEEDS.
BECAUSE SAID RACED HIS WAY IN,
REUTIMANN WILL BE IN.
HE CAN STILL RACE TO A BETTER
SPOT IN RACE TWO.
>> MATT KENSETH BEING INTRODUCED
TO THE CROWD.
JAMIE McMURRAY, AFTER HIS
INTRODUCTION.
HOW ABOUT A LITTLE TAKE ME OUT
TO THE BALLGAME ACTION.
LAST NIGHT HERE IN DAYTONA, JOHN
HENRY WHO OWNS THE BOSTON RED
SOX BOUGHT ROUSH RACING.
>> I'M A RACE FAN AND TO BE PART
OF AN ORGANIZATION AFFILIATED
WITH NASCAR I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO THE SUMMER AND ROOTING ON THE
GUYS.
>> AFTER THE CEREMONIES, THE
ROUSH DRIVERS GOT TO TAKE SOME
BIG LEAGUE CUTS AGAINST MIKE.
SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE
WHAT THE BOSTON RED SOX APPROACH
WILL MEAN FOR ROUSH RACING,
ALREADY ONE OF THE BEST
MARKETERS IN THE NASCAR GARAGE
AREA.
>> THIS IS NOT A SPONSORSHIP.
THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH JOHN
HENRY AND JACK ROUSH IN RACE.
YOU SEE SOME OF THE DRIVERS.
WE'LL TAKE YOU TO THE FRONT
GRID.
A LOT OF DRIVERS TRYING TO RACE
IN.
13 DRIVERS HOPING FOR TWO
TRANSFER SPOT.
>> JEFF GORDON IN THE 24 CAR, HE
HAS NOT BEEN HAPPY WITH HIS CAR
ALL WEEK LONG.
>> NO.
IT HANDLED POORLY, THEN IGNITION
FAILURE.
I WATCHED HIM IN PRACTICE AND
NEVER GOT IT TO THE FRONT OF THE
DRAFT.
I DON'T THINK THEY'RE VERY
HAPPY, BUT IT'S ANOTHER DAY.
>> HIS TEAMMATE JIMMIE JOHNSON,
DEFENDING CHAMPION WAS JUST OKAY
IN THE LAST QUALIFYING RACE.
>> HE WASN'T UP THERE FIGHTING
WITH TONY AND DALE JR. LIKE HE
NORMALLY IS.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE CARS
THAT WILL START IN THE BACK.
THE THREE CARS ALL INVOLVED,
ALONG WITH MATT KENSETH IN THE
INSPECTION CRACKDOWN ON POLE
QUALIFYING DAY.
FINES WERE ISSUED FOR UNAPPROVED
AIR DYNAMIC AIDS NOT APPROVED BY
NASCAR.
FINES $25,000 TO $50,000 AND 25
TO 50 POINTS FOR CARS AND
DRIVERS.
>> HERE INTRODUCED PABLO
MONTOYA.
>> JEFF, ARE YOU NOT AS
IMPRESSED AS I AM AS HOW MONTOYA
APPROACHED THIS WHOLE RACE?
RAN AT HOMESTEAD AND QUALIFIED
AT DAYTONA.
BUT JUST HIS WHOLE ATTITUDE AND
APPROACH IS SO PROFESSIONAL AND
SO UP FRONT.
I THINK HE'S MAKING A LOT OF
FRIENDS HERE.
MY HE'S MAKINGY
>> HE'S MAKING A LOT OF FRIENDS.
LAST YEAR WHEN HE TOOK THE BUSCH
CAR AND STARTED QUALIFYING AND
AT HOMESTEAD IN THE FINAL RACE
HE WAS ABLE TO TAKE THE NEXTEL
CUP CAR AND QUALIFY ON HIS OWN.
HE HAS BLENDED WELL AND HAS DONE
A LOT OF GREAT THINGS TO MAKE
PEOPLE WARM UP TO HIM.
>> ONE OF THE JOKES IN THE
GARAGE AREA, WHEN MONTOYA WAS
HIRED AND THE QUESTION WAS ASKED
CAN HE WIN A RACE.
AND THEY SAID THEY HAVEN'T WON A
RACE IN FIVE YEARS, WHY WOUL
PABLO.
>> THEY TESTED WELL AND HAVE
MONTOYA STARTING THIRD, SO I
THINK THINGS ARE LOOKING UP IN
THAT CAMP.
LET'S GO DOWN TO THE GARAGE
AREA.
>> MATT KENSETH'S CAR CAUGHT
WITH A RULES INFRACTION.
THE INSPECTION PROCESS.
MATT YOU ARE SO FAR BACK, I
THINK THE FRONT OF THIS LINE IS
ANOTHER ZIP CODE.
PRETTY ROUGH FIRST 150 MILER.
HOW DO YOU PLAY YOUR CARDS IN
THIS ONE?
>> ALL RIGHT.
I THANK THE GUYS BACK AT THE
SHOP.
I'VE BEEN DYING TO THANK ROBBY
AND THE GUYS AT THE SHOP.
WE STARTED IN THE GATORADE 150s
LAST THREE YEARS IN A ROW.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THROUGH IT.
WE HAVE A GREAT CAR.
APOLOGIZE TO OUR FANS FOR BEING
BACK HERE.
WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS.
THEY BLEW THIS OUT OF PROPORTION
BIGGER THAN IT WAS.
I THINK WE WILL BE PRETTY GOOD
ON SUNDAY.
>> KEEP THE FENDERS ON IT.
>> STARTING ALONGSIDE IS KASEY
KAHNE.
KEITH ROD WILL BE HIS TEAM
DIRECTOR FOR THE NEXT FOUR
WEEKS.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO WORK ON FOR
THIS DUEL?
>> SEE HOW THE CAR IS, SEE HOW
IT'S HANDLING, MAYBE GET IN
BEHIND MATT AND SEE HOW IT'S
HANDLING.
WE HAVE TO WORK ON THIS THING
FOR IT TO BE GOOD ON SUNDAY.
THERE ARE GOOD CARS OUT HERE.
SEE WHERE IT'S AT.
>> COMMUNICATION?
>> COMMUNICATION WILL BE BIG,
BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DEALT
WITH.
MY FATHER DOES A GREAT JOB.
WE'LL GO TOWARD THE FRONT.
>> JUST CAME BY, HIS TEAMMATE TO
WISH HIM LUCK.
>> STRIKES ME AS A COPY CAT
DEAL.
LAST YEAR THE CREW CHIEF GETS
THROWN OUT AND WIN TWO OF THE
FIRST FIVE AND NOW EVERYBODY IS
DOING IT.
>> EVERNHAM'S SITUATION, ALL
THREE OF HIS GUYS WERE KICKED
OUT.
OUT OF THOSE, FOUR OF THOSE WILL
BE WORKING ON THE CAR.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF TEAMMATES HERE
AND MAYBE THOSE TEAMMATES WILL
BE ABLE TO HELP ONE ANOTHER
WORKING UP TOWARD THE FRONT.
>> THIS IS KIND OF A TEAM
ORIENTED RACE.
>> IT REALLY IS.
PENSKE HAS BOTH OF THEIR CARS IN
HERE.
IT'S KIND OF BIZARRE.
THE BIGGEST GROUP OF THE WHOLE
RACE.
THINK ABOUT BOBBY.
HE HAS FOUR CARS AND TWO OF
THOSE HAVE TO WORK INTO THE
RACE.
>> HERE ARE THE OFFICIAL STATS
ON THE PENALTIES AND WHO WAS
SUSPENDED.
THE BIG DIFFERENCE HERE.
THE MONEY, THE FINES DON'T
MATTER, BUT WHEN YOU START
HITTING THEM WITH DRIVER AND
OWNER POINTS, 100 FOR MICHAEL
AND HIS CAR OWNER, THIS IS
NASCAR GETTING VERY SERIOUS.
THE DEBATE CONTINUES WHETHER
THIS IS THE DEATH PENALTY FOR A
SPEEDING TICKET.
>> MICHAEL HAS AVOIDED THE
POSSIBILITY -- NOT COMPLETELY,
IT COULD STILL HAPPEN, DEPENDING
ON HIS FINISH IN THE 500 -- BUT
THE FIRST DRIVER EVER TO START
THE SEASON IN THE HOLE ON
POINTS.
RACE TWO IS GETTING READY TO
CRANK UP SO WE'LL GET BACK TO
>>> PRETTY PICTURES FROM HIGH IN
THE SKY.
BROUGHT TO YOU BY GOOD YEAR
TECHNOLOGY FOR PEACE OF MIND IN
ANY WEATHER.
RACE NUMBER TWO.
IT'S AN INTERESTING LINEUP WITH
A MIXED BAG.
REUTIMANN AND MARLIN HAVE SPEED
SUFFICIENT TO GUARANTEE THEM A
SPOT.
THE REST OF THESE GUYS --
>> THEY HAVE TO GET UP ON THE
WHEEL AND MAKE IT HAPPEN.
>> VICKERS IN ANOTHER OF THE
TOYOTAS.
THE RED BULL GUYS WERE
ENCOURAGED BY A TOP TEN FINISH.
THEY HAVE ROOKIES.
61 CARS, A HUGE FIELD, THE
BIGGEST SINCE '95 I THINK.
>> DEFINITELY HUGE FIELD.
LOOK AT KIRK BUSCH.
HAD A STRONG CAR ALSO IN THE
BUDWEISER SHOOTOUT.
HE IS BACK IN HIS REGULAR BLUE
CAR.
WE'LL SEE WHAT JEFF GORDON HAS.
>> HOPING THEY HAVE A CAR WHICH
WILL HELP HIM WIN ANOTHER
DAYTONA 500.
NEWMAN FASTEST IN PRACTICE
YESTERDAY.
>>> APPARENTLY THERE'S SOME
DEBATE WHETHER OR NOT THE BOYS
IN THE BOOTH SHOULD SING HAPPY
BIRTHDAY TO JIMMY SPENCER.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JIMMY.
REMEMBER, YOU WILL NOT BE READY
FOR THE BIGGEST RACE OF THE YEAR
UNTIL YOU SEE THE BIGGEST
PRERACE SHOW, THAT WILL BE WITH
HOME DEPOT AND KENNY AND COMING
UP SUNDAY.
THE CARS ARE SET AND WE'RE JUST
ABOUT READY TO CRANK THEM UP AND
HEAD OUT TO THE SECOND OF THE
150-MILE RACES.
TIME TO GO TRACKSIDE AND GET THE
COMMAND AND LINE THEM UP.
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE
WELCOME BACK THE GRAND MARSHALL,
CIRCLE K DAVE AS HE GIVES THE
MOST FAMOUS WORDS IN
MOTORSPORTS.
>> DRIVERS, START YOUR ENGINES!
>> WE WILL GET THOSE PRECIOUS
FINAL COUPLE OF STARTING SPOTS.
LARRY MACK.
THANKS, DAVE.
150 MILES TO RACE.
60 LAPS.
TWO TRANSFER POSITIONS AT STAKE.
13 CARS HOPEFUL OF ONE OF THOSE
TWO SPOTS.
RICKY RUDD SUNDAY WILL MAKE HIS
67th START IN THE NEXTEL RACE.
HE WILL ECLIPSE --
>> JUST TO GIVE AN UPDATE.
RICKY RUDD WENT 25 CONSECUTIVE
YEARS AND NEVER MISSED A RACE.
HE TOOK A YEAR OFF AND THE
MARS
AND M AND M PEOPLE ENTICED HAD I
AM TO COME BACK.
>> HE SAID, GEE, I THINK I CAN
STILL DO THIS.
>> YOU SAW TODD, THE CREW CHIEF
UP THERE TO HELP BUTCH HILTON.
BUTCH TAKING HIS SEAT.
>> GETS IN THE FIGHTING SEAT AND
NOW ALL HE NEEDS IS A ROD AND
REEL.
HERE'S ***.
>> LOTS OF INTERESTING STUFF.
PABLO MONTOYA, BOGOTA, COLUMBIA,
MAKING HIS FIRST START HERE.
HE HAS WON AT INDIANAPOLIS AND
WON HERE IN ROLEX AND WON IN
MONACO.
>> HE GREW UP IN LAKELAND,
FLORIDA RACING MOTORCYCLES.
YOU NOTICE HE HAS A NEW CAR
NUMBER, 13.
01.
BUT NOW MARK MARTIN HAS THAT
NUMBER.
HE WILL HAVE TO RACE IN IN THIS
DUEL RACE.
HIS WIFE GAVE HIM A GOOD LUCK
AND LOOKED AT ME AND SAID WE
HAVE TO GET IN.
>> THERE'S MORE TO LOSE THAN
GAIN IN THIS DUEL UPCOMING.
FROM THE VERY FIRST DAY HE
EARMARKED THIS RACE CAR AS HIS
DAYTONA 500 CAR.
TWO THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND.
HARVICK WOULD LOVE.
HERE THE TYPICAL SMILEY FACE
WILL BE HERE TO GREET HIM.
>> KURT BUSCH SAYS THIS -- HE
CALLED LAST YEAR THE
TRANSITIONAL YEAR.
HE SAID THE CREW CHIEF HAS MORE
CONFIDENCE.
THEY WERE IN THE TOP TEN IN
EIGHT OF TEN RACES.
HE SAID THEY WERE USING THAT
MOMENTUM PLUS THE GOOD PRACTICE
RUN THIS WEEK TO PROPEL HIM TO A
WHOLE NEW SEASON.
>> THANKS.
THERE'S KURT BUSCH.
LET'S TALK ABOUT WHO GETS IN AND
WHO GOES HOME.
THIS ARE 13 DRIVERS NOT YET IN.
ANY TWO OF THEM CAN RACE INTO
THE TOP TWO SPOTS AMONG THOSE
NOT YET QUALIFIED AND SCORE A
TRANSFER SPOT AND RACE ON
SUNDAY.
AS FAR AS FALLING BACK ON SPEED.
STERLING MARLIN IS IN POSITION
TO DO THAT AND DAVID REUTIMANN.
HOWEVER, SHOULD MARLIN AND
REUTIMANN RACE INTO THE TRANSFER
SPOT, THE NEXT FASTEST CARS,
MAYFIELD AND SKINNER, HAVE A
CHANCE OF GARNERING A SPOT IN
THE RACE.
>> IT WILL BE WILD.
>> DO YOU REMEMBER ANY FAMOUS
NUMBER 13s?
>> SMOKY.
>> THAT'S THE ONE I WAS THINKING
OF.
>> A LOT OF SUCCESS HERE IN
RACING, NOT IN FOOTBALL.
>> JUST EAST OF HERE ON THE
HALIFAX RIVER.
>> ROUND TWO, AND THIS WILL
COMPLETE T
>>> GETTING SET FOR THE SECOND
DUEL AT DAYTONA.
ONE THING THAT HAS CHANGED,
ASIDE FROM THE STARTING LINEUP,
IS THE WEATHER.
THE SKIES ARE THREATENING HERE.
>> THEY ARE, BUT WHAT I LIKE, WE
HAVE VERY LITTLE WIND.
WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING WIND A LOT
THE LAST COUPLE DAYS.
THE TRACK IS COOLING DOWN AND
GAINING GRIP.
I THINK THIS WILL ALL ENHANCE
GOOD SIDE BY SIDE RACING.
>> TRACK CONDITIONS ARE OPTIMUM.
>> YESTERDAY WE HAD GUSTS OVER
25 MILES PER HOUR.
THEY HAD THEIR HANDS FULL
YESTERDAY.
>> THEY WERE USING THE WALL A
LOT YESTERDAY.
WE MADE AN ADJUSTMENT TO OUR
CRAWL.
THE DRIVERS IN BLACK ARE IN
BASED ON POINT POSITION IN 2006.
DRIVERS WHO ARE GREEN, STERLING
MARLIN AND REUTIMANN.
THEY WILL BE IN THE RACE ONE WAY
OR ANOTHER.
THEY CAN FALL BACK ON THEIR
SPEED.
DRIVERS IN YELLOW, SO THEY ARE A
LITTLE MORE LEGIBLE, WE'LL SHOW
THEM AS RED.
THEY'RE RED BECAUSE IT'S
CONDITION RED.
YOU HAVE TO GET GOING TO GET IN.
>> TO UPDATE OUR VIEWERS, IT'S A
60-LAP RACE.
THESE CARS CAN ONLY GO ABOUT 48
TO 50 LAPS ON FUEL.
WE KNOW AT LEAST ONE PIT STOP.
THAT RIGHT THERE COULD BE VERY
CRITICAL.
WE SAW A LOT OF MISTAKES IN THE
FIRST RACE.
JIMMIE JOHNSON, OUR CURRENT
CHAMPION OVERSHOT HIS PIT BOX
TWICE.
DAVID GILLILAND RAN OVER HIS AIR
HOSE.
WE NEED TO UPDATE CARS GOING TO
THE REAR.
CASE KASEY KAHNE WILL GO TO THE
REAR OF THE FIELD.
JOE NEMECHEK WILL HAVE TO BE
BACK THERE BECAUSE OF A
TRANSMISSION CHANGE IN THE 13
CAR.
>> LET'S EXPLAIN THE PENALTIES.
KENSETH AND KAHNE WERE FINED,
WHILE THE OTHER TWO CARS HAD
UNAPPROVED BOLTS HOLDING THE
SPOILER ON THAT WAS FOUND IN
PREQUALIFYING INSPECTION.
THEY WERE ALLOWED TO REPLACE
THOSE AND QUALIFY.
$25,000 AND 25 POINTS, BUT THEIR
PROBLEMS WERE ALLOWED TO STAND
BECAUSE THOSE PROBLEMS WERE
CORRECTED BEFORE QUALIFYING.
>> A HOLY MESS.
>> THIS IS A FRESH ENGINE IN
THAT 10 VAVOLINE CAR.
>> GOING TO THE BACK NOT THAT
MUCH OF A DISADVANTAGE AS PROVEN
BY MICHAEL WALTRIP.
>> IN ALL PRESS RELEASES THIS
SPRING THEY HAVE SAID WE'LL BE
IN THE DAYTONA 500.
THEY HAVE THE POINTS TO MAKE THE
RACE.
>> THE FIRST RACE IS CRAZY,
WILD, WRECKS, ALL KINDS OF
THINGS.
IN THIS RACE IT'S A LITTLE
CALMER NORMALLY.
>> WE TALK ABOUT THE GUY IN THE
CAR ON THE OUTSIDE.
DAVID STREMME, FOR MOST RACES
THEY HAD TO QUALIFY BECAUSE THEY
WERE NOT IN THE TOP ON
QUALIFYING POINTS.
THAT RACE TEAM DID NOT MISS A
RACE.
THEY COME HERE IN A LITTLE
DIFFERENT SITUATION, BUT THAT
DODGE, LIKE THE OTHER TWO, THEY
HAVE BEEN FAST THROUGHOUT THE
ENTIRE WINTER.
>> INSIDE ROW TWO, INDY 500 WIN,
SEVEN FORMULA ONE VICTORIES, AND
NEXT TO HIM JEFF GORDON.
>> WE ONLY HAVE ONE MORE SHOT TO
GET INTO THIS, SO THE BEST
ADVICE I CAN GIVE YOU, REACH UP
THERE AND PULL THE BELTS TIGHT
ONE MORE TIME!
>> OH, YEAH.
LET'S GO RACING, BOYS!
>> DAVID REUTIMANN BACKING UP.
MARLIN LOW.
BUSCH UP HIGH.
IT TAKES SKILL TO COME THROUGH
THE MIDDLE.
118 MILES PER HOUR WITH ONLY 18
DEGREES OF BANKING.
>> AND BOUNCING ALL OVER THE
PLACE.
>> SHE'S A SLIPPERY SLOPE.
>> STREMME THE LEADER.
KYLE BUSCH IN THE 5 AND HIS
TEAMMATE HOOKED TOGETHER.
YATES HORSEPOWER ON THE INSIDE.
>> IT GETS TIGHT RIGHT THERE.
WHERE AM I GOING TO GO?
23 IS MIKE SKINNER.
THE RED BULL CAR VICKERS.
STREMME.
GORDON GOT RIGHT TO HIS BUMPER.
HERE COMES RUDD ON THE BOTTOM.
>> YOU GET THAT CLOSE TO THE GUY
IN FRONT OF YOU, AND IT LIFTS
THAT FRONT GUY UP.
HE DID A GREAT JOB OF HOLDING
THE LINE.
>> LOOK AT THE PACK AS THE
JOCKEY FOR TRANSFER SPOTS.
>> THEY ARE TRYING TO GANG UP ON
STREMME IN THE 40.
>> THEY HAVE BEEN HOOKED
TOGETHER LIKE THAT EVER SINCE
THE DROP OF THE GREEN FLAG.
>> STREMME'S TEAMMATE, MONTOYA
IS RIGHT BEHIND THESE TWO CARS.
A PRETTY GOOD START FOR THE
GANASSI TEAM.
>> MARLIN IS IN.
HE COULD BE A CONTENDER TO WIN
THIS RACE.
GOOD RACE CAR FOR STERLING.
>> SEEING ALL THOSE SPARKS
FLYING FROM WHY.
-- FROM J.J.'S CAR I BELIEVE.
>> FUEL PRESSURE.
YOU WILL SEE THAT FOR A LAP OR
TWO.
>> AFTER NEARLY 20 YEARS, MARK
MARTIN IS WITH A NEW TEAM.
HE TOLD THE CREW CHIEF THERE MAY
BE TIMES I DON'T AGREE WITH YOU
AND WE MAY DISAGREE, BUT THAT'S
ALL RIGHT.
NO MATTER WHAT, THE CALL IS
YOURS.
AT THE END OF THE DAY IT'S UP TO
YOU, SO THEY'RE ALREADY WORKING
ON COMMUNICATION.
>> KENSETH HAS GONE FOR THE BACK
OF THE PACK TO TENTH SPOT.
HE HAS DONE ALL OF THAT IN JUST
TWO LAPS.
>> THERE'S NO QUESTION, ***, HE
HAS A GREAT RACE CAR.
THERE'S ONE PBLO MONTOYA.
HE'S UP THERE.
BEHIND JEFF GORDON, THE 24.
>> DO YOU THINK HE'LL ADAPT TO
THESE CARS IN
>> I'D SAY HE IS THERE ALL
RIGHT.
>> BUSCH TO THE BOTTOM.
HE WAS SENT BELOW THE YELLOW
LINE.
>> HE GAVE THE POSITION BACK.
THE YELLOW LINE, YOU HAVE TO
TREAT IT LIKE A WALL.
YOU CANNOT GO BELOW THAT LINE,
BUT IF YOU GIVE IT BACK, NO
HARM, NO FOUL.
>> NOW IT'S McMURRAY'S CAR
SHOWING SPARKS.
>> IT'S THAT TIME OF DAY WHEN
IT'S GETTING OVERCAST, AND YOU
CAN SEE THOSE SPARKS MAYBE MORE
THAN WHEN THE SUN IS SHINING.
>> THE PURPLE CAR IS KURT BUSCH.
>> HE DID NOT ADVANCE.
LOST A COUPLE OF SPOTS.
IF HE HAD GONE ON BY SAMMY
McMURRAY, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN
BROUGHT TO PROCEED.
>> AND BE CLOSE TO A LAP DOWN.
>> LOOK AT THE LEADER.
PABLO MONTOYA, HE HAS WHIPPED TO
THE FRONT WITH THAT 42 CAR.
>> RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
TWO LANES, BACKING UP TO MIKE
WALLACE THERE.
>> NO ONE CAN HELP YOU WHEN
YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE.
>> DIDN'T YOU SAY THIS WOULD BE
THE CALMER RACE?
I DON'T THINK SO.
>> YOU WOULD EXPECT IT TO BE,
BUT THESE ARE RACE CAR DRIVERS.
IT'S THE HELMET, ALWAYS BLAME IT
ON THE HELMET.
>> KASEY KAHNE UP TO 14th FROM
THE BACK OF THE PACK.
WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW MONTOYA TOOK
THE LEAD.
>> GOT HELP FROM BUSCH AND THAT
PUSH HIM BY.
>> A COUPLE KISSES AND THAT SENT
HIM ON HIS WAY.
>> MONTOYA IS SHARING GOOD
ADVICE.
HE IS A ROOKIE AT DAYTONA SO
HE'S GETTING ADVICE ABOUT WHAT
THE PEOPLE BEHIND HIM ARE LIABLE
TO DO.
A FEW MOMENTS AGO HE WAS TOLD
DON'T GET TOO FAR OUT FRONT.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE HOW WELL HE
IS RUNNING.
>> THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT
CONFUSING DON'T GET TOO FAR OUT
FRONT.
>> LOOK AT THESE GUYS.
WE ARE SEVEN LAPS INTO IT.
MIKE WALLACE IS INTO THE DAYTONA
500.
STILL A LONG WAY TO GO.
>> MIKE WALLACE HAS GOTTEN INTO
THE 500 SEVERAL TIMES BY RACING
IN.
>> BRIAN VICKERS IS TRYING TO
RACE HIS WAY IN.
>> LOOK AT THOSE CARS WIGGLE
AROUND.
YOU DON'T SEE THAT WHEN YOU ARE
LOOKING AT THEM HEAD ON OR FROM
THE SIDE, BUT WHEN YOU GET AN
OVERHEAD, THERE IS A LOT OF
MOVEMENT.
>> I KNOW MIKE WALLACE HAD A
PROBLEM IN QUALIFYING, BUT HE
WAS NOT VERY FAST IN PRACTICE.
IT WAS LIKE THE ENGINES DIDN'T
RUN QUALIFYING, BUT ARE GOOD IN
RACE SITUATIONS.
>> A LITTLE DIFFERENT RACE
COMBINATION.
MAYBE THEY ARE NOT GOOD FOR
QUALIFYING, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE
THEY WILL GO FOR THE RACE.
>> MARK MARTIN JUST AHEAD.
IN WITH TONY RAINES.
RAINES PASSING JOE NEMECHEK FOR
ABOUT 20th PLACE.
NEMECHEK COMING BACK ON THE
INSIDE.
BACK IN THAT PACK THREE ABREAST.
>> YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES
YOU'RE IN A SITUATION, THREE
WIDE AND DOING THIS RACING, AND
YOU'D LIKE TO GET OUT OF THERE,
BUT YOU CAN'T.
YOU'RE BOXED IN.
STEVE?
>> KYLE BUSCH BEHIND MONTOYA.
HE TOLD HIS CREW I NEED HELP
GETTING THROUGH THE CORNERS,
STARTING TO BOG DOWN.
>> IT WAS A FEEL GOOD STORY
BEFORE THIS STARTED, THE FACT
THATREUTIMANN WAS IN.
HE SAID HE'S GETTING KILLED DOWN
THE STRAIGHTAWAY.
HE IS FALLING BACK.
>> YOU CAN LEARN FROM YOUR
TEAMMATE IF HE WAS IN AN EARLIER
DUEL.
THAT'S WHAT KEN HARVICK'S TEAM
HAS DONE.
THEY HAVE LEARNED YOU CAN ADD
MORE TAPE TO THE GRILL BECAUSE
THE TEMPERATURES ARE COOLER.
JEFF GORDON SAID HIS CAR WASN'T
NEEDING AT THE TEMPERATURE IT
NEEDED AND THEY ADDED MORE TAPE.
>> THAT'S THE BENEFIT OF HAVING
A CAR IN TWO RACES.
INFORMATION PACE PASSED FROM ONE
TO THE OTHER, VALUABLE.
>> REMEMBER KENSETH AT THE BACK
OF THE FIELD, BUT HE HAS PROVED
YOU DON'T HAVE TO START AT THE
FRONT OF THE FIELD.
>> MIKE WALLACE NEVER LIFTS.
BUT THAT'S GOOD IN A TRACK LIKE
THIS.
>> PAUL MAYNARD, HE MAKES IT
THREE WIDE.
>> YOU CAN GET A RUN IF YOU ARE
ON THE OUTSIDE.
>> 83 VICKERS TRYING IT ON THE
09 OF MIKE WALLACE.
THAT'S THE LAST TRANSFER SPOT.
>> YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE VICKERS
CAR, 83, WITH RICK AS A CREW
CHIEF, THAT HAS TO BE A POTENT
XWENGS.
-- COMBINATION.
>> THERE HE GOES AGAIN.
>> 26, McMURRAY.
BUT HE GAVE THE POSITION BACK.
I THINK HE WAS FORCED DOWN
THERE.
WHAT A GREAT SHOT FROM THE GOOD
YEAR BLIMP.
>> WHEN YOU CAN SEE HE THE
MOVEMENT AND HOW CLOSE TOGETHER
THEY GET.
>> MIKE WALLACE, 09, THE SUCKER
HOLE, NO HELP, SPLITTING HIM
LEFT AND RIGHT.
>> MIKE SKINNER IS TRYING TO
MOVE UP.
BRIAN VICKERS, THE TALLADEGA
WINNER LAST YEAR IN POSITION TO
QUALIFY FOR THE 500, ALONG WITH
STERLING MARL
>> THAT'S ANOTHER TOYO.
THEY ARE THE FIRST FOREIGN
NAMEPLATE TO RACE IN THE NEXTEL
CUP SINCE 1963 AT WINSTON-SALEM
NORTH CAROLINA.
AN MG AND FINISHED 17th.
NOBODY CAN FIND A PICTURE OF OF
THAT CAR.
IF ANYBODY CAN HELP US, GIVE US
A CALL AT SPEED TV.
WE'D LOVE TO FIND A PICTURE OF
THE LAST FOREIGN CAR TO RACE IN
NASCAR.
>> THERE'S ONE DRIVER NOT IN THE
FIELD.
IF YOU WENT ON TOP OF STERLING
MARLIN'S PIT BOX, YOU WOULD SEE
MAYFIELD.
IF MARLIN RACES IN, MAYFIELD
WILL BE IN ON SPEED.
>> MARLIN AND VICKERS IN.
WA
>>> THE SKY IS GETTING A LITTLE
DARKER HERE IN DAYTONA.
WE BELIEVE, BASED ON RADAR, WE
CAN GET 150 MILES IN BEFORE THE
STORM CLOUDS MAKE THEIR WAY IN
ACROSS FLORIDA TO DAYTONA BEACH.
MONTOYA LEADS THIS RACE OVER
GORDON AND RUDD.
>> WHAT HAPPENS TO THESE RACE
CARS, WE'RE 16, 17 LAPS INTO THE
RACE, YOU HAVE TO START
SQUEEZING OUT OF THE THROTTLE.
IF YOU LISTEN TO THE ENGINE THEY
WILL HAVE TO LIFT THE THROTTLE.
>> WE'RE RIDING WITH KASEY
KAHNE, ONE OF THE EVERNHAM CARS.
RIGHT NOW THE THREE EVERNHAM
CARS ARE RUNNING 22, 23 AND 25,
ALMOST AT THE BACK OF THE PACK.
>> THESE TEAMS OF RAY'S WERE SO
OPTIMISTIC.
I DON'T THINK I EVER SAW ELLIOTT
SADLER EVER MORE PUMPED UP.
TO RUN THIS POORLY, THAT HAS TO
BE A SURPRISE TO THEM.
SCOTT RIGGS IN THE 10.
AND 34, KEVIN LEPAGE WHO THE
LAST TWO YEARS HAS RACED AND
EARNED A TRANSFER SPOT IN A TIME
THAT DID NOT TIME TRIAL ALL THAT
WELL.
LEPAGE HOPING TO THREE-PETE AND
MAKE IT TO THE RACE SUNDAY.
>> AT THE FRONT OF THE LAPS,
THEY WERE CONTENT TO RUN.
BUT A FEW CORNERS AGO THEY
KICKED STERLING, AND HE LOST
SEVERAL POSITIONS.
RIGHT NOW EDWARDS IN THE 99.
>> IT'S LIKE DRIVING TO WORK ON
THE INTERSTATE.
ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT LANE SLOWS
DOWN AND THE GUY YOU PASSED UP
THE ROAD GOES BY.
>> I DON'T THINK STERLING'S CAR
WANTS TO RUN ON THE BOTTOM.
HE HAS BEEN RUNNING PRETTY GOOD
UP THE RACETRACK.
KEVIN HARVICK, LOOKING.
HERE COMES NEWMAN.
I JUST KNEW YOU WOULD DO THAT.
>> RYAN NEWMAN WON PRACTICE
YESTERDAY AS HE HELPS HARVICK
INTO THE CORNER.
>> THAT'S WHAT HARVICK WAS
SAYING.
>> MATT KENSETH'S POSITION SEEMS
TO HAVE HIM STUCK AT NINTH OR
TENT SPOT.
>> CAN YOU IMAGINE GOING NOWHERE
AT 180 MILES PER HOUR.
>> GOING BACK TO NEWMAN, I THINK
THAT WAS ANOTHER STORY WE WERE
ANXIOUS TO SEE THISSER USE.
-- TO SEE THIS YEAR.
>> WE TALK ABOUT DODGE, THEY HAD
THE NOSE CHANGE, THE FRONT END
CHANGE TO HELP THE BALANCE OF
THE CAR.
RIGHT NOW I HAVE BEEN PRETTY
IMPRESSED WITH THE DODGES, NOT
SO MUCH QUALIFYING.
>> WHAT ABOUT MONTOYA?
HERE HE IS IN THE RACE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK HE IS THINKING
ABOUT, A FORMULA ONE CHAMPION?
>> I WOULD THINK HE MAY BE
THINKING ABOUT PIT STOP.
>> RYAN NEWMAN SAID I AM SO
TIGHT I HAVE TO LIFT IN TURNS
ONE AND TWO.
I NEED A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TO
THE CAR.
>> STEVE FOURTH IN LINE, THE 88
CAR OF RICKY RUDD, A SIMILAR
SITUATION AS HIS TEAMMATE DAVID
GILLILAND.
WATER TEMPERATURE CONTINUING TO
CLIMB, AT 270 DEGREES.
HE'S TRYING TO POKE HIS NOSE OUT
TO GET THE WATER TEMPERATURE TO
COOL.
LOOK FOR THEM TO PULL SOME TAPE
OFF.
>> KURT BUSCH IS A LITTLE LOOSE,
BUT HIS CAR IS VERY GOOD.
HE IS HOOKED UP WITH BRIAN
VICKERS.
HE IS VICKERS BEST FRIEND
BECAUSE BUSCH IS PUSHING HIM
ALONG.
>> HE SAID HE WILL STAY THERE
FOR NOW.
>> VICKERS' CAR LOOKS GOOD.
HE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOVE
AROUND STREMME IF HE CAN.
LOST A LITTLE MOMENTUM THERE.
HERE COMES BUSH ON THE OUT.
-- THE OUTSIDE.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE CREW
CHIEFS.
THEY PUT AS MUCH TAPE BECAUSE IT
HELPS THEM RUN BETTER ON THE
STRAIGHTAWAY.
EVERY CHANCE HE GETS HE PUTS IT
OUT TO GET AIR IN THERE TRYING
TO COOL THE AIR IN THE RADIATOR.
>> A LITTLE SMOKE.
>> SMOKE OFF OF MONTOYA THERE.
I'M NOT SURE.
IT COULD BE WATER, A LITTLE
SPRAY FROM GETTING A LITTLE
WARM, BUT HE'S LEADING THIS RACE
AND THERE ISN'T A LOT OF
OPENING.
>> SMOKE.
IT'S -- IT'S LIKE -- DO YOU
THINK IT'S A TIRE RUB?
IT LOOKED LIK BUSCH PASSED HIM
PRETTY CLOSE.
>> INTO SMOKE IN THE CORNER.
>> HE'S IN THE WALL.
>> HE DEFINITELY HAS A TIRE.
>> THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WENT
DOWN.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
>> CAUTION IS OUT.
AND THE FLAG WAVES AS DAVID
REUTIMANN LEAVES.
>> WHAT A BRAKE THAT IS FOR JUAN
PABLO MONTOYA.
HE GOT QUITE A BIT OF DAMAGE.
>> THAT TIRE WAS GOING DOWN FOR
A COUPLE OF LAPS.
WE SAW THE SMOKE, BUT HE DIDN'T
REALIZE IT.
>> WE SEE THE FIRST BIT OF SMOKE
AS KYLE BUSCH STARTED TO PASS.
>> IF WE BACK THAT SHOT UP A
LITTLE BIT, THEY MAY HAVE HAD A
LITTLE BIT OF CONTACT.
>> AND THEN AS THE TIRE GOES
DOWN FURTHER.
THEY WERE ASKING HIM ALL ALONG,
ARE YOU OKAY, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
AND HE WASN'T SAYING ANYTHING.
>> THESE CARS ARE MORE THAN
TWICE AS HEAVY AS THE FORMULA
ONE OR INDY CARS HE IS USED TO
RACING AND HAVE A COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT FEEL.
SOMETHING FOR MONTOYA TO GET
USED TO.
>> MONTOYA DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING
ABOUT THE BEHAVIOR OF THE CAR
UNTIL HE TOLD THE CREW THERE WAS
PUSHING AND THE PUSH IS PROBABLY
WHAT DID IT.
>> KEVIN HARVICK JUST TRYING TO
TWEAK THE BALANCE.
HE IS BOTH TIGHT AND LOOSE.
THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE A SLIGHT
AIR PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT.
>> SIMILAR CONDITIONS FOR KURT
BUSCH.
HE IS GOING TO TIGHTEN UP THE
BACK.
KURT BUSCH HAS A TIGHT CAR.
>> LISTENING TO KYLE BUSCH WHO
HAS THE LEAD, HE SAID MY CAR IS
A LITTLE TIGHT BEHIND THE 42.
NO ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE 5.
>> DAVID REUTIMANN IS THE ONLY
CAR THAT STAYS ON THE RACETRACK
AS PIT ROAD IS A BUSY PLACE.
>> I THINK THE STRATEGY WILL BE
SIMPLE.
WE ARE ALMOST HALFWAY INTO THE
60-LAP RACE.
>> ALL OF THESE GUYS ARE GETTING
IN THEIR BOXES CLEAN.
I THINK THAT'S A LESSON LEARNED
FROM THE FIRST RACE.
>> TRYING TO PUSH KEVIN HARVICK.
CAN'T GET STARTED.
>> ALL HE DID WAS COME ON THE
RADIO AND SAID IT IS BROKEN.
>> I WOULD SAY HE BROKE A GEAR.
>> GEAR OR DRIVE SHAFT OR
SOMETHING.
WHEN THEY DROPPED THE CLUTCH, IT
DIDN'T GO.
>> IF YOU LAUNCH IT HARD, YOU
WILL HEAR IT GOING 7,000 OR
8,000.
>> WE ARE HEARING A REPORT FROM
MATT YOCUM, POSSIBLY THE
TRANSMISSION.
>> ONE DRIVER OVERSHOT THE PIT
AND HAD TO BACK UP.
>> IF YOU HAVE IT ON CAMERA, HE
IS IN SERIOUS TROUBLE.
THE RIGHT FRONT CORNER IS GONE.
HE'S DONE.
>> KEVIN HARVICK GETTING PUSH
BACK TO THE GARAGE.
MONTOYA'S CAR, THE RIGHT FRONT
TORN OFF.
THINGS HAPPEN FAST HERE IN
DAYTONA.
>> L
>>> PABLO MONTOYA IS OUT OF THIS
RACE, BUT HE WILL BE IN THE
DAYTONA 500.
>> DID YOU HIT ANYONE OR DID
ANYONE HIT YOU TO BREAK THAT
HUB?
>> I THINK WE CLIPPED SOMEBODY
WITH THE LEFT REAR WHEN WE WERE
RUNNING THREE WIDE.
IT WAS A LITTLE TIGHT.
IT STARTED BOGGING DOWN OUT OF
THE CORNER, SO I THINK THE
BEARING WAS GOING, SO UNTIL IT
WENT.
MY WERE YOU COMFORTABLE OUT
THERE?
>> I WAS REALLY COMFORTABLE.
THE CAR WAS HANDLING REALLY
GOOD.
I AM HAPPY TO BE PART OF THIS.
>> THIS GUY IS GOING TO BE
SOMETHING.
>> YES, HE IS.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT CONTACT.
WAS THERE CONTACT ON THE LEFT
REAR OF MONTOYA'S CAR FROM JEFF
GORDON.
>> IT LOOKED LIKE IT.
I BELIEVE IT WAS SLOWING DOWN
THEN.
THAT'S WHAT CAUSED GORDON TO GET
INTO HIM.
>> THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH
THE HUB FAILURE?
>> I THOUGHT THERE WAS SLIGHT
CONTACT BECAUSE KYLE GOT CLOSE.
NOW YOU WILL SEE SMOKE ABOUT
HERE AND JEFF GETS INTO THE BACK
OF HIM.
>> OUR TAPE EDITORS WENT BACK
AND CHECKED AND THERE WAS NO
CONTACT BETWEEN BUSCH AND
MONTOYA.
>> I WONDER IF THE TIRE WAS
STARTING TO GO DOWN.
IT ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE THE TIRE
WAS SLOWLY BUT SURELY WAS GOING
DOWN.
>> I BELIEVE, LARRY, IT WAS MORE
LIKE THE BEARINGS WERE BURNING
UP IN THE HUB AND IT WAS LIKE
HAVING THE BRAKES ON.
MY REUTIMANN WAS IN THE PIT AT
THE TIME OF KOEGS.
-- CAUTION.
HE DID BEAT THE CAR OUT SO HE IS
NOT A LAP AROUND.
THE TEAMWORK AMONG THE BOBBY
GINN CARS.
SINCE MARLIN IS LOCKED INTO THE
FIELD ON SPEED AT LEAST, IT
WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME IF THE NEXT
CAR IN LINE AT THE END OF THE
RACE NOT IN A QUALIFIED POSITION
WAS EITHER THIS ONE, NEMECHEK OR
THE 39 OF SMITH, THAT MARLIN
MIGHT BACK OFF BECAUSE HE IS IN
THE 500 AND LET HIS TEAMMATES
HAVE THE FINAL TRANSFER SPOT.
>> IF ALL OF THE PLANETS LINE
UP, THAT MIGHT HAPPEN.
>> WE'RE COMING TO THE GREEN.
WE WILL HAVE ABOUT 32 LAPS TO GO
IN THIS 150-MILE RACE.
RIGHT NOW THE TWO CARS RACING IN
WOULD BE STERLING MARLIN AND HIS
TEAMMATE JOE NEMECHEK.
THE TWO TOYOTAS ARE ARE RIGHT
BEHIND.
>> WE CAN GO BACK TO A LITTLE
THREE-WOID RACING AGAIN.
>> 32 LAPS TO GO.
KYLE AND KURT BUSCH, THE
BROTHERS FROM LAS VEGAS OUT IN
FRONT OF MATT KENSETH FROM THE
BACK TOWARD THE FRONT.
MARLIN AND NEMECHEK RIGHT NOW
ARE IN THE TWO TRANSFER SPOTS.
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>>> I GUESS ALL THE STARS LIN
UP.
BUT THEY DIDN'T MAKE IT.
>> WE WISH YOU WELL ON SUNDAY.
>> WHEN HE SAYS THE STARS LINED
UP.
BETTER TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN
TODAY, THAN ON SUNDAY WHEN THE
POINTS COUNT AND THE PURSE IS
LARGE.
>> YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING
A CAR DOWN HERE IN DAYTONA AND
THE RESTRICTER PLATE AND YOU TRY
TO CUT DOWN AS MUCH FRICTION AS
POSSIBLE.
WE SHAVED THE GEARS DOWN A
LITTLE BIT.
LISTEN TO WHAT HAPPENS.
ALL RIGHT.
>> I MEAN WHEN YOU DROP THE
CLUTCH, WHEN YOU WERE UP TO
ABOUT 8, YOU DROP THE CLUTCH,
THAT CAN HAPPEN.
TRY THAT OFF THE STOPLIGHT
SOMETIME.
>> OBVIOUSLY, IN ALL OF THE
RUNNING GEAR, GERALD, EVERYTHING
YOU CAN DO, WITH YOUR
TRANSMISSION, YOUR DRIVE LINE,
YOU'LL PUSH THE ENVELOPE.
IT IS ABOUT AS DURABLE AS IT
COMES.
YOU'LL RUN LIGHTER FLUID IN THIS
CASE.
YOU'LL TRY A FEW THINGS HERE,
KNOWING YOU COULDN'T DO THAT ON
SUNDAY.
JOE NEMECHECK IS FIRST OVERALL.
BEHIND STERLING MARLIN AND BRIAN
VICARS AND MARK SKINNER.
>> JOE REALLY HOPES RIGHT NOW, I
HOPE WE PLEASE STAY IN LINE.
YOU'RE RUNNING IN A SINGLE LINE.
YOU'LL PULL BACK THERE WITH GUYS
THAT GET RACY, WITH KNOW NOW IF
WE STAY GREEN, THESE GUYS GET
THE PIT STOP THEY NEEDED TO MAKE
IT ON FUEL.
>> THE SPOTTER, GO TELL THEM
WHOEVER IT IS, IN THIS CASE IT
WOULD BE THE NINE CAR, WITH
BRIAN VICKERS, THREE IS SLOWING
DOWN.
MIKE SKINNER.
THE SPOTTERS ARE TALKING TO EACH
OTHER, STAY IN LINE, AND CATCH
BACK UP.
>> 30 POUNDS OF OIL PRESSURE, IT
JUST WON'T RUN.
>> WE'RE HEARING HE'S DOWN A
CYLINDER, I THINK ONE OF THE
REASONS HE GAVE HIM THE OIL
PRESSURE THEY HAD A PROBLEM ON
FRIDAY, THEY LOWERED THE OIL
PRESSURE TOO MUCH AND HAD AN
ENGINE FAILURE.
>> THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS YOU
DON'T WANT TOO MUCH OIL
PRESSURE.
BUT AGAIN IT SLOWS THE
RESTRICTER PLATES DOWN.
YOU WANT ENOUGH SO THEY DON'T
BLOW UP.
KYLE BUSCH THE YOUNGER
>>> WE'RE BACK.
DAVID RUDEMAN HAS RETIRED THE
TOYOTA 00.
IN THE HOLWOOD HOTEL, THE BUSCH
BROTHERS LEAD THE RACE.
>> I THINK HE'S REALLY SHOWN A
LOT OF STRENGTH RIGHT NOW,
WITHOUT THE CREW CHIEF STARTING
DEAD LAST, WORKING HIS WAY UP TO
THIRD.
GREAT STOPS, SO THE PIT CREW IS
DOING A GREAT JOB.
I THINK HE'S LOOKING STRONG.
>> IMPRESSIVE INDEED, ONE PABLO
MONTOYA.
LOOK AT MONTOYA WITH A PUSH FROM
THE FIVE, GOING STRAIGHT TO THE
FRONT.
>> FOR 18 LAPS, THEN HE STARTED
HAVING PROBLEMS.
KYLE BUSCH GOES TO THE OUTSIDE.
AND YOU SEE SMOKE, NEXT CORNER
ON THE RIGHT WALL, AND BREAKS
THE RIGHT HUB.
>> ONTHE PIT STOP FROM THE
YELLOW, HARVARD THE PROBLEM WITH
THE GEAR.
AND RETIRES WITH THE HUB.
AND SPORT SPECTACULAR DEBUT, WE
GET BACK TO THE ACTION, WE GO
BACK TO MIKE JOY.
>> THANKS, DAVE, 12 CARS SINGLE
FILE.
ANDS MARLIN AND NEME, WHICH HEK.
AND MEN NORTHWARD, VICKERS AND
WALLACE.
27 DOWN, THREE TO GO.
>> FOR SEVERAL LAPS, MEEM CHECK.
NOW HE MAKES A RUN TO THE
OUTSIDE, WITH A PUSH FROM THE
RAY DODGE RIGHT THERE.
>> ANDRE' NEMECHEK, LOOKING ON,
WE MUST MAKE THIS RACE, SHE
SAID.
JOE'S MOM.
MARTHA, AND NUMBER ONE FAN.
>> YES, SIR.
>> SHE'S GOT TO HAVE ONE OF THE
MOST INCREDIBLE PHOTO ALBUMS OF
ANYBODY THAT HAS EVER BEEN IN
RACING.
JEFF?
>> MIKE I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
TALK TO MARLIN THIS MORNING.
HE SAID WHEN THESE GUYS GET
STRUNG OUT HE COULD GET UP
THERE.
AND THE LONGER THE CARS RUN
THEPORT THEY GET.
HE FEELS LIKE THE 13 AS WELL AS
THE 39 SMITH COULD BE A FAKER
TODAY.
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S MAKING A
MARCH TOWARD THE FRONT IN THE
ARMY CAR.
>> IT IS LIKE JOE NEMECHEK CAN'T
LET THEM DOWN.
THE YELLOW CAR KEEPS LOOKING
INSIDE.
THAT'S A BATTLE FOR THE FRANCE
FER SPOT.
>> CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT NINE CAR
WORKED THE WAY IN THE HOLE GOING
DOWN THROUGH THERE, GOODNESS
GRACIOUS, CASEY KAY.
>> ANOTHER OF THE TOYOTAS TO THE
GARAGE, MARK SKINERS CAR.
AND RUITEMANN WILL BE IN BASED
ON SPEED, SKINNER IT APPEARS
WILL NOT.
CASEY CANE PULLING BACK HERE.
McMURRAY COMING BACK.
AND GIVING HIS TEAMMATE A BUMP.
>> ON THE OUTSIDE, THAT'S WHERE
HE WANTED TO GO.
HE WAS STUCK ON THE BOTTOM FOR
THE FIRST PORTION OF THIS DUAL,
HE WAS HOPING THAT IT WOULD
SHUFFLE, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS,
HE'S EXPERIMENTING HE SAYS HIS
CAR IS REALLY TIGHT.
>> AND TALKING ABOUT SQUEEZING
IN.
CASEY KAY JUST SLID IN.
>> THAT'S THE SECOND TIME HE HAS
DONE THAT GOING DOWN THE BACK,
HE GOT A GREAT SPOTTER, THAT ALL
I CAN SAY.
>> WELL, DARRELL YOU CALLED IT,
RACE ONE SET THE RECORD FOR THE
NUMBER OF CAUTIONS FOR THE 150
MILE DAMAGES, RACE SEVEN, RACE
TWO WITH 20 LAPS TO GO.
ONE CAUTION FLAG FOR 40 LAPS.
THE CAR HAD PRETTY WELL BEEN
DEALT WHEN YOU GET TO THIS POINT
IN THE RACE, EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO
IS IN AND WHO IS OUT.
IT IS STARTING TO REALLY SHOW.
THESE GUYS ARE JUST BEING
PATIENT WITH EACH OTHER.
>> LOOK AT THE ONE COUSIN KARL,
KARL IN 99 HAD.
SUCKED UP TO THE BUMPER OF MATT
KENLIN.
THAT'S WHEN YOU CAN HOLD YOUR
OPEN AND THE OTHER GUY CAN'T.
JEFF GORE DAN MOVED TO THE HIGH
SIDE.
HE WAS GETTING HELP FROM THE 88
CAR.
THE GAP IS OPEN.
THEY'RE TWO BY TWO, BY TWO.
>> I THINK HE MUSS BE GOING AWAY
A LITTLE BIT.
SITTING COMFORTABLY BEHIND JEFF
GORDON.
THEY'RE STARTING TO MOVE HE AND
JEFF OFF THE BTTOM AND MAKE
PASSES.
>> WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
CASEY KAY AND REMEMBER, HE FELL
SO FAR BACK ON THE LAST RUN.
LOOKS LIKE THEY DEFINITELY MADE
ADJUSTMENTS TO MAKE THE CAR
BETTER.
>> PAUL MINARD.
HE AND MARLIN WOULD BE IN THE
RACE AND NEMECHEK WOULD BE ONE
SPOT AWAY.
THEY'RE ALL ACCORDIONED
TOGETHER.
CASEY KAY AND EDWARDS RUSHED
TOGETHER.
THAT SENT EVERYBODY SCATTERING.
>> I DON'T THINK THAT WAS ABLE
TO SQUEEZE IN THE NINE HOLE THAT
TIME.
BUT WHAT THAT DID, THAT LEFT
PAUL MINARD ON THE 15, HE WAS
ACTUALLY ABLE TO GET BY STERLING
MARLIN, SO MENARD IS THE TOP GUY
THAT HAS TO RACE THIS WAY IN.
>> MENARD AND MARLIN.
>> WATCH THE 99 HERE.
REPLAY OF THE 99.
WHEN HE GETS CAUGHT.
AND SO IN THE MIDDLE.
RICKY ON THE OUTSIDE.
LOOSE IN, WALKS THE THING UP TO
RACE SHOT, HAS TO GET OUT OF THE
THROTTLE, REALLY NICE SAVE.
>> WE'VE SEEN THAT A LOT HERE,
THIS WEEK ITH THE CAR ON THE
OUTSIDE.
IT PULLS YOUR CAR AROUND TO IT.
>> THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE THE
CARS TURN OFF TO THE CORNER.
IN ORDER TO DO THAT, IT MAKES IT
WAY TOO FREE IN THE CORNER.
IF YOU GET SOMEBODY BEHIND YOU,
IT CAN UPSET THE CAR.
>> LOOK AT THIS.
MENARD, AND NEMECHEK.
BUT FOR HOW LONG.
16 LAPS TO GO.
KYLE BUSCH AND KIRK BUSCH
>>> FOUR LAPS TO GO.
AND DUELS DAYTONA.
>> THE BUSCH BROTHERS HAVE NOT
CHANGED STATION.
FIRST AND SECOND.
BRIAN NEWMAN, AND CASEY CANE ALL
LINED UP.
IN OUR RUNNING ORDER.
DRIVERS IN BLACK, ARE LOCKED
INTO THE 500, BASED ON THE LAST
POINTS.
DRIVERS IN GREEN, MEN NORTHWARD
ARE IN THE TWO TRANSFER SPOTS
RIGHT NOW.
DRIVERS IN BLUE, WE KNOW THEY'LL
BE IN THE RACE BASED ON THEIR
SPEED AND THE DRIVERS WHOSE
NAMES ARE RED HAVE GOT TO GO.
AND THEY HAVE 11 LAPS TO GET
THERE.
WE SAW THIS IN THE BUD SHOOTOUT
LAST WEEK.
WE KNOW THAT IS PAST.
UNLESS HIS BROTHER PUTS STEWART
ON HIM HE'LL BE OKAY.
>> I KNOW WE GOT A LOT TO GO.
WE HAVE TROUBLE.
BRIAN VEHICLERS.
>> AND SOMETHING BROKE AND THAT
CAR JUST WENT TO THE RIGHT AND
INTO THE WALL.
THE CAUTION WILL WAVE.
>> THAT HAD THE MARK OF A TIRE,
LOOK OF A TIRE AS IT SWERVED A
LITTLE BIT.
IT ALMOST.
>> UNFORTUNATELY THIS HAS THE
LOOK THAT BOTH OF THE RED BULL
RACING CARS WILL NOT MAKE THE
DAYTONA 500.
>> THAT CAR WAS RUNNING GREAT.
>> STEVE ANY INDICATION.
>> WE HEARD BRIAN VICKERS SAY IT
WAS GETTING LOOSE AND THEN HE
HIT THE WALL.
>> HE LOST A RIGHT REAR TIRE.
>> NO CONTROLLING T REMEMBER THE
SPEEDS THEY'RE RUNNING HERE.
181 MILES AN HOUR, 31 DEGREES OF
BANKING, WASN'T A WHOLE LOT HE
COULD DO.
>> RIGHT REAR DOWN.
CUT A RIGHT REAR TIRE.
>> DO YOU STOP?
OR DO YOU STAY OUT?
>> I'M SITTING HERE THINKING,
MIKE, IT HAS BEEN 25 LAPSE SINCE
WE PITTED.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE CARS
STAY OUT.
BECAUSE DARRELL, THIS HAS GAINED
GRIP FROM COOLING DOWN.
WE'RE ONLY GOING TO ACTUALLY
HAVE ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT LAPS
OF RACING.
I'M NOT SURE I WANT TO PUT
MYSELF BACK IN THE PACK.
>> THE LEADER, HE'S A SITTING
DUCK, WHATEVER HE DOES,
EVERYBODY IS GOING TO DO THE
OPPOSITE.
UNLIKE SOMETIME WHEN THE LEADER
GOES IN YOU GO WITH HIM.
THIS TIME YOU GO WITH HIM AND
YOU STAY OUT.
>> THEY HAVE TO PUT VICKERS CAR
ON THE ROLLBACK.
>> WHAT IS INTERESTING IS WHAT A
RACE AWAY GUYS IN, WHAT ARE THEY
GOING TO DO.
PAUL MEN NORTHWARD, AND STERLING
MARLIN, NEMECHEK RIGHT BEHIND
HIM.
>> I'M COMING IN AND GETTING
TIRES IF I HAVE TO BEAT
SOMEBODY.
>> YOU CHANGED YOUR TUNE.
>> LET ME TELL YOU WHAT, I
LEARNED MY LESSON FRIDAY NIGHT.
HE GOT TWO AND IT COST HIM A
RACE.
HE STUCK THAT NOSE UNDER HIM AND
RAN HIM ALL OVER THE RACETRACK.
>> LET ME SETTLE THIS, FOUR
TIRES, COME GET YOUR FOUR TIRES
AND GO AND QUALIFY FOR THE
DAYTONA 500.
FOUR TIRES.
>> THERE ARE STILL 25 CARS ON
THE LEAD LAP.
>> JUST REMEMBER, THIS ISN'T
SATURDAY, THIS IS THURSDAY.
>> I THINK SOME OF THE DRIVERS
WAY AT THE BACK MAY NOT STOP AND
HOPE TO GRID IT OUT.
>> 24 IN, JEFF GORDON, I THINK
THE GUYS THAT ARE COMING IN, ARE
JUST WHAT I SAID, THE LEADERS
ARE A SETTING DUCK, THESE GUYS
IN FRONT CAN'T GIVE UP TRACK
POSITION.
MENARD.
>> ABOUT WHETHER THE KENSING CAR
SHOULD COME IN OR NOT.
MATT WANTED TO DO IT BECAUSE HE
WAS CONCERNED THEY MIGHT NOT
LOSE THE HANDLE.
BUT BOWLEN SUGGESTED THEY PITTED
SOME OF THE SLOWER CARS, THE
TRANSFER CARS DIDN'T THEY MIGHT
WIND UP BEHIND HIM AND IF THERE
WAS A MESS THEY WOULD BE IN IT.
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE THAT
HAPPEN.
>> HERE'S ANOTHER THING.
>> YEAH, TRYING TO DECIDE WHAT
TO DO DOWN HERE FOR THE NUMBER
TWO, FOLLOWING HIS BROTHER, CARL
BUSH BUSCH.
BASICALLY THE NUMBER TWO TEAM
WAS GOING TO DO WHAT NUMBER FIVE
DID, THEY WAIT TD IT OUT.
KIRK SAID HIS CAR WAS REALLY
GOOD.
THEY WERE HOPING MORE WOULD COME
OUT.
THEY TOOK RIGHT SIDES ONLY.
>> THE FIRST EIGHT CARS STAYED
OUT AND SOME DRIVERS FURTHER
BACK THAT ARE TRYING TO TRANSFER
IN.
>> HERE'S THE OTHER THING, I
LEARNED FROM SATURDAY NIGHT.
THESE TIRES ARE CONSERVATIVE,
LITTLE ON THE HARD SIDE.
ONCE THEY'RE HOT, YOU CYCLE THEM
AND THEY HAVE LITTLE LESS GRIP
FROM BEFORE.
>> EXCUSE ME, PARDON ME, COMING
THROUGH.
WE'RE NINE LAPS AWAY FROM
>>> GET GOING, GET GOING.
>> KYLE AND KURT BUSCH HAVE BEEN
RUNNING ALL RACE LONG.
>> THEY'RE RIGHT IN THE TIRE
TRACKS.
>> MATT WAS TRYING TO MAKE A
MOVE ON IT HERE.
LOOKS LIKE SHE'S SHAKING UP
THINGS RIGHT NOW.
>> MATT KENSING IN BETWEEN THE
TWO PESKY.
YOU SEE THE 99 CAR, KYLE BUSH
GOING FROM FIRST TO SIX.
>> DID KYLE NOT GET UP TO SPEED.
>> I THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO
SHAKE KURT OUT OF THE DRAFT
THERE.
THE CAR IS NOT HANDLING VERY
GOOD, HE'S GOT HIS HANDS FULL,
BUT HE'S IN THE LETTING UP.
>> MARLIN AND MENARD, 14 AND 15
IN THE TRANSFER SPOT.
A LONG WAY BACK TO JOEKEMEL AND
NEMECHEK.
>> IT IS NOW OR NEVER FOR JOE
NEMECHEK.
THEY TOOK THE RIGHT SIDE.
AND STAYED JUST A LITTLE
CONCERNED IF HE'S GOING TO HAVE
ENOUGH TIME TO WORK HIS WAY BACK
UP THERE.
RIGHT NOW SITTING BACK IN THE
14th SPOT.
>> IF NEMECHEK CAN GETKIMMAL.
THAT MAY BE ASKING A LOT.
>> STARTING AT THE REAR OF THE
FIELD.
THAT WAS THE ONLY CAR THAT
ELECTED TO STAY OUT ON THE LAST
CAUTION.
THE OTHER TWO CAME IN AND SADLER
CAME TO PIT ROAD FOR SERVICE.
>> WE'RE NOT MENTIONED KIMMAL
BUT HE'S ON THE OUTSIDE.
KIMMAL NUMBER 71, THE ARKKA
CHAMPION.
HE'LL STAY RIGHT THERE.
>> WATCH THAT BEER.
>> HERE COMES JOE NEMECHEK WITH
THE 13 CAR RIGHT THERE.
>> AND ALL JOE NEED IS AN
OPENING.
HE DOESN'T NEED TO LOSE
MOMENTUM, IF HE CAN COME AND
COME AND COME.
HE'S GOT A SHOT.
YOU GOT TIRES, YOU CAN GO
ANYWHERE YOU WANT TO.
THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF HAVING
TIRES.
>> DOESN'T HELP THE SPEED OF
YOUR CARS, THE WAY YOU DRIVE IT
AND MANEUVER IT.
>> AND DEGREE NEMECHEK CHEERING
HIM ON.
>> NEMECHEK, TRYING TO MAKE HIS
13th DAYTONA START.
THERE ARE THE THREE MEN FOR TWO
SPOTS.
THREE OF THEM SIDE BY SIDE, ONLY
TWO TO MAKE IT.
THEY'LL BECOME THREE LAPS TO GO
THIS TIME.
SLICING AND DICING, BOY, SLICING
AND DICING.
>> ONE INSIDE.
15 INSIDE.
>> NEMECHEK WHERE HE NEEDS TO
BE.
MENARD GETTING BACK THERE.
MIKE WALLACE IN ANOTHER NINE,
ANOTHER DRIVER TRYING TO FIGHT
INTO THE RACE.
THEY ALMOST GOT TOGETHER, BUT
MIKE WALLACE FIGHTING THROUGH.
>> AND ALL HE HAS TO DO IS CHASE
THE CAR ON THE OUTSIGH.
>> THE YELLOW ONE ON THE INSIDE.
>> THEY'RE CATCHING ONE.
>> THEY'RE SIDE BY SIDE.
ONLY ONE IS GOING TO MAKE IT.
>> THREE WIDE 58 LAPS.
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE
LOCKED IN OR NOT.
>> REALLY YOU GOT NO CHOICE.
HE'S CAUGHT UP IN HERE.
STAY AFTER IT, OR YOU'LL GET RUN
OVER.
RICKY RUDD BACK OVER THERE.
OH, CONTACT.
MURY AND REGAN SMITH, TRYING TO
RACE HIS WAY IN.
>> AND GORDON ON THE WAY BACK.
>> NEMECHEK IS AHEAD OF THE 15
OF MENARD.
AND NO NO.
BABY, HANG ON BABY.
>> HE DID, HE SAVED IT.
STRAIGHTENED HIM OUT.
>> BUT LOOK AT THE RUN.
MIKE WALLACE AND THE 09 GUY.
MENARD IN THE 15 CAR.
THAT'S FOR POSITION, LARRY, HAS
TO GO TO NEMECHEK TO GET IN THE
RACE.
>> THAT WAS A GREAT SAVE.
ON THE TEN, HERE'S WHY.
>> THE 96 CAR GOES UP HERE AND
HELPS HIM.
DOESN'T HURT HIP.
>> OUT OF CONTROL.
SIDEWAYS, GIVES HIM A KISS AND
TAKES HIM OUT.
TOOK TWO OR THREE CARS TO
ACCOMPLISH IT.
THAT'S RIGHT.
>> COMING AROUND, FOR ONE LAP TO
GO.
WHO WILL BE IN THE DAYTONA 500
AS KURT BUSCH LEADS THEM AROUND.
JOE MARLIN AND NEMECHEK, THESE
CARS.
MIKE WALLACE AND PAUL MENARD
HOPES SOMETHING HAPPENS IN FRONT
OF THEM.
>> THE WHITE FLAG.
>> RIGHT NOW, JEREMY MAYFIELD IS
JUMPING UP AND DOWN, PULLING FOR
MARLIN.
IF HE RACES HIS WAY IN, HE'LL BE
HAD THE DAYTONA 500.
>> IF HE BACKS OUT, THEY'LL GET
IN.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE HEARD HIM OR
NOT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S
GOING TO DO.
NO WHERE TO HIDE.
NOT IN THAT PACK.
AND JEFF GORDON HAS COME FROM
WAY, WAY BACK TO MAKE A RUN ON
THE END.
HE'S GOING TO THE OUTSIDE AND
HERE HE COMES.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
WATCH MIKE WALLACE ON THE 09
CAR.
TO GET IN BETWEEN 13 AND 14 ON
THE 09.
>> MARLIN HAS BACKED OUT.
SO THAT MEANS, IT IS NEMECHEK
AND WALLACE, HERE THEY COME TO
THE FLAG, JEFF GORDON IS GOING
TO WIN THE THIRD DUEL AT
DAYTONA.
NEMECHEK IS IN AND IT MAY BE
MIKE WALLACE.
>> I BELIEVE MIKE WALLACE.
>> MIKE WALLACE DID BEAT MARLIN
BACK TO THE LINE.
SO JOE NEMECHEK, AS IT STANDS
UNOFFICIAL.
JOE NEMECHEK AND MIKE WALLACE.
>> WE MADE IT.
AND MARLIN WILL BE IN.
JEREMY MAYFIELD WILL NOT MAKE
THE DAYTONA 500.
>> MY MY MY.
NEITHER WILL OTHERS.
GO HOME ALONG WITH BRIAN
VICKERS.
>> I SEEN MIKE WALLACE DO THIS
TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
HERE IT IS.
YOU SEE MARLIN AND 14 TRYING TO
BACK OUT OF THE WAY.
BECAUSE HE'S IN BASED ON SPEED.
THEY TOUCH RIGHT THERE.
AND THEN MIKE GETS A RUN DOWN
THE HILL.
SEE HIM TURN DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
AND AN OPENING WHERE HE CAN
DRAFT UP ON THE 13 CAR, WHICH
PULLED HIM BY THE 14.
>> 3/100ths OF A SECOND.
THE DIFFERENCE IS 1/100ths OF A
SECOND.
>>, BY THE WAY, JEFF GORDON CAME
IN.
HE WON HIS SECOND ONE LAST YEAR.
HERE'S HOW HE DID IT.
>> GREAT ONE DOWN THE STRETCH.
HE GETS A SHOT.
WOW.
TRIED TO BLOCK HIM BUT LE
COULDN'T.
>> DARRELL, HE WAS ABLE TO
MANEUVER THE RACE CAR WITH THE
FRESH TIRES AND LET'S GO BACK TO
JOE NEMECHEK IN THE 13 CAR, HIS
CREW CHIEF GAVE HIM T RIGHT
SIDE TIRES, GREAT CALL.
>> DID BUSCH AND GORDON TOUCH.
>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOOK
FOR THAT.
THEY JUST KISSED, JUST A LITTLE.
KISS ME BABY.
>>> MIKE WALLACE COMES OUT TO
CELEBRATE WITH HIS FAMILY,
TEARFULLY IN THE 500.
FRONT ROW JOE NEMECHEK IS HAPPY
TO BE LAST ROW JOE, BECAUSE
HE'LL RACE HERE ON SUNDAY, AS
WELL.
WHAT A DAY.
>> HUGS AND KISSES FOR
EVERYBODY.
ALL I CAN SAY IS THE DUELS LIVED
UP TO EVERYTHING WE THOUGHT THEY
WOULD BE AND THEN SOME.
CHRIS IS IN "VICTORY LANE" WITH
ANOTHER CELEBRANT.
>> VERY FAMILIAR TERRITORY FOR
JEFF GORDON.
MORE DAYTONA WIN FS ANY ACTIVE
DRIVER.
NO SURPRISE TO SEE HIM IN
"VICTORY LANE" AS HE CLIMBS OUT
OF HIS CHEVROLET.
I GUESS YOU COULD SAY PIT
STRATEGY PLAYED IN YOUR FAVOR.
>> A LOT OF THINGS PLAYED IN OUR
FAVOR.
I DIDN'T THINK WE HAD THE CAR TO
DO IT.
WE GOT SHUFFLED BACK AND GOT A
BIG PUSH BETWEEN TAKING THE TWO
TIRES, WHICH IS A GREAT CALL BY
STEVE, AND GETTING A LOT OF
HELP, BETWEEN J.J. YALY AND
DAVID STRUMMY, THOSE ARE ONLY
TWO OF A FEW GUYS THAT REALLY
GAVE BIG PUSHES THERE AT THE
END.
I GOT TO THE OUTSIDE, EVERY TIME
THE A TEAM GOT BEHIND ME.
I WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE AND GO TO
THE OUTSIDE.
IT WORKED OUT IN OUR FAVOR.
GOT TO THANK ALL THE FOLKS, G.P.
WITH SPARKLE AND YOU KNOW THIS
IS JUST, AN AWESOME FEELING,
NOTHING GREATER THAN BEING IN
DAYTONA AND BEING IF "VICTORY
LANE," IT IS AWESOME.
>> I HEARD YOU SAY YOU LOVE TO
WIN.
>> WE SHOWED ANYTHING IS
POSSIBLE.
I DIDN'T THINK WE HAD THE CAR TO
BE ABLE TO GET HERE TODAY.
WE GOT HERE.
WE GOT A LITTLE WORK TO DO.
THERE ARE GUYS OUT THERE
STRONGER THAN US.
YOU GOT TO GET OUT FRONT.
THE CLEAN AIR IS OUT FRONT.
THE TIRES DEFINITELY GRIP ONLY
FOR A FEW LAPS AND THEN, YOU
KNOW, THEN YOU JUST GOT TO RIDE
AND FIND SOME CLEAN AIR OUT
THERE.
AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE A DRAFT
PARTNER, IT IS A LOT OF WORK.
I TELL YOU WHAT, THESE GUYS IT
FEELS AWESOME, I'M SO EXCITED TO
BE BACK AT "VICTORY LANE."
>> IF YOU CAN WIN, WITH A CAR
WITH WHICH YOU'RE NOT VERY HAPPY
ON THURSDAY, IT CERTAINLY BODES
WELL ON SUNDAY, AND THE RUNNING
OF THE DAYTONA 500.
LET'S LOOK AT THE STARTING
LINEUP.
JEFF IT IS INTERESTING.
>> LOOK BACK THERE ON ROW TWO,
THE HEAVYWEIGHT CONTENDERS.
STEWART AND YOU GOT TO WATCH
THESE GUYS.
>> JUNIOR INSIDE RAIL THREE
AFTER THE EVENTS OF TODAY.
STILL IN GOOD SHAPE.
AND BACK IN THE FIELD.
MATT KENSA.
AFTER THE ISSUES.
JIE KNOW.
I YIELD HE DID A GREAT JOB THERE
TODAY.
RACING HIS WAY IN.
AND NEMECHEK BACK THERE.
>> AND JOHNSON A LACKLUSTER
WEEK, THE DEFENDING 500 SERIES
CHAMPION.
AND MIKE WALLACE.
>> ALL OF THE EMOTION WITH WHAT
MIKE IS GOING THROUGH.
YOU CAN SEE IT WHEN HE GOT OUT
OF THE CAR, SO HAPPY, HUGGING
AND KISSING ON HIS WIFE.
>> FURTHER BACK IN THE FIELD.
HANDLER.
AND DAVID RAGAN.
AND PABLO MONTOYA.
>> DID HE ROCK EVERYBODY TODAY.
HE'S IMPRESSIVE.
AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE
ACTIVITIES STILL TO COME AT
DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEED WAY
IN THIS DRAMATIC 49th GATHERING
OF THE STOCK CAR WORLD.
LIVE ON SPEED.
7:30 EASTERN TIME.
TOMORROW NIGHT, SUNDAY RACE DAY
AT 11:00 IN THE MORNING.
DAYTONA IS ON FOX.
THE BROADCAST STARTS AT 3:00
P.M. EASTERN TIME.
WE PREPARE TO SAY GOOD BY FROM
THE HOLLYWOOD HOTEL.
>> IT GETS BIGGER ANDPORT.
>> A TERRIFIC DAY, OUR
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE RACE
WINNERS.
TONY STEWART AND JEFF GORDON,
AND ALSO THOSE THAT RACED THEIR
WAY IN, IN SUCH DRAMATIC
FASHION.
HERE'S WHAT WE ANTICIPATED AND
WHAT PROVED TO BE THE DRAMATIC