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>>> WELCOME TO THE DALLAS-FORT
WORTH AREA, HOMES OF TEXAS
RANGERS AND MAVERICKS AND TEXAS
MOTORSPORTS WAY.
WELCOME TO SAM'S TOWN 400.
>>> I'M RICK ALONGSIDE FILL
PARSONS AND HERE AT TEXAS MOTOR
SPEEDWAY.
TELL ME ABOUT WHAT MAKES THE
TRACK SO FAST, PHIL?
>> RICK, INITIALLY BUILT THE
TRACK THE TRANSITION FROM
STRAIGHTAWAYS TO CORNERS WERE
VERY ABRUPT AND IMMEDIATELY
CAME BACK AFTER THE FIRST RACE
AND CHANGED THAT, SOFTEN THE
TRANSITIONS FROM SOFT
STRAIGHTAWAY TO BANK CORNERS
AND MADE IT NOR RACABLE.
-- MORE RACABLE.
RUN WIDE OPEN AS WE HEARD RICK
WRENN TALK ABOUT AND RUN SIDE
BY SIDE AND GREAT RACETRACK AND
GREAT SIDE BY SIDE RACING AT
TEXAS.
>> SIDE BY SIDE TO START OFF,
MIKE SKINNER ANDED TO BODDINE.
WHO DO YOU THINK WOULD BE THE
FAVORITE?
>> WE HEARD FROM MIKE BODDINE.
SAID THE TRUCK WAS GOOD ON OLD
TIRES; GOOD ON NEW TIRES.
ALL OF THE TALK IN THE GARAGE
AIA HE MAY BE IN A PLAS --
AREA, HE MAY BE A CLASS BY
HIMSELF.
HE KNOWS HOW TO GET IT DONE AND
WILL TONIGHT.
>> ERIC DARNELL WINS AND FAST
TRUCKS.
CAN WE SEE A NEW WINNER AT THE
ARE THE TONIGHT?
>> COULD.
A LOT OF GUYS, AARON FIKE IS
IMPRESSIVE IN THE FIRST
ATTEMPT.
OTHER GUYS TO REALLY KNOCK ON
THE DOOR AT THE FIRST WIN AND
FIRST WIN IS LIKELY TO COME
HERE AT A PLACE LIKE TEXAS.
>> GO TRACKSIDE AS THE PRE-RAE
ACTIVITIES TOOK PLACE.
>>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WILL
YOU PLEASE RISE AND REMOVE YOUR
HATS AS THE WHITE SETTLEMENT
POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESENT OUR
NATION'S COLORS.
PLEASE PAUSE FOR A MOMENT OF
SILENCE AS WE REMEMBER BILL
FRANCES, JR., THAT PASSEDD BIL
FRANTZ THAT PASSED AWAY ON
MONDAY, INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING
NASCAR THE GREAT SPORT IT IS
TODAY.
WELCOME FATHER JAY ATWOOD TO
OFFER TONIGHT'S INVOCATION.
>> LET US PRAYER, ETERNAL GOD
AND HEAVENLY WE GIVE YOU THANKS
FOR THE DAY FOR THE MANY THANKS
YOU BESTOW UPON US AND FREEPDS
WE CELEBRATE AND MEN AND WOMEN
THAT DEFEND THE FREEDOM AROUND
THE WORLD AND THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY AND THANKS FOR THE
INDUSTRY, OWNERS, DRIVERS,
SPONSORS AND CREWS AND ASK TO
YOU SEND FORTH YOUR SPECIAL
PROTECTION AND GOODS AND AND
SAFETY THIS NIGHT AND
ENCOURAGEMENT AND ALLOW THEM TO
DO EVERYTHING THEY DO TO THE
BEST OF THEIR ABLE AND REMIND
US ALL, WHAT WE DO WE DO TO
YOUR HONOR AND GLORY, THROUGH
JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD, AMEAN.
AT MEN.
>>> THIS TIME, REBECCA CAROL
AND PERFORMS OUR NATIONAL
ANTHEM.
♪ O' SAY CAN YOU SEE ♪
♪ BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT ♪
♪ WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAIL ♪
♪ AT THE TWILIGHT'S LAST
GLEAMING ♪
♪♪ WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND
BRIGHT STARS ♪
♪ THROUGH THE PERILOUS FIGHT ♪♪
♪ OER' 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 ♪
♪ O' SAY DOES THAT STAR ♪
SPANGLED BANNER YET WAVE ♪
♪ OER' THE LAND OF THE FREE ♪
♪ AND THE HOME ♪
♪ OF THE ♪
♪ BRAVE ♪♪
>>> LET'S HEAR IT FROM REBECCA
CAROL AND HELP FROM A-10 FROM
THE 47th FIGHTER SQUAD RON
OUT OF BARKSDALE AIR FORCE
BASE.
>>> WE'RE GOING TO RACIN' NEXT.
>>> NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK
SERIES ON "SPEED" IS BROUGHT TO
YOU BY --
>>> UNDER THE LIGHTS, ONCE
AGAIN AT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY.
THIS IS THE 9th RACE OF THE
SEASON.
BEAUTIFUL EVENING, ACTUALLY, A
FRONT PASSED THROUGH EARLIER
TODAY.
COOLED IT OFF A BIT.
HAD BEEN IN THE UPPER 90s IN
THE TEXAS-FORT WORTH AREA HERE.
A BEAUTIFUL EVENING FOR RACING
AND THE DRIVERS ARE GETTING
STRAPPED INTO THEIR TRUCKS AS
WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE POINT
STANDINGS AFTER EIGHT OF THE 25
SCHEDULED RACES.
THIS IS THE FULL POINT
STANDINGS MIKE SKINNER AND RON
HORNADAY CLOSED THE GAP, PHIL,
TO 77-POINTS.
>> SURE DID.
TWO WINS IN THE LAST THREE
RACES.
ALLOWED RON HORNADAY TO CLOSE
UP WITHIN 77 OF MIKE SKINNER.
>> PHIL, TALKED ABOUT THE
DIFFICULT RACETRACK, THIS MILE
AND A HALF AND EXTREMELY FAST.
>> IS.
AS YOU CAN SEE THE FRONT
STRETCHES 2200 FEET AND BACK
STRETCH SHORTER.
24 DEGREES BANKING IN THE
TURNS.
TODD BODINE HERE AND WENT BY
THE START/FINISH SPEEDS UPWARDS
180-MILES-AN-HOUR.
STAYING AT THE BOMB THE TRUCK
DOWN THERE AND BY YOURSELF AND
BARELY OUT OF THROTTLE, 173,
174-MILES-AN-HOUR, IN THE
CENTER OF THE CORNER.
BACK DOWN THE FLAT STRAIGHTAWY
TURN 3 AND FLAT INTO TURN
NUMBER 3 AND HEAR HIM OFF THE
THROT ALLITTLE BIT.
OFF THE THROTTLE HARD AND EXITS
TURN NUMBER 4 AND SWING OUT TO
THE WALL, AS IF NOT TO PASS THE
LAP UP, BACK TO THE
START/FINISH AND THE LAP TO SET
THE MOTOR SPEEDWAY.
>> TALKED ABOUT THE FACT IT'S
FLAT.
STRAIGHTAWAYS, FIVE DEGREES IN
THE BACK STRETCH AND FRONT
STRETCH.
35 TRUCKS STARTING TODAY.
250.5 MILES, IT IS 400K, 167
LAPS.
THE PIT WINDOW 60 TO 65 LAPS.
>> IT WILL.
NASCAR GIVEN THE TEAMS AN EXTRA
SET OF TIRES BECAUSE OF THE
LENGTH OF THE RACE, ONE OF THE
LONGEST RACES IN THE SERIES OF
250 MILES.
>> MS D-RAYS ANALYSIS.
ABOUT -- MSD RACE ANALYSIS BUT
TIME FOR THE COMMAND.
>>> MOST FAMOUS WORDS IN
MOTORSPORTS.
HERE TO GIVE THE COMMAND, KIM
ENTLIN GENERAL MANAGER SAM'S
TOWN SHREEVESPORT.
>> ON BE HALF OF BOYD GAMING
AND SHREEVESPORT, GAMBLERS,
START YOUR ENGINE!
>>> WHAT ARE THE ODDS TONIGHT,
THE GAMBLERS FIRE THEIR ENGINES
AND GETTING READY FOR THE SAM'S
TOWN 400 FROM TEXAS MOTOR
>>> EVERYTHING IS BIGGER IN
TEXAS.
AT LEAST WHAT THE LOCALS SAY
AROUND HERE.
WE'RE UNDER THE LIGHTS FOR THE
MILE AND A HALF TEXAS MOTOR
SPEEDWAY.
SAM'S TOWN 400.
TAKE A LOOK AT OUR STARTING
GRID FOR TONIGHT'S RACE.
TODD BODINE, GRABBED A SECOND
CAREER POLL.
MIKE SKINNER OUTSIDE AND COULD
HAVE BEEN SEVEN POLLS IN A ROW
FOR HIM, SEVEN CONSECUTIVE
POLLS, BUT 9/100th SECONDS
OFF TODD SET AND START ON THE
OUTSIDE.
>> GOOD CALLFYING EFFORT FOR
FIKE IN THE 5th POSITION.
>> FEW DIFFERENT DRIVERS IN
SPEED SPOTLIGHT.
RAY DUNLAP?
>> Reporter: FIRST SEVEN OR
EIGHT RACES NUMBER 8 TRACK IS
BLANK WITH A RED PAINT SCHEME
AND NUMBER 8 ON IT, THAT'S IT.
TONIGHT, THEY GOT STICKERS ON
THERE.
THAT'S REALLY GOOD NEWS.
NEW SPONSORSHIP TONIGHT.
FROM SWEET BABY RAY'S BARBECUE
SAUCE AND I'LL TELLIN' YOU,
THIS STUFF IS REALLY, REALLY
GOOD AND USED IT AT HOME AND
PERSONALLY I LIKE THE SWEET AND
SPICEY, MY FAVORITE.
THE SAUCE IS THE BOSS.
FURYK NUMBER 8 TRUCK AND THIS
EVENING IN TEXAS 26 OF THE.
ADAM?
>> NORMALLY O8 TALKING ABOUT
CHAD BUT THIS WEEKEND DRIVING
IN POCONO AND ERIC NORRIS THE
O8 TRUCK AND FIRST START 200
SON, THE SON OF ACTOR CHUCK
NORRIS AND SPENDS TIME IN THE
DALLAS AREA.
STUNT COORDINATOR FOR "PRISON
BREAK" THE SHOW ON FOX, THEY
BECOME FILMING ONCE AGAIN IN
JULY.
ERIC HOPING THE FILM RUNS EARLY
ON HIM TONIGHT TO HAVE A GOOD
RUN AT THE TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
PHIL?
>> ADAM I WANT TO LOOK AT RYAN
MATTHEWS THRIVING A 36 TOYOTA
OUT OF BILL DAVIS' TABLE AND
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEGREE
FROM KITERRING UNIVERSITY IN
FLINT, MICHIGAN, AND WORKED FOR
-- R &DAVIDSON R & DVD
D DEPARTMENT FOR THREE YEARS.
HE HOPES TO RUN SEVERAL MORE
RACES WITH BILL DAVIS RACING.
RICK?
>> PHIL.
I WANT TO SHINE THE SPOTLIGHT
ON NUMBER 13 OF WILLY ALLEN.
OUT OF TENNESSEE.
THE FIRST MILE AND A HALF TRACK
OF THE SEASON IN ATLANTA,
FINISHED 13th IN THAT NUMBER
13, WELL, NEXT FRIDAY, HE WILL
TURN 27.
SO WILIE ALLEN LOOKING FOR A
CAREER BEST, WE'RE GOING TO
RIDE ALONG WITH DIFFERENT
DRIVERS TONIGHT.
FIRST BEING JOE RUTTMAN NUMBER
4, STARTS 28th SPOT.
SEE IF HE CAN MAKE IT THROUGH
THE FIELD.
ALSO GOING TO RIDE ALONG WITH
THE 2005 SERIES CHAMPION TED
MUSGRAVE TEAM ASE GERMAINE
TOYOTA AND START FROM THE
24th POSITION.
BRENDAN GAUGHAN A CAMERA WITH
HIM AND 18th POSITION.
WE'LL RIDE ALONG WITH BRENDAN
GAUGHAN.
GAUGHAN DOMINANT AT TEXAS MOTOR
SPEEDWAY IN 2003-'04.
FOUR CONSECUTIVE WINS NEVER
DONE BEFORE AT A RACETRACK.
A LOCAL FAVORITE, TOM MITCHELL,
OZONO, TEXAS, OWNS THE STRUCK,
DREFN BY RICK CRAWFORD, A
SECOND PLACE RUN IN 2001 AND
START FROM THE 14th TRUCK,
14th.
>> JUST IN FRONT OF HIM, THE
DODGE, KEN SCHRADER AND START
IN THE 12th POSITION.
KEN SCHRADER LOOKING FOR A
SEASON-BEST.
SO FAR THIS SEASON, HAS
FINISHED THIRD AT MANSFIELD.
>> JOSH WEISS AND THE DREAM
MACHINE LOOKS FOR THE SECOND
CAREER START, SEVENTH POSITION
AND GREAT -- JOSH WISE -- AND
NOT AND JET TO POCON, LIVE
TOMORROW NIGHT ON "SPEED."
>> RIGHT BACK DOWN TO PIT ROAD
AND GET THE THOUGHTS BEFORE
GREEN FROM THE PIT REPORTERS.
>> REPORTER: RICK, I'M START IT
OFF TONIGHT HERE IN TEXAS.
I THINK THE MAGIC NUMBER IS
GOING TO BE 51.
THAT'S NOT HOW MANY LAPS CAN
YOU GO ON GAS, THAT'S THE
NUMBER OF THE CHASSIS THAT TODD
BODINE WILL BE DRIVING TONIGHT.
OLD NUMBER 51 HAS BEEN ONE OF
HIS FAVORITES; AS A MATTER OF
FACT, THIS PARTICULAR TRUCK HAS
WON FOUR DIFFERENT TIMES AND
IT'S BEEN QUITE A WHILE SINCE
IT'S GONE TO VICTORY LANE.
TODD BODINE DRIVE 51 TONIGHT
AND AS YOU SAID EARLIER, PHIL,
EVERYBODY THINKS IT IS THE
CLASS OF THE FIELD TONIGHT AT
TEXAS.
ADAM?
>> ANOTHER DRIVER TO WATCH HERE
TONIGHT, RAY, WILL BE ERIC
DARNELL.
STARTS 15th POSITION.
2006 WAS MAGICAL FOR DARNELL.
12 TOP 10 FINISHES, IN ROUTE TO
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR HONORS.
2007, SOMEWHAT OF A DIFFERENT
STORY.
WRONG PLACE, WRONG TIME THE
SITUATION FOR DARNELL AT THIS
CAMPAIGN.
A BRIGHT SPOT IN KANSAS A FEW
WEEKS AGO, A FIRST-EVER WIN IN
TRUCK SERIES.
SAY ERIC YESTERDAY BEFORE
QUALIFYING, HE HAD A BIG SMILE
ON HIS FACE.
I SAID, WHY ARE YOU SMILING?
HE SAID I GOT THE KANSAS TRUCK
HERE AND HOPE TO WIN AGAIN, IF
HE DOES, HE'LL DO IT FROM THE
15th POSITION, RICK, PHIL?
>> THANKS, ADAM.
THERETHERE'S BRENDAN GAUGHAN DG
DANCIN' INSIDE OF HIS TRUCK.
>> NOT ACTUALLY ROLLING RIGHT
THERE, THE WAK GROUND, THAT WS
BEFORE.
I TELL YOU WHAT, THAT TEAM
RIGHT THERE, HAD BAD LUCK.
THEY'VE FIGURED SOME THINGS
OUT, THEY'VE BEEN RUNNING WELL.
THE TRANSITION FROM DODGE TO
CHEVROLET, I THINK HAS BEEN
PRETTY SEAMLESS, PRETTY SMOOTH.
HAVEN'T HAD THE FINISH THEY'VE
BEEN LOOKING FOR BECAUSE OF BAD
LUCK THEY'VE BEEN INVOLVED
WITH.
BUT THEY THINK THEY'RE GOING TO
TRY A NEW ATTITUDE.
I GUESS WOULD YOU SAY THAT.
THIS WEEK COMING INTO IT REAL
RELAXED.
YOUHE SAID WE'LL GO OUT AND SEE
WHAT WE GET.