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SHADES OF THE PAST AGAIN.
PAUL: COMBINATION OF LOW AND
HIGH-TECH THERE IN THE MENARD
STABLE.
BOBBY: BESIDES GOOD EXERCISE.
PAUL: CALKINS STILL IN THE LEAD
BY NEARLY 20 SECONDS.
MIKE GROFF MOVING UP.
DAVEY HAMILTON, SCOTT SHARP,
ROBBIE BUHL AND ARIE LUYENDYK.
THAT'S THE TOP 10 FOR YOU.
ONE YELLOW TODAY.
LET'S GET REAL HERE.
BRAKES STOP YOUR WHEELS, BUT TIRES STOP YOUR CAR.
THAT'S WHY GOODYEAR'S NEWEST AQUATRED, THE ALL-SEASON AQUATRED II,
HAS A DEEPER, WIDER AQUACHANNEL THAN THE ORIGINAL AQUATRED...
TO SWEEP MORE WATER AWAY FOR OUTSTANDING WET TRACTION.
AND AQUATRED II HAS HIGH TENSILE STEEL BELTS FOR PUNCTURE RESISTANCE.
THINK ABOUT IT. BRAKES STOP YOUR WHEELS, BUT TIRES STOP YOUR CAR.
GET A SET OF AQUATREDS.
PAUL: BACK AT WALT DISNEY WORLD
SPEEDWAY, 103 LAPS TO GO.
WE'RE APPROACHING THE HALFWAY
POINT.
SWEENEY WILL BE GIVING THEM THE
CROSSED FLAGS TO SHOW THEM THE
HALFWAY POINT.
DRIVERS LIKE THE SIXTH-PLACE
MICHELE ALBORETO.
YOU DRIVE WITH HIM NOW.
HE'S MOVED UP NICELY.
WAS UP TO THIRD BEFORE THE
STOP.
BACK IN SIXTH RIGHT NOW.
ANOTHER DRIVER WHO WE'RE
KEEPING TRACK OF TODAY IS
JOHNNY O'CONNELL.
A SOLID ROAD RACER.
THERE HE IS IN THAT WHITE,
NUMBER 75 CAR.
THREE LAPS BEHIND THE LEAD.
BOBBY: SAME CAR AS ROBERTO
GUERRERO'S CAR.
HE IS FROM PHOENIX, ARIZONA.
TRYING TO GET IN INDYCARS.
THIS IS HIS FIRST CAR.
HE CALLED ME A WHILE BACK AND
SAID, WHAT DO YOU THINK,
BOBBY?
WE'RE GOING TO BE CLOSE TO TRY
TO MAKE THAT RACE.
I SAID, MAKE IT NO MATTER WHAT
IT TAKES.
YOU NEED THE EXPERIENCE.
HE'S ALREADY UP TO 11TH PLACE.
PAUL: LYN ST. JAMES HAS BEEN IN
AND OUT OF THE PITS.
SHE'S CURRENTLY 17TH.
THEN THERE'S STEPHAN GREGOIRE
WHO HAS GIVEN UP HIS CAR TO A
FRIEND.
JACK: WHAT PUT YOU OUT OF THIS
RACE?
>> MY GEARBOX IS BROKEN.
SO I DID A GREAT RACE.
VERY SAFE.
AND SO IT'S RACING.
JACK: LET'S CHECK IN WITH GARY
GEROULD.
GARY: JOHNNY PARSONS IS HERE.
HERE IS A DRIVER WHO HAS BEEN
BATTLING A 1993 CHASSIS.
YOU HAD A HANDFUL, DIDN'T YOU?
>> YEAH.
THE GUYS WORKED HARD TO GET THE
CAR COMFORTABLE THOUGH WE'RE AT
A SLOWER SPEED.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE.
I'M SURE WE'LL BE GOOD AT THE
SPEEDWAY.
GARY: TELL US ABOUT THE
FUTURE?
HOW IS ALL THIS GOING TO WORK
IN THE BIG PICTURE IN YOUR
MIND?
>> IRL, THIS IS THE FIRST
SEASON.
IT'S GROWING.
IT'S GOING TO GET BETTER FROM
HERE ON.
EVERYBODY'S EXCITED ABOUT IT.
THIS IS A BIG EVENT.
I'M HAPPY TO BE A PART OF IT.
WISH WE COULD HAVE BEEN
FASTER.
I GUESS EVERY DRIVER WILL TELL
YOU THAT.
GARY: CONTACT WITH BUDDY LAZIER
DAMAGED THE SUSPENSION.
PAUL?
PAUL: THERE'S CALL KIN, 18.5
SECONDS NOW AHEAD OF TONY
STEWART.
ONLY TWO CARS ON THE LEAD LAP.
AS WE'VE JUST CROSSED THE
HALFWAY POINT.
BOBBY: WITH STEWART'S CAR,
THEY'RE GAMBLING MUCH LIKE
DANNY SAID EARLIER, ON GOING TO
THE END OF THE RACE AND HAVING
ENOUGH FUEL TO UNLEASH ALL THAT
MENARD HORSEPOWER.
HOPE THEY HAVE THE TIRE
COMBINATION, FUEL, AND ENGINE
RUNNING GOOD TO PULL AHEAD OF
CALKINS AT THAT TIME.
PAUL: SIX LEAD CHANGES AMONG
SIX DRIVERS.
DANNY: JACK ALSO SAID SOMETHING
INTERESTING THERE THAT JOHNNY
PARSONS HAD CONTACT WITH BUDDY
LAZIER.
WHICH MIGHT HAVE DAMAGED THAT
RIGHT FRONT.
THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE
THAT MADE EVERYTHING LOOSE.
BOBBY: IT CERTAINLY COULD.
PAUL: THE A.J. FOYT CAR, DAVEY
HAMILTON, JACK ARUTE.
JACK: WHAT A TERRIFIC STORY,
NOT ONLY HOOKING UP WITH A.J.
FOYT, BUT DAVEY HAMILTON, A
VETERAN ALL ACROSS THIS
COUNTRY.
HIS BEST FRIEND AND ROOMMATE,
THE SUPER MODIFIED RACING,
BILLY VUCAVICH III WHO RAN THE
INDIANAPOLIS 100 FOR A COUPLE
OF YEARS.
HE MET HIS UNTIMELY DEATH IN
CALIFORNIA IN 1990.
DAVEY HAMILTON NEVER FORGOT HE
WANTED TO CARRY THE TORCH BACK
TO INDYCAR COMPETITION FOR HIS
DEPARTED FRIEND.
ON THE BACK OF HIS HELMET IS A
SIMPLE PHRASE "IN MEMORY AND TO
REMEMBER VUCI III."
BOBBY: THIS IS JUST THE TYPE OF
GUY THAT WOULD DRIVER THE
NUMBER 14 CAR, TOO.
PAUL: WITHOUT QUESTION.
HE WAS SUPER.
NOW IN THE 14 CAR OF A.J. FOYT,
WHAT A PROUD MOMENT THAT IS FOR
HIM TO BE ABLE TO CARRY THOSE
COLORS.
[ Jet Engines Roaring ]
THE SOPHISTICATED MATERIAL THAT'S USED TO MAKE THE COCKPIT CANOPY...
IS THE SAME MATERIAL WE USE TO MAKE THE HEADLAMP COVERS ON THE AURORA.
SO YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW ADVANCED THE REST OF THE CAR IS.
AURORA BY OLDSMOBILE. IT'S YOUR MONEY.
SOME DAYS I GET THESE REALLY POUNDING HEADACHES.
I USED TO TAKE TYLENOL
BUT IT DIDN'T ALWAYS GET RID OF ALL THE PAIN.
SO I'VE BEEN USING ADVIL
I FOUND THAT ON MY TOUGH HEADACHES
TWO ADVIL WORK BETTER
THAN TWO EXTRA STRENGTH TYLENOL TABLETS
BETTER THAN TYLENOL GELCAPS.
AND YOU KNOW
ADVIL.
FOR MY TOUGH HEADACHES, ADVIL JUST WORKS BETTER.
NEW ADVIL GEL CAPLETS.
ONE MORE ADVANCE FOR ADVIL.
PAUL: THE GLOBE THAT IS THE
SIGNATURE OF EPCOT CENTER HERE
AT WALT DISNEY WORLD OFF TO THE
SOUTHEAST OF THE RACETRACK
HERE.
THERE'S THE ROAD THAT LEADS IN
TO WALT DISNEY WORLD SPEEDWAY
AND PASS THE RESORTS AND OF
COURSE THE RACETRACK.
BUZZ CALKINS IS HAVING A
TERRIFIC DAY.
STEWART IS 14.9 SECONDS BEHIND
HIM.
THE EARLY LEADER OF THE RACE
AND THE POLE SITTER, BUDDY
LAZIER, IS WITH JACK.
JACK: PAUL, IT WAS A TOUGH DAY
FOR BUDDY LAZIER.
WHAT EVENTUALLY DID PUT YOU
OUT, YOU DIDN'T GO OUT AFTER
YOU CHANGED THE FRONT CORNER.
YOU FOUND ANOTHER PROBLEM.
>> YEAH.
THAT'S RIGHT.
WE HAD JUST A FANTASTIC RACE
CAR.
EVEN YESTERDAY WE HAD CERTAIN
PROBLEM.
WE THOUGHT WE FOUND IT
YESTERDAY.
IT WAS A LOT LIKE DRIVING A CAR
WITH SLOPPY STEERING.
YOU COULDN'T CONTROL IT.
THE STEERING JUST TOOK OFF ON
ITS OWN.
IT -- THROUGH THE RACE.
THE CAR WOULD LITERALLY VEER
FROM ONE SIDE OF THE RACETRACK
TO THE OTHER.
JACK: THAT'S WHY JOHNNY PARSONS
THOUGHT YOU MADE CONTACT.
>> WE MAY HAVE.
I'M TRYING TO CONTROL IT.
IT'S LIKE HAVING A SLOPPY
STEERING WHEEL.
THE CAR TOOK OFF ON ITS OWN.
IT'S A SHAME.
EVEN WITH THAT, THE CAR WAS
VERY FAST AND WAS GREAT THROUGH
THE FUEL LOAD.
DEFINITELY THE BEST RACE CAR
I'VE EVER HAD.
JACK: HERE'S WHAT PUT THE DELTA
FAUCET ENTRY OUT.
REMINISCENT WHEN YOU SAY THIS
10-CENT PART.
IT'S ONLY ABOUT 26 CENTS,
GUYS.
BOBBY: THERE'S NOTHING ON THESE
CARS THAT COSTS 26 CENTS.
MAYBE ONE TIE RACK, JACK.
AND A BROKEN ONE AT THAT.
PAUL: I TELL YOU WHAT, THERE'S
A VERY DESERVING RACE DRIVER.
BOBBY: HE'S A GOOD RACE
DRIVER.
DANNY: HE DID A GREAT JOB,
TOO.
HE DID IT WITH A CAR, HE DIDN'T
MAKE A MISTAKE, PUT IT IN THE
FENCE.
HE GOT SMART, CAME IN, PARKED
THE CAR.
PAUL: WE TAKE A LOOK NOW AT
TONY STEWART.
LOOK AT THE INTERVAL ON THE
DIFFERENT LAPS.
HE'S CLOSING DOWN ON BUZZ
CALKINS.
SO HE MAY HAVE A BATTLE FOR THE
LEAD HERE ONCE AGAIN.
A LITTLE WHILE AGO THE FEAR WAS
THAT WE'D HAVE ONLY ONE CAR ON
THE LEAD LAP, JACK ARUTE.
JACK: PAUL, REMEMBER, WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT A GAME OF
CONSERVATION FOR TONY STEWART.
HE IS UTILIZING THE THREE TEAM
EFFORT AS WELL AS THE THREE-CAR
EFFORT, GETTING INFORMATION
FROM TEAMMATE EDDIE CHEEVER AND
SCOTT BRAYTON.
THE TEAM NOW FEELS THAT THEY
CAN CUT STEWART LOOSE.
GIVE HIM A LITTLE MORE SLACK.
RUN A LITTLE BIT MORE FUEL.
AND THAT'S WHY HE'S PICKED UP
THE PACE.
PAUL: RIGHT NOW HIS TEAMMATES,
EDDIE CHEEVER, SITS IN 11,
SCOTT BRAYTON IN 15TH.
BACK UP TO THE FRONT OF THE
FIELD.
THERE'S BUZZ CALKINS.
24 YEARS OLD FROM D
GARY: HE'S WATCHING ANXIOUSLY.
WHAT ARE THE EMOTIONS AS YOU
WATCH YOUR SON IN HIS FIRST
INDYCAR EVENT AND LEADING WITH
A CHANCE TO WIN IT?
>> GARY, I'M OVERWHELMED.
I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE
HERE, NUMBER ONE, AND TO BE
LEADING THIS THING FOR ANY
AMOUNT OF TIME IS BEYOND OUR
WILDEST EXPECTATIONS.
GARY: WHAT'S YOUR BIGGEST
CONCERN AND WORRY?
>> THAT THE CAR WILL HOLD UP.
I THINK HE CAN DRIVE IT AND
HOLD ON TO IT.
HOPE WE DON'T HAVE ANY
MECHANICAL PROBLEM.
GARY: IS THIS LIKE A STORYBOOK
DEAL FOR YOU?
>> YOU KNOW IT IS.
THANK YOU.
GARY: ALL RIGHT.
TALK ABOUT EMOTION, PAUL.
THERE'S TONS OF IT DOWN HERE.
PAUL: CALKINS IN THE REYNARD.
THE ENGINEER IS KEN ANDERSON,
THE BEST ENGINEERS IN THE
BUSINESS.
AND STEVE RITTENHOUR IS CHIEF
MECHANIC.
BOBBY: I'VE WATCHED THAT LEFT
FRONT TIRE AS HE GOES AROUND
THE TRACK.
YOU CAN SEE HOW HE GETS DOWN,
ALMOST TOUCHES THE GROUND.
THIS GUY'S GOT A LOT OF
EXPERIENCE ON AN OVAL TRACK.
DANNY: HE'S DOING A GOOD JOB.
HE ISN'T RUNNING INTO THE
GRASS.
HE'S KEEPING IT CLEAN, STAYING
ABOVE IT.
ACTUALLY I WORKED WITH KEN
ANDERSON AT PENSKE.
HE'S A GREAT SHOP GUY.
AS WE SEE THIS TRACK HAS SOME
UP AND DOWNS, SOME ELEVATION
CHANGES, A LITTLE BIT ROUGH.
AND I'M SURE HE'S GOT THAT CAR
HANDLING VERY NICELY OVER THOSE
BUMPS.
PAUL: INDICATION IS THAT THE
BLACK FLAG WILL NOW BE SHOWN TO
THE NUMBER TWO CAR, SCOTT
BRAYTON.
AND THE REASON IS THAT THEY SAY
HE IS RUNNING TOO SLOW AND IS A
HAZARD.
127 LAPS COMPLETE.
BOBBY UNSER, I THINK THERE WAS
SOME TALK ABOUT HOW WOULD THESE
FIRST RACERS BE HANDLED FROM AN
OFFICIAL POINT OF VIEW, AS WE
LOOK AT SCOTT IN THE PIT AREA,
THREE DRIVERS WERE TOLD, YOU'RE
NOT GOING TO START HERE THIS
WEEKEND.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A
MINUTE.
LET'S GO TO JACK ARUTE.
JACK: PAUL, THERE'S REALLY JUST
HUNTING AND PECKING TRYING TO
CHECK AND SEE IF THEY CAN
ISOLATE WHAT THE PROBLEM MAY BE
IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.
THAT IS NOT AN EASY JOB WITH
INDYCAR.
AS YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO TAKE
THE FIBERGLASS OFF, LOOK AT THE
ELECTRONICS.
THE ENGINE AT LOW IDLE DOESN'T
SOUND TOO BAD.
THEY SAY THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO
GENERATE A LOT OF SPEED WITH
THE CAR.
NOW IT'S GOING TO SIMPLY BE
TAKE IT APART AND TRY TO FIND
THE GREMLIN.
BOBBY: WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO
SCOTT BRAYTON, HIS SLOWEST
SPEED AND THE REASON HE KEPT ON
GOING IS THEY DIDN'T HAVE
REALLY ANYTHING ELSE TO GAIN
OTHER THAN THAT.
IF THEY COULD STAY OUT ON THE
RACETRACK, THEY COULD GET
POINTS.
THIS IS A VERY FEW RACE
SERIES.
THEY NEED TO FINISH EVERY
RACE.
THEY TRIED TO STAY OUT.
PAUL: THEY CONTINUE TO WORK ON
THE CAR.
SCOTT BRAYTON SAYS, WELL, IT'S
TIME TO CLIMB OUT OF THIS
THING.
YOU GET THAT MANY PARTS OFF OF
IT.
LOOKS LIKE THE DAY IS PRETTY
WELL DONE.
DANNY: THAT HAS TO BE
DISAPPOINTING.
THEY CAME DOWN HERE WITH HIGH
EXPECTATIONS.
WANT TODAY DO AWFUL GOOD.
BOBBY: THE CARS HAVE TESTED
DOWN HERE SO MUCH.
THEY PUT A BIG EFFORT INTO
TRYING TO WIN THIS RACE.
I GUESS AS MUCH AS I EVER SEE.
PAUL: WATCH TONY CALKINS
CONTINUE TO MOVE OUT AHEAD OF
TONY STEWART.
CALKINS' BEST FINISH HAS BEEN
THIRDS.
THEY HAVE BEEN ON ONE-MILE
OVALS IN PHOENIX AND
MILWAUKEE.
HE CERTAINLY HAS THE EXPERIENCE
TO RUN THERE AT THE FRONT AND
TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO STAY IN
FRONT.
DANNY: BOBBY, WHAT DO YOU
FIGURE HIS EMOTIONS ARE RIGHT
NOW?
HE'S STILL GOT ONE MORE FUEL
STOP TO GO.
HE'S GOT TO BE PRETTY PUMPED UP
AND HE'S GOT TO BE KEEPING AN
EYE ON WHAT TONY STEWART'S
DOING AND WHAT THAT GAP IS.
BOBBY: ABSOLUTELY.
EVERYBODY IS RUNNING A COSWORTH
ENGINE KNOWS THAT THE MENARDS
OR THE BUICK IS GOING TO HAVE
MORE HORSEPOWER.
THEY'RE WONDERING, YOU KNOW, IF
I RUN HIM OUT OF FUEL, IF I RUN
HIM LOW ENOUGH, THE TEAMS ARE
CHECKING ON EACH OTHER, ALL
THIS STUFF IS HAPPENING DOWN
THERE BECAUSE OF SUCH A BIG
DISPARITY IN THE HORSEPOWER.
PAUL: I THINK WE JUST SAW A
GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW BRIGHT HE'S
DRIVING.
VERY CAREFUL ON GETTING PAST
SOME OF THESE CARS.
THERE'S THE 20 CAR, TONY
STEWART, SECOND PLACE, ROLLING
INTO THE PITS.
DANNY: NOT COMING IN FAST.
PAUL: WITH 66 LAPS TO GO, JACK
ARUTE?
JACK: IT SHOULD BE A NOMINAL
STOP FOR TONY STEWART.
THEY FEEL THEY HAVE SUFFICIENT
FUEL TO GO THE DISTANCE NOW.
THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE HIM THE
GREEN LIGHT.
STEWART SHOWING A LOT OF POISE
DURING THESE PIT STOPS, TRYING
TO BE DELIBERATE, MAKING SURE
THERE AREN'T ANY MISTAKES.
IT COST HIM ABOUT A SECOND, TO
A SECOND AND A HALF, THERE
AGAIN IN 18 SECONDS FLAT HE
TRIES TO GET BACK UP TO SPEED.
AND THERE YOU HEAR HIM.
HE FINALLY LIGHTS THE TIRES
UP.
AT THE END OF PIT ROAD.
BOBBY: HE JUST ABOUT KILLED THE
ENGINE.
THAT WOULD HAVE COST HIM ONE OR
TWO LAPS IF HE'D HAVE KILLED
THE ENGINE, MAYBE THREE.
DANNY: THAT FAR AWAY FROM THE
PITS WOULD HAVE REALLY HURT
HIM.
IT HURT HIM GOING OUT THAT
SLOW.
HE PROBABLY LOST A SECOND OR
TWO.
HE LOOKED SLOW DOWN PIT LANE.
PAUL: ROBERTO GUERRERO MOVED
INTO SECOND PLACE WITH THAT PIT
STOP.
GARY GEROULD TRACKING THE
CALKINS' CAR.
GARY: THEY'RE TAKING EVERY
PRECAUTION, TALKING HIM
AROUND.
NOT ON EVERY LAP.
THEY'RE TELLING HIM TO BE SO
VERY CAREFUL, KEEPING HIM
COOL.
WE EXPECT HIS SECOND STOP
INSIDE OF 10 LAPS NOW.
KENNY ANDERSON MAKING A
DECISION.
WE'LL SEE HIM IN SHORTLY.
LET'S GO TO JACK.
JACK: THE MAN THAT SAT ON THE
POLE FOR LAST YEAR'S
INDIANAPOLIS 500 HOPES HE CAN
DO THIS AGAIN THIS YEAR.
AT THE 200 OF WALT DISNEY WORLD
THERE WAS AN EARLY DEPARTURE.
>> YEAH.
IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT DAY FOR
US.
I HIT THE FENCE IN THE WARM-UP
YESTERDAY.
AND I THINK SOMETHING OBVIOUSLY
I MUST, YOU KNOW, HAVE DONE
SOMETHING TO THE CAR BECAUSE
RIGHT FROM THE START IT WAS
JUST SO LOOSE I COULDN'T DRIVE
IT.
I WAS JUST IN THE GUYS WAY, AND
I DIDN'T WANT TO CREATE A
PROBLEM.
WHICH I ALMOST DID ANYWAY.
SO I STOPPED AND I'M HAPPY TO
BE BACK WITH MENDS.
AND I THINK WE HAVE MORE
EXCITING RACES TO COME.
JACK: WATCHING THE PERFORMANCE
OF TONY STEWART, ANY CONCERNS
ABOUT FUEL OR CAN HE GO THE
DISTANCE AND CRANK IT UP?
>> I CAN'T SAY.
TONY LOOKS LIKE HE IS RUNNING
THE BEST OF BETWEEN EDDIE AND
I.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THEY
WILL DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN DO
TO GET HIM IN THE WINNER'S
CIRCLE.
I WISH HIM THE BEST OF LUCK.
PAUL: FOR BUZZ CALKINS, IT'S
BEEN 71 LAPS SINCE HIS LAST
STOP.
SO HE SHOULD BE SOLIDLY IN THE
WINDOW NOW.
DUE TO STOP IN TWO LAPS,
ACCORDING TO THE TEAM.
THERE IS LYN ST. JAMES.
SHE RUNS BACK IN 13TH PLACE.
11 LAPS BEHIND THE LEAD.
SHE'S BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE
PITS MOST OF THE TIME.
SHE IS STRUGGLING WITH
SOMETHING ON THE CAR.
BOBBY: SHE IS ONE I TALKED TO
TWO DAYS AGO WHO WAS HAVING
HANDLING PROBLEM.
THIS TRACK AGAIN IS SO FAST,
THE WAY IT'S BIMT, IT'S A
DEMANDING TRACK FOR CHASSIS
HANDLING.
LYN'S, THE FRONT END HAS BEEN
WEAVEING BACK AND FORTH ON
HER.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM SHE'S BEEN
HAVING SINCE SHE'S BEEN HERE.
PAUL: CALKINS, ROBERTO GUERRERO
.
TONY STEWART, HIS FINAL STOP OF
THE DAY.
ROBBIE BUHL, JOHNNY O'CONNELL,
EDDIE CHEEVER, DAVEY HAMILTON
AND SCOTT SHARP, THAT'S THE TOP
10.
A STOP BY THE LEADER OF THE
RACE, DUE IN WITHIN THE NEXT
MINUTE.
THERE IS ROBERTO GUERRERO
COMING IN TO THE PITS.
HE COMES OUT OF SECOND PLACE
FOR THIS STOP.
BOBBY: THAT WAS TOUGH.
HIS PIT BEFORE HIM HAD THEIR
TIRES OUT.
HE ALMOST COULDN'T GET IN HIS
OWN PIT, PAUL.
PAUL: A LONG PUSH TO ARIE
LUYENDYK AS HE COMES OUT.
THE LEADER OF THE CASE COMES
IN.
DANNY: THAT'S THE SECOND TIME.
HE OBVIOUSLY HAS SOME PROBLEM.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS CLUTCH OR
WHATEVER.
HE HAS A PROBLEM BECAUSE HE
COULDN'T GET OUT THE FIRST
TIME.
PAUL: WATCHING THE LEADER,
CALKINS.
NICE, SMOOTH WORK.
EVERYBODY IS TAKING THEIR
TIME.
THAT CAN'T BE EASE I AND THERE
IS GUERRERO.
CALKINS IS STILL THE LEADER.
WATTLES HAS ASSUMED SECOND ON
THE RACETRACK GOLD BY MICHELE
ALBORETO.
GARY: AS CALKINS GOT AWAY, IT
WAS VERY SLOW.
ONE OF THE PROB LEMS IS THEY
RAN OUT.
THEY USED EVERY DROP OF FUEL
FROM THE GRAVITY TANK.
THEY HAD THE LEADOVER *** THE
FUEL ON THE BACK SIDE.
THEY LOST ABOUT THREE SECONDS
TO DISENGAGE.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW ALL THE FUEL
HAD GONE INTO THE CAR.
PAUL: ROBERTO GUERRERO HAD HIS
PROBLEMS AS WELL AS HE STALLED
IT TRYING TO COME OUT OF THE
PIT.
THERE IS ONE OF THE VETERANS
HAVING TROUBLE GETTING IT
ROLLING.
CALKINS COMING BACK UP TO
SPEED.
ROBERTO GUERRERO, AS HE HEADED
INTO THE PIT, FACED AN OBSTACLE
COURSE.
HERE'S A LOOK AT IT.
ANOTHER CREW HAD SOME TIRES
LAID OUT AND MADE FOR A VERY
SHARP TURN IN AND A LITTLE BIT
OF CONFUSION.
HE STARTED TO TURN INTO THE
WRONG PIT AND THEN CAME BACK
OUT AND AROUND.
BOBBY: WATCH HIM LINE UP THE
RIGHT FRONT TIRE.
THE SMOKE COME
HE WAS DISTURBED HE COULDN'T
GET IN HIS OWN PIT THERE.
DANNY: THAT'S SOMETHING YOU
DON'T LIKE TO SEE.
THE TEAMS USUALLY WORK
TOGETHER.
THEY'RE A LITTLE GREEN.
THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT USED TO
THAT.
55 GOT HIS DAD.
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NEW ACTRON.
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McDONALD'S PRESENTS...
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UTE GRUNEWALD,
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PAUL: WE'RE BACK AT WALT DISNEY
WORLD SPEEDWAY.
52 LAPS TO GO.
WE ARE UNDER YELLOW.
THAT EMERGENCY VEHICLE IS
CLEARING THE COURSE AFTER STAN
WATTLES GOT INTO THE WALL.
ON -- ACTUALLY THE FENCE ON THE
INSIDE WITH A QUICK SPIN.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
THERE IS WATTLES AS HE WAS
WALKING AWAY FROM THE CAR AFTER
CLIMBING OUT.
IT'S OBVIOUS HE IS NOT
INJURED.
BUT IT WAS A QUICK SPIN, AND IT
DID BRING OUT THE YELLOW.
LET'S GO TO GARY GEROULD.
GARY: LET'S UPDATE THE
SITUATION WITH BUZZ CALKINS.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE
EXPERIENCE.
YOU JUST CAME ON WITH THE TEAM
NOW.
YOU HAVE THE YOUNGSTER OUT IN
FRONT.
WE SAW ALL THE FUEL GO INTO THE
CAR.
HOW MUCH FUEL HAVE YOU GOT INTO
THE CAR AND IS IT A CONCERN?
>> WE GOT -- WE EMPTIED THE
FUEL TANK.
ALL THE FUELS IN THE CAR.
WE HAVE MAY ENOUGH FUEL TO
FINISH THE RACE.
A FANTASTIC MILEAGE.
BUZZ CALKINS IS SUCH A SMOOTH
DRIVER.
WE HAVE CLOSE TO TWO MILES PER
GALLON.
GARY: YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY
IMPRESSED.
ARE YOU SURPRISED?
>> NO, NOT SURPRISED.
I KNEW THE KID WAS SMOOTH.
GARY: HOW ABOUT THAT, PAUL?
PAUL: WE WERE WORRIED IF HE HAD
ENOUGH FUEL.
NOW WE KNOW.
LET'S GO TO JACK.
JACK: I'M TALKING TO ARIE
LUYENDYK.
ARIE, YOUR PROBLEMS THAT
EVENTUALLY PUT YOU OUT OF THE
RACE, STARTED DURING THE FIRST
PIT STOP.
>> I RAN OUT OF FUEL.
AND THAT GAVE ME PROBLEMS
LEAVING THE PITS.
THEN WHEN WE WENT BACK AND
STARTED AGAIN, I COULDN'T GET
THE GEAR IN FIRST GEAR.
I THINK IT'S STRIPPED OR
SOMETHING.
SECOND PIT STOP, NO GEARS AT
ALL.
THE TEAM HAS DONE A GOOD JOB
FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIME WE'VE
HAD.
THE BRYANT CAR TODAY WAS
RUNNING GOOD, IT WAS HANDLING
GOOD.
I THINK I COULD HAVE BEEN UP
THERE FOR THE WIN.
THE PIT STOPS AND THE PROBLEMS
WITH THE GEARBOX KILLED US
TODAY.
JACK: HOW ABOUT GIFRG A GRADE
TO THE ROOKIES AND HOW THEY
PERFORMED IN RACE TRAF IB AND
EVERYTHING CRITICAL TO ONE-MILE
OVAL COMPETITION.
>> THESE GUYS THAT HAVE RACED
ON THE MAJORS, THEY KNOW WHAT
THEY'RE DOING.
I DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
ANYBODY OUT THERE.
SOME OF THE GUYS THAT ARE
HAVING PROBLEMS, LIKE SOME OF
THE MENARD CARS, I'M NOT SURE
WHO IS BEHIND THE WHEEL, THEY
HAVE A PROBLEM AND THEY GET OUT
OF THE WAY AND GIVE US ROOM.
IT'S BEEN REALLY GOOD.
IT'S BEEN REALLY GOOD.
JACK: PHOENIX THE NEXT STOP AS
YOU KNOW, GUYS.
ANOTHER MILE OVAL.
PAUL: THE RUNNING ORDER AFTER
149 LAPS.
THE PACE CAR SHOULD PICK UP
SPEED SHORTLY HERE.
THEY'VE INDICATED ONE MORE LAP
TO GO BACK TO THE GREEN FLAG.
AND IT'S 50 MILES, 50 LAPS TO
THE FINISH.
THIS YELLOW HELPED OUT ROBBIE
BUHL.
HE HADN'T MADE HIS SECOND PIT
STOP OF THE RACE.
WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT OUT OF THE
YELLOW AND IS NOW RUNNING IN
THIRD PLACE.
YORSE TO NOTE, MICHELE ALBORETO
STARTED 14TH, IS NOW IN FOURTH
PLACE.
AS WE GO BACK TO GREEN-PLAG
RACING.
BUZZ CALKINS IN THE START OF
THE FIELD.
YOU HEARD THEM SAY THEY'RE
PROUD OF THIS KID AND THINKS HE
WAS THE MOXY TO GO ALL THE
WAY.
STEWART, ACROSS THE LINE.
ON THE RESTART, CLOSE BEHIND.
AND ROBBIE BUHL IS ON A LAP OF
HIS OWN, ONE LAP DOWN.
BOBBY: WE REALLY HAVEN'T SEEN
ANY MISTAKES FROM CALKINS ALL
DAY.
WE'VE SEEN THE PIT GROUP BE
PRETTY GOOD.
MINOR PROBLEMS.
OVERALL, HE HAS DONE A GOOD
JOB.
DANNY: YOU KNOW WHAT, I THINK
MOST OF THE PEOPLE OUT HERE
HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB.
ATE BEEN -- IT'S BEEN PRETTY
IMPRESSIVE.
ONE THING WE'VE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT, EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE