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GETTING SET FOR NASCAR BUSCH
SERIES ACTION.
THE DRIVERS ARE BUCKLED UP AND
READY TO GO.
LET'S GO TRACK SIDE FORT WORDS
WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR, THE
COMMAND.
>> ON BEHALF OF CAMPING WORLD,
WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE
CAMPING WORLD 300.
WE'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR
HONORARY GRAND MARSHAL DAVID
CONNECTIONER IN AND CARL
WEATHERS, STAR OF THE UPCOMING
MOVIE ON OCTOBER 19th" THE
COMEBACK."
>> GENTLEMEN, START YOUR
ENGINES!
>> ENGINES HAVE FIRED 43 OF
NASCAR'S FINEST FOR 150 LAPS,
300 MILES ON THE 14-DEGREE BANKS
HERE AT CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR
STARTING GRID, DENNY HAMLIN
PICKED UNDER HIS SERIES LEADING
FIFTH POLE OF THE YEAR, HE'LL BE
FLANKED BY LAST WEEK AND LAST
YEAR'S WINNER HERE, KASEY KAHNE.
WHILE YOU WATCH TO SEE WHERE
YOUR FAVORITE DRIVER WILL BE
STARTING, LET'S GO TO OUR
REIGNING NASCAR CUP WINNER
JIMMIE JOHNSON WHO HAD A FUN
WEEK VISIT WIG HIS FRIENDS.
JIMMIE JOHNSON, RUSTY WALLACE OF
ESPN, YOU GOT US?
>> YEAH.
>> JIMMIE, I HEARD YOU HAD A
PRETTY NICE HOMECOMING THIS
WEEK?
>> I DID.
IT WAS AWESOME, REALLY, REALLY
COOL.
>> TELL US ABOUT THAT, BUDDY,
ABOUT YOUR FOUNDATION.
>> IT'S AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE
GOT TO SPEND SOME TIME AT MY
HIGH SCHOOL.
COBALT DONATED TOOLS FOR MY SHOP
CLASS THERE AT MY SCHOOL.
WE HAD A FUND-RAISER FOR THE
PLACE WHERE I GREW UP.
AND NOW TOMORROW NIGHT WITH THE
BUSCH CAR, THE BUSCH CUP CAR,
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING
FUN.
>> JIMMIE, WITH THIS RACE
STARTING TODAY AND ENDING
TONIGHT, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR
CAR'S GOING TO DO?
>> FOR THE FIRST TIME FROM THE
CUP PRACTICE TO THE BUSCH
PRACTICE, I THINK AS TED WALTERS
HAS TOLD ME, I IMAGINE IT'S
TIGHTER, BUT THE PACE IS
DEFINITELY GOING TO PICK UP.
THERE SHOULD BE A LOT OF GRIP
COMING IN NOW THAT THE
TEMPERATURE'S DROPPED.
>> ALL RIGHT.
BUDDY, HAVE A GREAT RACE.
WE'LL TALK TO YOU LATER.
>> THANKS.
>> WE'LL LET'S WITH THE MAN
CALLING THE SHOT FOR JIMMIE
JOHN, CHAD WALTER.
HEY, CHAD, ANDY PETREE, YOU GOT
A COPY?
>> YES, SIR.
GO AHEAD.
>> WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW
HOT IT'S BEEN.
ALL THE GUYS WORK ON THE CAR,
HOW DO YOU KEEP THESE GUYS
HYDRATED TO KEEP THEM FRESH
HERE?
>> IT'S BEEN REALLY HOT.
I THINK IT'S THE HOTTEST WEATHER
WE'VE BEEN AROUND ALL YEAR IN.
TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, YOU GOT
TO HAVE THE GUYS REMEMBER TO
DRINK.
THEY ALWAYS WORK HARD.
ALL THE GUYS ON PIT ROAD WORK
HARD EVERY DAY FOR ALL OF THE
RACE.
IF THE GUYS KEEP HIDE CRATED,
WE'LL REIN A RACE TONIGHT FOR
THE COBALT SERIES.
>> THE GOOD NEWS IS, THE SUN'S
GOING DOWN, SO GOOD LUCK.
>> CHAD WALTER, A FORMER
ALL-AMERICAN PRO FOOTBALL
PLAYER, TRYING TO WIN IN A
DIFFERENT ARENA HERE IN NASCAR
RACING TONIGHT.
OUR COVERAGE OF NASCAR BUSCH
SERIES RACING ACTION AT
CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY, BEING
BROUGHT TO YOU BY CHEVY, THE
WINNINGEST NAME IN THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION.
BY AARONS, EVERYONE IS A LUCKY
DOG AT
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WELL, IT'S HOT, HOT, HOT HERE IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THE LATE
SUMMER SIZZLE IN FULL SWING AT
CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY.
AND CARS GIVING EACH TEAM AN
EXTRA MAN OVER THE WALL TO
SERVICE THE DRIVER ONLY.
BECAUSE OF THE 97 DEGREE
TEMPERATURE, OVER 101 ON THE
TRACK.
A BIT OF A WIND OUT OF THE EAST
AT PA 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR.
OUR GREAT FOLKS IN THE PIT,
FIRST, HERE'S MIKE MASSARO.
>> WELL, DOC, OF ALL OF THE
MOVIE SETS AND YOU SOUND STAGES
HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THE
CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY HAS
UNDENIABLY THE LARGEST SPOT
LIGHT, THE SUN ITSELF.
AFTER IT SETS, THERE'S ANOTHER
OBSTACLE, CHANGING TRACK
CONDITIONS.
TEAM EXPECT TRACK TEMPERATURES
TO DIP BY AS MANY AS 20 DEGREES,
MAKING IT MUCH TIGHTER AND
FORCING IT TO ADAPT.
IF THEY DO NOT ADJUST TO THESE
TEMPERATURES ALL THE CHANCES OF
VICTORY COULD MELT AWAY.
LET'S GO TO SHANNON SPAKE.
>> WELL, MIKE, THERE'S A
STAR-STUDDED LIST TONIGHT.
AND ONE OF THOSE DRIVERS, KASEY
KAHNE IS ON QUITE A ROLL RIGHT
NOW.
AFTER STRUGGLING IN BOTH THE CUP
MOST OF THE SEASON, KAHNE AND
EVERNHAM MOTORSPORTS HAVE A NEW
BUSINESS PARTNER IN GEORGE
GILLETTE.
HE'S LOOKING TO RIDE THAT
MOMENTUM ALL THE WAY TO THE
THREE LANES TONIGHT.
HE STARTED SEC.
>> SHANNON, WHEN YOU THINK OF
NASCAR, YOU THINK OF NORTH
CAROLINA AND THE SOUTH.
WELL, TONIGHT, THERE'S A HANDFUL
OF DRIVERS IN THE FIELD WHO
ACTUALLY ARE FROM CALIFORNIA.
INCLUDED IN THOSE, JIMMIE
JOHNSON, HE'S A NASCAR CUP CHAMP
KWAN.
HE'S EXCITED TO BE BACK HERE ON
THIS STOMPING GROUNDS OF
CALIFORNIA, HE'S MAKING A RARE
APPEARANCE, JUST OF THE SECOND
IN THE BUSCH SERIES THIS YEAR.
OTHER DRIVERS TO WATCH FOR,
KEVIN HARVICK, ROBE GORDON, AND
JASON LEFFLER.
THEY'RE LOOKING TO MAKE THEY'RE
HOMETOWN AND FAMILIES AND
FRIENDS PROUD.
>> WELL, JAMIE, THESE CREWS
CERTAINLY NOT AS HOT AS IT'S
BEEN ALL DAY.
THEY'VE BEEN WORKING IN TRIPLE
DIGIT TEMPERATURES.
SOMETIMES, WHEN YOU DO THAT,
YOUR BRAIN GETS A LITTLE FRIED
AND YOU LOSE THAT FOCUS THING,
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
TO GET TO THE BUSCH SERIES YOU
ONLY GET A LITTLE OPPORTUNITY TO
LOOK AT THE RACE CAR.
THEY HAVE TO LISTEN TO WHAT
THEY'RE DRIVER SAYS AND WHAT
THEIR CREW CHIEF SAYS AND DO A
JOB.
JUST ASK MATT KENSETH THIS YEAR
AND OTHER GUYS WHO HAVE HAD
TROUBLE ON PIT ROAD AND LOST
RACES, DOC IT CAN MAKE ALL THE
DIFFERENCE.
>> IT'S ALL ABOUT FINDING WAYS
TO TOLERATE THE HEAT TONIGHT.
ALTHOUGH THE TEMPERATURES ARE
SUPPOSED TO DROP AS YOU HEARD.
IT'S BEEN OPPRESSIVE HERE TODAY.
OVER 104, 105 DEGREES.
20 DRIVERS IN THIS FIELD WILL BE
DOING DOUBLE DUTY HERE AND ON
SUNDAY.
KENSETH, BIFFLE, KASEY KAHNE AND
EDWARDS HAVE ALL WON HERE.
BY THE WAY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO
MARCOS AMBROSE, CELEBRATING HIS
31st BIRTHDAY HERE TODAY.
WE WILL HAVE ONBOARD CAMERAS
FROM EIGHT DIFFERENT DRIVERS
RIDING ALONG IN THIS EVENT.
DAVID RAGAN IN THE AMERICAN CAR
FOUR.
MIKE WALLACE IN THE GIEBLGCO
CHEVY.
KASEY KAHNE SECOND.
AND DAVID GILLILAND.
AND CLINT BOWYER.
AND IN THE CHEVY COBALT MACHINE,
AND DAVID REUTIMANN IN THE
AARON'S DREAM MACHINE TOYOTA.
TWO CARS WERE ASKED TO GO TO THE
REAR OF THE FIELD.
42 CAR, A.J. ALLMENDINGER AND
THE 77 OF SCOTT WIMMER AFTER
QUALIFYING.
300 MILES.
PIT ROAD SPEED, 55 MILES AN
HOUR.
A LOT OF DRIVERS BELIEVE THEY'LL
MAKE AT LEAST THREE STOPS HERE
TONIGHT.
$1.6 MILLION UP FOR GRABS.
A GREAT NICE FOR RACING HERE IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
PACE CAR PULLS AWAY.
AND DENNY HAMLIN WILL READ THEM
DOWN WITH KASEY KAHNE WITH 42
STRONG AS WE HEAD FOR THE GREEN
FLAG AT CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY.
>> WAY UP ACROSS THE RACETRACK,
RIGHT AWAY, DENNY HAMLIN MAKES A
MOVE.
>> AND RIGHT AWAY, THEY'RE
HAVING PROBLEMS GETTING GOING ON
THE BOTTOM OF THE TRACK.
BUT, GUYS, THIS IS THE FIRST
TIME THEY'RE GOING TO GET AROUND
THE RACETRACK AT NIGHT.
>> NOW THAT COULD CAUSE HIM A
PROBLEM LATER.
THAT THING NOT GOING IN GEAR IT
COULD OVERREV THE ENGINE.
>> YOU KNOW, ANDY, YOU STICK
THAT THING IN GEAR, HARD TO GET
GOING.
THE FIRST TIME THESE DRIVERS
HAVE BEEN ON THE TRACK AGAIN AT
NIGHTTIME.
ALL THE PRACTICE HAS BEEN DURING
THE DAY.
>> ALMOST THREE WIDE A MOMENT
AGO IN THE CORNER FOR SECOND
SPOT.
NOW, THEY GO BACK, ANDY.
HERE'S BIFFLE MOVING AHEAD.
>> AND THESE GUYS ARE LINED UP
ON THE STRAIGHTAWAY FOR THAT
DRAFT.
>> THEY'RE TRYING TO USE THAT
FOR THE STRAIGHTAWAY.
DENNY HAMLIN, HE GOT OUT BIG
TIME.
>> AND THERE'S A LOT OF GRIP ON
THE TOP SIDE OF THE TRACK.
WAY UP THERE.
THE 88 CAR, BRAD KESELOWSKI ON
THAT LAST RUN.
THEY NEED TO GET UP THERE AND
USE THIS RACETRACK.
IT'S SO SLICK.
>> AND THEY GRAB ON THOSE
CORNERS.
AND THE TIRES HAVE LOW AIR
PRESSURE SO THEY TRAVEL JUST A
LITTLE BIT MORE.
UNTIL THEY FILL THE TIRES UP,
THEY'RE LIKELY TO *** THE
RACETRACK A LITTLE WITH THE
FRAME OF THE CAR.
>> AND LOTS OF ROOM HERE TO RACE
WITH.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM TO RACE
WITH.
THEY USE UP ALL THEY CAN IN TURN
ONE.
THEY GET OFF WIDE, ESPECIALLY ON
TURN FOUR.
THESE TIRES ARE FRESH AND KNEW,
SO WHEN THEY'RE LIKE THAT,
THEY'RE GOING FOR IT TO GET
EVERYTHING THEY CAN.
>> AND OFF OF TURN TWO, CARS
SIDEWAYS, THE 14 CAR OF KYLE
KRISILOFF, GETTING DOWN IN FRONT
OF TRAFFIC.
ONE OF THE IMPRESSIVE ROCKIES.
KRISILOFF WHO HAD THAT TOP FIVE
FINISH AT TALLADEGA EARLIER IN
THE YEAR.
>> THAT RIGHT FRONT WHEEL IS
AIMED THE WRONG WAY.
HE HIT THE WALL PRETTY HARD.
>> LEFT REAR, LEFT SIDE.
>> IT'S THE TOUGHEST THING IN
THE WORLD TO TAKE, TOO EARLY IN
THE RACE, FIRST COUPLE LAPS,
YOU'RE ALREADY IN THE WALL.
THE GUYS HAVE BEEN OUT HERE
BRAVING THE HEAT ALL WEEK LONG.
AND ONLY THREE LAPS, THAT'S HARD
HIT.
RIGHT REAR QUARTER PANEL.
HE'S NOT ABLE TO FIX THAT AND
OUT OF THAT SOON.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT
HAPPENS.
>> HE'S ALREADY SIDEWAYS.
GOT IT AND GOT IN THE WALL.
>> THANK GOODNESS FOR THAT SOFT
WALL.
THAT TAKES THE IMPACT FROM THE
DRIVER WHEN THEY CAN HIT THAT
PART OF THE BALL.
>> YOU SAW BOBBY COMING DON.
YOU SAW THE POLE-SETTER DENNY
HAMLIN TURN HARD RIGHT, RIGHT IN
FRONT OF KASEY KAHNE.
NOW, WATCH WITH THE ONBOARD
CAMERA OF THE 7 CAR OF MIKE
WALLACE AND THE 90 CAR COULDN'T
GET IT IN GEAR.
>> AT THIS POINT, DAVID HITE
TRYING TO GET IT IN GEAR AND NOT
TEARING THE FRONT UP OF MIKE'S
CAR.
HE'S REALLY GOING TO HURT HIS
OWN CAR ON THAT ONE.
>> UNDER CAUTION FOR THE FIRST
TIME TONIGHT AT CALIFORNIA
SPEEDWAY.
LAP TWO, TURN TWO, THE 14
CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY ESPN, INC.
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>> IT'S A NICE RACE FROM TOP TO
BOTTOM.
GO DOWN THE STRAIGHTAWAYS, 203,
208 MILES AN HOUR.
A RELATIVELY FLAT CORNER IN
TURNS ONE AND TWO.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE DRIVING
COULDN'T THE FREEWAY AND GETTING
OFF ON AN OFF-RAMP.
THE RACING IS GETTING BETTER AN
BETTER EVERY TIME YOU GO OUT
THERE.
>> EARLY LAST YEAR, LAP TWO,
TURN TWO, KYLE KRISILOFF GETTING
OFF.
DENNY HAMLIN HAS LED ALL FIVE
LAPS SO FAR FROM THE STARTING
POSITION.
AS WE HEAD DOWN TO THE STUDIO
WITH ALLEN BESTWICK AND BRAD
DAUGHERTY.
WE SAY HELLO FROM CALIFORNIA
SPEEDWAY WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT
THE TEMPERATURE.
ONE OF THE FEW TOPICS OF
CONVERSATION THE OTHER DAY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
BECAUSE OF THE HEAT, THE TRACK
TEMPERATURE CHANGES, THE AIR
TEMPERATURE CHANGES.
AND THE RACE TEMPERATURE
CHANGES.
SIMPLY BECAUSE IT COOLS OFF, IT
COMES UP IN THE MOTOR.
>> GOING TO KEEP AN EYE ON
THINGS AS WE GO THROUGH THE
NIGHT.
SEE WHICH CREWS KEEP UP BEST
WITH THE ADJUSTMENTS.
THE LAST TWO RACE WEEKENDS HAVE
BEEN SWEPT BY DRIVERS.
WE'LL SEE IF SOMEONE GETS A
START ON THAT AS WELL.
>> DOWN TO PIT ROAD, MIKE
MASSARO, WHAT DO YOU GOT?
>> THE BIG STORY, APPALACHIAN
STATE UPSETTING MICHIGAN IN
COLLEGE FOOTBALL TODAY.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS GUY.
CHRIS ANDERSON.
HE'S THE JACKMAN FOR JIMMIE
JOHNSON.
HE PLAYED FOOTBALL AT
APPALACHIAN STATE.
HE'S GUNG-HO TODAY, BELIEVE ME.
HE PLAYED LINEBACKER AT
APPALACHIAN STATE, JUST
GRADUATED A FEW YEARS AGO.
HE'S A PRETTY HAPPY MAN.
>> AND THE TWO-TIME DEFENDING
I-AA NATIONAL CHAMPION GOT IT
DONE IN THE BIG HOUSE UP AT ANN
ARBOR, MICHIGAN UPSETTING THE
BLUE OF MICHIGAN, WORLD REENS,
34-32.
HE STARTED A YEAR AGO IN HIS
HOME STATE AT HIS OWN RACETRACK,
HE'S FROM SOUTH OF HERE, DOWN
NEAR SAN DIEGO.
AND COMING BACK TO THE GREEN
FLAG.
IT WILL BE A SINGLE FILE START
HERE, GUYS.
THEY CAN SHUFFLING IT UP TWO AND
THREE WIDE.
EVEN ON THE RICHT 1/2 START A
MOMENT AGO.
>> THE TRACK WAS REAL SLICK.
YOU HAD THE FRESH TIRES.
THESE GUYS WERE TRYING TO GET
ALL THEY COULD.
TRACK POSITION IS IMPORTANT.
WE TALKED EARLIER, AERODYNAMICS
PLAYS A BIG PART IN THE CAR.
YOU GOT 0 USE THAT.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THE CLEAN
AIR THAT'S FOR SURE.
THE RACETRACK IS THOUGHT GETTING
BIG.
THEY GET WAY UP AGAINST THE
WALL.
THEY USE THE WHOLE THING ALL THE
WAY FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.
THAT'S WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THIS
TRACK.
>> DENNY HAMLIN HAS LED ALL SIX
LAPS SO FAR.
KYLE BUSCH RIGHT BEHIND HIM AS
THEY COME UP TO THE GEARBOX AND
RED FOR THE GREEN FLAG.
>> KASEY KAHNE LOOKING TO THE
OUTSIDE, AND HE GOES SAILING BY
THE 20 OF DENNY HAMLIN.
>> KYL BUSCH IS ON THE
RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE TRACK
THERE, AND HE'S GOT A BIG LEAD
RIGHT NOW.
A LOT OF DOWNFORCE THAT'S
HELPING HILL.
TAKE A LOOK AT STEPHEN LEICHT,
REAL FIRED UP NOW, GUYS.
>> AND A LOOK AT KASEY KAHNE ACE
CAR.
KYLE BUSCH, YOU ARE THE LEADER,
BY THE WAY, YOU KNOW YOU ARE
LEADING.
IT'S KYLE BUSCH AND KASEY KAHNE.
AND THE YOUNG MAN WHO WON AT
KENTUCKY, NOW, WE TALKED ABOUT
THE FACT THAT HE HAD TROUBLE IN
THE ORIGINAL START OF THE RACE.
HE CERTAINLY CAUGHT FIRE ON THIS
RESTART.
>> BOY, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, HE
GOT SOME RUN ON THE VERY BOTTOM
OF THAT RACETRACK.
HE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS SHOT OUT
OF A CANON.
HE WAS MAD ABOUT GETTING STUCK
BACK IN THERE.
YOU SEE HIM RACING STEVEN
WALLACE, THOSE TWO ARE GOING TO
THE FRONT RIGHT NOW.
GOT A LOT OF GROUND TO MAKE UP
AFTER MISSING THAT START.
THE 32nd, 33rd, 34th.
YOU SEE THAT THERE.
THAT'S STEVEN WALLACE BEHIND.
THE YOUNG 20-YEAR-OLD IN STEPHEN
LEICHT.
THE PLACES OF NASCAR BUSCH
SERIES FUTURE.
RIGHT THERE, THE 90 AND THE 66
SIDE BY SIDE.
>> BOTH OF THEM ARE HOPING FOR A
GOOD RACE TONIGHT, JERRY.
THE TRACK IS REAL SLICK.
STEPHEN LEICHT LIKES THIS TRACK
IN CALIFORNIA.
HE WON THAT RACE IN KENTUCKY.
LOOKED SOCIETY STRONG THERE.
AND I BELIEVE THIS IS THE TYPE
OF RACETRACK THAT BOTH OF THESE
YOUNGSTERS COULD DO WELL ON
TONIGHT.
>> ACTION ALL OVER THE
RACETRACK.
THE 18 CAR GETTING READY TO MAKE
A MOVE.
WE'RE TRYING TO CONSIDER MAKING
A MOVE.
AND KEVIN CONWAY.
>> YOU TAKE A LOOK AT BRIAN
DICKERSON.
HE HAD THE FASTEST CAR IN
MICHIGAN, LATE IN THE RACE.
THIS IS THE SAME TYPE TRACK,
GUY.
>> EVERY TIME WE PUT THE CAMERA
ON VAUGHN VICARS, THE CAR WAS
LOOSE.
>> AND WHEN THIS RACETRACK COOLS
DOWN, ANDY, AND THE GRIP COMES
BACK BECAUSE OF THE TRACK
GETTING COOL, I EXPECT A LITTLE
BIT OF THE PROBLEM THAT BRIAN'S
HAVING IS GOING TO GO AWAY.
RIGHT NOW, YOU GOT TO HOLD OUT
ON THAT BABY AND DRIVE IT.
THAT'S WHAT YOU GOT TO DO.
>> IT'S JUST ALL HIM.
HE'S STILL THROWING IT.
YOU THINK THE TIRES ARE BUILT UP
BY NOW.
THEY MAY HAVE TO RISE THAT CAR
UP A LITTLE BIT IF IT KEEPS
HITTING GROUND.
>> THE TIRE PRESSURE NEEDS TO BE
UP WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
AND THE 17 CAR OF MATT KENSETH,
THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO
WITH THE AIR PRESSURE OR ELSE
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GRIND
THE BOTTOM OF THAT CAR OFF.
AND PROBABLY THE TAILPIPES IS
SUFFERING RIGHT NOW.
>> BRIAN VICKERS BACK IN FIFTH.
WE TALKED ABOUT HIS GREAT RUN AT
MICHIGAN WHERE HE LEFT 19 LAPS.
HE WAS VERY LOOSE A MOMENT AGO.
THE CAR WAS EXTREMELY LOOSE WHEN
HE TRIED TO QUALIFY.
LET'S SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENED TO
THE 10 CAR A MOMENT AGO IN THE
CORNER.
>> HE STARTS STEPPING ON TO IT.
HOLDS ON TO IT.
GETS A BITE AND GETS GOING
AGAIN.
THAT IS A LOOSE RACE CAR, GUYS.
YOU DON'T WANT IT THAT LOOSE.
AGAIN, THE TRACK IS GOING TO BE
CHANGING A LOT.
>> THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN COMBAT
THAT BIG PUSH TO HAVE IT AT THE
END OF THE RUN IS TO HAVE THAT
VERY FREE AT THE BEGINNING.
A GUY THAT CAN HANG ON TO A LOSE
RACE CAR, THAT'S AN ADVANTAGE.
YOU CAN HANG ON TO IT.
>> THE LONGER HE RUNS, ANDY, THE
FUEL'S GOING TO BURN OFF.
THE BACK OF THE CAR IS GOING TO
GET LIGHTER.
IT'S GOING TO SHIFT THE WEIGHT
DISTRIBUTION TO THE FRONT.
WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THE DRIVER IS
GOING TO REPORT TO THE CREW
CHIEF, HEY, IT'S TOOK TOO LONG,
WE HAVE TO TIGHTEN THIS UP, OR
HEY, IT'S COMING TO IT, DON'T
TOUCH ANYTHING.
>> 13 LAPS HEADED HERE.
HERE COMES JEFF BURTON, THE 49
CAR HAS MOVED ALL THE WAY UP TO
BATTLE FOR THE SECOND POSITION.
BURTON THERE IN THE 29 CAR.
AND RICHARD CHILDRESS AND DENNY
HAMLIN WHO WAS THE POLE SITTER.
HE TURNS BACK DOWN AND NOW TAKES
ANOTHER SHOT IN TURN THREE.
>> BURTON'S CAR WORKING REAL
GOOD ON THE BOTTOM.
YOU SEE BURTON COMPLETELY BELOW
THAT WHITE LINE.
>> BURTON TOLD US RIGHT BEFORE
THE RACE, I'VE GOT A REALLY
LOOSE CAR I'M GOING TO START
THIS RACE WITH, BUT I GOT TO
HAVE IT THAT WAY TO RUN FAST AT
THE END.
HE'S DOING A GOOD JOB HANGING ON
TO THE LOOSE CAR.
YOU KNOW WHAT, I DON'T THINK
IT'S AS LOOSE AS IT USED TO BE.
>> AND LEADING.
AND HE'S MOVED ALL THE WAY TO
SECOND SPOT.
BUT THE GUY THEY'RE CHASING,
YOUNG KYLE BUSCH WHO'S AT THE
HEAD OF THE FIELD HERE AFTER 14
LAPS.
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PAST 25 YEAR'S.
EARLY LAST YEAR, LAP 19 OF 150,
AS KYLE BUSCH HAS TAKEN THE LEAD
AND LED THE LAST 12 CONSECUTIVE
LAPS.
JAMIE?
>> WELL, KYLE BUSCH CAME OVER
THE RADIO A COUPLE MINUTES AGO
TO HIS CREW CHIEF AND SAID YEAH
THE CARS LOOK GOOD ON THE TRACK
BUT UNBELIEVABLE TIGHT.
HE JUST CAME ON THE RADIO AGAIN
AND SAID I'M A LEVEL FOUR OUT OF
FIVE BEING THE WORST.
RUSTY, ANDY, I WANT TO KNOW,
BEING THIS TIGHT, THIS EARLY IN
THE RACE, HOW WILL THAT FACTOR
IN WHEN WE GET TO THE END OF
THIS RACE?
>> JAMIE, I BELIEVE WHAT
HAPPENED, A LOT OF GUYS
OVERCOMPENSATED.
THEY LOT THE TRACK WAS GOING TO
BE LOOSE.
LINE THE MOUNTAINS OVER HERE,
THE TRACK HAS COOLED OFF A LOT.
RIGHT NOW, A LOT ARE TIGHTER
THAN THEY WANT TO BE.
IN FACT, YOU SAW SOME PEOPLE
COMING DOWN PIT ROAD AND ALREADY
MAKING ADJUSTMENTS.
RIGHT NOW, KYLE'S GOT GOOD
DOWNFORCE LEADING THE RACE LIKE
THIS.
>> HE'S GOING TO BE OKAY.
AS LONG AS HE'S OUT FRONT, HE'LL
BE OKAY.
WITH THE DOWNSTAIRS FORCE AND
THE CLEAN AIR, HE CAN HANDLE
THAT.
BUT IF HE GETS BACK IN TRAFFIC,
WERE EYE A TIGHT RACE CAR ACAN
MAKE IT TOUGH ON HILL.
>> GUYS DON'T LOOK NOW, THE 10
CAR OF VICARS IS FASTER, SET
GOING BY ALMOST .2 SECOND.
>> JERRY, HE FADED HALFWAY
THROUGH THE RACE BECAUSE OF A
PIT STOP PROBLEM.
RIGHT NOW, HE'S THE FASTEST CAR
ON THE TRACK BY .2, HE'S COME
THROUGH.
IT'S A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE HE
GETS AROUND KYLE BUSCH.
>> AND DETROIT, MICHIGAN THE
HOME OF THE BIG THREE, GENERAL
MOTORS, FORD AND CHRYSLER.
HERE IN CALIFORNIA IS WHERE
TOYOTA IS BASED.
TOYOTA'S ENGINES BUILT NOT FAR
AWAY.
SO HOW BIG WOULD THIS BE IF THEY
PULLED OFF THE FIRST
SUPERSPEEDWAY VICTORY HERE IN
THE HOME STATE.
>> BRIAN VICKERS WANTS TO SHOW
OFF THERE.
AT THE TOP OF THE RACETRACK, THE
BOTTOM OF THE RACETRACK.
HE'S BEEN CATCHING THE LEADER.
>> THERE HE GOES, ON THE OUTSIDE
OF KYLE BUSCH.
>> CLEAR, PULLING AWAY.
>> MIKE, WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN
THERE?
>> WELL, AS YOU CAN TELL, BRIAN
VICKERS HAS A VERY STRONG RACE
CAR.
THEY KNEW THEY WOULD, BASED ON
WHAT THEY DID IN MICHIGAN.
FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON, THEY
WERE THE CLASS OF THE FIELD.
UNTIL THEY WERE PLAGUED BY A
SMALL PROBLEM.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS WHAT GOES INTO THE VENT.
IN MICHIGAN THEY HAD A PROBLEM,
THE PROBE WENT IN THE VENT BUT
IT DID NOT OPEN THE VENT VALVE.
THE REASON?
THE VENT VALVE WAS IMPROPERLY
INSTALLED.
THEY FOUND THAT AFTERWARDS.
AFTER THAT, THEY COULD NOT GET
ENOUGH FUEL IN MICHIGAN.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED THERE.
THEY WENT BACK TO THE SHOP, THEY
EXAMINED IT.
THEY WERE NUDGED TO FIND OUT,
BOOST OR NOT, EVEN IF THEY DID
NOT HAVE THAT PROBLEM, THEY DID
NOT HAVE THE FUEL.
SO THIS WEEK, ON FUEL MILEAGE,
IN PRACTICE YESTERDAY, THEY WENT
50 LAPS AND RAN THE CAR DRY TO
FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT THEY GOT
THAT TERMS OF FUEL MILEAGE HERE
IN CALIFORNIA.
>> YEAH, MIKE, THEY MAY HAVE
PROBLEMS IN THE PITS, I'LL
GUARANTEE YOU THEY'RE NOT GOING
TO HAVE THAT PROBLEM AGAIN.
YOU KNOW THEY GOT THAT SOLVED.
>> THEY'RE THOUGHT GOING TO HAVE
PROBLEMS WITH LITTLE THINGS LIKE
THAT WHICH TURN INTO MAJOR
THINGS.
>> IT'S AMAZING, WEEK AFTER
WEEK, THIS TEAM, THE BRAUN
RACING TEAM GOT IT GOING.
>> DENNY HAMLIN'S BEEN FADING
AGE LITTLE BIT.
WE SEE HIM WAY UP HIGH.
WE GOT JIMMIE JOHNSON GOING THE
OTHER WAY.
>> AND LAPS 124 OUT OF 150.
THESE GUYS WOULD PROBABLY LIKE
TO SEE A CAUTION FLAG.
YOU CAN TELL SOME OF THEM ARE
WAY OFF OR SOME DEAD ON.
BUT IT COST IT FOR A LOT OF
THESE FOLKS TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS
AND ADJUST TO THE TRACK
CONDITIONS.
>> WHY ARE THEY RUNNING SO LOW?
>> A LOT TIMES, ANDY, THEY GET
DOWN, AND THE CARS ARE IN THE
FRONT END.
THEY TAKE THAT LEFT FRONT TIRE.
AND THAT MEANS THEY'LL HOOK IT
ON THE WHITE LINE AND THAT CAN
PULL THE CAR AROUND A LITTLE
BIT.
YOU'LL SEE IT MANIPULATED LIKE
THAT.
YOU'LL SEE THE CAR OF GREG
BIFFLE LIKE THAT.
>> GREG BIFFLE, THE 16 WITH
DENNY HAMLIN BATTLING FOR SIXTH
POSITION.
YOU TALK ABOUT THIS BEING A
SISTER TRACK TO MICHIGAN, HOW IS
IT FROM A DRIVER'S STANDPOINT?
>> FROM A DRIVER'S STANDPOINT,
IT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE.
IT'S A TWO-MILE RACETRACK.
FROM THE CENTER OF TURNS THREE
AND FOUR.
ALWAYS AT THE CENTER OF ONE AND
TWO, IT'S PRETTY DARN CLOSE.
OFF OF TURN TWO, INTO THE BACK
STRAIGHTAWAY, INTO TURN THREE,
AS A DRIVER, IT FEELS TOTALLY
DIFFERENT.
IT'S DESIGNED A LOT DIFFERENT
FROM MICHIGAN.
FROM THE SKY, IT MIGHT BE THE
SAME, BUT IT DRIVERS
DIFFERENTLY.
>> WITNESS SPEED, YOU'VE GOT TO
BE ABLE TO USE THE CARE OVER THE
CAR TO MAKE IT WORK.
>> AND JIMMIE JOHNSON RIGHT
HERE, HE WAS WORKING THE 20 CAR
OVER.
THEY'RE BUMPING RIGHT IT.
YOU SEE THAT AIR GOING OVER THE
TWO CARS.
IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE ONE CAR,
THE AIR THESE GO THROUGH THERE.
>> THE BUMP DRAFTING TO GET
SPEED.
YOU SEE IT MOVE OVER THE TOP TO
GET THAT CLEAN AIR.
NOW, MORE DOWNFORCE AT THE TOP
OF THE RACETRACK, IT'S A LOT
EASIER BECAUSE HE'S GOT THE GRIP
BACK.
>> JIMMIE JOHNSON NOW MOVING
INTO THE TOP FIVE.
MAKING ONLY HIS SECOND NASCAR
BUSCH SERIES START OF THE YEAR.
IF YOU JUST JOINED OUR COVERAGE.
DENNY HAMLIN WAS THE POLE
SITTER.
KYLE BUSCH LED THE LAST 16 AND
NOW IT'S BRIAN VICKERS AND HE
LEADS HERE EARLY ON IN
CALIFORNIA.
♪♪
>>> WE'LL BE BACK HERE IN
CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY AS NASCAR
NEXTEL CUP ACTION CONTINUES
TOMORROW.
AND KASEY KAHNE WON THIS RACE
LAST SEPTEMBER AND JUST TWO TO
GO BEFORE THE CHASE IS LOST.
THE BIG QUESTION IS, AS
AEROSMITH PUTS IT CAN DALE
EARNHARDT JR. GET BACK IN THE
BATTLE AGAIN?
CAN HE GET THERE?
TO GET THAT 12th SPOT, THE FINAL
SPOT IN THE COVETED RACE.
AND BRIAN VICKERS HAS LED THE
LAST TEN CONSECUTIVE LAPS.
THE 42 CAR WAS ONE OF THE
STORIES TO BEGIN THE DAY, THE
DEBUT IN THE NASCAR BUSCH SERIES
OF A.J. ALLMENDINGER.
THEY HAD ENGINE TROUBLES ON
FRIDAY.
THEY HAD ENGINE TROUBLES FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.
AFTER THEY CHANGED TWO ENGINES,
HAD TO START IN THE BACK OF THE
PACK, HE'S PICKING THEM OFF ONE
AT A TIME.
>> AND WE'VE GOT HIM AND HE'S
REALLY CONFIDENT.
HE GENERALLY DRIVES A RED BULL
TOYOTA.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE HE'S IN A
DODGE RUNNING FOR CHIP GANASSI.
THIS WAS A TEAM THAT WAS GOING
TO SHUT DOWN.
FOUND SOME SPONSORSHIP.
A.J. WANTED TRACK TIME, THEY PUT
HIM IN THERE AND SAID LET'S TRY
IT.
IT LOOKS GREAT.
>> THAT CAR LOOKS LIKE HE'S
FADING A BIT.
YOU SEE THAT 42 GOING FORWARD.
AND CARL EDWARDS' CAR, IT'S
STRUGGLED IN THE LAST FIVE OR
SIX WEEKS.
>> THE 42 CAR, ALLMENDINGER IS
GOING TO RUN THE NEXT FIVE OR
SIX RACES, BY THE WAY, HE'S
GOING TO CONTINUE TO RUN FOR
CHIP GANASSI.
CHIP GANASSI DOING THIS YOUNG
MAN A FAVOR.
HE'S ONLY RUN NINE NEXTEL CUP
EVENTS TRYING TO QUALIFY THE
TOYOTA.
>> HE WAS HAVING A TOUGH TIME
TRYING TO GET TRACK TIME.
THEY PUT HIM IN CHIP'S CAR.
HE'S THANKFUL HE GOT THAT.
TAKE A LOOK AT BURTON BATTLING
WITH KYLE BUSCH.
AND BURTON GETS IT EASY.
HE'S DOWN ON THAT WHITE LINE,
WAY UNDERNEATH IT.
LOOKING ON THE FRONT.
>> HE'S ALMOST GOT THE WHOLE CAR
ON THE APRON.
>> HE'S DEFINITELY FLYING ON THE
BOTTOM OF THE RACETRACK.
WE SAW MICHIGAN A CUB WEEKS AGO
WHERE EACH DRIVER WAS LOOKING TO
FIND WHAT WAS THE DEFENDANT FOR
HIS CAR.
AND THESE GUYS ARE STILL DOING
IT RIGHT NOW.
>> AND IF YOU'RE KYLE BUSCH,
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AN ADJUSTMENT
TO GET THAT CAR FREED UP A BIT.
>> PIT STOP SHOULD BE FIVE TO
SIX MINUTES AWAY.
BRIAN VICKERS AND COMPANY
GETTING READY TO MAKE WHAT
SHOULD BE THE FIRST OF THE PIT
STOP.
WE'LL TAKE A BREAK
>>> BACK AT CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY.
NASCAR BUSCH SERIES COVERAGE OF
THE CAMPING WORLD 300 PRESENTED
BY RVS.COM.
BRIAN VICKERS IN THE 10 CAR IS
THE LEADER.
HE'S LED THE LAST 17 LAPS IN A
ROW.
WE TALKED A MOMENT AGO THAT THE
5 CAR OF KYLE BUSCH LOOKS TO BE
HAVING SOME ISSUES AS THE CAR
WENT TO THE FRONT.
HE HAD A BIT OF A STRUGGLE.
>> YEAH.
SEEMS LOOSE.
SEEMS TOO LOOSE.
41 END ISN'T DOING ANYTHING.
>> TAKE A HUGE SWING AT IT
BECAUSE IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET
WORSE.
>> YEAH, WE'LL DO IT.
WE'LL DO IT.
>> PRETTY UNHAPPY WITH HIS CAR
RIGHT NOW.
BUT HE'S STILL RUNNING IN THE
THIRD POSITION.
A LOT OF TIMES DRIVERS SAY, MY
CAR'S TERRIBLE.
I CAN'T STANDS IT.
IT'S HORRIBLE.
THE CREW CHIEF WILL SAY, HEY,
MAN, YOU'RE RUNNING GOOD.
YOU'RE RUNNING SECOND OR THIRD.
AND HE THINKS IT'S BAD AT THE
MOMENT.
>> FOR MORE INFORMATION ON
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>> HE'S TALKING ABOUT TAKING A
BIG SWING AT IT.
WHAT THEY MEAN IS, THEY NEED TO
MAKE A BIG ADJUSTMENT TO GET ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS PROBLEM.
>> DENNY HAMLIN BEGAN THE NIGHT
AS OUR POLE SITTER.
HE LET THE FIRST SEVEN LAPS.
AND THERE'S A LOOK AT THE 20 CAR
AND THE JOE GIBBS MACHINE.
AND THEN HE BEGAN TO FADE A
LITTLE BIT.
HE FADED ALL THE WAY BACK TO
SEVENTH PLACE.
LET'S LOOK AT OUR CASTROL SYNTEC
POWER PERFORMANCE OF THE RACE
HERE.
JUST A MOMENT AGO.
BACK IN SEVENTH.
HE'S MAKING THIS MOVE.
>> LOOKS LIKE HE'S MOVING DOWN A
SKI SLOPE.
MAN, YOU GOT THAT ON THE TOP
SIDE OF THE TRACK, YOU HIT THAT
RUN ON THE TOP STRAIGHTAWAY FROM
CALIFORNIA, YOU JUST GOT TO GOAT
WHAT YOU CAN GET.
>> YOU SEE THAT WHEN CARS DO
THAT, IT'S LIKE A SLINGSHOT.
>> BOY, YOU SURE CAN.
>> MIKE?
>> KEVIN HARVICK ON PIT ROAD.
A CHASSIS ADJUSTMENT AS WELL.
A FOUR-TIRE CHANGE.
THE JACK GOING UNDERNEATH THE
LEFT SIDE.
TIRES BEING CHANGED, GRILL BEING
CLEANED.
AND HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE LEFT
TIRE GETTING HUNG UP A BIT.
THAT WILL COST HIM.
>> HAVING TROUBLE GETTING THE
LEFT REAR TIRE OFF THE CAR.
YOU SEE THE CREW THERE SHAKING
HEIR HEADS TRYING TO GET THAT
WHEEL OFF.
>> JASON LEFFLER, THE 38 CAR,
COMING DOWN FOR HIS FIRST
SCHEDULED STOP, SHANNON.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
THE 38 CAR, CUPPING INTO THE
RACE, WITH THE SLIPPERY
CONDITIONS THAT THE HOT WEATHER
HAS CREATED.
RIGHT NOW, HE'S NOT HAPPY WITH
THE CAR.
GOING TO MAKE A MAJOR DIFFERENCE
ON THE 38 CAR.
TAKING FOUR TIRES AND FUEL OVER
TO DAV.
>> AND CALLING FOR A BIG SWING
ON THE CAR.
HE'S BEEN THERE A LONG TIME.
THAT MAY BE THE ISSUE ON THE
LEFT REAR THERE.
TAKE THAT OUT AND THE AIR
PRESSURE.
AND THAT'S IT.
>> AND JIMMIE JOHNSON
COMPLAINING THE CAR'S TIGHT.
QUOTE, THE FRONT END'S NOT DOING
ANYTHING.
LOOKING FOR CHANGES HERE.
A FOUR-TIRE CHANGE AND A CHASSIS
AT JUDGMENT AS WELL.
JIMMIE JOHNSON IS MAKING IT A
LITTLE MORE.
AS WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE SHOW, AS THE
TEMPERATURES COOL DOWN, THE
TRACK WILL GET TIGHT.
THAT'S WHAT'S AFFECTING JIMMIE
JOHNSON RIGHT NOW.
MEAN TILE, HE'S NOT HAPPY WITH
HIS CAR AT ALL.
SAYING IT'S VERY HARD TO DRIVE.
THE PROBLEM FOR HIM.
IT'S NOT TIGHT BUT LOOSE.
A POWER-TIME CHANGE FOR CARL
EDWARDS.
AN AIR PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT AS
WELL, AS THEY SWING AROUND THE
LEFT SIDE.
CARL EDWARDS TRYING TO GET ON IT
HAS NOT BEEN ON TOP OF HIS GAME
IN QUITE SOME TIME.
JAMIE.
>> AND THEY'RE RUNNING A DIGIT
CAR, A PURPLE CAR.
NOW, KASEY STARTED MOVING, BUT
HE'S BEEN SLOWLY DRIFTING BACK.
THEY'RE MAKING AN AIR PRESSURE
ADJUSTMENT.
ONE ON RIGHT AND ONE ON LEFT
SIDE.
MOVING THAT TRACK BAR UP.
HE WANTS TO FREE IT UP A LITTLE
BIT.
HAVING DIFFERENT CONDITIONS FOR
KASEY KAHNE, THE WINNER.
AND HE'S DOWN 17.2.
MIKE.
>> HARD TO IMAGINE THAT BRIAN
VICKERS WOULD COMPLAIN AT ALL
ABOUT HIS RACE CAR CONSIDERING
HE CAME OVER SAYING HE WAS
PULLING AWAY FROM THE PEELED BY
.2 LAPS.
THARG MAKING A FOUR-TIRE CHANGE
AND AIR PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT.
NOT DRAMATIC WITH THE 10 CAR,
JAMIE.
>> AND KYLE BUSCH WAS ON THE
RADIO COMPLAINING ABOUT A TIGHT
RACE CAR.
HE SLIPPED BACK TO FIFTH.
REMEMBER, HE WAS STARTING TO
LOOK FOR HIS FIRST WIN HERE IN
CALIFORNIA.
AND HE'S DOWN.
>> MAJOR ADJUSTMENTS IN THE
FIRST ROUND OF STOPS.
HERE'S THE CURRENT LEADER, JEFF
BURTON, COMING DOWN PIT ROAD FOR
HIS FIRST STOP OF THE NIGHT.
OVER TO YOU MIKE MASSARO.
>> AND JEST BURTON HEADING DOWN
PIT ROAD RIGHT NOW.
HE SAYS HE NEEDS TO TURN A
LITTLE BETTER.
THIS IS A TEAM TRYING TO MAKE UP
FOR A MISSED OPPORTUNITY BACK IN
THE SPRING WHEN THEY LET 46
LAPS.
UNFORTUNATELY FOR THEM, THEY
ADMITTED THEY PULLED OUT AN OLD
SET OF TIRES ON THE FINAL.
VOWING NOT TO MAKE THE SAME
MISTAKE HERE.
THEY GOT FOUR FRESH ONES AS
WELL.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A MUCH
BETTER PERFORMANCE THAN THEY DID
IN THE SPRING WHEN THEY FINISHED
SEVENTH.
>> AND NEAR CONTACT WITH BIFFLE
AND BURTON AS HE LEADS, HAMLIN,
BIFFLE AND BURTON IN THAT ORDER.
WE'RE BEING TOLD BY NASCAR THAT
HE MAY HAVE LEFT PIT ROAD TOO
QUICKLY AS WE WATCH THE 41 CAR
OF REED SORENSON.
>> GUYS, THERE IS REED SORENSON
FINALLY COME DOWN FOR
ADJUSTMENTS.
IT FELT LOOSE AT THE BACK END OF
THE CAR.
THE CREW CHIEF WAS DECIDING ON
AIR PRESSURE AND TRACK POSITION.
RUNNING IN THE TOP TEN.
>> WELL, HE'S GOT REALLY HURT ON
THAT PIT STOP RIDE THERE, THE 5
CAR OF KYLE BUSCH.
PIT ROAD SPEEDING PENALTY.
HE HAD TO COME DOWN PIT ROAD AND
LOST EVERYTHING HE GAINED.
MIKE WALLACE IS LEADING RIGHT
NOW IN THE GEICO CHEVROLET.
HE'S DUE IN IF FOR HIS PIT STOP
SHORTLY.
>> AND HE FITTED IN ONE OF THOSE
CAUTIONS EARLY.
HE FIGURED HE HAD FIVE OR SIX
LAPS HE COULD EARN ON THESEGYS.
YOU SEE HIM COMING DOWN PIT
ROAD.
>> IT WOULD BE WISE TO STAY OUT
THERE, GET IT AND PRODUCE SOME
LAPS.
AND SEEMS TO BE TURNING AROUND A
LITTLE BIT.
REALLY STRUGGLED.
NOW, THE CAR SEEMS TO BE RUNNING
BETTER.
HERE COMES THE 90 OF STEPHEN
LEICHT.
>> 55 MILES AN HOUR ON PIT ROAD.
WALLACE HAS A LAP.
TRYING TO GET HIS TOP TEN OF THE
YEAR.
STEPHEN LEICHT HAS ALREADY WON,
WON IN KENTUCKY.
DRIVING THE 90 CAR.
>> AND WITH THE 18, YOU GOT FOUR
GUYS ON THE NUMBER 20 TEERTHS
AND TWO GUYS ON THE NUMBER 11
TEAM FIXING THE CAR FOR CONNOLLY
TODAY.
THEY WANTED TO GET KEVIN A GOOD
RUN HERE TONIGHT.
THEY'RE TAKING SOME GUYS OFF THE
CUP TEAM AND PUTTING THEM ON PIT
ROAD, GUYS.
>> A VERY DIFFICULT WEEK FOR
THIS YOUNG MAN, KEVIN, HE LOST
HIS DAD.
HIS MOM SAID COME BY THE HOUSE,
I NEED TO HAVE YOU HERE.
HE SPENT THE LAST HOUR WITH HIS
DAD, HE PASSED AWAY, AFTER A
LONG BATTLE WITH LUNG CANCER.
A LONG TIME BOARD MEMBER FOR
RACING AND THE BEST THING THAT
COULD HAVE HAPPENED FOR HIM,
THOUGH, WAS TO CLIMB BACK IN THE
RACE CAR AND FOCUS ON WHAT WAS
GOING TO HAPPEN HERE TONIGHT.
>> THE 5 CAR, WE MENTIONED A
MOMENT AGO, THAT'S KYLE BUSCH,
HAD A PENALTY FOR TOO FAST ON
THE EXIT OF PIT ROAD.
KYLE WHO HAD LED 15 LAPS EARLY
ON.
LET'S SHOW YOU THIS CAR'S
EXITING THE PIT.
12 CARS THE REFERENCE OF RYAN
NEWMAN.
>> MUST HAVE JUST SPED TO THAT
LAST SEGMENT.
YOU SEE HOW HE PASSED THE CAR.
THEY ELECTRONICALLY MEASURE THAT
SPEED.
>> WHEN YOU'RE MOVING SIDE BY
SIDE, ANDY, LEAVING PIT ROAD,
YOU'RE RACING THE CAR OUT.
YOU JUST WANT TO GIVE IT A
LITTLE BIT MORE THROTTLE.
BOY, LOOK AT THAT THING DANCING
AROUND RIGHT NOW.
HE'S HOLDING ON TO THAT 5 CAR
FOR DEAR LIFE.
>> HE'S TRYING TO MAKE UP FOR IT
NOW.
>> KNOWING KYLE, HE'S REALLY MAD
RIGHT NOW HE'S DRIVING HARD.
>> HE DROVE FROM 36 TO FOURTH,
THEY GOT HIM FIRED UP AT
BRISTOL.
>>> WE WELCOME YOU BACK TO THE
CAMPING WORLD 300.
WE'RE ABOUT AN HOUR EAST OF THE
LOS ANGELES.
GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
NASCAR BUSCH SERIES.
BRIAN VICKERS IN A TOYOTA.
AND HAS NOW LED A TOTAL OF 30
LAPS.
HE'S LED TONIGHT FOR A TOTAL OF
30 LAPS, AFTER STARTING BACK IN
THE NINTH POSITION.
ONE OF THE BIG WINNERS, I GUESS,
IN THAT ROUND OF PIT STOPS A
MOMENT AGO, MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE
12 CARS RIGHT INTO THE PENSKE
CREW OF RYAN NEWMAN.
>> HE CAME OUT IN SECOND PLACE.
JEFF BURTON HAS MOVED BY HIM FOR
SECOND.
STILL, HE SITTING IN THE 12th
GOT.
AND GREG BIFFLE AT KEEN 16.
>> AND THE LAP TILES ARE VERY
CLOSE TO EACH OTHER.
THOSE TWO LEADERS, BIFFLE AND
BURTON, THEY'RE ABOUT .4 FASTER
THAN THESE GUY.
IF YOU LOOK BEHIND THE 16 CAR OF
BIFFLE, HERE'S JIMMIE JOHNSON
RIGHT NOW.
JIMMIE HAS A GOOD HANDLE ON THE
CAR.
HE'S SITTING IN FIELD POSITION
AT HIS HOME TRACK AT CALIFORNIA.
HE WOULD LOVE TO WIN THIS RACE.
IT'S THE SECOND TIME HE'S BEEN
IN THE BUSCH SERIES ALL YEAR
LONG.
HE'S HERE AT CALIFORNIA, THAT'S
A TRACK THAT HE LOVE.
I DON'T THINK HE THOUGHT IT
WOULD BE THAT HOT HERE.
>> I DON'T THINK HE WOULD HAVE
ENTERED IF HE KNEW HOW HOT IT
WAS GOING TO BE.
>> AND THE 12 CAR OF EYE RYAN
NEWMAN, SHANNON.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, RYAN NEWMAN IS
CURRENTLY THIRD.
HE DOES HAVE FOUR CAREER WINS
WITH THIS.
AND HE TOLD ME THAT RYAN FELT
GREAT.
TOLD THE CREW CHIEF THAT JUST
GIVE ME CLEAN AIR AND WE CAN GET
IT DONE.
SOMETHING ELSE I SAW RYAN
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING AFTER
PRACTICE, HE WALKED OUT, VERY
HOT.
IT WAS SO HOT HERE TODAY, EATING
A GRANOLA BAR, GETTING IN THE
FOOD WHILE HE COULD BEFORE HE
STARTED TO RACE.
>> HERE'S THE 21 CAR MAKING A
MOVE.
AND YOU WOULD THINK, WHO MIGHT
BE IN THIS CAR, WELL, TONIGHT,
IT'S CLINT BOWYER IN THE CAR.
BRAD?
>> I THINK WITH THE CREW CHIEF
ON THIS CAR.
HE'S EXCITED TO HAVE HIM IN AS
THE CREW CHIEF TODAY.
HE SAID, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF
CHANGES OF DRIVERS, THEY'RE TOP
NOTCH, OBVIOUSLY.
THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS RACE,
GET ME TO 100 LAPS, THEN WE'LL
TRY TO TAKE CARE OF FUEL
MILEAGE.
AND THE FASTEST RACE CAR WINS.
I'M TRYING TO GET TO THAT 100
MARK TO OUTFOX THEM.
>> ON THE 100-LAP MARK, IF THEY
GET THROUGH THAT POINT, THAT'S
PRETTY WELL THE TEMPERATURE ON
THIS RACETRACK, GUYS.
IT PRETTY WELL SETTLES IN BY
THAT MARK.
TO PRACTICE WHAT IT'S GOING TO
BE AROUND THAT.
IT CAN BE ONE MORE PIT STOP,
FOUR TIRES ON IT, THESE CARS RUN
ABOUT 48 TO 52 LAPS.
SO IF THEY CAN PIT ON THAT MAGIC
TIME RIGHT THERE, 48 TO 50 TO
GO, MAKE THE FINAL ADJUSTMENT,
THEY'LL BE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.
>> LOOK BEHIND THE 21 CAR, YOU
SEE THE 9 CAR MAKING A MOVE.
THAT'S KASEY KAHNE.
AND THIS YEAR WON THE NASCAR
BUSCH SERIES AND THES THAT CAR
NEXTEL CUP EVENT.
IT'S ABOUT THE SWEEPS HERE, AND
HE WON THEM LAST FALL AND
KENSETH WON THEM LAST SPRING.
BUT THE 9 CAR HAD A CLOSE CALL A
MOMENT AGO WITH THE OUTSIDE
CONCRETE.
>> AND HE'S ONE OF THE GUYS THAT
ALWAYS RUNS THE TOP LANE.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
SEE HOW CLOSE HE GOT TO IT.
OH, TURN TWO.
THAT'S A BIG HIT, GUYS.
REALLY AGAINST IT.
LOOKS LIKE HE'S GOT THAT RIGHT
FRONT FENDER BENT IN ON THAT
CAR.
NEXT PIT STOP, HE'LL HAVE TO GET
THAT OUT.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE CAMERA.
>> HE LIKES THAT.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WILL DO
IT.
HOW ABOUT, IT BRAD?
>> I WAS TALKING ABOUT IT, BEING
ABLE TO ADJUST THE CAR
THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.
AUTOMATIC THE CREW CHIEFS SAID
WE'RE GOING TO ADJUST PRESSURE.
WHEN I TALKED TO MIKE, HE SAID
KASEY, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO
TOUCH IT.
THEY'RE GOING TO FIGURE IT OUT
AS THEY'RE GOING.
THEY STRUGGLED A BIT BUT
STARTING TO MOVE TOWARDS THE
FRONT AND FIGURE IT OUT.
LET'S GO TO JAMIE.
>> WELL, BRAD, I ACTUALLY TALKED
TO THE TEAM AFTER THE PRACTICE,
KASEY LIKE YOU SAID, LIKES TO
MOVE RACE CARS.
HE SCRAPED THE WALL WITH THAT
RIGHT REAR.
THAT WAS AN INDICATOR,
OBVIOUSLY, THE CAR WAS TOO
LOOSE.
THEY WENT BACK AND TIGHTENED IT
UP.
NOW, THAT CAR'S ACTUALLY COMING
AROUND AND GETTING A LITTLE TOO
LOOSE.
KASEY CAME OVER THE RADIO AND
SAID HE GOT PUSHED INTO THE
WALL.
>> HE MADE AN ADJUSTMENT ON THAT
CAR.
AND MAYBE THAT TIGHTENED IT UP.
>> THE KIND OF ADJUSTMENT YOU
WANT TO MAKE TO THE DRIVER, BUT
WHATEVER WORKS, RIGHT, RUSTY.
>> THE GOOD PART IS, WHEN HE DID
HIT THE WALL, IT WAS A LOT LESS
THAN WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS THE
FIRST TIME.
YOU KNOW THAT ONE ON BOARD
THOUGHT THAT WE HAD, ANDY THAT
WAS A GOOD SHOT.
>> JAMIE McMURRAY, THE 26 CAR,
STARTED BACK IN 22nd SPOT.
AND MOING HIS WAY TOWARDS THE
TOP PIT.
>> IT'S INTERESTING THEY
MAINTAIN THEIR POSITION DURING
THAT ROUND OF PIT STOPS.
THE CAR IS DOING SOMETHING I
DIDN'T EXPECT TONIGHT.
IT STARTED OUT TITLE AND THEN
WENT TO THE LOOSE.
SOMEWHAT OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE
EXPECT FROM THE BUSCH SERIES
CARS.
AS WE SEE A PATCH FOR THE LEAD,
HERE'S JEFF BURTON AROUND BRIAN
VICKERS, AS McMURRAY TRIES TO
MAINTAIN HIS SPOT IN THE TOP
TEN.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE JEFF BURTON
WENT SAILING ALONG ON THE
OUTSIDE.
AND VICARS SLOW.
DO YOU THINK HE WAS GOING SLOW
OR HE HAD AN ISSUE?
>> I THINK HE WAS SLOWING UP.
BUT VICARS WEDNESDAY AROUND THE
RACETRACK.
YOU'VE GOT TO HAND IT TO BURTON.
HE'S GOT THE CAR FLYING TONIGHT.
>> WATCH THE MOVEMENT A MOMENT
AGO.
THE 7 CAR.
AROUND THE LEADER.
HERE COMES BURTON.
HE NEVER LIFTS.
>> HE DIDN'T HAVE TO LIFT FOR
FIGHT FOR THE BOTTOM OF THAT
RACETRACK.
BRIAN VICKERS WENT IN AND
CHECKED UP.
GIVES BURTON THE LEAD.
AND HE'LL KIND OF CONTEST THAT
LATER.
>> JEFF BURTON TAKES THE LEAD
HERE AT CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY.
YOU HEARD THE PIT REPORTERS
TALKING EARLIER, HE HAS
UNFINISHED BUSINESS HERE.
HE LED 46 LAPS HERE IN THE
SPRING ONLY TO HAVE THE CAR FADE
IN THE FINAL 30 LAPS.
BURTON TRYING TO GET WIN NUMBER
>>> BACK IN CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY,
HARD CRASH IN THE 88 CAR, BRAD
KELS ALLOWSKY.
HEAVY, HEAVY HIT IN THE BACK OF
THE WALL.
A COUPLE CARS INVOLVED.
THE ONE CAR OF J.J. YELEY IS
INVOLVED.
HIS CHEVROLET SUSTAINED DAMAGE.
OVER 185 MILES AN HOUR.
THREE CARS COMING TOGETHER.
ERIC McCLURE ALSO SUSTAINING
DAMAGE IN THE 0 CAR.
BRINGS OUT CAUTION FOR THE
SECOND CAR TONIGHT.
THE GOOD NEWS IS BRAD KESSEL
LOUSESKY HAS PUT THE WINDOW
DOWN.
>> HE GOT IT ON THE TOP OF THE
WALL FOR A WHILE.
AND THE 42 CAR OF A.J.
ALLMENDINGER, THE FOURTH CAR
INVOLVED.
>> THE LAST LITTLE SHOT WE HAD,
THE 42 CAR OF A.J. ALLMENDINGER,
THE 88 CAR OF BRAD KESSEL
LOSSSKY WERE TOGETHER.
>> THE 88, THE 42 OF
ALLMENDINGER.
>> THE 88 CAR, HE HIT THE BIG
RUN OFF OF TURN FOUR.
IT'S A BIG DRAG RACE INTO TURN
ONE.
THREE WIDE -- FOUR WIDE.
AND THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO
DO.
HE GETS TAGGED.
ALLMENDINGER AND KESELOWSKI IS
WHERE IT DID THIS COME FROM.
THATS WAS ONE FREAK ACCIDENT.
ONE CAR, GOT IN THE BACK OF THAT
AND THAT'S WHAT STARTED THAT
WHOLE THING.
>> BRAD KESELOWSKI GOT
BLINDSIDED.
HE DIDN'T SEE THAT AT ALL.
GETS INTO THE RIGHT REAR QUARTER
PANEL AND THE 88 CAR SLAMS THE
WALL.
UP IN THE AIR.
>> I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN A
HARDER WRECK GOING INTO IT IN MY
LIFE.
THE THING ON FIRE.
AGAIN, THE SOFT WALL THAT NASCAR
HAS HELD UP.
WE SAW BRAD GET OUT OF THE CAR,
THAT'S GREAT.
BOY, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THAT
REMINDS ME OF BAD ACCIDENTS WE
SEE IN THE SPORT IN THE PAST.
THANK GOD THE KID WALKED AWAY,
TERRIBLE IMPACT.
>> TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF HOW
FAST THAT IS GOING.
RIGHT NOW, YOU SEE THE CAR IN
THE AIR.
GOING OVER 200 MILES AN HOUR.
>> ACTUALLY DANCED ON THE HOOD
OF THE 42 CAR BUT KEPT IT UP IN
THE AIR.
AND KESELOWSKI'S CAR WAS ALONG
THAT WALL.
>> I HATE TO SAY THINGS LIKE
THIS, IT REMINDS ME A LONG TIME
AGO WHEN DALE SENIOR HIT THE
WALL A LANGUAGE TIME AGO.
THIS IS DALE JUNIOR'S CAR.
BRAD'S SHOOKEN UP PRETTY BAD.
>> BRAD KESELOWSKI AWAKE ENOUGH
TO PUT THE WINDOW DROP DOWN.
AND AS YOU SAID, ANDY, ALMOST
200 MILES AN HOUR.
THEY HAVE A SAFETY CAGE IN
THERE.
OBVIOUSLY, HIS FOOT WAS ON THE
PEDALS IN THE COCKPIT.
LET'S WATCH AND LISTEN WHAT
HAPPENED IN THE JUST A MOMENT
AGO.
>> TO REMIND YOU AGAIN THAT WAS
THE FASTERT PART OF THE
RACETRACK, GOING INTO TURN ONE,
CLOSE TO 200 MILES PER HOUR,
HEAD-ON INTO THE WALL AND THE
KID GETS OUT OF THE CAR AND
WALKS AWAY.
>> 23-YEAR-OLD BRAD KESELOWSKI,
COMING OFF HIS CAREER BEST
FINISH JUST A WEEK AGO AT
BRISTOL, TENNESSEE, TO GET INTO
A SEVENTH PLACE FINISH.
SO EXCITED, SO HIGH ON THE
OPPORTUNITY THAT HE HAD DRIVING
FOR DALE EARNHARDT JR.
>> JERRY, I DON'T WANT TO
SPECULATE, HE'S DEFINITELY IN
PAIN.
SOMETHING IS HURTING HIM.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE A MAN CAN
WALK AWAY FROM IMPACT LIKE THAT.
LOOKS LIKE HE'S FAVORING ONE OF
HIS LEGS.
MAYBE SOMETHING, WHO KNOWS.
>> HE'S GOT THE DAMAGE ON THE
LEFT FRONT.
AND YOU SEE THE DAMAGE THERE.
HE COULD HAVE BANGED HIS LEGS
AGAINST SOME OF THE PEDALS OR
THE STEERING COLUMNS.
THEY JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY
TAKE GOOD CARE OF HIM.
>> DEFINITELY, MAYBE A BIG BRUCE
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AN IMPACT LIKE THAT CAN
DEFINITELY HURT YOUR LEG AND NOT
BREAK YOUR LEG.
>> KEVIN MOSS, A MOMENT AGO, HAD
THE RED FLAG OUT.
THE CARS WERE STOPPED ON THE
RACETRACK.
WE WILL GET YOU AN UPDATE AS
SOON AS WE CAN ON BRAD
KESELOWSKI.
AGAIN, A VIOLENT IMPACT THAT
PRODUCED A CAUTION FOR THE
SECOND TIME TONIGHT.
42 CAR UP UNDERNEATH THE 88 OF
KESELOWSKI.
COMES DOWN OFF THE
>>> BACK AT CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY,
WHERE WE'RE UNDER A RED FLAG
CONDITION AFTER 69 OF 150 LAPS.
THE CAMPING WORLD 300 PRESENTED
BY RVs.COM.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO PICK UP THE
CARS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN A
GRINDING CRASH HERE ON LAP 67.
THERE IS THE 88 CAR.
THE CAR OWNED BY DALE EARNHARDT
JR.
BRAD KESELOWSKI, THERE'S THE 42
OF A.J. ALLMENDINGER.
HE WAS INVOLVED.
THE 1 OF J.J. YELEY AND THE 0 OF
ERIC McCLURE.
HERE'S THE INCIDENT.
NOW, WATCH THE SPEED HERE IN THE
88 CAR.
WATCH AS THEY GO IN THE CORNER.
OVER 185 MILES AN HOUR.
>> IT'S OVER 190 MILE IT'S AN
HOUR.
GETS BLINDSIDED BY THE 42 CAR.
CAR ON ITS SIDE, UP ON THE WALL,
STILL GOING AT IMPACT, RIGHT AT
100 MILES AN HOW.
HE CAME ACROSS THE HOOD OF
ALLMENDINGER'S DODGE.
AND NOW COMES ACROSS THE
RACETRACK.
NO LOOKING ACROSS TURN TWO.
>> YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW LITTLE
IMPACT IT TAKES.
THE CARS BARELY TOUCH GETTING IN
THE CORNER.
WHEN THEY START LOSING CONTROL,
THEN YOU HAVE THESE KIND OF
THINGS CAN HAPPEN AT THESE KIND
OF SPEEDS.
>> THINK HITTING THAT WALL AT
CONCRETE.
THIS SOFT WALL HAS BEEN SO GOOD
FOR THESE DRIVERS AND EVERYBODY.
THEY TELL US IT TAKES CLOSE TO
40% IMPACT OUT OF A DRIVER'S
BODY.
FOR SURE, BRAD TESTED THAT WALL
THAT TIME.
THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE IMPACT.
AND THE WALL LOOKS LIKE IT'S
PRETTY DECENT SHAPE.
THERE IS THE S.A.F.E.R. BARRIER
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE
GREATEST INNOVATIONS IN NASCAR.
THEY HAVE THE FUEL CELL.
THE FIRE SUIT, THE WINDOW NET.
THE SEAT BELTS, THE FIVE-POINT
HARNESSES.
ALL THE THINGS IN SAFETY
FEATURES IN NASCAR RACING.
THEY ACTUALLY MOVED TONIGHT
PASSENGER CARS.
BUT THAT S.A.F.E.R. BARRIER IS
PROBABLY THE BIGGEST INNOVATIONS
IN TWO DECADES.
>> DEFINITELY, JERRY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK WHAT ABOUT
TO DO TO MAKE THE CARS SAFER.
>> WHILE WE'RE AT RED FLAG,
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN VISIT WITH
OUR IN-RACE REPORTER, JIMMIE
JOHNSON WHO CURRENTLY SITS
FOURTH IN LINE.
>> JIMMIE JOHNSON, RUSTY
WALLACE, ESPN, YOU GOT US?
JIMMIE JOHNSON, RUSTY WALLACE,
YOU GOT US?
GUYS, WHAT COULD HAPPEN RIGHT
NOW, THEY MIGHT HAVE TURNED THE
RADIO OFF TO SAVE THE BATTERY
POWER ON THE RADIO.
A LOT OF TIMES, CREW CHIEFS AND
DRIVERS WILL TALK AT AN EXTENDED
RED FLAG.
LOOK, JIMMIE TURN THE BATTERY
OFF ON THE RADIO, WE DON'T WANT
IT TO GO DEAD.
THAT'S A SMART THING IF HE'S
DONE THAT RIGHT NOW.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT WILL
LAST.
>> CHAD WALTER, THE CREW CHIEF,
THEY'RE TALKING TO THE CREWS.
THAT IS A GOOD POINT.
AS A PIT REPORTER, I'VE HEARD
THEM SAY, WE'RE GOING TO TURN
THE RADIOS OFF.
WHEN YOU'RE TOLD TO FIRE TO ROLL
OFF, YOU TURN THEM BACK ON TO
SAVE THE BATTERIES.
UNDER RED FLAG.
CLEANUP CONTINUES HERE.
THE COLOR SCHEME BY THE WAY ON
THE 88 CAR WAS TO HONOR THE
NAVY'S CONSTRUCTION BATTALION.
THERE'S THE 42 CAR.
A.J. ALLMENDINGER MAKING HIS
DEBUT IN THE NASCAR BUSCH
SERIES.
AND THE 0 MASS NASCAR BUSCH
>>> GREAT INDYCAR COVERAGE
COMING YOUR WAY FROM IN DETROIT.
THEY GO TO THE WINDING ROAD
COURSE THERE.
AND CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY UNDER
RED FLAG.
NASCAR IS ALLOWING THE DRIVERS
TO CLIMB OUT OF THE CARS BECAUSE
OF THE HEAT TODAY.
IF YOU JUST JOINED THE COVERAGE.
WE HAD AIR TEMPERATURE
APPROACHES 105 DEGREES.
TRACK TEMPERATURE OF 140.
IT'S COOLED OFF.
IF YOU CAN CALL THE TEMPERATURES
COOL.
THESE DRIVERS WERE ALLOWED
OUTSIDE THE CAR.
THEY'RE ALLOWING ONE CREW MEMBER
TO BRING WATER TO SERVICE IT.
DENNY HAMLIN TALKING TO ONE OF
HIS CREW MEMBERS.
>> AND THESE CARS ARE SO HOT
INSIDE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU
STOP, TURN THE ENGINE OFF,
THERE'S NO AIRFLOW.
IT'S LIKE A SAUNA INSIDE.
SO NASCAR DID A SMART THING BY
LETTING THE DRIVERS GET OUT OF
THE BOWLING HOT CARS AND COOL
OFF A BIT.
HERE IN CALIFORNIA IT'S STILL
HOT OUT.
CLOSE TO 90 DEGREES.
>> WE'RE UNDER THE RED FLAG
BECAUSE OF REPAIRS TAKING PLACE
IN THE S.A.F.E.R. BARRIER.
THE SOFT WALL ON THE TURN, WHERE
THE IMPACT OF FOUR CARS PRODUCED
THE SECOND CAUTION OF THE NIGHT.
AGAIN, THE FOUR CARS INVOLVED,
THE 0 OF ERIC McCLURE.
THE 1 OF J.J. YELEY, THE 40 OF
A.J. ALLMENDINGER.
AND THE MOST SERIOUS, 88 OF BRAD
KESELOWSKI.
THIS IS THE INCIDENT ON LAP 67.
COMING DOWN THROUGH THE TRAVEL
AREA, ENTERING TURN ONE.
WATCH THE CONTACT.
>> FOUR WIDE, GETTING INTO TURN
ONE.
IT'S A TOUGH ACCIDENT RIGHT
THERE.
IT'S JUST AMAZING.
THE SOFTBALL WALL, WE TALKED
ABOUT THAT, HOW GOOD THE SOFT
WALL HELD UP.
JUST A LITTLE BIT, WE SAW IT,
STILL HAD GREAT SHAPE.
NASCAR HAS HAD ENOUGH ACCIDENTS,
THEY KNOW IF IT'S BROKEN AT ALL.
THEY'RE GOING TO RED FLAG IT AND
FIX IT.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT
NOW.
THE THING DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB
HOLDING UP.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE SPEEDS IN
TURN ONE.
185.
190, PUSHING 190.
RIGHT BEFORE HE STARTS GETTING
OUT OF THE THROTTLE.
A LOT OF SPEED.
HE DOESN'T SEE THE 42 CAR
COMING.
HE GETS IN THE RIGHT QUARTER
PANEL.
LOOK HOW FAST THE CAR STARTS
SLOWING DOWN.
>> ALMOST A 40 MILE-AN-HOUR DROP
RIGHT ON THE IMPACT.
THESE SOFT WALLS HAVE HELPED THE
CARS TAKE THE ENERGY OUT OF
THESE CRASHES.
BUT THEY ARE A LITTLE FRAGILE,
SO TO SPEAK.
THEY HAVE TO GO BACK AND FIX
THEM.
WHEN THEY HIT THEM REALLY HARD.
SOMETIMES, IT'S MADE OUT OF
ALUMINUM, LIKE TUBING.
THEY GOT THE STYROFOAM BEHIND
THEM.
THEY CAN GO BACK AND REWELD THAT
STUFF AND REPLACE THE FOAM, MAKE
IT AS GOOD AS NEW.
>> BRAD KESELOWSKI MAKING HIS
19th STAR IN BUSCH SERIES.
AND HIS NINTH CAR OF THE YEAR
OWNED BY J.R. MOTORSPORTS OWNED
BY DALE EARNHARDT JR.
INFORMATION WE'RE GETTING FROM
NASCAR IS THAT BRAD KESELOWSKI
IS AWAKE AND ALERT.
AND HE'S GOING TO BE FLOWN OUT
FOR FURTHER VAGSS, X-RAYS.
GOOD NEWS, BRAD KESELOWSKI, HE
WAS AWAKE AND ALERT.
WE SAW HIM PUT THE WINDOW NET
DOWN.
THE 42 CAR, A.J. AL MEN DING
ARE, HAS BEEN CHECKED AND
RELEASED AT THE IN-FIELD CARE
CENTER.
AS A DRIVER, RUSTY, STANDING BY
YOUR CAR, AND YOU WITNESSED THAT
KIND OF IMPACT.
HOW DOES THAT IT AFFECT YOU?
>> IT MAKES YOU THINK THAT THE
GUY'S OKAY.
KIND OF LIKE HE'S OKAY RIGHT
NOW, MAYBE A LEG INJURY OR
SOMETHING, JERRY, WE'RE NOT SURE
YET.
AFTER THE ACCIDENT, YOU START
THINKING EVERYBODY'S OKAY, THEN
YOU START THINKING ABOUT YOUR
CAR.
RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE ALLOWING ONE
OF THE CREW MEMBERS TO DISCUSS
WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.
YOU'RE THINKING, HOW AM I GOING
TO MAKE MY CAR BETTER.
>> THE DRIVERS TRYING TO GET
FRESH AIR.
LET'S CHECK IN WHERE DAVE HAS
CAUGHT UP WITH THE DRIVER OF THE
0, ERIC McCLURE.
>> IF YOU GUYS CAN ROLL TAPE FOR
HIM.
HE SAID HE WOULD BE INTERESTED
IN SEEING IT.
OBVIOUSLY, ERIC, YOU WERE ON THE
EXTREME OUTSIDE IN TURN ONE.
FROM YOUR VANTAGE POINT, WHAT
HAPPENED THERE?
>> WE WERE STRUGGLING MIGHTILY
TRYING TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS.
WE WERE TRYING IN THE CORNER TO
MEET THAT.
THERE WERE THREE BEHIND US.
JUST IN LINE, I MET CHRIS AND
TURNED AROUND.
I HOPE BRAD'S OKAY.
NOT A GOOD WEEKEND FOR US.
WE'LL TRY TO COME BACK NEXT
WEEK.
>> WAS IT DIFFICULT, ERIC,
KNOWING THEY WERE COMING AT SUCH
HIGH SPEED AND YOU WERE NOT
RUNNING THAT WELL?
>> WELL, CALIFORNIA IS A WIDE
RACETRACK.
WE'VE BEEN IN POSITIONS SEVERAL
TIMES UNFORTUNATELY, AND TRYING
TO RUN AS HARD AS WE CAN AND
MAKE AS MANY LAPS AS WE CAN.
HOLD OUR LINE AND USUALLY THEY
CAN GET AROUND YOU.
>> OKAY.
ERIC McCLURE IS OKAY.
HE WALKED AWAY FROM THE IN-FIELD
CARE CENTER OKAY.
>> AND YOU HAVE A PRETTY GOOD
RACE CAR AND IT COMES TO A STOP.
HOW DOES THIS AFFECT YOUR
MOMENTUM?
>> IT JUST SLOWS IT DOWN A
LITTLE BIT.
MAKES EVERYBODY A LITTLE ANTSY.
COMING IN WITH TIRES AND THEY GO
BACK GREEN.
WHAT WE CAN DO WITH IT TO OUR
BALANCE.
WE KNOW AND I DON'T EXPECT THE
TRACK TO CHANGE A WHOLE LOT THE
REST OF THE EVENING.
WE'RE ZEROING IN ON IT.
THE COMPETITION GETS PRETTY
GOOD.
>> THEY PASSED A STRONG BRIAN
VICKERS CAR NOT TOO LONG AGO.
I EXPECT THEY'LL BE THERE AT THE
FINISH.
>> ANOTHER DRIVER I EXPECT TO BE
THERE IS GREG BIFFLE.
WE'RE WATCHING THE DRIVERS.
THEY'RE KIND OF TAKING A POW-WOW
OUT THERE.
SOME OF THEM LOOK LIKE THEY'RE
HAVING A PICNIC.
HOW DOES THIS CHANGE UP YOUR
GUY'S MOMENTUM AND YOUR FOCUS
WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE RACE
COMES TO A HALT AND THE DRIVERS
ARE NOT THINKING ABOUT WHAT'S
NEXT RIGHT NOW?
>> THE THREE AND FOR SEASON IS
PRETTY GOOD.
BUT THE 29 CAR, THEY'RE PRETTY
STRONG.
GREG'S PRETTY GOOD HERE AT
CALIFORNIA, SO WE'LL KEEP HIM UP
FRONT, WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING FOR
HIM.
>> ON THE RADIO, HE WAS IN GOOD
SPIRITS.
WHEN WE GET BACK UNDER GREEN,
GREG BIFFLE WILL BE THIRD.
>> YOU GUYS QUALIFIED FOR THIS
RACE FOURTH.
RUNNING SECOND, NOW, YOU DROPPED
TO SEVENTH.
WHAT IS RYAN SAYING TAB NOW?
>> HE'S BEEN LOOSE ON THE SET OF
TIRES.
AND NOT QUITE SURE WHY.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS
HERE.
>> AND RYAN NEWMAN GOING FOR HIS
FIRST WIN TONIGHT.
DAVE.
>> SHANNON SPAKE WITH A.J.
ALLMENDINGER WHO WALKED AWAY.
ARE YOU OKAY?
>> I'M FINE.
THAT WAS DISAPPOINTING, YOU
KNOW, WE WERE RUNNING STRONG,
THE CAR WAS GETTING BETTER AN
BETTER.
WE STARTED 42nd AND WENT UP TO
15th.
I THOUGHT IT WAS CLEAR.
GOT CLIPPED IN THE RIGHT REAR.
I FELT SO BAD FOR BRAD, THAT WAS
A BIG HIT.
I SAW THE FLAME AND THE WHEELS
IN MY WINDOW AND JUST SAW THE
CHIP GANASSI MEMER REX CAR.
I WAS HAVING A LOT OF FUN.
I WANTED TO FINISH, I THOUGHT IF
WE GOT THROUGH THAT, IT WOULD
HAVE BEEN TOP TEN.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD.
>> TALK ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT THAT
IS GOING DOWN INTO TURN ONE
COMING UP ON A MUCH SLOWER CAR
ON THE OUTSIDE AND HEARING FROM
YOUR SPOTTER.
WAS THE RESPONSE OR WAS THE
SPOTTER TALKING TO YOU CLEAR?
>> YEAH, TIMMY, HE'S AN AWESOME
SPOTTER.
HE TOLD ME I HAD THREE WIDE.
I KNEW I PASSED THE GUYS.
I KNEW BRAD WAS ON THE INSIDE.
I WANTED TO GIVE HIM SOME ROOM
SO I DIDN'T TAKE THE AIR OUT.
AND J.J. WAS PINNED BY ERIC.
I THINK HE WAS DOWN OR HE WAS
STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT.
I THOUGHT HE WAS JUST GOING TO
CHECK UP AND LET US GO.
I THOUGHT HE WOULD MAKE IT FOUR
WIDE IN THE CORNER.
YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS I GOT
CLIPPED IN THE RIGHT REAR, I
TRIED SAVING IT.
ACTUALLY, I THINK IT WOULD HAVE
BEEN OKAY.
WE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE SPUN OUT,
NOT HIT ANYTHING, BUT WHEN I
CLIPPED BRAD, IT WAS A NASTY
WRECK, I THINK HE'S GOING TO BE
OKAY.
I HOPE SO.
I TALKED TO HIM IN THE HOSPITAL
HE DIDN'T CUSS AT ME, I THINK
WE'RE ALL RIGHT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
A.J. ALLMENDINGER.
GOOD LUCK TOMORROW.
>> BRAD KESELOWSKI, THE WORD IS
HE'S AWAKE AND ALERT.
HE'S IN THAT HELICOPTER RIGHT
THERE AND AIRLIFTED TOUT A LOCAL
HOSPITAL.
GOT TO BELIEVE THEY'LL DO X-RAYS
ON THE LOWER EXTREMITIES.
YOU SAW HIM TALK TO SAFETY CREWS
AT THE CAR AND LIFTED GINGERLY
OUT.
AND STILL UNDER RED FLAG AT
>>> BACK AT CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY.
THE TWO-MILE V-SHAPED OVAL,
ABOUT AN HOUR EAST OF LOS
ANGELES WHERE WE'RE UNDER A RED
FLAG CONDITION IN THE CAMPING
WORLD 300 AFTER 69 OF 150 LAPS,
THE WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED
PREPARING THE SOFT WALL.
DRIVERS HAVE BEEN ASKED TO CLIMB
BACK IN THEIR CARS.
CREW MEMBERS HAVE BROUGHT WATER
AND COOL FLOSS TO THE DRIVERS.
THEY'RE ASKED TO GO BACK TO PIT
ROAD.
AND TRYING TO GET THE DRIVERS
BUCKLED.
RAISE YOUR HANDS WHEN THE DRIVER
IS BUCKLED AND READY.
RAISING THEIR HANDS ONE BY ONE
ON EACH OF THE RACE CARS.
>> THE INCIDENT THAT BROUGHT OUT
THE CAUTION FLAG AND EVENTUALLY
THE RED FLAG.
WATCH THE 88 INTO THE RIGHT SIDE
OF THE ROLL CAGE OF THE 42 CAR
OF A.J. ALLMENDINGER.
HEAVY CONTACT ON THE LEFT FRONT
THERE DOWN TOWARD THE FOOT AREA
ON THE 88 CAR OF BRAD
KESELOWSKI.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF SAFETY
PROTECTION BUILT IN AND AROUND
THE DRIVERS.
BUT THIS ROLL CAGE WHICH IS THE
SAFETY COMPARTMENT TOOK QUITE A
BEATING WITH ANOTHER RACE CAR ON
TOP OF IT AT 200 MILES AN HOUR.
>> IT SURE DOES.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S BROKEN THE
APOS BAR OUT OF THE CAR.
DOWN NEAR THE FOOT PROTECTION
AREA FOR BRAD KESELOWSKI, IT
LOOKED LIKE IT HELD UP PRETTY
GOOD.
AND TIM BREWER AT THE TECH
CENTER HAS GOT MORE TO TELL US.
TIM.
>> THIS IS GOING TO BE A TRICKY
SHOT, RUSTY, STILL COMING IN, WE
CAN GET IN AN AREA DOWN HERE TO
WHERE THE CAMERA GUY CAN GET
OVER HERE AND SHOW ME DOWN
THROUGH THE DASH AREA, THE
DRIVER'S FEET.
THE DRIVER IS GOING TO
MANIPULATE THE PEDALS LIKE THIS.
AS FAR AS THE BAR HERER THAT
STRUCTURAL PROTECTION FOR THE
DRIVER, STILL ON AN IMPACT LIKE
THAT, HIS FOOT PROBABLY CAME
OVER HERE REAL HARD AGAINST THE
PANEL.
EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE PADDLE OVER
HERE, THERE'S NO TELLING WHERE
HIS FOOT WOULD HAVE WENT.
TO HIT THE PEDALS LIKE THIS TO
THE SIDE, YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT
HAVE INDUCED THE FOOT INJURY.
BUT, JERRY, HE KNOWS A LOT MORE
THAN I DO ABOUT THAT.
ANYWAY, THAT'S WHAT WE GOT DOWN
HERE AT THE CHEF TECH CENTER.
>> AND YEARS BEFORE, TO PROTECT
THE LEGS, YOU WOULD SEE LOWER
EXTREMITY FRACTURES.
YOU COULD ACTUALLY BREAK A LEG.
NOW, THOSE SIDE PANELS KEEP YOUR
LEGS FROM MOVING SIDE TO SIDE.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP YOUR
FEET STILL WHEN YOUR CAR IS
FLYING THROUGH THE AIR LIKE THAT
AND NOT BOUNCING OFF THE PEDALS.
>> AND NASCAR HAS DONE A GREAT
JOB OF INVOLVING THE CAR TO
CONTAIN MORE AND MORE THE
DRIVER.
THAT FOOT AREA, THEY'VE WORKED
ON THAT.
IT'S A GOOD FACILITY.
YOU HAVE A WRECK LIKE THAT, NO
TELLING WHAT CAN HAPPEN.
YOU HIT THAT REALLY HARD.
NO MATTER WHAT THEY HAVE, YOU
STILL GET HURT.
>> OR MORE INFORMATION ON DRIVER
PROTECTION LOGON TO ESPN.COM
SEARCH WORD "AUTO TECH."
>> GETTING CLOSE TO RESTART
HEARING AT CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY
AFTER A RED FLAG CONDITION.
DRIVERS ARE
>>> TAKE A LOOK AT THE ESPN RACE
RUNDOWN.
ALMOST GOT OFF 0 A ROUGH START
WITH THE GREEN FLAG.
DMRCHLT YEAH, COULDN'T GET IT IN
GEAR.
VERY CLOSE TO THE SPEED.
>> AND THEN A CRASH THERE.
THE CAUTION OF LAP TWO.
THE FIRST LEAD CHANGE OF THE
RACE, ACTUALLY SECOND LEAD
CHANGE.
BRIAN VICKERS BECAME THE MAN.
>> HE'S REALLY FLYING IN THAT
TOYOTA.
HE'S GOING TO BE THE MAN TO
BEAT.
>> AND HE AND JEFF BURTON SPENT
MOST OF THE TIME TRADING THE
LEAD BACK AND FORTH.
>> THEN, LAP 67, A TERRIBLE
CRASH IN TURN ONE.
FOUR WIDE TO THE CORNER, A.J.
ALLMENDINGER AND BRAD KESELOWSKI
FLYING INTO THE WALL.
ALLMENDINGER UNDERNEATH HIM.
KESELOWSKI HAS BEEN TRANSPORTED
TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL HE'S
REPORTED BY NASCAR TO BE ALERT
AND AWAKE.
WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS SOON
AS WE GET ANY FURTHER
INFORMATION.
THE S.A.F.E.R. BARRIER IS
REPAIRED.
AND THIS SETS UP A SITUATION
THAT RACE CAR DRIVERS NORMALLY
DON'T GO THROUGH, BUT BASKETBALL
PLAYERS DO COMING BACK INTO THE
GAME.
WHAT'S IT LIKE?
>> VERY TOUGH, THESE GUYS THEY
GOT TO TRY TO GET BACK INTO
RHYTHM.
MOMENTUM, WHICH IS HUGE IN THIS
SPORT, THAT COULD BE SPOILED
WHEN THEY RESTART.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING
HAPPEN TO YOUR RACE CAR.
WHAT THE TIRE PRESSURE'S GOING
TO BE.
IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING.
>> YOU SEE THE FIELD ROLLING
UNDER THE YELLOW FLAG.
WE GO BACK UPSTAIRS.
>> THANKS, GUYS.
AFTER HALFTIME IN A COLLEGE
FOOTBALL GAME, THINGS CAN CHANGE
DRASTICALLY.
HOW THAT WE'RE SET HERE, HOW CAN
THINGS CHANGE?
>> ONE THING, THE GUYS HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO SIT AND TALK ABOUT THEIR
CARS IN DEPTH.
WHEN THEY HAVE A CAUTION, THESE
GUYS HAVE A FEW SECONDS TO WORK
ON THE CAR.
NOW WITH THIS BREAK, THEY'VE HAD
TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT AND KIND
OF PICK THE CAR APART.
A LOT OF THESE GUYS MIGHT GET
THE CAR UP TO SPEED FORT SECOND
HALF.
>> IT'S STILL HOT OUTSIDE, ABOUT
95 DEGREES HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
BUT TRACK TEMPERATURE IS
SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER RIGHT NOW
THAN IT WAS WHEN WE STARTED THIS
RACE.
SO THE WAY THE CARS ARE HANDLING
RIGHT NOW.
I EXPECT THE HANDLING TO STAY
PRETTY SIMILAR ALL THE WAY
THROUGH THE RACE RIGHT NOW.
WHATEVER ADJUSTMENTS THEY NEED
TO MAKE, THEY NEED TO MAKE RIGHT
NOW IN THIS PIT STOP.
A BIG CHANGE IN CALIFORNIA.
BOY, THE SUN AND HEAT WAS
EVERYTHING, JERRY.
>> YOU SAW THE NASCAR OFFICIALS
POINTING TO THE CREWS WITH THEIR
TWO INDEX FINGERS INDICATING
THAT PIT ROAD IS OPEN.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME
TO PIT ROAD AND MAKE THE AT
JUDGMENTS THAT ANDY PETREE WAS
TALKING A.
AGAIN, IF YOU JUST JOINED OUR
COVERAGE, A VIOLENT IMPACT ON
TURN TWO IN LAP 67.
ERIC McCLURE, BRAD KESELOWSKI
WHO HAS BEEN AIRLIFTED TO A
LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR FURTHER
EVALUATION, J.J. YELEY AND A.J.
ALLMENDINGER AND ERIC McCLURE,
THE FOUR GUYS INVOLVED.
THAT FORCED THE REPAIR OF THE
S.A.F.E.R. BARRIER IN TURNS ONE
AND TWO.
JEFF BURTON IS THE LEADER, HAS
LED NINE LAPS.
BEHIND HIM BRIAN VICKERS IN
SEVEN, HE'S LED 37 LAPS.
>> NOW, IT'S TIME FOR THE CREWS
TO START RACING EACH OTHER IN
PIT ROAD.
THIS IS WHERE A LOT OF PASSES
CAN BE MADE, RIGHT HERE.
>> HERE THEY COME, 55 MILES AN
HOUR.
THEY TRY TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AND
HAVE HAD TIME TO TALK ABOUT.
DAVE.
>> IT MEETS THE TURNS BETTER.
LIKE ANDY SAID, THEY HAD TIME TO
THINK ABOUT IT.
THEY'LL ALSO MAKE A CHASSIS
ADJUSTMENT TO HELP THE 17 TURN
TO THE CORNER BETTER.
SHANNON.
>> IT'S NOT TIGHTENED UP.
AND IN THE TOP FIVE PRETTY MUCH
ALL NIGHT.
AND THEY'VE DONE THAT WITH AIR
PRESSURE AND A TRACK BAR.
>> AND WITH THE TEAM HERE,
TONIGHT, HE'S GETTING LOOSER AS
THE RACE GOING ON.
THEY'RE GOING TO PUT ONE ROUND
IN THAT LEFT TIRE.
FOUR TIRES AND FUEL.
>> JEFF BURTON LOOSE ON ENTRY.
HALF A POUND IN BOTH REAR TIRES,
FUEL AND CHANGES.
>> VERY CLOSE.
AND RYAN NEWMAN UP SIX SPOTS.
AND CHANGED ONLY TWO TIRES.
>> WITH TWO TIRES, THAT'S GOOD
FOR TRACK POSITION, IT MAY HURT
THEM A LITTLE BIT ON RESTART.
AT LEAST THEY GOT THE CLEAN AIR
OUT IN FRONTS.
>> BRIAN VICKERS DID ALL FOUR
TIRES ON PIT ROAD.
>> BRIAN VICKERS HAS LED THE
MOST LAPS TONIGHT.
DENNY HAMLIN WAS OUR POLE
SITTER, TRYING TO GET HIM ON AND
OFF THE RACETRACK.
HERE'S THE SCRAMBLE.
VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE EFFORT
THEY PUT IN.
WE'LL COME BACK WITH THE
>>> BACK AT CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY,
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HIGH ABOVE HIS GORGEOUS FACILITY
COURTESY OUR GOOD FRIENDS AT
GOODYEAR, THE OFFICIAL TIRE OF
NASCAR, HELPING DRIVERS GET TO
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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP COVERAGE
COMING YOUR WAY AT 7:00 P.M.
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PRESENTED BY PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL
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BUSCH AND JIMMIE JOHNSON, THE
CURRENT LEADER HERE TONIGHT,
RYAN NEWMAN WILL START FOURTH,
ALONGSIDE KASEY KAHNE.
FLYING FLAG TO FLAG COVERAGE,
COMING YOUR WAY 7:00 EASTERN
TIME TOMORROW NIGHT.
ON LUCKY DOG HERE, THE 7 CAR AT
THE GEICO CHEVY OF MIKE WALLACE
CARRYING ONE OF OUR ONBOARD
CAMERAS.
HE'S THE LUCKY DOG.
HE GETS THE AARON'S LUCKY DOG
FREE PASS BECAUSE HE'S THE FIRST
CAR LAP DOWN.
HE GETS TO COME ALL THE WAY
AROUND.
>> THAT'S A GREAT FEELING.
HE STRUGGLED A LITTLE BIT WITH
HIS CAR.
HE GOT HIS CAR HANDLING NOW.
NOW, HE'S GOT THE LUCKY DOG.
THAT IS ONE GOOD FEEL WHEN YOU
GET THAT, JERRY.
YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE BACK IN THE
GAME.
YOU'RE JUST HUMILIATED WHEN
YOU'RE A LAP DOWN AND FEEL LIKE
YOU'RE OUT OF THE HUNT.
THOUSAND, HE'S BACK IN.
>> GETTING START FOR THE RESTART
HERE AT CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY.
LAP 73, TWO LAPS AWAY FROM THE
HALFWAY POINT.
RYAN NEWMAN BY VIRTUE OF A
WOULD-TIRE CHANGE.
THEY ROLLED THE DICE, MATT
KENSETH AND THE PENSKE CREW PUT
HIM OUT FRONT WITH TWO TIRES.
HE WILL COME THROUGH WITH DENNY
HAMLIN AND THE 29 OF JEFF BURTON
AFTER THIS.
>> WELL, NOW, WE'VE GUT TO TAKE
A LOOK AT THE TWO TIRES THAT
RYAN NEWMAN HAS.
DENNY HAMLIN HAS FOUR THICKER
TIRES.
AND IN THE REAR, HE GETS THEM
LOOSE.
MAN, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IN MY
EXPERIENCES, FOUR TIRES FEEL A
LOT BETTER THAN TWO TIRE, ANDY.
>> YEAH, THEY DO.
RYAN NEWMAN, THOUGH, HAS BEEN
ONE OF THOSE GUYS THAT CAN MAKE
THE MOST OUT OF TRACK POSITION.
RIGHT HERE, IT LOOKS LIKE THE
TIRES HAVEN'T BEEN OVERPOWERED.
>> JEFF GORDON GOING SAILING ALL
THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM OF THE
RACETRACK.
UP VERY HIGH, THAT WAS BRIAN
VICKERS IN THE TOYOTA THAT'S
BEEN SO STOUT EARLY ON.
AND VICARS BEHIND JIMMIE JOHNSON
TRYING TO MAKE A MOVE.
BUT JEFF BURTON WENT TO THE
BOTTOM OF THE RACETRACK AND BACK
UP TOP TO TAKE THE LEAD AWAY.
>> TO RYAN NEWMAN, A LOT OF
TIMES WHEN YOU START OFF, WITH
THE LEFT SIDE TIRES AND THE LEFT
SIDE TIRES ARE HOT AND GOT A LOT
OF TRACK BUILT UP ON THEM.
RIGHT NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE RYAN'S
CAR IS STARTING TO SETTLE IN A
LITTLE BIT.
LOOK AT THE CAR OF BRIAN
VICKERS.
IT'S RUNNING TO THE BOTTOM OF
THE TRACK.
WE ALL KNOW HE'S GOT A CAR THAT
CAN WORK THE TOP OF THE TRACK
ALSO AND RUN FAST UP THERE, TOO.
>> HE LOST FOUR POSITIONS ON
THAT PIT STOP.
YOU SAW THE PIT EXIT WHERE HE
LOST FOUR POSITIONS.
NOW, HE'S TRYING TO MAKE THEM UP
ON THE RACETRACK.
>> YOU KNOW, THE BRAUN RACING
TEAM IS A GREAT TEAM, THEY
PROBABLY DON'T HAVE THE REALLY
FAST KICK TO IT LIKE THESE CUP
TEAMS DO.
ALL THESE CUP GIEPS REALLY BEAT
THAT TIME OUT.
IF HE'S GOT A FAST CAR, HE CAN
MAKE THAT UP.
THAT'S ONE THING, IF YOU GOT A
BUSCH SERIES TEAM, JERRY,
COMPETING AGAINST THESE GUYS,
YOU'VE GOT TOP QUALITY GUYS.
>> HARD TO BEAT THE GUYS ON PIT
ROAD.
THE NUMBER 20 CAR TRYING TO
SNEAK INSIDE OF THE 12 OF RYAN
NEWMAN.
AGAIN, NEWMAN ONLY HAS TWO FRESH
TIRES.
MORE ON RYAN NEWMAN.
>> WITH RYAN NEWMAN, BY THE 20th
DENNY HAMLIN.
HE SAID THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON
THEY'RE AERODYNAMICS.
HE TOLD ME THIS CAR IS THE BEST
THEY'VE HAD HAD.
WANTED TO GET NEWMAN OUT AND GET
FRESH AIR.
NEWMAN TOLD HIM BEFORE THE RACE,
JUST GET ME OUT THERE.
THAT'S WHAT THEY DID WITNESS NEW
TIRES, GUYS.
>> WE'VE GOT 73 LAPS TO GO.
WE'RE HALFWAY IN THE RACE RIGHT
NOW.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A
CHANGE, THEY GOT ONE MORE STOP
TO DO YET.
THEY MIGHT AS WELL FIGURE OUT
WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.
>> RIDING WITH A FAST CAR RIGHT
HERE, JIMMIE JOHNSON.
HE'S BEEN COMING ON HERE, THIS
PART OF THE RACE.
LOOKS LIKE THEY'LL USE THAT
HALFTIME BREAK BRAKE TO GET IT
DONE.
>> 155 MILES AN HOUR IN THE
CORNER.
THAT IS TURN ONE.
THAT'S THE FASTEST PORTION OF
THE TRACK AT CALIFORNIA.
>> I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH
CHAD WALTER THIS AFTERNOON, HE
TOLD ME, JIMMIE, BELIEVE IT OR
NOT, IT ADJUSTING TO THE RACE
CARS.
AFTER ALL, HE HAS VERY LITTLE
EXPERIENCE WITH THEM AND THE
MOST EXPERIENCE IS WITH THE
NASCAR CUP TEAM.
THE BIGGEST THING FOR HIM IT
GETTING USED TO THE DOWNFORCE.
AND CHAD HAS HAD TO COACH HIM
THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND TELLING
HIM TO MAINTAIN HIS RPMs AND
MOMENTUM BECAUSE IT'S A CHANGE.
>> JUST WHAT YOU SAID THE KEY IS
MOMENTUM.
WHEN THE CUP GUYS GET IN THE
BUSCH CARS, THEY FIND OUT
THERE'S LESS HORSEPOWER.
THEY GOT TO KEEP IT WOUND UP TO
KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING TO STAY
UP WITH THEM.
>> IT TAKES A DIFFERENT DRIVER
WITH ALL OF THE BUSCH CARS AND
THE POWER, NOT HAVING THE
DOWNFORCE THAT THE BUSCH CARS
HAVE.
>> AND THE REIGNING CHAMPION,
KEVIN HARVICK IS ACTUALLY
DRIVING ONE OF HIS OWN CARS.
HE'S GOT THE 77 OF SCOTT WIMMER
FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR.
AND HAVOC BACK IN THE 33, HE'S
BEGINNING TO MAKE HIS MOVE NOW.
AND HARVICK GAINED FIVE
POSITIONS SIN THE RESTART.
>> RIGHT NOW, IN THE 11th
POSITION.
I REALLY LIKE WHAT KEVIN'S
DOING, DRIVING HIS OWN CAR.
THEY'VE SPENT A LOST MONEY ON
THIS TEAM, GUYS.
THEY ARE SWAPPING DRIVERS A LOT.
DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THIS CAR.
>> BOBBY LABONTE.
>> I LIKE IT WHEN HE DRIVERS IT,
HE OWNS IT, HE CAN TELL THEM
WHAT HE NEEDS.
>> HERE'S THE 10 CAR OF BRIAN
VICKERS MOVING PAST THE 21 OF
BOWYER.
BIFFLE IN 16.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE 10 CAR IS
STARTING TO MAKE UP SOME OF THAT
GROUND IT LOST.
>> THE 21 CAR WITH THE DRIVERS,
IT'S UNIQUE TO SEE KEVIN HARVICK
DRIVE IT.
>> SCOTT WIMMER.
>> NOW, WE TALKED TO HARVICK IN
THE 33.
WE'LL GET USED TO THESE NUMBERS.
I'VE GOT IT IN FRONT OF ME.
>> AS SOON AS WE GET USED TO IT,
THEY'LL CHANGE A LITTLE.
>> THAT'S SOMETHING UNIQUE IN
THE BUSCH SERIES, THESE GUYS
HAVE FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT
DRIVERS IN EACH OF THE CARS.
NOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT
THAT THE HEAT TODAY IS ALMOST
OPPRESSIVE WITH 105 DEGREES.
140 DEGREES ON THE RACETRACK.
WHAT ABOUT THE HEAT INSIDE OF
THE RACETRACK.
LET'S HEAR WHAT BIFFLE HAD TO
SAY.
>> LAST WEEK DOWN AT BRISTOL, I
CHECKED THE TEMPERATURE.
MY FEET WERE ON FIRE HOT.
MY FEET FEEL LIKE THEY'RE IN AN
OVEN WITH THE DOOR SHUT.
I CHECKED THE TEMPERATURE WITH
THE INFRARED GUN, 238 DEGREES.
FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO THINK IT'S
HOT INSIDE, IT IS VERY HOT
INSIDE.
>> SO 238 DEGREES.
AND NOT TO CHANGE THE WAY YOU
DRIVE HERE, YOU SEE VICARS WITH
RYAN NEWMAN AS HE GOES FORWARD.
BACK TO THE TEMPERATURE, 38
DEGREES.
AND NEWMAN TAKES ANOTHER SHOT AT
HIM.
VICARS HAS GOT THAT BIG RUN ON
THE TOP SIDE OF THE TRACK.
THAT MOMENTUM WHOSE GOT IN
FRESHER TIRES THAN WHAT RYAN'S
GOT AT THE MOMENT.
>> AS YOU WATCH THIS BATTLE ON
THE RACETRACK.
LET ME GO BACK TO THE
TEMPERATURE MODE.
I REMEMBER BEFORE THE OLD DAYS,
YOU HAD THE INSULATION IN THE
OLD DAYS, DRIVES WOULD CLIMB OUT
OF THE CAR, THEY'D HAVE HUGE
BLISTERS AND SECOND AND THIRD
DEGREE BURNS ON THEIR HEELS THAT
WOULD TAKE MONTHS TO HEEL.
>> IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE ON A
HOT SUMMER NIGHT, I WAS WORKING
WITH DARRELL WALTRIP'S TEAM, HE
GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND HE HAD A
HUGE BLISTER.
>> BACK TO THE TEMPERATURE LIKE
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, I TELL
FANS IT'S ABOUT 180 DEGREES
INSIDE OF THE CAR.
THEY GO, NO WAY, YOU'RE CRAZY.
YOU HEARD GREG BIFFLE SAY 238
DOWN NEAR HIS FEET.
THE GUYS ARE BOILING INSIDE OF
THE CARS.
>> AND THE ONES THAT GO OVER THE
WALL AND SERVICE THE CARS ARE
INCREDIBLE ATHLETES, THEY INDEED
ARE, TO BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND
THIS HEAT, THIS KIND OF STRESS,
FOR TWO AND THREE, SOMETIMES,
4 1/2 HOURS ON A SUNDAY IN A
NEXTEL CUP CAR.
84 LAPS OF 150 IN THE BOOKS.
JEFF BURTON WHERE HE WAS BACK IN
THE SPRING.
HE LED JUST PAST THE HALFWAY
POINT.
>>> THIS ESPN TELECAST OF THE
NASCAR BUSCH SERIES IS AVAILABLE
IN HIGH DEFINITION ON ESPN2 HD
PRESENTED BY VIZIO.
NASCAR BUSCH COMPETITION
CONTINUING IN CALIFORNIA
SPEEDWAY.
JEFF BUTTER SENTENCE OUR LEADER.
NOW HAS LED THREE TIMES FOR A
TOTAL OF 24 LAPS HERE TONIGHT.
>> AND THE LAST TIME BY JEFF
BURTON'S CAR, ONE OF THE FASTEST
CARS IN THE FIELD AGAIN.
NOW, DENNY HAMLIN MATCHED IT FOR
SPEED ON THE RACETRACK.
IT'S ALL ABOUT TRACK POSITION
RIGHT NOW.
JEFF'S GOT THE GOOD TRACK
POSITION.
LOOK HOW FAR BACK DENNY IS.
ABOUT WIFE CAR LENTS BEHIND NOW.
THE OTHER ONE WE TALKED ABOUT IS
BRIAN DICKERSON.
NOW, HE'S GUYS ARE KIND OF
SETTLED IN.
AND BURTON HAS BEEN WORKING THE
BOTTOM SIDE OF THE TRACK.
TAKING THE SHORT WAY AROUND IT.
>> THE PACE IS FASTER THAN IT
WAS EARLIER.
IN FACT, IT COOLED DOWN A BIT.
>> AND THEY'VE GOT THE 10 CAR OF
BRIAN VICKERS.
>> THE 10 CAR, A MOMENT AGO,
SOME OF THE SPOTTERS HAVE
NOTICED SOME ISSUES, POSSIBLY
SOME TRASH OR SOMETHING ON THE
GRILL OF HIS TOYOTA CAMRY.
>> TALKING ABOUT THE
TEMPERATURES COMING UP ON THE 10
CAR.
WE SEE A LITTLE DEBRIS RIGHT ON
THE CENTER PART OF THE NOSE
ABOVE THE WORD CAMRY.
ANDY, HOW MUCH DOES THAT AFFECT
THE CAR.
IT LOOKS ABOUT FIVE INCH THERE
IS.
>> LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOT 20% OR
MORE OF THE GRILL BLOCKED.
I'M SURE THE TEMPERATURE'S GONE
UP.
>> I GOT TRASH ON MY NOSE, TAKE
A LOOK AT IT, 240, 270.
>> 10-4.
>> IF YOU THINK, LET ME KNOW.
>> YOU HEARD HIM TALK BE TALKING
ABOUT THE 240, 270.
THE 240 IS THE WATER
TEMPERATURE.
THE 270 IS THE OIL.
THERE, HE DID THE PERFECT THING,
A LOT OF TIMES THE AERODYNAMICS
OF THE CAR IN FRONT OF YOU WILL
FORCE THE AIR TO BLOW THAT OFF
THE CAR.
WE JUST HEARD BRIAN VICKERS SAY
WE'RE GOING TO GET BEHIND JIMMIE
AND TRY TO GET THE DEBRIS OFF.
HE'S GOT SUCH A FAST CAR.
HE GETS UP ON THE CAR.
WATCH THIS ONE MORE TIME.
HE'S GETTING CLOSER TO JIMMIE
JOHNSON.
THE AIR ON JIMMIE'S CAR BLOWS
THE DEBRIS OFF YOUR CAR.
>> THAT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD
RIGHT THERE AS YOU LOOK AT THE
TEMPERATURE GAUGE.
>> DEFINITELY, WITH THAT DIRTY
AIR, YOU GET IN THAT TURBULENT
AIR, IT BLOWS IT RIGHT OFF.
>> ARE YOU SAYING YOU DON'T NEAT
HOT WRAP IF YOU CAN PUT THAT ON
THE GRILL?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> DIRTY POCKETS IN THAT COLUMN
OF AIR, TURBULENT AIR.
YOU CAN FOLLOW THAT AIR AND
SHOOK THE DEBRIS OFF THE NOSE OF
IT.
SHOT IT RIGHT OFF.
>> FOR MORE IN THE GRILL, LET'S
GO TO OUR ESPN DISH TECH CENTER
AND TIM BREWER.
>> THANKS.
WHAT WE GOT HERE, FOLKS, WE GOT
TAPE ON THE FRONT OF THE GRILL
MAKING THE CAR TO RUN FAST,
GETTING DOWNFORCE ON IT.
WHEN YOU GET PARTICLES HERE AND
PARTICLES THERE AND A BIG PIECE
IN THE CENTER, THAT WATER
TEMPERATURE'S GOING TO GO UP.
LIKE RUSTY SAID, YOU STICK THE
NOSE OF THIS CAR BEHIND ANOTHER
ONE, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN?
ALL THIS STUFF'S GOING TO FALL
OFF.
YOU'RE GOING TO HELP YOURSELF.
A LOT OF TIMES WITH THAT ON THE
RADIATOR.
THAT HELPS A LITTLE BIT.
PULLING UP BEHIND THE CAR,
STOPPING THE AIRFLOW ACROSS THE
FRONT OF IT.
THAT HELPS THE CHEVROLET CAR
TREMENDOUSLY.
>> HE'S RIGHT.
WHEN YOU CAN TAKE AND TURN THAT
RADIATOR FAN OFF BECAUSE IT
KEEPS THE AIR FROM GOING THROUGH
IT.
>> ANOTHER ONE COMING AT YOU,
YOU'RE GOOD, MATT.
MISSED YOU.
>> GREG BIFFLE A DRIVER HERE,
GETTING THE CAR OUT OF SHAPE.
HAVING DAMAGE.
WE'RE AT CAUTION NUMBER THREE
HERE TODAY.
>> A CLOSE CALL WITH KYLE BUSCH.
JUST MISSED GREG BIFFLE.
>> GOING TO TAKE A DRIVE.
>> YOU SEE THE DAMAGE ON THE
LEFT REAR.
GREG IS GOING TO OUT IT ON THE
TRUCK, INSTEAD OF FIXING IT.
THESE GUYS AREN'T RUNNING FOR
POINTS IN THE BUSCH SERIES.
>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE
REPLAY, WAY HIGH UP ON THE
RACETRACK.
TRYING TO PASS RYAN NEWMAN.
GETS UP IN THAT GRADE AND JUST
GETS LOOSE AND SPINS THE CAR.
GUYS, IT LOOKS LIKE HE WAS ALL
WAY UP IN THE DIRTY PORTION OF
THE RACETRACK.
HE DIDN'T MEAN DO THAT.
THAT'S WHAT IT APPEARS IT LOOKED
LIKE.
>> LOOKED LIKE THE GROOVE WASN'T
CLEAR ALL THE WAY TO THE WALL
INTO THAT SANDY PART.
RIGHT THERE, HE GETS UP OUT OF
THAT GROOVE.
>> ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, ANDY, HE
GETS IN THAT DIRTY PART OF THE
TRACK.
THAT SANDY PART.
BOY, WHEN YOU SEE STUFF FLY UP
FROM THAT RIGHT REAR TIRE, KNOW
THERE'S NO GRIP THERE.
HE'S GOING TO LOSE IT.
THANK GOSH, NOBODY HIT HIM.
HE GOT THE WALL.
AS YOU SAID EARLIER, HE'S NOT
RACING FOR THE POINTS.
HE'S FRUSTRATED.
>> HE'S GOT TO CONSIDER THE BIG
PICTURE, HE TARTS TENTH IN THE
500-MILE NASCAR CUP RACE.
AND A CHANCE OF GETTING THE SHOT
AT THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
HE'S GOT TO LOOK AT THE BIG
PICTURE.
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN HERE
TOMORROW NIGHT.
HE'S ON PIT ROAD, THEY'LL LOOK
AT CHANGING TIRES, BUT PRETTY
BIG DAMAGE.
>> THEY WANT TO KEEP COMPETING
HERE.
THEY'LL GET HIM BACK OUT THERE.
>> THEY'RE TRYING TO KEEP THE
POINTS UP IN THE NUMBER 16 CAR.
WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO DO, KEEP THE
ATTITUDE OF THE DRIVER OUT.
>> AND I'VE GOT 55 TO GO.
IF YOU WANT HE TO TAKE ONE FOR
THE TEAM, I'LL DO IT.
HE SAYS HE WANTS TO TAKE IT TO
THE TRUCK.
>> AND THAT STOP SHOULD BECOME
THE ORDER OF THE DAY.
55 LAPS TO GO.
LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE PRETTY FAR
OUT OF THE LIMIT.
WHO KNOWS.
HERE THEY COME, BURTON, HAMLIN,
JIMMIE JOHNSON AT 55 MILES AN
HOUR.
DAVE.
>> MATT KENSETH IS GOING TO COME
AND GIVE UP NINTH PLACE.
FOUR TIRES FOR HIM.
NO GRIP TO REPORT.
AND THE CREW CHIEF SAID TIRES
WILL REMEDY THE SITUATION WITH
MAYBE A SLIGHT AIR PRESSURE
ADJUSTMENT, SHANNON.
>> WELL, GREG BIFFLE REPORTED
THAT HE HAD A LITTLE VIBRATION.
THEY'RE GOING TO PUT FOUR TIRES.
HE'S ALSO VERY TIGHT.
THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE
ADJUSTMENTS ON THAT CAR AS WELL.
>> JAMIE.
AND HE'S IN THE BIT BOX RIGHT
NOW.
HE'S SAYING HE'S HARD.
ALMOST UNDRIVABLE.
HE SAID ALL THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
HE SAID HE HAS NO THROTTLE OFF
THE RIGHT CORNER.
THEY'VE MADE ADJUSTMENTS AND
HE'S OUT.
MIKE.
>> AND JEFF BURTON MADE AIR
PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT.
THEY WENT UP IN BOTH TIRES, THIS
TIME, DOWN HALF A POUND IN THE
RIGHT REAR.
AND FOUR TIRES AND FUEL.
>> LOST SEVENTH SPOT OFF OF PIT
ROAD, ROBBY GORDON DRIVE THE
DODGE.
HE GOT PERMISSION FROM FORD
WHICH HE NORMALLY DRIVES ON
SUNTSDZS IN THE CUP TO DRIVE
THAT DODGE.
A FEW MOMENTS AGO, WE SAW YOU
THE 10 CAR OF BRIAN VICKERS
GETTING RID OF TRASH ON THE
GRILL AS HE PULLED UP BEHIND THE
NUMBER 8 CAR OF JIMMIE JOHNSON.
WATCH THE AIR CHANGE AND JUST
BLOW THAT GARBAGE OFF THE FRONT
GRILL.
>> YOU CAN SEE THE TURBULENCE
THERE ON THE HOOD.
MOVING UP AND DOWN.
>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS ON
THAT DRAFT TRACK.
YOU SEE THE DIRTY AIR, WE CALL
IT THE TURBULENT AIR COMING OFF
THE VICARS CAR.
BRIAN VICKERS USES THAT TO HIS
ADVANTAGE.
HE THROWS IT BEHIND TO JIMMIE
JOHNSON.
LOOK HOW RADICAL THAT AIR IS.
THAT AIR BLEW THAT DEBRIS OFF
HIS CAR.
>> JUST LIKE A VACUUM WHEN YOU
PULL UP BEHIND ANOTHER CAR.
IT WORKS LIKE THAT WHEN YOU'RE
USING THAT TO YOUR ADVANTAGE TO
DRAFT UP BEHIND ANYBODY.
>> AND HE KNOWS THAT TECHNIQUE.
A LOT OF GOOD CREW CHIEFS WILL
REMIND THE DRIVERS, PULL UP AS
CLOSE AS YOU CAN.
FOLKS, YOU JUST SAW ON DRAFT
TRACK, HOW IT AFFECTS THE AIR
AROUND THE CAR.
WE TALKED ABOUT HOW TO USE THIS
TO OUR ADVANTAGE.
I'M GOING TO GIVE BRIAN VICKERS
AN "A" PLUS FOR REALLY USING IT
TODAY.
A COUPLE MORE LAPS, HE MIGHT
HAVE BEEN IN THE PITS.
>> THE 77 CAR IS THE LUCKY DOG
TONIGHT.
THAT IS SCOTT WIMMER DRIVING FOR
KEVIN HARVICK, NORMALLY TRYING
FOR RICHARD CHILDRESS.
WIMMER POSSIBLY LOOKING AT A LOT
OF OPTIONS FOR 2008 FOR DRIVING
IN THE BUSCH CAR, MAYBE IN THE
CUP CAR.
BY THE WAY ACRES MOMENT AGO, YOU
WATCH THIS STUFF, THE 22 CAR OF
ROBBY GORDON WE'RE TOLD BY THE
FOLKS IN THE PIT DID ONLY CHANGE
TWO TIRES, THAT'S WHY HE'S ABLE
TO GAIN SO MANY POSITIONS ON THE
PIT STOP.
>> HE'S GOT A LONG WAY TO GO.
RIGHT NOW, 53 TO GO.
I'VE CONFIDENT THAT OUR PIT
WINDOW SHOWS 58 TO 52 LAPS WITH
FUEL.
I'M CONFIDENT THEY CAN MAKE IT.
>> IT'S RIGHT INSIDE THE WINDOW,
PROBABLY OUTSIDE THE WINDOW FOR
A FEW OF THEM.
PROBABLY A FEW THAT CAN MAKE IT.
>> WORD ON BRAD KESELOWSKI,
WE'RE TOLD, HE'S AT THE LOCAL
HOSPITAL, ALERT AND STABLE,
WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE GETTING FOR
YOUR INFORMATION.
STILL WILL UPDATE YOU WITH MORE
INFORMATION AS SOON AS WE HAVE
FURTHER INFORMATION.
>> YOU SEE JIMMIE JOHNSON ON PIT
ROAD, PROBABLY GOING TO GET A
SPLASH OF FUEL, I DON'T KNOW.
>> DEN YA HAMLIN COMES TO THE
GREEN FLAG TO TAKE THE RESTART.
THAT WAS THE 41 OF REED
SORENSEN.
AND THE COLORS LOOK ALMOST
IDENTICAL TO THE 48 OF JIMMIE
JOHNSON.
>> THAT KIND OF SCARED ME.
I THOUGHT WE WERE DOWN TO PIT
ROAD COMING ON THE GREEN.
>> RIGHT NOW, HE'S GOT
EVERYTHING, FOUR TIRES, FULL
FUEL.
21 CAR GETTING OUT OF THE GROOVE
ON TOP OF THE RACETRACK.
AND THERE'S DEBRIS OR SOMETHING
ON HIS TIRES?
HE'S GOT TOO HIGH.
LOST HIS MOMENTUM.
ROBBY GORDON ON THE 22 CAR,
WHOA, RIGHT ON THE BOTTOM.
UNDERNEATH THAT ON THE TWO RIGHT
SIDE TIRES.
>> THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD GAMBLE.
A PRETTY BIG GAMBLE WITH 52 LAPS
TO GO RIGHT NOW, ANDY, TAKING
THE RIGHT SIDE TIRE.
>> THAT'S A LONG WAY TO GO.
>> AND WE GOT FOUR WIDE RACING
RIGHT HERE.
SOMEBODY BETTER GET ON THE
THROTTLE.
>> WALLACE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE
TRACK.
MARCOS AMBROSE, THE BIRTHDAY
BOY, 59.
AND STANTON BAIRD.
IT SHOWS YOU HOW MUCH ROOM THERE
IS TO RACE AT THIS RACETRACK.
>> I'M GLAD MY KID IS THE ONE
THAT GOT OUT OF THE THROTTLE
FIRST.
TAKE A LOOK AT KEVIN HARVICK
RIGHT THERE.
THE 33.
NEWMAN OFF THE TAPE.
JUST FELL OFF A TIRE OR
SOMETHING.
CAN'T SPECULATE ON THAT.
LOOK AT HARVICK.
>> EVERYTHING ON MY CAR WAS
FINE.
CLEAN SHIFT AND EVERYTHING.
>> CLEAN SHIFT.
EVIDENTLY AN ENGINE PROBLEM.
THAT'S WHAT THE DRIVERS SAID.
DIDN'T MISS ANY GEARS.
NOTHING WENT WRONG.
>> RYAN NEWMAN MADE THAT GAMBLE
ON TWO TIRES, ON THE PREVIOUS
PIT STOP, SLOWING DOWN ON PIT
ROAD AS HE COMES UP.
AND THE CREW WILL GO UNDERNEATH
THE HOOD.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> NOW, ANDY, JUST MOSTLY WHEN
YOU HEAR AN ENGINE --
>> GUYS, WE'RE GOING TO THE
GARAGE.
>> THEY'RE GOING TO THE HOOD AND
SEE IF THEY CAN FIX ANYTHING
REAL QUICK LIKE A PLUG WIRE.
PROBABLY SOMETHING INSIDE OF THE
MOTOR.
>> AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY
HE'S ONLY GOT SEVEN FILTERS.
BIG GROUP OF CARS.
THE 38 CAR OF LEFFLER WHO WON AT
INDIANAPOLIS WITH THE FIRST WIN
EARLY IN THE YEAR.
WE MENTIONED THAT GREG BIFFLE
WAS GOING TO CALL IT A NIGHT
HE'S BACK IN THE GARAGE AREA
WITH JAMIE LITTLE.
>> GREG BIFFLE LOOKED LIKE HE
WAS GOING TO ATTEMPT TO GO BACK
OUT.
WHAT DID THEY TELL YOU, WHAT DID
YOU BREAK?
THE RIGHT REAR IS BENT
PRETTY BAD.
AND THE RIGHT REAR PANELS ARE
SMASHED UP PRETTY BAD.
IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO DRIVE
AND STAY OUT OF THE WAY AND GET
IT UP TO THE MINIMUM SPEED.
IT'S A GOOD RACE CAR, WE REALLY
DON'T FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO KEEP
MINIMUM SPEED.
I WISH I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE
RACE FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP OUT
THERE.
WOULDN'T GIVE ME ANY ROOM TO
RACE.
I TRIED TO GET BESIDE HIM ON THE
TOP.
I GOT TO THE THROTTLE REALLY
FAST TO TRY AND GET POSITION ON
HIM.
HE WOULDN'T GIVE ME ANY ROOM.
I SHOULD HAVE STAYED THERE.
I GUESS I WOULDN'T HAVE ENDED UP
LIKE THIS.
BUT THAT'S RACING.
THAT'S WHAT RACING IN THE BUSCH
SERIES IS ALL ABOUT.
>> ALL RIGHT, GUYS.
GREG BIFFLE.
>> AND TOMORROW IN THE NASCAR
500 MILER RIGHT HERE.
48 LAPS TO GO.
THE QUESTION IS, CAN THESE GUYS
MAKE IT ON FUEL?
THEY PITTED WITH 54 TO GO.
PROBABLY FOUR OR FIVE LESS
BEYOND WHAT OUR EXPERTS UP HERE
FIGURED THEIR FUEL MILEAGE
WINDOW WOULD BE.
WE'LL SEE HOW MANY WILL GAMBLE
IF WE SAY GREEN.
102 LEFT IN THE BOOKS.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO CALIFORNIA
SPEEDWAY.
THE 9 CAR JUST NOW SPINNING IN
THE TURN, BRINGING OUT CAUTION
FOR THE FOURTH TIME.
AND THAT'S KASEY KAHNE WHO WON
BOTH CUP AND BUSCH SERIES EVENTS
HERE LAST FALL.
AND OF COURSE, WON LAST WEEK IN
BRISTOL, TENNESSEE, LOOPING THAT
DODGE AROUND.
DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE CONTACT WITH
CARS, IT'S NOW BACK UNDER WAY.
>> JUST AGAINST THE WALL --
ACTUALLY, I DON'T THINK.
JUST SPUN AND THE FOUR TIRES.
>> I DIDN'T HIT ANYTHING, BUT MY
TIRES ARE FLAT.
>> YEAH, THAT RIGHT FRONT TIRE
IS FLAT.
>> GOT IT.
>> EARLIER, HE GOT IN THE WALL A
BIT, ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
YOU WONDER IF HE TORE THE CAR UP
A LITTLE BIT.
AND CAUSED THE HANDLING TO GO
AWAY RIGHT THERE.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS ON REPLAY.
SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
IT LOOKS LIKE KASEY IS BATTLING
WITH THE 22 CAR, GORDON.
AND INTO TURN ONE, GETTING REAL
HIGH INTO THE RACETRACK.
AND IT REALLY LOOKS JUST LIKE WE
SAW WITH GREG BIFFLE.
GOT THE RIGHT REAR TIRE UP IN
THE GRAY AND JUST LOST THE CAR.
THAT IS AN AWFUL HIGH LINE THAT
KASEY TOOK.
HE'S ONE OF THE DRIVERS THAT
DOES IT A LOT-HE LIKES WORKING
THE TOP RIGHT SIDE OF THE TRACK.
THIS TIME IS BIT HIM.
>> HE BARELY TOUCHES THE WALL
RIGHT HERE.
SPINS AROUND.
DIDN'T HIT ANYTHING.
>> ON THE ONBOARD CAMERA, HE WAS
BATTLING DOOR TO DOOR, LAP TO
LAP, WITH THE 22 CAR, ROBBY
GORDON.
NOW, HE'S UP HIGH.
>> COMING AGAINST THE SIDE.
>> YOU'RE ALL RIGHT.
YOU'RE ALL RIGHT.
>> YEAH, HE IS AGREEING WITH
THAT.
>> NOW, THESE LEADERS WILL COME
ON TO PIT ROAD TO TRY TO TOP
OFF.
JIMMIE JOHNSON, THERE'S VICARS
THERE.
THERE'S ROBBY GORDON.
DAVID REUTIMANN.
LEFFLER.
THEY ALL COME DOWN 55 MILES AN
HOUR.
NOW, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE
IT WITH 42 TO GO FOR WHAT COULD
BE THE FINAL PIT STOP OF THE
NIGHT.
>> DENNY HAMLIN, SO DID JEFF
BURTON THINK THEY CAN MAKE IT
WITHOUT FUEL.
>> JUST BEFORE THE PIT STOP, THE
CREW CHIEF TOLD ME THERE'S
ABSOLUTELY NO WAY THEY CAN MAKE
IT WITHOUT FUEL.
JIMMIE VERY HAPPY WITH THAT CAR.
>> THESE GUYS COMING OFF PIT
ROAD CAN MAKE IT TO THE END
EASILY.
THESE GUYS WILL FADE OFF AND
ROLL THE DICE JUST A LITTLE BIT.
>> WATCH THE FAKE HERE COMING
OUT OF TURN FOUR AT THE PIT
ENTRANCE.
YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL HOW MUCH
YOU THINK.
THEY HAVE SOMETHING CALLED A
COMMITMENT CALL, AND YOU CAN'T
PASS IT.
AND HAMLIN COMES BACK UP ON THE
RACETRACK RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE
29.
NOW, LOOKING BACK FROM JIMMIE
JOHNSON'S ONBOARD CAMERA.
>> THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD FAKE
RIGHT THERE.
I WONDER WITH THE CAUTION PLATE
COMING OUT, THESE DRIVERS KNOW
THERE'S GOING TO BE THREE OR
FOUR LAPS OF CAUTION.
ANDY, I WOULD HAVE STAYED ON THE
RACETRACK.
I THINK THEY WOULD HAVE HAD A
LOT OF FUEL TO MAKE IT.
>> IF THE NUMBERS SAY YOU CAN'T
MAKE IT, YOU CAN'T MAKE IT.
THEIR NUMBERS SHOWED THEY CAN'T
MAKE IT.
>> EVEN THOUGH THEY GOT THE
CAUTION PLATES, THEY WEREN'T
WILLING TO GAMBLE, I GUESS.
>> YOU SEE THAT COMMITMENT.
THAT'S THE CONE, THEY CALL IT A
COMMITMENT CONE.
LAST WEEK, KYLE BUSCH WAS AT
BRISTOL, TRYING TO GET ON PIT
ROAD, LOOKED LIKE HE WAS GOING
ON PIT ROAD, AND DECIDED AT THE
LAST SECOND, NOT TO.
THE RULE IS, IF YOU COME DOWN TO
THAT CONE, IF YOU GO OUTSIDE OF
IT, YOU HAVE TO STAY OUT.
HE DID MISS THE CONE.
THAT IS CAR SAID HE ACTUALLY
WENT INSIDE OF THAT CONE, THEY
PENALIZED HIM.
LOOKING AT THE REPLAY, LOOKS
LIKE KYLE BUSCH WAS IN THE RIGHT
THERE.
AND NASCAR ADMITTED THEY MADE A
MISTAKE.
THEY CALLED FOR THE TEAM WHEN
THE RACE WAS OVER.
THE GOOD NEWS, HE DROVE ALL THE
WAY BACK TO FINISH FOURTH AT
BRISTOL WHEN THE NIGHT WAS OVER.
>> LOOK WHERE THE COMMITMENT
CONE IS, JERRY, IT'S NOTHING
LIKE BRISTOL WHERE THEY CAN BE
ON ASPHALT.
IF THEY TRY TO TURN BACK UP ON
THE RACETRACK.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE ON GRASS.
LOOK AT THIS THING.
IF THEY TRY TO DART BACK RIGHT
THROUGH THE GRASS.
NO DRIVER WOULD DO THAT.
EVERY RACETRACK IS DIFFERENT
WHERE THEY HAVE THIS.
THEY PUT IT IN DIFFERENT
LOCATIONS BECAUSE OF THE DESIGN
OF THE RACETRACK.
EVERY ONE'S DIFFERENT.
JAMIE, WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN
THERE?
>> WE CAUGHT UP WITH RYAN
NEWMAN, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY,
CAUTION BREEDS CAUTION.
WHAT HAPPENED WITH YOUR CAR?
>> WE JUST GOT TOGETHER, AND YOU
CAN'T RUN AROUND THIS PLACE --
YOU CAN AT BRISTOL, BUT NOT
HERE.
GOOD GOING FOR THE DODGE.
AND WE CAME BACK ON SEQUENCE,
THAT WAS THE CHANCE TO SHOW WHAT
WE HAD.
>> HOW ABOUT BATTLING WITH GREG
BIFFLE, YOU GUYS ARE RACING LIKE
YOU'RE RACE FOR THE
CHAMPIONSHIP?
>> WE WERE RUNNING HARD.
I LEFT HIM ON THE OUTSIDE.
>> RYAN NEWMAN IS OUT OF THE
RACE, GUYS, BUT STILL SMILING.
>> RYAN NEWMAN THAT LED SOME
LAPS HERE AFTER THAT PIT STOP
FOR TWO TIRES.
ABLE TO GET OUT FRONT.
AND HE'S OUT FOR THE NIGHT.
DENNY HAMLIN, THE LEADER.
JEFF BURTON, KYLE BUSCH, AFTER
THAT PENALTY FOR TOO FAST
EXITING.
HE NOW FINDS HIMSELF ALL THE WAY
UP 0 IN FIFTH SPOT.
KEVIN HARVICK DRIVING HIS OWN
CAR.
AND IT'S THE RESTART.
>> JEFF BURTON WAS ABLE TO SAIL
BY ON ONE OF THE PREVIOUS
RESTARTS TO GET THE MOMENTUM TO
GO BY AND MAKE THE PASS ON
HAMLIN.
HAMLIN WILL PULL UP AND TAKE THE
SPOT AWAY.
>> THE DRAMA BEGINS ON THE 20
CAR, THE 25, THE 17 TO MAKE IT
ON FUEL.
WE KNOW THE 48 CAN.
MIKE?
>> THE QUESTION IS FOR THE 29
CAR, THE ENGINE GUY FOR THAT CAR
JUST BEFORE THAT PIT STOP, HE
CALCULATED THEY WERE THREE LAPS
SHORT ON FUEL.
THE LAN WAS TO COME DOWN PIT
ROAD BUT A MISCOMMUNICATION ON
THE RADIO RESULTED IN SOMETHING
DIFFERENT.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
HOLLER QUICKER.
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR HOLLER
QUICKER.
>> I HEAR STATIC, WHEN I'M ON
THE BACK STRAIGHTAWAY, I CAN'T
HEAR YOU.
WITH THE RADIO THAT WE'VE HAD IN
THE BUSCH CARS FOR THREE YEARS,
I CAN'T HEAR IT.
>> THEY'VE BEEN COACHING JEFF
BURTON ON THE RADIO TO TRY TO
GET HIM TO SAVE FUEL, THEY STILL
THINK HE MAY BE THREE SHORT.
>> THEY MIGHT BE GAMBLING.
39 LAPS TO GO.
WE'VE HAD CAUTION LAPS.
GOT TO HOPE THAT SOME MORE CAN
HAPPEN.
TO GIVE YOU ENOUGH TIME TO MAKE
IT ON FUEL.
RIGHT NOW TO COME DOWN TO PIT
ROAD WOULD BE A TOUGH ONE.
WE'VE GOT 18 CARS ON THE LEAD
LAP RIGHT NOW.
JIMMIE JOHNSON A WHILE AGO CAME
DOWN PIT ROAD FOR FUEL.
HE'S BACK IN POSITION RIGHT NOW.
HE'S ONE GUY THAT KNEW HE DIDN'T
MAKE IT.
DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE AT ALL.
>> WE'RE BEING TOLD THE 9 CAR OF
KASEY KAHNE IS BEING POSTED BY
NASCAR.
THE 9 CAR OF KASEY KAHNE BEING
POSTED BYES THAT CAR FOR PITTING
TOO SOON AND NOT STARTING TEND
OF THE LONGEST RYAN.
THAT'S THE PENALTY COMING DOWN
PIT ROAD AND PITTING WHEN THE
PITS ARE CLOSE.
HE'S THE CAR THAT HAD THE LEFT
TIRES.
>> AND WITH KASEY'S NIGHT
TONIGHT, HE'S HAD THE BUSCH CAR
PROGRAMS THAT ARE REALLY GOOD.
EVERNHAM'S PROGRAM LOOKS LIKE
IT'S TURNED AROUND A LOT.
BUT IT'S TAKEN A TURN FOR THE
WORST TONIGHT.
THE RHYTHM THEY HAD GOING ON,
THE CHANGE AND IT LOOKS LIKE
IT'S NOT WORKING AT THE MOMENT
RIGHT NOW.
>> DENNY HAMLIN IS THE LEADER.
JEFF BURTON IS SECOND.
KYLE BUSCH.
MATT KENSETH.
HE'S TAKING IT.
HE'S THE FOUR-TIME WINNER HERE.
IN THE SEVENTH POSITION IS CARL
EDWARDS WHO IS THE NASCAR BUSCH
SERI POINTS LEADER.
THERE'S THE 60 CAR.
HE'S NOT HAD A TOP TEN FINISH IN
THE LAST FOUR RACES.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEING A TALE
OF TWO SEASONS FOR THE 60 CAR.
HE WON FOUR TIMES, ANDY, IN THE
FIRST 15 RACES BUT HASN'T WON
SINCE THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE.
>> AND HE STARTED THIS RACE OFF
WITHOUT REALLY A GOOD CAR.
NOW, HERE HE IS UP IN THE TOP
TEN.
WITH JIMMIE JOHNSON.
JIMMIE'S GOT A GOOD CAR AND
FRESHER TIRES THAN CARL DOES.
>> CHALLENGE FOR THE LEAD UP
FRONT.
JEFF BURTON TRYING TO GET ON THE
INSIDE OF THE 20 OF DENNY
HAMLIN.
>> AND HE'S NOT GOING TO TRY TO
SAVE FUEL.
HE'S GOING TO GAMBLE.
HE'S ON THE BOTTOM OF THE TRACK.
AND DENNY HAMLIN HAD THAT RIGHT
REAR TRACK UP IN THE GRAY WHERE
YOU SAW KASEY KAHNE AND GREG
BIFFLE LOSE IT BEFORE AND CRASH.
HE'S FLIRTING WITH DAFT DISASTER
WAY UP ON THE TOP OF THE TRACK
LIKE THAT.
>> 35 LAPS TO SETTLE IT HERE AT
CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY.
DENNY HAMLIN IS ALL THE WAY UP
>>> LOOKING DOWN ON THE
CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY FROM HIGH
ABOVE THE GOODYEAR BLIMP
PROVIDING THE AERIAL COVERAGE
TONIGHT.
GOODYEAR THE OFFICIAL COVERAGE
OF NASCAR, HOPING TO GET THE
FINISH LINE FOR THE PAST 25
YEARS.
GETTING DOWN TO THE FINAL STAGES
OF THIS ONE.
JEFF BUTTER SENTENCE OUT IN
FRONT.
HE'S MOTORED AHEAD OF DENNY
HAMLIN AND KYLE BUSCH WHO HAVE
COME IN THE SECOND AND THIRD
POSITION.
>> I'LL TELL YOU, THIS IS THE
SECOND WEEK IN A ROW FOR KYLE
BUSCH.
MARCHING HIS WAY BACK THROUGH
THE FIELD, HE'S ALL THE WAY UP
TO THIRD POSITION.
LAST WEEK, HE DID IT, HE GOT
BACK TO FORTH.
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE WHAT HE DOES
WHEN HE GETS A BURR IN HIS
SADDLE.
>> GOT SPEEDING IN PIT ROAD AND
HAD TO COME BACK IN AND RALLIED
HIS WAY BACK UP INTO CONTENTION.
SPEAKING OF CONTENTION, BRIAN
VICKERS HAD BEEN IN FRONT FOR
MUCH OF THIS RACE.
NOW, WE FIND HIM DRIFTING BACK,
RACING EIGHTH AND NINTH.
>> BRIAN'S SPEED FELL OFF A BIT.
IN THE RACE, HE WAS PROBABLY .10
OR .2 QUICKERS.
>> KEVIN HARVICK IN THE THIRD.
HARVICK IN SEVENTH SPOT HAD BEEN
STRUGGLING EARLIER OUTSIDE OF
THE TOP TEN.
RIGHT THERE, THAT'S ABOUT AS FAR
FOREAS WE GOT.
>> IT'S BEEN A GOOD RUN FOR KH
RACE CARS.
HE HASN'T HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS.
EVEN THOUGH BOBBY LABONTE HAS A
WIN IN KEVIN HARVICK INGEED
CARS.
AND HE'S RUNNING AND
COMPETITIVELY AS REGULARLY AS
THE CHILDRESS CARS HE DRIVES.
VICARS FOR THE MOVE ON HARVICK
HERE.
THAT WILL BE FOR SEVENTH SPOT.
I LIKE THE WAY BEHIND WITH TWO
OF THOSE TIRES FOR VICARS.
>> IT'S AMAZING.
RIGHT HERE, WE HEARD RUSTY
WALLACE TALKING ABOUT THE TIRES.
THEY CHEWED UP THE RACETRACK.
>> AS WE TAKE IT BACK UPSTAIRS,
LET'S SEE, WE'RE SEEING DENNY
HAMLIN DUSTED OFF THE TOP LAYER.
VICARS BELOW THE LINE.
I GUESS THERE'S ROOM TO RACE
HERE IN CALIFORNIA, HUH?
>> LOTS OF ROOM HERE, GUYS, TO
RACE, WE'VE SEEN THEM GO THREE
WIDE, FOUR WIDE, AND THEY'RE
USING EVERY SINGLE LAP HERE.
>> JERRY, I WAS GOING TO SAY IF
ANYBODY GETS PAID FOR CLEANING
THE TRACK OFF DUSTING IT TOP TO
BOTTOM, IT'S GOT TO BE DENNY
HAMLIN.
THIS GUY IS ONE FOOT OFF THE
WALL.
YOU GOT TO WONDER IF HE'LL
THEY'LL THAT THING, HE'S WAY UP
THERE.
I WAS WATCHING ONE OTHER DRIVER
IN THE NEXTEL CUP SERIES.
THAT'S DALE EARNHARDT JR., HE
DOES THE SAME THING.
MOST OF THE TIME HE GETS AWAY
WITH IT.
DALE'S DONE A GOOD JOB, AND
DENNY'S DOING THE SALE THING,
USING THE WHOLE TRACK UP.
>> HE'S ONE OF THOSE DRIVERS, IF
HIS CAR IS NOT WORKING ON A
CERTAIN PLACE IN THE RACETRACK,
HE'LL GO SEARCHING AND SEARCH
AROUND ON THE RACETRACK AND FIND
WHERE HIS CAR WORKS.
>> HIGH ABOVE FROM OUR GOODYEAR,
YOU CAN SEE THE TWO DISTINCTLY
DIFFERENT LINES SOME THE CORNER.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT THE 29, UNDER
THE WHITE LINE, ALMOST UNDER THE
THIRD OF THE TRACK, AND DENNY
ALMOST RUBBING THE WALL RIGHT
THERE.
AND TO THE CORNER BUILDS THAT
FRONT SPEED DOWN THE FRONT
STRAIGHTAWAY.
RIGHT NOW, HE'S TOO FAR BACK TO
GET ANY DRAFTING HELP OF THE 29
CAR OF JEFF BURTON, BUT IF HE
WAS CLOSER, PROBABLY COULD.
>> ONE THING I'VE SEEN, DENNY
HAS MOVED THAT CAR UP WAY HIGH
AND STARTING TO MOVE FASTER THAN
JEFF BURTON IN THE 29.
>> LET'S TAKE YOU UP TO SPEED
AND TALK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING
WITH THE LEAD DRIVERS.
STARTING WITH OUR LEAD DRIVER,
JEFF BURTON, HERE'S MIKE.
>> WELL, IT'S CERTAINLY SEEMING
LIKE HE'S THROWING CAUTION TO
THE WIND.
THEY'RE THREE LAPS SHORT.
THEY'RE OUT FRONT.
COACHING HIM ALONG, TELLING HIM
EXACTLY WHERE THE 20 CAR AND THE
17 ARE RUNNING SO HE CAN COMPILE
THEM FOR A MENTAL NOTEBOOK
PERHAPS FOR THE FINISH.
MEANWHILE, DENNY HAMLIN, ANOTHER
TEAM QUESTIONING WHETHER OR NOT
THEY CAN GO FOR THE DISTANCE.
THEY'VE GOT TWO CALCULATIONS,
THEIR PRE-RACE CALCULATION SAYS
THEY'RE GOOD --
>> WAIT, MIKE.
THE 20 CAR OF DENNY HAMLIN,
SECOND PLACE CAR, WE TALKED
ABOUT BEING WAY UP ON THE
RACETRACK UP THERE WHERE WE SAW
BIFFLE HAVING A PROBLEM AND
KASEY KAHNE HAVING ISSUES.
>> YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.
>> CAN'T BLAME A MAN FOR PUSHING
THE THING HARD.
HE WAS PUSHING IT ALL THE WAY
AGAINST THE WALL.
I REALLY LIKE WHAT THE CREW
CHIEF DID JUST NOW.
HE SAID, HEY, THAT'S WHAT WE PAY
YOU FOR.
HE WENT FOR IT AND LOST IT.
>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE
REPLAY.
REALLY HIGH UP ON THE TRACK
AGAIN.
THERE IT GOES.
HE GETS IN DEBRIS, HE GETS IN
THE STUFF THAT THE 9 CAR KASEY
KAHNE DID.
>> THE SAME CAR THAT BIFFLE SPUN
IN THAT DEBRIS.
>> WE WERE JUST TALKED ABOUT
THAT, HE WAS FLIRTING WITH THE
TOP FIVE OF THAT TRACK.
HE'S NOT GIVING HIMSELF ANY OUT.
NOT ENOUGH TRACK IF HE DOES GET
LOOSE TO SAVE IT.
LET'S WATCH IT ONE MORE TIME.
TAKES IT INTO THE NORMAL LINE.
IN SOUTH CAROLINA, MAYBE THAT'S
WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, THAT'S THE
LINE YOU RUN.
NOT THIS HIGH, HERE IN
CALIFORNIA.
>> HE DOES A GREAT JOB OF NOT
WRECKING CARS.
>> HE'S NOT OUT OF HIS RACE
RIGHT NOW, GUYS.
WE'VE GOT 24 LAPS TO GO.
AND THIS CAR IS NOT TORE UP.
HE CAN PUT FOUR TIRES ON AND GO
AGAIN, GARY.
>> HE DID NOT LOSE A LAP -- LET
ME INTERRUPT YOU -- HE DID NOT
LOSE A LAP.
THE CREW KNOWS THE CAR IS NOT
GOING TO BE DAMAGED.
DENNY HAMLIN HUSTLING TO THE
RACE CAR AS BEST HE COULD,
BRINGING OUT CAUTION NUMBER FIVE
ON THE NIGHT.
>> HE CLEANED OFF A LITTLE MORE
RACETRACK ON THE WALL.
SO THEY HAVE A LITTLE MORE
RACETRACK TO WORK WITH.
HOW MANY OF THESE GUYS WILL COME
ON PIT ROAD?
REMEMBER, THERE WERE NINE CARS
THAT STAYED OUT, DID NOT PIT
WHEN THEY HAD A CHANCE TO COME
IN ON 106.
THE LEADER, 29.
THESE GUYS HAVEN'T PITTED SINCE
LAPS 96.
THEY WERE GOING TO TRY TO MAKE
IT 54 LAPS OR WILL THEY.
WILL THEY FAKE IT.
THE BOB CAR STAYS OUT.
HERE COMES BURTON, KENSETH AND
COMPANY ON PIT ROAD.
LET'S GO TO DAVE.
>> MATT KEN SETH SAID IF I TRY
ANY HARDER, I'M GOING TO WRECK
THIS CAR.
NOW, THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE AIR
PRESSURE ADJUSTMENTS IN THE REAR
TIRES.
BETTER GRIP BUT A LOOSE ADD
JUDGMENT.
THAT'S THE IDEA FOR PITTING.
MIKE.
>> CONVERSATION ON THE RADIO
BETWEEN JEFF BURTON AND PAT
SMITH.
JEFF SAID HE JUST DID NOT KNOW
WHAT TO DO, WHAT TO TELL THEM TO
DO.
THE RACE CAR WAS PRETTY GOOD.
LOOKS LIAR A FOUR-TIRE CHANGE
RIGHT NOW.
NO MAJOR ADJUSTMENTS.
THEY SWING AROUND TO THE LEFT
SIDE.
KIND OF SURPRISED THEY'RE TAKING
FOUR.
WHERE THE TRACK POSITION IS,
THAT'S WHERE THEY WENT.
FOUR TIRES AND FUEL FOR JEFF
BURTON.
>> GUYS, YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
CALL HERE, THESE GUYS COMING IN.
>> THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE FRESH
TIRES, THAT'S GOING TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE NOW.
THESE OTHER GUYS HAVE QUITE A
FEW LAPS ON THE TIRES.
KASEY KAHNE WITH THE 13 SPOT.
HE'S PROBABLY GOT RIGHT FRONT
TIRES AND POP OUT IN FRONT OF
THESE GUYS.
NOT ONLY CAN THEY MAKE IT ON
FUEL, BUT THEY'VE GUT PRETTY
GOOD TIRES.
THIS IS GOING TO MAKE THE RACE
UP FRONT.
>> KYLE BUSCH DID NOT PIT.
NEITHER DID CLINT BOWYER IN THE
21 CAR.
THERE IS THE 5 UP FRONT.
MATT CAN SETH LOST SIXTH
POSITION, DAVE.
>> AND AS YOU LOOK AT THE REPLAY
NOW, DOC, IT WAS OKAY, BUT THE
LEFT.
THEY COULD NOT GET THE REAR TIRE
OFF ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
SO THEY WAITED, THEY WAITED.
DO YOU REMEMBER, UNDER GREEN
FLAG CONDITIONS, A BAD
>>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A
SHOOTOUT HERE IN CALIFORNIA,
AFTER A RED FLAG FOR 28 MINUTES
DUE TO A VIOLENT IMPACT EARLY IN
THE RACE.
LAP EXTEND, INVOLVING FOUR CARS.
IF YOU JUST JOINED OUR COVERAGE,
BRAD KESELOWSKI HAS BEEN
HELICOPTERED OUT TO THE LOCAL
HOSPITAL.
HE'S ALERT AND AWAKE AND STABLE
UNDERGOING X-RAYS.
NOW, THE 20 CAR OF DENNY HAMLIN
RIDING HIGH, WIDE AND HANDSOME
HAD ITS ISSUES ON THE RACETRACK
A MOMENT AGO.
LET'S LISTEN IN.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE RISKY, BUT I
WANT TO WIN.
>> WE'RE FINE.
>> THAT WAS JUST BEFORE THE
SPIN.
AND HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED.
HE WAS GOING TO PUSH THE CAR AND
PUSH IT.
AND HE WAS JUST PUMPING IT FOR
ALL ITS WORTH.
>> YOU GOT TO HAND IT TO HIM, HE
PUSHED IT, HE LOST IT, BUT HE
DIDN'T CRASH IT.
HE BARELY MISSED WHAT WALL.
NOW, HE'S BACK IN WITH FOUR
TIRES ON THE CAR.
HE LOST TRACK POSITION.
IT'S GOING TO BE COOL TO WATCH
HIM.
I CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH HILL.
>> FINAL LAPS.
20 TO GO HERE.
KYLE BUSCH WILL LEAD THEM DOWN,
PACE CAR PULLS AWAY.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE DRIVERS
AND SPOTTERS AS WE GO FULL
THROTTLE.
>> INSIDE, THREE WIDE.
LOOKS CLEAR.
>> LOW.
>> THREE.
ON THAT SIDE.
>> THREE WIDE MIDDLE.
THREE WIDE MIDDLE.
>> SCRAMBLING ALL OVER THE
RACETRACK.
THREE WIDE NEARLY CONTACT WITH
JIMMIE JOHNSON, THE 48 CAR, UP
HIGH.
McMURRAY, THE 46 MAKING A MOVE
DOWN ON THE BOTTOM OF THE
RACETRACK.
>> DENNY HAMLIN HITS IT, FOUR TO
FIVE CARS, AND HE IS FLYING.
I MEAN, HE TOOK A REAL NERVY
MOVE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE
RACETRACK.
AND NOW THE 29 CAR, JEFF BURTON,
THAT IS HIS TEAM CAR, THE 21 CAR
OF CLINT BOWYER IN TROUBLE.
HERE'S THE 17 CAR INVOLVED.
>> WIMMER'S INVOLVED.
AND CARL EDWARDS HIT IT HEAD ON
WITH THE 17 CAR.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> WE'RE DONE.
>> CAUTION COMING OUT FOR THE
SIXTH TIME TONIGHT.
AT LEAST A HALF A DOZEN CARS
INVOLVED.
AND NOW, THE 10 CAR OF BRIAN
VICKERS WHO HAD LED TWICE FOR 37
LAPS.
THERE'S OUR POINTS LEADER, CARL
EDWARDS.
>> WE GOT NO AUTO PRESSURE.
WORK ON IT, LET'S NOT TAKE A LOT
OF TIME.
LET'S GET BACK OUT THERE.
>> WELL, IF HE COULD SEE WHAT
THAT CAR LOOKS LIKE, IT'S A
LITTLE EASIER THAN NOT GO LAP
DOWN.
THAT THING IS TORE UP.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE 17th CAR OF
MATT KENSETH.
STEPHEN LEICHT, NOWHERE TO GO,
GOT CAUGHT UP IN THE ACCIDENTS.
AFTER SO MUCH SMOKE, GUYS.
TRYING TO DRIVE THROUGH THAT
SMOKE AND MAKE IT.
IT'S A TOUGH THING.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO STEPHEN
LEICHT.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS REPLAY,
GUYS.
>> FOUR WIDE RIGHT HERE.
EVERYBODY JUST LOOKING FOR SOME
BREAKING ROOM.
AND MATT KENSETH GETS A BUMP
FROM BEHIND.
>> AND BRIAN VICKERS, A FAST CAR
TONIGHT, HE GETS TAKEN OUT, THE
UPONS LEADER.
>> NOWHERE TO GO.
STEPHEN LEICHT COMES IN IN THE
90 CAR MAKES CONTACT WITH MATT
KENSETH.
>> WHEN YOU'RE BEHIND, YOU'RE
THE DRIVER, YOU SEE THAT SMOKE
AND DEBRIS, YOU TAKE A
CALCULATED GUESS, SHOULD I GO
HIGH, SHOULD I GO LOW.
SOMETIMES, YOU JUST MISS IT.
RIGHT NOW, THERE'S SO MUCH
DEBRIS, THESE GOES CAN'T SEE
WHERE THEY'RE GOING.
THAT HAPPENS.
>> KELLY BYERS, THE 17 CAR, THAT
WAS THE INITIAL CONTACT CAR.
>> THE GUYS LOOKED LIKE MATT
KENSETH JUST WANE CLEAR.
HE JUST WASN'T CLEAR.
HE CAME ACROSS THE HOOD, AND
THEY WERE SWAPPING BACK AND
FORTH SO FAST.
>> LOOK AT JAMIE McMURRAY'S
ON-BOARD CAMERA.
>> THERE HE IS.
COMES OVER.
BARELY CLIPS HIM.
DAVE, YOU GOT MORE?
>> YEAH, RUSTY, HE TALKED TO HIS
CREW RIGHT AFTER THAT.
HE CONFESSED, MY BAD, BOB.
HE'S TALKING TO BOB JEFFREY, HIS
FATHER.
HE IMPLIED THAT THE 47 MIGHT
HAVE GIVEN A LITTLE MORE.
MATT TOOK RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THAT BECAUSE HE HAD NOT BEEN
CLEARED BY HIS FATHER.
>> THAT'S GOOD THAT MATT DID
THAT.
IT'S CLEAR THAT KELLY BUYERS
DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WHATSOEVER.
MATT HAD NOR SPEED.
THESE GUYS WERE GOING FOR.
FOUR WIDE, PANDEMONIUM BREAKING
LOSE ON THE BACK STRAIGHTAWAY.
>> THAT'S FOUR OR FIVE CARS
HERE.
>> 29 TO GO, THESE GUYS ARE
TRYING TO GO FOR A GOOD FINISH.
>> CARL EDWARDS WAS SAILING BY
ON THE HIGH SIDE MINDING HIS OWN
BUSINESS, HE ENDS UP WITH THE 17
CAR IN HIS RIGHT FENDER.
AND DAMAGE AND THE FRONT AND THE
REAR.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO THE
FRONT END OF MATT KENSETH'S CAR.
THERE WAS THE TOYOTA THAT WAS SO
STRONG IN THE FIRST 75 LAPS,
LEDDING THE 37th CIRCUIT AT
CALIFORNIA FOR BRIAN VICKERS.
>> THE OWNER'S CHAP POINTS IS
STARTING TO GET MESSED UP AGAIN.
THE 60 CAR OF CARL EDWARDS, HE'S
FALLEN BACK.
THESE OWNERS, ROUSH, AND RICHARD
CHILDRESS, THEY'RE GOING WITH
IT.
THEY WANT THIS TITLE.
RIGHT NOW, EDWARDS HAVING
TERRIBLE LUCK.
JUST CAN'T SEEM TO GET ON TRACK.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT ALL WEEK
LONG.
>> CARL EDWARDS WON FOUR IN THE
LAST 15 EVENTS.
HE'S STRUGGLED.
LOOK AT THE LAST FOUR FINISHES.
THREE OUT OF THE TOP 25 AND THEN
TRYING TO GET A TOP TEN FINISH
AT BRISTOL, TENNESSEE.
NOW, THE CAR HE'S DRIVING HERE
TONIGHT WAS THE CAR HE RAN AT
KENTUCKY WHEN HE THOUGHT HE HAD
A GREAT RUN GOING UNTIL THIS
HAPPENED LATE IN THE RACE.
>> STEVEN WALLACE GOING FOR THE
LEAD.
RUNNING FIRST AND SECOND.
BOTH COLLIDED.
CHICAGO, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS
ONE.
HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HIS NUMBER
60 CAR, OFF THE PACE AGAIN.
>> MONTREAL, SUSPENSION PARTS ON
THE BACK OF THE CAR.
TRACK BAR ON THE BACK OF THE
MACHINE COST HIM A 2525 FINISH.
WATKINS GLEN, THE SAME THING,
REAR SUSPENSION BROKEN THERE.
WATKINS GLEN.
MICHIGAN UP HIGH.
RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE 41 CAR.
JUST A BIT OF A NUDGE, AND HE
SPINS THE CAR AROUND AND HAS NOT
HAD ANY KIND OF LUCK IN THE LAST
HALF DOZEN OR SO EVENT.
>> YOU GOT TO HAVE LUCK ON YOUR
SIDE, LUCK IS EVERYTHING IN THE
WORLD.
WE KNOW HE'S A GREAT DRIVER.
HE'S JUST LOST SOME RHYTHM RIGHT
THOUSAND.
AND HE'S LOOKING REALLY GOOD FOR
THE DRIVER'S CHAMPIONSHIP RIGHT
NOW.
BUT THE OWNER'S CHAMPIONSHIP,
WHICH IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT
THING, HE'S NOT LOOKING GOOD
THERE.
>> JEFF BURTON RUNNING SECOND.
RIGHT NOW WITH THE BEST TIRES.
KYLE BUSCH IS THE LEADER.
HE HAND BEEN ON PIT ROAD SINCE
96.
LOOKS LIKE JEFF BURTON IS
SITTING IN THE CAT BIRD SEAT
WITH FOUR TIRES.
>> THE 60 CAR OF CARL EDWARDS
CAME IN WITH A 42-POINT LEAD IN
THE OWNER'S POINTS FOR ROUSH
FENWAY OVER RICHARD CHILDRESS
WITH THE 29 CAR.
FOR THE FACT THAT THIS 29 CAR
ENDED UP BEING IN A WRECK AT
BRISTOL.
>> SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT
SCOTT WIMMER DROVE HIS 29 CAR A
LOT THIS YEAR.
DID A FANTASTIC JOB FOR RICHARD
CHILDRESS AND GOT IT UP HIGH IN
THE OWNER'S CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS.
WHEN YOU GET JEFF BURTON IN THIS
THING, IT TAKES OFF.
I THINK JEFF IS ABLE TO HELP
SCOTT.
THAT'S WHY KEVIN HARVICK HAS SO
MUCH CONFIDENCE IN SCOTT WIMMER
THAT HE PUT HIM IN HIS OWN CAR,
THE 77.
WHEN I LOOK AT THIS 29, I THINK
OF SCOTT WIMMER.
>> BURTON HAS WON TWICE IN THE
21 CAR AS WELL, WINNING AT LAS
VEGAS AND ATLANTA.
JAMIE HAS CAUGHT UP WITH OUR
POINTS LEADER.
>> WELL, YOU SEE CARL EDWARDS
BACK IN THE CAR IN THE GARAGE.
CARL, WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE?
>> WE ACTUALLY GOT OFF, GOING
PRETTY WELL, AND WAS HAVING A
GOOD TIME.
ALL I SAW WAS THE BIG RB 17, AND
I HOPE NOBODY GOT HURT THERE.
THEY'VE BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB.
I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO GET THAT
TODAY.
BUT NOTHING I COULD DO ABOUT IT.
>> THEY PRIDE THEMSELVES ON 0.
YOU GUYS ARE NOT DNF.
HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR YOU TO
GET OUT THERE, CARL?
>> WE DON'T WANT ANY DNFs WE
HAVE PRIDE IN THE TEAM.
AND WITH THE OWNER'S
CHAMPIONSHIP RIGHT NOW.
IT'S A GOOD NIGHT FOR US.
I GOT THE BEST GUYS IN THE
BUSINESS WORKING THE BEST AS
THEY CAN.
>> GUYS, THEY'RE WORKING IN THE
CAR, ON THE FRONT OF THE CAR.
I HAVE NO DOUBT THEY'RE GOING TO
TRY TO MAKE THEIR WAY OUT
LIMPING OR NOT.
>> A LOT OF PRIDE.
YOU KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO
BE UNDER SO MUCH PRESSURE TO GET
THIS CAR BACK ON THE RACETRACK.
>> YOU JUST GOT TO ADDRESS WHAT
YOU'VE DONE, THE DAMAGE.
TRY TO GET THE CAR BACK OUT
THERE.
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T
HAVE A PROBLEM ONCE IT GETS BACK
OUT THERE.
>> RIGHT NOW, THE 5 CAR AND THE
29 CAR, JEFF BURTON.
JEFF GOT BETTER TIRES ON THOSE.
SHOULD HAVE A BETTER GRIP.
I GOT TO ADMIT, I WAS WRONG, AND
I'M NOT RIGHT YET, ANDY, I
THOUGHT THE RIGHT MOVE WAS TO
STAY OUT THERE WITH THE NUMBER 5
CAR.
WITH THE FOUR TIRES AND RIGHT ON
HIS BUMPER, HEY, IT'S GOING TO
BE A SHOOTOUT.
>> IT IS GOING TO BE A SHOOTOUT.
CLINT BOWYER HASN'T BEEN ON PIT
ROAD SINCE LAP 96.
AND THE NUMBER 8 CAR.
I THINK WE GOT A BIG TIME
SHOOTOUT COMING UP.
>> THESE GUYS ALREADY HAD A BIG
TIME SHOOTOUT.
REMEMBER, EARLIER IN THE YEAR,
EVERYBODY WAS GOING TO ROLL THE
DICE.
KYLE BUSCH IN THE RACE.
COMING DOWN FOR THE CHECKERED
FLAG.
A CONTEST.
BURTON WINS.
AND KYLE BUSCH GOES OVER, GIVES
A HAND SHAKE KNOWING THAT JEFF
BURTON AS ABOUT AS CLEAN A
DRIVER AS THEY COME.
CAN WE SEE A REPLAY?
JAMIE HAS CAUGHT UP WITH BRIAN
VICKERS.
>> YOU GUYS HAVE TALKED ABOUT
IT.
BRIAN, WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE
TO GET ONE OF THESE THINGS
FINISHED?
>> IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, TONIGHT, WE HAD A
REALLY, REALLY STRONG CAR.
ESPECIALLY ON LONG RUN.
WE DEFINITELY WEREN'T LIKE SOME
GUYS, 15 OR 20 LAPS.
BUT THE SECOND HALF, WE WERE
ROCKETSHIP.
I THINK IT WAS THE RIGHT CALL TO
GET FOUR NEW TIRES.
WE WERE GETTING READY TO SMOKE
THOSE GUYS WITH NEW TIRES.
I DON'T THINK IT WAS
INTENTIONAL.
BUT COMING ONBOARD THIS WEEKEND
WAS GREAT.
WE GOT A GREAT CAR IN THE BUSCH
SERIES.
I WANT TO THANK RON FOR GIVING
ME AN OPPORTUNITY.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO BE BACK IN
TOYOTA TOMORROW.
WHAT DID YOU LEARN TONIGHT THAT
YOU CAN TAKE TO TOYOTA AND GET
TO VICTORY LANE?
>> I DEFINITELY LEARNED SOME
THINGS.
I CAN'T TELL YOU THOSE SECRETS,
WE DEFINITELY LEARNED SOME
THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO APPLY
TO THE CUP RACE TOMORROW.
>> WE WILL SEE BRIAN VICKERS
BACK IN THE CAR A FEW MORE
TIMES.
>> TALK ABOUT LEARNING THINGS.
ANDY, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT WHAT
THESE GUYS CAN LEARN DRIVING A
BUSCH CAR VERSUS A CUP CAR.
I HEAR AIR PRESSURE A LOT.
>> THE CARS ARE DIFFERENT.
THE ONE COMMON DENOMINATOR IS
THE TIRES.
THE THINGS THAT THEY CAN LEARN
ABOUT AIR PRESSURE AND THE WAY
TIRES FALL OFF, WHAT TWO TIRES,
VERSUS FOUR TIRES WILL DO, THESE
CARS CAN CARRY INTO THE CUP
RACE.
>> COMPARED TO THE IT UP BEING
110, A BIGGER REAR SPOILER.
A SMALLER MOTOR.
LIKE YOU SAID, ONE COMMON THING
IS THE TIRE.
AND JERRY, I THINK IT RELIES A
LOT OF NEW TIRES TONIGHT AND
THAT'S GOING TO HELP THEM
TOMORROW.
>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT
SITUATIONS INVOLING DRIVERS.
HOW ABOUT CHICAGO HAVE REMEMBER
THIS LATE IN THE RACE.
THE 21, HARVICK GOES BACK ON THE
RACETRACK.
BUSCH ENDS UP MAKING A PIT STOP.
AND IT ENDS UP COSTING HIM A
CHANCE.
TONIGHT HERE, THE 29 CAR AND
IT'S BUSCH THAT COMES BACK UP
AND DOESN'T PIT.
SO SO KYLE BUSCH HAS HAD TIRES
ON SINCE LAP 96.
31 LAPS DIFFERENCE IN THE TIRES
BETWEEN THE 5 CAR AND THE 29 CAR
HERE IN THIS FINAL 12-LAP
SHOOTOUT.
>> LET'S NOT FORGET ABOUT THE 20
CAR, DENNY HAMLIN.
>> THAT'S THE GUY YOU GOT TO
KEEP AN EYE ON, HE'S MAD, HE'S
HOT.
HE'S GOT TO PROVE THE POINT THAT
HE'S IN THE BACK.
WE KNOW HE'S NOT AFRAID TO USE
THE TOP OF THAT RACETRACK.
>> IF YOU LIKED WHAT YOU SAW
TONIGHT ON NASCAR BUSCH SERIES
RACING ON A VERY WIDE,
COMPETITIVE TRACK, YOU'LL LIKE
IT EVEN MORE.
WE'VE GOT 500 MILES OF NASCAR
CUP ACTION PRESENTED BY
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP, 7:00
EASTERN TIME.
KYLE BUSCH, BY THE WAY, WILL
START FIFTH TOMORROW NIGHT, AND
BROTHER KURT BUSCH WILL LEAD HIM
DOWN TO THE GREEN FLAG.
KURT BUSCH WILL PICK UP HIS
FIRST POLE IN THE 2007, IN THE 2
CAR.
17 DRIVER, THAT'S MATT KENSETH.
AND HE AND STEPHEN LEICHT HAVE
BOTH BE CHECKED OUT AND LEASED.
GOOD NEWS, INVOLVED IN THAT HARD
CONTACT IN THE MOST RECENT HERE
CAUTION FLAG COMING OUT ON LAP
131.
>> WELL, I LOVE BEING THE LEADER
OF THE RACE, BUT I DON'T LOVE
BEING THE LEADER OF THE RACE
WHEN I KNOW I GOT A GUY BEHIND
ME WITH A LOT FRESHER TIRES
THAT'S GOT ME IN HIS GUNSIGHT.
HE'S PROBABLY THINKING, SAW THE
REPLAY A WHILE AGO, THEY TAKE ME
OUT BEFORE, NOW, I'M TAKING THEM
OUT.
>> YOU'RE THE LEADER OF THE
RACE, HOW FAR UP DO YOU GET THE
GLOVES AND GET STARTED?
>> I'M GOING TO GET READY TO GO.
THERE'S MATT KENSETH AND HIS
WIFE, KATIE, LEAVING THE CARE
CENTER GOING BACK TO THE MOTOR
HOME AND SAYING, THE DAY'S OVER.
MATT NEVER GETS UPSET.
HE'S GOT A GOOD RACE.
AND IT'S OVER.
>> A LOT OF EXPERIENCE OF KYLE
BUSCH, THE 29 OF BURTON.
AND I WILL TELL YOU THIS, KYLE
BUSCH HAS BEEN GOOD AT HIS
RACETRACK.
HE GOT HIS FIRST CUP BOWL HERE
AT THE AGE OF 19 IN 2005, HE
STILL WINS THE RECORD FOR THE
YOUNGEST WINNER IN NASCAR
COMPETITION.
AT THE AGE OF 20 YEARS AND FOUR
MONTHS.
THIS TRACK HAS BEEN GOOD FOR
KYLE BUSCH.
>> JERRY, IF I WANT ANYBODY
DRIVING MY CAR WITH TEN LAPS TO
GO, I DEFINITELY WANT KURT
BUSCH.
HE'S FAST, HE'S REALLY NERDY,
AND HE'S GOING TO GO FOR IT.
>> AND JIMMIE JOHNSON AND DENNY
HAMLIN.
>> DON'T FORGET ABOUT COMPETENT
BOWYER IN THAT 21.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A GOOD
SHOOTOUT, HERE.
>> AND KYLE BUSCH.
HE MIGHT GET REALLY LOOSE IN THE
RESTART.
>> IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN TO A
TEN-LAP SPRINT RACE AT 190 MILES
AN HOUR CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY.
GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH THE
BUSCH COMPETITION.
KYLE BUSCH IN THE 5 CAR.
JEFF BURTON IN THE 29 CAR.
THE 21.
CLINT BOWYER, THE 48 CUP SERIES
CHAMPION.
JIMMIE JOHNSON, DENNY HAMLIN,
ALL THE WAY BACK TO THIS SPOT
AFTER THAT SPIN.
>> THAT 35 AND THAT 25, THE LAP
DOWN ON THE BOTTOM, THEY'RE
THINKING, I NEED TO GET OUT OF
THE WAY.
THESE GUYS ARE COMING FOR US.
I KNOW THE 20 CARS, THEY'RE
GOING TO TRY TO GET TO THE
FRONT.
AND THE LAP CARS, THEY DON'T
WANT TO BE IN THE WAY WITH 11
LAPS TO GO BECAUSE THESE GUYS
ARE GOING.
>> REMEMBER THE 29 AND THE 21,
THE TEAMMATES OWNED BY RICHARD
CHILDRESS RACING.
HERE THEY COME.
WHO'S IT GOING TO BE?
GREEN FLAG.
AND KYLE BUSCH TAKES OFF.
>> DOWN AROUND THREE AND FOUR
WIDE.
THIS BATTLE IS STARTING TO
SHAPEUP.
GOOD RUN FOR MARCOS AMBROSE,
HIGHEST FINISHING AND RUNNING
BUSCH SERIES.
AND THEY PUSH THEM BACK IN CAMP
POSITION.
THE 21 CAR WAITED OWN THE
RACETRACK.
THAT'S BOWYER.
AND HAMLIN FOR POSITION.
>> AND USING THE TOP FIVE OF THE
RACETRACK TRYING TO GET MOMENTUM
BUILT UP IN THE CAR.
BUT DENNY'S NOT HAVING ANY PART
OF THAT.
JUST UNDERLINE NAPS TO GO RIGHT
NOW.
AND KYLE BUSCH STILL LEADS THIS
THING.
>> KYLE BUSCH DOING A GREAT JOB
IN THE 5 CAR, WITH TIRES THAT
HAS A FEW MORE LAPS ON THEM A
LOT MORE LAPS THAN JEFF BURTON
AND JIMMIE JOHNSON.
>> I'M SURPRISED I THOUGHT THE
29 CAR WOULD HAVE BEEN EATEN UP
WITH THE TIRES AND THE PRESSURE.
>> LOOK HOW LOW, RUNNING
UNDERNEATH THE RACETRACK, ALMOST
HALF THE CAR UNDERLINES ONE AND
WOULD.
WE GENERALLY DON'T SEE THAT.
>> GO GET HIM.
>> AND THE CARS TO THE LEFT OF
YOUR SCREEN ARE SCRAMBLING TO
FOR A POSITION.
DAVID RAGAN IS THERE.
WIMMER IN THE 77 CAR.
BOTTOM OF THE RACETRACK.
THERE'S MARCOS AMBROSE IN THE
59, THE IMPRESSIVE AUSTRALIAN
ROOKIE.
>> AND LOOKING GOOD, JERRY, UP
TO TENTH POSITION.
ONE OF THE HIGHEST RUN REGULARS.
MARCOS DOING A GOOD JOB TONIGHT.
LOOK AT JEFF BURTON IN THE REAR
BUMPER, GOT HIM LOOSE.
>> ON THE INSIDE, BURTON IS
TRYING TO PULL EVEN WITH HIM,
FRESH TIRES.
DO FRESH TIRES MAKE THAT MUCH OF
A DIFFERENCE?
SEVEN LAPS TO GO, AND BUSCH
SAID, I'M GOING TO HANG ON.
HE JUMPS ON.
IT WAS THE FINAL LAP IN VEGAS,
BUT WE STILL GOT SEVEN LAPS TO
GO HERE THAT CALIFORNIA.
>> AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT
JIMMIE JOHNSON WANTS TO SEE.
>> OKAY.
SLOW UP HERE.
RIGHT THERE.
>> AND THESE GUYS ARE RACING
SIDE BY SIDE, GETTING JIMMIE
JOHNSON TO CATCH UP RIGHT NOW.
THEY CAN'T RUN FAST RUNNING THIS
CLOSELY.
LOOK AT JIMMIE GETTING INTO THE
PICTURE RIGHT NOW.
KYLE BUSCH TUCKED IN.
>> EXACTLY WHAT JEFF BURTON
WANTS IS CLEAN AIR RIGHT NOW.
>> AND BURTON TAKES THE LEAD
WITH JIMMIE JOHNSON IN THIRD.
THERE'S DENNY HAMLIN IN THIRD
AND FOURTH PLACE TO TRY TO RUN
THESE TWO DOWN HERE.
KYLE BUSCH LOOKS TO THE INSIDE
OF BURTON TO RETAKE THE LEAD.
>> THAT'S JUST WHAT JIMMIE
JOHNSON IN THE 20 CAR ARE
LOOKING FOR WITH DENNY HAMLIN.
AND HAMLIN HASN'T GIVEN UP YET.
KIM BURTON, JEFF BURTON'S WIFE
WATCHING THERE.
AND THE CREW CHIEF IN THE 29
CAR.
>> I LOVE WATCHING KIM, MAN, SHE
GETS FIRED UP.
SHE REALLY GETTED EXCITED.
SHE REALLY DRIVES THAT CAR WITH
JEFF.
RIGHT NOW, JEFF GOT THAT CLEAN
AIR.
HE REALLY GOT AWAY.
>> IF YOU WANT TO BE THE WIFE OF
A NASCAR DRIVER.
LOOK WHAT SHE'S GOING THROUGH.
THE EMOTION ON HER FACE.
YOU CAN SEE THE EYES AS SHE
WATCHES HER HUSBAND TRY TO HANG
ON AT 190 MILES AN HOUR.
>> GUYS, WHAT YOU GOT IS HE'S
FINALLY GOT THE 5 OFF HIS
BUMPER.
>> NOW, TAKE A LOOK AT DENNY
HAMLIN AND THE 48 OF JIMMIE
JOHNSON DUELLING RIGHT NOW.
>> AND IT'S ALMOST THERE HE USED
THE HIGH LINE TO GO BACK BY HIM.
>> AND THE 20 CAR OF DENNY
HAMLIN HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO MAKE
THE RACETRACK WORK FOR HIM.
LOOKS LIKE HE GETS THROUGH THE
MIDDLE OF THE CORNER REAL WELL.
HE JUST CAN'T GET THROUGH THE
CORNER THAT WAY.
>> HE ALWAYS SEEMS LIKE HE GETS
THE CAR WOUND UP AT THE TOP OF
THE TRACK, ANDY, AND GETS THAT
MOMENTUM.
BUT JIMMIE JOHNSON, YOU SEE
DENNY COMMITTING TO THE BOTTOM
WHICH HE HASN'T DONE ALL NIGHT
LONG.
ALWAYS TO THE TOP OF THE TRACK.
>> HE GOES TO THE MIDDLE OF THE
CORNER.
HE NEEDS THAT EXTRA ROOM COMING
OFF THE CORNER.
AND JIMMIE JOHNSON IS STITTING
IN THAT GROOVE.
>> AND JEFF BURTON HAS GOT A
REALLY GOOD CAR HERE.
>> A ROOKIE BATTLE HERE, THE 6
CAR, DAVID RAGAN LEADS THE
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR WITH POINTS
STANDINGS BY 25 POINTS.
AND THE GUY RUNNING TO THE
OUTSIDE OF HIM, MARCOS AMBROSE.
>> AND YOU'VE REALLY GOT TO GIVE
A HAND TO DAVID RAGAN AND MARCOS
AMBROSE.
LOOK AT REED SORENSEN.
THEY'VE BEEN CLEAN ALL NIGHT
LONG.
THREE WIDE IN THE CORNER.
THREE LAPS TO GO.
AND THEY'RE BATTLING FOR TENTH,
11th AND 12th.
RAGAN IN 10th, SORENSON, 12th.
AND HERE'S COMES RAGAN TO TAKE
IT AWAY.
AND THE THIRD POSITION.
THE 20 CAR OF DENNY HAMLIN,
USING THE HIGH SIDE.
>> HE'S FINALLY GOT IT NOW AND
LET THE CAR GO WHERE HE WANTS IT
TO GO.
DOESN'T HAVE QUITE ENOUGH TIME
TO RUN DOWN JEFF BURTON TO LEAD
THE RACE.
>> BUT ANDY, LOOKS LIKE HE'S GOT
ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO AT LEAST
BRING THIS THING HOME IN SECOND
PLACE.
>> THE SAME THING HERE.
GETS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE
CORNER, REAL WELL IN THE BOTTOM.
NOW, LOOKS LIKE HE'S GOING TO
TRY TO BREAK THE DRAFT AND
MOVING DOWN.
>> TIME TO BREAK THAT COLUMN OF
AIR.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE DRAFT, ANDY,
HE'S TRYING TO KILL THAT
STRAIGHTAWAY SPEED THAT THE 20
CAR, DENNY HAMLIN IS GETTING ON
HIM.
IT LOOKS RIGHT NOW, IF ANYTHING
IS GOING TO HAPPEN, DENNY'S
GOING TO COMMIT TO THE TOP OF
THE TRACK WHERE HE'S SO STRONG,
HE'S GOING TO GET AROUND KYLE
BUSCH.
>> SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH,
ENTERING TURN ONE, THE LEADER,
WHO HAS TAKEN THE WHITE FLAG.
JEFF BURTON, THERE HE IS,
SAILING UP OF THE BACK
STRAIGHTAWAY.
THIS IS BURTON'S EIGHTH START AT
CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY.
HE'S NEVER WON HERE, SECOND
TWICE.
HE PULLS AWAY, WITH THE BATTLE
FOR SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH.
HERE COMES JEFF BURTON OUT OF
TURN FOUR, AND HE WILL PICK UP
HIS THIRD WIN OF 2007, HIS 25th
CAREER NASCAR BUSCH SERIES
VICTORY FOR JEFF BURTON.
IT'S BUSCH, HAM KIN AND JOHNSON
FINISHING SECOND, THIRD AND
FOURTH.
AND CLINT BOWYER FINISHING IN
FIFTH POSITION.
KASEY KAHNE COMES BACK FROM THAT
STAND WITH FLAT TIRES TO FINISH
SIXTH.
McMURRAY IS EIGHTH.
GORDON FINISHING NINTH.
>> GOOD JOB TONIGHT.
REALLY GOOD JOB, MAN.
GREAT GUY JOB, GUYS.
GREAT JOB.
>> LET'S CHECK IN WHERE DAVE HAS
CAUGHT UP WITH THE CREW CHIEF,
PAT SMITH.
>> AND ANOTHER BUSCH BATTLE TO
MEET UP WITH JEFF GORDON THE
VICTOR.
NOW COMES THE VICTORY HERE AT
CALIFORNIA.
>> I THOUGHT WE HAD IT COVERED.
REALLY FELT BAD ABOUT THAT ONE.
>> YOU HAVE MUTUAL ADMIRATION
BETWEEN CREW CHIEF AND DRIVER.
TONIGHT, JEFF BUTTER SENTENCE
THE WINNER.
>> AND JEFF BURTON HAD THE
FASTEST CAR, GUYS.
HE DOMINATED IN THE LAST PART OF
THIS TRACK, .2 SECONDS FASTER.
>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR
CROWN ROYAL CROWNING MOMENT.
IT WAS A GREAT EFFORT.
JUST FIFTH TO GO HERE.
KYLE BUSCH, THE LEADER.
HERE COMES THE 29 CAR OF JEFF
BURTON TO MAKE THE PASS ON LAP
144, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE
INSIDE OF THE RACETRACK.
AND THE FRESH TIRES FOR THE 29
CAR PAID OFF.
BURTON GETTING BY.
KYLE BUSCH COULDN'T HANG ON.
THAT PROPELLED JEFF BURTON IN
THE THIRD WIN IN 2007.
HIS 25th CAREER VICTORY WHICH
MAKES THE DIE FOR FOURTH ALL
TIME IN NASCAR BUSCH WINS WITH
THE VETERAN TOMMY HOUSTON.
>> JEFF HAD TO LEARN A LOT.
TIRE PRESSURE.
FOR TOMORROW'S BIG RACE HERE AT
KRA AKRA.
REAL SMART DRIVER.
THOUGHT ABOUT ALL THE CHANGES
HE'S MADE.
HE'S DEFINITELY GOING TO USE
THAT TO HIS ADVANTAGE.
>> HE'S GOT TO BE EXHAUSTED IN
THIS.
HE'S JUMPED INTO THE ARMS OF THE
CHILDRESS CREW.
>> HE'S EXHAUSTED AND DRENCHED
WITH GATORADE.
HOW BIG A WIN IS THAT
CONSIDERING HOW CLOSE YOU GUYS
CAME?
>> IT FEELS REALLY GOOD.
THEY BROUGHT THIS CAR.
AND IT TOOK EVERYBODY TO GET IT
DONE.
AND REALLY GREAT THAT EVERYBODY
WAS THERE.
IT SEEMED SO GOOD.
AND JUST REAL PROUD.
>> YOU LOOK AT THE 56, THE LAST
TWO EVENTS HERE AT THE
CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY HAVE BEEN
SPENT BY THE BUSCH WINNER AND
GOING ON TO WIN THE CUP RACE.
HOW MUCH DOES THIS BODE FOR YOU
IN TERMS OF THE CUP RACE
TOMORROW?
>> WE'RE HERE TONIGHT, MY GUYS
DID A GREAT JOB.
WE'LL SEE, WE'LL PUT OUR BEST
FORWARD.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO THE SAME
THING.
>> JEFF GORDON IN VICTORY LANE
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE
CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY.
>> WE SAW A SWEEP IN THE SPRING.
KASEY KAHNE WON BOTH.
CAN JEFF BURTON THE GUY TO WIN
BOTH THE BUSCH AND THE CUP HERE.
COMING UP NEXT THE RACEWAY PART
IN INDIANAPOLIS.
WE CONGRATULATE JEFF BURTON IN
2007 IN HIS 25th WIN IN THE
CAREER.
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