Tip:
Highlight text to annotate it
X
CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY ESPN, INC.
>>> ESPN'S COVERAGE OF THE
NASCAR BUSCH SERIES COMES YOUR
WAY FROM DOVER, DELAWARE.
COUNT THE MONSTER MILE ALONG THE
LANDMARKS HERE IN THE NATION'S
FIRST STATE.
DOVER INTERNATIONAL, JUST UP THE
ROAD FROM DOVER AIR FORCE BASE,
ONE OF THE LARGEST AND BUSIEST
FREIGHT TERMINALS IN THE WORLD.
IT'S FITTING THAT WE HAVE A
PATRIOTIC FEEL, AND A SPECIAL
COMMAND FROM OVERSEAS.
>>> HI, I'M LIEUTENANT COLONEL
JIM BEGLEY, COMMANDER OF THE
DELAWARE NATIONAL GUARD 189th
SIGNAL BATTALION IN BAGHDAD,
IRAQ.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED
SUPPORT, AND WE ESPECIALLY THANK
YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF
SAYING --
>> GENTLEMEN, START YOUR
ENGINES!
>> CRANK 'EM UP.
>> MAN SAYS FIRE 'EM UP.
>> EVERYTHING IS GOOD.
>> PRESSURE'S ON.
WE'RE READY TO ROLL.
>> DRIVERS AND CARS ABOUT TO
TAKE A BEATING.
200 MILES OF SHEER CONCRETE AND
G-FORCES THAT WILL TEST THEIR
LIMITS.
LET'S HAND IT OFF TO THE MEN
THAT WILL CALL IT.
ANDY PETREE, DALE JARRETT AND
JERRY PUNCH.
>> WELCOME TO THE TEAM.
GUYS, HISTORY OVER THE YEARS,
THE MONSTER MILE HAS TWO VERY
COMFORTABLE GROOVES TO RACE IN.
THAT'S NOT BEEN THE CASE.
YOU JUST CAME OFF THE TRACK
MOMENTS AGO WITH THE FINAL CUP
PRACTICE.
WHY ISSUES HERE WITH THE SECOND
GROOVE?
>> WE HAVE A HARDER LEFT SIDE
TIRE THAN WHAT WE'VE HAD HERE IN
THE PAST.
IT'S MADE IT DIFFICULT TO GET
RUBBER DOWN ON THE RACETRACK.
IT USED TO BE A LOT BLACKER BY
THIS TIME, AFTER A TRUCK RACE
AND ALL THE PRACTICE AND
EVERYTHING THAT'S TAKEN PLACE.
BUT IT'S STARTING TO COME IN
NOW.
I SAW A LOT OF GUYS BE A LOT
HIGHER ON THE RACETRACK.
THEY ARE WORKING THAT IN.
WE WILL SEE TWO GROOVES TODAY.
>> ANDY, YOU TALKED TO A LOT OF
CREW CHIEFS, WHY THE PROBLEMS
WITH THE GRIP HERE?
>> WELL, ALL THE GRIP THAT YOU
GET IS CAUSED BY THE TIRE,
CREATED BY THE TIRE.
AND IF YOU WERE A BUSCH CREW
CHIEF IN PRACTICE YESTERDAY,
WATCHING THAT TIRE WEAR, IT WAS
ENOUGH TO SCARE YOU TO DEATH.
THEY WERE WEARING OUT IN 20
LAPS.
LIKE DALE SAID, IT'S GOTTEN
BETTER, AND WATCHING THE TRACK
CHANGE, I BELIEVE THESE CREW
CHIEFS WILL BE COMFORTABLE WITH
GOING 50, 60, 70 LAPS TO START
WITH.
>> IT'S BEEN A SCARY WEEKEND
SOME WHAT ALREADY, TRYING TO
FIND A PLACE TO GRIP AND RACE ON
THE HIGH GROOVE.
WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'LL TALK TO
OUR IN-CAR REPORTER, CASEY
MEARS.
AND WE'LL BE WATCHING BRIAN
>>> GETTING SET FOR 200 MILES OF
NASCAR BUSCH SERIES ACTION HERE
AT THE MONSTER MILE.
THE CARS ARE ROLLING OFF.
IT IS STOP 14 OF 35 ON THE $15
MILLION NASCAR BUSCH SERIES TOUR
FOR 2007.
YOU TAKE A LOOK AT OUR TICKER
ACROSS THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN,
STARTING GRID.
DENNY HAMLIN, THIRD POLE IN THE
LAST FOUR RACES.
AND SCOTT WIMMER, STARTING ON
THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ROW.
WE WILL TALK TO OUR IN-RACE
REPORTER, CASEY MEAR THAT AS
STARTS BACK IN NINTH SPOT.
>> CASEY, YOU HAVE A COP?
>> GOT YOU.
>> HOW MUCH HAS THE TRACK
CHANGES FROM YOUR FINAL PRACTICE
IN THIS CAR YESTERDAY?
>> WELL, THE TRACK'S REALLY
STARTING TO RUBBER UP.
I THINK EVERYBODY'S DOING SHORT
RUNS IN PRACTICE, YOU KNOW THE
LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
NOT GETTING ANY RUBBER DOWN.
BUT AT THE END OF THE LAST
PRACTICE, GOT SOME RUBBER DOWN,
AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL HELP THE
TIRES LAST LONGER.
>> ALL RIGHT, CASEY, BY THE WAY,
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE VICTORY
LAST WEEK.
BUT UP UNTIL THAT POINT IN TIME,
YOU WERE HAVING MORE SUCCESS IN
THE BUSCH SERIES.
WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE NOW,
THAT YOU'VE GOT THAT WIN IN THE
CUP SERIES, TO GET A WIN IN THIS
BUSCH GRAND NATIONAL SERIES?
>> THIS NATIONAL GUARD CAR HAS
BEEN RUNNING GOOD WEEK IN AND
WEEK OUT.
REAL PROUD OF THE GUYS.
RUNNING TOP FIVE.
WE HAVE TO PUT A FULL RACE
TOGETHER, NOT HAVE ANY ISSUES
TODAY, AND WE HAVE A GOOD, CLEAN
RACE.
WE HAVE A GOOD RACE CAR, WE CAN
RUN UP FRONT, SO, WE'LL SEE WHAT
WE CAN DO TAG.
>> ALL RIGHT, WE'LL BE WATCHING.
GOOD LUCK.
>> 10-4.
THANK YOU.
>> AND WE'LL BE VISITING WITH
CASEY'S CREW CHIEF, CHAD WALTER.
>> HEY, CHAD, ANDY PETREE IN THE
BOOTH.
YOU GOT A COPY?
>> IT'S A LITTLE BIT HOT.
ANDY, I GOT YOU BUDDY.
>> CHAD, SORRY TO STEP ON YOU.
NASCAR GAVE YOU SIX SETS OF
TIRES.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MANAGE
THOSE THINGS TODAY?
>> YEAH, WELL, WE HAD JUST A
LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE WITH A
LOT OF TEAMS WITH ISSUES WITH
BLISTERING THE RIGHT REAR,
CORDING THEM.
USUALLY GOODYEAR DOESN'T GIVE
YOU AN EXTRA SET UNLESS YOU NEED
THEM.
WE STARTED MANAGING THEM
YESTERDAY.
WE SCUFFED EVERYTHING WE'VE HAD,
AND CASEY'S FEELING PRETTY GOOD
ABOUT HIS 58 INFANTRY NATIONAL
GUARD CHEVY.
IT'S ALL KIND OF DEPENDING ON
WHEN THE FIRST CAUTION COMES
OUT, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
>> 10-4 CHAD.
YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD RACE.
THANKS A LOT.
>> ALL RIGHT, GUYS.
INCLUDING CASEY MEARS, WE HAVE
EIGHT HIGH DEFINITION CAMERAS.
MIKE WALLACE IN THE 7 CAR.
KEVIN CONWAY IN THE 18.
CASEY MEARS.
DAVID GUYLY LARD, 31st THE FREE
CREDIT REPORT.COM FORD THE
HOLIDAY INN CHEVROLET, JEFF
BURTON.
THE GREAT CLIPS TOYOTA, 27th.
THERE'S CARL EDWARDS IN THE DISH
NETWORK FORD, AND THE AARON'S
TOYOTA, DAVID ROUTEMAN, BACK IN
35th POSITION.
D.J., ROLLING THE GREEN FLAG ON
A VERY DIFFICULT HIGH BANKED
ONE-MILE OVAL.
WHAT'S GOING THROUGH A DRIVER'S
MIND RIGHT NOW?
>> THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE
TIRES, HOW HARD THEY ARE, FOR
THIS RACETRACK, AND JUST TRYING
TO SETTLE INTO A GROOVE RIGHT
NOW.
YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE
IMPORTANT THAT THEY JUST GET
INTO THEIR RHYTHM, AND KNOW WHAT
THEIR RACE CAR IS GOING TO DO
HERE AT THE BEGINNING.
>> OUR FIELD OF 43 CARS,
NASCAR'S BUSCH SERIES FINEST
BEHIND THE PACE CAR AT 45 MILES
AN HOUR.
THEY ARE GETTING SET TO ATTACK
THE MONSTER, THE MONSTER MILE
HERE IN DOVER, DELAWARE.
AS THEY HEAD INTO THE GREEN
FLAG, LET'S LISTEN IN AS THEY GO
FULL THROTTLE.
>> ALL RIGHT, MAN, NICE AND
EASY.
>> LET'S GO.
>> YOU START THE RACE.
>> BE READY.
>> GET UP IN THERE.
>> BE READY.
>> READY.
>> READY.
>> READY.
>> READY.
>> GREEN FLAG.
>> GREEN FLAG.
>> THERE YOU GO.
YOU'RE CLEAR.
>> 1 1/2 BACK.
>> RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
HE'S IN THE MIDDLE GO AHEAD.
GO MIDDLE.
CLEAR.
OUTSIDE.
>> AND DENNY HAMLIN WILL LEAD
THE FIRST TIME BY.
HE HAD A GREAT QUALIFYING EFFORT
IN HIS JOE GIBBS CHEVROLET,
LEADING THEM DOWN.
SCOTT WIMMER IS SECOND.
GOOD RUN EARLY ON.
DAVE BLANEY, SHOWING THE MUSCLE
IN THE TOYOTA IN THIRD SPOT.
>> THAT WAS GOOD TO SEE A GOOD
CLEAN START.
YOU ARE ALWAYS NERVOUS, STANDING
ON PIT ROAD.
WAITING ON THIS START.
SOMETIMES ONE OF THE GUYS UP
FRONT MAKES A MISTAKE, EVERYBODY
CAN GET IN IT.
WE HAD A NICE, CLEAN START.
>> YOU'RE RIGHT.
AND IT TAKE AS LITTLE BIT OF A
SLIP TO CREATE A BIG PROBLEM.
WE SAW THAT HAPPEN IN THE TRUCK
RACE YESTERDAY, AND IT DOESN'T
TAKE MUCH AT ALL.
BUT WE SEE A PASS HERE BY KASEY
KAHNE, WHO IS ALREADY HEADED TO
THE HIGH SIDE A BILL IT WILL.
>> MOMENT AGO, JUST AS WE WERE
BRAGGING ABOUT HOW CLEAN THE
START WAS, THE 88 CAR THE NAVY
CHEVROLET FOR SHANE HUFFMAN HAD
A LITTLE CONTACT WITH THE
CONCRETE COMING OFF OF TURN TWO.
SEE THE DAMAGE ON THE RIGHT SIDE
OF HIS CHEVY.
>> HE'S GOT SOME DAMAGE ON THE
RIGHT SIDE.
LOOKS LIKE THE EXHAUST PIPE'S
KNOCKED LOOSE THERE.
HE'S GOT SOMETHING DANGLING FROM
THE RIGHT SIDE.
>> SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
LAP TWO IN TURN TWO.
WATCH THE 88 CAR.
>> YOU CAN SEE THAT, THAT SOFT
WALL GIVE WHEN HE HIT THAT.
>> YEAH.
GOOD PLACE TO HIT IT, IF YOU'VE
GOT TO HIT IT.
HE JUST GOT UP ALL OF THE
GROOVE.
AND JUST NO GRIP UP THERE RIGHT
NOW.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET
SOME TEMPERATURE IN THE TIRES.
AND JUST NOT THE PLACE TO BE
RIGHT YET.
AT LEAST HE GOT AWAY WITH
MINIMAL DAMAGE.
>> THAT'S WHERE ALL THE DUST IS
FROM THE TIRES.
AND IT MAKES IT SO, SO SLICK UP
THERE.
>> HERE THESE BATTLE FOR EIGHTH
POSITION.
CASEY MEARS, CHALLENGING DAVID
RAGAN.
AND WILL TAKE THE SPOT AWAY.
AS YOU HEARD MEARS COMING OFF
THAT RUNNER UP FINNISH THE BUSCH
SERIES LAST WEEK, BUT THE GREAT
NEXTEL CUP WIN, HIS VERY FIRST,
COMING AT LOWE'S MOTOR SPEEDWAY.
>> AND THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A
WIN TO GIVE A DRIVER SOME
CONFIDENCE.
AND THEN YOU COME TO
RACETRACK, I THINK CASEY LIKES
IT, AND IT'S FUN TO RACE ON.
HE'S SITTING ON CLOUD NINE RIGHT
NOW.
>> I CAN SEE HIM WALKING A
COUPLE INCHES TALLER IN THE
GARAGE.
>> AND HOW COOL WAS IT, WE HAD A
MEARS WINNING ON MEMORIAL DAY
WEEKEND.
UNCLE RICK CALLED HIM, GOT BACK
TO HIS MOTOR HOME AFTER THE INDY
500.
HE SAID THAT WAS THE COOLEST
PART OF THE DAY, UNCLE RICK
CONGRATULATING ME.
>> THAT'S PRETTY SPECIAL TO HAVE
SOMEONE LIKE THAT IN YOUR FAMILY
WHO'S HAD SO MUCH SUCCESS TO
GIVE YOU THAT CALL.
AND THAT WAS A GREAT WEEKEND FOR
CASEY.
>> SEE JEFF BURTON.
WE KNEW WHAT HE DIDN'T GET IN
THE QUALIFYING LAP.
WE KNEW HE WOULDN'T HANG AROUND
IN THAT POSITION VERY LONG.
HE'S ROLLING THE BOTTOM.
YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW DIFFICULT
IT IS WHEN YOU TRY TO MAKE THAT
PASS ON THE INSIDE, IF YOU DON'T
CLEAR THAT CAR, YOU HAVE TO GET
OUT OF THE THROTTLE A LITTLE
BIT.
AND AS WE SAW MATT KAENS KENSETH
TAKING THAT SPOT AWAY.
>> BRENT SHERMAN LOOKING REALLY
STRONG EARLY IN THE RACE.
GREAT RACE CAR DRIVERS RIGHT
THERE.
>> AND THAT'S A GOOD PLACE FOR
HIM TO LEARN.
THAT'S WHAT HE'S THERE FOR, TO
LEARN.
HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB RIGHT
NOW.
>> AND WITH MOREOVER JEFF, LET'S
GO TO DAY.
>> ISSUES JEFF'S BEEN HAVING,
DID NOT QUALIFY WELL, WITH THAT
CAR THIS WEEKEND, BEEN BOTTOMING
OUT IN TURNS THREE AND FOUR.
THE CAR WOULD GET IN THERE, THE
FRONT OF THE CAR WOULD JUST HIT
THE TRACK AND UPSET THE CAR.
THEY'VE BEEN WORKING TO RAISE
THE NOSE AND ADJUST THAT.
NO REPORT YET IF JEFF'S HAVING
ANY TROUBLE ON THAT SO FAR.
>> I FOUND THAT SAME PROBLEM IN
THE LAST PRACTICE SESSION, IT'S
GOTTEN A LOT ROUGHER GETTING
DOWN INTO TURN THREE THAN WHAT
IT USED TO BE.
AND YOU HAVE TO STAY OUT WIDE.
DOING THAT, THE LEFT FRONT GOES
OVER THAT.
AND I WAS HAVING PROBLEMS THERE
MYSELF.
I UNDERSTAND IT.
YOU DON'T REALLY WANT TO RAISE
YOUR CAR UP, BUT SOMETIMES
THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO.
>> REALLY DON'T WANT TO DO THAT,
BECAUSE IT KILLS YOUR DOWN FORCE
AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
YOU CANNOT HIT THE RACETRACK
GOING IN.
IF YOU DO THAT, YOU SHOOT RIGHT
UP THE TRACK.
>> OH, WE HAVE BRENT SHERMAN
INTO THE WALL.
>> AFTER THAT GREAT QUALIFYING
EFFORT.
HE WAS RUNNING IN 14th POSITION.
>> YOU ALL RIGHT, BUDDY?
GOOD JOB SAVING IT.
>> HE DIDN'T SAVE ALL OF IT.
>> WE SAW BRENT, AS WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT IT DOING A GOOD
JOB THERE, HE WAS NOT ON THE
BOTTOM OF THE TRACK.
HE WAS UP A LANE.
YOU GET IN THAT POSITION, THE
CAR GETS AWAY FROM YOU.
SEE WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
OH, LOOKS LIKE MATT MAY HAVE
SLID UP INTO HIM JUST A LITTLE
BIT.
>> YEAH, THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY
BRENT'S FAULT THERE.
>> I CAN'T SAY THAT'S BRENT'S
FAULT.
>> HE HAD BEEN RUNNING IN 14th
POSITION, HOLDING OFF MATT
KENSETH AND COMPANY BEHIND HIM,
AND HE JUST COULDN'T HANG ON
THERE.
HE GOT SHOVED UP OUT OF THE
GROOVE.
>> DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU ARE A
ROOKIE OF DON'T HAVE MUCH
EXPERIENCE, IF YOU GET PUT IN
THAT SITUATION, MOST OF THE
TIME, YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE OUT
IN TRYING TO GET OUT OF THAT
POSITION.
THAT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE FOR
BRENT.
LOOKED LIKE HE HAD A GOOD CAR.
>> THE LUCKY DOG FREE PASS GOES
TO THE 28 CAR, ROBERT
RICHARDSON, THE FIRST CAR A LAP
DOWN.
GET BACK ON THE LEAD LAP AS WE
ARE UNDER YELLOW FOR THE
>>> ALL RIGHT, GANG.
FIRE 'EM UP.
>> PUSHING WATER LIKE CRAZY,
BUD.
>> DO NOT GET INTO A FIGHTING
MATCH WITH ANY RACE CAR TONIGHT.
>> I HIT IT PRETTY GOOD.
>> HIT THE WALL.
>> THE CAR'S ON PINS AND NEEDLES
MAN.
>> IT'S RIDICULOUS.
>> I UNDERSTAND.
WE'RE GOING TO THE BACK.
DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
>> 48'S CRASHING.
>> AND KASEY KAHNE IS A WINNER.
>> EVERYBODY DID A GREAT JOB.
YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!
>> OH THE DRAMA OF NASCAR BUSCH
SERIES, MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
DOWN IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH
CAROLINA.
LOOK AT THE LEADERS HERE.
POLESITTER, DENNY HAMLIN RIGHT
WHERE HE STARTED.
CARL EDWARDS IN THE TOP FIVE, AS
WELL.
AND THERE IS A LOOK AT THE 9
CAR.
WHAT A RUN BY KASEY KAHNE.
ALL THE WAY FROM 32nd STARTING
SPOT TO PICK UP HIS SIXTH CAREER
VICTORY, BECOMING THE NINTH
DIFFERENT WINNER IN 2007, WITH
THAT PERFORMANCE AT LOWE'S MOTOR
SPEEDWAY LAST SATURDAY NIGHT.
>> PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE HIM BACK INTO
THAT GROOVE AGAIN.
WHERE WE ARE USED TO SEEING HIM,
UP FRONT.
>> HE'S A FUN RACER TO WATCH.
HE FINDS THE GROOVE.
KASEY'S A DRIVE THAT LIKES TO BE
IN THE THROTTLE A LOT.
ALL OF US LIKE TO, BUT HE USES
IT.
HE ROLLS OUT, BUT THEN HE LIKES
TO PICK IT BACK UP EARLY, AND
THAT HELPS HIM TO CARRY A LOT OF
SPEED OUT OF THE CORNER.
>> ONE THING I LIKE ABOUT
WATCHINGING KASEY, TOO, HE USES
THE WHOLE RACETRACK.
HE FIGURES YOU MIGHT AS WELL
YULS ALL OF IT.
HE'LL GO UP TO THE WALL TO FIND
IT.
>> NO EXTRA CHARGE FOR USING
TALL CONCRETE.
>> NO.
>> KASEY KAHNE IS DRIVING THE
SAME CAR HE USED TO WIN AT
LOWE'S MOTOR SPEEDWAY.
HE'S UP TO 11th POSITION IN THE
FIRST 15 LAPS.
IF YOU JUST JOINED OUR COVERAGE,
WE ARE UNDER YELLOW FOR THE
FIRST TIME TODAY, COMING ON LAP
11.
CONTACT, BRENT SHERMAN AND THE
36 CAR IN THE WALL.
AS DENNY HAMLIN WILL LEAD THEM
DOWN.
WE GET SET TO GO GREEN FLAG
AGAIN HERE AT THE MONSTER HIL IN
COVER, DELAWARE.
>> THESE RESTARTS, AND GOING
THROUGH TURNS ONE AND TWO ARE
EXCITING.
YOU HAVE TO GO REALLY SO FAST,
YOU DRIVE INTO THE CORNER, YOU
ARE OUT OF THE GAS SO VERY
LITTLE, AND YOU BETTER BE BACK
IN IT.
YOU WILL GET RUN OVER IF YOU ARE
NOT CAREFUL.
>> LOOKS LIKE YOU CAN ALMOST RUN
WIDE OPEN ON THE RESTART WHEN
YOU COME DOWN THROUGH THERE.
ON THE RESTART, YOU DON'T HAVE
ALL THAT SPEED.
LOOKS LIKE YOU CAN STAY WIDE
OPEN.
>> A LITTLE BIT OF CONTACT
THERE, CARL EDWARDS TRYING TO
GET UNDERNEATH THE 59 OF MARCOS
AMBROSE.
LET'S GO TO ALLEN.
>> DOC, JUST BEFORE MARCOS GOT
INTO THE RACE CAR, I TALKED TO
HIM ABOUT HOW THEY HAD A GREAT
THIRD PLACE QUALIFYING RUN,
BECAUSE THE CAR WASN'T THAT
GREAT IN QUALIFYING.
HE SAID, MARK MARTIN WAS DRIVING
MY TEAMMATE'S CAR, THE 47, WE
TOOK WHAT HE DID TO FIX THEIR
CAR AND PUT IT IN OURS.
SO, I HAVE TO THANK MARK MARTIN
FOR THAT.
>> YEAH, I'D LISTEN TO MARK,
TOO, IF IT WERE ME.
>> YEAH, HE'S WON QUITE A FEW
RACES AROUND HERE.
>> YEAH.
AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING A DRIVER
LIKE MARK MARTIN DRIVE YOUR RACE
CAR, HE'S GOING TO DRIVE IT
FAST.
AND HE'S GOING TO TELL YOU A LOT
OF THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT NOT
KNOW ABOUT IT.
THAT'S WHAT'S SO GOOD ABOUT
HAVING HIM AROUND.
>> MARK MARTIN COULDN'T DRIVE
THE BUSCH CAR TODAY.
THEY PUT TRAVIS KVAPIL IN IT.
MARCOS AMBROSE, THE BENEFICIARY
OF MARK MARTIN.
>> HE LOST A COUPLE OF SPOTS
THERE, BUT HE'S GOT HIMSELF BACK
IN A POSITION NOW THAT HE CAN
GET BACK IN HIS RHYTHM.
HE'S NOT WORRIED ABOUT SOMEBODY
TRYING TO PASS HIM.
HE'S GOT REGAN SMITH BEHIND HIM.
YOU SEE KASEY KAHNE DOWN ON THE
BOTTOM, AND DAVE RAGAN UP AT THE
TOP, WHICH IS KIND OF UNUSUAL.
KIND OF ROLE REVERSAL THERE.
KASEY IS GOING TO LOOK FOR
WHATEVER.
>> I REALLY LIKE WHAT WE ARE
SEEING WITH THE GROOVING COMING
IN NICELY.
>> THAT DOES A LOT OF THE
ENHANCE THE RACING HERE.
IF YOU CAN GET GUY THAT AS MAKE
THE CAR GO AROUND THE BOTTOM,
AND THAT'S THE SHORTEST WAY
AROUND.
BUT IF YOU CAN CARRY A OUT OF
MOMENTUM AROUND THE OUTSIDE,
KEEP YOUR RPMs UP, YOU CAN DO
IT.
>> LOOKS TO ME LIKE IT WOULD BE
MORE FUN TO RUN UP NEXT TO THE
WALL.
>> OH, ABSOLUTE IT WILL.
WE SEE JEFF BURTON HERE WITH HIS
ON-BOARD CAME ARE.
HE'S ACTUALLY SPLITTING THE
CARS.
SO, YOU HAVE THREE GROOVES,
BASICALLY NOW, AND JEFF BURTON
IS MAKING ANYWHERE WORK.
HE WAS ON THE BOTTOM, THEN HE
WAS IN BETWEEN THE CARS.
>> BURTON AND KASEY KAHNE ARE ON
THE MARCH.
THE 77 CAR OF KEVIN HARVICK IS
MAKING SOME MOVES.
WATCH THIS RESTART A MOMENT AGO.
WATCH HOW AGGRESSIVE HARVICK IS.
WATCH HIM JUST TAKE OFF.
>> SOMEBODY TOLD HIM TO GO AND
HE WENT.
>> HE'S NEVER BEEN SHY ON THE
RESTARTS ANYWAY.
BUT THAT'S JUST PAYING ATTENTION
AND BEING READY.
EVERYBODY ELSE IS THINKING ABOUT
STAYING SINGLE FILE THERE, AND
WE'LL GO WHEN IT'S TIME, BUT
KEVIN WAS PAYING ATTENTION.
>> HE STARTED BACK IN 29th
POSITION.
AND IS NOW ALL THE WAY UP TO
13th.
THAT'S HOW FAR HE'S COME.
AND THOUSAND HE'S TRYING TO WORK
ON THE INSIDE OF KASEY KAHNE.
>> YOU MIGHT LOOK AT THAT MOVE,
THINK IT'S ILLEGAL.
BUT AS SOON AS THE GREEN COMES
OUT, YOU CAN PASS THE CARS.
AS LONG AS THAT GREEN FLAG IS
OUT.
>> YOU CAN'T PASS TO THE LEFT.
YOU CAN PASS TO THE RIGHT.
>> WITH MORE ON KEVIN, LET'S GO
TO JAMIE.
>> WELL, DOC, HE'S CERTAINLY ON
THE MOVE.
RIGHT BEFORE HE GOT IN HIS CAR,
HE TOLD US HE'S SO FRUSTRATES
WITH THE WAY HE QUALIFIED IN
29th POSITION, HE WENT AND TOOK
A SHOWER RIGHT BEFORE OPENING
CEREMONIES AND SAID, I'M
STARTING MY DAY OVER.
HE GOT IN HIS CAR, HE LOOKED
AHEAD AND SAID, I GOT THESE GUYS
COVERED.
AND, YOU CAN SEE, HE'S ON THE
MARCH.
HE'S MADE UP ABOUT 17 POSITIONS
TODAY.
DOC?
>> YOU KNOW, AS GOOD AS KEVIN IS
IN THIS RACETRACK, HE HAS 22
STARTS, 12 IN A CUP CAR, 10 IN A
BUSCH CAR, HE'S NEVER WON A RACE
HERE.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, AS GOOD AS
HE'S BEEN, THAT HE'S NOT HAD A
CHANCE TO WIN A RACE HERE.
BUT HE SAYS THAT'S GOING TO
CHANGE TODAY.
>> HE'S GOT THE RIGHT FRAME OF
MIND, FOR SURE.
THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT CONFIDENCE
AND POSITIVE ATTITUDE GOING IN.
>> YEAH, SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE
TO START YOUR DAY OVER.
IT MIGHT NOT START THE WAY YOU
WANT.
AND, YOU JUST GO BACK, AND YOU
START OVER, AND, YOU KNOW, KEVIN
DID A GREAT THING THERE.
LET'S GO TAKE A SHOWER, COOL
OFF, AND LET'S GET THIS STARTED
IN THE RIGHT WAY.
AND HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB NOW.
>> WE SAW JAMIE McMURRAY MAKING
A PASS ON THE OUTSIDE.
GOOD TO SEE THIS TRACK IS REALLY
COMING IN WITH WHERE YOU CAN
MAKE EITHER GROOVE WORK.
>> HARVICK SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO
MAKE HIS CAR GO ON THE BOTTOM
WHEN HE NEEDS TO.
IF HE HAS TO GO TO THAT OUTSIDE,
HE'S ABLE TO DO THAT, ALSO.
>> KEVIN HARVICK IS A TWO-TIME
NASCAR BUSCH SERIES CHAMPION,
WHO DOMINATED THIS SERIES A YEAR
AIL GO WITH NINE WINS AND $2.8
MILLION IN EARNINGS.
HE IS NOW ON HIS WAY TO THE
FRONT HERE AT DOVER, DELAWARE.
>>> AERIAL COVERAGE BROUGHT TO
YOU BY GOODYEAR.
HELPING NASCAR DRIVERS GET TO
THE FINISH LINE FOR THE PAST 25
YEARS.
36 OF 200 LAPS COMPLETED.
GREG BIFFLE HAS STARTED ON THE
OUTSIDE OF ROW THREE, MOVING UP
TO THIRD PLACE.
HE'S ONE OF THESE GUYS THAT DOES
DOUBLE DUTY, RUNNING THE NEXTEL
CUP AND BUSCH.
ESPECIALLY TOUGH HERE, BUT TO
HIM, IT'S WORST IT.
>> WHAT MAKES IT FUN, THERE'S NO
PRESSURE, YOU KNOW, THE PRESSURE
OF THE POINTS, THE PRESSURE OF
YOUR JOB, AND, ALL OF THE
THINGS, ARE, LIKE, SECONDARY,
BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT RUNNING FOR A
CHAMPIONSHIP, AND YOU'RE JUST
THERE TO HAVE FUN AND WIN.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE BUSCH
SERIESES SO MUCH FUN FOR ME.
>> BIFFLE, TOP TEN IN HIS LAST
FOUR AT DOVER WITH TWO COVER
WINS AND WE ARE UNDER CAUTION
AGAIN.
DOC?
>> THANK YOU, SUZY.
CAUTION FOR THE SECOND TIME
TODAY.
YOU CAN SEE DAMAGE ON THE RIGHT
SIDE OF THE U.S. NAVY CHEVROLET.
>> RUN OVER SOMETHING?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
JUST SHOT UP AND DOWN THE
RACETRACK.
>> SHANE HUFFMAN HAD CONTACT.
WE SHOWED YOU WITH THAT ON LAP
TWO, HE BOUNCED OFF THE WALL,
AND NOW APPARENTLY THEY LOST A
RIGHT FRONT TIRE.
SEE WHAT HAPPENED TO THE 88 CAR.
>> LOOKS LIKE HE JUST BROKE
LOOSE.
HE HAD SOME DAMAGE FROM HITTING
THE WALL EARLIER, AND THE CAR
PROBABLY WASN'T DRIVING GOOD.
HE'S MADE SOME GOOD, HARD
CONTACT THERE.
THAT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME
ATTENTION BEHIND THE WALL.
>> AND WITH THIS YELLOW FLAG,
KYLE KRISILOFF WILL BE THE
AARON'S LUCKY DOG FREE PASS
AWARD WINNER.
HE'S THE FIRST CAR THAT'S ONE
LAP DOWN, AS THERE ARE 29 CARS
IN THE LEAD LAP.
HE WILL BE THE 30th CAR ON THE
LEAD LAP HERE EARLY ON AT DOVER,
DELAWARE.
>> RUN ALMOST 40 LAPS HERE.
WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO?
>> GOING TO BE HARD TO KEEP THEM
OFF PIT ROAD.
>> IF I'M THE DRIVER, I'M
HOLLERING.
>> DEN HI HAM MINUTE LAD HIS
HANDS FULL.
HE WAS ALL OVER TRYING TO TAKE
THE LEAD.
NOW, THEY WILL HEAD DOWN PIT
ROAD AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
KEVIN HARVICK HEAD DOWN TO YOU,
JAMIE LITTLE.
>> WELL, HE WAS COMPLAINING,
DOC, THAT HE WAS LOOSE IN AND
TIGHT UP OFF.
HARD TO DESIF THEIR.
HE'S ON A ROLL.
HE'S IN HIS OWN CAR, AS YOU
AGAINSED MENTIONED.
HE LIKES TO GET IN THERE AND SEE
WHERE HIS TEAM STANDS.
HE'S STICK LOOKING FOR HIS
VICTORY IN HIS OWN CAR.
LET'S GO TO MIKE MASSARO.
>> DAVE BLANEY COMPLAINING THAT
THE CAR IS A LITTLE TIGHT.
THEY MADE AN ADJUSTMENT.
ONE ROUND DOWN, AND A FOUR-TIRE
CHANGE.
>> DAVE?
>> SCOTT WIMMER WANTS REDUCED.
LUG NUTS OFF ON THE LEFT REAR.
SLOW STOP.
>> PRETTY SMOOTH RACE FOR DENNY
HAMLIN.
HE HELD THE LEAD.
>> AND THERE'S THE RACE OFF PIT
ROAD.
GREG BIFFLE'S CREW DOING GREAT
JOB.
JEFF BURTON, THEY CONTINUE TO DO
AWESOME JOB IN THE PITS.
FIVE SPOTS GAINED DURING THAT
PIT STOP.
AND HOW ABOUT CASEY MEARS'S
>>> AND WE WELCOME YOU BACK TO
THE DOVER 200.
LET'S CHECK IN UNDER CAUTION
HERE WITH OUR IN-RACE REPORTER
CASEY MEARS.
>> CASEY, YOU HAVE A COPY?
>> CASEY TALKING TO CREW CHIEF
CHAD WALTER THERE.
AND WE DO NOT WANT TO INTERRUPT
THAT DISCUSSION.
WE WILL LET THEM FINISH.
HE'S BEING SHOWN IN THE FIFTH
POSITION, AFTER THIS FIRST ROUND
OF PIT STOPS AMONG THE LEADERS.
>> CASEY, DALE JARRETT.
YOU HAVE A COPY?
>> I GOT YOU.
>> CASEY, OVER 40 LAPS NOW.
IS THE TRACK CHANGING?
GETTING ANYMORE RUBBER DOWN
THROUGH THE CORNERS?
>> YEAH, STARTING TO LAY DOWN A
LITTLE BIT MORE.
SECOND GROOVE'S COMING IN.
LITTLE BIT WORRIED ABOUT RUNNING
THE TOP TOO EARLY, YOU KNOW,
WEAR OUT THE TIRES TOO MUCH.
BUT TRACK'S COMING IN.
GOING TO BE A TWO-GROOVE
RACETRACK PRETTY GOOD IN A
LITTLE BIT.
AND I THINK WE GOT A CAR THAT
CAN MAINTAIN UP HERE, AT LEAST
GO FORWARD A LITTLE BIT.
SEE HOW WE DO.
>> LOOKS GOOD.
TALK TO YOU LATER.
>> HEY, CHAD, THIS IS ANDY, UP
IN THE BOOTH.
HOW DO THE TIRES LOOK DOWN
THERE?
>> GETTING ALL THE INFORMATION
ON THEM NOW.
JUST A VERY SMALL HINT OF CORD,
AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO GO
AWAY HERE.
I THINK THE PROBLEM FIXED ITSELF
FOR THAT RUBBER ON THE
RACETRACK, ANDY.
>> 10-4, CHAD.
JUST CHECKING IN.
YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD RACE.
>> 10-4.
>> ALL RIGHT.
YOU JUST JOINED OUR COVERAGE,
WE'RE UNDER THE SECOND CAUTION
FLAG OF THE DAY.
CAME OUT ON LAP 37.
SHANE HUFFMAN HAD CONTACT WITH
THE WALL.
ALL THE LEAD CARS CAME IN ON LAP
39, AND THAT CAR, SCOTT WIMMER,
WHO CAME IN RUNNING SECOND AND
CHALLENGING FOR THE LEAD IS NOW
BEING SHOWN IN TENTH POSITION.
HERE ARE ISSUES ON PIT ROAD.
>> LOOKS LIKE THESE GUYS HAVE A
LITTLE BIT OF PROBLEM ON THE
RIGHT, NOT TOO BAD.
CAME AROUND TO THE RIGHT THE
LEFT SIDE -- BELIEVE THEY HAD A
LITTLE PROBLEM WITH THE LEFT
REAR.
LOOKS LIKE HE DROPPED LUG IN
NUTS THAT ARE STRUGGLING A
LITTLE BIT TO GET THAT TIRE
CHANGED.
YEAH, AND THE ONE THING THAT
HAPPENS RIGHT THERE, THE CAR'S
PARKED JUST CLOSE TO THE WALL.
AND YOU HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING
THAT JACK IN THERE, MAYBE THE
CAR WASN'T HIGH ENOUGH.
SO MAYBE THEY HAD TO GIVE IT AN
EXTRA PUMP.
>> AS TIM BREWER SHOWED US, THE
PITS ARE VERY NARROW HERE.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO GET A JACK ON
THE LEFT SIDE OF THAT CAR.
AND IT PUTS THE CREW TO QUITE A
CHALLENGE.
>> IT DOES.
AND IT'S A CHALLENGE FOR THE
DRIVERS, TOO.
THERE'S NOT MUCH ROOM TO GET
YOUR CAR IN THERE, ESPECIALLY IF
YOU HAVE TO GO AROUND.
SCOTT WAS RUNNING SECOND, HE
DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT.
STILL A CHALLENGE, YOU WANT TO
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ALL TIRES IN
THE BOX.
AND, SOMETIMES THESE GUYS ARE
JUST GOING TO STRUGGLE.
DRIVERS, WE MAKE MISTAKES AT
TIMES AND THINGS HAPPEN.
WE DON'T MAKE PERFECT LAPS EVERY
TIME.
>> YOU KNOW ONE THING ABOUT THAT
MISTAKE IS, IT HAPPENED EARLY,
THESE GUYS HAVE A FAST RACE CAR.
A LOT OF TIME TO MAKE IT UP.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT, ANDY.
>> WELL, DENNY HAMLIN, SET ON
THE POLE HERE, HIS THIRD POLE
HERE.
SAME CAR THAT HE DOMINATED THE
HEIGHT WITH DARLINGTON, LEADING
79 LAPS, AND HE'S LED SINCE THE
GET-GO HERE, THE DROP OF THE
GREEN FLAG.
44 OF 200 LAPS COMPLETE HERE IN
THE NASCAR BUSCH SERIES FIRST OF
TWO VISITS TO THE HIGH BANKED
CONCRETE MONSTER THEY CALL THE
MONSTER MILE IN DOVER, DELAWARE.
>> I TELL YOU, WE WATCHED,
TALKED TO DENNY HAMLIN IN THE
QUALIFYING SHOW.
SAID HE DIDN'T LIKE THIS
RACETRACK AT ALL.
I TELL YOU WHAT, FOR SOMEBODY
THAT DOESN'T LIKE IT, HE SURE IS
DOING A GOOD JOB.
I WONDER WHAT HE COULD DO IF HE
LIKED IT.
>> A GOOD RACE CAR WILL MAKE YOU
LIKE A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU
DIDN'T LIKE BEFORE.
>> PACE CAR WILL BE PULLING OFF.
LET'S LISTEN IN AS WE GO FULL
THROTTLE.
>> PACE CAR'S OFF.
>> PACE CAR'S OFF.
>> START THE RACE.
>> BE READY.
>> BE READY.
BE READY.
GREEN FLAG, GREEN FLAG.
>> OUTSIDE.
OUTSIDE.
>> CLEAR LOW, CLEAR LOW.
>> CLEAR HIGH.
CLEAR BY TWO.
>> AND FIELD NOW FLARING OUT.
DENNY HAMLIN TAKES OFF AGAIN OUT
FRONT.
BUT HE'S GOING TO HAVE SOME
CHALLENGES TO THE HIGH SIDE AS
GREG BIFFLE TRIES TO LOOK UP
HIGH.
>> GREG'S GOT A SNIFF OF THAT
LEAD.
HE REALLY WANTS IT RIGHT NOW.
HE'S DRIVING *** THE CORNER
ON THE OUTSIDE.
MIGHT GET IT AWAY FROM DENNY
RIGHT HERE.
TAKE THAT AS MOMENTUM OFF THE
CORNER AND TAKES THE LEAD.
DENNY'S CAR REALLY GOOD ON THE
BOTTOM.
SOMEBODY GETS TO THE OUTSIDE,
AND THEY HAVE THAT MOMENTUM,
IT'S HARD TO REALLY GIVE IT THE
THROTTLE YOU NEED TO.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT DENNY IS
THAT CONCERNED RIGHT AT THIS
POINT IN TIME, BECAUSE HIS CAR
WAS REALLY GOOD ON THE LONGER
RUN THAT WE HAD EARLIER.
>> THAT GREG BIFFLE, HE'S READY
TO GO TO WORK.
>> WHEN THEY THROW THE GREEN
HE'S HARD TO THE GAS.
>> I TALKED TO GREG JUST BEFORE
THE START OF THE RACE, AND HE
TOLD ME ON THE FIRST RUN OF THE
RACE, HE WAS GOING TO TAKE IT
KIND OF EASY, FEEL THE CAR OUT,
LET THE CREW GET A LOOK AT THAT
FIRST SET OF TIRE THAT AS CAME
OFF THE CAR.
THAT FIRST SET OF TIRES LOOKED
GOOD.
MAYBE GREG IS TRYING TO LOOSEN
UP ON THE REINS.
>> HE LET THE 20 CAR TAKE THE
LEAD BACK FROM HIM.
HE'S PROVED HIS CAR'S GOOD.
MAYBE HE'S GOING TO SET UNTIL
HERE, WATCH THE TIRE WEAR, SEE
IF HE CAN STRETCH THIS RUN.
>> AND HE MAY GO FOR SOMETHING
ELSE.
HE MAY HAVE HAD HIS CAR A LITTLE
BIT TO THE TIGHT SIDE.
THAT ALLOWS HIM TO GO REALLY
HARD WITH THE NEW TIRES ON, AND
HE CAN GO GOO FOR A FEW LAPS.
WHEN THAT WAERPS OFF, THE CAR
PUSHES A LITTLE BIT, AND HE'S
GOING TO FALL BACK.
THEY MAY START OUT A LITTLE BIT
LOOSER, IN JUST A COUPLE OF
LAPS, THEY ARE PRETTY GOOD.
>> AND AS YOU WATCH CARL EDWARDS
MOVE IN WITH DENNY HAMLIN.
WE MAY HAVE HAD AN INJURY ON PIT
ROAD.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
IT'S A DANGEROUS PLACE, AND NO
DIFFERENT TODAY.
THE FRONT TIRE CARRIER WAS
STRUCK IN THE SHIN, AND GET
THIS, BY AN AIR BENCH.
THIS IS THE AIR GREEN CH FROM
DAVID GILLILAND'S CAR.
IT WAS STUCK IN THE LUG NUTS.
AS HER TO OFF PIT ROAD, IT WAS
STILL AFFIXED.
IT BROKE THE HOSE ALSO THE HOSE
WHIPPED OUT PIT ROAD, THE WRENCH
WENT WITH IT, AND RIGHT INTO
BILL MAERS SHIN.
DOC?
>> THAT CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS.
THE AIR WRENCHES WEIGH A LOT.
HERE'S CARL EDWARDS NOW, LOOKING
TO THE INSIDE ON THE BOTTOM OF
THE RACETRACK.
AND LOOKS LIKE DENNY MOVES UP ON
THE RACETRACK, WHERE HE WAS
HUGGING THE BOTTOM.
>> AND RIGHT NOW, I THINK HE'S
JUST SAYING, OKAY, CARL, IF YOU
ARE IN THAT BIG OF A HURRY, YOU
GO AHEAD AND SEE WHAT YOU CAN
DO.
HE KNOWS HIS CAR IS REALLY GOOD.
I DON'T THINK DENNY IS IN ANY
HURRY.
>> MAYBE LET HIM PASS ME, SEE
WHAT HE'S GOT.
MAYBE I'LL KNOW HOW TO ADJUST MY
CAR FOR LATER IN THE RACE.
>> IT'S EITHER THAT, OR HE COULD
BE SAYING, OKAY, I DON'T WANT TO
SHOW HIM JUST HOW GOOD MY CAR IS
NOW.
BECAUSE, IF YOU GO OUT, PUT SOME
DISTANCE ON THESE PEOPLE, THEY
ARE SMART ENOUGH, THEY WILL COME
IN AND WORK ON IT.
>> IF YOU HANG ON JUST A LITTLE
BIT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEAD
EVERY BIT OF IT THE GUYS WON'T
WORK AS HARD.
>> GOOD BATTLE FOR TENTH PLACE
HERE.
SCOTT WIMMER IS TRYING TO HANG
ON, AND HE LOSES HIS POSITION TO
THE 17 CAR OF MATT KENSETH.
>> MATT'S CAR WASN'T QUITE AS
GOOD IN THAT FIRST RUN THAT WE
HEARD HIM TALK ABOUT IT, HE
DIDN'T LIKE HIS CAR THAT MUCH.
LOOKED LIKE.
THERE, AGAIN, HE TRIES TO MAKE
THAT MOVE ON THE INSIDE.
LOST A LITTLE BIT OF MOMENTUM,
AND SCOTT WIMMER'S THERE TO TAKE
THE SPOT BACK.
>> AND WITH MORE ON SCOTT, LET'S
GO TO DAVE.
>> RIGHT BEFORE THIS RACE
STARTED, SCOTT RADIOED TO HIS
CREW, OKAY, GUYS, LET'S BE
AGGRESSIVE TODAY.
HE MEANT AGGRESSIVE CALLS ON PIT
ROAD.
OF COURSE, PIT ROAD IS GOING TO
HAVE TO RECOVER AND BE VERY
AGGRESSIVE, AND AGGRESSIVE ON
THE RACETRACK.
THAT WAS A BOLD MOVE THERE ON
TURN TWO AS HE BATTLES WITH MATT
KENSETH.
>> ALL RIGHT, THESE BATTLES BACK
IN THE PACK.
MEANWHILE, CARL EDWARDS, OUR
SERIES POINTS LEADER HAS ASSUMED
THE POINT HERE AT DOVER,
DELAWARE.
HE HAD HIS WORST FINISH OF THE
YEAR LAST WEEK AT LOWE'S MOTOR
SPEEDWAY IN 17th SPOT.
HANGS ONTO THE POINTS LEAD AND
IS THE LEADER HERE AT DOVER,
DELAWARE.
>>> AERIAL COVERAGE BROUGHT TO
YOU BY GOODYEAR.
HELPING NASCAR DRIVERS GET TO
THE FINISH LINE FOR THE PAST 25
YEARS.
NASCAR BUSCH SERIES AT DOVER.
63 OF 200 LAPS COMPLETE.
SO FAR, TWO CAUTIONS, THREE LEAD
CHANGES.
POINTS LEADER CARL EDWARDS
ASSUMED THE LAST ONE, AND THAT'S
WHERE WE GET UP TO SPEED,
BEGINNING WITH ALLEN BESTWICK.
>> SUZY, CARL EDWARDS TALKING
BACK AND FORTH WITH HIS CREW
CHIEF.
HE'S BEEN RUNNING LAPS A COUPLE
OF A TENTHS OF A SECOND FASTER
THAN THE SECOND PLACE CAR.
AND HE JUST ASKED, HOW BIG IS MY
LEAD?
HE WANTS TO BACK OFF AND SAVE
HIS TIRES THERE'S BEEN NO
BACKING OFF WHERE POINTS ARE
CONCERNED WITH CARL.
>> WE'RE RUNNING THIS NUMBER 60
CAR, AND THE WHOLE FORD FUSION
TEAM IS WORKING THE WAY THEY ARE
TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE FELT
WE'VE BEEN CLOSE.
WE FEEL IF WE HAD BEEN SMARTER,
WE COULD HAVE WON IT.
BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW.
>> CARL RIGHT NOW WITH A MASSIVE
423-POINT LEAD IN THE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
THE NEXT THREE WEEKS GET TO BE
INTERESTING.
THE BUSCH SERIES RACES ARE IN
SEPARATE LOCATIONS.
DENNY HAMLIN HAS FALLEN BACK TO
SECOND PLACE.
HE'S A COUPLE OF SECONDS BEHIND
CARL.
DENNY SAID HE WASN'T PUSHING HIS
CAR AS HARD AS HE NEEDED TO.
HE SAID HE WAS SAVING BACK.
I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY RADIO
TRAFFIC NOW FROM DENNY, THOUGH
HE'S JUST BEEN PASSED BY GREG
BIFFLE.
AS FOR BIFFLE, BIFFLE TOLD ME
BEFORE THE RACE, HE HAD A GREAT
RACE CAR.
HE DIDN'T THINK HE NEEDED TO
PUSH IT VERY HARD IN THE OPENING
LAPS.
HE LOVES THIS RACETRACK.
WHAT HE REALLY NEEDS IS TO WIN
ONE OF THESE BUSCH SERIES RACES.
HE FEELS LIKE THEY'VE BEEN SNAKE
BITTEN BY BATD LUCK SO FAR THIS
YEAR.
DAVE?
>> LAST YEAR, DOVER WAS VERY
GOOD TO JEFF BURTON.
IN HIS 13th TRY, HE FINALLY WON
HERE.
THEN, IN THE FALL, IN HIS 26th
NEXTEL CUP START, HE WON THE
RACE, AS WELL, WITH
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN.
BURTON RIGHT NOW SAYS THE CAR IS
DIFFICULT TO TURN, BUT ONCE
AGAIN, HE'S ON TRACK HERE AT
DOVER.
ALLEN?
>> YOU HEARD FROM CASEY MEARS'
CREW CHIEF JUST A FEW MINUTES
AGO, ABOUT HOW THEY HAD A SLIGHT
BIT OF RIGHT REAR CORD.
CHAD TOLD KALE SI BEFORE THE
RESTART TO CONSERVE THE CAR AND
PACE HIMSELF THIS RUN.
THEN LATER ON THE NEXT PIT, THEY
CAN GIVE HIM A SET OF TIRES ON
WHICH HE COULD DRIVE LIKE CRAZY.
SUZY?
>> NOW YOU'RE UP TO SPEED.
CARL EDWARDS IN THE 60 CAR, OUT
FRONT.
HE SAID, I THINK WE'RE ALL
HAPPIEST WHEN WE'RE DRIVING.
HE IS OUT FROM IN THE NASCAR
BUSCH
>>> DRIVING A LAP AT DOVER WOULD
BE PROBABLY EQUIVALENT TO ONE OF
THE COOEST ROLLER COASTERS
YOU'VE EVER BEEN ON.
>> YOU GO DOWN INTO A HOLE,
ALMOST.
KIND OF JUMP OFF THE BANKING,
LAND IN THE MIDDLE OF CORNER,
FEEL A LOT OF G-LOADS.
>> COMING OUT OF THE CORNER, THE
CAR MAKES FOUR BIG TRANSITIONS
PER LAP.
>> THIS IS THE WORST PLACE TO
LOSE IT.
YOU ARE GOING TO HIT SOMETHING.
AND WHEN YOU CRASH, YOU
GENERALLY CRASH BIG.
IF YOU GET LOOSE AND YOU HIT THE
OUTSIDE WALL, THERE'S A GOOD
CHANCE YOU WILL SLIDE ACROSS AND
HIT THE INSIDE WALL.
>> ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOU
COME HERE.
IT'S A MONSTER, ALL RIGHT.
>> AND THAT'S THE STORY OF THE
MONSTER MILE HERE AT DOVER
INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY.
HERE IS A LOOK AT THE CASTROL
GTX LEADERS.
DENNY HAMLIN LED ONLY ONE RACE
FOR FOUR LAPS BEFORE TODAY.
OF COURSE, HE WAS THE
POLESITTER.
BRAD, ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES
COMING INTO THE RACE WAS TIRES,
AND TIRE MANAGE.
.
>> I WANT TO THROE THIS OUT TO
DALE JARRETT.
YOU SAW GREG GET UP ON THAT HIGH
SIDE AND GET IN THAT SECOND
GROOVE AND GET BY DENNY HAMLIN.
NO ONE ELSE IS UP THERE.
DO YOU THINK IT'S THE TIRES?
ARE THEY TOO HARD.
NO ONE SEEMS TO BE CRUISING IN
THAT SECOND GROOVE YET.
>> YOU MIGHT GET A LITTLE BIT OF
GRIP THERE, BRAD, WHEN YOU HAVE
THE NEW TIRES ON, BUT IT JUST
DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S COMING
IN.
AS A DRIVER, YOU GO BY THE LAP
TIME THAT AS YOUR CREW HAS GIVEN
YOU, AND AS YOU START, WHAT YOU
FEEL LIKE YOU ARE SLOWING DOWN
MORE AROUND THE BOTTOM, YOU
VENTURE UP TO THE TOP.
AND YOU HAVE TO DO IT MORE THAN
ONE OR TWO LAPS TO GET IN A
RHYTHM TO SEE HOW MUCH YOU CAN
GET IT, HOW MUCH YOU CAN LET THE
CAR ROLL AND PICK THE THROTTLE
UP.
WE SEE GUYS UP THERE, BUT NOBODY
REALLY MAKING ANY TIME ON THAT
TOPSIDE LIKE WE WERE HOPING.
WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS JUST
MAKING A BIGGER RACETRACK OUT OF
IT.
AND THE GUYS THAT HAVE THE CARS
SET UP, THEY CAN GO AROUND THE
BOTTOM LIKE CARL EDWARDS, HE'S
GOING TO BEAT YOU, IF YOU CAR
HAS TO GO UP AND YOU HAVE TO USE
OUT MORE RACETRACK.
IT'S AN ISSUE, YOU WANT TO GET
UP THERE.
IT'S ACTUALLY MORE FUN AND
EASIER TO DRIVE IF YOU ARE UP,
MIDDLE PART OF THE RACETRACK.
BUT THE FASTEST WAY AROUND, IT
SEEMS RIGHT NOW IS ON THE
BOTTOM.
>> ALL RIGHT, CARL EDWARDS,
STARTED EIGHTH TODAY AND SHOWN
AS OUR LEADER.
LEADING 29 LAPS.
HE'S ONE OF THREE.
THREE LEAD CHANGERS AMONG THREE
LEADERS.
WE CHECK IN WITH ALLEN.
>> JUST WANT TO LET YOU
EAVESDROP ON THE CONVERSATION
BETWEEN CARL EDWARDS AND HIS
CREW DOWN HERE AT PIT ROAD.
>> A LITTLE BRIEF, LIKE WE CAN
DROP THAT TRACK BAR A LITTLE OR
PUT JUST A TINY BIT OF AIR, OR,
JUST, LIKE, A QUARTER IN THE
LEFT REAR.
>> YEAH, I LIKE THE QUARTER
ROUTE, LEFT REAR.
>> ANDY AND D.J., HOW COMMON IS
IT FOR A DRIVER TO ACTUALLY
SUGGEST SPE SIFING ADJUSTMENTS
ON THE CAR?
>> IT'S NOT ALL THAT RARE, BUT
IT IS A NICE THING THAT A DRIVER
HAS THAT GOOD OF A FEEL FOR A
RACE CAR, HE'S GOING TO CALL FOR
A CHANGE LIKE THAT.
AS A CREW CHIEF, YOU MAY TAKE
THAT, DO WHAT HE SAYS, OR MAYBE
ANOTHER SUGGESTION.
WHEN I HEAR THEM TALK IS THAT
THE TRACK IS NOT TIGHTENING UP.
AND I'VE HEARD THAT ON THE RADIO
OF A FEW OTHER TEAMS, ALSO, THAT
THIS TRACK IS NOT TAKING RUBBER
LIKE NORMAL, AND, SO, THE CARS
ARE NOT TIGHTENING UP.
THE CARS ARE TRYING TO GET THAT
MESSAGE OUT.
>> THIS IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT
TRACK THAN WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN
THE PAST.
A LOT OF TIMES, AS A DRIVER, YOU
THROW OUT TWO OR THREE THINGS.
CARL KNOWS HIS CAR.
HE KNOWS HE DOESN'T HAVE THE TOO
MUCH WEDGE IN IT.
HE KNOWS HE CAN GO DOWN ON THE
TRACK BAR.
AND HE KNOWS THEY ARE PROBABLY
NOT UP TO POOR ON THE AIR
PRESSURE.
THOSE ARE THINGS, AS WE HAVE
PROBLEMS ON THE RACETRACK.
>> CAUTION, TURN ONE.
>> AND THE 28 CAR, HAVING
CONTACT.
THAT'S ROBERT RICHARDSON IN THE
BORDER PATROL SHAVE LAY.
SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.
>> STOP IT ANYWHERE ALONG IN
THERE.
YOU ALL RIGHT?
>> ROBERT, ARE YOU OKAY?
>> HE'S GOT A FLAT FRONT TIRE.
WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT HAPPENED
BEFORE OR AFTER HE HIT THE WALL.
>> YEAH.
HE --
>> YEAH, I'M ALL RIGHT.
JUST GOT THE AIR KNOCKED OUT OF
ME.
>> YOU SEE THE TIRE GOES DOWN,
AND HE'S GOT NOWHERE TO GO BUT
IN THE FENCE RIGHT THERE.
>> I CAN TELL YOU, THANK
GOODNESS FOR THE SAFER BARRIERS.
BECAUSE I'VE HIT THIS WALL
BEFORE, HAVING A TIRE GO DOWN,
AND IT'S NO FUN.
IT'S NO FUN WITH THE SAFER
BARRIERS.
BUT IT DOES LESSEN THAT LICK A
LITTLE BIT.
THERE'S JUST NOTHING YOU CAN DO
BUT HANG ON WHEN YOU ARE IN THAT
SITUATION.
>> WE SAW THE COME DOWN, SO,
THAT SIGNALS THE SAFETY CREW
THAT AS HE'S OKAY, AND THEY WILL
GET HIM CHECKED OUT.
>> YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE
CAUTIONS, BUT I'M SURE THERE'S A
LOT OF DRIVERS AND CREW CHIEFS
RIGHT NOW ARE HAPPY TO SEE
SOMETHING BRING OUT A CAUTION,
BECAUSE THEY'VE RUN A LITTLE
OVER 40 LAPS WITH THIS, AND THEY
WANT TO SEE WHAT THEY HAVE WITH
THE TIRES.
>> LONGEST RUN OF THE DAY.
D.J., GOO POINT.
THEY'VE RUN 48 POINTS SINCE THE
LAST PIT.
AND YOU SEE THE SAFETY CREWS
THERE BEING VERY KACHFUL WITH
ROBERT RICHARDSON.
THE CREWS ARE WAITING.
THERE IS DAVE BLANEY'S BENCH.
CARL EDWARDS WILL BRING THEM
DOWN PIT ROAD AT 35 MILES AN
HOUR.
AND WE HEAD DOWN TO MIKE
MASSARO.
>> DOC, DAVE BLANEY STILL
COMPLAINING ABOUT A TIGHT RACE
CAR.
THEY ARE GOING TO RAISE THE
TRACK BAR.
TRYING TO FREE HIM UP.
THEY ARE WORKING ON THE RIGHT
SIDE NOW.
SWING AROUND.
LOOKING FOR A GOOD STOP.
JAMIE?
>> REGAN SMITH IS IN THE BOX.
HE STARTED FIFTH.
HE'S BEEN RUNNING TOP TEN THE
TEAM COULDN'T BE MORE PROUT OF
HIM.
FOUR TIRES AND FUEL.
TO DAVE.
>> AND JEFF BURTON HAD A WEDGE
AIL JUST.
.
AIR PRESSURE, AS WELL.
CAR WAS TIGHTER AND THE END OF
THAT RUN.
ALLEN?
>> CARL EDWARDS TALKING ABOUT
HIS POSITIONING IN THE PIT BOX.
THEY HAD A LITTLE TROUBLE ON THE
REAR TIRES THERE.
LET'S SEE IF HE HOLDS THE LEAD.
>> AND CARL EDWARDS WILL HOLD
THE LEAD.
DENNY HAMLIN'S CREW WITH A GREAT
STOP.
JEFF BURTON'S BUNCH LOST A SPOT.
KASEY KAHNE, GREAT EFFORT BY THE
DODGE TEAM, UP SIX
>>> BACK HERE INSIDE THE PIT
STUDIO, THE MONSTER MILE, LIVING
UP TO ITS REPUTATION.
THIRD CAUTION.
A CONCRETE MILE.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR SETUP?
>> I HEARD A GREAT QUESTION
ASKED A SECOND AGO.
HE ASKED A CREW CHIEF, IF I CAN
HAVE A QUARTER ROUND IN THE
RIGHT REAR.
TIM, DOES THAT HELP THE RACE CAR
OR THE DRIVER IN BETWEEN THE
EARS?
>> FIRST OF ALL, THE CREW CHIEF
IS GOING TO PASS OUT.
HE DIDN'T KNOW HE HAD THE CAR
THAT CLOSE.
A QUARTER OF A TURN MIGHT BE
ONE, MAYBE TWO TENTHS OF ONE
PERCENT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO
KNOW THAT I HAD A CAR THAT GOOD.
CONGRATULATIONS.
D.J., WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT A
QUARTER OF A TURN IN THE LEFT
REAR?
>> IT'S BEEN AWHILE SINCE I
ASKED FOR THAT LITTLE BIT OF A
CHANGE.
YOU KNOW YOUR CAR'S PRETTY GOOD
THERE.
CARL'S CAR IS GOOD.
HE'S TRYING TO MAKE IT PERFECT.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE AFTER, AS WE
GO BACK TO GREEN.
>> LOGON TO ESPN.COM, SEARCH
WORD KNOW HOW, AS YOU GET MORE
UPDATES AND INFORMATION FROM OUR
EXPERT CREW CHIEFS LIKE ANDY
PETREE AND TIM BREWER.
AND J.J. YELEY HAVING TROUBLES
AFTER HAVING A REALLY GOOD
WEEKEND UP TO THIS POINT, MAKING
HIS 100th NASCAR BUSCH SERIES
START, AND HIS CAR OFF THE PACE
AND HEADED BACK TO PIT ROAD.
AND THE 16 CAR.
>> LEFT REAR, I CAN'T TELL.
WHAT YOU GOT?
>> GREG BIFFLE.
>> WE DON'T KNOW.
PUT FOUR ON IT.
>> BIFFLE, A TWO-TIME WINNER
HERE.
LED TWO LAPS.
NOW HEADED BACK.
HE HAS A FLAT TIRE.
>> AND THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT
WHICH ONE IT IS.
>> YOU KNOW WHICH ONE IT IS,
GREG?
>> I THINK IT'S THE LEFT REAR.
THE RIGHT'S LOOK UP.
>> GET ON DOWN PIT ROAD, GET
LEFTS ON IT.
>> THAT'S A RISKY MOVE.
>> HEADED DOWN TO YOU, ALLEN
BESTWICK.
>> I'M HEARING THE RADIO TRACK,
THEY ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE
WHICH TIRE IT.
IF HE KNOWS IT'S THE RIGHT SIDE,
MAYBE THEY CAN JUST CHANGE TWO
AND NOT GO AS MANY LAPS DOWN AS
THEY ARE GOING TO.
THE PIT ROAD SPEED HERE IS KIND
OF SLOW.
BY THE TIME YOU COME ALL THE WAY
DOWN THE PIT ROAD, THEN MAKE THE
TIRE CHANGE, AND YOU SEE, THEY
HAD TO DO ALL FOUR.
BOY, HE'S LOST A LOT OF GROUND,
AND THE LEADER GOES BY HIM
AGAIN.
>> THE PIT ROAD SPEED, JUST 35
MILES AN HOUR.
SEEMED LIKE AN ETERNITY, HIM
TRYING TO BRING THAT CAR DOWN.
>> IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHICH
TIRE'S DOWN, BEST TO JUST CHANGE
ALL FOUR.
IF YOU DON'T HIT IT THE FIRST
TIME, YOU DIG YOURSELF A HUGE
HOLE.
THEY COULDN'T TELL WHICH ONE IT
WAS.
PROBABLY DON'T KNOW UNTIL THEY
CHECK THE AIR.
>> AND I THINK YOU ONLY HAD
THREE SETS BEHIND THE WALL.
YOU BETTER BE CHECKING THOSE OUT
TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN SALVAGE
THREE OF THEM.
>> DON'T THROW ANYTHING AWAY
THAT STILL HAS RUBBER ON IT.
>> AS A DRIVER, THAT IS SO
DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE WHICH ONE
OF THOSE IS.
EITHER ONE OF THE CAREER TIRES
GOING DOWN IS GOING TO GIVE YOU
A FEELING OF THE CAR BEING
LOOSE.
SO IT'S HAIR TO DIFFERENTIATE
BETWEEN THAT.
ESPECIALLY AS A TRACK LIKE THIS.
YOU HAVE THAT FEELING, A LITTLE
BIT OF A LOOSE FEELING ANYWAY ON
THE RESTART.
>> CARL EDWARDS HAS LED TWICE
TODAY HERE FOR 43 LAPS.
YOU TALK ABOUT A GUY WHO KNOWS
CONCRETE.
NOW, CARL EDWARDS HAS WON BOTH
OF HIS RACES THIS YEAR ON THE
KRON CRETE, AT BRISTOL AND GNASH
VALUE NASHVILLE.
HE UNDERSTANDS WHAT IT TAKES TO
GET AROUND A CONCRETE RACETRACK.
AND THE 7 CAR, THE GEICO CHEVY,
FORMER WINNER HERE, JUST HAD A
COUPLE OF ANXIOUS MOMENTS.
JUST -- OH, MAN.
>> YEP.
ALMOST CLEAR, NOT QUITE.
HE WAS LUCKY NOT TO GET INTO THE
WALL.
YEAH, THAT WAS A GREAT SAVE.
THE BANKING HERE SOMETIMES HELPS
YOU TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
IT'S HARD TO TELL.
>> COME ON, COME ON.
DO IT AGAIN.
>> YOU CAN TELL.
HE JUST WANTED TO TURN DOWN AND
GO UNDER THAT 14 CAR, AND DIDN'T
QUITE HAVE ENOUGH ROOM.
>> MIKE WAS MOVING UP.
HE RESTARTED ABOUT 27th.
THAT WOULD HAVE PUT HIM IN 20th
POSITION, HAD HE BEEN ABLE TO
MAKE THAT PASS.
AND OBVIOUSLY, THAT WAS NOT THE
CASE.
NOW, LET'S CHECK BACK IN THE
GREG BIFFLE PITS WITH ALLEN
BESTWICK, SEE WHAT THE TIRE
ISSUE WAS.
>> VERY QUICKLY.
THERE IT IS.
HE RAN OVER SOMETHING ON THE
RACETRACK.
A CUT RIGHT REAR.
>> OKAY.
THAT'S THE THING.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHICH ONE IT
WAS.
THEY CAME REALLY CLOSE TO JUST
CHANGING THOSE LEFT SIDES.
HE'S ALREADY IN A HOLE THAT HE
CAN MAKE DIG OUT OF.
IF HE HAD TO COME BACK DOWN, HE
PROBABLY COULDN'T MAKE IT BACK
UP.
>> THE ONLY WAY TO SAVE THIS NOW
IS IF IT GOES GREEN FOR QUITE
AWHILE.
>> AND LET'S GIVE A SHOTOUT TO
MIKE BLESS IN THE 22 CAR.
WHAT A RACE MIKE, THE FORM EARL
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES
CHAMPION HAS DRIVEN.
HE STARTED 30th.
IN 18 LAPS, HE WAS IN THE TOP
15, AND NOW HE TAKES THAT DAMAGE
INTO SIXTH POSITION.
MIKE BLISS, MAKING HIS EIGHTH
START ON THE YEAR.
TWO TOP TENS.
BOTH OF THEM TENTH PLACE
FINISHES AT BRISTOL AND
NASHVILLE.
AND HAVING A GREAT RUN HERE AT
DOVER TODAY.
>> WATCHING THE RUN BEFORE THIS
LAST CAUTION, HE WAS MAKING A
LOT OF GROUND.
HE HAD SOME OF THE FASTEST LAP
TIMES THAT I SAW.
>> AND FOR MORE, LET'S GO TO
DAVE.
>> HE'S JUST FLAT DRIVING IT.
THEY ARE GONE TIGHT AT ONE RUN,
LOOSE ONE RUN SO THE CAR HAS
RESPONDED TO THE CHANGES THE
CREW'S MADE.
BUT MIKE JUST DRIVING IT.
AND VERY COMFORTABLE AT THIS
TRACK THIS WEEKEND.
FINISHED FIFTH IN THE TRUCK
SERIES RACE.
AND HE WILL RACE TOMORROW IN THE
CUP RACE.
SO, A BIG WEEKEND FOR MIKE BLISS
IN THIS 22 CAR.
>> AND MIKE BLISS, SHOWING THAT
IT PAYS TO BE AGGRESSIVE HERE.
HE'S DRIVING THAT CAR, OWNED BY
ARMANDO FITZ TO THE TOP FIVE.
AS WE CONTINUE UNDER GREEN HERE.
TWO LAPS AWAY FROM HALFWAY
>>> JEFF BURTON IS ON PIT ROAD
HERE AT COVER.
HE SAID THIS CAR IS TIGHT.
HE SAID THIS CAR JUST WENT
SIDEWAYS LOOSE.
ON LAP 108, HE SAID IT DROVE
STRAIGHT WHEN HE TRIED TO DRIVE
IT INTO THE CORNER.
HE THINKS HE HAS A TIRE GOING
DOWN.
THEY WILL CHANGE ALL FOUR.
SUZY KOLBER?
>> DAVE FROM THE HOLIDAY INN CAR
TO THE HOLIDAY INN RACE RUNDOWN,
THE MONSTER MILE, THEY CALL IT A
THINKING MAN'S TRACK, MENTALLY
AND PHYSICALLY DEMANDS.
KEVIN HARVICK STARTED 29th.
MOVED UP TO 14th BY LAP 17.
HOW ABOUT THIS MOVE?
>> HE'S ON THE OUTSIDE, TAKING A
CHANCE, GETTING UP IN THAT
GROOVE.
PICKING UP SPACES.
YOU HAVE TO PASS TO THE RIGHT ON
A RESTART.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS WERE WE
GOING TO WATCH, PIT ROAD, AND
SCOTT WIMMER PAID THE PRICE.
>> HAVING A GREAT RUN, GOING
ALONG TODAY.
HE HAS THIS LUG NUT PROBLEM.
IN THE BACK OF THE PACK.
I THINK HE CAN MAKE HIS WAY BACK
UP THE FIELD.
HE'S GOT A GREAT CAR.
>> CARL EDWARDS, STARTED EIGHTH,
MOVING UP THROUGH THE FIELD.
TOOK THE LEAD ON LAP 56.
>> HE LOOKS REALLY COMFORTABLE.
HE'S JUST STRETCHING HIS LEGS
RIGHT NOW.
>> CARL LOOKS ABOUT AS CLOSE TO
PERFECT AS YOU CAN GET.
FIVE LEAD CHANGES, FOUR LEADERS,
THREE CAUTIONS, AS WE GET YOU UP
TO SPEED, BEGINNING WITH ALLEN
BESTWICK.
>> SUZY, LET'S TALK ABOUT CARL
EDWARDS.
AFTER THEY MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS
ON THE LAST PIT STOP, HE SAID
THE CAR IS WAY BETTER OFF THE
CORNER.
HE LOVES THE TRACK, HE'S GOT A
GOOD CAR.
THINK HE'S HAVING FUN THIS
AFTERNOON?
YEAH.
DAVE?
>> SCOTT WIMMER'S PASSED CARS TO
GET BACK UP TO POSITION.
HE'S IN SECOND PLACE THE CAR
DURING THE LAST RUN WAS JUST A
LITTLE BIT LOOSE IN THE CORNERS,
BUT OF COURSE TO THE POINT WHERE
HE SAID, MAKE NO CHANGES, JUST
GIVE ME FOUR FRESH TIRES.
ALLEN?
>> DENNY HAMLIN LED ALL BY ONE
OF THE FIRST 53 LAPS.
NOW HE'S BACK TO THIRD.
DESPITE A COUPLE OF ADJUSTMENTS
ON THE TWO, THEY CAN'T GET THE
GOOD GRIP ON HIS CAR TO HIS
LIKING.
THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO ADJUST
ON THAT.
DAVE?
>> MIKE BLISS, I BELIEVE THIS IS
HIS EIGHTH START IN THE BUSCH
SERIES FOR THE FITZ RACING
PEOPLE TODAY.
AND IF YOU WONDER WHICH CAR HE'S
DRIVING IN THE CUP RACE
TOMORROW?
WELL, HE'S NOT, HE WON'T BE IN
THE CUP RACE.
THIS WILL BE THE SWAN SONG FOR
MIKE BLISS THIS WEEKEND, RUNNING
GREAT IN THAT 22 CAR, TO ROUND
OUT HIS WEEKEND.
MIKE?
>> IT'S BEEN AN UPHILL BATTLE
FOR THE 17 TEAM ALL WEEKEND
LONG.
THEY HAVE A SICK DRIVER AND AN
ILL-HANDLING RACE CAR.
IT WAS HOPPING ALL OVER THE
TRACK DURING PRACTICE SO MUCH,
THEY HAD TO PUT THE CUP SERIES
SETUP IN IT.
THEY HAVE CHARGED FROM 19th ALL
THE WAY TO 6th.
ALLEN?
>> KASEY KAHNE'S PIT CREW HAVE
BEEN THE STARS OF THE DAY FOR
HIM SO FAR.
THEY GAINED SIX SPOTS ON PIT
ROAD ON THE FIRST, FIVE ON THE
NEXT STOP, AND THEY ARE GOING TO
GET ANOTHER CHANCE RIGHT NOW,
BECAUSE THE CAUTION IS OUT.
>> AND CAUTION BEING SHOWN ON
THE RACETRACK HERE FOR THE
FOURTH TIME TODAY, AS YOU TAKE A
LOOK AT THE YELLOW FLAG BEING
WAVED BY KEVIN MOSS.
AND WE WILL SLOW DOWN, AND HERE
ON LAP 117.
AS CARL EDWARDS CONTINUES TO
LEAD.
AND TOUGH BREAK FOR A COUPLE OF
GUYS.
THERE'S DEBRIS ON THE RACETRACK.
WE ARE SEEN TWO DRIVERS COME ON
PIT ROAD BECAUSE OF CUT TIRES.
GREG BIFFLE ON LAP 94 AND LOST A
COUPLE OF LAPS, CHANGING A RIGHT
REAR.
AND THEN THE 29 CAR COMES IN,
LIKEWISE, WITH A CUT TIRE.
>> THAT'S WHY NASCAR IS NOT
TAKING ANY CHANCES WHEN THEY SEE
DEBRIS OUT THERE.
THEY DON'T WANT TO HIT THAT
WALL.
WE'VE SEEN HOW HARD THEY CAN
HIT.
SO, THAT'S PROBABLY PA REALLY
GOOD MOVE ON NASCAR'S PART TO
MAKE SURE THEY GET THAT OFF OF
THERE.
ONLY PROBLEM IS, THIS IS GOING
TO USE UP ANOTHER SET OF TIRES.
AND THEY DON'T HAVE THAT MANY
SETS SITTING IN THE PITS.
IT'S GOING TO BE TIME TO THINK
IF WE OUGHT TO PIT OR NOT, SAVE
A SET OF TIRES.
AND LOOKS LIKE THESE GUYS ARE
COMING IN.
THEY ARE GOING TO GET, I THINK
THINK THIS IS THEIR THIRD.
AND THEY SHOULD HAVE ONE MORE
AFTER THAT.
COMING AT THE PERFECT TIME
ALMOST.
SHOULD WORK OUT OKAY.
>> ALL RIGHT, PIT STOPS.
MIKE MASSARO.
>> AND DOC, MATT KENSETH SAYING
HE'S WAY TOO LOOSE ON ENTRY.
CAN'T GET IN THE GAS.
THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO TIGHTEN
HIM UP.
JAMIE?
>> JUAN PABLO MONTOYA SAYING
HE'S LOOSE AND TIGHT ON THE
CENTER.
THEY WENT DOWN ON THE TRACK BAR
AND AIR OUT OF THE LEFT REAR.
DAVE?
>> LITTLE TIGHT AT THE END FOR
SCOTT WIMMER.
AIR PRESSURE, LOWERED IN THE
LEFT SIDE TIRES, AND SLOW ON THE
LEFT YEAR, AGAIN, ALLEN?
>> GOING TO BE A TIGHT RATION
OFF PIT ROAD.
CARL EDWARDS ARE NOT GOING TO
HOLD THE LEAD THIS TIME A FOUR
TIRE CHANGE THERE AND A BAG OF
ICE INTO THE COCKPIT FOR THE
DRIVER'S COMFORT.
>> ALL RIGHT, YOU SEE HOW TIGHT
THE PITS ARE HERE?
THE PITFALLS OF TIGHT PITS, AS
COVER
>>> WELL, IN HOT PURSUIT OF DAN
WHELDON, TONY KANAAN LOOKS TO
DUPLICATE LAST YEAR'S
PERFORMANCE AND TAKE THE
CHECKERED FLAG AT THE MILWAUKEE
MILE.
THE A.J. FOYT 225 COMES YOUR WAY
TOMORROW AT 4:00 EASTERN TIME.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, LOGON TO
ESPN.COM.
WELL, UNDER CAUTION FOR THE
FOURTH TIME TODAY, AND
INTERESTING COMMUNICATIONS HERE
BETWEEN THE DRIVER OF THE 4
KARRIE BEGAN SMITH, AND A
VETERAN DRIVER, HE'S TALKING TO
ON THE RADIO.
LET'S LISTEN IN.
>> EVEN BACK IN THE CORNER, UP,
I TRIED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT
WAYS TO GET IN THERE.
WHEN I GET TIGHT, I GO UP JUST
ENOUGH TO MAKE IT NOT WORTH.
>> THE TROUBLE YOU ARE HAVING
THERE ON ENTRY, LANDING HARSH ON
THE SPRINGS AND ALL THAT, THAT'S
GOING TO BE HARD TO FIX.
>> OF COURSE, THAT WAS MARK
MARTIN.
GREAT TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE
MARTIN TO TALK TO YOU ON THE
RADIO, THAT CAN WATCH THE CAR,
AND BE ABLE TO KNOW WHAT THE
CAR'S DOING AND GIVE THAT KIND
OF INPUT TO A YOUNG DRIVER.
>> THAT'S JUST INVALUABLE.
REGAN SMITH HAS A GREAT RACE
TEAM BEHIND HIM, AND A MENTOR
LIKE MARK MARTIN HELPING HIM AT
THESE PLACES AS HE TRIES TO GET
THAT EXPERIENCE, AND SOME THINGS
THAT YOU ARE FEELING IN THE CAR,
SOMETIMES SOMEONE CAN SEE THINGS
FROM THE OUTSIDE, AND THEY CAN
UNDERSTAND, TELL YOU WHAT YOUR
CAR IS DOING, AND MAKES YOU
UNDERSTAND IT A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT WHY YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO DO
WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO.
>> SOMETHING LIKE MARK MARTIN ON
THE OTHER END, YOU HAVE
CONFIDENCE IN WHAT HE'S SAYING
IS TRUE.
>> WE ASKED HIM, HOW IT IS TO
KNOW YOU ARE SHARING A CAR, BUT
YOU ARE LEARNING FROM ONE OF THE
BEST IN THE BUSINESS, MARK
MARTIN.
>> HAVING A CHANCE TO GET IN
CARS RIGHT AFTER HE'S GOTTEN OUT
OF THEM, AND KIND OF FEEL WHAT
HE LIKES HAS HELPED ME KIND OF
ADAPT A LITTLE BIT AT A DRIVER
TO WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR NOW.
>> I MEAN, THAT -- YOU TALKED
ABOUT IT BEING INVALUABLE.
HOW ABOUT HAVING MARK MARTIN GET
IN THE CAR AND DRIVER IT, YOU
JUMP IN, SAY, WOW, THIS IS WHAT
IT'S SUPPOSED TO FEEL LIKE.
>> IF HE'S GOT EXTRA TIME, GET
IN MY CAR.
I THINK THE WORLD OF MARK
MARTIN.
THERE'S ANYBODY THAT HAS MORE
TALENT OUT HERE, I DON'T KNOW
WHO IT IS.
THAT'S JUST GREAT THAT REGAN HAS
THIS OPPORTUNITY, AND IT WILL
JUST HELP QUICKEN THAT LEARNING
CURVE THAT HE MAY HAVE HERE IN
TRYING TO GET USED TO THESE
BUSCH CARS AND THE CUP CARS.
>> WELL, CERTAINLY MADE A BIG
DIFFERENCE FOR REGAN SMITH, AND
BEING ABLE TO REALLY BE ABLE TO
BE COMPETITIVE THIS YEAR.
REGAN, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW,
HAVING A GREAT RUN, EQUALLING
HIS BEST FINISH OF FIFTH AT
LOWE'S MOTOR SPEEDWAY.
WE MIGHT MENTION, DAVID RAGAN
WAS THE FIRST CAR OFF PIT ROAD.
BECAUSE HE WAS SPEEDING, HE HAD
TO GO TO THE END OF THE LONGEST
LINE, SO, THERE IS THE DAVID
RAGAN CAR YOU SAW LEAVE PIT ROAD
IN LONGEST POSITION.
AS THE FIELD LINES UP, WE HAVE
COMPLETED 122 OF 200 LAPS.
WE GET SET TO GO GREEN.
LET'S LISTEN IN AS WE GO FULL
THROTTLE.
>> BE READY, BUDDY.
>> YOU CAN GO LOW, START FINISH
LINE.
JUST GO.
>> PACE CAR'S OFF.
>> JUST BE READY.
>> EASY.
>> READY?
>> BE READY.
>> GREEN, GREEN, GREEN.
>> OUTSIDE.
>> STILL INSIDE.
>> STILL THERE.
>> ANOTHER ONE COMING.
>> STILL UP THERE.
>> STILL CLEAR ALL AROUND.
TWO WIDE.
STILL OUTSIDE OF YOU.
>> OUTSIDE.
CLEAR.
>> CLEAR, CLEAR.
>> CLEAR LOW IF YOU NEED IT.
CLEAR LOW.
>> CLEAR, CLEAR.
>> STAY DOWN, KEEP ROLLING.
KEEP ROLLING.
>> WHOA, TROUBLE, 7 CAR IS
SIDEWAYS.
THAT'S A HEAVY CONTACT WITH THE
BACK OF THE CAR.
THE GEICO CHEVY.
AND WE HAVE THREE CARS SPINNING
THERE'S THE 6 CAR, DAVID RAGAN
IN THE GRASSY AREA, AND, OH --
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE THERE FOR THE
ROBERT YATES CAR OF STEPHEN
LEICHT.
>> THAT'S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS AT
THIS RACETRACK, BANKED ALL THE
WAY AROUND.
HARDLY ANYWHERE TO GO WHEN YOU
HAVE A WRECK IN FRONT OF YOU.
ALL THE CARS START SLIDING DOWN
THE HILL.
>> CAUTION COMING OUT FOR THE
FIFTH TIME TODAY HERE.
AND THERE IS THE DAMAGE ON THE
RIGHT SIDE OF DAVID RAGAN'S CAR.
>> THAT JUST PROVES HOW YOU
CAN'T MAKE MISTAKES, BECAUSE --
AND WE'VE ALL DONE IT.
BUT HE GOT SPEEDING ON PIT ROAD
PENALTY THAT PUT HIM AT THE BACK
OF THE PACK, OTHERWISE HE
WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN IN THAT
ACCIDENT.
WE TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME.
MISTAKE FREE, IF YOU CAN DO
THAT.
>> SOMETIMES THEY GET AMPLIFIED.
MISTAKES SEEM INNOCENT, TO HAVE
TO GO TO THE BACK OF THE LINE.
BUT BACK THERE IN A NELLER
INABLE POSITION TO GET IN A
WRECK.
>> THERE'S THE 7 CAR.
WATCH, THESE GUYS TRYING TO
AVOID HIM.
HE'S TRYING TO GET SLOWED DOWN.
>> THIS ALL STARTED OFF TURN
FOUR.
WHICH IS VERY DIFFICULT, AND IT
JUST CONTINUED ALL THE WAY DOWN
INTO TURN ONE.
>> ALL THE GUYS JUST LOOKING FOR
A PLACE TO GO.
CAN'T QUITE GET OUT OF THE WAY.
>> LOOKING AT THAT, MIKE WALLACE
MIGHT HAVE HAD A --
>> WATCH FROM THE ROOF CAMERA OF
THE 25 CAR OF DAVID GILLILAND.
>> IN FACT, MIKE WALLACE GOT
INTO HIS NEPHEW JUST A LITTLE
BIT.
>> OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE.
OUTSIDE.
WATCH YOURSELF.
WATCH YOURSELF.
GOOD JOB.
CAUTION'S OUT.
>> CAUTION NUMBER FIVE ON THE
DAY
>>> AERIAL COVERAGE BROUGHT TO
YOU BY GOODYEAR.
HELPING NASCAR DRIVERS GET TO
THE FIN INLINE FOR THE PAST 25
YEARS.
AND FROM HIGH ABOVE, WE CAN SEE
THAT THE MONSTER IS HAVING ITS
WAY.
FIFTH CAUTION WAS OUT.
THIS TIME, RED FLAG, DRIVERS ARE
STOPPED ON THE TRACK.
AT THIS POINT IN THE RACE, LAP
124, WHEN THIS RED FLAG CAME
OUT.
WHAT'S HAPPENED IN TERMS OF
DRIVERS AND MAYBE EVEN
EXHAUSTION, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW
DEMANDING, MENTALLY AND
PHYSICALLY.
>> I THINK IT'S STILL, BECAUSE
THEY'VE BEEN SINGLE FILE MOST OF
THE DAY, I DON'T THINK THE
DRIVERS ARE WORE OUT.
WE HAD A LIMITED NUMBER OF
CAUTIONS.
SO, I THINK EVERYONE IS STILL
RELATIVELY FRESH.
BUT WATCHING THAT 21 CAR AND
SCOTT WIMMER, HE'S REALLY IN A
RACE CAR.
MIKE BLISS IS HAVING A GREAT
RUN.
THE OBVIOUS GUYS, THE CARL
EDWARDS AND THE DENNY HAMLIN,
THEY ARE IN FRONT.
IF WE CAN GET A LONG GREEN LAP
FINISH, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO
SEE A GREAT FINISH.
>> WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE WITH
CARL EDWARDS?
>> HE'S SO SMOOTH.
HE MADE THE ADJUSTMENT, WE MADE
FUN OF IT THE QUARTER IN THE
LEFT REAR.
BUT THE CAR IS SO SMOOTH
THROUGHOUT THE CORNERS.
HE'S NOT OVERDRIVING IT.
BUT SCOTT WOMENER IS COMING.
AND MIKE BLISS IS DRIVING THE
WHEELS OFF HIS CAR.
>> LET'S GO DOWN TO TIM BREWER
AT THE VEF CHEF I HAVE CUTAWAY
CAR.
>> THE REAR CLIP IS THE SECTION
BEHIND THE REAR WHEELS.
BACK HERE, THE AREA OF THE
FRAME, IT IS HOLDING THE FUEL
CELL OFF THE GROUND.
THE CAREER BAR IS RIGHT HERE, UP
TO THE TOP OF THE ROLL CAGE.
WE CAN CLIP THIS THING IN
DIFFERENT SECTIONS.
YOU CAN CLIP IT RIGHT HERE, IN
THE CASE OF MIKE WALL LANCE.
WHEN IT NEED AS FULL REAR CLIP,
YOU ARE MOVING UP IN THE SPRING
TOWERS, TO THE BATTERY BOX.
WHEN YOU HAVE TO CLIP THEM THAT
HEAVY, THEY'VE HAD A TERRIBLE
IMPACT BACK THERE AND A LOT OF
DAMAGE, A LOT OF REPAIR WORK.
A LOT OF SHEET METAL DAMAGE
INVOLVED.
AND MAYBE WE'LL GET INTO THE
FRONT CLIPS LATER TODAY.
BACK TO MIKE MASSARO NOW.
>> TIM, WHEN WE JUST SHOWED THE
REPLAY OF THAT ACCIDENT, ONE GUY
INTERESTED WAS MIKE WALLACE.
WHAT DID YOU SEE?
>> I WAS CLEARED BY A SPOTTER.
I COME UP AND UNFORTUNATELY
THERE WAS A LAPPED CAR, JUST
TRYING, I GUESS HE SLID.
I STARTED TO COME UP.
HE HAD THE NOSE UP TO US, AND
UNFORTUNATELY TURNED US INTO THE
WALL.
WHEN WE DID THAT, IT BROKE A
TRACK BAR.
IT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE.
WE WERE RUNNING FAIRLY WELL
TODAY.
JUST TRY TO MAKE A MOVE ON THAT
RESTART, PASS THE 4 CAR.
LOOKED LIKE WE HAD DONE THAT.
GOT SLOWED UP A LITTLE BIT ON
THE BOTTOM, COMING TO THE TOP.
IT'S A SHAKE.
ER TO UP A LOT OF RACE CARS.
UNFORTUNATE FOR THE GUYS BEHIND
US AND OURSELVES.
JUST WISH IT WOULD HAVEN'T
HAPPENED.
HELP ME OUT.
CALL GEICO, YOU CAN SAVE 15% ON
YOUR CAR INSURANCE.
>> URN FORTUNATELY, NOBODY'S
GOING TO INSURE THAT CAR NOW.
DAVE?
>> THE 21 CREW LOOKING FOR PIT
ROAD INSURANCE NOW.
SHANE WILSON, WITH A TEAM THAT'S
A FEW RACES AGO, YOU DECIDED TO
GO WITH AN ALL DEVELOPMENTAL
CREW, WHAT'S GOING ON TODAY?
>> WELL, WE ARE NOT HAVING A
REAL GOOD DAY, BUT, YOU KNOW,
THAT'S -- THE PRESSURE'S ON.
WE'RE RUNNING OUT FRONT, THEY
ARE FEELING THE PRESSURE.
AND THEY JUST HAD A COUPLE OF
LITTLE MISCUES.
THIS IS HOW YOU GET BETTER, AND
THIS IS HOW WE HAD TO DO IT.
IT IS FRUSTRATING WHEN WE HAVE A
GOOD CAR, BUT WE HAD TO DO IT
SOMETIME, AND WE ALL DECIDED TO
DO IT, AND WE JUST GOT TO GRIND
IT OUT HERE.
>> ANYTHING PROCEDURAL?
>> NO, IT'S JUST PRESSURE OF THE
SITUATION, YOU KNOW, WE PRACTICE
IT AND PRACTICE IT.
BUT YOU CAN'T SIMULATE HERE.
AND THAT'S WHY WE DID IT.
HOPEFULLY THEY WILL GET IT
STRAIGHTENED OUT AND KEEP ON
WORKING ON IT.
>> SCOTT WIMMER SAYS, WE CAN
PASS THESE GUYS.
WE'VE SEEN IT ALREADY TODAY.
>> YOU HEAR ALL THE JET DRIERS
IN THE BACKGROUND, TRYING TO
BLOW THE TRACK OUT.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH CASEY MEARS,
WHO CURRENTLY SITS IN SIXTH
POSITION.
>> CASEY, DALE JARRETT.
YOU HAVE A COPY?
>> YEAH, I GOT YOU.
>> HEY, MAN, I KNOW IT'S HOT IN
THERE RIGHT NOW.
BUT YOU ARE IN THE SIXTH SPOT.
LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE A PRETTY
GOOD CAR.
DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE ANYTHING
FOR CARL AND DENNY?
>> YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE A
REALLY GOOD CAR IF WE CAN GET UP
THERE, WE'D BE FINE.
TOUGH GETTING BY THE GUYS.
EVERYBODY IS RUNNING A LOT OF
THE SAME LAP TIMES HERE.
HAD A LITTLE TROUBLE ON A STOP
BACK THERE.
THE GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING
EXCELLENT ALL DAY LONG.
SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
WE NEED TO GET UP THERE FIRST.
>> ALL RIGHT, ONCE AGAIN, YOU
SEE ANY CHANGE IN THE RACETRACK
OR IS THAT BOTTOM GROOVE STILL
THE WAY TO GO?
HAVE YOU VENTURED UP TOP?
>> BEEN RUNNING UP TOP A LITTLE
BUILT AFTER THE TIRES WEAR OFF,
KEEP MY MOMENTUM UP.
THE TRACK SEEMS TO BE GETTING
TIGHTER.
WE'RE CHASING THAT JUST A TICK.
ALL-IN-ALL, PRETTY GOOD HERE.
HAVE TO GET BACK UP TO THE
FRONT.
>> GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.
>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S CHECK IN
WITH CHAD WALTER, AND SEE HOW
HIS RACE HAS BEEN GOING FROM THE
PITS.
>> HEY, CHAD, IT'S ANDY PETREE.
YOU GOT A COPY?
>> YES, SIR.
>> HEY, CHAD.
GOT ABOUT 73 LAPS TO GO.
CAN YOU GUYS MAKE IT ALL THE WAY
ON FUEL AND TIRES?
>> WELL, WE'RE DEFINITELY GOOD
TO GO ON FUEL.
WE STILL HAVE ONE SET OF TIRES
HERE, AND I'M HOPING SOME OF
THESE GUYS HAVE USED UP THEIR
STUFF, SO, WE TOOK IT EASY IN
PRACTICE YESTERDAY TO HAVE THIS
EXTRA SET FOR THE END OF THE
RACE.
IF IT COMES DOWN TO IT, I'M
GOING TO USE IT, THERE'S NOTHING
WE CAN DO WITH THEM AFTER TODAY.
>> YEAH, THAT WILL BE A GREAT
BIG ADVANTAGE FOR YOU IF YOU
HAPPEN TO GET A CAUTION IN THE
RIGHT PLACE.
YOU THINK THE TIRES WILL GO THAT
LONG IF IT GOES GREEN?
>> WELL, KNOCK ON WOOD WE DON'T
HAVE ANYMORE TROUBLES.
DOESN'T REALLY SEEM LIKE ALL
THEELS CARS CAN GO THAT LONG,
SO, I GOT A FEELING THERE'S
GOING TO BE A CAUTION OR TWO
LEFT, ANDY.
>> YEAH, DOES LOOK LIKE THAT.
YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD RACE, CHAD.
THANKS.
>> 10-4, THANK YOU.
>> CHAD WALTER, CALLING THE
SHOTS FOR CASEY MEARS.
BACK IN SIXTH SPOTS.
>>> BACK IN DELAWARE, 20 CARS
ARE ON THE LEAD LAP.
GETTING SET FOR THE RESTART
HERE, AS WE LISTEN IN AND GO
FULL THROTTLE.
>> GREEN, GREEN, GREEN.
>> INSIDE, INSIDE.
>> WHAT YOU GOT?
>> CLEAR.
STILL THERE.
>> DRIVE IT AWAY.
>> LEFT SIDE.
STILL THERE.
>> OUTSIDE.
.
INSIDE.
STILL THERE.
STILL THERE.
>> 16'S IN THE BACK WITH HIM.
>> CLEAR, CLEAR.
>> OUTSIDE.
OUTSIDE.
>> CLEAR LOW.
RIGHT THERE ON THE BOTTOM.
TAKE IT.
>> STILL DOWN THERE.
STILL INSIDE.
>> AND THIS CAR YOU'RE RIDING
ALONG WITH, THIS IS JEFF BURTON
WHO IS BEING SHOWN TWO LAPS DOWN
DUE TO THE PIT STOP ON LAP 109
FOR A CUT TIRE.
HE WAS TRYING TO GET IN FRONT OF
CARL EDWARDS ON THAT RESTART TO
BE THE NEXT LUCKY DOG AND GET
ALL THE LAPS BACK.
>> HE WAS LOOKING FOR THE TWO
FOR ONE SPECIAL.
IF HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN IN FRONT
OF CARL, HE WOULD HAVE GOT THE
LUCKY DOG BOTH TIMES.
WHEN YOU ARE ON THE INSIDE ON
THE RESTART FOR SOME REASON, YOU
CAN'T GET GOING.
>> I THINK IT HAS SOMETHING TO
DO WITH THE CONCRETE, IN TRYING
TO GET YOUR TIRES HOOKED UP TO
THAT, AND THE BANKING ON THE
RACETRACK.
MAKES IT DIFFICULT ON THE FRONT
STRAIGHT THERE TO GET ON THE GAS
LIKE THE GUY ON THE OUTSIDE.
>> AND LET'S GO TO DAVE.
>> ONE OF THE REASONS HE WOULD
LIKE TO GET BACK ON THE LEAD
LAP, HIS CAR IS BACK.
FEELS GOOD, AND PAT SMITH
CONFIRMED IT.
THE CAR IS OKAY.
AND THEY DIDN'T FIND ANY TIRE
THAT AS WERE REDUCED IN AIR
PRESSURE WHEN HE CAME ON PIT
ROAD FOR THAT STOP.
SO, SOMETHING FUNNY GOING ON.
BUT AT THE MOMENT, JEFF'S RACE
CAR IS BACK.
>> YEAH, BUT HE'S GOT GREG
BIFFLE IN FRONT OF HIM, AND HE
WOULD BE THE NEXT GUY IN LINE
FOR THAT LUCKY DOG.
HE'S TWO LAPS DOWN, ALSO.
I TELL YOU WHAT THEY DO, THOUGH.
WHEN THE CUP DRIVERS FEEL
SOMETHING GOOFY, THEY WANT TO
MAKE SURE THERE'S NOTHING GOING
ON.
THEY DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE
WALL.
>> AND WHILE YOU WATCH THIS
BATTLE HERE, THE 17 CAR, TRYING
TO HANG ON, MATT KENSETH.
MIKE MASSARO CAUGHT ONE STEPHEN
LEICHT.
>> AND YOU CAN SEE THE DISTRESS
ON STEPHEN LEICHT'S FACE.
UPSET ABOUT WHAT TRANSPIRED ON
THE RACETRACK.
WHAT HAPPENED?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I NEVER DID SEE THE REPLAY, BUT
FROM WHAT I KNEW, THE 6 CAR WAS
QUITE A BIG BACK COMING FROM
FOUR.
WE RESTARTED, ALL LAPPED CARS ON
THE BOTTOM WAS TIGHT ON THE TOP.
AND EVERYBODY ON THE FRONT
STRETCH SAID SLOW DOWN, BEFORE
WE GOT TO THE FINISH LINE.
SLOW DOWN.
WHEN WE GOT INTO TURN ONE.
EVERYBODY COULD SEE THE 7 CAR
WAS WRECKING.
AND THE 6 CAR DECIDE HE WAS
GOING TO PASS EVERYBODY IN ONE
LAP.
I DON'T KNOW.
I GUESS THAT'S WHY HE'S GOT A
ROOKIE TRIPE ON THERE.
WE DID A GREAT JOB ALL WEEKEND.
WECH HAD A GREAT CAR.
THEY WORKED THEIR BUTTS OFF.
WE ARE UP TO 13th THERE THAT ONE
RUN.
WE GOT IT BETTER BY HALF WAY,
STARTED MAKING A CHARGE, JUST
SITTING THERE WAITING, AND MORE
BAD LUCK.
>> OBVIOUSLY, STEPHEN LEICHT
UPSET WITH DAVID RAGAN.
FOR THE RECORD, HE CAME OVER AND
APOLOGIZED TO STEPHEN LEICHT
BEFORE THE INTERVIEW.
>> WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT DAVID
RAGAN, THE DRIVER OF THE 6 CAR
WHO DID APOLOGY, HAS BEEN CALL
ED TO NASCAR, AFTER THE RACE,
FOR A CONSULTATION.
>> YOU MAKE A MISTAKE LIKE THAT,
AND NASCAR WANTS TO PULL NEW
THERE AND POINT IT OUT TO YOU,
TELL YOU HOW TO AVOID IT.
AND DIDN'T LOOK LIKE STEPHEN WAS
HAPPY ABOUT IT.
>> IT'S UNFORTUNATE.
UNFORTUNATE FOR ALL OF THE GUY
THAT AS WERE INVOLVED THERE.
TO THAT CAUTION COMING OUT, YOU
KEEP RACING, THOUGH YOU SEE A
GUY STRUGGLING THERE.
A LOT OF GUYS WILL BACK OUT.
AND I'M SURE IT'S A LESSON FOR
DAVID THAT HE WILL TAKE, AND
THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, AND
THE NEXT TIME THE CAUTION COMES
OUT, HE SEE AS SITUATION LIKE
THAT, HE'LL BE BETTER SERVED AND
KNOW TO BACK IT OUT IS THE
BETTER THING TO DO.
WE HAVE A BATTLE FOR FIFTH HERE
NOW.
HERE COMES SCOTT WIMMER AGAIN.
WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT HIM.
HIS PIT CREW PUT HIM IN A HOLE,
BUT HE KEEPS BATTLING BACK.
>> AND DAVE BURNS, 21 CAR KEEPS
FINDING HIS WAY BACK INTO THE
25.
>> AND THAT IS THE CAR THAT
RICHARD CHILDRESS RACING
BELIEVES CAN WIN THE RACE TODAY.
AND SO THEY HAVE MOVED THE CREW
OF JEFF BURTON INTO THE PIT
STALL OF SCOTT WIMMER.
THE 29 SCREW IS WAITING FOR THE
NEXT TIME THEY MIGHT HAVE A
OPPORTUNITY TO PIT THE 29 CAR
AND KEEP SCOTT WOMENER IN
CONTENTION FOR THE WIN.
BIG MOVE TEAM WISE DOWN HERE ON
PIT ROAD.
>> I TELL WHAT YOU, THIS 21 CAR,
I'VE BEEN WATCHING HIM, HE HAS
THE BEST CAR.
HE'S RUN THE FASTEST LAP TIMES
ALL DAY.
THEY HAVE GIVEN UP SPOTS IN THE
PITS IF THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN
GET THE JOB DONE, GO FOR IT.
>> HE CAME IN SECOND ON THAT
FIRST PIT STOP AND CAME OUT
TENTH BECAUSE OF A LUG NUT
ISSUE.
AND ANOTHER COUPLE OF ISSUES, AS
YOU HEARD SHANE TALKING ABOUT
DOWN THERE.
BUT NOW RICHARD CHILDRESS SAYS,
LET'S GIVE HIM A SHOT ON PIT
ROAD.
PROBABLY GOT ONE MORE STOP,
MAYBE, IF WE GET A YELLOW.
>> WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE MORE
STOP.
AND MAYBE IF WE HAVE A GREEN
FLAG SITUATION, YOU MAY SEE
THESE GUYS ON PIT ROAD, SO, I
KIND OF -- YOU KNOW, PAUL
RICHARDS, TAKING THE BEST SHOT
HERE.
>> THAT'S THE KIND OF OWNER YOU
WANT TO DRIVE FOR.
I ASSURE YOU THAT.
BUT PEOPLE THINK THAT THESE
OWNERS ARE IN THIS BUSCH SERIES,
JUST TO BE HERE BECAUSE THEY
HAVE GOOD SPONSORSHIP.
THEY COME HERE ABOUTING TO WIN
RACES.
AND RICHARD IS GOING TO DO
WHATEVER IT TAKES ON THIS
PARTICULAR DAY.
>> VERY FIRST BUSCH SERIES WIN
CAME HERE IN THE FALL OF 2002 IN
HIS 63rd START FOR SCOTT WIMMER.
>> WE ARE SEEING MONTOYA THERE
IN THE 42 CAR.
HIS FIRST TIME TO DOVER, AND
THIS IS -- I CAN'T EXPRESS
ENOUGH HOW DIFFERENT A RACETRACK
THIS IS, WITH THE CONCRETE
SURFACE, AND HOW MUCH YOU FALL
OFF INTO THE CORNERS, AND DRIVE
UPHILL, HOW MUCH THE CAR CHANGES
FROM GETTING DOWN INTO THE
CORNER TO WHAT IT DOES OFF THE
CORNER.
CECI HE'S PICKED UP TEN SPOTS
WHERE WHERE HE FINISHED.
BUT HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB.
BUT THIS GENTLEMAN HAS A LOT OF
TALENT.
WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT
WHAT WOULD HE DO WHEN WE CAME
HERE, BUT I THINK HE'S ANSWERED
ALL OF THOSE.
>> HE HAD A STEEP LEARNING
CURVE.
HE'S LEARNING HOW TO DRIVE STOCK
CARS, RUN CONCRETE TRACKS, CAR
OF TOMORROW, AND IT'S A LOT.
HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB.
AND THE LEARNING CURVE IS STEEP.
>> AND HOW ABOUT THE EFFORTS OF
KEVIN HARVICK?
STARTING WAY BACK FROM A
FRUSTRATING QUALIFYING RUN IN
THE 77 CAR.
HE'S BACK IN 29th POSITION.
AND KEVIN HARVICK HAS DRIVEN
THAT CAR STRAIGHT INTO THE TOP
TEN JAMIE LITTLE.
>> HE SURE HAS.
D.J. WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW BAD
RICHARD CHILDRESS WANTS TO WIN.
KEVIN HARVICK WANTS TO WIN FOR
HIS OWN TEAM.
RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE LOOKING AT
BOBBY LABONTE.
HE'S A PART-TIME DRIVER FOR
KEVIN HARVICK IF YOU REMEMBER
JUST A FEW RACES AGO, BOBBY
DROVE THIS 77 CAR TO VICTORY
LANE.
NOW, IF YOU LOOK JUST PAST HIM
ABOUT THREE PEOPLE, YOU WILL SEE
CURTIS DAVIS.
HE'S ONE OF THE YOUNG GUNS.
HE'LL BE IN THE CAR NEXT
WEEKEND.
YOU ASK WHY SO MANY DIFFERENT
DRIVERS, THEY ARE GOING FOR
OWNER'S CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE
LEARNING CURVE.
YOU HAVE A VETERAN IN BOBBY, AND
THE YOUNG ROOKIE IN KERTUS.
RIGHT NOW, KEVIN HARVICK, MAKING
A FORGE TO THE FRONT IN EIGHTH
POSITION.
DOC?
>> THANK YOU, JAMIE.
KEVIN HARVICK IS NOW BEING SHOWN
IN EIGHTH POSITION.
WHO ARE THEY CHASING?
HOW ABOUT CARL EDWARDS WHO HAS
LED THREE TIMES FOR 93 LAPS.
>>> I'M CARL EDWARDS.
I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO DO SOME
ACTING STUFF.
THE BIGGEST ONE WAS THE 24
EPISODE.
I GOT TO BE JIM HILL, DIRECTOR
OF HOMELAND SECURITY.
>> THAT'S JIM HILL FROM
HOMELAND.
>> JIM HILL, HOMELAND SECURITY.
>> KIEFER SUTHERLAND AND JOHN
THE WHOLE CREW, EVERYBODY WAS
REALLY COOL, AND I WAS AMAZED AT
THE PRODUCTION.
>> SHE'S LITTLE, BUT STRONG.
SHE'S KIND OF WIRY, LIKE A CAT.
>> SORRY WE MISSED HER SOUNDS
LIKE MY TYPE.
>> MARK AND I DID A SOAP OPERA.
THAT WAS INTERESTING.
I CAN SAY I'VE BEEN ON A SOAP
OPERA LONGER THAN I'VE WATCHED
ONE.
IT WAS WEIRD.
BUT REALLY FUN.
>> AND WITH THE FAME, EDWARDS
TREASURES EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO
GET IN THE CAR.
NOT TOO LONG AGO, SUBSTITUTE
TEACHING, PLACING ADS IN TRADES
JUST TO GET NOTICED.
LOOK AT HIM NOW.
YOU SEE THE LAP LEADERS AFTER
156 LAPS.
DOC, HERE'S THE BAD NEWS.
THE DRIVER LEADING THE MOST LAPS
HAS FAILED TO WIN TWO OF THE
LAST NINE RACES AT DOVER.
>> BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE
SOMETHING TODAY, GUYS.
ANYBODY GOT ANYTHING THAT CAN
BEAT CARL EDWARDS HERE?
>> I THINK SCOTT WIMMER DOES.
HE'S GOT SOME GROUND TO MAKE UP
HERE.
HE'S IN THIRD PLACE.
ONE OF THE FASTEST CAR -- THE
FASTEST ON THE TRACK RIGHT NOW.
SO, WITH A CAUTION IF HE CAN GO
BACK UP TO CARL, HE MIGHT HAVE
SOMETHING FOR HIM.
>> WE HAVE A LOT OF CARS OUT
THERE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW A LOT
OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING A
DIFFICULT TIME KEEPING THEIR
CARS OFF THE WALL, AND GOING IN
A STRAIGHT LINE.
>> SPEAKING OF KEEPING IT OFF
THE WALL, KASEY KAHNE IS JUST
DRIVING IT FOR ALL IT'S WORTH.
MAYBE MORE THAN WHAT HE HAD FOR
A RACETRACK.
WATCH THIS JUST A COUPLE OF LAPS
AGO.
>> HE MADE SOME CONTACT UP
THERE.
TRYING TO GET SOME GOOD
MOMENTUM.
>> HE DID A GREAT JOB.
THAT LOOKED LIKE THAT WAS GOING
TO BE A LOT HARDER THAN THAT.
KNOW IT PROBABLY MESSED THE CAR
UP, BUT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS
REALLY GOING TO SLAM THE WALL.
>> HE SLOWED DOWN QUITE A BIT.
>> WE HAVE CAUTION ON THE TRACK.
THERE'S SOME DEBRIS.
WE SAW THE 0 CAR SLOWING DOWN.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE LOST
SOMETHING.
BUT WE HAVE CAUTION HERE, JUST
WHAT THESE GUYS ARE LOOKING FOR,
WITH 40 LAPS TO GO.
>> DEBRIS ON THE RACETRACK.
WITH 40 TO GO -- IT'S GOING TO
BE INTERESTING, THE ROLL OF THE
DICE ON PIT ROAD.
SOME OF THE CREW CHIEFS WERE
HOPING FOR A CAUTION.
THEY SAID, WE HAVE ONE SET OF
TIRES LEFT.
OTHERS, NOT SO SURE IF THEY GOT
FRESH RUBBER.
MAYBE BOLT OTHER TIRES BACK ON.
>> THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO
COME IN AND PUT SOMETHING ON.
I WOULD SAY THEY WILL HAVE TO
PUT TIRES ON.
WE DO KNOW THERE'S CARS THERE
THAT DO HAVE TIRES LEFT.
AND, YOU HAVE THAT, THE 21 CAR
THAT AN DIP WAS TALKING ABOUT,
HE'S MOVED HIMSELF UP INTO THIRD
PLACE.
CASEY MEARS IS UP IN FOURTH.
THEY HAVE TIRES LEFT, AND IT'S
GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE
WHAT PLAYS OUT.
>> AND REMEMBER, THE 21 CAR HAS
THE JEFF BURTON PIT CREW NOW
THERE, THE HOLIDAY INN PIT CREW
THAT'S DONE SUCH A GREAT JOB
GETTING JEFF BURTON ON AND OFF
PIT ROAD.
SO, THAT COULD BE A DIFFERENCE,
TOO, HERE, IN WHAT MAY BE A
FINAL PIT STOP.
>> THIS IS GOING TO DO IT FOR
THEM RIGHT HERE IF THEY CAN GAIN
A SPOT, OR TWO, THEY CAN PUT
THEM IN THE CAT BIRD SEAT TO
WIN.
>> ALL RIGHT, EDWARDS, THE
LEADER, DENNY HAMLIN, SECOND,
SCOTT WIMMER, THE 21 CAR.
MEARS IS FOURTH.
DAVE BLANEY IS FIFTH.
OUT OF THIS, THE SIXTH CAUTION
FLAG OF THE DAY.
AND THERE ARE THE CREWS, POISED
AND READY.
THEY KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO.
THEY HAVE TO GET EDWARDS ON AND
OFF.
THERE'S KEVIN HARVICK'S BUNCH.
CAN THEY DO IT?
WE HEAD DOWN TO PIT ROAD AND
MIKE MASSARO.
>> AND DAVE BLANEY LOOKING FOR
HIS FIRST TOP TEN FINISH SINCE
PHOENIX FIVE RACES AGO.
HE WOULD LIKE THE CAR A LITTLE
BIT FREER, THEY ARE GOING TO
TAKE A FOUR TIRE CHANGE AND ONE
ROUND OF THE LEFT YEAR.
>> KEVIN HARVICK NEEDS JUST A
LITTLE BIT.
HE'S TAGT OFF THE CORNER SO,
MAKE A SMALL ADJUSTMENT.
YOU SEE KERTUS DAVIS HELPING THE
CREW OUT.
DAVE?
>> THE GREEN TEAM PITTING THE
BLACK AND WHITE CAR.
TRYING TO KEEP SCOTT WOMENER IN
CONTENTION.
HE COMES DOWN PIT ROAD.
NO CHANGES TO THIS CAR.
HE'S GONE, ALLEN.
>> TIME TO TRY TO HOLD THAT
TRACK POSITION AND HOLD ON.
HERE COMES THE 21.
SCOTT WOMENER IS GOING TO GET IT
DONE!
>> 14.1 SECONDS.
WHAT A MOVE BY RICHARD CHILDRESS
TO PUT THAT CREW DOWN FOR SCOTT
WIMMER.
THEY JUST MAY HAVE WON HIM THE
RACE.
WHAT A GREAT JOB.
>>> BACK AT THE MONSTER MILE,
AND RICHARD WHEELLESS RACING,
MAKING THE MOVES THAT WINS
RACES.
AND LAST YEAR, TOTAL DOMINATION.
A SWEEP AT DOVER IN 2006.
BURTON WINNING THIS RACE IN
JUNE, BOWYER IN SEPTEMBER.
BURTON TOOK THE CUP RACE.
LAST YEAR, AFTER WINNING THIS
RACE FOR JEFF, BOTH OF HIS
SERIES CLICKED.
HE RAN OFF FOUR TOP FIVES IN HIS
NINE REMAINING BUSCH RACES.
BUT DOC, WE'VE SEEN RICHARD
CHILDRESS, HE KNOWS HIS WAY
AROUND THIS TRACK.
>> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
AND THE TOP TWO CARS IN THIS
LEAD, MATT KENSETH AND MARCOS
AMBROSE DID NOT PIT.
THEY STAYED ON THE RACETRACK.
ALL THE THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH
DID COME ONTO PIT ROAD, AS THE
GREEN FLAG WAVES AGAIN.
WE HAVE GOT A SHOOTOUT IN DOVER,
DELAWARE.
THE MONSTER MILE WITH 36 LAPS TO
GO.
>> THIS IS GOING TO BE FUN.
BUT WE SEE DENNY HAMLIN NOT
WASTING ANY TIME IN GOING BY
MARCOS AMBROSE THERE.
>> YEAH, THE 17 CAR IS THE CAR
ON THE LEADER, KENSETH, NOW
HAMLIN HAS GONE BY.
THERE'S THE LEADER, THE 17 CAR.
THE 16.
WHOA, TROUBLE OUT OF TURN FOUR.
BIG CRASH.
REGAN SMITH INVOLVED.
HERE IS REUTIMANN IN THE TOYOTA.
>> YOU ALL RIGHT, REGAN?
>> THE 18 OF CONWAY.
>> GO TO THE GARAGE, GUYS.
WE'LL CHECK IT OUT.
>> HALF A DOZEN CARS INVOLVED,
AND THE CAUTION WILL COME OUT
FOR THE SEVENTH TIME HERE ON LAP
165.
SEE WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
WATCH THEM COMING OFF OF TURN
FOUR.
THERE'S THE CONTACT THERE.
THE 18 AND THE 4.
>> 18 GETS RIGHT IN THE LEFT
REAR QUARTER PANEL OF THE FOUR.
TURNS HIM AROUND.
AND THEN ALL THE GUYS, NOWHERE
TO GO.
THAT'S WHAT'S SO BAD.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS TRACK, HOW
IT HAS ALL THE BANKING ON THE
STRAIGHT AWAY.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE TWO WALLS
SO CLOSE TOGETHER.
NOWHERE TO GO.
ALMOST LIKE WRECKING IN A BACK
ALLEY.
>> EXACTLY.
FEEDING TO THE SAME PLACE.
YOU SEE KEVIN DOESN'T HAVE A LOT
OF EXPERIENCE HERE.
IT IS HARD TO SAY WHO WAS GOING
WHERE THERE.
AS REGAN SMITH, YOU ARE TRYING
TO GET A RUN OFF THAT CORNER.
SO, YOU ARE TRYING TO DRIVE
STRAIGHTER OFF, AND KEVIN BEING
ON THE BOTTOM HAS TO COME UP OFF
THE BOTTOM.
CONTACT MADE.
WE SEE AGAIN, THAT'S -- IT
STARTS HERE.
YOU HAVE PEOPLE BACK HERE THAT
ARE STARTING TO, TRYING TO SLOW
DOWN.
THEY SEE WHAT'S HAPPENINGS AND
THEN REED SORENSON GOT INTO THE
BACK OF DAVID REUTIMANN.
DAVID GILLILAND GOT INVOLVED,
ALSO.
>> SO, AGAIN, CAUTION HERE ON
LAP 159.
SIX CARS INVOLVED.
>> SLOW DOWN, SLOW DOWN.
OUTSIDE.
OKAY.
GO, GO, GO.
>> AND THERE'S REED SORENSON
WALKING AWAY.
HE WAS INVOLVED.
DAVID REUTIMANN, BRET SHERMAN
INVOLVED, OF COURSE, AND THE 18
CAR OF KEVIN CONWAY.
YOU SEE HIM WALKING AWAY FROM
HIS CAR.
AND THEY ARE TRYING TO GET DAVID
GILLILAND OUT OF HIS CAR.
HE IS OUT OF THE CAR, DOWN
AGAINST THE INSIDE WALL.
SO, UNDER CAUTION HERE ONCE
AGAIN.
THE MONSTER REARS ITS UGLY HEAD
HERE IN THE FINAL LAPS AT DOVER,
DELAWARE.
SIX CA
>>> OUR EIGHTH CAUTION OF THE
DAY, 33 LAPS TO GO, AND WE ARE
UNDER RED AS THEY CLEAN THE
TRACK.
A MILE OF CONCRETE, AS WE
WELCOME YOU BACK HERE IN THE PIT
STUDIO.
SUZY KOLBER AND DOCTORED
DOCTORED.
I THOUGHT YOU SAID THIS WAS
SELF-CLEANING.
>> SOME WHAT.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE ACCIDENTS, WE
CAN'T GET CLEANED UP.
AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT,
KEEP AN EYE ON SCOTT WIMMER.
HE'S COMING.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK, AS A
FOORMER OWNER.
WATCH DO YOU THINK OF THAT MOVE
THAT RICHARD CHILDRESS MADE,
SWITCHING CREWS?
>> THAT TAKE AS LOT OF GUTS.
HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO EXPLAIN
THAT TO SOME GUYS,
CONFIDENCE-WISE.
I APPLAUD RICHARD.
THAT'S WHY HE'S IN THAT POSITION
TODAY.
AND THEY HAVE A GOOD CHANCE TO
WIN.
>> WE GOT THE EXPLANATION ON
REAR CLIPS FROM TIM BREWER.
NOW, FRONT CLIPS.
TIM?
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RACE
CAR, YOU HAVE A CENTER SUB
FRAME.
WE LOOKED AT THE REAR CHIP.
NOW, FROM THE FIRE WALL, WHICH
IS THE FRONT FIRE WALL HERE
WHERE THE ENGINE, ALL OF THIS
SUSPENSION COMPONENTS, WE CLIP
ONE, WE CUT EVERYTHING OFF FROM
THE FIRE WALL, AND WE GO
FORWARD, AND THIS FRONT FRAME
RIGHT HERE, ALL NEW STUFF, ALL
THE ROLL BARS REPLACED, ALL THIS
STUFF CLEAN OUT TO THE FRONT
SNOUT.
AND THEN, AT THE END OF THE DAY,
WE CAN START ALL OVER AGAIN BY
REHANGING THE SHEET MAT ALE ON
THE CAR, TAKING IT BACK TO THE
WIND TUNNEL AND GO BACK TO THE
TRACK.
BACK UP TO THE BOOTH.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, TIM.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON REAR
CLIPS, FRONT CLIPS, WHATEVER YOU
WANT TO KNOW, LOGON TO ESPN.COM,
SEARCH WORD KNOW HOW.
EXPLAIN HOW IT HAPPENS IN A
NASCAR STOCK CAR.
WELL, WE TOLD YOU THE 21 CAR OF
SCOTT WIMMER, IT'S BEEN A TALE
OF TWO HALVES OF THE RACE IN
TERMS OF WHAT HAPPENED ON PIT
ROAD.
THE EARLY PIT STOP, TOP OF YOUR
SCREEN.
BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN, DIFFERENT
PIT CREWS AND DIFFERENT RESULTS.
AND WATCH THE CELEBRATION ON
THOSE GUYS.
THINK THEY ARE PUMPED UP OR
WHAT?
GREAT JOB.
AND HE'S BEING SHOWN IN FIFTH
POSITION.
WE ARE UNDER A RED FLAG
CONDITION HERE AT DOVER
INTERNATIONAL, ALONG WITH ANDY
PETREE AND DALE JARRETT, I'M
JERRY PUNCH.
WE STILL HAVE 33 LAPS TO RACE
HERE.
WHY IS NASCAR WAVING THE RED
FLAG AND STOPPING THE CARS?
>> I'M SURE THERE ARE FANS OUT
THERE WONDERING.
WE STOPPED IT A FEW MINUTES AGO.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS HERE IS, THESE
GUYS, AS WE'VE SAID, ONLY HAVE A
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIRES THEY ARE
GIVEN FOR THE WEEKEND, THOUGH
THEY WERE GIVEN AN EXTRA SET
HERE.
NASCAR DOESN'T WANT TO TAKE THE
CHANCE, THEY ARE RIDING AROUND
WITH DEBRIS STILL OUT THERE THAT
ONE TEAM MIGHT RUN OVER DEBRIS,
AND CUT DOWN A TIRE, AND THEN
THEY ARE IN A REALLY BAD
POSITION.
I HAVE TO APPLAUD NASCAR FOR
DOING THAT.
THE GUYS DON'T LIKE SITTING IN
THE HOT CARS RIGHT NOW, I CAN
ASSURE YOU THAT, BUT THEY DON'T
WANT TO HAVE A FLAT, EITHER.
KUDOS TO NASCAR.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL
ABOUT.
WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO RIDE
AROUND UNDER CAUTION, BUT THIS
IS A GOOD TIME TO MAKE SURE TO
GET THE RACETRACK CLEAN.
>> AND I WANT TO ASK YOU GUYS
NOW.
WE HAVE 33 LAPS TO GO.
GOING TO SIT HERE FOR AWHILE.
CARL EDWARDS HAS BEEN THE MACK
DADDY ALL DAY LONG IN THAT FORD.
YOU GUYS, YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING.
WE'VE BEEN STRONG IN SCOTT WOMEN
WIMMER'S CORNER.
>> HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE MORE
AGGRESSIVE ON THE RESTARTS.
ONLY 33 LAPS TO GO RIGHT NOW.
WHEN THEY GO GREEN, RIGHT AT 30
LAPS.
HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO GET
AGGRESSIVE.
THE GUYS IN THE PITS, THEY
TRANSFERRED IT ON THE DRIVER.
SOMETIME FOR HIM TO GET IT DONE.
>> THERE'S SCOTT WIMMER.
THE QUESTION IS, WHAT ABOUT
EDWARDS, D.J.?
>> HE'S BEEN STRONG ALL DAY
LONG.
YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A HARD
TIME BEATING HIM.
I THINK HE'S GOING TO GET TO THE
FRONT BEFORE THIS IS OVER.
I KNOW DENNY HAMLIN HAS A GOOD
CAR.
AND MATT IS OUT FRONT RIGHT NOW,
BUT I THINK CARL IS STILL THE
GUY THAT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO
BEAT.
HIS CAR HAS BEEN JUST FLAWLESS
ALL DAY LONG.
THEY ARE MAKING SMALL AIR
PRESSURE AND WEDGE ADJUSTMENTS,
AND WHEN YOU HAVE A CAR THAT
GOOD, YOU WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THOSE DAYS.
AND SCOTT WIMMER'S CAR, HE'S
BEEN GOOD ALL DAY.
THIS CAR'S BEEN BETTER IN THE
LONGER RUNS.
MIGHT NOT BE WHAT HE NEEDS TO.
MAYBE THEY ARE RUNNING LOWER AIR
PRESSURE AND HIS CAR WON'T GET
GOING ON THE RESTARTS QUITE AS
GOOD AS CARL AND DENNY.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ENOUGH
LAPS FOR HIM TO MAKE THAT MOVE.
>> WITH MORE ON CARL, LET'S
CHECK IN WITH THE MAN IN HIS
PITS ALL DAY LONG, ALLEN
BESTWICK.
>> I LOVE WHEN WE CAN EAVESDROP
ON THE RADIOS.
SOMETIMES WE GET A LOOK INTO
WHAT THE GUYS ARE THINKING.
JUST BEFORE THE LAST RESTART,
AFTER THEY LOST A COUPLE OF
SPOTS, CARL TALKING TO HIS
SPOTTER AND CREW CHIEF ABOUT
WHAT HE WAS THINKING.
>> JUST -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
ARE NEAR THE 21 AND THE 20, BUT
GOOD CAR, AND I MEAN BUSINESS.
>> THEY GOT SPOTTERS AND
SCANNERS THERE.
>> CARL'S CREW CHIEF RESPONDING.
CARL PASSING THE WORD UP TO HIS
SPOTTER, IF YOU ARE NEAR THE
SPOTTERS OF THE 20 AND THE 21, I
GOT A GOOD CAR.
TELL THEM I MEAN BUSINESS.
I LOVE IT.
>> ALL RIGHT, THAT'S THE KIND OF
COMMUNICATION YOU HEAR.
WE'LL GET OUR CREW CHIEF, ANDY
PETREE'S CAKE ON WHAT HE HEARD A
MOMENT AIL GO,
>>> WELL, THE 2007 NHRA SEASON
IS A THIRD OF THE WAY THROUGH,
AND THE POINTS RACES ARE HOT AS
EVER.
THIS WEEKEND, TOPEKA, AND THE
19th ANNUAL O'REILLY SUMMER
NATIONALS.
QUALIFYING COMING UP FOLLOWING
OUR RACE TODAY.
CATCH THE FINALS SUNDAY AT 4:00
P.M. EASTERN TIME.
THE POWERADE DRAG RACING SERIES,
ONLY ON ESPN2 AND ESPN2 HD.
AND LET'S CHECK IN THE GARAGE
WHERE MIKE AND SOME OF THE
OTHERS HAVE CAUGHT ONE THE
DRIVERS INVOLVED IN THE LATEST
CAUTION FLAG.
>> AND DOC, LOTS OF FRONT END
DAMAGE TO THE 4 CAR.
THEY REPLACED THE RADIATOR.
REGAN, WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE?
>> FELT LIKE I GOT CLIPPED BY A
LAP CAR THERE.
IT'S DISAPPOINTING.
WE WERE GOING TO END UP SEVENTH
OR EIGHTH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, NOT QUITE AS STRONG AS THE
PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, BUT WE'LL
GET IT OUT THERE AND KEEP
POUNDING AWAY TO GET MORE
POINTS.
BUT WISH I WOULD HAVE GOT A
LITTLE BIT MORE RESPECT THAN
THAT.
>> TOUGH BREAK FOR REGAN SMITH.
HE WAS REALLY HOPING TO BUILD
SOME MOMENTUM.
JAMIE?
>> REED SORENSON.
YOU STILL HAVE A SMILE ON YOUR
FACE.
WHAT IN THE WORLD HAPPENED?
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TURN THIS
LUCK AROUND?
>> I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED.
YOU HAVE TO ASK A COUPLE OF CARS
IN FRONT OF ME.
LOOKS LIKE THEY GOT TOGETHER,
AND WE GOT CLIPPED.
NOT A BIG DEAL.
JUST KIND OF THE BAD LUCK WE'VE
BEEN HAVING.
WE'RE ON THE LEAD LAP, DOING THE
BEST WE COULD.
COULD HAVE GOT A TOP 15 OUT OF
IT.
A COUPLE OF GUYS GOT TOGETHER.
THAT'S EASY TO DO HERE.
>> GOT A LITTLE STUFFED ANIMAL
RIDING ON BOARD FOR HIM, THOUGHT
THAT LUCK WAS GOING TO TURN
AROUND.
NOW, DAVID GILLILAND.
WHAT HAPPENED?
LOOKED LIKE THE 18 AND ANOTHER
CAR GOT TOGETHER, AND, ON THE
RESTART THERE, GOT, YOU KNOW,
SIDEWAYS, AND I THOUGHT I HAD
THEM CLEARED AND SOMEONE RAN
INTO ME.
IT WAS A SHAKE.
OUR FREECREDITREPORT.COM FORD
FUSION WASN'T HOW WE WANTED IT
TODAY, BUT TOO BAD.
YOU HATE TO END THE DAY THIS
WAY, BUT IT'S ALL PART OF
RACING.
>> THIS KIND OF HEAT THIS LATE
IN THE RACE, HOW HARD IS IT FOR
YOU?
>> IT'S NOT BAD.
IN THE CAR, WE HAVE COOL BOXES
FOR THE HELMETS AND STUFF.
>> ALL RIGHT, GUYS.
GOOD NEWS IS, EVERYBODY CHECKS
OUT OKAY.
>> ALL RIGHT, GETTING SET FOR
THE RESTART HERE.
WE'VE HAD SEVEN CAUTION FLAGS,
AND THAT LAST ONE INVOLVING SIX
CARS THE QUESTION IS, KENSETH,
CAN HE HANG ON, AND DENNY HAMLIN
IS THERE IN THE 20 CAR.
EDWARDS HAS BEEN THE CAR TO BEAT
TODAY, AND EVERYONE IS THINKING
ABOUT WIMMER IN FIFTH SPOT IN
THAT 21 CAR.
PACE CAR PULLS AWAY.
WE'RE SET FOR WHAT SHOULD BE A
SHOOTOUT HERE AT DOVER,
DELAWARE.
LET'S LISTEN IN AS WE GO FULL
THROTTLE.
>> ALL RIGHT, BUD.
BE READY.
JUST BE CAREFUL.
>> GREEN.
>> GREEN, GREEN, GREEN.
>> GREEN FLAG, GREEN FLAG.
THREE WIDE.
>> JUST LIKE THAT.
>> TWO WIDE.
>> CLEAR HIGH.
>> JUST A LITTLE LOW.
CLEAR LOW.
>> ALL TIMING.
>> IT'S ABOUT TIME.
>> BETTER THAN THE THREE CARS IN
FRONT OF YOU.
>> CLEAR.
CLEAR.
>> KEEP COMING.
>> CLEAR.
>> OUTSIDE, THE 21.
>>.
>> GREG BIFFLE SPINS OUT OF TURN
4.
HE HAD JUST GOTTEN ONE OF HIS
LAPS BACK AS A LUCKY DOG, AND
NOW THE TWO-TIME WINNER AT DOVER
SPINS AROUND TO BRING OUT THE
EIGHTH CAUTION --
>> KEEP IT GOING.
I'M NOT SURE HOW THIS WORKS.
>> AND HE GETS IT RIGHT IN,
HEADS BACK, NONE THE WORSE FOR
WEAR.
BUT HE WILL BRING OUT THE YELLOW
FOR THE EIGHTH TIME TODAY.
>> I THINK WE HEARD HIS CREW
CHIEF SAID GET IT GOING, NOT
SURE HOW THIS WORKS.
BUT YOU CAN BRING OUT THE
CAUTIONS AND GET THE -- HE WON'T
BE ABLE TO GET THAT.
HE WAS JUST IN THE PITS AND GOT
TIRES, AND HE DIDN'T MOVE QUITE
AS FAST AS KEVIN HARVICK DID,
GETTING BACK TO THE THROTTLE IN
THAT CORNER.
>> HE WAS THE ONLY CAR.
>> IF HE HADN'T BEEN INVOLVED IN
THE CAUTION --
>> YOU CAN'T BRING IT OUT.
>> YOU JUST CAN'T BRING IT OUT.
>> DETAILS.
GUYS, COME ON.
>> AND I'M SURE HE WOULD ARGUE
THAT KEVIN HARVICK RAN INTO ME.
I DIDN'T REALLY BRING IT OUT.
BUT IT WAS BROUGHT OUT BY HIM
BECAUSE OF HIS SPEED.
>> LUCKY DOG BECAUSE I DIDN'T
CAUSE IT.
I GOT SPUN OUT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
KEVIN HARVICK INTO THE BACK OF
GREG BIFFLE, CAUTION NUMBER
EIGHT HERE AT DOVER, DELAWARE.
WE'LL COME
>>> PERFECT TIMING.
WE GO BACK TO GREEN FLAG RACING.
25 LAPS TO GO.
MATT KENSETH, TRYING TO HOLD
THEM OFF.
HE'S GOT HUNGRY DRIVERS.
HERE'S THE 60 CAR.
HE WILL FALL BACK IN BEHIND
DENNY HAMLIN FOR SECOND SPOT.
>> WE HEARD CARL EDWARDS SAY
HE'S GOT A FAST CAR AND NOT
AFRAID TO USE IT.
>> YOU KNOW DENNY'S HAD A FAST
CAR ALL DAY, TOO.
HE MAY HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE
DIFFICULTY THERE.
>> MATT'S GETTING GOING, TOO.
IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO CATCH
HIM.
>> HE'S GOT A LOT OF LAPS ON HIS
TIRES.
HE HASN'T BEEN IN THE PITS SINCE
118.
>> HERE IS THE CHANGE FOR SECOND
SPOT AS CARL EDWARDS GOES BY.
DENNY HAMLIN FOR SECOND SPOT.
THAT 29 CAR, YOU ARE RIDING ON
HERE, THE HOLIDAY INN CHEVROLET,
THAT IS THE CAR OF JEFF BURTON.
HE'S TWO LAPS DOWN ON VIRTUE OF
THE UNSCHEDULED PIT STOP.
>> MATT KENSETH JUST RAN THE
FASTEST LAP OF THE RACE FOR HIM
ON THE OLD TIRES.
>> I THINK CARL EDWARDS ARE
GOING TO RUN BY HIM IN A FEW
MINUTES HERE.
I'VE BEEN WRONG ONCE OR TWICE
ALREADY TODAY, I COULD BE WRONG
AGAIN, BUT HE HAS JUST A FAST
CAR.
MATT'S CAR, HE DIDN'T LOOK THAT
GOOD BACK IN THE BACK, WHEN HE
WAS IN TENTH AND 12th ALL DAY.
HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB WITH IT.
YOU CAN SEE HIM WORKING THE
STEERING WHEEL.
>> HE'S GOING TO HAVE HIS AND
IFS FULL HERE IN A FEW LAPS WITH
CARL EDWARDS.
HE'S CATCHING HIM.
>> THAT LAST LAP, CARL EDWARDS
WAS ACTUALLY TWO-TENTHS OF A
SECOND QUICKER THAN KENSETH,
ONCE HE GOT AROUND HAMLIN.
SO, EDWARDS IS ON THE MOVE.
HE'S IN THE HUNT.
AND HOW ABOUT MARCOS AMBROSE,
THE ROOKIE DRIVER, THE 59 CAR?
WHAT AN EFFORT, TRYING TO HOLD
OFF SCOTT WIMMER.
THEY ARE BATTLING FOR FOURTH
POSITION.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH DAVE.
>> AND DOC, RIGHT BEFORE THAT
GREEN, SCOTT'S CREW BROKERED
DEALS WITH LAP CARS.
WE HAVE A CRASH.
THAT'S JASON KELLER, WHO WAS
HAVING A GREAT RUN, RUNNING IN
13th, SPINNING AROUND.
THEY BROKERED DEALS WITH LAP
CARS.
SCOTT SAID, THE PROBLEM I'M
GOING TO HAVE IS THAT WITH 59.
HE'S RUNNING AWFUL GOOD.
AND I'LL HAVE A HARD TIME
GETTING AROUND HIM.
>> YEAH, THAT'S TOO BAD, SEEING
JASON KELLER GET IN THAT WRECK.
WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT HIM
AT THE BREAK, HOW GOOD HE WAS
DOING UP AT 13th.
>> THAT'S UNFORTUNATE.
>> PUSHED UP ON THE RIGHT FRONT.
>> DONE A TERRIFIC JOB ALL DAY
STAYING OUT OF TROUBLE.
AND WE SEE HERE, AS HE COMES OUT
OF TURN TWO.
GETS A LITTLE BIT OF HELP.
>> THIS DIDN'T LOOK LIKE HIS
FAULT, BUT STILL GETS TURNED
ARNE, AND A LITTLE DAMAGE ON HIS
FENDER AND FRONT END.
MAYBE THEY CAN STILL GET A
DECENT FINISH OUT OF IT.
>> HE STAYS ON THE LEAD LAP.
HE DIDN'T HIT ANYTHING.
THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN
HERE WHEN YOU START SPINNING
OUT.
BUT MAYBE THEY HAVE SOME TIRES.
WE SEE FROM UP ABOARD.
42 JUST GIFTS A RUN ON HIM AND
GETS INTO THE BACK OF JASON
KELLER.
>> WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF THAT OUT
OF MONTOYA THIS YEAR.
HE'S VERY AGGRESSIVE, ESPECIALLY
AFTER RESTARTS.
>> ONE MORE LOOK AT THE CONTACT,
KELLER.
JASON KELLER, MAKING HIS THIRD
START OF THE YEAR.
ALL THE WAY UP TO 12th POSITION
BEFORE THAT TAP.
YOU SEE REUTIMANN GOING BY ON
THE HIGH SIDE.
>> ALL CLEAR.
KEEP DIGGING, BABY, GOOD JOB.
>> THAT'S SOMETHING THAT JUAN
PABLO IS GOING TO HAVE TO LEARN
ABOUT THIS RACETRACK.
THAT IS ONE OF THE
CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS CAR.
YOUR CAR WANTS TO GO OUT TO THE
WALL.
AND YOU HAVE TO BACK OFF OR GIVE
HIM A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM, AND,
YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, IT COST
JASON THERE, BUT I'M SURE THAT
JUAN WILL KEEP THAT IN THE BACK
OF HIS MIND FOR THE REST OF THIS
RACE AND THEN TOMORROW.
>> HE'S AGGRESSIVE IN EVERYTHING
HE DOES.
WE PLAYED GOLF ON THURSDAY, AND
I LOOKED OVER AT ONE OF THE
TEEPS, AND I SAW HIM SWING THAT
GOLF CLUB, I SAID, MAN, WHO IS
THAT?
IT WAS JUAN PABLO MONTOYA.
AND HE SWINGS JUST LIKE HE DRIVE
THAT AS CAR.
>> FOR MORE ON JASON KELLER,
LET'S GO TO DAVE.
>> JASON HAD A FEW CHOICE WORDS
ABOUT THE AGGRESSIVE DRIVING.
BUT HE KEPT IT OFF THE WALL.
AND THAT'S A GOOD THING, DOC.
THAT'S THE MUSEUM PIECE FOR CJM
RACING.
THAT'S THEIR VERY FIRST ONE,
BUILT IN SHOP.
AND IT'S BEEN REASONING PRETTY
WELL.
>> THEY HAVE IT KIND OF BACK IN
SHAPE HERE.
HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET A DECENT
FINISH WITH IT.
>> HE DID NOT LOOSE A LAP WITH
THAT SPIN, SO, THERE ARE 18 CARS
ON THE LEAD LAP.
AND GREG BIFFLE WAS THE LUCKY
DOG.
HE WAS ABLE TO GET -- THERE'S A
LOOK AT GREG.
HE WAS ABLE TO BE THE LUCKY DOG
AND GET BACK ON THE LEAD LAP.
GET ONE OF THE LAPS BACK, I
SHOULD SAY, AS HE'S IN THE 16
CAR.
>> YEAH, HE DOES GET BACK ON THE
LEAD LAP NOW.
HE'S MADE UP TWO LAPS.
NOW HE'S FINALLY BACK ON THE
LEAD LAP WITH 18 LAPS TO GO.
>> HE'S GOT HIS WHEELS TIGHTENED
UP ON IT AGAIN.
THEY MAY -- THE TIRES MAY BE A
LITTLE WORSE FOR THE WEAR WITH A
SLIDE AWHILE AGO.
BUT I'M SURE HE'S GOING TO GO AS
HARD AS HE CAN.
>> WELL, MATT KENSETH HAS TIRE
THAT AS ARE 43 LAPS OLDER THAN
THE GUY THAT AS ARE CHASING HIM.
CAN HE HANG ON FOR THE FINAL 18
LAPS?
COMING TO THE GREEN, LET'S GO
FULL THROTTLE.
>> READY.
READY.
>> COME ON, LET'S GO.
>> INSIDE.
>> ANOTHER ONE OUTSIDE.
STILL THERE.
STILL THERE.
>> STILL THERE.
>> CLEAR.
CLEAR ALL AROUND.
>> 60 OUTSIDE WITH YOU.
STILL THERE.
>> CLEAR, CLEAR, CLEAR.
LEFT'S GO.
>> JEFF BURTON IS TWO LAPS DOWN,
BUT HE'S RACING LIKE HE'S TRYING
TO GET THE WIN.
HE WAS RIGHT ALONGSIDE KENSETH.
COULDN'T HANG ON.
AND NOW KENSETH IS RIGHT THERE,
NOW TRYING TO FEND OFF CARL
EDWARDS.
>> HE GAVE IT ALL HE HAD RIGHT
THERE, TRYING TO GET ONE OF THE
LAPS BACK.
HE'S BEEN FIGHTING ALL DAY LONG,
TRYING TO GET THOSE BACK.
PROBABLY MOVE OVER, LET THE GUYS
RACE FOR THE WIN NOW.
>> AND THAT'S JUST AN
EXPERIENCED DRIVER THERE, TRYING
TO DO EVERYTHING HE CAN, BUT NOT
IMPEDING THE GUYS IN THE FRONT
THERE.
LOOKS LIKE MATT IS HAVING A HARD
TIME, TRYING TO KEEP THE CAR
DOWN IN THE CENTER OF THE
CORNER.
>> TWO TEAMMATES GOING AFTER IT
RIGHT NOW.
>> THESE ARE ROUSH FENWAY
DRIVERS, AND A LITTLE BIT OF A
BOBBLE FOR KENSETH.
HERE COMES HAMLIN UP ON THE TOP.
THEY ARE THREE WIDE.
AND THAT WILL NOT WORK FOR LONG
NOW.
>> IT SURE WAS FUN.
FUN FOR US.
>> INSIDE AGAIN.
ONBOARD CAMERA.
DISH NETWORK.
UP TO THE DOOR, CAN HE HANG ON
ENTERING THE CORNER?
>> HE'S NOT LAYING OVER FOR
SURE.
HE'S RACING HIM HARD.
HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO GET IT
CLEARED HERE COMING OUT OF FOUR.
AND HE IS ABLE TO DO THAT.
MATT'S COMING BACK ON THE
OUTSIDE.
>> KENSETH TRYING -- CAN HE
DRIVE IT DEEP IN THE CORNER?
EDWARDS MOVES UP TO THE MIDDLE.
KENSETH ON THE HIGH GROOVE.
>> SMART THING THERE AS A
DRIVER.
HE LET HIS CAR DRIFT UP A LITTLE
BIT.
AND THAT MADE MATT GO AND USE
MORE TRACK UP TO THE TOP IN THE
CENTER OF THE CORNER.
AND THAT GOT CARL JUST THE ROOM
TO GET HIMSELF A LITTLE BIT OF
BREATHING ROOM HERE.
AND THEY WILL HAVE A HARD TIME
CATCHING HIM NOW.
>> HERE COMES THAT 21 CAR.
I SAW HIM IN THE PICTURE.
>> SCOTT WIMMER IN THE 21.
THE 59 BEING PASSED BID MEARS.
THAT IS FOR FIFTH POSITION.
THE 10 IS DAVE BLANEY.
24th IS NOW IN FIFTH SPOT.
AS YOU LOOK BACK AT THE FRONT OF
THE AMBROSE CAR, NUMBER 59 IN
FIFTH.
AND BEHIND HIM IS DAVE BLANEY.
>> WE KNOW CARL HAS DONE A GREAT
JOB.
AND WE EXPECT THAT FROM HIM, BUT
MARCOS AMBROSE DOING A FANTASTIC
JOB.
THREE WIDE AGAIN.
THIS IS INCREDIBLE RACING.
>> SCOTT WIMMER MIGHT HAVE
SOMETHING LEFT, AND HE'S TRYING
TO GO TO THE FRONT.
HE GOES AROUND KENSETH.
>> HIS PROBLEM IS, HIS CAR JUST
DOESN'T GET GOING ON THE
RESTART.
AND THAT GETS HIM BEHIND A
LITTLE BIT, AS WE CAN SEE NOW,
HE MAY GET DENNY HAMLIN FOR
SECOND HERE, BUT HE'S GOING TO
RUN OUT OF TIME.
BUT WE HAVE A CAUTION.
HE MAY NOT BE ALL OF TIME.
>> MAY HAVE SOMETHING FOR IT,
STILL.
>> AN EVEN TWO HANDFULS TODAY.
TENTH OF THE AFTERNOON WITH TEN
LAPS TO GO.
AND THAT SHOULD SET UP QUITE A
SHOOTOUT HERE AT DOVER,
DELAWARE.
>> THIS IS GOING TO BE A SINGLE
FIRE RESTART, ALSO, SO, THAT MAY
HELP OUT A LITTLE BIT.
WE SEE BRAD KESELOWSKI.
HE HAD A GREAT RUN.
HE WAS ON THE LEAD LAP.
THAT'S TOO BAD.
>> AND BRAD KESELOWSKI WAS
HAVING THE BEST RUN HE'S HAD
THIS YEAR IN THE MACTAC
CHEVROLET.
THEY WERE HIGH AS 15th POSITION.
THIS TEAM COMING INTO HIS OWN
HERE THIS WEEKEND, AND, THOUGH
THEY HAD SOME TROUBLES IN THAT
PRACTICE SESSION, HAD TO REPAIR
THE CAR, THEY WERE VERY PLEASED
WITH WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO
DO THIS WEEKEND.
RONNIE GRIFFITH, HOPING TO GET A
TOP 15 FINISH.
THAT MAY BE AN ISSUE RIGHT
THERE.
THAT'S PART OF A CALIPER.
MAY HAVE COME OUT OF THE 23 CAR.
WE'RE UNDER YELLOW FOR THE TENTH
TIME TODAY.
THE MONSTER MILE.
DOVER, DELAWARE HASN'T B
>>> BACK INSIDE THE PIT STUDIO.
SHOULD BE THE FINAL RESTART.
TEN CAUTIONS, TWO RED FLAGS.
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT'S
HAPPENED ALL SEASON.
BUT NOT A BIG SURPRISE WHEN WE
TALK ABOUT THE MONSTER MILE.
>> THIS IS TRUE.
WE GO TO SINGLE FILE RESTART
RIGHT NOW.
GOING TO BE INTERESTING.
MARCOS AMBROSE, GREAT DAY, IN
THE TOP TEN THE LAST 50 LAPS OR
SO.
BUT CARL EDWARDS OUT FRONT.
GREAT RACE CAR.
MY MAN SCOTT WIMMER IS COMING.
HOPEFULLY HE CAN GET BAS DENNY
HAMLIN AND GET UP IN AND GET IN
FRONT.
>> CARL EDWARDS RAN INTO THE
WALL IN QUALIFYING.
>> WE PICKED SCOTT WIMMER ALL
DAY LONG.
SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I'M THINKING EDWARDS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK, DOC?
>> HE'S FAST.
HE'S FAST.
>> ALL RIGHT, GUYS.
CARL EDWARDS, TWO-TIME WINNER
THIS YEAR ON THE CONCRETE OVALS.
DENNY HAMLIN RIGHT BEHIND HIM.
WON IN THAT CAR JUST THREE WEEKS
AGO.
BUT GUYS, SCOTT WIMMER, TALK
ABOUT BEING HUNGRY.
SCOTT'S LAST WIN CAME, GET THIS,
JULY 26th, 2003 AT PIKE'S PEAK.
YOU THINK HE WANTS TO WIN ONE
TODAY?
>> NO DOUBT.
AND HE FELT LIKE ALL DAY HE HAD
THE CAR.
HE WAS LOOKING FOR MORE GREEN
FLAG RACING THAT WHAT WE'VE SEEN
HERE IN THE LAST 60 LAPS OF THIS
RACE.
>> NOW, D.J., YOU ARE A GOOD
GOLFER.
YOU LIKE TO PLAY GOLF.
YOU ARE A SCRATCH GOLFER.
ONE OR TWO HANDICAP, DEPENDING
ON HOW BIG YOUR PENCIL IS.
A LOT OF SLIPPERITIES ON HAND, A
COUPLE OF US BROADCAST TYPES
WERE THERE TO SUPPORT THE KIDS.
IT WAS A GOLF TOURNAMENT TO
RAISE MONEY FOR AUTISM RESEARCH.
THERE'S ANDY PETREE, HITTING
ANOTHER 12-FOOT DRIVE.
>> ONE GOOD SHOT OF THE DAY AND
I MISSED IT.
>> WE HAD BOBBY LABONTE.
ELLIOTT SADLER.
HE CAN BRING IT.
AND WATCH THIS PUTT -- HOW ABOUT
THAT?
WHOA.
>> YEAH, TIGER WOODS, YOU GOT
NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.
>> WE HAD SOME FUN THERE.
>> OH -- YEAH, DOC, YOU CAN WHIP
OUT YOUR PHONE THERE, SAY, I
MIGHT NEED IT AGAIN.
YOU DID BRING OUT THE TROPHY.
HAD A LITTLE PROBLEM RIGHT HERE.
>> YEAH, WE HAD SOME FUN THERE.
THOSE GUYS BEHIND ME THERE.
>> YOU DID THAT FOR THE CAMERA.
>> THE GUYS BEHIND ME THERE WON
THE CHAMPIONSHIP, WON THAT
TOURNAMENT BY GOING 16 UNDER,
BUT IT WAS ALL FOR A GREAT
CAUSE.
RAISING OVER $450,000 FOR AUTISM
RESEARCH.
WHAT A GREAT AFTERNOON BY ALL
THE DRIVERS AND CELEBRITIES
GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
>> WE HAVE TO GET TWO THINGS
STRAIGHT.
WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A
GREAT FINISH HERE.
TWO THINGS.
I'M NOT AT SCRATCH GOLFER, OR
ONE OR TWO HANDICAP.
I LOVE TO PLAY THE GAME.
IT'S A BLAST.
ELLIOTT SADLER CAN KILL THE GOLF
BALL.
AND LET'S TALK ABOUT THE LAST
SIX LAPS.
>> JERRY COULD, TOO, IF HE HITS
IT.
>> EVERY NOW AND THEN, I'LL HIT
IT.
ALL RIGHT, GUYS.
LOTS OF ACTION HERE.
OF COURSE, COMING UP NEXT, THE
O'REILLY NHRA SUMMER NATIONALS
QUALIFYING FROM TOPEKA.
THAT'S COMING UP AT THE
CONCLUSION OF OUR EVENT HERE.
SIX LAPS TO GO.
CARL EDWARDS HAS BEEN THE MAN.
HE'S THE POINTS LEADER, A
TWO-TIME WINNER.
HE'S LED THE MOST LAPS TODAY.
115 LAPS CAN HE HANG ON?
DENNY HAMLIN WANTS IT, AND SCOTT
WIMMER REALLY WANTS THIS ONE IN
A BAD WAY FOR RICHARD CHILD ELSE
ARE RACING.
PACE CAR PULLS OFF, HERE WE GO.
>> SINGLE FILE RESTART CERTAINLY
BENEFITS CARL, BEING THE LEADER.
HE DOESN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
ANYBODY ON THE INSIDE.
>> ABOUT TO GET BACK ON THE
WHEEL PHYSICAL THEY WANT TO GET
HIM.
>> AND HE'S DOING A LOT OF
BLOCKING OF DENNY HAMLIN.
>> SCOTT WIMMER IS GOING TO LOOK
TO THE OUTSIDE, TRY TO GET A
GOOD RUN OFF THE CORNER AND TAKE
ADVANTAGE.
>> HERE COMES WIMMER ON THE
INSIDE IN TURN THREE.
>> MAKING IT STICK RIGHT THERE.
AS HE TRIES TO GET IT UP OFF THE
CORNER.
>> FIVE LAPS TO GO.
AND WIMMER COULDN'T GET IT TO
STICK, D.J.
HE WILL HAVE TO TRY IT AGAIN.
>> SCOTT WIMMER LAID BACK A
LITTLE BIT AND LET HIS CAR GO UP
THE HILL.
GOT A REALLY GOOD RUN DOWN THE
BACK STRETCH.
HE'S DOING IT HERE.
WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THAT POINT,
YOU ARE TRYING TO GET BACK TO
THE THROTTLE.
YOU NEED ALL THE RACETRACK TO
REALLY MAKE THAT WORK.
AND DENNY'S GETTING A BETTER RUN
OFF THE CORNER.
>> CARL EDWARDS IS LOVING THIS.
THESE GUYS RACING EACH OTHER
REALLY HARD.
>> AND LOOK OUT, GUYS, HERE
COMES CASEY MEARS IN THE
NATIONAL GUARD CHEVY, HE'S RIGHT
BEHIND SCOTT WIMMER.
MAERPS SAYS, LET ME MAKE IT A
THREE-WAY BATTLE.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT HIM EVERY
BUSCH RACE THEY'VE BEEN APART
OF.
THEY HAVE A REALLY GOOD TEAM.
AND CASEY IS DOING A GREAT JOB.
AND LAST WEEKEND WAS JUST
PHENOMENAL FOR HIM.
SECOND IN THE BUSCH RACE, AND
WINNING THE COCA-COLA 600.
>> HE'S PEAKING AT THE RIGHT
TIME.
RIGHT AT THE END OF THE RACE.
>> HAMLIN TRYING TO HOLD ON
HERE.
HERE'S WIMMER AGAIN.
HE'S BEEN GOOD ENTERING TURN
THREE.
CAN HE DIVE IT IN THERE.
PICKS THE THROTTLE BACK UP, AND
AGAIN, DENNY HAMLIN HOLDS OUT.
>> WHITE FLAG.
>> YEAH, SCOTT WIMMER IS GOING
TO GIVE IT ONE MORE TRY HERE.
AND HE MIGHT HOLD THE THROTTLE
DOWN A LITTLE BIT LONGER THIS
TIME.
BUT WE HAVE CAUTION.
>> FINAL LAP, WHITE FLAG HAS
ALREADY BEEN WAVING, SO IT WILL
COME DOWN TO THE CHECKERED FLAG
AS THE CAUTION IS OUT, AND --
>> CARL EDWARDS HAS WON THE RACE
FOR SURE.
>> DID WE WIN IT?
>> YEAH, WE WON IT, GREAT JOB.
>> FANTASTIC JOB.
GOOD JOB, EVERYBODY.
>> BIG WRECK WITH GREG BIFFLE
AND WARD BURTON.
TWO OF THE CAR THAT AS I CAN
SEE.
>> ONCE THE WHITE FLAG WAVES,
THEY FREEZE THE FIELD, THEY COME
DOWN.
AND KRARD EDWARDS WITH HIS THIRD
WIN OF 2007 IN A RATHER
DOMINATING FASHION, LEADING 121
LAPS.
LET'S CHECK DOWN WHERE DAVE IS
WITH HIS CREW CHIEF.
>> ANOTHER VICTORY FOR CARL
EDWARDS.
BUT ON PIT ROAD, IT ALMOST WENT
AWAY.
YOU HAD THE BEST CAR.
>> YEAH, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD
CAR.
THE DISH NETWORK FORD WAS
JUST -- HAD IT GOING ON TODAY.
THE GUYS HAD A HICKUP ON THE
LAST STOP ON THE RIGHT SIDE, AND
KRARD MADE IT UP.
>> HOW DID YOU GUYS GET THE CAR
SO RIGHT FOR TODAY?
>> WE WERE REALLY HAPPY WITH THE
CAR.
WE UNLOADED PRETTY GOOD WITH IT.
RAN THAT FIRST PRACTICE.
IT WAS JUST KIND OF TWEAKED ON A
LITTLE BIT HERE AND THERE, AND
GOT IT PRETTY GOOD.
>> THEIRS TO LOSE, THEY DIDN'T
DO IT.
THEY WON.
CARL EDWARDS, THE VICTOR HERE AT
DOVER.
>> CARL PICKING UP HIS THIRD WIN
OF THE YEAR.
LET'S SHOW YOU THIS CRASH.
IT WAS HERE IN THE FINAL LAPS.
DOWN IN TURN ONE.
THE 16 CAR, BIFFLE GOES AROUND.
AND THERE -- THERE'S GREG
GETTING OUT AFTER A PRETTY HARD
LICK HERE.
IT HAS NOT BEEN THE KIND OF DAY
HE WILL WANT TO REMEMBER, AFTER
LOSING TWO LAPS FOR A CUT TIRE.
THERE IS THE POINTS LEADER, AND
WINNER HERE AT DOVER
INTERNATIONAL SWEDEWAY.
CARL EDWARDS, AND HE TAKES THE
BACK FLIP, HIS SIGNATURE FLIP,
AND THE CROWD CERTAINLY DOES
APPROVE OF THE BIG SMILE FROM
CARL EDWARDS.
>> 100% ON THE CONCRETE TRACKS,
TOO.
>> I THOUGHT WITH THE BANKING,
HE MIGHT DO A DOUBLE BACK FLIP.
HE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF HELP.
GREAT JOB TODAY.
JUST A DOMINATING CAR ALL DAY
LONG, AND OBVIOUSLY HE DID A
GREAT JOB.
>> HE MADE IT COUNT.
HE SAID HE HAD A GREAT CAR.
>> LET'S CHECK IN WITH JAMIE AND
DENNY HAMLIN.
>> DENNY, YOU ARE SMILING NOW,
TAKE US THROUGH SOME OF THE
BATTLES.
ESPECIALLY WITH CARL IN THE LAST
PASS.
>> IT'S FUN.
WHEN YOU CAN BATTLE LIKE THAT,
AND KNOW THE GUYS AROUND YOU ARE
RACING ARE GOING TO DRIVE YOU
WELL, THAT'S -- IT'S A GREAT
FEELING.
THE WHOLE ROCKWELL AUTOMATION
TEAM DID A GREAT JOB, GIVING ME
THE TRACK POSITION TO DO IT.
NO CAR TODAY.
>> THREE WIDE ON A ONE-MILE
OVAL.
DOC?
>> SAY THANK YOU TO DALE
JARRETT, WHO HAS BEEN SUBBING
FOR RUSTY WALLACE, UP AT
INDIANAPOLIS, AND RUSTY IS
COMING BACK NEXT YEAR.
YOU'LL BE BACK IN A FEW WEEKS,
BUT GREAT JOB.
THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AS AN
ANNOUNCER WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME HERE
THIS IS JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
TO LOOK AT THE RACES FROM A
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
AND I'VE ENJOYED IT.
RUSTY, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE
TIME OFF.
HE DID A GREAT JOB.
I WATCH A LOT OF THE INDY STUFF.
LOOKING FORWARD TO WATCHING HIM
COME BACK, BUT I WILL BE BACK IN
A FEW WEEKS.
I ENJOY DOING THIS.
IT'S GREAT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
THIS HAPPEN ON SATURDAYS AND
WORKING WITH YOU GUYS.
>> WELL, HE STARTS 22nd TOMORROW
IN THE UPS TOYOTA.
WE GET RUSTY COMING BACK NEXT
WEEK.
AND SPEAKING OF NEXT WEEK, THE
ACTION CONTINUES AND RETURN TO
TENNESSEE FOR THE NASCAR BUSCH
SERIES AT NASHVILLE.
OF COURSE, THAT SHOULD BE A
GREAT ONE, AS WE GET THE GREEN
FLAG AT 6:30 EASTERN TIME NEXT
SATURDAY EVENING.
LET'S CHECK IN, I THINK WHERE
MIKE HAS CAUGHT UP WITH ANOTHER
GOOD FINISHING DRIVER TODAY.
>> AND SCOTT WIMMER, ALL SMILES.
THIRD PLACE, HIS BEST FINISH OF
THE YEAR.
THE QUESTION IS, DID YOU GET
EVERYTHING YOU COULD?
>> WELL, WE DID.
WE WERE REALLY GOOD ON THE LONG
RUNS, AND WE DIDN'T NEED THE
SHORT RUNS AT THE END.
BUT LAST RUN IN AUTO ZONE TO
COME HOME THIRD, WE HAD A GOOD
SHOT AT WINNING IT.
EXCITED NOT BAD FOR A PART-TIME
DRIVER.
I LIKE RACING.
I GET TO GO FIVE STRAIGHT NOW.
MAYBE WE WILL GET A WIN NOW.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
AND HE GETS TO GO TO NASHVILLE
NEXT WEEK, THE SITE OF HIS
PREVIOUS BEST.
ALLEN?
>> HERE HE COMES.
>> CARL EDWARDS, THIRD WIN OF
THIS SEASON.
CONGRATULATIONS.
FIRST, BACK UP, WHAT WAS THE
PASS FOR THE WIN?
THE RACING WITH MATT KENSETH,
NOT THE LAST RESTART, BUT THE
LAST PASS ANYWAY.
>> HE DID A GREAT JOB IN THAT
ABOUT ARBY'S FUSION.
WITH NO TIRES.
HE'S ONE OF THE GREATEST.
RICH WOODLAND HELPED US SPOT,
BOBBY HUDSON.
HE SAID, THREE-WIDE, AND I
THOUGHT, MAN, THIS MIGHT NOT
TURN OUT ALL RIGHT.
BUT THANKS TO DISH NETWORK,
OFFICE DEPOT, THE SAILORS ON THE
USS ENTERPRISE, THANK YOU FOR
HAVING US THIS WEEK, AND BACK 40
RECORDS.
TO WIN AT DOVER IS A DRIVER'S
DREAM.
>> I KNOW YOU LOVE THIS
RACETRACK.
BUT YOU HAD TO RACE REALLY HARD
AT THE END.
THE LAST RESTART, DENNY HAMLIN
WAS PRESSURING YOU HARD.
>> I WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY
RESTARTS.
AND I'M GLAD HE DIDN'T WRECK ME.
HE COULD HAVE REALLY WORKED ME
OVER THERE.
WE HAD SUCH A GREAT CAR.
NICE FOR HIM TO GIVE ME A LITTLE
BIT OF SPACE.
JUST A FUN RACE.
THAT WAS A BLAST.
MY PIT CREW DID AWESOME, THAT
LAST STOP, WE HAD A LITTLE BIT
OF TROUBLE.
WE WIN TOGETHER AND LOSE
TOGETHER, AND IT WORKED OUT
TODAY.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> CARL EDWARDS, WINNER TODAY.
>> GUYS, FINAL THOUGHTS ABOUT
THE RACE WE SAW HERE AT DOVER?
>> WELL, THESE OTHER GUYS, THEY
THREW EVERYTHING THEY HAD AT
CARL EDWARDS.
RICHARD CHILDRESS THREW TWO PIT
CREWS AT HIM.
EVERYTHING THEY COULD.
AND THEY COULDN'T BEAT HIM.
>> THREE WIDE LATER TO TRY TO
MAKE HIM GET OUT OF THE
THROTTLE, AND HE DIDN'T DO IT
THEN.
CONGRATULATIONS TO CARL.
GREAT RACE.
>> WELL, FOR DALE JARRETT, ANDY
PETREE AND OUR ENTIRE ESPN
SCREW, I'M JERRY PUNCH.
CONGRATULATIONS TO CARL EDWARDS
FOR HIS WIN AT THE MONSTER MILE
IN DOVER, DELAWARE, TODAY.
WE HEAD TO MUSIC CITY USA NEXT
WEEK THE CAPITAL OF COUNTRY
MUSIC, NASHVILLE SUPER SPEEDWAY.
LIVE COVERAGE, 6:30 EASTERN TIME
NEXT SATURDAY NIGHT.
COMING UP NEXT, NHRA QUALIFYING
FROM TOPEKA.
Captions by VITAC