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JASON OEBERSTREET MADE A GOOD
CALL.
HE WRECKED IN PRACTICE, BUT HE
QUALIFIED, RUNNING DECENT, AND
NOW SECOND WITH 30 LAPS TO GO.
>> HE HAD VERY LITTLE PRACTICE.
GREAT BATTLE FOR FIFTH.
MARK MARTIN, 21, TRYING TO GET
BY THE 88 OF MATT CRAFTON FOR
THE FIFTH POSITION.
>> THERE'S KENNY SCHRADER RIGHT
BEHIND THIS GROUP.
HE'S RUNNING SEVENTH RIGHT NOW
ALONG WITH KEVIN HARVICK IN
EIGHTH.
>> BUT ANYWAY, ALLMENDINGER GOT
VERY LITTLE PRACTICE.
REMEMBER LAST WEEK WHEN THE
TRUCK SERIES WAS HERE FOR A
TWO-DAY PRACTICE.
GOOD BATTLE FOR SECOND.
JOHNNY'S GOING TO TAKE OVER THE
SECOND SPOT FROM ALLMENDINGER.
HE ONLY GOT ONE DAY BECAUSE THEY
HAD TO GO TO DARLINGTON FOR HIS
NEXTEL CUP CAR.
>> AND JOSH WISE TESTED THAT
TRUCK THE NEXT NIGHT, AND JOSH,
YOUNG KID WHO WON THE
CHAMPIONSHIP FOR TONY STEWART,
HE'S GOING TO DRIVE THIS TRUCK
SOME THIS YEAR, DROVE IT AT
KANSAS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
JOSH WAS IN THE TOP TEN IN THIS
TRUCK AS WELL.
JASON OVERSTREET AND THOSE GUYS
ARE MAKING THAT AARON'S DREAM
MACHINE BE A FAST TRUCK.
>> JOHNNY BENSON RIGHT NOW
TRYING TO GAIN BACK SOME OF
THOSE 50 POINTS THAT HE LOST
FROM THE NASCAR PENALTY THAT WAS
INCURRED BY THE TEAM FROM LAST
WEEK'S TESTING INCIDENT.
>> WELL, YOU'VE GOT TO
APPRECIATE THE JOB THEY'RE
DOING.
I MEAN, HORNADAY'S BEEN
DOMINANT.
THERE'S JOHNNY IN SECOND,
FIGHTING BACK FROM ISSUES THEY
HAD LAST WEEK.
>> JOHNNY BENSON WITH FIVE WINS
TO HIS CAREER.
THE LAST ONE COMING TOWARD THE
END OF THE SEASON LAST YEAR.
AT PHOENIX.
>> WHAT A PERFORMANCE THAT WAS.
SPUN OUT ON THE SECOND --
>> THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE
FIRST LAP.
>> FIRST LAP OF THE RACE, HE
SPUN OUT RIGHT ON THE INSIDE OF
HIS TEAMMATE.
AND WORKED HIS WAY BACK TO THE
FRONT.
WELL, NOW HE HAS TO GET BY THE
33 OF RON HORNADAY.
CAN HE DO IT?
HE'S GOT 27 LAPS TO GO.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO THE QUAKER
STEAK & LUBE 200 PRESENTED BY
DODGE.
WE'RE RIDING ALONG WITH KEVIN
HARVICK.
THE REASON HE'S SLOWING DOWN IS
HE HAS EXPIRED.
THIS IS THE END OF THE RUN FOR
KEVIN HARVICK.
HE WILL PULL THAT TRUCK INTO THE
GARAGE.
AND SO NOT A GOOD EVENING FOR
KEVIN HARVICK AS HE'S ABOUT TO
CLIMB OUT OF HIS TRUCK.
>> THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TELL RON
HORNADAY ABOUT THAT, ARE THEY,
RICK?
>> I HOPE NOT.
SUNDAY ON SPEED, DON'T MISS "THE
SPEED REPORT."
GO BEYOND THE HIGHLIGHTS AND
STATS.
GET THE WHY WITH THE SPEED
REPORT.
SUNDAY, 7:00 EASTERN, 4:00
PACIFIC ONLY ON SPEED.
>> AND THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A
LOT TO TALK ABOUT ON "THE SPEED
REPORT" WITH THE NEXTEL ALL-STAR
CHALLENGE HERE TOMORROW NIGHT ON
SPEED.
THE NEXTEL OPEN.
WE'LL HAVE THE TRUCK SERIES TO
TALK ABOUT.
WHAT A GREAT WEEKEND FOR RACING.
>> HOW ABOUT THE SERIES IN
TOLEDO?
>> THAT WILL BE LIVE ON SPEED AT
NOON ON SUNDAY.
>> ALL I TOLD Y'ALL IS I'VE GOT
MY TiVo SET.
I CAN'T WAIT TILL SUNDAY.
I'M GOING TO LIVE ON SPEED JUST
LIKE I HAVE ALL WEEK.
>> WELL, AT NOON YOU'LL HAVE TO
STOP YOUR TiVo AND WATCH THE
RACE AND THEN GO BACK TO YOUR
TiVo.
IS THAT A DEAL?
>> I LOVE IT.
YOU GUYS WILL BE THERE CALLING
THE ACTION.
WE'LL HAVE KEN BUTLER III, WATCH
HIM, SEE HOW HE DOES.
>> WE WILL, KEEP AN EYE ON HIM.
T.J. BELL MOVES INTO THE NINTH
POSITION.
GREAT RUN FOR BELL.
>> REALLY SHOT PAST TED MUSGRAVE
RIGHT THERE.
BJORKLUND ON THE INSIDE OF
MUSGRAVE RIGHT NOW.
>>.
>> BLAKE A LAP DOWN, A COUPLE,
ACTUALLY.
>> BUT GETTING GOOD EXPERIENCE
RIGHT NOW.
MIKE SKINNER BATTLING HIS WAY
BACK INTO THE TOP TEN.
>> SKINNER THOUGHT HE HAD A
PROBLEM WITH THE TIRE, CAME ON
TO PIT ROAD, SENT HIM ALL THE
WAY BACK TO THE HIGH TEENS, LOW
20s WHEN HE CAME BACK OUT ONTO
THE TRACK, AND AS YOU MENTIONED,
HAS WORKED HIS WAY BACK UP INTO
CONTENTION FOR A TOP TEN RUN.
>> WE SAID HE WAS SEVENTH WHEN
HE PITTED.
WE DIDN'T THINK HE COULD GET
EVEN BACK TO THERE, PHIL.
>> I'M SURPRISED THAT HE'S
GOTTEN BACK TO 11th.
HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET BY THE 8
OF BLAKE BJORKLUND, THE LAP
TRUCK.
WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF LAPS, ONLY
18 LAPS TO GO.
AGAIN, MAYBE THAT CONVENTIONAL
SETUP, THE NONSETUP, MAY
STRUGGLE A LITTLE BIT IN
TRAFFIC, MICHAEL.
>> LOOK HERE, THIS IS A GREAT
BATTLE FOR SECOND.
BENSON AROUND ALLMENDINGER ON
THE RESTART, BUT A.J.'s BEEN
HEATING JOHNNY UP, BEEN ALL OVER
HIM IN THAT AARON'S DREAM TRUCK.
CAN'T QUITE MAKE THE MOVE.
BUT YOU SEE JOHNNY GETS IN THE
CORNER A LITTLE EASIER THAN
A.J., BUT THEN STRETCHES IT OUT
AS THEY EXIT.
IT'S TWO DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHIES.
YOU CAN DRIVE A TRUCK MANY MANY
DIFFERENT WAYS.
>> 1.9 SECONDS, THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN RON HORNADAY IN FRONTS
OF THE FIELD AND JOHNNY BENSON
RUNNING IN SECOND.
>>> LET'S LOOK AT TONIGHT'S
"STAY IN THE GAME WITH JUST FOR
MEN MOMENT."
TALK ABOUT HAVING YOUR HANDS
FULL HERE, GUYS.
>> WATCH THESE HANDS.
WATCH HIM.
HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO CORRECT
THAT TRUCK AND TURN TO THE
RIGHT.
THERE HE'S GOING TO TURN TO THE
RIGHT A LITTLE BIT.
A LITTLE BIT SIDEWAYS.
>> WATCH THIS SWIPE AT IT, BILL.
>> NOW ALL THE WAY TO THE LOCK.
THE LEFT ARM LOCKS IT AGAINST
THE RIGHT ARM, AND NEVER BACKS
OFF THE THROTTLE.
>> THERE'S NO WAY HE EVER
LIFTED.
HE JUST KEPT HIS FOOT ON THE
FLOOR.
>> CAUTION, JOHNNY BENSON HARD
INTO THE WALL.
YOU SEE THE DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT
SIDE OF THAT TRACK.
THAT'S OUR SIXTH CAUTION OF THE
NIGHT.
AND JOHNNY BENSON WAS IN
CONTENTION.
>> IT LOOKS A LOT LIKE THE 60 OF
JACK SPRAGUE'S TRUCK.
>> THAT'S WEIRD.
A COUPLE LONG RUNS AND A COUPLE
OF --
>> RIGHT FRONT TIRE ISSUES, IT
APPEARS.
THERE HE IS RIGHT THERE, RUNNING
SECOND.
THAT'S A.J. ALLMENDINGER, 00,
RIGHT BELOW THE WHITE LINE, JUST
LIKE JACK SPRAGUE WAS.
>> ONLY BETTER.
AT LEAST HE MADE IT TO THE
MIDDLE.
JACK DIPPED DOWN INTO THE TURN
AND TOOK A WORSE ANGLE ON THAT
LOB.
>> JOHNNY WAS AT LEAST AS SLOW
HE WAS GOING TO GO IN THAT
CORNER WHEN THAT HAPPENED.
A LOT OF DAMAGE TO THAT EXIDE
TOYOTA.
>> RAY DUNLAP, I BELIEVE YOU'VE
CAUGHT UP WITH ANOTHER DRIVER
OUT OF THIS RACE.
>> KEVIN HARVICK OUT WITH A
BROKEN ENGINE.
HOW MUCH WERE YOU RUNNING WIDE
OPEN?
>> IT WAS CLOSE TO WIDE OPEN.
THE SLEFRL WAS HANDLING REALLY
GOOD.
AND JUST COULDN'T QUITE GET
WHERE WE NEEDED TO BE ON TRACK
POSITIONWISE.
HAD A LITTLE PROBLEM.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.
10th, 11th, 12th AND JUST SHUT
IT OFF TO FIND OUT WHAT IT WAS.
>> AS DRIVER, YOU'RE OUT, BUT AS
OWNER, YOU MIGHT WIN.
YOU SHOULD ROOT ON HORNADAY.
>> I'M GOING TO STAND BACK HERE.
I DON'T WANT TO JINX ANYTHING.
>> BAD LUCK IS DONE FOR THE DAY.
>> CLIMBING OUT OF THE TRUCK.
JOHNNY BENSON LOOKS TO BE OKAY.
BUT, OBVIOUSLY, TWO HITS IN A
>>> NO POINTS, NO CHAMPIONSHIP.
IT'S 1 MILLION BUCKS TO FINISH
FIRST.
NOW, THAT IS OBVIOUSLY THE RACE
THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE
TOMORROW.
IT'S ONE DAY AWAY, THE NASCAR
NEXTEL ALL-STAR CHALLENGE ONLY
RIGHT HERE ON SPEED.
>> THESE GUYS HAVE A TENDENCY TO
WRECK EVERY NOW AND THEN, TOO,
GUYS.
>> THEY DO OCCASIONALLY.
>> YOU'VE SEEN IT, HAVEN'T YOU?
>> I HAVE SEEN IT.
>> WE'VE SEEN SIDE-BY SIDE
RACING ALL NIGHT TONIGHT AND WE
EXPECT THAT ALL NIGHT TOMORROW
NIGHT AS WELL.
WE'LL BE BACK WITH MORE AND THE
FINISH.
3.5-LITER V6...
AND ESP WITH ALL-SPEED TRACTION CONTROL.
OH, DID WE ALSO MENTION THE CUP HOLDER ALSO COOLS?
THE ALL-NEW DODGE AVENGER.
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>>> WITH LESS THAN EIGHT LAPS
REMAINING, LET'S LOOK AT HOW WE
GOT HERE.
THE SUN SET UNDER THE LIGHTS FOR
THE SIXTH RACE OF THE SEASON.
MIKE SKINNER FRONT OF THE FIELD.
EARLY ON, PROBLEMS FOR JUSTIN
HOBGOOD.
>> LOSES CONTROL, BACKS THAT
TOYOTA INTO THE OUTSIDE WALL.
>> THEN IT WAS SIDE-BY-SIDE
RACING.
A BATTLE FOR THE LEAD, ANOTHER
BATTLE FOR THE LEAD.
RON HORNADAY WITH A STRONG
TRUCK.
BUT IT WAS A LOT OF PROBLEMS,
TOO.
JACK SPRAGUE EARLY ON, GETTING
INTO THE WALL WITH THE RIGHT
FRONT TIRE GOING DOWN.
>> HARD, HARD CONTACT WITH THE
OUTSIDE WALL.
>> A LITTLE MORE CONTACT.
THAT WAS THE 51 OF KYLE BUSCH
SCRAPING THE WALL.
AND THEN PROBLEMS FOR THE 75 OF
DENNIS SETZER.
HE SPINS ACROSS THE INFIELD.
>> AND THE BACK STRETCH, JOEY
CLANTON, THE 09 AND 99 OF ERIK
DARNELL GET TOGETHER COMING OFF
TURN TWO.
>> ENTHIS THE GUY LEADING THE
RACE, HIS TEAMMATE, HIS ENGINE
BREAKS AND HE PULLS TO THE PIT,
THAT'S KEVIN HARVICK.
SFWOO THEN IT WAS JOHNNY BENSON,
MOST RECENTLY THE RIGHT FRONT
GOING DOWN ON THAT TRUCK.
HE GETS INTO THE WALL, HAS TO
CLIMB OUT, MAKE HIS WAY INTO THE
AMBULANCE.
RON HORNADAY OUT IN FRONT AFTER
126 LAPS.
WE'VE HAD SEVEN DIFFERENT
LEADERS CHANGING HANDS, TEN
TIMES, THE LEAD, AND SIX
CAUTIONS.
>> SIX TRUCKS OUT.
WE'LL HAVE A SINGLE-FILE
RESTART.
THERE'S ALLMENDINGER, SCHRADER,
THE FASTENAL DODGE.
GOING SIXTH RIGHT NOW.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS
RESTART, PHIL?
YOU'VE GOT RON HORNADAY.
HE'S ON THE RESTART, AS WE KNOW.
YOU'VE GOT ALLMENDINGER, SORT OF
A WILDCARD, AN INDY CAR RACER.
HE'S NEVER BEEN IN SECOND WITH A
HANDFUL OF LAPS TO GO.
HOW WILL HE RESPOND?
BECAUSE BEHIND HIM, BODINE, THE
CHAMPION.
IT DOESN'T GET EASY.
>> MARK MARTIN BEHIND HIM.
I'LL MAKE A PREDICTION.
I THINK HORNADAY IS A RESTART
MASTER.
A.J. WILL NOT JUMP BY HIM, BUT
HE'S GOT MARTIN CHOMPING AT THE
BIT.
I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A
BATTLE FOR SECOND IN THIS FIRST
LAP AFTER THE RESTART.
>> I WISH I AGREED WITH YOU.
BUT I LIKE SEEING OLD D.W.'s
TRUCK RIGHT THERE IN THE SECOND
SPOT.
I SEE A.J. MAKING A RUN ON
HORNADAY AND MAKING US ALL GO,
HOW DID HE DO IT?
HOW DID HE --
>> THAT'S NOT RON HORNADAY.
>> WELL, HE HAS BEEN IMPRESSIVE
IN THE FEW RACES WE'VE SEEN HIM
HERE IN THE NASCAR CRAFTSMAN
TRUCK SERIES.
HE'S BEEN IMPRESSIVE IN THE
NEXTEL CUP RACES WE'VE SEEN HIM
RUN IN.
>> LIKE I SAID, HE'S A CAT WHEN
HE STUMBLED IN.
YOU WATCHED HIM A LITTLE BIT AND
SAID THIS GUY'S GOT POTENTIAL.
>> HE FINISHED SIXTH AT
TALLADEGA LAST YEAR.
>> YOU LOOK AT ALL THOSE THINGS
AND WATCH HIM MAKE PROGRESS IN
THE TRUCK SERIES.
SECOND TONIGHT IN THIS TRUCK
SERIES RACE.
HE'S TO I APPOINT WHERE PEOPLE
SAY HE'LL GET IT.
HE'LL BE A GUY WHO MAKES IT AT
THIS LEVEL.
>> IT WASN'T JUST A GOOD TRUCK
THAT HE HAD.
HE'S HAD HIS HANDS FULL.
HE'S BEEN ABLE TO RACE THAT
THING TO THE FRONT.
>> THE LAST TIME HE WAS IN IT
BEFORE THE RACE STARTED WAS
QUALIFYING.
THE TIME BEFORE THAT HE HAD
WRECKED.
THE CREW REPAIRED IT PERFECTLY
AND MADE A CALL AND GOT HIM TO
THE FRONT WITH TWO TIRES.
>> THE GREEN FLAG FLIES.
HORNADAY IN FRONT WITH A.J.
ALLMENDINGER.
>> TRUCKS ARE GOING EVERYWHERE
BACK THERE.
JUMPS TO THE OUTSIDE IN THE 16
TRUCK.
>> RON HORNADAY, A GREAT
RESTART.
BUT A.J. ALLMENDINGER NOT
LETTING HIM GO.
THREE WIDE AS THEY COME OUT OF
TWO.
>> THEY'RE GOING TO GET
TOGETHER, TOO.
>> RICK CRAWFORD JUST BARELY
SQUEEZED IN FRONT OF THE 5 OF
MIKE SKINNER.
>> CRAWFORD MOVING TOWARD THE
FRONT.
SKINNER AND SKIL BUSCH RACING
BACK HERE WITH TRAVIS KVAPIL.
LOOK AT CRAWFORD GO.
HE GETS BY T.J. BELL AS HE
CONTINUES TOWARD THE FRONT.
>> I MEAN, THERE'S FIVE LAPS TO
GO.
WE COULD STILL HAVE SOME ISSUES.
>> ALLMENDINGER WAS HOLDING ON
TO SECOND WHEN HE WENT BY THE
START/FINISH LINE.
>> COMFORTABLY IN SECOND.
>> AND ALSO CHALLENGING
HORNADAY.
WATCH TURN TWO HERE.
THERE TL ARE POSITION AFTER
POSITION BEING CONTESTED.
>> FIVE LAPS OF RACING TO GO.
THEY MAKE THEIR WAY BACK IN
FRONT OF THE GRANDSTANDS.
RON HORNADAY, A.J. ALLMENDINGER,
THAT TIME SEPARATED BY JUST
OVER .1 OF A SECOND.
>> JUST FOUR LAPS TO GO.
A.J. IS ALL OVER HORNADAY.
>> TODD BODINE HOLDING ON TO
THIRD.
THEN BACK TO FOURTH IS MARK
MARTIN, MATT CRAFTON IN THE
FIFTH POSITION.
>> A.J. CAN TASTE IT.
HE WANTS SOME OF HORNADAY.
>> IT'S A BATTLE FOR SEVENTH
RIGHT THERE, THE 16 OF MIKE
BLISS TAKES OVER THE SEVENTH
SPOT OVER THE 18 OF KEN
SCHRADER.
HERE'S RICK CRAWFORD FALLING
BACK A LITTLE ON THE OUTSIDE.
>> THREE LAPS OF RACING TO GO.
TODD BODINE RIGHT NOW RUNNING IN
THIRD.
RAY DUNLAP?
>> GUYS, BODINE HAS BEEN WEARING
A PAINTED-UP HELMET EVERY RACE.
BUT THEY REMINDED HIM HE HASN'T
WON SO TODAY HE WENT BACK TO THE
WHITE HELMET.
THE CREW CHIEF JUST REMINDED
HIM, GOT THE WHITE HELMET ON
TONIGHT, THAT MEANS WE NORMALLY
WIN.
>> WELL, AND THE CAUTION HAS
COME BACK OUT ONCE AGAIN, THE
99, TROUBLES CONTINUE FOR ERIK
DARNELL.
>> LOOKS JUST LIKE THAT 60 TRUCK
AND THE 23 OF JOHNNY BENSON.
>> YOU CAN HAVE THE HIGHS OF THE
LAST RACE WE WERE IN WHEN HE WON
AND THE LOWS OF NOT BEING ABLE
TO FINISH THIS ONE.
>> WELL, THIS PROBABLY WAS
PRECIPITATED BY HIS CONTACT ON
THE BACK STRAIGHTAWAY AND GOT ON
THE CORNER, SOMETHING RUBBING,
BLEW THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE UP.
HE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
TRACK AND BLEW OUT AND WENT INTO
THE WALL.
IF YOU'RE ALLMENDINGER, DO YOU
SAY, YES, I'VE GOT ANOTHER SHOT
AT HIM, OR DARN IT, I MIGHT LOSE
SECOND?
>> HE'S A WINNER.
HE WON A BUNCH OF CHAMP CAR
RACES LAST YEAR.
I THINK HE SAYS YEAH, MAN, GIVE
ME ANOTHER SHOT AT HIM!
>> HE'S GOT HORNADAY IN FRONT OF
HIM.
>> SO WHAT?
>> IS LOOKS LIKE THE LONGER RUN
HE WOULD HAVE HAD A BETTER SHOT
AT HIM.
NOW IT'S GOING TO BE A
GREEN/WHITE CHECKERED FINISH.
>> I DON'T AGREE.
HE'S BEEN ABLE TO HANG WITH
HORNADAY ON A COUPLE LAPS ON THE
RESTART.
THEY RUN SOME LAPS, HORNADAY
JUST EASES AWAY.
NOW HE'S GOT A COUPLE OF LAPS, A
COUPLE OPPORTUNITIES.
WE THINK, IT APPEARS THAT HE HAS
MORE POWER THAN HORNADAY.
WHEN THEY GO INTO THE CORNERS,
HE'S ABLE TO CLOSE INTO
HORNADAY.
HORNADAY STRONGER IN THE CENTER
OR THE CORNER.
MAYBE HE GETS A RUN ON HIM.
>> MAYBE HE CAN RUN THIS CORNER