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STARTING THIS RACE ON THE
INSIDE.
THAT WAS THE OPPORTUNITY HARVICK
NEEDED.
>> I THINK IT WAS BECAUSE HIS
CAR HAS BEEN SO TIGHT HE NEEDED
THAT BOTTOM TO GET IN THE CORNER
HARD TO GET BACK TO THE GAS.
HARVICK TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT
OPPORTUNITY.
THAT'S ALL HE NEEDED.
WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON, THOUGH.
JEFF GORDON UP INTO THE OUTSIDE
WALL.
>> LOOKS LIKE HE MAY HAVE
TROUBLE WITH THE LEFT REAR.
>> I THINK IT'S THE TIRE.
>> WE STAY GREEN FOR THE MOMENT.
JEFF IS RUNNING IN FIFTH PLACE.
KENSETH SHOWING SOME SMOKE.
>> REMEMBER MARK MARTIN, CARL
EDWARDS, SOME OF THE GUYS THAT
PITTED UNDER THIS LAST CAUTION
HAVE FRESHER TIRES.
>> DOESN'T LOOK AS BAD AS SAM
HORNISH'S WAS.
HE STILL BLEW IT OUT.
HE STILL HAS TO BE A LITTLE
CONCERNED.
>> THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO JEFF
GORDON, RUNNING IN FIFTH
POSITION RACING WITH CLINT
BOWYER AND THE 15.
>> THERE'S THAT CONTACT ON THE
LEFT REAR.
>> GOOD DAY GONE BAD AGAIN FOR
JEFF GORDON IN THIS CHASE.
BRAD KESELOWSKI, JOEY LOGANO,
FOR SIXTH PLACE.
WHILE KEVIN HARVICK HAS OPENED
UP ABOUT TEN CAR LENGTHS ON KYLE
BUSCH FOR THE RACE LEAD.
>> WHAT MAKES THIS SPORT SO
GREAT, WE DIDN'T SEE HARVICK
KNOW ANYTHING THAT WOULD GIVE US
ANY IDEA THAT EVEN THOUGH THIS
IS A GREAT RACETRACK FOR THEM
THAT THEY HAD FOUND ENOUGH TO
PUT HIM IN THIS POSITION.
HAVE TO HAND IT TO GILL MARTIN,
HIS CREW CHIEF.
HE HAD TO MAKE SOME GOOD
ADJUSTMENTS.
>> JEFF GORDON WAS SHOWING THE
BLACK FLAG.
HE'S TURNING CLINT BOWYER INTO
THE WALL, COLLECTING JOEY
LOGANO.
CAUTION FLAG IS OUT.
>> ALMIROLA SLIDES IN.
THE LEADER THE RED FLAG BEFORE
THE CAUTION COMES OUT.
>> TAKE IT TO THE GARAGE.
>> TIRES ARE GONE.
TIRES ARE GONE.
>> YEAH.
THE FIRE IS BACK.
THE FIRE WILL TRY TO GET TO YOU
IF YOU STOP RIGHT THERE.
>> CHECKING WITH NASCAR.
THE CAUTION WAS OUT BEFORE THE
WHITE FLAG.
WE'RE NOT DONE WITH THIS RACE
YET.
>> STILL ON FIRE?
>> IT'S DOWN NOW.
IT'S DOWN.
JUST STAY OUT.
>> AND MAYHEM IN THE LEAD LAPS
HERE AT PHOENIX.
YOU SAW THE FIRST INCIDENT.
TIRE WITH JEFF GORDON WHO CAME
INTO THE WALL.
HE WAITED ON CLINT BOWYER TO
COME AROUND AND TOOK HIM OUT.
>> THIS ALL HAPPENED RIGHT IN
FRONT OF HIM.
BRAD WAS RACING JOEY.
I WAS AFRAID THEY WERE GOING TO
GET CAUGHT UP INTO.
HE NOW GOT THROUGH IT.
>> JEFF HAS HAD SUMMENED THE
NASCAR HAULER FOR A POST-RACE
VISIT.
>>.
>> YEARS WORTH OF FRUSTRATION.
>> THE CREWS ARE IN IT.
>> SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF
THAT IS JEFF GORDON.
>> CLINT BOWYER WANTS HIS
OPPORTUNITY AT THIS.
CAN'T REALLY BLAME HIM.
>> THAT'S STUPID.
>> THE TEMPERS HAVE BOILED OVER
HERE IN PHOENIX AFTER LATE RACE
CONTACT BETWEEN JEFF GORDON AND
CLINT BOWYER.
AND THEN A PAYBACK.
THERE WILL BE A LOT OF VISITORS
TO THE NASCAR TRANSPORTED AFTER
THE RACE.
BOWYER'S CREW CHIEF, JORDAN'S
CREW CHIEF.
>> THAT HURTS BOWYER A LOT.
>> HE WAS MAYBE SEVEN OR EIGHT
POINTS AS THEY WERE RUNNING
BEHIND JIMMIE JOHNSON.
>> THE RACE HAS BEEN RED
FLAGGED, BY THE WAY.
THE CARS ARE STOPPED ON THE
TRACK WHILE THEY CLEAN UP THE
SPEEDWAY AND GET READY FOR A
GREEN AND WHITE CHECKERED
FINISH.
>> THERE'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF OIL.
LOT OF TORN UP CARS.
IT WILL TAKE A WHILE TO GET THIS
RACETRACK IN RACEABLE CONDITION
AGAIN.
>> SO WE HAVE SHOWN YOU THE
REPLAYS OF THE INITIAL CONTACT
BETWEEN JEFF AND CLINT RACING
FOR FIFTH POSITION.
THEN THIS THE PAYBACK.
AS BRAD KESELOWSKI, THE
CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER RIGHT IN
FRONT OF HIM FINDS ENOUGH ROOM
TO GET BY.
>> ALMIROLA COULDN'T GET HIS CAR
UNDER CONTROL.
>> YOU SEE CLINT, HE'S TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHICH WAY TO GO.
HE KNOWS JEFF IS MAD.
>> STILL THERE.
STILL THERE.
>> JEFF LOOKS VERY DETERMINED TO
TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS.
>> THAT WAS A REAL HECK OF A
CHAMPION.
ARE YOU OKAY THERE?
>> ONLY WORD I COULD THINK OF IS
UGLY.
UGLY SITUATION.
AND CERTAINLY IT GOT UGLIER BACK
IN THE GARAGE AREA, JAMIE.
>> BRIAN KEEPING AN EYE ON HIS
DRIVER, CLINT BOWYER WHO HAS
PRETTY MUCH LOST HIS MIND.
WHAT LED TO THAT FIRST OF ALL,
BRIAN?
>> I GUESS THEY RUBBED IN
BETWEEN TWO AND THREE.
I DIDN'T SEE IT.
I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S KIND OF CRAZY THE CHAMPION
WOULD TAKE OUT LIKE THAT.
TWO RACES LEFT.
HOMESTEAD.
IF WE HAD NOTHING TO LOSE, I'M
SURE WE GOT PRETTY EXCITED DOWN
THERE.
IT'S A SHAME THIS TEAM HAS BEEN
RUNNING SO HARD LIKE THAT.
>> BRIAN IS TRIED TO GET THE
CAR.
IT IS AN UNFORTUNATE SITUATION
YOU HEARD HIM TALK ABOUT THE
CHAMPIONSHIP PREPRECUSHIONS.
THEY WERE THIRD IN POINTS.
THIS STILL IS GOING ON BETWEEN
THE TWO TEAMS.
CLINT BOWYER IS OUT IN THE
MIDDLE.
MICHAEL WALTRIP IS HOLDING HIM
BACK RIGHT NOW, ALLEN.
>> NOW ALL THAT'S GOING ON AS
THE LEADER WAS COMING TO GET THE
WHITE FLAG.
NASCAR HAS GONE BACK, CHECKED
THE CAMERAS AND THE WHOLE
PROCESS WITH ELECTRONIC SYSTEM
THAT THEY GO THROUGH AND
DETERMINE THAT KEVIN HARVICK HAD
NOT GOTTEN THE WHITE FLAG BEFORE
THE CAUTION CAME OUT.
>> ALL WE CAN DO IS -- WE WERE
OVER THE START/FINISH LINE.
WE COOKED THE LIGHT.
>> THERE AIN'T NO WAY.
>> OBVIOUSLY GILL MARTIN AND
RICHARD CHILDRESS DISAGREE WITH
NASCAR'S CALL THERE.
>> I'M SURE THEY'LL HAVE SUPPORT
FROM THEIR DRIVER TOO WHEN THAT
CAME.
HARD TO TELL AS A DRIVER WHEN IT
HAPPENED.
WOW.
TOO MUCH GOING ON.
KEVIN HARVICK HAS TO COME OUT
AND GET IT TOGETHER.
A RACE HE THOUGHT HE HAD IN HIS
HAND.
>> THAT IS NOT A HAPPY LOOKING
RICHARD CHILDRESS.
>> THERE'S A BUNCH THAT AREN'T
HAPPY RIGHT NOW.
>> SO THE ACTION ON THE TRACK
AND THEN THE ACTION CONTINUES IN
THE GARAGE AREA.
>> DON'T KNOW HOW YOU THROW THE
THIRD MAN IN THERE.
>> HE KEPT HIM AWAY FROM THE
ACTION ACTUALLY.
>> LOOKS LIKE THEY GOT HIM
PINNED INTO THE TOOL BOX.
>> SLOW IN FRONT OF YOU WATCH.
WATCH, WATCH, WATCH, WATCH,
WATCH.
>> REALLY?
>> THAT'S A PRETTY ACCURATE
OBSERVATION
KESELOWSKI.
THERE THEY SIT, THE REMAINDER OF
THE FIELD.
WHILE THE TRACK GETS CLEANED UP
AND WE GET SET TO GO FOR TWO OR
MORE LAPS OF RACING.
AND A CRAZY TURN OF EVENTS HERE
IN PHOENIX STARTING WITH THE
LAST RESTART WHEN KEVIN HARVICK
GOES AROUND THE OUTSIDE AND KYLE
BUSCH GOT THE LEAD.
THE CONTACT BETWEEN BOWYER AND
GORDON.
THE RETALIATION AND THEN THERE.
>> THAT ONE COST HIM ABOUT --
BEFORE HARVICK GOT THERE.
>> HARVICK IS PROBABLY LOOKING
AT THE WHITE FLAG.
HE PROBABLY DOESN'T SEE THE
LIGHT.
>> SO KEVIN, YOU GOT SOME MORE
WORK TO DO.
CAUTION CAME OUT BEFORE THE
LEADERS STARTED THE LAST LAP.
IF YOU'RE KNEW TO NASCAR, IF THE
LEADER HAD TAKEN THE WHITE FLAG
AND STARTED THE LAST LAP AND
THEN THE RACE WOULD NOT BE
RESTARTED.
IT'S SCHEDULED BUSINESS, THERE
WILL BE LITTLE OVERTIME RACING
TO TRY TO GET THE FANS A GREEN
FLAG FINISH.
JAMIE.
>> ALLEN, THE CREW CHIEF FOR
JEFF GORDON.
I WAS LISTENING ON THE RADIO,
THAT WAS PREMEDITATED THERE.
HE WAITED OUT THERE FOR HIM.
WHY DID HE GET SO UPSET BY THAT
MOVE?
THEY WEREN'T RACING FOR THE
LEAD?
>> WELL, I MEAN, IT'S JUST --
AFTER A WHILE YOU GET FRUSTRATED
WITH THAT.
WE ALL WORK REALLY *** THESE
CARS AND JEFF RACES EVERYBODY
WITH A LOT OF RESPECT.
EVIDENTLY HE HAD ENOUGH AND IF
YOU'RE GOING TO PLAY THAT WAY,
RACE THAT WAY, YOU SHOULDN'T BE
UPSET WHEN YOU GET IT BACK.
>> YOU'RE THE ONE WHO HAS TO FIX
THIS RACE CAR NOW.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND
IMPRESSIONS ON JEFF RECKING THIS
CAR?
>> I LOVE JEFF.
I STAND BEHIND HIM.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAD TO DO.
WE'LL FIX THEM ALL NIGHT LONG.
HE'S A GREAT RACE CAR DRIVER.
HE KNOWS EVERYBODY OUT HERE WILL
TELL YOU HE'S AS GOOD AND
COMPETITOR AS THERE IS.
IF HE GOT TIRED OF IT, HE'S
TIRED OF IT.
>> HAVE YOU EVER SEEN HIM THAT
FIRED UP?
>> THAT WAS PRETTY FIRED UP.
>> LET'S GO TO VINCE.
>> WITH RICHARD CHILDRESS, TEAM
OWNER ON THE 29 CAR FOR KEVIN
HARVICK.
THERE'S O SOME DISPUTE WHETHER
KEVIN HAD GOTTEN PAST THE LINE
BEFORE THE YELLOW CAME OUT.
WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU THE
REPLAY HERE, RICHARD.
THOUGHTS ON HOW KEVIN HAS RUN
AND TO BE IN THIS POSITION.
>> WE FELT THAT WE HAD CROSSED
THE LINE, OR WE WERE RIGHT THERE
ON THE LINE WHEN THE CAUTION
CAME OUT.
THEY HAVE TO SHOW IT TO US IN A
DIFFERENT ANGLE.
>> THERE'S THE REPLAY INDICATING
THE YELLOW IS OUT PRIOR TO
GETTING TO THAT LINE.
BUT NICE RESURGENCE FROM THE 29
CAR.
>> THE FUEL IS AN ISSUE RIGHT
NOW.
>> SHORT ON FUEL?
>> YEAH.