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MAYBE HORNADAY WILL JUMP ON THE
THROTTLE AND JUMP TO THE OUTSIDE
OF HIM.
>> RON HORNADAY HAS 29 WINS IN
THE CRAFTSMAN SERIES.
ALLMENDINGER HAS YET TO FIND
VICTORY LANE.
>> I'M READY FOR HIM TO CHIME IN
WITH HIS GREEN/WHITE CHECKERED
STATS.
>> HE HAS A FEW.
FIRST DOWN TO ADAM ALEXANDER.
>> BEEN A LONG DAY FOR THIS 00
TEAM.
THE CHEW CHIEF FOR ALLMENDINGER,
JASON OVERSTREET, HAVE YOU LEFT
SOMETHING IN THE TANK FOR THESE
FINAL LAPS?
>> WE'RE GOING TO TRY.
HORNADAY IS PRETTY SOLID.
WE'LL GIVE IT ALL WE'VE GOT.
THE GREEN AND WHITE CHECKERED,
YOU NEVER KNOW.
>> THE SHOOTOUT AT CHARLOTTE.
SHOULD BE FUN.
>> DON'T FORGET THE ONION BACK
THERE IN THIRD, TODD BODINE.
IF THOSE TWO TRUCKS GET TO
BATTLING SIDE BY SIDE, WE MAY
SEE THE ONION COME INTO PLAY
HERE.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK WE
CAN'T LEAVE UNSAID IS THE FACT
THAT JASON OVERSTREET HELPED PUT
THAT TRUCK BACK TOGETHER AFTER A
LOT OF DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END
OF IT EARLIER TODAY IN PRACTICE
WHEN A.J. ALLMENDINGER WENT
SLIDING ACROSS THE GRASS.
>> LET ME EXPLAIN SOMETHING TO
YOU.
FOR THE LAST WEEK OR SO THERE'S
BEEN TURMOIL BETWEEN OVERSTREET
AND ALLMENDINGER.
THINGS DIDN'T GO WELL AT
MARTINSVILLE THE LAST TIME THESE
TWO WERE TOGETHER.
THEY'VE QUESTIONED ONE ANOTHER.
THEY DECIDED ON WEDNESDAY OF
THIS WEEK, LET'S GIVE IT A SHOT.
LET'S GO SHOW PEOPLE WHAT WE'RE
MADE OF.
I'LL BE DARNED, WHAT HAVE THEY
SHOWN THEM?
RAY, I KNOW YOU GOT THEM.
WHAT ARE THEY?
>> JUST FOR YOU, MIKEY.
WE HAVE HAD FOUR RACES HERE AT
LOWE'S MOTOR SPEEDWAY, AND TWO
OF THOSE HAVE GONE GREEN/WHITE
CHECKERED.
TED MUSGRAVE WON, AND KYLE BUSCH
WON.
NOW, TONIGHT WILL BE THE 65th
GREEN/WHITE CHECKERED IN THE
SERIES HISTORY OF CRAFTSMAN
TRUCK RACING.
>> AND HOW MANY OF THEM HAVE
SWITCHED LEADS AND, YOU KNOW,
ALL THE THINGS YOU LIKE TO TELL
US?
>> WELL, A LOT.
>> YEAH.
>> WAIT A MINUTE.
IS THAT EXACT?
A LOT?
>> ROUGHLY A LOT.
>> ALMOST PERFECT.
>> THE LIGHTS ARE OUT ON THE
PACE TRUCK.
MEANING THIS TIME RANDY KAISER
WILL PULL THAT TRUCK ONTO PIT
ROAD AND LEAVE IT IN THE HANDS
OF RON HORNADAY.
AND RIGHT BEHIND HIM IT'S TODD
BODINE.
OUR REIGNING NASCAR CRAFTSMAN
TRUCK SERIES CHAMPION.
THE TOP THREE AT LOWE'S MOTOR
SPEEDWAY.
THE FANS ARE ON THEIR FEET
LOOKING FOR A FANTASTIC FINISH.
>> I THINK FROM HERE TO TURN TWO
IS GOING TO BE WHERE THIS RACE
IS GOING TO BE DECIDED.
>> BACK INTO THE GAS THEY GO.
HORNADAY, ALLMENDINGER, TODD
BODINE.
BEHIND THEM, IT'S MARK MARTIN
WITH A GOOD START.
MATT CRAFTON AND THEN TED
MUSGRAVE GOES TO THE OUTSIDE.
THAT'S A BATTLE FOR FIFTH EARLY
ON 37.
>> ALLMENDINGER HAS TO RUN OFF
TURN TWO.
WILL ALLMENDINGER GO UNDER HIM?
>> ALLMENDINGER LOOKING TO THE
INSIDE.
HE STAYS RIGHT ON THE BACK
BUMPER OF HORNADAY.
THEY BOTH HUG THE WHITE LINE.
HORNADAY MOVES UP THE RACETRACK.
THEY COME BACK INTO THE TURN.
ONE LAP TO GO.
THE WHITE FLAG FLIES FROM
LOWE'S.
>> HORNADAY HAS A COUPLE, THREE
TRUCK LENGTHS ON HIM.
SEE WHAT ALLMENDINGER CAN DO
DOWN ON ONE AND TWO.
>> NOSE TO TAIL.
HORNADAY IN FRONT LOOKING FOR
HIS 30th WIN IN THE NASCAR
CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES.
ALLMENDINGER BEHIND HIM, TODD
BODINE IN THIRD, FOURTH, MARK
MARTIN, FIFTH, TED MUSGRAVE.
THROUGH THREE AND FOUR.
RON HORNADAY COMFORTABLY OUT IN
FRONT OF THE ROOKIE, A.J.
ALLMENDINGER, AND RORN HORNADAY
WILL WIN THE QUAKER STEAK & LUBE
200!
>> FIRST WIN IN CHARLOTTE.
WHAT A DAY!
>> THAT WAS CREW CHIEF RICK REHN
RIGHT THERE.
>> RON HADN'T LET OFF YET.
HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE WON
THAT RACE.
WHAT A TEXTBOOK FINISH, RESTART,
HOLD YOUR GROUND, AND WIN THE
RACE.
>> YEAH, YOU MENTIONED EARLY ON
IN THE RACE, WHAT A STRONG TRUCK
THIS 33 WAS WITH RON HORNADAY.
>> YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN HORNADAY
WIN RACES, BUT NOT IN THIS
FASHION LATELY.
YOU KNOW, TONIGHT, HE HAD HAD IT
FROM THE BEGINNING.
ADAM?
>> RICK REHN STANDING ON THE PIT
WALL, HIS CREW CARRIED HIM OFF
THE BOX.
CONGRATULATIONS.
THE FIRST WIN FOR BOTH YOU AND
RON HERE AT CHARLOTTE.
>> IT'S JUST BEEN AWESOME.
IT'S JUST BEEN AWESOME.
WE CAME HERE TESTED GOOD, THINGS
WERE GREAT.
WE UNLOADED GOOD.
I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING.
I LOST A FAMILY MEMBER THIS
WEEK, AND I CAN'T BE THERE
BECAUSE OF WHAT I DO.
MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH ALL OF MY
FAMILY BACK IN ILLINOIS.
WE LOST A SISTER THIS WEEK.
I TELL YOU WHAT, RICK AND I
TALKED ABOUT THIS THE OTHER DAY.
I WAS HIS CREW CHIEF.
WE CHANGED SPONSORS IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE SEASON, WIN THE
FIRST NIGHT OUT WITH A NEW
SPONSOR.
WE TALKED ABOUT HOW GREAT TO
COME TO CHARLOTTE, DO THE SAME
THING, COME ON BOARD, WE'RE IN
VICTORY LANE.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY AWESOME.
>> THERE'S GOING TO BE A PARTY
TONIGHT, I GOT A FEELING.
>> AND NOW CHEVROLET HAS FOUND
VICTORY LANE IN 2007.
I THINK DOMINATED HERE AT LOWE'S
MOTOR SPEEDWAY, THIS BEING THE
FIFTH RACE FOUR TIMES THIS
CHEVROLET HAS BEEN IN VICTORY
LANE.
>> THE BEST TRUCK TOOK FOUR
TIRES AND WON THE RACE.
BUT THE SECOND PLACE GOT TRACK
POSITION BY GETTING TWO TIRES.
THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT FROM A TIRE
AND RACETRACK.
GIVE ME OPTIONS.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, AND THEY HAD A
LOT OF OPTIONS TONIGHT.
>> RON HORNADAY CELEBRATING IN
FRONT OF THE CROWD HERE AT
LOWE'S MOTOR SPEEDWAY.
>>> LET'S HEAD TO VICTORY LANE.
AND BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE'LL GO
TO RAY DUNLAP WITH A.J.
ALLMENDINGER.
>> HORNADAY NOT QUITE READY TO
CELEBRATE, BUT YOU GUYS SHOULD
CELEBRATE AFTER THE DAY YOU HAD
TODAY.
THE FRONT NOSE WERE TORN OFF,
AND A GREAT RUN.
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT'S ALL CREDIT TO THE WHOLE
DARRELL WALTRIP MOTORSPORTS
TEAM.
THEY HAD A LOT OF WORK TO DO,
BUT THEY STAYED IN IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE TRUCK WAS
AWESOME.
RON WAS JUST A TOUCH BETTER.
BUT IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS, IF
YOU MADE A MISTAKE, I WAS GOING
TO BE ALL OVER HIM.
YOU KNOW, GREAT CREDIT TO THE
TOYOTA TUNDRA, THE WHOLE AARON'S
DREAM MACHINE AND RED BULL FOR
BEING A PART OF THIS.
YOU KNOW, STICKING WITH IT.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
SECOND PLACE RUN FOR
ALLMENDINGER, CAREER BEST.
NOW TO VICTORY LANE AND ADAM.
>> RON HORNADAY DID DONUTS INTO
VICTORY LANE AND NOW CLIMBING
OUT OF HIS CHEVROLET,
CELEBRATING THE WIN.
RON, YOUR FIRST WIN OF 200, YOUR
FIRST SINCE JULY OF LAST YEAR,
AND YOU DID IT HERE AT
CHARLOTTE.
HOW SPECIAL IS THIS?
>> KEVIN HARVICK, UNBELIEVABLE
SPONSORS.
RICK REN, GOOD TRUCK.
I WON A LOT OF RACES WITH BLUE
AND JELL-O.
AND I'VE GOT TO THANK RV.COM,
CAMPING WORLD, EVERYBODY THAT
COME ABOARD TO HELP THIS WHOLE
THING OUT, AND CHEVROLET,
AWESOME.
THIS IS PRETTY COOL, ISN'T IT?
>> DOMINATING RACE TRUCK HERE
TONIGHT.
BUT RON, SOME LATE CAUTIONS.
AND YOU HAD TO FIGHT OFF A.J.
ALLMENDINGER.
TAKE US THROUGH THOSE RESTARTS
LATE.
>> THIS TRUCK WAS AWESOME ON
LONG RUNS.
I KNEW WE HAD A GOOD RUN.
I WENT THROUGH THE CORNERS
FLATFOOTED THE LAST 30 LAPS.
HOOK THE TIRES, REALLY GOOD, BUT
A GOOD DRAFT ON ME.
I THOUGHT HAD HE US.
WE RAN IT DOWN LOW AND MADE SURE
I TOOK SOME AIR OFF HIS NOSE.
CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY.
I WON.
I HATED THIS RACETRACK.
THEY FIXED THE BUMPS.
I GOT USED TO THE BUMPS AND
LEARNED HOW TO DRIVE IT AND THEY
CHANGED THE TRACK AND I LEARN IT
HAD AGAIN.
ALL THE GUYS, STOCKMAN, YOU NAME
IT.
I'M OUT OF BREATH JUST DOING
DONUTS FOR THIS CROWD.
I'M EXCITED.
>> A LOT OF BREAKS EARLY IN THE
YEAR SCHEDULE, BUT NOW SEVEN IN
A ROW.
NEXT WEEK TO MANSFIELD WHERE YOU
WON A YEAR AGO.
TALK ABOUT PICKING UP THE
MOMENTUM RIGHT NOW.
>> THIS TEAM'S ALWAYS HAD
MOMENTUM.
THAT'S ALL WE NEEDED.
LAST YEAR WE BROKE A CARBURETOR
SHAFT AND A WHEEL LOOSE AT
DAYTONA, STUFF LIKE THAT.
THEY COME AND START WHERE WE
STARTED AND START THE SEVEN-WEEK
STRETCH, THAT SAYS A LOT TO
KEVIN AND RICK, STACY JOHNSON,
EVERYBODY PUTTING THIS WHOLE
THING TOGETHER, FRED, LEXY.
THIS IS PRETTY COOL TO HAVE THE
PEOPLE BEHIND US IN THE SHORT
AMOUNT OF TIME WHEN KEVIN
HARVICK STARTED THIS TRUCK TEAM
AND BUSCH TEAM AND EVERYTHING
HE'S GOT GOING.
TO COME OUT HERE AND BEAT HIM,
TOO, AND EVERYBODY ELSE.
AWESOME.
>> CAREER WIN 30 FOR RON
HORNADAY IN THE QUAKER
STEAK & LUBE 200.
>> EVERY RACE THIS YEAR TODD
BODINE HAS FINISHED SEVENTH OR
BETTER.
TONIGHT A THIRD PLACE RUN.
ASHLAND IS HANGING OUT WITH YOU.
ANYTHING YOU'D CHANGE IF YOU
COULD?
>> WELL, I WAS TRYING TO WIN
BECAUSE MONDAY'S HER BIRTHDAY.
THAT WAS GOING TO BE HER
BIRTHDAY PRESENT.
WE HAD A GOOD RUN.
WE WERE A LITTLE TOO TIGHT AT
THE END, A LITTLE AERO TIGHT
BEHIND THEM.
WE'RE DOING DIFFERENT THINGS ON
OUR SETUP AND TRYING TO LEARN.
WE CAME ALONG WAY.
I THINK WE'LL BE ALL RIGHT WITH
IT, HAD GREAT PIT STOPS.
THE GUYS WORKED HARD ALL DAY.
BEEN A LONG DAY.
THEY'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 7:00.
A GOOD DAY.
>> YOU WERE SUPPOSED SO WIN
TONIGHT BECAUSE YOU HAD THE
WHITE HELMET BACK.
>> WE DID, BUT IT WAS A GOOD
RUN.
THIRD, STAYED OUT OF TROUBLE.
WE'LL TRY AGAIN NEXT WEEK.
>> GOOD NIGHT FOR POINTS.
FOR TODD BODINE, FINISHES THIRD
HERE AT LOWE'S MOTOR SPEEDWAY.
>> AS RON HORNADAY CONTINUES TO
CELEBRATE IN VICTORY LANE.
HE HAS MOVED UP TO THIRD IN THE
POINTS STANDINGS.
TODD BODINE HOLDS ON TO SECOND.
AND
>>> KIDS ENJOYING THE
CELEBRATION IN VICTORY LANE WITH
RON HORNADAY.
IT'S THE QUAKER STEAK & LUBE 200
PRESENTED ON SPEED BY DODGE.
TAKE A LOOK AT OUR UNOFFICIAL
RESULTS.
T.J. BELL WITH A CAREER BEST,
FINISHING NINTH.
>> MIKE BLISS TOOK THE IWX FORD
IN THE SIXTH SPOT.
MATT CRAFTON, NEVER BEEN OUT OF
THE TOP TEN HERE AT LOWE'S MOTOR
SPEEDWAY.
MIKE SKINNER FOUGHT HIS WAY BACK
FROM A LATE PIT STOP TO GET
ANOTHER TOP TEN FINISH, FINISHES
EIGHTH.
>> KYLE BUSCH FINISHING 11th
AFTER TWO CONSECUTIVE WINS HERE
AT THIS TRACK.
>> HE COULDN'T GET ANYTHING
GOING.
THAT TRUCK TOOK OFF FAST FOR A
FEW LAPS BUT THEN HE FADED BACK.
HIT IT A LOT, NEVER COULD GET IT
RIGHT.
>> KEVIN HARVICK, ENGINE
FAILURE, DROPPED OFF THE TRACK.
JOHNNY BENSON INTO THE WALL
AFTER A RIGHT FRONT TIRE GOING
DOWN, AS DID JACK SPRAGUE.
>> BRENDAN GAUGHAN, FINISHES IN
THE 35th POSITION.
>> POINTS STANDINGS THROUGH SIX
RACES.
AGAIN, UNOFFICIAL, BUT MIKE
SKINNER WITH AN 81-POINT LEAD
OVER TODD BODINE.
RICK CRAWFORD DROPPED TO FOURTH.
RON HORNADAY WITH THIS WIN MOVED
UP TO THIRD.
>> TED MUSGRAVE IN THE TOP FIVE.
MATT CRAFTON, SIXTH IN POINTS.
I THINK RAY, HAVE YOU CAUGHT UP
WITH OUR TED MUSGRAVE WHO IS
FIFTH IN POINTS?
>> YEAH, AND LOOKING AT THE
POINTS LIST.
YOU GAINED A FEW TONIGHT, BUT
YOUR FOURTH TOP FIVE AT THIS
TRACK.
HOW COME YOU'RE SO GOOD HERE?
>> I'M NOT.
JUST GOT LUCKY.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE RIGHT THERE AT
THE END I MADE SOME DESPERATE
MOVES.
I WAS NINTH POSITION.
I SAID THIS AIN'T ME.
I'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING.
I GOT THE IN-CAR CAMERA.
WE CAN REPLAY IT, MADE DESPERATE
MOVES, GOT AROUND SOME GUYS.
THE GUYS MADE A GOOD
ADJUSTMENTS.
THAT'S WHERE I DID ALL MY
PASSING MORE OR LESS OVER THERE.
IT'S JUST THE GUYS WORKING HARD,
NOT JUST ME, THE TEAM BEHIND US.
WE'RE DOING GOOD.
>> THE TEAM IS COMING ON STRONG.
MUSGRAVE IMPROVES IN THE POINTS.
>> AND SO AS THE DRIVERS
CONTINUE WITH THEIR MEDIA
OBLIGATIONS, WE WILL CONCLUDE
>>> PICTURES STILL TAKING PLACE
IN VICTORY LANE.
IT'S THE QUAKER STEAK & LUBE 200
PRESENTED BY DODGE.
OUR NEXT RACE IS THE OHIO 250
FROM MANSFIELD MOTORSPORTS PARK.
THAT WILL BE LIVE ON FOX.
MAKE SURE TO TUNE IN SATURDAY,
MAY 26th, 1:00 P.M. EASTERN.
IT CONTINUES ON SPEED, THOUGH.
TOMORROW, A VERY BIG DAY.
IT ALL STARTS AT NOON WITH
"NASCAR LIVE" AND CULMINATES
WHEN WE HAVE "NASCAR VICTORY
LANE" AT 11:00.
THE NEXTEL ALL-STAR CHALLENGE
LIVE ON SPEED AT 7:00 TOMORROW.
>> WE'VE GOT A RACY TRACK FOR
THE ALL-STAR RACE TOMORROW
NIGHT.
IT'S GOING TO BE BIG.
>> WE'VE SEEN THEM RUN THE
BOTTOM, THE MIDDLE, THE TOP, AND
THEY'LL DO IT ALL TOMORROW NIGHT
RIGHT HERE ON SPEED.
>> WINNER OF THE QUAKER
STEAK & LUBE 200, RON HORNADAY,
JUST HIS THIRD WIN ON A MILE AND
A HALF TRACK.
AND 30 WINS FOR RON HORNADAY.
SO AN IMPRESSIVE CAREER, AND HE
ADDS TO THOSE NUMBERS AT LOWE'S
MOTOR SPEEDWAY.
HIS FIRST EVER WIN ON THIS
TRACK.
>> GREAT JOB BY HORNADAY.
IT'S PRETTY FUN TO BE DOWN THERE
IN VICTORY LANE, ISN'T IT,
MICHAEL?
>> IT'S A SPECIAL PLACE.