1987 Budweiser 400

after the mandatory parade lab in Joe Ruttman with matching STP petty blue helmets climbs in Richard Petty who is on his way up here to the booth to join with us the starting lineup for today's race on the pole with a brand new track record is Terry Labonte Tim brewer is the crew chief this week starting on the outside of row number one is Geoff Bodine Richard broom has been assigned the crew chief and Jeff is another one of the four drivers qualified faster than the old record Darrell Waltrip Tim Hammond moves over from junior Johnson and their third and the outside is Ricky wad what are the more successful drivers here row number three is this position this young Richmond and then won a week ago and his outside is Morgan Shepherd Larry McReynolds and remove Morgan to the sixth starting spot for today's race in seventh is Rusty Wallace II Midwestern drivers moved to North Carolina he is flanked by snail Earnhardt the big winner in the early part of this season in ninth and tenth on the inside first is Bill Elliott they often bill from Dawsonville and he is flanked by another port of Perak for Kyle Petty of course from Randleman in the outside of this row in the sixth row 11 starting position Benny Parsons Tim Richmond teammate one of five as a matter of fact for today and Harry Gant commends struggling to improve on the last couple of seasons in 13th and 14th starting positions Bobby Allison the inside remember is the right-hander and a real course and Neil Bonnett on the outside in car number 75 a mock really babbling funny side of turn number one Jeff would I this is over a two-mile circuit of road cars that first part of the course is a series of SS dick Berggren guys busted right hand turns these are the SS now watch Levani sort of slip and slide his car through there they'll cut law on each of these the white you see on the inside of the track my body just went over it now that's a corduroy here's another quarter right the right-side wheels just went over that very rough still most of the drivers do run they're inside wheels on the photo reuler they are recognized the F desire turns two through six this is a hard right hander it's turn number eight turn number seven the permanent turn number seven on this course is not used for these heavy-duty 3,500 pound weeks of Cup stock cars this is the longest part of this racetrack three-fifths of a mile down the backstretch and they really get some speed here Larry this is certainly the fastest part of the race track speed estimates vary anywhere from 150 to 180 185 miles an hour and they're going to turn and they're going to take a little bit of a turn into what's known as turn nine and if we were going counterclockwise like you do in an oval this would be like the oval or the turn on a one-mile oval but they're going clockwise so the cars are turning the lights about a mile around they're coming down to complete left number one it's going to be the body Jeff but I ricky-rock get Richmond and Darrell Waltrip the top five [Music] there you see Joe Ruttman trying to make his way to the building just caught underneath George Fullmer yes that's the same George Fullmer who has done so well in road racing and works out often with the IROC cars now he's going to the outside of Jim found Moreland Oregon Jim is another one of Winston West regular competitors who does well on this track there is Bret when I'm in Joe Ruttman as he Clips well cars on this first left government is freely wearing running very very well Larry he's got to get through virtually the entire field or he's going to be in any position to contend but he did not relax on that driver chase bill certainly has a legitimate shot to win this event here this afternoon Joe has moved up to Rick McRae there's Joey see the big STP patch on the hood going to the let's not make that the right side at the inside of them right hand or the wrist McRae a man who has won a Winston West race on ESPN a couple years back Rick is qualified fairly stoutly in 24th position for today's race there is 55 Phil Phil Parsons going around Bobby Hillin jr. the early stages of this 400 kilometer event at Riverside California terry labonte the poll center a brand new track record he was one of course we mentioned during the starting grid d-rush starting gridded here the leaders the Bonnie still stays on top Geoff Bodine who has a lot of sentiment as one of the favorites in today's race and Ricky Rudd who has performed quite well here at Riverside in recent years Kimani is yet to win a race in 1987 nor has Jeff bodean and both of those drivers thought they were going to have for ripping years in 1987 bomani right now clearly in control this is not a time to get particularly aggressive or to get a little bit wild with the automobile Riverside is a very demanding course a lot of places where you can make a mistake so they're going to be very careful if this portion of the racetrack to be sure they don't run off course organization kind of problem saw the graphic Terry Labonte has yet to win in 1987 given this man's personal history and the history of his car owner Junior Johnson that surprises a lot of people but Dale Earnhardt recalled in the early weeks of this season gobbled up a lot of wins that might have bought other people there are a lot of people searching for their first win of 1987 and one of the Jill Ruttman Larry has picked up 15 spots in that very first lap the maximum speed that these monsters will reach your Riverside is about 150 hundred fifty five miles per hour there you see Rusty Wallace chasing Dale Earnhardt threats but something to follow him through Gale Bernard who started today's race and eighth position as pretty much held his ground has have many of the top ten contenders the only man making a significant move has been Joe Ruttman and won Richard Petty gets up here he'll be very happy to see that as dick mentioned you can see Darrell Waltrip moving back and forth moving to the SS Daryl's one of the drivers who likes to get perhaps a little more movement to his machine into goes to the esses if we see a lot of people trying to scrape those up and not Darrell Darrell almost dances on this racetrack Larry and you know some drivers say that they where the car will Walter dances with his car and he slides it he slips it he's got a beautiful rhythm and I'll tell you if you really enjoy the professionalism of Motorsports watching Darrell Waltrip run this racetrack is an absolute delight the drivers will tell you that for the most part unlike many other Winston Cup tracks as we look at Dale Earnhardt the only driver to phoenician Sall races this year you race to track your Riverside here better defender door-to-door bumper to bumper on most of the super speedways in the south you really have to pace yourself based on how the other competitors in the event are going but here Riverside the drivers will tell you it's hot it's a road course there's a lot of work even if it was very climate temperature down into the sin of the a 55 or 60 degrees it still be tough work you've got to raise yourself in the track such a problem here you've got to be very careful that you don't mess up the gearbox some of the drivers will go through ten different ear changes during a single lap and it's really easy to damage that thing so you've got to be very careful of that you also have to be very careful of where you put the race car you can't run too far off course you'll pick up some rocks on the tires and cut them down not just a matter of avoiding the walls and avoiding the barriers and not spitting out you've got to be careful of everything you do here this may be the easiest racetrack on the whole circuit to make a mistake terry labonte still looking for win number one of 1987 he's had a very good week he's had a good one in terms of race wins here at Riverside Terry Labonte has two Geoff Bodine who is now running in seconds beginning the flash signs like hey I'd like to challenge he has won one Ricky Rudd has won two of the last eight races Bobby Allison surprisingly has won six the windless is relatively small it takes a special touch to win here Riverside these are all new cars the end of the pack Larry lolani has got they built specifically and exactly for Road course racing Tim Brewers put this car together so it's got a very low center of gravity that's because they have to do so many turns with the automobile some factory power mode is also a factory car means one of the major traffic builders has constructed it and they are certainly pleased with the way these cars are running so far today [Music] we will go 95 laps that said two hundred forty eight point nine miles or south to corner in case you're wondering those of you who follow Winston Cup racing know that everybody attempts to go 100 miles and load of fuel of Kyle Petty as over to the best Kyle Petty who has an opportunity to celebrate Father's Day in the presence of his father has come in early he was running in 12th position Kyle's had a very good season one of the better ones in the last three or four years and a lot of people felt that with the expertise in the ease with which he qualified he might be a candidate for position there is George Fullmer trailing lots of smoke George Fullmer who's an excellent road racer brought a Winston Cup car here made the race and as we watch George I also saw going very slowly down the backstretch Roy Smith another Winston West driver who has won quite well as matter fact in this race [Music] back up front terry labonte Jeff the body has led since the drop of the green flag and photon has stopped him [Music] had a lot of success on this feed why he also has suffered two of his worst crashes haunted Speedway back in 1982 in the Winston Western 500 the companion race to this event he really stuff it into turn 90 in the wall virtually swear on broke his leg and his face all up and that wasn't the worst but a few weeks later he was on the stage of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel to accept his award sport he got there on crutches saw the average speed of the race up to this point is 113 miles per hour this race figures to go less than three hours not being a Super Speedway we do not anticipate a lot of yellow flags the average yellow flag count over the last eight races here has been a read that gives you an idea of what the crew chiefs are dealing with here - being that they get for 4.3 we had seven in the wall race a year ago but that was on you dinners Rusty Wallace coasting without any power on the left-hand side of your screen Rusty Wallace who was running comfortably in the top ten in that Konya car he comes in the entrance that is illegal now he'll be penalized if he's allowed to the more he is able to go back out thirty seconds before he leaves the pits but that is a safety move and the driver has to make that calculation is that the best that I can do and rusty without power said yeah I'm not gonna try and close all the way around let's arrange if somebody stops out of course it's not like closing off the banks of teletig is it no this is one racetrack where you just can't run out of gas and you've got to be here that you get back into the pit area so far rusty has not made it to the pit area you just cannot get stuck in turn one two three four five six any of that sort of place because if you do the records will not bring you back to your pits your crew is not allowed to go out and get you you're just having your days over I'll tell you where rusty has made it though there's an unusual configuration in the paddock area down here rusty is stopped at the hauler rusty has stopped where normally you cannot get when you're in the middle of competition where they hold all the extra engines on extra parts so rusty has gone back to the traveling shop on wheels there is Tim Richmond now picking up on Richards progress he too has held a zone they can see him running in fourth position Ricky Rudd right in front of him and your Jim mentioned that he wanted to stay within sight of the leaders here in the first collapse of his race he also heard it mention that attrition often plays a major role 28 of the 42 starters were all that finished this race a year ago Richmond is running really well early in the event one of the things that I would be concerned about here is his physical condition however this racetrack takes a lot out of you it's not like running Pocono where you only gain when you're coming in and out of the pit area here he's going to shift going around a lot of quarters it's a very physical racetrack you have to work very hard inside the car fortunately it is not a hot day it's a relatively cool stay here in Southern California that place on Richmond side well we commented about Rusty Wallace dropping out early don't know it's terminal or not maybe our party Reed candelas buddy Larry we can definitely ensure you that it does appear to be terminal rusty what happened out there now we've lost another engine I don't know we've got a problem problem over doorless we can't get we've lost three up now and what it's games stay working out we can't get down about this we're obviously way back in a point standings now it can probably be all your corn you caught back up and begin so we just have to stay working and look for 88 get to be expensive fun I don't know what it is what said to work it out it's get this morning not a lot of fun today for Rusty Wallace and the Kodiak crew let's go back out on scores thanks Marty well crew chief Barry Dodson and the entire Raymond beetle Kodiak they have done some pretty good work this year because rusty not surprising to a lot of insiders because a lot of people felt that that team at a tremendous amount of potential rusty has been at one of those positions to win that the drivers talked about several times this year you know did a lot of people are talking about this season in terms of the points championship as we look at Morgan Shepherd and Darrell Waltrip as they are beginning to bunch up and battle for in the top ten a lot of people are saying I'd be over already 1987 yeah and we're not even at the halfway point in the season but things are so tight and so tough in this league that indeed if the team isn't within striking distance at this point they just don't think that they can while Shepherds running a good race he's qualified well here he is not known as a road racer but let me this he's holding up some very heavy competition behind him this he has his old lighter on here more than jefra does particularly when it comes to breaking and shifting their moving through that series of messes that we told you about earlier they will work on into third gear as they make their way to the SS a little clip coming up to the right in the back to the left and there's a downshift involved right there as they drop down to second gear you see that slick the pavement kind of bows out on the right-hand side of your screen at the left-hand side of the pavement now here is turn number eight it's another downshift brother they're still in second gear correction on that they'll shift up the third gear as soon as they possibly can I get that car straight now the RPMs ranking really hard on the bridal gift of fourth gear as soon as you possibly can for that big run down the log 3/5 mile of length back straightaway this is about the only place these people can relax Larry there's not enough awful lot that they can do until they get about at this point where Morgan Shepherd is now what they have to start watching and there are signs there and they the signs are numbered so they know when to downshift they know when to use the brakes they know how to behave with the car help their depth perception a great deal [Music] take care of the car here at Riverside the cars get much more work than they do say at Talladega or Darlington for that matter even many of the short track means however seems to have it under control at this point one guy who's not having problems from Joe Ruttman in the 43 Richard Petty's car is up all the way to 20th spot after starting 41st let's talk a little bit about aerodynamics they saw the disruption on Jimmy means cars by the way the leaders are not moving up to pass the funny Harrington machine but that is check going behind the wheel this week as you know Jeff and Buddy a couple months before Jerry Labonte in a big slide as he goes around turn number 9 but says it gives go down a bird's-eye view but never got bottled back to the aerodynamic story Carroll dynamics are less this year than they ever happened here at Riverside in a road course I don't think they need very much at all maybe on the back stumble a little bit on the backstretch Larry and that's important because turn nine which is the end of the backstretch is where a lot of the passing gets done so aerodynamics out here but they certainly don't count here the way they counted saved over they count in Talladega or other speed ways where aerodynamics is much of the ballgame by the way if you think you're seeing double you're seeing another levi garrett yellow and white there those if I'm in front of your screen now that is Jim Fitzgerald and that is the theme car one of five cars that Rick Hendrick has brought to Riverside here this weekend Jim could Cheryl who has won many times in the insurrection the SCCA ranks the is brick Hendricks instructor at Road Atlanta and Rick Hendrick has been to award Fitzgerald with a ride at a Winston Cup car here at Riverside he is the last car was the last costly lap about 30th position I sort of wonder who Hendrick is going to listen to on the radio today he's got so many different cars to keep track of my best guess is though this is the guy he's going to keep an eye on at least right off the top Bodine because Bodine is being the best of the Rick Hendrick car so far while speaking about Rick Hendrick about Jim Fitzgerald into five cars or how many cause Rick Hendrick wants to feel we think that we may be on the top of the breaking story now photon is going to put the challenges on Terry Labonte Jeff Boyd I made a very good turn number nine rythmic ray is being lapped terry has to make that jeff has to fall back in line behind Terry Labonte but Jeff what I is beginning just adjust to Terry Labonte poll you better start if no defense is just right because I'm not because they're a cruise now for a while these are not good places to pass you don't ordinarily pass in the SS you don't ordinarily fast and turn six or tourney you start to set up for a pass coming out of turn eight you're working through that long back stretch and then you make it happen and turn on anything can't coming out of nine let's see if what I could put that together this time around we mentioned that breaking story no it's not just a matter of the shuffling of the crew chiefs bullets were not exactly with the d-pad Darryl walked up and split off course Neil Bonnett was looking for a place to get by Bobby Allison suits by Darrell Waltrip Neil Bonnett and Bobby Allison are the three people in the off course excursion they were running solidly in the top ten Walton is the man who gives really the shorter than this did but he appeared to be the man who was the impetus behind that incident and it appears as well as if Waltrip has got some fairly serious problems a lot of smoke coming out from underneath the automobile that was a brand new car brand new crew chief for this team they are looking for some success Jim Hammond who was with Darrell Waltrip during the championship years if jr. Johnson has moved from jr. Johnson just this week to the number 17 Lawson has stayed on that 1l becomes the team manager I think I said Jim Pam and I mean Jeff Hammond getting my gym rulers of my Jeff Hammond Jeff Hammond is now the on track crew chief calling all the decisions for coming into the pits making pit stops changing tires and whatever and Walter having gone off course is returning to the bits good I think that back road that that's an indication he's got super very serious problems with that car Larry leaders have now worked up towards the six car of DK already which is being driven by Ron Esau over the West Coast drivers you see Jeff Hammond everybody bring over Darrell Waltrip car and Marty Reed is there well guys there's a little bit of a confusion with Darrell coming in the back door the crew started running for the trailer then all the sudden they realized he was coming back to pit lane you can see the hood is up the smoke is pouring out of this thing there's so many bodies through the camera this angle we cannot get a good look at exactly what they're working for but it's definitely felt like there's an oil line broken somewhere in there and it does appear to begin to look like it's going to be a bad new situation for Darrell Waltrip the cars being pushed back we'll go back at Ron talk to Darrell Gerald Waltrip has finished in the top five in his career 213 times many of them in that red white number 11 in 1987 Darrell Waltrip is finished in the top five [Music] he certainly expected a lot more success than he's had this year but here's a guy that's going to enjoy a great deal of success in the ride Walter vacated Terry Labonte running very very well today is that every lap so far Bodine content to sort of ride behind if he's made one serious attempt to lead this event and one only 38 laps is the 100 mile mark we have completed 16 or we're not quite halfway there you know we don't anticipate everybody going to that 100 mile mark because remember there were the two warm-up laps before the race began the 200 mile mark in this race is 76 laps for those of you really keep track of what's going on let's project back from the end of this race lap 57 is 100 miles from the end so keep that figure in [Music] normal load is load of fuel for 100 miles [Music] they all turned out and Bill Elliott are running side by side down the long backs nuts these guys have been come back many times in the 1987 season and right now Bill Elliott looks like he has the edge in Dale yes he does Bill Elliott picks up a position and moves from 8 to 7 positions of the top ten [Music] appreciate you very much Richard coming up here to join us Richard Petty did the change come off exactly the way he expected he I everything [Music] traffic pretty good to begin with so worked out pretty good now sori settle down in the middle of the video here just wait to see what happens rigid as you said now we've had the firstly changes we were introducing you Jeff what I'm finally moved up and got around Terry Labonte and now Tim Richmond looks like he's ready to challenge in your observations I know that Jo practice with the car with you have any feelings as you might be the strong people all day here that will happen we're looking we're looking at three salman's right now these are these are the ones it's a strong is now you know what happens you to race pit stops versus a lot of things they could change these are the three busy see anybody come out the Packers really talent everything at this particular time children a little surprised he had his sight dick set on the pole he was upset with his teammate jump when I went out knocked him as Mickey moved to the inside old body you can't see it on that angle but he may have room down there because he's here way down on the bottom and Terry giving him a lotta room with this early stage of the race it's not really sensible to racism isn't this true you know what you got to do here this race the racetrack don't worry about the mower [Music] and if you take here your cars and a lot of these people don't so really don't race [Music] we race against the car here you race the truck talking about Richmond kind of having his sight set in the pole and then four guys get around it were you too surprised not really you know the pole here doesn't mean all that much Larry and rich Lee's real concern is not for winning polls at this point wants to win race so no I wasn't terribly surprised it's also a brand new car now I know that's an orange number fourteen and Richards was the SHA point but he and I both know that Gary Gilardi who runs out here on the west coast [Music] well Darryl Waltrip is having another one of his agonizingly long days as the leaders emerged from a cloud of dust and right now down in the pit area with more on a welcome story so they are tearing apart the water pump radiator mechanism front Darrell Waltrip trying to stay calm and relaxed it just has been your season at all well fortunately maybe I'd usually say forcefully it's not over yet but maybe I should say unfortunately it's not over yet this is a very uncommon thing to have happen but uncommon things have been happening lately so I guess it's just something to be expected I'm just thankful I didn't wreck the car almost was in bad shape up there you ever seen the car people try to get back out in I will get back out then you know we'll be 15 20 laps behind probably but this is Riverside and you never know what might happen here we certainly won't be a factor for winning but we'll just go back out and get the best finish commute another frustrating day for Darrell Waltrip but the team will not give up on my way down a bit Road Larry Richard Petty's a perfectly capable able person to replace me so I'll be talking to you from down there well thanks Vic and we also would like to say hi to Stevie while five cars this weekend Richard but it doesn't seem to have made that big of a difference his to lead drivers are where they kind of Olivia front like a different way he's got his thinks that welcomes people pretty well he operate individually not likely to go five teams in one shop he's got them scattered all around and he could check on players who makes it a lot easier that way he just he's the team owner they all operate [Music] I called them his lead drivers that's not to say that they are the lead drivers everywhere they go but on a road course and basically what we saw this week although Waltrip showed very well you would have expected these two guys to be among the key drivers on the Hendrick team Benny Parsons is still on a team and we saw Jim Fitzgerald a little earlier now Richmond is really punishing their cars I'll going to go back we talked about rich in just a minute let's talk about go Robin he's been lobster with repulsive Alaska well you got he got through the crowd real good got a solid arms if they pointed somewhere along there and he sort of got her married looks like it became six things he's right in there and that's the baptistry that he said Oh Jose eyes that's short good the delegate comes right back out didn't lose the thing so the I don't I don't know from here and hands off the deal you know bees and a little bit of problem or whether he just cool is the last house applying or whether this is all he consumed it's like it catches it at the corners are so I guess he's still got a long way to go and you can't plan on a bunching up caution flag on a road course can be returned not the way we do because we do have a caution then everybody has to start single lines you don't get a chance to get by the left course it may 15 length course and run it and when it goes the green really help a whole lot only thing is you get back we mentioned that the average number of caution flags four years has been for and it's been pretty consistently high watermark is seven in the low watermark is 3 so you can't expect a certain number of cautions which may help you just a little bit particularly ever back it's not deletion get caught back up that's the main thing is you get caught back up with a crowd even though they might be a half mile hit is yes better speed a mile ampere hitting so basically anytime we have a caution here's is like any race it takes and complexity of the race and puts everybody a little bit different situation is for after the pit stop where they've been rented with somebody maybe random 15 it's well and smiling on time and then actually make a pit stop these cars are back in front of it and they got to do it all over driving a former Phil Parsons car this is John crepes one of the California drivers one of the Woodson west drivers who is qualified for this race and Johnny Krebs at number 60 century started xxx event has gone off course trying to move back up to the years although right maybe Johnny's got himself a little more of a severe problem too the leaders have just put a lot for the first time on Dale Jarrett father that you spent some time with in your career yeah I was with me and I used to having it all the time he was already rented when I started and we spent a lot of dirt track more than all the races have a lot of enzymes with it I guess we met fire fights like everybody else they don't all equally self after these people there must be [Music] respect yourself no matter what's happened the respected you know that I guess what happens no matter who you should get mad at and no matter who you get to erase and wheeler or have struggles with what you really admire about them I really respect Fatima's your ability to drive a race car on how to handle the race court more so than their personality off the racetrack so you have two really different standards when you're talking about people one is is how good they do on a racetrack and Winston Cup racing are probably a little frustrated because this is not a normal you can't easily pan back and show you the first ten cars so just to give you an idea running up the front me run down this real quickly for you for those of you who are regulars you got Ricky Rudd in third Jim Richmond is running we've got - Morgan Shepherd is burning solidly and fit position as the leaders took off another lap Benny Parsons strong run for Ben he is in sixth position Bill Elliott you saw him move into seventh around Dale Turner running in Knight this Bobby Allison Bobby is good on this race course the Oban despite being involved in an incident with Darrell Waltrip his 10th Michael Waltrip is 11th and Dave Marcus is running in Talk those are the top guys at this juncture here at Riverside pit stops coming up in the next 10 laps here on this road course there you can see Bill Elliott getting around Benny Parsons and that's a change in position in the top six just told you that Benny was running in sixth now it is Bill Elliott and Benny Parsons good he is running well out here today Richard been he likes this racetrack he's been real good what happened to runners race track it really gets the best out of your course if you have to really be smooth great for drivers you don't see everyone off the track that bird he's got a good line always through the rave set now you know he's not really hard on the win so this is the kind of race track getting any really discus well the previous winners here in Riverside are showing the way up to this point although certainly there are a number of other top contenders who are still into the win here the last eight winners here at Riverside there are the leaders Jeff Levine has been there all walk to Jim Rohn to be 40 seconds but they're very very important they getting ready right now some of the cards go start snort stop it but though some of King John 15:18 gallons out of the gas tank because here you sling the core left and ride live right bank track super speedway to pick up in the right rear then it's lights all one the gas over there and then you could get most of it out here you get a little bit there we don't know really how many miles they get some of them get some real good mileage and some unknown getting into score how much they can zip it takes to 22 gallons can you move them around like maybe move them over to the right side of the car we get a loom or you can roll a Superspeedway then you can't hear because you see it they come through the answers there the gas goes way up to the ride back to the left and if you picked up in the middle you just kicked as it comes back way to go ahead put it in the right rear and he picked up her cervix course Ruben Garcia the number 32 car that is not oh and almost pulling out right in front of Morgan Shepherd Ruben Garcia qualified at the back of the pack another Winston West drivers this is the Sun Crest motorhome Chevy and Ruben Garcia is another one of the regulars who normally runs it but it's all assignment where these wants to come West regulars to try and come back with the Winston Cup regulars from the deep south although we say they're from the deep south that's a traditional thing to say but if you guys raced all over the country now so I think that's going to be an antiquated tournament about well it is except that the teams are all located very the LEAs and start checking with where these people are obviously there's Charlotte that they are they're coming from Canadia if they're coming Texas for seven leaders of interpreter as you call it here comes bowtie and Tim Richmond Tim Richmond perhaps taking a cue from Jeff bodean I'm sort of surprised to see both Hendrick team cars coming at the same time there is Terry Labonte and Marty Reid is there now we've got the clock on him guys and it's going to be a tires on the left side at lap 26 the other thing that we want to point out the reason they're not doing so well on fuel economy is because they got a lot of third gear operation here normally they could go down further so let's go down there bowtie Smith and find out what's going on there dick Berggren well what's going on here is a four-tire change right now Marty Richmond is right behind him this is some of the tightest fit area in all of whiskey Cup racing there is not six inches between these two cars well dine looks like he might be the first out bowtie has fallen about her Bodine has stalled knurled Martha and beat him out of the pit bowtie there he goes now he's running finally Richmond behind him crew members hurry this is a very tight very difficult pitch situation we're looking at right now Terry become all out of this be obscene I think went out second and then the five went out further he kind of stalled in the 25 one outfit up I think probably the reason is that those boys probably changed all four tires was they got the fastest car so they're not they're not really gambling because everyone is a big spender something else that we did not catch richer than one of the reasons why everybody came in the yellow flag came out apparently for that Garcia spin and we saw the leaders come carrying around sir number nine and ducking of the bits real quickly we wanted to document that for you but while the leaders were in the yellow came out and so most everybody came in here on lap number 27 where is pretty much what you drive and that that's the reason that they're changing all four tires also if it was under green that it's a fact around this damn extreme changing four tires slicing under dream so Terry Labonte reassumed the point they cast the race lead on getting the cart before the horse area Terry I thought was one of the people who would be very strong in the points race in 1987 but Dale has been so strong and wrapped up so many points he kind of discouraged a lot of people well the deal with theory is rapid procedures Jr's never been noted to come come out again in the season really be that period and that strongly it's what he does a lot of experiment I think at the beginning of the season and it wants to get set on Neal then he comes on and gives you stuff done so they're really they're really gaining on the force now they've been pretty consistent about finished well I'll brief pause in the action here and as we know many of you watch these races week after week we'd like to give you a little bit of extra information so coming up is our gesture toward the added negative knowledge for this provision has developed a series of eye exercises to help racers off the track here in so driver Bruce McGuinness demonstrates one of pro visions exercises as he imagines colors to the center mark this particular exercise helps timing and also peripheral vision other provision exercises also work on concentration and help improve focus [Music] some techniques like that are also being used with the championship auto racing the Indianapolis car drivers are a lot of programs similar that that are occurring there so motor racing is becoming a very medical and very scientific a lot of people now getting into conditioning they feel that steadily a lot of these teams are into the top of the qualifying list here of the brand new cars Richard something like the first five qualifiers several six of the first caution let's see what what we did over the winter they went on 37 hundred pound cars down to 3,500 pound course well these cores that we run on the road courses were set up and everything he had a couple of three hundred pounds and you can make the design feel left and right ways all that stuff to the end when they cut down 200 pounds and some of the cars were too heavy so a lot of boys went and built new cars how petty is back in and they've been thrashing and pounding on the inside of that engine compartment underneath the hood most of the day we're getting ready to go back green it's an unusual situation of you've never seen the restart of a race here at Riverside the restart of the race actually takes place right here see the green flag coming out from the window of the safety car the drivers are told as they cross the start/finish line the position Tim Richmond makes a move on Jeff vote on going down that backstretch Richmond in the red car on the right as you look at it the body is the leader Bodine is in the left there in the yellow and white Levi's Garrett machine and Richmond at least gets by boat on and Ricky Rudd is running in second spot Justin finish that story they tell you guys registering start off the backs they start coming out on the backstretch field and there's always single lane because you just come off of the holiday accessories beginning appeals oh good tire setup maybe good engine set up these really strong down the straightaway [Music] right there that didn't have his like Sigma's handle messes playing horse farm please when you collapse Isis an office passing in the frontstretch you have to get turn nine just right you can do it particularly view all break somebody going into the first turn which is actually a dogleg to the left again you'll see most of the passing at the end of the long backstretch but if you've got extra ponies very good as Richard is suspecting the Tim has today you can pass maybe some strange play some strange place but the reason the times down the backstretch you get the DRAM factor if you get back into high gear coming to frist ran through the place in the fourth part and if you jump up the side of car I please it's always late to the left there and then you can outbreak him then you guys we were talking about dick and I were you pleased enough to Richard about the dress that's the only place on this track we really sent it along that idiot yeah all these others are just acceleration it's any racetrack that you run until you get full acceleration or mostly Google celebration than the draft that play a fourth entry to this play a part of a hiya pal try for three quarters which is about a mile down the Backstairs reporters okay I'll hit for you one more time how everybody has come out of the pit area after this first round of pit stops in Stefani Richmond of Ricky Rudd Jeff when I'm Bill Elliott then Morgan Shepherd Bobby Allison Dale Barnard Neil Bonnett Benny Parsons Dave Marcus Phil Parsons Joel Rockwood Sterling Marlin and the number 18 car of Dale Jarrett I believe is one lap in arrears over the first twelve or so cars the guys who got through the pit stops apparently with no serious problems so that was there was sort of a break for Joe Joe was called back in traffic while behind and then when they switched off it he's able to be mouth of beer and those who have been in the you know first agency ensign activity can go in to go we have seen a lot of Rick Hendrick cars the five star championship team is what's on the side of the number five car there are five Rick Hendrick cars here this week and we told you that we think we may be on top of another major Hedrick story a lot of money Paul Newman known for his GTO competition will be driving a Rick Hendrick automobile at Watkins Glen in the NASCAR events coming right to you Rick Hendrick what's the story well we've talked about it Paul is tested in this garden gym fish girls driving and he's open that weekend and so if nothing happens between now and then we're planning on it so it's going to be a Paul Newman show five cars again with Rick Hendrick Steve yeah I guess so we didn't plan it that way which seems to be working out that way so we'll see what we can do hopefully all five of you finish I can tell you ticket sales just went jumping up it watches Glenn our Darryl Waltrip is getting ready to come back off richard they've spent a significant amount of time in the pit area and as Darryl so today we're going back all we want to go the reason they're hosing there if he comes in what they call the back door here they hold you 30 seconds so it's bending influence too bad Chris negative chance don't mess themselves a source shortcut into the Fiat tsin got doing that in Masseria last times that were catching terry labonte at is about one minute and 22 seconds and that's about two seconds off as when he qualified that we meant earlier than Alison has been a strong Road course racer here motorcycle you wouldn't think that Bobby Allison if you think that law was wins in the super speedways and runs on the half mile that Bobby Allison would be one of the top guys in masks on Riverside but he has been justice long here as he has everywhere else he's just an experienced race for drivers second city forces never end and they rode horses they got - we got your bill if he's got Rachel and they learned to drive on some of our younger boys that come in they've gone to school the road courses I know Cal Jerry but Korean taken courses learn the driver wrinkles and it was really helpful and it took them the live satellite in keeping the job or taps in the progress of Morgan Shepherd last couple laps northern continues to run solid he has never won here zone in blood here as a matter of fact a couple of times back up front you can see looks like Ricky Rudd is leading the way in terms of the number five car of Jeff what I but the leader continues to be get that car back into this race we drop through the scenario simran know this racetrack is hard on equipment Terry Labonte seems to have at least a car that's as quick as yours you're in Richmond's car what'd he do follow me again you want to lengthen the racetrack don't really dress worry about them but the deal was Terry there is a lot easier on the quipment Dan sealed if you later surrender through the hazardous if you know temperance more like what I did he doesn't either he has really been fortunate he resorted emphasizing that when he is on the racetrack to make up the difference here the gear the difference is that looks like a Teresa will smooth through the answers and you're into it LuAnn Anthony's will be easier on his cause right now I don't think there is really racially but I'd add 25 corporation thinker just make a copy of Kyle Petty your son dad has had a long day but he's back out there thrashing away trouble is I guess the bank's just giving her whatever but you know when they come up on if he gets out of the way let's go they just ratified time Richard something you haven't seen we're going to show to everybody including you right now something that Kyle was involved in last night before that he went home and it's pretty interesting I've never seen vehicle why who like this for all that was happening Tim Richmond try the inside than the outside and went around Terry Labonte and Tim Richmond has taken over the number one spot under green flag conditions [Music] now we'll see how Levani takes to the challenge of Tim Richmond if Richmond roll Russell that car to the essence wish its back and forth Willa Bonnie go for that almost straight arrow line we see Terry whoops sliding out this a little bit getting a slightly loose conditions he sets up for turn number two which is actually the first one in the s ISM and Jeff Conine is right there hiding in the bushes we'll go back to take a look at that pass here Richard which analyzes for us well we get into the situation here where he just goes on in the corner just outbreaks - yeah he enters field looking after his co-op I can see him had a chance he caught the draft coming down the backstretch he was able to really make a good run hit him it he decide if it resistance time do it because when they're did well even though this is the desert we are all maybe fifty five miles or so from Los Angeles so let's call it Hollywood were also privileged to welcome to the ESPN broadcast booth today for the first time all Williams Paul very happy to have you here good to be here a Spencer how are you doing is the same Paul Williams of music fame who's won Grammys and Academy which won Academy Award you yeah one after forever and I've been locked out there by turn 60 couple Paul himself involved in a lot of racing as we see bonnet go to the high side Oba Dale Earnhardt is to go into a tight spot high speed turn number nine Paul you've been on Riverside what is the trickiest part in your mind as a driver but getting your Excuse together so when you go out again both these people out of your runner I've seen go buy me a few times you know what my favorite thing about this sport is it there was nobody here to watch it if you'll be single everything it takes two cards in two opinions than that it's a wonderful thing you're obviously very much involved in your career and you've been most successful in it why motor racing it seems like that you would have a lot to rest not only economically but socially well everything there's no there's no telephone in the car for one thing the King gets back from piano I started racing down the desert he ran down here scrambles ride bikes and I steer Furyk's get the bike off the trucks I decide to go some with four wheels and I voice said that if I could see over the dash of windmill it's a fabulous horn up from the south and then the Midwest and it's just I was raised on except that I was drinking so let's run down for you quickly again again continue with these updates because I know that it's a little frustrating this is not a noble you can't cure out there and see the top ten so here are the top ten is twenty five Richmond eleven Labonte five jumbo nine fifteen Ricky Rudd number nine Bill Elliott 22 of Bobby Allison thirty-five Benny Parsons stays in there then Neal Bannen engage Dale Earnhardt is ninth and Dave Marcus is running in the channel out of trouble now we get a report that Geoff Bodine is slowing down I had a lot of sentiment from a lot of different people about this man's chances today and Jeff behind it heading for the pin area let's watch this one close and see what what I doesn't remember road course here at Riverside the true has about a minute or so to do its work depends on how slowly Geoff Bodine entered the pits Marty Reed is hard even greeted there we've got the clock on him and we're going to speculate only speculation only that it could be a cut-down tire they are changing rubber on the left side there knocking to the book checking the tires on the right side topping off the tank that certainly wasn't needed for fuel because it could have gone a least 10 15 more laps but he's back out in 19 seconds so it must have been something the left side will check up and get back to you again we'll remind you the the caution flags here have been pretty dependable not that many of them but that average of 4.3 is a very representative number we haven't had a race where there was none and we have not had a race with her in so that might not be a major setback to Jeff what I if we have the unusual occurrence of no more yellow flies you got a bigger than everybody's got makes more stops - so Gordon Hackett his thoughts are for that's when you could be in the middle of the pit stop you got a few tires you can make up a lot of time at that particular at Riverside California watching Tim Richmond lead the race this is Larry nuber along with Richard Petty and Paul winds from the music industry in bed don't worry about phone books because there are certain aids I have used to be the same Ida Scott Jenkins the only guy can ever really team drive with with Gordie John Kyle is there more racing in car Williams future Nepal is off to Hungary to make a movie as a wizard appear and I'm afraid that's going to be about a year so this is going to be the last of grapes and I get humor radios tell us that Morgan Shepherd is done for the day as we look again at Dave Marcus bill parson and Joe Ruttman one last question for you something else that has happened to watch date night in Denton well knowing entertainment [Music] people from other walks of athletics turns are racing is this a recent phenomenon or is it finally fashionable to say yeah I really like race cars and that is a major news for wiping it's not only the people that are driving in with the people that are putting the money into the cars when you see an under automobile running around out there you know everybody wants to get into race and I think it's good [Music] the first time I recognized quite some time so thanks so much for joining Devlin Debrecen okay remember we are past the halfway point again it's Dave Marcus bill Parsons and Jill revenues right now just out of the picture they are running eighth ninth and tenth Earnhardt was in that group but they learn art and a tire go down who came in made a free stop stopping the fifth in which they changed all four times yeah you know I know he's written as good as you can and he's written about five or six people their full rocker these this crap they're all living the same speed they're just you know there's rent a nurse and now it's going to be our maker pit stops who gets a good set of tires or house circumstances now we'll change all this around necessarily lose Leidner here in a second looking through the answers community really catches a good breeze loose time is you can't get off eight and I don't know whether that's if the engine is not working or he's got a different translation and whatever so that might be a little bit this right coming up a little move to the right in the back to the left now that out of turn number Aiden as you pointed out Richard there is where Joe they pull him a little coming off the corner down there see how much buzzer they got ahead of him in he he went in the quarter use the draft like I was selfish i'ma get the breeze to get rid of my snuggly in the draft they all party that sport okay see two is pretty good waves behind right now that you come down in this corner catch up a bit time he gets back up into the number two corner he'll be right on her bumper again but Raptor is still enjoy the settlement [Music] stop bill le was in and to go the distance just one more spot Richard I suggest this is a touch early if you an idiot it is too early for him but what happened there not figured on one stop very pretty and they made the tires and they need the fuel so again start Covey announces because when they made their first bit of stock then they were able to throw how much gas they used and how many lamps they could go so now they're not taking a chance on now they've done a lot of work in 1987 increased its fuel mileage and it has been in some races one of the better combinations they are the eldest after Poconos they were getting super good gas mileage they worked on different areas work on one area get that kind of worked out and then if fuels whatever then they start working on the fuel so everybody everybody's got his own kid going to like you say they're working on the fuel on that because they've got they've got the car running good man I'm good so they figure they they're pretty good on that if they can get the fuels on me now just an expression ruben garcia goes down home her lap and Harry Gant is mighty to stay ahead of well not Ricky Rudd Ricky Russ coming and Fitz Ricky Rudd has been running with the leaders all day long routine stop it's just a good thing stuff like I say they've done they've done bigger their gas mileage and they notice they knew they had to stop and so the quicker they stop the better tires they'll have all in the more a better time they can make so they gonna go to change all for us before they can where they won't next pit stop it I just was getting better the gas one set of tires I'm here okay guys we can tell you that the Ricky Rudd getting four tires all the way around and the other thing we thought about as far as fuel you know the one place you don't want to run out here is up and turn six because you don't have gas roley's could so let's go back out on course okay gebardi you know I think he's right I looks up for something on the situation here the richer we're to food stamps are not going to do it everybody's coming in well inside the 100-mile mark and as you pointed out it's not practical to assume that you can go hundred miles in the road course so [Music] why this year's courting how far they can go is maybe just make a pit stop yes four five six laps on that this track is tires I can say you see a lot of boys coming in and having have them down here comes Richmond in them but they could tires down soon once they get more a little bit you don't like to run off from Albin Hansson Tim Richmond lot 55 in defense of Tim Richmond we've got the clock running of course 22 gallons of fuels going to be going in this is about when they said they would stop at lap 55 56 they are changing left-side rubber for sure looks like they're going to leave it go of that and Simmons back out fifteen point three seconds his teammate is in the pit and look who's working on the car Richard zodiac people Rusty Wallace team members are servicing Jenny parsons gosh what a dinner Benny Toby britches they were working his crew to death [Music] and cars and the guys were they're still out there pumping out doing their job as evidenced by the qualifying run by those cars that was good fish stuff yeah I'm a super conviction Barry Dotson and Crewe's brought the Kodiak colors over to the whole Tristan Sterling Marlin is in the Piedmont Oldsmobile under all one of the more unusual sponsors that has made its way to Winston Cup racing in the last couple of seasons the responsible people are making it along there is Terrell Abadi who is running in second place right now behind Tim Richmond Makati is working on the number 51 car of Jim Fitzgerald that is not jebediah it's Jim fits you and Labonte is there making a stop in our dick Berggren is right there and he's going to watch them take on at least two tires very possibly four tires Larry they do have four ready to do if they decide they want to big chassis adjustment inside the car big adjustment two tires on the left side Pete now with a jack run around it's going to be a four-tire change for the body he just sits there calmly cooling the tidy meanwhile picks up a tire that had gotten away from the 11th car a little bit there goes there goes Bhavani is 25 nine good stop looked like they will focus of wedge there in the back there trying to get some more way to the right that could be you know I don't know which way that he was going to go to the court just watching him burn instead the court looks pretty stable but he's a smooth driver he described it in that single speed were the rich minutes for sideways and Stephanie just grew here Christ Terry Labonte running in second spot behind that man who's in second on your screen right now that being Jen regimen third is Ricky Rudd fourth go Elliott they've had their high clouds in this season heaven they dick Berggren they probably had more low spots than high spots so far but we did over two weeks ago Larry they were down to one car they ran that race with a super speedway car the car you're seeing service on right now however is a road course only car is brand new they now have four out of their five cars ready this is a team that his recruit they need a good finish here today Neil had a very good season on the road courses there is Joe Ruttman in the bit last year Neil had an eighth of Griffin a ninth he was the sixth best in all of NASCAR on the road courses a year ago that was nearby Joe Ruttman comes out right behind Neil now I'm pretty sure they're on the same lap Richard so he starts I hope that might get these boxes cm should have a pretty good lead now because awesome TM route there two tires nobody else got 40 persons right here spinning yep NRC's problem is he's back all the time to keep not having a hammock Oh seems like he's back off the track clearly makes it to those little red buddy services well it's time for fuel stop so maybe that is the problem underneath the Folgers number 35 car neither the hood but other trunk when he's then stopped he stopped because the board starts right up on the D that's right so yeah maybe they didn't care they may have got a problem yeah you're right across many discs of it for that pit stop it is teammate Tim Richmond having no such problems at all Tim Richmond on the comeback trail remember he had not driven a race car for about four months he practiced at Darlington here at the Winston and last week he won at pork over No our money Richmond and find out which one can emerge in the second spot laughs second third fourth gasps my Christmas got pretty good lead officer you just change the tires even though they might be rented Swiffer originally still in front of them they got a ready announcer right into the situation here next pissed off the change the Stars right for him that's a gambler taking us we're having to change four positions up in the top to Ricky Rudd is looking to the left side the side Eliot is they go to the high-speed turn number nine nothing to this left carry the bodies as well maybe I'll take this opportunity to go to the inside of Ricky rub and they get through turn number nine almost in single file but no change in position [Music] some of the other cars that remain our personal McGriff you can see Herschel right there directly in front has gotten around ricky rudd terry labonte led much of this race [Music] now dick Berggren is right now down in the pit area with a man who because of [Music] Allyson is certainly the most active of all the Hollywood personalities in automobile racing is the owner of hairy gas car he's also the spotter for the team you stand up on the truck what do you sell Harry from up there when the caution doctors here he never knows whether she's coming and he can't hear Travis harder in the pit said I'm on top of the truck I have a little like a line of sight to him so sometimes I just interpret from your line of sight how does the race look so far to you we imagine plant lunches to be running as run [Applause] he blows up life's a Richmond Scott watch one of the biggest supporters of this George as we continue to watch Harry Gant going around the outside of Rick Wilson Gary Labonte in car number 11 has Ricky Rudd has built Elliott Terry Labonte is now number two here comes Harry Gant coming out of turn number eight swishing to the left that very and down the longest remiss in a mile go back [Music] the wiki going by [Music] that slows you down also he can run the racetrack without having to race anybody there was actually where they go from here you saw 14 cars on the lead lap they are the four we've been mentioning then Phil Parsons Bobby Allison and a strength of that amazing Dale Earnhardt Street although there's also a Tim Richmond within the Richard [Music] Michael Waltrip who has been running competitively all day he's been about 18th or 19th position qualified the soundly for this event here today looks like that his day is also ending prematurely 16 fastest and apparently there's more news coming from this team in terms of their sponsorship we mention [Music] comes to us in the pit area right in front I've been under six cars Ronnie saw the yellow flag is coming out and as the yellow flag comes out we'll be there Tim Richmond right Johnny I'm spot or Jimmy on the spot takes the opportunity to come in and stop yellow flag pit stop the difference when he angles the car so he has a straight line direction of attack once Harry Hyde and crew is fini servicing they go to the left side party Reed is down well it stopped it's already up to nine seconds of course it's not going to be too critical they'll go ahead and change tires all the way around with the yellow flag out there Tim Richmond taking as much fluid as he can and you're right about that angle he wanted to make sure he would not get boxed in on either end real smart move on his part let's go down to dick Berggren we're down here with Ricky Rudd where he's taking on left side tires party now he's taking on right-side tires as well behind him Bill Elliott also doing a four-tire change Marty this pit is as crowded as any as I've ever seen very very difficult circumstances in the pit itself even on pit road crews jumping over the top of each other we have 41 cars and one of the shortest pit roads in racing well without a doubt this race is apparently down to four cars only four have shown the ability to run up front and then only at times Tim Richmond's certainly the leader of that quartet then the number of lovin car of Terry Labonte let's see where he comes out after this round of pit stops Ricky Rudd he has been successful this racetrack been a good race travel run and the number 9 car melian fence recovers all the contenders doesn't [Music] Clemson Bobby Allison there in the bits which is running down more people who look like they have a real shot at this race Bobby Allison by the way he was the first guy to ever use a two-way radio used in this race here at Riverside back on June 19th of 1970 all we had was citizen man you really could pick up that pitch and then the key wasn't high-frequency bobby was worth first one where the habit high-frequency situations where you through the noise service recently on Father's Day here on ESPN Tim Richmond is the leader of this race the leaders have been shuffled because of this latest round of pit stops we know bit of fun this week asking who would you select if you had an opportunity to be a car owner to go after the Winston Cup championship if you couldn't pick yourself a driver who would you want driving your car oh it's easy jr. Johnson if I was going to pick somebody right now I think I'd probably take care of the body if you were assigned the opportunity to take a drive or anyone in the world whom would you take I'd have to go get nail this it would be hard not to pick a bow dine or a Richmond or an Earnhardt you know and that's I guess cliche type of picking but that's only three of a plethora out there are really superb drivers I I don't know but I would go with with those three whom would you select as your driver oh please help me I don't want to be a car owner I've been in that position before that isn't any easy position to be in I'm glad Rick Hendrick is my car owner but if I was if this was my team who would I have drive you're looking for a ride Larry whom would you select us or someone you could pick up I'm probably retire they all may have had the most honest answer and answer to Jeff well maybe if its showroom stop but I kind of lean toward the Jim Fitzgerald analytical answer I have kind of like that those is Phil's 30th birthday so not only happy Father's Day to everyone but happy 30th birthday tomorrow and scarf coming out of turn number eight Ricky Rudd makes a of a Ricky Rudd is looking with the lane coming down the backstretch beginning think about it bill artist Ricky Rudd who jumps to the inside and hits over look at the damage to the front of Terry Labonte's car Terry Labonte has had a meeting with somebody for something [Music] we are working on number sixty number 4:71 we are the yellow therefore about three laps in the new leader is ricky rudd remember this may not be a flash McMahon [Music] at Riverside he won a week ago after that six months layoff from dry in this driver's career run Supermodified sprint cars he won the first rear-engine race to the ever an a super V at the Phoenix International Raceway Tim Richmond was the biggest winner on the woodstick of NASCAR trailing here oh boy so far in 1987 best batting average is one for one he's in it still three and two humor side [Music] the body got Richard but he sure pops up messed on the restore somebody didn't go and he was really formed to go he must defeat it after take the time I thought I had noticed it that to their pants is that's part of what happened yes you come out on to the bank regions course to about five or six abreast yeah just go out there this way free with sometimes somebody over jump somebody and they took one well the lead four cars remain the same as they have all day long every once in a while you'll see Bill Elliott creep into this picture he is the track and fourth in the race running fifth on the track by the way right now is the highest ranked Winston West driver Chad little the race within a race he would become regulars [Music] police within their own division Javier so chill right now opportunity to perhaps win this race in terms of the they ran pretty good really ladies River this kind of races couple times a year do it they say and they do a very credible flop you know I want to say something Richard about how easy and almost great Emily Ben Big Ben there in the SS here against evolved we go here we went to Munich to the brass bench for the undercarriage of the commentary real serious one so he's been this up in our age and wiser translate glass summer position sandwiched right between Sterling Marlin had a good run out here today and Ken Schrader Kenny Schrader's but Nakata is spending on a road course mile sokar he told me there to take like 200 pounds of ballast around the left-hand side of the car which made the car heavier than the rules allow just to get the right balance for the road course your Riverside [Music] ricky rudd showing some strength late here in the event 13 cars in the lead lap Richmond has been the most dominant car he was leading here the biggest lead the body has left a great deal of laps and Bill Elliott has always been in it but as I said Richmond was the one who had the biggest lead when he was swinging out of turn number six we told you earlier that's a quitter right left right left reflection terry labonte as we get into scratching the law maybe lomani wants to move forward from well enter sort of handicap to self when he meant to print end up like a be courtroom so precision in their aerodynamics you saved room mammal or everything important really in somebody's ready 33 about halfway down the backstretch there whether he's going to make it back down all the way or will they have to have a costume number that taking a closer inspection of each area Ponte knows as we have a comedy last couple laps he definitely party redevelop it well guys we talked to Jim brewer crew chief for Terry Lavanya and you're right they did have contact on the restart they will not bring him in unless he complains about the park and the car starts to overheat so far no bad reports with his ID on the body cockpit rattling movies maneuvering with me restart came out able to get back there again [Music] all too familiar seen in 1987 this whole band pretty well running just about all they can do now they got down to the situation now better go racing right now that's really what they're doing right now they're getting just about all they can get out of this course of time it takes about a minute 20 minute 25 somewhere on that race to get around [Music] being over but unlike a super speedway there's a half hour to go in the race that means you've got a half hour of opportunities on a road course you might be able to cut there and gibberish that may have the line on ricky rudd they going to turn number nine rot in risking dirt tracking another tire richard has the line is trying to hold on the outside if you can hold on there till they get to turn number one he'll be on the inside Ricky rustic a left-hander coming up Ricky Rudd turns it off there you get in the situation laughter and now Rodriguez I've run enrichment could hold about reggae on the back you ride them you watch that the same way down the Backstairs in the same way that the 25 is a stronger running car we've got the goon we're just watching them run is rigged against through the atmosphere is pretty good a royal 25 years ready to go he just goes on that's what he did there last week when Tim Richmond won I thought that was a gigantic story this Killman John Dory for Tim rates in the comeback shitty win the first two races right yeah really is I think worth comes to be the creditors credit before working on the car maybe ans do just what listen is going heal is a call works good Goran and phase Richman's doing a decent job in so he's really looking good right now at the beginning of the show we asked the question can Tim Richmond pick up where he left off a year ago at this juncture in this race the answer is a resounding yes he's back in a bit seconds fairly really good the campus will play ways in which you contain plays it [Music] I still been real important how they finish here and richard has been a really good points battle behind they all are [Music] had a consistent year he's not been one of the people contesting for the lead every time but he is third in points north is Kyle many in fifth is Terry labarda what happened he's been wounded Finnish - no sir not one inning to finish in this year and that's what if I skip home gym return who won his very first Winston Cup race ever here in Richmond and West we told you record of a year ago is the man in the driver seat literally at this juncture with inside of 40 laps to go inside of 60 miles to go 79 have been completed of this 95 lap contest here on the road course at Riverside and running a celebration a delicious - performance in the 1987 Joe they're real good I mean you know you got a burger that he started for this the deal is going to get out a super job it is not quite got everything [Music] you know he's got a chance right there I think I want to loser running is Phil Parsons le desportes lavanya's 3rd 2nd and Tim Richmond is the leader stomach by the way is Neil Bonnett racking up more points toward that Bobby Hamilton Sterling Marlin in car number 44 I believe this is probably his best road course ever ever his night Jeff Conine having grunted the leaders in the early stages mechanical problems about halfway through his 10 he they'll learn out he's got a couple of unscheduled pit stops and Ken Schrader is 12 [Music] please come on here the Riverside several times in the last couple years there's always talk about well this might be the last race for this course and the update is that there is nothing the way things stand right now is that the housing developments in the area continued to get closer and now we see a battleship the top position be satisfactory riverside sorta in a second here's Labonte LaVon accepting the crossover but Riverside at this point what NASCAR stand is you will retain a race [Music] we'll be back here at Riverside at least with the midsummer raishin what happens from there they don't know well you know they've been working for life through four years [Music] No Alan Kulwicki who has run I was talking to Alan during qualifying yesterday Larry this is not my cup of tea yes we were standing out by the chain-link fence going to turn number nine try to figure work everybody hostel where they were breaking where they were down champion we figure we came up with at least Alan got into the show but this is his first attempt really easily competitive race car I'll tell you what it's Sunday I have a lot of children [Music] so not to be ashamed of I guess at least when you do that you can come in tsuki guys I was around that no I mean I wasn't open it I was trying to get it done now there is ricky rudd going to the high side of Rick McRae now Levani define user ik will Richardson party really [Music] racing line which left him behind Ricky Rudd Russ is very good on this racetrack no there was a time in the early stages of his career where he thought he might be going open always this racetrack is along the same lines at what you would do see how quick these cars stopped out there above the s as well let's go back and watch Alan [Music] that's what happened but amplicor got a little sideways in the open curricula saying if we did was isolate across the racetrack there once you get out and that thing is Bobby it's a lot of this out there and Richard it was proof that it is look like it was enough to really put the car completely out of control we get lulled to sleep almost watching these people orbit around this road cars all day long it doesn't take much put you out of control or not of the recession [Music] and shredded this is close to perfection or most hard as you can go just like you miss a one corner he missed it LT got a little bit too too much inside and we did it upsets the corn that was yellow Richard I do not see reason for it this topic is what obvious corporal he's probably sitting up there writing agreement up or we don't ever even as probably image that I was sitting up above yeses the leaders come in here comes Tim Richmond Ricky Rudd comes in a very critical pit stop market reporters are down there let's see how it works out Marty Reed is in timorousness death and if they are putting fuel topping off the tank that'll take care of that question for us for the rest of this race and as far as tires they're going to go on the left side let's go to dick programmers if you Ricky Rudd Marty same thing here alone at fuel no tires on the right side as well as the left side it will be a four-tire change here Marty are they going to do four down at your end absolutely deck they have decided to go for all the way around so it looks like it's going to be a race view against back up hands their enrichment Kelly was out first bill helping us out first rut his third or fourth ribs from the CB v out Joe Ruttman is still in the pits Lipari goes out he is behind both of these I believe that the bill content will be the leader upon the lead cars bus filled it feels run it's pretty good you went that for behind these people if they were out running I was saying man is they can have new tires and people have used I get a few so now it's ours now we've got to figure out you know how quick can they catch you because they're gonna have a bunch of lab cars at the 20 as made as extra pit stop now he changed all four tires the first time it drops into 12 generations has changed four tires Ricky Rudd has changed four tires bill Parsons has not pitted Joe Ruttman Jake's four tires comes out back Eliot is now second in the race [Music] it's a gamble anyway you go at it like the Elliott man bigger than so they can do to these people are going to have to pass that's the reason that's the reason the 55 stayed out he says hey you know we might often run that good but they've got to catch us and pass this so you know maybe we just a to ten laps to go maybe it's a good fish and then remove Alan Kulwicki scar we're going to take another break just one little comment Earnhardt and Elliott has dominated a season right you know me al aBSI on Phil Parsons remember is the leader that origin white car dispersible grip Richard is on the outside of Bill and they go pray oppressed the turn number nine Herschel gives them plenty of room Richmond turn tracks into Turner behind he comes out of the inside of Bill Elliott Ricky Rudd is right behind that door as they chase the leader various Phil Parsons [Music] generation to the left side five cars Jeff what I ate his body Alison ken schrader [Music] is jerry Lamonica self-life this Corvette advice anybody [Music] she always got a day of their Richmond just you know when they got through this here as a necessary cause I've defied a penile desires hires makes such a big difference if when you have the opportunity to stop and get fresh ones late in the race well that's what the land [Music] for a while there to be a theme backer because he came to colonize you know this Lisa Richard really open open co-writer you got that one last they're winning by the way while break Joe Ruttman as part of his multiple good position and the six that Phil Parsons are telling us his own better-performing cars in terms of the rubber compound as it meets the road and rapes that cause to the friction all that bill Ellis [Music] but dominant card is racy bottle Jeff Conine for some stages of this event terry labonte all along Tim Richmond has been one of the top three cars of Richmond hard on the comeback trail and all the sudden Richard I find myself sounding right back where he wasn't your guys this cool just like he hadn't been away you know and he comes in and you know the cars working good he's really jacked up you know he has business graces the whole combination is really really working super you know people who cited our good morning spinning out Wow Bodine is reading with the concrete insert number nine it was not a hard contact with Jeff photons with and they cost you money [Music] jeopardize fun car is whether or not Phil Parsons will say well the gamble to the bridge didn't work so Jeff what I dismounting I'll come in and change tires and I jump like those please feel further forward back and I guess he is yeah so no neater than really company and he still glad to take a chance to be bigger to begin with then he's going to stay out there and do it with what what his decisions on remember at the beginning of the show and we told you there's an average of 4.3 caution flags here at Riverside for the final stages this was caution to those green flag is out Richmond reeks off so parcels in person is back there somewhere he's not caught up with the leading quartet yet you see the STP orange and petty blue of Joe Ruttman he runs in the top six and there is Neil Bonnett and Neil Bonnett may be feeling to be racing [Music] here at the Riverside course [Music] here at Riverside the Ford products won the first ten races if you include mercury two more Ford's Chevy's one none of the first in and now they have 114 including six of the last seven Jim Richmond pilot pressure boy remember Bobby Allison and Mark Donohue there is no Parsons trying to hold that Ricky Rudd and Phil Elliott Phil Parsons using up as much dragging these puzzle again these gates into an off of turn number seven tires is trying to preserve second place Richard a was times it's a little bit too hard is did of no wonder these boys can after you know I mean China favor doing something you know then he missed it but it's pretty interesting here since on it is the second fastest car no tracks no question about it in my mind Neil Bonnett worked his way around Joe Ruttman easily about three or four laps ago now he's got five Bill Elliott bill Parsons succumbs to the pressure of this real bill wasn't much you can do it now Neil Bonnett is trying to catch the number 15 collar winners here laughs whatever and the traffic just right baby [Music] laps to go here at Riverside Tim Richmond swings around through the US as they get 5 laps to go rivers Myo likes my three flags mixed up its enrichment once again refers to in each of the lasting green-flag segments and that is dominating leave it really is that so technically that's for sure Neal is really good food answers the traffic or are they working no more pit stops we'll play a role in today's race and Tim Richmond repeating again he won the race the first time after his comeback on the verge of making it two in a row Tim Richmond the man like Willie kee Rebs who was known for very special Victory Lane celebrations may be headed for yet another yeah I'll repeat that I understand it for us you follow what's the coverage [Music] who still out there so here we come down alive I'll give you a rundown necessary [Music] Terry Labonte is Nelson Bernard seventh Bobby Allison estate that was in about ten seconds Kenny Schrader's [Music] Ruben Garcia two-second lead right now with three levels of 3 that's the goose all he's got to do stay on the racetrack and he'll be I was like serious we'll catch up to you latarian got add to my get extra fixed off the chase four times he's gonna know strong he just got caught behind all that traffic on [Music] machine jim breuer taking over the complete control in terms of the crew chief for all of the events there all the leaders yes they're all on the same laughing was the deep south but here in the road course unless somebody makes a mistake it's difficult to pick up seven or eight car legs but one someone does make a mistake it happens like lightning just like that you're caught up to that putting it tear the body is trying to work on your rubber going to turn nine jokes right off the bat the inner turn now since X is now [Music] Oh still I'll orbit here in the middle of the desert we stopped off Dave Marcus on the last lap there's a fairly big difference between Marcus and then the number 14 of Ruben Garcia the 32 car six FL Ronnie saw Darrell Waltrip Jim Fitzgerald [Music] Jimmy me buddy Garrity's 67 car being driven by shed Philippines watch Kyle Petty has returned to Speedway but to no avail he's several laps down in Rick McRae is one of the final cars running under course has [Music] the reason for one of our yellow flags has returned to the racetrack Tim Richmond meanwhile has stretched out the lead it's about 30 car lengths and I've got everybody pretty well separated now the only thing that looks like smokey any challenges that the number 11 cars catching up with the man course we've got two more laps to do and that's going to be a close race the time to get down to the end [Music] many of those wind's coming a year ago he won seven times in 1986 he won no time in 1980 and fire - that was a to win season in 1982 the first year that he wants but when number 12 coming up from Richmond that they can place in the stand to everybody [Music] bird experiences lead out now that offers to the hey second cities devil Richard we were talking about physical fitness and how scientific motivation has become Tim is one of the stronger at recovering today you think that fashion classes emphasize it it helps I don't think that the strength is was last week or this week a lot of this a lot of all the things that we do is strictly comes down to mind over matter situation you know what you run into that kind of deal he's did resting for six weeks six months and he has really been [Music] the white flag symbolic of one will have to go on her side by side for [Music] position right now Terrence body and Elliott our customers our position to 75 there is the leader Tim Richmond and his girl winners won easily he does use it between the white line looks like going off at night when you're really tired just steer between the white lines and you'll get there as a nine baby he doesn't smell victory lane now saw you guys inside around these are good shape Tim Richmond there is the Alan Kulwicki car the second running car Ricky Rudd and Neil fine and on the runner-up spot bonnet is bird-dogging ricky rudd they associate out moving out of turn number eight Pentagon's analog backspace some to the gears stands on the throttle for seconds in the last time he's got one more time to do that Mary is coming out it's firm number nine and coming down the front stretch on the shelf Ward six month has not had an opportunity to run in a Winston Cup race he approaches the final turn it's about a 270 degree of radius corner its bank any 1015 degrees observe all around self Richmond gone after win number two when he crosses the finish line Tim Richmond will be two for two batting 1000 in 1987 here comes Tim Richmond [Music] they're in the big impression play this has gotten out of doing anything and if you could come back and we're like there again the team has not been robbed they've been ready with BT they've been doing things and I think it the difference in the dealer's seems a little more aggressive then boys and you know what I made it again he's rested he's really for he [Music] sheer determination right now--get and from the very beginning Tim Richmond has proved that this is his racetrack there is his mother mrs. Richmond here on Father's Day and he congratulations as Tim Richmond has moved again fellow drivers here at Riverside Tim Richmond wins for the fourth time in his career here at Riverside seven times now he's finished into the top five his Riverside attend ritual track I'd say absolutely he was the winner here of the what wiser race 1982 and he also won here last season we told you in 1986 but today's Budweiser 400 belongs to the Bulger's coffee machine of Tim Richmond really first four cars incidentally remember this point that was made by dick Berggren earlier in the broadcast where brand-new cars constructed over the winter they've been working on them and getting them ready for the road course action here at Riverside Raceway but Tim Richmond heads the parade down pit road gloves off waving to the crowd goggles up on top of the helmet and heading for Victory Lane a place where Tim Richmond has become a very frequent visitor in the last season remember all those wins were in the second half of last year the second half of 1987 it's beginning to look like it might hold more of the same one over nine hundred and seventy three thousand dollars a year ago will not win that much in 1987 but he's well on the trail to a $500,000 plus season and Marty Reed is there oh we got one happy Tim Richmond if they gets out of the helmet just tell me what you're thinking right now oh god that's unbelievable you know I knew Harry and all the guys were good last year but they're great this year I mean they're putting stuff under mitad can't lose breath the car looked like it had more power than anybody else at any time you needed it and you mentioned the crew well yeah the crew all the engine builders mark and everybody back in the shop and and just everybody I mean you know you're only as good as the equipment that you run and and they gave me the best equipment so it ought to be the best finishing position I'll be first I guess doing a row should we just stop running these races just give you the trophy from now on well I'd like them to average out my my to Winston Cup races I've run this year and let me have the points that I would have had from the beginning and then we'll go for the championship maybe well I'd say well let Larry nuber figure that situation out let's go back up there Congressional Don Darren Deerfield down to ribbond paradise 66 and my sister in Ohio I wish y'all been here so now sunny today thanks congratulations let's go back to Larry thanks Marty and to Tim's dad who himself was a race driver he ran super Modifieds in the Sandusky Ohio area back in the 50s and 60s where Tim kind of got the bug now dick Berggren is down with another stone job and we was going to wait right to the end we're up there in the point so we wanted to wait to the end and make a run at him and need a little bit more time tickle death way it turned out and a brand new car at that brand-spanking-new little one on no damage too bad we feel broken what happened the other windshields broken I was falling rut man he was going off the track I went through this is it knocking - wind chill out of her lap so I had to get around him well he's a good race driver the first thing he did when he get out of the car was thank his crew well this apparently is the year of multiple winners I got to do is win one Richard you're gonna win it no I don't know how I'd known that first to know if I give

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