the length of the footballer they've got the first the racetrack the Greeks in banking they go down on 5 degrees of Bank Jarett has the slight advantage as they go into the third and fourth corners Davey Allison battles [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] ESPN the world's leader in motor sports coverage presents speed world tonight live from Bristol International Raceway in Tennessee it's the putt 500 and once again we are greeted by thousands of cheering screaming fans they know that when they come to Bristol they're gonna see some close competition and we're set for 500 laps of it tonight and good evening everybody I'm Bob Jenkins welcome to Bristol we begin the second half of the Winston Cup short track season here tonight on this half mile race track as we take a look at the quest for the Cup standings they have really tightened in the recent events Dale Earnhardt only has a 69 point advantage on Ricky Rudd a year ago at this time the top five were separated by 363 points tonight only 189 points separate the top five now here are some interesting statistics Earnhardt has seven wins on this racetrack Ricky Rudd has no wins but he has finished in the top five nine times an Allison and Ervin have also recorded a win here at Bristol well we don't know how things are going to go at the conclusion of this race but one thing we do know and that is the field is very tight as we begin the competition and full roll on that let's go to pit road and dr. Jerry punch thank you Bob remember the old joke that close only counts in horseshoes and hand-grenades what also occurs in qualifying the difference from being on the pole to being on the truck making missing the field just a little less than half a second five tenths of a second here in fact two former pole sitters this year had to take provisional to get in the starting lineup Bret bowtie Fletcher state Buick back here and the Pontiac the Pennzoil cover of Michael Waltrip and the winningest car owner in Bristol International Raceway history jr. Johnson a 21 time winner his car with Geoff Bodine aboard will start way back in 29 spot and you think qualifying was tight how about taking a look where John Kernan is standing Jerry I'm staying between turns one and two as you can see one groove has worked its way into this racetrack now that means it's very important these drivers to stay in that groove because if they get out of it they're going to either go to the back of the pack or they're going to wind up hitting the wall track position very very important tonight now let's go across the racetrack for the command to start the engine this time we'd like to welcome back to the stage from Food Lion our honorary starter tonight mr. Tom Smith [Music] [Applause] the sound of 32 racing engines can lift the spirits of 16,000 people and my friend there Jared his head has been in the cloud since last Sunday Ned get on down here time to get back to earth and get back to work again okay that was special baby it was special and tonight is gonna be a very special racetrack yes it is it's a tough racetrack to pass on half a mile track is compared to two miles last week certainly a difference in the width of this racetrack - but Ernie Irvan who won this race a year ago starting back in 26th position ken Schrader is way back there - those fellas have a tough job ahead of them to try to get a fifth field but you mentioned two cars two drivers driving Chevrolet's last week Fords have the advantage this week is reversed well last week in Michigan we said that Ford had won ten to five for Chevrolet's on that two-mile track here would you believe that Chevrolet has won 27 times two - for Ford in the last 20 years hard to believe but true it's interesting to note also that there is only one Chevy that is qualified for the top ten here this evening on the other hand five Ford's will begin from the top ten and the pole sitter Bill Elliott of course is one of those fours our speed world coverage the bus 500 being brought to you by Budweiser the king of beers with that clean crisp cold taste nothing beats a mug by today's Chevrolet who invite you to see why more people are winning with the heartbeat of America and by Quaker State the big chew is one tough motor oil we'll be back to introduce to you two thirty two drivers that will take the green flag in just a moment for the bud 500 the field begins to move away here is the starting lineup for tonight's putt 500 the Sears diehard starting lineup finds Bill Elliott on the pole his first of the year in the Coors Light Board car number nine outside row number one Rusty Wallace in the Miller Genuine Draft Pontiac he won here in April the second row is Darrell Waltrip the 11 times a winner here at Bristol in the Western Auto Chevrolet number 17 and his best start ever Chad little outside of row number 2 in the bullseye for number 19 the third row Alan Kulwicki in the Hooters Ford number 7 alongside Rookie of the Year candidate Bobby Hamilton in the country time also vo car number 68 Davey Allison starts inside row number 4 he's from Hueytown Alabama the Texaco Hamilton for number 28 and Rick mast in the skull classic pulse will be ou car number 1 we take a look now at the rest of the starting lineup and as you look through these you will see what we refer to earlier tonight that some of the top contenders in Winston Cup competition are back in the middle if not the rear of the field there's Dale Earnhardt starting from inside of row number 7 rookie candidate Ted Musgrave is in row number 10 Ricky Rudd there in the 10th row and the rest of the starting field they will take 3 laps around this track for a warm-up and then they'll be getting the green flag the pace car leads them down to baya backstretch pits and that is because the speed limit is 30 miles an hour on the pits here tonight now let's take a look at this race track they'll be competing on it's point 5 3 3 miles in length the speed on the pole 116 point 9 is time of sixteen point four oh six seconds 500 laps as the list length of our race tonight and as Jerry indicated to you the field is separated by less than a half second Bristol International Raceway there are pits on the front stretch and on the back stretch turn to a very important place to pass here at Bristol and likewise coming out of turn number four you can pass the banking well it's 36 degrees the highest banks in all of Winston Cup racing in both turns 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & the straightaway the frontstretch banked at 16 degrees and likewise the backstretch is banked at 16 degrees let's go to Jerry punch quickly rusty rusty wallace slammed the wall about two hours ago in the final fight position guys they had to rebuild the right side of the car ball joints spindle a phrase put a new rear end how's it going on the car a lot of question marks there in the Miller Genuine Draft Pontiac as to how the car will run we're getting set for green Bob yes we are the pace car comes off the banking the crowd on its feet cheering and waving as the field comes down Eliott the greenness out the butt 500 is on [Music] Rusty Wallace has two laps are about to be completed Kelly at his second followed by Waltrip coal wiki Allison and Strickland well that problem on the rest of Wallace's car they seem to fix pretty good Bobby jumped out too from the outside that's pretty impressive they're going to heaven since Rusty Wallace hit the ball they had to fix all these things injury punchers talking about with no practice watch Rusty Wallace and Billy Elliot go down in turn one we see the white line on the inside underneath that white line is you can't looking kids on Dale Jarrett's car it's flat down there and his Bob said the bank's 35 degrees so you don't run [Music] [Music] Harry can there [Music] and urban both going back well you don't have to sleep much yeah that's [Music] [Music] Marcus soon car number 71 you see quite a bit of tire smoke on this racetrack both because they down so hard put the tremendous amount of pressure on the car before I said when do sell right off and we saw sparks fly out of the back of lakes as he went down in turn three the car bought us out hit the racetrack and that's what it's not gonna take long the back of the pack that's why smoking at 71 car that time [Music] the windchill ernie irvan's it's liquor and it already is Marcus has flown his car down the backstretch I believe he missed his pits back there the Bobby was coming over to spin over in turn three Richard Petty spins around in the STP Pontiac a complete 360 he keeps going the field is coming around hurry to start penis binder and go a lap down yellow so we're staying under green conditions and rusty thought that there he's dropped back to fifth spot and so did Bill head thought there was a caution flag he bagged up and he's and they thought there was going to be yellow they backed off and there was no yellow at all I think for st walla so he rather than race down the start/finish line now Richard Peddie goes to lap down Cohen Richard Alan Kulwicki is sideways but saves it was trying to go follow Rusty Wallace sideways like he was on dirt than the nice job let's take a look again they receipt Darrell and Richard almost get together and Richard Crenna came down the hill and go which almost spun our number 68 the Ricky Bobby Hamilton having some sort of a problem he's in the fifth an unscheduled pit stop he got the advantage when the Richard Petty spun and Rusty Wallace back off the country time Oldsmobile in for early service they're changing the tires on the right side of that car as we remain under green flag conditions boy it's tough to make a green flag this stuff on this racetrack because they go around seven scented a market we call him black flag women descent into water leaks instead of an ollie and so Darryl Waltrip has the advantage now with pleaded over with Rusty Wallace who has moved up to third position now we do have a right guard half-white challenge in tonight's race at the halfway point the driver leading went $10,000 and you when a new Pontiac run free SC dial 1 900 737 1100 between now and the halfway point to register and if your call back and you know who was leading at the half way point you will win a new Pontiac Grand Prix they're the top 5 with 22 out of 500 laps completed at the butt 500 we'll be back with more right after this [Music] sterling Marling looks pretty good [Music] around the world around the Year ESPN with over a million miles of award-winning coverage our speed world coverage brings us tonight to Bristol Tennessee in the northeastern part of the state for the bud 500 and from our overhead camera it almost looks like a toy that we're looking down upon but it's is bearing down on them with these laughs that happen it's one car that has been in the fishery cramming and banning early on here at Bristol Bobby Hamilton brought the old Louisville down pit road they had been steeped in litigation [Music] you can see some body has been scraped away Bobby on the lead lap he's just I'm not trying to stay on the net he's off the pace again he's off the pace again and headed they laughed derrike cope incarnate Jerry Oh [Music] of course involved in a tight battle for Rookie of the Year honors with Ted Musgrave there's darrell waltrip leading this race the most confident driver he has a car set up perfectly he was going to in charge the lead and trying to put Brett the Quakers debuting and he does so going into I was going to say that I was said Gerald Walters job got awfully hard because he started to lap cars and this early in the race all these cars [Music] and rut it appears is slowing yes he is Tandy's coming in for an unscheduled pit stop into [Applause] the tires changed on the tide Chevrolet Jerry punches right there break my ricky rudd they will [Music] nine points on Daler aren't coming into this race he had really tightened up on the points leader in the last couple of events but they or wiki here in the first long race here tonight though so never know grandpa died is off the pace coming off turn four I'm his backup together back in breath is already a lap down little ways and fine are running just ahead of observing tomorrow ernhardt is the pole sitter for the bonus money and the last time the bonus money was one was here in April when Rusty Wallace did [Music] got out there could not get traction hey over here bark bark coming up coming in the pole-sitter comes in he to suffering some the early going ricky rudd is three laps down because of an brings the Coors Light floor to his top in his Canaria located down by turn number one the seconds click away and while they are the field as it speeds and now a change of leader has Davey Allison has slowed down and Mark Martin is slowing down as well [Music] his soldiers poured in we just saw Elliott come in for longer flat right side tire and also they are gonna hold Mark Martin 15 secs in the pit for too fast on pit road he is changing right side tire and now the NASCAR official is standing in front of the car you see employs the left side tires up apparently a vibration in the Folgers floor they will change all four cars [Music] [Music] I'll tell you guys coming ten miles an hour or whatever it's very good let me taste this 28 cars we watch him down the front he's gone rusty was 2x2 car it's about 125 miles per hour right there as he slams into that Bank slowing down to about a hundred miles and now it's so ready back [Music] so a couple of pedaling on pit road for excessive speed as the action on the track continues maybe Allison has the lead of about 500 after 56 laps we'll be right back [Music] [Music] good explanation sometimes I can hear Chevy sometimes I [Music] [Music] got out of the groove and lost cameras places but now rusty in the middle of the racetrack and for and that's not a fire that you see that's just wrong fuel in the exhaust that's burning it don't we to fire and rusty walls had just taken the lead after Davey Allison went down in the corner the racetrack gave the lead to rusty he comes to the fourth floor any questions well they might have gotten together up there a little bit II couldn't run at our rescue my to cut the right rear tire and caused him to get wall here a bit fellas it's the prank where they learned hard he had just wrote his radioed in that he was coming in for a pit stop now you get to do it under caution now here is the Davey Allison situation that we mentioned look at his car head white for the wall and turn one almost goes up and almost brushes well almost loses control of it but he does save the car he's back and now rusty Wallace's spin and crash up at turn four he apparently blew a tire the car headed right for the wall hit it real hard on the right side looks left at the right front tie the air lift the tire meet Lee and when that happens the car goes straight into the corner in the wall J Bunche that's exactly what happened Benny in fact rusty told the crew that a right front tire went down on the car we just saw unscheduled stop by Ricky Rudd Mark Martin and Bill Elliott and all three had right front tire problems now you see Davey Allison Pamela Ford in the pits he was a car that came in to contact they had changed a left-side tire on his battle yellow pontiac the backspin action heats up and John Curtin is there John Jerry Ernie Irvan has come in for a four-tire change they're also putting in two rounds of fight and he has asked him to check the brakes because he's having to pump the brake pedal to get them to take a back and to work the codec crew going to work on the left side now [Music] Darrell Waltrip in the pits and Bill Elliott of course having his problem as he comes in getting right-side tires will go around to the left side of the Elliott car now the Western Auto crew had changed the right side tire to come around to the left side and you will see it from turn water they will try to peel out and head right for our camera at the end of pit row let's bring the moving out of the reverse of Buick here is Darrell Walker Wow all kinds of action there in what laughs as Alison lost the move nearly spun and Rusty Wallace did spin and make hard contact with the fourth turn wall his car is still in the race track as the safety crews have arrived and there is some of the already we're still in the early stages at this bud 500 [Music] [Music] okay hey Kenny Schrader's came in again second time they had to put a new left front tire on it they put a right front tire on it to begin with also he's having a problem with his brakes damn straighter so you might want to keep an eye on him and also kitties tires are blistering are we having the driver change in car age yes then we're going to put Bobby Labonte in the egg down I can barely hear it something just clicked and I get it but now I hear Jerry a lot better not yet earlier and mine's gone away and deal did you were you trying to tell me to throw him back to Jerry because I didn't I heard static oh okay I'm sorry about that I heard like a that's all I heard and in my headset went dead for a second well I him Ayrton Senna the defending world champion will have the pole position in tomorrow's Belgian Grand Prix which can be seen live here on ESPN at 7:55 now here at Bristol the field is still under caution because of a spin and crash up and turn number four involving Rusty Wallace they just gave bill deadly the left bang well there was some confusion he was almost stopped over in turn three of the racetrack as the caution car was coming around the first time and I think there was confusion as to where he was supposed to be and I think they gave me back when he might have taken away let's go to Vincent pretty Schrader was in twice already now this makes the third time they've put a right front tire on the left front come in and change that now they've come in to change riders one more time so the stagger would match remember once again we are bias ply tires so the stagger has to be correct whereas with radials the stagger is already built in Schrader's rejoins the field which is still an underwater five Li changes so far the next time we have a lead change it will be the 12 in modern era Winston Cup racing and the pace car has pulled off the racetrack and we are about to go back to competition as Michael leaves between the six car the seventh chord and the five here is the restart again and watch the inside line with Luca for some reason didn't get going good Martin Martin runs in the back to go they're going backwards we might mention we have had a drivers changes poppy Labonte and the five car Ricky run also was a lap down let's go to Jerry punch I understand you not feeling very well getting out of the car bobby labonte making his first ever short track wish the cup star had a great run last night at the bush man ESP noon today that was run here last night Labonte and Jen his second consecutive victory one in Winston Cup and one [Music] just up ahead and here again [Music] [Music] Crash's coming out of four this is unbelievable guys the first 79 laps of this race and some cars are gonna get some laps back here seven car the six car at the five car here's a replay watch the leader the seven-card the 30 car comes off at the right front tire same situation as Rusty Wallace loses the air all of a sudden into the wall alright let's talk about this tire situation we've seen several cars lose right front tires as we take a look at the crash once again from our speed shot and you can notice the heavy contact that Michael Waltrip has what could explain this tire situation I don't know the race track is kinda there's some loose debris around the racetrack evidently some of those stones are cutting these stars down yeah and I don't think about the Walter make a pit stop during that caution period for moral men let's go to the fence in John Carter we talked earlier about how important track position was as we have told you Michael had started way way back in the pack so Billy Eagle decided not to fit on this last time that gave them to leave they were running fine he bought the tires we're gonna hold up but apparently he may have blistered one ran just a little bit too long on that right front because it blew and putting into the wall and on the back stretch of pits we've seen quite a number of cars with the right side right front tire his blistered and John warned of the cars that has some heavy damages over here being worked on I'm with Rusty Wallace and Russell you took one wheel of an impact in turn four what happened it must have cut it right front tire down and what no must about it it did and riding the high speed part of the corner I've cut a lot of tires down here it's always the same spot same point I hit at the wall so it's getting kind of tiring but this one wasn't near severe some of those ones I'm did but they just reseal the racetrack and evidently these heavy cars run around or that don't go and sealer they put down just picks the rocks up and cuts the tires down and numerous cars but hitting the walls and cutting them down and so it just it just keeps happening now you were leading out there and you saw Richard spin I guess you thought maybe a yellow flag was coming out to you and some of the other cars backed off and slowed down there's a whole bunch of cars spun I thought the caution was coming out for sure and I waved my hand up just just for a reassurance hey we don't want to go flying through here wide open and a caution flag never came and I left about five on passed me and I went ahead and took back off felt really crazy have to get out of throttle like that but I thought it's the safest thing to do and got back going again got up got fast Davi took the lead the very next laugh the tire went so Miller Genuine Draft Pontiac running good handling good you know overcome a big wreck earlier that's going good well that rusty go back to the car they're working on the car here behind us and they will hopefully get this car back in the race but they're gonna have a lot of work to do gentlemen Rusty Wallace eighth in the Winston Cup points 300 behind the leader Dale earnheardt the enthusiasm continues here at Bristol Michael probably didn't need that bang - a broken shoulder blade don't kidding yep where did Michael break his shoulder right shoulder blade at Watkins Glen and turn five oh yeah that's right yeah okay okay I can swipe any sermon and Mitch Voges huh one to go one to go we got we got terry labonte leading now back at bristol International Raceway in Tennessee for the but 500 as we lined up for a restart well tomorrow here on ESPN well has some exciting amateur golf once again the US Amateur Championship as a matter of fact that begins at 2 o'clock Eastern Time live tomorrow Manning sermon to Mitch coach is going at it he saw that earlier this afternoon here on ESPN and watched the finals tomorrow at 2 o'clock Eastern Time live 84 laps completed they come down to receive the green flag on lap number 85 those drivers trying to get track position started at the rear the field receive the Michael Waltrip and Rusty Wallace two fellows leading the race blue right front tires and smack the wall Labonte only the second time he has and he has reached a milestone his lean meat era since nineteen seven [Music] [Music] [Music] as Joe Ruttman directly behind in the dinner [Music] with Jeff bodean as they come up with a fourth corner almost getting out of shape to maintain control position running second he started 29 the board he's already have a lot of [Music] take a look what is right there on Ricci is coupled laps down three laps down he got one of those back and there goes our Jimmy Spencer six is here again seventh is Ernie Irvan Dale Jarrett is a the 12 carpet Strickland is nice that Rick mast what cheering upon designed it pretty good the fact that he is stayed out on the outside trying to go by the derecho [Music] [Music] [Music] Dylan the Budweiser and as I say that about the powers you see definitely I start to go back maybe after a certain period he is sideways trying to get to these mourners not Jeff trying to take that position back not position but five embracing so Kyle will be back 500 live here on ESPN next Sunday afternoon at 1:00 o'clock Eastern Time [Music] three once again about a hundred [Music] five once again my coke made an unscheduled [Music] [Music] alongside [Music] here's that traffic jam board Shepard yeah just touched a photon Oh did that create some scrambling behind hey when he slows down 10 miles 15 miles per hour quickly that means there has to be some scrambling behind moving inside of dairy code now [Music] [Music] [Music] vibration like watch Bill Elliott certainty say Avatar vibrating and get right-side tires a crew now waiting for the [Music] they learn March building up speed on the backstretch but it cost him as he had to come in for it terry labonte continues to lead this mobile terry labonte leaves with 110 [Music] all right sir today watch Spencer is motoring a knee yeah I taste somebody else today as assets quickly both of those guys are but Spencer is going to take the man Jimmy Spencer has taken the leave here in the Budweiser 500 terry labonte and here is how we do it this has been an impressive run here in the last few laps by Jimmy Spencer and we see Levani going the corner Alan Kulwicki goes fine to get a lap back also Ricky Rudd and here comes Fisher for the lead as they give up their fourth and we understand that the 94 car Kerala bodies may have a plan of the Sunoco conozco Vail and the body in the back pitch John carnage is also [Music] [Music] awesome air pressure so the body there Jimmy Spencer puts another lap on Terry Labonte speed and maybe with those fresh tires he'd lead to get back here at his gun body secretary dam third is in fifth place now Jerry punch has more on Bob no surprise at all remember Harold Eliot who built the agency's Rusty Wallace won the Winston Cup championship will Haley and also built the motor Rusty Wallace used it over Poland the race here back in April well he left her pitch the operation and what's the word for the team of Jimmy Spencer and they had an agent from here Elliot until this week Elliot a billion apparently it's doing awfully well and john kernan this is the right rear tire that came off the terry labonte smart you can see where the cut was it looks almost as if someone just took a knife stuck it through and slid it down apparently got on a rock or something out there on the racetrack [Music] working the pit area is always difficult but is especially difficult tonight because of the noise level in this place and that racetrack that's essentially a bowl and when you add the grandstands the noise just can't escape in those terrific job working down there not the right guard halfway challenge tonight called one 900 737 1100 and register to win a Pontiac run if you are called back and you again what 907 3/7 by the rocks not a passenger car because the race car tire the tire [Music] at the very biggest part about trees in it that's why I stole those two and cut it so quickly good battle for second position between Morgan Shepherd and carry Gann the but more car is now in second position and Harry can run Harry Gant another those who has come from Morgan Shepherd began from 18 this city's got had a great run last week in Michigan take a look at the serial on Jimmy Spencer who continues the this race 17 seven at the end of 75 he's it brought back from his starting position the dead watch this what's the cup race you [Music] there again as posed up on the back of Morgan Shepherd in second spot the red 15 is Morgan jeopardy hazard passing on this track very difficult traffic does help in certain situations behind a slower car ted musgrave a number 50 they're running about two and a half seconds behind on the outside I mentioned a mortgage ship a trend well last Sunday at Michigan Saudia there again Daenerys Hut Stricklin Jim has run these fellas down has come back of the taxi and has moved up into fourth position he is really [Music] pissed off and then after he made pitstop he he was pretty far back in the pack that [Music] that's working [Music] my spray it's very loose going into the I've been able to say that he probably would [Music] he's trying to become the second Sharon last time we had two consecutive first-time winners think about it while Jerry punch reports from the he's been doing some told him already minute ago if this stain stays green for about fifty more left up around laughs the field and Jimmy didn't say anything back he's busy right now but they are he's very busy laughing slower traffic out there two cars ahead of him the track walk of the moment sir now puts a lap on Chad little the last time we had to first-time winners in a row every idea it wasn't that long ago you are one of three as a matter of fact but the most was Pete Hamilton who won the Daytona 500 a 19-7 James Milton [Music] and we saw Ernie put his hand up like I normally do speak [Music] [Music] he's catching Shepherd now [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] problems happy voluntary game tire going down he's losing valuable pitstops any moment he drops down off the banking now as a matter of fact he heads for the backstretch pits and John Kernan [Music] [Music] it's all yet 12 seconds that's second third and fourth the 15 red Morgan Shepherd this is second position they're fighting for second [Music] [Applause] [Music] breakin and once again you cannot take a gym here at the high bank of Bristol [Music] and now Morgan Shepherd has a problem and he relinquishes second place and war as he he slaughtered I think he has the power maybe going down as well Shepard had gone up there in sex play for a long time to walk but he'll how Sports one might be something more serious than a broken once again 30 miles per hour down pit road he's down the buck for the crew the right side of the car he is three Lina heavy traffic go by here it was a couple of laps ago called wiki tried desperately to stay on the lead look at this he's pushing him across the line and I think he got the message loud and clear once again boudin has brought the bed report for a scheduled pit stop on the back stretch have added John Kernan to get better track position [Music] Spencer continuing to hammer on Allen Wiki hammering on the back of Lake speed trying to get under Lake speed here comes baby oust in the pits you have unscheduled pit stop for the Hamilton for now let's see what happens in Spencer [Music] again 13 not too far in my machine kill them but we documented back now the link in the straightaway separates narrow Walter and a card the wallet turn one is Bobby Hillin killin cranks the wall in turn number one keeps it up high on the track doesn't slide down then to anybody else let me tell you what Bob Hill is doing right now he's trying to get in fridge because when he hit that wall he it was such a fork he is low all the air in his body the car came to stop of its own free will he had nothing to do would have been now he probably could have put the brakes on he'd be head too you see moving around in the cockpit he takes down the netting he's okay may have had to air knocked out of him but he's in good shape the third caution of the evening out on lap 168 right now he has put his head back against the headrest and has taken some hair into his body because he hasn't had anything for the past few say man what a Lydia he hit it hard car just went white for the wall as he headed into turn one as we see Bobby about trying to get out of the car the leaders are coming into the pits there's Jimmy Spencer the leader of the race Jerry punches right there and this is a break for Jimmy Spencer guys and radio 2 minute ago they saw smoke coming from the left front tire dispenser and the crew will get a chance now to change all four tires at 21 getting right side you see the entire pit road everyone's out trying to come down and get fresh rubber 21 car of Dale Jarrett and service all of a down pit row while the service is being completed here on the front stretch the action picks up on the back stretch John kurnitz location Ernie Irvan is pulled in Kodak's Gemelli into the midst Tony Glover the kirov gone to work right sides are already gone this will be a four-tire change taking advantage of the caution period [Music] that's going on they're pulling away part of the right front getting straighter talk about a break you just radioed into Richards tonight a right-side tires so several drivers were benefited by this caution flag that was brought out by Bobby Hill ins encounter with turn number one goes in the corner comin through the corner we one in the corner and all of a sudden losses into right front tire barges will turn and go straight into the hole and I'm telling you folks right now Bob the oldest in please maybe breathe one more time he's okay he's already out of the car the rescue squad at the backstretch they will lift his car off the racetrack and we'll get back to more action in just a moment from Bristol Tennessee [Music] rocking and rolling very nice eww we might need to talk a little bit about that disadvantage of hitting on the backstretch first time I've sit down thank you John Kernan is in the back right John it was flipped lots of smoke coming out the break dug on her nice car like he's really using the brakes on as he was sitting there in the fence a moment ago you couldn't see it John there was smoke looks like now break them and you said something earlier about brakes really hey Benny yeah he's still having problems with his brakes remember earlier he said he had to pump them to pump up to uh to get him to work also earning them or sitting out scouts to look for tires so some of the teams that are you know running in the top five top ten are gonna be out looking for tires [Music] Trackbacks are brought to you by Quaker State the bay queue is one tough motor oil each week we marvel at how quickly and efficiently the crews are able to change four tires by putting five lug nuts on each tire in less than 30 seconds this high-speed ballet looks almost magical but it really isn't magic actually it's preparation let me show you they use a silicon glue around the base of each lug nut now this silicon glue will act to hold the lug nut onto the wheel lug nuts are placed on the wheel Don a heavy metal weight is placed on top of the wheel now the lug nuts are actually allowed to sit on the end of the studs because the studs have no threads on the distal half-inch you simply push the wheel up on the studs the lugs will hang there ready for the air impact wrench to come on and tighten each one individually looks pretty simple however if you don't put enough glue there your lug nuts can fall off you put the wheel on and you can lose a lot of valuable time particularly at a short track like Bristol Tennessee and with all the tire changes we've had here in the first 172 laps of this race I'd like to have a concession on the silicon flu tonight it is a beautiful evening here in Northeast Tennessee at Bristol International Raceway and there's a shot from our helicopter hovering overhead Bobby Hillin has just hit the wall in turn number one his Cara's off the track and Bobby is with Jerry punch Benny Parsons you arrived Bobby had to catch his breath Lea we're here with wife Jim and Bobby what happened up there well Jerry we had a lot of problems of course the power steering broken we went green at one time I could only turn it about halfway to the left and I was going up to the wall so I had to come in I lost about 4 laps and then we got going pretty good but we lost a cylinder and that well I think that calls a push in the car and then we got the right front nibble oh now we're seeing a lot of right front tire problems see is it the race track to the fact that the cars are just going so so hard in the corners well the track so ties them we just didn't get the gun I think a lot of guys just had a car pretty tight and not work the right front pretty hard so you know with the new sealer each time it makes it tough to get the Sun up so you know maybe we'll have to do some more tire tests and I'm not sure but it's just a tough racetrack and that's going to happen well the good news is Bobby Hillin is ok and will drive again after ticking one massive head on lick there in the concrete and turn one and here is a look at it once again there's a damaged car watch the upper right of the screen and there's Bobby making hard contact with the wall when that tire goes down he just can't cut it to the left into the wall we win so we remain under caution here at Bristol International Raceway we're glad you could join us on this beautiful Saturday evening we'll be back with more in a moment [Music] [Music] turn down the air-conditioner back there guys I'm freezing oh okay sure looks like a Notre Dame football getting put that helicopter shut down the Black Plague so the black flag Hut Stricklin little bit ago or okay did they just black blank Ernie Irvan I don't know there is either gander sure there the black flag Strickland because of the pushed his car too far the PS and held a clamp I guess it's Harry Gant they black like he's more in defense under our third caution of the evening with the yellow on because of crash involving Bobby Hillin we'll give you the complete filled rundown here as we watch from high above Bristol International Raceway and you can see some of the 60 or so thousand fans that have gathered here for this event they built more grandstands down in turn number four this year and they sold every one of those and properly have a capacity standing-room crowd here they just can't build enough and sell enough seats for the people that want to watch the Winston Cup racing here on a Saturday night we complete the field run down cars that are already out of competition several of the Mayor Michael Wallace Waltrip and the Rusty Wallace crashed earlier now tomorrow night at eight o'clock Sunday night baseball here on ESPN couple of teams that are trying to get back in contention for their respective division leaves the Cincinnati Reds against New York Mets or Mets we trying to get revenge for the game this afternoon that the Reds won and so you will be able to see it at eight o'clock tomorrow 9:00 Eastern Time live here on ESPN the Reds and the Mets you talked about this standing-room-only over in turn to where these cars are going through now this is turn wonder entering turn one as the exit turned to those people sitting up on that Bank there's no seats there they just they are sitting on the bank they brought their blankets sorry see those PM they're sitting on the grass there's where the grandstand starts right where the line is all those people to the right it's good view from up there though let's be a couple thousand people a lot of tires that have been cut down tonight John Kernan has more on that well we'll go to the horse's mouth Wayne Torrance a field director for Goodyear Wayne I've looked at one of the tires it looks like it has cuts on the side but you say that's not the problem we're seeing here tonight no this this problem that you're looking at here is showing Tarrant which occurs almost each time we come to Bristol that doesn't really create a problem even though it doesn't look too good the problem we're having tonight is just gear versus real small punctures obviously it must be from the track coming up up here in turn one and small rock getting up some of the leaks have been so slow we've had to take them down and put them in a tub of water to actually find them well there you hear it's small punctures now we get just a quick shot here to show you what I was asking Wayne about this looks bad but it's not the problem let's go to the front pits and dr. Jerry punch John you know timing is everything in auto racing and we just learned today that the sponsor here on the Jimmy Spencer car banquet frozen foods will not be back next year with that team however the good news is they may make an announcement as early as the middle of next week about somebody else coming on board so good news and bad news and hey good news for Jimmy Spencer right now here at Bristol guys indeed he is the leader of the race as the cleanup crews continue to work and [Music] 79 laps to go we'll take another break and be back with more from Bristol International Raceway [Music] what Black Flag for Winston Cup replays are brought to you by Auto light spark plugs guaranteed for two years no matter how far you go Bristol International Raceway a night of thunder for Winston Cup drivers including Ernie Irvan as usual close competition on the 36 degrees of banking Dale Jarrett led 24 laps in the first half of the race but pole sitter Dale Earnhardt led the most laps he would finish eighth after tire problems Ernie Irvan who started sixth was the hometown favorite and looking for his first Winston Cup victory with 90 left to go urban took command Kirti old on for the win urban joined the list of drivers which include Earnhardt and Rusty Wallace who won their first race at Bristol so Ernie Irvan won his first race here so two Dern hearted Wallace and if things continue well we could see another one as Jimmy Spencer is the leader of the race right now under caution here Jimmy Spencer they're in the food city banquet Foods cars at the head of the people the advantages of night racing you can see the sparks as they in the world they must have stuck something other while the engine was running stuff some kind of bar up there but looks like they're gonna well this time they're gonna change tires yeah we're live yeah gonna try it again Paul we watched that pissed off you know about Jimmy Spencer if he could win be the first down the first three cars right now Jimmy Spencer Hut Stricklin head Sterling Marlin [Music] Garrett who's running fourth had not what like so we're seeing a changing of the guard if you will in Winston Cup competition with some of the young guys who have not won making a name for themselves in this kind of racing well they continue to work on the racetrack trying to get some of the debris and the rubber buildup on the track out of the way so we'll take another break [Music] okay good thank you the tractors are off the dre strike what [Music] probably [Music] [Music] cars have just taken the green flag in a now in turn number 2 Jimmy Spencer as a kid jumped out in the lead here Trump's Hut Stricklin however is it going to collect anyone not Jeb well Hut Stricklin is almost thinning and family does to have the breast straight away after trying to dock go down I guess I think he had boat on and got together over in the corner done got the car sideways and came all the way the front straight went before he finally lost control was fun and there we see Geoff Bodine going in the pits to try to figure out what's going on now here is the restart and you'll notice that there is contact between Spencer on the outside and Bodine on the inside as they take the green Oh Spencer almost gets turned sideways as they take the green now here comes Hut Stricklin he's running second boat on the laps down and then to go down to turn three this is what I've been trying to three vote on is trickling gets together Strickland goes up I almost hits the wall up there Bodine does go around meanwhile Strickland as you can see he started to spin as he goes out the picture and you notice Sterling Marlin who got caught up in the smoke it just stopped and here is what happens when you hit the brakes well you get nailed by somebody from behind as Terry Labonte did on Dave Marcus there and Geoff Bodine has taken the Budweiser four behind the wall he didn't make some contact with the right front of that car but I thought the car was almost stopped we see him trying to jerk the fender off and bowed on already is taking his helmet off has a window net down I want to forgive he might have torn a gear out or a broken backs or something of that nature in that spam baby he's taking the helmet off drugs backing off I guess he was enough he's crawling out the car probably disconnecting the radio and here's a real-time replay of the crash from Dale Jarrett's perspective this is a rose in fourth place [Music] [Music] by that point you just point it hold on don't you thank goodness that Strickland didn't come back across the racetrack was able to stop that car because if you come back across the racetrack we've been directly in front of Dale Jarrett many drivers are complaining about the condition of the racetrack and there has been some breakup of the surface on the speedway down in turns number one and two that has resulted in many cut tires near this evening what's happening is as a racetrack tears up increase small stones small pebbles and when these cars go across those pebbles they puncture a tire and now from ernie irvan's perspective in the kodak car John Curtin is with Jeff bodean Jeff Bodine has crawled out of the Budweiser Ford he said back into one of the trucks back here in the back Jeff what happened down there tough time to be talking to a guy like me you gotta wreck circumstances we're working under this is work to us and Allah's guide we're trying to work the best we can and I hope the Lord's with me because I don't want to say anything out I shouldn't say I just got bumped up and turn to got a little sideways eyes a couple laps down but I was trying to get that lap back and what's going on in this corner you got bumped again and I guess twice with a charm maybe three or four times I got bumped quite a bit and you got turned around and it slid up into the wall and really hit the wall pretty hard with the right front but uh good we tried to take a chance we didn't pin on that first yellow we stayed out they got us up front but didn't work on cars world thank you Jeff Jeff of course saying it was pretty tough to climb out of car to answer the questions but we're back to racing by Jeff Conine as the green comes out once again and we're back to racing and [Music] [Music] [Music] leader [Music] [Applause] [Music] maybe Alison closes in on Jimmy's really puts the heat on Alison these two have found each other again just as they did in the late stages in Michigan last week Alison and Jaron maybe is Davey Allison is not in second [Music] but Spitzer holds him up for the moment gets a little bit sideways still losin [Music] as Rusty Wallace has found a repaired at Miller Genuine Draft Pontiac he goes back on the bridge they cracked the wall hard in the early stages of the race but repairs have been made in Rusty Wallace goes back in competition [Music] fact is 100 four laps down to the field [Music] every time to help their users are trying to go under Gordon Shepard moving and Morgan is too so actually the cars you're seeing there laughs Jimmy Spencer and the Shepherd moves around Dale Earnhardt or how many times last Monday morning with someone look at them bumping out there [Music] competition will be back with more live coverage in just a moment of the flood 5 [Music] okay or I hope yeah those guys behave themselves or you know there goes Dale it's about 9 o'clock Eastern Time if your 11 laps into this race and the leader is Jimmy and Davey Allison who is back recently he was running right up there with position between 22 and Hut Stricklin and 12 ritum his running seventh they're the Jimmy Spencer the leader Dale Jarrett is second Ernie Irvan third Bill Elliott fourth and Alan mentioned that Rusty Wallace was back out after a long stay on the garage area [Music] [Music] is headed for pit road and the Phillips 66 in-car camera Lake brings that card one of the cars fitted on the backstretch strecher the backstretch is determined by your qualifying Michael Walter brings the fence and also on the backstretch just ahead of lakes me the left side will be a four-tire stop on that the 42 car began to fall back a few laps ago Jerry exactly Bob they think it might be the right rear tire down there in the grills looking at the left foot they're very concerned about tire wear quick pit stop for Davey Allison II was very slowly but not the leader Jimmy Spencer and we are nearing the halfway point adjust $10,000 could win a Pontiac quarry se one 907 37 the halfway point and register if you are called back and you know who was leading at the halfway point you will win that one 907 37 1100 is number to dial do it right now because we are approaching the halfway point in this sixth position continues to rage and Hut Stricklin finally has taken that spot away from right back on the racetrack there is Jimmy Spencer laughing Richard Petty and also the 55 car of Ted Musgrave let's give you an indication of how much of a lead Jimmy Spencer has as he crosses the line there is chair has suggestible more than one second almost three seconds Jerry has cut that lead down some the weather traffic at although Jarrett's will see how I fell shakes out after they get out a traffic if they do because they're stars all around this racetrack so they don't stay on the traffic you know we talked earlier about having winters when was the our how many drivers have won two consecutive races after they won their first one and yes you're right Ned was one of them and that and dick lender won their first race and then repeated with another to do that tonight stay pretty consistent the interval between first and second that traffic killed him up a little bit which meant Jerry run time of race where perhaps the drivers have adjusted to the conditions on the racetrack into the traffic and beginning just to settle back a little bit [Music] Morgan Shepherd and the six of Mark Martin are running laughs down their battle two laps down knowing that got a father a bastard so hard Fishman get around this right 2530 miles per hour this almost wants to swing you through the right door your neck your upper part of your body fiction remember strengthens people International Raceway for Saturday night Winston Cup racing two-putt 500 is 230 laps old here the top 10 will be back in just a moment [Music] [Music] I did that time I'm watching the monitor I'm not that you want to get off of instead of around the world around the ear ESPN with over a million miles of award-winning race coverage speed world tonight in Bristol Tennessee with a putt 500 in what a race we have underway here nearing the halfway point just 13 more laps to go before we reach halfway the leader of the event is Jimmy Spencer there on the left side of your screen also there on the screen is Ricky Rudd and Ted Musgrave both of them are not on the lead lap as Ricky is now two laps down best battle on the racetrack could very well be and twelve cars Bill Elliott who was a pole of Hut Stricklin this is 4/5 cus Griffin has been one of the fastest cars all afternoon all evening that should say other than he was the poster in that for sideboard look at this 100 400 available tonight only to Bill Elliott the pole-sitter if he can win this race now if that amount moves up to a hundred fourteen thousand next Sunday afternoon at the southern live for you here on ESPN at one o'clock Mark Martin brings a poacher's Ford down pit road an unscheduled pit stop he's two laps down and the Jack Roush team jumps over the wall and begins to work on this car and Darrell Walker something that yes after the coffee there because he was right behind him now he's a spread way behind Elliott Darrell Walker went by him and he's in jeopardy of losing more left so now huh strip him position Strickland now Marlon will take this bike probably another car Stricklen cars we see fire coming up the exhaust he has done a misfire in the engine as it backs off the gas which they fired big disappointment for Hut Stricklin right it from the left rear tire that spark coming up before that is a misfire pit road as Gerry punctures down there with decree of Gerry the right front tire well without the exhaust so maybe he has broken and exhaustion he can get some air in there engages some cool air that will cause the bank of bat fire has look like those on this party got three more laps to the halfway point Jimmy Spencer the leader of the race could pick up $10,000 here in two more laps now there is Elliot and darrell waltrip running side by side Darryl comes to the inside off the fourth corner trying to take tip position bill and he does Waltrip moves to fifth yes back in the fifth I'm scheduled pit stop here is the leader Jim is Spencer he's moved back around Ricky Rudd three laps down again and he's a half a lap away from him here comes Jimmy Spencer off quarter number four Food City banquet blenders car driven by Spencer picks up $10,000 halfway point now if you have registered for the right guard halfway challenge and you are called back in the next few minutes and they asked you who is leading at the halfway point tell them Jimmy Spencer's and you'll win a car Jerry punch reported dead be back Spencer next year I think that's it the local grocery store chain isn't in there that is correct a lifetime ban which will couldn't be sign off the grocery store change all of the side of the car went to go into a particular market area have brought a lot of people to this racetrack sitting down in front of us in the broadcast booth a whole bunch of people city and the numerals that ship have very well Jimmy Spencer is working traffic very very well he is easier on patients when he has to tail carrots in the wall in turn form the tire there's a tire bouncing across the racetrack Dale Jarrett again we see the fuel burning in the exhaust pipes the tire comes across the racetrack to the left as the field comes down and takes the checkered flag and look at a been out six seven wide there the line [Music] well Jared had a good run going tonight yes he did my second position and had hoped to make it two in a row but it didn't work out that way Dale is okay he's taking the gloves off but obviously very disappointed you know he is he was running second and then I put that tire came from Lupin came up Jarrett's car must have make it some good time way down to turn one the ambulance arrives on the scene but I think they're going to need it because Dale is taking off the helmet taking out the earplugs and we'll be climbing out of that sit go forward in a moment meanwhile the leader Spencer is in right side rubber going on the car and it'll be a four-tire change and Darrell Waltrip is also in down here at the end of pit road Bill Elliott brings the course by Ford in smoke in the back of Phil and his car what that was like a tire was rubbing or that there is Dale Jarrett he's knuckle make a screen the road man you know sure isn't well he's had a good week like to accept that role boy winning at Michigan last week when he here last night in the Busch grand national series hasn't been a bad month for the Jarrett's about what three or four weeks ago med was indented in international Motorsports Hall of Fame down in Talladega and then he get to see his son when his first Winston Cup let's take a look at the replay this is real time making sure the car doesn't get down into anybody's way Jerry punches with me well while he's climbed out of the car jump the pit wall it's off to Eddie woman at Dale a little difference a week makes it tough for Jan here the car running awfully well what happened out there I don't know tire went flat or blew out or something going into turn three there didn't get any warning the car was driving good I was just gonna bide my time and taking it easy get the wallet on it's a shame incipio Ford was running good had a shot to make it two in a row but the brakes Dale Jarrett from the Victory Lane he will exit here early at Bristol with the heavily damaged set go forward gentlemen glad to see that he's okay there as the crew is at the scene of the car the pace car leading the field around with five 256 laps completed out of 500 we're under caution for the fifth time tonight at Bristol International Raceway stay with us we'll be back in a moment [Music] which side I see the sparks yeah yeah I don't know maybe it's hard to say okay my something if they send that crew back out to clean up we might do the buffet hey yeah I can't wait for that buffet Benny yeah okay mm-maybe broke a wheel man should have that's what I think look at baby look at the sparks on baby's car there well done aren't they called the race ring nail Jarrett's car remains on the racetrack Dale is okay the right front is missing it bounded off the car and ended up down in turn number one now watch from the roof cam watch very carefully on the right front of the car and we think we see the cut tire rolling off of the car maybe a wheel broke there it goes right there now watch the sparks indicating that it's making contact with the racetrack and then poof our contact with the wall I believe the wheel might have broken down as he came maybe the lug pattern broke out the center of the wheel or something that nature because we saw the wheel rolling down the racetrack and so we alone to sit go forward now so of course we saw earlier in the track fact how the crews not allowing them to get the car the tire on the car quickly and get it off quickly let's go to John Kernan who has an update on this situation with this car well ernie irvan's crew is you can see you've got a loaded tires from dale jarrett the since Neil is out of the race they've done the neighborly thing and they have loaned another Virginia team a set of tires now one other point I want to make about Ernie Irvan he and Ken Schrader are two of the seven cars on the lead lap but they're the only two who are pitting on the backstretch Ernie was running second when the caution came out because he had to pit here on the backstretch he is now running sixth it'll have to make his way through traffic to get to the front good point that's the disadvantage of pitting on the backstretch there is the Jarrett's car on the hook and it's over for Dale Jarrett our Western auto race recap shows that Jimmy Spencer is the leaders led 137 in the 250 laps four cautions for 34 laps we've had seven lead changes among six drivers and the 12,000 lead change in Winston Cup modern day history average speed eighty four point six miles an hour those that have led Spencer Darrell Waltrip Terry Labonte like Michael Waltrip Rusty Wallace and Davey Allison cars out of the race only two at the moment Jeff bodean Dale Jarrett now the Western auto mechanic of the Year standings Larry McReynolds from Davey Allison's crew is on top eight points over Tony Glover from ernie irvan's crew Robin Pemberton on mark Martin's crew is third then Danny glad and Kirk shell merdeen from Dale Earnhardt top five and the Western auto mechanic of the Year standings they continue to clean the track up in turn number four well where Dale Jarrett had contact with it so we'll take another break with 261 laps tone [Music] [Music] so it's Jimmy Darrell sterling it's Jimmy quickie complete laughs according to this money back in the lead lap Kawai key okay yes yeah I got you oh we gotta do Speed Week one to go don't billboards okay look at the top five here quickly because we are about ready to go to green Spencer Cole Whitt key darrell waltrip Sterling Marlin and Bill Elliott here they come off of corner number four getting set as we watch from our helicopter hovering over the track and the green comes back out on lap 265 sir drives away Alan Kulwicki is second they're in line now and here comes putt strickland passing him on the inside and several cars is really the only one that suffered major damage Earnhardt's trying to get all that back has to come back to the flag will it pass Spencer but he did not do it Hut Stricklin crashes here on the main straightaway and brings out another caution John Kernan well change the radiator and get earning back out a few laps but should say a few laps it's going to be a lot of laps before they can get this car fixed and back out on the racetrack Ernie hit Hut pretty good just at the end of the crash let's look at it again we see Hut on the inside he tries to go on the inside of Mark Martin Martin does know he's there that goes down hits the apron and gets the car out of shape almost saves it but along I thought sterling hit him but he didn't he hits the wall and here comes early and they meet pin on boy Walter was also lucky there he and Sterling that they got by from another angle from our turn one camera consentrate it bunches them up but they slow down back there sterling marlin barely gets bound being sad to watch Waltrip yes he goes down to the inside he hits Ellie you know rubs within a little bit there's the contact between Ernie Irvan and the Strickland and Ken Schrader also making her good food 85 down on the inside arrogant just barely got by with that Cooper come Danny front-end damaged on the RHIB Estes Buick that performed so well here tonight as Doyle Ford has the yellow flag out for the sixth time tonight and Tony Glover and the crew are busy at work back there on ernie irvan's car here it is real time from Ernie's in-car camera [Music] [Applause] that's the thing you guys doing it when there's trouble in front you've got to keep your car going straight don't have a prayer missing something in the car sideways turn Eric did what he could he kept the car straight unfortunately all of a sudden there and started directing folks listening to war going on down there that's an era to them you see him here [Music] why you spend the hundreds of thousands of dollars in the wind tunnel to get those things at perfect aerodynamic if that's not that $4,000 at your local buddy Jerry punches with my Strickland cuts still sitting in the car first of all you took a hard liquor you okay the unfortunate thing is had to happen you know till three cars got together you know the racetrack so slick out there it's just one groove and you know you just get out of that groove is just nothing you can do you can hear the dejection in his voice he still sits in the car he will not give up he would like to be able to get the car fixed but as you look at the front of the car the entire front section the bumper the grille and most of the fenders have been pushed away you could be radiator push back in against the engine compartment I doubt this car it's repairable to get back on the track tonight tough break for Ricky Ernie Irvan and his in-car camera didn't make it through the crash but now we go inside lake speeds phillips 66 with the in-car camera hands [Music] put him down just enough he was able to get by yeah they'll feel pretty good but no serious damage with that car but look at the damage on Hut Stricklin but that they got our welding gutted doors trying to cut all that sheet metal of polished metal away so they could it's a typical Winston Cup race at Bristol International Raceway lots of crashing and banging and a lot of good racing too and we'll be back for more in a moment [Music] yeah it's Howdy Doody oh it's oh goody do it Oh roll up your sleeves get out your knife and fork one degree you [Music] I'll bet there's gonna be yeah [Music] back in Bristol International Raceway well we'll do lunch with penny a little bit later as the fans anxious for us to a plate buffet Benny this wheat which we'll do in a moment meanwhile there is a lot of activity down around the 4 car of Ernie Irvan it was involved in that crash with met Strickland the crowd rises to its feet as we are set to go back to green on lap number 270 that puts seven cars now on the league ernhardt makes the seventh there goes record I'm by our leader he was second place now he's in about fourth place just the first laugh now he was three now the field summary as we watch the action a wiki bid back Millis rain 98 that your leader all these other cars laps down Brian get the lap back as Mark Martin is trying to get by Bernard and special drives up on the outside cold contact between Spencer and he's at the wall now hurdles and he holds if he does a great job and saves that car I think he bumped the wall but he saved it [Music] now surly Marlon is second here it is again on the outside in Mark Martin just started to come out of the turn up there and he does it well boy he really got back on our cross ways he got here again we don't want to get one that far around his feel sinking the wall could have played a part in something that ended in the wall he was spun out the wallet been there we see him smoke as he went in that third quarter I saw some smoke another now the 22 car of Sterling Marlin begins to six darrell waltrip 17 is in third position and in six places Kenny Schrader's those are the only six [Music] at this point except for a large heart now is back let's go to Jerry punch let me show you what count of course these cards addicted to the turn this is the right front tire and wheel that came out the Cisco Florida Dale Jarrett's come on in guys the entire center section has been sheared away the wheel less than four months old completely destroyed we Jarrett went into turn four and the car went head-on into the wall with a violent impact he's gotten under a lot of strain here at Brisbane so your speculation was right Ned it was a broken wheel there on Dale's car that's cinnamon to the wall those things do happen as Gerry says there's a tremendous [Music] there goes Harry Gant to the inside passing darrell waltrip dan is two laps down in 9th position at the moment Darrell Waltrip is still just sorta biding his time he didn't win more races here Chris anybody else by getting up there in the parameter family [Music] eleven times not quite time Fidel you're right thank you George later Eliot and Ken Schrader's 66 car [Music] [Music] help Terrigal body down to the end upon the 4 laps down in 16th position he was one of Eliott still way up high on the track what you get up behind and guard we saw bill go in the corner get high just and almost kick that these laughing your spurn art Earhart since they're just a bunch of traffic trying to follow by Joe Ruttman despite around a few laps ago Jimmy this race they're second place Sterling Marlin running with a couple of lap cars Brett Bodine and Joe Ruttman Jerry punch once again Winston Cup win here at Bristol the names are like Dale Earnhardt rusty walls it certainly could of course this is the time where drivers are thinking about next to resign and get fitted up with the team that they want to be with and performance here tonight by Jimmy Spencer would up his stock a little bit running together on the racetrack but not on the same lap rusty trying to get by Road and Earnhardt goes hi the senator also gets by down earlier come into the pits I tell you this guy has the last three races that a lot has allowed Rudd is close with in 69 Winston Cup points and although run hasn't been particularly strong here tonight Earnhardt has another misfortune with a flat tire eerie oh we saw the NASCAR official turned to back the car up he was pulling the line Jim Kenny back the car off the jack where he did roll it off the jet they had to put the car back under before that burning women grease is coming out of the right front the brakes are so hot that he called the grease on fire in the right foot but your eyes are still good even in April or from here finished in 20th spot but now he according to my calculations [Music] Christel International Raceway is the scene of our live coverage tonight of Winston Cup racing back in a moment [Music] [Music] now as you said earlier Neil Rudd and Earnhardt are on the same lap three laps down thank you March it down asy but the longer they run the better Spencer gets I think one reason Spencer is not having any tire trouble of course as soon as I talk about he will but he's running so low on the racetrack that time my sound like sheep oh I know where it is thank you are you through it all that's right just right foot it's gonna fit rusty okay just a little less than 200 laps to go and the putt 500 Winston Cup race from Bristol it's Spencer Marlon Colicchio Darryl Waltrip and Ken Schrader the top five [Music] our sweet world coverage is being brought to you by Ford and your Ford dealer have you driven a Ford lately and by Goodyear the unanimous choice of every NASCAR Winston Cup team Pennsylvania is continued to leave this race he has led 190 of the Oh Jerry punch who has thought new good news guys for a man who won back here back in April water came out a costly you cost yourself money for the cook about 25,000 and there's our pole-sitter bill Elliot lap down - Spencer [Music] still out there in competition how about this King Richard Petty he is 15 [Music] is ricky rudd what is in a little bit of racetrack and then other cars 22 that's sterling [Music] well mouse for run for sterling all evening long right behind as Harry Gant and Morgan Shepherd is two laps down fifteen mortgage he's a 21st bot he is Tim lapsed for the leader there's forward Alan Kulwicki the next car and Alan is the third place car and runs a race for third place with Darrell welcome to lesson so we'll stay with us just for a minute to see how this Oh Elliott [Music] at the bottom of the racetrack in turn number two and the yellow comes out for the seventh time tonight and we seen Elliott fire the thing up and trying to get the car to roll the left front tire will not road service watch the cars moving but the tire fire road get it back to the pits of course that tires gonna wear out a blowout here in a little bit we can see the tire smoking as it drags along on the pavement anytime that's gonna go the unocal bonus money goes to $114,000 at the southern 500 at Darlington at next Sunday now the tire started to roll into there it stops again the cars will not roll anymore Elliott brings it to a halt puts the window netting down and realizes that his chances of winning are over hit the wall pretty good here it is from our shot outside of turn number two you see made first contact with the rear end it looked like the right rear tire about a let go or simply get away the back end just went out from under it all of a sudden then sit him around tow truck has arrived at the back of the car to push him to the pits there's Alan Kulwicki who has him also Sterling Marlin head there a woman had been in viscid here is Kenny Schrader's multi factor in changing four tires and now here comes Jimmy Spencer and for a stop the leader Jerry punch and see the action down there a Jimi pin they look like they will change all four tires guys minute ago we said in Sterling Marlin and Alex would be the second or third place card that come in and made a four-tire stop Jimi's pitchers car getting left-side tire done they have already changed the right-side tires in the Food City Chevrolet Bobby Labonte something for Rick Wilson is pitting at the pro Spencer [Music] the drivers 30 miles per hour and Spencer now slows abruptly he heads back to turn 1 while Davey Allison another cars Rick mast etcetera get their four-tire change here in the Pens under caution hey you leave those yellow wheels on Darrell Waltrip start that's probably from his brother's car I would think so there had to be some miscommunication between Travis Carter and Jimmy Spencer for him to stay out that extra lap and they'll have to start behind all those cars look at Ernie Irvan car [Music] on the backstretch Fitz Richard Petty in Dick Trickle now Richard falls out there has all the Bible parts on it looks like as far as running is concerned [Music] Vallely just climbed out of his damaged core slide forward and he's looking over the agent compartment and bill first of all you took a heck of a lick are you okay what happened out there there were tire the car you'd made a lap up for them pretty well well we weren't running that buyout in he got off our a little bit we decided we'd stop our well Bill Elliott here with the crew they will try to get the car repaired a very heavily damaged Coors Light Ford sitting here behind good walk good call Ned you speculated as we saw the replay that the tire rear tire blew and that's exactly what happened at sent bill into the wall bringing out our seventh caution of the evening stay with us we'll be back after this [Music] I don't think you're gonna make this easy crews are done [Music] [Music] [Music] okay [Music] I'm look at what's coming up later tonight here on ESPN and after our putt 500 baseball tonight at 11 o'clock SportsCenter at 11:30 and Speed Week on at midnight tonight and we've got a lot of things to bring you up-to-date on at speed week tonight details of that horrifying crash involving Jeff Brabham at Road America earlier this week Michael Andretti has made his decision as to what he's going to do next year and we'll have all kinds of news and highlights in the world of Motorsports on Street Week at midnight Eastern time tonight they were going to go green and they decided not to because Chad little stopped momentarily down in 1 & 2 but he's going again yeah he's going again down he was stopped but what decision they had to know the caution again because he was stopped down there that just almost there wasn't worried at all the press straight away when the NASCAR officials that come out of picked it up Albert Chad that pattern controlled our barbecue sauce Tyson Ford is right but it doesn't look any worse than most other cars running out there at the moment yeah you're exactly right if we looked real close the leaders car a father would look well not that bad thought it was similar the later is garlic garlic exactly and darrell waltrip his second Alan Kulwicki third Kenny Schrader is fourth and Jimmy Spencer is fifth those are the only cars on the lead Sixtus Harry Gant seventh is Mark Martin eight this Morgan Shepherd ninth Davey Allison those cars tuned laps down there is no car just one lap down and then three laps down in tenth position is Ricky Rudd and 11th is Dale Earnhardt and 12th is the eight car being driven by Bobby Labonte third paint is Brett Bodine he's four laps down and 14th is Chad little that we saw there just a moment ago he also is four laps down and Richard Petty 15 place five less and the lights on top of the pace car are we should be going back to race conditions here in just a moment 322 laps happened crowd is still just as enthusiastic as it was at 7:30 somebody [Music] they alert hard get out there are Walter mistaken believe top of a car Bobby Labonte has fun coming off the turn for no caution he's going give us at the back of the field nobody else reading stays out bobby labonte in substitution for an ill Rick Wilson there would be a caution later [Music] Monte's men just by on the outside so just several in the car he's gonna cruise for three they're lured the lease a straightaway Dick Trickle is in the wall and the caution flag waves once again three laughter laughter big argument there's Dick Trickle the team three racing machine that is against the inside wall here on the main straightaway and once again our pace is slowed by a crash the eighth time the caution has waved tonight this probably is not going to be a lengthy yellow because don't think there's much to clean up trickle is going to get that car headed in the right direction and will resume but we will take another break as the caution light blinks on and off here at Bristol Oh yes sir yes I do have it who's in car sixty-six years old [Music] okay ESP n speed world tonight at Bristol International Raceway in Northeast Tennessee for the but 500 and the field is behind the pace car once again as Dick Trickle spun and tapped the wall down here on the main straightaway and we take a look at it from ernie irvan's in-car camera comes off turn four it looks like maybe Walter make contact Nick yeah just send him around but now the record pushing the three Pontiac back into the pits on the backstretch car just won't run but sure her knee was saying at home no not again because he of course was involved in a crash earlier tonight to knock the front end off the car but he's still out there still under caution so we will get our commercial breaks in here and bring you live green flag Asian when we come back oh baby oh baby that sure did get by the 25 car the reason Spencer didn't hit on the first lap Benny you were right he was talking on the radio when Travis Carter was trying to tell him to pit and he went five the pediatrician had to fit the next time.bye so it was a miscommunication pretty calls for about four spots pretty close for you we're so lucky oh he's so good at me here they come for the green flag perfect timing Sterling Marlin yeah Darryl has a flat tire looks like he's off the pace so his plan was good second place Alan Kulwicki third is Timmy let's go down to a Jerry punches in Daryl Smith they are gonna hold him also 15 seconds in the pits for too fast for darrell waltrip sterling fiery crash here at Bristol in April and could pull off his first Winston Cup victory here tonight Reis looking for his first Winston come and now Sterling Marlin is in the top spot looking for Windham Jeff Tyler of Roanoke Rapids North Carolina is probably a little bit happy right now the halfway point and they called it and he wanted we se that he's happy as well Oh Jeff Tyler congratulations in the right guard halfway challenge and all of us here at ESPN for watching Bobby Hamilton off the second corner hey there Carl's boobies mark mark moving around Harry camp there that last caution [Music] he was in front of Jimmy Spencer about the car all night that brilliant truly has been running the same speed at Louie [Music] the consistent has been running as fast as Jimmy Spencer that's been serving [Music] oh just feeeeel absent going he's falling back in trouble [Music] [Music] and we also understand that Davey Allison okay [Music] some smoke gun Spencer scar that done yeah I noticed that last laugh one wowthat's pitcher led the race quite a bit after that but it didn't hit the might've been called the car and [Music] and that's what the smoke we see if you're going since going tires chances are he will know if everybody else is quit now because of crashes or as the result of crashes skaar Mark Martin he's on the back bumper of sterling barley just a couple laps ago that was a big event in one car lengths the rearview mirror second place car this group of six were running by Rick mast into the wall [Music] slowly down the back Fargus trying to get his lap back here bark-bark me slides up garage door [Music] he needs to get back on the lead lap baby Spencer it is slow Jimmy Spencer is slow and I'll turn forward and have an insert I can't kill me in the picture drives right under the flag that is being displayed by the crewmen down there the car is shut off and he just radios in the throttle linkage broke and the assister smoke pouring coming inside the car said he had a note from celebrator pedaled all and apparently he shut it off make sure that he wouldn't over rev it apparently they are going to break the car back around behind big while the leaders make their way likewise being gun Allenswood tutors more getting four tires meanwhile Jimmy Spencer Food City Chevrolet hood up he sits in the car good afternoon a good evening for Spencer but apparently they're having area of the hear what they were saying and I think we're probably just as well off there's nothing cool under that any trader comes in and here is crash the reason that we are under caution mrs. Berg can't return to once again it looks like that the right front tire lost there and Richard Peddie makes contact as mass comes off the wall Thank You Jessica that that thing headed right for the wall again is probably a tire went down on the Rick masks are there he is though he's out of the car and Rick is [Music] he's one guy so I'm going to show you on Courtney's camera here this is the rod or the part of the heim joint I get 42 built down I can show you that he's getting a shot for my key apparently but this is the this is the heim joint that broke on the accelerator linkage in Jimmy's ventures car right here broke where it goes into the firewall this hooks to the linkage on the side of the carburetor this goes to the firewall and it snapped off you take it [Laughter] nice going Jer they've got to track her own Oh Davey Allison's got a fire over something around the world around the year with over a million miles of award-winning auto racing coverage ESPN Speed World at Bristol Tennessee tonight on a beautiful Saturday night with nearly a full moon showing over Bristol International Raceway now Jimmy Spencer came in is still in the pits Jerry what is the problem talk about keeping the pedal to the metal that sort of lingo they use in racing let me show you what happened and Jimmy Spencer broke the linkage the heim joint this is part of the linkage it goes the carburetor to the children the carburetor linkage this is the heim joint attachment it goes towards the firewall he had his foot so hard on it apparently the vibration and force here at Bristol just sheared it off they are in the car now Charlie McCay is a cruise rider in Paris he's lost a lotta laps here in the pits and Jimmy Spencer will not win his first one tonight at Bristol he can carry his head high however after this race because as you can see he led 204 of the 358 laughs here [Music] a lot of spectators now waving to the cameras paid the empty plate means only that Benny Parsons was somewhere in the area ladies and gentlemen you have seen many buffet Benny's before this year but you have never seen one like this one watch this [Music] looks like my kind of place southern hospitality new brownstone the river doesn't what we eat in here well we've got all kinds of stuff for you here we've got what you're eating here is beef enchiladas with refried beans and rice we've got nachos here beef we've got chili con queso here at the cheese dip dip your chips in this is a beef chimichanga and over here never mind well maybe this is going to give us enough energy to get down the river and thank you Chucky trading company for a wonderful lunch it was the mission one last battle there we go down I think it's about that time [Music] with Betty in it we just went green it's lab 364 and Alan Kulwicki is out front in the putt 500 [Music] it was a lot of fun was that really you coming down those great time rabbits Allen quickie now our leader has the 22 car of sterling Pontius darrell waltrip two laps down get one of them back here is right behind a leader and Ricky Rudd is right out in front of the leader he is back now with him Marlon is second third is Schrader fourth mark mark now look at this six drivers who won in 1990 Headley at least one win in 1990 have not won in 1991 and the current leader Alan Koh a key is among them we're all supposed to get in front of get one of his left Oh Harry gets pinched to an alternative get his lap back get one his laps back well this is run three four laps and have another spin or crash he can't Morgan Shepherd make some contact over turn two and Mary went around this is getting to be a little ridiculous here is a replay mark martin suppose the outside they learn - Morgan Shepherd runs and attempts carry handle the left rear quarter Panthers just enough to get him spinning that was coming off a turn - down to the inside routine we also saw the 28 guards very again trying to get the car going we saw the 28 car going through turn one smoking out the exhaust by black he had an engine truck and we see him with a hood up on the car we didn't have we reported awhile back that he perhaps had some fluid leaking from is half of them Ford Davey Allison does continue to have problems here tonight Allison 3rd in Winston Cup points certainly within striking distance of Dale Earnhardt 137 points behind that green hose we see that's water hose that they're over trying to spray the radiator pray the engine down trying to cool something down so they can work on a hot Hamilton Ford under Davey Allison here at Bristol International Raceway back with more of them but 500 in just a moment [Music] parachute it look like to get that hard did he he's behind the wall yeah yes [Music] Bristol International raceways the scene of our ESPN Speed World coverage tonight of the but at 500 under caution for the tenth time tonight because of this in turn number two right in the middle of the screen the green and white car the skull bandit and the 15 car the red car Morgan Shepherd makes contact off turn 2 very spins Goes Down and hits the wall that doesn't look like it's that hard but he has specs cold man is behind the wall we'll go green in one more lap we'd like to remind you that at 7:55 tomorrow morning Eastern Time not too long from now as a matter of fact we'll have live coverage of the Belgian Grand Prix from spa shop again Ayrton Senna McLaren driver will have the pole position when they get the green light tomorrow with John busy Yano pop Barcia and David Hobbs live at 7:55 tomorrow morning in Eastern Time crunch time that Davey Allison might have a hit yesterday on the Hamilton Ford we saw that smoke coming from over there to go hope that race will get over with quick so we can get in our annual ESPN golf tournament brawl Valley Golf Course at Mountain City Tennessee unfortunately I won't be able to join you but have a good time more fortunately yes yeah are you saying you'd what job before today yeah here's the green we're back to racing darrell waltrip is only one lap down now in the [Music] behind two three car lengths of the leader Alan Kulwicki and Schrader is third laughs now okay that's got one of those back there is Davey Allison who has returned to the race baby certainly not running up the street and they will probably be bringing him back down pit road momentarily they barely had either a blown head gasket for a crack in the block we have gone to get some liquid glass when they used to sealer they're now our black flagging baby I'll stay as close to this number and we'll wave the black flag as he goes by to bring him on the pit road thinking he may be losing some fluid or some water or Fagin Alison does show some smoke [Music] that racetrack is liquored up without getting some extra fluid over the track and look at the smoke now beginning ball a little bit heavier as Alan Kulwicki from Greenfield was looking for his first win of nine finish has been a second at Pocono their second place Allen stretches out to leave a little bit turn the third place car is Kenny straighter but he has stadium just been out there Mark Martin and the five of Ricky Rudd this is for position laughs down that they are the fourth spot a lap down to root and mark while we watch that al-kuwaiti booze around Derald Walter let's walk up two laps down once again there they are that kind of the second turn see him on the left years pre-collision has well also run a very smart race here tonight he got a lap down early in the race when he had a flat tire an unscheduled stop there we see a mark mark [Music] soundtrack Darrell Walker coming back at the dance hillock after cranky earlier back Walter's coming in for an unscheduled pit stop Jeffie to a halt we'll see if they replace those yellow rims with comes a leader that's three laps he'll be back [Music] off he goes again you talk about being laps down Killam is 222 laps behind because Jeff bodean I don't think they're trying to think a white truck that went down there that's the reason he came in or pit stop and went the leader is Alan Koh aqui we'll be back with more of the but 500 after this [Music] [Music] [Music] make up a lot there did did he the what Chad little the bullseye ford has brought out our 11th caution of the evening he spun over in turn to the leader Sterling Marlin is in for a pit stop he was a second place car coincidence Rao's not to come in the pits garland if he has a natural house for changes for time [Music] he was losing ground to Alan Kulwicki in here's the cab little car as we see as we're watching that as we're watching the crash he goes in the corner and he doesn't blow a tire blew stuff yep he's lost control could never get it back and spun around ken Schrader is in John Kernan is there Schrader and company already in the middle of a tire was running on the restart really no problem and now he's four tires and he stalls the engine crew we'll have to put you together refire they finally each reader has the car going again now in our big a Auto Parts on track mineral this of course was under green before the crash week time cookie and trader on the five consecutive laps 377 the 381 you'll notice that coal wiki was one point nine seconds ahead of the Schrader on lap 377 and it went up to four point two sixteen point nine seconds there on lap 378 for Alan yeah but you see with 18.3% he ran across some traffic because the race car driver just doesn't slow down eight tenths of a second in one lap so that's why he went across the traffic's while at 18 well where he will go green before too much longer Alan Kulwicki will have the top spot when we go back to action villa crystal [Music] yeah you're right boy this has been a long second half and a cheap [Music] cars on the lead lap would get their choice and starting inside [Music] Center at 11:30 baseball tonight at 11 o'clock right after our Winston Cup race here at Bristol we have just gone back to green leave there's the 22 farms like Marlon that is second position running with him Dale Earnhardt and Jimmy Spencer right now up front my head the wiki is ricky rudd got in a lap back now there's the Rhine car of Bill Elliott and he looks like King is ready to go back into action I guess they decided to dispense [Music] ricky rudd got the jump on Alan Kulwicki on the start of it faster right here [Music] [Music] twelve after most of the laughs here tonight a car maybe laying down some around the wrist crap less than a hundred laps to go now run Alka wiki is putting that lap back on Ricky Rudd kid to get the caution they needed he was back in his lap for a moment [Music] now Spencer gets around Earnhardt he gave him a little bit of a tap their second time they passed last here comes mark mark triangle on the outside [Music] an artist on the field watch the little love tap that now the 5 and the 7 have been exchanging faint ooh we seek a wiki working on that gin will try to their car going straight for the walkins yeah early Marlon has damn best set of tires that came head and foot on now he boots around Ricky Rudd so he has nothing but a little bit of daylight between number seven karna brain having Rick Wilson slowed down the backstretch now into turn three and he heads down pit road it does affect our Thunder power he was in the top ten as a matter of fact was nine so not a bad run for Bobby Labonte here but he stops in the Snickers pit now and will get tires on the right side a flat fourth gives the car beginning to close in on Alan Kulwicki our leader Jerry punch has a report on Bobby Labonte Bobby Labonte just cut a right-side tire down when he punched the wall if the land gentlemen wanna have it we might mention the car number 98 in here is having some smoke some on the left body we said we see the smokes we don't really know the jury is you saying that sprinter slowed dramatically and he said bobby labonte coming back in again this time Mark Martin are working together on the racetrack harmonious relationship but they are running together the two guys who battle for the Winston Cup in 1990 of course not in the points battle at the moment behind Earnhardt and sistas we won twelve point six five now remember [Music] [Music] the fish they dinner bell Alan Kulwicki now beginning to pull away a little bit from sturdy Bartlett Bartlett had closed in we can sit there friend of course it's a week too late he was on the pole last week in Michigan's that picked up the wind at 2100 work [Music] think that's what happened Morgan Shepherd Shepard Jerry punch has a report on a never-say-die Snickers preamble Jaime he tried to the car they couldn't get me quoting [Music] we've seen that many many times tonight we saw it from the Kodak crew as Ernie Irvan was involved in a crack did a lot of cutting and sawing and repairs made and Ernie he is in 20th position and there's the 30 car of michael waltrip also in that same situation many positions is impossible you see the nose has gone off the 12 car at home and posters and another one in that category a bill Elliot's got those yellow rims [Music] yeah was concerned about Bobby's health but there's an immoral he's back on the racetrack 31st [Music] not only interested in driver points but major sponsorship for night away seventy-five they drive for that was pretty heavy into this today and that Morgan Shepherd might go to the 21 car of the wit brothers there's Darrell Waltrip still I'm still trying to get back on the lead lap [Music] Darrell and barrel is down [Music] the king is tenth and Brett Bodine is ninth man yeah he has he sure has I mean that Jeff but I stuff came out of left field net butt yeah okay man I hope nothing in sweet gets dropped this week is he's ready for the story huh whenever it happens Jovi [Music] oh man Alan Kulwicki leads the but 500 from Bristol International Raceway [Music] last that 50 laps to go never food on cruise control five-second lead well actually just about two and a half seconds we look down on the racetrack and it's a pretty good distance but is that they go around this racetrack it's not all probably more cautions before this race Davey Hamilton with Jerry punch he's out momentarily they're trying to get the car fixed behind thank you what's the problem [Music] you know we got several laps down we well maybe we'll be able to get back in it's wise keeping the helmet on folks he's trying to get back in remember he is only 68 that's right there are the point standings in the quest for the 37 behind the leader did I subtract that right many running face after Bobby ready Oh Bobby Labonte is back out or something Jessica ted musgrave in the number 55 car is there let's see rain [Music] and you can see that he only has a three-point advantage on Bobby Hamilton in the rookie points Wally Dallenbach [Music] rich bickle our fourth and fifth not so tight as far as a manufacturer's points are concerned as Chevrolet with ten wins has a rather the Ford products who have won five times Oldsmobile but Alan Kulwicki in a Ford is a leader of this race now right at the beginning of the program remember we showed you how this is a Chevrolet racetrack you guys talk about how heaven racetrack in the past boards running one two a matter of fact and here is Bobby Hamilton we saw him grab just a moment ago he's second Ted Musgrave in right now he is one position ahead of Musgrave on the racetrack bucatini [Music] now our accumulated only as a guide to the final quote that is taken by a of the year points and it doesn't automatically [Music] position [Music] the Phillips 66 in car camp [Music] [Music] this partnership heaven let it go go six laps down great away separates the two so [Music] are set up here for an exciting finish as Marlon 60 laps to go now he let the 98 car go by the six car Mark Martin is closing in and Ned I'd say what he don't want that car go by because if he lets it go by he's will be back in the lead lap and that's the car that he'll definitely have to contend with [Music] mark mark is fourth lap down trying to get it back here when the late going that the Budweiser to go back in a moment [Music] good stop Stewie we're doing I don't think grab his car I would think could be you think he'll Spencer to get out of the way welcome back to Bristol International Raceway in Northeast Tennessee live coverage Stein of NASCAR but 500 Winston Cup race in its closing stages right now [Music] our speed world coverage is being brought to you by Quaker State the big queue is one tough motor oil and by GMC trucks it's not just a truck anymore its quality on the road I say what película moment ago made a mistake when he let Spencer go by because he's holding up down in this he is a bark Martin is there just a knocking on the door get back in the lead lap tortillas stepped up his pace a little bit now trying to get back around for for the get around Spencer just trying to hold mark part note but he needs to get around Spencer to do that still Food City car go find him but mark mark is threatening to also yep and they get together dangerous oh and they touched some more they had touched earlier in the race this might not be over yet [Music] the third car there is tries to go to the inside Jimmy Spitzer and Spencer want to get the black flag Black Flag because of his actions on the racetrack focus for that smoke maybe it is smoking a lot longer than counted on and that time Dolf bullet pointed to finger [Music] like my drops down to the green apron of the racetrack then comes in will penalty box action that's for sure this is the first tip-up quarter number four just to stop it go the victory here tonight start the meeting that Jimmy and Mark had on the track whoop mark comes off the corner goes up the racetrack and they touch right and Spencer goes in and says hey I didn't appreciate hit me like that and NASCAR unfortunately for fun for Super Jimmy Spencer are seeing the same pictures we're seeing I think it was that second little warning yeah a dispenser did newsday wrong coming off that turnover there when they were going down festering all this from cherry pie in football that would be 15 yards on Necessary Roughness but that's what they call it here in racing he brought him in for really it didn't make him a happy camper at all he saw I believe the pen darrell waltrip go by on the outside let's see Waltrip is [Music] position but he didn't figure on the class tires in these three lab sounds there are only three cars on the lead lap and right behind the six star that just went out of here picture gives back on the racetrack where he was before he was closing [Music] Belka wiki has a seven-second sterling Marling one laps to go [Music] hard to go by now the race of Martin our partners already made up at least with quickie spotter he's keeping them abreast of exactly what's going on for those cars around him checking the interval between first three this is Alan Kulwicki 12th Starkey reversal his best finish this year was in Richmond on the shore track where he finished fifth and only the second race of the year here in the spring [Music] what's the temp rates of 1991 come back and we'll find out [Music] [Music] and we ought to give a audio [Music] okay [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Alan Kulwicki car number seven the hooter but 500 19 laps to go and the rookies have found each other and Ted Musgraves all these three points separated the year' point standings right together as far as far as scorn is concerned as nawicki goes by the Michael here's a field summary to see where he is [Music] only three cars that are long laughs away from the checkered flag minutes ago but it's rock substituting [Music] evening but several finishes last in this event now the Western auto mechanic of the race they're all smiles down here Danny congratulations on being named Western auto mechanic of the race all right congratulations to Danny and all victory here [Music] when Dale Jarrett won his first Winston Cup race but with the next the will struggle some luck this year he has run good where's he's watched some polls but Jeff hasn't been named smart race here tonight Jimmy Spencer almost he was very close to getting Darrell Waltrip and Ken Schrader Raider is on the lead lap which is less than a second for happy some drivers is anxious to see this race over because it's a very tiring very hard [Music] not too far in front of the is camps writer don't know what the test he's also a very hot and humid night here in Bristol [Music] yes as the fellas have talked to the drivers in the kids but fall now the ratio that we can see just now how much water is on the drivers as they he pass out a frame now here comes second place Sterling Marlin that's comfortable with less than six laps to go Morales the Whitney here he comes to complete lap 495 five to go well over a half a lap ahead now interesting to see if he's let's go here in a little bit he's coming up on some heavy traffic he don't need to be running too hard there he might just what mark mark goes now this lake is the race we're pretty too bad probably who bark gives him a bump as he ran up headed back off on the outside of the 94 car of Terry Labonte there [Music] free to go and now we'll probably just stay back there now follow we still see chemistry this race is about over soil board as the white flag in hand here it is for Alan Kulwicki only one more time around this point five three three mile bubble and Alan Kulwicki will have his first victory team 91 the third and fourth turns now he has survived the Bristol high banks and Alan Kulwicki wins the butt 500 and the Hooters crew goes crazy found on pit road when for this team and a great win for Allen here's John Curtin well we're trying to catch up with the heavy happy Paul Andrews he's the congratulating a lot of people a lot of people coming up it's been a long time coming for these guys [Music] [Music] congratulations fall head on over to Victory Lane Alan Kulwicki wins the bud five hender here at Bristol we'll be back to talk with him after this [Music] [Music] he came for two laps down [Music] don't forget my 30 second piece after this okay [Applause] [Music] coming up in just a moment Baseball Tonight SportsCenter at 11:30 and Speed Week at midnight let's go down to a very happy Victory Lane and dr. Jerry punch and Alan Kulwicki still sitting in the car and trying to get his breath on congratulations oh it feels great the day started off no course we got a flat tire got two laps down and you know we just kept our cool and made two laps up and the Hooters fourth under prevent great I got to thank Hooters restaurants diner Luke Ford Motor Company naturally fresh all my sponsors my picker did a great job you know we've been down and out and run good and just keep having problems but we bounce back and you know the guys never quit and Paul Andrews and Danny glad Ron Vaquero just all the guys on the crew I mean I can't name them all without forgetting something but it was a team effort we had good pit stops good tires and everything went great you know we didn't back into this one this is uh I think three the last four years we want a race so I think I've passed the Fluke stage and it just feels great Alan Kulwicki at Victory Lane here in Bristol Tennessee he will make it the 36 year old driver becomes the source first Ford winner on the short track to 1991 top 20 finishers in tonight's race Marlon was second Ken Schrader third the only other car on the lead lap and then Mark Martin and Ricky Rudd finish in fourth and fifth position show you six through ten here and guys it was a typical Bristol race had a lot of crashing and banging but fortunately no drivers injured and just pure excitement from start to finish and of course Ricky Rudd to pick up a few more points on Dale Earnhardt here tonight the Winston Cup points battle continues to tighten up his Earnhardt had some misfortune again tonight Earnhardt ending up in seventh position and Ricky Rudd has ended up in fifth position so as we go to the southern 500 next Sunday the interval between first and second position in the battle for the Winston Cup is only 60 Rudd with a 60 point deficit on Dale Earnhardt Mark Martin third of the points followed by Davey Allison and next Sunday afternoon at one o'clock one of the great traditional races in NASCAR the Heinz southern 500 from Darlington South Carolina be with us for all the action live here on ESPN on at one o'clock Eastern Time don't forget speed week coming up at midnight baseball tonight in SportsCenter coming up our congratulations to Alan Kulwicki and for Benny Parsons Ned Jarrett John Curtin and dr. Jerry punch this is Bob Jenkins thank you for joining us from Bristol International Raceway so long everyone [Music] I'm coming right up it won't take a minute yep thank you what's going on down there yeah yep yep okay what do you need this way yep how's your bee sting Nelson you okay did you get a shot yep how's my hair look you okay are they rolling back there okay sorry it looks at any time okay okay just in case you don't know what this is Bristol this is a 32nd Preeti's to run just before Speed Week it's already built in as far as the 24:22 just a recap of what happened here tonight I'll come as close to 30 seconds as I possibly can with Neal's help and I'll probably have to do it six or eight times since so thank you Bristol I hope you're rolling because here we go stay tuned now for speed week coming up here on ESPN we had to tape the show before tonight's but 500 here at Bristol International Raceway but we wanted to tell you in case you missed it that Alan Kulwicki won his first Winston Cup race of 1991 here tonight beating sorry one more time take two stay tuned now for us okay stay tuned now for speed week coming up next here on ESPN we had to take the show before tonight's running of the bud 500 here at Bristol International Raceway but we wanted to tell you in case you missed it that Alan Kulwicki won here tonight visiting Victory Lane for the first time in 1991 finishing in second position was Sterling Marlin and third was Ken Schrader Earnhardt has a nine-point lead now oh I'm sorry damn it okay I get it right this time sorry Bristol okay yeah coming up next here on ESPN Speed Week we had to tape the show before tonight's running of the butt 500 here at Bristol International Raceway in case you missed it we wanted to tell you that Alan Kulwicki won his first Winston Cup event of 1991 beating Sterling Marlin and Ken Schrader and Dale Earnhardt now has a 60 point edge on Ricky Rudd in the point standings settle back now relax and enjoy ESPN's Speed Week okay welcome back to Bristol International Raceway in Tennessee you're watching highlights of the but 500 oh okay I got to do some ji pees in bristl a special tape okay okay welcome back to Bristol International Raceway in Tennessee you're watching highlights of the Budd 500 Winston Cup race now we move ahead in our coverage you're watching highlights of the Budd 500 stop number 20 on the Winston Cup tour for 1991 due to time constraints we now move ahead in our coverage standing by they rolling this time okay back at Bristol International Raceway in Tennessee you're watching highlights of the Budd 500 Winston Cup race we now move ahead in our coverage number two just second you're watching highlights of the Budd 500 Winston Cup race top number 20 on the 1991 Winston Cup tour let's move ahead now in our coverage is that it that's it huh one more time the whole thing I don't understand okay standing by welcome back to Bristol International Raceway in Tennessee you're watching highlights of the Budd 500 Winston Cup race due to time constraints we now move ahead in our coverage you're watching highlights of the Budd 500 Winston Cup race top number 20 on the Winston Cup tour for 1991 we now move ahead in our coverage yeah
