1991 Budweiser 500

the man who drives this number 17 Chevy lumina is known to and loved 5 millions of stock car fans he's three-time Winston Cup champion 44 year old Darrell Waltrip the past two years voted NASCAR's most popular driver but popularity contests won't earn you a position on the grid this is what he'll see from its eight feet starting position he and everyone else will be chasing from the pole a man they have never chased before he drives this bright yellow number 30 Pennzoil Pontiac out of the Pahari racing stables Friday afternoon 97 degrees he covers this one-mile oval in 15 seconds over 143 miles per hour on his one hundred and sixtieth pride 28-year old Michael Waltrip Darrell's little brother when his first ever Winston Cup hole a milestone in your career you'll never forget well it's a big part of what we do you know we try to win races and we try to win polls and when in a close difficult you've got to be the fastest for one lap you know you almost need to be perfect to do it and took 160 times to be perfect but I finally did it so we're looking forward to the right what is this setup today as compared to qualifying we haven't changed the thing I've got the same springs and shocks and gear and everything as we qualified with we put a different engine in but there's really no difference in the two this one's just as strong as the other so if we can get the handle on the pins all Pontiac we pushed a little bit yesterday in practice it's a little hotter today if we can get this car handling the way we want it to we'll be in good shape go get them young man thankful at save hi Kyle happy birthday have a good day watching me win this race he's talking about Kyle Petty who turns 31 today and I have a feeling this young man may someday someday be NASCAR's most popular driver not only does Michael have to contend with 34 of the best racing drivers in the world but also the fearsome Monster Mile [Music] TNN motors first proudly presents live flag-to-flag coverage of the Budweiser 500 hello everyone I'm Steve Evans Michael Waltrip knows he will have instant competition when the green flag drops because outside of row number one the 1989 Winston Cup champion number two the Miller Miller Genuine Draft Pontiac Rusty Wallace we all know how rusty attacks a track but he's never won here at doe Burt much like the men that Glenn Jarrett is with right now well the fellow that I'm sitting here with or standing next to is Rick mast driver the Skoll classic Oldsmobile rick has never won a Winston Cup race before but he's certainly no stranger to Victory Lane here at Dover he got his first Super Speedway pole here and his first Busch grand national win came here at Dover you got to feel good about your chances today Rick well Lyn I'm starting third the last time I start a third at Dover I won the race my first win I got here my first pole I got here I love this race truck it's but best of all find it forever you know we'll just have to see how it goes you know we've been doing well in practice willing qualifying a few the racetracks we've been off a little bit last half of the race but you know we're gaining on each week we'll get more consistent will persist that I think for long you're gonna see this go clásicos in the winner's circle certainly wouldn't surprise me to see that happen today and my compadre Brock Yates is standing by with another fella looking for his first win on brother with me it's Alan Kulwicki Glen and he will start on the outside of the second row Alan of course a really unique man in Winston Cup competition he's an owner driver wrenches his own automobile and not only that runs very quickly at Dover he set the qualifying record for the Budweiser 500 in fact still holds it but this race does not necessarily go to the quickest man Alan now it's about a four and a half hour race it's tough on the cars and the drivers could turns are so Bank there's a lot of force on you it's tough on engines and you have to be there at the end this is probably gonna be one race where there will be some attrition and you've got to stay out of trouble first and second turns a little treacherous up high so a lot of things can happen our cars the Hooters four Thunderbirds running real good and we're optimistic we're looking for a good day but you know it's the last hundred miles that are gonna count okay all the best 100 miles free island quickie and all the rest of the guys Steve Evans okay you have met our pit personnel NASCAR is just about ready to rumble this field so let's go upstairs and meet the boys in the booth led by play-by-play expert Mike joy thank you Steve and hello everybody at stake in Delaware today 600 thousand dollars in prize money 180 Winston Cup points to the winner and all the prestige of victory but that's not what's on these drivers lines to do well at Dover requires driving to survive for 500 miles here is tougher than 600 at Charlotte or Darlington Bristol Talladega or anywhere else on this circuit the two pallets that'll join me topside to call this race no well the frustrations and the joys of success at this racetrack first bill Parsons you put telling me what's the buddies laughter that you like driving this racetrack well I do like this racer because it's tough you got high banked corners Bank straightaways you charge the corners but it's a challenge for a drive or any racetrack that's a challenge to me a driver in here Buddy Baker who's best known for putting his foot down at Daytona and Talladega and keeping it right on the floor this was not one of your better racetracks now you could say that no I ran quite well here several times I had I get three third-place finishes I led the race back down to the very end two or three times I had an engine lockup for four laps to go leading the race and had a real good shot of winning but you know the race track never was really good to me I had bad luck here a lot of times I created a lot of bad luck and I think I've hit the wall here about as hard as I have any racetrack I've ever run that so no it wasn't my favorite but it is certainly demanding is it more physical or mentally punishing here I think it's more physically punishing there's a lot of mental tough race tracks but this is a physically tough one because as I said earlier because of the bank turns the bank straightaways he never get time to relax where you are out physically or mentally at the end of the day here I can't remember I think I had a little bit of boat okay it'll be quite a day of racing here at Dover down stay with us TN ends live exclusive coverage of the Budweiser 500 is brought to you by Budweiser the king of beers with that clean crisp cold taste nothing beats a bud by new havilland formula 3 motor oil add more life to your car by Goodyear the choice of more racing champions than any other make of tire by Ford and your Ford dealer have you driven a Ford lately and by Kodak gold bill show your true colors [Music] they are mounted up and race ready here at the Monster Mile day with it the largest single-day sporting event crowd in the state of Delaware is packing in the Dover down to the Nashville Speedway in a record number to see the Winston Cup stars battle it out on the Monster Mile it's been a hot couple of weeks on the Webster Cup tour as Steve Evans shows us in this Haviland race series update last week in Charlotte Davey Allison's winning ways continued while a war of words with Dale Earnhardt's again heating up earn our two keys Nazareth playing favorites with Allison sport but those weren't the only sparks flying on the racetrack lap 209 Alan Kulwicki gets into the wall then on lap 265 Terry Labonte makes contact with Phil Elliott sending the course number nine spinning into the end bill grass great driving by Elliott to get things gathered up on lap 385 Richard Petty fighting for seventh place hits the turn for wall Bridget was taken out on a stretcher but was okay same could be said to the 43 car Kenny Schrader would edge at Dale Earnhardt for second place and it was Davey Allison who led 264 out of the 400 laps cruising to his first point win of the year Dale Earnhardt continues to lead the Winston Cup point followed by Ricky Rudd Darrell Waltrip Harry Gant and Davey Allison rounding out the top five well starting right beside of Davey Allison on the outside of the sixth row is Hut Stricklin who drives the car owned by Bobby Allison obviously Davey's father this team has been running great of light in Hut Stricklin I'm sure that you're probably ready to take that first trip to Victory Lane you know all the guys have really been working hard on the road bestest brakes tic-tac Buick for me and you know it's just been a good deal for me you know to get with a good group of guys like I got here and you know our engine program has really come around a lot this year and seem like we've got a lot of good success going forth right now folks this guy has been running great of late look for him to run up front all day today now let's go a little further up pit road to Brock Jegs well Glenn as you well know NASCAR has been extremely concerned about pit safety for the last year or so and they've made some major modifications here at Dover first of all they've widened pit lane about four feet you can see that this son pit wall has been moved back to give everybody a little bit extra room about 43 feet on the pit lane so it's still quite narrow more importantly though they have set a speed limit here on pit lane both coming in and going out of the pits at 40 miles an hour now how they gonna do that these race cars don't have speedometer on the pace lap the pace car will lead the cars down pit lane everybody is going to be down in second gear they'll watch the tachometers about 4,500 4800 rpm and second gear that will be the speed everybody comes in and use of the pit they got a radar gun up here to make sure everybody behaves and I'll tell you what dick Beatty and the boys they will make people behave right Mike joy you you bet rock buddy I'll bet you gotten a speeding ticket or two in your time but I bet you never got one on a racetrack well I tell you it's a real hard thing to go out and run a target yeah here and then come into fencing and govern yourself to come in that flow I mean you fight for a failing the second attempt was actually a thousandth of effective almost a year in target here's Melvin Joseph the Board of Directors a member of the board of directors at Dover dam and as he does for every event here gives the command that will fire off this field of Winston Cup stars thirty-five drivers on the starting grid for this one of the most difficult tracks on this circuit Mike Waltrip in his first career pole position the track is exactly one mile in length is measured by NASCAR traditional four turn oval but look at the banking not just 24 degrees on the turns like a Rockingham but the straightaways are banked nine degrees both sides very symmetrical racetrack but as we've seen this weekend turns one and two seem to drive a little differently than three and four when they really do Mike to what people have told me the cracks in the surface and they put tar at the price to pick up the space and and that's giving people a lot of trouble here's a look at the starting lineup with the two Pontiacs up there on the front row we've heard from the front four as they as they line up bark-bark holds the absolute speed record for this racetrack Artie Irvin who came within four laps of winning yesterday the Intimidator Earnhardt back in the fifth row the Alabama gang and row six back in row a Kenny Wallace in for in for Kyle Petty Bill Elliott Darrell Waltrip look at the veterans back there in rows 9 and 10 I really look for somebody to make a move out of those nine back to about twelve I think I'll make a movie will increase Derek Hough defending winner of this race Ted Musgrave has Tommy Ellis in the Flossie Johnson car carrying 97 Marcus hiland starting to Jimmy means car number 52 to keep him up in the driver points Richard Petty qualified 31st his stockpile turns 31 today and JD McDuffie who's run all but one event he failed to start only one of the 43 rhetoric over down Richard Petty starts his 43rd race at Dover on the driver to compete in every single one of them here warm in the engines on pit road and we're told the third type I will be the green flag we talked to a number of drivers about how tough and demanding this racetrack is and how they like racing the Monster Mile here are some of their comments what Dover really means to me is being able to drive like an animal and not have to worry about it you know you don't have to save you don't have to save anything here I can drive as hard as my heart desires and not have to worry about wrecking the car well I tell you this is the racetrack it puts a lot of centrifugal force against our bodies that um the biggest thing here is holding your head up all day and we build neck supports and things like that that we can rest our head against during the race and that's usually the toughest well one thing you feel when you go out on it's just black you know it's highbank and you go down in the corner and you just see all I think there's a lot of room got put a lot of sealer on this track there's a lot of road maps up high I don't know it's a tough place to raise everybody sort of gets intimidated by it but I get pretty pumped up for what I enjoy racing here I love doverdental Speedway it's suited to my style of driving you got to try to call hard all day and 500 miles you got it got to get you call working so you can drive it hole in the corner if you can do that all day you'll be at the end well the quickest way I know to tell you is find the biggest roller coaster in the world and rat it for four and a half hours that pretty well it's find it and that's what they'll do today we'll be back for the start of the Budweiser 500 right after the [Music] for 500 miles 500 laps around over down you'll be riding along today inside three of these Winston Cup car our tienen in-car cameras they're right behind Dale Earnhardt that's the Hut Stricklin car [Music] coming around you'll see him face the green flag Staff Sergeant Lawrence / Air Force Base puts them under green and Mike Waltrip on the break from Rusty Wallace looks like Mikey's going to lead that first lap and up on the high side we have Bennet we have seen many cars able to run up to the high side this weekend watching from Davey Allison's car he runs along with Ernie Irvan Michael told me that this may not be a storybook start but I would want to be leading on the birth class okay - Mike Walter and now you're with Ricky rod right behind Davey Allison my pack of cars and you see how quickly they go to single-file here [Applause] that is urban dropping inside the rick wilson car as on the short track departing stogie pass here going inside and a little bump and thump Rick Wilson wanted to be before outside so they got all too close together Mike Walter bleeding Kenny Wallace drifting way back in the field in the Felix Abati's car it's not that the cars running bad even sat on the outside much more you just go out to the earth you know the race we watched yesterday Mike I've never seen second groove not not worked in like yesterday I mean yesterday basically a race hopefully today they can get a second group open so we can see some good side by side ways they have played completely resealed the asphalt here at Dover Downs and they've got that low groove worked in with plenty of practice here over three days in the upper groove and nobody has been up in the Harry Gant groove at least not by choice I don't think we'll see anybody in Harry grand cru today unless they be unless there was a big problem Pontiac Oldsmobile and Ford at the front of the field running just about the way the qualified Mike Waltrip Rusty Wallace Rick mast in third Alan Kulwicki in a pork Dale Earnhardt taking a look inside here again there he is that's for sixth place into low how are you ernhardt to 6:30 Earvin to 7:00 that'll drop Gantt who came within about 15 laps of winning yesterday back to seventh baby Oliver there's from in-car camera and baby [Music] you know what this reminds me I felt like Talladega without the graph you see the guys in the groove and a guy gets out to go straight to the back because if you don't run down on the bottom you're not running anywhere going right to the back here here it looks like these are easy they're a little bit too Titor he's trying to work in a second group [Music] the way to get to the top of the racetrack your Harry seven laughs in Mike Waltrip leading Rusty Wallace they've got about two car lengths on the Rick mast Alan Kulwicki battle mark mark this down moved up into the fifth spot in sixes Earnhardt seventh deserving Alyson and 10th Rudd okay Mike I've talked to several of the crew chief this morning they said look out for that sixth car park was the fastest car here here's the wiki going after Rick bans the wiki's been fast coming out the backstretch but mass seems to have the measure of him at the end of the straightaway races for third I'm back after the number one car in third rusty scooting up the racetrack a little bit and he is right back into that battle [Music] ernhardt on the inside Davey Allison's lost touch with that group the battle is just ahead of him for second on back he took pink baby else Ernie Irvan women the wiki tries the bottom again on Rick bast and nothing there nothing but Earnhardt filling up his rearview mirror you know what I see Earnhardt down so hard I'll fin to the corner he's making his move before he gets to the corner on the bottom side so he keeps the track position erupted he felt but he came back a little drowned on Rick past there at second position I think he just slipped next when he got a look up a little bit high a little bit out of the groove and he just lost that that much ground now we he's able to take away from Rick mast against Michael Walker here's Alan Kulwicki inside mast for third Hawaii is finally going for him because ready here's earn are trying to get under coal wiki lost between these two they've had a couple of on crack so what you wanted the inside line there as you can tell my auntie and sister one feller heart doesn't punch in timid about Dale Earnhardt passed on the outside well in three days of racing and practice I don't think we've seen anybody passing on the outside and Earnhardt makes it work you know he's fun to watch absolutely.i moves Earnhardt up to third Mike Waltrip and Rusty Wallace he's about three seconds back of the leaf duo as we ride with Davey Allison [Music] Davee you hear him back in the flower the unique part about this racetrack is you get when you get in trouble coming off the pony it really happens in the middle and that's where experience comes in in the middle of corn if you realize you got in trouble then you squeeze back out of the throttle to get the car settled down the people without experience don't know enough to that and they're really in trouble when they come off the corner Mike Waltrip and Rusty Wallace now lead Earnhardt by about two and a half seconds yeah well it's a good thing they kind of broke up that mouth fight they were having the second group Michael Waltrip and him would have been gone I'm telling you when you're right side by side he blows up in a hurry and they made it far away from trying the Pennzoil Pontiac smoke out of Walter just from that steel it does they haven't they haven't worn hunter that's here Michael they're back off and let Russia go it on the horn if it's resting at the bottom that's definitely the way to go through turn one at least right now nobody's told earlier that he's just faster when he gets to so it's 16 laps the lead changes hands from Wallace like Walter in second laughing jadi McDuffy Baelor hearted third now closing in on the with the ax for 30 mark mark [Music] my Hut Stricklin intent Rick Wilson 12 and pret bowtie and Bill Elliott and Kenny Schrader good battle here purport spot trouble on the back straightaway one car loose and around and sliding against that inside retaining wall that's Dale Jarrett actually then we get moved way back in the middle of the quarters matter of fact that pointed it out to you thought I'm talking about grace way back in the federal form shirt name of the Citgo Ford that could be an example Mike of getting trouble in the middle of corner the day last experience he must have got some serious trouble I've noticed something when they go up on the outside that one into this much more severe than it isn't three and four it seems the latter group in three and four but when they go high and more than two they really get out of it I think but if we get get a shot maybe of turn one there's some cracks that runs parallel to them today to the racetrack and it's just above the bottom plane I think that's why there's more to have more trouble of one and two that you do it three and four that's well one of the drivers described it being a road map the way that sealer there you can see the asphalt sealer up into the grooves and looks kind of like a road map it's about seven or eight feet up from the white line in that story that's where you would want at least your left-side tires if you are on the outside line you can stay below it on the inside line that's a good shot right there because it's really just about parallel to the racetrack Morgan Shepherd comes to the pitlane so does Jimmy Spencer and Tommy Ellis here Steve Evans well they are poised and ready on tenth run even though this yellow came very early in the race in comes 297 power of Tommy Ellis coming for Lonnie Johnson we see Kenny Wallace during the Kyle Petty number 42 far-end we are currently standing the pits of Brett Bodine and the Quaker State team is also standing by with tires and fuel would you recommend Buddy Baker coming in this early on the yellow anytime they throw a caution end over you better come in and get what you need Jimmy Spencer pulling out of pit road and he has flattened up the right side of Travis Carter's car on something we're 20 laps complete we are under caution Rusty Wallace leading Mike Waltrip Dale Earnhardt Alan Kulwicki and Ernie Irvan we'll be back to Dover Downs right after this [Music] at Dover Downs run to the first caution of the day 23 laps complete as they take Dale Jarrett's car in the hoff the hook let's have another look at that incident up in turn two Wow that's that trees already got some trouble at the inside wall my bank on the straightaway you don't go back up the racetrack you'll probably get into the inside you have there goes in the end again it's a mean place to lose a race car that's from another angle and as buddy said the damage is already done he's already hit the inside wall and again the banks are self-cleaning you're out if you're on the racetrack you're gonna come down because that's contribute it's gonna take you down and there he goes into the engines got the brakes locked up there's nothing he can do about it there's a shot of the car that's going back to the garage two items on pit road during this caution Jimmy Spencer is still on pit row they're working on the banquet food Chevrolet the Travis Carter car which looks like he's banged up a little bit and Morgan Shepherd was given the first speeding ticket of the day he was too fast coming into the pits on caution so they brought him back in for a stop and go that means the but for motor craft or it will be at the tail end of the field when they get this restart you're riding with my Strickler trails his cousin-in-law Davey Allison to the green flag was able to jump back away key and restart moving him up the fourth position oh it's Wallace and or not [Music] the urban in court vast analysis like this is another one of the cars that they said to wash today three and next on mansburg sticks for a neck Sunday in the Sun you have a son together to that well Rusty Wallace is watching a real close takes a look at the bottom but right now I can't believe the power he has off the bottom of the corner you would think that Rusty's car running courier up there would get off the corner quicker it didn't happen I think they touch never so good I think nothing dealer and I was trailing a little bit of smoke maybe we get a shot of the right-front the car going to turn out I think I think he got together with Rusty Wallace with his right front rest of Wallace his left rear the wind at the parts of going around well it didn't take long 28 laps for Earnhardt to get up front 14 spot back in the field Phil Elliott moving up past Darrell Waltrip in the Hendrick Chevrolet is on the low side [Music] place the trumpet stay on the bottom the race that they passed him by laying off six federal position granting Sterling Marlin off into the corner looks like he's going to have everybody out of here in time for the early plane it opened up a gap over the second place car Michael Walter go run off to mow the lawn just yet folks you were tuned to tienen yesterday if you work you won't believe to finish Arianne had the race one with 15 laps to go with five laps to go Ernie Irvan had it one ran out of engine and with two laps to go Davey Allison had it one and run out of gas Todd Bodine went to Victory Lane the Budweiser 200 yesterday second and third place battle what a boost to my Qualtrics career Buddy Baker when you won your first pole what kind of liquor yeah well you know that that really makes me thank you you've got the best race car and you have the chance to win you know the car faster that's when you go into the event through the season but you know you can do that no no I just wanted for one race ha ha ha kinda like when you win everybody you know that's that's it Walter the definitely let's check in with Glenn Jarrett you're looking at the severe damage to the Citgo Ford number 21 they'll standing next to its bill what happened out there you'll have to ask the 22 car what happened I don't know I just ride them in line we were passing the 22nd our next thing I know I'm turned sideways you know it's unfortunate car was driving good just kind of handsome as we came to them it's just unfortunate I'm about tired of this I can guarantee you from now that this won't happen anymore it's going to be on the other end I've had enough well you can understand the anger and his being upset about this let me tell you folks Jarrett's have a bad temper you ever seen them golf you'd know that at 22 cars Sterling Marlin of continues to run out here in the Maxwell House for the jr. Johnson car second third and fourth to Pontiacs in a Chevrolet Wallace Mike Waltrip and Ervin they're starting to work a little up the racetrack but nothing like we've seen here in the past where they you'd have five different grooves on this racetrack through the corners down on the bottom got a little bit sideways [Music] got him slowed down enough that Ervin was able to get by on them get underneath them and then give I beat him in turn one you know when he said they didn't touch the car after qualifying and sitting on the pole you wonder if fact what that kind of set up the work for five works great for one laughs it's funny I was talking to several people this morning some of the people said they were going to loosen their car up a little bit because it wasn't quite as hot some of the people were gonna said they were gonna tighten their car up because they thought it was such a long race okay for all you numerologists in the field car 43 starts while the driver of car 43 starts his 43rd race today he started 31st his son Kyle turns 31 today and Richard Petty who started in 31st position has now climbed up to 21st he's had more cars than anybody since the drop no no 37 laps complete Richard Petty a lot of cars in trouble right now good race cars fixin to go away [Music] are they they're in serious trouble right there unless they have a fella vigil boy laughs let's listen to that Hut Stricklin carbonate like Walker let's still get on the throttle here it's feathering it then finally getting to at the middle of the fourth corner it must be something with the long run with the engine as rapidly as he slowed down said they replaced it this morning no motion engine no I'm Dale Earnhardt car they replace the engine well he's passing his pit and headed for the garage what a shame that is the difficulty all the high expectations what will happen in the hood that would be a real tough break for Michael on the points out he was in the top ten somewhere in the points and it looks like he'll be the first car out if unless it's something that they can fix you know fairly they're working on it so it hadn't blown up they're happy something there's something wrong like maybe the mission or what are they working on there bill well they think they're taking the fan shroud off for somebody maybe maybe he poked the hole in the radiator or something buddy and the thing was just running hot he's only failed to finish one race this year that was the Daytona 500 when they lost the piston looks like Glenn Jarrett's down in that vicinity and looks like an oil pump built fourth-place battle Alan Kulwicki mark Barton arrogant right in it on Strickland right there too there's a rare sight running right down on the white line and it's over [Music] I'll tell you those cars that buddy was talking about being in trouble they are already a lap down as fast as Dale Earnhardt 20 deer are at your life now thank you bad sign that 500-mile race when you run 43 laps in year lap down let's go back to the bike Waltrip are in Glenn Jarrett a little bit right now the problem is the belt that come off the oil pump and he lost the oil pressure on the car you can see the guys working feverishly trying to get this thing in place my sister impatiently waiting he's losing time every lap that goes by it's tough break for him but nothing that they can do about it contain Mike meanwhile Davey Allison has dropped to the 19th position and have Robert Gates Avalon for Thunderbird you're riding along with Davi let's check in down near his pit with rocky AIDS while mike i'm way down at the other end of the pits down at the Exodus where the Davey Allison through advocacy behind me looks plenty concerned [Music] is understeering and found it's too tight whatever you want to call it but it's hard [Applause] [Music] last week in Charlotte a lot of folks up in the grandstand are pretty surprised about that okay you'll see 43 Richard patty coming interview coming up on Davey Allison Kroc we saw in car there was a high chat a sticker on a dashboard of Davey Allison's car tell that would you [Music] young man by the name of [Music] Chad just a minute I've got to get in Chad Baumgartner who's a nephew of Mike Baumgartner [Music] we'll call that story later Rusty Wallace on pit road unscheduled stop for a right rear tire [Music] while both the front row sitters have had problems early Wallace on pit loaded about 47 going for four tires I see the guy who fell of knocking the lug nuts off the left-side tires so they're going for all four tires and do that here without losing a lot he may have had a you know he may have had a right rear tire flat because the car got loose but he won't he may not have been sure exactly which one it was sometimes it's really hard to tell whether it's a right rear or a left rear move Ernie Irvan up to the second spot baby passing by rusty let's go back to Brock [Music] who was injured in that [Music] his uncle Mike Baumgartner [Music] for dancing we stand along that he's out of there and back and we pass along our best wishes as well what did Davey Allison and now the battle for ninth spot Bill Elliott trying to fend off Kenny Schrader and I think they got together yeah they use a lot of the horn today I noticed when they pass well it's the collar groove it's so narrow and you make your commitment to go in under somebody they cut down that's pretty hard to stay out of it this is their just fight for that bottom groove right now Mike that's what it is they're just fighting for the bottom groove this racetrack is 58 feet wide in the quarter the groove is only about eight feet wide right now they met that if duration might as well be about ten feet wide because that's all they use another there's straighter again this doesn't have the poke up off the corner that Elliott has one thing about stranger though he won't give ether Elliot makes a mistake or both of them make a mistake together darrell waltrip right with them the Western Auto Chevrolet and then Sterling Marlin fried at 52 laps Dale Earnhardt has a lead of some four and a half seconds over Ernie Irvan Alan Kulwicki of mark mark the 30 Carmichael wall comes back on the racetrack so whatever it must have just lost a whole poem felt this is pretty unusual play one thing if he lost all pomp Alton and it oil pressure he must had his eye on the gate when it fell or it won't be long for his we back in here for major repairs Schrader made it work Bill Elliott drops back two spots and Schrader and Walter put those two Chevrolet underneath the course board back on track Rusty Wallace outside pole sitter and running in second and having a lead for a bunch of this race led Gerak's in his fifth scheduled pit stop specially for tires what happened yeah respo turn on the radio say Stonyhurst tire going down but he get know which one we have to go ahead and get four tires in the end [Music] he doesn't know we fired it we got to change them all for it just make sure you don't overlook stuff and she could change to and go back out at the amount of hunch but it takes so much time to get into pit road to get out again might as well get four while you're there see Mike it only takes you about six to seven more seconds to get to get them trouble a chat little up in turn number two gathers it back in and keeps on going which we'll do when we return to Dover Downs International Speedway and the Budweiser 500 [Music] Dale Earnhardt's in heavy rush-hour traffic at Dover down laughing pass just a moment ago five cars now trying to move up and deal with Morgan Shepherd there are only 21 cars on the lead lap the base Earnhardt setting at 61 of 500 laps Richard Peddie four-thirty furs now up to 18th position that FTP Pontiac erich mielke defending winner of this race right behind right there as well then you see Shepard and Earnhardt top of your screen in the race leader [Music] Harrisburg [Music] quite a race but he's going to have to hustle we were bored getting lapped by that book I think everybody will have to keep that they're warming the carves up needs out there under full power cars that are one lap down include Morgan Shepherd babe Marcus just got a lap down Ted Musgraves Bobby Hamilton Bobby Hillin in the gym he means car Tommy Ellis has been lapped so as Jimmy Spencer Bobby Labonte and his first Winston Cup start Chad little and Rusty Wallace are all one lap down Micky Gibson Kenny Wallace our two backs back JT McDuffie is seven laps down and Mike Walter back in at 13 left behind here's the race for six mark mark take that for the third position excuse me a turban the third down here Harriet Gant and Hut Stricklin right behind them - they're all close the way up the back to food Chevrolet just gets a little up the racetrack looks boots on path look like he moved over to give mark Barton room and he just had to tiptoe through that corner and went through that area we showed before [Music] in the 12 races Alan Kulwicki has run here he is started in the top five in half of those races six times he's had two calls here six top five starts but never a top five finish Tommi Ellis comes into view the 97th car the Budweiser Ford got a lap down there's fourth place mark Martin took place here again going fast in the garage area this morning I noticed it I asked David Smith the jack man why they were as we watched Dale Earnhardt laughter excited for the first time I asked him why they came to me yesterday afternoon to breakfast when Dale got back in the throttle talk just a little bit of spoke but he just want to take any can see said the motor we're footmen is just as good if not better he said with just a precautionary mode the Allison to the fancy last week in Charlotte change motors for the race never got a chance to practice with a new engine for that depth and that's confidence in your engine department at Lanier puts the power underneath Dale Earnhardt well it seems like they learned on 6e put a lap on Davey Allison I don't guess the trunk makes it much different you know [Music] right now fourth place car bark-bark fifth Harry Gant and six huts trickling Hut Stricklin has come like he's been shot out of a cannon ever since that top-three finish in the winston open at a great 6th place finish last week in the coke 600 and he's right there tracking Harry Gant the sixth place car you ride with them down the front straightaway there's the Winston Media Center and that new turn one grandstand [Music] he's Alban engine jumping up the full song to go down the backstretch [Music] understand Bobby autumns down at the racetrack today here for this event so we hope he's watching arrogant looks like he's knocked the right corner the front spoiler loose that'll probably make it we made it yet today we ask you Mary which are actually got laughs the first time he left quite a bit of the rates if you remember it you see up ahead Alan Kulwicki an hour at Earnhardt he is put Brett bowtie in a last 17th place car and now goes after Davey Allison [Music] there's a bit of smoke you know the last time they resealed this tractor overhead I think it happened in Atlanta too when they were wearing in that seat or the smoke we see with be from the sealer on the asphalt and when somebody get up high it looked like their car just exploded but it was just the interaction of the tires in the asphalt sealing it would really look like you had an engine failure Mike Walter for the Pennzoil car [Music] trailing second-place Ernie Irvan Earvin had a great run yesterday here back to old Chevrolet remainded the engine just about four laps from the from Victory Lane five laps are complete here at Dover down [Music] Alan Kulwicki bark bark again [Music] Allisyn down to turn one right behind Richard Petty [Music] 4/16 position dinner bell foods old here rock games okay Mike we're all set to go down here today me elephant pet [Music] donut they're gonna take one and a half round out of the rear chassis setting standard jeans on the right side but certainly a Jessie been complaining it's all found out he's been saying on the radio for about the last a lot of problems [Music] thank you [Music] idiot got back under way [Music] Davey Allison back on track at 78 laps at the Budweiser 500 Dale Earnhardt your race leader Ernie Irvan Alan Kulwicki bark bark man Harry Gant the front five as we close in on one-fifth distance Jericho has been on pit road Mark Martin just took on right-side tires you see Alan Kulwicki and Hut Stricklin making pit stop Terry Labonte is now in for his stop of the day there's not Strickland pulling bang out [Music] out here and most of the cars taking on four tires [Music] only right side Davey Allison was the first to the leaders to pip yeah he pulled in a little bit early in the danger of that if they had a costume to left after that he would be completely out of him that he'd lose to two outs over Ernie Irvan comes to pit lane let's go to Rocky [Music] and tires in the back of Davey Allison said Larry you stopped a little early the guys are curious up into both why that came in [Music] today and once we got laughs there was no [Music] praying for yellow but it just didn't count I didn't you're praying for yellow I know that as hard as anybody good get off like yet you know y'all okay Larry thanks FDU Mac the leader Dale Earnhardt is on flying aces richard childress is good right team [Music] for like speed off the drone at Bill Elliott also [Music] stop Bernard's through as usual very good stuff bored out for Kenny Schrader's now psych Elliot got only two tires Lake speedo also only took on to turn the one car Rick mast is now on pit row 88 laps complete that will put Harry ganna pin to believe I was talking to Andy Petree earlier here comes Terry in right now straighten up Schrader Oh run another lap he wants those five bonus points I was talking Andy Petree here against three chief was born in a city he thought they could run a hundred miles but he said we just have to play a fire and see when we need to come in fits in the pits Bobby Hamilton making his scheduled stop here's Ricky Rudd and back in for the second time Bobby Labonte in the hood going up on the swing Jim old derrike copes car was held for a 10-second tow 10 or 15 seconds the white 5 drive back on the turn 195 [Music] Joe Ruttman rolls in for a stop little is in here Schrader race leader Danny Schrader pitting at lap 90 at Hendrick Engine Department under Randy Orton Revis rest of those fellows really getting good gas mileage along with good horsepower for their car ninety-one and the black flag is out on Bobby Hamilton over the air hose whoo that was a close call right there I'm telling together the mystic art one coming down the pitbull directly up front Bobby Hamilton numbers on the board he'll come in for and go penalty for running over that air low Jerell officer later right now he hasn't pitted yet severe losses in the lead except was pitted on exact cost flags for Dale Jarrett oh here comes Dale ah Darrell Waltrip in the fist the betel leaf Morgan Shepherd Natalie for Shepherd enolate and he was left by dale earnheardt before dale earnhardt's pit stop and now he's leaving the race but behind Shepherd or all the drivers who have made their stops so at lap 93 Waltrip wins the first round of the economy they'll put four tires on the Western Auto Chevrolet so marketing Shepard was out of sequence for the inspector nope steps away watching the work being done Walter throws back out and that will just about complete around a pit stop Morgan Shepherd Robin for but more in the motor craft board and a short day in his own car and about 200 early casualties retention trouble that car has always done well here who really as I remember Ricky Rudd winning a Renick by winning a race in in bud scarf the only thing I think about Gabi he gets down out of sequence so he's going to have to make another they just catch a caution flag right now than the need being good shake he would be able to stop as the field is slow before the caution flag and be right back in sequence starring showing 13 cars on the lead lap as we close in on 100 miles Morgan Shepherd his best finish here was second in June of 1988 leaves the Budweiser 500 Dale Earnhardt running in second Ernie Irvan and third Mark Martin in fourth and Jimmy Spencer being close to has the fifth place car if six tommy Yellen then Lake speed and Sterling Marlin Harry Gant Kenny Schrader Rick mast and bill we'll be back to Dover down after this [Music] good battle going on here in midfield kenny schrader they're running behind Harry Gant and Sterling Marlin that race is back at night place Barbie car in seventh do it battle here working around Mickey Gibbs automobile Oh me we're about to have a new leader with Morgan Shepherd being called pit side working there against Hut Stricklin huddle stick it right in there quick at the moment evening make some room there we go barking Shepherd on pit road that will hand the lead back to Earnhardt as Shepherd pits at lap 106 or they just split Kenny Wallace's car but stricken got away and he's got to run hard because Earnhardt is in danger of putting him a lap down [Music] the apartments estate in between that's one of the best ones option today for us really hard when he's in danger getting left not that he doesn't run hard all the time but he the mail to say all that but he laughed [Music] now when we had the in-car camera and huskar see that yellow light I'm not sure exactly what that is when he got back in the throttle the light went off [Music] these are all pressure or nation like let's go down to Steve Evans baby he has a report on that well you know in the family car any time a warning Jimmy the like on the dashboard or in-car camera see there's a light on on the dash a warning light what is it [Music] they're trying to keep our life they back well actually have no problem remembering Taylor that's real smart that they do that he must use his left foot on the brake quite a bit he leaves it on the pedal and they put that on there usually and the cars that drive her life indicate all pressure or ignition but in his game he must leave his left foot on the brake pedal and that gives us out there he is running hard and here's why Earnhardt is right on his bumper in the hut here and stay on the lead lap in the Raybestos Buick Ricky Rudd's in the same position run ahadith matter fact we're in regular he's desperately want to stay in the same last same life along with Hut so bring Kieran would like to leave Hut the Queen him so but he had a little bit of cushion they cuts a little quicker than Ricky [Music] there he goes diving underneath rug great pictures from that in-car camera Hut Stricklin star and here they didn't run that hard a while ago he wouldn't be in danger getting the lap down when they play they're not down the hem they've done for the laughs Oh [Applause] I think it's an indication of how much time can be lost on pit road Mike and we washed up a lot earlier in the race he was really running well with Harry and people like that and now here he isn't dangerous going a lap down you're riding with Hut Stricklin can't even hardly see her at heart star he's so tucked up our heart goes to work on hair again Strickland no slouch he was the 13th place and Rick bath Paul having private battle now that's for seventh place the leader Irvin Martin Spencer Jimmy Spencer posted in fourth Schrader's and pip Lake speed in the six five and this race for seven Sterling Marlin and Harrigan do you miss pencils in only another one of the cars that caution plank we had for Dale Jarrett's wreck so he's out of sync right now also along important ship it has already made his business for that put it back Davey Allison has a good view of that race for second place mark Barton the third place car just ahead of him and ernie irvan's yellow kodak car little further up the road they're a coke comes a little bit up it looked like Derek didn't know Mark was there because I thought Derek would have never done that heavy you know mark Harmon's on the outside Davey Allison is not for position Allison is now two laps down there's a way for Richard sends richard around the high side say what that shirt makes for a long day is buddy and I both both plastified when a car is ill and like it appears Davies is boy it makes for an awfully long day yeah but that just showed you what a good port Davey Allison there's also he'd not just sent an airborne well I'm miserable I'm omega-3 fatty no people yeah I'm impressed by that I mean he races hard when his car is running he runs hard but when it's not he's a gentleman about it we'll wave you around on pit row Jimmy Spencer who was the fifth place car getting serviced with Travis Potter and the crew at 118 laps Dale Earnhardt the leader Ernie Irvan in second Mark Martin his third and Ken Schrader is for speed as the fifth spot at six sterling varlet and Harry Gant continuing to go at it we'll be back in a bit [Music] as you watch turn 1 Rusty Wallace gets a lap back from Dale Earnhardt of the Budweiser 500 neat move twenty four laps complete eating Irvin Martin traitor and feed the front five very gana gannets it's past late so a Harry's number will pop up on the leaderboard in fifth spot six Sterling Marlin is seventh goal wiki is eight that Rick Wilson is nine here's Glenn Jarrett they learn Ritchie that car the truck he's on a mission today yes car things really be working good you know we changed engines this morning worked for the same one yesterday it got forward he says it's working good got a little kitchen he's just leaving the field behind is he out to prove a point from last weekend now we just buy into her thing and their thing is running away from the field that fig ring Richard had on his right hand was from running in the Winston legend very proud of his participation in that event at Charlotte two weeks ago that was a lot of fun Oh haven't exciting not that you are I hate to say this but it was a better race in the Western world in some ways yeah I'll tell you Mike that's that's the whole reason I went to Charlotte that day was to watch the legends race I haven't taken a camera to a race track I guess in 20 years and I took one that day it was a great day for all those heroes to be honored and they go out and bang offender to one more time and at the heats kid arrogant having moved away from it speed elapsed the Jimmy beans Jimmy in it it is Bobby Hillin who started that car right Marsha gets the owners points Bobby Hillin was well up in the drivers points start the car today felix embodies car the Kyle Petty car for the Super Speedway races coming up Bobby Hillin dried in the Moroso car becomes vacant then starting in Michigan yeah guesses go be it one buddy baker I'm really excited about that Bob Rinaldi fills the straight motor and LaRosa live go for it in Talladega in a second car and it was I'm looking forward to this thick morose is a great guy and should have a lot of fun with that let's find where your favorite driver is running at 130 laps right now we'll bring you the Wagner filled standings brought to you by Wagner power painting it's not just the whole lot faster but a whole lot better but they'd go all the way down this is as of 120 laps up ten laps ago have you noticed arrogant get faster the more he beats the car up the more to the front valence flops around the faster he gets and the likes a little adversity in the race car believe me and you'll notice the higher he runs on the racetrack listen Harry Gant famous for that if anybody gets up high the day of the year again there's third place mark mark the field these cars are seeing now the Wagner rundown or one these cars are two laps back I'm showing Ernie Irvan the four car there were about a little over nine second five you are so that's over a third of all [Music] 33 laps into the race got to make a long day at the 35 driver here Steve Evans we're down in the Kodak beds of course everybody watching thunder but I wanted to make lover [Music] le renard can you run with him when you want to not at this point even right now we're not running motto uber cars what will you do in the next up these sides four tires any jab the adjustments to try to run them no eight Center cars driving really good girl please with the codex everyone brett bodine spell on the back straightaway derrike cope is on pit road just taking on four tires in the Whitcomb car here's Rock aids mic activity here in the kitty chatter panting Richard groaning - boys get ready with a cracker snake car as you can see all set to go at the green stop I'm sorry we cut [Music] okay can't see we can't see him Rocky's just coming on to pit road now and he's posting in his best finish here at this racetrack night in nine starts and of one lap lap 136 Brett is on pit row obviously right-side tire change and put fuel on board [Music] Montalban they are optimistic obviously getting reached dad in the water here in the fence right now talking to Tony Glover a minute ago and he talked about getting Fort Myers notes at Glover and Rick Wilson or rather Ernie Irvan were one of the cars that only got right sides on that first stop [Music] because right now it's rusted Mendeleev lat ernhardt coming back up to try to put Rusty Wallace another lap down is one lap down one of his two laps back from her heart our hearts right back with them again 139 laps here at Dover Delaware Earnhardt leading Ernie Irvan mark mark Kenny Schrader and Harry Gant Lightspeed in six Marlin Kulwicki Wilson at Strickland we'll be right back welcome back to Dover Downs we're tnn motorsports exclusive coverage of the Budweiser 500 is brought to you by new Havilland Formula three motor oil add more life to your car [Music] watching Ernie Irvan the second-place car close up on of his Mark Martin but urban I'll leave is one lap down a race leader Dale Earnhardt glad to have you with us on TNN second why race telecast I'm Mike joy with Buddy Baker Phil Parsons down on pit road today Glenn Jarrett Brock Yates and Steve Evans only one caution flag so far that came in last 24 Dale Jarrett's crash and that boosts the average speed well above the race record out of the race Dale Jarrett Bobby Labonte in his first Winston Cup start and they've just pushed Brett Bodine car to the garage area [Applause] second round of pit stops beginning to started here's a veteran campaigner JD McDuffie has started 42 of the 43 races here at Dover his potting act sponsored in part has been for many years by down there in Elkin North Carolina it's only JD seconds he ran in the traps out 500 the point and was running at the finish I tell you JD you have to admire a guy with a person here he invites the year nobody goes out because the best you can do remember what he want to pull here on those mccreery tires yeah sure dude his only career pole yeah and everybody here with that before yeah you go that's finished 1970 in Winston Cup racing fourth on the track at Malta New York Albany Saratoga Speedway the quarter-mile where if you want off turn two you'd end up somewhere way out the back trip into the wood great little Speedway second place Ernie Irvan there in the pork are moving up on Sat little and Rick Wilson's been having a super run here today let's check with my injera we're standing by with brett bodine to get the garage a red one looks like we broke the camshaft in the quakers debut and went up the back straightaway in adjust the motor shut off le dije over the top valve train parts and you're gonna see a lot of problems like that day short day well yesterday was obviously a much better day for the bowtie family needs Richard Peddie slowing down and coming to pit lane at lap 152 Richard was just in the pits 61 laps ago in the STP by a Bobby Lewis on crew 7:17 it was on the move a pit road Baylen but up in the spotters man watching over things [Music] here at Dover 1984 298 career with Hut Stricklin skarner's that brake warning light well when you're sponsored by Raybestos brakes i guess it makes sense to have a brake light for car he passed him about 25 left to go in here that's rather the great ways third weekend around here's the battle for fourth place ken schrader hazard Harry Gant Watson Harry can throw to get it he found him down from the cradle for this race [Music] [Music] and he gets the job dad you notice the when he turned it in the corner the front down the breeze there looks like it's coming come on well that'll make you brought better yet need the former battle tilapia Ted Musgraves in the pits and difficulty with Alan Kulwicki scar there's the Hooters Ford and it's way down off the pace of turn two this could not be a scheduled pit stop vocollect he was in at lap 83 he's been slow all the way around his last class [Music] he was an eighth place the race leader he's under power and they'll be tired [Music] the Kulwicki in a lab 158 here's my Jarrah [Music] there was a problem on the car not because you see the routine things [Music] we definitely run out of gas so resume either end of the airplane are there to give it to refire I do 75 laps first pit stop I did not get a I was just like you I've showed you in 84 left the race before we go to the first time now you watch he'll be a rocket fresh tires of a tank of gas [Music] but the wiki is going to have to make three laps down arrogant you know quotes on Mark Martin a Thomas's then presses his own Ark is a and is all of a sudden that second car was a full straightaway ahead of him four laps to go and I mean he's running him down the hill past him right away Eric at carving his way up through the field presently a foreign place down off the banking like my inside sources of all the cars that were laughs 161 father would that story he's one of the strongest them in the racecar and that really pays off your physical fitness at this racetrack here Steve Evan we are in the mark part possessed of old friends are on a Jack wagon and Jack has been a frustrating certainly have the best running board today today though we're gonna take that [Music] we're heavy into this round of pit stops Rick mass getting four tires Davey Allison's service is completed [Music] I'm not getting quite the gas [Music] [Applause] [Music] possible that you didn't quite get it for the first time well that's a little unusual boarding to run out of gas better they don't have to keep an eye on that today 164 laps complete as Joe Ruttman comes on to pit road upcoming stops for those Chevy's of Schrader Waltrip Earnhardt Mark Martin in before at 165 Earnhardt continues to leave its Chevy Chevy Oldsmobile Ford and Chevrolet here at Dover down we'll be right back [Music] is on pit road for his second scheduled stop of the day Kenny Schrader's also in the pic 170 I was just laughing they alone are come down pit road behind riffle for their income is very low and I looked over at the NASCAR booth over here less richer and then were laughing their hand home so he made him to memorize Lee Haeri gap now getting his service Gant's number was on the leader board for a lap [Music] eating ticket for coming down pit road Dale Earnhardt didn't even [Music] four tires for just about everybody on this second round three screws having Harry back out or cat Shepherd back into the lead here's Ricky Rudd at that point 72 only right size on the first stop Salado Wilson's brew will likely before [Music] as much of the windshield CHS investment so it must be fairly happy with a car brookies car's not running too bad [Music] you can be running very well here Steve Evans guys I can tell you Ernie Irvan the tires they took up and this one right here especially bill and Buddy maybe you can tell us a little bit more about it here is completely worn down to the court of equity in college and there's a build up there the slurry seal off of the racetrack it's a wonder he was even getting through the corners on this set of tires he should be alright now though he was difficult in the cast out the devil wall you start seeing the fabric gelateria it's about three laps really making the noise around here Bobby Hillin pitting the Jimmy beans car at lap 175 Morgan Shepherd is the race leader second time today that's happened Morgan got out of the pit stop sequence and now finds itself in the putt spot in bud Morris car how do we have a fire down the arrow they have a fire guys old fire gas tank on Jimmy beans car yeah that only apparently flame out the exhaust system on means car got the 11 gallon dump can on fire the gas man is being attended to by crew members they're just behind the car fortunately that smoke is all blowing the other way there's they haven't fell again and a lot of times it comes down the overflow tube and yes the engine but that car the compliment fired it up the car goes back into the fray and looking at that dump cam there couple of companies notably Brian Butler who does the seats for these cars that have a ring that goes around that pillar tube to be able to seal it off so gas can't spill out that cam did not have that well the guy that was on fire he's up against the wall there they picked him to take him to medical care center down here because it's a right leg with no mark when he run off from the car put a gas filling down on it tough break for the Jimmy beans team the pitstop was completed without further incident all right he's left walking man that's it we'll get work the moment the rocker sees down [Music] Rock AIDS are you all right while we're trying to get them try to figure out what happened here he sucked first of all here's a little chicken up obviously [Music] looks like he's trying to convince the medical crew that he got him to stay in two pits no he's a real racer he's telling the guy what to do on the next test I'm just taking this place back out on the speedway Dale Earnhardt is posted in third of two drivers who have yet to make pit stop Morgan Shepherd and Darrell Waltrip are at the head of the field Rusty Wallace a lap down is in sixth spot and Mark Martin they're running just behind leader Morgan Shepherd [Music] you know I think Rusty Wallace is out of sync too along with he's got a sink also Trevor we've been green since last 20 only one caution flag today we're still in this round of green flag pit stops with Shepherd Waltrip having yet to pit Morgan Shepherd leads the Budweiser 500 of 182 laps Darrell Waltrip that Dale Earnhardt Gary Gannon Kenny Schrader who have made their pit stops for the second time today more from Dover Downs after these messages [Music] that's over down til aware darrell waltrip is up in front of the field he has yet to make his second pit stop of the day they learn hard a secondary gas in fourth Mark Martin the fifth place car Rusty Wallace is six and Ernie Irvan seven laughs Morgan Shepherd has made his pit stop [Music] at night Sterling Marlin in 10th Rick Wilson Jimmy Spencer of Bill Elliott the top 15 Frank trees was the crew man on Jimmy beans team suffered burns to his leg gasps Phil let's go to Rocky a mic mic I'm with Henry's Enfield is probably scored tons and tons and tons of jewel in a race cars for junior over the years and Henry we just saw a little fire down there but you guys are now going to blow how am I to go to everything you guys used to doing t-shirt [Music] is there a day more danger of fire now okay what is it we can't hear you looking back [Music] makes his pit stop at lap Walter point [Music] Rusty Wallace [Music] two tires [Music] Rusty Wallace who was on the lead lap when he we'll likely drop-off it as the leaders come back around dropped off to come to pit road faster closing in on 200 miles here back to the front trow the lotto for Mike Waltrip vulture sliding down the front straightaway he's going to save it oh.just noses it into the wall after they didn't get in it is the second caution of the day and it comes out on lap 194 Mike Waltrip spinning out of turn four and he spun more than a thousand feet now this racetrack [Music] I'm tired flattener the right rear blue has the puller no fair but is that per day is done today nearly a thousand foot slides alike the pole-sitter and trouble with an oil pump belt early and now he brings out the second caution of the day and the timing of that well darrell waltrip if he could have squeezed it out about three more miles with a found himself defense they'd go do it again well when I'd be frustrated too he's doing his best to get turned around but the tires too flat like it's hard I think it's hard for me turn the steering wheel it doesn't hear that he has he has reversed Earnhardt will pit the race leader is the only car we'll know here comes Harry again two cars will pit under the caution right now Mike on this first lap all the cars on the lead lap in that's why I think you'll see a lot more cars come in but they have to wait till the next lap yeah they're not mainly in the lead left after that turned around and he goes look the real thing I think NASCAR has done a good job with the evolution of these new pit rules we started out in Daytona with a set of rules in situations that don't understood and hardly anybody could adapt to then at Richmonds everybody completely disregarded caution flags and only pitted every hundred hundred laughs in that race but now we're in a situation with a speed limit on pit road and very precise rules about how you have to come into a park in your pit and only the lead lap cars pitting on the first lap and I think they pretty well got this right my qual quartic what a tough break he's had the sitting on the pole here I think we have a replay of this we'll get a little look maybe what happened I think Michaels at the very top of the screen just gets up a little bit high really smoking start smoking the tires you don't have a feeling that the tire that we've seen worn out a while ago I think when you go a real long ways on these tires that you have a problem of maybe wearing them out now but the sealers coming off the racetrack he might be getting a better grip on the racetrack it is wearing neat tires down well he was in just 55 laps ago okay that's one theory go thanks a lot ride bike no I don't know I didn't know it if he got four or just right sighs nobody so we'll try to sort this one out when we come back 196 laps are down Harry gets at the front of the pack ken schrader Mark Martin Ernie Irvan Dale Earnhardt [Music] we'll be back sit over down with the bloodlines are 500 right after these messages they're having a difficult time getting Mike Walker's car hooked up to the wrecker so we remain under the second caution of the day Dale Earnhardt is the race leader and is one of the sources of controversy in recent weeks of NASCAR racing he and Davey Allison with the spoiler trunklid height adjustment rule change that went into effect recently Steve Evan tells us more about that continuing saga there is a major controversy raging in Winston Cup racing and it all has to do with three quarters of an edge but let me tell you this story from the very beginning this is Davey Allison's Ford Thunderbird two years ago when the newly designed Thunderbird came along race car builders told NASCAR we can't put a racing engine in this thing the carburetors won't clear the hood so they all out a bit of a hood modification and the Fords ran just fine well then they got into a swamp in fact the first ten races of this year solve the Fords go winless NASCAR says what's the problem they said well you see the stock Ford Thunderbird right here dips way down so our spoiler is way down we're not managing the air coming off of the roof is going right over the top of this boiler no downforce the cars are loose so NASCAR said alright we'll let you cut here cut there and raise the deck lid three-quarters of an inch you can't change the size of the spoiler it has to remain like everybody else's well when Davey Allison just smoked him in Charlotte a week ago everybody said it's this modification allison says no it's for spark well we talked to both sides well you know NASCAR has always had the card in the template has to build a stock car now they've offered you the template so I think anytime you do that it gives one part advantage over the other the way that the back end of the car was originally if the cars were real squirrely and we just didn't have a chance whenever we were in big packs of cars and you know all it was in the NASCAR is making the car safer basically because if you try to race the cars were gonna get out of control and all they were doing was looking at it from a safety standpoint well the court sent the templates and they've just been altered the template has been altered now off the car still have to fit it you know that our template fits a stock car er you could take your template off those gonna be like here fits the stock goes mobile and we have to run my bedroom with the decklid up 3/4 of an inch you can put my car side-by-side right now with with any of the GM cars and the spoiler is still lower than theirs for so I don't think that was had anything to do with it for two reasons number one it wasn't done to the Charlotte car and number two even here at Dover right now the spoiler is still lower than theirs is I'll tell you Mike I was at the drivers meeting this morning and I heard dick Beatty say hey from now on we're gonna give you this 3/4 of an inch on the gun the rear quarter panels for the ports but only on tracks a mile or less so when you get to Sirius point next week the border panels would better be back down that just happened this morning there's my Qualtrics car they did get it started apparently the front end with the two tires down was stuck in the dirt that separates the front straightaway from the wall once the wrecker pulled it back he was able to get restarted the man with his hand on the hood to the right side of the screen as Ken Wilson the engine builder and he's having a look to see if there's any further damage underneath the hood there 201 laps complete Earnhardt the leader Ken Schrader bark-bark arrogant and dirty urban six cars on the lead lap he runs over down we'll be right back no that's over Taos ready to go back to green flag racing Morgan Shepherd elected not to pit under this caution flag mark partners third should go there Bernhardt and Shepherd a [Music] [Applause] Shepard through the turmoil to do try to stay in the lead lap they got together with Gordon trying to get down and Dale was able to get by rusty it again gone two laps down so now he's just a lap back in the distance around those are the retirees thus far just three of them for 40% through this race two hundred four laps complete [Music] rick wilson on pit road yeah that's that's a shame but though thetan running great all day long I hate it for it you and have a real quick run going here's Glenn Jarrett walking for a day that started out [Music] I'm and put those back on and I guess I just tried a little bit too hard I felt like I was being conservative and I got in something and spun out and hit the wall and this is just adding insult to injury right here haven't been a good day at all for this pinball team but we had a good [Music] you see he's one of the drivers going through the appointment of one tribe ballot for the head son this made of Nomex there underneath ernhardt out front and by himself while ken schrader has his hands full with mark part there's Harry Gant racing in 4th place and Ernie Irvan right with him while we were away Irvin came in and filled up the tank at lat 201 7 laps after he's been in he's the last car in a position on that last lap of caution he's got the both gasoline of anybody out there right gas mileage he was kidding we really be important as we come down to it it's not just the fact that he can run that much farther but the thing is he can keep people lap down he can go five laps farther than everybody else they didn't put a bunch of people a lap down that it then if that cost Falls and that little gap there between the time everyone else fits the time he has to pitch and he'll keep a lot of people are lap down Morgan McClure car has been stopping every 85 laps under green only two cautions today the first on lap 20 Dale Jarrett's spinning off turn to it out of the race 93 my Qualtrics spinning in four and slide it down the front straightaway for the second caution of the day to Morgan Shepherd duel with Hut Stricklin both those cars are now lap down [Music] as Rusty Wallace hurt hearted way on the frame [Music] the outside room they forget on the outside and one they just added the rug on the first laughter together why did you wear a cool suit much one put the eraser I wore it one time and I tell ya I don't like I don't like anything like that I don't like it extra parts or the race car you don't Phil I warm up a couple times but I hadn't worn one in the last three or four years and I really don't have to spit everywhere in one again I can tell you this Harry Gant has never even owned one don't plan to hater is Ricky Rudd they were the big thing for a couple of years now but now I know Rusty Wallace still wears the one on hot days but one of the colors go foot is up on Rick Wilson's car that's Devoto brothers Snickers Buick [Music] and Mike Waltrip is back in the race [Music] just too much money and too many points at stake could go home so what people I had offered the rest of the day he is in 32nd position and will track him through the day and just see how much staying out there and going back out beam at the end of the day coming back from 30-second spot if the attrition is high it could serve him well well I can tell you the last half of the trades would be a lot different you'll see a lot of cars falling down various reasons but the first part of this race canler deceiving here 33 laps down at this stage in the race no you're not gonna go into Holbrook [Music] after a civilian riding with Hut Stricklin edging in on Morgan Shepherd this is for position for a six one lap down there the first of the car is a lap down and Harry Gant the fourth place car is right in the midst of them very very partisan can be better on a long run and try to get an amazing customer seems like hairiest are the longer they run the better is yet that seems to be the textbook Harry Gant Leo Jackson walk of the race days of a dream better they like it just watching the race right now Harry get a little bit faster than Ernie Irvan is equal they were you know but I think you'd go move out old up get afraid you never thought didn't they earned our yeah ernhardt leads of 218 lat traitor mark and urban are on the lead black three-wide going down the backstretch arrey can't split Morgan Shepherd both got by okay so [Music] turn one yeah puts away the Alice's do it but that's pretty boy but would be right in there fighting for correspond to learn such a torrid pace in that second one a green flag racing we noticed out a Hut star that 30 car was on the apron he's now come to pit road so the troubles just continue to mount the Michael Walter and going back to the garage [Music] he's gaining on him but not a whole lot aside from ernhardt gas likely the past is part of the track right now I think he probably is well after waiting 20 or 30 more laps of the carry can gain anything on Dale Earnhardt here's another battle for position eight spot as at stake here right behind Hut Stricklin Sterling Marlin and Alan Kulwicki battling the wiki having the kind of fuel pick a problem to play Davey Allison yesterday gasps after only 75 miles here awfully black 222 laps are down by the Monster Mile ernhardt the race leader ken schrader in second Mark Martin in third Harry Gant and Ernie Irvan of the cars on the lead lap six through ten Hut Stricklin Morgan Shepherd Sterling Marlin Alan Kulwicki and Lake speed at Dover Downs Delaware Sterling Marlin continues to lead Alan Kulwicki in this battle for eighth place one lap off the lead now we'll cook is he riding what do you think bill Parsons this is the time of the race where this things kind of tend to grind along I really don't think he's writing if he knows that he got a lap lap down and early for the first 200 miles of the race so he knows if he tried me at all pretty soon you'll see that black number three behind me he'll be 2 up yeah the days are riding it in the phrases I mean at one time it's over you come up here pace yourself if you can't do that anymore because you have too many people like Earnhardt yeah those guys that never pay the race for Sabbath let's pick up off the race for third ken schrader has been passed by Mark Martin so mark is now the second place garlic who's closing on trader Harrigan here's Steve Evan you guys know that there is a bandage and insane [Music] pick him up and that needs me what he's doing today the Andy Petri [Music] [Music] you know Rusty Wallace is tact right on began from [Music] see how Harry is doing against that white line pretty close down to it folks uh for those of you that are new to watching the races at Dover down in the middle of turn three enforce the paint way up there were where that FTP billboard is that's the Harry Gant through way up there next to the Wahid ticked that wall about every other lap and he pees just as fast on the top of the racetrack until these guys are on the bottom you know something I got interval between [Music] right at two seconds now it's one point seven seconds a mark cart has picked up three tenths of a second stay in the last five or six laps so once today we've seen somebody gain on day learn that's mark bar to the second-place car mention the Rick Wilson is back in the race but he spent a long time on pit road he is 15 laps back Kenny Schrader's third place car there is Gantt right with him just a car lengths back here sprockie a time with Richard broom pitties graders crew chief and a siphon and noise how's he doing down here you go back a little bit richer [Music] just entire stagger I think we're gonna be okay a long way to go right now [Music] Kenny Schrader's with a win and four top-five finishes this year being passed by Harry Gant Gant going up into second Harry won the fall race here now 584 and 85 may have third place again second he is closing out our narc [Music] we might need to check and see if they learn aren't having a problem cause he uh he's not the four or five car lengths behind us you can see right there on the screen apartment is there he's having a problem ah right I think it's number six well wake up Dale the coffee's ready Folgers port is right there 11 lead changes among seven drivers of 230 lapses Wagner power painting but just a whole lot faster a whole lot better for you this Wagner field standings update those cars are on the lead lap here the cars one lap down look back through at mark afford in Dale Earnhardt's future there a turn to he's done dream up little foam horn didn't leave him quite enough room [Music] and while they fight here comes mr. gay why just a little bit there in the middle of the corner he takes another run out I'm here at the front strip no Dale Earnhardt's one yeah now aside from aside four points bonus points why did Martin have to get by Dale Earnhardt right here I think he wants to set the tone for the end of the race I think he wants to say hey Dale Earnhardt I'm better than you right now my car is better than you I Got News for You Harry Gant then let me end this it looks like fun he thrown him down either I didn't break them Gant and her heart is his second look at parties scoot away in the middle of the corner on that I think you're right awhile ago Phil asked me if he thought Earnhardt was having a problem a tire problem or something the coke Gant's catching him he's running up the racetrack good thing he and fell back like that all day well half the crowd loves it and half of them hate it air again underneath they learn hard and there goes second place this is the best race we've had all day Mike this is a coaster they've been all day now we'll see if Harry can run up against Mark Martin there obviously they're both better than Dale Earnhardt right now but but now it's Harry better than Mark Park well we're about to find out here laughs - halfway mark Bart the young man from Batesville Arkansas who came so close to the Winston set last year and has had such frustration this season a leaf is right here's what Jarrah this is Robyn Pemberton three people mark Martin's car Robyn's been awfully busy here looks like you found the right combination Barney luck well we've been real conservative the first half of the race we've been running stuff higher that's the first time just trying to get a baseline for the rest of the race alright there's any difficulty in keeping the stagger correct on these new tires this is the best buy of the eyes same fire that run here and there okay that's the story from Martin ken Schrader has potter and art now trader is about to take over third place kokino are dark just sitting there Gordon come on caution let's have a coffee please ernie irvan's there he's part of the lead laugh at Strickland is trying to get back with him Schrader's up of that high groove that may not be the place to be Rusty Wallace here I thought Kentrell was getting phrasing go by to the target pest he thought so too we're told there's activity on the radio and he may be in at a lab here he just pulled over to our fix this time he's I don't they have tires up on pit road they're coming indefinitely he's not going to wait to get lapped Earnhardt was last in the pits 53 laps ago they clearly did not get the setup on that car Ernie Irvan is now going past Earnhardt that'll drop him to fifth Mark Martin Harry Gant wanted to go opted to turn hours in the piss right now Mike at lap 245 which shepherding a crew have bernhardt scuff tires on the right side Glenn Jarrett there [Music] there is speculation that there is a tire going down an unmarked car they didn't want to lose any more [Music] slow down brought him in put them on they'll have to get back in Dale Earnhardt failed to finish only one race last year this one you remember this race last year mighty broken camp and they actually change the camshaft out of the car change can chef put the engine back in and was able to ride around and gain smoke just enough points to be part heart Harry Gant now apparently that distance is stabilized we now have Dale Earnhardt one lap down Dale Earnhardt is really something when he's playing ketchup that will change if we stay under green here at the next scheduled round of pit stop - that should come for the race leader's about 40 laps for men we are two laps from halfway to the Budweiser 500 at Dover down Delaware [Music] you ride with Davey Allison Marge Bart puts the Ford out front Harry Gannon seconds we'll be back in a minute Marge Bart puts the Ford out front Harry Gannon second we'll be back in a minute [Music] TNN Motorsports covered to the Budweiser 500 is being brought to you by the more than 550 autozone stores across America autozone the right parts at the right price [Music] Harry get cracking down Cedar Park Park began on the right side of your screen as Bart moves up the whack doing his fun about Ellis who runs well on this racetrack a pretty fair day here currently posted in the 20th spot and that allows gaps close in a bit John Delphis McDuffy you know that unlit cigar is clenched in his jaw as he rolls around the number 70 rubble Pontiac here's let Jarrett well folks x marks the spot this is the right rear tire that just came off and Dale Earnhardt's car where that circle is was the accident right at the cross in the end there's a puncture mark he ran over something on the truck touch the tire it was going down that's originally started dropping back through the field ironheart star is able to work extremely well on use fires but like everybody else but as the Sleater wears off of this racetrack the tire wear gets worse and worse and I think that's the reason that we're seeing the car stop to come in a little earlier each time they can go maybe 100 miles on gas so this track is really changing buddy yeah when I've seen Ernie Irvan farewell that happens at Darlington a lot of times you they're in the races there's more tear way we're 2:57 add halfway mark Martin was the race leader the average speed at halfway 124 point eight miles an hour that's three and a half miles an hour shy of the race record for halfway 12 lead changes among eight driver or cars running awfully black we've had only two closets for 18 lat back up front Harry Gant in second place bark-bark the race leader in the Jack Roush folders for let's have a look at the interval there it is mark working Joe Ruttman what this run has to feel good for the back routes tonight you know they struggled somewhat I mean not as bad as people think I mean they're still up there at the points and they've run well they've had a pole or two but but this one really has to make them feel that this is at all year what a different 100-mile thing they interviewed jack round a little while ago and eat that we certainly don't have the best car here and now they're leading the race this thing changed three or four pounds for this Martin has to pole positions this year Martinsville and Charlotte but his best finish has been pork at Darlington and Bristol only led a total of 66 laps in the first ten races this year and now he's out front this races for third spot Ernie Irvan and Kenny Schrader [Music] my crater is reeling in the four car okay Kenny Schrader's started out this sequence in front of the poor class so the Porco was able to get from them but but once he has Ken Schrader's stage right right now those parts pretty good I'm gonna take his time to say hello to somebody down in Gastonia don't turn on over K people over there there's about three or four hundred people love tienen over there and they told me to say hello today hello guys no they're all watching yeah those guys watch the race yeah I'm gonna probably they even got a place in there called pit road [Music] a fella here in the grandstand today Dave spaghetti from up in Massachusetts do you think your Luck's bad yesterday he had Ernie Irvan in one pool a Davey Allison and another thought he's going to prize ended up going home completely empty-handed when they both fell out you know if had a better free I'm afraid adelmo with in the pace car in the face exactly could be [Music] maybe Allison what a difference a week makes yeah that's just what buddy would say at the top the shows you win that race and that's great but I think was Roger Penske who popularized was saying that the end of the day the clock turn back to zero all Patil Oliver yeah that's like second we tell you about that they were run second today yeah their welfare when they call you that's the difference I think [Music] right behind it Jorah when you first start to drive for Chrysler Corporation yeah Frank Wylie he says we'll call you when something good happens for the second race the bat-rope in factory second Daytona knee yeah what else happened here at the end I was in trouble I wasn't about three weeks later and that didn't garlic we didn't win [Music] see that big building on the back straightaway if you've never been here to go over down it's a 1-mile Superspeedway oval but that building on the backstretch is an enclosed brand stand to choose not only for these Winston Cup events that's the frontstretch with a horse racing track that's inside [Music] but we're not too far away for pit stop so let's check on the strategy first with plan Jared well you know everybody's been taking they learn hard all day long until that tire problem problems directed now I still think Dale Earnhardt to be the dominant car he's not gonna he's not going to give up he's very tenacious you get Dale Earnhardt down think they'll run still is the factor to be reckoned with roughly well I think the reason the truck any trader I just talked to Richard [Music] the racetrack with a silver coming home in fact he thinks is going to take just about the same entire well remains there's a debate down here I think between the very see how about you see well I am in the Harry campus and all I gave you and all the guys in the green and white [Music] [Applause] [Music] in part which is maybe why we're not taking punishment for it [Music] five gentlemen Alan Kulwicki just got tires and there's trouble in the backstretch it is Oh JD McDuffie and the field will split him in the middle that straightaway King did a great job there when I think King I mean drifter fedia I have to remember tell their Davo think that I call people that well the hitch would come very close depending even pile when he's talking about cause and kings the king did this Lake speed ran out of gas just moments ago under green posted it and the hood is up on the Cale Yarborough part of the Philips tri-party Pontiac he had gone 105 laps without a stopping to see the crews ready for pit stops third caution of the day is laughing 271 for Jamie begun to scream in the back true and here's JD's Pontiac [Music] see see he's got that he's got this spot to ruffle furniture he's after a long time but always put ruffle on the part of the car that doesn't get ruffled again Dale Jarrett's card for Saturday's a nested fronts Pontiac we've seen that thing wadded up yeah that car is pretty pretty well hurt JD qualified at Darlington ran the whole race going Winston Cup start he's had besides here this year and here come the leaders to pit land at lap 273 Marc Marc under the speed limit 40 miles an hour down pit road today [Music] actually that's everybody on the deep assets in town you know what this does that break they learn back in the lead lap one lap bowing down down you know he went back he went five Mark Martin see right now those fellows will close up on the tail end guys that around the lead lap and then they'll come around pace car with a good one to go Bernard don't pull on the outside thank you Bernard if they learned I was to stay out right now he would technically be on the tail end of the lead lap actually all the cars right now on the racetrack are on the tail him to lead lap that cars that are one lap down right so far carton goes back out onto the Speedway asked us here again 273 laps complete JD but Sophie rolls into the garage area to be caught the race is v retirees TNS exclusive live coverage of the Budweiser 500 will continue after these messages 275 laps complete were working the third caution of the day for JB mcDuffie's crash the Box the rumble furniture Pontiac out of the race here at Dover down hard part continues to be the race leader let's have another look at what happened at GD he got together with a 42 car [Music] I'm an inside JD must've was going to leave room for them on the outside and they got together I'm sure really tough break for JD and I'm Kenny Wallace I'm sure had no intentions of that happening he just Kenny was going low and JD thought he was going hi I'm Andy had a little meeting there [Music] laughs after they've already tacked there he had a ton on the inside wall there you know what that's like when when you anticipate somebody going by on the outside or the inside it's just like when you meet somebody in the hall and both of you try to get out of each other's way and you keep moving over in front of each other that's the deal they're right in the middle of the screen look at Hut Stricklin scars he puts that tire up and pop to the outside the basis of action I think that Schrader looks like Chad little chat little head a little they're trying to dodge that time to far off the lane this should be interesting here of my current darts that lined up on the inside one lap down that he can get by Mark Martin then he'll be back in the tail end of the lead lap the whole field is been on pit road between laps two seventy three and four Strickland there's the green flag for position down at turn one make em for dinner Earnhardt trying to get back on the lead lap a cup tyre and an unscheduled pit stop for her heart went to the lap down now ahead of race leader mark mark as you ride with ricky rudd Martin stacks up what they learn huh because obviously mark when mark caught passed they went out he had a tire going down so we'll get a good chance now to see if Jack Roush was right if they had the second they didn't have it they did not have the best car here Ernie Irvan outside ricky rudd they're trying to come up to challenge ken schrader Irvin the Kodak film Chevrolet they're just ahead of ricky-rock our camera [Music] great picture I would just pick the place know what it looks like the races that's there [Music] even just imagine if that whole pack turned sideways in front of you what [Music] [Applause] [Music] mark mark the leader is just that highway being left out [Music] Ricky got way out of the wild and the whole packet rubs is kind of eased off of the whole field sort of accordion you know with the absence of a real good second rule these guys just have to wait wait wait and try to you know credit worker would and it's just like Kenny Schrader in the white car trying to work his way underneath him and then beat him to the next truck Ernie Irvan although had a shot over Rusty Wallace is rusting in 2 3 & 4 crowd here at the Monster Mile they just keep adding grandstand to drag down there's rusty up high down there Ricky ruts coming on the bottom [Applause] Morgan shipper than the 15 car moved envelope let them go thought Ricky right behind him so Ricky's gonna have to wait till perfectly is to pull out behind him there he was able to get in I think Sterling Marlin was the power behind sterling let him in rod is running well but he's two laps down in 12th place just ahead of her Ernie Irvan is on the lead lap Rudd and Wallace are battling for position and great for 11th spot [Music] is on the same lap in 13 14 terry labonte 15 Richard Patti and 16th bill Elliot are all on that same lap let's check in with my Jarrah this is the runner of the ruffle furniture pontiac driven by JD McDuffie JD I know you didn't want to be here right now what happened out there I don't know I got bumps coming over - over there I got into the inside wall banged it up pretty bad don't look like you're gonna be able to get her back today [Music] little tougher on you to make these show [Music] good make out what you excited we're going to poker now all right life is tough on an independent driver really went especially so when you have something like this happened Davi McDuffie will be back at home out there somebody listening watching up at Pennsylvania today like call Pocono Raceway they'd be happy you know that that's one thing about JD did you notice you had a grin on his face even though that come out of his pocket that wasn't factory from sponsor evening out that JD McDuffie paying for the damage he didn't get out and say this guy not everywhere or anything you know that you got admire guy like it well both Earnhardt and Mark Martin have been up there in that little room smoke at the Sigler off the car number four that's war so the first two here mark keeps it way low and Earnhardt is right down there to keep it solidly in the mirror of the three car he has the next car behind that group was Harry Kane who is in second place and then hosts Strickland who was a lap down I believe in sixth position let me tell you one thing I've noted Jack grouse may not have the best car but he's got the fastest went to the counter and art again and he's working on and there she's at Houston Harry's on the move hey mark Barton would dearly love to get by Dale Earnhardt to keep him a left down deep detail our Earnhardt a lap down the whole race and then obviously you have a good chance of winning [Music] second place car Kenny Schrader's is third [Music] [Applause] they're on the lead lap [Music] Morgan Shepherd his seventh darrell waltrip currently posted in the 85 and Jimmy Spencer a knife in the Travis Carter car those cars are one lap down 10th 11th Rusty Wallace whiskey rod at 13 Sterling Marlin that's quite a battle as well okay he did a great job in that carpet oh he really hit the wall of the back straightaway the hole that car with patty cake first and Rachel have and standing he's doing a great job there he's come a long way since he first came to Winston Cup racing [Music] Travis Carter he lifted his grandma's family probably knows as much about how to make a racecar driver do the right thing he's a good coach and [Music] you know Jimmy believes anything he tells him and it's really helping him along here's a look at darrell waltrip who's gone again behind Morgan Shepherd but ahead of Jimmy Spencer and here's rockin [Music] well Mike you know down here [Music] it's just almost unbearable I would imagine the temperatures probably about night a lot of sunshine bearing down at everybody but I am in the darrell waltrip it not for any particular reason other than of course not in Kentucky Americans you watch the guys slide over here just terrific fun device but do me a favor my out now I imagine you'll be right locked right there just so you know inside a Hut Stricklin scar is 111 degrees [Music] battle for position out of the racetrack Borden Shepard Alan Kulwicki [Music] and Harry gasps beginning to close on our leader this race is for seventh spot Shepard and walk Peter I don't usually listen to black agents Bentley Fork I hear that when I'm done with it this could be the nicest day ever did for me but don't tell Glen Darrick is his only Road Bharat [Music] I don't think hears about it us anyway he's too busy getting that good report stuff down to the garage area Hey all right well we gotta go back to work bit of a night : last [Music] for me if they sell those things at Western Auto get one up here to the food will you [Music] 292 claps to please [Music] our jury summary has of lap 285 it's about five minutes back bar cart what that is the race leader forty-seven laughs that's almost as many as let the whole season five cars are on the lead lap Changez above 8 driver average speed drop out of ABS caution to 120 over three faucets today covering 18 lat [Music] leaders bike waltrip let's put the pole outside pole sitter Rusty Wallace took over they said that problem Dale Earnhardt piled up some more of those hard charging points hundred forty three laps Marquart 47 out front Darryl Morgan Kenny and Harry have each had a shot at the lead some of those coming during the pit stop sequencing under green out of the race Dale Jarrett spotted Turk over - he said Sterling Marlin put him around Bobby Labonte lost an engine brett-o died the camshaft on his Buick Mike Waltrip now camshaft trouble has him for the garage and JD McDuffie after that pump with Kenny Wallace the garage area 300 laps next time around buck Strickland trailing Rick Wilson [Music] Brooklyn is the sixth place car when octave Len Jarrett wants in and let me guess where he is I see you guys were trying to keep it all to yourself I want to know what the big ideas I'm down there working myself the fan then what's the big deal I want to know how you found out about I'll pay attention to the front while if we can interrupt you guys for just a second we managed schemes for the lead Harry Gant has caught bark bark the next televised race every pit 11 here guys might but it's you know it's about 70 degrees up here don't tell those guys [Music] well there's ernhardt time for a snack he's busy trying to stay on the lead lap and hoping for a caution no brother this race right we're not going to see like Indianapolis of one of these everybody needed caution [Music] to have everything but death powder injury there were horrible that was a couple but we're 300 two laps into the Budweiser 500 Mark Martin leading Harry Gannon second Kenny Schrader's third Ernie Irvan and fourth of Dale Earnhardt fifth all on the lead lap we'll be back to Dover Downs after this [Music] huge crowd on hand at Dover Downs you're watching here for the top of the Winston Media Center down in turn number one and that front stretch grandstand used to be all the seating there was here at the Monster Mile on the outside and the horse track enclosed grandstand and look at what they've added to here just in recent years Kurt grassman my grandstands all the way around turn number three just newly added and they are poll today there's a brand new highway Delaware Route one the skiing built all the way down from Wilmington down to the shore that's gonna run right behind the racetrack to be an exit right nearby make getting in and out of this racetrack a lot easier BAM Dale earnheardt Goodwrench Chevrolet number three leave laugh Marquart has about his gun at the bear full of Harry Gant full-time mark doesn't want to get too aggressive to try to get by Dale earnheardt good very Gant's right there to stick his nose in there of the ten races so far this year three of them got to be a great feeling for the jack roush team to the out front running so well here today maybe Allison watching on that battle [Music] straight away mark Martin's first race here was in 1982 in this race finished fifth buddy who you more concerned with in this situation if you're Mark Martin Mary Gander day learn well I'd be more worried about her again and Roman the decent almost full mile ahead of Dale Earnhardt to worry about him when he didn't say a little move I keep my card fitting the left down here in respect there he made a little boob underbar I'm not sure if that wasn't that wasn't Harry moving that then move over flag about honor knuckle sir here comes Gant he went on looking like Dale Earnhardt wanted Harry Gant to be late we saw that Harry gets kind of gotten tries to an inside straight high heat he took advantage of a great opportunity there couldn't capitalize right back the way they were running before that was a pretty slick move by Dale there moved on Park jumped on the outside I got Harry a little breathing room yeah well that's fine him straightaway mark didn't want to be up there when they got back to the corner now here's Earnhardt coming out of the inside a flag out on the alert army nature being left now Martin's got the high side ernhardt gives him plenty of room this time by [Music] so I think he just showed them that he he moved over they couldn't do it so now don't give me the flag anymore well the flags in the middle let's trade away if he boomed they come off the corner you like yeah but they can't keep doing that they'll run out of time because they didn't wave the flag I think that's what's between them so a race car driver offensive like they learned our path [Music] late cars running right at the 26 second rate tries the bottom again he kept Mark Martin up there got a pretty good run at him right now Mike got the side-by-side we had big beat him down a turn 1 he's got the lead looks like he did oh yeah you'd rather Harry get through battle the burn take a chance of something going wrong that Kizer ernhardt a little breathing room in his efforts to stay on the lead lap just for him see if Gant can reel them in here 317 laps complete if you joined us late just five cars on the lead lap erragadda in front park mark ii ken Schrader Ernie Irvan and Earnhardt I'm gonna take you a second well it got a little quiet here which mark and Leslie all happiness in the world my neighbor's who get married today [Music] you mean they're not watching the telecom they take okay get married today okay yeah well that's I guess that's a legitimate the heart started that again moving down my cut down the crust rich I really don't quite understand what that's all about well if he's going to protect that low groove going into the corner make Harry go around if it's going to be real tough for anybody to land [Music] dwell for de have the passing flag out this time so Harry Gant with a little bit talking time but it's car definitely wiggled 180 laps to go to market stuff they learn heart just hoping that next flag he sees for going forward to yellow one so he can come on around Tommy Ellis ahead and Ted Musgraves of the lead battle [Music] but Aries not leaving him any room Terri got a little bit wide Marc Marquez could try to take advantage of it but Harry quickly recovered it turned back down towards the bottom turn two just about the part of the rake to increasing yet the bag of health there and saying how bad do you want to win because right down the seats a little uncomfortable the floorboards a little hotter the air seems a little more and that's where you find your winners but Earnhardt drove it into a corner extra hard to beat him down on the turn I want to show you next time they come out of turn four let the time to the screen see that that time that runs down the screen the scoring line is cold that pain is only worn off right near the bottom of the racetrack that shows you just how narrow the racing groove is that's all of the track they're using when they come off the corner past Ted Musgraves at Kenny Wallace here's that white stripe coming in from the left side of the screen that's all it's worn is right down there at the bottom of the racetrack first race ever at Dover Mike were you two three you know three and four crews up on the bottom of the racetrack here's Glenn Jarrett wonderment about what Dale Earnhardt is doing I went down and asked for it secure he looked at me to Glynn I don't know he said he walked off with on the radio now so we don't know what he's doing I have an idea that what he's doing is the car is working real well down low and he's showing NASCAR and hey I'm giving these guys the groove out there they want he knows full well that they're going to have an awfully tough time making it so he's back from running far apart isn't an up there in the outer group quite as good attraction I think he's just playing mental games and Harry Gant is scratching and clawing his way around Earnhardt the hard way the highway that's the most impressive thing they with him only out I tell you what that shows a lot of muscle there Marquart having the door open from underneath trying to slide through it might send a little message to Dale Earnhardt go ahead go ahead and make this pass and get in front of him [Music] arrey sweeps up off the corner bernhard got a little waggly there quick they eat it a boat [Music] heck foot battle right here and Mark said I got it made either way yeah Harry Gant right now is on the outside that we felt was not the best way around this racetrack but yet he's able to stay side by side would they learn how Harry Gant always been passing the outside here is over plus the neat thing here is they're working in that second groove Harry Gant later in this race [Music] [Applause] right now went off in half mark won't get up there and try that [Music] and buddy said earlier Harry is proudly wearing his tires a little more than those other guys because he's got greener racetrack up above that bottom Harry's done so that's enough of that let me get back inside here maybe I'll get him on the inside Thank You pearl horn then and I'll tell you who's staying right with him is Ted Musgraves the rookie point leader in the super run here today three laps off the pace for 329 complete a 500 at the Monster Mile Harry Gant is trying to tame it with Mark Martin Ken Schrader Ernie Irvan and Dale Earnhardt we'll be back after this [Music] Carrie can't work that high groove in and now Mark Martin's going to try again has quit Earnhardt a lap down the part is unable to bottle in through but Mary can adjust well don't eat almost full straightaway and hands Bernhard I just wonder fern aren't baby having a little tired Mark Martin working up the topside for the last 10 laps the daily paper here in Dover isn't too thick I mean it's not the New York Times but you couldn't have slid it between Gant and Earnhardt there and it was 10 laps to just clean side-by-side racing I tell you Mike it was a textbook pass by Harry in he worked him on the outside worked from the outside he got a run at him coming off turn four Earnhardt got a little bit sideways and he just drove away you know you hear so much about Earnhardt being dirty and doing thanks to people huh this shows you that he's not that type of racecar driver he is a hard-nosed competitor but he don't get run over fee no carry all the room in the world to pass upon the outside and Harry finally made it work without mark Martin's got to be concerned with Kenny Schrader second place is at stake here Schrader is saying mark you spent too much time upstairs because I'm going in the cellar window [Music] Ernie Irvan coming up there's urban top of the screen Mark Martin the smokin him up there in the high groove [Music] there's urban right with Marquardt Ted Musgraves getting up top a heck of Education right here you get an eyeful out the front windshield and he is running quite well I play after that slip that Mark Martin just made it took him all the way down the back of it to get his breath back there's trader driving around now we've got to cruise with a great rack now thank you here again [Music] [Applause] take in straighter said behind there and work Dale Earnhardt bus bark bark work Dale Earnhardt he come up he had cool tires and he the first time he got on the outside he just drove on at 3:40 would be scheduled stops beginning a little early but we should see everybody in for the way Ernie Irvan they were trusty wallet was a lap down you know what the deal is right now there's what he's dead the second ago they brain so hard now the guys that race lap after lap after lap they tired who needs a quarter you know catching them up if you notice freighter pulled away quite away her dark down to if he'd never had the battle to get back okay buddy you know it's been what ten laps and Harry Gant passed Dale Earnhardt maybe less yeah right now he has a four point two second lead on the second place car penetrator let's check in with Ron Jarrett well guys you know there's a lot of hits pressing and gremlin going on down here don't really know what's going on why that gets ready to go so easily in race marks so hard I asked Robyn Pemberton about that Robin shook his head dreamed a little bit and he said yeah yes but he's not very happy about it ernhardt still running that bottom green margin wasn't able to get by but it doesn't look like the Earnhardt extended the same courtesy to Martin I'm convinced agility getting off so he said that they learn art hadn't told him in about the last 50 60 lap on the radio this is they're not sure what's going on he's kind of a mystery well I found a mystery to me everybody went up their race card he had raced in his ark nobody this card only out and didn't think death of the area Bart Bart has now passed Dale Earnhardt but he's back in fourth place is Alan Kulwicki makes a pit stop Wagner the folks that make power painting not just a whole lot faster the whole lot standing to the field they are the first five cars on the lead lap there's a group of cars one or more lat Wiki pudding the hooters for [Music] I have moved on to Rusty Wallace now shoots off looking for Ken Schrader's Harry get out front lap 345 is always penny their foreheads can feel down to pit lane 4.2 seconds you see what I'm talking about I mean marks ahead of him now he went ahead made the next raft with Katherine Cartman he's not trying to hold them up over anybody else he raised the same way with everybody hard very hard suppose he was laughing her frown and run a Harry Gant side by side like that 410 lat Dale Earnhardt smiles a lot if he's got you in a bad situation I've got a little bit of gremlin in E yep and he did then but Janice past him and gone on now to lead here at 347 lat Kenny Schrader's in second Ernie Irvan and third mark Barton in fourth Dale Earnhardt in fifth we'll be back to Dover down in a minute [Music] you're watching chat littles car was just erupted in plumes of smoke and turned three and four to bring us under the fourth caution flag of the day have another look at it from turn number one a rather there is littles car just starting to go turn number three I'll tell you buddy now we're talking I've never seen that much smoke out of a car that blew and ended like you see has that strictly turned down there I guarantee you he thought the end of the earth that disco I never seen one blow up right I get myself back I mean that was enough smoke for 10 cars an oil line at least letting loose the car Catching Fire on pit road now here's Harry Gant on the first lap of caution Ernie Irvan came in Harry did not hear Steve Evans apparently there's a problem in the hair again pits and Richard the crew chief was furious as to why Harry didn't come in apparently they didn't allow they come in where some unknown reason we're trying to get work with the NASCAR official you can hear right now it's a little bit too intense but this group was very unhappy with something the presented herring anthem coming into the pitch when he wanted to and I think we can tell you what it was I think Mike what happened was the pit road when Harry came by he was a leader of the race the flag man was holding the red flag with a yellow cross saying that pit road was closed and then obviously mustn after Harry went by they must have opened pit road for the rest of the field of the men just at the head end of pit road down past turn number 4 there is a flag man standing with a flag that tells you when pit road is open and when it is closed here's Brockie AIDS well there you see Richard Roehm the crew chief and Kenny Schrader's I just talked to them they had a twenty point nine second pit stop very routine no problems whatsoever attire we're good Richardson Kenny Spencer just perfect out there so he got the break that mary did not get my Andy Petree not happy and going to talk about it with Pete Babb one of the senior NASCAR officials and so Harry Gant is coming back in for service once again now the flagman that indicates when pit road is open enclosed has to be in a position of safety but where he is the position where he's at when the pimp sign changed from pit road closed to fit both dreams might have been after Harry had gone past too far to be able to see that most people don't realize how serious the problem that is Harry I mean taxes engineer is very important or Harry Gant instead of coming out with the lead will be at the tail end of the lead lap in fourth position that discussion is still going on in the pit lane I've had a good they let him go back to it would only be fair mommy the flag will have the red flag yeah wouldn't let him into piss and then they let the other cars come in that's just not right maybe we could get somebody down there Mike to see what you know what happened and why ask Andy Petree why he he could not get in the pits the first laugh here Steve Evans what Harrogate came in here for that second stop under this yellow he was furious he was pointing out the window to NASCAR official and he any kind of restitution any kind of adjustment they could make on that no I didn't give her the green light when he went by the pit road they put it on their body behind me okay as we said so again again to add insult to injury he's got to stop and go penalty because he when he left the pits the second time he went above the blen line I'm just late to see if he takes a bite out of the pit wall there because I'll tell you what that's that is activate he'll be the last car on the lead lap when we go back under green right there is the Flyn line Mike the white line we keep talking about the cars racing down right to the white line with that the cars have to stay below that white line they leave the kids until they get overturned to very obviously must have went above it Harry trying to scoot back up into position with the other cars on the lead lap get back up Thank You variable to get there you'll get there let's have another look at the pit stop there on Harry Gant try to get them out there wanna Ricky Lutz tires out there it gives a little nudge and go under green 355 lat and Harry Gant is back there well back behind the other cars of lead lap in Portland I do the 8b in front of him right now by the lap car got to play it's not just 111 degrees in that car I say it my Harry Annapoorna the coolest customers in the business so you very rarely see here again lose his temper but me right I'm sure he's tested right now for these [Music] [Applause] they shouldn't made him mad I'm telling you because there's air like command possessed we should point out the green flag stops have begun when this caution came out and that cost Alan Kulwicki Bill Elliott Sterling Marlin and Richard Petty alack everybody else came in a straighter way up high there goes urban underneath and there goes the second place you don't want it being here against way right now mine I think they're just Ernie Irvan becomes a nice different leader today now ii and trader from the third graders report here at gas the third not for long they're gonna be in second here momentarily who to cheer for when you were kids I like blender it would like this I'm like Ned Jarrett I like fireball Roberts [Music] about that of course a buck liquor yeah at fireball [Music] [Applause] [Music] here comes Harry hey Deb [Music] now let's update you on Earnhardt he got out in front of this skirmish for the lead so once again he is on the tail end of the lead lap along with Mike Strickland he took Hut Stricklin is also in front of the leaders so if a caution came out right now we would have Dale Earnhardt and Hutt's Kirkland back in the league glad I got to play that cars all day long tell you one thing [Music] we lost that lap because on a second set of tire he wasn't nearly as good as Earnhardt when her heart was carving up the field one bad thing [Music] you say a bad said that might only be like not even a temp for left that little bit like when we talk about a bad set of tires the cars are not bad they're just not sighs like your car Watson run stagger we've we've shown that the time and time again you'll have the right side tires bigger than the left side tires they party when your stagger is mismatched then your car does not run as fast as is before so that's that's what happened how it strictly there's nothing wrong with the tires it's just a match over what's on the car Crockett [Music] they went to the center what he knows stickers which her brand-new fresh tires just stuff which were using run in a little bit and exciting the race style so that as you say these tire changes and tire choices are absolutely critical and right now if Curtin can he create a little bit [Music] the Rusty Wallace Wallace was now again too [Music] that's an instance Mike Rusty Wallace is run hard all day long he had an unscheduled pit stop and again when Dale Earnhardt as you mentioned was carving up the field he got another lap down he spent two laps down and he has run his tail off all day who has that's true sizing up tires in the Harry Gant again righto Kenny Schrader's fit [Music] barrier leaders just up ahead of them Dale Earnhardt and Hut Stricklin are taking off this is BRR [Music] at 365 laughs ernie irvan's the race leader [Music] the secondary ganas sir Corvus kenny schrader 5th as Dale Earnhardt and sixes Hut Stricklin they're all on the lead lap here in the Budweiser 500 on TNN [Music] asked over down dirty urban leads mark mark and Ken Schrader's but the big story is the battle back for seventh spot there he goes trouble in one and that's it Jimmy Spencer who was bracing hard against Darrell Waltrip for seventh place Joe Ruttman shoots through Morgan Shepherd was part of that battle we were just about to show you that battle for seventh place and it was a dandy Spencer and Waltrip had run side by side and run hard for the last five or six laps at a I have to be watch that Mike because I knew we were gonna show it Darrell Waltrip and Jimmy Spencer were side by side they went down and turn one barrel that got by him Jimmy Spencer tried to move down Jimmy Spencer tries to move down to get behind Darrell but Morgan Shepherds their organs right on the bottom Jimmy Spencer tries to move down behind Darrell and no work with what no nothing from or gonna do we just got into Jimmy Spencer turn give me around up and to the wall he goes give me did a a great job of holding that car still in the middle of the racetrack cuz he had cars going down on dreamy you noticed when he gets back over he relieved the brake a little bit and holds that car if you can see the cars going down behind garage area there so rather than tell him if he'd to come down I mean he would it really got smack Joe Ruttman would have clocked them it was right there Spencer is okay taking off the helmet let's have a look at it from a different angle same situation Jimmy Spencer has just come down the racetrack to try to get him behind Darrell Waltrip the Morgan Shepherd was there Morgan did the heck of a job keeping his car under control Spencer's first start June 89 at Dover and this will put Dale Earnhardt and Hut Stricklin back on the lead lap laughs 372 and the lead cars on pit road fifth caution of the day [Music] here comes gap down to pit lane as Earnhardt's crew is still working but they'll to get on the pit lane no time putting more tires in the car a new race now Mike and here's hot strictly he's gonna get a spot on Mark Martin Jimmy Spencer looks to be okay Hobbs in for the mandatory ride to the care center you know Ken Schrader did not come in to pitch that time I don't know what the situation was there he was that he was eligible but now he's gonna peel off the racetrack come in the pits I don't know if it's the same thing haven't heard yet but he wasn't leading the race let me ask you this is there a penalty police here's Brockie okay my come down here with Richard Roman coming back up on top girl with sympathy in a word they're gonna put right side scuffs on the race car that's all and I'm Sara woke up almost left one of the crewmen gets back under way Richard he didn't choose to stop on the first go-round okay what he did not come into the first [Music] we didn't think the leaders was coming to the leader see it comes to enforce coming in okay there was a gamble that Kenny Schrader's missed out he benefited on the Gann incident and obviously paid a penalty on this one Mike well the Gospel according to Buddy Baker is when the caution comes out come in that paper fly he says let the paper fly he's talking about the paper old brand new tires for stickers right or even scuffs in this case scuff tires a lot of work for Travis partner in the team yeah that's a shame he was really ready well they had a string of four top-10 finishes in a row earlier I'm just part just prior to Charlotte wall doesn't move did you see how far the rear hazard was moved over in that car I saw why look I figured out Waltons listen I promise you that's it boiler plate wall backed up out of state of Delaware there's even such thing as hurting that wall the couple bass boy back into action 374 complete 126 laps left to run here Gant is the leader and to watch Tommy Ellis Ernie Irvan in second Dale Earnhardt at third Strickland fourth mark mark now in fifth having a look at Tommy Ellis in the Flossie Johnson Budweiser car when that team unloaded for the weekend on Friday Steve Evans was there to talk with them last week at Charlotte was the first time in over 530 races there was not a number 11 jr. Johnson car in the garage area this is the second week here at Dover and I got to tell you the feeling is pretty weird I mean there sits the pretty red Thunderbird Budweiser livery but number 97 well that's the number NASCAR assigned to the new team owner Blasi Johnson there's no Tim brewer the crew chief not even Jeff Bodine is out for injury reasons and obviously no jr. but Mike Hill your kind of cold crew chiefing on this guy how do you guys hold it up we're doing real good state we're a matter of fact we may have a shot at setting on the pole here is over everything goes right we catch class we're gonna be all right do you talk to jr. Dalby a phone or anything he comes in off the farm he's been plowing his garden all this week and he'll check on us make sure we're doing all right no cellular phone and the pets know now juniors he's elected to stay at home this whole deal thanks a lot and good luck thank you you know I asked one of the Budweiser PR people if jr. would watch our show he said probably not he told me he was bringing in the hey a lot of folks here do you've done so much for this sport and for a lot of the people in it that is Darrell Waltrip toolbox mystic jr. Flossie back home in Ronda North Carolina which they were here but rules are rules when Jarrett well the guy you're looking at right now is known as mr. excitement Jimmy Spencer driver of a car number 98 banquet food Chevrolet Jimmy got awfully exciting out there what happened oh I just got run up underneath somebody somebody hit me and turn me around just race and you know I hit the wall beginning of the race and knocked the toe-in out and off the firend out of square and we just were riding around there you know it wasn't running that bad we've got one lap down and felt that we could have brought the car home storm a top ten but you know we got put in the wall but that's racing as they say well you look awfully hot what is what's it like in the race car out there today it's hard out there you know and the race trucks really really a mess it's got a lot of I guess buildup you know that they sealed the race Chuck has got a lot of marbles that's what I got into it everything I should have been able to stop my race car and I could because of that build off but you know it's not that bad out there I think that's why to do what I did in beginning our races in a bathroom well this guy's been running awfully strong oblate I think you're going to see great things out of the rest of this year was a good run for Spencer today now all those marbles up the racetrack usually they'd all be clustered up by the wall but since they're only running that bottom groove they're everywhere everywhere on up 376 laps are in the book here at Dover Downs Harry Gant the race leader fans get a little bit of break from the action as we're under caution fifth time today arrogant leading under the caution flag Irvin Earnhardt Strickland Mark Martin and Kenny Schrader on the lead lap back in a minute [Music] TNN Motorsports coverage of the Budweiser 500 is brought to you by Ford and your local Ford dealer have you driven a Ford lately [Music] we're getting ready to go back to green at lap 378 with six cars now on the lead lap Harry Gant upfront on the outside or any herb and right with him Dale Earnhardt Kenny Schrader's the Duke this went out for the next 120 laugh didn't look like hunched up the best start he's way up high yeah and urban out front are wrestling with darrell waltrip oof one lap down the 12 car men have [Music] the quarry he picked up so much rubber and stuff on the terrace they did just hope that when he Jordan that's he didn't shake the steering wheel back forth and we're down same problem for two [Music] laughing Earvin and Gantt now threateningly back and forth at Bobby Hamilton the old car the country time lemonade old [Music] [Applause] is four laps back [Music] I've seen two or three cars take off the brake fluid left give me 15 car [Music] you're right buddy Hut Stricklin did it two laps narrow but yet he looked okay and turned three and four so I think you're right [Music] ernhardt behind Bobby Hamilton a way is back to mark mark [Applause] [Music] with a program he was up call one car back from the front on the restart couldn't capitalize back down Waltrip Morgan Shepherd two laps back Rusty Wallace Ricky Rudd [Music] derrike cope for back Bobby Hamilton Alan Kulwicki and Sterling Marlin just thing just about ready to get again a seer not moving the thing there's a look at Schrader with Rusty Wallace separating he and hunt rickland first and second there's the separation fervent began Earnhardt's coming right behind her [Music] Darrell Walker stable domain right with the Illini right now Mike sorry about the way he wants it I think he's been stronger the first part of the race but he got caught a lap down as everybody did we charge the Dale Earnhardt in the first 150-200 mine that's an amazing statistic right there huh the only race he did not finish one of the quicker cars on the racetrack right now great [Music] I mean how do you build the Carta to put up with that they week in and week out many times [Music] [Applause] [Music] for Kenny Schrader and Hut Stricklin is back up to speed he's not falling back any further but he is almost a straightaway behind the leader report gathering back in the Bobby Allison car the Raybestos Buick two laps back and Morgan Shepherd who's one down [Music] Vallely of running right behind strickland due to a pit-stop that came just before a caution flag [Music] has been a great suit okay when you have it make a pit-stop like that you can also lose you can lose two laps if you're like say if you're a third of a lap from being lap and then you make a pit stop well the leader will pass you for that one lap and then pass you again and if the cost comes up before that leader comes in there that puts you two laps down but really a pit stop only takes the bottle up just a little bit overlap were two of the five I'll tell you her not showing them I don't know maybe they make Cathy a jump on that last pit stop but he seems to have the things going their way right now he moves right in on her again in short but he he moves right up old here again neatly the fastest car out there right close again on second place here Steve evidence Philip our suspensions dagger a little earlier the temperance tires on the right side of the car to help it turn much well that's a real luxury for these teams and something they've only had well twice this year here it's over bingo second time these are bias-ply tires did you does not use them all that [Music] they're all the same size [Music] are the quickest of the day 25 and a half second frame faster even than at the start of the race yeah a lot card which they did ball 5 that but that happens on the ceiling attack when you start burning the ceiling though the terrorists get a better grip and you start running faster Ernie Irvan the race leader arrogant just about one second back gasps a couple little distance on our target we we saw just two or three laps ago that aren't how it was right on Harry's back bumper but but now here he's got about six eight car lengths on good quote make anything for anybody that Darrell Waltrip is running real close on the back of her and he drops back going in the corner that makes the car in front we've got a definite cushion Ernie Irvan the class of this field so far still looking for his first top 5 finish in the race he's running here asked over down coming up on Kenny Wallace in the Kyle Petty car Ernie Irvan his best finish here seventh one year ago 105 miles left to race on the monster here in Delaware with fervently to Gant Earnhardt Hartman Schrader and Strickland tienen coverage continues right after this there might be a sale on Intimidator t-shirts at the Dale Earnhardt booth after this race Darryl Waltrip just driven underneath and around Earnhardt although they are not racing for position here's Glenn Jarrett [Music] baton all day long and we just hadn't been able to use car freedom tract has just gotten tighter are you [Music] trouble in turn number 2 Derek copse car the defending champion of this race has been bitten by the monster and spun to the inside now Ernie Irvan is leading hearing at background to the finish here comes Waltrip into the picture trying to get a lap back Darrell is hustling and hard but he's gonna fall short and we'll hold with six cars on the lead lap caution is out lap 404 sixth time today for Derek coke my seat there he's already taking that well you can see his hands moving inside the car he's already taking this one him that down so I think there it's probably okay let's have another look at it [Music] and a good year at Dover last year and I turn to several drivers top of your screen there we go it's already sideways backs up into the outside wall and that's just as we talked earlier the bank the bank just sent them back down into the inside wall when here comes traffic tommy Ellis Rick mast see as buddy said early he little off the break to go ahead and get out of the way so that kept tommy ellis rick mast and bobby on for being in trouble we have another view of it buddy oh boy i tell you McCarter that's on the outside look at that car damage oh that thing is unbelievable but he was smart enough to get out of the way left in the brake off at the end sidewall will hurt you nearly as fast the homecoming race car Bob would come on that car his son Greg resigned this weekend as team manager to pursue a career as a professional golfer each winner will go run the Hogan tour down in Florida and hope to qualify for a pga card for next year and pit stops now this will be tricky 95 laps to go this may be the last stop of the day [Music] yes procharged hadn't been a bigger a race off pit road bird hard Dale Earnhardt that's part of Champions choice the Winston Cup champion has his first choice of pitch position Richard Childress always chooses the last pit down the road and that's why all Earnhardt has to is hop over the line ahead of the other car he doesn't has to have to be at speed as long as he gets his his nose of his car to that white line he could be running five miles an hour and the rest of the guys running forty they'd still be here Steve Evans you know most race car drivers sons yearn to follow in their father's footsteps and drive as fast as they can at places like the Monster Mile well Rick Nath young son Ricky he wants to be a starter and every race he brings his flag he gets right off of the flag stand in one of her flagging feet he waves over here just to get into practice wave your caution flag for me Ricky let me see a passing flag he's got a passing flag that's the ones your dad never see okay let's go down to bride Mike Mike I'm with Tony Glover the crew chief on ernie irvan's car and you put four fresh tires on can you do it in there ninety-five we have to stop again no we can't make it stop one more time fix the first time today we put on brand new tires we've been using all day we didn't have any more stickers we've got them all nice and let's see what happens then run a real strong the guys are getting some really quick laps just before that caution yeah right now to run the fastest they run all day and you know Arnie and hairier I don't know what's gonna happen one more stop just for a plan to splash your fuel is that the plan well right now it's slamming who knows that's what Winston Cup racing is all about bike 94 miles to go and we'll see who will gamble and gentlemen along the pitch that something will want to know who thinks they can go the distance who's willing to roll the dice 406 miles complete 94 to go is the monster mile bike derrike cope causes are six caution flag of the day those five cars are on the lead lap along with Hut Stricklin we'll be right back that's over down Delaware 408 laughter complete sixth caution of the day out for Derek Koch crash at turn number two this crowd they paid for seats for they haven't sat down much today pretty good 500 over down we're going to update you on where your favorite driver is running in the field as Wagner folks who make power painting not just a whole lot faster but a whole lot better bring you this standings update Hut Stricklin he's the last of the cars on the lead lap Walter from Shepard two laps back ricky rudd okay we haven't talked much about Terry Labonte just saw him go by a tenth position he's dead at he's two laps down but he's had a pretty good run today a lot of tough luck yesterday driving his brother's car in the Budweiser 200 Sterling Marlin there are four laps back Ted Musgrave is five laps down the leading rookie racing against Richard Petty today Bobby Hillin in the Jimmy means car he posted six laps down they market Kenny Wallace [Music] 27 cars still running of the here Steve evidence all right with 91 laps to go the big question is who can make it to the finish what about here again Andy well you know I don't think we make it from here we'll probably just stop top off here when you get one to go I think you know right now I need to go make me safe you're all okay let's go down the Glen dirt well last year at this race Derek Koch had a great success today he met the wall with great force what happened out there well we got to changing tires the car little loose get in the car on that said tires and I attend one of those teams to correct the race track all the rubber builds up on the car got sideways I fire buddies could get a feeling there's generally on the wall looks like the track conditions making it awfully tough to race driving around up there right now Topol tough out there you've got to battle it all day long you are ok though I'm finding there a cope sliding off the outside wall and either the inside the back of that car pretty well used up and it confused a little more there's just a heck of a movie now he's sacrificed a little bit of the back of a car which it was already damaged but he kept those other cars from getting into trouble by letting the brakes off I hit that inside wall move want to mention the passing of longtime NASCAR race official leo waters chief steward up at Stafford Motor Speedway in Connecticut had a lot to do with modifying a late-model sports from racing up in New England lost about the cancer and woman 89 laps to go at the Monster Mile Dale Earnhardt Ernie Irvan arrogant bark-bark Ken Schrader at Hut Stricklin will they stop for gas before we go green [Music] Radek lawn with ricky rudd at 412 lat inside my Chevrolet as they get one lap to go all the leaders came to pit road and popped off fuel fuel and a quick bite to eat they said he's back out there to finish this one 413 lat causing the brief lockup you should eat while you're driving exactly right oh look at this for deeper but freeze each other maybe for darrell waltrip did not stop he's gonna try to get back on the lead lap anticipating one more caution Morgan Shepherd on the tail end of the lead lap he is and Walter maybe as well did they just not come back in with y'all fall all right me they came in on this part oh okay right right I didn't understand that I thought you didn't he didn't take old tires he didn't he'll never get those back but he didn't come in just now they're about five laps ago so he's on the Taylor rule remember though he says run at five eight laps further than anybody else everybody should be able to go the distance you and Ricky rod go down the front straightaway going up through the gears and they Jam into turn one [Music] 85 laps ago he's out front Waltrip did not get his lap back important Shepards about the Luna did right there [Music] the lead Ernie Irvan is there way back in traffic one advanced card there and he goes for the lead and gets into the back straightaway adjust it on that car it worked Earnhardt is back to the front [Music] the discount at the end of the day four laps to run and go the distance under green crater right there ernhardt rather waltrip right there [Music] just caught a shot at Darrell Wolcott scarf he has he has four yellow wheels on that car that you know that came from the brother's car so a little brotherly love [Music] we they learn hard a winner at Richmond and apart [Music] almost a straightaway behind 56 plated there's your fourth place car Mark Martin six the Folgers for running in fourth Ernie Irvan all by himself on the racetrack right now it's not the time to hold back Mike if you don't know that you said you're going to get another caution flag and right now everyone's planning I think I'm going to rest away because they all came to top off you know I noticed hair again they pull that piece of weapon you know that they hurt him a little bit down the straightaway even though it was flapping it was still there [Music] there two leaders are tied together shrade are not giving her heart and breathing room that battle for fourth on back has caught Ernie Irvan ernhardt here we took a look to the inside you know he told guys gonna reach for that cookie once again looks like Dale Earnhardt's push came back you know your aunt a few laughs when the tires start to get hot looks like he's got that little bit of pushback on the time to get much worse in riddles Vickers knows Department will have a new leader [Music] like Noah's Ark arrogance got passed up Strickland they're all - bye - bye - here comes traitor again for the lead on the bottom of the racetrack and everybody's on their feet [Music] Kenny Schrader's [Music] he didn't stay on that outside very long he did run laughs after that this car must just have a rat on the bottom of the race how did he get under our hard-earned I wasn't leave any room he was pushing up to laughter oh he pushed up over and turned three and four and straighter started to get on the inside the first time and got in the inside and second time got by Darrell Walker was gonna make it that man gets to lap down this close to the end he gets a little nervous and each other very well then the great move by straighter to go to the inside but buddy how much of being a great race driver is recognizing opportunity well that's the whole idea that's what that's it that is the difference being able to know when to do it and how they do it and making them both work [Music] Schrader's opened the door delivered the bail got underneath Earnhardt and into the lead and there's Dale pushing up the racetrack once again and smoking the day and they are Darryl it looks like Earnhardt's driving in the core and pushing the car up he may be better than I'm not here too Jennsen by the people if he went to corner a little bit easier you may be able to keep the part down better [Music] the yellow they run real fast Oh Michael's car dude let's go to Glenn Jarrett okay I talked to Richard Childress about the problem he indeed does have a push in the car they have been tired that had already broken in tell your wife this time they had to put your new just tires and they got to stagger off a little bit and the car developed a push there's nothing I can do about it right now except hope for another caution and get back in here the correct time traitor running off her Bernhardt now walk up right there bail doesn't have a little brother in his race tires warm Richard Childress has a lot of friends yeah and they're a good number of cars out of the race mine or so that they could get tires from here Steve ever there's no slacking off now not with the dealer not right on Kenny's bumper yeah I have enough gas to go the distance if he runs as hard as he is right now but you wouldn't mind seeing one more cottage they would find thing one more time [Music] okay well they love to set up they've got on the car yesterday Davey Allison ran out of gas under caution leading the race with one lap to go and outside the gates here there was a camper with a big sign Davey Allison gas fund donate here there was gas at the tank just couldn't get to the pickup apparently and Allison finished sixth instead of winning the 200 Ernie Irvan right there in third spot with Mark Martin and Harry game Chevy Ford and Oldsmobile trying to reel in Schrader and Earnhardt here they are top of the screen five cars all within a straightaway a Hut Stricklin back they're not all that far back he is in sixth right where he was when he finished Charlotte last week of career bet actually her strickland finish force at michigan a couple years ago when novel infer [Music] it was a fuel mileage deal he was able to make it and a lot of people hadn't stopped the tip leaders be able to stay out and he finished fourth [Music] Mark Martin right there a Ford hasn't had much since it led for about 60 laps here but Martin's been able to stay in the chase right with that group of leaders [Music] we car it's not handling the basketball here maybe really wrestling that dirty cat itself back up there can't write or just flips a little bit is all over when life deals you lemons make lemonade that's there six cars on the lead lap one lap down Darrell Waltrip and Morgan Shepherd Rusty Wallace ricky-rock terry labonte four laps down Bobby Hamilton in 12th place Joe Ruttman five laps down Bill Elliott Richard Petty Davey Allison Ted Musgrave and Tommy eller six laps to run here Richard Roehm wants to see a goal caution free these other stars in the [Music] with Kenny Schrader's in the lead 66 laps to go is brew looking on PNN exclusive live coverage of the Budweiser 500 will continue after these messages [Music] 60 laps to go at Dover down Terry Gant has gone past Ernie Irvan and now closes in on Dale Earnhardt carrying the body has slapped the wall we stayed under green as Labonte came inside for service once and now again with the Sunoco car he dropped to 20th position in the running order like hair yet he's really turned to wake up on that car I'm he fronting Earnhardt right on down and right now we can get Darryl with that any problems I think eat faster out I like Harry's chances if this thing goes green the rest of the way as Richard room its hoping for Ken Schrader's crew chief I like hairy hands champion to this car need to be the best on the longest of run yeah Allen third one at Talladega the Winston 500 sets him up for that $100,000 bonus from RJ Reynolds to keep him with him Darlington here's rocky all night I'll tell you what Mike [Music] Thank You oldest just as a buddy said [Music] running perfectly scanners feeling good in the race car the black 3 doesn't give us any problems well we've got 56 laps Carrie gasps season has been hot and cold he has the win at Talladega 2/3 a fourth and a fifth and the rest of his finishes have been junk with Easter families were here that's it we move back to the fourth place battle Ernie Irvan at Park Park closing in on the four car [Music] has been hot cold he's either let the racer ease with the lead lap the they're what and Brock was talking they wondered to Perry Kent would have much trouble with the guy in the black 3 but I can guarantee you the kind of factor he's not going to make it easy for her again success as a matter of fact the kind of factory is fetching leader can trigger again and he is really smoking up the asphalt sealer to do it into try to run up high and it's just not working now I've noticed that the four car several times that went down in the corner and almost this wall trying to make it work on the halfback when you go in to hunt for a groove on a racetrack before he filters another one there well you know it before you make the move you'll see a cart this beat it's pretty bad and you'll try just to tell these you're on the racetrack the Ken Schrader is working that bottom groove and here comes Earnhardt he just about half a car with higher on the racetrack and the Kodiak Chevrolet of Schrader you notice that Harry Gant went hide one corner and the four cars already run him down again that's not the place [Music] greater into the front straightaway at the stripe but for target view [Music] ernhardt Gant and Ernie Irvan closing in then mark Barton Hut Stricklin burned or exposed at bat the chassis maybe loosen enough on him we're good what's up what we're hearing most most everyone is having a problem is talking about their car pians heights so the day lon have started appear to be very tight back the penetrator was able to get by him but I always chasing straighter back down [Music] arrogant tucked in there behind Dave Marcus a turbine [Music] third fourth and fifth Hut Stricklin still on the lead lap he's a little further back in six five one lap down Phil Darrell Waltrip in seventh Morgan Shepherd in eighth whoo laughs back Rusty Wallace and Ricky Rudd three laps down Bob [Music] cool wiki Sterling Marlin Joe Ruttman bill Davey Allison Richard Petty Ted Musgraves Tommy [Music] victory in Atlanta is third with the Cup career win to go this was the Budweiser 4:15 he would have got his pork but we know after yesterday it doesn't matter what after 450 500 [Music] really catchment somebody alive but yet they have way back I don't know whether they're changing the line on the racetrack or whether the tires are real good and then they get a little bit greasy and you back off and let him catch back up or substance that will check that out and try to get some insight on that for pit road when we come back four hundred fifty-two miles complete as the Sun begins to set there on those windshields 47 miles of racing to go at Dover down six cars on the lead lap another two one lap back in the Budweiser 500 The View for Davey Allison's car looking at leader demonstrator traitor in this team have had a season much like her again victory at Atlanta of second and Rockingham and Charlotte whoops burro at two other top ten for the rest of his sentence was well down the list [Music] good right now there traitor is 41 laps away from the checkered flag Dale Earnhardt all gone the second place of checking his hitlist lecture well you know buddy you were wondering about some of the problems around the cars having to go to the bottom of the racetrack it's either being bored on and so forth causing a lot of inconsistent tire wear Dale Earnhardt's car has loosened most of the point that is too loose so [Music] Martin Martin's phone so all the adjustments they made all during the race to get into this point right [Music] right [Music] the writer second on the lead lap Flossie Johnson car [Music] pennytrader I won't give you something scary to think about it the yellow come do you think the leaders would come in with this I think they were the ones that didn't would lose what's funny baker's old adage if the constant flag wave hit yep the yellow comes out to come in back in third place there again who came within about 15 laps to win against today let's check down the road toward his pit here's Brockie okay Mike hurry and concerned as well buddy enough [Music] and then crunch of the tires and yeah the Stars tightened up a little bit and EVPs just told me this Terry talking about the racecar he was running just perfectly about 10 laps all these guys go away Gerald Hashanah well that's true and now you know what exactly is that end of the race car the if the backs lose the right rear is going away making it looser it's right if the front pushing then the right foot wearing out quicker and making the car chatter up the racetrack and the whole field is backing up a bit let's check with Steve Evan Richard boom you're the only man in the world because you have the radio what is he saying what are you saying the hell I'm just selling it before it was way before she can but no way you're going to take it easy [Applause] okay they looking good time for taking it easy is gonna be on the flight home 34 laps and Albany races at this track have been decided in just 34 buddy Baker's at the top of the show you lost one we're leading the race with Malik how many to go more so stick with it for the next thirty fourth we run to five hundreds of Kenny Schrader leading Earnhardt Gantt urban Martin and Strickland the genius is in the details [Music] TNN Motorsports live coverage of the Budweiser 500 is brought to you by Hecht are billed from Kota for advanced photographers the genius is in the details [Music] ken schrader the leader Harry Gant in third place Ernie Irvan Kodak film old or Chevrolet rather has been closing in on Harry camp but now that cap begins to widen again yeah well he told they say back to bed okay 25 left [Music] six cars on the lead lap the lead advantage of an Schrader increasing second sound over Dale Earnhardt you know we said in talked about this and sportsmen raised yesterday Busch grand national races I'll tell you we thought race was over and folks you wouldn't believe what happened three laps to go we didn't get to see it we've seen three cars fall out on those next to the last lap ts gonna replay that race for the other June the folks who didn't get a chance to see fit check your local listing with one of the most unbelievable days we've seen in racing but I will say that the eventual winner taut though down yesterday congratulations damn busy yeah there are folks in the garage who will say he lucked into it but as Richard Petty has long said the best you can do on any particular day is keep your car in a position to win and then hope things go your way that's it they did I'd like to have for the road just like this one how about wanting a rope rope just like that buddy oh yeah yeah just like the wind right now Gettys Raider as 24 laps to go traffic ahead he owns three Winston Cup victories all for this rick hendrick own team [Music] look at that crew watching him you think they're worth a little bit when he gets in a pack of traffic I don't leave to couple up were sitting there on the pinball driving the car their former racers themselves they think cafes in hand and one half of that the top pack of traffic you dint see a bird heart can gain some ground here traitor moving up against Ricky rock Ricky gives plenty of room and enter hard have to pull up first on Alan Kulwicki that Rick Wilson been run to have any shot of traitor [Music] that'll help the tenth grader right now having those three four cars that's got a spa day like just a tick and right now with just a tick is only we're catching some really does if you catch the cars coming off the corner bill football before you just drive fire you catch up going into corner more than likely you might have to follow through the corner that'll hurt his feet here with Ricky Rudd I Alan Kulwicki just went by the five car icon for position and here's Earnhardt on the outside of run [Music] sports focus right there [Music] wanting to go fix cars on the lead lap Phil Earnhardt and Morgan Shepherd one lap down [Music] ricky-rock on a lap by himself three laps down Bobby Hamilton's all alone for Alan Kulwicki is ahead of Sterling Marlin Joe Ruttman and Vallely [Music] six laps down Davey Allison so is Richard Petty and test Ted Musgraves Tommy elephant eight laps off the face so is Bobby villain and the Jimmy means car and Rick van [Music] road they've marketing tearing the body still running after slapping the wall my body is and further back still rotting Rick Wilson and Kenny Wallace each of those cars the gap will be kind of freaky rot in pursuit of Dale Earnhardt [Music] just a little over two second advantage right we talked about it before we'd like to point five so they learn how to fix up a half the second the last six or eight laps but that could have a lot to do is craft and how they caught traffic and I quickly got my dress they all got through that pack of traffic a little easier than Kenny trade I think he did too he really did most of the time they learn art gets to a packet dropping a little bit they say that black car I mean that's too tense right there next time we get a shot from the inner car give me an idea here you trying to get a lot of glare on these windshields of the Sun the racetrack is that getting to be a big cracker I don't think so not here it Oh Georgia where you drive off into the we have sunshine in your faces all the secondary corners effective fire where the haha purchase them rolling across there and then it gets shadowy I do I give it out ha ha where's that glare out of three leg was daylight savings time too that helps a lot Mike that's obviously if this sums up higher than it would be otherwise move over flag I'm Kenny Wallace and Bobby Hamilton and Schrader's stepping it out two point two seconds Alan Kulwicki on pit road again he started in the top five six times on this great track still looking for first top-five finish there they're looking for problems on the right front uncle with you star third place Harry can is beginning to close with inside of Dale Earnhardt now earth yeah Rick Wilson behind him [Music] part of that proof yes sir that 33 car spoken like and that's not just folks on the ceiling on the racetrack was close to the end and deserve to finish this race started sure it does but we spoke a little bit right now I don't think it's too bad but it gets any worse a star may elect to bring them in be able to hold up for 12 laps here let's don't say anything it is and eat that with it so heart is smoking the right foot I hope for his sake that's what it is that's my story they'll stick it with me all right the traitor crew don't make it either his digging industry nerdly is down onto a second half now mine 1.46 second turn green Sterling Marlin make me late to stop [Music] to go [Music] don't see a lot of emotion out of our hearts true sí mismo tipo yes whatever the problem or the 33 car is it only does it cord in the corner but find out for Brockie my I just check for Danny yes no idea what's going on here he hasn't said anything on the radio apparently there's no indication on the instrument panel of any problems but as we often see there is hope and certainly to solve an intuitive [Music] into the cap down nine laps to go forget to hold on [Music] for a fine third-place finish Kenny Schrader's out front Earnhardt is second Gant Ernie Irvan bark bark that's the front is safe all of the Virata lead lap [Music] - like tearing the body he's got to come to pit road movin up there in two [Music] there's no body car down now if they all take it the fuel mileage right Mike are they all gonna make it to the end of the race I've got a thing so to deal with last stop for a splash of gas on the last lap of yellow for 1387 laughs pretty here should be over this one thing about it I've been right own everything that guests over the day I'm saying yes we'll have five more stuff before it's over when you're right it's expert analysis and when you're wrong you misspoke yourself we got it okay generator stops two laps before the rest of the field he stopped at about four eleven yes Joe 89c Scotty there Terry Labonte gets right-side tires me back out where I'm finish up I want that giving me the weekend off let's make the gratitude and come up here work if you guys [Music] down there and see my coordinates I'm sure you could now look up here for [Music] staying about a second half the interval between Ken Schrader in Velen our got plenty of buffers of lap traffic between himself and Earnhardt five laps to go they seem like it's over but anybody who was here yesterday nothing had some far from the cake Joe Ruttman right behind Schrader Brooklyn sick clap back at 12:00 five [Music] during our second place again holding on to third look for ernie irvan's car [Music] close up on Harry gang first a second is breathing in Kenny Schrader's but there is little time left three to go Raiders crew taking off their headset putting things away their job they hope is done to the men of those cars right now no I was watching gas car crush somebody and push the fender and it's right in the heart one second first a second is coming at 1/4 second a lap [Music] as they flashed by the start/finish line [Music] Earnhardt has Rutland separating himself from Schrader out of turn number 215 car length search the second ernhardt [Music] that cost him one half a second gets caught behind them and welcome gave him gave him room want to go Kenny Schrader's out of turn number two seeking his fourth Winston Cup victory all on Superspeedway [Music] to turn number three to about a dozen car lengths but it won't be enough ken schrader win the Budweiser 500 [Music] yet his third and Ernie Irvan holds off mark mark [Music] Shepard worked side by side give it to Darrell Ricky rug [Music] we went all day and you got me yet we had such a good right there now do that was sorry [Music] ken schrader will be going to victory lane make no mistake about that Rick Hendrick Richard broom the rest of the Kodiak crew with a well-deserved victory ernhardt second and third urban for mark part hot strickland six for the second week in a row Darrell Waltrip finishes seven organ shepherd is eight the night the Rusty Wallace and death to Ricky Rudd eleventh is Bobby Hamilton twelfth Joe Ruttman 13th Bill Elliott fourteenth Alan Kulwicki and 15 Sterling Marlin [Music] ten days later joins Dale Earnhardt as the only repeat winner that Winston Cup season not day I guarantee you he badly needs some refreshment on this day he should be crawling out of the cart some obscene as you might imagine hearin winner's circle he got here very very quickly a cold shower and look at this man how refreshed he lost has compared the pod go down yesterday who ran only 200 miles this is an athlete a man who spends over 200 days a year any trainer coming out the winner of the Budweiser 500 if you can get out he may be a little more tired than I thought Kenny Schrader but Tony has barely cooked it strong for him today I don't know point where you said all right I got him now this needed to happen for me well they did to feel mildly feel they said let's get in and get out for avails Earnhardt come up behind him s that flame go by him and tried to use my hips for once that fouled him for about 67 laps and I saw we were stronger and I saw where we could get him I wanted to get by on one shot and then just take away any question in her mind as the fuel left in the tank at the finish no I tell you what ten hours of Jim wall all the guys in Hendrick Motorsports you know this deals come around so much this year they told me we didn't have to come in the top off that time regardless it's one spot where fifth now there's six complete lap let's do it anyway okay this is one lady that had her fingers crossed so hard you probably watch the circulation ever the bridesmaid this week was a bride we're just really excited we want to say hi to Dorothy our little girl in Concord and Monica was taking care of her today all right a fourth career Winston Cup victory let's go to Glenn Judd okay we're walking along with Dale Earnhardt Dale awfully tough running out they came up just a few car lengths short well we try to Marjorie look at get a lap back and everything's working pretty good there but just putting kids Kenny let's dump well one because of a lack of effort on anybody's part you know all the kid back home and wish Kalpana happy birthday I miss him today how was it out there real tough at this place for 500 miles you know it's just one in Dover days I think I'm best 32nd that's like you okay who's happier this year than last let's go to Brock Jake well Mike well Mike I'm with Ernie Irvan who was up amongst them all day long and then seemed to coming go away a little bit on you at the end running short on field we get real bad gas mileage it up we knew we could make it running hard though there the last 50 laps I did Friday save fuel the whole time and it run out on the last lap a lot better than yesterday yeah at least we've got the checkered flag that's true you know these guys gave me a great car all the more than the full race in michoacán Chevrolet you know several a finished one two three so gift can't ask for a better day than that except for the fourth car to be up front Ernie the race track seemed to kind of give it to you a little bit everybody then it did take away it away from you as far as the tires are concerned did you know this car ran through a fast on stuff tires and and we ran out of those and had to run stickers after that and we still run fast on them but um you know straighter come up there at them anyway you know he was just a dominant car there okay any good show we'll see you down the road we know they're better days ahead there sure is yeah yeah we keep looking for that cool okay Mike 26 cars running at the finish today that equaled the event at all time of Dover track records matching the 88 and 89 running this race for both cars running at the finish we'll have more from Dover Downs International Speedway right after we pause for these messages [Music] we'll get a word with the winning strategist in this 500-mile chase but first let's go meet the third place finisher with Glenn Jarrett well you're looking at Harry again and you know folks he looks amazingly calm and collected and kind of cool after 500 miles here hey looks like you maybe just came off the golf course r18 old set of 500 miles of racing here well the car works the good does go banjos mobile you know all day long right said it's horizontal I think I just had too much pushing all right earlier in the race there when you were leading in and the pit flag was not out or they didn't open the pit road when you came by did that have any real bearing or any outcome on on things well they give up track position at the lights but probably not I don't think so you know I think I was getting on the Earnhardt tear pretty hard if I could have been a little close to him on the start maybe but they just fired a mistake you know the pit road got it and he had he closed and he opens real quick not bastard so just our misfortune all right you're one of the oldest drivers in the field out there I know you've heard this time and time again but a lot of folks would think a place like this would be tougher on you you seem to thrive on places like this yeah you know I don't weigh around the house on the golf course all week you like these younger guys in the morning I'm putting roofing on in the morning now for roofing on two days for coming up here in fact right to the minute to leave the roof and I'm sorry well I'm gonna pee foot roofing on the morn TV it's not like you need the money well I just like to do it you know it's just a change and it feels good to get up are that good 95 degree breeze on the roof brother this 150 stay aligned this race car folks answer to that that's an unusual way to tradition yourself but it works the ravenous well winner Kenny Schrader continues very smoothly accolades during Victory Lane before it's over he'll will enough hats to probably see the hair line a little bit further but this is boom the crew chief amended orchestrated history and it appeared from my vantage point that you ran your race you didn't like anything dictate to you well we did no we just went in it with a strategy that was all just you know trying to cool it there for the first half of the race then try to run Hardin in and that's what Kenny done and I see this guy's got a soup of God let us I'm a static I can't say I'm that's about it but a lot of racecar drivers the crew chief has to get on the radio and say now calm down now you don't need to be running this hard this early you have to do that with Kenny no I see that didn't do anything I'll just left him alone let him do his own deal any others talk sometimes about all the cards he runs dirt card sprint cars he'll race on asphalt paper 200 and some odd days a year Rick Hendricks is always approved of that even though he could get hurt because maybe that's what makes it misjudge well I think it is he's driven everything and the guys just got talent that I can't I can't praise Him enough nobody's got a feel for a car and you know we've had we've been a rough time the first year that wins together and you know I didn't know what it was gonna or not but everything is clicking and I've got it I got one super crew I just wouldn't trade any member any member of it okay they wouldn't trade you up either congratulations again well thank you I'm just I'm a little emotional about it I can tell you deserve to be let's go back up to Mike joy I'll bet there's a tear or two behind those sunglasses on Richard Broome former drag boat and automobile drag racing champion there's a look at the point standings Dale Earnhardt tops the standing so no one's surprise Ricky Rudd hanging on the second there Darrell Waltrip a good finish here is shirt Harry Gant and Ken Schrader up into the top five traitor from six the week ago we'll be back to Dover after this TNN Motorsports coverage of the Budweiser 500 is being brought to you by Auto light sparklers guaranteed for two years no matter how far you go [Music] that'll be a big business down at those souvenirs trucks this afternoon not gonna have to discount their our shirts of thighs he comes back for a five second place finish behind Kenny Schrader's fact Earnhardt's been in the lead lap at eight of the ten races that he's been running at the end of this year Harry Gant finishes third Ernie Irvan fourth Mark Martin now has five straight top-five finishes at this racetrack was fifth year today up Strickland 6-2 equals his season's best last week at Charlotte and also his best from a year ago Darrell Waltrip just never could get that lap back finishing seventh today Morgan Shepherd Rusty Wallace Ricky Rudd the top ten helping rut stay in second or staying well up in the Winston Cup points little further back Bobby Hamilton ran to an 11th place finish today Joe Ruttman Bill Elliott Alan Kulwicki Sterling Marlin top 15 Davey Allison Richard Petty ending up in 17th position good run for the rookie Ted Musgrave Bobby Hillman and Rick bass kind of a long day the 26 car is running at the end tying the race record and the last car running was Kenny Wallace back in 26th position from there on back there at cope hit the wall so did Jimmy Spencer Chad little an engine Mickey Gibbs mechanical trouble JD McDuffie crashed Mike Waltrip that oil pump problem Brett Bodine and engine Bobby Labonte engine and Dale Jarrett crashed out of the race here's Brock yay Mike Mike one of the I'm sure he's gonna be our eyes but Richard Petty really did take it heart as far as the heat frustrations and he was very slow getting out of the race car the administered oxygen to him then the paramedics came over and are continuing to treat him with the crewmen say he's okay but obviously everybody concerned no he probably took a bunch more heat than not done other guys gotten and you all know buddy and Phil sometimes a header can break or anything any one of a number of things can happen to cause that race car to get really really hot inside and I've noticed that sometimes you never feel it until you stop and actually get out of the car then it seems the kind of bubble up inside you and then you really get hot the Richard a little warm but otherwise okay after a tough 500 miles here here at the Dover practice Robby attack Mike exactly right about getting it getting hot and trying to get out of the car you make the checkered flag and you can't get anywhere else while getting out of traffic here to get home record crowd at Dover Downs and we'll be back with more from the Budweiser 500 right after we take this prey on [Music] all of these championship winning drivers have one thing in common good view racing heroes the race winning technology that's found in the Fuji erasing Eagles can also be found for the world's best-selling line of high-performance street tires Goodyear Eagle Street radials the champions no and it's why we say the best tires in the world have goofier written all over them we're now the real race begin packing up their picnic baskets and heading home after a big 500 miles of Winston Cup stock car racing back in the garage area things cooling down just a bit Glenn Jarrett here's another guy that looks awfully calm and collected especially for the kind of day at the office he had Davey Allison last week you were unbeatable this week just wanting to be you know our tanks don't have one Thunderbird just drove what terrible all day huh I don't mind the other way to describe it other than we just couldn't get hooked up to the race track we tried changing some things under those cautions we put some rubbers and some springs adjusted on the wedge and even taint the adjustment on the front sway bar and we just couldn't get the thing to hook up that's the way it goes sometimes sometimes you're on and sometimes you're off today we were off you know we can't hardly complain that's one out of seven that we've been off in and we've had a shot to win all of the other races up till now and we'll go to Sears Point next week try to get everything together for out there and try to beat them on that road course well there is one bright side to it just probably put an end to all that controversy about racing the rear deck 3/4 of an inch well you know the Chevrolets got us today but there's always next week and we're not gonna back off on them we're gonna try to put these forward to Victory Lane as much as possible the rest of the season but I'd like to say congratulations my sister who they carry graduated from college they had her graduation party today and my grandfather's at home watching and we had a tough day but we'll go back and get them next week say hi to liz in crystal Davey Allison looks like he's done counting all the money from Charlotte some 400 some thousand dollars over the last two weeks yeah he had a good he had a good season don't do anything yeah he's already out of good here tough day today but they'll be right back at him next week

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