1995 Atlanta - Purolator 500

when lately was the last concern of Chevrolet's bowtie Brigade as they unleashed the new Montecarlo on Daytona's historic high banks there was an affordance night to watch the duel between Sterling Marlin and Dale Earnhardt the second Daytona in a role for Marlin for Dale the Daytona 500 remains an elusive green oh yeah I like his place nobody was laughing his brookport and everyone else watch her husband Jeff at the wheel of his Chevy Monte Carlo dominated Rockingham biggie 391 and 492 laughs and positioning himself as one to watch in NASCAR and Terry Labonte took Richmond making it three straight for Chevrolet and two in a row for Corona Rick Hendrick and Chevrolet continue their winning ways we're about to find out the fourth race of the season at Atlanta Motor Speedway it's the Purolator 500 hi and welcome we've got a great afternoon of racing here on ABC Sports for you the stock cars here at Atlanta Motor Speedway the International Race of Champions and what we have here for you now is a classic battle between manufacturers Ford Chevrolet remember Atlanta is considered to be a four track in fact seven of the last ten races here have been won by Ford two by Chevrolet one by Pontiac so if Ford's going to have their chance here early in the season this could be the track where it's going to happen but right now the first five cars in the starting field are Chevrolet led by pole sitter Dale Earnhardt here's Jerry punch Paul may be surprising to the casual NASCAR bandit to the sports most dominant drivers in recent years are winless thus far in 1995 but in reality it isn't that unusual only one of rusty Wallace's series leading eight wins a year ago came in the first seven races and Dale Earnhardt didn't win his first race last year until Darlington and that is still two weeks away but the big story here in 1995 was the impressive debut of this baby right here the Chevrolet Monte Carlo the GM engineers have done their homework the rounded nose and tapered tail have produced a balanced downforce it's been downright unbeatable in the first three events of the year then they come here to Atlanta and sweep the top five spots in qualifying including a record-setting pole run by Dale Earnhardt so don't be surprised relationships continue today and they make it four in a row let's go to Jack arute well Jerry you're right there all we have to go all the way back to the outside of road three before we find a ford nameplate on the front of a car that belonging to ricky rudd now one thing that the NASCAR officials have done is they've made some rule changes for this race they've allowed the Fords a little flatter side side area in the quarter panel they've changed the spoiler in the front and they blower the spoiler in the rear that reduced it and many of the people say that that should have helped it didn't help in qualifying but the jury is still out as to how the fours will perform in drafting conditions in the draft uh does come into play here one thing John Kernan the jury is not out about in the early going of 1995 is the Young Lions and their performance thus far Jack to see how well the young lines are doing this season and in particular here Atlanta you need to look no further than the front row that's where Bobby Labonte a third year Winston Cup driver starts the race today now two weeks ago in only his third race for car owner Joe Gibbs he finished second behind another young lion Jeff Gordon with three career victories to his credit in three years on the circuit now both of these drivers expect to have good days today but they are in Chevrolet's leading the young lion contingent of Ford's all the way back in the eighth spot derrike cope with two career victories but many people say that derek has matured and is coming into his own as a Winston Cup driver you could go a little further back Jeremy Mayfield 14th John Ed's reddy 15th both are in a Ford expect to have a great day so in a few minutes when Doyle Ford drops the green flag right up here at the starter Stan will keep an eye on those young guys as well now covering the action today for us is Bob Jenkins and Benny Parsons up on top of the grandstand and guys it's one thing to go quick and qualifying another to go quick for 500 miles you're absolutely right Paul a lot has been made of this Chevy situation this year and indeed it's the first time in history the Chevy has won the first three races have a NASCAR Winston Cup season but Bennie you have to salute Chevy for doing all that hard work last winter you know the victors at Rockingham and Richmond row surprised because last winter as the Dean were testing and building the car definitely they were saying the car would really be good at Rockingham Richmond and here in Atlanta Daytona wasn't surprised it's almost reminiscent of ten years ago when the fourth Thunderbird had so much success everyone said that Ford built a race car and tried to sell it to the public today that's what they said about surely they'd build a race car they're trying to make it a passenger car well in the next four hours we'll see how things go can Chevy win again we'll be back for the starting lineup just before the green flag for the start of the Purolator 500 people asked me to endorse the strangest family a green recliner not much of a sitter I like going fast 68 Shelby there's only about three hundred and some-odd made that car real keeping them up half the fun they all get pure later filters snogging from trying winning his car in the history of NASCAR's championship series is like Chevrolet Monte Carlo at autozone most of our customers are the kind of people who like to work on their cars themselves that way they save money and they know the works done right of course when they come to autozone they know they're gonna find the right part for the right price but sometimes what they're looking for is just a little advice and that's okay because we don't put a price tag on it you see at autozone we take pride in taking care of our customers and we've learned that when you treat folks right they keep coming back ABC sports coverage of the Purolator 500 brought you by Purolator legends live on pure later autozone more than a thousand autozone stores across america autozone the best parts in Auto Parts Chevrolet one car company has won more races in the history of NASCAR genuine Chevrolet and Haviland formula 3 motor oil add more life to your car we're back ready for the start of the Purolator 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway the engines already running down on the starting field sitting on pit road and ready to roll out today is a magnificently beautiful day it's going to be perfect for watching racing it's going to be perfect for running on this race course now the track here is just a bit over a mile and a half long and the real key to that is but most of the time in the lap you're turning so tires are important and handling is extremely important here race analysis for the day we're going to go 500 miles that's 328 laps and of course we've already indicated that Dale Earnhardt will lead the field toward the green flag first fuel stops will come at about the 55th lap through the 60th plan so now as the field begins to pull away today's field for two cars for Provisionals Ford's dominating the field now let's take a look at this starting field Dale Earnhardt's pole sitting speed is a new event record by about five miles an hour outside of row number one for the second time in his career will be Bobby Labonte the second row the winner at Rockingham Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip who has three wins at this facility row number three Terry Labonte with two wins in the last five events and the 1987 winner of this race Ricky Rudd the fourth row the Daytona winner sterling marlin and derecho who has two top ten so far this year in row number five driving for Richard Petty is Bobby Hamilton and Dick Trickle who finds himself ninth and the point standings at this point in the season back in row six Jimmy Hensley and rusty was looking for his first victory in 1995 as we look at the rest of the cars there's Mark Martin cars it practiced one of the fastest boards here any one thing that Paul mentioned just a few moments ago is the fact that you are in a corner so long here and it makes it very tough on the driver as we get to go out there through the afternoon let's good the racetrack is the mile and a half each corner is a half mile we need to turn a quarter mile off but you really can't use an entire quarter mouth the cards are straight the bottom eighth of a mile down the straightaway baby generals a IndyCar driver and Schrader has turned in a qualifying performance that puts him on the inside of row number 15 rookie Ricky Craven who leads his tight actually in the point standings for rookie honors in row number 16 Geoff Bodine couple of veterans there in the seventeenth row hometown favorite Bill Elliott finds himself way back in the 19th row as we get set for the green flag here and at least one more lap the Provisionals with the Michael Waltrip Kyle Petty also Randy Lajoie and Jimmy Spencer well five in cars will help us enhance our coverage of this event here today mark Marquis will carry one as he warms up the tires here on the main straightaway Brett Bodine has one in his car as he's in fact ken schrader Dick Trickle will have one on the roof of his car looking at Gary Koch also mortgage ever than the Cisco Ford John ender also carry one of our in-car cameras here are the drivers who failed to qualify 10th and the point standings going into this event last year's poll Center for this race Loy Allen did not qualify been Hasson Pancho Carter boat crashed during practice here for this event Alan Cranston practiced really hard that was they he did try to qualify back to our second car not fast enough here's Jerry punch with a report from pit road just before the green guys the cars I won this race a year ago had anxious moments this morning in the garage area Dale Jarrett's Ford Thunderbird replaced their race engine the muscle motor they brought here had a problem with the rocker arm being bent I will put a motor in that was not designed to run here so some concern early on in the Dale Jarrett pits let's go to Jack arute well Jerry what a difference a year makes you know last year we were in the midst of the Hoosier tire Goodyear tire battle Hoosier is gone by the board's but here's the situation Goodyear has brought a brand new tire here after problems we'll tell you a little bit more about it later as we get ready for the green flag Ernie Irvan is on the flag stand or the wave of the green flag there it is at the Purolator 500 a crash Mike Wallace in the inside wall the right rear tire is down didn't even get to this waves here on the Speedway Mike spinning and under NASCAR rules the really racing back to the start/finish line looks it will be Daler hard to leave them around that race here in Atlanta Motor Speedway he has now led for every race that has been run in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series this year what kind of an auspicious start here as Mike Wallace tags the inside wall before crossing the starting line and let's take a look and see how it happened we can see as he comes off the corner did he get bump from the rear it's hard to tell but he could have let's travel one more angle and just see it looked like that the car starting directly in back of him may have helped him let's see try to watch one more time it was a kind of a slow start and how in the world it must grave be to get through that hole looks like maybe Jim Burt might have just touched me Mike Wallace in the back hard to tell in any case Mike Wallace's car is still down here and will have to be towed from the racetrack here's Jack arute Bob the most important thing that the crew wanted to know is just as we did what happened Mike Wallace radioed in to the highlig Myers crew that someone banged him in the back you know when you're getting ready anticipating the start sometimes you're riding back and forth and someone a little eager behind you can play a little buffer tag but this time it was costly I mean it was as it appears as Mike Wallace although he is ok you can see him there walking for De Angelis may be out of this race really before it begins back in just a moment Sunday after Sunday we believe in putting on our best maybe that's why no car company has won more races in the history of NASCAR than Chevrolet sprint cars NASCAR Indy cars through the years I've driven em all a balloon Formula 3 from Texaco one thing I've learned no matter what should drive you've got to take care Allen is the one no other leading motor oil offers more complete protection to help your car run better last longer even if you haven't been driving as long as Mario there's an old Italian saying you're cooking you've got to use the right oil pavel in Formula three when I had just any motor oil add more life to your car think of all this as a large block of ice think of this as a chip off the old block pours like aged ice cool so when you think of ice think of the Silver Bullet the only way to chill on the road again going places that I've never been seeing things that I may never see again I can't wait to get on the road again and when you get on the road again make sure you do it on gentleness as general has the right tires for all the roads you ride sooner or later you'll own generals we're back at the pier later 500 Atlanta Motor Speedway here's the top 10 we're under caution really only one lap of competition pole sitter Dale Earnhardt jumped out in front followed by Labonte Waltrip Gordon and Terry Labonte then Ricky Rudd derrike cope we've keep an eye on him today he's moving up Sterling Marlin Dick Trickle and Bobby Hamilton now we've been keeping an eye to on the eight car of Jeff Burton there it is and take a look Benny at the left front fender what do you think where they left headlight to go on a street car there is a dent on the eight car so obviously he did tag the 90 car just a little bit not a lot of damage but it doesn't take a lot as these cars are trying to accelerate forward now maybe with this information we can go back and look at the whole thing again and it'll be a little clearer for us come off the corner they're trying to get started we can see that Burke just accelerated and touched the 90 car in the backend some pretty heavy damage it's amazing that Wallace was able to hit the wall that hard this early going on the first lap another angle the same situation of course the field continued on at speed look at that boy he's lucky he didn't get that head-on those guys behind him and just fortunately were not in the crash let's watch from the brett bodine in car watch the car just goes right in front of him could have been a much more serious situation it's serious enough for Mike Wallace as his cars manly badly damaged by the way he started with this team he is driving for in this event last year there are some cars that are making pit stops here in the early going including Kyle Petty in car number 42 and the 22 car Randy Lajoie and the white cars Phil Parsons all these cars started near the rear of the field so what the heck all right let's go to Jack arute who can finish up the tire story that he talked earlier about Jack Bob very quickly remember we had problems with tires last year in the fall race well good years brought a narrower tire and a harder compound for the right side many of the competitors field that will solve the problems they encountered in this race the fall version of it last year we're about to go green hopefully for the first time and complete some laps here under green Dale Earnhardt is at the front of the field at the moment with Bobby Labonte and Darrell Waltrip right behind him the pie pace car pulls off of the race right in corner number four as we await the green flag and there it is Ernie Irvan still waves the green light they honorary starter for today's race and now let's see if we can get some laps of competition in that's the first I've never received attorneys today I think if these guys did run a complete last level wave the green one more time positions being bought for at the tail of the field but up brought there in single file formation as heard hard once again linked in front of Wow baby packet cars is John and created tries to dive to the inside of Steve Grissom Griffin to the black 29 1:37 by the year and by the way this is John Andretti's 32nd birthday today happy birthday that's from Jeremy Mayfield's car looking back on the 21 of Morgan Shepherd they come off the corner the inside of mortgage ever Jeremy Mayfield a 98 car made a 4 second corner allowed John headed and ready to get the position and John Curtin is with Mike Wallace has been checked out the intro care center Mike here okay but it looks like he got a little help the little Kristin behind did it people in front of you slow up at first on the start they slowed up you know we were going on to shame the car behind us didn't pay attention to start I mean we didn't even get the green flag ill we hadn't even cross the start/finish line it's a shame you know Holly my horse Underberg was it appeared it was gonna be a good day and third a start of the race I mean it was just impatient on a driver's car behind us today it's just a shame they're just brilliant my balls at high hopes for today last November at this ratio number two looks like Bill Parcells a white car is involved three or four of them spun greatly keep going there Steve Kinser in the 26 car who is involved and bill Parsons and number 19 that Benny mentioned there's Dave Marcus in the 71 machine who has some damage on the left rear field moves through the area of the crash and is picked up by the pace car Parsons begins to move away although he too has heavy damage in the right rear portion of that machine let's take a look and see what happened well they go down the corner it looks like that 11 car a Brett Bodine and Steve Grissom are gonna get together Kinser yes Steve Kinser rented on 11th Street kids room 26 just a little contact between those two Ginter spins as it comes off the racetrack other cars start trying to avoid it now the 71 car goes through Jimmy's Mitch was involved Randy Lajoie there's Phil Parsons been an indeed accident an unfortunate situation for Steve Kinser as we once again look at it you can see that three or four cars hit the wall slid to the inside of the racetrack and for Steve Kinser he finally makes a race this year in fact turns in a very good qualifying performance good enough to start 23rd but now in the early going after only 10 laps he finds himself involved in an accident and his car on the infield grass in turn number two the safety crew goes to the side of that Quaker State car to see if Steve is okay we'll take another break and be right back at Atlanta think of someplace 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they work right now on Jimmy Spencer's car a number of others trying to get everything that they can back into this race if possible Randy Lajoie he had problems with it as to it apparently all triggered with a contact between Steve Kinser and Brett Bodine going down in turn one that's Bret Lodi to the yellow car on the inside the green car is steamed Kinser Bret gets a car a little bit out of shape to catch it he goes up the racetrack touches the 26 and a quarter he comes off the racetrack now that's when the other cars will be involved as they try to avoid the spinning Steve Kinser there goes a 71 of Marcus there's Spencer the yellow car up there on the outside after contact with the wall now take a look at it from pret Bodines onboard camera we're pretty quickly though the troubles all behind him yes and we see that the heavy damage on the 22 carnival enjoy back in the garage area they continue even Timmy Spencer working on his car John Kernan Paul as you can imagine Jimmy Spencer's very upset with what transpired out there on the track trying to take away some of that frustration by helping his crew work on the cars they have got a lot of work to do they're going to have to replace some front end suspension parts as well as it looks like they're planning on replacing the rear end and then possibly a couple of the trailing bars but they should be here in the garage area for quite some time the joint crew they work on his car and the pits involved in this accident fortunately no reports of any injury didn't look like it John Andretti Dave Marcus Randy Lajoie Jimmy Spencer and Steve Kinser but also involve Billy Steinberg so a fairly complex accident up against the wall in turn two started when Brett Bodine and Steve Kinser got together only that was Phil Parsons that was involved in the crash and not John Andretti as we had listed there but a lot of bent sheet metal nevertheless as here comes Steve Kinser scar on the back of a tow truck everybody is okay we have checked with the NASCAR officials and they say all drivers are in good shape but the same cannot be said of a lot of race cars there's goes Randy Lajoie down pit road to joining the race but without the right front fender we'll be back with more live coverage of the Purolator 500 from Atlanta Motor Speedway stay with us grr when opened up the other guys are worried about grid positions the other guys are worried about track conditions we just hope the engraver spells our names right the GSXR 750 W and new lighter 1,100 W no NASCAR driver has ever won a race by himself it takes a team working together is something the UAW international Union and General Motors understand that's why we present the UAW GM T work of Excellence Award to a team that best demonstrates teamwork during each race the UAW and General Motors assembly line to finish line teamwork wins what is this your idea of excitement let me tell you about exciting okay driving around a racetrack at over 200 miles an hour that's exciting these are just plates well what do you think these are really good if you first bedewed really yeah they're mighty good even with nothing on oh boy what are they hey Charlie yeah Kellogg's cornflakes how could I be so dumb you got 500 miles to think about it Kellogg's is proud to sponsor NASCAR champion Terry Labonte Indy cars best they hit the streets to see who's king of the road in the Australian IndyCar Grand Prix next Sunday here on ABC we're back under caution 15 laps complete of the 328 scheduled distance we'll take a look at the full field rundown now of course Dale Earnhardt started on the pole went through that first lap caution period leading to the line picked up the lead again on lap six when they came back to green and has continued to lead the field all the way around the second and as a result of a contact between Steve Kinser and Brett Bodine and Benny we can take a look at this thing again and it's a little clearer here we're going to show you from the in-car camera in slow motion washes Brett Bodine goes down corner now right here he's gonna lose control watches the nose of the car heads for the infield he corrects the car to do that he brings him nosing around right in the left rear of steve kenter's car as kids or spins out of the way Brett Bodine continues on and the crash happened behind him of course really caught up in that with Steve Kinser who is struggling to do well this year after coming off of that incredible success as a great spread car champion right now he's with John Kernan well Steve has been checked out in the infield care center and he is all right Steve I tell you what a rough year so far for you in Winston Cup well we knew we was gonna pay our dues and you know we had a good qualifying round down here we just want to sit out there and race a little bit today but and we had a little incident with Brett they're getting them number one and you know I just want to thank a Quaker State and all the people on this team for sticking with me and you know if they stay with me I want to make them a good race driver is just gonna take a little time for me to make adjustment what is the most important thing you're going to have to adjust versus the open wheels cuz you are unbeatable a World of Outlaws well you know it you know the way to the cars the link to the races we finished the last couple races was going to get out and race a little bit you know I don't know what happened there we just went the corner and and on once I felt somebody hit me in a in a left rear quarter panel so you know I don't know somebody had pushed up into the or I got down a little lower no I felt like I ran a line you know it's part of racing happens once a while I'd like to get at the rail of the oh let's see you're okay pop is really unfortunate Christine like I said earlier here pumped up for this race Paul because he has been struggling during qualifying but came in here and qualified 23rd best and really had hope for good things during the race but that didn't happen and it really wasn't any all of his molé art continues to leave the Darrell Waltrip Thornton and Terry Labonte nearing coke trot along Sterling Marlin the Daytona 500 won that sterling in the orange guard Gary Koch the white car there's hope in the black number two on top of the mark Bobby Labonte second place the 18 car they were state manager what a great job he's been doing here in the car we haven't seen a whole lot of passing up front Benny is this a period of adjustment of finding out what your car can do and seeing what the other guys think that is right a few let's see what the chance is gonna do right there is going to be the trouble spot today coming off turn four that's where the cars and reveal and better let's start picking at the bush the cars hood to jerk him away from the wall and sometimes spin in doing that Rusty Wallace and mark continued there there's nary coke leading this trio down the main straightaway Jerry punch has a report well Betty Parsons unfortunately the dreaded push here at Atlanta Beltway 4:30 laughter to show a head here at lap 20 a couple of cars with top 5 are already complaining as Rusty Wallace makes it past and they are side by side Koch tries to go back on the outside they are door-to-door out of turn four with the punch down becomes the problem early for a couple of cars up front yes Lorca that his car is slowing Jeff Gordon again Ultraman the others have fallen back from the top two as we continue to watch this very good race as Mark Martin moves to the inside than what that was almost of crashes rusty was gunned down in turn one gunfire loose had to change it down to brace why's the fact off that rusty make the pass and a whole bunch of cars are behind Hamilton Martin and including John and Freddie and now Jeff Gordon begins to make a move as he goes to the inside off Darrell Waltrip and they battle for third to the entering turn number three Gorton Hazzard terry labonte will I tried also to take a position away from there down the straightaway side-by-side that's the tenth car of Ricky Rudd also there along with Sterling Marlin and carnival war front continues to be ernhardt but LaVon he is not letting by any means only separated by a couple of car lengths who says everybody is running for second place because Earnhardt hasn't covered not what we have seen here in the first this event for Terry Labonte the winner at Richmond just a week ago he's trying to get back my Ricky Rudd now he does that mr. MacFarland just dives to the inside and passes rook the stick place right back to death Vinnie's right in the red 25 don't even check on the inside 87 Kimmy into the black car for the outside 30 this is also there in the 44 Rick mast and number one I ain't card Leslie Burke tried to come inside of man and make it quick and he's caught on the outside and loses a couple of positions michael waltrip is coming along in the yellow car right behind him there also is Ricky Craven in car number 41 now Mark Martin who all the teams are sin has the fastest Ford here today is trying to go by Jericho he's taking over the 8th spot right now he would be the second port behind Ricky Rudd and a whole pack of cars behind including Rusty Wallace and John Andretti and John Andretti 237 brand-new team the Winston Cup Series this year by Carl Haas and Michael Cretu vez and he is in experiences we saw Morgan Shepherd go to the outside of Steve Grissom and picked up the position there is john andretti at number 37 car Dale Jarrett right on his heels and there's even sweet of the race Dale Earnhardt I'm impressed with Bobby Labonte he is state within two three car leagues in fact 2/10 of a second are separating first and second there's 1.4 seconds between Earnhardt and Courtney and about a three and a half second in a real active took place Darrell Waltrip and we stand the graphic that Terry Labonte has been able to get five Darrell Walker artist led all 29 class of this event so far but Bobby Labonte has kept up with her their cup 28 Dale Jarrett Texaco car trying to find rest the corner seek villager does want to go in there and lose the back end and after catching come up and tag 237 coming off the corner he pulls alongside of and ready our white into the corner how there was just call me inside that surprise Kurt art continues to lead over Bobby Labonte and we will be back after this message and a word from our I never park up front of a parking lot that's how door dings happened 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interval between himself and second-place Labonte and Earnhardt was 1.4 seconds behind and on the 30 Lafayette closed that interval to six tenths of a second and there you can see that he is only about two car lengths behind second place Bobby Labonte so Jeff Gordon at the moment the man and we can see that he consistently is running faster laps band-tailed earn art and that's exactly what they're looking for right now is consistency Jerry punch what about Jeff Gordon well he doesn't have a problem with the new cars and have it at his clothes their critiques if their cars are loose getting into the corner Gordon's car in fact this is part of it tighter he has a bit of a push coming up but Gordon actually could run his car old into the corner but a third heart this car is already very very loose back upstairs and that's what they're trying to do they're starting to race a little bit loose because they feel like as the day wears off the cars will tighten them mark mark as Pam Ricki run he now is the highest running product he's in seventh place for six cars are the new Chevrolet Monte Carlo here with Mark Martin and Ricky Rudd running seventh - see five or six cars are Ford's exactly penny tracking that battle we started with Ford's Chevy's were six of the top ten then three boards in a Pontiac now better balanced with chicken six Chevy's and four ports John Kernan has a report John talking about the teams fighting a loose handling pattern we saw the that was the reason the car was so loose he could hardly drive it they brought it in put on four new tires the adjustment to try and tighten it up michael waltrip though has been running pretty well he has also complained of a loose condition Presley is rickie laps down running in 38th position and doesn't appear to be handling much there is michael waltrip one of the drivers who had to take a provisional to get into the race he started in 39 he's currently running 23rd and Michael Toma this morning that his car was not as bad as it has qualified with the indicator to discuss pretty good both qualifying laps he cific got the car sideways and could not complete a good run Michael Walter missed 8 than the point standings coming into this event Gary cope and Ken Schrader are doing battle out the 12th position and trader has moved up nicely from his what the night starting position sighs right I mean the Maricopa friend on the inside the red one or interpret watches Jordan just passed bobby labonte and took over second position and now Gordon sets his sights on the leader Dale Earnhardt as that Court has been phenomenal this year one took two pole positions already this year and this is how we got second from Labonte that in turn one he simply gets a good run drives down to the inside and his jury puts it his car is tight enough that he's able to do that grab the car in and take the spot away now we'll see if he can close up on Dale Earnhardt it looks like he is I would say so they're in the third turn he hit about two car lengths on Earnhardt everyone said in about 40 laps they would really like to stop and change tires they wouldn't be able to because the gasoline the tires are not worn out they're just started to slip and slide here's a field summary for you as you look for your favorite driver and where he is currently running in this race Jeff Horton had a good Daytona a bad pit stop wonderful Rockingham qualified for the pole at Richmond and now is in second position here at Atlanta and here is dairy coat and Morgan Shepherd still doing battle and therefore 13th 13th that we see Steve Grissom de monte-carlo behind Morgan Shepherd and there's Bobby Hamilton Richard Petty Scott back on the rhythm disappointing wool for an event and because in the brand points in terms of professionals and so could not get in there is Mark Martin is now moving up to six position he passed the four car of Sterling Marlin there are Walter is the next victim from Bart Bart there he is and he's closing in rapidly to cope and Shepard continued to do battle this is not a racetrack that you can go flat-out so the guys almost didn't qualify transnational cars on Friday your why don't mark mark just passed sterile water taking over that position so a Ford is on the move for Marc Marc but how far did you got to go to catch dealer and there where some he's out there someplace and Court has been able to come about six car lakes or five but cannot move anymore sir hang on to the lead as we have completed 49 out of 328 laps in the pure later 500 from Atlanta back in a moment winning his car in the history of NASCAR's Championship Series he is back introducing the race modified Chevrolet Monte Carlo people asked me to endorse the strangest family a green recliner not much of a sitter I like going fast picking the ain't Shelby there's only about three hundred and some-odd made that car real keeping them out half the fun they all get purer later filters snag them from the track there's one thing they're right the Linton Australians are having common you want them both the last Havilland Formula 3 from Texaco to build a race engine that holds up you have to use the best of everything and have one does that job no other leading motor oil offers more complete protection to help your car run better last longer good enough for Robert Yates Haviland formula 3 we had just any motor oil add more life to your car the middle my workday Alec do power lunches I do power lifts and when you work out this hard better use a deodorant that works r2 and never quit that's why use speed stick gives me 110 percent protection that lasts all day and fortunately all night because well I may not have time for lunches I always manage to find some time for dinner speed stick like you if you never quit by manon Sunday be prepared to lift off with an hour of completely outrageous videos from all over the country on America's Funniest Home Videos Sunday here on ABC ABC Sports coverage of the purolator 500 brought to you by Chevrolet one car company has won more races in the history of NASCAR genuine Chevrolet speed stick by minute like you it never quits Firestone America's Tire since 1900 and Coors Light naturally brewed the Silver Bullet has the pure taste of the Rocky 54 laps into the record book down the pier later 500 in Atlanta Motor Speedway Dale Earnhardt has led right from the first lap but Jeff Gordon is beginning to run him down also on the boom Mark Martin and Kenny Schrader Mark Park currently in this position and Kenny Schrader is in mark mark leading to sport charge at the moment Bob he just might be as fast well Bob this supposedly is going according to plan before the away before two very long there is Ken Schrader's in car number 25 the yellow flag comes out for the third time this afternoon because of debris on the racetrack and so we watch now the race engine the caution flag and here they come off the quarter Jetport will make no challenge Burkhart has the lead as we slow the pace down because of debris on the racetrack phileo flaw was this a great caution plan you have one well time well time for all these guys who really want to get some new tires on new tires just have a certain feel to them they stick to the racetrack so much better than worn tires hot tires now they're telling the crews right now all these drivers on the radio radio their crews and said look we need to do this we need to do that trying to get their car as perfect as they can pit road should be open this coming laughs because the pace car already has the field in tow in the backstretch there is debris in turn number three that's the location to mount the debris that is this caution period so we should be seeing the pit stops this time around now then can Mark Martin and his crew make up some time in the pits this is a great race one of the best races all day long when I truly enjoy is between all the pit crews up and down pit road seven guys across the wall trying to do it just a little faster than the next guy they've worked so hard on just as the driver does during the week between races let's see now the crews perform as the peel comes down only three or four cars stay out on the racetrack here's Jerry punch well Dale Earnhardt will pit as we go they all believe that but able make no changes on the Goodrich Chevrolet we were told you know the cars a little bit loose this track gets tighter as if that goes over they're going to leave the car as is and just make a regular routine four-tire change black lines the same no changes at all for Jeff Gordon in the car number 24 back up there we can see the wrinkles Flint the three car on top six on the bottom and 24 in the middle part Marcus crew is on the right line seven of those farther down toward turn one and Mark Colgate once thought he gonna find the five car off the body as he left the bit picked up once ernhardt with a 19.1 but his car was the fitted way down towards her number one the first pit stall in an eighteen point seven for the other two here's Jack arute well Bob if you don't think that these crews are competitive when Mark Martin came in they actually had a lookout checking down on the progress first of Terry Labonte and then further down towards turn number one the Martin crew was checking in in the progress of Dale Earnhardt as Martin pulled out it looked as if he might be the first car out they gave the high fives and they were ready but it all went for naught when they got to the end what about down here in John I'm all the way down on the end where Michael Waltrip is pitted in the first pit stall number 42 as you come out of turn four he has picked up 17 positions out on the racetrack they had a pretty good stop here for tires they also made a chassis adjustment Michael if you complain the car was a little bit loose so they made a chassis adjustment to tighten the car up but a nice move to the 21st position from the 39 starting position for Michael Waltrip we're under our third caution of the day here in Atlanta for debris on the racetrack ABC's live coverage continues in a moment when it comes to roping a steer folks in Grand Junction Colorado will tell you that Ron marking can ride with the best of them when it comes to overhauling an engine or rebuilding a carburetor well he can do it all you see when runs not riding a horse for fun he's turning a wrench for a living so he buys a lot of parts mostly from autozone I'm sure there are other parts stores in town but Ron knows that when you want the right part for the right price just no place better an autozone brewing beer has been a topic of conversation around my family's house since I can remember so believe me I know you might think about drinking before you're 21 to do us and yourself a favor please don't go wait for your business they were the tires that created Giants that turned a cornfield into the greatest spectacle in racing he entered flags from the Indy 500 on May 28 1995 Firestone will return to indeed to prove that yesterday isn't all we have to be proud of to perfect the all-new 1995 Monte Carlo we spent countless hours adjusting the audio controls if the Monte Carlo was designed from the inside out to be your own personal space so every interior detail had to be in harmony paying attention to something as small as the texture of a control is what makes Monte Carlo seem more like say a $40,000 car then one that cost half that much which also makes the new Monte Carlo a genuine Chevrolet still under caution Atlanta coming up next here on ABC sports the auto racing action continues well the best racing star is including of course Rusty Wallace give a whole new meaning to the term Sunday driver the legendary Daytona International Speedway is the site for round number one of the International Race of Champions and let me tell you it's a terrific race that's next here on ABC sport let's go pit side again here's Jerry punch Paul let me show you a problem that may be potentially brewing here with some of the team this is the right front tire off Ricky Rudd's for to take a look the inside shoulder beginning to separate here the tire beginning a blister some of the court already showing out two things can cause this number one if the air pressures a little low and tire actually is rolling on the shoulder it'll begin to separate that was the case here but also the car was just so tight he was having to turn the tire in the corner and it was ripping the trial some of the other cars are also complaining a little bit tight this early on so a lot of concern here in the rug pit they loosened the car up that was the right and still sailor card up front closely pursued by Jeff Gordon now Mark Martin is fourth in let's see if Mark Martin can gain another spot is a lot of position there's Jeff bodean to the inside of Ricky Rudd and Brett Bodine also there with Rusty Wallace I did three through nine brothers nose-to-tail 75 seven and 11s we had to look on the inside of our turn those two the inside of her heart wanting the line and now let's see if he has enough momentum buildup in turn number two to make the pass down the backstretch Gordon works to the inside fascism it takes the lead Jeff Gordon becomes our second leader but look at her hard come back you knew he was going up the hill that you do bear arms come back on the inside of this lamp and Jeff Gordon buying into they'd like for me Jeff Gordon Dale Earnhardt touched and turned number one just enough running surf dive below both of them and pick up the lead and let's see if Labonte will have it at the line where the line Cup points are awarded MVP will those Marc Marquez in-car camera there he is bored fallen watch this coming down the front straightaway they will go in turn one side by side and watch this Earnhardt gets car a little bit out of shape in one and got to go up the hill gordon gives him room but they touch by it you could just see Bobby Labonte sitting back there saying these guys are going to do something that's going to allow me to take the lead and indeed that happened the question now is damage to the 24 or the three might come up later I don't think the touch was that hard I really don't and we see Mark Martin has fallen back yes indeed sterling literally and immoral on back to fix charlie so large stories are valid and welcome the target Bobby on his chassis during that last pit stop in these look like he's go to the front he's back in 8th position side of Ruud and picking up another spot Morgan Shepherd carry mud what is the problem with mark mark actually Bob there is no problem one of the situations has developed with mark Martin's car as it is not as quick on new tires as it is on old tires remember before the last pit stop how quicky came up in the last 15 or 20 laps in the pit window well that's the case again according to speed in the bush then we can go back towards the front right pick up going to the inside now sterling marlin and passing him picking up one of the positions he lost but that appears indeed to be the situation jacket appliances and we saw the tent are tricky wrote a moment ago being passed by Rusty Wallace there that was using about the right front tire right now once again he's trying to be is easy on those times like possibly can there Steve Neil looking on at his driver Mark Martin Jack Roush with the Hat on the owner of the team looking on also and while they look onto the race we will tell you the Jimmy Spencer is back in competition Robert Pressley is behind the wall six are looking for the beer roof the lady Boylan come up that table make sure that they don't flip over keep going yeah yeah Mark Martin has won twice at this racetrack but never this race now Jeff Gordon goes to the inside the Bobby Labonte like he was standing still Wow and levar burton comes back into the lead now let's see if Earnhardt can pick up second spot the chip lifts the race not only if he hands now that's for sure well I think he led that one lap where he got it by just in they're your top four the Bobby second Terry Jerry punch can't update us from the pits Dale Earnhardt's car was a little bit loose you saw it first hit a moment ago when he tried to go when he Jeff course you wonder why would Hardwell the reason they were all is because of what I showed you a moment ago in Ricky runs pit if they tighten the collar in the rear it puts more pressure I believe great cost meanwhile both crew chief support there was no damage there drivers in the kamila to to catch their breath back upstairs that's for sure there's the first four cars Jim Gordon pulled away by three or four car lights now Sterling Marlin get back by Mark Martin I thought the residence Maury talked about the three of the old frankenteen and a good race we can put the handling went away in the closing laps he finished third and right now Rusty Wallace 73 out of 328 laps are completed here at Atlanta and we'll be back after this 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is the number-one card to pass here's the leader Jeff Gordon and he is the only other driver besides Dale Earnhardt to lead every race so far in nineteen and there you can tell just how much 1.3 seconds is Jeff Gordon finished fourth in this race in 1993 and finished eighth heart looks to the inside of Bobby Labonte a bit four seconds five nope him gets the job done as a matter of fact this is the racetrack that Jeff Gordon made his Winston Cup debut on the team down he practice him ran a speed that was fast enough set on Poland's matter of fact he wasn't expecting Oklahoma's first time here in the qualifying moment win but has always run this racetrack very very well there are other drivers who made their purse to a Winston Cup start here also including Steve Grissom race with joy and Rusty Wallace back in 1980 32nd the car owned by Roger Penske as an update on Robert Pressley who went behind the ball if you have to go see when a car goes behind the wall normally we see an engine problem where they've been involved in a crash Robert Pressley has brought his Chevrolet into the garage very simply because he couldn't drive it out on the racetrack I was so loose and we're in play to come around on him every time he went into the turns I talked to his crew chief Charley Presley he says John we just missed the setup today so they changed four springs making other adjustments to the car fact Charlie told me he should have called the sister this morning because she could have set the car up better than they did well this car because when Ray Evernham and Jeff Gordon diff'ent I looked them remember a few laughs ago we showed how he closed the interval well now we show him widening the interval between himself and second place on lap 80 out the interval between himself and second place bobby labonte they received Greg sacks from the 40 car and Dale Jarrett Jarrett trying to take that spot away just a moment ago 13 snack started 24th ugly and his problems in the first three races of this year and moves to the inside of the sacks it's going to pick up the position looks like he's close in just a little bit of shimmer Greg sacks now then back to the proud of the fact that's Bernard he's running run in third with pocket is for fence Kerry Labonte in the five and Bobby Labonte the eighteen you system and we also might chicory team because his cars have won the last two Winston Cup races cars Gordon Labonte and Sheva Schrader are getting the top ever see Terry Labonte wanted to take on art but he couldn't get make the pass so wisely he backed off now we see home one car he's passing him as the body and earn ardor side-by-side that him heart continues to hold on to that third place but LaFonte now has a good run on the bottle racetrack and he takes third that breaks ax was able to get by Morgan Shepherd as well yep a Morgan Shepherd scar by the way there are 30 cars on the lead lap make that 26 the old Miss Jack picked up the position in his run rectly in front off citizen and there's blue Elian behind Jeremy all weekend cale yarborough the winningest driver here this racetrack is Jacqueline problems with mixed emotions when Kelly Gabrielle hung up his helmet well as you watch him run his team here high atop their pitcher he brought his little boat share with him guys it looks as if I was kidding in the bottom spending a Sunday down Ben eraser all your life seven times kale the checkered flag here presently then we got a report on here's another car moving at the inside of the racetrack and that should be hits Lee yes down the front straightaway as he went under our broadcast position I heard the car float we can see the steam and water coming out of the exhaust the rear of the car as you would then turn one here is the leader Jeff Gordon continuing to set the pace look at the interval now between himself and Wow place Bobby Labonte and he is indeed stretching it out it terry labonte for this Dale Earnhardt Mark Martin runs fifth in the Purolator 500 today you know a lot of people who work on their cars will only shop at autozone they depend on us for the best quality parts and low prices every day they come in get what they need and then get back to work because you see they believe if you want the job done right you do it yourself well at autozone we couldn't agree more because when you take the time and the effort to work on your car yourself you ought to be choosy about breeding shop we just thank you for choosing autozone Sunday after Sunday we believe in putting on our best maybe that's why no car company has won more races in the history of NASCAR than Chevrolet back at the Purolator 500 NASCAR Winston Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway while tonight on ABC starts with an hour of America's Funniest Home Videos followed by an all-new Lois and Clark then a network premiere on the Sunday night movie Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman star in far and away all tonight on ABC while we were in break we had a couple of positions changed now Jeff Gordon continues to be the leader of this race but Mark Martin picked up a spot fallacy past Dale are not going down in the first corner and that is for the four spot and you see Mays defensive play goes and about the same time at another portion of the racetrack we had a change of position for second as Terry came up on his brother Bobby came off the corner got a great run off the corner alongside Bobby and takes his spot away uncontested so Jeff Gordon now has the lead but Terry Labonte in second position Jim let's a leader dip for classic Jim Burke and Burton is running 26 so there are now 25 cars on the lead lap at the 101 lap mark and there is Gore his teammate Terry Labonte Henry cars running first second and and Schrader is ninth the third place car Bobby Labonte now the next car is a forward what about those four sons is the highest running board he is for in the top 10 there are currently 7 Chevy's and 3/4 in mark is the best among them and Mark is gating all the 18 car of Bobby Labonte now who's he how far he's dripping away from they learn are so her narcs Goodridge my struggling right now sure is I'm to find that right handle his Dave Marcus takes his ruffled cars he was involved in that multi-car crash out on the second turn early in the race released and reach there in 47 now even checking mb7 that gift or just put a lap and that means that there are 23 cars now on the lead lap as Nemechek is in 24th let's see how much of an interval there is between the leader and Dale Earnhardt the pole-sitter there is entire back straightaway 15,000 two million dollars bonus did they learn heart if he can win this race after having started from the pole now we're going to find out where Sterling Marlin is there he is the winner of the Daytona 500 and now seventh place car number 10 see how far he is behind Sterling Marlin area now the next car is the third Henry car hence writer you can see the difference when he and Ricky look the end schraeder started 25th they ate there he is win this race today there is is cereal on the 53rd lap he was an 11 held there for a few then moved up to 10th held there for a few laughs and then picked up to to run now in eighth position I saying one thing he better get his arm rick hendrick to talk from 24 car until Jeff who slow down a little bit if he's gonna win this race Gordon setting out rather furious pace here nescau petty he has now put a lap on Kyle in position 21 cars on the lead lap and the next to go a lap down will be Steve Grissom there's gristle Ron in front of whistle and just ahead of Grissom is Lake speed in the number-9 machine here's Jerry punch with a report on Jetport guys anews just couldn't be any better out of the Jeff Gordon they ran 58 laps on their first pit stop all four tires came off and it was essentially nowhere at all those tires the air pressure it filled up was minimal and tire temperature was absolutely perfect and to make matters worse for the competition they're getting outstanding real knowledge in fact they were 167 laps on this field not according to Ray Evernham and they will probably not come Karl - constantly for the competition Bob awesome performance so far by Jeff Gordon I sure hope some of those teams down there with a radial dart wanna continue ABC today because it would be dejected if they were they he has led the most laps now in 1995 Jeff Gordon has here we go with Darrell Waltrip John Andretti and Dale Jarrett that's ten eleven and 12 Jarett moving to the high side of Mt comes up and looks to the inside if Darrell Waltrip Belgium has a broken exhaust on his car back turn three just a moment ago I hope there's some of that gas to give him there and effect barrel Rusty Wallace Trident are these guys this is all the race for position trusty running ninth and watch this house Steve Grissom has made a pissed-off change tires and not too long after that came in for a pit stop Walter closing in on a rusty one looks like rusty is loses the handle just a little bit right now waltrip goes around the bank about every time down there in one and two jerilyn lost control once again he's gonna high up here yep but neither and ready sliding up the racetrack as we watch this Jeff Gordon still our leader rigged message good 5:40 chipper take the spot away sixteen I think Betty pitstop fortune rush Walker they do are giving and ready on the inside of their waters take our candy make the move now he's a newcomer he'll drive her down in there but girls will give him some room and ready takes this far away number 20 and Greg sacks is joined in this race yeah this is a good five car battle here and not too far behind all of this is Michael Waltrip Jarrett moves to the inside now of Darrell Waltrip and he is trying to pass Darrell and does so now 113 laps out of 328 have been completed here in Atlanta with Gordon leading Labonte and Martin with all the motor oils on the shelf how do you know which one to choose 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Giacomin each returned to Romania after the Bud Light Championships Saturday on ABC Sports pit stops are beginning to happen here in Atlanta you can see Dale Jarrett has already completed his pit stop and rolls back down the racetrack as Dale Earnhardt comes to a stop Marv maybe out of gas the banking and turned up for three and hit for the Miss he was slow down the back right away and look at the chassis adjustment three car Jerry punch indeed Earnhardt has done a problem with a loose race car they ways that they bust has pulled up and laid a significant chassis had us put in the right rear and were buried in third obvious let's check in with Jack arute who's waiting on bark-bark Jack well Mark Martin brings his car into pit road in what they call dead skin condition the engine has run out of fuel reaches over and begins to put in the aether they try to refire the car thus far they have not refire dit they're going to continue to change tires and anticipating making no major changes they're gonna have to push the car up because he cannot fire it tries to fire its to pitch falls down three fish stalls down and Jerry let's go to bow to you and Jeff Gordon spit you think there is a team working auto racing well the Hendrick motor sports teams are working together they pull up Gordon in and told Terry bodies stay out because we want you to lead a lap no can't you tell they will clean the windshield change all four tires fill it up with fuel he will be down to the way meanwhile his teammate Terry Labonte gets the lead a lever pickup Bobby Labonte is in the pit so as Rusty Wallace let's go to Jack arute into five pit well Jerry those five points are very important in now Chucky's with Keith Gary dr Claire disobeyed again making major change in the dirt the tires as they come up they seem to be perfectly okay the same could not be said for Dale Jarrett's car number 28 when he came in just as we saw 1.1 seconds for demon and Bill Elliott is coming on to pit road here's John gurney completed the work now the crewmen are trying to push the car to get it to refire also they bumped the spoiler down as the carbon carries very tight Bill Elliott at his get the engine fire Elliott continues on his way there have but not today Jack grandpa's and the Haas organization go to work on John Andretti's car they have stalled the engine on this car number 37 having a little well now they've taken under he is off and away in 21.8 here's Jerry funny raise the Western Auto Show spoiler and so ever on his Chevrolet Monte Carlo cw35 illiterate as one's wife here in this trick of it and now they will make the chassis just in the right rear apparently the car just away that's two legs as he does he gets left side higher Lake these don't know the lug nuts Ron he is down at a while - point 1 second pit stop for Darrell Waltrip is Kyle Petty who stopped a little bit earlier there he is now while the guys were going by cow so fast understand that because he had worn tires these other cars we here comes Jeff Gordon though coming up on Lake I already talk about effort on pit road bidding you'll see nothing more outstanding than this they're trying to get mark Martin's car started and the whole team gets behind the car and pushes and what happens when they finally get into fire they spray thieves and they stumble over each other that all of them go off pit road Steve me love to tumble down pit road he fell from third this 14th go in his there goes John Andretti who has the new tires along with Gary Koch Kyle coming in fourth pit stop before too much longer here he comes let's have heard you Bob John Kernan will be there to call this pit stop by kyle kyle petty pulls in and bears out his crew chief and his pontiac who both work it'll be a four-tire champ satisfied with the way the but they will make a minor chassis adjustment on the left rear going on so far fairly 19 seconds for Kyle Petty very good pitch down and with all of the pit stops having been made it is Joan now for resuming the lead on this event with Terry Labonte second Bobby Labonte fourth is Dale Earnhardt and fifth is ricky rudd see Jeff fort - 1 5 5 cold Waltrip we never left that Michael is in 13th position now and Jack arute has information on how Park Martin managed to run out of fuel will penny Hartz IV push for you maybe ever been so focused and racecar thank you you're on the radio the car was running so in probably heard he beat you didn't owners and not the back of other cars were hitting it that has cost Mark Martin dearly he's now back in 12th position and he is the last car on the lead lap with a hundred and twenty-nine Jeff Gordon continues to leave here on a beautiful day and Atlanta Motor Speedway ABC's coverage continues in a moment at autozone most of our customers are folks who like to work on their cars themselves but the ones who come in most often are those who work on cars for a living guys like yet Craven now Ed's garage is in Ogden Utah where most 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Paradise huh what a place I don't serve my weight we look forward to the coverage next Sunday here on ABC here's a field summary for you as you check out your favorite driver and where he is running in this 500-mile NASCAR race Jeff Gordon has things all to himself we have had six leaders and 7li changes so far in this race three caution periods for a total of 15 laps and the average speed of the race is a hundred and forty two point four miles an hour and Jeff Gordon the leader of the race is setting a pace of about 171 we can see what Jeff Gordon is doing to the competition the fret 3 and Mark Martin is going to lap down and boy did he cost him dearly now Mark Martin goes he was the head of the port for gate for a while this is a race for 10th place Rusty Wallace has it Greg sacks wants it my twin good race book Greg sacks they better hustle because Jeff quartz is not too far in the fence yep he got a lap down and immediately came in Jaco Rudy's coming for tea well it's barely obviously as a right front it looks like that has gone down on the car so they're gonna have to make the change under green precisely the case about a sequin like very quickly Mark Martin women gaining speed now as he enters the Nathan the crack and Jeff bodean service completed on his car and Jeff Conine is having terrible terrible day right now six laps down he showed in 33rd position he did a couple of scheduled pit stops to change the tires and fourth margin and unscheduled stop another lap to the leader Jeff Gordon they were seeing rusty Wasson right behind rusty give Jetport so rusty and Greg sacks both stand to go a lap down you know everyone back in the winter was talking about out hard that Ray Evernham working in the back I've been working seven days a week well ours advancement has paid off lead on second place tear shadows of this race but there are battles out there on the racetrack and here's one of them Ken Schrader for seventh place and the 21 car also in the mix at seven eight Odegard his kid and they will see something that they don't want to see exactly put the leader of the race Robert Yates team with her last year now jared is in command at quite a while from the injury suffered at Michigan last year Jeff bodean wife comes back in John he was in the first time because he felt the vibration and they found out the rice burger ours I went back out and she continued so but I decided to pull it into the pit since you look out on the racetrack Jeff Lord trying to put a lap on Rusty Wallace Paul Andrews in the troop looking over Jeff they had finally found the problem exactly what the problem might be but they still haven't found it putting a lap art and Rusty Wallace we now have nine cars on the lead lap and Betty I think if you want to take a poll in the garage area before this race started most people would have said today but they would have said that Earnhardt was going to run away with it and not Jeff Gordon well I think that's true although most other good safe with the clinical car was running Alton yes ernhardt a while in fourth position behind the Tula bodies Terry and meanwhile Dale Earnhardt is trying to hold on to fourth position but Sterling Marlin is right behind now all five of the top positions here are held by chef Alain and they of the top ten positions at this point in the event three boards doesn't have a strange sound yet in Daytona Beach this week on the core bar in had almost an IndyCar sound at at Daytona but now it sounds more conventional stock car there you ready to go by him we've watched everyone else he had the headers one about 140 degrees on that tongue for card whatever that means yelling that it made it sound different that's all I know he closed in on Earnhardt in the quarters but Dale seems to the to hold his own on the straightaways the second water journey may feel this makes many contact with the water and the fresh after the car in the French like Jeff Purvis is involved Michael Walters also involved Mayfield was making his way slowly down the backstretch when cars crashed behind him but I think that they were trying to race the leader back to the caution playing that won't speculate yeah I was wanted in the monitor maybe we'll have a replay here to show us what happened but I did not see exactly what occurred back there in any case there is heavy damage to the a car of jeremy mayfield this is the cale yarborough car you can see some yellow sheet metal up on the racetrack that's from Michael Walters car who was also in camera on Jeremy why make far Jeff Purvis was involved he apparently is okay as the helmet often the window netting down it looks like me climbing out of the car there he is so Purvis is okay let's hope that Jeremy Mayfield is will show you the start of the crash from the speed shot it may be a little difficult to see but up and turn number two is where the accident occurs Jeremy gets a car a little bit sideways he corrects and comes back and hits the wall head-on and then we'll see mark Barton go by lunch's bark and the 75 car go by they slow now both those cars are able to go by that Jeremy Mayfield is going down the straightaway and all of a sudden for some reason the car goes back across the racetrack right in prose of Michael and the 44 car like you've knocked off the steering linkage in the car and could not steer it watch it just go straight across the racetrack took a heavy shot at the back end of the car we are glad to report that Mayfield is now in the car and walking around here it is from another angle both Waltrip and Purvis plowing into maples car and lifting it off the ground the Pontiac and to the right rear of Mayfield fund whatever you lack here man No field is out walking around we have not seen Michael Waltrip we know that permis is okay and meanwhile here companies those on the lead lap down to the pits here's Jack arute well no changes have the second place car Terry Labonte Gary d'art says the biggest difference between teammate Jeff Gordon running out leadership in crab a little bit easier let's check in with Jerry Bunch they have already changed why sighs cars on Jeff Gordon the car DOJ's don't catch me a judgment trying to beat tearing the party out of pit road and Dale Earnhardt self get some work done whose Goodrich Chevrolet then we're going to take some wedge on his car gotten a little bit too tight during that last run but doesn't surprise because they really cranked on that three car during the last pit stop any more than I think I've ever seen them do on that team I'd spent a long time since radial tires it's been three or four years since I've seen that huge images on the car you're right Bob beautiful pit stop Jeremy Mayfield's carving we're back works you can see that they can't get the car all the way back on the record here's a replay from the in-car he comes off the corner and we can see in the car starting get sandwich when he corrects it he comes back and goes head on in the wall and hurt awful sleeves and he's going back across the racetrack down the car strength and here for some reason which I don't really know why he goes back across the racetrack and I wish we had some in car sound because she was here huge crash about right now no that was that was a todd bodine going by several others going by it's just about to happen here Darrell Waltrip limpa yeah there are lies Waltrip and Purvis both ploughing into the back of Jeremy Mayfield but he's okay and the leaders have completed their pit stops now others do we'll take a break right here from our live coverage of the purolator 500 winning his car in the history of NASCAR's championship series is back introducing the lace modified Chevrolet Monte Carlo if you don't replace your air and oil filters regularly you might as well drive your car off the Claire because dirt can really mess up an engine ram extra life air filters and Fram extra gun oil filters to add dirt best to protect your engine America's number one premium brand pay little now for a lot later think of all this as a large block of ice think of this as a chip off the old block pours like aged ice cold so when you think of ice think of a silver bowl the only the middle my work day I like do power lunches I do power lifts and when you work out this hard better use a deodorant that works hard too and never quit that's why your speed stick gives me 110% protection that lasts all day and fortunately all night because while I may not have time for lunches I always manage to find some time for dinner speed stick like you it never quits I'm in the top names in tennis take center court in Florida in one of the game's premier event it's the women's final of the Lipson Championships March 25th on back at the pier later 500 our fourth caution of the day they ran nearly a hundred laps of green flag and then Jeremy mail filled Mayfield got in trouble the good news is that all of the drivers involved in the crash were able to walk away and go to the infield care center now we've got a number of views that we can use we'll begin with Mark Martin's car and listen as Mark comes off the quarter it sees a 98 car crash I'm really sure where he was going for a while now here's Mayfield and listen we do have some car sound this unbelievable michael waltrip out of his car john kernan and michael's already been checked out Michaels okay Michael what a wild ride out there yeah come off turn two and I was writing a guy and looked in the mirror to check on him and didn't realize jeremy had wrecked and no betting thing and I just pulled out fall smoke and pulled out to see what it you know to get a look up ahead and and there he said I mean just couldn't even never saw him till I hit him for all the smoke tell mom and dad everybody back in Owensboro hi Scott first sir I hope you're getting better just a sad day if you want to know a bad weekend this is it we had to use a spot to get in the race we crashed our car yesterday we're leading the Busch race and radiator falls out on the ground so uh I'm sure there's better days ahead for me but I just think we'll get this one Michael Walter Bob whether it almost have to be better paintings for you after that one so we are under caution once again a hundred and fifty five laps complete every day America's most complete source of auto parts a national warranty program and customer service only Napa can give no wonder more people trust Napa keep their vehicles running we put these glass walls on the course at Road Atlanta to demonstrate the wet traction and performance of the goodyear eagle aquatred racing-inspired dual aqua channel's sweep water away for outstanding wet traction broad shoulders and aggressive grip for precise cornering its unique tread compound helps you stick to the road you get the performance of an eagle the wet traction of an aquatred II through aquatred only from Goodyear I don't want a roof I don't want a vanity mirror I don't 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Jeremy Mayfield he took a very hard look into the wall on her car and I got loose and here's the one and I my can come along here all right I feel good did you cut down the tire a shot for something like the right price shot of a broker being her something we were just going to try to ride it out and evidently it broke loose from the car broke loose on me was fun Jeremy Mayfield michael waltrip Jeremy Mayfield and Jeff Purvis are okay we're focused now in the battle for third position remember Rusty Wallace in the two car is a lap down Bobby Labonte in number 18 is in third at the moment Dale Earnhardt is right behind him trying to take over bonnie is our second place parties Jeff Ward is the leader of the race says bobby labonte goes by rusty and here comes Earnhardt familiar with Dale Earnhardt and Rusty Wallace racing right now not the position laughs and contesting positions but not so here too and also the 17th flips up once in a while is a while poor car he is fifth 217 they are a lap down our back ricky rudd are damned the lead lap Morgan isn't 7th and Ricky Rudd and they'll carry to the 20 feet car on the lead lap Dick Trickle Derek hope just a net there before you lead left ninth place it's just about three o'clock Eastern Time and seems like a good time for to run down what's happened so far in the Purolator 500 but we've just crossed the halfway point in this race right now of course Jeff Gordon the leader he has been dominant through the early part of this race with seven lead changes and we've had four caution flags warning for 22 laps now of course of keeping the average speed down Lampley of course has that followed by Earnhardt who was the pole sitter and led in the early going Bobby Labonte Terry Labonte Darrell Waltrip all picking up sometime at the lead of the field as well as Kyle Petty this race actually began with the yellow Mike Wallace got into the right on the green flag being pushed from behind as we look at the cars officially out of the they came back to green flag on the seventh lap and it was only about five laps later that Steve Kinser and Brett Bodine got together and that took several cars down to the infield almost got restarted hand back into competition 56 laughs at an ideal time for a caution period once again because of debris and everybody headed for the pits Mark Martin on that stop driving the bore to work moved on with the leaders of the race but then on lap 63 jeff gordon took back over and he has been the dominant power ever since then until this part in the forest today on the 149th lap when Jeremy Mayfield so that brings us to the current situation on lap one with out question Jeff Gordon that's Amanda watch here and the battle between the Ford and Chevrolet is currently being dominated by right now on top of before driven by Mark Martin who has lost two laps now and is back in 14th position cars ran out of fuel when his Burton and look at the three abreast coming off the corner here it'll be inside the park and remember the 17 in the two wallets are battling for position to both a lap down or position Mark Martin ken schrader has it and right behind the mortgage effort progeny inside right in front of them yes Carol and rusty Watson we see bark parts been able to get by rusty by and wallet later the day that that in turn three kill me here's Jerry punch with report from Philly well Benny you're reading the minds of some of these drivers down here we'll halfway through in the class and they'll come police hitch the discord visited moving up an outfit road killing the crew seats you can now begin to put tape on the the Winkie alone with the outside the help with the clear problem entering turn three they had to be given permission to do that it is a penalty but now they are allowed to put tape on the way we're entering turn three alright and a battle on the racetrack between Rudd and and this would be for six the position was able to get by sweater he's now indeed he's six this is a battle for seven and now we see terry labonte beginning to close in on Jeff as opposed to sitting back in the gym yeah all day new car legs but terry labonte maybe making a race out of this we'll be back after this message and a word from our ABC stations we put these glass walls on the course of Road Atlanta to demonstrate the droopier eagle aquatred dual Aqua channels Sweetwater away for outstanding wet traction eagle aquatred only from Goodyear when sports cream when arms are sore when legs ache when muscles hurts why sports cream massaging sports cream in brings fast pain relief no medicine a smell no odor why sports cream because it works they get no kick being thrown from a play football doesn't so tell me that they get a kick out of Tuesday two kids cover up a murder for the mob your name is for Bellini right I'd decline that what do you mean you decline and Silvia reveals a secret in the past I was afraid that you would think of me differently and all new blue Tuesday viewer 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Motor Speedway next Saturday at 3:00 Eastern to central the Professional Bowlers tour lights up the lanes on Long Island at the Bud Light championship and then ABC's Wide World of Sports travels to Romania a legendary gymnast goes back to her homeland for reunion with her family and a special performance Nadia Comaneci turns to Romanian Saturday here on ABC Sports Jeff Gordon is the leader on the field later laughs completed the number five car of Terry Labonte is running in second here is Darrell Waltrip who was running 11th two lap down but he's off the pace Benny slow when he turns he heads for the pitch that means he's got a flat tire to keep stored and got an engine from Jerry what is it well they put very current and very to the point I'm over but he will try to bring the car down but they are very long faces out here in the Western Auto pits pop tough break for Darrell Waltrip who started this race in fourth position here at this racetrack you're looking at a field summary in Napa field summary showing you where everybody is running at this moment and Mike Wallace by the way the car involved in the accident just as the green flag came out is a hundred and sixty nine laps behind buddies out on the racetrack well I hope he's in the pits yeah now he has been on the track but he's in the pits at the moment never seen Jeff Gordon be familiar position there we see the 90 car on pit road a few minutes to get that car repaired when asked I will ask you to get it back in the garage area there's the interval between first and second body chases jeff borkin Terry's brother Bobby's running back in third position when he won a race in 1995 it looked to be the favorites to second one possibly to become the first two-time winner jeff has a 1.3 second lead on Terry in 3.1 on Bobby in six point three and seven point three on Earnhardt and Marlin running back and forth and fifth and everyone thought that they learn or would be the car to beat today except for the very Benni he really hasn't been much of a threat but the race isn't over and we saw that 100 laps ago when he made that fits just who they learn art for we see mark Barton has been able to find folk mark is a couple laps down at 20th spot they're Earnhardt and Sterling Marlin now here is Morgan Shepherd running in sixth position and John Curtin has a report on this car well it appears that the Fords host may be paired off the Witt brothers right now they're the major adjustments on the card seems to be helping the cars running better and better but that wasn't what he was really excited that it looks like Jeff Burton though has grown an engine out on the track and should be headed back in beginning back to Eddie wood he said he wasn't really excited that the car was running better he was excited because they had passed his Chevy he said hey we've been passed two Chevy's out there every little bit helps as we document it there is Morgan Shepherd will continue while loop it back and show you those on the lead lap here is the seventh place car of Ricky in their walk we saw it slow moment ago he did make a pit stop he's now back on the racetrack and the eight car we saw smoking just a moment ago he still is on the racetrack he didn't come in there's a good battle between trainer and Dale Jarrett both these cars in the lead lap at night place the last car on the lead lap this is the battle for eighth position between Schrader and so we've shown you all night cars now that are on the lead to lap down is Rusty Wallace the 11th position is being held by Dick Trickle who was also now we have a battle for the fourth position as Marlon goes to the inside of Dale Earnhardt and passes him picks up fourth they what they learn sit on the pole anymore here has been qualified at Rockingham and enrichment he qualify back in the 20s and ran up front all day long here he qualifies on the pole the Jeff Gordon's fastest car so her needs to change his strategy defense you know the last time Dale Earnhardt sat in the front position he won the race that was a 1990 but he didn't learn that starting drought rained out that year and he started because of points the last rider to win from the pole position was Buddy Baker in 1979 how did you line to get alongside up there's Ernie Irvan he was the honorary starter of the race wave the green flag twice as a matter of fact and his car being driven by Dale Jarrett now is looking to pick up a spot from Ken Schrader he does make the pass yep the a car is on pit road when it's put up as they work on it John what do they do it while they're having a problem mother I said just a few motors running the oil tank around back in the oil tank behind the tribe is a lot of smoke coming out of there looks like they're going to change some lines also introducing the hood there was a lot of smoke from the header pipe when he pulled in but now that is dissipated so apparently he was leaking some oil from the car somewhere along the line laughs of lose positions now back to a 28 spot six laps down Jeff Gordon passes the 77 car driven by Davy Jones we see that Gordon is stretching out the interval once again Betty yes 41.3 ups are the last time we saw him now is 3/4 so he's gained a couple of seconds on Kerala body and running very consistent laps they only very three tenths of a second penny Kyle is now two laps down in 18 jerry is down in the rick hendrick Peniston boy what a great day they're having Jerry exactly Bob the village itself up to be a car winner for one car was the guy behind me Rick Hendrick who owns three cars all three in the top nine in fact our leader Jeff Gordon second place car Terry Labonte at 9th place car Kenny Schrader what's up find out what's going through his mind here Rick you've got two cars running one and two now what goes through your mind when you see Terry Labonte to get him to move in a little bit are Jeff Gordon you know I want to sing a brace Jerry but you don't want to see anything happening Martin's a week running one two it took them to a mouth so uh just wanting to run hard and stay apart I don't really know doesn't make a difference who's in front of each other just don't want any friction between the cigars in the interest of fairness now you've got three drivers out Gordon one at Rockingham Labonte one at Richmond this should be traders turn by all right kitties kitties running a good race today Darlington is drilling his great you know it's a long way to go today darling and he's do we want to see the five car maybe slowing slightly have you heard anything on your radio talk just a little bit blue right now so you know he's still got a pretty comfortable lead on third ride right now thanks a lot good luck let's go to Jack arute Jerry as you were talking to the car owner the driver terry labonte radioed in to the Hendrick chief mechanic Gary dr that the car is beginning to get they get the friction that Henry he's backed off the throttle just a bit still runs second Henry cars running first second and ninth there is Terry Labonte who is second to Jeff Gordon who continues to lead the purolator 500 live from Atlanta Motor Speedway why don't I think the Whopper just beat the Big Mac two-to-one in the taste test we'll think about it the whopper is one big juicy flame-broiled burger complemented by the perfect size fine Big Mac on the other hand and stacked bread with two smaller fried burgers in between bun burger bun burger bun then after it done fast better yet don't you might sprain your tongue and then how would you eat your whopper the burger that beat the Big Mac the whopper value meal for $2.99 at third wrenching for the pros is one of the world's most exciting jobs the action you get to play with all the craftsman tools you've ever dreamed of watch 1600 craftsman hands official tools of NASCAR NHRA and IndyCar racing only at Sears man has always been fascinated with saying but winning is more than a flash of speed it's a measure of skill a 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significantly but that's just a slight adjustment they can make and here's a car that needs a chassis adjustment terry labonte terry labonte needs one definitely because Mark Martin just flew by him mark a couple laps down but it's running very fast sequence by now give me in layman's terms here in the next 15 seconds about the panhard bar as we watched Rudd and Jared battle for 7 it's a bar that keeps the body located with the rear wheel and if you lose the bar up and down it changes the rear role since you should move the bar up as I said it loosens apart then it tightens it up race for position yeah all three of those cars in the lead lap jared earlier patch raider now comes up to pass ricky rudd at 7th 8th and 9th looks like as we have had in the last few minutes comer come overhead to kind of cool things off here it isn't a warm day by any means a very comfortable day we don't have the sunshine that we had and that will change these chances alright let's show you another Napa field summary here as we show you where everybody is running levanti's our second and third and Dale Earnhardt in this spot you could see nine cars on the lead lap here comes straighter back to challenge her uh Jared Roz get inside Jared can't make the move all these fellows have had some kind of problem the other react satchel read so well if you start with Roger now players will try to lean outside yep they have more luck up there let's see meanwhile an artist won back posture and barley got off the corner takes over for place aren't out just yet no he's up to fourth but we've got a long way to go 121 exact they learn mark is the only life to finish in the top five and all and Mark Martin the only two drivers to have top-ten finishes in all the events but Martin is well off the pace as we have documented current Earnhardt's victories here in the Purolator 500 came in 90 and 80 and race in 84 86 and 89 at 6:00 time but Earnhardt at the moment is 12.6 seconds behind Jeff Gordon and that is a half left hiya Kelly being by Bernhard and Sterling Marlin there's Terry Labonte holding on the second position despite his handling problems there we can see the Bobby is he Terry Labonte is the exit second quarter now there's the other Labonte Bobby that's just how close they are then catching just a great day for Bobby Labonte today started second and has been in is that part of the race I don't meet these fallen lower than third except during pit stops now we are staying a scheduled pit stops begin here is Mark Martin coming down just completed a pit stop he pulls out of the pit mess barking stops and the number one car Rick mast is also in our schedule it stopped to change four tires each but out in the way and mark Mark's early survey out of fuel as he did earlier and lose all that time coming down our Joe Nemechek head bill these are cars that are not on the lead lap focusing in on in a five-time winner here at this racetrack in it winner of this event and rod is slowing down could he be out of fuel it's hard to say but he's coming in he's down off the banking moving down pit row we see cars they run out of fuel leave as pit is down toward turn number one finally makes it there here's Jerry punch with ricky rudd remember we showed you the right foot higher early this afternoon of Ricky Rudd's car that came out that was nearly separated while Ricky run apparently cut a right front tire and that's why he slowed he didn't see laughs anyway but because he comes I able to have getting in the pants they beat a lot of J's all four tires he is away let's go to Jack arute well Jerry a big chassis adjustments being made about a half in the interim your second-place car that has a serious Cassie Krause mangoes Benny Parsons was talking about his bucket in the back and is getting tighter and tighter and harder the turn coming off the quarter left side tire on the interstate battery Chevrolet and that's live they will put a little bit of tape over each other cleaning the windchill right now jay-z right side tire they bumped us forward or slightly in front of the contact as Dick Trickle has one over tires off dick triples cars he's in a very pit road and the nth level was the right rear hole pocket of - cars rough you know drives away come on let me see if the jack man to tell everybody come out of your Lizbeth let's lift this part up and try to give the jack under the car now the new pod crew great ever and ever since get this time I want to fit here my car come right now move but here comes Jeff Gordon is going to be pitting right beside it Jerry and actually NASCAR would allow some ago for the cause of the car in the middle of pit road ray evernham so helpless to they could not get the Dick Trickle forward the wrong meanwhile they have already changed the right-side tire forty-four left side tires completed and Dick Trickle car still sniffing the little pit road and now they borrow a tear range from the Gordon futon for the car of the left one and Kenny Schrader is in the pit on the left side tires and Kenny Schrader's Monte Carlo Morgan Shepherd we've been running in six before they sequence offense I've started with the rest of the Korean will be a four-tire change they'll also Benny Parsons talking about Japan are far they will make an adjustment with that go up at least around on that trying to loosen would also make it the chassis adjustment very in that right everybody the better pitstop so we saw during that sequence from the Morgan still Jeff Hortons race Gordon has completed his himself back out in the lead once again we'll take another break and be back with more of our live ABC coverage of the pier later 500 now an oil make just for your hard-working engine 4x4 from quaker state off-roading extreme temperatures and towing and hauling they all make your light truck or 4x4 work extra hard and could shorten its life why settle for a conventional car oil get 4x4 from Quaker State now an independent test 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about it Kellogg's is proud to sponsor NASCAR champion Terry Labonte Jeff Gordon continues to lead the NASCAR Winston Cup purolator 500 tomorrow night on ABC is an all-new episode of coach at 8:00 7:00 central then Shelley Fabares guests on a special edition of a whole new ballgame and Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman Stern the dramatic conclusion of far and away all tomorrow night on ABC while Jeff Gordon continues to lead this race let's go back and find out what happened to Dick Trickle first of all we're going to show you from the in-car camera never see Bobby Labonte there working on the left front some guys wanted off the grill and they had some kind of problem in trickle drives away into the left front tire what here's the angle from the camera down in turn one right behind Bobby Labonte's car they let the jack down and trickle drives off and there the tire comes rolling down pit road and then the crew had to come out and physically lift the car so that they could get a jack under it or they could get the tire on meanwhile while that was going on Jeff Gordon the leader of the race had to come in for a pit stop and his pit was located almost directly east side the problem is that the Dick Trickle was happening now let's go to Jerry punch if the problem trickle had doesn't happen very often what it does in Athens after they saw a moment ago in the pits Donnie Wingo the crew chief was putting the lug nuts on the left front tire and the lug nut cam in the gun here and no matter what you do in the gun trying to prod at the lug nut would not come out now you know he had put one lug nut on he's trying to pry this lug nut out they drop the jack trickle pulls away left front tire tell L get another lug that comes out a little bit too late for Dick Trickle all right the three car in the eighty car moving through traffic they're running third and fourth at the moment as Terry Labonte continues to run in second place Earnhardt third and Bobby Labonte is fourth as we show you the entire field summary courtesy of Napa and traders one five Darrell they'll cheer on the outside at the seventh spot the bond is trying to get on our dinner largest national bun I think they've been going at it yeah Jarett have been going at it for a long time my body has Bobby me almost in a passing position here on Earnhardt again I'm told the turn aren't won the race out of the pits that Labonte has caught Dale Earnhardt and is now trying to get back by is going to pass our cart but they have trouble with the right rear on Bobby Labonte's car do I spit stop that ever to third Bobby that is you can't report name because Bobby is running the tire in which lost the car again and fire in the pit he's back up to speed five laps down he's in 20th spot as we have 99 laps to go in this 328 lack of air seven position in the Hendrick first second and step No the Roger the most impressive driver of 1995 I guess Jeff board would be first to bottle Abani who certainly had to be second let's try to show you some of the actually we'll try to show you all of the drivers that are out there there's a leader Jeff Gordon these won't be an of course the way they are running in the serial scoring these are the way they are on the racetrack there is Jimmy Spencer and a tough afternoon for Jimmy yes he crashed that in turn one Steve Kinser and Brett Bodine they thought that you trying to avoid me rest in the wall he had to take a provisional to hit the moment in 34th position 78 laps behind the wall getting repairs made to the car there is Mark Martin the number six board and laughs down next Carl need sequences ricky rudd tied ford he is currently a ninth spot of lap down Olivia deported and lost a while again was the number of car driven by Terry Labonte who is running in second position for the last pit stop I'm sure here D garden fruit the body wanted there's three narrow part he's had a pretty good afternoon although he's two laps down at the moment shown in third I've been used that man until don't stick my hairless one what hair Bennett the 33 car of Robert 68 laps down in 33rd position Birchley since the start of the race the reason he went to piss is that they missed the combination they're trying to find what it takes you know motor spring shocks on the interstate dark third place car by the way while we're talking about there while you were just a moment ago that car used to be driven the one that Robert Pressley drives used to be driven by carry can carry had a crash on his motorcycle this past week and we want to wish him the best wishes yes five broken ribs ruptured spleen so but Harry is wholly done okay as Dave Marcus is going around the race back another car that crashed out in turn one with the resolution Dale Earnhardt holding down for the position at the moment ernhardt was our pole-sitter here this afternoon multiple for 15 thousand two hundred dollars in new unical bonus money here's the number nine car lake speeds in 19th position three laps down all that Sun is needed to the problem the glare of the where the games are too these three laps down 275 one 1/3 very well the first three races of the year but things have not gone his way horse right behind fifth place car on sterling Marling Daytona 500 winner for the second year and every key frames lollipop tricky in 1999 so far and he is the top rookie in this race at the moment finding himself in 14th spot two laps down Larry Hetrick team and that's not an opinion folks there have a point system in this back home and Dawson will not but things again not going well for bill here today he's three laps down in twenty first and Rusty Wallace right now is in tenth place he's a lap down one lap down Morgan Shepherd is on the lead position driving for the good brothers the oil brothers have won more races here in Atlanta than any other team 12 let's just see how fast Eclair is is Morgan Shepherd comes off turn 2 and heads down the backs right away that Rusty Wallace rotted button that just keeps track of Rusty Wallace folks as Morgan drives down in turn three his way setting Sun he's probably got the tape on the windshield there done me yes that is tape rather neat these Saturn L here yeah that helps John Andretti Kmart Little Caesars Tim through the crew chief yet his best Winston Cup finish last week at 10th in Richmond East 15th today two laps down and right behind him is breaks out Renne so well early on had to go in the garage or he worked on the car he's back on the racetrack and is still running away there's another one of our laughs that's Ken Schrader's in car number 25 and right behind him 28 in eighth position so that's really the closest battle formulation next car by these two is the family chattel far over team 237 artists 229 about Steve Grissom place next car we pick up on will be the number 24th at the moment four laps down yes quite content but there goes a leader right by putting him another that muscle and he is slow ooh look like they did where is he 22nd or laughs there well there's no scar we did see Kalpana the Coors Light car 17th relapsed em and his father's car Hamilton estp car in Venus Rick Ness - I think maybe we did he's in 11th position just two laps down or just running too fast the length of time that we have been doing our pan bags here there's Jeff bodean car number seven laughter he's been in a those are all the cars that are on the racetrack there is Jeff look how much believe does he have thirteen point two on ten mr. 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aqua channel's Sweetwater away you get the sheer rugged toughness of a Goodyear Wrangler and the outstanding wet traction of a hood year aquatred welcome to the aquatred family the new 50,000 mile wrangler awkward red only from Goodyear Sunday on ABC he fought against all odds to claim his destiny Tom Cruise Nicole Kidman a Network premier Faridah way Sunday back in Atlanta Motor Speedway the purolator 500 we have 328 laps into the record book here looking at the leader Jeff Gordon a VC seems to be lucky for Jeff remember he won the Brickyard for and he has been the dominant power in this race thus far at the start of the race we talked about the young comers with him like one of them down at third position pretty good today as well in that battle between Ford and Chevrolet well they've started out with six heavies in the top ten three forts and one Pontiac now it's six Chevy's and four ports and the hope seems to be more in Sheppard who currently runs in sixth place let's go hit side and Jerry punch Jeff Gordon pictures been nicknamed the Rainbow Warriors for cosmic lightly colored uniforms that they wear as associated with their sponsor depart now their tip board actually is a table for the rainbow attacks however they having their tool here in the gorge in the never boarding passes are hard to fit on the lead lap they reach over and pull that window and that cutoff begins the chop here is Gordon goodbye he gives it a big smile how quickly here the Tomahawk Chop going out here at his feet why you got to pull that thing you've been pretty busy today because cruising through this field constantly we've had a light scattered cloud cover come over the speedway but it hasn't affected the surface bright Sun on the surface they can continue to run green we expect the next stops to come somewhere just before the 300th lap and that should take them all the way just one more stop to go now important closes on Jarrett reports under hope currently running in eighth place and not him but when he moves around that will leave just seven cars on the lead lap yet your dillos guys get ready because here he goes but on the outside of Dale Jarrett and goes right fine there here we go all right let's go to a Jack arute who has a story on the 18 car driven by Bobby Labonte so we're talking about the emergence of belonging lions and all through the show you guys have talked about how well Bobby well I talked to Bobby earlier today and he said you know the best way to put my success into perspective is five years ago I had a Chevrolet Camaro buy you several a Camaro it cost me two hundred and sixty-eight dollars a month for the car charge for the car payment he says nowadays it cost me $500 a month just for my cellular phone bill he's in how much and how great things have changed for me in just five short years yes indeed you know the other thing that's interesting I did a little checking in 15 of the 42 drivers that started today's race experience in NASCAR Winston Cup racing including of course Bobby Labonte there are five rookies that started the race there are three drivers that have that are in their third NASCAR Winston Cup competition there are seven that are in just their second year of this well a lot of improvements have been made Lanta Motor Speedway since we've been coming here Bruton Smith the owner of this facility has built some gorgeous condominiums that tower over a grandstand in turn number two now Courtney Smith has also made a major announcement here in the last few days Texas Motor Speedway is going to be built these are some artist renderings of the facility which will be built down in the area of Dallas Fort Worth and that should give the NASCAR Winston Cup Series another track on which to compete Bruton Smith the owner of this facility and the new Texas World Speedway let's go to dr. Jerry punch Jerry thank you Bobby have a very special guest with us mr. oblivion Smith who's a CEO as people a motor sports incorporated the parent company of Charlotte and allow Motor Speedway with the Smith a lot of excitement 210 days ago you announced the official site for your new racetrack hub have a metric Charlotte little bit just north of Fort Worth now our first question is though what's the timetable when will you begin and will you have a finish well the course the next announcement we'll have is the groundbreaking ceremony and we hope to be able to get that done in a very very near future and I don't have a date yet but we're working toward that Jerry and hopefully after that comes groundbreaking so that's that's the process with some 69 fortune 500 companies involved in our sport it seems like Texas would be a market everyone would covet the Yabba shot at getting elusive I tell you I think that our sport needs that dallas-fort Worth market is a huge market in the in North Texas are all of Texas and of course what I'm building there proud of it and we're putting everything we've learned just thrilled about it we know if you're involved with it and you are it will be a first-class facility like Charlotte and like an Atlantic good luck to you thank you I appreciate that Tom thanks a lot Bob mr. Bruton Smith their chairman of the board for boating Speedway back to you we mentioned that the facility could provide a venue to which NASCAR Winston Cup would go but I don't know but those certainly Bruton doesn't have a date in his pocket yet it really France last November and I don't think we have anyone on the safe route and now has four races to year in Atlanta two in Charlotte but certainly for those baked for Atlanta is not an option I think before Explorer so it's hard to say exactly what's going to happen but I guarantee Bruton is so excited about building this racetrack gets tracked all he talks about his detention if you key on something that he's set there there would be something the state of Texas would be proud of if you use this track you mentioned Bob Jenkins how long we've been coming here and what a substantial change of the third here with the new condominiums and the VIP sky boxes and everything same thing over at Charlotte they do build paying a really quality facility there's no question that that is a good market for auto racing down there in that area not only for the stock cars but I'm sure the Indy cars fall would also like it to penetrate that market both Dallas Fort Worth everybody wants to be there and the devil bullet Mesquite is not serving the hundred thousand third of the crowd you see as we look back from Morgan Shepards cars the leader Jeff Gordon now if he should come up and pass Morgan Shepherd and again it's not so much if as when there will only be five cars on the as Morgan Shepherd is running things and the we know ports on the lead lap here's John Curtin with more on Morgan Shepherd I just talked to Eddie would he says you got something to throw out off the racetrack please do reading the caution very very sadly the car has been pushing tight all day long continues to be so more than having to fight the cars you test would put my daring put him a lap down - these guys are the ones has there ever been a driver laughs the entire field here in Atlanta in this race yes it happened most recently with bobby allison was a lap over de Marcus at the end in fact it's been done six times in the purolator pilot okay here comes Jeff Gordon he's on the inside of Morgan that's going down towards turn one brine is best to hold him off Wow past another God five cars now on laughing all of them are Chevy's bark barking meanwhile has Jacqueline the Monte Carlo but that has not been the case after running out of fuel they continue to make chants we recorder the car all four tires are going in the right it's an emotional roller coaster and one where he's on the downside the person has just completed service on his car and begins to roll away Rick mast that area to stop right sides going on the car and you can see the signs being hung out for the 28 car which is coming Rick mast window on the for tire changed this is a new car they run well last wall with a different car but they built this new car Friday here Rick said he had no idea what his be in store for him until he got into the race and they run near the cockpit let's go down to Jack arute well john curtin nail karen who used to drivers right now at the wheels of Thunderbird 4 tires makes a chassis adjustment for the day Karin said if he knew then what'd he do now he might have stayed with the Chevrolet 18.7 second pit stop for Dale Jarrett she was coming in the fifth making his final pit stop Jack arute ooh you never see week in and week out but a change pitstops back and forth across the wall here on pit road for Rusty Wallace the final gallons of fuel banana and he is off and away in 1860 good pit stop for the team one reason these cars are stopping just a little bit short they could probably run a few more laps but they want to get on the racetrack with those fresh tires and try to make up as much ground on the leader Jeff Gordon as much as they get hoping that they'll get a caution play about five or six laps down here's Bobby Hamilton roll again Jerry which the pennies STP Pontiac we'll get one if they get final scheduled service today change all four tires like this in front of them the carbonate in with your ugh pulling in it is tied for to the 43 car left-side tires coming off short now it's full appeal what a great run they had it in Richmond a week ago getting a top 10 finish for Bobby Hamilton working completed now written our fathers colleague at the left side the leather ear now it's off the jack and Ruud is a Betty there's something else hanging over these pit stops behind them and it looks like it's on the end of a long fishing pole what is that those are cameras video cameras video and all these pit stop these guys videoid them and after the pit stop they go back replay them and see what they did right what to did wrong and try to chain sing almost every team has one there Dale Earnhardt is coming down he's a rather long way from you Jerry but he'll be there before too long and they have been wrestling with a car that has been very very quiet right behind in about a hundred yards 500 winner for the second year in a row sterling marlin parish Chevrolet's both on the lead lap hitting what would be their final pit stop in the afternoon light fog tire on the Earnhardt car likewise drugs us going on on the Kodak shedding crew now working the left oh no it is off the jack so heads up for the children's group they pull the deck my sermon in less than 22 seconds Joe Nemechek also coming down pit stops are coming with about 55 laps to go they can go the rest of the distance can't think no problem make it fuel the rest of the way all right here's the 18 car of Bonnie on its way down or it's what should be final pit stop off Interstate Batteries here's Jerry in fact bobby labonte wanted to try to stay out about three or four more laps until Jeff Gordon GECCO he couldn't make it or break the Interstate Batteries car changing West I've hired anyone another basket stop one important chassis adjustment on this final pit stop they have changed the tire pressure and Bendrick but in nineteen point two seconds they say they want to be known as the rooster per game but here comes the Rainbow Warriors time to go to work Jerry and watch it as they will go to work as the Rainbow Warriors get set for their final pit stop remember that was embarrassing frustrating and downright ugly for the scene that has members of the pit road are branded off the pan to get through a year ago it is their job to get their driver back over race victory here at Atlanta so far no miscued but here for the problem was that they cover the Dakota knows that problem right now a perfect pitstop is nineteen point nine seconds and gorflax occurred one they did make a little bit of a chassis adjustment if you notice that that they were yes they did in the and right where there's Dick Trickle going out and obviously these fruits can make a magic mention of midnight when you have a 1215 secondly a couple seconds slow and john andretti drops off the pace he's coming in for a pit stop I don't think he has been in or stopped during this sequence so this would be routine Jack arute is there as John comes down young John Andretti we're and ready to pull onto pit road to see what the problem hi babe Tim brewer he will leave sitting atop the right side thing now they stopped out of sequence and Tim Brewer said that the car was handling just so badly they thought a change of tires would help obviously they could have gone and they head into 20.3 seconds right front it is not flustered it's blown apart so that's gonna joy drop John and ready now the 19th now I thought Dale Jarrett stopped a little bit short just a moment ago there he is that removed behind us take a card we'll see that Jeff boarded the leader has not last 20 card the 28 car is now back here the Leyland those fresh tires that much faster than Jeff Gordon cosplay by in the two or three flap window because they're portable - just a second the 25 car has not pitted he is the leader of the race situation here at fresh tires and old tires Dale Earnhardt when the pressure ken schrader but Reiter should be in before too long for his last scheduled pit stop the ARCA race on Friday and Ginny Horton dad he finished second in the bush like 300 push that natural radiant we need the Bible until now when he comes in for his final pit stop within the speed limit down can hold here's John Kernan Schrader trying to stay out there on the racetrack after he got the lap down tried to get his lap back and then Hulk for a caution the engine still running not out of gas again he keeps running it gotta get right side Potter's to change no chassis that's when they probably just as the car had gotten a little bit loose on here but shredders still sitting here off the roadway down it away nineteen point nine seconds so now with all the pit stops having been setting the pace for this event was 284 328 he is about to put the 21 car a lap down goes a lap 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they're always right together all 12 open the whole way Benny I think you got a kick out of call on your first time and I really did fall it's about what 12 15 lead changes in just 40 laps around the Daytona International Speedway it was a great race that's coming up next at 5 o'clock Eastern Time we can't let it go the good early part of the race with the Phineas they've got to stick around for that it was places he's runnin down his older brother in second place terry labonte blows it in Labonte Terry Labonte has been having handling problems but take that second spot away engine shop they've got the Ottoman press nothing also buildings for the 18th oh wow now they're running one Bobby Labonte 19th and the point of how well this car has run in all races the Sherry's had to terry labonte meanwhile his fourth in the point standings coming in one victory everyone in racing those Kerry and Bobby's father Bob LaVon he really ran one this kept us brave being passed the National Park used to be the crew chief on body interval is definitely between the Labonte brothers as you see an ample field summary for cars on the lead lap the racetrack he's been in and out of the pits also involved in accidents he's 47 for Bill Elliott yes local hero here five-time winner of this at this racetrack his race since there isn't a whole lot of passing going out on the racetrack let's jump in some of those cars out here in to check our in-car cameras this is with Brett Bodine Brett as they go oh here we go battle for second position the Labonte brothers Bobby on the inside and Terry on the high side here we go has it Jerry punch a minute ago Jimmy make our Bobby the law DS crew chief radios Bobby's and hey what do you have for the five car can you get the flat again we'll get the thought car we're better all overrun and my big brother Terry they've been the answer $64 question how about the 24 car candy visit 24 Bobby Paula from Owens are you kidding he's in another zone forget that this right here's another area code Terkel watch these guys go by oh Christ out in turn one traitorous at the wall down in turn caution comes out Schrader's at the bottom the racetrack in the grass our fifth caution of the afternoon and Ken Schrader's who was in seventh position smacks the wall the second corner this coming with a little than 27 laps to go smoke coming from the right front of that bodywork rubbing off the wheels there's one in the big why is that did he get help out there I don't know if he did or not I really don't know I looked up and I saw them that happened outside of our camera range and apparently he had a tire down Benning but yeah he would be very unhappy because he's run almost 500 miles on a great run going to be in this shape at this point of the race is very disgusting here's John Kernan down there as Kenny comes to a stop Kitty slides in with the right side the right front tire dragging the ground a lot sheet metal damage and maybe even some bent suspension parts as Kenny's already taken the window net down a lot of smoke coming from out of the car out of the cockpit of the car they finally get the jack under they will go to work on the leaders are actually everyone an opportunity to come in for an extra pit stop let's go to Jerry punch and we will see four tires going on the car number 24 of Jeff Gordon they will not put any any fuel in the car they don't have fuel cans here they will just possibly hide the car up by without checking up where you are Decorah well Jerry it's a case of monkey-see monkey-do of and you're on the same lap you have any hope you try and stay out no you've got to come in they got fresh rubber that's the case that bobby labonte had terry labonte let's go you can see there's only four cars on pit road because you have to be able to leave that kid run out the body comes out here comes the body Gordon the body and Labonte fern are still in there are still sitting there Mary finally moves away he was the last one to come in and he had to go the furthest distance but still longer than I thought he would as Ken Schrader's sits amongst his smoking car and what is up there checking suspension parts hoping to get Kitty back in the race after he hit the wall up in turn number two we've seen there's a well on the inside of the head he's not gonna lie alone or something off as the tire was flopping around see all that right now they're trying to do it just get the car sir that's better chip mortgage others got to get the proper controls everyone's coming in indeed not on the lead line for some final service faucet period there you see the lapped cars Dale Jarrett Clark mark Morgan Shepherd top-to-bottomer on the right the fifth place car is Dale Jarrett and place car of mortgage Shepard and the ninth place car of Mark mark our bargain was himself back into this race didn't look that way he left me on the upper New York all right 302 to go to now 26 ago here think you can get top brands and top performance 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before you're 21 but do us and yourself a favor please don't go wait for your business welcome back to Atlanta Motor Speedway Paul page I have good news and bad news the good news is you will be going to Australia the bad news you're going to have to go by balloon I'm going to get there there's weird you've gone the wrong way Paul and the rest of our ABC crew will be in Australia for next Sunday's coverage of the Australian IndyCar run free that's at four o'clock Eastern three central time here on ABC second race of the season first one one week ago Jack Vilna f1 to think yes very impressively well there's Brooke Gordon Jeff's new white hoping that her husband can hold on and lead these last few laps as he has led for most of the laps today as a matter of fact he has needless to say picked up the five bonus points for leading the most laps in this event but that day one thing is that our silver shootout yeah we do because you know Bobby Labonte wants to win this race as badly as anyone so is Terry Labonte and Dale Earnhardt passionate or always wants to win sir we take a look at the full field summary you can see that this caution really saved Earnhardt from the embarrassment of getting put a lap down as Gordon continues to go up through his field and the top four cars there of course the top cars on the lead lap all Chevrolet so that Chevrolet Ford battle that we mentioned at the top of the show has now been handily won by Chevy all right we're set to go once again as you see the rest of the field and the green flag comes out once again we are back to racing at Atlanta let's see now if Jeff fortune Burghardt but Jeff appears to be pulling away meanwhile Terry kobani now takes second from Bobby I think we've established that carry the bodies a little bit better on fresh tires dad Bobby this year one earn our the right time to make a bid if if owner can get this spot he will but I think right now it has to be thinking about question cup championship and he seen these guys run hard all day long learn artists thinking about Winston Cup championship every race this year because if he wins the championship this year of course it's his eighth and that breaks the tie he currently has win three to ten Morgan Shepherd Morgan Shepherd is broken out of that oh man what a three-wide smokey Eliott drops off the pace yes his car is smoking CD yes it is that the left but it's the bodies once again and Dale Earnhardt second third and fourth for Jeff Gordon this will be for the wreck entering team is leading in this one and he has a 6/10 of a second lead over will every turn nor in the infield rather than stall on the back straightaway for the early part of the season things and I think everybody also believes before too long great race back for fifth spot between Dale Jarrett Morgan Shepherd and Mark Martin all three of those cars going for visit and Sterling Marlin also exactly and Ricky Rudd for that matter oh look at me member mark all are down the corner looks like just alittle bit sideways mark on the outside now going for position although now let's watch mark as he comes off the corner with there we see those three cars Shepherd and Farland and Rud although he isn't mark looks to the inside of Shepard off the fourth corner alongside of Morgan can he take the position yes by the way a three-time winner here at Atlanta twice in this race and here is once again a battle for second takes the position vector almost did but Terry battled back the outside yes Bobby has it is just more good news for Jeff Gordon who continues to lengthen his lead over these two and there is second and third a traitor had a home to go whatever I was ready to get in the wall down one happen to him now there is almost complete overcast spell the difference of somebody handling good or bad and second position could eat with his and Rockingham two races ago and now he begins to fall away from Terry the body have had a very good all the crew very good job today we're talking about and there are 11 wives complete are going down the straightaway the prison I don't think that's going to mean a caution or play any kind of a factor but Grissom wasn't hoping this shipboard to see that because that's also Rick in detention alongside they'll carry Mark Martin has got a great race car today the old mileage is the thought that got him had to stop short a couple thousand then the cause of Mike and these are two four so they have and sixth position continue to narrow the interval between himself and Jeff Gordon as you would have you were out there look it's book I think that her husband can win his Charlotte in Indianapolis last year Rocketman New Jersey area Ray Evernham watching yep me too is hoping this is dominant race by Jeff Gordon can continue to the checkered flag but how the second plastic oh look how close it is and look how Bobby Labonte is cutting into Jeff's lead don't go away folks real interesting finish here Terry Labonte has dropped back and Dale Earnhardt is in fourth position those two are not in a position of battle each other this is where we keep our focus with Vic it's now down what car legs Giff watching his driver Joe Gibbs branching out into drag racing in 1995 after some success in Winston Cup racing and it's down to three or four car lengths now yep Jeff Gordon car pushed up evidently the car is masterji Bobby Labonte has never won a NASCAR Winston Cup race close to being able to do so but can he that is the question he gets her the corner Benny much senator Jeff it looks like looks like the Jess car has picked up a bush as I talked about laps to go trying to hold off the challenge of bobby labonte the interval still four or five darlings but Ray ever have right now trying his best to talk Jeff borders and toughness Tyrone Jeff take it easy take it easy and don't push it so hard we talked earlier about the Young Lions nose experience in Winston Cup racing Jeff Gordon full year of Winston Cup competition milla body also in his third full year of competition one of those two will come away as a victor here today most likely here is Jerry punch with more on the story guys motivation is so very important particularly at this stage the race Jimmy makar is telling his Harbor every time bobby labonte he says you can do it you can do it Bobby you get and Ray Evernham told his driver you're the man it's usually it goes by now because you left to go you're the man well there is only one lap to go when they come down there's Ray Evernham talking to Jeff Dorothy here's the white flight we have four to go the interval has not shrunk in the last couple of plan been able to maintain this lead over Bobby Labonte and now as he moves through the second corner and sees the middle of the backstretch he knows that there's only a half a lap to go still separated by about four colleagues here comes Bobby Labonte's final bid to take they broke through the off of the corner onto the straightaway it looks like Jeff Gordon is going to win it yes in the Gordon wins the pair later 500 buy a card late or two over Bobby Labonte there's Terry Labonte finishing in third position and Dale Earnhardt in fourth and the celebration goes on in the chef Gordon pit here's Jerry punch and congratulations the car ran perfectly it did I got it I got to thank God first I didn't do it at Rockingham and I got a fake Jeff Gordon and all these guys second you know they make when you're home please be Hendrick Motorsports gives us great engines and great cars and Jeff Gordon's about the best driver I've ever seen him these Rainbow Warriors I don't know they make me look awful good I'm just proud to be associated with them what a cheerleader you kept saying you're the man it's your race don't let him take it I mean those last few laps you guys back it for talking to your drivers uh hey outstanding effort to crew chiefs wanted to and you're great friends and motivators this is fun it really is was racing - all about you have fun and you run SEC I told Bob I'm not normally happy about second but I soon run second him after no second anybody but for this year's out Bobby Labonte is gonna cross the line in front of Jeff Gordon I promise you hey crew chiefs here hey Joe Gibbs ooh oaths like a place car standing by with Jack arute and Jerry the first man to congratulate Joe Gibbs was the winning car owner Rick Hendrick and coach you said to him hey keeps giving us the second motor we bought the first and we got to catch Jim so proud of Bobby that they went really we've been top five four straight races unbelievable he is just absolutely great I'm so happy for Interstate shell and champion and EDS and everybody's there pulling for us all the time General Motors been absolutely fantastic with Chevrolet and Goodyear we do mix me mixed emotions last year when you lost your driver Dale Jarrett that's got to not be so such a tough deal now well I tell you what Dale did a great job for us when he was there and was absolutely fantastic we think the world of him but when it became obvious he wanted to move on we said hey we can't do it let's forget buddy great Bobby was our choice but he was really encumbered a lot of other thanks we were able to work that out and we're just absolutely thrilled he just he has just been I think fantastic go celebrate with your driver let's go back to the tower they finish here the way they finished at Rockingham a couple of weeks ago Jeff Gordon wins and Bobby Labonte comes home in second position well that was closer than I thought it was going to be Benny say what Bobby Labonte made a great great charge there at the end of the race it almost pulled it off measure did good run for Bobby Labonte all day but the man who dominated this race was without question Jeff Gordon his fourth career win in 66 races third win for Rick Hendrick in four events here's Jerry punch in victory lane and Jeff Gordon about to climb out of the car and folks he is a very popular driver not just among the fans but among the crews here as he gets unbuckled and let's take a listen new partner of the year later five they got a big hug and kiss from Brooks Ely Gordon report when I caught a book serious about the continued merit or discipline and he celebrates here was a nice cold take after a long after duty yes congratulations on an outstanding day oh man it sure was these guys gave me a fabulous car today I gotta take my hat off to this whole dupont crew man i this thing was on the rail Bobby gave me a little bit of he got me pretty nervous there at the end of the race but you know we came here to Atlanta with the same car that we raced in in Rockingham it's an awesome car man we might have to take this thing everywhere but want to come here to Atlanta we announced a new sponsor coca-cola they're in an associate sponsor I mean do punch there's everything in the world and we're really glad to have them but that new sponsor that's here home coca-cola we're really glad to have them so this one's for them Jeff let's go back to the beginning of the race early on there was some anxious moments you and Earnhardt down in turn one that had to to make your heart skip a beat what happened here sure did you know we had a little bit better car than he did at the time and it was really hard to pass once you got you know out and the tires got some heat in them so I want to get by him as quick as I could I saw an opportunity I didn't want to pass him low I know what it's like the past Earnhardt low but we got by him and then you know he did the famous Earnhardt move and got right back underneath me coming off of two and I thought well if I can stay outside and race him down into one we're all right well there was so one of those contests that nobody wins you know it's like who's gonna let up first and neither one of us we drove down real deep in the corner he slipped up a little bit and got inside of me I had to check up a little bit got high Bobby got by us we had to chase him down but it was a lot of fun and hey you got to earn your rights when you're racing Earnhardt we ask you quickly mentioned the Rockingham view we're gonna go buy a pool now if do you want a lot of money there what else is going on the house how about some landscaping what so what's the next room you're gonna add I don't know we're gonna have some accessories now I guess but that we're gonna have us a nice pool I say now I think Brooke was talking baby yeah how about it how about that Brooke couple years those wins just keep on coming as hit keep smiling every victory like let's go to John Kernan who's got a family with him in Labonte John I'm in a Labonte sandwich right now I've got Bobby right here Bobby finishing second Terry third Bobby second time this year you finished second behind Jeff Gordon's you gave it a real shot there at the end well yeah you know the whole Interstate Batteries crew they got me other fits real good every time you know Jeff said awesome pace there early on and we're really just you know they know what there's gonna be hard to stay on the lead lap you know fourth and fifth place but you know as it turned out right there at the end the whole whole Interstate Batteries the Chevrolet Monte Carlo crew got me out and you know were able to get back by Terry got me off of turns metaphor with F went back to green and got back by him and just gave Jeff a run as much I could but you know about run out of time just his cars pushing a little bit so his mine so it was pretty evenly matched there at the end but he was pretty awesome throughout the day how hard do you two guys race each other when you know your brother's out there I mean you're running for a second place with a chance at the win would you run harder against each other if it will afford the win I run hard Ron about you how about you Terry a great run today for you well it was our feel like Chevy ran good and uh you know we came home third so we got to be happy with that it was a good run for us and the guys did a great job on their pit stops and everything and Bobby got by me there at the end but we couldn't run with Jeff and those pursuit cars they just had everybody covered now do you guys like to ask ask him he ask you if you give any room do you give him like there on that move there at the end did he just have a stronger car get around here when you saw him get up next to you what what happened there well I knew he was gonna get me sooner or later and they had been a little bit faster for the last part of the race there and I got by him there tried to help him hold him off and just couldn't do it I thank you terry labonte a fine finish today Bob Jenkins Jeff Gordon the winner of the race led 250 of the 300 28 laps there were seven liters but a Ford failed to lead here today a lot more post activity coming up we'll be back to Atlanta in just a moment when you're done exploring the high points of these 95 Suzuki's make sure you check out the 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fifth place finish they worked hard just in the car making great pit stops and you know just as all that we had there we finally got the car pretty good at the end and that's just all the that we could do we'll continue to work at it and see if we can't get this Jesco have on that close forward closer to the front yet I thank you very much congratulations on a fine finish and Jack arute is caught up with Dale Earnhardt well the first person that Dale Earnhardt wanted to talk to his Mark Martin oh I'm sure dr. Jerry punch he'll be talking to in a minute but Dale after the pole position win everybody thought this was gonna be your race but then some blistered tires and some pushing conditions with the car you really had to work all afternoon well the car was a little too tight in the center but uh you know I didn't have enough for for Gordon it looked like Mark Martin was the best car on the racetrack he was real strong he come hey now wait a minute are you lobbying now with the Chevrolet Ford country versus well look look at if he hadn't had problems he'd been if he is the fastest car he passed me several times and he was that chasing at 24 down so bad luck you know get you some time the points so important in the championship this year what did you just say mark I just shook my head you know how many times you passed me just two to three I counted three time three time hey Benny guys the lobbying has already begun down here on pit road in the grass in the garage area now wait a minute mark they are saying that you were the fastest your fort was the fastest car here I don't know that they see the same race I saw now they were seeing a different race that's just trying they're trying to guard their territory they got everybody now the hoards cover big time right now they're guarding a territory and you can't blame them I've done the same thing and when the deals are turned around but you know those guys were just too much we had a great run I couldn't be more proud of this Valvoline Cummins team they were awesome on pit road everything was great except I messed up ran it out of gas and then I got a tire on the car that I was afraid was coming apart and we're racing for this championship this year and you can't race for a championship ring so I just came in and changed it in lost two laps one of those deals you know it wasn't anything wrong with the tire other than the car wouldn't handle on it so it's a tough tough day for us but we got another top-10 finish out of it when things turn good for us look out hey this guy here was 20th two laps down with 150 miles ago he finished ninth today outstanding effort for Mark Martin let's go back to Paul page yeah if he hadn't running out of gas he would have definitely been up there at the front the Fords did in fact race better than they qualify the top ten was split five Fords five Chevrolet's of course one by Jeff Gordon so here Jeff Burton scores the fourth win of his career and drove away handling we'll be back to talk with more right after when traffic congestion changes the threats to your car's engine change that's why Quaker State has engineered intelligent oil oil that senses the changing threats in your engine and adapts its own molecular structure for continuous protection so whenever the driving conditions changed so does Quaker State the intelligent oil for a longer engine life now you can change to the intelligent oil and save three dollars and sixty cents on a case of Quaker State see store display 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championships March 25th on well for the first time the clouds cover all of Atlanta Motor Speedway celebration continues as Jeff Gordon has taken the win here we'll take a look down through the entire field for you Labonte brothers finishing second and third Dale Earnhardt with that finish still maintains his points lead in Winston Cup points and then talking about things that we suggested app starting well Gordon and Bobby Labonte Young Lions looking good first and second position and then look at the Fords coming in they came in very strong with the top Ford showing in the field driven by Dale Jarrett and then Morgan Shepherd we can we look through the entire field down we can just see how dominant that Jeff Gordon was because John Andretti meetings 20th five laps down normally five lap down cord be in the 30s so there they are the whole 42 who started here on a quick though not a record day and we still have more drivers and fans to talk to we'll be right back think you can get top 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place finish for Morgan Shepherd but a bit of a hot foot he burned the heel on his left foot Morgan other than that a pretty good day for you it's pretty good we just had the car a little bit too tight had too much right front spring in it other than that the Citgo thunderbird run good all day long well with the finish I believe they move up into the top ten and the points let's check in with Jerry punch and surly Marlin will hold on the second spot in the points at that gained some points on Mark Martin sterling in finished seventh the lap down had a quick car but not quite quick enough I tell you what you have code that team done a good job all day you know we just went his first had a a good mid race birth there but we just did wrong when the car toward Ian and got a little too loose and he couldn't go anywhere but it was survived wound up seventh the gifts and ahead on second the points and just name up survival well not Chevrolet's didn't lead all day long up Jack arute with the driver he was driving in late it wasn't in the Chevy was he jacked yeah Jerry and his father calls it a pony act but you led one finished in 14th position Kyle Petty a tough day yeah we we've been behind all week I can't get around this place to save my life I screwed everybody up qualifying and we weren't in a great great pit pit place back here so kept getting back but we had a good run a decent run when you start that far back and you can come up and finish you know in the top 15 or 20 then you figure you be half of them just out of being here so it's pretty good hey you always said that your long hair was your good luck but you're not having very good luck now maybe you ought to go for the buzz gun no I'm going straight for you if I go buzz it's gonna be shaving shad buddy it ain't gonna be no bud oh boy here we go back up to you we see some gray hairs growing alongside that ponytail to this week it would give it that way well when we come back we'll take a final look at the standings here at Atlanta for the Pierre later 500 in Floyds Knobs Indiana people drive from miles around just to see Don balón because when it comes to car repair well there's not much he can't fix you see Don's a type of guy who believes that doing a job right and saving money go hand in hand so he begins each job with a trip to autozone sure it's a 20 mile drive there are other parts stores along the way but for Don when it comes to getting the right part for the right price it's just no place better than auto song Rusty Wallace car bill now's a good time to rush to McDonald's for a 99-cent bacon double cheeseburger with smoky savory bacon for a morning fresh bacon egg and cheese biscuit 99 cents each just for a limited time fine come again so do with NASCAR driver Bill Elliott does hurry the middle my workday I like do power lunches I do power lifts and when you work out this hard better use a deodorant that works are two and never quit that's why I use speed stick gives me 110% protection that lasts all day and fortunately all night because well I may not have time for lunches I always manage to find some time for dinner speed stick like you it never quits I'm then put the world's top drivers in identical cars and let them duel at Daytona and you've got the first test in the International Race of Champions next on ABC Sports Jeff Gordon has taken the win in the purolator 500 best finishing rookie was Ricky Cravens he finished in 12th position let's go down pit road and start with Jerry punch Paul Anna Motor Speedway is a fast place and when you have problems it can hurt it could hurt the hurry what you're looking at well earlier today somewhere in this mess this was a Pennzoil Pontiac now I'd look like a Pontiac right now looks like something you might buy parts and pieces left but not much left to sale but fortunately Michael Waltrip began today in what was a race car here the end of the day able to walk away because of the safety features of these cars it's a long race a fast race and a safe race that's what what I'd like to say about this today's event this was a car now it's a pile of junk but the driver blocks away let's go to John Kernan well of course a little bit of luck involved in that along with the safety and speaking of luck Rick mast ended his string of bad luck finishing 11th today Rick I went and talked Stonewall Jackson last week he's buried where I live you know meet him had a long talk about adversity I understand I don't have any adversity man we turn this 11 thanks GI thanks go we'll be back with you this hang in there with us I thank you Rick Jack what John at the top of the show we talked about the new breed we talked about the Ford Chevrolet controversy if any has anything been answered I don't think so Chevrolet is still well victorious Ford is still without a victory the new breed they're still scoring victories and they're still running up front that's what Winston Cup racing is all about guys it's the most exciting sport on earth and we saw in the purolator 500 well Dale Earnhardt is still the points leader as he leaves this track today here's the field summary of the entire field the final results Jack perhaps said it but we're talking watching some change here in Winston Cup racing were watching the Chevrolets doing good pretty much what you guys predicted at start came to be it did but you know not only was I impressed with Jeff Gordon today but I've been been impressed with he and his team all year long Daytona 500 he had one of the best cars there won the race at Rockingham went to Richmond a good race car and dominated here again today I think all he has to do is be consistent to be a championship contender he's had two bad races two good races or relatively bad races and two good races if he's gonna win the championship he has to be consistent Dale Earnhardt's worst finish of the year today was fourth he's consistent that's why he still has the point's lead and we're going to for tough race tracks from here Darlington Bristol Martinsville North Wilkesboro as Jeff Gordon gonna fare at those racetrack that's going to determine what kind of chance he has winning the championship in 1995 now don't forget coming up next here on ABC sports more racing actions the IROC the International Race of Champions betting gonna sit right here and watch the whole thing I'll tell you what and it is worth a minute of its secondary yeah and if you were down at Daytona don't tell anybody what you saw at the final lap but do stay for that final lap and then of course a week from now it'll be the Indy cars with the Grand Prix down at Surfers Paradise and Australia the second race of the IndyCar season well the Sun comes out just over the horizon as it begins to set here just south of Atlanta Georgia Atlanta Motor Speedway a magnificent facility those beautiful new condominiums looking superb as they sit over turn two and all of this oversees a celebration for the rainbow of warriors and Jeff Gordon the fourth victory of his Winston Cup career the 24 car makes the win here today oh don't forget Iraq is next our live coverage here at Atlanta comes to an end I'm Paul page for Benny Parsons Bob Jenkins Jerry punch John Kernan and Jack arute thanks for spending the day with us and stay tuned for the International Race of Champions

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Published: Tue May 05 2020