1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Mountain Dew Southern 500 At Darlington Raceway

from here 1965 and as far back as when the first 500-mile stock-car race was ever run here at Darlington they were found we can expect that kind of action every time we come here and it all started last week the Bristol the crashing began early and continued right to the checkered flag when Dale Earnhardt hit Terry Labonte sending him sideways and into the wall he nursed his battered car to Victory Lane a shoving and shouting match after the race between Earnhardt and Rusty Wallace had its roots much earlier in the evening with this incident off turn four and the fer Beach continues that boy can talk to me if he wants to I got a lot of racing to do in the heat of the deal he was upset and I write we look Riley so you know and but still I can't get my water bottles either hey if I can do what I want to do buddy they'd all read about it because I'm not taking a gram that kid I'm gonna race hard I'm not gonna wreck cuz they won't let me the racer that he is and I feel like that I am that we'll both get over it and get through it yeah I got hot my tempers flared and all that we had a little talk yesterday I think we see eye to eye a lot better now and you know he sees a great friend of mine I told them yesterday I know the fans gonna think I'm totally nuts and everybody listens they think I'm crazy but I I love the guy like a brother and so the stage is set for yet another round in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series for 1995 it is the 23rd race of the year and we take a look at the point standings showing that Jeff Gordon is on the top of the list 176 behind is Sterling Marlin all the way down to fifth the separation of 391 Ted Musgrave of course in the fifth position I'm Bob Jenkins and it is great to be here at Darlington we have a beautiful day here going for us with thousands of fans gathered for this race here the traditional Labor Day Mountain Dew southern 500 we are very glad to be here with simulcast coverage with in-car coverage on the deuce and of course our regular coverage here on ESPN and Carl we are very very happy to be a part today of race day America well Bob thanks very much and we're very happy to be a part of racing across the country race day America here on this Labor Day weekend we will be here throughout to bring you what goes on the only group of guys not racing the f1 formula guys but everywhere else we've got you covered coming up on race day America here will that guy Jacques vill do of the Polster to wrap up the indy points race in vancouver not up the defending champ has anything to say about it little al focuses on his longshot we'll throw in a monster dose of NHRA action and you get dashes you get crashes you get spins and you get wins it's race day America on both ESPN and espn2 on ESPN the nascar shoptalk featuring Jeff Gordon at 7:00 it is the NFL primetime show most in-depth recaps of the games of Sunday Night Baseball Kansas City in Texas on espn2 at 4:30 the drag racing challenge then the Vancouver Molson Indy car in-car simulcast and don't forget our p.m. tonight with Kenny may now time to get you back to Darlington and Bob dead Bob sounds like a lot of fun no reason to go anywhere else this is a big race it's always a pivotal race in the championship because so many things can happen here the track can come up and bite you at any time but before we write the checks for the championship in December dr. Jerry punch we may be riding a $100,000 check to one of three drivers going for that here this afternoon you're exactly right Bob there are four crown jewels in NASCAR Winston Cup car racing the biggest race of the year that I told a 500 won by Sterling Marlin hey the fastest event of the year at Talladega was won by Mark Martin and the longest race of the year won by this guy beside me the world 600 is Charlotte Bobby Labonte now if one of those three drivers can win the fourth crown jewel here the oldest race of the year the southern 500 able to take home in addition to the purse of over 1.1 million dollars they will take home a $100,000 bonus today at Darlington what a great day could be for these three guys but there's hey there's 13 of the guys here in the field who would like to get their share a lion's share of that purse talk about someone who has won a big bonus here in the past while John Kernan is standing near him well it was ten years ago this race that Bill Elliott captured the Winston million but for today he's starting further back in the pack on Friday during practice Bill had one of the fastest cars in the garage area but during qualifying he almost lost it almost hit the wall as a result of slow lap so it was back to second round qualifying on Saturday as a result bill will start 24th that places him on the backstretch pits but hey I'm telling you what guys don't count Elliott and his crew out Elliott has won five times here at Darlington not only the Winston million bonus but he also won this race last year to end a 56 race winless streak now you may be surprised in the bill is starting in the 24th spot but I'm sure you're very surprised at the pole sitter and that's who Bill Weber is standing there well John it's surprising when you hear drivers say well I don't care where I qualify because I've got 500 miles to get to the front but that's not the case here at Darlington they've run 86 Winston Cup events here 76 times 90% the winner has come from inside the top ten one out of every five races the winner has come from the pole on the pole here today young John Andretti his first ever Winston Cup pole he's been coached by veteran crew chief Tim brewer who has seven wins at this track to race the track and watch the competition you must race the track here because if you don't you will lose now Andretti qualified for that Dover earlier this year on the second lap his car slid out from underneath him igniting a multi-car crash that took out about 20 cars they're hoping that doesn't happen today this team's looking for a strong a swift but most importantly a safe start to another history-making southern 500 now let's go up top Danette Jarrett and Betty Parsons well thank you very much Bill Weber folks have you figured out this is a tough racetrack and then if Jeff Gordon's gonna win the championship this is a race he really needs to get through yeah he really does need to get through here and you know I'm sure that he'll exercise a lot of patience out here today but sometimes that doesn't get it done because this track as we've said can't jump up and get you at any time and Jeff hasn't had too good of a record here at this racetrack he's had overheating problems he's been in the wrong place at the wrong time and this crash so he's had just a little bit of everything to go wrong and this is one race we keep talking about Bristol last week in Darlington Jeff Gordon the figures due today we might be looking at the 1995 Winston Cup champion [Applause] now let's go down to the command to start engines [Applause] forty two cars have fired up and were set to go 367 laps here at Darlington in the Mountain Dews southern we'll be back with this starting lineup and more free race in just a moment [Music] the SPN speed world coverage of the mountain to southern 500 is being brought to you by Mountain Dew with a subtle reminder to do the dude my Quaker State the intelligent oil for longer inch in life allied signals Fran filters you can pay a little now or a lot later and my desk are ninety four year in review to order call 871 Vespa there you can see the cars moving away we're getting set for a green flag here in a couple of laps Darlington Raceway is one point three six six miles in length the front stretch and the back stretch are both 1228 feet there's a little bit of difference in the banking in one and two they're banked at 25 degrees 3 & 4 are banked at 23 degrees looks pretty simple right the pole speed 167 379 by John Andretti the race record is one 37.9 they'll be pitting between clamps 58 and 68 somewhere in that window and of course the purse exceeds more than 1 million dollars Wow dad they used to race for about a hundred thousand what you were running to do that's right yep under 65 race and got twenty-two thousand dollars which was big the 46th annual Mountain News southern 500 line up looks like this John Andretti in the Kmart Little Caesars Ford on the pole and Ricky Rudd in the tide Ford alongside and his very first pole in his career and as a matter of fact he ran something like 50 some IndyCar races never had a pole his first of course in stock car racing third row is Jeff Gordon of course the points leader but Sterling Marlin has lined up right beside him the third row those two first and second in points great run for legs bean and also Ward Burt row five we find JetBlue dine and Hut Stricklin back in the sixth row its Jimmy Spencer Dale Jarrett has lined up on the outside of row number six there goes the field off of corner number two down the backstretch once again as you take a look at the rest of the starting lineup then you see the pace car that they're leaving the top first 20 cars there's another base car leaving the second 20 cars now it's when the drivers adjusts their tachometers to pit road speed looking now at the second 20 you saw Rusty Wallace they're lined up in 21st Bill Elliott who won this race last year is in the 12th row Jeff Burton announced his new deal for next year this week Jimmy Mayfield has been running so good yearly a lot of good cars pitting on the backstretch and the Morgan Shepherd had to go to the rear of the field that's what mr. prospers how about that it's not a good way to start this long grueling event the back row but there is the 21 cent go forward lined up at the back look at Mark Martin all the way back in the eighteenth row for the start of this race here are the nineteenth row occupants Todd Bodine and Ken Schrader and now we get back to those who had to take Provisionals to get in the field including Rick mast Kyle Petty and the last row consists of rich Bickle and Ed barrier in his first NASCAR Winston Cup race well we got all kinds of in cars of course we have the simulcast coverage on espn2 for you was strictly in Garth this is Dale Earnhardt here is Mark Barton Rusty Wallace just a moment ago while you shopping for your paper turns Ricky Rudd will go through quickly here but boy with this vide in car cameras we should have this thing covered from all angles to all perspectives there's Morgan Shepherd back in the last row and I'm told that was drivers introduction not the medium that Morgan Shepherd I thought I saw him it's drivers meeting that's why I was a little bit confused everybody here is ready are you let's get it going the southern 500 is on [Music] out of the 42 that just wouldn't love to win the southern 500 forget the money [Music] John Andretti led the first lap but Ricky Rudd is there to take over it it's very slick up there in the early going of the racers a lot [Music] makes it very slippery [Music] control the car through the first and second terms as the dirty wet car breaks sex makes a move on Darrell Waltrip and Rusty Wallace [Music] [Applause] at this racetrack five different occasions rush Darrell Waltrip is one of those drivers that will exercise but impatience he's not gonna fight in my real hard right now black Jim boards trying to fight Dick Trickle for the good fight do it there [Music] ready they literally want to throw phil's both these engines from 210 and 37 car once again jab backcourt looking for the inside [Music] made no attempt now we have they learn art pulling to the inside behind john andretti as the rest of the field moves through [Music] forth turns its ricky rudd showing the way within 20 seconds and Earnhardt Riggleman [Music] [Music] 240 car of rich bickle and the perspective from the room here's Dave Marcus Jeremy Mayfield as Jeff Burton along with Bill Elliott Marcus in the yellow number 71 Mayfield in the red number 98 and the number 8 car of course is Jeff Burton he announces leak that he'd be driving a third Chad rouse car this week [Music] Marcus traitor but we made not see very much mention look like anybody suffered a great deal of damage except perhaps for Ken Schrader's whose left rear is pretty well banged up Dixie straw to put gas to the back of that car and he's shredding a tire as he comes down the straightaway and muttering the bodywork off just turn the ride record off the car if he didn't have bad luck I'd have no luck at all here comes the field down slowly they're coming down slowly simply because there's a tremendous amount of debris here on the front stretch where that right rear corner panel of Ken Schrader was disintegrated as the tire blew I never see the debris lay it on the frustration let's watch the replay and see what happens during cold met Mike Wallace try to go through the corner side-by-side coke spins the mane and tail car and their Schrader comes in spins back some chocolate on barreling up by and straighter makes contact with the wall and will see Mark Martin just getting through I think the 29 car ran in the back of someone and looked like Loy Allen ran into the back of someone also here's another angle well Ted Musgrave goes by Mike Wallace in the 90 car and derrike cope tried to follow him through and got a little bit loose spins around here comes trader spinning around and then everybody else jamming up back there trying to get slowed down so they'll know which direction to go and it looks like Morgan Shepherd got tapped there by employee Allen Loy Allen the car number 19 so Shriners car is pretty well beat up as he came around turn number four on the straightaway watched the tear and tire shred and tear off the bodywork this is just a trip watch this quarter pounders rip off that is incredible now from Morgan Shepherds roof cam will see how it occurred [Music] [Music] we heard the tires on Morgan's car's ass weekend that's when he probably got hit in the back by Loy Allen so it was a it looked like Todd Bodine ran in the back operator and caused him to spin that's correct eight laps have been completed we are under caution a multi-car tangle up in turn number three has damaged the car of Ken Schrader and others with blood waiting in a moment welcome to Darlington Raceway in South Carolina we just began the southern 500 here on race day America we had a crash up and turn number three and we'll take a look at what happened from Mark Martin's camp [Music] and from law Alan's perspective for now or now Sam I am I [Music] I hate aboard [Music] there's the driver questioning the spotter chef instructions here it is once again that's derrike cope getting sideways todd bodine hits ken Schrader in the back sending him up the banking and then everybody on the brakes and Lauren's right there certainly nowhere to go up by that time here's Bill Weber with a 25 car well Ken Schrader's on his way back in again this will be his fourth stop he's got a real long day ahead of him heavy sheet metal damage to the rear of the car they've torn away the rear wing they put up a ton of racing came on here they banged away with a sledge hammer they be able to fuel the car this is the first time they've tried to put gas back in and so Ken Schrader's day will be Walgett hot here at Darlington also went back here Morgan shepherd's minute he's got severe sheet metal damage Garrett cofidis top boy Allen and barriers been in twice the 75 car trouble man has been in the hood has been up on that Steve Grissom is stopped for fuel that's what's going on on the backstretch let's go forward to Jerry punch well for the second week in row we're getting seeing someone get it to the face with water what happened to Ricky Rudd a moment ago was when he got in the car to start the race they had a cool box behind his scene with the hose to run to his helmet well they had condensation in the hose he hoped the hose whose helmet we took the green flag he flipped the fan on as the cool air into his helmet at blue water it filled his helmet with ice-cold water going into turn one on the green flag clap you thought about a surprise for Ricky Rudd it's a wonder he held on the racecar he assists unhook the hose drained the water out onto the floorboard and rehook the hose back up but somewhat of a surprise not thriller labs will be trying to do that again it's quite a story all right we're set to go green once again how long a day is it going to be for Ken Schrader's riding around out there getting points they don't make prisoners do that I mean run around there but just nothing the gating sitting a few points here's the green we're back to racing run and ready Earnhardt trickle Gordon Burt Ward Marlin and Lake speed up front back there behind lakes be good loves the quacker state car [Music] [Music] is already that he is back there but his maid Dick Trickle comes right up on the back bumper of Earnhardt just freeze we saw bales here get on the inside of Jeff Boyd on racetrack evidently Park it's not an invariable the 17 car of darrell waltrip by the way is going to the rear and here comes rich with about five more inside spotter letting him know that cars are passing there so shame [Music] mark mark a spot away try his best then get it on the inside off Darrell Walker and here comes morning [Music] one you feel there can go bad [Music] and piling earn artists alongside and ready takes over that second spot Nellis it hit run here's Gordon trying to get by Nick Tripp in some little mess-ups turn to his head Warburton he must be rookie the second half of this race to get the position back [Music] Pressley almost spot but saved it no it's Hut Stricklin I'm sorry bubble he man smoking I should they're spinning but they did Wow nice job I hug [Music] go for it boy this time of the race cuffs so far to go you don't want to get over anxious oh you're right and I'm just a little surprised at some of the moves that we've seen already here in the first 16 laps we've got 367 total reputation this place Kerry seems like drivers will be a little warm not so maybe they're still remembering crystal last Saturday night never seen no Ellen on the inside of bread bowtie trying to take that spot away try to bottle it and it's so closely the crew is so now when they get side by set I just hold my breath and here comes Dave Marcus he has a run going who push must break or I don't buy what I say pushing the crap Dave nice to pass here comes Bobby Hillin in the car number 77 once rent without going outside guess back in lad Mark Martin coated me [Music] mark marques car [Music] and here's Dale Jarrett taking the position away from trot Strickland then [Music] yes by half a car length Dale Earnhardt goes to the lead picks up the 500 points and we have the first lap never [Music] and for the fancy when you say pick up five bonus points and we have some fancy [Music] which the most laps also gets five bonus points the first five cars have separated themselves a little bit from sixth place Sterling Marlin does taught by Marv and ready trickle and Gordon here is Jimmy Spencer and Jeff bodean battling for position that's back there for about 12 and now you can say Presley though he just came into the picture Presley wanted rookie contenders this year second in points for Ricky Craven here comes from Rusty Wallace [Music] she's already moved up to 14 when he first starting position yes he was a second batches qualified John Kernan has to report what's the problem but Darrell Waltrip who has lost many positions John the mob the problem for Carol is the car has gotten just extremely loose he can hardly now this is a brand new car that they built to bring here [Music] a lot of changes since they got here you so lose Daryl's having problems just keeping it here's Presley now looking to the car of Jimmy Spencer just ahead as rusty comes up on both of them [Music] crispin tried to move around spencer how come you never got this excited when you were driving out there was driving it seemed to be set by the way Jeff Gordon tried his best to get by dead triples not successful we can see five or six car lengths in trying to do that it's been effects early Marlon has closed up right on the back bumper that's sterling in the yellow number four this is in-car camera looking right ahead and Jeff fort and ear indicators when it for an impressment finding its long side of Spencer can't make it out of dusters for the trowel press laid all this for 13th and 14th position no money changes spots as they fall at the single file formation once again [Music] I'll show you where all the action is and there is a lot of here is brett bodine and mark martin along with the 27 car of Elton Sawyer the set for cookin under threat bowtie on let's back for second play and the second third new except wait he's the rest of the field by quite a bit and dr. Jerry punch can tell you about Ricky Rudd we're starting to hear a comic among the top drivers including particularly about the car being very very Billy angleton with this settle down be careful the easiest race time I'll bite you back off the real fix and we benefit from the same thing was set by Ray Evernham the Jeff Gordon who invited him about his tour of finishing record he recalled that he got a loose race car you don't want to push the generation Annette showed you in the early going how difficult it was for Jeff Gordon here in the previous races look at this - of breasts that's a Grissom and todd bodine now they come into single file but Todd the inside of Steve is ahead for what and title they make contest the castle there goes let's go faster 23 that Jimmy Spencer the 23 has a get Bert the 30 Carmichael Walter and also the 90s are generally made the whatever school night 23 target maintain position about the Lucic and Burton has Spencer into one while this action is going on Dale Earnhardt continues to lead and with the amount of laps he has 2,400 laps here at the track too tough to tame now Bill Elliott comes up on Jeremy Mayfield and Bill Elliott who probably had the fastest car here in the practice on Friday but had a problem during qualifying and nearly wrecked in turn number two is trying to move up from the rear of the field nose to tail races they're trying to read round them it's only trade grounded that segment from Rick [Music] we can see the Spencer's car evidently very very loose because he lost three spots all three of those cars able to get by [Music] [Music] Claire head for the 94 [Music] nineteen car and here's Jeff Gordon still trying to get around thing trickle but he hasn't been able to do it [Music] just took that much is left by trick that's all he needs with just one little bit of a slip and I think what if we just easy perfect ready is gaining on Earnhardt it was a 1.3 second separation of new laps ago and now John Andretti has cut into that lead [Music] hard upfront within Gordon trickle and Marlin after 31 laps of the mountain to southern Milan [Music] it is race day America here on ESPN and happy Labor Day weekend to all of you we hope you'll stay with us and see all of race day America which includes among other things this in a Winston Cup race plus the Indy car race coming up from Vancouver at five o'clock Eastern Time well John Andretti had gone right up to the back bumper if they alert heart but then they started to move through traffic and Earnhardt is a little bit ahead of John once again but it looks like Andretti is keep it right up Jerry Bob you're exactly right and what's happening that reason John Andretti was implicit during ours what Tim Brewer is telling his young driver Brewer is telling Andretti be smooth be consistent don't punish the racecar and every left when he goes by Brewer tilt and ready what her dark lap time was I was and for four consecutive laps Andretti was able to be their heart and now being smooth he is white there once again on the back bumper he sure has he is narrow the gap once again it is down to less than a car length let's see how a thread handles the situation out of turn four he could very well take the lead back from Earnhardt again into one and he will [Music] Jefferson is the fastest car on the racetrack right now [Music] back to the spring and March he was a master start here involved into this and that in turn one but Jeff Gordon did have the fastest car that's in barrier the 32 car there's a race coke and LG soccer that's the 31st position coke takes it away [Music] Gordon takes second from tailor so now it's Andretti's gone let's take here this afternoon would have chamois can 95 they don't necessarily have to win the race they just have to finish ahead before chevy finishes second thing still [Music] Jeff Gordon he is when it awfully hard he's right we'd like to do here pretty early in the race would be to go up there and take the lead and get those five bonus points we talked about earlier before you can pick up the better it is ricky'll and Marlin there you saw battling for more as we watch the field come through Ward Burton II MBNA karpati been able to about Ricky Rudd and the Roush drivers are running together on the racetrack Musgrave bend down and of course as betty indicated earlier martin takes that position there will be three cars at that staple next year with jeff burton driving the third [Music] the mark Barton car Myers with these two cartons somewhere around Charlotte and Jeff Gordon has just about called John Andretti and Earnhardt stay right there with them Loy Allen was in baguettes for a while he lost three laughs now is gone another lap down on the racetrack 41st position [Music] that much behind and ready can't see where you're going now you see this a racetrack directed fun [Music] and the longer they run all these powers the hotter they get the slicker the racetrack gets and that corner I heard them those cars on the track 2:26 moved to 24th position by the 16th lap and there you can see how he currently make that in 14th position as inside of Bobby Labonte and takes so Burton from 2016 14 in the first 44 laps we believe however those up front including Andretti now Rusty Wallace goes to the inside of Bobby Labonte takes a look [Music] we understand the 40 car rich level is smoking smoking here comes Morgan Shepherd into the picture Morgan astir bikal is 29 [Music] like the fingers rub in there and then the life be retired driven the quarter panel its life should be more concerned about there he's not [Music] all on his windshield well they they can feel reasonably comfortable your top three and red experts up here at the booth of that success here at Darlington both on this racetrack here is Dale Jarrett to take that fit position away from Dick Trickle thank you by the way Steve Grissom just pulled a Monica car in the pit hits on the back straightaway as slow as he did that Garret started in 12th position and this Ben clock oven him for some reason but he's been faster than the leaders to last time absent in position now is Dale Earnhardt as he was able to pass Jeff Gordon this is how it happened down the front straightaway he gets alongside goes inside and Gordon just backs off like she's going her heart takes that spot away I would guess that Earnhardt he started to run this little bit I see [Music] before he's found a pathway and while you take a look at the top five will tell you the rich bickle has been like it's race to America on ESPN [Music] Raceway in South Carolina there's earlier John Andretti who's talking on the pole [Music] $16,200 in unocal bonus money right behind him is Danner that's Mike Wallace in the card number 94 36 and 37 position Wallace will go up [Music] inside now he comes up on clock not easily but I don't think there really isn't oh it Spencer but everything's okay they continue on and we'll watch Bernard as he tries to get by Mike Wallace they're in their 55th lap now so pit stops again laughs so all those folks up in Detroit at Kmart Little Caesars watching and saying wow our car is in front and the rest people on the other side of town watch that Goodwrench Chevrolet ricky rudd outside pole-sitter lost a lot spots where is he now position I mean the 13th position protected position from lake speed [Music] the backs right [Music] then started to go back [Music] his crew chief announced this week that he'll be leaving the Ricky Rudd team at the end of the year who wants to pursue a career in driving I remind you Kirk Shelburne a Navy spot for the same future but Billy drove some a few years ago it's run as one by Ricky Rudd not fighting but once they come up this car is not right it's just waiting for that first pit stop which won't be long in we said 58 to 68 right now we've been there on the 15th [Music] cherry watch this pit strategy getting off with a fuel mileage 70 laps but it won't be a calculator that's going to determine when a dreaded hits it'll be the stopwatch that Tim brewer is using here on pit road Brewer set that les John begins to really fall off his lap time which could be as early as lap 16 it's just a couple laps away that's what I'll make the call and bring John down pit row to see a dirty bit sometimes about 60 and lap 64 that will be just a few laps from right now as both of those cars have moved we talked about and they'll cherish how many pulled off the race trackies headed towards pits on the back he's just gone a lap down he decided it's time to come in very dr. shellner waving the thing up and down so you find where it is so it stops coming up we'll take a break before they occur at the mountain dew southern 500 john andretti lead the end of 59 laps [Music] well the definitive racing highlights show rpm all of our racing fans up-to-date with results features interviews and highlights it premieres on espn2 tonight at 8 o'clock with all the news from NASCAR in the car a lot voters like those nips of Supercross new judgment rpm - too tight tonight at 8 o'clock on ESPN 2 17 now a six become romantic legend dark and pitstop are taking place Joe Nemechek comes now Robert Pressley here comes Bobby Hamilton pulling out Blake's bait made a pit stop Strickland was in [Music] as a report on lakes be four tires link speed everyone they also around a bite out of Brent's accident before time James Bobby Labonte who is in is also a roadie everybody else talking about the cars being too loose come around to the left side as sac sent to the car Rusty Wallace also coming down pit road he'll fit right behind to get ready to go 65 executive stop doing 65 and 70 ricky rudd whose car also wasn't handling properly is off pit road will be four tires [Music] adjustments and john andretti the leaders to slow it down making his entrance on the pit road to the left side Rusty Wallace wiki world is now is getting serviced as is teri kahani John Andretti making is my video very slowly down toward dr. Jerry punch meanwhile they have changed lives on that left side tires on Ricky Rudd and they are bumping the spoiler up here comes the 28th the 24 and the four as John Andretti brings a little caesars for Thunderbird to a halt a choose right side tire through head bruise Jerry the tire here is Tim brewer taken the right put the jack beneath the left side jack Sakura here comes Dale Earnhardt del Palazzo the drop the jack on Johnny [Music] good Shelly down here at Darlington South Carolina seven-time Winston Cup champion they will go to the lights out on the earth marketing service now baby gently put the Jacqueline's the left side of the car 1 2 fit brood and also Ward Burton will also be coming down pit road right behind him later pitted nose-to-tail while a surfeit triple headed down the line they will take my tires out just a little bit Ward Burton's car has been just a little chassis adjustment [Music] both teams will now provide scheme already finished on the rack side swing around down pit road website tires coming off the wood Burton finally get the hose out of the way Road well when this is all over Dale Earnhardt's win this race and Ricky will be second down here pit stops whenever one does bernhard will [Music] leave john andretti led 31 laps and that's the most laps he's ever led in a single race in his NASCAR Winston Cup areas Dale Jarrett passing Brett Bodine [Music] right now being shown in the lead is Todd Bodine - mark mark don't believe God just hit the wall daddy turn would he made a pit stop just a few laps ago he's going turn three [Music] and that he missed his [Music] that's right we can see some baby damage to the right side of this car so mark mark will not win the southern 500 one and three drive [Music] pit's bill Weber's there while Mark Martin has led to his fall here on the back stretching now to hit the wall to changing the right side he's got heavy damage on the right right this very expensive remark he has a stroke the running for 100,000 Steve Neil working on the right front tire they continue to pull the way at the sheetmetal marsh well we're buddy right now guys already three laps down and continues to lose continues to sit on the pit road in the backstretch there is the leader of the race Todd Bodine in car 75 as a 32 cars dead barrier Tett barriers do laps down Morgan Shepherd in the Wood Brothers car number 21 is being shown in second place now remember most of these cars I think pity [Music] so you can watch street Dylan down to make pit stop and come as fasting Campbell chef watches me fantasy filter it has called the 37 car of John Andretti in second place Morgan Shepherd is down off the banking and coming down the pits and there goes Dale Caron John Andretti is taking that position away Morgan Shepherd is made of good stuff time to dine continues to leave but we'll need a pit stop before too very long with brothers continuing to work on org and Shepherd into the backstretch [Music] and Mark Martin is back in for more service on the Valvoline Ford trying to set the co in on the car using a string to try to adjust the DOE in Master they want the front tires pointing straight ahead and they work so they use a string to do that mark is reporting if towing is on the car so they're trying to do everything they can to correct that problem but I'm as the leader Dale Earnhardt is second in the early going of the Mountain Dews by them there's a more close-up view of the damage sustained by Mark Martin when he hit the wall is back in the garage area I'll be doing some work on that car trying to right from Mark Martin who is one of the three a thousand dollar bonus that you can see that mark is car and surveying the that would happen in a tough week form yes it has after the 18th well here's Todd Bodine finally giving up the lead on lap number 81 and coming in for his pit stop on the backstretch so that's going to complete the cycle now Dale Earnhardt is up front with Jarrett second and John Andretti third here's no ever while mark I hate this for you a great run yesterday you had a good car for the wood race good what happened it was racing real good on it I miss my pits over here on the backstretch had to go around behind trying to make up what I lost up I just trying too hard love this crews going to work on it 87 is brush the wall they need a new track for interfering housing back here they're going to work on that we're going to try and get it back out remember he's third in points Nemechek has headed for the pit area also shucking some pieces as he goes this is what happened to Joe we said it lucidly saves that he goes up oh my goodness Grossman right in front of it ready Jeff Gordon I don't think there was any damage to I don't think they touch but man a close call for both and ready and Morton running it's running third for and Sterling Marlin has just passed Jeff Gordon to take away the the worst spot so I wonder his Jeff Gordon slowing down or sterling Marling to get in that fast remember that poor car Sterling Marlin won the race here in the spring the trance out 400 he did here's John Curtin with Joe Nemechek as he comes in Joe Nemechek a Grammy under screwin Seth that's what caused it in fact they're discussing some things about to the garage jelly told me earlier this morning you know this was the backup Carson we wrecked our primary puzzle our goal today is to finish with a clean race obviously they can't receive their call today let's take a look once again at how this damage occurred that they are trying contract like caution flag is that never season car in the wall for car we'll take a look from Sterling Barlow's car everything he didn't go across the racetrack huh yeah the caution is for debris on the backstretch that's a tough break where they'll learn our because he had about a 10 15 second lead did it was a train five and six but he was pulling away yeah [Music] it's our second caution of the afternoon there is the debris on the backstretch told in the slowdown we were averaging 142 point nine to one miles an hour when the caution came out Nemechek crew and opportunity to do some work while not losing quite as much time well now this is whether all these teams been waited for that caution flag to make a pit stop and work on this thing do all the repairs you need [Music] positions over 19 car zone ironheart and we ride all I meant to do you give all the way down for turn number one so it'll be a long ride for him Dale Jarrett is the first to flank off a second pit stop under green [Music] left side tires now going on the Goodwin Chevrolet and for controlling mawla gentle with the fastest 19.6 Rusty Wallace will make a big game on this pitstop and dick trendingest all right in the middle pit road about to get run over by Dick Trickle now he's backing up they didn't get the lug nuts tight on the front tire oh let's pick it up me Cinnabon Jay and Donny window ran up and tried to borrow some lug nuts Trinity only had about to let go totally weren't title and now [Music] background was so pumped going into this race and you'll see the total deflation in everyone as we now they've gotta concentrate on getting themselves back up because we are still a long way from the end of this mountain to southern 588 laps completed we are under caution we are back at Darlington still under caution behind the pace car as the three Dale Earnhardt the leader of the race and then John Andretti behind him along with Dale Jarrett and Sterling Marlin coming up on the inside and getting set for the restart those cars that are a lap down spencer were under caution because debris in the backstretch and this incident with Joe Nemechek just before that his car got loose up into the wall he went right in front of John Andretti Jeff Gordon and the Sterling Marlin but Joe was able to keep it on the outside wall there as far as they were concerned but you know it I mean did a lot of work done honey what he's shot across the racetrack it would have been one big time ray wouldn't it oh yeah taking out some top contenders to leave a check is four laps down it's a sellout here at Darlington every scene is full of race fans very much the [Music] [Music] [Music] number three car isn't the leader and he's gonna be another 23 car in just a second and new jet meant for second place on the inside of Edwin just a second that pass effect especially on the waitress I guess there are slim laughter here's the pizza rebirth heart stayed the same Jerry lost a position that has gained it back and ready gained a position Marlon lost and Rusty Wallace gained two positions on the most recent round of pit stops here comes Jeff Gordon trying to get by the 37 car man Freddie let's see what happens in one no challenge there either Brody's car [Music] now boards got a run on him there he goes and Jeff Gordon does take over the spot and soul he goes to third and we got a report from John bobbers - all speaking up two spots that's the last time and it was a blessing in disguise the bite to the car and they did all that seventeen and a half seconds that's why they picked up two let's go down to dr. Jerry punch and Jonathas fortunately it was a mystery location between crew and robber that hurt Dick Trickle they were going to take a rubber out of the right rear on the card number fifteen and took the rubber out left the right side jack and trickly to evolve laughs back to 29th position did Dick Trickle and Dale Jarrett is challenging Dale Earnhardt for the lead a great second half of the season for Dale Jarrett who comes into their race 12th and the points he has scored the second most points in the second half of the season next to Jeff Gordon trying [Music] laughs while our lives going on Jeff Gordon the Gordon can flip this race yesterday has we have had six lap leaders here is Sterling Marlin now going to the inside of John Andretti and taking so Andretti losing positions here there's something just not exactly right on the chance on the 37th Sterling Marlin is behind our leader they learn our theory in turn are going to the corner [Music] six litres hurt heart and ready rut todd bodine geoff bodine and michael waltrip here's another Fram field summary showing you where they're running right now parentheses are their starting positions look at Jeff Burton's 26 the seventh of Rusty Wallace from 21st to eight [Music] he's being pressured by Ward versus another car mouth challenge turns goes up a little bit that's all Gordon needed get that door open in Toulouse now for second place on the move many Garrett's another ladies a little bit tight with new tires hands and then the longer they run sort of like John Andretti saw the 24 car make a serious rear sway bar gentlemen John Kernan can tell us more about Rusty Wallace as he goes to the inside of darrell waltrip father told you about the chassis adjustment they made as they tried to tighten up that car and they still have not got the chassis exactly where they needed to be said pitstop they're told rusty to hang in there car still little bit loose if they're planning robbing timber to improve plan on making some more adjustments with wedge and tire pressure on viii and behind him is Ward Burton who's in 9th position out darrell waltrip there that rusty is going is not on the same laughs he is allowed 23rd spot [Music] Jimmy's picture has gotten around check it out you can see how big he's slipped there Spencer coming up on in Spencer in the yellow number 23 Earnhardt gets very high coming off of there Spencer just drives right under it Wow was he trying to let Spencer Bayou wreckage getting corner car just wouldn't turn [Music] so Spencer now back in the nineteen cars [Music] 41 car may have lost a cylinder that of course is Ricky Craven [Music] on that John what's the story lot top with bricklayers curtsy Ricky Cravens crew chief last caution period they think they book something in the valve [Music] yeah but with everliving [Music] I'm sorry Bob looks like the 12 bars also have an approximate boy l was going by Derrick oh boy Allan had problems early came in for a long his hobbies 45 laps behind as we completed there is Ricky Craven 41 and in 33rd as a man Bank Gary Koch pulled off the racetrack and went to the the pits well jared is back in second position and this is how that was accomplished by good battle between these two guys run straight away Dale Jack it's a terrific run off for close alongside Jeff its position and inside he goes and bagels Jeff Gordon [Music] and Sterling Marlin is now and Rusty Wallace making it a three-car battle or [Music] the inside of jairus please turns three and four long [Music] take that chance that's what exactly what we're talking about Bob patience your girls and a lot of drivers went on in there going into their crank there that's garlic no these have been known to be real smarter as the race driver [Music] 176 points behind points we understand the 31 car is in the pits John before passing the crew changing raishin [Music] scheduled pit stop again type so breaks ax hey Carlo back onto the racetrack to 18th position [Music] I'd say what Jimmy Smits was doing a doggone good job that smoking joke or he passed on or five or six laps ago in this state Jerry punch one up a little bit ago didn't fool me what they all said was that as his trip to life behind him Pizza was making the dream car very very loose and his back to Spencer was running nature was gonna let it go so they'll pull the higher court he'll eventually slow down and we'll catchy with exactly one Chevrolet now brick sex sex just came out [Music] front foot special that lifts stretches slipstone up the second quarter its are leading this race Jeff Gordon Sterling Marlin Dale Jarrett and John Andretti are trailing Hill at the end of 109 of 367 laps it's race day America on ESPN welcome to our live coverage of Mountain Dew southern 500 he is the winningest active driver here at Darlington Dale Earnhardt with nine and he is leading here again nine wins times in the top five at the track is tough to take his most recent victory of course was in the 500 at night rather rainbow dine in the wall [Music] cars backed up against the fence and pretty heavy damage to the left front here's another guy that has had a lot of tough breaks this year we're talking about Ken Schrader same category just that's so much your Johnson is 22nd in points and has only recorded to ten finishes top of the frame watch from the camera in turn two he's on the inside on the outside I guess ah the 87th row is that look like it the clothes and around he went making contact with the outside it's come at the tips here like every opportunity 17 cars running on the lead lap and coming in for service Rusty Wallace stop nailer harness new man the longfin area here finally arrived to those orchids Bernard Marlon and Rusty Wallace here John [Music] they have already changed right-side tires on the change left ours great pit stop for the Goodrich crew he is down the way they made no chassis no and those smaller adjustment whatsoever and they fall out signify like the herd here's bellwether in the mags Jeff Burton is here this will be no adjustments on the rapist is more tires and fuel he's been right behind Michael Walzer Birds also going for four tires [Music] followed by michael waltrip we're not very happy with some of those [Music] sixth place before this caution those fitted on the back stretch as those who are a lap down come in for service here Hamilton and Marcus and darrell waltrip once again here's what happened [Music] as a monthly for loading sounds and there's the damage sustained red photons here at Darlington we'll be right back [Music] raceday America continues here on ESPN and espn2 with a look back to yesterday's Busch grand national race Chad little tangled with Tracy Leslie hits the inside wall little next to last in 40th he lost 127 points to Johnny Benson Mark Martin followed by Johnny Benson they battled throughout back in the pack however Jeff green Elton Sawyer and Jason Keller seven eight-nine but the switch is on Keller and green trade places Martin grabbed the lead on lap 98 never gave it back he had success yesterday he struggled today we now go back to Darlington Bob Jenkins and Dave Despain [Music] crashing and banging in yesterday's Bush Grand National race we haven't seen a great deal of that today but we have seen some great racing let's get a recap on backstretch pit activity from Bill Weber well Bob this is the right rear tire that just came off of Garrett cokes car during a green flag stop this right here is the reason Coke came in and got four fresh tires now the crew tells me this is a rock puncture that they probably picked up on pit road in fact they're very sure they did that because Derrick felt it right away he thought he'd be able to work it out as he went out on the track but he couldn't they had the tires go down they had to come in and get 400 green that's very costly now one other thing about Jeff Burton he has not changed anything on his car today except for tires they've been extremely strong and we're running sixth when they came in and it last time we'll have to keep an eye on the Raybestos board let's go forward to John Kernan while the work continues on Brett Bodine scored clever guard as you can see the my rods bread Tolkien moon but I check the tires the tires did not look flat so baby got up and said that Lister and just lost it backed it into the wall [Music] we're back underway let's tell you that Jeff Burke fallen into 12th position as a result of those pit stops up front several cars electric in their laps back many there's three cars Emmaus see one car sax is slow in front of the entire Bailey agency [Music] that results in a big mess down in the third turn couple of cars running side by side Jeff Gordon is way up by the third fourth turns that is Jeremy Mayfield beside him everybody's okay here it's alongside Jim Thornton then it turn 1 million and ready to the inside of Gordon they're trying to go through him [Music] smarter [Music] we see sense is coming toward Pinto John credit for all the sex well when they went back to clue [Music] we just went back and they didn't exactly tightening yeah tell you wanna look and wobbling just amazing put on left sides of fresh tires is the field what partners highways just gone back out on the race - cossacks on pit road right here and the field and the cook Shack [Music] xxx position a lap down so now he goes down [Music] be Spencer remains in front of Earnhardt and his eight on the lead lap there Dale Jarrett who's running third who there's ho very close competition and 456 and Rusty Wallace we'll ride with him for a moment [Music] ready be holding that too long [Music] I think Jeff still wants to win this race cut Strickland is rock there too and here's bobby labonte going to the inside of geoff bodine as Bobby Hillin is there in the 77 the 28 is funnier on the main straightaway and damage the car pretty badly Dale Jarrett running third position there is no yellow at the moment is Naoki to keep the color under power but what a pray for Dale man oh boy he was so confident coming into this race today because he felt it doing that a good race card and show me had a good race car not good not good at all listen we can see from a speech shot Jeremy Mayfield was right behind him in the 98 car now whether or not that caused the spin I have no idea but in any case it's a bad break for Dale Jarrett who was running right up front and now all he can do is his the wind for the pit area [Music] and I'm sure the Jimmy Spencer warning the caution flag desperate because he is in front of Bernard every suspense from the 23 car in front of Dale Earnhardt's but not by much [Music] Spencer here is Bill Elliott putting a move on Jeff bodean and he moves up to 13th Elliott that have been 13th block Geoff Bodine behind him and Michael Waltrip Lake speed and Jimmy Spencer what the leader of the race there become Michael Walden Pennzoil car this lawsuit about three positions here in the last couple of laps here comes Steve foursome [Music] move [Music] spot so this is not a challenge for position however late speed was now here is Rusty Wallace and Hut Stricklin battling for position this is for fifth spot the 16 car is not in that next forth once again therein so some drawer must be happy sit at all [Music] one of these days a light-filled summer you watch for your favorite driver and see where he was running just one lap ago and the starting positions are in parentheses so you can see who has made best move-in day learn almost gun trying to put Jimmy Spencer a lap down [Music] just to the ammonite feel separate let's go back and take a look at that once again little contact there maybe huh to say that Goodwrench Chevrolet and he did well Dale Jarrett has pulled his Texaco Havoline for Thunderbird into the garage area in fact they sent for the frame machine guided probably some frame damage Dale what happened I just messed up I just lost it we were a little bit loose we tried to make an air adjustment and it seemed to make it a little bit worse and I just trying to do a little more than I should've been and this plant lost about the corner is the track really gotten very loose today I mean is the track really I got in bad shape well it's slick certainly yeah we started out the race a little tight and in pretty good shape got a little bit looser each time and just didn't make enough adjustment not to just back off a little bit didn't do that I will deal Jarrett is in the garage here now as I told you they're gonna try and get the frame machine to bring it down here and try and straighten this car back out and get it back out into the race the Dale needs the points he would like very much to get into the top 10 at Lee al ESPN is hot handed a live at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina for the mountain dew southern 500 part of race day America [Music] caution once again on the racetrack and those in the lead lap commend for pit stops we can tell you that the incident involves among others Ricky Rudd and Jeff Gordon we don't see Jeff board coming in and Robert Pressley spun coming into the pits here comes the service and Jeff Gordon is just now entering pit row to the top of your screen coming down they had a we'll take a look at what happened in just a few moments when we watch the activity on pit road as it's happening live Dale Earnhardt's crew working on the left side of the GM Goodwrench Chevrolet work complete he's gone Sterling Marlin is coming out Mila Botti Hut Stricklin Rusty Wallace and terrible money in an almost contact there yeah there wasn't it believed between Terry Livadia look at that just that little bit of a bruise on the bumper of the DuPont Chevrolet well Jeff Gordon s Gard Darlington has not had good finishes only in the fall of 94 when he finished in sixth position did he have a finish in the top 20 and we see Jimmy Spencer leaving pit road he did in fact get back in the lead lap so being persistent paid off now let's take a look at what happened up in turn number two well someone has gone in the wall up in turn one that's Jeremy Mayfield we see him in the wall and all of a sudden the 24 car spins now that the 8 and the 10 make some contact we see the 10 cars spinning and we see damage to the right front of the 8 car [Music] all right from the next angle now watch the top of your frame top of the picture a little contact there between Burton ten and ricky rudd we see run back is backing off to avoid the crash that's in front of him and the eight car ran in the back of it yeah that's not what started the original crash now for brother jacking off okay here's Rudd going down in return Ricki was seeing this smoke coming from two cars and got off the throttle and got hit you know what I think oil in the corner because it looked to me like that port and Jeremy Mayfield but separately but a bubble between those two fellows they just seemed like they spun about the same time like they hit a whale or something this right away complete [Music] the top five will come back to Darlington in just race day America beginning here at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina Mountain Dew southern 500 and it's things that have just happened that determined Championships Jeff Gordon the points leader coming into this has had a problem watch at the top of your screen that looks like that's Gordon coming in the picture and we see Jeremy Mayfield he didn't wall behind him in Jeff Gordon spinning I don't think that was the same attribute no I don't think so either I think they've both spun almost simultaneously and I agree with you maybe if there was some all on the track or something he just was slick there let's go to Jerry punch maybe you can straighten it out for us well guys we Everingham asked jeff gordon was there all on the racetrack to me why did you spin it just said no the reason I spun was is I ran over a piece of debris that came off of a car in front of me and hit my right rear tire and cut my right rear tire that's why court is fun he said it's what's left to the right rear tire off the DuPont Chevrolet let's go to Bill Weber bill well Jerry I just talked to Jeremy Mayfield he just climbed out of this car he's talking with his crew right now but he says he doesn't know what happened all he knows is he just went straight into the wall all of a sudden so I asked me what was all he goes I don't know all I knew as I went straight into the wall so he's pulled behind the wall and they're working on the RCA for Gordon stays on the lead lap in 13th position Mayfield is behind the wall the other car involving that was Ricky Rudd and forget about the a car goes right Jeff burgers had a great run going today and he's got some pretty serious damage to the right foot of his car he stayed on the lead lap but he falls back into 17th position the last car on the lead lap just about ready to go green once again here at Darlington in the Mountain Dew southern 500 Dale Earnhardt still have but it's Marlins second Andretti third Bobby Labonte fourth and Rusty Wallace running in fifth Dick Trickle down on the inside he'll be trying to get his lap back he is in the 18th position [Music] the turn so well you'd love to see a caution right now [Music] for cars and second place [Music] ernhardt still trailing dick trickle down into turn number one as oh and trickle gets loose the poor car almost got in the back of the tree car and the other just spread out front [Music] this is on top of sterling Marlins Kodak film Chevrolet [Applause] we all got through that one all right remember Terkel started the fourth position here today yeah drop back but he had remained to language [Music] also on the inside in turn number four and ready still 35 it's top comes out and to the inside demand ready there at the end the backstretch the back there is jeff court who's way back there but begins still on the lead line 2:15 in ricky rudd both cars involved in that [Music] then look like there's a whole lot of damage you notice someone though want the right side of the car but they're in their whole life no there I don't think now that we see exactly what happened and realized more about what happened I don't think that Bruce we saw the bumper was caused by that I think it was earlier yeah dodged a bullet here a disaster for [Music] see the damage to the right front of the reverse car so they're things running pretty good [Music] Sterling Marlin crimes [Music] I'll tell you one thing right alongside here he goes down the back straight for the lead now watch him burn Harlem back off [Music] [Music] shot man Jeff Burton I meet Jeff Gordon again dodges a bullet but others Jeff Burton is involved in the answer again that Dick Trickle is trying to get a lot back to the 15th or dead there's cars up there beep yeah this is where the spotter is so important he'll guide dick through the remains of cars down here the Earnhardt and Marlon let him go and mullet Ronnie doesn't make Jo didn't do it well here on the straightaway we have Dave Marcus Jeff Burton and Todd Bodine was some very badly damaged equipment there is Todd he's climbed out of the car he's okay and the other two are going to get rolling again but Jeff you might run over done let's take a look at it there's Todd Medina from the outside back in breaks loose hits the wall right down in front of Ted Musgrave Morgan Shepherd goes by Bobby Hamilton goes back then he comes back up in front of the other traffic including Jeff Gordon see from Morgan Shepherd roof cam as they are still crashing [Music] pointed at hope and Morgan Shepherd made the right decision got through cleanly sellin rock hit the windshield it yeah did so the factory stores car is badly damaged Todd Bodine [Music] and Jeff Gordon is in Portage stop so is Jeff Burton some of these pictures bracelet or garment [Music] yeah I've had such a great to work it on the right-front they're working up in the backdrop of the 24th car Dave Marcus comes in they are working at the right front of the 24 car [Music] they want whatever it is they're doing in there beneath a good time to do it he was back near the end of the line on the lead lamp so they had time to come in and and do that work now because he what wasn't going to lose many position Gerry one went on there well they were putting a rubber in the right front spring there that excited to come in after Jeff had talked about the car getting the car not really coming together like you'd like to have it decided to go ahead and put a half a rubber in the right front spring we are we run we are under caution here as though in an International Raceway 45th annual Mountain Dew southern 500 Dale Earnhardt being shown our leader 151 laps are complete we'll be back track backs are brought to you by Quaker State the intelligent oil for longer engine life [Music] the fifth stop on the Mayflower NASCAR challenge jewel was at Michigan International Speedway this contest gives those who drive the big rigs for the NASCAR Winston Cup teams from race to race a chance to strut their stuff it requires speed skill and accuracy and moving the big breaks through a tight course if you get a cone five points are deducted if you knock one over you lose ten points besting all others on this particular day was Tom McCrimmon he's a driver for the Darrell Waltrip Western Auto team he skillfully maneuvered his truck with incredible accuracy each round accumulates points toward the year-long contest and the winner is also going to get a free trip to the NASCAR Winston Cup banquet in New York City there's a $25,000 bonus also awaiting the winner this round was worth a paycheck of $1,750 for McCrimmon as he now heads to Phoenix hoping to become the overall champion and they're the top five finishers from the trucker challenge in Michigan with McCrimmon on top besting William Smith of the 21 team and the others who took part in the challenge and finished in the top five we'll take another break and be back for the restart of the southern 500 from Darlington they've just taken degreed and went back to racing in that Mountain Dew southern 500 villain behind him Jeff Jonny that Marlins second and and ready though [Music] these are you tired of leading the race with all those guys we have done in turn one dispenser Dick Trickle yeah we're we're still the sympathy card completely been that way for a long time he was a car thief people keep getting their lap back here's an auto line field summary day owner [Music] the first 100 [Music] running in second position he has to lapped cars between himself and secrets and the Hardys Chevrolet [Music] first position 20 fish and he's 20 50 laps down there [Applause] [Music] bored [Music] 31 laps down [Music] marking the he's been off and on now Gerry give us an update on the 24 car that was then old for several times during that most recent caution [Music] so Lucy couldn't even drive it the first time they came in we showed him changing right side tires and putting a rubber in the right front to try to tighten the car up he came in the second time to change left-side tires [Music] Jim has not complained we've gone back to green flag racing let's go to Bill Weber Jerry the last caution worked out very well for Bill Elliott is Jeff board [Music] today they then they got a bad set of tires paid off because they came in put on four new good years and sent him back out of y'all's Osen he's running his race right now he's chasing Jeff Gordon in brought back to 13th position Aryeh tried to get by General Wolfe loose wicked a little bit and he had to back off the gas [Music] from myself yeah I was wondering that too it looks like it came from court it sure did looks like a game get born star darrell waltrip 29 [Music] the way mark mark is there on the racetrack [Music] for inside l there there [Music] Michael Waltrip and Dick Trickle back there [Music] Gordon is in 13 [Music] let's take a look at that and see if we can determine exactly from where it came I don't have any idea where it might have come from alright something just broke could be that he did put a little bit of pressure on that lifter spring and was soft and it [Music] Rusty Wallace losing some spots there warburton that [Music] for Hugh left for just a few a handful away [Music] these in fact like the car gets extremely loose back to AIDS right now that's Lakes beautiful namely registering his one 1988 in the Trent's out 500 the spring race ricky rudd is also having problems Jerry what's the deal there radios the fill angles that I think I might have a right rear tire going down on getting a vibration back there for about three or four more laps and it doesn't get any better [Music] then riding around there I'm thinking the tire may be flat and look at Daryl Walter how Tracy was just a moment ago in their hair so Daryl obviously got sometimes three laps down many of the 29th position the green pissed off before caution and he had gone a lap down the track then made the green flag pit stop so he's three laps down [Music] but on the racetrack can pick up another battle back in about 12 13th and 14th that's Elliot trickle and [Music] [Applause] there Steve Musgrave in the 16 car he's left down he's being shown 21st Walter Pope battling for position he's into 30 multi-level car and Dick Trickle [Music] [Music] good and saying we've had a lot of a lot of cautions caution to come that to come in and change tires they would have been to have all three Racing interval from Earnhardt to Marlon in second is 1.1 seconds in fact you [Applause] 3.6 seconds [Music] like Bunyan and there was Jeff Maggert I was 12 that's 30.6 those seconds the leader he said four to the second two left in 70 laughs you should be laughing Sports head to the second left and in about seven left you should be my brain but now calculate that as quickly as Jeff Gordon pursued by Robert in 33 Robert is 11th down Jeff has passed him and gone the tents is coming up through the field after a couple of close calls [Music] half a rubber in the rock front spring and folks what that does the right front spring make the car a little bit tighter maybe that's what the reason they did then maybe arrest of all snakes conditioned on his Miller Genuine Draft 40 and this is a brand new pardon rusty has here today something good [Music] the problem the problem they've been chasing all day is I've been telling you the chassis they just haven't had it right for the way the track is reacting today Griese on the last pit stop for tires they made major chassis adjustments we invoked the right and left and during this stretch of green flag learning rusty is still complain no screeches Robin Pemberton at this park is loose real loose so they'll have to make more adjustments throughout the afternoon rusty has designated this party r18 cars of coursers midnight midnight rider and captain and Ronnie this is a to Hopkins chassis in his designated PR 18 1 well I guess it's too new yeah it has to develop a personality before they name I think the first melt is developed Wendy Williams yeah they got a win before they get the name on there is gonna lose a spot Jeff Gordon goes by moving up to ninth place Jeff they're rusty Oh back off [Music] now just ahead of this group is another one that we'll watch for a while there's Ward Burton in the 22 car he's seventh there is Terry Labonte who is in sixth position in the Kellogg's Corn Flakes machine last week at Bristol and he the bunny and there we see the 2618 that is a race for fourth place a teen is fourth and Hut Stricklin the quest a good run State 26 I saw hearing dr's Monday Monday after the race and said I'd like to have that hood [Music] the elementary school is gonna have it on silent auction oh I'm not buying that drum other thing you'll bring it pretty easy because it's famous it sure is finish we're nearing the halfway point here at the mountain Dew's southern 500 on race day America 1995 Earnhardt continues to leave [Music] the SPN speed world coverage to the mountain Dew's southern 500 from Darlington being brought to you by allied signals auto light spark plugs guaranteed for two years no matter how far you go Ford and your Ford dealer have you driven a Ford lately and by the more than 1,000 autozone stores across America autozone the best parts in Auto Parts [Music] 179 laps from women day one in the southern 500 sterling marlin a second and then John Andrew take a peek at the kayvon sterling Marlins [Music] who is back in 10th position mark mark unfortunately had a problem early on is place at the moment 51 laps down but still out there [Music] laughs at 17 [Music] is 19th a lap down why [Music] that Park xli there is 48 laps down [Music] nine-time winter here at Darlington 3 southern 500 victories and 6 trends South 400 wins that long you know though and there's a second place dr. Sterling Marlin the hunter tradition prevails again this weekend you know Jim hunter the president is speedway both of his children were born darlington race days his son Scott is expected today wait one day he'd share his birthday with a famous person with third place card you notice how I just sneaked that in there happy birthday there John Edwin lands 29 laps started on the pole he has been as low as sixth he is currently in third and look here in fourth place is putt Strickland that Quaker Steak for our hats off but a nice run so far a great run true they're doing a great job in number five tearing them on the winter lastly interest Stricklen this is his sixteenth race of the season of course he didn't start the year with his team Steve Kinser was in the cockpit when the season opened but not Strickland finished in the top five a couple of times here's Bobby Labonte Jim fourth running together for position and Labonte in the average car was up in fourth class just a few laps ago [Music] jeopardy conclusion the [Music] and the car number nine is in the 8th position and now Jeff Thornton has taught that group [Music] launched our [Music] think I can see it [Music] everything I thought was is coming from we see Jeff Gordon's been able to get my legs beat puts him in eighth place and closes in on the back bumper of Bobby [Music] since go ahead man without to lose me to be behind me like that alright Bobby one of three drivers and really now one of only two eligible for the hundred thousand dollar bonus since Mark Martin is for all practical mommy if they should win here today we'll pick up a bonus of $100,000 let's move ahead a little bit there's the 31 car of Greg sacks he's 25th just ahead of him as the 22 car of Ward Burton who is six having a great run his second race in that car just took it over last week the crystal it just looks like Randy he ran well and rest a problem but he was running well before he had the problem here's got a good qualifying position up there in six months by the way we have passed the halfway point and they'll burn our things up [Music] in Gatorade money as the leader off the halfway challenge chef Gordon puts another lap on Frank's axe [Music] [Music] Gordon is seventh Ward Burton just passed Terry Labonte and went to one fifth place Yaga example in school four years showed us the top five versus fast finishes this year was within 31 car he's six at Michigan the best finish was his car while it was joy was 12th at Bristol and now that is the car that Ward Bert is chasing Hut Stricklin he has to catch strict there it is not that far yeah he's coming up on him he's pulled away a little bit from terrible body as you can see but he certainly has [Applause] besides we forgot about Wally Dallenbach second-place finish at watching swimming and deported to Korea that's been the best finish for that car this year [Music] and there's a bar that Ward Burton has to go to catch the three-car battle for 11th here Jeff bodean Eliot [Music] Jeff hangs on to it [Music] significantly from his starting position kind of flat down here in [Music] 11:12 position the race though a lot of time to go pay shoes now in his exhibited patience and being insecure that around amigos so Jimmy Spencer in the 33 car Presley racing right behind them and here comes Dale Earnhardt once again with a nice comfortable lead at the moment on Sterling Marlin John Andretti Hut Stricklin and Ward Burton as were 192 laps into the southern 500 [Music] stay tuned right here following the southern 500 for NASCAR shoptalk host Eli gold will be joined by Jeff Gordon and you'll have a chance to buy all-new Jeff Gordon collectibles that's NASCAR shop Talk next to southern 500 Jeff Gordon has closed up another position he started them at the end of 136 laps and now as we approach the 200 lap mark he has passed sixth position and is looking for theft as terry labonte just what we have seen occasionally what we thought were puffs of smoke coming from that 24 car let's watch him yep he safely passes terry labonte so he is up to fifth you see possible smoke puffs coming from that car Gerry are we seeing things [Music] you can see it down here they were actually scanning the ESPN telecast and began watching it himself and they ain't even radio Jeff and apparently what it is the left front fender Acacia enjoyment you're open to smoke we've asked Jeff to be careful getting in the corner the pit again around lap 215 [Music] the fastest on the track right 68 laps ago the races 7/7 long as he gave [Music] seven second interval on lap 193 to a five second interval on lap 197 so it [Music] [Music] [Music] something too in the southern 500 will be [Music] [Music] [Music] it's the Labor Day tradition since 1950 the southern 500 from Darlington the leader Dale Earnhardt is on pit road Jerry punch he's coming toward you pissed off with laughs whoa go Italy a routine stop they will change very very welcome drivers are already complaining a little bit of glare wanted to 9 has just come in it'll be four-tire change for Jeffrey they're making sure making sure the budget ID on the my car's gone mix-ups continue down here right side tires ever length here is John Andretti's today we've got his brother varlyn they moved to the left side of the Kodak car Oh change [Music] Galante here's john kernan terry labonte pulls away terry labonte had complained that his heart air pressure now we should see wolfburg momentarily as chef Gordon slows down ducks into come on his bedroom because now remember Gordon penida left 152 he could go up on 20 Wallace's get prettier than my right rear tire is completely gone and here is Gordon also in his Bobby Labonte shirt now watching Jeff Gordon's crew go to work put the plot crew right I'm tired [Music] go [Music] he will relinquish the lead on couch and Lord complained that the car gets very very loose on the long run tires also he had asked him to make a track bar adjustment adjusted making sure that they get back the drill [Music] maybe they changed their mind a little slow on getting the left side my left side mudguts 22 seconds for Ward burgers that's not really what they needed to keep up whistle and now Phil Elliott is headed down pit road on the backstretch go weather and we're waiting for Bill Elliott he has the last position here on the back Michael Waltrip will follow him down pit road this will be a four-tire change go to the right side Michael Waltrip and right-side tires they clean away [Music] Eliot back in the rain coming in [Music] complete recycle Dale Earnhardt by the way [Music] there is hurt heart just crossing the stripe into one it's imported one and LEDs coming off [Music] stay in the lead lap with the pit stops complete [Music] be back with more after these messages [Music] Dale Earnhardt is looking for his tenth win here at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina his fourth in the Mountain Dews southern 500 he is currently the of the range there are 17 cars on the lead lap we're averaging 130 2.99 we've only had five caution periods for a total of 27 laps out of the first 217 as off the four car go by he's in second and now Jeff Gordon is moved to third third third third and six right together Labonte trying to get on the inside of us Strickland we have seen those cars pass Bobby Labonte Drive away from him he made a great pit stop 66 second six tenths of a second he made a better pit stop recording my watch there anyone else a lot of track position Jeff Gordon did leave two laps picks up the buy bonus points 23 races still the only one that has laguna seca here's john kernan they had a great pit stop needed a pit stop Bobby and started complaining the car got very loose and it wouldn't even get any traction coming up off the quarters tires some pressure changes in the tires right now it looks like they make the ride adjust let's bring the bride there [Music] stopall sir cause I'm in Sears Point Raceway [Music] here's the money followed by rusty both get it by [Music] the Budweiser race recap Dale Earnhardt leading he's led 150 in the first he changes speed as Rusty Wallace goes around Bobby Labonte 133 point zero nine one Terry Labonte challenging Geoff Bodine those are the lap leaders and the ones that are his points for leading the race [Music] [Applause] Pinsir goes by on the outside but Spencer spot the car officially out of the race todd bodine because [Music] there's the battle for 13th position between Bill Elliott and [Music] - the battle for fourth [Music] really good run on the body Danny keep it on the floor pass it down the rust right away [Music] bill takes the spot michael waltrip go down as some top-tier company the Exide battery store McCutcheon small four spots in the last two laps so some type of problem to die [Music] the leader is a 16th position Peter [Music] we started 20 [Music] 15th for several laps that sporty Flair [Music] right now ernhardt 40 later a 50 Michael Waltrip and a 3040 heard on rent 30 50 needs to do some more then 33 car who is in 16th position there's Ricky Rudd right in front of him Road fifth position solved coming into this event [Music] one of only really two drivers that are still in contention for the thanks racecars would be of the Year honors Rahim [Music] and defeat the crew chief on the Goodwrench Chevrolet the Dern art is driving is going to work with a 33 car next year clears hopes to be a part owner of that team Oh Jackson you're the enemy right now is [Music] and earn our tickets on the inside and it's causing all the way back to the clutches of Bernard and here comes trickle Pressley get the left side tires and saw that and just stood on the gas yeah when he got lowered that shot he went the racetrack mark took advantage of it went right under hey here's the battle for second spot and Jeff Gordon is back to second [Music] [Applause] lady and he's gone from weren't in about they're making late kid stops they were about 17 or 18 cars in the lead put a half of a rubber in the right front spring bullet DuPont Chevrolet has taken off since our last Saturday night at Bristol through the [Music] once there is Dale Earnhardt who is the leader of the race and second spine [Music] I'm gonna be about 11 seconds or somewhere in [Music] 30 laps to go two more pit stop before this thing is decided it's 11.9 seconds the interval between avert market for first and second alright so we've got a face yet I believe he's gaining on him time click to watch between our Delta car things Jordan is gaining on Earnhardt just after their pit stops Bernhardt came out he was ten point four five seconds ahead of Sterling Marlin well Starlin was pretty far ahead of Jeff Gordon I didn't but now he has passed him and [Music] we'll keep record look at this statistic in the first 11 races of the year Jeff Wharton averaged about a 12 finishing position twelve point four that was because he had between the last lemon races his average finish just a little less than fifth we see the popular bonnie has been able to put a little distance eschol Bonnie in the green number 18 of Lucas Wallace in the two closets [Music] the card camera from Rusty Wallace 17 points coming in six 23 behind the leader Jeff Gordon sprinkler Hut was in that now the leader Dale Earnhardt if points were awarded right now Dale Earnhardt would pass Mark Martin and go to third mark yes the 165 lakhs so far [Music] they premiered tonight at 8 o'clock on ESPN 2 of our p.m. tonight with the racing highlights from NASCAR and IndyCar and for the one anywhere they run will give you the highlights on this race day America an appropriate time to we got a spear [Music] into the wall here on the front stretch damaging the right side of the car no call nope he was headed right for the inside wall but he kept it off and now continues to however a lot of smoke from the right side [Music] let's see what happens there he is that's Bobby Hillin in the 77 car and he'll it tries to go underneath and Presley comes down and they make contact in yep you sure do and Robert gets into the outside retaining wall Dillon goes by down on the inside they were battling for 16th position by the way my lamp down Bobby Hillin has had a very good run here this afternoon there is a little bit of debris on the racetrack a little fiberglass but again no cautions so far [Music] Robert Pressley has made it to his pit John and a lot of damage on the Wright brothers Robert presses skull Monte Carlo four tire change the person one two races here in the Busch grand national and he was hoping that's a really good one today in fact you can open up don't make you come home with the top ten finish that was what they were shooting for as we've seen both rookies in today place the two rookie beer containers professor has now shut off the internet quite a while so the work goes on the rush of the car to free but not the piece of debris this here on the front stretch it's for a piece of metal that's on the back stretch and there it is well while the caution comes out Dale Earnhardt has now flinched the most laps class today so he picks up the 5 bonus and comes out of here with 10 photos points the Sherman dominated the race is anybody's gonna get bonus points it ought to be in yep so far Earnhardt has been the one to beat although Jeff Gordon has come back from dodged a couple of close calls and come up through the field to run second currently with Sterling Marlin right now in third position as pit stops are about mr. caution this will be a break for John Andretti he was just about to go a lap down the pole sitter was gocbar in front of me learn for this caution here we see Earnhardt alone [Music] pit road John Curtin Rusty Wallace she's standing in the fit position right now he will hit his pit stall first of the top five runners what they plan to do is add uptown but they've already done I should say his head of the pound of air to the tires all the way around Rusty's car has been loose all day then Village Inn would draft rules swing to work [Music] what they're shooting for down now you're watching off green card hit the fruits one before it - - chef Lee's in a Ford right [Music] and 18.6 second for Dale Earnhardt escena de life and we're waiting for Bill Elliott and Michael Waltrip and this caution is a benefit to both of these cars because they were also in danger of being laughed or foul him Elliott rolls in with Walter right behind him four tires for these cars right side tires coming off the fuel if Mike Deaver out at the wall with NASCAR officials boarding in the debris on the backstretch begging for the caution to come out they got it now that left-side tires going every car the race followed by Waltrip each time they met they seemed to finish at the same time and because first of all guys good Jerry punch has a story earlier in the joint and ready pitch says no cinema SOT Tim brewer and tell Bob free apparently there's a problem with the car what's wrong well you know things started missing about 20 laps ago and he first complained it you know it dismissed it on the bottom in but I especially all the way down a straightaway we check the plug wires changing good right now Jer we just have to research about what a tough break for John Andretti picking up his first pull of its career here at Darlington now they have a Miss in the engine roars repulsion in the 45th annual southern 500 we'll be right back [Music] race day in America continues right here on ESPN and espn2 I'm Carl romick's welcome back to our race day in America studios don't forget at five o'clock we will have the Indy car race those Rockville owner would be able to take the PPG championship but at 7:00 on ESPN 2 Labor Day on Long Island the figure 8 and rollover contest from Riverhead raceway in Riverhead New York and don't forget our p.m. tonight debuting they will recap the entire weekend of racing Kenny main your host our p.m. tonight at 8:00 Eastern back to Bob Jenkins and Dave Despain all right Thank You Carl we are at Darlington and set to go green once again boy I hope I'm in front of a TV to see the figure eight and roll over to the championship aren't you I want to figure a race one time in a 1963 crew did and those are crazy just close your eyes you get that X yeah that's right well there's ricky rudd down on the inside he had just done a lap down to her heart before this caution a few laps before [Music] understands that they're not going yep they've waived off the restart for some reason and the reason is because we have a bottle of water that has been throwing onto the track no we won't say anything about that you know that water throwing don't know oh I get it so the caution rebate sound gives us a chance to take another quick drink before we come back for greens [Music] you have miss less than a lap Dale earnheardt still continues we went green on lap 249 card and sent to place Jeff Gordon are two lap cars Ricky Rudd and Dick Trickle [Music] it was he Sterling Marlin right behind [Music] make the man that black Chevrolet Barnhart get to fall away [Music] the Greek came out broad led them down into turn one but urn they exited turn number one and the seven car Jeff boat on his problems continuing he's out on the inside now mr. Bonilla outside he in the 77 are racing for position for 16th the 37 car we also understand is having problems heaps dropped back to 13th he is the last car on the lead lap hamburger Kmart Little Caesars forward something cars involved in this incident Ali turned Eliott not turn sideways went up and hit the wall it took about three cars with him McDonald's Ford badly damaged and Bill Elliott will not win his sixth race here at Darlington there is Jimmy Spencer who's also up against the wall the tiny car of Mike Wallace is badly damaged the highlig myers four-way lock moving around in there he makes a pretty heavy contact with Terry Labonte's cars ever seen Labonte I guess like last that hood this week cuz I do that would probably to speak for tuning up here comes Terry around this take a look at what happened going into turn one when you say Elliot in the middle there he's right behind the 43 car gets a little tap from Michael Waltrip and around he goes and Spencer gets kept there by the five car then Mike Wallace hits the five car Spencer goes up into the wall and a lot of cars ran over to free but nobody else was actually involved in hitting anything here's another angle they were running off the close together going into that turn that that the 32 or 22 32 that I've lost got that done yeah I'm sorry how close they are bill ran right up on the back bumper the 43 car and had to check up and Michael Waltrip ran right in there and didn't get checked up quick enough and tapped bill and around they go and Mike Wallace comes in hard on Terry Labonte he comes down he's going to the 32 car right there just as one out of the picture 32 of course driven by Edie barrier now let's take a look from the in-car [Music] [Music] here's Morgan Shepherd and this spotted better view [Music] [Music] not a beauty anybody will see with the rice car 5 cars involved in this incident Bill Elliott Mike Wallace Jimmy Spencer Terry Labonte and Edie barrier the Mike Wallace car is on the hook will sort it all out take a station up break and be back in just a moment it's still Earnhardt leading over Jeff Gordon Sterling Marlin Bobby Labonte and Rusty Wallace in the southern climate [Music] as you can see Phil Elliot is getting some assistance walking down the banking here at Darlington and it would appear as if bill has suffered some kind of injury you certainly hope it's not serious but he did hit the wall very very hard he didn't off the yard I don't think he's hurt that badly I think you just had the wind knocked out of him and I think his knees are kind of weak and what-have-you and it's hot so to take bill to the infield care center and check him over for any possible injury we look at it once again pretty nasty-looking fresh yeah it is here's our the other angle [Music] how it happens so quickly just there's what's left of the McDonald's for John Andretti is in the pits he was involved in that someone Jerry what's the situation well just prior to the accident we had seen smoke out of the John Andretti car we were speculating it was an engine problem that you heard Tim brewer report about earlier but in actuality it was a right front fender rubbing on a tire well that's no longer a problem because he got the right front fender knocked off when he tried to slow up and avoid that accident and in turn one he has been on pit road now twice they have been trying to peel some of the sheet metal away pry some of the front bumper bars away they've changed right-side tires go back at the pump now there - much on the mike he was the pole-sitter of course of the race we've got just a little more than a hundred ten laps to go in this 46th annual Mountain Dew southern 500 stay with us [Music] Vancouver British Columbia Canada on a stressful day where the Indy cars are ready to run on a very tight very rough course as race day America continues here on ESPN and here the championship in the Indy cars could be decided but it's a battle all the way down to 8th position with just two races to go shot Phil net with a new track record has the pole it's gonna be a magnificent afternoon for the Indy cars join us that's part of race day America coming up Paul page of the gang at Vancouver for the IndyCar racing again that's simultaneous coverage within cars on ESPN 2 TSP and speed world coverage of the southern 500 is being brought to you by Pontiac and your Pontiac dealer are driving excitement Pennzoil the motor oil that works like liquid pool bearings and by Goodyear number one in tires a lot of good years have been used here today because we have had lots of caution period Slovak drivers come in and put on fresh rubber now were about to go back to green although we'll be at least one more lap and a half would be for someone let's go down to Jerry punches with Jimmy Spencer Jimmy still sitting in the spoke to Jose Ford and Jimmy you took a heck of a lick up there what happened just a racing deal you know Jerry once a lap cars race is pretty hard the couple League cars they're billing it and Terry and myself with racing them and they just raced him too hard as far as I was concerned to cause an accident and put us all in the wall you know I think something this team had a heck of a race car for me today this bull to Joe's car ran awful strong made a lap up I really thought we had a shot at winning this race and we were biding our time and there's still a lot of laps left you know but we can't win the race in the hook but you know maybe we'll have a little bit better luck for him next time I guess you would think a driver with this kind of torn oppressed car would be depressed I'll walk through it to me at his huge smile on his face in hey Doc I had a heck of a race car today I'm excited I want to get back in and then Jimmy is still waving to us what's that Jimmy I gotta say something man outside Spencer its Diana can't swim he's got a whole lot of time left I love you uncle sigh I know you're watching this on ESPN and I'll be calling you this week play an emotional message from Jimmy Spencer guys indeed and we'd like to express our get well wishes to dick Darrel ripple one of our employees back the ESPN Bristol compound who's under the weather and dick we wish you the best and I want to say hello to Frank Stillman jr. who's in the hospital at Baptist Hospital in winston-salem North Carolina just went in there this week with leukemia Frank we're thinking about you buddy one of the greatest car owners in the 37 38 Ford coupe days back then he had some great race cars I had the pleasure of winning in his cars and wish you well singing and Bill Bray's inton you know Harold racing this racetrack his nephew his brother helped him build it and he made every racer of Bill Bryson every race and he died July 1st got a nice letter from his daughter we all do our condolences elimination John Curtin is with Mike Wallace Mike Wallace has just been checked out in the infield care center Mike you okay yeah I'm fine it's a shame you know we had a pretty decent car today we were having a little bit of trouble with our run but went down under one and just sit on his sons bad but you've seen a couple cars turned sideways uh it was Elliott or Labonte a red cars all I could tell and try to get slowed down and this a thing and as I got slowed down turned the car just took off slide like there was something on the racetrack and it's a shame I think I got into Terry and hit him pretty darn hard and then I got hit a couple more times this shame colleague Myers Ford was just gonna have a decent day and ended up to be a short day for us Mike walls been checked out he is okay Bill Elliott just came into the care center and guys he got out of the ambulance under his own power walked in didn't look like he was limping too bad when he walked us through the care center Jerry is with Terry Labonte well Terry's still sitting in the car Terry last week you dodged all the accidents today you weren't quite so lucky no we got caught in the wreck and just one those deals you know and we missed a few of them but we got that one well they're gonna try to fix the Kellogg's Chevrolet it is heavily damaged here at Darlington South Carolina as we continue under caution in the 45th annual Mountain Dew southern 500 we'll be back [Music] Labor Day weekend tradition here at Darlington South Carolina the mountain dew southern 500 we are 262 laps into this event Dale Earnhardt is leading we are under caution because of a five car incident up in turn number one when we come to Darlington in the fall it's always nice to anticipate who is going to be inducted into the nfpa Motorsports Hall of Fame and it was one of our own this year the site was the Darlington Country Club just down the street from the Speedway and the guest list read like a who's who in NASCAR stock car racing the occasion was the induction of former car owner Raymond parks and our own Betty Parsons into the National Motor Sports press Association Hall of Fame Ned did the intro thank you Steve so after he finished he was walking down in front of the grandstand on the racetrack and the fans started cheering and the closer he got to the start/finish line the louder they cheered he had one of those hands that back when he's doing the head of the week pipe deal and this one later looked over to her husband and said what's Willard Scott doing here ladies and gentlemen I present to you the ladies mr. Benny Parsons Benny next year I just sit there and walk down and sit with these guys herb Thomason ed and Tim and jr. I mean these guys are heroes of mine I guess almost everyone here and I just can't believe that I'm gonna be part of this group once again our congratulations to Betty Parsons and his lovely wife Teri was with it last night nice a telegram from Steve Ornstein the president ESPN congratulating you so our hats off to you sir we have just gone green thank you very much that was a very very special ned thank you very much for table it should be a rally very deserved honor ricky rudd I mean yeah Ricky Rudd beat Dale earnheardt down into the first turn so he's gotten himself back in the lead well [Music] by the way Dead was inducted to diggin MP a Hall of Fame back in 119 73 or something like that so he - yes both of our esteemed colleagues up here in the booth are members of that Motorsports Hall of Fame [Music] [Music] for pretty soon find out her heart moves to the inside of the blood pudding if I laughed out once again he's an 11th position window so now ten cars on the lead lap last car on the lead lap is the 30 car Michael Waltrip [Music] we don't want to [Music] by that last night the rain parks wife and I are invited did not some [Music] Bernard could it be we see Carter all day long was just by his time [Music] [Music] there are six or so cars involved in this one and this one looks like it is gonna maybe knock more out than the other one did there is Greg sacks who is badly damaged both the ends of that partition darrell waltrip is also involved i believe his car up along the wall and chart1 there it is this thing by de started up in turn four all right let's take a look at it here's Greg sacks on the inside of but they save it here comes boy l had a notion to come down there well yeah it does he comes on down there here there are three abreast going into that turn that doesn't work so they get together and a round they go that track closes up nowhere to go and four five six seven lots of race cars cutting bump and darrell waltrip got turn and hit the wall really [Music] and Mark Martin drives through another crash but Darryl's okay yeah oh yeah he's got that that down and he's climb another car and it's good to see that for the five-time winner here at darlin I need that he's okay all gasp they're the Daryll is shaken off he's saying I'm okay survey the damage what he's pretty spry for just such a hard leg I'm proud of you thinking lik like that you know Darrell lips a little bit anyway uh-oh he's gonna get run over that's good idea how do I get run over he's okay Steve he heard you thank you Ray I was telling Stevie his wife Stevie that he was okay cars junk oh by the way driver we were concerned with a few minutes ago Bill Elliott has walked out of the infield care center so our so that's good news as far as his health is concerned DW may be shaken up here a little bit I'm sure he's going to be glad to get someplace he can sit down get the cobwebs cleared out I think he's got a gun and banged a knee or something that yep all right replay once again to show you what happened first of all coming out of turn four and that's Rick mast I believe in that black and green Karl the inside there goes the mask and they tried to get in the corner in [Music] I saw Jeff Burton right in the middle of that again well he is taking some licks here today well how hard is that Jeff Gordon is on pit road a bit of a surprise huh huh as we watch the number 31 Hardy's Monte Carlo there is Gordon who has come in for a pit stop and boy it appeared that that car was running well Jerry what's the deal well they've made no chassis doesn't eat the only one among the lead group unlikely to come down pit road they had last pitted on lap 243 so about 20 laps ago he decided to come back in and change a tire and apparently Gordon now being told he radioed in and thought he might've had a tire going down from debris on the racetrack so apparently that is the case then nodding up and down to be that apparently had a tire going down I found out which one it was and get right back with you okay well there was a lot of debris without question up there in turn number one where we had that multi Kart angle so Jeff apparently ran over something [Music] [Music] we have three more events to televise for you after today on the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series will be at North Wilkesboro at Martinsville and then the season finale with this title here's dr. punch I told you how we tell you what happened to Jeff Gordon indeed I'm going to take a look at the right rear tire a big gash in the outside of the right rear tire can you believe this guy the second time today he has dodged the bullet he has cut to right rear tires and still hadn't hit anything the consequence here this tire was on its way down in fact it almost completely flat time he got back to pit road let's go to John Kernan is standing by with Jeff Conine well Jess sitting on the back of his hauler and crewmen coming in busily it looks like a bunch of bees working in the hive trying to get the car the Exide batteries forward fix what happened Jeff with John really pretty pretty stupid we're a lap down and we're just trying to get out of the way a lead lap car let them race for the win here we been having some problems made an adjustment on that last stop and you know the xid bird was starting to run good by still I was letting those guys go so they can race and the 31 car got under me off of turn four and I guess Rick mast tried to go under him into turn one and that's three wide and that's impossible here at Darlington it's hard enough to go in there by yourself let alone three cars and I guess he hit it hit the 31 31 hit me and you told me 10 cars got in a wreck that's that's terrible that's ridiculous I don't Rick didn't do it on purpose but it's really pretty stupid we're just trying to finish this darn thing you know and that's what you have to do here when you're having a problem just kind of let the guys running for the win for the lead let them run and you just finish the race and here we sit this whole race car really discouraging but that's part of the racing and you know that's a big part of what happens here at Darlington but at this time of a race you would think maybe early in a race you see these kind of wrecks normally as the race goes on guys slow down a little bit get a little more patience but not today all right well it's good to see Jeff bodean is okay since sitting here relaxing waiting to see if they can get his car back out on the track Jeff pretty much accurately described exactly what happened in a let's take a look at it again again here on the front stretch yeah it's right on that's Greg sacks in the 31 car on the inside of Jeff bow down and here comes Rick mast down on the inside he almost clears them getting into the term maybe clips to the 31 car a little bit 31 gets up into the seven and then boy it breaks loose behind [Music] in all there were 10 cars involved in that accident let's take a look at who they were Marcus Saks Waltrip Geoff Bodine and Kyle Petty and then the other five were masked Burton Nemechek Hamilton and Presley so it is caution again here at Darlington with 274 laughs completed now flag racing as they restart the southern 500 in a moment [Applause] [Music] Arlington Raceway in South Carolina for the mountainous southern 500 where's our dart jernard Earnhardt and others made a pit stop Earnhardt Sterling Marlin Bobby Labonte there's Hut Stricklin Rusty Wallace where are the cars on the lead lap came in and make pit stuff went in well they were concerned I'm sure about debride that they might have run over and maybe they watched the monitor when Jerry punch talked about Jeff Gordon cutting the tire and so come in just back up near the front let's go to John Kernan who's with Greg sacks well Greg has been to the infield care center check that you okay yeah tough break you know but this Hardy's money Carl because we were running so good we had a bad air gun in the beginning of the race putting a left front wheel tighten how to stop two times for that go down a couple laps but we were top ten car solid I know back there just a little poor judgment on some of the other drivers part you know Jeff and I was side by side going in toward one and I saw a car coming with a runoff at turn four and made it three wide I was kind of meet at the sandwich but that's tough rate we'll have to get him next week all right Greg good to see that you're okay and then when we get we're going to restart this race and John Andretti is still in the lead lap he is the leader of the race in the Kmart Little Caesars car but he's his engine is a man isn't it yeah it's been documented that he has a problem with that board maybe Morgan Shepherd and Bobby Labonte our Bobby Hillin Dick Trickle maybe an opportunity to get back up there and get in the lead lap I think Ricky Rudd has the best shot at it because Jeff Gordon is right there and he should be fast lays out the green flag waves 278 john andretti at the head of the field Jim what everything appears to be okay now as the field on the backstretch there goes her darn [Music] the racetrack as the others pass by on the high side [Music] as Morgan Shepherd between Devon second place jeff gordon's there's Wallace is also catching up to the field [Music] there's a leader of the race john andretti as bad as that inch and is supposed to be running this doing okay man [Music] about the same distance cars all paid it's working well but still [Music] this way itself a nerd our because he knows an art running third michael waltrip who's had an excellent run Lakes feed his for than that [Music] that [Music] now with shepherds radio you were hearing he's in 12 boy Jeff right on the trying desperately get her ass do it matter of fact he saw Bill Elliott they're out of the race it's his first DNF and are there since 1984 when he crashed on lap 328 nobody to pass my mind Bobby Hillin is [Music] big trip on the 15th are your concern art below a lake speed and sterling 45 and now Jeff Gordon has a lien [Music] [Applause] passes john andretti and puts himself up front once again [Music] or a letdown [Music] inside of Earnhardt third lap of the race [Music] second Oh Lake speed saves him [Music] we say trickle on the inside of Hilla [Music] the 13th trickle and filling [Music] and Morgan Jeffery gun has caught up with Darryl Waldron Darryl that was a pretty tough lick you took out there you all right yeah yeah I've been trying to be real careful all day and I was behind no one racing anybody they got three wide down there and I just got caught up in a brand-new car the Western Auto Champions the 22 car Ward Burton all those fun without babies going to get now yes he is popular body one both of them and Morgan Shepherd and Ricky Rudd were both able to get their lap back or this is exactly what they wanted they hate to do it at the risk of someone else's problems by with ricky rudd inside the tide for the ricky rudd let's take a look at that sloppy Levani with the run off turn four that's the original past a few laps ago when Jeff Gordon took the lead now we're going to see I think be the accident between Bobby Labonte and Sterling mom here we are down the front straightaway sterling he's trying to protect the ground he doesn't want to lose position Bobby wants it they go in the corner they make contact right there then again and the 22 car gets a little bump from behind from the 26 and he goes round sterlin have some contact to the father car we've talked about how Jeff Gordon the points leader has dodged some bullets this afternoon and fortunately for second place of the point Sterling Marlin he does not dodge the bullet instead taste the concrete here at Darlington the 22 car made some contact with the 18 with the right front I don't know what kind of damaged it would be there but hope that isn't too severe and another angle [Music] that's another situation it could have been a lot more cars involved unfortunately everyone else got through and here's how Sterling Marlin saw it [Music] and now Rusty Wallace perspective [Music] they what they glare rustic ain't hard to see you think anything now that Claire is definitely becoming a problem with the drivers as they go down to turn number one here comes Sterling Marlin back in Terry Labonte is also back in Dale Jarrett also on pit road let's say they look like there's a lot of damage can this get close to the front of that Mike Noah from the roof cam it didn't appear as if he hit it very hard maybe a little bit they're working on it there we go yeah right front nothing real significant they need to close that gap between the grille in the hood I got a check under there trying to Jack okay now let's go back and jump inside Rusty's car again well we will this time wrong [Music] yep that just goes I got a bad out of these guys kind of tricky first up today golly [Music] there's Steve Grissom and he has a passenger in that car does he get relief does it turn on what's going on back there ready now bill Davis tells me that there's no real damage to the car just got hit in the rear end but they changed four tires the last time in Ward went back out radioed in said hey we've got a bad vibration I'm gonna come back in I need four more tires so that's what they're doing right now this is the second time today got had a vibration but last time he had to run about 15 laps before there was the under the same caution so a good break for them with the three and we tied this pitstop along with say he's turn arts and Jeff boards and the three criminal split and they have a 22 second stop this morning they told me that it's going to how well they go and doing what I said okay I want to see a 1617 second pit stop from catfish it said 22 seconds you guys but Ward has managed to keep that car in the lead lap all day and is currently being shown in tenth position 289 the two abreast formation or the restart of the southern 500 the mountain dew southern 500 from Darlington the sellout crowd is still anticipating who might wet this thing here's the green and we'll settle it in about 67 there are 77 laps to go which means that there will be at least one more pit stop before this thing is over the rest of the way as far as but if my legs meet in the span car my body took the look down coming off turn two could not make it in the interstate battery star 37 car in the lead lap he also has his own car Bobby Hillin Dick Trickle still working hard on for [Music] - Wallace who's running seven that caution flag was a big break for Rusty Wallace whose crude although there's a crashes trickle swaggins into turn his car caution is out the rusty real quick that last set of tires they work a good set a good match that rusty the car was running terribly said they were lucky to have this caution period before this to change tires Dick Trickle brings out another caution here at Darlington he was running 13th when the accident occurred trying to get back and Bobby Hillin is trying to race for the penny will beat Gordon back to the line that puts the 13th car then on the lead lap been strong all day your house center under bear with our dark for a long long they've got 450 miles or so bidding 5510 power and hard to get back feet left but he's done it down now the only question is did he take the caution flag the lat proceeding is what I meant evidently not or the pace car would be else here's a replay there's triple he gets the car just a little bit too high he loses the backend and bam or the field bear down they all cut to the inside then he slips down in between a few up then they go to the outside he gets been there out the way here's Jerry with more on Dick Trickle unfortunately Dick Trickle is ready a tenant old bud more I think I may have cut a tire coming through three I felt it going down but didn't have time to get it and apparently yeah it cost them dearly it looks like they're gonna hold Bob Hill oh yeah he's not going to get his lap back evidently he took the caution flag the lamp reseeding knew and was not able to race back bill Weber has medical updates it was just over at the McDonald's rate bill Elliott's up front to the allowed charities very sore some of his crew men were telling me he probably won't be coming out for a while but other than that he's okay and very disappointed but he is alright and relaxing in the front of his rig all right thank you Bill 295 laps are completed here [Music] 72 to go or nearing that you know they can maybe come in and make it the rest of the way on fuel somebody just might gamble here at the end of this deal we'll have to see [Music] Jerry boron that I just talked to Ray Evernham here in the Gordon pit and they've got a little bit of a quandary my calculations and Charlie seekers down here doing some calculating if they were to stop now they could make it the rest of the way on fuel but the question is do they want to stop and give up track position well apparently they just might have this Asian because here they come down pit road yes and I don't want to stop and get back there and all that track but I guess I'm going to come in let's check it up into Rusty Wallace pit with John Kernan Jerry as soon as everyone else decide to do it rusty Wallace's crew sprays an axe and it's just a gases looks like Ward Burton is taking on gas only back to Terry to change all four tires here at the Jeff Gordon pit right side tires going and Earnhardt is already on the rope in trouble Gordon were go ahead and take the time doing it so Papaji their last the cardia to the pit road here at Gordon Dowling away he actually broke this mirror or a spotter told him and Sterling Marlin trying to get in this fence told him that look Jeff all the rest of the leaders are pitting he doe on pit road behind Earnhardt in the 37 car of Andretti he's back was a leader in the race and was about fourth or fifth hose [Music] let's take a look at Jenny sword and he was the leader of the race so it was a last-minute decision for chef Gordon as he saw everybody else dive off then he decided to so sending up for another restart here at Darlington stay with us [Music] they're getting the signal one more lap to go we go back to green the lights on top the pace car are extinguished looks like that ricky rudd will be up front when they begin once again and they'll say learn our second head bent low go the ricky rudd just not to get his lap back here isn't it yeah that's right yeah one did this let's let the Dalton racers of old really resembles Darlington but 20 years ago all the cars running around your beat and banged up benders misses they're just no cars out there without some type of damage I'm in the bread Carter money back it's amazing how much this resembles darling though 20 years ago had 10 litres and 17 lead changes so far what they learned are already clinching the most laps led award Sterling Marlin Michael Waltrip Ward Burton and Bill Elliott have all led a lap now there are still 12 cars on the lead lap yeah it's amazing we keep adding a few back everyone which one - southern 500 back in 1963 they didn't have a costume not a coach I'm pretty sure that's the case I can't believe somebody winning this race by as many laps as you wanted there's one of those days like this everybody rapped in the head trouble [Music] anyways somebody felt somebody else was gonna go ahead and some kind of a problem on the restart I don't know what happened [Music] who knows the tale I'm just not surprised me something smokin [Music] when he come off the corner hit that bump looks like a tire [Music] Wow Wow he is all over the racetrack [Music] Wallace last week [Music] racetrack again [Music] one lap down he's being shown in 13th position there Bobby element is important position which is a lap band thing [Music] so those guys are racing for position [Music] earn are trying to get up try his best to get alongside Ellen can't quite make it that seems to be his favorite place to pass sure did [Music] to Rusty Wallace you brought bleeding Jeff Gordon is back in fifth place [Music] making thought he'll and had moved up the racetrack enough the or couldn't cars everywhere [Music] and we see the turn on already Harling for so long rusty wallace of rusty not able to know [Music] Maka's did a survey down here and add both Earnhardt and Gordon who pitted on lap 297 can make it to final 70 laps on field now I took the Billy angle over to go and did not come back here they they came in and popped up on the previous caution flag when they got their lap back [Music] according to our calculations we can make conclusions 24:00 hope to go all the way let's go to John Curtin Jared for the 22 car award [Music] say how close they are to Rusty Wallace they are going to be about a rob intelligence and they in order to make the worst while they restarted hot lap to nine asked for fire no surprise here Jimmy make arsons yep so Nate can't go the distance we'll see what happens here is bobby labonte coming up for six ways Hut Stricklin Michigan 110 miles Rusty Wallace has closed up on the back bumper of Earnhardt what's the deal you you know the fans gotta be loving this man anticipation [Music] not from you Madeline alongside our almost alongside Warburton I said history cars running together but jeff gordon's was at the field place pretty far behind before the intervals was divided in half from 2.8 seconds on [Music] welcome asthma news network he takes over the four spot war prizes best now to protect that Stricklen in the quaker state car for theft fifth sixth and seventh lined up nose to tail [Music] good I'm Benny and you're back [Music] waved a Elysee was mine [Music] wonder what happened to earner he came up with the second corner the car seemed to get loose and Rusty Wallace just shot [Music] there's let's watch the replay and I don't we go back far enough this is coming off the second corner and watch this Earnhardt comes off the corner it looks like he got the car loose and Russia just shot now probably had to live just a bit and now Jeff Gordon is passing Dale Earnhardt to take over another position you can see the Dale could not go to the inside of rusty and they're now escort who has moved to third Jerry we saw that Lou the moment ago var Rusty Wallace and after rusty made the pass alert hard his crew chief Robin Pemberton got on the radio and began to scream is that hey rusty rusty hey that long way to go gotta save those tires the pit now we get [Music] and over that rustic gala wonder what then if something's wrong with his car what I think about courtesy move saw Robyn Pemberton they're rusty Wallace's crew chief guiding he has just a few car lengths separating himself from the leader of the race ricky rudd back with four from Darlington South Carolina [Music] it's race day America on ESPN and espn2 and we're live at the new southern 500 at Darlington South Carolina getting down to the is second it has been a race in which the fancy had an opportunity to sit down and I think the best is yet to come looks that way Rusty Wallace Ricky Rudd is leading the race woz gets on the inside and blows by and brought us back up enough that Jeff Gordon said you keep it and take over that second spot then a lapper so later they learn hard got by rickie us and our north and here's a position being changed its Hut Stricklin going to the inside of Bobby Labonte and PUD goes to six take our Wartburg soon well cars on the lead lap nine laps to go [Music] 16 in the [Music] 16 cars just one lap down and the 98 is 39 laps down in 32nd position Rusty Wallace up into the lead from 21st stop from 2015 Morgan Shepherd from xxx tonight john andretti our pole-sitter running back in 12 position the last car traffic at a wrong spot now Gordon right up on the back bumper of me go around Joe Nemechek once again we remind you that the manufacturers championship can't be decided here today if chevy finishes ahead of for is right now Wallace's Ford is ahead of Gordon shuttle [Music] trustus car today has been [Music] we'll simply water than the fruit adjusting in the garden snail going to rot for 60 70 laughs so I can have two [Music] once this year on the Winston Cup trail [Music] Victory's more than any other driver Rockingham Atlanta Bristol Daytona he's only led five laps Jeff had led 16 [Music] come back to second there's far behind I play these just just sort of play [Music] again on these guys were at least maintained and it's all regularly at the most lamp so he don't have to worry about that he can sit there and rot wants to have ask Jerry Lawler Hart may be saving his tires but he really is working out harder to kill out down voting Richard Childress apparently with rusty went by they also the car had [Music] previous contact early in the race which they did not fix loose coming off the corner so their prey and maybe they'll get a yellow flag is put some more tires and make an adjustment but right now they can't handle these either one of the cars upfront get this squared away up here on our speculation these drivers who's ever won a race close up on the back closed up quicker than expected to goes for the lead is very fine [Music] Ward Burton is gaining full nerd and a crash bang stretch crashes check in trouble the racetrack everybody yell Savoy caution is out well this will take the gas mileage survey I'm sure will there is now then earn art he might be able to come in and just his car and if it hasn't just loose tied it up just might be a break for Dale Earnhardt and Foresta that John Kernan said you know he's going to be very short on fuel so I'll be in problem there a check was running at the 26th position about 23 laps down already in the Burger King Chevrolet it's our 11th caution of the afternoon it comes on lap 327 it's like he's know all those guys and needs a Dixie straw to put gas in with let's see if we can see what happened with our camera looks like she might ago a little help from somebody Brett Bodine looks like we are decided safe to make contact about the brainwash the car behind yeah I hate to put blame on somebody flesh off espera - and you were going in the pits and yours John Curtis well Rusty Wallace is pitted down here near the entrance to pit road and he will be among the first to come in today to his stall as we have a triple shift stop for two and three floors [Music] [Music] here's what Dale Earnhardt city's Ajanta work for tires give me four good ones as Wallace is out Jeff Gordon also getting his pit service earlier today wolf or [Music] down away and worth of Gazza won't for tires give me four good ones not leading the windshield and seating well making that putt fender touch anything else and here's the guy that is leading the race Hut Stricklin Wow [Music] counting down the laps were 3:27 complete now the southern 500 still on the line [Music] coming up next after our race day America coverage of the mountain dew southern 500 we will be going directly to Paul page in the gang at Vancouver for the Indy car race out there we're shocked Ville loop could with his first race in his home country of Canada and wrap up the championship early as a 54 point lead over Bobby Ray hole that's right after the conclusion of our race here at Darlington and he's doing all that from the pole right that is correct and of course he's leaving the IndyCar Series at the end of this season to go formula 1 racing next year regardless of where the wins the championship or not yep yep he's already signed with Willie give us next year [Music] man-boy these fans are loving it and they couldn't there just couldn't be for more perfect weather for this racer today it's not overly hot nice and cool breeze and man it's just great it isn't human yeah like Darlington in Labor Day cold front move through what on Friday night I guess and dried things up cooled it off and it was just perfect yesterday for the Busch race and we've had similar weather conditions here today here's an F field summary before we get back to green 12 cars on the lead lap John Andretti is up front not Hut Stricklin as we said not hit and strictly did now Gordon earn are probably make a difference about boy well it's still anybody's race I wouldn't want to bet on Gordon rusty or that the rest seemed have had some problems on restarts a couple of times this time these Pedulla discs between himself and her are trying to get a run [Music] way up high [Music] the race by 10 plus break on the high side here comes rusty but not what Hut Stricklin is about to go to the lead and he does Jeff Gordon goes to second John Andretti back to third this is the first time this afternoon that yet little app yet well that's true he's got the lead but [Music] yes [Music] where's rusty there he comes out of that the traffic jerry has more on de lockhart now as a good recruiter this is vintage Earnhardt less than 40 laps ago because I'm a minister and perhaps two big handfuls of steering wheel and his mic boost clash all over again watch him they said this is going to be something to see closing in on Hut Stricklin for second place and there's a big tangle of cars behind you here comes Rudd and Wartburg to the inside of John Andretti and now Bobby Labonte and Lake speed will try to get by those cars in the lead lap [Music] heard on my Hut Stricklin now is 24 in front Bernard in second second position for day alert heart and now he sets his sights Jeff Gordon for the lead 32 laps to go Ray Evernham better give a nice cool drink of water washed his mouth cause he's been to a lot of cheerleading between now and into this race that Fortin has himself [Music] seconds there's the on-track interval between first and second in here comes rusty 2/3 to the inside of spine at Wallace one two three there's a one-point three second interval between first and second [Music] new southern 500 IndyCar racing [Music] the interval is closed between him and rusty there is one great go by equation where our busy a little bit yep [Music] the back of Ricky Rudd it will be from fifth-place let's go back to the lead and see what's happening paddy for second place Rusty Wallace has called her on he's got a run once again the two are running together on the race track this time at a much higher and Earnhardt is holding up Wallace as the crowd is going bananas Mobile County up the fans better [Music] Bernardo's up in the hill you're come trusty Rusty's got a run off the corner down the back legs they go he's side by side now he pulls it Wallace [Music] Oh here comes he may do the same thing this time and beat off the corner side-by-side with Earnhardt let's say they can do it again into the corner yeah rusty Samantha yeah they slow down that time later or Jam the bracelet [Music] all this is happening [Music] looks like a morning to Mars chief spotter Kevin Clarke touch the wall awfully close to it I don't see smoke coming from filters on tires the known art isn't running like he did you know there's a lot of cars right behind him Gordon has pulled away by about four seconds while all that was going oh he's already stretching the lead but there's a lot of cars right behind me missile that car in between uh but there's a number of cars their curricula and Hut Stricklin several others that are trying to get up there did he touch the wall he got up all full high no he don't know he didn't know no but he missed recently did but today one thing he's giving rusty was all these needs right now their second Rusty Wallace dirty to earn are the green car Hut Stricklin is before Rud Burton ward Bobby Labonte Michael Walton Blake's teeth john andretti Sterling Marlin and Morgan the cars on the lead line [Music] barely some complaints more cars leaking some their water probably that's Marlon [Music] here's the interval leaders you can see how close Walters and Earnhardt are in Strickland back 5.1 in rut 5.3 back of Jeff Ward [Music] there's how much of a lead Jetport 25 laps completed 22 to go man [Applause] one here's Marlon we can see it be losing something over there on the right side there is some water coming out the overflow on the Kodak film surely earn art took a look almost mounted a challenge [Music] traitor still out there [Music] places and be a driver and the race when he crashed he would probably be back these days these days out there 24 there's a lot of points between 24 and 40 seconds yes for the last three or four laps understand that they picked up his book on what problem is earlier has a lot of damage to the Spurs laughs Tunya he is 23 17 laps down when the black fly less than 20 laps to go now can they learn hard and Rusty Wallace catch Jeff Gordon we'll be right back ESP and sweet will coverage to the Mountain Dew southern 500 being brought to you by McDonald's have you had your break today Texaco Havoline formula 3 motor oil add more life to your car take it to the star and by Firestone of Erica's Tire since 1900 we've got caution again here at Darlington because of probably because of some smoke coming from Ted Musgraves car may have blown an engine something anyway we've brought out the 12th caution of the race with less than 20 laps to go now then what happens Ned do they bid don't they pit well that's a good question right now it's got 12 cars on the lead lap some of them some of them went right now exactly some of them will not a certain to those back towards the back he'll have a great deal later lose by fitting Sterling Marlin who's being shown as the last car on the lead left had just committed himself to come into the pits he went flying on down pit road when they appeared to tell hey the caution is out Rome don't stop now so that was a break for him there's Ted Musgrave trying a large entrance what's Jim what's Jim gonna do he stayed out he faked to the inside and stayed out I guess he faked to see if her night was gonna fall but follow him when Bernard didn't he said I can't go yeah so they all stayed out there nobody's gonna come in take a look at this this is Gorton and turned for dropping down off the banking acting like he's going to the pits I believe if I had tires left and I was anybody from about sixth or seventh or back I believe I would have had to make a pit stop John Andretti is coming down pit right we'll take another break we'll be back with the conclusion of the southern 500 stay with us it's still anybody's race at Darlington South Carolina [Music] right after the conclusion of our Mountain Dew southern 500 we switch live to Vancouver British Columbia for the IndyCar race and don't forget their simultaneous coverage on the deuce espn2 and the premiere of our p.m. tonight at eight o'clock Eastern Time on espn2 here's Benny Rusty Wallace in car just a moment ago he pulls up beside of Earnhardt looks over says I'm Anna we're racing great [Music] still under caution here at Darlington because of Ted Musgraves problem and some of these some cars in the lead lap behind have made a pit stop in their legs feed came in the next left after I said I believe if I was that far back Oh to come in he did come in Morgan Shepherd and mouthful Waltrip went in on the backstretch now here comes 5th and 7th net yeah the Ricky Rudd and Bobby Labonte coming in riding with Rudd as he finds his head stallers yes son pretty low in the western sky which is down in turn number one that seems to be helping by cleaning the windshield ending uncover I still think this is smart for these guys to come in but have been smarter if they would have come in the first time they could have because they they're still going to be behind several cars that made pit stops previously with Michael Walter the lead lap has been in the chase for tire so has the 9 car Blake's main span car sterling all the same as we said he was the last car on the lead lap and [Music] for those of you tuning in for Indy car racing stay with us because it won't be very long before you switch out the Vancouver for the next to the last race of the IndyCar season car radio communication Electronics thanks guys really appreciate it and so much for talking [Music] let's see if they get the one to go signal when they come down this time I would think they would because the cleanup truck is backing in behind the wall and turn one so note they didn't quite stay on top of the pace car and no indication from Doyle for that they will be going green next time so it'll be less than ten laps when we do get the green well by doing that when they give the signal the next time by the cars will have to line up single file right rather than side by side so that might be a consideration we're running one more left and that was I applaud that here's the Napa field summary as we near the conclusion of this 46th annual Mountain Dew southern 500 from Darlington Bobby Hillin got a lap down early on and has been in the run one lap down the rest of the way as a matter of fact he ran for one hundred fifty hundred seventy-five miles there one time on the green flag and stayed within two seconds of her heart they sure did but right now he says he's the only car that's one lap down let's go the piston Jerry punch wild battle between Earnhardt and Wallace last few laps R and E but does this Dale have anything left for Gordon you know rusty worse to him pretty good didn't 24th been good the second half of the race I don't know maybe we lost a little bit but yeah bendigo we're gonna see the best he's got still a little bit loose yeah we were a little bit loose I think he's okay now we tighten it up on that last stop so hopefully we'll have something I don't know that's Andy Petree let's go to Bill Weber who's tending by the Rusty Wallace pit how about it Robin your third right now three other way 24 they're all strong up there right now it depends on how much it takes us to get around the three the three been doing some pretty nice things on the restart so we're gonna be real cautious on this deal if we got the car so it runs real good I sure it runs now not like it was the first couple hundred miles so anything's liable to happen single file restart is to our advantage right now to the advantage of leaders so looks like your drivers having fun out there racing with the three this week all right so it's fine he says it's fun and we'll see how much fun they have here 357 on the board guys done some nice things on restarts what does that mean pull away pull away from them a little bit nice not very nice for him you know some things they can't do is act like they're gonna take off and jam the brakes on and then take off that car behind [Music] realizes what happened they are in single file formation no double wide because we are within 10 laps of the finish the crowd is still wondering who's going to win this thing they cheer the restart on lap three [Music] Michael walked at the first car together that has fresh tires here he comes on the inside of us strictly [Music] sir [Music] Michael here this afternoon fresh tires smaller things he's gotta jam here's Rudra inside of Morgan Shepherd and lake speed and speed and Shepherd touch and speed Satan Lake speed and Morgan both say did a great job by both those drivers not too crazy some drivers who Morgan and play for fresh tires [Music] claps to go right now Jeff board man when he Carly advantage they learn our welcome Bert as we watch this action back here at Bobby ready that puts Andretti back tonight the moot Swami up to a there's our leaders Jeff bored and we say that earn art is not oh there's earn art in rusticles see that Michael Walker pass called Ward Burton he's just all over he's coming off [Music] get two Pontiacs in the top five [Music] to the top these rusty Wallace's or laps are winding down in there together on the racetrack and rusty has [Music] card hangs on don't trying to back up right now get him a run down the front straightaway [Music] he's hoping he'll run hard in the corner little too hard where is the corner boy - you're blinded by [Music] matter of fact North Pole when you see the jet boarding let's watch sure this glare one more time build grandstands done internally around that grandstand the flock the Sun [Music] - as a matter of fact as Jeff approaches turn number three and number maybe Spencer Spencer moves the other way [Music] live it when he came up home Spencer there two laps to go [Music] Jeff Gordon Rusty Wallace around in tooth and nail southern 500 and there's their slow cars up there it depends on half Jeff Lord catches those cars there's Rick mast here's a change for position ricky rudd goes to six the white line issue being shown one more lap to go who is gonna win it at Darlington Jeff is it rigged mass moves over let's Jeff Gordon go by chari ball I was going to say Jeff Gordon as Tara the money [Music] for three but you know terry labonte we can have his way if he comes into play Jeff Gordon looking good here and turn for the battle is for second place between Earnhardt finishes second rusty is third Chevrolet clinches the manufacturers championship Jeff wins his sixth of the year because career is [Music] inch toward that NASCAR Winston this might have been a foot great great maneuver general and finished in tenth position we've gone way over we're not going to be able to bring you a winter interview however we will tape an interview and and look at the solute that Earnhardt and Rusty Wallace are showing each other as they come in after the race we won't be able to bring you a live interview we will tape it in drop it in in the Indy car race or on our p.m. tonight its premiere at eight o'clock on ESPN two Jeff Gordon is the winner of this race and it was a great one to start off race day America and there is a lot more to come here on ESPN we're going to wait for the final results here before we switch out live to Vancouver and the IndyCar race and Jeff Bork was he survived today at least one spin up and almost another crash turn off turn four he dodged at least two major bullets and moved up through the field and took home the winner's trophy of the southern 500 here are the unofficial results 12 cars on the lead lap John Andretti the pole sitter sent back to 12th at the end of the race there will be no bonus pay to any driver this year there were four different winners in the crown jewel races on the NASCAR Winston Cup Series while repressed with the top finishing rookie here today so again stay tuned later we'll have a live interview with Jeff Gordon but right now let's go to Vancouver and Paul page with the Molson Indy Indy car race you

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Length: 212min 39sec (12759 seconds)

Published: Tue Jun 25 2019