can it start streak today it began in 1979 but in November of 1982 it nearly ended a serious crash at Riverside California injured the man who would later become Series champion but it was the last race of the season and with more than three months to heal he was back for the opening of the 83 season it nearly ended again at Darlington in March of 1987 when a multiple car crash resulted in a broken shoulder it was an injury similar to the one that earlier had threatened Richard Petty streak Terry was taken away on a stretcher and it looked as if he would at least miss one event but next week at North Wilkesboro he was in the starting lineup although early in the event Labonte was pulled from the car and replaced by Brett Bodine the streak was intact because he started the event today he will match Richard Petty's record with his 500 13th consecutive start the man they called The Iceman with eyes and nerves of steel has a new nickname call him the Iron Man Jimmy Carter was president of the United States Muhammad Ali will still active as a heavyweight boxer and Terry Labonte was starting his first full year in Winston Cup racing as Bob Jenkins said the year was 1979 17 years ago and Terry we just solved the past 17 years there have been some very very painful moments to keep the streak alive well yeah couple times I guess but overall I've been awful lucky and driven for some great teams over the years and always been able to qualify what a day for you not only a special day tying the record but doing it in classic style from the pole well I'll tell you what it was a great run for us I'll tell you what the guys in the Kellogg's Chevrolet I think they put some special leverage effort in for qualifying and the car was far this day could be so special for terry labonte they painted the car silver I think it should be sort of rust colored because after all he is the new Iron Man of NASCAR ESPN speed world welcomes you live to North looks world North Carolina Speedway and the running of the NASCAR Winston Cup first Union 400 and the drivers are going for the largest purse in the history of this track for the first time it exceeds 1 million dollars and if you add in those two bonuses the winner could walk away with more than a quarter of a million dollars hi everyone I'm Bob Jenkins welcome to North Wilkesboro the seventh race of the 1996 season and the second of three consecutive races on the short tracks well defending Winston Cup champion Jeff Gordon continues his climb to the top of the point standings from a low of 43rd he's moved to sixth only 133 out of the lead he's going for his third straight win today in his fourth in the last five races now take a look at the NASCAR Winston Cup names Dale Jarrett on top by 37 / Dale Earnhardt those numbers on the right column they represent the starting position today you can see that jared is 29th Dale Earnhardt 26 but Ned and Benny does that really mean very much at this racetrack man what do you think is qualifying and digging about cars going to run no I don't think so not on this racetrack they tuned them to the enth degree for qualifying just to get a bite on the racetrack for two laps on new tires once those tires gets heated up it's a whole different situation this track is very abrasive so they changed Springs I change shock absorbers they changed carburetors do all a lot of things to deep tune the car and normally they could run 130 542 laps here on the tank of fuel they won't go near that far today because the tires and that's exactly why the cars yesterday afternoon in practice practice for 40 or 50 laps in one stretch rather than 10 or 15 laps like they normally would do with more on bad qualifying here's John Kernan a couple of the guys including NASCAR wants to Cup points leader Dale Jarrett in seven-time Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt not starting at the friends agreed like you might expect him Dale Earnhardt back here in the twenty six five and his team is not worried let me tell you why thirty four career starts here at North Wilkesboro Earnhardt has thirty career top-ten finishes plus they've also got a little secret up their sleeve a special linkage on the carburetors so that whenever the tires get worn down Earnhardt gets on the gas coming out of the turns the tires will not spin that will help him hook up also Dale Jarrett's team planning to do that as well Jarrett his crew also with the special carburetor linkage so that when DJ gets out there are worn tires hits the gas he won't fishtail coming out of the turns they've also got something else up their sleeve but I'll tell you about that a little later on another car to watch is a little further toward the front of the grid where Bill Weber is standing by John wince upon a time there's a driver named Rusty Wallace he won the 89 championship and dominated Victory Lane in the early 90s winning ten races one year and eight the next and he's not a real good season at this point he's ninth and points but his best finished so far is fourth and that makes Rusty very grumpy so rusty Robin in their band of merry men went back to their little workshop and they rolled out this car Ronnie a car that finished second and fourth here last year and they've brought it to a track where Rusty Wallace has 19 top-ten finishes in 20 races and three wins now handling is critical here if you're too tight you can't get through the middle of 1 & 2 if you're too loose you'll go through turn four and you'll hit the wall so these guys are running what I call the Goldilocks setup it's not too tight it's not too loose it's just right and they hope to live happily ever after beginning in victory lane this afternoon now with another fairytale story here is dr. Jerry punch well bill 36 year olds and Sawyer may not look like Cinderella but on Friday the glass slipper fit when their car qualified nine hundreds of a second off the pole and folks why is that critical say qualified is important let me show you right behind where Elton is sitting back here there is no sponsor nothing on the quarter panel before the clock strikes midnight or maybe before that checkered flag wave today some little call wanna sponsor their Ford Thunderbird as we're getting set for gentlemen start your engines remember Elton may start on the front row but doesn't have a lot of experience only his Knights short track start the big question will his lack of experience allow him to stay there or will he filter back to the pack today and one of our grand marshals time boy tell him about it gentlemen and Jimmy Spencer start your engine [Applause] the drivers get set for 400 laps of racing here on this five-eighths mile racetrack in the brushy mountains of North Carolina 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and nineteen miles an hour how come the speeds were down so much here this year Benny I think they've got a dude Tanner here this time that was a little bit harder than they've been using that some of the reason and another reason it was very warm here on Friday normally hunt qualifying days on the short track reduced fees Rusty Wallace who has owned the short tracks the past few years starting there and row number six defying run starts 14th here this afternoon 400 laps of racing you know I kind of walked through the garage air this morning talking the driven drivers in different room that is not the soul that didn't believe they could win the rest they all felt like they had a car good enough to win a sample and we'll see some of those the qualified will go towards the back will see some of those that didn't qualify will come back come towards the front depends on what they do have that set up that they need on this very tough to get hold off racetrack the alert heart starts in the thirteenth row there you can see the point's leader going into this event Dale Jarrett starts on the inside of row number 15 and mass back in row 17 ricky rudd took a professional as waltrip Joe Nemechek in Hut Stricklin and the previous champion collisional was taken by Bill Elliott we're set to go racing 400 laps here at North Wilkesboro in the West Union 400 glad to have you once again here to watch the seventh race of the year the green wine car Winston Cup race nobody falls alongside evidence written form still nobody had that preferred side is going to be the place to place welcomes all your hung on the outside it's our tread cam in that something Loco lawyer is all them still can't hit to the inside hit the brakes dive in there turn lamps there you go Ernie Irvan is also on the outside a car trying to get by Ernie there goes Earnhardt from the Bible the inside of an threatened let's watch Dale Earnhardt get by Ernie Urban well he touches up a little bit there he was forced down today from going into the turn and they took Dale is carrying one of our don't have a spot that is in fact that on the inside Earnhardt had covered it pretty quickly on the left side of the 28 car don't already on car number 28 is Dale Earnhardt now is behind Johnny Benson the province Ernie had but knocked the crush pendant he talked about that didn't track back down on a couple of races ago and all that music will start coming inside the car and that would be a bad news for Ernie Jeff Gordon continues his climb toward the front as he has now gotten around there fifteen position now make a fortune Darry code followed by Lake speed and then Kenny wanted Mike Wallace among those who did not make this event fronted us Vil Terry Labonte with about a five car lengths traitor Ricky Craven and running well here in the race there we see almost the entire field going by there's Bill Elliott you at the take a can on that side up dick triple the 19th are the health source car this is Hut Stricklin the Circuit City car Michael Walter was up ahead and the contact with we like these cars are just a little over a half a lap behind over half left behind the left and half left in front but Strickland next-to-last get off the throttle enough that he lost her for Harlan how many star this is a camera on the inside of right-rear car of how Penny's automobile let some smoke off the right front fender on Jim Gordon's car he's made contact with someone in the just a little bit they completed that right front there bird on the inside of Jeremy Mayfield the spotter told him he's on his way back he's still there right son smokin on Jeff board starts it a bit better that time he did make the pass of Mayfield however knocked in once again Hamilton trying his best to get by the Ricky Craven automobile that's for Court this trio and here is Jeff Glor now there was up to 12 is moving up while Terry Labonte when you're 13 NASCAR Winston Cup the first Union 400 enter the performance ohms 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just invaluable they're not talking about the top of the show and knowing exactly what experience will tell you what you need to do I think will help fix the car on salmon Delta will be much better the next time here we see Elton back in nine spot Jeff for try to get by in a trade route 25 41 run it it's rater just couple let's go it's not able to get by being lost Earling Marlins it's almost had a run on Ricky right Kraven is driving a certain race here at North Wilkesboro we'll trust rate on the outside they just don't post oh yeah Bobby Hamilton is going to come Ricky Craven cause in two spots they want to be great if someone could get that outside three worked out other drivers tried Jayme Wallace private a scary Ricky Craven and now we see the first carving laughs that is Joe Nemechek being lapped by the leader Labonte here's a Napa field summary parentheses indicate their starting position there is a second place car of mark mark Martin now Sterling Marlin moves into third position passing ken Schrader which trainer gave him plenty of running the inside and block Bobbie Humphrey headed by meanwhile Robert Pressley the 33 scope bars Ricky Craven with these are the two drivers who battled for Rookie of the Year status last year Winston Cup racing the honor went to Ricky Craven but Craven has just been passed by Presley here's heart and Lake speed and that's gets on the inside of forever go down the corner off the corner the others tired and they come off the corner we're gonna see boys ever so Presley do the same thing and yet the magic number they really started seeing a big we've been 35 1 gentle on the left that quote is a position and Wallace in nine Jerry what's the situation regarding tires go get them Hey don't worry just keep digging and by the way he's smooth keep those tire brakes very cool that's one problem that like Bernhard and some of these guys have in the bathroom use up so much break in the traffic positions here in the 98 bars both they learn puts Dale Earnhardt up in bound to take 13th from Kenny Wallace on the outside of Dick Trickle and they Jimmy Spencer his car campus gone away he's lost about ten positions in the last four laps bonnie hung up some traffic and allow the teammates of Gordon and crater swap positions as Jeff Gordon has moved the top five he did so in 40 laps there is the car that he has his sights on Robert Pressley and that cars has his sights on the water vapor Robert Pressley is import position so he picks up seven positions against some tough competition but it's all terry labonte at the front of the field followed by Mark Martin and Sterling Robert Pressley 4100 when other dealers say they can't Cox can we say guess when other dealers tell you now yes we can give you more for your trade we can find the vehicle you want yes we can make financing easier we can provide the best selection of new and used cars and truck we can provide the best service including Saturdays and yes we can beat the 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Jerry punch at North Wilkesboro North Carolina Speedway the first Union 400 there is the leader of the race looking for 120 $9,200 in unocal quotas money if the raise and Terry Labonte car Rusty Wallace is looking for sixth position the inside of Ken Schrader when she started 12 News in the sixth Bobby Hamilton once again trying to get alongside looks like you have Schrader this time police has position number 16 is coming out of the back as well started in six botnets maybe head back he had fallen back that looks like he's on the way on the march again and we have a battle for second position as Sterling Marlin has been on his hair and now moves to the inside of and takes the position from Mark Martin when the break we saw Dick Trickle from in fifth Autozone on track interval shows that the interval between himself and the leader Terry Labonte from 6.3 seconds on lap 42 down to four and a half seconds on lap Labonte is just an atrocious traffic and again I'm not saying that these guys are bad it just erasing their hearts are trying to stay on the lead lap desert just for the laughs outside poll sir elizalde arrived in 32nd position has brought back quickly about Dale Jarrett our points leader he's 23rd at the moment quality care machine and legs feet directly in front of him the outside pole sitter Sawyer is coming into the pits he's bought those tires as long as he can fight him he lost a lap and rather quickly moved in for a tire change there's the leader terry labonte now behind Dick Trickle we're going on on the right side of Sawyer's car Jerry car just spinning coming off the corner of the cars gotta lose he has gotten into somebody so they have the problem my kill with a lot of experience here at North Wilkesboro used to work for junior Johnson and so is not that much of a surprise when we saw Elton take the outside pole now the bobby labonte was left just a couple of minutes ago now he's trying to get back by Terry look at how close Sterling Marlin is to the leader Terry and that's the brother Bobby and that 27 car built for Sawyer came out among that pack after getting those new tires now we will see him blow them off and go over boy feels good the heart get the traction coming off of those turns is Ernie Irvan in the 28th and Johnny Benson in the 30th ATS the battle for 1432 14th Johnny to 15 16 is Andy Wallace already started in 22nd for the other nine guards up against a wall down in term no caution no cost is a right front tire flat on the car looks like it is legs beat getting to the inside Hey look at this a battle for the lead Marlon to the inside of Terry Labonte and Sterling easily takes the lead from Terry okay sterling you go French see if you get my dick circle I've been trying for 30 laps 20 laps anyway Sterling Marlin started in eighth position and is now the leader of the race but pit stops should be coming up rather quickly as the drivers recognize a need for new rubber let's take a break and be right back - North 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in 223 sharing the body in 2 seconds 5 2 Robert Pressley and here comes Jeff Gordon and he'll take over the third spot coming off the corner as it's pretty evident that a lot of people would love to have to change tires that man the first one in there to do it or cost of life once again brother working the 68 clap so some of them they've gone farther than we thought they might we been convicted 60 laps as several drivers upstander for the good a little harder than they did in the past slow down qualifying speed but it makes it better for these guys Mark Martin in the number six car second for a while but he's fallen back to fifth six pot their hands it's next in line behind Earnhardt is Ernie Irvan Ernie about 37 13:20 this race while a Diamondback I lost a laugh a few laps ago and decided to come in for rubber this is the haze left side brother big change for his pitch I Wally Dallenbach 35 miles per hour the speed on now comfy stop fifteen percent efficient just our change slanted on there got some stickers huh yeah sticker cars let's go Jack get the jack under Oh cost him several greener pastures you know these labs backup long Wallace has died on the pit road and Jerry punch she's coming toward you three-time winner here rusty having a plan to be very very dismissive nervous who's losing his way toward the front indeed what he was doing and how they did pit stop lap 74 retire runner forty fuel but only have let's start ours Oh Munro's man the pods le 443 be a great qualify Africa ba-bye kaalia before the productivity poinsettias and Marlin now getting put on the Kodak Chevy here three Dale gr screw to round to buy the car parent loose will be a four-tire change daily they're also making adjustment on the website of the car left-side tires going on Jack yells down to the pitstop let's head to Bill Weber Bobby Labonte's man Bobby Labonte in they've already changed the right side tires working on the levers to make the chassis adjustment jewelers in working on the Left Front and Interstate Batteries call center Texas Terry holiday lights on Mars we have made no chassis adjustment they say it's full again they pull the jack and he is down on the way however Ernie Irvan is in the pits in his 28 car this cars run extremely well the John Kernan pantai James for Ricky read earlier in the race went down to Ricky stayed out now he's out and Dan headed down your way though ever John Andretti's the top pepper out in the 37 car they're working on the left sides now got the right sides on and ready with plenty of fuel now they went on the still working on it the looks and awaken 37 Fleury a pit-stop activity here is Morgan Shepherd making his time in the Remington I record going to work on the right side changing the rough to the left side as the fuel continues to go morgen picked up the lead there whether we given credit for also coming in for a stop should complete now the entire cycle of those who need for a penstock the lowest board I believe this might be the second time Brandis video pretty sure he stopped early they only change right-side fire this one walked second time but he came that should give the lead back to Sterling Marlin terry labonte the last 25 short track races but you know the amazing thing is these guys raise the position they're down to one and here is their between Gruesomes gonna try to get by and ready as well then this pen sequence let's take a look at the pit stop here it was a four-tire change but it was a quick one very quickly done and here is Robert pranking him mm to get back there wolf second miss dawn for Dale Earnhardt but the leader is Sterling Marlin Robert Pressley a second and Dale in the first Union 400 at North Wilkesboro North Carolina and we'll be right back when other dealers say they can't Cox can we say yes when other dealers tell you now yes we can give you more for your trade we can find the vehicle you want yes we can make financing easier we can provide the best selection of new 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Wilkesboro Speedway Sterling Marlin is the leader at the end of 93 laps and tonight ESPN Sunday Night Baseball heads to the Rockies as Rico branya and the Rockies take on Dante Bichette the 1995 national league home run king on Sunday Night Baseball the Mets and the Rockies 8 o'clock Eastern Time tonight you play Jimmy Spencer first of the day first caution of the day is on lap 95 and Robert Pressley made it to the line first and he comes down pit road that happened right in front of the leaders somebody tagged and Jimmy Spencer and spun him around and it was right in front of the leaders Presley's having career at the moment let's go to John Kearney Robert Pressley sitting waste waiting patiently getting a drink of water as they do a four-tire change right sides are on a little problem when the they swim around to the left tires come off go on they they were looking at the right front fender like Iman Evan did or something big rain been too long since they were in but this caution said everyone had once again yeah they they'll take every opportunity after they've run ten or fifteen laps Mark Martin is still waiting on pit road on the right side of history here's a replay of what happened to Jimmy it's like he and Kenny Wallace in the 81 car make contact and Kenny almost gets tagged from behind or does get tag behind by Jericho almost spins but meanwhile Spencer goes up and I don't know if through how much damage it was to the car it looked like there's a fog whole lot but it is our first caution and it comes at almost the 1/4 mark here at North Wilkesboro North Carolina we'll be back after these messages Talladega is a technical track to win there you got to understand the graph to be able to use it to your face knowing when to make your move where to make you move it's just an all-day drafting Cheston flat-out running 30 car grass you hooked up in a 200 mile an hour freight train and you can race 500 miles and just win by Busch beer is proud to bring you the 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finished up strong last year in 96 they could be the team to watch in the NL East this week no tangle with Dante Bichette in the Rockies the Mets take on the Rockies the sunday game of the week tonight at 8:00 on ES looking back on the field from the pace cars we are under caution for the first time this afternoon because of a spin up in turn number three involving Jimmy Spencer you see how quickly it happened Kenny Wallace got on the inside of they made contact and around Spencer goes after the outside wall and the leaders were right behind all of this sterling Marlins leading the race before he hits the brakes to avoid the spinning car and that just gives the hope that Robert Preston equal 33 cars he takes the lead and so Robert Pressley is leading for the first time here bill okay we're going to show you something here these are the tires for the free car this is the right front the Dale Earnhardt started the race on you can see this right here this is his right front this is when he got together with Ernie Irvan and chewed away the tires right down to the belt his team feels he's very fortunate this tire did not go flat while he was still up on the racetrack and for Ernie Irvan a little more problem on his last pit stop the air gun broke while Joey Knuckles was changing the left front tire he's now 14th in the order guys there aren't he was seven when he came in so unfortunate right there that dropped him back in the back Ernie's car that was from the early on in the race the Dale Earnhardt I believe they need to contact you up in the third corner or their own yep all right here's a Napa field summary for you as the are lining up for a restart in two by two Robert Pressley at the front although stars on the field right now we have 17 cars that are currently on the leave and John Andretti is just at the tail end of the lead lap he's the car behind that the pace cars did not stop on the inside hoping to get his lap back here my be ready now Gregory get his lap back well he claims that most of the other so his tires were not as old with those the first left inside man Rick the Hooters card I'm Caroline great mass somehow squeeze ready from the 37 for the box well compared to the polls be hoax Dale Jarrett ken Schrader on they'll be rinsed out a weapon the left rear tire is Clinton and his is the very first pit stall as John Curtin told you a few minutes ago so he had to get on the brakes quickly in order to make the pit stop in here that tire changed he will have to keep the 30 our speed limit all the way to the first turn I think what happened Nemechek gets into him right here I think that's where his tire gets cut the cornering those eleven in his writer colleges up there he was lucky all of those cars back there they didn't get run over my Schrader lost several positions because of that now they'll care there he clears it and now can accelerate that's a long way around 35 and it Cheerios it slide the same token though Jeff Gordon the first pit stall down and turning but one has to get in at 35 miles an hour ago clear round but when he's finished with his pit stop he can immediately accelerate a spot between Ted Musgraves the family channel number 16 STP Pontiac of Bobby Hamilton 43 there's darrell waltrip turn green third position Harold at this racetrack 10 this is for Hut Stricklin star there where that came off of Dale Jarrett mob it's kinda hard to tell exactly what happened but they're going to look at it now but it's report here you can see just a little bit of paint where he got together maybe with a fender got the tire cut or pushed it back in broke the beat and once it goes flat you see what happens in goes around the tread starts to separate so lucky he was able to get on the brakes get in here as quickly as he could because maybe another lap who knows the tire may not have blasted or held up and DJ would have had problems out there on the racetrack but he was able to get on to pit road and get the tire change although that did cost him some valuable time out on the racetrack yeah I did it cost him two laughs as a matter of fact Jarrett now back in 32nd position for our points leader the leader of the race is Robert Pressley this is only his third race here in North Wilkesboro he's finished 18th and 33rd last year his 96 so far as 16 at Richmond their second place Sterling Marlin and third topic they learn are good right Cheryl Elton Sawyer the struggle started in second position on the outside of the front row he's currently 31st and as you guys indicated you need some experience to do well at North Wilkesboro I'm sure that they're not spinning the ground we'll have to come up with four or five million dollars a year it was 15 I'm a player very we could have a lot of trouble that well as fast as he can but yet and not to abuse the tires all these drivers are trying to do is run if you spin the rear tire to get the car sideways like a Jeff Gordon move in on for third place earn on his third 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here Dick Trickle and he gets kini was out of shape chain reaction that allowed Ernie Irvan to pick up this by a commercial break if no Earnhardt was third and Gordon garlic's differs between the two cars has closed up we have because then on those new cars every pants brother for Preston Tucker making a move over not but didn't quite look the best fifteen cars still on the lead laughs mark we've had six leaders today but he's coming up on Skelton Sawyer it has more on this great run by Robert you know Bob Probert Presley is only running here twice before this is only his third start here go whoops four up but he's got an A GDP three people work with some of the best drivers there a great job on the radio coaches Robert shall it be smooth nice and easy one as good as that part is what it must be hard for Robert to hold it back patience patience huh skill class but don't spin the rear tire in water coolers rap fifteen miles an hour slide was back slidden a problem of the car being very loose part under caution terrible place are in the middle of turns one and two and green laughs down Robert Pressley for the lead outside okay now he's gotta get to the inside that worked Oh third and Jeff Gordon Kalavati when he goes to fourth I mentioned we've had six liters terry labonte Presley Marlin the five bonus points there is Ernie Irvan as he's inside of goes to 13 this is where were teammates come back digits Jeff botan in the QVC car is a lap down to Ernie Irvan but the 30 car of Johnny Benson is the next and one in the fields he of the Year honors pretty much in hand for 1996 terry labonte picks off dirty position sit back there there is the interval between the leaders during because the up to two point here is Ernie Irvan along Ernie's car seems to be really after Walter runs before they made a pit stop looks like they're working good for it 4/10 of a second half tear the body right on the second place man and Presley a little loose yeah I think his powers are very tough warden Shepherd in derivative first make some contact john kernan what's the matter with Robert a few laps ago right after right before farlan got around him and told his crew chief said hey the car is real loose all the way throughout the turn so they decided talked it over on the radio when they lap 170 which is about 22 laps from now they're going to lower the track bar to try - just lost second position to terry labonte Labonte decorate the separation there is Sterling Marlin another lap on Brett Bodine who one is first and only so far NASCAR Winston Cup race at this racetrack back in 1990 Rusty Wallace running right together for 56 filthy this morning in the crowd once you get on the gas stream go wide open these cars have so much horsepower and that's why we say the James car stay tuned on that still they can't do Sterling Marlin is Wallace place car now only 14 remain on the lead lap Johnny Benson running in Wallace at the end 400 laps Julian 400 here in North Wilkesboro 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NASCAR shoptalk from the Hendrick Motorsports Museum in Charlotte the phone lines are open now stay with us NASCAR shop Talk right after the race and there's the leader of the first Union 400 Sterling Marlin but not too far behind and catching him is Terry Labonte the pole sitter 50 jerseys they got through all that traffic here's the AutoZone on track interval report the interval has been reduced from one point six seconds point-9 on laps 153 3 1 57 consistently faster than mr. Marlon while the 33 car Robert Pressley continues that for third position but he laying a very loose race car by the way Johnny Benson has been laughs we told you before the break that he would be the next car to go down the line he has been put down presents are the back end just dancing around yes on his power anybody else he was Tim sec to that flat tire he has run him down sixth position never Rusty Wallace who's the third go any further come in for pitstop a tire change some damage you got into somebody on the right front they want to make sure that picture pulled away but even told Andy Petree that the track is getting slicker and slicker and slicker they'll go down one and a half rounds on the track that will hopefully light Oh Jackson Karla making sure the ones down in the way let's go down to Bobby Hamilton spittin dr. Jerry punch familiar STP colors from Bobby Hamilton Robbie Loomis and company putting right-side tires on the car same car that led so many laps in Richmond Virginia on the first short track race of the year 25 car coming in that is Kenny Schrader's in the Budweiser throw not going to work on getting right-side tires the 3 and 24 homos touch they they are also calling in Sterling Marlin our leader he was going to late middle at 175 been no traffic here his car is just mr. Lieberman almost simultaneously Marlon and terry labonte pitting about five pits apart all in getting right side Robert Jeff Cartman they make a champion getting serviced poor tired watching they put the left side tire down marlott comes out so the Wallis mark marker remains Dale Jarrett coming out Elton Sawyer and here's bill Weber four-tire change Catalan board back and after all that cars the lead lap cars that pitted they'll earn our Robert Preston Jeff Gordon the 28 car Bernie urban against whatever lap down you're right two-thirds of the lap down before this art so they learn hark with five wins here at North Wilkesboro four wins and the one of the fall races up front Jeff Gordon decided to come into the tips at the same time a few laps ago and got a little too close very close so we make here they are Vern hook dips down and here comes Gordon in and he's warm he's going to go on the outside of her heart but that's good we're all slowing down because that white line that you see right there that starts the time is proceeding from that 35 mile-per-hour Road it sounds like the Terry Labonte is the leader of the race bill Weber has a bottle up on just the thought on his pit stop sky 18 under green 21 9 like stop around lap 100 carefully part choreographed moves by all team members as SimCorp stop there good the cars at City Hall Terry Labonte has the lead and here is a Auto Zone off-track time and Sterling Marlin oh I see what you sent me a ride I mean Terry Labonte about history who had the best pit stop of all this car for the end even critic for this ready-made pit stop now boy I'm a confused thank you Bob for a welcome right as I can that 80 my hat's off to you terry labonte upfront Earnhardt second Rusty's third Marlon is fourth and Robert Pressley fifth turning into Montgomery Ward for free saving plans with select cam pre TV stands with select TV this Toshiba stereo 32 inch color TV with picture and picture it's just $8.99 there's free delivery on select 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Petty's consecutive start streak today at 500 second place car is ready Ernie Irvan kind of got into it out there I was trying to get by Ernie Ernie has now gone a lap down he's in fourth position sterling comes up gives him a little bit of a tap Ernie gets a little bit sideways position at that time but and a little bit later here he comes sterling trying hard to get around ernie irvan this time as they start off the turn for he touches him Ernie almost sideways anyway when you come over that turn and he really gets him sideways gets on the inside of it this time and makes the pass and from the Circuit City onboard camera Hut Strickland's here's how it looked to him so Sterling Marlin running in fourth position doc stop we talked about this you saw the total time on pit road between Sterling Marlin who lost the leads and Terry Labonte who gained it it doesn't it sterling Marlins front tire changer mark crater was and actually stumbled and fell down now you just trying to get there a little bit quicker but by stumbling plus they put around the the car let's get up at the difference in leading is the exit of pit road and running now when they are in the top five top-3 there's went around star Marlon the opposition to grab today we will be there don't think so don't worry buddy boy her inner badly enough later gained all the tire Tony the spotter telling Tony fer that the on the left side Dale Earnhardt's onboard camera its Jeremy just ahem just a little bit of a tap want to be driving a race car as fast as Jeremy is with the tire oven line the left front as it would be if it were the right front page well the spotter tell Tony that was rub him the baddest oh he knows but the which is from talking to laughs is Gary Koch was the last car on the lead lap now he's a lap down and cars now on the lead lap and the next to go a lap down in ninth place would be Ted Musgrave brought off chilly the Kellogg's car so it'll be some time before there it go from there fifteen or maybe 20 laughs just right in front of everybody patiently got up there got around Terry Labonte has climbed from the points since rocky ham 1.8 second interval on Dale Earnhardt in about an eight point three second they draw the top thigh and Rusty Wallace just not that far away maintain that he has maintained that same advantage for fast past 15 o'clock how many just community Northwestern she went akkada that is coming in for another stop we'll take the cross wax $10,000 butyrate award for and with the with lap completed Terry the body has now led 88 of the first 200 laps here he comes off the fourth corner and there beautiful Sunday afternoon the washi mountains of Linna he's going for 129 $200 in unocal bonus money we'll be awarded to him and only him as the whole center should he win this race back in just a moment it's spring and already the race for the championship is heating up and right now Napa is leading the way with an exclusive offer for race fans an exciting video 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out to North Wilkesboro in just a sec other racing it is the Grand Prix of Long Beach later on this afternoon qualifying for this race yesterday Jerry Seinfeld on hand Rock those ears gets loud he was watching al unser struggle little al starts knife inside row 5 he's won this race six times racing for the pole the Brazilian gil de ferran he had the provisional pole and improved his time track record 52 points 208 last year's IndyCar Rookie of the Year Robby Gordon blows an engine oil spills out of the track slowed down all the remaining runs gil de ferran eggs on for his second career pole and you take a look at the top six minority is also a rookie at this race can be seen on ABC beginning today at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time and a replay tomorrow on ESPN at p.m. Eastern by the ESPN schedule as I said will be here throughout the day to give you updates on things going on make your right up to fortune which comes your way at 7:00 Eastern and then baseball tonight comes your way at 7:20 with Chris Berman and Peter Gammons for all the racing information you need from the day and from the week join Kenny main our p.m. tonight 8 o'clock Eastern on espn2 back north will Florida and Bob Gibbs Racing going on throughout the country today ordered on our p.m. tonight and ready is coming in for a pit stop as Terry Labonte continues to lead the struggle for this career continued the right johnny has left rear quarter-panel damaged remember these guys on the racetrack a battle for second position we have tried to get under the [Music] yeah here yeah yeah there back before right right on the all cement the last time he a race here at North Wilkesboro he won it that was this race back in 94 and there we see Ted Musgrave we mentioned a moment ago that he was the last car on the lead lap and I said the bond it was quite a distance behind him well not anymore they'd shown in the 18th position the busy changing tires [Music] side and dead summers showed you only eight cars on the lead lap as the halfway point Rissa wasn't for that stopwatch me yes he was Bob they took on four stick our was so loose you can they added of fight to that car a major chassis adjustment for Bristol second place car I once again remember on the short tracks Rusty Wallace has not won a race since Richmond of last year on me and our disclosure by on the copper rod Rusty Wallace was about I'd like to congratulate a couple of young man I was competition two teams there's the earn are trying to take over second spot and a cop tip with 22 and chip of Goshen New York there's a teacher a job well done troubleshooting type thing trying to figure out what is wrong and then fixing it and then fix that make sure the [Music] we'll get the parts and job guys now Rusty Wallace brought back two thirds five pitstop should be coming up within the next 10 laps been mostly a green flag race here at North Wilkesboro back in just a moment when people hear the Hendrick Motorsports team switch to Quaker State 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in Robert Pressley is already been in and here comes Rusty Wallace ah yet Jeremy Mayfield is in so is coming in here's Jerry and Rusty Wallace we're going to work on Ronnie that's the race cars named that wanted Martinsville last what a ruffian now the point for Hambleton martin also in tires on Mark Martin Trustees hitters like to turn one left our speed build party it can work on lap 2 you found it away Hamilton Pontiac left-side tires going up no chassis definite whatsoever I'll have brings the HUD risers heavy on the the leader will fit with the three bar we my car will fit together in about four or five laps 25 Korea the Kodak shipping terry labonte will her night and Terry Labonte will sit next time by you see work continues on the right side of the code what Bernard's whoever is true all his receipt let's go to go every damn earned put on returns to pit road race continues burger comes in for his top two times two years ago they scrub that wins what's dinners what's gonna Ricky Rudd John right the middle of a four-tire change right size drop the jack about a second half the top the glutes the first time and Ernie Irvan is in and out Ricky Craven picks up the lead briefly however he comes in bill miles-an-hour Ricky Craven braces Kodiak Chevrolet of course this will be four tires these guys are running to make a chassis adjustment running exactly the way they wanted to and be there for the last 100 then make her move around loves waiting for bobby labonte like that tires going on where they also made a track bar adjustment they went about trying to tighten it up now the leader of the race pitstop and also he pitted several laps before the other said he went out there and he's running about 3/4 of a second faster than they were on those five or six laps before they came into pitch he went through somebody else's pit besides himself Barnard is in third place there's the lead of the race Rusty Wallace is he pterri Pressley gorgeous and marking the top seven notes on the lead lap there's Terry more bring the fit stops than most of the opening there's a third place Jimmy's friends now Ricky Craven he knows that his alatna it's top-spec you stay down there I was given some extra time also the only other car on the leave behind Jeff Boyd Rusty Wallace leaving at the MoMA 285 horsepower air bags and to easy-open tops the pontiac firebird very convertible maddis biggest rallyin Gabi beer Foster's Australian for beer since NASCAR first began there have been over a thousand races with more than 10,000 drivers and mechanics and millions of spectators and his mascot continues to grow even bigger so has the one parts were serious enough to be the only official auto parts store in the history of NASCAR Western Auto and Western autos new parts America you see the NASCAR fan that is really committed they'll be sitting in the grandstands probably 7 o'clock in the morning even if it's born down right live about six hours to to meet you for two minutes well 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looking for about 1/8 of an inch let's see what we've got is hittin the front of the tire a heavy one eighth of an inch too loud how do they make these adjustments with a tie rod assembly here we are the sleeve in the middle that hooks a tie rod in to the tie rod turns if you shorten the sleeve if you're short an assembly it will tow the car in if you link this assembly it will tow the car out so loosen the bolts adjust it tighten the bolts are ready to go back on the racetrack and there we see the right rear title Kyle Petty's car with around to the solid piece pretty good that you know and you know he's getting a break right now because the second-place car turn the body they're just some heavy heavy traffic you sitting out there running pretty phrase coming up on Bobby Hamilton there in position click Chevy's 442 top ten with now Rusty's in here he'll pass seas were going into turn johnny is two laps down they've done first which men to work where if I said the toe end of the string Rusty's car looks pretty clean is to have a good fastball for the inside [Music] before seven cars lat twenty-eight starting position there we see Michael Waltrip but on the seventh batting for west by the 23rd 24th for great laps down but going hard there's positive honor he's two laps down Bobby there we see him up in front of Johnny Benson that wasn't traffic that he had to work himself through his car second right behind him and bill because and is fifth in the point standings 114 or dangle obligated we're racetrack again they're almost a straightaway but still five seconds now last eight races here in North Wilkesboro for since nineteen the last 15 and his cult sterling sterling getting through there Jeff Gordon ketchup anything those cars that five punches some of the other states bonnie started his 513 Jeff Gordon start is 100 has swept the short tracks fifteen more to go like that yeah but Jeff Gordon achieved his first 12 wins much earlier than they learn and his 99 first 99 Winston Cup races Dale Earnhardt only had six victories for polls 24 whether 60 top tens that had led 2,000 95 laps where as Jeff won his 12th race in 99 starts tentpoles 52 top tens and 3771 911 the nurse got seven championships indoors thirty third we're going to take another break and be back with more live coverage from North Wilkesboro North Carolina of the first Union 400 when the Hendrick team switched the Quaker State this year I was talking with my crew chief about it and he said they ran through all these tests and the stuff beats all their standards so I said but don't forget we won eight races with last year's alone he said yeah but don't you forget we also lost 24 the quickest rate exceeds the highest of standards for engine protection look for the Quaker State 360 rebate during national car care days plus additional savings from these manufacturers at participating retailers checkout Popeyes new chicken tenderloins they're the best yeah right juicy all white meat chicken 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400 from North Wilkesboro is being brought to you by pulse a nice step now by ACDelco Otto ACDelco it's like buying time and by Pontiac of the 1996 us excitement before we cut back yeah I did here's how he did it rusty goes out of turn one the bunny gets on the inside those in the corner has that positional of Bonnie's car sticks gets on the gas and just accelerates past the Miller Genuine Draft Mark Martin Ronnie here in March Park Marcus six though Robert Presley's in John they're about 14 laps before they wanted to come in they went about 298 brought the pond where's my fire what the push way up against the losses brother bad kid trackbar just been trying to get it back to where it was of course was he was loose Mark Martin has come on to pit road also he lost the lap and immediately comes in yes local man vii in the points it's a long way down his pits on the right side put the wrench in the right rear to make that chassis adjustment backing it off put some wedge in one round of wedge in the car Rusty Wallace about to come him for labonte did so he's coming down pit road he and hip Musgrave boat just a lil one second pit stop for mark Barton now Rusty Wallace got about 112 laps to go so that means 55 56 laps on each run which they can complete have pretty good rubble all the tires pretty good speed as good as a Jerry punch sidecars now putting please was like this suddenly the car went away it got very very loose forty left side down through exactly and Bobby Hamilton Parnell walking the speed berry-berry right right they've been taken care of very in the pit road with approval good alert and cheese four times right here going on in an artist and of course the Fort Myer richard childress holding drop each of the tires one gram working on the left making warmth on now carry the body in a pillar in our nexus pit road terri lamanno getting serviced on his car he now exits pit road after a quick four-tire change the car wiggled a little bit he comes back up to speed and then Mark Martin doable derecho Morgan Shepherd Ernie Irvan all making pit stops right now as Terry Lahani gets the car back we'll be incredible terry labonte once again rusty stopped a few last before determining five laps at Rusty Wallace was on the racetrack he probably ran a second lap back to the inside of ricky rudd on a crash at martinsville testing last to Rusty Wallace for position between Jeff Watkins Sterling Marlin so they're still badly even after pitch dr. Besser Ricky Rudd is in here's John Ricky's car just a lot of rudra a little bit and then on the another left side tires off blowing hard register to get the carbon the last time the what you this time there's not a change no adjustments Bruce of traffic Jeff got a car length or so advantage on sterling but sternly maybe closing that gap once again get stopped he is now three laps down once again all cars are still running this would be the second North whoops cars would be running at the finish if it goes that way and only car Winston races the other time was here last year that all cars finished was a 19 that started the event so we'll hope we can see everybody finished this one and that is within 100 laps now as Rusty leaves at the 300 lat Matis biggest rally salad beer Foster's Australian for beer hey clean is my business so when I'm on the road super8 small motel clean carpets clean seats clean clean inside and out nice granite to breed the pontiac firebird weights 305 horsepower comes Braham air induction turns air into fuel in a rush [Applause] in Normal Illinois Jean Goble is popular with folks who need their car fix he does good work and even home from a lake because when he needs Auto Parts Jean buys a lot of them in Auto so you see the prices are low every day at autozone so a lot of good mechanics like Jean just pass the savings on to their customers plus they can still get the best quality parts sure they know how to do the work right but they also know how to save money doing it at autozone beautiful sunny day here at North Wilkesboro as the race now has less than 100 laps to run and at 5 o'clock this afternoon the Boston loam championship featuring arenas for leav Romania and American Mary piers that's at 5 o'clock Eastern Time this afternoon from Amelia Island Florida here ESPN WTA tennis there's the leader of the race Rusty Wallace running second Taylor here's Ernie Irvan in carnivore 28 who's a lap down and dairy cult they are battling the night position both the lap down 33 color problem Robert Pressley running in the sixth position the last car on the lead lap the Kellogg's Chevrolet three during this second place to resting while those guys go through the traffic just coming into turn three over there your epic - yeah Calvin's father Johnny dah his rusty Wallace's will and is Robert Pressley the sixth place car but he's sliding all over the place [Applause] Marlon takes the four position from Jeff Lord laughs Michael three laps down in 20 on the side of his car there's old deep w10 twins here at North Wilkesboro but not a particularly good day for today's 26 for laps down Rusty Wallace you know the press in the 33 car is not post race recap Rusty Wallace laughs fourteen lead change his points go to these drivers the Marlon law Raven urban and ready those cars out of the race nobody still run it and terry labonte takes to live [Music] just stand in front Jerry watch Rusty's tire wear while we watched it all out well the dogs were 9 and a couple of interns for Elton Sawyer Khan canoes second rule for the day he's made heavy contact crossed the line to take the caution flag and Steve Grissom was caught on pit road and that Presley's did feet carrying the body back to the start/finish line so he did stay on the lead lap to the left groups are coming apart so it's been a long day four Elton Sawyer well we're going to show you a triple split here on our pit stops and give you an indication of how long it takes to travel from one and where your stall is that works out while the cars were coming down pit road rusting else about to stop in his father five two and twenty four will be our triple split Rusty's already getting started here's Jerry getting right side five two and twenty four so he the five on top scene of the middle of 24 on the bottom five now getting left side tires all have clean gist also no one's hitting around him herring is out he's now resubmitting at the bar in the pit road biggest is four tires and flirt mister playing his car go completely away he was certainly welcoming this cause he's black and he gets his four-tire change and it and they held them down at the exit to the pit area because the field had not yet come around that's right exactly the jimmy joste flag and rusty and Levada heated the stop sign now to go back and Rusty Wallace once again let's take the lead back and we have activity on pit road now involving those cars that are not on the lead lap we'll be back with more live coverage from North books for our second caution of the day is out because of a span involving Elton Sawyer cars they're cool true value official hardware store of NASCAR IRL I rock and garages everywhere coming the true value in hit lubricator 2001 super engine treatment and Valvoline 10w30 10 w 44 5w30 motorola just how long does a car battery lasts about this much mine is put into most batteries at AC Delco puts in more time while batteries last over 20% longer well now there's a 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long studios I'm Carl radish the Chicago Bulls going for the 69th win the Indiana Pacers got some bad news there 20 games behind the bulls and Reggie Miller is gonna be out for two to three weeks last night he bumped heads with Otis Thorpe and Allan Houston suffered a minor concussion find out today that he actually broke the right bone which surrounds his eye surgery in the next 24 hours should return in two to three weeks to remember the playoffs begin in the week and a half mentioned the Bulls looking to tie these 71-72 Lakers for 69 wins in quest of 70 should they win today against the Cavs 70 they could go four on Tuesday night early on in this game pretty nice drive by Tyrell Brandon but quickly the other way they go Rodman touchdown and Michael Jordan who lays it up and in and Chicago has gotten their 69th win they will go for their 70th Tuesday at Milwaukee against the Bucs 98 72 is your final score there Michael Jordan with over 30 the Hawks is over the nets 80 to 70 in the fourth quarter the Nets 13 state without a hundred Hornets over the Sixers 94 78 the bullets beat the Raptors 110 97 and seventh straight as they make a playoff push don't forget tonight Sunday Night Baseball rained out last night the Mets in the Rockies 8 o'clock Eastern 5 p.m. Pacific time baseball tide comes up before that where her all day back to with Wilkesboro and Bob Jenkins Thank You Carl and we are just about to go back to green after our second caution period of the afternoon they're lined up two by two behind the pace car it's Rusty Wallace followed by Terry Labonte they our Jeff Gordon and Sterling Marlin and Robert Pressley the six cars on the lead lap the left 74 laps to go in a thick green flag ball better now be ready long way fathers up on top the score stands for go when the green because he has two cars to bypass rusty walls turn we're in we should say that Mark Martin Gonzalez's hip are into the garage areas among Martin something wrong parrot is in 14th position after all that he through this afternoon he's two laps down but is in 14th a 9/10 is out of the question by any means cars that are also two laps down here's Jerry punch on the Valvoline Ford sits in the garage where they put it up on four jack stands and Martin Martin has climbed down in the car apparently the probably tucked in the Jack rushes Carter mark is at the rear-end gear of the problem that gets it in some prokhanov back Mark Martin cut down on the car they're gonna try to get the car fixed he's talking with Jeff Crouse he is seventh overall in the points and if he would get a DNF here it could really hurt him early in the season in the points race it sure could Jerry good point seventh to the point standings and he is the only car out of the race right now we're back in the garage area and this is what happened when he went into the garage area had to come to a complete stop the country with people standing in his way Jeff Gordon takes third from Dale Earnhardt nor was to come back to it inside quicker the deal on that restart and I think that helped a lot points were awarded would be in the points lead moving up a position Jared Backus fought Terry Labonte up too and Ricky was down to the five fifth position Wallis would move up to positions to seventh Martin down one to eight Musgrave up one and also Sterling Marlin guys come out of this race with the point's lead and if he wins it he's gonna win that Winston bonus get out so much unical vomica has to be in the points lead at the end of that but these guys have been so strong today that's going to be difficult to take the lead away from these guys Wallace and the class of the field and Rusty Wallace looks to be at just a tick quicker on : seems to have the advantage on older cars deal summary six cars on the lead lap craven and earlier laughs down including Dale Jarrett and it takes a couple of laps to pit there's not a car that would try to stretch it 75 less them they will all make another pit stop that's going to be after secrecy I would say to somebody will stay out there and try to go now may be all over with you're exactly right he must have read Gary D hearts mind he just told me a minute ago the card number five seventy-three left for our second stop we should be able to make a hard time to probably laugh let the yellow we're going to stay out now I talked to Robin Tim Burton in the car number two they trust you all can you run seven to that today 135 our car goes away but we made it well don't look for Dale Earnhardt competitors race days dreams staying out and going for the checkers it's a smart man's ray now last is true after they went back out after that boys about the same longest one on a set of tires all day they went 70 I am understand Kristen who's running in the six spot right now no problem their first run 76 laps ATPG says the rest of the way on tires the problem that they're having is a little too much coming down robbers Robert drive the car like you're driving on battle up front between terry labonte and i won they just sit there break that garlic looking for his support what here at North Wilkesboro Terry is also looking for his fourth but in 19 of the last Rusty Wallace has finished in the contest 19 out of 20 yep the bond in their turn Pressley what was that slump or on the 33 at this title we can I think it's the right foot this is the brakes on the 33 car may have a tire rub looks like the fender high here ever you might have gotten into someone else out there but it looks like the fender might be rubbing just a little bit but guys or seem to be too concerned with you may be right if I saw pilot exhaust over there tough to get any a minute but this is how the fender got in on the 33 car this is about five laps ago their contact there with Sterling Marlin don't take much not that bender Robert may have seen the every time he goes into a corner thought maybe he can take advantage of it he has not done so as a a little bit of 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and Robert Pressley was just right behind on a couple of laps ago there he back in the clutches of Bobby Hammond is a couple position Doug much faster top ten going though John what's the problem with Robert vomits it's kind of humorous when you hear this you probably gotta laugh if the radio came on lost time by reaching over grabbing the wire get back into the radio they're on the track by having the flood radio back in where your favorite rider is running here what laps to get all this been only two cautions these are significant Jeremy Mayfield spun in four and where did so in three other than that has been a nice with nothing serious now separating him heart heart I should say separating himself a little bit from Sterling Marlin the Coors Light Pontiac just 37 laps good 24 cars catching them then here's to me laughter Jim Gordon is gaining would make this a three-car race before it's over there are the first two both these guys were probably cut out there and rusty probably called out there in no-man's land that feeling like he has to run the rest of laps without making a pit stop and trying his best to save his car to be able to do that and the bonded you sitting there by this time because on a hard time so they probably saw pennant and main while Jeff Gordon is kitchen and then they have one point mm separates 1st and 3rd and mark mark on to the racetrack after all cars are still running one seven between first and third one spot and the nine grow enough to fall out for him to gain this far yep look little more than a second as a matter of parlance for his third consecutive since Rusty Wallace did it at night last year we didn't there huh man he is really going somewhere Labonte was in a basic driver now he has to come a little bit minutes there we see some traffic Russ our leg speed catching and passing or to the right here are the top five in points when we came into this race where they swear they are running now they ernhardt has moved Kirra 33rd start 17th now Ricky Cravens days and now in third position Rusty Wallace has moved from first goes to show you what Ned and Betty talked about in the early part of the race becomes a victim of a crime how they go game over there there is a huge amount of water that was a soften the blow and all dumped out on pit road and Joe Nemechek has done problems yeah damaged heavily on the right front tires trying to come off the rim probably will before he gets back wow what a break for Rusty Wallace how tough breaks there's John Andretti he's climbed out of his car he's okay and since pit road is closed there was a little bit of a fire Ready's car but he quickly got out and is obviously okay you're right what can we gonna do with all of this water out there on pit road they were so rusty go through the water heading towards the pits now that sorry that was negative let's see what we can see what happened to the left and Russia's going to hit and read yeah and that's when we see the fire wow he that is a tough tough break and Jeff bodean makes him contact with John Andretti and Andretti is trying his best ever seen Ernie Irvan go by now here comes Nemechek and looks like the dollars back yeah I also hit the water the back was the first to hit the water and then and ready sled into it knocking over the barrels and then right in front of Rusty Wallace rusty had no place to go and this is Rusty's amazing just in the wrong place at the wrong time that's racing till the swallow for Rusty Wallace who and the field pretty much covered here or at least was in the lead he's coming in despite the fact that the pits are closed because it really doesn't mean much he's just gotta go to the tail end of the longest line on the restart that's all survey the damage and Gerry go ahead as you can see heavy damage on the front of the car Russian said hey just pull the fingers out and put on four tires per said now rusty it's worse than that but how to raise a hood take a look at it so he sits on pit road and they have told the paste on the slope to get the NASCAR officials time and try to clean up the backstretch area of the pit so others quit pit stick an open pit road but heavy damage on the front of the Miller Ford Thunderbird Billy Wilbur talking to Rusty he takes the window net down pulls the gloves off very disgustedly and apparently they are going to have to call it a day can you believe the kind of luck he had a few laps ago and they're gonna push the car behind the wall and what at radiator creators okay is it the radiator the oil pump everything is gone in the front of the car they are history Wow well that is the break he was looking for a caution flag was absolute break he was looking for but it didn't need to be part of it ironically his crew chief Robin Pemberton has been named the Western auto mechanic of the race now he's got a lot of work to do he and the rest of the Miller man that that is just they have stopped fortunate situation so they stopped the pace car over the cigarette legs I had a feeling they would a red flag because they can't stop us so that they can another they can't work on the two right yeah one right because they can at least figure out what they need to go get off the truck but then a change they need it ransacked water to clean up over there in the backstretch the interest of Hitler's less reason for the red flag there you can see the work is the first of all they're going to have to refill those barrels of water check this parking lot over 102 it looks like bloom on the other side on the cars up like this right yeah they've lined him up like that the drivers run across the tracks in a very badly damaged race car of Johnette ready he is okay we're under red here at North Wilkesboro 30 laps to go an unexpected accident can leave you with permanent pain and suffering leaving you incapacitated if your accident has left you with headaches neck and back pain who's at the center for spinal pain therapy for medical 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across America autozone the best parts in the Auto Parts red flag here at North Wilkesboro no.1 they had the car on the record maybe and what happened I don't know it either fell off there as I watched it go by here on the hook there was still a little bit of fire in the engine compartment John well Bob as they turned the record turned around to bring it back into pit road all of a sudden a bunch of people from pit road started yelling at him fire fire and there was a fire back in the engine compartment and so they dropped the wish they are they have popped it dropped the car down hold the record truck away and some fire crew were quickly on the scene to extinguish the fire with a little bit of a scary moment there now I understand Dale Earnhardt has somewhat of a comment let's go to go ever to find out about that well with a park these guys back there he was really concerned that his car would not restart so he left it running and the temperatures started going up and up and he was encouraging Richard Childress to try and get NASCAR to keep these guys rollin and they wouldn't that you know obviously they couldn't do it so finally he said I'm leaving it running Richard Childress told him you're gonna have to turn it off Dale or it's gonna burn up so they have shut it off now he did get an agreement for like speed in the nine car that speed would push start him he would go back to a caution condition but now it looks like they asked on makin a truck over there to help push start the three car will have to wait you see down pit road to Jerry punch with a very disappointing Rusty Wallace rusty you climbed badly Karla talk you had one I made the car running so well I mean I just it's really upsetting because the car was just that good they something happens a locker turn forward they started spinning down the back straightaway I went down low to try to avoid it in the 37 car come across the track there's just nowhere to go when the smoke cleared there he was you hit him it looked like you were trying to get on the brakes and it looked from us like he was going to stay across the top of the racetrack I thought it was I were trying to get to stop and I just hit him head-on as nothing I could do about it the car was awesome how bad is it hurt I think it's got the front snout knocked off a good other than that it was uh it's pretty bad right now Rusty Wallace just couldn't catch a break folks thought he had a great one today and Ronnie and they're gonna try to fix the car but it is heavily damaged here in the garage area another look at it from our camera down the backstretch into turn number three and ready against the wall comes across and thready hits the of water and then rusty Pena and Bill Weber reported that Earnhardt won to leave his car running but it got too hot you see the darker part underneath the three car that's the overflow out of the right rear coming under the car and a crowd that's too much water the three car is lost bill Weber is with Richard Childress and he's been talking to his driver and his crew trying to make sure they're all set to go when this race goes back to yellow obviously his car was not going to restart he does he have an overheating problem Richard no we're not overheating it just is he sit there and let it idle you know while we're waiting to see how long we were gonna leave it out and they got a little hot and spit some water out but I think we're gonna be okay we'll get it cranked up okay it's gonna start okay for you know we might have to have a little push okay when we've been to this movie before I like it Bristol this might be a big help for you guys obviously the two cars out of it but your car wasn't as good as it had been earlier in the race yeah you know that time there the car was shoving a front just a little bit more and uh first time I really had to push your car so we'll just see how we do on this next when we're trying to do some stuff in here yogi said it best these things are never over till their own or other never over till it's over Richard Childress hoping that his car restarts in this Drive and come back here get four fresh tires for the last 23 laps of this thing well 377 are complete it's Terry Labonte and Jeff Gordon up front now under red here at North Wilkesboro cleaning up an accident over on the backstretch you want to know how to choose a motor I'll take a ride to your local garage and see what the mechanic puts into his own car fact is of all the brands of motor oil more ASE Certified Master Technicians choose Valvoline for use in their own cars and trucks so before you buy a motor oil for your car and all the one more top mechanics put into the airs Valvoline the number one choice of America's top mechanics come play the new Valvoline racing game on the net goodyear revolutionized wet traction design with aquatred now could you introduces infinite read the first tire with a lifetime tread life warranty the new all season infinite read its 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4th hole and Norman made a bogey on that hole and Nick Faldo made a par so he is up 5-4 shots they head toward the pit we found a couple of reminders notes here on ESPN espn2 the Indy Lights Firestone championships come your way on the deuce at 6:00 p.m. Eastern time and our p.m. tonight comes your way on espn2 at 8 o'clock Kenny main in the house to wrap up the entire week's events going on and on the tracks across the country speaking of tracks we go back to Bob Jake thanks Carl we are are back at North Wilkesboro where the red flag remains out and they go down to Jerry punch who is with John Andretti John first of all you took one heck of a lick out there are you ok yeah I'm fine you know I'm really disappointed we were just trying to get to the finish we seem to be the thing that's been kind of out of our reach all year and and you know we got down there at the beginning and I'm like you know just trying some different strategies anyway you just come along and I'm the same the same guy that took us out of Darlington took us out here and then evidently very little regard for for me or my safety or anybody else is out there because you know he just keeps doing it and you know I mean that's not the way I go race and I go racing to go race a Nanako race and hit people and it's a shame that it happened it looked like your car was gonna stay at the top of the racetrack and I know you were probably trying to keep it up there but it seemed that get back down across in front of rusty but you didn't have much control no once it hit the wall the first time it broke the steering Ben it up and I I mean you can you can get in there and try and turn it but the wheels not turning and you know you hold the brakes and hope that you know you come to stop and fortunately when it ricocheted off the wall I came you know perpendicular to the racetrack and and then I got hit again and got spun around and unfortunately rusty I'm you know yet nowhere to go and amira head on I guess John what do you do about naming names what do you do when the driver taps you a couple times a row like after you go during the week the your car when I go talk to somebody or did you just let the NASCAR handle it I think you know that you do hope the NASCAR would handle it because I mean it's really not not something that we need to handle personally but I guess if we have to handle it personally I mean I don't like the race like that and it's tearing up a lot of our equipment and it's unnecessary and you know he wasn't race for the lead neither were worry and we had nothing to gain by it and he certainly didn't either and we lost a lot from it so like I said you know maybe it wasn't intentional but it's happened twice and he hit me twice both I'm usually done attention and they let go of you they save it thanks john andretti able to join us for a moment the cars have refined and so is the car number three there was some concern about that car not retiring because of the overheating but they have refire in the back trim it is rolling on its own down the backstretch and so they learn it might not have started with the starter but he had it parked so the car would coast down the hill and he could let the clutch out in gear and turn the car that's why all the cars stopped like they didn't backed up the wall in case the starter would not turn them over they would just put host let's take a look at a friend the cars are being we Green will come out well they get a couple of line was the pit road was closed that time the next time they go by pit road it was all these cars I would think will dive in and would you think next up with 23 laps to go 22 when they come back around the next time yeah there fresh tires on this car there's only five cars on the lead lap so the this laugh does count that's 378 complete now time no trustee Wallis in six position this is how they claw cross the line before the red flag but Wallace's car is heavily damaged behind the wall and that of course is going to fall out of six position as we go along the strange thing is going to get down to Mark Martin you'll see that he's 25 laps down so now the race doesn't help him yep because there are only 22 to go exactly sure he can't pass them he's got a bill Weber for an update on Earnhardt okay Dale got a fire temperature 240 degrees called in and told him it was trying to vapor lock so then he got it down to 230 that is 225 we need up the pace car all these things are gonna overheat so we're not coming and tranq it in sport tires and they told him to come down pitched up they really want to see him park this car right there two stops under yelling one the outcome of the race really whoever gets out in front stop here's bill ever again the five free in the twenty four stacked on your screen Earnhardt is in no traffic around this pit ball right working around jackets down we're gonna read the left foot ernhardt guns the engine back up the left side left side tires spitting top' and bottom' Earnhardt's car already rolling down pit road now they pull the five car off the jack has down it away and they will try to beat the brake it will be 524 and no the spot twenty four five three Holloway once again those or the field have come around and so they had this slam on the brakes at Pitt out the sea jet force completes his pissed off D please and the five car is going to win the race and Jeff Gordon at home the racetrack so there will be terry labonte at the front of the field when we go back to green there you can see them all stacked up waiting for the field and come around so we'll be back to racing here in just a moment for the final few laps of the first Union 400 Goodyear revolutionized wet traction design with aquatred now could you introduces infinite read the first tire with a lifetime tread life warranty the new all C's an infinite read its tread is guaranteed for as long as you own your car call 1-800 Goodyear at autozone we carry filters for just about 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Andretti and our camera be back out on the racetrack however to complete the final laps of this event and we're lined up for a restart baby talk oh thank you baby yogurt completely changed the complexity of this it is unusual not to see the two car up here in the that is 524 333 cards on the lead lap just trying trying to get offender slid across and here's Dale Jarrett trying to get Eagles ition from Ted Musgrave and he does it so he's near the top 10 18:30 is white shark tooth place darling DiPaola party No a little bit from Dale Earnhardt took a look but yeah have you where to go trying to get in cross he knows better he knows that once he gets the left side on their side at apron with the left side what a performance in tying Richard Petty's consecutive start straight and possible win and if he wins his check will enclose 200 from unical Rick him again the businessman he is prop well I don't know if he's probably pulling for the money 2,500 $29,000 action the bother should win look by the way to you bonus has never been one before at North Wilkesboro here's chef trying to get off the corner but five to go now the important they're winding down oh he's not getting off the bottom is he right there that's why it needs to be black mixed online this is too much research folks there it is No why comes out one more trip around the five eighths wild we'll be terry labonte or jeff gordon in victory lane there down the backstretch hill nose-to-tail but Terry depending NASCAR Winston Cup champion the first uniform with Jeff Gordon a second car finishes third qualifying lover Kellogg's cornflakes burgers celebrates Teri's performance and there is Ray Evernham the crew chief on Jeff Gordon's car Jerry Gary congratulations you roll the dice they're late but it came up came up a winner I'll tell you no rush to be pretty strong and we didn't know if we was going to get around him or not our tires was giving up that same time here was John Force on he got that right he was pretty good and everybody had to be at that last time so we come out on hand on this this could be what a day you tie a legends record you win the poll and you win the race I'm down here I can't believe her this I've always done a good fit' pit stop today all day long we just have a good day Gary d'art the winning crew chief for Hendrick wins in 1996 pop and it's Terry Labonte 17th career win his fourth from the pole position 2nd win from the pole at North Wilkesboro if more top mechanics use one motor oil over any other brand in their own cars and trucks maybe it's time you changed your oil fouling the number one choice of America's top mechanics enter the performance zone with live fire performance be smart loads yet you're passing care here on experts say require performance these mark loves mean more horsepower and better mileage the difference in gas mileage is from fantastic enter the performance though only with split buyer performance fees guarantee and now you could win a limited edition 97 Mustang Cobra enter the split fire performance fee sweepstakes Goodyear revolutionized wet traction design with aquatred now Goodyear introduces infinite read the first tire with a lifetime tread life warranty the new all season infinite read its tread is guaranteed for as long as you own your car call 1-800 Goodyear Wow save up to 40% on selected Goodyear tires through May for special visa participating could be your location and ask about our geometric tour Europe starting as low as $19.99 call 1-800 Goodyear what do you get when you cross a high-quality conventional motor oil with an advanced formula synthetic a revolutionary oil that protects better than regular Royals yet cost less than full synthetics durablend from Valvoline powder leans the number one choice of top mechanics terry labonte the street 513 consecutive starts in 17 seasons plus we change the 16 to 17 wins for today's victory 24 pulls 139 top fives 266 top 10s and the 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup championship he pulls the Kellogg's park-like and to victory lane here at North Wilkesboro and picks up a big paycheck today because of the unocal bonus money that has been won for the first time ever here at this facility the last time Terry Labonte was in victory lane his car was all it beat up after a crash just past the checkered flag at Bristol but the car looks relatively clean today he drove a very smart race he really did he backed off he had to run our than he had to and obviously had a very good race car and also can credit to Gary D yard to do some very very good pit stops waiting for Terry to get out of the car so we can have a word with him he's getting as last-minute instructions from bill Broderick on what to do there we go put on the Hat forgot that thing the Iron Man our McDonald's wonderful interview comes from Bill Weber and Terry Labonte sky high now off the roof of your car your feet back on the ground congratulations what three wonderful days for you well I say yes I don't know what to say you know we had a great car here all the guys in Hendrick Motorsports did a great job for us fantastic engine fantastic car the difference was a pit stop at the end they made a great pit stop we beat the other guys off pit road and we were able to hold off yes but I was good it was Jeff behind me cuz no we raced each other clean and you know he never got into me or nothing and if he would have beat me on pit road he would have won the race Terry you've played it really cool time the Kings record you can really relax but now does it mean something even more to you the way you did it well I think that yeah you know I always felt like I was the thing that excited me the most was the fact this team was so good in the fact that when we got the race where we could take it have a chance to tie the record I had a chance to break it to follow awake I felt like we had a chance to win the race all day you know g-girl about that bonus money all right you had the 24 behind you could you've gotten the two how about you in the tube rusty fella we were I think at the time we were being I'd used up my right rear tire trying to beat beat the two in the 24 it caught us there and then they had a wreck gonna back straightaway rusty went low and I went high and the car went low and he got it it's just a tough break there's a good run all day for us and you know it's fun all guys up front ran hard and the race good congratulations on your win and on an amazing record tying feet thank you that's Terry Labonte took Jerry punch well from 26 to a third champ not a bad run for you well it wasn't I gotta hand it to Bobby in all the guys David Smith and spending all over the engine guys back home I did a great job her carcass was uh a little too tight on the first of run and after we you know got 10 or 15 last we could go pretty good so I got a congratulate Terry Labonte for all the starts and time to record Richard and winning the race - so you got quite a bonus today so he deserves that he's been a tough competitor all over the years and he still competitive still can win yeah he's gonna be one to record with this year you got a pretty good nickname until later he's the Iron Man let me ask you this quickly the restart the car vapor lock and this was sputtering those last few laps well it was hot and then starter was locked up it wouldn't work because of that and we've kind of kicked off fair after setting over the temperature of the motor vapor lock the carburetor in the heat Gantt Center carburetor got hot so it was a couple at center that caution I didn't know who was gonna make it back but it cleared out and I reckon the cool gas got too and we've got to stop there and a good stop yeah just you know just was short on them no short runs I would like to got him that's the Earnhardt and gods he finishes third and chips away at that point lane of Dale Jarrett yeah sure does I think our review of the point standings will still show him in second however 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took us you know 15 to 20 laps to get the car hooked up and no we're just too tight on new tires and we took a gamble it day and done some trance adjustments we knew he would lose spot in pits but it wouldn't make any difference in I got to Robert but around lamps and uh yeah if we went green the last 80 laps we might have been every was gaining on them about 1/10 2/10 of lap but they'll run out of laps Larry said you wanted to work on the short track program this year you got the speedway program down this has to give you a little bit of a boost yeah it does in your Bristol I felt like we had a car to win a race and we run real good and I had a piece break and had lost - laughs change it but this same car ran Bristol Warner mark still with it and hopefully get up ever had a good taste in Martinsville Sterling Marlin finishes fifth let's go to John Kernan with the fourth place finisher and of course this Robert Pressley Robert a career best fourth place finish your best finish in 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something odd only pretty hard about it and and Benny he talked to you about it I guessing and you saw there's nothing that he could ever do to get get back right no that's right well he brought a picture by us there's a doors working place for clay he brought a picture by here there on the left side he and dragged now ladies and gentlemen I want to kill them here's Jerry Ricky Craven they're good and crazy upstairs but you guys had a great run today you started seventh finish six great consistency well it has been and it just keeps it going you know I'm so proud of the guys we've been blessed this year I mean it's been a great start and we don't expect it to end I mean I think we're just building on it each week it gets better and better expectations now Krista may be a top five or even a top three of the points at the end no honestly not I mean we're focused on one thing and that's winning a race and we know if we do this enough knock on the door pretty soon we'll bang our way in and I think I Drive up and down the road right to the shot whatever I'm doing all week long I think about that first win and you know I can't wait til it happens I'm not gonna push too hard I'm not gonna tear up race cars doing it but that's what we're focused on that first win can't be far away guys third top ten in the last four starts in his fourth out of seven events and next week we will have more racing coverage for you beginning Friday on the deuce with Winston Cup qualifying three o'clock Eastern Time Saturday the Goody's headache powder 200 on the deuce live one o'clock and we will be live next Sunday for the NASCAR Winston Cup race from Martinsville Jeff Gordon and Terry Labonte are Allen best with special guests on shop Talk coming up in just a moment Terry Labonte drives the Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chevy to Victory Lane here this afternoon in his 513th and record time consecutive start for John Kernan Bill Weber Jerry punch Ned Jarrett and Benny Parsons i Bob Jenkins thanks for joining us so long everyone
For those curious, Terry Labonte no longer holds the Iron Man streak. That honor currently goes to Jeff Gordon, who went from his rookie season in 1993 to his retirement in 2015 without missing a single event; a streak of 797 races.
It’s a shame the streak came to an due to an injury in 2000.....I think he broke his ankle or something in the summer Daytona race but I may be wrong. He missed two races including that year’s Brickyard 400.......in fact there may have been another crash somewhere shortly after because I remember Labonte having dizziness........and I distinctly remember ESPN’s Bill Webber mentioning that Labonte rode roller coasters as part of his recovery process to test whether he could handle the G-forces......funny the stuff that sticks with you.
Looking back it clearly seems to have been post-concussion syndrome issues.
In any event, I remember Labonte’s streak being a big deal back then......and then it was a pretty big deal for Rudd too.
It didn’t seem to be a big deal for Jeff Gordon - but for good reason. Labonte and Rudd were pioneers of the sport (to what it is today) and started their streaks in 1979 and 1981, respectively, when the sport was a lot less glamorous and a lot more dangerous.
It’s insane how that records been destroyed
Gordon with 797 consecutive starts is just mind blowing. And harvick can break that in like 3 years
Skip to 6:15 for an amazing command lmao. I spent a good chunk of time a few years ago trying to find the race with this command and finally found it and was amazed that this was posted with full commercials. It's a pretty decent race if anyone wants to watch it in its entirety
Can't wait for the inevitable return of North Wilkesboro as the championship race and L.W. Wright will serve as the Honorary Pace Car Driver.
Boy that race belonged to Rusty. Just unfortunate luck with under 30 to go and a wreck right in front of him.
Won on the day he broke the streak record? Clearly they gave him the lucky restrictor plate for this one. /s