unique racetracks and today it unveils its new look we are live at Pocono International Raceway on TNN Motorsports [Music] they don't make days any nicer than this one here in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania welcome everybody I'm Eli gold we are live here at Pocono International Raceway and Buddy Baker it's a racetrack with a brand new racing surface that is very smooth the tone turn three to five miles an hour faster than last year everybody's looking for a lightning fast race today and qualifying was so very interesting Phil Parsons behind the pole sitter Jeff Gordon a lot of interesting names well sure where you've got Derek coat back there Hut Stricklin guys that you don't normally see right up front but the thing about this new racetrack is it's a clean slate for everybody you don't have the same bumps that you had 20 years ago that the Aaron Hertz know and the Waltrip snow so maybe we'll see one of those guys break through that could be an equalizing factor but the one constant is our pole sitter Jeff Gordon third week in a row he's been at the top spot and earlier this morning he and Glenn Jarrett spent some time walking around this new Pocono racing surface well I I'm down on this newly resurfaced race track here at Pocono with the pole sitter Jeff Gordon and he proved last year he could dominate this place almost won the race a year ago won the pole here so obviously you've taken a liking to mystery pavement well uh yeah I really like it it's the first time I've ever sat on the pole here at Pocono and you know we've run good here in the past and I was a little bit worried because shocks are usually really really important here and as smooth as the track is you've kind of thrown that shot combination out of it and we didn't test here either so I've been real happy with the car this is one of our best cars and it's a car we won with at Dover and I hope it works on the flat tracks today well we're in the turn three here you hear just as you go off into the front straightaway this was a good place to set them up past them yeah this leads up to the long straightaway very long straightaway and you can really get on a guy and if you if you just take your momentum up off this corner you can really get underneath the guy and that's where you want to position yourself going into that first term we'll be looking for that a little bit later on it is incredibly smooth out here we had a chance to talk to several the other competitors to see what they thought about it some interesting comments let's hear from them well first of all the tracks really smooth it's uh it's hard to say that by Pocono because it's always been a rough racetrack everybody's I enjoy coming here we always run into here but boy when I showed up two weeks ago for this test that couldn't lives in the same place because all the bumps on fronts trade were gone it's real smooth I guess you had clearance Cagle the old fella looked after all these pavement jobs looked after this place and I can't find a band place in a race track this year is faster in every corner and it just feels great it's hard to judge exactly what it's gonna be like for racing but it sure is smooth it sure is nice it has a nice wide groove a lot of new pavement that we race on you it's so hard to race on because if you get outside the groove you're history this doesn't feel that way we're gonna run them by yourself out there and you make a mistake and get out lied you're still okay which is kind of unique but you know the tracks nice and smooth has still got some waves and places where they had it before but kind of adds a little character to the race track I guess so but it really they really did a great job paving it it's just gonna be a pretty smooth racers pretty smooth racetrack for the race cars well the second biggest story this week at Pocono Dale Jarrett crashed in qualifying on Friday broke some bones Randy Pemberton is standing by with him well thanks Glen Dale we know that you're hurt is there a possibility that you can't go the distance today here at Pocono yeah I just really don't know there is that possibility I'm pretty sore today just a matter how much my knee can stand and you know how things go but I'm gonna try to make it all the way but I have Mike Wallace standing by and and I feel good about that because they have a lot of confidence in Mike and we just see what happens say Happy Father's Day to my dad and my father-in-law Jack Spears uh go have a good day yeah you too Eli I Randy thanks a lot a lot of stories today plus remember the point standings second third and fourth spots go in today's race separated by only 79 we're coming right back a car engine has as little as a thousandth of an inch of motor oil protecting it's fun but friction and heat can make motor oil become volatile and vaporize weakening its ability to protect vital parts Texaco Havoline formula 3 is formulated to control volatility fight vaporization and provide 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in which he is started in the top ten he's joined by Mark Martin outside of row number three next row Bobby Labonte who picked up three spots in the points after a great finish at Dover he's joined by joe nemecheck is that some of his best career runs here the fifth roll veteran Ricky Rudd and Dale Earnhardt he has had a handful of top five seven of those consecutively this year Terry Labonte and Ward Burt Ward was quick and practice yesterday afternoon roll number seven Rick mast and Michael Waltrip who finished second here in 88 his career best finish row number 8 Bobby Hamilton quick and practice yesterday and young South Boston Virginia roll number nine Ernie Irvan and fur WIC Pennsylvania's Jimmy Spencer they love him a beer at the Poconos Rusty Wallace and John Andretti will make their own number ten start and ready one ear in a go-cart twenty years ago Lake speed and Brett Bodine roll number 12 Sterling Marlin and Todd Bodine who sucks for Phil Elliott again here this week good to see Boy Allen back after injuries at Rockingham and chef Beau dimes who wants to lead a lap this year Morgan Shepherd and there's Dale Jarrett after the accident he's using his Charlotte car here today roll number 15 Wally Dallenbach and Ted Musgrave he normally finishes here in the top five he's hoping for a good day Bobby Hillin and Darrell Waltrip has been a victory lane many times here at Pocono Jeff Green is driving for Dale and Theresa Earnhardt Jeremy Mayfield tribes for Cale Yarborough the eighteenth row Robert Pressley healthy no substitute Greg sacks is not here as a backup and Randy MacDonald his first race of the year Steve Grissom and Kenny Wallace row number 19 look Kyle Petty and Johnny Benson and starting in the 21st row Dick Trickle the new driver for Judy Don living as far as the in-car camera coverage is concerned for you today we have got many cameras onboard Mark Martin will be carrying some of our cameras today so too will Ricky Rudd be bringing us around this racetrack Todd Bodine is going to be bringing us some of the comforts today from the McDonald's Foy we've got Jeremy Mayfield and Jeff Burton also carrying cameras today and this is a tough old racetrack buddy maker will be very interesting after a competitive market race yesterday without many incidents on the track it'll be interesting to see if the cup guys can follow suit there was a lot more driving than yesterday that we've seen here in the past Eli what you have here is a very very tight field from first to last is very loose presents feet so it's gonna be a give and take right at first and if we well no turn three is the key to getting around this racetrack it's also the key to keeping the car in one piece if you go way out correct 200 laps around the two and a half mile Pocono International Raceway on Father's Day 1996 glad to have you with us here on TNN Motorsports and Jeff gearbox and off they go on this long seven tenths of a mile from straightaway the longest rates in all of NASCAR racer turn number one is basically a high-speed pin turn but a little more putting random exede in the past now the teams are going can turn one to turn to this is a triangular trip maybe three turns they're heading middle through the Long Pond straightaway to that corner that you're looking at it would be the total turn that space for the tunnel that leads him outside to inside the racetrack as they get across the tunnel they now work this north straightaway at seventeen hundred and eighty feet they blow by Jeff Gordon right there putting Hut Stricklin at the point now in the Circuit City machine and now they work on the flat turn number three where our fans drop onto the finished product like the one of course Jeff Gordon got caught on the outside and even with the great surface they have here what he did on the other side of the guy's got momentum or downside he had to give way so as they work back into the corner Hut Stricklin is only left in Daytona and he shows the way right now outside now inside of it his derrike cope and second Phil Parsons in that new singing there they can't truly run side-by-side like Mark Martin was alluding to in the open Derrick got underneath got under a putt Strickland coming off turn one made to pass into the tunnel tor not I'm not sure anybody can run through the tunnel turn and lead the Hut Stricklin going back to the lead there on the anti was there coke you see Derek's role of decide and get back in that preferred line take a lower line looking for a place to make his move here any straighter and third there he's got a good run going here at Pocono he loves this racetrack and there's a vintage Pocono seen this wide drag strip like main straightaway folks whose every in Savannah's Derek coke now works the inside to his advantage he loud their foot mark mark related to wide in number one corner two years ago last year even he could mean think of going on the outside to make it back Jeff Gordon Gordon in third now I think Jeff Gordon covered from his even he may have slipped to whatever in the tunnel turn on that first laugh and that's why those cars got by him it looks like he's recovered and headed back towards the front [Music] 1780 feet from turn two to that flat turn number three allowed we have reports from several team fat now that they're baked trouble trouble trouble in the corner is joe nemecheck was having his car kicked out through the corner goes across the grass as one other machine belts his some flame you see at the top of your picture and we right here as Bobby Labonte has problems with the Interstate Batteries Chevrolet we've got a bit of a fire in the back the car looked like the car must have backed on the wall or something maybe maybe exiting the tunnel got it together with another car going in turn three there there's Bobby being helped from the car he quickly took care of all of these safety gear the paraphernalia unhooked and jumped out and was helped he saw at the very end by one of the track workers here scary moments though Bobby is okay again we showed you him being carried away and helped over by the safety crew and he is just fine but boy the Interstate Batteries Chevrolet to see clearly the fire extinguished in a hurry before that baby went up quickly tremendous damage there around the fuel cell and all over left for a corner that that car really had a hard lick on the left side but do you know the way we were talking about before the race is that flat corner you don't have the bank to hold it we'll take another look and see what so what we can see already up in the wall there yeah we caught him he was already sideways and back in the wall and looked like Terry Labonte trying to make an evasive action I got in the back of Nemechek and I think that's why Nemechek one had spun to the inside of the racetrack tremendous damage when you have a flat corner it's a fast one it's it's the slowest corner on this racetrack but it's still lightning-fast and 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club for half price to a now by calling 1-800 nine five two oh seven oh wait welcome back everybody is BR under caution first time here at Pocono International Raceway the autozone race analysis brought to you by the more than 1300 autozone stores across America autosome the best parts in Auto Parts they see the numbers of this afternoon's race 200 laps 500 miles the race record what with the new pavement here could well be equipped this afternoon in the 37th ever visit for the NASCAR Winston Cup teams here to Pocono you see Bobby Labonte's car let's look through March marks windshield and see he was in the general vicinity fellas to see we could see what happened okay they're going into turn three you see Joe Nemechek get him right in the lip for a corner the preferred line is right on the white line going through the corner Bobby come across Nemechek didn't have time to check up he caught him on a left for a corner and a round they go so the we looked up Billy saw Joe going across the grass now that didn't car looked at it gives us a broader idea of what exactly transpired that's what we're talking about the give and take and you know don't know whether Joe Bobby didn't know Joe was there whatever but you have to give somebody a little bit more room especially this early in the race and that didn't happen then you see Bobby five of the bodies a result right there let's take another look at it real time and see what it looked and sounded like to Mark Martin [Music] the marks on a weeding his way through all of that problem now as he continues on on the pit lane right now Johnny Benson is pitting Kyle Petty is pitting joe nemecheck is in they are fixing the front end of his Burger King car also the QVC Ford is in for Jeff bode I'm so that's taking place on the pit lane as we are working the forth of 200 laps at a sold-out Pocono International Raceway baby how far can you go on $199 welcome to fat boys and you can go 80,000 miles because right now you can get four of our key thousand mile tires for just $199 that's a full set for under you'll travel the sights you'll see the money you'll save you can even charge them on your pet boy's credit card that's $199 for any size any four of our eighty thousand mile tires in stock boys [Music] welcome back everybody under caution here at Pocono International Raceway as Bobby Labonte's car is now being second as you can see back to the garage area and barring a remarkable turnaround in the big old fix this will be the first DNF the first time that team is not finished in all the fame team 96 I'm Eli gold with Phil Parsons Buddy Baker Glenn Jarrett and Randy Pemberton are now joining the broadcast and tickled to have him along from Blairsville Georgia Bill Elliott is on the phone line with us bill how're you doing today I'm doing great wish I was there I bet happy Father's Day to you how you feeling I feel great I've got a feeling won't go back to Birmingham things we hope they'll give me we're good use a lap when I was there last it phone was hailing good and it's looking good but they still wouldn't give me a depth of time still it looks like no late you my first call certainly in time maybe for Indianapolis Vallely and with us no Blairsville Georgia how dias is all of this rehab how tough is it to motivate yourself get out there and go this painful rehab well it's a whole different deal you know you feel better than what you can actually do because you know a week or so ago they said you know I got to leave us to do it they said now if you do something and that's the thing up do you want to be way behind the game and snowy cuz so if you do there's something right now it could take you out the rest of season the way they had to stick this particular break I know when I was like on sets before when I was in the hospital Darrell called me he said don't rush and I mean a race or two one play the other at this point I'm it's gonna be too critical I mean I want to get back in switches like again but I still want to be a hundred percent you know I worry about you don't get bummed around it so the way these cars are today I mean look at what you hope so for example how many cars broke the track record how fast the racetrack is one old mistake you know and ever now when you're in this bad if it's right is today it's hard to get away from it exactly we're looking at Todd Bodine who has your McDonald's Ford on the racetrack now working as you know this first caution we're riding along with Todd at this moment hey tell me something if I put your wife Cindy on the phone right now and said what kind of a patient does your husband I'd better side dare say you've been a booger bear hanging around the house but you want to be out of the racetrack well I want to pay out the first week or so but it was I got realized that things were going to be okay then then I was then I got pretty bad but you know you only sent around so much I've been active all my life and very busy worked hard on the race starts and I started and it's just hard not to do itself I mean it was just the point it you just had to make yourself stay there and it's no one it's for your own too hey listen Billy have been very kind to share some time on Father's Day with all of us and all of the folks who are watching on TNN we look forward to seeing at the racetrack real soon and also to do a good job for you out there today well I think you will I really miss all the fans up there that's a great area right by some people around there I've got my and all over the country I'll be back in the Norseman thanks for all the cars platters okay about y'all and hopefully take care bill thanks Salam em hi Kayla appreciated Bill Elliott joining us live on the phone from Blairsville Georgia right now Todd Bodine has his car in 24th spot as we have really had very little racing and there Joe Nemechek is on the pit lane again making one more stop meanwhile Bobby Labonte is in the garage area as derrike cope leads here at Pocono or Randy let's hear from Bobby in front of what he has to say Bobby appear to be all right obviously walks in the infield care center your recollections of the wreck what happened well you know we're all just trying to stay in line or a lot of us were anyway and I was behind Dale Earnhardt you know just trying to go single file you know get the first two race sort it out and just kind of be there you know but there's a couple cars that went by me off the tunnel turn you know I I had a chance to do that earlier but I just chose to stay in line I guess a couple of got there before I did somebody must have got to my left rear or something just didn't just didn't out out get him to the corner did you look at your car I didn't have to good answer right there what's not a classic line very unusual to for these desk are machines to see that the type of claim but fortunately Bobby's just finding us off the track folks were there immediately to make sure there were no further problems we are live here at Pocono International Raceway Jericho pleading for the first time this year when it comes to rope in a steer folks in Grand Junction Colorado will tell you that wrong marking can ride with the best of them when it comes to overhauling an engine or rebuilding a carburetor whether he can do it all you see when runs not riding a horse for fun he's turning a wrench for a living so he buys a lot of parts mostly from autozone sure their other parts stores in town but Ron knows that when you want the right part for the right price it's just no place better an autosum maybe it's because their frames are welded instead of both or because their decks are stamped from a single piece of steel or maybe it's the fact that they have the highest resale value in the industry thanks but the truth is people are asked what kind of lawn tractor they'd like as a gift most say the same thing what'd you say to her so what am I gonna get married but you didn't go out with them you would just wedding not tight John and Robin berry exclusively Lisa steals dang tienen why is everyone watching paper cats and dogs included it's they get movie everyone's cheering about tune into a great time [Music] the shark attack is back and Monday night it's the you SPL champion Florida sharks versus the Tampa Windjammers at the shark tank in the manatee Civic Center but for tickets now nine to seventy UNK done we are back at Pocono International Raceway getting set to go back to green Derek cult the head of Hut Stricklin Jeff Gordon ricky reds moved up five spots season fourth Dale Earnhardt has moved up five spots he will restart and thick green flag down here at the track after we wrap up the first caution advance to do you always hear people say we need single file restart look at their five wide already four Wow how they start to a breast or authority [Music] Psalm 43 of Bobby Hamilton make that widely to the inside as we ride with ricky rudd at the time machine Ricki thinking about making a move on Jeff he's then him look to the inside Jeff is very strong no look at him moving in there no chance to pass him here at the tunnel Rick he's already moved up to fourth position he started way back in ninth so he's he had a quick Mario he had a feature on him yesterday my telecast about all that that team was working on trying to get themselves squared out for 1995-96 they had old parts new parts store-bought parts old build parts last year changing things over to this year work Martin's got a bunch folks going by him there buddy you know we're pushing pretty bad first part of this race so he may have a Christian problem or having a problem [Music] Mark's not handling just like it wants to yet good battle for third place now side-by-side middle of your screen the 10 is ricky rudd the 8 is Hut Stricklin here comes Earnhardt at Jeff Gordon had already passed buck Strickland and had opened the door for Ricky Rudd you see Hut Stricklin keep the fire live in that number 8 thank you back off he was only inside and the preferred line but you can trace to a breath anywhere around this racetrack looking at the back of the time machine for Ricki right named straight away start for this line you saw it last five here we go three or four wide again Bobby Hampton likes the inside of the front stretch there's a merchant was driving making a charge court to prefer you see right now Bobby Hamilton trying to get by and with their attacked off the corner there Bobby got real loose coming off 22 on the right of your screen he's run well here goes Rick mast in the number one car he has had a very quiet weekend but he's done quietly in the top ten [Music] that's the best retard' run all year he said you know what it's like and we hadn't had a real good run for two or three races all of a sudden the car has a kid thank you I've run out on the apron and applause dining with Jeff Burton now bottling Michael Waltrip Michael for this second here in 1988 for his best career finish [Music] now upfront a battle for second spot behind the race leader derrike cope who's in the 12 their second Jeff Boardman Ricky Ray [Music] Hey look ricky rudd looks to have beat quickest car in the racetrack right now he had a little bit of a gap behind behind Jeff Gordon now early on we were showing him and he's he's caught him right back and here he goes to make a move on the maturity of Jeff Gordon he is very gets very young 25 years old but he makes all the right decision he does he has a great car so while a 2 4 s to a corner he has one of the fastest cars now we'll see whether Ricky wrote can pull away from and again magazine car here they haven't even shaken that machine before they showed up here at Pocono on Friday morning it's a new style of car for the team one that team manager Richard Greene is particular company [Music] hey it's great to see Derek : this isn't it though my really is place ricky rudd and that's the only separation her likes dumpin able to hang with them right now he's running for the obviously not too shabby but he is about 25-30 car lengths behind already there's third place and a goodly distance back his fourth place Earnhardt leading the next pack of machines there's the spread you see where's Derek Koch and we talked earlier in the day Steve Wallace both for those home-built chassés Steve Levitan the fellas changing some of the geometry - they're linking Rusty Wallace who is used predominantly those Ronnie Hopkins jassi's hobbies and Motorsports for whom Derrick crimes there in the Babcock car they have really shown no flavor say pets ashes for the most every car builder out there and then show now its in-house till this very moment it's been paying off I was talking to one of the other one of the rival crew chiefs this morning Eli and he said that what derrike copes car is basically a tendency to the Ford body on because the fellow that built the car used to work at Hendricks so that's basically Hendrick car with four [Music] Levi look at Ricky Rudd he'd really work in that wheel over he's important that he may be a ticklish right now that will better it but go down the front straightaway looking to the left side trying to make a move into the high speed hairpin turn one hey Derek came right back that's taken care of that is right there he likes that lady lat I would think first time he's led all year he has two wins in history Oh to remember at Daytona and older meanwhile Terry Labonte Ward Burton both getting by Bobby Hamilton they're battling at eighth ninth content spot now they're on the 15th lap you see upper left-hand corner of your screen 185 lat Lane as Kenny Schrader brings that group past Ricky Craven now you could see terry labonte just for second check up and give him time to get back in the car [Music] Travie nothing a lot of time he thought about a good race car driver gives you break like at Terry Labonte's won the bet okay that jerk Jimmy Spencer's made a pretty good fool he started back in the 18th position he's willing the top ten right now they're getting crazy on the backstretch over there Ricky Craven a disastrous time here at Pocono a year ago he crashed the car and qualifying at all sorts of problems this year he qualified for it nothing like seek time is it oh boy it's about three different types of super speedways just really like Indianapolis one flat corner the first ball is kind of like Michigan and then the back straightaway as you going across paternal turn is like no one corner that you're not set up for no matter how did you carry today straighter coming at you in six there's another thing that the the guys out there doing that we haven't talked about is a shift this is the only basically oval track that we run on that the guy shift and what they'll do you live ill he'll ship from third to fourth right about the start/finish line maybe a little bit beyond and then they go down and turn one there's a battle for the lead but you're right took the lead going in the tunnel turn on the derecho but let's see if he can keep it down low or if Derek can sneak by on that North shoot now with helpful we've seen these maneuvers before they agree on secrecy there you theity went from first to third in one corner there of course Jeff Gordon could see that derrike cope is gonna make the maze so he just counter checked and went on the bottom first a third one tricky right a poke continues to show the way all then full two and a half miles now back to what you're talking about filled with the shifting the third gear is the one to run fourth gear is technically overdrive and there are different styles of ownership that have been to the corner some ship coming out some ship going in others it is a ship at the other end of the racetrack as well so it's not just one particular idea that's fourth place now you're watching is what Strickland works to the inside of Dale Earnhardt good scramble going to the tunnel we'll see if they learner makes this patented move in backed off let us go and usually he tries to get that gonna need somebody but that time he didn't now back up front Ricky Rudd once second he's got it this time was it down low but Derek hope enjoying the largest lead he's had today it's typical of this card Pocono five car lengths the largely Pocono International Raceway glad you're with us here on TNN [Music] imagine a satellite system that turned digital signals into vivid pictures and CD quality sound what would it look like how big would it be so about 18 inches the RCA digital satellite system customized programming and the power of digital technology now in a convenient take off the science hurry over to RadioShack and check out the new RCA DSS system yes we're walk-in to Radio Shack for cars that can benefit from higher octane Texaco clean system three power plus and power premium gasoline are formulated to clean your engine's intake valves fuel injectors and combustion chambers while you're 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coverage of the UAW GM teamwork 500 presented by promotion engine treatments is brought to you by napa auto parts at Napa we keep America running the fine folks in Zulu bring all of our overhead pictures to you at home on this Father's Day Sunday glad you're with us here on TNN Motorsports as Derek hopes to leads Ricky Rudd and Jeff Gordon there you see the top three here at the UAW GM teamwork 500 he like old Buddy Baker Phil Parsons Glenn Jarrett randypepper ton that's the crew on hand that scramble middle the pact now between the Todd Bodine and Sterling Marlin machines meanwhile back up front Ricky Rudd goes into turn number one grabs the lead but here comes old Gary Koch again he loves that lead I'd say he fighting for it today see him trying to stay on the inside Jeff Gordon moving up they do draft here just like it they told me there's straightaways our day long got some horses boy he's got some bravery - he went in that corner pretty hard just now he's seen washing up Ricky's trying to make a counter move on the inside through the tortures of exactly and here comes Gordon now can't get the low side but ricky rudd shows the way so Ricky Rudd who has done well here has never been able to win trying to make himself wide the deep Derrick both behind him in drugs gonna leave the left heel I also looked at Vanier car Hut Stricklin made it a four car race now for the lead there is none in the circuit city for [Music] the race leader heading towards the tunnel turn and Hut Stricklin right with it see that right is that racing that they were doing up front that that allowed hipster to catch up some he's got a real good car [Music] put some distance between the third place car Jeff board man [Music] not always with the treat to be running in about 4 can see somebody starting a race to the lead to all of a sudden that puts up a tremendous amount of draft so when you're back here you close right in on the back you've got Ward Burton who passed they learn how to over there coming off the tunnel turn and now moved up in fifth is quick here to final practice yesterday afternoon well how strict was running great but he district 42 is clear that he has a shifting ball that is loose only 50 column so they're coming pray take it when he stopped that is very aggravating when they have to ship 3/4 time film online it was a trader at Sears Point a year ago got the shifter they were the pliers when the entire shifter came off and he's trying on the outside of their coke there he's got a very good race car he saw the outside work in the Arthur race here yesterday that many of you might have seen on CNN paid off for Tim Steele and Mike Wallace in their battles yesterday Mike Wallace won the race [Music] but they better do right now is get single-file and catch that later because Ricky Rudd has a very strong current he contains opened up about a 4/5 Island lead over Jeff Gordon near the front floor Ward Burton is fifth Dale earnheardt now running in the sixth spot and remember poke it in Michigan for the only cheap Trick's where last year they I'm finished in either race well this is not necessarily been a Oz track though he does have two victories here but last year this in Michigan where the circuit goes next week morning Don Hawk who was Dale Earnhardt's business manager and he said they finished eighth and one of the races here last year he said but we really had about a 15th place fire week we were one of the only guys or they only got to change tires on a lake caution flag and end up giving about five or six more physicians but he said you know they've really concentrated hard on this racetrack and Michigan next week there you see now middle of the field 25th 26th and 27th Jeremy made field he's in the 98 the 15 is Wally Dallenbach the 88 that is Dale Jarrett's geoff bodine also in the picture their house Dale Jarrett brandi is here radio to me the crudo yes he has Eli he said nothing about himself physically as he tried to make a move under Jeremy Mayfield he said the cars a little bit loose on the first drop the truck so he feel pretty good he's working on the car Snooper that is the same car they used in Charlotte to dominate there in the coca-cola 600 lotta folks were kind of confiding in the garage they're back up the primary crowd meanwhile back towards the front we've got Jimmy Spencer in the twenty three Terry Labonte in the vanity 9/10 Amala lower the urban hits the wall tag fight Brett Bodine Miss Smith out of control degenerate comes down the pit lane to employ he is not stopping he just took the high ground through the pit road and we are under caution caution will fly on a 28th lap on the quick look we had looked as though Ernie and tagged the wall came off the wall and then Brett Bodine was there and had nowhere to go that's been typical of Brett's year this year Eli he's just just been in the wrong place the wrong time they've had some real good cars and real good runs will that Louis Ford and and just you know just in the wrong place just like here today a lot of damage there on Ernie Irvan sperm can't see the right side tires obviously don't know exactly how its tracking but it can't be real good well laser I could have talked about the rear and how to turned all the way through to the left there so right he got to go in and fix up he's skating more than a member of the Montreal Canadiens right now and there you see Bret's machine he is already out that's a Brent you see on the other side of the Waal I believe so yep there he is being checked out by the folks on the safety of medical crew here Brett sniffing okay pitas gonna rant at a racetrack let's see what happened fellas wait for Ernie's car nobody around we couldn't tell whether he had contact the contact or not prior to spinning but I just turned him around right in front of Breton he had nowhere to go well Brad had nowhere to go out there he just was there victim alert I mean he bailed out on the right of your screen he just said the only place that's clear is pit road he came hightailing it down and if you're curious in an instance like this you do not get penalized for speeding on pit road as as you escape an accident scene there's just nowhere to go for Fred he was he'd already committed up against the wall and arity turned around Todd Bodine in the 94 bearing down on his brother in the 11 Wow and just yanking that car away he was looking broadside at his brother's car middle of the front stretch well once Brett made contact in the first part of that wreck he was just along for the ride because all the steering was knocked out of that cars when he hit the second time he had no control whatsoever over that car so we are under caution for the second time this afternoon we are live at Pocono 28 laps are in the books said Ricky Rudd shows the way [Music] [Music] but be gone for more fo the only ready-to-use diazinon bug killer that kills virtually any bug anywhere you don't throw just any filter into 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the thirtieth a number of the top stars of NASCAR will be on an including Jeff Gordon for more information is called that number six one five eight eight nine sixty six eleven phone line that's available to you Monday through Friday let's take a look again as they continue the cleanup set exactly what took place riding with Mark Martin he'll get a look at the accident that involved Ernie and Brett Bodine looks like Ernie just got wide maybe maybe maybe hung the right rear up maybe in some loose particles of rubber and then the thing just went around very similar to what happened to Dale Jarrett earlier in the weekend when he was qualifying it just turned around and of course the chain reaction got Bo down into it there's the aerial view I nearly came Brett nowhere to go now watch and you'll see the main before come barreling through before and he just avoided his brother Todd Bodine driving and avoiding Brett Bodine you know the track surface looks real wide but when when you run 100 40 50 miles an hour it's pretty tough riding now and Jeremy Mayfield [Music] where do you go in Wow two wrecked cars there Jeremy may feel on the pit lane the pits should be opening in a moment Jeff Green has already been on pit road they are having some carburetor problems on the car that is owned by Dale and Theresa earn life so Tony Eury and the fellas are checking over the number 14 racing for kids Chevrolet and they you see how your favorites are running on the track there's the Jeff green entry great right he colors that's one nice thing about this racetrack if you do have a little bit of trouble it takes so long and then 60 or 70 miles an hour whatever the pace car is running to get around here that you have time to work on a lot of things now you rarely lose a lap here unless you've got major significant problems but one bad thing if you ever run out of fuel long front straightaway here you cannot toast back around that's been popular so you lose a lot of time sure no banking to speak of pit stops now begin let's see if anybody stays out there behind elbow I don't think so pretty pretty lonely right now if checks gonna stay out but let's go to randy Pemberton he's gonna cover pit stops DuPont Chevrolet is in Jericho in or tires it's going to be for the 24 phone they discussed the possibility of changing two tires ramming him on occasion likes to try to see if the chassis will work on the two-tire stop use it later on down the road four tires done extra man over the wall 24 cars out of the way Glenn okay Randy we're down here in front of Ricky Rudd Dale Earnhardt Mark Martin and a great pit stop for Hut Stricklin the only change right side what did for he's done in a way there was a chassis adjustment on our party makeover because we are going to be seeing a shuffle in the running order because some teams didn't take two tires others took four will reset the order for you as soon as we come back to Pocono it's 400 miles of rocky reddit trails with enough 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you by gladiator in Universal luxury band the official bands of tracks teams and drivers throughout the NASCAR world call 1-800 for forty five twenty eight twenty five for a dealer near you here at Pocono working the second caution flag of the afternoon tough break for Kenny Schrader's a stop-and-go penalty with tires getting loose from the team on the mid lane while he does come in the crew will check things over they'll splash a little more fuel in they are going to be bringing in Ward Burton as well for a stop-and-go penalty as we work the thirty second lap of 200 here at Pocono International Raceway right now time for an autozone tech pack brought to you by the more than 1300 autozone stores across America autozone is the best parts in auto parts with pitstop adjustable race carts becoming more and more important one of the biggest changes we can do now on a pit stop is raise and lower the panner bar without expecting the length of the stop in the years past the panner bar could only be raised or lowered one inch at a time by taking a bolt out raising it putting it back in got to make a pit stop way too long nowadays we can raise it as much as an inch at a time by by just running a jack screw up and down the same as we do when we're changing the wedge in the car if Jeff Gordon has a tight race car we can raise this track bar and make it a looser race car if he has a loose race car we can lower this track bar and tighten the racecar up for him silly thang Ray Evernham will of course his crew chief for Jeff Gordon's DuPont Chevrolet on the pit lane Jeff Burton we've been seeing some smoke from behind the Exide ford earlier this afternoon you see in the back of the car NASCAR officials are looking beneath the car Glen excuse me I was talking to Richard Childress Ayers tell me Dale Earnhardt was just a little bit loose that's the adjustment they made the problem that Jeff Burton had yesterday they haven't a main seal oil problem and they thought that they had it repaired that they got the leak stopped but evidently they didn't so that was the problem they were getting ready to have to come in in fact they did come in just just as that wreck was happening down there off final turn I wonder was that turn 3 turn 6 turn 8 what is it that's turn 3 it's a triangle I'm gonna have turn 8 in a trying glad I'm like you I thought it would Beit to I guess if you have well you still three corners so if you had turns 1 & 2 3 & 4 5 & 6 I guess if you wanted to use conventional numbering but for triangular purposes as the field gets the one to go I can make it be 60 live but I can't you never wrap like I did over here Ward Burton now coming down the pit lane running in fifth position and he will come in for a stop-and-go penalty right now they are going to film up Randy Watson well the tough break for these guys like he said he like he was running fifth they knew they were going to take on four tires anyway so they weren't going to lose some track position with some of those teams that might take on two tires so it's not that disturbing I talked to a couple these guys they think they're running good they got a shot to win this race they do and the MD&A Pontiac has been very very strong all weekend long buck Strickland in the number eight either one thing you have to really concern yourself with you lose track position here it is very very difficult to get backwards lead cars even though they took on two tires or Kurt has to work the heart keep up because the track position he think that happens to happen in front of you as we are about a half lap away from going green don't forget folks are free lab is the official destination of NASCAR for more information on Opryland call six one five eight eight nine sixty six eleven and phone number will be available to you monday through friday get all information about uh prelims a great time lots to see great hotels the Opryland Hotel one of the classiest facilities in America it'll be interesting to see how these three cars the three leaders we know for sure took on two tires Hut Stricklin Mark Martin and Robert Pressley so it it'll be interesting to see how they compare with Jeff Gordon all the cars behind them that took on four tires carburetor problems continue for Jeff Green and Tony Eury and the boys Randy are pushing that car to the garage well they thought it was a carburetor problem they they went and got another one they stuck it on there still had a problem this not firing right then they thought it might be a battery or battery cable they're just they're not going for points so they're gonna go and try and fix it and he'll come back up right around but they don't know what the problem is right now Jeff Green that is the NASCAR Busch Series driver tested here a couple of weeks ago first time he'd ever seen Pocono International Raceway other than on television tough early afternoon for him maybe they can get it back we go green flag going up on the board 30 compete of 200 Hut Stricklin from kuvira alabama shows the way and here comes mr. Earnhardt around Robert Pressley come front of the tent forward to the 24 all around the scold machine they just were to look pretty good on the outside then he hung right with him good scramble down Joe Nemechek [Music] with the leaders by is being bypassed by Mark Martin Jol at a pit stop at lap for pit stop again at lap number six in the aftermath of his accident with Bobby Labonte Mark Martin remember he was in 16th before the pit stops now he's up near the front here comes Derrick Koch who is led he'll get right by Jeff Gordon and Rick mast behind them to try and get around Robert Christian yes good to be back to separate it looks like the two tires worked pretty well for upstream in Mark Harmon continues to backslide just a bit pick erupt car he does not even need the draft he dropped way over on the left side of the racetrack here Martita starting at the tunnel turn you can see he has a very very good race car they're not cut it but now his family told him that there oh here comes Derrick Cole for three wide at somebody better give you a free ride here hard enough to this racetrack the coke makes the passer narcos by Rudd's in line you see ahead of Jeff Gordon working lap number 35 of 200 here at pocono we are TNN Motorsports glad you're tuned in on this Father's Day Saturday or Sunday at least that looked a more a little more like honor and we know he beat them back in all and that's it they've been incredible lately Dale Earnhardt really 22 last races for wins 18 top five [Music] Mark Martin now very much in the hunt for the lead when what in the world did they do to get the car working like this well I while ago mark just didn't like the car was pretty loose with a lot of traffic behind and said he just backed off through the field I found a cab they ran behind please act factions runabout earlier everyone that wreck happened they came in this time under the field when they all the only change two tires Steve bill told me the reason they did it now hey this is a perfect time to try to see if it works we might need to do it later on and the reason that I thought to my the eight turns is I raced here one time and wrecked off a third [Music] boy they thought their late corners here they're a cope inside of Earnhardt that's the third spot now oh I tell you what derrike cope is strong today you say Ricky Rudd get in the damn River here comes Ricky you kidding gave out on the old paper when you could but the man on the outside would have a heart attack almost when you get there the Ricky Rudd has made a lot of a lot of passes we've got we've got Dale's here coasting on the pit road at a very slow speed it looks as though he might not even be under powers we watched battles on the racetrack Dale Jarrett is on the pit lane the story he said the oil pressure went he may not make it to the garage area to the pit lane as the hood goes up now but we can say be very least for Dale Jarrett if you are with us earlier if you haven't heard him exited a qualifying Friday cracked a rib on his left side broke the bone beneath his right knee now they push the car to the garage complete their day is done now upfront Hut Stricklin still showing the way to mark mark they are first and second [Music] Gordon is sixth fastest seventh Spencer is a chef will dive is nathan michael walsh at ten [Music] reigns right now Hut Stricklin boy how do you really get around a facebook he's not giving us anything anywhere on the racetrack we brought a very wet great on the straightaways we are live at Pocono International Raceway as Hut Stricklin and Mark Martin paced the field but it was still very early Jack Roush dozy [Music] your chicken as a little kid you were chicken as a bigger little kid and now that you're grown up you've got one last chance to do something really truly very chicken pizza sure we know it sounds scary but come on you can do it right sure it is with a hundred percent chicken breast and a hundred percent Pizza Hut pizza it's 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dinner come to Anna Maria Island there's only one [Music] thank you for calling Sam satellite city I've got some questions about that direct satellite system that I just bought this man why can't I get all my favorite channels like I used to get with cable receive on the same channel combinations which are currently available in your cable system you'll probably have to subscribe to more than one programming supplier that costs more than cable it just might you didn't tell me that you didn't answer and why can't I get my local stations anymore to get local programming you'll also need a regular antenna a regular antenna we have an excellent selection of regular antennas I want my cable back welcome back everybody it looks rather benign out there right now with Hut Stricklin showing the way while you were gone Mark Martin number 41 but then very quickly found himself shuffled back in traffic and Hut Stricklin took the lead again at lap 42 Mark Martin caught back in traffic there you see him in the sixth car behind Jeff Gordon he battles Earnhardt now for fifth becomes mark trying to make a move on the inside he got caught in the back look at Montmartre and make a move there mark took the lead at lap 41 Hut Stricklin got loose in the number one corner and then Martin pulled him off the first turn and then took the lead for a lap here now is a scramble back for second spot which is 1 by Derek cope over Ricky Rudd so Derek now running in the second spot behind the race leader at Strickland been able to maintain his speed with with only the two tires he's you know the three cars that only changed to he's by far been the best car now Mark Martin is also pretty good but not quite as good as Hut Stricklin right now he may try to make a move on Jeff or going on what their token 8 2015 new chassis there on the cloth park open it is really working well I can't be one thing if new but there'll be a lot of in the garage area Dale Jarrett has joined the list of attrition along with Bobby Labonte Ernie Irvan Brett Bodine and apparently Jeff green let's get an update from the garage I know you can't believe it we can't really either uh sort of the same probably you guys had at Charlotte but went on the wind that rake yeah I guess it's the same thing just I guess we thought we'd cured it but we hadn't and we were lucky there and not quite as fortunate here so bolt back down at broke I think and you know don't know why may have they say it's the second time and we got away with it one time but not this time Dale Jarrett [Music] though Dale Jarrett in the garage area Jeff Greene has just returned to the track he is a couple of laps down now after the repairs to either the carburetor or what have you that 20 here is the report beneath the hood there are Dale Earnhardt and Jeff Gordon that's fourth place Dennis they're running about the same right now two cars are very even if they Jeff Gordon just a little bit loose talk about now the car seems to be working well he and Earnhardt has set the back there running named wild ricky rudd there in third pounding in the tire tracks of derrike cope Hut Stricklin continues to leave Gaston means anything they shake the everyone helps trickling down we see him close a man down here they won in the corner there the two cars dancing together they pull up on [Music] riki right here it goes trying to make another pass on [Music] on the 12th card Erich Koch Ricky Rudd has attempted a lot of passes today he may not have made them all but he'll he'll store that information and when it comes down to the nd rate into the race if he has to make a pass for the hill no he'll have a good idea what at the same time Jeff Gordon has just passed Dale Earnhardt out on the racetrack to move up one more spot to the forward position if they work lap number 45 at 200 just tuning in two cautions Bobby Labonte and joe nemecheck got together [Music] the urban and fretful dine number 28 there was two yellows have slowed the speed just a tad there's Jimmy Spencer in the 23:07 to hold I'm the 75 Morgan Shepherd they're running now in eighth ninth and Rick mast in the one challenging Earnhardt forfeit well they'd over Rick mast had one of the fastest car fearless T who went to dead racing in the corner looks like math takes the position goes right by a Mary know Rick is only had one engine Billy [Music] for years talk to Kevin Hamlin this morning and he said they ran really well in the last practice yet so far Kevin Hamlin being the crew chief for Rick mast battle up front ricky rudd for the man Hut Stricklin and he make it stick to the outside home now many Howard [Music] probably get me work and his crew hey listen Nicky wrapped a very fast car arrived within a little while he what he thought Peter dial engines for Ricky Rudd's team but Hut's right behind them there you also have to remember to Eli is that there is 150 laps to go in this race too these guys don't want to use up all their equipment in the first quarter of the race and tell this guy he's back for the lead again as I say that has Strickland Falls underneath you're right that would be hot I believe by inches had it been the final lap of the day [Music] among 13 drivers in the July race this one ass getting awful close to a wreck right there you see him start moving down and taking them part of the rim away from the guys around on the outside and away he goes if you read this says all lots of the rearview you have tough derecho fears that car or all the way back up to the lead back to fourth two or three times and still maintains look ankles racetrack it sure is rewarding two fellows on Friday here the crew chief for derrike cope jimmy Finnick who's wearing one of the work shirt that they have around the shop and the name over the pocket on Friday said Joe yesterday I saw him in the garage on the work shirt [Music] on a tight budget and we wear whatever show to around that belong to guys who used to work here [Music] that's why 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racetrack he battles with Hut Stricklin for third spot derrike cope is the race leader after Ricky Rudd took the lead at lap number 49 and led for lap 50 as well it swapped around to Derek at lap number 51 and Jeff Gordon's on a run right now that car is really handling well he's going across the tunnel turn probably quick as any car out there you see him in second spot 1:13 career this far Winston Cup wins for Jeff Gordon dying in with dick craftsmen and the late Tim Richmond at this age is only one win behind Vic Hutchison indie boy it's impressive I tell you what he's only gonna get better - that's the thing that everybody says and he's a great driver right now four years old what a guy he's a tenant the folks at NAPA bringing you all of the run downs that you're seeing across the top of the screen here Napa we keep America running we're just four laps away from the special charity lap today who's going to get that money from hinds right now it's either derrike cope or jeff fort and the folks in heinz have a payment on the line today to the charity of the driver favorite charity for the driver who leads about 57 fifty-four up on the board it's Gordon and Koch battling you see everybody trying to get the great drafting help that they can get done a straight away Copa so strong he went five Gordon on the outside though in the middle corner he is extremely strong if you're curious to Kenny Schrader and Ward Burton the two guys who have to make the stop and go penalty is earlier they're all the way back to 22nd and 23rd right now I saw that coming through the field pretty welcome they are but that just goes to show you what that position will do I mean Ward Burton was in the top five of the caution flag we run a number of laps since the green flag came back out he still mired back in 23rd position and he's and he's fast a lot of cutters erich koch can Spanaway Washington good a minute pro baseball player had some knee problems though Chicago Cubs will look at home as never didn't pan out trying to chase him down he laughs never seen this many cars this this long into a run after a like this competitive it's uh it's got to be the texture can be paid for sure Wow you could see there derrike cope there's something there impossible Duncan he'd have to back out there and it's quickly has that chicken stock but I didn't hate the armor you know sometimes she'll ask the fellas in the garage about a new paving to get a dissenting vote there was not one we honest-to-goodness went to virtually every single driver ARCA and Winston Cup and to a man they said when Clarence Kegel came to me the only family it's the best paving job right there with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway that they've experienced boy oh boy I tell you what anybody's ever drove on this racetrack can tell you that's the best thing they could ever done for the racetrack because the baby now they have a great service that's among the top handful Rusty Wallace is get into the picture soon he and Bobby Hamilton scrambling for tenth behind this pack of cars this is why this racetrack is jam-packed and why the Manteo leaves are talking about another 10,000 seats and so on the uniqueness of this facility gives you some special shows here putting in six spot right now behind him breakfast at 7:00 or that's a great shot that's exactly what the driver see they have jumping around [Music] now working in lap 57 the race leader Jeff Gordon and Jeff Gordon has won the Heinz 57 charity lap times the ladies $1000 to the charity of choice for Jeff Courtney led the race here at lap number 57 the Heinz charity walk brought to you by the Heinz 57 steak sauce [Music] to me sounds good we are live at Pocono International Raceway glad you tuned in on TNN Motorsports with Phil Parsons and Buddy Baker Glenn Jarrett [Music] having it on Eli gold that's the battle for the lead Jeff Gordon Hut Stricklin around Johnny Benson Johnny crashed here in testing a couple of weeks ago and he's going to come down the pit lane the Pennzoil Pontiac all of us Pasha see now are in contention for the lead good in that huge panic up front the map at this stage of the day 32 cars still on the lead left let's see if Hut Stricklin can muscle past Jeff Gordon boy he got a feel close good about that this whole year the way he wanted it to and here look at this car dominating this race running very well passing one of the fastest cars in practice here Jeff Gordon now he's out there doing a thing and from all got a helping as far as the sponsor Hut Stricklin ran well last year yesterday and the Bernstein car ran well here he ran well at Dover belief Lopez is the crew chief for that team Hut came home in the top five of the era season the going of position we're working lap 60 at 200 as bill France jr. for the right of your screen than president of this far enjoy is this day if it's Saturday night it's taken up that's just the way it's always been and I always use my favor sticks it's tradition 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thunder 62 laps on the board right now there are some of the fellas I've not seen an event are looking back at 22nd 23rd position and so on in the 42 joe nemecheck in the 87 they've got Kenny Wallace they're meeting on the square d machine Dick Trickle in the head of Myers Park that scrambling are saying right there is for 25th position in the case of Wallace Nemechek is yet another lap down the 87 there's the 90 Dick Trickle took over from Mike Wallace earlier in the week as the driver for to need unloving and right behind them Darrell Walton now the third spot Earnhardt inside of coke inside of coke and what makes Mark Martin decide which way to go there just because we get to turn one Anisha yeah you want to get back in the preferred line and even though you can race very fast on the outside their preferred line is that around the base of the racetrack other favorites terry labonte started eleventh he's now running in 14th you're curious haven't talked too much about Ricky Freeman after starting fourth he is now all the way back in position though still on there's Ricky Rudd we ride with him concern free [Music] that stops about to begin peeling office Hut Stricklin the Circuit City Ford will be first to pit he will pit at lap number 65 so the first team is him we expect the most [Music] an ADEA far into pit road and it's a long [Music] with four tires this time obviously because they only did two last time Hut and his crew chief Phillipe Lopez were talking on the radio about what they were going to do and I said hey man can we keep these tires on the whole race Felisa I don't think they're gonna last work that long but great way around the left side tires everybody saying if they can probably hit [Music] not a bad pit stop not bad at all 34 laps after their last stop Kenny Wallace also ant at lap number 65 as Jeff Burton shows the way [Music] coming down the pitlane quite yet 64 65 [Music] let's go back a couple of laps see if you see a problem with Ricky Rudd's machine face look general Ismet little touch of smoke what do you think they did they maybe get a tire rub there is tough to tell they touched the brakes a little hard and I don't think he would be shifting right there so I don't think it came from the engine I've never he's certainly not backing out there had been some contact between he nerd heart earlier in the day the first time we've ever noticed that puff of smoke we put these on master work there you can save the dashboard a tile to tell you I could rate the fuel pressure is on 8 pounds so he not having we really have the dogs going down pit road now forecast on Mark Martin Bobby Hamilton is in Rusty Wallace is in Jeff Burton is in Sterling Marlin will pit this is lap number 66 of 200 here at Pocono Mark Martin running in seventh spot boy Allen makes a stop as well here in lap number 66 when Jarrett's down there [Music] right there make sure he's only right sometimes a while ago this time they're only changing lips at times [Music] Randy's got a great time where but there can right got to be that he pay the man Rusty Wallace we told you in for a stop also in now at the other end of the pit lane Randy McDonald first race he is qualified for this year after starting on the pole yesterday we are the cars Rick mast us in Jeff bodean Jimmy Spencer and Bobby Hillin Todd Bodine is in Lake speed here comes Jeremy Mayfield and Kyle Petty most everybody peeling off the racetrack now Craven is a important continues to lead Wally Dallenbach John Andretti is in Kyle Petty in for service all of this at lap 67 under green these are scheduled pit stops right now Eli you'll see you'll see all the leader coverage within the next two or three laps probably in the pits darrell waltrip here trying not to go a left down Jeff Gordon China the 33rd place runner and nope he's not going to come down pit road this time either I'll tell you one thing that car uses because they ran out hanging out this whole lap around here come derrike cope and ricky rudd michael waltrip is in robert pressley is it Steve Brittany G Randy well the 12 team goes to work on the right side they're just as proud of their pit crew as they are this brand-new race car they want to have a dynamite stop here right side looks go so far side tires second gave Afghanistan it's been stopped going on so far for the bad cop cars but okay Ricky Rudd here anything they've only gone to the right side this will be a four-tire change right change four times a while ago they're taking no chances down here after run is down and away but it was a four-tire change here about 10 seconds to Mark Martin on that fist up now Jeff Gordon comes down on the pit lane Ray Evernham it does oh and the crew waiting this would be lap number 69 stop for the race leader randypepper to where is going to work nice clean stop by Gordon extra man over the wall the clean the windshield is gonna be four tires they discussed the possible chassis adjustments not gonna make any which is understandable as well as they're running left side tires coming off second set going on blood well Rainier Earnhardt is brought to Chevrolet and now and they go on to the right side it looks to me like that they're only gonna do two no they're gonna do both sides I'll see the guy with the left-side tires here now they do come around through the left side here in another chassis adjustment this time on the right rear we made a while ago richer to a certain color rulers [Music] the way with 21 points these pit stops under green as soon as we come back all of the stops should be complete here comes Terry Labonte will reset the running order for you in a moment we're in lap 17 I get here early to stock up on Texaco Havoline formula 3 motor oil because it gives my engine complete protection need to Michael Andretti Texaco Havoline formula 3 is formulated to control volatility and fight vaporization and it's the same oil used by championship racing teams tough track huh 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with Marty Stewart Leroy Farnell Delbert McClinton and Shelby Lynn [Music] girl you can sing well I tried party party June 25th on TNN back at the beautiful Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania Lake speed and Jeremy may feel right now that is 18th and 19th spot as closer to the front you've got 5th and 6th position on your screen now Rusty Wallace and Derek cope running together Rusty's not little laugh today derrike cope has led many right now Terry Labonte is in third spot when Terry stopped on lap 70 and took not only right-side tires as everything cycled around the end of the pit stop he was able to get himself back in third spot you could see hatch nimble and lose the power there down the front straightaway everybody was trying to avoid him I don't know what happened to his car but he's definitely off the pace Mike breaker if the problem continues for Hut Stricklin we also saw Kenny Wallace moments ago garage area while you folks were away so his name is added to the attrition list they asked to push the car to the Dornish ricky rudd easily and Morgan Shepherd and there's Hut Stricklin my goodness he was in fourth spot he has led a good bit of today doesn't look as though he's going to win that's for sure now ain't gonna have a hard time getting back in there very slow through the short shoot now headed course along yeah he's got enough feed I don't think he'll bring out a thousand he just stopped for fuel about ten laps to go so it's definitely not a few this afternoon upfront still chef Gordon there you see six seven eight spotted me thank you back to the lead now remember Jeff Gordon at a three point four second lead before pit stops but now that lead evaporates Hut Stricklin it has made it to the pit lane so no problems about potentially a yellow here he has gone by the entrance to the garage area so he apparently feels that maybe the crew can remedy whatever the problem is let's go down to Glenn Jarrett he's checking in with philippe lopez de clichy eli they're all scratching their heads right now we think that there's something wrong with the ship if the car is running definitely is running so it's not an agent they got attacked out there the chocolate in right now they certainly did not know what was wrong we've got a mission problem of some sort there police just called it toward the garage area so they're gonna have to push him back there go into it like your face [Music] thank you enough to see her Hut Stricklin circuitcity folks meanwhile good scramble between Jimmy Spencer the 23 he's inside of late speed by the way that nine car is going to be read with next week when we get to Michigan that's the battle for 16th and 17th position you never see Jeremy Mayfield ernhardt yeah next week when we all go back to Michigan Lakes car is going to be the 50th anniversary of the milling tool company and they're going to go back to the colors at milling hat on the car when Bill Elliott won the Winston million in 1985 the championship the three weeks of three years later so next year with the spam came to be ready my Strickland's probably happened we could tell that he was slowing on the front straightaway about the same time that you shift from third to fourth years so I don't know if something happened as he was going to shift from third to fourth gear off but that's about the place in the race give Jimmy Spencer 17th now when he got around Jeremy Mayfield he was an 18th lake speed is in 19th working lap 77 [Music] terry labonte his second third is Mark Martin Rusty Wallace fourth Derek Copas fifth sixth is Ricky Rudd the head of Morgan Shepherd seven Ward Burton is eight Robert Pressley is nice and Geoff Bodine now tenth [Music] before cars had phones cupholders or even rooms Mobil Oil was there when Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic Wall was on board the mobile was in the world's first mini bath in the first space shuttle and in the tanks of Desert Storm so if you think that all oils are alike think about something at 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they've got autograph racing tires all the way to Crewe uniforms and the proceeds go to the national more information about the big auction ball 6:1 589 66 11 that phone number available Monday through Friday and all the information that's Bobby Hamilton and 14 Sanwa 9:15 day learn our way back in 16 they'll tried to stretch the fuel on that GM Goodwrench Chevy lumen too far before and that cost him time on the track as the fuel tank ran dry just took him a while to get to his pit stall boy you run out here on his flat track here you just don't have the momentum built up you have to slow down too much in the corners here that you can't hardly get back to the pit so you can see what a kid [Music] he's 13 and two-tenths seconds behind the leader Jeff Gordon right now meanwhile Ricky Rudd and Ward Burton battle for sixth and seventh as they close in on Steve Grissom's machine steve is in 30th spot a lap down and the Green Machine the 75 of Morgan Shepherd he's in that battle also he's running eighth they've made a change on that racing team for Morgan Shepherd Jerry kitten took over as crew chief this week replacing Troy Solberg who is still with the organization they're planning some expansion and the shitty so choose Troy can state with butch Mach motorsports but Jerry Kenan has taken over as the crew chief effective this week well you could say Ricky Rudd car take off torch wall just a second to go in one down here we were very lucky to catch the back experience if I hadn't uncovered you same roll out of travel there he lost to position not one cook just one straight away there a blame for more to remember Morgan started in 27th year today you know it seems to Tucker the track the better Morgan he's a good chassis back and that kind of fits in a track like this will fit into Morgan Shepherd style it's good to see that car that foots not motors for his car they meant the aggressive just showed he had a finish of eight that Darlington but it's been a pretty tough year for him but it looks like he's pretty good today lurking left number 83 of 200 only two caution periods one tag left three bobby labonte and jordan to check together one at left 28 Ernie Irvan in Pepperdine you see Terry Labonte there his chaps is all for a bit k you can see it's fishtail just a little bit coming out turn one there once these cars get loose on you you just have to adjustment on pitstop she seemed going back through the feeling with all the third we saw the two tires work for Hut Stricklin and Mark Martin earlier terry labonte came in to his teammate they both changed two tires it doesn't seem to be working as well preterius it did for mark and for HUD strict meanwhile Jeff down the main straightaway as he comes towards it a piece of plastic on the grill that Corrigan yeah we're taking reports that he is claiming the college partment get hot carried about me now the Daytona 500 blazing so hopefully it'll blow off or or it won't run in hot to blow up the engine on now on Gordon's car water temperature in the vicinity of five degrees were being told now from the Jeff Gordon pit what is critical in water temperature on a race car but well 205 not critical when it gets up around 2:15 to 220 and gets over to 25 then you're starting to get in trouble we saw some inviscid go over a couple of weeks ago here on TNN there you see it it's a clear please piece of plastic but it can clearly see it over the he's really about 20 laps from his scheduled pit stop so he may have to you know if F water temperature gauge keeps climbing he may have to shortstop and fit early in order to get that thing cleaned off you can do that here at Pocono and it not be disastrous because of how long it takes another lap here darn close to a minute but you just don't want to do it if you can avoid it certainly 85 laps on the board right now as Jeff Gordon shows the way Mark Martin Rusty Wallace Derek cult Ward Burton there in the fine Robert Presley's in the top ten running 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standings update brought to you by the Hamilton Formula three motor oil folks they control volatility and fight vaporization that's last year 1995 you see where Jeff Gordon is a hundred and six points out of the lead and third this year he's still in third but a hundred and eighty two points down at this very same time in the season so that's an interesting comparison from 95 to 96 on the race track today Jeff Gordon's lead as Spain fairly stationary right now he does anywhere from one point eight to one point nine who is running in the second spot and apparently no complaints that piece of plastic is still there but it's not cost of anything at least for the moment allow the great thing right now is he does not have a lot of traffic around him so he's getting a lot of fresh air and defending the carpet and he gets up behind a bunch of leftover cars then they could have a father he doesn't stay behind them long those three good boy it'd be curious about derrike cope and Ward Burton there they are fourth and fifth spotlight now behind Mark Martin and Rusty Wallace who are second and third meanwhile if you're just tuning in Hut Stricklin led early today met 19 laps but unfortunately as far as being worked on in the garage when and Hut has crawled out of the car he's on her you had a great race car here's mr. problem that I want with the shifter ball was in a vibrational transmission of [Music] but only still to get in spinel alone what have you guys done different if you're running so well you had good run at Dover good run here the team looks have really turned around accommodation of everybody getting right every week and it's getting better and better and that's really the only way I can explain it it's just [Music] just some wanted things no I want to take this opportunity to wish all the dads out there my dad [Music] if my father's listening dad will you send somebody [Music] tonight because I gotta come home with my father yes Dale's plane is leaving early Dale Jarrett is already out of the event with engine problems there's second to third place mark Martland left on your screen and Rusty Wallace on the right he's really getting around here Buddy Baker rusty Wallace's as you can see across the counter and there he is really closing in on mark I think mark is running a very good now you know Rusty Wallace he never runs conservative after everything that Carl do he is not one to lay back Rusty's only three seconds behind the leader he's cut off a head second and deficit over the last pan for the last he there's something to talk about a deceptive season Rusty Wallace [Music] he was up front in Atlanta coulda won the motor blue they let a lot of Bristol and got caught by the rain so in the box scores it may not have so all that well but they're gonna go beyond the box score as rusty now closes in on Mark Martin who's just ahead you ever watched this guy in the garage area and he works on the race car like he has a fever almost I've never seen a guy that really puts his heart and soul and everything he had Robin Pemberton do a great job working look at him go past Mark Martin they're marked if moved over and said go at it and Randy he's won twice here also and could have won another time when he had an oil line not a surprise is it no it's definitely not a surprise you know Eli earlier this morning they may have avoided their disaster for today already the starting grid it seems as though they found a problem with the motor this morning [Music] eight so maybe their bad luck is gone for the day Glenn Jarrett 23 yeah Russ right Glenn 22 is Ward Burton and he's got bad luck now that maybe rusty has avoided and cautioned his own - Speedway Ward Burton who was running in seventh spot has brought out the third caution of the afternoon event before yesterday a few cars that valve problems where they dropped the valve because of the shifting that they do on the racetrack a lot of times you run through the valve train which should be don't shift you've got your engine up to 9000 rpm check yourself in the world to hurt caution third time today as Jeff Gordon continues to leave Pocono [Music] clean clean is my business so when I'm on the road super eights my Motel clean carpets clean seats clean clean inside and I'll knife screen it super ade leave it to peerless faucet to create a teen hours so smart it can not only sense when a toilet has been flushed it can also adjust the water temperature accordingly skull guard technology by peerless get more out of your faucet than just water I know just about every garage in town I guess I don't know them all more professionals use Napa parts than any other it's because they can't afford to put in the same part twice just look at the signs when did you see anything but we install Napa parts Danny R like this so much he became an app Auto Care Center deal everybody loves Napa course some states they had I think it's my good looks [Music] today's exclusive CNN coverage of the UAW TM teamwork 500 presented by promotion engine treatments is brought to you by NAPA Auto Parts at NAPA we keep America running and by peerless faucets get more out of your faucet than just water back with you here at Pocono International Raceway high above this triangular lay out the aerial camera pictures from the folks at dura Lube we appreciate having them onboard pit stops now taking place Randy Pemberton is down there at Jeff Gordon's pit no plastic on the grill it must have come off before he got the pit road already around to the left side this team is absolutely lightening for the DuPont crew for tires derrike cope pits up the way Rusty Wallace up in front of him gets all the gas in for the 24 car down by the way quick stop there everybody on the lead lap is in and they're still a passel full of cars 30 of the starters remain on the lead left Ward Burton's team pushing the MBNA Pontiac to the garage area apparently cooking an engine in the smoking incident that we showed you earlier so Ward goes to the garage joining Bobby Labonte Ernie Irvan Brett Bodine Dale Jarrett Kenny Wallace and Hut Stricklin so the attrition list begins to build now seven teams in the garage but our first team is still hard at work here at Pocono it came from the hills and back rooms a sound of generations that found its way to this humble state and to the ends of the earth that stage has grown to become Opryland USA and now with the Opryland USA passport you can enjoy it all for just 99 95 per person plus tax there's never been a better country music vacation value so call now one six one five eight seven one six one six nine Opryland USA America's country vacation destination hi I'm Payne Stewart everybody knows that I love to play golf when I'm at home I love to work in my yard too and after all who spends more time working on grass than I do the grass Terminator replacement head uses a new concept multi-edge line for smoother cleaner cutting and the grass 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Brown it's a party Craig it's a tribute to the honky tonk and the music that brought it to life your hockey talking at the Wild Horse saloon with Aaron Tippin Wednesday July 10th at 8 Eastern 7 central on TNN Nashville Network welcome back everybody we are four laps shy of halfway here at the UAW GM teamwork 500 and you know these home-built jassi's working well today for derrike cope working well for Rusty Wallace that's the subject of today's innovation in motion brought to you by peerless faucet get more out of your faucet than just water Hendrick Motorsports and Richard Childress Racing are known for building their cars from the ground up and this week here in Pocono Bobby Allison racing and Penske Racing are debuting their first in-house built cars the car really isn't much different than anything that we've run you know and the ground-up thing is just something we're we're just trying to control the quality of the cars not that we had quality problems before but you know when you only build one or two new cars a year when you're buying them by the time you go you're down the road a lot of things have changed so you know this is just a better opportunity for us to keep a handle on it and you know really control our own destiny we believe in lightweight cars and but still strong cars so and Steve move around some points on the car at different geometry than what you can get there you know stuff you can do in-house now you can move stuff without getting like factory cars from Hopkins or Laughlin they appreciate throw up Robyn Pemberton to be fitting with the update the leader is Mark Martin Ward in the garage area Randy tough break what happened to the motor I think we've burnt a fist it's a shame I say all the MBA guys have done a good job this weekend and start to turn things around a bit we've been qualifying better been race a little bit better this car was fast and literally fell out of yeah who knows what defense in a race but we know we had a good thought we got a good car come back you better luck next race when Jarrett Steve Beals had some interesting strategy today boy have they ever Randy we've gone almost 100 miles of Pocono you guys have made a four-tire change yet I can't believe that well we talked earlier we don't want to get stuck in traffic that cars trimmed for a lot of front downforce not a lot of rear downforce and low drag coz the straightaways are so long here when the racetrack gets slick on front tires still work well maybe the other guys don't we're just intent on not getting too messed up with traffic and if we can keep them out front or towards the front where the lines lined up you know rather than side by side racing eighth ninth and tenth we'll be in good shape those other guys are behind us all four tires they complete us here for a little bit but we're still gonna stick to our plan how much difference is there in the end lap time stay between the two times the four times now this tire is just incredibly came up here two weeks ago and tested we'd run 55 60 laps the 60th lap as fast as a fifth lap so good you've done a great job with this tire it'll run forever until it's worn out it doesn't give up and they're nowhere near worn out either so we're real happy to just put two and two well they changed the right sides that time they're planning on if they have to make another well on the next stop be it green or yellow it'll only be left side tires I've seen the changes only right-side so many times but well I'll tell you when they with a no right-side change on any stop green or yellow that is pretty impressive and they learned a lot they tested here for a couple of days a week and a half ago so you know they know they they're just not shooting in the dark here they tested a new one to expect if you're keeping stats with us at home course Jeff Gordon lead lap 71 through 95 during the sequencing of pit stops Ricky Craven led for one lap he led lap 96 and then Mark Martin took over the lead at lap number 97 so Vicki Craven picks up five bonus points here today as well green flag from Doyle board we're back at it one lap shy of halfway $10,000 from Gatorade the front-runner award on the line here this afternoon for the time you're leading a half way they're going to be there for Mark Clark rusty derrike cope there goes Derek come Foothill double number one Lake speed in the wall with Ricky Craven Lake speed and Ricky Craven they were living right now in 26th and 27th position near the end of the cars on the lead lap so caution on the Speedway as lake speed and the man who we told you adjust led a lap Ricky Craven crash in turn number one on left number 99 boy it's too bad Ricky qualified fourth got himself a good run dropped back came back led a lap and ends up in the wall with late today you see second place to the stripe to Jeff Gordon who hold off Rusty Wallace and Morgan Shepherd OH spam in the wall legs ain't got pretty significant damage but it it looked like terrific gaben got away fairly quickly so he may not may not have a whole lot of damage I see him well I see him coming around cam for life with a car smoking but we'll have to look up at Lakes got some pretty significant damage here I just you can see him moving around in the car though he doesn't have the winter net down yet but you know there's a look again at what happened up into the wall go lake and then Ricky Cravens spinning hard on the brakes on the low side of the track he saw Johnny Benson that yellow Pennzoil Pontiac the smoke there was those from the brakes being stomped on Randy right side damage if at all it looks like yeah they have the right front tire down and the panart bar may be bent as well as what they were saying they're gonna change the right side tires try and pull the fenders out they got seven guys working over on the wall right sides are done going to go ahead and come around change left not to lose a lap if they can help it and then now they'll probably pull Ricky back 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devoting a ton of time to that program ken Schrader realizes that he is a true racing superstar but at the same time for protégées like Andy Hillenburg and others Ken Schrader is a very approachable racing superstar always willing to lend a helping hand you know Kenny and I get along real great you know if I have a question I know that he has an answer you know he's been there he's experienced some of the things that I'm experiencing now being new to some of these racetracks and the Winston Cup cars and the Busch cars and you know Kenny's been all through that so you know I can go to him and he has a good answer to help me get up to that next step he has helped so many people and I just you know right now is what my career needed and hopefully I can make the most of it Kenny trainers really good about drivers out of the dead we were unemployed and helping him along you know I don't think he's forgot where he started Kenny for who basically he's in charge of all cars and get some pairs maintains and makes the chassis adjustments that he thinks necessary can feedback from the drivers I'm not gonna drive forever and I've sure want to be involved and on the team I don't think I want on a bush team I mean I want to own a tough team when I do quit driving so I would think so I can't be a multi team effort but I'd sure like hit one car out there Kenny Schrader's very talented driver promoter has a little bit of everything going in the world of racing let's go through to the split fire mid race report brought to you by split fire you can enter the performance zone it's good fire performance these spark plugs they you see the numbers as far seven lead changes seven different leaders rather 15 lead changes we're still working this fourth caution flag of the afternoon the race of this league Brett Bodine Bobby Labonte Ernie Urbandale charity and the engine others have also in the garage area those are the fellows who have led the majority of the laps today other lap leaders 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Jerry Kenneth same ol car owner butch maka let's hear from him but you haven't had a lot to smile about this year you started in another time zone today but now you're fourth you're having a heck of a day what's the turnaround well the guys are doing a good job on the room chat board you know Jerry's coming here these guys are really pumped up Ward is driving a good race today and you know we've we've I felt how to forget car sometimes all year but things had worked out for us but these guys that knocked us to pit stops today he's kept it right up there and I'm real proud of these guys today butch this sport is as much psychological as anything and I know a lot of people wouldn't believe that but I think itself well you know I think the people in this court know that you know all it takes is two or three good runs in a row and you're right on the roll and hopefully this beginning of a roll for us and you know these guys are working real hard and I'm real proud of them need to finish today yeah we're crying felt for you there last week Phil Parsons you're watching you in the channellock car running there at the South Boston man I felt for you one of those days wasn't it I'm I'm still dizzy over that day I spent more times backwards than I did forwards it seems like ready to go to Myrtle Beach Cup next week we had a real good car South Boston but we you know got together with some people and and spent more time backwards but I think we'll be in good shape of South at Myrtle Beach if I did the pet trick three times he went around actually four but don't tell anybody that's coming up next week from Myrtle Beach South Carolina they'll be racing on four wheels earlier today they were racing on two wheels here at Pocono International Raceway and there they are drafting for the win after the finish line they've got a big bicycle race coming up here in the Poconos on September the 8th they are calling it the Pocono criterium and we had an advance look today it's a simple 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came in and top off the fuel tank like Bobby Hamilton Kyle Petty Loy Allen was in Randy MacDonald Glen some interesting strategy extra ten laps who knows it'll play out later absolutely and you can see Richard Childress a crew chief David Smith for Dale Earnhardt talking about just that right now wondering if they should have let me come in let's test a but you guys flipping over pits or fuel strategy David yeah we just making sure we're on the right page here this fuel stop the only person we ran I mean the second stop it ran out so we weren't getting quite as good as gas mileage what we figure would be so we're just going to make sure that we stretch it a little bit the extra lap or two this time to finished in the right window for the last team stops so you make a couple adjustments on the car is that any better yeah we went we tighten it up a little bit went too tight said that we backed off that a little bit so I think we'll be back in good shape as you can see it's a never-ending battle it is you be a scientist an engineer better everything wrapped up make sure these plebes get to where they want to and that is Victory Lane Mark Martin is the race leader it's a good thing for him he's not had a good run here in the last couple of weeks while he finished 40th there at Dover with the early problems he lost five positions in the point remember he dropped to me the 13th after the win at the day after the problem there but think of this of all the active drivers today Mark Martin as the best average finish it over 10th right now up front as we get the restart it goes Morgan cutting to the inside rusty cuts to the inside [Music] we ride with him look at this master I'll take those little give them take and fill us what we're talking about earlier just barely over half the ways these guys know that we've got we've got another 90 some laps to go see rusty wallace moving into second they're close to talk during tennis that car is really working well you seen Kara in the corner there easy enough by the way we have not yet given away the $10,000 Gatorade because you don't give that money away and half away if you're under caution so you're looking down for more laps pick up the money for the half everybody back in the pack some of those guys on the lead lap some are all looking for Running Room there Steve Grissom all the way to the inside our tune the majority of those cars are they let the wolf seal that 28 cars moving lamb all the way back to boy Steve Breaston sports cars a lap down riding with todd bodine meanwhile upfront Rusty Wallace in the two love to grab [Music] or delay 6 or I should say Martin did ran over 90 70 106 [Music] creation just joining us Hut Stricklin let first then derrike cope then Ricky Rudd then Mark Martin then cut again and run again that Koch the coordinate Hawks important for life Ricky Craven with four Mark Martin and now Jeff Gordon again in the garage Bobby Labonte earlier Wawa's Hut Stricklin Ward Burton and Lake speed 33 Robert Pressley that's back in eighth spot now around the left car of I just wonder if Eric cokes bar may be off just a little bit because he was crying earlier you say kidney threader coming up behind him with you he's got some damage on the front it looks like he makes it he ran in the back of somebody at like towns maybe on the restart or something that that really hurts the front downforce up [Music] I would guess that maybe he said he's having a pushing problem now because because he doesn't have as much downforce as he did before he was behind the 33 car when he went high a bit ago you see your damper field standing up that's after the screen the folks at NAPA Auto Parts we keep America running in your direction Randy Pemberton give us a little bit more info derrike cope is tucked in behind straighter that is heavy damage I'll tell you what he is not going to be able to go out there and run a full green flag stop like that although wow he still keeps the car on the bottom it's handling well what he's saying is he did get into the 33 on the restart so that's the problem but boy I got some work to do on it that's piston see if we can get another look at it possibly here buddy a lab with problems on the nose like that you need to say that tucked up under somebody look look at this if they go in the corner here looking for the 12 in the 33 see what happened probably had to check up when Rudd went in front of him Derek I guess crippled slow down time I'll tell you go down on that corner you lie as hard as you can go down in the so what if somebody something happened so funny you can't slow down anymore because you're a spirit you're standing on the brakes with both hands and there's little for the lead right now coming to the halfway money they're coming to ten thousand dollars in the crowd just stabbing and hooting and hollering Rusty Wallace I think this is a situation that Jeff Gordon if he can finish second on this flap he's still gonna get the money exactly right you have to be doing three things to be eligible for the money a you've got to lead to half way you've got to have the Gatorade sticker on the car you've got to have Gatorade identification in your pit area and Rusty Wallace though he will lead the race out to pee [Music] to the teams behind him in this case Jeff Gordon because Rusty Wallace was not participating in that Gatorade half-wave program he scrambled out the third ear come home Morgan Shepherd and look at Jeff float I did not talk much about the QVC for today great Ron - Jeff probably at best race all year long let's move on the inside and played by Mike Martin there and no question this is the best one of the year what he'd lead 10 laps if their Richmond and that's Bennett right there in the mix now there's they aren't hard on the outside but they're drafting went to the out loud and we could right now my head [Music] we turn number one we'll have to see how how long it takes part farmers to equalize with the other competitors Steve Neil told us earlier he said they're gonna beat us a little bit on the start as we only change two tires maybe another five or ten laps if maybe market start marching back GBC forage for Ricky Rudd is in fifth that's got a visitor with him here this weekend Brian Shimer who is the pilot or the driver of the bobsled the USA bobsled team he's down in the pit area for the QVC team here today Rusty Wallace Pratibha Crockett [Music] rather than you there was some concern of the way you guys were going to get that Gatorade [Music] all that we have a god of the past the right Gatorade stuff here so it was good for that that one was Lorien Dave and they're counting on us what about through the godswood the 24 group they just radioed in and said that was just enough money for Rusty's pool toys I guess a little fun back and forth what kind of pool toys does he have they cost that kind of money apparently they're gonna be pretty nice I guess we'll have to say happy Father's Day to everybody okay thanks Robin these guys are loose rusty told me yesterday during happy hour that his car felt perfect and is showing it right there so they are now changing things around but us correct ourselves they obviously do have the as you heard Robin say the appropriate Gatorade signage in the pit area they are now part of that for Gatorade money does go to Rusty Wallace first time they've been on the program and as far as I can remember since the program's inception the me elaborate a little bit Rusty Wallace is building about a three million dollar home in Lake Bowman right now when they thank you because this thing the curtains in the car for my house well god bless you all these guys they can go out there they're worth every penny they get in this business you know that you and I make a mistake up here say what excuse me he has got the Gatorade sticker those guys make a mistake you know they could hurt when you hit the wall well Rusty Wallace shows the way Jeff Gordon Morgan Shepherd next in line great to see Morgan [Music] a victory since Atlanta in March of 1993 course Atlanta's always been mortgage racetrack derrike copes coming down the pit lane now lap number 115 Jimmy Finnegan the boys I guess it can have to go to work on that front end of the automobile indeed boy that's too bad looks like it's overheating Elife you know he closed off the top opening of the grill and it looked like they carried around a water hose out there to try to cool it off they have a quick connect to the radio that they can they can force water in it but they're gonna have a lot of trouble getting the hood open because there's so much damage they were on the pole until late in qualifying Friday when Jeff Gordon bumped him off and now these problems after leading a number of laps earlier today we're back up front with Rusty Wallace two-time winner here at Pocono by the way one of the best drivers in Pocono Raceway history guy sitting up here with us buddy bacon that eats tough fives here including second places in 7476 again in 1980 you always got around well here I love the phrase track I like any race as far as the way he get around the racetrack and this place was really good it was a Super Speedway that you could drop down the straightaway we could position yourself and make you know pass with driving ability not just a lot of car a baker has been here since the strategist began hosting stock car races in 1971 USAC ran here in those days NASCAR showed up in 74 with Richard Petty winning that event let's go back down in the derrick coke pit Randy how significant is the fix going to be well it's going to take them a few minutes what they're concerned about is do they have a hole in the radiator at this particular time shooting pinning is in there with a crowbar yeah it has spit some water out the back flow out the back of the car and got that down and go back out they don't think they broke the engine though well I guess that's good news around all of that little bit that's the battle for the lead you're watching that speeds one sixty four point seven miles an hour allow these two they've really got a good for banking package going right now they're pulling away from third place Rusty Wallace the leader tested here for three days last week he has ten top ten finishes here in 24 starts this being his 25th maybe you'll be in victory lane [Music] 285 horsepower [Music] air bags and to easy-open cops the Pontiac Firebird t-top and Firebird convertible - cool if it's metal and it's outdoors it needs rust protection enter Krylon rust tub spray or brush on a beautiful finish so tough that even protects against the destructive elements of nature well most of them Krylon rust tub protects tough nano it at boys get a $5 rebate on all three bestest bro stop lifetime breaks car truck import or domestic that's five dollars back on Raybestos lifetime rights you'll never have to buy breaks again Pep Boys everyday gas Marty 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come away with the W we've got Jeff bodean behind them he's got around Morgan Shepherd moments ago and there's tenth eleventh and twelfth Michael Waltrip Jimmy Spencer Rick mast spawn Ian that's tenth eleventh and twelfth we've got to give a call to Michael Walters we really haven't talked much about him but he's been good he's been uh who's been around the top ten and now he's solidly in the top ten remember he had his best career finish ever here he came home second in 1988 well you know the Wood Brothers the ball we've had a good car here [Music] Neil Bonnett this car runs well here all right the Wood Brothers had poles here couple of race victories we're at lap number 121 right now first two now advantage on third place while we watched Michael Waltrip in that bad all the support for a second ahead of Jeff bodean a third spot [Music] we talk about the top of the show that that maybe this racetrack maybe it was a clean slate new surface nobody had an advantage all the guys that we that we must make a break in and be up there you know cut circle and he had a transmission problem we had dirt Koch who had a problem not a physics making in here we are with the same group the suspects being round Bobby Allison is in the garage area with Randy as Derek cokes car has been pushed behind the wall fellas well they continue to work on the car we got Bobby Bobby just a tough break he can't buy one it seems his opens you had a nice car out there today he was doing a good job just look like circumstance well the car was going really good the guys worked off a hard and you know just one of those things they had a scramble over there and cars around him didn't what happened it got printed been up but [Music] must be pleased though to see that nice chassis work as well as it did today yeah I am pleased they can put the guys have put out has been really good and I appreciate that and get to the old Badcock Thunderbird ended in that victory night anyway it's gonna happen place [Music] around this racetrack very well of course had a very serious accident here as many of you remember those of you might be new to the sport are possibly not a part in history the best man you're gonna find in the garage and I will daresay that is a mess for our record the first time ever [Music] took forth in this garage area sometimes it says 'add although he could just we could hear it in his voice boy what a disappointed and they had things tighten up now Morgan Shepherd and Ricky Rudd that's 4th place up for grabs Morgan reporting a lot of push and center part of the corner Rock pushy not very aggravating here what a crowd to do is run in the wall in another corner here comes Dale Earnhardt he's in six Jeff Gordon excellent past Morgan a bit ago moved to my third and then and really drove away from that packing looks like he's catching gushing Jeff Gordon's run a second yeah it was a second of a separation earlier and we'll get the numbers as they come by us this time here at start finishing from Rusty Wallace avoiding back to Jeff it's just six tenths of a second down he is posing in that QVC Ford there he is you can see the separation ourselves when they needed them you look at that card he was running in eighth place Robert Pressley was in eighth place returning full time this weekend the most correct ribs at Charlotte they didn't even have Greg sacks standing by as a sub as it been the case last few races our exercise slowed the whole race at Dover before Oh a place up and smoke for Robert Pressley meanwhile upfront rusty Wallace's lead is as you see it some five or six car lanes on Gordon then six tenths of a second back to gently I'll have mine with mustard and sauerkraut please and it your hands but you I'm the King Creon yes baby you know Oh give me a 50/50 sevens dig so yeah you're cooking now let's eat [Music] holdin re you know you can't use your low fuel treatment in your Indy car it's an unfair advantage I'm not allowed to use this quality my 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can depend on today's exclusive TNN coverage of the UAW TM teamwork 500 presented by promotion engine treatments is brought to you by the more than 1300 autozone stores across America autozone the best parts in Auto Parts and buys with fire enter the performance zone with slip fire performance fees spark plugs 128 laps on the board Rusty Wallace leaves problems for Dale Earnhardt Glen what's the story looks like I dropped the cylinder Eli the cars running awfully ragged right there they're gonna take a valve cover off they suspect it probably broke a rocker arm but Dale has shut the car off right now but they've got a big problem it's it's definitely not hitting on all eight right now it'll be your wife fellow point standings shift Wow I'm telling you you never have anything wrapped up in racing anything can happen boy boy weird laughs 129 if we go back out of the track we'll certainly keep you informed on Dale's situation the last time Dale Earnhardt didn't finish a race was it Michigan last August who told you he had no top fives here at Pocono last year nor at Michigan didn't finish at Michigan last August and this has been a streak of seven consecutive top-five finishes for Dale that apparently will is clearly not going to happen today now that thing on Monday yet talent there's one more than one slowing it down that sound like the valve it went through three or four cylinder ruff didn't normally if you if you just lose a cylinder if you're bigger rock round he'll try to limp around on seven cylinders story we need you knew when he hit pit road that he had never get damage to the engine that's first second and third on your screen blowdown has moved threatening back having a great day today with their car there and the shackle is Boateng and he is running a supposed it off for a very well as we seen going down a Long Pond straightaway had broken you know Jeff has led the most laps at Pocono long time don't realize that 786 laps Geoff Bodine has led in the 28 races here prior today mother for my to pick Richard Petty or somebody that's although that's a lot of laughs merely use around two and a half miles let's go down and Randy for an update well we just got word they're discussing it Rusty Wallace Robin Pemberton discussing when the pit and they're going to come this time rusty deal's off down pit road to be heading up towards Glenn Jarrett momentarily the look of her four tires Jeff Gordon was talking to his crew saying on one flight as quick as rusty right now I can't run behind him because I can suck along in the draft but rusty is better than I am right now as he hits pitch pit road and installs one a mate a into the right side they've been changing four tires nearly every time today entire cities right now we're waiting with the left side tires will definitely be four tires looks like a good stop I didn't get a chance to get the stopwatch on it got here a little late but boy they're working fast as this crew always does and they're there done left front that's a great stop on the green it is a good stop of course it does hand the lead back to Jeff board and as you see at the top of the screen so rusty will leave from laughs 111 through 130 Jeff Gordon takes over the lead at last 131 moving Jeff bodean ricky rudd 2/3 morgan suffered 2/4 and mark martin now in fifth and what's going on there with rusty he's not coming up the speed rush it might be the clutch brandy Pemberton it's either an axle or clutch it happens a lot at this racetrack he dropped it because of the gear ratio trying to come up to speed he certainly did either burn the clutch out of it the front door broke the accent boy this racetrack I don't I can imagine you see smoke coming out of that car shortly it'll be out of Rusty's ears you can imagine what he's feeling like right now Eli you could hear when they dropped the jack the motor went way up in the air so that's why I said it's paella class my goodness that stops now at left 132 Jimmy Spencer is in Kenny Schrader is in Joe Nemechek is in for service here comes the leader Jeff Gordon he will hand the lead now to Geoff Bodine so bowtie and fakes believe right now and that is the 19th Pocono race that Geoff Bodine has led let's go to Jeff Gordon's pit it's gonna be a four-tire stop Jeff was complaining the car was a little tight four tires on the car clean the windshield good it was a round of wedge in the rear for Gordon you know he'll be careful coming off of pit road they probably already warned him about that down it away for Gordon good stop he doesn't sue per stop at 19.8 here at left number 133 now Rusty Wallace let's not forget him he is coming off the track they're on to a bit of an escape route but that was back on the track again I wonder if he's going to be able to get around or for gonna have to have a caution Eli he don't turn left right up here at this escape Road they're gonna have to caution I don't think he has the speed always turning in that we think that is very nice as the good sportsman like move rusty knows that his afternoon is done and he goes on to one of the escape roads that's where the road course and the main oil intersect for those of you have not been here and they do have an escape area there so the leader is Jeff Bodine on pit road right now though Mark Martin is in Jeff Burton is in Bobby Hillin he stopped so does John Andretti but muskie wallace's day is done from the beginning Miller Genuine Draft is a fear unlike any other uniquely cold filtered for maximum refreshment brewed with specially selected grains the finest malted barley and only the choicest cops the Northwest has to offer Miller Genuine Draft always smooth always refreshing beginning to end cold filtered Miller Genuine Draft stay cool when asked nine out of ten people say they'd rather be on vacation of course most people they asked didn't know the John Deere because in survey after survey folks are more satisfied with John Deere than other long 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up to the leaders if you remember folks most all the leaders pitted at lap 95 oh here he's coming in so he's not even gonna stretch it he came in Hamilton did it 105 so they had a 10 left pad there but Robby Loomis and Richard Peddie call him in now he'll be pitting at lap number 138 so Bobby Hamilton is in in the STP Pontiac and that should mean on my pad that Kyle penny would be next in line he has not yet made his stop but Glenn let's follow Richard Petty's team well I this will be a two-shot a two-tire stop they're only gonna change the right-side tires and put fuel in this era their game [Music] he's down and away in like 12 seconds great stop mrs. bird stop so Kyle penny now will take over as the leader as he has not made his pit stop behind Kyle you would then cycle around to Jeff bodean so Kyle in the Coors Light Pontiac the last team that has not yet made his stump dale earnhardt meanwhile still smoking but he's back on the racetrack and if you're a Hut Stricklin fan he's back on the track but he's running 29 laps down [Music] thirty-eight there's Kyle Petty again on the right of your screen the number 42 as the race leader no dialogue his grandmother this weekend Palin Richard both Kyle's mother Linda's mother and both Richard Calvin home they were not here yesterday we our condolences to the to the petty family now in his pen certainly Helen case Owens passed away on Thursday indeed everybody here in the garage extending their condolences to the family indeed look at the 12 car back out there that cop car of hope it made its way back on the racetrack again and here comes Kyle after leaving only the second race this year he led at Martinsville for some 67 laps until he had problems with the brakes and now Billy Woodruff and the fellas will be servicing the Machine at lap number 139 so Kyle Petty is in at lap 139 and that will circle our shelves back around on the leaderboard to Geoff Bodine then Jeff Gordon followed by Rudd Martin Labonte and Oliver they took on two tires in about love about 13 and a half seconds so we're back to the leader now Jeff bodean after the cycle of pit stops Jeff emerged as the leader once again a two-tire change though of Jeff Gordon took on four so we'll see what the advantages of new tires over 2000 I can tell you on the stopwatch wardeness three tenths of a second per lap on lap 137 was up by one point six now it's two one point three is lots of fairly significant difference obviously ovation flavor the Jets corn is not that far behind there you seen right there at the top of the screen he's not that far behind Jeff bodean him he's got the advantage of having four new tires just 1.1 seconds now the differential from first a second did deceive Jeff fuldheim we didn't go that team has been at the shot me well you know the quality of the drivers feel to the race cameras good agent that a bad bad season and that happens to most every race team couple years back Earnhardt had the same type of year just about nothing would work for him Dale Earnhardt's back on pit road now lap 141 we showed you his stop earlier and now he is back in again when the you can hear clearly he is in 28th position Earnhardt is already six laps down and the fellas are gonna go to work again he came down the pit lane too quickly you can see in this car official already in front of the car when all of the work is done they will second penalty for excessive speed on the pit lane meanwhile back up front Jeff behind the leader Jeff Gordon trying to close in but for the moment he is staying just about a second and a tenth behind the leader as we work left 140 to 200 hey is that what I think it is yeah it's my no Wagner power painter you can edge like this or justice to control the paint up close and what I'm God I'm gonna switch nozzles and stain my deck do a lot of other job have been meaning to do well not to clean up easy yeah it's quicker than you think why am i painting this bike [Music] don't let a new car payment 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keep America running and five peerless faucets get more out of your faucet than just water welcome back here just in time for a battle for the leave here at Pocono International Raceway as Jeff Gordon has caught Jeff bodean lap 145 on the board right now working towards 200 that makes up the 500-mile distance today say Jeff looking on the inside with just two tire chains there if you see the second car start to work out now Gordon's looking to the outside trying to pass as they come off the corner go down shuts it going [Applause] looking forward Jeff Bodine and how much better was he looking in the rearview mirror he's looking forward about 10% of the time to looking and I'm not really exaggerating that much he's keeping as i exactly unworthy just bored news meanwhile Rusty Wallace in the garage area after his problems of earlier Randi crew working on the car rusty sitting over here rusty it's either feast or famine with you too much famine there is way too which famine let I'll tell you this we had a great race going on the car just literally hauled all the mail today was running great healing great it's a brand new car with all the pc1 if the guys back at the shop Hilton I'm real proud of it as a car was just lightning fast today but you know we put a really super high first gear to try to get out of fits I mean to try to use it for restarts and when you got to get out of pits to sometimes it's just too high first gear is and you know for we've been running the same transmission ratios I knew it was gonna bite us one of these days because there was just too high and her finally happened so we're out of the race but the motor was strong we had to change the engine this morning we blew a little motor after qualifying we had to change the engine found a crack block this morning put this backup engine in it really fun to run perfect I guess the good thing is knowing that you go to Michigan and go to Indianapolis with a good strong engine that makes me feel good and a new hot rod car so take this car this angie combination mis is shimmer and good mr. wallace disappointing day for them where's the car pc one at his Penske chassis one this is that brand new home-built chassis that we talked about earlier hence the numbering system and the post of DRS and they used to call them for Penske Racing PC is the new designation for the Penske chassis you know you want to bow down they're taking every advantage he can get in the corner like you say Phil he's looking at every laughing to keep Jeff Gordon behind the more equal retirement economy coach Jeff Gordon and now we're you out of this tire so neat really doing a great job a hold of Jeff Gordon off we saw we saw Jeff Burton catch chipboard on about he was about a second half behind we've saw me catch when I met her three or four laps but now once once he's caught him I'd get thiam's not as quite as easy is that you know as you would think Randy could add to that same line of thinking Randy well even though these tires are good you'd walk there and run on two tires after a pit stop Reverend hand was telling Jeff just wait for a while wait for his tires to start going to get thrown away on them and now just sit there arrived as soon as you think they're starting you know one of the interesting things today ramyon fellows twelve different leaders today but only four of those twelve are guys who are in the top ten and thus far Winston Cup points and we got there named Mike Hut Stricklin who led their work who led earlier today Ricky Craven of course he is he was in the top ten before the month of May and his back said the Morgan Shepherd Bobby Hamilton Kyle Petty and so on so a lot of the leaders today our names that have not led Jeff bodean have led but two races all season Jeff bodean shows the way Jeff Gordon second Dale Earnhardt fans you can put your pencils away for the day they are taking that car to the garage complete a hundred and thirty-five laps and right now that will mean he'll finish no better than twenty nine pending of Rusty Wallace come back Boston got Hut Stricklin out there could buy passion but no better than 29 for Dale Earnhardt as the battle for the lead heats up again either the tires are going away from Bodine and judge says to Ray Evernham I'm going anywhere that's right Eli just figured it out right now Jeff Lloyd on has about 140 miles on his left side tires and Jeff Gordon has has about about 30 or something like that so it's just just a matter of Jeff both Gordon was patient he ran him down he waited till just slipped a little bit and just drove by him though Gordon will take the lead laughs 150 with this 50 laps away from the finish and you know some thoughts at the same time they have built up nine seconds in place if you're wondering why we haven't seen anybody else nearby third place Ricky Rudd is darn close to ten seconds back he is in the two car [Music] that these frontier have really pulled off and gotten gone now well we've got half to see whether both on connect they draft behind Gordon and keep up with him a look like he told us already 50 laps to go 3/4 of the way into the UAW GM teamwork 500 here in Pocono will to get Myrtle Beach Speedway in South Carolina and next week here on TNN Motorsports meanwhile Dale Earnhardt done for the day Randy well Dale is just fine from the car he's talking to his guys Bobby Hutchins David Smith and the guys continue to work on the car we'll try and wheel over here and get a word with it but he's trying to find out if in fact they can get this car back out here Bobby currently discussing it with him [Applause] we will do that Bobby Hudson's there with the beard left of your screen Kokichi with David Smith on that team and sometimes you need to know when to approach and when not soon or this moral extra breathing time they're ready well you got to get it so his courtesy to talk to us anyway Dale up seven straight top fives not today what happened broke about I think it's not on the top end about Springs and all are okay and I think he just dropped down on me piston and messed it up and balls was riding it would go the NASCAR so red pick it up my pit pick it up it was bro a we're running too bad so came down pit road is even good we're doing anything today locked up so I felt like it dropped them down and locked piston us I doubt there's anything we do pull some heads off look at it but I doubt they're fixing look forward to Michigan Forest Oakland testing tomorrow fix get ready for their okay Champa been a number of teams heading to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway that's dipped in sixth place right now Morgan Shepherd ahead of Terry the body like he meant to gear there [Music] it is scary feeling that I promise you that here's Terry Labonte now trying to battle Morgan Shepherd for fifth or you could say that Morgan is pushing there what happened there he pushed down and carry the one engine throw right up under him coming out before I went 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going right now there you see the separation between those two in 11th and 12th and right behind them there on the right of the screen good run for Bobby Hillin from Midland Texas he's on the lead lap and 13th spot in a Jasper racing team entry here today but a good scramble it has I'll tell all three of those cars have run a steady race and we've run a green flag racing when they stayed right in contention so they're having a good day and we haven't talked much the bottom Jeremy Mayfield's first and only top ten finished last year was eight here at Pocono course this year is already finished fourth of Martinville fifth at Atlanta so I get other classic take a guy from Goodlettsville Tennessee give him Trek time he has really done good job this year early in the year you know get those Rhonda at martinsville in atlanta they pitched but he's having a good a good effort today Bobby Hillin got a good look at him as we ride with Todd Bodine something from Bill Elliott builders with us on the telecast earlier if you missed it he joined us on the phone from layers the sample at the racetrack rehabs coming along but well you could tell in his voice he wanted to be here yeah you could tell he was ready to get back in this 94 and get get after it there and you can just you can tell that somebody feel watching ship teardown we've talked about that today we've talked about the people shipping the Sebring stay on and I'll watch him down ship CP down ships going in the corner or about the time he gets back on the throttle he goes right about the time he gets back in the throttle he grabs third gear now he'll probably run third year all the way back around really gets to the start/finish you can see rolled off into the corner second father where he made his gym you know and get the rear wheels to hop and sub down at that point I've got both my feet and everything else on the bridge trying to get stopped I don't have don't have an extra hand I'm paying tight traffic that can get awfully busy let's see what he does he's in turn three now the third year you see the shift knob the white shift knob that's that's the thing that Hut Stricklin had lost early in the race we're a bit bored here right at the start/finish line and then around the two-and-a-half-mile International Raceway with Todd Bodine we're back here at five weeks again the NASCAR Winston Cup Series is Adam quick look Joe Mattioli would show me greatly to the commemorative ticket that they've got with Richard Petty on occurred the next return here their whole day a ticket stp and all of their 25 years together great looking nice to see the Mattioli they're good folks here they really take to the drivers and in particular the fellows who've been around a while Bobby Allison Richard now being honored with this commemorative ticket that they'll have for Paul day here in July it's nice to see it's good to see and it's also good to see this great surface here because Richard Peddie used to knock all our windshields out he never used to pavement getting into turn three over there and he didn't feel very hard but it and II throw rock track back on it that's 11th place we're looking at now todd bodine makes generally main field so x and xi use the wide side of the track Jeremy now in 12th and here comes darrell waltrip little smoke from behind the parts america chevrolet you've not talked much at the reason 21st right now still on the lead lap up in turn three you can see a big plume of smoke they're going under the hood look at the smoke and there listen to cutting off the engine Randy huh yeah you guys got it he blew it up that's all for Darryl did everything darrell waltrip had himself a hand well he was excited about this weekend he likes Pocono he's run well here but he was back as we say a 21st position go on the lead lap but apparently his day is done importantly drop the bow that's very common today with the shifting and all that you have to do here it's incredible the abuse and 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is brought to you by tangy Heinz 57 steak sauce folks at dura Lube that beautiful look at how this Pocono Raceway just sits among the plush greenery of the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania really is a great setting here Jeff Gordon has led 57 laps today that is the most of anyone this afternoon I remember if you're just joining us Dale Earnhardt has dropped out already with engine failure if the race ended right now that's how the points would look and obviously we've still got 34 or so laps to go but if the race ended at this very moment that would be the spread so the big lead for Dale Earnhardt would dwindle in just 49 over Terry Labonte now let's talk pit strategy guys Randy you're patrolling the pit lane with Glen what's Jeff Gordon talking about versus Jeff Bodine versus Ricky Rudd because they've got to make another stop it's pretty interesting no question about it one stop to go for a while there Jeff Gordon was talking about taking only two tires because they seen what Geoff Bodine has been able to do with him with having only two tires on so they may take two because he's not able to shake Jeff now Jeff said we may also take on two tires if we do though you're gonna have to tighten the car up bill Parsons was talking during break they possibly may go ahead and take left-side tires on the seventh car and that's a possibility Glen were they doing up there with the fender the sick well Randy right now they're scheduled for Martin to fit fact I think he's coming in to pitch right now goodness commentaries web side tires looks like you're going to make a track bar adjustment to Richard Bremen the guys up here to you know getting ready to fight they're discussing it right now they're airing up some left side tires left asking Richard a little strategy change for two right now another word kind of tell Ricky into two but he's going for discussion continue mosey back down here tomorrow and remember on the first of the fifteenth of the month finish Ricky Rudd's name on the bottom of Richard friend a paycheck so who knows you know last year when we came to Pocono Jeff Gordon was second in points he's second in points he's third in points I should say same spot he is right now how do you approach the rest of the season Jeff Gordon they really went well first last year and especially starting right about this time this woman things really picked up for so I don't know I mean not every year could be the same I think if we're gonna win the championship it might be done a little bit different fashion this year we are a little bit way I look at is the two or three major problems that we've had to be where we are two points is still a pretty good season and that shows the potential that we still have in the residency third in points but again remember things are tightening up here today as Jeff Burton makes a stop derrike cope has been in Rick mast has pitted here at lap 166 hot Strickland has been in here comes Joe Nemechek he'll pitted lap number 167 all of these are scheduled our partner was also in the pits the same timeline as Jeff Burton looked like them from here they look like you just changed right-side tires here comes Ted Musgrave and Jimmy Spencer second place man he's waiting there Spencer Travis Carter she said Gordon oh we're going to work on the smokin J's entry Spencer's had a good race he was up on the top ten where was him anything he was in the seventh position yeah he's had a good race today 167 laps on the boy down no kidding this time for Jeff Gordon but Geoff Bodine is coming in the QBC Ford here he comes Paul and is in the crew waiting at left number 168 Randy's right there watching well Jeff hold on just radioed and said fuel pressure going up and down they said bring that baby down pit road now right side tires so far for the QVC Ford are they going to go around to the left Patterson a question don't see anybody loosening left-side lugs right side tires going on fuel second cam in yes their tires loosen and Abunda so it is going to be a four-tire stop that leaves the strategy now to Jeff Gordon will he take out too we had a pretty big lead he can increase that lead to stop beeping he's down and away 27 to top row not a good stop right there see where that slow pit stop now Jeff Gordon come in he can have his normal four-tire change in about 20 seconds and he'll be about a third of the straightaway ahead of Jeff go down comes back on the racetrack Gordon you see in crossing start/finish coming right at you in your living room you ride this down at second spot for season the length of the straightaway down to the race here [Applause] nine and ten seconds of a deficit Ted Musgrave who is right behind Gordon has already made his pit stop [Music] we're at lap 169 31 laps in the finish there you see the exact spread these waving you might have seen his hands going back and forth he was waving to Ted Musgrave who was behind him that he's going to be slowing down to come in 69 on the pit lane we've got Wiley Diamondback you've got John Andretti and here comes Jeff Gordon now the coupon team waiting the Rainbow Warriors of coaching the pit wall it's going to stop 29 laps to go Phil Parsons you were exactly right he led Jeff when I go ahead and dictate what he was able to do if Jeff had come in to take it on - he would have had a nice to possibly take on two now they can make leisurely four-tire stop they don't know what the that means but it's gonna be a quick four-tire stop he's going to be down on the way in a matter of seconds didn't happen 19:1 good stop and restrict Iran has brought the traffic 514 and evidently Richard Green was a pretty good salesman because he's offering to just right-side tires they got the fuel in for trouble still a good stop thirteen point seven but they held the top on the jack for at least a second a half longer than they really needed to but he definitely gained from on Gordon that's about it on the racetrack his board made eight seconds on 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here connection across the pond 24-hour variety all sorts of doings race day ten o'clock Eastern time tonight right here on CNN Motorsports 27 laps to go Jeff Gordon shows the way here he comes down out of turn three we'll get some of the intervals for you now and get the stopwatch is going here comes Gordon second is Kyle Petty he is now peeling off to make his pit stop so Mark Martin takes over second four and seven ten seconds behind that that to tire change that mark hearts are enabled him to he get ahead of Ricky Rudd and Geoff Bodine to get up in second position well the fans out there that pull for Rick mast to just come by when Eli was mean o'clock and then just a lap before that while we were in break we had Gordon with a 5.25 secondly so he Martin cut it down some that time Marco he took our mm his stopper reported thefts at times but it was right-side tires though he looks to be closing the gap right now I don't have Gordon's uh you know soft shooting it right now a little bit because Italy but then also that the sitter was a problem with the ten car the jack man was told to drop the car he was looking at the gas man they were waiting for the gas man to pull away to finish gas at the car they didn't need all the fuel that's the reason they held the car up for about a second half to a two seconds longer when they really needed to and he just saw Jeff Gordon go by Rick mast as buddy was telling to before broadcast booth reverberating that guttural moan of an engine that's not hitting on all cylinders tough tough day for Rick mast after that fine run earlier in the afternoon at this moment nine teams on the lead lap everything now cycling back around I'll need Diamondback John Andretti Kyle penny now making his stop of the woman who goes that'll bring a grand total of 16 teams back on the lead lap right now [Music] Mark Martin on the racetrack he is now in second there's Ricky Rudd that's the difference between mark the jack man that held the car for a second half for two seconds that's the difference right now between second third position Andy McDonald makes his scheduled pit stop now at lap 176 you know it looked to me like a lie just caught a glimpse of it that was Ricky retsyn cartoon it looked like he shifted ran down in the front it helps slow the car down in that day you're pretty busy right there so but he's a good road racer you know and buddy now was talking we're talking during the break and and a good road racer typically runs well here at Pocono and Rick you're at certainly good road racing definitely so this particular Glenn Jarrett appealed to echo what you're saying there Mark Martin told me the very same thing you know that's that's it's not too surprising the road racers going down into the corner the other guys wait until they pick the throttle up coming off her in the middle of one and two down there but Mark Martin told me exactly the same thing and I think if you took the pole those would be two [Music] to have great bricks to do that so the class has to go in open your shift and there's a moment there the car is just free flow and then to the corner you're a big problem I'll tell you what these Jericho transmissions nobody is you drove them just before the competitively you know you don't it does take a whole lot of time to shift did you ship without a clutch or a lot of people do anything just just go snap in the book important still you're still pretty busy getting down into one but with ricky rudd in mark marketer to has plenty to better road racers on the circuit and and they certainly get it done that's not a route in the park Carrie really given a steering wheel a good work over there get in and out of the corner there plus he's got Jeff Boyd I'm pulling into the left behind red you've got the left car of Joe Nemechek but they're from the QVC fellers for Jeff bodean he's in fourth so Ricky's been a protective position as well we are 22 laps from the end as we look at oil for cheap 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and the folks at dirty areas of the beautiful Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania on the racetrack Todd Bodine and Jeff Burton good battle for ninth spot now with just those 21 laps remaining Jeff port still leads comfortably in this battle for nine foot ten it is explained here that she'll just a little bit they don't really write the right davit looking out the left side of the car you see him trying to make a move right there they come up there the right side usually is about that bad but the left side where the driver is pretty clean scramble back into turn number one smoothest transition Fitbit I looked like Jeff Burt got a little bit sideways there and that's what enabled Todd botan to get back my dr.tofu 9/10 for Jeff Burton Rusty Wallace back on the speedway he's 47 laps down if you're following rusty they've made their repairs he's 47 laps back as you see the second place battle now shaping up here on the main straightaway heading back off into the corner Rudd bypassing Mark Martin we said it right he will Ratburn I'd say Mark Martin pulled over and let him go I think Mark Martin is Steve Neil alluded to earlier artists are so loose with somebody behind him but I don't think he could stand it he pulled over a national event Ricky red go by it looked like maybe maybe Glenn erratic and secretary think you're wrong on that one because we've got Jeff just behind him for another spot [Music] Dinah's right behind as well he's Morgan Shepherd then Bobby - terry labonte how do you think about Mark Martin one well I think what happened Rudd is turning some really quick laps right now guys and I think that they were Rudd's coming don't hold him up because those are two forces the chevrolet leading that race if there's any chance in the world one of those sports can catch e that's what you're going to do they're going to let that Ford try to catch that Chevrolet and I think that's just teamwork Randy have to agree with you there are 3/4 lined up at this particular time that's the only way they're going to run them down they probably won't be able to do it in that fashion as well but Mark Martin is one guy that he could lose and that's one of the ways it does it all season long he doesn't like the fact that if the guy cuts underneath the car won't get loose and I've got to say he's scared but it's he's smart I got to tell you those are thousands of dollars they're running for a rack now moving over and just being a good guy I know Mark Martin Oh an RPG a very aggressive race car drive around I'm not going against everybody any pets there but I will tell you that was supposed to be in they do everything they can to make money Rick mast with engine problems we had documented those he has taken the Hooters machine in the garage area he'll be the 13th retiree continues to leave conditioning very same here in Pocono just 17 laps to go it's 400 miles of rocky rented trails with enough bumps and jumps to shake a truck to pieces but if you think an 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Labonte led the last seven when Jeff mister the restart so we're looking good certainly but never giving in this Christmas anyway you watched a while ago when they had problems up in turn three their coat that run well all day got in the back of the rock and getting the front end all up on the car so anything can happen that's 11th place right there between the 98 Jeremy Mayfield at the forward Sterling Mars the other car in the picture Steve Grissom he is running in 23rd spot a couple of laps down at the 98 are right now battling for position and give that to Sterling holding on to the 11th spot now Vic on nicely the youth person is a bit of a pick Jeremy Mayfield pull up right on the back bumper Steve Grissom got him loose he didn't want too much heart 13 let's go by rights should have one here last team finished second here in July a is seen Ricky red now in second spot Mark Martin in third Jeff Boyd I and forth look at Steve neo asked Mark Martin evolve hate to say I told you so but he Steve told me I just asked him he said oh well Ricky was coming so fast that there were several laps left in Ricky that mark didn't want to hold him up so he just mostly moba in fact he said the racetrack is tightened up so they don't have quite as bad a loose problem as they had I was right Betty glad you were do one [Music] laps to go as the continues here at Pocono beautiful day for a gorgeous weekend you know over the years here at Pocono we have seen every time that the stuff Mother Nature can throw at you except an attractive locust it is this weekend then I mean Chamber of Commerce whether it's been in person coming down the detector shortly just 12 laps to go Jeff Gordon pretty red mark mark Jeff and Morgan Shepherd near top-five and Western Auto and parts America we carry more Raybestos brakes for more cars than anyone else at all at guaranteed low prices so it doesn't matter what you drive we can stop it Western Auto and parts America serious puns serious savings at 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though [Music] join the Winston Cup start December 9 through 13th on TNN second annual NASCAR family cruise benefiting the Winston Cup racing wives auxilary enjoy the fun of the Caribbean on the big red boat this starship Oceana they'll be NASCAR festivities and activities bus stops in the Bahamas it's four nights of non-stop food fun and high seas hospitality your party would top NASCAR driver everybody's enjoyed this hit what's up big yeah call now for five days at America's number one family cruise special rates for kids don't miss the boat the big red book December night how good is Jeff Gordon been this year well he has led 28 percent of all the laps that have been run this season and he's doing himself the job now there's ol Ricky Rudd sneaking his way down the main straightaway he and Mark Martin decided drink you got on with guys when you see them doing like yet that one that was making a newborn and there's one who pulled over just a little while ago we are nine left some conclusion that is the battle we're watching it's a good one rudders a second Mark Martin is in third Geoff Bodine is in fourth the Morgan Shepherd 5th good run for Bobby Hamilton in sixth Terry Labonte is now seven eighth spot is Jimmy Spencer we've got Jeff Burton Western auto mechanic of the race there he is Paul Andrews he of course leads the team for geoff bodine with QVC for colleges and Western Auto ricky rudd you seen their middle screen still sneaking his way through this stage of Carlene Carlene for the half is it up don't everybody eight laps to go I gained a lot of heart that last shot he was he quote [Music] let this day into the afternoon 16 teams on the lead lap we gave you the top 10 a moment ago sterling Marlins in the Jeremy Mayfield is in 12th Wally Dallenbach quietly in 1314 Michael Walter 15th and John Andretti is 16 [Music] here at a go-kart race at Pocono 20 years ago this weekend actually John 1 they took the race away from refinishing run greatest they took the win away from him that he complained so much they gave it back to him [Music] 119 3 laps on the board battle we're watching the third and fourth are fighting the or P hustler we'll just for you to see Jeff boat on several approaches in the each corner there time to get up under Mark Martin I just don't know whether he has horsepower enough to seem up there in and out of the corner they're really getting a jump on boat on he was able to get the throttle with like a lot of car length before Jeff and not even that gave one extra car and a half that he has right now meanwhile upfront it's four into ten seconds from the leader Gordon back to Ricky Rudd we're not forgetting them but they're not particularly close right now what's on the racetrack second third and fourth [Music] with a good battle on the place Morgan Shepherd ahead of Bobby Hamilton have you seen both of those teams doing well here today Morgan little laugh 1:36 and again 171 Bobby Hamilton led a lap today left 137 [Music] I have to go Eli they look like Jeff Gordon Jeff running out there just kinda bad this time he's not really great to me but these guys are acre that's a dandy battle we've seen guys pass on the outside today not this time [Music] sometimes you see guys was ridin ridin ridin could make a war effort last laugh so you can see it moving around trying to break the graph down the straightaway Sabo tasks are very good through the tunnel [Music] what in the turn look like lowdown closes in they started in the corner here you car left car lengthen right up underneath bark as they come off the corner Babar can almost touch that bark jumps on the plot a lot of currently prohibited and then it's hard he's got momentum coming off the corner it's hard for Jeff bodean to make a move once he mark gets the momentum but he's all over him like a blanket the carving Ricky Craven you saw him he's done the lead lap he's 17 there goes Bo dime Mark's trying to get up under him down the back straightaway there and take that angle off as they start in the territory there's nothing a racecar driver hates more eli than losing a position late thrice Lee doesn't want a position or two whatever so you know Mark Martin is doing his best to get back up there near good there goes Bobby Hampton by Morgan Shepherd for fifth position face changing hands ppim moves ahead of the remington arms ford chevy leading as he has for much of the day Jeff ricky rudd he started back in ninth in his Ford and down running second and they've got a Ford third a Ford for the Pontiac another Shelby in seventh inside three laps to go there will be another first time [Music] today's never won here at copán it's a good run for the Pontiac you know they get a new nose for next for next week that's right they're gonna change that mess the new nose piece for the Grand Prix effective next week in Michigan and basically it will review or eliminate that one inch addition I was branded the Pontiac to the front balanced there last month next weekend at the Irish Hills of Michigan here watching Bobby Hamilton pull away from Morgan Shepherd meanwhile next time Jeff Gordon comes to the stripe he'll get the white flag eli the paint job you're looking at with the paint up at Richard Petty had when he wanted now back up front Jeff Gordon will be coming to the white flag this time by 13 career NASCAR Winston Cup wins right now looking for his fifth win of this season he's going pretty good put a pretty big ten in the gap he had the kings of Yelp and our hard in the points then you're just joining us Dale Earnhardt with engine problems finished back in 32nd position he ran this car at Charlotte he ran it at Dover Downs International Speedway a couple of weekends ago [Music] again Gordon and Terry Labonte both went today that is the tenth race of the year that both men have led one is excellent very strong this race cars been good at the attaboy award for as far as I'm concerned today Jeff bodean what a great here comes 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beginning of the show he felt like this place Odia morning man you dominated here again well you know we just hung in there all day long I don't know if this place noticed one or not but we've run very strong here and and we've we've been capable of winning here many times it's not been packaged so you can imagine what was going through my mind at the end of this race up I think what's gonna break what's gonna happen what am I gonna do every time I shift it I was like man am I gonna am I gonna miss and go to second I didn't know what was gonna happen but rusty had a strong car and you know I hate to see him fall out or having trouble but I think we had some form we were the only one that had anything for me so anyone that had anything for us but that they do pot automotive efficient Chevrolet was awesome Jeff you you really cut into Dale Earnhardt's points early today I'll tell you I haven't seen the exact figures yet but it's gonna be close after today well you know we've had our problems this year and he hasn't had very many problems and you know you don't wish any bad luck on anybody you don't want to see anybody have problems but do today we just did our job and that's what really counts these guys are great they're give me a great race car we'll take black or everywhere we can go now this thing is awesome but these guys got it done the pits also as you said five wins this year his fourth from the pole Rainie ricky rudd talking to some reporters we'll get a word with him Ricky congratulations on a good run you guys needed to have a solid run run up front you did that today that's a brand new car for these guys you know they've worked hard all year and have plenty of chances for him to give up during the year I probably haven't been as patient as I could be on them and they've been digging hardest a brand new race car and we just need to get busy build some more like it it's not a winning car today I think we were close but the first time in this car I think we got something can adjust own what about ahead in the Michigan will you bring this car well I think so we've got a couple of these cars under construction but I don't think we can get them built quick enough so what this card looks like it's in good shape we'll probably take it to Michigan congratulations on a good effort you like thanks a lot Randy the pit crew of the race award now brought to you by cold filtered Miller Genuine Draft and Miller Genuine Draft light making the world a very cool place here's Glenn Jarrett well on behalf of tnn motorsports and Miller Beer we present you with another pit crew the race award I know this guy's name is Ray Evernham I ain't gonna call him ray Gordon again today we're Jeff Everett him whatever I called you where you putting all these things buddy well we've got a nice wall of them and again we appreciate Miller's participation that means an awful lot to the guys and no the Miller drive a rusty drove like a gentleman there again to help us out these awards mean an awful lot to the guys and got to say Happy Father's Day to Rick and pop and my dad and everybody and really got to say been kind of a hectic weekend for me and just really need to thank God cuz he walked with us today well he certainly did he rode with him too I tell you that car was awesome this man was responsible for setting it up forever now he is as good as they come a former racer himself and Modifieds ray worked for the International Race of Champions and now making name for himself with the DuPont team third place finisher Geoff Bodine a super run in the QVC Ford let's get his thoughts talk about needing a good run that's Jeff put on you had one today Jeff yeah we really did proud of the team away everyone stay together this last year and a half and pretty Hagin I think for all of us you know you know we need kind of like a transfusion we're gonna survive without it and uh QVC is stuck with us I'm going shopping tomorrow got lots of money now make sure you tell him of your race man will you call in happy Father's Day dad I know he's back I call him before the race hi had good luck Brett didn't tie looked like he was running good where'd he finished we don't know no he had decent run today 10th he was up just kidding oh that's not bad to go down to the top 10 but happy Father's Day dad hope you have lots more thanks Geoff Geoff Bodine a fine run came home in 3rd ahead of Mark Martin and fourth and Bobby Hamilton in fifth we're coming back with more from Pocono stick around we'll be right back [Music] sweat and Steve it's decisions made in the split of a second and pain endured for the length of the day and at the finish they're either toasting victory getting sent to do it all over again next week it's auto racing the way we do [Music] this is the Texaco Havoline stock-car and this is the Texaco Havoline Indy car and while these cars run on special fuels we figured it was still a good way to remind you that Texaco clean system three 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Olympic team we are driving excitement well Jeff Gordon becomes the first driver to surpass 1 million dollars in earnings for this season as you see the top 10 finishers a fine run for all of those fellows todd bodine we hope told you earlier coming home with a top 10 others all on the lead laugh back to John Andretti who is the last driver on the lead lap in 16th Kyle Petty there in 17th 18th position and on down old DW a tough day today Rick mast ran well before the engine went sour he came home in 28th position and further back we take you to Rusty Wallace then they learn art and all those fellows who failed to finish the point standings we're going to shuffled around here today in Bobby Labonte with the accident on lap number three the first retiree of the afternoon so Hannah the NASCAR Winston Cup points stack up right now well things are gonna tighten up Terry Labonte 52 markers behind day alert hype Jeff Gordon 64 down and Dale Jarrett and Ricky Rudd that's the running order in the points heading into the race at Michigan International Speedway next weekend don't forget coming up tonight 10 o'clock Eastern Time the PM edition of race day Rick Benjamin will be along and bring you all the action to the clock on TNN Motorsports next weekend Myrtle Beach Speedway for the NASCAR Busch Series the Carolina fried advanced autoparts 250 men scarf Busch Series racing five o'clock Eastern Time that is next Saturday right here on CNN Motorsports of course coming up following our fraud cast today Motor Trend television then NHRA today the nest the Winston NHRA drag racers give you all the doings for the straight line set that's coming up following our telecast here on TNN today Buddy Baker enjoyed it I enjoyed it too and happy Father's Day to buck Baker mother poor Buddy Baker for Phil Parsons Glenn Jarrett and Randy Pemberton I'm Eli gold our congratulations to Jeff Gordon he dominated today and ends up in victory lane will party next week till then you have a good week so long from Pocono [Music] motor
