1997 Mountain Dew Southern 500

he's victory to his resume which mean a 1 million dollar bonus it'll be tough but not impossible it's been tried on four different occasions but all I accomplished one [Music] [Music] we can deal with three the friend [Music] I'm adding all that a wall and a need automatic [Music] he's already won over two and a half million this season and today could add another million the 48th edition of the longest-surviving race on NASCAR's oldest track takes on even more significance today as Jeff Gordon tries to become the second driver to win the Winston million who in this country hasn't dreamed that one day you'd win the lottery who hasn't wished they would have just one chance to chase a million-dollar rainbow today all eyes are focused on one man and his pursuit of the American dream the test would seem simple for 26-year old Jeff Gordon if he is the first to finish 500 miles and he will reap the riches and Jeff the questions millions want to know at home what are your thoughts and more importantly what are your chances well you know I feel really good we've had a great weekend so far it's been a lot of fun going for this million but today is the true test and we've been to Victory Lane here before in Darlington and it's a tough tough place to get there but we we do have that experience and hope that it pays off got a great team and everybody is really doing a fantastic job so far on the ring gets down to trouble and be at the end I think our chances are good many saying it's one man chasing one chance for one race for one million but I think a different it's not one man as he said it is one team and the man who leads that team is standing by with Bill Weber and that would be ray evernham now he turned 40 this week but he hopes to turn a million here today you idolized coaches like Vince Lombardi and Pat Riley and you've told everyone how it could be ten million dollars and these guys couldn't try any harder so how have you prepared your team for this big event same exact way we've prepared last week at Bristol everybody's worked real well with us trying to keep the pressure off the guys and letting us do our job and you know when you come to Darlington you can't force it here at this place you know you just gotta kind of ride along with her and and be in position at the end and that's what we're gonna do you know we're actually we're having fun with it it's a great opportunity RJ Reynolds given us to go for a million but you know you're just we're gonna have fun with it but we're gonna run our race the last words you're gonna say to your driver before we start well normally I don't I don't talk to him till we get rolling around but I'm gonna tell him like this is what I just said to you and what we talked up about in the truck you know you can't force this place you just gotta ride it because it always changes at the end good luck thank you very much that's Ray Evernham and his Rainbow Warriors are ready for the 1997 Mountain Dews southern 500 and the quest for the most famous words in the world of Motorsports today's Grand Marshall David Thor Baz [Music] [Applause] [Music] they started calling bill alley a million dollar bill back in 85 when he won the West a million right here at Darlington a win today for bill could be worth more than money could buy he hasn't won since this race back in 1994 today he starts second on the pole it's Bobby Labonte like Elliott a win would be worth more than a million dollars in terms of prestigio momentum a championship who's not on their minds this year but a top-10 finish in the point is not out of the question [Music] Hollywood couldn't scripted this one of the event row two finds a man with momentum bail Jarrett's light for the man on a mission Mark Martin first Jarrett nothing breached winning better than winning and Jarrett didn't just win here in his Brittney dominated and he couple that effort with what happened last 39 at Bristol and Jarrett is denied for momentum now the mission martin arts mission is to win a Winston Cup championship he finds himself atop the points for the first time since October of 1990 he said no one I mean no one is gonna outwork out focused around for us in the pursuit of that goal only one guy in this field has a shot at the million bucks and realistically only five have a shot at the points championship these other 38 guys are here for one reason to try and win the southern 500 in the last two races at this track two different drivers to sparkling second-place finishes Hut Stricklin last year Ted Musgrave this strengths the greatest names in NASCAR have been tortured by the lady in black but occasionally she will smile of a driver a fast flirtatious smile but it's probably just a tease it's offering bait or fantasy like most mystery women it's often hard to tell and all these things that Winston me and all these things of drivers going for in folks such a very tough racetrack they've got to do it on Benny they don't call this track too tough to tame for nothing it has bitten you it's fitting me it's fitting almost every driver who has run any amount of laps on this tough racetrack you have to have total concentration every moment and to add to that concentration level this year they have flip-flopped the track going into turn one a single groove race track now it used to be three and four and of course what used to be turns one and two is three and four and vice versa and it keeps us all mixed up all day long but that's going to add to their concentration level and then pit stops pit stop you know some of the drivers that spin it on the front stretch have never made a pit stop there so get it in the biscuit and outfit there's going to be a problem for them [Music] the world leader in motorsports while to a Labor Day weekend relation for the past forty seven years the NASCAR Winston Cup Mountain Dews southern 500 from Darlington South Carolina as we enter this 23rd race the closest in history with Mark Martin on top of the points for the first time since 1993 drivers in the top 10 Jeff Burton Bobby Labonte and Ted Musgrave are the only ones who have not won on this storied old racetrack hi everyone I'm Bob Jenkins let's sum it up just briefly before we go green a million dollars possible for Jeff Gordon one of the closest points battles in history plus a racetrack that these drivers have essentially never competed on and while we're talking about potential winners let me name a couple more Dale Earnhardt a nine time winner at this racetrack and Jeff Burton who has accumulated more points on tracks longer than one mile in length than anybody else in 1997 Jeff Burton drives a Ford here this afternoon and as far as the breakdown is concerned there are twenty fours in today's field 15 Chevy's and eight Pontiacs Ford as the lead of the manufacturers championship going into this event now let's take a look at the starting lineup on the pole Bobby Labonte his second pole of 1997 and alongside Bill Elliott first front row start since Phoenix in 95 the second row Dale Jarrett won the spring race from the pole and Mark Martin the new points leader the third row ken Schrader fourth in last year's southern 500 and Hut Stricklin who was second in that race going to row number four it's Jeff Gordon three missions today the points the million and winning three straight and Dick Trickle who that his third last week his best finish since 1990 the fifth row Sterling Marlin one Darlington win here in 95 and Ernie Irvan whose first race in the 28 car was here in 1993 the next row Brett Bodine second in the 93 southern 500 and Geoff Bodine who finished third twice in 31 Darlington races then in the seventh row we have Ward Burton 8 Darlington race and Michael Waltrip one of his four seventh place finishes was here in the spring in row a whip on Roush teammates Ted Musgrave who finished second in the spring and Jeff Burton in row 9 this afternoon is Terry Labonte and Johnny Benson and then as you look at the rest of the starting grid it the race track is the same but yeah it's not the same so it's not the same because they're different numbers on the world and I think that will have a little bit of a mental effect it'll take them a little while even though they've been here for a couple of days and practice and of course in qualifying but they got to get all of that in coordination with their spotter because they might call the wrong turn at the wrong time great a lot of great drivers back in the field here today and this is a tough racetrack to pass on but if you got a good race cars you can't do it we've heard Ray Evernham and Jeff Gordon say that is just another race you prepare for this race just like you did last weekend at Bristol but is it Benny no it's not this is the Mountain Dew southern 500 there's a final row Jeff green and Lance Cooper and Rusty Wallace took a crash champions provisional again and we had three drivers that missed the field Dave Marcus for the fifth straight time also Greg sacks and Morgan Shepherd not in the field today onboard cameras started 43rd too they rest he Wallace some Miller Lite Ford also Mike Skinner the MTD Chevrolet starting in the 33rd position the Budweiser car Ricky Craven he will have to start last on the field because he's in the backup car like old wall to the Cisco car started 14 Mark Martin 13 points in front for the NASCAR championship started fourth and Dale Jarrett the board quality care car starting in third spot and we will have an onboard camera with Jeff Gordon and a lot of extra coverage the crowd is on its feet every seat is filled the 48 mountain Dew's southern 500 is under green [Music] [Music] and Dale Earnhardt has a problem of the car is down low on the racetrack slow down the backstretch he hit the wall behind the group and brush the wall the first lap is completed Bobby Labonte has led his a trace of 1997 and Earnhardt slow here on the main straightaway now as we go back to the race track and see Bill Aliyah within a car lengths is there an art went by our booth position here you can see a good bit of damage to the right side of their good ring Chevrolet - Jeff Ford's back in 6 fun the yeah [Music] I believe fill that in we'll take the lead get up turn to Bill Elliott a five-time winner here in Darlington twice in the spring race at he's wonder mountain Dew's southern 500 3 times is in the lead now and here comes Dale Jarrett challenging Bobby Labonte for the second place in Ted Musgrave and Jeff Burton Jack Roush move up past Michael Waltrip here the bunnies gonna try to bother the coffee the position up on the inside [Music] michael water get down to the corner so my a favor returned mr. limbani go by on board with Michael Waltrip and Jeff Gordon is trying to take over these six position from Ken Schrader and does so that was the car even trying to pass the practice yesterday and they almost brick but he gets by cling to this time the battle is for second position now as Dale Jarrett and Bobby Labonte are going mark mark watching from the fourth position [Music] different Gentiles to ride around slow we watch this powder for second spot and move Mark Martin into that battle too he is running in fourth place moving right up on Dale Jerry on Strickland is in fifth and then back to Jeff Gordon [Music] [Music] Sharon was challenging for that second we got a crash-up intern so as Kyle Petty and floppy Gordon and Rusty Wallace it also has damage on the Miller live for he's I think l'm in the pits on the backstretch so the caution flag comes out for the first time today on lap number seven as a three or four car crash in turn number one has slowed the field there is the damage to Rusty Wallace to your right Benny pretty significant there on the right side and Todd Bodine who's driving the caterpillar car for David Green and relief of him this week he comes down pit road also with some damage an urn art also has his Carl pit road and you saw their typo dine go behind the wall here's the replay and we see the 96 car blowing an engine going in the corner puts all our boy stur on the racetrack and all these cars go in there with no place to go get that up almost like Dale Jarrett did last year going for the million there similar type situation same turn different numbers on the turn this year now let's listen and watch from the on board of Rusty Wallace [Music] quickly things occur do they cure is right and when something like that happens in front was the iron heart in defense rusty wallet rock behind him with the hood up on his car but there's nowhere to go when you hit an oil slick like that except into the wall or another car well this accident occurred toward the back of the pack everybody up front including Jeff Gordon is OK the dirty car of Benson is now on pit road also with the change of tires going on in that car also a heavy chassis adjustment [Music] [Music] you have to check this out Dale Earnhardt on pit road while ray evernham and the rest of the Rainbow Warriors are in good shape at the moment Jeff running in this sixth position as the caution is over Darlington for the first time this afternoon in the Mountain Dews southern 500 [Music] he has begins speak world loved him - back live to Darlington Raceway in South Carolina for the mountain Dew's southern 500 being brought to you by Mountain to remind you to do the dues by Quaker State the quality your car deserves and by the more than 1675 autozone stores across America autozone the best parts in Auto Parts nine laps completed here at Darlington still under caution because of a crash up in the first and second turns that involved several cars but before that Dale Earnhardt crashed and they're not they're carrying him to the truck or someplace left check this out he appears to have an oxygen mask this is the odd board from Ricky Craven we'll see if we can see what happened this is going down to turn one now we see Earnhardt up against the wall there he hits the wall one in one he comes off now he's back in the middle of the racetrack but now the car won't steer so he comes off turn four the car will not turn - I'm sorry I've got turned around John Kernan we're on the backstretch pitch outside of the care center where Dale Earnhardt has just been taken in no one on the crew seems to know what's wrong but when Dale hits the wall he stayed out there on the radio he kept telling them oh I can't find a way on to pit road well he finally came down onto pit road they unhooked him took him out of the car he looks really shaken up they called for the doctor to come down they had brought him through the care center now we understand they have sent for an ambulance but right now Dale Earnhardt is in the infield care center being checked out that's his wife Teresa being led into the care center what a development here in the early going of this race of all the stories that we have been anticipated to cover and this certainly is not one of them and I again if I said this incorrectly it was a very first lap the first corner of the first lap then he goes in and press and as he came off he also had won't get nothing turn to prior to today's race Dale Earnhardt had depleted 99.7% of the last run in 1990 had not had a DNF all year green flag comes out back to racing at Darlington as Bill Elliott leads them to the plaque with Bobby Labonte Dale Jarrett mark [Music] Jeff Gordon right behind him [Music] backers in the nine car has been black flagged for passage wrong saddle that restart he was running up in the 20th spot wrinkle makes beam you can't pass on the inside before you take the flag or the line and apparently Lakes being dead so he's being penalized this topic of penalty John Kernan is with Rusty Wallace into your day rusty what happens to the college they blew up going into turn one somebody did late oil on everywhere and we all hit it everybody crashed right behind him just a real bad ill I qualified bad and when you're qualified [Music] short date for Rusty Wallace he's heading back to the trailers make me a drive back home to Charlotte watching action Terry Labonte is right behind him and then Jeremy Mayfield in that 1915 then 17th and you look with the numbers and parentheses indicating that drivers starting position [Music] not a great deal of movement here in the first 15 drivers here is Jeff Morgan challenging much well he challenged him all day long here last year for first he looked like last year's now new selling five before the lead late in the race Husker dus raised in Jeff Gordon trying to take over go way up in the loose stuff up there on the high side betting between turns one and two wait his pit stop - stop it go he's coming out of the pits now as the leader comes off turn four he'll be lucky to get up to speed and stay in the lead thank you terry labonte a rather ricky rudd looking to the inside of michael waltrip here's another look at that incident with Jeremy Mayfield those in the corner and this is a one ruled corner they go in the corner side-by-side almost make contact Jeremy goes up the racetrack close to the wall but I don't think he'd give you to Darlington strike well he kept a good job from not getting that strong did a good job keeping it out a little [Music] ricky rudd is running an 18th position were on board with Michael Waltrip who is 17 and upfront bill Elliott's this driving away he has checked out here in the early going their second and third Bobby Labonte and Dale Jarrett fact about one of the third seconds and behind Jarrett we have and Jeff Gordon's gonna get by huh Strickland and moving to that fifth spot [Music] this race here today if he wins he collects the Winston bonus brought back suspect he likes where he's at right now solar sitting there nobody close to him in the front or behind got a good clean racetrack to run on there that's a good position to be in right there for a while great talent for saving those times write it around they're saving those times whenever bios's time start swearing and going down his car maintains at the same speed Jerry punch exactly what Ray Evernham just said to Jeff Gordon said Jeff you got to think survival for 400 miles all you want to do is survive for the first quarter miles then we'll go after the final 100 with your great exactly where you are [Music] kyle petty is in here's john kernan style on the back the nose was actually dragging the racetrack so Kyle has come down pit road he's watched several has fixed that damage now they're checking under the under the hood with the carpet the kalpeni sitting here on pit road and out of contention for them that finish here at Darlington way back in 1991 in the spring race he was in sixth position Jeff Burton is on the move Burton with an outstanding and impressive performance in the Busch Series race yesterday here at Darlington sorry Hinkle head they've got a lot of pups if experienced there yesterday my way to that race these turns implanted into his mind coming right on through position Bill Weber to talk about yesterday afternoon the experience and the great run that he had in the Busch race now Mark Martin just got passed by Jeff Gordon as he continues his march toward the front but the story on Burton is the fact that yesterday in happy hour they had to chase his heart but the weather change from yesterday the decay is considerable he folders through the car is good by Dick Trickle because of the change in the weather they've built that car specifically for Darlington [Music] to aid position he started in the in that spot for lap number one but then he began the mood fifteen picked up stacks position meanwhile back up front of this bill bill the mountain dew southern 523 doubt of 367 laps have been completed in his advantage now on second place point exactically for [Music] who has ever done that [Music] welcome back to ESPN's live coverage of the mountain dew southern 500 from Darlington Raceway in South Carolina and Jeff Morgan position he's passed bobby labonte it was passed by Dale Jarrett just a couple of laps ago while we were in break so it's Elliott Jarrett Horton and Bobby Labonte [Music] poor Jimmy Spencer Jimmy Spencer has really been on the boat recently he's moved up to 15th position already so he's knocked half of them off yep last time by Jeff Gordon was the fastest car of the top six there is Eliot completing plan [Music] now we see that Gordon is within just two or three car lengths of there this is how Jarrett got second from Bobby Labonte it was in turn one and two the body drifts up Jer turned the car goes under it come off turn two takes the spot and now we will see bill Elliot continuing to leave at 3.8 seconds advantage on Dale Jarrett [Music] a helicopter we wanted tries to run down Dale Jarrett [Music] talked about jeff merkley moment ago guys he's still contention to move towards around he has moved up to six [Music] was that the match's car the top six by quite a margin as a matter of fact yes almost two miles an hour their 33rd lap right now that's about halfway through a pit stop or what we expect to be somewhere between 60 70 laps indication that his car is working well let's say the fastest this time at the line Elliott with a 154 zero here's Jimmy Spencer picking up another position he could be one of the fastest cars out there if not be it will be that time to come he passed a car losing effort five and a half and the leader 154 [Music] fifty-five he's passed his teammate Mark Martin now he's moved in the field going down but once 254 down to 153 and no traffic Bert still 56 miles per hour so Jeff Burton the Exide start clearly right now that blasting the top ten and rest assured his spot making him aware there take care of those tires and he says I am this thing feels so do it so Jimmy Spencer was the second fastest last lap our yellows now on arrows will indicate who was first second and once again Jimmy Spencer picks up another position from Michael Waltrip I was into camp he's increased 20 position and restart he has gained 16 went back to green he was in 2016 ten there's Billy Elliot the leader of the race and check this out Jeff Burton is past deaf course [Music] well Benny I think he does he just radioed said hey ray the car and blues and Ray said how bad is it ingests it ray it's all I can do to hang on is that the car has gotten really really loose race has my friend just back off we'll get it fixed and just gotta back off now and try to hang on to it so the Rainbow Warriors may have some work cut out for themselves here and get that car back handling right why he was taking indicated look Oh see attacked in turn two and that allows Jeff Burton to take over the second position as we sat in the open of the show Jeff Burgin has accumulated superspeedways that is racks bigger than one mile in length than any other driver and the AutoZone on track interval will show you now he narrowed the margin from laps 31 to 35 it was 6.9 seconds on lap 31 and 5 and a half on 35 and look how consistent he is from 30 1.4 seconds to 30 126 seconds found laughing around that's what get the job done here at Darlington is consistency that's right then continues to set the pace here the lead he has is a little over four seconds now and so Bill Elliott who in the last six races has climbed from 13th to ninth and the point standings may be on his way to duplicating what he did here in 1985 winning the race but our coverage of the Mountain Dew southern 500 a Labor Day tradition since 1950 continues here and the coverage that you're now watching is overhead from the Pennzoil copter cam as we watch Bill Elliott lap Joe Nemechek in 37th position but check that 99 car ripe on the difference now just Horlicks it was seconds when they went to break it is not Carl X's Nemechek moves over and Burt just about five Charlie fine let's get an update on Dale Earnhardt as we talk with Richard Childress here's John Kernan Richard Childers has just come out of the infield care center where they'll learn amardas bank examiner Richard how is Dale he's stable he sorry I talked to him for just a minute he was seeing double he was alone real groggy before the race started and his voice we were going to try to get him in before the race never started and he didn't hear us he couldn't communicate so we're going to go see and that's all I could say at this time we'll be transported to another hospital they're transferring now that's where I'm here and getting in the car maybe I don't even know who's getting it upward at the word about they as we all are that sounds like a very strange situation that yes it does and certainly our prayers the best wishes will be with you well as you can see Jeff Burton has taken the lead and it's the first time he has ever led a southern 500 in his fourth race no check look at thee and Elliott's times on 18 lap 21 speed 30.8 he goes down to 33 point to look at the drop while we talk to mid talked about just a moment ago saving those tires and right now Jeff Burton was when in one second faster than Bill Elliott at lap 18 that were unjust 2/10 of a second apart and Jerry has a report on Bill Elliott now back in second I just talked with my feet with the true team did you know they came here last week and ran not one or two left that's the 50-lap test and in their 50 lap test the car was very consistent of what they learned was after lap 40 the car really began to get loose and go away so we're being very very conservatively got a good car we're going to sit here in a ride and bide our time that's what testing taught Bill Elliott run hard about 40 and ride and make the adjustments why we passed a moment ago you saw Terry Labonte [Music] 30 urban just a few minutes ago and move into tent position and already past Sterling Marlin a lot of good racing going on back there in that neck golly in and out of the pit area I'm sure that the tires are getting the point that they felt like they needed to come in and get fresh tires but look at Jeff Burton still going although now he's down to a hundred and fifty one and a half miles proud of the last time by and just about everybody else is down in the 150 and 149 bracket there's late Steven stop to penalize a moment ago he's fast trying to get back from he is the lap down battle between the four Karim Sterling Marlin and the ten of Ricky Rudd is a battle and it's 4:12 and red booze on the inside takes his tide forward on the upside of the Kodak Chevrolet indeed he does there's Ted Musgraves right behind now hiding in the 14th position and Musgrave goes to the inside and passes sterling he's like Rob leaves the handle is going away on Sterling's car Ricky Rudd has had a good movement or the process the laughs number 12 when he was 19 that now has moved up to the 12th position so the winner of the Brickyard 400 bhakti is won two races tonight Ricki was very good at happy hour practice yesterday this track sort of seats his driving style he's very smooth and you gotta Bank is also very patient they get Burton back in the in the traffic trying to get by Dick Trickle put him a lap down wages way through this traffic and Jimmy Spencer has moved up to seventh position Bobby Labonte falling back here with Michael Walker passing on the outside yeah Bobby's car is is not very good there right now he would Sherlock an opportunity to come in the pits and get some new tires [Music] while they don't invent new tires on that car and so he is going to be passing some cars out there just pray bit your old car got a new one went to get those new tires Jeff Burton has moved into some traffic again that is Darrell Walter for the 17 car in celebration of his 25 years they're painting the car to resemble other cars that he has driven and of course out there that is the old mountain dew paint scheme [Music] 29th edition Jeff Burton goes around arrow cars on the lead lap here at four circuits in the mountain dew southern five Jeff Burton is your leader about a two-and-a-half second advantage on Bill Elliott with Dale Jarrett running third Jeff Gordon for Belle [Music] Jeff Burton leaves the mountain Dew's southern 500 with 58 laps completed there is [Music] seconds behind the leader [Music] second third fourth place cars and Jeff Gordon and forth Jeff Gordon the race as an added bonus to our coverage Ray Evernham his crew chief and Jeff Gordon Mike so that we can't hear the conversations between those two people to see if Jeff can get indeed the million dollar bonus the nascar spotlight now is in reference to the NFL and then the house NHL spotlights we have let's listen to that conversation [Music] that's all the way look at your temperatures again when you get a chance [Music] okay give me a little loose when you come in we'll fix the thing give the driver all the tops in the world that it will be fixed have those pit stops will be coming up there pretty soon I think Ben it's up several cars have already pitted including Bobby Labonte coming into the pits right now sterling Marlins coming into the pitch Rick masters in defense so it is green flag gets tough time Jerry punch all right Bobby Labonte he just complained that Jimmy make fun as the car was loose getting in the corner and in the middle of Cory would not I can't quite get it in the window battery cardiac the polls today car the track bar does but trying to tighten the car up getting into the corner now they get it full of fuel they fill Camille away 22.4 seconds Fortin heads on the pit road like they could wait any longer had to come in get those four tires off make that Jesse just now they just pray no the next few lamps along the other cars make their pit stop here's Jerry Rainbow Warriors go to work they put the hand on work on the car [Music] real the water temperature was really good Hey [Music] Wow just outstanding work by the Rainbow Warriors is one [Music] about the rubber that achilles on the grille of these stars mention for greek sure that coming of the 28 parks they don't still over he is mystery comes in the pits and here because of the consistency of the racetrack service that plays a major part more than the other racetrack or get bit much yes yeah play more than most other way [Music] it's coming down [Music] or you say bill coming after the picture Terry we told you Billy Elliot's car had gotten a little bit looser take a rubber on the rear put the right-side tires on awesome buildin one knock in 1918 here Kimber on i-94 three years ago at the car jacked up one year ago tails terrible today he's doing 485 [Music] Oh [Music] he came down and Danko Carolyn that's ours endocrine four-tire change - Jamie's pitch around the back 450 [Music] the peels in the starting position by the grotty pitstop let's go over to dr. Jerry punch 55 miles an hour mark the car down pit road he'll get four tires on the board and he like wants that guys clean this worried about the water disappear and it was a major adjustment in the right where that's my parents going on we check in with whoever man upon he's getting four tires they had a lug nut fall off on the right [Music] we wait for Jeff Burton [Music] stay out there as Ricky Rudd and repair the body come out of the pits so Bert way his car is handling he won't lose as much as some of the others would on staying out there because his cars running faster than they were but he can't afford to stay too long this price cause you live by Jeff Burton 451 and a half miles around the sixth place car Jeff Gordon when a hundred and fifty nine [Music] are there to enter pit road we talked about how that might be a problem for some of the drivers well now Jeff Burton has to be patient if he crawled down pit road he was fight and turn to try and make we get to drink fuel right behind tires going on remember burden with the grape run here yesterday [Music] Exide ford goes up first what he's gone insane not as fast a pit stop as some of the others that are running up front but Jeff Burton completes his pit stop and now we watch for the liquor to combine decided to come in for a pit stop Michael Walters picked up the lead therefore but he is now in however [Music] here but a broken Aragon did him in now is to Aragon prototype right rear is on Ricky Cravens in the back there's going left side tires going on [Music] thank you Michael waters he goes back out also Ricky Craven bud guard both guards look back on the racetrack the leader is the 30 car of Johnny Benson but he gives that lead up to come into fifth remember we saw him on pit road during that caution period let's go to Bill Weber early in the race and have been marching through the field now the Pennzoil Pontiac six on pit road the wedge wrenches in will make a chassis adjustment Benson getting right-side tires the fuel is in now they make the track bar and the wedge adjustment a big one this car was very very loose yesterday Henson spike so far here in the southern 500 [Music] and with the sequence of pitstop Jeff Gordon is the leader of the race and he has almost a three-second advantage on Dale Jarrett 18.2 second pit stop by the boyars contributed to his lead and Jeff Burton the guy that was lady before what [Music] was not that much slower he stayed out on the racetrack plus five or six lamps along with the did Jeff Gordon and Jeff Gordon with those new tires old was running at least the second-to-last fast then Jeff Gordon and so that lady put some distance there now when we hit near the end of the run the green flag run that fumble even is their mouth so the man going for the Winston million bonus money has taken the lead in the mountain Dew's southern 500 afters 74 Lambs [Music] 77 laps completed out of 300 Jeff Gordon the 36 car of derrike cope to try to put him a lap down cope is it look at this graphic an autozone off-track interval this laughs before the pit stop at the lap after Jeff Gordon beat Jeff Burton by four to past seconds on the timing came to the start/finish line made the pit stop came back to start that's a lot and probably one of those seconds would have would have been in the difference in the lap speed around there as we pointed out a moment ago with Jeff Burton have no higher than gentlemen do but that still is a big difference remember Jeff Burton also had a fumble getting onto pit road yeah that cost him some time Bob he'd really had to get on the binders and get that thing under control because he was about to be out of control you got to get slowed down to 55 miles an hour by it you hit the mark or you'll be penalized by NASCAR or very cool earlier this week here at Darlington Ernie Irvan was announced as the driver next year Mike Dillon we understand is in a three car back out on the racetrack driver all Detroit gasket on the NASCAR push image killed her son-in-law so obviously was here watching the race today with Richard on the first lap of the race Dale Earnhardt hit the wall he was taken from the car the oxygen mask was put on him he was taken to the infield and is being taken to a local hospital for further evaluation rookie would not be allowed to get him a car that he had not practiced but this is a special exception here today [Music] car that gave him some problems during happy hour yesterday we'll go a lap down after 24 cars are passing so we know that this critter [Music] and Schrader's running at 18th position so now 17 cars are on the lead lap on the next winter go down would be Jeff bow tie here's the battle for the eighth position Ted Musgrave and Hut Stricklin and let's put Musgrave in front of Hut Stricklin boy HUD sure must like this racetrack he runs well here tending to see [Music] Gordon just passed ken schrader the football out there let's take a look at what I mentioned just a few minutes ago and that is the problem that Kenny had during happy hour yesterday watch as they come off turn two they're just practicing macgowran gets the car about 30 degrees sideways touches the left rear tire on straighter car shredder meanwhile brush the wall when they get him off the corner it was just six inches from disaster for both those cars could have been a million-dollar right there but everything came out okay and now Jeff Gordon is leading the race [Music] field summary will show you where everyone is running Terry Labonte and poppy together on the racetrack ninth and tenth Terry just got around Bobby [Music] those brothers we're seeing some good moments Italy right now [Music] Bobby's mom he moved over late take the lead so that he could get back people [Music] that's another step towards helping this bowl Jeff Gordon's efforts in trying to win the championship last year there they can Uncle Mike Dillon like they've gotten up in the Rubies hoping to find himself just a spot out there where they were [Music] this would be his first time in a Winston Cup card as far as I know yeah [Music] now here is Jeff boat laughs now as Gordon goes to the inside [Music] Jeff bodean goggle app down obviously they got the father looks like they do have the cars pretty good shape the guy who just dominated the first segment right now he's gained a little bit on Jeff Gordon but not as fast as we thought he was with those fresh tires he now is a little less than 5 SEC's - Wally Dallenbach is very slow on the back there's the 99m Jeff work is definitely driving that car but bloody parrot is coaching him from the sidelines he was just real apt one of those new tires when buddy ferrets home now you Karen one second later Todd Parrott was on the radio - Dale Caron take care of those crimes like father like son these guys know you can't win the race after just 88 [Music] 500 miles here at Darlington you wanna be and make you run late in the race carry the body loose around Hut Stricklin takes over the 9th position and here comes Ricky Rudd and the tied for number 10 like a little bit let me know [Music] sorry used to be turned one they've got the racetrack around finish line these guys even though they're running for eight position they talk about Jeff boys check the speeds at the line would be that lab failed here [Music] top six well he was pulled over three seconds behind Gordon after they made their king pared it down down [Music] Levani with the third-fastest be there on that line he watches feed someone while they're such a discrepancy any time you pass are from this break back you would look at me laughing faster [Music] wrong with the car the driver just means he's in traffic exactly [Music] Michael walk better good laughter kind of to make a pit stop and Wally Dallenbach are being pushed behind the wall to another disk though ever radiators elucha behind the wall Francois down [Music] two cars are shown out of competition 96 car of [Music] rusty wall there's Jeff Gordon and the mountain dew southern 500 continuing here with him leading by a second over Dale Jarrett [Music] Raceway at South Carolina [Music] new southern 500 join ESPN tomorrow night at 7:30 Eastern for NFL by Monday 90 minutes of the most results in injury reports from week one of the NFL season and then switch over to ABC for Monday Night Football Eastern Time the game features of Chicago Bears against the Green Bay Packers [Music] Gordon is leading we've heard his conversation with Ray Evernham before his pit stop Jeff was complaining that the car was loose now let's also check the conversation between these two guys after the pit stop and see if there was any improvement in the way this car is handling this in our nascar spotlight [Music] 4,200 gosh Dave nice and easy does four tires one in the pattern four tires one in the manner okay it's gonna start a little tighter now but I'll burn the right rear off trying to turn therefore but the grill screens are clogging up that's all it is the grill frames are clogged be really doing them tired if you're leaking irate you're the leader right now Peter fire [Music] forty-two that's pit road speed in water second gear five miles per hour what is the pattern father one down on the rear sway bar we're the fifth temperature the water was too and then you said 240 that didn't mean that the water was going from 205 before that for the oil temperatures there was a 240 jeff gordon's second and the point standings coming in here he has had great races 16 finishes in the top five including eight wins but on the other hand he has had some very bad races the matter of fact licks finishes outside the top five and all of them have been 21st or worse and included in those two DNF the poor car is having a problem Sterling Marlin Jerri what's the problem laughter great qualifying effort Bob sterling to the car at a little vibration in a moment ago radius did something in the edge and something inside that here back to the engine builders says apparently we have dropped the valve and now sterling just in I got to get the pit road it's getting worse and worse it may be getting ready to blow I'm coming in winner of the spring race here in 1995 Sterling Marlin was or now that he was at this time last year Bobby Hamilton will drive this car next year it was announced here on Friday the Bobby Hamilton will move into the backbone Chevrolet thank you Gordon continues to work traffic out there vile and super thing come off turn to do good and just [Music] behind Jeff Burton's clothes into about three and a quarter seconds Sterling Marlin does take this car to the garage area had five liters so far the is led the most laps 43 Gordon is led 32 still in the lead 25 Michael Walker fled to and Patti [Music] a field summary [Music] running last laugh [Music] we saw a rundown Bill Elliott was a fourth place car he is seven and a half seconds behind the leader there he comes up [Music] that paw print on the hood of the emit a car that's Clemson Hall Trent University here in South Carolina back in death position is changed car good run this is one of Jimmy Spencer's favorite racetracks Darlington announced this week also the people would be back in that car next year next is the sixteen of Ted Musgrave and Michael walking both those cars running in sixth and seventh spot [Music] go inside the Cisco for going down the front stretch now five starfish I heard that big in the corner so uh trips up the right back a little bit comes off of turn four and on the back trip [Music] they would talk to the pit crew that by to come down the [Music] my talk is through this by telling what [Music] or caution is waiting for thee and that's Jeff Purvis in car number 12 and what a break for Ernie Irvan and Bobby Labonte they were just about to go a lap down Jeff Gordon was right on their bumper now they'll get to come all the way around the racetrack make that up the caution flag what a big break it's our second caution of the afternoon it comes out on lap number 109 Jeff Purvis raping the wall in turn number four [Music] since field is under caution this afternoon for the second time in the Mountain Dew southern 500 and Ernie Irvan is showing significant damage and he wasn't the reason for the caution Tomita Jeff Purvis who hit the wall on the pit road in front of earlier Ernie had to take evasive action all that growling midnight talk about that sand tried to enter pit road he spun the Allen Texaco fourth backed it in the fence also heading for the nose of the car we can see heavy damage to the car Jerry punch indeed what was gonna be a break for Ernie Irvan not to lose a lap because the caution comes coming out now becomes somewhat of a nightmare they began to beat back [Music] pastor Todd or our unscathed on the Y's all four corners of the car are beat banged up four tires flat they cheese and white side tires and now they'll have to cry no they managed to get a jack on the left side of the car left phone and off their Baggins at raymond's box now bangin with his fists trying to pull out some of the sheet metal on the left front fender they already had the left rear tire on a van full of fuel they're looking at trying to survey damage to the right rear of the car having trouble getting a left front tire on and then ernie cut the wheel to the left cut it to the left what it is that the fender is buckled in and can't get the tire up on the wheel they throw the sledgehammer down and then turn it four more left for Matt right turns it here comes the Predacon herniate back to turn one you didn't make it no you ran the stop sign it was clearly showing red and he went through it now we did have the pit stops of course by those running up front while we were in commercial break let's take a look at what happened to get board given in the pins negate car of Dale Jarrett also the Keppler target range more time left side name up there Steve go around the left side also Jeff Gordon Dean left sides up old Burton if stop is finished once again some trouble on the rear tire Dale Jarrett is moving Jeff Gordon is moving and defecated turn one he'll now he will come out in second spot Jerry bunch all right the car number 24 they are clocked that pit stop guide at seventeen point two seconds with a team to the last stop before they still mixed around in the panhard bar and the most important thing rate said the Jeff was right Jeff stay put we have got to get that grill clean watch the water temperature by the way they're gonna bring the 28 car back down pit road and holding my lap as we check in with Bill Weber Jerry Dale Jarrett is told his crew he was a little loose they made a track bar and an air pressure adjustment on Dale Jarrett's car as far as the 99 is concerned remember we had told you he was tied to turn two and loose off four before the previous pit stop while they made an adjustment Jeff didn't like it he said let's go back to the air pressure we had when we started the race they just did that car Archy Frank's daughter told me one of the reasons they lost so much brat was because they stayed out longer one of the last bars to pit under that green flag sequence early in the race and by the way 37 laps on those tires off the 99 and they just told you at Burton they all look good John Kernan Jimmy Spencer was in for a four-tire change no adjustments other than to pull a little tape off of the grill now we always talk about how big a disadvantage it is pitting on the backstretch well Spencer's crew got him in and out in just under 18 seconds flat about seventeen point nine he would came in running fifth he went out running six let's go back to the front scratching dr. Jerry punch well Ernie Irvan back on pit road not by my choice he had to come back in optical repairs but NASCAR brought him back in our gonna hold him a lap here in the pits he lost one lap for that spin up there when the car number 12 pulled in front of him and now he'll lose a second lap in the pits here under caution at Darlington we are under caution here at the track too tough to tame in the 48 running of the mountains of southern 500 we'll be right back [Music] just to rejoin as the green flag comes out we're back to race do southern pine left road on lap 115 as Jeff : [Music] the syphilis to get that speed that they had early on in the race and be proud of chased down camp for [Music] [Music] he's working on him yeah he is there's 12 cars on the lead lap two million dollar drivers right here bill wanted an 85 and this year yeah you can let him go he's not gonna body [Music] so we have poured again Chevy uploaded 15 races here in the night [Music] [Applause] [Music] yes Gordon 11 sort of sort things out here the both lamps but if you don't [Music] once again is on the boat before they got his part just a little bit loose and he decided to blame the tires behind [Music] Austrade and here's trouble up in turn number one is deaf purpose again when we got several cars behind him piling into each other twenty-five party John Andretti has suffered a major damage to his RCA cord serious damage you're right very serious damage to the RCA car all sides [Music] once again the caution comes out here for the third time this afternoon still running John Tony Perez congedo running don't think so I don't think those donuts stop I think if free are the front yes here's what started Ruth here's Jeff Purvis up in the very corner let's go down to court on a book and hit the wall into the wall as the cars as he the cars behind it starts slowing down and check it out because of the cost of play dance when the crash really starts and send ready up against the wall Kraven is inside and Steve Grissom behind and there should be a [Music] I had a tough year this year he sure has John Curtin he craved was in a lot is sheet metal damage on the left side this is not the first time this year they're actually having problems getting the cars the jack under the car this cars been involved in a crash remember it is landed which is that far now the website Mark Martin had been in twice on the previous caution they had the second time to come in to put a rubber in the right front he's at the cars oh very Lucy foot Robin he came back in just now they're going to make an adjustment in the rubber in the whiteboard they put three rounds of bite in the car the car jacked up on pit road trying to get the car tightened up and try to place a rubber that's in the interstitial spaces a spring in the life as a spotter now watching for the pace car out of turn four while you're watching Mark Martin on my kitchen and the 18 car also make two pit stops on the previous stop they made a sweep adjustment in the shock absorbers because Bobby Labonte's car would not turn and then they still water at the card number six is down in a way the 18 car should be maintain cars to be coming back in and what we're talking about with Bobby Labonte is they they made a sweep adjustment on the shock absorber and they spilled water on the radios the radio is stuck open and making here Bobby but he cannot hear them in other words he has no spotter so when the caution came out they were jumping up and down on the pit wall trying to get Bobby detention so possibly he would slow down prior to getting over to turn one and two now he brings the pole static Interstate Batteries Pontiac back on the pit road and they go to work on the radio he said this happened about three or four races ago we his fill water in the radio Dudley just a short circuit Ceridian where you can hear the drummer but he can't hear them about twenty or thirty minutes later when it dries the radio works to take that chance so they have brought a different radio in trying to strap it in as you watch Bobby's body Mark Martin will come back in trying somehow to correct a problem being so very very loose so we're continuing on the Valvoline Ford and those spotters are the eyes of the race driver and boy when you can't hear them you know how desperately you need them when there is action on the racetrack that you just can't see in front of you they're located up above us here at Darlington Raceway keeping an eye on the racetrack and telling their driver what's going on out there we'll be back in just a moment Oscar do it's the Sunday night baseball game of the week interleague play returns to VSP in as Brentford griffin the Atlanta Braves return to Boston Rookie of the Year Nomar Garciaparra and slugger mo and look to play the role of his Butler Sunday night baseball game of the week tonight on ESPN under caution here at Darlington John Kernan standing by with John Andretti and Bob the good news is John is ok but they just towed his car back to the garage area it's pretty well beat up John what happened I got up in the wall and going into what turn one and where you guys were in front of me and they they slowed down I didn't know it and I just I clipped that to the 25 car and got him around and then then I got hit in the back and hit the wall and but I do what his eights on the RT executive was injured in a car accident he and his family and I'm Bruce Jeff Chapman Michelle Madeline and Mallory all the best you know to get well they're all I'm doll parties there's they hurt and and we're our best wishes and prayers go out for that and so do ours let's go to dr. Jerry punch [Music] all right Mark Martin has been on an off pit road three different times during this caution let me show you why what I'm holding in my hand here is a rubber spacer they are cut in third ordinarily they're a complete circle this is one third of the circle they got two thirds of this rubber circle in the right front this final third they pushed and beat and bang with a hammer and could not get it in they warned all three parts in the right front to try to step in the right front spring tighten the left rear of the cars to the car when ice to be tighter going in the corner mark to complain the car was loose he was slipping and sliding entering one and entering three maybe two-thirds getting set to go back to green here at Darlington and there isn't anybody whose heart isn't a little sad today because of the tragedy that occurred last evening that took the life of lady died and the pits wall here along the front stretch right next to the typhoon has already indicated that they are in memory of lady die that's the most tragic thing I've heard in a long long okay we're ready to go racing again Eliot leading Jared second Gordon third Burton fourth and Jimmy Spencer [Music] Zab the conclusion of one 26 Jeff Burton trying to get alongside [Music] [Music] Jimmy's master coast [Music] and blood cases we've seen the driver go in under another one slide up the track there none of the drops go back by Jeff Gordon didn't water it [Music] that's right he can lose long he wins the war what is your fourth there you see first second first and second and the lap car of Jeff bodean from the Pennzoil copter cam hovering high overhead Darlington Raceway this afternoon in the race comparatively we've only completed 127 of the 367 laps so we've still got quite a ways to go to half way humid day here in Darlington South Carolina matter of fact we had a few sprinkles about an hour before the race started the skies were rather cloudy and the humidity was way way up there now the skies have become partly sunny but the temperature is it would be drawn to in September Michael Waltrip here in the early going it's about four seconds behind the leaders the cycles having a good day [Music] meanwhile up front the lead heats up the battle [Music] the topside three times three four [Music] and Jarret dive down the inside well that's trickler go by take this pot [Music] look at the speeds versus what we saw the last 160 miles for the leader and we were seeing back to speeds of 153 154 and in the Marauder that's exactly what we'll see [Music] Eliott visited Victory Lane to NASCAR Winston Cup race was here [Music] 12 cars now [Music] but on powers [Music] no Jared taken [Music] in his on pit road [Music] here at Wow yeah that you can see that he has hit the wall extremely hard that's the inside father there we see Mike Skinner sitting there talking to the crew tell them what happened there's debris on the racetrack big piece of metal Lane just before you get to the start/finish line down now taking the caution for the fourth time see Skinner moving around because he had Bristol last week they carried him from the floor he was okay but you ever see the 40 car Robbie Gordon getting alongside 31 they come off the corner and Robby Gordon comes up just touches the 31 car and turned him directly in the defense did my head you gotta hit it hit off with you [Music] and so both Childress cars have had problems here lead lap now come in for pit stops let Billy Garrett Berkman Lord behind bill Dale Jarrett rolls into pit row now into his five right side tires and fuel for DJ real well well other than peeling away the windshield leading the front tuck rails are not gonna make any death toll on Donald Ford Ford car back to you bill [Music] their front lawn here's Gordon down tear down the Eliot see here then Gordon's back to turn one Jimmy Spencer Jimmy Spencer moved up to his fourth position now he's pitting here on the backstretch it will be a four-tire change he's asked the crew to tighten the carpet a little bit so they added a half round of wedge in the left here we go the crew swing around to the left side of the guys who pitted on the first red Ferrari tires go away to the racetrack but he did lose several positions that's a disadvantage would keep talking about by the back pin guys on the front finish your pit stop they go back on the racetrack and Spencer variant the cars on the lead lap Mike Spencer Mike Skinner I should say got out of the car and walked to the ambulance he appears to be okay high overhead Darlington Raceway South Carolina gives you an idea of indeed this racetrack is egg-shaped and this shot is from the Pennzoil copter cam we are under caution because of a crash involving Mike Skinner let's go on board with him and watch and listen [Music] Wow wall didn't give an inch did it and just watch how quickly that Mark Martin looking back this while she's gonna just turn it fell down on the inside while both we had to be running I'd say a hundred and forty miles an hour when he goes into that wall nomura but Mike down out of the car under his own power walk to the ambulance appears to be okay we'll take another quick break and be right back and again just as you rejoin us the green flag comes out we go back to racing Ted Musgrave did not make a pit stop in the leader at the moment but boy Bill Elliott is right there on his spoiler Musgrave has about 15 laps on his tires Bob is not going to stick in the turns to go sailing with a powder whoever and there's only ten laps have gone by so James H decided to leave their tennis balls back [Music] it's getting better and better thank you said it's just now beginning to come down I think you're gonna be strong in the second half [Music] laughs down now is both Elliott and Jarrett passing by well before the caution came out thankfully there once again Elliott has it - it that's not inside [Music] one laps of this race and for the Winston million is still very much in contention he's running in fifth position [Music] Jimmy Spencer is another driver on the boat Aires moving past Terry Labonte going into tenth they lost oh we talked about the numbers but he wasn't fed get stopped hitting on the backstretch but he's picking them back up now [Music] Musgraves running Simon raus teammates as Burton goes by Musgrave and so does Jeff Gordon or spot [Music] Jerry can update is now Jerry a lot of guys coming in the fence I'm not gonna talk about this tops exactly during these pit stops a lot of drivers you'd be surprised how fast word spreads the drivers heard that Dale Earnhardt was not responded to the cruiser laughs hit the wall in lap one and then very uncharacteristically was taken out of the race car in an ambulance and taken away so many drivers during that last caution we're asking their crew chiefs how is they alert please find out after on it even though he beat up like a drum for many years as a Winston Cup champion after champion a lot of these guys they're concerned during the caution when they could wander a little bit and we're very concerned speaking of the Earnhardt and silver team let's check in over there with John Kernan and I'm with Dale Earnhardt's teammate Mike Skinner who just had that very hard crash out there on the racetrack he's been checked out in the into a care center he is okay Mike that that had to be a very scary ride just listening to it on my head I can't hear what you're saying but we got tagged from behind over there and Lowe's Chevrolet spun around hit the wall pretty good lick I don't think they'll be able to get it back out there I hate it furloughs MPD everybody [Music] on the back.this car that hit me better you know NASCAR can see what's going on maybe they can do something about it and we also want to say hi to Mike's wife Beth who was out of the hospital yesterday after breaking her cheekbone Mike's Jenner was signed the contract Richard Childress for the next two years Rauch teammates push saw Jeff Burton running with Ted Musgrave while now and mark is trying to take away the fifth spot from town but Mark Martin however looking back Dan's gonna move to the inside let mark go bout it car two laps down john curtin is with another driving has been involved in a crash here this afternoon Ricky Craven and his crew is working behind the pit wall to try and get back out there [Music] we just got beat up when we got run over and we had at least the third bed stimulated [Music] well Ricky Cravens crew is putting the finishing touches on the car he'll be getting back into the garden and you can see what kind of you it wasn't a really you're right practice let's go to a backup car [Music] our Ted Musgraves that's about b9 raw eggs mean the number laugh [Music] at 33 24 or what laughter include the 11 car that you're staying in the job there right behind Michael Walter Lonnie both closed and Walter and Musgrave Mithras in eighth place Tara Livadia midnight Bhati trying to get by he will go by proton and michael waltrip alongside must reveal the six spots are and here comes Spencer [Music] [Music] alongside Michael welcome interpretation now for Jimmy Spencer and there is Terry the Bonnie so it's pretty obvious that those all for Ted must pray I'm sure dance thinking right now everything is nice to beat this race you get those five bonus points for way this car feels right now cheer like the empties up front it is Bill Elliott leading just a few car legs with Jeff Burton for that [Music] and Jeff Burton that time was much faster a mile per hour faster than the second-place car about a half mile per hour faster than the leader Gordon was about 30 get bored struggling a little bit well we appreciate you spending some time with us here on Labor Day weekend it's tradition tradition that's been going on since 1950 ESPN speed world coverage of the mountain dew southern 500 from Darlington being brought to you by the legendary Firebird Trans Am from Pontiac by MasterCard MasterCard the official car top NASCAR by Miller Genuine Draft who reminds you it's time for a good ol macro broom and by Daytona USA the ultimate motor sports attraction 153 laps completed out of 367 in the Mountain Dew southern 500 we'll be right back [Music] Bill Elliott Austin bill million-dollar bill leads the Mountain Dew southern 500 here in 1997 with Dale Jarrett not too far behind and Jeff Burton not too far behind him danyoung's Jeff horn the new leaders that's for sure [Music] there is Jeff Burton card an autozone 52 through 156 embassy that said is faster than the leader Delia started at one ten seconds behind finished one one one second and now is probably even closer than that [Music] so Cheers Jimmy Spencer he's moved up to the fifth spot by Michael Walter by Terry Labonte by Bart mark fifth sixth seventh man [Music] mark mark knew is kind of Tralee [Music] back from Michael Waltrip's car to terry labonte [Music] Waldrop cowboy up high and Jimmy Spencer goes way down low and passes Dick Trickle let's hockey fold up behind the dining car gun - just turn left one under the [Music] what's powder gets loose oh man [Music] okay they figured that out [Music] when they came up behind him he just said go ahead guys and Jerry has more on the six car the rubber space to the third part of the circle they were trying to get in the right front and they definitely needed it because marks of the car had just gotten very very badly he came in the corner very hard as hard as five sideways he has to turn the wheel to right and catch it up here dogs and a lot of room to go to the right when he into the corner the father he's having a problem with Jeff fort is almost identical Gordon just radioed Bray ever attempted a rank and raised at the idea well for even worse now and it's getting worse left by left [Music] this afternoon has been one of six liters Jeff Gordon is and Spencer epidemic [Music] he loses key spots he might have done the same thing that Ray Evernham Jerry talked about Ray Evernham ago to Jeff Ward's card might have burnt that right rear off coming up through there how about a John Kernan [Music] stop they took a half around a wedge out of the way hi Kelly Justine that's the car is they told him to hang on next bit stop girl fix it [Music] few laps ago Hut Stricklin was running up front and watching the dose the corner and the take T car Bobby Labonte was up right behind him and Miley would touch him right there and gets the car extremely loose Hut had no choice would back off the cutter this is coming off turn two and he lost three or four spots he's worked his way back now to the back of the 12 spot he's the last car on the lead lap Hut Stricklin being followed like any water right now Hut Stricklin is 22 seconds behind the leaders Edwards the leaders are not too far behind [Music] no ever well before that HUD had told his crew chief Phil Engel that he was tight in turn two and loose Moffatt turn four so he car was not handling as well as they at Hope and obviously now he's gotta have some other problems fifth caution of the race comes out on lap 168 see Jeff Gordon go by Jim Cornette den was about more than a half lap not what happened and so it will allow Jeff and everybody else who was having his handy having some handling problems to humanity today we cannot get them corrected now that better [Music] let's take a look at Hut Stricklin the number 8 car there's Ward Burton in the black 22 and he reported had been reported that his car was very loose look how high he goes up in the turn Kenny Wallace goes on the outside 22 and look here comes off of their little jungle coming off the turn give you all the time to go by down on the inside he makes that pass ooh and that still loose and they make contact and that's what caused the wreck and looked like Derek cope ran into the back of Ward Burton also well let's Strickland is here right now he pitted early before the pits are open and Natalie and the Dodge pulling out Dale Jarrett is then he goes around to the right side will get four tires and fuel well 168 left on the board right sides going on and jerry has the race leader right-side tires and a track bar adjuster for Bill Elliott left-side tires going up meanwhile off to a major Augusta pit road and Jeff Gordon the 88 car is out here's a 44 photo from his teammate the five of [Music] that's 21 let's go to John Jimmy Spencer is in on the backstretch we'll see if they can have a quick pit stop and maybe not lose quite as good a spot to move back up to the top five four tire change they take took a half pound of air out of the rider trying to fight the car up left side coming off going on but the guy who's good about the fresh better re making their way down the backstretch and now Spencer slow and if there's not much point to go spot yep if I get out in front of Ted Musgrave don't move no he didn't Musgrave was lingering let's pray under caution once again here at Darlington and the southern 500 169 laps completed we're almost to the halfway point which is laughs 184 in just a moment [Music] facts are brought to you by Quaker State the quality in your car deserves gentlemen you're looking at right there is Terry satchel he is a Bachelor in mechanical engineering that's an education degree for 21 years he was a chassis design engineer for General Motors he left GM went to work for Roger Penske where as an engineer he won back-to-back Indy 500 with Emerson Fittipaldi and Al Unser jr. today he works with Andy Petree he is the chief engineer for Kenny Schrader why a mechanical engineer in NASCAR well let me show you here's what Terry Stachel can do this is a let's call it a deterioration curve for you engineering buffs you know what I'm talking about it's 30 31 32 that's laps that's seconds per lap this is the number of laps zero to 60 every time they change tires and come in they pluck the lap times lap five lap ten left 15 left 20 you see how the times get slower and slower slower that's the slope of the curve that's how the tires begin to go away and it's slow down here at Darlington now the average is 0.03 seven segments per lap that's the average slope if you slow down you can flatten the slope down and slow down less you stay more consistent on a longer run you start making the slope steeper it means he's got a problem with the car you need to pit earlier that's the average point zero three seven seconds to lap times 40 60 laps means over a period of one fuel stop you'll lose almost two seconds during the run that's why mechanical engineering very useful here high-tech stuff huh it is that man oh man well under caution you heard Jerry mentioned the Indy Car championships that they hit one well the Indy Car Championship may be up for grabs today as Alexson Rd can wrap up the PPG car title at the Molson Indy Vancouver that will be immediately following our coverage of the mountain dew southern 500 Alex is on the pole Bobby Rahal will start second followed by Jimmy Vasser Michael Andretti and mauricio gugelmin the cart PPG Molson Indy Vancouver immediately after our coverage here in Darlington they call me the Intimidator [Music] happy Labor Day weekend everybody it is war menu but here in Darlington South Carolina but the southern 500 rolls on under caution just about to go back to green 173 lots of incompleted and there was the overhead shot courtesy of the Pennzoil copter cam alright Jeff Gordon now is being shown in second position right behind the leader Bill Elliott now we've been eavesdropping on the conversation between Jeff and Ray Evernham and other members of the crew as to whether or not they've been making the right adjustments as we go along here let's listen to the most recent conversation is another NASCAR spotlight [Music] take a look at those last recess or I know you already have oh we wearing the right we're outdoors I believe there's not just the left side there we're at work let me ask you a question do you think that we you think that we made it shoot tight and then it was getting loose if we go too far in that pattern and maybe we should have went with some wedge that I don't know ray maybe it feels tighter and then get looser up off so not yes I don't know what's going on over you the right Mary Lou is doing the move out of the way [Music] everybody else is playing the loose might have been that said tired Marc's complaining lose the both the other four different playing tight show you that they monitor the other team to find out what they're doing they listen to their radio broadcast find out what they're doing Hammond Ray Evernham said tap tell him to move over he's not racing us that stayed tap when the spotter for the 24 car up on top of the roof here down to Bill Weber with more pit updates okay well the Kellogg's crew is the reigning Unocal pit crew champions that just ripped one off at 17 point three seven Terry Labonte has an excellent race car and they really believe the track is going to come to him in the second half of the race there was an exchange down here on pit road both Jeff Burton and Dale Jarrett are very unhappy with the tactics each other is using on their entrance to the pits and something too began last week at Bristol after this round of pit stops Todd Parrott ran all the way down and got in the face of his father buddy parrot down here in the 9950 buddy pair retaliated Todd went back to his pit they're both back ready to go to work as we're ready to go to green buddy parrot says his biggest concern now is that he might be in trouble with Todd's mother [Laughter] three down once again I guess you could probably think up for the children [Music] between Jeff Gordon at the restart [Music] Lord goes up the hill trip to those new tires but we've seen the Stars come off the court with momentum can just go do it yes [Music] every Levani but falls back behind him in the battle [Music] we talked to Jeff Gordon in a Speed Week interview that aired Friday night and one of the things that he mentioned on a couple of occasions he said that he and Ray are commuting about this race and I think what we are together and [Music] we don't buy the body moves into the third on the great pit stop second or seventh position here is Jeff Burton looking to the inside now terry labonte the main straightaway [Music] good points were awarded right now as we look at Birkin and he passes Terry Labonte and takes over the fourth position of party small warning right now Jeff marketed a price the one plant super and late speed did not in fact get a lap back this is off the corner number two down the backstretch mass sitting there along with the one car driven by Lance Hooper there was a third car involved to a believe Bob will check out see who that was here in a moment thing Lance super ran into the 75 car the remington car but anyway the safety truck is there to check on the two drivers i could have been mistaken i think he was the third car they had involved I think he was not his car not injured is that a fire I guess he started to death it is in progress and the 78 car there no he got got out in front of that's the third car that I saw Thank You Harriet Bradbury's land super in his fifth NASCAR Winston Cup start and his afternoon comes to an abrupt end off corner number 2 and we see mast is spinning back up in the corner as he comes back across the racetrack and Lance Hooper says hey let's close on the bottom and then we're into the inside wall just in the wrong place at the wrong time Ted Musgrave on pit road bill Weber can you see it sure can they've made right-side tire change they work on the left side they've also made a track bar adjustment remember Ted got a little bit out of sequence but now he's got four fresh tires and a track bar adjustment he'll head back out he's the only one on this side of pit road let's go to the backstretch in John Kernan well Jimmy Spitzer he dropped back to button the last cars on the lead lap now Johnny we thought the crew put their heads together said hey we're that far back why don't we just come on in take on four fresh tires Jimmy says the cars in really good shape now remember they're better here to tighten it up fresh tires and his way toward the front never must grab those guys gamble 100 laps will stay up there this time they're gonna fit every time the cost of play comes out I don't care if it's two laughing for you they're gonna put fresh tires on those cars Rick mast is out of his car and limping to the ambulance we're nearing the halfway point here at Darlington 182 laughs 184 is the halfway phone since ESPN speed world live coverage today on this day before Labor Day in the Mountain Dews southern 500 from Darlington there's the overhead shot courtesy of the Pennzoil poplar cam continues one point three six six mile racetrack well Kyle Petty continues to be in this race he's back in 34th position he's been named first quarter nominee for the true value men of the Year award true value the official store of NASCAR is sponsoring the man of the year award and they will give $50,000 to a NASCAR driver who illustrates superiority both on and off the racetrack four years ago Kyle created a ride across America to help raise money for various charities his ride this year was renamed the Kyle Petty Hot Wheels racing charity tour and ran from Texas to Tennessee Kyle and all the riders stopped along the way to present checks to area hospitals and to encourage and entertain the kids in all over two hundred thousand dollars was raised and distributed to various charities Kyle reminded everyone that what drivers do out of the track each week is it nearly as important as what the hospitals are doing to help the kids who need it so Kyle Petty the first quarter nominee for the NASCAR true value of the Year award as we said the winner will receive $50,000 and he will split that money among his favorite charities and there's a list of just some of the favorite charities that Kyle has dr. Jerry punch has an update on pit road there's a lot of moisture in here in the carnival 28 minute partier but whatever was involved in the accident he lost the duct work in front of the car that keeps the car cool to the man to bring the car in a couple of times and literally pour water in and around the radiator the concern was in Robert Yates asked NASCAR sir would you let us move up hit road to the empty pit because we pour water all over the front of our car our pit stall is going to be very very wet and we are pitting right beside Jeff Gordon so when he comes down pit road he can hit our water and slide through his pit NASCAR says no you got to stay put so they're trying to dry the pit they've been on us on and off pit road with sweepers and blowers trying to dry the moisture up but it's still pretty doggone wet down here is a Hamilton pit as the field comes down the main straightaway they receive the cross flags indicating that we have reached the halfway point of this race but we are under caution and so the halfway money will not be paid for a while but 184 of the 367 laps that make up the mountain to southern 500 have been completed to Darlington just as you rejoin us the green flag comes out again we're back [Music] here's one fast car Gordon is still second and Dale Jarrett is in third as he tries to get around Dick Trickle [Music] did women [Music] Jarrid sticking his nose to the inside the trickle [Music] Jeff Gordon really has a good race car through this first and second corner but not good enough that time [Music] [Music] and trickle moves over let's go and Jeff Burton price below that he will go by Dick Trickle as well Dick Trickle is the first car on are not on the lead lap he's in 12th spot here it is not want to take all that time to get around Lakes meet with me [Music] take a look at the speeds again and we see the Dahlia 161 with no traffic in front of Jimmy Spencer back in traffic when 160 miles per hour [Music] there's been time Raja Gordon threat no time [Music] [Music] Rogers Park Jack Roush cars behind Spencer there's mark Bart the points leader and the sixteenth car of Ted Musgrave also thank you brother ten sorry [Music] last lap Jeff Gordon was the fastest was again [Music] ricky rudd one by brett bodine and Ted Musgrave loses starts to loosen those poppers on a jet but on the seventh he is a lap down of the six [Music] eleven spot pretty rut trying to bounce back a bit here since he won the 100 average finish has been 29 and now both Jeff Gordon and Dale Jarrett begin to close in on the was down to less than 1/2 second looked at for place [Music] he's getting all up Bill Elliott the leader at the halfway point of this race seven of the 22 r18 by the driver running in front John Kernan is with Lance Hooper who was involved in that accident a few laps ago and he has been checked out that's I guess you're all right I'm fine just what Brian hurt a little bit had a real bad qualifying effort but his arnelle carrier team behind me we kept plugging away County by card [Music] took a pretty good lick there look like from the damage to your car yeah all right [Music] victim of circumstances though because he was hanging out by Rick mast go down the racetrack [Music] the fastest car among the top six right now field summary he's closing in on villainy every closer clothing just a third of a second I've been pointed out there he really gets off down there that is the racetrack for Hammond as you well know drive this track for a number of years that's a good spot to have a car working good for you you can get through talk in there get through 40 racetrack [Music] but they we put a few car lengths on Dale Jarrett that the drive to catch Bill Elliott you see came up turn to move down a little bit [Music] once again that last lap Jeff had the fastest beat Jeff fort fives and five top ten nine races here including three wet today but trying to become the first driver to win three consecutive southern 500 [Music] [Music] Mark Martin has just picked up another position his family coming into this race today [Music] pick up mark there he is running [Music] the rubber in the right probably change the track bar we had in wedge and nothing would help it though on this last pitched up across mark down pit road and Steve meal publisher who brought their blow it up truck bar until you get tired and then we'll let him go keep cranking over the track bar about four rounds and now Martin hey guys it's hard to go back [Music] right on top of that steering wheel collapse lucky has them because that way you're able to put your shoulders in your old pump your old body in the department when you turn the steering wheel OPA the attorney and exalted got her friend right on the dirt track I had the wheel always running so at the really turning thing back and forth but as you start running long races like five am I years cuz I always get that by arms out pretty straight yeah did you Mark Martin has an average finish of fourth in the last six races that best among let's go back up front check on Bill Elliott see how he's doing looks like he's doing just fine and also check the Busch race recap bill has led 125 the first 201 laps seven lead changes six cautions for 37 laps the average speed [Music] those who have picked up five bonus points the race Bill Elliott has led the most also Gordon Burton Musgrave Waltrip and Bob Hill aboard its load they're all of a sudden coming off turn four don't know if the car got loose weight in one hand they'll get made up about three car lengths on it went by and here comes the 99 car cheering and you're exactly arrived just a moment ago Karimi ability hey don't worry about the 24 cars about now he's going to start getting loose and about that time Jeff Gordon Cole Ray Abraham it is really getting loosen races you know what it is it's that right rear tire we're heating up that's why it's gonna be hard to hang on particular that in turns one and two so just like clockwork out it goes away [Music] make the loose this beats the line remember about ten laps ago he was the fastest for several consecutive that might be why that he got loose you can see almost two miles per hours nor than the leader two and a half miles per hour Florida too much on that right rear tire keeping up there [Music] there used to take care of those tires well we were interrupted there for good reason with our horse race recap so let's go back to it and check the track behind the wall with the work being done on it and here is a list of the drivers and cars that have officially dropped out of competition those five plus these five so that's the situation Jeff Gordon is still very much in the money here recently Dale Earnhardt was taken to the hospital earlier the race we'll have more on that when we come back to Darlington [Music] thank you clear over there that's a little bit better I still think we'd be starter you want to wait a little bit though up not give up all the track positions right now final until they jump in right now you only run three laps but you're doing good we'll keep working on that thing trying to get it better I mean you know right now we need to rubber it that's not what we're gonna end up having to do with it get foot up you're doing good strange thing you gotta do is keep that thing out of position is so don't get in trouble and Ray Evernham telling Jeff Gordon's is doing a great job Keep Calm keep collect old Glamis we'll have a caution flag in just a moment and we look just on this thing and it needs to rubber I don't wit spring but it means River guess what folks the caution just came house don't you love it when plants come together and that's dumb Jimmy Spencer the reason for the caution it's the seventh one of the afternoon and it comes out on lap 211 here's John Jimmy radio did told the crew had gotten real loose hit the wall and now he doesn't have any brakes and the leaders headed down pit road yes indeed here comes Elliot jarred bill Weber and the leaders do come down this will be four tires and fuel everyone will get their windshield lead and the front as well to help many potential overthrow away Jerry punch Bill Elliott a little bit tight but told the guys leave it alone don't make any dust with this change four tires meanwhile the car number 24 Jeff Gordon Ray Evernham said we're going to take a partial rubber out of the right front and put a rubber in they had the right front tire off to deposit several light they're taking a partial rubber out putting a bull rubber end down any more cars down the way to think for cars sitting on pit road hey finally another white front tire back on they will pull of the Jack and Jill Gordon is down and away so he gives up a lot of driving down there but the main thing is to get the car handling well now they're on the ten cars on the big laptop so they would if there were a lot more cars on the lead lap and if he waited another to the next pit stop and then to make that change then he'd have to fight to do he wouldn't have that many left to fight his way back through so I think there was very wise to do it now so he still has about a hundred and fifty laps to fight his way back to the front watching him go down the backstretch and into the third turn I'm sure he'll come back in change those left sides yep yes indeed he is ray looks toward turn number four and sees Jeff coming off the racetrack and down pit road once again to get the left change Jerry and of course they had warned jet that there might be some moisture in 28th pit with this heat that moisture has been long gone and dried up now they have made the adjustment on the right front with the partial rubber out the full rubber in it will bring the DuPont Chevrolet back down pit road for left-side car jack going underneath that big dollar sign to drop I love the jacks top left front tire left on he put them here and pulled away [Music] he goes out now you'll be in 10th place with Bob we talk about having a lot of time guys look at that that's behind us and I couldn't see it but boy he might not have as much time as we thought if that cloud comes over the racetrack that much me it sure does Jerry you have more well NASCAR dis reported to some of the teams that they looked at the radar and rain is 20 miles out they said rain 20 miles out and not sure if it's going to come this way remember yesterday it rained very profusely in downtown of Florence but did not rain here until late in the afternoon in fact it rained about two hours there before it rained here we'll wait and see if the rains will come meanwhile or under caution here at the 48th running of the mountain dew another 500 [Music] ESP in speed world coverage to the mountain dew southern 500 from Darlington Raceway in South Carolina being brought to you by Ford and your Ford dealer have you driven a Ford lately by Jiffy Lube America's complete preventive fluid maintenance service provider every 3,000 miles and by Firestone America's Tire since 1900 we have received an update on the Dale Earnhardt situation now a Mike Dillon is driving his car let's go to dr. Jerry punch for the update well Bob it is very good news look when we've heard so far de Laurent was taken in the Florence McLeod Regional Medical Center where he underwent cat-scans computerized scans of the head neck chest and abdomen and all those scans we are being told are negative at this point he is awake and responsive and alert and undergoing further tests but least those tests that were concerned about right there the cat scan of the head and casted abdomen are negative and that's great news let's check in over with John Kernan well a disappointing into the day for Jimmy Spencer when he got into the wall if there broke the brake rotor and now they're having to replace the whole right front wheel assembly and Jimmy are you all right yeah you know I just go back from a camel team you know red heck of a racecar we didn't qualified nowhere near where we needed to and got us on the back straightaway we play catch-up all day we kept catching up catching up catching up a part of that wall caught us I don't know what was up there I don't know really what happened but you know I was driving a racecar so I gotta take the blame for simply because a good good enough car to win the race and I should have probably been a little more patient at the time I was thought of as good as I needed to be and this place will grab you in a heartbeat I would thank the Lord I'm alright good luck the guards LZ and wait days for in the Western Invitational tomorrow but our IRP Jimmy Spencer let's go to Bill Weber while all day long buddy parrot has been coaching Jeff Burton - take it easy be patient be patient he's just told him if you can get to believe take it because the weather is in the area that words going up and down pit road and Buddy also drew in to remember what Darrell Waltrip did the rain and Darrell Waltrip kept Davey Allison from a million dollars dr. punch here's the teacher and all the LA crew wearing beneath their parser today says there's only one million dollar bill they're very proud of the bills the only guy ever to win a million here at Darlington and today they want to keep it that way as we go back to green Bill Elliott is in front and Bill has won all three Darlington races that he had 100 laps or more and 138 so far today he got himself a good jump bail Garrett was hoping to get my legs meet before they got off the turn too good [Music] Garret spot away it's not for positions but position on the racetrack so now he can see billion he can set his dice on [Music] there goes Burton to the inside of Labonte and going to third [Music] gain possession now after that like I think ours trying [Music] thanks for trying good morning you're taking the laboratory to get acclimated to the new suspension [Music] Jeff Burton tries to get back and makes me [Music] labonte goes to the inside of the lake speed and here comes hot Strickland [Music] Wow look at dales you're at a hundred and sixty-three miles per hour [Music] back in the traffic is it a hundred and sixty and a half [Music] and there goes Jeff Gordon back behind the main 1 & 2 that time Jeff Burton was the fastest car a little bit faster than the front too [Music] because weekend up in a let's court man [Music] talk a great deal about Kenny Wallace he's running there in that group he's only a lap down in 12 position not a bad run for the pulse intrapersonal last week [Music] Dale Jarrett is right up on bill [Music] get to write stuff in the winching you could barely see out of the right side but they only clean driver Billy [Music] you better not if he does he's trouble [Music] to go five six leaders have been Elliot Gordon Jeff Burton Ted Musgrave Bobby [Music] we have an autozone on track interval here clamps through 17 to 20 showing the interval between the leader Elliot at seven plays Jeff Gordon expanding well it's getting larger we go gorgeous talkback in traffic Jeff Gordon has to try to fight it with you just like Ted Musgrave try the fast bus trade going down to turn one can't quite do it forty-seven that cloud cover comes over which is already - that's got a pipe in the racetrack up in the booth not work at their favorite the racetrack gets cooler the temperature gets cooler the racetrack up that maybe hurt his past Ted Musgraves going into sixth right ahead of Edmond [Music] with packet yeah the back number Jeff board folks keep it under rock [Music] [Music] down to Jerry punch in the Jeff Gordon pit right you made an adjustment on the car which apparently has made the car better but the weather is moving in do you have enough time cars not good job you know I got a feeling the weather's gonna go by so we'll see we're gonna have to work on the car just a little bit more we need to make another couple stops Gary well hopefully we'll get it you know it's a special day you want to win two million with golf without a special assistant crew chief here today let's ride Andrew Jackson on the pit box he was the inspiration for a 10,000 person bone marrow drive in Fayetteville North Carolina and you know we're real proud to have him on board here with us and hopefully it'll inspire a lot and I want people to see those people that are waiting for bone marrow transplants are not statistics to their names and faces just lucky Andrew Andrews waiting for a bone marrow transplant that is 14 year old Andrew Jackson look at that right there and what an exhibit of courage he is 10,000 people signed up in sample because of this young man's courage he has a back same leukemia as afflicted rick hendrick PML chronic myelogenous leukemia this young man hopes to someday have a bone marrow match and maybe be a professional baseball player when we got to tell you folks they are in desperate need of minorities to step forward and be bone marrow donor Barry Bonds B baseball player for the San Francisco Giants is making sleep to kill out and be a full marathon with ODS young man that murals Andrew Jackson 15 years old wants to be a baseball player Barry Bonds many fell in love with him he went down became a donor and he's urging all after veterans mobile time in every jets thrusting better young man work safely [Music] gave me impatient especially young man down there in the well the wind is picking up ray says he thinks the weather is going to blow by huh I hope he's right I hope we don't have to interrupt this thing because of weather but it isn't looking very promising in fact of the main grandstand here and the temperature is also dropping we understand so that's gonna maybe affect a lot of people's handling here as the race goes along at the moment it is Bill Elliott leading the mountain Dew's southern 500 by just a couple of car lengths [Music] [Applause] the mountain dew southern 500 at the conclusion of 235 out of the 367 lacks Dale Jarrett right there behind him about four or five darlings the most labs that Elliot's ever led in a single Darlington race was 154 in the 1988 southern 500 and he is about to lead is 158 lat at the banner day for Bill Elliott reflect the Bill Elliott of all he has been good right from the get-go on NASCAR today this afternoon he told Dave Despain they're trying something new on this car he hoped it worked [Music] the chassis setup maybe that they had used before how about a cherry pie and you and Benny are exactly right my team the crew chief told me this chassis right here something that came and tested went last week is something radically different he said it is not a Hopkins it is not a lot but it has not anybody else to chassis it's one of a start out put the name change and they have found in my set I can tell you who built the Jersey but then I'd have to chew chew it is working for Bill Elliott as we take a look at him and his two closest pursuers from the Pennzoil and some pretty stiff wind and maybe with some rain nearby but nevertheless it's hanging in there and given us some good well there have been three drivers who have won that the three of four crown jewel races Leroy Yarborough in 1969 David Pearson in 76 and Bill Elliott in 85 but the program didn't start until 1985 and so bill is the only one who picked up the wins didn't a million bonus [Music] Jeff Gordon continues to come to the front he's about to take fourth place from Terry Labonte his teammate and for the past few laps his has been the fastest car on the racetrack and maybe we saved it maybe that the racetrack in its entirety now is under a cloud maybe that is helping them maybe they didn't get as much as they needed to pack it up and the clouds are helping them got a lot of racetrack go between himself and opponent which would be the third place car of Jeff Burton in fact there's almost a little over eight seconds you see the stop by two runners yes just about as bad the inhospitable middle messy past the Bonnie off the corner so this should be a good indication about fastest car is person so those three Ford's up front [Music] oh hi [Music] 1:56 one three four that time he was the second fastest to bill out it but now that the leader was a little bit quicker [Music] about eight point seven ten seconds behind Jeff Gordon is drill this time back once there Delia faster than the other two cars it comes Gordon but he's in traffic so that will slow his car down to say just catching our lunchboxes lost two miles however he has some clean racetrack ahead of a lot of it as a matter of pulls it right away during the mains bar Dreckman fun of alien and there comes Jeff Gordon as you said a lot of lot of racetrack in front terry labonte my [Music] detail on the racetrack and they are sixth and seventh position you're right I think it's Newton race car cloud cover is getting faster the right track mark mark turn to get the long side and he makes the best yep mark into the rest of the Napa Marie and we're body in parentheses on the right of their name and the driver started Jimmy Spencer by the way is back in the race after we where my villain is running the Dale Earnhardt card is 82 lat mentor is 25 left down Big Show [Music] strange thing happened to Dale Earnhardt on the first lap of the race he hit the wall and with several laps before when he did and takes away the fifth position from terry labonte he was carried to the infield care center with on his face and then transferred to the hospital where ten so far been negative for those dark clouds are back there but an end grain yet I hope it doesn't twenty-one laps to go in the last six races Mark Martin has earned the most points and has had average finish of port and that has moved him into the party coming into this race and that won't earn the most points but substantially the most point the card PBG IndyCar World Series rolls and Vancouver this afternoon the Molson Indy Vancouver where Alex and Artie could wrap up the championship it's coming up right after our coverage of the 48th running of the Mountain Dews southern 500 from Darlington where do the best welcome back to Darlington the leaders on pit road billion Dale Jarrett and Jeff Burton all here for four tires you'll hit the windshield clean get the ground [Music] another caution Jerry punch Eliot [Music] he is down it away important take one round in a way as flashing off of turn one and so the weather continues to bid on pit row Jeff fort moved up a position ahead of the 99 [Music] especially ricky rudd the last one he left - state after he keeps brain race not restart but every car stopped we are under caution because Kenny Wallace got up into the wall down and turned number one he shedded these the right front tire and has also got a lot of other damage to the car and then as he was driving around the racetrack we had another incident they make contact and here comes the leader Bill Elliott he had to take his baby back to there you can drive by both derrike cope was trying to get a lap back because right now the cost is already waving coke trying to get a lad back and there we see the contact between the two cars then it goes by but coke did beat Eliot back to the start/finish line and got one of his two laps back yeah Derry cope is now one that lap down in 17th position so the caution is out here at Darlington 10500 in a moment get ready Million Dollar Man Jeff Gordon back on pit road they're gonna pull the full rubber out of the right front put a half a rubber back in they've also put a half why prayer and a moment ago they came into the left rear tire off and pulled the pen to disconnect the rear sway bar at Quan so Gordon has Alicia shot the car now then up again and he moves back down pit road whether the year a lot of people talking about there's the full rubber they just took out of the right front they put a half a rubber back in and of course they have made some serious than just what's a lot of concern though over whether [Music] and pick up for Megan we'll find out in a moment next time around we'll be going back to green flag racing here in the Mountain Dew southern 500 join ESPN tomorrow at 7:30 for NFL prime Monday as we'll have 90 minutes of most informative news results of injury reports from week 1 of the NFL season and then switch over to an ABC for Monday Night Football live at 9 o'clock for the game featuring the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers dubbers versus the Packers duh bears that's right and there have been several drivers of one - southern 500s in a row including Jeff Courtney some of the other great names in stock car racing are above him herb Thomas and Bobby Allison Yarborough Pearson and Earnhardt and now Jeff today in addition to going for the 1 million dollar bonus [Music] [Music] strike quickly if you could ever be my body Jarett to the inside [Music] they go into the corner side-by-side [Music] as chairman [Music] Dale Jarrett goes to the front and he becomes our get back to the start/finish line before you do that the side to side across the start/finish line but anyway here he comes and the producer [Music] Lake speed 56,000 Mark Martin is in the fifth place [Music] Dale Jarrett now leaves Bill Elliott and and they can now add to his impressive total elapsed led on tracks of one coming into this event we had 1316 [Music] Carolina Jeff Martin second position putting Bill Elliott there they lead continues to be held by Dale Jarrett NASCAR online at [Music] with NASCAR's top drivers Tuesday you can ask questions you're a favored Winston Cup driver Wednesday it's the NASCAR Busch Series in Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR online at [Music] coming up next will Alex Zanardi clinched the PPG Kart championship for 1997 they're racing at the moles an indie band who permits coming up after the conclusion of our coverage of the mountain dew southern 500 we have 102 laps mark mark and the pole-sitter bobby labonte are battling for fifth position and right behind bobby is terry labonte in here has passed Ted Musgrave and one Indian [Music] since we win three [Music] the power cities got on now [Music] laughs down at night [Music] however the name [Music] not nearly as good as he has had in got to someone else and there's a couple cars going I can hear a year ago there's bobby labonte picking up this pot [Music] watch this battle for the here to terry labonte died [Music] puts Terry and lipsticks fun here's Jerry punch Wow the moment ago Ray Evernham called the Jeff Gordon said Jeff don't worry about the tires weather is coming run as hard as you can run it partner let me show you why he's holding then take a look at the radar screen what you're seeing is what happened over the last five or ten minutes the FLL is ability to screen just above that the small dotter dollar the little mask collection of showers with the yellow and red this collection of showers with the yellow that is very very intense thunderstorm that had just east of Florence about 10 to 12 miles east where we are winds are actually pushing this north-northeast so if the winds keep pushing at North nor 50 minutes but if the wind were to shift we could have rain [Music] so we had another predicament to the situation huh Burton is right there [Music] and Jeff Gordon just gets by bark bark [Music] we're back at Darlington under caution for a crashing turn for the 88 99 and 24 unders free [Music] back out on the racetrack weather is threatening to get one kid pit road 21:24 [Music] miss Elliot if he's pulling out of his pants [Music] Michael Walter the Citgo car great pit stop for the Wood Brothers got out in second place here is the reason we are under caution Lake speed Ted Musgraves turn four off the corner and must great gets off the high but unfortunately not hide up those Lakes feet get to the left rear and around go to sixteenth car and ricky rudd comes along he gets jeremy mayfield whence the nine denied his ricky rudd and 16 is the wall what about the way was it I think was to me okay here it is again push straight up high looks like his car might slip a little bit they're certainly what's the touches the pillow feet before that or not and here comes Ricky Rudd trying to dive to the inside but the 37 is you said clips the 9 and the 9 clips again so the rear bumper is torn off the brick erodes car and the caution waves once again here at Darlington and as a result of the pit stops we see Jarrett Michael Waltrip and Jeff Gordon the top three and the shot from the Pennzoil copter cam still up in the air despite some bad weather that they say is not too far away from the racetrack back at Darlington and we remained under caution here in the southern 500 because of an accident well a couple of pit stops ago we documented that Jeff Gordon still was having handling problems and there was a lot of question marks and a lot of decisions to be made this is how they reach their decision as we take a look again at a nascar spotlight [Music] showing that bribery or the list of reared are just do not want to rip something off for I'm with you but you keep doing the best you can please we got some orange up there looking handsome baby I wanted to live right in the middle but I mean I would like to take some that front bridge rubber out of it if we could do something the rear so we're gonna pull that bar I'm sorry closed up you should have called me a lot earlier it's closed up we're gonna pull that full out we're gonna put an ass back in I also I want to put take one round out of the right rear Andy have you got somebody to do that one round enter right here okay work here go up behind the tent car yeah we're back behind all these lap cars they no big deal I want to keep working I admire these guys they keep working and working and working trying to make that car as fast as anybody there whoever another team that's been working hard today especially on pit road the citko crew Michael Waltrip has had some excellent pit stops one that was 18 point 10 but the last two 17.4 one and this most recent one 17.2 two now his car is better after they run 10 laps green about to come out watch the 21 car behind DJ [Music] my comes out a lap 200 [Music] Michael Waltrip trying to get back on track he has posted seven straight finishes of 22nd or more and if the points were awarded right now look at the tightness Jeb born with but 15-point margin on our part as they would change positions [Music] like Jeff Gordon had it inside of the michael waltrip coming down the front straightaway [Music] no forget he's gonna take advantage of it and take that second spot [Music] now Jeff Gordon moves to second position and is about a half second from Kerala continues here at Darlington was he close to that wall up in our water yeah he got hurt on that last Phil Elliott did he's had a fast race car all day long [Music] [Music] at time by the night market [Music] a little bit faster the leader but unfortunately and so the trauma is not over yet thank you gentlemen laughs complete it out of 357 and Jeff Gordon is back in second position just a little left but a second behind the leader Dale Jarrett back in the moment he thought the free pizza for Ken Griffey junior it's Labor Day weekend in Darlington South Carolina and Jeff Gordon who is running second in the race is going for a million dollars here this afternoon and the cart PBG Championship is up for grabs and the Molson Indy Vancouver that's coming up next here on ESPN after the conclusion of the coverage of our event at about seven tenths of a second behind Dale Jarrett that time Dale Jarrett gained just a little bit on Jeff for exactly for the last five laps they've averaged out about the same they don't have anything ahead of before long [Music] take a look at the interval the fastest is on the racetrack Jeff course but faster than Dale Jarrett [Music] about the same to be different [Music] here is Jeff Burton coming up Eliott by the way has clinched the five bonus points for leading most laps here today eighty [Music] Jeff Gordon but Jeff thorns host and they can keep it off the wall he okay he is using every inch of or and here is Jeff Burton Elian slides up the racetrack we're gonna be able to take advantage [Music] well for it and there you see the cornice [Music] I have stuck it behind Dale and there is Jeff Burton taking over third spot from Bill Elliott Jeff Gordon to go to the corner let the car drift right up against the wall right against that wall then come back off that time what you know within a six eight years of what he's been running that my clay decoder [Music] around this racetrack 70th and agenda bingos our thoughts of mine [Music] back now baby's heart out in those towers up [Music] we can win here today three of them races in the NASCAR schedule [Music] we may see a little bit of moisture on the windshield just a little bit there at the bottom that time Jeff Gordon had the fastest lap Jarrett was second and Burton third and that allowed Jeff to close in just a little bit [Music] here at Darlington with 75 laps to go still on the hunt for the Winston billion that he second to Dale Jarrett at the moment [Music] and we're under caution once again here at Darlington this time because of rain not a great deal but enough to bring out the caution flag and quite frankly everybody was quite surprised when those on the lead lap came in for pit stops coming out with the lead Jeff Gordon yeah I was totally surprised that they were coming in because the caution is for weather see Ray Evernham talking to his driver gentlemen here's the cost flag there's a pace car pit road is open here comes Gordon Dale Jarrett stays on the right turn in Oakland he turns man well he was not going to stop and go that cost him a lot right there he was fortunately able to come back out in second place [Music] so everybody move down to his dying pit crews went to work and here's how it went [Music] work those ducks on the right there [Music] go back to 8 a lot of time working on something in the back in John let's go to the fifth John Kernan imagine putting tape on the grill it also looks like something a piece of debris has gone through the right portion of the grill and we don't know if it got into the radiator or not but at least the UH the mesh right there is contact also on the left lower let's go up to Jerry punch well what a time for the Rainbow Warriors of the day Jeff Gordon's crew led by that man right there Ray Evernham seventeen point six six seconds four tires and one round in the right rear and they have been celebrating here ever since jumping up and down high-fiving smiling you'd think he just might have won I'm going to dogs how about it bill Weber well Jerry that entrance to pit road was unorthodox because Dale Jarrett was going to stay out they told him to stay out and he said but everybody else is coming in so Jarrett came in to the only problem was he'd already given up some precious pit road track position before [Music] still have a long way to go there there 7d line left in this race so [Music] exclusions yet here once again as the entrance to pit road that tail Jared had so Jeff Gordon comes out with the lead now the return of racing but right now we're under caution to do the round this is Bob Varsha stick around after NASCAR for the second half of motor-racing billion dollar day at Alexson Rd makes his bid for karts PPG cuff and the million dollar bonus that goes with it the bolson indy vancouver is coming up next right here on ESPN all kinds of things at stake today on this Labor Day weekend Jeff Gordon has a million dollars at stake Alex Zanardi has a cart PPG title at stake and the PPG Molson Indy Vancouver will be up right after we conclude the mountain dew southern 500 that sees million-dollar Jeff Gordon in the lead right now boy I tell you they have worked and worked and worked on this race car and we have heard a lot of the conversation between Jeff and everybody else and they've got him in the lead but he got it during pit stops when the green comes out we're gonna see if he can maintain that lead because Dale Jarrett has been strong today so is Jeff Burt Terry Labonte Mark Martin and a lot of others stay with us from Darlington in a moment [Music] the story told Darlington Raceway in South Carolina hosting the 48th annual Mountain Dew southern 500 on ESPN is being brought to you by handle informative three motor oil add more life to your car by Budweiser the classic American lager and by the Monte Carlo Chevy the cars for champions trust let's go down to Jerry punch you ever watch the jet board and piss-up wonder what they're putting the wedge in or out of the car it's a very simple way to figure it out they've got color-coded wrenches now this ivory colored race I regard to deny they use this ivory colored or white when paren they use the orange one we started to know orange is out so the orange means if they can wedge out the ivory one they're putting wedge in so if they have a rent over the wall when the crew member in a fluster trying to get things done forget this weighs going hero I tell you got ivory I'm gonna be putting weights in the car he'll turn it in the right direction [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] ladies and gentlemen evidently rain was an area of a ghoul regard signals going out there one more laughs the lights went out on top of the pace car we didn't have very much rain at all just a few sprinkles but it was enough to bring out the caution but now we are set to go back to competition with Jeff Gordon in the lead and there will be about 65 laps to go when the green comes out which they could make it from here on a pit stop as far as fuels concerned I'm coming back early Graceland running the green flag they ran up to about for those tire may be slipping and sliding at Bisley 65 laps you're right about that Gordon is the leader Ray Evernham and the Rainbow Warriors have guided him throughout the afternoon into the front spot Dale Jarrett and Terry Labonte are going to be lined up right behind him and Mark Martin and Jeff Burton Ricky Rudd is still the lead lap at six Michael Waltrip 78 and Bill Elliott night those are the nine cars that are home of each lap running in tenth position the car up there beside Jeff Gordon is Jeff [Music] don't do that [Music] [Music] but he didn't do it there with turn number two then go down the backstretch [Music] man it's coming out of number four but Jared looks to the inside nope Gordon Willey well Dale Jared knows how you there are no Jimmy's here every man for himself [Music] he and his entire team will have work [Music] there is something even more the NASCAR Winston Cup champion [Music] we'll tell lies for you again here 1/2 million dollars [Music] Terry Labonte first incident was two tenths of a second now it's up to three we saw that the last times those fresh green tires appointment [Music] that is wrinkled overeating the rest of [Music] red code I'm having a good run and Dick Trickle and doing bad either after a great performance at Bristol last weekend we ride with it Michael Walter turn away [Music] not right date about two positions to have his best finish of the year he has finished seven four times his best place finishes was here in the spring [Music] right up against that [Music] right there Jeff Burton in car number 99 he's back there fourth place coming up I'm carrying the body now laughs those tires are pretty good accepting at the beginning of the race he just kept on going everybody else car slowed it down [Music] here comes bird [Music] you're the fastest car we run a few laps to be starting to close in on the Jeff Jerry punch what's the deal Jeff just said last lap he brushed the wall he brushed the wallet he asked the spotter said next time bye beep I got something rubbing over there he just yelled wall that's all he said with the right we're that fender is very very close in the right rear the damage on the right side oh yeah Jeff white and through those turns that things smoking can boy Dale Jarrett and chef you drive the way you drive the last 50 lat he would use it every into the right drug car now does it rub enough that it might cut a car [Music] that laughs but I think it's pretty what you just thought Ray Evernham tell his robber was that the spotters are saying you're getting a little bit of rough through turn three and four otherwise it looks to be okay we're going to keep a watch on it and we'll keep you posted Jeffrey you're doing a great job any case Dale Jarrett is closing in ten to the second for Jeff Gordon is now down to two tenths of a second and Jeff Burt is closing in on both of em seconds behind he's only one point behind try to get that bit that [Music] let's take a look at the replay [Music] [Music] [Music] it's not much the million is the trophy on the mantelpiece [Music] [Music] [Music] chef Gordon Mountain Dew southern 500 with 50 [Music] hey with us and raisins the engine is everything the interval between first and second continues to shrink the shot from the Pennzoil copter cam will show you that three tenths of a second lead is at two tenths of a second as Jarret chases Gordon for the win here in the Mountain Dew southern 500 we might mention that if Jeff Gordon wins the million dollars if he wins this race he will also go back in the point lead would win another $30,000 as for the [Music] every race and the driver wins the race and is the boss later he collects that yep came into this race as the points leader is back in fifth position [Music] I think he's having to be very careful not to overuse this chance of prison race going bringing the rest of the way and it does those tires are going to be worn out they're going to be slippin and slidin whoever takes care of his tires too fast he's going to be Bert just a little over second behind when we started the assay below was three things while we watch this battle you've got a Joe has been nominated for second quarter again MPAs we're speaking of the NFPA there were three drivers inducted into the hall last night they were Jack Ingram congratulations to those drivers [Music] and Betty or Pope members of that home yeah that's a great affair [Music] good organization and a good a real honor to be a member and also we learned last night our condolences so a member of the National in sportspress Association whole thing this time passed away yesterday morning Raymond however did make the banquet last boy Jeff Burton is really closing in and they [Music] got close enough here before he sniffed at the lead there he's moving in fast jeff gordon Edes weenies for the night for about the next 30 lamps and use their tires up while he sits out grunting Cruz's wife and sweat Ray Evernham all afternoon [Music] right [Music] ten [Music] in points coming in great job [Music] I'm impressed the Jeff book tires are still as good as they are as hard as he has run he's been running almost a mile an hour - then Gordon and Jaron been catching them and he's still maintaining 40 laps to go [Music] more exciting auto racing coming out the car PPG series is in Molson the Molson Indy Vancouver and Alex Zanardi is going for the championship in that event five would like to pull out a win Paul Tracy Bobby starting second today all those drivers trying to break that Natalie winning tonight to their next race Laguna Seca [Music] the first three Jeff Gordon you ride along with Dale Jarrett is a four Berta's third [Music] maybe none of them have shown their Jeff Burton is on his hand and running them down for the lead will he just sit there and take into not abuse his diary seven leaders nine lead changes Eliot has led the most laps in his last three Jeff has led two times [Music] terry labonte our babbling [Music] in 4th market there [Music] he's hanging right in there [Music] about the same interval between all three of them I should say just about a car lengths down [Music] five races he had won at times [Music] and we have a crashing turn [Music] it's bad but yeah I think to go how to do it jaren and controlling for oh man see me sitting out in the middle of racetrack leaders bearing down on you what happens guys don't you see pit stops oh yeah they got to get on some new tire change town and we'll win the race off pit road the winter off pit road here they come this is the 11th caution of the afternoon and indeed the first three four five the cars on the lead lap we're coming in Bill Weber Dale cherry showing maybe just a tip tonight but he thinks he could have gotten by Jeff Gordon right now all the leaders off pit road Jerry the 24 88 99 under screen Tarek getting the right-side tire sports it did finish well this week around card very much [Music] the library finger out no field [Music] down and they were all is the same well the horses pursuer concern Jeff Burton uh bleep lost a little bit because there's nobody beat him out three or four possess terry labonte beat him out so did Ricky Rudd Mark Martin bill yeah well the move rainbow lawyers are huddling now in discussing the strategy here in the late going okay let's go back to turn number four here a few laps ago and watch this incident involving Warburton and the leaders and they're just driving into a cloud of smoke they all turn left because they don't see you smoke down there and barely get by wart burger from another angle see there Dale Jarrett slows down to almost gets hit in the back by Jeff Burton as he apparently saw what was happening up there and he slows down and he and Jeff Gordon go to the left and Jeff Burton stays back there and goes let's run along with Jeff Gordon see 1 DC which is about that be absolutely nothing [Music] a little bit of contact between the 99 and 88 listen a heart-stopping moment here in the late stages of the mountain dew southern 500 remember coming up next the PPG card race the Molson Indy Vancouver we were supposed to be off the air at this time but we got a few more laps to run the PPG Kart race is coming up at the conclusion [Music] this is Varsha in final qualifying for the Molson Indy Vancouver Alex Zanardi looked like a million bucks he's the pole sitter with a shot at the championship today in the Molson Indy Vancouver coming up next after NASCAR on ESPN [Music] welcome back to the mountain dew southern 500 here at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina and we're about to go back to green we will next time around here's the situation 336 of 367 laps have been completed we are about to go back to green with Jeff Gordon the leader of the race followed by Terry Labonte Ricky Rudd Mark Martin Bill Elliott Jeff Burton Michael Waltrip and Bobby Labonte those nine cars on the lead lap the concern I think that Jeff Gordon and that crew has now they did not work on the right rear quarter panel the right rear fender that we saw smokey when he brushed over the wall earlier yes those new tires on he's gonna be really good in that corner these three parameters body drift drift out it may rub that right rear tire let's check and see [Music] well the 99 cruise very very proud of their pit stop so they've had a disappointing day on this most recent stop they had gotten a set of tires from the 12 car and because those tires had better codes they thought it'd be a better match they were gonna put clothes on the 99 car when they went to put them on they fell off Harry Potter rick hendrick Jeff Gordon's corners watching from his home in Charlotte fighting leukemia and but rick is able to talk to the drivers and the crews that he hadn't said the thing all day until just now as Jeff left pit road Rick that already owned said I believe I believe Jim [Music] [Music] she loves folk that went for car that's [Music] this is that most feed when he go down [Music] Fronteras little bit the other eye thing [Music] best pit stop as they made the product didn't have time to pull that road [Music] lucky laughs as we discussed earlier [Music] Geoff Bergman to the inside of bill [Music] toward the front on that pit stop but now climbs back toward the top bet three and a half seconds behind that the leader it looks to be like that Jeff Norton is retching it out just a little bit this is what happens every time Jeff Gordon jumps out first after that they run about the same and then the idiot car starts gaining back but what you're talking about that's right it is it has been for the last they usually here's Bobby Levani passing michael waltrip and going in a cart race coming up right after the conclusion of this point [Music] [Music] between first and second now Bob I think he's got a two-and-a-half Carly [Music] what yet board would like to do we were brought up on his bumper making his Chevrolet loose [Music] in summary is in ken schrader with a top 10 going here's Berkman again taken forth from Ricky Rudd [Music] for a strike you go she ate around on the racetrack almost [Music] these drivers have been out here for that they got a muster up enough supreme to complete this thing [Music] they come around they'll be 22 lives to go here's Jerry punch well the most valuable bottom it does not heal it is this little bottle of roulade being passed around among the Rainbow Warrior think there isn't pressure down here [Music] within a little over 20 laps they may have a shot at a million dollars and talking about [Music] bounced a charge and right on the back bumper of the 24 car of Jeff Gordon as close as a can try to loosen the back into that Chevrolet [Music] another spot he's now up to third our Jeff burger [Music] and last laugh was faster than cork was faster than everybody now we're sailing between here and the leaders back [Music] I think Jared made a run at Jeff Gordon [Music] and I'll make another [Music] most customers run depth Jeff Burton where to catch it was published all the last time [Music] the points were awarded now Jeff Gordon would happen once again switch at the top rather Jeff Burton was the fastest that left 42nd and [Music] darrell waltrip miss automatically every one of his way second place couple laps down that these come very slow [Music] darrell waltrip was in victory lane was here in 92 [Music] jerks they'll chair it now faster than the leader Jeff Gordon and Bill Elliott continues to run well [Music] doesn't seem to have worked as well as they did woman that son was shot and he was too [Music] the fondant racetrack Jeff Gordon [Music] let's do pond shaving drift up against a wall you keep it up there then you'll turn left and bring it down off turn to right there's his strength coming off that turn - you see how much he picked up coming off that turn [Music] I guess [Music] to communicate with Jeff Gordon [Music] raise cars all over the place Bobby Labonte Mark Martin and the pole-sitter Labonte is in seventh Mark Martin back to hate the Unocal bonus money will undoubtedly move up another $7,600 coming into this race it was ninety one thousand two had he been able to win here this afternoon Phil Elliott and Terry Labonte are side-by-side [Music] water behind Jeff Burton thirteen and a half Wow getting down to it [Music] is hanging out there wait miles away right now Andrew Jackson assistant crew chief today Jeff Gordon Gill by young man looking for a golde marathon number nice looking young man laps to go in the spring race here that Dale Jarrett won [Music] Burton slow around the bottom of the racetrack agents didn't saw a wino yes well as a robot Jeff Burton has closed down about two seconds ketchup capacity [Music] great race car too great a FIFO Jeff Burton and you make three [Music] folks don't go away we've got ten laps to go then we'll take you to Vancouver shortly thereafter woman on PPG race but this man Jeff Gordon has only been won once back at night Elly at the very first year it was on Dale Jarrett then he's gonna put his all right back don't save those tires in offered you got anything left you got it got to put it on [Music] Kurt still continues to gain on them [Music] came along [Music] this race is 367 [Music] it's that close 99 late on the moon he's within a second of Jeff Gordon less than a second 83 hundreds that last time around every month North might have to check up a little bit a polite traffic is not really be a problem [Music] here comes talans Dale Jarrett and that's maybe what Jeff Courtney's all forgetting the black flag but he stayed down out of the way [Music] traffic cook layup panda who is the same going into turn three now as they come off the turn four they'll catch him before this race is over bolson Indy Vancouver cart PPG race coming up next here on ESPN on the line there moves over list the three cards go by do not impede their progress [Music] what Jeff Burton what a ruddy is hat today oh man come from far back at them with bamboo Gordon's whip a little bit off turn that Tom Jarrett runs right up on him [Music] slide the pie on the racetrack again let's see what day here coming off the fourth corner onto the straightaway No but now there are five laps to go five to go with a southern 500 Gordon is the leader and will win a million if he wins it just a little bit that time Jeff Gordon is having a little returned to before that was a strong point now it seems to be a weak point for it pretty today poor to go [Music] I'll bet there are millions of race fans out there standing in their living rooms right now waiting to see if Gordon is indeed gonna do it Jeff Burton sitting there safe or if I could get by that 88 car I can't catch him I know I could go to run him down here he comes [Music] Jarrid have to back off and let Burton go [Music] in position there are less than three laps to go but the interval now the Jeff Burton has the the lead that he has has grown just a little bit [Music] Shawn [Music] the board have any more lamps to to go to more laps to go [Music] I don't believe he can catch it past my catches or don't believe in the past he picked up a bunch that time coming off the turn but like Jeff for some reason and Burton closes in how much is a million one thousand times a thousand or perhaps you can better understand in these terms [Music] [Music] Gareth run back just a little bit here he comes up the fourth quarter Jeff Burton will make a challenge on the corner onto the stretch [Music] if you will be paid a million dollars Curnutt right way ever hear a guy that refused to lose Thank You guys one of new yeah you know that just justice this team look very fortunate to be part of that I want to thank God because I'm stunned I'm very fortunate to be part of this team these guys work hard they work together they make great suggestions up you know certainly um you know it's something that we can look back on Jeff Gordon's a great driver but this is a great great thing and not only the Winston million bonus but the only drive of the women that was Rick Hendrick do you hear Rick dinner Tony out good job if he will be pick out dollar for every hour euro 14 years to accumulate a million dollars and argan Mountain treatments can't be measured by numbers alone today numbers are important victory for only the second time in 12 years of Maya Stone reads Jeff Gordon that's another accomplishment to his already impressive record he captures three of NASCAR's four crown jewel events in 1997 and wins the Winston million in just 147 starts he has moved from eight to fixed on the all-time earnings list and quit become NASCAR's first six mill in 1990 and our coverage documented I think quite well how he and Ray and everybody else looked and looked and look right and he wanted

Channel: SMIFF TV

Views: 21,337

Keywords:

Id: iVAG4tmcMYQ

Length: 207min 42sec (12462 seconds)

Published: Sat Sep 09 2017