1997 NWC Bud at the Glen

national association of stock car auto racing continue their coverage of the series Watkins Glen do with 2/3 of the season almost complete let's take a look at the talented trio at the top of the points the gate quickly holds his pinnacle spot at the point on the strength of 7th early season wins Dale Jarrett gets a nod for Bitsy's aluminum Schwarzenegger would love to have this much possible flex but this may be the magical year for Mark Martin his three feet here at the Glen makes it arguably the best road racer than Mark Martin's the only one of the top three points ever won in a Winston Cup car on the road course but that could change here today Jeff Gordon starts way back in 11th in the same car he carried to a second-place finish at Sears Point and Dale Harris outside pole winning qualifying left is little bit deceiving truth be known he made a couple of mistakes in other words this car is a lot faster than people realize really what's gonna happen we could have a new first-time Road force winner here today the eyes of this former champion looked back at a season slowly going up in smoke Rusty Wallace has seen success now he's tasting failure a year that has left the most dedicated shaking their heads but not so suddenly this season has swallowed up former champions Pocono sent Terry Labonte season spinning then at the Brickyard Terry's charged in a brick wall the warning signs are clearly visible but climbing tough Hills is a specialty of the reigning champ this is the face of a road course ace after 128 starts Wally Dallenbach wants to be face to face with victory Friday he put down a deposit today the first junior driver hopes to cash in well Wally Dallenbach is looking to break the bank today twice he has finished second here at Watkins Glen today he'd like to steal a win his getaway car is pretty fast but there's lots of traffic out there and trailing him a couple of Road horse villains named rusty and Terry it's not very easy going the Wild West shoot-out comes east today who will win a veteran gunslinger or one of those young guns with the real quick draw even with the physical hurt from this tumble in Talladega this suffering superstar somehow managed to battle back when you relax it feels good but hurts it's a hurt good hurt two weeks later he grabbed the pole that Watkins Glen Geoff Bodine picked the perfect time to come home down on his luck but not down on his team here he's a hero on the defending champ he missed Indy but that's history he packed up and left there's no place like home Ricky Rudd's rollercoaster ride began one week ago when he was crowned beasts of the Brickyard after winning best in class in terms of saving gas but that feeling of nothing can stop me now to go new meaning two days ago at breakfast at his tied ride rocketing to the turns in rails Ricky was roughed the car was ruined hopefully Ricky Rudd's Rough Riders over what it's a mulch week for the Thai team today our way back in 31st position was you red fans don't fret this car captured consecutive top-five finishes here the last two years this isn't just another race for Jeff bodean it's a new beginning he's been shopping for financial help and next week pull unveil his new co-owners he's the defending champion of this race he's a hometown hero he's in the car the one here one year ago today and he brings the same enthusiasm and is hoping for the same result maybe it's really a game of numbers great time Watkins blimp ol senator Dale Earnhardt starts his famous number three from third position today you see road racing was a lot like dice rolling it takes a perfect combination to win maybe those numbers being the Dale Willoughby's deliver a victory here today well car can be perfect the crew can pull off 17 second fifth stuff for four times but the buzzword anymore is track position gets so critical in it it is it's important that every race track baby but nowhere is it more important than on this road course the tires are so good today so much money is poured into the sport making these cars so equal that it's almost impossible to pass on this race track so whatever you can do to get that track position if it means special debt strategy then you do that but you've got to have track position if you're going to have a good shot at winning ESPN the world's leader in motor sports coverage welcomes you live to Watkins Glen New York and the NASCAR Winston Cup bud at the Glen going into this race Jeff Gordon has a 79 point edge on Mark Martin former point leader Terry Labonte has fallen to fourth Dale Earnhardt remains in 6th position Bill Elliott is now tenth in the standings hi everyone I'm Bob Jenkins welcome to Watkins Glen an historic old racetrack they used to run the Formula one u.s. Grand Prix here the stock cars however have been racing on and off here since the late 50s it's the second and final Road course event of the year something a lot of drivers look forward to but others dread coming here Jeff Gordon is the points leader but there is still no dominant force in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series this year jeff has never won on a road course but second in points Mark Martin has a very impressive record here mark will be starting in 9th position and jeff gordon and xi will show you the starting lineup when we come back and we'll also have the start of the race the but at the Glen at Watkins Glen New York PSB and speed world live coverage of the bud at the Glen from Watkins Glen New York is being brought to you by Budweiser the classic American lager the number one selling semi-synthetic motor bored and you're poor dealer have you driven a Ford lately well the teams and the drivers saluting the fans and we're almost ready to go one more lap and we'll get the green flag now today's field consists of 18 Ford's Ford is on top of the manufacturers points battle 16 Chevy's and 8 Pontiacs the worst starting position that the driver has ever won from here well thirteenth and has happened on two occasions including last year Geoff Bodine but look at these drivers who are starting back of 13th today well of course it seems like things that have happened in the past those rules are made to be broken and it could happen here today but it is very difficult to pass on this racetrack let's take a look at the starting lineup for today's 90 lap race on the pole his third start of the 1995-97 season and his first career pole goes to Todd Bodine Dale Jarrett 13 point starts alongside in row number two for today's race the 1996 poll Center Dale Earnhardt and Bill Elliott with his best starting spot of 97 in fifth position Wally Dallenbach led 14 laps last Saturday at Indianapolis and Sterling Marlin whose best finish was sixth here in nineteen seven starting position goes to Jeff bodean the defending race champion alongside his Joe Nemechek second fast in the happy hour last evening Mark Martin starts in 9th position he's won three in a row 93 94 95 and Robby Gordon who was the fastest and happy hour yesterday Jeff Gordon starts 11th he's never won on a road course Steve Park will make his Winston Cup debut Rusty Wallace has the infant side position in row number 7 he has six Road courts wins more than any other active driver and Bobby Labonte you had his best finish of 97 last week at Indy a second on the inside of row 8 Kenny Schrader from st. Louis and a great road racer Terry Labonte on the outside the 9th row on the inside Michael Waltrip and Ward Burton on the outside row 10 Dorsey Schrader filling in for Dick Trickle today in the 90 car and red phone ID eleven Ginny Spencer and Ernie Irvan back in row 12 Kenny Wallace and Bobby Hamilton in row 13 Johnny Benson and rookie Mike Skinner in row 14 Chad little and Jeremy Mayfield in row 15 we have Ted Musgrave and John Andretti row 16 we see Ricky Rudd last week's winner along with Darrell Waltrip row 17 Steve bristle and Lance super car number one Katie and Jeff Birkbeck up row 18 derrike cope and David Greene in road 19 provisional stars here today are Ricky Craven and Rick mast in road 20 and Hut Stricklin and Jeff Green in row 21 three drivers failed to qualify for this event didn't have a provisional Bobby Hillin Morgan Shepherd and Dave Marcus we have several in cars for you Bill Elliott was up here the broadcast booth with me last year in this race because he was suffering injuries sustained at Talladega there's Robby Gordon who spun down the gravel a couple times yesterday starting 10th we're riding along with him and Ricky Craven they're starting way back this is one of the far back in the field bin he's got a long way to go there was a 10 car of Ricky Rudd he's trying to put two wings together in a row after last weekend's win at Indianapolis Rusty Wallace will carry one of our onboard cameras also as he gets set to go and finally Mark Martin and Mark Martin look at this at Watkins Glen mark has been in nine races and has three wins eight top fives the rest of the 28 others well they don't have even that kind of record the other four cars of the top five of the points ends in those 28 races those four drivers do not have a top five finish green flag is up were you prep do that for we're also going to the inside making it the esses the Pennzoil copter can you can see the fields sneaking through the esses and now they hit the backstretch the next obstacle of the interview in the third boy but it looks like the different body is going to survive this first lap at least they've gone through the terrible this is where ricky rudd got into trouble and so Dale Jerry robby gordon is going to the of Sterling Marlin that's the 1534 clap in 1997 understand the ricky rudd may be having a problem bill what's the story problem with the shifter in the tide poor till it looks like what may be making an early stop jim lon with the shifter this team burned up a transmission last night and happy hour see the ship today well last week is now the agony of defeat blood moves through the now pours from the car lived in it's hung in some here some gear the other that ancient a lot of rpms it's two point four or five miles around in turn one Sallah batches Martha's driver you're Chartist hole this problem seems to be mounting smoke inside the car now he is just about to now he's made the entrance to the pit area so that long trip around has finally come to an end for ricky rudd let's hope that his waste is not at an end but he comes in slowly the city engine is still running cuz you can see the tachometer is on about 4000 rpms Bill Weber well he's here and he shuts it off right away underneath the car goes that Jack one guy goes underneath the rear end now a second man now jack stands it's rattling around the shifter is rattling around in the car he can only get it into one gear and as you guys pointed out he does appear to be a very slow gear Ricky sits here in victory lane at Indianapolis are going to push the car back to the garage boy oh boy I'll tell you that's what this sport is all about you can never get too high never has two wins here at Watkins Glen and 80 as the field comes by and completes another lap they push drugs car back behind the wall and Bill Elliott now tries cannot go any further that's Todd Bodine running in second Dale Jarrett of course is the leader you got in practice the taco daimler the inside of the owner can't make the bass but Todd was going by when he realized he was doing he turned in the corner and picked up two Carly Paul Dale Jarrett he will remember that the next time he used to turn one out of the inner loop and picking up a little dust that may play a factor a little bit later Jeff bodean Steve Park in ten spot Jeff Gordon took that over Steve Park once again and here is Mark mark the trying to dr. Jerry punch has a record on well guys todd has already guys at least one vote today during the pre-race inspection of the team with the car ball-joint fell off the car George has a leather jacket and they were just getting ready to push the car on the starting grid this is the CC Bolivar car impressive here at Watkins Glen Dale Jarrett with about a one and a half two car length advantage here gone back and when the early goings of to but at the Glen from high overhead Watkins Glen International in central New York we have Watkins Glen the International Raceway and the but at the Glen going on you're watching from the Pennzoil copter cam as the cars race around here that's Dale Jarrett still leading the event well last week it was nothing but glory for Ricky Rudd first lap of this race this is what happened to Rudd here at Watkins Glen he came into the pits but ultimately the car was put back behind the wall and we go down to Bill Weber to find out exactly what's wrong well this is unbelievably brutal something in the transmission did you feel it on the parade lap Ricky well I really didn't feel it bill till we went up through the gearbox and I grabbed third gear on the front straightaway and just vibrated something terrible it was a terrible vibration then it hung in two gears and not really sure they had to change the transmissions this morning because the other one had run hot in practice and they put a backup transmission it worked on it all morning and okay well they brought out a new Drive the car ricky rudd the winner and he sits behind the wall in the garage Bill Elliott climbs detective you know we've had a couple of changes here in the top that Dale Earnhardt has come to for passing darlin back well Ricky Rudd is our true value man of the race his second his fifth top five of the year dollars to mrs. Paul's for children he's donated both money and time to local North Carolina homes translate ricky on being the true value man of the year there's earn art dive into the inside of faculty will traffic and then while I'm back in the back Robby Gordon is trying to get by his teammate falling down make it quite make it sterling marlin trying to get my chili matured right now we have the fries so Todd Bodine has fallen from second position to fourth here in the last couple of laps as were onboard with Robby Gordon no ever Bob Robby Gordon too tight they want to pull some tape off the nose of that car so that's Robby's problem here early in the race some people show you where everybody's running forcing parentheses indicate their starting position Jared continuing to lead he's only led seven laps on road courses in twenty three career Road course races he has led all the way so far today and we have completed eight you notice of course in Schrader there in the 90 car substituting for Dick Trickle decision said I'm just not that good at road racing and Ginny Don maybe the 90 car needs owner points Schrader finished third in yesterday's Trans Am planes here at Watkins Glen which was won by Tom Kendall as he broke the record nine consecutive wins and Chad little has a problem yeah he's coming very slow in the John Deere Pontiac and brett bodine also comes in and the close call for at least Britain's able to make it back to pit road the jack goes under the car just like they have the left front tire Bill Weber that's what it looks like Benny around to the left side going to change left-side tires but as one of the pit stalls here just across the start/finish line holding some sheet metal away looks like from the left from this position they want the jack raise back up so they can tighten the lug nuts on the left chat little probably will not make it back and now fred has left tires and returns to the race one thing about road of course it takes them about a minute and 16 or so seconds to go around here so you can make a pit stop like that and still you see the caution Addison little pulls his car off the racing service but you can get back out and stay in Clapton repli'd on will do there'll be a full track caution apparently an ignition problem is hampering Chad little so there is the caution flag that comes out here at the conclusion of lap number 10 racing back to the line Robbie burgers trying to steal this spot the top coat on and you know what he's only like the back well is doing that so Bodine will hold the position and there is the reason for the first full course caution here at Watkins Glen chat little stalled on the racetrack under caution here at Watkins Glen because of the stall car of Chad little that car by the way has been retrieved and is behind the wall in the 29 car now Jeff green is showing some smoke I've read that Cartoon Network will not be back on that car next year so I don't know there's like maybe a transmission didn't it looks like gearing of some sort rather than engine well we saw Robbie Gordon tried to pick up a position as he raced to the line in the caution flag and we have a great shot of it for Miss on board the 34 car off the ground but todd bodine was able to maintain this buck so Todd Bodine fourth and Robby Gordon is in fifth position as you get a shot of him under caution Wally Dallenbach running 6th and Joe Nemechek is in 7th position at the moment you can keep up with the line laps boring as you can find out just about anything else you need to know for the NASCAR racing if you'll go online and check out the NASCAR website www.a are calm nascar online feels still circulating by the start/finish line next time.bye no doubt they will be given the green flag now that give them the second for one more lap to go when they're just coming out of the inner loop of their this time let's take a look at the point leaders Jeff Gordon came in to this event as the the point standings he is currently running in ninth position all the cars in the back I don't know what spot that is looks like John Andretti and he was running in 24 spot looks like all the cars from 24th back he decided to pit all the cars from 1 through 23 decided to stay on the racetrack these drivers don't have a lot to lose and could have a lot to gain is by changing tired making adjustments and of course topping off the fuel so their water comes out here picks up several positions because that quick pit stop you know they might be able to make it on one more stop that's they must be what they're planning on trying to do is make it on one that's a long way a long way I don't know they'd have to go about 40 laps somebody else Jeff Thornton the front-runner in the NASCAR Winston Cup point standings mark Martin's second Dale Jarrett third and each of these drivers leads in an important category jeff has the most wins Dale Jarrett has accumulated the most bonus points so far this year but concerning finishes of 30th or worse Mark Martin leads in that category he only has three twenty three twenty eighth or worse yeah so Jeff Gordon at the moment running in ninth position Mark Martin is tenth and Dale Jarrett is the leader of the race as 11 laps have now been completed and just as you rejoin us the green flag comes out and we resumed a bun at the Glen one and let's see if Robby Gordon can make a move here he tried to top it to the line and going to get for spot a checklist but these don't try to get by top it out as well Todd almost out in the grass and several cars Ben didn't get by Marlon and Jeff and as parent Li they are gonna black flag the 40 car just past the start/finish line they were three beat as they hit it on down into turn one that was closed down to the answers a turn goodbye they do black flag the forty car twice they as delegate right now has second before that caution came out so he might have something for all right Mike Hillman talking to Robby Gordon who's big black black coming down pit road in the Coors Light Chevrolet at 35 miles an hour what they are going to do they're thinking about going ahead and changing four tires and filling it up for a field but if they do he will still need to make key stop they changed their mind at the very last minute and now Gordon is down in a way without a tire change or fuel as fine setback for boarding with our four spot to last yeah we talked about that track position you ten cars put them in front and be difficult for the other guys to pass really even the mascot I'm sorry Bob here's the pass at Robby Gordon's black platform he's on the outside you'd have to pass on the other side you cannot pass over on the right side and we see darling back now he was in the right spot so Nemechek dollar back two spots you'll notice that those standings have changed for the lead as they enter the inner room man first lady changes day at last led at pocono in july he's led 214 laps so far this season going mine the guy they call bro Joe oh and Ward Burton is off course that's at the interlude bubbly Bob or just outside of it doesn't look like the car is running that's at that's turn nine right that's the inner loop so right now a local yellow and the check goes to second so Dale Jarrett now loses a couple of positions early as runs ins back to start/finish line Oh contact remember you know the tire that's a rhetorical situation but certainly woman will require pitstop and they said if the fender doesn't cut the tire before he gets back to the pits yeah as a new crew chief on this car this meeting into that position from the staff team so Rick mast is trying to get back to the pit area yellow flag is being waved at the start/finish line and the full course caution is the second time this afternoon I think I see what happened to the left front fender on mass car it looked like the right rear fender on day on the Darrell unhooks car is banged up when he car turns right there where they were safe gifts and simply have anything on this there they are side by side so that's what the damage having coming off turn one Jerry Koch takes evasive action both those cars had pitted on lap 11 both Darrell Waltrip and Rick mast there's a reason for the caution Ward Burton's car that has stalled we talked about dorsi Schrader driving the number 90 car this week bill Weber is standing by with the regular driver of the machine and Dick Trickle has put his team ahead of himself here you stepping aside you invited Dorsey to make this trip that call him a couple weeks is gonna make sure it was available and does it this is big business you know and uh we're trying as a team to get in the top 25 in honors points this year to get all the perks and Provisionals whatever and today is the first day of the rest of the year so you know I made a decision to stay out of the car not Bahnson know I could have started the car and put him back in and or stated but if we're gonna try to get it out 25 in points which would be a constant force right now I've heard today is the data start so we'll be in the car every race after this the doors is a professional road racer so I decided to let everything write it out and he's got a brand new car for the Oval at Michigan next week that's Dick Trickle here's Jerry Bunch all right Dorsey making his sixth start here blockin saloon today and the neat thing about Dorsey is yet he's a road racer but for the five previous Winston Cup cars he's driven here he's been able to make his way to the front and leave including last year when he drove bill Elliott's car he led this race led a number of laps right on the top five had a throttle stick late in the race and finished 13th and or said after today they're gonna start turning their attention to the Craftsman Truck Series that maybe he and Tom gloy will run full-time down south in 1998 about that there's some damage on the 21 car Michael Waltrip and Lusaka curve doesn't it looks like he got on the curve too much yes it does banged up that fender I'm gonna get that work nice too close for comfort and it's be open I'm sure when they come around the next time Michaels running back in 17th position right in front of Dorset's Reiter was talking about he's running an ad we had to curl early caution periods here now and normally you would see the leaders going in at this stage and put some tires on but they're only going to stop twice if they start now have to stop twice again they're not going to do they're gonna wait until they can make it on to stock we do think in yeah they I'm sure that that's what they want to do Jeff but out of course won the race last year by staying out there is laughs 30 and no lap 60 we're coming laughs 2020 office 90 is 70 that means they'd have to run 35 laps on the other so I don't know mother might do it some of them might be able to do that right down to Jerry punch you know I was checked think about that this morning at the garage we walked out with row tighter together and talked about the fuel mileage I talked to a number of people in the garage and no one I talked to based on their calculations on how much gear they were using on how much fuel they were using could run more than 34 laughs in fact a number of teams it was very very close just to make it to lap 30 that's the magic number it's a 90 lap race they wanted to go to lap 30 then pit again on lap 60 as Mark Martin now has opted to come down pit road in the Valvoline Ford Martin who three-peat adhere has won three the last four at Watkins Glen will now bring his car down pit road and a lot of other guys deciding to stay out including Bill Ali and Earnhardt etc up toward the front but now Kenny put Jimmy Finnick Steve mill when the crew getting set to work on mark Martin's now before they go to the rites left side of the car I should say here and we'll Jack it up top it off in fuel they'll clean the windshield and they are going to make a chassis adjustment on the car number six about a round and a half out they left rear the inside which he rode course is the right side of the car it will put the right side pylons over first mark mark currently second in standings and right behind him with nothing to lose Robby Gordon on pit road eeeh that stop and go penalty he will stay here and pit Chevrolet they will change outside tires the inside of the car Gordon would desperately love to win here he knows he's been a better location history líneas growing up smarter is telling them that they can go there now and let's go happy homecoming for him qualified 12th broke something in the front end they think it's the sway bar there underneath the front of his close call thunderbird working on that meanwhile Ward Burton is gone to the garage the engine locked up same thing as Friday's practice blown engine day over for the 22 the 11 sits here on pit road under caution at the Glen so work continues on that car while everybody else has made it most everybody else made it back onto the racetrack of waiting the green flag and we'll be back for that in just a minute it's the but at the Glen NASCAR Winston Cup race from Watkins Glen International and tune in to ESPN Monday at 7:30 Eastern Time for prime Monday with Mike Tirico and then at 8 o'clock on ABC a preseason Monday Night Football game a Pennsylvania State battle between the Eagles and the Steelers tomorrow here on ESPN and ABC Jerry punch has more on the pitstop that Mark Martin just made guys this grouse team has played a liar out of me I talked a lot folks in the garage area this morning and no one could go more in 34 laps T Milton we just calculated it again we can go 37 laps we're only going to stop once hor oh and earn arts loose coming off the corner 40 cards play with it at Steve Park his very first NASCAR race he gets it into the interlude the check has gone to the front peanut butter jelly and then oh did you get wide coming off that turn yeah they're jelly right together have to mention something has to do with food riding with Rusty Wallace is coming back on the right track there here for the transmission change get points because side by side again it turn one and her heart again lows coming off the back he was trying to dodge what he thought was gonna happen there cards just slowly going away then it's not quite as strong as it was in the early laps I'm Gordon he was good yesterday of practice and I had a feeling he was Monica Sterling Marlin down to the inside trying to get Baba why make it bill Weber but strickland has just pulled onto pit road and turned off the engine to the Circuit City Ford they believe they had an oil line come off more disappointment for these guys after they missed Indy last week Joe Nemechek was the second-fastest at happy hour last evening behind Robby Gordon so this placement of him at the front of the field is no real surprise and cars worked well all again babbity inside of Earnhardt this is what happened in the first turn last laugh as we had some movement between Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt and then Geoff Bodine coming off the corner whoever seat Jeff Gordon 24 car on the inside of Earnhardt 2/3 and I was setting her heart goes up gets on rebel steps and gets loose and almost turned his sideways Ned and Jeff you're right Jeff Madonna's dodging the wreck wasn't it yes he was and he got loose got sideways to got him straightened out we have great race drivers they are eleventh and now ticking laps into the race he's moved to fifth and he's the rear wing the rear spoiler go down the backstretch or the area between here's Courtney now he has a fast race car any second at Sears Point and the only other road race held this year in NASCAR winning tough competition here comes Jeff to the we go into those turns his because anybody but his car is just not allowing him to drive it in that's where he used trucks on this get in in the corners especially down in turn one let the most laps here in the last year - started 13 they're ending he sure is I'm really impressed the State Park the job he's doing what is that during the caution flag that Dale Earnhardt's crew could talk to Steve Clark's through it basically gives me some advice about what they're doing a racetrack and the last thing they told him and I understood was a cold Steve about Road course racing exactly what he's doing good advice too yeah terry labonte breathing down his neck though around there with Mark Martin is trying the field now after that pit stop Robby Gordon go Jeff Graham Dale Jerry and takes up third position so now we've got Joe Nemechek lead Eliott running second and Gordon just took and this twice at Jeff Lewis past turned 10 an exceptional job today back there in 11th and 12th position get on track again after two bad finishes in the Winston - forth in the point let's drop back to 14th but he's still running in there with that use delay here at Watkins Glen three laps completed as he crosses the line he completes lap number 24 put Nemechek in the front of the field welcome back to Watkins Glen there's the leader of the race zone on track interval report as we clocked laps 20 through 24 look at his lap time Tina now he has extended that interval from three seconds on laps one either two-and-a-half on lap 21 yes a minute 75 seconds once 675 five very consistent see there Jeff dork moving up on Bill Elliott to make the past and it turns one the court does some damage that might be when the Earnhardt got together up in the last line was a routine stop routine for Jeff Morgan I asked brew cheap at ryerson this morning when they were going to stop he wouldn't talk right now Bobby Labonte also on pit road now a big record one at Lance Hooper and incident I was watching that as they went down in the corner and there just simply wasn't enough room and Burton is stuck if he's in the gravel pit and look the wheels are spinning he can't get out they've got to get someone in there to pull me to the car good help Bobby Labonte and Jeff bodean who have made pit stops if the caution comes out most everybody else probably would stop because they're very close to regular pit stops or are we going to have a caution yes we are going to have a full-course caution now the question mark mark in the middle of that wreck down there I don't know if or not well the field comes down and gets the caution flag so we're in our third overall portion and caution and here's what happened ever seen land soup we're trying to get on the inside of the 99 part goes into the 99 does not know he's dead actually went through the grass he realized he was in over his head and Martin Martin gave me the thing as he goes through the red horse riders slowed down got down on the grass and came through and they Dorsia got a face full of dirt too as those cars in front of him kicked up some dust there see Mark Martin drive it true folks this dirt and gravel and sand that Jeff Burton went over into is something new here at Watkins Glen International we watch it from Mark Martin's in car now those sand traps are great because when a car goes in there at full speed it slows the car and prevents them from hitting the tires of the styrofoam or whatever but an instance like this it requires the wrecker to get them out of that sand back at the moment third caution of the day out here at Watkins Glen and we will see some pit stops here in just a moment we anticipate already seen some cars make pit stops under green and it's getting very close to here they all come pitstops anyway so now they do it Nemechek Gordon Elliott Jarrett here is Bill Weber N Dale Jarrett spit and Dale has a good pitch small gesture the start/finish line all right left-side tires are the on the BellSouth Chevrolet he's saying bye to stall down below the second-place car of Jeff Gordon who already now has gone to the right side white boy belts out santa trooper to the right side tires only to name is his car baby is down and away he will race rusty back toward turn one they had a Wallis and also and Jared and Rusty Wallace made a super kid stop as walnut dollar back is in now and I might spit stop myself throw a spring rubber out of the right rear that's one reason his pissed off was slow they made a chassis adjustment so Rusty Wallace picks up several positions as a result of the stop and bursts of Roslin mark Barnes stop that time stop that time yes I say that's the case because as Jerry had reported earlier it's going to be a marginal situation if they can make it on one more pit stop let's go to the pizza bill well Jeff Burton is here his Exide Ford is pretty battered on the right side pulling sheetmetal away from the right front and the right there tires Frank Stoddard talking to his crew with his driver that first pitch is a bottle of water out the right side window and this is a very frustrating moment to take out of the hood they don't want to get trapped by the pace car don't want to lose any more position than they already have the pace car the rest of the field on the backstretch Burton I'll roll forward they'll pull the sheet metal away from the right front under caution at the butt of the gland the excitement continues that our coverage also continues in a moment we're back at Watkins Glen and the field is now being led by Johnny Benson who is making his 50th NASCAR Winston Cup star here today he stopped on lap 17 did Benson also Kyle Petty stuffed on that left the 18 car in the seventh car they stopped Bobby Labonte and David Green run side by side here's Dale Earnhardt observing the black flag what's the penalty for doc apparently he ran over the air hose they they tried to pull the hose out from underneath the front tire but he ran over its own ass cards in both the stop and go penalty two weeks in a row remember last week the anti air hose called the foot fender and they pulled it out ripped a hole in it potential winners Robby Gordon and Dale Earnhardt both penalized here so far in the race been forced to make stop and go Ken trying to work his way back in gym David Green the cat car that you're going by we've got two Pontiacs up front and another one running seven and eight teams stopped on the green flag just before the caution came out the second spot and then that photon is pulling that strategy that same strategy to the petty fights back and retakes that 60 laps to go third of the race has been completed before we had the caution has spawned in the interlude he got hit by somebody was either Jeff Gordon or Ernie Irvan I believe as steamer not hard but it looked like they captured this little bit I might be wrong and Nemechek loses all that transposition fast race car back to 29th he was 11 20 spun he's all the way back to 29th position coming out just behind Darrell Waltrip Wow Ricky Craven and Wally Dallenbach are fighting for position here's what happened he just locks up the right front tire and gets the car out of shape as he tries to go on the inside of Bobby Labonte see if we can say from this angle if either Jeff Gordon or Ernie Irvan did hit him there he comes on the inside of Bobby levanti's in the green car and he gets up on those ripple strips loses control round it goes rusty comes by on the inside then Dale Jarrett comes by on the inside Gordon goes by and maybe he didn't him I thought he did that he didn't know no problem thing down to Jerry punch and joe said he got the shifter hung up on the car trying to change gears he got the shift for me to back it out and slowed it down that's what jerked the car around toward the ripples day twenty-two chances to make a mistake laughs to do it so it's 22 times and look this pot I mean this is Jeff Gordon's honey spot right here and the way it does it gets light up under the tail who's going in that dirt alternative position here comes Ernie Irvan looking to the inside of his teammate Dale Jarrett and picking up another spot they'll move since the green flag came back out Earnie urban is making history cup start here today you know on the pens off on it and this is the first time that Johnny Benson has course just that's I spend all week coming up with these things Betty in a game of dollars that's too much work takes brett bodine the third car their new spree is seventh position this is an average speed for the last lap you see Benson the facet oil isn't one at forth our wands - and there's the battle for the lead bow tied to the inside Benson to the outside Benson comes out of the corner with the advantage still hanging onto the and that left Jeff Gordon was the fastest car the seventh place runner at the moment squirty car trying to dive to the inside of brett bodine ricky rudd unfortunately has taken the tide ford back behind the wall once again so his problems are continuing 33 laps completed out of 90 Johnny Benson the leader at the but at the Glen ESPN speed world coverage of the pub at the Glen from Watkins Glen New York being brought to you by Daytona USA the ultimate motorsports attraction by the legendary Firebird Trans Am from Pontiac my ever start batteries and Walmart it all starts here and fine Miller Genuine Draft to remind you it's time for a good ol macro brew these spectacular overhead shots look at this magnificent facility and great scenery the Pennzoil copter cam has these overhead shots for you it's a great place to just come and spend a few days of vacation and it sure is this place literally sits on top of a mountain there's our leader Jeff Bona able to get by Johnny Benson a couple of laps ago leader of the race so far the others have been jarred Nemechek Benson and Elliot and this is how Jeff got the lead Johnny Benson Johnny turn one and this is how you do it try to outbreak the guys stand on those brakes don't slide the tires don't wheel up but get in the corner faster than the other guy which he did all the way just a little bit now Jeff Bodines career on road courses 32 races three wins and 14 top tens and look those three wins have come on different racetracks Watkins Glen Sonoma there is Kenny Wallace who's running real storm here in third spot is one of those that did it a little bit earlier during under caution but he's certainly holding his own there two lamps 17 and Ted Musgrave made a green flag pit stop I think the laugh after Jeff Boyd I did five out there he's caught up to that group of cars now then he might not by himself at that time with a ladder but now he's fighting for position as Rusty Wallace constant Musgrave in the 16-2 wall staff to the inside and Jeff Gordon trying to follow which one is he going to follow they don't know near the speeds once again at the line looks like Jeff bodean the leader is the fastest actually back there that and maybe but now just a little slower than any walls there's a leader sixth seventh eighth ninth the park still go by the Burger King Chevy pretty close here comes Joe Nemechek after that spin yeah he's gained about three more than that position since the incident and Rusty Wallace taken a peek to the inside of Wallace any chances with my brother here I'll wait for another chance here's a Napa field summary for you once again there are three drivers in the field who have won at woloson Ricky Rudd are the others third in them through the internet where this group is all over dirty car this David Green makes a pit stop in the cat-car making poor tires Jeff's open up quite a little me here Andy yes he has now the driver who's done nicely since we went back to green is Ernie Irvan on lap 30 he was running in 12th position and now is 6 six pots and eight laps not too bad David Green coming back on the racetrack finished eighth that Sears Point the only other road race so far this year to Rusty Wallace a phony not quite make it all those six cars right there are very very close this time instead of checking speed yep oh it's born that now he's having today position here's Bill Weber Kenny Wallace has a very good car his crew just told me he hasn't complained at all the rusty can get by them pretty easily Kenny wants to definitely fend him off now Kenny has by watching rusty and by talking to rusty that car is strong position and right now rusty but he did put up 17 so he saying I taught that kid oh here comes Rusty bye they're side-by-side down into turn one in Jeff Gordon is going to sneak a nose in there too so Kenny loses two positions was shipped up to third gear through the esses Johnny Benson somewhere here's got to get forth here down the backstretch accelerating third year second year through the interlude listen second year profits you may run down the back ten it's gonna look my daddy yes and thorns no right back to you when Johnny Benson back there for now Rusty Wallace chipboard can catch yeah while all that was going on those positions were being traded there jeff has the e2 over three and a half seconds but we'll see here's an autozone back up that statement it picked up a half a second that time by and for us to Ross was trying to get by both Kenny Wallace and the 30 car Johnny Benson and Jeff Gordon is going butcher on there's any doubt inside this is turn 11 here heading to turn Jeff Gordon well he has a 9 point average finish in his - Jeff bowtie well it's been a weekend of the Bodeen so far Todd had the pole position and now leads this race by about four seconds over Jeff Gordon there's third place Rusty Wallace and Dale Jarrett is moving to the front was back in 9th love and now has moved up to the fifth position in the last five laps the Glenn they make the right-hander turn let's see if that the H horsepower forty-eight years old today much about care in the body last year's champion in there bill Weber has more on Kenny Wallace who has now fallen back to ninth position if I'm slipping back through the field he's told the crew he's starting to lose the grip on his tires he couldn't get by or wouldn't get by Kenny and that's where they told you have ports you gotta get this and when all those guys start a goal by Kenny Willis his crew was telling him on the radio don't let those guys by don't let those guys by and hold your spot now settle down boys gonna be okay Kenny Wallace has gone a balance on his fuel so he this morning tires they started in 75 any walls yep the prey the six guard about these Shriner that's what's fun 13th verse Raiders running in pile and both Dallenbach n mark martin while at the same time in both I'm sorry building four cars still on the new black leader and Jeff Gordon is close enough close battle second of a man last couple of laughs and Jeff bowtie or you're right it is let's see how close it is 3.29 the last seven so a half-second Jeff Gordon trimmed off that lead that time and Johnny Benson has lost a lot of positions here at the last couple of laps of losing more right here Robby Gordon is trying to get around him for we're left Terry Labonte just creep and rot on that there guys he's up to eight now he's smooth he does a fab once again last last time is two point six seven point six seven last time let's see what it is this time trimmed off that lead there Gordon and rusty are coming whoa does not give him the gravel so if you keep it running he should not get stuck and it is running I saw it started yeah thank you died and then he had to use the starter to hit cranky and lost a lot of positions they have been hit but Lisa didn't hit anything he went from 12 to about 30 all that stuff there's Moser so actually he didn't go to 29th here's what happened to Schrader he saw Mark Martin make this pass they think I'll dive down to the inside but he decided to late and when Benson he saw this was going to come down he tried not to hit Johnny Benson and just simply spun himself out the board hit him Benson himself spun out here's Jerry punch well if you look in the Kenny's trainer pitch you will not find Andy Petree because at 2:00 o'clock this morning Andy got a call to come home because her wife patty was an active labor to have their first child they put this sign here in the pits wanted crew chief car owner iris is going to have a baby we are told that patty is not quite in complete active labor they're back in actual in the hospital room watching the other side watching and waiting for his car to maybe have a good run nothing Andy's heart we wish them the best pit road is Kyle Petty let's go down to Bill well one of the guys that had finished wins if you prefer Kenny or I care Kyle Petty now on pit road going around on the left side getting left side tires plenty of room the fire starts to roll away they chase that down will come around on the right side now we get right side by him stretch his jewel from this point to the end of the race we were watching Kenny Wallace he was supposed to 51 now they're gonna try and in nineteen three for turning a cop a stopped on lap 17 three left we might need to put that in the back of our heads but he's got 40 to go it was 1.56 seconds last lap and it's about the same thing one and a half second advantage for Jeff bodean / Jeff Gordon and rusty waters gets the lead just as you rejoined us he took it away from Jeff bodean in the spot that he has made so many passes today entertainer but he has found him a sweet spot on that racetrack that that Chevrolet works ride on and he puts her right to the front got to get by Jeff but I see if he can continue chasing down the 24 car Jeff has now led 16 of the 20 races and here is how it all came together right on the back bumper Jeff Madhan gets him a little bit loose and there he makes the move jumps down on the inside nothing Jeff bodean can do about it but stay out there and watch that Chevrolet go by and you can see the nose of that 24 car is you nail the brakes and look at he pull away from Jeff bodean Jeff Gordon is our sixth leader of the race and you see the cars moving through the inner loop from the Pennzoil copter cam hovering high overhead Watkins Glen International Dorsey's Schrader is in here's bill Weber and he's got left side tires going around to change the right sides clean the windshield put in the fuel doors he has a brake pad problem he's just not used to those pads a little bit different than what he uses in France and he's heading for dr. Jerry punch well Johnny Benson was coming in this lap but he radioed to Crewe that I am out of gas I am out of gas as Benson is trying to get the car down at 35 miles an hour I'm running out of gas down the back straightaway has cost him a lot of valuable time they intended on lap 17 and the 81 car we are told is sputtering to the Kenny Wallace was he also trying to be able to stretch the fuel for one more stop waiting on Johnny Benson the pens all Pontiac he will have run 37 making 38 laps this time by trying to make it a one last opera second back with Bill Kenny Wallace sputtering his jury reported but he has made it back to his bed they pitted on lap 17 the car is running so I'll get his tires and his fuel and Kenny Wallace will try to make it to the end to Jerry punch Johnny Benson likewise Bell has made it to his pit the car was running they got the car we fired once he got it flat on the racetrack and he wasn't in speed try to turn the car or watch the fuel picked up these a tearaway off the windshield left-side tires are on right side charge Road here comes Kenny Wallace where D Carlos and Benson is down it away 21.2 for JB picked up a spot and Jeff bodean who had fallen to third position comes in bill and gentleman has a good pit stop right here start/finish four tires and gas 46 laps Iran jewel going in and on the right-side tires they tear away the plastic windshield coating the Jeff has a clear view defending champ Ricky Freeman also coming in these guys should be able to go the rest of the way but you know they there's making this pitstop don't know there's gonna be a record age unless we have a caution here in the next to five left watching Ricky Cravens pitstop as they go to work now on the right side of the car Ricky was running back in about 26th position when he came in he does get it right now he's back going again maybe just start the engine 56 laps have been completed now on Rusty Wallace we'll be right back several cars have made pit stops I gave up the lead Jeff Gordon also in Dale Jarrett Ernie Irvan among others Rusty Wallace is now the leader of the race the Waltrip is in the pits now John Andretti and here comes rusty in for his pit stop so he makes his stop one lap later than Jeff Gordon the pitstop good pit stop right now but couple of seconds Jerry punch four tires have been an air pressure adjustment in the car thus far we've not already thankful Robyn Pemberton about a pressure change they wanted to go ahead and inside time Phil Elliott is also in Berlin down pit road down toward turn one now the Mark Martin crew now going to the left side or the right side of the Martin battling for they can't really get it completely full of fuel as work continues on bill Elliott's car away and so resilience Brett Bodine has blown up and is he going to be able to make it around I don't fetch dirt or oil smoke that's definitely smoke between that was the leader of the race terrible body just went by Terry stayed out there picked up his five bonus points he's the leader was if he comes in the next time by and yes indeed terry labonte does the pitstop so does Steve Park who was running in second spar second spot park is being shown however as being in the lead for one lapse Terri's they're defending Winston Cup champion in after leading that lap and they will change all four tires clean the windshield and get it full of fuel a minute ago you watch the terrorism on rooftop we are being told at the 88 part may have lost a piece of the tailpipe over in the back straightaway Barney down it away as the car number 14 is in that of course is Steve Park as they have already changed that side card world over white side of Steve parks car hard whole machine make it his first Winston Cup start Bobby Hamilton changing the right side the STP Pontiac there's a later net well I'm going to say the darrell waltrip maybe is okay yes stop yet out on the racetrack up very impressive Winston Cup debut there is darrell waltrip and you're right he is the leader of the race everybody else has made pit stops over in front of him are in the books now make that 60 laps well just as I complement it Steve Park on his debut he ran into a bit of a problem up in the inner loop and he has buried that car in the sand trap she the wrecker over there gonna hook it up to pull it off the sand there see inner loop turns five six seven eight never looks like who's coming in about what 40 miles an hour faster yeah I think Steven they're too fast me just come out of the pits had new tires on and sometimes it takes a little bit where you get the the newness scraped off those tires let's watch it as he comes in there there we see boom it's like the car just wouldn't turn at all let's try it again you see him coming in the corner he turns in the corner okay but all of a sudden the car just barely got down on that ripple stripped laid down on the inside of them and caused the car to get off the ground upset and over into that new sand dirt and gravel and she got stuck on him yeah you stopped short of hitting the styrofoam and the tires but the car was pretty much buried in that sand and so we are under our fifth caution of the afternoon here at Watkins Glen Darrell Waltrip was the leader of the race when the caution came out then he's got to pit again and what is it he goes to the rear of the pack then so that's gonna be a disadvantage for Darrell everybody else had stopped under the green and you know most of the time we're saying boy this is a break for Darrell Waltrip everybody else copter on the green he stops on the caution not here folks let's get out of Jerry so many drivers going off the course the last couple of days over in the sand and gravel this morning some of the crew she's decided to have some fun Donnie Richardson who's the crew chief for Brett Bodine went to a convenience store last night and bought some toys which he distributed to a number of different drivers who have had some of the kitty litter or excursions off-track this was given to Robby Gordon this morning he told Rob he said if you're gonna play in the sand and gravel you ought to have a shovel and rake and the right kind of toys to dig yourself out Robby was in the sand twice yesterday during happy hour let's go down to Bill Weber with more on the 88 car of Dale Jarrett and you heard Jerry punch say that there was a report Dale had lost part of an exhaust pipe well that's exactly right it's on the right side of the car Dale radioed in and said I think something's wrong with the car and Todd Parrott his crew chief said everything's okay you just lost the section of your tailpipe you're running faster than you have all day in his last pit stop DJ took four tires and fuel and the fuel may be a big thing Steve Allen who was fueling the car got all the fuel in there and then some backwash came back he got a little bit of fuel on his eye in his eyes and on his chest he's been treated here behind the pit he's okay and obviously Dale Jarrett's tank is very full of fuel because there was a coming out the overflow at the rear of the car we also understand that ricky rudd is back on track again many laps down however in fact about 48 laps down after some brake problems and some transmission problems Darrell Waltrip has entered the pits and is in for his scheduled pit stop and now the lead goes to Jeff Gordon as were just moments away from a restart here at Watkins Glen later state the quality your car deserves well this is Larry Copeland in his first year as jack man for Michael Waltrip and the Wood Brothers on the Cisco Ford but he's not jacking today in fact he hasn't been jacking since the coca-cola 600 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway and I can show you why because in that race he was jacking the car and going around the front right side of the car when he got clipped from behind by Wally Dallenbach jr. so now you hear about all the trick stuff all the inventive stuff and NASCAR Winston Cup racing this is a brand new air cast he only wears this cast when he has to put weight on his ankle he broke two bones right in here he's got one pin and four screws in his shin but the doctors want to keep his ankle very limber so when he's not putting weight on this bone he takes this air cast off it has four valves in it similar to this one that's one of them right there he uses this pump to inflate the cast so when he's not putting weight on it he takes it off that keeps the ankle limber there was some talk that he wouldn't be back to the car until next year but he was hoping to be back at Richmond right now he thinks he could be back jacking the car ironically enough when the Wood Brothers and the rest of the NASCAR Winston Cup Series goes back to Charlotte in October hey Bill it's amazing how things have changed over the years in medicine you know years ago they had the old plaster of Paris cast the last year they've had plastic now they have air cast in fact when we cover college football we see players wear an air cast all week long and come game time the adrenaline gets pumping you just pop the valve take the air cast off and throw it on the field like these guys are doing here in the pits today Bob well there's your medical lesson for the day by way of a track fact bill rebuttal or something to add I can just obviously endorse what the good doctor said Larry you told me that you ran into a guy in the hospital that similar surgery and he was laid up for quite a while yeah he was an older fella and he had had the same type of break about 30 years ago and with what they had to work within he was in traction for about two to three months and I had about a four or five day stay in the hospital with what they can do now and I'm up and around rather than being flat on my back for two and a half months so they've come a long ways and he's from nearby Spencer New York this is his first full weekend back at the track since the coca-cola 600 he didn't make it to the Brickyard on race day but this is his hometown track he wasn't gonna miss this one all right we're still under caution here at Watkins Glen so we will remind you that you can join Chris Berman Thursday at 7:30 eastern time for the NFL tonight he'll update roster moves injuries in the latest training camp news and then stay tuned at 8 o'clock for live NFL preseason action between the Carolina Panthers in the Kansas City Chiefs your preseason action at 7:30 Thursday College broke his jaw yesterday didn't he yes he did so he's questionable for that game on Thursday nights back with more in just a moment or the beginning of lap 65 which means we have 25 laps to go in this contest currently being led by Jeff Gordon and that other Gordon Robbie has gotten back up to sixth place remember he had to yeah a a penalty yep put all the way back up to six and we ride along with him there as off of corner number evil well rusty now loses second position also as Jeff bodean goes to the outside and passes him what was that all about home attached to the outside if he was trying to get a run on coming down to this green play didn't work so rusty drops back there is mark mark back in eighth position and Ted Musgraves look at mustering good run on the road toward from us trade we've had nine different leaders today Gordon is the first round and Elliott trying to get my chair the body and the Wilma Steve from another car another grabber not known for relevation back in 11th spot yep I'm in a good run today Terry Labonte ninth and Ernie Irvan is in tenth position jeff has lost a lap Steve Park has lost too about 26 and the race there in the tide car is 48 laps behind the lead audience fun talking the body is off the pace Interstate Batteries body in slow off the interlude the transmission came out of it clutch or something went wrong with the hinge and I would come here and think there's something in the drivetrain female early report transmission on the eighteen box still talking to his driver but transmission and Jimmy Spencer has a carburetor problem so he's slow on the racetrack he's going to trial and proud of the finish while Labonte was running 16th and he was coming off of his best finish of the 1997 season last week at the Brickyard 400 he finished second now we and Ted Musgraves a bit of a tussle back there the robber tried to get on the inside of my spray pattern one didn't fly work in the 40 car mustard 60 teenee I think it starts going a little bit downhill he might make it back but he is very very slow and these cards will become around that left-hander just a second and they need this racetrack maybe he'll get away out of the race and grew before they get there well the yellow is waving at that particular portion of the racetrack this is between turns 10 and 11 there is the entry to pit road so he just barely makes it as the field comes around at full speed but when he gets down to the apex of the corner that's one really big problem he's trying to get us that's close to the inside as he can but if he stops he'll never get started again as those cars come back give it a little bit of wind up only that'll help to roll him just a little bit more but now he's in a position that is that they're coming off a little wider might not help him any so we're waiting to see if they have to throw the full course caution well those guys right there could run out and push him yep he's Jessica has a few more feet to go before he is in the pit lane but that's as good as a mile if the car stops all right let's go back to the action on the racetrack see what's happening out there is Bobby Labonte he just pulls off and now stops in the entrance to pit road and the pit crew can't leave in road to go giddy because he's on a portion off the racetrack he has not entered pit road yet and popular but his car is still slowly ever so slowly rolling yeah and it's sort of downhill we got a car off in turn one back at 11 and ever sitting on his board try to get on the inside of my screen twenty-eight barking he's coming in he went off the track up and turned eleven and now he's coming in the right front is down that's exactly right Bob flat right front tire for Ernie Irvan he limped around ten and eleven now took it to his pit stall flat right front for Ernie and there's problems on this air dam there in front of him the car yeah a little damage there huh let's take a look at what happened he's in between turns 10 and 11 and runs off into the grass the right front tire was flat I'm sure that's what happened he goes the corner and the tire was flat and he just wouldn't turn he turned and across he goes in there we see that air dam and it was talking about Dragon Jimmy Spencer is still out there but the car is very very sick with smoke pouring from behind it and that thing can't last much longer the leader continues to be Jeff Gordon and 68 now the 90 laps have been completed here at Watkins Glen New York later tonight Sunday night game of the week the Chicago White Sox looking to move up in the American League Central Albert Bell and Frank Thomas are going to have to be the guys to get them there they have a tough task as they traveled to Seattle to take on ken griffey jr. Edgar Martinez and Jay Buhner the ESPN game of the week Sunday tonight at 8 o'clock Eastern Time be there well I guess I can put in the Jimmy Spencer the camel car has been black play okay and they did successfully move Bobby Labonte's car behind the pit wall and these shots coming to you courtesy of the Pennzoil copter cam the Pennzoil car driven by Johnny Benson right now is in 12th position the leader is that guy in the gray right corner of your screen Jeff Gordon that's Jeff bodean and Rusty Wallace the next two Dorsey Schrader is on that car looks like he has we may have another culture that in turn one and he told the crew he was in the gravel trap yeah we see the cars roll into but not look how deep that rock Friday is down there on that and that's a he buried it that's it he was running in twenty eight spiral know this be a break for Ernie Irvan who made that unscheduled pit stop at least he let him catch up to the fueler in his back in 31st position here's a replay of Dorsey there's a black car like you said he goes to the corner said the guys it just won't turn he said it's okay for a few laps and then he gets so tight I just cannot get to turn he gets down the corner he will not turn it finally has to slam on the brakes and he spends himself out look how deep he goes into that sand but that's the object the object is to save these guys to going across that grass into the barrier the retaining wall because we see some cars torn up heavily some heavy damage to cars that have gone into that wall so yeah you have to sacrifice the possibility of a caution and a driver getting caught and buried in that sand but the other aspect is the safety and that is much much more important well there's Ray Evernham and the Rainbow Warriors deciding what they're going to do okay what they're gonna do they're gonna stay out their own thing all right sit right there that same pose track position is the important thing and you can't have better track position than Jeff Gordon does because he has the lead over Jeff bodean Rusty Wallace Dale Jarrett and Ted Musgrave ESPN Speed world welcomes you back to the 20th race of the 1997 NASCAR Winston Cup season the bud at the Glen being brought to you by Quaker State the quality your car deserves by Chevrolet trucks the most dependable longest lasting trucks on the road and by the more than 1625 autozone stores across America autozone the best parts in Auto Parts we are still under caution here at Watkins Glen Dorsey Schrader's car has been gotten out of the traps and trapped down in turn number one so we should be going back to green here momentarily a reminder you can catch up on the latest NASCAR news from all divisions of NASCAR the webpage www.a are calm nascar online or if we get on the computer find out if any bank beat Ron Hornaday yeah he won again in the trucks let's see Jacques Villeneuve won in the Formula One race today we told you earlier the dorsi Schrader won here yesterday I'm sorry finished third as Tom Kendall again won the Trans Am race his ninth of the year our Budd race recap Jeff Gordon has led 14 of the 72 laps that we have had so far ten lead changes five cautions for 10 laps in the little over 90 and a half miles an hour here are the drivers that have picked up bonus points for having led a lap earlier the computer showed us that Steve Park had led a lap however he has not because we will not see his name on the list here Terry Labonte has led one lap so he to get some bonus points drivers off of the racetrack include Bobby Labonte and we have three drivers that are officially out of contention brett bodine Warburton and Chad little just moments ago the 10 car of Ricky Rudd pulled in because he realized that he could not gain another position there just weren't enough laps led he's 22 laps behind the next place car which is Derek cope then there were only 17 laps to go so what's the point and running so Ricky Rudd will finish in 40th position here this afternoon after his win last weekend doc well with Jeff Gordon and Hendrick Motorsports car leading it's important that we do say hello to Papa Joe Hendrick Papa Joe had total knee replacement surgery this past Monday we are told he came home from the hospital yesterday so Papa Joe in his home watching the race today he's listed officially as the owner of the car number 25 of Ricky Craven and while we have it we would do want to say hello to our buddy Rick Hendrick watching at home Rick we're thinking about you and partner we miss you a lot bill ever well Jerry the effects of that broken exhaust pipe or header pipe on the 88 car may be starting to show themselves Todd Parrott has told me that Dale Jarrett does not quite have the power that he had before he lost that piece of piping so he's down a little bit on power and his temperatures are up quite a bit under green so we'll have to keep an eye on that as for Geoff Bodine his car was a little bit loose before they pitted last time they made an air pressure adjustment in the tires that has helped Jeff's car is very good they're not really sure they wanted that caution they seem to think they could have caught Gordon but they're concerned about the rest of the field now pulling we're under caution at the foot of the Glen the closing laps coming up the winter still to be determined good jump here at the start of the race boy he got a great jump he was going to have him it's the situation like the rest of Wallace tried to do with the last restart that was unbelievable the jump that Jeff Gordon was able to get that time yep there's a bunch of Ford's nose the tail behind him and we got a Chevy in the lead and then for Ford's chasing then the Chevy of Robby Gordon it must grave there in fifth place it's already job yeah putting some heat on Dale Jarrett as a matter of fact the robby gordon is right on the I must raise their Panther while he took a look there in turn 11 trying to get by get the job done man those guys are busy coming off those corners aren't they you saw there in the Napa field summary our pole-sitter Todd Bodine running in 21st position so we're gonna up the unocal bonus money by another $7,600 over 68,000 this race it hasn't been one since Jeff Gordon did it at Charlotte so the go to ten races next week so how much would it be worth next week let's see it we adjourn almost almost did what Steve Park did there these four cars are right together aren't they and Mark Martin right behind Robby Gordon trying to get up and all those values at point-c hands smoke entire set tires that tires let's see looks like a bit of a scare here though but jetboat on is close enough he sure did he closed a big time there second and a half down to three-quarters of a second bill has a comment on Jeff Gordon in the restart gotta get on the horn and remind him where the restart places which is the NASCAR Winston Cup Series bridge and out of turn 11 and it was a vigorous obviously nothing they can do about it but they they wanted him to know that they didn't think that restart was exactly the way it should design coupla car legs trying to make it too whoa here at Watkins Glen here's where it happened just a lap ago in Jeff's family at a racetrack question is did he smoke guitar enough to flat spot the tyres garlic is seventy seven hundredths of a second last lap let's see what it is this time forty two hundreds of a second so definitely the 24 car has some type of and in fact be that seventh car back there the problem that it is that's right it could be the seventh time it's just too fast let's don't forget Rusty Wallace jerry any report on Jeff Gordon while Jeff had been complaining at the cartwheel but loose particularly coming up the s isn't up in the long sweeper down at the end of the five minutes ago Ranbir damn radio Jets a Jeff there's the cloud you've been waiting for the car should tighten up but about two minutes ago the cloud went away and now that the car has gotten loose again rain just now told you he said be smooth be smooth there are more clouds on the way when at Charlotte back in 1994 Jeff has won 25% of the Rings he has done five races now without a win his most recent victory was in California that time he lost geoff bodine lost just a little bit of ground so ted musgrave goes to fourth now Jarret back to 50 position we've got less than 12 laps to go in the bud at the Glen here at Watkins Glen Gordon the leader of the moment the lead that Jeff Gordon has over second place Jeff bodean is a matter of car links now and Rusty Wallace is also right there in third position Gordon has been able to maintain that top spot despite his problem a few laps ago there's the first three Ted Musgraves for Robby Gordon and Dale Jarrett is droppin back Ned couple of Guardsmen don't get by yeah they've that horsepower shortens the bill who ever reported a little bit earlier by becoming too hot in here right now and he smoked you know some heavy smoke out of the back of Dale Jarrett's car they said it was overheating also under green flag conditions they came laps to go when they get back to start they'll had six top-ten finishes last seven races and not sure he can hold on here but it remains now it's back to almost three quarters of a second the interval that Jeff Gordon has over Jeff bodean at the breaks aloft up on that 24 car and he's just he's been very careful with the brakes now so he doesn't do that again and he's now starting to use them a little bit more Rusty Wallace running in third position Jarrett's lost third event we're getting third gear yep Nemechek the back of the one Nemechek had a great run to this and as her running right now all three sabko cars are working on season best finishers you guys got it he did he blew up third gear just as he was found the flag stand a couple of laps the overheating problems good qualifying run a strong race but the disappointing finish for Dale Jarrett Terry Labonte goes by and that does top 10 it will here in just a moment when Steve Grissom gets by if he can the 41 car heading down for turn 1 Wally Dallenbach right there also just as transmission that's coming on the exhausted where'sa makes a look and there he will go they're trying to pass Dale Earnhardt there's an arbitrator there 17th and 18th get stopped so that ready put him back at the back of the pack he was thirty fourth when he came out after that stop running and Schrader taking a look to the inside entering turn 10 and there now we see that the interval between first and second is back up to 1 and 3/4 seconds is Robbie Bourdon and Musgrave continued there Wow pointy tips it is porous mrs. Everett whiskey cup nomination four five six the sixth are Mark Martin is six now on board with Mark Martin laughs to go down to Jerry punch guys remember the top of the show we talked about the fact that Mark Martin was the only one the top three in the points that had ever won Anna Wilson cups are on a road course Jeff Gordon makes his tenth start today although he has never won he has had four top-five finishes in his last road course at the beginning of the show could come right here today bill Weber well Jerry punch this could be one of those races where all the winners don't go to Victory Lane Jeff Bojan has had a fabulous day remarkable recovery after what happened at Indianapolis on Monday he released general manager Lee Morris from that team he will announce his new owners early next week and try sinto me earlier that on Monday morale here was about a minus one today he's headed to nine point five they've got a good car and a good team and they will not surrender troubles continue for the 88 car NASCAR has black flag Dale Jarrett that is a serious employment male and the points because he is was third coming into this race 140 in behind nearly is in turn 11 staying on the racetrack but indeed he does get the black flag is a serious Chloe car still remaining all the beat left and we see that Robi Chloe has taken away fourth position from Ted Musgrave as we can watch Dale Jarrett here is Robby Gordon I mean Jeff Gordon coming out of the turn and down the backstretch headed for the interlude once again we'll talk about shrugging so much here of light in the Miller Lite car this is not a window third place give them something to build on that's for sure when we saw that puff of smoke come from Jeff's car a few laps ago Jeff bodean was able to close in and the interval weighs four tenths of a second but look how that has increased since then back here on lap 83 it's a seven again we're running a little bit over we were supposed to be off the air at 3:30 Eastern Time but the great American Insurance championship tennis is coming up right after the conclusion of this event and we have less now than five laps to go yeah Rusty Wallace had not posted a top-five finish here since he was fourth in 1991 rusty is a two-time winner here at Watkins Glen and has won more rope curses than any other active driver was six on board now with Mark Martin in sixth apparently they have pulled a scorecard on the 88 because Jared yet the second time that he got into the Black Plague it used to be that you had like four laps before they would show that plague but apparently that has been changed there's the first three cards rusty lost right now Rusty Wallace she's closing in right on the back bumper off Geoff Bodine right on the back bumper 86 laps complete we want to thank people from Pennzoil for once again providing these overhead shots from the Pennzoil copter cam circling around above Watkins Glen International Dale Jarrett has pulled into the pits and they send him right back out there bill Weber well this crew is livid they were black flag for allegedly leaking oil on the racetrack or leaking fluid and they would not come in they told NASCAR we're not leaking anything were not and finally NASCAR pulled their car the 88 car came in and he was apparently was not leaking anything Todd Parrott talking to Steve Peters in a heated discussion so we'll have to see where this goes after the race we're looking right straight down on his pits from the tower here and can't see anything reminder coming up next ATP tennis the great American Indians championship Jeff Gordon crosses the line and there are now three laps to go at Watkins Glen just crawling the racetrack right now yes Robby Gordon is he yes he's running fourth the last lap he ran one 15.7 the leader in one 14.9 we have quite a treat coming up in that tennis match it was a year ago this weekend a Jerry punch learned how to pronounce the name of one of the key players in that final to be Sikh Pete Sampras against doc are you with us yeah I'm here Tomas mooster very good last year we struggled a little bit with old Tomas but this year we know in my heart all right sanfur us and mooster coming up in tennis in just a few minutes watching back there for fifth and sixth there's Gordon off the corner once again headed down for turn number 10 he is described as hard as he possibly can get position on that seventh or kid white make it let's run it out two to go and here we go mark passes his teammate Ted Musgrave that's for fifth spot and that's five four points Oh Joe Nemechek is in the come on Joe had a boy don't hit the wall and don't get stuck in the sand he didn't do either one he's back on track pulling ahead Johnny Benson so he falls back to 11 then he kept the accelerator down went right on through that sand dirt and ground right say the man todd bodine the pole-sitter of the race just went behind the wall here in the late going he was running in 29th position here's a look once again of what happened Oh front row Joe got in there too deep Dendi man got in there a little bit too hard and just have to steer it left had no choice or he was going to spin out and he probably would have gotten stuck but as a result of driving you don't through there keeps going white flag is out for Jeff Gordon one more lap to go Chevy has recorded seven wins so far and he may have another win here today he's got a couple of cords chasing him Jeff bodean and Rusty Wallace if he doesn't make a mistake or anything happened to that car he has and super goes off and he too keeps it out of the sand and drives back onto the course what was he running that bout he was 23rd so he was one of those cars on the lead lap here is Gordon headed down for turn when the inner loop I get no turn ten turn ten since the title he loved so much made a couple of passes there wives buy it for the final time now he hits for turn number 11 the final turn on the course Jack Thornton one the bud at the wind is a twin of the 1997 season his twenties now it's complete so then one car sitting up there gimme Wow sort of a great dead and dead in the water Jerry punch got a trip down to a great driver and a great team you know he searched for a gear ratio that he wanted put it in yesterday and he made a great time I want to say hi to Rick and Linda Papa Joe get well and want to thank God for giving us the opportunity to do this and Patty and I Andy Petree giving birth right now I hope yeah hopefully good luck to Andy a petty gonna ask you $50,000 plus Winston bonus for winning it today a winning and being the point leader congratulation win number eight well Jerry but we sure appreciate what Winston does and you know we really want to win that championship we want that championship for Rick Hendrick this year and and all the people at Hendrick Motorsports it's real important to us we're trying to stay focused and get it all right Ray Evernham the winning crew chief he will head up the victory and he won't act well he will run to Victory Lane as Chevrolet has now won eight in 1997 all ain't coming from Jeff Gordon let's see but you see what happened up in the inner loop there we see there's Kyle Petty he in the 43 car almost made contact would be I guess he did make contact 43 cars fun yep and all the cars trying to stop another angle and Kenny Wallace is be stopping anyway as we see the cars going the corner the 81 car is actually could not complete that last left mark he's on the inside oh he hits the 44th car does Park obviously you saw that folks and he and Michael Waltrip it then for the 81 car was totally unrelated well Jeff Gordon has won that Winston bonus four times in 1996 and five times a season racking up four hundred and twenty five thousand one hundred and twenty dollars how about that Jeff Gordon wins again here in 1997 securing his spot atop the NASCAR Winston Cup point standings and now the cycle is complete he has won on a short track won on a super speedway and now he has won on a road course the yellow arrows indicate those who led a lap to double yellow they're at Jeff Gordon's name indicates that he led the most laps and so he's going to walk out of here with just about as much point advantage as you can get and Dale Earnhardt will come back to finish in 16th spot 28 cars were on the lead lap when the checkered flag came out Dale Jarrett bailed a 30 second there in the late although he did lead a lap today now the point standings as we head to Michigan International on a one hundred nine point advantage Jeff Gordon has over Mark Martin Jared stille third Labonte and Burton Earnhardt Bobby Labonte Jeremy Mayfield the McDonald's winner's circle interview here's Bill Weber and we kidded with Jeff Gordon before the race about a quart and going to Victory Lane you lead the points you got the money and Jeff you won on a road course congratulations I'm speechless up I really don't know what to say this is this means so much to me in this entire team when our first road course race hey it was just our day yeah I want to thank the Lord for giving us such a great day and giving me such a great team to work with and great race car hey Rick drink at home we know you're doing good buddy and we love you and we miss you want to thank DuPont automotive fishes Pepsi and Quaker State Chevrolet I mean it's a great day for us Jeff Gordon with a great day and a great win at Watkins Glen and we'll see what he and the other NASCAR Winston Cup drivers can do next Sunday at Michigan Speedway we will be there for the 400-mile race so we'll see you then this has been a presentation of ESPN the worldwide leader in sports

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Length: 126min 1sec (7561 seconds)

Published: Tue Mar 24 2020