1998 Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400

twice each year race fans gathered by the thousands to witness under the lights the largest sporting event in the Commonwealth of Virginia tonight in its golden anniversary year NASCAR's Winston Cup Series resume Zitz 1998 title chase at Richmond International Raceway less than a week ago for the tenth time in 1998 Jeff Gordon was in victory lane and this time another one million dollar bonus came with it 18 top fives and 24 events as the competition asking when will this train derail these are the multiple images of a multimillionaire whose talented team has been but a blur to the competition although totally focused mark Martin's mission to chase a championship was temporarily derailed in Darlington for this team broken parts meant broken hearts as they continued to chase this elusive rainbow these tenant glasses may shield this Sun but there is no way this determined Dale could hide his heritage this season the Jarrett legacy looms large he returns tonight to a track that toasted his talents a year ago but both Martin and Jarrett need help from history a replay of Jews a rough ride here at Richmond for the Rainbow Warriors could open the door for these two to win the battle and climb back into the war historically speaking some of our nation's most ferocious battles have taken place here in the Richmond area and tonight's fray may just join that list ironically this race is sponsored by a battery company and it was one year ago tonight that Dale Jarrett and Mark Martin began their final charge toward a Winston Cup championship remember Jarrett logged three wins in his final nine starts to finish his 14 points shy with Martin's other 15 bets could it happen again well you know what they say about history in the fast paced racing world this has not been a typical season for Terry Labonte his consistency and his smile had faded in the last three months a winner at Wild Wild Richmond in June he's been cold as ice ever since won top 10 in 11 races Lebon e's run into some walls but he's certain he hasn't hit one intensity speed performance trademarks of a champion ready to win again Rusty Wallace isn't hiding behind those shades instead he's simply trying to doll the clear of disappointment racing well just not winning his last victory came here in June of 97 a small island in the turbulent Stian seas and a blown engines and blowing opportunities it's been smooth sailing this year but Rusty's voyage lacks any racers ultimate goal a win 53 races no wins even a nice cold Miller quitting point rusty Wallace's first perfect tree lane but Richmond International Raceway has been a sure cure for his winless hangover in the past he has six wins here he was fifth here last year third last spring on the pole tonight the first time this car has ever won the pole Wallace and his crew have proper consistency but they haven't partied in Victory Lane in one year 494 days 18 hours and 36 minutes but who's counting will it be Miller time tonight well take two and call me in the morning mr. excitement put on quite a show last night in the NASCAR Busch Series waste charging all the way from the back of the pack the finish in the third position tonight he'll also fall to the back of the pack for the start Jimmy Spencer crashed hard during happy hour he's okay the car isn't so Spencer's got to a back of car he says the car wreck was capable of winning race but he wasn't so confident of his backup car still you can expect Spencer to provide a lot of excitement tonight as he tries to battle his way from the back of the pack to the brats ladies and gentlemen I would like to welcome he'll be with us again this year mr. Doug Pearson president North American operations of Exide corporation and now ladies and gentlemen the most dramatic words in the world of professional sports here is Doug here's one gentlemen start your engines [Applause] a three-hour war begins that will end the 43 cars and drivers in victory lane here tonight on a beautiful evening in Richmond Virginia [Music] we live at Richmond International Raceway ESPN sweet world welcomes you to the 25th race of the 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup season the Exide NASCAR select batteries 400 going into this event Jeff Gordon has the 199 point lead over Mark Martin after Marc's engine problems last week at Darlington pole sitter Wallace's fourth in points Bobby Labonte and Jeremy Mayfield have never even recorded a top five here at Richmond we have raced four times this year on short tracks and Gordon has recorded one wind opposite Bristol but both Martin accumulated more short track points with Dale Jarrett's consistency hi everyone I'm Bob Jenkins were just about set to go racing and you know a lot of times before the race we talked about how within a few laps there will be a second groove a higher groove and we'll see side-by-side racing well we've already got that tonight Ned yes we do the soldiers work very hard when they design this racetrack to make one where they could race side by side and certainly they were able to do that last night in the Busch race here at the Richmond International Raceway and I think we'll see a lot of it here tonight and they're not only can pass on the inside they can pass on the outside as well and baby it really doesn't matter where you start in this race you can still win it oh yeah folks if your favorite drivers qualified back in the 12th or 15th row don't worry about it because there's Ned said you can't fastest race Rick as a matter of fact Dale Jarrett here one year ago walked out on the inside of the 12th row and came here away from here the winner nearly 100,000 people are in attendance settle back and enjoy the evening of NASCAR Winston Cup racing back with a lineup of the green flag in a moment I've known Halton seas about this tall Gorge was quite a bit taller I've known cotton folks into my set before Pinto Paulo corner a couple of real classy guys bingo coast at Richmond as we get set to go racing let's take a look at our Walmart ever start grid Rusty Wallace has his fourth pole of 1998 ken Schrader is alongside in the front row take a look at the starting lineup as in just one more lap we will be set for racing now we do indeed have many races to go here in the 1998 season but the point was made during NASCAR today that especially this time of year every single position on the racetrack is important every point counts the first five positions five points difference and then five four points and the remainder of the bilges three points separate so you have to pick up ten points for 20 of the xxx the 20th that's 30 points back through the starting field you can see just how close the times were that's normally the way it is on a short track just a fraction of a second region separated first and last Jimmy Spencer will drop to the rear of the field for the start of the race because he crashed during happy hour and the 13 car a Dennis Setzer will also go to the rear because both of those drivers are going to start this race in backup cars ricky rudd celebrating his birthday today Mike Skinner was the fastest qualifier second round he was the only qualifier in second round to make the field Mike Skinner qualified good enough for the 26th starting position the end of the field now we see the Dale Earnhardt and Brett Bodine will start from row number 17 I warned her and Winston Cup competition here a year ago starting on the outside of the front row this year he starts back in the eighteenth row and now you're taking a look at the provisional starters for tonight's race and Dick Trickle is the fastest man in half the hour here this afternoon even though he started back at the back of the pack Darrell Waltrip takes the previous champions provisional and starts back in the 43rd position there are the four drivers who were unable to make the field buckshot Jones Gary Bradbury also this is bikini Irwin onboard camera rig mapped onboard camera on board Mark Martin will be ride-along with them Lord Sterling Marlin the Coors Light and rusty was our pole-sitter will be heaven on board camera here we go the pace car pulls down into the [Music] [Music] traitor [Music] [Music] not up to full song as he goes down the back big action in the pack though Wally Dallenbach there the 91 and this battle for second still rages on furnace to the inside and shraeger the outside [Music] with Eli hit the brake pedal and it will not that's in common great for car battle there is Jeff Gordon now begins to rattle the cage and make a little bit of noise he moves past early Marlon he goes into four spot the position meanwhile [Music] contact between the two [Music] to continue now we look back from Sterling Marlin also back there is Bobby Hamels [Music] team as they push the car be mind [Music] his car made contact with Sheila [Music] gets that spot meanwhile ken schrader hangs on to second but still Jeff Burton is right there for the challenge [Music] you see Rusty Wallace ahead she Wallace and [Music] [Music] woman can go in that what's happening is a brake line apparently has come loose on the left rear [Music] and John Andretti's got something dragon already [Music] in temp as your scoreboard shows you all dairy Co has dropped back in the 40th position [Music] that shark just got him to get all that still save is there a sport a big puff of smoke right here in the starting line and look at the car fill up for smoke and we see the fire underneath the car is some of that oil is getting on the exhaust and Rick there's a fire under your feet there but bars you have to be stopping in the air john kernan while we're being told from the crew down here in the pit Susan Rick masters broken an oil line and the oil coming pouring out and then get him on the header' pipes and that's what started the fire so a broken oil line for Rick bass as he comes down pit road smoke oiling out of that race car he'll pull it behind the wall - they'll try and get it repaired and that may mean a lengthy cleanup here at Richmond as he went all the way around the racetrack you can see it there they'll have to bring out the oil dry and get it up off of the racing surface before we can go back to green flag competition the first caution is out 17 in Rusty Wallace is leading over traitor and Andretti it came out on lap 17 and Rick mast goes down and the blows of oil line off the car the oil blows on the exhaust system it creates a tremendous smoke screen [Music] coming up inside where she gets it gets off of the gas and gets it down out of the racing broom just as quickly as possible so it's August II engine was still running fine but just blew an oil light off we see Rick sitting in the car waiting for the Prudhoe on the line that blew off repair it so he's the second car that has gone behind a wall here in the first 20 laps for an update on dairy cope here's bill ever well Derek cope has been on pit road twice already and is expected to make a third visit they were hoping that a plug wire had come off that would account for him going from eighth where he qualified to the rear of the field they took out the heat shields they checked the plug wires they were all attached they believe the third cylinder on the right side has gone bad so Derek will come back down pit road he'll try and do some work underneath the hood then sends him back out in the gum out Pontiac here's John Kernan Rick mast is ringmaster pushing it backwards he's going to come back out from behind the wall what they think the problem was and do you run also will be coming out so they apparently have his brake line problem finished but they tightened up and loose oil fitting they're hoping that that was the only problem with Rick masks are let's go to dr. Jerry punch John and is exiting the pit road they pulled away what was up either a brake duct or part of a crush panel off the Sterling Marlin car he came into the knob dirty to get to the brief in the back bumper put four tires and fill it up with fuel let's check back in the derrike cope pit with bill cope has come back to pit road they have raised the hood they are working underneath it on this the third cylinder on the right side they're going to try to put the hood pins back in they have not yet fire looks like the pace car out just merely but he does indeed stay on the lead lap we'll take a break and be back with long live coverage from Richmond International Raceway [Music] it's a beautiful sight on a gorgeous night in Richmond as ESPN presents this NASCAR Winston Cup racing throughout the evening the overhead shots will come to you courtesy of the Pennzoil copter cam we are about a half a lap away from the resumption of this race it was brought out because of Rick mass loose oil line which dumped a little bit of oil on the racetrack but the track crew has gotten it cleaned up for more about ready to go back to racing Derek Pope has made numerous been stopped season once again but he has remained on the lead ooh Jeff Burton I believe got into the wall coming off the turn [Music] slow down he's gone back under the tongue [Music] working hard on Rusty Wallace trying to get back in front rod is [Music] Ricky has home printer tires that rusty right now remember Todd Bodine is tonight he just passed [Music] look back at todd bodine [Music] [Music] [Music] traitor and Jeff Burton we're ready side by side early in the race [Music] parties field summary [Music] they have takes the second position [Music] trying to feel out that pop group you'd like to take [Music] [Music] points behind ya [Music] [Music] Oh DJ goes in the corner too hard drifts up the hill these at Joe Nemechek Robert Pressley is blazing leaving a trail of flames [Music] the five-time winner here in Richmond Dale Earnhardt check that car severely doesn't realize how severe that damage is but he's going to try to get back to the kids Pressley also has some major damage he pressed his car and juicy prints throughout the middle the quarry goes up and something happens to the right but like he closed the right but died and welcomes Earnhardt and a chick with just no place to go victim of circumstance turn number two his problem oh just a moment ago from return three camera [Music] this is only a 3/4 mile racetrack but the two cars that crashed earlier today Dennis Setzer and Timmy Spencer both had to be removed from the racetrack on a rollback indicating the severity of the damage that the cars can suffer here in an accident and there is the latest victim one of the latest victims Dale Earnhardt with a lot of smoke rising from that area over near turn number three you know we always continue to talk about we talked about qualifying and now you can qualify the back and work your way up the front because you classic examples of those the more cars are behind the more chance you are to become involved in an accident what that's a jasper car let me ask right in front of Kenny Irwin and just the right front brakes the tire goes flat or something breaks on the right front a car just beard into the outside retaining wall sterling Martin does in Gerry and they have already caved right side tires on sterling Marlins car Tony Glover making the call to bring him in they clean a lot of debris off the windshield less than 19 seconds for Sterling Marlin on now we keep talking about these cars able to pass we'll find out if they can or not because these are some pretty good race cars that are making pit stop and losing that track position and those the Bharathi or the back of the pack coming in for pit stops they had nothing really to lose by coming in and getting some fresh tires and and Schrader and Bobby Hamilton the fifth position we'll have more live coverage of the exit [Music] here at Richmond in 1976 a standing-room-only crowd saw Dave Marcus beat Richard Petty for his second career Winston Cup victory the win is one of five for Marcus in a 30-year career a career that includes over 960 Winston Cup starts his three decades of dedication to Winston Cup racing have put Dave Marcus among the legends of the sport NASCAR's 50th anniversary celebration is brought to you by coca-cola classic the official soft drink of NASCAR Dave Marcus most recent victory was on this track in February of 1982 a race that we televised here on ESPN he started 22nd tonight a great qualifying effort yesterday and he's running 21st right now under caution for the second time this evening we had a major accident over on the backstretch lap 35 Robert Preston we see something happen to the right front Nemechek they brought out the roll back for Robert Presley's car and be damaged on the right side of it let's go down to John Kernan who's with Joe Nemechek maybe Jake's crew has that big hammer is out trying to beat out the sheet metal damage Joe what happened [Music] it's got it really shaper I feel sorry for these belts out this whole belts not through we're driving to rebound heel we had some pretty tough races here in the last couple weeks we had a heck of a car tonight I mean we're going to the front I don't know what else to say it's a shame I mean this cars are really bad I'm sure we'll get it fixed to get out right around make a few laps and maybe get a few points but say one day they had they had a tough race here last night and I hope it's not gonna be the same tonight but we'll be alright and the good news is Joe is okay his teammate Sterling Marlin dr. Jerry punch has a report on him the reason for sterling Marlins pit stop take a look at the front of his Chevrolet now when he and John Andretti got together in the early laps you saw Andretti was Kelly carrying the front grille section or screen from the nose of Sterling Marlin Chevy Monte Carlo and without that front screen in place they lost a lot of downforce on the front of the car without the downforce the car was just so tied sterling couldn't drive they opted to come on down pit road make a chassis adjustment four tires and try to compensate for that lost that front screen and down so sterling marlin also what problems here in the early going of this race 42 laps currently in the books of the 400 that will be run here tonight so far Rusty Wallace has led all the way and we have currently had two you look down at the nearly 100,000 people that have gathered here tonight every seat is sold for the Winston Cup rate overhead shots from the Pennzoil copter cam an ESPN will present Sunday night football at 8:15 tomorrow night from Foxboro Stadium as the Indianapolis Colts and Peyton Manning take on the New England Patriots then on Monday night on ABC Sports it's Monday Night Football of its new time 8 o'clock Eastern don't miss it when San Francisco tackles Washington ESPN and ABC the exclusive home of the NFL in primetime here's John Curtin Dale Earnhardt's crew furiously working on his car and what's left of the right front of it Dale you're all right he said it was just only like going over a speed bump [Music] just hit the road knocked off a prank back in and pop the fuel pump fuel line fitting off and that's where the big fire was but you just fit the bottom eight bring real bad about a car we can fix that a frame out quick that's all really basic they're always wrong with a chassis enough to recollect race it but still Earnhardt they hope to bend the apron back out and bracing the right front and they're at least a pileup a few points but right now it looks like they've got a five-time winner here at Richmond and didn't his son put on quite a show last night to bring the Busch Series race they what they learn aren't you you put on several shows this year the NASCAR Busch Series last night was just a continuation if you missed the race 250 laps Earnhardt will hit about 25 Butler in our junior in it when all of the victory he was awesome you saw it here on ESPN last evening and in case you were not able to be with us we'll take you back and show you some highlights knocks Amy Schumer car gets out of shape the gas third place two points Mike MacLeod back up three crash hermie Sadler in the back of both of the drone boys and on lap 104 Marquart trying to move sir traffic was tapped by at barrier and hard into the outside wall hey ed what's the deal Dale Earnhardt jr. his sixth win of 1998 in the Busch Series and congratulations to that young man and now Dale Earnhardt jr. has a 140 point advantage on Matt Kenseth in the run for the championship in that series with mcLaughlin as a result of his crash falling 276 behind and the defending two-time champion Randy Lajoie six in the point standings all right the field comes down now and when it crosses the line it will get the one to go signal so his problems are okay now it's just history and there's a spirit of cooperation here in NASCAR Winston Cup racing a moment ago Ricky Rudd's crew asked the crew of Rusty Wallace how about working with us on the restart you know and rusty said okay as long as you don't hold me up I'll pop it let you buy it if you can't get by and the caution comes out I'll slow down unless you get your lap back hey we're all gentlemen out here well he is 15 laps down so one lap isn't going to hurt either way at this point to do that living the pages got a great run Kevin LePage provision again riki rod at least per mile track [Music] condition Robert is being expect out in the infield Medical Center [Music] here locally because profit is complaining in pain they really haven't had a chance to talk to Robin about what might have happened to the car but the spotter said it looked as if they might have blown a right front tire robbery - an ambulance down he'll be taking taken to a local hospital once again to the adult care center under his own power he's going into the ambulance now and then a second [Music] [Music] and Dale Jarrett I'll be just get away from nails [Music] in ten positions here's a [Music] car after having crashed during happy hour see Mark Martin asthma check it out Ted Musgrave and the caterpillar Shirley goes by Bart lark [Music] [Music] Ronald Brown and Steve Grissom is another guy who's kind of good run going I think back in the 24 spot yet [Music] [Music] Karl meet inside of Y Adama back that different paint job some different paint jobs Epstein Big Mac come back to on the inside of ernie irvan's 8 [Music] by the 50 cards well and ready he's cooking those in there and and here's another fact that's all bunched up behind them great racing going on back from about and left three with those French Rotarians our Mike Skinner and Sterling Marlin also made a pit stop a moment ago we saw that [Music] work his way back [Music] in the position began to race in are working his way in the middle of this yeah good racing Steve Park on the see Jeff Green in there he's also and charity maybe [Music] stopping the show about that side-by-side racing Bobby Hamilton [Music] [Music] well you have to compliment Mike Skinner on his second round it was the 26th fastest and it came and they heated the day and like the first round yeah that was a very impressive run I didn't think anyone would be able to break into the field with the second round qualifying here today his debut in this race started second and finished in a date spot he thank you break [Music] I made a pit stop talk about saving the brakes you see if the left front right fellas alternators guard the road area gotta stay at the bridge in your our side-by-side little pain-free [Music] any time this year that we've seen Ernie Irvan and beauty Irwin bracelet together it's almost done 3:15 23.1 [Music] John run down the inside he can't go anywhere there I see why the the park urinated in Cartoon Network [Music] man on the move is Bobby Hamilton he's in 4th looking for third [Music] very fast eighteen point four eight nine the watch faster than running right ahead of him Jeff Gordon that's where 3rd and 4th are compared to rusty [Music] record in the last 10 races here at Richmond these categories Rusty Wallace Lee top tens races led laps led and average fetish NASCAR select batteries 400 right now it's Burt to the traitor in the top five or the Exide nascar select batteries 400 Dale Earnhardt a five-time winner here at this racetrack he won this event in 87 to 90 in trouble early tonight yet Robert Preston came up kornel off the right front tire collected urn on and Joe Nemechek [Music] complain of a shoulder pain Rusty Wallace as he looks back at a closing Jeff Burton is supposed to down to three quarters of a second and then running in third position is Bobby Hamilton who was able to take third away from Jeff Ross's they run about two and A it's behind this and the commercial great port and pass Bobby Hamilton bat and Hamilton passed him back so folks are you looking at be that Lee [Music] before hunter said last time so down to the second there in the last lap check the interval for you number 82 [Music] 12.5 sixes over a half second [Music] Nordman Psychopaths and Jeff Burton was a third pass this time do it again to see if the interval changed and who was fastest again [Music] state about the sign he losta move in the ground lost 300 and once again Hamilton the fastest cars Hamilton is pulling away from Jeff Gordon another new paint scheme on Johnny Benson's number 26 advertising the her line of boots they didn't come with black on the side he was able to get that earlier on in the race looks like a streak of chocolate down and Jimmy Spencer is also coming up through the field or position go by Benson take over 23rd or he just absolutely it was a mess if just about two minutes before happy hour was going to be over happened over in turn number two but they rolled the back out Cara whoever has an update on Derek coke had a great qualifying run and they certainly did a great job [Music] they never love to laugh right-side tires [Music] battle back here and Mark Martin just took the six position away from Bobby Labonte seems to be they cannot slowing down as much as others he was struggling there for a little while but now he has picked up he has and also now just past Mark Martin has had to change his line here tonight to give this card around the racetrack you would think the mark would wanna be on the bottom of the racetrack I know it would be but you see how high is going around the corner he's just adjusted because that's where he's gone right now wants to be getting around the racetrack and ever see how far it is up to them rusty water mark art it's about 69 seconds of a second that last lap before they encountered the traffic the Dave Marcus and look at Todd Bodine boy he is a minute on a mission after Sabbath position given that car good ride here we understand this weekend that's right to see a sponsor girl on it so they want to make the good run here and are doing so [Music] since the start of the race bobby's Interstate Batteries Pontiac cards gone away a little bit here now look at this [Music] hot Rusty Wallace but can he make the move we have an indication down which shark of everlaw [Music] and Bobby Hamilton little bit better 90 laps [Music] burns car should turn that cherry red and we see Bonnie Hamilton [Music] second behind [Music] we've got cameras on both these broad cars looking at each other left the hill magmar [Music] both right on the outside Wow I think rusty look like you're not been just going to give me that outside said hey big fan man and I'm gonna stick to any on this inside that's what they speak saying when they're running side by side the fastest Mark Martin was the quickest that last laugh [Music] Bobby Hamilton continues to be one of the on the track and Jeff Burke is now the leader of the race people accept batteries board is leaving the Exide batteries 400 the plan comes together first 93 and now has taken over the top spot back in the fourth position in fact all the cars are drifting up the hill now moving up the racetrack just a little bit trying to get the racetrack to adjust their cars [Music] now putting a lamp on but I'm who is running in 36th position and the laughs would be Jeremy Mayfield long since the drop of the green flag almost 1/4 of the way through this event and Jeff Burton and Rusty Wallace worked the traffic along with the ex I'm a star select batteries [Music] our engineered for the corners and made to bring you to your feet this is the white track brand pre-selected the official pace car for NASCAR's 50th anniversary season wider is better we have got some great racin going on here at Richmond as you can see Rusty Wallace has taken the lead he has lapped his teammate Jeremy Mayfield Jeff Burton now second but Bobby Hamilton and Jeff Gordon are right there Hamilton will go to second and Jeff Burton is filled up a table get around the trail car inside you see Hamilton scarf wiggle and Jeff Burton came down I don't think Dustin chopstick took the air off the spoiler and it got the four car looks even it a three-quarter mile at Richmond International Raceway you can't get that car from you there is Kenny Schrader's who started on the outside of the front row he dropped back a little bit Bob but he's coming back that old Chevrolet is his own the move now seems to work pretty good old old know what the bottle may feel record that lady feathers exactly turn that steering wheel on the back end didn't want to go my Rick mast is running well after he cut the oil line had to go into the pits for several laps for repairs five laps as a matter of fact but he's running very well since he came back onto the race [Applause] he is 11 was wrecked as we told you earlier in practice with Spencer three cars remain on the lead lap six or seven seconds gap to the next car that would go out down Steve Park Chevrolet here 116 his baby here's the battle for 12th position in Kenny Irwin jr. is doing a great job he started back in 36th position and is battling for the 12th spot right now with Chad little they're Circuit City onboard cameras we see Kimmy Kerwin keys on my chat Lou what Kenny Irwin races has been doing a terrific job in this 2005 [Applause] best finish [Music] see the white car Steve Grissom here's a battle for the lead I thought there's a second place but there the guys thought was lean Jeff Burton is back in third and we have our the [Music] here's a Hardee's filled suburb with the manufacturers and Hamilton comes off quarter number four and leaves the 110 laughs and so we have leaders so far tonight Wallace Berkey Appleton Shepherd led six laps [Music] this racetrack they found that their cars get around the racetrack a little bit better now trailers can indicate by jet board put shredder top the fourth Jeff Gordon back to fifth and now the battle is for second place many that's why baby drove by me outside [Music] as that indicated before too long the pit stops will be occurring and before we go to break we'll show you this battle between the 16 of chemical age in the 96 of tech [Music] the phrase has fallen back a little bit he was up there at the top key I'm not too long ago evidently the handles going away on his caterpillar Chevrolet LePage from 38 to 15 and the page takes the spot away some of the guys who started in the back of the field are having very good runs here this evening including a moment from Richmond er National Raceway when we return great pit stop Dale Jarrett rolls down pit road for his first scheduled stop here's Jerry again you could not even get right back where the other leaders in running they plant a tracker our adjustment they put the hand over the right rear there also to make an air pressure change take four tires and down 1 round 2 round 3 [Music] yes Gordon come in they planned no adjustment whatsoever on now getting left side car number 24 [Music] right side tires no catchy slap in the second category once come off tires go on traders can smooth a consistent coming in for his routine pit stop he would [Music] going down bobby labonte pulling away right in front of first time cars going yet Martin Martin frustration where we can go hoping to make up for here at Richmond of course you can get [Music] Claudia his first stop coming here on left 123 being been delivered 45 a short life laughter jack let me make a track bar adjuster [Music] middle of the quarter left ours full of fuel and Reddy's crew and also grace ship we're just fine [Music] he has had here [Music] hard to impress [Music] the leaders and Kenny Irwin was one of five drivers who have led a lap here since these pit stops began Todd Bodine led to Benson German business leading two laps he's still on the track Schrader Martin and Irwin led one lap adventures one of the drivers who made a pit stop during one of the cautions back there so he's not go another 20 or so laughs so he's got a lot of cars down Rusty Wallace just got back in the lead lap but there's a lot of cars bent over the left tail right now while these cars have not made pit stops the Pennzoil copter cam will shun e Benson in the 26 car is the leader of the race at the moment there are five drivers who have not yet made pit stops they are fencing Geoff Bodine Jimmy Spencer Ward Burton and Michael Waltrip and a reason they have not is because they pitted earlier if they stopped on lap 36 I know Benson has had a note that Johnny Benson thirty-six as the sheet top vote on the 91 correlation with he ruined the 28 detection filled car for the 15th position Steve I'm sorry [Music] some of these drivers we've shown on your board as a lap down but remember when everything cycles through and as far as the pit stops are concerned because the bike would come out right now the in fact would be a lap down and that's exactly what they don't want that but that's one reason that you see cars stay on the racetrack for an extended period of time it's just trying to stand the lead lap now the leader is here Johnny Benson is in the tents John Kernan [Music] you can actually see sparks flying off the lug nuts oh they've got him : [Music] making his way slowly down pit road staying under the speed limit before he can separator and rejoin the rain and the lead now goes to Jeff bodean yes shows you how better you are on pressure tires Geoff Bodine is on multi fifteen miles an hour and Jeff Burton back in fifth spot who has made a recent pissed off is over a hundred and eighteen and a half and that's three-quarters of a second you see 23 four four seven twenty two seven five three Wars of a set in a tent at seven and a half seconds Jerry bud what happened uh she Walsh's tired well he came in seven laps early but he can take over had a tire going down to the right front tire off rusty Wallace's car market right here he indeed had a slice on the inside shoulder rated higher higher higher we were in commercial he wasn't planned on pity for seven more left he came down pit road and made correct and again he is running in these we have her one once again along with Bill Elliott Jimmy Spencer and Sterling Marlin and Chad little down to Bill Weber as the 22 Connor makes the stop they've won in Ward Burton on lap one and they got in car owner Phil Davis is calling his shots tonight the scheme's 11 on Tuesday when Tommy Baldwin makes the move over for the 94 been a good run for Ward the scene the car waiting for the jacket drop they have trouble with [Music] [Music] [Music] and you say michael waltrip also in defense into wit brother sit go forward he's one of those drivers that had made one earlier pitstop he was in second place but he came in and he'll crash up and turn 420 440 is partying watching boxes both of them there tried to get left back he said in the middle of the racetrack Jimmy Spencer is the leader of the race as the race back to the caution occurs Dick Trickle has hit the ball hard and turned number four he has however looks like got in the car refire today what you just yeah we see it get your car going again okay you know these guys have just got to stay on their feet on their thinking all the time because they had to realize Jimmy Spencer who was the leader and they had to race him back the line receipts trickle is there at the head of pit road his car will not move so obviously pit road will be closed for some time while they move that 90 car all the way Dick Trickle finished fifth here in the early race of 1990 but an encounter with the wall here in 1998 has severely damaged that Heilig Meyers car now here is the race back to the caution look at Kenny Wallace in the 81 car he shot down on the inside and it's going to putting himself back on the lead lap and Chad little coming up there in the green car too close too close watch the upper right of your screen you can see dick trickle into the wall John Kernan has more dick is radioed in to the crew and told them that the rear brakes locked up on him so that's what caused him to spin around and smack the wall really hard the rear brakes locked up and so the caution is out once again on the 145 lat mark this is our third caution of the more from Richmond in just a moment stay with us Craftsman Truck Series took to the 3/4 mile oval and Jack Sprague drove to his fourth win of 1998 and now they have qualified for tomorrow's race and our old buddy from winter Heat Greg Biffle will lead him to the green Mike Bliss will start second Ron Hornaday third Tony Rover fourth and butch Miller fifth in the qualifying for tomorrow's Memphis 200 which you can see at one o'clock but before that our p.m. today is at 12:30 and then after the truck race it's the karfedix championship series at Laguna Seca the Honda Grand Prix of Monterey featuring the Texaco 300 that's at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon here on ESPN fellas like they've gotten the dick triple car out of the way so I would guess that pit road will be open this time and his time for several cars really was it's good times for Jimmy Spencer he was one that's been pissed off for too long man he gets to make it under caution but as a result we him staying out there he's called a lot of cars a lap down that had that great play like pit stop Chad little did not get his lap back and Steve Grissom here comes Spencer down pit road back looks like he might be the only one of the leaders that's coming in of course the other leaders have cleared under green Oh Bobby Hamilton is coming in Bobby Hamilton at the third place car is coming down pit road the leader and the third place cars on pit road and Jimmy Spencer has driven from last starting position to the lead here's Jerry punch in the 23 pin and they plan an air pressure adjustment and also an adjustment on the track bar see the hand over the right rear window one round two rounds three rounds four rounds guys have to get tendinitis that track bar handle over there now they fall down the jack man getting to the left side of the car get in tires in the left side likewise the card number four bobdeehamill is getting is service now working off the front of that car getting it nice and clean and clear let's check in with Bill Weber Kenny Wallace is on pit road he's already got right-side tires they made a track bar adjustment left sides going on cars down square D on its way and Bill Elliott also made a pit stop and Dale Earnhardt has gone back with Kenny Wallace as he pulls out of the pits 43 car of John Andretti these cars a lap down now are coming in for service yeah John Andretti Kyle Petty and Steve Grissom Hall and Mike Skinner all got called on that situation of the green flag pit stop and Spence are not having made a pit stop has read it cook them for lap down so now they're coming in there you see the cars pulling in dairy Copas in bill and the battle continues for this Pontiac team right-side tires have gone on they made a track marker we're going to go ahead and do left side tires as well by letting loose pitty behind them he's left pit road terry labonte heads down pit road as does Ted Musgraves holding on the left side tires on Derrick car Derrick's far they're having trouble with the left rear long time to get those lugs on but now [Music] coke rolling back into competition NASA's Setzer Ricky Rudd and several others well sometimes the ballet on pit road doesn't turn out to be such a pretty sight but the athlete that he is he jumps right up and goes to the other side of the car to get that car up on jacks we'll be right back [Music] his third in the outside line several cars with the tail end of the lead lap was with the back degree Chad little is one off those placards the bracelet Ernie Irvan is right in front 50 payment if that left them plan Friday's bet to stay in the lead lap round that to get a casa fight for Jeff Burt gets up there and tries to pass them well here they come three deep coming out of the corners [Music] chugging around trying to do just that at first that's a recipe for when you get to this pinnacle together on board with Kenny Irwin as he sees a lot of traffic up ahead of him Kenny is running in the eighth position he's no stranger to Richmond he's competed here in midgets and silver crown cars remember he won the pole position for the truck race here in Richmond a few years ago never see bobby labonte zulan onboard cameras he sees this and that is Ned Jarrett is exactly right this is the recipe for his black free they're able to run side-by-side at 125 [Music] ten different leaders so far in the first the most 103 here's with Jeff Horton for a second spot Schrader's continues to be among the contenders he's porn on the sudden Jeff Gordon's able to get by and put a couple of car legs on to to begin with and Schrader comes up in challenges the Miller life forward vote on that pill board on the inside of Schrader yeah he is now a lap down because situation back in nine [Music] the pit stops emergency [Music] jet board we can see [Music] Oh times pulled up the side of roughly wall [Music] Iza lap down now in 20th [Music] John and Freddie [Music] where to go what's right are there [Music] 99 car [Music] some web traffic and Jerry has Laura Rusty Wallace at the beginning of the race when rusty was leading and relatively less he lost the lead [Music] dick bad enough we can't turn the car abruptly down on the corner little ten races at the 1998 season were not good for Rusty Wallace well here we are a breath ruckus if I don't like that he backed up why I said let this pass right now Schrader's ghosts Jimmy Spencer continues to show some muscle there's a battle air position for the 8th within the now it does another car that both [Music] like Kenny Irwin did not [Applause] [Music] laughs 20 makes a big difference [Music] [Applause] Sterling Marlin and winter the Tabasco hot so you see up to 127 miles per hour right away this ought to be a little bit the longest yes 135 mile per hour he will reach going into turn one and now you know why the park you can see how long he kept that foot on the [Applause] in front and received the Jeff Burton is our insulator but Jeff Gordon is right there after trying to get by the lap car the skill of fun yet pop Ernie Irvan look at the incredible average that Jeff Gordon the last six races one it's tough to gain points on somebody that has a and if both have good averages themself Jarrett is averaged 5.8 and Mark Martin 8.5 but boy it's tough to to make and here comes Spencer he's on the inside of Dale Jarrett that'll be for the Xbox Jimmy is planned attack because this one is running fine thank if total head outside cannot get back down don't work this car would stay down if we can get down they just have to third time about this again the driver box there shows a Spencer his a sign position was 16 but he started back in the field because he went to a back [Music] go Martin bobby labonte [Music] got caught up in the pit stop he's now a lap down the hot way [Music] fine down there 17 cars being shown on the beach [Music] good see to hurt him back back inside or outside pride and joy in the Sawyer family here in Richmond actually were not located within the city limits of Richmond were in in Reiko County in the Commonwealth of Virginia [Music] whether Spencer Bobby Hamilton Dale Jarrett Kenny Irwin and Sterling Marlin all battling for position [Applause] [Music] Jimmy Spencer I check the Iranian is the car giving fish erected a at happy hour was the exact car and engine he wrecked on Saturday at New Hampshire this car he is driving tonight if the exact same car they pulled out of the backup cart New Hampshire went to the rear of the field and ran all the way to the top ten to get the very end of every 13 play finished what a Yogi Bear called that deja vu all over again I think you're right he may want to make this his primary car because laughs away from the halfway mark and John has more on Bill Elliott who seems to be off the pace John that's exactly right Bob the problem of mis under the hood of the engine has developed a Miss possibly an ignition problem for Bill Elliott see the 1992 Duncan you see Ernie Irvan still in front of John Andretti that's about called these guys looking from the bottom of the racetrack yeah he is catching some but you know there's one other guy that was in this picture when that green flag drop was driven away from he's pulled away by five or six seconds the head popped the leader so he's in no danger going to the left is running in 16th in the car just ahead of Jeff is in 17th position to put a lap on ernie since the drop of the green flag or the restart nearly a hundred thousand people are enjoying tonight's race here at Richmond International Raceway and they're seeing a Goodwin Jeff Burton lead Jeff Gordon Rusty Wallace Kenny Schrader and Kevin LePage like batteries 400 the Pennzoil copter can is bringing you this shot you know this is really this thing has got all the confusion I'm not confused I mean I am confused about the speed of these cars I mean Jeff Burton that received the lead of the race the 99 car the Exide batteries cool Ernie Irvan he's been trying to lap Ernie Irvan here for the last I don't know how long we see John Andretti he's just driven up and passed all of them going by and chilling they would see Jeff bowtie goes by and here's Jeff Gordon going to the lead but I mean in the meantime as you said that Chad little must have pulled a quarter the lap entity but yeah he just absolutely there's different way he's catching the back of the field well you can fire up your laptops and let NASCAR online take you trackside with timing and scoring you can jump on www.hsn.com push and Craftsman Truck Series event so you can do that tomorrow when you're watching the the truck race here on ESPN that's NASCAR on line Kenny Schrader and Bobby Labonte battle for the fifth position here at Richmond give me my card the person back in that party ACK [Music] ken schrader for Katie continues little bit right [Music] to the original air tractor [Music] since he's been to Victory Lane his best-ever finish poor that happened on two different occasions most recently here in June little bit ago and said there were 17 charcoal to be left now there are 20 as Mike Skinner has gotten back on the lead lap [Music] to get a constant and there are only two cars out of the race Dick Trickle and Robert Pressley everybody else is still running the cars involved in that incident on the backstretch Dale Earnhardt and Joe Nemechek as pressure goes by Mark Martin goes into the ninth spot [Music] fencing it's a motor problem in fact two laps ago we radioed in like that [Music] [Applause] and he led 11 laps here this evening and that was the first time in Yentl at a NASCAR Winston Cup race since what you know I told it a little bit ago I was a little confused about these guys now the fellas in front it stopped and changed tires and I didn't think that 15 to 20 laps on these tires would make that big of this difference but obviously it does as Jeff Gordon just blows buffer Jeff Gordon goes to the lead and he has not led yet tonight he comes down and crosses the line he gets credit for it so give him five bonus points Ray Evernham looks on in his driver Jeff Gordon and this will be the earlier we've been doing this late to judge he's got the card do it so hey as well over here met Bill Elliott we reported earlier that he was having a problem now he's really having a problem with that down to the apron of the racetrack however I don't think you gotta do all on the racetrack I think that we just internally and I don't believe you getting all on the racetrack I don't think we see a coffee place so far we haven't seen it cause if it should get back to the pier air second in third in the point standings battling for position badly for tenth position failed Eric Clark Clark [Music] [Music] seconds behind the leader mercy caliphate and Jeff Green the 44 the 46 they're involved in a battle for position first spot and Terry the body is also on the same lap as those three cars not on the lead on the same as petty he was close if he didn't he came awfully close he backed out nevertheless and gave the lead up to put Jeff Burton again Rick masa 75 car trying to get by Jeff burgers ridges circle laps down six laps he was bad left and got caught up in that pit stops great black pit stops x-ray I want to remember him saying lap traffic locked at lap traffic okay well it has put Jeff Burton back at the front of this field now Jeff Gordon has led some laps Forza mater bonus points that are very critical in his battle for his service car Winston Cup championship that Gordon now is 239 and Mark Martin this race here at Richmond we're at the one halfway mark halfway around through this race 200 laps completed at Jeff Burton picks up the $10,000 for leading at the halfway mark when this occurred here's Jerry they were about to bring Todd boat on in anyway his feet were burning in the car and he was overcome with heat apparently the inside of the car was so hot he's having trouble breathing they had already run Dick Trickle down here and trickles standing by in the pits they were hoping to get a caution flag to be able to the 91 the reason for the caution flag but now that got their flag trickle has the helmet on and will stand by to go into 91 car here comes Todd down pit road with a lot of damage on the left side of that car and pit road is open so here they come see the Jeff Gordon is the leader there's Rusty Wallace John Kernan Kenny Irwin is in a great run he's in the top 10 also Kendall thanks right behind him around a wedge barbecue Carolyn said hey the cars perfect island chain today tempers the leaders in years Burton's getting right-side tires and then we'll get left-side tires and fuel they're going to make a track bar adjustment every turn to the original oil pressure the 28 is already out and Gordon is on pit row cherries there they'll order change wide side tire down the Rainbow Warriors [Music] nearly touch excellent defense in turn one looks like Gordon is going to come out second coming out third would be rusty and ably Kenny Irwin and Bobby Labonte would call that actually in reverse order Labonte and then stalls under caution because of an incident up in turn number three the 91 car had slowed dramatically coming off the second corner I don't know exactly why we see Chad little going to corner and Chad's groove he was going low and go up on the racetrack and when he tried look for his he didn't realize the 91 car was going to be there they made contact and around they go at the very top of your screen I don't know what made Todd why coming off the second corner he had swelled dramatically I'm not sure exactly what happened there well perhaps he was thinking about trying to get to the pits because as Jerry said his feet were burning and he was also trying to maintain consciousness perhaps and you can see Chad knocked down some what are those filled with water water barrels yeah I guess they're not bags yeah well that makes cleanup a lot easier than it does I don't think Chad hurt his car too bad well he was a rocketship when the incident occurred we will check in on that when we return to Richmond International Raceway 208 labs completed here with Jeff Burton the leader [Music] and very Utah a lot of folks like who came in and first came out second Burton and him swapped Hamilton lost three Rusty Wallace gay one and Ken Schrader's lost four bill can update Burton but a lot of discussion going on in the Jeff Burton that we told you they wanted to make an air pressure adjustment to return the air pressure to what it was prior to the previous pit stop well they didn't make that decision until it was too late Brooke was already coming down pit road so they wanted to get another half pound in the right front tire only they didn't get that done we're concerned about how the car is going to handle in this situation Burton has been looking for more forward bite throughout the evening we'll be watching he is the race leader we're about to go back to green after a caution that came out on lap 205 and here's what we seek Todd bow tie in the 91 car coming off turn 2 I saw him slowed dramatically I didn't realize they did almost spun and he's very slow off the corner when he goes down in turn three that's what a makes contact with Chad little Gary and Todd boat on speed had been burning and finally the Heat had got into it they've been calling to get someone there we're gonna bring you months on a couple of laps anyway but the contact of course took place and that's what brought up the caution flag now when the car came down pit road hard on the car the sooner he will come to get some IV fluid and we'll update it boy Kyle Petty just did not turned when he headed for turn number one may have lost the right rear right front I bet he looks like it the car just went straight he got to turn one in the car just went straight now we've got a bunch of cars trying to get a laughs back as no one got back cannot do it go down that guy's slow down boy Kyle really took a shot moving around just taking this gloves off the steering wheel is pretty hard turn sucks core pretty bad Betty and what Kyle's told his crew on the radio is that the throttle hung wide open on and that's what caused me when he went to let off to go into the turn and didn't come back up off the floor and so he went in there full tilt it was obviously some kind of mechanical problem because there was smoke from the car as he obviously was trying to hit the brakes and then the car shot right for the outside wall how lucky is Jeff Gordon watch this he's gonna go between the leader in the second place car Wow boom he did hit that hard came back down fortunately it stayed high enough that the other cars could go underneath it you see that smoke is brakes he's nailing the brakes trying to get the things slowed down - obviously the accelerators are brakes is not gonna come at 7:51 stuff [Music] the helicopter she hits the second card line they're trying to move on the inside of Jeff Burton and all of a sudden he realizes that the car is the accelerator is still stuck open you just barely miss Jeff Burton he gets taken him out real easily six inches maybe yep look at all these cars going by or bottle breath trying to get back out sitting in the middle of the racetrack turf brick kyle is out of the car and walking away so that's good news but the car is very extensively damaged and we're under our fifth caution of the evening in the Exide NASCAR select batteries 400 we'll be back in just a moment tonight we had the perfect legendary list of winners back in 1955 brothers Tim and Patty flock made it a family affair at Richmond finishing 1st and 2nd in a 100-mile race it was one of four one two finishes that year for the brothers and teammates and it was one of Tim flocks 18 victories on the way to the 1955 NASCAR Grand National Championship together the flock brothers teamed up to win 22 of the 40 races run in the 55 season NASCAR's 50th anniversary celebration is brought to you by coca-cola classic the official soft drink of NASCAR some of the legendary winners here at Richmond International Raceway John is with Johnny Benson back in the garage area Johnny's changed to street clothes they've already loaded the car on to the hauler a short night for them but Johnny your thoughts are kind of somewhere else right now yeah they are you don't lost a good friend uh last weekend at Minnesota and you know Chris Bradley and all of our thoughts and prayers fall down man you know lost great friend and a guy that helped us go to the championship we're first four years and you know we both got our first AAS a championship together and you know we're both real proud of that so it's a you know huge loss for all their family and and of course myself and our families and I said we're real close with them with all the Bradley's Johnny of course referring to the incident during an a sa race last Monday Adam petty was involved in a tragic trash [Music] three flight comes out we're back to racing here in Richmond on the 222nd lap and again Jeff Burton is the leader and he's got Steve Grissom now between himself and Jeff [Music] [Music] the Christmas star is pretty good kodiak turtle is pretty good but he's not a match right now for Jeff Burton he was one of those cars that got caught down that the green flag pit stops he was had moved himself up into the top 15 was running well but you're right burns doesn't fit two men on board with Bobby Labonte who's running in fourth just ahead is Ricky Rudd who's celebrating his 42nd birthday today happy birthday to Ricky wasn't a very good birthday though caliphate [Music] but the good news is kyle has been checked out in the infield care center guy you're alright yeah I'm okay I just told them I had something happen to me I've been driving race cars fortunate God blessed forever never had a half in the throttle huh we've been having some car trouble I've been a drop back and they'd come back and whatever and going out there the first quarter go down go down I'm thinking it's good I'm a wipeout everybody going in the first quarter but three steps lapped it off and was fortunate or the wall down but that's okay and again I'd like to say send my condolences to the Bradley family and let no we're still thinking about them and we tried tonight but this come up a little short okay that's gonna be really good three of breath and then just about tribes off turn to trying to finish the job here but they still been able to continue on match at little waltzed left when he spun with the back one card a sterling marlin and he Nawal but it looks like there's a tire flat on that car the left front tire is flat yes it is that's a miracle he can't bent out of the wall or in turn to and I saw these cars come off second corn just a moment ago this is probably where he cut the tire was coming off the second corner going down to turn one on the outside of the 40 car on the outside of 22 and we're right there baby they're gonna take I believe never see Ward Burton Gila when he goes up off the corner that probably cut the tyre he did Skinner went right between him [Applause] [Music] party to death was any contact there she goes the corn the left front tire is flat jerry has bar from pit road a huge gash in the outside of the sidewall from two left side tires and now sterling is back on the racetrack [Music] in the 33 our racing for the seventh position Kenny Irwin we complement erlan on his incredible run tonight but just ahead as kevin lepage he's also on a good run he's six position on the restart so he's worked his way towards the front and both Kevin LePage started 38 and Kenny erlin started 36 so as Ned not talk about the very top the show as it it doesn't matter where you start you can work your way and we see Kevin the page right now trying to get on the inside of Bobby houses to take that fun but that's fifth place indeed here is the page to the inside of Hamilton they come down the [Music] Paige inching ahead the fifth spine say about that but I don't know he was able to get down there so [Music] the spot and he just goes up the racetrack clear Oh 2nd quarter begins it outside retaining wall it really helps your momentum and after lap speed [Music] get his trainer in seventh place today jared is running in ninth and Mark Martin is 10 pretty good one in this car since he took it over three finishes of 17 throw better for racing back up front meanwhile it's [Music] Jeff Gordon by just a little over two seconds how much is that on the racetrack that much here third place car Rusty Wallace the second my mind and the fourth-placed cars Bobby Labonte in the lamp car of Ricky Rudd several the body in fourth place I'm star terry labonte a lap car between those two and then the Ken Schrader car in seventh right behind him the 28th in comes Dale Jarrett in the 88 death mark Mark Martin of course intent plays next our accuracy Jeff green go by here Jimmy Spencer in a backup car I think we've Walter and 31 Mike Skinner past the second round fastest qualifier he's in the 12 hours [Music] John Andretti was a lap down a while ago but he's back on the lead lap now in the thirteenth spot about nine and three-quarter seconds behind Jeff Burton and Mike Skinner had been a lap down - he got it back and so did the next car which is the car number 81 of Katie Wallace he is now in the 14th position [Applause] [Music] get by john andretti professor [Applause] geoff bodine again another car that got in Scuttler lap back on the coupla caution flag to go see Jeff Botox mark Morrison's 15th position nine six one seven Racing laughs down there was the Ernie Irvan come in the skittle fun yet is the last car on the lead left in 16th position so there you have all of the cars that are on the lead lap currently as Jeff Burton is pulling away from Jeff Gordon he's linked in the interval from two seconds on lap 236 to almost three seconds on lap morning but you can see that Burton have consistent he is four laps in twenty two point six and one into the 2.7 and those last couple laps of Jeff Gordon rent 22.8 twenty two point nine close in and make it another win here at Richmond right now Jeff Burton says no one the best car out there will come back with more live coverage in just a moment an old Raceway doing that this year as Jeff Burton is leading this fifth race of course the short tracks and ends in a couple of weeks at Martinsville talk about short track racing here's a perfect example see rig massive 75 car Ted Musgrave in 96 came off the corner Rick mast is rubbing up beside of him watch this Sterling Marlin sees this [Applause] and that's what cuts those right fronts those front tires down or any comparative Oh up against that sheet numbers any kind of jagged metal there at all it will cut that tire and Jeff Burton is pulling away on [Music] now with 304 seconds in front [Music] there are 148 laps to go down to Bill Weber Jeff Burton year three four seconds ahead at the second place car now Hortons Exide Ford is living it [Music] not affecting the performance of the sheen in fact the only thing that's not working and they have discussed the hand signal procedure in case the radio goes meanwhile there's some battles still raging on the racetrack Kevin LePage Bobby Labonte and Bobby Hamilton those back three cars are on the lead lap and going for position LePage tried to pass back in the bodies report on the blue and yellow number 16 if on the outside he has Steve Grissom right front of Ricky red down on the inside this car runs on the side so there's not reading anywhere for this cars on the lead lap to go see Bobby Hamilton brought their wrist at the four car [Music] vessels led you to little bit labonte Bobby the body get on the inside and now Kevin the page is hung on the outside that allows Bobby Hamilton to go to the inside of the page [Music] he's going forward just sip Berwyn 8 Naidu 22nd and Steve traitor try to drop out now on the outside when paged unfortunate Kenny is going across Steve Grissom just want to page dear Christmas and 17th position one lap down [Music] the page once again back on the inside of Hamilton as a food line onboard camera looks back these guys Paige is good [Music] they aren't too far behind in third place car of rusty walls even beside the side racing [Music] show you an interval leaderboard here as Jeff Burton crosses the sprite five three point two eight seconds later the fastest car on the track on the outside and given the bank demand there those guys are first and second that is amazing there most of time that slug it out about a third of a second - laughter for them now Ricky Rudd we see up there just a moment ago rush to the side of seed rhythm that just backed off and let these cars go early on his 15 laps down [Music] chef Gordon with the fastest lap that last time around check it again four seconds between first and second and Bobby Hamilton it looks like they what he's gonna show here's the fastest car got some teeth banks doing some pretty good racing back they've been going at it for about 15 laps [Applause] and Hamilton challenges bobby labonte for the fourth spot Hamilton gets it [Music] hope he wins it for it just goes to the top of the racetrack look like Sun that broken he goes to the top so quickly that man I had worked so hard to get that to this finish as hard as they've been racing here and they been using them their tires make something a little bit hotter than [Music] single bound roughly one [Music] warden at the faster slap Bobby Labonte has his win of course in 1998 John I want to go back to what Ned was just talking about that's exactly the problem we've gathered the bay [Music] too much so it's hard to kind of back off take it easy [Music] we've got a real sorry didn't show it that way it is fast the one thing it will worry about they were sharing a tender Jeremy the start of the race that concerned them but since the start we've had those cautions some cars have fallen out Jeremy has moved to Robert Bresson Smith to that breed the 16 team up dab has been [Music] ready and Mike Skinner are trying to decide who should be any other ready is the band right now here is Jeff Burton who remember a few laps ago he had a three and a quarter second lead on Jeff Gordon not anymore - Hoey does any voids little over a second and a half bill Weber we haven't reported check this autozone on track yet abou three seconds two one four seven gave one point three seconds in just five left and check it now Jeff Gordon every lap at twenty two point them do you think wherever that means the happy camper right now with equal of death and see their driver in the same speed every lap and all of Burton's left for opens 23 seconds Ray Evernham whoops as usual very calm and collected talking to Jeff on the radio here at the end of 270 of 400 labs we'll be back with more from Anne in a moment from Richmond International Raceway wolf skin against Ned Jarrett Benny Parsons Bill Weber John Kernan and dr. Jerry punch back at Richmond International Raceway here in Waco County Virginia and soyal copter can flying around in the crystal-clear skies over the speedway tonight and the sixteen in the two now we're battling for fourth position Bobby Hamilton has taken third so this is the battle you see the page trying his best to get this far away and kiddies trailer also coming up not too far behind Rusty Wallace as rusty loses fourth Bobby Labonte as well best finish in the NASCAR Winston Cup racing was at first all [Music] his best performance of the year on board with bobby labonte who's now seven the leader meanwhile begins to encounter some traffic Brett budahas ahead [Music] to Webster this worked for Jeff boards advantage because we sell just a moment ago the Jeff form is 1.7 second fine he really hasn't gained that much but now Burt clears himself is it of the traffic and now Jeff is just about a second never [Music] [Music] the cars a little bit loose off [Music] twenty-eight we have to go in this contest [Music] Rusty Wallace and Ken Schrader can fix Schrader's goes to the inside tries to pick up the position rest estar not quite as good as you [Music] rusty has led 103 lat going Schrader for the fifth position of the guy Robyn Pemberton want the phone with the garden really is not it's on time the car just sliding all of the rain check [Music] is another position to bobby labonte the rusty moves back to the seventh position he was third not took me two laps ago Early's back in eighth spot Jerry Buss custom f4 because it must be entire must be is higher to the crude comfortable and maybe he's gonna come down pit road he's a keeper eNOS Oh they're disgusting in here in the crew [Music] he would be able to make it the rest of the way on pitstop ability one more stop anyways believe [Music] a moment ago he ready here will right now [Music] it's Rusty's 450th NASCAR Winston Cup start and here is Kenny urban in the 28 and we ride along with Mark Martin Kenny is hey and Mark is night running side-by-side but Martin could ever get and now trying to conjure teammate [Music] my shirt at mark mark [Music] [Applause] pull-up boy in the corner he did a nose under if it just hot fast as he comes out for the corner pretty good fruit a little bit of contact oh no Preston was perfectly you saw him often hit down Oh Jerry he's making his way slowly to you what they think it might be another front tire maybe going down for Rusty Wallace [Music] place to be on pit road here [Music] two puffs on the deck left front tire going [Music] yes indeed Gordon is making the challenge on Burton here on the 290 first lap [Music] cannot make the pass however [Music] don't have to make your pass run they got 109 they have about a five second lien on the third place car so [Music] he has those five bonus points but if I can't take lien amount of will go ahead jeff has led ten laps tonight but Burton will not relinquish the position without I think burgers running exactly in the tracks that Jeff Gordon wants to run in [Music] tried it but he just can't get that grip on the bottle we say 5 behind Jeff Burton provoke to go to great [Music] I'm doing coached by his foolish father he's found the key [Music] and they're off the bottom of the racetrack up a lane and both cars I would say that this Jeff Gordon were in front right now he'd be running in exactly the same place that Jeff Burton is running it's gonna try to stick the nose down there good good try do it and again they're not losing ground to the third place car Bobby Hamilton stand about the same as a matter of fact just a little over 100 three laps to go in this 400 lap race the Exide nascar select batteries 400 it's been a good one right now it's Jeff Burton leading Jeff Gordon by Mobil 1 synthetic motor oil nothing outperforms Mobil 1 by UAW International Union and General Motors Corporation assembly line to finish line teamwork wins and by the ever start battery all the cold cranking power your truck car boat or mower will ever need available at Walmart Kevin LePage has a problem John Curtin is there in thought routine just a couple of laps ago did he think he blew up the rear end because he inches out of it vibrations another check [Music] let's go he's going to go behind pill wall well he had an outstanding run while he was out there now Rusty Wallace lost two laps however he's just gotten one of them back and the 99 and 24 are still battling side by side for the lead and we've got all this traffic right in front of him there was he Ted Musgrave Kenny Wallace bumped me to get board my dad in that time but now the guy that picks the right lane for the traffic is part of the guy that's going to come out in front and Sterling Marlin he's right in front of Jeff Jeff he might not be the right way but he can't go high that does get birdie there looking back from sterling bought a start has to leave and Jerry has the tire off Rusty's car take a look at this this is where the sister right front tire off gusty walls in car number two no what the crew has told me was this tire basically has been laminated the rubber from the radial parka a cuss attire and that started the process on the inside and it the radio Parkinson eat this I mean the tire is Burchfield having been cut on the right track you may have about too much castor too much camber put the where pins the where fees indicate never thought the case it simply to come off and rusty probably wouldn't have made it another way [Music] he's running in 19th position Rusty Wallace the pole sitter for this race this race day screen the others have to stop during green flag for van [Music] and he was trying his best trying his best to stay on the lead left maybe watching Tabasco hot zone and Jeff Gordon gets mine he is in 14th position so now there will be just 13 cars on the lead lap as you saw journey needs make a pit stop of the [Music] [Applause] he was running a 20th position bikini walls pumping those brakes trying to get that pedal build-up here comes the second place car Jeff Burton [Music] [Applause] [Music] seven place battle between mark and Dale Jarrett John has power on Kevin LePage cabinets woven into the garage areas [Music] tough break for Kevin the compound there Steve Grissom going by boat Dale Jarrett in mark Horton he just came in [Music] Steve is three laps down in 29 make a difference don't think [Music] not as much here at Darlington last week but they do make a big difference we've already seen they made a half to three-quarters of a second - laughs difference [Music] Wally Dallenbach down Green and here is Kenny Wallace now making a pit stop after going a lap down Kenny Wallace pole screws pit stall they will make a chassis adjustment four-tire stop and fuel my conditions they won't need to come back to pit road left side can you look at his left side tires pack it full of fuel I know the honors the babydome coming down pit road Mike Skinner is in the pits as well so is there in coke [Music] exposition changes nobody in the top five chain Jimmy Spencer has gone to her lap down and proposition Jeff Gordon moves up a spot Mayfield down a spot he has not been practically all weekend he's two laps down now in 22nd position did not qualify well and is not racing well tonight I've seen Mike Skinner the Lowe's home improvement Chevrolet he just made a pit stop but on four fresh tires so he's able to drive by these they farts hits now the Realtree Chevrolet start seeing pits they were last in on land 207 [Music] 17 back with more from Richmond International Raceway in a moment we did have others pit stops Jeff Burton came in for a stop Mark Martin Dale Jarrett we're in Kenny urban Jocelyn now Jimmy Spencer is the leader of the race he has not hit it obviously because we saw him go a lap down he left to go and Jeff Gordon has come out ahead of Jeff Ferguson he does have to make a pit stop the leader of the race right now he's second tonight Jeff birds on fresh tires is a little quicker than Jeff Gordon is they run about 70 80 laps that Jeff Gordon seems to be a little faster so right now it is not that far behind down to Bill Weber and that could be an advantage because they've got less than 80 laps to run so Britain's cars we need help to do something else put on that car but since they knew this was going to be their last stop they changed the status [Music] running Jeff Gordon yes he certainly is within a car length and remember before of new piracy Oh Jeff Gordon as a matter of fact and Dan Jeff Ford started coming back ever so slowly but now this is working to Gordon's advantage if you can just keep Burton down after a little bit Oh Bertie pump the Gordon get bored off the gas so Jeff Burton does take the lead at another battle rages between Bobby Labonte and Kenny Irwin this is for the a position still there john has a report on the 28 car stop tires sitting back out of [Music] and Erwin teammate all these covers are left and right halves result of Jimmy Spencer got heavy paid a pit stop yet Mark Martin just passed Jimmy Spencer and thank you dear they got back north to meet just a couple of laps ago we see Bobby Labonte the Interstate Batteries upon it trying to get on the inside of Kenny [Music] the body got the bangs sideways nice save by Bobby [Music] there is Jimmy Spencer who is on old tires but nevertheless in the lead by about seven seconds but look at the difference of between old tires and new tires once besides mr. president and at that point in 3/4 of Earnhardt is stuffed on the racetrack and you can see a mad scramble back to the start/finish line here in danger the tinnier we're trying to pass Jimmy Spencer but bobby labonte might be the only one that'll be able to do that before they get back to the start/finish line Bobby Labonte does get back in the beat and everybody else will stay a lap down including Kenny Irwin [Music] I wondered now what the leaders gonna do where they gonna stop watch the caution for begin with oh yeah Earnhardt stopped on the backstretch pit ended up I will as matter of fact I guess [Music] that's interesting well finally gonna do here comes Spencer obviously about the 24 is he gonna stop $2.99 they're coming up the pit road are they gonna stop no down to Jerry on one comer that will make a pit stop and got a huge huge break comes down pit road now with a big no fall of the hood we told you the story earlier it's the backup car was the same one used in New Hampshire brennick on 50 now Harold's thoughtful clean the windshield Donnie window in the crew already although the card number two comes in Rusty Wallace the break for him as well the six of the eight team Spencer is away now the 2 car right side tire remember rusty ball with head head car club them with the right front tire twice tonight it will come in and now get front cover and this car was very very good on wide tire work continuing on up to vote on the concentration above his body they continue to have no way let's check in with John Kernan they'll learn why we bring it into his girl and tell them the reason he stopped on the backstretch apparently an ignition problem the engine just quit I saw him come down very slowly down the front straightaway just before that before he got around to the back said he got stopped he switched ignitions and finally he got into fire up here's the weather waiting for Kenny Wallace to come down pit road this caution saved him he believes he has a flat right rear tire and was going to pit that time instead the caution came out while the stayed out limped around the track now pulls it into his pit stall and will go to the right side first Jack it up put on the right side tires then they'll check and see if they want to change the laughs because they just put on the left side so Kenny Wallace saved by the caution he gets four tires and of course he has plenty of fuel to reach the finish there are just 67 laps to go in this for Raceway champion Jeff bodean and Ernie Irvan [Music] major major Catan Jeff Gordon chose the right lady now it's brother Jeff Burt buy couple and Ted Musgraves is between just will not give up he wants to stay in the lead lap does he have enough bar [Music] he does we ask the question at the beginning the show when is this freight train gonna derail the Jeff Gordon train the button race recap Jeff Gordon is the leader he has only led 28 of the 340 four laps we've had 21 lead changes and one of the most competitive races that we've seen all year six caution flags laughs and the average speed little over 93 miles an hour and just a lot of great side-by-side racing like we're seeing here right now those who have led a lap Jeff Gordon has where Jeff Burton rather has led the most laps 100 Mark Martin Dale Jarrett gets hit from behind and spins Mark Martin almost bid coming off the turn and it's going to allow several cars Jeff Burton retakes the lead and here comes the 96 car [Music] [Music] not going to get the lap back John Andretti and Kenny Irwin did get their lives back and one reason they threw the caution flag and I think I really applaud NASCAR for doing that the smoke point out in turn one was so heavy that if the cars that come off the corner racing down into the corner I don't think they would have been able to see properly so NASCAR through the coffee place great call now that smoke concealed smoke lets dissipate at about 10 per about ten times what it was before alright here we go again with the replay battling for the lead Oh contact more contact now the leaders are all on pit road and here's your situation with bail Geritol inside of Rusty Wallace now Mark Martin watch mark comes there you see and he just barely Clips Dale Jarrett and down to the inside he goes meanwhile Burton ascends here's Bill Jeff Burton has already got his right side tires left-side tire on a quick stop he's on his way John Kernan left sides going on for Kenny Irwin no adjustments let's go to the 24 bit dr. punch a very quick four-tire change [Music] so ever he is down and away likewise Bobby Hamilton Bennett in the Kodak Chevrolet and the quality care crew now waiting on Dale Jarrett and to that car Lutz around twice to bring out the caution shot here as we are working left 3 48 52 left remain here at Richmond International Raceway that's the conclusion after this [Music] as the field gets lined up for the restart this is what brought out the caution when Bobby's body back there and make some contact with Mark Martin that's there we see the six car of Mark Martin I think he's gonna get just a little bump from Bobby Labonte he when he straightens the car up he goes up and tests Dale Jarrett in the left rear and DJ nails the gas trying to keep the car under control [Music] just watch and listen [Music] and from Bobby Labonte's on board then green flag is waving again here we go Spencer and the urban did not come in so [Music] right [Music] the tail end of the lead lap Rusty Wallace is second [Music] 99 in the 24 are mired back here and traffic more fresh start that's what advantage [Music] he was battle with a look come on inside time to go three abreast in there turn free afraid and you jump onto the body on the inside [Music] Mike Skinner is not on the lead lap well yeah Jimmy's victory will be wisely birthdays going somewhere [Music] and once again there's three of them now Jeff burns our kids more three abreast who watch the count opponent turns that thing [Music] well still right on the back bumper Bert [Music] Saturday night racing at its best [Music] [Music] relax BP is only a race that's the festival Dan said he remembered what up the last time Jeff Gordon [Music] right now [Music] position hold [Music] three [Music] we might be inside Spencer spent the slides up the racetrack and Jimmy Spencer falls to third [Music] [Music] Burnie running in 20 unable to say that he had Dewalt big time for the back end of the car [Music] the caution waves once again for the eighth time tonight a lot of damage to the career that Interstate Batteries Pontiac basically that's the night that hearty hip scrubbed off a little speed but still hit very hard here it is again that was he's on the inside a Spencer and looked like the rusty waters might have made some contact with it and here it goes the body and somehow rusty goes through all this all these cars somehow get through this rusty and Bobby Hamilton Mark Martin all coming into pits [Music] [Applause] this days a lot of smoke this space for the Aramis cousin it's Jerry frosty wall three-car does not fit on the previous caution flag now they've got [Music] at the end of pit road and Bobby Hamilton exiting also with a four-tire change Bobby Labonte meanwhile takes off the steering wheel lowers the net and obviously is not a very happy race driver at the moment he was running in the top five in contact with Rusty Wallace sent him into the outer wall in turn three Burton is the lead of the race with Jeff Gordon running in second Ken Schrader is third Jimmy Spencer is fourth and John Andretti is fifth now John Andretti started up front down but has come back to run again in the top five they're not going green this time so let's go to John Kernan in the garage area with Bobby Labonte who's already changed clothes Bobby okay yeah yeah a little sore here but when the rearview mirror come flying at me I thought it hit pretty hard but uh yeah I guess we just got you know gotten wreck back there on the back straightaway done you know kind of know what happened but yeah it's part of it you know sorry not raced in there there's interstate Pontiac Grand good these guys did a great job I think we're in the top five you know right there at the end so it's a great little battle and you know at least I was able to run pretty good on this track it's kind of uh had me a little bit the past couple years so you know we just had a good run but just didn't end up that way Bobby Labonte finished 34th here a year ago and finished in eighth position in the June race well it looks like Kenny Irwin has a tire rub [Music] understand he and the 43 car had an encounter release time looks like he's going to pit road yes he is oh my Denis burger now there still aren't going there still aren't going green nope I guess it you got such a mess trying to get these cars lined up getting back their three abreast yeah here's Kenny in the pits right put that right front that's what they're trying to fix we put a right front was rubbing the front tire [Music] hey Robbie who was gonna go bond he relinquishes the sixth position but he's only going to drop to 10th because they don't forget tomorrow we have more auto racing for you here on ESPN it begins with our p.m. today at a 12:30 Eastern Time over on the deuce in the Memphis 200 from the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at 1:00 o'clock with Dave Spain and at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon the car FedEx Championship Series heads for Laguna Seca and the Ron free of Monterey featuring the Texaco 300 I tell you those craftsman trucks are just about as good as NASCAR out on the true division right there [Music] 24 the most on a three quarter mile track 25 [Music] front Jeff Burton in the 99 Jeff [Music] last week Darrell Wallace meanwhile straighter and dispenser [Music] back in sixth position as Rusty Wallace who has persevered through some ups and downs this evening [Music] I'm sure that some fans of waterways instead rescue all history went down when everybody a great bring back his stuff that put him back and we mentioned that would once you makers reflect itself is pretty lecture only lesson questioner the dog party's back on the lead lap running in ninth spot laughs here tonight boom Dale Jarrett and Chad little get together off the turn four and once again Jared spins car involved no caution as of yet that Jaret can get the car rolling he will not bring out a caution and that tonight yes he has it's a second spin for Dale tonight less than a second interval between first and second and then just a matter of car links back to third place Ken Schrader stay with us this you bet after that period of time [Music] we're just wanting to catch up and Mark Martin the last couple of laps Mark Martin has been the fastest car in the race ESPN SportsCenter is coming up after the conclusion on this race Sammy Sosa gets number 30 also report on the US Open six I'm sorry 60 and how about Florida State huh come on Wolfpack how about this North Carolina State Wolfpack huh a complete report coming up on SportsCenter well as half of 60 polish perfect it does a lot for me here comes [Music] take some damage on the 43 on the left rear quarter panel there's mark tries to make the Pass a couple of positions and pre-show through the five - and ready moves into the top ten there the body will lose the cup was great drama bill gave a couple spots as our leader one second Celine [Music] people now their folks and just see if Jeff Gordon [Music] we've got 12 laps to go last time it was one this time it was point nine he gained seventeen hundreds of a second Jeff Gordon did that last lap that's plenty zipping gate that ever left and he's got plenty of time to catch it [Music] the buffer Kenny Schrader's spot [Music] he ran a 120 point one ran a one 19.3 almost a mile an hour faster - Jeff Burton ten laps to go a little bit more that time is four six six now he said as they go by dick Triplett rounding nearly forgot and here comes Mark Martin to the inside of Kenny Schrader as they wrestle for third [Music] mark we see point five ten seconds past second back is Jeff Gordon he is closing in with nine laps to go when Hartman [Music] laughing hard watching all of this to go and force initiative is one thing and passing him is another they're running two entirely different grooves we've just got about three minutes of racing left folks don't go away powerlinx of Jeff Burton it's down to us got the right track for the same proof that Jeff Ford was running [Music] coming up between Jeff Burton and Jeff Gordon six to go a second in Virginia come on let's win one is Virginia Boston down thrown about 6070 years look at the inside what five to go [Music] Jeff burns gosh someone is at the back of it [Music] opportunity to get to the inside of Jeff Burton off the corner Burton maintains the advantage point jeff has given it a great battle both tips would you say Jeff cover it all there jorts meeting him on they're open to once again Jeff Gordon tries to move alongside Burton between these two three watts to go it's exactly what I was thinking Bob [Music] now right here is for chef George to speak Jim [Music] that might be where the camp that's what they come to start in decline [Music] well side-by-side this [Music] Jordan had to back off can we hope it does [Music] fine Jeff Burton for the inside Kevin Jeff Gordon posed alongside but Burton pitches ahead as they move straight through the third and fourth quarters they're coming alive [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] a great crowd to finish third and look at Ken second win of 1998 for Jeff Burnie also won a New Hampshire his fifth career when and his second on a short track Burt winds at Richmond if you're not asking for it you're asking for it by Quaker State for protection beyond 3,000 miles under any driving conditions and by Daytona USA the ultimate motorsports attraction Jeff Burton is in victory lane here's our McDonald's winner's circle interview with dr. Jerry punch and a moment ago he climbed out of his car stood on the roof of this crowded Virginia went nuts chef's congratulations water finished as a hill the race for next time for you know I need to thank Jeff Gordon first of all he drove me real clean and we work together all night getting this in traffic traffic was really hard and we took your time with each other all night now I want to thank him first because he he drove me real clean is there at the end these guys did all the job in the pits all night we picked out spots every single time we beat the 24 out of pit every single time and that's huge because we all know how good they are big win for us rose deck side racing horn honking see you [Music] [Applause] [Music] take a look at the results here of this race here tonight which was one of the best we've seen in a long time Kurt not only wins but leads the most laps that's the reason for the double yellow arrows the other yellow arrows indicate those who led at least one lamp just competitive racing all night side by side sometimes three abreast and Jeff Burton has beaten Jeff Gordon and the others here at Richmond International Raceway now the point standings 204 pointed Vantage now for Jeff over Martin 308 over Jared and 475 over Rusty Wallace and as you can see Ken Schrader's moves on the position tonight than John Andretti moves into the top ten don't forget tomorrow our p.m. today at 12:30 Eastern Time on the news the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Memphis 201 o'clock here on ESPN and then the karfedix championship series from Laguna Seca at 3 o clock here on ESPN don't forget SportsCenter is coming up with all the major stories from the world of sports coming up in just a few moments stay with us for that well again our congratulations to Jeff Burton who has won over Jeff Gordon Mark Martin Ken Schrader and John Andretti Kim Burton and the entire team celebrates Jeff win here tonight [Applause] in victory lane for the this has been a presentation of ESPN the worldwide leader in sports

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Published: Sat Oct 14 2017