2012 Zippo 200 at the Glen (in HD)

>> Announcer: THE FOLLOWING IS A PERSONAL PRESENTATION OF ESPN ON ABC. ♪ >>> THIS LITTLE TOWN OF WATKINS GLEN, NEW YORK, CLAIMS TO HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL AT EVERY TURN. WELL, AT THIS AFTERNOON, THERE'S 572. THEY WILL NOT ONLY HAVE TO CONTEND WITH CAMPIONS BUT ROAD COURSE RACERS FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE WORLD BUT THEY'LL HAVE 0 TO CONTEND WITH THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE. ELLIOTT SADLER HAS RIDDEN THIS COURSE 35 TIMES IN HIS CAREER BUT HE'S NEVER WON. THE TOP ARE A COMBINED 0 FOR 17 IN NATION WIDE SERIES. RACES THAT REQUIRE TURNING BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT. MY FRIENDS, WELCOME TO WATKINS GLEN, NEW YORK, AND THE SEVEN TURNS AND NEARLY 2 1/2 MILES, OF COURSE, WELCOME TO NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES "COUNTDOWN." A BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY. LOOK WHO IS BACK, BY THE WAY, CARL EDWARDS FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON, HE'S MAKING A NATIONWIDE SERIES START. HE'S A TWO-TIMER WINNER IN THE SERIES. TODAY, HE WILL START SECOND. SIX RACES RE ONE ON THE POLE, TWO STRAIGHT, ADVANTAGE, SAM HORNISH OR CARL EDWARDS HERE LAST NIGHT FROM THE FRONT ROW. AND WHEN WE LAST SAW DANICA HE WAS A STRETCH TO WIN THE RACE. DANICA TENTH. TODAY, SHE STARTS 23rd. TO THE FANS IN THE STANDS WHO HAVE PAINTED THEMSELVES WITH HER NAME, THEY DON'T SEEM TO CARE. I LIKE TO THINK I'VE NEVER TRIED. WELCOME TO ESPN STUDIO. I'M NICOLE BRISCOE. THE BIG MAN ON THE END, HE HAS BEEN IN A CAR, AS AN OOERN AT THIS VERY TRACK. BUT THE GUY OVER HERE, RUSTY WALLACE ACTUALLY HAD WINS -- YOU HAD WINS THAT COUNT. >> I APPRECIATE THAT A LOT. >> FOR THE GOOD. >> YOU HAVE WON AT THIS TRACK, SIX OVERALL. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SAY ROAD COURSE, LIKE A SUPERSPEEDWAY, THIS IS IT. THIS PLACE IS AWESOME. PEOPLE SAY, THIS IS MY FAVORITE TRACK. >> YEAH, THIS IS A REALLY FAST RACETRACK. WHAT YOU SEE THROUGHOUT THE DAY, THE BETTER CAR COMES FROM THE FRONT. KEEP IT OFF THE GRAVEL, YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WIN THIS RACE. THAT LAST RESTART, IF THERE IS ONE IS ALWAYS DRAMATIC BECAUSE IT'S NO GIVE, NO TAKE. JUST GIVE ALL YOU CAN. >> RESTARTS, DRAMATIC, DO YOU REMEMBER LAST WEEK IN POCONO? >> DOES IT HAPPEN? WHY DON'T YOU TAKE US FOR A LAP AROUND THIS PLACE. >> I LOVE TRIS TRACK. WE SHOULD START AT THE START/FINISH LINE HERE AT WATKINS GLEN, NEW YORK. RIGHT INTO ONE OF THE BEST AREAS OF ALL, RIGHT INTO TURN ONE, YOU SEE HIM GET DOWN IN THERE, BUT YOU CAN HAVE PROBLEMS DOWN THERE, WHEEL HOPS, SLIDE OFF THE RACETRACK. YOU SEE CARL EDWARDS GET OFF OF COURSE, GETS BACK ON THE TRACK TODAY. WE'LL SEE A LOT OF THAT. THEN YOU LEAVE TURN ONE. >> YES, TOWARDS THE END, ANOTHER GREAT OPPORTUNITY, RUSTY. THE PASS. YOU WANT TO GET TO THE INSIDE ON BOTH SIDES. THE CAR ON THE INSIDE HAS THE DEFINITE ADVANTAGE. THE ONE ON THE OUTSIDE, JUST LIKE YOU SEE HERE, YOU'RE OUT TO LUNCH. YOU'RE TOO WIDE, YOU LOSE A LOT OF TIME AND TRACK POSITION. >> THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT GETTING THROUGH THAT PART OF THE RACETRACK, BRAD. ANOTHER PART OF THE RACETRACK THAT'S AWFUL GOOD, GETTING OUT OF FIVE INTO TURN SIX, YOU SEE THIS IS AN AREA WHERE YOU CAN MAKE A LOTS PASSES, TOO. BUT YOU CAN ALSO GET OFF THE COURSE, YOU SEE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, YOU PAVE THAT THAT AREA. BEFORE IT WAS A BIG GRAVEL TRAP AND IT WAS ADISAER. IF YOU GET OFF THERE, YOU'RE IN BIG TROUBLE. YOU LEAVE TURN SEVEN DOWN TO START/FINISH LINE, THAT'S THE LAP AROUND WATKINS GLEN. ONE OF MY FAVORITE ROAD COURSES OF ALL. I'VE WON SIX OF THEM, THIS IS PROBABLY MY FAVORITE. >> WELL, THEY HAVE MADE SOME CHANGES AT THIS PARTICULAR TRACK IN PART OF BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED THE LAST TIME. LAST LAP, DAVID RAGAN AND DAVID REUTIMANN. >> DAVID RAGAN COLLECTS DAVID REUTIMANN. THIS IS IMPACTOR THE INTERBARRIER WALL THERE THAT IS SOLID STEEL. BUT WE LEARNED A LOT. >> FROM THE CHANGE, THE TOP OF THE SCREEN IS WHAT IT USED TO LOOK LIKE. THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, OBVIOUSLY, IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW. >> YEAH, REALLY FOCUS ON THE TOP OF THE SCREEN AND THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. YOU SEE ON THE VERY TOP, THERE'S A LOT OF GRASS ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE. GUYS WOULD GET INTO TURN ONE. A LOT OF IT LOOSE, GET OFF THAT PAVEMENT. AS THEY TRY TO GET BACK ON, THEY RUN THROUGH THAT GRASS. SO NASCAR CAME IN ON THE BOTTOM PART OF THE SCREEN HERE NOW, PUT THATXT PAVEMENT IN, OPEN UNDER THAT GUARD RAIL. MOVED THATUARD RAIL ON THE BOTTOM TO THE RIGHT, FARTHER YET. GAVE THE DRIVE LOT MORE ROOM TO MAKE MISTAKES AND NOT CRASH AND NOT HAVE A BUMP. BRAD, IN MY EYES, A REALLY GO M. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> WE HIT ON THE NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES DRIVERS. SAM HORNISH JR., 34 BACK, HE'S THE POLE SITTER TODAY. BUT THE NATIONWIDE SERIES, THOSE FOUR DRIVERS, SADLER, DILLON, STENHOUSE AND HORNISH, THEY WERE COMBINED 0 FOR 17 IN THE SERIES RACES. THEY HAVE COMBINED FOR TOP TWO-TOP FIVE FINISHES. SO OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS NOT THEIR STRENGTH. SO WHAT IS YOUR MENTALITY, WHAT IS YOUR STRATEGY? HOW DO YOU PLAY THIS RACE OUT IF YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP? >> I WILL TELL YOU ONE THING, EVERY TIME YOU COME TO A ROAD COURSE, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY. IF SOMEBODY TELLS YOU YOU CAN'T GET IT DONE, I'M GEEING TO PROVE YOU WRONG. FOR ELLIOTT SADLER, I'VE WATCHED ELLIOTT RUN OUT THERE IN THE CUP CAR, DID AMAZINGLY GOOD. HE JUST WON LAST WEEK IN IOWA. HE'S GOT A LOT MORE MOMENTUM ON HIS SIDE. I THINK ELLIOTT CAN WIN THIS RACE TODAY FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS. GOT MORE EXPERIENCE, AND ALSO, HE'S IN A REALLY GOOD CAR RIGHT NOW. FAST RACE CAR. DON'T BE SURPRISED IF ELLIOTT SADLER WINS THIS THING TODAY. >> I DO WANT TO POINT OUT AUSTIN DILLON. SAM HORNISH JR. QUALIFIED FIRST. AUSTIN DILLON, 30th. >> YEAH, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, SIMPLY BECAUSE HE'S EIGHT POINTS OUT OF THE LEAD, CHAMPIONSHIP-WISE, HE'S STARTING 30th. ONE THING ON THE ROAD COURSE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE PATIENCE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. HE'S GOT A GREAT RACE CAR. LET THAT RACE CAR TAKE YOU WHERE IT WILL. IF HE SHOWS ANY IMPATIENCE, THIS COULD RUIN HIS RACE CAR ASPIRATIONS. >> IT'S NOT JUST WATKINS GLEN THIS WEEK, IT'S ANOTHER ROAD COURSE NEXT WEEK IN MONTREAL. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> THERE'S ONLY ONE THING HE NEEDS THROUGH THE DAY TO HAVE A GOOD RESULT, GUYS. AS SIMPLE AS THIS SOUNDS, YOU'VE JUST GOT TO STAY ON THE RACETRACK. IF THESE GUYS OVERCHARGE TURN ONE AND GET OFF, OVERCHARGE SIX, THEY'VE GOT BIG PROBLEMS. IF THE KID CAN SIMPLY STAY ON THE RACETRACK, HE IS GOING TO FINISH MUCH BETTER. >> SURE. AND HE'S GOT A GREAT CAR AS WELL. >> FOR FANS AT HOME, CHECK OUT NASCAR.COM/RACEBUDDIES TO WATCH COVERAGE LIVE FROM WATKINS GLEN. AND WHEN WE COME BACK, IN THE SPRINT CUP SERIES ROAD COURSE RINGERS DON'T REALLY HAVE AN ADVANTAGE. BUT THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THE CASE IN THIS SERIES. AND WE WILL TELL YOU WHY WHEN WE COME BACK. PLUS, WE'LL TELL YOU WHO THESE GUYS LIKE TO SEE WIN TODAY. YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED BY BRAD'S PICK. >>> BACK TO THE FINGER LAKES REGION, WATKINS GLEN IS ON THE SOUTHERN TIP OF ENICA LAKE. NOW, IT RAINED QUITE A BIT YESTERDAY. BUT THE WEATHER HAS CLEARED OUT AND YOU COULD NOT ASK FOR A MORE PERFECT DAY AT THE TRACK. COVERAGE OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL CONTINUES TOMORROW AND MONDAY ON ESPN AND ESPN. TAKE IT AWAY. >> HERE WE GO, TOMORROW ON ESPN, THE A.L. EAST SHOWDOWN, MY FAVORITE TEAM, THE BRAVES, AND THEY GO TO CITIFIELD. MONDAY NIGHT, ESPN, SOME OF THE BEST LEAGUES GO HEAD TO HEAD WITH JOHN THE HAMMERHEAD HAMILTON WITH THE FOUR-GAME SERIES WITH THEIR TEAM AND THE YANKEES. THAT'S 7:00, "SPORTSCENTER." AND SUNDAY NIGHT BASEBALL PRESENTED BY TACO BELL. >> NOW, WE HAVE TO GO GREEN. THERE ARE A FEW RINGERS IN THIS FIELD. RON ZOELLERS. PLEASE A THREE-TIME WINNER. THREE AT THIS VERY TRACK. MIGUEL PALUDO. AND THERE ARE SEVERAL SPRINT SUBPOENA KEAR REECE DRIVERS IN THE FIELD. WHICH IS KIND OF AN INTERESTING THING. THE RINGERS NECESSARILY HAVE A BIG IMPACT, THAT IS NOT THE CASE IN THIS SERIES. >> YEAH, IN THIS SERIES, WE DON'T HAVE THE DEPTH, WE DON'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE THAT THEY HAVE AT THAT LEVEL. THE ROAD COURSE RINGERS COME IN AND HAVE A DRAMATIC IMPACT ON THE OUTCOME OF THESE RACES AS YOU HAVE SEEN WITH RON FELLOWS OVER THE PAST SEASONS. >> TALK ABOUT RON FELLOWS, RON FELLOWS IS A GUY THAT GIFTS IT DONE OUT OF THE RINGERS. WITH SEVEN OF THEM, GOSH, YOU GOT TO BELIEVE, ONE OF THEM IS GOING TO WIN, THE CUP GUYS. >> BEFORE WE TALK MORE ABOUT CARL EDWARDS. I DO WANT TO POINT SOMETHING OUT, WE DO TALK ABOUT THE RINGERS AND HOW GOOD THEY ARE. IRONICALLY, THE BEST QUALIFYING RINGER IS PALUDO. >> YEAH, NONE OF THEM QUALIFIED EXTREMELY WELL BUT THEY RACE SO WELL. THEY ARE SO SMART, THEY HAVE STRATEGY. >> CARL EDWARDS IS BACK MAKING HIS FIRST NATIONWIDE SERIES START SINCE WE SAW HIM IN MIAMI LAST SEASON. WHAT DO WE THINK? >> WELL, HE'S BACK. HE'S BACK BECAUSE HE WANTS TO GET MORE EXPERIENCE. LOOK, WE ALL KNOW HE'S REALLY STRUGGLING IN A CUP SIRE REECE. WE TALKED TO HIM LAST WEEK, CARL, WE DID AT POCONO. HE SAID I'M GOING TO RUN WATKINS GLEN BECAUSE I WANT THE EXPERIENCE. HE'S GOT A GREAT CAR, A GOOD SPONSOR AND JUST A LITTLE EXTRA EXPERIENCE FOR THE RACE. >> DANICA PATRICK RODE VERY STRONG AT RACE AMERICA. TONI EURY JR. THIS WEEKEND HAS CHALLENGED DANICA TO NOT TAKE ANY YOU KNOW WHAT OUT THERE TODAY. >> WELL, I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN HER TAKE ANY. SHE'S A VERY AGGRESSIVE RACE CAR DRIVER. I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. I WANT DANICA JUST LIKE RUSTY SAID, TO STAY ON THE RACETRACK THROUGHOUT THE DAY, MAKE THE LAPS. IF SHE DOES THAT, SHE'LL GIVE HERSELF AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET ANOTHER GOOD SOLID FINISH. >> SHE IS IN A BIT OF A HOLE. AUSTIN DILLON STARTS 30th AND DANICA, 23rd. HE MAY HAVE TO USE SOME STRATEGY. >> I THINK SHE WILL. SHE STARTED TENTH AT ROAD AMERICA. HAD A GREAT RACE. GOT UP TO THE FRONT. SHE'S 23rd NOW. SHE'S WAY IN THE BACK. AND THAT IS TO THIS IS A MUCH DIFFERENT DORIS THAN SHE RODAT ROAD AMERICA. THIS TRACK IS FASTER. IT'S GOT MORE TURNS BUT SHE'S GOT MORE OF A CHALLENGE HERE. >> SHE HAS BEEN HERE IN INDYCAR IN THE PAST SO SHE DOES HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE. BIG QUESTION, THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE OF THE DAY, WHO DO YOU LIKE? >> I LIKE CARL EDWARDS. HE'S BACK. I THINK CARL'S GOING TO BE STRONG. HE WON AT MONTREAL. EVERY TIME HE GETS IN A NATIONWIDE CAR, HE'S BOLT FAST. CARL EDWARDS. >> FOR ME, IT'S PAUL MENARD. IT'S TIME FOR HIM TO GET BACK TO VICTORY LANE. I THINK PAUL MENARD IS A BIG WINNER. >> REAL QUICK NOTE, KYLE BUSCH QUALIFIED SIXTH BUT HE'S GOING TO THE BACK, THEY HAD TO CHANGE THE OIL TANK IN THE CAR. SO BACK IN THE FIELD. AND WHEN WE COME BACK, NO MESSING AROUND TODAY. NONE WHATSOEVER. MARTY REID, ANDY PETREE AND DALE JARRETT WILL GET US READY TO GO RACING HERE AT WATKINS GLEN. >> LET'S DO IT. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO GO RACING. >> CARL EDWARDS STARTS UP FRONT >>> IT'S ABSOLUTELY A PICTURE-PERFECT DAY HERE AT WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT CROWD ON HAND AS WE ARE GETTING READY TO SEND IT DOWN TRACKSIDE. THE CARS IN LINE. CREWS GETTING READY FOR THE OPENING CEREMONY UNDER ABSOLUTELY PERFECT, PERFECT CONDITIONS. SO, LET'S GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD AND LET'S SEND IT DOWN TO THE OPENING CEREMONIES HERE AT WATKINS GLEN. >> Announcer: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, REMAIN STANDING AS THE VFW POST 4936 PRESENTS OUR NATION'S COLORS. AND NOW HERE'S REVEREND DAVID FREY OF BENTLEY CREEK CHURCH OFFERING TODAY'S INVOCATION. >> LET US PRAY. LORD GOD, WE APPROACH YOU AND GRATEFUL FOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO RUN THE 200 HERE AT WATKINS ZBLEN INTERNATIONAL. WE ASK YOU FOR YOUR BLESSING AT THIS TIME, OH, LORD. WITH YOUR HAND UPON EACH DRIVER, WORKER AND CREMEMBER, GRANT US THAT, LORD. AND HELP US REMEMBER THAT ALL GOOD THINGS COME FROM YOU. AMEN. >> Announcer: AND NOW HERE TO PERFORM OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM, PLEASE WELCOME 2008 "AMERICAN IDOL" WINNER AND PLATINUM RECORDING ARTIST DAVID COOK. ♪ O SAY, CAN YOU SEE BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT ♪ ♪ WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAILED AT THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING? ♪ ♪ WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT STARS THROUGH THE PERILOUS FIGHT ♪ ♪ O'ER THE RAMPARTS WE WATCHED WERE SO GALLANTLY STREAMING? ♪ ♪ AND THE ROCKETS' RED GLARE THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR ♪ ♪ GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE ♪ ♪ OH, SAY, DOES THAT STAR-SPANGLED BANNER YET WAVE ♪ ♪ O'ER THE LAND ♪ AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE? ♪ >>> FIREWORKS ALL AROUND THE SEVEN TURNS AT WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL. AS DRIVERS GET READY TO STRAP IN, AS WE COME TRACK SIDE ALONG WITH ANDY PETREE, DARRYL JARRETT, MARTY REID. GLAD YOU COULD JOIN US. YESTERDAY, HALF THE LAPS IN DRY CONDITIONS. AND THE LACK OF TRACK SIEM DIDN'T SHOW ITS DISPARITY BECAUSE IT DIDN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU HAD EXPERIENCE OR INEXPERIENCE, THERE WERE GUYS THAT WERE HURT. >> YEAH, I'M GOING TO LOOK AT, RON FELLOWS, DIDN'T GET MITCH TIME IN THE RACE CAR, I DON'T CARE HOW GOOD YOU ARE, YOU NEED THAT RHYTHM AND FEEL FOR WHAT YOUR RACE CAR NEEDS. THEY MAY HAVE TO TAKE SOME TIME UNDER A PIT STOP TO MAKE SOME CHANGES. >> ONE OF THE CHAMPION CONTENDERS, YOUNG AUSTIN DILLON, HE NEEDED THAT TRACK TIME. HE LOST THAT TRACK TIME YESTERDAY, LIKE YOU SAID. HE NEEDED TODAY BECAUSE HE DIDN'T GET A GOOD QUALIFYING LAP. ONE THING HE'S ABLE TO DO, GET HIS CAR OUT OF TROUBLE. IF HE CAN STAY ON THE RACETRACK AND NOT GET HIS CAR TORN UP, HE'LL GET A GOOD FINISH. >> AS NICOLE AND THE CREW POINTED OUT, NONE HAVE A WIN, BUT IT'S STILL A RACE THAT'S CRITICAL. WE HAVE TWO ROAD COURSES BACK TO BACK. >> YEAH, REALLY DO. SO NOW IT TURNED INTO AN OPPORTUNITY, SAM HORNISH JR. ON THE POLE, IT MIGHT BE A CHANCE FOR ME TO GO TO VICTORY LANE AND GET A LOT OF POINTS. ELLIOTT SADLER ON THE OTHER SIDE, I THINK HE'S LOOKING AT THIS CONTENDER THERE, OKAY, WE JUST NEED A SOLID DAY. >> THERE'S A LOT OF HEAVY HITTERS. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO OUTRUN IN THIS RACE TO GET TO VICTORY LANE. KYLE BUSCH, THOSE ARE SOME GUYS HARD TO BEAT HERE. YOU SEE KASEY KAHNE, HOW MANY TIMES HE'S WON IN THE SERIES. IT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH ROAD FOR THE REGULARS TO BEAT THESE GUYS. >> IN KYLE BUSCH AND CARL EDWARDS THEN THROW IN BRAD, JOEY AND KASEY KAHNE, THAT IS A FORMIDABLE CHALLENGE FOR EVERYBODY. ON BOARD WITH CARL EDWARDS. OF COURSE, HE'S THE IN-RACE REPORTER. LET'S GET THE GUYS READY TO GO AND WE'LL BE BACK WITH THE START OF THIS RACE RIGHT AFTER THIS. ♪ ♪ >>> AH, A BEAUTIFUL VIEW FROM HIGH ABOVE, AS WE LOOK DOWN ON WATKINS GLEN. 43 CARS THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE THE GREEN FLAG IN JUST A MATTER OF MOMENTS. IN FACT, THEY'RE GETTING WORD THAT IT'S TIME TO GO TRACK SIDE TO GET THE COMMAND AS PART OF THIS RACE. LET'S DO IT NOW. >> Announcer: RACE FANS IT'S TIME FOR THOSE MOST FAMOUS WORDS IN MOTORSPORTS. HERE TO GIVE THE COMMAND, PLEASE WELCOME OUR GRAND MARSHAL, 2008 "AMERICAN IDOL" WINNER AND PLATINUM RECORDING ARTIST, DAVID COOK. >> DRIVERS, START YOUR ENGINES! >> CRANK THEM UP. CRANK 'EM UP. >> READY. >> CRANK IT UP. CRANK IT UP. >> FIRE 'EM UP. >> YEAH, I GOT YA. >> THE ENGINES HAVE COME TO LIFE, AND IN A MATTER OF MOMENTS, THEY'LL BE PULLING AWAY HEADING OUT TO, DOWN THROUGH TU ONE, UP THROUGH THE ESSES TO THE LAYOUT AT WATKINS GLEN. THE IN-RACE REPORTER, THAT MAN RIGHT THERE, MAKING HIS RETURN TO THE RACE THIS YEAR, WE SHOWED YOU THE 37 WINS IN HIS CAREER. TWO OF THOSE ON THIS. THAT WAS MONTREAL IN THE VERY LAST CORNER IN THE VERY ♪ >>> IT'S FITTING THAT WATKINS GLEN IS SURROUNDED BY NATURE BECAUSE IT'S THE HOME OF NASCAR'S NATURAL SELECTION. IF YOU WANT TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP, MASTERING THE ART OF ROAD RACING. >> MERELY A NUISANCE. IT'S A NECESSITY. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF SURVIVAL IF YOU WERE IN A CHAMPIONSHIP RACE ON THE ROAD COURSES. NOW, YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE SOME HAY WHILE THE SUN IS SHINING, AS YOU CAN SEE, 34 POINTS SEPARATES THE TOP FOUR IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP. THOSE ARE OUR FOUR TOP SCORERS. LET'S CHECK IN WITH DAVE BURNS FIRST. >> WELL, MARTY, ELLIOTT SADLER HAS RAISED AT WATKINS GLEN IN NASCAR COMPETITION. HE CANNOT AFFORD LAST TODAY. IF HE CAN'T WIN, HIS CREW HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP HIM AS COMPETITIVE AS POSSIBLE AND TRY TO HANG ON TO THE POINTS LEAD HE HAS. THAT MEANS KEEP THE CAR DRIVABLE AND GET THOSE FUEL CALCULATIONS ACCURATE. MIKE MASSARO. >> THE MAN BEHIND HIM IS AUSTIN DILLON. TAKING A LOOK, HIS CREW CHIEF DANNY STOCKMAN SAYS THIS COULD MAKE OR BREAK THE CHAMPIONSHIP HE KWS THIS DRIVER DILLON HAS MUCH LESS ROAD COURSE EXPERIENCE THAN SADLER. THE GOAL TODAY, SURVIVE AND MAINTAIN PACE. THEY DO HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, HOWEVER, AS DILLON WILL GO 30th THIS AFTERNOON. VINCE WELCH. >> THIRD IN THE POINTS STANDINGS IS RICKY STENHOUSE JR. HE AND HIS CREW CHIEF VOWED THINGS WILL BE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR. REMEMBER, THEY CAME IN THE RACE AS THE POINTS LEADER. DECIDED THEY WERE GOING WITH A CONSERVATIVE APPROACH. SPUN OUT EARLY. THEY SAY THINGS ARE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT TODAY. THEY'RE GOING TO GO FOR IT. THEY THOUGH THEY'RE NOT AS GOOD ON THE ROAD COURSES AS THE LEADER ELLIOTT SADLER. RICKY SAYS HE'LL BE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND MIKE SAYS THE STRATEGY WILL, TOO. DOC. >> SITTING ON THE POINTS TODAY, THE POLE SITTER, SAM HORNISH JR. THE REASON HE'S DONE SO WELL, ACCORDING TO HIS CREW CHIEF, SAM HAS LEARNED THE IMPORTANCE OF PATIENCE AND CONSISTENCY. THEY'VE GOT EIGHT CONSECUTIVE TOP-TEN FINISHES, INCLUDING A SECOND AND THIRD THE LAST TWO WEEKS. AS FAR AS PATIENCE IS CONCERNED, HE SAID SAM HAS LEARNED PACING WHICH MEANS TAKING CARE OF YOUR TRANSMISSION, BRAKES AND EQUIPMENT AND RACING WHICH IS IMPORTANT CODE. HOPEFULLY, HE CAN GET THOSE WINS THIS AFTERNOON. ALLEN. >> THANK YOU, DOCTOR, AS LET'S CHECK THE ON-BOARD CAMERAS TODAY AS WE'VE GOT QUITE A FEW TO SHOW YOU. ELLIOTT SADLER WILL HAVE THE GOODYEAR ON-BOARD CAMERA. AUSTIN DILLON WITH THE NATIONWIDE INSURANCE ON BOARD. RON FELLOWS WITH THE CHEVY ON BOARD. RICKY STENHOUSE JR. WITH THE FORWARD ECOBOOST CAMERA. DANICA PATRICK, OF COURSE, SPONSORED BY GODADDY.COM ON BOARD. SAM HORNISH JR. ON BOARD. KASEY KAHNE WITH THE FRESH FOOD ONBOARD. AND CARL EDWARDS WITH THE SUBWAY ON BOARD CAMERA. TAKING A LOOK AT CARL'S NATIONWIDE CAREER ON THE ROAD COURSES, TALKING ABOUT THE FACT HE HAS GOT A TOTAL OF TWO WINS. MONTREAL AND ROAD AMERICA, '09 AND '10, HE'S THE IN-RACE REPORTER. LET'S TALK TO HIM D.J. >> HEY, CARL, DALE JARRETT, ESPN, YOU WITH US? HEY, CARL, DALE JARRETT, YOU WITH JUSTICE. >> GOT YOU, DALE. >> HEY, CARL, WELCOME BACK TO THE NATIONWIDE SERIES AND THANKS FOR TALKING WITH US TODAY. I NOTICE YOU'VE ONLY GOT ONE CAR YOU HAVE TO PASS, WITH THE NATIONWIDE CARS AND THE LACK OF HORSEPOWER THERE, WHERE DO YOU LOOK AS YOUR BEST OPPORTUNITIES? >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF FAST RACE CARS. AND I THINK SO TODAY, NO ONE REALLY HAS ANY PRACTICE. THE QUALIFYING LAPS ARE THE ONLY PRACTICE WE GOT ON A DRY TRACK. FIRST, I GOT TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BROTHER. MY BROTHER'S BIRTHDAY. HE'S A GREAT BROTHER AND I LOVE HIM. AND I'VE GOT TO THANK SUBWAY AND EVERYBODY FOR BEING A PART OF THE SPORT. SUBWAY, THEY PUT THIS TOGETHER SO I CAN GO OUT AND HAVE FUN TO AND HOPEFULLY LEARN SOMETHING FOR TOMORROW. HOPEFULLY, IT'S A GOOD RUN FOR EVERYBODY. >> CARL, WE LOVE TO GET THE QUESTIONS FROM THE FANS. THE MAILBAG QUESTION COMES FROM TRACY IN TURNWATER, WASHINGTON, SHE SAID HOW WILL RUNNING THE RACE TODAY HELP YOU IN THE CUP RACE TOMORROW? >> WELL, IT CAN HELP A LOT IF YOU GO OUT AND FOLLOW THESE GUYS AND LEARN SOME THINGS AND FIND SOME LINES ON THE RACETRACK. IT'S NOT GOING TO HELP IF IT'S JUST TWO MEN. THE TRICK IS, I THINK JUST TO REALLY PAY ATTENTION, SEE HOW IT CHANGES, HOW THE TRACK CHANGES. MOST OF ALL, IT'S FUN AND IT'S A GOOD WAY TO GET YOUR DRIVER UP TO SPEED. >> OKAY, CARL, YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY OUTHERE, ANDY IS GOING TO TALK YOUR CHIEF. >> TELL HIM I SAID HI. >> HEY, SCOTTY, ANDY PETREE IN THE BOOTH. YOU GOT ME? >> YEAH, I GOT YOU. >> CARL SAID HELLO, BY THE WAY. WITH THE POSITION OF CREW CHIEF AND TELL ME HOW IT'S DIFFERENT THAN, SAY, OTHER POSITIONS YOU'VE HELD ON THE RACE TEAM? >> EVERYTHING I'VE DONE, EVEN AN ENGINEER. OBVIOUSLY, THE QUESTIONS ARE HIGHER WHEN YOU'RE AN ENGINEER, YOU'RE GETTING RECOMMENDATIONS AND QUESTIONS. BUT THE PRESSURE IS DEFINITELY HIGHER IN THIS SPOT. >> ONE QUESTION IS ABOUT THE LIMITED PRACTICE THAT YOU HAVE IN QUALIFYING LAPS. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO THE CAR AS FAR AS ADJUSTMENTS TODAY? >> WE BUILT SOME ADJUSTABILITY INTO IT. NOT KNOWING FOR SURE WHAT WE HAVE. WE TOOK A CAR WITH THE SETUP THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR. BUT WE LEFT A LITTLE BIT OF ADJUSTABILITY INTO IT. WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES IN THE RACE. >> OKAY. LET'S HOPE YOU GUESSED RIGHT. SCOTT, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE POSITION HERE. >> THANKS. >> THE CHUCK EFAW. CHUCK, WE WANT TO POINT OUT THAT SOME DRIVERS MAKE CHANGES WITH THE FRONT AND REAR TIRE CHANGERS, TELL US ABOUT THAT? >> YEAH, A LOT OF TEAMS TRY TO LET PEOPLE STAY IN THE SAME CLOTHES AS THEY NORMALLY WOULD WITH THE MOVEMENTS AROUND THE CAR. WE JUST TRY TO KEEP IT SIMPLE. I CHANGE TIRES NORMALLY ON THE REAR SO STAY ON THE REAR TODAY. THE BIGGEST THING IS TO DO THE FUNDAMENTALS RIGHT. THE REST OF THAT STUFF WILL TAKE CARE OF ITSELF. LET THE DRIVER DO HIS THING ON PIT ROAD. >> AND WE'LL LET YOU DO YOUR THING ON PIT ROAD. YOU GUYS TAKE CARE DOWN THERE TODAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> WE'LL TAKE TIME FOR A QUICK BREAK, BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, IT WILL BE TIME TO GO GREEN HERE AT >>> WORKING THE FINAL PACE LAP BEFORE WE GO GREEN HERE AT WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL. WE ALWAYS LIKE TO NECK IN ON ONE OF THE RADIOS BEFORE THE START. HOW ABOUT POLL SITTER SAM HORNISH JR. >> GUYS I APPRECIATE IT. THE TIRES HAVE BEEN GOOD SO FAR. WE'LL TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS LIKE WE DID LAST WEEK AND BE SMART. >> OBVIOUSLY, SAM KEEPING THE BIG PICTURE IN MIND. ALSO THE BIG PICTURE FOR KYLE BUSCH. HE'S GOT TO GO TO THE REAR FOR AN ADJUSTMENT AFTER IMPOUND. LET'S GET THE LATEST FROM VINCE WELCH. >> TODAY, AFTER QUALIFYING, THEY HAD PROBLEMS THAT THE OIL PAN JUST WASN'T PICKING UP THE OIL THE WAY IT SHOULD. SO THEY PUT IN A BIGGER OIL PAN. I JUST SPOKE WITH THE CREW CHIEF MIKE BEHM A MOMENT ABOUT, AND HE SAID, I'M NOT SURE THAT'S THE PROBLEM AND WE GOT IT TAKEN CARE OF. >> WITH THE START, STARTING 41st. WITH COOK AND CURRAN MISSED THE DRIVER'S MEETING. THIS BROADCAST IS AVAILABLE IN SPANISH BY ACTIVATING YOUR S.A.P. BUTTON PRESENTED BY ESPN DEPORTES. SO COMING UP ON TURN NUMBER SIX, THAT MEANS ONLY TWO MORE TURNS BEFORE WE GO TO GREEN FLAG RACING. AND, AGAIN, ALL OF US ARE WONDERING EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO UNFOLD HERE BECAUSE A LOT OF ANSWERS -- QUESTIONS HAVE TO BE MADE. >> WELL, WE KNOW THE DRIVERS ARE GOING TO SEE IT, BUT STRATEGY PLAYS INTO IT. >> YEAH, THIS IS ALWAYS, ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS IS A BIG PART OF IT, THE TRACK BEING SO LONG, IT TAKES SO LONG TO GET AROUND IT, A MINUTE AND 20 SECONDS BASICALLY. A LOT PLAYS INTO THAT. DO NOT LOSE A LAP BY PITTING IN THE GREEN, THAT'S PRETTY FAR BACK. >> AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY DOWN TOWARD THE FINAL CORNERS. SAM HORNISH JR. AND CARL EDWARDS WILL BE IN THE FRONT ROW. COME DOWN THE FRONT STRAIGHTAWAY, PACE CAR PULLS OFF. AND THE NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES EVENT, THE ZIPPO 200 FROM WATKINS GLEN, NEW YORK, IS GREEN! WHOA, SOMEBODY LOOSE GOING INTO THE CORNER. LOCKING UP THE BRAKES. IT'S THE 20 CAR, AND DANICA PATRICK IS GOING TO GET INTO THE REAR OF IT. >> OUT OF THE BACKSTRETCH, SAM HORNISH JR. HAS THE LEAD, FOLLOWED BY CARL EDWARDS. YOU SEE HOW MUCH DAMAGE DANICA HAS ON THE FRONT END OF HER CAR. >> SHE'S GOT A LOT OF DAMAGE. >> SHE'LL COME IN AND FIX THE HOOD. >> THEY WERE SHOOTING FOR A TOP-TEN FINISH TODAY AND THAT LOOKS TO BE IN SERIOUS JEOPARDY RIGHT NOW. SAM HORNISH JR. PICKING UP RIGHT WHERE HE LEFT OFF IN QUALIFYING. >> AND YOU THERE SEE SOME PASSING, AND BRAKING TRYING TO BE MADE IN TURN SIX. >> AND MIGUEL PALUDO ON THE 30, TAKING A LOOK ON THE INSIDE. HERE IS RICKY STENHOUSE JR. WITH PAUL WHIT IN THE 88. PALUDO RIGHT BEHIND HIM. >> 30 CAR TEAM MADE IT WITH ROAD AMERICA. >> AND COMING DOWN, DOWNHILL, YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL, BUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A PASS. EVERYBODY HAS TO STAY IN A LINE RIGHT NOW. THE 19, THAT'S ALEX PAPPAS. HE'S A ROAD COURSE VETERAN. THEY'LL COME DOWN THE BACK HEADING FOR THE INNER ROAD. DANICA HAS MADE IT BACK TO PIT ROAD, DOC. >> THE ISSUE IS, THE HOOD WAS UP SO FAR, SHE COULD NOT SEE OFF THE HOOD. BASICALLY HAD TO DRIVE OUT OF THE SIDE WINDOW. THEY POUNDED THE HOOD DOWN AND TRY TO GET IT DOWN. NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE THAN THE HOOD AND THE RIGHT FRONT PART OF THE NOSE. >> WELL, I DON'T SEE ANY WATER LEAKING OUT OF THE BOTTOM. >> WELL, YOU SEE IT COME UP ON THE CAMERA LENS. INSIDE THERE, THAT MAKES IT RUN HOT AND IT'S COMING OUT OF THE OVERFLOW. >> YOU SEE HOW THAT GRILLE OPENING IS DEFINITELY REARRANGED. >> AND SHE IS GOING TO GO A LAP DOWN HERE. SHE'S JUST COMING BACK OUT ON THE TRACK AND HERE THEY COME. MAYBE SHE CAN STAY ON THAT LEAD LAP, SHE'S GOING TO HAVE TO HUSTLE, THOUGH. >> THAT CAR IS NOT GOING TO DRIVE WELL. IT'S UNFORTUNATE. >> LET'S GO BACK TO THE START AND SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE 20 CAR OF RYAN TRUEX. >> YOU SEE, HE MADE A BIG MOVE ON THE START, BUT YOU CAN KIND OF TELL THAT HE WASN'T GOING TO HAVE THAT. HE JUST LOCKED UP THE BRAKES. LOOKS LIKE HE HAD A LOT OF REAR BRAKES IN THE CAR. >> DANICA HAD NOWHERE TO GO. >> TWO OUTSIDE THERE. TWO OUTSIDE. GO DOWN. GO DOWN. ONE IN THE GRASS. SLOW DOWN, SLOW DOWN, SLOW DOWN. GO, GO, GO. KEEP COMING THERE. KEEP COMING. >> SO AS WE PICK UP THE ACTION RIGHT NOW, IT IS STILL SAM HORNISH JR. IN THE LEAD. AND THERE IS DANICA PATRICK TRYING TO STAY ON THE LEAD LAP. AND THEY ARE CATCHING HER. SAM ABOUT THREE CAR LENGTHS AHEAD OF THE 60 OF CARL EDWARDS. . PAUL MENARD AND ELLIOTT SADLER. THE POINTS LEADER IS IN FIFTH. >> THERE'S YOUR RACE LEADER, SAM HORNISH JR., THE TOP FIVE WORKING >>> WELL, LET'S TAKE YOU BACK TO ROAD AMERICA. DANICA PATRICK. REMEMBER, LATE IN THE RACE THERE, JACQUES VILLANEUVE TAKES HER BACK. SHE WAS RUNNING FIFTH AT THE TIME. THEN SPINS FORWARD IN THE FIRST LAP TODAY, RYAN TRUEX GETS OUT OF CONTROL. SLIDES RIGHT BACK IN FRONT OF HER. DR. JERRY PUNCH REPORTED DURING THE BREAK THAT SHE IS HEADED TO THE GARAGE AREA BECAUSE, ANDY, YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE IS NO WATER. AND THERE SHE IS. >> HER LAST TWO LAPS OF ROAD RACING HAVEN'T BEEN VERY GOOD. THE LAST LAP AT ROAD AMERICA AND THE LAST LAP HERE. >> VERY FRUSTRATING. >> NOT THE DAY THAT SHE WANTED, THAT'S FOR SURE. MEANWHILE, OUT ON TRACK. HERE ARE THE TOP THREE. IT IS SAM HORNISH JR. FOLLOWED BY CARL EDWARDS AND BRAD KESELOWSKI. AND THERE'S A BIT OF A GAP BACK TO PAUL MENARD, JOEY JUSTIN ALLGAIER AND ELLIOTT SADLER, THE POINTS LEADER. THE CAUTION OUT ON GRASS. BEING TOLD THAT THE 19 CAR HAS . >> HE HIT THE WHOLE RIGHT SIDE, SOMETHING HARD. COMING UP THROUGH THE ESSES. >> LET'S GO BACK AND LISTEN TO THE 2 RADIO, OUR POINTS LEADER. >> RAN A LITTLE AIR. MY TRANSMISSION, TRYING TO SAVE IT. >> 10-4, MAN. LONG, LONG WAYS TO GO. JUST TAKE CARE OF IT AND DO WHAT YOU GOT TO DO, BUDDY. >> THAT'S THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO HEAR WHEN YOU'RE A CREW CHIEF, YOUR TRANSMISSION IS NOT SHIFTING WELL. >> WE'LL KEEP TABS ON THAT AND SEE IF THAT GETS WORSE. LET'S SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH 19. YOU CAN SEE, IT'S A SHREDDED RIGHT FRONT TIRE. IT'S THE TIRE. >> TIRE GOES DOWN. IT RAN O ALONG THE WAY THAT PUNCH TOURED THE RIGHT POPOW WAS WINNING 14th AT THE TI. 82 LAPS. IF YOU'RE THE CREW CHIEF, DO YOU WANT TO BRING ANYBODY? >> WELL, IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT EARLY FOR THAT. SOME OF THESE GUYS HAVE STRATEGY, SO KE CAN'T HARDLY CALCULATE UP HERE. SOME OF US CAN GO A LOT FARTHER THAN YOU THINK ON FUEL. THEY'LL SPLIT IT UP HERE, IT WOULD BE ABOUT 137, 138 LAPS TO GO IN EACH ONE OF THESE SEGMENTS. THAT WOULD BE TOO FAR FOR ANYBODY TO DO THAT. >> WITH KYLE BUSCH STARTING BACK IN 41st, THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY. BUT HE'S GOT TO GIVE UP A LOT OF TRACK POSITION. >> A LOT OF CARS IN THE ROAD COURSE IN THIS SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. >> A LOT BEHIND THE WALL. STEVEN LITE A DANICA PATRICK ALL BEHIND THE WALL RIGHT NOW. >> THERE ARE A COUPLE TEAMS THAT COULD POSSIBLY GO 38 LAPS. THAT WOULD SPLIT IT UP RIGHT HERE, SO THEY'D HAVE TO DO IT IN TWO DIFFERENT RUNS. >> WE'LL WAIT TO SEE IF ANYBODY DOES COME DOWN. I'LL TELL YOU THAT CAR YOU SAW ON PIT ROAD WAS THE NUMBER 4 OF DARYL HARR. AS SHOWN IN 31st POSITION NOW. >> IF YOU DECIDE TO COME NOW, YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO STICK WITH THAT STRATEGY. YOU KIND OF MADE YOUR BED, THAT'S WHAT YOU GOT TO DO. >> YEAH, YOU WOULDN'T PIT NOW AND MAKE AN EXTRA STOP. UTE BE COMMITTED TO THAT RAGY. AND ITLDRE BF YOU CAME IN AND FIGURED OUT THAT YOUR MILEAGE WASN'T AS GOOD AS TO MTHXTSTOP. AS YOU CAN SEE THE LEADER'S CAR IS STAYING OUT. SEE IF ANYBODY DEEPER IN THE FIELD NEEDS AN ADJUSTMENT. AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE -- WE SAW 54 GO BY AS WELL. ALL THE TOP PLAYERS PRETTY MUCH IN LINE STAYING OUT. SO WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENS ONE MORE TIME TO THE 19 CAR OF >>> WE'VE ONLY COMPLETED SEVEN LAPS IN WATKINS GLEN. WE'VE ALREADY HAD A LOT OF ACTION WITH RYAN TRUEX AND DANICA PATRICK. AND DANICA'S BEHIND THE WALL AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER DRIVERS. 35 IN THE LEAD LAP, DANICA IN THE GARAGE AREA. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE JUST KNOCKED DOWN 7 OF THE 82 LAPS HERE AT BEAUTIFUL WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL. LET'S GET AN UPDATE ON DANICA'S SITUATION. HOW ABOUT IT, VINCE? >> YOU SEE THE CREW WALKING AROUND THE CAR. JUST COSMETIC DAMAGE ON THE FRONT END. I JUST TALKED TO TONI EURY JR., THE CREW CHIEF, THE GOOD NEWS, NO SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THEY'RE LOOKING TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR. A DIFFICULT START TO HER DAY. >> ALL RIGHT, VINCE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BOY, IT'S NOT BEEN THE KIND OF SEASON THAT I THINK DANICA WAS PROJECTING, ESPECIALLY AFTER WHAT SHE DID LAST YEAR. AND DNF AFTER 20 STARTS, CALIFORNIA, IOWA, DOVER, DAYTONA, INDIANAPOLIS. AS YOU HEARD HIM SAY, THEY WILL GET BACK OUT HERE. HOPS OF A TOP-TEN FINISH TOD >>> TOMORROW, IT'S THE SPRINT CUP'S TURN FOUNDATION DIFFERENT WINNERS IN THE LAST FOUR RACES. NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES HERE AT WATKINS GLEN, TOMORROW AT NOON ON ESPN. STILL UNDER OUR FIRST CAUTION HERE, WE CAN TELL YOU CHRIS COOK IS GOING TO GET THE FREE PASS, GET BACK ON THE SEAT. THAT WILL GIVE US 35 CARS ON THE LEAD LAP. LET'S CHECK IN ON THE 60 OF CARL EDWARDS. LISTEN TO HIS RADIO. >> IT FEELS PRETTY GOOD. A LITTLE BIT TO THE BUS STOP. >> AND THAT'S WHERE THE 22'S MAKING UP HIS MOST TIME. >> DID HE GET THE 6? LIKE THE WHOLE CORNER. IN AND OFF OF 2.YEAH, 6 IS THE E N THAT MUCH ON IT BECAUSE IT'S REALLY THE ONE LEFT-HAND THAT YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH. JUST MAKE THE DRIVER GET IT DONE THERE AND SET YOUR CAR FOR ALL THE RIGHT HANDS. >> AS THE CARS PULL DOWN, SAM HORNISH JR. SELECTS THE DRIVERS, RIGHT INSIDE THE PREFERRED LINE AGAIN TO COME DOWN THE STRAIGHTAWAY, BEHIND HIM IN CARL EDWARDS, BRAD GILBERT, MENARD, LOGANO, ALLGAIER. THAT'S THE TOP SIX. ELLIOTT GOT A LITTLE LOOSE ON THE BRAKING. >> CARL EDWARDS A LITTLE BIT WIDE THERE, TRYING TO CARRY A LOT OF SPEED DOWN IN THERE. THAT MIGHT COST HIM THE SECOND SPOT. >> AGAIN, SAM HORNISH JR. JUMPS OUT IN FRONT AS THEY HEAD THROUGH THE ESSES. >> AUSTIN DOING A GREAT START DURING THE RESTART. AND KIND OF PUTS CARL OUT OF POSITION IN TURN ONE AND GAVE HIM SOME LINE TO GET INTO TURN TWO. I'M TALKING ABOUT BRD. KESELOWSKI. >> YOU'VE GOT THE TEAMMATES RUNNING ONE-TWO. KASEY KAHNE IN THE 38, FIRST CHANCE WE'VE HAD TO LOOK AT HIM TODAY. HE'S RUNNING IN EIGHTH POSITION. >> AND HE MAKES A MOVE UNDERNEATH. THAT'S RON FELLOWS GETTING UNDER THE 11 CAR OF RYAN SCOTT. >> THAT'S WHAT MAKES HIM SO GOOD, THE ROAD RACES. BEING ABLE TO OUTBRAKE. IT SURPRISES YOU HOW FAR THEY CAN DRIVE IN THERE. IT'S ALMOST LIKE STEALING A SPOT. THEY DRIVE DOWN IN THERE SO HARD, BUT YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THEY POINT POKE THAT NOSE OUT THERE, IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO REALLY MAKE A BLOCK. BUT YOU'RE ALREADY THINKING AHEAD AND THINKING EVERYTHING IS OKAY. >> WOW. HE WAS OUT OF CONTROL FOR THAT CORNER. DOING A GOOD JOB OF GATHERING IT BACK UP. >> LOST A LITTLE BIT OF GROUND TO THE RACE LEADER, SAM HORNISH JR. AND CARL TAKING A LOOK INSIDE. >> AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHENEVER YOU DO THAT, THEN YOU LOSE THAT, BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THE ANGLE THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE THAT FIRST LEFT-HANDER TO GET YOU SET UP TO TAKE THE CAR TO THE LEFT. >> BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT CARL'S BEEN TRYING OUT. YOU CANNOT GET THAT SPOT. GET OUTSIDE OF THAT DRIVER'S MIRROR AND THINK THAT I'M THERE. >> THE ONLY THING THAT GOT HIM OUT OF THAT POSITION, KESELOWSKI TRYING MORE AGGRESSIVELY TO GET UP THE HILL FOR SAM HORNISH JR. TO GET THE LEAD. I THINK KESELOWSKI LEARNED SOMETHING FROM THAT. >> TWO OF THE POINTS LEADERS. AND THE CONTENDER, RICKY STENHOUSE JR. RIGHT NOW IS RUNNING SECOND. >> LOOK AT ELLIOTT SADLER IN THAT 2, LOOKS LIKE HE'S STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT RIGHT NOW. HE HAD GOTTEN AWAY FROM THE GUYS SON THE RESTART BUT MAKING IT LOOK DIFFERENT. >> YEAH, THE CAMERA SHOT SHOWS YOU THE STYLE THAT KASEY KAHNE IS USING FOR THE SHIFT. HE'S GOT HIS LEFT FOOT ON THE BRAKE. HE JUST WORKS THE SHIFT ON THE DOWNTURN. >> TAKING A LOOK FOR THE LEAD AS BRAD KESELOWSKI HAS GOTTEN AROUND THE 12, TEAMMATE, SAM HORNISH JR. >> DO YOU THINK KESELOWSKI LEARNED SOMETHING THROUGH THAT LAST LAP THERE? >> QUICK LEARNING. >> AND HE DID THAT REALLY ON THE DIFFICULT SIDE TO REALLY KIND OF MAKE THAT PASS. SEE IF HE CAN OPEN IT UP NOW, AS THEY HEAD TOWARDS TURN NUMBER SIX. AS THEY COME BACK DOWN THE STRAIGHTAWAY. BRAD IN CONTROL, LET'S GO BACK AND SHOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. >> AND THIS REALLY ISN'T THAT PREFERRED SPOT. ONCE YOU GET THERE AND GET THAT SPOT, SAM HORNISH JR. WASN'T GOING TO CONTEST IT, ESPECIALLY HIS TEAMMATE IN THAT POSITION. BUT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO GO IN THERE AND CARRY YOUR SPEED. >> YES, WE'VE SEEN THAT IN THE RACE. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THAT MU. YOU CAN SPIN THAT AND KEEP IT ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE. YOU CAN MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR HIM, GETTING OVER THAT CURVE THERE. IN THAT AREA THAT USED TO BE THERE, BUT IT'S PAVED NOW. >> OH, MORE TROUBLE. IS TIME FOR THE 39 CAR OF MATTHEW BELL. >> LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO THE CAR THAT WE SAW, THE DAMAGE. >> BELL WAS ON THE LEAD LAP RUNNING IN 34th POSITION, BUT, BOY, THAT CAR IS TORN UP. >> YEAH, YOU SHOULD SEE HOW MUCH DEBRIS IN THTRACK. THAT'S COMING THROUGH TURN SEVEN RIGHT NOW. HE GETS OUT OF PIT ROAD. >> EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE RACE LEADER, IT'S A PERFECT TIME. AND THEY FLY ON BY. THEY'VE COMPLETED 13 OF THE 82 LAPS. AND RIGHT NOW, WE'VE HAD ONE LEAD CHANGE. SAM HORNISH JR. OUR POLE SITTER SURRENDERED IT TO HIS TEAMMATE, THE 32 OF BRAD KESELOWSKI. THIRD PLACE FOR JUNIOR. AND SIDE-BY-SIDE ACTION HERE THE 88 OF COLE WHITT AND MIGUEL PALUDO. >> IN NO MAN'S LAND THERE. TO TURN TWO, THAT RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE RACETRACK. AND RYAN HAS DONE A GOOD JOB IN THAT SPOT. >> AND THE PRESSURE HAS BEEN BUILDING AND A LOT OF TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO BE HIS FUTURE WITH THIS TEAM. RIGHT NOW, HE HAS HAD A PRETTY GOOD PERFORMANCE EARLY IN THIS RACE. THE 88. >> YOU SEE KYLE BUSCH IN THE TOP TEN THERE. >> AND THE FIRST TEN STARTS, AND THE LAST TEN AT WATKINS GLEN. WE CHECK IN NOW, WE MENTIONED THE 54. AND KYLE BUSCH HAS DONE A STELLAR JOB. REMEMBER, HE STARTED 41st, AFTER HAVING TO GO TO THE BACK OF THE FIELD. >> THEY HAVE A PROBLEM TO MAKE THE TURN, MAYBE A PICKUP ISSUE. DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THEY HAD ALREADY QUALIFIED, THEY HAD TO CHANGE THAT OIL TANK. GOOD JOB MAKING THE PASS ON RON FELLOWS. >> WITH RON FELLOWS, HE'S DONE SOMETHING. KYLE'S DONE A NICE JOB. >> RON HAS THREE WINS HERE AT THE GLEN. WHEN YOU FIND OUT THE LAST ONE WAS, WELL, 2001, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME, SO, HE'D LIKE TO GET BACK ON THE WIN TRACK. LET'S FIND OUT MORE. HOW ABOUT IT, DAVE? >> YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ABOUT THAT. 'S SO GLAD TO BE HERE. THE CAR ACTING JUST THE WAY IT DID IN QUALIFYING. WON'T TURN WELL. THE CAR IS TIGHT. THAT'S THE POSITION THEY HAD YESTERDAY. THEY HOPE THEY HAVE IT CORRECTED FOR QUALIFYING THIS MORNING. BUT THE SAME POSITION, TIGHT, TIGHT, TIGHT. >> YEAH WHEN YOU GET A DRIVER, ROAD COURSE, LIKE RON FELLOWS THAT REALLY LIKES TO DRIVE IT DOWN IN THE CORNER, WHEN YOU HAVE THAT SITUATION, IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR THEM. >> TALKING TO THE CREW CHIEF YESTERDAY, HE SAID, MAN, WE HAVE NO CLUE. LOOKING AT LAST YEAR'S NOTES, QUESTION WEREN'T VERY GOOD LAST YEAR. >>> AMERICA'S MOST POWERFUL NUCLEARUBMARINE HAS BEEN TARGETED FROM THE CREATOR OF "THE SHIELD," "LAST RESORT" SERIES PREMIUMS IN OCTOBER. >>> YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE RACE LEADER RIGHT THERE, BRAD GILBERT HAS OPENED UP SOME GROUND. SAM HORNISH JR. AND CARL EDWARDS. THE GUY WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS RIGHT THERE. THE 54 OF KYLE BUSCH, HE IS NOW UP TO THE NINTH POSITION. HE STARTED 41st, AND WE HAVE COMPLETED 17 LAPS. >> IT MIGHT BECOME A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT AS HE MOVES UP TOWARDS THE TOP TEN. I SEE ELLIOTT SADLER, THE CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER, REALLY HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME. >> THE THING WILL NOT GO AT ALL. A FLAT TIRE. MISSING THE AIR PRESSURE BAD. >> DOWN ON PIT LANE, THEY ARE DEFINITELY TAKING THAT INTO ACCOUNT AS THEY GO OVER THE TIRE, THEY'LL BE ADDING AIR PRESSURE FOR THE NEXT ROUND. SO FAR, THE BALANCE IS HALFWAY DECENT FOR ELLIOTT. THAT LOW AIR PRESSURE ON HIS CAR HASN'T BEEN ACTING KINDLY FOR HIM. >> THE CREW MEMBER CHECKING EVERYTHING ON THE RIGHT SIDE. >> RON FELLOWS ON THE LEFT. >> YEAH, WHAT HAPPENS AS A DRIVER, YOU GET THAT LOWER AIR PRESSURE AND MAKES IT DIFFICULT. YOU WANT TO THROW THE CAR AROUND. BUT IT FEELS LIKE IT ROLLS OVER, BUT IT BASICALLY MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO HUSTLE THE CAR. >> WELL, HE HAS STOPPED FROM SEVENTH TO TENTH IN THE LAST TWO LAPS. 31'S ON PIT ROAD. HOW ABOUT IT MIKE? >> AND JUSTIN ALLGAIER HAS BEEN SAYING THE CAR'S BEEN TIGHT. ESPECIALLY COMING UP THE HILL. THEY TOLD HIM TO ADJUST HIS ARC, ALSO, AN AIR PRESSURE CHANGE ON THE 31. TRYING TO LOOSEN HIM UP A LITTLE BIT, GUYS. >> SO, LOOKS LIKE HE STALLED THE CAR. >> PUSH IT, PUSH IT, PUSH IT. >> A LITTLE MORE TIME THERE. NOW, YOU SAW THE 70 SPIN, TONY RAINES TURNED IT AROUND, BUT IT WASN'T ABLE HIT ANYTHING. ABE TO KEEP GOING. IN TURN FIVE AREA. >> THERE'S A LOT OF RUNOFF THERE. CARRIED A LOT OF SPEED OUT OF THERE BUT LOST A LITTLE TRACTION. >> HE WAS RUNNING 28th AT THE TIME OF THE SPIN. >> LOOK AT THE OPENING NOW THAT BRAD KESELOWSKI HAS OPENED OVER SECOND-PLACE SAM HORNISH JR. THE GAP IS NOW 1.5 SECONDS. AND, ANDY, LOOKING AT IT DURING THE BREAK, IT LOOKS LIK -- WELL -- >> WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN HE GOT THE LEAD, HE KIND OF SETTLES A LITTLE BIT. IT'S HARD TO SEE THE CARS MAKE THE PIT STOPS NOWADAYS. >> ONE OF THE MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCES GO IN, THE SUNOCO FUEL. THEY'LL PUT ON FOUR TIRES AS WELL. ADJUSTMENT.E A CHASSIS HE SAID HE CAN'T BE LOOSER IN, LOOSER OFF THE CORNER. >> SO JOEY MAKES HIS PIT STOP AT LAP NUMBER 20, AS YOU SEE SECOND AND THIRD IS GETTING A LOT TIGHTER BETWEEN THE 12 AND SAM HORNISH JR. AND THE 60 OF CARL EDWARDS. CARL TOOK A LOOK HEADING DOWN INTO THE INNER LOOP. >> HERE'S HOW THE STRATEGY WORKS, THOSE TWO CAR, THE 18 AND THE 31. THEY WOULD STAY OUT OF THE LEAD AND MOSTLY PIT. YOU WANTS TO MAKE SURE YOU GET OFF OF PIT ROAD AND NOT GET CAUGHT. >> THERE'S BRAD GILBERT ON PIT ROAD. >> ONE OF THE FEWEST CAUTIONS WE'VE EVER HAD IS TWO. THE MOST, EIGHT. STILL, THE BATTLE FOR SECOND PLACE. LET'S CHECK IN WITH THE 22 PIT STOP, MIKE. >> AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, MARTY, KESELOWSKI VERY HAPPY WITH HIS RACE CAR, SAYING ONLY A LITTLE BIT LOOSE ON THE RIGHT-HANDERS, OTHERWISE NO COMPLAINTS. FOUR-TIRE CHANGE, SUNOCO FUEL, THEY DROPPED THE JACK AND HE'S AWAY. >> 15.4 SECONDS ON THE PIT STOP. HE'S BACK OUT. I'LL TELL YOU SEVERAL OTHER CARS ARE ON PIT ROAD RIGHT NOW. THE 43 OF MICHAEL ARNETT. 99, THE 3 OF AUSTIN DILLON. MIKE. >> VICTOR GONZALEZ COMPLAINING THAT THE CAR IS TITLE. SCOTT ZIPADELLI ISN'T SURE SOMETHING IS WRONG. VICTOR GONZALEZ NOT HAPPY YET. SOMETHING HE DIDN'T EXPERIENCE YESTERDAY WITH TRAFFIC IN PRACTICE. THAT'S DIFFERENT TODAY. MEANWHILE, AUSTIN DILLON IS ON PIT ROAD. HE TOOK FOUR TIRES, MADE AN AIR PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT FOR A VERY LOOSE CAR. >> OKAY. MIKE. THERE YOU SEE THE BATTLE FOR THE RACE LEAD NOW. IT HAS BEEN HANDED OVER TO THE 12 OF SAM HORNISH JR. FOR THE SECOND TIME TODAY. AND CARL EDWARDS -- WHOA, GETS WAY OUT OVER THE CURB. >> I THINK HERE, YOU MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS AND IT'S JUST SO TOTALLY DIFFERENT. THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE ANY KIND OF CHANGES THAT THEY NEED. HOW ABOUT PAUL MENARD THERE, DOC. >> KIND OF AN ISSUE WITH PAUL MENARD, HE SAID HANDLINGWISE, THE CAR IS A LITTLE TIGHT. RIGHT NOW, HE'S GOT AN ISSUE, HE'S GOT NO VOLTAGE, CHANGED TO A BACK UP TRANSMISSION. NOW, THEY SAY WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE BATTERY. THEY CALLED OFF THE BATTERY CHANGE AND GO AS FAR AS YOU CAN. THE CAR'S STILL RUNNING BUT NO TACHOMETER AND NO VOLTAGE WHATSOEVER. GOT TO GET IT FULL OF SUNOCO FUEL. TIRES AND ADJUSTMENT AND HE'S AWAY. >> 15.7 ON THE CLOCK. >> THE FACT THAT HE HAS NO VOLTAGE AT ALL COULD BE JUST A GAUGE ISSUE BECAUSE THE CAR WOULDN'T RUN IF HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY. SO HE MIGHT BE OKAY. MAYBE JUST NOT ABLE TO MONITOR THERE. CARL EDWARDS IS ON PIT ROAD. >> YEP, YOU SAW CARL MAKING THE TURN ON PIT ROAD. HE'S GOING TO MAKE HIS STOP. LET'S SEND IT TO VINCE. >> THEY'VE BEEN KEEPING AN EYE ON THE WATER TEMPERATURE SO THEY'RE GOING TO PUT TAPE ON THE GRILLE. THE CAR HAS BEEN HANDLING NOT TOO BAD. BUT THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE AN AIR PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT WITH THE FOUR-TIRE CHANGE. THE 54 OF KYLE BUSCH IS IN AS WELL. KYLE SAYS IT NEEDS MORE GRIP, BUT IT'S NOT TOO BAD. SO THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE AN AIR FRESH ADJUSTMENT, FOUR TIRE, SUNOCO FUEL FOR THE 54. DAVE BURNS. >> ELLIOTT SADLER, THE 2 CAR, THEY'RE COMPLAINING ABOUT LOW AIR PRESSURE. FOUR TIRES AND THE CHANCE FOR ADJUSTMENT AS WELL. HE SAID, I NEED LATERAL REAL GRIP, THE FUEL IS IN, THE SUNOCO FUEL GOES IN FOR THE NEXT RUN, GUYS. >> AND YOU SEE THE THREE CARS COMING BACK OUT. KYLE BUSCH LEADING THE WAY. AND THE GREEN FLAG PIT STOPS CONTINUE AS WE'RE WORK LAP 82 GLEN. IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHY IT LOOKS SOLOW GOING DOWN PIT ROAD, PIT ROAD SPEED IS 45 MILES AN HOUR. SAM HORNISH JR. IS YOUR RACE LEADER. AND NOW SAM IS GOING TO MAKE HIS FIRST PIT STOP. HE'S GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY DOWN. HE'S FOLLOWING DEXTER STACY THERE IN THE 23. DOC, HE'S COMING YOUR WAY. >> 40 MILES AN HOUR, AS YOU SAID, MARTY, LONG WAY DOWN HERE. HE'S GOING TO GET A LITTLE VIBRATION UNDER BRAKING. HE SAID THE CAR IS FREE ON THE RIGHT-HANDERS, ESPECIALLY IN TURN ONE. BE CAREFUL WITH THE BRAKING POINT. VERY CAREFUL TAKING LEFT-HAND SIDE TIRES. DAVE BURNS. >> THE CAR IS NOT ANY LOOSER SO THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE A CHASSIS ADJUSTMENT AND AIR FRESH ADJUSTMENT. GOING IN NOW FOR A WEDGE ACTUALLY ON THE RIGHT REAR OF THE RACE CAR. FULL OF SUNOCO FUEL FOR FELLOWS. >> AND THEY HAD TO SLAM THE BRAKES FROM RUNNING INTO THE SIDE OF THE 23 CAR HERE. ON PIT ROAD. >> OH, YEAH, THIS IS TAKING AN ETERNITY. THAT'S A DISASTER NOW. >> LET'S GO BACK AND SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. KIND OF A STANDOFF THERE WHO WAS GOING TO LET WHOM GO. JUST VERY UNFORTUNATE. COLE WHITT WAS DOING A TERRIFIC JOB ON THE RACETRACK. >> HE WAS 12th BEFORE HIS PIT FIGHT BEGAN. LET'S GET AN UPDATE, DOC. WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN THERE? >> WELL, HE JAMMED THE BRAKES ON. NO STARTER. THE CAR WOULD NOT FIRE. REMEMBER, THIS IS COLE WHITT'S FIRST TIME IN A NATIONWIDE CAR. GETTING ON THE BRAKES, AVOIDING THAT COLLISION ON PIT ROAD SHOWS YOU THAT HE IS REMOVED HERE THE FIRST TIME HE MADE A PIT STOP. >> THIS IS ONLY HIS FIRST ROAD COURSE RACE. HE FINISHED NINTH IN ROAD AMERICA. A TOUGH BREAK ON PIT ROAD HAS PUSHED HIM DEEP INTO THE FIELD. THERE IS YOUR LEADERBOARD RIGHT NOW. THAT'S RIGHT, THE >>> IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY ON SENECA LAKE, JUST UP THE ROAD, YOU FIND WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL WHERE WE ARE WORKING LAP NUMBER 26 OF 82. ALEX KENNEDY ACTUALLY PITTED ON LAP NUMBER SEVEN, THAT'S ONE REASON HE'S BEEN ABLE TO STAY OUT THERE. HE IS OUR THIRD DIFFERENT LEADER TODAY. THERE YOU SEE THE 22 OF BRAD KESELOWSKI. HE WILL INHERIT THE RACE LEAD WHEN KENNEDY HAS TO PIT. NOW, WE'RE BEING TOLD NASCAR'S POSTING THE 88 FOR RUNNING OVER PIT ROAD EQUIPMENT. DOESN'T SURPRISE EITHER ONE OF YOU, I'M SURE. >> A STOP AND GO. >> WITH WHAT HAPPENED, YOU SAW IT RIGHT BEFORE WE WENT TO BREAK. HE HAD DIFFICULTY GETTING INTO THE PIT STOP. NOW, IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT TWICE AS BAD, GOT TO COME DOWN PIT ROAD. >> WE'VE SAID SO MANY TIMES, YOU HAVE TO DO ALL THE THINGS THAT GOES TO THE RACE TO HAVE A GOOD SOLID DAY. AND WE SAW PAUL MENARD BACK ON PIT ROAD, DOC. >> WE WERE HOPING AS ANDY WAS SAYING BECAUSE THE CAR WAS RUNNING IT WAS SIMPLY A GAUGE ISSUE. THE TACHOMETER WAS NOT RUNNING. NO VOLTAGE. BUT STILL NO VOLTAGE, THE CAR WAS BARELY RUNNING. THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN AND MAKE A BATTERY CHANGE AND OBVIOUSLY PUT FOUR TIRES ON. A TOUGH BREAK AND ENDS UP BEING A LONG DAY FOR THE 33 TEAM. >> THEY CHANGED THE BATTERY. IF IT'S NOT CHARGING ALL THEY CAN DO IS HAVE ANOTHER TO MAKE IT RUN BEFORE IT'S DEAD. >> A BIG BATTLE GOING ON THERE, AS YOU SEE THE 18 OF JOEY LOGANO, TWO CARS, LOGANO AND THE 20 CAR. THE CAR IN THE MIDDLE IS CARL EDWARDS. WE CAN TELL YOU THAT HE HAS SERVED HIS STOP AND GO PENALTIES. THAT PUTS HIM A LAP DOWN NOW TO GET BACK ON THE TRACK. CARL TAKING A LOOK, AND HE'S GOING TO GO FOR IT. AND HE TAKES THE POSITION. >> LOST A HUGE SPOT FROM THAT PIT EXCHANGE THERE. AND NOW TAKING THAT SPOT BACK, GETTING WHERE HE WAS BEFORE HE PITTED. >> BRAD KESELOWSKI IS CLOSING ON THE 87 OF ALEX KENNEDY. REMEMBER, KENNEDY STILL HAS TO MAKE A PIT STOP. HE PITTED ON LAP NUMBER SEVEN. AND WE'RE AT LAP NUMBER 28. >> YOU SEE THE GAP BETWEEN THE 22 AND CARL EDWARDS. BEFORE THEY STARTED MAKING THE PIT STOPS. KESELOWSKI WAS 1.5 SECONDS AHEAD, IN FIRST PLACE. STRETCHED THAT QUITE A BIT. >> ONE I'M LOOKING AT ON THE MONITOR IS SAM HORNISH JR., HE'S BACK IN THE SIXTH SPOT. HE'S BACK UP TEN SECONDS BACK OF THE 22 CAR NOW FOR THE LEAD. >> BRAD SAYS, I'M NOT GOING TO WAIT UNTIL YOU MAKE YOUR PIT STOP. ALEX SPEED, THE 20-YEAR-OLD FROM MEXICO. THE BEST FINISH HERE BACK IN 2010 HE LED HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME. AND NOW IN SECOND PLACE. >> BACK DEEPER IN THE FIELD, CHECK IN ON SOME OF THE OTHER CARS. ONE OF THE GUYS WE TALKED WAS GOING TO BE A CONTENDER, WAS THE DRIVER OF THAT NUMBER 5 CAR, RON FELLOWS. BUT HE RUNNING, STILL, OUTSIDE THE TOP TEN, DAVE. >> YEAH, MARTY, THE REPORT IS THE SAME. THE CAR IS STILL TIGHT. BUT DON'T THINK HE'S NOT USING ALL THE RACETRACK. YOU'VE HEARD THAT PHRASE BEFORE. SEE THE COLOR ON HERE. THAT'S NOT FROM ANOTHER CAR, THAT'S FROM THE ARMCO BARRIER. AND HE HAS BEEN UP RIGHT NEAR THE WALL. THAT'S AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN GET WITHOUT DAMAGING YOUR RACE CAR. >> THAT'S TOO CLOSE, IN MY OPINION. QUITE HONESTLY. I DON'T WANT TO BE TOO CLOSE TO THAT. IT'S BEEN A STRUGGLE IN THE EARLY GO FOR THE DRIVER OF THE NUMBER 5. >> CERTAINLY, WITH THE LACK OF PRACTICE YESTERDAY,E HEARD, YOU MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AND GET THE CAR AND YOU KNOW, NO CAUTIONS, THERE'S NOT MUCH THAT YOU CAN DO AS FAR AS MAKING CHANGES HERE IN THE RACE >> WELL, WE JUST GOT WORD THAT DANICA PATRICK IS NOT COMING BACK OUT ON THE TRACK, VINCE. >> INITIALLY THAT WAS THE PLAN, TO GET BACK OUT. DANICA, WE SAW THE INCIDENTS, THE RADIATOR WAS GETTING REPLACED. ULTIMATELY WHAT KEPT YOU FROM GETTING BACK OUT? >> JUST ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER. I NOTICED IN TOOK A LONG, LONG TIME TO GET TO THE FRONT IN THE BACK FOUR STRAIGHT. WHEN THEY GOT THE RADIATOR CHANGED THEY DID QUICKLY TO FIRE IT AND THERE WAS WATER COMING OUT OF THE TAIL PIPE. JUST WOULDN'T TURN OVER. AND WATER'S NOT SUPPOSED TO COME OUT OF THE TAIL PIPE. I JUST FEEL SO BAD. YOU KNOW, JUST WISH IT WOULD HAVE GONE DIFFERENTLY. BUT THAT'S THE SPORT. THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT'S OUT OF YOUR CONTROL. AZ HI, TH THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT YOU LOOK BACK AT THAT YOU SAY COULD HAVE, WOULD HAVE, SHOULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY. >> THANK YOU. >> LAST WEEK IN I, WAS SHE REALLY REELED IT BACK. TALK THAT SHE WAS GETTING TOO AGGRESSIVE, TRYING TO DO TOO MUCH. HERE WE GO, THE SIXTH DNF OF THE YEAR THROUGH NO FAULT OF HER OWN. >> YEAH. BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS, IF YOU DON'T CATCH THAT WATER TEMPERATURE GOING UP, YOU SUSPECT THAT RADIATOR MAY HAVE A HOLE IN IT, IF YOU DON'T SEE THAT, YOU DON'T REGISTER THAT THE WATER IS HOT. AND THE HEAD GASKETS SO WHEN THEY FILL IT UP WITH WATER, IT ALL RUNS IN THE CYLINDER AND INTO THE TAIL PIPE. >> ALEX KENNEDY IS SECOND, BUT HE STILL HAS TO MAKE ANOTHER PIT STOP. THERE'S CARL EDWARDS RUNNING IN THIRD. HE'S FIVE SECONDS BEHIND THE RACE LEADER, AS WE'RE WORK LAP NUMBER 31 OF 82 AT THE GLEN. >>> WELCOME BACK TO WATKINS GLEN, THE NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES, ZIPPO 200. MAKE SURE YOU GO TO NASCAR.COM FOR ALL THE LATEST NASCAR INFORMATION. 32 LAPS IN, RUSTY, WE WERE TALKING EARLIER. WE EXPECTED TO SEE SOME AGGRESSIVE DRIVING. PERHAPS ROAD RAGE, BUT SO FAR, WE'VE ONLY HAD ONE IN THE LAPS. >> ACTUALLY, I'M AMAZED, NICOLE. THE RACE IS GETTING SPREAD OUT RIGHT NOW. WE ALL KNOW AT THE END OF A ROAD RACE, THAT'S WHEN THINGS HEAT UP. THAT'S WN THE DRIVERS MAKE MISTAKES, THE BRAKES START GOING AWAY AND PEOPLE HAVE PROBLEMS. >> PERHAPS WHAT TO KEEP IN MIND IF YOU'RE EXPECTING ROAD RAGE, LAST YEAR, ONLY TWO CAUTIONS. >> YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT. GUYS ARE HITTING THEIR MARKS EVERY LAP. IT'S REALLY INTERESTING, I CAN'T WAIT FOR WHEN WE GET FARTHER IN THE RACE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS. >> ELLIOTT SADLER CAME INTO THE RACE AS THE POINTS LEADER. HE DOES SEEM TO BE STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT? >> YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT ELLIOTT WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TODAY. HE HAS AN 18-POINT LEAD. AND HE'S ONLY GAINED ONE POINT. I THOUGHT ELLIOTT WOULD BE MORE DOMINANT EARLIER. HOPEFULLY, THAT GOES UP AS THE DAY GOES ON. >> BRAD, HE'S BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE LOW PRESSURE AND THEY'VE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS. LATE IN THE RACE, ELLIOTT MIGHT BECOME MORE OF A FACTOR THAN IT IS EARLIER. HE MADE SATURDOME ADJUSTMENTS L SAID TO THE AIR PRESSURE SETTING. HE COMPLAINED ABOUT IT A BIT. >> IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN US FOR YOUR CONVERSATIONS, JOIN US @NASCAR.COM. >> TODAY'S POLE SITTER IS FOURTH IN THE POINTS STANDINGS, BUT RIGHT NOW FIFTH ON THE RACETRACK. HORNISH HAS LED 15 LAPS SO FAR. THE ONLY PROBLEM HE HAD IS VIBRATION ON BRAKING, A LITTLE FREE ON THE TURN. IF YOU'RE PATIENT, WILL YOU GET FINISHES. DAVE BURNS. >> RICKY STENHOUSE JR., NO CHANGES. HE WAS GOOD. TALKING EARLIER TO RICKY, HE SAID I THINK ELLIOTT'S GOING TO BE BETTER THAN US BUT HE'S NOT GOING TO GAIN POINTS ON US. SO FAR TODAY, THE 6 CAR HAS BEEN BETTER THAN THE 2. AND SPEAKING OF THE 2, ELLIOTT SADLER, THE CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER COMING INTO THE EVENT. WE PLAYED HIS STRUGGLES EARLIER ON THE RADIO. MOST RECENTLY HE'S BEEN ASKING FOR LAP TIMES FROM HIS CREW. GIVE ME LAP TIMES. WITH THE AIR PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT AND RUSTY NOTED IT, HE HAS BEEN GETTING BETTER. AND ELLIOTT MAY HAVE A CHANCE OF CATCHING THAT 6 CAR. MIKE? >> THE 3 TEAM VERY REALISTIC COMING INTO THE WEEKEND, DAVE. THEY KNOW THE GUY THEY'RE CHASING THE CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS IS MUCH MORE EXPERIENCED ON ROAD COURSES. SO THEIR THEME, SURVIVAL. DON'T DO ANYTHING THAT COULD HURT THE RACE CAR. BE SMOOTH AND STAY ON THE RACETRACK. SO FAR, THAT HAS BEEN THE MISSION FOR AUSTIN DILLON. HE STARTED 30th AND HAS MOVED HIS WAY INTO THE TOP 15. THERE'S BEEN AN AIR PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT ON THE LAST TOP. THAT'S CORRECTED THE CAR, IT'S BEEN A LITTLE LOOSE. IT'S NOT SO BAD NOW. THE LAST WORD FROM THE SPOTTER TO AUSTIN WAS, YOU'RE KILLING THEM ON THE STRAIGHTAWAYS. GREAT FOR AUSTIN AS HE MAKES HIS WAY THROUGH THE TOP TEN, GUYS. >> WE MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BROADCAST, THE BEST WAS 34 COMING INTO THE RACE. TAKING A LOOK AT THIS, IT'S CUT TO 25. A LOT OF RACING TO GO. YET TO REACH THE HALFWAY MARK. YOU SHOULD ALSO POINT OUT AS YOU WATCH THE ACTION THAT ALEX KENNEDY HAS MADE A PIT STOP NOW. HE HAS SURRENDERED HIS SPOT, IT'S KESELOWSKI, LOGANO, CARL EDWARDS AND KYLE BUSCH. >> IT'S INTERESTING, IF IT SLOWS UP TO GIVE KYLE BUSCH A CHANCE AS HE'S BEHIND NOW. BUT I THINK HE'S GOT A FAST ENOUGH CAR HE CAN GET UP THERE AND SEE WHAT HE CAN DO WITH BRAD. >> WE'VE GOT CARL EDWARDS ON THE SCREEN. WE TALKED TO HIM YESTERDAY, HE SAID, I'M GOING TO SET THIS CAR TO MATCH MY CUP CAR. YOU CAN REALLY DO THAT BETWEEN THESE TWO? >> WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T DO. I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS ASKING ABOUT THAT FRONT END THERE, WITH EVERYTHING THEY HAD THERE, THESE CARS ARE SITTING ON THE BRINK VERSUS WHAT THE CUP CARS DO, ANDY. >> EVEN THOUGH, YOU CAN SET THEM UP TO HAVE THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS, THERE'S HARDLY ANY WAY YOU CAN SIMULATE THAT 200-PLUS HORSEPOWER THAT THEY HAVE. >> VINCE, YOU GOT MORE? >> WORKING WITH THE CREW CHIEF SCOTT GRAVES FOR THE FIRST TIME, HE USED TO BE THE ENGINEER ON THE NATIONWIDE CAR A YEAR AGO. THE FIRST TIME, THE CREW CHIEF, DOING A GOOD JOB WHEN THE DRIVER SAYS I'M REALLY HAPPY WITH MY RACE CAR. A LITTLE CONCERN EARLIER WITH THE WATER TEMPERATURE. THERE WAS DEBRIS ON THE GRILLE. THEY GOT TELL OFF IN TIME. ALL GOOD. >> SCOTT GRAVES THE NINTH DIFFERENT CREW CHIEF CARL HAS WORKED WITH IN THE NATIONWIDE CAREER. EVERYTHING HAS SORT OF CALMED DOWN RIGHT NOW. YOU SEE BRAD KESELOWSKI, JOEY LOGANO, SAM HORNISH JR., KYLE BUSCH, THAT'S >>> SECOND CAUTION FLAG OF THE DAY IS OUT. REMEMBER, ALEX KENNEDY, JUST A FEW LAPS TO GO WAS LEADING THIS RACE. THAT IS WHAT IS LEFT OF HIS TOYOTA CAMRY. AND THAT IS THROUGH THE HIGH-SPEED "S" HERE AT WATKINS GLEN. THEY WERE BATTLING THE 14th AND THE 3 CAR WAS IN THE MIX AS WELL. AUSTIN DILLON ACTUALLY SPUN AND GOT THE CAR TO STOP. CHECKING TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY DAMAGE AND DIDN'T SEE ANY, GUYS. >> YOU SEE A THUMBS UP FROM ALEX KENNEDY AS HE INSPECTS HIS CAR. >> AND WE SHOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT THE 3 CAR HAS BEEN POSTED FOR BLOWING THROUGH THE INNER LOOP. HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED, AS WE GO ONBOARD. >> GO THERE. >> COME UP, COME ON. >> COME ON, THERE YOU GO. SLOW DOWN. SLOW DOWN. SLOW. GO, GO, GO, OUTSIDE. OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE. >> AND HERE IS THE VERY NEXT LAP. OOH. >> OH, MY. >> THAT WAS HIDEOUS ON THAT GUARD RAIL. KIND OF BOTH OF THEM. AUSTIN HAD TO SPIN THE CAR OUT TO KEEP FROM HITTING HIM. >> LET'S GO ONBOARD. >> HE SHOULD GET A PASS THERE FOR NOT STOPPING. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? >> WELL, I THINK JOE WAS TELLING HIM YOU GOT TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. YOU CAN'T SLOW. >> YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THERE. YOU HAVE TO STOP AND JUST GO. THAT'S THE RULE. >> WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT, THERE WAS A CAR THAT HAD SPUN UP IN FRONT IN THE INNER LOOP. >> NOW, SEE THE 75 SPINNING? >> DEFINITELY -- YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE HIM TRYING TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. I GR AND GOES.O JUST STOPS AND HE'S RIGHT. BUT HE DIDN'T. HE CAME ALMOST TO A STOP, JUST SLOWED DOWN. LIKE HE CAME TO FIRST GEAR BUT HE DID NOT COME TO A STOP. >> AND HE'LL HAVE TO PAY THE PRICE ON THE PENALTY. YOU SEE RIGHT NOW, THE POINTS ARE NOT GOING IN THE DIRECTION THAT HE WANTED. DON'T FORGET, NEXT WEEK, ANOTHER ROAD COURSE FOR THIS SERIES UP IN MONTREAL. >> AUSTIN DOING A GOOD JOB, HE WAS MOVING UP. WORKING ON THAT 81 TO GET THAT SPOT. I'M NOT SURE, JUST INSIDE THE TOP 15 OR RIGHT AT IT. >> 14th. >> HE'S DOING A GOOD JOB. >> ALL RIGHT, WE'VE GOT 43 LAPS TO GO. YOU'RE OUTSIDE THE WINW. WHAT DO YOU WANT DO HERE, CREW CHIEF? >> I WANT TO STAY OUT. THERE'S 20 CARS IN THE LEAD LAP. AND THERE'S SOME CARS BACK THERE TOWARDS THAT BACK. I DON'T SEE ANY REAL CHALLENGERS BACK THERE. YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THOSE GUYS MAKE PIT STOPS. MAYBE WORK ON THEIR CAR. THEY WON'T REALLY GIVE UP ANY TRACK POSITION BECAUSE A LOT OF GUYS WILL COME BEHIND THEM. >> WE HAVE 14 CARS EITHER BEHIND THE WALL OR OUT OF THIS RACE. YOU MENTIONED THE FACT THEY ONLY HAVE 20 CARS RIGHT NOW ON THE LEAD LAP. AND THIS IS THE SECOND CAUTION. YOU HEARD THE 60, CARL EDWARDS' RADIO, SAYING "WE'RE STAYING OUT." OF COURSE, SO IS EVERYBODY ELSE. AUSTIN DILLON HAS TO COME IN. HE'S SHOWING RIGHT NOW IN 21st POSITION, ONE LAP DOWN. >> ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO OVER THE WALL WITH CHUCK EFAW, REAR TIRE CHANGER. NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME HOW GOOD THESE GUYS ARE IN GETTING THE LUG NUTS OFF AND BACK ON. I'D PROBABLY CATCH MY THUMB. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO CLEAN UP THE MESS OVER IN THE ESSES. AND WE'LL COME BACK AND RESET EVERYTHING FOR YOU >>> NFL ACTION RETURNS MONDAY ON ESPN, TONY ROMO AND THE COWBOYS TAKE ON CARSON PALMER AND THE RAIDERS. THE COWBOYS AND RAIDERS, MONDAY AT 8:00 ON ESPN. BACK HERE AT THE NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES, ZIPPO 200 AT THE GLEN. LET'S DIAL UP THE IN-RACE REPORTER, CARL EDWARDS. >> CARL, YOU GOT JUSTICE. >> I'VE GOT YOU, DALE, HOW'S IT GOING? >> IT'S GOING GREAT HERE, HOW ABOUT WITH YOU, MAN? >> IT'S A LOT OF WORK OUT HERE, MAN. THESE GUYS ARE FAST. RUNNING AROUND AS HARD AS I CAN. YOU GUYS UP THERE AIR CONDITIONED, PROBABLY SUB SANDWICHES. I'M HAVING A GOOD TIME, I GOT TO GET THE 22 CAR TO THE RESTART. I THINK WITH CLEAN AIR, WE'RE FASTER. >> THAT'S WHAT I'VE GOT TO ASK. YOU HAVEN'T SEEN HIM IN A WHILE. YOU GOT BEHIND IN THE GREEN FLAG STOPS BUT YOU THINK YOU GOT SOME POINTS? >> YEAH, I THINK SO. I MEAN, I ALWAYS THINK I GOT SOMETHING. BUT, I HOPE WE CAN DO IT HERE, THE RESTART WILL HELP US. I THINK OUR CAR IS A LITTLE BETTER THAN IT WAS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE RACE. I FIGURED OUT A COUPLE OF SPOTS WHERE I WAS SLOW. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON THE RESTARTS. SO HOPEFULLY, WE GET OUT OF HERE. I WAS WONDERING WHAT YOU WERE DOING. I WAS WONDERING WHEN YOU WERE GOING TO COME AND TALK TO ME WHEN I WAS OUT THERE BY MYSELF OR NOT. >> YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO YOU. HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE BACK IN THE NATIONWIDE CAR? >> IT'S REALLY COOL. I REALLY CAN'T SAY ENOUGH, THANK SUBWAY AND FORD AND EVERYBODY. IT'S REALLY FUN. HAVING A GREAT TIME WITH THE GUYS SO FAR. ABOUT HALFWAY, THEY JUST SHOWED US THE CROSSPLANKS. HOPEFULLY, WE CAN MIX IT UP AND PUT ON A GOOD SHOW. >> I DON'T FAUX IF YOU GOT ANY OF YOUR SUBWAY PEOPLE LISTENING OR TALKING TO THEM, WE LIKE TURKEY SUBS IN THE BOOTH. >> ALL RIGHT. I'LL GET TONY ON IT RIGHT NOW. WE'LL GET YOU TURKEY SUBS. >> HAVE A GREAT DAY. >> THANKS. >> SCOTT GRAVES, ANDY PETREE IN THE BOOTH, YOU STILL WITH JUSTICE. >> YEAH. >> HALFWAY, WHAT IS THE STRATEGY WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE THE LAST STOP? >> IF I TOLD YOU THAT -- YOU'LL SEE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 50, 55. >> YEAH, THAT WAS A TRICK, I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF YOU'D FALL FOR IT. THAT'S WHAT'S WE DO TO ALL THE NEW CREW CHIEFS. >> WE'RE BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM. WE'RE WATCHING THEM. LIKE CARL WE JUST GOT TO GET UP HERE. SHOULD BE GOOD. >> IS THE PRESSURE WHAT YOU THOUGHT IT WOULD BE, AND WHAT DO YOU ANTICIPATE TO BE IN? >> YEAH, IT'S NOD BAD. ROAD COURSE RACING IS PROBABLY A GOOD PLACE TO START. I THINK BRISTOL IS THE ONE I'M WORRIED ABOUT. WE'RE DOING GOOD HERE. WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THE PLAN AND STICK WITH THE STRATEGY FOR THE REST OF THE RACE. >> GOOD LUCK, MAN. GOOD LUCK OF THE REST OF THE WAY. THANKS FOR STALK TALKING TO US. >> ONE OF THE INTERESTING NOTES, ROUSH-FENWAY HAS NEVER WON HERE IN THE NATIONWIDE RACES. LET'S CHECK IN ON THE 2 CAR. DAVE BURNS. >> SITTING IN WITH LUKE HERE, WE HEARD YOU DISCUSSING IT, WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO STAY OUT? >> THE TRACK POSITION IS REALLY DIFFERENT HERE. WE FELT LIKE COMING DOWN PIT ROAD TO PUT US IN THE RACE WITH TRAFFIC, IT MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING HAPPEN IN FRONT OF US. PRETTY MUCH THAT WAS THE SAFEST CALL TO STAY OUT THERE AND GET US TRACK POSITION. >> SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE OVER THEIR STRUGGLES IN THE RACE. >> AND THE TOP NINE HAVE NOT PITTED THE LAST SIX STOPS. JOEY LOGANO WAS THE EARLIEST ON 19. THE DEEPEST, RON FELLOWS. FROM TENTH PLACE ON BACK, THEY ALL PITTED HERE ON LAP NUMBER 40. SO YOU SEE HOW THE STRATEGY BEGINS TO UNFOLD AS WE GET PAST THE HALFWPOINT. BRAD KESELOWSKI, CARL EDWARDS AND JOEY LOGANO, SAM HORNISH JR., AND RICKY STENHOUSE JR., THAT'S THE TOP SIX. AND WE'RE BACK TO GREEN. >> IT LOOKS LIKE BRAD KESELOWSKI IS GOING TO LOSE HIS SPOT TO JOEY LOGANO. >> AND HE MAY LOSE ANOTHER ONE, IF HE'S NOT CAREFUL, TO KYLE BUSCH. >> OH, THAT'S A DANGEROUS PASS RIGHT THERE. MAN, HOLD ON. >> WELL, FOLKS, YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THERE. HERE COMES KYLE TAKING A LOOK DOWN ON THE INSIDE. IT'S WIDE. THINK BETTER OF IT. BUT KYLE ABLE TO GET IT DONE. >> THAT WAS A MOVE RIGHT THERE. WOW. >> SOMEBODY HAD TO BLINK, AND IT WASN'T KYLE. THERE'S AUSTIN DILLON. HE HAS THE START IN THE BACK OF THE LONGEST LINE. HE DID NOT STOP IN THE INNER LOOP. >> HE GETS BACK IN THAT POSITION TO GET A LOOK NOW. HE FIRST STARTED A LAP DOWN. >> HE'S IN 21st POSITION, YOU'RE RIGHT, ANDY. WOW, HE'S GETTING A LITTLE AGGRESSIVE RIGHT UP THERE IN TURN SIX. AND AS THEY COME DOWN, YOU SEE IT BRAD KESELOWSKI AND KYLE BUSCH, JOEY LOGANO, CARL EDWARDS AND RON FELLOWS MOVED INTO THE TOP FIVE. >> RON FELLOWS, HE STARTS SOME PRETTY GOOD LAPS THERE. JUST WATCH KYLE BUSCH. >> SEVERAL CARS OVER THE CURBING COME BACK OUT SON THE TRACK. LET'S GET ANOTHER ANGLE ON KYLE BUSCH ON THAT PASS COMING RIGHT DOWN HERE INTO THE INNER LOOP. HE'S COMING OUT OF THE ESSES. >> I WAS WONDERING WHO WAS GOING TO GET BETWEEN THE 60 AND THE 18. AND KYLE JUST BLUE PAST BOTH OF THEM. THEY'VE GOT A LOT MORE CURBING OVER THERE ON THAT RIGHT SIDE THAN WHAT THEY USED TO HAVE. USED TO BE A BIG HUMP THERE. HE DID A GREAT JOB OF DRIVING THE RACE CAR, BUT -- VINCE? >> IT'S AMAZING HE'S COME ALL THE WAY TO SECOND. HE'S LOST THE SHIFTER BUT HE'S HAVING TO MAKE DO WITH THE WAY THE SHIFTER HANDLE IS BROKEN. HOLDING IT DOWN LOWER ON THE LEVER. THEY TALKED WITH CREW CHIEF MIKE BEAM AND COMING IN AND POSSIBLY TRYING TO FIX IT. HE SAID THAT WOULD TAKE TOO MUCH TIME IN THE PIT. KYLE SAID, I'LL DEAL WITH IT. HE'S DEALING WITH IT. >> THAT'S TOUGH TO DEAL WITH. I'VE DEALT WITH THAT BEFORE, AND MY RIGHT HAND WAS CHEWED UP EVEN THROUGH THE GLOVE. KYLE HAS TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO INJURE HIMSELF FOR TOMORROW, ESPECIALLY. >> WE NOTICED ELLIOTT SADLER TAPES UP HIS RIGHT HAND BECAUSE OF ALL THE BLISTERS BECAUSE OF THE SHIFTING AND THAT'S WHERE THE SHIFTER IS BROKEN. >> YEAH, IT'S NOT A GOOD ISSUE NOW. I THINK THAT'S WHY WE SEE THE 18 CAR, JOEY LOGANO, COMING BACK ON HIM NOW BECAUSE IT IS -- IT DOES TAKE SOME GETTING USED TO THERE. >> IT HAS TO THROW YOU OUT OF YOUR RHYTHM, IF YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR SHIFTER. THAT'S A TOUGH THING TO REACH FOR. >> WE WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THIS WAS PRE-RACE THAT WE SHOT OF ELLIOTT SADLER TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA. TAKE A LOOK AT HIS RIGHT HAND. >> SINCE ELLIOTT AND I WERE BACK TEAMMATES WE BOTH HAD ISSUES WITH SHIFTERS AND HAD A PROBLEM THERE. AND EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE, THAT'S HARD ON YOUR HAND, DOING AS MUCH SHIFTING AS YOU DO. ELLIOTT IS JUST TAKING PRECAUTION HERE. >> LET'S GET AN UPDATE ON THE 2 CAR. HOW ABOUT IT, DAVE BURNS? >> I ASKED ELLIOTT ABOUT THAT IN PRE-RACE. I SAID IS THIS NORMAL PROCEDURE FOR ROAD COURSE? LY SAID, YES. EVER SINCE 1999, WHEN I RACED AT SONOMA AND ENDED UP WITH A HOLE IN MY HAND. I WENT TO JEFF GORDON AND I SAID, JEFF, WHAT DO YOU DO? HE SAID, I TAPE MY EVER SINCE. >> AND RYAN SCOTT IN THE 11. >> THAT'S A SOLID RUN THERE, 43, INSIDE THE TOP TEN HERE AT WATKINS GLEN. >> YOU SEE THE TIGHTENING UP FOR THAT BATTLE FOR SECOND AGAIN. >> YEAH, EVERY TIME WE SEE IT TIGHTEN UP, IT'S A POINT THAT KYLE BUSCH HAS TO SHIFT THE CAR. YOU CAN SEE HE ACTUALLY PULLS AWAY A LITTLE BIT BUT IT'S RIGHT BEFORE HE HAS TO DOWNSHIFT IN PARTICULAR. >> HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE SEEN WHEN KYLE HAS ADVERSITY IN THE COCKPIT, HE RISES TO THE TOP AND SOMETIMES, TURNS INTO THE BEST PERFORMANCE WE'VE EVER SEEN. >> HE'S ONE OF THE BEST COMPETITORS THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE RACETRACK ANYWHERE OVER A LENGTH OF TIME BUT THIS IS A LOT TO DEAL WITH. >> JUST PASSED A FEW LAPS AGO, WORKING LAP NUMBER 46. AND THERE IS THE "D" CAR OF BRAD KESELOWSKI. WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN AN UPDATE ON PIT ROAD FROM HIM, HOW ABOUT IT, MIKE MASSARO? >> OBVIOUSLY, HE'S PRETTY HAPPY WITH HIS RACE CAR AND THINGS SEEM TO BE FALLING INTO HIS LAP. WE TALKED ABOUT THE SHIFT PROBLEM THAT KYLE BUSCH IS EXPERIENCING. BELIEVE ME, THE 22 CAMP VERY MUCH AWARE OF THAT, IN FACT, ON THE RESTART, THEY RADIOED TO BRAD KESELOWSKI TELLING HIM, LOOK, KYLE'S GOT A BROKEN GEAR SHIFT, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. HE KNOWS THAT AND THAT'S CERTAINLY TO HIS ADVANTAGE AT THIS POINT. >> WELL, HE HAS LED A TOTAL OF 26 LAPS BY FAR, MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE. THREE DIFFERENT LEADERS, SAM HORNISH JR. LED 15. ALEX KENNEDY LED FIVE. WHEN YOU'RE THE QUEEN OF THE CHARTS THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEONE LOOKING TO REPLACE YOU. A RIVETING NEW DRAMA. IT'S "NASHVILLE" AND IT BEGINS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10th. ON BOARD WITH CARL EDWARDS. DOES JOEY HAVE ENOUGH OF A RUN TAKING A LOOK AT THE INSIDE GOING INTO THE ONE? >> HE HAD A HARD TIME BRAKING. >> A FEW YEARS AGO, IN THE INNER LOOP. >> THAT'S ALL YOU CAN DO IS JUST TAKE WHAT IT'S GIVING YOU. YOU'RE BETTER PRETTY MUCH ALL THE WAY AROUND. UP THROUGH THE ESSES, YOU'RE AUGUST. >> I THINK WHAT KYLE IS REFERRING TO IS GETTING UP THROUGH THE ESSES AND UP THE HILL. YOU REALLY HAVE TO LEAN ON THAT MOTOR. I THINK HE SAID THAT HE THINKS SOME OF THESE OTHER TEAMS MAY HAVE A LITTLE MORE POWER UNDER THE HOOD AND HE TRIES TO OVERCOME THAT. >> WELL, AS YOU CAN SEE, MANAGING TO HOLD ON TO THAT SECOND SPOT. BUT HE'S 1.8 SEC >>> HERE AT WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL, 33 LAPS REMAINING. YOU SEE THERE IS THE TOP FIVE. A LITTLE AN CALLED FOR SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH, THAT' KYLE BUSCH, JOEY LOGANO, SAM HORNISH JR. AND THEY'RE ALL CHASING BRAD KESELOWSKI WHICH HAS NOW LED A TOTAL OF 29 OF THE 49 LAPS WE'VE RUN. >> RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GOING AWAY TOO FAST. THE PREVIOUS LAP WAS A 12.67. 13.20 ON THAT. >> ALMOST TWO SECONDS BEHIND YOU. >> I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER HAD THAT PROBLEM. >> YEAH. >> I DON'T REMEMBER TELLING THEM THAT. >> THE ONLY TIME I EVER HEARD THAT, WAS FUEL CONSERVATION AT THE END OF THE RACE. >> THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, HE DOESN'T NEED TO RUN ANY FAST TORE STAY IN THE LEAD BUT THEY DO HAVE TO MAKE ONE MORE PIT STOP. >> YOU THINK THAT'S WHAT HE'S TELLING YOU? >> HUH? I MEAN, THIS CAR'S BEEN AWFULLY STRONG. >> THERE IS RON FELLOWS IN THE 5. KASEY KAHNE RIGHT BEHIND HIM. FELLOWS WAS PASSED BY SAM HORNISH JR. TO THE SIXTH SPOT. THE 43'S ON PIT ROAD. HOW ABOUT IT, MIKE? >> MICHAEL ANNETT PRETTY HAPPY WITH HIS RACE CAR. HE'S BEEN NEUTRAL. ONE THING HE'S ASKING FOR IS NOR GRIT. THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE AIR PRESSURE TO GIVE HIM THAT. THEY'RE AWAY. >> AND YOU NOTICE THAT THEY CLEANED THE GRILLE. WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENED TO THE 43. DOING A LITTLE AGRICULTURAL RACING. >> YOU CAN'T RUN LONG AFTER DO YOU THIS, THOUGH. IT WILL PLUG THE GRILLE WITH GRASS. IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG TO START PUSHING WATER OUT. >> 32 LAPS REMAINING. THAT'S NOT WHAT THE CREW CHIEF TOLD HIM HE COULD GO. >> HE SHOULD BE FINE. HE SHOULD BE FINE. EVEN THOUGH THAT WAS A PLANNED STOP TO COME IN AND CLEAN THAT GRILLE. >> HE'S THE LAST CAR ON THE LEAD LAP. HERE COME A BUNCH OF OTHERS INCLUDING THE RACE LEADER. THE 22 IS IN. MIKE? >> THE TEAM GOES TO WORK RIGHT AWAY. JEREMY BULLINS TELLING THEM, MAKE SURE YOU GO FUEL. FOUR-TIRE CHANGE, SUNOCO RACE FUEL, DAVE? >> IF THEY GET THROUGH THE CAROUSEL BETTER, I'D BE THE FASTEST RACE CAR OUT HERE. DOC. >> FOUR TIRES, CHASSIS ADJUSTMENT, GOT TO GET IT COMPLETELY FULL OF SUNOCO FUEL. LOGANO OFF THE PIT ROAD. >> THE GUY YOU WERE WATCHING, THE 38 OF KASEY KAHNE? >> YEAH, GOT FOUR TIRES. HE DIDN'T HAVE TIRES ON, JUST GOT FUEL AND HE'S OUT IN FRONT. >> AND A LOT OF THESE GUYS ARE BEHIND HIM. THE RACE LEADER RIGHT NOW IS THE 54 OF KYLE BUSCH. HE STAYED OUT. CARL EDWARDS RIGHT BEHIND LIMITED. IT LOOKS LIKE KYLE MAY BE COMING IN THIS TIME. WILL KYLE HIM. LET'S CHECK IN WITH VINCE. >> THE 54 OF KYLE BUSCH. HE SAID IT'S NOT BAD. HE JUST NEEDS A LITTLE BIT ON BOTH ENDS. THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE AN AIR PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT. IT'S A FOUR-TIRE CHANGE FOR KYLE BUSCH. THE 60 OF CARL ETDWARDS. YOU SEE HIM IN THE BACK GROUND AS WELL. HE SAID THE CAR'S PRETTY GOOD. BUT THEY NEED TO CLEAN THE GRILLE. >> ELLIOTT SADLER TOLD ME THEY NEED HELP GETTING OFF TO THE RIGHT AND THE CORNERS. THEY'RE MAKING AN AIR PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT. ONE MORE TIME FILLING IT FULL OF SUNOCO FUEL. >> FELLOWS IS BACK OUT. KAHNE IS BACK OUT. AND THE LEADER IS PASSED TO RYAN TRUEX. REMEMBER, TRUEX WAS INVOLVED IN THAT FIRST LAP INCIDENT WITH DANICA PATRICK TO TAKE HER OUT OF THE RACE. WOW, LOOKING AT HIM GETTING SIDEWAYS. COLE WHITT ALL OVER HIM. A BIT OF A DEFENSIVE MOVE THERE. >> YEAH. A LITTLE ROOM IN THE POCKET THERE. >> AND AT CERTAIN SPOTS IN THE TRACK, NOW, REMEMBER, ALLGAIER PITTED BACK ON LAP 40. ALL THE CARS IN THE TOP EIGHT PITTED. RYAN TRUEX GOES WAY BEHIND. AND MIGUEL PALUDO ATTEMPTS TO GET AROUND. AS DOES THE 33 OF PAUL MENARD. >> MENARD'S A LAP DOWN. HE'S LOOKING AT THIS TRYING TO DRIVE HIS WAY BACK INTO THE LEAD LAP, IF THEY HAVE A CAUTION. >> NOW, IF PALUDO CAN HANG ON TO THE TOP SPOT, HE WILL BECOME OUR SIXTH DIFFERENT LEADER TODAY. REMEMBER, IT WAS THE 35 THAT WON AT ROAD AMERICA WITH NELSON PIQUET AT THE WHEEL. >>FUL HE CHANGED THAT BATTERY EARLIER BECAUSE THE VOLTAGE, HE'S DOWN A LAP. HE'S TRYING TO GET IT OUT RIGHT NOW, IN CASE THE CAUTION COMES OUT. >> IF YOU'RE PALUDO'S TEAM, WOULD YOU TELL ME TO GO AHEAD? >> SURE. >> THE 30 CAR HAS TO MAKE ANOTHER PIT STOP, REGARDLESS. HE'S OUTRUNNING, BUT HE STILL HAS TO MAKE THAT LAST STOP. >> COMING OFF OF TURN SEVEN THERE, HE'S GOT A LITTLE DISTANCE THERE. >> IN THE TOP SEVEN THAT HAVE ALL PITTED ON LAP 40, ALL SEVEN OF THESE CARS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE ONE MORE STOP. ON BOARD WITH AUSTIN DILLON. HE IS ONE LAP DOWN IN 23rd. SO AS YOU TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THOSE CARS COMING DOWN THE BACKSTRETCH, YOU KEY TO KEEP YOUR EYES ON WOULD BE KASEY KAHNE AND BRAD KESELOWSKI. THEY'RE RUNNING SEVENTH AND EIGHTH. AND THERE THEY ARE. NOW, REMEMBER, KASEY ONLY TOOK FUEL, HE GAINED A LOT OF TRACK POSITION WITH THAT MOVE. BUT WILL THE TIRES HOLD UP? >> WELL, ONLY A FEW LAPS WITH THE TIRES. THE TIRES WERE GOING TO BE AN ISSUE. THE BIGGEST ISSUE, IS THIS CAR NEARLY AS GOOD AS THIS 22 OF BRAD KESELOWSKI. >> YOU KNOW, YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THAT MUCH OUT OF THE 38. BUT HE HASN'T HAD THIS KIND OF POSITION BETWEEN THERE AND OUT FRONT. >> HE'S GOT THE CARDS ON THE TABLE NOW. >> DAVE, AN UPDATE ON THE 38? >> WHEN THEY CAME TO LAP 40, AS WE SEE THIS ACTION HERE, KAHNE KNEW THESE WERE GOING TO BE THE TIRES TO TAKE HIM TO THE END OF THE RACE. THAT WAS LAP 40. AND THEY GET TOGETHER THERE, AND JOEY SPINS, MARTY. >> YES, HE DOES. HE GOES AROUND. I THINK HE KEEPS IT OFF THE WALL, THOUGH. >> KEEP COMING, KEEP COMING, KEEP COMING. >> SO FAR, NO YELLOW. AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO STAY GREEN. SO THE MAN WHO HAS WON FIVE TIMES THIS YEAR ON THE SERIES GOES AROUND IN THE FINAL CORNER. RON FELLOWS IS TRYING TO GET PAST HIM AS WELL AND WILL. AND LET'S GO BACK AND SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENED. THIS IS EARLIER IN THE LAP. >> HE BANGS INTO KYLE BUSCH. >> AND HERE COMES JOEY LOGANO. >> ONE THING WITH THE CONTACT THAT YOU'LL SEE -- YOU KNOW, I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT THERE'S 26 LAPS TO GO. NORMALLY, WE DON'T SEE THIS UNTIL ABOUT THE LAST FIVE. >> A LITTLE BIT AGO, RUSTY AND BRAD WERE WONDERING WHERE THE AGGRESSIVE DRIVING WAS. I THINK WE FOUND IT. >> YEAH, BEHIND THE WHEEL OF 60. HE GOT THE BACK OF KYLE AND JOEY LOGANO THE SAME WAY. >> AND NOW JOE NEMECHEK, THE 97 CAR, AS THERE YOU SEE JOE. HE'S RIGHT THERE IN THE FRONT AREA OF THE INNER LOOP. WE SHOULD POINT OUT WHILE THE ACTION WAS GOING ON, THE 22 ALSO PASSED THE 32 OF KAHNE. >> A LOT GOING ON. >> YEAH, A LOT GOING ON. >> DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT BROUGHT JOE TO A STANDSTILL, BUT WE'LL TRY AND FIND OUT. MIGUEL PALUDO, REMEMBER, WE MENTIONED THE FACT THAT NOW THOSE GUYS THAT ARE SHOWN IN THE TOP FOUR POSITION, PALUDO, ALLGAIER AND MIKE WALLACE ALL A BREAK. >> YEAH, IT WAS NOT A BREAK FOR THOSE GUYS BUT PAUL MENARD IN THE POSITION. SHOULD GET THE LUCKY DOG HERE. >> ACTUALLY, WE'RE BEING TOLD THAT NASCAR IS GOING TO GO TO THE 88. WE'LL HAVE TO CHECK THAT. >> I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE CALLED. >> WE'LL WAIT TO SEE WHAT NASCAR SAYS. YOU'RE RIGHT, THEY WERE GOING AFTER EACH OTHER, ANDY. >> LIKE I SAID, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON BACK THERE. I WAS SORT OF SURPRISED BECAUSE NORMALLY, WE DON'T SEE THIS MUCH ACTION UNTIL WE GET DOWN TO THE HOMESTRETCH RUN. >> THEY MADE THEIR LAST PIT STOP, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT GETTING EVERY POSITION -- A LOT OF THEM HAVE, NOT EVERYBODY. OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S SOME CARS IN FRONT. BUT WITH THOSE CARS WITHOUT ALL THAT ACTION HAPPENING, HAD MADE THEIR LAST STOP AND THEY WERE GIVING IT EVERYTHING THEY COULD. >> SEE RIGHT THERE, COLE WHITT, RIGHT BEHIND THE LEADER. NO SIGN OF PAUL MENARD. I DON'T KNOW IF HE WENT BY THE LEADER BEFORE THE CAUTION CAME OUT. HE MAY HAVE GOTTEN BACK ON THE LEAD LAP. >> ALL RIGHT. HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED. THROUGH ALL OF THE ACTION, MENARD DID MANAGE TO GET AROUND THE RACE LEADER, SO HE WAS AT THE TAIL END OF THE LEAD LAP. SO COLE WHITT WILL BE THE BENEFICIARY. AND HE WILL GET THE LUCKY DOG. SO IT MEANS BOTH CARS WILL BE ON THE LEAD LAP. AND THAT WILL GIVE US 22 CARS ON THE LEAD LAP. >> THE DIFFERENCE FOR PAUL MENARD IN THAT SCENARIO IS, THAT HE CAN GO AROUND AND HE CAN START WITH THE LEAD LAP CARS THERE. WHEREAS, COLE WHITT HAD MADE THE FREE PASS CAR, WILL HAVE TO START BEHIND, EVEN THE CARS BEHIND A LAP DOWN. >> YOU HAVE TO MAKE UP AT 2.34 MILES. >> AND MIGUEL PALUDO, THE 29-YEAR-OLD FROM BRAZIL, MAKING HIS NATIONWIDE START. IN ROAD AMERICA, FINISHED 29th. CURRENTLY 11 IN THE CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES. FINDS HIMSELF, AFTER MAKING FOUR LAPS, LEADING. YOU DON'T HAVE TO SURRENDER THE LEADER. AS ALLGAIER, CLEMENTS AND MIKE WALLACE. THEY STILL HAVE 25 LAPS TO GO. YOU SEE HIGH ABOVE THAT, TURNS SIX AND SEVEN. AND THE ENTRANCE TO PIT ROAD IS RIGHT THERE AS YOU COME UNDER THE BRIDGE. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, PALUDO IS COMING IN AS ALLGAIER. LET'S SEND IT DOWN TO VINCE WELCH. >> THEY HAD TO MAKE ONE FINAL STOP. THE CAR'S PRETTY GOOD, HE'S LOSING TIME OUT OF THE STOP WHEN THE CAR IS A LITTLE TOO STIFF. THEY SHOULD HAVE TIRES AND AIR PRESSURE. MIKE. >> JUSTIN ALLGAIER, THEY PULLED A LEFT SPRING FROM THE LEFT REAR TRYING TO GET IT BACK IN THE HANDS OF HIS DRIVER. THIS TIME, NOT AS BIG AN ADJUSTMENT. THEY ARE GOING TO WORK ON THE CAR. STILL GOING TO WORK. >> JOEY LOGANO IS TRYING TO GET THE SPUN TIRES OFF THE CAR. HE WANTS THE CAR TO TURN BETTER. THAT WILL NOW HELP HIM DO THAT. DOC? >> GOOD NEWS FOR PAUL MENARD. THE BAD NEWS, FOLKS, WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE WHAT WOULD BE THE THIRD BATTERY OF THE DAY. THEY DON'T KNOW WHY THE ALTERNATOR ISN'T WORKING. THEY CHANGED THE GAUGES. FOUR TIRES, FUEL, BACK ON THE LEAD LAP. THEY'RE GOING TO NEED PROBABLY ONE MORE BATTERY, ANDY, TO MAKE IT TO THE CHECKER FLAG. >> IF THEY CAN'T GET 15 LAPS TO THE BATTERY, THEY'RE STILL NOT GOING TO WIN IT. >> AS WE GET READY TO HEAD TO BREAK, YOU KNOW THAT 30 CAR, IT'S A COUPLE OF WINS WITH TWO DIFFERENT DRIVERS AT THE HELM. BACK AT DAYTONA, JAMES BUSCHER WAS BACK AT THE HELM THERE. FROM THAT POINT AFTER BUESCHER TOOK THE CHECKER FLAG, SOMEHOW AFTER THE MELEE OF THE RACE, HE WENT ON TO ROAD AMERICA AND FROM THERE IT WENT TO NELSON PIQUET JR. AND NELSON SURPRISED EVERYBODY. HE TOOK THE CHECKER FL ♪ >>> WELL, THE ACTION CONTINUES TOMORROW WITH SPRINT CUP ACTION, EIGHT RACES HAVE BEEN WON BY DRIVERS STARTING OUTSIDE THE TOP TEN. BUT NOTHING'S GUARANTEED. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TUNE IN TO FIND OUT. IT'S THE NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES AT WATKINS GLEN TOMORROW AT NOON ON ESPN. UNDER OUR THIRD CAUTION OF THE DAY, AS WE HAVE 23 LAPS TO GO. NOW, LET'S GO BACK ONE MORE TIME AND SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE 60 OF CARL EDWARDS AND THE 18 OF JOEY LOGANO. >> WELL, CARL'S GOT CROSSED UP WITH KYLE BUSCH AND LOST A LITTLE MOMENTUM. THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THE 18 KNEW THAT HE WAS THERE. THEY ENTERED TURN SEVEN. BUT I DON'T THINK JOEY HAD ANY IDEA THAT THE CARS WERE UP THERE. >> NOW, LET'S LISTEN TO JOEY LOGANO'S RADIO? >> YEAH, DID YOU KNOW CARL -- I'LL BE BACK UP THERE. >> THIS IS GOING TO BE EXCITING. >> CARL BETTER HOPE I DON'T GET BACK UP THERE. >> CARL EDWARDS HAS SHOWN HE'S IN SIXTH POSITION. JOEY LOGANO IS GOING TO RESTART 18th. >> YEAH, SURE TOOK JOEY OUT A GOOD POSITION TO TRY TO WIN THIS THING. I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY HE'S FRUSTRATED. >> I THINK MORE DRIVERS COME T OF THE ROAD COURSES FRUSTRATED AND MAD THAN WHAT YOU DO EVEN AT TALLADEGA OR PLACELIKE THAT. >> ONE OTHER THING WE SHOULD CLEAR UP BEFORE WE GO BACK TO GREEN, THERE ARE TWO WAVE-AROUNDS, INCLUDING AUSTIN DILLON. AS JEREMY CLEMENTS STAYED OUT. HE WAS THE RACE LEADER. NOW, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 22 CARS ON THE LEAD LAP. >> AND CARL'S GOING TO CONTROL THE RESTART. JEREMY CLEMENTS, HE'S THE LEADER. HE HAS TO MAKE ANOTHER PIT STOP WHERE THE REST DO NOT. IT'S GOING TO DEFINITELY CHANGE IT'S WAY THE RESTART IS GOING TO SHAPE UP. >> HE'S OUR EIGHTH DIFFERENT LEADER. NINE DIFFERENT LEAD CHANGES. DRIVERS THROUGH THAT INSIDE LINE AS THEY COME THROUGH THE FINAL CORNER. HE'S IN THAT 51. AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN, 51, JEREMY CLEMENTS SAYS, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO COME INTO PIT ROAD. >> THAT WOULD CHANGE THE RESTART ORDER, THOUGH. >> YEAH, THAT WHOLE RIGHT LANE MOVES UP. >> THE POSITION GOES TO KASEY KAHNE. WE'RE BACK TO GREEN. WHOA, AND LOOK AT KYLE. TAKES THE LEAD. FOR A MINUTE. >> AND GETTING PUSHED DOWN THERE. >> STARTING TO RUN SIDE BY SIDE THROUGH TURN TWO UP THROUGH THE ESSES. >> SOMEHOW, THEY DID IT. BOY, NEITHER ONE MISSED IT. AND BRAD KESELOWSKI GETS THE BETTER OF IT. LOOK AT THIS. THREE WIDE GOING DOWN. THAT'S CARL EDWARDS ON THE INSIDE. AND HE IS GOING TO GET AROUND BOTH OF THEM. WOW. >> KASEY KAHNE, WAS HE NOT THE LEADER ON THE RESTART? >> AFTER KASEY, HE'S BEEN SHUFFLED BACK. HERE COMES RICKY STENHOUSE JR. UP ON THEM. >> KASEY IS WONDERING, HOW IN THE WORLD DID HIS HAPPEN? HE HAS IT FROM ALL SIDES. THE MOVE THAT KYLE BUSCH MADE ON THE INSIDE AND THE MOVE THAT KESELOWSKI MADE WAS INCREDIBLE. >> YOU SEE THAT MOVE BY RON FELLOWS ON SCOTT. >> HE PERFECTED THAT, GETTING INTO THAT LEFT-HANDER, IN TURN SIX. GETTING IN AND PICKS UP SPOTS. >> AND ELLIOTT SADLER RIGHT BEHIND HIM THERE IN THE 2 CAR. THERE'S ELLIOTT, TRYING TO GET UNDERNEATH THE 11. CAN'T GET IT. RYAN TRUEX BEHIND ELLIOTT. >> YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE FOOTWORK OF FELLOWS VERSUS KAHNE. THIS IS EARLIER. AND RON FELLOWS HAS ONE FOOT ON THE CLUTCH. >> RON FELLOWS HAS GOTTEN IN THE POSITION, HEEL AND TOE, AND LEARNED HOW TO RACE BEFORE THIS CAME ALONG. >> THAT'S HOW THEY RACE, AS YOU SEE FELLOWS. >> I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE 3 OF AUSTIN DILLON DID COME DOWN PIT ROAD TO TAKE FUEL. HE'LL STAY ON THE LEAD LAP. >> AND A LITTLE CONTACT BETWEEN THE 60 AND 54. SEE WHAT HAPPENS NOW, AS THEY BATTLE FOR SECOND. >> CARL'S NOT CLOSE ENOUGH THIS TIME. >> CARL STILL DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THE SHIFTER BROKEN INSIDE THAT RACE CAR. >> OTHER GUYS DOING A GREAT JOB BEHIND THOSE TWO, SAM HORNISH JR., RIGHT THERE IN FOURTH POSITION. AND IF THINGS HOLD UP THE WAY THEY ARE, ANDY, HE WOULD MOVE INTO THIRD IN THE POINTS CHASE. >> YEAH, BY THE FACT THAT THE 3 CAR IS STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT. A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF HIM RIGHT NOW AS THEY RUN IN POINTS. >> HE'LL HAVE 20 LAPS TO GO, HOWEVER. SO A LOT CAN HAPPEN. ONBOARD WITH SAM. >> THERE ARE THE POINTS THAT THEY'RE RUNNING RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN SEE THAT IT WOULD BE 31. BUT AUSTIDILLON RIGHT NOW AS IT GETS LOOSE THERE, MOVING UP IN POSITION IN THE MIX. AGAIN, NOT DONE YET. >> BOY, KESELOWSKI'S CAR HAS BEEN GOOD ALL DAY LONG. >> EDWARDS CAN'T GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO MOUNT A CHARGE ON KYLE BUSCH. >> KESELOWSKI JUST BASICALLY HAD NO CHALLENGE THERE. HE GOT TO THE FRONT. HASN'T HAD ANY PROBLEM. DOING A FANTASTIC JOB OF DRIVING THAT. >> I DON'T THINK WE'VE SEEN THE LAST OF THE 12 CAR EITHER. >> I'VE GOT TO POINT THIS OUT. WHEN SAM HORNISH -- WHEN YOU TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE 15, DOWN INSIDE, LOOKING FOR THE INNER LOOP. NO, GOING TO THINK BETTER OF IT. WITH SAM HORNISH JR., THAT WAS PRIMARILY AN OVAL SERIES. HE'S NEVER BEEN STRONG ON THE ROAD COURSE BUT HE'S REALLY DEVELOPED HERE IN THE NATIONWIDE SERIES. >> IF HE WILL HANG OUT FOR A MINUTE, HE MAY PICK UP TWO SPOTS. >> DOC, LET'S GET AN UPDATE ON THE 12. >> YOU MENTIONED ON THE INDY CAR, HE FINISHED BEST HERE. AND THE TEAM HAD MISSED THE SHIFT IN TURN TWO. HE'S TRYING TO BE VERY CAREFUL. >> AND THANKS FOR THE UPDATE. DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT'S HURTING. >> IT SOUNDS GOO NOW. I THINK HE'S GOT SOMETHING LEFT. >> JUST WONDERING HOW MUCH HE MIGHT HAVE ON THE SPRINGS ON THAT SHIFT. >> HERE'S THE THING, THERE'S NOTHING HE CAN DO ABOUT IT, IF HE DID, HE DID. IT'S NOT LIKE HE CAN SAVE IT TOO MAKE IT LAST LONGER. AT THIS POINT, JUST GO FOR IT. >> YOU SEE CARL EDWARDS, EVERYTHING ABOUT GETTING TO TURN ONE, TRYING TO GET OUTSIDE OF KYLE BUSCH AND MAKING HIM THINK THAT HE'S THERE TO MAKE THE PASS. AND KYLE IS NOT FALLING. >> AND DOESN'T WEEAR KYLE ON THE RADIO A FEW LAPS AGO. >> THE HARDEST PART OF THIS TRACK IS GOING UP THROUGH THE ESSES AND UP THROUGH THE TOP. HE MADE A PASS ON TWO CARS GOING UP THAT HILL. >> A COUPLE THINGS CAN MAKE IT LOOK LIKE YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF POWER. UP THROUGH THE ESSES, WHICH CARRIES SPEED THERE, AND THEN LATER, JUST CARRIED A LOT OF SPEED THERE. >> YOU'RE LOOKING AT JOEY LOGANO, HE'S WORKED HIS WAY BACK INTO THE TENTH POSITION RIGHT NOW. YOU HEARD HIM ON THE RADIO. IF HE CAN GET TO THE TOP -- I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S GOING TO GET IT UNLESS WE GET ANOTHER CAUTION. WE HAVE 17 LAPS TO GO. THERE YOU SEE PAUL MENARD. RIGHT BEHIND LIMITED. AND MENARD IS RUNNING 11th. >> MARTY, RUNNING VERY WELL RIGHT NOW. I WANT TO GO BACK TO ONE OF THE STORIES OF THIS WEEKEND WHICH HAS BEEN RELATIVELY LITTLE PRACTICE FOR THESE GUYS AND HOW THE TEAMS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PULL IT TOGETHER AND GET THESE CARS HANDLING RIGHT TO THEIR DRIVERS. RUNNING A GREAT RACE. PART OF THE REASON IS, THEY'VE ADJUSTED TODAY. BUT THEY HAVE VERY LITTLE TIME TO GET THE CARS RIGHT FOR TODAY. >> WELL, THIS BATTLE CONTINUES ON THE TRACK FOR POSITION. AS YOU SEE, THE TOPTHREE, >>> FINGER LAKES REGION, BOY, IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL HERE. IF YOU EVER GET A CHANCE TO COME HERE IN THE SUMMERTIME, GREAT VACATION AREA. THAT'S SENECA LAKE OFF IN THE DISTANCE. AND THIS IS WATKINS GLEN, AS WE LOOK DOWN ON TO THE RACETRACK. AND NOTICE THE 60 HAS GOTTEN AROUND. AND HERE COMES THE 12 OF SAM HORNISH TO GET AROUND KYLE BUSCH AS WELL. WHOA. KYLE HANGS ON AND STILL GOT POSITION. >> HOW DID HE DO THAT? >> I DON'T KNOW. AND HE'S GOING TO LEAN ON SAM HERE. A DRAG RACE DOWN TO TURN ONE. NOBODY -- >> WE'LL SEE. SAM WAS TRYING TO BUT DIDN'T MAKE IT HAPPEN. >> HE'S NOT PUSHING FROM BEHIND, BUT NOW HE DOES. GREAT ACTION. IT ALLOWS CARL EDWARDS TO PULL AWAY FROM BOTH OF THEM. >> KYLE IS ABLE TO MAKE THE PASS, INSIDE THE INNER LOOP. HE'S BEEN TRYING FOR PROBABLY SIX, EIGHT LAPS. >> THERE YOU CAN SEE THE GAP FROM CARL BACK TO KYLE. AND THE CAUTION IS OUT. AND THAT IS COLE WHITT. SO COLE WHO HAD A GOOD RUN GOING, HE WAS ON THE LEAD LAP RUNNING AT ABOUT 19th -- WELL, 16th, CORRECT? AND WATCH THE BACK OF YOUR SCREEN. OH, THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK. >> OH, MY. ALMOST HAD ENOUGH ROOM RIGHT THERE, DIDN'T HE? THERE'S A LOT MORE ROOM THAN WHAT USED TO BE THERE, AND OBVIOUSLY, STILL NOT ENOUGH FOR SOME. >> HEAVY DAMAGE ON THAT RIGHT FRONT CORNER. THERE'S A SITUATION, TRYING TO MAKE THAT PASS, GETTING THERE. THAT DRIVER HITS YOU TRYING TO DIVE ON THE OUTSIDE OF HIM, INTO THAT CORNER, OR INTO THE INNER LOOP, DOESN'T WANT TO GIVE YOU THAT SPOT, AND IT REALLY TIGHTENS UP. >> THAT WAS VICTOR GONZALEZ IN THE 99, THEY WERE BATTLING IT OUT FOR 15th AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. >> YANK IT ALL OUT OF THERE. >> SO THIS IS OUR FOURTH CAUTION OF THE DAY. AS YOU CAN TELL, HE'S GOING TO GO ONE LAP DOWN. AND THERE IS YOUR RACE LEADER, BRAD KESELOWSKI. HE HAS LED 39 OF THE 69 LAPS THAT WE HAVE RUN TODAY. WE'VE HAD EIGHT DIFFERENT LEADERS. AND, REMEMBER, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BROADCAST, WE TALKED ABOUT THE HEAVY-HITTERS THAT WERE GOING TO BE IN THIS RACE. THAT HAVE A LOT OF NATIONWIDE EXPERIENCE AND A LOT OF VICTORIES BETWEEN THEM? WELL, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP TEN, A LOT OF THOSE GUYS ARE IN THAT MIX RIGHT NOW. A COUPLE OF FORMER CHAMPIONS RIGHT UP FRONT. AND HERE THEY ARE. LOOK AT THE WINS THAT THESE GUYS HAVE. AND THIRD, SECOND, FIRST, NINTH, FIFTH. >> YEAH. MIKE, IT'S GOING TO BE HARD FOR THE NATIONWIDE REGULARS TO DEFEAT THESE HEAVY-HITTERS TODAY. >> ONE THAT HAS HELD HIS OWN IS SAM HORNISH JR. THE POLE SITTER IS RUNNING IN FOURTH. AND ANOTHER IS RICKY STENHOUSE JR. WHO IS RNING IN FIFTH POSITION. THIS WOULD BE A HUGE, HUGE MENTAL GAME FOR THIS TEAM. >> NOT JUST MENTALLY, THEY'RE GAINING POINTS ON ELLIOTT SADLER, THE POINTS LEADER. RICKY IS DOING A NICE JOB TODAY ON THE ROAD COURSE. WE HAVEN'T TALKED ENOUGH ABOUT IT, BECAUSE HE'S JUST BEEN SOLID-STATE ON THE RACETRACK AND GETTING THE JOB DONE AND HAVING A NICE DAY. >> LET'S TALK TO DAVE KELLY. >> RICKY'S DONE AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB. I CAN'T THANK HIM ENOUGH. WENT TO THE MOTORSPORTS PARK THIS WEEK AND FORD DID A GOOD PUSH. IT'S NOT THAT HE'S NOT GOOD, HE JUST DOESN'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE TO RUN WITH THESE GUYS UP HERE. IT SHOWS HE HAS THE TALENT BUT NOT THE EXPERIENCE. WE'VE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO. HOPEFULLY, WE'LL HAVE A GOOD DAY. >> COUNTING CAUTION LAPS, ARE YOU GOOD FOR A GREEN FLAG CHECKERED? >> YES. >> MIKE? >> THE RACE MAY WEIGH IN THE BALANCE, CATCHING UP WITH THE CREW CHIEF JEREMY BOWLENS, WHAT'S THE THOUGHT PROCESS FOR THE 60 AND THE 54 BEHIND YOU? >> RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE GLAD YOU'RE LEADERS TO CONTROL THE START. THE CHARGER HAS BEEN GOOD ALL DAY. JUST TRYING TO MAINTAIN THE TRACTION POSITION. THE 60 IS PRETTY FAST. JUST GOT TO CLEAR THE 54 AND THE ITSELF. HE'LL BE COMING AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HOLDING HIM OFF. >> GUYS, THIS TEAM'S BEEN IN CONTROL ALL AFTERNOON LONG. THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE IT GO AWAY HERE. >> LET'S CALL IN THE IN-RACE REPORTER. >> CARL, DALE JARRETT, YOU GOT ME? >> I GOT YOU. >> WITH THE RESTARTS, HAVE YOU SAVED YOUR BEST FOR LAST YEAR? >> BETTER HOPE SO, I'VE BEEN STRUGGLING ON THE RESTARTS. THE LAST ONE WAS REALLY UGLY. YEAH, I'VE GOT A FAST FORD MUSTANG THAT SEEMS PRETTY GOOD. THAT WAS A HECK OF A BATTLE WITH THE 54. I GOT IT WITH 18 AND FELT BAD ABOUT THAT, HAD MY NOSE IN THERE. BUT WASN'T UP FRONT FOR TWO CARS. HAVING SOME FUN. >> ARE YOU GOOD WITH USING THAT NOSE WITH THE 22 HERE? >> WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. I PREFER NOT TO. I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO JUST RACE CLEAN. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN HERE. ONCE PEOPLE START BLOCKING AND START GETTING CRAZY, IT CAN GET PRETTY WILD. WE'LL RACE REAL HARD AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. >> ALL RIGHT, MAN, HAVE FUN. WE'LL BE WATCHING. >> ALL RIGHT. >> WHILE YOU WERE TALKING, D.J., WE'LL LET YOU KNOW THAT AUSTIN DILLON HAS COME BACK ON PIT ROAD, SO DID THE 99 OF VICTORY GONZALEZ JR. AND WHILE WE'RE STILL UNDER THIS CAUTION, WE GET A CHANCE TO CATCH UP ON THE NUMBER 12 CAR. HOW ABOUT IT, DOC? >> WELL, CREW CHIEF CHAD WALTER FROM 2 1/2 HOURS FROM HERE. WENT TO CORNELL, BIG WIN FOR YOU GUYS. A LOT OF PEOPLE BELIEVE YOUR GUY HAS SOMETHING LEFT. WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> I REALLY THINK OVER THE COURSE OF THE RACE, SAM'S FIGURED OUT A FEW THINGS AND GOTTEN THE CAR TO HIS LIKING AND BALANCEWISE. I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT AND HOPE YOU'RE RIGHT, DOC. THE PPG CHALLENGER HAS BEEN RUNNING GOOD. WE PUT OUR DEFENSE STRATEGY IN RIGHT AND PUT OURSELVES IN POSITION TO WIN, WE'LL PULL THIS OFF. >> HOPING TO GET HIS SECOND CAREER WIN FIRST EVER ON A ROAD COURSE, GUYS. >> THANK YOU, DOC. LISTEN TO THE RADIO OF SAM HORNISH JR. >> GOOD JOB RIGHT THERE, MAN. I WENT AND EXPLAINED TO DALE, TOLD HIM IT WAS MY FAULT. WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT AFTER THE RACE. HE'S ALL GOOD WIIT. >> IN THE TURN THERE, YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG. I HAD TWO GEARS TO DOWNSHIFT. I HAD T BEST GOING INTO THERE. IF I HAD DONE IT RIGH I WOULD HAVE HAD HIM. >> WHILE WE'RE GOT A CHANCE DEALING WITH THE 54, VINCE, I THINK YOU CAUGHT UP WITH MIKE BEAM. >> WITH MIKE BEAM, ON THE 54, YOU GUYS HAVE HAD ISSUES. HOW'S THE CAR? >> IT'S OKAY. WE'VE HAD SO MANY ISSUES. THE SHIFTER BALL BROKE OFF PROBABLY 20 LAPS AGO. KYLE'S DOING A GREAT JOB. HE'S JUST STICKING WITH IT. NOW THE THROTTLE IS STICKING. SO THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES, JUST LOOSE FROM YESTERDAY. AND DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM THERE QUALIFYING AND STARTING IN THE REAR. BUT EVERYBODY'S DONE A GOOD JOB ON THIS MONSTER ENERGY TOYOTA. WE'LL SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT. PROUD OF EVERYTHING. >> GOOD FOR A GREEN LIGHT CHECKERED? >> YEAH, WE'RE GOOD. >> KYLE IS RESTARTING ON THE SAME POSITION ON THE TRACK AS HE DID LAST TIME WHEN HE WENT THREE WIDE IN TURN ONE. WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE. >> LOOKED LIKE THE THROTTLE HUNG THERE. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT. >> ALL RIGHT. MOST CONSECUTIVE SEASONS WITH A NATIONWIDE SERIES WIN. KYLE BUSCH IS STILL WINLESS IN 11 STARTS THIS SEASON. HE NEEDS ONE TO TIE MARK MARTIN. HE OWNS JUST ABOUT EVERY OTHER RECORD IN THE SERIES BUT NOT THIS ONE. ALL RIGHT. WE'VE GOT ENOUGH TIME HERE, LET'S CHECK IN WITH NICOLE BRISCOE IN THE PIT STUDIO. >> A LOT OF DEPRESSIONS WITH IMPRESSIONS WITH BRAD KESELOWSKI. >> YEAH, NICOLE, I'M IMPRESSED WITH BRAD KESELOWSKI. WATCHING HIM, DRIVING SO SMOOTH THERE. THE DOWNSHIFTS AND THE RUNS. FOR THAT I'VE CHANGED MY POSITION ON , IT'S GOING TO BE BRAD KESELOWSKI. >> HE WAS STRONG IN PRACTICE YESTERDAY. IN THE CUP CAR. COMES OUT, QUALIFIES REALLY WELL. I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT, HE COULD BE FORMIDABLE TOMORROW. I'M KEEPING AN EYE ON RON FELLOWS. HE GOT TO SEVEN, I THINK IF WE GET A GOOD RESTART, HE COULD GET HIMSELF IN THE MIX. >> SAM HORNISH JR. OBVIOUSLY RUNNING UP FRONT IN TERMS OF THE POINTS. WE THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY RACE. DO YOU THINK THERE'S BEEN ANYONE THAT'S REALLY TAKEN ADVANTAGE? >> WELL, I WAS THINKING THAT ELLIOTT SADLER WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE TODAY. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE SAM HORNISH JR. IS GOING TO BE THE BIG GAINER IF WE FINISH UP THE WAY WE ARE NOW. HE'S PUT HIMSELF IN POSITION TO BE A TOP, TWO, THREE, FOUR FINISH. >> BRAD, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT RICKY STENHOUSE. HE WAS SHOWING US SOMETHING, NICOLE. STENHOUSE HAS SHOWN US HIS TESTING HAS DEFINITELY HAPPENED. >> STENHOUSE IN FIFTH, SAM HORNISH JR. IN FOURTH. BEFORE WE GO BACK UPSTAIRS. JOEY LOGANO SAID IF I GET TO THE BACK OF CARL EDWARDS, I'M GOING TO WRECK HIM. I'M GOING TO SPIN HIM. HE'S ONLY GOT 11 LAPS. DO YOU THINK HE'LL GET THERE? >> HE MAY GET THERE. AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT IN THE RACE, THE TENSION IS GETTING HIGH. I LOOK FOR A LOT OF ACTION DOWN INTO TURN ONE AND THE INNER LOOP, BRAD. I THINK THERE CAN BE WRECKS GOING ON. THESE GUYS ARE ABOUT OUT OF PATIENCE AND TIME RIGHT NOW. >> GREEN FLAG, GET YOUR POPCORN, HANG ON. >> THERE WILL BE EXCITEMENT IN THE LAST TEN, MARTY. >> THANK YOU, NICOLE. WE SHOULD TELL YOU KELLY GOT THE LEAD LAP. LET'S CHECK IN WITH DRIVE BURNS. >> KASEY KAHNE TAKING NO TIRES IN LAP 51. WHAT CAN HE DO AT THE RESTART, MIKE? >> THE GREAT CLIPS CHEVY NEEDS TO GET A GREAT RESTART AND GET OUT FRONT HERE. >> AND STAY OUT FRONT TOO. MARTY. >> DID NOT GET A GOOD RESTART THE LAST TIME. >> YOU SEE FELLOWS. AND JEREMY CLEMENTS. IT'S KIND OF ALL HAPPENING IN A HURRY. BUT HE DID NOT. HE NEEDS TO GET UP ON THE WHEEL AND GET IT DONE WHICH HE'S VERY CAPABLE OF. >> I'M NOT SURE EITHER ONE OF THEM KNEW. BRAD KESELOWSKI WAS SECOND. ALL OF A SUDDEN, HE'S FIRST. HERE COMES THE 38 ON THE INSIDE. >> NO DOUBT, IT IS BRAD KESELOWSKI, CARL EDWARDS, KYLE BUSCH, SAM HORNISH JR., KASEY KAHNE, AND RICKY STENHOUSE JR., THAT IS THE TOP SIX AS THEY COME DOWN THE FRONT STRAIGHTAWAY. AND WE'RE BACK TO GREEN. >> BOY, LOOK AT STENHOUSE TRYING SO HARD ON THE OUTSIDE. >> LOOK AT CARL EDWARDS. HE'S GOING TO TRY TO TAKE THE LEAD. >> AND HE DOES. HE SAID IF HE CAN GET INTO CLEAN AIR, HE THINKS HE CAN STAY IN FRONT OF THAT 22. WELL, WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT. >> I DIDN'T SEE THAT ONE COMING. I THOUGHT WE'D SEE KYLE BUSCH GET INSIDE OF CARL EDWARDS AND MAYBE TAKE SECOND WITH CARL. POWER BOOST. >> WITH ALL THAT SPINNING DOWN THERE. >> EVERYBODY MAKES IT THROUGH THE INNER LOOP. AND KYLE HAS OPENED UP ON THE 22. >> RICKY STENHOUSE, WHAT YOU SAID THERE, A REALLY GOOD RESTART ALSO. HE'S GOT HIMSELF IN THE MIX. >> STENHOUSE PUTS HIMSELF IN THE FIFTH POSITION. SAM TAKES A PEEK UNDERNEATH THE 54 OF KYLE BUSCH. DECIDES BETTER. >> IF HE CAN DO A CROSS OVER HERE, GET TO THE INSIDE OF KYLE BUSCH, HE MIGHT BE ABLE FOR GET THERE, IF HE CAN OUTRACE, KYLE GETTING INTO ONE. >> DRIVING DOWN THERE AND LEAN ON KYLE TO GET HIM OUT OF THE THROTTLE. >> HAD HE BE ABLE TO MAKE IT GO? YES, HE DOES. LOOK, IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE STENHOUSE MIGHT GET THERE, TOO. COMING UP THROUGH THE ESSES, WOW, RICKY STENHOUSE JR. JUST PASSED KYLE BUSCH ON THE ROAD COURSE. >> ELLIOTT SADLER IS OUTSIDE OF THE TOP TEN. HE'S DOWN TO 14th AS THEY RUN RIGHT NOW. >> AND THE BEST FINISH STENHOUSE HAS EVER HAD IN SIX ROAD COURSE STARTS. EIGHTH BACK IN ROAD AMERICA. AND RIGHT NOW, INSIDE THE TOP FIVE. ONBOARD WITH FOURTH PLACE STENHOUSE. >> AND IN THE CAROUSEL, THOUGH. >> HE GOT A GREATER RUN OFF THE CORNER, AND WAS ABLE TO TAKE THE GAP BACK. KYLE BUSCH ONCE AGAIN, HE'S IN GOOD SHAPE AS THEY COME DOWN TO TURN SIX. >> STENHOUSE IS FEELING SOME PRESSURE, THOUGH. HE'S GOT KASEY KAHNE, YOU SEE THAT 18 COMING. HE'S GOT FRESHER TIRES THAN ALL THESE CARS. >> THIS TIME BY, EIGHT LAPS TO GO IN THE 2.45-MILE COURSE OF WATKINS GLEN. >> YOU REALLY HAVE TO GUARD WITH KYLE BUSCH. >> JOEY LOGANO WITH KASEY KAHNE. >> AND CAN HE MAKE IT STICK? THEY'RE LEANING ON EACH OTHER. JOEY LOW BEY LOGANO. >> LOGANO DOES HAVE FRESH TIRES. THAT IS BENEFITING HIM RIGHT NOW. >> LOGANO TRYING TO CRACK INTO THE TOP FIVE AS WELL. AS YOU CAN SEE, COMING UP QUICKLY, ON THAT 54. AND KYLE IS STILL TRYING TO PUT THE PRESSURE ON RICKY STENHOUSE JR. TRYING TO FORCE THE YOUNG MAN INTO A MISTAKE. >> HE GETS UP ON THE RIM. JUST A COMPLETE SECOND TOO LONG ON THAT LOWER GEAR. I DON'T LIKE TO BE IN THAT POSITION TO PLAY DEFENSE IN A ROAD COURSE. IT'S ALMOST THE WORST POSSIBLE POSITION TO BE IN, YOU KNOW. IT'S ACTUALLY DEFENSIVE FOR A YOUNG DRIVER. >> MADE A GOOD RUN OFF OF TURN SEVEN TO GET A LITTLE DISTANCE. >> AND WE'RE TAKING ANOTHER LOOK. THIS TIME, INSIDE, KYLE BUSCH. GREAT SPEED INTO THE CORNER. HERE WE GO AGAIN. >> YEAH, YOU SEE THAT IT'S REALLY AFFECTED KYLE, GETTING INTO THE HARD BRAKING THERE. >> WELL, HIS RIGHT HAND HAS GOT TO BE JUST PLAIN SORE. >> I'LL GUARANTEE YOU, YOU'LL SEE HOW MUCH IT MAY AFFECT HIM FOR TOMORROW'S RACE. I'M SURE HE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH, BUT HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB. >> WELL, YOU CAN SEE THAT JOEY LOGANO HAS NOW OPENED UP SOME GROUND WITH KYLE BUSCH. LET'S CHECK IN WITH DAVE BURNS. >> YOU MENTIONED THE PRESSURE, TIRES, HERE'S CREW CHIEF ADAM STEVENS BEFORE THE RESTART. >> YOU GOT A LOT BETTER TIRES THAN THESE GUYS. YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THINGS THAT THEY CAN'T. KYLE'S DROPPING BACK IN DESPERATION MODE. WE'RE GOING TO GET A FEW MORE SPOTS HERE. >> HOW ABOUT THAT ANOTHER CAUTION TO FUPULL THINGS TOGETH HERE MAYBE FOR THE 18 TODAY? >> AS WE GO BACK, AS WE FINISH UP -- BRAD KESELOWSKI -- OH, AND EDWARDS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE WALL. WE GOT A DRAG RACE DOWN TO ONE. >> IF YOU'RE GOING TO DRAW IT OUT TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU MAKE A PASS FOR THE LEAD, RIGHT THERE IT IS. >> AND GIVE THE SPOT BACK TO THE 22 OF KESELOWSKI. AND HERE COMES THE SMUF. MOVE. UP THROUGH THE ESSES. CARL MADE IT WORK. AND HE'S BACK IN FRONT. >> AND CREDIT TO KESELOWSKI FOR SETTING HIM UP IN TURN SEVEN. >> AND THE 3 CAR, AUSTIN DILLON HAS THROWN A RIGHT FRONT TIRE. >> THERE'S DEBRIS EVERYWHERE. >> OH, AND ANOTHER. >> YEAH, LOOK AT THAT. >> CAUTION'S OUT FOR DEBRIS. CAUTION'S OUT. WE WILL PIT THIS TIME. WE WILL PIT THIS TIME. >> HE'S GOT SO FAR TO GO FOR PIT ROAD. >> LOOK HOW VIOLENT THAT IS RIGHT NOW. >> HE WAS BACK IN THE 16th POSITION. REMEMBER, HE WAS A LAP DOWN, EARLIER IN THE RACE. LET'S GO BACK AND SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS FENDER ISSUE THAT ENDED UP CREATING THIS TIRE GOING DOWN. >> IT USUALLY DON'T HAPPEN BY ITSELF. LET'S SEE. >> A LOT OF CONTACT THERE. >> COME ON, COME ON, COME ON, YOU'RE ALL RIGHT. KEEP GOING. KEEP GOING. GO UP THROUGH THERE. >> AND THEN, WATCH THE RACE. >> CAR BLEW OUT. HOLD IT STRAIGHT. HOLD IT STRAIGHT. >> IF THAT HAPPENS ONE CORNER SOONER, HE'D BE IN PIT ROAD. >> BUT INSTEAD, HE'S GOT TO NURSE IT ALL THE WAY AROUND THE RACETRACK. >> IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S ON THE BRAKE, THE 43. GOT INTO THE BACK OF IT, JUST IN THAT CORNER. >> AND LOOK WHAT THIS IS GOING TO DO TO THE POINTS AS THEY RUN RIGHT NOW. BUT IT'S FIVE LAPS TO GO. AUSTIN'S GOING TO LOSE TWO SPOTS. AND THIS WILL BE THE SECOND RACE IN A ROW THAT HE WILL NOT FINISH ON THE LEAD LAP. AND, REMEMBER, GOING INTO IT, HE WAS THE ONLY CAR TO FINISH EVERY SINGLE LAP OF EVERY RACE SO FAR THIS YEAR. >> WE TALKED ABOUT COMING INTO THESE ROAD COURSE RACES, IT'S SURVIVAL MODE FOR THE POINTS LEADER. DILLON IS NOT GOING TO SURVIVE THE WAY HE WANTED TO. >> WE'RE HEARING NOW THAT MAYBE THE 18 OF JOEY LOGANO HAS AN ISSUE. DAVE BURNS? >> MARTY, AS SOON AS HE PASSED FOR FIFTH, HE SAID HE STARTED HEARING THE PINGS OF A DROPPED VALVE OR SOMETHING IN HIS MOTOR. THE CREW CHECKED WITH HIM DID YOU MISS A SHIFT ANYWHERE. AND JOEY CLAIMS NO. THIS IS WHERE HE'LL HAVE THE TRACK POSITION HE WANTS. HE SAID EARLIER, ONCE THESE THINGS START, THEY DON'T GENERALLY FIX THEMSELVES. >> NO, THEY DON'T, DAVE. GOOD JOB, HE GOT IT DONE. AND HE DROVE HIS WAY BACKP INTO THE TOP FIVE. HE'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. >> WELL, WE MAY BE DOWN TO THREE LAPS BY THE TIME THEY GET THIS ALL CLEANED UP. LET'S CHECK IN ON OUR RACE LEADER, CARL EDWARDS. WHAT HAVE YOU GOT, VINCE WELCH? >> WELL, THE FIRST TIME AS A CREW CHIEF. AND YOU GUYS ARE DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB. YOU'VE DONE ALL THE HARD WORK. ANYTHING LEFT FOR YOU TO DO OR ALL UP TO HIM? >> AT THIS POINT, JUST ENJOYING WATCHING THE SHOW. HE HAD A GREAT RESTART. SHE'S DOING A GREAT JOB. >> ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE CAR AT THIS POINT? >> NO HE WAS A LITTLE TIGHT EARLIER IN THE RACE. WE WORKED ON THAT, GOT A LITTLE BETTER. RIGHT NOW, IT'S WHAT HE'S GOT. AND HE'S GOOD WITH IT. >> THANKS. MARTY. >> SCOTT THE FIRST-TIME WINNER IN THIS RACE. >> COULD BE. NO WONDER HE'S SMILING. >> LET'S GO BACK AND SHOW YOU THE RESTART THAT EVERYBODY WAS TALKING ABOUT THERE. >> OH, I THINK HE'S LEARNED SOME THINGS FROM PREVIOUS STARTS. AND A LITTLE TOO HARD HE GIVES HIMSELF A CHANCE TO STAY INSIDE, BRAD KESELOWSKI. THIS TIME, HE WAS ABLE TO. GOING INTO TURN TWO, THERE'S JUST NOT A LOT OF GRIP THERE. CARL EDWARDS JUST SAVING WHAT HE HAD. >> HE IS THE IN-RACE REPORTER AND HE'S GOT THE TIME, SO LET'S TALK TO HIM. >> CARL, DALE JARRETT, THEY SAID RE WILLING TO TALK TO US NOW? >> YEAH. I'VE GOT YOU, DALE. >> ALL RIGHT, MAN, YOU SAID YOU WERE SAVING YOUR BEST RESTART FOR THAT LAST ONE? >> GOING TO HAVE TO DO ONE MORE, IT LOOKS LIKE. >> I GET TO DO THAT AGAIN. MAN, WHAT A FUN RACE. I THINK BRAD'S GOT A LITTLE BIT BETTER CAR, BUT NOW HE'S GOT TO START ON THE OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO GET A REALLY GOOD RESTART, HOPEFULLY, HE DOESN'T TO -- YOU KNOW, HE'S NOT -- MAYBE HE WASN'T WATCHING WHAT HAPPENED THERE. MAYBE HE'LL LET ME GO. >> WELL, YOU CERTAINLY IMPRESSED YOUR VIEW. AND UP IN THE BOOTH, I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE SEEN ANYBODY GO TO THE OUTSIDE AND MAKE A PASS ON IT? >> YEAH, IT HAS BEEN DONE. I'VE SEEN IT FIRST HAND. THAT WORKED OUT THERE. IT'S JUST HARD, WHEN YOU'RE THE LEADER TO DECIDE HOW HARD TO GO IN THE FIRST CORNER AND I THINK BRAD WENT IN A LITTLE TOO SOFT. HE PROBABLY WON'T DO IT LIKE THAT AGAIN. MAN, IF WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER BATTLE IT WOULD BE FUN. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR, TO HAVE FUN AND WRAP IT UP AND GET A VICTORY, TOO. >> ALL RIGHT, CARL, GOOD LUCK. >> THANKS. THESE TWO HAVE HAD TOGETHER. BRAD KESELOWSKI AND CARL EDWARDS HAVE PASSED EACH OTHER FOR THE FINAL LEAD CHANGE SIX TIMES. KESELOWSKI PASSED EDWARDS FOUR OF THOSE TIMES EN ROUTE TO THE WIN. HERE WE GO AGAIN. THE STAGE IS SET. >> I SORT OF AGREE THAT BRAD KESELOWSKI WAS TRYING TO BE CONSERVATIVE. HE HAD THE POSITION. JUST A LITTLE TOO CONSERVATIVE WHEN YOU GET CARL EDWARDS OUT THERE. >> I LIKE WHERE SAM HORNISH JR. IS RIGHT NOW. HE'S IN A GOOD SPOT. DON'T COUNT HIM OUT OF THIS. WE KNOW THESE TWO GUYS ON THE FRONT IS GOING TO GIVE EVERYTHING. ESPECIALLY DOWN INTO TURN ONE. IF SAM HORNISH JR. HAS GOT TO KEEP THINGS GOING AND KEEP THE MOMENTUM, HE MIGHT FIND AN OPENING THERE. >> KENNY HABUL IN THE 75 GETS THE FREE PASS. WHILE WE'VE GOT A MOMENT, LET'S SHOW YOU THE TICKET TO THE RACE. WE'VE GOT THE STOP COMING UP NEXT WEEK UP IN MONTREAL, CANADA. WE'LL SEE ALL OF OUR CANADIAN FRIENDS AND CIRCUIT GILLES VILLENEUVE. OFF TO BRISTOL, ATLANTA, RICHMOND, CHICAGO, KENTUCKY AND THEN THROUGH THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, DOVER SPEEDWAY. HOPEFULLY, IF WE'RE IN YOUR AREA, YOU'LL COME OUT TO THE RACE. WE'LL QUICKLY STEP ASIDE AND GET RESET FOR THE FINAL SHOWDOWN. >>> BOY, IT'S BEEN AN EXCITING AND EVENTFUL DAY AT WATKINS GLEN. STARTING ON THE OPENING LAP, THAT IS RYAN TRUEX GETTING SQUIRRELY THROUGH THE TURN. HE COLLECTS DANICA PATRICK. AND SHE IS SHOWN IN 43rd POSITION. >> YEAH, THAT KNOCKED A HOLE IN THE RADIATOR AND WATER OUT AND MESSED UP THE ENGINE. NO RETURNING. >> KYLE BUSCH GOT IN AND STARTED 31st IN THE RACE. INTO CONTENTION AND THEN BROKE THE SHIFTER AND IT SEEMS TO BE REARING ITS UGLY HEAD. AUSTIN DILLON HAS HAD AN EVENTFUL DAY. HE HAD TO AVOID THIS SPINNING CAR, DID NOT STOP GOING THROUGH THE CHICANE THERE. THEN HE WAS PENALIZED. THEN HE HAD THE TIRE ISSUE THERE AFTER THE CONTACTS. AND HE HAS LOST A LOT OF POINTS. AND HERE'S KYLE BUSCH, IN THE 54. AND HE GETS TAPPED FROM THE 60 OF CARL EDWARDS. AND THEN GETS A LITTLE MORE PHYSICAL RIGHT HERE AS CARL GETS INTO THE 18 OF THE JOEY LOGANO AND SENT HIM AROUND. AND SAM HORNISH JR. I'M TOLD, WENT WHEEL TO WHEEL WITH KYLE BUSCH. AND THEN THE LAST RESTART, CARL EDWARDS. >> HE'S TRYING TO SEE WHAT HE NEEDED TO DO, NEEDED TO GET BACK DOWN IN. EITHER WAY, CARL EDWARDS MAKES A BIG TIME MOVE TO GET THE LEAD. >> BOY, AND THEN OUTSIDE. I DON'T CARE, THAT'S A LOT OF COURAGE. >> ALL RIGHT. SO HERE WE GO, AS WE GET READY. IT WILL BE CARL EDWARDS ON THE INSIDE. BRAD KESELOWSKI ALONGSIDE. SAM HORNISH JR. WILL BE IN ROW TWO, RICKY STENHOUSE JR. WHO HAS HAD A GREAT DAY. KYLE BUSCH AND KASEY KAHNE, FIFTH AND SIXTH, RON FELLOWS AND PAUL MENARD, AND THAT IS THE TOP TEN. GET READY. WE HAVE TWO LAPS REMAINING AS WE GO GREEN. >> GREEN, GREEN, GREEN. >> SAM HORNISH JR. REALLYI IGOI ON THE TIRES TO GET GOING. >> HERE COMES KYLE. SAM LIGHTS THEM UP. >> SAM GOT THE INSIDE SPOT, BRAD, BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE THAT STICK. >> RICKY STENHOUSE JR. THERE, THE 6 CAR RUNNING FOURTH. CARL EDWARDS RUNNING FIFTH. KYLE BUSCH GOT THE RESTART HE WANTED, GUYS. >> HEADING DOWN FOR THE INNER LOOP. BRAD WAS ABLE TO CLOSE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT GAP. SAM HORNISH JR. DOING A FINE JOB. HE'S MAINTAINING THAT THIRD POSITION. STENHOUSE ALSO RIGHT THERE. AND INTO TURN NUMBER SIX, IT IS STILL CARL EDWARDS SAND BRAD KESELOWSKI. KESELOWSKI, AS CARL GOES A LITTLE WIDE. >> THAT HIGH SIDE, YOU'RE OUT OF TURN SEVEN, YOU DON'T SEE THAT HAPPEN MUCH. >> OH, MAN, RIGHT UP AGAINST THE WALL.AS AGAINST THE WALL COMING OFF OF SEVEN. >> WHITE FLAG GOES OUT. ONE LAP TO GO. >> YOU GOT TO GET IT. ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN TO CREATE A CAUTION FLAG ON THE LAST LAP. >> SAM GETS UP OVER THE CURVE. SO DOES STENHOUSE. >> WELL, IT'S A BIG RUN. >> BOY, HORNISH IS DRIVING THE WHEELS OFF THAT 12 CAR. COMING DOWN THE STRAIGHTAWAY, HEADING FOR THE INNER LOOM. EDWARDS HAS OPENED UP A SIZABLE GAP. KESELOWSKI IN SECOND. HORNISH THIRD. THEN IT'S RICKY STENHOUSE JR. HORNISH, ALL OVER THE 22. REMEMBER, THESE GUYS ARE TEAM MATES. >> HE PUTS THE BUMPER TO THAT 22, TRYING TO PICK UP ANOTHER SPOT. >> HEADING FOR TURN SIX. THERE'S ONLY TWO CORNERS LEFT. CARL EDWARDS MAKES THE CORNER EASILY. AND GOING BACK TO THE NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES. THE FORMER CHAMPION IS GOING TO WIN HERE AT WATKINS GLEN. >> OH, GREEN, GUYS. GREAT JOB, GUYS. >> HIS 38th CAREER WIN. HIS FIRST AT WATKINS GLEN IN THE NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES AND THE FIRST FOR ROUSH-FENWAY IN THE NATIONWIDE SERIES AT THE GLEN. WELL, LET'S CHECK IN WITH VINCE WELCH. I THINK WE'VE GOT A VERY HAPPY CREW CHIEF. >> HEY, THIS CREW CHIEF THING IS NOT SO HARD, IS IT, YOU'RE 1 FOR 1. WHAT'S THE TAKE AWAY AS A CREW CHIEF, OBVIOUSLY, YOU'VE WON THE RACE? >> YEAH, I'VE GOT TO THANK JACK ROUSH, ROBBY RISER, GAVE ME A CHANCE TO DO THIS TODAY. CONGRATULATIONS. >> SCOTT GRAVES THE WINNER IN HIS FIRST ROLE AS A CREW CHIEF. >> VINCE, HE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER RETIREMENT, THAT WAY, HE'D BE BACKING 1,000. GREAT JOB. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU THINK THEY HAD ONE PRACTICE LAP, THAT WAS IN THE RACE. >> YOU KNOW WHAT HE DID THERE, CARL EDWARDS, I'M TELLING YOU THAT'S AMAZING. THAT'S A DRIVING PERFORM MANSION, CARL EDWARDS. >> BOY, A LOT OF GREAT DRIVES TODAY. WE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THE VETERANS IN THIS FIELD, LIKE CARL, LIKE BRAD KESELOWSKI. BUT HOW ABOUT IS SAM HORNISH JR. AND RICKY STENHOUSE JR. IN FOURTH. A TREMENDOUS RUN FROM THOSE MEN. >> YEAH, BACK A LITTLE. JUSTIN ALLGAIER, HAS TO MAKE A LATER PITT TIRES. >> WE HAVEN'T SEEN THIS FOR A WHILE. >> BOY, HE HASN'T FORGOTTEN HOW. >> I WAS WONDERING IF HE WAS GOING TO GO UP IN THE STANDS, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S GOING TO HEAD TO VICTORY LANE AND CELEBRATE WITH HIS WINNING CREW CHIEF, SCOTT GRAVES, AND THE REST OF THE TEAM. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE UNOFFICIAL RESULTS THAT YOU CAN SEE BEHIND EDWARDS, KESELOWSKI, HORNISH, STENHOUSE AND FELLOWS. KYLE BUSCH, KASEY KAHNE, PAUL MENARD, ALLGAIER AND SCOTT. HOW ABOUT IT, MIKE MASSARO? >> A SOLID RUN, THAT'S THE WAY YOU DESCRIBED IT. SECOND PLACE, BUT I KNOW YOU WANTED SO MUCH MORE. LOOKS LIKE IT CAME DOWN TO THE FINAL RESTARTS. WHAT HAPPENED? >> YEAH, JUST GOOD HARD RACING. NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. WE DIDN'T HAVE ONE OF THE BEST CA OF THE DAY. ANDEL SO A LOT OF FUN WITH FAST CARS. SO I LEARNED A LOT. JUST A GREAT DAY. KIND OF FEEL LIKE I GAVE AWAY A LITTLE WIND BUT I'M BANKING UP NICE GUY POINTS ON THAT ONE. WHEN THE CHASE COMES, LOOK OUT. >> YOU CAN PUT THE NICE GUY POINTS IN THE BANK, DAVE. >> RICKY STENUSE PUT A FEW POINTS IN THE BANK. IT LOOKS LIKE DID YOU WHAT YOU NEEDED TO DO TODAY? >> YASEAH, IT WAS FUN. BILLY JOHNSON WAS A HUGE HELP KEEPING THE BRAKES ON AND SENT ME OUT WITH WHAT I NEEDED TO DO. REALLY A BIG GROUP EFFORT. HAD A LOT OF FUN. I HOPE CARL'S BEEN PRACTICING HIS BACK FLIPS, BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE AWKWARD DOING IT OFF THE NATIONWIDE CAR. HOPEFULLY, HE'S BEEN PRACTICING THAT. AND A COOL WIN. NATIONWIDE INSURANCE, CARGILL, EVERYBODY THAT HELPED US OUT, THAT IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. >> GREAT RUN FOR FORD FOR STENHOUSE. HE MOVES UP IN THE POINTS. >> TALK ABOUT MOVING UP IN THE POINTS. THIRD PLACE. SAM HORNISH JR., WHAT A GREAT EFFORT. DEFENSE ON THE 54. OFFENSE ON YOUR TEAMMATE. >> YEAH, IT WAS A DIFFICULT RESTART THERE. I FELT LIKE CARL SLOWED DOWN THE RESTART QUITE A BIT. AND I WAS ABOUT READY TO GO. I WENT A LITTLE BIT AND THEN HAD TO GET BACK OUT OF IT AND CARL WENT. IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE I DIDN'T HAVE -- I HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T GIVE HIM THE BOTTOM LINE. BECAUSE I DID THAT EARLIER IN IT. RACE, CARL MADE ME PAY FOR TOOK ME TO GET BACK AROUND HIM. MADE SURE WE DIDN'T GIVE OURSELVES TOO MANY PROBLEMS. RACING WITH BRAD AND KYLE AND CARL PRETTY MUCH ALL DAY LONG. PPG DODGE WAS REALLY GOOD. AND EARLIER, I HAD A LITTLE BRIT OF A BRAIN -- AND MADE A MISTAKE SAND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THE ENGINE WAS GOING TO MAKE IT ALL DAY LONG AND HATS OFF TO THOSE GUYS AND WHAT THEY DO, THANKFUL FOR IT. WISH WE HAD THE DASH FOR CASH GOING ON. >> GOOD ONE. MIKE. >> CATCHING UP WITH R FELLOWS DOING MANEUVERING ON THE LAST LAP. CRACKED THE TOP FIVE HERE AT WATKINS GLEN. HOW DO YOU ASSESS IT? >> YEAH, I THANK THE ENTIRE PERFORMANCE, ALL THE FOLKS AT CHEVY HERE TODAY. WE MADE SOME GROUND THE LAST COUPLE OF CAUTIONS. I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GOING TO HELP US. GOING THROUGH TWO IN THE LAST LAP ON THE RESTART, THREE WIDE IN THE MIDDLE AND JUST MANAGED TO SQUEEZE THROUGH. AND THAT WAS KIND OF THE DIFFERENCE. AND THEN GOT KYLE AT THE START/FINISH. A GOOD TOP FIVE. NOT WHAT WE WANTED IN THE END, BUT, HEY, WE HAD FUN. >> 5 CAR FINISHES FIFTH, GUYS. >> LET'S HEAD TO VICTORY LANE BECAUSE THE CELEBRATION IS ABOUT TO OFFICIALLY BEGIN. SUBWAY SANDWICHES, GATORADE, HE'S GOT A FULL MEAL. YOU'VE EARNED IT TODAY. CONGRATULATIONS ON THE WIN. A GOOD RESTART, BUT COMING UP ON THE WHITE FLAG, BRAD REALLY GAVE YOU A CHALLENGE, WHAT HAPPENED? >> I HATE TO ADMIT IT, I MISSED THE DOWNSHIFT IN TURN THREE. HE WAS SO FAST ALL THE WAY THERE, HE WAS BEATING ME. >> I HOPE YOU PRACTICED YOUR BACK FLIP. >> I WENT IN THERE A LITTLE HARD WHEN I GOT TURNED AND MISSED MY DOWNSHIFT. HE GOT NEXT TO ME. I HAD FUN RACING HIM AND KYLE THE SECOND TIME AROUND. THE FIRST TIME AROUND KYLE AND I DIDN'T RACE VERY GOOD. I GOT TO THANK FORD, ALL THE FANS, AFLAC, KELLOGG, ALL THE SPONSORS. >> HOW GOOD IS IT TO BE IN THE NATIONWIDE SERIES, YOUR FIRST TIME BACK, YOU WIN THE RACE. WELCOME BACK. >> GLAD TO BE BACK. THAT FELL DOWN. THEY PROBABLY HAVE INSURANCE TO COVER THAT. IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK. EVERYBODY IS SO NICE TO ME OVER HERE. I HAD A LOT OF FUN. SCOTT GRAVES DID A GREAT JOB. I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT FORD, SUBWAY, FASTENALL. AND JACK ROUSH, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KENNY, MY BROTHER. FUN DAY TODAY. >> AND CAN HE TRANSLATE IT INTO SOMETHING BIG TOMORROW? FINAL THOUGHTS, GUYS. >> IF HE'S HOPING FOR A SUNDAY PERFORMANCE, DIDN'T DO BETTER THAN THAT. >> IT'S GOING TO HELP HIS CONFIDENCE GOING INTO TOMORROW. >> NEXT WEEK, WE GO TO MONTREAL FOR ANOTHER ROAD COURSE RACE. THE FINAL ONE OF THE YEAR FOR THE NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES. AND THERE WON'T BE AS MANY OF THESE CUP GUYS MAKING THE TRANSITION UP THERE. BUT THERE WILL BE A FEW. WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS. WE HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US THEN NEXT SATURDAY. TOMORROW TIME FOR NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES TO TAKE THE STAGE HERE AT WATKINS GLEN. IT'S AT NOON ON ESPN. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNER CARL EDWARDS, AS HE MAKES A TRIUMPHANT RESIDENT TO THE NATIONWIDE NASCAR SERIES WINNING FOR THE FIRST TIME HERE THIS YEAR. DAVE MENTIONED IT MIGHT A LITTLE SLOPPY, BUT I THOUGHT THE BACK FLIP LOOKED PRETTY GOOD. FOR THE ENTIRE ESPN ON ABC CREW, I'M MARTY REID. UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN. ♪ >> Announcer: THIS HAS BEEN A SPECIAL PRESENTATION OF ESPN ON ABC.

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Published: Fri May 08 2020