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Fox Broadcasting >> Chris: NASCAR ON FOX CRANKS IT UP TODAY. THE CURRENT POINTS LEADER, THE MOST POPULAR DRIVER. THE RE IGNING CHAMP. THE BEST DRIVERS IN THE WORLD ARE THIS FOR THE RIDE OF THEIR LIVES SOUTHERN STYLE. AND YOU HAVE THE BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE! ♪♪ >> [RADIO]: BEHIND YOU. >> Chris: WE WELCOME YOUNG LADY NASCAR ON FOX PRERACE SHOW FROM TALLADEGA, BAM. ALABAMA. RAINED THIS WEEKEND. FORECAST FOR LATER TODAY. MEANWHILE THE WEATHER LOOKS GOOD. DRIVERS ARE IN A HURRY TO GET THINGS GOING AND GET TO THE FINE NORTH AMERICA LINE. THEY WILL HIT SPEEDS OVER 200 MILES AN HOUR TRYING TO AVOID THE SPECTACULAR ATTACKS THAT THIS TRACK IS KNOWN FOR. ONE HOUR PRERACE SHOW WITH DARRELL WALTRIP AND MICHAEL WALTRIP. I'M CHRIS MYERS. HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO. YOU WILL BE RACING TODAY UNDER THE ANALYSTS SUIT. THE FEAR SUIT IN THE AARON'S DREAM MACHINE. ANY BROTHERLY ADVICE BEFORE HE HOPS IN THE CAR? >> Darrell: GO TO THE BACK AND RIDE AROUND WITH DENNY HAMLIN AND HELP HIM OUT. >> Michael: I DO NEED TO RIDE HOME TODAY. >> Chris: CHECK STORY LINES AND PENSKE RACING LOST ITS INITIAL APPEAL. THE PENALTIES THAT FOLLOWED THE RACE IN TEXAS. >> WE NOTIFIED NASCAR THAT WE WILL GO AHEAD AND APPEAL THE RULING TODAY TO THE NEXT LEVEL. >> Chris: THE NEXT LEVEL IS TUESDAY. THE CHIEF APPELLANT MAKES THE FINAL CALL AND THEN A DONE DEAL. ON WEDNESDAY A NASCAR PANEL JOE GIBBS RACING SWEEPING PENALTIES AGAINST THE DRIVER AND CREW AND OWNERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER. THAT CAME AFTER THE KANSAS RACE. YOU THINK THOSE WILL BE REDUCED. >> Darrell: BOTH TEAMS ARE APPEALING THE PENALTIES. >> Chris: YOU SAID PENKY WAS NOT GOING TO WEN THE APPEAL AND SO FAR YOU ARE RIGHT ON HERE. WHAT ABOUT THE GIVES APPEAL? >> Michael: THE ONLY THING THAT MIGHT CHANCE IS THE OWNERS POINTS. MAYBE THAT GETS FLIPPED OVER BUT EVERY OTHER PENALTY IN BOTH CASES THE POINTS HELD UP IN MY OPINION. >> Chris: CHECK OTHER STORY LINES. DENNY HAMLIN MEDICAL CLEARANCE AND BACK IN THE CAR TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE WRECK AT MONTANA. HE WILL JOIN US AFTER HE RACES. RAIN WASHED OUT QUALIFYING. CARL EDWARDS FASTEST IN PRACTICE ON FRIDAY ON THE POLE HIS BEST START OF THE SEASON. YESTERDAY IN THE NATIONWIDE RACE A MULTICAR CRASH. KASEY KAHNE CROSSING FIRST BUT REGAN SMITH DECLARED THE WINNER. CAUTION FLAG CAME OUT AND THEY HAD TO SHORTEN THE RACE BECAUSE OF DARKNESS. A THREE HOUR DELAY BECAUSE OF RAIN EARLIER. IT WAS AN EXCITING FINISH. THINK WE WILL SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR HOW DOES IT RELATE TO TODAY'S RACE? >> Michael: I THINK THE END COULD BE A WHOLE LOT ALIKE. THE CARS DRAFTED WELL ON FRIDAY WHEN WE PRACTICED. I THINK SOMEONE WILL MAKE THE SLINGSHOT MOVE THROUGH TO WIN THE RACE TODAY. >> Darrell: THE GUYS I TALKED TO AND I TALKED TO SEVERAL OTHER DRIVE HES THAT THINK THEY WANT TO O OF FUEL BE IN THE LEAD AND THAT IF YOU ARE IN THE LEAD ON THE LAST LAP COMING DOWN TO THE START/FINISH LINE YOU WILL WEN THE RACE. >> Chris: 88 LEAD CHANGES TWICE BEFORE IN THE RACE AT TALLADEGA. LAS VEGAS BE THE WAY INSTALLING MATT KENSETH AND KYLE BUSCH AS 10 TO 1 COFAVORITES TO WIN THE RACE. WHEN BRAD KEZELOWSKI WON IN 2009 HE WAS A 100 TO 1 LONG SHOT IT IS THAT WIDE OPEN. WE ARE COUNTING DOWN TO THE START OF THE RACE AND A LOT MORE TO COVER INCLUDING DALE EARNHARDT, JR. JOINING US LIVE HERE IN THE HOLLYWOOD HOTEL TO IT TALK ABOUT HIS SUCCESS AT TALLADEGA AND OTHER DRIVERS WILL TALK ON THE HEADSET WITH FIVE-TIME TONY STEWART AND BRAD KEZELOWSKI. AND DARRELL SITS DOWN WITH CAN KEVIN HARVICK. WE WILL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE PERSONALITY AND MEMORIES OF TALLADEGA. CHRIS WILL WANDER THE BOULEVARD AND LOOK FOR FUN AND MICHAEL WILL H HIT THE GRID TO WALK AMONG THE. YES WE ARE GLAD YOU ARE WATCHING NASCAR ON >> Chris: NASCAR ON FOX PRERACE SHOW SPONSORED BY AARON'S. YOU DON'T NEED CREDIT. ALL YOU NEED IS AARON'S. PRERACE SHOW CONTINUING COUNTING YOU DOWN TO THE START OF THE RACE AND WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST HERE JOINING US IN THE STUDIO. JUNIOR NATION COMES TO LIFE. DALE EARNHARDT, JR. WINS AT TALLADEGA! >> Darrell: IT IS ALWAYS JUNIOR. >> Chris: DRIVER OF THE 88, NATIONAL GUARD CHEVROLET. THANKS FOR COMING IN. NICE TO SEE YOU. >> NICE TO SEE YOU. >> Chris: A CHANCE OF RAIN AND YOU SAW YOU WHAT HAPPENED ON THE WEEKEND. DOES THAT CHANGE YOUR STRATEGY AT ALL OR GETTING TO THE HALFWAY POINT? >> WE WILL LIST TONIGHT CREW CHIEFS. THEY ARE WATCHING THE RADAR AND THEY WILL LET US KNOW IF WE NEED TO START GETTING URGENT ABOUT GETTING TOWARD THE FRONT. >> Darrell: JUNIOR, YOU OWN THIS PLACE. ONE OF THE BEST RESTRICTER PLATE DRIVERS IN THIS COURSE. WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF BAD LUCK AND THERE IS GUYS THAT HAVE SORT OF COME TO THE TOP IN RESTRICTER PLATE RACING. TONY STEWART IS ONE OF THEM. HE IS ALWAYS UP FRONT. A GUY YOU GOT TO LOOK AT TODAY AS A GUY THAT HAS A GREAT SHOT TO WIN. MATT KENSETH A GREAT RUN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. A LOT OF GUYS HAVE GOTTEN A LOT BETTER AND THE RACING CHANGES ALL THE TIME SO YOU HAVE TO KEEP AN OPEN MIND AS TO WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T WORK. RUNNING UP AND DOWN THE RACETRACKS WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT CAN GET TENSE AND FRUSTRATING AT TIMES BUT THIS YEAR YOU SEEM TO HAVE STARTED WITH A FRESH ATTITUDE. ALWAYS SMILING. HAVING A LOT OF FUN THIS YEAR? >> I HAVE BEEN HAVING FUN. WE STARTED OFF REALLY STRONG. WE HAD A COUPLE OF RACES WHERE WE HAD FAILURES ON THE CAR AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT COST US SOME GOOD FINISHES BUT THE CAR HAS BEEN FAST EVER ARERY WEEK AND I HAVE BEEN ENJOYING THAT. WE HE HAD THAT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH STEVE AND THE CREW DONE A GREAT JOB BUILDING THIS TEAM AND MAKING US MORE COMPETITIVE EACH WEEK. >> Chris: LEAD ALL DRIVERS THIS YEAR IN QUALITY PASSES. YOU SAID YOU REGRETTED THE COMMENTS MADE LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE WITH THE CONCUSSION AND INJURY AND FALLOUT FROM THAT. WHAT IS YOUR APPROACH TO THE RACE TODAY ESPECIALLY WITH THE GEN 6 CAR THE FIRST TIME RUNNING HERE? >> YOU GOT TO MAKE MOVES AND CHOICES AND DIVISIONS WITH CONFIDENCE AND TRUST YOUR GUT DECISION AND WHAT YOU THINK IS BEST AT THAT MOMENT AND YOU CAN'T HESITATE. WHEN YOU HESITATE WHEN YOU ARE CAUTIOUS, WHEN YOU SORT OF SECOND GUESS YOURSELF OR OVERTHINK SOMETHING OR O OF FUEL OVERSTATE SOMETHING YOU TEND TO GET YOURSELF IN A BAD POSITION. >> Darrell: I WAS SHOCKED WHEN YOU WALKED OUT, YOUR CONDITIONING IS YOU ARE IN THE BEST SHAPE I HAVE SEEN YOU IN A LONG TIME. >> AS YOU GET OLDER YOU START TAKING BETTER NOTICE OF WHAT IS GOING ON WITH YOUR BODY. I HAVE BEEN WORKING OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND TRYING TO STAY HEALTHY AND. >> Chris: BUT YOU ARE NOT A HEALTH NUT. >> NO, I STILL LOVE MY MAYONNAISE AND MY HELLMANS. >> Michael: I THINK A LAST LAP PASS IS GOING TO HAPPEN TODAY. WHERE DO YOU WANT TO BE ON THE LAST LAP? THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I WILL BE OUT THERE. >> Darrell: MIGHT BE BEHIND YOU OR RIGHT WITH YOU. >> YOU WANT TO BE THE GUY THAT MAKES THE PASS TO GET INTO THE LEAD AND WIN THE RACE. AT THE SAME TIME, IF YOU ARE LEADING THE RACE COMING TO THE THE WHITE FLAG AND LEADING THE RACE DON'T YOU LIKE YOU YOUR CHANCES WITH THAT POSITION, TOO. HARD TO SAY WHERE YOU WANT TO BE. I MIGHT WANT TO BE LEADING THE RACE AND THINK I CAN FEND THESE GUYS OFF AND MAKE THE RIGHT MOVES BUT AT THE SAME TIME IF I'M SECOND OR THIRD I WILL KNOW WHAT TO DO TO GET AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO WIN. YOU CHOOSEOW DO YOUNG LADY YOU YOUR DRAFTING PARTNER AND WHERE DOES TRUST FIGURE IN GOING AT THESE SPEEDS? >> TRUST FIGURES IN WITH PAST HISTORY. YOU HAVE SEEN GUYS DO THINGS WELL AND THE CREAM RISES TO THE TOP OF THE RACES. SEE THE SAME GUYS RUNNING WELL UP FRONT AND YOU TEND TO WATCH THOSE GUYS AND FOLLOW THOSE GUYS IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY MAKING A MOVE AND SOMEBODY YOU WORKED WELL WITH BEFORE YOU GO WITH AND HELP THEM OUT AND TEND TO LOOK FOR THOSE GUYS TO REPAY THE FAVOR. >> Michael: ONE DRAFT DALE, JR. SAID I THINK YOU KNOW HOW TO DRAFT BECAUSE YOU DO A LOT OF THINGS I WOULD DO. AND I LOOKED BACK AND SAID I THINK HE PAID ME A COMPLIMENT. >> Chris: GOOD LUCK TODAY. THANKS FOR STOPPING IN. MICHAEL YOU WILL JOIN HIM AND YOU HAVE TO HEAD OUT FOR INTRODUCTIONS AND FOCUS ON THE CAR. >> Michael: THINK IT IS TIME TO GO, YEP. >> Chris: WE WILL BE WATCHING AND ROOTING FOR BOTH OF YOU AS BEST WE CAN. WE WILL CONTINUE THE PRERACE SHOW FROM TALLADEGA TO TAKE A LOOK BACK AT THE WILD AND CRAZY KIND OF A IS SEASON IN REVIEW AND A CLOSER LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF THIS TRACK. A LOT OF MEMORIES FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND FANS REACT >> Chris: DRIVERS AND CREW CHIEFS COMING OUT OF THE DRIVERS' MEETING WHERE ALL 43 GATHERED TO GO OVER THE GROUND RULES. >> Darrell: THE CREW CHIEFS ARE FROWNING AND THE DRIVERS ARE ARE SMILING. THE CREW CHIEFS KNOW WHAT IS AHEAD OF THEM HERE. GOT TO MAKE GREAT CALLS. CAN'T PASS BELOW THE YELLOW LINE HERE. >> Chris: OUT-OF-BOUNDS. >> Darrell: OUT-OF-BOUNDS. AND WHEN YOU COME OUT OF THE PITS HAVE TO STAY BEHIND THE YELLOW LINE. GIVE AND TAKE. YOU ARE THE BEST DRIVERS IN THE WORLD. GIVE AND TAKE. >> Chris: WONDER IF THE THREAT OF RAIN WILL HAVE AN EFFECT IN THE EARLY STAGES. >> Darrell: IT RAMPS IT RIGHT UP. ITLE RAMP RIGHT UP. >> Chris: THE GENERATION SIX CAR HAS BEEN A FUN RIDE FOR THE GENERATION NOW DRIVERS AND AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEE HOW THEY HE WILL HANDLE TALLADEGA TODAY GLANCE BACK IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AT THE SEASON WHERE IF YOU HAVE MISSED A LITTLE YOU HAVE MISSED A LOT. >> BEFORE THE DRIVERS EVEN TOOK TO THE TRACK IN 2013, THE ANTICIPATION HEADING INTO THIS SEASON WAS ON NASCAR'S NEW RIDE. THE GEN SIX CAR. >> NO ONE REALLY KNOW HASS WE ARE GOING TO SEE. >> I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE SPEED. >> SEE SOME GUYS GET SPUN? ABSOLUTELY. >> ONCE THE FOCUS SHIFTED BACK TRACKSIDE THE LADY IN GREEN GRABBED THE SPOT LIGHT ON THE SPORT'S GRANDEST STAGE. >> LADIES FIRST. >> CONGRATULATIONS TO DANICA. GREAT TO BE A PART OF HISTORY. >> CAN SHE BECOME THE FIRST FEMALE TO LEAD A LAP IN THE DAYTONA 500. >> DANICA MAY HAVE HAD DAYTONA'S ATTENTION BUT JIMMIE HAD THE LAST LAUGH. >> [RADIO]: I WON THE DAYTONA 500! WOOHOO! >> THE DESERT HEAT BROUGHT A RISE IN TEMPERATURES WITH SOME MAKING SPONSORS HAPPY. >> CARL EDWARDS WINS THE SUBWAY FRESH FIT 500. >> WHILE OTHERS WERE NOT TO BAD MOUTH THE NEW CAR OR IT WILL COST YOUNG LADY YOU. >> GOING TO TEAK A LITTLE WHILE FOR US TO GET THE CARS DRIVING AS GOOD AS THE GENERATION FIVE. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY -- SPIN ME, I DON'T CARE. -- FINE ME OR SUSPEND ME, I DON'T CARE. >> WITH EVERY NEW SEASON, THE BOYS WILL BE BOYS AND THE RACES ALWAYS BRINGS OUT THE FIRE! >> WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK I WAS MAD ABOUT? SOME LITTLE [ BLEEP ] RUNS US CLEAR DOWN TO THE INFIELD. HE WANTS TO [ BLEEP ] ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE AND HE DRIVES LIKE A LITTLE [ BLEEP ] >> I UNDERSTAND THAT FRUSTRATED HIM AND MADE HIM ANGRY. >> WITH THE PRESSURE TO WEN MOUNTING, THE FINGER POINTING STARTS. >> THE THING THAT PENSKE DID, I THINK THEY KNEW THEY WERE CHEATING AND JUST GOT CAUGHT. >> I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE BEEN TARGETED THE LAST SEVEN DAYS MORE THAN I HAVE SEEN A TEAM TARGETED EVER IN MY LIFE. >> RULES HANDED DOWN TO KENSETH BECAUSE OF THE CONNECTING ROD WHERE THE WEIGHT VIOLATION EQUALS THE WEIGHT OF A TIME. >> UNFAIR. >> THIS JUST LEFT THROUGH THERE. >> LOOK AT THE PENALTY AND SAY WELL, IT IS 200,000. IT IS MUCH BIGGER THAN THAT. >> THE SEASON THAT STARTED WITH CHANGE. IT HAS BEEN FILLED WITH CONFUSION AND CONTROVERSY SO FAR. BUT THE WINNERS KEEP WINNING AND THE MAN AT THE TAP REMAINS THE SAME. >> Chris: WHAT STORIES HAVE CAUGHT YOUR ATTENTION THE MOST? >> Darrell: STARTED THE YEAR OFF WITH DANICA WINNING THE POLE AND THAT WAS HUGE. HERE TODAY WITH THE SAME CAR. SEE HOW THAT WORKS OUT HER. THE SEVERITY OF THE PENALTIES FROM THE $25,000 FINE TO HAMMILY EARLY ON TO THE $200,000 FINE TO GIBBS NO. THE PENALTIES AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE FIGHTS. ONE THING THAT IS CREATING ALL OF THE FIGHTS IS THE COMPETITION. EVERYBODY IS HUNGRY FOR A WEN AND THE PACE OF THE CAR PICKED UP THE INTENSITY IN THE RACE AND THESE GUYS ARE RACING HARDER. YOU CAN CATCH A GUY AND GET BY HIM AND PASS HIM. THE CAR IS ANOTHER BIG STORY. >> TODAY THE 10th RACE OF THE YEAR STARTS THE SECOND QUARTER OF. JIMMIE WILL START FROM ROW FOUR. WON THE RACE TWICE AND LOOKING TO BECOME THE FIRST DRIVER SINCE JIMMIE IN 2006 TO WIN THE DAYTONA 500 AND TALLADEGA SPRING RACE IN THE SAME YEAR. ♪♪ >> HERE COMES FIVE TIME, JIMMIE. >> JIMMIE HAS IN FACT WON HERE TWICE AND NOT TO MENTION THE FACT YOU HAVE WON TWICE THIS SEASON. OFF TO A GREAT START. 43 POINTS BETWEEN YOU AND FIRST AND SECOND PLACE. >> WE HAVE BEEN OFF TO A GREAT START AND THE POINTS LEAD EVEN COMES WITH A CRASH AT BRISTOL. I FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHERE THE RACE TEAM IS AND WHAT HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS HAS GOING ON. WE ALWAYS WANT TO BE BETTER AND CHAD IS WORKING TO BUILD GREAT RACE CARS. >> WILL YOU RACE THIS PLACE THE SAME? >> A GOOD LEARNING RACE FOR WHAT WE MIGHT NEED TO DO IN THE FALL. WITH THE RULES PACKAGE TRACK POSITION IS EVERYTHING. YOU HAVE TO RACE AND THE SAFEST PLACE IS LEADING THIS THING SO HOPEFULLY WE ARE UP YOU THERE. >> Chris: BACK TO CHRIS MYERS. JOHNSON IS HOPING TO WEN. DENNY HAM LEN IS HOPING TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE RACE. JEFF HAMMOND HAS MORE ON THE OLD SWITCH AROO IN THE 11 CAR. >> Jeff: THE 11 CAR IS EQUIPPED WITH THE HATCH. HE IS THE ONLY CAR WITH THE HATCH. THE REASON IS SO THEY CAN GET HIM OUT OF THE CAR AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. SOMETHING THE TEAM COME UP WITH. THIS IS WHAT WENT ON IN THE GARAGE EARLIER IN THE WEEKEND. YOU SEE THE DRIVER RIGHT NOW BEING SWAPPED OUT. THAT IS BASICALLY DENNY HAMLIN COME OUT THE TOP AND CREW MEMBERS GOING IN FROM THE PASSENGER SEED AND ONE WORKING THE OUTSIDE. ONE COMING OUT THE TOP AND BRIAN VICKERS SLIDE DOWN INSIDE THE SEAT AND HE WILL GET HELP AS FAR AS GETTING THE BELTS HOOKED UP AND CLOSE THE HATCH AND BE READY TO GO. THEY CAN CHANGE DRIVERS IN ABOUT 1:06. PLENTY OF TIME UNDER A CAUTION TO COME DOWN PIT ROAD AND MADE THE DRIVER CHANGE AND NOT LOSE A LAP. >> Chris: HE DOESN'T HAVE TO GO ANY CERTAIN AMOUNT OF LAPS. AS LONG AS HE STARTS THE RACE HE WILL GET THE POINTS FOR THE CAR AND THE WIN SHOULD VICKERS CARE READY TO ROLL THE 11 CAR TO VICTORY. DENNY WILL COME TO THE HOLLYWOOD HOTEL AND ANALYZE THE RACE FOR US AND SEE HOW HE FEELS. >> Darrell: EVERYTHING IS CALCULATED JUST LIKE THE ROOF PATCH THAT WAS SMART. GETS THE DRIVER IN AND OUT OF THE CAR WITHOUT HURTING THEM. THIS HE HAD TO GET POINTS TODAY IF HE IS GOING TO MAKE THE CHASE. IF HE CAN START THE RACE AND WHAT WOULD REALLY WORK IN HIS FAVOR. I HAVE IS NOT HEARD ABOUT A 20 LAP CAUTION. SOMETIMES THERE IS A MANDATORY CAUTION AT 20 LAPS WHEN WE HAVE RAIN. THAT WOULD PLAY INTO THE GAME PLAN AS WELL. >> Chris: 10th IN POINTS WHEN THE WRECK HAPPENED AND CURRENTLY 28th. HE WILL MAKE THAT GROUND UP. HE SEAS HIS CHASE STARTS TODAY AND IF HE RUNS WELL, THEN DARLINGTON NEXT SATURDAY NIGHT WHICH YOU WILL SEE ON FOX. WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO GLAD YOU ARE WATCHING NASCAR AT FOX ON THE PRERACE SHOW FROM TALLADEGA. THIS IS MICHAEL WALTRIP'S AARON'S CAR. THE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA THE CRIMSON TIDE. CONGRATULATIONS TO NICK SABAN AND ALL OF THE FANS AND TERRIFIC PLAYERS OVER THE YEARS. TALLADEGA DARRELL WE TALKED ABOUT IT, THE MERE MENTION OF THE WORD SENDS CHILLS DOWN THE SPINE OF SOME DRIVERS BUT BRINGS FANS TO THEIR FEET. MORE THAN 2.5 MILES AROUND THE TRACK. AFTER 500 MILES STILL ISN'T QUITE OVER. A LOT O OF FUEL OF HISTORY, HEROS AND HOPES PACKED INTO THIS PLACE. >> JUST 95 MILES FROM ATLANTA, 50 MILES FROM BIRMINGHAM RIGHT OFF INTERSTATE 20 YOU WILL FIND ME HE. A 16 MONTH LABOR OF LOVE. MY FIRST NAME WAS ALABAMA INTERNATIONAL MOTOR SPEEDWAY BUT THAT DIDN'T STICK. YOU CAN JUST CALL ME DEGA. MR. FRANZ WANTED A SPEEDWAY BIGGER THAN DAYTONA SO HERE I AM. ♪ GOING DOWN SOUTH GOING TO HAVE A REAL GOOD TIME ♪♪ >> THIS PLACE IS TREACHEROUS. FAST, FAST, FAST. >> THE FANS H HUMBLE ME. THEY CAR FROM FAR AND WIDE JUST SEE THE CARS TRY AND BEST ME. USUALLY THE FANS STAND IN AMAZEMENT, ANTICIPATING THE NEXT BIG MOVE. >> Darrell: AND YOU KNOW THIS PLACE IS KNOWN FOR THE BIG ONES. >> HERE IS WHERE BOBBY ALLISON BUSTED ME UP IN 1987. 22 YEARS LATER, CARL EDWARDS HIT ME HE BACK HERE ON MY STRAIGHTAWAY. >> OH, NO! >> NO, NO! >> I CAN'T SAY THOSE LICKS DIDN'T HURT BUT I CAN TAKE IT. SHAKESPEARE WROTE, YES, I KNOW SHAKESPEARE, THAT SOME ARE BORN GREAT, SOME ACHIEVE GREATNESS AND SOME HAVE GREATNESS THRUST UPON THEM. I MIGHT ACTUALLY ENCOMPASS ALL THREE. I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT I WAS THE FIRST TO SEE SPEEDS OVER 200 MILES AN HOUR BUT AFTER '87 THEY MANDATED RESTRICTER PLATES APPARENTLY I WAS TOO DANGEROUS. WHAT CAN I SAY? I'M FAST. WHEN IT IS RACE WEEK, I THROW THE WILDEST PARTY IN ALL OF NASCAR. NOTHING COMPARES TO MY INFIELD. BUT THOSE STORIES, MY START/FINISH LINE IS FURTHER DOWN THAN THE OTHER TRACKS. MADE FOR SURPRISING FEN INITIALS. DRIVERS LEADING OR OTHER TRACKS HAVE A FINISH LINE ARE NOT ALWAYS WINNERS BY THE TIME THEY CROSS MY FINISH LINE. >> HERE THEY COME. >> ITS' HARVICK! >> HE TIMED IT PERFECT. >> THAT FRACTION OF A MILE CAN CHANGE VICTORIES. >> THE MAN WHO HAS SEEN THE MOST VICTORIES HERE WAS THE IN INTIMIDATOR. >> DALE EARNHARDT HAS DONE IT AGAIN. >> AND THAT SUCCESS WAS PASSED DOWN TO HIS SON. >> DALE EARNHARDT, JR. FOUR WINS AT TALLADEGA. >> THE EARNHARDTS JUST GET ME. I HAVE BEEN A MAJOR PART OF RACING HISTORY SINCE I WAS CONCEIVED AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT GREATNESS WILL BE ACHIEVED TODAY. >> Chris: DARRELL YOU WON HERE FOUR TIMES. IS THIS TRACK THE GREAT EQUALIZER. >> Darrell: 43 CARS IN THE FIELD AND ALL 43 GUYS CAN ACTUALLY WIN THE RACE. THE ONLY RACE, THE ONLY TRACK WE GO TO WHERE YOU CAN SEE A DAVID RAGAN OR GILLILAND OR ANY OF THE SMALLER TEAMS HAVE A CHANCE TO RUN UP FRONT AND ACTUALLY WIN THIS RACE. A BREATH OF FRESH AIR FOR THOSE GUYS COMING HERE WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY. WHILE EVERYBODY ELSE IS WORRIED ABOUT WRECKING THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT WINNING. >> Chris: WE HE ONCE HAD A 27 CAR WRECK HERE AT TALLADEGA. >> Darrell: I THINK I WAS IN THAT ONE. >> Chris: TONY STEWART WON HERE IN 2008. THE THREE-TIME CHAMPION OFF TO THE WORST NINE RACE START NEW HAMPSHIRE HIS CAREER. HE HAS SHOWN WHEN THE WEATHER HEATS UP TONY USUALLY GETS HOT. >> HERE COMES TONY. >> Larry: TONY STEWART IS A >> BRAD KEZELOWSKI. HE WANTS TO LEAD! >> KEZELOWSKI! >> 2012 SPRINT CUP SERIES CHAMP. >> SO FAR SO GOOD FOR BRAD. >> BRAD KEZELOWSKI WILL GO TO VICTORY LANE IN TALLADEGA! >> THE BEST IS YET TO COME. >> TWO TALLADEGA WINS INCLUDING THIS RACE LAST YEAR WHEN BRAD KEZELOWSKI PUT A MOVE ON SKILL BUSCH THAT SOME CALLED PRECEASE AND PERFECT. IF YOU ARE IN THE SAME POSITION DO YOU USE THE SAME MOVE OR SOMETHING NEW UP YOUR SLEEVE? >> I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT. >> Krista: NO ONE IS LISTENING. >> HONESTLY, I COME INTO TALLADEGA EVERY YEAR KRISTA WITH NO PLAN AT ALL. WHEN YOU HAVE A PLAN YOU GET STUCK IN THIS BOX AND HE ALWAYS FOUND THAT EVERY SITUATION IS DIFFERENT AND YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR ALL OF THEM. SO YOU CAN'T HAVE A PLAN. >> Krista: NO PLAN BUT YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT HE IS HOPING FOR ANOTHER TALLADEGA WIN. >> Chris: THANKS, KRISTA. AND BRAD. DARRELL WALTRIP WILL SIT DOWN WITH KEVIN HARVICK WHEN WE TEN AND CHRIS >> Chris: 500 MILES OF REAL ADVENTURE ♪♪ >> Darrell: I THINK THERE IS A FEAR FACTOR HERE. ♪♪ >> Chris: 188 LAPS OF HOLDING YOUR BREATH. ♪♪ SURVIVAL AT HIGH SPEED. >> Darrell: THIS IS ABOUT TRADITION AND THE SPEED OF THIS RACETRACK. IT IS GOING TO BE EXCITING! ♪♪ >> Chris: KEVIN HARVICK WILL START FROM ROW 12 TODAY AND MORE THAN HALF OF HIS 20 CAREER WINS HAVE COME WHEN HARVICK DIDN'T TAKE THE LEAD FOR THE FINAL LAP THIS WILL THERE WERE TEN LAPS OR LESS TO GO. THUS THE NICKNAME THE CLOSER. LAST WEEK, DARRELL HE DID IT AGAIN CLOSING LATE. HAS DONE THAT HERE AT TALLADEGA TO WIN. YOU CAUGHT UP WITH THE CLOSER AND GOT HIM TO OPEN UP A LITTLE. >> Darrell: THIS GUY IS COMFORTABLE AND CONFIDENT IN HIS FUTURE. >> THE NEXT FLAG ENDS THE RACE. >> THREE WIDE HEADED FOR THREE. >> KEVIN HARVICK IN THE 29! >> ON THE OUTSIDE KEVIN HARVICK. >> HARVICK HAS GOT THE FIELD. THE CLOSER HE! >> Darrell: FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS ON SATURDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER ONE OF OUR CLASSICS. >> WE JUST CAN'T MAKE IT SIMPLE. >> Eddie: SIX OF THE LAST TEN RACE AS THAT YOU HAVE WON YOU LED SIX OR LESS LAPS. >> I MEAN IT HAS BEEN THAT WAY SINCE I WAS GROWING UP. IN GO CARTS STARTING IN THE BACK AND THEN PASS EVERYBODY ON THE FIRST LAP. LATE MODELS IT WAS IS WAIT AROUND 'TIL THE END. I THINK A LOT OF THAT COMES FROM KNOWING THAT I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO A RACE NEXT WEEK EARLY IN MY CAREER AS I TORE MY CAR UP. CLOSER TO THE END OF THE RACE HAD TO BE AGGRESSIVE AND GET ALL YOU COULD TO MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO RACE IT TO NEXT WEEK. >> Darrell: YOU AND GILL EVER GET IN ARGUMENTS AND DISAGREE? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> YOU GOT TO [ BLEEP ] >> HOW ABOUT JUST DRIVE THE DAMN THING! >> HE IS GOOD ABOUT LETTING ME ABOUT WHO I AM AND WE ALL CAME WITH A NEW ATTITUDE AND A WHOLE NEW SEASON GOT STARTED AS WE GOT TO TALLADEGA. HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET AETNA VICTOR ARERY LANE. >> Krista: THE PHRASE LAME DUCK HAS BEEN USED BEFORE. >> THERE AIN'T NO LAME IN THAT GAME. >> Darrell: BEEN AT RCR FOR 13 YEARS. WHAT IS IT THAT YOU SEE AT STEWART HAAS THAT MAKES YOU WANT TO LEAVE CHILDRESS AND GO THERE? >> JUST YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT SO YOU HAVE A NEW ENVIRONMENT. HALFWAY THROUGH MY CAREER AND WE HAVE A FAMILY NOW AND WE MADE A LOT OF DECISIONS OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF AND THAT HAPPENED TO BE ONE OF THEM AND SOMETHING TO REHE IGNITE THE ENTHUSIASM WHEN YOU SHOW UP FOR THE RACETRACK EVEN IF WE START OUT RUNNING LAST. >> Darrell: YOU ARE DAD NOW. HOW HAS THAT CHANGED KEVIN HARVICK? >> THE BEST THING THAT HAS HAPPENED IS WHEN I GO HOME IT IS ABOUT GLENNA AND KELAN AND HAVE THOSE THREE DAYS TO GET YOUR MIND OFF OF RACING. ARE THAT WAS PROBABLY THE WORST THING ABOUT OWNING THE TEAMS IS IT WAS RACING 7 DAYS A WEEK, 24/7. NOW, YOU GO HOME AND EVERYBODY IS HAPPY NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENED ON SUNDAY AND FOR ME THAT RELEASE OF BEING ABLE TO GET AWAY FROM THE THE RACETRACK AND RACING I THINK ALLOWS ME TO COME BACK AND BE MORE FOCUSED AND JUST AS COMPETITIVE ON THE WEEKENDS. >> Darrell: WHAT DO YOU WANT YOUR LEGACY TO BE LOOKING BACK AT RCR? >> THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE PEOPLE LOOK AT YOU DIFFERENTLY AND SAY THEY CAN BE PROFESSIONAL AND HE CAN STILL BE ENTHUSIAST ECK AND AGGRESSIVE BUT THEY HANDLED THE SITUATION LIKE PROFESSIONALS. YOU WANT THAT HARD CHARGING ATTITUDE AND NEVER GIVE UP ATTITUDE THAT WE IN STILLED IN OURSELVES AT RCR TO CONTINUE. >> Darrell: ONE THING I LIKE ABOUT KEVIN HARVICK HE ALWAYS LIKES A CHALLENGE. THAT IS WHY HE WINS THE RACES THE WAY HE DOES. LOVES THE CHALLENGE. >> Chris: MORE HAPPY HARVICK THESE DAYS. >> Darrell: A HAPPY MAN. >> Chris: TALLADEGA MORE THAN A RACE, IT AS SCENE. AND IT CALLS FOR CHRIS TO BE MOUNTAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF IT OR PART OF IT. WHAT ARE YOU DOING UP ON THE ROOF OF THE HOLLYWOOD HOTEL? >> I'M NOT REALLY ALLOWED TO GO ANY WHERE ELSE THERE IS SECURITY. YOU GUYS LET ME PICK WHAT I WANTED TO DO THIS WEEK IN TALLADEGA AND WHAT I DID WAS CREATE A BRAND NEW S CHICKEN. >> ELWORK ENJOY IT. IT'S ACTUALLY GATOR. >> BECAUSE THIS IS A NASCAR PIECE WE HAVE TO THANK YOUR SPONSORS. >> AND THIS SEGMENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY HAMMOND CHEESE SANDWICHES. READ AND CHEESE WITH NO HAM. AND MICHAEL WALTRIP'S BAKED BEANS. THEY HE GIVE YOU PLENTY OF GAS. TRUST ME! >> SOME REALLY GREAT PEOPLE COME HERE TO TALLADEGA BUT YOU CHRIS AND D.W. YOU ARE SOME OF THE BEST. BACK TO YOU GUYS. I'M GOING TO GET SOMETHING TO EAT. >> THANKS, CHRIS PIZZI, NICE SEEING YOU. NOT REALLY. IT'S WRITTEN IN THE TELEPROMPTER. >> Darrell: A BIG SHOW WHEN SHOWS UP. >> Chris: REAL REALLY BIG. THE WEATHER LOOKING GOOD. MICHAEL WALTRIP GETTING READY NOT ONLY TO RACE BUT HE HAS TO DO THE GRID WALK WHERE HE TALKS TO THE DRIVERS AND GETS LAST MINUTE THOUGHTS BEFORE THEY HOP IN THE CAR. MEANTIME CHECK OUT NASCAR THE GAME INSIDE LINE AND EVERYBODY IS LOVING THE GREAT VIDEO GAME THAT CAN BE UPDATED WITH LAST WEEK'S RICHMOND RACE. >> I WOULD SAY HARV MYSELF AND LOGANO WERE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. >> AS SOON AS IT WENT GREEN THE WHOLE FIELD. THAT IS WHAT PAIDED OFF. >> 7thnd 9th AND 11th ENDED UP ONE, TWO, THREE. >> Chris: NASCAR ON FOX PRERACE SHOW IS SPONSORED BY SPRINT. MILLIONS OF FANS, ONE FAMILY. ONLY SPRINT CAN FEED THEM ALL. JOIN THE FAMILY AT SPRINT.COM/SPEED. BEFORE THE TENSENESS OF TALLADEGA HERE IS HOW SOME OF THE DRIVERS SPENT THEIR WEEK LEADING UP TO A BIG AND FAST TRACK. ANDONDAY, KASEY KAHNE A PROFESSIONAL GOLFER RICKY FOWLER HAD FUN. TUESDAY, CARL EDWARDS GUEST ON LIVE WITH KELLY AND MICHAEL AND DANICA PATRICK BEFORE THE BLACKHAWKS GAME SCORED A GOAL FROM CENTER ICE. SHE WILL BE RACING AROUND THE TRACK TODAY. TIME FOR GAS AND GO. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS DARRELL WALTRIP HAS THE ANSWERS AND WE ARE ON THE TOUCH SCREEN AND YOU ARE ON THE CLOCK AS ALWAYS. KIND OF EXCITING TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT. >> Darrell: I'M ALWAYS ON THE CLOCK. >> Chris: EDWARDS NEVER WON HERE AT TALLADEGA. WHAT ARE THE CHANCES ARE GETTING A VICTORY TODAY? >> Darrell: THE X FACTOR IS JAMEY FINNEY. HE WAS WITH MATT KENSETH LAST YEAR WHEN MATT WON DAYTONA AND WON HERE. CARL ALREADY HAS MORE TOP FIVE FINISHES THIS CAREER THAN LAST YEAR. THE EXPERIENCE OF JIMMIE PLAYING OFF FOR CARL EDWARDS. THEY ARE IN THE CAT BIRD SEAT AND THE BEST TEAM OUT THERE. THE GUY YOU GOT TO BEAT, JIMMIE. THEY HAVE TWO WINS. THEY ARE LOCKED INTO THE CHASE. THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT TO AND WINNING IS WHAT THEY LIKE TO DO BEST. >> Chris: SPEAKING OF WINNING, EIGHT GREEN/WHITE CHECKERS. THAT IS OVERTIME. WHAT MAKES THE TRACK SO SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE GREEN WHITE CHECKER FINISH. >> Darrell: JUST LIKE A "JAWS" MOVIE. BY THE END THE INTENSITY IS SO HIGH HE. THE GUYS WANT TO GO TO THE LEFT AND THEN DECIDE TO GO TO THE RIGHT. >> Chris: SCRAMBLE AT THE END. THE TWITTER QUESTION FROM NIKKI IN NORTH CAROLINA. BRAD KEZELOWSKI, WHAT MAKES HIM SO SUCCESSFUL ON THIS TRACK AND WITH RESTRICTER PLATES. >> Darrell: I LOVE WHAT ROGER PENSKE TOLD ME. HE SAID BRAD HAS A BIGGER WINDSHIELD. BY THE WAY -- HE MEANS BRAD HAS A BIG PICTURE VIEW. HE THINKS OUT OF THE BOX AND THAT IS WHAT YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO HERE. >> Chris: JEFF BURTON, KASEY KAHNE, PAUL MENARD, JUAN PABLO MONTOYA ALL SECOND PLACE AT TALLADEGA. NEVER WON. A LITTLE MULTIPLE CHOICE. WHO HAS THE BEST CHANCE TODAY? >> Darrell: ALL RAN GOOD LAST WEEK BUT I THINK THIS GUY RIGHT HERE, KASEY KAHNE, I WAS GREAT YESTERDAY. I THOUGHT HE WON THE RACE BUT NASCAR THOUGHT DIFFERENTLY. >> Chris: MAYBE HE WILL MAKE UP FOR IT TODAY. HE ALREADY HAS A VICTORY THIS YEAR BUT THAT WAS ON A SHORT TRACK. THIS IS 2.66 MILES. HEAD UPSTAIRS TO THE BOOGITY. HOOD LUCK CALLING THE RACE. YOU SOUND JUST AS EXCITED AS WHEN YOU WERE NOT THE CAR. WE LET ONE WALTRIP SLIP OUT AND WELCOME IN MICHAEL WALTRIP IN HIS FIRE SUIT NOW AND READY FOR THE GRID WALK AMONG THE STARS BEFORE THEY HOP IN THE CAR. MICHAEL, WHAT IS GOING ON DOWN THERE? >> Michael: START AT DENNY'S CAR AND CHECK IN ON HIM. THERE IS DENNY. HI, HOW ARE YOU? >> I'M GOOD. >> Michael: FEEL ALL RIGHT. >> IMA' GREAT. >> Michael: YOUR BABY IS BEAUTIFUL. >> I NEED SOME HELP TODAY. WILL YOU HELP ME? >> Michael: WHAT DO YOU NEED? >> I NEED SOME FRIENDS IN THE BACK. >> Michael: I NEED A RIDE HOME. >> STILL? PERFECT. THAT'S AWESOME. I KNOW HOW I'M HE GETTING HOME NOW. DENNY IS GOING TO GO TO THE BACK TO STAY OUT OF HARM'S WAY. JIMMIE CHATTING WITH ONE OF DENNY'S CREW MEMBERS. THAT IS COOL. JEFF GORDON HAS A BUNCH OF PEOPLE AROUND HIM VISITING. TALKED TO HIM LAST WEEK. HEY, JEFF. LOOKING GOOD, TOO. YOU ARE ON FIRE, JEFF. YOU ARE ON FIRE. HERE IS KASEY KAHNE. HE IS A GREAT RACE CAR DRIVER. READY FOR TODAY? >> I'M READY. >> Michael: TREATING TO THE BACK AND CHARGING TO THE FRONT? >> GOING TO RACE AND STAY IN THE FRONT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. >> Michael: I'M GOING TO THE FRONT WITH HIM. I'M NOT GOING TO HANG AROUND WITH CONCERN OH, WAIT, DENNY IS PROBABLY WATCHING. >> ROLL TIDE COLORS ON? >> Michael: I DO. READY TO RUB ELBOWS WITH ME OUT THERE? >> ROLL TIDES ARE TOUGH. >> Michael: DARRELL SAID YOU HAVE A BIGGER RIFRY THAN MOST DRIVERS. THAT IS A NICE COMPLIMENT. >> I'M NOT SURE YOU CAN SAY THAT ON TV. >> HE TOOK IT THERE, DID HE JUST DALE, JR. HE HAD HIM ON SET. THANKS FOR COMING ON TV ON US. WE APPRECIATE IT. KEEL BUSCH IS ON EVERY WEEK. >> IS KYLE READY? >> YEAH, HE IS IN THE BATH. >> Michael: LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL CAR. THE NUMBER 55 AARON'S MACHINE. HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> I'M DOING GOOD. >> Michael: AWESOME. HOW ABOUT MY CAR? >> I LIKE IT. I CAN'T COMPLAIN MILL THE CHAMPIONSHIPS HERE. A GREAT RUN FOR THE TEAM AND I WANT WAIT TO REPRESENT YOU ON THE RACETRACK TODAY. >> HOPEFULLY WE COME OUT WITH A WIN. >> Michael: I HOPE I DON'T FUMBLE OR GET KNOCKED DOWN. CHIPPER JONES. >> I GUESS YOU ARE 50 YEARS OLD. >> Michael: IT IS MY BIRTHDAY. >> I'M 41 SO YOU GOT ME BY A FEW YEARS. ALL THE ATLANTA BRAVES SIGNED IT. >> Michael: I'M HE A HUGE ATLANTA BRAVES FAN SO THAT IS AWESOME. WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING SINCE YOU RETIRE. >> CHASING MY FOUR ARE BOYS AROUND. DOING A LITTLE HUNTING HERE AND THERE. >> Michael: HERE IS ANOTHER. CHRIS, I'M HE GETTING COVERED WITH GIFTS. TAKE IT AWAY FROM ME, BROTHER. >> Chris: WE WILL SEE CHIPPER ON FOX SATURDAY BASEBALL. MICHAEL IN A BUSINESS SUIT, A FIRE SUIT. YOU KNOW FOR A FAN WHEN THEY COME OFF TURN FOUR. YOU'RE STARTING TO GET ANXIOUS, YOU GOT TO GO, GOT TO GO. YOU FEEL THE INTENSITY LEVEL PICKING UP. >> THAT CAN BE THE CHAOS OUT THERE WHEN PEOPLE START TO GET ANGRY THAT THAT HAPPENED. HE H YOU KNOW SOMETHING IS GOING HAPPEN. NOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH WITH IT. >> BEING IN POSITION FOR THE FINAL LAP. YOU'RE GOING BE PART OF A WILD AND CRAZY FINISH. >> WHAT'S BETTER. FAST OR FASTER. RISK, REWARD. THOSE ARE THE DRIVERS WHO TELL YOU ABOUT IT. BUCKLE YOUR SEATBELT AND PLAY AT&T FASTEST DRIVER CHALLENGE. SIMPLY CALL STAR STAR FAST FROM THE MOBILE PHONE AND-TO-PREDICT WHO HAS THE FASTER TIMES. BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE NATION'S FASTEST THE WEATHER LOOKING GOOD. IT RAINED OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEKEND, CLEAR SKIES FOR THE TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY EVENT. IT'S TIME FOR THE MOST FAMOUS WORDS IN MOERTS. HERE TO GIVE THE COMMAND, PLEASE WELCOME OUR GRAND MARSHAL, LONGTIME ATLANTA BRAVE. 1995 WORLD SERIES CHAMPION AND 1999 MLB MOST VALUABLE PLAYER, CHIPPER JONES! >> WHAT'S UP, NASCAR NATION, YOU ALL READY FOR SOME RACING? SAY IT WITH ME. DRIVER, START YOUR ENGINES! >>> IT'S TIME TO GO. WELCOME IN, THE GUYS CAW THE RACES THEY ALWAYS DO. DARRELL WALTRIP. LARRY McREYNOLDS, MIKE, THE THREAT OF RAIN LATER IN THE DAY THAT MY CALL THE DRIVERS TO RACE DIFFERENTLY. >> THE GOAL IS GET HALFWAY. WE COMPLETE 50% OR MORE AND THE SKIES OPEN UP THE RACE IS OFFICIAL. THAT LEADS TO UNCERTAINTY. BECAUSE IF RAIN IS COMING NO ONE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT LAP THIS RACE WILL END. 21 LAST LAP RACES HAVE DECIDED TALLADEGA FINISHES. IT IS GETTING TO THE LAST LAP THAT IS SO WHITE KNUCKLED HERE. >> WHAT A DRIVER HAS TO DO. HE HAS TO BE CONFIDENT. WHEN HE MAKES A MOVE, YOU CAN'T SECOND GUEST. IF I GO LEFT. I HAVE TO KEEP LEFT. EVERYBODY WILL REACT TO THAT. WHEN YOU START TO MAKE A MOVE, GO BACK AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT'S WHAT MESSES EVERYBODY UP. BE PRECISE, BE CONFIDENT AND DON'T SECOND-GUESS YOURSELF. THREE CLUES TO WIN THIS RACE. THIS TRACK IS KNOWN FOR FIRST-TIME WINNERS AND ONE-HIT WONDERS. WHY? >> PEOPLE ASK ME EVERY WEEK, WHO DO YOU LIKE THIS WEEK. HERE, ANY DRIVER THAT STARTS THIS RACE CAN WIN THIS RACE. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS 87 PREVIOUS RACES HERE WE'VE HAD 42 DIFFERENT WINNERS. YOU JUST THINK ABOUT NOTABLE DRIVERS THAT GOT THEIR FIRST WIN HERE. DAVEY ALLISON IN . >>> HI, I'M RON ALLEN, I WELCOME YOU TO AARON'S AND TALLADEGA SPEEDWAY. YOU MAY ASK, WHY 499? WITH AARON'S FLEXIBLE OWNERSHIP PLAN, YOU CAN CHOOSE FURNITURE, APPLIANCES, COMPUTERS OR ELECTRONICS FOR $99 A MONTH. WITH NO CREDIT NEEDED. THEN I INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK BECAUSE THE ACTION IS ABOUT TO ♪ ♪ THIS WILL BE THE END TODAY ♪♪ >> Mike: THE WILDEST FLIPS AND MOST THRILLING FINISHES. YEP, THIS IS TALLADEGA! AND TODAY IT IS THE AARON'S 499 ON FOX. QUALIFYING FELL VICTIM TO RAIN ON SATURDAY. SO FRIDAY PRACTICE SET THE STARTING LINEUP. THE GEICO STARTING GRID. CARL EDWARDS NEARLY A WINNER HERE IN '09 AND MARTIN TRUEX FIFTH HERE IN '06. MARCOS AMBROSE AND JOEY LOGANO. MATT KENSETH THE MOST RECENT TALLADEGA WINNER THERE WITH RYAN NEWMAN. DENNY HAMLIN IN HIS RETURN FROM THE INJURY AT CALIFORNIA AND JIMMIE. JEFF GORDON WITH HIS 12 RESTRICTER PLATE WINS LEADS EVERYONE IN THE FIELD AND KASEY KAHNE A THREE HE-TIME RUNNER-UP HERE. BRAD KEZELOWSKI AND DALE EARNHARDT, JR. TWO WINS HERE FOR PRAD. FIVE FOR JUNIOR. KYLE BUSCH THE 2008 WINNER AND MICHAEL WALTRIP A FOUR-TIME RESTRICTER PLATE WINNER. TREVOR BAYNE THE DAYTONA WINNER IN 2011 AND PAUL MENARD RUNNER-UP IN '08. GREG BIFFLE AND ARIC ALMIROLA BOTH RIDING TOP TEN STREAKS. DAVID REGAN AND CLINT BOWYER. STENHOUSE AND MEARS. DARRELL WHO IS ON THE HORN TODAY? >> Darrell: I WILL TALK TO MIKEY AND SEE WHAT HE WILL DO IN THE RACE TODAY. MICHAEL WALTRIP, BIG BROTHER D.W. HERE. GOT A COPY? WE'LL GET BACK TO THEM. WE ARE GOING TO TALK TO HIM IN A LITTLE BIT HERE. WE WILL TALK TO HIM THROUGHOUT THE RACE, AS A MATTER OF FACT. REIT NOW, HE IS PROBABLY BUSY GETTING ALL OF THE LAST MINUTE INSTRUCTIONS. WE WILL DIAL UP CARL EDWARDS THE POLE SITTER AND SEE HE WHAT HE HAS GOT TO OFFER. CARL EDWARDS, D.W. HERE. GOT A COPY MY FRIEND? >> [RADIO]: GOT YOU, D.W.I YOU AND JIMMY FINNEY HAVE PLAYED THE TRACK AND THE WEATHER TO PERFECTION. THINK IT IS THAT GOOD? >> HE IS SMART AND TOLD ME WHAT HE WANTED OUT OF PRACTICE AND OUT OF THE RACE. I BELIEVE WE HAVE A GOOD PLAN NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS HERE AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN STAY AHEAD OF THE GAME AND PUT THE FORD TO VICTORY LANE. WE HAVE A FAST RACE CAR. >> Darrell: THINKING AHEAD TO THE LAST PART OF THE RACE, WANT TO BE UP FRONT AT THE END OF THE DAY LEADING ON THE WHITE FLAG OR DO YOU KNOW YET? >> I DON'T KNOW YET. I WILL TRY TO LEARN AS MUCH AS I CAN BUT I BELIEVE YOU WANT O OF FUEL BE UP FRONT. MATT KENSETH WON A COUPLE OF TIMES LAST YEAR LEADING THE LAST 20 OR 30 LAPS SO THAT IS WHERE WE WANT TO BE. I GOT A GOOD VIEW OF LAST NIGHT'S CHAOS. SO I'M NOT SURE HOW I WILL COME BOTH OF THOSE THINGS AND MAKE FOR THE BEST CHOICE BUT I WILL DO MY BEST. >> Darrell: MY FRIEND, LIVING THE DREAM. UP HERE WHERE I AM LAST NIGHT AND OUT THERE ON THE POLE TODAY. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT, MY FRIEND. >> YES, SIR. THANK YOU. I'M ENJOYING RACING RIGHT NOW HAVING A GREAT TIME. I HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT TIME UP THERE. >> Mike: THIS RACE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY BUDWEISER THE BEER THAT STARTS WITH FULL FLAVOR AND ENDS WITH A CRISP FAST FINISH. GOOD TIMES ARE WAIT SOMETHING GRAB SOME BUD. >> Darrell: SEE IF WE CAN GET MIKEY ONE MORE TIME. GOT A COPY, MY BUD? >> [RADIO]: I DO. I THINK I'M GOING TO WIN THE RACE. BUT THEN I GOT TO TURN THREE. >> Darrell: IT'S D.W., GOT A COPY, BUD DID? >> [RADIO]: YEAH, BRO, GO AHEAD. >> Darrell: MIKEY YOU ARE PROLIFIC RESTRICTER PLATE RACER AND KNOW THIS GAME AS GOOD AS ANYBODY. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TODAYED TO WEN THE RACE? >> [RADIO]: HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT, DARRELL. THE RACING WILL BE DIFFERENT TODAY THAN IT WAS AT DAYTONA. I'M NOT AT ANY DISADVANTAGE. I KNOW ABOUT AS MUCH AS IT WILL TAKE TODAY AS THE GUYS I'M WITH SO I JUST HAVE TO FOCUS AND SEE WHAT EVERYBODY DOES AND SEE WHAT LANES TO TAKE AND BE AROUND AT THE END. AND FOR THE FIRST HUNDRED MILES I WILL TAKE IT EASE. I LIKE TO GET UP TO SPEED AND GET A FEEL FOR MY CAR AND UNDERSTAND THE DRIVE BEFORE I START MIXING IT IT UP WITH THESE BOYS THAT DO THIS EVERY WEEK. >> Darrell: BROTHER, A GOOD RUN HERE LAST YEAR. SEE IF YOU CAN DUPLICATE THAT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF IMMOVEMENT TO THE FINISH LINE. GOOD LUCK, BUDDY. >> [RADIO]: I MADE IT TO RIGHT HERE, DARRELL AND LOOKED LIKE I WAS GOING TO WEN. >> Mike: HELMET FOR MICHAEL. DOWN TO PIT ROAD. MATT YOCUM. >> Matt: OPERATION TALLADEGA COMMENCES AFTER MARTINSVILLE WHEN THE IDEA FOR THE ROOF HATCH CAME ABOUT. PRACTICED AT THE SHOP AND THEN ON FRIDAY AT THE RACETRACK AND FINE TUNED THAT PROCESS THIS MORNING. SEAN KIRKLAND AND DENNY WENT OVER A SHORT CHECK LIST OF WHAT DENNY HAS TO DO BEFORE HE HITS PIT ROAD. THE NOTE SAYS HE HAS TO DROP THE ROOF NET AND PUT IT OVER THE RIGHT-SIDE HEAD REST. LENGTHEN THE SHOULDER BELT AND LAP BELT AND STOP STRAIGHT IN THE BOX AND THEN TURN OFF THE MASTER SWITCH AND THAT IS JUST WHAT DENNY HAS TO DO BEFORE THE GUYS IN THE PIT AND BRIAN VICKERS WHO IS OVER MY SHOULDER WILL GET IN THE RACE CAR. BUSY IN THIS AREA. KRISTA? >> Krista: DALE EARNHARDT, JR. HAS WON HERE FIVE TIMES. HE HAS A FORMULA. NEED TO EXPECT RANDOM AND RIDICULOUS. PREPARE TO BE FRUSTRATED BY FATE AND AT ALL TIMES DRIVE WITH CONVICTION AND CONFIDENCE. STEVE BYRNES? >> Steve: I KNOW BRAD KEZELOWSKI WAS COY IN THE PRERACE BUT I TALKED TO HIS CREW CHIEF EARLIER THIS MORN. THE 2 TEAM CAN LOSE THREE OF ITS KEY PERSONNEL PENDING A NASCAR HEARING ON TUESDAY. PAUL WOLFE THE CREW CHIEF SAID THEY WILL GO TO THE FRONT AS FAST AS THEY CAN AND RACE TO THE FRONT AS LONG AS THEY CAN. JEFF HAMMOND, WHAT HAVE YOU GOT? >> Jeff: STEVE, THE DRIVERS TODAY THEIR BEST FRIEND IS GOING TO WIND UP BE HING THE SPOTTER. IT WILL BE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP THEM OUT OF TROUBLE. KEEP THEM OUT OF THE BIG ONE AND IN THE END HOPEFULLY GET THEM IN THE RIGHT POSITION TO GET TO VICTORY LANE. THEY WILL TELL YOU THIS IS PROBABLY NOT THE FIRST. THE SECOND MOST DIFFICULT RACETRACK ON ALL OF THE CIRCUIT TO SPOT FROM. THE REASON BEING? THE MASSIVE TALLADEGA INFIELD AND THREE HE QUARTERS OF A MILE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHERE THEY ARE AT THE BACK STRAIGHTAWAY HERE AT TALLADEGA. FOR SPOTTERS THEY NEED THE CONFIDENCE OF THE DRIVER AND ALSO HAVE IS TO HAVE THAT TRUST. MIKE? >> Mike: COME OFF TURN TWO TO THE BACK STRETCH. 4,000-FOOT RIBBON OF ASPHALT AND THEN UP INTO TURN THREE AND FOUR THROUGH THE TRI-OVAL AND ON TO THE START FINISH LINE. TEMPS IN THE MID 60s. THE ASPHALT DUE TO THE SUN ALL MORNING 94 DEGREES. A LIGHT BREEZE AND WHAT BEGAN AS FULL SUN IS GIVING WAY TO PARTLY AND SOON MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. IT WILL TAKE 188 LAPS TO RUN 500 MILES TODAY. >> Larry: PIT ROAD SPEED CAN BE TOUGH FROM 200 MILES PER HOUR TO 55 MILES PER HOUR. THE FUEL WINDOW 42 TO 46 LAPS. >> Darrell: AND TONY STEWART ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK ALONG WITH DENNY HAMLIN. STEWART SAID I'M GOING TO GO BACK AND HELP MY BUDDY. IF YOUNG LADY ARE GOING TO FALL TO THE BACK JUST START IN THE BACK. YOU CAN GO BACK, JUST CAN'T GO FORWARD. >> Larry: THAT IS PERFECTLY LEGAL. >> Mike: 43 DRIVERS AT THE READY. ELLIOTT SADLER THE ONE CAR THAT DID NOT MAKE THE FIELD WHEN QUALIFYING WAS RAINED OUT AND STARTING ORDER SET FROM FRIDAY PRACTICE. SADLER'S CAR WAS FAST ENOUGH. DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH OWNER POINTS TO GARNER A SPOT IN THE FIELD OF 43. >> Larry: DON'T BE SURPRISED TO SEE DRIVERS MAYBE EVEN STARTING OUTSIDE THE TOP 30 COULD BE IN THE TOP 10 BY LAP 10 AND VICE VERSA. THE ONE THING WITH CARL EDWARDS BEING ON THE POLE IS THE NUMBER ONE PIT SELECTION THE LAST BOX LEAVING. >> Mike: THEY COME OFF TURN FOUR 1600 FEET TO THE TRIOVAL AND IF WE WERE AT DAYTONA THE START/FINISH LINE WOULD BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRIOVAL CENTERED ON ABOUT PIT ROAD. WHEN BILL BUILT THE SPEEDWAY THAT IS WHERE HE PUT THE START/FINISH LINE. INSTEAD OF BEING RIGHT THERE WHERE YOU SAW AARONS, WAY DOWN THERE, A QUARTER MILE FURTHER AND THAT CAN MAKE ALL OF THE DIFFERENCE AS THE FIELD ADDRESSES ITSSELF TO IT THE STARTING LINE. >> Darrell: WE MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF THAT BECAUSE IT IS A BEG DEAL. AND FOLKS THIS IS THE MOST ENTHUSIAST CROWD YOU WILL SEE. THE GREEN FLAG IS IN THE AIR! BOOGITY BOOGITY BOOGITY! LET'S GO RACING! DRIVERS! >> Mike: IT WILL TAKE NEARLY A FUEL LAP FOR THE FIELD TO COME TO 195 MILES AN HOUR. AND THEY HE SHOULD BE AT THAT SPEED COMING THROUGH THE TRIAL. CASEY MEARS UP THE MIDDLE FOLLOWING ALMIROLA AND THREE WIDE ALREADY ON TURN FOUR. >> Larry: THREE WIDE ALREADY THROUGH THE FIELD PRETTY MUCH. >> Darrell: DON'T FORGET THE DOUBLE YELLOW LINE DOWN INSIDE. NOT DIP BELOW THAT. >> Mike: LAP ONE, MARTIN TRUEX. >> Larry: IF YOU DO DIP BELOW AS LONG AS YOU DON'T IMPROVE YOUR POSITION, NO FOUL. >> Mike: MAKES YOU WONDER WHY WE DIDN'T START THREE ABREAST SINCE WE WILL BE THAT WAY WICKLY. >> Darrell: WE WILL BE FOR AWHILE. YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT DRIVER STRATEGY IS HERE, MIKE. CARL EDWARDS STARTED ON THE POLE AND ALREADY DROPPED WAY BACK. THAT MAY BE BY DESIGN AND MAYBE BE THE CAR DIDN'T COME UP TO SPEED THE WAY HE WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO. >> Mike: HE IS ON THE INSIDE, DARRELL AND THAT SEEMS TO BE THE LINE THAT DID NOT GO. >> Darrell: THEY ARE ALL GANGING UP ON THE INSIDE LINE RIGHT NOW. >> Larry: RIDING WITH DALE EARNHARDT, JR. IN THE 88. HE SAID MY PLAN IS TO RACE AND RACE AT THE FRONT AS MUCH AS I CAN. >> Darrell: YOU RECALL A COUPLE OF THREE YEARS AGO HERE HE AND JIMMIE JOHNSON AND JEFF GORDON ALL WENT TO THE BACK AT TEAMMATES AND ALL ENDED UP WITH FAST FINISHES. HE SAID I'M NOT GOING TO LET THAT HAPPEN AGAIN. >> Larry: MATT KENSETH IN THE 20 LOOKED LIKE HE WANTED TO FILL THE HOLE BETWEEN DALE EARNHARDT, JR. AND MICHAEL WALTRIP AND THOUGHT BETTER THERE AT THE LAST SECOND. >> Mike: MICHAEL TOOK A PEEK DOWN LOW. KENSETH LEADS THE LOW LINE. WE ARE TWO BY TWO THROUGH THE TOP DOZEN NOW. >> Darrell: AND THIS IS A KIND OF FEELING OUT HERE, MIKE, YOU WILL LIKE MICHAEL. HE WILL RUN ALONG THERE AND GET A FEEL FOR WHAT HIS CAR WILL DO AND WHEN THE RACE COMES DOWN TO THE END HE WILL HAVE A GOOD IDEA. PRETTY SOON I HAVE A FEELING HE WILL EASE TO THE BACK AND LOOK FOR HAMLIN. >> Mike: LOOKING BACK THE ARIC ALMIROLA. COULD HE BE TODAY'S FIRST-TIME WINNER AT A TRACK THAT TENDS TO FAVOR SUCH A THING. >> Larry: THREE CONSECUTIVE TOP TEN RACES THE LAST THREE HERE. THIS IS THE SECOND RACE WITH THE GEN SIX CAR WITH THE AERO PACKAGE. EVERYTHING THEY LEARNED IN THE DAYTONA 500, WE SAW IT IN PRACTICE, FEELING RACY. >> Mike: STEVE, CARL EDWARDS DID NOT SEA UP THERE. DROPPED BACK TO 10th AND NOW IS 14th. ANYTHING WRONG? >> Steve: THE ONLY THING WRONG, MIKE IS WHERE HE IS ON THE RACETRACK. JUST TOLD THE SPOTTER JASON IT IS OBVIOUS TO ME I NEED TO BE AT THE TOP OF THE RACETRACK NOT THE BOTTOM. >> Darrell: HE TALKED ABOUT LEARNING. LEARNING IN AN EARLY STAGE. THREE WIDE AND HE IS AT THE BOTTOM. EXCUSE ME HE, WILL SOMEONE LET ME IN PLEASE? THAT AIN'T GOING TO HAPPEN! >> Mike: CASEY MEARS FIGHTS UP THE MIDDLE IN THE NUMBER 13. HE IS 14th AFTER STARTING 22nd. >> Darrell: THE ONE THING THAT HAS BEEN CONSTANT FROM DAYTONA AND I'M SEEING IT AGAIN TODAY IS THAT GAP. THAT LITTLE GAP THAT THESE CARS NEED TO HAVE BETWEEN IT AND THE CAR IN FRONT OF IT. THAT THERE IS A LOT OF AIR. A LOT OF TURBULENT AIR THAT COMES OFF THE BACK OF THE CARS BECAUSE OF THAT LITTLE SPOILER. A LOT MORE AIR IS HITTING THE CAR BEHIND IT AND I THINK IT KEEPS THE CAR IN THE BACK FROM PUSHING ALL THE WAY UP TO THE BUMPER. >> Larry: THE LAST SHOT, PUT IN PERSPECTIVE, 33 DEGREES OF BANKING IN THE CORNERS. >> Darrell: FLIPS YOU RIGHT UP AND TRUST ME, A LOT OF G-FORCES. >> Mike: THE FEEDING AMERICA IN CAR CAMERA GIVES YOU THE SENSE OF THE BANKING. IT STAYS VERTICAL AS THE CAR IS TILTED 33 DEGREES IN THE BANKING AND SLAMS DOWN ON TO THE FLAT BACK STRAIGHTAWAY. >> Darrell: ONE OF THE BEST VIEWS FOR THE FANS AT HOME WHERE FINALLY THEY CAN GET A FEEL FOR WHAT IT IS LIKE TO GET INTO THE 33-DEGREE BANKS. SEE THAT RIGHT THERE. THAT IS HALF TURNED OVER RIGHT THERE. >> Mike: DARRELL, I LIKE WHAT I'M SEEING FROM CASEY MEARS. FOUND HIS WAY IN THE BOTTOM LANE THERE IN THE GEICO CAR. >> Larry: BACK TO THE FALL RACE. CASEY MEARS WAS THE DRIVER PUSHING MICHAEL WALTRIP THROUGH THREE AND FOUR WHEN THE BIG WRECK HAPPENED. 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I'M GONNA KILL YOU. [ screaming ] WHOO! ♪ ♪ >> Mike: EIGHT LAPS COMPLETE AT THE WORLD'S FASTEST SPEEDWAY, TALLADEGA, ALABAMA. MATT KENSETH'S TOYOTA REMAINS OUT FRONT OF JIMMIE JOHNSON AND KASEY KAHNE AND THEN THE FORDS OF ARIC ALMIROLA, CASEY MEARS AND TREVOR BAYNE. CARL EDWARDS SAID HE WANTED TO GET TO THE OUTSIDE. HOW DID HE GET IT DONE? >> Darrell: WASN'T ANYBODY THAT WAS GOING TO LET HIM IN. HE WENT TO THE REAR AND GOT TO THE OUTSIDE AND NOW HE AND BRAD KEZELOWSKI IN THE 2 CAR ARE TRYING TO WORK THEIR WAY BACK UP ON THE OUTSIDE TOWARD THE FRONT. >> Mike: THEY ARE 29th AND 30th. FURTHER BACK AND BY DESIGN. THAT IS DENNY HAMLIN IN THE NUMBER 11. FIRST RACE BACK AFTER A FRACTURED VERTEBRAE THAT THE DOCTORS SAY IS HEALED WELL ENOUGH FOR HIM TO RACE. NASCAR CONCURRED SO HE IS STARTING THE RACE. BRIAN VICKERS IS AND ITING BY TO RELIEVE HIM AND THEY ARE HANGING OUT BACK WITH MONTOYA AND TONY STEWART AND MICHAEL WALTRIP. >> Darrell: MICHAEL TOLD ME THAT HE WAS GOING GO BACK KIND OF TO TAKE CARE OF DENNY HERE AND HELP THEM GET TO THE FIRST CAUTION WHEN THEY COULD CHANGE DRIVERS. THERE IS BRIAN ALL READY TO GO. >> Larry: AND DENNY HAMLIN DEFINITELY NEEDED THE HELP. >> Darrell: OH, YES, MIKA THEY WILL WAIT UNTIL THE FIRST CAUTION FLAG TO MAKE THE SWAP BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THEY CAN WITHOUT LOSING A LAP. >> Darrell: HERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO DRIVE CARL CRAZY. NOW, HE NEEDS TO BE ON THE INSIDE BECAUSE THE OUTSIDE WAS GOING GOOD THERE FOR AWHILE AND NOW EVERYBODY IS IN THE BOTTOM AND THE INSIDE LINE SEEMS TO BE THE PLACE TO BE. >> Mike: DALE, JR. WAY UP IN THE THIRD LANE AND NOW DOWN TO THE SECOND GROUP. >> Darrell: THAT IS THE UNPREDICTABILITY. THAT COULD BE THE LAST LAP OF THE RACE I WANT TO BE ON THE OUTSIDE NO, WAIT, I WANT TO BE ON THE INSIDE. YOU JUST DON'T KNOW HERE. >> Mike: THE LEADER IS MATT KENSETH. KRISTA? >> Krista: THE 20 TEAM COMING IN WITH A LOT OF CONFIDENCE. PROBABLY THE BEST CAR IN THE RACE BEFORE THEY HAD AN ENGINE ISSUE. THE 18 ALSO WITH A SEPARATE ENGINE ISSUE IN THE RACE. MATT SAID WE KNOW WE COME TO THE RESTRICTER PLATE TRACKS WITH A LOT OF GOOD THINGS. >> Larry: REMEMBER WHAT I SAID AT THE TOP OF THE SHOW IF YOU CAN STAY IN TOUCH WITH THE LEAD DRAFT YOU CAN WIN THE RACE. WE TALKED ABOUT CASEY MEARS IN THE 13 IN FIFTH. LOOK BACK THERE IN THE 7th SPOT, DAVID STREMME IN THE 30 CAR. ARIC ALMIROLA THAT IS THERE IN FOURTH. SO THESE ARE GUYS THAT WE NORMALLY DON'T SEE AT THE FRONT BUT TALLADEGA WILL ALLOW THIS INCLUDING EVEN TREVOR BAYNE IN THE 21. >> Darrell: THE UNDERDOG HERE HAS EVERYTHING TO GAIN AND NOTHING TO LOSE. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT HE HAS TO CAPITALIZE ON BECAUSE HE ONLY GETS THIS CHANCE FOUR TIMES A YEAR. >> Mike: DARRELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF DARRELL, JR. TRYING TO CARVE HIS OWN LANE UP TOP THERE? >> Darrell: GOT TO HAVE A MIGHT. >> STRONG CAR TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND KNOWING JUNIOR AND HOW HE RACES THIS JOINT HE WILL PLAY AND THE 86 DON'T MEAN THAT IN A ASUAL WAY. IF HE CAN GET BACK TO THE FRONT. RIGHT NOW HE IS IS TIMING THIS OUT. I WENT TO THE BACK. I WENT BACK TO SAY 20th OR WHEREVER HE WAS. ME TO DRIVES IT TAKE KNEE BACK TO THE LEAD AND THAT IS WHAT HE WANTS TO KNOW WHEN COMES DOWN TO THE END OF THE RACE. >> Mike: EARNHARDT IN THE 88. SMITH IN THE BACK BUMPER AND DANICA PATRICK JUST AHEAD IN THE 10. >> Darrell: WE HE DIDN'T SEE THIS AT DAYTONA. WE HAVE TWO LINES HERE MOVING GOOD. THE BOTTOM GOES FOR AWHILE AND THEN THEY SPREAD OUT LIKE WE SEE HERE AND THE OUTSIDE LINE GOES GOOD. THAT IS ENCOURAGING FOR A GREAT FINISH. >> Larry: AND SOMETHING WE DID NOT SEE WITH THE OLD CAR BUT SEEING IT NOW WITH THE GENERATION 6 CAR. >> Darrell: AND DIDN'T SEE IT AT DAYTONA. THESE TEAMS, I WAS SHOCKED WHEN THE TEAMS ASKED NASCAR NOT TO MAKE ANY RULE CHANGES BEFORE WE RUN THE CAR AGAIN. I THINK THEY REALIZE AT DAYTONA THEY LEARNED SO MUCH DOWN THERE THAT THEY KNEW THEY COULD APPLY TO THE CAR THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT A BIG RULE CHANGE AND HAVE TO START ALL OVER AGAIN. REALLY IS PAYING OFF. >> Mike: AND NASCAR CONCURRED SAYING WHY ASK THE TEAMS TO HIT A MOVING TARGET. THESE CARS EXACTLY THE SAME RULES PACKAGE AS AT DAYTONA IN FEBRUARY. >> I'M MISS SPRINT CUP AND YOU ARE WATCHING >> Mike: THE AARON'S 499 OWN FOX IS SPONSORED BY AARON'S. YOU DON'T NEED CREDIT, ALL YOU NEED IS AARON'S. AND BY SPRINT. MILLIONS OF FANS. ONE FAMILY. ONLY SPRINT CAN FEED THEM ALL. JOIN THE FAMILY AT SPRINT.COM/SPEED. CLEAN AND GREEN THROUGH 17 LAPS. LET'S TAKE AN INSIDE LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES BROUGHT TO YOU BY SPRINT. BRAD KEZELOWSKI 201.9 MILES PER HOUR. FASTEST LAP OF THE RACE SO FAR. GET UNLIMITED ACCESS TO NASCAR WITH THE NASCAR MOBILE 13 APP. LEARN MORE AT SPRINT.COM/SPEED. >> Darrell: THE BETTER THE CAR HANDLES THE BRAVER YOU BE AND THESE CARS ARE REALLY HANDLING WELL AND THESE GUYS ARE MAKING NOT THOSE KIND OF IFFY MOVES THEY ARE MAKING DECISIVE MOVES WITH THE CAR AND I REALLY LIKE THAT. >> Mike: WE HAVE EVEN THE AIR POCKET BETWEEN THE CARS. ABOUT 2 TO 3 FEET. THAT BUBBLE OF AIR THAT IS HARD BUT NOT EMPOSSIBLE TO PENETRATE. WATCH THE 27. >> Darrell: LOOKS LIKE HE GOT A NICE RUN UP OFF THE 2. ABLE TO GIVE KURT A LITTLE BIT OF A PUSH BUT YOU NOT VERY MUCH. THE CARS DON'T LIKE TO BE PUSHED AROUND ON. GOING DOWN THE STRAIGHTAWAY MAYBE BUT NOT IN THE CORNER. >> Mike: DALE, JR. CHANGES LANES IN FRONT OF MARCOS AMBROSE. WHOA. TOP TO BOTTOM. THAT WAS THE MOVE REGAN SMITH USED YESTERDAY TO WIN. >> Darrell: AND WHAT DO YOU THINK JUNIOR WAS DOING RIGHT THERE? >> Mike: PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE. >> Darrell: LOOKING AHEAD. THINKING AHEAD, BOYS. >> Larry: I THINK THE SECOND CAR ON THE OUTSIDE LINE, DAVID REUTIMANN AND RIGHT BEHIND HIM J.J. YELEY. HE GOT A TOP TEN FINISH IN THE DAYTONA 500. >> Darrell: THE DRAFTING IS EQUALIZER. EVERYBODY'S CAR IS EQUAL AND THIS TRACK IS AN EQUALIZER. THAT IS WHY YOU CAN SEE THE GUYS RUN UP FRONT LIKE THIS WHERE THEY CAN'T DO IT MANY OTHER PLACES. >> Mike: SECOND GENERATION RACER J.J. YELEY THE BIGGEST MOVER IN THE FIELD. RUNNING 10th AFTER STARTING 43rd. >> Darrell: JOE NEMECHEK, HE FELL OUT OF THE DRAFT RIGHT FROM THE GET-GO AND IN 20 LAPS HE GOT LAPPED. >> Larry: HE IS ABOUT TWO SECONDS A LAP OFF THE PACE WHEN RUNNING ALONE VERSUS THE BIG PACK OF DRIVERS. >> Mike: LARRY, WE ARE ARE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH A FUEL RUN. WHAT ABOUT TIRES TODAY? ON MOST OF THE RACETRACKS WE SEE, IT IS FOUR TIRES EVERY PITSTOP. WHAT ABOUT HERE? >> Larry: I THINK IT WILL BE RARE TO SEE TEAMS CHANGE FOUR TEARS. I THINK IT WILL BE TWO TIRES MOST OF THE DAY. THE BIGGEST THING THE DRIVER HAS TO DO TO HELP YOU WITH THAT. WE TALKED ABOUT 200 MILES PER HOUR. THE 55. DON'T SLIDE THE TIRES GETTING ON TO PIT ROAD. THEN YOU HAVE TO CALL AN AUDIBLE AND CHANGE FOUR, WE HAD DRIVER TO DRIVER COMMUNICATION AT ONE TIME. NOW, THE ONLY WAY TO COMMUNICATE IS ANOTHER DRIVER IS FOR THAT DRIVER TO TELL HIS SPOTTER TO TELL THE OTHER DRIVER'S SPOTTER TO IT TELL HIM. THERE IS A DELAY. YOU CAN'T MAKE A LOT OF THE MOVES WITHOUT TELLING THE GUY BEHIND YOU TELL THAT GUY'S SPOTTER LET'S GO UP THE MEDDLE. TELL THAT GUY'S SPOTTER LET'S GO TO THE OUTSIDE. THAT IS GOOD WORKING TOGETHER. >> Mike: WE HE SAW DALE, JR. DROP TO THE BOTTOM AND. >> [RADIO]: DALE. >> Mike: AND COMING TO PIT ROAD. UNSCHEDULED STOP. JUST 21 LAPS INTO THE RACE. FOR ONE OF THE BIG FAVORITES HERE. DALE EARNHARDT, JR. AND HERE IS WHY. >> Darrell: HE GOT SOME CONTACT RIGHT THERE. YOU SEE SOME OF THE NOSE COME OFF OF THE BURGER KING CAR RIGHT THERE AND DAMAGE TO THAT LEFT REAR. >> Mike: KRISTA? >> Krista: DALE EARNHARDT, JR. LISTENING TO THE SPOTTER AND THE CREW CHIEF. TRYING TO CLEAR SOME DEBRIS. YOU SEE THEM WORKING ON THE BACK LEFT FENDER. THEY ARE NOT GETTING IT CLEAR RIGHT NOW. DEFINITELY ISSUES ON THE 88. >> Mike: EARNHARDT WILL GO A LAP DOWN AFTER CONTACT AND TRAVIS KVAPIL. >> Darrell: THEY WILL GET THAT LAP BACK EVENTUALLY. >> Larry: A LOT O OF FUEL OF WAYS HERE TO GET THE LAP BACK. >> Mike: KVAPIL HAS ALSO PITTED AND COMES BACK ON TRACK, LOSING ONE LAP. SO 23 LAPS IN. MATT KENSETH AND JIMMIE JOHNSON OUT FRONT AND TROUBLE IN TURN ONE. A GRENADE. THAT IS TREVOR BAYNE. HUGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE FROM BAYNE'S CAR. >> Darrell: SMOKING. A HUGE TRAIL ALL THROUGH ONE AND TWO DOWN THERE. >> [RADIO]: JUST BLUE UP. >> THE ENGINE BLEW UP HERE. NOT THE ENGINE. IT'S THE TRANNY. >> Mike: HE THINKS IT IS TRANSMISSION. >> [RADIO]: THE TRANSMISSION. >> Mike: WE SEE SMOKE OUT THE TAIL PIPE. USUALLY INDICATIVE OF A MAJOR ENGINE PROBLEM. >> Darrell: BUT THE DRIVER HAS A GRASP OF WHAT HE THINKS IT IS. PROBABLY A VIBRATION AND HE PROBABLY KNEW SOMETHING IN THE DRIVE TRAIN. >> Larry: JAMIE McMURRAY IN THE ONE HAD A WIND SHIELD FULL OF SMOKE. >> Darrell: SEE THE SMOKE UP THE BACK OF THE CAR THAT IS THE AIR BLOWING ON THE CAR BEHIND HIM KEEPING HIM FROM -- >> [RADIO]: GO GO TO THE TOP. ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP. ALL CLEAR. ALL CLEAR. >> Larry: ON THE WIND SHIELD. WENT ON THE ROOF CAM. >> Mike: LANDON IN THE NUMBER 33 WILL BE THE AARON'S LUCKY DOG AND GET BACK ON THE LEAD LAP IN THE FIRST CAUTION OF THE AFTERNOON IN TALLADEGA. TREVOR BAYNE COASTS AROUND WITHOUT POWER. AND THERE IS CASSEL. YOU DON'T NEED CREDIT, ALL YOU NEED IS AARON'S. CASSEL IN: LANDON CASTLE IN THE 33 HAD JUST GONE A LAP DOWN. NOW, WE WILL SEE WHAT THESE GUYS PRACTICED YESTERDAY THE DRIVER SWAP. >> Mike: THE ROOF HATCH THAT WAS SHOWN TO US EARLIER THAT NOTHING NEW. HAS BEEN IN NASCAR FOR TEN OR SO YEARS. IT IS OPTIONAL. HOWEVER, THE TEAMS USUALLY CHOOSE NOT TO INSTALL THAT IN THE ROOF OF THE CAR AND HERE IT WILL COME IN QUITE HANDY. >> Darrell: DESIGNED IF THE GUY GETS PINNED UP AGAINST THE WALL HE COULD POP THE HATCH AND GET OUT OF THE CAR. THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL DESIGN OF IT. >> Mike: FRESH OFF THE WIRE BROUGHT TO YOU BY KFC. DENNY HAMLIN IS GOING COME IN AND GIVE WAY TO BRIAN VICKERS. MATT? >> Matt: WE GIVE YOU BEFORE THE DROP OF THE GREEN THE CHECK LIST FOR DENNY HAMLIN. THEY JUST RAE REREAD IT TO DENNY HAMLIN AND HE IS STARTING TO GO THROUGH THE CHECK LIST OF DROPPING DOWN THE RAP NET AND FLIPING THAT OVER THE HEAD REST IN THE OTHER AREAS AS FAR AS LOOSENING THE BELTS. BRIAN VICKERS IS HOLDING STATION BEHIND THE WALL READY TO GO OVER. HE TOLD ME THAT RUNNING THE SPORTS CARS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS HELPS HIM WITH THE DRIVER EXCHANGE BECAUSE THAT IS COMMON PRACTICE IN THAT DISCIPLINE. THE GUYS ON THE WALL WAITING FOR DENNY TO COME DOWN PIT ROAD. AT THIS JUNCTURE IS CLOSED. >> Darrell: COULDN'T HAVE BEEN BETTER TIMING RIGHT HERE FOR DENNY HAMLIN AT 23 LAPS. >> Larry: PIT ROAD BEING CLOSED GIVES THEM A LITTLE MORE TIME TO PREP TO MAKE THE CHANGE. >> Mike: AND THE REASON IT WAS CLOSED IS TREVOR BAYNE CAME TO A HALT AT THE PIT ROAD ENTRANCE. IT WAS PARTIALLY BLOCKED. >> Larry: THAT CAUTION WAS A BIG BREAK FOR DALE EARNHARDT, JR. IN THE 88 BECAUSE HE WENT A LAP DOWN BUT WHERE HE WAS GOING TO COME OUT HE WAS GOING TO BE BY HIMSELF AND IF THEY WOULD HAVE STAYED GREEN HE WOULD HAVE WENT TWO LAPS DOWN. >> Mike: 24 LAPS COMPLETE. WE ARE UNDER CAUTION. WORKING LAP 25. HERE IS TODAY'S FORD ECO BOOST TRACK FACTS. TALLADEGA IS THE LONGEST AKRON ITTIVE TRACK IN NASCAR AT 2.66 MILES. DAYTONA IS 2.5. 21 LAST LAP PASSES FOR THE WIN. THAT IS THE MOST OF ANY NASCAR TRACK. MATT KENSETH WON HERE LAST FALL THE LAST TIME A FORD FUSION REACHED VICTORY LANE AT TALLADEGA. YOU SEE THE OUTLINE OF THIS PLACE. TALLADEGA BOULEVARD AND THE CROSS STREET THERE ON THE INFIELD ARE PART OF WHAT WAS BUILT AS A WORLD WAR II TRAINING BASE IN CENTRAL, ALABAMA. THE LAND SAT FALLOW UNTIL THE LATE 1960s WHEN BILL FRANZ WAS GIVEN THE OKAY TO BUILD THIS SPEEDWAY. >> Darrell: ON SATURDAY NIGHT DOWN THE BOULEVARD AS THEY SAY THAT ISENT VAINING OVER THERE. >> Larry: I KNOW WHAT ELSE WILL B ENTERTAINING. WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE 38 OR 39 DRIVERS ON PIT ROAD AT ONE TIME. A LOT PROBABLY JUST CHANGING TWO TIRES. IT WILL BE LIKE RUSH HOUR ON PARK AVENUE. >> Mike: DALE, JR. COMES OUT OF THE PITS ONE LAP DOWN ALONG WITH JOE NEMECHEK AND TRAVIS KVAPIL. PIT ROAD IS OPEN. AND HERE COMES MATT KENSETH AND JIMMIE JOHNSON AND THE REST OF THE LEAD LAP CARS. KRISTA? >> Krista: RUSH HOUR, INDEED. YOU MENTIONED THAT MATT KENSETH WON HERE LAST OCTOBER. HE IS EXTREMELY CONFIDENT INSIDE THE COCKPIT RIGHT NOW. THE PLAN FOR THE TEAM, RIGHT-SIDE TIRES ONLY. JIMMIE JOHNSON WHO HE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH ALSO PLANNING ON RIGHT-SIDE TIRES. STEVE? >> Steve: HENDRICKS TEAM JEFF GORDON AND KASEY KAHNE SAY THE CARS ARE HANDLING WELL. BOTH WILL TAKE RIGHT-SIDE TIRES. MAT? >> Matt: THEY WILL HELP DENNY EXIT THROUGH THE ROOF. A STEP STOOL FOR HIM TO JUMP DOWN ON IT GINGERLY. VICKERS SLIDES IN. SPIDER GUILLEN IS OUT THERE HELPING THROUGH THE SIDE OF THE WINDOW. HAS THE SIDE WINDOW OUT. NOW, SINCE THE CAR IS DOWN AND DENNY IS OUT THEY WILL TOP OFF THE CAR WITH FUEL. 30 SECONDS AT THIS POINT. YOU CAN SEE SPIDER GUILLEN INSIDE HELPING BRIAN WITH HIS BELTS AND GET THE NETS AND EHE SPECIALLY THE ROOF HATCH NET BACK FIXED. 40 SECONDS THAT THE POINT. REMEMBER, DURING PRACTICE IT WAS JUST OVER 60 SECONDS. BOTH STOPS. AND THEY PRACTICED THIS IN THE GARAGE. IMPRESSIVE DRIVER EXCHANGE GOING ON HERE IN THE 11 TODAY. GUYS? >> Mike: AS BRIAN VICKERS GETS READY TO ROLL. NINE DRIVERS CHOSE NOT TO PIT UNDER THIS FIRST CAUTION. >> Larry: WHEN WE COME BACK HE WILL TELL YOU WHY THEY HE PROBABLY WON'T STILL BE OUT ON >> Mike: DARK CLOUDS MOVING OVER THE DARK FROM THE AERIAL COVERAGE PROVIDED BY GOOD YEAR. EVERYTHING WE LEARNED MAKING TIRES THAT FACE THE GRUELING DEMANDS OF NASCAR INSPIRE WHAT WE ROLL INTO YOURS. GOOD YEAR, OFFICIAL TIRE OF NASCAR. THROUGHOUT THIS AARON'S DREAM WEEKEND AT TALLADEGA AARONS PARTNERED WITH THE COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL, ALABAMA, TO HELP THE HUNGRY BY HOSTING A FOOD DRIVE HERE AT THE SPEEDWAY. ASSOCIATES AND VOLUNTEERS COLLECTING NONPERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS AT THE AARON'S DISPLAY PROUDLY DRIVING AN END TO HUNGER IN ALABAMA. 27 LAPS COMPLETE UNDER THE FIRST CAUTION OF THE DAY FOR TREVOR BAYNE. DENNY HAMLIN HAS CLIMBED OUT OF THE CAR. ATOP THE PIT BOX IN THE NUMBER 11 PIT AND SHORTLY WILL WILL BE JOINING CHRIS MYERS IN THE HOLLYWOOD HOTEL. LET'S GO TO THE GARAGE. JEFF HAMMOND? >> Jeff: DOWN HERE WITH TREVOR BAYNE. REPORTED YOU BROKE A TRANSMISSION. LOOKS MORE TERMINAL THAN THAT. >> WITH OIL POURING OUT OF THE THING I WOULD SAY IT IS THE ENGINE. DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT YET. THAT THING WAS REALLY FAST. WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT LANES WE WERE GOING TO WORK. SEEMS LIKE THERE IS TWO OR THREE LANES YOUKI WORK IN. A FUN RACE AND EXCITING. A FAST FORD QUICK LANE CAR HERE. STINKS FOR THE TEAM THIS WEEKEND. I GUESS WE BRUSH IT OFF AND TAKE THE CAR BACK TO DAYTONA. FELT BAD FOR JAMIE McMURRAY. FELT LIKE HE WAS IN A SMOKE BOMB BACK THERE. WE HAD A GREAT RACE CAR AND UNFORTUNATELY IN THE GARAGE EARLY TODAY. >> Jeff: A SHORT DAY FOR TREVOR BAYNE. >> Mike: LARRY, NINE CARS STAYED OUT ON THE FIRST LAP OF CAUTION WHEN THE PITS OPEN AND THEN? >> Larry: THEY HAVE ALL NOW BEEN TO PIT ROAD. TWO OF THEM IN PARTICULAR, KEVIN HARVICK AND PAUL MENARD GOT A POINT FOR LEADING A LAP. BUT I THINK THEY WANT TO BE AT THE BACK RIGHT NOW. AND SO THE WAY TO DO THAT IS PIT AFTER EVERYBODY ELSE DOES. >> Darrell: LOOKED LIKE DENNY WAS TELLING DERIAN GRUB THAT THE THING WAS FALLING OVER ON THE RIGHT-REAR LIKE HE TURNED IN AND IT WAS DIPPING DOWN ON THE RIGHT-REAR. >> [RADIO]: BATTERY SWITCH ON. ORANGE MARK. >> [RADIO]: FIRE IT UP. >> [RADIO]: GO AHEAD AND ROLL. GO CATCH UP. >> [RADIO]: READY TO DO FOUR TIRES ONCE WE CATCH UP. EVERYTHING FEEL GOODED THERE, BRIAN? >> [RADIO]: FEELS GOOD. GOOD JOB, GUYS. >> SAYS HAMLIN LIN ON THE WIND SHIELD BUT BRIAN VICKERS ABOARD. >> Larry: WHEREVER BRIAN VICKERS FINISHES THE RACE EVEN IF HE WINS IT DENNY HAMLIN GETS CREDIT FOR IT BECAUSE HE TOOK THE GREEN FLAG AND STARTED THE RACE. >> Darrell: SOUNDED LIKE MISSION CONTROL. >> Mike: VERY MUCH LIKE AS WE GO BACK TO GREEN COMPLETING LAP 28 AND MATT KENSETH HOLDS THE LEAD WITH JIMMIE JOHNSON IN YOU TO YOU. DOWN ON THE INSIDE KASEY KAHNE WITH JEFF GORDON. >> Darrell: YOU SEE THE 20 CAR OF MATT KENSETH GETS THE HUGE JUMP ON EVERYBODY BUT MAN, THAT USUALLY MEANS YOU ARE A SITTING DUCK OUT THERE BE THE TIME THEY GET UP TO SPEED GOING DOWN THE BACK. HE GOT THE SOME HELP AND THAT LITTLE 20 CAR OF MATT KENSETH IS PRETTY FAST. >> Larry: REMEMBER HE LED ALMOST HALF OF THE DAYTONA 500 UNTIL HE HAD THE ENGINE ISSUES. >> Mike: WATCH WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET TOO FAR OUT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER PACK. HERE COMES THE OTHER LANE TO DRAFT ON BY HIM. JEFF BURTON IN A RICHARD CHILDRESS CHEVROLET OUT IN CAR STALLSHEN HIS CRISTALS OUT OUT FACING THE WIND AND CEP HELP FROM JIMMIE JOHNSON. >> Darrell: A STRONG PUSH FOR MATT KENSETH IN THE 20 CAR. JEFF GORDON BACK THERE IN THE 4. THE INSIDE LINE GOT THE PUSH RIGHT NOW. >> Larry: YOU HAVE THREE HENDRICK DRIVERS PUSHING MATT KENSETH IN THE TOYOTA FOR JOE GIBBS RACING. >> Mike: 15 WAY UP ON THE OUTSIDE LINE DANICA PATRICK. STEVE? >> Steve: AND MIKE, THE ONLY ISSUE SHE HAS RIGHT NOW, SHE IS CONCERNED THAT THE RACE CAR IS A LITTLE BIT LIGHT IN THE BACK BUT SHE SAYS OTHERWISE IT IS HANDLING WELL. THEY TOOK FOUR TIRES AND MADE AN AIR PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT ON THE 10 CAR. >> Darrell: I KNOW WHAT SHE IS TALKING ABOUT. I SAW THE CAR GO THROUGH HERE. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO DRIVE ON THE CARS, THE BACK END GETS LIGHT. I SAW HER CAR GET A LITTLE BIT SQUIRRELY COMING IN THROUGH WHOMEVER THAT IS TUCK UP UNDERNEATH. 'TIS. GOT THE TAR A LITTLE LOOSE. >> Larry: IT THE IS TOUGHEST PART OF THE RACETRACK. >> Darrell: RUNNING 195 MEAL AN HOUR WITH A LOT LESS BANKING. GETS LIGHT GOING THROUGH THERE PARTICULARLY WHEN PEOPLE ARE PUSHING YOU. >> Mike: AT DAYTONA, DANICA PATRICK WAS THIRD. WITH ONE LAP TO GO TRYING TO BECOME THE -- GOT A TOP TEN BUT NOT THE TOP FIVE SHE HOPED FOR. ACROSS THE LINE TO COMPLETE LAP 31. TIME FOR A SUNDAY NASCAR ON FOX SUPER SPEEDWAY CRANK 'EM UP! [ ENGINE REVVING ] >> Mike: COMPLETING 33 OF 188 LAPS. MATT KENSETH OUT FRONT IN A JOE GIBBS TOYOTA THAT LIKES TO LEAD. 86 LAPS AT DAYTONA IN FEBRUARY AND 33 WHEN WON HERE LAST FALL. >> Chris: THE AARON'S 499 ON FOX IS SPONSORED BY BUDWEISER. GREAT TIMES ARE WAITING. GRAB SOME BUDS. >> Mike: 36 LAPS IN HERE AT TALLADEGA. TIME FOR AN AT&T RACE BREAK BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE NATION'S FASTEST 4 GLTE NED WORK. MATT KENSETH PICKING UP WHERE HE STARTED OFF IN THE DAYTONA 500 WHERE HE DOMINATED THAT RACE. A BLOWN ENGINE IN THE LAST 120 MILES TOOK HIM OUT OF THE POSSIBILITY OF VICTORY THERE. A TWO-TIME WINNER SO FAR THIS SEASON. DALE EARNHARDT, JR. ONE OF THE FAVORITES CONTACT EARLIER WITH TRAVIS KVAPIL. JUNIOR IN THE 88 NATIONAL GUARD CAR A LAP DOWN CURRENTLY. ALL THREE RICHARD CHILDRESS DRIVERS HAVE LED A LAP TODAY. THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE STORY FOR MUCH OF THE YEAR. KEVIN HARVICK IS MOVING UP AND BRIAN VICKERS IN THE 11 CAR FOR DENNY HAMLIN AFTER THE SWAP IS MOVING UP FAST. DENNY HAMLIN WILL BE HE JOINING US HERE MOMENTARILY IN THE HOLLYWOOD HOTEL. STEWART HAAS RACING. HER TEAMMATE AND BOSS RIDING ALONG WITH HER. BUCKLE YOUR SEATBELT AND PLAY AT&T FASTEST DRIVER CHALLENGE. CALL STAR, STAR FAST FROM YOUR LOCAL PHONE TO PREDICT WHO WILL HAVE THE FASTEST TIME IN THE RACE TODAY. ALL BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE NATION'S FASTEST 4G LTE NETWORK. AT&T. RETHINK POSSIBLE. LET'S REJOIN, DARRELL, LARRY AND MIKE. >> Mike: THANKS, CHRIS. INTERESTING STRATEGY. JEFF BURTON'S NUMBER 31 WAS RUNNING 10th WHEN THEY CAME BACK TWO LAPS AGO AND HE HAS DROPPED TO 28 WHICH IS THE TAIL END OF THE LEAD DRAFT. AT FIRST I THOUGHT THE CAR WAS OFF PACE BUT THEN HE PICKED UP AND JUMPED BACK WITH EVERYBODY. JUST MAYBE OUT OF HARM'S WAY A LITTLE BIT, DARRELL. >> Darrell: JEFF GORDON DID THE SAME THING. HE CAME BY RUNNING 4th OR ARE 5th AND GOT SHUFFLED BACK INTO THE MIDDLE LINE AND FELL WAY BACK. THAT IS WHEN YOU DON'T WANT TO PANIC. DON'T WANT TO SAY I GOT TO GET BACK UP THERE, I GOT TO GET BACK UP THERE. THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO DO WHAT MAYBE DALE, JR. IS DOING AND MAYBE JEFF GORDON. SMART GUYS. I GOT SHUFFLED BACK HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE ME TO GET BACK TO THE FRONT. >> Larry: WE ARE NOT EVEN A FOURTH OF WAY THROUGH THE RACE AND A LOT OF PITSTOPS TO GO. >> Darrell: NO NEED TO PANIC RIGHT NOW. >> Mike: GORDON'S 24 ALONGSIDE MARCOS AMBROSE BEHIND KYLE BUSCH AS THE FRONT FIVE CARS HAVE BROKEN AWAY A LITTLE BIT. BRIAN VICKERS UP THERE TO 9th PLACE, MATT, AFTER RESTARTING 32nd. >> Matt: A PITSTOP AFTER THE EXCHANGE TO MAKE MORE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE RACE CAR. THE CAR WAS ON THE FREE SIDE. GOING BACK TO THE COMMENTS THAT DARRELL WAS MAKING LOOKING AT THE DISCUSSION THAT DENNY WAS HAVING WITH THE TEAM AND ALSO KEEP IN MIND THAT KNOWING THAT BRIAN WAS GOING TO BE IN THE CAR THIS IS BRIAN'S SEAT AND SEAT INSERT AND THE MIRRORS WERE ALL ADJUSTED TO BRIAN FRIDAY AT THE END OF PRACTICE SO HE WOULD HAVE A COMFORTABLE RIDE TODAY. >> Darrell: ONE THING I LIKE ABOUT THE 11 CAR ARE WITH BRIAN VICKERS ONBOARD. THEY PLANNED THIS OUT. DIDN'T JUST DECIDE ON TUESDAY LET'S DO A DRIVER SWAP AND PUT A HATCH. TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO GET THIS ORCHESTRATED THE WAY THEY DID. >> Mike: AND JEFF BURTON HAS FINISHED FIVE IN THE LAST TEN >> Mike: CRASH IN TURN ONE! >> Darrell: HUGE CRASH. UNBELIEVABLE CRASH. >> Mike: KYLE BUSCH GOT INTO THE BACK OF KASEY KAHNE. THE WALL, ASINTO THE WALLACE BUSCH TRIED TO CHANGE LANES. HEAVY HIT. >> Larry: THAT STARTED HAPPENING BEFORE THEY GOT TO THE START FINISH LINE. >> Mike: 42 LAPS IN. AND WE ARE GOING TO START FROM OUR GOOD YEAR AERIAL VIEW AS YOU SEE CARS COMING BY WITH LOTS OF DAMAGE. >> Darrell: GOING TO SEE KYLE BUSCH AND KASEY KAHNE UP NEAR THE FRONT RIGHT HERE. KYLE ON THE OUTSIDE KAHNE IN THE MIDDLE. >> Darrell: KAHNE IN THE MIDDLE. KAHNE COMES UP AND KYLE GOES DOWN. I THINK IT WAS MORE LIKE KYLE WENT DOWN AND KAHNE WENT UP. MAKE A LITTLE LIGHT CONTACT RIGHT HERE WHEN KYLE LOOKS LIKE HE IS GETTING A PUSH FROM MARCOS AMBROSE. STARTS TO MOVE TO THE OUTSIDE AND CATCHES THE BACK OF THE 5 CAR KAHNE AND SENDS HIM AROUND. JAMIE McMURRAY. >> Mike: HAMLIN. >> Darrell: AND THE 29 OF HARVICK. >> Mike: HAMLIN HIT BY VICKERS. REUTIMANN. >> Larry: MARTIN TRUEX, JR. IN THE 56 BASICALLY ALL BUT STOPPED TO KEEP FROM GETTING IN IT. JEFF BURTON IN THE 31. >> Mike: DANICA PATRICK. GILLILAND. HERE IT IS AGAIN. >> Darrell: GETS ON THE RIGHT-REAR CORNER AND THEN KASEY COMES OFF CORRECTS AND COMES RIGHT INTO THE SIDE OF THE 18 CAR OF KYLE BUSCH AND THEN ON FROM THERE. >> Larry: A LOT OF DRIVERS RUNNING FROM THIRD ON BACK WERE INVOLVED IN THAT. >> Mike: DANICA PATRICK DOES A NICE JOB OF AVOIDING CONTACT. >> Darrell: YOU SEE IT RIGHT HERE. JUST A LITTLE NUDGE. AT THE WRONG PLACE. >> Mike: AND DARRELL, WHAT WE DIDN'T QUITE SEE THERE IS WAS KYLE BEING PUSHED BY MARCOS AMBROSE INTO KAHNE? >> Darrell: I THINK THEY WERE GOING TO GO AROUND KASEY AND DIDN'T TIME IT JUST RIGHT AND JUST BARELY RUN INTO THE BACK OF KASEY KAHNE AND THAT SENT HIM SAILING. A BUNCH OF REALLY -- A BUNCH OF CARS IN HERE THAT COULD HAVE WON THE RACE. >> Larry: BIFFLE IN THE 16. >> Darrell: WATCH DANICA BACK HERE. JUST BASICALLY SEES THE WHOLE THING UNFOLD. ALL THE CARS ARE CRASHING IN FRONT OF HER. HOW SHE KEEPS FROM GETTING RUN OVER OR RUN OVER SOMEONE I DO NOT KNOW. >> Larry: THREADED THE NEEDLE. >> Mike: LET'S RIDE WITH DANICA AND SEE HOW SHE GETS THROUGH YOU THIS. >> Darrell: SPOTTER HAD TO DO A WHALE OF A JOB AND SHE DID, TOO, BUT NOT PANICKING. >> [RADIO]: BACK TO THREE WIDE BOTTOM. THE BOTTOM. AL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM. ALL THE WAY. STOP. RIGHT HERE. STOPPED RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. I CAN'T SEE. REALLY, REALLY GOOD JOB. REALLY GOOD JOB. GET BACK UP TO SPEED. >> Mike: PATRICK THROUGH UNSCATHED. SHE IS 9th. KYLE BUSCH AUDIO. >> [RADIO]: ALL RIGHT? >> [RADIO]: I'M ALL RIGHT. AND I CAUSED IT. >> Darrell: HE DID. HE GOT INTO THE BACK OF KASEY KAHNE JUST LIGHTLY BUT THE CARS ARE SO LIGHT IN THE BACK END WITH THE SMALL SPOILER ON THERE EASY TO TURN ONE OF THEM AROUND. >> Mike: A LOT OF GOOD CARS TORN UP IN THE BIG ONE AT TALLADEGA. LAP 42. >> Mike: UNDER CAUTION FOR THE SECOND TIME AT TALLADEGA. KYLE BUSCH GETTING INTO THE BACK OF KASEY KAHNE. DENNY HAMLIN GOING TO CHECK OUT THE DAMAGE ON HIS CAR WHICH WAS THEN DRIVEN BY BRIAN VICKERS AND IS NOW IN THE GARAGE. WATCH THE 18. THE M & M'S CAR BEHIND KAHNE. NO CONTACT FROM AMBROSE. >> Darrell: JUST GETS INTO THE RIGHT-REAR RIGHT HERE AND JUST SUCH A VULNERABLE SPOT WITH THE CARS. REALLY LIGHT IN THE BACK. SO VULNERABLE AND JUST TURNED THE CAR. >> Larry: IT WAS A VERY SMALL AMOUNT THAT HE TOUCHED HIM BUT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH. >> Darrell: DOESN'T TAKE HARDLY ANYTHING. >> Mike: AND NOW ONBOARD KASEY KAHNE. >> [RADIO]: CLEAR HIGH. >> [RADIO]: YOU ALL RIGHT? >> Mike: THE 13 OF CASEY MERES SEVERAL TIMES. HERE IS HIS ONBOARD. >> [RADIO]: THERE YOU GO. >> [RADIO]: WE'RE IN IT HARD HERE, GUYS. >> [RADIO]: COME TO PIT LANE. >> Mike: AND KEVIN HARVICK RIGHT BEHIND DAVID STREMME. >> [RADIO]: CHECK JUT. GO LOW IF YOU CAN. GO LOW IF YOU CAN. >> [RADIO]: TURNED ON THE OUTSIDE WALL THERE. >> [RADIO]: EVERYBODY'S WRECKED. >> Mike: WELL, NOT EVERYBODY BUT ALMOST EVERYBODY. THESE ARE THE CARS THAT WERE INVOLVED OR HAD SOME DAMAGE. 13 OF THEM IN THIS LAP 43 PILEUP AT TALLADEGA. >> Mike: THE AARON'S 499 ON FOX IS SPONSORED BY TOYOTA. LET'S GO PLACES. BY SUNOCO. THE OFFICIAL FUEL OF NASCAR. AND COCA-COLA ZERO. REAL COKE TASTE AND 0 CALORIES. >> DALE EARNHARDT, JR. WAS THE FIRST CAR ONE LAP DOWN. HE IS THE AARON'S LUCKY DOG. DON'T NEED CREDIT. ALL YOU NEED IS AARON'S. EARNHARDT BACK ON THE LEAD LAP AND DANICA PATRICK RUNNING NINTH HAD A WILD RIDE THROUGH ALL THAT. WATCH THE GREEN NUMBER 10 TOP OF THE SCREEN AFTER GOING TO THE APRON. AND TRYING TO GET BACK UP ON TRACK. HEY, NOW, HERE COMES KYLE BUSCH. >> Darrell: AND YOU KNOW WHAT, MIKE, THAT IS JUST GOOD AWARENESS RIGHT THERE. THAT 18 CAR IS COMING DOWN THAT HILL OUT OF CONTROL. HE IS NOT DRIVING HIS CAR. >> Mike: AND HERE IS HOW SHE DESCRIBED IT. >> [RADIO]: THAT WAS SKETCHY GETTING ON TO THE LAST APRON. THE FIRST APRON WAS FINE BUT THE SECOND ONE WAS LIKE HOLY CRAP I MIGHT JUST SPIN MYSELF OUT GOING DOWN HERE. >> [RADIO]: IT WAS PRETTY COOL WATCHING THE END CAR THERE. >> Darrell: WHAT SHE HE IS TALKING ABOUT TWO LEVELS OF THE APRON. RIGHT UP NEXT TO THE TRACK BANKED QUITE A BIT AND ALL THE WAY BACK OFF OF THAT IT IS FLAT. >> Mike: DENNY HAMLIN ABOUTS CAR ARE IN THE GARAGE. BRIAN VICKERS CAUGHT UP IN IT WITH DAMAGE. >> Darrell: I FELT LIKE TODAY WAS CRITICAL FOR THE 11 CAR FOR POINTS TO MAKE THE CHASE. A BIG BLOW TO THE TEAM. >> Larry: PIT ROAD WILL BE OPEN BECAUSE SO MUCH DEBRIS OUT THERE. WE MAY SEE DRIVERS GO WITH FOUR TIRES. KRISTA? >> Krista: LARRY, THAT IS WHAT JASON RADCLIFF IS TRYING TO DECIDE. THE PLAN WAS TO TAKE THEY THOUGHT FOUR BUT THEN AT THE LAST MEN HE SAID LET'S GO RIGHT SIDES BUT I WILL LOOK AT THE LEFTS IF THEY LOOK LOW AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS DAMAGE WE WILL GO WITH FOUR. THE CALL RIGHT NOW IS TWO FOR MATT KENSETH. STEVE? >> Steve: MARTIN TRUEX, JR.'S TEAM IS CONCERNED ABOUT DAMAGE BEHIND THE LEFT-FRONT TIRE. YOU CAN SEE SOME SHEET METAL ALMOST RUBBING ON THE LEFT-FRONT TIRE. THEY HAD THEIR SAWS OUT AND HAVE SOME BOND ADHESIVE. TAKE THE TIRE OUT. CHADDED JOHNSON SAID LET'S TAKE THE TIME TO GET THE SHEET METAL OFF SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY TIRE RUBS. THEY ARE USING PRETTY HEAVY MALLET TO GET THE SHEET METAL BACK TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO TIRE RUBS ON THE LEFT-FRONT TIRE. ALL PART OF THE DAMAGE FROM THE BIG ONE. >> Mike: SEVEN DRIVERS CHOSE NOT TO PIT HERE AT LAP 48 COMPLETE. INCLUDING ROOKIE RICKY STENHOUSE. >> Larry: HE WILL GET A POINT FOR LEADING THE LAP. >> Mike: DOWN TO THE GARAGE AREA AND JEFF HAMMOND. >> Jeff: I'M DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW WITH KYLE BUSCH. JUST CAME OUT OF THE CARE CENTER. ARE YOU OKAY AND TELL US WHAT HAPPENED? >> I'M ALL RIGHT. I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. I KNOW I GOT INTO THE BACK OF THE 5. AND I GUESS I WAS TRYING TO GO TO THE OUTSIDE OF HIM BUT JUST MOVED UP IN FRONT OF ME AND I WASN'T EXPECTING IT AND THEN I TRIED GO TO THE OUTSIDE OF HIM AND BEFORE I COULD GO TO THE OUTSIDE OF HIM I GOT IN THE BACK OF HIM. I HATE THAT I CAUSED A MELE FOR EVERYBODY AND HATE THAT A LOT OF CARS GOT TORN UP AND WAY TOO EARLY IN THE RACE TO BE DOING ANY OF THOSE SORTS OF MOVES. WHETHER HE MADE IT OR I MADE IT I HATED THAT WE ALL GOT CRASHED IN THAT DEAL. I DON'T KNOW. I THINK OUR DAY IS DONE. >> Jeff: THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. >> Mike: A LOT OF CARS STILL UNDER REPAIR ON PIT ROAD AND IN THE GARAGE. MORE BEING HAULED BACK THERE AFTER A 13-CAR PILEUP AT TALLADEGA. >> Chris: THE AARON'S 49 THE ON FOX IS SPONSORED BY CHEVY SILVERADO. WHICH LOWES. NEVER STOP IMPROVING. AND BY AT&T. RETHINK POSSIBLE. >> Mike: 50 LAPS IN UNDER CAUTION. INITER TO A CHANCE TO WIN THE ALL NEW 2014 CHEVROLET SILVER ADO AND A MEET AND GREET WITH TONY STEWART. VISIT WIN THE NEW SILVERADO.COM RIGHT NOW AND ENTER TO WIN. CHECK IN WITH JEFF HAMMOND. HE IS WITH ONE OF THE PRIMARY DRIVERS INVOLVED IN THE 13 CAR WRECK. >> Jeff: HAD THE WIND KNOCKED OUT OF YOU BUT OTHER THAN THAT OKAY? >> I AM. WE HAD A REALLY FAST TIME-WARNER CABLE CHEVROLET. I HAD A TON OF MOMENTUM AND HAD TO O OF FUEL GO TO THE RIGHT TO GET IN FRONT OF THE 18. THAT IS WHAT I THOUGHT HAPPENED WAS SEM LAR ARE TO THAT. SO JUST GOING FOR IT AND LOST MOMENTUM. EVERYBODY SHOVING AND CAN'T REALLY HIT FROM BEHIND IN THESE CARS. I GOT HIT A LITTLE BIT AND THEN WENT TO THE RIGHT AND SPUN. NOTHING YOU COULD DO AT THAT POINT. >> Jeff: TOUGH FOR KASEY KAHNE, GUYS. >> Mike: 50 LAPS NOW YOU COMPLETE. WE WILL GO BACK TO GREEN THIS TIME AS CARS CONTINUE TO GET UNLOADED OFF THE ROLLBACKS. NO PLACE IS SAFE, DARRELL. BEHIND THE RACE LEADER MATT KENSETH NINE OF THE NEXT 14 CARS WERE INVOLVED IN THE PILEUP. >> Darrell: MATT KENSETH WON THE RACE LAST FALL BECAUSE HE HAD A FAST CAR AND STAYED OUT FRONT AND STAYED OUT OF TROUBLE. I ALWAYS TOLD HEY HAMMOND, WHAT CAN TO HELP YOU AT TALLADEGA. GIVE ME A FAST CAR. >> Mike: 51 LAPS COMPLETE. MATT KENSETH LED NEARLY ONE THIRD OF THE LAPS IN THE LAST 8 RACES COMBINED. HE IS THE FRONTRUNNER. JIMMIE JOHNSON ALONGSIDE. TOYOTA VERSUS CHEVROLET AS THEY COME BACK TO GREEN. MATT KENSETH IN THE 20 RIGHT UP IN FRONT OF JIMMIE JOHNSON BEFORE THEY GOT TO TURN ONE. >> Darrell: THEY WERE WORKING WELL BEFORE THE CAUTION CAME OUT. THE 48 OF JIMMIE JOHNSON GIVING THE 20 OF MATT KENSETH A NICE SHOVE. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WELL, TOGETHER. >> Larry: THAT INSIDE LINE, REGAN SMITH IN THE 51 AND JOEY LOGANO IN THE 22, THE CLOSE FINISH YESTERDAY IN THE NATIONWIDE SERIES RACE, THOSE TWO DRIVERS, REGAN SMITH GOING TO VICTORY LANE, IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE IN THIS RACE AND A PLAYER IN THIS RACE IF YOU HAVE ANY AMBITION WHATSOEVER OF WINNING THIS RACE YOU GOT TO PUT THAT WRECK OUT OF YOUR MEAN AND GO BACK TO DOING WHAT WERE DOING. CAN'T LET THAT AFFECT WHAT YOU WILL DO THE REST OF THE DAY. WAY TOO EARLY. >> Mike: THE SHOT FROM PIT ROAD SHOWED BIG GREY CLOUDS LOOMING TO THE WEST. THE LATE AFTERNOON FORECAST 60% FOR RAIN. WE WILL IGNORE ALL THAT FOR NOW AS THEY RUN THROUGH THE STAY DRY DOWN IN TURN ONE AND GET RIGHT BACK AT IT. >> Darrell: AND IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY TIMES THE SPOTTER OR CREW CHIEF ON SOMEBODY SAYS DON'T PUSH THE CAR IN FRONT OF YOU. THEY ARE A LITTLE LIGHT THROUGH THE TRIOVAL. TIMES YOU CAN'T AVOID IT. >> Mike: WHERE IS CLINT BOWYER HEADED? >> Darrell: I WOULD SAY HE IS LOOKING FOR MAYBE THE 55 CAR. >> Larry: HIS TEAMMATE. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HE IS DOING. >> Darrell: MY LITTLE BROTHER BACK THERE. REMEMBER, CLINT BOWYER WAS NOT MUCH OF A FACTOR HERE UNTIL LATE IN THE RACE LAST YEAR AND I THINK THAT STRATEGY PAYS OFF FOR HIM IT IS WHAT HE IS PROBABLY GOING TO TRY TO DO TODAY. >> Mike: YELEY AND MCDOWELL COMING THROUGH. A COUPLE OF GREAT RUNS AT DAYTONA. McMURRAY IN THE ONE AND DAVE BLANEY IN THE 7. LIKE YOU SAID AT THE TOP OF THE SHOW, LARRY, IF YOU CAN STAY WITH THE LEAD DRAFT YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN THIS. >> Larry: THAT IS THE WHOLE KEY. I DO DEFINITELY AGREE WITH DARRELL THAT THE SAFEST PLACE IS WHERE MATT KENSETH IN THE 20 CAR IS AT RIGHT NOW AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY OUT FRONT. LOOK AT DANICA PATRICK IN THE 10 CAR ON THE INSIDE. THE GREEN CAR. SHE HAS FOUND HER BOYFRIEND RICKY STENHOUSE, JR. IN THE 17. THEY ARE BACK UP IN THE TOP TEN. >> Mike: 54 LAPS COMPLETE. BACK UNDER GREEN AND MISSING A A LOT OF CONTENDERS. LET'S UPDATE THE HAMLIN VICKERS NUMBER 11 WITH MATT? >> Matt: THE CODRIVES BACK HERE IN THE GARAGE AREA. VICKERS IS PATIENTLY IN THE CAR. DENNY IS UP FRONT LOOKING OVER THE REPAIR WORK. ALREADY CUT OFF JUST PAST THE FRONT WHEEL WELL OPENINGS TAKING ALL OF THE FENDER AND NOSE SECTION OFF. THAT IS SITTING OUTSIDE THE GARAGE. RIGHT NOW THEY ARE TRYING TO TRIM THE REPLACEMENT PIECE THAT ALL OF THE TEAMS HAVE IN THE GARAGE AREA JUST FOR THIS TYPE OF SITUATION. THEY HAVE QUICK CONNECT HOSE FITTINGS ON THE RADIATOR AND CHOSE TO GETTING THIS PUT BACK ON AND THEN HUGE CHUNKS OF DUCT TAPE TO SEAL THIS IN PLACE AND GET THE 11 CAR BACK OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. >> Mike: A LOT OF WORK GOING ON IN THE GARAGE. LOOK AT TODAY'S TOYOTA TOP PERFORMERS WITH MATT KENSETH OUT IN FRONT LEADING 45 OF THE 55 LAPS SO FAR. MARTIN TRUEX 12th AND DAVID STREMME 0th. >> Darrell: SOME OF THESE GUYS ARE JUST SO COMFORTABLE DRIVING IN PACKS LIKE THIS WITH CARS ALL AROUND THEM. THE CAR WIGGLING. I KNOW THESE CARS YOU CAN'T SEE IT FROM MAYBE OUR CAMERA ANGLES BUT THESE CARS ARE MOVING AROUND. THE DRIVER IS TRYING TO HOLD THE STEERING WHEEL AS STRAIGHT AS POSSIBLE BUT THE WIND BUMPING OFF OF THE CARS IN FRONT OF YOU AND BESIDE YOU THE CAR IS MOVING AROUND A LOT MORE THAN YOU THINK IT IS. >> Larry: DARRELL, THE POLE SITTER CARL EDWARDS IN THE 99 CAR DECIDED HE WANTS TO RUN UP AT THE FRONT. HE DROPPED BACK AND THERE HE IS UP IN THE TOP FIVE. >> Mike: NEW LEADERRIAN NEWMAN UP TO THE FRONT. THEY LEFT MATT KENSETH ON THE HIGH SIDE. EDWARDS JUMPS UP IN FRONT OF HIM. >> Darrell: AND NOW BRAD KEZELOWSKI JUMPS UP IN FRONT OF CARL AND REAN NEWMAN JUMPS UP IN FRONT OF ALL OF THEM. A LOT O OF FUEL OF JUMPING GOING ON HERE. >> Larry: THE ONLY TOP FIVE FINISH FOR STEWART HAAS RACING SO FAR IN 2013 WAS RYAN NEWMAN FIFTH IN THE DAYTONA 500. >> Darrell: THE CAR IS STRONG, I TELL YOU THAT. WHEN TOOK THE LEAD HE TOOK IT WITH A LOT OF AUTHORITY. >> Mike: KURT BUSCH LEADS THE INSIDE LANE WITH THE BLUE FORD OF ARIC ALMIROLA AND THE YELLOW CHEVROLET OF PAUL MENARD. ABOUT A 2-MILE AN HOUR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO LINE THERE'S. NOW, IT IS THREE WIDE. >> Darrell: WATCH THE 39 CAR GAP THESE GUYS COMING OFF THE CORNER. THAT THING IS GOING SOME WHERE. GOT A LOT OF POWER. >> Mike: KRISTA? >> Krista: KURT BUSCH HAS BEEN THROUGH OBSTACLES IN THE RACE. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A RIGHT-FRONT FLAT WHEN ALL THE CHAOS WAS HAPPENING SO HAD TO COME IN AND REPAIR FENDER DAMAGE. KURT BUSCH SO STRONG AT THE RESTRICTER PLATE TRACKS BUT STILL LOOKING FOR THE FIRST PLATE WIN. HE SAID I HAVE TO GO BACK TO BASICS TO TRY AND SURVIVE AND HOPE OUR NUMBER COMES UP AT THE END OF THE DAY. >> Darrell: HAD QUITE A BIT OF DAMAGE OR HAD DAMAGE, I DON'T KNOW HE HOW MUCH BUT HAD DAMAGE FROM THE WRECK EARLIER. LOOKS LIKE THEY GOT IT REPEARED UP PRETTY GOOD. >> Mike: THREE WIDE AS THEY COME TO THE LINE AND KENSETH RETAKES THE LEAD FROM KURT BUSCH. >> Darrell: AND WHERE IS 39 NOW? RYAN NEWMAN. >> Larry: ALMOST LIKE THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO HIM THAT HAPPENED TO BRAD KEZELOWSKI. UP TO THE HIGH SIDE AND ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK OF THE PACK OF DRIVERS. >> Mike: KURT BUSCH PITTED FOUR TIMES TO FIX DAMAGE. GOT IT FIXED ALL RIGHT. TONY STEWART BACK ON TRACK. LOST TWO LAPS. >> Mike: ONE THIRD DISTANCE NEXT TIME BY. HERE IS A LOOK AT THE ROYAL PURPLE RACE SUMMARY WITH MATT KENSETH OUT IN FRONT, ONCE AGAIN. HE HAS LED 50 OF THE 62 LAPS SO FAR. 31 CARS ON THE LEAD LAP. 8 LEADERS, 12 CHANGES. TWO CAUTION FLAGS. AND A 13-CAR PILEUP AT LAP 43 HAS SET KEVIN HARVICK TO THE GARAGE WITH KASEY KAHNE, KYLE BUSCH, GREG BIFFLE, BY BRIAN VICKERS. DAVID REUTIMANN. MATT KENSETH IS PROVING HARD TO HANDLE HERE. >> Darrell: AND REALLY THE EXPERTS ARE ALL WRONG ABOUT THIS RACE, TOO. BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE TOLD ME THEY THOUGHT WE WOULD SEE A LOT OF SINGLE FILE RACING. WE HAVEN'T SEEN MUCH SINGLE FILE RACING SINCE THE GREEN FLAG CAME OUT. >> Larry: WHAT ELSE I'M SEEING IS IS LOOK AT THE 9 CAR MARCOS AMBROSE. ALL OF THE DAMAGE IN THE REAR OF THE DAR BUT I THINK DREW AND THE CREW TOOK THE TIME TO GET THINGS RIGHT. LOOK AT THE STUFF FLAPPING. RIGHT UP THERE IN THE TOP FIVE. KRISTA? >> Krista: JUST A QUICK UPDATE AND MARCOS AMBROSE. AT THE START OF THE RACE HE WAS COMPLAINING OF THE RACE CAR BEING A LITTLE TOO LOOSE FOR HIS LICKENNING, A SQUIRRLY. HE SAID WE WERE ALL DRIVING LIKE IDIOTS. STAY TUNED FOR THAT. >> Darrell: HIS CAR IS NOT HANDLING AS WELL AS HE WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO. MOVE AROUND A LOT. HE WAS RIGHT THERE WITH KYLE BUSCH AND THEN IN THE BIG MELE WHEN THAT STARTED. THE CAR IS PRETTY FREE, I WOULD SAY. >> Larry: WHERE THAT WOULD BE AN ISSUE EVEN MORE SO IF HE WAS OUT THERE TRYING TO LEAD THE RACE. >> Darrell: I DON'T THINK THE CAR WITH THE THE DAMAGE COULD GET UP A FRONT AND LEAD BUT WHEN STAYS THERE IN THAT POCKET OF AIR HE WILL BE FINE. >> Mike: UPDATE RYAN NEWMAN. THE NUMBER 39 MADE IT TO THE FRONT AND LED TWO LAPS CONTRIBUTION DRIFTED BACK ON THE OUTSIDE AND NOW FOUND A HOME RIGHT BEHIND MOST OF THAT LEAD PACK. THERE HE IS IN THE CENTER. THE BLACK AND SILVER CAR IN 21st, MATT. >> Matt: KEEPING AN EON LATER IN THE RACE. HE LED A THAN BUT YOU MORE IMPORTANTLY TELLING THE TEAM THE CAR FEELS MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE IN THE MIDDLE TO THE HIGH LINE ON THE RACETRACK AND ALSO KEEPING AN EYE OUT ON THE WEATHER. THAT WAS THE GAME PLAN TO GO UP FRONT AND LEAD AT LEAST ONE AND DROP BACK AND RIDE AND BE COMFORTABLE. >> Darrell: THE WAY HE TOOK THE LEAD REMINDED ME OF THE 20 CAR RIGHT HERE. DROVE UP THERE PAST EVERYBODY. TOOK THE LEAD. PULLED AWAY A LITTLE BIT AND THEN DRIFTED TO THE BACK. >> Mike: HE DID IT WITH AUTHORITY. NOW, THE 9 OF MARCOS AM BROTHERS SHUFFLED OUT AND HE IS BACK ABOUT 15 UP ON THE HIGH SIDE. JUST FOUND A SPOT WILL BEHIND THE 1 OF JAMIE McMURRAY TO GET BACK IN LINE. >> Darrell: AND WITH THE DAMAGE ON HIS CAR HE CAN'T AFFORD TO BE TOO FAR BACK. IF HE GETS SHUFFLED OUT OF THE DRAFT HE WILL BE IN TROUBLE. >> Larry: THE IMPORTANCE OF LEADING A LAP, ARE IT IS A SPRINT CUP SERIES POINT. >> Mike: GET AN UPDATE ON AMBROSE FROM STEVE. >> Steve: ACTUALLY GOING TO UPDATE THE 99 AFTER KRISTA UPDATES THE 9 CAR BEING LOOSE HIS BRETHREN IN THE 4, CARL EDWARDS IS ALSO LOOSE. HE SAID I HAVE TO BE IN THE RIGHT SPOT AT THE RIGHT TIME TO MAKE A MOVE RIGHT NOW YOU. HE SAID HIS CAR GOT LOOSE WHEN WAS UP AROUND THE 20 AFTER THE RESTART. >> Darrell: I THINK THAT AGAIN, AT DAYTONA THESE GUYS COMPLAINED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HANDLING OF THE CAR. HERE NOT TO CRITICAL BUT IT IS A FACTOR AND THAT LITTLE BLADE ON THE BACK OF THE CARS IN TRAFFIC WITH PEOPLE ALL AROUND YOU WILL MAKE YOUR CAR MOVE AROUND MORE THAN YOU WOULD LIKE. >> Mike: FOR MORE ON ARROW DYNAMICS AND HANDLING JOIN JEFF HAMMOND. >> Jeff: THERE ARE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LAST WEEKEND PARTICULARLY AT RICHMOND. THIS IS THE CONFIGURATION OF THE CAR. AND THE SPOILER THAT WE HAD AT RICHMOND AND MOST THE EVERPLACE ELSE WE GO. TODAY HERE AT TALLADEGA IF YOU WILL NOTICE IN THE GREY THIS IS THE BIG SPOILER THAT WE RUN. EVERY PLACE ELSE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF DAYTONA AND TALLADEGA. IN RED THIS IS THE SUPERSPEEDWAY SPOILER. A LOT LESS DRAG. A LOT LESS STABILITY IN THE RACE CAR. ANOTHER ADDITION THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE SEE ANYPLACE ELSE IS NASCAR ADDS A PIECE OF METAL AT THE BOTTOM OF THE REAR BUMPER AND IT IS DESIGNED TO NOT LET AIR COME OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE CAR WHICH WOULD H HELP COOL THE CAR BEHIND IT. THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS THEY DO NOT WANT BUMP DRAFTING AND ONE OF THE THINGS YOU WILL NOTICE WHEN THEY ARE SET TO COOL THE CARS THEY CAN'T GET AIR FROM THAT AREA. >> Mike: THANKS, JEFF. JUST PAST ONE THIRD DISTANCE. 68 OF 188 LAPS. MATT KENSETH OUT IN FRONT OF JIMMIE JOHNSON. KURT BUSCH, ARIC ALMIROLA, MARTIN TRUEX, PAUL MENARD. >> Chris: THE AARON'S 499 ON FOX IS SPONSORED BY SPRINT. MILLIONS OF FANS. ONE FAMILY. ONLY SPRINT CAN FEED THEM ALL. JOIN THE FAMILY AT SPRINT.COM/SPEED. >> Mike: 72 LAPS. MATT KENSETH THE LEADER. TEAK AN INSIDE LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE SERIES BROUGHT TO YOU BY SPRINT. MATT KENSETH HAS LED THE MOST LAPS TODAY. GET UNLIMITED ACCESS TO NASCAR WITH NO METERING, THROTTLING AND NO OVERAGES WHILE ON THE SPRINT NETWORK. LEARN MORE AT SPRINT.COM/SPEED. 198 MILES AN HOUR FOR JIMMIE JOHNSON INTO THE CORNER. WATCHING FROM OUR FEEDING AMERICA CAM. WOW! THAT IS A ROLLERCOASTER RIDE, DARRELL. >> Darrell: AND THAT IS EXACTLY HOW IT FEELS AND WITH THE BANKING NOT ONLY DOES IT FEEL THE CAR GO UP ON ITS SIDE LIKE THAT, THAT IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ONCAMERA. YOU GET A LOT OF DOWNFORCE AND SINK DOWN IN THE THE SEAT WHEN YOU ARE IN THE CORNER AND WHEN YOU COME OFF THE CORNER AND THE THING LEVELS UP YOU POP UP IN THE SEAT A LITTLE BIT. RIGHT HERE FULL COMPRESSED IN THE 33 DEGREES OF BANK AT 200 MILES AN HOUR AND TRUST ME, IT'S PULLING DOWN ON YOUR BODY. >> Mike: LARRY, ANOTHER THING THAT SHOT SHOWS ARE OMINOUS HEAVY DARK CLOUDS COMING FROM THE WEST. >> Larry: AND WE HAVE GOT GREEN FLAG PITSTOPS THAT WILL BE COMING UP HERE IN ABOUT 20 LAPS AND WE ARE ROUGHLY NOW ABOUT 20 LAPS AWAY FROM HALFWAY. I THINK THAT IS ANOTHER REASON THESE GUYS ARE RACING SO HARD UP NEAR THE FRONT IN A BIG PACK. >> Mike: JUAN MONTOYA MONTOYA CAME WITHIN A CAUTION FLAG OF WINNING LAST SATURDAY NIGHT AT RICHMOND. THERE IS THE 42 OF MONTOYA. CHECK IN ON HIM WITH STEVE. >> Steve: , RECENTLY, JUAN PABLO MONTOYA INSIDE THE TOP 10. TELLING THE TEAM THAT HE NEEDS THE CAR TO BE A LITTLE MORE STABLE AND ALSO HAD A CONCERN ABOUT GAGES BUT THE GAMES SEEM TO BE OKAY NOW. IT IS THE STABILITY THAT HE IS FIGHTING. >> Darrell: AND WE ARE HEARING THAT ACROSS THE BOARD. THE GUYS BACK OF THE PACK IN TRAFFIC THE CARS SEEM TO BE A LITTLE UNSTABLE. WE SAW HOW SENSITIVE THE CARS ARE WHEN KASEY KAHNE GOT TURNED AROUND BY KYLE BUSCH. >> Mike: AND LOOKED AT ALL OF THE PHYSICAL LOWS WE DESCRIBED AS PLEASANT SURPRISES AT DELAWARE. MICHAEL McDO YOU YOU WELL AND OTHER DRIVERS WHO O OF FUEL GOT TOP TEN FINISHES THERE. SAME SONG, SECOND VERSE. >> Larry: AND THE AERO PACKAGE IS THE EQUALIZER. STAY IN TOUCH WITH THE LEAD DRAFT AND YOU CAN BE A CONTENDER IN THE CLOSING LAPS OF THE RACE. >> Darrell: THE SECRET FOR ALL THE TEAMS IS YOU CAN BUY IS CAR FROM ANOTHER TEAM AT DAYTONA AND TALLADEGA. YOU CAN BUY AN ENGINE FOR DAYTONA AND TALLADEGA THAT IS THE SAME ENGINE IN THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, IN THE GOOD CARS LIKE THE 20 OR THE 48. THOSE ARE TWO THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO AT DAYTONA AND TALLADEGA THAT YOU CAN'T GET AWAY WITH ANYWHERE ELSE. >> DAVE BLANEY AND GILLILAND TO THE MIX. ALL RIGHT IN ONE BIG PACK ALONG WITH JOSH WISE. RAGAN IN THE 34. A FORMER DAYTONA WINNER. WON THE JULY RACE A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK. >> Larry: I THINK IT IS A COMFORT ZONE FOR GUYS THAT DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO LOSE. THEY CAN TO OUT THERE AND DRIVE LIKE THEY NORMALLY DRIVE. DON'T WORRY ABOUT GETTING IN A WRECK OR POINTS. WORRY ABOUT ONE THING. MAKING MONEY. >> Larry: WHEN I LOOK AT DAVID RAGAN IN THE 34 AND WISE AND GILLILAND, THEY WRECKED TOGETHER EARLY IN THE DAYTONA 500. DODGED THAT ONE AWHILE AGO, THOUGH. >> Mike: FROM THE FASTEST TO THE OLDEST SUPER SPEEDWAY, NASCAR ON FOX NEXT SATURDAY NIGHT, DARLINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND. SOUTHERN 500. TERRY LABONTE IN THE 32 ALSO RUNNING WITH THAT PACK. AND YOUNGER BROTHER BOBBY ALONGSIDE IN THE 47. >> Larry: MAKING HIS 7th CAREER SPRINT CUP SERIES START HERE TODAY. >> Mike: 77 LAPS COMPLETE. MATT KENSE >> Chris: TURNS THREE AND FOUR IN DEEP CLOUD COVER. SUN IN ONE AND TWO YOU WILL SEE FROM THE AERIAL COVERAGE. GOOD YEAR, OFFICIAL TIRE OF NASCAR. >> Darrell: YOU KNOW WHY, MIKE? >> Mike: THE VORTEX. >> Darrell: YOU GOT IT, BROTHER. >> Mike: 81 LAPS COMPLETE. AND JOEY LOGANO LOOKING FOR SOME WHERE TO GO IN THAT NUMBER 22 FORD. HERE IS MATT. >> Matt: ALMOST WON THE NATIONWIDE RACE ON SATURDAY AND JOEY LOGANO MOVED UP TO THE HIGH SIDE. FIGHTING A VERY LOOSE RACE CAR MOST OF THE EVENT. IN FACT, THE LAST REPORT HE HAD IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A FOUR WHEEL DRIFT. THAT IS WHY HE MOVED FROM THE BOTTOM TO IT THE MIDDLE LANE. >> Mike: PULLS UP BEHIND MARTIN TRUEX WHO HAD CRASH DAMAGE AND REGAN SMITH YESTERDAY'S WINNER. >> Darrell: DAYTONA IS A BIG DEAL BUT TALLADEGA THAT ISN'T A BIG DEAL, I DISAGREE AND I THINK THEY ARE LEARNING QUICK WITH THIS CAR AND THIS THIS AERO PACKAGE THESE THINGS ARE A HANDFUL. >> Mike: DALE, JR. 21 HAS BEEN TOWARD THE BACK END OF THE LEAD DRAFT. 31 LEAD LAP CARS. >> Larry: BUT IT WAS THE LAST CAUTION THAT HE GOT THE FREE PASS AND BACK ON THE LEAD LAP BECAUSE HE HAD TO PIT EARLIER BEFORE A CAUTION CAME OUT. WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE LEFT-REAR TIRE. >> Mike: SCOTT SPEED ALONGSIDE IN 20th. FORMER FORMULA ONE DRIVER AND ON POINT. MATT KENSETH. JIMMIE JOHNSON. KURT BUSCH. ARIC ALMIROLA AND PAUL MENARD HAVE STAYED SINGLE FILE THE LAST 8 OR 10 LAPS HERE. EVERYBODY POSITIONING FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF GREEN FLAG PITSTOPS. >> Darrell: THAT CAN BE EXCITING HERE TRYING TO GET ON PIT ROAD. >> Mike: WEATHER PERMITTING, DARK ONING SKIES TO THE WEST AS >> Chris: THE AARON'S 499 ON FOX IS SPONSORED BY THE 2013 FORD F-150 WITH ECO BOOST. AARONS. YOU DON'T NEED CREDIT. ALL YOU NEED IS AARON AND BY SUBWAY THE OFFICIAL TRAINING RESTAURANT OF CARL EDWARDS AND ATHLETES EVERYWHERE. >> John: 100 MILES SINCE THE LAST ROUND OF PIT STOPS. THE LEAD GROUP NOW 7-8 CARS STRONG. WHEN THE LEADER PITS WILL THEY ALL COME TOGETHER? BREAK INTO SMALLER PACKS? >> Larry: I THINK WE WILL SEE THEM COME OVER THE COURSE OF ABOUT TWO OR THREE LAPS. WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO HALFWAY BUT A LOT ARE GOING TO BE FORCED LIKE THE 51 CAR, MATT. >> Matt: ABSOLUTELY, LARRY MAY. REGAN SMITH THEY TOPPED THEM UP. JAMIE McMURRAY SAID MAKE A JUDGE ADJUSTMENT. KY BARELY HANG ON TO THE 1 CAR IT IS WRECKING LOOSE. >> Mike: MONTOYA GETTING FINISHED UP. STEVE? >> Steve: AND JUAN PABLO MONTOYA AS WE SAID TRYING TO FIND MORE STABILITY. HIS CAR HAS BEEN LOOSE. THEY TOOK FOUR TIRES AND MADE A CHASSIS ADJUSTMENT. >> Darrell: I DON'T KNOW THE LAST TIME I HAVE BEEN HERE WHEN I HEARD DRIVERS COMPLAIN ABOUT THE CARS BEING SO LOOSE LIKE THEY ARE ALL COMPLAINING ABOUT THE CARS TODAY. THAT MEANS YOU BETTER PUT FOUR TIRES ON EVERY TIME YOU GET A CHANCE. >> Larry: AND THE LAST TIME ALL OF THE DRIVERS WERE ON PIT ROAD UNDER CAUTION ONLY TWO DID NOT CHANGE FRONT TIRES THE TWO UP FRONT, MATT KENSETH AND JIMMIE JOHNSON. >> Darrell: WHEN YOU ARE ARE RIDING UP FRONT IT IS SMOOTH AS SILK. WHEN YOU ARE RIDING IN THE BACK IT IS LIKE GOING THROUGH AN AIRPLANE. >> [RADIO]: PITTING THIS IT TIME. PITTING THIS TIME. AT THE SUNOCO SIGN. >> Mike: EXPECT SOME OF THE LEADERS IN THIS TIME. >> [RADIO]: RIGHT HERE. >> Mike: AS WE COMPLETE 90 LAPS. HERE THEY COME HARD ON THE BRAKES. >> [RADIO]: RIGHT HERE, BUDDY. RIGHT HERE. >> [RADIO]: COMING TO YOU GUYS. >> Mike: KENSETH. JOHNSON. KURT BUSCH. MENARD. >> Krista: ALL TWO TIRES BEFORE FOR MATT KEN SECT AND THIS TIME GOING WITH FOUR. HE SAID TEN LAPS AGO STARTED TO FEEL A BRIE VATION. MATT? >> Matt: RYAN NEWMAN TOOK RIGHT-SIDE TIRES. DID MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT. COULD HAVE GONE TO LAP 95. MICHAEL WALTRIP IN AS WELL. RIGHT-SIDE TIRES FOR BOTH. >> Darrell: HAD TO PUSH THE 27 BACK. SLID THROUGH THE PIT BOX. >> Mike: KENSETH LEADS THEM OFF PIT ROAD. BOWYER, JOHNSON BUSCH AND TRUEX. >> Larry: THE NEXT WAVE LED BY BRAD KEZELOWSKI. >> Mike: NEW LEADER, DAVID RAGAN. MATT? >> Matt: AND JOEY LOGANO WAS COMPLAINING EARLIER ABOUT THE CAR JUST BEING TOTALLY ON THE FREE SIDE. JUST A FOUR WHEEL DRIFT. THEY TOPPED HIM OFF WITH FUEL AND THEY ARE GOING TO GO FOUR TIRES ON THE 22. STEVE, WHAT ABOUT HIS TEAMMATE? >> Steve: MATT TORTION THIS POINT BRAD KEZELOWSKI HAS BEEN CONTENT TO RUN NOSE-TO-TAIL WITH THE LEAD PACK. FOUR TIRES AND FUEL FOR KEDS. MEANWHILE, SEE THE 99 TO THE RIGHT-SIDE OF THE SCREEN, HE HAS BEEN SAYING HIS CAR HAS BEEN LOOSE. BUT THEY WILL TEAK JUST RIGHT-SIDE TIRES THIS TIME. >> Mike: CARL EDWARDS LEADS THAT GROUP INCLUDING STREMME, KEZELOWSKI AND LOGANO AND GILLILAND OFF PIT ROAD. LEAVES THREE CARS THAT HAVE NOT PITTED. DAVID RAGAN THE RACE LEADER WITH JOSH WISE AND JEFF GORDON. LET'S CHECK WITH JEFF HAMMOND. >> Jeff: MIKE, I'M DOWN HERE AT NASCAR TRAILER. I WANTED TO SHOW YOU I FOUND THE RADAR SCREEN. THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE ABOUT TO START FACING THE STRATEGY ON. BROKEN SHOWERS TO THE WEST OF US AS FAR AS COMING THROUGH BIRMINGHAM. THIS IS WHERE THE TALLADEGA SPEEDWAY IS LOCATED. AT ANY MOMENT THIS COULD BE THE END OF THE RACE. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT LAP WE COULD SEE RAIN ON THE BACK STRAIGHTAWAY OR ANY PART OF THIS RACETRACK. THESE TEAMS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GET THE DRIVERS TO GET UP FRONT, STAY UP FRONT AND I MEAN FIGHT TO STAY UP FRONT THE WAY THE WEATHER IS LOOKING. >> Mike: THANKS, JEFF. JEFF GORDON IN THE 24 STAYING OUT TO LEAD A LAP OF THIS RACE. BUT 96 TO GO. HE SHOULD BE IN NEXT TIME AND THAT WILL COMPLETE THE LAP PITSTOPS. >> Larry: THE DRIVERS LIKE JEFF GORDON AND CASE MEARS PITTED TWO OR THREE LAPS DEEPER INTO THE LAST CAUTION THAN EVERYONE ELSE SO THEY CAN GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. >> Mike: ONCE WE REACH LAP 94 WE HAVE WHAT WOULD BE AN OFFICIAL RACE. NASCAR REQUIRES HALF THE DISTANCE OR GREATER BE RUN IN CASE OF INCREMENT WEATHER. WE ARE HOPELE OF GOING 188 LAPS TODAY. THE FORECAST SAYS IT MIGHT BE OTHERWISE. >> Darrell: ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE YESTERDAY HOW QUICKLY THEY DRIED THE BIG 2.6-MILE SPEEDWAY WITH THE AIR TITAN THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN ACTION UNTIL WE GOT HERE. BUT HERE -- BYRNESY. IN. >> Steve: THEY HE CAME TO PIT ROAD FOUR TIMES TO MAKE FIXES TO THE SHEET METAL ON THE 24 TO GET IT FIXED UP. THEY HAD ALSO CHECKED THE TOE. FOUR TIRES THIS TIME BUT GREAT EFFORT BY THE 24 TEAM TO GET BACK INTO THE RACE. >> Mike: JEFF GORDON LEAVES PIT ROAD AS MATT KENSETH HAS THE FIELD MIDWAY DOWN THE BACK STRAIGHTAWAY. AND MATT HAS LED 700 LAPS IN A SEASON FIVE TIMES IN HIS CAREER. THIS YEAR, HAS TAKEN HIM JUST TEN RACES TO REACH THAT MARK. GREEN FLAG PITSTOPS COMPLETE. OUR HALFWAY REPORT COMING UP. MATT >> Chris: 91 LAPS TO GO AND TIME FOR THE AT&T MID RACE REPORT. CHRIS MYERS. GLAD YOU ARE WATCHING WITH US. THE HALF WAY LEADER MORE CRITICAL IF THE RAIN IS SHORTENED HERE IT IS NOW OFFICIAL. MATT KENSETH DOMINATING THE FIRST 200 MILES PLUS UNDER A CLOUD OF PENALTIES NASCAR APPEALING ON WEDNESDAY. A 13 DRIVER WRECK AFFECTING KYLE BUSCH, KASEY KAHNE AND TONY STEWART AMONG OTHERS. DARRELL, WHO ARE YOU KEEPING AN EYE ON? >> Darrell: DALE, JR. WAS A LAP DOWN IN 43rd. GOT THE LUCKY DOG AND BACK IN THE LEAD PACK. HE WON THIS THING FIVE TIMES. I THINK HE GOES TO VICTORY CIRCLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN EIGHT YEARS HERE AT TALLADEGA. >> Krista: HERE IS WHY THAT MAY BE JUST TRUE. REIT NOW SESAYING THE CAR A LITTLE EDGY BUT THE KEY TO THE SUCCESS IS THAT THEY DO NOT PANIC. HE KNOWS PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE AT A PLACE LIKE TALLADEGA. THEY ARE EXACTLY WHERE THEY WANT TO BE RIGHT NOW. LARRY MAC? >> Larry: JIMMIE JOHNSON IN THE 48 CAR THEY DID NOT FINISH A SINGLE RESTRICTER PLATE RACE IN 2012. FOLLOWD THAT UP BY WINNING THE 2013 DAYTONA 500. I KNOW HE HAS BEEN BACK BEHIND MATT KENSETH FOR ALL THESE LAPS. I THINK HE IS SUM THINGS UP. RUNS FIFTH. THE 15 DRIVER IS IMPRESSIVE ON ANY TYPE OF TRACK LAYOUT BUT YOU ESPECIALLY AT TALLADEGA. TIGHT EARLIER AND LOOSE OF LATE. NOW, BACK DOWN ON THE BOTTOM WHERE HE WON FROM JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. MIKE? >> Mike: MATT KEN SECT HAS THOROUGHLY DOMINATED THIS RACE. I KNOW, ONLY THREE TIME IN THE LAST 18 YEARS HAS THE HALFWAY LAP LEADER GONE TO VICTORY LANE AT TALLADEGA. BUT ONE OF THE THREE TIMES, CHRIS, WAS MATT KENSETH HERE LAST OCTOBER. >> Chris: AND HIS JOE GIBBS RACING TEAMMATE DENNY HAMLIN IS WITH US. STARTING HIS FIRST RACE SINCE LATE MARCH WHEN WAS INJURED IN CALIFORNIA. BRIAN VICKERS TOOK OVER IN THE 11 CAR AND THEN CAUGHT UP IN THE WRECK. THANKS FOR STOPPING IN HERE. PHYSICALLY, PEOPLE WANT TO NOMEN TALLEY HOW YOU ARE FEELING AFTER GETTING BACK IN THE CAR? >> GOOD. IT WAS GOOD TO BE BACK IN THE RACE CAR. THE EXCITEMENT WAS SHORT LIVED WITH BRIAN. MAN, IT IS TOUGH. LOOKING AT THE STANDINGS REIT NOW UNLESS THERE IS ANOTHER WRECK WE WILL ONLY GET ABOUT 6-7 POINTS OUT OF TODAY SO THAT WILL BE TOUGH. BUT STILL PROUD TO BE BACK IN THE FED EX CAR. >> Chris: PHYSICALLY AT THIS POINT YOU WOULD SAY DARLINGTON SATURDAY NIGHT YOU WILL BE BACK TO THE FULL RIDE. >> WE WILL BE BACK AND AIMING FOR A VICTORY THERE. THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. WE WON THERE IN THE PAST. I THINK WE GOT THE BEST EVER FINISH THERE OF ANY ONE. EXCITED TO GETS LIGHT GET BACK TO 100% NEXT WEEK. >> Chris: 10th IN POINTS AND A ROUND TO MAKE UP. YOUR CHASE STARTS NOW AS YOU HAVE SAID. HOW ABOUT THE RACE SO FAR, THIS GIVE US YOUR DRIVER EXPERT PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT YOU ARE SEEING? >> A TYPICAL TALLADEGA RACE. USUALLY A WRECK EARLY TO MED PART OF THE RACE THAT KIND OF THINS SOME OF THE FIELD OUT. AND THEN YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THIS MID PART WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF GUYS BEING PATIENT LIKE LARRY WAS TALKING ABOUT. THE 48 JUST KIND OF CONTENT TO RIDE THERE. THEY KNOW THEY ARE IN A SAFE SPOT. AROUND GUYS THAT THEY ARE COMFORTABLE DRAFTING WITH AND FROM HERE ON OUT YOU WILL SEE SOME GAME PLANNING. YOU WILL SEE WHO IS FAST AND WHO IS NOT THE TO SEE WHO YOU WANT TO POSSIBLY PUSH THERE AT THE END AND EITHER HELP OR PUSH -- GET IN FRONT OF AND PUSH YOUR CAR TO THE FRONT. >> Chris: AND THE RAIN THREATEN THE AREA WILL PLAY A ROLE. DENNY WILL CHAT WITH US AND OFFER FURTHER ANALYSIS WITH DARRELL, LARRY AND MIKE AND OUR PIT CREW AS WELL. 86 TO >> Chris: THE AARON'S 499 ON FOX IS SPONSORED BY MCDONALD'S AND THE NEW PREMIUM McWRAP. A MEAL SIZED WRAP IN THREE DELICIOUS VARIETIES. AND BY AT&T. RETHINK POSSIBLE. >> Mike: 83 LAPS A TONY STEWART GO AS THEY COME TO THE STRIPE. INTERESTING LINEUP OF THE 14 LEAD LAP CARS IN THE DRAFT CUT SHORT BECAUSE OF GREEN FLAG PITSTOPS. THERE IS ONE TOYOTA, MATT KENSETH. RIGHT BEHIND HIM ARE THREE CHEVROLETS. JIMMIE JOHNSON, TEAMMATE DALE EARNHARDT, JR., AND KURT BUSCH IN THE 78. BEHIND THEM THREE TOYOTAS. TEAMMATES, CLINT BOWYER, MARTIN TRUEX AND MICHAEL WALTRIP. RIGHT BEHIND THEM, THREE FORDS. CARL EDWARDS, ARIC ALMIROLA AND BRAD KEZELOWSKI AND A FOURTH FORD THE 22 ON THE OUTSIDE OF JOEY LOGANO. >> Darrell: THAT WAS ALL GREAT PIT WORK BY THE DRIVERS GETTING ON PIT ROAD. GREAT WORK IN THE PITS AND THE GROUP HERE 15 OF THEM HAVE SEPARATED THEMSELVES FROM SOME OF OTHER CARS. GREAT JOB WITH EVERYBODY GETTING ON PIT ROAD. CARL EDWARDS ONLY TOOK TWO TIRES. GOT THEM UP HERE IN GOOD TRACK POSITION. >> Larry: ONE REASON I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE TOOK FOUR TIRES THAT TIME IS EVERYONE HAS TO MAKE AT LEAST TWO MORE STOPS. >> Darrell: I THINK CARL WAS LOOKING TO GET UP HERE WITH THE LEAD PACK. HE HAD BEEN HANGING AT THE BACK. A REAL COMFORT ZONE RIGHT HERE WITH THESE GUYS. >> Larry: JOEY LOGANO IN THE 22 FOUND IT FOR A MOMENT BUT RICCIARDO STENHOUSE, JR. IN THE 17 BUT THEY HAVE FALLEN BACK IN LINE. RYAN NEWMAN IN THE 39. SHOWED ENOUGH MUSCLE EARLIER TO GO UP THERE AND PASS MATT KENSETH AND LEAD A LAP. >> Mike: TEAMMATES SIDE BY SIDE THE PENSKE FORDS. KEZELOWSKI 2 AND LOGANO THE 22. OTHER THERE BY HIMSELF TRYING THINGS. THE 17 OF STENHOUSE HAD BEEN DRAFTING WITH YES, HIS GIRLFRIEND, DANICA PATRICK. THEY ARE AN ITEM GIVING A NEW MEASURE TO SPEED DATING. 195 MILES AN HOUR TYPE AND THEY WERE NOSE-TO-TAIL BUT NOW DANICA AND THE GROUP THAT SHE HAS BECAUSE OF THE GREEN FLAG PITSTOPS THEY HAVE FALLEN ABOUT 8 SECONDS BEHIND THE LEAD PACK AS SHE RUNS THERE WITH BOBBY LABONTE, REGAN SMITH AND DAVID RAGAN. >> Darrell: THESE GUYS AND GALS CAME IN THEY WEREN'T QUITE AS GOOD GETTING ON PIT ROAD. THE PITSTOPS A SKOSH SLOWER AND SEPARATED THEM FROM THE FRONT PACK. >> Mike: ADD DAVID GILLILAND TO THAT GROUP OF FIVE THAT ARE RUNNING ABOUT 8 SECONDS OFF THE LEAD. KENSETH BACK TO THE STRIPE A FINAL TIME. AND WE WILL PICK UP THAT GROUP COMING INTO THE TRIOVAL. >> Darrell: DENNY, A LOT OF THE DRIVERS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE CARS ARE LOOSE AND MOVING AROUND. DID YOU NOTICE ANYTHING WHILE YOU WERE OUT THERE IN THE RACE? >> MINE WAS FOR SURE AND I WAS IN A LITTLE FOUR CAR PACK. SO I TELL YOU THESE CARS ARE EDGIER THAN WHAT YOU WOULD THINK ESPECIALLY WITH THIS BEING A FAIRLY NEW SURFACE. I REALLY THINK THAT IT AGED A LOT MORE ARE IN THE LAST YEAR THAN WE HAVE SEEN IN YEARS PAST. >> Darrell: THE CARS I WAS SURPRISED LIKE YOU SAID HOW MANY DRIVERS SAID THE CARS ARE LOOSE OR IN FOUR WHEEL DRIFTS AND REALLY HARD TO HANG ON TO. >> I TOLD MY CREW CHIEF THE EXACT SAME THING WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE CAR. I SAID MAN FOR RUNNING A FOUR CAR PACK MY CAR WAS PRETTY LOOSE. SOMETHING THAT THE CREW YOU CHIEFS WILL HAVE TO WORK ON ALL DAY. >> Darrell: LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE TELLING HIM IT WAS SINKING DOWN THE RIGHT-REAR. LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE TURNING TO THE RIGHT AND DROPPING DOWN ON THE RIGHT-REAR. >> IT WOULD DIG ON THE RIGHT-FRONT. SEEMED LIKE THE RIGHT-FRONT WOULD DIG DOWN AND SOMETHING THAT WAS FRIGHTENED LATE EXIT MORE THAN NEGLECT. OKAY WHEN THE GUYS ARE RUNNING IN THE SINGLE FILE LINE LIKE THIS. AT THE END OF THE RACE WHEN THEY HAVE TO MANEUVER AND GO TWO AND THREE WIDE THAT IS WHERE YOU WILL SEE THE ACCIDENTS FROM THE GUYS LOSING CONTROL OF THEIR CARS. >> Mike: 79 LAPS TO GO. MATT KENSETH IN COMMAND. AND OF THE 13 DRIVERS IN THE LEAD PACK EXCEPT FOR RICKY STENHOUSE A ROOKIE THEY ARE ALL VETERANS. THE DRIVER IN 7th PLACE IS A PART TIMER NOW. >> Matt: TALKATIVE ON THE RADIO IS MICHAEL WALTRIP IN THE 55. GIVING A LOT OF SUGGESTIONS FOR GOT TEAMMATES IN FRONT. HE WAS TELLING THE TEAM TO TELL MARTIN TRUEX IN THE 56 I WILL GO WHEREVER HE IS BUT THEY ARE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT WEATHER. >> [RADIO]: I WOULD PREFER THEY HAVE A PLAN TOGETHER THAN TO SPLIT UP SO IF THEY COULD DO SOMETHING TOGETHER I'M GOING TO FOLLOW THE 56 WHEREVER THEY GO. >> Darrell: AND THAT MAKES PERFECTLY GOOD SENSE. THE 55 CAR IS UP IN THE OWNER POINTS GOOD BUT HE WOULD LOVE TO SEE MARTIN TRUEX IN THE NAPA CAR WIN A RACE. THAT CAR HAS BEEN SO CLOSE ON SO MANY OCCASIONS. I KNOW HE WOULD LOVE TO SEE MARTIN WIN IF HE CAN. >> Mike: SIX SECOND PLACE FINISHES FOR TRUEX SINCE THE LAST TIME HE WENT TO VICTORY LANE. MATT KENSETH STILL OUT FRONT. 77 TO GO. >> Mike: GOING TO TALLADEGA WHERE MATT KENSETH HAS NOW LED 100 LAPS IN THE AARON'S 499. >> Darrell: MIKEY, THE FORDS GROUPING UP ON OUTSIDE AND THEY ARE COMING TO THE FRONT. I THINK THEY LOOKED UP THERE AND SAW THE THREE TOYOTAS AND MICHAEL'S CARS AND SAID THOSE GUYS ARE WORKING GOOD TOGETHER LET'S GROUP UP HERE ON THE OUTSIDE BECAUSE THAT IS A WHOLE LINE OF FORDS ON THE OUTSIDED. >> Mike: AND THIS THEY REORGANIZED BEHIND ROOKIE RICKY STENHOUSE. >> Darrell: AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED. JIMMIE JOHNSON BAILED MIKA AND UP TOP WENT ENKENSETH AND NOW LOST JOHNSON. DALE EARNHARDT, JR. WHAT IS ROLLERCOASTER DAY THE 88 HAS HAD. >> Darrell: MIKE, WHY ARE THEY DOING THAT? BECAUSE IT IS GETTING READY TO RAIN. >> Larry: AND WE ARE PAST HALFWAY. >> Darrell: WE ARE SEEING WHAT THESE GUYS HAVE GOT RIGHT NOW. LIKE AN END OF THE RACE PREVIEW OF WHAT THEY HAVE GOT RIGHT NOW. >> Mike: DALE, JR. A LAP DOWN AND MADE IT BACK. A FREE PASS AND BACK TO THE FRONT. SPRINKLES IN THE GRANDSTAND AT START/FEN INITIAL AS THE FIELD COMES BY AT 116 LAPS. 270 GO. BLUE SKY OVER TURN TWO AND TURN THREE. SPRINKLES AT THE START/FINISH LIEN. IS HOW BIG THIS FACILITY IS. >> Larry: JIMMIE JOHNSON WANTED TO TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT. HE SAW THE FOUR DRIVERS REORGANIZE AND HE LEFT MATT CAN SETH AND NOW LEADING THE RACE. >> Darrell: WHAT HE IS DOING NOW IS WHAT HE INTENDED TO DO AT END OF THE RACE BUT PRESSED INTO GOING AHEAD AND MAKING THE MOVE. >> [RADIO]: DOWN THE BACK. >> Mike: NOBODY KNOWS HOW LONG THIS WILL GO. THAT WAS JIMMIE JOHNSON. JOHNSON, STENHOUSE, EDWARDS. >> Darrell: YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE GUY THAT WON THE DAYTONA 500 IN SIMILAR FASHION. DALE, JR. RAN SECOND. I KNEW WHEN I SAW THE 48 AND 88 LINED UP THE 20 WAS PROBABLY IN TROUBLE. KRISTA, WHAT ARE THEY SAYING? >> Krista: PLAY THE WEATHER GAME. CHAKNAUS LETTING HIM KNOW WHEN THE WEATHER WAS COMING. WHEN THEY HE SAID I FEEL IT THAT IS WHEN JIMMIE JOHNSON WENT. >> Darrell: HE FEELS IT, TOO. HE FEELS THE LEAD! >> Mike: WILL THE FAUCET STAY TURNED OFF LONG ENOUGH TO COMPLETE 70 MORE LAPS? WE WILL SEE AS JIMMI >> Chris: THE AARON'S 499 ON FOX IS SPONSORED BY THE DODGE DART. DODGE, NEW RULES. BY GEICO. 15 MINUTES COULD SAVE YOU 15% OR MORE ON CAR INSURANCE. AND BY COORS BREWED FROST LIGHT. THE WORLD'S MOST REFRESHING BEER. >> Mike: JUDGE HAS LOST THE LEAD. >> [RADIO]: YELLOW, YELLOW. >> Mike: CAUTION OUT NOW AS FOUR FORDS LINED UP AND MARCHED TO THE FRONT AND IT IS TIME FOR WINDSHIELD WIPERS. THE RAIN HAS COME TO TALLADEGA. >> Darrell: ACCORDING TO THE SCOREN MONITOR RICKY STENHOUSE IS LEADING. >> Mike: THEY WERE SINGLE FILE PRETTY MUCH. RICKY STENHOUSE IS TRYING TO BECOME TALLADEGA'S 11th FIRST-TIME RACE WINNER. >> Darrell: HE WAS TRYING. >> Mike: MORE THAN THAT. A BUNCH HERE. INCLUDING A LOT OF DRIVERS WHOSE ONLY SPRINT CUP VICTORY WAS HERE AT TALLADEGA. >> Darrell: I WILL ASK THE GUYS WHEN IS THE LAST TIME THE POLE SITTER WON THE RACE HERE? >> Mike: WE WILL CHECK ON THAT AS WELL. NOW, AS OF THE LAST SCORING LOOP CROSSED BEFORE THE YELLOW, CARL EDWARDS IS THE RACE LEADER. THERE IS EDWARDS PULLING OUT TO PASS ALONG WITH JOEY LOGANO IN THE 22. AND AT THE MOMENT OF CAUTION NASCAR GOES BACK TO THE LAST THE SCORING LOOP CROSSED SO THAT ONCE THE CAUTION WAVES NO ONE CAN GAIN ADVANTAGE. PUTS EDWARDS IN FRONT. >> Darrell: TWO THINGS WE SAW. THEY ARE TEAMMATES. DID THEY CUT EACH OTHER ANY SLACK? NO. STENHOUSE WAS TRYING TO BLOCK CARL TO KEEP THE LEAD. DID JIMMIE JOHNSON CUT DALE, JR. ANY SLACK? WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE END OF THE THINGS YOU GOT NO FRIENDS, YOU GOT NO TEAM MEATS. >> Mike: RAIN TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF THE SPEEDWAY. >> Larry: MIKE, NOT TO CONFUSE THE VIEWER BUT IF YOU WERE WATCHING THE RACE YESTERDAY BECAUSE THAT WAS THE FINISH OF THE RACE THEY GO TO WHERE THE DRIVERS ARE AT THE MOMENT OF CAUTION. BUT BECAUSE THIS IS WELL BEFORE THE END OF THE RACE, THEY GO BACK TO THE LAST SCORING LOOP TO DETERMINE WHERE THE DRIVERS ARE RUNNING. >> Mike: BECAUSE WE EXPECT THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO RESTART. HOWEVER, NOW FANS ARE HUSTLING OUT OF THE GRANDSTAND FOR DRYER GROUND AS THE RAIN MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTH. >> Larry: HERE ARE IS THE BOX THAT THE DRIVERS AND TEAMS ARE IN. THEY WOULD HAVE IS TO COME TO PIT ROAD FOR FUEL IN ABOUT 8 TO 10 LAPS. INTERESTING TO SEE HOW LONG WE RUN OUT OF CAUTION HERE. I THINK YOU WILL SEE DRIVERS DROPPING ON TO THE APRON AND CUTTING THEIR ENGINES OFF. >> Mike: LOOK AT THE LAUGH ON JAMEY'S FACE. CARL EDWARDS TIMED THAT MOVE PERFECTLY. NOT SURE IF IT WAS FROM INSTRUCTION OR JUST HE FELT IT WAS TIME TO GO BECAUSE THE FORDS WERE ALL LINED UP SINGLE FILE AND INTO TURN ONE MADE HIS MOVE AND THE NEXT CORNER CAUTION OUT. >> Larry: THE SAME PAIR THAT TIMED IT PERFECT IN PRACTICE ON FRIDAY TO CUT THE FAST LAP AT THE END TO START THE RACE ON THE POLE. >> Darrell: AND THE SAME MAN THAT LED MATT KENSETH TO TWO SUPER SPEEDWAYS VICTORY DAYTONA AND TALLADEGA LAST YEAR. >> Mike: LIGHT SPRINKLES. WIPERS AREN'T EVEN RUNNING >> Mike: WELCOME BACK TO TALLADEGA. WITH 63 LAPS TO GO THE CAUTION OUT FOR RAIN COMING IN FROM THE SOUTH. AS WAS EXPECTED. NOW, LET'S GO THROUGH THE NASCAR PROCESS OF DETERMINING WHO IS THE LEADER WHEN THE CAUTION FLAG COMES OUT. THERE IS THE THE CAUTION FLIGHT LIGHT. THE GREEN LIGHT IS ON. EDWARDS JUST BARELY AHEAD. NOW, IT IS YELLOW AND THE DIFFERENCE A THOUSANDth OF A SECOND AS OF THE LAST SCORING LINE THAT THEY CROSSED. JUST ABOUT ONE HALF A CAR LENGTH RIGHT AT THAT POINT WHERE THE SCORING LOOP RUNS JUST BELOW THE ASPHALT. SO CARL EDWARDS YOUR POLE SITTER IS YOUR RACE LEADER. THAT WAS THE FIRST LAP HE HAD LED TODAY. AND HIS CREW YOU CHIEF WITH A TERRIFIC CALL. TIME FOR AN AT&T RACE BREAK. CHRIS MEYER AND DENNY HAMLIN HERE AT THE HOLLYWOOD HOTEL. THE FIRST TIME BACK SINCE THE WRECK AT CALIFORNIA. IN THE THE 11 CAR, BRIAN VICKERS STANDING BY AS TALLADEGA IS THE SITE OF BRIAN VICKERS FIRST CUP WIN. DALE EARNHARDT, JR. AFTER RUBBING WITH TRAVIS KVAPIL WENT A LAP DOWN WHEN TREVOR BAYNE HAD ENGINE PROBLEMS. HE GOT THAT LAP BACK DID DALE EARNHARDT, JR. AND AFTER 25 LAPS IN THE OLD SWITCH IN THE 11 CAR AND THEN THE BIGGEST WRECK OF THE DAY SO FAR AT LEAST 13 DRIVERS INVOLVED. OF COURSE, KYLE BUSCH TOOK BE RESPONSIBILITY AND HESITATED BUT HE AND KASEY KAHNE GOT THE WORST OF IT. TONY STEWART AND STEWART HAAS KEVIN HARR VIRGINIA TECH AMONG THOSE INVOLVED AS WELL. AND MOMENTS AGO WITH RAIN FALLING IN THE AREAIA. IT WAS IN THE FORECAST ALL DAY. THIS RACE IS AT LEAST OFFICIAL SO FAR. AT THE LAST MOMENT THERE, ONE THOUSAND P. OF A SECOND, JIM IF YOU DON'T KNOW HIS CREW CHIEF NAME YOU SHOULD. DENNY HAMLIN WITH US IF YOU MISS THE IT A MOMENT AGO SAID HE FEELS GREAT AND WILL RUN FULL TIME AT DARLINGTON NEXT WEEK. PUT US IN THE DRIVES' HEAD HERE. THE MOVE IF YOU ARE EDWARDS AND STENHOUSE, JR. WHAT IS GOING ON THERE? >> MORE THAN LIKELY WHAT HAPPENED IS GOING DOWN THE FRONT STRAIGHTAWAY CARL GOT SHOWERS ON HIS WINDSHIELD AND THOUGHT IT WAS URGENT I NEED GO RIGHT NOW. WHAT WE SAW ON THE TAPE IN THE HALF A CAR LENGTH DIFFERENCE THAT IS NOT ACTUALLY WHERE THE SCORING LOOP IT. GO BACK ONE THOUSANDth OF A SECOND. JUST LIKE KURT BUSCH AND RICKIA CRAVEN AT DARLINGTON. RICKIA MAY HAVE NARROWLY MISSED OUT ON HIS FIRST VICTORY. >> Chris: THE CREW CHIEF CALL ANY KIND OF GIVEN MOVE OUT OF THE ORDINARY AS YOU SAID GIVE THE RAINFALL. >> SHE WERE TEAMMATES AROUND RUNNING EACH OTHER PRETTY HARD INTO TURN ONE. THEY KNEW THAT THE RAIN WAS RIGHT ON TOP OF THEM. MY GUESS IS THEY SAW IT IN THE WINDSHIELD. >> Chris: YOUR PLAN COMING INTO THE DAY WAS ONE THING. YOU WERE AWARE OF THE RAIN. DID THEY SET OUT AND SAY WE THINK IT IS COMING AT THIS CHECK POINT. >> I HEARD IT RIGHT AROUND 3:00 LOCAL TIME HERE. IT IS RIGHT PRETTY CLOSE TO IT. YOU KNOW, LOOK AT MY RADAR ON MY PHONE I'M NOT SURE IT WILL BE A RACE-ENDING RAIN BUT I THINK IT WILL AT LEAST SET US OUT FOR A LITTLE WHILE. >> Chris: ONLY ONE RAIN SHORTENED TALLADEGA RACE IN HISTORY AND JEFF GORDON WON THAT IN 1996. RIGHT NOW JUST U >> Chris: THE AARON'S 499 ON FOX IS SPONSORED BY GODADDY. YOUR SMALL BUSINESS WINS WITH A WEBSITE FROM GODADDY.COM. >> RED FLAG IS OUT. 6 LAPS TO GO AT TALLADEGA. RICKY STENHOUSE, JR. TALKING TO CARL EDWARDS AND IT WAS THAT CLOSE. CARL PASSING AT THE LAST MOMENT BEFORE THE RAIN. HERE IS HOW IT LOOKED AND THEN YOU WILL HEAR THE RADIO COMMUNICATION FROM THE 99 CREW OF CARL EDWARDS FOLLOWED BY RICKY STENHOUSE, JR. AND HIS SPOTTER ON THE 17. FIRST FROM CARL EDWARDS' CREW. >> [RADIO]: YELLOW. YELLOW. YELLOW. YOU ARE THE LEADER. YOU ARE THE LEADER. YELLOW IS OUT. YOU WERE THE LEADER WHEN THE YELLOW CAME OUT. AHEAD OF HIM BY A HALF CAR LENGTH. >> Chris: AND THEN STENHOUSE. >> [RADIO]: 99. 17. >> [RADIO]: MY BAD, GUYS. I LEFT THE TOP OPEN. >> [RADIO]: THAT'S ALL RIGHT. >> Chris: SPOTTERS SO CRITICAL AND WE ARE UNDER THE RED FLAG. THE CAUTION CAME OUT WEATHER RELATED AS WE MENTIONED. 63 LAPS REMAINING AND THE FORECAST FROM BEGINNING OF THE DAY. IRONICALLY RAIN WASHED OUT QUALIFYING WHY IS WHY CARL EDWARDS WAS ON THE POLE. DIDN'T LEAD A LAP THERE UNTIL JUST MOMENTS AGO. AS LONG AS THE RAIN STAYS TO THE NORTH THE HEAVY STUFF WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FINISH THE RACE. LET'S CHECK IN WITH STEVE BYRNES WHO IS STANDING BY WITH THE CURRENT LEADER. STEVE? >> Steve: WITH CARL EDWARDS. AND CARL, STANDING IN THE PITS WHEN THE CAUTION CAME OUT AND EVERYBODY SEEMED PRETTY HAPPY. BUT WE MAY NOT BE DONE RACING. >> NO, I HAVE A FEELING THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE DONE RACING. LOOKS LIKE VERY SMALL SHOWERS COMING THROUGH AND TRUST ME, I WOULD BE FINE WITH IT ENDING RIGHT NOW BUT I KNOW EVERYONE ELSE INCLUDING ALL OF THE FOLKS AT HOME WANT TO GO RACING AGAIN. I HAD A FEELING THEY WERE GOING TO CALL THAT CAUTION. JUST RAINING ENOUGH AND JIMMY FENNIG AND THE RACE CREW WERE TELL ITING ME. I THOUGHT NOW IS THE TIME. I COULDN'T BELIEVE THE CAUTION CAME OUT THEN. FOUR FORDS UP THERE AND WORKED TOGETHER ON THE OUTSIDE. THAT IS ONE FORD. THAT IS WHAT IT IS ABOUT. IF WE GO BACK GREEN I THINK WE WILL HAVE A FORD IN VICTORY LANE, I BELIEVE. >> Steve: YOU PLAYED A CRUEL JOKE ON JIMMY FENNIG THE CREW CHIEF. >> COMING AROUND UNDER YELLOW AND WE WERE STAYING OUT. I STATE ALL RIGHT I'M COMING TO YOU YOU SAID THAT WAS A JOKE. >> I MADE SURE ARE HE KNEW THAT WAS A JOKE. I HAD A FEELING HE WOULD COME DOWN OFF THE PIT BOX AND DEAL WITH ME IF I HAD COME DOWN PIT LANE. I KNOW ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO PLANT CORN AROUND HERE DON'T WANT THIS RAIN BUT I WANT THE RAIN RIGHT NOW. >> Krista: RATU STEPS AWAY FROM WHERE STEVE AND CARL ARE STANDING MYSELF AND RICKY STENHOUSE. YOU KNEW THE CAUTION WAS COMING. HOPE O OF FUELING ONE LAP EARLIER, EVEN A FOOT EARLIER. >> IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD. BUT THE BEST BUY FORD FUSION HAS BEEN FAST ON THE OUTSIDE, THOUGH HE. WE STRUGGLED A LITTLE BIT ON THE INSIDE AND GOT THE FOUR FORDS LINED UP UP TOP AND WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE A RUN UP THERE AND GOT THEM ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR RIGHT NOW SO THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR FORD RACING. I WISH WE WERE SITTING FIRST RIGHT NOW. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL PASS OVER OR NOT. IT HAS BEEN A FUN RACE. A LITTLE HAIRY MISSING THE FIRST BIG WRECK. WENT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF IT. THE RACING HAS BEEN GREAT. I HOPE THE FANS ENJOYED IT. >> Krista: YOU WENT AND TALKED TO CARL. WHAT DID YOU GUYS SAY. >> HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO WAIT UNTIL THE LAST LAP BUT HE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO RAIN AND THE GUYS BEHIND HIM HAD A RUN AND LOOKED LIKE HE WAS GOING TO CARRY IT TO THE INSIDE AND HE DID THE SAME EXACT THING I DID TO THE 48 AND A GOT ON THE OUTSIDE OF US AND SLOWED US UP JUST ENOUGH AS THE CAUTION COMES OUT AS HE IS A NOSE AHEAD OF US. IT WOULD BE A GREAT FINISH FOR US IF IT DOES END LIKE THIS. IF NOT WE WILL GO BACK RACING AND SEE IF WE CAN'T GET BACK UP HERE. >> Krista: THANKS, RICKY. MATT? >> Matt: AT THIS PART OF PIT ROAD WHERE JOEY LOGANO AND I ARE HOLDING STATION. RAIN HAS STOPPED. RADAR LOOKS IFFY HERE AND THERE. BUT COULD BRING IT BACK TO GREEN. YOU HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO BRAD KEZELOWSKI. DID D. YOU CONFER ABOUT WHAT YOU SHOULD OR TRY TO O OF FUEL DO ONCE YOU GO GREEN? >> STORY, I BUMPED YOUR COKE THERE. >> A DILL DIFFERENT THAN THE TALLADEGA RACE. IT WASN'T THAT BIG. SINGLE FILE AT THE BOTTOM. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WHOLE STINT I WAS AT THE BACK OF THE SINGLE CAR PACK AND I WAS TRYING TO PASS AND GET BACK UP THERE. THE FORDS TEAMED UP AND STARTED ROCKING ON TOP PRETTY GOOD AND THEN I HAD BRAD BEHIND ME AND SITTING THERE LIKE I'M RUNNING THIRD. YOU MAKE THE MOVE IF YOU DON'T GET INTO FIRST YOU ARE GOING BACK TO WHERE YOU STARTED BACK IN 2th OR 13th. MAKE SURE I REALLY GET A GOOD RUN FOR THIS. ABLE TO GIVE CARL A GOOD ENOUGH RUN TO GET INTO THE LEAD RIGHT NOW. SEE HOW YOU LONG THAT LASTS AND WHAT HAPPENS HERE. WEIGHT AND SEE. THE SHELL PENNZOIL GUYS DID A GREAT JOB ON THE STOPS TODAY. WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. >> Matt: THE FORMATION OF FORDS LOOKING STRONG. >> Chris: THESE ARE THE DRYERS. FEED AIR THROUGH A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND VACUUMS THE TRACK ABSORBING THE WATER AND HELPED IN THE NATIONWIDE RACE WHERE THEY GOT A LATE START AND GOT MOST OF THE RACE IN BEFORE DARKNESS FELL. SOUNDS LIKE WE WILL AT LEAST HAVE A CHANCE TO FINISH. YOU HEARD CARL EDWARDS LOB BIG THE RAIN HE WILL TAKE A WIN. COULDN'T HELP WITH JOEY LOGANO THERE SINCE YOU ARE BACK RACING. WHAT GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND OR KIP OVER HIM? >> SKIP OVER H HIM. >> YOU TOLD MEOW COULD BE A THORN IN HIS SIDE WHEN YOU COME BACK RACING. STILL IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND. >> WE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO. >> Chris: AND IT IS YOUR BEST GUESS IF YOU ARE CARL EDWARDS YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS THINKING YOU GOT FOUR FORDS IN FRONT OF WHERE JIMMIE JOHNSON AND YOU ARE NOT SURE YOU ARE GOING TO RACE AGAIN BUT LOOKS THAT WAY. >> I THINK CARL FOR SURE AS MUCH AS HE IS MOUNTAINING ON THE FACE THAT HE HE WOULDN'T MIND GOING BACK RACING. HE WOULD MIND. HE WOULD TAKE THIS WIN AND PACK IT UP AND TAKE THE TROPHY AND GO ON HOME. LOOKING AT THE CARS THAT ARE LEFT, YOU HAVE GOT ANY ONE OF THESE GUYS OR GIRLS COULD WIN GOING DOWN THE STRETCH HERE. >> Chris: AND RAIN SHORTENED WIN OF OUR 22 CAREER WINS NONE OF THOSE? >> ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I NEVER EVEN IMPROVED MY POSITION BECAUSE OF RAIN MUCH LESS EVEN WON A RACE. >> Chris: BRING IN THE GUYS UPSTAIRS, DARRELL, LARRY AND MIKE WHILE WE HAVE A FEW MOMENTS. >> Mike: TALKED ABOUT CARL EDWARDS MAKING THE MOVE TO GET THE LEAD AT THIS POINT. THE BIGGEST MOVE OF THE DAY WAS WHEN THE FOUR FORDS GANGED UP ON JIMMIE JOHNSON. >> Darrell: I THINK JIMMIE WAS COMFORTABLE UP HERE. RUNNING UP FRONT THE WHOLE WAY. ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU DON'T REALIZE WHAT IS HAPPENING BEHIND YOU. THE FORDS FOUR RIGHT IN A ROW. GANGED UP ON JIMMIE. ALREADY PUT MATT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN BACK TO 10th PLACE. YOU GET TAKEN BY SURPRISE. YOU THINK YOU GOT EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE GUYS TURN IT UP. >> Mike: TWO TEAMS OF TWO BUT THAT IS TEAMWORK, LARRY. >> Larry: IT IS. HAVE TO TIP YOUR HAT TO THE FORD DRIVERS AND THEIR TEAMS. LAST YEAR AT DAYTONA AND TALLADEGA IF YOU WERE GOING TO SIT ON THE POLE AND WIN THE RACE YOU WERE GOING HAVE IS TO BEAT A FORD DRIVER EVEN THOUGH IN THE DAYTONA 500 THE FIRST RACE WITH THE GENERATION SIX CAR IN FEBRUARY WE HAD THREE FORD DRIVERS FINISH IN THE TOP TEN. THEY KNEW THEY WERE BEHIND. THEY WENT BACK HOME AND BUILT NEW RACE CARS AND LOOKED LIKE IT PAID OFF WITH THE SECOND RACE AT A RESTRICTER PLATE TRACK WITH THE GENERATION SIX CAR. >> Mike: THE LAST TIME FORD HAD FOUR DRIVERS FINISH IN THE FRONT OF THE FIELD WAS HOMESTEAD IN 2005. HE IS VIN ACROSS THE LINE. RON BOUCHARD, DARRELL WALTRIP AND LABONTE, FOLLOWED BY SPEED AND PETTY. 7 IN A ROW. CHRIS? >> Chris: THERE IS MICHAEL WALTRIP WHO NORMALLY WOULD BE SITTING NEXT TO ME INSTEAD OF DENNY HAMLIN. LET'S ASSESS THE WAY MICHAEL WALTRIP AND MICHAEL WALTRIP RACING HAS DONE SO FAR TODAY? >> REALLY WELL IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR TEAM SITTING FIVE, SIX, SEVEN WITH THE OWN O OF FUELER UP TOP. MAYBE A BIT OF BRAGGING RIGHTS. I'M AT LEAST DOING AS GOOD A JOB AS HE HAS DONE IN THIS HOLLYWOOD HOTEL. >> Chris: DISCUSSING TEAMMATES AND THERE IS THE BOYFRIEND GIRLFRIEND RACING FEMA. A COUPLE OF ROOKIES HERE IN THE NASCAR SEASON >>> NEXT WEEK NASCAR AND FOX TAKES ON THE TRACK THEY SAY IS TOO TOUGH TO TAME. >> THE SUPERSPEEDWAY THAT RACES LIKE A SHORT TRACK. >> AND NO SAFE PLACE. >> TAMED IT 7 TIMES BEFORE. >> JEFF GORDON'S 7th DARLINGTON VICTORY. >> TUNE IN NEXT WEEK TO SEE IF I CAN MAKE IT EIGHT, ONLY ON FOX! >> Chris: AND THAT TIME 6:00 EASTERN NEXT SATURDAY ON THE EVE OF MOTHER'S DAY. JIMMIE JOHNSON REMEMBER LAST YEAR WON THAT RACE. THAT WAS THE 200 FOR HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS. DENNY HAMLIN. YOU WILL BE RUNNING IN THAT FULL TIME. GOOD TO HEAR. WHAT YOU LIKE OR WHAT WE SHOULD LOOK FOR IN THAT TRACK? >> ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING TRACKS ON THE CIRCUIT. RUNNING JUST A FOOT OFF THE WALL AT MOST IS THE FATTEST WAY AROUND IT. OBVIOUSLY THE ROOM FOR ERROR IS A LOT LESS AT THAT RACETRACK THAN ANYTHING ELSE SHOE WE WILL TEN WITH THE CO-ANNA LIFTS BUT TEN WITH THE DRIVER ANALYST AND KRISTA VODA WITH MICHAEL WALTRIP. >> Krista: BEEN AWHILE SENSE YOU HAD BEEN IN THE CAR. TALKED ABOUT YOU WANTED TO GET COMFORTABLE AND GET THE FEEL. >> IT YOU GIVE THOSE CUP GUYS A HALF INCH AND THEY WILL TEAK IT. IT IS REAL IMPORTANT FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND HOW AGGRESSIVE THEY ARE BEFORE I TRY TO DO SOMETHING CRAZY. HE GOT IT NOW. I UNDERSTAND IF THERE IS A HALF INCH THERE THEY WILL TAKE IT. I LOVE BEING AT TALLADEGA AND I LOVE RACING AND I DON'T THINK THE HEAVY STUFF IS GOING TO COME DOWN FOR QUITE SOME TIME. I SAY WE PLAY ON. >> Krista: PLAY ON THROUGH, RIGHT? >> RIGHT. >> Krista: ANYTHING SURPRISE YOU WITH THE CARS? >> HOW MUCH IMPROVEMENT THE TEAMS HAVE MADE SINCE DAYTONA WITH THE CARS AND DRIVERS UNDERSTANDING HOW AGGRESSIVE YOU HAVE TO BE TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. YOU COULD TOTALLY MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. WE KNEW RAIN WAS IMMINENT AND KNEW THAT PULLING OUT AT THE WRONG TIME COULD COST YOU A CHANCE TO WIN. D THAT BEEN THE REAL CHECKER THAT WAS COMING I THINK YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN A LOT MORE RACING PEOPLE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WIN THE RACE. I TOLD MY BROTHER BEFORE THE RACE THERE WOULD BE A LAST LAP PASS. >> Krista: SO YOU WERE ACCURATE. >> Michael: MY BROTHER USUALLY IS RIGHT. ID THAT ONE. STEVE? >> Steve: COULD THE CINDERELLA KID PLAYING FOR THE GREEN JACKET BE BRAD KEZELOWSKI RIGHT NOW IN FOURTH. ONE OF THE FOUR DRIVERS THAT MICHAEL TALKED ABOUT. TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED RIGHT NEAR THE END OF THE RACE. YOU ARE FOURTH RIGHT NOW YOU? >> ALL OF THE FORDS GOT TOGETHER. THAT WAS COOL TO SEE. FORD HAS BEEN APPRECIATING THE ALL ONE PROGRAM. IT WAS LIKE THE OLD DAYS WHERE THE MANUFACTURERS GET TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER AND CARL AND RICKY AND JOEY AND I. WE ALL GOT THE TO DRIVE IT TO THE FRONT. OBVIOUSLY I WOULD LIKE TO BE THE FRONT ONE OF THOSE FOUR. UNFORTUNATELY I WAS THE BACK ONE. WE HAVE A STRONG MILLER LITE FORD AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE RACE GO BACK GREEN. >> Steve: IF IT GOES BACK GREEN IS YOUR RACE CAR GOOD ENOUGH TO GET TO THE FRONT? >> I THINK SO. THE 20 CAR IS BY AND LARGE THE FASTEST CAR, STEVE. SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY IS WORKING AGAINST HIM BECAUSE HE IS THE ONLY TOYOTA. THAT IS WHAT GOT US TO THE THE FRONT. I STILL WOULD LIKE A SHOT, YOU KNOW. FOURTH IS A GOOD DAY BUT I WANT TO WIN. >> Steve: THANK YOU, BRAD. GO TO MATT YOCUM? >> Matt: WE TOUCHED ON THE FAST THE FORDS AND NOW CATCHING UP WITH THE TOYOTAS OF MICHAEL WALTRIP RACING. CLINT. HELLO, CLINT. >> HI, MATT. >> Matt: BACK HERE AT TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY. >> IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. >> Matt: AT SOME POINT LOOKING OFF TO THE WEST OR EAST. >> IT IS A BLUE SKY. >> Matt: IT IS BLUE SKY. >> DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT OVER THERE. >> Matt: THAT IS WHERE IT IS MOVING, TOO. DON'T LOOK THAT WAY. BE POSITIVE. LOOKING AT POSSIBLY THE FINISH OF THE RACE YOU GUYS TEAMING UP, MICHAEL WAS TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT SCENARIOS ON THE RADIO. YOU SURPRISED. >> I WISH THEY WOULD HAVE TOLD US WHEN IT WAS GOING TO RAIN. I WAS WEIGHTING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN CARL WIND AND TWO SECONDS LATER I SEE RAINDROPS LIKE HE KNEW SOMETHING THAT WE DIDN'T. I DON'T KNOW, HIS RADAR ON THE PIT BOX MUST HAVE WORKED A LITTLE BIT BETTER. >> BRIAN WAS TRYING TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP. >> HE WAS GIVING ME MILES OUT. THE FIRST WARNING WAS THREE MILES AND THEN SHORTLY THEREAFTER MAYBE A LAP AFTER THAT IT WENT TO SIX MILES AND I'M LIKE WELL WHICH ONE IS IT? THEN IT WENT TO FIVE AND FOUR AND A HALF AND THAT IS WHEN IT RAINED. SO WE WERE AT 4 AND A HALF MILES OUT ON MY RADIO WHEN IT RAINED SO. >> Matt: WHEN IT STOPS AND WE GO BACK TO GREEN DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE A PLAN TO TAKE THE LEAD A LITTLE SOONER MAYBE FROM WHAT YOUNG LADY YOU AND HOW THE CARS HAVE BEEN HANDLING. >> WEATHER OUT FOUR AND A HALF MILES IS WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR SHOT AND GO IT FOR ARE IT. SO FAR SO GOOD FOR THE PEAK TOYOTA. HAVING A LOT OF FUN. I HOPE IT DOES. I MEAN THE FANS HAVE BEEN HERE ALL WEEKEND. I COULDN'T TELL IF THAT WAS THE AIR TITAN OR THE JET DRYERS. YOU GOT A DISTINCT SOUND THERE BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THOSE ARE THE JET DRYERS REIT NOW. IF WE GET BACK GOING WE WILL TRY TO GET THE PEAK TOYOTA IN VICTORY LANE. IF WE DON'T SIXTH AIN'T BAD. >> Matt: ARE YOU AND MICHAEL AND MARTIN GOING TO GET TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT MAYBE WHAT YOU THREE CAN DO? >> I'M NOT TELLING YOU THAT. I WILL GET A SANDWICH AND IF WE GET BACK GOING I MIGHT GO OVER THERE. WE WILL WORK TOGETHER, YOU KNOW THAT. SETTING THERE 6th, 7th AND 8th OR 5th, 6th AND 7th. WE NEEDED ANOTHER HALF LAP. AS SOON AS CARL MADE THE MOVE AND PUT HIM TWO WIDE OPENS UP AND PUNCHES A BIG HOLE IN THE AIR BUT IT WAS LIKE TWO SECONDS LATER THEY THREW THE CAUTION. ALMOST LIKE THEY ARE PULLING FOR CARL FOR CRYING OUT LOUD. WHAT IS THE DEAL? >> Matt: YOU GET YOUR PBJ. LUCKY WE DON'T HAVE A WINTERY MIX, OKAY. CHRIS? >> Chris: THANK YOU. IS HE DONE? YOU NEVER KNOW IF CLINT BOWYER ARE IS FINISHED TALKING OR NOT. THERE H IS THE BLUE. JUST TAKE THE CARS AND RACE TOWARDS THE BLUE AREA AND NOT WORRY ABOUT THE REST. HERE IS THE WEATHER MAP AND THAT YELLOW AREA IS WHERE WE ARE AT THE TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY. MOST IS TO THE NORTH. AND THE DRYERS LOOK AT HOW QUICKLY THEY ARE CLEANING UP THE TRACK. THE RACE STOPPED AT 2:10 AND THE RED FLAG CAME OUT AT 2:18 LOCAL TIME. CENTRAL TIME. YOU HEARD HIM REFER TO THE 20 CAR WITH DENNY HAMLIN. MICHAEL WALTRIP WILL REJOIN US IN A MOMENT FROM HIS CAR. GUESS HE IS NOT GOING TO BE RACING SOON. MATT KENSETH YOUR JOE GIBBS TOYOTA TEAM LED 101 LAPS OF THE 125 SO FAR. THINGS HAVE CHANGED WITH FOUR FORDS AND A GROUP OF THREE TOYOTAS, MICHAEL WALTRIP AND CLINT BOWYER AND TRUEX AND JIMMIE JOHNSON AND DALE EARNHARDT, JR. ARE WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU? >> MATT'S CAR IS SO STRONG. THE DOWN SIDE OF THE BEST CAR ON THE SUPERSPEEDWAY. NOBODY WANTS TO WORK WITH YOU BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BEAT YOU FOR A VICTORY. THEY WANT TO PUT YOU OUT OF THE DRAFT AND PUT YOU TOWARDS THE REAR BECAUSE THEY KNOW YOU HAVE A FAST CAR. >> Chris: THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM EARLIER. WE TALKED ABOUT DENNY HAMLIN STARTING HIS FIRST RACE SINCE LATE MARCH. THE WRECK HAD CALIFORNIA WHEN HAD THE BACK INJURY AFTER GETTING CLEARANCE AND THEN THE 11 CAR ARE WITH BRIAN VICKERS STANDING BY GOING THE FIRST 25 LAPS. DALE EARNHARDT, JR. WITH TRAVIS VIRGINIA. THAT CREATED A PROBLEM WHERE JUNIOR WENT A LAP DOWN. ENGINE PROBLEMS FOR TREVOR BAYNE AND DURING THE CAUTION BRIAN VICKERS IN THE 11 AS DENNY STEPS OUT. THIS WRECK, 13 DRIVERS INVOLVED. KYLE BUSCH CREATES IT WITH KASEY KAHNE. TONY STEWART INVOLVED. KEVIN HARVICK LAST WEEK'S WINNER CAUGHT UP IN IT. DANICA PATRICK YOU HER IN THE GREEN JUST GETTING PAST KYLE BUSCH AND THEN MOMENTS AGO STENHOUSE, JR. LOOKED LIKE HE HAD IT. CARL EDWARDS FORD TEAMMATE GOES RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM AS THE CAUTION COMES OUT. 1,000th OF A SECOND IS HOW CLOSE THEY WERE WITH THE TIMING. GAVE HIM THE LEAD AT THE MOMENT. WE ARE UNDER THE RED FLAG AND AS CARL SAID EARLIER I'M NOT GOING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT TEAING IT. WHAT ARE THE THOUGHTS OF THE REST OF THE DRIVERS BASED ON LOOKING AT THE WEATHER AND SEEING WHERE CARL IS SITTING? >> YOU HAVE OF THE DRIVERS THAT ARE LEFT THE 38 OR SO YOU HAVE GOT 37 OF THEM THAT WANT TO GO BACK GREEN AND YOU HAVE ONE OF THEM THAT IS HOPING THAT THESE RAIN SHOWERS KEEP BUILDING. AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FROM THE SYSTEM IS THAT THE SHOWERS OF BUILDING SO REALLY HARD TO ANTICIPATE WHEN IT WILL ACTUALLY STOP. >> THE CREW CHIEFS AND RACE TEAMS HAD AN ADETHE RAIN WAS IN THE FORECAST JUST NOT EXACTLY WHERE. YOU HEARD CLINT POUR TALKING ABOUT THAT. THE AIR TITAN DRYERS DOING THEIR JOB SO FAR. CARL EDWARDS THE LEADER OF >> Chris: CARL EDWARDS PULLS AWAY. THE BACK FLIP IS BACK. CARL EDWARDS HAS CAPTURED THE FLAG. WE ARE BACK LIVE IN TALLADEGA, ALABAMA. CARL EDWARDS IN HIS 20 CAREER WINS NONE HAVE COME ON A RESTRICTER PLATE. THE CRAZY FINISH HERE WITH KEZELOWSKI. AT THE MOMENT THE LEADER UNDER THE RED FLAG WARNING. MICHAEL WALTRIP HAS REJOINED US. AND DENNY GET IN ON THE DISCUSSION HERE. THE 10th RACE OF THE SEASON SO STARTS THE SECOND QUARTER AND MICHAEL ASSESSING ONCE WE GET THROUGH HERE, JIMMIE JOHNSON CAME IN WITH THE LARGEST POINTS LEAD UNDER THE CURRENT SYSTEM. CERTAIN LETTER STILL HAS A SHOT IN THIS. THIS ALWAYS IS A RACE THAT SHAKES THINGS UP IN THE STANDING. >> Michael: AND GOING TO DO IT AGAIN TODAY. JEFF GORDON STRUGGLED IN GETTING POINTS. HE IS OUTSIDE OF THE TOP TEN. THE DAY WILL HURT HIM. OTHER BUYS INVOLVED IN THE WRECK. TONY STEWART HIS IS DISMAL SEASON CONTINUES. INTERESTING TO SEE HOW TALLADEGA AFFECTS THE OVERALL SEASON BECAUSE YOU COME HERE AND YOU KNOW ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. >> Chris: AND FOR YOU OBVIOUSLY JUST GETTING BACK IN THE CAR BUT FOR THE 11 TEAM YOU WERE DISAPPOINTED TO GET -- >> ANYTHING THAT WE GOT TODAY OBVIOUSLY WAS GOING TO BE A BONUS BECAUSE WE AND IT DISSIPATED NOT RUNNING FIVE RACES AND GOING TO WORK OUT THAT WAY. WE WILL HAVE A LOCK ROAD AHEAD OF US. STILL A LOT OF EVEN GOOD CARS THAT ARE IN CHASE POSITION NOW YOU THAT ARE BACK THERE WITH US. >> Chris: CHECK IN WITH STEVE BYRNES WITH CREW CHIEF FOR CARL EDWARDS, JIMMY FENNIG. >> Steve: WHAT DO YOU THINK THE WEATHER IS GOING DO RIGHT NOW? WE SEE SOW BLUE SKY OVER THERE. WHAT DO YOUNG LADY YOU THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN? >> HARD TO TELL. LOOKS LEAK THERE WILL BE AN OPENING HERE BUT STILL BUILDING ON PROBABLY ABOUT 35 MILES AWAY FROM HERE. KEEWENAW PENINSULA AN EYE ON IT AND HOPEFULLY GET BACK RACING. SHOW SHOW THE FANS THAT WE ARE HERE TO RACE. >> Steve: TALK ABOUT THE EFFORT THAT YOU AND CARL AND THE TEAM MADE TO GET IN THE POLE POSITION HERE IN PRACTICE? THAT WAS CLUTCH. >> WE WORKED AT IT. ME AND CARL TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE PRACTICE STARTED BECAUSE WE KNEW IT GOING TO RAIN. HE DID A GREAT JOB OUT THERE AND GOT US THE LAP THE SECOND TIME OUT SO WE ARE PRETTY HAPPY WITH THAT AND WE ARE PRETTY HAPPY WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. >> Steve: I WILL LET YOU GO BACK TO WORK. >> THANKS. >> Steve: THANKS, CARL. >> Chris: JIMMY FENNIG HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS OVER HIS CAREER. AND JIMMIE JOHNSON HAD THE-POINT LEAD OVER CARL ED COME IN. THE CREW CHIEF HAD A CAREER WITH MARK MARTIN. >> Michael: JIMMY FENNIG IS ONE OF THE ONLY CREW CHIEFS THAT WAS HERE WHEN I SHOWED UP. WITH MIKE ALEXANDER AND DICK WAY BACK IN THE DAY AND HERE TODAY TO BE THE CREW CHIEF ON A CUP CAR ARE WITH HEAR CHANGED THAT SHOWS YOU WHAT A MASTER MAN THAT MAN IS. >> ABSOLUTELY. WE SAW DURING DAYTONA TESTING THE ONLY CREW YOU CHIEF TO HAVE A BACKUP CAR. >> Chris: AND THE KIND OF GUY TALK ABOUT THE GENERATION 6 CAR A NEW WAVE OF DRIVERS VERY OLD SCHOOL. THERE WAS TALK THAT HE MIGHT STENHOUSERICKY CINCO DE MAYO, INJURE. >> Michael: FROM THE '80S TO THE 2013 SEASON HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO GET A LOT DONE. FOR HIM TO PUT HIS ARMS AROUND THAT. DENNY SAYS ALWAYS BE PREPARED AND STUDY HIS NOTES AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT TAKES AND PUT HIM WITH A CHAP CONTEND GED DRIVER LIKE CARL EDWARDS WE COULD HEAR A LOT FROM THE TWO ALL YEAR LONG. >> Chris: DARRELL WALTRIP SAT DOWN WITH KEVIN HARVICK. YOU CAN HEAR THEM. THE WEEK BEFORE YELLING AT EACH OTHER JUST DRIVE THE CAR, GIVE ME SOME HELP. >> A LOT OF MARRIAGES THROUGHOUT. SOME ARE HAPPY AND SOME ARE NOT. THE CREW CHIEF AND DRIVER RELATION SEASONSHIP IS SO IMPORTANT. I HAD A GREAT RELATION HSHIP WITH MIKE FORD THAT WORK WELL. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CHANGE AND SPARKS A RACE TEAM. WHATEVER HAPPENED WITH CARL GETTING A NEW CREW CHIEF IN FENNIG IT LOOKS LIKE IT WORKING. >> Michael: THE MUTUAL RESPECT BETWEEN DRIVER AND CREW CHIEF IS KEY HE TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP. LOOK AT PAUL WOLFE AND BRAD LAST YEAR THE SUCCESS THEY HAD. JIMMY AND CHAD HAVE LITTLE CAT FIGHTS EVERY NOW AND THEN. NOT MUCH TO IT. THEY DO ARGUE A LITTLE BIT BUT YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH THEY RESPECT EACH OTHER AS WELL. >> CREW CHIEF FOR DALE EARNHARDT, JR. STEVE LETAR E&S. >> Krista: YOU AND JIMMIE WERE LINED UP THERE. WHAT HAPPENED? >> SOME GUYS BUILT A RUN ON THE OUTSIDE AND GOT PEOPLE COMMITTED UP THERE AND JUST WENT AROUND US. I DIDN'T THINK THE OUTSIDE LINE WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT BUT THEY GOT UP THERE AND GOT SOME GOOD CARS GOING. I DON'T KNOW. THAT WAS OUR FIRST LITTLE BIT OF EXPERIENCE UP IN THE FRONT. TRYING TO UNDERAND IT WHAT THE DRAFT IS DOING AND HOW IT WORKS. WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO KIND OF COME BACK FROM A LITTLE TROUBLE EARLIER TODAY. BUT THINGS ARE LOOKING PATRIOTIC AT THE GOOD. I THINK WE WILL GET THIS THING RESTARTED AND GET A SHOT AT THIS. >> Krista: TALK ABOUT THE TROUBLE EARLY ON AROUND LAP 20, 23. A LEFT-REAR FLAT TIRE AND TORE UP SHEET METAL. >> GOING AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF SOMEBODY AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY GOT TIGHT OR WHATEVER. TORE THE QUARTER PANEL OFF. THE TIRE DIDN'T ACTUALLY GO FLAT. THE QUARTER PANEL TORE THE TREAD OFF THE TIRE BUT THE TIRE WAS STILL UP. GOOD YEAR BUILDS A GOOD ONE. BUT, I DON'T KNOW. I JUST WOULD NOT HAVE ROOM RIGHT THERE AND WHEN WE HIT I THOUGHT WE HAD A FLAT AND KIND OF TURNED ME HE DOWN TO THE INSIDE THERE. LUCKILY WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MORE TROUBLE THAN THAT AND GOT IT FIXED UP. THE TEAM DID A GOOD JOB SORTING EVERYTHING OUT AND GETTING EVERYTHING RIGHT. >> Krista: YOU SAID WHEN YOU COME TO TALLADEGA YOU HAVE TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE WHOLE PACKAGE. IN THE PITSTOPS AND RACE CAR. WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS EARLY DO YOU PUSH THE PANIC BUTTON. YOU ARE SHAKING YOUR HEAD ALREADY. >> A LONG RACE AND A LOT OF THINGS CAN HAPPEN. A LOT OF GUYS GET IN TROUBLE IN TURN ONE AND TWO. STILL HAVE A LOT OF RACING LEFT. WE WILL GET THIS THING RESTARTED. THIS IS CLEARING UP GOOD AND WE WILL GET BACK ON THE RACETRACK AND GET A SHOT AT TRYING TO GET BACK UP TO THE FRONT AND WIN THIS THING. >> Krista: WHEN WE DO GET RESTARTED DO YOU HAVE A CAR THAT CAN WIN? >> WE CAN WIN. EVERYBODY OUT THERE CAN WIN IF YOU DO THE RIGHT THINGS. A GREAT ENGINE. THE CAR GOOD ALL WEEK AND THE GUYS DOING A GREAT JOB. >> Krista: CHRIS? >> Chris: THANK YOU. AND THANK DALE EARNHARDT, JR. FOR JOINING US. THE RAIN MOVED THROUGH AND THE SKY CLEARING. LOOKS LIKE THE LAST 63 FLAGS THEY WILL REMOVE THE RED FLAG AND FINISH UP. CARL EDWARDS THE POLE SITTER. NOT OVER YET. THE LAST POLE SITTER TO WIN HERE WAS JEFF GORDON IN 2007 AND THE POLE SITTER ONLY WON ONE OF THE LAST 29 RACES IN TALLADEGA. >> Michael: RYAN NEW YOUMAN SOLID ALL DAY LONG. ARIC ALMIROLA THREE TOP TENS IN A ROW FOR THE TEAM AND KNOCKING ON THE DOOR FOR A FOURTH ONE. >> I LOOK AT MATT KENSETH. HE HAS ONE OF THE STRONGEST CARS OF THE DAY. A MATTER OF NOW WITH NO TEAMMATES ON THE RACETRACK CAN HE BATTLE BACK FROM THAT. >> Chris: DAN WHAT PATRICK WHO GOT THROUGH THE 13 DRIVER WRECK. LED FIVE LAPS AT DAYTONA AT THE 500. ROUNDING OUT THE ORDER AT THE MOMENT. >> DAVID STREMME A TOP TEN FOR A LOT OF THE RACE. A STRONG RUN FOR DAVID IN 22nd POSITION. MICHAEL MCDOWELL. AND JEFF GORDON. THESE GUYS ARE ALL IN TROUBLE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. >> Chris: RICHARD CHILDRESS RACERS WHO HAVE NOT HAD A GREAT SEASON. JEFF BURTON AND PAUL MENARD. LED AT LEAST BRIEFLY IN THE RACE. CHECK IN WITH MATT YOCUM. >> Matt: YOU MIGHT WANT TO PICK RYAN NEWMAN AT THE RESTRICTER TRACKS OF LATE. WORKING ON A FOURTH TOP TEN FIN. BIG FOR YOU IN A NUMBER OF WAYS. NUMBER ONE TORTION GET BACK TO VICTOR ARERY LANE. WHO ARE YOU GOING TO TRY TO WORK WITH WHEN WE GO BACK TO GREEN? >> NOT SURE. I DON'T KNOW HOW IT IS GOING TO UNFOLD. I DIDN'T EXPECT I THINK I HEARD BOWYER TALKING ABOUT WHEN THE RAIN WAS GOING TO COME. I DIDN'T EXPECT FOR IT TO GET CRAZY WHEN IT DID AND THEN DIDN'T REIN AND GOT CRAZY AGAIN AND RAINED. THE CHEVY IS ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A PAIRING OF DRIVERS OR ANY KIND OF GROUP TO RUN THE OUTSIDE OR THE INSIDE. MORE OF A CRAPSHOOT RIGHT NOW. I WAS THIRD OFF OF FOUR AND LEADER AT THE LINE. ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. JUST A MATTER OF HOW CARS LINE UP. IN THE END EVERYBODY IS OUT FOR THEMSELVES BUT TRYING TO GO FAST AND PUSH AND WHOEVER GETS THE BEST RUN IS GOING TO HAVE THE RUN. >> Matt: BLASTED TO LEAD AT LAP 56 AND LED TWO LAPS AND DROPPED BACK LIKE YOU MENTIONED. DOES YOUR CAR ARE SEEM TO WORK BETTER AT ONE AREA OF THE RACETRACK? YOUR FISHING BUDDY MARTEN TRUEX, JR. IS STOPPING BY. WAS HE FISHING WITH YOU BY THE WAY? >> WE DID FISH THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. ASK HIM WHO CAUGHT THE BIGGEST FISH WHEN YOU TALK TO HIM. >> Matt: I'M SURE IT WAS PROBABLY YOU. >> HAPPY WE ARE IN 10S THIS. KEEPING OURSELVES IN CONTENTION. I WANTED TO GET THE LEAD AND LEARN A LITTLE BIT FOR THE LATER PART OF THE RACE WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS GOING BE NOW OR 60 LAPS FROM NOW. EITHER WAY I HAVE BEEN PLAYING IT SAFE AND BEING CONSERVATIVE AND I THINK THAT HAS PROVE TON BE SMART FOR THE LAST THREE RACES FOR ME. >> Matt: GOOD LUCK. JEFF? >> Jeff: CAUGHT UP WITH ONE OF THE GUYS IS THAT HAD TROUBLE EARLY IN THE DAY. CASEY MEARS. FAST CAR EARLY PART OF THE RACE. TELL US WHAT HAPPENED ON THE FIRST CRASH? >> WE HAD A GOOD RUN ON THE OUTSIDE AND I SAW THE FIVE COME OUT O OF FUEL OF NO WHERE AND THERE WAS NO WHERE TO GO. THE 18 AND THE 5 GOT TOGETHER AND UNFORTUNATELY WE GOT BOXED IN AND DIDN'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO. THAT IS THE WAY THIS PLACE IS AND RIGHT THERE I WAS TRYING TO DECIDE WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO. WAS GOING TO CONTINUE TO SLIDE DOWN BUT THEN THE 18 SLID UP, TOO. I WAS REAL HAPPY WITH WHAT WE DID THERE AND THE GUYS CAN A GOOD JOB REPAIRING IT. IF WE CAN GET BACK GOING AND MAYBE GET A WAVE AROUND WE REQUEST GET BACK IN IT. >> Jeff: HAVE NOT GIVEN UP ON THE DAY? >> WE NEVER GIVE UP. SHE GUYS WORK HARD. LIKE I -- THESE GUYS WORK HARD. WE WILL TRY TO GET THE LUCKY DOG AND GET THE WAVE AROUND AND COULD WE RIGHT BACK IN IT. >> Jeff: SKIES STARTING TO TURN BLEW AGAIN AND LOOKS LIKE WE WILL GET A CHANCE TO GO RACING. >> Chris: WE TALKED ABOUT TEAMMATES IN THE GROUPINGS IN THE NINE POSITIONS. ONE OF THOSE WITH MICHAEL WALTRIP RACING MIKE SUPER BOWL WITH US AND DENNY HAMLIN WITH CLINT BOWYER AND MARTIN TRUEX, JR. 200 PLUS RACES SINCE TRUEX HAD A VICTORY. DURING THE WEEK HE TWEETED SAID HE WAS DRIVING AND GOT THE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A POLICE CAR CHASE AND SAID I ALMOST RAN OVER THE BAD GUY AND CAUGHT UP TO HIM. OTHER THAN THE POLICE THE NEXT BEST THING TO GET A BAD GUY IS A NASCAR DRIVER. >> Michael: I WANTED TO HIT HIGH PRESSURE SO BAD BUT DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. HE SAID I CROWDED HIM UP A LITTLE BIT AND WASN'T LONG UNTIL WE SAW SHRAPNEL. >> Chris: THE BAD GUYS ALWAYS GET CAUGHT IN THE END. I SAW YOU THAT WHERE THE AVERAGE GUY IN TRAFFIC ANNUALLY 348 HOURS YOU WASTE TIME IN TRAFFIC. YOU DRIVE FOR A LIVING. EVER GET FRUSTRATED IN NORMAL EVERY DAY TRAFFIC WHEN YOU ARE OUT DRIVING? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> MY BIGGEST PET PEEVE IS THE GUYS THAT CUT IN FRONT OF THE TRACTOR TRAILERS. >> Chris: YOU DON'T PULL UP AND SAY DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? >> Michael: YOU TALKED ABOUT TRUEX HASN'T WON IN AWHILE. HE WAS ON IT TODAY AND WAS THE FIRST GUY THAT A WOULD JUMP IN THE OTHER LANE TO TRY TO GET SOMETHING GOING. >> Chris: I HEARD YOU COMMUNICATING WITH HIM, TOO. HE IS STANDING BY WITH STEVE BYRNES. STEVE? >> Steve: MARTIN TRUEX, JR. TALKING ABOUT LOGISTICS DOWN HERE. LONG STORY. LISTENING TO YOU IN THE RADIO THE CAR HASN'T BEEN SPECTACULAR BUT IN THE TOP TEN MOST OF THE DAY? >> ABLE TO STAY RIGHT MERE THE FRONT. HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET ALL THE WAY TO THE FRONT. WE LED THE FIRST FEW BUT HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET BACK TO THE LEAD SINCE. WITH THE 48 PUSHING IN SEEMED LIKE NOBODY COULD GET THE LEAD FROM HIM UNTIL THEY ALL GANGED UP ON THE OUTSIDE. HAD A GOOD NAPA TOYOTA TODAY. IN GOOD POSITION THERE. CLINT MICHAEL AND I WERE ALL LINED UP AND WAITED A LITTLE TOO LONG AND THE RAIN GOT TO US. LOOKS LIKE WE WILL GET GOING AGAIN. HOPEFULLY THE THREE OF US WITH WORK TOGETHER. >> RYAN NEWMAN JUST TOLD MATT YOCUM IT IS A KIND OF A CRAPSHOOT AND I DON'T KNOW WHO TO WORK WITH BUT SOUNDS LIKE YOU DO. >> WE DO. DOESN'T GUARANTEE SUBBASES OR WE WILL ALL GET IN THE RIGHT POSITION AT THE RIGHT TIME. THIS RACE COMES DOWN TO A LOT OF CIRCUMSTANCES. AND YOU KNOW AS WE SEEN THE LAST COUPLE OF LAPS CARL ON THE OUTSIDE LANE CAME FROM NO WHERE. HASN'T REAL REALLY BEEN WORKING THAT GOOD ALL DAY. HAVE TO GET THE RIGHT CARS LINED UP AND GET RUNS AT THE RIGHT TIME. WE WILL KEEP DIGGING AND KEY WHAT WE CAN DO. >> GO TO KRISTA. >> Krista: YOU HAVE BEEN TAKING FOUR TIRES EACH TIME. HOW IS THE RACE CAR. WE THINK WE ARE GOING RACING HERE PRETTY SOON. >> I THINK IF WE DO GO BACK TO RACING GWALTNEY FORD FUSION HAS BEEN GOOD ALL DAY. COMING OFF THREE TOP TENS IN A ROW AND WE ARE 11th. WE WANT TO GET ANOTHER SHOT TO HAVE FOUR TOP TENS IN A ROW. COULD ALSO GO THE OTHER WEIGH AND WE COULD END UP IN A WRECK AND FINISH 25th. EITHER WAY I THINK WE GOT A GOOD SHOT AT RUNNING BETTER IF WE HE GO BACK TO GREEN. >> Krista: ANYTHING YOU NEED DIFFERENTLY? WORK WITH A DIFFERENT GROUP OR DIFFERENT PACK OF CARS OR EVERYBODY GOING TO PLAN? >> EVERYTHING GOING TO PLAN. WE MISSED A BIG WRECK WHICH IS IMPORTANT AND RODE AROUND BETWEEN 4th TO 7th THE REST OF THE RACE SINCE THE BIG WRECK. WE HAVE BEEN PLAYING IT COOL AND NOT MAKING ANY CRAZY MOVES AND JUST TRYING TO BE PATIENT AND PUT OURSELF IN POSITION TO HAVE IS A SHOT TO WIN THE RACE. >> Krista: BEING PATIENT HAS TO BE THE HARDEST THING FOR A RACE CAR DRIVE. >>> IT IS. WE ARE NOT BRED TO DO THAT. WE ARE PAID TO GO AS FAST AS WE CAN AND LEAD AS MANY LAPS AS WE CAN. COMES FROM A LOT OF LEARNING AND I HAD TO LEARN THE HARDWAY. >> Krista: WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE PATIENT WITH ARIC ALMIROLA AND DOWN TO JEFF HAMMOND. >> Jeff: I CAUGHT UP WITH TONY GIBSON AND DANICA PATRICK. A GOOD RACE TODAY. HAVE YOU SEEN THAT DODGE YOUR DRIVER DID TO GET THROUGH THE WRECK? >> I HAD FAN SCAN AND WE WERE WATCHING AND WE COULDN'T TALK AND LIKE HOLY COW AND SHE COMES ON THE RADIO AND JUST AIMED FOR THE HOLE. I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE MISSED THE 18 THERE AT THE END. THE 18 COME BACK DOWN ACROSS AND SHE SAID SHE GOT LOOSE ON THE FIRST APRON AND GOT ON THE FLAT AND REAL LOOSE AND HOW SHE SURVIVED THAT I HAVE NO IDEA. I THINK BECAUSE USUALLY WE ARE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THOSE THINGS SO WE SHOULD BE RIGHT HERE. SEE THAT. THAT WAS CLOSE. BUT THE GODADDY CHEVY DID GOOD AND OUR SPOTTER DID AN AWESOME JOB AND DANICA A GOOD JOB. A FAST CAR TODAY. JUST GOT TO GET UP THERE AND SHOW IT. >> I THINK THEY ARE READY TO GO RACING, CHRIS. >> Chris: DANICA PATRICK 14 AND CARL EDWARDS THE LEADER. 18 LEAD CHANGES. HOPING TO CONTINUE WITH 63 LAPS TO GO. >> Chris: PLAY FOX BE FANTASY AUTO RACING PRESENTED BY FORD. PICK A TEAM OF FIVE DRIVERS EACH WEEK AND COMPETE FOR WEEKLY PRIZES ALL SEASON LONG. SIGN UP TODAY AT FOX SPORTS.COM/FANTASY AND PICK THE WINNING TEAMS. RIGHT NEW CARL EDWARDS THE LEADING TEAM. 63 LAPS TO GO. THE RED FLAG OUT FOR WEATHER. THE TRACK DRYING WITH THE AIR TIGHT TRACK DRYER. A NEW PROJECT TO HELP CLEAR THE TRACK FOR RACING. BACK AT DAYTONA, JEFF HAMMOND TOOK A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW THIS MACHINE WORKS AND WHY IT WILL BE EFFECTIVE TO USE LIKE WE ARE SEEING TODAY. >> Jeff: THE NEW AIR TATE THAT WAS BASICALLY DEVELOPED BECAUSE OF A CHALLENGE BY BRIAN FRANTZ OF NASCAR. IT WILL HELP DRY THE RACETRACK UP TO 80% FASTER THAN EVER BEFORE. WE HAVE THREE COMPRESS HEORS HOOKED WHICH CAN BUILD UP TO 160 PSI. THE FINAL COMPRESSOR IS A FILTRATION SYSTEM THAT COMES THROUGH THE HOSES WHICH THE UNITS ARE DOWN ON THE APRON TO THE RACETRACK TO THE TRUCKS GOING AROUND UP ON THE BANKING AND DOWN TO THE UNITS WHICH ARE THE DISTRIBUTION UNITS AND THEY ARE 18-FOOT WIDE. ALLOWS THE AIR TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE AIR BLADES WHERE THE PRESSURE ITSELF DROPPED DOWN TO 90 TO 00 PSI. ALL OF THE UNITES, THREE UNITS UP ON THE RACETRACK SQUEEGEEING THE WATER DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE APRON. THAT WAY, THE YET DRYERS COMING IN BEHIND US TO FINISH IT OFF. A GOOD 'OLE 1-2 PUNCH. NOT ONLY SAVE TIME. IT WILL SAVE MONEY. TALKING ABOUT EFFICIENCY WHEN IT COMES TO SAVING FUEL BECAUSE THE YET DRYERS BURN MORE FUEL THAN ALL OF THE UNITS PUT TOGETHER. WHAT DOES THIS REALLY MEANS TO US? WE CAN GO BACK TO RACING FASTER. FANS HAPPIER AND COMPETITORS A LOT HAPPIER. I LEAVE THE CHALLENGE HAS BEEN MET WITH THE NASCAR'S NEW AIR TIGHT. >> THANKS, JEFF. EVEN IN THE RAIN HE CAN FIND A TANNING BOOGITY. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> Chris: I KID. THESE ARE THE DRYERS IN ACTION AND MICHAEL YOU ARE ANXIOUS BECAUSE YOU WANT TO GET BACK OUT THERE. I THINK YOU SAID LET HIM HOP IN YOUR CAR WHEN YOU GO RACING. >> Michael: TAKES ME 100 CARS TO GET WARMED UP AND I REALLY DON'T HAVE 100 MILES TO GIVE SO IF YOU WANT TO GO GET IN THE OLD UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA CAR HAVE AT IT. I WILL TAKE YOUR SPOT HERE. >> I KNOW WHEN WE PLAY GOLF IT TAKES YOU UNTIL THE BACK NINE TO GET GOING. >> Chris: YOU ARE TOYOTA TEAMMATES SO IT IS POSSIBLE. MATT KENSETH DOMINATED THE RACE. THE CAR TO BEAT EVERYBODY SAYING. THINGS HAPPENED AND HE IS STANDING BY WITH KRISTA VODA. >> Krista: YOU HAD THE CAR TO BEAT. YOU WERE GOING TO TIME THE MOVES BASED ON THE WEATHER. A SITTING DUCK AT THIS POINT WAITING FOR THEM TO COME. >> WHAT A PERFECT GUY TO DO A SPECIAL ON COMPRESSED HOT AIR, HAMMOND. OUR HOME DEPOT HUSKY TOOLS CAMRY HAS BEEN FAST ALL DAY UP THERE LEADING THE LAPS. DIDN'T REALLY EXACTLY KNOW WHAT WAS GETTING READY TO HAPPEN RIGHT THERE. I DID A POOR JOB OF PUTTING THE CAR IN THE RIGHT PLACE. I DIDN'T ANTICIPATE HOW FAST THE OUTSIDE LINE WAS MOVING UP WITH THE 17 AND 99 AND DIDN'T GET UP THERE IN FRONT OF THE LINE SOON ENOUGH AND COST US. SO HOPEFULLY IT WILL DRY OUT THERE AND I CAN GO OUT AND TRY TO REDEEM MYSELF. >> Krista: THERE IS NOT MUCH YOU NEED FROM THE RACE CAR AT LEAST LISTENING TO YOU AND JASON RADCLIFF ON THE RADIO. EVERYTHING IS GOING SMOOTHLY OUT FRONT. >> A DIFFERENT RACE NOW. WE LOST SOME OF THAT TRACK POSITION SO WE WILL HAVE TO GET BACK THERE IN TRAFFIC AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THE MOVES. MOST OF THE DAY WE HAD THE LUXURY OF BEING IN FRONT OF IT ALL. HAVE TO MAKE THE RIGHT MOVES AND MAKE THE RIGHT THINGS HAPPEN AND WORK OUR WAY UP THERE. WE HAVE A FAST RACE CAR IF WE CAN GET IT THERE. HOPEFULLY IT DRIES OUT SO I CAN GET OUT THERE AND TRY TO REDEEM MYSELF. >> Matt: THE SUN IS OUT SO WE WILL BE GOING RACING COMING UP. PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST SAVES I HAVE SEEN TODAY. YOU PROBABLY DO NEED YOUR SUNGLASSES THAT THE POINT. YOU HAD AN UNBELIEVABLE SAVE. WALK ME THROUGH WHAT TOOK PLACE AND DO IT ACTIVELY. >> I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR THE CAMERA TO FOLLOW ME IN ALL OF MY ACTIONS AND MOVEMENTS THAT I WAS DOING. A LOT OF LUCK AT THE END OF THE DAY. MY SPOTTER BRANDON DID A GREAT JOB AND SAID GO LOW, GO LOW. HAD TO COME ACROSS THE TRANSITIONS AND TONY WAS IN FRONT OF ME SO HAD TO MISS THAT AND THEN THE 18 WAS COMING DOWN THE TRACK SO HAD TO MISS THAT. JUST KIND OF LUCK AND GETTING THE RIGHT DIRECTIONS AND THAT WAS ABOUT IT. >> Matt: WHEN YOU LOOK AT COMING TO TALLADEGA AFTER THE IMPRESSIVE RUN AT DAYTONA DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCE IN CONFIDENCE COMING IN HERE KNOWING WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED AND WHAT YOU LEFT DAYTONA WITH? >> WELL, I WAS A LOT MORE -- A LOT HAPPIER TO START ON THE POLE AT DAYTONA AND JUST KNOW THAT YOU CAN JUST DON'T DROP BACK AND BE SMART AND STAY IN LINE BUT STARTING 23rd WHERE I DID IT, YOU KNOW, YOU DO HAVE TO TRY AND FIND A WAY TOWARDS THE FRONT. IT SEEMED LIKE I WOULD BE MAKING PROGRESS AND THEN I WOULD FEEL LIKE I WAS GOING TO GET UP INTO THE TOP 10 OR 12 OR SO. THE LINE WOULD SLOW DOWN. SO JUST TRYING TO FIGURE THAT ALL OUT AND SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO MAKE A NEW LANE TO TRY AND HELP A NEW LANE OUT AND OTHER TIMES I THINK YOU JUST GOT TO STAY IN LINE. I'M STILL LEARNING FOR SURE BUT YOU KNOW, I WANT THIS THING TO GO BACK GREEN BECAUSE I WAS SAYING ON THE WAY BACK I SAID YOU KNOW ONE SIDE OF IT 14th ON A SUPER SPEEDWAY IT CAN GO DISASTERROUS BUT I CAN'T WIN UNLESS IT GOES GREEN AGAIN. I WANT ANOTHER SHOT AND IT WAS UNFORTUNATE THAT WE LOST THE LEAD GROUP BUT HOPEFULLY GET ANOTHER CHANCE. >> Matt: TIME TO PLAY THINGS NOW THE YOUR MIND OF WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO AND NOT DO. DO YOU SOME STRATEGY AND WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO WORK WITH FROM HERE TO THE FINISH? >> I WILL WORK WITH ANYBODY. I THINK THAT YOU KNOW YOU JUST HAVE TO FIND WHAT -- I FEEL LIKE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS WHO IS LEADING THE LINE. I REALLY DO. YOU KNOW, LIKE WHEN KENSETH IS LEADING THE LINE IT IS A GOOD LIEN. WHEN THE 9 CAR WAS LEAD GED ONE OF THE LINES HIS CAR IS COMPLETELY TAPED UP. I SAID THAT IS PROBABLY NOT THE STRONGEST LINE. SO THAT -- I FEEL LIKE THAT IS WHAT IT TAKES IS FINDING THE RIGHT PERSON OUT FRONT AND FALLING INTO THAT ONE. BUT YOU CAN'T -- YOU CAN'T WEN BY FOLLOWING SO GOT TO TRY TO WORK YOUR WAY UP AS BEST AS POSSIBLE WITH THE BEST LINE AND TAKE A CHANCE. >> Matt: THANKS CHRIS? >> Chris: AS HIGH AS 9th TODAY. THERE IS JENGY. A GAME OF SKILL AND NOT OF LUCK. HE IS NOT SKILLFUL OR ARE LUCKY AT MOMENT. WE HAPPENED TO CATCH HIM. HE WAS WORKING ON THAT ALL DAY AND AS SOON AS WE PUT A CAMERA ON STARTS TO TIP. HIS RELATIVES ARE PROBABLY TWEETING HIM RIGHT NOW. YOU WERE SAYING OUT ON THE TRACK AND FIGURING THIS OUT AND THEN THIS HAPPENS SO NOW GOT TO REWORK WITH WITH 178-MILES TO GO. >> Michael: IF I'M A FAN THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER. YOU HAVE IS GUYS THAT LEARNED FROM WHAT HAPPENED AS WE CLOSED IN TOWARD WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE THE RED FLAG ARE FOR THE RAIN. NOW, YOU PLAN YOUR STRATEGY TO GET TO LAP 188. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT MOVES CAN BE MADE AND WHEN THEY ARE GOING RACE CARE SO THE RICE CAR DRIVERS LEARNED A VALUABLE LESSON ABOUT HOW TO WIN THE RACE. >> IDEAL FOR THE RACE FAN. ALWAYS WANTED A 50-60 LAP SHOOTOUT ON A IS SUPERSPEEDWAY AND YOU WILL HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW. >> Chris: CHECK IN WITH STEVE BYRNES STANDING BY WITH J. YELEY. >> Steve: 17th RIGHT NOW. WE MADE AT POINT AT THE START OF THE BROADCAST ALL TEAMS WHEN THEY COME TO TALLADEGA FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE A SHOT TO WIN. >> ABSOLUTELY. YOU KNOW, AND FOR US OUR SPEEDWAY PROGRAM HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD SO FAR. DROVE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK AND CLOSE TO THE TOP AT DAYTONA AND THEN THE GREEN FLAG PITSTOP WE LOST THE TRACK POSITION. THE CAR IS REALLY GOOD. YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL IS TO GET INTO THE TOP TEN SO KIDS EAT FREE HE TOMORROW FOR GOLDEN CORRAL. TOP TEN IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR. NOT A SCRATCH ON THE CAR RIGHT NOW. MIXED EMOTIONS ON GETTING BACK OUT THERE. THE CAR HAS BEEN FAST SO WE WANT TO GO AND DO IT AGAIN. >> Steve: GOOD LUCK FOR YOU. IT'S FOR THE KIDS. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> GO TO JEFF HAMMOND. >> Jeff: NICE BRIGHT SUNSHINE. GETTING WARM. THE 48 HAS BEEN STRONG. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT WHEN WE GO BACK GREEN? >> LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. THE LOWES CHEVROLET RUNNING FAST TODAY. ABLE TO PASS A FEW CARS. THE ROIN SURE HURT US. ANOTHER ONE COMING TO THE SOUTH. HOPEFULLY GET THE TRACK DRIED AND GET IT FINISHED UP AND I THINK WE GOT A GOOD SHOT AT WINNING THIS. >> Jeff: FOUR FORDS THAT GANGED UP ON YOU. HAVE YOU BEEN THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO AGAIN? >> I DON'T THINK IT WAS JUST THE FOUR FORDS. THEY HAD MOST OF US FOOLED. THE OUTSIDE LANE EVERYBODY CRUISING BIDING THEIR TIME HANGING OUT AROUND THE BOTTOM AND THEY GOT ANXIOUS AND SAW THE RAIN COMING AND GOT AFTER IT. >> Jeff: GOOD LUCK FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. >> THANK YOU, CHRIS. AND CHAD KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THE WEATHER. YOU KNEW ALL AFTERNOON THE WEATHER WAS OUT THERE THREATENING. YOU HAD A CHANCE, TOO, MICHAEL WHEN FETTIG MADE A THE CALL FOR CARL EDWARDS. >> Michael: BOWYER WAS TALKING TO HIS SPOTTER SAYING I WILL GO PRETTY QUICKLY. TURNED OUT THE MOVES THAT THE FORDS MADE THEY MADE IT BEFORE CLINT MADE HIS MOVE SO GANGED UP ON EVERYBODY AND TURNED OUT TO BE THE RIGHT MOVE. AS YOU RACE DOWN TO THE FINISH OF THE RACE, HOWEVER, NOW YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND SO YOU WILL PLAN YOUR MOVE OUT BASED ON HOW MANY LAPS YOU THINK TO GET THERE. WE WERE IN A TOUGH SPOT. NEEDED TO MAKE THAT MOVE. JUST DIDN'T QUITE MAKE IT SOON ENOUGH. >> Chris: AND STILL? A GOOD POSITION. >> LIKE I SAID BEFORE WHEN THE ENTIRE LEAD PACK WAS SINGLE FILE I SAID I LIKE RICK. >> STENHOUSES WHO CHANCES AS MUCH AS MATT KENSETH. >> Michael: AND YOU WON'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH THE CARS MOVE AROUND. THE DRIVERS THAT SIDE DRAFT AND PIN YOU DOWN TO THE BOTTOM BOGS YOU UP AND MOVES THE CAR AROUND. LOOK IS LIKE WE ARE RUNNING AROUND THERE ON THE LINE AND SIDE BY SIDE IT IS REALLY CHALLENGING ESPECIALLY FOR AN OLD GUY. >> Chris: HAPPY BIRTHDAY. JUST TURNED LIKE 29 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND YOU WILL BE BACK IN YOUR CAR WHEN WE GO RACING AGAIN. WE WILL TALK TO CARL EDWARDS CURRENTLY THE >> Chris: OUR AERIAL COVERAGE PROVIDED BY GOOD YEAR. EVERYTHING WE LEARN MAKING TIRES THAT FACE THE GRUELING DEMANDS OF NASCAR INSPIRES WHAT WE ROLL INTO YOURS. GOOD YEAR THE OFFICIAL TIRE OF NASCAR. WITH DENNY HAMLIN AND MICHAEL WALTRIP AND CHRIS MYERS AND THE FOX GANG ON A RED FLAG WITH 63 TO GO AT TALLADEGA. CARL EDWARDS THE LEADER CAME IN SECOND IN POINTS. ALREADY HAS A WIN. NEVER WON HERE BUT STEVE BYRNES SAT DOWN WITH HIM AFTER TALKING ABOUT HIS RACE IN RICHMOND JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO. >> I WAS IN YOUR PITS AND IT WAS THE WEIRDEST RACE. I'M LOOKING AT MY NOTES. WHAT WAS IT. LAP 291 AND YOU SAY I'M A LITTLE LOOSE IN A LITTLE LOOSE OFF, LET'S IN THE CHANGE MUCH AND YOU MAKE A SMALL AIR PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT AND LOOKED LIKE, MAN, THAT WIND WAS RIGHT THERE. THAT IS THE WEIRDEST, THE LAST LAPS WERE CRAZY. >> IT WAS A CRAZY RACE AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE WE HAD THE FASTEST CAR CONTRIBUTION. I FELT LIKE WE ALMOST WOULD HAVE LAPPED THE FIELD IF IT WOULD HAVE GONE GREEN THE CAR WAS THAT GOOD. SO MANY THINGS HAPPENED. THE RESTARTS AND I WE WERE RACING SO HARD WHICH WAS A LOT OF FUN. NO BIG DEAL. I WILL LET HIM GO AND WE KEPT GETTING CAUTIONS AND THEN THE LINE THAT YOU WERE IN WAS SO IMPORTANT AND WE KEEP GETTING STUCK ON THE OUTSIDE. BUT THEN EVEN THE FINAL RESTART I THOUGHT HEY WE ARE GOING TO WIN THIS THING. TWO TIRES. UP THERE AND WASHED UP IN THE CORNER AND THE 29 CAR JUST DROVE RIGHT THROUGH THE FIELD AND WON THE THING. IT WAS AN INSANE RACE. >> Steve: I MADE A NOTE AT ONE POINT YOU GUYS TOOK, HERE, LAP 326. 8th CAUTION YOU RESTARTED P 8 AND YOU WERE LIKE NO BIG DEAL. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. BUT YOU IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE. FOUR TIRES DIDN'T NECESSARILY MEAN YOU WERE GOING TO GET TO THEM. >> I THINK THAT IS THE RESTART WHERE DAVID RAGAN STAYED OUT AND HE WAS IN FRONT OF ME AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOW GOOD HIS CAR WAS. WE WENT DOWN THE FIRST CORNER AND HE WAS STUCK UP THERE KIND OF IN NO MAN'S LAND WITH NO TIRES AND I GOT STUCK BEHIND HIM AND GUYS WERE GETTING SO GOOD AT PINNING PEOPLE ON OUTSIDE LINE WE LOST A TON OF SPOTS THERE. I TOLD THE GUYS IN THE MEETING THIS MORNING I IS SAID WE LOST THIS RACE FOUR TIMES. MISSED MY PIT BOX ALMOST. STUCK BEHIND JAIME ON PIT ROAD AND STUCK AND THE BADRY STARTS. FOR SOME REASON WE WERE NOT MEANT TO WIN THE RACE. HAD A GREAT RACE CAR. HAD MORE FUN IN THAT RACE THAN I HAD IN A LONG TIME. >> Steve: DO YOU LOOK AT IT EVEN THOUGH YOU FINISHED SIXTH DO YOU LOOK AT IT LIKE HEY WE HAD ONE OF THE FASTEST CAR IF NOT THE FASTEST AND LET'S MOVE ON TO TALLADEGA OR FRUSTRATING. >> IT IS FRUSTRATING. THAT RACE TO FINISH IS SIXTH AND NOT WIN THAT RACE WITH AS FAST AS OUR CAR WAS THAT IS -- THAT ONE IS GOING TO BOTHER ME FOR A LITTLE WHILE. THE ONLY GOOD THING IS WE CAME OUT OF THERE. SOMEBODY REMINDED ME AND SAID HEY, YOU ARE SECOND IN POINTS. SECOND IN POINTS? I WAS STANDING WAITING FOR MIKE HELTON AND GOING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS. THAT IS PRETTY. THAT KIND OF EASED THE PAIN A LITTLE BIT. >> Chris: STEVE SPOKE WITH CARL AFTER THE RICHMOND RACE. POINTS LEADER JIMMIE JOHNSON DOWN THE LADDER A LITTLE BIT COULD SHAKE THINGS UP AS WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT AT TALLADEGA. >> Michael: GOT OFF TO GREAT START WINNING PHOENIX. STRONG WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT. >> Chris: THAT IS YOUR BATTERY PACK. >> Michael: SCARED ME BUT I'M OKAY. DALE, JR. WE TALKED TO EARLIER. HE FELT LIKE HE COULD WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP. I KNOW AS SOON AS YOU GET BACK FULL TIME YOU WILL MAKE A RUN AT THE CHASE. STILL A PLAYER IN THE CHASE? >> ABSOLUTELY. JUST GOT TO WIN A COUPLE OF RACES. >> Chris: I HOPE YOU ARE NOT HURTING YOUR BACK SITTING HERE WITH US BY THE WAY. I LIKE WHAT YOU SAID AT THE NEWS CONFERENCE WHEN YOU SAID YOU ARE AN ATHLETE AND WANT TO TWO NO MATTER WHAT. YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING FOOLISH BUT MENTALLY SHOULD BE BACK DOING YOUR JOB. GET A TASTE OF THAT. WE SAW YOU FRIDAY IN PRACTICE AND THE 25 LAPS TODAY. >> IT WE ARE ALL COMPETITORS AND THAT IS IS THE TOUGH PART OF THE WHOLE INJURE. >> IS WHEN YOU FEEL FINE YOU WANT TO BE OUT THERE ON THE BASKETBALL COURT OR PLAYING FOOTBALL ON THE FIELD AND IF YOU ARE A RACE CAR DRIVER YOU WANT TO BE OUT ON THE RACETRACK. I GOT A LITTLE TASTE OF IT TODAY. JUST ENOUGH TO GET ME EXCITED FOR NEXT WEEK. >> Chris: TAKE US THROUGH THE PROCESS AND WE WILL SHOW THE VIEWERS IF THEY DIDN'T SEE ON FRIDAY'S PRACTICE GETTING IN AND OUT OF THE CAR ARE AND THEN THE ROUTINE YOU HAD TO DO EARLIER TODAY. THIS IS FRIDAY. >> WE WERE INSPIRED BY MICHAEL'S VICTORY ROOF HATCH CELEBRATION AT DAYTONA? >> Michael: IT WAS HERE ACTUALLY, TALLADEGA. >> MADE SENSE TO HAVE A ROOF PATCH SO HE COULD START GETTING IN THE CAR BEFORE I EVEN GOT OUT. SAVED TIME AND IT WAS EASIER ON MY BACK DIDN'T HAVE TO TWIST AROUND OR ANYTHING. AND THE SMOOTHEST DRIVER SWAP WAS DURING THE RACE TODAY. >> AND YOU AND THOSE GUYS ARE SO CLOSE AND THEY KNOW YOU RACE GO CARTS TOGETHER AND HANG OUT TOGETHER AND WANTED THIS TO WORK WORSE THAN ANYBODY IN THE WORLD. FEELS GREAT TO BE PART OF A TEAM LIKE THAT. >> IT DOES. WE ARE SUCH A TIGHT KNIT GROUP. I HATED FOR THEM THAT THEY DIDN'T GET TO MAKE A LONG RUN TODAY AND HAVE A IS SHOT AT A VICTORY. WE WILL GET THEM NEXT WEEK. >> Chris: AND YOU WANTED TO RACE RICHMOND. DID YOU TRY TO DO CONVINCING WHEN THEY SAID NO? >> OF COURSE. YOU ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO POLITIC YOUR WAY GETTING INTO THE CAR. OBVIOUSLY FOUR, PROBABLY THE BEST FIVE BACK SURGEONS ON ONE TELEPHONE CALL AND WE WERE ON THE CALL FOR OVER AN HOUR AND COULDN'T GET EVERYONE ON THE SAME PAGE TO COMMIT ME TO RUN RICHMOND. WE DECIDED TO WAIT ONE MORE WEEK. >> Chris: GLAD YOU ARE BACK AND CHATTING WITH US AND SATURDAY DARLINGTON. >> THE NATIONWIDE FINISH WITH ENDED IN DARK EPS. HAD TO DELAY BECAUSE OF THE RAIN. THE DRYERS HELPED GET IT GOING AND IT WAS CRAZY TOWARDS THE FINISH. >> Michael: REGAN SMITH WON THE CUP RACE A COUPLE OF YEARS HE THOUGHT BUT HE WENT UNDER THE YELLOW LINE. MADE AN AMAZING MOVE FROM THE HIGH SIDE TO THE BOTTOM. HE TURNED LEFT BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT WAS HOW HE WAS GOING TO WIN THE RACE. PROUD OF REGAN AND THE JOB HE DID. A REALLY COOL WIN. >> Chris: HE IS IN THIS RACE AND STANDING BY WITH MATT YOCUM. >> Matt: WHAT A PERFECT E-TICKET MOVE YOU MADE THERE TO SCORE THE WIN. WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND AS YOU STARTED TO SET UP YOUR RUN TO THE FEN INITIAL THERE? >> NOT A LOT. I HAD A HUGE CUSH FROM KASEY IN THE 5 CAR AND WANTED TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT. THE 22 CAME UP TO THROW THE BLOCK AND THE 21 CAME UP A LITTLE TOO. THE ONLY OPTION WAS TO GO TO THE BOTTOM. I DIDN'T KNOW THE 31 WAS STILL DOWN THERE. GOT A HILL HAIRY FOR A MINUTE. T.J. WENT QUIET FOR ME AND WAS LIKE YEAH, SURE, YOU ARE CLEAR. IT ALL WORKED OUT GOOD AND I WAS HAPPY TO GET THE CHEVY INTO VICTORY LANE AND GOT THE POINTS LEAD ON THE NATIONWIDE SIDE AND ON THE CUP SIDE A STRONG CAR. HAD TO PIT FOR WATER AND REFILL IT AND WE GOT SOME DEBRIS ON THE RADIATORS. UNFORTUNATELY, LOST ALL THE WATER. WE GOT THAT FIXED. I WANT TO GO BACK GREEN BECAUSE I THINK WE WERE IN THE LEAD. >> Matt: AND THE CREW CHIEF WAS LIKE WE PITTED AND WE WILL GO BACK TO GREEN AND BE IN PERFECT POSITION. >> HE WAS ANTSY ON THE POSITION. WE WERE LITERALLY OUT OF WATER. ONLY COST US LIKE THREE SPOTS TO PIT RIGHT THERE. FORTUNATELY FOR US THE HENDRICK MOTORS ARE STRONG AND THAT WAS ABLE TO RUN 15 LAPS BASICALLY DRAINED OF THE WATER SYSTEM. HOPEFULLY WILL WORK OUT GOOD FOR US. WATCHING THE CLOUDS AROUND I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT ONE THAT IS BEHIND US BUT WITH ANY KIND OF LUCK IT WILL JUST GO THAT WAY. >> Matt: WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE MOTOR HOME LOT. JAMIE McMURRAY DAYTONA 500 WINNING DRIVER AND IF YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE TECHNIQUE ON HOW TO DRIVE, ESPECIALLY HERE A FAST MINI COOPER IT WOULD BE A GUY HERE IN THE COACH LOT. WHAT A SWEET RIDE. GIVING HIM POINTS ON TANDEM IT DRAFTING OR HOW TO MAKE THE OLD SLINGSHOT? >> WE ARE JUST TRYING TO KEEP HIM WITHIN A SHORT RAIDOUS OF THE MOTOR HOME RIGHT NOW. HE HAS A LITTLE BIT OF MOTOR HOME FEVER. WE HAVE BEEN COOPED UP IN THE MOTOR HOME BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE RAIN SO WE BROUGHT HIM OUTSIDE AND THOUGHT WE WOULD LET HIM RIDE HIS CAR AROUND. >> KIND OF LIKE AN OWNER TRYING TO KEEP THE DRIVER CORRALLED. >> THAT IS ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN OUR LIFE RIGHT NOW SO WE HAVE TO KEEP HIM HAPPY. HE JUST GOT THAT CAR THIS WEEKEND SO WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF FUN WITH THAT. >> Matt: ABSOLUTELY PERFECT. DO YOU HAVE A HORN? CAN WE HEAR THE HORN? HONK THE HORN. >> LITERALLY. >> HIT THE HORN. >> HE HIT IT LITERALLY. >> Matt: ACROSS THE MOTOR LOT TO STEVE BYRNES. >> Steve: WE ARE ON PIT ROAD WITH KURT BUSCH. CAN YOU GET THE 78 FURNITURE ROW CAR UP TO THE FRONT IF WE GET GOING? >> THE DRAFT HAS BEEN AN INTERESTING GAME TODAY. HOWEVER, YOU MANY CARS ARE IN ONE LANE THE QUANTITY OF CARS SEEMS TO EDGE OUT THE GUYS THAT DON'T HAVE THE AMOUNT OF CARS IN THEIR LANE. SO LIKE WHEN THE GROUP WAS UP FRONT RUNNING WE WERE RUNNING THE LOW LANE AND THEN THE GUYS GOT ON THE OUTSIDE AND COME UP CHARGING AND A LOT OF CARS JUMPED ON THAT TOP SIDE. I THINK WE ARE IN THE MIX. GUYS DOING A GREAT JOB ON PIT ROAD. NICE AND SMOOTH. JUST IT IS INTERESTING WITH THE WEATHER. THEY THEY SAY ALL RIGHT RAIN IS COMING YOU SHOULD SEE THE INTENSITY PICK UP AND HOW THE GAME CHANGES ON THE TRACK. >> Steve: TWO TO KRISTA VODA. >> Krista: ON THE TRACK WITH BOBBY LABONTE. WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR 700S THIS SPRINT CUP START. >> ONLY COMPLETED 699 AND A HALF RACES THOUGH. I WAS JUST TALKING TO MR. BIBBS AND HE WAS LIKE THAT IS A LOT AND I SAID, YEAH, IT IS AND I RUN FOR HIM A LOT OF THOSE RACES. EXCITED. THE ANNIVERSARY THIS WEEKEND AND WE GOT THE BROWN CAR AND JUAN HAS THE WHITE CAR SO HOPEFULLY GET BACK TO RACING AND SEE WHAT WE GOT. 700 RACES IS A LOT OF THEM SO HOPEFULLY WE GET THIS IN AND GET IT FINISHED. >> Krista: LONGEVITY SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BOBBY. CHRIS? >> Chris: A STEADY VETERAN BOBBY LABONTE. THERE IS CARTER. THE LOOK ON HIS FACE LOOKS LIKE HE IS READY TO FACE ROBERT PEMBERTON AND JOHN DARBY IN >> Chris: BACK WITH JAMIE McMURRAY AND CARTER. WAITING OUT THE RED FLAG. THE WEATHER OUT WITH 63 LAPS TO GO. CARL ED THE LEADER. RAINING OFF AND ON. THE RADAR IN TALLADEGA BETWEEN BIRMINGHAM AND ATLANTA THERE ARE HIGH WIND AND HAIL WARNINGS IN THE AREA SO OBVIOUSLY SAFETY AT A PREMIUM FOR FANS AND DRIVERS. WE WILL MONITOR THAT AND ASSESS WHETHER WE WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE. LOOKED LIKE THE RAINED A STOPPED. >> Michael: THAT CELL WASN'T EVEN THERE 30 MINUTES AGO AND BUILT UP AND MADE IT TO THE RACETRACK. HAMMOND, WHAT ARE YOU FEELING OUT OF THE WEATHER? >> Jeff: I HAVE GOTTEN UP HERE AGAIN. WATCHING THE UP-TO-DATE WEATHER HERE AT TALLADEGA. HERE IS THE SUPERSPEEDWAY AT TALLADEGA. YOU CAN SEE THE WEATHER BASICALLY JUST CIRCLING IN AND OUT. WE GET THE WINDOWS BUT YOU SEE ONE POP UP AND YOU SEE VERY INTENSE RAIN AND SOME HAIL LOCATED IN THE CELL HEADED RIGHT TO THE RACETRACK RIGHT NEW. THIS IS REALLY WHAT NASCAR IS MONITORING AND TREEING TO FIGURE OUT WITH THE TEAMS IS WHETHER OR NOT CAN WE GO BACK TO GREEN IN A COUPLE, THREE MINUTES OR GET MORE RAIN IN THE NEXT 15-20 MINUTES WHICH SLOW THE DAY'S PROCESS DOWN. THE THING IS IF WE GO BACK GREEN FOLKS THAT MEANS EACH AND EVERY LAP THAT WE RUN UNDER GREEN YOU GOT TO CONSIDER ARE IT BEING THE LAST LAP OF THE RACE AND I'M SURE WE WILL SEE INTENSE RACING IF WE ARE ABLE TO GET BACK ON THE RACETRACK. >> Chris: ONE RAIN SHORTENED RACE IN THE HISTORY OF TALLADEGA. THE 88th RACE. THEY HAVE THE COOL NAMES LIKE STORM FIELDS, HAIL HAMMOND DO WE CALL IT? THIS MUST MAKE DRIVERS CRAZY WAITING IT OUT O OF FUEL. DO I HAVE A WIN. >> Michael: I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO WIN ONE RAIN SHORTEDDEN RACE. I KNEW I HAD THE FASTEST CAR AND IF THEY CALLED IT OFF I WOULD BE THE WINNER. THIS HAS BEEN A LITTLE TENSE FOR CARL. HAD IT WON AND LOOKED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO CLEAR UP AND NOW THE CELL BUILT TO THE SOUTH OF THE TRACK HERE AND CARL THINKING MAYBE IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN. BEHIND THAT CELL THERE ISN'T ANYTHING ELSE. A QUICK DOWNPOUR HERE AND GET THE AIR TITANS BACK OUT THERE AND STILL PLENTY OF DAYLIGHT LEFT. >> Chris: YOU SOUND OPTIMISTIC. THE OFFICIAL SUNSET 7:30 CENTRAL TIME. GIVES US FOUR HOURS OF. >> Michael: REGAN SMITH WON A NIGHT RACE HERE LAST NIGHT. >> IT WAS LATE LAST NIGHT. >> Chris: AND DARRELL WALTRIP SAID, IT WAS BECAUSE THEY HAD THE DELAY, THE TITANS DRIED THE TRACK AND THREE HOURS AND FINALLY GOT THE RACE IN. EXCITING AT THE END AS WE SAW. KASEY KAHNE THOUGHT HE WON IT AND REGAN SMITH OFFICIALLY DID. A MOVE LIKE THAT WITH CARL EDWARDS AND RICKY STENHOUSE, JR. DARRELL, LARRY AND MIKE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING UP THERE, THIS WATCHING US OR HAVING A DRINK? WHAT ARE YOU DOING? >> Mike: OF COURSE, WE ARE WATCHING YOU. A DRIVER STARTING FIRST BECAUSE QUALIFYING RAINED OUT NEVER WON A RAIN SHORTENED RACE. LAST DRIVER TO WIN HERE FROM THE THE POLE, JEFF GORDON IN 2007. >> Eddie: I THINK JUST LIKE THE WEATHER THE RACING HERE IS SO UNPREDICTABLE. AMAZING HOW WE COME HERE YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR, TIME AFTER TIME AFTER TIME AND YOU CAN NEVER PREDICT WHO IS GOING TO WIN THE RACE, HOW THEY ARE GOING TO WIN THE RACE. THE ONLY THING WE KNOW FOR SURE WE WILL HAVE A BIG ONE AT LEAST ONE. >> Mike: WE HAD TWO. USUALLY A COUPLE. SO FAR JUST ONE. 25 CARS WERE ON THE LEAD LAP MORE OR LESS WHEN WE HAD THE RAIN DELAY. WHAT IS RIGHT NOW A RAIN DELAY AND WE HOPE TO GET BACK TO RACING. AND LARRY, AGAIN, A CONTINUING THEME FROM THE TOP OF OF THE SHOW. ANYBODY ON THE LIST CAN END UP IN VICTORY RAIN. >> Larry: EVERYBODY THAT WE INTERVIEWED THEIR PERSPECTIVE OF THE DRAFT AND RACING HAS BEEN BETTER. ALMOST LIKE EVERY ONE HAS BEEN BUILDING THE DATA BANK AND SEARCHING AROUND AND FINDING DIFFERENT THINGS OUT IN CASE WE DO GO BACK RACING THEY KNOW POSSIBLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO. THE ONE THING I WOULD SAY, CHRIS MYERS NEEDS TO GET HIM A FIRE SUIT. LOOKS OUT OF PLACE DOWN THERE. >> Mike: HE HAS A SUIT AND THE ONLY TIE. THE WEIRD THING ABOUT THIS PLACE IT IS SO VAST THAT TURNS THREE AND FOUR ARE DRY AND YET DOWN IN TURNS ONE AND TWO A LITTLE RAIN FALLING AND CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING OVER THE EAST END OF THE SPEEDWAY AS WE CONTINUE TO GET THE POP-UP SHOWERS FROM THE SOUTH. >> Chris: I WOULD LOOK FUNNY IN A FIRE SUIT, DON'T YOU THINK? >> Michael: STICK WITH WHAT YOU GOT GOING ON. WORKED OUT ALL RIGHT FOR YOU. >> Chris: A CLOWN SUIT WOULD BE A LITTLE BETTER. >> PUT A HELMET OVER THAT HAIR. >> Chris: DON'T YOU PICK ON MY HAIR, DENNY >> Chris: NASCAR ON FOX. THANKS FOR STAYING WITH THE AARON'S 499 FROM TALLADEGA, ALABAMA. YOU SEE THE SUPERSPEEDWAY. THE RAINS HAVE COME BACK WITH WEATHER THREATING. NOTHING OFFICIAL. AN UPDATE IN THE NEXT 15-20 MINUTES. WE WILL TRY TO GET THE RACE BACK. ONLY 63 LAPS TO GO. CARL EDWARDS THE LEADER. 21 LAST LAP PASSES TO DECIDE TALLADEGA. TWO OF THE BEST TEN AT TALLADEGA. LOOK BACK AT THE TOP TEN BEST FINISHES ON FOX PERIOD. >> CAR NUMBER 10 FINISHED THE 2011 DAYTONA 500. TREVOR BAYNE THE YOUNGEST WINNER OF THE GREAT AMERICAN RACE. HE TAKES THE 500 ON THE SECOND GREEN/WHITE CHECKERED. >> THEY WILL FACE THE WHITE FLAG WHEN THEY COME AROUND TO DECIDE THE 53rd DAYTONA 500. ROOKIE TREVOR BAYNE IN HIS SECOND SPRINT CUP START. >> [RADIO]: WHITE FLAG. WHITE FLAG. >> WITH BOBBY LABONTE. HERE COMES KURT BUSCH AND ONE MONTOYA. >> HE KNOWS HOW TO WIN IN FREEDOMS THAT POSITION. >> Mike: EDWARDS AND GILLILAND DOWN TO THE INSIDE. >> Darrell: WHERE DID THE 34 COME FROM? >> Mike: TRYING TO SPOIL THE PARTY. >> Larry: HE SPOILED THE PARTY FOR KURT BUSCH AND MONTOYA. HERE THEY COME THROUGH TURN FOUR. >> Mike: EDWARDS HAS ROOM UNDERNEATH. NOW, PUSHES TREVOR BAYNE. IT'S OVER. CINDERELLA IS GOING TO WIN THE DAYTONA 500! >> [RADIO]: YOU JUST WON. >> Mike: UNBELIEVABLE. >> Darrell: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TREVOR BAYNE. 20 YEARS OLD. >> [RADIO]: ARE YOU KIDDING ME? AM I DREAMING RIGHT! >> Chris: THE 2008 DAYTONA 500 MARKED THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF NASCAR'S CROWN JEWEL AND DID NOT DISAPPOINT. TONY STEWART TRYING FOR THE 10th TIME TO WIN THE GREAT AMERICAN RACE WAS LEADING ON THE FINAL LAP. >> Mike: FOR THE WIN. >> Darrell: STRAP DOWN THE BIG TV. SHE'S GOING TO GO FOR A RIDE. WHITE FLAG. ONE TO GO! STEWARD A GREAT CAR. NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. A A MATTER OF IF KURT CAN GET A LITTLE BIT OF HELP. >> Larry: TONY STEWART BLOCKED HIM. >> Darrell: TOYOTA DRAG RACE. >> Larry: TEAMMATES. >> Mike: NEWMAN WAS TRYING TO GET HELP AND NOW HE HAS IT. DODGE ON THE OUTSIDE LANE. WHO IS GOING TO WEN IT. >> Larry: GOING TO COME TO THE WIRE. INTO TURN THREE. >> Darrell: TEAMMATES WORKING TOGETHER. 20, 18. 12 IS GOING WIN THE RACE. I DON'T THINK THEY CAN CATCH HIM. HAVE TO MAKE IT WIDE. >> Mike: THE BOILERMAKER RYAN NEWMAN. RYAN NEWMAN ROGER PENSKE WIN THE DAYTONA 500, WAY TO GO, GUYS, WAY TO GO. >> Mike: ? IN 2005 AT ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY JIMMIE JOHNSON AND GREG BIFFLE DOMINATED THE MAJORITY OF THE RACE BUT IN THE END THE 99 CAR FINDING ITS WAY TO A SPRINT CUP VICTORY LANE FOR THE FIRST TIME. >> Larry: HE WILL GET ONE SHOT AT TURN THREE AND FOUR. >> Darrell: THEY WILL BE SIDE-BY-SIDE WHEN COMES TO THE LINE IT WILL BE ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE FANTASTIC ATLANTA FINISHES. >> Larry: JOHNSON TRIES TO BLOCK HIM. THE TWO CAN STAY IN THE THROTTLE OFF TURN FOUR. >> Darrell: HERE THEY COME. I THINK CARL HAS THE ADVANTAGE. >> Larry: HE WINS IT. HE HAS DONE IT. ALL RIGHT,. >> [RADIO]: YES! >> Darrell: YEAH, BABY! YEAH, BABY! >> Larry: AND THESE FANS LOVE IT. >> Darrell: LOOK AT CARL. WATCH THIS. HERE HE GOES. COME ON. COME ON. YES! AND THAT IS AFTER 500 MILES OF RACING! >> Chris: THE 2005 COCA-COLA 600 HAD A NASCAR RECORD 22 CAUTION FLAGS AFTER FIVE HOURS OF WILD RACING. THE FANS WERE TREATED TO A THRILLING FINISH AS JIMMIE JOHNSON WAS TRYING FOR A CHARLOTTE THREEPEAT. >> Darrell: I DON'T BELIEVE HE CAN DO IT UNLESS BOBBY MESSES UP. >> Larry: ARE TO THE BOTTOM, DARRELL. THEY WILL BE SIDE BY SIDE. >> Darrell: YOU CAN'T PASS OVER THERE. NO WAY. >> [RADIO]: CLEAR. >> Darrell: IT'S ALL OVER, BOYS. >> Mike: WAS THAT THE LAST BEST MOVE MADE TOO SOON. >> Darrell: COMES OUTSIDE. OUTSIDE. >> Larry: JUST LIKE IN ATLANTA LAST MARCH. NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO IT. >> Darrell: YES, HE IS. HERE HE COMES. THE 48 CAR. >> Larry: HE DID IT! THREE IN A ROW JIMMIE JOHNSON! BY 2/100 SECOND. >> Darrell: I THOUGHT WHEN GOT BEAT OFF OF TURN TWO IT WAS ALL OVER BUT DROVE IS IN ON THE OUTSIDE AND WON IT. >> Chris: WAS THAT WORTH STAYING UP FOR LATE OR WHAT? >> [RADIO]: INCREDIBLE. >> Chris: IN 2004 THE FINAL NASCAR RACE AT ROCKINGHAM ENDED WITH ONE OF THE CLOSEST FINISHES IN NASCAR HISTORY. MAT KENSETH WAS TRYING TO HOLD OFF KASEY KAHNE. >> Mike: KENSETH WENT LOW IN ONE. KAHNE ON THE OUTSIDE. >> Darrell: CAN'T QUITE MANAGE OFF OF TURN TWO. >> Mike: DROPPED BACK. >> Larry: HE LOST A LOT O OF FUEL OF GROUND RIGHT THERE. LAST TIME THROUGH THREE AND FOUR. KAHNE TO THE BOTTOM. >> Darrell: CANE I. KAHNE COMES TO THE BOTTOM. A GOOD RUN ON HIM. SIDE-BY-SIDE TO THE LINE. KENSETH! >> Larry: TOLD YOU IT WOULD BE A TOTO FINISH. >> Mike: COME TOGETHER LINE. >> Larry: GOT SUCH A RUN OFF TURN FOUR. OOH, BABY. WOW! >> Darrell: ALL RIGHT. >> Chris: THE RACE FOR THE CHECKERED FLAG AT TALLADEGA IS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE HISTORY OF NASCAR ON FOX. WITH TWO LAPS TO GO IT APPEARED TO BE EITHER RYAN NEWMAN OR DALE EARNHARDT, JR.'S RACE UNTIL CARL EDWARDS AND BRAD KEZELOWSKI MADE THEIR MOVE. >> Larry: CARL EDWARDS WHITE FLAG IT TIME. >> Darrell: FROM THE BACK ALL DAY TO THE LEAD WITH ONE LAP TO GO. >> Mike: YOUR FRIENDS ARE WHERE YOU FIND THEM AND HANGING OUT BACK. CARL EDWARDS. BOY. >> Darrell: I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN CATCH THEM. WHAT WE HAVE SEEN TODAY TWO CARS GET THAT BIG A RUN ON THEM I DON'T KNOW THAT THE 39 AND 8 88 CAN CATCH THEM. >> Mike: IN THE DRAFT OF EDWARDS AND KEZELOWSKI. >> [RADIO]: ALL SEW OVER ARE YOU HERE. JUST YOU AND HIM. >> Mike: CARL EDWARDS RESTARTED 8th. >> Darrell: IF THE 09 CAN STAY HOOKED TO THE BACK OF THE 99 HARD TO GET THEM. IT WILL BE CLOSE AT THE LINE. >> Mike: CAN KEZELOWSKI TRY TO WIN IT INNING. >> Darrell: I DON'T THINK HE CAN STEP OUT UNTIL HE WAITS UNTIL THE LAST SECOND. OH, NO! >> TURNED HIM. >> Darrell: NO, NO! >> Mike: AND DESTROYS THE FROND END OF NEWMAN'S CAR. >> Darrell: NO! >> Mike: EDWARDS WILL NOT MAKE IT TO THE FLAG. >> Darrell: OH, NO. >> Larry: BRAD KEZELOWSKI WON THIS RACE. LET'S TAKE A LOOK, MIKE. CARL EDWARDS OPENED IT UP JUST A LITTLE BIT. >> Darrell: I'M NOT SURE. I THINK THIS IS A HARD LICK RIGHT INTO THE FENCE. I MEAN THAT LOOKS LIKE BOBBY ALLISON DID HERE IN 1987. >> Larry: THE CATCH FENCE AND CAR DID ITS JOB. >> Darrell: THANK GOODNESS WE HE HAVE THE NEW MUCH STRONGER SAFER CATCH FENCES. NOT SURE WHERE CARL IS GOING. MAYBE HE THINKS IF HE RUNS ACROSS THE START FINISH LINE IT WILL COUNT. >> Larry: THAT IS WHAT HE IS DOING. THAT IS WHAT HE IS DOING. >> Darrell: YOU KNOW HE IS AN ATHLETE AND A MARETHON RUNNER I WANT TO FINISH THE RACE. >> Mike: AND HE DID TO A STANDING OVATION FROM THE CROWD. SHADES OF RICKY BOBBY. AS FOR OUR NUMBER FOUR FINISH AT ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY IN 2001. ONLY THREE WEEKS AFTER THE DEATH OF THE LEGENDARY DALE EARNHARDT, THE MAN TAPPED TO BE EARNHARDT'S REPLACEMENT BATTLED ONE OF THE GREATS FOR A MEMORABLE AND EMOTIONAL FIRST ONE. >> Larry: GOING TO GIVE IT ALL HE HAS GOT. GOING TO TRY TO GET DOWN UNDER HIM. >> Larry: A GOOD RUN THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THREE AND FOUR. COMING FOR THE WHITE FLAG RIGHT HERE. RUN LAP TO GO. >> Mike: THE CHILDRESS TEAM TRYING TO GO TO VICTORY LANE FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. >> Larry: A PHOTO FINISH IN THE LAST RACE. GET READY FOR ANOTHER ONE. GET UP OFF YOUR SEATS. HERE THEY GO. GOING MAKE THE BIG MOVE ON THE INSIDE WHEN THEY GET DOWN TO TURN THREE. THE SLOW CAR MIGHT BE IN THE WAY. HERE HE COMES. GOING TO DRIVE IT TO THE BOTTOM. >> Mike: HARVICK IS LEAVING A LOT OF BOTTOM. >> SLOW CARS IN THE WAY. >> HEEL GET THEM, WHO. IT'S HARVICK! HARVICK BY INCHES! HARVICK BY INCHES! >> Darrell: WHAT A FINISH. >> Mike: HOW DID JEFF GORDON HANG ON TO THAT CAR THAT LOOSE ON TURN FOUR? >> Darrell: MAN! >> [RADIO]: I THINK WE GOT HIM. >> Darrell: YOU GOT HIM, BUD. HARVICK, YOU GOT HIM! 6/1,000th OF A SECOND. >> Darrell: NICE JOB! >> Mike: LOOK AT THIS. FOR THE WIN. >> Darrell: THAT IS EVER SO -- >> Larry: 6/1000 OF A SECOND A A REPLAY OF ONE YEAR AGO WITH DALE EARNHARDT AND BOBBY LABONTE. >> Darrell: WHAT A JOB FOR THAT YOUNG MAN. >> Mike: DALE EARNHARDT'S CAR AND TEAM. KEVIN HARVICK >> Darrell: THAT IS IMPRESSIVE. THAT WAS INCREDIBLE! >> Mike: LOOK AT KEVIN HARVICK AS THE FANS SALUTED DALE WITH THE NUMBER THREE ON THE THIRD LAP, KEVIN HARVICK SALUTES HIM ON THE THE WAY TO VICTORY LANE. >> Darrell: IF I WAS HIM I RUN THAT THING OUT O OF FUEL OF GAS RIDING AROUND HERE. >> Mike: WHAT COULD BE MORE FITTING. WHAT COULD BE MORE SPECIAL? >> Chris: NUMBER THREE, THE 2007 DAYTONA 500 WAS A RACE DOMINATED BY KURT BUSCH AND TONY STEWART BUT WHEN THEY CRASHED WITH EACH OTHER WITH UNDER 50 LAPS TO GO IT BECAME A SUR I HAVAL OF THE FASTEST. MARK MARTIN LOOKED LIKE HE WAS IN POSITION TO WIN HIS FIRST DAYTONA 500. >> Darrell: OH, MARK GOT LOOSE. >> Larry: AND HARVICK GETTING THE RUN OFF TURN FOUR. A DRAG RACE BACK TO THE START/FINISH LINE. NO CAUTION. SIDE-BY-SIDE RIGHT TO THE LINE. >> Mike: BIG CRASH. HERE THEY COME. CHECKERED FLAG. HARVICK! DAYTONARVICK WINS THE DAYTONA 500! >> Larry: WE GOT ONE CAR ON THE ROOF COMING ACROSS THE START/FINISH BE LINE. >> Darrell: THEY ARE WRECKING EVERYWHERE. BOWYER IS ON FIRE. JEFF GORDON IS WRECKED. >> Larry: AND THEY ARE STILL WRECKING. >> Darrell: KYLE BUSCH ON THE APRON INJURIES SO SLIGHTLY AND GETS INTO THE 17 AND ON FROM THERE. LOOK AT THE 38 CAR UP ON TOP OF SOMEBODY. THERE IS A CAR TURNING OVER. >> Mike: LOOK AT THIS FINISH. >> Darrell: A DRAG RACE TO THE LINE AND WE HAVE SEEN HARVICK DO THAT BEFORE. >> Larry: YES, WE HAVE. YOU COULD SEE HARVICK TRYING TO PINCH HIM DOWN TO KEEP THAT MOMENTUM ON HIM. >> Darrell: A LITTLE SIDE DRAFT. GET A LITTLE SIDE DRAFT AND TRY TO PULL AHEAD. >> Mike: WATCH THE 07. IT WILL COME IN FROM THE RIGHT. IN THE BOTTOM LANE. CLINT BOWYER. SLID SIDEWAYS. WHAMMO. >> Larry: AND HE WILL CROSS THE START FINISH LINE UPSIDE DOWN. >> Darrell: ON FIRE. >> Mike: JIMMIE JOHNSON WITH HELP FROM HIS TEAMMATE DALE EARNHARDT, JR. BEATS CLINT BOWYER IN A SPECTACULAR FINISH. YOU MAKE THE CALL. >> Mike: DON'T FORGET JIMMIE JOHNSON AND DALE, JR. FIFTH AND SIXTH. THEY ARE THERE. WHICH GROUP WILL THEY GO WITH AND WILL IT HELP THE CHILDRESS CARS OR JEFF GORDON TO VICTORY LANE? >> Larry: ALL BETS OFF. GET TO THE MIDDLE OF THE TRIOVAL. >> WAY DOWN COMES JOHNSON. THEY ARE THREE WIDE. THREE BY THREE AT THE LINE. MAYBE JIMMIE JOHNSON. >> Darrell: I BELIEVE HE GOT HIM BY AN INCH. >> Larry: 2/1000 OF A SECOND HE BEAT BOWYER. >> Darrell: OKAY, A 16th OF AN INCH. >> Larry: HAVE YOU EVER? >> Darrell: OH, MAN! I NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT! WHAT A FINISH! >> Mike: JEFF GORDON WATCHING BOWYER AND SEEING IF HE CAN BEAT BOWYER LEFT JUST ENOUGH ROOM ON THE INSIDE TORE JOHNSON AND EARNHARDT RIGHT THERE IN THE TRIOVAL. IT'S BOWYER'S RACE. >> Darrell: LOOKS LIKE BOWYER IS PULLING AHEAD BUT THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN HIT THE WALL OF AIR. HERE COMES THE 48. >> Mike: DARRELL, THE START FINISH LINE HERE A THOUSAND FEET FURTHER AND LOOK HOW CLOSE IT IS FOUR WIDE AT THE WIRE. >> Darrell: JUST A BEAUTIFUL THING RIGHT THERE. TWO, FOUR, SIX -- EIGHT CARS SO CLOSE WE CAN HARDLY CAPTURE IT WITH THE STOP MOTION CAMERA. >> Mike: A LOOK AT IT AND THERE IS THE MARGIN. >> Chris: DARLINGTON 2003 HAS BEEN SELECTED AS THE GREATEST FINISH ON FOX. THE RACE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR RICKY CRAVEN AND KURT BUSCH BANGING THEIR WAY TO THE THE CHECKERED FLAG. >> COME ON, BABY. COME ON. TWO LAPS TO GO. SOMEBODY HAS TO GIVE GETTING INTO TURN ONE. AND IN THE WALL GOES BUSCH. >> Darrell: THAT WAS NOT A GOOD IDEA. >> Larry: GOT INTO HIM. >> [RADIO]: HANG IN THERE. >> Mike: AND BLANEY IS NOW THE BEST CAR ON THE TRACK. >> Darrell: I TELL YOU KURT BUSCH IS NOT GOING TO GIVE UP THE WIN. >> Larry: HE IS NOT. COMING TO THE WHITE FLAG IN TIME. RICKY CRAVEN IS NOT GOING TO GIVE UP EITHER. >> Darrell: COME ON, RICKY. COME ON. HERE HE COMES. HERE WE GO AGAIN. HE REALIZED THAT WAS A GOOD MOVE THAT LAST TIME. >> Mike: WHITE FLAG. >> Larry: HERE HE GOES. GOING TO TRY TO SLIDE UP. COME ON, BABY. >> Mike: AND BLANEY IS COMING. >> Darrell: THEY ARE DRIVING GOOD. COME ON, BABE. YOU CAN DO IT. COME ON GET UP ALONGSIDE THIS. HALF A MILE TO GO. >> Larry: HERE HE. WHO IS GOING TO GET OFF? HE HAS HIM THIS TIME. GOING TO BE A DRAG RACE. WOW. THEY TIED! >> Darrell: CRAVEN GOT HIM! CRAVEN GOT HIM! CRAVEN! ALL RIGHT. WHAT A FINISH! >> Larry: HAVE YOU EVER? >> Darrell: NO, I NEVER! WHAT A FINISH! >> Mike: THAT IS ONE HEFTY BREAK RIGHT THERE. >> Darrell: ONE GREAT BREAK. I GOT TO SEE THIS AGAIN. >> Darrell: I DO, TOO. LET'S WATCH. COMING UP A TURN FOUR OVER THE FRONT STRETCH. THAT IS ABOUT AS CLOSE AS IT WILL GET RIGHT THERE. >> Darrell: AND THIS RIGHT HERE I DON'T KNOW WHAT -- WIDENED THEM UP DOWN HERE IN TURN ONE. CRAVEN REALLY SHOT OUT. >> Larry: IT IS AMAZING THEY DIDN'T WRECK ATHE START FINISH LINE. >> Mike: DARRELL IF INSTEAD OF BUSCH COMING DOWN INTO CRAVEN IF HE STAYED STRAIGHT DOES HE BEAT CRAVEN. >> Darrell: I DON'T THINK HE HAD A CHOICE BECAUSE KEVIN CAME OFF THE BOTTOM AND SLAMMED INTO HIM. >> Larry: LOOK AT CRAVEN FIGHTING THE STEERING WHEEL. LOOK AT HOW CLOSE THE FINISH IS. RIGHT THERE. >> Mike: WOW! >> Darrell: OH, BABY! >> Chris: ONE OF THE MANY GREAT FINISHES AND WHAT KIND OF FINISH WILL WE HAVE SATURDAY NIGHT? DARLINGTON? WE WILL BE BACK UNDER THE LIGHTS. CHAMP AND POINTS LEADER JIMMIE JOHNSON WILL LOOK TO DEFEND HIS TITLE AND CLAIM HIS FOURTH CAREER VICTORY AT DARLINGTON RACEWAY. FOX SPORTS EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE OF SPRINT CUP SERIES RACING BEGINS SATURDAY AT 6:00 EASTERN. WE HOPE YOU JOIN US THEN. DENNY HAMLIN BACK SITTING WITH US WENT 25 LAPS TODAY AND WILL GO FOR THE FULL RIDE IN THAT RACE AND LIVE PICTURES OF THE JET DRYERS. THE TITAN DRYERS TRYING TO HELP THE TRACK UNDER THE RED FLAG. HEAD BACK UPSTAIRS WITH DARRELL, LARRY AND MIKE. >> Mike: QUITE A DAY. A BIG THUNDER CELL JUST MOVED THROUGH BUT IT IS GONE AND THE TRACK DRYERS OUT THERE READY TO DA THEIR WORK. LOOK AT THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY INCLUDING THE ALL BUT INEVITABLE BIG ONE AT TALLADEGA. KYLE BUSCH INTO THE BACK OF KASEY KAHNE. 13 CARS PILED UP IN ALL. SOME OF THEM TOO DAMAGED TO CONTINUE FURTHER INCLUDING KEVIN HARVICK. OTHERS LIKE DENNY HAMLIN'S CAR GOT BACK OUT ON THE TRACK. LOSING LAPS IN THE PROCESS. AND JUST AS THE RAIN BEGAN TO FALL CARL EDWARDS SAW THE DROPS ON HIS WINDSHIELD AND AS THE LIGHTS WENT FROM GREEN TO CAUTION EDWARDS WAS AHEAD BUT MOVING BACK TO THE LAST SCORING LOOP THAT THEY HE CROSSED PRIOR TO THE CAUTION EDWARDS WAS ABOUT AS FAR AHEAD OF STENHOUSE WAS WAS RICKY CRAVEN AHEAD OF KURT BUSCH IN THE DARLINGTON FINISH. THE POLE SITTER CARL EDWARDS OUT IN FRONT. 13 DIFFERENT LEADERS BUT MATT KENSETH HAS LED 101 LAPS HERE TODAY, DARRELL. NOBODY ELSE HAS LED MORE THAN FIVE. >> Darrell: THEY HAVEN'T. ONE THING I'M HEARING IN THE BREAK WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO INTERVIEW A LOT OF DRIVERS AND HEARD DALE, JR. SAY IT. THE CAR IS DRIVING DIFFERENTLY AND AIR COMING OFF OF IT DIFFERENTLY THAN ANYTHING I EXPERIENCED HERE BEFORE. ONE OF THE WINNINGEST DRIVERS HERE DALE, JR. IS. I THINK THAT IS WHAT THESE GUYS ARE DEALING WITH. IN THE RACE LEARN WILLING GWALTNEY ABOUT THE CAR AND THE WAKE AND THE ABILITY TO GET UP BEHIND SOMEONE AND PUSH THEM. SAW THAT TRIED ONCE AND THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT SO WELL. MOST GUYS LAID OFF A LITTLE BIT. >> Mike: STRATEGY, SMATEGY? >> Larry: I THINK THEY WILL MAKE THE■ ONE STOP BEFORE WE GO BACK IF WE GO UNDER CAUTION AND THERE WILL BE ONE MORE STOP MADE. I THINK WE HAVE SEEN ALL DAY LONG YOU JUST WANT TO GET IN THERE LONG ENOUGH TO FILL THAT THING WITH RACE FUEL AND PROBABLY GO WITH TWO TIRES. MATT KENSETH AND JIMMIE JOHNSON A TON OF LAPS ON THE LEFT SIDES EARLIER IN THE RACE. >> Darrell: A HUGE RACETRACK 2.6 MILES BUT WITH THE BANKING AND AIR TIGHTENED WE CAN GET THIS JOINT TIED NEXTEL CUP AN HOUR AND A HALF OR TWO HOURS AND STILL GOT OVER AN HOUR AND A HALF OF DAYLIGHT. WE FINISHED A RACE LAST NIGHT AT 7:10. I SWEAR THEY WILL GET IT BACK TO WHERE WE CAN RACE. >> Mike: WE ONLY HAVE 45 TO 50 MINUTES WORTH OF RACING TO GO TO GET TO THE FULL ADVERTISED DISTANCE. >> Chris: THANKS, GUYS. WE HAVE BEEN ON SO LONG THE BATTERIES ARE GOING ON OUR HEADSETS AND MICROPHONES. THAT IS WHAT THIS 1 ALL ABOUT. >> Michael: HAPPENS WHEN YOU TALK A LOT. >> Chris: I HAVE HAIR SPRY FOR YOU. >> Michael: I LEAVE THEM ALONE FOR TEN MINUTES AND GO ALL TO PIECES ON ME. QUARELLING LIKE TWO HIGH SCHOOL KIDS. WE HAVE MONTES ON RACE MORNING. GO TO THE HOSPITALITY AREA AND SIGN AUTOGRAPHS AND VISIT WITH THE SPONSORS. YOU ARE BUSY UP UNTIL YOU GET IN THE CAR. WHEN YOU CLIMB IN THE CAR YOU BECOME A DIFFERENT PERSON. PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH THE DELAY THE BEST THEY CAN KNOWING THERE IS A HANDFUL OF GUYS OUT THERE THAT HAVE THE MILE AND AND CARS TO GO WIN THIS BABY. THEY ARE ITCHING TO GET BACK GOING BUT JUST USING THE DIFFERENT GEAR UNTIL IT IS TIME. >> AND HE HAD SUCCESS ON RESTRICTER PLATES HOW IT IS MORE OF AN EQUALIZER. TAKES THE HANDS OF THE DRIVER A AWAY ON THESE KINDS OF TRACKS. HOW IS IT WHEN YOU ARE CHALLENGED IN THAT REGARD? >> WATCH OUT, MICHAEL MIGHT TAKE OFFENSE TO THAT. >> Michael: I WON THE ALL-STAR, RACE, TOO, JUST SO YOU KNOW. ANYBODY CAN RUN GOOD IN THE RESTRICTER PLATE RACE BUT YOU ONE TIME RARELY HAS ANYBODY SURPRISED THE FIELD BECAUSE IT TAKES THAT EXTRA EDGE TO WIN ONE OF THESE BABIES. YOU HAVE RUN IN THE TOP TEN AND BE UP FRONT BUT TO WIN YOU HAVE TO BE ON TOP OF YOUR GAME. >> SINCE WE WENT BACK TO THE PACK RACING BECOMES A LITTLE MORE DRIVER INPUT THAN WITH THE TANDEM. THE TANDEM YOU ALWAYS RELIED ON A PARTNER TO WIN WELL AND HERE WE CAN AT LEAST -- >> STRATEGICALLY. >> STRATEGICALLY PUT YOURSELF IN A GOOD POT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK OR FRONT OF THE PACK TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE IN A GOOD SPOT TO FINISH THE RACE. >> Michael: MATT KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING AND LED 100 LAPS IN THE RACE. IS IS STRATEGIST. NOT STRATEGIST WHETHER A FORD OR TOYOTA. HE IS THE LAP LEADER FOR THE ENTIRE SEASON. BROUGHT THAT UP BECAUSE CARL EDWARDS WITH ALL HIS CAREER WINS NEVER UPON ON A RESTRICTER TRACK. IF THIS HOLDS UP AND WE ARE HOPING WITH 63 TO GO WE WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THE RACE. MANY OF YOU WATCHING ON THE FOX AFFILIATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY WE WILL BREAK FOR YOUR LOCAL NEWS. OTHERWISE, WE WILL COME BACK WHEN THERE IS RACING IF NASCAR CONTINUES THIS RACE WE WILL COME BACK LIVE TO CALL IT FOR YOU. OTHERWISE STICK AROUND FOR YOUR FOX THE AARON'S 4999 FROM ALABAMA. NASCAR ON FOX. ONCE YOU ARE HALFWAY IT IS AN OFFICIAL RACE. THAT IS WHERE WE STAND. RAIN CAME OUT A LITTLE AFTER 2:00 OH CAL TIME, CENTRAL TIME AND THEN THE RED FLAG AND THE RADAR LOOKING AT TIMES LIKE IT WAS GOING TO CLEAR AND THEN THERE WERE HAIL AND WIND WARNINGS. CARL EDWARDS CURRENTLY LEADING RICKY STENHOUSE, JR. LOGANO AND KEZELOWSKI ROUNDING OUT THE TOP FOUR. MICHAEL WALTRIP RUNNING BACK WITH US AND DENNY HAMLIN AND CHRIS MYERS WORKING HARD TO HANG IN THERE WITH YOU FOR THOSE WATCHING. IF WE GO BACK TO RACING WE WILL GO THERE. THE RETURN OF DENNY HAMLIN BUT THE APPEALS PROCESS WITH PENSKE RACING AND JOE GIBBS RACING. YOUR TEAM WHICH WILL BE HEARD WEDNESDAY AND I MEAN SWEEPING PENALTIES. 50 POINTS FOR MATT KENSETH WITH JOE GIBBS AND TOYOTA. AND HOPING THAT THAT WILL BE REDUCED. GETTING ANY SENSE OF HOW PROCESS MAY PLAY OUT DENNY? >> TOUGH TO SAY. THE ENGINE ISSUE IS A HUGE ISSUE. WHERE THEY STRUGGLING THE IS WITH THE OWNERS POINTS. NOT ALLOWING THE 20 TEAM TO GET ANY OWNERS POINTS FOR THE NEXT SIX WEEKS ESSENTIALLY TAKES JOE GIBBS OUT OF A CHAMPIONSHIP FOR ARE HIMSELF THIS YEAR. SO THAT IS A BIG, BIG PENALTY AND ALONG TWO-TIME THAT COMES THE PENALTY OF MOVING FURTHER BACK IN OWN ARES POINTS SO MATT WHAT WILL END UP HAPPENING HE WILL MISS THE FIRST PRACTICE BEING IN THE FIRST GROUP TO PRACTICE EACH AND EVERY WEEK BECAUSE THEY ONLY LEFT 25 CARS ON THE RACETRACK WHEN PRACTICE STARTS. BY NOT GETTING POINTS FOR 6 RACES HE WILL BE WAY BACK IN POINTS AND MISS THE FIRST 10 TO 15 MINUTES OF PRACTICE. >> Chris: THAT IS IN THE APPEALS PROCESS AND WHAT ENDS UP GETTING DEBATE. >> Michael: THE MAIN POINT OF THE FINES WAS THE OWNERS POINTS NOT ALLOWING JOE GIBBS TO GET OWNERS POINTS FOR SIX RACES. RAN AN ENGINE THAT HAD A PART THAT DIDN'T MEET THE RULES JUST LIKE PENSKE HAD PARTS IN THE REAR END WHEN PIECED TOGETHER DIDN'T MEET THE RULES EITHER. WE FROM THE BEGINNING FELT LIKE THE PENSKE ISSUE WOULD BE HELD UP AND FINES WOULD NOT BE REVERSED AND WITH GIBBS THE ONLY THING I SEE HAPPENING BECAUSE IT IS UNPRECEDENTED IS MAYBE JOE GETS THE POINTS BACK IN THE APPEAL PROCESS. TIME WILL TELL. BUT OBVIOUSLY WHAT WAS UNDERNEATH THE BACK OF THE PENSKE CARS DIDN'T GET RACED THEY CAUGHT IT IN INSPECTION AND WITH THE ENGINES BEING SEALED AND UNDER THE HOOD NASCAR TAKES SERIOUSLY ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE ENGINES BECAUSE THEY CAN'T LOOK AT THAT TIME IT BEFORE THE RACE. >> Chris: AND PENSKE LOST O OF FUEL THE INITIAL APPEAL AND WEDNESDAY HERE FROM THE CHIEF APPELLATE OFFICER AND THAT IS THE FINAL RULING. YOU ARE DONE WITH THAT AND HAVE TO LIVE WITH THAT. FOR JOE GIBBS RACING THEY SHOULD GET WORD IN THE FIRST APPEAL AND THEN WE WILL GO FROM THERE. FOR A GUY LIKE BRAD KEZELOWSKI WHO IS THE REIGNING NASCAR CHAMPION. THE WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CREW CHIEF IS IMPORTANT. THIS MAY BE THE LAST RACE THEY GET TO WORK TOGETHER. MIGHT LOSE AS MANY AS 7 CREW MEMBERS FOR THE NEXT SIX RACES. >> THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PAUL WOLFE AND BRAD KEZELOWSKI IS WHAT WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP LAST YEAR. DENNY WILL TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT THOSE RELATIONSHIPS ARE AND CHAD AND JIMMIE JOHNSON AND HIS CREW CHIEF WORKED SO CLOSELY TOGETHER. IT WILL BE A TREMENDOUS SETBACK FOR KEZELOWSKI. JOEY LOGANO IS HAPPY WHERE HE IS AND NEEDS THE POINTS DESPERATELY. IF THE RACE WERE TO END RIGHT NOW I THINK JOEY ALONG WITH ED WOULD BE HAPPENTY TO GET THE TOP THREE FINISHES. >> THEY COULD HAVE GOT PAST NOT HAVING THE SEVEN CREW MEMBERS AND CREW CHIEFS FOR ARE THIS RACE HERE. HANDLING NOT AS BIG OF AN ISSUE. BY DELAYING IT ANOTHER WEEK AND GOING THROUGH ANOTHER A APPEALS PROCESS YOU ARE ARE TAKING THE CREW CHIEF OUT OF THE EQUATION FOR A MORE ARE IMPORTANT RACE HE WILL NEED TO O OF FUEL BE THERE. >> Chris: USED TO BE IF IT WASN'T IN THE RULE BOOK YOU COULD DEBATE SOME THINGS. NOW, YOU HAVE TO ASK A CLARIFICATION AND OKAY BEFORE YOU TAKE IT TO THE TRACK AND RACE WITH IT. >> Michael: EVERY PART AND PIECE ON THE CARS HAS TO BE SUBMITTED TO NASCAR AND THEY HAVE TO APPROVE THE PARTS AND PIECES. ANY TIME THERE IS AN ISSUE YOU THERE IS NOT MUCH OF AN EXCUSE. PARTICULARLY WITH THE REAR END HOUSING ON THE SUPERCARS WITH THE DOWNFORCE TRACKS IF THE CARS ARE SCREWED TO THE RIGHT THAT PUTS MORE DOWNFORCE ON THE REAR END AND THAT ALLOWED THE REAR ENDS TO MOVE OUT AND THAT MEANS MORE DOWNFORCE ON THE CARS AND NASCAR PUT MORE CAMBER IN THE REAR END SO THE CARS WILL RUN AND HANDLE BETTER. COUPLE MORE DOWNFORCE WITH THE CAMBERED REAR END AND TIRES WE ARE RUNNING NOW PUTS EVERYTHING OUT OF KILTER. >> MIKE JOY HAS SOME THOUGHTS ON THAT AND MAYBE AN UPDATE WE HOPE SOON ON THE WET TRACK. MIKE? >> Mike: THE WHACKY WEATHER CONTINUES. THE THUNDER CELL WITH 1/8-INCH HAIL BLEW THROUGH AND IT IS GONE. EXCEPT FOR TURNS THREE AND FOUR THE WHOLE TRACK IS BATHED IN SUN LIGHT. IN TURN ONE WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT NOW. THAT IS THE DIRECTION THE RAIN CAME FROM. IT STOPPED AT THAT END OF THE SPEEDWAY FIRST. THE JET DRYERS WENT RIGHT TO WORK ALONG WITH THE AIR TITAN AND THERE IS A LOT OF GREY IN THE RACETRACK. MORE THAN ANYTHING. THE SUN WILL HELP TO DRY THIS TRACK. BUT IT IS COMING ALONG NICELY. SO NOW, LET'S JOIN ADAM ALEXANDER FOR AN UPDATE FROM SPEED CENTER. >>> WE GET YOU CAUGHT UP ON WHAT IS HAPPENING ELSEWHERE NOT THE WORLD OF MOTORSPORTS. START AT TALLADEGA YESTERDAY. NATIONWIDE SERIES DOING BATTLE. YOU KNEW THERE WOULD BE A BIG ONE AND IN THIS CASE IT INVOLVED THE CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER SAM HORNISH, JR. TRYING TO THREAD THE NEEDLE. LONG COMES DOWN. DIDN'T WORK OUT AND IT IS ON. MORE THAN TEN DRIVERS INVOLVED IN THIS ONE. AND FOR THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR THE CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER COMING IN WON'T BE THE CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER GOING OUT. SEE HORNISH PUSS CAR THERE. A GREEN WHITE CHECKER. REGAN SMITH CROSSES OVER TO THE INSIDE. WRECKING BEHIND AND NASCAR THROWS THE CAUTION. AT THE LINE GOING TO BE KASEY KAHNE OUT FRONT. BUT WHEN THE CAUTION COMES OUT NASCAR FREEZES THE FIELD. LOOK TOP RIGHT OF THE SCREEN. CAUTION LIGHT IS ON. REGAN SMITH IS YOUR LEADER AND HE IS YOUR WINNER. FIRST WIN OF THE YEAR. SECOND OF HIS CAREER. HE HAS TAKEN OVER THE CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD. SMITH AT THE TOP. 27 POINTS IN FRONT OF SAM HORN IR, JR. THE IZOD INDY CAR SERIES. RYAN HUNTER-REAY STARTING ON THE POLE. TAKUMA SATO. ONE OF THE LAST THREE RACES IN SAOPAULO BRA DILL. HIS DAY IS DONE. FINISHED IN THE 24 P. POSITION. TAKUMA LAST TIME OUT LEADING BUT THAT IS JAMES HINCH CLIFF TAKING OVER THE RAISE LEAD. A PARTY TONIGHT. JAMES HAS HIS SECOND WIN OF THE YEAR AND BIG MOMENTUM AS WE GET SET TO GO TO INDIANAPOLIS. SATO SECOND AND ANDRETTI IN THE TOP FIVE. NEUGARTEN CLOSE TO TAKE THE LEAD IN THE RACE AS WELL. MONSTER ENERGY. FINAL ROUND ON SATURDAY EVENING IN LAS VEGAS. RYAN CLINCHED THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND PUTS AN EXCLAMATION POINT ON IT LAST NIGHT. GETTING HIS 10th WIN OF THE YEAR. MOST WINS HE HAS HAD IN HIS CAREER. THE 250 EAST CHAMPIONSHIP TO WILL HONG. GOT IT DONE YESTERDAY EVENING. CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM AND PLENTY OF DRAMA IN THE WEST FINALE. REN ROCKSON DOING WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO TO BRING HOME THE KROHN. MOTOGM ON TRACK FOR THE THIRD TIME IN 2013 THIS MORNING IN SPAIN. PLENTY OF LOCAL FLAVOR. INCLUDING DANNY PEDROSA WHO GRABBED THE LEAD AT THE START. JORGE LORENZO GOING AFTER HIM IN THE BLUE BIKE. PA CROW IS A CHECKS OUT AND THEN HIS TEAMMATE COMING AFTER SECOND. MARK Z.GSTER ROOKIE MARIUS MARQUEZ SLIDING RIGHT HERE AND WE HAVE CONTACT. NOT OFTEN YOU SEE THAT IN MOTO GP. THIRD DIFFERENT WINNER IN THREE RACES THIS SEASON AND TEAMMATES FINISHING ONE, TWO CELEBRATE, INJURE ARE RON REN ZOE WAS THIRD. WORLD OF OUTLAW SPRENT CARS. DOUBLE DIP THIS WEEKEND. FRIDAY NIGHT, KERRY MADSEN THE LEAD FROM DALANSKY WITH 17 TO GO. GOING TO CHECK OUT AND GET THE VICTORY. THAT WAS FRIDAY NIGHT. THEY WERE ALSO RACING YESTERDAY EVENING. TONY STEWART'S TRACK. THE FOUR WIDE SALUTE. A STAPLE FOR WORLD OF OUTLAW MACHINES AND ONCE THEY TURNED THEM LOOSE PROBLEMS FOR BRAD SWEET. SPENT SOME TIME IN NASCAR. HE WAS DONE EARLY YESTERDAY EVENING ON THE RESTART. DARREN PITTMAN TAKING THE STOP SPOT AWAY FROM BRIAN BROWN. PITTMAN GOES ON TO GET THE VICTORY. WE OFFER OUR ARE CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM. MORE NASCAR FROM TALLADEGA ON THE WAY. I'M ADAM >> Chris: NASCAR ON FOX CONTINUING LIVE FROM ALABAMA IN THE AARON'S 499 UNDER THE RED FLAG BECAUSE OF WEATHER AND HAVE BEEN THAT WAY. MATT KENSETH HAS DOMINATED THIS RACE. HE HAS TWO WINS THIS YEAR BUT CARL EDWARDS IS THE LEADER AHEAD OF RICKY STENHOUSE, JR. WITH 63 LAPS TO GO IF WE TOTAL UP THE POINTS IN THE 10th RACE TO THE MOMENT WHERE THE STANDINGS ARE HERE IF IT WERE CALLED. JOHNSON LEADS OVER CARL EDWARDS. BRAD KEZELOWSKI, KASEY KAHNE CAUGHT UP IN THE WRECK ALONG WITH KYLE BUSCH. THOSE IN THE TOP 10 AND THE TOP 12 MAKE IT BASED ON POINTS AND VICTORIES AND HERE IS WHEN DENNY AND MICHAEL INTERESTED IN WHO IS AFFECTED THE MOST. >> Michael: MARTIN TRUEX IN THE TOP TEN. JOEY LOGANO I TALKED ABOUT HUH HE WOULD TAKE THE THIRD PLACE FINISH. ULTRAMALTLY BATTLING TO BE IN THE TOP TEN WE WE LEAVE RICHMOND WITH TEN RACES TO GO TO MAKE THE CHASE. DENNY, YOU ARE ARE BACK IN 28th IN THE POINTS BUT YOU WANT ONE OF THOSE TWO WILDCARD SPOTS. THINK IT WILL TAKE ONE WIN FOR YOU TO GET ONE OF THE WILDCARD SPOTS OR TWO? JEFF GORDON IS IN TROUBLE BACK THERE AND TONY STEWART. GUYS THAT CAN WIN ANY WEEKEND. >> THE TOUGH THING IS I'M ALMOST ROOTING FOR THE GUYS TO GET IN THE TOP TEN. I DON'T WANT TO RACE THESE GUYS FOR WINS. TODAY JEFF GORDON COULD REALLY BE HURT IF THIS RACE DOESN'T GO BACK GREEN. KNOCK HIM DOWN IT LOOKS LIKE FOUR SPOTS IN THE POINTS. THAT'S TOUGH. >> Chris: TWO-TIME WINS USUALLY IF YOU HANG IN IN THE POINTS GOOD ENOUGH TO GET YOU IN THE CHASE? >> TWO WINS SHOULD PUT YOU THERE. GOT TO BE TWO OTHER GUYS WITH TWO WINS BETWEEN THE 11th AND 20th SPOT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS POSSIBLE. >> Chris: JIMMIE JOHNSON HASN'T WON A CHAMPIONSHIP THE LAST TWO YEARS. AFTER THE FIVE IN A ROW STILL THE TEAM TO BEAT CLEARLY AND WITH THE POINTS LEAD WE HAVE SEEN KYLE BUSCH GO AND A RUN. HE HAD A COUPLE OF ROUGH RACES RECENTLY. KENSETH HAS WON A COUPLE. CARL EDWARDS COULD BE ON HIS WAY TO A SECOND WIN. WHO IS THE NEXT CHALLENGER OR TWO, DENNY AND PUT YOURSELF IF YOU THINK YOU CAN FINISH STRONG TO REALLY PUSH JIMMIE FOR THE SPOT? >> THE 20 TEAM. THEY LED THE MOST LAP OF ANY ONE THIS SEASON. UP FRONT EVERY WEEK. CONTENDING FOR RACE WINS. AND PUT THE 20, THE NEXT CLOSEST CHALLENGER. EVEN THOUGH HE IS NOT RIGHT THERE UP THERE IN THE POINTS HE HAD SOME ENGINE FAILURES AND LITTLE THINGS THAT KEPT HIM OUT OF CONTENDING FOR THE POINTS LEAD BUT OBVIOUSLY A COUPLE OF WINS AND HE IS IS GOING TO BE STUFF. >> Michael: UNTIL WE CLEAR UP THE FINE SITUATION TO UNDERSTAND HOW BRAD KEZELOWSKI RACES. DOES HE RACE WITHOUT PAUL WOLFE OR NOT. HE HAD A CRASH AND RICHMOND LAST WEEK AND RUNNING FOR A TOP FIVE SPOT BEFORE HE HAD ENGINE PROBLEMS. IF HE AND PAUL CAN REMAIN UNITED AFTER THE PENALTY ARE DECIDED THEY WILL STILL HAVE A CHANCE TO RACE JIMMIE JOHNSON FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP. >> Chris: AND KYLE BUSCH RECENTLY HAD PROBLEMS. LOOK RESPONSIBILITY AT LEAST FOR THE 13 DRIVER WRECK AND THEN KIND OF HESITATED A LITTLE BIT BUT YOU ALWAYS CAPABLE OF REALING OFF WINS CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENDER. JUST MISSED THE CHASE LAST YEAR. >> DANGEROUS TEAM. I SEE HIM FIRST HAND EACH AND EVERY WEEK. A DANGEROUS DRIVER AND DANGEROUS TEAM. LIKE I SAID, 2008 I THINK THEY WON 8 OR 9 RACES. THEY CAN DO IT. >> Chris: YOU CAN RELATE TO CARL EDWARDS IF YOU GO OVER HIS CAREER WHERE HE HAD VICTORIES AND ON THE DOOR STEP FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP AND THEN HAD TO REGROUP. WHAT DOES THAT DO TO A DRIVER SOMETIMES? >> WE DID SOMETHING SIMILAR IN 2011. WE CAME OFF OF A CHAMPIONSHIP TYPE SEASON IN 2010 AND THEN IN 2011 FELL OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH. WE WEREN'T AS COMPETITIVE AND WE NEEDED SOME KIND OF SPARK. DARIEN WAS THE SPARK FOR US IN 2012. CARL EDWARDS, '11 WAS HIS STRONG CHAMPIONSHIP RUN TIED FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS LEAD AND LOST IT ON WINS. 2012 A LITTLE BIT NONEXISTENT. GETS HIMSELF A NEW CREW CHIEF IN JIMMY FENNIG AND UP THERE BATTLING FOR ACE WINS. >> Michael: COOL SEEING A GUY LIKE DENNY HAMLIN BELIEVING HE WILL WIN TWO RACES. HASN'T RACE ADDED IN FOUR WEEKS BUT THINKS IN HIS MIND I WILL GET THE WINS AND THAT IS THE CONFIDENCE YOU HAVE TO HAVE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN NASCAR. CARL CAME OUT OF THE GATES STRONG THIS YEAR AND IT IS BACK FOR HIM. DENNY FEELS THAT WAY ABOUT HIS PERFORMANCE. KYLE HAS BEEN SO STRONG WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT IT HAS TO FEEL WONDERFUL COMING TO THE RACETRACK KNOWING YOU WILL BE ABLE TO WIN. >> Chris: YOU SAIDED YOU WOULD SPEND TIME HANGING AROUND THE TEAM WHEN YOU COULDN'T RACE. WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU LEARNED IN PARTICULAR THAT YOU WILL BRING BACK OR BROUGHT TODAY OR WILL BRING TO DARLINGTON BY BEING OUT THAT TIME? >> I THINK I PAID A LOT TO THE DIFFERENCE IN TRACK CHANGES FROM PRACTICE TO THE RACE AND WHAT I REALLY NEED TO WORK ON AND CONCENTRATE ON TO GET MY CAR GOOD FOR THE RACE, NOT NECESSARILY PRACTICE. THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I PAID ATTENTION TO THE MOST. I SAW SOME THINGS WITH OUR TEAM I THOUGHT WE COULD MAKE BETTER. THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MYSELF AND DARIEN GRUB. I SEE THAT I NEED TO GET THAT COMMUNICATION TO HIM QUICKER BECAUSE HE HAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF WINDOW TO GET THE ADJUSTMENTS AND MAKE THE DECISION BECAUSE THE INFORMATION COMES IN SO IS LATE. I WILL WORK ON GETTING HIM THE INFORMATION QUICK SORE MAKE MY CAR BETTER. >> Chris: AND SEE YOU AT DARLINGTON NEXT SATURDAY NIGHT. WE HOPE IF THE WEATHER CLEARS AS THE TRACK IS TRYING AND THE TITAN DRYERS ARE OUT THIS IS THE UP TO THE MINUTE RADAR. SEE THE CIRCLE THE DOT AREA WHERE WE ARE AT TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY BETWEEN BIRMINGHAM AND ATLANTA AND LOOKS LIKE IT IS CLEARING AND THE TRACK IS DRYING AND THIS THE 10th RACE OF THE YEAR. STARTING THE SECOND QUARTER OF THE SEASON 36 POINTS RACES. AND YOU ARE WATCHING NASCAR ON FOX LIVE FROM TALLADEGA. >> Chris: SATURDAY SOCCER ARE RETURNS TO FOX AS MANCHESTER CITY TAKES ON WIGGEN IN ONE MATCH. GREENLAND'S MOST STORIED TROPHY. WITH BUDWEISER. SATURDAY AT NOON EASTERN ONLY ON FOX. 63 LAPS TO GO. MORE THAN TWO HOURS IN A WEATHER DELAY BUT THE TRACK DRYING AND RAIN HAS CLEARED SO IF SOME OF THE SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS. CARL EDWARDS CURRENTLY THE LEADER IN THE 88th RACE HERE AT TALLADEGA SUPERSEDEWAY. A LOT OF MEMORIES OVER THE YEARS. GREAT HISTORY AT THE TRACK. GO BACK TO THE VERY BEGINNING WHERE IT WAS THE VISION OF BILL FRANTZ THAT CAME THROUGH. >> IN THE TWO DECADES SINCE FOUNDING NASCAR, BILL FRAN IT TZ HAD ORGANIZED A UNITED RACING SERIES AND HAD USHERED IN THE SUPER SPEEDWAY ERA. HE ENVISIONED VENUES THAT PUSHED THE HEIGHTS OF COMPETITION AS WELL AS FRAMED THE SPECTACLE OF STOCK CAR RACING BEFORE GROWING NUMBERS OF FANS. NO VENUE BIGGER IN EITHER REGARD THAN TALLADEGA. >> A GROUP OF THESE WONDERFUL FOLKS HERE WANTED A FACILITY SIMILAR TO DAYTONA. BETTER IF POSSIBLE THAT WOULD BRING WORLDWIDE RECOGNITION TO PEOPLE HERE IN ALABAMA HAVE. >> I DON'T THINK HE WANTED TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM DAYTONA. HE WANTED TO SEE NASCAR GROW YES. >> WAS A BIG MAN. HE SPOKE WITH AUTHORITY. AND USUALLY WHEN SAIDING IS HE WAS RIGHT. YOU KNOW, YOU DIDN'T QUESTION IT. >> BILL FRANCE AND NASCAR TOOK OFF ON A 15 MONTH CONSTRUCTION PROJECT BUT AS DRIVERS STARRED TESTING THE 2.6-MILE SUPER SPEEDWAY, ARGUMENTS OVER SAFETY WERE BUILDING AS QUICKLY AS THE RACETRACK. >> WE WENT DOWN AND HE WAS RUNNING RIGHT AT 200-MILE AN HOUR. AND WHOEVER HAD -- DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF TROUBLE BECAUSE WE HE RUN A COUPLE OF LAPS AND SOMEBODY DECIDED THEY WERE GOING TO RUN FIVE OR SIX LAPS. IN TWO OR THREE LAPS THE TIRES COME APART. >> I WAS PRACTICING ON SATURDAY MORNING AND MY RIGHT-FRONT TIRE CAME OUT AND CAME APART AND TORE THE FENDER NEARLY OFF THE CAR AND WE WERE VERY MUCH IN AGREEMENT THAT WE DID NEED TO APPROACH ABOUT THIS AS A GROUP. >> UNDERLYING THE WHOLE STORY IS THE FACT THAT THE DRIVERS HAD ORGANIZED A UNION ABOUT A MONTH BEFORE. >> A SPORT BUILT UPON THE FEARLESSNESS OF DARE DEVILS NOW YOU STARED INTO THE UNKNOWN OF AN UNPROVEN TRACK. COMPETITORS HAD MADE IT THIS FAR IN THEIR CAREER BY KNOWING THE BALANCE OF RISK AND REWARD. PUBLICLY, RICHARD PETTY STATED THE CASE OF THE PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS' ASSOCIATION. PRIVATELY, LEROY YARBOROUGH THREW A PUNCH AT BILL FRANCE AND BIG BILL RESPONDED BY CLIMBING INTO A CAR HIMSELF TACKLING HIS OWN TRACK AT 175 MILES PER HOUR TO CAST THE FINAL WORD NOTHING WOULD DELAY THE INAUGURAL TALLADEGA 500. >> SENIOR HAD GOTTEN THIS THING BUILT AND THEN ON THE OTHER HAND THERE WAS LEROY YARBOROUGH IN THE CIRCLE OF DRIVERS AND HE SAID I OWE YOU EVERYTHING I HAVE IN MY LIFE BUT I'M NOT WILLING TO DIE FOR YOU. >> BILL SAYS THIS IT WAS. TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT. A MAJORITY OF THE BIG NAMES PULLED OUT AND HE BROUGHT IN THE CAMAROS AND FIREBIRDS AND HE MADE A RACE. >> BILL FRANCE SENIOR SAID LOOK I WILL PAY YOU GUYS 2500, 3,000 WHATEVER IT WAS AT THE TIME WHICH WAS BIG MONEY TO RACE FOR ME TOMORROW PLUS WHATEVER YOU WIN. >> BACKSIDE AT THE TALLADEGA 500, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. HERE AT THE NEW RACING FACILITY. >> THE DEAL WAS THEY WENT AHEAD AND RUN A RACE WITH THE GRAND CARS AND ALL THAT STUFF AND DIDN'T REALLY RUN A RACE AROUND THE SHIP. >> THAT DAY AT TALLADEGA SET A PRECEDENCE FOR NASCAR THAT BIG BILL MADE THE CALLS AND HE WAS DETERMINED TO PUT ON THAT RACE FOR THE RACE FANS. >> THE CHECKERED FLAG IS DOWN. RICHARD BRICKHOUSE. >> AND HE WON IS IN GREAT STYLE! >> Chris: I KNOW MICHAEL YOU A WIN HERE AT TALLADEGA. DENNY, DO YOU HAVE EITHER AS A FAN, A DRIVER, TALLADEGA MEMORIES, THOUGHTS? >> MY FIRST RACE OUT OF A LOCAL SHORT TRACK WAS HERE AT TALLADEGA IN AN ARCA RACE. FINISHED THIRD TO REED SORENSON AND BLAKE I BELIEVE. >> Michael: IN 1978 WE LEFT OWENS BORROW KENTUCKY AFTER THE SHORT TRACK RACING AND DRIVE DOWN HERE TO WATCH THE RACE FROM THE GRANDSTANDS. THE FIRST TIME I WAS HERE I STOOD IN THE GRANDSTANDS AND CHEERED MY BROTHER ON AND COMING DOWN TO THE CHECKERED FLAG HE GOT PASSED. IT HAS BEEN LAST LAP PASSES IN THE HISTORY OF TALLADEGA AND I HAVE BEEN COMING HERE EVERY YEAR SINCE 1978 TO EITHER WATCH ARAPHIA THAT WILY GET TO RACE. TO WIN IN 2003 WAS A COOL FEELING. IT IS THE BIGGEST FASTEST TRACK. YOU WANT TO GET A WIN AT TALLADEGA AND I WAS HONORED TO DO THAT. >> Chris: DARRELL WALTRIP WITH FOUR WINS HERE. THE FEAR FACTOR FOR THE FIRST TIME COMING HERE MUST ALWAYS BE AN ISSUE. >> AMAZING. THE SPEED IS UNBELIEVABLE. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AND YOU ARE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH WHAT THE SPOTTER IS SAYING AND THINGS CHANGING BY THE SECOND. IT IS A TOUGH RACETRACK. ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE A SPOTTER. YOU DON'T WANT TO BE ONE OF THOSE GUYS ON THE ROOF WITH THE BINOCULARS TRYING TO SPOT THE CARS. >> Chris: EARLIER IN THE WRECK THEY WERE GOING ABOUT 200 MILES A.B. HOUR THE 13-CAR PILEUP KASEY KAHNESCH AND CASE CASE AMONG THEM. CHECK IN WITH STEVE BYRNES. >> Steve: WHAT A CRAZY DAY. HOW WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE THE RACING? >> THE RACING IS CALM FROM WHERE I HAVE BEEN EXCEPT FOR THE ONE INCIDENT INTO TURN ONE. WE HAD A GREAT RACE CAR AND I HAVE BEEN CONTENT RIDING UP THERE NEAR THE FRONT OF THE BACK AND BEHIND THE 20 FOR A LOT OF THE DAY. THINGS PICKED UP AS RAINDROPS STARTED COMING AND GOT CLOSE TO THE FIRST RAIN DELAY. I HAD THE LEAD AND I COULD SEE IN THE MIRROR A BIG RUN COMING FROM THE 17. HE AND THE 99 WERE ARE WORKING HARD TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER AND THAT POINT I SLIPPED BACK SOME AND THEN ONCE BEGET BACK TO GREEN WHICH MY FINGER ARE CROSSED THAT WE WILL. IT WILL BE EXCITING TO GET BACK TO THE TRACK POSITION WE HAD BEFORE. >> Steve: DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU CAN MAKE A RUN WITH THOSE GUYS? >> SOME OF THOSE GUYS WITH BEAT UP RACE CARS. I KNOW THAT MY PERFECTLY CLEAN RACE CAR IS PLENTY CAPABLE OF WINNING THE RACE. MATT AND I HAVE BEEN UP FRONT CONTROLLING THE RACE THROUGHOUT THE DAY WAITING FOR THE RIGHT TIME AND HOPEFUL THAT THE RIGHT SITUATION WOULD DEVELOP FOR ME TO GET THE LEAD. MY LITTLE CHEVY HAS BEEN AWFULLY FAST AND I CAN'T WAIT TO GET BACK RACING. >> Steve: HAVE YOU BEEN RACING YOUR RACE? IN OTHER WORDS, OR THE RACE YOU WANT TO RACE? >> I HAVE. I MEAN TRACK POSITION SO HARD TO PASS RIGHT NOW AND TRACK POSITION IS EVERYTHING. I WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN TRACK POSITION FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE DAY AND PROBABLY THE WORST I HAVE BEEN ALL DAY IN 8th. COVERD THAT BASE PRETTY WELL TODAY AND STILL SOME LAPS LEFT AND WE WILL SEE HOW THAT GOES. BUT YOU WANT TO BE UP THERE IN THAT TOP 4 TO 6. I STILL THINK YOU PROBABLY WANT TO BE FIRST OR SECOND TO CONTROL THIS THING TO THE END. I WAS ABLE TO DO THAT AT THE 5-AND CONTROL IT TO THE END. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT SHOT AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. >> Steve: THANKS FOR YOU TIME. WE APPRECIATE IT. BACK TO CHRIS MYERS. >> Chris: THE DEBATE OF WANT TO BE FIRST OR SECOND AT THE RIGHT TIME AND MAKE THE RIGHT MOVE. CLINT BOWYER WHO WAS SECOND IN THE POINTS LAST YEAR. MICHAEL WALTRIP RACING AND HIS TOYOTA IS SIXTH AND WHEN WE HAVE THE RAIN DELAYS WE A CHANCE TO SPEND MORE TIME AND TALK TO DRIVES. GO BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THE KID FROM KANSAS AND CLINT BOWYER. >> ANY TIME YOU DROP NO MONEY AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN ARE THROWN INTO A WHERE YOU ARE MAKING A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH IT? COME. >> COMING FROM CANNONS AND GROWING UP WITH TOW TRUCKS AND WORKING IN A BODY SHOP, STILL TO THIS DAY I ALWAYS ASK MYSELF HOW IN THE HELL DID THIS ALL COME TRUE. >> THIS CAR WAS BUILT FOR ABSOLUTE LAUGHS. I MADE IT FOR ABOUT $3,500 AND PROBABLY THE MOST FUN VEHICLE I EVER HAD. YOU KNOW, I'M JUST -- I HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO FIND A JOB THAT I LOVE TO DO AND ENJOY EVERY DAY. EVERY DAY IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. ♪♪ >> I OWN A DIRT RACING SHOP. I'M JUST ONE OF THE GUYS AND THAT IS WHAT I WANT TO BE. [ LAUGHTER ] >> TOO MUCH HORSEPOWER. TOO MUCH BRAKES. TOO MUCH FUN. >> AN OFFICE IS SOMETHING I NEVER HAD AND ALWAYS WANTED AND THEN ONCE I BUILT ONE I WONDERED WHY THE HELL I EVEN BUILT IT BECAUSE I'M NEVER IN HERE. I HATE SITTING DOWN. >> WHERE IS THE HAMMER? >> IF I'M NOT -- I'M NOT GOING TO SIT AT HOME ON THE COUCH AND READ A BOOK. I CAN GET THROUGH THE FIRST PAGE AND THEN I'M GOING TO FIND SOME ACTION SOME WHERE. ♪♪ >> HEY, BOY, GIVE ME FIVE. WANT TO GO GET SOME ICE CREAM? ♪♪ >> I'M KIND OF THE GUY AFTER A YEAR THAT IS WHEN CLINT COMES IN AND I CAN HANDLE THAT SITUATION. ZORB THAT IS KIND OF WHEN UNCLE CLINT COMES IN AND I CAN HAND THAT WILL SITUATION. ♪ GET YOUR SHOES OFF, KICK THEM OFF ♪♪ >> COULDN'T RIGHT FOUR WHEELERS. LOW PRESSURE AS GOOD THOUGH, HUH? >> JUST BECAUSE I HAVE A CAMOUFLAGE LIMOUSINE, I'M NOT A FULL RED NECK HILL BILLY. I DEFINITELY LIKE CLEANING UP AND GOING TO THE CITY. DO WHATEVER YOU WANT. I WILL WEAR A HAT ANYWAY. THAT HAT THE IS GOING BACK ON. >> DOWN ON THE TOWN, BABY. IS THAT GOOD? IS THAT CLOSE? WE DON'T WEAR TIES VERY OFT O OF FUELEN IN KANSAS. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT WHITE SOCKS WITH DRESS SHOES? >> I WANT FANS TO WATCH THE RACE ON TV AND SAY MAN THERE IS A GUY I WOULD HAVE LIKE TO HAVE A BEER WITH. >> I THINK BEING TRUE TO WHO YOU ARE IS EVERYTHING BUT I HE THINK IT IS NOT LETTING YOURSELF GET OUT-OF-BOUNDS. NOT LETTING YOURSELF GO TO AN EVENT AND THINK YOU ARE SOMEBODY YOU ARE NOT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> GET OUT. GET OUT. >> WE DON'T TAKE, SIR. >> I'M SO JOKING. >> WE ARE NOT THE BUSINESS OF BUILDING BRANDS. GOT TO BE OUTSPOKEN AND SEPARATE FROM THE OTHER GUYS. >> YOU KNOW CLINT? >> NO, I DON'T KNOW KNOW DID -- I'M SORRY. >> SOMEHOW YOU GOT TO FIND YOUR OWN NICHE BUT HAVE A GOOD TIME DOING IT. >> FINALLY. >> I THINK TWO THINGS THAT SUM UP CLINT BOWYER. NUMBER ONE IS PASSION FOR RACING'S PAST AND HIS PASSION FOR FUN IN THE PRESENT. SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO THERE IS ALWAYS FUN AROUND. >> I'M RUNNING OUT OF FUN THINGS TO DO. DOWN TO CROSS FIT GAMES WITH KRISTA. >> I UNDERSTAND SHE IS WORKING OUT A PROGRAM OR CONTEST FOR YOU, TRUE? >> SHE WAS EXPLAINING THE CONCEPT OF CROSS FIT. 12 MINUTES. I CAN DO THAT. I THOUGHT I COULD DO THAT UNTIL SHE LISTED OFF WHAT YOU DO IN THE 12 MINUTES TIME AND THEN. THERE IS MORE? >> THE THE NEIGHBORS WITH A GRILL. >> THIS IS WHAT I HEARD. >> A LITTLE BETTER OPTION. >> Steve: THIS IS THE THING. I HEART THERE IS DISHARMONY MINUTE THE FAMILY. YOU WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD TRADE YOU CORN DOGS AND HOT DOGS FOR ANYTHING. >> THINK THEY WOULD TRADE ME HE A NOT CRASHED RACE CAR FOR A CORN DOG AND THEN J.D. GOT IN THE HIDLE OF IT AND HE BLEW ME OFF COMPLETELY AND SAID TO GO BACK OVER BACK ON MY SIDE OF THE FENCE. NOT VERY NICE. >> Steve: THAT IS NOT NICE AT ALL. >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. >> Steve: WE NEED TO HAVE IS LIKE. >> I'M STRUGGLING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I'M GOING TO DO. CAN'T DO CROSS FIT. CAN'T EAT A CORN DOG. >> Steve: THEY HAVE HAMBURGERS. >> I CAN'T RACE TODAY BECAUSE MOTHER NATURE HATES US. I DON'T KNOW. THEY SAID TWO HOURS IF THE SAWN CAME OUT. DID THEY GIVE AUS TIME WHEN THE SUN IS NOT OUT ANY MORE? >> Steve: MY WEATHER CASTING CLASS AT FLORIDA STATE DID NOT GIVE ME THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION. >> ALL THAT EDUCATION REALLY WENT A LONG WAYS. >> IT SURE DID. >> Steve: REAL QUICK, EARLIER TODAY WHEN WE LAST LEFT CLINT POUR HE WAS TALKING ABOUT GOING BACK TO HIS MOTOR HOME AND HYDRATING AND GETTING NUTRITION AND YOU ACTUALLY TOOK MY ADVICE AND HAD A PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLEY SANDWICH AND ATE HEALTHY WITH WHAT? >> I HAD AN ORANGE WITH MY PEANUT BUTTER AND YELLLY. HOW YOU GO FROM PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLEY TO AN ORANGE I HAVE NO IDEA. >> Steve: IS THAT A KANSAS THING? >> THAT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS TODAY. I'M READY TO GO BACK RACING OR GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE. ONE OR THE OTHER. LET'S GO SOMETHING. >> Steve: LET'S GO BACK TO YOUR BOLLS. HOW ABOUT THAT? >> MICHAEL OUT THERE? >> Michael: MONITORING MY GUYS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE GETTING ALL OF IT AND I THINK THEY ARE TODAY. >> Chris: HE SUMMED IT UP. EITHER RACE OR GET OUT OF HERE. HE WON TALLADEGA TWICE, CLINT BOWYER AND THREE WINS WITH YOU AT MICHAEL WALTRIP RACING. DONE A LOT FOR YOUR RACING PROGRAM AS YOU HAVE FOR HIM. >> Michael: I LOVE HIS ENERGY. FEEDS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE BUILDING. PEOPLE WANT TO DO WELL FOR CLINT. HE IS ENERGETIC AND HAS FUN AND WIDE OPEN ALL THE TIME. I THINK THAT OTHER DRIVERS LIKE MARTIN TRUEX, JR. SEES THAT ATTITUDE AND MAKES HIM FEEL A LITTLE MORE HAPPY GO LUCKY. YOU NEED A GUY LIKE THAT ON O OF FUEL YOUR TEAM ESPECIALLY A YOUNG TEAM TRYING TO MAKE YOUR WAY THROUGH THE SPORT TO HELP DEFINE WHO YOU ARE AND AT MICHAEL WALTRIP RACING I HOPE WE ARE FUN. WHEN YOU GET THE HELMET ON YOU CHANGE GEARS. >> YOU ARE FUN. ABSOLUTELY. ONE THING I THINK ABOUT WHEN A LOT OF PEOPLE WHEN THEY THINK ABOUT CLINT BOWYER THEY THINK ABOUT HE IS FUN AND ENERGETIC AND FULL OF HIMSELF AT TIMES. I HONESTLY THINK HE IS AN UNDERRATED DRIVER. THE GUY HAS WON TWICE HERE AT TALLADEGA BUT HE IS REALLY STARTING TO BE ONE OF THOSE WELL, HE ROUNDED DRIVERS THAT CAN WIN AT EVERY SINGLE TYPE OF DISCIPLINE RACETRACK THAT WE GO TO. ALWAYS UP THERE IN THE POINTS AND GREAT POINTS RACER AND A GREAT CREW YOU CHIEF IN BRIAN PATTY. I THINK HE HAS A GREAT CREW CHIEF MENDED WELL WITH AND I THINK HE IS POISED TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP. >> Michael: AND IF HE TRIES TO MIX IT UP WITH CHRISTMAS ABBOTT THAT WILL NOT END WELL. SHE DOES THINGS IN THE GYM THAT ARE AMAZING AND A PERSON ON OUR TEAM ALSO THAT HELPED US BE BETTER BECAUSE ALL OF THE AND WOMEN IN THE GYM WANT TO WORK OUT HARDER AND DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO DO THEIR JOB AT THE 100% LEVEL. >> CLINT USED TO WORK AT A CAR DEALERSHIP AND YEARS LATER WENT BACK AND WAS ABLE TO BUY IT AND OWNS IT NOW AND EMPLOYS PEOPLE AND DOING GOOD THINGS FOR PEOPLE IN THAT COMMUNITY. CHECK H IN WITH KRISTA VODA STANDING BY WITH A GUY THAT WON SIX TIMES HERE AT TALLADEGA. >> Krista: I'M HERE WITH JEFF GORDON. YOU'D COULDN'T HEAR WHAT HE WAS SAY AND YOU ARE STILL SMILING AND. GOOD RAIN FILL. >> IF YOU NEED TO FILL TIME JUST GIVE THE MICROPHONE TO CLINT POUR. >> BOWYER. >> Krista: WALK US THROUGH TODAY. AN UP AND DOWN BATTLE FOR YOU. >> I THOUGHT WE GOT THE LUCKY IN THE FIRST ACCIDENT. WE WERE SQUEEZED BUT MADE IT THROUGH BUT THE DAMAGE WAS MORE SEVERE THAN WE ANTICIPATED. ALSO THE KNOCKOUT. SO THE SPEED WASN'T THERE IN THE CAR OR THE HANDLING. WE GOT A LOT DOWN AND WOULD LIKE TO WORK TON NOW AND GET BACK GOING ON GET BACK ON THE LEAD LAP. WE KNOW A LOT IS GOING TO HAPPEN STILL IN THE RACE. THERE WAS A PACK THAT WENT BY ME THAT I THOUGHT FOR SURE WAS GOING TO CAUSE A CAUTION AND THEY WEREN'T EVEN RACING FOR A TOP TEN. IT WAS PRETTY CASEY. YOU KNOW IT WILL GET A LOT CRAZIER AND ALL ABOUT SURVIVAL. NEVER GIVE UP AS A TEAM AND THIS TEAM CERTAINLY NEVER DOES AND IT IS UNFORTUNATE WHERE WE ARE AT BUT YOU YOU KNOW THERE WERE SOME GUYS THAT WERE WORSE OFF THAN US. WE WILL FIGHT UNTIL THE CHECKERED FLAG AND HOPEFULLY GET TO SEE THE CHECKERED FLAG AT THE NORM AT DISTANCE. >> Krista: TALK ABOUT GETTING CRAZY. YOU RACED A LOT OF DIFFERENT CARS AND PACKAGES AT TALLADEGA. DO YOU LIKE THE CRAZY THAT WE HAVE NOW? >> IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN CRAZY, JUST DIFFERENT KINDS. I FELT LIKE EARLY IN MY CAREER THROUGH THE MID AND LATE 90 DESs I FELT LIKE I HAD THAT PACKAGE DOWN GOOD AND DIDN'T CHANGE THE FIRST SEVERAL YEARS. YOU CAN REALLY USE THE AIR AND HAVE A GOOD STRONG CAR AND MAKE SOME MOVES AND SURE YOU ALWAYS HAD TO WORK WITH SOMEBODY BUT YOU NOT QUITE TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU HAVE TO RELY ON THEM NOW. AND THEN WE GOT INTO THE TANDEM DRAFTING AND WE SAW WHAT THAT WAS LIKE YESTERDAY. IT IS FUN TO WATCH, BUT NOT A LOT OF FUN TO BE A PART OF UNLESS YOU ARE REGAN SMITH AND COME ACROSS THE LINE FIRST. LIKE THE PACKAGE WE ARE HAVING RIGHT NOW. SEEING A LITTLE DIFFERENT RACE HERE AT TALLADEGA THAN AT DAYTONA. JUST THE TRACK BEING A LITTLE WIDER AND NOT HAVING THE HANDLING BEING QUITE AS MUCH OF AN ISSUE. SEEING BUYS JUST BE A LITTLE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND MAKE IT THREE WIDE AND SO THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED TO US. WE WERE JUST UP IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. AND THREE WIDE AND SOMEBODY GOT HIT AND GOOD TURNED. -- GOT TURNED. IT IS STILL REALLY BEING THIS IS CALM COMPARED TO WHAT IT IS DELEGATE TO BE WITH FIVE AND TEN TO GO. >> Krista: WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN EVERY KIND OF CRAZY WEATHER. WE WERE JOKEING THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE IN THE GARAGE AND SOME IN THE MOTOR HOME LOT. DID YOU GET CAUGHT IN THE CRAZY CELL OF BLAST AND STORMS? >> I WAS OVER WITH MY FAMILY IN THE BUS AND SAW WHERE IT WAS DRYING UP AND THE SUN WAS OUT AND THOUGHT I WOULD GET BACK HERE AND TALK TO ALLEN AND THE GUYS AND I GET IN THE CAR AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT CELL CAME AND I'M OVER HERE SORT OF BUNKERED IN IT AND WE KNEW IT WAS GOING BE PRETTY HARD RAIN THERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE. LUCKILY IT WENT BY QUICK AND NEW WE NEED SUN BECAUSE THE AIR TITAN IS NOT ENOUGH ON ITS OWN. NEED SUN AND WIND TO GO ALONG TWO-TIME IT. IT IS COMING ALONG QUICK. KEEPING OUR FINGERS CROSSED. >> Krista: WE HOPE TO GO RACING AGAIN SOON. THANKS, JEFF. CHRIS? >> Chris: JEFF TALKED ABOUT THE WRECK EARLIER. 13 DRIVERS INVOLVED CREATED WITH KYLE BUSCH AND KASEY KAHNE AND HARVICK AND STEWART AMONG THOSE CAUGHT UP. AND EVERYBODY OKAY. BUT WE ARE UNDER A RED FLAG BECAUSE OF WEATHER WITH 63 TO GO. CARL EDWARDS THE >> THANKS FOR STAYING WITH US AND THE TITAN DRYERS, AT LEAST AN HOUR TO DRY OUT THIS TRACK AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH OR WITHOUT THE SUN. JUST NO MORE RAIN AND WE'LL FINISH OUT THE 63 LAPS WITH CARL EDWARD, YOUR LEADER. WHEN I ASKED DARRYL WALTRIP ABOUT THE STORYLINE THIS YEAR, HE SAID AMONG OTHER THING, ALL OF THE FIGHTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE. AND DARRYL WALTRIP WAS RUNNING IN THE EIGHTH POSITION, ONE MAN DOWN. HERE WAS ONE MAN WHO HAD THE BEST SEAT AND FOUND OUT PKTLY WHAT HAPPENED. TELL US WHAT HAPPENED FROM YOUR POINT OF VIEW. >> I RECALL A CERTAIN YOUNG MAN THAT'S A ROOKIE, THAT BLASTED MY BROTHER SOMEWHERE BACK DOWN THE ROAD FOR SPINNING HIM OUT WHEN HE WAS SEVERAL LAPS DOWN AND WOULDN'T GET OUT OF HIS WAY, AND JUST LIKE HE DIDN'T LEARN. I WAS PFT PAST THE 24 CAR AND HE SHOWED ME AWE LOT OF RESPECT. >> HE HAD A GOOD RUN GOING. >> IT'S JUST A SHAME WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH RESPECT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RACING. >> WALLACE COMES DOWN LOW. >> WALTRIP SPINS HIM BACK AS THEY COME TO THE WHITE FLAG AND NO! THE YELLOW FLAG COMES OUT! THE YELLOW FLAG COMES OUT. CAN WALTRIP GET IT GOING? >> IT WAS 200,000 AND THIS WAS EARLIER. THE TEMPERS ARE HOT WHEN THERE'S THAT MUCH MONEY ON THE LINE AS QUITE A FIGHT BROKE OUT JUST OUTSIDE OF THE WINNER'S CIRCLE AND OFFICIALS MOVED IN TRYING TO BREAK IT UP. >> DALE EARNHARDT AS THEY GO INTO TURN NUMBER ONE AND JEFF BODINE TAKES THE LEAD. BODINE WINS AND RICKY RICE ON THE LAST LAP. >> DALE, WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE? >> HOW DO YOU SEE IT? YOU OBVIOUSLY WERE INVOLVED. [ BLEEP ]. >> DARRYL EARNHARDT OBVIOUSLY UPSET ABOUT THIS SITUATION AND OBVIOUSLY NOT -- >> HOW DOES THIS AFFECT YOUR CHAMPIONSHIP VIEW? >>. [ INA AUDIBLE ] >> AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IN THESE SITUATIONS IS YOU HAVE PIT CREWS INVOLVED AND THEY WERE THERE TO PROTECT KEVIN FROM HIMSELF. >> YEAH. >> HEY! [ BLEEP ]. >> HERE WE GO. >> HEY, GUYS! HEY! HEY! CALM DOWN! >> IT'S NOT NECESSARY FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. [ INAUDIBLE ] >> KURT BUSCH WITH THE HARD TRACK. >> THAT'S TOO BAD. >> HE WAS RUNNING VERY, VERY WELL AND IT LOOKED LIKE HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN THAT AREA ONE MORE TIME. >> THE 17th PLACE AND THEY'RE STARTING TO RACE IN 38 AND GREAT NEWS THERE. >> HE'S ANGRY AT SOMEBODY. HE'S GOT HIS -- OH, NO. JUST TELL SOMEBODY. >> SURVEY SAYS -- >> IT'S THE RED CAR. >> YEAH. >> THAT WOULD BE, WHAT? THE THIRD OR FOURTH TIME THIS YEAR THAT THEY'VE TANGLED AND HE IS ON THIS SIDE OF JIMMY SPENCER AND THE LONG STRAIGHT AWAY AND KURT MOVES OVER TO GET SOME AIR BETWEEN THE TWO CARS AND INTO TURN THREE. >> AND JUST BOOTED HIM OUT OF THE WAY. >> BOY, THAT'S NOT GOOD. >> CONTINUING TO EXPRESS HIS DISPLEASURE AT JIMMY SPENCER. HE PICKED UP A LOT OF TREAD ON HIS TIRE. AND HE PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT. >> HE ACTUALLY LOST TWO POSITIONS AND HE GOT BY AS WELL FOR THIRD. SPRAGUE AFTER THAT TURN GETS OUT OF HIS CAR AND HE IS RUNNING TOWARD JIMMY SPENCER'S CAR. OF COURSE NAH AR OFFICIALS ARE RUNNING TO INTERCEPT HIM AND THE LAST CAR WAS IN HIS WAY. >> HERE WE GO, AND THIS IS KEVIN HARVICK GOING AFTER GREG BIFFLE. >> THAT'S A SHAME, BUT YOU HAVE SEEN HOW FENDERS AND TEMPERS CAN FLY HERE AT BRISTOL. >> BIFFLE IN THE 16 CAR. HOW MANY TIMES THIS YEAR HAVE WE SEEN THIS, GREG BEVEL'S DOMINANT AND ENDS UP WITH A HUGE PROBLEM. >> USUALLY THESE FOLKS HERE ARE VERY UPSET HERE AND HIS GIRLFRIEND NICOLE IS VERY UPSET RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR SCREEN. >> GOT TURNED ON THE STRAIGHT AWAY. THAT WAS KURT BUSCH. >> I BELIEVE KURT BUSCH MAY HAVE LIFTED HIM UP. HIS GIRLFRIEND NICOLE AND GREG BIFFLE, TALKING TO YVONNE. >> THIS IS GREG BIFFLE'S BOYFRIEND, AND IT LOOKED TO ME LIKE SHE WAS REALLY UPSET. IT IS REALLY BAD NEWS. YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE CLEARLY THAT HE GOT IN THE BAG AND DRAGGED HIM AROUND AND SHE'S DOING HER THING WATCHING HER MAN RACE AND ALONG COMES NICOLE AND BIFFLE LEADING THE MOST LAPS AT 39 AND THESE FOUR GUYS, 22, 11 AND 16. THEY HAVE BEEN ALL OVER EACH OTHER, BUT REALLY AND TRULY, THE TWO OF KURT BUSCH IN THE 20 AND THEY PASSED EACH OTHER A COUPLE OF TIMES PRIOR TO THIS. HERE'S WHERE GREG BIFFLE RUNS UP HERE AND HE GIVES KURT THE SHOT RIGHT THERE. THAT'S A WAKE-UP CALL TO KURT SAYING I'VE GOT TO GO. I HAVE TO GET TO TONY, AND I'M SURE HE'S IN THE SPOTTER SAYING CLEAR UP, CLEAR UP. NO, NO, NO. TOO LATE. >> IN THE GARAGE WITH KURT BUSCH. WHAT HAPPENED ON THE RACETRACK AND THEN ON PIT ROAD? >> PIT ROAD WAS ME STOPPING THERE TO MAKE A POINT AND ONLY MAKING THE SITUATION WORSE. THAT WAS MY FAULT, BUT OUT ON THE RACETRACK WITH TONY, WE RACED 10, 15 LAPS SIDE BY SIDE AND DIDN'T GIVE AN EDGE AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS FROM. >> HERE'S A LOOK AT THE SPIN AND THE CONTACTS AND JUST GETS DOWN UNDERNEATH HIM AND EVER SO SLIGHTLY AND HERE'S TONY ON THE STRAIGHT AWAY AND STEWART EXPRESSES HIS DISPLEASURE WITH TONY AND YOU MIGHT HAVE MORE THINGS TO SAY. >> THEY HAD A GREAT RUN AND HE GOT SIDEWAYS AND I GOT UNDERNEATH HIM AND I DID EVERYTHING I COULD TO KEEP FROM HITTING HIM AND HEY, I GOT THE POSITION AND WE'RE BATTLING ALL OF THE WAY TO THE END AND THIS IS BRISTOL AND I'LL DO EVERYTHING I CAN FOR THE POSITION AND I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH WHAT I DID, YOU KNOW? I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY CLEAN. IT WAS A GREAT EFFORT FOR US. >> HOW ABOUT FOR RETALIATION? HOW ABOUT TONY COMING BACK AT YOU? >> IT DOESN'T SCARE ME ONE BIT. >> I WASN'T SURPRISED. >> GORDON GOT PAST MATT KENSETH. >> THE 24 JUST WENT AROUND. 17 GOT HIM. >> HE'S NOT HAPPY WITH MATT KENSETH. >> BOY, THAT WAS TOTALLY OUT OF CHARACTER. KENSETH APPROACHED GORDON AND KENSETH WALKED OVER TO GORDON'S CAR WITH HIS ARMS OPEN AS IF TO TALK ABOUT IT AND GORDON WOULD HAVE NONE OF IT. AFTER THE RACE, YOU AND KENSETH, TELL US ABOUT IT. >> IT HAD TO DO WITH WHAT HAPPENED ON THE RACETRACK. WE HAD A GREAT CAR ALL DAY LONG AND WE GOT TIGHT THERE AT THE END AND HE'S HOLDING GUYS UP AND I GOT HIM A COUPLE OF TIMESES AND HE SHUT THE DOOR ON ME AND THE NEXT TIME I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY I DEFINITELY MOVED HIM, BUT I DIDN'T WRECK HIM. AND WE GOT DOWN AND HE JUST WRECKED ME. I'M SURE HE DIDN'T MEAN TO DO IT AND ALL THAT STUFF, AND I WASN'T HAPPY ABOUT IT. >> I APOLOGIZE. IT WAS MY FAULT, AND IT WAS NOT INTENTIONAL AND I DIDN'T DO IT ON PURPOSE AND I WOULD BE MAD IF I WAS HIM AND I LEFT MY CAR TO GO OVER TO APOLOGIZE, AND I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE WAITED A LITTLE BIT LONGER. >> OOH! DARRYL WALTRIP, AND -- >> MICHAEL WALTRIP WENT OVER AND HAD WORDS AND MAYBE MORE WITH CAR NUMBER 9 AT THE FINISH OF THAT ONE. IN THE DRAFT OF EDWARDS AND KOSLOWSKI. >> HE'S ALL OVER, JUST YOU AND HIM. >> CARL EDWARDS, RESTART AT EIGHTH. IF THAT 09 CAN STAY HOOKED TO THAT 99, IT WILL BE HARD TO GET IT, AND CAN KOSLOWSKI TRY TO WIN IT? I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T THINK HE CAN STEP OUT UNTIL HE WAITS UNTIL THE LAST SECOND. >> OH, NO! NO! NO! >> AND THAT DESTROYED THE FRONT END OF NEWMAN'S CAR! EDWARDS WILL NOT MAKE IT TO THE FLAG! >> BRAD KOSLOWSKI WON THIS RACE. LET'S TAKE A LOOK MIKE. CARL EDWARDS OPENED IT UP JUST A LITTLE BIT. >> I'M NOT SURE, I THINK THIS IS A HARD LICK RIGHT INTO THE FENCE. I MEAN, THAT CAR LOOKED LIKE BOBBY ALLISON DID IN 1987. AND HE DID HIS JOB, AND THE CAR DID ITS JOB AND THANK GOODNESS WE HAVE A MUCH STRONGER, SAFER CATCH FENCES. >> NOT SURE WHERE CARL'S GOING AND MAYBE HE THINKS IT WILL COUNT. >> THAT'S WHAT HE'S DOING. >> YOU KNOW HOW HE IS. HE'S AN ATHLETE AND MARATHON RUNNER, I WANT TO FINISH THE RACE AND HE DID. >> A STANDING OVATION FROM THE CROWD. SHADES OF RICKY BOBBY. >> AND THE 99 HAS TURNED OVER BRAD KOSLOWSKI AND WE HAVE A CAUTION. LIKE CONTACT. LOOK AT THAT THING GO. HE WAS TRYING HARD RIGHT THERE. AND GIVE HIM A LITTLE TAP RIGHT THERE AND MISSED HIM. AND THEN THE NEXT TIME AROUND THIS HAPPENS, AND YOU TALK ABOUT THE RIVALRIES AND ABOUT THE GLOVES COMING OFF, AND THIS IS A YOUNG MAN IN THE 12 CAR THAT HAS NOT MADE A LOT OF FRIENDS. IT WAS A WILD RIDE THAT WAS UNCALLED FOR. >> AND HE SAID IT WASN'T HIS FAULT AND HE TOOK THE BLAME, BUT HE SAID YOU WEREN'T GIVING HIM ANY ROOM OUT THERE. >> HE CUT DOWN THE RESTART AND I COULDN'T LIFT IT BACK ENOUGH FOR HIM AND I WAS THERE, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT MORE YOU CAN DO, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY, AND I WAS UNDERNEATH THEM WILL AND IT WAS TOO LATE AND I APOLOGIZED TO HIM AND THERE'S NOTHING I COULD DO IN THAT SITUATION AND TO COME BACK AND INTSHLLY WRECK SOMEONE, THAT'S NOT COOL. IT COULD HAVE KILLED SOMEBODY IN THE GRANDSTAND. I KNOW IT'S IRONIC TO HAVE ME SAYING THAT, BUT I DIDN'T DO IT INTENTIONALLY. THEY HAVE THE BALL AND THEY'LL ALLOW PEOPLE TO INTENTIONALLY WRECK EACH OTHER AND WE WILL HURT SOMEONE EITHER IN THE CAR OR IN THE GRANDSTAND. IT'S NOT INTENTIONAL TO WRECK SOMEONE AT 195 MILES AN HOUR. >> THE SCARY PART IS THE CAR WENT AIRBORNE, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU COME OUT HERE TO RACE AND PEOPLE HAVE TO HAVE RESPECT FOR ONE ANOTHER AND I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR PEOPLE'S SAFETY AND I'M GLAD HE'S OKAY, AND WE'LL JUST GO ON AND RACE SOME MORE AND MAYBE WE WON'T HAVE INCIDENTS TOGETHER. AND HE SLIDES AND THEY'RE OUT OF IT. AND AND BETWEEN DONNY AND IT'S OVERFLOWING AND THEY KNOW THEY HAVE -- WHAT A BITTER DEFEAT. AND HE HAD THE HELMET AROUND AND IT WAS FURTHER SO HE HIT ME IN THE FACE WITH HIS HELMET. >>. >> GET ON DOWN. >> YEAH, GIVE ME A RIDE! GET ON >> YEAH, GIVE ME A RIDE! >> VERY ENTERTAINING AND THE WAL TRIPS WERE PROMINENTLY FEATURED AND DARRYL HAD -- YOU COULD HAVE GENERATIONS OF CARS AND DRIVER, BUT THE FEUD, THAT SEEMS LIKE IT'S ALWAYS CONTENTIOUS. SOMETIMES THEY JUST RUBBED YOU WRONG AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE GUY THAT YOU DISLIKE THE MOST IS THE GUY THAT RUNS INTO YOU ALL OF THE TIME AND SOMEONE ALWAYS RACING IT AND EARNHARDT NOW, WE JUST, I LOVE THE GUY AND HE LOVED ME, BUT WE COULDN'T RACE EACH OTHER AND WE COULDN'T GET ALONG ON THE RACETRACK AND WE SAW MICHAEL AND OF COURSE, WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN DANNY AND JOEY, SOME PEOPLE JUST LOVE YOU WRONG, RIGHT, GUYS? >> I UNDERSTAND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO STEP INTO KALE AND DONNY. THAT LOOKED LIKE A PRETTY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND THEY DON'T GIVE A DARN OVER WHAT HAPPENED IN DAYTONA THAT YEAR. THEY HAD A CHIP ON BOTH SHOULDERS AND THAT'S HOW SOME GUYS ARE. >> KOSLOWSKI ON YOUR LIST, AND I WAS JUST DISAPPOINTED. WE WRECKED EACH OTHER MULTIPLE TIMES. >> FROM CHARLOTTE, LAS VEGAS, HOMESTEAD, RIGHT? AND MY WORDS DON'T ALL COME TOGETHER. >> AND SO I EXPRESSED MYSELF IN A BAD WAY AND HE FORGAVE ME. >> WE'LL CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION, SOME OF YOU WILL GO TO YOUR FOX LOCAL AFFILIATE FOR NEWS OR YOUR LOCAL PROGRAMMING AND OTHERS WILL STAY WITH US FOR CONTINUING COVERAGE FROM TALLADEGA AND WHEN THERE IS RACING. WHEN THEY'RE BACK ON THE TRACK WE WILL TAKE YOU THERE LIVE, YOU ARE WATCHING GIVING CARL EDWARDS THE LEAD OVER STENHOUSE JR. DURING THIS DELAY. >> TEN MINUTES BEFORE THE TOP OF THE HOUR. THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN WATCHING LOCAL NEWS AND LOCAL PROGRAMMING ON YOUR AFFILIATE, THANKS FOR STAYING WITH US. NASCAR ON FOX. AND YES, WE'RE LIVE AFTER A RAIN DELAY OF MORE THAN THREE AND A HALF HOURS. CARL EDWARDS, YOUR LEADER AT THE MOMENT. MATT KENSETH HAS LED THE MOST LAPS. WE HAVE 63 LAPS TO GO. YOU SEE THE CARS ON THE LEAD LAP, ONLY THREE CAUTIONS. THIS IS THE KIND OF RACE DENNY HAMLIN WITH CHRIS MEYERS AND GANG THAT TOWARDS THE END HERE THINGS MAY HEAT UP. >> YEAH. AS EXPECTED, WE HAD ONE BIG ONE EARLY. THE MAJOR ONE ISN'T GOING TO COME UNTIL THE END. I REALLY BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. IT'S JUST A MATTER WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN FRONT OF IT OR BEHIND IT. >> 170 MILES TO GO. AND IN THAT 13-CAR WRECK THAT WAS TRIGGERED BY KYLE BUSCH RUNNING INTO KASEY KAHNE, SOME DRIVERS LIKE TONY STEWART DESPERATELY NEEDING SUCCESS HERE. HARVICK ALSO CAUGHT UP IN THAT MESS AS WELL. AND IF YOU TUNED IN A BIT LATE, WE'RE DOING OTHER THINGS ON THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WE BEGAN WITH THE STORY OF DENNY COMING BACK FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE END OF MARCH AND THE WRECK IN CALIFORNIA. THE PLAN WAS SET. HE WAS GOING TO DRIVE FOR 20, 25 LAPS AND BRIAN VICKERS WOULD STEP IN FOR HIM IN THE 11 CAR. MEANWHILE, DALE EARNHARDT JR., HE WENT DOWN A BIT AS TREVOR BAYNE HAD AN ENGINE PROBLEM. JR. MADE UP THAT LAP. THE OLD SWITCHEROO AT 25 LAPS. SMOOTHLY HANDLED. THERE IS THE 5 CAR OF KASEY KAHNE. KYLE BUSCH IN THE 18 HAS HAD A ROUGH STRETCH THE LAST WEEKS. LOOK AT THE GREEN OF DANICA PATRICK WHO GOT THROUGH UNSCATHED. THEN MOMENTS BEFORE THE RACE WAS STOPPED, SEE THE SCORING LOOP. CARL EDWARDS WITH A GREAT CALL FROM HIS CREW CHIEF AND MOVE OVER RICKY STENHOUSE JR. GOT IN FRONT AND SAID I'LL TAKE IT. IF THEY STOP THIS THING, I'LL TAKE THIS VICTORY. THAT'S NOT THE CASE. NOW HE IS A TARGET. >> ABSOLUTELY. YOU'VE GOT 35 DRIVERS OR SO THAT ARE HAPPY TO SEE THIS RACE GO BACK GREEN AND ONE DISAPPOINTED ONE. >> THE ENGINES HAVE BEEN FIRED. AND WITH ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF OF DAYLIGHT LEFT AND 63 LAPS TO GO AND RAIN IN THE DISTANCE, WE'LL SEE WHO CAN WIN THE 88th RACE HERE AT TALLADEGA SUPER SPEEDWAY. APPRECIATE DENNY HAMLIN SITTING ALONG WITH US AFTER HE HOPPED OUT OF HIS CAR AND INTO THE HOLLYWOOD HOTEL. IT WAS FUN TO HAVE MICHAEL WALTRIP COME FROM HIS CAR AND JOIN US AND CHAT AS WELL. LET'S WELCOME IN THE VOICES OF NASCAR EVERY WEEKEND. THEY HUNG AROUND ALL AFTERNOON. THEY HAD NO CHOICE. >> WE WANTED TO SEE THE END OF THIS RACE. I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO SEE IT. >> WE'VE ENJOYED DINNER WHILE YOU FOLKS HAVE HAD HAD THE RAIN DELAY. AND AT THE TOP FOUR FORDS, THREE TOYOTAS, THREE CHEVROLETS. THEY'RE NOT ALL TEAMMATES IN THAT MIX, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYBODY IS PAIRING UP WITH THEIR FRIENDS. HOW LONG WILL IT STAY THAT WAY? >> HERE'S WHAT HAS HAPPENED. EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT YOUR GAME PLAN IS NOW. WE SAW THOSE FOUR FORDS GET LINED UP ON THE OUTSIDE AND WERE ABLE TO DRIVE BY A MATT KENSETH AND TAKE THE LEAD. MATT IS NOW AWARE OF THAT. SO IT'S LIKE A TRICK PLAY IN FOOTBALL. YOU CAN RUN IT ONCE, BUT YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO RUN IT TWICE. EVERYBODY'S GOT THEIR MINDS WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO FEND OFF THAT KIND OF ATTACK. >> WHETHER IT'S FROM THE TOYOTAS OR FROM THE FORDS AND FROM THE CHEVROLETS AS WELL. SO GOT TO SEE WHAT'S GOING TO PLAY OUT HERE. >> KENSETH HAS WON 101 LAPS TODAY. THE WHOLE REST OF THE FIELD COMBINED HAS ONLY LED 20. SO IF YOU'RE THE CREW CHIEF, HOW DO YOU COUNSEL HIM ON WHAT TO DO IF YOU FIND YOURSELF WITHOUT ANY FRIENDS? >> I THINK THE GOOD THING IS MATT KENSETH HAS A FAST RACE CAR. THERE'S A LOT OF DRIVERS OUT THERE THAT KNOWS HE HAS A FAST RACE CAR. I DON'T THINK HE'S GOING TO STAY BACK THERE, BUT THE INTERESTING THING. YOU WERE ASKING ME ABOUT STRATEGY. WE'RE AT LAP 125. I THINK EVERYONE WILL PIT HERE FOR TIRES AND FUEL, BUT IF WE GET NORTH OF 140 AS FAR AS 140 LAPS RIGHT NOW BEFORE WE GO RACING, YOU MAY SEE THEM GO OFF AND MAKE IT FROM THERE. >> THEY COULD GET WITH MATT AND DO WHAT THE FORDS DID. TEAMMATES WORKING TOGETHER, MANUFACTURERS WORKING TOGETHER TO BE BIG. >> A BIG CHEER FROM THIS RAIN-DRENCHED CROWD. THEY'VE SEEN RAIN AND HAIL THIS AFTERNOON. AND CREW MEN ASSISTING JUAN PABLO MONTOYA. TRYING TO GET HIM REFIRED. JAMIE McMURRAY BEHIND. AND A CREWMAN IS GOING TO JUMP IN. >> GOT ANOTHER BACKUP UNIT HE'S STICKING IN THE CAR HERE. THAT THING HAS GOT MOISTURE IN IT, I BET YOU. >> THAT PRETTY MUCH CONTROLS EVERYTHING WITH THE ELECTRONIC FUEL INJECTION, IGNITION AND ALL. AND THERE ARE CHANGES THAT HOLD YOU TO THAT. THERE'S ALSO A RELAY BOX YOU HAVE TO RESET. >> THIS HAS BEEN SERIOUS. I SAW A RED BOX IN THE CREW MEMBER'S HAND AS HE GOT IN THE CAR. THAT'S ONE OF THE ENGINE GUYS, I THINK, THAT JUST JUMPED OVER IN THERE. >> THAT BOX IS REQUIRED BY NASCAR AS PART OF THE ELECTRONIC MANAGEMENT. IT'S NOT THE PROBLEM. SO RAIN APPARENTLY -- WATER EFFECTING MONTOYA'S CAR FROM BEING ABLE TO RESTART HERE. >> ONE OF THE DRIVERS STILL ON THE LEAD LAP. HAD THAT GREAT FINISH LAST WEEK IN RICHMOND. IF IT CAN HAPPEN TO A DRIVER, IT'S HAPPENED TO MONTOYA. >> HE HAD TO RACE ONE LAST WEEK IN A LATE CAUTION. >> JEFF GORDON GETTING A LITTLE SURGERY AND REPAIR TO THE RIGHT FRONT CORNER OF HIS CAR. >> YEAH, HE'S GOT A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. THE LETTERS ARE ALL RUBBED OFF LIKE THE FENDER HAD BEEN GETTING INTO IT. >> I SAW ALSO MARCOS AMBROSE, THE 9. YOU SEE HIM ON THE PIT AS WELL. THIS GIVES PLANS TO MAKE REPAIRS TO THE CARS. THEY WERE INVOLVED IN THAT CRASH. >> YOU SEE THE 9 CAR, RIGHT FRONT TIRE. SAME THING. GOT FENDER RUB THERE. BUT I SAW THEM TAKE THE 42 BEHIND THE WALL. >> IF MONTOYA DIDN'T HAVE BAD LUCK THESE LAST TWO WEEKS -- >> I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT. >> WHAT THEY'LL DO, YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE GOING TO PLUG THE LAPTOP INTO IT RIGHT THERE. YOU CANNOT PLUG THAT LAPTOP IN IN PIT ROAD. IT HAS TO GO BEHIND THE WALL. THIS WILL HELP DIAGNOSE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE 42 LAP. >> THIS FIRST LAP IN CAUTION IS GOING TO TAKE A MINUTE. THAT'S A BENEFIT FOR THOSE ON PIT ROAD. A GREEN LIGHT MEANS THAT PIT ROAD IS OPEN. >> WE WERE WITHIN ABOUT EIGHT TO TEN LAPS OF WHAT WOULD BE GREEN FLAG STOPS WHEN THAT CAUTION CAME OUT. >> MOST ALL THE CARS ON THE LEAD LAP COMING TO PIT ROAD. MATT? >> AND JOEY LOGANO'S PIT MEMBERS ON THE WALL. WHETHER THEY WERE GOING TO GO TWO OR FOUR TIRES ON THIS STOP. THEY ARE GOING TO GO ON SO THEY HAVE IT TOPPED WITH FUEL. AND HE'S AWAY. >> AFTER HOURS AND HOURS OF DELAY, RICKY STENHOUSE BACK IN THE CAR FOR HIS TWO TIRES. >> LEFT SIDE TIRES FOR BRAD KESELOWSKI IN THAT 2 CAR. RIGHT SIDE AND PLENTY OF FUEL FOR CARL EDWARDS. >> LARRY, TWO TIRES. ONLY RIGHT SIDE. >> THEY WERE MAKING SOME TYPE OF AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE REAR OF KESELOWSKI'S CAR WHEN HE HAD IT JACKED ON THE LEFT SIDE. YOU COULD SEE THEY'RE STILL THERE. MAKING SOME TYPE OF REPAIR OR ADJUSTMENT. >> LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE LEFT REAR QUARTER PANEL DAMAGE. >> EIGHT CARS DID NOT PIT. KURT BUSCH IS THE FIRST OF THOSE. HE IS THE RACE LEADER AHEAD OF RAGAN, SPEED, SMITH, AND WISE. ARE THE DRIVERS WHO DID NOT PIT. WE'LL SEE IF THEY COME IN THIS TIME AROUND. GETTING READY TO RESTART AFTER A THREE HOUR 36 MINUTE RAIN DELAY. THANKS FOR STAYING WITH US WITH NASCAR ON FOX. >>> LAST TIME BY UNDER CAUTION, KURT BUSCH PITTED ALONG WITH BRAD KESELOWSKI. RAGAN PICKED UP THE LEAD WITH SCOTT SPEED AND TERRY LABONTE. THAT SHOULD LEAVE BOBBY LABONTE OUT AS THE RACE LEADER. HE'LL PICK UP ONE BONUS POINT FOR LEADING A LAP. >> I'M SO EXCITED. >> WHY? >> ONE TO GO. ONE TO GO. >> ONLY BEEN THREE AND A HALF HOURS, DARRYL. >> IT'S LIKE WE'RE STARTING ON A WHOLE NEW RACE. >> CLINT BOWYER IN FOR REPAIRS WHILE JUAN PABLO MONTOYA COMES OUT FROM BEHIND THE WALL. THEY'RE GOING TO GET THAT CAR RESTARTED AND BACK IN THE RACE. >> WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING, THEY LOOKED AT THE THROTTLE BODY AND ECU ONE MORE TIME. THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THE CAR REFIRED AND ARE NOW TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER IT WAS A THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM OR A BAD ECU. >> ALL THE THROTTLE BODY DOES IS CONTROL AIR FLOW INTO THE ENGINE. >> IT'S GOT TO BE ELECTRONIC. IT HAD TO BE THAT ECU UNIT. >> JEFF GORDON ALL PATCHED UP. NOT PRETTY, BUT HE'S ON THE LEAD LAP WHICH MEANS -- EXCUSE ME. HE'S ONE LAP DOWN IN 29th PLACE. 25 CARS ON THE LEAD LAP INCLUDING BRAD KESELOWSKI. >> THREE GUYS THAT ARE A LAP DOWN. BLANEY IN THE 7. JEFF WHO STANDS A GOOD CHANCE OF GETTING BACK ON THE LEAD LAP WITH THE LUCKY DOG IF HECK PASS THOSE GUYS. >> 58 LAPS TO GO WHEN THE GREEN FLAG GOES. >> THEY HAVE FOUR DRIVERS UP FRONT THAT WON'T PIT ROAD DURING -- THEY'VE GOT BOBBY LABONTE, REGAN SMITH, AND JOSH WHITE. IT'S ALMOST LIKE THEY'RE STILL PLAYING THE WEATHER GAME HERE A LITTLE BIT. BECAUSE BY MY CALCULATIONS, THEY CAN'T GO VERY FAR BEFORE THEY HAVE TO MAKE A PIT STOP. >> IT IS CLOUDY IN TURN THREE AND FOUR. MAYBE THEY HAVE GOOD RADAR. OR GOOD GAS MILEAGE. >> OFTEN WHAT RICHARD PETTY SAID. I'D RATHER BE LUCKY THAN GOOD. >> I THINK YOU'D LIKE TO BE BOTH IN THIS CASE. IT'LL TAKE A LOT OF LUCK. >> FIRST CARS WITH FULL FUEL LOAD. THAT'S ROW THREE. WITH THE CROWD YELLING AND EXCITED. RACING ONCE AGAIN AT TALLADEGA WITH 58 LAPS TO GO. GREEN FLAG. BOBBY LABONTE, PAST CUP CHAMPION, AND DAVID GILLILAND BRING THEM DOWN FOR THE RESTART. >> TO THESE DRIVERS IT'S LIKE STARTING ALL OVER. >> McMURRAY UP TOP IN THAT CAR. >> EVERYBODY WANTS POSITION. >> I THINK WE'LL SEE URGENT RACING RIGHT THERE. >> STUCK IN THE MIDDLE THERE GOING BACKWARDS RIGHT HERE. >> KENSETH COMES RIGHT UP AGAINST HIM AND HAS TO JUMP ON THE BRAKES. >> WE SEE THIS HAPPENED TO CARL A FEW TIMES IN THE MIDDLE LANE LIKE THAT. >> I WISH YOU'D LOOK AT THIS. THREE BY THREE BY THREE AS FAR AS YOU CAN SEE. >> THEY DON'T REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED IN THE FIRST PART OF THIS RACE. >> FOUR WIDE. >> YOU'RE FOUR WIDE. >> BOBBY LABONTE THE LEADER. >> I DON'T KNOW THE LAST TIME. >> ON THE OUTSIDE. TRYING TO TAKE IT AWAY. AND HE'S GOT HELP FROM JOEY A LOGANO AND RICKY STENHOUSE. >> WHO'S BEEN THE FASTEST CAR ALL DAY AND HAS LED OVER 100 LAPS. >> LOOK AT THAT 20 GO. MY GOSH. HE JUST WENT UP THROUGH THE MIDDLE. A LITTLE HELP FROM THE 56 CAR THERE. >> LOOK AT THE BACK OF THE CARS HOW LOW THEY GET IN THE CORNER. THEY REALLY SINK DOWN. THAT BACK BUMPER IS CLOSE TO THE TRACK. >> RACING THE RAIN AND DARKNESS AND EACH OTHER. LABONTE LEADS. >> HE'S BEEN ABLE TO STAY THERE. >> SINGLE CAR TEAM WITH LABONTE. >> DAVID GILLILAND IN THE YELLOW 38, HE'S ANOTHER DRIVER THAT DOES NOT HAVE A SPRINT CUP SERIES WIN. >> FOUR WIDE AGAIN. PLENTY OF ROOM THERE. NOW A NUMBER OF DRIVERS PITTED MORE THAN ONCE BEFORE THEY WAVED THE GREEN FLAG. HERE ON THE OUTSIDE, LOGANO. WHOA. AND IT'S THE 20. ONCE AGAIN, MATT KENSETH COMING STRAIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE THREADING THE NEEDLE AND BACK TOWARDS THE FRONT. >> MATT KENSETH SAID I'VE GOT TO REDEEM MYSELF. I MAY HAVE ALMOST LOST THE RACE. HE'S TRYING TO REDEEM HIMSELF WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE RACE HAD STOPPED. >> JOEY LOGANO IN THAT 22 ALL THE WAY BACK. NOW HE'S GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF HELP FROM ANOTHER ONE OF THEM FORD DRIVERS. STENHOUSE JR. >> STENHOUSE, THE ROOKIE, HAS NOWHERE TO GO BUT TO THE BACK WITH LOGANO. >> WATCH THOSE CARS HOW THEY JUST MOVE AROUND. THEY JUST SWAY AROUND BECAUSE OF ALL THE WIND. >> QUICKLY TO MATT FOR AN UPDATE ON BOWYER. >> THEY BROUGHT IT IN, CUT IT OFF, SENT HIM BACK OUT. >> I TELL YOU WHAT. I KNOW A FORMER DRIVER, I'M ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT RIGHT NOW. HOW ABOUT YOU, HAMLIN? WHAT ARE YOU FEELING NOW? >> I'M LOOKING AT THESE GUYS AND THERE IS A HUGE SENSE OF URGENCY. THEY ARE RACING LIKE IT'S 16 LAPS TO GO. AND WE'VE STILL GOT 60 LAPS. AND AT LEAST ANOTHER PIT ROAD. YOU CAN SEE IT PICKING UP. I WONDER IF THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE IT TO THE NEXT PIT STOP BEFORE THEY WRECK. >> SOUNDS LIKE A LITTLE MOISTURE I JUST HEARD JIMMIE SAYING A LITTLE MOISTURE. GOT TO BE CAREFUL HERE. >> SO ON THE OUTSIDE, THAT IS KENSETH. INSIDE LABONTE. LAST TIME HE LED UNDER GREEN WAS AT INDIANAPOLIS LAST JULY. KENSETH TRYING TO LEAD THIS LAP. TRUEX WORKING THE OUTSIDE ON THE BLUE CAR. >> WE'VE BEEN SEEING DRIVERS GET KICKED TO THE TOPSIDE AND GET KICKED BACK. JUST SAW THE 51 BACK THERE. THEY CAN'T GET TO THE BOTTOM. >> CARL EDWARDS ALL OF A SUDDEN HE IS THERE. CARL EDWARDS INTO SECOND PLACE. >> BUSCH PUSHING WALTRIP. AND ON THE OUTSIDE, ALMIROLA. >> WE TALKED ABOUT ALL THAT MANUFACTURER COOPERATION. FORDS, TOYOTAS, CHEVYS. FORGET ABOUT IT. KENSETH TOYOTA IN FRONT. EDWARDS FORD IN SECOND. JIMMIE JOHNSON CHEVROLET IN THIRD. >> THAT'S WHERE HE WAS WHEN THE RACE STOPPED. HE'S HANGING RIGHT IN THERE. >> MARTIN TRUEX ALONGSIDE. BUT ALONGSIDE IS NO PLACE TO BE. >> ALL MICHAEL WANTS TO DO IS STAY RIGHT THERE. HE LOVES WHERE HE IS RIGHT NOW. >> CASEY MEARS REPORTING A LOSS OF FUEL PRESSURE. >> THESE CARS JUST LIKE ELECTRONIC KAL PROBLEMS WITH THE 42 CARS, WHEN THESE CARS ARE HOT LIKE THEY WERE, SET THEM ON PIT ROAD TO COOL THEM OFF. COMES OFF, YOU HAVE ALL TYPES OF ISSUES. >> BRAD KESELOWSKI IN THAT 2, HE WAS FIGHTING HIS WAY TO THE TOP. HE WAS TELLING US ABOUT THE QUARTER PANEL BRACE. NO HELP NOW. >> KESELOWSKI, 14. WAY UP ON THE HIND SIDE. DRIFTING BACK WITH DALE EARNHARDT JR. NOW BACK TO 18, 19 ON THE INSIDE. >> TWO DRIVERS THAT I THINK ARE BOTH LOOKING FOR REDEMPTION, WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT MATT KENSETH IN THE 20. BUT THINK ABOUT ALSO JIMMIE JOHNSON IN THE 48 CAR IN THIRD. REMEMBER HE HAS GOT KICKED BY THAT FORD CAMP. >> 51 LAPS TO GO. MATT KENSETH HAS NOW LED 105 >>> THE AARON'S 499 ON FOX IS SPONSORED BY AARON'S. YOU DON'T NEED CREDIT. ALL YOU NEED IS AARON. >> 47 LAPS TO GO. CLOUDY BUT CLEAN TRACK AS YOU SEE FROM OUR AERIAL COVERAGE PROVIDED BY GOODYEAR. EVERYTHING WE LEARNED MAKING TIRES INSPIRES WHAT WE ROLL INTO YOURS. GOODYEAR, OFFICIAL TIRE OF NASCAR. >> LARRY, I THINK THESE GUYS ARE PRETTY HAPPY. WATCH THAT 17 CAR. REMEMBER HOW HE GOT UP FRONT BEFORE WE HAD THE RAIN DELAY. UP ON THE OUTSIDE MAKING A LOT OF MOVES. HERE WE COME WITH MARCOS AMBROSE PUSHING HIM ALONG. >> JUST A DIFFERENT GROUP OF FORD DRIVERS THAN WHAT HE HAD EARLIER. >> THEY'RE COMING. AMBROSE, GILLILAND AND MICHAEL McDOWELL ON THE OUTSIDE. >> THIS IS WHERE MATT KENSETH SAID I DIDN'T DO A GOOD JOB OF PICKING UP WITH A PUSH. HE BETTER KEEP AN EYE ON THAT OUTSIDE LINE. >> MAKE SOME NOISE. AND THEY'RE GOING TO COME UP ON MENARD. DROPPED THE CYLINDER. BACK OUT ON TRACK TO FIND IT. THERE'S HIS YELLOW CAR IN FRONT OF THE PACK. >> I REALLY LIKE WHAT STENHOUSE IS DOING. HE'S SIDE DRAFTING UP ON THESE CARS. HE GETS ON THEIR SIDE AND THEN HE PULLS AWAY. RIGHT HERE, WATCH. HE GETS DOWN ON THE SIDE, THEN HE PULLS AWAY. GETS A NICE SIDE DRAFT OFF THE CARS HE'S PASSING. >> DARYL, THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. THIS IS HIS FIRST SPRINT CUP SERIES. ONLY ONE OTHER START IN THE DAYTONA 500. HE'S A QUICK STUDY. HE PICKS THIS UP IN A HURRY AS WE WELL KNOW. >> AND THE THIRD, DALE EARNHARDT JR. COUPLE OF OTHERS WORKING UP THERE. AND SOME SLOW CARS TO GET PAST. KYLE BUSCH IS BACK ON TRACK. GREG BIFFLE BACK ON TRACK. >> BAD NEWS NOR THE 48. THEY MOVED UP A LITTLE BIT. JIMMIE DIDN'T AND HE GOT LEFT BEHIND HERE. NOW THERE'S STENHOUSE RIGHT THERE WITH CARL EDWARDS WHICH IS WHAT WE SAW AT THE RAIN DELAYS. >> JUST BEFORE STENHOUSE AND THAT 17 GOT THERE, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHEN THEY JUMPED UP THERE. MATT, WHAT ABOUT JOEY LOGANO? >> HE THINKS THE MOTOR MAY BE GOING SOUTH. HE'S GIVEN THE DIAGNOSIS TO THE ENGINE TUNER ON THIS 22 MACHINE. HE'S TRYING TO MAKE HIS WAY TO PIT ROAD. TOUGH BREAK FOR JOEY. >> HE WILL MAKE IT TO THE PIT ROAD. >> SOME OF THIS THREE-WIDE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO RUN UP ON MENARD. NOW ON THE STRAIGHTAWAY, EVERYBODY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET BESIDE HIM. TRYING TO GO UP THE BOTTOM. NOT IN ANYBODY'S WAY. >> THAT KIND OF FUNNELS THE FIELD INTO SINGLE FILE RUNNING ORDER. >> AT THE FRONT THERE ARE NOW EIGHT CARS IN THE BREAKAWAY. A GUY I'VE BEEN WATCHING IS DALE JR. HE WAS ALL THE WAY BACK TWO LONG AGO. BURNED ON THE 22 MACHINE. GETTING A SPARE NOW TO SEND OVER THE WALL. >> >> WHEN THE CAR SITS IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING GOING ON JUST LIKE MONTOYA AND HIS 40 CAR. >> THINGS ARE RACE TEMPERATURE. YOU SHUT THEM OFF, STARTING RAINING. YOU GET MOISTURE AND NOW ALL KIND OF THINGS HAPPEN TO YOU. >> OR MESS UP RADIOS IN YOUR CAR. >> THERE'S A SEVEN CAR STRING AT THE FRONT. MICHAEL WALTRIP FURTHER DISTANCE BACK. McCURRY. EARNHARDT. IF THEY CAN BAND TOGETHER SINGLE FILE WE'LL SEE IF THEY CAN RUN DOWN THE LEAD GROUP WHEN WE COME BACK. 42 LAPS TO GO IN TALLADEGA. 39 LAPS TO GO. WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES BROUGHT TO YOU BY SPRINT. MATT KENSETH, 113 LE. THE REST, 23. NASCAR MOBILE SEARCH TEAM APP UNLIMITED DATA FROM SPRINT. NO OVERAGES. LEARN MORE SPRINT.COM/SPEED. >> YOU NOW HOW YOU KNOW YOU GOT A FAST CAR? EVERYBODY FOLLOWS YOU WHEREVER YOU GO. >> 30 DEGREES. YOU KNOW, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CARS BEING LOOSE EARLIER IN THE RACE. THAT THERE WILL ABSOLUTELY MAKE THESE CARS GET MORE GRIP. ESPECIALLY WITH REAR TIRES WHERE THEY MAKE THEM WHERE THEY'RE NOT MOVING AROUND. >> MAKE MORE POWER, TOO. >> YES, SIR. >> ESPECIALLY THE AIR TEMP. >> DRIVER WHO WAS LEADING AT THE RAIN DELAY, CARL EDWARDS, RIDING SECOND. LET'S GO TO HIS PIT AND SEE. >> HE TOLD SPOTTER JASON THE BIGGEST THING I WANT TO KNOW, WHO'S MOVING BEHIND ME. JASON REPLIED THAT 9 CAR HAS PLENTY OF DAMAGE. PLENTY OF SPEED. >> HE'S SITTING IN GOOD SHAPE. HE'S GOT AMBROSE BEHIND HIM. THAT'S ENCOURAGING IF YOU'RE CARL EDWARDS. >> KENSETH ON PACE TO SET A NEW RECORD FOR THE MOST LAPS LED IN A TALLADEGA RACE. >> STEVE HAMILTON DRIVING RICHARD PETTY'S NUMBER 4. PETTY BLUE PLYMOUTH WON IN AUGUST 1970. WON THE DAYTONA 500 THE SAME YEAR. HE LED 153 LAPS THAT DAY. >> THAT SECOND PACK, MICHAEL WALTRIP MADE IT UP TO THE LEAD PACK. BUT NOT MANY OTHERS DID. MARTIN TRUEX DID. AND THE SECOND PACK, LED BY JAMIE McMURRAY. JAIL EARNHARDT JR., DAVE STREMME, SMITH, NEWMAN, CLINT BOWYER. >> I THINK MICHAEL WENT BACK AND PICKED UP TRUEX. I THINK HE WENT BACK THERE. TRUEX FALLEN BACK. MICHAEL FELL BACK TO GET HIM. THE INTERESTING THING, THE SECOND GROUP, INTERESTING TO SEE IF THE SECOND GROUP CAN CATCH THIS BACK OF THE PACK RIGHT HERE WITH 56 OF TRUEX. McMURRAY IN THE GROUP. DALE JR., GOOD CARS IN THAT PACK. >> THAT SECOND GROUP DID THE RIGHT THING, THEY LINED UP SINGLE FILE. PROBLEM FOR THEM WAS, SO DID THE FIRST GROUP. >> I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOT THE MEMO, LET'S RIDE AROUND THE TOP OF THE TRACK FOR A WHILE. MAYBE IT'S GETTING LATE. MAYBE LET'S JUST RIDE AROUND THE TOP, IT'S GETTING LATE. THE X-FACTOR IN THE WHOLE EQUATION, EVERYBODY WILL HAVE HAVE TO MAKE ONE MORE STOP. IT'S COMING WITH 20 TO GO. WHAT WILL THEY DO? FUEL ONLY. I DON'T THINK ANY DRIVER WILL HAVE HIS TEAM CHANGE ALL FOUR. MAYBE TWO LEFT, MAYBE TWO RIGHT. TO ME THAT'S THE X-FACTOR. >> SATURDAY NIGHT UNDER THE LIGHTS, DARLINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, ANNUAL MOTHER'S DAY SOUTHERN 500 MOTHER'S DAY WITHIN. >> LARRY WHAT YEAR, DILLON, DROVE FOR ROBERT YATES, DROVE THE 88 CHARACTER RAN SO GOOD. >> A COUPLE OF POLES FOR ROBERT YATES. >> WON THE DAY TONE TA NA. >> THIS GUY KNOWS HOW TO DRAFT. >> HE'S SITTING THERE IN FIFTH. NUMBER 38. IN FRONT OF JIMMIE JOHNSON. ONE TOYOTA, FOUR FORDS, TWO CHEVROLET, A PAIR OF TOYOTAS, A PAIR OF CHEVROLETS AND SO ON BACK. NO CLEAR ADVANTAGE EXCEPT WHEN MATT KENSETH LEADING THE TRAIN AROUND TALLADEGA, HE HAS GENERALLY BEEN HARD TO PASS IT'S THE FOUR FORDS THAT GANG UP ON KENSETH. THE REST OF THE FORD FROM HIM. NOW THAT SECOND GROUP HAS GONE TO THE BOTTOM GROOVE IN THE CORNER TRYING TO TAKE THE SHORT WAY AROUND IN HOPES OF CLOSING THE GAP. >> YEAH. I THINK THAT SECOND GROUP, THEY ARE LOSING TOUCH WITH THE FRONT PACK UP THERE FRONT PACK RUNNING HIGH. THE DIFFERENCE IN THE LINE HERE, McMURRAY IN THE BACK, LEADING THE BACK PACK. NOT MAKING PROGRESS. ACTUALLY THEY'RE LOSING TIME. >> THE DIFFERENCE, .3 A LAP. THAT ADDS UP RUNNING 200 MILES AN HOUR. 33 LAPS TO GO. >> GUYS, WHAT HAPPENS UP. >> DALE, GOT YOUR TEXT. SAID YOU COULDN'T TEXT. >> WHY WOULD THEY TEXT IF HE COULDN'T TEXT. >> WHY NOT TEXT INSTEAD OF TEXTING. >> I DIDN'T. IT'S A TEXT SAYING THAT HE COULDN'T TEXT. >> SO WHO ACTUALLY TEXTED THE TEXT THAT HE COULDN'T TEXT? >> DALE. <i> WE CAN LIVE WITHOUT THE AND.</i> AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, WHENEVER
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cheers and applause ] <i> LOWE'S. PROUD FANS OF NASCAR.</i> >>> 23 LAPS TO GO. MATT KENSETH TOYOTA CONTINUE TO LEADS CHEVROLET OF JIMMIE JOHNSON, MARTIN TRUEX, THE FORD. ONE PIT STOP TO GO. COULD COME AT THREE LAPS. >> WE HAVE SAID IT WHEN WE WENT BACK TO RACING, LARRY SAID IT, THE PIT STOP IS GOING TO DETERMINE SO MUCH GETTING ON PIT ROOT AND HAVING A SOLID STOP WITHOUT A MISTAKE. >> FIND THE DRIVER ON THE CREW. >> DENNY SAID IT, TOO. TEAMS HAVE BEEN SET FOR 3 1/2 HOURS. HAVE THEY LOOSENED UP ENOUGH TO MAKE A QUICK STOP? >> LARRY, HOW LONG COULD YOU WAIT TO MAKE THAT STOP? STILL RUNNING UNDER GREEN? A SPRINKLE OR TWO ON THE WINDSHIELD. HOW LONG DO YOU DARE STAY OUT THERE ON PIT ROAD 1127? >> THEY HAVE A GOOD IDEA HOW FAR THEY CAN GO. YOU DON'T WANT TO COME BY YOURSELF. YOU NEED TO COME WITH PARTNERS. >> I TELL YOU WHAT I'D DO, WHATEVER THE 20 DOES, THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING. >> IF YOU'RE THAT YOU HAVE TO BE ON THE INSIDE LANE AT TURN NUMBER FOUR. >> SPOT THIS TIME, TAKE CARE OF YOUR TIRES. >> TAKE CARE OF YOUR TIRES, THERE MAY BE GAS AND GO HERE, LARRY. >> WITH 20, ALL YOU NEED IS ONE FULL CAN OF FUEL. >> TAKE CARE OF YOUR STUFF. >> 21 LAPS TO GO. HALF OF THE RACERS ARE COMING. JOHNSON GETS PAST KENSETH. FOUR WIDE COMING TO THE COMMIT LINE. >> MY GOODNESS, I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT MANY CARS ON PIT ROAD THAT WAY. >> AND DEPENDING ON THE TEAM, ONLY LEAD TO KNEAD THREE TO SECOND SECONDS OF FUEL. MICHAEL WALTRIP ALREADY AWAY. >> MATT KENSETH, COUNTING AS HE COMES IN, SEVEN SECONDS OF FUEL FOR MATT KENSETH. >> MARTIN TRUEX JR., FOR THE 56, WASN'T HAPPY WITH THE WAY HE GOT ON PIT ROAD. THERE HE GOES. >> JIMMIE JOHNSON, MICHAEL WALTRIP OFF PIT ROAD, NEWMAN, TRUEX, STENHOUSE. KURT BUSCH IN THE LEAD WITH AMBROSE, STREMME, DAVID GILLILAND, CARL EDWARDS, 11 CARS AT THE FRONT. HERE COMES MOST OF THEM. >> IT WON'T BE AS NEAR CONGESTED. >> WE MAY HAVE PENALTIES ON THAT FIRST GROUP OF CARS TO COME IN. STOPS CONTINUE. RICKY STENHOUSE, TOO FASTEN TERRING THE PIT ROAD. MARTIN TRUEX, TOO FAST ON PIT ROAD. >> WE SAW HIM, 56, PAST EVERYBODY TO GET ON PIT ROAD. >> GILLILAND'S AWAY. SO NOW ONLY SIX CARS REMAIN. THAT HAVE NOT MADE THEIR STOPS. DAVID RAGAN, DANICA PATRICK IN SECOND PLACE. BRAD KOZLOWSKI THIRD. SCOTT SPEED TERRY LABONTE, RACE LEADERS. HERE WE GO. HERE'S YOUR SPRINT 20 TO GO. AS THOSE LEAD CARS COME TO PIT LANE AFTER 3:46 RAIN DELAY. 15 LEADERS LED BY MATT KENSETH. OUT FRONT FOR 134 LAPS TODAY. REST OF THE FIELD, JUST 34. JIMMIE JOHNSON, BETWEEN THEM, THEY ARE THE TWO MOST RECENT RESTRICTER PLATE WINNERS. KENSETH TALLADEGA, JIMMIE JOHNSON WON THIS YEAR'S DAYTONA 500. CURRENTLY SEVEN. THE DARK HORSE, MICHAEL WALTRIP, CURRENTLY EIGHTH. AFTER MAKING HIS FINAL STOP. NOT BAD FOR A FELLOW MAKING HIS SECOND START OF THE SEASON. >> GOT ON PIT ROAD BEAUTIFULLY. >> AND THAT'S YOUR SPRINT 20 TO GO. SCOTT SPEED, THE NUMBER 95, LE VINE FAMILY RACING OUT OF TEXAS. FORMER FORMULA ONE DRIVER. NOW ERIC ALVAROLA LEAVING TWO CARS THAT HAVE NOT STOPPED. TERRY LABONTE. >> THAT 43 HAS CARRIED RICHARD PETTY 200 NASCAR VICTORIES AND INTO THE HALL OF FAME. ONCE AGAIN THIS YEAR THAT CAR IS PETTY BLUE. TAMPA FLORIDA. >> I KNOW HIS CREW CHIEF KNOWS HOW TO WIN IN TALLADEGA AND DAYTONA. >> WHAT MAKES ME NERVOUS ABOUT ERIC IN THE 43 YOU SEE IN THE LEFT, OTHER GUYS THAT HAVE MADE STOPS, THE -- I THINK IT'S PULLING HIM DOWN RIGHT NOW. >> DID YOU SEE THE BLOCK JIMMIE JOHNSON PUT ON MIKELE? >> MICHAEL HAD A RUN ON JIMMIE AND HE CUT HIM OFF. >> HERE COMES ALMA ROLL LA. AND TERRY LABONTE TO MAKE THEIR STOPS. HOPING FOR A CAUTION. THEY DID NOT GET IT. SO THEY WILL BE THE LAST LEAD LAP CARS TO PIT. 18 LAPS TO GO. JIMMIE JOHNSON IN FRONT OF MICHAEL WALTRIP AND MATT KENSETH. HERE'S YOUR PEPSI MAC PRESENTS THE MAC MOVE. NICE ENTRY BY JIMMIE JOHNSON IN THE 48. AND BY MATT KENSETH IN THE 20. FEARLESS IN THE MIDDLE OF THOSE TWO CARS LOOK AT PIT COMPARISONS. >> IN THE BIG DEAL THE CREW OF JIMMIE JOHNSON, 20 SECONDS QUICKER. >> THAT'S YOUR PEPSI MAX MAX MOVES. >> WALTRIP OUT OF LINE. >> WHO GOES WITH HIM? NOBODY. IS HE GOING FORWARD OR BACK? >> NO, TO THE BACK OF THE LINE. NOT A BAD PLACE TO BE. CARL EDWARDS THERE. HERE COMES 15 OF HIS TEAMMATE, BOWYER. MICHAEL MAY WANT TO WORK WITH BOWYER. HE MAY WANT TO GET BACK THERE, WORK TOGETHER. >> BUT HE'S LOSING A LOT OF GROUND. BETTER GET CAUGHT UP QUICK. NOT A LOT OF HELP BEHIND HIM. >> WHEN YOU PULL OUT AND DON'T GET BACK IN LINE -- >> AFTER GREEN FLAG PIT STOP, THESE SIX DRIVERS ARE ALONE TO SET IT'LL, JIMMIE JOHNSON, MATT KENSETH, THOSE TWO CLASS OF THE FIELD TODAY. KURT BUSCH IN THIRD, CARL EDWARDS, POLE SITTER AND TEAMMATES CLINT BOWYER AND MICHAEL WALTRIP. >> WE KNOW HOW BAD EVERY DRIVER WOULD LOVE TO WIN. THAT DRIVER IN THIRD, KURT BUSCH, I'M NOT SURE ANYBODY WOULD WANT TO WIN A RACE WORSE THAN HIM. >> THE GUY DRIVE THE 15, CLINT BOWYER, HE'S AWESOME AT RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACKS. >> LAST DRIVER TO OPEN THE SEASON WITH WINS AT BOTH THE DAYTONA 500 AND THIS RACE, JIMMIE JOHNSON 2006. >> YOU JUST -- JUST NEVER ARE SURE WHAT THAT 48 IS UP TO. HE'S RUNNING THE FRONT ALL DAY LONG. FOLLOWED MATT KENSETH MOST OF THE DAY. BUT WHEN IT COMES SHOW TIME, THEY ALWAYS PUT ON THE BEST SHOWS. >> THIS GROUP HAS A 3 1/2 SECOND LEAD ON THE FOURSOME OF RYAN NEWMAN, AMBROSE, McMURRAY AND DALE EARNHARDT. HERE THEY ARE, 3 1/2 SECONDS BACK, FURTHER BACK DAVID STREMME, DANICA PATRICK, REGAN SMITH AND DAVID GILLILAND. >> I HEARD MICHAEL SAY SOMETHING ABOUT HIS BACK WHEELS GOT LIFTED UP. LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENED HERE. >> UH-OH. MICHAEL McDOWELL HAS HIT THE WALL. OFF THE BACK STRAIGHTAWAY. AND WE ARE UNDER CAUTION. >> IT MAKES IT A WHOLE NEW GAME HERE. ANOTHER DRIVER WHO GOT HIS FIRST AND ONLY SPRINT CAR WIN HERE AT TALLADEGA. >> TIRE DOWN, I SAY THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT CAR. >> IT WILL BE THE FOURTH CAUTION FLAG OF THE DAY COUNTING THE LONG DELAY FOR RAIN. AND 14 LAPS TO GO, UNDER YELLOW. >> THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING. >> YES, IT DOES. >> NOW THOSE GUYS THAT NEEDED TO GET CAUGHT UP ARE CAUGHT UP. WE HAVE SEEN THESE RESTARTS. WE KNOW WHAT THEY'RE LIKE. WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME OF THE CRAZIEST RACING WE'VE SEEN ALL DAY. >> THERE'S McDOWELL AGAINST THE WALL. >> THE RIGHT FRONT FENDER BLOWN UP AND THE TIRE ALREADY DOWN, I'M PRETTY SURE HE LOST THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. >> LARRY, YOU HAVE YOUR FUEL. YOU'VE GOT PRETTY GOOD TIRES ON THE CAR. TRACK POSITION OR TURN LEFT AT PIT ROAD? >> 24 DRIVERS ON THE LEAD LAP, YEAH. WE CERTAINLY MAY SEE SOME OF THOSE OUTSIDE THE TOP 15. BUT I SAY THE TOP 15 TO 18, THEIR BED IS MADE. THEY'VE GOT WHAT THEY GOT. >> TWO GUYS, BIG BREAK, 17 AND 56. THEY WERE GOING -- THEY WERE LEFT BEHIND. AND THIS SHOULD PUT THEM BACK IN THE HUNT. >> STENHOUSE, NOW 23. TRUEX 24. LAST TWO CARS ON THE LEAD LAP. JEFF GORDON WILL GET THE FREE PASS, FIRST CAR ONE LAP DOWN. >> JEFF'S CAR IS NOT GREAT BUT WHEN YOU GET THE DRAFT GOING, YOU NEVER KNOW. >> PIT ROAD WILL BE OPEN THIS TIME DARKNESS BEGINNING TO DESCEND ON TALLADEGA. THE FANS WHO STUCK IT OUT THROUGH 3 1/2 HOURS OF RAIN THEY ARE HARDY AND HERE TO GO. ALL YOU NEED IS AARON'S. JEFF GORDON'S CAR ALL PATCHED UP, LARRY. >> WITH THE DRAFT, YOU'LL BE SURPRISED HE'S GOING TO GET A GOOD FINISH. >> WE'VE SEEN HOW GOOD AMBROSE, IN THE 9, RUNNING. >> HERE COMES ALMIROMA. LAST TO PIT UNDER GREEN. >> LITTLE TO LOSE BY MAKING A STOP HERE. >> FI WAS IN THE BACK, LIKE RIGHT HERE, I'D PUT ME FOUR GOOD TIRES ON THAT THING TO GO SOMEWHERE. >> THAT'S WHAT STENHOUSE AND TRUEX ARE DOING AS WELL. >> STEVE? >> MARTIN TRUEX JR. LOCKED HIS BRAKES UP, MIKE, ON THE LAST PIT ROAD. HE DIDN'T LIKE HIS ENTRANCE. HIT THE MOISTURE, LOCKED HIS BRAKES UP. THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GET TIRES OFF THAT 56. FOUR TIRES FOR MARTIN TRUEX JR. >> YOU'VE BEEN DRIVING AS HARD AS YOU CAN GO, WHAT DO YOU -- WHAT DO YOU DO NOW? WHAT DO YOU DO TO TAKE IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL? WHAT KIND -- WHAT ENERGY? WHAT KIND OF MOVES CAN YOU MAKE? >> THE NEXT LEVEL IS GOING TO BE A BIG WRECK, I CAN TELL YOU FOR SHORT. THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN DRIVING ON EDGE REALLY GOING BACK TO THE RAIN DELAY. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT PROBABLY JIMMIE JOHNSON, LOOKING TO SEE WHAT LANE HE'S WANTING TO START IN, HIGH LINE OR LOW LINE. A LOT DEPENDENT ON WHAT HE'S GOT BEHIND HIM, WHO'S IN THIRD? THAT IS A GUY MORE THAN LIKELY TO WORK WITH ME OR AGAINST ME? ANOTHER CHEVROLET IN THIRD. PROBABLY KEEP THE INSIDE LINE. 20 WILL START ON THE OUTSIDE. THAT WAY JIM J. HAS A CHEVROLET TEAMMATE BEHIND HIM. >> TALKING TO YOUR SPOTTER AND TRYING TO FIGURE ALL OF THIS OUT BEFORE WE GO BACK TO GREEN? >> ABSOLUTELY. RIGHT NOW HE'S BASICALLY TELLING EVERYONE WHO'S GOING TO BE ON THE INSIDE LINE ALL OF THE ODD NUMBER DRIVERS, STAY IN LINE. IF YOU DON'T STAY IN LINE, THE LINE WILL NOT WORK. IF YOU HAVE GUYS THAT GO THREE WIDE ON THE BOTTOM, YOUR LINE IS COMPLETELY DONE AND THE TOP LINE'S GOING TO TAKE OVER AND YOU'LL FINISH IN THE TEENS. >> A LOT TO THINK. TEN TO GO. FOX SPORTS PROUDLY SPORTS FEEDING AMERICA. THE LEADING HUNGER RELIEF CHARITY. NEXT SATURDAY, MAY 11th, HELP STAMP OUT HUNGER LEAVING A BAG OF NONPERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS NEXT TO YOUR MAILBOX. YOUR MAIL CARRIER WILL DELIVER THE ITEM TO FEEDING AMERICA FOOD BANKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. FEEDING AMERICA.ORG/STAMPOUT HUNGER FOR MORE INFORMATION. >> JEFF GORDON CAR. ANOTHER LITTLE THING COULD BE A BIG ADVANTAGE WITH AS DARK AS IT'S GETTING. NOW HE'S GOT A PERFECTLY CLEAR VISION AND I THINK THAT COULD BE A BIT OF A HELP, TOO. >> HE'S BACK ON THE LEAD LAP. HE'LL RESTART 25th. JEFF BURTON COMES IN. HE GOT CAUGHT UP IN THAT WRECK HIS LAST 42. SOLDIERED ON. FIVE LAPS DOWN. >> BACK TO ERIC, THE 43 CAR, THEY WERE DOING SOME WORK FOR THE NOSE OF HIS CAR, SOMETHING IN THE GRILL AREA. >> TONY STEWART RACING, FIVE LAPS DOWN. >> MAYBE THEY WERE TAPING UP SOMETHING THAT WOULD HELP IT A LITTLE BIT. >> LITTLE MORE TAPE ON THE NOSE WON'T HURT IT. YOU SAW HOW MUCH TEMPERATURE'S DROPPED AT THE START OF THE RACE. >> A LOT. >> YOU CAN RUN TAPE. YOUR OPENING CAN BE SO BIG. >> SATURDAY, NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES RETURNS TO FOX UNDER THE LIGHTS. JIMMIE JOHNSON LOOKS TO DEFEND HIS DARLINGTON CROWN TO CLAIM LIST FOURTH CAREER VICTORY AT THE TRACK TOO TOUGH TO TAME. FOX SPORTS COVERAGE BEGINS SATURDAY AT 6:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME. >> LARRY, WITH THAT SAID, YOU SEE THE 48. HE'S GOT TO BEAT THE TAPE EXTRA ON THE GRILL, FALL BACK TO KENSETH, HE'S GOT AN EXTRA PIECE ON HIS GRILL AND I BELIEVE THE 78, TOO, LEFT CORNER, 78 DOES. THOSE HAVE BEEN ADDED BECAUSE OF THE COOLER TEMPERATURES. >> AND THEY ADDED TO THE LEFT SIDE BECAUSE IF YOU WANT TO COOL IT DOWN, YOU'LL KIND OF SNEAK OUT TO THE RIGHT A LITTLE BIT. >> GETTING READY TO RESTART. WITH 11 LAPS TO GO. WE LISTENED IN ON JIMMIE JOHNSON AND TEAM. >> DIDN'T REALIZE HOW DARK IT WAS. STARTED TURNING THE HEADLIGHTS ON. >> 6:45. >> THOSE LIGHTS ARE BRIGHT. >> I TESTED TIRES HERE ONE TIME WITH SAFETY TRUCKS IN THE CORNER SHINING HEADLIGHTS UP ON THE TRACK. WE'RE NOT TO THAT POINT YET. >> YOU WERE ONE DRIVER. >> ME AND DENNY PARSONS, ACTUALLY. >> JIMMIE JOHNSON ONLY LED TEN MORE TODAY. ONLY ONE MORE HE WANTS TO LEAD, THE LAST ONE. 11 LAPS FROM NOW. ONE TO GO. DEBRIS BEING PICKED UP. AND THE RESTART WILL COME WITH TEN LAPS TO GO. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK THE ODDS ARE THAT WE WILL FINISH THIS WITHOUT ANOTHER CAUTION? >> I'D SAY NOT VERY GOOD. >> SLIM TO NONE. >> CAN WE MAKE IT TO THE ENWITHOUT ANOTHER CAUTION? >> NO WAY. >> YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING, I KNOW HAMLINNESS SAYING WE'VE GOT ANOTHER BIG ONE. >> DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN. >> IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. >> WATCH. >> STEP BACK AND WATCH, RIGHT? >> SEVEN OF THE LAST EIGHT TALLADEGA RACES HAVE THE BIG ONE TWICE. ALL SEVEN OF THOSE HAD ONE WITHIN THE LAST 15 LAPS OF THE RACE. >> MIKE, THIS IS WHEN YOU START FORCING YOUR WAY, WHEN WILL YOU LOSE SPOTS YOU FORCE YOUR WAY IN FRONT OF SOMEBODY. THAT GUY HAS THE OPTION OF LETTING YOU IN, OR HITS YOU. >> MICHAEL SAID THAT DURING THE RAIN DELAY, IN THE TIME I'VE LEARNED, WHEN SOMEBODY FINDS AN INCH, THEY WANT IT THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE IT. >> YOU GOT IT. >> THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CUT YOU ANY SLACK, NOT NOW. >> DENNY WHAT YOU LEARNED ABOUT THE CAR WITH THE PACKAGE IN THE DAYTONA 500, I DON'T THINK LIKE LAST YEAR YOU CAN WAIT UNTIL THE LAST LAP. IT BETTER HAPPEN BEFORE THAT, DON'T YOU THINK? >> YEAH. THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN WHEN WE HAD TWO-CAR TAM. ONE OF THE GUY, THE LEAD IN THE LAST LAP I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO BE THE GUY WHO'S SECOND. IF ANYTHING, IF YOU'RE NOT LEADING, MAYBE THE GUYS THREE, FOUR, PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE A GOOD SHOT BECAUSE THEY'LL GET THE BIG RUN. >> FIVE OF THE LAST SIX TALLADEGA RACES HAVE BEEN DECIDED BY A LAST LAP PASS. GOING TO COME AROUND HERE AND RESTART WITH TEN TO GO. AND REMEMBER, UNLIKE DAYTONA, FINISH LINE IS NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRIAL. CENTER ALONG PIT ROAD. IT'S A QUARTER MILE FURTHER DOWN TRACK AND THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING. >> OF THE FEW GUYS I WAS ABLE TO TALK TO THIS MORNING THEY ALL SAID I WANT TO BE LEADING. I DON'T WANT TO COME OFF TURN FOUR AND MAKE THE PASS. I WANT TO BE LEADING. >> SEE HOW THAT WORKS OUT. >> WELL, DENNY HAMLIN ANTICIPATED, JIMMIE JOHNSON CHOSE THE INSIDE OF KURT BUSCH, 78, ANOTHER CHEVROLET, BEHIND HIM, KENSETH BEHIND HIM. >> LOOK AT JIMMIE WAVING AT KURT, LET'S GO, LET'S GO. JIMMIE DONE WANT TO RACE WITH THE 20 CAR. >> PUSHING JIMMIE INTO TURN ONE. >> MATT KENSETH, NOBODY CLOSE ENOUGH TO HIM TO HELP. CARL EDWARDS BEHIND HIM A FULL CAR LENGTH INTO TURN ONE. >> THAT'S WHAT JOHNSON WANTED, WANTED 20 HUNG UP ON OUTSIDE, GET WAY FROM HIM A LITTLE BIT. MAY HAVE GOTTEN AWAY FROM HIM TOO MUCH. >> CARL EDWARDS DID NOT GET CLOSE AT ALL ON THE RESTART. BUT NOW THEY'RE FIGHTING THAT WAY BACK AS WE GO. >> WHOA, WHOA THAT WAS A BLOCK. MATT WAS NOT GOING TO LET 99 SNOOKER HIM THIS TIME. >> CLINT BOWER COMING UP THE INSIDE ON THE BLUE AND WHITE CAR SIDE BY SIDE FOR THIRD. >> BOWYER HAD THIS WON LAST YEAR HERE, PUT HIM AND MICHAEL, WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN IN THE WRECK. >> BEHIND HIM, RYAN NEWMAN IN THE MIX IN THE FRONT FIVE. >> HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT DALE JR. LATELY OR DANICA PATRICK BUT RIGHT BACK IN THE MIX. THEY COULD GET HOOKED UP AND GO SOMEWHERE. >> EIGHTH AND TENTH, FOUR ROW BACK ON THE OUTSIDE. >> DANICA PATRICK SAID SHE LEARNED SO MUCH IN THE CLOSING LAPS OF THE DAYTONA 500 WHEN SHE WENT FROM THIRD TO EIGHTH ON THE FINAL RESTART. >> WHAT SHE LEARNED, SHE'S GOT TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE. YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE WHATEVER YOU CAN GET. >> AND SHE SAID, SHE NEEDED TO GO WITH PEOPLE WHO COULD GET TO THE FRONT. MATT KENSETH, IN FRONT, ON THE OUTSIDE. STRONGEST CAR ALL DAY. WILL THE CARS ON THE OUTSIDE LANE HAVE AN EDGE AS THEY COME OFF TURN FOUR COMING TO EIGHT LAPS TO GO? >> I THINK CARL EDWARDS WANT GET UP TIGHTER ON MATT, IF HE COULD. I DON'T THINK MATT'S ABLE TO GET BY 48 UNLESS HE GETS SOME HELP. >> KRISTA? >> EXACTLY WHAT DARYL JUST SAID, WHAT MATT IS ASKING FOR, HE SAID I NEED A PUSH. THIS IS THE MOST ANIMATED I'VE HEARD HIM ON THE RADIO ALL RACE LONG. >> MATT GETS -- THIS YEAR I NEVER HEARD HIM EXCITED AT THE END OF THE RACES PARTICULARLY THE TWO HE WON. HOLLERING AT THE SPOTTER, HOLLERING AT THE CREW CHIEF AND I BET HE'S HOLLERING AT EVERYONE NOW. JIMMIE JOHNSON UP FRONT OF HIM. >> HE HAD TO CHANGE LANES IN ORDER NOT TO GET SO FAR IN FRONT OF THE PACK THAT THEY WOULD SUCK UP AND DRAFT BY HIM. >> HERE'S THE DEAL, LOOK AT REGAN SMITH IN THAT 51 GETTING A PUSH FROM J.J. IN THE 36 MAKING IT THREE WIDE. >> WHERE DID THEY COME FROM? >> I DON'T KNOW. BUT I KNOW WHERE THEY'RE HEADED. THEY'RE HEADED TO THE LEAD. >> SEVEN TO GO. REGAN SMITH YESTERDAY'S WINNER. >> I BELIEVE 51'S GOING TO TAKE THE LEAD. >> 23 DRIVERS, LESS THAN A SECOND SEPARATION WITH SEVEN TO GO. >> WHOA HE WANTED TO GET DOWN. >> NOW WAY TO THE OUTSIDE COMES J.J. YALY. >> DRIVING FOR TOMMY BALDWIN IN THE 36, EX-SPRINT CAR DRIVER. UP EVEN IN THE FRONT WITH STENHOUSE BEHIND HIM, COULDN'T CLEAR. >> 51 CAR, REGAN SMITH. YESTERDAY'S WINNER. TAKING IT TO THE HOUSE AGAIN TODAY. >> MOVED IN FRONT OF KENSETH. >> HERE COMES JOHNSON. HE'S STUCK IN THE MIDDLE. >> WHOA HE WAS LOOKING FOR A SWEEP BUT HE GOT SWEPT UP. >> THEY'RE GOING TO FREIGHT TRAIN HIM AROUND INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. >> KENSETH AND JOHNSON, STRONGEST CARS ALL DAY, BACK TO THE FRONT, KENSETH IN RED, JOHNSON IN BLUE. CARL EDWARDS RIGHT BEHIND THEM. >> I'M WITH DENNY ON THIS ONE. THEY'LL MAKE IT ANOTHER LAP OR TWO. I DON'T SEE NO WAY. CRAZY. CRAZY STUFF. >> THEY AIN'T GOING TO MAKE IT. >> THERE WE GO. THERE WE GO. THERE WAS NO WAY. HOLY KURT BUSCH. >> BOBBY LABONTE'S IN IT, STREMME'S IN IT, JEFF GORDON FROM THE GRASS. KURT BUSCH WENT OVER AND OVER. >> BOWYER, McMURRAY. THEY'RE JUST -- GUYS, I'M WITH DENNY, HAVING BEEN IN THESE SITUATIONS SEVERAL TIMES, THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN RACE THAT WAY AND MAKE IT. >> FOR THE SIXTH TIME IN SEVEN TALLADEGA RACES, A PILE-UP IN THE LAST EIGHT LAPS, LOOK AT RYAN NEWMAN'S WRECKED RACE CAR. DROPPED THE WINDOW AND ASSIGNED SAFETY CREW THAT HE'S OKAY. 78 CAR, KURT BUSCH, DESTROYED. >> J.J. YALY ON TOP FOR HIS SECOND RESTRICTER PLATE FINISH. >>Y J. IN THAT 36, HE CRACKED THE TOP FIVE HEADED ON THE BACK. >> LOOK AT -- LOOK AT 39 CAR HERE OF RYAN NEWMAN. SOMEBODY'S BEEN ON TOP OF HIM. >> I THINK THAT SOMEBODY WAS KURT BUSCH. LET'S WATCH FROM THE GOODYEAR BLIMP. SEE HOW THIS UNFOLDS. WATCH KURT BUSCH, BLACK CAR ON THE BOTTOM. >> I THINK IT'S PARKED UP ON THE OUTSIDE. LET'S SEE. RIGHT IN HERE SOMEWHERE. >> REGAN SMITH IN THE MIDDLE. YALY UP TOP. RIGHT HERE, THE 51 CAR. STENHOUSE SQUEEZES TO THE OUTSIDE. >> AND THAT -- LOOK AT 78 CAR UP SIDE DOWN AND LANDS ON TOP OF NEWMAN'S 39 CAR. >> TOMMY LABONTE ON THE BOTTOM. SO IT WAS STENHOUSE, THE ROOKIE, TRYING TO GO FOUR WIDE ON OUTSIDE. RUNNING OUT OF ROOM WITH HIS NUMBER 17. >> AND RUNNING OUT OF TIME. YOU KNOW, DESPERATE AND YOU SEE THE 36 MOVE DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT? AND STENHOUSE THOUGHT HE COULD SQUEEZE OUT NEXT TO THE WALL AND HE COULDN'T MAKE IT. THIS GETS UGLY. WATCH THIS THING. >> RIGHT ON TOP OF RYAN NEWMAN. >> RYAN NEWMAN HAD CARS ON TOP OF HIM BEFORE HERE? >> HIGH THINK 2009 RICE. >> I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. >> KOZLOWSKI CAN KARL EDWARDS. >> BOWYER'S 15 COMES UP, CLOGS THE TRACK. BOTH LABONTE BROTHERS INVOLVED. STREMME. SMALLER TEAM ON THE WAY TO A GOOD FINISH. >> JEFF GORDON SLIDING DOWN THROUGH THE MUD. >> WATCH THE 36, RED AND WHITE CAR COMES UP JUST A LITTLE BIT. AND THAT CONTACT WITH STENHOUSE WAS ENOUGH. COMES DOWN INTO AMBROSE AND IT'S ON. >> DALE EARNHARDT JR. IN THE 88 JUST SQUEEZED BY. >> THERE'S DANICA. SHE ALMOST WENT OVER. DANICA, UP AND AGAINST THE WALL WITH TERRY LABONTE. >> MICHAEL WALTRIP, 55, BARELY SQUEEZED BY. >> LET'S RIDE WITH DANICA. >> J.Y WITH MATT. >> PULLED THE CAR BACK IN THE GARAGE AREA. J.J. SEVERAL DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF WHAT TOOK PLACE. TELL ME FROM YOUR VANTAGE POINT. >> I WAS TRYING TO WIN THE RACE AND WENT TO THE OUTSIDE, HAD A GREAT RUN, ALMOST GOT TO THE LEAD THE PREVIOUS LAP. GOING BACK STRAIGHTAWAY, REGAN TRYING TO SIDE DRAFT ME AND WE WERE GOING ALONG FINE AND I GOT HIT IN THE CORNER. LOOKS LIKE THE STENHOUSE ON THE OUTSIDE AND NOT ENOUGH ROOM AND JUST ENOUGH TO CLIP ME, GET LOOSE, ON FROM THERE. A LITTLE CARNAGE. TRYING TO WIN THE RACE, HAD A RUN GOING FOR GOLDEN CORRAL. >> THANK YOU, J.J. >> THANK YOU. >> TOUGH BREAK FOR THE 36 SMALL TWO CAR TEAM OF TOMMY BALDWIN. AND A TOUGHER BREAK FOR KURT BUSCH. ALL DRIVERS CLIMBED FROM THEIR CARS AND ARE OKAY. >> THAT IS 3300 POUNDS OF RACE CAR SLIPPING THROUGH THE -- FLIPPING THROUGH THE AIR LOOK A FEATHER. >> LOOKED LIKE STENHOUSE SAW YALY MADE ENOUGH MOVE TO THE INSIDE IT WAS GOING TO OPEN UP A BIG ENOUGH POLE TO GET THE 17 CAR. >> REMEMBER WHAT WE SAID IN THE OPENING? WHEN YOU MAKE A MOVE, FINISH IT. STARTED TO MAKE A MOVE BUT HE HESITATED. STENHOUSE DIDN'T. WE GET THIS BIG MESS. >> WITH DALE EARNHARDT JR. >> WHOA! >> LOOKING BACK, DANICA'S CAR, THE 10, ALMOST WENT OVER. >> NOW YOU'RE WITH CLINT BOWER. >> THIS IS MICHAEL WALTRIP. DOWN, DOWN, DOWN. GET DOWN. >> MIKEY MAY HAVE SCRAPED THE WALL WIT THE RIGHT SIDE. >> HE'S BEEN TO PIT ROAD THAT 55 CAR. >> LOOK AT THE TUMBLE THAT KURT BUSCH TOOK. RIGHT ON TOP OF RYAN NEWMAN. >> MICHAEL WAS REALLY BARELY GOT THROUGH THERE. >> DARYL TALKED ABOUT 3300 POUNDS. A COUPLE OF CHANGES NASCAR MAKES IN THE ROLL CAGE TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD. >> DOUBLED UP THE BARS AROUND THE FRONT OF THE WINDSHIELD. THE WINDSHIELD LAYS BACK MORE, MORE ANGLE ON THE BAR THAT RUN AS LONG THE POST, THEY DOUBLED IT UP. >> IN FACT, ADDED ANOTHER BAR AND IT'S CALLED THE NEWMAN BAR. >> THE NEWMAN BAR. >> AMAZING STUFF RIGHT HERE. >> LOOK AT THIS. >> HATS OFF TO ALL OF OUR NASCAR ON FOX CAMERA CREW. THEY'VE BEEN OUT IN THE WEATHER FOR MOST OF THE EIGHT HOURS THAT WE'VE BEEN ON THE AIR. TO BRING YOU THESE GREAT PICTURES OF A DEVASTATING PILE-UP INSIDE OF TEN LAPS TO GO. >> HEY, DENNY. >> YES, SIR? >> KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. >> THAT WASN'T TOO HARD TO CALL, WASHAPPENED. THAT WASN'T TOO HARD TO CALL, WAS IT, BROTHER? >> NO, I WAS LISTENING TO YOU, AND YOU'RE, LIKE, IT'S COMING, IT'S COMING ANY LAP NOW. >> ALL RIGHT. >> YEAH, YOU JUST CAN'T GO THAT LONG AND NOT HAVE A WRECK. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GET THREE AND FOUR WIDE. YOU GOT NO CHOICE. I MEAN, THE AIR GETS MOVED AROUND. YOUR CAR GETS MOVED AROUND. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE GUYS TURNING THE WHEELS INTO EACH OTHER AS MUCH AS IT IS THE AIR PUSHING THEM INTO EACH OTHER. IT'S INEVITABLE. IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY IT FOR THE BIG GRACE. ESPECIALLY WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE A GREEN LIGHT TICKER HERE. IT'S GOING TO BE A BATTLE OF ATTRITION. AND WHO'S AT THE WHITE LINE. IT LOOKS LIKE KENSETH LEADING. HE'LL PROBABLY CHOOSE THE INSIDE LINE HERE. >> WE SAW DANICA PATRICK BEING PUSHED BACK TO THE GARAGE. NOT HAPPY. SHE WAS ON HER WAY TO A TOP DOZEN FINISH AND GOT SWEPT UP INTO THAT WRECK. IT WAS MICHAEL WALTRIP'S FIRST DAY THIS WEEK. HE BLEW OUT THE 50 CANDLES ON THE CAKE. AND I THINK HE GOT A GREAT BIRTHDAY ARE PRESENT RIGHT HERE. LET'S RIDE ALONG. >> HE DIVED UP NEXT TO THE WALL. HE'S GOING TO GET INTO THE WALL HERE. JUST LOOK HOW CLOSE HE CAME TO GETTING T-BONED RIGHT INTO THE DRIVER'S DOOR. THAT'S WHAT WAS RIGHT BEHIND IT. >> LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET THE VOICE. >> MIKE, THIS IS D.W., YOU GOT A COPY? >> I GOT YOU, D.W. HOLY -- THAT WAS WILD. I GOT THE AIR UNDER THEM. >> HOW IS THE VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW? IT'S GETTING PRETTY DARK. >> IT'S PERFECT, YOU CAN SEE 0 SO WELL. IF THE RAIN DOESN'T COME, WE NEED TO MAKE ONE START. THIS GREEN LIGHT. THE 20 CAR PUSHED ME OUT. HE'S SO FAST. WHAT I LOVE IS THE WAY THESE GUYS ARE MOVING AROUND. MAKING PASSES. AND THAT WILL HELP ME, MY CAR WILL GO TOWARDS THE FRONT A LITTLE BIT. MAN I WON'T TAKE MY EYES OFF THE FIRST THREE ROWS. IT'S GOING TO BE CRAZY. >> HAVE YOU GOT ANY DAMAGE? YOU GOT UP AGAINST THE WALL A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOOD? >> NO PROBLEM. ROBBY, JUST A GREAT CREW CHIEF, HE SAID FOUR TIRES. SO JUST GLAD HE'S ON MY TEAM, AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING IF WE CAN'T MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN TO THESE TWO LAP TO THE FINISH. >> AND IT'S LASTING ALL DAY. AND I'M JUST SO THANKFUL I GET TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. >> HEY, MIKEY, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YOUR PARTNER THERE, YOUR REPLACEMENT WANTS TO GIVE YOU A MESSAGE, HANG ON. >> TELL HIM IF HE CAN'T GET A TOP TEN, HE CAN'T GET A RIDE HOME. >> HE SAID, IF YOU CAN'T GET A TOP TEN, YOU GET NO RIDE HOME. >> MAN, THAT'S A LOT OF PRESSURE. I'M 13th. I LIKE MY CHANCES. I LIKE MY CHANCES. DOWN THERE AT THE HOTEL, HE DOESN'T HAVE TO GET TOO COMFORTABLE IN THERE. THAT'S MY SEAT. WE'VE GOT OTHER STUFF TO WORRY ABOUT. >> HE'S BEEN THERE SO LONG, HE'S GROWN A BEARD. >> RIGHT HERE. LET'S GO TO THE CARE TENDER, MATT YOCUM. >> RYAN NEWMAN HAS BEEN OKAY. DESCRIBE THIS. >> FIRST OF ALL TO MY FAMILY AND FRIEND, I'M DOING THIS INTERVIEW TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW I'M ALL RIGHT. THEY CAN BUILD S.A.F.E.R. RACE CARS AND S.A.F.E.R. WALLS, BUT THEY CAN'T GET THIS HEADS OUT OF THEIR -- THAT'S NO WAY TO END A RACE. I WAS PROBABLY MUCH BETTER THAN THAT. IT WAS POOR JUDGMENT. RESTARTING THE RACE, POOR JUDGMENT, YOU GOT WHAT YOU WANTED. BUT POOR JUDGMENT. GOING INTO THE DARK BECAUSE OF THE RAIN >> THAT'S IT. GLAD YOU'RE OKAY. >> YOU GOT TO REALIZE WITH RYAN NEWMAN, HE'S HAD HORRENDOUS WRECKS HERE. THAT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME HE HAD CARS ON TOP OF HIS. WITH RESTRICTOR PLATES, RYAN HAD ONE OF THESE UNBELIEVABLE CRASHES THAT WE SAW HERE. >> OH, YEAH. IT'S BEEN BAD, BAD AS FAR AS DAYTONA AND TALLADEGA. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO. GETTING STARTED, HE WAS ABOUT FOUR ROWS BEHIND HIM. TRYING TO FIND A PASSTHROUGH BUT UNABLE TO. A FEW YEARS AGO, WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENED HERE TO RYAN NEWMAN. HE'LL BEHIND THESE TWO, CARL EDWARDS AND BRAD KESELOWSKI. RIGHT OFF THE NOSE OF NEWMAN'S CAR THAT GOES HARD INTO THE WALL. >> HE ENDED UP FINISHING THIRD. HE SAID THE THROTTLE WAS ROUGH. HE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO RIDE RIDE AGAINST THE WALL. >> AFTER THE CRASH, WE LISTENED ON ROOKIE RICKY STENHOUSE WHO TOOK THE FOUR WIDE DOWN INTO DANGER. >> YEAH, I GOT -- I JUST BARELY SCRAPED THE WALL. YEAH. IT'S NOT ON THE BIG SCREEN. WE WERE JUST OUTSIDE AND KIND OF CAME UP ON IT. >> SO STENHOUSE CALLING OUT J.J. YELEY FOR MOVING UP ON HIM. >> YEAH, WELL, YOU KNOW WEEK ALREADY THREE WIDE. AND ABOUT 3 1/2, ABOUT HALF A LANE THERE. AND HE CLOSED UP ON HIM. >> WELL, IF YOU'RE LEADING, IT'S EASY TOO RAINY OR TOO DARK TO CONTINUE. THAT'S WHAT THE 20 TEAM IS LOBBYING THE NASCAR OFFICIALS FOR. >> DANICA'S SO FRUSTRATED BECAUSE SHE WAS HAVING A SOLID RUN. GOING TO GET A NICE PROBABLY TOP TEN PLACE FINISH. UNFORTUNATELY FOR HER, NOT HAPPY. ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN ON THE RESTART. GOING TO BE STUCK ON THE OUTSIDE. >> SO IF YOU'RE LEADING, IT'S TOO DARK TO CONTINUE, IF YOU'RE IN SECOND, LET'S DROP THE FLAG AND NEGOTIATION RIGHT? >> YEAH, YOU HEARD HIM, HE SEEMED PERFECT FROM 13th. DEPENDS ON HUE WANT TO ASK. >> GUYS, WHEN I LOOK AT TOP TEN RIGHT NOW, IT'S NOT ONE, IT'S RICKY STENHOUSE, JR. >> JUST INSIDE THE TOP TEN. >> FORMULA F-1 RACING, DAVID RAGAN, THE 34 CAR. ANOTHER GUY HANGING IN THERE. ANIMATION DOMINATION FOLLOWING THE RACE ON FOX RIGHT HERE. >> AS A MATTER OF FACT, AS YOU LOOK AT THAT, THE 34 OF DAVID RAGAN. GILLILAND RUNNING 11th, AND JOSH WISE IN THE 35 RUNNING 14th. >> KURT BUSCH OFF THE RELEASE FROM THE CARE CENTER. AFTER GOING UPSIDE DOWN. AND NASCAR IS GOING TO RESTART THE RACE. AND BECAUSE OF THE ADVANCING DARKNESS, AS THEY DID LAST SEASON, INSTEAD OF THE GREEN/WHITE CHECKERED, THEY'RE GOING TO ALLOW ONE FLAG AND THE NEXT CAR WILL END THE RACE. >> YOU SAY, WELL, IT'S NOT THAT DARK. TRUST ME, THESE CAMERAS REALLY BRIGHTEN EVERYTHING UP. YOU ALMOST NEED HEADLIGHTS TO RACE RIGHT NOW. ALMOST. >> LOOK AT THE LIGHTS ON THE PACE CAR. THEY'RE THE BRIGHTEST THINGS HERE AT TALLADEGA RIGHT NOW. AND THE FIELD FORMS UP FOR ONE SHOT AT A GREEN/WHITE CHECKERED FINISH. >> YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE RACING ALL AFTERNOON. YOUR WINDSHIELD'S DIRTY. YOUR TIRES. YOU CAN MAKE A BAD DECISION RIGHT HERE WITH A COUPLE BAD LAPS. >> UNDER NASCAR RULES, THE LIGHTS ARE OUT ON THE PACE CAR WHICH MEANS THE GREEN FLAG WILL WAVE THIS TIME. NOW, REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS NEXT, THE NEXT FLAG ENDS THE RACE, IF THEY MAKE IT ALL THE WAY AROUND FOR THE TWO LAPS, IT WILL BE SCORED AT THE CHECKERED. IF THE CAUTION FLAG HAS TO WAVE, AS LAST NIGHT, THE RACE WILL BE DECIDED BY VIDEO EVIDENCE AS OF THE MOMENT OF THE CAUTION FLAG WHICH IS WHEN THE RACE DIRECTOR PUSHES THE BUTTON ILLUMINATE THE CAUTION LIGHT. >> GUY THAT WON THIS RACE LAST YEAR IS LEADING RIGHT NOW. HE WON THE DAYTONA 500 LAST YEAR. THE GUY THAT WON DAYTONA THIS YEAR IS RUNNING SECOND. THE GUY THAT REALLY NEEDS SOME HELP IS STENHOUSE. SOMEHOW, TO GET OVER BEHIND ON CARL EDWARDS, THEY COULD DO WHAT THEY DID COME TO GET RED FLAG EARLIER. BUT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET HOOKED UP IN A HURRY. >> AND I JUST DON'T SEE REGAN SMITH ON THAT 51 GETTING VERY FAR. NOW JIMMIE JOHNSON, HOW MANY LAPS IN THE EARLY PART OF THIS RACE DID THEY RUN ONE/TWO? >> HERE'S THE THING, MATT KENSETH HAS TO BE CAREFUL. HE'S GOT TO BE SMART NOW. WE'VE SEEN HIM ON RESTART GET A BIG JUMP AND LEAD ON EVERYBODY. WAY NOT FRONT OF EVERYBODY. I DON'T THINK YOU WANT TO DO THAT. >> ALL RIGHT. PACE CAR'S ABOUT TO TURN LEFT TO PIT ROAD. DENNY, WHO DO YOU LIKE? >> I LIKE THE 20. I THINK HE'S GOT THE BEST PUSH BEHIND HIM. I THINK HE'S GOING TO WIN IT. >> WILL JIMMIE JOHNSON BE CONTENT TO PUSH MATT KENSETH TO THE FRONT WITHOUT TAKING A CHANCE. >> IT'S GOING TO WORK I THINK JIMMIE JOHNSON RIGHT NOW, HE'S GOT TWO WINS. HE'S GOT A HUGE POINT LEAD. I THINK HE'LL DO WHATEVER HE HAS TO DO TO WIN THIS RACE. >> REGAN SMITH DROPS TO THE INSIDE. BIG GAP THERE, HE'S ON THIRD. ON THE LOW SIDE. BEHIND KENSETH AND JOHNSON. >> AND I HEARD THEM GO INTO THE FIRST TURN. I'M NOT SURE THAT I SAW THEM GO INTO THE FIRST TURN, BUT I HEARD THE >> JOSH WISE WITH HIS CAR. >> CARL EDWARDS IN THE 99 FELL BACK A LITTLE BIT BUT IT'S A HECK OF A PUSH TO ARIC ALMIROLA. AND DOWN TO THE INSIDE. >> KENSETH IS ABLE TO DROP DOWN TO EDWARDS. NOW, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. THAT ALL CAME FROM THAT PUSH THAT ALMIROLA GAVE DOWN THE BACK. >> ANOTHER FORD, REALLY GOOD AT HELPING EACH OTHER TODAY. >> ON THE OUTSIDE, ALMIROLA, RAGIN, AND KENSETH AND JOHNSON. THE WHITE FLAG. ONE LAP TO GO. IT'S A RACE FROM HERE NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS. >> JOHNSON TO THE BOTTOM. ALMIROLA. >> AND HE'S DONE IT AGAIN. >> JIMMIE JOHNSON WITH CARL EDWARDS. KENSETH UP THE MIDCOMING UP. HELP FROM DAVID RAGAN. RAGAN IN THE MIDDLE. HIS TEAM THERE WITH GILLILAND. RAGAN. >> DAVID RAGAN! GILLILAND WINS HERE, MICHAEL WALTRIP AND THEN THEY COME ON TURN FOUR. >> PUSH! >> EDWARDS'S HIGH. >> HE'S GOT IT! >> RAGAN'S FIRST, GILLILAND'S SECOND >> HOW ABOUT THAT! >> WAHOO! >> WHAT AN UNBELIEVABLE RUN. >> A FIRST-TIME TALLADEGA WINNER. LOOK AT THOSE TEAMMATES. >> YOU JUST THINK ABOUT DAVID RAGAN AND DAVID GILLILAND AND THEIR OTHER TEAM WAIT, JOSH WISE, GETTING TOGETHER EARLY IN THE TALLADEGA >> WHAT A WIN! >> THE CAR OWNER! >> YEAH! >> GOODNESS, GRACIOUS, I CAN'T BELIEVE WE DID IT. >> HE OWNS QUITE A GROUP OF CHAIN RESTAURANTS, AND THEY FUND THIS RACING OPERATION. AND DAVID RAGAN WITH DAVID GILLILAND, GOT TOGETHER, AND TEAMMATES FOUGHT THEIR WAY TO THE FRONT. >> WHAT DID WE SAY WHEN THIS RACE STARTED? >> ANYBODY CAN WIN THIS RACE. LOOK AT WHAT HE DID FROM THE FINAL, TO THE TOP, BACK TO THE BOTTOM. WE SAID A COUPLE YEAR AGO WHEN HE WAS DRIVING THAT FISKE CAR, THIS GUY IS A GREAT RESTRICTOR PLATE RACER. HE ALMOST WON WHEN TREVOR BAYNE WON. >> SECOND GENERATION RACER FROM GEORGIA. HIS DAD, KEN RAGAN, A LONGTIME INDEPENDENT DRIVER ON THE SPRINT CUP CIRCUIT. ONE OF THE NICEST MEN YOU'LL EVER MEET IN YOUR LIFE. >> JUST IN TIME TO BE A PARTICIPANT IN THE SPRINT ALL-STAR RACE THIS WEEK. HOW ABOUT THAT. >> >>> ONE OF THE LONGEST EVER TALLADEGA NIGHTS. THANKS FOR STAYING WITH US. NASCAR ON FOX. AND FRONT ROW RACING. FINISHING THE FRONT ROW, WHAT ARE THE ODDS? DAVID RAGAN IN LAS VEGAS WAS 100 TO 1 TO WIN THIS RACE. AND HE PULLED IT OFF, AMAZINGLY SO. STEVE BURNS IS THERE FOR THE CELEBRATION. >> NOW -- NOW THAT'S THE MOST FOR DAVID RAGAN, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO PULL THAT CAR INTO VICTORY LANE AND HOW DID YOU DO IT? >> I'M KIND OF A LOW-KEY GUY. MAN, FIRST OFF, I'VE GOT TO THANK THE LORD. WITHOUT HIM, NOTHING IS POSSIBLE. I'VE GOT TO THANK MY TEAMMATES. DAVID GILLILAND AND JOSH WISE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY, THIS IS THE LAST MOMENT HERE WITH THE FORD. WE GOT A GOOD ONE THIS WEEKEND. THEY'RE NOT ALL THIS EASY, BUT, MAN -- >> DAVID, CONGRATULATIONS. BIG UNDERDOG WIN. LET'S GO TO CHRISTA MOTA. >> DAVID, YOU THANKED THE LORD AND THEN YOU FOR THAT PUSH. TALK ABOUT THAT FINAL ROUND? >> YES, WITHOUT GOD, NONE OF US WOULD BE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE DO. IT'S BEEN MY DREAMS TO GET TO FRONT ROW TO GET TO VICTORY LANE. IT'S ABOUT AS MUCH AS I COULD HELP TODAY. I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR WHOLE TEAM AT FRONT ROW MOTORSPORTS. WHAT A GREAT DAY FOR FRONT ROW MOTORSPORTS. LIKE YOU SAID, AN UNDERFUNDED TEAM COMING IN HERE. VERY PROUD OF DAVID RAGAN. I KNOW HE WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME FOR ME. WE HAD A HECK OF A RUN. I WAS LOCKED INTO HIS BUMPER, I WASN'T GOING TO LET GO. I WAS HOPING HE WOULDN'T GET LOOSE ON TURN THREE AND FOUR. FRANK HAS BEEN A HUGE ASSET TO OUR TEAM THIS YEAR. RUNNING BETTER EVERY WEEK. JUST NOT THERE. SO PROUD OF BOB JENKINS, EVERYTHING HE PUTS INTO THIS TEAM. DOING THIS, OUT OF HIS OWN POCKET, 80%, 90%. GETTING ONE, TWO, THREE AT TALLADEGA, IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE. >> MATT YOCUM CAN GO AHEAD AND HOLD UP THE SECRET WEAPON. THE GOOD LUCK NOTE ON HIS DESK FROM HIS DAUGHTER, MATT. >> VERY NICE. WHAT WENT WRONG NEAR THE END, MATT? >> I DON'T KNOW. IT WAS A GOOD RUN. IT WAS A DISAPPOINTING FINISH. FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS TO DAVID. AND DAVID THERE. FOR THE UNDERDOGS TO GO UP THERE AND DRIVE THAT. I'M HAPPY FOR THEM GUYS. I DON'T KNOW, HE GOT ROCKET RESTART. I THOUGHT WE HAD A SHOT. I TRIED TO GET A RUN AT CARL AND WE GOT REAL WIDE GETTING UP THERE. ONE THAT GOT ME PRETTY FAR TO THE TOP. JUST TO WATCH THE RUNS FROM THEM. THE GUYS WAY IN THE BACK. I THOUGHT I MADE IT LAST MINUTE BUT HE WAS GOING TOO FAST. JUST HAD TO FIND A HOLE AND FINISH THE BEST WE CAN. AT THIS POINT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAD A GREAT TARGET. >> SEVENTH FOR KENSETH, CHRIS. >> THE GREEN/WHITE CHECKERED AT TALLADEGA. DENNY HAMLIN, CHECKING POINTS. >> WHAT AN AWESOME RACE. A BIG WRECK THAT TOOK OUT THE BIG CONTENDERS BUT IN THE END TWO, SMALL DAVIDS BEAT THE GOLIATH. THAT'S AN AWESOME STORY COMING UP THIS WEEK. >> JIMMIE JOHNSON STAYS YOUR POINTS LEADER. YOU SEE THE NEXT WAVE. JOEY LOGANO, YOU'LL BE RACING AGAINST HIM NEXT WEEK? >> YEAH, I'M LOOKING TO GET BACK FULL TIME. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANALYSIS AND SPENDING TIME. A LONG DAY WITH US. DON'T FORGET, F.A. CUP FINALS, SOCCER ON SATURDAY ON FOX. AND SATURDAY NIGHT, 6:00 EASTERN, ON THE EVE OF MOTHER'S DAY. DENNY HAMLIN'S RUN WELL THERE. A VICTORY, SIX TOP-TENS IN SEVEN RACES. JIMMIE JOHNSON WON THE RACE LAST TIME. WE'LL SEE HOW DAVID RAGAN CAN HANDLE IT. TODAY, HE LED ONLY FOUR LAPS. HE WAS TENTH WHEN WE RESTARTED. FIFTH ON THE FINAL RUN AND CAME IN TO WIN IT. A SPECIAL THANKS FOR DENNY HAMLIN. I'M CHRIS MYERS, FOR THE ENTIRE CREW, THANKS FOR WATCHING FROM TALLADEGA. BATTLING DARKNESS, DRIZZLE AND DRAMA. WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO IT SATURDAY NIGHT IN SOUTH CAROLINA. THE ENTIRE CREW WISHES YOU WELL. BARRY LANDIS PRODUCER. ERNIE KEPTIS DIRECTOR. WE'LL SEE YOU SATURDAY NIGHT. ♪♪
