Classic NASCAR Full Race Replay: Tony Stewart wins 2011 championship at Homestead-Miami

43 drivers in this field to raise 400 miles 267 laps around this mile and a half track to 40 the head fight in the final race of the season Edwards leads our trucks didn't make it easy on him the big getting that first Lapland he was hung with him right through a lot of slide around good tired can see right there Jeff Gordon kind of doing a slide job position del are dark and you're not mixing - car smoking and slow off the pace the transmission possible let's hope that there's no fluids coming out of that station around the racetrack about hooking in Sheridan with the gearbox that's courtesy turns back into the garage Wow we'll see a caution so there's the lead single file back through Casey came in he were able to do that hit extremely up here by our food can I talk to you said he had a really good color car Junior extremely fast yesterday in practice he was very happy with this race car in the March early and junior showing Miami Speedway I forgot the suits last year progressive banking war banking in the Highland and the in June see Tony Stewart is now coming into the picture behind Frank bevel lords of the tents why now every star 15 don't even they were extremely happy as their car in practice got more laps on the tires [Music] Championship at stake to hold back any and he proved that right for him to drop the green flag one of the great stories of the season on the move in that two-car garage [Music] Kenseth who probably has run as well as anybody at every chase race showing them I talk to that screeching to competitors my god the change on that now there is a chance of an isolated shower in the forecast per day 20% and the Speedway has been peppered with rain at times throughout the weekend in fact the roadways were wet when we got here this morning we are in South Florida surrounded by water here that might be rated across the street and be dry here 33 Clete Boyer for 11th and 12th spot Newman someone who thought he would contend for the championship when this chase started and did go his way right from the start Boyer making his last drive for the man who brought into the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Richard Childress we're moving on to Michael Waltrip Racing after today moving back [Music] have to make some adjustments with these changes they made this race car had a good qualifier have a good setup for a single way all right now say June you're working at high lane and we're not pilings working at a racetrack nobody runs it better [Music] as long as he stays calm you can see he give herself a little bit of room right there it seems that sometimes throughout the race he may get in a little bit of trouble when he tries to get a little bit of extra that's motion and the danger when you slip a little bit when you're under that very high Lane not much room for error there that wall is right there it gets you in a hurry so early in the going so leaning Stuart has new jobs to take positions from 15 starting spot Carl Edwards leading the race while Kurt Busch already back to the garage it was just three laps into the race [Music] race fans checkout nascar.com/racebuddy to watch coverage live from homestead-miami follow your favorite drivers for free with eight live camera views that live camera view tells you why we're under caution rain at the Homestead Miami Speedway the leaders are on pit road 14 laps into the race Carl Edwards the race leader brings him down most everybody's in Tony Stewart is Andy says it's a little tight in the center on both ends a little free on exit of two it's just a two-tire change and a chassis adjustment the Stewart Jamie and the same for the 99 going to be two tires down and away quick stop to see all the raindrops there on the jib camera race off right side tires Roboto all the leaders there just a few laps 14 position thereafter here Harvick's team did a good job Meganium seven spots there yes sir I think some of these teams might've would have looked at just few but in talking some of the drivers that were in the nationwide you race yesterday when they got just fuel and left those tires on they had their hands full with the race car so I think that's why they took the extra time to put the two tires right so while we're under caution you saw the first lady Michelle Obama and dr. Jill Biden earlier giving the command to start engines they are here watching the race today in just a little while before they performed that grand marshals duties our neighbors had a chance to speak with Pokemon [Music] first and second ladies Michelle Obama and dr. Jill Biden are at their first NASCAR race this weekend welcome ladies nice to have you here mrs. Obama I want to start with you tell us about the joining forces initiative that brought you here to homestead-miami Speedway today well Jill and I because of our respect and love of our troops and their families we're trying to rally the country to show support for these families who are serving right alongside of the men and women in uniform we want to make sure that these families know that America has their back so we've been working with the business community with a number of sports leagues with individuals everyone stepping up in ways big and small and we're asking America to find ways to continue to show appreciation so NASCAR has done a phenomenal job and we're just grateful to them for all the work that they've done not just today but every day so we're very excited to be here very good dr. Biden I know your stepson Beau was deployed a few years back to Iraq you kind of understand what these families are going through what message do you typically bring to them well I our son Beau was deployed for a year and you know I just want all Americans to know what it's like for a family of a deployed service member and so I just ask all families to commit to an act of kindness for a service members family an act of kindness how else does the average person get involved typically what you can do anything as we say go to your strengths I mean I I know when my son was deployed and we had a major snowstorm that somebody in the neighborhood went and plowed their driveway so it's just something little something small to say okay we appreciate you and what you're doing so mrs. Obama this is your first NASCAR race do you like the sound of loud engines and you like to smell the burning rubber what are you anticipating about NASCAR today it's awesome what we just Karl just showed us his car I mean amazing piece of technology it's just fascinating to learn all the ins and outs of the race you know how he gets water what the seat feels like what is drafting all about there's a huge science behind the race so I'm excited I got a little tutorial so now we're gonna see whether we actually understand it but this is exciting I mean it's not just the race but it's families together I mean the fact that all the NASCAR drivers have their families here kids are all over the place I mean that's another reason why NASCAR is such a good spokesperson for military families because they're appreciating families and the work that they do these are drivers are putting themselves out every race so they understand that their risks that go along with the work that they do and their families are right there behind them so we're it you know we're pretty fired up about seeing what this is gonna look so great that NASCAR invited thousands of military families to come here today this to this big race so this is really what joining forces is all about and then communities just coming out to support our military families and then to support NASCAR so you both are aware that this is a very close championship today is the last race Tony Stewart will win or Carl Edwards will win mrs. Obama I gotta ask you Carl you've spent some time with him today he's on the President's Council for Fitness Sports and nutrition Tony drives a Chevrolet so where are your loyalties going to lie today boy what park Carl is terrific love him one of my favorite people he's doing great things I'm gonna stay neutral on this one I think I want them all to be safe that's first and foremost and we just expect an exciting race so I'm staying neutral right down the middle dr. Biden any thought on that we agreed we're staying neutral on this because they you know everybody supporting military families here today and that's what matters to us as well we at ESPN will bring them the neutral coverage today see who wins hey thank you for being here we're very happy to have you an honor to talk to you folks if you want to learn more about joining forces don't forget you can log on to whitehouse.gov and see how you can help and support our troops Dave thanks that earlier and now live Tony Stewart on pit lane early Vince you see the 14 team of Tony Stewart feverishly working on the front of their car Stewart has hit something and it has put a big hole in the front of the grille although Tony indicated he did not recall hitting anything at all said he didn't feel as though he had hit any debris but there's a hole about twice the size of a man's fist there in the front so they're replacing the fencing part of the grille which they also have to double check and make sure there's no debris inside the grill area as well they see the replacement area of the area that they're going to replace it now the fence to the grill area that's being used to substitute and replace they've also going to make sure that they get the tape on the new grill just as the previous tape was addressed so they make sure that aerodynamically they have the same handling car as well so certainly an issue that Darian Grubb tony stewart obviously included not expect to have to be dealing with in the early stages of this championship run I think it water pressure there but cake get bored we got a big hole with a litter of the grill the grill extremes I'll punch that of it look at the boys go in start working everything up we'll get it all ready they're not come in until we tell you we're ready to I have no idea what that would have been from that is three of the last four not sure when it happened nothing it's what a lot of parts and pieces that can come out of that thing more than likely that's a piece of it here that super I'm gonna do tires until we get one to go so don't worry about tires a kitchen pressure set if the thing I don't want drive over the screws in the back they do have water pressure means that it did not come through the radiator that's good news hissing - yeah probably gonna be a few laps under the caution for this little rain shower to just evaporate on the warm floor today now that it stopped raining well he's unlucky that he had it to happen but fortunate that the rain showers came where they have time to work on this maybe get it repaired and be as good as new so lady 14-team providing some early intrigue in the championship they're going to show the drivers to to go see what their reaction is we'll take a quick break in the Ford 400 come back from the restart [Music] homestead-miami Speedway the 4,400 wrapping up the first caution which came out for a brief rain shower that peppered the racetrack the leaders have all kidded Carl Edwards has the lead as we get set for the restart Tony Stewart has pitted twice for repairs to the nose grill of that car he has rejoined the field Stewart back in 40th place as we get set to go back at it yeah he was he would have restarted eight that missed out that just made fix the attack battle for random one two time to make up ground that's Ryan Newman three deep on the bottom turn one and is that he wanted together the lead but Martin Truex came clawed back by take second spot [Applause] 99 Truex 56 for the lead Earnhardt jr. a little wide he's gonna get challenged there forty-two part one Pablo Montoya speeding on pit road had to go to the back of the field [Music] smoking front ends when we have a pet he's got a good father in Bob Jeffrey Bob does a good job of being able to keep personal personal endorsement there so it's Edwards and Truex one and two five time Jim Johnson [Music] Johnson's never wanted this racetrack you'd like to change that here today the question asked him by Dave burns when we talk to on NASCAR countdown about the fact that he's come here the last several years we had the opportunity to race for the win I've got the opportunity today Jeff Gordon 24k she came for 7th and 8th talk to Jeff Gordon's crew chief Alan Gustafson this morning was a potential contender and another guy that a lot of people talked about being a potential contender in trying to get second place for Martin Truex there is that 88 we'd like Taylor dregg's gonna give it up now you see jr. them to what you fight down there is the track is really flat you had extremely wonderful indeed it is CJ in fact Dale jr. said my car's his passion race tram all weaken as it was in qualifying trim and we qualified really well the only issue he can run the bottom he can run the middle but he won't for the top [Music] Jr settled in third behind him for fourth now Jimmie Johnson 48 just mentioned while Jeff Gordon's in the picture is behind these guys 24 Jordan was one of three guys who were in the top ten the pit stop where we saw host everybody that took four tires on the pit stop and gave up some track position but are trying to make it up on the edge refresher over here you get about 20 to 25 left on these tires Gordon restarted 11th you see him there running in fifth Greg Biffle or the other guys and Keselowski they're 16 four tires on the restart the tip already he's always looking at the right right even this arleigh he's thinking about positioning themselves for the end of the race maybe the fight to confirm coming for doctor spot from Ryan Newman 39 yeah that's just a really difficult task and we'll see this all day at the end of the evening if I take that hot away from you trying to pass in the middle or the bottom is extremely difficult it really is fascinating after they rebuilt this track for the 2003 races this track was pancake flat and at first it was a a smaller replica of India four-cornered race track then they redesigned it to be a flat oval track then they added the progressive banking and it's a fascinating place to watch a race now and that's how you make a pass that's an experienced driver right there jib board all over Newman [Music] beating down the straightaway and he their way down to the Papi's leg right out of there next to Ryan what Carl Edwards Lisa Tony Stewart member restarted in 40th position it's up to 25th and big and Hardy he's pardoned his way through this but his skis had to work hard make it all joining us scored that car somewhere in the opening run of the race they made two pit stops under the caution the way back 240th making affairs be worried about in this case looks like a hard time point but I would be worried about maybe some internal damage right here and you see how they've got Oh it's a balanced beautiful start to race [Music] we come back to mr. Winn [Applause] they're gonna be like after we click circles after them about that crowd madoff these also let's just say use the phone what he's needed to to try and dig is width up to suffer the traffic [Music] cautions out for the second time a Dave Blaney's single car spin Carl Edwards the leader brings the field down pit road doctor left upper left upper part of your screen Dale Earnhardt jr. back on pit road for tires and fuel car really really good engineer with a son named Jimmy set Twitter grip the first few laps then it goes loose wench and track bar adjustment for the second time today four tires fits kasey kahne upper right hand side of your screen loose audience four tires air pressure and a chassis adjustment Jamie Carl Edwards in the 99 site in the middle last time and they made a track bar adjustment Tony Stewart they're going to put a little more a little more tape on the grill trying to make sure it gets in the right position they made a four-tire change for Tony Stewart you see taking a little extra time to make sure they get that grill just right in fact a little front fender damage where Tony had made some contact earlier in the race Allen nice thanks so Stewart made up ground after starting at the back of the pack on the last restart give it all that ground back up again for repairs here's what brought out the caution trouble in turn four it's Dave Blaney in the 35 car no harm no foul [Music] about that rainbow here in South Florida join Goodyear in saluting America's armed forces give back by helping support our troops is it good here calm / support our troops to learn more [Music] get ready to go back green from the second caution here at homestead-miami Speedway Carl Edwards a little bit and be running ordered on his pit stop pun intended watch the rear tire changer [Music] slipped its fuel back there snail I've been a rear tire changer before made a nice recovery though leader is juan pablo montoya did not pit under this caution never had a penalty last time ride for the lead Kevin Harvick Brad Keselowski shuffling Montoya back it's Kozlowski to the boy that pit stop Brian Vickers have been there making that Highland work for him trying to go forward here comes Gordon in the inside that's a tight squeeze there can you make it stick off but rotary Scott Montoya really struggling fall off and lose a lot of speed in the opening 10 laps that you learn tires are going to be very important three starts started saying this track had lost a lot of crib the cars are sliding around and when it does that it here it didn't have mud spins I can't imagine what it's like now just going to say we put a go to pavement on you and leave you in the South Florida Sun when you lose a little grip to Tony Stewart trying to make up some ground for the restart house up the 27th yeah that was close call backbone slipped up into the wall right in front of Tony Edwards and Harvick that's for second spot sorry Eddie like going on what's here catch up on a couple things some guys make two-tire stops under that caution brad keselowski got whites-only to get some track position it does have those four tires but you can see even with that how difficult it is [Music] you need the whole track and if you're trying to pass a car obviously that makes it [Music] [Applause] so you can go all the way back up to the wall but if you're racing somebody you don't have them you have to be extremely careful being down there too much because you are having to put more wheel use your tires a little bit more and so therefore at the end of a run you may fall off quite a bit [Music] [Applause] that there over 50 miles in a straight Miami Speedway in South Florida the championship with some grilled damage early that set him from up by the top 10 all the way to the back of a pack now twice Stewart's car seems to be behaving just fine though he's picking his way back and we have right there I think it's important that we point out that as long as nobody can get to the burn and win this race then it doesn't matter they would tie in points but Tony has the tiebreaker by the most wins Edwards gets through the second pump pump on the right side of the screen there from Kevin Harvick and as Harvick backs off to get his entry in the turn here comes Jeff Gordon the trying for every game well he's using all the racetrack to make these passes Marcus Ambrose four cars in the last lap he passed you know I think one thing Tony Stewart and not that Carl Edwards doesn't either commands a lot of respect down here because the way did it catch them tickets here that mean he's calling in some favors I think people just gave me more [Applause] [Music] really by hearing its wings [Applause] [Music] who has fled most in the opening section of this race it was by Brad Keselowski we saw these two battling out last night in the Nationwide so far [Music] 400 as shoe started out that way it works back to the point [Applause] [Music] nope championship weekend in South Florida Homestead Miami Speedway billed itself as the championship track Tony sure call everything separated by just three points in a rough start for Tony Stewart some scary racing some close calls and a four-set death Braille which steward is now up to 17th on the racetrack but Carl Edwards is your leader let's take an inside look at what's happening in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series brought to you by spritz once upon a time in November [Music] and they closer look inside the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series leadership so important this one a situation for Tony Stewart yeah and I think they're doing a great job they did everything right in my opinion here II pitted on lap 35 Stewart came in to refinish the front of the car drill to make sure it's a perfect fix also to fix a little damage on the front of that car they got to keep this car handling well right now it looks like it's a great shape for 100% repairs one way to go and I love the way a totally supportive response radio very calm demeanor let's get the job done I'll take care of everything for a stack up to 16 than Alan not bad for a driver to hurt you we don't know about the future after today they've all naturally to talk about it just like a baseball manager and the throwers of the last games of the season isn't going to talk about his future [Music] the Tony Stewart is going forward Stewart and Carl Edwards both by going up there and racing head-to-head for wins these last couple of weeks right now here's another to turn we've seen Carl Edwards recover from his fortune three times in this chase appearing to be in fine shape to do that again today Vance who just passed file Bushies up the 14th well the one thing Gary read was they say what makes you so confident that you've got a car that's great race winnable because he said we definitely have a winning car he said I can free it up or I can tighten it up and either way I go lose speed he said I think that's the best kind of car that had especially when you're expecting a track to change when the Sun Goes Down and the track temperature cools as far as his future Gary and admitted there's a lot of uncertainty but there's no shortages shortage of options for me outside of sewer house and the big drive down into turn three for Tony to go by AJ Allmendinger for 13th spot let's really impress him with all the cars that he's had to pass here and he move closer to the front and that's to take a so basically move over let him go so yeah AJ Allmendinger giving the spot and these cars these cars are not just slowing down and letting Tony go Tony's catching them they're just [Music] first mark races and the story but those but here's Carl Edwards out front he's led the most laps so far Jamie he's out in front of his race where he wants to be Alan in the car [Music] what the the racetrack and Carl loved the hot and slick racetrack and that's exactly what it is right now she's also asking these teams where is the 24 running and they're telling an identical line and dancing up there and looking at as we're to watch them [Music] there's another issue out there the nine cars accident seven cylinder roush-fenway engine I think the motors laying down I switched batteries but still to no avail so certainly keep an eye on the 9 not good news early on Marcus Ambrose elusive NASCAR Sprint Cup win became the workforce at Watkins Glen a lot of other good runs too you have to think that maybe Doug Yates has tried some things in that night and maybe the 43 [Applause] that's yeah that's one of the engines that might have the same shot but I'm gay here slipping back he's racing here for eighth place with Jimmie Johnson in the 48 he was up there racing at second little while ago because it took two tires on that last pit stop this moisture that's gonna be something that's gonna work a whole lot here today it may possibly as we get to the time at you know sometime after 5:30 when the Sun Goes a little bit better but I just don't see it working around [Music] what makes people like Carl Edwards and Tony Stewart's so good here yeah they've already slowed down about the second half or so from what they see just how much they'd have to be peddling right now [Music] regressive banking at homestead-miami Speedway shell it what it allows cars to do the lanes of racing Jimmie Johnson working on Kevin kid see if he can finally succeed Carl Edwards out in front about a quarter of the way into the Ford 400 at homestead-miami Speedway [Applause] [Music] tomorrow on ESPN's Monday Night Football Tom Brady and the first place doing the Patriots look to remain hot as they host Wayne ball in the Kansas City Chiefs we're trying to stay alive in the wide-open AFC West it's Chiefs Patriots on ESPN's Monday Night Football at 8:30 Eastern also available live on watch ESPN coverage begins at 7:00 Eastern with Monday night countdown served by Apple I got the best compared to say that repeat as a New England guy yes and course got some great Monday night matchups upcoming as well how about the Giants and the Saints yeah favorite quarterbacks there is served by Manning and Drew Brees hard to figure some of these matchups out in the NFL sometimes these days not hard to figure out this matchup Carl Edwards leading the race Tony Stewart recovering from early and the first real extended green flag run that we've had in the Ford 400 as we're just a pit stops updates on some of the leaders as we go up to speed Jamie well unless you documented the nine part is down a cylinder Richie Baba's have told his driver to keep your head up you winner of it Carlton what car is that they $7.99 filing in the back of his head next picks up look for more wedge and an air pressure adjustment and behind him the four-time champion Jeff fort and he was the fastest champion qualify he's the fastest running second gets at the car like they might have a good enough car number one here at homestead-miami Speedway Jamie great day so far for Martin Truex junior started on the front row second his best start here keep doing what you're doing look for him to take four tires on this next the 88 car Dale Earnhardt jr. a time most popular driver and folks he thinks they got a great shot to get the victory today very very loose very free very free divas revolution he is very fast running back and forth the dishes back behind in his fist on his mat kids as he won here at homestead-miami second before you terrible and practice kids a pretty guarded innovation [Applause] like pit stops Mark Martin has just been in David Ragan is leaving pit road Paul Menard is in and you see Kevin Harvick and bleep we're making stops dr. Kevin Harvick 32 J poison come on zero down this time I'm gonna try to tighten the car up a little grease on you a little trio henshin earplugs James and trap but lawyer gave up the night position [Music] well the 16 of Greg Biffle is in they had some issues earlier in a long pit stop had to come back around a second time says the car is a little loose off they're going to go down one round of the track bar four tires and fuel and Jamie and Brad Keselowski getting the count down into his pit box the number two parts that part is pretty good they just chew on the last stop right side [Music] team watches weddings with a wrench again there will be a champion [Music] as the longer Christians actors [Music] Dale Earnhardt jr. for he said the car was very very loose good race car their offense Oh what I'm changing for Kasey Kahne and the 99 is putting his call in all the way down that long drive all the way to the number one gift box remember the race the championship can be won or lost right here they're a little bit freaked on prattle they're gonna do it right here left side edge with embers on pit row jeff gordon assumed the lead and now he is on pit road they'll make a four-tire change for Jeff board member [Music] Kenseth to be Johnson not yet pitted in this green flag cycle things will cycle back around there is Kansas given up yeah fat kids is saying the Carlo tightness in a little loose off of the terms they have letter less is what they want to stay up to get right sighs chassis adjustment screw down scampering so far flawless careful not to make the mistake drop a lug to clean the grill less than thirteen and a half seconds to Matt's away Jimmy Johnson stayed on the track feet alive Johnson never finished worse than fifth in the championship wants to make sure he finishes this day in the top five in points [Music] Aaron Burgau boy out [Music] Musa they've been behind him so far they need to get that car just a little bit if he's gonna meet their goal all your gauges Boston when you're up there I had both been so David Reagan cautions out right to the garage Marcus Ambrose turned into the garage just before the green flag pit stop started as to those rash agent is already there Let Go David Ragan was in 18th position during the cycle of the green flag stops restore didn't come all the way back inside the top ten to tenth you can see this six car blowing up down the back straightaway was able to get down the access road thanks I was going on the bottom typically that would be all pan the whole of November a Rotter or a piston came through there that's why you see that flame so Andy at what to these boards should all get their engines from the same place just gone to the garage if your Baba's board Carl Edwards crew chief at what point are you started getting it past the point first car running behind leader Carl Edwards as the pace car is gathered up the field is Casey Mears in the 13 he's the Aaron's lucky dog free pass first driver a lap down Mears in 29th place we come around the pace car you see a new sponsor on the side of that car some hopes that they're going to get quite a bit more help for that team next year with Jimmie Johnson spit stop the cycle for all the leaders had just ended so in a way for a lot of these guys the caution a help bunches them up to Carl Edwards the car that hit it early like I think it was our pinkies and here comes the 33 car warrior some of those that didn't early might want to come on and some of the guys that are back in the pack when Boyer was in seventh place in the first one to make the move to pit road about it Dave he was loose off the corner he was tight going into the corner so they're going to change right-side tires they'll put the track bar down to try to help that handling the four-car KCK they're going to try to not hook that rear bar gonna put four tires on and learn on a shorter rod in the rear just not happy with that way through the corner and pivoting that turns I swing at it our right getting the top of the fuel topped off we saw this paint make a big change under green they were looked like putting a Spring River in the left rear now you see them under the car possibly messing with the rears lately done hosting come back around you and I mean where's he at now Cole just half way down the back so some big go work going on there for Kasey Kahne by his kid crew a jumping-off point for us to tell you about the AT&T fastest pit crew of the year one kept hottest theme perfectly in the lead you can help determine the static smoke from your AT&T phone by texting the car number two two three four five six seven for the big crew you think B is the fastest and most valuable Carl Edwards pit crew kept him in the lead after a just completed round of green flag stops [Music] wrapping up caution number three in the Ford 400 the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series to decide the championship today here at homestead-miami speedway in South Florida Tony Stewart's had his troubles early in the race Carl Edwards just leading but then this on his radio a minute ago Carl Edwards concerned about the tire there but his owner Jack Roush we've seen two engines go down in the Ford camp there Jack are you concerned at all about this 99 problem the compactor running is something we got experience with so they're probably just some kind of a component quality problem I've texted to find out what's going on if I don't get an answer pretty quick on the down the garage and take a look at it myself okay in the meantime he's staying right here on the box and watching his text messages Alan here we go Carl Edwards with Jeff Gordon alongside of the restore Tony Stewart and Kyle Busch did a nice job behind him to keep him running over a mid look like flop nice car stayed out with hot tires in heaven speedy dry all mine dicey for a team that 17 well indeed they have with a comment a moment ago from Dale Earnhardt jr. said Steve Letarte 10 you check with the crew guys all the lug nuts were tight and he said they're going to roll the dice and said say what is it he said hoping [Music] like a big chance to take the race here in the operation usually doesn't go away that last caution in the kind of passive hey Jimmy Johnson and now right but get just what they made them this car is a good continue coming out line [Music] such be getting the set sets at 5:30 Eastern in some cases yeah he's not happy with what he's got here right now see Tony take a spot that was given pretty easy in seventh place in the 14 all language earlier trouble [Applause] now [Music] [Applause] [Music] which where everybody's were on the same lap time right how many cars has Tony Stewart passed today he's obviously gone oh really and it is fun to watch these drivers that have bad and that talent to be able to go we talked about we see the slide these cars around everybody can do that these fungi there Stewart up to seven behind pilots which led the most laps so far in this race and continues to lead the Ford 400 [Music] 100 down 167 to go in this championship race at homestead-miami Speedway let's take an inside look at what's happening in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series brought to you by Sprint NASCAR fans butternut sprint dogs like speed on the driver they wanted us to open our way [Music] stay here where p1 obviously to on 14 at 39 39 more that poor they get all their trouble things back in 1999 got one of his two wins at this track race pace [Music] leader at 171 three eighths right now Stewart isn't sick [Music] for its production [Music] the 99 car car Edwardson his teammates the six car in the nine car have already blown up inch they got engine problems tell you what in my opinion there's a couple of ways to fix that or at least baby this motor a little bit to make sure this 99 doesn't have a problem he needs to really be careful are three skirts we're talking about the rebel burger and he can back up the quarter a little bit not bomb the car down in the corner so deep he's already mentioned he's got a right front tire that a cut on it they might have pushed the limit there it work on there and watch the 48 make a second button Skelton pitched up now guys put your oil pressure temperature fine five time never want to distract movie not having much luck today we'll go back upstairs to FATA : j me was v at the time he slowed he just made a couple of kind of bold passes in the last 10 laps of this race and it's never a good sign senpai given seven Silver's my team almost like we heard some of those grouse eggs engines hi blue schecky you see pressing down on the plug wires to make sure they're all still attached yeah that's what you're really hoping is something that simple well Jimmie Johnson's race here at homestead-miami Speedway the last five years has ended with him hoisting the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship trophy we already knew that's not how this one was going to end he was hoping to at least grab the race win trophy there's the leave first a second Carl Edwards out in front of Jeff Gordon by one point zero two seconds NASCAR officials keep an eye on a shower or end of this racetrack not a heavy one but it's out there across the lens see the weather see it coming in that position these tires have no guru so if they are slick and only takes a little bit of moisture this place is slick enough already check it out got a rainbow but see on the left side of the screen here that's literally you could see like the curtain of rain coming down thank you looks like it's just gonna be luck I don't think it's gonna get the track that's Florida lift lived in the Sunshine State for ten years you can literally watch it porn on your neighbor's house and be sitting in here in your front drum up porch on it in a chair and be bone dry and getting something yes sir so just past a hundred and fifty miles caution for the fourth time second caution for rain [Music] rain beginning to wash the speedway to Jack Roush has been busy is back in the garage area this little last one he walked all the way from the head of pit road all the way back to the sixth garage where he talked with members of his engine department about what happened and the crew chief frankly a drew Blickensderfer about what happened on the sixth car I asked Jack did you get any information that would be definitive and help you with the 99 car this afternoon he said we believe it was a bearing issue that is a random issue it's something they know what earlier this year really had nothing to point to so in his mind they don't see the same thing possibly happening to this car they've only lost two engines in races so far this year all of the project stars so certainly something to make the day a little more nerve-wracking for Jack Roush Baba sporting that entire team as they have led most of this race so far to this point hey Scott bring in the field down pit road the shower literally moving across the speedway from one end to the other and the track surface has been wet and so the field will be brought down the pit road cars shut down and car covers placed on them and already the jet driers have been set out onto the Speedway that's how quickly we expect the shower to pass and the racetrack to take take up some of that Florida sunshine and try back out the best thing is it is it's traveling exactly across the track it's probably no bigger than the track itself [Music] me Johnson sitting on pit road Dave yep but we are witness to that passing over the by the way they have changed ignition boxes both of them on that 48 car Jimmy sang it did not fix the problem he required it and then Chad said well let's change carburetors let's change spark plug wires let's just change stuff they're going through the entire checklist trying to find out why the 48 engine is missing right now not a speculation about the future chat canals with this 48 races past the end of this season team saying today there was no question in their mind and in fact Jimmie Johnson talking earlier the weekend at his press conference here at the racetrack that Chad and he had already been in meetings about next season how to get better at what their deficiencies were this year and go about trying to get back to championship caliber racing again that took away some real hope says some others had that they might be splitting up now one welcome news when they found out Chad was coming back because they are definitely a powerful hurry right there with the two leaders Jack and Houston Butch Cassidy and Sundance give me some other some other good pairings here that we might throw as a Chad Knaus and Jimmie Johnson I don't know spider-man and Superman come on help me out here they was in the sport how about Jeff Gordon and Ray Evernham there you go talk myself into a corner you saw a NASCAR non-stop race leader championship leader Carl Edwards coming back from the infield and climbing aboard his number 99 Ford in the number one position as we get set to resume racing from an hour-plus rain delay Tony Stewart sitting in fifth position having made quite the recovery from some early race troubles here in the season-ending Ford 400 some special dignitaries race underway early trouble for Kurt Busch broken transmission right off the start that's not good 22 cars spent 47 laps at the garage he's back up the track Tony Stewart found some early trouble also yeah could fit some of those parts that came out of that transmission of the 22 went into the grill you can see the damage that it did they had to replace all of this Tony went all the way back to 40th place has recovered the fifth Carl Edwards meantime has had no such troubles started on pole has led 87 of a hundred and nine laps is the race leader presently I don't think he's been abhi farther back than fourth in this race under green while Carl was out front Tony was on the charge in passing cars all day long with that damage on the grill had to come back in a couple of times to fix it he's had no trouble driving that car up into the top five so far little concern of the board camp when both David Ragan and Marcos Ambrose had engine problems that went to the garage we heard from Doug Yates the man who pets the engine program Rogers for routes engines said that that was a different engine package in the six car that Edwards has on the hood of his 99 that basically the major stories the race leading up to the vein that stopped this race at lap number 109 see the clouds scattered about the area but the track just about finished being dried lights are on and we're set to go racing once again with still the second half of this Ford 400 yet to go a lot of racing left to do love race again this is a long time we've got 25 laps before we get to the halfway point here but this is by no means over and you hurt how confident Tony Stewart being and thinking that he's got itself right back in the middle of this he's very confident but what they're gonna face when they do go green is a track that's completely different we actually had some Sun on the track even though we did see the ring and now we've got it's totally dark we've just had the track drivers out there blowing the track so this track is gonna be quite different for these teams there may be some things that have to make some adjustments for all the rubber that was laid down by the cars under racing conditions in the first couple of hundred miles washed away it didn't rain for long but it rained plenty enough a lot of big challenges for teams and what about mechanically for the car itself running in the heat of the day up to racing temperatures now sitting there cooling off essentially while they dry the track now it's going to get heated back up again it is a concern I mean anytime you run these engines through heat cycles there's you know potential issues like we've heard a lot of guys say there's nothing to do about it they just gotta quit they're cranking back up and and go racing but you always worry about these rain delays and going and starting the engines back in it especially when you see some engine problems that we've seen at least on the forwards and even on the Chevy's we saw a little problem with Jimmie Johnson's engine that got to have Tony's bunch a little bit on it yeah and I would have to bring back up a point that Rusty Wallace made earlier on about as we get into night now the track is going to be a little bit faster it's still very slick out there but they're going to turn some more rpm so as a driver you're gonna have to monitor that and that's something that you can do you know when you get to that rpm that you won't just hold it right there and ease out of the gas and maybe not attack the corner quite as hard until you get to the end of hide so that's the mechanical part of the rain delay let's talk about the people part you get in there you're Carl Edwards you're Tony Stewart Tony we've seen him do nothing but be Charlie go lucky so far in this race what me worried but Carl has been the leader he's been out in front he's been leading laps he's had some things to worry about with the engines on the other cars a right front tire problem reported by his team earlier how's this rain delay affected the guy on the left yeah never good really I'm Carl had a perfect date going basically out front no challengers really - while you know he was leading the race but you don't want to stop because that gives you time to think about those things that she did have but it also gave you time to discuss and come up with a game plan word going down from race control start those engines we're gonna put the cars back on the racetrack game we're gonna get this thing back going again very shortly [Music] pretty sight all lit up for night racing this Homestead Miami Speedway looking down from our aerial coverage provided by Goodyear join Goodyear in NASCAR and saluting America's armed forces and give back by helping support our troops visit booty or Goodyear the official tire of NASCAR be pulling that red flag back in momentarily and put the yellow back out let's talk with Darian Grubb he's the crew chief for Tony Stewart and Darian you guys have managed to keep this card and won't be so far today but what do you expect now that the rain delay has ended the rates wash off the rubber on the track and the sun's gone down track and this is going to change a lot is gonna do it for everybody we obviously got a fast race car don't go back to the front twice so play slow with the adjustments here and see how the track comes to us thanks Terry Jamie and Bob Osborne here ready to go as well what's the plan now Bob you guys are kind of right in that window you're going to need to pit soon yeah we got plenty laps on the tires so sounds like they're gonna run us around the track for a few laps to get pit road cleaned up and then the pit road will come down to it any adjustments plan baby baby they've been doing wedge adjustments always big Alan I would not want to be in a poker game with either one of those guys Darian or Bob that's for sure you bet they'll be adjusting to the changing track conditions we just talked about [Music] just under an hour and 15 minutes was the red flag period but the red has been withdrawn the yellow is out at the pace car leading the field of cars back on to the race track to resume this Ford 400 now that the red is withdrawn to be Johnson's team can resume working on the 48 car remember the hood up on that car just as the rain began with some engine troubles that we heard from Chad Knaus a minute ago they'll throw a few more things at it but they suspect it's a pretty serious internal engine problem as we get set to cross halfway in this Ford 400 for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series the race that will decide whose champion Edwards the leader Stewart running fifth two of the four cautions have been for rain Edwards has been a dominant driver on the night out in truck for almost all of the green flag laps of this race and of course Carl Edwards with a lot of success at this racetrack that a NASCAR Sprint Cup champion hoping to turn more success at this racetrack tonight in his first [Music] [Music] ladies down pit road and still maybe win the championship [Music] tony stewart winner of four of the nine races in the championship the doser is for entering the chase but made it barely yet he fixed that once he got into Jason opening 26 races and won the championship there are a couple cars making pit stops before the mid lane is movement they'll have to go to the back of the tack when we go back racing but we've heard in a lot of the interviews we've done under the rain delays of people it's a pretty serious work to do on a couple of these race cars yeah we know Kasey Kahne is talking about thinking you can come in and make a major change where we see Trevor Bayne also in there he was all wet till 11 so it's kind of surprising to see him on here at the port that the road opens because they'll have to go to the rear we're still working on Jimmy Starr kinda back notes this problem it looks pretty grim but they're gonna keep working on it and see if they can figure it out and NASCAR continuing to work on drying the racetrack a little bit before they'll all when the pitlane they've also got some of the jet dryers on the pit lane coming counter to the flow of the race cars on the pit lane to try and try that up before you put race cars I mean think about our race car still doing 45 miles an hour on that bit late you don't want to do it with a trend list tire not a damp surface yeah and they weren't able to do any track grind on pit road with the car sitting there so get him out on the track and let the drivers come up and down pit road didn't have a safe pit road for everybody those jetfire's working backwards off the pit lane and that's why the pit road remains closed at this point pictures ready to go to work and just a moment give us a minute to tell you about the AT&T fastest pit crew of the Year award passes precluded each other by the winner of each race the fastest pit time and you the fans vote Kevin Harvick's team he pastors people to all and thanks to you congratulations Oliver Childress team over there they were a big part of get Kevin Harvick in this Chasen great opportunity to win a championship just had a few bad breaks a long way but nothing that they the championship tonight but could win the race Harvard running in third position shutting it off and coasting I don't know why they're getting to make a pit stop fill it up fuel unless they feel like they not run out now not knowing exactly how many laps they'll run under under the caution here before they open pit road yeah and at pit road it's going to be close the back of that pace vehicle a bump so well while it's going to be a couple more laps before they open things up how about a chance to talk to our in-race reporter for the day hey Carl Dale Jarrett ESPN you have a copy well you were in the Nationwide race which was under the lights last night did being in that race gonna help you to know kind of what adjustments you may need to make to your car here yeah I think it helped me a little bit might be the guys on the best Alma thing compared notes for the bomb and I think it could help you know nice little intermission to do got the popcorn and come hang out the family a little bit this will be pretty fun but you've been extremely fast all day you said coming here that this is your best racetrack nothing so far to tell anybody different right yeah we've been really fast you know the track is gonna change though it bother the guys know that we can't rehearse all we've done so far we've just got to go on I just have like beers yet keep running hard at you know there's a win this thing okay Carl thanks for talking good luck the rest of the race while Carla's led most of the lap today Tony Stewart has passed some 49 cars after his early trouble to get up the field Tony Stewart Dale Jarrett the SPF comedy yeah better where you been okay well just hanging out watching you want puffing down pit road looks like you're still pretty loose buddy should be we passed about 85 cars already state Sifl it's not exactly exactly how we had a plan but we're back in the top five now and that's something I'm very proud of these guys on this people mope one he's done a great job thirds been doing a great job of leading them and keeping them calm all right Tony thanks for talking good luck the rest to the race buddy before I even said it roads open this time by another chance for the crews to go to work here stops can be with 154 laps to go it is Edward's important Harvick Truex Stewart your top five and the track has cooled off proper washed away they think it's gonna get a little bit freer they're gonna put a have around in the left career for gays and finally we're going to be really good down he's been tight in the middle this track James Jenelle upper right hand portion of your screen Tony Stewart crew chief Darian grubs and I don't want to make major changes is what I'm sure what the track will do so those make a slight air pressure adjustment Jamie Carl Edwards to civilian freer more tighter than another one determined pardon [Music] person that gone [Music] surprising lot of labs they got musty are sitting there their pressure goes but any culture where the right there I don't know what that call was for but probably just want to try to see what their car will do with clean air on the front a couple of quick stories to follow up on there's Jimmy Johnson back on the track Dave yes he is Alan they apparently it was the carburetor during a that when the caution flag came back out they replaced the carburetor they fired it up and Jimmy radioed in it's running right they also very carefully while the guys were under the hood changed four tires and send it back out there so not all us for today and if internally everything is okay I guess that's the other question the carburetor did help but they still may be some internal issues we'll keep an eye on it okay Dave Thanks but as you saw a second ago Jimmie Johnson five it's place gonna take some wave arounds when they can't if they can't if everything's fixed correct it will stayed out to lead a lap now comes down the pit lane in that 16 car it looks like they're doing some work on the front end of the car and that's probably why they stayed out I leave the lap and come in and did this work because they knew they were going to give up all the track position anyway Biffle in a battle for that 13th spot in the points break2 what they told us earlier it gets oil on his windshield had some trouble with visibility driving into turn one and got matter damage something in a hit man hit him yes those are feet hanging out for the back of the 21 car I don't know what they're doing I had a really good car crib had driven the thing up to a lab and decided to make that pit stop and and they did it early so I had to start in the back of the FreeStore and when the caution came out before the rain gelati come back on the lead lap that the Aaron's lucky dog free pass was the first car lap down like some major adjustments on that car as well the Bobby's back on the lead lap [Music] show it about 29 position a lot of these teams working on making where the rear bar is on these cars and it's a rear anti-sway bar that they use instead of putting such his springtime here that's what looks like I mean when they're laying under the car looks like an either run looking they were hooking that bar up or making a change in it no they've got different actually attach the wing so it changed the stiffness of gonna see the 34 and 71 past the pace car their wave arounds to get back on the lead lap for david gilliland then mike bliss and Kevin Harvick now the leader comes up behind the pace bar and chooses the inside lane for the restart just two right-side tires changed by two 29 look at how this is gonna shake out after the pit stop the second brought back yeah we had to know that it's gonna happen here short strategy on the twenty nine doctors almost well just a baby with a Budweiser Chevrolet he's been pretty good tonight inside if we tried now to see how it's going to work out for later if it doesn't pan out for us we'll see how it is at night but I'd rather try it now than do it later and it mess up so we'll see how it works a lot of laps to go okay little experiment early here two tires only for Kevin Harvick puts him up front doc thanks 31 cars on the lead lap we're just shy of halfway in the Ford 400 final race of the NASCAR Sprint Cup season to decide the championship not with us earlier Tony Stewart had early troubles went all the way back to 40th now he's all the way up alongside his rival for the title the man who's dominated and led most of the laps of this race Carl Edwards a lot of racing to go transition and track conditions and probably a little transition in intensity here on this restart ooh as we get back to racing here boy Stewart truly got these restarts down pat lately we were ready to go there first time he's been in front of this night Edwards and Harvick side-to-side there to separate them you see Carl Edwards car kicking up sand coming off the corner you see the tracks not completely clean edward settles into third Stewart his second Jeff Gordon now the leader after the shakeout for the restart would desperately like to get in front and get a laugh man get that bonus point we get about manufacturer alliances team alliances couple of Chevrolet's here couple of cars with by Hendrik Stewart getting their chassis and engines from Henry it never hurts the ass but I'm I'm sure that Jeff Gordon is like he talked about in the interview it's been a struggle under stairs gonna need in order to pull over it's on your hanging down pretty good gasps okay hard to be lending got to leave laughs I think it's just a matter that Stewart trying to lower lane Gordon running the higher lane while they run this way at the time oh man he really got out of show get the concrete part of that wall brad keselowski right behind him in that blue two car his night job and checking up and that happened it's tough to miss that Edwards now Carl's got Tony in his sight he knows Charles might behind it how much does the mind start to play here and how difficult is it if you're for example to be patient as you come up on story we said it's a lot of racing left to go but the one thing that Carl Edwards he's going to try to make this bath don't know if he's got enough momentum to get off the truck wow that's tight see how much it means to him right now but he's got to run this time can he do the slide job on him in three I think Gorton saw that tony was bound and determined to get this leave right now and get that bonus point we're going to play the one I'm in a bad position Tony your deliveries got a good view of that too to see that determination and the one thing Carl Edwards knows that if Tony Stewart wins his race to win the championship [Music] on Jeff Gordon as they run Tony Stewart goes to the championship lead [Applause] you would have known if I listened to him though because he was still confident while he was in the back of the pack making those patterns and he could get up here and do what it's doing right now I'm still not sure they call efrain's is too concerned even right at this moment I mean he certainly knows now but he thought that things might be a lot easier he knows he's got a battle he feels firmly that his part might be the one to beat before this is over I've seen Tony this father in case he gets a leak Bonni have it easily even in the middle of the rice come junior 7th place here try to take it away from Kyle Busch in the 18 now that we've called Kyle's number much today a Toyota Racing Development engine crew chief Dave Rogers and the iteration competition director to make our what telling me gotta give some feedback on how they are the edges season feel from Kyle after what happened last week no reason not to do it this way as he changed over to that earlier there's also things that you have to do to the racecar nd with the way this Toyota engine sits in there you have a different engine people have different packages and weather that you do that's one reason to get it in there this year and they get some experience with it going take Tony's fly I've already his lap down he is really fine you know Carr worked on it came back and Tony at that point gained the confidence of the car we can do this since ever since then the confidence of this team has been [Music] a good race car to me has a admits the fact that Stewart can't lose any ground in the championship the mercy this final race we can't lose anything we we only have the championship to gain so it's it's a pretty cool way to go into the weekend knowing that we can just let it all hang out and go for it we don't have to play cautious he said this earlier in the week in the press conference the kinda didn't expect to be in this position the way to [Music] James is that [Music] the pressure has all the same confidence does carryover spillover into the race name Stewart a little gap on second place Jeff Burton's got a real good word to that 99 car maybe not for long Everage drives through to second the championship duo running in the top 10 at 14 at our bear but as Edwards picks up at the point they're tied remember tiebreaker goes to Tony Stewart most wins [Applause] I wondered could it come down to these two one of them having four wins the race to win the championship today Jamie just Mike exactly and his team just cheerleading telling him right now you are better than bars also Bob Osborne reminding his driver don't overdrive the car remember that pushed the limit on the right front he said take care of your equipment just be calm Karl was very calm on the radio came back and said that's the one thing that Tony Stewart is doing right now he is set in the pace and now Carl Edwards can't sit there and take care of that right front door hey piece of the wall again of that 21 car it was run in 20 seconds time that didn't hit it that hard but looks like he may have a tire going now any debris and the answer is yes as the race reaches its midway point the caution comes out for the fifth time for debris from the 21 car slow in the field with Stewart first and Edwards second they thought that experiment wasn't exactly what they're going to need it's going to give them the opportunity to look for tires alright so let me put my championship crew chief on the spot here because we saw earlier in the race a few guys take just two tires when they hadn't run that many laps on tires yeah still like four tires right here you know this from what we seen on the performance of two tires I just don't like it and it especially if I'm Tony Stewart so they've been able to pass a lot of cars tonight I'd rather do it on four tire seven six laps of racing it does put you at that limit you know Vince on the member where you I still like [Music] never Stewart if he got four tires here not even a lot of people got to he's not gonna lose that much because he is the leader him he won't you know obviously keep the lead but he he won't go too far back thought I just saw the crewman up on the wall there the official is in the pit wants to know if you're gonna do two or four so he doesn't get caught crossing in front of the car when it's leaving I thought I just saw the tire changer piloting to the official and Tony Stewart's kid I know Tony likes for most of the time especially when you got a car that's handling good and this is a slick racetrack I know who said that a lot and discuss it's going in tonight it's not a lot of grip to be had out there so I think four tires is the best call my lip reading skills are pretty off here no we'll see Stewart networks 1 & 2 Gordon Truex hamlet department mordant it first here doc yeah Jeff Gordon said I know a little bit lose a man at 14 is strong and so what he has asked for help him cut him Dave Rogers as two or four Kyle Kyle said more but keep your eyes open will seek our little tight adjustments Jamie Vince a little time to center take three Stuart Darian Grubb said four tires as they were the change Jamie tires again this time around no changes Harlan [Music] see Edwards only lost a couple yeah Toby got trapped to going out of pit road there with some cars pulling out in front of him ant might have had a little trouble on the right side tire change on his stock - coming around the lakefront you can eye on this sometimes that lug gets hung in the socket or saw my baby head yeah sometimes that can happen to the good point yeah watch as he goes down through here I think Denny Hamlin just gonna pull out in front of him yes to check up that's gonna let Kyle Busch go by so all that work to get up to the lead we go for the restart we go NASCAR non-stop presented by Nationwide Insurance [Music] [Music] [Music] double up for the restart that'll come with 129 laps to go Carl Edwards shuffled back to fourth from second by other strategy Tony Stewart shuffled all the way back to ninth by some troubles on the right for I said little hiccup a costume or town and the pissed off looks like Everest No presented by American ethanol Stewart out of line quickly on the move in turn one look at that kids without a shake coming off the corner Edwards looks for second I remember this racetrack with an aggressive banking most of the cars will run up top as they get more laps on the tires [Music] that's part of that problem so good in this race a year ago before a flat tire he pack Tourette's has had great success at this racetrack statistically Tony rallying back the big bold move on the opening lap of the restart we've seen it now from him a couple of times let's try to find a way [Music] Johnson had taken the wave-around before the caution away was out there on older tires trying to get one of those flaps back after the engine problem yeah he's got a little damage on that left for a corner like he got something [Music] be ready be ready Wow by him on the racetrack so the wave-around laughs just back the other way for the 48 and it was way down in there I didn't know what happened but I searched spit it out as it turned into three just jump down from will contact me wall with the right rear left but he did get some milk at the end of it long slide without hitting anything yeah it's kind of weird how that car just broke Lucy could have had a slow leak maybe in the right career and Kurt Busch just barely miss Jimmie buddy was spin it [Music] to a baby in I love watching the eyes and those things the night race is when they've got the clear shield the driver does see him look into the write down the track to steer around whatever he might be going to hit most of the front-runners has the the father race track jamie mcmurray in 13th place first taker on pit road under this caution so kevin harvick out in front carl edwards runs third tony stewart running ninth we go NASCAR non-stop presented by Nationwide Insurance [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] field getting the signal one more laughs and we will go back racing with still a hundred and twenty one laps to go in the championship deciding race the Ford 400 at the Homestead Miami Speedway in South Florida Ford 400 at Homestead Miami his brought to you by the 2011 Ford f-150 Built Ford Tough Silver Star ultra headlights from Sylvania and Papa John's million Pizza giveaway only a papajohns.com and for this restart Kevin Harvick is the leader Tony Stewart is running ninth Carl Edwards is running third big picture down drop Miami what do you what do you see [Music] one time our great pocket [Music] well thank you I appreciate that you both have been in that situation before racing for a championship atop the pit marks behind the wheel well one thing you see on the pit box is you don't know exactly how much chance he's taken but the wage race in the holy the driver knows that yeah sounds like Carla's got it under control no problem hunter 21 laps to go green flag three wide again Kyle Busch to the bottom side and they're three wide with a we in front comes Tony underneath Carl Edwards only got a great restart that time [Music] three guys on a mission he was night for the restart to these were [Applause] that's amazing yeah he's got a good Matt Kenseth in the 17 I can't miss Opoku s3y give it to Joey etc Nancy kasey kahne Jeff Barton back here and I'll tell you somebody right in the middle that group Kevin Harvick that 29 car we've seen for just right-side tires on the pit stop shop the wheel dock well he's complaining now the cars getting these tires that left-side tires have now been on the car 56 laps and not Warner he may be a little bit warm but he's hanging on and trying to make the pass warm by two o'clock next time I will sit on pit road they could there's less than words on the spot except floors going after right and smoke on molten lead again one of the guys that had changed just right side tires on the pit stop a little while ago [Music] [Applause] they're babycakes let's go [Applause] all right now that might make me calm back down a little bit I don't ever remember that first and third but for Stewart how about this capsule and Yello number seven [Music] to jump out of it let's hit the drop - we got Colwyn had just gotten back on the lead lap with a free pass a little while ago if you've been with us from the mission cars guitars I want to hear first you know Trevor Bayne has had a difficult day he's been in the wall a couple of times well with the young man from California running his first couple of NASCAR Sprint Cup races last weekend this week looking to the end the Daytona 500 if somehow Red Bull Racing f1 manages to continue under [Music] nowhere to go right there precut just locked it up since we blew the left that was raised in 21st place to Gloria nice job here in gray solid not creating any problem but getting at some experience and that's what he wanted to try to get was 400 miles on her spell so a mess on the back straightaway puts under caution for the seventh time in this race would still want a time to go under 12 laps left in this one last time on pit road Tony Stewart's team strategy by others shuffled in from the lead back to ninth place Stuart back up to the lead this time the more work and another decision in this position right here being the lead you stay out and try to keep some people out there than you they can hang you out I get four tires right here kind of setting up for a one more pit stop in this race that's the three at a time down there it's not too bad at it just make sure you get four tires on there but not all right I've read lips here again would you find out this time - two times what I thought I just saw passed from crew member - I live for it's not going to open up yet I think they're going to wait till they get some of the bank's rates lean because there's no sense again everybody will pit road and get tires and have to run through three maybe they know somebody's stealing their signal yeah see well there is a lot of debris to clean up out there in the back stretch and that's another reason I like for when you have a big break like this there's stuff everywhere and I don't know how many times it's happened to me you make a decision either stay on or think two times you're going to run over someone left on and have to come back in that's another reason I like to get forward as we are just shy of it Carl Edwards for the last couple of weeks literally gone door-to-door toe-to-toe if you want to put a boxing analogy on it slugging it out for the race win and for the championship lead and here in South Florida today after Stewart rallied all the way back through the field they've been on the leaders slugging it out yeah wasn't about coming here and having to finish you know just inside the top ten or inside the top 15 like we've seen a number of times this was coming here to see who's gonna win this race and literally take the championship in both for that 50-69 it really solid so far like nothing better to close this year out in victory lane so what'll it be two tires four tires but guns we'll see what happens on this round a good stock stock right side tires they got a foot too which is coming to they have not talked about what they're gonna do yet didn't catch their signals it'll be a track bar adjustment over car to type fits Darian Grubb said to the tires to tires only for Tony Stewart they waved off the port iron ball going which is she saw their Titan through the middle but they said she's been on it carl edwards dates one spot they were putting a spring rubber in there's something under the right rear of that three-team car go back to see the replay of that angle of the pitstop Andy but that would support up under that right rear look like camper minute there I thought there was have a problem to my career it looked like it may have to do some work breath guys we come from a lot further back than that to get there you've got a lot more time than we have that yeah I like his attitude but you just don't want to keep putting him back in that situation you know he's been in it enough tonight already so they just need to kind of smooth it out and figure out how to keep him upfront now you figure out what happened here right rear that ends up taking so long yeah he's got a problem there he's got a lug nut stuck in the socket and the problem is that you can't you can only use two to bear wrenches on pissed off they can't go back and get another to have to get that out of there they were going for four tires ready yeah they had to just call that new tire call so they didn't lose all of the track position so yeah got some ground to make up sleeper fortnight paint sparkles on a pit stop he did rally to recover take [Music] of pit stops talking about going toe-to-toe for the race well the races Tony Stewart after it's really pitstop discovery those damaged Shawn that 14 car and something probably from Kurt Busch's transmission that exploded that went through they had to do a lot of repair made those work though well he went to work though started passing cars he's had four cars tonight or today than anybody while Carl Edwards was upfront leading laps it was kind of easy for Carl in the beginning of the race but he's had to work for it since then since 14 cars making news to the front Stewart taking the lead not long after the last restart when he went from ninth up to the top spot in six laps that's just incredible I'm a Tony Stewart it's just so bold with these passes nothing to lose an eye but all that brown lost we got a crew of behind the wall banging the hose from the front tire change on the wall what's going on what's going on well this for sure no one has passed more cars today than Tony Stewart 63 cars he has passed so far [Music] and it's a follow up on what happened there well you guys saw is definitely a mechanical issue with that gun daniel smith the rear tire changer felt bad about it but they came over they looked at the gun trying to make sure that they don't have that issue again but definitely a mechanical failure they were going to go for tough four tires and at the last moment Darian Grubb called them off from the store two tires not necessarily because of the problem they were having on the right side he just decided they were going to go from four to two now you see him taking a closer look at that gun make sure that that sockets not going to be an issue in the future this bit sockets are made so you can hold the trigger wide open it'll still make contact with the lug nut but it if you get a little bit of wear on those sockets not on the plan that kind of problem three cars did not pit under this basha they were three who stopped under the last one when most of the leaders stayed out Jeff Burton's the leader has chosen the outside lane for the restart 88 Dale Earnhardt jr. and one of Jamie McMurray also did not pit to the hot side this time for a while [Music] [Applause] all the oil drive through where the accident was a minute ago and upfront 3y believe [Music] four wide behind him what we're seeing some aggressive hold your breath moments under Jeff Burton Stewart try to follow let's do a drive that car down in the corner right now it's amazing I know a lot of other cars did too but man he is really getting over distant win the race contact lemons here I'm here forget about me see a lot of being kicked up last caution coming but better feathered out there control message delivered cardboard a little bit here after the shakeout late rates caution so maybe the dream with a crown a champion fillies can you see getting in the picture as we've seen hanging up practice and earlier c'mon Half Price so at 56 every night Stewart making bold moves on these restarts Carl Edwards was no slouch on the aggressive meter in that last full run the clear tree legs on the bottom trucks it's a big run chaos just after he starts at shot through lead racing for second he's closed the gap a little bit [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Pass sure looks like that Sun going down as health Matt Kenseth with the handling of his race car for us Martin Truex had to get far all day hurt him in either times true tonight [Music] on the back four separate groups action just came cuter than stuff out quick enough Mark Martin in the five click lawyer in the 33 [Music] moments on the racetrack during Kyle Busch Kevin target [Music] down there try to be extreme yeah well that's the thing to write if everybody else is running but by the past now everybody snap pop kensic bring in Carl after quitting [Music] birds make the big drive into three still not going to get down think unless her ex gives him a break to achieve about this racetrack you look right down into the cockpit as the cars make that mark a little bit left and a little right to correct that and just driving it off the corner second behind his teammate Matt Kenseth how long till he has the lead it's only a degree or two of banking from that top to the bottom right at these speeds still makes a difference makes enhanced difference you see now they go away [Music] that much back out front car this race Stewart going to get third from Tourette's whenever Carl saw Tony [Music] and I think Carl showed us that he was ok with right at this point and the laps are tickin away here until Parliament was lots of that I keep gonna wrap that up though our closest one is yeah Burton for came 5th and 6th they've worked hard on it I'll tell you that they certainly are deej and of course they were the restart leader having stayed out enough change and they may run out of these sets that are allocated to them for the race weekend so they want to make sure they had enough to go to the the initiate working we are just across 250 miles in the 400-mile race in South Florida the race to decide the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship live looking at Carl Edwards leading effectively separated by back tensions at the home story of the day dating much of it output look like it's going to come down to a fight for the wind between the way [Applause] it's gonna be your TV second place Stewart I mean not one Carly yeah might be he look in the mirror and solve that red car so on a couple of the ford parse leading to some to wonder like fart tire run down to not to good condition on the 99 thing they've also been keeping an eye on with our chicken on the leaders Jamie [Music] good right now Tony Stewart hasn't complained about the car grubbé has given him the only issues they've had the truth pitstops since the red flag problems in the pits both time if it Stewart's been the leader and lifted the down there now say what that makes the crew chief job a lot easier when your drivers that cooperative 85 laps to go but although we've seen so far in this race with dollars so we definitely have more pit stop Wow look at Carl get out almost in the wall there was called legends garlic's and mirror you see in that 14 to probably not telling him but Tony Stewart has been faster not by a lot but each lap of unfortunately yes the championship being so [Music] give that up tonight if nobody's going to keep that from happening you better get by quick my man Tony Curtis head of homicide he never win this and that's not gonna matter because he got healed if he wins race it doesn't matter what all yeah yeah they've got the same number of points that would be number five my chances that adds laughs to the races Carl Edwards Tony's life Edward start the day with lead on and the difference between first and second while the one point per position championship system that's new to this because races for position expect spectacular days from getting happy [Applause] [Applause] Denny Hamlin said it was [Music] all the drivers live in around thank you extremely late we're now running in 14th spot debut talk to us in the red white & [Music] the grip in the car that makes a little bit tougher to drive start to see some green flag pit stops among the guys behind us just me and the other one who did not fit under that like to see him the 16 car hold the access road committee and I heard a cargo box just looks like it might have been Greg Biffle another one so is that an experiment religion or was that one of those unexpected problems David Reagan Reagan speakin here that's three to nine there's Jack Roush there will be people all over the engine on that 16 car and Jack tell them personally or texting em or something very soon about how this is a forward racetrack and the port engine they need to race it out on the track right they all right the two best drivers in cars right here right now on the set look this way Tony Stewart running first in a second and you want to be able to race it out I'm talking about jr. game that last cycle of stops you get now doctor [Music] go back on the track [Music] we'll have to stop at least once more to make sure the checkered black guys over there that's gonna be interesting to see if anybody tries to stretch it here to make it only miss one more stop it would be a stretch that's going to [Music] my serves me correctly Kasey Kahne was 22nd at the red flag one of those cars that feet hanging out from under the back of it on a couple times while they tried to adjust handling on that four car now he's racing bargains today he made a lesson pitstop the story compression there [Music] now that some of the other cars did stop on the last yellow are going to begin to trickle on told us about rains awakens really wanted and points out the bowl last stop they took right side that he said for quite some time you see [Music] poor tires going on good stop 13 seconds flat double zero in raising the temporary he'll far was able to get a top ten maybe topic [Music] straight on the right side of that car he's not the only one we've seen cut first and second four seconds on third place finishes passed on Truex more green flag stops gets Gordon in the 24 car looking for the birth [Music] feel great of life [Music] here clean the grill 14 SEC's at the feet down for car charging back toward the front after the red flag for rain it's the pitlane here along with Kyle Busch and AJ Allmendinger doctor [Music] very similar to what his teammate higher air pressure how much that my car is typhus [Music] [Music] on the right hand side remember Carlos radio he's going to be giving up speed the Carl Edwards here make him thought of me to give up at least a second half a lap to these cars with new tires and I would advise him quit hit they may be thinking about making it if their mother say that they can make it do that Rubick Oh safety in the field here these things away all glass they try to take your cap with him I can't do it amazing the capsules you got tell me what we think it's Thursday there's Darian Grubb told me today we can go 55 laps on the tank that's better than anybody else you heard him say save me ten or eleven more that would get him to 212 a big strategy play here by Gary Clark it really makes me nervous of giving up a lot of time Jamie to be proud of this year remember that win back in Charlotte and he's getting married in the off two mice by now look at the cars on fresh tires going by Tony Stewart while he's on the older tires and try to station yeah because that extra 10 laughs he's going to be way behind [Music] pretending they have a driver [Music] [Music] basically they're counting on race going particularly five years here when did the cautions fly in the race what they're betting that their history shows down [Music] all right now grab on to 21 cars five filter earlier this season we saw this 14 team run well in a couple of races and not win when strategy went the race of Las Vegas they have such a strong ready to go well Carl Edwards won that race the race in Phoenix where they stayed out and took finishing seventh yeah I'm just a lot like having Tony Stewart's having the say-so here I don't during growth has to do anything I think the pony can do it if you give right now these kind of put all those eggs in one basket you know try to make just 30 seconds behind him in that position Stewart's team calling to him here's efforts radio [Music] [Applause] so let's see the stockroom stored and where he Tony [Music] right here that he might Tony Stewart on the glass laughs remember they've had some problems [Music] the speeding penalty he is a lucky man with a plan that is actually a break for coming soon yes it is long as we go back racing Carl Edwards leading he just got the lead before the yellow flag [Music] Tony Stewart and now it working being a leader at the caution now let me throw this at you Edwards needs fuel to the finish Stewart doesn't right that man evening track position and he's got four new tires hasn't even run up to speed yet yeah he should be the leader because all of these other have to come to pit road at some point in time now when do you do that there's going to be some that are going to gamble right now Carl Edwards may have self not knowing if it's going to continue to end well here's another problem Carl Edwards might not be able to run from here this view sound effects tell me what you want me to do I'm in the middle of three inform he can't come off the racetrack while it's rated and he's leading the race guys planning shower on my right he called a bit open here we are 4000 everybody came with he do that Jimmy bump easy okay that barn up on traversal stops here what do they do the only two tires with Darien drug Darien you held him out there a long time I ran yes no gamble right now since the call she came out but I'll tell you that was a big gamble they just got away with big break with the rain big heat ray [Music] Wow and interesting I've had loud perfect this ain't me this ain't easy bud huh so as the rain at least over here first the broadcast booth picks up a little bit Jamie you've heard that one last minute Colin this is why Bob Osborne told Carl Edwards at this point were seven laps short so instantly he said let's fit Carl didn't like it too much but he understands why they took right sides and they did a splash of [Music] there were some guys that did not get [Music] is going to be the race leader short ear five laps short it's going to be Kyle Busch Brad Keselowski AJ Allmendinger then Tony Stewart in fourth Flint lawyer will be fifth then Carl Edwards in sixth so if it rains right now if I call every disease don't go back racing but this will climb [Music] trying to decide if they're going to leave the field Outlander yellow or bring them down the pit lane they stopped raining for the moment well our in-race reporter says put on one whale of a show for us tonight for this championship they've Tony Stewart Dale Jarrett you have a copy yeah but I don't know what you're saying from in there but wow what a night this has been the race between you and Carl now the fuel strategy what's your thoughts right now I just my thoughts are saving fuel the biggest thing but uh Darien says we're gonna be a good sleep on it just a matter of trying to save a little bit for a green white checker here they can't make it left they that's a good thing right now all right buddy let you go back to saving you good luck [Music] and they tell us we are you have a copy [Music] well one tonight you've got a fast race bar there though but maybe a little shower with you and we're just talking about that there were a little bit short we got a good race car I think our car is probably the best one out here so I'll get her figured out a little bit we'll have a plan we'll go up here win this rain fill a lot of rain to London well let me say that we appreciate you talking with us first and foremost but you have Tony putting on a great show at the end and I best of luck here in these last 50 or so laps if they clawed have fun man I'll bet now that's out you can just hear the stress I mean if they're Tommy Dale what it's like inside the car all this stuff's going on trying to figure out where you stand in the bigger picture of the race yeah that's the hard thing is when you have a fast race car like that you just want it to you want to be able to use that car to take advantage of that and make a difference there you you don't put the fuel strategy to have that but that's part of the game here we've seen it happen a lot in these first 35 something like that here in there left you wanna go back in and talk this through just for medic get some folks that are watching this championship that may not watch NASCAR racing every ever even race all year long the difference in what Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards teams did stewards team chose to stay on the racetrack and stretch their fuel Tony did that by giving up his speed and backing off the gas the engine - that kind of thing to spend less time on pit road in the race but while he was giving up speed saving fuel he was also giving up speed to fresh tires that Carl Edwards had the caution kind of erased the deficit Stuart would have been in that wasn't the game they were playing they're actually playing it to make it on just one more pit stop in the race go green that caution just happened to fall right after they played that strategy and erase that big deficit that did work out it themselves insect like it and you saw the 40 t take a little extra time including both to those cans of fuel and making sure they got every drop in there they possibly each team trying to go about the same thing in different ways you spend the least amount of time you can control it at the most that question is how a race circumstances go into a well versus gotta quit raining would you have gotta get rice ball did they go [Music] so you're gonna have to see the 99 car have to come down pit road and get one for you going to be able to stay out there the other thing is you might see another caution between now in the end that's the changer the way they've been racing up on these restarts in the guillotines we might have enough I would say they continue to serve before we get my cream during top of the day all this with a championship going on within the broader context of the race there are other guys out there gonna try a play to stretch the fuel strategy to see a vacant win the race for example and that can affect the outcome can be so much here was Stewart right here he just kind of make sure that this thing gets full with you and then the caution came out Edward steer makes the flight side tire change our holy they made that last top of the green so it on took purple gallons to fill it up the key thing here is those the nine that thing just doesn't happen there's well short of that so they can't play the same strategy it's a giant chess game using 3,500 pound race bars tremendous race drivers calculators and computers for fuel mileage electronic timing to coordinate lap times and very very smart people like Bob Osborne a dairy brother to figure out a way for their car to end up at the front of the pack when the laps run out of his race you know and it's quite honest and yet everybody can't do what Tony Stewart as a driver was doing there hey just kick it into plunge and say well that should be simple that makes the race car do a lot of different things and the Karstark literally it changes way that it drives it it's not as just as easy as it sounds it just saved me the fuel that way but Tony is probably the best out there and doing that while the field follows the pace car route the jet dryers are on the track let's bring in the 1989 champion violent strategies I do hate feel bata strategies no doubt about that but I've been watching this 99 car dive in front of my calculator like crazy down here I might disagree with a little everybody else up there because I think that 99 s got no problem getting this baby to the end on feel the way I'm calculating this thing rush there's no question that these extended caution laps are helping him stretch that mileage yeah I would say the 14 car Tony Stewart's in more trouble than 99 of Carl addresses Carl was not trying to save fuel yet guys we all know from the 2008 race here Carl Edwards was a master saving field remember watching him run around a track just barely puting around so I would say right now my I bet not Carl having a little bit more gas a tank than the 14 a dead of this thing I know I kind of sent your apple cart there but this is kind of my opinion right now well watch Tony Stewart he made a pit stop was 55 to go and he had run 55 laps he just proved that he could make it on fuel and now we've got all of these caution laps I think it really puts Tony in a in a good spot to make it no problem I think this discussion has also helped the 99 which may make him be able to make a commute yeah I think this is a good debate guys no doubt about it we know fuel mileage has been really important all the time and but I've been running these numbers like crazy and I might look stupid when it's all said and done but I think he's gonna make I got to tell you how is it all going to turn out we just know they know and the weather isolated scattered showers the races been stopped three times worse load three times it stopped once by rain and as long as that precipitation keeps falling down the laps under caution or red are going to tally up and the laps left to play the strategy out onto the green shrieking yeah you know the truck race on Friday night was shortened and it was about 15 laps shy of getting to the very end but it was getting extremely late now I'm sure they'll stay later here tonight to try to get this race in but you just don't know so much at stake well big stories on tonight tonight Carla Edwards Tony Stewart pretty let's go in head-to-head for this championship like they have the last couple of weeks but getting there in bearing different banners Edwards leading the most laps on the night a hundred 19 of the 220 nobody else has led more than 29 Stewart going all the way to the back of the pack after damage picked up very early in the race needed to be repaired then a couple of pit stop problems for Stewart and he's continued to rally each time Stewart coming from his farm act as 40th in one point and now the different strategies played by the two teams big storms team stretching the fuel to try and save a trip down the pit lane while Edwards team going with alcohol a more conservative strategy or conventional strategy and still needing another trip down the pit lane talked about our caution trends and if that happens again tonight is going to change see everybody make pissed off because we're gonna be tired regardless you know we'll just see how this thing plays out and with whether we get back to green and how many laps there are to go while the dryers are on the track and the pace car is in front of the field I look back to the days of the pumpkin for this championship Carl Edwards and Tony Stewart so far they made this race live up to its advanced Billy Stewart after the first pit stop of the race hey we've got some damage and the nose of this car spend some time getting to Fitch said of all the way back to 40th spot yeah had to do a lot of work Mick Tony Stewart made up a lot of time over the race track passing cars for every good kid carl edwards meantime while stewart was back there yet the damage fixed-income was out in front leading and that stores got you the part and they raced side-by-side and truly aggressively on one event a Tony Stewart's had some great restarts and he takes the lead right here from Jeff Gordon at one point kind of stretched it out a little bit the Carl Edwards car has been strong all night long never far apart when Stewart got back in front look at this great confident race driver in his abilities in his race car see he goes about market tricks here but he signs stewardess gonna thought something had set him back a couple of hiccups on pit stops here's watch the right rear they had a luck get hump in the socket trying to change tires yeah they're gonna change four tires had to call that off and make it a two-tire stop after that problem and Stuart would rally back after each setback lady Carl Edwards no he wasn't going away Edwards back to the point on Martin Truex Jr while Stewart was keeping pace for the past four pass and they ran first and second this lasted stretch run to the race until every came out for the rain pitting then for right-side tires and fuel setting is where we are now with still in running fourth Edwards running sixth fuel to finish a question and waiting on the track drive before we see how long-term it's a strategy played by Tony Stewart big gamble and then the way came and that certainly helped them out certainly for me mileage to the regulation distance Tony Stewart and Darian Grubb are feeling good about their position he just so you know right there I mean that's that's the hard hardest we were running basically but it it made it through the stop it got out of the box okay it actually died at the last time line and but you go past where it died it took back off and the pressure start coming back up careful or that was a heartbreaker though there's in a bit row but did an awful job there you keep it around everything so that confirms our numbers right there where we're at right now we got about to lastly is very choppy shift or a jog here there you heard him say two laps to the good if it comes down to a green white checker Darian Grubb told me just a moment ago we're not quite there yet Jamie little well before these caution laps you heard Carl Edwards am Bob Osborne say they were five laps short so Carl starts thinking about every possible scenario push us right now hey guys guys shut off the negative he said now he's asking Bob Osborne over and over okay break down the 14 what are they doing are they getting better fuel mileage than us Bob to the calculations and he said the farthest we've been able to stretch it is 51 laps the farthest the 14 has gone is 14 so we should be in pretty good shape and by the way they've been turning these caution laps so by the time we go green here they should be good to go as rusty said Jamie Thanks all I can say is I want to see how it's going to turn out a whole lot of things at play here terrific Ford 400 so far tonight and the deciding moments of the season still to come it's time to go NASCAR non-stop presented by Nationwide Insurance [Music] still working track trying here at homestead-miami Speedway now 42 laps to go reminds you to join host rece Davis and analyst Kirk Herbstreit and Craig James for BCS countdown tonight as they unveil the latest BCS polls and analyze who are the contenders and pretenders it's BCS countdown presented by discover on ESPN tonight eight and continuing on ESPNU and tiny sure to make got some things to talk about tonight to that found again that was a college football example that was only one that's a real contender is at LSU fine find out what this week's picture is here while we had some NASCAR racing collected at first championship to settle in a race to be one as well and so of anything is factoring into the label at homestead-miami tonight the rain shower still throwing the occasional spit out of the sky and the race track the track dryers are on the Speedway NASCAR keeping the race cars out there to try and keep the heat into the racing surface and heat the track as dry as they possibly can votes to win this race it with his championship boat around on the yellow flag running all the calculations who's got the fuel to the finish housing that'll affect the competition he seemed checking the radar right now to get him get back down man looks like the rain has stopped in fact really stayed pretty dry here in that would be happy if it rained it out right there would be the champion what a fun study these two guys are Tony Stewart Carl Edwards made it and so much fun to watch this championship racetrack that car Kyle Busch is the race leader did not hit under the most recent yellow will call him on the Stuart strategy for the moment well not exactly I think it this when the price gets ready to go one to go [Music] three cars make pit stop [Music] like this awesome second AJ all the things [Music] carl james right side got you more fresh tires if we do go back green could that make a difference with tawny heaven - for fresher tires and just those 12 or 13 laps anything that we've seen has made a difference here whether cars are so close we've seen them racing i watch lap times when they run in first a second within one hundreds of a second and just that little advantage could be enough good boy running fifth colander 6 cast update on the radio so what you're gonna tell you is it gonna here rained hard on here or what I in a little while yeah that smell is growing but it still that on it's still out there the ways you know try to figure out how it's going to play out Bob Osborne if it's gonna rain keep the race from being continued you want to be in that number one spot almost impossible [Music] so they're showing the drivers free to go and getting their response on if the track will be ready to go back racing in three more laps JD in the good news Carl Edwards has been waiting to hear we are good on fuel two laps to be good [Music] you'll want that not on his wines but he's gonna have you got the racehorse of work to do yeah when it goes green he'll have to get the work so we want to hear that's what we want to see is embrace hard like they've been doing the secrets [Music] day at night we started a long time ago didn't but if I look at that radar - it looks like that so there is a sail out there but it could stay don't work I think that stay proud so many elements so when would you go back racing Carl Edwards will be lined up behind Tony Stewart on his back the outside lane on restarts the night storm has been so impressive inside/outside hasn't mattered when they dropped the green flag on a restart he drops the hammer matter of Asian culture [Music] like to go outside lane or inside whether it's a Tony goes hard wherever it is that whatever ladies in and they'll be interesting says Andy said I think that the now Bush and keslowski a nominee they're all may have been these gears that make the Tony up Allmendinger does pit we're Kyle Busch and Keselowski can it's not for accomplice we've been about 60-70 over him then you can affect that much new orders Keselowski in 196 [Music] and 71 to go just making sure that it's not gonna wring this out for sure they're going to be back there towards the back end our days right now employed here race control those big jet engines mounted on the trailers behind the trucks being shut down sent back to their parking spaces behind the wall this field is going to get the one to go signal this taco and we'll just see what have more town here these leaders will do make this pit stop on watch college Brad Keselowski see if they make a conductor pit road David Reutimann gets the free pass under the caution to come back BLAP and gonna have some cars in front of the leader take the weight around here bobby labonte Joey Logano Casey Mears Trevor Bayne Dave Blaney Travis Kvapil Mike Bliss who can come backer I think let's just pitted so to only get and we are good five laughs right now [Applause] [Music] that's uh news Tony wanted to hear too just meeting but the hammer down and go for it the target day out does stop here so Kyle Busch is going to be Brad Keselowski to be to his outside Carl Edwards movie fitters guide to the outside of Stuart will be quick Boyer it'll be at Richard Stewart note this car against team strategy for Kyle Busch Dave well they said stay out we're going for it and then they just radio - Kyle remember the strategy save your track position so when the next caution comes out we all pitch together so Kyle may be done saving they may be gambling that there will be another caution and everyone will want to pit yeah that made the strategy right now first if they're gonna stay out because it was unlikely they'll make it on fuel so just go ahead and run hard all the way and then you know get that caution you can keep that track position then you can still have shot to me no Kyle Busch is good on restarts but he might as well get rain see Tony Stewart to his left probably right here will there be another yellow the rain get in the way three-wide sorry sleeve comes down the back straightaway here Crowder's working right two per second and trying to keep up brought back in Rhea seehorn check the points top of the screen [Music] Pass Stewart on the racetrack to win the championship plain and simple as simple as that dance he knows what his job is right now [Music] and I'm sure the cow Bush probably knew it was coming but still Kim's done one of his comments under cautions about these restarts a phrase and they work just as crazy as everybody else they're working for looking for second place Edwards the second [Applause] Kotori Kozlowski's not done with this yet and this engine or you say tony stewart may get Lanza [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] right now Tony Stewart's deacon Carla neither one are holding back they know they have enough fuel so they're giving it everything [Music] may number till it's over aspirin may take that here tonight earlier this week in the press conference here so if Carl can catch him who knows around the past [Applause] they are the two fastest cars on the track close to what they're running making a close call in this close this is in well he's up in a day you can get away with it and clean the track off my bundle grip up there [Music] I think Karl might have got the wall closer than he needs to be to the wall right there and live more respect that left you knew him this is really about ties we've seen Tony Stewart he'd been given the wall we've seen him hundreds of a second I can imagine the kind of focus and intensity in taste meet the two best drivers in the series right now able to take these conditions the pressures that go with it and get them all right it's just incredible he's is intense in there but this is what these two drivers do and do it two burgers that time it's an easier table to be in paws position right now our tongue a controlling thing and if you've got a good part in Tony his confidence he could be in his heart right now then you think that you can apply pressure and make mistake trying to catch take it easy now you're saying everything they call it and has in this forward right now Steen told him they were good with the finish on [Music] of a second difference in the lifetime Cardale would get a little straighter shot off in the corner as translating it [Applause] [Music] said we've had to fight and fight rage that makes us - credible the mountain the Tony Stewart [Music] [Applause] [Music] there is only a holder to hundreds of a difference between each and every life again perspective networks must-pass Stewart to win the championship stay tuned for that plain and simple and nobody on the track imagination party and practice Laos key it was already four seconds back in third to the leader Tony Stewart oh look at Stuart she was chasing them back in that lab Stewart has been so loose so seemingly this race [Music] yeah they say we and they just don't have anything for these two right now strategy and that kind of thing you know [Applause] they thought about getting here a little bit differently Carl Edwards extremely consistent consistently good place in the first nine races race for two along the way you can see there's another streak that's on the line [Applause] classics that's how I came to say Tony went tonight it'll be six in a row personalities before Tony Stewart what you see he wants to drive race cars he wants to drive him fast he wants to win races and really the proper care less about all the other travel [Music] Media the interviews the sponsor obligations and so on tomorrow has shown his analyzed both behind the wheel and to his competitors he likes that part of the sport like Tony Stewart he likes to just keep it Carol Ann's about that and he's had to do more of that now being an owner said the championship for himself but being an owner of this since Alan Kulwicki in 1992 I think that means a lot here in his element right now to racing a two-time NASCAR Cup champ [Music] I know you guys can handle it [Music] [Music] one point five seconds the final laps 2011 season of ax men despite for the championship between Tony Stewart driving that 14 car and Carl Edwards in the 99 it's come down to the two of them running first and second in this race whichever driver wins the race will be the champion Stewart coming back from as far as 40th in the race earlier today strategy that said in background what a timely caution we getting here this one for the court of appeal [Music] and now this one has my best efforts and we're tapping but the most laps in this race tonight he fights in the back bar in the front flaps hideaway 89 - at 94 ma are you doing all you can here we need that visit your buddy often say that Carl was good on fuel about two laps but he hasn't had to run this car as hard as he's run this run and I just know I'm not positive that he can make this is Marty to make all of this happen so you're not sure there's no gas when you lease bugs now they laid their calculations based on what they've done throughout I hear they have [Music] he makes a little see the Interpol Kathy order [Music] as far as which st. opiate carry the car up in we've been rolling out of the problem due to sake [Music] to arrest and being one of the best parties whoever finishes second in the race loses out can be the laps to go [Applause] [Music] you can hear you had to lift just a little bit right there right up to the exit of the corner a bad place to live [Music] talking to everybody Marin get these other cars out of the way so these personnel has told me where this car to hard being out front is are his tires gonna give up something here traffic don't see these cars and no alley in the 71 [Applause] - Michael if some sound he's racing for something too they're trying to get into pop thirty five in points I understand that but you got to give these guys [Music] that might be what kills any chance he has to get up there I had to break some momentum [Music] five laps level five and try to force something here this entire day watching the woman brandings we work in areas other than a car you can see the left run oh yeah I'll break the car lever to way [Music] [Applause] so really live in that blanket these are the competitors and left needs to race and I'll [Music] one incredible drive in this chase by Tony Stewart only and that was only good enough to tie in boys [Music] [Music] gotta have the what me Maurice in the race that easy place to make a change and then fix a repair and they've overcome a lot tonight on pit road out of mistake comes to light flagger ones like bring it home store at edwards first and second Twitter and it's just most incredible I've ever seen out of the right and tonight yeah I think it's the best thing I've ever seen it's Carl Edwards an incredible job too 2002 he was the champion 2005 he was the champion those driving for someone else this time he's a popular driver and he's got to become a three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Tommy Stewart wins in [Music] bring your baby [Music] that [Music] everything never fish it was the graceful generation but the tiebreaker decides the championship about wins Tony store went out he gave him exactly what there [Music] or get a magnetic lock enough I'm excited to get up husband's potential Darion grab holding his son Gavin here celebrating the victory Darren you told me earlier today that nothing has changed in your team you've just gotten the brakes to go your way in the chase tonight you made your brakes you repaired the car you fought back from from different challenges you gamble on fuel how did you guys do it tonight we just follow this entire Office Depot mobile one team isn't incredible we just didn't give up we kept fighting only when I earned this championship show where true changes Darren you've been through a lot of adversity what's this championship mean to you it means a world that my family means a lot more to have Henry with me congratulations [Applause] came to be known the most colossal jackin house was suspended 30 they told us he greets a few years ago gathering the team engineer was geo jobs and Hitler crew chief at the time and they won today tonify previous metal in that backup role was big this risky actually what got in the back position after Carl Edwards he led the most laps tonight he came up one spot short and loses the championship on a tiebreaker I imagine there's a lot of people around this country who agree with Dale Jarrett about one of the most exciting championship races we've ever seen what's going through your mind right now is all I can ask you after that effort let me let me thank my sponsors first Affleck for Kellogg's Subway Scots sprint all the fans but this night is about Tony Stewart those guys rose to the occasion they beat us fair and square that is all I had at the end my guys did a really good job I mean we came here with seven pole we led the most laps and Tony still managed you know Hammond area to to do a good job with their strategy come out in front of us and that that's it that's all I got to be and that's as hard as I can drive so I told my wife but can't win this thing gonna be the best loser and as far as ever had so uh try really hard to keep my head up and I know that we'll just go next year we're gonna be just as hard to beat next year just as hard the year after that but I just hope everybody's proud of the way you know we we performed our effort I appreciate everyone's support all the folks who helped me get to this position and I wish so bad we had that trophy but it just wasn't meant to be tonight Carl you've had the drive that hard multiple times in your career but for 40 laps looking at the target ahead of you what was that like from the cockpit I mean it was good because I was I could see what Tony was doing and and I mean I tried all sorts of stuff and I mean I that's as hard as I can drive that race car and that's it so you know I said before this thing started I'm gonna give my best performance and I'm gonna be happy with that we're not quite happy with it but we'll just this is what we got we'll make the most of it and I can tell you one thing we're in this position again next year those guys better watch out Zeb's that was a lot of work to stay calm and to stay focused and perform the best we can I learned a ton and the patients great job valiant effort by Carl Edwards brings at home second and second in the points reacting to Carl Edwards thoughts a valiant effort but he has to be part yeah it'll hit even more tomorrow and in weeks to come but he's just as he said he did everything he possibly could he just unfortunately ran into a buzzsaw was Tony Stewart in this race team then within five races who thought it was going to happen Tommy Stuart provides us our a good year wedding moment five wins in the ten races in this chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup the tiebreaker was wins on the season that was the difference between Stewart and Edwards after these 10 races that's not an impetus on winning I don't know what is it would take only over the last three weeks these two raced for the leading race for the win in these races ever facing worse than third in these landscape it's the first time in the history of the sport we have a tire Tony Stewart tonight at all he had used in the past 17 in this race tonight did every time he got to the front and got shuffled back [Music] [Music] that is tester their bike that's a true champion right there [Music] it's over tonight here at homestead-miami Street and truly a classic championship fight resulted in a classic championship finale we had to win the race to win the title so it did making his way to the nuclear site stretch of this racetrack words for these children [Applause] ready joggers together really clever cheese see the good start can make this race team [Music] you see machine [Applause] as the liquids begin to fly [Music] [Music] champions to parties together assuredly then he [Applause] [Music] so what's harder [Applause] came up short get beat these guys can see if somebody else is a little bit better [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] ladies and gentlemen your 2011 NASCAR top ten Tony [Applause] Wow [Applause] connects us cause heavy weights holding hips in Finland - and ass cards heavy ones going toe to toe head to head the final laps and you want in the champions here what's the emotion of you Oh God thank the Lord for this one buddy I my man I'm telling you it's been a tough tough summer and a tough ball for us and you got to believe in something this rain off just long enough to get us forget this job done so this is for Sprint all these fans up here the stuck it out all weekend I don't care how long it rains I'm gonna be up all night this is are you kidding me we're Office Depot from old one Chevrolet US Army tornados Quicken Loans Go Daddy here it's the Oreos Coca Cola just everybody that's a part of the still glass program Mac tools we couldn't do without you guys so it's not believable I mean we we said all week we just go out and win the race we didn't have to worry about what he did and that's what we did and just if this doesn't go down as one of the greatest championship battles in history I don't know let's talk about tonight in the first hundred laps Tony you had to go from back to front twice three and four wide passes on the restarts as Jeff Gordon comes up to congratulating and then the gamble on fuel how concerned worried that maybe there were just too many obstacles to overcome after all you were having to battle it on this team there's one thing I learned when gene Haas and Joe customer gave us this opportunity and our good buddy Rick Hendrick and I couldn't do it without you bud and everybody interventions and chassis so that there's no quit here and daring grab that man up there and everybody on this team has just dug deep and never giving up and this is a this is an awesome night Eddie Jarvis prep food everybody is doing awesome racing I've got the best keeping in the business and it's just awesome I'm so grateful to be able to do this for gene Haas but this man's invested a lot in this sport and for him to have the faith in me to do this just it takes a lot to do what he's done and I'm glad I could get this time for talking about people have been taught to the sport that number 14 belonged to your hero and friend ha4 he said you could take the number but drive it with the tenacity of a Texan tonight you want a championship the way he wanted up on that wheel refusing to lose what does it mean to you to take this number his number back to a championship stage I guarantee I'll probably talk to him tonight he's still gonna tell me what I did wrong today but I'm so proud I mean AJ's always been one of my heroes and he's he's been very supportive of this when we did this and yeah you know when I when I asked him if it would be alright if I took his number he was the one who gave me a blessing you never meant the world to me Carl Edwards this last individual what about what a battle is final what's going through your mind you're seeing Carl Becker knowing and he's just gonna do everything he can and what a great effort he's had all year long to try to catch you and you had to win the race to win the championship you know those guys have done an awesome job of a year and my buddy Ricky Stenhouse won the Nationwide Championship yesterday and Jack got the the owners championship so I didn't feel bad taking this one away from him tonight but you know he's a great competitor he's a great guy and we've been giving him a rough time this week but it was all in an effort to do what we did tonight you're the nessa witness championship you know it shows how classy guy he is he when to me over there and he just said promise me one thing that you'll enjoy this and he goes I hope it's you and I in this position to get next year so it just Co summit's class he's got he's a great guy both of you is showing so much class and Tony guess what in just a moment we're gonna climb up hill that stage you're gonna get a big trophy and even a bigger check as NASCAR's newest Sprint Cup champion [Applause] sorry storytime that's my Sprint Cup Series champion after winning the seasons by the way the trophy presentation is next [Music] [Music] [Music] no Tony Stewart steps high and wide to the outside lane it's a stewart-haas racing breakaway at the front of the field Tony Stewart opens the chase with his first win of the season 20 Stewart is closing it down on Clint Bowyer he wins on Monday he wins on Sunday Stewart trying to get her out Jimmie Johnson he's gotten cleared off for race eight in the chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup is just underway Tony Stewart making this championship race interest in this chase started he made his mind up he was gonna win it and I don't think anybody can stop him right now what do you we have to say anything I think our proteins have a scope for itself so he knows already trust me and then to the season finale where Tony Stewart had to fall all the way back to 40th after severely damaged every time he got to the lead something happened that kicked him farther back he was so aggressive on restarts drove his way back to the front and needed to win the race to win the championship he did just bad Tony Stewart continuing feeling that's been sports in 2011 teams just barely making the postseason and coming on strong and winning the championship the Packers would be one UConn will be another here Tony Stewart the st. Louis Cardinals in baseball and Tony Stewart tiebreaker most wins she earns the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship for 2011 yeah once again just amazing two great drivers the best two teams out there and it came down tied into porch just a most amazing thing that I've ever seen Jimmie Johnson winds up six the lowest he's ever finished the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship in his career and for Ryan Newman he gets the final spot on stage at the series awards banquet in a couple weeks at Las Vegas by finishing in tenth position but it's all about Tony Stewart tonight he and Carl Edwards waging a titanic fight for this championship over the final birthday season and in this final race of the season were finishing one and two in the race will start getting the win presentation of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship hardware we'll go back to the stage dr. Jerry thank you very much Alan and as appropriate eyes of motor sports fans all around the world are focused on the stage here at homestead-miami Speedway to the battle Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards and now to make the presentation of the championship trophy here is the president of NASCAR Mike Hilton make Tommy's busy playing with somebody to understand him better we do you know very just a second okay we'll get Tony over here at given dairy and a hug and holding Darian's young son and there's a bond here that goes beyond crew chief and Driver the emotion the gamble the dairymaid to give Tony a chance to be able to hang on with fuel mileage amudha championship and now Tony will hand you back and now Tony here's a presentation of a championship row Tony on behalf all the masks are do you have congratulations in your mouth what do you and Carl did all through the chase for what both of he did tonight and what you doing that race car tonight all the way to the finish to the winner's circle to the 2011 championship congratulations and we're going to be honored to celebrate with you out in Vegas here to go congratulations [Applause] and now to present the championship check and it is a big one please welcome the chief financial officer of series title sponsors friend Joe you've known Joe Tony you've proven again why we've considered one of the top drivers in all of our sports would like to congratulate you on your third win by the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and congratulate you on your first when there's an owner and congratulations to the entire 14 team and today and I'd like to present you on behalf of strength in all of its 40,000 employees is checked for over 5.6 million dollars [Applause] so let's do it getting a chip for 5.6 million dollars celebrating all the states and Tony with this with this championship you become only the ninth driver in seven decades of NASCAR racing to win three or more champions that means here the best of the best burger I couldn't do without this guy beside me gene Haas and everyone I lost Automation they they've been a great group to work with some day 1 & 2 for this man have entrusted me to do what we've done here and to do what we're going to do in the future it's a it takes a lot of guts and determination and this guy's got it and he's made this fun again so I'm just very appreciative having him on board and we're not done yet Judy what does this mean to you well I'm I'm in awe this is an awesome day that leaves you speechless but I think Tony proved that he's the greatest driver in the world today gene Haas caller stewart-haas racing as Tony Stewart celebrates on the stage his third NASCAR Sprint Cup championship and what a night here the NASCAR will bring down the curtain on a phenomenal effort Carl Edwards and Tony Stewart down to the wire as Stewart wins it all Allen what a scene and believe tota when he says the celebration is just beginning hard-fought race tonight hard-fought championship win Tony Stewart and his team 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup champions [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] tremendous championship finale tonight here at homestead-miami Speedway perhaps the greatest ever in the modern history of NASCAR bringing back memories of November 15th 1992 and many considered to be the greatest championship up to this point Alan Kulwicki Hill Elliott and Davey Allison in a three-way fight for the title Allison taken out in a late race wreck that plenty with Ian Elliott fighting for the race lead the wiki led one more lap than Bill Elliott that knew all he had to do was stalk Elliott to the finish Elliott won the race who would be finished second and run the championship by the narrowest of margins the man they called underdog the last owner driver to win that asked our Sprint Cup Series championship tonight even did the top it gave it a close runner is equal to it because Tony Stewart tonight found a way to fight back and get to the front and win the race and he needed to win the race to win the championship and he won on a tiebreaker and look at that list that Stewart joints Richard Peddie we didn't begin the other owner driver that one and then Alan Kulwicki hits a short list Carl Edwards leading the most laps tonight but finishing in second spot to Tony Stewart and again they tie at the end of the season for most points with the tiebreaker being most wins and still the championship his third in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series well they finished first in second in the race tonight it came down to the tiebreaker your thoughts on what you saw on this night here in South Florida what I thought was the two best drivers of the year and when you gather when we came into this chase I think that everybody certainly thought they'd call it where it's had a chance to win this championship he did everything he needed to do it seemed like the best average finish of anybody ever in the chase that just wasn't enough to hold off a guy that came in without a win and then wins five of ten that's just incredible to me I've been doing this a long time and I've never seen anybody with the kind of determination that I saw from Tony Stewart to win this championship I mean it started early in the chase and it just carried on the confidence we heard it all week we heard how much confidence he had he knew he was going to do this and as hard as it was to be Carl Edwards I just can't believe how much determination and focus that it took not just in Tony Stewart but his whole team just don't think you could ask for any more than we saw from these drivers particularly the last three week three weeks racing up front from wins and races and racing door-to-door for the championship and in the end it was Tony Stewart winning the race and winning the title on a terrific night here in South Florida that will go down as one of the very best ever fights in NASCAR Sprint Cup history smoke a three-time champion

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Length: 235min 42sec (14142 seconds)

Published: Tue Mar 24 2020