NASCAR Classic Full Race: Dale Earnhardt rattles Terry Labonte's cage | 1999 Bristol Night Race

we're just about ready for the command to start the engines to get these 43 cars and drivers underway for 500 laps of competition at Bristol for the words we've all been waiting for the grand marshal of tonight's race from Winn Dixie mr. Dennis John's gentlemen [Applause] [Music] [Music] it was here in the spring at Indiana native Tony Stewart served notice that he was no ordinary rookie after qualifying for he reeled in holes in a Rusty Wallace took Toledo left 198 he would fall through the finish 50 but Stage four what would happen one week later his first Winston Cup oh and what could happen tonight his first Winston Cup win without a doubt this rookie team in his rookie driver have gained experience and confidence since that day in April four months ago but will it be enough to be able to counter fellow croco starter and seven-time Bristol winner Rusty Wallace no one involved in the country nine banks like rusty did in a spring a whether it's rusty for the rookie or the 41 and will fall over the flag who ever been to big feeling tonight in Bristol left on it the old-fashioned way they will ever when it comes to short tracks it seems that long shots have a slim chance of a big way half of the top 20 qualifiers in this race have never been to Victory Lane and only eight of the 43 starters have won here Bristol is a buffet of potential traffic constant turns a tiny pit road in tiny the past is proof that experience is crystals greatest enemy but its new foe could be the future Kenny Wallace Mike Skinner Jaron EU Michael Waltrip Chad little and Todd Bodine lead a long list of well-known names hoping that the night race at Bristol could be their biggest night Dale Jarrett is pointed at the Bristol Motor Speedway is one of the biggest threats to this year's championship run because you can't control your destiny here the one thing he did have control over was qualifying and he wound up a disappointing 25th so he'll pit on the backstretch where it's nearly impossible to win you better believe the 88 team will consider it a moral victory if it can survive tonight and wind up in the top 10 we've been setting speed records in NASCAR Winston Cup recently we didn't set one here this but it is the closest field in history with the fastest of the slowest separated by less than a quarter of a second ESPN the worldwide leader in sports and the National Association of stock car auto Racing's welcome you to their stolen them to tell you that we have an exciting evening lined up for you that all Walmart ever start grid Tony Stewart on the pole his second hold of 99 Rusty Wallace won the spring race here from the pole Kenny Wallace his best start of the 1999 season sixth at Martinsville Jeff Gordon has won the last four spring races Ward Burton was ninth in the spring race here and Mike Skinner was seventh in that event Mark Martin is the defending race champion Jerry Nadeau substitutes for Ernie Irvan Terry Labonte won this race in 84 and 95 Sterling Marlin has 10 Bristol top tips Kenny Irwin finished 11th this spring Robert Pressley his two best starts of 99 are here 11th in the spring and 12 here tonight take a look the rest of the starting grid let's talk about this racetrack specifically talk about how dangerous it is well the banks are at 36 degrees dead and they run very very fast around here as a result of that qualifying a little over 15 seconds they'll run well over 16 seconds into the race itself here tonight that's why it's so easy from and every car that qualified is within one quarter of a second of the pole-sitter Tony Stewart the entire field within a quarter of a second that's tied to competition is three these drivers qualified at exactly the same time in speed and the top three were separated by the blink of an eye nine one thousand on the second all days back in the misery have their work cut out hitting over the backstretch from 22nd don't back we'll be pitting called the backstretch near the drivers that tech Provisionals to Gannon was Steve Grissom driving the number nine car tonight Joe Nemechek and Hut Stricklin also went on commission when de Vargas will have the 43rd and final starting position for tonight's event and two cars and drivers then went home Dick Trickle and rich bickle a host of onboard cameras for you tonight while dialing back what Budweiser back in 27 Dale Jarrett starts in 25th Bill Elliott the McDonald's on board in 23rd spot Bobby Labonte the circus City onboard camera he will start in 21st and Todd Bodine the Bryant Foods onboard camera he starts in the 20th position Sterling Marlin the Coors Light on board in 10th and we're coming down for the green flag to start and the green is out the Goody's headache powder 500 is underway Rusty Wallace is going to be Tony Stewart to the first Turner mile he kept waiting for Tony to celebrate it slow getting on it at all [Music] trying to become the test driver a NASCAR Winston Cup mystery to win yes 49 and his court Pressley gave us one of two cars michael waltrip another room raelynne slow-paced cross it is out there take two lamps and we have an incident up in turn number one involving Robert Pressley with considerable damage to the right side of the car let's took the 77 car driver professor that's Kenny Schrader that's trying to go by on the inside and right there we see the contact and loud hard contact in the wall but president and he's taking the chance [Music] crystal Motor Speedway with Rusty Wallace Moody Tony Stewart after four laps ESPN's live coverage of the Goody's headache powder 500 from Bristol Motor Speedway being brought to you by never start battery all the cold cranking power your truck car boat or motor will ever need available at Walmart my date oh the USA in the official attraction of NASCAR and by Brian the flavor of the South proud sponsor of car number 30 caution is out looking down to Bill Weber while Robert Pressley is out of the car the car is already behind the wall badly damaged especially the right front suspension the rear end pushed over what happened weather I just went off in one there and thought we was clear but we was take long here at Bristol but now you know it's story the race you just wanna be real cautious and just get it going I mean I hate this guy stringent was fast and practice been fine since when loaded but back here well he's very disappointed not only because they had such a good qualifying run but they did feel good car here tonight this is why this track will break here part it will tease you in qualifying and crush you just about to go green coming up after our coverage of this race this is the time of year where there's baseball golf college football racing of course and you will get all the report on SportsCenter coming up at the conclusion of coverage of the Goody's headache powder 500 and these overhead shots courtesy of the Pennzoil copter cam flying over in the nearly crystal clear skies here at Bristol just a few white fluffy clouds are floating overhead this evening a beautiful night for racing pace car is coming off the why get drops once again [Music] into the inside of rusty water [Music] would like to get out into the lead here's a battle back here Kenny Irwin and five hour battle and was for the tenth position so let's put Kenny Irwin in that spot new Sterling Marlin back to 11 and Jeff Norton now begins to rusty Wallace's Miller Lite car started to slow down a little bit about Tony Stewart come up and challenge the lead and that Jeff Gordon gained all his to say the fastest around the racetrack Adama five rusty Renault 117 point zero three six in line is Kenny Wallace and Kenny Irwin picks up another position [Music] we're saying some passing early here at the back of the field serve your mate fields back to school into the ditch right now he had gone all the way for the back he has pitted on what's going on with Jeremy okay [Music] going down we talked about patience at the top of the show Tony Stewart right now has a better race card he must be patient he must wait for that perfect opportunity to try to pass though we see Steve Grissom on the outside there would be Bobby Hamilton automobile lookout course it is between the leader and last about a half a straightaway is all that [Music] I understand with the right rear tire [Music] there's a 36 of jerry nadeau for those of you who haven't been with Rams that we've done here jerry nadeau is spilling in in the 36 car but he's on the outside of the high groove and that means a loss of position he's lost by Sterling Marlin now here comes Ken Schrader and Geoffrey Bodine will also go by what you get up on that high side it's cars running bumper bumper behind you mr. Stewart tries to make a move once again but [Music] rusty but at this point and besides that as Bennion edifice [Music] don't worry about the boss to death [Music] he's pulling out people about just back in seventh position gotta loosen up by the 27 the others up to seven run walk started back at 11 passing good race cars again little tap out of shape ooh very out of shape man has a great job I'm not gonna to keep that Lowe's car under control a great job and now here's the battle for ninth position Sterling Marlin tries to get the inside of Mike Skinner and does and a change of blood tony stewart takes the lead Jeff Gordon tried to go by but rusty phones the door all them Tony Stewart has fled in 1999 he led in Michigan last week and now we see Elliott Sadler and the 25 car from whom we look back to Sadler this is [Music] second spot Jeff thorne takes the DuPont Chevrolet in the second spot [Music] in the books here at Bristol owners Wallis water content [Music] welcome back to the Goody's headache powder 500 NASCAR Winston Cup race from Bristol Motor Speedway an incredible sight from the copter cam the Pennzoil copter cam seeing the one thousand people who have gathered here on this beautiful Saturday evening for this race well the leader is Tony Stewart and he led 55 laps here in April has now led to last 12 he is beginning to lap some of the slower cars he's already by Hut Stricklin putting him a lap down in 41st position Mike Skinner has been having problems he's going backwards Jerry punch has an update I'll just talk to Larry McReynolds a moment ago and Larry that sort of took his shoulders and striking up alongside of his hips and we're not really sure all we know is the car is loose all the way in through the middle [Music] 2:24 incision concerned that these drivers have is all the practice qualified has been done in the daytime and some would think that as it as their Russ place into the night and it goes off these cars will get tighter [Music] making that weather would take care of it unfortunately he has to latch on board with Mike and he does have his hands just went by very nice roll maybe hit the nail on the crew members and it got cooler here the track got tighter and tighter in particular about how high his car got and with that anticipation a lot of guys late loosen their cars up here john andretti and now loses Elliott Sadler meanwhile Tony Stewart continues to thread his way through traffic but Jeff Gordon has not let him get on the sites that traffic is heavy Joe Nemechek they're running into the 38 position these lamp Joey is already laughed Marcus and Ricky Craven [Music] ready to get stuff and this is where you really have to showcase there is Jeff FERC moving up through the field [Music] started 37 - he's gained seven positions on board with Wally Dallenbach [Music] there's Mike Skinner runnin finiman Rusty Wallace as they tried to hijack nice close-up in the back bumper of Jeff fort oh yeah and Jerry punch has more on rusty today in happy hour I talked to Robin pepper he said the big bubbly man type loose coming off well they have both the problem tight in the middle and loose off the rusty so we're getting back in the throttle like he tries to go by me METEC now he can't bury his foot that's well he is able to get by Nemechek traffic has allowed Mark Martin and see Jerry mango in the M & M's pub one lamb down after Greg Walker the set on the high side of the track has several passed by and underneath it but Steve Grissom in the nine car the Tony Stewart just went by Chris have got a little bit loose went off her two side-by-side Kevin LePage Mike Skinner down another position internet clear back to 31st and here here is a Kyle Petty trying to pick another spot away and the leaders not far behind there you can see him coming into the picture to stay on the lead lap [Music] a lot of crew chiefs are the drivers right now a class Skinner said come on cars to play worse a piece of debris something well I'm kidding I'm kidding a caution flag to get in [Music] now back in 30 Johnny Benson in the 26 car outside in 13th position Pressley fragile it's past 12 race car Kenny Wallace a quote by the inside ii going they'll learn on aunt kitty shredder trying to make their way to the front [Music] any trader goes by him back to this situation that has the this race with man in mind [Music] [Music] and all intentions will last about 100 [Applause] [Music] mrs. Sterling Marlin the Coors Light Chevrolet he is currently in fifth position he tries to catch up with Mark Martin buddies of mine two seconds behind [Music] they Marcus [Music] they barbecues [Music] we've got the Sabbath position from his point person there is by the sixth place bug Jeffrey botana the party might be one of the fastest cars [Music] has the advantage the bigger being in that in track and the bonnie is driving a backup partner to crash in car is run in well-formed 65 laps have been completed we'll check the speeds as they cross the line and see who's the fastest out there Marlon's second and we'll make that Dale Jarrett now the third quickest out there Marlin a second and Jared his third wick running back at 18 spike they started 2015 picked off seven positions so that laughter Jeff Gordon is a little bit quicker than Tony Stewart [Music] my name is Jared [Music] a lot of traffic going up there get on the inside they'll Jericho's on the inside of bread bowtie takes over 17 [Music] not because you're locking the door fighting for 16 [Music] the quickest our last time little bit faster than Jeff Gordon that time rusty [Music] that means a 30 cars are now in the lead has led 47 of the 73 lat completed so far second followed by Rusty Wallace [Music] watching live coverage in the Goody's headache powder five from Bristol Motor Speedway we'll be right back [Music] for some it's a great night of racing for some it's a nightmare and in his turn sour for the points leader Dale Jarrett he's been involved in a crash that involved several cars it began up a hole in the right door we're hearing Bob Jeffries the spotter for Dale Jarrett described the damage chlorine led to that here's a replay of what happened coming off turn 2 we see DJ there just comes off the corner he was trying to get underneath the five car and mail against and got out of Crow controlled we start that Hospital wobble and back and forth back and forth and now goes back across Russia hoping he wouldn't do that but here comes Elliott BAM right in the side of that we see Jeremy Bobby Hamilton Elliott Sadler and John Andretti and also the 58 park board the DJ [Music] you stay up there didn't come right out in front of 11 bill had nowhere to go pets are open here's bill ever [Music] [Music] [Music] left side tires on Tony Stewart cart break this up Jordan now going out rusty wallet leaders write more adjustment air pressure in the left and right side tires finger off that right rear tire and check legs out whole ripped in the lights way to go guys and Vijay will be dead and Justi will be coming back down pit road you see water service commercial break my bags he's powerful I got down to low on the apron Dale has had the point's lead since since then he's gained an average of 23 points per race weighted deer will get caught I think that was another from my Blantyre as well watch that read late mr. Dale Jarrett talked to his crew I was hoping the car was still in the apron there on the racetrack but he just couldn't do it back across the racetrack right in front of Elliott we see the other four cars involved he had slid past the inside wall on the backstretch [Music] the path of Brandon John Dale jr. is back in they continue looking at that right side now trying to put something over that hole to take one thing O'Hara on the right side door I've already changed left side tires and bill said he bought the powers basically suspension is alright [Music] two laps completed at Bristol Motor Speedway we're back to racing universe to water Speedway that thirty-six car he has gotten his lap back on the restart at the MoMA a position the leader remains Tony Stewart running in second rusty is third mark mark is the 99 car Jeff Burt is a lap bang very specific here Dale Jarrett talking to his crew he is to play in the back something it wasn't just sheet metal damage he does have a chassis problem none of it the trailing arm on the rear they'll be bit the wheel there we had no choice down to John Kernan what they're saying now that one in the quarter sparks from the car in the quarter like a dream and they thought it might have been they said maybe the jacks top might have been dragon is all over the racetrack hard to keep that car going straight long even here 400 or less trying to keep up with this thing he gives many points as he costs McCann 19 consecutive top-10 finishes coming into the event tonight back up Jeff Gordon by better than a second now while we were playing Jeff board to drive it mash Tony Stewart they made a little cosmetic doctor I wonder if Jeff Gordon has been the tie-rod on the right-front ago right Tony Stewart is pulling away from one of that contact builds up in the suspension his car has not it seems been the same since to drop back [Music] in those two cars right behind chef and Lord with Mark Martin he looks ahead to Rusty Wallace in third talking about this little contact between Tony and Jeff right there and see that right front makes contact I just wonder if he might have been something on the 24 car does it take much well he's dropped back seconds now yet by the 36 star jerry nadeau the rare in-house event they left to put 100 they bring you down here around this is something that they don't have to put together I saw him hitting your father this afternoon it's the entire rear including the trailing arms the peas bringing it out right now this is just one of they had this ready to go so they wouldn't have to waste any time this is just one of the things that you have to prepare for here at the Bristol Motor Speedway especially when you're in the battle for the NASCAR Winston Cup championship and they know who the rear end housing crew is going to be that's the amazing thing I put about 50 people on they know exactly now they're trying to get car position as close as they can to the toolbox [Music] it's down there close to where Dale is here comes DJ finally get down for the Hampton amazing they have at their own group of hook of guys specially trained for this operation to the penalty box goes jerry nadeau they got his lamp back he was he at fault and was running in front of Tony Stewart but now they're in changing tires they say it's in the penalty box see how long they held me they're gonna hold it for two laps see the NASCAR official standing in front of the car family finished a four tire look stop right there good way place here's the replay as to why he is in the penalty box we off the turn for DJ tried to move downs at the inside and get out way he knew they were coming still being held there this seems like an hour doesn't it Jarrid garage area so to speak camera we'll get a replay of this most recent incident watch Jilly Napier come up from behind [Music] they're still holding jerry nadeau and now the NASCAR official says looks like he's ready to wave him out as soon as the field goes by and there are still a few more cars to come down the front straightaway John Kernan Dale Jarrett we're going to work on his car Dale this is one of the things you were worried about here at Bristol yeah they happen but I created all of it the car just got away from me coming off a - I was trying to make a pass and I got down on the apron and got his sideways and created the problem for some other people in myself and then at bender area and just in the way there so yes my father they'll Jarrett behind the wall last nine races at Bristol finishes were on the top six including seven top fives back with more in a moment already more than 20% of this race is over the green has been out for one lap is still the leader in a couple of classes position themselves with Marlon try to go on the inside of Rusty Wallace and he's already gone by Marc Marquez look at the board this is about it the third spot though look sterling in third position [Music] the man on the move as far as the points are concerned in the last few races Dale Jarrett has had his problems tonight here's ball from dr. Jerry punch Shawn Gordon by looking at the car at the right front tire is totally you know the right front fender is pushed in a little bit what waiting up if the car is so nice he cannot get a dessert at all I'm just wearing out I'm having to run so hard to keep the left right after we can get a caution flag get it get it fixed you take a look that right from our very very high card number 24 well they just had a caution that you wonder why did he come in [Music] way back to that traffic when Jeff Gordon and the third place car on sterling the 5 and the 60 just got together battling for the 10th position Geoffrey Bodine inside of Terry Labonte and some big contact well that looked like that 77 car of Robert Preston Kenny stranded all over again Michael Walter bills by the five Carmichael Kenny Irwin for the 18th position Kyle Petty is also right there Napa field summary the points as believe in the point standings if there is such a thing with this penny races to go 314 one seller rating Jarrett and Mark Martin niall petty sneaks to the inside of in the top 10 maintains their position there early in the race is Sterling Marlin who's enough for positions that thirty car if again you have not been with us in our previous telecast from Horace or haven't been on RPM tonight derrike cope has been released from the ride and on bore tonight his todd bodine so we have three Bodines in the field tonight for the first time since the last race of 1990 behind Wade out on the apron but he's safe in here was God was gonna lose control but he did a good job the 19th position [Music] stay home buddy since he had that on schedule [Music] 25 cars [Music] and back 50-car the midwest transit far he and Jeremy front side by side Chris darrell waltrip to the extreme right of your screen third position replicas here than any other driver he has visto 12 times here at Bristol there's a leader he's all by himself out there [Music] No [Music] not too close anyone that you're catching and check it out he's two seconds head of the second place car Jeff Burton at Bristol Motor Speedway two seconds into the but old Tony Stewart be able to win a NASCAR Winston Cup race in his rookie season that's what everybody is speculating on certainly a good opportunity here for him tonight there's the interval between 1st and 2nd the last time rookie one in this witness season was Davey Allison he won two races as a matter of fact back in 1987 he won at Talladega and he also won at Dover and besides that Morgan Shepherd also won in his rookie year so did Ron Bouchard Dale Earnhardt and 79 her loss and dating all the way back to 1958 shorty Rollins won in his rookie year Dale Jarrett the points leader in NASCAR Winston Cup racing with a problem here tonight he's 38th and behind the wall John Kernan has an update Bob they've got the old rear end assembly they are putting in the new one right now now this is the left side rear trailing arm look at how nice and straight it is now come over here and look at the right side this is what happened they fit the trailing arm but that did is brought the right rear tire upwards make that front the rear end when it turned the car into the corners DJ's we heard him say several times he was about ready to wreck the car well that's exactly why place and you don't think they can change that rear housing almost as fast as they can change that single trailing arm let's check our own track animal between Tony Stewart Jeff Gordon see what's happening we'll see Wyden together with himself and Jeff Gordon just a half second moved it up to 2.1 seconds on lap 129 but now on lap 136 the interval is again down below two seconds as a matter of fact it's one point six seconds that was he's been and in fourth is Mark Martin and Bobby Labonte the teammate of Tony Stewart except the field he started 21st in 27th position to lap down but right behind Ricky is the leader but running the fastest lap that last lap at over point six miles an hour again the man on the move on the racetrack is the end that's press koalas a few laps ago seconds behind his teammate Tony Stewart city's main pieces made a lot of progress over that bill whether Maddie's had a fantastic arena early in this race problem bodies car was loose off the curves part without making changes during this pit stop we told me they decided well the car went back [Music] bobby labonte it's interesting has except that just rode horse races and the first back up for a Tony Stewart now as he tries to hang on to the lead and move through the slower cars as Ted Musgrave has to end the seven position you see the points now they've been shaved from a three hundred fourteen point advantage hundred three Jared best grades going lap down he's in 24th position right now Rusty Wallace is really struggling at bowling white light for because they'll earn art just goes by and takes over that sixth position [Music] let's go on board with rusty balls for tastes of the race to check out his telemetry and see what kind of speed and RPM ease attorney has accelerates down the straightaway he's 8400 rpm to expect that this car was up to speed it would be somewhere around eighty eight hundred to nine thousand rpms [Music] 130 miles an hour at the end of the straightaway before [Applause] [Music] 36° banking desert the bank that much when you're looking up [Music] very much has more on rusty despite the fact that they made a track bar adjustment it also made an air pressure adjustment is a right part of the Left Front just came on the radio a moment ago told Robertson tight to middle middle in the car to turn but in the very middle of the corner his speeds how it compares to everybody else Gordon the fastest that lap with State Park well look at Michael Waltrip Watteau I think that 123 is a little bit of a stretch there and the 9 car of Steve Grissom is in the wall sliding across the banking up and turned upper three bringing out another caution our fourth of the evening one car crash the other car but that is guess what could be gasoline that he's leaving a string behind him and hope it doesn't sparked enough but make it boil back in any case he has shortened that car up considerably let's take a look at it Henry is up on the outside and I don't know if that left front tire was flat when we saw there a moment ago pulling away now I don't know that was as a result of locking the wheels up probably and wearing through see the rock front is flat as well here all the leaders come down pit road make these pit stops and adjustments bill whether bobbing up Bobby Labonte is tight in the middle of the turn neutral up they're going to take a pound out of each of the right-side tires other adjustments they're going to send it back out fill it with fuel and bobby labonte will be on his way to Gerry and Tony Stewart's pit Hey and they asked Tony what you wanted to do Tony said yeah clean the windshield that's all we need to do with this thing it's that good Gordon is in behind him Rusty Wallace making an air pressure adjustment Gordon is out Tony turnin day learners worked his way up to the six fighting on the backstretch [Music] because he was just too tight in the center [Music] and earner must have lost about five or six positions on that pissed off by hitting on the backstretch I think he did that cause if I can make some adjustments if you get this Miller Lite Ford going though his speed was not as as compared to the other cars he was not that much slower a little bit of adjustment might get him back in the game 152 laps have been completed so far in the Goody's headache powder 500 from Bristol [Music] Speedway never cease to amaze us four disappointments they are the most enthusiastic our Winston Cup circuit they are here in droves tonight 141,000 straw watching the goodies any comeback in trust a motor speedway at night when it's lit up and you don't know what it is it looks like a giant spaceship sitting in the hills but it is something to see the green flag is out in the hoodies headache is back under green flag those currents well that was close I'll turn to their Skinner front row [Music] [Music] down the Jerry punch death or discounted left rear left rear left to get tires up on the wall and get ready for the heretofore vibrate at times I said still okay night continues - one Paul Louis field son factors points battle Jeff Gordon all of them however have been during the Sunday afternoon under the lights at Bristol everything appears to be okay he's pulled away from harm okay the competition watch mister around under sixty Jeff 17 if he does in no cars between himself and the leader Mike Skinner has gotten his lap back in 20 here again is the contact ever see Jeff Gordon Sterling Marlin right there Wow sterling any course night on door [Music] during the previous caution flag ray evernham pulled that right front bumper back out a little bit and fender and skirt on city gave you driver a bad news good news message he said well Tony Stewart's at a league by himself was you're better than everybody else now the interval between first and second now 8600 to the second last time master was just a little bit faster than Gordon [Music] now as Mark Martin comes up to challenge Sterling Marlin [Music] what says okay sterling if you came up childhood whatever I've moved over [Music] Aalborg will get pasted the race flying piece [Music] hit the brakes was Devin 95 the thing up to a hundred [Music] these cars will turn more with these French tires right now they're running about 115 60 mile per hour average left and a few laps will be passed they learn [Music] position who lost five positions on that pencil when in running sixth and came out stop it just the bait repeating on the backstretch cost you some time Dale Earnhardt is in the ninth spot [Music] last week at Michigan Bernard had won the best racecars there [Music] told you that Mike Skinner had got his laugh back down so these two I bought him once again to try to [Music] again Skinner's car is very fast [Music] very loose with a boy I found this at the back in London hang out just a little bit [Music] [Applause] go to turn one on the inside a lap down [Music] Harlan County Stewart but he has the Mike Skinner automobile between [Music] 40 Mike's gonna blow on the roof warehouse Chevrolet goes up the hill moves over left Jeff Gordon go by [Music] [Music] last time by [Music] the tragic past massive minds going faster or slower [Music] here's a 30 car of Todd Bodine and Kevin LePage as they try to decide who's going to run in 23rd tries to get to the inside coming off the corner down the port stretch contact Paige is going to be able to take from todd bodine our Jeremy Mayfield is not on the same lap as everybody else Dale Waltrip however is in the like that 24 tonight Janet don't show it I'm sorry but I want a pokes Jeff Gordon Tony Stewart at about the same speed right now Stewart the leave of the wrench home [Music] were involved in the rental Dale Jarrett bill [Music] returned home the racetrack and I believe John is about to come out as well bobby labonte just took the fifth [Music] back on from Bobby Labonte's Interstate Batteries Pontiac out of five and a half seconds behind the leader Stewart Stewart continues to rack up the number of laps led here tonight it's up to 160 of the 186 that we never completed so far and the Goody's headache powder 500 with a lead of one and a quarter second Tony Stewart continues to set the bass in the Goody's headache powder 500 here at Bristol with almost 200 laps completed that's one the completion of lap one Tony sterling marlin running back in third then Mark Martin and 25 car Wally Dallenbach Domon back is the last column 11:26 for the break I mentioned that John and ready to come out of the theater from behind the wall we made a couple laps and then went back again and also [Music] pretty crazy and also the 21 of elliott sadler velocity Dale Jarrett back to 40th position right now now he isn't out of the race they're still working on the car so he can out there but right now our points leader is 40th in behind the wall because of a couple of incidents in the first on board with todd bodine his first NASCAR Winston Cup start in 1999 he last race at Atlanta last race of 1998 he's running in 25th spot on the lead lap where he's got a big laugh this is Todd Bodines 99th NASCAR Winston Cup start he finished last year if you consider average finishes and average finishes only Tony Stewart is the best of all down through the years average finish in the first twenty two races of this year ten point five Dale Earnhardt average 11.7 in his first twenty two races burro wass 12.4 ridley 13 photo maybe Allison 14.2 pretty impressive doctor mom incredibly impressive and you gotta give a call to these guys on top of the war Wagoneer including routine the bar add or remove one pound of air pressure tonight they have just put tires on it and gassing it and we are 200 laps into a race in triskele to me [Music] and a battle between Geoffrey Bodine and Dale Earnhardt Earnhardt heads the left side tires down on the for the night spot and Earnhardt is going to get it here comes Jimmy Spencer misfits are trying to take over the dipped position twenty-eight car he sent into battle for those positions as well Kenny Irwin has had a good run he started in 11 the spot and right now is trying to take over the tenth position to make that 11 last our today the Jimmy Spencer signed a letter of intent to continue driving the 23 he also has signed up for three more years with the return entity that's the key that's good here's our one [Music] Jessica I just can't keep his Power Team Chevrolet on the part of the racetrack [Music] eleventh position [Music] pack he's running in sixth position now got a good run last week at Michigan to finish sixth his Bristol runs have not been very impressed illegal last to hear this Frank more than a year ago he finished 23rd Bill Weber has more on chattel Italy six-five and Bob the car he's running normally only runs on concrete cracks at Dover in Bristol they put a new body on it took it they need a blister he's in off the sixth place finish last week would be the season made a few just tonight but the [Music] raising next year other cars [Music] and the 16 of kevin lepage in addition to his duties and the blood something that surprises them they expected to run better later in the season as of 19 and I started off the season with a knife ninth place finish in the fourth race of the year at Atlanta Kenny Schrader and the seven of Michael Walter are battling for the fourteenth pacifica number one guard Steve Park also in his bath 13 14 15 number one on the outside the outside but he can't quite get epona to keep jumping back up there is to come off litter and do it racetrack when you can work but say winning this book there gets a good run down speed but Steve is able to get his car back Dakota coming off the turn breaks up the middle ooh I recall he passed up my line last night for a spinning I thought it was going past a leader Matt Kenseth on the high side last I didn't win the Busch race but he did not quite me with what a speller and our junior up on the outside last night finished in the first position there's Tony Stewart his lead over Jeff fort is now a second and a half and Sterling Marlin runs third Mark Martin who sport and Bobby Labonte his fifth with 200 15 laps gone [Music] you're spending a Saturday night with ESPN at Bristol Motor Speedway in the Goody's headache powder 500 being brought to you by Miller tastes a true Pilsner my advanced autoparts the best part is our people and by Pennzoil when pure bass made for the way you drive stop go Pennzoil we're not too many laps away from the halfway mark we have completed 223 of 500 circuits there's the leader Tony Stewart and Sterling Marlin take second position away from Jeff Gordon battle Sterling Marlin and I Tennessee boy doing welcome animacy racetrack his two top fives in 29 Bristol races the last top-five was 16 races ago second in a second behind the liquor Tony Stewart there's a couple of race cars there about three racecars team position as Marlon and Gordon [Music] well the press we had gone back out went out and ran a few laps but he's back in the pits once again a lot going on in Major League Baseball as the race is on for the playoffs get a report on tiger's tail net says he had an exciting afternoon on the concourse and also the college football openers all that will be reported on on SportsCenter coming up at the conclusion of our coverage of the Goody's headache powder live [Music] mass spec they're going to lap down he's gonna lap back down and Jeff Gordon third place car goes by [Music] [Music] two laps down Johnny is running into 30th spot Wow this met his hands no coming off turn two like obviously Greg Zipadelli the crew has done a terrific job Eliot is struggling he was involved in the accident that so involved Dale Jarrett John Andretti three laps down run again rusty was once again trying to take over the seventh position [Music] [Music] [Music] on Dale Earnhardt [Music] [Music] [Music] selphie Spencer [Music] all drivers in the series this year increased his standing in the points more than any other driver the last area when he finished at this time in the season last year he was 21st in points and this year he is in the 11th in the point standings up 10 copter catches the action through the corner and down the straightaway as Ward Burton pursues Rusty Wallace one hour less than 10 laps away from the halfway point and $10,000 to the leader at the crossed flags mark sterling marlin as Tony Stewart tries to work his way through the traffic that's a lousy gap just a little bit [Music] one-for-one a half a second is much or from bill Weber a penny that's pretty much just what they cold Broncos the better their forgets [Music] the longer it stays green the more they can run down Tony Stewart right now they feel the 44 best car on the track Bodeen has just gone down a lap he's running an 18 position is Schrader and Terry Labonte ricky rudd they're trying to stay over they'd laugh five cards ricky rudd the times four got that flat back [Music] Ricki rods Barry Horst NASCAR Winston Cup career was here in 1975 in the tenth position 650th nascar winston county my side with Ken Schrader's has nowhere to go [Music] red Parkville Elliott in the mix the shredders running minus four equals a half thousand later Tony Stewart you know 16 cars are the lead lap as the race nears the halfway point we're just Westen 50 laps complete Tony Stewart has fled [Music] the caution is out again here at Bristol Motor Speedway an incident involving david green over in turn number three that has brought the leaders into the pit area and it's also resulted in jeff gordon getting the lead with mark martin second and Tony Stewart who was the leader back in third spot that's how they came out of the pit area here is why were under the caution see it's a lot of traffic there David Green in the 41 car ran in on it and had to jam the brake so he looked like Benny and lost control on exactly right his run in the back of the 97 car jam on the brakes and when he did hit the brakes extremely hard he lost control the Kodiak Chevrolet and backed her in the fence once again never seen the 31 the 16 and the 97 all jammed up in front of David Green meanwhile during the pit stops as we said Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart or other Mark Martin will both able to get out ahead of Tony Stewart here are the pit stops the rain the left side of the car see that the clocks running there on the Bob and say Gordon [Music] in car 22 to Stewart 21-7 so they were the losers of that pissed off because Mark Martin picked them out as well and so here's your coke pit summary Stewart from first to third Marlin down two positions Jeff Gordon picks up to Mark Martin up two and Dale Earnhardt loses five that's not unprecedented because he is pitting on the backstretch you see the Rusty Wallace also maintain his position and Dale Jarrett is back on the racetrack Jerry very very tight they put a round of wedge in it took around a wedge out of it an air pressure adjustment now with Tony snow they've been there pressure guns reach the forward bytes within a puppet with the left rear tire which pumped in the lead on the pit stop though ever Sterling Marlin has a good carpet they had a slow stop trouble on the left front that cost them some seconds mark Mountain Martin made a wedge adjustment and also an air pressure adjustment to try and improve his car John Jay Lerner came in Jimmy Spencer also in they vote to find four tires no adjustments Bart's through a slight air pressure just with the car still a little tightness indicators [Music] the Gatorade - funniest so pick up the box will city this is the first time that Jeff Gordon has led tonight Rusty Wallace left one circuits the Tony Stewart was out front now is in the lead in a scramble for position there's darrell waltrip Musgrave Steve mark and a whole bunch of others fight it out Walter was a lap down in 21st position park is still on the lead lap in 12 also in the mix after a restart yet the left are side by side mistake muscle problem Hut Stricklin right at the start/finish line and a Marcus also involved I have years the 26 car of Johnny Benson and that is in a completely different area the racetrack than Strickland and Marcus that's down in turn number one see what happened here I looked up and saw them about three abreast off turn four and said there must be going to be a wreck here and sure enough there we see cow penny Hut Stricklin and Johnny Benson ever see pile and hunt making contact and their puck just barely touches Johnny Benson as he goes by the camera follows Hut Stricklin because he's crashing but meanwhile John did business crashing down in turn one slid all the way down the front stretch and crashed down in turn one that Dave Marcus slowed down probably got hit from behind and he spun out there's Dave Marcus as the NASCAR officials signal to the pit crews that the caution is out once again this is Wally Dallenbach saan war close call he almost hit Strickland and also almost had contact with David Greene there is Johnny Benson and where theis on the racetrack so a couple of cautions here 262 laps now in the books we'll take a break and be back with more in a moment [Music] Bobby Labonte and Dale Jarrett one of those drivers if he wins the Pepsi southern 500 could win a million dollar bonus and a lucky fan also eligible for the cash our Darlington coverage will begin on Friday at 3:30 with bud pole qualifying Saturday the NASCAR Busch Series has the dura Lube 200 at one o'clock our happy hour coverage is at 6 o'clock next Saturday evening and then next Sunday a Labor Day tradition it begins with our p.m. today at 11:30 NASCAR today at 12:30 with Bill Weber the Pepsi southern 500 at 1:00 and rpm tonight has the wrap-up on the big Labor Day weekend motor racing events at 8 o'clock for more log on to espn.com part of the Go Network go dot-com a record crowd is here tonight with more than a hundred 41,000 people and more seats are planned for the spring race 12700 38 more seats will be built down in turn two wanting to bring the capacity to more than one 47 tickets go on sale next week we're back to caution Tony Stewart Benny you big dummy was in at the end of 250 laps it was under green so he wins the $10,000 that counts still under great until the gun start in the top three Gordon Barton and Tony Stewart take a look at on bud race recap let's 17 laps Tony Stewart is left Lee changes 6 caution periods stay down a little over 88 miles an hour the three leaders Stewart Rusty Wallace and Jeff Gordon who say palpated that'll be inside there apparently he had some damage to his car he just now came out from behind the wall around the field it is about eight laps down Ricky Craven for those of you just joining us Dale Jarrett had trouble early in the race spent 156 laps behind the wall is currently shown in 40th position the one of Steve Park and the five of Terry lapaki take the away from Jeffrey MODOK [Music] seed builder are just Rusty Wallace Rusty Wallace wholesale right on the inside losing position I think he's trying to gather way look like he was and everybody else trying to get by and really a jammed up mess there for a moment Jerry punch towards a problem well first of all he can't find a hole to get down pit road his father's brother finding ocean [Music] Feldman Road and now water keep saying inside its [Music] next time bye he will come down pit road for what is an unscheduled stop try the magnet on schedule fifty now gets down get slow bouncer you come into the pits seven-time winner here at Bristol Motor Speedway makes a green flag pit stop on lap 279 moving down pit road slowly at 35 miles an hour and the Miller Lite crew goes to work doc change all four tires rusty one hadn't made the call for tires gonna go to the right side and now the way 16.7 second pit stop the Rusty Wallace but it was a very very costly green flag pit stop he was almost to let down before he finally got into the pits that would be very very difficult to make up because it's so far denied he has not been able to run or position here that's Bobby Labonte right behind Sterling Marlin and LaVon he tries to get to the inside and get forth from Marlin and done just tell him only the [Music] so activist pitstop Lombardo's modulus a little bit of his speak on Castro Marland short practices this year he was 14th in the spring race here at Bristol 13th at Martinsville Bobby Labonte is about five seconds behind the leadership hedaan Rusty Wallace astonished black [Music] there is terry labonte passing the 33 power of ginger on the same Li st. lap as teri the body is in 11th and the down in 21st but the car just ahead of of tearing the one car Steve Park is on the same lap as Labonte as are Jimmy Spencer and the in heavy traffic the leader being Jeff Gordon he's catching up to Kenny Irwin who is last on the lead lap he is running in the 50s gin here with that last caution flag made a series of pit stops contact with the retaining wall off turn two and after that last pit stop for that short three flag period Jamie he went back out I said the cars just hurting way [Music] track bar adjustment Takamatsu fuel-saving back well he finally passes down to now pork team cars are on the lead lap run again [Music] he's quite a ways ahead Jeff Gordon leads by three tenths of a second over Mark Martin Stewart his third followed by Bobby Labonte and Sterling Marlin be right back [Music] and yet another caution is waving over Bristol Motor Speedway the 7th of the evening Chad little among those and Bob he's been in the pits a couple of times he is going back out on the racetrack right now still on the lead lap but the car that took the big hit well we're gonna see who it is Jeremy Mayfield the Mobil 1 car goes up he gets tagged by Chad little goes up and just about backs it in the fence but he comes off the racetrack and I think the 25 runs into him did you yes he does you can see he tries to get slowed down to 25 with Walter Dalton back but the leaders were coming right up on this Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart got by Gordon in that line Mark Martin yeah into second position Wally Dallenbach and there you see the contact between Chad Leland and John Deere the green car and Jeremy Mayfield oh those two nose right there what a terrible place to meet and Owlman back just slides into the pits and Jeremy Mayfield also makes his way onto stop hit area for cars involved in the grass Jeremy Mayfield Bill Elliott Kenny Irwin who was involved as was Chad level urban was trying to beat the leaders back to the line to get his lap back I think rent on the wreck trying to do that so again with the caution flag out here at Bristol it's gorgeous Stewart Hartnell Abadi and mark [Music] Bristol Motor Speedway we went green and we have another crash while we were away of commercial break I know you find that hard to believe oh we had a crash right at Bristol Motor Speedway unbelievable and it is anyway the leaders have been for another change of tires during this caution four cars again were involved in this most recent incident we will back up our videotape and show you what happened early on there's Tony Stewart out of the groove Tony Stewart I think might have had a flat tire he goes to the corner he loses position as Kenny Wallace goes by Mark Martin goes by what that that kind of slowed the field down got him side by side and back and when that happens that's disaster watch this when he go down to the corner popular body is there you ever seen Kenny Kenny Irwin the 28 car and the 36 car of Jerry Nadeau make contact and then we see the 22 car of Ward Burton going the crash from the Pennzoil copter cam there's the contact that sends urlan sideways and then the chain reaction Mike Skinner that we see the lowest car also involved Ward Burton was on the lead lap and was involved as Steve Park was also involved Rusty Wallace got through will ride I think he might have got bump just a little bit but not too hard it's in there 31 car Mike Skinner mystech much Guinness Lowe's Home Improvement warehouse onboard camera goes down two corners here we make contact at 36 [Music] yet another angle these cars going in turn three there's a contact they michael waltrip run in the back of the 22 car and spin him in the one car Steve Park in the back of the seven might be some damage on that one car Steve Park down to Jerry punch Tony Stewart big break for him doc because his tire was flat right exactly Bob some night your goods I'm not you're lucky some nights you're good and lucky tonight Tony Stewart is both this is the right rear tire on the restart he yelled tire tire tire the car got sideways jump very very loose and of course they jumbled up behind him and because of the jumble the caution came out he got a break got to come on pit road for four tires otherwise he would have lost probably at least two laps and his chance for a victory would have been over let's check in with whoever well cherry mark Martin's been tight at the beginning of his runs and strong at the end of them though the last pit stop they tried to make the car better at the beginning of the run well they made the call way too tight so mark came in got four tires and a track bar adjustment they got pinched by other cars coming down the road and lost several positions last on my checkup is back tonight now he's very concerned about traffic on the restart as for Sterling Marlin another strong run for him here at Bristol his car they'd only made a track bar adjustment earlier in the race this time the car was getting he raised the track bar just a little Makeba for tires and fuel John mentioned that Steve Park had run into the back of the 7 car he was on the [Music] to the pits as the team has to put a new radiator in the park when he got into the back of Michael Waltrip [Music] here on pit road be ready now now the first five cars did not hit on this Jeff working on the race off pit road rate is in the sixth position the leader is Terry Labonte Dale Earnhardt his second Spencer is third Geoffrey Bodine poor and I did not make pit stops during this caution but they stuff about ten let's go so it's not like they're not throwing old cars they only have about five or six left on the cars ever once again we say tailor and Jeff Burton had got back on the lead lap but you can see he's getting past right there now he was out in front of the leaders thought it's for caution but now he has gone the lap back [Music] 9 right in front of Terry Labonte the Brian car Brian each car called the hill in the lead lap in 15th position come back out he's 48 laps down his 620 fifth straight NASCAR Winston Cup race and his forty third straight here at Bristol he was the fastest and happy hour which was held in the heat of the afternoon and indication of who's going to be good in the race stop during this part of the deal by about a half second and a massive traffic jam packed tony stewart all up very very heavy bastard is eight bought marcus night robbing the body back consent see rusty boss's car back there he just turned on the TV [Music] flat tire he's a couple laps down and if you are [Music] leader Dale Jarrett had a couple of crashes early on [Music] just a carpet on had gotten back home right behind talabani is Dale Earnhardt in that Goodwrench shuttling now to Bill Weber the reason Terry Labonte is out of secrets on his pit stops is because when he pitted two cautions ago his car tight tight tight rounds of wedge Atta made an air pressure adjustment Jerry said that father's half way better he pitted [Music] branch out the cars better anyone in the track position path John Dale learn odd also trimmed on that same the car just to slide [Music] [Music] the next hard [Music] and all the cars will have to make a pit stop before the race is over [Music] laughs are now come [Music] the last two runs here at Bristol is a leader of the race with Dale Earnhardt in second [Music] Jenkins Benny Parsons Ned Jarrett John Curtin Bill Weber dr. Jerry punch back speedlights the Goody's headache powder 500 326 laps completed terry labonte leads Dale Earnhardt Jimmy Spencer Ricky Rudd and Jeff Gordon those of the top line about 1995 didn't we see these two battle to the checkered flag with the finish line and then banging into the wall yes we did as a matter of fact on NASCAR today he Tom he is most excited gracious Bristol Motor Speedway winning in victory lane with it they all r ADL broken back in ninth 10th and 11th place 8th 9th and 10th we have Tony Stewart we have Michael Waltrip Mark Martin forty carp Sterling Marlin also and bobby labonte leads that group and Michael Walters looked like he was not trying to pass Tony Stewart on the outside Bob in that wreck up there a few minutes ago either around the back but he's a lap down [Music] that place over there tony stewart stewart has - five bonus points for leading the most [Music] 225 laps no one can lead more than that now to the inside meanwhile here comes Martin up on the outside and there goes mark mark my Tony Stewart things going to try to drive up on the outside of the body but Jeffrey botan is there just to brag on living in the sixth position for the aggressively [Music] Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa continues you'll be able to see Mark McGwire in action with his st. Louis Cardinals and the Atlanta Braves on Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN at eight o'clock tomorrow night coverage begins at 7:30 with baseball tonight that's tomorrow night on ESPN part of the NGO network go.com when they had a great game last night they met they had a good room this afternoon they were still pod zero to zero oh yeah and I don't know how kind of came out you take SportsCenter all the thing that happened on baseball right after our coverage of this and we have 165 laps to go we're watching the seventh and eighth place competitors Bobby Labonte and Tony Stewart leader now gets in some traffic again as he goes to the inside Irwin's been knocking around three laps down in 26th position car showing some battles back after nine Carl Akeley car back on the racetrack after speaking of the Atlanta Braves car being sponsored by the Atlanta Braves this weekend there's the interval on the clock it's about forty three hundredths of a second as Terry Labonte comes up now on Jerry Nadeau once again Nadeau running in 22nd spot the action being covered from overhead by the Pennzoil copter cam app second lead for Terry Labonte over Dale Earnhardt Spitzer Rudd and Gorton are your top five at Bristol Motor Speedway back in just a moment beautiful overhead shot of Bristol Motor Speedway in the North East section of Tennessee it's the Goody's headache powder 500 23rd race of the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup season you know the official NASCAR website www.africanelements.org well the 7 car has some problems bill they got big problems Michael Waltrip's got the front of his Clark Pete these are going to need a new radiator they have a the oil sitting here on pit road it's gonna be a link you can see the steam billowing out so a radiator problem [Music] Frank were Michael he slid back to 29th position and will continue to lose laughs as he sits there in the repair goes on tonight well Joe Nemechek tried to crash twice in one lap and never did do it BB no the mid take this down they can see the blue car being hit by the white car of Brett Bodine almost lost it there don't know how he held onto it went in the corner the head of Brett near the cover off of turn four and they made contact once again and he's still hung on to man oh man Rusty Wallace is going to check it out there they come off turn to all the kind oh man great job i neva take what he drives that maybe back down in the corner different that was off turn four that turn down with a second head alright here comes a leader tearing the body through some traffic now he's put a little between himself and de leur now now three cars part goes to the inside of his teammate Mike Skinner and gives him a kiss [Music] sparks coming up from over the 3-card young what's going on but he did a few laps until the team as you see sparks flying from the cars bottoms out extreme [Music] and you could go to the they're the sparks it's pretty obvious meanwhile a body has pulled away the second over Earnhardt while Samara that letting it go down some or drag the racetrack I don't know right now Terry Labonte these guys are not making much progress on gaining on Terry Labonte as a matter of fact he ran 111 miles per hour that last lap [Music] our tempo and how about Jimmy Spencer who is in third position has been all night started this race 24 he's one of those pitting on the backstretch but still third of course Earnhardt is also fitted John Kernan more on Dale Earnhardt Bob Dylan artists radioed in and told the - I think I knocked the right front fender down on to the tire so they're gonna have the spotter keep a close eye on that because of Institute and continue to tire too much of course it could eventually cause it to go flat and if the right part goes flat bristle especially when the boat you're gonna hit the wall extremely hard and he did that when he tried to pass his teammate Mike Skinner laughs tonight but is in a second spot he's been as low as 26 and we continue to see those sparks come out from underneath the car occasionally so what we're seeing the performance of the Goodwrench Chevrolet he's shaved the interval down to less than a second now it's 82 hundredths of a second to be exact so terry labonte sets the pace here with 363 laps to go they're the top ten back in a moment [Music] 129 laps to go in the Goody's headache powder 500 from Bristol Motor Speedway you've joined a hundred and forty-one thousand fans who have gathered here tonight to see the spectacle under the lights rpm tonight at midnight tonight on the deuce we'll have the preview of the Grand Prix of Belgium which is run tomorrow we'll recap this race and the pep boys Indy Racing League is in action at Pikes Peak International Raceway tomorrow the preview at midnight tonight on the deuce for more log on to espn.com part of the Go Network go.com Terry Labonte leads but it's only about half a second now over Dale Earnhardt there they are with the current points leader of the Winston Cup Series Dale Jarrett he was in between them now here comes Dale Earnhardt to the inside hub Jarrett Jarrett is running in 39 position he is 158 laps behind that was because he spent that much [Music] the points have been shaved by one hundred two hundred fourteen now Mark Martin behind Jerry [Music] Mark Martin currently being shown in the seventh position he's still in the thick of the battle mark is 12 seconds behind you see this group of cars all these cars are right in front of the leaders do comes tear the body and they learn our home apart on his tail as he tries to get something meanwhile the body trying to get through this traffic Oh Earnhardt some contact there with Geoffrey Bodine going into 3 to the 4 car Bobby Hamilton something dragged at the racetrack oh the inside the death lurks is there just went a lap down in cars on the lead lap and Ward Burton is in the tenth position airs Bernhard [Music] just like last week at the front of the field people stand up every one of them Earnhardt has to leave on lap three Amy and he will be the sixth and make that the fifth leader tonight laps led at Bristol here's the Hardys field summary right now with the body in the top five in points are staying the same in the second five Labonte moves on rows down one in the point standings [Music] is just ahead of Dale Earnhardt Norfolk right now with love cities rates go free [Music] comes out zip that gives a huge advantage to Jeff Gordon Marc Marc all these guys hitting on the front stretch but we have badges it was because they're not as many cars on the lead lap [Music] place bar right there first Persis one of those have pitting on the front stretch here in Bristol Dale Earnhardt has eight wins 18 top fives 28 top tens he was six last August 10th there in April and as leading his 28th race here at this facility and remember back in April when he wrecked his primary car and half the hour and had to roll a backup car on the truck and they were working on it he himself got out his fire - trying to get the car ready he started shotgun on the field for the third and drove that car up through the field and found as you said a moment ago finished in well this is that same race to her darts and I fell in love with that car that night and that's the flower going way back to Bristol and beat him in August and indeed yes he is [Music] not not by a whole lot everybody had like as you pointed out earlier [Music] passing Joe Nemechek who now is two laps down almost two laps down and 17 position Ricky Rudd is now the third place car that we see the tide ride and right behind them is Jeff Ford the DuPont Chevrolet is currently in fourth place and checker autozone on track interval between earn art and Jeff Gordon candidacy the Jeff Gordon is closed in almost a second and a half owned they learn art in the five left between left 3 + 3 + 3 in 6 and now just a couple of laps later Gorga's right on the back bumper of the tied ride and asked once again [Music] the admitted that his original problem was his own fault just a little bit over a grass times in 1999 that Jed Dale Jarrett has had problems I'll be outside [Music] fine walked up into third position laughs continue to click away just a little more than 100 remaining now in the Goody's headache powder 500 from Bristol Motor Speedway Dale Earnhardt leaves tearing the bottle [Music] Goody's headache powder 500 NASCAR Winston Cup race on ESPN being brought to you by Polaris watercraft ride the best my Quaker State for protection beyond 3,000 miles under any driving conditions and by the more than 2700 autozone stores across America autozone the best parts in Auto Parts in just about one hour from now at the conclusion of our coverage of this race you'll be able to go to the source for sports news the one that you have come to know love and trust over the past 10 years Sports Center that's coming up next with Trey Wingo and Steve Levy with the report on several stories including the major league baseball playoff race Tiger's tail Tiger Woods and college football openers that happen today SportsCenter is at 11 o'clock Eastern Time here on ESPN but we have 96 wives to go when the question is is Dale Earnhardt gonna win this thing if it goes breathe the rest of the way he hasn't but the night med if it goes green caution flag we put it at a disadvantage without Jeff Gordon [Music] the everybody's gonna have to get one seconds behind you so the caution comes out he makes that up plus if they put on the green flag no one has a clear advantage so we're an art can maintain that for secondly learn art is a fastest car on the racetrack at least that last lap was faster than anybody else and this time also is the fastest over 110 miles an hour we're following them on the Pennzoil copter cam 110 point two one three was his speed last lap that was just a little bit faster than Terry Labonte who was second quick at 109 Plus run going earlier in the evening nine cars are on the lead lap and Dave Marcus is very slow Dave Marcus car has stopped at the fleet wanted to I don't feel good people not be able to get to the inside I don't think and a caution flag is out Marcus is moving down the backstretch but the caution has already come out a tough break for Dale Earnhardt well let's see what happens it's not count about yet this is the ninth caution of the evening pretty good damage to the front of Dave Marcus car he had been running very slow on the high side of the racetrack for a couple of laps now was that right front tire yes it did plant and maybe was trying to get down and couldn't find it came to a momentary halt then he cranked up they want around of course those pitted here on the front stretch will get the first opportunity let's go to Bill Weber the five the 24 and the 20 on your screen bits a big break for Terry Labonte able to pit under caution as far as a little tight in the middle but they don't plan to make any changes the weight stop giving four tires and under green there should be the last stop [Music] tires now hit Jerry punch oh it gun foots on Jeff Gordon's car four tires one can of fuel only Bill's already in the tires are on Earnhardt in the back pitch in front of John Curtis Taylor added a four-tire change as we watch for their guys [Music] they swing by those two spots in her [Music] behind Terry the bunny and Jeff Horton that's a disadvantage of hidden on the back stretch he had a great pit stop but he still loses to position and you know where he loses all that baby was not that he had like you said he had a great pit stop so the difference is when the pace car drops the front stretch God's repeating on the French pent home and once he gets past pit road well then you see the pace car don't run as fast as they do when they come out of the pits when they come out of the pit they that settle rate full after they get to the end of pit road and that's where the time is later yep so Richard Childress sees his driver Dale Earnhardt go from the lead to third position here with the caution still out at Bristol [Music] since April of 1998 we have had nine different winners when nine short track races will we see a tenth different winner here tonight could be Dale Earnhardt is right up there amongst him he is in third position right now in this place [Music] [Applause] is tearing the body and Jeff Gordon the head of her heart as the pace car gets set to pull off the racetrack and the green flag gets set the wave in the air once again for his fourth and they're in the body that's a direct start they're just having fun - left [Music] lose a spot Ryden is gonna pick good your time that's sometimes you can cut a tire down and you track her heart's gonna be okay Burton getting a lap back about Terry do it [Music] on the restart position Jeff Gordon looking on the inside of his teammate can't quite get this hoodie lighter coming up in about 50 minutes SportsCenter standing by to bring you up today new stories from the world of sports [Music] per hour faster recorded top tens and 7 of the last papers team top tens in 1999 versus eight last year after 22 races he and Jeff Gordon Gordon Rena phone rings of Hampton few laps later earned Harkness got right up under the back bumper of Ordinances right now and trying to get back [Music] they're both masters with their Pugachev living the john deere car that it - ribbit [Music] Prabhas Duke reared its ugly head there's Bobby Labonte and mark seven and image printed back there an eighth spot [Music] according to that circuits of the crowd took second position and goes by the six car park park big bucks got these loving that department stay back there well that's four more points balls ernhardt closes in on the leader of the race Terry Labonte [Music] he was getting a good run when he comes off of that outside he's having something there that works look it picks up more pulling away from Jeff Gordon [Music] determined where he goes we'll try that movie man I'll get it this time for a dip to the inside he got that room [Music] he's second up he is working he's got something going but failure terry labonte is mostly all of those tricks experts here going at it the stewardess toys in the back on the back bumper of Jeff Gordon our pole-sitter rich inside of Jeff horn banter and Stewart goes to [Music] the highest he could possibly finish tonight [Music] [Music] take the lead from Terry Labonte on lap Tony Stewart is on the mission [Music] it's retar battle going on Tony Stewart Jeff Gordon not too far laughs make that 64 may sound like a lot but it will go by very very quickly don't stray too far from your television set folks we've got a good one at Bristol [Music] 455 laps to go here at Bristol we have a new leader Terry Labonte was able to get by Dale Earnhardt again Terry in the the top of the hour five minutes from now with big stories in o'clock Eastern okay let's go back and show you how the Bonnie u3 took the lead from Dale Earnhardt got a great run off turn four goes in turn and then art goes the corner drifts up the hill and Kerala bata just drives it on the inside and now has about a half second lead on is looking for a second dr. Hernandez report they'll learn our just radioed the crude said I think the tires may have given up on us I think the front end remember he's been struggling with a tight condition the runs in the middle of the turns now he's got some laps on the tires built up the air pressure problems pausing at the front end the one is I think Carson said during the commercial and she has a real handful out you start to come back a little bit on telepathy towards the end of that last when he got by Carrie so goodbye so I just working a little better because I have to stay here [Music] three cars running basically together then back in the fourth position some waiting for me across the line to the point and a two and a quarter seconds behind leader [Music] in there since places ricky rudd we move back at 7:00 and area Smith and Mark Martin [Music] he does have [Music] 13 races [Music] well Ricky wood has been a different party really means terry labonte just got around Ward Burton is back back out in front [Music] Dale Jarrett has moved into the 38th position but that is as far as he can progress disappointing and [Music] points losing night and had problems early on and then at a second encounter [Music] as of right now Mark Martin is too 17 behind [Music] so a loss but still a rather comfortable lead here Tony Stewart but Terry Labonte is the man in front of the Bristol Motor Speedway August of 1995 terry labonte coming down for the checkered at Bristol gets hit by Dale Earnhardt slides across the Rhine Wednesday race hits the wall big time and coming into Victory Lane a very tore up and smoking Kellogg Chevy quit Terry Labonte drove to Victory Lane that night four years ago and we have the same two drivers running first and second here tonight Labonte as the leader Earnhardt in second [Music] Stewart ride on his back bumper see [Music] there's a Hardee's field Blandings as of now five in points but in the top ten one wallace down one 30 laps to go here at Bristol Motor Speedway in the Parvati has Oprah's wait gorgeous drop three in the third second [Music] Center is coming up next at the top of the hour about 35 minutes from right now how much his race team the begin of the races the cars that were really fast the very beginning are now struggling to get around the right side the cars are fairly slow not slowly 1050 quest car at the beginning are now the energy-rich Terry Labonte and Dale Earnhardt condition of the track has gotten cooler of course as it looks like to me that the register I really came to tell about it and it's really helped his effort to go to the front and guys like Jeff Gordon Tony Stewart it seems they seem to be struggling with the cool racetrack Stewart has been working on Dale Earnhardt for several laps but just cannot get by the seven-time Winston Cup champion and remember Benny it was great communication between drivers crew chief that helped Terry Labonte find the handle here they tightened the car up way too much when they back it off a little bit then he made that powder yellow work he hit the setup they made a slight error and now Kerry would be headed back to Victory Lane at Bristol he won in Texas earlier this year after starting in fourth position with one less than 23 laps to go as the leader lorries that last lap however they the fastest car among the top six traffic again to go to the inside of Bill [Music] then what earn art is not that far back London slit by the body and earn art will be right there on his back bumper but deli done tried to go on the inside outside that's one of her earn arts progress just a little bit that's a very attractive front heel [Music] quite a while since DJ wants these guys just go blowing bomb like this here others deploy you not to blow her [Music] right they just been passed that's right 19 laps to go [Music] terry labonte won this race in 84 [Music] pretty easy Joe Nemechek almost thanks getting back there smoking in that loams car now this is best to listen to on board with Mike Skinner the Lowe's car back bumper dripped off it's smoking nothing unusual about this he is still in the tenth position although he is a lap down Mike Skinner run it right behind Dale Jarrett Jarrett is out there completing laps picking up Winston Cup points now with 13 laps to go the exactly one second between LaVon and Bobby Labonte has a problem the body smoking going down into turn one spoken badly sixth place car is in trouble here smoking badly all the way around the racetrack and he's getting the black clay and this is the onboard camera with Bobby and or you can't see anything this man was in third place in the course this is going to hurt you Ismene as he could have he does not have a DNF in 1999 at all in Jeremy Mayfield as frenched and terry labonte the leader is spinning and Dale Earnhardt takes the lead our body without car smoking very badly and rinses can't be hit this cannot be adding less than 10 laps to go the leader of the race Terry Labonte spins putting day learn now then within - these guys make a pistol I would guess that maybe the guys that's on the tail of the lead lap will make a pit stop yeah they'd have nothing to lose Sterling Marlin Jane Espenson well maybe Terry Labonte now he's he's way back there he's back in the sixth position and the smoking xviii are a Bobby Labonte is still out there well he came down pit road for what he saw that caution come out he came back out to remedies culture Manson here comes Mark Martin and Terry Labonte in head Sterling Marlin indeed the guys that were running at the back of the lead lap harvest while Terry Labonte is very angry what happened meanwhile he's in here to get four fresh tires Mendelson them back out parked also on pit road sterling [Music] they can with his few flaps left as possible in a body on his way he smokes him that says a lot right there now he picked four tires Mark Martin and Sterling Marlin only took right-side tires Dale Earnhardt your leader did not come in and kid he wanted to come and take on four tires they told him Dale you are the seven-time NASCAR Winston Cup champion you can do it well he could very well do it now with less than eight laps to go here's a replay of Terry Labonte spin up and turn three and four when if you back if you watch the glove mark Jeremy Mayfield was sitting against deep inside attainable mascot through the cosplay when they did that Terry Labonte backed off to the car and del walk is touched it in the back bumper it's fun to kill out Chevrolet around now here is Jeremy Mayfield's wreck from Wally Dallenbach sper spective [Music] a field and you saw the Bonnie Pass and then there's the inherent contact between the Darrell Waltrip and Terry Labonte so the 18 car now is a fire under it down pointed that he's one lap down was all he is you can see that that by underneath the rear gear is called funny I think I've got you finally a fire extinguisher with the bar [Music] okay barged into Gaza there we go johnny-on-the-spot you can still salvage that fifteen place car which is darrell waltrip he's one lap down so Bobby's going to get back when she is going to come back out so he'll come back out in 15 position I hear here we see tail about it there we see Jeremy Mayfield's spin him down in the corner the caution flag comes out Terry's backs off to the car to play and be deaf he goes in it just touches it in the back bumper I'm going to be having green flag this time by and Andy graves as you said Benny can't believe what just happened this is a nightmare alright great play five laps to go at Bristol Motor Speedway in the Goody's headache powder 500 its Earnhardt Stuart Gordon Martin and Terry Labonte the top five is day learn are going to win this thing [Music] here in the bottom the antenna marklar he goes by he's got four new tires two new cards and ricky-rock outside [Music] and here comes a body body Gordon he's wide open man on a mission he really is course he has those four fresh tires if you say he can get by Stewart working the clock he will man oh man LaFave ego these guys second and there he's in the kitchen dandy passing this puppy deja vu all over again but in Reverse and the bunny inside of her nerdy captain from the track coming to the white crackers a later change in my body takes the lead take the check [Music] second wave of 99 he won at Talladega and his ninth Bristol win fourth at night here's the replay when we see the contact between the three and the five karamaneh stands on the gas and all these cars get in the smoke there's Ricky Rudd presently there's Tony Stewart mark mark Sterling Marlin there's it Tata [Music] I am there will be talk about this one john kernan with Richard Childress and Richard man what a way to win one I'm sure a lot of people gonna be talking about the little move over there but that congratulations you know I couldn't tell where I was that what happened all I've seen him spinning when he come around you know I'm happening for the GM Goodwrench team you know we needed to win pulled it off tickled AF the bay Larimar what about the effort that the guys back here on the crew did hitting on the backstretch cuz that is such a handicap you know we would have probably peed there at the end but it wasn't no way we could pee it when you only with a backstretch speed and everything there was no way that we could come out and beat him we were just gonna lose through four spike so what no way we could do it I congratulations in here too [Applause] in victory lane it's the lower start ever for a Bristol winner I'm only the second time has pitted from the backstretch in one day be Alison did it from the 19th starting position the spring of 1990 [Applause] [Music] [Applause] here's a McDonald's winner's circle Jerry punch while Dale earnheardt climbs out with his ninth victory of Bristol and they'll that's what Bristol is all about taking us to those last couple laps well we knew we didn't get tires and I didn't know who got tired behind us all I knew is I need to protect that bottom and try to go and Terry got into me in the middle of three and four and I was gonna get back to him and just rattle him I wasn't gonna wreck him but I got to him and he turned him around so didn't mean a really turn around men around us gay Joe you had an outstanding effort coming from 26 to the front the track come to you tonight well not really the the car was still a little tight center yeah I don't know this is uh this is a heck of a way to win I like to beat Terry and raced him back you know side by side but like say I got into a little bit you know you know get by him and got him lose his fight amount with the good ranch team Richard Childress all the guys they did a great job you know just they're gonna be their team on the last restart they'll look like you went you were able to charge and go by Labonte he went back by you did your car with your tires he grew up a little bit and go away when the last restart he had stickers didn't he I don't know I don't know you know he just could be a hit a beat as if you know I was gonna just try to shake him and get under mine I wasn't gonna try to wreck you alright Dale Earnhardt obviously happy in victory but mixed emotions doesn't like to be able to turn anybody including his buddy Terry Labonte is what you're tildes comes over gives a big hug and now the celebration will continue the Intimidators 73rd career victory table quite the night here at Bristol Motor Speedway tearing the body de learn battling for the win of the race right down almost to the checkered flag here was the contact between turn number two on the last lap terry labonte spitting around collecting settle others behind him including Tony Stewart who's running in second position here's another angle the contact sends Terry Labonte who had taken the lead away from Dale Earnhardt sends him around and a big plume of smoke and it resulted in Daler are going to Victory Lane the Goody's headache powder 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway we'll have more from here in a moment well it was a very controversial finish to the Goody's headache powder 500 here at Bristol with Dale Earnhardt and Terry Labonte having contact on the last lap Labonte spins Earnhardt wins the race and there was a lot of other activity in the world of sports today the college football openers also how about home runs from Sosa or McGwire well you'll be able to get there a complete report brandy Wingo and levy coming up next on SportsCenter in about 18 minutes from right now NASCAR is looking at the videotape to determine what if anything will happen but there is the very wrecked car of Terry Labonte here's a replay go another one and Labonte drives that baby in hard was to spark from the right front and there's a contact Bill Walters with Kayla body and we're back here behind the Regan Terry Labonte has emerged and is talking to several members of the media explaining exactly what happened in the closing laps of the race and even in earth final lap and first of all Terry a great run for you tonight take us through the closing laps where car was awesome there and you know the flag came out and 66 with him and turned me around done and I don't know what do you I mean I mean you know there was all in the track and the caution was out and just recommend so then we got new tires came back out and I got wrecked again so you got the four fresh tires you came out you were very quick you passed a number of cars you passed the three then walk us from that stage to the end of the race well I passed him down the front straightaway and he hit me in the corner and wanted to in turn me around obviously he said he planned to get up - you had no intention of taking you out he never has an intention of taking anybody it just happens that way okay well terry labonte had a great run here tonight certainly not to finish he was hoping for but thanks for talking with us Terry a bank it certainly was a controversial finish to say the least and I don't think there have been very many fans moved from their seats know that be there's a few people leaving most on there just just sit at your standard no stunts done well Jimmy Spencer according to the unofficial finish finishes second Ricky Rudd third Terry Labonte fourth and Tony Stewart finished in that position more from Bristol the moment [Music] ESPN's live coverage of the Goody's headache powder 500 numbers appala Formula three motor oil or live to your car by brewery fresh Budweiser official beer of NASCAR hey race fans this Bud's for you and by ACDelco automotive parts ACDelco if you're not asking for it you're asking for it well the full moon is out if it's been one of those nights here at Bristol coming up next SportsCenter at the top of the hour at about 12 minutes from right now John Kernan is with second place finisher Jimmy Spencer and on that last caution Jimmy was one of the guys who came in he took on right side tires and Jimmy I guess it paid off in the way of a second-place finish congratulations I'm trying to file a three second even a one second penalty to Earnhardt you know I get really nice you know that was a great finish you know Donny and Travis made a great call and two tires made our car hooked up awesome you know we were a that the starting to come back and get second there's just absolutely incredible team Winston guys Food City Magnemite peoples worked hard with us all year long I'll probably come back with these a bunch of hooligans as I call them I love every one of them and they worked really hard and tonight really showed it I think because it did something to them you know they know I'm coming back and they all wanted me to come back and that means more to me than anything great second place finish for Jimmy Spencer another guy with a great run Ricky Rudd is standing with Jerry punch and we caught up with Ricky actually in the media center talking to some of the media here Ricky 35th to third great run but I gotta ask you you were right behind the five and a three and we saw your car inching into the picture there in the smoke what to how did you see it well there's definitely contact there I mean you see the video on it Earnhardt pretty much just took Terry out and the other way to put it but that was a last lap you pretty much [Music] no shouting from the gallery that Jimmy you had your turn Ricky penny yeah we won the race and came across a finish line first but a similar incident and we were taken away the victory is taken away within a second so Jimmy's campaigning to get get the win but you know was the last lap yeah it's clearly Earnhardt dick Terry out of the shame we had tires Terry took tires or not was pretty much a sitting duck you know he was gonna have his hands full trying to hold us off with him tires but a good thing was he had very few laps left last lap you know call it what you want to it was a close race and shame for Terry shame fuss really because I was going to follow Terry through that hole I was right behind Terry about a half car link back when he pushed we were gonna run second if that wreck had not happened so we end up running third yeah third with a race car we got in the middle of that with Terry there at the end and it's a shame but it was good racing I'm tickled to death torpor not to up where our seasons going it was it was a great finish guys worked really hard Mike McSwain all the guys on the crew promoter Pete back and chopped all the guys we've been coming we've had four top tens really should have in a row but the circumstances kept us out this first time we actually got us a finish so we're real tickle of death with it a big night may help the sponsor search in Ricky's six hundred and fiftieth start he finishes third let's check in with Bill Weber well the fabulous work rookie run for Tony Stewart continues you want to be sad but you have to be happy I guess with that outcome I think it'll be easier to be happy tomorrow but right now I'm so mad I could spit nails but you know some people car was great all night we just about the middle of the race saw that we lost the grip on the racetrack a little bit and couldn't get the turn last serve the corner so you know just there wasn't much I could tell Gregg to do because just a spot on the racetrack weird buildups and rubber on the track and going across that river was what was making the car real tight for the longest time tonight Tony you must have thought this was the night I mean we we were out there in the first half of the race taking it so easy and you know even taking her time with lap cars and it really charged up to the cars I just you know when I got there then I had to do to get by but uh you know I thought man this is the night but it just shows you know 500 laps here things can change in a hurry a lot of guys have never gotten a top five at Bristol Tony Stewart gets one in his second run here and he led 225 of the 500 laps where tonight well Dale Jarrett's now Mark Martin reduced by more than a hundred is now 213 Bobby Labonte is in third position and we'll be right back [Music] [Music] the fireworks are going off here at Bristol Motor Speedway signifying the end of a an exciting controversial race here tonight Dale Earnhardt emerges as the winner with Jimmy Spencer finishing in second Tony Stewart you see the double yellow arrows they're indicating that he led the most laps here tonight this is the unofficial finish Terry Labonte ended up in a position could not make it back to the start/finish line after the big crash Todd Bodine with a good finish in 15 spot Rusty Wallace ends up in 18th save Bobby Labonte all the way down there in 27th position with that rear end problem that he had there that caught on fire slick potion will be very unhappy to know one of his gears burned up here at Bristol and the rest of the field you see that Dale Jarrett ended up in 38th position spent considerable amount of time back behind the wall getting the rear end of the car fixed well next week we'll be at Darlington Speedway for first of all bud pole qualifying on Friday at 3:30 the news the door low 200 for the NASCAR Busch Series is at one o'clock on Saturday afternoon and our happy hour coverage at 6 o'clock Saturday evening all those programs on the deuce then on Sunday our p.m. today's at 11:30 Bill Weber has the NASCAR today pre-race show at 12:30 preceding the Labor Day tradition Labor Day weekend tradition the Pepsi southern 500 at one o'clock here on a ESPN next Sunday afternoon and our p.m. tonight will be at 8 o clock on the news next Sunday coming up next SportsCenter not only other activity going on in the world of sports but we'll have updates from here at Bristol should anything change what a night it has been Tony Stewart was the original leader of the race Dale Jarrett got in trouble very very early there was one exciting moment after another Jerry Nadeau with a controversial incident with Dale Jarrett he spent some time in the penalty box Jarrett with about a hundred and sixty two laps behind the wall before they got the car finally fixed and back out on the racetrack right and watched as his driver Jeff Gordon led for lead for 48 laps here tonight but there was more spinning and crashing out on the racetrack and a lot of metal back behind the wall Dale Earnhardt well he drove to victory here tonight but it was a very controversial finish and see in Levani Hancock last lap of the race sending Terry spinning and Dale Earnhardt to victory lane that's the story from Bristol Motor Speedway we'll see you next week at Darlington South Carolina jaqen song everyone this has been a presentation of ESPN proud to celebrate [Music]

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Length: 153min 15sec (9195 seconds)

Published: Tue Apr 07 2020