NASCAR Classic Full Race: Jeff Gordon vs. Rusty Wallace, Round 1 : 1997 Bristol Motor Speedway

Theresa chores started you back to the pack you know we've talked about all the change that's been made here at the Bristol Motor Speedway there's a slight change on the racetrack look wider four feet wide or I should say coming off of turn two and all the way down the backstretch B now don't know how much of a difference that's going to make but there's a bigger problem than that though you ever a little bit helps but 43 cars today Darrell Waltrip will start 43rd and folks there's a lot of great cars back there Ned my question can they get through the traffic before Rusty Wallace who's blind and fast lapsim well they've been tough this traditionally is a one group racetrack especially in the first half of the race they run right down on the bottom of the racetrack tough to pass on this racetrack but that helps to make it very exciting and all about bumping and grinding that we usually see back here on the backstretch there's not much going on right now because the cars have not rolled off yet but that won't happen for very long there'll be a lot of action back here on the backstretch and you know what there's a lot of drivers that will be paying back here on the backstretch that are very very good drivers we've heard all the statistics about Darrell Waltrip 12 wins right here at Bristol he's starting way in the back 43rd with a past champions provisional another couple of guys to look at look at this car number three back here Dale Earnhardt 8 wins here at Bristol he's on the backstretch and so is Mark Martin Mark Martin a former winner here at the track saw a lot of cars back here look right here here's the STP Pontiac Bobby Hamilton he's a great short track driver so we'll see some guys with a big disadvantage today pitting on the backstretch you talked about the largest field of the modern era NASCAR Winston Cup racing let's take a look at how they're comprised a day 24 and 15 Chevrolet's 8 Pontiacs 10 points separate him in the manufacturers championships Chevrolet back afford by 10 and Pontiac back of Chevrolet by 10 those that missed the field there were 47 cars here 43 all-stars Bobby Hill and Billy standards Mike Wallace and Greg sacks had to go home they didn't get a second chance to qualify because rain washed out qualifying on Saturday so I play lineup well let's take a look here at the starting lineup for today's Food City 500 front row his 18th career pole in verses 2 to 1994 Rusty Wallace Sterling Marlin beside him trying to capitalize on eighth place finish at Texas wrote to Ted Musgrave Kenny rebound from finishing 35th and in Fort Worth Kenny wilds his best starting spot this year in Winston Cup back in Row 3 both these guys have won twice in 1997 Jeff Gordon's won two in a row here the Jarrett looking for that first short track win back in row four Hut Stricklin his third top-10 start of the 1997 season and Geoff Bodine climbing up in those Winston Cup points back in row five Steve Grissom finished 10th at texas likes this racetrack and jimmy spencer mr. excitement boy what Bristol could do with him in row 6 Jeff Burton the winner last week in Texas alongside Brett Bodine row 7 this afternoon on the inside Bobby Labonte and on the outside Kyle Petty probably the fastest Pontiac here rotate Robert Pressley and Kenny Schrader as the cars roll 9 Terry Labonte defending champion and Bill Elliott and in row 10 dick Triplett and Robby Gordon and Android number 11 we see Chad little and Ricky Rudd were separating on the backstretch all of these cars from here on back row 12 we find Mark Martin and Joe Nemechek row 13 is Rick mast John Andretti 14 is David Green and Mike Skinner and in row 15 we have Dale Earnhardt and back in row 16 like speed in the Harry Melling on for Jeremy Mayfield rise to the crown of a saw steam rose 17 inside will be Johnny Benson's pens old Pontiac install Pontiac row 17 Bobby Hamilton watch him to come in a hurry back in row 18 warnford another Pontiac give me an a the sponsor and the skittles Pontiac Grand Prix I'm Derek coke road 19 Gary Bradbury on the inside and earlier Bert's were starting spot of the year outside of row 19 row 20 Michael Waltrip citko Ford alongside with provisional starting spot Jack Sprague subbing for the injured Ricky Craven and the last row Mentos hamster I should say Morgan Shepherd and Dave Parker and started 43rd DW Darrell Walker I'll talk about a tough racetrack take a look at the caution laps first four of its in the year their own 133 cautions the last two races at Darlington and Texas there were 133 caution laps just in those two events alone so folks were in for a barnburner here's Jack Sprague's in-car camera spread to 32 year old drivers subbing for the injured Ricky Craven he starts back of the pack now look underneath the 21 citko car Michael Walton that is the driveshaft Vinnie and that'll tell you all about what that does what the other parts are gonna didn't rotate that came around during the day how about Mike Skinner the Lowe's Chevrolet second Richard Childress all gone Skinner starts in 28 spot Mark Martin will be starting in the rear riding alongside Marquardt he will be pitted in the back pins at this event this event is a tender today this is on board Robby quartz Coors Light Chevrolet starting right behind build evidence [Music] and there is Rusty Wallace our pole-sitter he has only the pace bar to see in front of him and the pace car will be leaving in just a moment to the tween rain Friendship Circle preparing for the start getting winding back and forth trying to get some heat in these tires it's extremely cold but some milestones being said today bill Elliott's 500 career start yet behind 450 and Rusty Wallace on the pole his 400th career start dating back to Atlanta back in 1980 detective a couple extra laps or at least an extra lap here Jared because it's so cold here today is colder than anyone thought it might be it's overcast here in Crystal I don't think there's any threat of rain but it is overcast and cold so the given plenty of time to heat the oil up in these engines and also in the rear gear and what a crowd ladies and gentlemen you're watching history being made today the largest sporting some sports event round of C event a live event in Tennessee history 118,000 and some of those great shots from high above this Rose Bowl of race tax come courtesy of the fine folks from Pennzoil our Pennzoil copter cam high above the half-mile Bristol Motor Speedway [Music] to settle down one more lap that will be going green yes the engine all the cars used is 20 W 50s very thick also the lubricant in the rear gear in his 140 weight it takes some time to get that up the temperature in this morning and sunshine in student overcast and maybe 40 degrees 500 laps on a half mile racetrack 1.37 million dollars up for grabs Ford and Chevrolet on the foot roll rusty and Sterling side-by-side of the safety car begins the bull weigh crowds on their feet 118 thousand 43 cars come to life on a [Music] [Music] one lap completed rusty walking poles of our advantage Marlon there's the difference with the back no like bored [Music] in heavy traffic [Music] back in 23rd position there's and Musgrave in third spot fox10 RISM on the outside their scanner [Music] we're right along with Mike Skinner he drowns the homie outsider tries one day outside of Lake speed 37 car Jeremy Mayfield behind him Skinner gets a way to get into Ernie still on the outside is it Marian a 95 make a pass there on the outside but just the position folks it is that tough to pass here Brewster one groove racetrack can make me approve and a half at best there's the 43 car that was so good in happy hour yesterday Bobby Hamilton's Pontiac took off when you're walking that final 60 minutes yes very very gives darkness a move up on the inside make a look on the inside of Mike Warren Kent why make [Music] but Strickland who started up in seventh position is [Music] Hamilton gets off the corner once again Ken why take them position away meanwhile back up front sterling wrong hey rusty don't forget to write Rusty Wallace has pulled away a full straightaway in just nine laps that's how good he was no more life for it is and he heard several hours in our NASCAR today she'll back damage it's however fast rusty today they knew that rusty [Music] this car here on Friday morning Saffy's he's not too far [Music] that field summary shows you where your favorite Pacific Ocean early started Dale Jarrett started six is still six Bobby Hamilton gets back from behind trying to slow down the carnivore not involved with lake speed John Andretti still headed in the wrong direction in the RCA Ford he was one of the two cars initially involved and as you said Ned Bobby Hamilton sort of got tagged for behind just trying to slow down here's what happened going in the corner there we see the 98 car goes to the corner robby gordon gets in the left rear around he goes earn art luckily gets by one leg speed no place to go makes contact with the wall and john andrea the same time art from the in-car camera robby gordon dead here's what he saw [Music] around Robby Gordon continues to go on under caution for the first time here Bristol Motor Speedway today first of all publicly many well stu vause our leader will be right back [Music] our speed world coverage of the 37th running of the NASCAR Winston Cup Food City 500 from Thunder Valley or in Bristol Motor Speedway is being brought to you by Texaco Havilland Formula three motor oil add more life to your car take it to the star by the more than fifty hundred and twenty five autozone stores across America autozone the best parts and auto parts and by the legendary Farber Trans Am from Pontiac high above this Thunder Valley one hundred and eighteen thousand people and the true value matter of the race is the winner of last week's Interstate Batteries five hundred areas Jeff Burton true value on behalf of Jeff donating one thousand dollars to his favorite charity which is the South Boston JC's the Jaycees are involved in so many organizations including the Halifax County Dixie Youth Baseball League and the Patrick Henry boys Plantation congratulations to Jeff Burton our true value and of the race let's go down the right dr. punch late speed continues to sit here on the pit road he just cannot and Winston separation this year it appears the right-front a frame is broken right for like speed restart on lap 95 [Music] we'll see if possibly Sterling Marlin can keep Russia from getting away this time [Music] of contact between the four nor the city trying to keep up with Russians that may see city gets the corner a little bit too hard with the Ranger must raise almost took the spot away there wasn't contact now a change back for the fourth position Jeff Gordon has gone by Kenny Wallace made to move up in turn three to take the spot away Wallace spent the next Dale Jarrett sitting right behind him [Music] their tech must rate once again trying to make a movement in Sterling Marlin quest grave knows a trustees getting away that Carl is doing everything he can to keep that car on the bottom of the racetrack again he can either move he has been working on Freitas since the drop of the green flag not on the dis crop the green flag but even before when we first started this race just I finally see something that's going to slow rusty it's traffic and it's right they caught the tail end of the field rusty has say the late that he has opened for car for there's the track John McGrady will be the first one that's involved in that spam there John Andretti riding in front of rusty Wallace's car from a camera looking at the front a little bit of smoke out of it British car that's the Miller Lite in-car camera Rusty Wallace Pressley zip to the inside of Hut Stricklin will take the spot away and while that's going on Jeff Gordon shift on the inside of Ted Musgrave [Music] in a hurry Martin makes a move inside the McDonald's for I'll turn to she's all engines I want to follow mark [Music] watch this action back here lost several positions therefore moments that all of a sudden he's not so good here's the battle for second spot as Jeff Gordon now moves to within a half a car length of Sterling Marlin there is Rusty Wallace he's already gone Paris Chevy Monte Carlos we're told Ted Musgraves reporting that his car is very loose so that was plated while he's dropping back and losing some spots he's taught that he's gotten car back down on the inside after Lucy position he was fighting for second time to go one problem one reason for that yesterday afternoon and that practice ly happy are very very tight [Music] that some of them would go too far of course they were taking that consider separation [Music] he lost his speed with a clear racetrack 116 and now with traffic you see that he's back down to one another for the 24 car he's coming into her look at his speed last time by now pendant [Music] fast that Pontiac was sexpot Jeff hundreds in a row back in 95 96 there's Rusty Wallace only the second race in 1997 he has led the other one well he warned it at Richmond Virginia Bradbury [Music] the number live in car we're watching you mentioning wondering what makes the moon [Music] a real shot there very obviously graduated liked to stay there mile watch that car dance around camera just bobbing and weaving and dancing and while that's going on [Music] Bradburn almost fun and he came up they say Gorgo the inside of the four cried the same [Music] past Jeff made a pass and now we'll see the 24 car can really Rusty's car number two Radio Shack field summary showing you where your favorite drivers anniversary Kenny Wallace gentle forward of Musgrave a loose condition he's right in front of Dale Jarrett voting wat de Austin passed him I would expect that Dale be support leader is gonna be a little careful because I think this car police also Jerry I've been watching here and must rate they're running together but conversing to be there might be a little making a little bit violet don't Nemechek car puts him in 20 GameSpot's rusty walls or the leader whoever that may be that's his job Spain tricky 21st 22nd how about the move he has made he started in 23rd position take a look at our serial story by MCI on mark Mardon hiking's of the 21st to take a look sits in 42 laps he is 14 the third starting spot and folks that's not easy to do on a tight half Tennessee now let's go back to the later you'll find a Jeff Gordon while Russia walls traffic has closed up he's right on the back very loose the capacity networking goes higher laughs as is that off the racetrack Phyllis easy [Music] we're the type full rosters out now ball four does waive the yellow flag for the second time today let's see what happened to Ricky Rudd on the inside of Chad little chat little in the green number 97 Rudd in the orange take a load number 10 and the back end just gets loose on him down there around he goes fortunately Ben he spins down to the inside doesn't look like he hits anything I don't think he did anything he sit there hoping that NASCAR would throw the caution all we said left front tire blood just as he stopped the left front tire blew Suey that's why he sent their net he wanted to get in the pits and change those tires under the caution flag and he did flip the left side of the wall with the left front and the left rear as he was coming to a halt there so he has some sheet metal damage on the left front and the left rear as a car was sliding but it could have been a whole lot worse for Ricky Rudd pit stops already guys here they come down pit road they want to make some adjustments on those cars those that are not happening too well 35 miles an hour no faster you'll get a penalty let's go down to John [Music] besides already gone now they're coming around the left side no chassis adjustments for rusty four times and barbers Ted Musgrave Jimmy Spencer Bennett's rusty [Music] collision Jeff Gordon and Dale Jarrett I believe is it's very very tight down there you want to get out in a hurry Jeff Gordon had to back up to get out of his Pizza Hut Stricklin or the 81 car of Kenny Wallace headed right in front of him they were having some problems and Jeff had to back up to get out of his pits and that cost him some extra time well working caution for the second time today now the cars that have been left you see those cars peel off down pit road they cannot pit the first time by always the lead lap cars under caution at Bristol Motor Speedway back with more short track action after this [Music] back in Bristol Motor Speedway my new shoptalk coming up next team Hendrick the last two to conclusion City 500 the caution lasting five legs [Music] Rusty Wallace his second spin he goes a little high we also turn Joe Nemechek came out in third place spencer did change right-side tires [Music] well trouble out of turn Strega spun the Budweiser Chevrolet in the caution flag is way that's a third time today [Music] we'll come down pit road but the oil port will wave the yellow flag once again spring once again subbing for Ricky Craven they change the right sock art so they can see what happened to spray he goes in the corner and he gets in to highs the car goes under him in turn one he gets into high gets up on the loose step and around it goes and he lost the left sitting there as he's trying to get his car going he lost a lap and then he went to the pista changed the four tires and lost another left the inside so he goes some contact between he and the between them of the 40 car that's the round and there is brexit e inside the car the Budweiser in-car camera and he is being held on pit road and meanwhile let's check in the pits up and find out about Ricky Rudd with right done left right well guys this last caution for Jack Sprague is really kind of a benefit for Ricky Rudd even though he's behind the wall here four laps already the big problem is they're not able to put any fuel in the race car you see they're working back there on the fuel filler to go back out they might run out of gas so they've got to correct that problem before they go out and reported to the 42 car the BellSouth Chevy of Joe Nemechek may have a right rear tire going down we'll check on that there's the white rear tire and take a look at the attendance over the years as you look at that car 1961 the very first race here the Southeastern 525,000 folks were here over the year that has gotten bigger and bigger but what a jump since 1996 118,000 here today back with more after this [Music] back to green flag racing left one nice big that talk to great laps in Rusty Wallace right for a pencil most of the afternoon pull it away from the rest of the team Rusty Wallace is just able to stay around the corner right off the corners walking through the garage here this morning that's what everyone let's talk about driver whether you could mine how well about for second place certainly over the years ever see cow pee the 44 car with her 5th lashkar's he tries to close in on the back of Jimmy Spencer mentioned a couple times as a car that was really good well how about it what about Kyle Petty John Kernan John's just talking to the crew and they said that the car was running really well air pressure changed because the car was a little bit tight they wanted to loosen it up so I asked Bobby Kennedy during that last cautionary quarter keeping by Jimmy Spencer as we come down the front and the sign is also coming out to the temperatures warming up you know we just went through because we haven't got to run the flaps pretty good for him one top 10 and I think Richmond ain't finished in five or six spot between Sterling ball far the seven the jet boat I'd and Steve Grissom back to 40 and Jeff Gordon on the inside of Jaron and he takes that spot away yeah that may not make as much difference on the acetone the concrete here [Music] mr. whose cars both looking behind the corner [Music] Jeff Burton the car 99 last week Twitter he's a lap down here's the guy they're chasing Rusty Wallace we've got a full straightaway separation between him in the second-place car continue to lead that [Music] and Bobby Hamilton the 43 part is in fact a lap down [Music] five car I'm Jack Sprague the Budweiser car has handed an inch on the right grunting he's slow riding for the leaders and Jeff Gordon barely able to get by Jeff Gordon is just basically stop that Jeff Burton did peg to 25 mark just a little bit [Music] Jeff bird was flying to be able to get back there in the race rusty wells back to get his lap back but there's the damage Benny said the heavy damage on the car number 25 of Jack spray we see them pip this time how long they've been out there on those stars well they pin it on lap 49 they're the only time all the leaders have been on pit road we're at lap 132 so the pace car Pacific's every play it's between the 31 and the 25 banging and banging [Music] guess they ever hit anything other than each other I bet a lot of damage to these cars now watch him watches the nine car goes by here goes Rusty Wallace now here goes to any doesn't it clip him as he goes by and you haven't seen Jeff Gordon yet cuz he all but stopped he had not gone by yet [Music] that was the Budweiser rear camera now Andy graves and the crew will try to work on that cars he's come to rest on pit road I guess it he of the 31 car made contact going in the corner just couldn't get off each other pit road has now been opened and here come the cars let's go down to Bill Weber the leader pit stop Rusty Wallace has the number one pit stall all the way at pit out toward turn one this will be four tires fuel and they will as you look at the triple pitch the cars on pit road now watch for these times a lot of guys like Kenny waters for one had trouble getting out of their bed last time the form Krusty 20 seconds per Dale Jarrett like the day alerted on the backstretch [Music] out of these 72 races they've run here only one from back here John Kernan Kyle Petty and Terry Labonte both were in for four-tire change both of them had just a little bit of extra time Kyle's crew did not make any chassis adjustments neither did Teri's but they did make an air pressure adjustment and also the bodies had a left not fall off the left rear tire Ted Musgraves coming back in Labonte had some problems on the left rear tire so that slow to his pit stop down just a little bit now they come in to change the left side tires and actually the purpose of this stuff is to put the rubber in the left rear of Ted Musgraves car we've talked almost since that first caution period how loose Ted has been they've got the rubber ring that will tighten the left rear they're gonna they could not make that jump obviously under greed and it took up two stops to get it done here under caution okay let's see if we could decipher what happened to bring this caution flag out now we see we're riding along with much [Music] that's right he hit the 75 car rig mass when he did that he backed off the gas and when he did that the Sprague the 25 parking block hit him you ready for those of you scoring at home that is close to Remington to Budweiser that was a contact pattern for caution flag number eight back with more for us ball in a moment [Music] [Music] back at bristol motor speedway work in the eighth caution flag today well one guy who put it back on lap 99 found this caution flag go is locking because he is being shown as our leader there he is the McDonald's Ford Robert for Bill Elliott but they didn't stop this time has a bent at about 36 37 laps since he came into the lap 98 99 Elliott pitted twice he got two tires each time they've made some adjustments on the car and under right before this last caution came out Bill told Mike veins and hey this car is really hooked up in fact this morning when I was talking to Bill he says hey I could have probably a day like I had back in 1988 he wanted in the spring race remember he spun around and came back to win and second I believe to Dale Earnhardt in the night race and Bill said the car actually ran better in that night race in 1988 and he thinks that he might have a shot at winning today but as we've seen Rusty Wallace has pinched out they made a track bar adjustment to see what rusty is Bobby I can't imagine he can be any faster than he already was Robyn Pemberton the crew chief on the two car talking to his driver Paige stars off here the cars come bring blankets out Trent is a second-place Charlie Cartoon Network [Music] Robert Crissman had also stopped [Music] he's a letdown stopped on the car the left trying to get in back here in the 95 tries to go by press me on the outside meanwhile Jeff Burton the 99 car trying to get to the front feels like this invention car made an unscheduled pit stop here's Rusty Wallace coming in a hurry see rusty moving in on the 99 interests starting at the rear of the pack and was up there in this is still isn't the big pack but he did make a pit stop on this possible [Music] position red bow tie comes with their clearance dismissive new kids Kyle Petty toy away get down 13:11 spotted a great qualifying effort qualified 11th 12th and 13th on the street [Music] problem barely gotten on the line before the star the race that 10 minutes before in changed all the breaks this morning found an engine man they had to change folk down on the inside trying to spot away the crowds get them to buy the racetrack because the 81 collar Square D car Kenny Wallace has been very very good all weekend long as his best qualifying spot of the year starting fourth year lot on the rear of Kyle Petty's Benson builds around shows up the track and Billy will be back Burton and Strickland we're trying to get their laps back and boy Marcus just came down off the banking said it's the car number 30 of Johnny Benson there's a Dave Marcus Realtree car right in front of the leaders and they were able to had to slow up and did speed back up to keep those cars a lap down and we see some damage to the right rear and the rear has gotten into the fence and he backed in with the left rear so evidently this right rear problem happened somewhere back in the corner and Benson just turns a car left to avoid Marcus but he did a good job of aborting Marcus there two spins him around and fortunately he keeps from getting hit hard at least from any other car and look at Betts now he is behind the wall it looked like a simple spin out but he is behind the wall in the world is going on fins all through not going to work on Johnny Benson's Pontiac look like as you said but he just turned the car and missed them right down left what's the problem with the 30 car well Jerry is they were coming down the backstretch off of turn number two actually Johnny Benson made a bit of contact with Dave Marcus and then Benson backed out of the throttle to let Marcus get it straightened out and he just couldn't okay so that's the damage to the left front is where he made contact with Marcus I guess and here's the car number 71 the Realtree Chevrolet with some significant rear-end damage that's Dave Marcus and that's the reason for caution number nine at Bristol Tennessee we'll be right back [Music] our speed well-covered to the 37th running of the NASCAR Winston Cup Food City 500 from Thunder Valley Bristol Motor Speedway is brought to you by pencil formulate bravais stop-and-go driving stop go pencil by Firestone America's Tire since 1900 by MasterCard MasterCard the official card of NASCAR and by Daytona USA the ultimate Motorsports attraction hang on you drag racing enthusiasts take a trackside seat to the NHRA pennzoil Nationals coming up Sunday April 27th live all day on pay-per-view 1495 call your cable operator or satellite provider to subscribe NHRA pins all Nationals coming up April 27 and to update the pins all punting act let's check in once again was right done left well Jerry it appears that all the sheet metal damage was on the right side of the race car Benson got up into that outside wall but it doesn't appear there was any suspension damage at all there is a great deal of damage however to the Budweiser Chevrolet down here it is a mess Jack Britton Sprague is still setting in the car they're hoping to get him back in there and get some valuable laps here but I would say it's going to take them quite a while already many laps down this is what critics anymore last talked about that's exactly what you were going to say Benny talk about walking softly here and carry a big hammer exactly what Bill Weber we talked about the top of the show I think what Bristol was all about [Music] [Music] but now going into third [Music] bobby labonte she's changed two tires the last pit stop is by Morgan Shepherd Oh the 99 cars slowed abruptly that was Jeff Burton right in front of Elliot and Presley now here comes Burton on the pit road he just got his lap back and suddenly the car slowed abruptly and it turns one and two we saw the damage of the rear that coming home [Music] our leader Robert Pressley how about that he's had such a tough year this year and it's good to see him out front bobert qualified 15th is our leader was checking with Villa while these guys are disappointed the hood is up and I on the outside but he's got left side damage to the left rear and to the left front the 29 [Music] [Music] pressin ride think Robert Pressley might have made some contact Jeff Burton going down into turn number [Music] Pressley that is a tough break Johnny just tickled all the way into your historic Lord does not met the right today but he has position he might do it the next time by 35 laps pretty simple that was awesome slides by Kelly back in now here's what happened in an incident a moment ago from Rusty Wallace this is the frontstretch down in the corner and all of a sudden and it almost gets sideways [Music] Wow that's what cut the tire down them own robber press his car they contacted me [Music] running the back of the nine announcing the damage for the right under the eight and we saw the damage to the rear of the 99 car and rusty squeezes by on the inside then Jeremy said I'm on that the twenty four we see the bag a car just moved in the third spot Dale Jarrett you set out along Jeff Gordon is racecar good life soon he and Rusty Wallace race we're getting to see their dad he's out in front of Christ and he got bound rescue him back what may have a all from turn to over there cut the tire down look at the balance Timmy you're supposed to have one here it's completely broken off this one here pinched off the air escapes the tire goes flat the inner liner goes flat that's what happens presses one into turn number one [Music] the right rear bumper of Jeff burgers and that the bow stems silly has a flat tire and had to come in and lost a lap at least one lap in the pits and as you said that is when things start going good for Robert Pressley they go back that's the kind of year he's had the kind of luck he's had here in 1997 there's back in 31st position now one rusty was born they can run bleeded the race now he's drifting up the racetrack a little bit well he might be sort of looking ahead at him at Jeff Gordon Gordon spent using that diseases he's gonna try it but now it gets back down on the inside [Music] Darren's terry labonte back in 9th position Shepard side-by-side with ted musgrave there is DNA going by taking a spot away Morgana's up there made hit stop he didn't make a hit stop mess began the server his tires written as practical he's going to go by and Bobby Hamilton trickle and Steve Robert Preston sir [Music] back up front there's Jeff Gordon when that graphic tells it all the last four events his average finish 2.5 here because it's one hello here in the spring now what happened to Jeff Burton well why don't we ask you Bill Weber Jeff battling to get back on the lead lap what happened out there well we got a lap down because magnets him onto the ball we got it mixed and then we took off and we made some big pretty big changes to the car once we did pretty good got my bill and the car goes real good [Music] parallel broke loose so broke inside the motor on you know we're gonna lucky we didn't get to erector all 32 feet whatever and they had me picked up in the bag it is your name of the Exide board we go to market to them trying to make it up okay it's a tough sport Victory Lane last week early this week and he was fourth in Potsdam he's coming in here so that'll definitely hurt him in the points Kenny Wallace is currently in we're starting at 29th wasn't yep mark mark tries to falling along there's Kenny Schrader's the 33 car as car cereal presented by MCI shows you the other cart was in 19 spot on lap 156 to top 10 finishes in the last three outings for Earnhardt its car starting to come together and relate that lanta 15th at Darlington announced six that Texas Mark Martin also gets by sixteenth position 95 car hidden barrier is a lap down to earn ours [Music] Griff's ahmedabad body the body I think that to chart our change on Bobby Labonte really hurt [Music] position depending all the way up in 12 position the close call for Debrett would I [Music] 26 bonds from the beginning [Music] and caution is out Kalin did a great job to get that parallel help without even more dancers come on come on work on the back of it okay bandit beatdown see you're going in the corner how petty comes down some contact on the left rear tail goes up a wide back to the fence right there Mark Martin and earn our drives under bed.you Lightspeed Martin Martin right along with he didn't make the right moves inside [Music] drove on the apron the racemate maybe maybe mark finding a good groove down there here we see it again Kyle comes down Earnhardt and down on the bottom part of the racetrack they make contact and round Kyle goes Kyle didn't look like he hits he hits the wall you can see the dust fly from the cement wall that maybe not two hearts of too much damage there kids are scrambling around as they come by and he did stay with my hip for on the right side of the Hot Wheels Pontiac now the leaders are Jeff Gordon almost he faked him Jeff Gordon was headed down pit road and Bill Elliott will come in because he had stopped on lap 99 and John Kernan I told you daily to come in twice on lap 98 and 99 for two tire changes both times under caution for the 10th time back with more from Bristol in a moment [Music] [Music] I abroad Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol Tennessee behind folks from the Pennzoil copter cam giving us this aerial shot of the reason we're under caution here for the tenth time on the high banks here at Thunder Valley take a look they'll learn aren't the three car trying to get alongside Kyle Petty some contact petty goes up back sit in the fence ever so slightly or an arc Mark Martin and all the other cars able to somehow miss Kyle what a great job he does here Ned he gets it going straight continues on chief tricorn stadium complete lap he's made several pit stops during this caution change all four tires and did a little bit of sheetmetal damp work to the sheet metal damage back there on the right rear but he's still him he's back in the pits right now John Kearney you can see they torn the rear bumper cover off they're also using bungee cords to keep the rear deck lid in place and the spoilers been almost straight up at the North Carberry angle as you hear this putt on the pace cars in turn three as we get to signal one lap to go as he gets to on gonna come back the last time for Graham for work so we'll have to see how acknowledged is that he beats the pace car out stays on the lead lap that with that spoiler straight up and not very much of it in the wind what kind of wander car is that gonna have guys it will be good now he will change it that's for sure Kyle is in 26th position there are four 26 cars on the lead lap he's the last one look at Jimmy Spencer fourth place our Napa field summary Gordon the leader Wallace Jared Spencer and Jeff go die in the top five 16 through 30 we've got 26 cars in the lead lap Kyle Petty we talked about him he's the last car and 31 through 43 his two cars out of the race Johnny Benson is off the track they continued to work on the car now the last restart Jeff Gordon pulled away by about five car lights and stayed there right in front of Rusty Wallace rusty couldn't gain important again [Music] then here we go Leslie to Rusty Wallace gets the kid [Music] on that Ridge not now nice wine [Music] that's how much those cars knew Jeff Gordon's car that time did not move around the great deal [Music] and here's trouble off turn 4 grandpa died s spun around comes down pit road to avoid and bow dine we'll get the car riding to stay on the lead lap he was being shown in 11th position and this appropriately car number 11 in 11th position brings out the 11th caution flag of the day here on lap 197 he had some kind of trouble down in turn one on my glass the car slow off turn two took my eye off of it let's see there I saw the truth this is where I took my eyes off of it the 28 goes in the corner he comes down and Brett tried to dodge the 28 car and when he turned and hit the brake sharply the car got a foot of his spun everything went around then just straightened up yeah kept going look at all those cars go by it's amazing how many single car wrecks we've seen today and not multi car crashes this is Mike Skinner's car and we see the trouble started up in the corner ever seen a lot in front of him today they're the FaceCam from Mike Skinner and man I've seen too many of these up close and personal today at Bristol Tennessee and Lowe's hardware stores Chevrolet cow petty is back in the pits doing more work on the rear of his Pontiac it's hot little fun in front whoever they got that big hammer out you talking about I told you you would be that remember I told you to spoil the night trying to bend it back as the pace car comes out of turn number four and they tried to bend the spoiler back and knock some of the rear decklid dances some air could hit the rear spoilers of Kyle could drive the car because obviously that downforce in the rear not [Music] Korso is very loose Jeff Gordon continues to leave the Food City 500 we'll be right back to Thunder Valley in just a moment [Music] well the sun's back out in Bristol and the green flag is about to be lemons caution flag today comes to a head and Jeff Gordon pulls away they're great start on this restart [Music] and Bobby Hamilton just the nice spell he is moves up and let's Russian waters go catch Jeff Gordon finish petrol go hide out of the [Music] they'll hear it on the outside lap cars that are in front of chariot and fingers thing stay on the inside which probably is to lap cars that's Bobby Hamilton's car 43 Robert presses carnival 29 now Presley looks at the inside Hamilton tearing quite behind Robert Pressley and Spencer Jaclyn has a different spot on the quarter panels today la West who's been a longtime associate BC number seven so it has electrics puncture today ban conversion company a couple of times living its Oh and be traffic look at our Napa field summary and look who's right in the middle of the number three part three and 28 the same thing and he will do the same thing [Music] our to ninth position to see donar [Music] now in the top 10 II wonder what's happening up there's Gordon and there's rusty and what's happening in the pits let's go down to John Curtis kyle petty waspy weapon right now so they're losing lap after lap this is part of the left half of that the rear spoiler you can see the well beaten they just stepped right off after they had closed and pushed up to a nine knocked it right off so you can't run with only half a spoiler so kyle is sitting down the pitch he's lost countless [Music] for another driver that had a good run going here today look at the lead that Jeff Gordon has on Rusty Wallace what Ned said a moment ago the on his own home track we see if you started at six tenths of a second and then it's one point two seconds 60 1 2 2 3 3 rusty 2 2 4 [Music] the Circuit City car hey Mark mark has been able to get by Dale Earnhardt the 8 spot away Earnhardt still back at night spot here's a battle for 4th and 5th Jimmy Spencer has four Jim God what's it good clothes coming off the turn dispensers card we talked that before he goes pretty high TIF an opportunity to try to get a dream that couldn't do it that time and there's Terry Labonte he just sitting there watching that action they could he'll take advantage of any situation that might occur said I'm six but you guys keep playing I'm about to be fourth now Spencer runs at middle group and learn that they lost today yes he has it's working for him he stayed up front he made a good decision Travis partly true Donny Wingo made a good decision change two tires early on get some track position I'll petty back on the racetrack you're Jonathan Petty fans I have [Music] trying to get back up to speed [Music] having a great part in that hot girls clung hand and you you look at that you say why did they well then why didn't they just bear the peaceful because the decade of the product is not level across it has ups and down so they passed the world Sterling Marlin chasing Kenny Wallace those drivers [Music] start on the outside pole did the for car here comes Ted mustard third he's trying to get by Jeremy Mayfield in the 37 [Music] right on add some contact between the 60 must-read goes on triple truck [Music] [Music] he started 39 beside of Spencer here they are going down the Spencer's still running that halide this rug [Music] and Jeff just sittin in it with a mustard crash 81 cars back to the fence and once again go up boards one FFF gonna have to laugh a lot of limit on that elbow this week because he's waving that caution flag once again for the 12th time 14th place card contact with the wall three and four I stuck break for Kenny Wallace is that some good runs this year better runs and his finishing positions showed mercy qualified to fourth position here for the 5500 now has to take it behind and startings part of the year for Kenny Wallace the youngest of the three Wallace brothers it takes the film are tossing car behind the wall how tough is it for to run on the short track so we've had 12 caution flights a day the all-time NASCAR Winston Cup record for the number of cautions was 20 where you guessed it right here in Bristol Tennessee in the spring of 1989 folks we could have a record before it's over back in a moment [Music] back in bristol motor speedway working caution flag that works well why are we under caution well we'll show you what happened to Kenny Wallace's car number 81 goes in the corner don't know exactly what happened goes up make some contact serious contact with the car comes off the racetrack directly to pit road NASCAR wisely threw the caution flag while we were in commercials some cars made some pit stops as a matter of fact the leaders Jeff Gordon made pissed-off Rusty Wallace and Dale Jarrett Nia Dale Jarrett will see makes a good pit stop but he's going to kill the engine when he starts out but Rusty Wallace is going to get out in front of this trio even though Jeff Gordon goes down off the jack first but he's back a little bit further back up hit road I mean a chassis adjustment in the left rear of the 88 car for Dale Jarrett car no Menotti back down pit road the Holly Myers car report of that car possibly overheating for dick chuckle Dick Trickle we'll check on that and let you know specifically what the problem is Sterling Marlin didn't make a pit stop here Bill Elliott their 1st and 2nd still working caution flag number 12 at Bristol Motor Speedway record crowd biggest the history of Tennessee for a sporting event glad to have you with us back with more in a moment [Music] welcome back to Bristol just about to get the green this time by Sterling Marlin this Court is the leader but might have a problem it's in the motor room in the engine compartment and basically he thought he dropped the cylinder now they just say it's against bombers needs when you stand on the gas the car doesn't really go [Music] [Music] [Music] Rusty Wallace movie got this first those Houdini in third position my camera showing the backup bill Elliott's McDonald's for Thunderbird Allen in second spot and Dylan tries to dive to the inside of Sterling Marlin past position here he goes taking a spot away that's for the lady [Music] [Music] this is Rusty Wallace trying to take them to that second spot he will caution is out [Music] the caution comes out so that puts him back on the beat lat ketchup now and we're being told it's debris on the racetrack and there it is great camera work guys it's off the 29 now appropriate well yeah it something come off the race car and you're out front of the leaders get your lap back how'd they do that those cartoon characters fell off on the track and they had to put the caution out now Robert gets a lap back so maybe his luck is changing Kerry Bechdel own machine of Robert Pressley brings out caution number 13 at Bristol Motor Speedway awesome bill showing the way his 11th place finish last Sunday detect us his best it's a fourth at Daytona Beach in the season opener well count them on both hands and part of one foot 13 caution flags thus far here in 236 laps at Bristol [Music] back to green flag racing about three laps ago and how quickly things change back to 39 the green came back leading is pulling away [Music] continues to work his way towards the rear - about fifth spot yeah and they're passing London straightaway so that Incheon problem that they said he had David on the racetrack they're passing it on the straight eleven car breath codon and before six dollar mark of the six eleventh is early and look at mark mark died by the I told him to do that and Old Market now let's show you what happened after the restart how rusty was able to get around Bill Elliott moves up on him in a hurry le remember has older tires than does rusty going into the turn dip down the inside Ellie's car goes a little bit high and rusty just motors right on by difference in the fresh tires and those have been on the car for a while and there is a little back from our leader and Bill Weber down with Kenny Wallace bill Kennie a great qualifying run I know you had a good car you were looking forward to a strong performance but I didn't in that way you know to start though you got to run good the whole race and I felt like we had a good race girlie figure out what happened but uh [Music] the guy hit me I guess Square to ruin do you need to see the tape first but done you know can't fix the car that's the worst part but we're trying to win enough I guess report issue brother looks pretty good yeah he's all be strong here he's got a good package enough hopefully he'll win we'll see you next week thanks qualified wallace's brother will come by and take the halfway mark to go rusty halfway to his second win on the year and with that bright Sun comes over the Bristol Motor Speedway the partner get together this afternoon you see this disappointed men [Music] Wow an update I check card number twenty-nine that was not debris off of her car number 19 that brought that caution flag out so uh I did not come on till we do is still riding third place Jimmy Spencer in fourth place they've been been racing for long laughs 2023 in front of seven behind reverse just before that last caution JetBlue Don had managed to get around Jimmy Spencer than be they are just reverse did you say Steve bristled a good run going today for the Kodiak to Chevrolet remember he's won here in Busch racing he thought he swept both events here in 1995 in the water one en Texas last week Grissom came from 35th starting spot [Music] those older tires he's slipping back in the feel there he is the Madonna's court number 94 car number six Barton running and it gets under Bill Evans on the backstretch you take that [Music] here on the front straightaway the body is involved the 31 car once again right in the middle of it unfortunately for Mike Skinner maybe not cute a believe the thing made some contact John Andretti has a part of the bumper cover flapping behind his RCA Ford there it is he was trying to get stopped got front and rear in damage let's see if we can see what happens to come off the corner and we see Musgrave oh I see Ernie and the 18 car the 28 and the 18 car makes contact Bobby Labonte goes around Ernie goes on by meanwhile cars behind track time start trying to stop and they make contact and the 98 car up and ready comes along runs in the back of the 18 well I tell you my skitters got to say hang them I look like a cue ball or what I'm now just minding my business he suddenly how people are bouncing off me all over and right Dunlap is right there in the fits well you're absolutely right guys there is a lot of damage to their continuing to go to the right side he has to do with the damage they have on the right front in 30th position because it's been so many different problems here today it's Mike Skinner I'll take a look at the points up for the rookies here where they're running Mike Skinner stays running Robby Gordon Rd out of the race involved in an instant couple incidents early on heavy damage on his car and David Green now in 29 spots of Mike Skinner wanting to stay on the racetrack 96 Kearney doesn't look too bad that caterpillar car looks like he's doing pretty well Sterling Marlin Bill Elliott Bobby Labonte Morgan Shepherd Hall making pit stops here let's check with Bill Weber ok Sterling Marlin is here and also coming out of pit road down Tim brewer just told me which sterling gets into gas just does not go thought about four but it's a two-tire stop for sterling but you don't have any get up and go when it's time to get up and go remember he and Elliot were off sequence as far as the unnecessary pit stops oh hell our founder Hilton has been run over the NASCAR official did Michael as he was trying to leave the official stepped in front of the car and Michael was going and [Music] let's show you some replays from some of the cameras we had mounted on the Lowe's Chevrolet of Mike Skinner [Music] Wow he tried to accelerate discovered he had a flat tire the car would barely roll this is one of the few cameras we still have working on this car number 31 it might keep this with his voice [Music] laughs 265 rusty pulls away [Music] a deep part is fortune teller involved in a crash and [Music] he had problems earlier his 18 laps down he's been running good he's been running almost as fast as leaders behind the wall here comes Mark Martin he's moving in in eighth spot Marc started way back in 23rd positions he listed a qualified shell on Friday he had problems with the power-steering event electrical problems and he's had some damage on the front of that barn and early resident guess he rented the back of his teammate Jeff Burton we seen the hood all bowed up in the center [Music] bothering me something about all baby [Music] Bristol Tennessee in 40 graces as his last NASCAR Winston Cup 2015 top 527 top tens 21 races led 10 Busch Series win getting his October of 1995 and shop and Ernie Irvan has slowed dramatically coming down it had a little smoke coming from having food there you saw so he's headed to the pit so ernie irvan's 1997 bad luck continued [Music] thirty-eight spot many Ernie Irvan started 38 top 10 and Ally open the hood on my house and Rusty Wallace contagious [Music] keepa he's pulling away from Jeff Gordon with Jeff Gordon [Music] or JIP pass each other that's what I want to see accepted one time in a traffic situation Rusty Wallace with that pajama now Tracy our Budweiser race recap our leader is Rusty Wallace has led 13:33 up 273 live stripping Changez 14 costume class at 14 cautions last year right that's exactly why 14 for 81 laps average peak 72.5 hey our leader today Rusty Wallace Bill Elliott sterling Robert Pressley is led a couple of laps out of race thus far Robby Gordon Jeff Burton and Kenny Wallace and right now it looks like Dale Jarrett is off the Hat was gon win stay up there he's running in fifth place right now [Music] [Music] when somebody right that is Robert Pressley as the field now shuffles by and caution once again being Wade and Bobby Labonte sitting sideways on the backstretch there as well boy Bobby headed a ton over there the Interstate Batteries Pontiac having right side damage of white front that car show simply to see what happened to Bobby if the cars trying to get low down here in this caution flag some heavy heavy damage for that car I gotcha nice garden in right trickle in the nineties bill right behind the ambulance like bobby labonte and was it rough Presley got together a little bit and you see how hard bobby labonte went up and hit the outside wall this is going to be a big blow for him he was third in Winston Cup point standings coming there's 41 points behind his brother Terry here we go here we got a better angle if he goes in gets in the back of the 29 gets him sideways and when he comes off evidently he ran in the red in the apron or something and all of a sudden his car just veered to the right they let the citko view here from Michael Waltrip's in-car camera he's running right behind Bobby Labonte [Music] just wasn't overcorrecting in here I think maybe hit 229 was the right front tire and cut the tire down against Italy cut the tire damn baby [Music] front fender if robert has to go because I guess the pace car is making its way but I don't see it coming out turn for but he took off they're gonna have to come back in they changed right-side tires that time but the left front fender part of it is down in the lower part and the hole has been punched into it plus again have to pull it away from the tire to keep it from rubbing so we'll see Robert back on in a moment let's go to the backstretch Fitz can read then laugh well thank you John you can see Robert Yates is working feverishly here on the Texaco Havoline Ford if you look at the very front left side of the race car something has punctured through the grille and gone in and busted the radiator so they're putting a new radiator in there adding water right now they figure it's going to be another five or six laps before they can get any back in the race Dodge race cars debris could get you here at Bristol Robert Pressley back in that big [Music] just a puff of smoke let's see if we can see just a puff of smoke as bobby labonte goes by the 29 car there we see the 29 car spin now Labonte goes by right there I think that he touched the left front fender with his right front tire and instantly cut it and he comes off course straight in the wall well let's find out exactly from the horse's mouth Bill Weber standing by with Bobby Labonte it's a very disappointed Bobby Labonte had a great car high up in points first of all what happened out there Bobby actually I just spun the 20 car 29 car out going into one I'm trying to get by him a couple times and I could never do it so I got up there and just tapped him a little bit he got turned around and got caught his left front with my right front you're okay yeah alright that's Bobby Labonte and we talked about all those tools at the top of this race well they're gonna need them all to try and get Bobby back out there and get some of those valuable points as Ned was mentioning earlier Bobby very high on the point standings and now very disappointed great call on that Benny that contact on the right front in the left front Bobby Labonte very honest about what happened but not real happy about sitting behind the wall back with more from Bristol caution slack number 15 about to hint as a crowd on their feet once again left 287 this caution for sake down the green [Music] [Music] retaining pole his car has no steering comes right back up across into the concrete right the middle of the groove [Music] Burton trying to race Rusty Wallace back in there is what's left at the prime star family channel 4 and I tell you what seeing his hand go up and turning the ignition of the TV switches off is a good sign as he lets the wind in that death folks you were able to see that on our speed shot as the car veered suddenly now high retaining wall on two wheels looked like it was going to flip down the front straightaway on a tough break for Ted Musgrave qualified third see the left front tire is flat I guess he did that and hit the inside retaining wall shoot all right once again the caution flag is out and we are being told that he may have cut a tire let's see if we can see there he just all of a sudden beers in the outside retaining wall and he's gonna go down and touch the inside wall there we go now watching the rivers hit from the speed shot watch the top of your screen I was certainly dispute and watch this thing on two wheels look like you're gonna flip though control right down to the inside retaining wall here and hit it hard trying to come back to that 35th place finish at Texas had a great qualifying run today starting in Row two and now it's all over for Ted Musgrave let's go down to Bill and Ted is walking on his own coming back from the car we'll see remember you okay yeah looking for his jacket it's pretty chilly down here well I was a wild ride that do you know what happened damn lap cars again you know coming off turn four they didn't throw me in the left rear and put me a bit in the wall and you know yeah these lap cars are just absolutely terrible today and all that family tell prime Sarkar was real good part in our time but they're just not used their heads today okay that's Ted Musgrave he manages a smile but very disappointed the third DNF of the year at Ron's Musgrave had outstanding effort at Norland any second to Dale Jarrett down there and had a good car today but he's gonna go all the way down and he was 15th in the point standings coming in here and you know had a good shot to move on even in the top knee and with the good finish here today but drop the other way now all right working caution number 16 closing in on that all-time NASCAR record 220 we don't want to record but it's coming our way back in a moment [Music] back in Bristol Tennessee the Sun is out some shadows on the racetrack now a couple of cautions ago actually caution number 15 the car number 29 was involved he was tagged as you heard Bobby Labonte tell Bill Weber now this car was spun but he's trying to say to the lead lap so watch Rusty Wallace yes Rusty's going through one and two comes off the backstretch now the 29 car has spun he's continuing on now we see the 18 car sitting there but all of a sudden they tell Robert press and look you're racing these guys the leaders come in and you raced it back to the line there we see them on the bottom of the racetrack here here's the 29 car on the very bottom of the racetrack now as we progressed on he drives up on the racetrack in front of the leader to come down to the line and the 29 car will stay on the lead lap there how much he beat the leader Rusty Wallace back to the line good move very good lead all right our drivers snapshot on Robert Pressley led two laps today started 15th currently 20th he wants our leader on lap 159 he with his back as far as 30 fourth on the left 53 her 21 cars on the lead lap pardon me Vinnie and he is currently in 20th the spot that down the left rear quarter our producer has young should not think it he'll sue that fellow that scooby-doo on the hood well I knew that I'm that shaggy on the rear quarter-panel I know his son watched it my daughter Jessica watches that so I know you guys with kids know that who is that now Jerry them I believe but let's Dilma Velma yeah Velma not Delma Delma cowards a racecar got this Thelma alright and Ray is caught up with Jack Roush well guys last week in Texas Jack Roush had two cars out of the race at Texas and you won the race this weekend two out here can mark win it mark is really good you know [Music] we had a bad starting party the car looks pretty good out there meanwhile the leaders have decided to come in to pitch Rusty Wallace going around changing four tires Bill Weber four tires fuel and a rubber out of the right rear rusty [Music] nobody caught it by the 23 Khan let's go to write down lap in the back pens well good dad Brown said the car is good my flights if it made no chassis changes here just four tires and gasoline started back in 2010 spotted a position that pit stop is gonna be about ninth after that for this or maybe even ten because there's some cars out of sequence available in town the sequence and a couple of others so we'll see how it all shakes out here without a turn signal or heroine or leaving the mall Dena's click-through signal on the slide up in traffic here with no signal and traffic is pretty bad back with more from Bristol in a moment [Music] try facts are brought to you by collector state motor oil for a clean running engine okay pretty chilly here today at Bristol so you want to keep all your equipment is warm as you possibly can this is the air gun that bill will burn is using to change the front tires on rusty Wallace's car normally these sit on the wall during pit during the race but today it's back here next to this generator which is producing heat and the reason is because when it gets cold this directional button has a tendency to become very hard to push that's what controls which way the ratchet goes you push it in it'll go the other way so they want to keep this gun as warm as possible so this button doesn't freeze up during pit stops now what follow up for our track pack from Darlington we showed you the air guns from the five bunch and about how they change those out about every two races or every 20 pit stops well this is the anvil from one of those wrenches and as you can see right here it broke two days after we did that last track fact when the team was doing pit practice at the Hendrick Motorsports shops in Charlotte this is the anvil here when when you put the lug nuts on it goes one way when you put it on take them off and reverse itself you see the wear in here but this is how when you see broken air guns during pit stops this is usually where they break this one broke during practice laughs during practice boy I tell you got a love race fans it is it is cold here I will say as chilly it is cold the wind chill the Sun has come in and out but the wind chill with the with the wind blowing and that's one of the reasons Bill Weber was able to show us that they were keeping those guns warm with the generators that the exhaust was there and the generator coming out heating the gun right what rate on that okay there's a very heated conversation going on down here with the NASCAR officials Steve meal and Jack Roush what they're saying is like I called on the pit stop that Martin beat out Mayfield they're lined up on the racetrack so well they're going to go back and look at it but they're saying the Mayfield beat the six car out of the pit area and I don't believe that's the case the bass bar fishel talking to Steve meal the jack roush and relay their sentiments the nascar tower there's chip holding the stop sign Steve every position is so important we talk all day that track position in just one position means a lot ever see Brian DeHart talking to Steve Millen jack roush and brian is talking to the tower they're discussing position number 14 on the racetrack meanwhile there's chip Warren that we talked about this moment to the guy with the stop bill paddle I was watching the replay of the 1979 Daytona 500 the other day he was the flagging for that race in 79 and 79 well while they get that sorted out safety car has the field in tow they've thrown the knot they're not going to start we see the lights back on in the pace car and Doyle Ford waving at yellow flag telling the crazy will not go back to green so we'll take a break and come back with a green flag in a moment [Music] [Music] 3:06 this time a caution flag number 60 the 97 that John Deere karpati act is run in his second 75 great masters sir now they're five cars that didn't make a pit stop [Music] stayed out front he sit back in the lead lap now he didn't make a pit stop that's a weird shot onto the back of the Miller life they are mired back in heavy traffic back in seventh and eighth spot that came out of the first rest walls for second Dale Jarrett third but there were five cars that did not make pit stops so that put him back sixth seventh and eighth position see Terry Labonte is right there behind Jimmy Spencer and Jeff codon is right there as well my house cars in there they mention Steve Grissom he's right there with them and Brett baton is not far behind to me problems earlier but he's still right up there potty in Napa field summary you can see Oh trouble here twenty five and nine late speed and Jack Sprague caution number seventeen and all those cars may I want to get a lap back John Andretti stance coming off the turn for probably got bumped when he slowed down for the twenty to the 43 the 95 and the 10th all get a lap back those four cars been against mentioned get their laps back and Jack Sprague gets a heavily damaged race car the Budweiser Chevy making trying to make its way to pit road of course the 10 and the 14 pole will many laps down but they got one of their laps back and Ward Burton got his lap back ass to the car number 95 of that barrier and I tell you what you got to feel sorry for the crew on this 25 car because they have had really had some tough luck about five or six times this year that torn up cars I think the last three races can be damage to the car tough tough situation for the crew of this car which the car behind the wall trying to get heated up harm's way this is not the Budweiser crew this is actually the 37 crew of Jeremy Mayfield there we see lake speed [Music] ooh that hurts some contact between Sprague and speed and Lake speed as it came off the corner well you can almost feel that when he hit that concrete jack sprague climbing out of the Budweiser Chevrolet the Spring Lake Michigan driver that contact brings out caution flag number 17 back with more of a thunder Valley in a moment [Music] our speed road coverage of the 37th running of the NASCAR Winston Cup Food City 500 from Thunder Valley Bristol Motor Speedway is being brought to you by AC Delco automotive parts AC Delco is like buying time and buy smooth Bush beer and easy drinking bush life the official beer of NASCAR all the night 8 o'clock Eastern Time you can join Kenny made rpm tonight pick up the Formula One highlights of Argentina NHRA frame next to highlights and a complete car wrap-up from the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach [Music] complete features including information along NASCAR's touring divisions ray Dunlap was caught up with Jack spray right well well guys you can see by looking at the front end of the Budweiser Chevrolet they're definitely done for the day Jack your third Winston Cup start here I know it's a big disappointment you hit a lot of things out there today what a day it was probably the worst to have had in a couple years but it was pretty tight at first but Andy kept working on it and the Budweiser Chevrolet got pretty good when we were behind we caught up to that group of 10 or 12 cars Aaron and it was best had been all day and then Skinner went into three on the apron of God we got a shape up there came down and knocked the body off and bet the front end then it was pretty much riding around for us today but this team's had a lot of bad breaks and they got Noemie real quickly the difference are running here at Bristol in a truck race to the Winston Cup race everything happens a little bit he's disappointed guys they're out for the day you see him shaking his head boy what a tough day jack sprague and the Budweiser crew we're kidding that caution came out let's watch here's Rusty Wallace comes up on Darrell Waltrip and look at him he almost gets sideways there as they come up a little bit in a hurry the caution flag was coming up and behind this then we mentioned that John Andretti had spun out and there he is don't know if he got attempt from the rear they learned no it was the next car behind him there then anyway John Andretti just spun down to the inside that was after the wreck had already happened on the front straightaway and there's the cleanup procedure taking place at the end of the front stretch safety groove here at Bristol Motor Speedway working hard and we're working caution number 17 three away from a record [Music] green flag waves at Bristol Tennessee Bill Elliott leads him out of turn 2 on lap 321 second place car dead the 97 car as up in second place [Music] and we see 29 [Music] John Andretti [Music] and therefore 2042 their best have worked their way back to traffic in but get a break didn't really begin sixth seventh and eighth Gordon Wallace and Jerry [Music] any car Johnny the cars go by [Music] in second place Goodman [Music] his body activation for to put smart back in third spot hitman said this morning on the 75 car they changed four strings four shots [Music] pushing them a second opinion it will be loose today whether it is right I don't know when they change everything to make it that way there's a 29 should say when that incident caution number 15 Robert Pressley he is right in front of Jeff Gordon and he's running at 5th play and in this buck with Jeff Gordon dive it to the inside can't quite get by now remember the twenty nine we've said it several times today but because there's several cars that are off sequences large pit stops are concerned and the 29 does not have a special tires as Jeff Thornton does [Music] getting a little loose I walked across [Music] ah Jerry said they're gonna change everything on that car this morning cuz they just cannot you said you know we had our Ricky ruts we just took those two different setups flip the coin [Music] rather than four guys up in the bucket you got there ever said he made a chassis just on that two car the last pissed off I'm not sure right and it doesn't seem to be able to pass as quickly as it could have that Dick Trickle here is taken over third from Rick masks trinkle a good run in the junii Dunlavey holic Meyers for now rest it gets only I'm sorry fairy breasts - gets on the inside Robert Pressley become Jarrett he'll try to make that move as well rusty before and got completely sideways [Music] please slides hi Jarrett we'll take the spot away here comes Spencer back inside and they are side by side and one [Music] trying to take advantage [Music] we watch this action back in the pack while the battle for third spot is shaping up between Dick Trickle and Jeff Borden trickle wounds hi that's Gordon just go right on by on the inside Jeff will try to continue on and yeah currently running in second spot [Music] we'll check our autozone Ontrack interval the 97 we see the leader filled out it 2.6 2.12 at second and five laps he gained on the leader the tribe aquila while he didn't [Music] [Music] that's a field summary so philately little back to the 21st they started Bernard from 29 good rod for trickle back to next place bets Lakes beat and there's [Music] that rubber in the left rear that last bit stopped dead for roughly walls of hit [Music] pull up on the should've tighten the car up and maybe after they run wild he's trying to accomplish get the car where it would be better in longer runs maybe a little bit tight but after the run tomorrow should help him as he goes by Rick passed now and takes over gerrant starting to dive to the inside sulfate mark except they're wise we backed off and passed markers on the end let's check in on rusty with Bill Weber [Music] you almost want to say we stick going around crystal witch [Music] [Music] see how he's doing with our leader Bill Elliott we see he was three point four seconds five four tenths of a second in those five laps he's closing in with my bikini body the body fat the Interstate Batteries Pontiac has pulled back early now Jeff towards the 24 has closed in [Music] chad has been keeping pace with Belle Helene out there makes the pass now this in a second second back [Music] the job Chad littles doing then have a great ride a terrific he was still concerned about wife Donna Charlotte two weeks overdue baby [Music] six let's see what gift order to do this time when they go by the start/finish line Elliott goes by point eight two so he gained almost 15 minutes in a second rusty game one typical second or 1200 per second that laugh oh wait - 1:56 three tenths of a second to 54 and we got ass panels backstretch close it up the intervals go completely away kids start to get a lap back could not do it and still no caution flag no caution flag us yet and Jeff Gordon has taken to me they'll be a slowdown thought there would be a caution everybody else slowed down as well and Jordan hits it get moving the spot on the toy car telling Jeff no causes no [Music] you see what happened to barriers he came off that second corner go here you see just comes off the corner all by himself get sonic showing around he goes tries to he makes another 360 tries to keep it out of the wall it does keep it out of the wall and he's you know the drivers done a good job here too big then he got lapped down one time got it back and we're still in the beat Lapland this happened never seen Elliott everybody thinks taking the caution flag he slows down Kyle Petty drives away here goes Ricky Rudd by and here goes Jeff Gordon by to take the lead you're right the spotter could get credit for that so Taplin a job well done in Bristol Tennessee Jeff Gordon is our leaders millions in second spot turning forth [Music] hurry back [Music] Allen Bestwick here joined me for NASCAR shoptalk after the race great NASCAR Winston Cup champion caps like these to go with NASCAR Winston Cup champions like these Terry Labonte and Jeff Gordon with me NASCAR shops are right after the race and give me my hat back thank you and following shop Talk today will go to Amelia Island Florida for the polishing long Championships tennis yeah we're gonna get volleying in a hurry [Music] Waldrop what you see there a Walter go by watch Ricky Rudd go by bears Jeff Gordon by minorities back stretch there goes Michael Michael is in 22nd position go to lap down Jeff Gordon as Jeff morning still our leader Elliott running in second spot our Napa field summary you can follow your favorite blog about five laps ago yep [Music] but now three-second right here and that is costing a lot of time with that fat dude when he gets up see Mike Skinner very slow and April the right second [Music] Chevrolet as Darrell Walker knows a lot [Music] those are the colors of the Budweiser car Darrell drove in the middle 80s the first of five different cars [Music] ready well he's been in an applicant's a lot of green blackberries 20 back position there we go [Music] Ray's been raised and Grayson looks like [Music] but I know them to get by now can Mark Martin get by Steve Grissom the 41 car trying [Music] Wallace has taken over third squad smart get on the inside picture hanging tough on the outside Martin will take this bottle and here comes Grissom near contact between Grissom and Spencer but we do have one car being tapped from behind that was a 71 car got a little bump from rusty well this is some of the heavy traffic that Jeff Gordon was going through the little while ago when he lost so much time - as he was coming arrestee spacing and he's out cleared out [Music] Jim Gordon his pick back up over rusty once again that traffic to the cocaine same time later there's elegant [Music] this time it's yes she did but could work hurt in the left down in 20th position [Music] feel that leaves hanging pretty tough there in second spot yeah with those tires as they he's gonna have to make at least one more pit stop they learn art is struggling struggling in the Goodwrench Chevrolet is having a great life barking another great one earlier he was now lost five spots about to go a lap down Jeff Gordon is coming up [Music] door closes come car number eight between Z and Earnhardt Earnhardt running in the 19th position here's started here's terry labonte he'll come by as well he's trying to get by rescue all oh yeah they just a stick not too long ago I'm sure decorative paper was on his car as well as Terry mr. evaded presence on his cartoons soken certainly not taking anything away from them they take the past rest of walks [Music] the 19th down with [Music] still that lead lap he knows detail delete let me win a lap down you can't win Gord comes up close of outsider tan stand up and go by [Music] we got up on their feet to watch that pass they said Barnard still continued struggle in 1997 the longer bring black rose don't go back here see racetrack [Music] [Music] [Music] Ricky Rudd is in 30th position 75 been running almost as fast as the leaders since he got back out there - did he got involved in a skirmish earlier in the race John Ford had work on the wild he's running good about a hundred lapses that they've been out there well next time bye they will actually have run exactly a hunter Lane pretty nice calculation about the barkbox calculator as their fourth place car Terry Labonte fifth place [Music] prick [Music] was cut points and could really improve himself today with a good finish there's the QVC la West [Music] Thanks goes by the BellSouth never see then comes the ninth place car of Steve Grissom the Kodiak Chevrolet he's hanging in there and there's a tenth place parshat little the part of a naughty cell 21st and running ten [Music] and as Spencer he still continues to try to run that high groove [Music] arms [Music] but I suppose it'll about the master [Music] that's about it for 45 we still got that many cars on the lead lap but we've had a lot of caution flags that still follow that trouble in the last car on the left is this car right here Bobby Hamilton car number 43 or a family michael waltrip tsypko fork right in front of me slide it goes downstairs [Music] other laps to go now at Crystal Tennessee [Music] laughs and Thunder Valley coming your way 37th running of the Food City 500 Jeff Gordon trying to make it three in a row here on the high banks at Bristol we'll be right back I can personal Motor Speedway 18th caution flight today coming out on lap 409 this beautiful shot of the field slowing down atop this Rose Bowl of racetracks courtesy to find folks at pins on depends old copter cam I am professional Motor Speedway now a time correction on rpm tonight it's going to be on at 6 o'clock Eastern Time metal B is dead six Eastern time at kidney main will have formula 1 highlight some argentine NHRA Fram national highlights and a complete car trap up from the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach California that's kinematic company rpm tonight at 6 o'clock Eastern Time on espn2 now there was the caution flag but no crash Morgan Shepherd had a flat tire or something and stopped on the racetrack that's why NASCAR had to throw the caution play cars racing back to the line here comes the leader 24 car the 36 of Derek up trying to get a lap back did he make it it's gonna be close where's the mine where's the Wi-Fi I think he's gonna make it then yes he did he sure did he made it pit stops good move by Derry go check into the pits with John Kernan a great time for Bill Elliott they were going to have to pin about 15 laps from now right [Music] left side tires off let's go down to Jeff Gordon the leader in bill Weber's good right sides around the DuPont Chevrolet left sides going on hmm 94 out 18 7 footboard to the back kitchen drag Mark Martin just brought the Valvoline Ford in the car they said his car was tight he just couldn't turn it into corners [Music] this should be the last pit stop Jerry they should be able to go the rest well just 90 laps remaining so if they stay green as you said then there will be no more pit stops but don't bet on it we've had 18 cautions thus far we've got a way to go back in a moment you're watching NASCAR Winston Cup racing today from Bristol Motor Speedway next week we're in Martinsville Virginia Friday would qualify at live 3 p.m. Eastern Time on the news Saturday NASCAR Featherlite Modifieds live at two of funky stir down will deduce followed by half the hour in the afternoon at 5:30 then on Sunday NASCAR today is 12:30 and our live flag-to-flag coverage on the Goody's headache powder 500 what a buck Easter time on ESPN jealousy [Music] behind him hoping to get a lap back [Music] here's the change from the leaf any side of Jeff Boyd and [Music] this set of tires thoughts group that they're working on in there now and I think if I be [Music] there so they dropped two pounds of the air-pressure other great brand tire [Music] we talked about what a great run that big trip the nineties why are the 4106 Hammond I think both those Barb's were black flag 17th and 18th and evidently the black bike for something they did only route assuming it was speeding on pit road for second spot Dale Garrett inches took a look too - now Gordon pulls away bye-bye three [Music] jet boat out of the seven car 23 baths at the position right now it's neat six-five all right head with Thresh forward his speech in the upper text [Music] 418 Bobby they're at 119 [Music] he thinks his car can come in [Music] together for and there's so much smoke that they can't see seventy-five bar makes contact with a ninety-eight and here's Wallace here is Gordon intern are coming through Jeff Gordon up hi left all the way back to the bottom of the racetrack and by Rusty Wallace [Music] to the break let's show you what happened to bring out caution number 19 okay here's the seven car the black car on the Left Jimmy Spencer comes up behind him in the yellow car starts down on the inside boat on comes down a little bit Spencer had the nose in there and they make contact and around the goal and Spencer nails the gas does a 360 and watch as these cars continue to come through never see the 90 car the 41 car trying to get by you listen in the moment we're gonna see the leader Rusty Wallace come in here zone art as he tries to get a lap back there's a second place car of Jeff Gordon in our dives down to the inside on the apron the racetrack and passes rusty off to get that left well he just had to turn left and nailed the throttle let's get on the road on lap of the Earnhardt pit well guys you called it right up there it was a huge break for a Dale Earnhardt and a good wrench crew but look at this tire this was the last tire that they pulled off the racecar everyone was wondering why are they going backwards so fast the tire was blistering and Dale just couldn't hold on a big break for they learned her 9:00 in the pits in the front straightaway the QVC crew now pets rights at a company going to work there we had some contact with the left side of them he hit the wall with the left side so I guess the toe ends messed up they got a bad break for Jeff but I he had run in the top ten just about all day long to that break here for La West QVC Carrefour boudin 425 laps are complete 75 laps remain they all pitted on lap 410 so you got to believe unless someone has a problem and I'm going to lose that valuable track position well Dale Earnhardt spent on the backstretch but he's the last car on the lead lap so that's a good smart move by him also hitting back there on the back stretchy come here lose everything the good roads Chevrolet he as you said Ned is in 16th spot back with more from Thunder Valley animal the Battle of Bristol resumed the day is over rusty just pulls away the outside our board person right now Jericho's up once again trying to take that second spot away there's a battle for position as Chad [Music] they wouldn't Jeff Gordon taking second spot away Terry Labonte moving eel net lunch let's check in with Bill Webb while the strategy on the 24 car is bidding it takes a while for the tires is according and Jeff said I don't know this car does not feel the same as it has all day long survey said different right now chef start getting better Jeff Gordon did exactly they'd have done to Jeff door he's got a phone he's working hard got him loose past important state rocking the back bumper of Cherokee exactly the same thing [Music] let's check in once again with bill on him they have a tire going down [Music] here Gordon and Labonte Wallace that's the interval right there 1.5 or seconds back to the morning I would guess - Derrick did you have a flat tire was affected Hungary's rear buffer and just made him so loose that he thought he had a flattop so they're gainin on Rusty Wallace we see 1.42 1.3 608 hundreds of a second closer that time [Music] three laps remain Tennessee procedure the body is not getting close enough to jet board to get in loose but my dad was talking about that would not be something good to do to you teammate that time almost a third of a second they gained on the leader traffic there the day mark his car they clear that you see Dale Jarrett's car top of your screen was running in fifth place Mark Martin - six the second [Music] third place cars tearing the body you said that Chad lives right on back in fifth spot here we see the Jeff bodean Jimmy Spencer car contact Oh sweetheart what a tough break for Steve sawsan contact a few laps ago between Spencer and jet boat on and that time also once again that we see Steve person is okay we see the left rear tire of Grissom he had heavy contact in the wall the window that is down that's good news you see Steve moving around inside the car what I talk break guys they bring buddy hurt they're just not there for ya Steve distance idiots hurt don't come off Gary unless it's got a hub or a stud oh good I know I like the body it just told it about a couple answer [Music] now we're following the seven car of Jeff went on and watching the 23 car of Jimmy Spencer move in this is down the backstretch here comes the 23 car they come off the corner Spencer goes by on the outside here comes boat on they come off the corner and there's some contact now here comes the 41 car and slams in that outside wall we did not see that we will see it from a different angle when Spencer's car gets up on the wall there yes it did right side came off the ground he stays out there but boy he could have some Sun front in tow and damage to this car Spencer kept on going he's still in seventh place he said yet but he took a lick on that wall we saw some sparks fly now Steve Grissom has climbed out of the Kodiak Chevrolet and he hit a ton up there in turn 123 was trying to rank each other horthy to the right [Music] what's left of Jeff Bodines QVC Ford well we have tied the records for caution set in the sprint 1989 20th caution flag [Music] our speed roll coverage of the 37th warden in the NASCAR Winston Cup Food City 500 from Thunder Valley Bristol Motor Speedway is being brought to you by team Monte Carlo Chevy the cars more champions trust by Britain strap your number one source of power make sure all your outdoor power equipment has a Briggs and Stratton engine and my plethora state motor oil for a clean running engine there's a car number 23 coming in for a tire change has been on pit road he actually stopped twice because he was far back in the field they have changed too they catch up the field came back in and change the left side this last time so now Spencer has four fresh tires in there Robby's got a toe in problem as well he's pretty heavy contact with the outside retaining wall we saw the right side jump off the ground that might not show up and it gets up to full speed well you really got a feel for Steve rissalah he's the one that really suffered the most from this incident once again here's what happened to bring out caution number 20 bars go in the third corner that's jet boat out on the bottle of seven and twenty three Jimmy Smits they've made contact about twenty thirty laughs gonna come off the corner and once again there's contact Spitzer continues on but Bodine spins and watch as the bristle comes along and nails a seven in the rear he cuts his left row down he spins and slams in the outside retaining wall innocent victim Steve Grissom you ever see the contact between the 7 and the 23 we saw the 23 good now watch the 41 with no place to go he's on the brakes hard he's trying to go to the outside can't quite make it around he go then slammed the wall with the left side Steve Grissom of a qualified ninth today running in the top ten mostly afternoon there is the whites out of that Kodiak Chevy that's pretty good Larry Henrik old car the left side is where all the damage was took me the left rear because he came by called the left rear of Jeff photons forward it's in an a load are up on the seat pillow teen year 2000 it's a computer out of hit that they said they've got it figured out how to convert all the computers to put down 2001 or the year 2000 because that's supposed to gonna be a huge problem for banks and people like that that the Emily he's dated had a mm there's Rusty Wallace weaving back and forth they dole Ford has given the signal one lap will be back under green he's mr. Bristol in the 90s 14 races four wins eight top fives 11 top 10s three poems and been team qualifying attempts now remember Jeff Gordon and Terry Labonte were gaining on him but before that caution came out that 50 laps to go when detect the green flag well buckle your seatbelts the Battle of Bristol is about to get serious fifty laps remain that's it he'll take the green on left 451 makes it 49 to go after 20 caution flags [Music] great start once again [Music] [Music] it takes a couple laps then once it does [Music] [Music] now the tithe for that's between the 24 [Music] very high ready man [Music] field summary lawyer 4:19 2/10 trust me [Music] 14 correlation looks like it's about the time come in Ram chat little too comfy feel [Music] stop Bonnie Kellogg's Chevrolet [Music] [Music] first of all Jeff what happened out there well I mean it's pretty obvious one dispenser ran into me I passed him a couple times duration you know no contact we did one time with the I got running from behind but he just flat run into me not whining I'm not bitching I'm just stating a fact that was stupid hey the first time he's done at either I normally kind of smooth things over it's time to tell it excuse my language he ran into me laughing after that I hit him on the caution time purpose that was for sure after that my spirit flows coming off turn four we fixed the thing but the tire rod broken and I hit him and a bunch of other guys but they're going to after me they're going to have a talk with it in a trailer but that's fine but he ran into me I guess somebody told the truth he's wild like there's crazy ridiculous okay that's not all Jeff has john kernan I believe with stickers Steve Grissom has been checked out in the infield care center he's limping Steve okay [Music] the ankle daddy Richard was his right to say 20 injured get ready to our chance Oh a close call for another car we could have had conch the flag number 21 as you heard that the truth from some of those drivers Bobby Hamilton machine he goes the corner goes up pin trickle and jet boat out comes in gifts in the back I'm and watch this just he might have brushed the wall with no heavy cuts that's Bradford on in the car number 11 the paid contact with him there 35 laps to go to Wallace [Music] pulling away from his teammate terry labonte and closing in on rusty wallace mark Martin's closing in on Dale Jarrett so rod racing up here in the top five here we go we'll check up the line and see point eight five of a second 8,500 to the second Jeff Gordon's behind rusty now the next time.bye we'll check that again and see what it tells us there is rusting [Music] seventh spot they got that left back on that previous caution flag and now is all the way back up at 7th position from high atop Bristol Motor Speedway but the Pennzoil copter cam shots the Sun is out of the shadows beginning to show this crown of 118,000 today certainly got their money's worth we come back we'll see if Gertie can catch rusty with just 30 to go back in a moment [Music] back in Bristol Tennessee laps winding down 22 to go and Gordon is on a tear the interval cut it in half the last three laps we can see just a few car lengths to cover College between me and rusty was in heavy traffic [Music] Wow last bars in front of these cars we're gonna say [Music] cars out in front of the leaders and the big of jockeying around we told you the top of this Christel is beating banging bumping [Music] go down down to the inside [Music] here that portion for traffic [Music] terry labonte coming in on the right side of your picture [Music] by the 96 [Music] to go next time bye [Music] three right there [Music] my spy Rick mast now there are some clear trafficking here he goes he's looking he's wicked can't quite get there [Music] get up there [Music] right he's not getting close get him loose he's let him get Rusty Wallace loose he thinks a good [Music] [Music] Lord Labonte just inches apart [Music] - but wasn't enough [Music] but a bumper tattoo and they tend to go the Miller light forward a rough t-ball's his car really slipping and sliding [Music] that car's not handling the way it was earlier as a matter of fact Russia's driving so distinguished right now that Dale Jarrett Mark Martin is going to catch them as well yeah they'll all be there before it's over they are catching up to them they're worried about three seconds behind the counter bouncing [Music] and they're going to come up on there be traffic here again in a moment Terry the lobby book on the inside of his teammate Terry might have the fastest car right now he looks on the inside [Music] 10 foot wide get mine and rest his ladder back because his head when they made that little move about two minutes of the checkered flag Falls 18,000 feet on their feet here at Bristol Motor Speedway [Music] six months away [Music] all of a sudden Jeff Gordon not able to get up there now for almost 100 laps so they're all getting a little bit squirrelly out there as they head off the turn great job protecting that inside line there's ray evernham the crew chief team manager for Jeff Gordon watching intently as his driver tries to take the lead there's Robin Pemberton the crew chief for the Penske Racing South machine the Miller racing for dove Rusty Wallace while they're doing that you mentioned a moment ago the Dale Jarrett moving close enough to do anything we're just a few laps to go for you to go this time bye [Music] actually that was to to go so they will wave the white flag on miles away from wit number two do not accept and heavy traffic rather father's car door clicks look here comes jeff borkin bakery [Music] believable finish right Ray Evernham how can that possibly happen out there I don't know - watch it I just no idea i watch the crab they all stood up I really thought he come on [Music] thank God I mean that's the way that stuff happens I don't know next to DuPont interstate pepsi everybody to help us out and say hello recommenda boss i hope that didn't hurt your heart to hurt mine man two teammates up there fighting for the lead and Gordon pulls it off here's the replay of that final left okay they're going to turn three rusty gets down on the inside his car slips a little bit there Gordon comes up underneath him takes the lead and runs away resti still wobbly as he comes off the turn here comes Terry the body almost kissed by start/finish line [Music] they make contact I don't know I really don't know I don't know if rusty might have touched the apron with the left front or there was some contact back that really can't tell they tell me if you touch the apron with the left throwing you it really kicks the back end out something that some of the drivers were concerned about maybe three and a half feet at best the separation between the 2 and the 5 run reaction over in the Gordon pit is Ray ever damn happy or what yeah and there's a big smile on the young man who has won his third sprite Food City 500 let's go to our McDonald's winner's circle and hear from Jeff Gordon bill Jeff Gordon that's amazing congratulations that three wins in a row at this race tell me about the last lap well that certainly was interesting because not only was I trying to get by Terry or rusty rusty I mean he was tough all day I knew he's gonna be the guy to be but I was trying to get by him but Don had to worry about Terry you know that set of tires wasn't as good as the time before is a little bit tight and then I'd get loose but I tell you what I got to thank these guys on this DuPont Chevrolet they did an awesome job today in the pits and gave me a great race car and yeah it was pretty tight down there I mean that's what Bristol is all about you get down they're closing laughs at Bristol and it's any man for himself I've seen it done many times were you concerned on that last set of tires that your car was not going to come around to you it really didn't it never really came as good as it was earlier but it was still good enough to catch rust and that's all I needed well congratulations that's a great win for you and Ray it said late in the race that his money was on you way better put his money on me but that doesn't mean it's gonna be guaranteed every time but I put my money on him and I'll tell you what these guys have been great really proud of this one today that's Jeff Gordon in victory lane to John Curtin with Rusty Wallace Rusty Wallace is over by the gas pumps now to your second place finish and rusty that what a wild finish what happened there how did he get around you just a lap car down at turn one and two with the last lap checkered flags waving our white flags waving in you know 23 Carver's on the bottom of the track there and we all had to go around outside of and when that happened it allowed let him get up my rear in and get close to me then I got down to turn three and got one of those old love taps and I got up the racetrack a little bit and got second and that's about it well it was still a good run for Rusty Wallace finishing second place today let's go upstairs Jerry well we talked about how close it is a Bristol of the action is like Ned and Benny but that was one whale of a finish you know Bruce is gonna have a hunting 30,000 seats here in August and ain't enough Bruton I'm telling you they've enough well that's 118 thousand at a Georgia today they're gonna go home and tell their friends we come back in August 130,000 that's not what Jeff bird wants to hear more seats more work but great action here at Thunder Valley we'll come back to talk to some more people after this don't go away [Music]

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Length: 157min 37sec (9457 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 02 2020