>> john: i'm coca-cola racing family member joey logano. you're watching the coca-cola 600 on fox. >> jeff hammond with brad kezelowski. >> jeff: what happened out there? >> three wide with danica and didn't know it and cut her off and wrecked her and myself. >> jeff: a tough couple of weeks in charlotte? >> just we willle move on. that is all you can do. >> jeff: thank you. >> darrell: i kind of think that the 17 maybe forced the 10 up a little bit. danica. and brad maybe did come down. looked like kind of they came together. brad came down a little bit and danica came up a little bit. he might want to look at that video and see if he feels the same way. >> mike: i can't pin all that on brad kezelowski. i think he is shouldering too much of the blame. >> darrell: i believe so. >> mike: two cars trying to get into one spot. jamie mcmurray smelled smoke

under the hood. what is up? >> krista: he said he didn't have smoke in the cockpit. brought it down and looked at the hood. thought it was electrical but the smoke was rolling out of the hood. the crew chief thinks they may have a leak in the oil line. >> mike: a number of cars mitt pitstops. >> darrell: remember the hendrick engine earlier in the week in danica's car had an oil leak that they had to change the engine for. >> mike: next sunday nascar on fox, concrete and crab cakes. >> next week is fox's last race of the season. redried for the monster mile and all of the mayhem in dover. >> scary to race here. like a bad rollercoaster ride. >> the best glue tv closes out the season next sunday only on fox. mike we will be there with you

from dover delaware. the fed ex 400 benefiting autism speaks live on fox. 15 lead lap cars back to tony stewart who got the free pass on the caution. and still four cars trying to get from one lap back. and kasey kahne does not take off. it is kurt busch and kevin harvick leading the field into turn one! >> darrell: the 78 took off, though. he is long gone. >> larry: martin truex, jr. in the 56, he was all over the back of kasey kahne. not the first time that he didn't have a good restart tonight. had one earlier. >> darrell: spinning the tires earlier. i don't know what happened there. just didn't go it looked like. >> mike: the big loser there was martin truex lined up behind kasey kahne. truex is back to sixth place. matt, what happened to kahne? >> matt: just about every restart -- >> mike: trouble in the third straightaway. three wide. two cars pile hard into the wall!

>> darrell: a terrible wreck. mark martin into i think it was the 43 of almirola. came together. >> mike: three wide at the start-finish line and none of the three drivers would gave. jeff gordon along with aric almirola and marius payton hard crash. martin in a and bobby labonte also has damage. the window net is down and that is signal to safety crews that the driver is okay and going to climb out o of fuel under his own power. we will stop the cars here on the front straightaway. it all started at the start/finish line. >> darrell: i saw them coming through here three wide and kind of came together down here as you fan out to get down into turn one. you will see almirola. jeff gordon and almirola right in there. >> mike: and mark martin ahead

of them. >> darrell: almirola comes under mark. going to get three wide down here. start down through here. almirola a nice run and up along side of martin. jeff gordon on the outside over here. and right here it looks like mark maybe gets a little loose or maybe cuts down trying to make the dog leg and gets into th s i thought the cars were going to go over right here. got up in the air pretty good. >> mike: and mark came up into ricky stenhouse, casey mears and bobby labonte involved. >> darrell: stenhouse down here and bobby labonte down here. >> mike: stremme a near miss. riding with stenhouse. >> [radio]: ahead of you here.

>> darrell: a great shot right here. let's see what mark is in the middle. jeff gordon on the outside and mark in the middle. right there where almirola needs to come back to come back right there he gets into mark martin. >> larry: darrell, it narrows down so were in the dog legs. >> darrell: got to get some room there, buddy. >> mike: at that point was the second dog leg. if that had been a straightaway no problem, everybody gets sorted out. a turn to the the left right there after the start finish be line and there they go. >> darrell: got dicey. almirola moved around and got into mark and a here they go. >> larry: kenny francis kasey kahne's crew chief probably had no idea what was going on. >> darrell: and there is the culprit right there. i think that is causing us a lot of heartache tonight.

>> mike: jeff gordon's car hauled off. >> darrell: the car took a hard, hard hit, jeff gordon did. >> mike: steve byrnes. >> steve: might be robs on the 78 car of kurt busch. told the crew chief we have no power to this car right now. >> mike: no power? >> larry: it could be the ecu box might have to be reset. >> mike: okay. mark martin in the garage. let's go back to the restart. we said the biggest racing of the night is going to be on the restarts. everybody on fresh tires trying to get what they could get and kasey kahne's car did not take off. truex pinned behind him in the 56. no where to go. >> darrell: you see there as they come through the last little bit of the front straightaway how you got to have enough room to get around the corner right there. >> mike: stopped under red as

they clean up in turn number one from this ninth caution flag and second red flag of the night, chris. chris myers? >> chris: sorry about that. was talking to michael waltrip about the highlights we were choosing to go with. and we will start with the overhead camera and the fiber that snapped during the race. >> michael: gets into the right-front of kyle busch's car. jeff hammond showing us what the rope looked like. but look at the repairs the team made. went to work and got the car back in action. dale, jr. blows an engine and a big wreck. >> chris: a total of 65 laps. when kyle got out of the car he said there is nothing to fix and ricky stenhouse near danica patrick and the reigning champ without his crew chief who returns next week. going nearly 200 miles per

hour. >> michael: certainly are. tony stewart was right in the middle of the crash in the bright orange car and skipped through the middle of them. great job by tony. >> chris: aric almirola caught up in that and krista voda is standing by with him. >> krista: taking another look at it on the monitor. real estate was tight out there. what happened? >> we were racing for the lucky dog. had got and lot better and i got under mark off of turn four and was almost clear of him and down next to the grass and i think maybe he misjudged. unfortunate. i know he probably didn't mean to do that. kind of sinks. we he just got the car a lot better, too and were racing for the lucky dog spot and that was for the lucky dog. unfortunate. >> krista: disappointed aric almirola. steve? >> steve: todd berry and the crew chief of the 78 car talk together crew right now. i heard kurt busch say we don't have any power.

be able to get restarted? >> have a wrecker push us off and assume it will be fine. if not have to get a wrecker in and put a battery in. after the pushoff hopefully it does crank up. >> good luck, todd. >> thank you. >> chris: kurt busch trying to work back. todd berrier 53 races since kurt busch's last win which was dover in 2011. >> michael: said he doesn't have any power. kurt trying to work the wheels back and forth to maybe try to get a little rundown the front straightaway. issues for the car but he has been fast all night long. very solid. >> chris: and 74 laps to go under the red flag. back to. >> krista: that wit chris krisk martin. >> krista: take another look at

it here. what happened? >> just went three wide and i got squeezed in there. you know, we trying to -- trying to run the thing three he wide and just -- there just wasn't quite room there. i hate it. i hope everybody is okay. >> krista: thanks, mark. >> chris: thank you, krista. so at this point with 74 to go we have had 15 lead changes, 7 different leaders, and under the red flag, kasey kahne has led the most laps 130. matt kenseth 112 laps led. head back upstairs to darrell waltrip. >> darrell: see if we can talk to the second place runner here kevin harvick. kevin harvick. d.w. got a copy there, my friend? >> [radio]: , sir. >> darrell: getting a little crazy out there, buddy. what are you seeing? >> [radio]: really not seeing much. everything happening behind us. a little tough to pass so got

to get aggressive on the restarts to make the ground up if you sneed to make two or three spots up that is when you need to do it otherwise you only get one or two. definitely going to get aggressive on the restarts and that is what is happening. >> darrell: made adjustments and worked up there in second spot right now. can you pull it off? >> [radio]: i don't know. a good solid night so far and just need to see what the car is like when we actually get going. haven't really gone more than a lap here up in clean air. that will be the telltale sign as to where we stand in clean air. >> darrell: finish it off and thanks for talking to us. >> [radio]: thank you. >> chris: check in on jeff gordon. jeff hammond is standing by. >> jeff: jeff, looked like you were pretty much a victim of three wide racing with 74 laps to go. >> a victim of the caution coming out on pit road, you know. shouldn't have stopped in the box and did that pitstop, and we would have still been on the lead lap. instead, you know, we are

racing three wide and i mean that is going to happen when you -- i mean just going for the lucky dog and got to be aggressive back there. i got beat on the restart before that with ambrose and messd that one up. so i just aid we were even back there. had an awesome drive to end hunger chevrolet. love the patriotic colors on the car this weekend. a shame we were back there. we couldn't win, kasey is unbelievable but we had a top five car. >> jeff: glad you are all right. >> chris: you can hear the disappointment in his voice. kasey kahne currently is fourth. back to kevin harvick. 10th in points. a win this year but in 20 o of fuel 11 lid only two laps and won the coca-cola 600. the fewest laps ever led in a 600-mile race.

the nickname the closer. hung around. in good position with 74 to go. >> michael: jeff gordon was saying kasey kahne is awesome. he has is to get the restarts. the leader kurt busch has issues with the kasey kahne and doesn't think it will rerefire. could be electronic control unit problems with the car. wrecker behind him. >> chris: maybe a battery change. >> michael: could be. when it goes dark that quick you think it could be something more serious. >> chris: crankion the engines and should be back to racing. the yellow is out. kasey kahne seven of his 15 career wins have come on a mile and a half track. that is where we are now and hoping to complete 600 miles before we get to memorial day. this is why we are under the caution and then the red. but we are back to yellow and we will go race and we are glad you are hanging with us on nascar on fox. in a car, on a treadmill, or chasing a pig...

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my favorite driver is jeff burton in the number 31 car. i'm a huge fan. >> i watched him develop through the circuit. denny always pushes it to the limits of nascar and consist independently is in the hunt and looking for the win. >> my favorite driver is tony stewart. because he is passionate about racing. has been racing all his life. >> ricky is my younger brother's best friend and i have known ricky since they were in high school. i couldn't be more proud of him and looking forward to his rookie of the year speech when wins this year. >> my favorite driver dale earnhardt, jr. as we see here. i don't need to say why. he is an earnhardt. that is all that needs to be said. earnhardts will always be number one in racing. don't believe me. the national guard side of it. a little more towards our side. junior is the best there is.

just wanted to give a shout out to airmen first class steven one of my biggest fans. >> kyle harris. >> sergeant mccormick. >> wally nugent i want to tell you thank you for your support. >> i saw the video. that was awesome. >> missing you here at the racetrack. thank you for letting me ride along with you in your humvee over in afghanistan. means a lot. >> thinking about you today, bud. >> hope you are well, man. see you soon. >> hurry back home safe. >> chris: the race a part of memorial day weekend. we reflect, remember and are proud and from all of the drivers and all of us in the nascar family and those who cover the sport, a special salute to all of the troops in attendance. more than 10,000 with family and friends tonight and around the world watching. thanks for all that you do. head back upstairs to darrell waltrip, larry mcreynolds and mike joy. >> mike: thank you, chris. everyone at nascar proud to support the nation's military. past and present.

71 laps to go. just slightly over 100 miles. jeff burton who you just saw in the video gets the free pass. a look at charlotte motor speedway. nine caution flags tonight. debris. casey mears. debris, debris in the back straightaway. crash in turn number three. dale earnhardt, jr. lost an engine. debris in turn number one. up in turn four, landon cassill's crash and right there at the dog leg as they race three wide that is where the final caution came out. we have had nine of them. a total of nine of them tonight. not sure we are done. on a full moon sunday night in charlotte. >> darrell: i don't feel real good about us being done, mike. so aggressive and you heard every driver say, even harvick said the restarts are crazy this is when you make the moves and that is when you get in trouble. >> larry: ing is said it best and you said it darrell.

the race within the race. the race for the race lead but the race for the drivers trying to be the first driver one lap down to get back in the thing. >> mike: and that is what aric almirola said they were fighting for to be in the position to get the free pass and get back into contention and it is desperate time. >> darrell: but that is what the luckia dog does. puts you in traffic racing somebody that you are trying to get ahead of so if the caution comes out you just don't want to be the caution. but how many times have we seen it happen? >> mike: matt yocum? >> matt: to put a period on the 5 car of the kasey kahne restart issues they had several discussions before every restart of different things he might try so that he doesn't spin the tires. meanwhile, martin truex, jr. was concerned about possibly restarting behind the 5 as well because that messed up his restart the last time. he lost several positions. jeff? >> jeff: talk about spinning tires. what i want to focus on is what we talked about at the early part of the broadcast and how hard the race will be on

engines particularly. the main thing is this is not over with. i agree with darrell and larry as far as caution flags. i think we will see engine problems before all is said and steve? >> steve: kurt busch came in and they had to change the battery on the car. told the guys don't worry about this i'm used to things not being easy. i'm not going to give up now. >> mike: have to start at the tail end of the longest line but still on the lead lap. >> larry: still on the lead lap and four fresh tires. good job. pitted before pit road was open so that is the reason he has to start at the back. >> darrell: kurt really controlled himself well over here this week. disappointed at the all-star race. awesome race car tonight. got the battery problem. see if can he get back up there. >> mike: 16 cars on lead lap. kevin harvick is the leader. he elects the outside. ryan newman to the inside.

kahne and logano row two. truex and hamlin, montoya and bowyer. kenseth and jimmie johnson the top ten. back under green and harvick is wasting no time. >> darrell: kasey kahne got a much cleaner start that time. as a matter of fact, the 56 of martin truex laid off him a little bit just in case. >> mike: logano the yellow ford te outsideyi some noise. >> larry: we talked about comers and goers. a lot of new players up there with harvick in the 29 and logano in the 22 and ryan newman in the 39. ryan newman got free pass in the early part of the race. >> mike: on the second caution flag and now races for second place with kahne. and hamlin side by side for third behind them. side-by-side for fifth. bowyer and truex. teammates. and along comes johnson to make that a threesome. >> darrell: it is a two by two by two. >> larry: and jimmie johnson in the 48 came to pit road on the caution but just topped it off

with sunoco fuel. >> darrell: here we go! more trouble. >> mike: sliding against the wall. >> [radio]: hold on to it. >> mike: johnson sideways. montoya clips him. >> darrell: oh, boy. i think the 20 car got a big hunk of that, too. he got up into the fence. 486 jimmie johnson on pit road. the 42 of montoya going down the racetrack and the 20 of matt kenseth up in turn one. a lot of damage on that 20 car. >> mike: and all happens on lap 332 with just over a hundred miles to go and there is the battling back in 7th place. >> darrell: just get down -- see how close they are to each other right there going in the corner. just -- it is a side thing. the car on the outside just starts to get ahold of the one on the inside and pulls him around as he goes back.

>> larry: what happened a chain reaction. montoya in the 42 get into kenseth in the 20 and then menard in the 27 as well. just started stacking up. >> mike: tony stewart shot right through unscathed. you are riding with johnson. >> [radio]: hold on to that baby. hold on to it. mike spotter earl barbin. we have seen many times over his career johnson slides, spins, absent any contact. >> darrell: watch how the 56 of martin truex gets ahold of the back of the 48 car and sucks it right around. >> larry: another shot of the chain rehe action with kenseth, montoya and menard. >> darrell: tony stewart an awesome job going through the middle of that and a not getting involved. also notice the 27 car of paul menard quite a bit of

right-front fender damage. you know what? that is exactly how it sounds. that is exactly how. >> mike: montoya got into the back of matt kenseth and got the left-rear damage as he slid past jimmie johnson. hit johnson in the right-rear. and there is the right-front on menard. who just inked a multiyear extension with richard childress racing. >> darrell: get the hammers and sawz all and bond. the duct tape capital of the year. >> darrell: pretty soon we will be singing after midnight. >> larry: all still on the lead lap including tony stewart in the 14.

>> mike: one more look at it as jimmie johnson goes around. and montoya gets in the back of matt kenseth. >> larry: orange cone went for a ride. >> mike: bad night on coney island. kevin harvick the leader at 500 miles on only five of the last 18 600s to go the distance has the leader at 500 miles been the winner at 600 miles. we will take you side by side as we clean things up in charlotte. hey guys. what's up? hey dale. i got your text that said you couldn't text.

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>> mike: 63 laps to go as we support memorial day weekend and salute the troops here at charlotte motor speedway. 500 miles of racing have been completed. and here are the leaders at each 100-mile post of the race. now, the eventual winner in the last five 600s has been running in the top three at this point in the race which would mean harvick, logano and newman as kenseth has to try and rebound. kyle busch is out with engine failure. kasey kahne is contender. jimmie johnson continues to have trouble. >> [radio]: they are saying go to the rear of the field, man. >> [radio]: they want the pace car to pass him. want you to stop, please. >> [radio]: we can't, man. that is going to -- >> mike: trying to put jimmie

johnson in the proper position here. and he has to wait on the pace car. the caution is a great break for kurt busch. >> darrell: oh, yeah. >> mike: restarted 22nd because he pitted early to make the battery change. he passed several lead lap cars. several lead cap cars got involved in the crash so here is kurt busch ready to restart 10th with harvick and logano on the front row. >> darrell: kasey kahne has the restart thing figured out. the last couple of restarts have been a lot, lot better for him. >> mike: jimmie johnson now one lap town down. kevin harvick looking smooth at the front of the -- logano almost turned it around coming off turn two. >> larry: clint bowyer in the 15 car on the outside of ryan newman in the 39. i think they have been making his car better and better and we went into the night. >> darrell: clint bowyer won e