you've got to have three wheels, all but the right rear, have to be in the box to have a legal stop. if they back it up it will give them more room coming out. >> jeff: jimmie johnson's rear tires were almost at the line at the box of the box. i don't think jimmie johnson can go any further back in the box. >> darrell: i don't either. the problem the last two stops is the 77 keeps his rear end just outside the bit box there ever so slightly. makes johnson have to go around him every time. >> mike: it may not be polite but it's legal. >> jeff: absolutely. >> darrell: that's what they're upset about. the 78 is leading the race. that's his teammate that's blocking in the guy that's been running second to the 78, martin truex jr., tonight. they feel like there are games being played, i am sure. >> mike: denny hamlin, kasey kahne battle for 15th. kahne, a three-time winner of he

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>> mike: joey logano running 12th behind daniel suarez. last year's xfinity series champ and current rookie contender. jimmie johnson four and a half seconds off the lead and 2.6 behind his teammate matt kenseth in second. toyota running 1, 2, 3. let's go back and look again at the 48 versus 77 chess game on pit road. >> darrell: it's right in front of us, jeff. we have a perfect shot of it. jeff and i mentioned earlier, look how the 77 comes in at an angle. >> jeff: he is coming around the right front tire carrier of the 48. it's not giving him a lot of room there either. he's coming

they could stop him further in the box to help both their causes. >> darrell: see how hard johnson has to turn out to clear the right rear there of the 77. >> he picked the stalls. he can back the damn car up. >> we do that, we'll get ahead of him and stop short. >> he has my blood pressure up. you're about to have to calm me down. >> mike: that's the crew chief and the spotter for erik jones. >> jeff: they're fired up. we haven't had a good crew chief fight in a long time. >> darrell: we may have one brewing. and they're neighbors, for heaven sake. >> mike: the spotters are gathered together up there on the roof. >> jeff: somebody has to be playing the mediator. maybe it's the spotters. >> darrell: i don't know if big earl is up there, jimmie johnson's spotter. he is a

>> mike: rick is a tough guy. he was quite a racer in the truck series. erik jones' spotter. mind games. we want to stress. it's all legal. a lot of smoke from derrike cope's car. >> darrell: it looked pretty terminal. >> mike: 11 laps off the pace. >> darrell: i don't believe he was going to be able to cope with that. >> mike: waiting all season, haven't you. >> darrell: he is a former daytona 500 winner. 1990. >> mike: looks like his race may be over. jamie mcmurray. kyle larson. teammates there for fifth place, jamie. >> jamie: i talked to jamie mcmurray earlier today. he was optimistic about tonight. first off, he really liked

idea of four stage races. he likes to know when the cautions will fall and he doesn't want a long run. secondly, he likes the car that he ran at the all-star race so he thought it would play to their strengths and it has tonight. larson goes to the inside of his teammate, matt. >> matt: look at the 42 tonight, jamie, you haven't seen a lot him running the wall like he does in the past. running more to the middle and bottom. he is middle right now. the big issue so far, though, has been exits, especially on turn two, just way too tight. >> darrell: i don't believe the traction compound has done what we thought it would do to the upper groove. >> mike: not at night. not a lot of heat. no sun. no ambient temperature heat, just what the tires are putting into it. so we have had good side by side racing, but maybe not as much as we had hoped for? >> darrell: but it is usable. that's a good thing. you can go up there and

cars, but it hasn't been a big advantage. >> jeff: i also think, it being on pavement, not on concrete, it definitely reacts differently. it doesn't have quite the same amount of grip advantage as it does on the concrete. just saw a big moment for kyle larson. drove down to the bottom of the track. saw the sparks fly off that splitter. he about turned that thing around. got it gathered back up. >> mike: logano and hamlin have renewed their battle from the last stage. this time it's for 12th place. as martin truex jr. continues to lead matt kenseth by 1.7 seconds.

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>> mike: 163 laps to go in charlotte. martin truex jr. is our toyota top performer. he has led 146 laps of this race. the joe gibbs cars of matt kenseth and kyle busch running second and third. the 62 laps to go in stage three. erik jones in seventh. >> darrell: not going to be able to lead

>> mike: i don't think anybody ever will break that record. >> jeff: the only record he wants to break right now is that nobody else leads another lap tonight. >> mike: came up through the busch north series. made his way to the xfinity series and the title. and then here into the cup series. third generation racer. his dad, his uncle both raced modified, late-models and busch north cars. he and his girlfriend sherry polaks do great volunteer work. >> darrell: the first year in that car things didn't go so well. they made adjustments to the team. they got cole pearn to be the crew chief and that's when things started to happen. >> mike: an update on the pole

were talking about the fact that kevin harvick was complaining about a loose wheel and the team was on the wall awaiting his arrival in the pits. harvick has not come in. he says the vibration has not gotten worse but it's definitely shaking him and he's looking forward to getting it taken care of. can you imagine the apprehension he must have if he feels like there could possibly be an issue with the left rear at 190-plus miles an hour just waiting on it to go wrong. >> darrell: one of the things that worries me about that, if it should be the wheel is not did -- nuts are night but the wheel isn't, it will wear the studs out and they'll never get it tight. >> jeff: you can tell he is a little apprehensive. he is not pushing the car to the limit like he was earlier. >> mike: the biggest mover since the restart, led by denny hamlin, up ten spots. you're riding with him. there he got a little bit impatient with david ragan.

>> jeff: i think david ragan checked up as well. >> mike: reagan shortly thereafter came to pit road. something amiss there. >> darrell: may be a brace of some kind. >> mike: or something he ran over. >> darrell: could have been. we talk about patience, patience. i always want them too. but i want them now! >> mike: ragan with a pit stop. allmendinger has been in. joey logano. pit stop window opening. ryan blaney in. vince. >> vince: inside the top 15 but dropped back outside. just inside the top 20. they've been trying to get a handle on the car all day long. said it's building loose, especially off turn two. four tires. chassis and air pressure adjustment. taking swings at the 22 but to no avail. >>

truex jr. pitted three or four laps before everybody else. that's when he took control of this race and he has had it by the throat ever since. >> mike: ryan blaney stopping. ooh! a lot of smoke in front of kyle larson. that's ty dillon. oh, a car spinning in the oil in turn four. down the racetrack. kevin harvick. misses the wall. kasey kahne as well. >> darrell: incredible job by harvick keeping it out off the inside wall. >> mike: harvick was tenth. >> across the back of the 48 of jimmie johnson. he said just underthrottled. the car is way too free. >> jeff: could be a huge advantage for jimmie johnson if he was on pit road when that caution came out and he beats the leader out. if they just decide to come to pit road to take tires, he will be the leader. >> darrell: watch the red lig.

not sure if it was on. >> mike: we'll watch ty dillon. smoking. we'll look for the pit road light. and there is -- kevin harvick spinning. >> jeff: pretty sure jimmie johnson was already on pit road at this time. >> darrell: great job by kevin harvick. i don't see johnson anywhere. he must have been on pit road. oh, my. >> jeff: he had the left rear tire -- >> darrell: he has a problem. the whole rear end house is out. >> jeff: my goodness. >> mike: almost takes the nose off trevor bayne's car. let's ride with harvick through this. >> easy, easy, easy. >> hold the brake, hold the brake, hold the brake. >> jeff: an awesome job driving. >> mike: nice save. >> proud of me when you see that one. >> jeff:

that was serious dirt tracking. >> mike: kyle larson tagged the wall. you see the yellow down the right side of his car just prior to that. so now he comes -- pit road is closed. he'll have to restart tail end of the longest line. a lot going on. >> darrell: fluid on the track or something going on. too many cars having issues with that 13 car having trouble. >> it's free. >> jeff: really loose getting into the corner. i'm with you dw, was it caused by fluid from the 13. >> darrell: too many cars had trouble all at once. a lot of damage to the 42 car. the right front is really pushed in. the wheel is pushed in with a lot of negative camber in it. >> mike: the baseball bat

to roll out the fender for clearance around the tire. trevor bayne did get a lot of damage. >> darrell: yeah. he got into kasey kahne. kasey spinning right in front of him. lucky that he didn't t-bone him. >> mike: now jimmie johnson doesn't have to deal with erik jones on this stop. >> darrell: worked out great! >> mike: pit road is open. jamie. >> jamie: jamie mcmurray in the 1 car said he is a little bit freer there. loose over the bumps. so a wedge adjustment. air pressure and tires. matt kenseth said he's really good there. could cut the corner but losing grip. four tires and air pressure, chris. >> chris: biggest concern firing off on the restarts. he said the left front, the splitter is on the ground. early on until the air pressure comes out. matt. >> matt: on the change with the

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>> mike: lights out on top of the safety car. we'll go green this time. it will be 48 laps to go with car 48, jimmie johnson up front. kyle larson pitted three times during this caution with crash damage. johnson and truex row one. teammates, kenseth and kyle busch, mcmurray, hamlin, jones and dillon. bush and suarez the top ten. we're back under green.

>> darrell: just can't hang with that 78. he is in a zone now, buddy. that high line worked good for him to get the run down the back straightaway and pulls away. >> jeff: jimmie johnson struggling getting going, getting grip on the restart. even in the bottom lane, you could see he struggled. truex was able to take off pretty good from the outside line. . >> mike: i think martin truex could take off pretty well from the parking lot on a restart. >> darrell: he's got that thing hooked up. just like last year. >> mike: here comes hamlin. passes the rookie erik jones for sixth place. five toyotas in the top seven spots. six in the top nine. >> jeff: it makes me think back of, you know, this is a long race

we started when the track temp was pretty high. there was a point when denny hamlin had a problem on pit road, speeding. he almost went a lap down and now sixth position coming forward. >> darrell: there are some great runs going on back in the field. good cars in the hunt. suarez running in the 11th spot. see him coming into view right here. whoa! had to check up right there. he would have gotten into kurt busch. >> jeff: puts him in a vulnerable position. he lost some grip and went up the racetrack. it can suck you around. >> darrell: almost like it pulled suarez into him. >> mike: kevin harvick went past. remember, harvick was part of the last

behind suarez was dale earnhardt jr. chris. >> chris: a lot of work has gone into trying to find speed this weekend. on friday alex bowman, was running through more setups. talking to dale today. he said, we made progress yesterday but this -- during the break, the setup and the balance, just going back and forth. one run a little too tight, the next, a little bit too loose. looking for the sweet spot. >> matt: sometimes the track will draw you into overdriving. that's the issue daniel suarez was experiencing last weekend. the spotter told him he was over driving the entry into turn three. he couldn't get the car to the bottom. he worked on that in practice on thursday and saturday. he felt comfortable coming in where he was. >> mike: he is currently 11th. five seconds out of the lead. >> darrell: i like the progress

beginning of the year when the season started. he's become consistently better. >> jeff: that's something you see a lot of young drivers coming from the xfinity series. the cars have less power, more downforce. you can drive deeply into the corner. you have to train yourselves and the crew chiefs have to work with the drivers to show them you have to back off much earlier in the cup cars. >> darrell: the aero package with the rear spoiler. these cars hit over 200 miles an hour down the straightaways. you have to back off the gas or you'll bail into the corner and no way you can make it. >> mike: great job by some of the rookies like suarez, erik jones tonight. here is denny hamlin. just in front of jones and behind jamie mcmurray. sixth place and coming toward the front, jamie. >> jamie: you look at denny hamlin. he only has one top five finish this year. they desperately want to get him the top five.

he told me this morning they're bold. the first three stages of the race focus on the equipment. we know we have decent speed and go for it the last 100. they gained three spots on the last stop. >> mike: he has picked it up. as he closes in behind -- erik jones, comes of age this week. he turns 21 before we get to dover next sunday. >> darrell: that's amazing. he drives like a veteran. a great head on his shoulders. he does a nice job in that car. >> mike: pretty impressive he is a cup rookie but a 14-year racing veteran. started in quarter midgets in his native michigan. for all the drivers running their first career coca-cola 600, he is at the top of that list in seventh place. martin truex jr., .8 seconds ahead of jimmie johnson.

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5-hour energy extra strength move of the race at lap 20. keselowski slams into the 24 of elliott. and look at truex and johnson slide their way through unscathed. that's a big move in the race. and now they run 1, 2 with 131 laps to go. denny hamlin still coming. just passed jamie mcmurray for fifth place. >> he doesn't want to let me go. he's going to end up wrecking. >> i've already went talked to his spotter. same guy who spots for the 48 xfinity car. >> darrell: those spotters are busy. running all over the roof talking to each other. >> jeff: as a driver especially in a long race, when you've

of different lines, you have showed them that you're a lot faster. and hey, everybody is fighting for position, but there are times when you get a little bit of extra pressure and have to do it the hard way, which means you have to use your bumper or take the air off the spoiler. >> mike: hamlin passed mcmurray for fifth. so did erik jones pass mcmurray for sixth. toyota has the top six positions except for jimmie johnson's chevrolet in second. a cool way to watch the race is on fox sports go. there is a denny hamlin channel and an austin dillon channel tonight. these are the views. you'll see our fox sports coverage in one box. car-cam. telemetry. and their lap time, serial running. along with telemetry. all on the fox srt

exclusive driver content as well as race coverage. >> darrell: mike, i think one reason hamlin is getting impatient, his car is the best it's been all night. he is turning some fast laps. i believe he feels like he has a shot of getting up here and maybe racing these guys for the lead. >> mike: go to foxsports.com or download the fox sports go app on your mobile device. hamlin is coming. he is five seconds out of the lead and that number is shrinking. >> jeff: his last lap was the same lap time as truex, our leader. >> darrell: he's feeling with right now. >> matt: the furniture row cars running first and sixth. we've seen the teams add a second and third car and it's drug down the organization for half a year or more until they get the resources built up. cole pearn

the opposite. adding the more human resources and other systems have helped to lift it across the board even the 78 to where they feel it's been a huge benefit. keep in mind, not only adding other people, you add a bigger break room, the parking lot. so much goes into it. it's been a huge plus so far. >> mike: that it has. >> darrell: one of the advantages is you added a rookie. he is willing to listen and learn, just like what we've seen in the pits. here is what we want you to do and he'll do it. >> jeff: a lot of it has to do with the leadership in the organization and how well prepared you are to start the second team and do it in a way that complements your other team. >> mike: the furniture row racing organization have done a great job in expanding, doubling the size of their team. >> darrell: think back to the rough start they had at daytona, they've done a great

hamlin. >> mike: the speed compared to the leader. darrell, tonight martin truex jr. has tied one of your records. >> darrell: uh oh. >> mike: he has become the second driver to ever lead the most laps in three consecutive coca-cola 600s. >> darrell: wow! cool. too bad it was my record, but cool. >> mike: he didn't break it. he only tied. >> darrell: but he will. >> mike: he might. if he keeps running like this, he will. >> jeff: you know what's coming next. >> darrell: i love it when people break records, except mine. [ laughter ] >> jeff: like i said, dw, everything i learned, i learned from you. >> darrell: what did i tell you? you don't know much, do you? [ laughter ] >> mike: all right, now. 23 laps to go in stage three. martin truex jr. leading by 2.2 seconds.

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him out of the way. >> jeff: kyle busch gets really loose right there under david ragan coming off turn two. shows you how his car is rolling through the center. i believe his car is one of the best cars -- talking about kyle busch -- on the longer runs. if he can get up there to martin truex jr. i think he's the only one throughout this race that's really had anything for martin truex. >> mike: at the time of the pass kyle busch is 2.9 seconds behind martin truex jr. we'll see how it develops over the next 15 laps. at the end of stage three. >> darrell: i think martin truex jr. is minding the gap. i don't think he is driving hard. i think he is running very -- now this cat, on the other hand, he doesn't know any other way. talking about kyle busch. i think martin is kind of happy where he is, taking care of his stuff, putting down decent laps.

earlier about being a little bit loose. heard him on the radio. i believe he and cole pearn communicated and made nice adjustments. i haven't seen the 78 bobble one time recently. he might have to push more, dw. we might see the back end step out. >> darrell: i think the 78 is about ready for the pit stop when the stage ends. i think they have it timed out just right. >> mike: stock car racing used to be such a great southern sport, and it still is, dominating the race is a driver from new jersey with a crew chief from canada, racing for a car owner from colorado. get out your rand mcnally and figure that out. >> darrell: it's amazing. >> mike: dale earnhardt jr. at 12th place,

>> chris: mike, was starting to be a good run. had more security on the back end of the car. five laps ago he told the team he had a vibration. a lap later he said i think i have a tire rub. the team told him, hey, 12 laps to go. see if you can ride it out. >> jeff: never comforting when you have a vibration. you read the vibrations by whether they get worse. if it stays the same, even though you don't like it, you deal with it. if it continues to get worse, you have no choice but to bring it in. >> mike: tough week for the crew chief, greg ives. lost his mom this week. racing with heavy hearts is the whole 88 team. >> darrell: guys, we are only about ten laps away from the end of this stage.

good shape on sets of tires. for the most part, every team has four sets left. but we are getting down to once we have the stop, it's a one-stop race. the opportunities to make adjustments on these cars, that number is growing smaller and smaller. not many more opportunities. >> mike: denny hamlin trying to get to matt kenseth. fourth and fifth, 5 plus seconds back of the lead. hey, and darrell? you might get your wish. it's 45 minutes until monday, and kevin harvick is back in the top ten. >> darrell: yes. i am going to outback. >> mike: wonder if they do takeout after midnight. >> jeff: did that just take him out of the top ten. suarez knocking him out of the top ten. >> darrell: okay. okay. i am going to subway then. >> jeff: that didn't take

caution. >> mike: kyle larson in the wall. turn two. >> jeff: that might do it for him. >> darrell: the right front tire, when he hit the wall earlier, had a bunch of camber. >> mike: the stage will end in eight laps. nascar said if they can get the track clear and cars lined up to run even one lap under green before stage end, they'll do it. >> jeff: what would that do to our pit strategy? we've seen some gamble and take chances. some will be more conservative. >> darrell: i think that right front tire, it had so much camber in it i think it just finally used the right front tire up. >> mike: under caution for kyle larson. trevor bayne gets the free pass.

finish of the season if they're unable to make repairs. and now here is the 77 talking about getting in his pit box right in front of jimmie johnson. >> next time we'll have to go a little deeper in the box to go around the 48. me and chad are going around up here. >> it's a night for everybody to go around, huh? >> jeff: i think i heard a compromise but i'm not really sure. >> mike: maybe just a little. >> darrell: they talked about moving forward, the 77, in their pit box. that will help the situation. >> mike: pit sign out for jimmie johnson to stop shallow in his box, all the way to the back of the box. you must have the left side tires in the box and the right front in the box and not be over the line in the front. that's a legal stop. >> darrell: if they compromise. 48 stop short and the 77 go a little long in his box, they

>> mike: johnson will come in from third and jones will come in from seventh place. here they come. jamie. >> jamie: denny hamlin, the best the car has been all day and night. a little bit tight late in the run. four-tire stop. the 20 of matt kenseth. pretty happy with the car. not turning as well as it was. another four-tire stop. air pressure is all their adjustment. chris. >> chris: kyle busch saying his car fired off better. after 20 laps the back end going out. can't commit to the throttle. >> the 48 was way too free. a couple of cars will beat the 78 off pit road. past runs, on the free side. badly near the end. >> mike: erik jones beat jimmie johnson out of the pit the last stop. >> darrell: they were three wide down pit road. >> jeff: battling leaving pit road.

>> mike: take another look at the race off pit road. >> darrell: johnson in the 77. >> jeff: the 3 of austin dillon. >> darrell: austin dillon, who is having a great night. >> mike: how tight this is with kyle busch as johnson comes in. >> darrell: that right front tire changer way out in pit road. >> mike: we are under caution coming up on the end of stage three in charlotte. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ toyota. let's go places. ♪ ♪ type 2 diabetes, listen up. we're not professional athletes.

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the rear. he'll start fourth. there will be three laps to go in stage three. pace car is in. they approach the geico restart zone. the leader, stenhouse, will restart this race. he is on the pedal. flag is in the air. whoa! >> jeff: that will hurt martin truex jr. stenhouse didn't get a good start also. boy, that really held up martin truex with some of the restarts we have seen him getting recently. >> mike: two to go this time. wow. squeezed right through there. clint bowyer. >> darrell: oh, my gosh! >> mike: stenhouse, dropping like a rock. >> pit road is closed.

first to last. but remember, saved a set of tires by not stopping. could be a factor later on. >> darrell: he got right out of the way. didn't try to hold anybody out. made is clear for everyone. >> mike: talladega winner. >> jeff: close to the wall. >> mike: teammates. 1, 2, 3 for joe gibbs racing. >> darrell: and the 78 and 77. five toyotas in the top five racing for the winner of this stage. >> mike: kurt busch, first ford in sixth. and dale earnhardt jr. the first chevrolet in ninth. they come to the green and white table cloth. stage three. denny hamlin, your stage winner. his second stage win of the season. over kyle busch, kenseth, truex, jones the top

kurt busch, harvick, suarez, earnhardt and dillon the top ten. and they all receive points. let's go down to chris myers for an ebay motors race break. >> chris: with michael waltrip, through three stages. with the delay may seem like 33 for some. the drivers, the marathon continues. nascar's longest race going back to lap 20. jeffrey earnhardt. took two favorites out of the race when brad keselowski got into chase elliott. >> the amazing save by truex here. jimmie johnson sideways. >> truex has led the most laps for the third straight coca-cola 600. martin truex wins stage two. looked like he was going to be the guy

well, but during stage three, ty dillon smoking. >> this is a fast car. he has been down and out all night long. watch the finish for tenth, the final stage point. austin dillon barely edging out jimmie johnson. >> kyle larson was the only driver who had finished on the lead lap in every race this year, the points leader. he is now, of course, out of the race. that is your ebay motors race break. let's head back upstairs. >> mike: denny hamlin with his second stage win of the year. all joe gibbs racing. 1, 2, 3. furniture row racing four and five. stewart-haas six and seven as they finished up the stage. because everybody was just on to pit road. there may be few takers

stage end pit stop. matt. >> matt: chad knaus said, you realize we're going to adjust this car again, but you realize how difficult it is the farther back you are to try to make room toward the front because of the clean air versus dirty air debate. they did make the adjustment on the 48. >> jeff: denny. congrats on winning stage three. this track goes through so many changes throughout the day and night. it seems like your car, maybe the adjustments that you are making, seem to be coming to -- at the right time. what's the rest of the race going to look like? >> yeah. it's actually been pet

run. we had a speed penalty, and then we got kind of into the wall, had some damage, had to fix that. it's just taken us all race to get back here where we really belong, probably. >> jeff: thanks for talking to us. good luck the rest of the way. >> mike: only four drivers have scored points in all three stages. kyle busch, matt kenseth, martin truex jr. and kurt busch. denny hamlin, stage three winner. shall fl. . show me the carfax? now the car you want and the history you need are easy to find. show me used minivans with no reported accidents. boom. love it. [struggles] show me the carfax. start your used car search and get free carfax reports at the all-new carfax.com.

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the coca-cola 600 on fox is sponsored by cialis. >> mike: in one more lap we'll go back to green for stage four. it's hard to believe kyle busch has never won here at charlotte motor speedway. he won the all-star race. >> darrell: denny hamlin with only one top five finish this year. it's been 21 races since he's been to victory lane. it's been a tough road but he's out front and he's going to stay there. >> darrell: led 392 laps last year. led over 190 tonight. martin truex jr. is going to