dave blaney did exactly that. we are the red dot and this is central, florida so rain does tend break up and move around. we dodged raindrops all night long. >> michael: looked like we were going to have a rain shower hit us but dissipated closer to the daytona area. hopefully get the track fixed up and back to racing. like darrell said the storm is brewing, not the weather. these guys on the racetrack are starting to push it hard and they will take so many chances in the last laps of the race it will be fun to watch. >> john: a lot of hungry drivers out there. for more back up to the boo it th with mike joy. mike? >> mike: blaney is a contrary. in 2002 in the 500 he short pitted ward burton. stopped before he needed fuel and tires. when the checker the flag waved there was his driver in victory lane. can he and ryan pember and dave blaney do it again? >> darrell: this place is notorious for people who never won a race win a race. we had two already and here we are with four guys at the front of the field that hav

dave blaney did exactly that. we are the red dot and this is central, florida so rain does tend break up and move around. we dodged raindrops all night long. >> michael: looked like we were going to have a rain shower hit us but dissipated closer to the daytona area. hopefully get the track fixed up and back to racing. like darrell said the storm is brewing, not the weather. these guys on the racetrack are starting to push it hard and they will take so many chances in the last laps of the race it will be fun to watch. >> john: a lot of hungry drivers out there. for more back up to the boo it th with mike joy. mike? >> mike: blaney is a contrary. in 2002 in the 500 he short pitted ward burton. stopped before he needed fuel and tires. when the checker the flag waved there was his driver in victory lane. can he and ryan pember and dave blaney do it again? >> darrell: this place is notorious for people who never won a race win a race. we had two already and here we are with four guys at the front of the field that hav

there is a dave blaney on twitter. it is not this dave blaney.e may need to get a twitter account after this. right now he is in the seat, mike. >> mike: not only blaney who is a journey veteran driver by landon cassill pretty much unheralded. driving for a team that was just put together three weeks guy. tony raines didn't have a ride for the 500 a month ago and he is in third. and david gilliland running fourth after a surprise third place finish in this race one year ago, matt? >> matt: at the end of 2011 landon cassill was going to drive for one team. this organization came together quickly. do you believe how stout they have been early on? >> pretty impressive that bk racing made it to daytona. put a good team together for the race. this is an interesting situation we are in. it would be a very humble way to make my first daytona finish with my first daytona start. so again humbling but i'm honored to be here in this race and driving for bk racing and to be a sprint cup series driver. >> and doug told me he as we were walking out he was like

there is a dave blaney on twitter. it is not this dave blaney.e may need to get a twitter account after this. right now he is in the seat, mike. >> mike: not only blaney who is a journey veteran driver by landon cassill pretty much unheralded. driving for a team that was just put together three weeks guy. tony raines didn't have a ride for the 500 a month ago and he is in third. and david gilliland running fourth after a surprise third place finish in this race one year ago, matt? >> matt: at the end of 2011 landon cassill was going to drive for one team. this organization came together quickly. do you believe how stout they have been early on? >> pretty impressive that bk racing made it to daytona. put a good team together for the race. this is an interesting situation we are in. it would be a very humble way to make my first daytona finish with my first daytona start. so again humbling but i'm honored to be here in this race and driving for bk racing and to be a sprint cup series driver. >> and doug told me he as we were walking out he was like

. >> mike: a big lockup for dave blaney in the yellow number 36. jeff gordon, blaney.dick? >> dick: jeff gordon has said that he has been running this race wide open and can't make forward progress. the number 24 car a brand new car simply does not have the speed that this three-time champion is looking for. >> mike: there is only one car that has not stopped. the 14 on the left of your screen of tony stewart who i'm hearing missed pit road the last time by. >> larry: an issue for tony stewart. blocked accidentally by the 18 of kyle busch. he had planned to pit the lap before. he ha is it locked down to 55 miles an hour. he was going to pit with the 24. connot get the car down to the bottom in time and get down on the brakes. stewart is now in now, mike. going to make an air pressure change and also a chassis adjustment. jeff paterson has the first can of fuel in. the second can of fuel in. solid stop. >> mike: four tires for the 15. and stewart is away but leaves pit road by himself and no single car is as fast as the pack drafting along. tony stewart has got some wor