a proposal is moving through congress that could send nascar stars dale earnhardt, jr. and ryan newman scrambling for new sponsorships. they are sponsored by branches of the u.s. military using tax dollars to recruit new members. but a house committee has approved a ban on military sponsorships as part of the defense budget. rick horrow tonight on spending taxpayer's military money on race car advertisements. >> $80 million of defense money is earmarked this year for sports sponsorships. most of that goes toward auto racing. armed forces branches are combining to spend $26.5 million on nascar sponsorships alone. over the last five years, the national guard has spent $136 million to sponsor driver dale earnhardt, jr. on the surface, the move to end military sports sponsorships is reminiscent of a similar attempt to curb bank sports sponsorships during the tarp bailouts. the difference, however, is that while banks have proven the value of hospitality and marketing at sporting events, the military hasn't. according to one of the congressman supporting the ban, of the 25,0

so summing up the drivers in the top ten, guys like dale earnhardt jr. have yet to win. jeff gordon certainly looked like for a moment tonight he might struggle. >> michael: he can, he can, he can focus on brad keselowski. because keselowski was 24th in the points when he came to charlotte last year, went on a roll and made jeff gordon needs something like that to happen. tonight might be the catalyst for that. good finish, solid night. we'll go down the road and hopefully he can get wins and get in the chase. he can't miss the chase, he? >> chris: he can't. kasey kahne or jimmie johnson, jeff gordon has had problems but it seems like they hit their stride. >> michael: i talk to jimmie johnson and i talked to kasey kahne the other night after the all-star race and i said kasey, you drove the most amazing race in the all-star. he was sideways, going as hard as he could. he said, "mike, i love the cars and i want to win so bad for this organization." he pulled it off tonight. >> chris: he had to wait a while to g to hendrick motorsports and finally gets the win for hendric

remember, kevin harvick who edged out dale earnhardt jr. in that race last year.l-star race next saturday night on speed. that is at 7:00 eastern. you will see all the stars come out and shine in charlotte. carl edwards, winning that race last year. worked his way up to finishing seventh this time around. victory lane. forontinuing race coverage from here in darlington tune in to "victory lane" on speed. rick hendrick, you heard him mention those lost including his son ricky. a promising driver in 2009. 2004. on this date, adam petty died practicing for a series race in new hampshire. miff son christopher, rick hendrick did a lot to get the fox crew out to his funeral in february. we appreciate that. there is a lot more to rick hendrick than just 200 victories. captioned by closed captioning services, inc >> biffle! ♪ ♪ >> 200! nice, nice, nice, nice, nice! heert offbaltimore.ink in tte - baltimmre. why his motherrs day weekend is all about celebrating the living canvas. -------------------------------- -------------------------------- wwether gone wild. wild. oh

torii hunter gets un dale earnhardt, incorporated it and jered weaver throws the second no hitter of the season, walked only one batter. his parents right there in the stands to witness it. how great is that. took weaver 121 pitches to sit down 27 of the 28 batters he faced. it's the 10th no hitter in angels a history, the 250th by the way in the history of the major league's regular season. nation nationals facing d'backs trying to end their five game slide. in the fourth, brice harper. no. oh, my gosh. kind of a fakeout job there. there's a home run. standing on second base there. nats trailing in the ninth, down to their final out. harper on second after a double. ian desmond gives them the walk-off victory 5-4. harper had his best in the majors yet, three hits and nats snapped that losing skid. >> i don't want to call h himelerly, 41-year-old jason giambi, gives rockies 8-5 win. the fourth oldest player in the expansion era to have a walk-off home run. 40-year-old chipper jones still getting it done. 11th inning, chipper breaks a 13-13 tie with phillies and braves win 15-13. what

lap 329, kasey kahne flies flew the field and blows by dale earnhardt junior and kahne passes denny hamlinnior's winless drought is now at 141 races. >>> back to the nba, game one of the eastern conference finals. tonight in "miami," celtics and heat. coverage begins at 7:30 eastern time with "kia nba countdown" kicking you up to tip, 8:30, espn, espn 3 and on watch espn. >>> that 's going to be a good series. >>> wacky memorial day tradition in key west has crews trying to keep their plywood and duct tape boats afloat for just a short race. >> what in the world is going on? it proved to be quite a challenge but points were also awarded for creativity. that's not going to make it very far. >> key west, those people know how to have fun down. >>> a big surprise for two minnesota sisters who thought they were running a pregame kids' race at target field i should say out in st. paul. >> annie and ale likes were rounding third and heading for home where they were supposed to high-five the mascot. instead it was their dad fresh off a plane from afghanistan where he's been deployed since early j

lap 329, kasey kahne flies through the field, blows by dale earnhardt jr.o second place and then kahne passes denny hamlin. he'll end up winning the coca-cola 600. junior's winless drought is now at 141 races. >>> back to the nba, game one of the eastern conference finals. tonight in miami, celtics and heat. coverage begins at 7:30 eastern time with "kia nba countdown" kicking you up to tip at 8:30 on espn, espn 3 and on watch espn. >> that's going to be a good series. >>> all right, well, a wacky memorial day tradition in key west has crews trying to keep their plywood and duct tape boats afloat for just a short little race there. >> what in the world is going on there? as you can see, it proved to be quite a challenge, but points were also awarded for creativity. that's not going to make it very far. >> key west, those people know how to have fun down there. >> yes, they do. >> all right, and a big surprise for two minnesota sisters who thought they were running a pregame kids' race at target field, i should say out, in st. paul. >> annie and alex burris

remember, kevin harvick who edged out dale earnhardt jr. in that race last year.l-star race next saturday night on speed. that is at 7:00 eastern. you will see all the stars come out and shine in charlotte. carl edwards, winning that race last year. worked his way up to finishing seventh this time around. victory lane. for continuing race coverage from here in darlington tune in to "victory lane" on speed. rick hendrick, you heard him mention those lost including his son ricky. a promising driver in 2009. 2004. on this date, adam petty died practicing for a series race in new hampshire. miff son christopher, rick hendrick did a lot to get the fox crew out to his funeral in february. we appreciate that. there is a lot more to rick hendrick than just 200 victories. captioned by closed captioning services, inc >> biffle! ♪ ♪ >> 200! nice, nice, nice, nice, nice! [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so

so summing up the drivers in the top ten, guys like dale earnhardt jr. have yet to win. jeff gordon certainly looked like for a moment tonight he might struggle. >> michael: he can, he can, he can focus on brad keselowski. because keselowski was 24th in the points when he came to charlotte last year, went on a roll and made the chase. jeff gordon needs something like that to happen. tonight might be the catalyst for that. good finish, solid night. we'll go down the road and hopefully he can get wins and get in the chase. he can't miss the chase, he? >> chris: he can't. kasey kahne or jimmie johnson, jeff gordon has had problems but it seems like they hit their stride. >> michae johnson and i talked to kasey kahne the other night after the all-star race and i said kasey, you drove the most amazing race in the all-star. he was sideways, going as hard as he could. he said, "mike, i love the cars and i want to win so bad for this organization." he pulled it off tonight. >> chris: he had to wait a while to get to hendrick motorsports and finally gets the win for hendrick. nex

not even greats like richard petty or dale earnhardt have done that.-year-old one of nascar's most bankable stars. >> as long as he's been winning, jimmie johnson has been racing chevies. with a few exceptions. >> i've never wanted to be a celebrity. i wanted to be a racer. you know, my deal is racing cars. that's what makes me happy, what i am passionate about, and where my pride comes from >> reporter: there's a lot to be proud of. so much he had to rent a warehouse near his home in charlotte north carolina shuft to store it all. the best man cave ever. >> turned out well. reporter: and everything in here has a story. >> the color that's here, i was a young kid on the deal so this was the puppy chow dog food coloring >> reporter: that was long before he hit it big. now he's even got his own video game one that he designed which i thought gave him an unfair advantage. have you ever played a game before? jimmie johnson from california wins at indianapolis and the caution is is out. >> as much as he jokes about his success, it's serious stuff. forbes ma

some of sports biggest name dale earnhardt sponsored by the national guard. sport and the sponsorship if the military is not allowed to sponsor cars? >> in all due respect, that's someone that does not understand the total program. just to put your name on the side of a race car, that isn't the end of the story. the rest of it is these guys go out in the community. these are the best pr men that the army, the navy, any branches of the military could have. they do stuff in the community. the recruits. they love this program. i don't know the numbers. i'm not up on the numbers. but i do know a large percentage from increased from the response shoreships when it -- sponsorships. army of one. this is a great program and to disrupt it or want to discontinue it is just somebody that really needs to do a little bit more homework. i have a suggestion for some of our political friends. maybe you should put the sponsors that you have on your uniform. maybe when you show up at work every morning you should have your primary sponsor and subs over here so supreme know who

dale earnhardt. richard petty, darryl whap -- waltrip. why ricky bobby for you?cing we are looking for sponsorship as well as with the armed forces foundation and their work through ptsd. this is an inspiration to me through ricky bobby and all the struggles he went through to get back to the top. i'm using him to get back to the top as well. >> you have the me suit that ricky bobby made famous. cougar ricky bobby painted on the front of your car. what i'm told you have a cougar in your car; is that correct? >> yes, we have put karen the cougar in the backseat of the car. she is my inspiration to drive fast and shake and bake with the rest of the crud out there to make sure we come out on top. >> my sources tell me you do a mean ricky bobby impression. i want to hear some of your lines now kurt. >> you want some of my favorite? well, when i wake up in the morning i piss excellence. that's my favorite one. there then there is another one when he is talking with the competitor john, we are not french, we are american. america is the best country out there. >> that'