ness whthis is what kasey kahne had to say in his press conference -- >> i don't really know who it isso it's just -- i don't know. there's not a lot of answers out there right now. i don't know if it's because we're in the middle of a lot of things or we just don't have a person in that position. i think robbie loomis is supposedly going to be that guy. but don't think he is yet. so is it foster? but you can't get anything out of foster. it's hard to say, you know, who that is. i think it's because we're in a lot of different things right now but i just feel so confident and so comfortable with kenny. and with the team that he has surrounding him and that's surrounding us. if i didn't have that, i would be a mess. i wouldn't know what to think. >> this weeki the vice presiden and managing director of competition, mark mccartel and richard petty motorsports parted way. still part of a big state of flux over here with this organization. >> i might stip ep on toes and e people mad. i will tell you what i heard and know about this situation. the people over Ñihere, if this organization is

kasey kahne trying to get by the 44 car and hang onto that seventh spot. couple of teammates, kahne needs the points, but allmendinger right now wants to be able to get the best finish. >> every man for himself at this point. >> now, mark's trimmed the lead a little bit on the 48 car, but jimmie johnson still has that interval, right there, with just now seven laps to go. >> not really enough time for mark to run him down. >> mark martin is going to be extremely happy. he's had to battle for this second place finish today, just like he had to battle for that win. nothing is going to come easy in the chase, especially when you have to battle that 48 car of jimmie johnson and chad knaus. >> jimmie johnson has 14 chase victories. no one has as many as he has in the chase for the nascar sprint cup. he's won seven times in the last 16 chase races. we mentioned three consecutive titles, tying the great call yarborough, the only other driver to win three in a row. no one has ever won four nascar sprint cup championships in a row. jimmie johnson could become the f

we missed four maybe and now two, about time. >> kasey kahne described this weekend as exciting. his crew chief said it's stressful. dave? >> well the three seed will go for four in a row, jimmie johnson with three wins on the season. i want to know about your effort tonight. i had your pit, didn't follow a car that was a winning race car, how are you feeling about that? >> disappointed with the night for sure. felt like we had a better shot tonit than where we finished. started off decent and then just started getting really, really loose on the longer runs. so we still salvaged a decent finish and had a decent night, all in all it's good and just, really want to get ten more points and give the lowe's employee-owners something to cheer for. i'm happy for my teammates with 39 gets in the chase and the 5 car and this guy's been working real hard to get stuff right and happy to have so many teammates in chase with us. >> based on their consistency this season, do not count them out for a fourth. >> with carl edwards, finishes 15th, earns a spot and you worked for that 15th place.

please welcome to the show nascar drivers carl edwards, kasey kahne and ryan newman, everybody!ers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's what i'm talking about. how are you, buddy? >> good. how are you? >> jimmy: carl, this is ridiculous. what happened? >> it was frisbee. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: are you getting beaten? what's going on? sounded like a lie. >> no, i was playing some frisbee, and it got a little out of hand. i wish it was something cool. [ laughter ] it wasn't even ultimate frisbee. >> jimmy: oh, my gosh. well, you guys are all in competition for the sprint cup. are you -- are you guys competitive dudes, or a little -- a little rivalry here? >> i'd say so. we've -- you know, just throughout the year, it's all -- we just keep earning points all the way up to this point. and now there's 12 of us. and we have a shot at the sprint cup. it's pretty good. >> jimmy: all right. well, i probably should have told you guys this in advance, but tonight we're going to separate the men from the boys. we've seen you be fearless behind the wheel. we have seen you laugh death in the face.

kasey kahne's day was horrible, he blew his engine and was fourth entering, 12th leading after a 38th place finish. pit stop problems. issues getting the car served. clint busch comes out of his pit stall and david ragan flies in there and parked it nice and when the traffic is done he takes the big brown car and out he goes. excellent work by him. juan pablo montoya, 100th sprint cup start and 34th birthday and on a restart with 13 laps to go drives by hamlin and johnson and gets kurt busch in second trailing mark martin. he's one spot where he started on the day on the pole. seven laps to go. marcos ambrose bumps into a.j. allmendinger. we've got a caution, yellow alert. mark martin's crew chief on what's going on. >> we had the best car out there. juan has a good car. mark is the man to do the job. >> he's listening to journey in his head phones. three laps to go, montoya sticks his nose out and martin hold him off in number five. the final, allmendinger spins

kurt busch fifth, and you see that it was jeff gordon sixth, allmendinger did finish in front of kasey kahne, who finished eighth. tony stewart ninth, and ryan newman in the top ten. carl edwards in 11th. let's go down to shannon. >> well, when the weather cools down, it's the 48 team that gets hot. chad, how bad did you need this one, your first of this chase, for momentum into the next eight races? well, you know, our team is pretty easily motivated, and we came in here, obviously after winning in the spring, and we wanted to do really well. we brought a different car, a car we thought was going to be better, and i'm glad it worked out. i'd look dumb if it hadn't. it's a good thing going on here. mark finishing second, congrats to those guys. great competitors. a lot of fun to race against. and lowe's has racing for relief on the back of the car, that's a neat deal, as well. we have a lot of neat things happening here. >> jimmie johnson, your three-time champion, sweeps at dover. doc? >> jimmie johnson, what an effort today. what an effort by the entire crew for hendrick motorsports. chad

kasey kahne took home the checkered flag and moved up five spots in the sprint cup standings. >>> alsoof racing, danica patrick, could be coming to nascar, soon. danica's friend, tony stewart, said he can pretty much guarantee danica will move from indy cars to stock cars in the next year or two. but i'll tell you, natasha, that transition has been tough for some drivers. nascar cars are heavier, harder to move. we'll see what happens. >> uh huh, but danica's got some determination. i want to see her whoop some of the boys. i'm just saying. >> thanks. >> come on, go, danica. >>> all right, let's check in with bob van dillen. >> we've seen her start fights, haven't we? remember? >> yeah. >> she's pretty funny, with the big helmet walking down the runway. picking a fight. >> that a girl. good for her. >> good morning, everybody. let me show you what's going on, save for flight explorer. you're zeroed in on the covington area, the cincinnati airport. here's what it looks like, big stream of rain towards the north, moving to the northeast, too. more thunderstorms downstream of there. here'

kasey kahne's day was horrible, he blew his engine and was fourth entering, 12th leading after a 38th place finish. pit stop problems. issues getting the car served. clint busch comes out of his pit stall and david ragan flies in there and parked it nice and when the traffic is done he takes the big brown car and out he goes. excellent work by him. juan pablo montoya, 100th sprint cup start and 34th birthday and on a restart with 13 laps to go drives by hamlin and johnson and gets kurt busch in second trailing mark martin. he's one spot where he started on the day on the pole. seven laps to go. marcos ambrose bumps into a.j. allmendinger. we've got a caution, yellow alert. mark martin's crew chief on what's going on. >> we had the best car out there. juan has a good car. mark is the man to do the job. >> he's listening to journey in his head phones. three laps to go, montoya sticks his nose out and martin hold him off in number five. the final, allmendinger spins out again, mark martin awarded the victory though he's not sure how to express his emotions through all this. >> i'm speech

the first pole same the seasonni opener, day done in a 500.u kasey kahne will also line up on row oneree hendrix motor sports drivers in the top ten. that includes both the drivers on row two. the biggest surprise in the top ten, how about this one, david trem me who isni starting in the top ten for just the sec time thisu season. i'm nicole manske. the points, they are very close. the two guys immediately outside the chase, kyle busch and vickers, they're only out by fewer than 40to points. what are we going to learn about the chase tonight in atlanta. >> we're going to get a better idea of who's going to make this chase with only two races to go. it's fourth quarter and not much time left. right now these guys from seventh on back are not sleeping at night. they want to get this race going and get it over with. i think it's going to come down to who has problems. who gets a flat tire, a blown engine. that's going to put them outside the chase. >> who gets caught up in someone else's mistake. carl edwards might have made ani slight mistake himself. he broke his right foot playing fri

kasey kahne's day was horrible, he blew his engine and was fourth entering, 12th leading after a 38th the car served. clint busch comes out of his pit stall and david ragan flies in there and parked it nice and when the traffic is done he takes the big brown car and out he goes. excellent work by him. juan pablo montoya, 100th sprint cup start and 34th birthday and on a restart with 13 laps to go drives by hamlin and johnson and gets kurt busch in second trailing mark martin. he's one spot where he started on the day on the pole. seven laps to go. marcos ambrose bumps into a.j. allmendinger. we've got a caution, yellow alert. mark martin's crew chief on what's going on. >> we had the best car out there. juan has a good car. mark is the man to do the job. >> he's listening to journey in his head phones. three laps to go, montoya sticks his nose out and martin hold him off in number five. the final, allmendinger spins out again, mark martin awarded the victory though he's not sure how to express his emotions through all this. >> i'm speechless. i can't talk right now, boys. >> martin yo