i have to look at the kurt busch setup in particular.ere second on the chart, finished second last week. he's in the chase. i would have to take a look at that, if nothing else, and maybe give it a try and see if sam might like that. >> it's good to run one quick lap but really important to be average. this is a five-lap average of those in happy hour, and you see montoya top of the list, kevin harvick. our team responding now. look down who makes the spot. a.j. almondalmonddinger. >> that's what you see of that team late. they have a good the last few races. looks like they will have another one sunday. >> he's the only driver this year has run all of the races and has yet to lead a lap. he's come so close three to four different times taking the leader, at least leading one under caution but doesn't reflect on how well this team has run and how far he has come in just a year. >> you see name on the hood of the car. irwin city auto group. saw that on the side of dave dion's race cars for years and years. bringing back a name from the pa

johnson's 39th place effort in 2006, that average finish jumps to 2.8. >> we remember back in 2004 when kurt busch won this race and went on to the championship. mark martin is atop the standings entering the chase, kyle busch did last year but he finished the season 10th. jimmie johnson going for his fourth straight title. no one has scored more chase wins, top 5s or top 10s than johnson. what do you think the main focus of the chasers is going into this race? >> well, i think there's some guys like tony stewart and jimmie johnson, they want to get it turned around the last four races haven't good for those guys. guys like brian vickers who seems like the momentum is on his side and he's charging. everybody wants to get off to a good start. like a golf tournament. you're at the first tee get one on the fairway and gets points on the board and go from there. mistakes are bad right now. if you look at kyle busch, last year he had technical problems, he had car problems, i think a sway bar or something broke, and he had a terrible first race. that puts you in a big hole. i mean, for sure this is the

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kurt busch in the miller lite dodge! there's light beer. and then there's...ple hops brewed miller lite. taste greatness. oh, what a finish! >> "college football overdrive" is back. it's year four on "espnews." every saturday from 3:00 to 8:00 eastern we take you live to the most exciting games from across the country. >> it's intercepted. not going to catch him. at it two for the buckeyes. >> we offer expert analysis. 3:00 eastern on "espnews." >> tigers opening a three-game series against the royals. washburn's struggles continued on tuesday night. the first inning, gong. -- gone. three-run home run. the royals hit a trio of three-run home runs. tigers have lost four in the laeight days. washburn lasted just one inning. he is 1-3 in eight starts and his e.r.a. is nearly three timeses a high as it was in seattle. >> preseason hockey. bruins and rangers. first period, bruins on the power play, and hamill, number eight overall pick in the '07 draft. scores a power-play goal. third period, another power play. bruins get the win, 2-1. >> ronaldo making his champi

montoya fourth, 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 hen

outstanding run, kurt busch. congratulations on the good finish you had tonight. what's your prospects as you vut chase in the coming weeks? >> excellent run for us tonight with the miller lite dodge to come in and have that apprehensive feeling to know we weren't in and just needed to finish 20th or better. it's good and it's bad. you know you have a cushion but at the same time, there is those little grem tlans can pop up. but we overcame all this. we had an excellent car, a shot to win at the end and raced for all it was worth. we had a great adjustment throughout the race that put us in contention and that's big. crew, we come in fifth or sixth and go out third, excellent job by those guys tonight. this run tonight positions or team well for the chase. to have that feeling, we did our jobs right and to be poised for the ten runs now. we got ten weeks to go. it's good. so miller lite and dodge, all our family at penske racing, my family back at home, grandma, mom and dad, a great feeling to get into the chase. i've done it two out of four years at penske and ov

kurt busch in the miller lite dodge! there's light beer. and then there's... triple hops brewed miller lite. taste greatness. oh, what a finish! >> cowboys, romo on a play fake. steps up and heave its down the middle of the field. it is intercepted. on the run to the 15, 25 and gets tackled from behind at the 27-yard line. romo picked off for the third shocking bit of news, terrell owens used twitter apparently somebody sent owens a tweet saying dallas just found out they had a t.r. problem and not a t.o. problem. while it sounds like typical t.o., let's not overlook one lousey. better with owens now playing in buffalo and remember that t.o. is not the only person calling out romo lately. emmitt smith did the same thing a few weeks back. the fact is that romo has to elevate his game. he has only give his critics more reason to bash him. speaking of twitter, thank you robert henson. henson is a washington redskins rookie linebacker who was pretty upset about home fans booing during sunday's win over st. louis. so upset he called the fans dim wits. of course hen

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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

next lap montoya around kurt busch, into second place behind only martin. ambrose bumps into a.j. allmendinger. trouble. >> juan's hungry to win but mark's the man to do the job. >> the martin crew is confident on the restart. three laps to go. montoya jumps off the line and sticks his nose past martin. but martin is able to hold him off. final lap. a.j. allmendinger spins out again, martin finishes under a caution and he gets the win the >> eem speechless. -- i'm speechless. i can't talk right now, boys. >> 50-year-old mark martin, first to the line today in new hampshire. >> this is just incredible. i'm sure -- pinch me. i'm sure i'm sleeping, dreaming. heck, it couldn't be easy to run that end with that lead there. we had to have what, three caution restarts and all kinds of chances for me to mess up. and i did. but just i guess not enough to lose. >> what was that final restart like, trying to get the win? >> it was good. mark just threw me on there. i could have pushed him out of the way, how slow he run, but i respect him. i won't wreck him but i will bump him. >> montoya pl

kurt busch in the miller lite dodge! there's light beer. and then there's... brewed miller lite. taste greatness. oh, what a finish! >> "college football overdrive" is back. it's year four on "espnews." every saturday from 3:00 to 8:00 eastern we take you live to the most exciting games from across the country. >> it's intercepted. not going to catch him. at it two for the buckeyes. >> we offer expert analysis. 3:00 eastern on "espnews." >> tigers opening a three-game series against the royals. washburn's struggles continued on tuesday night. the first inning, gong. -- gone. three-run home run. the royals hit a trio of three-run home runs. tigers have lost four in the laeight days. washburn lasted just one inning. he is 1-3 in eight starts and his e.r.a. is nearly three timeses a high as it was in seattle. >> preseason hockey. bruins and rangers. first period, bruins on the power play, and hamill, number eight overall pick in the '07 draft. scores a power-play goal. third period, another power play. bruins get the win, 2-1. >> ronaldo making his champions leag

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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 your winner, the fifth time this season. if you watch closer there's a giant mousse in victory lane. nicole manske on mark martin. >> caution is not out yet. they're still racing. no caution yet. >> we've got cars sitting here. they're graduate to throw the caution. >> still not out. >> this better come under the checkered flag. >> it was a very a

kurt busch in the miller lite dodge! there's light beer. and then there's... triple hops brewed miller lite. taste greatness. oh, what a finish! >>> todd haley leaves arizona and suddenly the cardinals can't do anything offensively. down 13-6 to the 49ers, early in the third quarter, giants 17-7 lead on the redskins. mario manningham caught his first td pass from eli manning. seahawks 14-0 lead on the rams. tough season in store, it would seem, for the folks in st. louis. >>> cowboys and buccaneers. no monthty kifen anymore, but you say this is all about the run here. >> great job by the quarterback and receiver. had a great timing. running a perfect route. and throwing the ball where it should have been thrown. >> tony romo to roy williams. 66 yards. cowboys beat up on the bucs. romo 353, that's a career high, three touchdown passes. patrick crayton, 4 catches. >> who? >> that's what they're saying in dallas. romo threw three touchdown passes of 40 or more yards on sunday. romo leads the league in touchdown passes. all 40 or more yards since 2006 with 20. dre

kurt busch in the miller lite dodge! there's light beer. and then there's...ple hops brewed miller lite. taste greatness. oh, what a finish!  >>> coming up on "o's xtra," we'll look back at last night's walk-off home run by matt wieters that behalf the birds a win. a valuable souvenir and the orioles had a 4-2 victory. chris tillman was outstanding pitching into the sixth inning. rick deferencey will break down the rookie's proguess. the orioles look to get three out of four from tampa bay. it is the o's and rays and it is o ease extra on masn. >> good evening, everyone on an overcast and cool night at camden yards. it auto "o's xtra" present bid at&t. at&t, your world delivered as the o's get set to take on the tampa bay rays, the finale of this four-game series and the orioles with a chance to get 3- 4. and it is kind of interesting how things happen over the course of one year to a next, rick. the orioles may be getting the rays at the exact time. he's look back to last year at how tampa bay dominated the orioles and how the orioles are beginning to t

kurt busch in the miller lite dodge! there's light beer. and then there's...taking on the nats, in trouble with the bases loaded in the fourth inning. against josh bard. in the ninth. lee's trying to go the distance, and he does. getting bard to finish off a six-hit shutout with nine k's. phillies win five. fourth career shutout for cliff lee. first in the national league. he's now 7-2 with the phils. and the phils are 13-3 against the nats this year. in just nine starts, cliff lee has as many wins, complete games and shutouts as he did in 22 starts with the indians. the reigning a.l. cy young winner has an era below 3 with the phils and has more than doubled his strikeout to walk ratio. >> speaking of phillies, the eagles have activated michael vick adding him to the three-man roster. because of his two-game suspension, vick can't play until september 27th. john clayton on what this move means for vick and the eagles. >> don't read into it too much that michael vick is off the exempt list and practicing with the team. it's not affecting the chance that he's s

start and 34th birthday and on a restart with 13 laps to go drives by hamlin and johnson and gets kurt buschhere 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 your winner, the fifth time this season. if you watch closer there's a giant mousse in victory lane. nicole manske on mark martin. >> caution is not out yet. they're still racing. no caution yet. >> we've got cars sitting here. they're graduate to throw the caution. >> still not out. >> this better come under the checkered flag. >> it was a very aggressive day on the racetrack. i think the guys

first, trouble in the pits, kurt busch passes reagan and spins out. >> look at the people on the teamt got run over. >> spun out and went right back out on the track. martin is the oldest driver in the field. he won his fifth race. he is now the leader in the points standings above three-time winner jimi johnson. fifth race. >>> lastly -- >> what a great year. >> having a great year, and this guy. >> literally, a celebrity golf tournament. hole in one, a million bucks. see it right there, and the ball slowly rolls in. and that's $1 million for a 35-year-old restaurant manager. that's a look at sports. >> look at the -- is that him they're chasing? >> yeah. it's like "caddyshack." >>> a legally insane killer was aloud to ge on a field trip to the county fair on family day, no less? this is a man who killed a woman because he thut she was a witch. we want to make sure that when you go to reach in your wallet you have the card that's going to be best for you. and our collective responsibility, is to make sure customers understand the value, that they're getting from our products. you kno