on this day it belonged to kurt busch.or our entire crew of pit reporters, jeff hammond, michael waltrip and our production crew i'm chris myers. thanks for being a part of nascar on fox and have a great week. see you next sunday. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com we are! fox sports! to survive this because not only was this a once-in-a-lifetime experience, it was also near death. this could have killed him. >>> nick? >> yes. >> i feel pretty excited to have you sitting here for tech time. >> it is exciting. >> i'm excited about it because evidently our man super z has a surprise for us. wouldn't let me see it. this is like the blind leading the blind here. let's bring in zach. >> hey, zach. >> hello. >> we have no idea what you're about to show us. am i going to like it? hate it? run? scream? cry? >> you'll see. >> you are going to hate it. i can tell by the first frame. >> let it go for a little bit and see what you think. >> what's in her belly? >> wait a minute. is that human? >> this is an animatronic robot. it di

too late. >> in the garage with kurt busch. racetrack and then on pit road? >> you know, pit road was just me stopping there to make a point and only making the situation worse, so that was my fault. but out on the racetrack with tony, we raced 10, 15 laps side by side and didn't give an inch, but mission accomplished. he wrecked it and tough day for us. >> here's a look at the spin and contact. he just gets down underneath just ever so slightly. tony comes down, no place for gordon to go, and here's tony on the front straightaway and watch this. and on pit road, stewart expresses his displeasure with jeff gordon. when he gets down here and gets this thing up, he may have more things. >> the two had a great run, and he got sideways and i got underneath him, and he just turned down on me, you know. i did everything i could to keep from hitting him because i don't want to take a guy on the last lap, but hey, i got the position. we're battling all the way to the end. this is bristol and i'm going to do everything i can for the pos

kurt busch does that today. after five races, this we had to go over 400 miles, overtime, and those wins valuable. kyle busch is now in the chase. >> and jeff gordon could taste that win. he was so close and the caution comes out late and then it all went crazy like brad keselowski predicted. the finish was nuts. >> we hope denny hamlin recovers from the sinus infection that forced him to go to the hospital, created some vision problems so he can get back behind the wheel. you heard from tony stewart. i would be concerned about kevin harvick. he does have the win in the bag. the car just not doing it for h him. >> he has the performance. i want a fast car. if it breaks, we'll get over that. he has the win, that virtually ensures him being in the chase. the he'll get that car more reliable and then will finish races and win more. >> in summation today, things had to fall right with all drivers having tire issues. >> think about the restart. kyle busch started seventh on the inside. landon cassill was on the outsi

the most recent caution is kurt busch blowing up on turn two. this is when kevin harvick has really shined. they've been lined up right behind him. he pulled off restart after restart. >> eight leaders, 14 different lead changes. the lead changes, a larger number than we had last year. we're under our eighth caution. we talked about harvick. trying to win for the fifth time. that would be the most for any driver. nicknamed among many "the closer." he certainly knows how to be the leader or protect the lead. >> we said, you're the leading man today, you've been fast every time you've been in the car, can you win it? he thought he could. help h he has a great car underneath him. he's in a position to bring home a win. >> with 13 to go in terms of these restarts here, what have you seen from harvick so far? who can challenge him with junior, logano, keselowski and larson behind? >> junior hasn't been able to get down beside harvick which has been a huge advantage for kevin. making him go through turns one and two, pick up four or five car lengths a

finally busch also announced he is closing the kurt busch foundation, rolling it into the armed forces foundation with an initial $100,000 donation. so busch says, that will be a key element of his indy-charlotte double. jon? jon: a lot of those nascar people are big port support is of our military folks. >> absolutely. jon: it will be interesting to watch. arthel, thank you. >> new developments in the potential landmark case of a new jersey honor student suing her parents. 18-year-old rachel canning said her parents kicked her out last october and refuse to support her financially and emotionally. they say she left on her own because they didn't want to abide by their rules. both sides are expected to meet first time in months and expected to meet in months. rick leventhal with the story. >> reporter: anyone with a daughter might be nervous about this one. even lawyers who practice for decade have never heard of anything quite like this before and lot of parents wonder if this case might apply for them. rachel canning is honor student and cheerleader. at her she left home in november

danica patrick, tough day for kurt busch, brother of kyle busch, the las vegas native. >> yeah, whenou want to finish better than 26th. that wasn't the case today. didn't run well at all today, neither did tony stewart. tony back in the 33rd spot, guy that's won here before. a lot of head scratching going on there. >> ten leaders, 21 lead changes. we talked about the average record speed for the las vegas motor speedway, four cautions and it was wreck free. we did not have any crashes in today's race won by brad keselowski. time now for toyota let's go places, and let's look ahead from las vegas in a mile and a half to the short track of bristol motor speedway. brad keselowski has won there twice. >> talked about the toyotas trying to get their stuff together when they get to tennessee. bristol is a great track to rebound from. penske qualify up front but also have the long run figured out. a lot of teams have qualified well and fade late. interesting to see what happens on the short track. i love short track racing. >> kasey kahne won that race last year. we don't think of him as a

brad keselowski was leading pit road when he collided with kurt busch. he passes jimmie johnson and goes on to take the checkered flag. it's his 25th career victory and his first at martinsville since 2002. >>> up next at 6:00, christians were upset with changes made to biblical story, noah. we'll see how the controversy affected the film at the box office this wireleare awesome. they let us use our phones to do amazing things. but why sign a 2-year phone contract just to use them? at net10 wireless, you can use the phone you already have and keep your network and number, too. but for half the cost. the bring your own phone plan. that's wireless your way. unlimited* talk, text, and data on the best 4g lte networks starts at just $40 a month. net10 wireless. and the first thing that came to mind is, "can i afford to go to the hospital?" now that i've got covered california, i know that if something happens to me that i'm covered. i'm in. [ female announcer ] everyone deserves health insurance. are you in? find free, confidential, local help at coveredca.c

jimmie johnson had the lead with 11 laps to go but it was kurt busch on the inside track.nd, he passes double j so pushing the 41 and takes the checkered nag. a win for bush ends an 83-race drop. get ready for baseball, folks. this is one of the best times of the year. baseball, dodgers playing right now. giants are in arizona. >> and any sportscast that mentioning hank plante, i love it. >> yes. >> awesome. >> all right, thank you very much, we will see you back here in half an hour. >> new updates always on kpix.com. see you in a little bit ,, ,,,,,,,,,, tonight, deadline day. monday is the enrollment deadline for obamacare. mark albert on what that means if you don't sign up. a meeting between joh john kerrd his russian counterpart end today on a stand off. margaret brennan on what's next for ukraine. house investigators release new information on the gm always, what the company knew and when saty regular later decided not to investigate. >investigate. the frontier in recycling using the food scraps you use at home to heat your home. >> when you hear the words anaerobic

brad keselowski was leading pit road when he collided with kurt busch. he passes jimmie johnson and goes on to take the checkered flag. it's his 25th career victory and his first at martinsville since 2002. >>> up next at 6:00, christians were upset with changes made to biblical story, noah. we'll see how the controversy we'll see how the controversy affected the film at the box ♪ well i love a rainy night.♪ ♪ i love a rainy night ♪ i love to hear the thunder, watch the lightning ♪ ♪ when it lights up the sky. ♪ ♪ you know it makes me feel good. ♪ ♪ 'cause i love a rainy night.♪ yoplait with flavors the whole family will love. it is so good for a night in. >> join me tonight. we'll look at one of the most extensive studies ever on the cheapest day to find air fare and travel. also, tracking down oning texting and driving. >>> disney's "frozen" is the top grossing animated movie of all-time, reaching $1.1 billion worldwide. in the u.s. noah was at the top of the box office. the director took some liberties with the biblical story and the studio had to put

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i have now launched a new web page, kurt busch project with the armed forces foundation.wow. i love that. >> good american challenge. >> thank you. >> remember, you're on your own in vegas. >> okay. >> thank you, guys. appreciate it. >> great thing you're doing. coming up straight ahead. >> an unexpected turn in the oscar pistorius murder trial this morning. the victim's mom speaking out about what happened when she made eye contact with her daughter's alleged killer. she's next. >>> plus, toronto's crack smoking mayor forced to answer for his answer. >> this is great because after all that's gone on in city hall, you are still enjoying yourself enough to just dance [ male announcer ] legalzoom has helped start over 1 million businesses. if you have a buness idea, we have a personalized legal solution that's right for you. with easy step-by-step guidance, we're here to help you turn your dream into a reali. start your business today with legalzoom. kand i don't have time foris morunreliable companies.bali. angie's list definitely saves me time and money. for over 18 years

an impressive comeback for nascar driver kurt busch at martinsville speedway.beat out six-time champ ji jimmie johnson yesterday. it was his first win with his new team. >>> and a new study showing daylight savings time could take a toll on your health. hey, i agree with that. it shows the time change causes a 25% rise in the risk of heart attack on the following monday compared to every other monday in the calendar year. that is weird. >>> and good news for "top gun" fans. the producer says a sequel is in the works. scheduling still needs to be hammered out. >>> time is running out in the search for malaysian airlines flight 370. right now an australia vessel en route to a search area in the indian ocean. it hopes to find the jet's black boxes. it's carrying a high-tech device that can detect pings sent out by the voice and data recorders. but one big problem, the batteries just last 30 days. nearly 24 of which have already passed, giving crews six days or 151 hours to find those missing black boxes. michael fortune is a retired boeing 777 captain and aviation

i'm kurt busch. ♪ >> kurt busch is going to do a nascar race on memorial day. >> for our veterans. great cause. the logistics are complex. everybody will be following him. >> clayton, you're sitting in for steve. you'll be here tomorrow? >> i'll be here tomorrow as well, if you'll have me. if brian will have me. >> we'll see how it goes. >> he's a tough one. >> let's talk about new polls that just came in. if you look at what's happened with the president of late as he talks about minimum wage and lays out a budget without any impact up to the mid terms, many in the democratic party say, mr. president, with all due respect, please don't help me because you can only hurt me by showing up, fox news did a poll about the president's approval rating and it can't make him happy. >> an all-time low. only 38% approving of the job that the president of the united states is doing right now. >> and it gets worse when you start to dive into some of the more specific numbers about security. the president's strong suit, he can hang his hat on security is one of the things the president has done,