because of in love with the 3 car and the leg fwa si of dale earnhardt, what if it was the 18 of kyle busch and that was the car that did the move to wreck almirola and win, don't you think the outcry would have been different? >> well, i know one thing, if i was aric almirola, well, i'm probably going to get wrecked. >> he might have known it halfway down the back straightaway. i wouldn't have analyzed that any differently with the 18 but i do think the reaction from the media and the fans would have been slightly different because it's kyle busch. >> i think drivers under estimate the competition sometimes. i've got to think aric almirola looked in his mirror and said that's austin dillon in the 3 car, he's going to push me, he's going to help me. >> that's his car today, kyle busch. you're not yourself when you're hungry or running the daytona 500 in front. >> you've won the daytona 500. would you have done the same thing austin dillon did in that situation? >> yeah. i mean, because he had a great run and, you know, he moved left and eric moved left and the next

kyle busch in third and clint bowyer and kurt busch.le denny hamlin and joey logano capable of running 1.5 to 2 seconds faster than the leader, but as michael was exactly right. they are running to a pace between .21 and .5 faster than harvick every lap trying to stretch it tout and stay with the plan. >> jeff: i think this is going to be fascinating to watch because they know they need to stretch this out as much as possible to have those pressure tires at the end of this race and only pit one more time. >> mike: and now the quick word from duracell. let's take a look at our power to the finish presented by duracell. larry mac. >> larry: let me lay the elements out here. remember the fuel window is 48 to 58 laps but the tire window seems the strategy is 35 to 40 laps. now we've only had four cautions today. and these teams have made six stops including two six green flag stops. when i look at trends, the final caution came with 25 laps to go and in those ten races we've had three overtimes. even if we're getting set up for an overtime,

think the reaction from the media and the fans would have been slightly different because it's kyle busch. >> i think drivers under estimate the competition sometimes. i've got to think aric almirola looked in his mirror and said that's austin dillon in the 3 car, he's going to push me, he's going to help me. >> that's his car today, kyle busch. you're not yourself when you're hungry or running the daytona 500 in front. >> you've won the daytona 500. would you have done the same thing austin dillon did in that situation? >> yeah. i mean, because he had a great run and, you know, he moved left and eric moved left and the next instinct is to move to the right. if he's going to block me left, i've got to move to the right. you know, and you can't lift. that's the thing, on the last lap you cannot lift and that's just restrictor plate daytona racing especially for the daytona 500. >> you do things you regret after you do them. i mean, literally, i know that austin wanted to win that race. aric wanted to win that race. first time in that 10 dar. he's got a shot at winning the race. here's aust

think the reaction from the media and the fans would have been slightly different because it's kyle buschetition sometimes. i've got to think aric almirola looked in his mirror and said that's austin dillon in the 3 car, he's going to push me, he's going to help me. >> that's his car today, kyle busch. you're not yourself when you're hungry or running the daytona 500 in front. >> you've won the daytona 500. would you have done the same thing austin dillon did in that situation? >> yeah. i mean, because he had a great run and, you know, he moved left and eric moved left and the next instinct is to move to the right. if he's going to block me left, i've got to move to the right. you know, and you can't lift. that's the thing, on the last lap you cannot lift and that's just restrictor plate daytona racing especially for the daytona 500. >> you do things you regret after you do them. i mean, literally, i know that austin wanted to win that race. aric wanted to win that race. first time in that 10 dar. he's got a shot at winning the race. here's austin dillon driving the famed 3 car. he couldn