said he had five laps short.uex and kyle busch chasing the lead. two to go. >> running out. run out. >> jeff: he is out. he is out. >> run around and we'll give you gas. >> mike: austin dillon the new leader as jimmie johnson is out of gas. richard childress' grandson trying to return the 3 to nascar victory lane. there they go. >> mike: the white flag wave sponsored by credit one bank. >> darrell: if he can just make it to turns three and four he can coast. >> jeff: kyle busch went to the outside of four to take over second place. if he doesn't run out of fuel he'll be the winner. >> darrell: on the bottom, coming around turn three and four. >> mike: he has to get there. on fumes! austin dillon wins at charlotte for richard childress racing. the new crew chief, justin alexander, swarmed by his crew. >> jeff: i know him by deuce. he used to work at hendrick motorsports. congrats, deuce. >> yeah! >> austin dillon you are the man! you have enough fuel to burn this thing down! >> my gosh, man! cannot believe it. hey

he finished fourth here last fall and led 33 laps. 22 cars on the lead lap. out of turn four, green flag, joey logano with kyle busch there. trying to stay even with harvick into turn one. earnhardt at 3rd, kyle busch 4th. jeff gordon inside for 4th place as harvick takes the lead. that's what harvick has been looking for quite some time to get that thing back out front, get that clean air. joey logano was able to drive off. we'll see what harvick can do. >> danica patrick did not get a good restart dropping to 11th at turn three. >> matt kenseth at the outside in the 20. there's patrick to the inside of ryan newman. >> why did we ever believe we could not be talking about matt kenseth before this night was over because he was a lap down. he's been outside the to 7 most of this race. >> for 200 some laps we haven't spoke much about him. it's showtime. matt always figures out a way to be up there at the end. need ear factor in practice or qualifying. as kevin harvick and jeff gordon both just logged their fastest laps of the night. kyle larson in that 42 right

the last couple of laps made up a couple of tenths a lap.>> larry: it was 2.5 tenths on the last lap. may have listened to what dave rogers said. save your tires. maybe he saved enough tires and now going to stand on the gas. >> mike: 15 cars on the lead lap. back to clint bowyer as we get down to the closing stages of the second 500-mile race of the season. there is the progression. >> darrell: we saw martin truex last year at kansas dominate that race. no way he could lose. the best car of anybody there and got beat right at the end. i'm telling you that 18 car is on a mission. >> mike: truex has come so close so many times. mindful of harry gant trying to win his first sprint cup race he finished second half a dozen times. caution is out. >> [radio]: caution is out. caution it out. back it down. back it down. >> mike: 21 laps to go and the caution waves. debris in the fourth corner. as put the yellow out for the 7th time. so now it is time for our sprint 20 to go. as pace car picks up martin truex. seven cautions for 33 laps. 15 lead chan

in 20th place. 14 laps on the lead lap. scoring pylon, suarez, stenhouse and menard. >> darrell: i don't see that line paying any dividends. thought there might be something up there and he wasn't gaining something. >> jeff: quite honestly we haven't seen many people run high today. seems like the bottom is the way to go and just because of what harvick has done all these times. >> jeff: i think there was a little bit of speed up top through one and two through a couple of laps and just use up the tires so fast up there and that last lap, harvick said, okay. i'm done saving. want to catch me. >> darrell: a little bit about the 14 car that's behind him. clint bowyer. you don't want to mess around and have bowyer catch hi. >> mike: there's bowyer. >> darrell: this has been a heck of a good day for bowyer. real happy with his car. so much fun in our pre-race show, and he's had a great day. good for him. >> jeff: he deserves it. he's been through the last couple of years. good to see him and the team put in a solid run together

as you ride with kasey kahne. 100 laps down. 100 laps to go.car completes more than 50% of the advertised race distance the race will be official tonight. tony stewart challenges for the lead as we go down to john roberts for the at&t mid race report. >> john: martin truex, jr. won the midway payday but winning the daytona 500 will be more difficult. allison is the last driver to lead halfway and win the 500 and that was 20 years ago in 1992. time for the at&t mid race report and now going to spin it forward and see who our experts like for the rest of the race. start out with darrell waltrip. >> darrell: i think the smoke at the beginning of the race to win the whole thing. almost took the lead. i like his strategy. my man is doing just what he needs to be doing. i'm sticking with smoke. >> there isn't any one on the gas out there like denny hamlin. he pushed martin truex to the halfway bonus. shoved tony stewart all the way to the lead. i like denny hamlin's attitude and i think he wins the race. >> michael as far as strategy, we have seen a

lead lap cars.end, an unprecedented nascar double-header over two days at one track scheduled like this from the start of the season. pocono, pennsylvania, saturday on fox. sunday on fs1. so join us next weekend from pennsylvania. alex bowman has been out front here. we listened in. >> really the only thing we can do. the only problem you can't give up the lead. >> i thought when we topped off we were okay. >> we were at the average we were getting mid pack. when you get in front the problem it goes down and you lose two laps. >> jeff: the crew chief there is giving alex bowman that information. there is the story. that tells you everything you need to know right there that mid pack, you're just not using as much fuel because you're not full throttle. you're having to lift off the throttle to be able to maintain the speed and the line and the draft you're in. when you're out fronted, it's wide open the whole time. >> mike: that is why ryan blaney is currently 14th. one car -- down off the track. tha

a lap down.he 0 car actually stayed on the lead lap, i believe. >> guys, where kenseth and johnson are pitting, what they had to do is beat the leader, martin truex jr. to equal to the start/finish line across pit road. it's the imaginary line that goes all the way across. the 20 did beat the 78. to your point. >>> jeff, i think the 48 did not. he'll go a lap down. the good news for that 20, they should be leading this race when it all cycles through in this is going to work really well for the 20. >> now, at the moment of caution dale earnhardt jr. was the first car one lap down. he'll get the free pass. and to larry's point, kenseth has now made his stop so everybody else will make a pit stop under caution. if matt does not he will be the leader. josh wise up in the wall, turn three. >> yeah, the car they've taken it to the garage once and worked on it and brought it back out. >> really hard hit. >> look how flat the right side of that car is from that impact. >> got fluid running out of the fr

. 52 laps to go. here in texas. his crew chief from london, ontario. they pronounce things differently. >> it's not cole pearn. >> i know he's been saying cole pearn a lot but back home they do say cole pearn and some say peron. it has different variations. i'm good with d.w. saying it as long as he keeps saying it. >> the main thing they spell it right on the chest. pearn. >> i like peron. >> how talented he is. you can tell he is a good guy. like them leading the team, doing well. fast race cars. keep doing his game. >> d.w. >> i am. cole pearn. tonight's aerial coverage provided by goodyear. superior performing tires to face challenging conditions goodyear, the official tire of nascar giving us these great views of texas motor speedway. fox sports supports, very proud to team up with merging vets and players dedicated to ensuring our nation's warriors can be as productive on the feel as they were on it by joining combat veterans with former athletes to form a common bond over dedication and teamwor

are a lap down.ney in the 7. jeff who stands a good chance of getting back on the lead lap with the lucky dog if heck pass those guys. >> 58 laps to go when the green flag goes. >> they have four drivers up front that won't pit road during -- they've got bobby labonte, regan smith, and josh white. it's almost like they're still playing the weather game here a little bit. because by my calculations, they can't go very far before they have to make a pit stop. >> it is cloudy in turn three and four. maybe they have good radar. or good gas mileage. >> often what richard petty said. i'd rather be lucky than good. >> i think you'd like to be both in this case. it'll take a lot of luck. >> first cars with full fuel load. that's row three. with the crowd yelling and excited. racing once again at talladega with 58 laps to go. green flag. bobby labonte, past cup champion, and david gilliland bring them down for the restart. >> to these drivers it's like starting all over. >> mcmurray up top in that car. >> eve

buschhhhh >>> ryan blaney at lap 38.nny hamlin lap 2.astest laps of the night for each of the drivers and let me clean this up a little. ryan newman did spin at lap 21 to bring out a caution. that was an incident caution but since nascar declared that would be a competition caution we'll give them a pass on that. our p&g camera giving these pictures. he's a lap down in 28. i'm wondering if he has talladega circled on his. >> i bet he does. >> he'll be right up there in the mix. won at daytona so you know he has a fast race car to go to taladeg hamlin, blaney, he was down to 4.7. >> remember that's the plus side of coming in a little bit later is you're going to close that and might not gain the full amount back. >> teammates fighting for tenth place. >> he was still struggling with the damage crew patched it up and fixed it. he was really struggling here going a lap down. >> there are right now only four cars one lap down and there's the repair. his mustang. matt kenseth, joey logano, one lap behind denny hamlin. the race leader lead 25

kyle busch has led 86 laps and if he leads the rest, he might lead the most laps tonight. we had 12 leaders, one shy of the record. still 25 cars on the lead lap. the last of those scott riggs. we have had eight caution flags tonight. >> darrell: the two cars, the 18 and 48 kind of trade fast laps. one time kyle will be quicker and the next time jimmie will be a little quicker. but so far, hadn't been able to close the deal. >> larry: it's amazing, the tale of two tapes. last night in nationwide race, kyle busch had to have a caution late in race to get in a position to win. the last thing he wants to see right now with the laps he's running versus the competitors is a caution. he does not want to see one tonight. >> darrell: i agree with you, larry. unless he had a screwed up restart, i don't think you will beat him tonight. that is bad fast. >> mike: krista? >> krista: this car is not where jimmie johnson needs it. they were talking about how to make it better if they come in to pit again. they're having trouble on the throttle and saying this is not a winning racecar. c

jimmie johnson putting a lap down. 25 cars on the lead lap.ay different than when ned jarrett won the race in '65 and had 14 laps that he was in front of the field when he won the race. >> steve: harvick. when they get to keselowski they haven't been able to clear him. and they lose momentum. let's see if harvick can run keselowski down. keselowski has found a little bit of speed here and harvick is not being able to match it. >> rick: a little bit more of a clear track in front of harvick, at least the gap between he and brad keselowski. carl edwards, joey logano, those two tied for the third spot. there is the difference between one and two. >> steve: so much fun to watch. for years the cars look like they've been stuck, not moving around. off both corners, the 2, 4, 19 sideways. you see the drivers working the wheel. nothing comfortable about the top three. they're the race leaders and the cars are this hard to drive. >> jeff: harvick is 1.8 seconds behind keselowski. you see the number getting smaller and smaller. >> rick: that gap, can he

but in the last sequence, he stopped two laps ahead of kurt busch.hat may well play out the same way here. >> darrell: they have been close together all night long. >> mike: steve addington, kurt busch's crew chief, a proven winner. see how it plays out tonight. >> larry: he held up one finger so they'll go one more lap which is two laps after brad keselowski, his teammate, made his stop. >> darrell: i'm surprised with the pace the race has been run at, as hard as they're racing no engine failures i'm aware of. i don't recall seeing anyone go to the garage with an enjoy problem. a real tribute to the engine and the guys that build them. >> mike: one bad crash tonight, one that took martin truex, mark martin and regan smith out of the race. otherwise, trouble-free. here is the race leader. kurt busch comes to pit road for his final stop with 13 laps to go. this will hand the lead to matt kenseth. here is matt yocum. >> matt: nice entry into his box. he told him do not slide the tires. but the game plan with the right-side tires only. they only need on

a lap down. the 0 car actually stayed on the lead lap, i believe. >> guys, where kenseth and johnson are pitting, what they had to do is beat the leader, martin truex jr. to equal to the start/finish line across pit road. it's the imaginary line that goes all the way across. the 20 did beat the 78. to your point. >>> jeff, i think the 48 did not. he'll go a lap down. the good news for matt kenseth, that 20, they should be leading this race when it all cycles through in this is going to work really well for the 20. >> now, at the moment of caution dale earnhardt jr. was the first car one lap down. he'll get the free pass. and to larry's point, kenseth has now made his stop so stop under caution. if matt does not he will be the leader. josh wise up in the wall, turn three. >> yeah, the car they've taken it to the garage once and worked on it and brought it back out. >> really hard hit. >> look how flat the right side of that car is from that impact. >> got fluid running out of the front of the car

jimmie johnson putting a lap down. 25 cars on the lead lap. way different than when ned jarrett won the race in '65 and had 14 laps that he was in front of the field when he won the race. >> steve: harvick. when they get to keselowski they haven't been able to clear him. and they lose momentum. let's see if harvick can run keselowski down. keselowski has found a little bit of speed here and harvick is not being able to match it. >> rick: a little bit more of a clear track in front of harvick, at least the gap between he and brad keselowski. carl edwards, joey logano, those two tied for the third spot. there is the difference between one and two. >> steve: so much fun to watch. for years the cars look like they've been stuck, not moving around. off both corners, the 2, 4, 19 sideways. you see the drivers working the wheel. nothing comfortable about the top three. they're the race leaders and the cars are this hard to drive. >> jeff: harvick is 1.8 seconds behind keselowski. you see the number getting smaller and smaller. >> rick: that gap, can

jimmie johnson putting a lap down. 25 cars on the lead lap.ay different than when ned jarrett won the race in '65 and had 14 laps that he was in front of the field when he won the race. >> steve: harvick. when they get to keselowski they haven't been able to clear him. and they lose momentum. let's see if harvick can run keselowski down. keselowski has found a little bit of speed here and harvick is not being able to match it. >> rick: a little bit more of a clear track in front of harvick, at least the gap between he and brad keselowski. carl edwards, joey logano, those two tied for the third spot. there is the difference between one and two. >> steve: so much fun to watch. for years the cars look like they've been stuck, not moving around. off both corners, the 2, 4, 19 sideways. you see the drivers working the wheel. nothing comfortable about the top three. they're the race leaders and the cars are this hard to drive. >> jeff: harvick is 1.8 seconds behind keselowski. you see the number getting smaller and smaller. >> rick: that gap, can he

jimmie johnson putting a lap down. 25 cars on the lead lap.ay different than when ned jarrett won the race in '65 and had 14 laps that he was in front of the field when he won the race. >> steve: harvick. when they get to keselowski they haven't been able to clear him. and they lose momentum. let's see if harvick can run keselowski down. keselowski has found a little bit of speed here and harvick is not being able to match it. >> rick: a little bit more of a clear track in front of harvick, at least the gap between he and brad keselowski. carl edwards, joey logano, those two tied for the third spot. there is the difference between one and two. >> steve: so much fun to watch. for years the cars look like they've been stuck, not moving around. off both corners, the 2, 4, 19 sideways. you see the drivers working the wheel. nothing comfortable about the top three. they're the race leaders and the cars are this hard to drive. >> jeff: harvick is 1.8 seconds behind keselowski. you see the number getting smaller and smaller. >> rick: that gap, can he

there will be a five-lap salute. stay with us. >>> what started out as an exciting day here at las vegas motor speedway has ended in tragedy. the news has just been released that dan wheldon has been killed in a crash on lap number 13 of this race. in the final race of the 2011 season. you heard the tail end of an announcement by randy bernard, the head man at the league here that the drivers and team officials and owners have gotten together and the race will not be finished. the drivers will do a five-lap tribute salute, that should take place in a matter of minutes. but the air of excitement that started this day is completely gone, as we have lost dan wheldon. and there's marco andretti, his former teammate, killed in this tragic 15-car crash at las vegas motor speedway. we mentioned the tribute lap, all the drivers, they'll be getting back into that are cars. it will be five laps in length, as soon as they get everybody together. and as i mentioned before -- this is the hardest part for us, the last time we had

there is a lapped car ahead.toya clears it. >> darrell: it will prevail the outside line with the speed. >> larry: we just got a report that the 33 car has gotten too tight, the car is not turning for them right now with 13 to go. >> darrell: montoya is doing what he needed to do tonight. he needed a good solid finish and good points night. >> mike: watching this battle, look at the rotors glow as robby gordon nails the brakes to get underneath david ragan for position on the lead lap. this is for 17th. >> larry: that is both, two drivers and two teams that need a good solid run tonight. >> mike: make it three drivers. brad keselowski is part of the battle. >> larry: he has done a nice job fighting back with the car and has damage on the right side. a nice recovery. >> mike: there is kyle. his brother kurt behind him 12 laps down. there is the dynamic interval. you see that it's shrinking a little back to third place. kind of comes and goes. jimmie johnson kind of holding station there in second. pretty steady at

he was a lap down. got the free pass and there he is back with the lead group. >> mike: hamlin the only driver to ever win the budweiser shootout as a rookie. >> darrell: kind of grub like. think of tony last year at martinsville and some races where they were out to lunch but fought, fought, fought, worked, worked, worked,ed a got themself back in the hunt. >> larry: derian grub the crew chief last year. >> denny hamlin made up two laps. got the free pass twice to get back on the lead lap and into contention. any one of the front seven could win it. eighth place kyle busch is 1.8 seconds back of the lead. and not gaining a lot of ground on the front pack as long as they remain single file. >> darrell: i think as long as nobody gets hot and you don't have to pull out and cool and can stay in single file. going to come down to jimmie johnson saying do i want jeff gordon to win the race or pull out and try to pass him. >> larry: i think we are four or five laps away from where you don't look at the water

five laps in a row, four laps in a row or so, he ran a quicker time. he cut that gap. still a long way to go. he cut that deficit. >> up front is matt kenseth. he took over after the covid-19 outbreak. kyle larsson was removed from the 42. >> harvick closed in on hamlin. hamlin was much further ahead when the pit stop ended. we haven't seen harvick in a situation where he has been pushed to try to pass a car as quick as denny. we have seen denny racing around the top five and passing fast race cars. be interesting to see if the 4 of harvick can run him down and put something together to get by him. >> harvick was the fastest car on the racetrack. hamlin was the fourth fastest. >> denny pushing or saving a little bit. >> 30 to go, kenseth on the left side. all these guys who were on pit road around lap 100, running longer. catch a caution. while that may not help them, it's unfortunate, but at some point in every race, maybe you are not calling the race to win, you are calling to get the best finish you can. >> 22 of joey logano making his way down pit road. they can't

lap, he was three seconds quicker than tagliani in the lap. >> he's getting there.ake. got to find water to cool the rain tires out on the course. and what is the fuel situation on the race leader? >> brendan could take advantage of something, but he had to be in second to do that. he did that job. >> i think he's fast enough to catch him now. you can't count on the 22 making a mistake. >> basically, those three. everybody behind brian scott is two far back. coming up the hill, three laps to go. >> save me all you can. four-second gap with three laps to go. save me some fuel here. >> so, that's the drama. >> i don't think he can catch us. save fuel when you can and we be fine. >> he's doing all the information passing he can to his driver, alex tagliani. >> and the numbers, that last one, that speed he just told him, if it runs out, it's going to get really interesting on that last lap.

a lap down.he 0 car actually stayed on the lead lap, i believe. >> guys, where kenseth and johnson are pitting, what they had to do is beat the leader, martin truex jr. to equal to the start/finish line across pit road. it's the imaginary line that goes all the way across. the 20 did beat the 78. to your point. >>> jeff, i think the 48 did not. he'll go a lap down. the good news for matt kenseth, that 20, they should be leading this race when it all cycles through in this is going to work really well for the 20. >> now, at the moment of caution dale earnhardt jr. was the first car one lap down. he'll get the free pass. and to larry's point, kenseth has now made his stop so everybody else will make a pit stop under caution. if matt does not he will be the leader. josh wise up in the wall, turn three. >> yeah, the car they've taken it to the garage once and worked on it and brought it back out. >> really hard hit. >> look how flat the right side of that car is from that impact. >> got fluid running

matt kenseth 112 laps led. head back upstairs to darrell waltrip. >> darrell: see if we can talk to the second place runner here kevin harvick. kevin harvick. d.w. got a copy there, my friend? >> [radio]: , sir. >> darrell: getting a little crazy out there, buddy. what are you seeing? >> [radio]: really not seeing much. everything happening behind us. a little tough to pass so got to get aggressive on the restarts to make the ground up if you sneed to make two or three spots up that is when you need to do it otherwise you only get one or two. definitely going to get aggressive on the restarts and that is what is happening. >> darrell: made adjustments and worked up there in second spot right now. can you pull it off? >> [radio]: i don't know. a good solid night so far and just need to see what the car is like when we actually get going. haven't really gone more than a lap here up in clean air. that will be the telltale sign as to where we stand in clean air. >> darrell: finish it off and thanks for talking to u

doesn't necessarily put them on the lead lap, they just get one lap back. >> darrell: look at david reutimann. he was running in the top ten. we talked about him running seventh. he is now at the tail end of the lead lap running 15th. >> mike: remind you what happened to jeff gordon as he attempted to come to pit road prior to the caution coming out. there is the 14 of tony stewart up high. that left no room for gordon. couldn't get himself slowed down to enter behind stewart, stayed out on track. he came around and got on pit road and the caution came out. >> larry: it looks like he will restart in the 11th position with 20 laps to go. >> darrell: steve letarte, i almost feel like steve letarte is blaming himself for that and i'm not sure why. maybe he knew stewart was coming to pit road. >> mike: 18 lead lap cars, the front nine rows led by teammates, kyle busch and denny hamlin. here we go. 20 to go! >> darrell: hamlin got the big restart that time! whoa! >> mike: and jamie mac slides to second place. >> larry: hamlin got a great restart. mcmurray following him up through there.

1 about 3 laps. 66 shortened 198 laps. '79 shortened due to rain. '92, laps 84 and 89 run under cautionue to rain. 95 red flag on lap 7 due to rain. red flag lasted an hour and 44 minutes. 2003 two red flags for rain. lap three and another one at 109 at 272.5. in 2009 the rain was -- race shortened 152 low pressures. 380 miles. and in 2012 the race was postponed for a day as we well know. >> mike: nascar has called the drivers back to their cars, darrell and they are going to run a car pool service from pit road take one crewman from each team around to the back stretch to help each driver get strapped in and get their radio equipment hooked up and any driver cooling aids to make sure that everybody is at the ready to go and then cars should roll with 40 laps to go in the daytona 500. we'll take a side-by-side break from the great american race. mike: welcome back, everyone to the 54th running of the great american race. the first time in prime time on a monday night and the bus is shuttling crew members out to help drivers get behind the wheels of their cars once again and for us to ru

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joey logano in the 20e about to go a second lap down.oey has it in 29th place. >> a driver needing to win to have any chance of making the chase but obviously not happening tonight. >> the thing i like about denny here, especially, how disciplined he is about moving around lap traffic. he doesn't lose a lot of time. watch lap times in traffic, doesn't cost him a lot of time to make passes and that makes him so good here. easy to try to rush with the gas to make the pass quickly and spin the tires, he is so disciplined. >> there is clint bowyer, 15, running second. martin truex, jr., 56, closing in on him for third. in third. and kasey kahne in the 5 also joining this little fight for second place. >> and truex, jr. made a nice run, since he passed jimmie johnson a number of laps back and just really gained quite a bit on his teammate there, clint bowyer for the second spot. >> spin the tires there off turn four. can't do that very money times. got to take care of those new tires. >> there are second, third and fourth. 15, 6 and 5. look b

kenseth has newer tires but lan still 18 laps. he was running fast laps.rised if anyone behind kasey kahne -- i think everyone will be forced to pit. and some will gamble on two tires will will make kasey kahne's case better. that the others starting in front will be older left side tires. >> many people's situation and where they are in points and making playoffs will determine whether they pit or not. >> some guys have nothing to lose by staying out. and some guys have nothing to lose by pitting. end goal is to get into the playoffs. best way to do that is win this race. these strategies are best chance to win the race and make playoffs. >> team owner for 14 team, for clint bowyer. want to listen into the radio communication from the 48 team of jimmie johnson. we mentioned that he and brad keselowski were going to have to run out of gas or have a caution happen. well, it did happen. here is the communications. >> save, save, save, save fuel. save all the actufuel you can. we are at a critical stage here. critical. >> that's not critical for the race, tha

he drove the best two laps of his life.that propelled that con ffetti on hi head, that was good stuff. >> and top two finishes of the season. jeff gordon has never had forced top 10s to open the season. all these guys either hall of famers or on their way there. jeff gordon to be in that crowd and maybe eyeing his first sprint crowd championship. >> he's able to survive it. he's got a very fast car. jeff gordon could make it six wins here at bristol. >> we have him back up to 17th after he fell to 33rd with that pit stop incident. kyle busch won the nationwide race here at bristol. looked good earlier, currently running in the top 15. we hope to be running currently as brother kurt gets ready. it's time to go racing, right? let's speed it up. you're watching nascar on fox. >>> track drying, a few more raindrops in the area here in the hills of tennessee. a lot worse in and around the area, so fortunate to have gotten in 124 laps. you can see on the lens of the cameras there, but looking at the radar, most of the heavier rai

lead changes with three laps to go, two laps to go and the lap with kurt.g to martin truex's comments in the last couple of laps. why is everybody still running single file? why are we running around the top? >> i want to throw in one other factor. when you run high, it makes the track longer. fuel mileage if you're coming close to fuel mileage, you have a better chance of running out of fuel. we had two of our up and coming super stars have the lead in the coming laps, chase elliott, kyle larson. >> youth and enthusiasm ran at the front. >> six fords, three chevys, one toyota. your brothers in the top ten. >> i got a little emotional when the race was over. seeing tony gibson, the old man winning at his home track. seeing kurt in victory lane and mikey. you made me look good. i said you'd come home in the top ten. you did it, brothe >> good job, mike. >> eighth place run for him. how about matt dibenedetto getting a top ten run. ninth place. >> didn't expect that. >> great to see. larry? >> yeah, you know. i know kurt busch got his first daytona 500 win bu

lead changes with three laps to go, two laps to go and the final lap with kurt.e booth. >> listening to joey logano and listening to martin truex's comments in the last couple of laps. why is everybody still running single file? why are we running around the top? >> i want to throw in one other factor. when you run high, it makes the track longer. fuel mileage if you're coming close to fuel mileage, you have a better chance of running out of fuel. we had two of our up and coming super stars have the lead in the coming laps, chase elliott, kyle larson. >> youth and enthusiasm ran at the front. >> six fords, three chevys, one toyota. your brothers in the top ten. >> i got a little emotional when the race was over. seeing tony gibson, the old man winning at his home track. seeing kurt in victory lane and mikey. you made me look good. i said you'd come home in the top ten. you did it, brother. good job. >> good job, mike. >> eighth place run for him. how about matt dibenedetto getting a top ten run. ninth place. >> didn't expect that. >> great to see. larry? >> yeah,

he was a lap down. got the free pass and there he is back with the lead group. >> mike: hamlin the only driver to ever win the budweiser shootout as a rookie. >> darrell: kind of grub like. think of tony last year at martinsville and some races where they were out to lunch but fought, fought, fought, worked, worked, worked,ed a got themself back in the hunt. >> larry: derian grub the crew chief last year. >> denny hamlin made up two laps. got the free pass twice to get back on the lead lap and into contention. any one of the front seven could win it. eighth place kyle busch is 1.8 seconds back of the lead. and not gaining a lot of ground on the front pack as long as they remain single file. >> darrell: i think as long as nobody gets hot and you don't have to pull out and cool and can stay in single file. going to come down to jimmie johnson saying do i want jeff gordon to win the race or pull out and try to pass him. >> larry: i think we are four or five laps away from where you don't look at the water

'coz general operation that are not able to be paid by the puc. >> jason freed lap co-staff the way we work is two sprat fund it don't minimal the general fund that comes from the city and county of san francisco and then the special fund for cca activities on the other hand they don't minimal we determine is it billed to the cca or the lap co-fund the mou with the puc is scheduled to end at the current fiscal year a joint meeting between lap co-and the puc where that item is on the agenda to continue to get access about when i made age original request the time the meeting was not scheduled so until i actually get that commitment we have to platoon that is not occurring after friday i'll look at the budget and we may came back come back and say we don't need it or lower it one of the things to keep in mind lap co-is doing requests on another thing from the board of supervisors for other studies to insure we have enough in the funding inform may pay for my staff time or audits consultants should it be required the two groups we're paying the staff time like the underground of the fi

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that will put 28 cars back on the lead lap when we get ready to restart. 71 laps to go.fuel picked up in the fuel cell and get it to the engine so they can make it all the way around to pit road. some of the cars may have been very close on fuel. >> larry: the way the lift pumps are in the fuel cell, i'm not sure that makes a whole lot of difference. >> mike: steve? >> steve: martin truex, jr.'s crew chief told him to cut the engine because they were so concerned with running out of fuel. the 56 plans on taking four tires. denny hamlin the same. krista? >> krista: as greg biffle roles in. two tires on o the last stop. the plan here to pack it through as much fuel as possible. the crew coming around to take four tires on the stop for greg biffle. >> matt: aric almirola is in. adjustment on the 43 and he is away. >> mike: who wins the race off pit road? looks like regan smith. a collision in the pit lane. >> darrell: the 33 couldn't find his pit box and he was wandering around in pit road and caused a bottle neck right there. >> larry: we had 28 or 29 drivers on pit road a

1 about 3 laps. 66 shortened 198 laps. '79 shortened due to rain. '92, laps 84 and 89 run under cautionue to rain. 95 red flag on lap 7 due to rain. red flag lasted an hour and 44 minutes. 2003 two red flags for rain. lap three and another one at 109 at 272.5. in 2009 the rain was -- race shortened 152 low pressures. 380 miles. and in 2012 the race was postponed for a day as we well know. >> mike: nascar has called the drivers back to their cars, darrell and they are going to run a car pool service from pit road take one crewman from each team around to the back stretch to help each driver get strapped in and get their radio equipment hooked up and any driver cooling aids to make sure that everybody is at the ready to go and then cars should roll with 40 laps to go in the daytona 500. we'll take a side-by-side break from the great american race. >> mike: welcome back, everyone to the 54th running of the great american race. the first time in prime time on a monday night and the bus is shuttling crew members out to help drivers get behind the wheels of their cars once again and for us to

suarez will lead that lap. six laps to go. >> the 2 two of keselowski. don't ever let that car get out in front. he has shown speed today. >> and with such few cars of dale junior is back in the third row stuck. everyone is two wide. there's not enough cars to force it three wide. >> small pack but this is it. all fighting, a huge opportunity for some drivers out here, suarez is going to go around. he got tagged from the back! right in front -- contact. >> yellow is out, be ready, guys. >> an attempt to make it three wide. >> well, guess who wasn't involved. the 88. it's an attrition race now. the 24 and the 19, both involved the 2 of keselowski, the winner of stage one. and you look at the damage to chase elliott. >> that was a big, big impact and a very tough angle turning up the racetrack. the damage on the right front. >> the good sign is the movement chase elliott. and he's climbing out of that car. also involved, though, the 37 of chris buescher and the red flag will come out for the third time today. chase elliott collecting himself. >> he's come

going to go at it for the win in the final laps. lap car ahead. that robby gordon damaged in an early crash. he gives way. nicely done there. >> nice to see edwards pull down there, trying to get out of harvick's mirror. get him to think he may be trying to dive in there. harvick's too savvy for that. >> nice run. two laps to go. can he find a way around? harvick holds him off in that corner. >> harvick really good down in one and two. he can get his car turned and back in the gas. this is where edwards is a little bit better though. he's been best in the middle of three and four. >> he's got one more shot. >> final lap of the race. the lap car is marcos ambrose. >> and he gets to his back bumper down into turn three. >> areree going to see the bump and run? final corner. >> can't get there. >> harvick's going to get the run into the turn and get the checkered flag first. win number four. kevin harvick takes the checkered flag tonight in richmond. >> that was definitely the turning moment for harvick and his team getting the caution flag and then

they have run 120 laps now. so that's 18 laps since pit road.e see cars come to pit road if they want to come early potentially or will they wait until they think they might be running out of fuel? >> i think that's where there is a designificant for crew chiefs near the trunt of the field. kenseth, harvick, hamlin, they will have the choice, do you run far into the run, do you have two tires or foush freour fresh tires and give them a chance to work on the track and warm them up. don't look now but kyle larson, all the way back in 15th, i think he can make it from here on fuel. this is a track we've seen fuel winners before. maybe today could be another one. >> you see everyone in top ten, as you just mentioned, lap 102 , they are on the same strategy. but question two, lots of questions. larson, sixth. trevor, am rolla, dillon. blocking trevor bayne because i knows that car is on the same strategy as he is. >> blocking 42 kyle larson as well. how hard do you push if you are kyle larson? how hard to you bush the guys in front of you to make sur

. >> two laps down. how could you pull things back together to get back in the fight. >> i can't hear what you're saying. we're going to go fight for a win. >> rick: it gets a little bit loud. i'm sure derek grubs thinking to himself we have a southern 500 to win. >> steve: the 19 has got to launch well. as soon as he accelerates he has to find a way to get the rear tires to grip and not let keselowski and the 2 car enter side by side with him. >> rick: eight laps to determine who will win the southern 500. carl edwards on the inside. brad keselowski on the outside. fans will be on their feet for the final eight. green flag back in the air! they fan out three wide. trying to make a pass on the inside. denny hamlin makes a move. hamlin aggressive on the restart. he'll take second away from keselowski. throw wide behind them. keselowski back to third. side by side for fourth. carl edwards has to hit every mark, get into a rhythm, seven laps to go. joey logano trying to stay in front of kevin harvick. harvi

five laps to go. harvick trying to take second from austin dillon.y>> steve: he is oing to look ahead. he wants to catch the 22 for the win. kevin harvick and the 88 are not here for points, they're here for trophies. >> rick: little bobble for kevin harvick, he came up on lap traffic. slowed down the momentum of the 88. now with foul laps to go, the gap between keselowski and harvick almost a second and a half.u>> jeff: trying to run keselowski down. xfinity points, you can see where the guys are racing there for the chamonship. >> rick: 25 points separate chris buescher and chase elliott. they lead with that gap. just two races remain in the 2015 season to determine the champion. >> steve: they didn't need to gain points on chase elliott. >> jeff: if he is going to catch keselowski, he spreads it out. harvick off dillon, racing side by side, allows keselowski to >> rick: erik jones holding on to fourth behind austin dillon. there's the gap between one and two. two laps to go in texas. brad keselowsk

he led 11 laps.he fastest lap in the end in overtime at darlington. >> jeff: he ran the fastest lap of his race to beat carl edwards. that was the difference of the race, chris. >> chris: kyle busch wound up 11th. jeff gordon, 12th. we're waiting to hear from kevin harvick or kyle busch. but let's check in with kasey kahne. >> krista: kasey kahne had a fast car. you were beating yourself up when when you hit the wall. but then it was like you were given a second chance. if you hadn't had hit the wall? would the outcome have been different? >> we were tight after that. we had to keep fixing the car. the pit stop were key. the red bull guys did awesome. i killed a crush panel so i'm covered in rubber and stuff. i don't -- we didn't finish as good as we should have. i think we could have ran second. fourth is good for hitting the wall as hard as i did. fourth is good. >> krista: thank you, kasey. >> chris: meanwhile, clint bowyer on the lead lap. threatening, as we take a look at the celebration for 27-

he's on the lead lap. 25 cars on the lead lap. we'll go green with eight laps to go. >> i've seen that 3 car do that before. >> that's exactly right. fromle 18 lethe 18th. >> kenny wallace is out of the race. he can't push him. >> fun to watch the 3 trying to come through and gain all the points and positions he can. >> you'll see him go for every gap he can find. up the middle, outside, inside. >> gas start for elliott sadler. getting a good push from aric almirola. >> on these restarts you basically have to push the guy in front of you coming up through the gears. i don't think nascar is going to call that. i think it's really more once they get up to speed that they are really looking for. >> this is where the spotter becomes so critical. >> clear. he's clear. both clear. all clear. >> how good did that work out for sadler. >> amazing. >> four fords in a row on the inside lane. >> regan smith acknowledge those fords. >> replay of our hisense most of the race. he said i can move around you draft help or not. this time he's gelti

kevin harvick was there on lap 160. so 18 laps, will they all be on pit road again? >> jeff: i think you pit, do four tires. remember, this track is hard on tires. you lose a lot of speed from first to tenth lap. i think everybody pits. >> steve: i agree. >> rick: driver and crew chief agreeing once again. >> steve: doesn't happen often, but we did it. >> rick: nascar playoffs series racing, presented by nexium. will it be a nonchaser gets the win in texas? >> jeff: no way to pretend to predict the chaos we could see. the pressure so high. seven guys that understand. jeff gordon is it. available. what are they going to do. what opportunity will they create for themselves to guarantee a spot at homestead. >> rick: who will have the best opportunity, guys that are already in a hole, having to dig out of that hole. curt kurt busch. >> jeff: pit road was not open. >> rick: the 42 of kyle larson did come onto pit road, but serve the penalty. they needed to make sure to get on pit road with the left rear tire that had gone down and work they're having to do. one of the thi

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