know the great contract nascar you used to nextel communications right there scoring record three and a quarter three quarters of a billion dollars what what did you do. in the meantime after leaving nets and before becoming famous for these twenty years well i mean i . would say i'm famous i mean i work hard and thankfully i've been a lucky along the way but i've i've worked for the nets a couple of times i work for the detroit pistons so i had exposure with another n.b.a. franchise and as you said i did have a seven year stint at nascar where we really grew the sport of racing beyond its core in the south we made it into a national phenomenon and along the way we rebranded it with nextel so it was a terrific run wasn't more fun time to manage nascar for our thirty year old white easter. was a move i mean well you know i was never a fan per se of nascar because it in grew up on it what i was a fan of is the business behind nascar it's an incredible business and one that was thriving at the time that i was there and there's many many similarities between what i was doing at nascar try

nascar has officials on the scene. you see them in the white and black outfits that will analyze and see if there is any damage to the surface. juan pablo montoya has been released from the care center. the driver of the track drying truck has been taken to halifax medical center for further observation. a couple of years ago, we had a pothole in the racing surface in turn two which brought the race under the caution and led to this recent repaving. and they finally fixed the pothole in the track with bondo, plastic body filler and held up to the finish of the daytona 500. so the truck is off the track. they will take a look at the surface. try to get that spilled fuel fixed up as tommy baldwin and others look on from the starter's stand. matt yocum? >> matt: joey meyers, brad kezelowski's pilot and spotter and he has been telling brad what is taking place with the accident. so for the first time probably in daytona 500 history brad who has his iphone inside his race car. a lot of drivers had special compartments built

nascar has officials on the scene. you see them in the white and black outfits that will analyze and see if there is any damage to the surface. juan pablo montoya has been released from the care center. the driver of the track drying truck has been taken to halifax medical center for further observation. a couple of years ago, we had a pothole in the racing surface in turn two which brought the race under the caution and led to this recent repaving. and they finally fixed the pothole in the track with bondo, plastic body filler and held up to the finish of the daytona 500. so the truck is off the track. they will take a look at the surface. try to get that spilled fuel fixed up as tommy baldwin and others look on from the starter's stand. matt yocum? >> matt: joey meyers, brad kezelowski's pilot and spotter and he has been telling brad what is taking place with the accident. so for the first time probably in daytona 500 history brad who has his iphone inside his race car. a lot of drivers had special compartments built

as we nascar fans say, oy. that comment comes after romney got crap foretelling a detroit audience his wife owns two cars. >> i should love this state. this feels good being back in michigan. the trees are the right height. the streets are just right. i like the fact that most of the cars i see are detroit made automobiles. i drive a munstang and a chevy pick up. anne drives a couple of cadillacs, actually. i used to have a dodge truck. i used to have all three covered. >> also didn't help that romney was speaking at ford field where the oceans of empty seats overshadowed his hyped economic speech. you know who else is having a bad week? >> i don't get you, stupid dog. >> that is the cutest video. >> break it in half. >> i love that. that was so cute. >> michael, let's talk about this nascar thing. this is a 6 inch putt for the win and he pulled it. this is you come up in the bottom of the 9th and your team is down one and there are 2 outs and you hit into a triple race. how do you show up for a nascar race and

by good year, the official tire of nascar. and by gi joe retaliation in theaters everywhere june 29. >> the daytona 500 has a new leader in the race. pace has picked up. get closer to your favorite drivers' performance through every turn and pitstop through the new race 360 available now only at nascar.com. jeff burton the veteran from south boston, virginia. driving a chevy for richard childress, he and greg biffle got together on the outside and went all the way to the front. >> darrell: pretty much everybody knows the 16 car of greg biffle is bad fast. won both practices. qualified on the front row. when burton saw him coming he said man this is the guy i want to go with. jumped out there and went with him and took him right to the lead. >> mike: here we see the two driver tandem in the outside lane racing against the pack and it is quicker than the pack but they can only do that kind of racing here for so long with the new rules package. >> darrell: one of the things they are also experimenting with right now like we see w

nascar is doing a great job of getting the track cleaned up. just that chance.atching all the drivers back there play with their phones and there is no telling what they are doing back there. amazing, they drive 200-mile an hour and have race cars and love all the great things and their phones are some of their biggest toys. we'll see here. potentially some rain. we still got a good race care car. we had to overcome a few things and had to make a few adjustments. if we get back on i think we can have a solid finish. looking forward to it either way but a little rain wouldn't hurt. >> krista: you have been watching the weather along with your race car all night. didn't know you would have to watch a jet dryer as well. >> after you do this stuff long enough you think what is next or see some of the darndest things. that will be one of the things that everybody will remember that day when that happened on the backstretch. there is, you know, thank goodness everybody is safe and i think they will get the track. hopefully didn't hurt the track. you know, we'll just g

happened again yesterday when he was asked by a reporter whether or not he follows nascar. romney answered this way, quote, not as closely as some of the most ardent fans but i have some great friends who are nascar team owners. come on, man. the optics of mitt romney's big economic speech friday night helping the perception. he's having a tough time getting thum f enthusiasm. usually holds about 65,000 people. they blamed the host for moving it to the field level saying the original location inside the atrium provided security concerns when romney strayed from his prepared remarks he played further into rival criticism that he's a bit out of touch. >> i love this state. just feels good being back in michigan. you know, the trees are the right height. the streets are just right. i like the fact that most of the cars i see are detroit made automobiles. i drive a mustang and a chevy bikup truck and a couple cadillacs, actually, and i used to have a dodge truck, so i used to have all three covered. >> he's getting heat for couple cadillacs. he was asked about those remarks yes

. >> larry: for the first time nascar is running electronic fuel injection.liott sadler having the fuel pressure issues. even though i think we have it well perfected we are still seeing issues along the way. >> darrell: we only had short races. this is a 500-mile races a if you have fears you will see it in the second half of the race because this is the longest we have run with this new system. >> mike: hamlin, truex, biffle, burton and bowyer the top five. three toyotas, a ford and a chevrolet. the first dodge in the race is kezelowski in 9th. this the lead pack, 25 cars. with 32 cars on the lead lap with 90 to go in the daytona 500. will ♪ ♪ i'll wear your colors, my dear ♪ ♪ till you're standing right here ♪ ♪ next to the one who adores you ♪ ♪ whose heart is beating for you ♪ ♪ like a lighthouse guides ♪ a shipwrecked sailor safely from the sea ♪ ♪ i'll wear your colors... [ male announcer ] store your paint colors, not your paint cans. one of the many ways mylowe's revolutionizes managing your entire home. register your home at lowes.com. lowe's. never

nascar is doing a great job of getting the track cleaned up. just that chance.atching all the drivers back there play with their phones and there is no telling what they are doing back there. amazing, they drive 200-mile an hour and have race cars and love all the great things and their phones are some of their biggest toys. we'll see here. potentially some rain. we still got a good race care car. we had to overcome a few things and had to make a few adjustments. if we get back on i think we can have a solid finish. looking forward to it either way but a little rain wouldn't hurt. >> krista: you have been watching the weather along with your race car all night. didn't know you would have to watch a jet dryer as well. >> after you do this stuff long enough you think what is next or see some of the darndest things. that will be one of the things that everybody will remember that day when that happened on the backstretch. there is, you know, thank goodness everybody is safe and i think they will get the track. hopefully didn't hurt the track. you know, we'll just g

we'll see how politics and nascar mix. everybody knows they want the nascar voter. people to put it on a car. >> that's right. that's right. unprecedented. >> all right. good job, ned. talk to you in a little while. back inside. >> is that a hybrid or electric car? >> this is an electric car. is it faster than the volt? >> yes, it is. yes, it is. >> is it a hybrid? >> no, this is not a hybrid. this is a car that will go 200 miles an hour around that track. a little bit faster. >> it better go a little bit faster. >> you don't have to plug it in at night. >> take it for a spin. >> i thought about it. i usually like to travel with friends and there's no place to put any people. >> we understand. no seats. >> plus, you're going to miss me for 2 1/2 hours. >> what, are you kidding? you could be to the hudson river in eight seconds. >> i probably could except for that thing called street lights. >> oh, yeah. >> like you follow the rules. all right, brian and mr. ryun, thank you very much. brian and ryun. next stop for a couple of the g.o.p. presidential candidates, annua

. >> nascar driver danica patrick spoke about her decision to switch from indycar racing to nascar. she will participate in her first date, 500 on sunday, and the third woman in the 54 year history. this is one hour. >> danica patrick has evolved to a racing sensation whose appeal it about every demographic. her 2010 nascar debut at daytona resulted in a 35% increase in television viewership. she is considered to be the most successful woman in the history of american racing. she is the only woman ever to win a race and holds the highest finish by a woman at the indianapolis 500, third place. she has been named the most popular driver four times. she was raised in illinois and began competing at an early age. she won three world grand national chip -- national championships. she moved to europe to compete on the european road racing circuit. in 2000, she finished second in the formula for in england, the highest ever for an american. she returned to north america to race in 2002, becoming the first woman to have a top three finish in the first woman to win a major league open will r

you love nascar, right, mitt is. >> this combines a couple things i like best. cars and sport. >> let me start you right there. sport. here in the human world we call things like nascar sports. football, baseball, basketball, sports. sport, sport-- that is slightly different thing. that requires a horse or boat or an ascot. or all three of those things. so damage control for the cars and sport reference which was damage control for the wife has cadillac reference, quickly how closely do you follow nascar, romney go. >> about as closely as some of the most ardent fans but i have great friends that are as nascar team owners. >> jon: is there anything that comes out of this guy's mouth that couldn't come out of thurston howell iii's mouth. i apologize. how is it that rick santorum hasn't crushed this guy? that's our new segment. aside from that j.f.k. makes me puke whackyness, why is santorum not breaking through? >> president obama once said he wants everybody in america to go to college. what a snob. >> jon: no, no, not (applause) what a snob. look who is educati

and then when asked about nascar, he said he didn't know much about nascar but he knows a lot of nascar team owners. he has reinforced he's part of the 1% where rick santorum has stayed with evangelical voters and social issues and restoring the manufacturing base, which is a little bit of a contract with romney. >> and so it's interesting to me david, i was just handed the projection from the michigan election officials the secretary of state they're projecting about 15% to 20% voter turnout tomorrow. contrast that with 2008 where it was a 21% turnout. if there is a lower turnout i'm wondering which way that cuts. santorum, you would think has the enthusiasm, then romy has the organization. which way does that cut do you think? >> i think that's about right. the santorum campaign feels that their voters are very originallized, and he always tends to do better than polling suggests, in this enthusiasm gap he has and advantage he has over romney. one thing that is so intriguing. this is an open race and the democrats and republicans can participate. and they endorsed the idea that has go

yesterday he was asked whether he follows nascar. his answer, not as closely as some of its most ardent fans, but i have friends who are nascar team owners. that doesn't help. he is trying to be a man of the people. the trouble is those people are all rich. >>> and the killings and riots in afghanistan in the wake of burning of korans has a lot of americans asking, is this time to get out of there? is this effort even worth it? who is the best guest to have when republicans are getting themselves into deep doo-doo? bill maher. he's going to join us tonight. >>> and remember i mentioned that perhaps the gop candidates might be better off like silent movie stars? seen but not heard. watch this tonight. we'll have a show called "mitt, better off mute." this is going to a riot. that's in the side show. >>> we begin with rick santorum's criticism of college, kennedy, and the separation of church and state. why not throw that in? john feehery for the defense. he's a republican consultant madly in love with rick santorum. and eugene robinso

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i read an interesting article that nascar polled its friends in august of 2011, its avid nascar fans, say that they think danica helps the sport. 87% of them said they want her to do well this season. >> that's wonderful. all right, well absolutely, i'm sure there will be a lot of people watching to see how she does, joe carter, thanks so much. >>> and with so much to worry about these days, the question is, is a pair of shoes really worth this? take a look. even rare nikes? it resulted in a stampede, fights, even police. >>> and newsroom continues at the top of the hour with rochelle cary. lots of interesting things coming up this afternoon. >> you have seen titanic at the very least, right? >> yes, yes, yes. >> everyone and their mom has seen "titanic" except for princess samantha kennedy. i want to give her her props. she has not seen the movie. why that matters is she claims that now that she has seen it, this is actually her family. she says that this was ripped from her autobiography and she is suing to have the movie destroyed. i kid you not. >> well, yes, it's already made a c

a daytona 500 race is washed out for the first time in nascar for the first time in nascar history. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. welcome to our viewers across the nation, including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. today we begin with "the artist," a black and white nostalgic nod to old hollywood stole the show at last night's oscars. nbc's jinah kim joins us from hollywood with all the red carpet glitz and glam and the details on who took home the coveted gold. jinah, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lynn. you know, george clooney joked during our interview with him on the red carpet that now he's going to be doing silent pictures. and after this, that may not be far from the truth. with no color and almost no words, "the artist" has revived an art form that has not been celebrated by oscar in 83 years. >> and the oscar goes to -- "the artist." >> reporter: "the artist" swept the academy awards' top three honors, winning best picture, best director and best actor for jean dujardin. [ speaking foreign language ] merci beaucou

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are nascar team owners. rick santorum has his own race day take on the state's primary tomorrow. >> hang back there for a while. let all the other cars in front of you wreck. and then run hard in the last few laps and win the race. >> reporter: sources tell nbc santorum will get secret service protection starting today. what he did not get is a key endorsement from arizona governor jan brewer. >> i have decided that i'm going to publicly endorse mitt romney. i think he's the man that can carry the day. >> reporter: that was at the arizona debate. can romney carry the day in michigan tomorrow, where he's averaging a slim two-point lead over santorum. >> what we believe will come out of tuesday is that this is a two-person race right now. >> i think i can show i can fight real hard and come from behind. >> thank you. >> reporter: romney says he still thinks he can win the nomination, as he put it, however long it takes to get that done. and it's increasingly looking like a delegate fight into the spring, maybe

he pulled a classic at nascar when he tried to mix it up with the regular folks.e saw a group of nascar fans wearing rain ponchos, so he said i like those fancy rain coats you bought. really sprung for the big bucks. when a reporter asked him if he was a nascar fan, he said this. >> not as closely as some of the most ardent fans but i have great great friends who are nascar team owners. >> he knows the owners but not the guys who change the tires. romney claimed to remember the 50th anniversary of the american automobile. >> i think my dad had a job like being the grand master or whatever of the 50th celebration of the automobile in detroit, they painted woodward avenue with gold paint, my memory is foggy, i was probably 4, but had the cars go down the avenue. >> the golden jubilee was in 1946. mitt romney was born in 1947, so yeah i guess the mittster's memory is foggy. he screwed up big time on the automobile loan program and rick santorum is trying to take advantage of it. santorum's campaign has apparently put out this robo call in michigan. >> romney supporte

ardent fans but i have some great friends that are nascar team owners. (audience reacts) >> stephen: we all know that feeling! we all that feeling. what young nascar fan doesn't have his bedroom wall plastered with posters of owner jack roush? (laughter) the roushter! folks, this is the ticket for romney. if he wants to win, dhoshd more of this regular guy stuffbhat he obviously loves. i mean, he should eat hot dogs and say "i love hot dogs, they're just the right length." (laughter) "the mustard is yellow. that's the right color. the bun has the right bred di then he should mention he goes yachting with his friend carlisle hot dog, iv, the great grandson of the inventor of the hot dog. (laughter) but as great as romney did, rick santorum is confident. he's already looking past michigan to his real opponent, president obama. >> president obama once said he wants everybody in america to go to college. what a snob! (laughter) there are lots of people who go out and work hard everyday and put their skills to task that aren't taught by some liberal college p

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three-time nascar champion darrell waltrip was there. brother michael waltrip win the race. darrell has written the story of that day in a memoir, sundays will never be the same, racing, tragedy and redemption. my life in the fastest sport. he joins us to talk about that with correspondent jeff glor. >> welcome. >> thank you, charlie. >> take us back to 2001. >>> it was my first race do a nascar sprint cup race. and so i'm in the booth for the first time. my brother and i, michael, who was driving for dale sr in the -- my brother michael and i talked through the winter about michael, man wouldn't it be cool if you won your first race. he had never won a race. wouldn't it be cool if you won a racy could call you home. it would be like when ned jarrett called dale jarrett home. it's one of those moments. here i am on the race goes off, we have the big one and the people are flipping over and they stop the race. we had some radio talk between dale and some of spotters and thing. they go back to green. here my brother is with the white flag

nascar, the fans didn't like it. nascar didn't like it. they changed it. back in the day, '01 and '03 when we raced here at daytona you didn't dare push someone in the corner because of crash. you knew you would spin someone out if you tried it and now we are in the same situation again. the drivers are seeing that you can't push on the left side. there will be circumstances, a great example was truex and bowyer. bowyer moved over and truex was left on the left and that spun him around. with jeff gordon he was hitting on the left side of kyle busch all the way through the turn and eventually spun him out. the drivers have to watch the video and say we might need to calm down a little bit here and not tear up all the equipment that richard childress is talking about. >> darrell: it took us a year and a half to perfect the two-car tandem. we got that down. now, we are good to go. no you are not. we are going to change the rules and change the package and make it where you can't do that anywhere. these guys are going through another learning process. maybe --

great fans that are nascar team owners. >> the stakes could not be higher tomorrow.ahman bradley, abc news, washington. >> tahman, appreciate that. a look at weather across the country. up to a foot of snow in the sierras, the southern california mountains. rain around l.a. and san diego. more than 2 feet of snow across parts of the rockies. meanwhile, showers and thunderstorms in dallas, san antonio, houston and miami. wet in jacksonville and the carolinas. detroit is 41, omaha, 46, kansas city, 47. just 15 in fargo. mostly 40s from seattle to colorado springs. 58 in albuquerque, 76 in phoenix. maybe if you were in phoenix and warmer weather, you would get your voice back. >> although it's dry in phoenix. i need to go to miami. >>> our oscar show continues with the oscar moments you'll be talking about today coming up later in "the pulse." >>> plus, a disturbing travel alert. cruise passengers threatened and robbed and back in the u.s. last night. >>> also funny stuff here, the video of oprah winfrey bound go viral today, doing things we have never seen the queen of

so that is car laid th nascar l. they were going to develop a new car because the car was small and squished down. they were going to develop a new car and make the track safer. they didn't just look at one thing. they didn't just say let's put ice on this guy, that will fix our problem. they went comprehensive andhing. they looked at the race trook that the cars race on. they created the safer barrier they had gotten from tony george at indy car. it cuts the impact down by 60%. they went inside the car. they did tests with dum dummiesd realized that the seats were not built right to protect the driver and his head with a side impact like dale took. they started making seats with the huge headrest and the driver sits in a cocoon almost. y strapped down in there he's got a big headrest. down below he's got leg supports to keep his leagues all in place. they created a capsule for the driver to sit in. and then the car itself was much safer. the they moved the driver to the right to give some more area over to what the