tavis: this is like people who have never been to a nascar race.one who's done it, what is the thrill? >> this is dangerous and exciting. i had a timed event. you are running full blast and making three turns, and starting and stopping in a dark alleyway. it is exciting and i didn't win much and didn't make money. thank god i could sing. tavis: you mentioned your big break. before that, i am sure you know, before you went back and sang, when did you know that you were gifted? >> the way i knew is because when -- i was the third child. i wasn't the oldest or youngest or the boy, i was the third kid. so you did stupid things to get attention. singing got me attention. i knew it was special. tavis: what do you make then, these 33 albums later, of being the biggest female country western star ever? >> i kind of like it. [laughter] who wouldn't? good lord. we have been here a long time. we have worked real hard and traveled all over the world. tavis: what does your father make of your success? >> he doesn't tell us much, he just says, you did pretty goo

. >>> nascar race for the championship continues on sunday at the monster mile.rk martin silent leader in the pack in the chase. he won in new hampshire. he's the 4-time winner in dover. he's looking to taking on the monster. >> dover is one of my favorite racetracks on the whole circuit. really have been blessed with a lot of great race cars there. the cars really seem to run good there. and allen and our team were really excited about getting there. >> reporter: jimmie johnson was the fastest qualified. ryan newman, third. they will run 400 miles on sunday. >>> in golf. in atlanta. tiger woods began the day, one shot behind the leader, sean o'hare. tiger sets his sights on the lead-in. with shots like this, he's on his way. second shot. par 4, 16th. happy landing. woods sets up a birdie, right? but he follows the good with uncharacterric bad. -- characteristic bad. >>> final stop. laurel park. keep an eye on the left side of the screen. for an incredible comeback charge down the stretch in today's fifth race. fantastic peace finds an extra gear under jockey lou

spectators at a nascar race over the weekend were holding their breath and here's why. this crash unfold. rookie driver joely logano hit the wall on the 32nd lap then got hit from behind. hard to watch. his car flipped over seven times before finally coming to a hard stall. everyone feared the worst but logano walked away without any injuries. in fact, he said he wasn't even sore. >> sort of the perfect nascar crash. he wasn't hurt and you got to see something spectacular in the meantime. >> they build those things unbelievably strong and that's why. >> thankfully, right. >>> coming up a look ahead at the stories we'll be following later today including new overnight missile tests by iran. i'm semi retired and i'm here to tell a story. my parents all smoked. my grandparents smoked. i've been a long-time smoker. you know, discouragement is a big thing in quitting smoking. i'm a guy who had given up quitting. what caused me to be interested was, chantix is not a nicotine product and that intrigued me. the doctor said while you're taking it you can continue to smoke during

a frightening scene at a big nascar race. did you see this? see the car there? think he rolled seven times. the driver made it out fine. a reporter who was there joins us live. that is next. gecko vo: you see, it's not just telling people geico could save 'em hundreds on car insurance. it's actually doing it. gecko vo: businessmen say "hard work equals success." well, you're looking at, arguably, the world's most successful businessgecko. gecko vo: first rule of "hard work equals success." gecko vo: that's why geico is consistently rated excellent or better in terms of financial strength. gecko vo: second rule: "don't steal a coworker's egg salad, 'specially if it's marked "the gecko." come on people. shepard: this just in. the situation in santa suszko is now over. they have just reopened all the streets around and let people go back in there. all seems fine in both san francisco and los angeles, where they are still investigating, but it appears that things will be fine on that plane bound for new york. an awful looking crash yesterday. did you see this? the r

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. >>> the teenager involved in a heartstopping crash during a nascar race in philadelphia is speaking out for the first time. 19-year-old joey logano was in the middle of the pack when he got nudged and lost control. he ended up flipping over a full seven times, but amazingly, he was able to walk away with barely a scratch. >> actually, i am fine. i was surprised. i got out of that thing. and i was a little dizzy, a little shooken up. but i have a stiff neck. goes to show how safe these new cars are. >> reporter: he says he believes the crash would have been worse if he slammed straight into a wall. >>> the great news from the american cancer society. the death rate from breast cancer in the united states continues to decrease, more than 2% every year. karen brown reports for wjz, with the reason behind the drop. >> reporter: linda warsheim was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer at 48. almost 12 years later, she is living life to the fullest. and there are more and more women like linda out there. the death rate has dropped 2 1/2%. that mean, this year alone, 15,000 lives will be sa

>> some terrifying moments during this nascar race on sunday. team driving phenom joey logano.s about dover, the track is banked like this. >> look, he's fine. >> well -- the track has banked almost three stories high. when a car goes up, it tumbles, tumbles, tumbles down. he's on air with us this morning and telling us what happened. >> how he got out. >>> also the h1n1 flu vaccine as we told you is finally on the way. and in a little while our dr. jennifer ashton will be back to tell us how to get ahold of the vaccines. >>> a desperate father in a jail cell in japan this morning facing a five-year sentence. on monday he went to japan to try to get his children back from his ex-wife who'd run off with them two months ago. christopher savoie's attempt to get his children back took place as his ex-wife took them to school. he picked them up in his car and raced to the u.s. consulate to obtain passports. it was here at the consulate that japanese police were blocking the road so savoie ran for the gates. isaac froze in the street as chris ran with 6-year-old rebecca in his arms.

. >>> nice moment before nascar's race in atlanta. 13-year-old cancer survivor jody lawrence designedhe paint job on carl edwards' car. friend of the show. look at that. very good job. for the first time they raced under the lights at atlanta motor speedway, 111,000 people turned out to watch kasey kahne take the checkered flag to move up in the standings. >>> racing's most prominent female driver could make the change over to nascar. tony stewart says he can pretty much guarantee dannica will move to stock cars. >> go, girl! thanks, rafer. >>> there's controversy over a man about to be ordained as a minister, how his criminal past has some church members asking questions.we ere kids with little responsibility, zero accountability. our parents telling us what to do... how to behave. now, all of a sudden, we're there, in that role, at that time in our lives where everyone and everything is depending on us. it's a scary feeling, but it's also a good one. especially when i'm confident someone's there for me. i know landscaping, but i didn't know how wireless could help my business. i jus

. >> the worst crash, nascar race, out there. 's driver, not once, but watch him flip, seven times out there. they are always able to walk out, almost always as they do on this occasion. after the race, they look on out there for them and because that's what joe always does. >> great. >> they work that out. assault by them. jake cut her, they are waiting to call time out for them against the steelers. they do so. but then watch the rest as they signal the time-out, watching them right out there knocking the helmet off their head. watch cut her. he even thinks it's funny because he walked off the field. i think what he is laughing is that he almost went to the redskins this offseason and they didn't. it's pretty funny. >> the wildest pitch. the royals. watch the replay on this as they almost hit the guy. and they are standing on the on deck circle. hearing of the purpose pitch. that's the purpose pitch of the guy who is not even up there which is kind of slower thinking. let's go to the ugly from the russian premier leagues. one of

shepard: an awful pile up in a nascar race over the weekend. we have the video.kie driver joey it was number 20 car skidding out of control and launching into the air seven and a half rolls it made. then it came to a rest on its side right there. the wreck triggered a chain reaction that knocked three other cars right out of the race. but the 19-year-old driver walked away from that crash. see here? race cars at this level are built to take a beating. and this one did. he called it the wildest ride he had ever taken. jimmy johnson won the race. the 1-year-old manunder going mental evaluation after he climbed into a grizzly bear enclosure at the zoo. lead story on a fox trip across america. california: san francisco zoo keepers say the man froze when he got inside and that helped calm the bears. the animals just sniffed his feet. workers got the bears inside their den. the zoo's executive director says it could have turned out very differently. >> our animals here are wild. they are not pets. they are not circus animals. shepard: police say they arrested the man.

nascar sprint cup series race number one in the chase on abc beginning with "nascar countdown." g? we have nhra coming your way. nhra nationals qualifying at 11:00 eastern time and the finals tomorrow at 7:00 eastern time on espn2. "nascar now" prerace edition. we will set the stage for the chase. presented by five hour energy at 10:00 a.m. eastern and wrap up the weekend and tell you how it happened and why it happened happened and why it happened here at new hampshire. announcer: "it looks like nothing else on the road right now," proclaims "gq" magazine. did you see that? the interior "positively oozes class," raves "car magazine." "slick and sensuous," boasts "the washington times." "the most striking vw in recent memory," declares-- okay, i get it already. . in a car commercial. ♪ yeah ♪ yeah. - ( blower hums ) - twenty-five tools, - one battery. - ( battery packs click ) - bring on the to-do list. - ( drill whirrs ) innovation. better value. craftsman. trust. in your hands. >>> how important is track time in until snm? a few minutes left in "happy hour" and we have 25 cars

nascar sprint cup. he's won seven times in the last 16 chase races. we mentioned three consecutive titles, tying the great call yarborough, the only other driver to win three in a row. no one has ever won four nascar sprint cup championships in a row. jimmie johnson could become the first driver to do that and make nascar history. >> five more, bud, five more. >> that's mark martin's crew chief. just trying to rally his driver there. >> he knocked another tenth that time by, but still got about two seconds to go, and less than five laps. >> like dale said, the math doesn't add up. but what a great run. >> four more. >> as much as he would love to win this race, he's really happy, just praying that they don't have a caution right now, because he knows that's when he's the most vulnerable and his car is just not the best on the restarts. he'll take second and the points lead and go on to kansas. >> right now, he would have a ten-point lead over jimmie johnson, if jimmie wins the race and he finished second. >> just have to shake your head sometimes when

nascar did appreciate. this is mark ambrose's first official slap on the wrist which he's taking with a little slice of humble pie. i'm nicole manske, espn. >> one race and nine to go in the chase for the nascar sprint cup. martin still in first and extend his lead to 35 points but jimmy john is in the number two spot. juan pablo montoya jumps from 11th to fourth. >>> rockies with a 3 1/2 game lead in the n.l. wild card over the giants wrapping up a series against the diamondbacks. danny herron getting yorbit torrealba. ubaldo jimenez getting chris young, he had five hits and one earned run. 13 quality starts in 14 outings. ian stewart getting it past brandon allen, bringing in a run. the suicide squeeze from clint barmes and will bring in yorbit torrealba. rockies go up 3-1. then jason giambi for the second straight game teeing off. his second home run for colorado. rockies win 5-1. magic number for the wild card is 11. >>> dodgers-giants. los angeles, just about in the playoffs. tim lincecum saving the day, walks randy wolf and walks him on four-balls. two batters later, andre ethier steps in and he's wanting to hit a home run. how about the season

consistency is the way to do it. >> you can win a championship in the last ten races without a win. >> tony stewart in the 2005 nascarmpion. >> you finish fifth and get a top five, there's somebody ahead of you you're racing for the championship. you have to beat those guys and win a couple of races. >> while we may not have the fireworks or the big move to win three or four races, we hope we also don't have the younger mistake of ignorance. >> biffle right in front of junior. >> carl edwards. >> a lot of chasers are involved in this one. >> that's what they get in there. >> there's two different approaches. you can either go and be the aggressor or you can be the conservative guy that lays back and tries to finish the event. there's no guarantees in either position. >> i think there's something to be said for how we manage stress the last two years, and hopefully we can do it again for four. >> one guy who knows what it's like to be in the chase, jeff burton. although he came up short this year, he's a three-time chaser. we've asked for his insight before every chase race this season. he spoke with marty smith about

from nascar racing, which you also did, we're showing that right now, and jumping out of a plane. get that from your book. >> exactly. no, we don't have to do crazy stunts to really demonstrate that we have self-confidence in ourselves. for example, there's little confidence boosters in my book. it can be something as simple as when you're struggling with your self-esteem try to think in terms of respect. respect is higher on the ladder of confidence than just being liked. i was infatuated with whether nancy grace likes me or the audience likes me or the person i met at the store liked me. so therefore, i was putting other people's opinion of myself above my own opinion of myself. but if you give yourself respect, you're giving other people respect, you're kind of throwing out the infatuation with being admired. no, you don't have to jump out of a plane. i admire you just the way you are, nancy. >> everybody, we're calls live. let's go to patricia in texas. hi, patricia. >> caller: how are you, nancy? >> i'm good, dear. what is your question? >> caller: i am 36. i have panic attac

races. our sharyn alfonsi had a chance to catch up with him out at the track. >> reporter: among the nascar s a star. carl edwards. a college-educated driver with movie star good looks and down home manners. on this day, edwards is in indianapolis. for two races. at two different tracks. six miles apart. so, he choppers from one to the next. >> how was your commute in on the helicopter? >> the commute in was good. it's a lot quicker to drive it. >> reporter: fast is what edwards is all about. the 30-year-old driver's been chasing down success at break-neck speed. today, his picture is on billboards. just a few years ago, he was a virtual unknown here. he came to the track to race trucks. and then beg to go home. >> i stood out there and made a piece of cardboard, st. louis, i had my bag, and i hitchhiked home. because i didn't have a ride. i came here, and passed out business cards. >> reporter: success wasn't easy but his hard work paid off. last year, he had nine sprint cup victories. celebrating with his signature back flip. >> i have fallen down doing the flip, not on tv. >> reporter: th

rookie driver, joey logano in his nascar race. over seven times it flipped.about the amazing safety and the rollercoaster ride he went on. walked away unhurt, unscathed. just an amazing testament to the vehicle he's in. but what would it have been like to be in that car? joey logano, in his own words. >> it's like going on a rollercoaster when you're little. and all you can say is stop, stop, stop. you don't want to be on it anymore. it was something like that. but it really wasn't that bad once it was over. we're going on the back straightaway. you know, trying to get underneath the 96 car, going in the corner. he started coming down. i had to start coming off the throttle. so, i didn't hit him. and tony stewart was right behind me. he couldn't slow down in time. he kind of put me sideways. started going up the racetrack. and he got in the middle, all the traffic coming at me. and that kind of set the car rolling. it's not going to affect me a bit. it will give me more confidence when i'm out there, that you can go through a wreck like that and be okay. it p

. >>> imagine if the sugar bowl or nascar's last race couldn't happen because of flooding. acing this weekend. here's rafer with more on that. what are we talking augusta? >> east lake country club. golf is kind of like nascar where the most points gives you -- you're the winner and then you get this huge, huge payout so the last tournament of the year which starts thursday is at east lake country club. with scenes like this, it's hard to imagine anybody teeing off when it's scheduled in two days. there it is. this is near atlanta. the players are all in town hopping to tee off but in spite of these pictures the club reportedly said that some guys were actually out practicing on the driving range. a scene out of "caddyshack." the course is off-limits. they're going to be looking up at the skies. >>> former super bowl star plaxico burress is expected to begin serving jail time immediately today when he is sentenced for accidentally shooting himself in the thigh in a nightclub. burris says he hopes to return to football when he's out in two years. he pled guilty to a lesser gu

nascar did appreciate. this is mark ambrose's first official slap on the wrist which he's taking with a little slice of humble pie. i'm nicole manske, espn. >> one racent cup. martin still in first and extend his lead to 35 points but jimmy john is in the number two spot. juan pablo montoya jumps from 11th to fourth. >>> rockies with a 3 1/2 game lead in the n.l. wild card over the giants wrapping up a series against the diamondbacks. danny herron getting yorbit torrealba. ubaldo jimenez getting chris young, he had five hits and one earned run. 13 quality starts in 14 outings. ian stewart getting it past brandon allen, bringing in a run. the suicide squeeze from clint barmes and will bring in yorbit torrealba. rockies go up 3-1. then jason giambi for the second straight game teeing off. his second home run for colorado. rockies win 5-1. magic number for the wild card is 11. >>> dodgers-giants. los angeles, just about in the playoffs. tim lincecum saving the day, walks randy wolf and walks him on four-balls. two batters later, andre ethier steps in and he's wanting to hit a home run. how about the season this guy is having? 31 homers, r.b.i.'s, 100 an

what's my alternative from nascar racing, which you also did, we're showing that right now, and jumpingm your book. >> exactly. no, we don't have to do crazy stunts to really demonstrate that we have self-confidence in ourselves. for example, there's little confidence boosters in my book. it can be something as simple as when you're struggling with your self-esteem try to think in terms of respect. respect is higher on the ladder of confidence than just being liked. i was infatuated with whether nancy grace likes me or the audience likes me or the person at the store liked me. i was putting other people's opinion of myself above my own opinion of myself. if you give self-respect, give other people respect, you're kind of throwing out the infatuation with being admired. no, you don't have to jump out of a plane. i admire you just the way you are, nancy. >> patricia in texas. >> caller: how are you, nancy? >> i'm good, dear. what's your question? >> caller: i have a quick question, robin. i am 36 and i have panic attacks and they have put me on afexor. i was winding up in the hospital for

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nascar countdown. alan bestwick, big brad, rusty will be on hand to cover the opening shock for the race for the title.:00 eastern time. finals at 7:00. both on espn2. how about that little prerace edition of "nascar now" presented tomorrow at 10:00 eastern time. we will set the stage for what should be an exciting afternoon of racing. we will have live coverage of the race and late tomorrow night at 10:00 eastern on espn2 we'll - ( saw whirrs ) - the craftsman cordless c3 line. - ( blower hums ) - twenty-five tools, - one battery. - ( battery packs click ) - bring on the to-do list. - ( drill whirrs ) innovation. better value. craftsman. trust. in your hands. >>> a lot of folks weren't sure if tony stewart would make the chase. stewart and haass got both of his cars in the chase. >> how about this team here? that's enough when the pressure's on. getting the job done. >> beautiful job. wait to get her done! ♪ just the championship ride >> one of the pleasant surprises for 2009, the performance of stewart/haass racing. you see the performance there. second and 10th the seating. >> pretty impressive what

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. >>> pennant race updates, the latest from nascar, and the dallas cowboys open their football pal ras. >>> plus, a rookie quarterback and head coach shock tom brady, bill belichick and the new england patriots. >>> on this last full day of summer, flash flooding is the big story in the midwest and the atlanta area. your regional forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning to you. i'm joe krebs. >> and i'm barbara harrison. straight ahead on "news 4 today," construction is getting under way aimed at easing the come matt in the district. but traffic congestion is only going to get worse before it gets better. >> plus, the washington redskins win their home opener so why is the victory a bit unsettling for a lot of fans? >> job-seekers beware. that's scam in cyberspace. >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." >>> in sports, the dallas cowboys learned the hard way last night, do not invite the new york giants to your next house warming party. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. it

nascar countdown. coming up after our show, "nhra race day" from concord, north carolina. >> it's only two years old but has come of age. today the fight to the finish. the six-race countdown to the championship begins and it does so with emotion. both john force and tony pedregon showed how passionate this sport can be. this weekend the nhra heat continues to run hot. the pressure of the countdown and the fight for the wally as nhra drivers and crew chiefs push the limits. by day's end, history will be made as both funny cars and top fuel go four-wide for the time ever. you've never experienced an nhra you've never experienced an nhra race day quite like this one. captioning provided by espn, inc. ♪ early in the morning pack the truck and get some food ♪ ♪ i'm going to win ♪ because this girl don't like to lose ♪ ♪ i'm going to drive it ♪ like i stole it ♪ going to leave it all behind ♪ going to drive to it like i stole it ♪ >>> cruz pedregon may have miss the the countdown to the championship, but caught up in that emotion, he channels that to being the role of the spoiler in funny car. how can hector

. >> jimmie johnson racing for an historic fourth straight title, fourth time nascar champ jeff gordon something to go for. the race begins today, 1:00 eastern on abc. >> hello, everybody. i'm mike massaro sitting alongside jeff burton. the nascar chase for the sprint cup begins this week in new hampshire. 12 drivers fight fog the championship, jeff. in your opinion, who are the two favorites? >> the two favorites to me are mark martin and jimmie johnson. mark martin, because he's been fast all year long. they haven't had the consistency, but they've had the speed. the other one, you know, jimmie johnson, three in a rope. there's no wipe in the world you can not pick him. those are the two guys that i think have the best shot. >> ok. what about the dark horses? there's got a couple of drivers out there facing obstacles, but still have a chance at this title. >> yeah, i think brian have beeners has the best shot. they're working very well together and running well on the short tracks. that's something they didn't do well earlier, now they're doing t. the other one is carl edwards. i can

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. >> moving on to nascar, somebody who had a big race yesterday, didn't exactly do it in the style hee one but it was the rookie joey logano who took the wildest ride of his life, the monster mile for the rookie, it was even worse to handle this one, last 31 on the back stretch, joegy logue no bumps bobby labonte and causes him to slow down and tony stewart unintentionally bumped him. that's where he starts flipping. would you believe that this guy flipped ten times. for a reek, man, it's one thing to be on that track with all those drivers. another thing to go for a ride like that, but luckily logano was uninjured. man, he flipped tremendously. jimmie johnson went off with the win and dominated most of that race. johnson took victory lane and martin was second and mark temp et finished third and the cool thing joey logano made it out unscathed and has a heck of a story to tell. >> great, great video and each greater to see that he walked away from that. >> exactly, so you can see the redskins are trying to flip their switch and hopefully get back to their winning ways. tomorrow they

racing. the top 12 nascar drivers are in town for the nascar sprint cup.next guest are three of the biggest names in america's biggest sport. please welcome to the show nascar drivers carl edwards, kasey kahne and ryan newman, everybody! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's what i'm talking about. how are you, buddy? >> good. how are you? >> jimmy: carl, this is ridiculous. what happened? >> it was frisbee. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: are you getting beaten? what's going on? sounded like a lie. >> no, i was playing some frisbee, and it got a little out of hand. i wish it was something cool. [ laughter ] it wasn't even ultimate frisbee. >> jimmy: oh, my gosh. well, you guys are all in competition for the sprint cup. are you -- are you guys competitive dudes, or a little -- a little rivalry here? >> i'd say so. we've -- you know, just throughout the year, it's all -- we just keep earning points all the way up to this point. and now there's 12 of us. and we have a shot at the sprint cup. it's pretty good. >> jimmy: all right. well, i probably should have tol

racing renaissance man. the son of the greatest nascar driver has forged his own career. >> uh-huh. >> and keep a driver on the track. >> yes. >> off the track he is a superstar. they have stabbed victory junction. it was if honor of their son who died. he is an expert commentator. a guy who sees the big picture eurbgts he is here he is taking part in the driving while distracted program. he gave me a football analogy that explains the difference between the way he has to drive and the way we have to drive. he said he is on offense, we're on defense. the tour was paid for by nationwide insurance. welcome kyle petty back. nice to see you again. >> nice to see new washington and at a time that is very porn to us. we're inaugurating laws. this week. and one is on driving while distracted you are part of the summit on driving. tell me how you got involved in this. >> nationwide. it has the series. and it has a great program maybe a couple of years ago. they have been concerned with driving while distracted. and at 45% of all people say they have been in an if or nearly been in an accident because of someone being

who will compete in the next 10 races beginning with this upcoming weekend's race in new hampshire in the chase for the nascar sprint cup. brian vickers will be seated eighth thanks to two wins this season. on the outside looking in, kyle busch won four times this year and matt kenseth first time he's missed the chase. >> jerry jones begins the 2009 n.f.l. season with knowledge he must send the league office a payment as a fine imposed by roger goodell. chris mortensen reports the cowboys owner must pay $10, 0,000 for a comment about revenue sharing. jones violated a gag order when he said "revenue sharing is on it its way out.requests jones was showing report for viking ownership quest for a new stadium. jones had this reaction as relayed to cowboys spokesman rich rich dalrymple. >> if my comments were viewed as over the line, so be it it it, my comments were assisting a fellow owner and his team's pursuit of bringing a new stadium to fans of the twin city. having just completed the process of stadium construction and knowing how much it means to the n.f.l. market this, is something i would do for any of my

jimmie johnson racing for a fourth-straight championship, as the chase for nascar's sprint cup continues 1:00 eastern, on abc. >> bob: who do you like in new hampshire? >> chris: whoever is racing. >> bob: i like him. >> dave: duane bennett, in the game at runningback. weber, with time. going for decker. and decker held on at the 40. solid throw by adam weber. first down, minnesota. >> bob: the key there is weber had time to throw. look at the pass protection. throws over a linebacker. boy, that's a dangerous throw and a good catch. he knew his roommate, decker, would make a good play out of it. couldn't keep running. just had to jump up and make the catch. good drive going. >> dave: see the numbers for decker at that 23-yard grab. he's the all-time receiver in terms of catches for minnesota. had 84 last season. 23 in 2-plus games here in 2009. weber to throw again. this time, he's chased. gets rid of it and completes it, to stoudermire. now, checking in with rece. >> rece: i know this conference pride thing can be overrated at some timeses. but after central michigan beat michigan state

let's get you updated on the qualifying for the first race of the chase for the nascar sprint cup.e can tell you that juan pablo montoya has taken the poll. he, in fact, set a track record while winning the pole at the new hampshire motor speedway in loudon, new hampshire. montoya turns in a lap that takes the top qualifying spot and breaks the record set by ryan newman in 2003. so the former formula one driver will start on the front row for sunday's opener of the chase for the championship. with more on the chase, here is nicole manske. >> i'm really trying to forget, you know, the last two races. they weren't like we hoped they would be. and just focus on what we need to do here at loudon. >> what jimmie johnson is chasing now is not just another championship but a piece of nascar history. no driver has ever won four straight championships. but as after finishing 36th and 11th in the two races before the chase, johnson isn't exactly off to a good start. >> they seem a little bit off, they do, and the question is, are they off, or is everybody else gotten better? you know, in eit

. >> pam: jimmie johnson racing for an historic fourth straight championship. all try to make history. the chase for the nascarcup at new hampshire. starts tomorrow on sunday at 1:00 eastern on abc tv. north carolina with a 14-point lead now over skip holtz and east carolina. and skip had a legitimate beef about a penalty that gave carolina a first and goal on that last drive. we will let you see it in a moment. skip has been known to rip people on the sidelines. >> ray: yeah, skipper "the ripper" on the sidelines. i've seen him go after some folks and he actually maintained his calm pretty good on that exchange. >> pam: and he had ever right to be ripped. a little short kickoff, jonathan williams runs up. goes out of bounds around the 40 yard line. that was a 20-yard return. here's the east carolina head coach during the break. >> ray: skip's got a legitimate beef here. his player, c.j. wilson got blocked into the quarterback. hit from behind actually by elzy. it really could had been a clip on elzy and a late hit on him. you see right there. the late push. and t.j. yates took the brunt of it and they called

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race. the dodgers handed the nats the 100th loss of the season last night. raphael's home run in the 8th was the game winner. l.a. beats dc 7-6. >>> nascarvers slowed down for a stop at walter reed medical center on thursday. they were there saying hi to some of the injured troops. they will be racing this weekend up in dover, delaware. >>> 67 degrees here in northwest washington. judges in virginia talk about a verdict against a church that protested the funeral of soldiers. in three minutes learn why. >>> a warning for cell phone users. extra charges showing up on your bills from unlikely sources. it is called cramming. learn to avoid the problem tonight. gao÷g>yñ this is your captain speaking, we are fourteenth in line for take off. looks like it's bumper to bumper on the interstate. i gotta get to cleveland! remove your belt, your watch, your shoes. i wonder what gas costs today. seven dollars for a pillow! an extra bag costs what? i hate traffic! the train is now arriving. (announcer) the train has arrived indeed. new low one-way fares on northeast regional. advance purchase required, restrictions apply. details at amtrak.com chevy

nascar? star driver tony stewart says the indy league racing star for whom he's become sort of a mentor will nwide series with an eye on the top level sprint cup series in 2011. stewart himself jumped from the irl to nascar a decade ago. >>> college football heisman trophy winner sam bradford could miss up to a month. in a game he played in denver, the junior quarterback suffered a sprained shoulder. he could be out for a few weeks. meanwhile, oklahoma leads the game when he left but lost on this touchdown past here, 14-13 byu gets the win over number three oklahoma. >>> 17-year-old melanie udan, the 67th ranked player in the world figures to move up big-time. back-to-back upsets over maria sharapova. she moves on to the fourth round just like she did at wimbledon earlier this summer. that's sports. (announcer) compared to a national office supply superstore, up to 40% on frequently purchased school supplies- for the same or similar items and the same brands. back to school costs less, at walmart. save money. live better. walmart. welcome to progressive. how may i help you? i'm looking for a

term limits in nascar so jimmie johnson is free to win a fourth straight cup championship if his ride is fast enough. mark martin the top seed entering the chase won a season high four races and at age 501 smart enough to know you don't have to chase, you just have to stay patient and let things come to you. martin signed a two-year contract extension and is locked in with hendrick until 2011. the champ, jimmie johnson. kasey kahne's day was horrible, he blew his engine and was fourth entering, 12th leading after a 38th place finish. pit stop problems. issues getting the car served. clint busch comes out of his pit stall and david ragan flies in there and parked it nice and when the traffic is done he takes the big brown car and out he goes. excellent work by him. juan pablo montoya, 100th sprint cup 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

racing news. i asked tony stewart if he thought danica patrick will be making the move over to nascar.tewart has talked to her extensively, he thinks it's going to happen. trace? trace: brian wilson live for us in washington. brian, thank you. and just into fox news, we are getting a first look at the man accused of plotting to bomb a federal courthouse in illinois. investigators say michael finton, akatalid islam was planning to use a car bomb. he idolized john wall kerr lynde. finton's reported target the office building and courthouse in springfield, illinois. we're told investigators busted him after he tried to use a cell phone to detonate what he had been told was a van filled with explosives. the material inside was actually harmless. this is at least the third major terror plot that is unfolding right now. remember, there are the reported backpack bomb plots in denver and alleged office tower plot in dallas. no word of any connections between them. we'll be right back. inner beauty is important, but not nearly as important as outer beauty. ♪ that's why i use covergirl's simply

races in a grueling season. you get to the playoffs. that's what nascar has come up with.in first, you are. he is still favored to go four in a row. do you sense the presence of a guy like him? >> he is so tough. he and his team are just incredible and the things they have done the last three years is just unbelievable. but i think this year it will be more competitive. i don't see anyone, you know, running the table like jimmy and those guys have done in the past. it's going to be a great chase. all 12 drivers that are in it are capable and their teams are capable of winning this thing. i think it's going to be exciting. brian: jeff, have you been coming here for a while. the green room has never been better which you told me. now as a dad of the 2-year-old, has that taken the edge off for victory, being that you are famous, rich, successful, can you get on mark's plane once in a while and fly private jet? tell me, has it taken the edge off being a parent? >> i didn't used to be a morning person. >> to be at home with my family as much as possible. but, you know, when it

racing for a fourth straight championship. gordon and the regular season points leader tony stewart look to make some history of their own. the chase for the nascar sprint cup, new hampshire, coverage begins sunday 1:00 eastern. a.l. west, angels and rangers. must win. for texas, scott feldman on the bond and mike napoli, 2-1, l.a. of anaheim. >> napoli a solid baseball player. reminds me of mike sosa. >> 2-2 in the sixth. weaver. hammering blalock, and 3-2. >> somebody said he hit a home run tonight. i wonder who that was? >> a prediction. >> somebody on the set that was not tim, me or e.y. kendrick up the middle. and ian kinsler playing some defense. >> wow. >> look at that. >> oh, got to have guys -- >> elvis andrews. and andrus gets the foot on the bag. >> number one. >> "web gems" coming up in the next segment so stay tuned. the points race tightening u. -- up. frank francisco in for the save. right field. deep to right field. nellie cruz is right there. that was crushed. after a torii hunter single, kendry morales, this is the downside of putting hank blalock in a big spot in the game. >> he's played a lot of third base. got in between. >>

radio tower for motor racing networks, turn three, happened virtually under me, the allisons and yarborough went fist city, it was ugly. talked about for months. defining moment in nascar's only 30 years ago and. >> "days of thunder" with tom cruise and nascar was on its way. when your engine's running clean... you feel it. ...and pennzoil motor oil actively cleans out up to 15 percent of sludge the first time you use it. so feel the clean. not just oil, pennzoil. >> back at zmax dragway, they call it the bellagio, look at that. look at that drag strip. four lanes, there is every reason to call it that, and those four lanes will get interesting in our final show on sunday. you don't want to miss it, we continue qualifying with pro stock and jason line and tom hammond. good to see the big guy tom is competition, last run in st. louis. jason in that countdown trying to make a good run here. look at tom go. hammonds, 5.56 and line with 6.56 with a five, quickest run of the session is tom hammonds back into competition and line second in the points is trying to catch up to jeg coughlin. >> how about tom hammonds? could not get down that lane and he goes down, nice time and c

racing for a fourth straight championship. gordon and the regular season points leader tony stewart look to make some history of their own. the chase for the nascar new hampshire, coverage begins sunday 1:00 eastern. a.l. west, angels and rangers. must win. for texas, scott feldman on the bond and mike napoli, 2-1, l.a. of anaheim. >> napoli a solid baseball player. reminds me of mike sosa. >> 2-2 in the sixth. weaver. hammering blalock, and 3-2. >> somebody said he hit a home run tonight. i wonder who that was? >> a prediction. >> somebody on the set that was not tim, me or e.y. kendrick up the middle. and ian kinsler playing some defense. >> wow. >> look at that. >> oh, got to have guys -- >> elvis andrews. and andrus gets the foot on the bag. >> number one. >> "web gems" coming up in the next segment so stay tuned. the points race tightening u. -- up. frank francisco in for the save. right field. deep to right field. nellie cruz is right there. that was crushed. after a torii hunter single, kendry morales, this is the downside of putting hank blalock in a big spot in the game. >> he's played a lot of third base. got in between. >> first and se