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michael waltrip gets support from family as drivers prepare to lap 43 drivers 500 miles 200 laps a little cloudy looks like rain so far is holding Jeff up what's your bucket list verizon championship racing check for race? Well, Chris, when I sat down, I started thinking about what it would have to be like for this to really work. Number one has to be the tires. I mean, we've had a lot of different issues between burnout and being, you know, kind of unpredictable. You have to be on guard today if you feel something is wrong, you better go to the pits.
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The second thing you should do is trust your observer. When you're managing a group like this, you have to trust it to put you in the best place. It's possible to stay out of trouble and if you don't listen to it, maybe you can start something and last but not least, we always say don't overdo it, whether it's on the track or on pit road. We saw a lot of mistakes during the 50's showdown at Thirsty's, you can't do that and expect to win the Daytona 500 and you were hanging around the garage before we gathered here for the pre-race show at the Hollywood hotel, what was the buzzword what's what's the vibe Everyone I talked to realized that this is the closest field we've ever had.
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I think here at Daytona everyone is very close when it comes to steeds, but the word has to be or has to be the sign of that. Without excuses. None at all. Everyone feels they are better prepared than ever. This is the best we can offer on the track, so there are no excuses for anyone. All 43 cars and let's not forget that the last two Daytona 500 have been almost photo finishes. and the last seven we have had seven different winners with Martin Truex on the pole Mark Martin on the front row we have nine drivers who will compete in their backup cars they will introduce the field here in a moment let's get back to the track and now racing fans, it's time to utter those most famous words in motorsports here to give the order, please welcome the governor of Florida, mr.
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Charlie Crist, gentlemen, start your engines, that's a great look for the night here at Daytona, it's nascar on foxh, we're getting ready to race wherever you're looking, we're glad you're with us, now it's time to hand it over to you . the man calling today's race will guide us through another season of NASCAR on Fox Larry McReynolds Mike joy Darrell Waltrip gentlemen start talking thanks Chris the engines are running the hearts are racing especially in the cockpits of those 43 cars Darrell only 32 Men have ever won the Daytona 500 from behind the wheel, what do those drivers feel and think right now?
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Mike every sport has its big event every sport has its main event the one you want to win this is our main event this is the one when This is when everything is said and done and you have all those trophies lined up in case the trophy of the Daytona 500 whatever you watch and remember the most, no matter how many times, once in 10 times, that's the one, Larry. It rained a lot this morning and usually from day to night the drivers see what are essentially two different race tracks. What's happening today? Well, these colder temperatures that we have now are going to take the green flag, it's getting closer, but there's no doubt.
We have a lot of pit stops, some tires are improving. Come down to this race track and these guys know they're going to have to make some major adjustments to the car. Night is the right time and that's when it's best to have that race car. true, but Mike, it's 200 laps the lap I'm looking for is lap 199, there's one lap left because if you look at the last two Daytona 500, the guy who led that lap didn't take the checkered flag first, let's take a look to the Budweiser starting grid for the 51st running of the Daytona 500 in the field with previous provisional champions Terry Levani in a Toyota Regan Smith Travis Kvapil took his time trial speed as did Bill Elliott Matt Kenseth, one of the drivers who left to go to the back like Andretti and rookies Scott Speed ​​due to backup cars and Ryan Newman who also crashed earlier in the week Reed Sorenson with a new team David Ragan back with Roush Racing Kevin Harvick will have to go to the rear with a backup car Robby Gordon Elliott Sadler and Sam Hornish and seven other drivers who will be left behind in the pace laps David Reutimann, former winner Michael Waltrip, Jeff Burton and Casey Mears, who He is now Burton's new teammate, David Stremme, new to the Penske organization, and Marcos Ambrose. from Australia Clint Boyer Jamie McMurray on row 11 starting 19 and 20 AJ Allmendinger now in a Dodge and Paul Menard with a new team also Scott Riggs and Jeremy Mayfield none of those teams existed 30 days ago Carl Edwards a favor for the entire season and may Kasey Kahne returns to Victory Lane this year Kurt Busch, last year's runner-up Dale Earnhardt jr. the eternal fan favored bobby labonte and another former champion and young upstart from tampa aric almirola joey logano at 18 the youngest driver to start the 500 with his new teammate Denny Hamlin Juan Pablo Montoya of Colombia and the current champion of the Sprint Cup Jimmie Johnson Brian Vickers who won at Talladega Tony Stewart who won yesterday but will also go to a backup car on the second row Kyle Busch who pushed Stewart to the checkered flag in yesterday's Nationwide race and Jeff Gordon with no wins in all of last season but winner on Thursday and the two fastest The time trailers mark Martin's 50th birthday for the second time in search of his first 500 victory and Martin Truex Jr and a Chevy Earnhardt Ganassi, the pole winner for today's 500 race, it's brought to you by Budweiser, the perfect balance of flavor and refreshment, enjoy the great American race with the great American beer Budweiser, you know, one of the sentimental favorites this week has been Mark Martin, let's talk to him and see how he's feeling this morning Mark Martin, it's a DW Fox Sports, I have a copy, okay, Mark has a question for Dude, I don't want to know about the guys that came back to the shop.
I don't know, I don't want to know how cars work. I want to know what winning this race would mean for Mark Martin, who came so close. Two years ago, mark ten-four, what worries you most today, friend? What is your biggest worry? He came to get the green to go, echo the words of your bosses, Rick Hendrick . America is asking you for good luck and there are Rick and Linda Hendrick. owner of four cars in this year's 500, including Mark Martin's, that was his voice you heard first when we tried to talk tomorrow there you see it 500 miles 200 laps speed on pit road is very important, especially if you've been on the track running almost 190 miles per hour 55 miles per hour on pit road the pit window for Sunoco race fuel 42 to 46 laps we talk about the seven cars that crashed during the duels and in practice the ones that are there they will have to go to the back of the field to take the green flag sign look at the keys to today's FedEx race this is actually understanding the race and we are looking at things a little differently it is the way the bosses of team see the trends or patterns of the Daytona 500 a look at the last eight 500 miles here at Daytona the total number of yellow flags averaged seven, the most we had was 11 in 2005-2006 the first yellow flag occurred approximately on lap 32 the earliest in the last eight races was lap 8 in 2004 the last was lap 81, in fact last year the longest green flag race was 68 laps, so what does that mean?
These crew chiefs know that they will probably have at least one green flag stop on the green laps of the finish line. The average is 19 laps, but in the last four 500s we've only had three green flag laps. or less to reach the finish line and we will see how these trends, these patterns come into play in today's race, the field is divided in half, two pace cars lead the field so the drivers can measure their speed on the street of pits through the tachometer and as the rear. of the group catches up with the front, let's check in with our award-winning NASCAR on Fox pit crew led by Steve Burns.
Thanks Mike, gentlemen, you've talked about the track conditions changing. Jimmie Johnson on Team 48 knows how to conserve and care for tires. could be a big key to winning here at Daytona and keeping an eye on them to see if they get to the front being outside and from the pack it's easier on the tires. Dick Berggren, well, for the last six years in a row, NASCAR fans have voted for Dale. Earnhardt Jr. his favorite driver this is his best track he has won a dozen different events here at Daytona and with so many new drivers he has his favorite crew chief his cousin and the pit crew are a group of guys he worked with before he Junior a good chance to win today Matt Yocum dick Joey Logano, 18, securing a new era at Joe Gibbs Racing making his first start in the Daytona 500, everyone this week has given him a lot of advice, but the most important advice that could turn out to be stellar today positive that is the word that his mentor and driving coach Mike Magic has basically told Joey Logano she is McLaughlin, the former NASCAR winner.
You will see so many new experiences today if you make a mistake, just think of the positive side of what you learn. don't do it again stickers for Votto we've told you about the rigger the stewart-haas organization has gone through this week Ryan Newman in his third car of the week used to be Tony Stewart's backup car used to be red, the team spent about two extra hours calling that car. I talked to the competition director, Bobby Hutchins, a few moments ago he had a marker in his hand and he said that he used it this morning to get the only red on that car. sharpened with a little hand, said it has to look good because this car is going to Daytona, USA. 43 drivers, the best from America, one from Australia, one from Columbia, ready to participate in the great American race, What are you thinking this morning when you arrive?
Ready for the green flag next time, goodbye, this is the ultimate race, it's the Daytona 500. You recognize it because of the enthusiasm, the excitement, the energy you feel from the garage area to the stands. You meet a lot of teams, but there's a lot of effort that goes into that. a lot of money, a lot of testing time, a lot of midnight oil and work in the shop to make sure that when these cars show up here for the Daytona 500, you have them as slippery, lean and light and with as much horsepower as you can get them .
Put them in to try for a chance to win the Daytona 500. The 500 there's always a big transition from the beginning of the race to the middle of the race to the finish, and you know, going from light to dark to track. you will gain more grip, so a lot of things will happen. This race is a historic race. It means a lot to the drivers, the teams and the sponsors to win this race. You know, when there are 25 left and 30 left, things increase. and historically we get a lot of warnings and the heart rate gets really high, the intensity gets really high and it starts to get pretty wild, whether you're dealing with the devastation, the frustration or the excitement of what it's like to win.
We know this is the Daytona 500 in front of the field, it seems like 1969 coincidentally, that was the last year a Camaro set the pace of the race and by driving this one, while the excavator looks at the actor Tom Cruise, we have the opportunity to relive his Thunder Rick days. Hendrick provided him with one of those cars to take a few laps here this morning. Tom Cruise will guide you towards the man in the blue shirt. Bobby Allison, three-time winner of the race. Fox's green flag is in the fragments. The cheese hand. Bobby Allison. waving a Jr flag that for the first time in 11 Daytona 500 starts outside the top 10 17 and believe it or not, in that first turn one and two down there you can already tell what kind of car you have, at least you know you have a good one or you have one that you have to work on but we will leave the first lap of the 500 this is the beginning of the 500 but it is also the beginning of the season Martin tricks jr. will lead the first lap five bonus points for leading a lap here comes that outside line they got a lot of push on the outside they got the push bhaskar has told the teams that Mark Martin takes the lead 25 yellow request due to the rains this morning so that The teams can check the chassis lap 25, that's Robby Gordon. the 7 and the KC bears, who's new to the black Oh 7, coming up the inside 50 Martin trying to win the Daytona 500 in his first few rides, he's the lap 2 leader, we call it the wild and if you've seen this young man run almosthe wins the truck race on Friday, he got a win on Thursday and his Gatorade is double rate to qualify for the 500 and he wants this.
If Busch the cow is competing in a race, I'll buy a ticket to go see, he is that good. let's say he ran three times just give me some space not even three different laps three different leaders Kyle Busch's Toyota brings too much time to his teammate Denny Hamlin in the 11 car Bobby Labonte and ask.com the outside hey, that one Outside it looks pretty fast, but if those two cars that are in front right now, Kyle Busch and Mark Martin, they will be difficult to pass. Miguel thinks about where he will get it back from.
Jeff Gordon cuts the inside of his teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. up to 70, you know, it takes a lot of confidence in every aspect of your race car, you're NASCAR too, they had to drive the track this morning, it's been raining here, these guys are running wide on this two mile Speedway and half. In that stand all the seats were sold out, it was necessary until last night, but they all sold out. You just have to get on the field. Tickets available today in the middle of the pack, middle lane in yellow and red. Kevin Harvick at 29 Kevin is the master of where he came from.
If he. made two years ago to win the Daytona 500 Seminole clowns on the left for me Joker's on my right I'm stuck in the middle but I keep going but remember he started back in thirty-eighth position in less than five laps he's made his way between the top 20 to 19 and getting more before completing this lab, we are a little suspicious that when he brushed the wall in practice in his primary, but maybe he didn't do it as much as in the one in which he won. Budweiser Shootout last Saturday night, so they rubbed the right side of the lead car, told NASCAR we had to go to a backhoe and NASCAR approved it and I think that's the piece Harvick wanted for today, that's the which is on Matt mic in the middle.
Big gains in practice trying to feel Harvick Kartik said he fell out of this car not as fast as the Budweiser Shootout car but let's hear how to drive the key, they felt this car would handle much better than this race track. change throughout the day today another call in the move just a few cars behind Kevin Harvick in 29th 2003 Sprint Cup Champion in 17th that's a backup car for Matt started in 43rd has come to the 21st place in just six laps into Casey James' car right here, he's really having trouble hearing the floor on the throttle, he should be opening his car wide right now and he's milking that thing, if he has to do that here in the turns, you could have problems around the turn. 20 I'm afraid Larry now his teammates have to start behind Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman and that's where they are in untested backup cars 41 and 42 right now there may be a method to their madness, they may stay out the dangerous.
Right now, well that's it, we've got miles to go here and you don't want to get knocked out before you heat the water, so Brian Vickers in that 83 Toyota over there has been awfully strong all week. Brian started in sixth position. He was in the top five a couple of laps ago. Now they have thrown it back. Well, that will happen all day. You're going to move on. You are going to return with the draft that covers yours. You know what we're talking about. You know, in the pre-race show, a smoker appeared on the platform approaching the track and Dermaroller Aric Almirola spins out of danger.
It looks like one of Earnhardt Ganassi's cars and today they were under yellow in the first half. He tried. to stay away Jamie McMurray Regan Regan walked into Reagan's there a couple of times this week when that happens right in front of about a third of the field, you're very lucky when that's all you have to do to come see her arrive Dean. he's going to grow we're going to get better he's new to the job I think with only eight laps in the books we're going to see a variety of strategies here and I think one of the reasons we're going to see a variety of strategies is we know we're going to have that yellow flag. on lap 25, now no one will put fuel in their cars.
I have a feeling some guys are going to go in there and change four tires, but we might see some right side tire changes, just yeah, if you know. We've had a little problem with the tyres, so you might want to go in with ten laps on your tires and see if everything is okay to get an idea of ​​what to do next time and the only problems we've really had. been with the tires on the right side exactly, let's take a closer look and look at Jamie Murray McMurray in the 26 because sometimes things happen a little further back, now there is McMurray in purple and yellow, it seems to me that Almirola had to live to leave enter McMurray. and it very well could have happened that way, it looked like McMurray was going to make a pass under the yellow line, he had to back up behind the car he almost passed, that could have created a bit of a problem there and as we anticipated, We have many cars that stayed outside, but we have several that arrived in the pits.
Toyo stopped short at his box. Two tires will be the so-called JPM and he is far away. Steve, well, Matt, four tires for Jeff Gordon is the call here, there's no other. adjustments to his Chevrolet Krista Martin Truex and his team are in their surprising or no more take there is a two tire stop for Martin looks a lot Hamlin around 1214 cars were left out and Levite rudiment for the first out of the pits but of course there was plenty a number of drivers who chose not to stop properly, that's hard when you're stopping on two tires and you're still backing into oncoming traffic, you're surprised we didn't have more problems because we had a disaster here in the classifieds Carl Edwards working hard that the poor ducks are going to have a tough year what are the three winningest car numbers in the history of the Daytona 500, not just the Daytona 500, that's our Aflac trivia question, we'll give you some time to reflect on that difficult year from a Ducks perspective, yes, you will be alone in some exciting tours.
The first of those numbers should be pretty easy if you've been paying attention over the years, no joke, ten full laps, the lights on top of the pace car are off, so we'll look. This time we are still waiting for the competition yellow flag on lap 25, but you know, even after only about seven laps with those tires, I'm sure that even the teams that were left out were going to look for their teammates and other teams that They stopped in the pits. taking a look at those tires on the right side is good information even for later in the day is good information what kind of preparation you get there is no number of laps it's good to know that Kyle Busch, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, had 21 wins on last year in NASCAR's top three series, eighth and Sprint Cup ten in the Nationwide Series and three in what is now the Camping World Truck Series, he leads the field, we're back under the green, well, just think of the collies he's picking up right where he left off, I mean, he could have easily won three events already here, his second in the trucks and he almost won that race.
He should have won the race. He could have won the race here last year. The top line of 500 had a good start to put Carl Edwards in 99. jumps the fair ahead of Krista White in Kyle Busch, not in the pits, wants track position, Mike, but the funny thing is that a few laps before talked about a vibe, he said, guys, the same thing we had in practice, Steve Addington is back, the team. The boss said, let's go in and get a new game. Kyle said no, I want to keep my position on the track. I want to stay up front, yeah, I don't think it's the tires, they thought it was a harmonic there, maybe the headers or the transmission or something. could be knowing that's the same thing you felt they practiced giving that information to the team.
Mark Martin is second and Bobby Labonte, who a couple of months ago did not have transportation for this season, is sitting third in that Yates Ford or Yates prefers to compete in the Hall of Fame with an alliance with Yates running well and he has a new chance of life right here, ask and you will receive, you know, one of the nicest stories, Mike, that you talked about in the starting lineup. I'm looking at that outside line that Carl Edwards is bringing in, that 99 car is Scott Riggs in that 36 car. Scott a little over a month ago wasn't even driven by the owner of this car, Tommy Bowen, who was the winning crew chief. for this race in 2000 to form this team they came here and here they are they are qualified for the Daytona 500 being in the top ten Kyle Busch you are the leader in the great American race 12 of 200 laps completed 16 laps completed Kyle Busch is still his leader, the first twelve cars at this time in single file through Bock Jimmie Johnson winning his car number, of course, Richard Petty won this race seven times, always in number 43, number 28 has five wins and the number 21 moments ago in the middle of the pack, Scott Riggs. right behind Jeff Gordon, who makes the move to the inside, with Kasey Khane here trying to catch the front group, look at the bottom right, look at the 36 rays, it's the white car, right here behind Jeff Gordon, Look at this baby, bye, just remember. that sideways is about 180 five hundred and eighty six miles per hour here's Jimmy Johnson's view of all of that and that really stacked up and divided this field into two packs of cars now look at this what do you think he's saying to Larry ?
Well, let's say there's two, four and that would be car two four that was right in front of him, I don't know if he's trying to tell him hey, I had to check, I got into car 24 and then I let go. Steve Byrnes IQ uses the term stacked. That's exactly what Kurt Busch said from inside card number two of him. He said I stacked all those guys because I don't have speed. Jeff Gordon's 2/4 car right now is the fastest running car that made that pit stop to get back into the lap. eight, he has returned to sixth position, we had around 19 cars that did not pit.
Gordon is the tallest of the cars that did enter the pits. We know that the yellow flag will come out on lap 25 for the yellow competition and everyone should be in the pits, so you know, if I was running ninth, I think I've talked down to you that my race car earlier today had enough speed to keep up with that group and last year Kurt Busch's car wasn't as fast in the race where he ended up right on the bumper of his teammates won for Ryan Newman Kurt Busch first exactly we'll update our pole-sitter Martin Truex Jr when we get back you're watching Daytona 500 this is NASCAR on Fox Kyle Busch leads Dale Earnhardt jr. has taken second place, as you can see from our air coverage brought to you by DIRECTV.
If he considers himself a sports fan, he should get DIRECTV Jr. to second, Carl Edwards to third and in just two laps we hope to see that yellow competition for the teenagers to check the wear of the tires due to the intense rain this morning. I really think they will hide. Hendrick's guys are trying to band together. I've got Dale up there, dev jr. and then you have Mark Martin and Jeff Gordon not far behind. I think you're really trying to do something here behind Terry Labonte is our poleman Martin Truex, yeah, I'm not entirely surprised by this.
One of the cars that made that pit stop on lap nine we talked to in practice yesterday. He wasn't happy with that race car and it's not working very well right now. We are approaching lap 24. Sure -race, we talked about him at the beginning of the race in this number 14 car in which he started. Back in 37th position, he's up to 14th working his way into the top 10 and remember this Joe guy drove for Joe Gibbs Racing for 10 years to championships. Thirty-something wins went his way to form Stewart-Haas Racing and this. is that the carbon backed is the car that raced in the Budweiser Shootout last week since it came to the Indy Racing League sprint cup, has never had a car other than the Juke Joe Gibbs and has never had anyone in the pit below Greg Zipadelli Darian.
Grubb, I think it's a good combination. I'm looking at your car, Mike Larry, and it looks good through the bumps, it's got that nose down at the front, it sits on the back bouncing a little bit, but the thing looks good through the bumps and that's critical. We anticipate that we will see that yellow flag here directly, as we have completed lap 25 and we have been watching Jeff Gordon, as we probably came here to warn Jeff Gordon. Jeff Gordon is working on the high side and I think he was trying to get the lead for the yellow flag. caution came out, it's the competition yellow of whichWe talk, which NASCAR will use from time to time when the weather changes the track conditions a lot after final practice.
Now look at the end of the track, the double yellow line that is new this year and only at Daytona and Talladega below that line is out of bounds you cannot pass if you advance your position and you are below that yellow line, NASCAR will tell you will penalize. They went to the double yellow line to differentiate Daytona and Talladega from the other NASCAR tracks so the yellow line is just a marker and is not an out of bounds line now this competition warning is good news, bad news if your car doesn't drive well, it gives you a chance to come to the pits, it gives everyone a chance to look at their tires, but the bad news is that there are 43 cars in the pits at the same time and that's going to be very congested because the current maximum performance It goes back thirty years to the day of the first 500 mile race that was televised live on television and here is the final lap Cale Yarborough fell to the inside and Bobby Allison Allison came down to block they entered turn three at an angle impossible and crashed half a lap from the finish line from the turn until Richard Petty held the lead over Darrell Waltrip and AJ Foyt and When Bobby Allison stopped to help his brother Donny get off and completed three years in the field, he sparked a brawl while millions of people were watching NASCAR that day, reached a level of popularity never before seen and the race has been alive, flagged on network television ever since. that is our top performance UPS, what can Brown do for you?
Mike, he was sitting there and he had Richard Petty in front of me and AJ behind me. I thought, man, today I'll make a little history running right between these two. Guys, that big finish got you going. Next thing I know, we're going to have to get the most out of these pit crews for any of these drivers to win the race today. They head to a conversation on pit road with their crew chief, Bob Osborne, originally. We're just going to do a little air pressure change on the left side because the car was a little tight and then they were tossing around the idea of ​​doing a chassis tune as well, we'll see if they go ahead and definitely do it. they make the wedge adjustment on the penis 99 Dale Earnhardt jr.
It stops perfectly in this frame that was a question because of the preliminaryIn Thursday's race, it was passed on two occasions. See Mark Martin, he says he's a little tight. She has a push to make an air pressure and chassis adjustment. Christa, the wild thing is extremely calm. She got on the radio and said a simple line. The car drives very well. and he is the first to leave the pits. Kyle Busch leads Dale Jr. Carl Edwards and Jeff Gordon second caution of the day at Daytona preparing for restart in the Daytona 500 Greg Biffle on a lap under caution before making his pit stop to restart behind Kyle Busch ahead Dale Earnhardt Jr Carl Edwards and Tony Stewart has moved from 37th to ninth place.
Things must be working out well, he must be a happy child. He's seen four or five vandalized cars this week. He is one of our drivers who changed paint for the

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races, perhaps for a different team. the same owner in the case, Clint Boyer, but a different sponsor and paint number than they had last year. You know, when drivers worry about this when they say we don't have any more. Joey Logano was left out. Biffle stopped coming around after everyone else. they thought they could get five points for leading a lap, but that didn't quite happen, so he's going to start at the back with Biffle, everyone's going to go over to the course on the restarts, that's why you come here, you ride on the outside side, you don't want to. leave room for someone to get between you and that outside wall, but once you cross the start/finish line, free-for-all, you know you saw what Jeff Hammond did in the race before the pit stops. and nuts Jamie McMurray, that 26 car that had worked its way into the top ten, dropped a nut and lost nine places in those pit stops.
Wow, this just goes to show that it's the little things that are small when driving. You're crazy, you win this race, you execute the basics perfectly, that's it, and then, as Richard Petty used to say, circumstances will dictate the outcome. I mean, the competition on pit road is as intense or tougher than the competition on the track. The same thing happened to Denny Hamlin in the race. 11 car stop Lynette things you can do I like remote pit stops, I know the fans love to see the cars up, you know what else the fans love? Get it going Kyle Busch Dale Earnhardt jr.
Jeff Gordon Jimmie Johnson Mark Martin and Jeremy Mayfield's problems this is his race car and a team he formed three and a half years ago higher vibration and until yesterday no one on this team had received their first salary so again this team is but They will deposit at least or almost a quarter of a million dollars to start this race. They can participate again. It is a team that plans to execute all the escape preparation. You know, they've obviously been under a lot of pressure to lower this car. here, get ready to run and then I gotta tell you, those guys are exhausted just getting into the race, so mistakes are not uncommon when your neck gets stressed.
NASCAR super teams occupy the top eight. currently positions a Joe Gibbs Toyota in front for Rick Hendrick's cars, then two of the Roush Fenway Fords and Denny Hamlin mark the mark we talked about a while ago, although that car fourth in line on the outside now fifth in line Matt Kenseth in the The 17 car started all the way back cut to the bottom there in second to hold off Kenseth now back to the top and the green and white Burton 88 means there's a big race from the back and also for him he chose his cars than ever. qualifies eighth grade the man and drops the green flag Larry come to life Jeff Burton that car 31 started in 26th position you come here so many times Larry you know so many preliminary events so much time on the track that sometimes for the When you prepare to run the 500 you're exhausted, it's exactly like that, you lost the fire, someone needs you to light it again.
Kyle Busch has led 32 of the laps so far, he's not greedy, he just wants to do it. leading the Daytona 500 Hot Fox is sponsored by Budweiser striking the perfect balance between flavor and refreshment Budweiser, the great American beer Robby Gordon made a pit stop while we were out for a slashed tire, so he and Jeremy Mayfield are a lap down 41 cars are on the lead lap and, like last year, Kyle Busch wants to command this race. He has led 36 of 38 laps. He led the most laps in last year's Daytona 500. He came up short on that pass down the backstretch and finished fourth. preparing to be surpassed I think by Dale jr.
Here, June, you got a good push on the outside from Denny Hamlin in car 11. I think you'll be able to clear it. Let yourself know who is fighting. Now you saw Kyle Busch stop and take a little side kick from Dale. jr. which stops the junior car in the draft and lets Kyle lead that lap. File that one in your pocket for the end of the race. I'd be surprised if you didn't get a good look at the lines again where you're running the 18 on the bottom like that and an 88 up on the high side. Oh Junior loves navigating that high side turn thing in restrictor plate races at NASCAR's two fastest tracks, Daytona and Talladega, last year he was half poor and scored more points than anyone else did. in those four races and it's hard to race here when you have cars around you like this, one car and you're outside, it really messes up the air and that car on the outside can take that hit on the inside, just spin. around on his own, I mean, he just sucks and right now the only help Kyle Busch has to push him is the three Roush Fenway cars there, Matt Kenseth in the 17, David Ragan in the six, Carl Edwards in the 99 , Larry, I'll tell you.
When you look at that 18 car, Kyle Busch can't pass it, I mean, they got there, but a guy was able to pass it and he's been able to wait for those guys to pull away on his own almost now that Matt Serra, I mean, I don't. Listen clearly I didn't have second place before a moment, at least Matt Kenseth and that 17th man, my Kenseth, like Kevin Harvick running a backup car in the 500, in fact, an introduction to the driver, Jamie McMurray, Kenseth's teammate, I was commenting on how much the Kansas car seemed more stable and faster engine kenta stay in the car a little tighter they made an air pressure adjustment at their last stop, you know how interesting the information the observer of Kyle Busch gave him just a minute ago, you're clear that's not what he was telling him that his writing partner Matt Kenseth behind him had not authorized Dale Earnhardt jr. out the back immediately, yeah, Kyle has an incredible spotter.
I mean, if you listen to me name these races, Kyle gives credit, he says he drives the car, I just don't know where he tells me that now Bush stops on the high side to pick up. Dale Jr. Let's amp up and go for a walk with Dale Jr. in 88, how does it look there, W Marte? He looks happy and I'll tell you what I like, he looks into his eyes, he keeps blinking in the mirror to make sure where everyone behind him is. He is angry and you can see. Out the window he has Matt right under him, but what I like is that the car is very stable, he's not fighting the steering wheel, he's just looking around to see where everyone is, he's looking at who has and what I should have. careful and for so long.
Since you can keep turning left, you will have a good card, you will be happy. Yeah, Kyle Busch's teammate behind him drove in that 11 car and then Kyle Busch jumped in front of Dale Earnhardt jr. in the 88th, the countess goes to where the fast boy is, but that is a bit of a dubious move when they start in four and head to the start/finish line because the observers are at the top of the stand, right above From our position, the only thing they can see are the noses of the cars and it is very difficult for the observer to clear that driver when he leaves four.
Jeff Burton on 31 backs up a little bit there, yeah, he got way up there, how to get there, he almost did it. the question on wall 48 it is important for the observer to understand the draft and how it works and what the effects are as it is for the driver to understand what they are and what is happening yes and I think his observer has a lot of experience working with him , I think he absolutely understands it, he knows it. Colin, if he tells you to go down or up, he knows he can do it instantly.
Kyle Busch's r18, this comes out of turn four and on your microphone rotten because the spotter has the exact view that we're showing the replay right there, so how can you say clearly that he opens up when he makes that move right there ? a bit of a leap of faith hello, that 41 despises, he has a good observer, he had been there, he has seen the hole, he doesn't know what is going on here and the same thing happens when moving away from the start/finish line towards the bend . one they're in now it's hard for an observer to make a close call, hey what happened to Denny Hamlin?
He was third a lap ago, but Hamlin has now dropped to ninth and is slipping a little further back, the old handling package might have fallen off, you know, maybe the car is slipping in this race, well, we're almost there 20 laps into this race, so we're approaching the halfway point of the fuel race, so this is definitely a win, the handling issues will start to appear. start refueling Burnet and the tires begin to slide. 45 laps complete an 8-car freight train in front of this country horse who continues to lead Dale Earnhardt Jr. Tony Stewart Carl Edwards Matt Kenseth are the top five in 49 laps and one hundred and twenty-two miles Joey Logano one of five drivers starting their first Daytona 500 one of two announced rookie candidates the other Scott speed is 30 seconds Logano in this As you see on the right, two weeks ago he filmed his first commercial at the Cornelius North Carolina Home Depot and then he came to Daytona and Tenet had his first Daytona 500 driver meeting and his presentation of pilots.
Now they were among the last to pit during the yellow competition, so we're riding back as if out of the woods feeling things out as we get to 50 laps 125 miles. Now the guy who drove that Home Depot car for ten years. How about Tony Stewart in that 14 car? Remember this is a backup car that they crashed. In yesterday's practice, when teammate Ryan Newman lost a right rear tire going through one and two, he started 37th. In this car he ran third and at the Budweiser Shootout and Krista worked his way into the top five . Tony Stewart looks very sporty and those were his words on lap 25 when he said a lap ago quote I have the best handling car here but it's not the fastest sometimes they don't go together I mean at some point you have to give upto something to get something, give me control, just give me control, he can do the rest, passing terry labonte, who will be the fourth car in this race to drop a lap.
John Andretti also made an unscheduled pit stop and is one lap down. for a question from Ask.com the official search engine of NASCAR what was the largest starting field in the history of the Daytona 500 we are not going to tell you you have to go ask come also you can while you are there you can enter to the ascom nascar challenge win daily bonus prizes but I don't have an official NASCAR search engine boy, they have a lot of things planned to ask if they are really going to be a big player in this sport they are going to do a lot of things that the fans are going to love, I think Bobby Labonte has dropped back to 29th.
He started 12th and worked his way up to the top 10. It's like they got a little confused after that last pit stop on the last lap on lap 27 of the street. of pits. We were talking about Joy Logano a moment ago because of what happened they were late they were the last in the pits at that last yellow flag and we escaped we have a battle for the lead here goes junebug bhaiyya Kyle Busch bringing two semi teammates with him, a these two guys love to work you meet Tony Stewart in the 14 they were juniors they love to work together yeah they make the third lane change of the day and the wide margin of the fans and the perennial winner of NASCAR's most popular driver award like Bill Elliott.
Before him was Dale Earnhardt Jr. in front of the field I think I feel like I've been sitting on those green hats but they all came up in the air so you know, I know this is the first race of

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look at him waving, they're standing the whole time Way down the backstretch, but Darrell He said it in the previous race. I think Dale Earnhardt jr.'s second year. with Hendrick Motorsports it's a pivotal year and how about Tony Stewart? He wants to lead this 500 with 14. I don't know if he wants to have 18 behind him, although after yesterday, in the Nationwide race, Kyle pushed Tony to 3 and 4. trying to move he couldn't yeah, I'm Travis Kvapil ha crashed into the wall Doors of MMS racing Ford that has tar written all over the warnings for the third time today the Janesville Wisconsin driver who time trialed his way into the field has brought Out of the third caution flag, Carl Edwards signals the car as in the last stop or easy exit.
He said the car was too loose to run along the bottom. Small air pressure change in the right rear for 99. Steve Matt Jeff Gordon was also concerned about a vibration. is thinking they are working the right front tire too much, let's go to Krista, it's a four tire change for Tony Stewart, he said the only thing he's missing is the ability to set up a little better, meanwhile, worries Kyle Busch, sent his cars very Well, it's a little tight, but no adjustment said his titles feel good even in the long run and it's a big mistake for Dale Earnhardt jr.
He has stopped in the pits just after the start/finish line, it seems that he could not enter the pits and will have to turn around and return to perform the service and will have to re-enter and there C stays in third position. to pit road following Kyle Busch in the number 18 car, he should now be about 10 pits away. There and there you see he knew it right away and I can't help but think of Geoff Hammonds: the keys to this race don't tell you. wins, especially on pit road. You know, I don't understand this. He has had problems in the pits in qualifying.
The race had trouble peeing today Not sure what's going on let's go down for a break from the AT&T race well Jeff you said don't beat yourself up talking about some of the points the keys to this race one of those cases that's one of In those cases you just can't win the Daytona 500 if you start making those kinds of mistakes and that's one that I could go back to, honey, how's the speed of this race so far? What have you noticed until this caution flag? at a record pace, 161 miles per hour, lap average, I mean, they were really going up and again, you don't normally see it, I think with these four, the last four races haven't been even close, as you can see, it's yes a part of that.
I think so, I think a lot of these guys realize that we might be fighting some wetter weather, so they want to keep their noses clean and just try to go out and do some laps and remember that the Daytona 500 of The previous two years have been established in the last lap, not in the middle of the road, let's take a look at Jr. when he walks into the cubicle here, yeah, something hits home at that moment, but again, this team right now knows they're going to want him at the back of the pack, Chris, and this is what you don't want.
There is a little problem at the back right, but the main thing is that he has to fight his way through the group and he doesn't need to do that. Let's consult with Dick Berggren. Well, he just missed the point of it. that and he will be in the back like you said, they also have some problems with the car, the engine is running a little hot, it's 230 degrees and they go up a little, they adjusted the chassis to try to give it a boost. out of this, Chris, okay, Jack, let's show you what caused the warning a few moments ago from the high side, here it comes in and all of a sudden you see the car, just a little cloud of smoke and you see the car.
It almost falls a little bit on the right front right there and almost settles into the safer outside barrier. It goes like in another angle from a different place. Here you see again strong licking and then outside the safer hut, but again you know that that is the beautiful thing. having that safer beer in there could have been a lot worse if it wasn't for that amazing Barry's stay, I might even drive it after that to at least get it restarted in front of a full house at Daytona International Speedway Terry Labonte got the free pass , was the first car a lap back Sam Hornish led a lap under yellow and with Tony Stewart ahead of Kyle Busch and Jeff Gordon they were under green again and we have 39 cars on the leading lap Dale Earnhardt Jr, who made that mistake on that pit stop, missed his box, restarts again in position 35, calls that car that was fifth right there.
AJ Allmendinger in that 44 car on Saturday night a week ago I wasn't even sure if I was going for a ride a couple of months ago and here he is running in the top five and I think this is actually his first start in the Daytona 500. Larry is painted just like the Dodge Magnum that Kyle Petty drove in his first professional race the ARCA 200 here in 1979, which Kyle won well. I tell you what, speaking of Kyle, Kyle Busch just cut his car to the ground and he'll drive right next to Tony Stewart and he's doing it without any help, that's what I noticed. your car can go pretty fast without much help steve burns is in the pits jeff gordon expresses some concern about the wear on his right front tires the car crew jason burdette if you share that concern he said take a look at the tire yourself this is the right front of Jeff Gordon's car and you can see the wires down there a little bit, so that's what's going on here, man.
Road now, when I look at that tire, it's kind of a camber problem that's on the inside. from the tire where the tires leaned to make the car turn better, you are going to have problems, but the concern is that it was a 24 lap green flag race and there are still 18 to 20 laps to go, but we know these guys can run . fuel, you can't change that cam without taking the car out of the race, going behind the wall to make that adjustment. Jamie McMurray, number 26 outside, has taken that outside host all the way to Jeff Gordon in second place, now he has a little help.
If you want to call him that, honey, Hamlin, my Dark Horse pick of the race, if you want, if you want to call him that, Jamie McMurray, he's had weeks of great speed even though he's in a backup car, he likes that one better car. did the car that started the weekend with, you know, even though Larry Carter did a great job with Jamie McMurray in recent years, I think Donny Wingo and Jamie McMurray Donny, who is there now, really complement each other. each other, I think. You're right, good chemistry, Chef Gordon goes back to the back, here comes Hamlin in the middle at number 11.
Now that the bend will be back to just a second, you could help with the little air pressure I think you could achieve. that car off the inside of that tire if you put a little more air in that right front plastic, but that's what you struggle with because normally when you hurt those tires when you first put them on the car with a lower air pressure and one pulls up behind his former teammate Tony Stewart as Kyle Busch steps outside and here his high-performance Toyota cowfish will slide in front of a car in the blink of an eye, but it usually fits, it usually has exactly the correct size.
He does well if he slides in front of you. Would you let it fit? I would make sure he got in. You know a guy we were talking about who actually made a move from back to front early in the race? Kevin Harvick in that 29 car in a backup car the car he won the Budweiser Shootout with started 38th, made the top 10 early in a race, but now Matt has dropped to almost the last car on the lead lap, Larry. Matt going in they felt that the shootout car would handle much better, it would be slower and the problem is that it really is slower.
He says the car is getting stuck on curves. They made a track bar adjustment earlier to try to free it up now. says in the latest warning from the president appropriate for the spring rubber change he says the car just won't keep up he has to have someone pushing him to stay in the draft and he has definitely lost that leading group looks like he is in a little trouble Right now, but an incredible 64 laps into this 200-lap race and we basically have about 33 cars running within three seconds of each other, it feels like we're just getting started, he's learned to look over his shoulder.
Jeff Gordon tries to lead for the first time. Tony Stewart's outside arrives today, I'm not going to die, let's say, get to the line that Stewart forges back to the front and I must tell you some poise if that's why 24 is lurking near the front like that, that's not a good moment for everyone else. good push from Kyle Busch in that 8:10 entering the turn one nose away from winning at Daytona he knows how to win the big races trample on Tony Stewart we must keep in mind that it is Hendrick engines and Hendrick cars that supply them with Hendrick Motorsports now that alliance is what made Tony's deal really work well.
I think Rick Hendrick is involved in the team they have to function very well. Thank you. Tony Stewart continues to exit the Daytona 500. 66 complete laps. This one looks good. Stay here. more NASCAR on Fox Jamie McMurray led last time and now the Daytona 500 has a new leader Jeff Gordon over-the-air coverage presented by DIRECTV now get over 130 of your favorite channels in high definition and show you the lead change that occurred in a lap a while ago, look at that bomb that Kyle Busch put in that 24 car and he just shot it and fell behind, meanwhile Michael Waltrip had a problem on the inside, right there, like, my God, Clint Boyer and Michael almost blocked the bumper on the backstretch, yes.
I think it's when you try to throw blocks in layers, you lose control of your car. One thing we need to make clear, Mike, you talked at length about that double yellow line that you can't go under that double line and make a pass while you can. don't gain a position or if you do, if you give it back, no harm, no foul, Ryan Newman in car 39, he's on pit road, back up, back up, change tires like they have something to do there, It's probably a small weapon. -Tire shy, we just watched Boyers 33 take another cut and dice to the bottom of the 15-week drag strip on NASCAR Fox next Sunday at 5:00 p.m.
East of the Auto Club 500, then we go to Las Vegas and the other 39 cars go to Jack Larry Cristo, more trouble, as if it hasn't been a bad enough week here for the 39 that the cat dropped this time . We've got the whole crew on the left side trying to lift the car to get the jack back under the 39. They're all saying on the radio, pick it up, pick it up. They're trying to put the check back under the 39. RV Chevrolet I get up, check it, check it, get it up, get it up, that's Ryan, I think talking, okay, come on, they're all okay, yeah, I'm sure this team of thirty-nine soldiers mount them and go to I am glad to arrive at the Auto Club Speedway next week.
They will have to be strong as an army if they continue as they have here. It can be said that Jamie McMurray has been the best of the Fords in this race in which he went from 19th place to the LED Plane, his teammate Matt Kenseth went from 43rd place on the grid to the top five. There are the two Ford Roush Fenway cars. I think he said that Mattwas having, did you say Matt was having trouble running from the bottom? Yes, I almost believe it and maybe I'll get a Clarification, I almost believe it was Carl Edwards telling Jamie McMurray that these drivers can talk to each other and that he can't run in the background.
That didn't sound like Matt, it almost sounded like Carlin, yeah, and that's cool when you have a lot of teammates have a channel where they can talk to each other, we're talking about the Hitler guys who are getting ready like the Hitler guys. wake up they're grouping up now Marie Kenseth the Ned was there Jeff Gordon in front of the field Steve's back to his pit and Mike just told crew chief Steve Letarte that this race is much better and that's because I'm in clean air . Jeff Gordon loves clean air. I don't care where we go, if it's Martinsville, he's looking for clean air. but what he means by that is that right now, without a car in front of him disturbing the air, he's getting maximum downforce on the nose, the maximum pressure on the front tires actually helps the car turn and that was our terminology. , clean air and arrow push.
Those things two years ago we didn't even know about it, we didn't even think about it, it was there, we just didn't know it, okay, turn Jamie Macquarie right there in the front, to pick Bertrand and Jamie would like to lead a lap, Mike, He said the car. It's better than all day, but he's looking for help to get ahead. It's been a good car all the time. The same car finished second in the penalty shootout. The front for Gordon Bush Hamlin and McMurray. 76 complete laps in the Daytona 500. Problems on the front. joey logano hits the safest barrier on the inside of the pit road entrance and it's a tough blow for the 18 year old from middletown connecticut.
He had been doing so well from the back that he moved up to 27th a lap ago, but something sent that car off the line and hard into the wall. Ride, that was a hard lick, but Mike, you mentioned it's safe for the barrier. Inside, they are entering the treasure, look what's happening here. I have a feeling he tried to stay away. Scott revs the 82 and drives in front of Greg Biffle, but he looks, there's a loud lick. I love that they finally put the safer barrier there that used to be on the dirt bank several years ago and boy it was worse than hitting a wall you would know how you hit that thing a ton it wasn't a 4th of July race I didn't know that was in the 500 it was 83 and you know nobody did anything wrong there Scott Speed ​​got loose Joey Logano tried to stay Out of it, Greg Biffle and the 16 were there, this is going to hurt to do that, right on top of just a kiss, but look how well contained he is in that car and there's a young man who will be happy to leave Daytona.
I had a difficult 10 days here. The youngest driver to ever compete in the Daytona 500 won't turn nineteen until May. I just don't know if I can handle the pressure he's under Larry right now and just 18 years ago there was a that's that seat open because Tony Stewart was offered a 50% ownership in what was Haas Automation racing. They offered it without cash consideration. It was a career move that Stewart simply couldn't afford to let go and he opened up the seat they had Joey in. a development program won the Busch East championship for Joe Gibbs Racing and Joe Gibbs says if you have the talent you can show you can win yeah I see if you're ready I think I heard him say it could be you I know I think I'm a year ahead .
I got here a year early and I thought I was going to find out that time moved forward by about a year exactly. Good guy, good family, and luckily for him, this is just a career. 36, so pit road will be open and we were about to get to the point in green flag racing where tire wear would become a concern, let's see how things go Matt, two concerns for Matt Kenseth, I was telling him to his crew chief, Drew Blickensderfer, that the Center Start car just developed some really bad thrust. They were talking about making a track bar jump in addition to air pressure to fix it, they are also worried about the weather which is about 40 minutes away.
Jamie McMurray started 19th and worked his way up to fourth position. The car is so good, there are no changes. Steve Jeff Gordon said Dana loved it. clean air no adjustments for the 24 just four tires a couple of adjustments for the 11 one round of air pressure from the left rear and also for Kyle Busch four tire changes good and yes mother nature can dictate this Mike predicted that his team 11 we have to be in front is the pit race and Kyle Busch may have won that pit race, we'll have to see which of those scoring lines is used, but when he bolted out of the pits, Jeff Gordon had than to hit the brakes. and also Denny Hamlin, let's take a look right here, but I think the problem is that 24 is already gone, we'll check it out now, fasten your seatbelts, here's a career preview of Watchmen from the visionary. director of 300 releases everywhere March 6 Watchman looks like a great superhero movie, don't miss it, of course, the NASCAR superstars come to half time for a break in the ATT race.
NASCAR on Fox welcomes you back to the 51st running of the Daytona 500 Kyle Busch Jeff Gordon flirting with the lead and now it's time for a recap and our break in the race as Kyle Busch took the lead four laps at Martin Truex Jr started on the pole Mark Martin on the outside Busch, who led 50 laps took the lead for the fifth consecutive time in the 500 race with 8:02. He led the most laps in last year's Dale Earnhardt Jr. race. former 2004 Daytona 500 winner with a one lap lead here and then a tire issue for Travis Kvapil, yeah, his right front tire fell off and hit the outside cyber barrier.
It is very difficult to generate another yellow flag and during that yellow flag period they learn that our jr. Well, he misses his box and had to turn around completely. You can see Tony Eury jr there. I wasn't happy with that at all, jr. currently ranked 22nd and Joey Logano has speed, the rookies mix it up and hit hard on Logano, the 18 year old is fine, but both rookies tangle like they did in the Budweiser Shootout, so Jeff, as we look at this point, cowboy Jeff Gordon affects all the Hendricks. The cars, with the exception of Jimmie Johnson, who is going for his fourth consecutive championship, have led so far as we approach the halfway point.
Well, I think we're getting a pretty good idea, maybe how this will play out towards the end. We know Kyle. Busch is totally convinced that no, Jeff Gordon is good and don't forget Tony Stewart, but you mentioned Jimmie Johnson. Don't think for a minute that Chad Knaus has given up on taking this '48 car to the front, he will continue to work on it and into the future. In the end, they get their way, he'll be right in the thick of things from your AT&T phone. Text the number of the pit crew car you think will be the fastest and most valuable in race two two two five eight today, AT&T's fastest pit.
Team of the Year Award presented by AT&T the fastest 3G network in the country thanks Chris - a shine Oh - Robbie Why is NASCAR's vice president of broadcasting recovering in a hospital after a stroke? He will be moved to rehab next week and the prognosis is. Alright Robbie, we miss you, let's get ready to run 85 full laps and it's Kyle Busch versus Jeff Gordon. Two of the three odds for the favorites for the Daytona 500 take them to the green flag. John Andretti got the bye of 38. The cars are on the lead lap and Busch goes down at the end as Ryan Newman is trying to get there with the help of Denny Hamlin Newman is two laps behind the only car we have that is one lap behind. back right now is Robby Gordon in that seven three car. of NASCAR's best drivers had poor debuts in the 500 Buddy Baker finished 40th Ernie Irvan 41st Cale Yarborough 48th Joey Logano on that list he was released from the spotlight he's with Matt Mike just walked up and Joey tells us what what happened on the The race track with you was loose in front of me and I dropped down a lane under him and as he kept slowing down I finally went under him and you know he checked so much that the 16 still and the left rear know which is a It's a shame for all the Home Depot guys you know, they made the big debut here and the 500, but that's what we wanted and I still feel like I learned a lot, but that's okay.
Thanks Joey. Thanks I still think we'll hear a lot of that. young man in the future oh, he will learn that he is a smart boy. I've seen that the racing is good in the Nationwide Series. he will learn that this is a tough little place back here in 1958 when Paul Goldsmith won the last race. the beach and they built this place, this place is intimidated. Many great drivers, young and old, it took Darryl 17 years to win this race. He took Dale Earnhardt 20, 20 tries. It's risky here, yeah, look at them three wide by about five rows, six rows, that is. an incredible group behind the leaders, the front row starters, Martin Truex Jr, currently ninth and Mark Martin in that bright yellow number 5, the sentimental 50 year old favorite to win the 500 among many, in fact, souvenir sales Mark Martin's are in the top 5 of all drivers. this week and it's currently sixth Kristen, we're going to update you on our pole winner, you know, after he won the field.
Martin Truex said this is the best speed car he's ever had on any plate track, he said he just needed it to get a little better handling and the handling is the problem right now Martin said yes, regarding with Alan Gustafson, he said I get too tight at the end of the race, we need to tune the car to last longer and be there at the end and as we go along, I mentioned earlier one of the reasons why the car gets tighter. tight, meaning the front wheels don't turn when he turns the wheel while you burn that load of fuel and gain weight on the front tire, let me tell you, I guess we're racing. halfway through I don't know, that's it, look at this grumpy group, the whole aspect of this race has changed because the weather has changed, if we get to 100 laps that's the halfway point of the race and if it's canceled at Any time from then on, it's official. race and the payout depends on who runs we are at that moment the last caution flag instead of running lap 200 we are running until lap 100 and who knows how many laps after the day yes, I think that's what we will see race to a hundred right here and then we'll go back down Clara, that changes everything, well I mean you have to start thinking about strategy and everything, we were last on pit road on lap 82, we know we can go much further from the middle of the road. until about lap 124 before we have to think about tires and fuel, here's another question asked on the official search engine for why Lake Lloyd was created on the infield at Daytona International Speedway, just ask, go to ask calmly to get the answer after a comma fishel search NASCAR engine, this is a completely different race, yes, from what we saw in the first 60 laps, if they continue like this, the next thing we will hear is because now you are fine, yeah, the only thing they don't see different is that cat up there pulling them around this place so Kyle Busch that 18 car has Ryan Newman trapped between him and his teammate Denny Hamlin in the Ryan 11 two laps down, but you I say well, what a return from Martin Truex Jr, our pole-sitter.
Since he had fallen to about 30th place, it looks like they have definitely improved him as he is back in the top five with this car with this restrictor plate package and this car, you will never be out of the race as long as it lasts. Because you can stay on the lead lap, these cars create such a big air pocket that you can hit that they will suck you back into the race if you get a pretty good David Stremme II number 12 for Roger Penske, that's the team. who won this race last year, is 15 years old and races with Dale Earnhardt jr. who lost his pit spot at the last stop had to start behind Charlie and now junior is back in the top 15 yes, yes I've been watching him, he's doing a pretty excited side, he's trying to get back up there, look at the Jimmie Johnson's 48 sink in the middle yes jr.
He's making the kind of moves you expect to see from an Earnhardt in the last ten laps of the race, not with ten laps to go, I think he's worried about the weather the last few days and doesn't want that favorite mistake to get cost you. he gave it a good finish, so I think he's trying really hard to get back to where he thinks he needs to be 33, a couple to help you at the bottom, you already knew that, when we get back we'll cross the 100 lap mark, 250 miles andafter that the game begins, have an official race, Kyle Busch now leads Jeff Gordon and Carl Edwards around Daytona. 97 complete laps as you watch our aerial coverage presented by DIRECTV.
If you consider yourself a sports fan, you should get DIRECTV now. Did Jeff Gordon and Carl Edwards go up to second? Look at this up to the top shot, it comes down the backstretch. Jeff Gordon is going down. Carl Edwards passes. I'll follow him there and Denny Hamlin on the 11 jumps. Behind Carl everyone does the same. I don't think they wear their blinders either or not, handsome. Everyone looks at you three now that you're clear. Great job two laps from the halfway point and all it means is that from then on the race will be over. called due to the rain coming from the west it would be an official race we would not return NASCAR has the option in case of rain to red flag the race park the cars and try to dry the track and resume it later today everyone donate the tape you know , if you go back to qualifying last Sunday, I think there was a little bit of concern in the Toyota camp, they just didn't have a lot of fast speed, that Kyle Busch was the fastest qualifying toy just off the top. 15 before since we got the race fit, the door race is included today Toyota without much force, see here the hunter acceleration percentage on the Denny handle, that means wide open all the way, its two race track miles and a half crossed flags on the starting hands that means for the drivers that we are halfway to the 51st state in a 500 which is actually very vital information that the driver needs to convey to team practice and qualifying races how many rpm are you losing in the curve that helps the team The boss knows that what the car is doing is bogging it down by pushing most of the time if it was leading the Daytona 500 at the halfway point like Kyle Busch did in the last few Five years old, he didn't go to Victory Lane, he just had a pretty erratic mood. there next to the number 26 car, I'm McMurray, I'm not sure I made it there, let's go back to Davey Allison in 1990 to find a driver who led half the lap in victory lane and I was encouraging him to forget it of that.
That half turn wasn't really important, but even though I wouldn't do it, I think it had a bad connection on the other end of the radio. Kyle Busch is simply adding to the total laps led here at Daytona, he led 149 last year. I think he and Tony Stewart just have a habit of dominating this race, leading a lot of laps and coming up short so now we're talking to Dale Sr. when they go to practice or even in the race right here. I don't want to go back to the group, why did he tell you that they would learn?
Yeah, major, Satan Dale, right? We don't need to go back to the group a little bit and see what our cars do. He tells me no. "I don't plan on racing there, you won't see us much today it's three-time Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson, Steve, he's back in 22nd, what's up, it seems like it's been tight from the beginning and they just do it." have made". I haven't been able to get that car to the level of comfort it needs, that's what I've noticed with the lower arm of the car banging and banging here at the front of the field.
Jimmie Johnson's cars had that dreaded push to lose. She has the wheel on the wheel. on it you see a wheel on it, it rolls on it, you know it's been coming back to the right coming out of the corner, that's where it's really been having trouble, but it's got a lot of wheels on it, a lot of steering input, it's what I'm saying and Look at all the two-by-twos in this group behind the four leaders, especially where Johnson is, when you see those, you see those first drops of water on the windshield, that's when everyone starts making those moves last lap because you never know again, looking at Jimmie.
Johnson, that's when you're jamming the car in the corner when you have so much steering input that you're killing the corner speed plus the thing that came loose, we're not here, teammates running one, two Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin krysta Yes, Denny Hamlin has moved up to second place and the FedEx Express Toyota is definitely hauling the mail as we speak. You know this is a big year for Denny Hamlin. He told me earlier this week that he feels he hasn't lived up to his potential. says he's tired of being the guy who's never done anything, won the Daytona ticket, done a few things and isn't zero when the Budweiser Shootout in his first appearance won Pocono a couple of times and qualified for the chase the three years it has been.
I've been full time in Sprint Cup, we have to talk to these guys, Larry, we have to sit down and show them the numbers, they don't look at the numbers like you and I do, but Denny Hamlin ran three Daytona 500s and finished 30th 28 cents 17. working to improve that all-around handling of Joe Gibbs Toyota teammates Kyle Busch and Denny, leading the Fords of Carl Everett Jamie McMurray and Jeff Gordon Matt Kenseth Taylor and our juniors fought their way back to seventh place AJ Allmendinger had A strong Daytona 500 debut in eighth place in the Pepsi races presents the race day payday with his chance to win the same cash prize as the winning driver in each race.
Registration for today is now closed, but go to the Pepsi racing com header for next week's race in California and get all the details on how to win it. It's 20 to 40 minutes until it rains, which is unofficial and the teams have access to the same Doppler radar, information that we have and you see that a large storm is blowing north of our land and is heading here once again, rain would force this race to be stopped, but not necessarily a checkered flag . NASCAR has the option, if they see a window behind that storm, they can choose to red flag the race and wait for it to end on the resume, yeah, it looks pretty broken, you know, I mean, it's not. solid so a little bit of rain and let's get back to this now this is what has me a little nervous.
We are working on the longest green flag race of the day. We are at 25 laps. We've had one or two early tire situations. in the race, this is about the time it appeared. I go back to Travis Kvapil in that 28th car on lap 54. That's about the number of laps we had run when he had the right front that only allowed Edwards and McMurray to close on the right. up on the leaders mat, handling definitely improved thanks to Carl Edwards' work on the bottom before, car was too free to cool down although it continues to drive me crazy, few people like Rory McCauley in 12, Andrew Blickensderfer in the 17 pit boxes. hand signals back and forth working on his next stop Dick Cheney Murray's frustrations are boiling, he has run most of this day with no health behind him, he just peed on the radio and said he had managed to get away from them Earnhardt Jr.
I said, tell my spotter we're running into the rain and I think when I look at him, Dale Earnhardt Jr. In that 88 car back in six, Daryl and I were talking in one of the commercial breaks, the only way he's ever going to be able to forget the mistake he made on pit road is to get that 88 back into the lead and then everyone's behind. from him, yeah, that's the hardest thing I've ever seen, jr. I've driven a car here in a long time trying to make up for that mistake in the pits and it's almost back to where it feels like it should have been.
I tell a guy who has his hands full, Larry, I don't know what's going on. They need a warning to work at Jimmy Johnson. His car just doesn't handle well for him right now. We are traveling with him. This is the rear bumper cam. You can see that he had to let off the accelerator there and Martin Trucos almost escaped. Above him, that ended in turn two, he's back in 23rd right now, while his teammate is in one of the best cars here all week. Jeff Gordon may have a problem. Steve, he had been fine here but not now.
Mike Jeff Gordon. He just expressed concern, in fact, the team is starting to zip up, the uniforms are adjusting the helmets, he said the right front is going, you see it falling back, well, it's just like I mentioned, this is the race with longest green flag we've ever had here and We're still a good 12 to 40 laps away from what would be a memory clear, stops the piece on the right front tire that came off your car earlier. He would come back next time. Bye, they let us in at 1:13. He doesn't see it, but he knows it.
Jeff Gordon is a great drag racer. He would love to win this race and there he takes off to the end of the track, but he knows that he has to have a car in one piece to be able to be. If you can finish it, you can just beat it with the right front wrapped around the windbreak and there are some guys that can drive these cars and never, ever think there's anything wrong with them, they don't feel it. but a guy like Jeff Gordon feels everything about that race car when he's not right, he knows it, so Gordon takes off and will probably lose a lap changing tires on pit road.
Well, now there's a big red flag all over pit road. Oh. Jeff Gordon is in the pits, now look at these other guys and Jeff Gordon told Steve Letarte he said: "I'm coming, it's 29 laps on that set of tires, they didn't hesitate to bring it to Robinson's agency, he doesn't want any other fit, you better believe it." His field will be very full here in a few seconds with everyone coming from other teams to look at those tires. Many tire inspectors will be there. Some will put his jerseys on others with jerseys from other racing teams now that he's coming out. the pits 55 miles per hour speed on pit road here comes the field at 190 Jeff won't get up to speed before the team passes him all he cares about is blending in with the leaders that way he'd be the first car to turn There is teammate Jimmie Johnson in the 48th pit area, as well as Scott Speed ​​in 82nd, but Jeff Gordon just wants to be the first car on the back lap.
If we got a warning, he would get a free pass. Steve Jimmie Johnson says something you never hear him say. she said my cars are terrible because I have to push her car back, she was on the line but again she said my car is terrible, if I were Jimmie Johnson I would expect to have a bad tire because of the way she drove her car because he was everywhere. Scott Speed ​​Scott Speeds also made a pit stop and for Jeff Gordon, mission accomplished, he mixed in fifth in line a lap back. If a yellow flag comes out, it would be the free pass car.
In the free pass, simply when we receive a yellow flag, the field is there. frozen in the first car one lap down and that's what's outside of car 24 right there almost looks like one we saw before once again there that inside shoulder oh well that makes me stop and I'm sitting here I don't know what's going to happen next with that baby, former IndyCar star Sam Hornish had a geyser, you know, Larry, when are they going to stop? No problems with the tires, well, if we are going to run on full fuel, here we are looking at eight to twelve laps and what that would happen.
What we need to do is when you look at this here, what makes it so we can do one more pit stop until the end of the race on that 24 car, which is a camber issue that's on the inside of the tire, so probably indicates Some of these other guys we don't have as much curvature, everything will be fine. Matt JPM is in a chassis just for fun. Toyo is still CH and he modified that race car that Vickers' 83 was in, which he was very pleased with. car number 83, so it stopped several times under the green flag, but most of the leaders remain on the track.
The top 30 cars have not yet stopped in this green flag race. Kyle Busch brings them back to the line to complete 118 of the scheduled 200 laps. Larry I'm fine, no, it's a car coming to the pits here that blew a tire. I exploded, it's cutting. David broadcasting car 12 looks like Ryan Newman's car after practice the other day and the debris caution will hurt Montoya, Jimmie Johnson and Brian Vickers, so it will. Jeff, who will be Jeff Gordon's best friend, will get the free pass and, although he will have to pit after the rest of the leading lap cars, he will be able to recover and return to the leading lap at 120. laps 300 miles out of 500 in the first 50 Daytona 500 David Stremme was running 10 and appeared to be heading toward pit road when his right rear tire exploded. open roads Matt the 99 Carl Edwards could see on the big screen that the 12 Streamy had just pulled away they are going to make a small air pressure change on the right rear they told junior John Hughes Park the right front tire is on the line Martin's steep cock Martin sent the tire last but I hate driving it this way a round of the left rear Christa the field hasThey've been chasing the Joe Gibbs Racing Toyotas and they've been chasing the weather shears that blew up when that yellow flag came out, they knew it.
They were ready for the tires, the change of four tires for both cars, now they are going to hold on to that 88 car because they went ahead and made the pit stop in that city in front of the right, the line, second mistake of the day for that group , fourth this week. the line is out of bounds, the right rear is the only tire allowed to be on or on the line, here is the junior coming in and he is way outside where the sign was and you see the official making a gesture that you are not in the box, so you will sit down. there and serve a penalty what will happen Yankees back in the Daytona 500 here's a look at Fox 3d and our biggest friend in virtual and reality is a little behind today sometimes he's had a busy day and so is Dale Earnhardt jr.
If your right front tire is at or above the line, you are out of your box, an official, I don't understand, the fish will stand there to watch this kid here, he says, come on man, get out of my way and that guy. he's trying to help me and you see the right front is in play over and over again, if they had put that car in the box before starting their job there would have been no penalty for the sectioned Ford car Jeff Hammond, well Mike. Many people will wonder what Jeff Gordon could do to solve his tire problem.
He had two situations during the course of the race, one tire was good and two others were not very good and we talked about it being a tube problem, what that means. Is the inside of this tire being overworked? The only way to fix it would be to go down pit road, loosen the A-frame and then grind it out allowing this tire to rise a little more now that we all know what's going to happen. taking too long cost them a lot of time another thing they could do if they are running the Packer system the car travels too much once again you can always go in and add a thin shim to this shock allowed it to not travel as much again keeping it off the inside shoulder of the tire , hopefully he'll get it to go a few more laps because, again, we know how close he was to, maybe, blowing up that right to blow the tire before he got back to normal. pit road Mike, thanks Jeff, there's a look at our Ford cutaway car, our Ford Fusion show car from Ask.com, Jeff's pit box, the pit condo, I mean, I understand he stays there on the weekends racing, you know it's a land of many pieces and the Hollywood hotel they were in. all together at the same time but you throw them everywhere preparing for the green air coverage that DIRECTV offers you now get over 130 of your favorite channels in high definition from DIRECTV we have about 77 laps left we know the teams can I made one more stop to refuel, but it looks like we hit that 25 lap mark, that's where we're sure there are potential tire issues, not for everyone, just for someone, so we've got the safety car bigger and ready to restart the race. career.
Daytona 500 with 77 laps left, as Larry pointed out, there are now some cars at the end of the lead lap in front of the race leader. It shows us Elliott Sadler with Reed Sorenson, then Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth and Carl Edwards Sorenson driving the famous No. 43, Richard Petty, made it to Victory Lane here seven times in all those cars or cars that had made flag stops green before that yellow flag or Brian Vickers Dale Earnhardt jr. Vickers was tough, the dominant car of the day on the wall that was ten cars sliding and crashing into the field Jimmie Johnson totally out of character, totally I don't care who you are, that was wrong, caution is out McMurray was a contender, he's completely destroyed. and the dominant car of the day, Kyle Busch's, is a victim of this crash.
Let's look first from the DirecTV blimp. This is the result of a driver who is a little frustrated. There's Brian Vickers, there's Dale Earnhardt Jr. in 88 right up there on the front on the inside coming out of two on the backstretch jr. makes a good run Vickers puts a little block on it and then you are the judge, let's reiterate the rule: you cannot advance your position below the yellow line, if they force you to go below the yellow line you must return and mix with Vickers. he puts the block on him and then jr. he just turns right back onto the track, just to the left rear of Brian Vickers, so a similar situation to yesterday in the Nationwide race and the results are about eight or ten wrecked race cars, now Vickers makes legal move to block Dale Jr. . but instead of mixing it up with the junior he caught the back of Vickers Toyota and of all the cars in that accident you have to feel for Kyle Busch, he had led 88 laps way more than anyone else today but his number 18 is garbage in all of this . out of place mainly with 75 laps left in this race, let's write what jr. push you to the bottom three make out Dovo Jimmie Johnson for you outside there is no help inside outside inside and outside inside and outside any other lyrics learned where with Denny Hamlin the big pile piled up back there Mike and finally there is the thickest song of both gift cars were involved, any Hamlet also gives Darryl what I would say, putting a block like that on someone with 75 laps to go.
I don't know if I agree with that, but I don't agree with the car just turning off. the below the line just turning into the left rear of another car no that's what I didn't like, I mean yeah Vickers made a great move with Dale jr. and that's legal, you can do that and that's why we have a double yellow line back there, which I think was an error in judgment, if you want to call it that, was when jr. came up and clipped the back of the 83 which could have been avoided, could have been a lot of frustration on his part for what has been a bad day.
Vickers aggressively blocked Dale Earnhardt Jr. both cars were a lap behind, both were trying to stay in the clear position, if another cost caution came out, normally they wouldn't be able to compete this hard at exactly this point in the race, but Vickers is trying to get behind. on the lead lap or staying in the lucky dog ​​position, he ended up very unlucky and it's pretty easy to blame jr. but jr. He was probably trying to get behind Vickers and not waste any more time and he needed it, but that was just a bad decision, a bad move on his part, who got the free pass?
There is none because the driver who would have been eligible was involved in the accident there is no free pass we saw a similar incident yesterday in the Nationwide race Jason Leffler tried to get behind little Wallace and hit him and spun him into defense with 73 laps to go the end, what's going to happen on the next lap, so we're far from a restart here's our forkdrive a moment 1992 Davey Allison Morgan Shepherd allows one two in the Daytona 500 Allison led all but five of the final 102 laps to win the great American race Larry Mac as crew chief there is our best Ford right now Matt Kenseth in third place I want to win a Ford Fusion log in to we race you win dot-com to see how Matt Mike we catch Kyle Busch returning to the truck Of transport.
What happened I'm not really sure, you just know some guys who have bad days and don't do their best. out there they just made his bad day a bad day and you know we had a problem so it's a shame you know Eminem's Toyota was so strong today and he left all those laps and I was running at the front just playing with my partner team there and I had a great time, it's a shame that you know that two guys who were one lap down got together and that we are fighting for nothing. That's fine thanks.
You can't get the dick. Berggren. Jamie McMurray sits in his car in the garage. The mechanics have a lot of work to do. make one of the brackets that hold the steering to the car has come loose from the chassis. Jamie, you had such a good day, you ran fourth all day, but it was over, how would you look in the car? I'm not real. I'm sure you can't really see anything except the guys in front of you and the line just wasn't going and you think I'm getting hit from behind and I'm hitting the guy in front of me. and it looked like someone had spun in the front, but it's a really good day for the Crown Royal Ford Fusion.
You know, it drove really well, the really impressive horsepower that we have this weekend from Yates and all those guys, you know, sometimes it's not like that. her day she thought she could win the race Kristen from working in the garage to working on pit road Kyle Busch's teammate deme Denny Hamlin and the FedEx Toyota crew go to work say the guts are fine, I mean the steering the suspension is the cosmetic and aesthetic Damage, you see the team working with their car boss, Spyder Gillan, Chris Gillan, trying to add some braces, some splitter braces for support and they are also worried about the engines running a little hot, well, from the guys we talked to.
I don't believe it. I've heard more philosophical guys about those days the other day I took a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid to DeLand 70 on the highway through town 55, back to us 92 44 miles per gallon for the round trip so you want win a Ford Fusion. You know, as I watched what happened on the backstretch, it almost reminded me a little bit of the final lap at Talladega in 2006, with those two players involved in somewhat opposite results. Brian Vickers won the race. race and the other guy who was involved in that last lap situation, which Talladega was this guy here, Jimmie Johnson in car 48.
Steve has an update on Jimmie, well Mike is trying to make the most of a frustrating day in which they had it. pit road so you can see if there's any damage to the splitter after that long slide but after the slide he said check it out hey just to see me I did a cool 360 and got going again and Chad said Yes, very good, I'll show you. Jimmy's vision of what happened drops a few around the racetrack, so it will be a lap or so before we turn back to green. You're watching the Daytona 500 on Fox 2 in green.
Listen to this audio from Jeff Gordon. Oh, look at the parade. They're trying to keep it up, I think the raid is not this way, you have to go, go like where the Lancer is running, if it's done, fine, but whatever you do, but green flag 132 down, sixty-eight In closing, I think we have to do it. Do a good job here of explaining to Elliott Sadler in car nineteen and Reed Sorenson, his teammate, that McDonald's red car 43 took the lead. It was the perfect storm when that yellow flag came out and the fifth yellow flag left at 1:18, they were on pit road. for green flag stops and when a yellow flag came out, the field slowed down enough, they were able to pass the rest from a pit road, they didn't have to turn back, so they were leading the race, it was the perfect storm, which Steve Letarte is trying to tell Jeff Gordon not to worry about that tire, we have to go now because it may not go that far.
This could be the last green flag if those few drops of rain we had a moment ago intensified. Elliott Sadler has been strong in the 500, was runner-up here in 2002, and is leading this race as we find out what happened to one of the drivers that caused that big crash. Matt Mike Bryan Baker has had the opportunity to see two different angles of the incident, so what is his opinion? Take now, I had the best the first time, you know, I really beat up the Ripple guys, we had a good car all day, you know, we're all running for the lucky dog ​​there and you know my goal is to keep Jr. behind me, you know, I went to the block and I beat it to the yellow line, you know, and then it just turned us around, you know, it hit me the first time on the way down, which is fine, you know, we all do that and then when came back up, just caught me in the left rear and the typical NASCAR penalty is.
I think the 38 was penalized five laps yesterday for doing the same thing, you know, I guess they won't penalize him for that, but it's a little sad. I mean, you know, someone like that intentionally in front of the entire field is really a little dangerous. I mean, that's my biggest problem with that, but apparently I wanted quite a warning. Thanks Vickers out of the race along with Kyle Busch. Jamie McMurray of that. incident, well there are three sides, we all know that through Brian there are deo juniors and then there are all those people at home who have to invent their own Elliott Sadler top 11, including four top tens in the last five 500 Miles from Daytona and the truth falls there every Occasionally, right now we have 30 cars on the lead lap Dale Earnhardt Jr.
The 88th car inside is the first car to turn around behind Ryan Newman in 39th just behindhim and he's still two laps back, but Richard Petty Motorsports right now with Elliott Sadler, Reed Sorenson and AJ Allmendinger in the 44th car back in fifth place, three cars in the top five right now, you know, this part went through a major contraction due to winners with teams merging to avoid bankruptcy. One thousand racing-related jobs were lost in Iredell in North Carolina's Cabarrus County, but from there, Jeremy Mayfield and Tommy. Baldwin has formed racing teams and done the Daytona 500.
That white 36 is Baldwin's car. Scott Riggs at the wheel, they have been at the helm at the beginning of nineteen and for a team operating from a borrowed workshop for the last thirty days with mainly unpaid health volunteers this is a great trip among the five hundred it is a great trip there one car two cars ahead of him Regan Smith in that car seventy-eight that team is going to run a limited schedule from Denver Colorado He's still on the lead lap in the top fifteen. Great race for our two thousand eight. We are the best Rookie of the Year.
Well, the way things worked out, I mean, it's pretty easy to stay on the lead lap and a lot of cars. I've been able to do that now, what will be interesting is that we have a battle here between Dale Earnhardt jr. in 88 Jimmie Johnson his teammate in 248 both cars one lap down both fighting for the free pass Tony Stewart is back in the mix behind the two penny cards Sorenson 23 Allmendinger 44 Krysta, but Tony still holds his own, especially after that difficult week as his first race as an owner driver, but he has said that when he is on the track, when he comes on Thursday night or Friday, he is the driver, he has a driver while he is on the track three days a week, it doesn't have to be. a piece of trash hits the wall and that accident actually started about ten cars in front of Menard, a black and yellow car may have been Jeff Burton, the guy crashed into the wall and went back to normal pretty good and everyone backed up from there, let's start with this in turn one.
I see a car, I think it's Bernard, but it's not like that car they got in trouble with is Burton right here, I think it goes up and almost yes, I see it goes into the 78, they make contact, you see parts flying towards the part back of Burton's car there. on 31 and our victim just tried to help him get ahead and didn't make it but you're right Mike it all started in the middle of turns one and two yeah Burton just started going up the hill on 78 Regan Smith . there they make contact 77 double 0 but here comes Menard Regan Smith fell on Menard just a little trying to avoid Jeff Burton on the 13 he actually turned Menard to the right these guys shouldn't, the crew chief shouldn't change the brain could be in the In a way, it's a good point, yes, the free pass on this yellow flag.
Taylor Junior, we can caution with 60 laps to go. Paul Menard's car is being pushed into the garage. Jeff Gordon and Mark Martin have made pit stops, we'll update them in a moment, but First, today Jeff Hammond presented this State Farm safety report. NASCAR is about safety and protection of fans and competitors. Always number one. This is what they call a strap that holds the hood and deck lid to the main frame of the car and the reason. that's what they do to keep it out of the stands and out of danger, another thing they do is they worried about the tire and wheel assembly, so they created four straps to keep them attached to the car and they are located here all of these things are done with the idea of ​​protecting the competitor as well as the fans in the state thanks Jeff Jimmie Johnson also came in on this warning and Dale Earnhardt jr.
That's it for the Hendrick cars among quite a few that have made pit stops, let's get our first update from Steve Byrnes. Am I listening to Alan Gustafson and Mark Martin? They really made a last second decision from MIT. They arrived with their teammate on the 20th for Jeff Gordon Alan Gustafson said listening with new tires was going to be fine Mark was worried about the rain but Alan said trust me on this, it's okay, let's check with Matt, it would generate a lot of conversation back and forth. on team radio between Kevin Buskirk, the new crew chief for the 19, and driver Elliott Sadler, here's some of that conversation.
Come on, we've had a tremendous Battle of Decatur that we're in now, don't be like that. You're good, don't worry, we're good enough to run and win this race, they were also told and you know, when you get married, your luck automatically changes and Elliott said this is almost as fun as my wedding day, remember that got married On January 17, a long-time girlfriend, Amanda Kevin Buskirk, a longtime Pennsylvania dirt track star, was there before coming south, but I loved what she said to Elliott Sadler, yeah, Don't go there, we can win this race, I mean, he's sitting there in the box.
I've given a kid a car good enough to be up front leading this, they got stressed, it's not like he and teammate Reed Sorenson were out of sequence when they were on pit road changing tires, they just They weren't on pit road. Two laps earlier, almost all the leaders were in pit row, but what I like about Hendrick's strategy, which takes the wet out of the equation, is that what they are doing is reducing the number of laps they have to run. with its tires. now he can do 30 laps in 30 laps to get to the end of the race doing one more pit stop and all together at the back, he can also work together and now we see that strategy play out up and down pit lane .
More and more teams are choosing to enter this yellow flag. One thing I like about those views from the onboard cameras is that there are no raindrops on the windshield, so the rain that is in the area and a little west of Daytona International Speedway so far is just invading a little the track the day before yesterday it rained hard for 45 seconds and it stopped that's how it is here in Central Florida sometimes I tell people all the time that I love the Weather Channel. I know my friend, but if I were that Weather Channel I never leave one house and I'll probably never win another one, but what does this race become, Larry?
A series of shootouts, well there's no doubt about it, we know everyone's going to have to make at least one more pit stop, but what I'm seeing you can see it brewing, you saw what was happening just before the halfway mark. race when everyone thought we were running because of the weather. I guarantee you that's what we're preparing for is when we get to the last ten laps, three and four big bangs and bangs against each other and who knows who's going to win this Elliott Sadler is the leader his car is owned by a new group Richard Petty Motorsports a co-owner seven-time race winner Richard Petty, majority owner George Gillett, and Tom Cruise, after driving the safety car in the face of the Omniya pit, the pits of her husband Jeff Gordon, George Gillett, the majority owner of the lead car, spent Saturday nights of his college career in the fourth grandstand. mile Riverside Park Speedway at Agawam Mans, he has been a lifelong lover of the sport and right now his car with Emporia Virginia's Elliott Sadler leads Matt Kenseth Reed Sorenson in another AJ Allmendinger and yet another and Tony Stewart, but what is it about well Elliott's saddle lag race with 58 laps? to leave, they basically towed it in mid-December.
He wouldn't be driving this night team car in 2009. They've worked on some things that they put back together. He was back in the car in mid-January and here he is leading the Daytona 500 again. I just want to comment to congratulate the crew chief for that little lecture he gave to Elliott. You drive that car, we can win this race. We heard the same thing from Steve Letarte to Jeff Gordon. Look, we know we have a little problem with the tires. here, but we have to run this like it's the last time, 30 cars on the lead lap and most of those 30 crew chiefs just told their drivers we can win this race and they already know a car that Darryl and I we have been observing. that and we were both talking during a commercial break, what's wrong with car 55?
Michael Waltrip and lo and behold, 57 laps to go, the two-time Daytona 500 winner, appears in the top ten at the night spot, you know, the last time he won the 500 I. I think it rained I think that the rain shortened 2003 here what in 2001 our first race with NASCAR on Fox Tom Cruise is down there, he says man, I thought they only did these types of races in the day, no, they really did. Cruz was introduced to the sport by one of his co-stars Paul Newman, and since Newman was going to race sports cars, he had a good time, he said, and then he came to Daytona with Rick Hendrick and said, I want to make a movie about this, and of course , he did and we just saw Jimmie Johnson in the 48 car stuck in the middle, now what's the battle he's facing right now with Sam Hornish Jr trying to be the first car a lap back for 43 and in 17 will be the reason Kevin Harvick got it. aggressive there to gain some racing space and here comes Harv, the winner two years ago, moved up to third place, the man had started in 38th position.
This is a backup car, but it is a car that has been the victory lane here during speed weeks, the Budweiser won. Shootout with that same car Elliott Sadler is challenged for the lead by Matt Kenseth and Kevin Harvick these guys put a big old clock on their dance and it's supposed to hit midnight around the end of the race now if Matt Kenseth can bring them all . the way back and lead a lap back comes out of Kasey Kahne's nose hold on to his brother mana fills up back here OMG I think someone's glass slipper broke little damage to the front right corner of the car Kane okay first let's go back to a lap and show you the contact between reed sorenson 43 and matt kenseth the second and third place cars, the kids changed their mind because he was going to go in, he starts back outside, he hits the left front of Reed's car at 243, there he responds and shoots him. the hill, but from the Direct TV blimp, now here's Almirola, next to Kurt Busch's number 2, he would run on Kant's back, yeah, what a bunch, yeah, I mean, it's just coercion, all wrinkled, it is put right there. hit from behind by sam hornish sam hornish shoots him to the left approximately at the moment when the 43 cars pass by or the case of the nine cars they approach closely Almirola is very outside there he receives a boot from Hornish yes and on the other side he comes he was very lucky it wasn't another ten car crash Jimmy Johnson car 48 got the bye he's back on the lead lap the eighth caution flag of the night now someone's going to pit, we'll let you know in a minute 148 laughs 370 miles completed in the 51st Daytona 500 none of the leading lap cars came into this caution flag and we'll talk about that in a moment first another question from Ask Comm, the official search engine of NASCAR, which Was it the closest finish?
History of the Daytona 500, all you have to do is ask, go ask communication to get the answer, ask communication, the official search engine of NASCAR Larry, it's been 27 28 laps since the Most of the leaders were on pit road, but this time there were no entrants among the cars leading the lap. Again, I think they're watching the radar and they're watching the weather that everyone knows, even if you stop right there, you're still going to have to make another stop and I think they want to take this as far as possible. The last thing you want to do, Larry is in the pits right now, he's watching some rain fall.
Katy Kenseth in the box for her husband Matt, let's check in at the Hollywood hotel, well, Mike. 52 laps left here, you can see the rain falling on all 17 cars Matt Kenseth who is in his 10th Daytona 500 race, he hasn't won one of these yet, he didn't want to race the whole thing last year, just a quick recap that we have had. nine liters nine lead changes who are the leaders Kyle Busch, who led the most laps 88, hit 190 miles per hour at the start of the race Dale Earnhardt jr. the crown up power gave him a spin and that was important because then jr. he had trouble in the pits, dropped a lap with Brian Vickers, so they both fought for that free pass spot, Vickers tried to block him, junior, behind them and at least ten cars, including Dale Earnhardt jr. and Kyle Busch involved in this accident and Brian Vickers was trying to block Junior, that's the later comment about you.
I mean, you know, intentionally directing someone like that in front of the entire field is really a dangerous thing. I mean, that's my biggest problem with it. but apparently he wanted a pretty strong warning Jeff Hammond Chris Myers time for an AT&T run breaks your thoughts I asked you what was the first thing I saw that andwe heard from the guys in the booth that more junior was more Brian Vickers, your thoughts, oh, sure there's a byproduct of the Daytona 500, I mean, when you get that close to whether you have a fast race car, you know you have than to get that lap back, sometimes you run out of patience and I think I really felt like he blocked me and I didn't need to be blocked so you know it's like Oh jr.
Alright, again, we're under yellow flag, but the race is official. If so, we've had three Daytona 500 races that have been canceled due to rain, but there should be enough light, at least according to the forecast, we could have this. race in Matt Kenseth leading Kevin Harvick how about AJ Allmendinger for a while we saw Elliott Sadler leading here's a guy in Allmendinger in his first Daytona 500 he had to race his way through and he's been in the top five all day this young man here it is? He was very impressive all last year, when he had to arrive on time for the qualifying races.
He really showed a lot of improvement, like I said during the offseason. It looked like he was going to finish in the nineteen, but now he's in car number 44, basically trying to make it. or what to wear, this is taking a look at his wife Lynne AJ's wife and you know, a big cheerleader. I mean, she told us a long time ago that AJ actually brought sexy back to NASCAR, she showed up here, but he's a great one. young man, any driver and I are again very impressive, very fast, and so far I hope it continues like this for the rest of the year from Los Gatos, California, and Valentine's Day weekend, okay, sexy, It's good for competing.
Jeff's picks for AT&T's fastest hole. team our Tony Stewart Jeff Gordon Carl Edwards don't forget to vote for the fastest and most valuable AT&T pit crew of the year from your AT&T phone text pit crew car number two two to five oh two two five eight Sorry and you can vote so far, that's what Jeff is thinking and under a yellow flag here with Matt Kenseth leading Kevin Harvick and 52 laps to go in the big American ranks, welcome back to Daytona. 49 laps to go, they were under caution for a bit and the jet dryers Still running trying to keep some heat on the track, dry it out so we can resume the Daytona 500.
There is the Harley J Earl trophy created by the great GM stylist and given to his friend Big Bill France and it goes to the winner. We'll see that performance as part of the Lipitor post-race show along with race highlights and analysis of what happened at the 51st annual Daytona 500. That trophy created each year weighs 54 pounds. John leans back from Omaha is the sculptor and the car in the At the top of the trophy, the Firebird won one of the great GM-style cars created by Harley Earl. You know, we still have 48 laps left. Let's restart this race.
I mean, we're going to work as hard as we can. we can NASCAR, but there's a lot going on with the car that's leading this race right now Matt Kenseth, one is with that guy over there Jack Roush, the owner of the 17 cars he's owned in the Sprint Cup since 1988, founded Roush Racing, which is now Roush Fenway with Mark Martin as a one-car team all the races it won one hundred and thirteen races it never won a Daytona 500 Matt Kenseth didn't win last year they made a crew chief change during the offseason a crew chief rookie team sitting in the pit box right now he drew Blickensderfer there you see them right there this is drawn here that is Ron Hornaday from the Camping World Truck Series his son-in-law Drew has been in the Nationwide Series and here he is in his first race as a Sprint The Cup Series crew chief leading the Daytona 500 with Matt Kenseth today is the sprint monster.
The moving moment was the big crash on lap 125 with Brian Vickers trying to stay in the free pass position for Dale Earnhardt Jr. trying to eliminate a lot of contact and in the melee Vickers turns and enters Kyle Busch's 18th taking the dominant race car out of the show and into the garage with a lot of good race cars with that accident right there, light rain continues. is falling and the track dryers are working too hard, we are going to try to get this race started again, welcome back to Daytona International Speedway because DIRECTV brings you our aerial coverage.
Now get over 130 of your favorite channels in HD. but the persistent rain continues to fall at Daytona International Speedway, they have taken the cars to the pits with the yellow drawing and have issued the red flag. Some of the cars have now been covered and work on the cars is not allowed during the red flag. Matt Kenseth is the leader, he has led a total of one green flag lap tonight. Let's show you how Elliott Sadler's lead rested at 19, just before this last caution, he actually read spades and 43 gave him a little push down. Immediately behind, Elliott Sadler puts the block on him and then Matt moves towards the hostile.
I think Matt gets a good push here from Kevin Harvick in the 29th pencil, nothing Elliott Sadler could do there and as we say you gotta push which means We're going to the front so Sadler fell back to fifth place. Clint Boyer in 33 also passed him as things piled up there and then the yellow flag came out a little later on this lap, car 17 starting 43rd, dead last. Berggren tracking the editorial staff. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Well, trying to keep up with him going down pit road, Junior, what happened out there with you and Vickers? I grabbed him and he saw me coming, attacked him and I went inside.
I did not try it. so as not to make any late moves and try to, you know, get the beast to do some surprise or something, I just relaxed and he went to block me and hit me on the fender, sent us both over and sent me into the grass and trying to getting my car back, I got back in it going back to the race track, but I don't hate him, you know, for him, but everyone else got Rick, what's that? Actually, no, yes, it was accidental. I don't want to ruin the course, I mean, he drove.
I fell almost to the grass, I was just trying to get back to the racetrack and Jeff Burton, you and you were talking, what was that about? Well, I got it, we got it. I'll try to get my round back and I managed three open pitches. him in the middle at some point or another on the restart and they dragged him back. Toback I crashed and he was upset with me for doing three wides and I should have worked with him on what rain is coming to try to win the race, you know, I mean helicopters.
I would try to get it back on the lead lap and we had a pit stop where our right front tire. They told me I was just H on the line and gave me a one lap penalty for that. I don't feel like it's a fair deal, but maybe. It's time we re-evaluated that rule, so I had to run hard and you know, Vickers could have held his ground. I had a great career. I was one car back anyway, he's the one fighting for the lead, but he almost pushed us into the grass. and I don't have much control over my car after that and at the beginning of the race you completely missed the pits, which happened there, they sued me.
Look, if you look at this pit road, my sides are pink and all the other signs are pink, so I mean, it's hard to understand what I mean, there's one, there's one, they're all about the same color, like this which you know, everyone says I'm going to make mine yellow this week and then two weeks later everyone's screaming so we just have to figure it out. Also under a lot of pressure, I put a lot of pressure on myself trying to get up there and lead the lap and all that and I just thought it was pretty good, I can't really blame anyone for that, it's okay, thank you very much, Dale. jr.
He led one lap so far today and another Daytona 500 isn't over. We are on a rain delay. NASCAR is trying to dry the track and if they can do it we will restart this race tonight, if not now Matt Kenseth is on. the leader over Kevin Harvick and an interesting top-10 here's one thing I know about Dale Jr. He says, he tells you what he tells you the truth, since he knows that if he hadn't intentionally hit Vickers, he would have said that he did it and there's one thing I can tell you about that kid and I've seen it year after year. anus.
He doesn't drive dirty this year and he admits very quickly if he makes a mistake, so I think looking at that situation here we can shift the blame either way and I like what Jr. I had to say a couple years ago when the three of us We sat down with Juan Pablo Montoya right after he arrived at NASCAR, we said what is the most difficult thing you have to deal with, he said, when he arrived at the pits, I had never seen him like that. Lots of pit signs I see everyone's but mine, it's not like a sea of ​​signs when you come down pit road, it's okay we have our NASCAR All Star pit crew on Fox lined up to talk to some drivers during this delay by rain first Matt Yocum Mike Kevin Harvick currently in second position a crash in practice they took out the Budweiser Shootout car that won last Saturday night wasn't exactly what you guys expected before it's been a long work in progress tonight yeah, Shell Pennzoil Chevrolet has been.
It was tough at first, then we came in and made some really big adjustments with a spring rubber and some air pressure and did a lot of things to improve the handling, we realized we didn't have the speed we needed. and you already know it. It was good because it allowed me to let myself be pushed for a little bit and be able to get comfortable with my car and go where I needed to go, so it's going well so far, you know, they put me in a position to have a chance there, in the end we knew that the rain.
Boyer pushed me from behind and I don't know how it all played out, but if it ends this way, it would be great. Matt pushed me to win the 500 a couple of years ago and turn things around. roles here would be nice, thanks Kevin to Krista voda. Well, AJ Allmendinger is currently third in the Daytona 500 and I know you said that for the last two years you've had to stand and see 200,000 people cheering for someone. Aside from you, how does this feel right now? Valvoline dodges. It's a fast race. The cars can only catch 22. It stopped if it kept raining and we finished third.
I wouldn't be too sad about it, but I think we have a chance. win this, so I can't want to go back to the green, but I want to say the cars were great all day, the pit crew has been amazing, they got together literally two or two weeks ago, we just got everyone together, did some testing. and they've done a great pit stop for the whole team right now so I'm having a lot of fun, this is what I've been missing for two years so I'm excited to be here. Remember that sponsors are auditioning. scheduled to run only eight more races this season Mike, thanks Krista, there's Carl Edwards.
The ducks love this weather, no one else in Daytona does right now. Maybe we can ask when the rains will end. Maybe you can go there and try it now. I heard from hosts Brian Vickers and Dale Earnhardt jr. Let's see, we're going to look at one of the more revealing angles again, but we were just chatting amongst ourselves here, here's young Dale on board, he said he's got a great career and you can blame Vickers for blocking. but they're running for the lucky dog, I think Jr says they forced him down, he was trying to get back in line, it's a fine line between getting back behind someone and touching them, I go, I give junior the benefit of the doubt and I don't disagree but what I heard jr.
What he says is that he was one lap down, why would he block me? Didn't you know he was competing with Brian Vickers to be in the free pass position? Yeah, I think that's what he didn't do, one of the things he didn't realize. One of the key things, he said we've been talking about that all along, was the fact that we knew the weather was coming and everyone had sped up, whether you were on the lead lap or whether you were a lap down trying. . get back on the lead lap, but you know he was frustrated because he was in the pits all afternoon and was penalized on that lap.
I mean, I know he probably had some pent up aggression there too and maybe he took it. Out of the vicars, that's why he went one turn down on the last day. Well, they'll have a chance to think about it while we see if NASCAR can dry the track. Chris and Jeff, we're under a red flag with 48 laps to go, but. As of now we plan to get back to racing as soon as the track can dry out and that's a good plan, Mike. I mean, we'd be excited about that. I don't know how Matt Kenseth would feel, but Jeff for people who may have tuned in and tried to follow some of the stories we've been talking about with the gang all day and some quick thoughts, for example, about Mark Martin starting in the Front row, the 50-year-old in his 25th Daytona. 500 without winning here, well, it has been strong, but it has not been what we thought it would bewas going to be, we thought it was going to be a challenge for the win, especially with the number 18 car, it's still not coming together like I expected it to.
It was right on cue, ageless idiot Berggren, yeah, like with Mark Martin, with equally ageless Mark Martin, you're in 16th position now. Can you do anything if we get this going again? Oh yeah, we got a lot, man, you know we got. Hit it there on that last yellow flag and we have a little more time and yeah, we have an amazing race car, we've been trying to take care of it, trying to take care of the right front tire and everything, and you know we got out of sequence, but you know if it had gone on a little longer we were heading towards the front with our friend Jeff Gordon there so you have a chance to win this if we start over yeah. good luck good luck Chris we joke about how the dick is up there in years give me something you gotta see those old guys like dick burgers from time to time they're a bit sneaky yeah Martin Dick Berggren actually He first reported about Noah's Ark when the rain fell, so he's there, he's so old he knew the Dead Sea when he was getting sick, okay, we joke, okay, let's go the other way, other stories from today, Tony Tony Stewart and Stewart Haas are racing there, currently running in eighth place.
Very impressive race right now by these guys when I came out basically taking out their backup car like you did, starting from the back of the field, they headed to the front but they stayed a long time, I mean I think Tony has an excellent opportunity. If this comes back green to possibly snag that first win, your pick in a three-time Daytona 500 champion, Jeff Gordon, we know what you think about him, but let's hear from him. Matt Yocum is with the guy on 24 and Chris just We ended up having a great conversation, at one point we had Richard Petty with seven Daytona 500 wins, Jeff Gordon with three, so we had a great conversation, but everyone knows that describe your day so far well, that's what Richard was, it just reminds me of destiny, you know, and it was It was a great conversation just talking about, you know how, when things are meant to be, they're meant to be, but throughout the day you're going through the ups and downs and everyone does it and now that's how it's been during the DuPont Chevrolet started the race, you know, we were a little tight, then we took the lead and it felt amazing, then they dragged us towards Back there, we once had a problem with the right front tire and we've been taking care of that. and we were lucky that, you know, we got to pit road and we didn't mess any up, but then we got caught by the yellow flag and then you know we've had some great races out there and then in the rain, you know the things about Sandborn.
None of us want to see the Daytona 500 this way and if it dries out, you guys are going to see a great show. I'm just not sure we still have to sort out our tire situation, so 50 laps to go. come on, we still have to be able to make it, you know, to the end, but I don't know where this other thing that I talked to Richard about, we are sitting better than we were not as good as we would like. be so you have to learn to accept it over time how much do you get back with worrying about tires?
I will never go back at all. I mean, it seemed like we tried to loosen the car. I tried, you know? All that means is that the good tire is on the front, so I'm going to get to the front, that's all I'm going to do. You know, we're in a great position if we go green again because we have newer tires. and a lot of the guys ahead of us just have to look at the radar and see what happens. You know Steve and the entire DuPont Chevrolet team making great decisions, a great race car and we're not out of this, yes we will. look what's happening thanks Jeff Chris well things are coming to an end what I was saying about fake Chris must be fake because otherwise the problem is that it was the fact that these guys are here if it hadn't been for the fact of fate.
I would have blown that right front, the race has been officially declared final, it's over, so Matt Kenseth, okay, Jack Roush, there's your Daytona 500 winner and the 51st running of the great American race, the 2009 champion Matt Kenseth, that backup car. sliding into the lead and now the win in the rain shortened the Daytona 500 and our Steve Byrnes is down there Steve well Chris Matt Kenseth wins the biggest race of all Matt what does it mean to you as a racer right now ? a kid to win this race oh my god it's going to be so wet out here spread your cry like a baby but I really need to thank my team and think of God for giving me this opportunity in the first place although I had a lot of great opportunities in my life. with me with my family and take me racing and I actually do the car Walt Ford USD Sheetrock Arnelle Carriers all the sponsors we had that stayed biased and made this happen in a rising economy in a falling economy and man I don't know how to win The Daytona 500 Stephanie, cheap moment, it's an amazing feeling, Matt, you've won the championship, but what does winning this race mean to you?
I tell you what, after winning a race last year, it means a lot to me, so I'm really proud of these guys. It's his first run in the country head, that's great and to Jim for staying here with us and really honoring the agreement and trying to strengthen the team, but putting egos aside and making the team as strong as possible and these You guys have been fired up and working hard and it's just amazing Matt, you had a great practice yesterday you ran more laps than anyone you told me your tires look good when you went to bed last night could you imagine a Daytona 500 champion?
You never know. What is going to happen? We've had some really fast cars on the track in the past and I've never been able to figure out how to do the right thing and today we can make the right moves and you know we have We had some weather but yeah we ran hundreds of miles and it's almost 400 miles and I couldn't make it so I was pretty miserable on Friday night so we couldn't get our car to drive and now this backup car. It's actually a lot better than a 500 car and I feel great going to the shop and dreaming that we're going to win, congratulations champion, we're going with Chris Myers, so it's not raining.
Matt Kenseth, parade from last to first, the former NASCAR champion. The Daytona 500 didn't win a race last year. He's celebrating at Daytona tonight. We'll have more on Lipitor's post-game for the post-race show in a moment. Sandé's first Daytona 50 race will be for Matt Kenseth in his Roush Fenway Ford and Kenseth's celebration of his first Daytona 500 victory saw tears of joy from his wife Katie and some of the other drivers, Dale Earnhardt jr. coming and actually jr. he was involved in that accident you heard him talk about with Brian Vickers Matt Kenseth Jeff Hammond did a great job of surviving this, allowing him to be torn apart.
Look how close he was to all this. He was able to escape unharmed and leave. winning the race is incredible and then our sprint to the finish line was on lap 146. Remember that the Daytona 500 is not about how many laps you lead, but only about leading the final lap and in this range for the 500 from Daytona was Kenseth, who is right here, takes the lead and holds on with 48 laps left when the rains came and made it official, just a little help at this moment with Kevin Harvick, who pushed him and if the roles were reversed for me two years ago when Kevin Harvick won his race and we will be back with more of the Daytona 500.
You're watching NASCAR on Fox, as opposed to Victory Lane. I'm a winner of the Daytona 500 and our Lubitz or the NASCAR post-race show on Fox live from Daytona. Jeff Hamlin Chris Myers We hope you enjoyed the race all afternoon. We have plenty more interviews to be a little excited about Vickers and Earnhardt. Dress up Jeff Gordon. He wanted to get this, obviously, in the forecast, rain was moving into the area, but. Kenseth and a very emotional win for him and Jack Roush, as noted by his 22nd Daytona 500 as a car owner, the guys put a lot into this business, their first Daytona 500 was truly a race, always buddy John Henry, you know they're from the Network.
Sox away deal Red Sox, there they are walking, there's Jack heading towards Victory Lane again, it's got to be very rewarding, he already won the 24 hour races here before, but he never won the 500. Now let's check with Krista Voda, who is with the owner of the car. and driver Tony Stewart, but Chris, and after the week this organization has had, I would say a top 10 probably feels like a victory, but let's find out from driver/owner Tony Stewart what you think he would obviously like to have returned to the green. I felt like we were better than an eighth-place car, but you know, there were guys ahead of us, so we're better at eighth-place cars.
I was gutted today too, so you know, I'm really proud of everyone, Stewart-Haas and everyone. the shop guys and everyone on the Office Depot Old Spice team and the US Army team for all the obstacles we've had this week, we're three cars and one engine short and you know you're going to come away with a second for third . and eight and a week and a half I can't say we're that disappointed, but you know we always want better than that because now he pays for the cars, he said he didn't care if this came home in one. piece Matt Krista mixed emotions for Clint Bowyer debuting with a new team outside of the RCR stable it seemed like the stars and planets were going to align because you had a teammate there if you had that time could you make it?
Well, you know? I'd certainly like to think, just so you know, you never know, that's the bad thing you know about this whole thing, but you know, I'm really proud of Shane Wilson, all the Cheerios Hamburg guys that helped with Chevrolet, they did a good job during the low season. Building a team from scratch, I'm very proud of them and you naysayers already got us out of the chase and everything else. I think this demonstrates the first career out of the box. You know we are capable of doing a job. still very proud of effort Clint Boyer fourth here at Daytona Chris Matt Kenseth and Kevin Harvick both in backup cars your two finishers and Jeff you never know it's happened before three times in Daytona 500 history as the team celebrates with Matt Kenseth Leroy Yarborough Cale Yarborough Davey Allison has won but you've heard drivers talk about just surviving until later in the race when you need to make your move and obviously it came a little earlier than many thought, well I think everyone They kept him under a bit of pressure all day long. especially after the halfway point knowing that this could go either way so you had to run really hard to try to get into a position that you know regularly so you could be in front and take advantage of appearances. what happened to Matt Kenseth, he wouldn't have been out front, this would never have been what it is today for him, probably the most memorable win he's ever had in his entire career, Mike Larry and Darrell, and as you guys pointed out, it's understandable. why Vickers Earnhardt jr.
The guys were running towards the front so fast that they were aware of the weather, but they didn't know exactly when they were thinking as we wrapped this up nicely. NASCAR President Mike Helton came over and told us that the rain was expected to continue for an hour and a half with Due to the high humidity, we may not return to green flag racing until 11 p.m. That's too late, the fans have seen great competition and it was time to cancel with the rain forecast, but let's look back, we've talked a lot about 30 years ago, in 1978, Richard Petty didn't win, he started 79 by winning the Daytona . 500 and as I watched Kansas meander through that mess, all I could think of were the king's words: I'd rather be lucky than good any day, yeah, Matt Kenseth was fine, I mean, now he should have been smart enough How to know that 20 years later 17 would win again, so tonight he will enter victory lane in car number 17.
I think it was the last time at 1:00 here, but those were tears of joy, yeah , and that's how big the sighs of relief were, that's Daytona and I think every time we leave Daytona. think about the big story and there are so many things we mentioned when those cars were running under caution, evolving around that 17 car, a backup car that started last every year Jack Roush has been coming here, finally gets the 500 by Daytona Matt. Kenseth didn't win last year and I can't help but give him the thumbs upWell my friend, he drew Blickensderfer as a rookie crew chief in the first race in the Sprint Cup pit and wins his first race.
It's the best thing about the Daytona 500, yes, we all know that. We get here, you'll have to outrun Hendrick's cars, finishing first. Hendrick Car 13. Jeff Gordon. I'm not sure Kenseth was on the guys' radar to pick, but that's why eight Daytona 500s, eight different winners, Matt Kent and Matt Kenseth. celebrate as we take a look at the unofficial finishing order of the 2009 Daytona 500 we mention Kenseth and Harvick AJ Allmendinger Elliott Sadler not a David Ragan great round trip hey, one more winner right there Michael Waltrip and Tony Stewart why did he finish in eighth? I mean, again, it's a great effort from the upstart team Martin Truex Jr, their pole sitter finished 11th and Jeff Gordon, who sounded like he had some fight left in him, and Mark Martin 16th on the front row, Carl Edwards and of course, will head to California next. week he won the race, so last year he was on top wanting to come back, he sees Bill Elliott who ran a good race there for the Wood Brothers and got them off to a good start this year, but what? how about the The fact that Denny Hamlin here in 26, the Toyotas weren't really the factor with one exception and that was Kyle Busch, they never really showed the muscle that they showed a year ago and Kyle led 88 laps, the most of laps earned by Ryan Newman 36. last year's former winner up here for not having the day he was looking for Jimmie Johnson 31 as we watch him begin his march toward what would be an unprecedented fourth consecutive Sprint Cup championship, Cat in the Hat celebrates as he can Jack Roush H won a lot of races but none like this, never before, we have a lot more to look forward to here, the limit or the post-race show, we're glad you're watching from Daytona.

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