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god bless america i love to be by her side and guide her through the night with light from above the mountains to the prairies across the oceans a legend with the passing of NASCAR Hall of Famer David Pearson known As one of the greatest drivers the sport has seen, Pearson was a three-time Premier Series champion and still ranks second on the all-time wins list with 105 wins at this point, we ask you to join us for a moment of silence in honor of the memory of Silver Fox David. Pearson here to offer today's invocation is Pastor Sammy Flores of Christ Fellowships let us pray thank you Lord for this time allowing us to be here this afternoon we pray Lord that you be with the drivers keep them safe bless them and their families Lord let us also pray for our military and we thank you for their service and for those who give the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom as we pray that you bless them and burdened we also ask you to bless tonight g and bless our great country in this name we pray lord jesus amen presenting the colors of our nation today is Homestead Air Reserve Base ladies and gentlemen please join us as CEO bee Girl Scouts of America Sylvia Acevedo and the Girl Scouts of tropical Florida lead us in the oath of allegiance one indivisible with liberty and justice for everyone here to sing our national anthem, please welcome Master Sergeant Ryan Carson of the Air Force Area of ​​the United States, oh tell me, can you see in the light of dawn what we so proudly hail at the end of twilight?

Whose wide stripes and bright stars through the perilous star fight Oh, release the nerves at their highest point, time to get in the cars and start the engine approaching below, the Sun struck our track and our singing towards down down the dream is NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series racing on NBC the Ford EcoBoost 400 from Homestead Miami Speedway and not everything goes as written when you pull up to a

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track that's a bit windy and some things happen like skydivers that were supposed to they were supposed to land on the grass and maybe got caught in the fence it's one of the many reasons I don't jump on the planes rick so they're cleaning it upstairs while they're going to check in on pit road with parker kligerman and Rick before jocano has taken a lap in NASCAR 15 year old NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin made him one of the greatest NASCAR drivers of all time today is s or opportunity to live up to that hype.

I just spoke to him and his confidence is beaming. Dave when Kyle Busch was a high school student. He dreamed of winning NASCAR

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s. today he told us one is not enough maybe four maybe seven going for number two today Kelly well Martin Truex junior is coming to Miami as the defending champ but also coming here for the last time with Furniture Row competing this team is clo sing their doors permanently at the end of the year. Truex told me that he would like nothing more than to fire team owner Barney Visser and all the employees in Denver.

Colorado on top with back-to-back championships could certainly be bittersweet. day for team 78 Marty Kevin Harvick told me everything about the weekend in Miami is different the people the pressure you can see all these people on pit road and that's where our experience pays off he said what's great is an old school race me against three other guys and that's all I have to be you know I love it is Tony Stewart said right there on the pre-race show that there's nobody in this field who wants more the ball with five seconds left in a game that Kevin Harvick as Jeff Burton said is made for this Tony Stewart's last words to Kevin Harvick right now as we prepare to kick off the motors by day championship here in Miami who will be the champion time to find out now the most famous words in motorsports please welcome your grand marshal the star of the nbc drama josh manifesto drivers start your engines turn right slam that guy tied to cars and be ready for a championship down the line Kevin Harvick is taking it like a pro Kyle Busch that antagonist rolls on his shoulders Joey Logano looking for a second chance and Martin Truex Jr wants that home run field at the start of the last NASCAR race on NBC, this is brought to you by Ford going above and beyond so you can Monster Energy unleash the beast credit a bank the official NASCAR credit card and underground restaurants it's hard to win a championship in our sport it's hard to get in position to win a championship in our sport everything you work for and everything you do all season and it comes down to this game in seven moments when you're put in these situations as a driver as a race team you can find another gear that I didn't know it would have been the biggest moments the most pressure the most on the line you can put the edge and you can keep it there all as long as it takes you can do the job the guys who can perform and the guys who are good in those situations are legends everything is on the line let's take a look at the starting grid presented by Ford front man Denny Hamlin on his 38th birthday looking from his first win of 2018 to keep a streak alive Kyle Busch will start on the front row with him, the highest championship starting position for Martin Truex Jr on row two back on row three Joey Logano Kurt Busch Kurt Busch 2019 little sure it could be his last start for stewart-haas race row for erik jones ryan newman we know ryan newman is making his last start for RCR he will probably drive very well next year winner of the year aric almirola will start on row 5 and then, behind him kyle larson may be the race favorite on row 6 with kevin harvick the championship laggard for alex bowman under the weather wasn't sure if he would start th he's 88 he's pushed himself he's going to give it a try Justin Allgaier will be stand boy stand by we'll see how he does through the day if he can keep up those fluids to go the

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distance on highway nine Matt Kenseth doing what could be his last start in the Cup Series alongside Daniel Suarez, who is also not sure about his 2019 plans Rick, is the last start for Jimmie Johnson and Chad channels together as a team AJ Allmendinger also making his last start Jamie McMurray not sure of what are the plans for 2019 that could also be his last start, yes, Darrell Wallace jr. and Michael McDowell back on the 12th row so much hope for the year the 43rd had that great race at Daytona Rick and got it done as well as a lord hope he ends the year on a good note and that's what everyone at this grid at this race track or think about they want to end this season on a high note this 2018 season comes down to this race these last 400 miles ahead of them and they all want to come out of this race with good momentum yeah yo It means there are four drivers who undoubtedly have the championship on their minds, but there are so many stories up and down from pit road drivers, crew chiefs, team members who are moving next year or maybe they don't know what's going on. next year always holds and the year with the right footboard got the teams shut down obviously the biggest one we've talked about all season the Furniture Row 78 race team this is it for Barney Visser and that team , this is It will be his last race as a racing team and Martin Truex Jr will do it. try to give him his second championship and if you're wondering where these cool shots come from, well it's from Ford and the camera car company's chase systems.

They've used the new 2019 Ford Edge ST to create a camera car that actually films a high-speed chase. scenes and other action footage really hard to capture so we've been lucky enough to have access to that Ford Edge and great POV of the chasing car remember you're traveling alone right now at 50+ miles per hour around this track and they seem almost lethargic when they're going to be going almost 200 miles an hour here in no time. I want to take a close look at our championship because we're going to start with Kevin Harvick in 2001 he was pushed into the Cup Series when Dale Earnhardt died that was 17 years ago now Kevin Harvick has gotten used to must win situations but Those must-win situations usually have Rodney Childers in the draw where he's been able to get the win, but today because Rodney Childers is suspended Tony Gibson is going to have to call the shots and Joey Logano Joey Gallo, in my opinion, has had the best playoffs out of anyone in this championship in fact I think he feels the same way so he just cleared up the favorite a few weeks ago he said he's the guy that's going to win this championship I also think Joey Logano the big advantage he has today that his pit crew has been the best picture of the last five or six weeks that pit crew and his speed to win him a championship today Martin Truex Jr has an amazing story cam consecutive Xfinity

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pawn in OH four to five began career in Cup at D Moved on to compete in MWR part of 2013 playoff scandal nearly finished career with Furniture Row in 2014 24th in points his first season in the playoffs since last year's champion what do you say about Coppola?

She joined the ranks of the Cup Series when she was 19 years old. Her talent was never questioned. She has become a polarizing figure. on the NASCAR scene, fans love them or hate them, but a turning point in their career 2015 broke their leg at Daytona bounced back with a new crew chief Adam Stevens had a son that year also won their first championship that Ricky has never missed out on the championship since 2015 and admitted that he said a second championship would help define his legacy he has that opportunity today most four championship wins at the Cup level this highest level of NASCAR racing true Steve let's break down this race what to do you have to get it right it's a challenging track on a long race start in the day finish under light a mile and a half oval 267 laps a little over 400 miles will still be stages 80 laps to the stage one 80 laps for - and that leaves 107 laps for that final stage fuel windows 62 to 64 laps the team everything is very simple line for drivers for a championship which one of these drivers get to the finish line first that will be the champion we have seen y'all ar get a win will it take a win again this year and on friday and saturday a story on pit selection ran for more on that, come on: Marty, yes, Rick Denny Hamlin won the pole on Friday, but his teammate Kyle Busch is running for a championship and when you win the pole you have first pick for pit stops, well Denny Hamlin and Essene chose not to To take the number one spot, they took Sol number four and gave that selection to teammate Kyle Busch, who qualified second, thus having the advantage of pit number one, sawa-chan, earned a new time in the pit road and yesterday he talked to trainer Joe Gibbs about it and he said, listen, we met as a team, we made this decision as a team.

I asked him if you're worried about the optics of this and it might seem like team orders he said listen the onus stops with me if anyone's mad they could come talk to me about it but we know we want Denny Hamlin to win this race but as a company when he called Bush to win this championship and unfortunate north. Not only did we have a parachute go into the fence, but the 95 car has left some oil on the track, so not only are they working on the 95, but they are also trying to make sure that any oil or fluid that has been put down on the track is cleaned up before we see the green flag she is the fact that the 48 driven by Jimmie Johnson and the crew chief over chat can host as long as it has been a part of the cup

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with Lowe's as sponsor this will be the final race for that pairing Chad Knaus and Jimmie Johnson really have very few teammates that have been able to do what they have done 17 seasons together and 81 Cup Series wins 16 straight winning seasons now that's on the line today still haven't won in 2018 but 11 crown jewels win Steve yeah I mean that's how you measure a People this is how you become a Hall of Famer by winning the biggest races and winning championships that's what we're all about today well how about this?

This duo has won seven seven championships together. I've been fortunate throughout my career to be a teammate of Jimmie Johnson, and now that they've set the standard for not only the entire sport, but without a doubt sharing an office alongside the TV channels. chat made me a better team leader. I'm not sure if we'll ever see a pairing as dominant as these two, yeah I couldn't wait to get the chance to work alongside these guys and learn what made them champions, how they had their own culture, so successful throughout. over the years and here you seeto the team spending time together this morning to celebrate this last race together congratulations Tony Stewart guy you know

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well what these guys have been through over the years much respect for what these guys have really done the way they have they have worked hard jimmie johnson he has been a clean race car driver there is so much respect from people now in the garage but also from people like richard petty you don't hear him talk about jimmie johnson what a great drive he is and they have left a mark for be hard to match them again remember to check the house neither are leaving they are both coming back in 2019 Chad Knaus will be crew chief for William Byron and Kevin meandering will be crew chief for Jimmie Johnson for 2019 lets get some more updates while they clean up the track and before the green flag waves let's start on the killer, well Rick NASCAR really is a team sport in the pit lane.

The teams play a fundamental role for the team 78 that group. is led by veteran gas man Brian Deal, who will be making his final start of what has been a 12-year career now, crew chief Cole Pearn told me this group has been stronger than ever during these playoffs, he said that they have truly recovered and that he will be counting on them to perform again today. Parker Kelly for Joey Logano's 22 team is consistency for this team. They've all been together since he came to Team Penske, most have been there at Blast, two chip chip, four appearances and one I want to point out in particular Greg Allen and since his team members call him a goose this will be his last appearance there on pit road. used to be the Jackman now gas guy becoming a pit crew trainer at Team Penske in the future David Kyle Busch's front tire changer tube that was a fixture on pit road until left in the middle of the 2016 season to return home Family Matters called and he told me this morning he spent all of 2017 working in the Colorado oil fields family matters resolved he said at 32 he didn't know if he could come back or not, but he came back this year he tried out for the 18 team he made it and now he has a chance at a championship Marty good Dave talked about the pressure on this team of four Tony Gibson obviously replacing Rodney Childers who is suspended for two races but is focused in the pit crew Chris McMullen is here changing tires for the 14 for the first time all season spent all year with aric almirola and his team this is a 3rd changer d e different rear tires for all four teams his original rear tire changer daniel smith is an absolute inspiration for this team he was diagnosed with cancer in august he is going through chemo right now in fact he just finished his final chemo treatment friday, He left the hospital yesterday and Rick, he's here today, talks about the motivation for this 14, they've got it in spades, pretty amazing and obviously everyone's thinking about that one crew member for the team that he wants to go out there and do his best. let's take a look here with ally camera jimmie johnson look what he's going to do all day Jimmie Johnson kam Jimmy John kam sorry kevin harvick from our champion kit for the camera aric almirola's

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BassPro Cabela's camera, another overhead camera and Kyle Busch, will have the Goodyear camera and we will not only be traveling right at runway level, but well above our air coverage presented by coca-cola on this partly cloudy day in Homestead Miami as the cars are now two by two and the lights are off in the pace car which means we are getting ready for the green flag so Rick so many circumstances lead to this 35 races per week of qualifying media practice all you want to do is get in your race car or get in your pit box and start the race I know we've joked and delayed because of this delay due to oil I don't like everyone that gets on my nerves tip these four drivers I know they are ready to get down to business Denny Hamlin, polesitter up front, has chosen the outside line and Kyle Busch will be on the inside line with 239 strong cars, the The pace car that leaves the track is now in the hands of Denny Hamlin. get on the star ts is the EcoBoost 400 port for a lot of this race we're going to talk about the lines around the track the lines these cars will take we're seeing them at the bottom of the track now as we race progress they will too move into the wall around this track see the dust from fast driving they knocked over a Regan Smith car nothing to worry about these guys got a clean grip on this abrasive track Martin Truex junior , but at the bottom bottom is only really good starts but you saw joy the gonadal pass now Kyle Kurt Busch driving by look he's probably getting a little cool right now I want to lose a lot of track position I'm not saying at the bottom he's going to have a run from behind.

He sees car 20. Erik Jones will pressure him in one. Eric Jones straight up to the third rail. There's a 31. Newman car below it, but nice to probably take that. slick again in the back Right off the bat with all that high side momentum John has been quick all weekend in practice boy we think if a Don tiebreaker or championship contender nob can win today we think Joel's guide with one of those opportunities to wreck the interior of Kurt Busch. moves away to stay away from that side draft Kurt will allow him to have the championship position for running second fourth fifth and Harvick in 11th right now Kyle Busch running second behind Denny Hamlin now kisses Laos Key and teammate Joey Logano one at a time side by side for position this reminds me a little bit of a heavyweight fight like we practiced yesterday and one guy read about the same speed but no one knew who would have take off speed who would have long run speed they are trying to solve it. figuring out where their strengths are and where their weaknesses are just laughs because this race normally has a lot of green flag laps people need to understand how they take off but also how they are in the middle of the race and then at the end of the race a little bit laterally off Brad Keselowski in the 2 car they can catch him talk about Dale you just mentioned Eric Jones and drivers not in the playoffs and if who would have a chance to win well there's a lot of talk about the 20's a lot of talk about kyle larson's 42 and we know where he's going to run he's already there you mentioned lines on the race track rick from top to bottom well kyle larson he's 42 he loves it top guy loves the top guy's aggressiveness look up coming into the corner runs right along the wall a little bit in the middle of the court there but already making passes moving down the field here comes a 78 Martin Truex Jr inside Brad Keselowski trying to remove give that fourth to Brad look down he went into turn three but to check just a little bit center corner he won't be able to fake this position well Brad Brad will find some speed on that high side and high sides coming in quick for these guys we watched them practice moving there about eight or ten laps like a brad going in high did you like how he felt in three or four he's going to try here one and two remember the race last year that Martin Truex Jr won that race but it was never from the top to the bottom when he really had to run to the top other than he ran the middle of the track or the bottom he has that it's nice to have to push forward now that he sees he's losing. time for both of us Kurt Busch is running away trying to outrun him must be must be careful even though it's not the same situation these guys are all around him he doesn't have a championship to win today he can't go and hit the wall early in this race and take away that opportunity tomorrow to say that this is a very good start for Kevin Harvick's four cars were not very good at the beginning and they ran today they had the best car at the end of the races yesterday in practice and it is already plus four positions they started 12th running eighth in this moment for Ke vin Harvick you know when you run in the championship because you bring as much inspiration as you can to the rift of the race and Kevin has been very vocal about his wrestling days in Bakersfield California his wrestling coach Rick McKinney is here today in the back of the box cheering for Kevin and he's got the old school Kevin Harvick number 29 lanyard like he's racing for Richard Childress Racing in the past, but Rick told me it's a good luck charm for him.

Kevin has his good luck charm here. The wrestling coach sees Kevin Harvick running in the bottom with 20 from Erik Jones on top across the field. We have him around the middle of the field running low. Half the field running high in the cooler temperatures this weekend. The lower drawing has been more competitive, really interesting. conversation with kevin this morning about his race car he said look if you look the lap times are good we're good we're good but i don't like how it feels we're going to do something and change it to make it more comfortable to make it drive better just give me a better feel you see Kevin Harvick he's committed at the bottom of the track see if he can stay there and how long you can stay there that slot will probably move up as this rock goes at Kelly what's going on with Martin Truex Jr well Rick I can tell you Martin hasn't said a word on the radio yet in these first few laps here today it was 78 laps that he led in last year's race to go on and he won the championship by one toxic carbon burn on his car this year he told me he feels even better about the cars that were brought here today he said I think we're even more competitive than a year ago and then he made an interesting point he said he feels better with the balance of the car and how it will handle once the sun starts to go down he said he would be a little unsure in these early stages in the heat of the day but he feels confident what they are I'll have to Sun Goes Away yeah yeah Kel. very good Denny Hamlin is thinking about Denny Hamlin right now on team 11 they have a 12 win streak the season is on the line today he still has to get a win he is racing up front NASCAR drive is your live race partner you can view throughout broadcasts and select alternate camera angles never miss a lap with NASCAR drive like

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.com/DRI only three drivers in NASCAR's 70-year history have one on their birthday and that's what Denny Hamlin must do today if he wants to continue his winning streak as far as winning a race every season he's been part of Cup right now, he's trying to continue 12 seasons looking to get to 13.

Jimmie Johnson is also the other driver who hasn't won this season with a streak on the line has 16 wins or 16 win seasons and is looking for that 17 too but very impressive Denny Hamlin after winning pole continues Running up front he has a 2.7 second lead right now over Kyle Busch and has a great track record at this track, but what impresses me is that he's doing it against all four championship contenders you'd think would be the most aggressive. with their race cars, so Denny is driving a great race. he'll be later in the race we're going into the night this track is going to change a lot talking about one of his foreign championship contenders is Martin Truex making a move on Keselowski he's not done though he's got the bottom of them he's got the top of the racetrack reclaiming that spot and I think it's an advantage that you just talked about Denny Hamlin and how aggressive you know the championship four are with their race cars but I don't think he can be that aggressive and driving right now. the race kyle jack did the keselowski and the two of them slide down the track and hit kyle weathermen in the 99 let's see it costs the car a lot of momentum i don't know about the damage to the right side of that car if it's hu rt the aerodynamics on the two tricks plus junior trying to make the pass Brad Keselowski staying on the gas against the wall look what happened if Brad just went in there a little too hot he actually ran on the side of the 99 car look here the brats go to the bottom and he didn't get there and then he goes up to the race track he just bypassed the bottom of the track got him up to the track marty well he thought kyle weathermen was going to go a little higher he said what the hell was that after it happened, he said i definitely brushed it off?

It's the lap traffic the lap traffic from him he doesn't really have a place to go to get out of the way because we've been running all over this race track from the pad to the fence and we've stayed in his line. I'm not doing anything wrong in that situation, I just think this misjudged it a bit to close the ramp Bradyou just misjudge how these drivers race against the championship because of their nerves with these drivers trying to make sure they don't affect the championship because it's horrible not being around while the championship and it's worse to have to race them because you want to win this race you're here to you and your team, but you don't want to be a story, you don't want to be a guy who takes Kevin Harvick out in a good run early in the race.

I know sometime you'll be the guy who stops, but at the same time the track belongs to everyone. You have the right to try to win this race. There's no Kevin Harvick on the 4 before we left Phoenix. I thought he was going to be one of the favorites. I just expected him to come out of Phoenix with his shoulders back and a lot of confidence, but he hasn't looked the same to me all weekend. He has been a bit quiet in press sessions. They got out of the truck. Not very well. I spoke to Tony Gibson. said they just got it straight wrong ion they missed it qualifying flat and simple too tight on the front tires which is different to before spoke to Rodney Childers a bit my texts during the course at the weekend said we are making big corrections this morning Marty felt like he and Tony Gibson Kevin Harvick met over the course of the weekend and they would have better steering and seven more top five positions so far I like what I'm seeing from four cars I think those morning changes worked out pretty well good for tony gibson on the left hand side with kevin harvick this weekend and kevin described the car handling weird this weekend they said they had a very similar feeling in chicago in july this left hand tire is the same tire as they had in chicago so they made changes that they did in chicago this morning here in miami kevin has a theory interesting jeff likes to run the bottom of this track they practiced the bottom of this track all weekend he said i won't go to the wall until dark a very solid theory kevin harvick complies is working for him as far as 12 and about of getting hog well he does that a lot you know Kevin Harvick is a race manager he's a very smart race car driver and he doesn't want to be there by that wall anyway he wants it right now is it Darlington a race track where everyone is racing against the wall Kevin Harvick gives himself a car he doesn't want to make a mistake with and take damage that's Kevin's time Harvick's strategy has worked well for him he'll stick to that today and he told Dale Jarrett Kyle Petty in the pre-race show his approach none of these cars will drive well at this track you have to adapt that's what Kevin Harvick is doing you're watching the Monster Energy Cup Series racing with n the Ford EcoBoost 400 the Homestead Miami Speedway well today's great marsha l this championship race Josh Dallas is a member of tv's number one new show manifesto tomorrow you have to see what happens to the mystery of the flight eight to eight manifesto that it's tomorrow on NBC Denny Hamlin still out front has a three second lead over Kyle Busch come on get an update on that team and we're going with Parker and Rick.

It's been an emotional weekend for Denny Hammond. Remember when he won the pole on Friday? He saw the cheering in his eyes knowing that his last race was a surprise with Mike Wheeler and I spoke. to his crew chief Mike later this morning and I asked him about it, he said you know well when we started on this team, we were both the same age, we got along, we were friends, I've been a part of Denny's, my whole career at the Cup. the whole country is going, you know, I've built this team to be better five years from now, not now, so it's been really sweet to end on this note, okay, Parker right now, Kyle Busch was in a championship winning position even though it's only lap thirty, remember you only have to be ahead of the other championship contenders right now, about a second and a half ahead of Logano, even though he is three seconds behind the leader Denny Hamlin, Parker is now also a bit loose. and Dave for Joey Logano told me going into this race he expected the bottom to be dominant from the start he said he had noticed something over the weekend the rubber wasn't settling in on the track he wasn't greasing it felt like the bottom It was going to be the place to be and he's been there most of this race, he's striding up Ryan's wall but he's been struggling because the car is so tight, he's been up on the track bar, he's scored the brake bias back, hasn't been able to make that turn 22 may be overusing that front right right now Marty Kevin Harvick has been rolling around Parker field from the 12-4 for Harvick and has been in the top 5 in lap times in practically his entire career, you know, Rodney?

Childress suspended his top crew chief for these last two races, so Tony Gibson stepped in and Rodney Childers was in a war room at stewart-haas Racing headquarters last week and all communications were set up so they could talk. with the team. at the green flag so Tony Gibson had to make all those calls on his own last week Rodney Childers on site this week Kelley was the last race for Furniture Row competing with some employees who don't normally travel to the races including a shop engineer named Matt Faulkner the last four races he's been to including Homestead a year ago this team said they wanted to make sure he was here as a good luck charm well a lot of employees looking for new jobs Matt Faulkner and Another 11 employees will stay to work for Barnabas or the machine shop will lose our precision and although they know nothing of the industry, he considers them championship personalities that he is willing to train.

In it, in a new race field, you see Kevin Harvick working the bottom of the race track, just after passing the joy of god for third place. Kevin Harvick, himself and Kyle Larson, the two fastest cars on the race track, watch Kevin Harvick paint the white line on the left side tires. right on that, we saw this last night in the Xfinity race with Henry Daniel Henrik ran the bottom in the first stage and was the fastest car as the race went on, although that bottom disappeared for a lot of guys, it will be interesting to see if that happens. for Harvick so let's look at a different way to do it here's Kevin Harvick at the bottom of the race track the next fastest car is Kyle Larson they've been swapping speeds back and forth one of them is fastest on a lap the fastest the other kyle larson a whole different idea working on that thing lurking in traffic right now but watching when you get clean air watch what you do you'll get the right side tires right up against that wall you'll run all the way to the around the corner, both are the fastest ca. rs of the track now goes to the back because we're talking about that but the fastest two on the track one run up one run down Dave and Jeff when I spoke to their crew chief Chad Johnson this morning he's going to get there to pit road that's why he came here so Larson on pit road had to get to that low line to keep it there so now the driver expected to be one of the winning contenders for the race here today he makes the first move to pit road remember Yesterday we saw how valuable new tires are, so Kyle is going to jump right here to try and get a leg up on the others that will follow.

It was much better than in the laps and he was racing there. a little better though and that's when they started talking about coming to pit road for new Goodyear tires and Sunoco fuel for Larson, well now the pressure of the race within the race for Kyle Larson to pit early and get these new tires as a great advantage. here to win the championship race because they really have to call the race against each other remember rick they don't need to win the race the highest finisher will be the champion but hopefully kyle larson's aggression follows everyone to the street of pits for the brand. new tires with 44 laps to go at this stage it's done it's done just the cars are coming down pit road fast and furious none of our pit road four championship though Kyle Busch is coming this time I think he just getting to the end of the race track, yes, Kyle coming makes it more difficult, it's only 278, he's not staying on the track and this makes sense for these four championships and all these leaders to come.

Kevin Harvick comes to pit road because they have 11 sets of tires for Play sitting here in the pit Soneji you get to run 27 laps a game and with tires being so valuable here in Miami you and all the new Goodyear rubber you can get on Kevin Harvick very small air pressure adjustments on the car were just too much to three Parker and Marty the 22 team reacting to their Jim to four competitors here go squeeze that car 22 still at the end of this race can use four Goodyear tires won't feel air pressure no eight going into the turns Kyle Busch's car is a bit loose so there was a wrench on the left rear window to make an adjustment to the chassis for new tires and fuel , so the strategy came into play last night for the championship we're looking at now 78 stays out another lap it's a mistake yeah well I don't think it's a mistake that early in the race I mean , there are still 229 laps, he is waving and he will come this time, yes, I think it is just a congestion.

I don't think it's a mistake. I think he's being cautious the last two times through this end of the track, it was two and three wide. Daniel Suárez missed pit road and ran off 78. I think he is looking for a slightly cleaner race track to get to pit road himself. until a little bit of time it's still l early, let's not damage the race car, just that you already see a little conservative strategy from Cole / - Martin Truex Jr understand that it was not like that - the last 10 laps of last year Kelly before he they really got aggressive with their pit calls and when Kyle Larson's 42 was in pit road Martin had asked what his last lap time was and at that point he was the fastest on the track mark to stay in the car 78 is not terrible but it lacks a bit of grip you see the key go they are going to make it the judgment of Tapia who says that Martin has said it is a little too loose and tight in the center and the 78 cars too they will have four new Goodyear tires and the Sunoco Ian fuel target now there will now be a penalty to this conservative strategy.

I like to call guys drivers who like to get to pit road with a little less congestion and have a little better idea that they won't hit anybody, but they'll definitely waste time with those guys on new tires. I mean I think the winner was in that pick in that pit stop round two pit stops the four car Kevin Harvick I think it's fair to say we've been very critical or the pit crew in the four car that's our biggest concern is his lack of speed old pit road kevin harvick that pit stop beat kyle busch off pit road entered pit road he was three and a half seconds behind denny hamlin look how he closed the gap on denny hamlin so advantage for the four car team moving forward at the first pit stop of the day, yes the last two laps he has been quicker than any Hamlin, so is Kyle Busch, and these guys are closing that bre cha and what Michael McDowell faces Hamlin will be the lead if Harvick hasn't caught up with him at the end and taking the lead, he's a second behind that pit stop sequence, he shaved two seconds off Denny Hamlin's lead that Harvick had se it's fast approaching there you see Hamlin right at the bottom of the screen there to pass the lead here with Denny Hamlin Michael McDowell hadn't made it to the top yet he's on the road so now Denny Hamlin is back in front but the championship to everyone has reached pit road advantage for kevin harvick as everyone is hard at work sawing the wheel 267 laps of racing led by amy how you saw it credit a bank the perfect credit card for everyday purchases and buying coke -cola, the official NASCAR championship fan snack for and where they race Kevin Harvick up front Kyle Busch has third Logano fourth and Martin Trucks Junior is ninth in this moment and that's how Kevin Harvick got the advantage he stole from Denny Hamlin with this move.

I just didn't see all four cars being that good today. He didn't have the speed in practice Friday. He really didn't have such a good practice on Saturday. Those guys went to work last. tonight I tell you guys I'm impressed with what they've been able to do the changes they've made to this car he's by far the quickest of the four obviously with the leader pulling away much quicker than these guys no it is. even close convection. The only thing for me is that they made those changes notbased on how fast the car was, but rather in Kevin Harvick's field.

You know I just need to feel something different. Steve likes that it's speed that matters, like sometimes drivers have to deal with that, but Kevin Harvick says, "I need to do something different and make those changes based on their field." the changes also brought up a big point about the pit crew which is Chris McMullen the new rear tire changer this crew of four has a lot of the year on their pit road performance well they would have loved to have made changes during the playoffs but they had all four stewart-haas teams in the playoffs they couldn't take a player from another team and pass him to kevin harvick soon they couldn't do that until this smacks of kristen mullen who had been wo working with eric, we're all on team tim all year his first day the first day the 14th is championship day imagine that pressure guys yeah that's stepping up big in a big game right here for a championship in the line, but we talked about the feeling of Kevin Harvick and what he knows he needs, he leads all the drivers here and in the top ten, I mean, he has a feeling he understands what he needs here.

Rodney is smart enough to know, hey, we have to give it to him. him, we're going to make some changes because our driver wants to feel something different, well, Jeff, on the opposite side, Martin Truex's 78, you do, we saw them stay out two more laps before pitting, being a little Conservative, Rick just making sure we're not going to have any problems with the whole week. We have talked about the best statistically good championship. I think that's what we're starting to see. Martin Truex junior's 78 because he sat out he lost four positions and about five seconds on the racecourse now he's back in eighth guys I just don't know if they'll be able to hang out for a couple hundred laps I think they should in the last few laps the field is too strong Kelly I think they will have to attack from the start of the race right now Martin jr.

He has been putting in some of the fastest laps on the track. They haven't won in the regular season playoffs yet, but they still have to win in the night races that we've had in this playoff system. When I spoke to the team, they felt they should have won. at least three of them, but maybe as many as five, but it's just been mistakes and pit road penalties, it's been on the right track, isn't it an attempt to get them to Victory Lane, for what have not won? in quite some time and they know they're going to have to put together the whole package here today to get that championship back to back and a lot of people have pointed fingers at the fact that this team is shutting down maybe the team will lose focus because they're worried about where are they going where their next job opportunity is going to be and the whole time the whole time that ad came out they've said we're not losing our focus we're focused on winning a championship defending our title for Barney Visser we want to let him out on top well , guys I got mine right now in the no game now I'm a championship contender kyle larson we talk about this hot he likes it now he's in fifth place I'm running the fence where he loves it run well.

He's going to go to the bottom here because he's got car 15, he's trying to go in a car back, he didn't want to get stuck in that dirty air bubble in the top slot, but he's been running that wall where he wants to slowly run working on his Heading into this battle, he told us that when he gets to the front, he won't be racing these championship guys like he did last year. put in that position he goes back that above you see a d river in front of him in orange a white car on 19 Daniel Suárez having a bad day so far on 25 one lap down and we don't know what he will do next year here is an ex Xfinity champion won that championship right here a few years ago and he has no idea what he's going to do next year so it's certainly not the last race he wanted to be one lap behind but you shouldn't see what Daniel Suarez comes out and gives us says in a few weeks what his future is Dave so the drivers Kyle Larson told me a couple of laps ago as his team was watching the pit stop he was picking up the pace the times were looking good so I'll ask you Dale jr .

You know this High Line, I think he had to work his way to it. Did you feel that way because you loved paddling there? But it would take you a couple of laps after a pit stop to get back there every time you go up. you get better and better with every lap you know where to push it he's going to try to dip under this 19 maybe even to do some sliding work but he's climbing to the top had to get around that 19 that 19 hurt him aerodynamically to be able to run that side high, you have to do those kinds of moves and he does, but yeah, once you got to the top, it doesn't happen right away. pushing the car without getting to the fence well right off the bat that's the weakness of the 42 last year they just weren't good enough on new tires when I spoke to Kyle Larson he admitted he said we wait until practice starts and then came out and really ran hard on new tires to make sure we were better than skinny k have a game still not as good as the others but better than last year yeah i was going to say i dont know if they are good enough in the front, the front of a run obviously has the late run. speed, but to be able to beat Harvick today.

Harvick has that front speed, yes, but that sun is still up. laps before everyone else so got two laps older tires still running lap times as fast as anyone most laps many laps as fast as you know first fast second fastest so a little bit older tire and still able to do that very impressive still about an hour and a half from sunset it's said to be 5:30 here in the farm area as the 11th will pass the 18th of Kyle Busch now Denny Hamlin took second place from Kyle Busch Kevin Harvick still out with a two point nine second lead achieves actually sort of has been running over him slowly very slowly as Denny starts to catch this traffic is giving Kyle Busch a chance to get even closer more was almost next to him right there he has to work on that you see he didn't make that pass look how much space there is something between him now he has to work work work work to get back to him look at him zamb ulling down here he's going to try to go down to the bottom to make that pass and he's going to have the momentum although at the exit of the corner, what are these turns doing? the cars gonna do who's gonna bug denny he might let this 18 have it he's gonna run him through this back right away pretty interesting teammates working together there or maybe not working together it seems like they ain't working together since Denny Hamlin is still looking for me to win this season again so big it's going to be big all night lap traffic will play a part I said in the driving he'll be on top of the track these cars in front of him that his team aerodynamically the 18th went to the bottom h Block type right now is an advantage for Kyle Busch he better turn left and pass these guys Harvick Kyle Busch 1 and 2 4 seconds separate the top two in the championship for the battle is on Monster Energy Cup Series racing from homestead - Miami Speedway Offensive, don't miss your last chance to win a NASCAR fan-built custom truck, enter for your chance chance to win and today just use promo code finish lines unlock 10 bonus tickets so don't wait visit

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.com. promo now to enter and use promo code finish line see 42 men who is on a mission went right now at the finish won and committed to that fence slide job he got for the 11 while the position of the 22 let's see what he does right here I think he's going to break that top or you know he's going to break the top that's what makes the god run or he ran higher that lap he's been running he's been running until the bottom trying to get through these guys finally got it at 1140 because the 42h Ealthy Valley 42 is going to be able to come out on top it's going to be hard to believe Kyle Larson won't have a great run at the start right here right here he comes, now, Logano has to be listening to his watchers.

Observers must be. tell him if he's cleaner or not coming to the outside don't try to take that and jeff dj majors been talked about this whole battle over where 42 is really 11 if he told me before the race that's a great thing about jocano is he can tell you where are those drivers that are running in the middle of the corners is happening and Joey can adjust his line but what I don't think he wants to add is don't sleep on this 22 car right now they have started a little patch at the end from this race and they told me no the day is not really the right time for them and they know the fuel they want for the night times was the night drops I hope the 22 car gets a lot stronger that's a great thing he said Parker on how this track changes from day to night with her who's fast now they may not have that drive late when the sun goes down and this cools down with this multi groove racetrack there so Kyle Larso n jumps to the back of the track, you call it a slide job, he just drives into the corner. he's carrying too much speed and he clears the 22 he clears the 11 now he's on the racetrack now he's going to slow down if he's not going to hit the wall that's why Joey Logano was able to go through the 42 on Hamlin's 11 cutting some slack alright I want to tell you what to tell you jr. this is the way i feel about it if i'm driving the 11 to 42 it does that to me i won't know i'm gonna hit it i'm gonna knock it out of the way cause i'm nothing but a block i won't stand for such a slick ride though i don't think anyone could have done it.

I think the dirty air really held Danny back. to get some good gas and hit that 42 man we had hit a sore spot for just like the new wave of racing Dave oh man oh man sorry Burton so for the crew chief chat 42 Justin I talked to him this tomorrow about the High Line and I said so when do you plan for me to migrate there? He said to migrate, he said we'd be living on the High Line, so folks, I've got some real estate in South Florida for you. The problem is that only one car opened and Larson.

Right now running in third he's 5.3 seconds behind Harvick who's being chased by Kyle Busch's 18 but right now Kyle Busch is going to fa We'll go back to third when Larson has made the pass and moves in front of the 18th. He is half a second faster than the leader. Kevin Harvick in front. We see this. This is what Powell does. Larson. All right, Holmes, what you do, but Jeff. the most laps but he hasn't won the race yet you know how you can be so fast and not win the race you need to be better up front and everyone there on new tires everyone is talking about the night make sure you are ready. for the night and the track change is going to improve the other problem that has hurt 242 and I think his respect for the game is because he didn't want to get in the middle of the championship battle he's been vocal this year they said you know what I have to do this year.

I'm hurt enough. I was nice last year and that's how it looked last year winning stages. This was the dominant car just like today. I was right up against wall one. stage one a stage two but then here at the end look he has a r an 18 doesn't draw a line to give him a shot and the bumper lets the 18 78 the 2 in front of him race for the championship i think he guessed the guys because you see him congratulate him, he was very expressive guys this year, he wasn't going to succeed Rutledge this year, he said he was going to compete for a win, well that's for sure, Stephen at the media day for the champions on Thursday, one of the members of the media asked these guys do you think to win the championship you're going to be the winner of the race and they all looked at each other and laughed and said well that depends on if Kyle Larson got screwed getting on the wall in the late stage so these guys know what the biggest threat is and someone like Kyle Larson who lives and feels so comfortable right at the top all the time.

Kyle Larson only goes through that of Jamie McMurray, who was at the bottom of the race track and again mentioned during the starting grid that Jamie McMurray has been very mother about clarifying his plans in 2019, it was announced in Chip Ganassi Racing that would not return full-time in 2019 and Jamie McMurray responded: I didn't want any awkward goodbyes. I haven't said what will happen in 2019. I don't want people making special plans at the racetracks we went to if they thought I was retiring so I haven't said anything. I still have a chance to drive the Daytona 500 for Chip Ganassi Racing next year and possibly work for Chip Ganassi Racing.

Just won. You will not be in the driver role, as we mentioned, the 78 was the last car to pitWith the advantage of having a couple of laps on fresher tyres, he gave up a lot of time and gradually fell back in the positions he lost. You can see his work. 11th on any recovery for fifth working on that bottom staying committed to the bottom his lap times in this race since he hit pit road got those tires it's been great even though he's fourth on the line for the championship because he still has great speed in the track race once we get them at this stage things go through a cycle he has to work on that track position sitting in sixth right now even if you have that speed that's too far back you can't witness the race six so it's the last restart he faced from fifth so he faced from fifth now he's taken all this time to race Hamlin to get back to the same position because bit a bit later I think they'll have to rethink that strategy moving forward Steve well one thing all year long we'd be talking about six points from four laps awarded Not today these championship quarters no points they just have to outdo each other and that's really how they're competing if you see in the top left four he's leading with the 78 past the 11th the championship four four running inside the first five final five laps of stage one for these drivers and crews maybe to take a little break a breather 192 laps still to go in the race but again divided into stages 80 laps for stage one 80 laps for stage two the drivers could catch their breath but those teams we talked about in the open air the pressure just isn't on martin truex jr the pit crews train all year and think about this they have already made a pit stop they might have somewhere to the six seven eight more stops for the rest of the day that's about two minutes of work Rick two minutes of work he will make a mistake he will be flawless and give him a chance give your driver to win a championship i know kyle larson is running 35 teams on top here fastest car on track our leading a mark of 35 50 trix junior on lap before ran 35 30 on bottom still committed with the bottom of the track that says to me there's a little bit more speed in that car you're showing the other thing that's extremely important right now Steve is communication the driver has to be talking to your team leader right now, giving you information so that you have time for even the engineers to arrive.

Get together and talk about the changes you want to make. This track will keep changing. I'm going to have to change your settings. Gucci, I don't know if the drivers don't tell them, hey, Jeff. you don't give me that information and maybe for Tony Gibson in the car he wants an information a little earlier because I'm guessing Rodney Childers somewhere and listening to the four car radio probably communicating with Tony Gibson a bit via direct message or email, so if anyone needs to have the info early it's these four cars when you start running the team by committee you need a little bit more time Rick we were expecting this but again the championship floor is top five it's Kevin Harvick Kyle Larson kind of throws a championship wrench for his plans, but Harvick leads by two seconds over Larson, then it's KyleBusch Joey Logano and Martin Truex Jr.

What did Joey Logano say? The big three and I, well, now it's the championship four and Larson, we've got five competitors here, that I think really anyone in the top five has good enough cars with the right tuning to win this. race you can't rule out Denny Hamlin right now running sixth he's been strong too Marty has a good point about Steve's information flow so what they've been doing Tony Gibson has been asking Kevin Harvick about every 15 laps when we get to one to go at this stage how the chassis feels right now so every 15 laps get that update Steve alright nice catch that's what you have to do Jeff mentioned it's the last lap here Rick , but we talk about new tyres, old tyres, drivers, they're focused if you ask Kevin Harvick how he drove on the first lap of this race, he doesn't remember that he knows how to drive now, it's your responsibility as crew chief to get that information and the championship to continue. to race each other and as Kevin Harvick comes out of turn four, he'll be the first to claim a win, he'll win stage one and that'll set the tone for the rest of the race.

Stage One Winner Kevin Harvick, Larson Kyle Busch Joey Logano Marc Jr. tricks. the top five and now Steve mentioned that the teams get to work pit stops next to the Monster Energy Cup series races in Miami, stage one of the Ford EcoBoost 400 is complete and let's take a look at the stage results presented for coke like we mentioned the championship four points doesn't matter but everyone else does because they're still fighting for top ten top 15 positions as far as end of season points so Kyle Larson is winning points up there with that second place finish on stage one now.

Steve teams, as you mentioned on the wall, getting ready and it all comes down to a perfect 13 seconds. gotta get back in shape Road not accelerating well and am giving my team a pep talk right now Not like perfect just solid just solid we ain't trying to hit home runs here just basic hits don't take us drivers have done a great job Marty they are all out front just keep them there and Kevin Harvick's crew delivered at that first stop which was under green flag conditions. Here is the second stop of the day. It is a question.

How do we compare to the other three in the championship? Tony Gibson said great, he said he's losing rear grip as he goes. They're going to put a piece of duct tape on the front grill there. They do it right there. And an air pressure adjustment on both rear tires. Kelley for Martin Truex Jr on it. 78 said it's not too bad but it's missing some side bite he said it was a little loose coming in so you need to be careful getting into those corners and adjust the chassis four tires and parker kelly fuel for Joey Logano every time he gets to center turn with the track bar up he loses grip on the starts and air pressure adjustment four tires Dave Bush lost a little time on pit road the first time he had a little problem again this time he's going to lose spots instead of being able to take advantage of that first pit stop we look at the off pit race that coca cola offers them and a lot of positions lost to Kyle Busch six pit spots as we head into half , let's check out our final edit of coca-cola race day fuel with bubba wallace and daniel suarez NASCAR fans celebrate championship weekend with the whole crew of their favorite drivers.

All you have to do is visit nascar.com. You're among the Kyle Busch fans, you're probably a little disappointed about what just happened on pit road in 3rd, 9th, six places lost, Rick we talked about it, we weren't perfect, we need to install it, this is it less looks so good. so far, but when the right front comes on, Doc has to remove a wheel nut to correct the lug coming up to the left front and makes the mistake of trying to make up for the timing problem with the tire going off, the next tire goes on didn't have the gun switch to talk the lug n ut off go started mi you see good news if there is any good news 182 to go get your nerves off we talked about the stage is the biggest stage the stops at bigger pits will make it to put that one behind you and there are more pit stops to come so you can redeem yourself or at least try to redeem yourself.

Denny Hamlin's 11 also had a problem on pit road. He missed his position. He had to back away to get back to his post. Hamlin and after being in the top ten this entire race Denny Hamlin is back down to 17, field nears Geico restart zone, Harvick and Larson make up the bounty, Harvick picked the top I think because he wants to to Larson at the bottom. up the track to see how it works let's find out if larson has takeoff speed right the four car loses front just a little right there look at Kurt Busch's 41 moving down the middle just like Logano's 22 here comes Logano trying to take second place from Harvick yeah that 1 and 2 term from Harvick wasn't very good Logano loud to get on the inside still all four cars fight here in the middle of track 41 car gets hit by Kurt Busch is teammate he I'll drive to the bottom Now I tried in the middle Race track doesn't work for the car Kevin Harvick Will drive straight to the white line If you had the Hendrie sorted again He would do something different He learned something I would imagine most of the field was paying attention still losing a little time today now these first few corners are looking good Marty mentioned an air pressure adjustment on the rear tires of all four and it's a situation where you have e to go in now than you have different air pressure back there possibly in the cars that generally drive very differently to a green flag pit stop versus yellow just because of the pace laps as we see that Joey Logano's 22 inching on that 42 Jeff even with clean air Kyle Larson can't drive on new tires clean Harper we've been told not to sleep on that 22 I was right look at this Lincoln really but you got dirty air right there while than the bottom but this track I said banking very old so when you lose the bottom you can commit the state with the throttle and see you don't lose as much time in the back immediately what you are doing right now you are trying to guess what Larson is going to do everyone in the field knows at some point Larson is going to the top Joey Logano is trying to guess he doesn't want to be right behind him he wants some clean air Pa rker exactly Jeff and he's really struggling with dirty air mentioned a lot in that first race they're just struggling to get especially tight in dirt to find some nose cleaner on 22 yeah so watch what 22 does look as he drives into turn three out the back right away now he's going to spin a bit before the 42 wins in a 42 or 42 to the top that's when Logano awarded Logano wanted to look like he was on top Now he's got clean air in the bottom you just hope 42 doesn't start sailing through them right away running away from him he'll have a few left to see if that works it's early to go all the way up though I think that might be the only hope look, look, look, right there, Larson back to the bottom, but not quite, still gives Logano a little bit of clean air, yeah, and he lost the bottom, just a bit of a closing guy. enters him here comes Logano trying to go for the race lead small draft side is trying to get that fourth panel he can't get there he dips into turn three here and now he has to trust the spot or Kevin Harvick is coming to to play y'all some of this action right now the spotters must be telling him that's clear, sure, we don't want to move to the lead, this car works a little better for him because of these gusts, adjust 10 or 15 laps and now that Harvick in the middle of the race track not at the bottom now him Birds in the background will try to get to the right side door to door with Larson those two fighting for the second Joey Logano the only one of the championship war he has never won here in Miami like Harvick now closing the gap between them at 22 the motto knowing Harvick is a bottom feeder he knows and Harvick will be on that bottom so where will the gone go he go to the bottom he will take The way he, Barson, will get by Harmon Larson, backed by the second and great company against the wall. 7 Rick it's taking about seven laps for the 42 to try to get to that last group of turns it looked like she started on offense again which will take her away from the front of the 4 it might not be better than fourth but I don't think that he is wasting more time with him and jr.

That's so frustrating for Harvick because he thought he had cleared it. He thought the fight was over as Larson made it work on the outside. He got that spot back. Steve, will we see a similar pit strategy at this stage? You see guys maybe 35 laps coming to pit road yeah probably around 35 they had some pace laps or caution laps coming so they don't have a full 80 under green. I'll be around 3035 at the last minute. Come to pit road Marty, hey, look if we wanted to adjust the air pressure, both rear tires drop air for Kevin Harvick in his team would change the handling, he said, really plowed now.

Memory said he was losing too much rear grip late and ran, but how? Can a small pressure adjustment ofAir like that seat changes the handling so much and when Marty says little quarters and a half pound, we're not talking about a full pound of air, half a pound, but you have to remember these cars are so engineered we're talking? about the aerodynamics horsepower suspension all that stuff basically the tire is a big part of the suspension remember it's the only thing that really hits the ground air pressure can be a big tune up let's take a look at a few laps from the top rock to you by coca-cola the different lines these drivers are taking around this track yeah the 42 is committed to the top he's trying to get his car in right now Logano's 22 is still faster by about a tenth and a half than last time. committed to fifth yet and is one of those championship four that may not run or want to take that risk and run right into the wall you see leads to the back of the race track that time god knows larson is about even on time back Harvick a little slower Truex coming into the picture here in fourth right behind him Aric Almirola in 10 you see him Logano running just a little lower crossing a sort of risk vs reward junction though jr. that 42 car has nothing to lose he goes into the wall and damages his car you know what I see from the year but these guys everyone else in championship races I just don't think Joey Logano can af

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Logano up front leading the championship because in Miami you're watching the Monster Energy Cup Series competing in the season finale Ford EcoBoost 400 race well the day after Thanksgiving there's still a lot to be thankful for it's Henrik Lundqvist and the Rangers visit division rival Claude Giroux and the Flyers find out the NHL Thanksgiving matchup is Friday at 1:00 p.m. This one on NBC Joey Logano has the lead, it's a 4/10 second lead over Kyle Larson, but Larson is still the one on the move as he runs into the wall seen there in turnaround traffic starting to take back. in the field this is going to play to somebody's strengths anyone who can get through this lap traffic the best right now is Costin for Logano Larson closing that gap quickly down the frontstretch weatherman is going to stop to Larson here in the high and slow groove. down just a little bit you see the four cars approaching in four cars moving up the race track it's 3/4 of the way up the race track that found it some speed it was actually a little faster than Moore in the last three or four laps once he got to Larson Larson is running right into that wall 22 you see a horse astride that seam steal is supposed to stay there here he comes he has a great race he doesn't want 22 to get up in front of him take that again you know how to do the air 30 hit the nos e of that 42 and take them to drive if I'm Logano although I'm going to use the 42 I know you don't want him to get up against the wall he's afraid he's going to hit the wall he was running at 42 even though he doesn't yeah but if you let that 42 go five in second he's behind him in the dirty air and then the four will be the guy that gets to he, that's what you see on the windshield at the top pit box.

I'm saying you're not racing the 42 we saw in yesterday's race. Don't let it lead you to make a mistake with a hundred and sixty-four to go on the scoreboard and see it's a big point Wow Kyle Larson goes on the inside Logano that's exactly what he said he felt the top wasn't worth it until 20 laps ago. Lee Ching entered Kyle Larson in front Joey Logano running second but again Logano in front of his other three championship contenders Kyle Larson all four of the championship contenders thought it was going to be Larson they would have to fight if they wanted to win this run look that's my fear he'll lose the lead it's dirty air cause he's running on the high side behind 42 he's just straddling that scene he'll lose petition to the Heat listen I hear you I want go but Larson faster Larson just faster than Joey Logano y'all know that right now why fight that guy and look at me he laughs so hard there's still a long way to go man there's a long way to go Joey Logano has to run this like a race of 267 lats Harvick is faster.

Larson is faster. He has to understand that and run accordingly. It's a good time to remind you guys with 162 laps to go when Kevin Harvick rockets into second here on the bottom line around Joey Logano and it's funny how quickly he said the changes in race car handling they were plowing at the start of this race and then he said ten laps later he started to go around and then five laps ago he said slide the tires on the entry and loosen up and this is the second place car Steve that's why that crew chief made a lot of money Kevin Harvick moving up to second it's all about adjustments this track is going to keep changing what to get some updates saw all four non-championship competitors start with kelly just a couple points behind that battle you see there aric almirola's 10 in his first year with stewart -haas racing made it all the way to championship eight got knocked out of the playoffs last week and crew chief donna clausberger told me they continue to exceed their own expectations they had to constantly adjust their goals throughout the season they said the best part is their performance got better and they made it to class so even at that high current situation they seem to do even better there is still many to fight for came into this race just four points out of fifth, there's Johnny Hood in the best of ruts. have their eyes on fifth in this championship, Kelly, if there's one driver that looked like he was in this championship form last week at Phoenix, it's Kurt Busch, he had an outstanding car and it looked like he could make it to Miami with a title chance the big question mark where he's going in 2019 I spoke to him just before the race and he told me I don't think our deals will be finalized in a few weeks but I hope to have some news by at least December 1st as for where we will race next year the checkered flag the season will end with a checkered flag day but the NASCAR Series season still went wrong parker and marty we know where clint bowyer joined going forward he has moved up 18 spots since the beginning this race to eighth, he mentioned above all this year how proud he has been of stewart-haas and this racing team.

He snapped a 190-race winless streak here to end at Martin Jol earlier this year and has been a step up to be part of the playoffs to also win at Michigan. Coming back after this Monster Energy Cup Series race from Homestead-Miami Speedway from Illumination, the creators of Despicable Me and The Secret Life of Pets, comes the unique reinvention. from the beloved tail dr. Seuss's the Grinch is now playing at a theater near you Kyle Larson has a 1.8 second lead he has now moved between himself and second Kevin Harvick Martin Truex Jr has now moved up to third Joey Logano is fourth Almirola has moved into in the top five and kyle busch now running in sixth still talking about running against the wall a few laps to go william barn testing it right against the wall you see he loosened a little bit of contact it's not easy kyle larson makes it look easy but it's whatever thing less special skill and art you were good at it you were really good running to the top how do you do well you have to commit early you have to commit to running high to the corner like look at larson he is going to enter the corner on the fence he he didn't drive through the corner own driveway and drove to the wall in the middle of the corner he's on the fence when he walks into the corner that's the trick you do it he does barely an hour kyle busch was at the pre-race show and this is what he had to say about running against the wall and everybody's looking good you know the spins will be the place to be that's where you're going to win the race, well, you have to have a special circumstance to be able to run up there like that and set your distance to be able to run up there like that, so I don't think any of the four guys in the championship have done that, You know, I feel like there's only one guy in the field that focused on that and that's a 42, so the opportunity that's presenting itself right now is that we just fight and run and run hard and run all over this Homestead-Miami Speedway. from top to bottom wherever you have to figure it out wherever it goes. to make it work best for you in your car in that situation and make the most of that opportunity well kyle found different setups it takes a different setup to run against the wall but you also need a driver who is willing to race there in Give him practice that's something you'd always be willing to do, he'd run long enough on the tires to be able to run against the fence and I think it's not just a setup but a confidence that he knew specifically what that car needed to be in order to race there all day good when you go to the corner on the high side these cars sit on y'all sideways across the corner its a couple degrees off y'all and when you pull up to the fence well we got a literal pit or pit road here Kyle Larson on pit road Dave first again guys here comes Kyle and the driver said it's tickets take about 20 laps until s í you see that damage right there just a couple of wall ticks about twice been on the wall so far this afternoon so again taking 20 laps to go to get going but boy once it goes , he's gone, so no real adjustments to the race car at this point, four Goodyear tires and Sunoco fuel once again, first on pit road Kyle Larson and just under 14 seconds, but what that does is bringing the field to pit road started it and everyone else is following and a close decision for the 14 Clint Boyer yes Clint Bowyer was driving a lot of speed on a pit road the 21 Bernard everyone watch this right now , Logano on pit road, Parker to the right and he is first in the championship. four contenders for pit road has been complaining about the car turning around the center of the track bar but then getting too loose on the start lee has been able to find the right combination inside that race car they're going to do four Goodyear tires and Sunoco fuel and an air pressure adjustment tape.

One team said he was slowing down when he got tighter and then realized he needed to do some work. Lack of rear grip going in was his biggest problem for tires and fuel. Kevin Harvick's pit crew was impeccable today. Let's see if they can once again deliver under a green flag condition. Harvick says the car is too loose at the end of the race. Air pressure. Justin, another good stop. Bunch Kelly so Martin Truex Jr's 78 was well followed by Martin says he's been shooting a little tight the team feels like he's losing most of his time in turn three it'll be four Goodyear tires and Sunoco fuel for the 78, well, you know.

It's this time Rick, Martin Truex Jr's 78, chased those championship fours down pit road, waited a couple of laps the first time, I think they saw how much time they lost. Cole Pearn, being a little more aggressive here in stage two, joined his by another championship four. on pit road riding his bike through the green flag stops and Denny Hamlin gets left out, he hasn't been on pit road this most recent pit stop cycle, so he shows up as the leader of the race jenny hams remembers she had that bad pit stop she did if you know she came out she even hit it she came out all the way 17th after that pit stop she had driven up to 10th before this whole sequence happened so that Denny Hamlin has a fast race car, Hamlin leading, Larson running second, and then the champion. ip for Harvick Truex Jr and Logano Today's aerial coverage presented by coca-cola Denny Hamlin hit pit road below brank and Kyle Larson back up front they've all been through their green flag pit stops this is where the championship for a second in a row for Kevin Harvick third for Mart Rex jr. fourth Joey Logano and Kyle Busch back in seven but much better pit stop that time Steve as Kyle Busch was able to maybe recover or rectify what they had done the first time now it's time for today's new subway take let's focus on this most recent pit stop they can't wall out the knights in the green and yellow fire suit front tire changer had a little problem stop one we talked about how many stops who will have today we'll see this soft front right bounce back smooth front left Grain Foot five nut swap that's the way you bounce back right here leave that bad behind you 140laps to go You'll have plenty of pit stops for your drivers in seventh, but we know there's only 33 laps to go at this stage, he says he can probably get the driver to track position by bouncing around a rough track.

You see Kyle Busch's head bouncing, especially when you run into the wall on the backstretch. He mentions Kyle Larson up front. and in '42 and the story of Jimmie Johnson in '48 currently running in 12th position did it and this is the last day of crew chief work for Chad Knaus with the seven-time champion the championships Chad won together will have a new driver next year and William Byron of course Jimmie Johnson will get Kevin's mentorship from the Xfinity series but 602 races they've had together and they asked Chad about it this morning if you've been thinking about it he he said well not really and part of the reason is because even though there's a celebration and what we've done together this year hasn't been much of a celebration they haven't had the speed that they wanted but Chad and Jimmie described it more as a brotherhood than a working relationship, they're friends, yes they get a little testy with each other from time to time but they get over it and move on and by the way did I mention seven championships including five in a row?

It has been quite a team. here's a bottle there's a bottle in the garage area that's what all the other organizations are looking to do is try to find that match and we've got some of those pairs today I mean look at the numbers on Adam Stevens and Kyle Busch Cole Pearn Martin Truex Jr Todd Gordon Joey Logano you know these matchups we have vying for a championship today could be the makings of a Jimmie Johnson ad on Jack when I sat down with Jimmie a little bit earlier this year he said you know one of my you fail and can't. he has too many but one of his flaws is loyalty and he said that it might be one of my weaknesses, I may have been too loyal throughout my career, maybe this change should have happened a bit sooner but right now looks nice good up to seven championships and 81 wins together for Jimmie Johnson and Chad canals 42 cars that have a little problem right here with a small lap of 34 look at this three in the middle and 434 slides in front of him and amazing control he me got into physical hold March is going to come into a driving junction right in front of his nose so close that's this Larson frustration he said hey man you see me running to the high side have your spotter tell you I'm going to come and run here for 150 laps hey remember last week in Phoenix this car and driver finished third that day and speaking to crew chief Chad Johnson beforehand he said you got mentioned a lot as a potential winner here in Phoenix that day and he said that's flattering but you know Kevin Harvick is in a class of one at that race track here it's been the classes that we've already talked about earlier this week two championships four they knew they would have to race this guy by the checkered flag Kelly saved a A couple of laps after his last pit stop Martin Truex Jr radioed he had a little vibration pit crew sprang into action right away though things were resolved here in pit box 78, they came back and w We've been reviewing his last pit stop and Martin's seat has been silent on the radio so I'm assuming he's gone.

Can you explain why you might have a vibration to begin with? but I would accept silence, since it's not getting worse, that would really be the question that Mart tricks jr. i would let you know if its a vibration that continues to get worse i would hope it was a loose wheel but these drivers understand that some sets vibrate just like your tires on your car these tires balance but on a 100 60 70 80 mph you just know a quarter of an ounce or a half ounce of how to balance well can make the tires shake if they don't get worse you assume all the wheels are tight and right now Martin Truex Jr chasing Kevin Harvick us Heinrich jr .

Logano and then Almirola on the mission and role of fifth you have to go back and think about last week sitting there on the front row at the end of the race needing to win that race we had to move here with the chance to win the championship. I can't find a way to make it happen, but our camera films his recovering team doing a very good job running fifth at the moment. You know this team. If you give them a chance late in the race, be careful because Eric is hungry and excited for this. team, he's so excited next year he feels like they'll only get that, what if they come out here and beat all four championships?

You'll always wonder what if, man, we could have made it all the way to this race to challenge for the championship if they could have been in the championship, but it would have been necessary to win at Phoenix, he couldn't make it as we go, NASCAR non-stop, the first weekend warning for anything other than a stage finish and it's for debris. at the race track there is a piece of metal it looks like a flattened panel maybe it came off the 20 look at the damage on the right side has definitely found the wall you don't want to cut a tire timmy hill hit it 66 good with 21 laps to go to the stage 21 laps on his tires i have no doubt everyone on the lead lap will come to pit road you know we talked about green flag pit stops and the opportunity for these pit crew guys to try to help the pilot to get out of this is a misconception a slow stop under green why do you think it would cost you more because everyone is running at 100 80 miles an hour it may cost you more time but usually fewer positions because the field is well chained now under yellow guys you had the same mistake if that stop is a second or 1/2 second slow it will cost you a lot of places thats what happened to kyle busch at the end of the first stage a little mistake with s six spots on pit road which of these four championship teams will be flawless.

I think right now, the guy who's glad to see this caution come out, Joe Igano, because they were losing a little bit of pace in the car. Did you see how fast he was at the front of this race in the early laps he was able to drive there take the lead content with only 20 laps to go this stage is a great opportunity for him to try and pedal back to the front. com New 10-Piece Chicken Feast From KFC And Ford Goes Further So He Can Pit Stop Returning To Race Leader Kyle Larson But Now Everyone's Piled Up And That Means Very Hectic Pit Road Guys Yeah I had an idea if it was a crew chief for Kyle Larson had an idea of ​​something he wanted to try in the short term.

This would be my experiment. There are only 20 laps left, even if you mess up it won't hurt, but you have to make this car work a little bit better. look at that gap between the four cars, the 78 is going to be hard to beat those guys on pit road getting Marty Kevin Harvick to pit road jr. He said good changes at that last stop, it's still a bit too free at the start, plus the temperatures are a bit high, they're not worried about it, they won't be making any changes to the chassis or air pressure here either.

Kelly Martin Treach Jr. said he's shooting a little tight and could use a little more side going into the corners but overall not too bad don't expect any changes here on the 78 just four tires and associated fuel same for the 22 just air pressure all the time backwards they can put a little tape on the grill as the temps drop here night comes on and that's what the 22nd expects overnight. Dave Kyle Busch wants him to stay free in the middle, but he's too sensitive in the tackle. there is a race out of the pits Rick yes race out of the pits presented by Kroger Click through the charts and look at positions one through four all with space you are looking at Monster Energy Cup Series racing the Ford EcoBoost 400 Rob Homestead Miami Speedway and there are some great places around this race track to watch racing and rut.

I think you found one. I sure did Rick. These pit road cabins are awesome, especially if you find Joey Logano and his family and friends. It's been a great week his sister Daniel. he's here, he's getting ready for a big ice skating trip, his friend Gavin Grubb is here from Arkansas, there's Danielle, our favorite ice skater, but gosh, what a great weekend this week, the Joey Logano Foundation, one of Comcast's community services. award which is a great thing about giving back in seconds the changes you can see there on stage but they also had a huge fundraiser last night they have raised over a hundred and seventy thousand dollars this week for charity their parents are here obviously family is coming from all over the country they're on pins and needles here guys if you want to talk about a high tension place to watch this well you mentioned second chances run and that's what the joey logano foundation is all about giving kids and young adults a second chance and that's really if you look at Joey Logano his career right now is another second chance last year he was one of the ones you would consider a favorite during this season would you make the inkling that he was going to be a favorite for the championship did not even reach the championship because this year it has recovered, probably the most improved has arrived if it can be called from a year ago to this year and to Now almost a second chance for Joey Logano to run for that championship, you know Rick, in every pit stop sequence there's always a winner, there's always a loser, sometimes it's not because he came out with the lead, in this case, Kyle Busch had trouble at his pit stop earlier. he was kind of languishing back there he couldn't really go anywhere he went down pit road and piled it all up and the spit crew picked him up in one place now he's restarting at the bottom of the track in fifth a good caution for him and a good pit stop this could be important for this team track position is important we've seen it they could have picked something up right there once again it's Harvick and Larson Larson has picked that inside line for the restart it's a controlled car won the race out of t Pit road and field approaching the restart zone once again for Geico Larson Harvick one and two junior trucks Logano and Kyle Busch top five odd restart all checking each other out because what he asks in the back for came in one and Clint Boyer in the 14 made his way up the track, he lost a lot of positions there as they go through one and two and you see the 18 of Kyle Busch launching towards outside trying to pass that 78 all for my championship contenders all together right now Kyle Busch with a big run at the top here around the 78 car Truex replaces Steve you said it right now we know these guys have set up these cars with air pressure or 15 wrong laps let's see let's get the speed off right now Kyle Busch seems to be the guy and you see the lights have come on and that's when Kevin Harvick talked about the track change and that's going to be the biggest moment for this race with only a hundred 22 laps to go in the race 15 to go staging things a it's getting very hot for these drivers well 122 laps to go in the season 13,000 miles these guys have a race to get here with the chance to win the championship, they have 15 left before they realize they get another yellow to work on their cars. and they will be in the final stage of the final race to win a championship.

Steve, how about you stop the car right now take off fast? It seems that he improved his car in a short race. I agree. This restart has been much better for him, he struggled in the first three laps on the first three stars of stage two, but it looks like his car handles much better on this restart here on this set of tires coming up on Larson, actually closed the gap with Larson Larson still right at the bottom a good 4 car run from the top to take the lead here comes Harvick at the back of the track now Larson dives about two lanes up side by side Harvick trying to take first place from Larson Marshals is going to fight again at the start side those little side shots in the fourth panel in the four car down here hard to charge in turn three clear it I think he will have this position coming out of the turn for now Larson right up against that familiar spot on the wall but now he's behind Harvick's four staring as well as looking into his eyes looking at Larson seeing where he's going to go ce that I need to block him I don't need to block him right now his spotters talking to him he just looks at his line as he walks out of the corner look at his eyes now he's going to move towards the wall immediately move towards the mirror looking for Larson to understand if he has to block it an eye that has been the problem for larson no not the same speed as the four cars with sticky tires this is only a few laps in this room with 12 laps to shoot a little better but now i still need to workin those first five or so laps to be able to keep these four cars at bay in the investigation but look at the gap the four car has put two logano Steve has said it several times that's who you have to beat you have to beat Logano you have what to be bush you have to be truex he is away from these guys in this reboot kevin harvick you know steve you mentioned it earlier you thought it was a little different of an aura about him or maybe just the way he looked at me it was more of an attitude professional for this championship, almost Tom Brady, like I've been there before, I did it, no need to talk trash. this year I'm going to go out there and show them I'm the champion because of what I do on the track well he doesn't have his head coach Rodney Childers is suspended he doesn't have his head coach for the last race in Phoenix or this race with this race and Miami, so you have to wonder, you know, what we're seeing in Kevin Harvick is he's taking on a bigger leadership role within the team trying to keep the team focused staying focused without changing the subject doesn't really even say much Marty every question it seemed like the answers were getting shorter and shorter and there's a battle ring yeah I was going to say before we go to Marty let's take a look at what's going on here it looks like the 18th Kyle Busch is going to lose a spot to Martin Truex Jr's 78 a little loose at the bottom of the track but junior takes the spot but what a run Kyle Busch has he gets to the rear bumper but that's as far as Marti will go n Truex Jr now to fourth I think team Complutense to improve the handling of this car definitely cant be happy with their cheeky stuff right now this is a snapshot of what we got to see late in the race guys a short race 20-30 laps to the end home tires this is omg we are heading to the end of this race and these guys can see who needs to work on their car a bit but understand that in that early race Larson and Almirola have been two cars that have mixed with this championship. because as far as competing to win a race, Larson is still running up in second and Almirola running sixth marked Rex junior, we just saw him pass Kyle Busch's 18, remember he is the defending champion, he won this race a year ago and he mentioned where he wanted to position himself after stage two last year we were running second we were in a position to try something different and that was really a game changer for us you know we didn't have the best car but we played a different strategy to try to change the position of the track and we were able to do that and you know once we can get the lead we'll be able to hold so you have to be close you know when when the final third stage starts you have to be close to the front and you have to be to be in the mix I like what Martin is thinking there and all four are close Kevin Harvick has the best car that's what everyone wants but with Kevin Harvick he has to be careful if Joey Logano Martin Truex Jr made it all to the top five first so just like Martin said last year they tried a few different things seven laps to go Stage two will be in the books Rick when we get to that final stage I hope 78 or 18 or even 22 will bet on Jeff just they're not going to stay in line and they're not going to put up a fight for this championship Steve remembers earlier this cold year the crew chief for Martin Truex junior's '78 at Sonoma they fooled Rodney Childers and those guys have pit road ahead of them from him God we got into his head he got in front of him that was a difference that would make it that's what made the difference in that race that's the opening these teams are looking for in this race as well Mar ty hey rick we talked a lot about the approach to the 40 min kevin harvick this weekend i would describe it as experience and perspective of things so to speak and a good example of that is this morning.

You know if your driver's championship is something. Good morning. Buried with your head and note that you are watching a movie. lake in the infield here at homestead-miami speedway grabbed a cup of coffee and went fin fishing son and that's what they did the six year old caught nine fish in that perspective you jeff i think you would agree he has really changed Kevin Harvick as a race car driver it's not just about the race car but once you get in the car it's all business hey that's what Kevin Harvick is and really that's what race drivers have to do you really need a split personality you can be a good guy nice guy on the street on a tuesday but on a sunday man you gotta be ugly nasty selfish that's how you're going to win these races so we've seen to Kyle Larson running into the wall, well, that short sprint speed and slowing it down. so Kyle Larson changed his line and three and four still up on the top right of the wall, but one and two brought his line down, he runs in the middle of the track. fastest car at t two or three laps have been gaining ground at Harvick but a little different approach in turn one Rick said the lights are on starting to cool down this temporary track just a bit so these days The lines definitely drive low and then let the car wash up. racetrack I've never seen that done before here by yourself.

I've seen people try to overtake like that. He is using a great lap time. Why everyone loves to race on this racing track. on a staging track, Jeff Kyle Larson ran the fastest lap last time, so maybe a single line will put him back in front and in contention to win this race again, he's willing to give it a try. I think it's fair to say everyone. the drivers at your race track this guy right here will go places where other people aren't trying to find speed okay top five cars he has the least to lose the other four are trying to win a championship kyle larson trying to win a race Pepa Steve tell me a minute man when you have a driver that moves like that doesn't it make you feel good as a crew chief? 'Cause you know in the car if it doesn't work on the bottom you realize it's only a matter of time before your guys go get, yeah help me out right when we see Kevin Harvick. getting stuck in lap traffic at the bottom if kyle larson comes out on top here clean he will have a great run down the front stretch rick and could be fighting for maybe the stage 2 win harvick at the end of the track here comes Larson on the high side again no water still fighting for points Larson wants to finish in the top five in the points standings and now he's going to fight how hard Kevin Harvick will fight for this Harvick to the bottom of the race track another Larson with the momentum here he comes on the high side Kyle Larson jumps out of turn four and Larson is going to win stage two Larson Harvick Logano Truex Jr Almirola Kyle Busch that's the top six on stage two Kevin Harvick stage winner one and now Kyle Larson wins stage two or is the High Line coming along well Kyle Larson definitely wants it because that's where he's been most comfortable and that's where he was able to make up ground and win stage two. to two a final stage to go in the championship and it's looming for all sorts of big day make McDonald's your morning stop with the new triple tax breakfast that's packed with two sausage patties two slices of bacon cheese an egg on your choice of McMuffin mccredle's or biscuit has been narrowed down to one stage remaining let's take a look at the stage results presented by coca-cola Larson taking a stage two win and Harvick once again beating the other four championship contenders let's hear on the radio 18 great comments from Kyle Busch saying listen I need more security in the back I need to be able to turn the wheel to the left a hundred and five turns to make these adjustments Marty is going to be important to Kevin Harvick and his team the concern right now It's just the temp in the car is plus 15 temps.

Tony Gibson said I should be fine, but Harvick said I'm going to have to say struggles to drive that under green going to remove a little piece of tape right here four tires for kevin harvick no changes to the chassis kelly well martin truex junior in that '78 said he just can't push it because it's too loose going in , but then it's tight in the center and it's not shooting very well in that 70 80 there. He will have four Goodyear and Sunoco tires. Berger fuel for Joey Logano, concern is he shot well but then lacks speeds from Ross before Goodyear Tire Sunoco fuel Dave Kyle Busch relying on engineering from a crew chief to do some wrench-in-window wind changes for tires and fuel we'll see how he does in the next race and check this out the pit road race hosted by coca-cola Joey Logano and that pit crew gets him out of the rig by winning two spots it's the NASCAR championship on sunday and we still haven't finished in many ways we are just beginning the final leg about to start our post-race coverage continues late into the night on both NBC and NBCSN if you join us for the pre-race show Kyle and Dale said every championship driver runs for or with something special speed for Harvick boost for Joey Logano for Martin Truex's motivational story for Kyle Busch just before d e come here to the pit box i asked kyle petty i said which one will make the difference he said none of them will be the night when sun goes down jr jeff burton is that the point is we are about to possibly see a completely different race 100 laps to go this is the final stage I think we'll get a late yellow I've been paying attention to who has short race speed so God knows he showed some short race speed at times.

Harvick has had it all day, so I think Harvick is in the best position right now. What kind of career we have. We will have great determination. If it's a long race, you know it's going to be a guy. but in the short term that's going to be something else. Then the other thing is pit lane. We have seen position changes in the pit lane. We just saw him there. Joey Logano with a big win. We've been waiting to see you all day. The pit crew finally stepped up. last 101 laps of the race season there will be a different race winner than the champion it has taken a race to win the championship Logano Harvick side by side final stage ongoing interesting for Logano to choose the high side there he connected to stop the sports car running off the bottom and he's on the court panel just to clear the car up yeah he lost his little boat boost right there bottom has been the way to go on these restarts that's what I thought I was shocked just like you 22 picking that outside line 2:22 still using the middle of the racetrack everyone else at the bottom Kyle Busch sit behind this you saw he took everyone out from fifth it's a fight of dogs behind him look at the mess Kyle Busch has in front of him look who's coming After that dogfight, Jimmie Johnson's 48 was still looking for his first win of 2018.

Harvick took to the track surprisingly. Nice to see him there to give up the side shot of all four cars both of them fighting for the lead Logano on the inside Harvick stayed up high here comes the 78 things are heating up Logano on the front Harvick running second now drafting on the side and Martin Truex Jr will fill out the pass as they go to 1 harvick struggling on these sticky tires for this race shop the seam on the track has been a bottle he was there all day and now he's in the middle of the track he has some balance issues mate i don't think he's had all day it's cost him a lot of time right now san carlo has done this before in loop two good thing he got he's got his speed back and you're looking cool going obama track here he comes go that's a great point Steve talked about that before the last race was a short race so maybe they did a little air pressure change to get it to go off now they're back to their normal settings because they believe or that they will have a long race we've seen this before with joey logano short race speed 27 laps on stage 2 then he started to struggle will that happen again look who's running 1 and 2 now joey logano up front ?

Martin Truex Jr was running second and it wasn't too long ago that things changed for these two drivers. Martin Truex Jr was in front. Joey Logano was running second. The question was if Joey Logano would put the damper on at 78. He definitely did. They raced to the start/finish line and Logano got the lead. Martin Truex Jr said that when he races Joey Logano he races him differently. 22 shot up at the start of the second stint about 27 laps after the fight started in a big way dropping back to 3rd 4th if that happens again Trix will have a chance to close out well we heard that audio from Martin Trix jr . before the end of stage two he said that he was in second position last year because they were able to do somethingdifferent Cole Pearn and he worked a little different strategy and gave him a lead that's the other question with 96 laps to go everyone I can do it in one stop guys but is a crew chief really going to bet the tires are worth that much ? beat out front the three in front of you head up you can bet callie comes to pit road at a weird time and it really makes those other crew chiefs scratch their heads and now think about it just 95 to go for this race team like A full organization had certainly been an emotional week for the Furniture Row races, especially when they last loaded the truck in Denver, Colorado crew chief Colburn said he didn't think they were prepared for how emotional it was.

They told me there were a lot of grown men crying that night they said when the elevator door lifted they realized it was the last time they were going to do this together as a group you know there will be a celebration at the end of this race no matter what it turns out they want to celebrate the success they've had together over the years, but if they can pull off back-to-back championships, it's going to be one hell of a party and it was announced that Martin Truex Jr and Colburn will drive and crew chief will race for Jill Gibbs Racing in 2019 , that's been decided, but the rest of the team there's nobody left, they're all still a part of Furniture Row racing, they're all still looking for work okay, with the exception of about 15 drivers or 15 crew members and Barney Visser has said that I want them to be part of my organization here my job that I have here the last lap Martin Truex Jr finally ran faster than Joe Tigana in 41 to 42 before Logano had been more fast around 2/10 then sits and a half and 10 starting to even out now it can feel like context is closed all the time as Harvick is back here struggling let's take a look yeah well since he was starting the last race, nine this race look at his chamois hands free back there in the the car is not on the race track barney jeff you can see the free entry for kevin harvick he hasn't said a word on the radio about it though that's coming from tim fedewa the observer clearly they've been very good and their strength in this core car all day long it's been the longest races that's what they're betting on here 92 to go only 87 laps left the Ford EcoBoost 400 the Monster Energy Cup Series of Miami well NASCAR dry that's your live race partner that you can watch during the broadcast and select alternate camera angles, which means you'll never miss a lap with NASCAR Drive, is it NASCAR?

Driving easy on a 42 drive. Looks like he's coming in right now. Run third. He just passed Kevin Harvick for third place. a little bit of tricks tricks he's moving he was as fast as our leader Logano's 22 but now leader Logano has found some speed Martin is moving around the 42 he's on the fence and he's coming and they told him they'd come back to now mate Ted Johnson, the crew chief, told me that in practice we never had many other short races before, once they were done and they did 15 or 20 laps on the 42, it looks like he's going to try to take second place from him.

Truex Jr here shortly the problem will be the traffic on the lap right now there are 19 cars on the lead lap there is an increase in urgency I think with car 78 the final stretch of the last five races here has been 34 laps or less but you can't guarantee you're going to get that late yellow you can't let that 22 get too big a lead you've got to keep that gap closed if you can't catch him overtaking you want to keep him in sight good long race speeds no better that 22 strong today they are good old short fast long running speed they will start to run you over if this is different I don't know why it will be different the only difference is now you can see how dark it is All the lights are on the track, the temperatures are getting cold, that's the only reason something should change, see Kevin Harvick running to the back, oh, Larson Marty HF, the team of four has been over He's outgoing on pit road today but they just got a little boost here on pit road daniel smith a long time rear tire changer we've talked about him he's a tire of a lifetime Juden for all four cars there he is diagnosed with cancer in august he is back on the track today for the first time high fives with Tony Stewart there he finishes the last round of chemo friday at the hospital yesterday at 6:00 am. and he hopes to return to practice in two weeks, as long as the doctors give him a good health, he will see this best stage here for all four teams and certainly cheer them emotionally.

I'm really rooting for the guys and you could see the way Kevin Harvick drives he wants to do everything he can for everyone on this team again Harvick running fourth trying to chase Kyle Larson once again Logano in the junior front trucks running second we mentioned to Kyle Larson and the guys that all the lap traffic was coming from the weekend but look at the 42 here the 97 won't move the 99 wall move so the 42 has to go to the bottom and when it gets to the background is beyond normal, it's average or below average, look how long. loses to 78 Kevin Harvick gets to 42 in over a second due to traffic keep that in mind with 82 laps to go that time it was Kyle Larson but next time it could be Joey Logano it could be Kevin Harvick could that be something to help to decide the championship if you go to the bottom to circle the car back and he doesn't get it out of the corner if he's still out of you your art you can't get back on the gas so basically you're driving through the hole right away i f medium speed i mean it really kills your speed not being able to clear those guys out of the corner like this with 80 laps to go do we see no rear grip from kevin harvick's 4 do we see an advantage of any of the 4 right now so the wall turns no rear grip unchanged so what's happening right now is the track changes just because you didn't make a change now you know it's a track so Ah or ra has to adjust to that the next time we go to pit road you asked a question rick i think logano and trix are even it's who has the longest running speed if this goes any further we don't get a Word of caution, it's who's got that long run speed, it looks like they're trading laps, it's going to be Logano. faster than Truex, trucks will get to be faster than Logano, well, and if Adam Stevens has the guts, if he thinks he has to, it's really the question, will he throw a Hail Mary in about 10 laps if you got there in nine or ten laps?

I'd say I'm going to whistle twice Rick the map says it might not work but sometimes you gotta do what Your only option is to close five and a half seconds behind Joey Logano he knows he's got to have a yellow in this situation instead of taking it on yourself to get completely off the grid it would be the gamble of your life with a run on a lie or chipping on a line but dave sometimes that's what it will take steve not yet They've said if that's going to be their plan. They certainly don't want to reveal what they're going to do, but Kyle has been silent on the radio since they restarted the conversation from the lookout.

It seems a little loose, but right now Kyle is trying to find some way to get back. up for the front 42 is coming you said jeff around 15 20 laps to run his 23 flat in this race taking second place for martin tricks jr. these these guys are a second behind their leader but more importantly Martin Truex Jr has been attacking Logano so now he's faster than god or not by much but he's steadily gaining ground it's a bit faster and will they start? changing the lines now that the sun has set and the track is starting to get cold we will see the drivers fight and try to find that grip trying to find speed around the race track right now Logano is out front as we move forward NASCAR non-stop.

Don't miss a thing, you watched it all non-stop, caution came out, what could have been a race for the lead, now he's got Kyle Larson on the platform and he's heading to pit road. Kyle Larson has a problem with his right side. from that car guys we just saw it live he touched the fence a little bit he came down the front stretch in front of us Dale jr. pulled away from the wall to show his spotter how much damage he had and then into the next set of corners the right rear deflates here he is he knows he hits the wall pulls away from the front stretch thats the only way the observer can see it see right rear tire no more yellow lettering Dale jr. then eventually the tire goes off, it's a tough break, we saw that last night with the Xfinity cars with composite bodies, these guys, those guys can clean up those bodies a lot, not with these bodies, they can't damage these bodies. it hit the aerodynamics of the car or it blew the tire like it has done here and that's the danger there's a big advantage of running there it's very very fast but the danger is this right here that's why we haven't seen the contenders of the championship go there. he just can't afford to have this kind of problem this can take away your championship if you're one of those four guys and since he's had this problem guess what that did that put our championship contenders first second third fourth It's going to be an epic battle on pit road right here who said it Jeff we left Phoenix we said this is the biggest thing for drivers we've had the best the best stats the big three and me Joey Logano said well now the me of that is Logano the leader the big three lined up behind him they have dominated the regular season with 73 laps to the championship one to four the pressure is going from the cockpit to pit road who is going to be flawless did you mention before perfect i said you just need solidity or get closer Gonna need the perfect ring, but championships are on the line, well how about 18th place?

They can jump? Maybe get that 18. Track position. He's the fourth guy right now. and he ran Joey Logano off pit road first, the head of all four of his other championship contenders. I was going to say right now with this extra lap, crew chief. I'm out of the box. I'm gonna hit every one of my guys trying to break down their nerves a little bit hey you're the guy that got us here we can do just one more stop just a little bit this is the time you gotta be a leader . I know you have practiced. gym but Junior's nerves that's what m Makes sports great can they do it?

This is another opportunity for all four of Harvick's Tina Kurt Busch cars to get onto pit road and work on their race cars. They don't have enough speed right now to be able to compete in a Truex glove and they know that and it's a great opportunity for them to improve listening to Harvick's radio there you have it Tony Gibson they're going to put some duct tape back on his nose I think they had it on before and they took it off but when he needs to know is listen it's a couple of adjustments so even if I put a little bit of tape on it it's going to add downforce it's going to be the grip that's going to make the front end spin you want a little wedge maybe put a little bit of grip on the back of the car too you know I heard good it's not going to hurt yeah my favorite setting on the race car was the tape on the grid I was always quicker it was the best it's this extra downforce oh yeah it's like a dessert everyone loves it and remembers Tony Gibson asking that question those two h They haven't worked together all season the way Rodney Childers and Kevin Harvick have .

Now it is Tony Gibson who is trying to make these decisions. math is about understanding the situation Tony Gibson understands he's a veteran this could be the time to win the championship right here let's step up part of Harvick's team has been impeccable on pit road Rick Mike Morneau not only he's going to be wearing the front tires changing as well and he's going to put tape on the grid for kevin harvick that request he made a moment ago they're also going to do his first wedge adjustment of the day the worst thing he's driven all day was that race so kevin Harvick will release Kelly pit row 78 has gained spots the last two times on pit road Martin Truex Jr said he shot better but still had to use the track bar inside the cockpit so they are going to do a chassis tuning four tires and parker fuel that 22 crew got joe gatto to run last stop they gonna put duct tape and four goodyear tires can they keep it up?

It's going to cost Kyle Busch a lot of lost positions for the team of 18 in Kyle Busch for lost places Denny Hamlin wins three but Logano and Truex hold on first and second but see 69 laps to go in Miami by hav chip Rick we talked about pit road and It's been tough for 18 Kyle Busch. It happened early at the end of stage one. look at the changerfront tires. be recoverable then it comes to the left side has problems again you see the pressure and here was the time of the money things you have to be perfect the chain of the tire will see the air hose when it goes it catches on the fender that is his job the responsibility has to get that under the front of the car better go for the 18 to have a chance lose all four cars on the front right just a little slow its nothing like what we saw in the 18 , but you can see it's behind the rear tire changer right there. one little thing kept all four cars from clearing the 78 and 11 off championship pit road because it's Logano Truex Jr Harvick one two and three Kyle Busch all the way to eight even with 69 for this restart prop but we Still have one more pit stop to go Rick can't go all the way on fuel I'm sure they're going to want side by side tires again Logano on the outside Martin Truex Jr on the inside 68 laps to go let's go see if that works every star was really spread across the front 54 do you think restarts get more aggressive in these finals in his final leg not so much yet Logano had a good first turn surge but here's 78 again looks accomplished back there Kyle Busch making up ground on the or outside moving into the top five now Logano trying to fight on the outside trying to get past the junior trucks 22:78 fighting for the lead just missing n 67 laps to go this could be the pass to the lead they know it they have a race like that look at the handling coming on the scene a little bubble there for the 78 of Martin Truex Jr made Hamlin like you mentioned come into play he runs third now Kevin Harvick is trying to take that spot out front Kevin has been happy all day at the bottom of the sealed race track on 11 Hamlin boy not quite clear capable of the start that Harvick Parker and Jeff are going to clear they make sure everything is ok which means you can let him know it looks good here on camera i don't see no smoke the room panel looks straight open look at it there go to the door dash it's important though Steve, what does the right front of the 78 car look like, yeah, because where is that damage on the 22? as performance that about 278 that's great you can see it 22 times but a little slippery small and shiny isn't it erin?

It's a very light touch. for the lead now there is a question mark for the 22 team and here comes Kevin Harvick's 4 definitely getting bigger in the mirror of Martin Truex Jr so they traded in the four car clearly better clearly taking off better than him in the race before Tony Best Gibson I'm going to put a little tape on your nose you want some wedge yeah I want some wedge you see the tape that bright orange square that's tape on the nose of all four look and see if we see two doors, baby each one. another so there's definitely some damage to the right side of the 78 wow that was hard contact that was hard contact you have to wonder if the exhaust came into play there and maybe scratched a tire or maybe cut a tire and ran the 78 that they're just lucky that didn't have ppen and I think they're both fine at this point, but you have to wonder if that hurt the right front end of the 78 car aerodynamically.

It's made the car a little tight. marty jr. you can feel the intensity building on pit road win the four car championship you know kevin harvick talked about the shim adjustment you mentioned but the only thing he insisted on is that piece of orange tape look how come a 2 inch piece of tape can mean a lot to a driver trying to win a championship. We hear complaints all the time about aerodynamics. People don't like aerodynamics and racing. it makes a car faster that little piece of tape counts five or ten I can be 1/10th of a second in lap time I know the driver can feel so much downforce and they have to balance the temperature because if they are going to cover that hole which means less air gets into the engine cool clean ok yeah and at this point though it would be closer to too hot to cool this is the right time 62 laps to go you have to push everything to the limit which includes the temperature Jake's he's listing Harvick who's running third Logano and Truex running one and two and look where they're running look where the top three cars are running no one at the bottom of the track they've all gone to the middle Truex of the bottom that lap been in the middle yeah they definitely seem to prefer running lower in one and two they do in turns three and four most of them have been running in the middle of turns three and four, tricks, will commit to the bottom of this turn. this to pass between teammates this puts the 18 car kyle busch in fourth place great recovery great recovery for this 18 car bad pit stop now he's in position to win this championship there's still a lot of work to do but that's it you know if you get the caution right now that he's recovered he can still make it happen better driver on restarts kyle busch restart eighth came out of turn two in fifth that restart got over pitt's mistakes let's go NASCAR nonstop tonight's air coverage presented by coke -col Look down on this beautiful 1.5 mile facility here in Homestead Miami and watch as the championship for running once again one two three four made its way back to the frontlines and now let's go over the field featured by KFC Parker's Night the time had been right for 22.

I told everyone for the first time for the race. They are waiting for the night to come. They've only done air pressure adjustments on that car and sure enough, the cars turn much better. Joey Logano, you know, and we saw that aggressive race with a 78. I asked Todd Gourd about his perception between Senate races, he said, you know, it reminds me a lot of a runner that had a very aggressive style who loved this sport and we support it. him for that, Kelly, well, it's been all quiet on radio 78, but when I asked loren about the closure of her team earlier this week, she told me that the last five years have been the best time of my life , I have been more successful than me. i had never achieved the dreams and goals i have had since i was a kid with this group there were times i thought my career was over no one believed me but the people that mattered were my fans my family and when i came to this team they resurrected my career. and he made me champion now only fifty three laps to make him back to back champion Kelly just one lap ago Kevin Harvick said the balance as a quote is still not right in the four cars I just don't have the rear end grip I need and I'm back to 2004, the year they won the championship.

Dave that night went on the offensive. They beat him before the others. I wonder if they'll do it here tonight. The first to whistle is Kyle. Busch didn't say anything on the radio, but that last one was so big we're dying with you, but look what Pyle did on that position restart, he picked up Parker Denny Hamlin behind him and led 41 laps early in this race and then he had a miscue he's had to fight his way all the way back across the field and he just came over the radio and said we've got a car we can win which is music to his boss's ears. team Mike Wheeler it's his last race Kelly the simple fact that they were returning to the race tracks together for the second time will be that exception here in Miami the series only comes here once a year for this championship race and had to come back to rely on notes from teammates Kurt Busch and Kevin Harvick.

I say those notes are paying off as aric almirola 26 Marty Elliott is eighth right now actually seventh when putt boy passes a much better car unchanged last two stops guys are fighting for the lead Joey Logano now has hands full here Comes the 71 plus junior trucks trying to make that bottom line work March Rex jr. he had been a little quicker than Joey, but on that last lap the 47 car played a huge part in that pass right there, even though the 22 went to the back of the track, the 78 to the high side and put together a great run. in the 22nd remember those two touched right at the restart and they're still fighting neck and neck Marc tricks close genre from a second back in six laps he's got a great race car for the short speeds there but maybe not every time he doesn't be as good as he was before in the race if there was one car that Martin Truex Jr said he would move it was the 22 and now he's an amazing distance here he goes man there I can't believe I can get that close to him Jeff we are us, there's such a disturbed air behind those guys, look at him well below if he's going to go straight to trouble next to the race track, turn him around, turn left, put your left sides on his white line, don't overshoot him, he goes. he is in front of the 22 now, will the 22 fight right now to counterattack? he doesn't know, he's had some issues after 20 laps in these races with his car, 48 to go and knowing there was a pit stop that went clean as a whistle he never blew 22, we'll see if he had that. to do it again in 40 laps how clean he passes right there with bar tricks she just shows she could pass it clean on the racetrack but she'll be glad Logano gets aggressive he's shown he'll do it on a short track, Will he do it here for the championship? and his first championship Logano doesn't have a title isn't enough to fill Joey Logano right now the question who's going to be aggressive his pig Gordon in the pit box 22 you just saw guys your driver got hit and passed you have 22 laps to go his tyres, we see Erik Jones's 20th has another right rear puncture if he returns to pit road and we stay green.

I really think a great call would be four or five. Six more laps. I wonder if this is the time the 22nd could get that car going. instead of the wall try to find a little more speed to stay close to 78 keep this race close parker and steve you mentioned how aggressive they get with pit road strategy thats the way they talk i talked to Todd Gordon on that today and he said in 2016 we took on one because we didn't want them to have a chance to react to put their pictures on theirs and now the Falls crime on theirs because if they start losing that 78 how early come on How early do you cut the pin to try to get that lead on new tires?

It is not all. It's not science this is emotion this is sport for a championship if I'm talking I'd be very early four or five laps from now knowing I'm going to be face down on Rick's tires if you want to beat me by a championship you're going to having to spend the last ten laps warming up again As we go, non-stop NASCAR Sunday night football, Kirk Cousins ​​and the Vikings visit Mitchell True Biscay and the division leading bears on the night Soldier Field soccer game in the United States at 7:00 p.m. tonight only on NBC rick we watched this game last night a long skinny green flag ran all the way cole custer's double zero probably had the best car stayed out the longest tyler's 9 etic won it on pit road got it some track position finally winning the race here we are Martin Truex Jr leading the race by 1.7 seconds over Logano three and a half over Harvick 7.2 back to Kyle Busch in fifth I don't think the 78 can get there first but I think another car could get there pit road and if they do it's going to force the issue we see the 37 that has a flat right rear tire looks easy to get some debris out of the pit road so it stays green when will someone behind pit 78 be Joey Logano?

Being Kyle Busch Truex is too tense much faster than Logano and Harvick so they're going to have to think of something different they're not going to be able to just sit here and just run and get chased away by 2/10 of a second with 39 laps to go the pit stops are starting the chase Elliott pulls into pit row from seventh, twelfth car, Ryan Blaney, you know everybody's short on pit road, pulls off and says here he is, hanging out with Hamlet, in the Correct handling, getting to pit road, but fourth place, those are not playoff cars. two races here I'm with you but that would call them one race this could be race winning drives for these guys absolutely guys Denny Hamlin picks from fifth Angie said she won the first few cars on pit road she's been early all day versus championship for very tight inside that race car he said before he has a race car that can win this race this could be the move that does it before junior tires and Sunoco fuel for Denny Hamlin and a big championship move here Kevin Harvick Coming to the pit road party Rick we talked about it in 2014 they went on offense thinking they didn't have a car to win it paid off with a win for Kevin Harvickand a championship Tony Gibson made the call to pit road Harvick set the ballast just didn't do a shim adjustment and air pressure adjustment right they are first on pit road and intend to pit road until after the 78 has passed the opening pit road mu counter move Kevin Harvick's 4 comes to pit row Cole Pearn says I know you're going to win me a lap you're not going to win -- outside behind him Joey Logano they know they have to stay close to him for now no penalties no speed issues on pit road Callie and smooth pit stops Steve you are absolutely right as soon as Cole Pearn saw the 4 of them hit pit road he called to Martin Truex Jr in that 78 to get down Truex has been quiet on the radio he's just been quietly doing his job as he took the lead it's going to be four tires for the 78 Parker the point between each other is just to follow this street of pit eight down once a single said he was bidding went right behind him been too loose in the top lane to run next to the wall hits the air pressure setting four tires to see who wins this race Wow the car 22 beat the 78 off pits for 8 in the 22 B for 2 in the 70 a K with a big lead slow stop in the 78 well the whole book Harvick the race track yeah that's the race there same, the championship race who's off pit road first kevin harvick hits pit road first on new tires the championship leader now can you hold off the 22? well the only situation we have is not letting me get ahead: Kyle Busch hasn't whistled yet, so yellow would completely change everything, but we know he has to make a green flag pit stop, he's still on the race track because he was far behind, but he lacked a yellow to save him, this will be the race for the championship, joining us on our knees. tires right now, a lap doesn't sound like a lot, but it's a lot of speed.

Joey Logano needs to get all four cars right now. Tony Stewart knows it. 4 and 22 have both been in the pits they don't have to Let's go to pit road the team of eight still on track has the race advantage but the championship race is building right here between the four out of 22, so 18 need a yellow, that's their strategy, says Adam Stephen, and they beat me. pit road Had to stay at dave steve race track as the leader is honored here now they are going to try to crop side by side to get him out of the corner they talked about it though he even asked his driver what is he what are you doing.

I need even if he got to pit road but then said no or too far back we have to spread it out here and wait for a warning that's a team expecting a yellow so barring a Rick yellow this is the 33rd battle to go here. comes Logano back on the high side making the Highline work he has some great racing on that high side but it's not enough all four cars make that bottom work just as well now is he going to move up the high side track a bit races that are countering? the kitchen a little bit of traffic back 22 trying to get to that quarter panel he's not going to be able to make it like taking the air off the 22 moving towards his lines watch out joey i got a short from martinsville what he willing to do just to get to the final race this is for a championship Dale jr. look at Kevin Harvick in the paint below that left side tires on that line he will be here from his spot as long as the spotter says he is clear he is going to run that line Logano will try to run the middle he will try to find some speed to the spotter of the four cars he's going to tell him to get that information Logano all the way down now it's a game of cat and mouse because all you're trying to do if you're Kevin Harvick you just have to maintain this track position take that air out of Natori The best you can listening to the spotter on the floor, uncle, let's see if he gives you any information on the 22nd on which line, cool down, that's what you think about that, I thought you would listen a little a little nervous on the radio, maybe a little more information about Joey Logano, but he was as calm as possible, just let him know it was clear.

Lap traffic jeff to his point didn't really give him any information what line 22 is running behind them basically 22 he just wants to go where 4 is the w ants to go where the track back is not Where can I find clean air? This 34 car is going to give you some trouble in a corner because here it's going to take a little bit of speed and look at Truex. He came ahead. look how far back he is now he has lost a lot of track position his car is not as good as before with 30 laps to go I don't know if he will be good enough even if he is quicker than these guys .

I don't know if it's enough to run over this four car pulling away from 22nd and remember Kyle Busch out front, but Steve, fuel-wise, you can't do it unless you slow down as ridiculously as these guys could. Catch it right, yeah, listen to Kyle Busch's 18. He has been out of fuel for three or four, maybe five laps. I get it, but even if he doesn't try to save gas, new tires are only going to wear out 18, but I love this call. Adam Stevens, he was behind, he had no choice, as long as you can't, you never know what a warning will do. save your chances and he is he was their only chance they had left they tried to work on this race car they tried to improve it Kyle gave him feedback they worked on things but then they would lose it was Shinzon pit road so with that Delta Back to where they were, there was no way they were going to jump over them and make it to pit road.

This is our only chance for two other teams with the same game strategy. Matt Kenseth Jimmie Johnson. Fourth, if you're Kevin Harvick, you don't fit in from second, so the two-car strategy could come into play here. I love it when team leaders know everything they've been given. Does not like. go to the pits but you have to continue crew chief you can't just put your head down he's racing for a championship fighting for another title they battled against adversity in kyle busch's first championship when he broke his leg and foot in a crash at daytona now the adversity see The car is most likely not going to be as quick as the other three competitors he's fighting for this title, so now they're trying a strategy with Martin Truex Jr.

It's not over. We talked about him a while ago. He doesn't have the speed in the last few laps. faster than Harvick Logano he's been getting to the bottom of the race track gaining on all those two he hid in front of him that's a championship sitting there you know he's taking his guts out last time for Harvick just a little bit faster than both Logano and Truex they are both running 33 seven laps on top of each other their leaders at 35 senator Kelly remember that slope for 78 turns out there was a problem with the jack here is the communication from the team and you mentioned those times back fast that your exes left right before martin came on the radio he's dead here we go 25 laps to go and that's 25 laps to go for this team they won't exist after the checkered flag flies f The front row ended in 2018 after winning the championship a year ago.

They made the comment. They made the announcement. They were not going to continue competing. Barney Visser was going to close the doors after this season saw him return. the third logano to the fourth trick to the fifth jeff comes in and takes it to a little bit of a different story so especially two of the best logano and harvick that you're going to really miss is that you know they're going to get aggressive they're going to be aggressive they're going to be so hard to pass and have been all day. I don't think he takes a lot of time with that. well the advantage right now is that he's running down and the 22 runs in the middle so aerodynamically it's not hurting the 78 78 where he wants to be he wants to be down Logano wants to be in the middle that's an advantage a Truex with a faster car b Look at it coming right here it's so much faster than gone oh wow yeah I can't believe I ran these guys over so fast Steve well you see the last lap in the pits it just shows what Kyle Busch is trying to stretch this fuel track trying to stretch this set of tires waiting for a yellow right now you have more tricks jr. catching Joey Logano, both trying to catch Kevin Harvick running third on the race track, but when the pit stop cycle should be to win the race and the championship, Logano went to the bottom right there, he's been looking at his mirror and i knew the 78 truex has been at the bottom thats where he went to take that air off the trucks ran a line over then he had some momentum now he dives to the inside try to get inside the 22 stevens you mentioned no he'll have no problem being impatient to get around 22 because of the history they've had has a sidestream here a little bit stay alongside that 22 dive into turn one and clear 22 wants to savor this fourth panel here at the exit of the corner though Allen 22 goes in that corner real hard real good you know he's a big fan of the 22 right now Kevin oh poor Kevin Harvick needs cheer the gobbler waits what's going to happen here check out the tricks s drives that car in the corner going to t or drive to the 20 to take his line take the arrow off take the position and now 21 to go continues to shrink in the 2018 season the 78 trying to track Kevin Harvick's 4 again Kyle Busch in front but the gap between Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick is now just 5.6 seconds, so unless the caution comes out in the next three laps, Kevin Harvick is going to catch Kyle Busch and that strategy goes out the window. smoke is coming out and right side has been slammed into the wall merry christmas at 18 no better rest for kyle busch talks gamble's adam stevens may have pulled off championship winning strategy call you see top of pit box them they know they didn't get the chance they gave their driver a chance now it's time to communicate a short 20 lap run to make a great pit stop they need a great pit stop Steve and we've already seen two bad ones from them as well as Jeff he pointed out though they still have a damper there so the first car they'll run is Kevin Harvick he's coming in third what a break for Kyle Busch we see here Daniel Suarez's 19 or a wide situation there yeah and that. it was a domino effect the 38 went into the two both of them in the 19 Suarez so while they saved the car but under the right front tire it slid and punctured and the tire was thrown like debris all over the track . look at the reaction of the ATT when they receive that caution they need come to me.

I would have been fist bumping jumping dancing Parker and Joey lagano really wanted to see this too talking News crew chief Todd Gordon this week selfishly said I want a 20 lap shootout because I put my driver up against anybody in a late race restart and guess what his wish is here. I agree with him. He has speed for 20 laps. talked about this pit crew All weekend they're going to have to do some magic here win some places for him they can't break even break even to start fifth that's not going to do it you can't get to fifth and maybe 15 laps to win I don't think so they'll have to make a big stop, well Jeff we talked about the 18, they've had an up and down day, all will be forgotten with a big stop here, no one will remember. the slow stops if Kyle Busch can come in as the lead and come out as the lead with less than 20 to go you give Kyle Busch the number one starting spot for a championship I like his odds I like his odds but now it's Pickering's turn to one of the best on restarts you put him in a favorable position and he can stay in front here they come to pit road Marty and the other factor here Rick we could be looking at a very short 15 lap race for a championship Kevin Harvick said for that we need to take off a better car too tight on takeoff and air pressure i guess what all four crew have delivered all day we'll see what you plan to deliver again kelly martin truex junior has been very quiet on the radio but cole pearn now You said that now we know what we need for the short term, we'll see. what they do with four new Goodyear tires Parker 22 team has been awesome looking a little slow in the rear right now I'm going to pump those tires up for this late race restart Dave slight air pressure adjustment great stop for the crew UT has gone first first out and the roaring crowd heard him saw him Kyle Busch stays out front Martin Truex Jr gaining a couple spots Logano too and look at the four coming off pit road and you have to understand I know that he was first in first but think about what he trained come on trainer gibbs said denny ham i know you are the polesitter but we will give kyle busch every pit stop has it worked out most part of the day, but did it really matter? work, i thinkwould work from any pit stop goes that fixed all these great things hello NASCAR fans eight laps to go and your championship four or one two three four look at this poetry in motion when it works right right side left side tires off tires off one two three five done so long Kyle Busch goes into a second championship that's what they think they've finished they put it in the hands of the driver they've done everything they can to recover yeah what an amazing recovery for that team and you wonder well.

Kyle Busch come on the radio and let them know guys you stepped up when it mattered look how Busch needs to focus on this restart right now he had all day he's not allowing restart all day he hasn't been on a position. to pick the bottom pick a top he doesn't know all these other guys knew they weren't lined up where they want to be he's going to have to take all the information from watching other restarts and apply that first time leading the race right now today in a reboot jeff like us I'm hanging around here under the yellow.

I don't think we can stop and say enough about what Adam Stevens did. They had a lucky young look at the yellow flag, but it was a complete look. It was a strategy. It was the only strategy. Adam Stevens. had the vet on top of the pit box Adam Stevens' combination has been magical since 2015 Kyle Busch breaks his leg at Daytona when these two are paired up he gets healthy they get back together they come here they win a championship and they've been on top since that they have never missed the championship because Kyle Busch himself said I want a second championship, he thinks it will define his legacy well, if this works out in his favor when it's over, he better thank that man at the top. pit box our big crew chief call made it your team needs to be commended but we have to commend these four teams Martin Truex Jr Joey Logano Kevin Harvick are all four sitting here in the top four with 17 laps a year Wow who would I would have thought, who would have thought, this seat, these teams would perform their best together tonight, nobody slips, makes a mistake, eats me, the accidents, the problems, the guys in the last few years, the late restarts of the race have been amazing here in Miami, thousands of feet. title restart for 40th jimmie johnson in front is closing in on the final 15 laps the fans are on their feet expect a shootout that's exactly what the top four are going to get all season now they line up in the top four positions you're one of these race car drivers you live a life trying to win championships Joey Logano doesn't have one the other trying to get his second good shot is right in front of you 15 to go everyone runs in position who will take the big risk of who will drive this to try to make something happen will be someone Kyle Busch tries to add to his legacy.

He wants to be considerate of the Johnsons and Earnhardts and pennies to win titles. do that and know he's in position with this restart starting on the outside he's picked secondary tricks jr. his team is shutting down he is going on to great things next year but you would love to send this team off to another back to back champs championship that is a tough choice that 78 car has been bad fast on the bottom you gave him the lane he is Lo better to see how it works. We've seen how hungry Joey Logano is for a championship.

He will move someone out of the way for the chance to move forward. Well, now I'm going to get someone out of the way for the possibility of a championship and with Matt Kenseth back there in this final race sitting in fifth, what will he do? You can see the most progressive machine restart throughout the day here, two by two, outside Kyle Busch trucks jr. at the inside green flag - thanks for a great start - thanks well you've done better are trying to wrap up the quarter panel massage a bit keep it to the side but you won't be able to do it 78 - leader and clear Morton tricks junior advancing down 4 stretches of cars getting to 14 to finish Martin tries to break the shot from the back right away they take over in the corner on the outside they can't put the power down here comes Joey Logano on the inside now Logano, side by side with the side out of 18 a second he recruits him as they enter turn one buries him to determine one trying to take over Truex up there 22 sliding down the track taking the rails to the take 18 putting that 18 on dirt though the air still has that momentum let's see what Joey Logano can show now that he has clear championships right in front of him 14 to go and we know what Joey Logano is going to do you hate him you know oh he didn't go bottom and Truex on top why l the drops go to the top which was weird i didn't read there all night if you see what you're allowed to do 22 cars close dramatically that was crazy i don't know why you did that to do it again just a big arc that time two cars the difference between the 78 and 22, he will not come out on top again.

I'd be surprised if he came back to the top in 3 and 4. These guys should have pretty clean runs. The finish will catch a lot of lapped cars with just 13 two laps. to go coming to 12 to go tricks back to the bottom 20 Logano I knew it Logano said Truex they're going to do that again he saw a knows me I'm going to go to the middle of the run he's had all the way to the rear bumper of the 78 now to the outside here comes Logano trying to take the lead past 78 he'll take the lead as they go down the backstretch he buried that car in turn one course dick that's awesome i thought it was just i thought he overreached the corner alone in a desperate move we made it stick could be getting closer to their first title the guys I've seen this 78 improve as the tires age.

I know you lost that permit, but can you get back into 22? If he does, how patient will he be? 11 laps. He will start doing it right now. 78 He's baffled 8 10 11 12 laps to shoot 22 he's four tens faster than Lamport he finishes the tricks, he better find some speed this minute 422 Joey Logano is going to go trying to check but here comes a 78 again Logano running in the top line tracks doing everything he can to get everything out of this car 10 laps to go Logano three tens faster than he passed by Joey Logano was a power move at the top. make something happen i couldn't believe he didn't hit the wall when he closed on the wall crazy grip off that 22 and Logano's realization that he had that much grip is crazy how do you know drive the car that hard the commitment it was amazing the commitment there was amazing and it was fight fight winning this championship is going away fighting Truex said the rear of the car moved twice in the middle of the corner Parker and guys I asked Todd what impresses him about Joy Logano and He said that in every sport there are a couple of athletes who can reach a moment, he says like Michael Jordan or Tom Brady, and he said that Joey Logano is one of those athletes who can reach a moment and achieve it, and that's what he has done here tonight, what an awesome race.

Joey Logano you mentioned that one of those athletes is going to join the guy you hear training but Mark Martin saw a 15 year old athlete and said this kid is the best thing I've seen since sliced ​​bread well that nickname . He sucks, they call him sliced ​​bread, but he can be thrown into the spotlight too early in his career, he replaced Tony Stewart when he left Joe Gibbs Racing and a lot of question marks thinking Joey Logano was too young, maybe too inexperienced. nced by the pressure coming from the Cup Series, but the second chance has come to go seven laps to his first championship Logano is still a little quicker tricks closed in a second six laps earlier tonight I think he's running out the time though jeff i thought he was going to go this morning he said i said your car i said man for 20 laps we covered it i dont know if that will work or not well you talked me into it adam covered for 20 laps the caution. taking them out on pit road and then what Joey Logano has been able to do after we started in front and now pulling away from Martin Truex Jr for a second lead six laps before his championship and many people were wondering in Martinsville why only God will do that.

This is why that move in Martinsville, moving Martin Truex Jr., motivated him to whistle this shot and make it, and Jeff remembers that if he hadn't done that in Phoenix, it ripped him apart. He wouldn't have been able to move forward. without that guaranteed spot but because he moved Martin Truex Jr out of the way he said that's the type of racer I am I'm an old school racer it's been going on since the start of NASCAR now five laps away from a championship oh I know if you imagine how nervous he is he just hopes he doesn't have caution hopes nothing happens he's been in some high pressure situations before he lost this championship before last year he wasn't even in the playoffs what a big turnaround for this team that is pulling away from Martin Truex Jr in every other two and a half trends faster than last lap second half lead getting to four to go Rick said last week in Phoenix that sen uncle who was the favorite the first car to transfer the championship for proving it right here with a pass on the BART tracks tutored for the lead and their competitors almost laughed at them they were like what do you mean why do you think you know they make fun of him for saying that's that was a huge favor, well now that he's laughing with four laps to go and Joey Logano going through the lap traffic easily with a second and a half lead over Martin Truex Jr the laps continue to drop now, only three laps to go. to see now it's yellow only three more laps with green flag now what a joy the cats dad traveled northeast connecticut with his son when he was young racing quarter midgets can you imagine seeing six seventy racing quarter minister and eight years that you ever imagine? fakie and you can see your son be in position to win a championship and this level of racing they moved to Georgia then he became one of the best outlaws there he won 14 races in a row when he was young and people have noticed they saw this talent the raw talent that Joey Logano had and now less than two laps to Joey Logano Truex Jr Harvick Kyle Busch all distant in their mirror before they keep running on the top deck but they're just chasing Joey Logano's 22 this ticking time bomb, a trap to go filed by credit, a bank, one lap away from his first Cup Series championship. he comes out of turn number 4 to claim his first Cup Series championship is Joey, look out of the ways , tears are already flowing for Joey Logano, good job, great job, you heard the voice, so Captain Roger Penske comes on the radio, great job, Joey Logano. giving Roger Penske another championship Logano Hillary stepped into elite status you see the name Dewayne Felkel on the side of the car it was only a couple weeks away joy battery bucks richer but you're the champion his series director Richard buck letting him know you're the champion Dewayne Felkel passed away unexpectedly a few weeks ago one of the Penske manufacturers riding in memory on the passenger side of the 22 this moment presented by Sunoco fueling g victories throughout the season puts the nose of the car right up against the inside wall right where his crew burns it down in 70th nascar season Joey Logano is only the 33rd driver to win a Cup championship what an incredible moment for Joey Logano, the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion, and Rick, you said his nickname was sliced ​​bread, dropped by Joe Gibbs Racing at one point, Roger Penske said, "I'll take a chance on you, which is why his foundation is called Todd's Second Chag ".

Gordon also some tears there you go Joey that hat says 22nd champion Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and certainly tears right now Brad on Brad Keselowski Joey we talk about second chances all the time how much of tonight was about second chances for you and proving you could do it, we did it, we won the championship. I can not believe it. I don't even know what to say. This team, the Roger Penske tag or crew team. OMG these guys are amazing. They came in a car. I needed to finally do my job put myself in a position to do my job I couldn't be more proud of them we won the championship Mario I know you did it I know you did it came into the week saying the big three and I did it you really feel like you're the one underdog in this joey no i told you boobs are white we are not this is the favorite and told y'all before the race started so proud of y'all y'all rose to the occasion executed under pressure like Is not nobody's Business.

I can't thank everyone who supports us. Charlotte Pennzoil rolls s km ahead. We've got a Ford not just the drivers championship with the manufacturers championship so I can't wait to get that Mustang out soon but man oh I don't even know it's me not when you're when you get to the checkered flag one of emotions what is happeningthrough your mind it's just a lot of screaming yeah i tore a muscle but man i've just worked my whole life to get here to get to hunt a championship we've been so close and it's like ten seasons fighting you for this and i wasn't sure before we got it, but Todd made a good fit there DN there's a no-give-up attitude and he was going to pass that car no matter what I wanted to ask about that change to one, how did you get him to stay in number one?

We thought you might have driven around the corner. Joey today, I mean you've talked for weeks about how they're the best on pit road right now, they showed it again today, guys, every single one of them, every individual on that team is the best in their position and they we showed today we were in the points we're really good in the points we were down for the count I knew we had a sprint car I said before the race started the car was a sprint car if there's anything more than 25 laps you're I'll be in trouble and that really showed all day but you know I went down for it. sprint and we're champions NASCAR champion and guess what you'll be forever NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series champion Joey Logano a lot more people to find for a high five down here and there's a stage with his name on it too Rick, he did mention that 10 years have passed, you think of 2009 and the Monster Energy Cup series, he was Rookie of the Year, well, in those 10 years he has impressed, he is one, he has fought, he has fought, he has made friends and he has made enemies, but what he made history tonight he is the 2018 nascar Monster Energy Cup Series champion will be on stage when we get back Joey can't get on stage because of the crowd that has surrounded the car the team will be a while until they makes way to get the hardware, but I want to take a look at today's Coca-Cola winning moment for Joey Logano.

He mentioned the crew, well ultimately it was the driver who was able to make the pass take away his lead. of Martin Truex Jr and a head emerged and got his first Cup championship and a big shot of coke right there and then he won a battle what a race Rick the yellow from the last race setting up a shootout with the championship four four you said the picker did his job and then half of that move by Joey Logano and finishing second was Martin Truex Jr and Kelly caught up to him Martin Truex Jr in the 78 team came just one spot short of a fairytale finish Martin how is it getting out of 78 one last time no sure still, i'll be honest with you.

Sorry, I don't know, I'm going to miss these guys, I wish I'd won it. it was hard we could get the lead i just couldn't do anything i was slow for 15 laps you know i wouldn't turn around i try to go as fast as those guys and i'd be dead on the side and i just couldn't i couldn't do it and i didn't i know what else i could have done you know it happened to me so fast i didnt even get a chance to do anything we needed we needed more laps we just needed more time but im proud of my guys and proud of everyone thank you Johnny and Bass Pro, to the car owners and to the 5 hour TRD bathroom to everyone who helped us here.

The last seasons are not as we wanted, but with a great effort. Five years with this team. What did this time mean to you? The best moment of my life. I do not know what else to say. I mean these guys. they've been amazing they've done they've made Mejia a NASCAR superstar and I'm so thankful for everything he said they made him a superstar when he was after the MWR scandal not many people wanted to hire Martin Trix Jr. in ro furniture he was actually looking a driver, he went there and in his first year finished 24 and points battled, this team didn't turn him on right away as Colburn reunited and they've been in the playoffs ever since.

I know he's heartbroken but they have to hold their heads up after the season they've been through to finish second teams shutting down all distractions which reduces sometimes those late warnings things like that will affect the finishes of these races and Joe had sprint speed and he went to work with that emotion with that emotion you could see the love he has for that race team and the people and well, that's not too big of a word because we put a lot of time, a lot of effort and

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and get to that kind of success you saw that from Martin to them well the car is still surrounded they finally got to Joey they got Joey out hey man the trophy is here and I know he wants to get to that trophy the fastest. how he can be a I won't believe it when he sees it.

I think he is huge and heavy. See where the car is, where the stage is. See the trucks below. all the way intertwined there's a great atmosphere down there all the fans gathered to celebrate with you all your friends your family everyone here you know championship four brought everyone they knew to this race i don't see if they know just in case they won Joey Logano has to break onto the stage as it almost looked like he was going through traffic today on the track passed right by him he's in the wrong states he's going to jump get on this one to the smaller stage right here his wife they put up an app real with you, they're right there with you, man, they deal with the bad, good families, mother's father, they bother him, they've been on this journey together, yeah, for a long time, Brittany is the reason why he's a part so important of its foundation. what we talked about earlier is when is when emotions run high you get closer to your family so you look them in the face that's what it is about something like this to see how many people it touches how many people have traveled with you all those laps new parents to Hudson hugging the Big Boss Man if he was born just ten months ago Roger Penske Roger Penske camp melts his Edsel Ford from Ford also on stage congratulating Joey Logano I put a little microphone on Joey right here so you can capture all the audio from this tonight he will want that audio, all the images and there is his son Hudson if the legs go crazy, Joey's father there in the background and the sacrifice of the family.

We mentioned so much the move to Georgia in Joey Logano continuing his racing career and now everyone can celebrate the highest honor you can earn in stock car racing Joey Logano has won the championship the trophy presentation is coming up and for that we go on stage and Krista Voda is absolute pandemonium. I'm down here Rick but after all it should be because we have a first time winner of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series let's go ahead and start the championship presentation starting with Monster Energy Vice President of Sports Marketing Mitch Covington Mitch I'm going to hand you the mic I'm going to try to get a driver here okay hi thank you Krista hi on behalf of Monster Energy and all of our employees around the world we would really like to congratulate our champion of Monster Energy.

Series Cup Mr. Joey Logano the champion congratulations Joey you were amazing here we go we're giving you the hard way right now for the moment you've been waiting for this is a big trophy but I think you're ready for it let's go ahead and bring NASCAR President Steve Phelps for the presentation of the trophy. Thank you Kristen Joey, what an amazing race, you four are in the top five all day and you were the class of the group that ran last. The last twenty laps were incredible. On behalf of NASCAR, our millions of fans around the world, I'd like to congratulate you on being our 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Champion thank you thank you okay give it a try Joey I'll split your birthday having your family in the stage I know even you go ahead and turn this way going into this race there were 32 NASCAR Cup champions now there are 33 you are exactly what you have always dreamed and hope to be a Monster Energy champion just a dream come true even hear those words along with my name it's crazy but i'm not a champion these guys are champions with me we ain't doing it alone here comes the greatest race car ever driven here miss brit bringing it to we fucking lynch, that's my insides. guy who does a great job and my whole crew does an amazing job our pit crew was amazing oh man i don't even know how to put this into words i got it so well it's just uh it's crazy what life can throw at you times and you be cautious at the right time let the steam do its job and let me do my job and they say you know here we are NASCAR champions you have been in this position before and we talked about this and I know you have answered this question a lot but you are a different driver a different person in 2018 than you were in 2014 2016 part of the reason your wife Brittany and this little guy aren't even a year old Hudson came up on stage and we said daddy daddy he's a champion what it means to know and look at him to the eyes that's his bedtime right now man it's just amazing that you change so much as you grow up and grow up in front of a lot of people and i witnessed a lot of my mistakes i made in the past, but every one of those mistakes is a foreign leader.

Who I am today and it led me to the people you see on stage so it's a crazy crazy feeling right now and yes everyone who has supported me along the way all from Connecticut from the very beginning when I was driving go karts around my father's garbage company and I was hitting the dumpsters to where we are today and with all our partners at Team Penske and so many people here today it's just an amazing night I know for a second it felt like I don't know how much just stuff and I didn't know what when he sits down and feels really really really good we're going to bring you on continue I know you I want to talk to your family there I'm going to bring your crew chief Todd Gordon come here congratulations 49 years you're a Cup champion also talks about him done and trust everything you and Joey have been through together to get to this yeah it's phenomenally surreal we've been through it twice and we thought we had chances both times and we just didn't get it and used that to come up with a game plan of what we needed to do to be successful today and it played out perfectly.

I don't see our P's running away from me, go ahead, and what kind of I don't know if he'll run away from me. We'll try to catch it later, but they did. a comment I know you carry two Waynes The name of one of your crew members in the car passed away unexpectedly not long ago A manufacturer on your team You started as a manufacturer I know his name The fact that he is in this car and every one of his crew thinking of him and his family yes we definitely lost Duane three four weeks ago and his accidental way of working hated him and his family and his thoughts and prayers can't imagine the situation but he has been with us since he built all greenhouses on these cars and so it is. appropriate to be carried on top of the greenhouse door and you know the team gathered in the shop and everything to make this a perfect weekend we're here congratulations let's bring Edsel in too let's speak to Sir Roger Penske RP it got away from us but it's Ford Championship Weekend Edsel what does it mean to have a Ford driver back not only at Victory Lane but with this championship you know we haven't had an Anna Cannon car or a championship manufacturers since Dale Jarrett in 1999 so we've had a dry season so frankly my heart is still in my throat and I couldn't be happier with Roger, Joey, Todd and everyone the entire Penske organization just did an absolutely outstanding job congratulations to you too Ford everyone behind here I know you want this celebration to go on and really start so Rick flew over and joined us at the pre-race show he said I want the ball that's what Joey Logano said he said it's our time tonight was he is the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Champion will continue to talk to him in our post race coverage thanks Krista and Edsel Ford just referenced to the manufacturers' championship and said they know it hadn't happened since Dale Jarrett when they had the driver and the manufacturers' championship in the same season, the last time they won the manufacturers' title was 2002, so it's been a while for that Ford can capture that title and a few moments ago, Parker Kligerman met Kevin Harvick.

Kevin Harvick finishes third led. 58 laps you were so fast early in the race that just the handle got a little bit away from there at the end obviously and you know we just loosened up as the night went on really great pit call there in position to win the race if the caution doesn't come out and then it came down to a pit stop and you know a restart there and we didn't do that right either so hate all the guys on our Jimmy John front end and I just have to thank Busch and congratulations to Ford for winning the manufacturers' championship and a championship.

I know they put a lot of effort into that texture of buildings Mobil 1 Outback Hunt Brothers Morton in lick master everyone helping us at stewart-haas competing eight win season hit on the chipof champion is this the kind of season that got away a bit in that sense I don't think eight wins is good enough for free yes you don't think I think it's good definitely take that certainly is actually you know it's been a great year and we just beat tonight by kevin harvick just didn't have the speed at the end well kyle busch not the first of the four tonight kyle how you doing? judging this afternoon race I don't know it's not what we wanted obviously not what we expected either we knew the 22 is fast but man I thought we were much closer than that and we held serve in the first round of the race, but then we just never were. close I don't know what happened I just didn't have the feel in the race car that I needed tonight just all night as soon as you get the gasket off and in the corners you just go sideways to the right trying to save it and you do it for 50 60 laps, whatever it is on tires and you just can't take it.

I couldn't hold on after eight laps let alone 250 but bumping into all our guys now Adam Stevens and my guys did a phenomenal job all year this M&MS team was really really good and not good enough and the night that mattered most, but the latest report on the chase ended, guys, that's not what it takes these days. You finally got the strategy hit when Adam played the long hat that long hole yeah I mean that was just the fact that no one gave up you know just know get behind the wheel keep driving and keep trying like swinging a Hail Mary and see what we can get.

And the strategy went down right on our lap, the pit stall went down right on our lap, but none of it meant anything if you don't have a fast enough race car and you knew it was sitting on that restart. I thought I could hold them. it was like four laps five laps baby but not even a straightaway and they're gone so that's all there is to it you didn't get the most you didn't get the grand prix today but how will you remember the most? season one big for the eighteen win team forget it now move on to Kyle Busch fourth tonight and fourth in the chase playoff cars and post race coverage will continue until 8 o'clock ET on NBCSN so be sure to join us there and Steve as we reflect on this weekend I think the right car won the right dri Seeing one all weekend was Joey Logano looking very very strong well It's been an outstanding season, we had four standout competitors vying for a championship and in the end everyone worked their way to the front two rows for the final right restart with minus 20 laps to go I think that's what we all wanted to see it was a shootout and you mentioned it the right car the fastest car Joey Logano absolutely showed he was the best going past 78 to go on to a championship they were definitely the top four and we bring our drivers Dale junior and Mayor Jeff Burton guys what an amazing race we just watched yes Joey Logano was pushed a lot going into this series but he decided to be the most aggressive driver in recent years and it's worth it pity and put him in position to challenge for this championship tonight the team gave him the great car to be able to do it Middletown Connecticut we better celebrate Joey Logano is our new champ at 28 years old ten tim is this is the 10th year it took him ten years doing it you mentioned he had to learn how to win these races he had to learn how to hold his own he has done it recently Joey Logano got tonight what we all dream of giving me the ball at the end of the game man let me make something happen.

Joey Logano did amazing. Joey remembers that it was me and the big three to make Joey Logano the best. You have to beat the best and that's exactly what Joey Logano did. Tonight he proclaimed himself a favorite a week ago he showed it tonight on the track and you saw the emotion what this championship means for Joey Logano the celebration will continue and remember on NBCSN he will stay until 8 o'clock Joey Logano the 28 year old of Connecticut nicknamed sliced ​​bread by hall of famer Mark Martin had to fight for this championship he had to fight alone to get into the championship because he was aggressive and every playoff race and when it came time to decide a champion he aggressive Ely went down as the best in the sport and can now be called champion along with the Greats and NASCAR and you'll see Joey Logano is this broadcast copyrighted may not be reproduced or rebroadcast used in any way without consent by NASCAR authorized writing.

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