NASCAR Full Race Replay: 2004 Daytona 500

and now it is our pleasure to welcome the President of the United States, George W. Bush, to the Daytona 500. Welcome Mr. President, I'm very glad to be here if you've never been to the Daytona 500, it's hard for me to describe what it's like to be here with the drivers and see the big crowd and feel the excitement for one of the greats. of the United States. sports shows well there are 200,000 people here in millions more millions more watching on TV took the day off from work so we'll make this a career related conversation related conversation have you been to big sporting events including throwing out the first pitch in the World Series after 9/11, can you tell us about that experience, sir?

Well, that was one that happened, you know, when the Yankees were helping lift the spirits of the citizens of New York and I walked there and the crowd chanted. They were loud and it was an exciting time. It was a historic moment for me personally because I was after such a tragedy a little nervous about getting my fastball over the plate. Well, you did a great job. You've been to Salt Lake. The Olympics with the game between the army and navy, how does this compare? This is huge, my God, this covers a lot of territory, you know, the track is big, the expanse is big, there are people in the countryside, there are people camping here. more than an event, it is a way of life for many people and you can feel the excitement when you are here and I really want to see a lot of rice now, in December, you had several drivers stop at the White House, you allowed them to park the lawn, your little cars on the ground, very kind of you, sir.

Well, it takes a special person to park on the lawn there at the White House, but it's a pleasure to meet you. These are drivers. They are brave people, they don't know fear and yet they are in good shape, they are well conditioned to stay in it and he is a small car for as long as they do and they obviously have excellent reflexes, so when I met them, was meeting some great athletes now, is there any truth to the rumor that Tony Stewart asked for a presidential pardon after finding out he came in as a champion?

He wasn't asking for any forgiveness. He was asking for a photograph when I was happy to do so. pose with him because he was the champion and I saw him, I got angry when I got there because he has, you know, somehow, sometimes you get a reputation in public life and he's a good solid citizen, a good companion in your caravan . He moves pretty fast, any desire to ride in one of these, well, I'd like to, but I'm afraid the agents didn't let me know. You know I flew fighter planes when I was in the guard and I like speed.

It would have been fun to drive up these banks, people don't understand how steep these banks are, although for you sim in person and I was with Bill Elliott who was telling me he set the course record here at 210 miles per hour. I can't imagine benching at 210 miles an hour, all five branches of the military represented here this weekend at the track and I know that's important to you sir, well it is and one of the things about NASCAR and the NASCAR fans is that they support In our military we have a lot of really good young men and women that are sacrificing for our country and these fans and the people of the France family and the drivers support our military and that's why I'm grateful to be the commander in chief of a great group of people, knowing that the citizens who support NASCAR support them makes me feel good.

I know you're a sports fan and I know you were involved with the Texas Rangers. The great news is that one stick is working. to the Yankees, yeah, I was as surprised as Yankee fans and Boston Red Sox fans were when I opened my paper today, obviously it's a big deal and it looked like the deal was going to happen, at least the page Sports just said that we were close to closing the deal. Hello, he is a great player and the Yankees will be a great team with him in the infield. president, it's truly an honor, thank you for coming to the Daytona 500, enjoy your dad, nice to be here, nice to see you sir, thank you sir, back upstairs with Allen, okay bill, thank you, but it is already a special day for the Daytona 500, which was made even more thanks to the presence of the President of the United States, now it is the moment of butterflies for the drivers, they begin to buckle up in their machines, The exit is approaching.

NBC Sports live at Daytona International Speedway where the Daytona 500 is Mullens from the start, we go to the track to hear the national anthem invocation and order start your engines apparently the president is still walking shaking some hands and they are still organizing the motorcade so we can get the oh that's why he's busy with some important people the military and since he's the one who's going to say gentlemen start engines they want to make sure it's ready to go before they put that in at stake uh it would be a good idea to tell you that you could feel the energy in this crowd that Bill talked about earlier, but you could feel the energy rising, but that engine came. the caravan came rolling down the track how cool that the president of BP came to see us it's a big deal.

I've been here for three presidents and now I broke my back in '84 and his father was here in 1992 and now George W, the president, is visiting. with some members of the Armed Forces before going out to the head of the field to fulfill his duties and begin this

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, there is the first lady right behind him. I can't see anyone there, he's brave enough to go up. Wait a minute, Mr. President, yes, he's going to set the agenda here exactly, which is perfectly fine and the drivers, some of them, are hands-on just before the president approached the members of the military, I was talking to Greg Biffle, whose car is lined up in first position for pace laps and Greg just got into his car, so he needs a couple of minutes to strap in and hook up all his safety gear properly before he's ready to get out and go. this

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Some NASCAR officials are there too. Some of the NASCAR executives are now greeted by Mr. Bush and now see the flag ceremony gathering, the national anthem singers as well, and as the president heads toward the center of pit road, we approach the invocation of the national anthem and his order to run the 46th running of the Daytona 500. underway about 200,000 ready now for the start of the great American race, let's go to the track now you should be ready to begin the final part of the opening ceremony ladies and gentlemen, stand up and take off your hats as bodyguards representing the five branches of the army.

Today's colors are presented by the Marines and Coast Guard of the Army and Coast Guard. Let us now welcome Reverend Hal Marshman as he delivers our invocation Almighty God and father of all mankind, we thank you for this great world in which we live and for this great nation and for those who lead our nation and we pause to give thanks to your goodness and bless us all and help us know that you are our God and we are your children Shalom and our men, ladies and gentlemen, please stand and welcome Curb Records artist and Grammy winner, LeAnn Rimes. while she sings our National Anthem, can you see from early dawn there what happens whose wide stripes had bright stars across the dangerous path for the walls we saw were so again bombs exploding I was still there hoo-hoo says it's

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out of stars Thank you Leann Rimes, let's hear it for the B-2 stealth bombers from Whiteman Air Force Base that have 15 from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base.

Also a thank you to the beautiful Eagles at SeaWorld Orlando and now, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the NASCAR Nextel Cup. Series championship driver mr. Bill Elliott, ladies and gentlemen, for the most famous words in racing, the president of the United States, thank you. Bill Laura and I are honored to be here at this fantastic show. We ask God to bless the drivers, NASCAR fans and our great nation. Now it's my honor to start this race gentlemen, start your engines, ten days of preliminaries, a wonderful pre-race ceremony and now it's time for the 46th running of the Daytona 500 filled with 500 entrants.

Miles from Daytona today, still sitting in the pit lane warming up the oils and fluids in the cars before they head out to begin their parade and lap around and approach the green flag in today's great American race. Budweiser, the official beer of NASCAR, is proud to sponsor the bud pole award given to the fastest qualifier in each NASCAR Nextel Cup race. Greg Biffle, a second-year driver from Vancouver Washington, earned his first Bud Pole Award by lapping the two-and-a-half-mile track at an average of more than 188 miles per hour since 1979. Anheuser-Busch has awarded more than $8 million to its primary NASCAR sponsor. pole prize program unfortunately for Biffle, he will not be able to maintain that pole position due to an engine change in his car since the qualifying races on Thursday, as a rule he will have to go to the back of the field, we still show you the grid of start for today's Daytona 500 in the order they are scheduled to take the green flag pit bull and Elliott Sadler side by side on the front row, but everyone in that inside lane when Biffle goes down back they will move up one VP position, which will put the car of third place Dale Earnhardt jr. number eight on pole Tona 500 Sterling Marlin while second Tony Stewart's car repaired after a crash, you heard about that before.

It will happen from row number three. Bart Bart, in his twentieth attempt at the Daytona 500, has not won again and Jamie McMurray, very fast, had watched. last year's winner Michael Waltrip inside row 5 rotten Wow Jeff Burton Matt Kenseth, the defending series champion is all number six, we heard from Bobby Labonte earlier in the countdown to green one of the two entries of Joe Gibbs on row number seven with Joe Nemechek in the US Army sponsored Ricky Rudd machine, driving for Wood Brothers, starts again in the number eight spot, his 27500, the most drivers in the race Today, Rusty Wallace with gloves on his 500 has never won the 2002 Winter Ward Burton on row number 10 with Brian Newman hoping he doesn't end up the other way around. down as he did a year ago rookie Johnny Sauter inside row 11 jeremy mayfield on the outside Dave Blaney of Ohio in Johnny Benson of Michigan month number 12 Californian Casey Mears and Wisconsinites Scott Wimmer in row 13 the driver rookie Casey made it to row 14, replaced Bill Elliott this year he will start racing on a reduced schedule there's John Andretti, Uncle Mario won this race in the late 1960s Robby Gordon there with him look at the rest of the field exit BP turn on the radio OL on board from there let's try to talk to Greg Biffle hello Greg Benny Parsons, you got me, he's talking to his team talking about what the tachometer is, thirty-seven thousand rpm and the cylinder that will be hit, roast beef, give it five miles an hour, cars don't have speedometers, gotta get over it. home attack let's try again greg biffle Benny Parsons you bring me Pepe Pig hey for a week you've been in the 25th floor attic in about a laugh you'll go to the basement to the bottom of the field your thoughts National Guard The cars are actually very fast in This round, the power source reaches the hood.

I don't think I'll be there for long. I have a really good racing car, you know, but polo trophies in my motor home and they have done the check for For me, in the fourth step we have to go back, but we think we have a really good racing car. Can you beat Junior? If I'm in front of him, I can beat him, but I won't be for quite some time. I'll see that strategy will be important for them, these cars at the front are very fast, good luck brakes, Greg Biffle is preparing to go off the line and fall to the back of the field on this fastest lap after the engine change in his number 16 Ford.

A pair of drivers who were trying to qualify for the 500 and couldn't get into the field, Kurt Shell Burdine and Andy Hillenburg suffered heartbreak on Thursday that they will have to watch today instead of being in the great American race, like You can see, not only Biffle goes to the back of the field Scott Riggs Ryan Newman Ricky Craven Derrike cope everyone will move back from their starting position to the back of the field, which may not be a bad place to talk about it before. I mean, if you know that the first two laps, boy, you're very tense. everyone feels like their cars work, one good thing is if you're driving these cars right now and all the butterflies are gone,you're ready to go, those engines are running, so let's get them up bright yellow cars

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I guess your driving lessons paid off. My student looks good. Ben Affleck. I can understand that before the parade and the rhythm laps they want to participate in one more commercial. break before the start so we can show you as many green flag races as possible, we'll be back in a minute. Assizes the Daytona International Speedway packed with fans sold out around 200,000 here watching the 46th Daytona 500 go at a pace and a half. Just a few laps away from getting the green flag drivers to buckle up to get their cars ready to go, let's check out pit road with the crew status birds and Sterling Marlin.

The guys talked to Sterling right after he finished his business with the president here and Sterling told him. He tells me that they haven't changed anything on his car since the last practice session yesterday. He is very satisfied with this car. He is also very happy with his position today. He is starting fourth and started fourth when he won his first of two Daytona 500s. In 1994 Matt Jeff Burton starts 11th in July 2000 Dave Jeff Burton gave Cardinal Jack Roush his first win in a Daytona Cup car Nextel now wants to try to achieve his first win in the Daytona 500, but a win today would be a huge help.

Helping his team on the 99th, he just doesn't have sponsorship until May, so in the meantime it would be a great place to get that trophy for the mantle. It would be great for the checkbook to keep that team alive. Marty Snider Matt here in January testing Ricky Rudd. The car that was so fast that they didn't want to use it because they were afraid to record here in weeks of speed. It was just as fast. The only bad thing that's not in his favor right now is whether Ricky was expecting cool, cloudy conditions. On the other hand, today it is hot and sunny, which does not favor them even though he tried 26 times and he never won this race.

Ricky Rudd said it's a beautiful day to win the Daytona 500. Marty during January tryouts. I spoke with Dale Earnhardt Jr. about how great this race is and this is what he told me: There are great drivers who never win the Daytona 500 and great drivers who never win a Series championship, he said he doesn't know what would upset a driver who finishes more his career without a Daytona 500 win or a Series championship, he added that he hopes he never has to discover Allen. He is in many people's minds as a big favorite to win this Daytona 500 this year, but we know that many times the fastest car doesn't make it. winning this race is always

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of dramatic twists and turns as we go through those final laps which is the entrance to pit road and BP, it can be tricky, yes it's a new rule, first of all you have to come in single file and you have to be in a single file along that line right there BP, those two pylons, that white line and here the car is going about one hundred and ninety miles per hour 185 190 miles per hour and over here you have to be 55 miles per hour and It's very, very difficult to get these cars down from 185 miles per hour, it's 55 in that short distance because the brakes are not very good on these cars and also you have to judge the speed many times you will lock. the tires lift when you enter the pits, you have to be very careful and there is a lot of traffic on pit road when someone stops dead in front of you sometimes things go wrong on Thursdays 125 Kasey Kahne, the red car hits the brakes in front of Jeff Gordon Jeff runs behind him, spins him on pit road and leaves you completely out of the race, since Jeff damaged his part of the point that had overheated and left him out of the competition.

Thursday the first. pit stop, be aware of this, usually someone makes a mistake and misses out on the opportunity to win this race and we have a lot of rookies who are not used to coming to this pit lane and that could be a problem, the problem you have. you get to 55 miles per hour your pit stop is on pit road you feel like after running 185 you feel like you can walk faster than that you end up going through your pit and now they would be people that you can't imagine however you want I can imagine, if a lot People can imagine how hard it is to go down pit lane, you see all those colors and all those words flying, it's hard to find your pit, sometimes you have to make your crew chief go ten nine eight, count. how close you are to the flag, something to keep an eye on as we approach the first set of pit stops as the race begins. 60 million dollars in prize money at stake, better than a million dollars for the winner and all the drivers look towards the starting position as they exit turn four, the honorary 500 starter with the green flag in hand, In one minute it will have 200,000 voices shouting in the air as these 43 drivers begin their race in one go. a year of opportunity to win the biggest prize in his sport, the Daytona 500, to be later, ahead of that extra because justin lord 58 card takes the lead, he is so fast that many cars were locked in, don't forget which we've had a lot of rain here so the track is greener there's not a lot of rubber so the high side was really good for some guys so right now there's a bit of feeling to see how your car will react and where will it be accessed in the first rounds always, Tony.

Stewart is in the middle, that's where these cars run very close. You have a clock on the mirror. You have to put a block because if they put you in the middle, you will probably go backwards, but someone will try to go in the middle. They're going to feel good, maybe I can use the medium to move forward. Tony Stewart movie. Watch as a card shot away from him as those two cards inside Lee started to move forward a bit. Now it's Jamie McMurray at 42 to the. inside Chateau for third place, car number 15, last year's Daytona 500 winner, right now Sterling Marlin knows how to work as well as anyone on this track, so he can keep Sterling there and pushes back to the front, which is first.

Then and now, the best these cars will feel is that the tires will start to wear down and these parts will start to slide. You see the visor pushed back a little to keep them away. This really gives you an idea of ​​how violent these cars are. It doesn't look like the contour the sides got it's just so fast that Johnson will look like he had to change the village engine, a different race, how about that? Yes, he led the field to the green flag. The same young man was not very happy with it yesterday, they worked on it.

It was to try to make him happy today. Dave actually crashed yesterday at the pre-race show today. Tony's team worked on that car this morning. I said, well, did you get it in a field dressing Stinger like a better man than the man? and he laughed and said that better not be as perfect as we want Marty countdown to green and reiterated before getting in the car I'll work with a call he'll work together our number one starts today it's every man for himself now something of good grip there, he's actually been there, he really goes there because he lights it up there because, honey, his car is tight, especially in the first few races, while you can talk about this, he wants to save that right front tire if he tried.

Keep the car on the bottom and force it down so that it is on the bottom. It will wear faster on the right front. You're right, it's easier. We have the smart car. Hold. I think the market still can't see it. Don't know. Think about that car, Robby Gordon, bouncing off each other, that car was completely filled with smoke. The brand did a great job, keeping it as straight as possible. Mark Martin was really good. He felt like he had something today to win Daytona. 500 Dave BP I spoke to Mark Martin just before the start of today's race and asked him whether or not they had overcome the problems they had on Thursday.

Marks thought so. He said he hadn't had any problems on Friday, unfortunately it seems there is something deeper in his engines, yes that is deep, when there has been so much smoke coming out of the exhaust pipes, look at a car up there on the high bank, you will see a little smoke here for a second and then wow it just pours out. watch everyone dive underneath and he can't see anything and I tell you it looks like he took the 99 and the 17 he might have made contact with some of Mark Martin's teammates Kevin Harvick. I bet his windshield is full of fluid right now, so I'll have to make a pit stop, probably Martinet Angela, wow, wow, maybe a little contact there with I don't think he did too much damage to the 17 year old. bits.

Great job, everyone on that note now fit will be open. I wonder this early in the race, eight laps into the race, if anyone will come in. I would say that the leaders arrive at the opening of pit road. First up is Kevin Harvick, he'll jump in there and get his windshield wiped from 10th place. Some of the other cards further back show Matt Kenseth at 17 after the contact he had in that random little update and of course he talks about Harvick needing to come in and take care of that windshield, no report on exactly how bad. but if it was obviously going to be covered, they will work on it, they will clean it and take it out again, they will change four tires at the same time, Bill Rusty Wallace is still looking for the first one, when did they code the fuel and the first test of how good new tires and poor guys are going to race everything what's Rusty's goal that's on the way that's going to cost someone knows his code went right over the cone and that's a new tire someone was trying to put on the car I can tell for the sticker that is still on it as it rolls around.

Someone under the car that's still there sees the tape with a little white sticker on the left side of that tire, which means it's new, what they call a sticky tire which is Skinner, I don't know, they had to go to Catching another one behind the pit wall and putting him on caution at the start of the Daytona 500 after Mark Martin's 20th attempt to win the race literally went up in smoke, was not a pretty sight for Kevin Harvick, who was running behind by Mark Martin. Let go. You're watching that song on NBC. A beautiful day in Daytona Beach, Florida for the 46th that had just begun before a sold out crowd of over two thousand two hundred thousand.

Excuse me, we're low. the first yellow flag after Mark Martin lost attention and spun three and four on the next series of pit stops, we showed you that the tire that came loose came from Mike Skinner's car and I'll show you why Ricky Craven was stopping in front from Skinner and the right rear tire changer lifted a tire through the wall back to the wall there is a tire he watched the tire transporter for car 33 to start leaving he tripped over that tire He falls and his tire rolls on pit road he took a shot he made it's good to wear those helmets so yeah sir Matt Yocum and the team member that was injured Alan is John Wallace he also faces Ron Hornaday in the NASCAR Busch Series alone some facial lacerations, the paramedics are looking at his forehead and also his wrist which he is holding, but it seems like a very very lucky incident here, it could have been much worse.

Marty Matt Matt, the smile on Martin's face before the race was very wide, it wasn't a very big smile now, the second engine problem, what? it happened, mark, well this is the first one, you know, no, I don't know, all I know is that I couldn't see, man, I hate it. I probably missed some guys out there, but I didn't know I could. I didn't see the wall I couldn't see the track I couldn't see anything thank God his spotter kept telling me to stay awake but I didn't know what it was like putting a blindfold on me and his day was over and Wally, he said right before he exploded, It made a sound you've probably heard before, right?

Yes, yes, it's an ugly sound and it's even worse when you can't see that Matt Kenseth has returned to the pits for the second time under this. Caution flag, saw contact between him and Brendan Gaughan while Mark Mark was trying to find his way to slow down and Mark is listed as the owner of car number 17, so he comes to the restart. Dale Earnhardt Jr. leads Tony Stewart is second Jamie McMurray third Michael Waltrip fourth Jimmie Johnson fifth the drivers who pitted are pretty close to the three now this is a great opportunity for these cars behind to pass by jr. but they can, I guess they can't toe the line, so if Tony Stewart retired and everyone went with Tony, they would make a car chassis that would make our hearts fail, major, let's see if that's what they wanted, it's thin, a couple Quick updates here, without penalty. of Mike Skinner's team for that tire draw, it was obviously not a mistake and also the first of the cars to enter the pits and the restart wasKevin Harvick, who's 18th in line, you guys were just talking about how long these guys are going to stay in line or what. will happen Tony's father comes down and says impossible if you leave him on the bottom board because if with you when you go up a little bit he walks to the front, okay, I'll just give him a headlamp down there if he wanted to clean it up.

You know, clean, he raises the headlight. The cool thing, the cool thing, is that the young man said, "I'll give you a headlight. Put a little downforce on that 20 car to help it turn and help save the right front tire. I think they'll come quick." Up there you have a grain of brick, you have some new tires from that outside lane, right there Kevin Harvick on the green part of 18 and as he meets that outside lane, there's Bobby, one of the guys coming in. Harvey Terkel could have been a bivolo stuck in the wall. It was scary when you hit the wall like that, even if it's a small thing, you lose a lot of momentum and you lose a lot of positions, we also lose a lot of downforce on that right rear and I'd already had overheating problems, Benny. they chose not to bring it under the warning it's not going to work here today it doesn't belong oh look that car just goes through the middle trying to go through the middle from behind just a minute ago about 16 cars coming out of turn two just makes contact right there, left the tire crust on the wall and these fenders are so finely tuned that they spend weeks in perfect shape and he just rearranged it, yeah, and it became the trouble spot on this race track for one thing. of course or not, and if you just have the right cars around you and you get the wrong position, all of those feel like you hit them.

I said slide down the race track, exactly as Biffle looked like he had no grip on the front, these guys have been pretty good so far, but some of these guys are getting in that's when you have problems. 26 cars give us the package and then a little separation from the rest of the deal. This is where you see how your car handles. You can hold the accelerator pedal. below, you have a race car with very good hands right now, but some of these guys float on the gas because their cars don't turn, so they have to back off the throttle.

This is where you're going to start thinking about what the series sponsor, of course, next day today, birds, There are many more nuances to this race and they have also come to give these teams year-round fuel, a tool that they can trust, will think about and trust because of its quality and because it fuels the runners of all time. The team will bring their duck cans here and fill them up and the dump cans are new for the guys who come up and fill the car with gas on pit road. Well, they weigh more than 90 tons, now it is not an easy job and there will be some. one of the busiest people on pit road today right now these cars that I just watched are starting to move a lot more Benny these cars are starting to slide they look like the seventh car Jimmy Spencer his car isn't running very well he was there in the top ten, this is where Heylin will really start to show that Spencer started 40 and worked his way up to about the top 10 in that, check out our singer, wireless race Hawk poll at the beginning of this Daytona 500 He put a lot of drivers who have been here for many years and who never won the race.

Which of these drivers did you think had the best chance of ending their 500 win streak? We should have shown this before, uh, yeah, we can get out of the race. list anyone, any other of those three guys had a good chance, vote faster, the thoughts of him, Dale Earnhardt jr. has led every lap with the Daytona 500 so far n-b-c just completed the first 50 miles in the Daytona 500 46 Dale Earnhardt jr. leader in the 4-car breakaway, pulling away from the rest of the group included in that group, Harvick impressive running to fourth base because wherever we made our start on lap number eight, Casey Mears, 41 slow cars on the track apron runs, penny front right.

Going down 23 laps, could it be the two right front tires? Sir, the balance is not correct in this car. I don't forget that here at Daytona and most of the bigger NASCAR tracks they want an interior liner like an old inner tube. a bicycle tire in case you have a flat at 190 miles per hour there is something there to keep you from falling completely on the tire under the green tires on the right side began to roll forward a little until she months bare her foot off the brake come to the left side, put the tires on the left side, they will send you back into the sequence away from the group, this could be a long day now.

I'm just hoping and praying that all these other cars get through before the caution flag comes out. Hi Fanny, let me ask you something about the guys who didn't stop and this stays green. You're right, if they pit and the caution flag comes out, they could be a lap down, Dale Earnhardt Jr. could. Bill, check our room, could you say what? I'm so impressed with Kevin Harvick, he says he took third place from Jimmie Johnson, he's got ten laps and he's making tires that anyone else was in 18th place when we went back under green on lap number 11, Jimmie Johnson slid back. . one position ahead when Harvick came into the game last 40 Harvick was doing that last Jimmie Johnson let him go, felt the 29 decided not to bill Matt, all four tires on the 41 seem fine, so maybe it was a matter of feeling, but especially the right front doesn't seem to be right James is still looking at it now but there again you come out of the corner you get into the right position in the pocket all the problems the one below Jackie brings here his checks torn by the tnt machine It's just a double dribble, hey panty, yeah, remember we talked to group 16 this morning.

Greg Biffle broke a seesaw. Stan's boat yesterday, so Doug Case this morning changed the boats on the eight motors they had here. Jeff Burton to pit safely. We stayed below. green, that will certainly make the other teams nervous right now. Try running through the second place driver's toy store. He lost a spot there because Bush hired him for a jet board. That will be four sixteen seven places. His bike outside of him. Jeff Gordon, take that. We spot these guys pretty easily that they didn't pee before, so let's take a break, we'll be back in time for the visits to check the general live sheets, they told him he was having trouble getting on the grass while the rest of the leaders come to receive service.

Marty Michael Walters had freed me up a little bit. I'm a little tight. Buy me. The bodywork pulls it. Install it securely behind it. Half a pound on the right front day. No shirts. The car is a little loose in the driveway, but it's nice. In neutral, they decide not to make changes to the chassis for new tires and fuel from Bertoni Phil Earnhardt Jr. Jason, a chassis tune, your car was for tires, Bobby Labonte, we talked about that before, getting into a pit lane, it's so hard the car breaks down sometimes without locking the front tires, try to get out of the pack on this one point without writing help.

Kevin Harvick is the new leader, here comes Sterling Marlin and a few others to pit road. There's Harvick. Watch that run to pit road again. Look at part of the body and the pylon that I talked about before and that you had to be between him and he cleaned that pylon. she just ran over it, she's fine, I can make my pit, let me cross pit road here, that's the long way to the pit, there's Dave Elliott Sadler, they changed four tires and he's already gone, no adjustments of chassis, dear Marlin, Ricky Rod too and Bill and They had problems with the left rear, problems with the grass and the adjustment of the chassis, couldn't hold the car in the middle of the track and went off the wall.

Ricky Craven and Jimmy Spencer also left after green flag pit stops there for Spencer on lap 70 down. Yeah, that's the thing, now Kevin Harvick stopped on lap eight along with others so he could run much further before having to lock it in if the yellow flag comes out. Now all these guys who just stopped on green have a problem. Marty Allen. Bobby Labonte didn't say anything about missing pit road when he came off pit road, all he said was how bad it is, his crew chief Michael McSwain said don't worry, valence has gone down a bit. little, but we should be fine, problems in turn four.

They have a car, there's that yellow one they didn't need, oh I'm telling you Jr stays on the lead lap, the caution flag is out, the 1990 Daytona 500 winner hit the wall in turn four, big break for Harvick Gordon and guys, let's see Tony. Stewart Dale Jr. Jimmie Johnson, everyone will stay on the lead lap, Michael Waltrip, too, here he comes, which fortunately was a car accident with his group of cars behind him, he got lost up there, where almost who's the one bounced Maybe Scott Riggs has it, but it happened up there, between three and four, when he started to lose control, yes, but it was when he came back down the track, bounced off someone and then went back up towards the outside wall, believe.

It was the tenth car for Scott Riggs. This car actually hit its targets because it has pretty significant damage to the right side of its machine, so that was the one that saw all these cars just going through the pace car. go out and pick up the leader who is Kevin Harvick so that Tony Stewart Dale jr. Jimmie Johnson Michael Waltrip Jamie McMurray Bush, it looks like Greg Biffle managed to stay on the lead lap on that yellow flag coming off pit road just ahead of Kevin Harvick, who was close to Dale Jarrett as he drove to the accident scene.

The spotter has warned him that there is trouble, you drop on the platform, the track seems fine, Jeffrey, you have taken Dale to many accidents in his career, you are not sure he is happy, so the safety car in front of leader Kevin Harvick when they return? around the opening of pit lane, see how many mega stops of these front runners the lucky dog ​​made there, Ward Burton, yeah, no, I think he was in front of Kevin Harvick and when he slowed down, check out this book when he slowed down Harvick. He outplayed it and outplayed it, which is why he's been sitting around the safety car.

Our Budweiser aerial coverage of today's Daytona 500. They have been down along with the sun on this beautiful East Central Florida day. Lucchese must be having fits, he was cloudy and overcast. and cool this morning when they had to prepare their cars and take it in for inspection now that the sun is out and here's another chance for him to make some adjustments when they come to the pits here on lap 35 Dave Kevin Harvick gives up the lead to enter his car was a little tight according to crew chief Todd Barrera, they will activate a wedge adjustment, the Reds will enter the rear window, but they will not change anything else on the bill for the 29 car.

Ryan Newman in the middle of the triple division has been a sensation. exit process for Newman this is for tires and fuel without chassis changes bottom filling for the second consecutive stock without adjustments for gentlemen Absolutely beautiful Chevrolet Harvick will win the battle obviously the changes between neutral and loose is a great party for a Nemechek went down the pit road running third the car a little weak they decided not to make changes they are happy with the numerical primers they did not pit under this caution flag they will restore the racing order for you in just a moment today tone of 500 under caution at Daytona International Speedway is going to be a day of glory for one and at Daytona International Speedway we are wrapping up the second yellow caution flag for the 46th Daytona 500 that comes out after Derek Hope spun in Turn 4 NASCAR Busch Series Update for you yesterday the race stops due to rain after just 31 laps of the calendar 200 the mercies kisses 300 will resume on monday at 11am. m.

ET we will have live coverage for you on TNT of Dale Earnhardt Jr. leading the race when we stopped for rain on Friday night, spectacular freshman Truck Series race here in Daytona. Carl Edwards recovered from three different issues during the race to win, holding off a fierce field charging at him at the checkered flag in the Craftsman Truck draft. sneck strace within about a month had been planted, you notice that on the track Tony Stewart is opposite Dale Earnhardt jr. This is when they were hitting pit road for the green flag stops around the 29th and look how Stewart got the lead.

Yes, Stuart just hit pit road faster than Dale Jr. and as I said before, it is very difficult to judge how to slow down and speed up your car, you are really braking,you're downshifting and like BP said, you have to be at 55 right there, starting there to the next line. he got to be 55 miles per hour Jr, without taking any risks, he knows that he has a great race car, so now Tony Stewart versus Dale jr. and Stewart is the race leader, there are a handful of cars ahead of him on the track in that outside lane, although those are all the safety cars that came out, picked up the leader, those cars were all one lap back in the moment when the leaders separated. the leaders came out of pit road behind them they basically had two and a half miles to make up for Tony Stewart they're sticky a little risky there's your leader Tony Stewart these guys have held Tony Stewart back from doing it.

To get a lap down, Elliott Sadler was there at 38, light skinned, 133, a team two and a half miles behind leader Tony Stewart, this is where you gotta be patient, penny, this is where the guys, patience, talking of patience, the leader and the 14. The car was slow on that restart Larry, period, you said where I should follow Tony, yeah, I guess I look there, three wide, I don't want to be in the middle, Jimmy Johnson in, he He's racing for that lead and he's also stopping traffic, now these guys, Tony. He and Stewart will treat me using the mirror penny.

You have to block the movement. If you can, you don't want to stop by for a walk. Spencer caught me downtown at 7 o'clock. I'll leave them. that just says I can't win I have to be in the lead as long as you're on the lead lap you always have a chance Ricky keep going Jimmie Johnson in the 48th in the inside lane Tony Stewart in the 20th in the outside lane they're racing for Jimmie Johnson, according to my reports, the car has seven cars, so Kenny Johnson takes the lead, we try hard / that's close contact there, Jr in the shop, yes, Earnhardt jr. foot before we call drafting, you're an idiot guy, you just want to do that a little bit more speed, so Jimmy Johnson picked the lane that... that good jam, he jumped to that inside lane that got there first.

Stewart got a big no joke in the middle, is he going to do three wides? Kasey Kahne is slow 20 car lengths wow that's a handful Tommy Baldwin just when Casey isn't running or coasting he says he's coasting, they told him to try the back of his mission box to see if that would help the race car fire Casey just said it's a big thing yeah it's broken it's smoking it's big Matt it's got a lot of smoke Jr just pushing Tony Stewart out that back Jimmie Johnson in the 48 Tony's turn stops behind the roof, he said, sorry, look at the Wisconsin native, what he's got on an immediate phone, he's going to hit Ricky Craven, he pushes Ricky, like I said, he's got the real fighter, you don't want to do it too late either, cornering you because he catches you. sideways when you get it before it's really a matter of being careful to be straight when you do that when the solder popped it wasn't exactly straight it almost turned sideways got a smoker in the package sucked the round brush another round car beeping that seems like a right front fender maybe he had some contact with someone did he just say great running fourth now who's the other guy that kind of damage someone else has some damage somewhere you did the 97 here Junior's car there you see down in the Below He gets right into the left foot and left it whole Dale Jr. yeah, but just hit the tire Junior Paul, it'll be fine, boy, look at us, look at us all, damage doesn't take much in life.

Allen was talked about before, these guys spend a lot of time perfecting these bodies, just a little brush. It's going to hurt the handling of your race car. Go ahead Dave Kurtz guys go work on the right front, they already lifted it to change the two tires on the right side, try to get it closer to the aerodynamic beauty it used to. be and that's to help the citizen chef if you're still around would you care? Know? When you looked at Greg's site yesterday, he certainly picked up on this because he worries me that we don't even know.

I don't even know if both things. Same thing, you may have two separate incidents. I don't know very well and you know this is what happens when you're trying to advance your deal, we're trying to improve our deal and sometimes it works really, really well. you will have a setback this is a setback but it is a temporary setback jr. on the track and all that from his spotter Stevie Reeves on the radio all the time walking Earnhardt through traffic a lap ago, that's because in practice we said I've never seen anyone so aggressive in practice during the race .

He gave some advice to Brian Vickers on the twenty-second. initial traffic of a year, we saw you jump, they followed you and we learned that's exactly what he's doing, so far a great day for Vickers. Rick Hendrick told me his advice today. He told him to just be patient and not get frustrated. a great car back to the front, that's exactly what he did and he hooked up at 435 Park for Hendrick Motorsports behind his older, more experienced teammate and I'll tell you, sitting in one of these race cars is crazy, I want say, doing everything you can you have your hands you're so busy right now that race car with these race cars they're sliding and these guys are driving hard right now so the traffic is starting to feel it Ginny Johnson has slid back in front of Tony Stewart and Earnhardt jr. jr.

Stewart, the top three, I guess from there on, back there, all right, the big group that you're watching NASCAR on NBC Jr, they're just glued to those or the Budweiser Chevy. Oh yes, very good competition at the moment, two almost three laps behind after the worries. Previously, Highline probably helped his teammate get the 18th car separated and tried to stay close to that thought to get the lap back from him. He decided to go down, he was the choice of eight r18 teammates. He will have to do it at his expense. Work agreements are being made.

Now, whether we talk to the inside for the entire track team 20 and 18 that have been running together, Junior move outside, a car was going to turn off my 31, but when they found out that the 20 was going to come a lap . before they came I told you 30 on the track coming to 31 they said no, no, the body on the outside Benny eighteen cars the ride by turbo champion the only increase your youth ages by five dollars young guns dot com for details twice During

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and May on Coca-Cola 600 and in November for Ford 400, the chance to win a grand prize of five Wow if you choose the HA Jr. has all the wins in today's race Dean gets ahead of 20/20 decides to go on 18 looks at all guys Matt Kenseth right behind the body on 17 is the face Jr would go with him but he calls himself Elliott anyway Souder all these other cars he's racing about Jimmie Johnson Matt Jimmy says the car is just a tick on the tight side Jimmy has never been a channel he's been to Victory Lane here at the 500 as a member of Jeff's team to his team last night while doing media in victory lane when it was all said and done, he saved it for later today.

Come on, you see Matt Kenseth up front. You never realized they had any damage or they had it and an outstanding career so far for Greg Biffle when the poll came around. here a week ago today he had to start from the back due to an engine change this morning he said he was confident but a little worried with that new engine but it is hot and if we will keep it on these sets of tires that come off the Mac tires cars Dave, the Gordon Vickers combination done in 5th and 6th on Jess has been showing up in that group, you know, I'm thinking watching it I was looking at a different type of Daytona 500 and we've done that over the last few years and it's because of these new ones. tires that NASCAR asked Boutonnière to develop.

If you're not familiar with the history, the previous tires and healers have been so durable and so good that you didn't need tires that you basically wanted to put on all day and wouldn't. lost speed and became the place where NASCAR traded the first guy off pit road, so the handling of the cars with the driver's skill, which was once again a factor in deciding a race, Goodyear did that and Tony Stewart, among these guys, was able to come back. the group and then come back passing I think the fans wanted it, guys in the back, you know, I probably did well, but these guys, the teams that can adapt to the change, will still be the best teams, they will have the cars.

They are going to be the fastest, but I think they are a sauce. Oh, trouble, come right back. Rusty Wallace. Jeff Green. I'm behind you, come back, come to the university. That's the nice traitor Ken Schrader. Schrader and Rusty in car 43 is Jeff Green, very rusty. he won't win the Daytona 500 in 2004 Rusty Wallace in his 22nd attempt at the Daytona 500 and had 54 wins at NASCAR's highest level, but this race, the most important has not been one of them. Kurt Busch is going to make up one of his laps and it sucks that We'll be back, we'll be at the end of all those leading lap cars Labbadia, be the lucky dog, the lucky dog, let's see what happened here, okay, the ref's jetties just be tight here, the 42 Jamie McMurray car climbed onto the racetrack just across the left. in front of Rusty Wallace turned rusty towards Jeff Green's 43 car and the trainer picked up, I saw Johnny Benson whistling by on the grass, it had to be a rough ride, it's one of those deals where most of the time you know two, three, the other cars. they're just in the wrong place at the wrong time there's nowhere they could have gone Mary just had no idea that Rusty was moving around outside and Rusty had to avoid car 42 and I look at these guys on the right, here There's Jeff. the green turns come whistling through the grass now running through the grass one eighty is always exciting oh there's John Andretti barely getting by on board Dale Jarrett just getting right this is Jeremy Mayfield and he's got a double drats yeah, this is not good for Jeremy, because you have to slow down a lot before you get to the graph, that was good, here we go, here they come, first they come to pit road, everyone on pit road for Matt Kenseth .

The vice president said it's the loosest I can take at the beginning of the rock next to the track it's getting slippery leave it as it is for the tires without changes Dave Tony Stewart said I'm losing time so I'm tied in time so I I'm having fun driving this don't change anything except change the tires and fill it up with the fuel bill, yes, minimal damage to the 8th car from that contact with the nineties, the right rear and a great stop from Matt Kenseth's team, it seems that Two places on pit road are going to pick him up and catch him.

We came out in second place, so what else is new? Kenseth's race venues on pit road let's check out the camera Mahmoud on the line where they qualify the cars coming to the pit exit Tony Stewart Matt Kenseth and now check this out for third place. I'll give it to Little League. just Jr Arthur Jeff Ward comes out of the fourth caution for the third time in the Daytona 500 after problems on the backstretch he's our taxi this is Bryan chases the cat man for Michael Sheen at the Daytona International Speedway NBC Sports with live coverage of the 46th running of the Daytona 500 under caution for the third time after a three-car crash in turn two involving Rusty Wallace Ken Schrader and Jeff Green as we watch again here watch 42 on limits screen, floats up, doesn't know Rusty is there, turns rusty to the right. 43 and also picks up Kenny Schrader, which I don't know how frustrated he is, we'll get him to you in a moment, we lost a nut at the pit stop, Marty, well, and I'll paraphrase, he was very upset. upset and Schrader, you had a chance to watch the

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Did your opinion change? rusty, everyone's tight, you know, not everyone's weird, a little loose, but they just rule that room, you know, we're there, everyone's nice. in cruise mode and I guess 42 goes into 42 and then they cause damage to my car camera business but I just got excused Schwan that's how we started this doing 86 and we'll do better this time but 42 is the two that are behind 43 and I'm behind 43 and here we are sometimes you just run out of room bill on that Ryan Newman pit stop to take some damage to the right rear and this is what was happening after your pit stop after your pit stop. stop he was locked in so he backed up just as he was going to back up the 31st behind him decided to leave so if they made contact a couple of the team went down everyone was fine two came back and bandaged the right side . of car 12 and sent it back, the most important thing for Ryan here is that he has Buddy Baker working as a spotter on the backstretch telling him look, we're only 62 laps into this, relax,we'll be fine, so Ryan Dulin backs off. on track, racer caution, Daytona 500 just after 150 miles, watch Daytona 500 or lapped safety car hits pit road Tony Stewart, leader, speeds up sensation on restart for Jimmie Johnson, fifth run to the top ten from pit road and Dave Leading 27 cars on the lead lap after that final caution, he was the highest scoring car on the non-lead lap.

We generally call it the lucky dog ​​treat. Lucky dog. That jumping there is Ricky Rudd and the guys he was racing with, the leader, his teammate Tony. Stewart, they have two-way radio communication, so he radioed Tony, I didn't mean to get in your way, buddy, but I wanted to be the lucky dog ​​and Tony said that was fine deep down and Junior, with who will go? He has chosen car number 17. I don't think Tony Stewart, I think Jeff closes the door, here comes Jeff Gordon and his teammate Jimmie Johnson in car 48, they think the outside crash is rusty and has totaled the race car. number two here in the garage and what happened I really needed to Pass them - I thought I had cleared it - and I didn't give it enough room.

I just took my right rear panel and his left front fender and turned us both into a wall and that was it, he had a good sense of humor. About it he said: I mean, do you think this track doesn't like me anymore? They haven't had much luck here in recent years or at least in the garage with a chance to win. Potentials are losing which of these drivers who has never won the Daytona 500 has the best chance of winning today Mark Martin without an engine failure before Rusty Wallace was your choice now he's been in an over the body accident and Ricky Rudd still in the race Ronnie will run 16th and Rod will run 34th change the name to see who will be running races he with one will be that Ricky Rudd is one lap down Tony Stewart leaning back Kenseth second in the race for third place then re-entered for another pit stop like today that Highline just isn't working at all Gordon finally tightens up, gets to the inside and outside, man what's up with the 24, that caution juice slowing him down?

That's exactly what he needed to get to the bottom, that's where his car works best, he hasn't really been at the front of the field mostly playing a waiting game because the Slugger Labbe Michael Walker when you talk to that car they're fast is a challenge - that part there in the middle trying to get past the 70 lap top speed, these are the fastest and that's an average speed of all the way around the race track not the Jimmie Johnson speed in that low 48 car on that baseline and pick up the shot of those first four bars who was the one pushing Ricky Rudd his jet bush this curveball sure has to run, has to run ninety-seven fires, okay, what's your car 21 right in 97, that's three times?

There's a lot of good cars in there, there's Sterling Marlin, forty cars, that's Michael Waltrip's car backwards, I'm Terry Smith, look, I'll move it. there, on the left side of the car, as we look at it, the caution flag is out, the field has slowed down the safety and rescue workers who are already there tending to the car of Michael Waltrip and the others involved in this major accident on the backstretch, that's why NASCAR slowed these cars down at the caution flag to allow rescue workers to get there to tend to these drivers. Now they arrived much faster than before and Wall-e, you know this from your experience within these races. cars with all the safety ratings and stuff, it's not a big cockpit area that the driver has to move around in and Michael's not a little guy, now Michael's big guys, you got your Hans at Michaels, he's got some extra wires connected to this helmet. because of the camera he carries like me yesterday, so there are many things that connect to you, you can't move, plus you are upside down, it is difficult to remove the steering wheel and then when you release the seat belts you have to be careful not to fall on top of the steering column, so you really have to try to get your bearings, only if you're not hurt, take your time, those guys are there, the firefighters are there, and if you just take your time and disengage I think you know, obviously, the cars in you call, you're going to create ways to get out quickly, but there's Brian Vickers out of his car, Jamie McMurray in the driver of the accident with the star on his uniform in the back left. of the screen, he is out of his car and the work continues around Michael Waltrip's machine and also the way the seats are around you, the helmets are very difficult for someone like Michael, yes that's okay, the car It's over and if it's okay, there's more good news for Tony.

This time there were no changes to Stewart's chassis for new tires, other than the news that Michaels is fine, Webber, this should be a routine for the car's tires eight in fuel, seemed to take a long time on the right front. Matt arrived first, yes, he stopped the team from leaving the pits. After his stops and work around Michael Waltrip's car to get it off that machine after it spun at least three times down the stretch when the car slid onto the grass, I saw one of the tires come off the machine and when the tire left on it dug into the grass just sent the car free on its roof and when you're in a situation like that you're just a passenger, especially when these cars start spinning around each other.

Here you see Johnny Sauter slid up. Car 30 hit Brian Vickers on 25, a chain reaction, it's like it barely passed by, so you see the tire come off Michael's car and then it goes into the rain-softened grass and just It sank like we saw Ryan Newman's. last year and I sent the car there's Harvick Kevin LePage Johnny Benson Terry the sonic body Mauryan Vickers okay here we go these might be your best shots the car down there blue the yellow car slides up to the right, very little contact, which doesn't seem like much every time 185 miles per hour is a lot, I'm just going to dig deeper, there go all the tires and Allen talked about very violent, you hit the grass, wait, now the 30 car is approaching and it's Like you said, Wally, another six. inches it probably wouldn't have been an accident and it looks like the 32-year-old me got a little loose down there, you get a little loose, he corrected it, but what he corrected was sliding down the race track, two cars on the outside of them, at the least 10 cars. involved in this accident, it's hard to tell if he loosened up, pushed up, but the end result was the same, yes, hit by Robby Gordon and then here's the dig, idiot, because you know how high he throws the dirt as he the car moves forward.

On top of other cars they almost went on top, that was Kevin LePage and the four cars got some air. I look at this. I think Biffle arrives without too much damage. Half a cent, he just said on the radio that they should show it from my board. It should be the lucky dog, what a good time, he said, oh, this one of these slides to stop, did you at least say we're done with the hard places of death at 30, he pushes her, he lets go, he lets go, yes, so the back part comes loose? first and when he tries to correct him and catch him, he goes up when he slides towards Vickers and Vickers pinches Waltrip and they go, let's add a couple more to this.

How about 12 cars in this accident now get all the numbers on the cars coming back? hurt this Ryan Newman, yes, he was almost over it. 25 cars. Victor came down and just tagged him. Page in the air. Sterling Marling under him. There's Benson on the Oh nine. I said there's just no place for you to go many times. It's called boring Michael Washington 25 got into that thing that they're talking to Michael, the security workers, but we talked about the tight cabin. Michael's a big guy, he's just stuck inside the car, that's true, I mean, flip it, he's fine, I think probably. the reason they won't turn him in is if he has any type of injury especially to his neck or back that's the last thing you want to do it's a good idea so precautions will be taken to get Michael Waltrip off his machine tomorrow.

Continue to monitor that, let's check in with Mark Ryan Newman hammering the number 12 car right now and he said he'd rather talk, wants to calm down for a second, very upset about what happened there and sometimes BP, as you know, you can use a hammer . To eliminate some frustrations, can't you hit that fender? Ryan hit him hard, he hit Marty Ryan Newman, we put the car on its side and it looks like they're flipping it, don't let him hit so hard, oh, you're going to stop. What do you see, they continue to work, father, look at the serious damage to that machine, so they continue to work to get Michael Waltrip out of his car again, although the report from NASCAR is that he is talking to the rescue workers there and a big list.

Wow. In this accident that we talked about before, it's not if it's when, then, in this case, the big accident occurred on lap 72 of the 200 schedule in today's Daytona 500 race, the defending 500 winner, an unfortunate starring role, see different rescue teams there, the cranes to remove. all the vehicles involved in the accident, the paramedics and medical workers, even the firefighters, the extraction tools that are inside Michael Waltrip's car, you can see if it is close, everything goes there, very confined, plus you have the roof On top of that, the board is all crushed. In the back you can see the huge applause Michael receives when he comes out and waves to the crowd, that distraction brought him back, we didn't need him, so it's not the kind of day Michael Waltrip was expecting, certainly in this 500 Daytona I was waiting for.

He comes out with his name inscribed on the Harley Earl trophy for the third time as a 500 winner instead, he will compete every eleven o'clock. Sports gasp tonight with the spectacular flyer across the field that is a camera on the ceiling watching all these guys picking up debris. out of turn 2 involves 12 cars and since Michael Waltrip for a double caution flag went out at the terrifying moment of the Daytona 500 46, fortunately, when we return to the Daytona 500, you see the remains of the car of Michael Waltrip being retired, the most important part. Note that the center cage area you see for the window, the door in the window area, the front rear, if that crushes, that's fine, but that center cage where the driver, Benny and Wally sit , it's the heart of race car safety and we can see the integrity is still there and projected by Michael Waltrip, especially for something like that.

Michael sighs that it's the best six-foot-five camera still works. He talked about flipping that car back over BP. This was the upside down view, right side up. Now we remove the steering wheel and see. As you get out of this car, just look at the dirt on the dashboard and remember that Ryan Newman told us about the countdown to greening the patch of grass he ended up with in his car after his rollover last year and took it home . MacDonald sponsors a championship and contest. for the pit crews throughout the season, the teams that spend the least amount of time on pit road, it is called the McDonald's Pit Crew Championship powered by Powerade Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Steam was the winner a season ago and teams will be competing for that race within a race throughout 2004. We only had about two pit stops. Here you saw that Jeff Gordon won the race from pit lane. Now all teams will race to the end. Sunoco gas station to get more fuel for the next round of pit stops Sunoco, just one of the new things in NASCAR racing in 2004, didn't have a dashboard, you know my dad, when he raced in the late 1960s at a local track. In Massachusetts, he was speaking this morning. He had a big Sunoco sticker on the car that the local Sunoco dealer used to give gas.

That's what a sponsorship was in those days. The Marty Wall Ride for many drivers, including Brian Vickers, was what started all of that. Brian, yes. I'm not sure, I think the 30 car that got loose was something and it got into us and I got into Michael and went from there. I hate it for everyone, I really hate it for this, you can see team Chevy if they work. they broke their ass it's the best car we had a leak we went from 35th to top 10 we were in the top 10 there the last part of the race before but the guys did a great job I can't remember it I want to thank the presidents for come today and all the support we fans have here when all that happens what is your point of view what is my point of view what do you see through the windshield anything wait I see a lot of smoke a lot of dirt flying a lot of cars and it usually hurts a lot, but I'm fine, a couple hurt a little now, but other than that just hold on and let go of the wheel.

He feels good, but he's only 20 years old. Remember that Dave Artie Sterling Marlin was driving his car and what was it?your view of the accident there I don't know well, we found immediately someone crashed into someone in front of us up there and Saints, the smoke, everything looks good and you know it was going well to have someone help me in the right rear and turn head on at the fence so I don't know what time you idiots this car was too tight there's not even cuts to get out and you let go everyone pushes and you get three.

The dates on the front are just missing them and there's nothing to do about it so they need to go through these rooms and take the bowler hat off a little bit and let it hang on its side, okay Sterling Marlin can't win its third Daytona 500 today You guys are still cleaning up. we're approaching 200 miles at the Daytona 46 500 a dozen cars involved in the big accident we came back immediately michael waltrip I don't think there's any doubt about it, it's not the biggest part of the whole thing Chevrolet The official pace car Corvette driver from the 2004 Daytona 500 turned left and left the road.

The caution period is over. Jeff Gordon leads the field to the restart as the race reaches 200 miles, lots of pushing right there 20 as he watches the cars get closer. Accelerate well, Michael Walsh, if you look a little dirty, but are you okay? Yeah I'm fine but it's a shame I was on the outside and survived a rookie that was inside me but I guess when the second one decided to dive in there. It was too much, they had to go into the wall and that grass on the backstretch feels dangerous, you know you hit it, it's quiet, like everyone says, when you're upside down like that.

Now I was pretty hard bouncing off the road and then when the car stopped, that was really bad, I felt like one of those guys circling whatever it was. I was in a box and couldn't get out and I didn't appreciate the security workers doing that. I was trying to tell them. just to flip the car, you know, I just flipped ten times or five times or two times I don't know how many times 180 and I survived, all I had to do was go back and get out, they were cutting bars all over the car. was on top of me I don't know what bar they thought they were going to cut that would have alleviated the paint that all the big guys had flipped at Daytona.

It was frustrating that they were trapped like that Michael, well, you know, racing cars are not the best, it's not the safest, maybe sometimes it's not even the same, this thing you do to understand that you're going to get into some links and you don't worry about what you're getting into, you expect people to help you. get out of there and I couldn't see where they were doing much good to get me out so I did my best to explain to them what had to happen and what they were going to do finally after I screamed and screamed for ten minutes I turned it around and walked out like this I hope you learned a lesson.

We'll take a dirty Michael Waltrip, as long as he's a healthy microwatt. Michael is fine, so Michael has a chance to win a third Daytona 500 crash in the back right away. I've been looking at the pictures, have you seen Johnny Sauter, he's got 30 cars smoking after the restart, the tire was rubbing one of the fenders, Jimmie Johnson looking for a spot on Dave, my counterattack, Johnson lost some ground in a lap and a half and finally. he cut the tire, he says now I have a left rear coming down and I bring a thirty car to pit road Dale jr.

Tony Stewart side by side instead of nose to tail like they've been all day and here comes Jr stuck in the middle in car 8, Jimmie Johnson for the lead over teammate Jeff Gordon, no one's going up, help Terran , not right now. the race leader, I'll tell you what Dave Blaney ran so well last Saturday in the yolk shootout he continues today with a great job there, the y23 car that's putting the squeeze on him there and from the 8 car, bill jr. Okay, I'll let you finish the phone, yeah, but Benny, like you were talking about, ended up a little bit better, he didn't get it on Saturday night and you know this is a team that in the race in Rockingham, North Carolina, at next day.

The sponsorship that is on the side of his body here is only for these Speedweeks, they have no support for the rest of the season, they do not plan for next week. I talk to the crew chief, Crey Lopez, the story by side and each of these guys to get From back to front, that's what he told Bill and this morning I saw Jimmie Johnson trying to give the Ford some help 2010. It's on the high side, gets us talking, but Gary left the bottom open. Lupul, he said, as long as he had someone behind him. push this good, okay, he has, hey, Allen, it's possible, he leaves, then he saw what I'm doing.

We started the show talking about how they were prepared to get to this field, but we didn't talk about how the slow 20 car became the fast one. I spoke with Greg Zipadelli later in the week about the change, the transformation they had done to this 20 Gregson car. I returned to our notes library. I read everything we had done at any Talladega and Daytona restrictor plate track each year and studied when we switched and came up with the solution: you just don't win time at Daytona like the number 20 car won this week. The transformation that took place last Sunday in the classification is surprising.

I made this statement unless they improve. the speed they cannot gain in the last Daytona accident was also treated and released from the Infield Medical Center Ryan Newman drives his cars to the garage and works on them there today the most laps are those who have fought among the six drivers to return a stone Jimmy Johnson Jeff Gordon Kevin Harvick and Kyle Petty navigate and lap under that last yellow flag to the ways they prevent Michael Waltrip the Snapple machine Brian Vickers Martin the last three of this Daytona 500 Stewart Steve Approximately in 48 cars they have to race and I don't know a little loose there with Biffle down below the spark went a little to one side that's going to cost him a little he told me that his car is bottoming out the front crossbar Austin got into the part rear left the 48 told me that his car is bottoming out between one and two, the FIR Crossman, that's probably what happened to him there, what he had better not do that with someone on his bumper, he will be on his side because here Dale jr.

It was like that when his car bottomed out on its side, that's always control, just deliver the message and they told Phil on the radio to run some laps. Greg just ran a few laps right now. We talked about storage equipment before we made this equipment. Tony Stewart's car broke down. in an accident that in the final practice yesterday, they had Pender who arrived early this morning, we have the suspension on the right side of the bar, they put it on the track, the fenders that adjust are on those tires that they were worried about, obviously they have "I've done it perfectly, nothing wants to go wrong and I think he would like his father to cut the line and say that Earnhardt will go with you if you want to go because he will need help until now, feel safe," I would say of the The best thing is that you have to come to NBC Sports' live coverage of the Daytona 500 from Daytona Beach, Florida, glorious afternoon 200000, including the president of the United States, available with changes so far and a very heavy jr.

Right now in the 8 car, the wide eight is backing up to 48, let's see if there were two guys who can't get together and make the race in this one in front of 12 lead changes today, about six drivers' championship races to go. the new NASCAR Nextel Cup Series. in the series places are getting pretty good at ovulation today, 48 can hold up there Benny, take a look right now. I don't know with Jimmie Johnson we can execute that end result like we were a Dale Jr. car. I spoke to Brian Watson about this point and also to Tatka, now from the totally different team.

You had a little free time on vacation. I know you missed it. It's time for the five of you to take part in the Aflac NASCAR Nextel Cup trivia quiz and this won't be long. of a test for BP, who had the least are the last two remaining. I took the lead, there's some spark here in turn two, so I left those two laps and you started back in 30 seconds. I said he put it on the bottom and it goes on the bottom. I think Junior backed up too much to get that run. Who's going to have three guys lined up?

Now you are in a position to go back and see if the yellow flag comes out. It's the first car on the lead lap with a scoring chance to do this yet. in this action-packed Daytona 500, but let's do it now, how about a top 10? The field we started with race leader Tony Stewart on Dave is burning well, BP led that lap, looks like Tony Stewart you mentioned that repair. He didn't mention the extent to which the rear end dropped six inches down, that's a lot anywhere, especially here at Daytona. Bill Greg Biffle wanted to follow the twenty, so he tried to follow the lines. 200 teammates, Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon, running food and back to near neutral after those significant chassis adjustments, a few stops and just a new stick of gum, meanwhile, Jeff Gordon says his car is running very fine right now no complaints just driving in traffic Ville Dale Earnhardt jr.

I lost a few positions trying to fight the car, getting a little tight and it has a tendency to run late around 110, just an outstanding run for Dave Blaney's number 23 car. Alan told them the story, the only sponsor for this race. I've had positive stories about the Daytona 500 ending after Davis said yellow and black for the Talladega race car. Marty and Scott say the car is very loud and mean. Team 217 made it today on pit road, but at the last stop Russ welcomes Jack. Brooke, it took him seven pumps, usually about two pumps to get the car up in the air, he fell back into the field now back to eighth place.

Dave Kevin Harvick's car was tightened to compensate for that's the only thing that takes the tape off the grid, Elliott Sadler would be tightened again, well his cars are tight too, but when he gets around to lap one, two or three, Arthur he breaks away from his field here at the Daytona 500 as we just crossed the halfway mark 250 miles into the 46 races of the great American race he is halfway to giving such an excellent race with him here coming in late with this set of tires for today burns so Biffle loses the second third earlier in the week there was a lot of talk about Jimmie Johnson ended up knowing the story there Michael Walter while he was in the Junior race, but Tony Stewart refers to going out on Thursday to Even though they don't compete for the same team, well, they were teammates in the 24-hour race two Sundays ago.

A special relationship between them, don't you think Bill? in fact, he is so special, especially on the track today 20, he is the only car they can race with. The driver ate it. Jeff has no help. He is behind the end of the second to last car in the inner circle. He was two laps behind. Remember that before. and Dale Earnhardt Jr. They got off each other and Kurt had to make a green flag pit stop for repairs. He recovered one of those two laps on the track. He now he is the first. Obviously, it's especially for the leaders if he can get back on the lead lap. o Greg Biffle beefy a few moments ago Brad Perry was down in his box he was talking to review Chad really wanted to come on lap 107 he made a deal to come on lap 109 that's the plan at least now we see some hands out the window there Dale jr .

Jonah is handing over the window. I guess he's calm. Miles, he goes make a pit stop. I'm going to make a pit stop. Run over me. Remember the last time they put him under the green Tony Stewart Jr. On this Stewart Jr. Biffle 55 miles per hour is the pit lane speed limit through that cone and a few others followed the man including Bobby, the body, Dale Jarrett and Ricky Craven. Dave's crew chief, Greg Zipadelli, asked Tony if he needed anything. Tony said no, just give me the four tires of The fuel will be returned with friends who came with a bill: it will be four tires for Dale Jr at Pebble, so maybe they will catch her in the race from the hands of Jimmy Johnson, he is coming to eat the exit. finish, it's these cars, just pull out of the pit lane and try to get these restricted edges all the way to the full song, who comes to your park 48 Johnson and it takes forever Weezer has come up to speed, you're new to NASCAR, they put a license plate between the carburetor. in the manifold to restrict the amount of air going into these engines to control speeds, otherwise the cars would probably be going about 230 miles per hour and just fly into the air and reproduce a very unsafe condition three times on the straightaway. unrestricted finale guys it just came out of the good lady's virtual garage we talk about restricted attention back to high speeds here at Daytona that does something we call drafting king that's the air you see you can't see , but that's here as you go down the straight and you see the guy behind the car behind thewhich our NBC car stops.

It's a lot easier to run behind that Home Depot car and run up to that guy, you can drive next to that lead car because the car behind literally. the hair pushes the polar front car the big void that's the problem pretty lady brakes hard Kurt Busch comes with the leaders Jeff Gordon Scott Wimmer Kevin Harvick goes to the rest of the sleeping package he dived into the stops he woke up at the end of lap 108 Jimmy Johnson fitting all the way to pit road ahead David Elliott Sadler's car was tight guys will go to the right side change those tires air pressure adjustment to help Eliot's condition bill Blaney had to lock it in and fix it on the side of the pit board, just what his crew chief is really loose in the right front alley, here comes Stewart, sees they've been there with two or three laps with tires down and they can run probably a second a lap faster because of those new tires Marty Matt's Kansas car, Petey is a little loose, he doesn't have any help right now with an innocent lane, but when he accelerates he will blend into some of the traffic coming next to him if he can when he will have to accelerate pretty fast, the intention is not the first group but the second group, so John FLE is now the leader of the Daytona 500 without having made a pit stop yet and Jeremy Mayfield did not return. around Tony Stewart and these guys think it's just a long stay just a three car line on the track there's no one of royal blood near him right now these guys start picking each other up that group behind him will catch him John Andretti has been in and out on the way to the pits in a car now here is dirt that we can feel in the pit lane for his stop and that will put the race lead back in his hands a stop in the field Dave who went to the front they replaced a whole side of the car the professional who knows Too, but basically they've been trying to massage that all day.

They'll make another four-tire stop here to get Jeremy on his way. Ranger right now these guys are around at the same time they have a deep skirt forty seven eight and then Gordon between the two groups you're right those three guys just stay in line they have another big pit stop and they could decide the Daytona 500 between the three of them and not letting these other guys get back into the race, if any, that could be a problem for the 16. in the engine bay continues to heat up, saw 250 as a temperature that gets hot if it goes in for too long, you're right bill, if it has to do that, it keeps breaking that current, so it's not really tight, that will cause them to go slower and we're seeing it right now, it's moving from side to side. another to try to get some air in that radiator at 300 miles in the Daytona 500 Tony Stewart Dippold Dale Earnhardt jr.

Line up the lead rat Stewart's boys, getting the job done on their pit stop, holding on to first place and racing at Daytona Beach International Airport behind the racetrack's backstretch. Air Force One leaving the facilities in the United States available to get this Daytona 500 underway and now we return to attend to the nation's affairs bill, quite an exciting day for you, uh, Jeff it was a great day, who is the utility man for the 84 skills, he is the lead instructor at the federal law enforcement training center, Bennie, he did a story on I remember last year he told me that about 90% of the people in the president's detachment, so he knew that about 90% of everyone, he teaches emergency driving techniques to ages and other types of things, so it's a great day for him to see those guys, that's fantastic.

He has a great piece that we did with Greg Martin Bob in the Ponte hey, he has a great piece here is Kurt Busch we never talked about him being the first car on the lap, he has led the second group to the top three and he has suffered literally and look how much of a gap Earnhardt jr has. I had to get close to a 16 because of that bomb the last two times he had trouble getting into turn three. I know if he's laying down trying to run or whatever he's doing, it looks like he's doing it because he actually catches it right here.

He just needs someone to go with him right now if he pulls out, but I think he knows people are out, Dale Jr. is going to go after him, take him, if Kurt Busch caught them with Dale Earnhardt jr. get to rot on Greg Biffle for second place with Kurt Busch's push, yeah now push, I'm going to pitch with his teammate, I think it's Greg Biffle, that's exactly what he did and all those other guys say that Let's not help Junior before this car is too. quickly behind this maybe we have a chance was just what I thought I started saying I can't imagine Kurt Busch isn't going to wait for that cute dog thing if he can find a way to get a push from Jeff more than some of these others guys often around Tony Stewart to get to the end of the lead lap he's going to do, he'll help push his teammate to the top once he does it, that'll give him a bit of a vibe, these cars are obviously insured.

I won't last a bit if you let him go, Chef Gordon, there's a couple more teammates working against Apol Jr. That's something you guys don't have, you don't have a teammate here, we're going for third place, best friend, and so on. successively against Dale Jr. in the drop down menus while we look at this, let's look at the pace of the top performing drivers who have much of the lead today Tony Stewart led the most laps Earnhardt jr. second place, you're still very much in contention for the Miss Daytona 500, comes into play here, another good reason for Biffle to take the lead behind this group, hanging in there with these guys, BP back in 2002 and a stamp saw his cat the champagne the confetti is still there and is still there to this day they would love to add another newbie scott wimmer having a wonderful day he just left it 67 bill told me earlier in the week the sky was almost getting too conservative not wanting to make a mistake and still want to earn a lot of respect, he's certainly doing it here today keep the thieves the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series in this is 22 Tony Stewart is the race leader $300 country 46 states 105 business positions and almost racist paint the leaf Rufus we return to the 46th running of the Daytona 500 live from Daytona Beach Florida on NBC Sports just after the 300 Tony Stewart has been out front most of this day Dale Earnhardt jr. right there batting second after Greg Biffle retired from that just a second ago, some people stood there and that outside lane caused Scott Wimmer at 22 to go to third here comes Kevin Harvick at 29 to fourth and pit bulls are just having a hard time.

If he stays in the draft, he can probably stay in all he has, a car, but it's too hot, he has to get that car out and it's killing him on the ground. Dave Jimmy Finnick, crew chief or Jimmy 97, we've seen your The car passes now if you can get back on the lead lap and leads and can win. Yeah, I mean, we have a pretty good car right now. We had a misfortune with a car early on, but let's hope we get a yellow. or something so we can go back to this permit on the left because we have a passing car, one of his guys leaned over to me and said, "Hey, when you're done with that interview, throw that mountain microphone away we need a warning NASCAR just issued a Plaxico lock warning and we'll show you why Greg Biffle in it Stewart for the race leads from the start and finish line tri-oval and Wow he did a great race and that's the movie he's trying to work Tony didn't let him by his crew chief Jimmy Fennec.

They're running the first car a lap back in quite a bit, but we had a caution a while ago, the last one was at 572 or that big mess on the backstretch that's to give on that one. car 22, we're talking about blocking a NASCAR by issuing a warning, it's a very, very fine line between putting a successful defense like a doctor on someone and blocking them and causing an accident, the drivers perspectives are a very fine line, right? But you know, that's one of those things that you have to do here: a driver has to drive by the mirror as much as by the windshield because you have those races and what you say is that I don't want to get into situations where you put a block and you put the guy on the wall when you do that, so yeah, you're right, it's a fine line, but you have to do it, so now the two grade climbers work quite successfully. together at the draft all day Tony Stewart and Dale Earnhardt jr. with scott wimmer kevin harvick and greg biffle doubt bombing five something happens we'll be back live for now you're watching NASCAR on NBC 68 laps left in the 2004 Daytona 500 race Tony Stewart leading Dale Earnhardt jr.

Scott Wimmer Kevin Harvick and Greg Biffle none of those drivers won. Some drivers who were involved in previous accidents had returned to the track Rusty Wallace Scott Briggs Derek I hope Ryan Newman and still back in action tomorrow like Jeff Greene Marvin oh, they just showed you. black flag from NASCAR for not meeting the minimum speed requirement with his repaired car, so I realized it wasn't going to be the minimum, all just trying to give third racer Scott Wimmer a rookie and thinking like a veteran who is driving, is managing his race talking to crew chief Frank Styler they expect 40 francs and what changes they want but he knows one more stop Jeff Gordon and 48 Jimmie Johnson were both in the top five about 25 laps ago both dropped out Gordon goes back trying to make his way to the front Jimmie Johnson is working on a tight race car you know it's Matt says one thing is when you come in especially when you're a rookie when you come in you don't want to change too much on that race mat you don't want to lose a guy which came anyway, you don't want to hold on any longer at that moment in the pits, in case something goes wrong, you lose that group of drivers, five in the top 13 and we talk. a lot about Dale Jarrett and Bobby Labonte but they are among the good ones Jeff Burton took him out of the Daytona 500 johnny sauter one of the nurses around here trying to stay out there and get laughs with some Nextel Cup points it's like throwing up some numbers here thinking about pit stops, we're going to start seeing some green flag pit stops pretty soon for some of these drivers, this is Jeff Gordon, the one who should pass Biffle for fifth place, Blady in the 23 attempts at go with it, I think pit bulls.

I just happened to go off the throttle there, I got hit in that 16th car, right at 16th, now he's actually chuckling, that could be contributing to it, he's aware, but the wind is blowing almost straight into the backstretch of the corner. three, so they left. in turn it is something that simply magnifies the problem if you are pushing and waiting for the leaders potentially in this lap. I think we put in 136 laps, they can make one more stop, you want to get these guys out of the way, you certainly look like the 50. I was waving Jr the car back they're coming to pit road Scott window heart of the brakes the old Johnny Sauter rightly right through the leaders have hit in the pit road entry bid time also with clothes called reduce leaders and believe me that's scary from where I stand here behind the protective wall hopefully four tires for Stuart no gears full of fuel they didn't want to change it they certainly didn't want to loosen it Tony said Weber Dale Earnhardt jr.

He said his car is the best he's ever had when he's in traffic, but they still wanted to try to get the main front chassis adjustment done. They'll earn our junior, although a bit separated, see Stuart and Kirk push the car back, then Wimmer and then a gap back to Dale jr. here's Jeff Gordon on pit road Dave Blaney Kevin Harvick Joe Nemechek now on the army card and now Johnny saw her come in to serve a penalty for that little explosion on pit road a minute ago Dave Kevin Harvick brings a twenty-nine and They didn't remove all the nose tape they wanted last time it was running hot but not too hot, this time they will take a little more four tire change the fit can set up the AIDA mount for a few laps plus a four tire change for Jeff Gordon 23 from Dave Blaney's drag race is the zero Kenseth Jimmie Johnson is not a good sequence for the team 17 who was supposed to stay on the track killed everyone before a minimum Vinnie shot Stalin to they pushed it back with four tires and a track bar adjustment for the 17 Dave elliott sadler you made the cars go Aero tight it feels like there's a broken shot or something Josefa Jimmy Johnson on the tight track can you see Donuts on the side looks more like they ran in Martinsville the body dale jarrett casey mears ricky ruddalso came out of pit lane after coming in for service with that set of bars, look at the gap between Scott's brother and Dale jr. that kid traded there goes jr. and Dipple in Jeff Gordon's 24 car Gordon will latch onto these two, now these three cars could chase Jimmy Johnson in that group.

I mean, it's Tony Stewart and they grew up, so the leadership will go back to Tony. The story here is that these pit stops around the stack payout are only because they deserve a penalty. Well now I don't know what happened he came to the pit stop and came right back guys my notes all over the list say no changes to the chassis all day and apparently there has been a penalty because he took that dead cat with him, yes he will hit him on the previous lap, apparently he took some equipment out of the box and that's a penalty, so the file is just a circuit and that's going to hurt.

A stop-and-go is the heat penalty when you have to get to 55 miles per hour stop and then take off again and still stay 55 miles, so through a round of green flag pit stops for the cars back, the front group was extended. get out a bit, but as we saw the last time this happened, the second group can set up and catch the first and make it a 10 to 11 car race, once again the reason why the last time I was in the bit book could Don't get tight in line because you talk to us we'll see what happens with the second group maybe he has some part of the problem with Greg Biffle he had a matched left front tire and didn't know it man let's see , jr. last time it was about 3/10 of a second faster than the cars in front late, it seems they learn our jr.

Biffle's 8-16 and Gordon's 24 will be able to haunt him for another penalty in that round of pit stops Warburton held for a lug nut that threw the dough there he started tonight in a bid for a third Daytona 500 victory. . 97 and 99 winner of this race trying to push Greg Biffle and Dale Earnhardt jr. Get us back to the front. Reminding you to log on to NBC sports.com for much more on the Daytona 500 and NASCAR bp's favorite to win this year's Series championship, the Nextel Cup. We talked about this new system used to determine the Chase champion.

For the championship, I did a little article on the tracks that will have all the fans moving towards the title in the fall and what they can look for as we get to each of them later in the season. NBC sports.com Tony Stewart in search of his first victory, second, part 97 in the middle is Kurt Busch, he is one lap behind, he has been like this for a long time waiting for a caution flag that will allow him to return to contention to win this race with 56 laps to go. Another round of pit stops and who knows what kind of finish we'll see.

Daytona is known for its late race. Nearly 200,000 people here at Daytona International Speedway watching the 46th running of the Daytona 500 with Tony Stewart still in the lead. Dale Earnhardt Jr. . battling a handling problem, their car suddenly too, the fans have gotten their money's worth so far today and put them at the end, they would go around this two and a half mile track, that's good, they washed it with about 7,000 gallons of soft. The drinks in that posture are busy and these guys are busy in the car. Tony was trying to keep them away from one more pit stop if we stay green.

Yes sir, is there some kind of conversation about maybe you ratted him out? The VP guys are starting to talk about it. two tires, see how they work on some of the other cars, depending on where you are and how your car drives, these tires some guys were complaining about before, you might want to go ahead and see what happens. I don't know why I asked these left sides to run 67 that's a lot to ask Benny if you're desperate Thanks Wally I was waiting for your shot it could be PE this time there's a whole list of reasons why it's good the Tony Stewart continues to lead I want I mean, everything, all the action, if there wasn't, the track would happen behind him, secondly, if his car was warming up, they told him to watch his temperature before, he's getting all the clean air, but you know, a Tony likes someone else. to concentrate he doesn't like distractions in his cabin, everything is sealed with tape and everyone is silent because no one has to talk about the observer, is there anyone testing him inside or outside?

So that's exactly the key is to have someone who just runs. with you that you don't have to worry about looking in the mirror and blocking and doing this and there are three guys, four guys behind them, they're all happy staying in line right now, so a good truck tells you what 20 -The car It's been today if Tony Stewart didn't win this race, so take me in the car, her totals up before, Scott, here, these other guys, she's been here racing for a few hours, the adrenaline of traffic racing has settled . You're kind of quiet in your mind, you're trying to figure out what to do for the race, what's going on inside the car right now.

I think everything is calm now and if you have everyone working on the same plan, which is now. just log the laps, stay in the line and when the end comes whoever is on the line whether it's five or six of us will sort it out so just don't run and go crazy you know you'll have the guys wait behind to catch up there will be 15 or 20 for a so I think now everyone is saying the condom is happy do a few laps and stay in line. Jeff Gordon inside jr. trying to take a spot off of him, the second group is starting to get into the early fifth positions behind the front, plus Kurt Busch's returning car, now let's look back at the next group of cars, to find Ginny Johnson in 48 , sixth place.

Driver, six cars together, it's going to ruin Matt, the 29 car didn't make any fantastic changes, they finally got it narrowed even more to help someone who is in condition more than he was overheating at this point for junior Kevin Harvick. The car is a little Prius, all that. Mom, he got it out of the 16 that these guys compete in, now that backpack is going to gain a lot of ground on Earnhardt Jr. to the outside of Scott Wimmer for the second Biffle goes with junior and Wimmer then the rookie of the instances, okay guys, go ahead, happy to be here in fifth or sixth place, he has no friends with that yellow stripe on the rear bumper that means which is the first.

The czar of the year look is that yellow stripe means Hi guys, I don't know what I'm doing, don't follow me because you very rarely follow those newbies. They are now in our junior and second behind Kurt Busch, who continues to lead, is Joe Gibbs. Tony Storm's team owner tries to add another Daytona 500 championship to his long list of accomplishments seen on Discover Card countdown for green Marty Snyder's visit with coach about returning to the NFL in this stage of his life to have another set of championships and he's after playing football but the races there just annoy me oh man it looks like Bill the gutter the corners couldn't make it turn around Dale , but finally he was able to do it, in front, a friction occurred in front of Biffle trying to leave. graciously, Jeff Gordon is going to travel a little to hang out and here comes that second group, Jimmie Johnson, trying to get Kevin Harvick closer to the others, it would be hard to get away from that pop 97.

I was looking for subtractive help because he's been out of the strong Absolutely and you're not competing for position, yeah that's it, right now Kurt Busch has everything to gain by working with someone and nothing to lose. There are 45 laps left in the Daytona 500. There are just over 100 miles left in the great American race. Six Daytona 500 on deterring Tony Stewart Jr. 400 miles long. Jeff Gordon, three of the biggest stars as a sort of NASCAR race, knocked down the top three places, this board shows the most promise, dark part number 97. Kurt Busch is as fast as the two cars in front and unfortunately had have to make an unscheduled stop before.

Up to half a mile behind those peak cars, there are 17 cars at this point, the field is divided into two drafting groups because the front group was separated by about seven seconds in a second draft led by Jimmie Johnson in the second group that did not give any result. Me, the first three, Greg Biffle runs fourth and Scott Wimmer, he's running fifth, rookie driver from Wisconsin and opened, he was more on the 22nd team, Wimmer definitely just told him his crew chief rank started, cars are too loose in the hole in 1995, taking. suSam, a senior engineering student at the University of New Mexico, his professor said: I think you should suggest not Ashley.

She looked down and saw the caller ID that says "I think you're wrong." It's Dale Earnhardt, the first engineer. He was in the car, the first to Victory Lane and the hits started with the 8 and the 15, he bounced irrelevant but landed here for the 22, the connection even here at the 22, he picked Scott Wimmer and he had a excellent day in their inaugural Daytona 500 running in fifth place, they are starting to run some laps. cars and could give jr. In that car they tell him that he needs to get there on his own and Stewart remembers how Tony Stewart stood in front of Dale Earnhardt Jr.

A long time ago, in the first series of pit stops of this race, which occurred on lap 29, jr. is leading Tony Stewart as they began to slow down for pit road. Stewart went through jr. then I braked towards the pit lane. I can get some traffic better than anyone and let you know, open the gap between the third and fourth car, that will even help him, but they want to keep up with him because he's a lap down. It's not a threat, it's a fast car, so the three of them, these cars think that everyone else, that's what they want, they don't want any competition at the end of this race, what are they saying about the 97 car because it's tremendously Quickly trying to check how they got there?

Remember they had that problem with Junior at the beginning of the race and he passed under Green on lap 47, they lost that time, but the big opportunity for them was on lap 59, where there was a yellow flag for the accident with Rusty and Kenny and Jeff Green. a chance to come in and fix the right front fender properly, that's why now he's a factor in helping the other guys and maybe even if he gets his lap back, he'll be a factor in the win, they'll be the 20th Tony Stewart said that Let's hit it on pit road and those final pit stops will be made very soon.

Hey, you know what bill was interesting? You mentioned it with 1978 because if 97 is that bad, you know some of the conversations on these radio stations have been good. Wiling, but they made fun of some of these guys, if you push that help to the finish line, it makes you a winner of the most popular driver award. He has a lot of fans here and they taught to be in the separation of positions here for the best. two and exit with some traffic on the lap, this is the biggest separation we've seen all day, second and third place guards of the week Jeff Gordon trying to pass Mike Skin in the lab car and Kurt Busch in the 97 fell off that front - a little bit if he falls towards Jeff Gordon in contact with the front seams like doors because he hangs or falls backwards and suddenly comes back up, it seems that when he is in a pack he has his hands full .

Back at Daytona International Speedway, here come the leaders on pit road Dale Earnhardt Jr. He tried to get a bag from Tony Stewart and go out to the pit lane Jeff Gordon Kurt Busch Scott Wimmer in these stops in the last laps of the Daytona 500 a pressure on the right front to tighten that car two tires on the 22 car Matt made you be there Jimmy Johnson Kevin Harvick Joe Nemechek from that second leading group in the pit lane Joe Nemechek had a great race in a car that is very good shame with Kevin Harvick because Kevin Harvick no chassis changes the car is not running hello and Greg Biffle's chance to win the Daytona 500 was over.

He is on pit road to serve a speeding penalty coming to his pit stop last time, unless he brings out the yellow flag and allows him to catch up to the field. Sorry Greg, you have to wait until next time. year and we saw when he made his entrance in the parabolic because he was too fast and the NASCAR officials wouldn't let him pass, so the Scott Wimmers team only uses two tires, it's okay with these two, Tony Stewart and Dale Earnhardt jr. but when they get to them, they will be going fast with 29 laps to go.

Here it is, thanks Stalin, once you passed, here are the cars entering pit road. A moment ago, did you ever see Junior trying his best to get in. in front of Tony Stewart can't get out, make him look at Biffle up there, he just passes all these cars while pit roadinterior looks at the terrain he invented, which is obviously accelerating, so the penalty for passing Greg Biffle has dropped him. to 14th place, 27 seconds behind leader Scott Wimmer, now these two drivers Tony Stewart and Dale Earnhardt jr. They are 2nd and 3rd at 2.6 seconds behind Scott Wimmer.

The problem for Wimmer is that he's out there by himself, there he goes and here come these two cars with the car back, of course, all stuck in the draft, guys about half a second to three quarters. of a second a lap faster than Scott Wimmer, who is sitting alone, there really is a gun sitting and he started the crew chief on this 22, that's the second in the shot, we saw you Sam, I changed two tires and got with these guys, so before. Home Depot's virtual garage how the cars are packed so close together in the draft here in Daytona they basically put the air in more efficiently than the world alone and they're faster and there's a gap for women, Thomas, and you can see how the intervals are reduced than our real-time telemetry scoffers will have to worry because the Midland circuit won't be as good with two tires on, they will have to use a lot more race track than the three cars behind them on this moment if Scott Wimmer, the 22nd leader, tried another car. make the same strategy and connect together it's a great strategy by itself it's worthless, them and BP that's what happened to Jeremy Mayfield on Thursday in the 125 mile qualifying.

They had made deals with some other guys to only carry two tires, but then they all bagged it and like we saw on Thursday that they all closed and then passed on it, they overlooked the same thing potentially for Scott Wimmer here, another guy who's in there just like Jeff Gordon stops River now with just eight tenths of a second in the history of mathematics. I talked a lot about betting Frank Stoddard on tires Very brave call We're at the end of that line right there You know we're just here to be talked to at the end I'd like to win the Daytona 500 I'm going to win the Daytona 500 The team I wasn't going to win because you know, even if we had great pit stop opportunities, we weren't going to beat them both, that was our chance to try to win, they got a great chance. draft, we're probably going to be a little problematic, great job, the teams did a great job and it's okay, you never know, maybe we'll stop it, okay, carry on, you talked about three cars, it was faster than bad, oh yeah and Scott limit it was just these three cars hooked up and now Kenny stays in front Frank said maybe the weakest one in front got jokes and speed they were too tired I don't think so either Betty maybe we stay he was bobbin and Weavin for all the good trying to put the block on Tony Stewart, especially he will slide down the track, leave that bottom open and those guys driving under him maybe right now Tony Stewart will come for the main women. 'watch so total Stewart regains the lead in the Daytona 500 I tell you what the key to this whole thing is right now is that 97 car well what are they saying about the eight?

I think they need some help, don't you? It's in very good shape. Right now he just wants the laps to be counted, you know, after the twins on Thursday, Tony Eury Sr. was very disappointed that Michael Waltrip wasn't working with them and made a comment to that effect after the race, well, Dale Earnhardt Jr. He went to the press center and was immediately asked about the comment, only he thought Tony Eury Jr. He did so he stormed out of the media center, returned to the garage and had a confrontation with Tony Eury Jr. What are you saying?

What are you saying while daddy stood in the corner and watched and laughed? Your son was apologizing for something he didn't even do until Dad came in and said I was the one who made the comment. Well, I'll tell you. what you know who the most popular spotter is right now yeah our Budweiser aerial coverage of this Daytona 500 on the drivers who will decide the weight between them Tony Stewart Dale Earnhardt jr. and Scott Wimmer are holding on to the draft leader, but the man in the first part, Martin Kurt Busch, who is a lag behind but with these long-time leaders and sponsorship that you are talking about is Jeremy Brickhouse, Richard Brick's nephew House, who won first place at Talladega to push Dale Jr. by Tony Stewart through the wind will be able to take you out that's right continue the observers will have a little meeting they will have a Home Depot jacket in a Budweiser jacket then they will be Jack's shark and everyone they will be being hunted The generators of course are located at the top of the grandstand at the top of the towers here, if you were told to watch and help your driver on the track to spot problems ahead, can you tell the driver to Is he looking at Kurt Busch's observer?

Let's make a deal in progress. That's Dale Jr. spotter there Stevie Reeves is talking about Hey guys, that was Jimmy Fennec down here in the pit box, you guys seem to be the key to all this, there are great deals out there, but you know if you're going to go with the car he wanted come and ask for help, but we must also remember that he is one of God, he made us laugh. Sound so that drivers and teams will never forget. Webber. Jimmy Fennec said you just visited him. What were you talking about with Jimmy Fanuc?

Tony. I just came down. We had a conversation, we didn't see how they felt about the end of this race, so we'll see what happens at the end, okay, he's smiling now, but not when he came back from the well, we're already on that. The Daytona 500 stop didn't feel necessary to get to the finish line, you know one thing they were talking about earlier, you know it's popular to push jr. On the other side, I'll tell you what you still have guys, the guy that put us within two laps of the first position right now, we're looking at the top three plus Kurt Busch's car, now look at the gap back to the jet for a A lot of time he lost in that last exchange fight Jeff Gordon has fallen back to the next group of Kevin Harvick and Jimmie Johnson ten laps ago Benny Jeff Gordon was under witnesses.

I have to know who was coming and who was leading that group. so I can be ready to fly because that big pack will explode on me in a circle. He expected Skinner to jump forward and act as a blocker to help push him. Kevin Harvick and his teammate Jimmie Johnson are in that Dale Earnhardt. jr. going for the Daytona 500 lead, leave him 19 so who will he go with? I'm going to go with Stuart 22, he's awesome down to earth, don't get to these until you try the new 500 leader Dale Earnhardt jr. and the fans are going crazy in Daytona if someone told me a couple of days ago if this kid in the winter egg in Daytona is in Daytona, okay, now we know more or less what's going to happen Dave, they told him to Tony Stewart right before Kurt swears he's I'm going to go with you now, that was an opportunity, but I see at least another opportunity coming where Kurt still had a chance to help a lot at 20, yeah well he tried, but just junior was enough to get around it and that changed.

For fourth place, Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson and I will join Eva Check trying to follow Jeff Gordon, checks will also go to Nemechek and forward Dale Earnhardt jr. small capital will control Stewart Earnhardt jr. In his fifth Daytona 500, he had a lot of success at this sister track, the Speedway in Talladega, Alabama, winning four of the last five races there, but he struggled in this race. 13th second, 29 and 36. The car started to push that and make it. The perfect juniors now have to anticipate any movie that thinks 20 is better than 20, it's good to make a move and he knows that in 97 he will go with the map in which death has occurred.

Yeah, yeah, it'll just be interesting to see how long. Tony's tongue waits because I don't think he can wait to last two or three laps. Oh, I don't think so. None of the flags will be removed from the heart and end up having a good time, even if it is too positive and yesterday we saw happy hour. We saw Dale Earnhardt Jr. In this, a car practiced lap after lap and we said he must not be happy. 20 here is the biggest this morning and why did you pack so much? Last year, you said earlier on the show that every time you go out it's different anyway, so I think they were trying to get as much information as possible to make the right adjustments.

Tony Stewart has led almost half of this Daytona 500. he tells us that he has a custom villa that he just isn't used to, sir as jr. on the radio - beep - here, Lord, you are so aggressive, you are right, he wants help all the time. There's 40 laps to go, so Stevie didn't say anything in the final engine stretch, you said, come on, father, tell me, son, and let me say, this is it. The first race that Stevie Reeves saw for the car turn signal, the job was done by some guys looking looking looking and he saw the 97 go, but Tony Stewart has to be closer to the 8 car for him to make that move.

Don't you think? The 97 has to be closer to the 20 so he can help Tony give it if these three guys thought that GU, these guys have to be in a different place than the 8, but the 8 is very far away. In the front you can just weed, so if the 20 gets a fender on car 8, the other three and two cars line up, they should get by car eight, but right now they can't get close enough to Dale jr. You know, we criticized Frankie Stoddard for changing two tires, but if he can last more than 13 laps, that was the right move because Scott Wimmer has a solid third place at Daytona, he's eight seconds ahead, a fourth place, Kevin Harvick, another bob! knitted by Stewart, look like I said, Tony got close enough, get a little closer to me to do that, so what is he trying to do?

The chance to react and maybe in the settlers car with a connection a little quick not so much to react to try to break the draft is all the time so he can go up at 97, go up with them and Earnhardt go down at 97 can help at 20. right, yeah, well, Kurt has this problem, the 22 gets him out of there because he knows he's one lap down, they just radioed it to Kurt, I bet it's exactly true, Dave, in fact, Frank Stoddard just told Wimmer, he said 97 is telling us that They're going to get out of the way with three laps to go, we're hoping that maybe you don't do it before so we can get you close like a great run that Tony did in turn two when he was a jr.

He passed that car back but it wasn't enough, move on, why did Dale Earnhardt jr. like restrictor plate racing when many drivers say it's not his favorite type of racing because he makes you think he's thinking a lot right now and Webber passes them. I don't think women can even attack. Stuart will need help, Dale. Earnhardt built a team so dominant at Daytona and Talladega that the engine packages used were restricted. You saw Michael Waltrip Minnerath's graphic at his Daytona 500; Of the last three years, the most important sports race, it took his father 20 years to win it despite being the most victorious driver on his track.

Dave Hart claimed 34 halogen tree days in his career, but junior Bartlett says it seems too strong, they can't get to the rear bumper spotter, Stevie Reeves, talking about Stevie since his job is to go talk to the spotters on those cars, make sure they know. the leaders come after him and they prefer to have it, they don't have to give it to him, but they're obviously giving like he wants radio Dave Kurt Busch to make one more try for you, Tony, that's all I have for you. Scott's winner was starting to fade some of the '90s image momentum coming out of Daytona.

An excellent race for this number 22 car. Another car we have is a surprise in the 500. We had not seen that speed in the number 22 car until today. I saw him in '23, his docile car, but not in '22, and now those other two drivers, Kurt Busch's Solomon destiny of all Tony Stewart's rear property, that Scott to the orange part because, unless the handling itself, the 20 simply will not be able to pull. around and spend it here at Daytona I don't think she won't do it, they'll drop Junior Bill, yeah, you guys are just talking about past history here at this track, Tony, look on the outside, Junior wants the inside, it was 56 years ago . today at the famous Daytona Beach, the first sanctioned race also on February 15, David Keirsey won the 500 which was in 76, the king wanted February 15 from the pole in 1987, but Alan, like you were talking about, many fans They will tell you the best moment in NASCAR races.

It happened most recently when Lake Dale Earnhardt Senior won his first and only Daytona 500 six years ago today, February 15, 1990. If you had the privilege of being here in Daytona that day, you will never forget what it means to win the man of the Daytona 500. Dale Earnhardt showed himself emotionless in victory lane, he was like many had never seen him. I think Stewart relaxed, leaned back so Kurt Busch could try to get a push, dodge, he knew he couldn't, soHe tried to find someone to help him and that's it. The hardest thing he could do, he just sat back and let Kurt know that he was going to sit back, they're going to have a great race.

Bonaparte was Charles selecting Fang, a set of high-speed chess strategy rules, knowing what moves to make and when, and that's it. why im a senior i keep asking for that info because the 220 Lane PCs need some rest and his dad Dale Earnhardt was the best together even backing them up so they couldn't make that run . Junior could be doing the same Tony Stewart is optimistic all week after some speed issues early in the week affecting handling marked Thursday when they ran the qualifying races Nathan Santos as the starter and has since been very active in the Yesterday's practice class turned their week down, but Since the start of this race, those guys' car has been fast, got up in the first laps recruited with Dale Earnhardt jr. up front and these two drivers have dominated most of this race with the back strength that gave them that signal, those TV readouts from the frontstretch really can't see that well coming out of turn two, five to go final when they reach the exit. finish line which is frustrating for the guys behind the tuna and it's so easy right now that he wants this to be Tony's flank, come on, he's waving, come on, come on, come on, what's Dave saying?

Well, I can't confirm that strategy. I had mentioned about backing off, but I can't just because of Tony, he was just doing everything he did, Rio, he said, guys, that's all I've got, I've given you all I can, that was when he was running. . it just has to be frustrating for Stuart to follow those eight lap after lap hoping he'll stagger until now, yeah he just can't see it, Judy won't follow him, I mean she only needs him when she needs his help and she doesn't. have those guys close enough to do it and junior, on the other hand, is going to get that 97 to see that since 20, ninety-seven, Kurt Busch is not behind to tell me, Stuart, the teams have done everything they can to your driver now excludes an office dragon even if the caution flag these guys don't come to pit road it all depends on the man behind the wheel there are URI Tony Eury senior on the left Tony Eury jr. on the right, you are a senior for so many years and there are Joe's kids watching their driver, Tony's students, fight with one of the Joe Gibbs Racing when Dillon's arts kids kinda wanted to go racing , that was Bill Jr.

Gary and Caitlin, the daughter to whom he gave him to Tony, his last year, take him for a run and see which one is talented and others claim that he is brilliant. Dale Junior has proven to have great talent first in Scott Wimmer in Kyle Petty's return car and that goes unsaid. The period of death also tells you so. Jr has certainly proven himself to be top notch and is trying to win NASCAR's biggest race today. The 500 is five miles away, this time they reach the start/finish line, so they begin to cast long shadows. at Daytona International Speedway, two laps remaining in this race just can't catch up.

Three or four car lengths don't help the 25. Tony Stewart thinks about what happened to Bill Elliott at Homestead here and when his father is there in 1990 onwards. the last lap he asked me about the fuel Tony here said birth whistle stop it early because Tony Stewart had a problem with the fuel the fans stood up Jr took the lead from Tony Stewart with 19 elapsed the road marshals are at Chevrolet for great part of the central part of The Race is now going to hold out for three quarters in the laboratory, another two good three in addition to the disaster of the sports business.

Stewart isn't horse enough to make a movie, but he's still emotional because you have to come out of turn four and faster at the start/finish. line, you can watch it now, no the legacy continues, junior wins the 46th Jimmy Johnson family for Dale Earnhardt jr. on his first 500 win on his fifth tribe, happy happy people, the months of preparation to run this race cannot be overstated, various engineering platforms such as the x' chassis dynamometer and seven post platforms to test them, download them all together. for this unique trophy and it is Dale Earnhardt jr. will be entered as the 2004 winner Matt hug from Danny Tony Eury Sr.

It's the Daytona 500 this track is so meaningful to you and the Earnhardts what does this mean to finally win it? I know how important he spent all the years trying to win this race. I just want the Superbowl out of this, there are NASCAR races and you wouldn't believe how hard we worked to get here. You have to thank John Andretti's slugger Michael Walker, he's great, he's like your other sons, this has to be special for you to help him win this. Dream, yes, these two children I have here from the G ran with Tony Junior, they both work hard for this race too.

We've been working 14 hours a day, seven days a week for the last month and I have to come here trying to build a better car. in this car we didn't think their car was going to be good enough to win this year we just couldn't do it so we rubbed this in a week before coming to work the deaf body shop and the fan shot dead and Wayne Mickey. stop going college these fans he has something the broadcast a little after noon Eastern said if I win this race tonight I don't know when the party will end well I'm sure it started now now there's a hug Tony Eury jr.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. his dad is gruff together they grew up together Danny Earnhardt yeah, valid point just made for being there he's leading the NASCAR Busch Series race here tomorrow I guess you better watch out how that one goes party on our roads are in the white shirt and NASCAR officials say, "Okay, let's get this car to Victory Lane, please, the third, now completing the third father-son combination to win a 500." If I left that thing stuck in the grass, it's wet from all the rain we had here last time. night, I think there's enough people down there, he said I saw my dad do this back in 1998 Dave burns with Tony Stewart, who finished second, hey, coming in, I heard the pride in your voice towards your team, but I know There has to be some frustration after following it for so long and not being able to pass that car and lead most of the day.

I tell you why I am so proud of this Home Depot team. I mean, John Andretti crashed us yesterday just for being stupid and that's what John does, but I mean he broke a lot of things on a good race car and these guys worked all night to fix it and I'm telling you it couldn't be proudest of this Home Depot team, they just never gave up. all week, I mean, we had a great handling car all week, we just needed speed and you know, Mark Chrome Quest and all the guys at Charlotte Engine Department from Joe Gibbs Racing and all the guys here at the track, I mean, we kept throwing combinations. after the merge after and I kept working on his car and I'm so proud of these guys I can't believe it.

I mean, sure I'd love to be in victory lane right now, but I mean, the date the car was class. on the field all week and you know you have to stay in front of him while we do it. I mean, when he decided he was ready to pull the passer, he did, but you know, at the same time, I mean, we ran a good run and I mean, I'm telling you, he and I worked together as a team, but these are clues from search or plates from the last three years and you know, as long as we can get that combination like this and finish one like this, you know it has.

Now I'll get mine next year, very close for Tony today, his best finish in six Daytona 500 Bill Weber in victory lane I'm in victory lane and Dale Earnhardt jr. Once again he will emerge from his victorious Chevrolet Budweiser and from the same victory lane here six years ago to win. His father celebrated a victory and the great American race, the only one to win that race, led his father to what he tried. Jr. is here when he was a child. here is Tony Eury Sr., a great for his another son, now the family is here Teresa Earnhardt, so how long will the party last?

I don't know, you have a race tomorrow, you know, yeah, my God, I'm a Daytona 500 champion, I can't believe it. it's forever Give it forever yeah it amazes me man it's just amazing I can believe I went through it just tell me here tell me why you were thinking about it for a while Oh time for a damn good but I didn't know it What's going on is like a magic trick. I tried to figure out how to get past it and I attacked it and I managed it somehow. I don't know, you don't know what you're doing at that moment.

I just tried my heart out and had a great car. How's Tony Sr.'s car bill? And all the kids always say to my sister, my mom at home, all my friends, good God, I can't believe it, that's the best thing we've ever talked about during tryouts. You said you thought it was harder to win the Daytona 500 than it was to win the next Cup Series champion. Yeah, you know it's a season in itself where the whole race is just there's so many things going on in your mind that you've seen you lose I was taught many times in this place wherever I was behind the wheel and God I'm glad I don't have to worry about that anymore, man it's amazing, you're doing the third father-son combination to win the Daytona. 500 Dale that your father wanted today six years ago, yes, he was on the pasture side with me.

I'm sure he was having a lot of fun, believe it or not. I'm really surprised that Goodyear Tire came along, hey, I didn't expect that. our car handled them very well, but the car drove amazing, all of dad's air was really loose for him, but you know, it had to be that way to be able to run well on old tires and Tony had a great car, we were very good friends . You know, we help each other all day and by the way, you know my other teammate, Michael Waltrip. I'm glad he's okay. It's a scary looking accident, but I have a full week ahead of me.

It's going to be exciting, yes. I'll be a little busy next time if you didn't. Hey, you're leading the championship standings for the first time in my life. It's amazing, congratulations Dale Dale Earnhardt jr. is the 2004 Daytona 500 champion, he mischaracterized Tony Stewart's pass to us and congratulated Dale Earnhardt jr. in Monte Carlo number eight in today's big win, our Chevy winning moment, his Earnhardt jr. avoiding Tony Stewart to take first place in the 500 for good with 19 laps left, said to the door 7 cars do their best to help 220 keep up, it didn't work no car is dominated in cup races like the defender Manufacturers Champion Chevy and American Revolution Results in the 46th Daytona 500 Dale Earnhardt Jr. the winner and the adjustment of him in the tent the 29th different driver wins a 500 and it's 46 years and don't disappear.

Extensive horse racing coverage of this great American race. Soon we will talk about all the best classifieds. We'll hear from Kevin Harvick. Jeff Gordon Scott Wimmer. Hopefully Jimmie Johnson will be There I also said extensive post-race coverage is coming, so stay with us, we're not done here at the center of world racing yet, but check out the final results from the Daytona 500 Today, some of the drivers involved in the large 12-car accident on the backstretch near the midway point of the race, including defending winner Michael Waltrip, are all fine for the accident with the sidelined numbers and their dream of the Daytona 500 frustrated for another 12 months 10 cars that couldn't complete the 500 at Daytona and Mark Martin Jeff Burton kasey kahne All early with engine problems Tony Stewart comes down to congratulate his rival for the Daytona 500 trophy Today Dale Earnhardt Jr. and the team a valiant effort by Stewart Jenner Tony expressed a lot of pride in his team, he had to rebuild his wrecked race car last night, but it wasn't enough to hold off jr. who wins the 2004 Daytona 500 we'll be back after this