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of stars was the one that together like there were more of them, there aren't many Michael, you don't know anyone there We're, we're doing it no, we're just doing it together, so Barry, should we leave the four penalties situation to Larry or deal with it later?

That's good. I spoke to Elton Sawyer. I have the whole summary, so it's a little complicated. Yeah, okay, but Mike, do you think when you give that explanation unless you don't? unless you think we just mentioned we're going to see Kevin Harvick, we're Hi Mike, so I'm just going to talk about you. The most physically demanding tractor

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with one of the fastest and most exciting NASCAR race tracks, which is not the only thing they are famous for, but It is also the official home of some of country music's first commercial recordings, including legendary acts like Jimmie Rodgers and the The Carter Family, which the great Johnny Cash once said, was the biggest event in the history of country music, So whether you're looking for pavement action or stage action, you'll find it here as this is Bristol. Alright, so the Vols may have Rocky Top, but we have the top of a building and that's exactly where you'll go if you win this race.

One of the coolest and most unique victory lines, I would say, because the drivers literally have to drive on top of a building. and there are some guys that have been there many times I know you did it twice Mikey in the it would be a lot of guys have done it seven times in the Cup Series, nine times in Xfinity, so you know how to get there. Jimmie Johnson, coming off his best result of the season last week, also had his best result of last year here in Bristol. he finished third, yeah, I mean, look, Jimmy Johnson, Hendrick Motorsports is getting back on track, we wrote them off not long ago and they've qualified in the Fuhrer the last two weeks.

Jimmy finished fifth last weekend and William by more than six, although I want to say those guys are back on track. How difficult is it for Harvick to come back from the backfield today? I want to have a camera to observe those movements because he will not be happy with what happened before he ace. Yes, guys, getting ready, you say you have to flip a switch inside your helmet, inside your brain, when you start racing in Bristol because there is no more mr. Good guys, it's also time to flip a switch inside the race cars and start these engines, let's go to the track to do just that and now, racing fans by the most famous words in motorsports, please welcome your great Marshal Bobby Allison, driver for his engine, well, this place.

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of all-time greats today Bobby Allison gives the order. I'm accompanied by four-time champion Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip is not with us. You have been recruited today for the flag position following your announcement on Thursday that This would be your last season in the Fox Sports booth and Darrell, no one owns Bristol like you. 12 wins, 7 wins in a row and that is a mark that will never be equaled on any track. Well, Mike, thank you very much and what a thrill to be there. down there on the flag pedestal and I can see that the field is going to come towards me here right now.

I've been in the car. I know what it feels like to come get the green, but I'm telling you. It's exciting, I can't express how exciting it is to come out of this pushup and I got the green flag, you know, I couldn't give it up. I could take one more guy one more time, well, some advice, Darrell, and that's it. That dropping the flag is a figure of speech, let's talk about the physical aspect of this place, yes, one of the most physically demanding races I have run in my career was in 2016, right here in Bristol, and you know my heart rate was very high. that I had no choice but to slow down my pace and now go even faster, so I hope these drivers not only push their cars to the limit, but also their bodies and strategy comes into play.

Larry McReynolds good in 2019, Mike, a great The story has been a pit road penalty for speeding with runaway tires last week. Denny Hamlin was able to overcome not one but two and still win that race in Texas. Your driver has a problem on pit road today. You're probably going to be out of the running and my big question is can DW multitask boogity boogity boogity and waved the green flag we're approaching the green flag at Bristol the world's fastest half mile that just got a little faster Ryan Blaney has a new record, will it be enough to catch him? his first win of the year another son of a racer chased Elliott on the pole topped the long-run practice list and the Busch brothers are no strangers to Victory Lane 13 combined wins for Kyle, a track known for having temperaments that could bring a surprise of a different kind today baccala you it's a beautiful day to race spring is in the air it's the excitement of cloudy Bristol skies but the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series is ready to begin Fox presented by Astra Zeneca 37 cars leaving From the backstretch the starting lineup will appear at the bottom of your screen, chase down Elliott, the pole winner, and Ryan Blaney, the new track record holder.

Breaking stories that include a big penalty. Let's start with Vince Welch, well, Mike Cole, the winner, chases Elliott into the wall in final practice. Yesterday they were able to continue in practice, but the car suffered significant damage. They didn't achieve some of the things they had hoped to do in practice, although they were quite satisfied with the result, they were not one hundred percent. able to check all the boxes in that final practice, but they made minor adjustments for today Chevrolet has yet to win a race this season, the 19 believes it can happen today for Chase Elliott and company here at Bristol Matt Yocum Vince the inspection issues for Kevin Harvick in Team 4, the three misses in the back lineup mean he will drop back but also have to take a passing penalty.

Also, losing engineer Billy Keebler at the top of the box today will just be Dax Gehringer, the other. The engineer and Rodney Childers now that trio usually handle strategy together running different programs but today it will just be those two Harvicks, one back in Opa Jamie, when you come to Bristol and your driver's name is Kurt Busch your expectations are high . using winter sixes one year last August, but his qualifying problems continued on Friday, the car was too loose to drive and had low speed. I spoke to the team, although they are confident that their comeback guy has returned for the last six consecutive races. will continue, he is starting in week 27, instead he has had the best weeks of any driver with a victory in the Daytona 500 and a victory in Texas.

He asked her what she thought he would be able to do today, she simply smiled and told him what he could do. they're very good, he had his third consecutive winning pace truck, he has them in turn, a green flag next time, bye, we'll take you right there to the flag pedestal, darrell waltrip, okay, okay, all of Stand up, stand up, let's send. these people and the way I love to do it every week when they come with dirt for my weight this green flag I want to hear you above all these cars I want the drivers to listen to you you listen to me give them a tendency to get going okay, okay, here we go, get ready, get ready, get ready, we're almost there, three, two, one, they chase Elliott from the outside with the lead and William Byron is under fire for third place, he gets into Aric Almirola's 10, it's on the wall and Ryan Blaney was on the inside of a back crash, rain, we pushed sideways on the backstretch and all that was going on why Kevin Harvick's No. 4 car was trying to take that penalty on that one. backstretch so first we'll show you William Byron with aric almirola on the ten and Ryan Blaney facing in yeah so that low groove you know the cars just don't grip there until they warm up the tires a little bit.

It looks like William Byers' cars are a little loose now that he's coming down. in one and two he lets go at the entrance he gets into the tendon Bama rolls that puts him on the wall and this accumulates everything behind him and now a car started it's a domino effect further back look at Kyle Busch here three wide Daniel Suárez Oh Ricky Stenhouse Jr. He has no idea they're slowing down the hard contact with the rear bumper, Kyle Busch's 18 spins it now you'll see someone come in here right at the end of this and he actually cut the rear bumper right there, Ryan Preece, it's the bumper rear end of that '18 Kyle Busch car severely damaged the nose of Stenhouse Jr.'s '17.

Mike, well, Darrell, you started this party that didn't work out, it was very helpful, you know, Mike? Maybe I'll have to do it again. I think since I had planned, I thought I would have a precaution ready, but I know it would be like this. I know that fast, the way Ricky Stenhouse, the car that his house knows, got here. Mike, I don't think he damaged his radiator, but at home, in front of the hood, the nose is all sunken in, they'll probably have to go in a little. I work on that car now that's our all access report Walter I can put in a fly stop and that was the crime scene like Ray Stevens would have said on the street I didn't know Darryl would have the opportunity to throw the green and yellow of a time now we are going to inform you about Kevin Harvick, who took the green flag on the race track under the green he rushed towards the pits to serve his penalty and what is the result there Larry, okay, the penalty is served, but since not had reached all the On the way to that line in turn three, he is not eligible for the free pass, but even though the field is slowing down, that caution was a blessing for Kevin Harvick.

He's now just one lap down, so he'll be eligible for the next caution, so honestly, it's a real blessing. and there is the damage to Aric Almirola's scar. William Byron suffered a little bit from that when he slid on the track towards Almirola, but Byron just didn't have a good start, he didn't have a good start in the car, he was just extremely loose and he's trying to hold his position as best he could, but unfortunately it had Aric Almirola's car on the outside and quite serious damage. Jamie and Kyle Busch came in once just to assess the damage that just returned to the right rear bumper cover they removed.

They added some tape and put wheels on it this time and the 24 you guys mentioned just some damage on the right front, they're not too worried about that, you can see there, there's not much support for that fourth panel where it meets the edge. of the bumper on the right rear, which is a critical area for aerodynamics, even on a short track here at Bristol, some damage to the nose of Daniel Henrich's car and we have learned that Aric Almirola takes some equipment off pit road , that's where Ryan Preece got hurt grabbing the rear - Kyle Busch comes along and there's Aric Almirola on a jack stand, oh God, and now he's taken that car behind the wall Matt Mike, they took a look at the suspension on a car 10, they have something bent. parts to pull the car as he documented behind the wall to make repairs who runs towards him and the house under repair lots of action in just one turn here in Bristol herethere's William Byron's radio just doesn't work race tested down there, yeah, I don't know what you could do, sorry, I don't know.

Two green lights go out on the safety truck as it hits pit road security and will pursue Elliott and Erik Jones. Eliott shoots. Clint Boyer joined in next and you can see that a lot of these cars actually prefer the center lane, not the lane where the traction compound ended up. I've heard a lot of these drivers say that until some rubber is put on that bottom lane, it takes a little time to get that grip there before the weekend and each morning the track has added some of that spray on the traction compound in different areas of the low groove trying to give us a true two lane race track.

Oh Erik Jones. coming out of turn 2 and you saw him slide on the track and come out of third and maybe fourth place, you see Ryan Blaney trying to take advantage of that slide here's a replay Erik Jones under the 48 car gets loose a lot in turn 2 loses a lot boost and Ryan Blaney sneaks in Larry hey guys bad news for aric almirola in that 10 car remember for the damage repair policy sivas to the garage here if you leave the pits you can't repair that car he's out for the day he will be credited with a 37th place finish.

What a circumstance for Almirola's 10, that's a 6-race streak for aric almirola in the top 10, so so far this season, your clear, clear, clear, clear, clear , online in my look at Ryan Newman, Newman very high coming out of the corner, him and Chris Buescher trying to work on that top rhythm very early, which we would normally see here. Mike is Kyle's 42nd. Larson up top trying to work on that top beat right now it seems like everyone is looking for the bottom. I think it's going to take a little while before that top pace really starts to kick in and it comes in and I promise you, you're going to be one of the first guys that We're going to see up there, right there on the screen, Kyle Larson's 42, third place .

Laney takes it from Jimmie Johnson and Ricky Stenhouse a lap down, which will have more problems for Stenhouse next time in case he's not exactly sure how he might see it. There he is looking through the hood flap. Now, something I'm looking forward to seeing here today in this race is that we've seen a lot of cars that have trouble staying on the bottom a little bit loose, but as the races go on, the rubber starts to work. To build that outside curb, these cars that are loose will be the cars that are fast at the end of a race.

We saw Larsen go to the top side and 1 and 2 to let Alex Bowman move here for Kyle Larson is super relaxed right now I've heard a lot of teams talk about anticipating the cars to squeeze the guy right now everyone is very relaxed chase to Elliott to the top and 1 and 2 our race leader 15:18 last time is also high at three and four, also running into black traffic and the lap time is slower by about 3/10. Regan will have to play defense for the first 20 laps of a race because he had to abandon the car, editor in the north, Jones' sponsor, craftsman will donate a million dollars to a Children's Hospital charity if Erik Jones finish in victory lane today, that will add some motivation.

He chases Elliott over Clint Boyer now by 1.4 seconds. He chases, he's in cruise control mode. Right now I don't know what his long-term cars are going to be like, but in the short term, when this race got the green flag, he was shot out of a cannon. Bristol is his home, it was the biggest physical challenge of the year. For intense, open rides over 500 laps, the break is crazy all around and it's never quiet. There is no other place where you run as hard as for an extended period of time. Racing at Bristol is glass. The biggest physical challenge of the year for the drivers, intense and open for 500 laps, fighting with crazy things everywhere and never quiet.

There is no other place you run as hard as for an extended period of time. 34 laps complete Kyle Busch and William Byron recover well from that incident on the lap, an incident that left Ricky Stenhouse now seven laps down after the repair and Aric Almirola out of the race after entering the garage in hopes of making repairs . Our leader chases after Elliott. He has led every lap. The 35 after starting in the outside lane with Darrell Waltrip's initial green flag and now getting into racing traffic, including Ryan Preece, who had to go to a backup car, ripped some parts of the rear suspension while was running yesterday when I could see some smoke on Ryan Preece's 47 I think he made some contact, we know he made contact with Kyle Busch's 18 but he had some contact with maybe a Matt Tip's 36, sixth place, Jimmie Johnson, there a repetition like priests, oh no. his pursuit of leader Elliott turns around right on the frontstretch, forgets and brings out the yellow flag on lap 39, there's the damage, there may be forty-seven, he cut the left rear tire that was rubbing, I sure did it.

Oh, thirty-two, shedding joy at the incredible work. for chasing Elliott to spin and have minimal damage, really no damage other than Corey Lajoie's damage with Corey Lajoie got behind him and spun him because he was braking, have you seen the 47 on her? I'm a priest going around boy look how close my nose was to that inside wall that was about to ruin Chase Elliott's day, what a salvation, now here's the priest trying to stay on the lead lap to no avail and Corey Lajoie can't was able to check, look how close the shave was. just a touch, but it doesn't look like there's enough damage that maybe they'll have to go in, but you could see the left rear tire was smoking on the 47 Ryan Preece for a couple of laps, finally goes down, chases Elliott, there is nowhere to go.

Wow Darrell look how you caught me from behind with the yellow flag, you've got to be kidding me, this is what Ryan Preece said, now you can see the roof flap on car nine went up, so they're going to have to stop. fix that a little bit, Matt looking for a little more grip in 14, clipboard, first loss in turn two, they already completed a chassis tune, four tires and he's away. Jamie turns for the pit road section and Jones goes. to go to the pits right now will be a two tire stop for him, all he wants is more grip from this race car for later in this next race.

Vince chases LA, he's got a bit of a left back. Damage and maybe a little damage to the right front. He said that he definitely feels like there is rubbing on the right front and it has become drastically tighter, so he is a little worried about the power steering. They also have that left rear roof fin. which they will have to board on nine, could have been much worse, although remember that in Bristol, under yellow flag, it is a long continuous pit lane, you enter, you turn to get to pit row two, three and four, all They come out and spin one. second caution of the day to finish second caution of the day at Bristol here is today's sports performance track Fred Lorenzen was the first driver to sweep both Bristol races in 1964, driving with Joey Logano, a two-time Ford winner of Bristol has now won three of the last four Cup races on short track Matt DiBenedetto violated the commitment cone and Bubba Wallace entered too fast are the penalties Denny Hamlin was left out of eighth place did not pit, he will take them to the green like this which is a good decision Mike stands out not many left, so the tires were a good decision.

I think it would be a great call if I had about six more behind me, no one else stayed out, so here comes Boyer and Jones and everyone else who was in the pits on lap 41, but Mike, I think that's what it says. you talk a lot about that car in that driver they have confidence in their car in chase elliott boiler 9 a problem yes there is some problem that 9 core has a problem he put it together again this is what happened in the bottom right of your screen oh yo I think you missed it a little Vince, they are definitely concerned about the way the car handles and they listen to this radio with Chase and they take into account the possible problem with the power steering, they turn it to the right and it feels like if the power steering just term, it's like you know it's a lot worse than it was in practice, you know you hardly get any fluid back or that's going to make for a long day at Bristol, especially new leader Eric Jones as the battle from Joe Gibbs Toyota on the front.

Where we just talked about Erik Jones a moment ago, he's Luke Toulouse and he's backing up and he's our leader now, yeah a little bit, that intermittent power steering problem that may be due to low air pressure, you left a layer up to these left side tires that the power steering has a hard time keeping up with and I don't remember the pace being that fast this weekend either, there's a lot of load on these cars in the corners and I was worried that coming into this weekend It was going to be extremely difficult on the power steering pumps. today and then you heard him talk about the engine running hot which is causing more problems with the power steering.

Second place here comes Blaney. I think Blaney is just starting to prepare it. I think he's extremely fast right now and he knows how to move. At this place he broke the track record and I think he felt he should have taken the pole. He got a little greedy in turn three qualifying, but his car was passed all weekend by a truck that passed Jeff. Whoa Lane versus High Groove. Do you gain what do you lose? Well, you always want the shortest route if the grip level is there at the bottom, as we see Ryan Blaney taking that shortest route that will be the fastest, but as the race progresses, the air pressure builds up. as the tire begins to wear off and the brakes heat up.

I think you're going to start to see the top groove being worked and once it's worked, once the rubber is deposited in that top groove, I think that's the place to get your best lap time back, yeah, you get a lot of momentum, Mike in both corners, in and out of a corner, you get a lot of momentum when you run that High Line 55, complete two yellow flags at the beginning and a lot of damage at Bristol is here and is available today at your local Chevy dealer okay, stop here second all blue all blue is here and available today at your local Chevy dealer the all-new Silverado the strongest and most advanced Silverado Every time 67 laps were completed, Erik Jones was the leader as we went to break, he gave up the lead to Ryan Blaney as Jones had an issue that would take him to pit road and it wasn't easy getting there.

Regan, Mike, reported during the previous two laps. In that contact, we saw that he had a loose wheel, he got sick very quickly, he had to get fit to get to the pits immediately. Fortunately, he was able to make it to the pits. He got that change, but a loose wheel on the number 20 car. Jamie barely had a moment to prepare me, I'm coming, it's getting worse now Kevin Harvick, who didn't get the free pass on the second yellow flag of the day which went to Landon Cassill Harvick , now made a green flag pit stop for four tires, so he has four.

Laps down, Mike, when he got to the pits, first set of rowdy kids, then called four tires after heaven on the cheap car talk, Bob Smith, look all the wheels they diagnosed on the right front were loose, so that had the vibration, this is not going well for the poor car today they had problems with the inspection and penalty and loose wheels man, today they are falling apart Denny Hamlin starting to examine the field he restarted first he did not come to the pits for tires in that caution amylin now on seven, could you cut, take a backup, there's a good decision, good decision, yeah, great short callback, maybe that one says a great idea, fix it, well, again, Darrell, I really think that when You make that kind of call you expect there to be a lot. from others and you're thinking that further back you're going to do the same thing, but that's not the case Kyle Larson tire out of control at his stop his green flag stop very pets a service penalty we saw a couple of these last week and got a clarification about. the rule is that a crew member must be within arm's length and move in the same direction as that tire, usually it happens at the rear, that time it was the front the first such penalty for Kyle Larson's team this season and what NASCAR is looking for. when they call, that's if the tires walk away while you're doing other work and it's not like I was actually more than an arm's length away, but that person who was changing the right front tire wasn't really answering, yeah.

I just think you have to change the language a little bit, that the tire wasn't out of control, it's just sitting there, so we have to find a solution.best way to explain what's going on there. Ryan Blaney has led 216, 17 laps this season and led. a ton of laps here last year but was denied the win by getting caught in someone else's crash pits, that's true Mike, in fact they led laps in boat races here last year and felt they had a car that could have won both races here. last year and like you said he led a lot of laps this year so it's not a surprise to see him out front but every break they have me this season feels like a bad break and that's why they finished outside the top 20 four times. but his Team boss Jeremy Bullen told me this morning that we were good enough to win and that if we can execute and avoid a bad breakaway we will.

They're off to a good start today. He led one hundred laps in this race. A year ago, 121 in August, but this is what happened last spring, fighting with teammate Brad Keselowski, some cars got ahead of him, bunched up and he had nowhere to go, he took Ryan Blaney out of a big opportunity to win this race, so he's sitting in this one. position now Darrell yes Mike has a big lead he has a big lead he has a fast car he can win this race the drivers shouldn't get into a bad situation it had nothing to do with what happened here last year Understand that, but be careful, You've got a long way to go, take care of that car, take us to the finish, we can win this, fourth place, Jimmie Johnson is coming back here, well we saw this last week in Texas, but I'm coming back the week before. that Martinsville attracted usually Jimmie Johnson is one of the best that fought as I have never seen the 48 team fight with Jimmie Johnson, but this is the type of form that we are used to from Jimmie Johnson, which was a very racing action close there with Brad Keselowski's 2 Keselowski has the better car, I think right now he can't seem to beat Jimmie Johnson, but yeah, those wins are so easy, you think I'm going to do this my whole life, then someone flips a switch and it gets difficult. and you lose a little confidence.

He's regaining trust from him last week. It was a great confidence booster. This week he ran well, good confidence booster. Larry watches Denny Hamlin. He now he has reached eighth place. It's the only car that hasn't had new tires since the start of this race. We have 23 cars with leading laps. How long can Hamlin hold this out? He has to hold on until the end of stage one Mike, you know we're only about 37 laps into stage one so he has to hold on, they already made his bed, they'll just have to lie down in it, he won't be in danger.

I'm not going to drop a lap thanks Larry Ryan Blaney Clint Boyer Joey Logano with 89 full laps, let's take you to Fox side by side, welcome back to the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series racing at Bristol presented by Astra Zeneca Ryan Blaney with a second and a half ahead of Clint Boyer Joey Logano Brad Keselowski and Jimmie Johnson and look who's in the top ten for the first time today Candyman Kyle Busch ninth place restarted in 23rd place yeah after that spin Kyle Busch It won't be long before he gets back into the top 10 working on teammate Denny Hamlin for 8th position, I sure like the way the 12 car looks, boy it's awesome. 24 laps left in stage one, here's Ryan Blaney-zz radio and Mike just said guy who's leading the race and he's saying what he needs to get his car to do a little bit. a little better, that's going to be nice, they'll be in trouble if it gets better.

I could tell you that the fast race cars at Bristol are a little loose, a little tight, love it, love it, teammates fighting for fifth place. Well, the situation with Chase Elliott's memory. 'I talked before that I felt the power steering was a problem, it hasn't gotten any better, in fact he said it's gotten a little worse, so imagine driving around this place 500 times without power steering, meanwhile Jimmie Johnson says he just It has a very heavy weight. The steering wheel doesn't handle the way he would like. A lot of guys probably can't imagine that, but I can't. seems to be fine as long as you turn the steering wheel to the left as long as they hold the car tight he doesn't come loose it might be fine.

I was just watching Ryan Blaney weave his way through traffic, watch him threaten the needle to the right. here between two cars when Huff on the inside Matt Tifft was up on the outside and that cut Blaney's lead to just over a second over Clint Boyer Mike in practice, the cool kid felt lucky to be an all-around race car knowing it is now, but at some point "You're going to see the best car that's ever been hugging that boat, including it's about 1/10 faster than the leader, yes you are now, that's pretty impressive if you see where "All the fast cars are running right now." We're all racing to the top, but not Clint Boyer's 14 which might not work very well for him if no one else is racing in his group.

The guy's the only car in the top four that's not a Penske Ford and I'm not, but listen a tenth faster, I can live with that, let's take a long time before I see that guy in my rearview mirror Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin exchanged places, they drove back and Kyle hit the brakes and did something gentlemanly. I let Hamlin pass him a lap later and he put Jamie away more times today to fix it up and fight for the lead right now and they continue to work on the carbon 18 cowfish shoal drivers on the radio but think about Clint Boyer he won eight of these easy.

To become a short track ace, he really likes these short tracks. Here he has challenged him by blaming the lead on the 14 car and Boyer looked very good racing at the moment, guys, a big battle for the lead, traffic will play a factor. Daniel Henrik right there, boy. or wanting the Blaney from below to be on top and the boy will have to wait for another opportunity. This is exactly what brought Clint Boyer to the front to fight for the lead. It's just that some of these cars have been holding up Blaney abroad, now the lawyers have to do it. deal with the same thing in the inside lane, more traffic ahead Ross Chastain lost to Dylan Paul Bernard Boyer 120 laps here last August.

I watched Blaney and he is being very, very cautious with this traffic. I think he has memories from last year. He's really taking his time with it. In most of his cars lap we could see how much better Clint Boyer is at the bottom of the track, his cars get very strong and Boyer just gave Blaney the cockpit that Blaney had to lift up to Austin. Dillon Boyer didn't seem to want to do it. entering Blaney Daniel Henry with seven to go on stage one Daniel Hamrick turns around in turn one looks like it's just the car to generate a little help from those yeah you know they'll spin when someone gets their bumper under you like that on that route Ross Chastain in that car 15 What is it about Bristol that you ride in with Joey Logano?

I mean, it doesn't take much, but there's no doubt about it. Roz Chastain, they contacted the help of Daniel Henry, but there is no doubt that the 22 also brakes quite hard. I'm pretty sure that's how my day ended or was when I was a rookie. Baby. Austin Dillon will be the free pass car. Larry. There are six laps left until the end of the stage. What do you do well? I think so. Let's start again, you see Boyer and the 14th is out, but Blaney drags his two teams penske Boyer Michael, Ravich bastard, they are confident that this is basically close to the end of this stage, but try to win the stage It's the only reason.

You stay out, look, I think it's him. I said it before and I was wrong, but I think in this situation, with only a few laps to go in this stage, you are out, get those stage points, they are very important, well, I thought it was a pretty easy decision. for Logano's 22 in Keselowski's two already have wins and playoff points Regan well, it's a quick debate on the radio for Brad Keselowski thought he wanted to stay out but Paul Sheehan's crew chief, Paul Road Wolf, said that Go ahead and enter the pits. Right here, his race car is a little too tight in the middle of that race at 2/3 towards the end.

Mintz, it's too tight for Ryan Blaney's 12 for four tires, so they're going to put on some air pressure. that right rear as for the 22, as I know, same walk for Logano can't go down the hill can't turn like he wants, bad air pressure and tires. Logano and Keselowski are already assured of the playoffs with victories, nothing to do with it. lose with this strategy I have Terry Clint Boyer is your race leader here is our built for the playoffs sponsored by ramp this time last year Boyer had a win Martinsville what does he need to do to make the playoffs and thrive?

I will continue to do what he did because he finished second last week in Texas running very strong here today. You know, I don't think there's any problem with the season starting off a little slow, but he's certainly starting to gain a lot of momentum right now thanks to Darryl's performance. The top 16 was small or you needed a win or a dime to get in, well I could point to Mike but the sure thing is you're going to get that win and I think he knows he made it easy for himself last year and that's what you want.

Do you want to get that victory under your belt? So you know you're going to be in the pound and chasing points is great and you could point your way, but getting that win, that's the important thing and he knows it, so the cars that were left out, Boyer Ty Dillon and Paul Menard, will be the first three, so we prepared to go back to the green here and coming to the end of stage one there were a lot of problems today. Kevin Harvick failed inspection three times and then was lost. wheel chase Elliott spun from the lead Kyle Busch got caught out with Eric Jones having a loose wheel and so did Kyle Larson along with a penalty now Larry, I'm interested to hear from a crew chief, I mean we know all of these others The boys are going to be left out, how is this going to affect the 14 of Boyer and the others who have stayed here?

Well, I don't have a good feeling about Menard, that 21 over there on Road, but I'm your average Michael. with Clint Bowyer I'll tell him to come over and tighten those seatbelts one more time and not look in the rearview mirror. I'm coming to you, Larry, but I don't have to tell Boyer that or not, okay. the new Chevy Silverado pulls away from the country ducks towards pit road and here we go Clint Boyer vs. my Dylan Paul Menard in Brad Keselowski's big show his grad Keselowski to Ty Dillon Dillon's 13 he says hey, not so fast, This isn't going to play for Clint Boyer right now, no, if he doesn't win this stage, it's a gamble that won't end well for him.

Twitter is how about that, so here we are, we're all predicting the 40 he'll get in stage 4. Sit down, he did it, but it wasn't what he thought. He didn't get the playoff point he wanted for winning that stage. Ty Dillon, that's pretty close. Mike Ty Dillon, your stage 1 winner. His first stage 1 finish. Ty Dillon on the outside, a little bump. and bang, and stops Clint Boyer in a final photo ear for the end of stage 1. Richard Childress, on the porch of the party, was able to celebrate his youngest grandson's first stage victory in the Cup Series We'll talk to him after the pit stops, let's see who. in Matt and Clint Boyer would hit their box first in car 14.

Ryan Mulder and Coleman Dollar made the shifters work. You've seen Dewayne. He plus he put the key in the back window. They reversed the wedge adjustment they made on the previous stop. Jamie because he felt comfortable with the car, it was just a little too tight in that race, so much excitement on the radio you can see some damage to his car, which was a very close stage when a four tire stop, happy with the balance, I just needed. a little more lateral grip now the three drivers who didn't stop during that yellow flag a few laps ago came in along with Chase Elliott is the only driver who stopped early and also makes it to the end of the stage is still in the pits.

Let's see if we can call them here Hey, it's Jeff, at the Fox Sports booth, you took me right to the other side of the car limit, come here to work, duplicate well, man, I feel for that man, it was exciting, how great job. Congratulations. Tell us what it feels like to win your first stage here in Bristol Put words on the stage, but it means a lot to us to be a great Code guy, we work very hard, it's been a great year for us, so we'll keep it going. running this way we know we can integrate, I'm glad I can show you the progress of being here a little bit well man, thanks for talking to us, good luck, the rest of the way, Richard Childress will celebrate a little for his youngest son. grandson ty Dillon stage one winner yes I'm here Saturday on fs1 Rocky's Giants at 4:00 ET followed by Robinson Cano and the Mets taking on Freddy Freeman in the MLB Braves doubleheader on Saturday on fs1 and Fox Sports outside New York Giants Logo 7 It's No Fun That Cars Approach the Geico Restart Zone Keselowski Logano Johnson Kyle Busch to thefourth Blaney Truex Newman Suarez Hamilton DiBenedetto the first ten William Byron got the free pass, it will start at 18 heck mostarda that 2 cars ooh ooh at 18 cars are there Yes, he's already out, look at the man and he's coming on the 19th.

Yes, sir . Yes, Mark Trucks Junior has been nice and calm. Ryan Blaney makes a great move to go inside Jimmie Johnson, but don't rule out Truex, he could still get it. Short Jack was here this season, well, Jeff House. I'll see all the cars at the beginning of this race. I'll still take that 12. I'll find a big one in one. I think it would be that 12 because it looks pretty bold right now. Matt DiBenedetto took a penalty earlier and moved up to 8th, now he likes that would fix this by one. This is probably his best track, one of his favorite tracks, he's a good race car and a good race team and I think they'll get better before the next few years and he's also a good race driver and you know he had to have this spot marked on your calendar this weekend Ricky Stenhouse went behind the wall, had body damage before, but since it was repaired and went back up beyond the minimum speed Stenhouse is no longer under the damaged vehicle policy, so is behind the pit wall repairing a mechanical problem and is allowed to do so for that reason.

Alright, pretty sure he wasn't getting much airflow under the hood of that car into that radiator or anything like that. otherwise, if it has anything to do with trying to keep those components fresh six plays Daniel Suarez Mike was always intrigued by this place, our leaders on the line, look here, he's on the line right now and there are cars that are almost half a turn behind. I've only been back on the green here a few laps when you're up front like this and you're at the back of the field. It's amazing how quickly that leader will catch you and put you down a lap showing how much of a weapon we are.

I'm going to try to go up top I'd say Joey Logano has had a strong car look at this move to the inside they both got a great run from the top he's going to go to the bottom down here three and four oh sorry Appa turn T in the turns where the 22 is so good you can stay down and be left panting. I've been watching Joey Logano's 22 all weekend and one thing I've noticed about his car is similar to what we saw in the 14 car. Little pump from teammate Brad Keselowski as he makes that pass as the 14 de Boyer, his car can hook that bottom as well or better than any other car I've seen there all weekend, Vince, yeah, you know if you're going to win this race, you're going to have to run down and up at some point of this race and that's one of the things that they felt was the strong point of their car this weekend, the versatility that they feel is good on the bottom, but really good.

Above they said that if this race comes in the top four that is where they believe they will be strongest. He's looking pretty good down on that traction compound right now and we were talking about the pace of this race and now he's off, off the pace in our corner - out there but to break the pace of this race Mike last time by 15- 20, so I mean you don't have any place to rest or take a break, so he had one, he needs a break, restarted ninth, got back to 15th and here comes Kyle Larson when I wonder, Mike, you know his car was pretty.

Well in the long run, that's why they stayed out that time when everyone else came and I think you spoke pretty well about the balance of his car. I wonder if this car is really weak at the beginning of its career on tires and here. it's Kyle Busch in third behind the two Penske 4s and the other thing I would say you know about Denny Hamlin's 11 is one of those that has fallen into the clutches of some of those others that came in and put tires on. some of those guys have 10-12 newer tires with 12 laps newer right now and now a quick word from Duracell: this is a reliable brand.

Charlie left Oh, ahead of teammate Brad Keselowski by 8/10 Kyle Busch and third if Bush finishes in the top 10 today he will be the first driver to start a Cup season with eight consecutive top tens in 27 years Terry Labonte 1992 Wow, you know, records, that's why I love records. I love it when someone breaks one of them. Long's, it's not much, very difficult. The director breaks any record you have here DW, well it will happen, I bet you one day, but one of the guys who could do it is the fourth place guy here. Ryan Blaney Martin Truex & Tricks has had a couple. racing at Blaney but I can't get past this seems like that transition period of a race where the bottom is pretty good for a while and then you don't know your car starts to fail at the bottom and you want to race at the top but The covers are not glued yet.

I may be wrong. You may miss me here, but I swear it looks to me like Blaney just went out on Sunday Drive, but he's not pushing right now. I think he knows he has a quick one. self I think he believes he can win this race. He doesn't want what happened to him last year to happen to him this year, so I think he's being very cautious. I think he might be cautious right now too, but he looks like those too. The Gibbs Toyotas are starting to appear now cut achieved 18 moving forward reaching the rear bumper both cars so is Truex's 19 it's me on board here with Austin Dillon Darrell that style you used to describe as aggressive, smooth, yes it's possible do both in today's car.

I think it's Mike. One thing you changed this race track people don't think about this very often, but when I want a lot of racing here, we started with 36 cars, so you weren't, you weren't always. The races somehow weren't always in traffic, but a little time to catch your breath with all the cars on the track. Now you see it looks like a conveyor belt over here. You never are. You never get a break. You're not passing either. someone someone is trying to pass you there's always something going on that makes it very difficult here to even relax and take a break and let those muscles relax, but I used to get cramps, this is bad, I couldn't walk in this ratio, right ?

I know we talked to some drivers before the race started and they all talked about breathing. It's very difficult to control your breathing here in these 15 50 and a half second laps, especially in these long green flag races. Well, let's take a look at how it drives today. trust Larry sponsored by Duracell yes let's take a look at the team 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Denny Hamlin crew chief Chris Gabe heart spotter Chris Lambert this year is Denny's 14th full-time season in the Cup Series. He has 33 Cup wins, including two at Daytona. The 500's Chris Gabe Heart became that team's crew chief this year in 2019, at one point several years ago he was Denny's race engineer on the Levantine.

Denny and Chris together won an Xfinity Series race at Michigan in 2017 and we've been talking. Regarding the traction compound at the bottom of the track, Chris a few laps ago told Denny to use it sparingly, that it will wear out the tires on the left side and I think Denny what Chris is telling him has to be a little Confidence when driving with Duracell. thanks Larry, we've been watching our front row attendants fight, except it's for chase number 17. Elliott is now ahead of William Byron as they approach traffic. Erik Jones just ahead of him and Jones two laps back after an earlier loose wheel.

Vince chased after Elliott. a couple different times during the last opportunity and it still has the power steering problem so they lifted the hood on the front stop and unfortunately for them they didn't find anything that caught their attention that they could address so they could really not help you with the power steering. He says the arms will fall off at the end of this thing and plus the car continues to heat up, so they removed tape from the front of the nine, but it could be a long day before it's all said and done right.

The first cup race here at Bristol in 1961 was won by a relief driver. Yes, it was customary not to win, but there are always drivers. Richard Petty had the race lottery from him, every driver here pretty much. often a lot of guys did it, it was hard to run five on your return lap with a driver with 330 laps to go, if he has power steering issues it could be a very good chance they are looking for a replacement driver. I'm available Logano and Keselowski 1.9 seconds apart to take the lead 182 full laps into the Food City 500 Joey Logano leads his Penske for teammate Brad Keselowski now by three seconds.

Truex has closed in fighting with Brad for second place and you know it's not unusual to see this 19 car coming up. Very strong at the end of the race, he had a long run car, a good long run car almost everywhere we've been this year. Mike Kevin Harvick had inspection issues before the race, had to start at the back, took a passing penalty and then loose wheel is now down three laps expected to race today and our front row had issues William Byron got caught up in a crash on the first lap that ended up taking Aric Almirola out of the race and our pole chaser Elliott has been struggling with power steering issues is the last car on the lead lap Kyle Busch also got caught up in that fight on lap one, but recovered very well currently fourth four and a half seconds off the lead the damage to the rear of Kyle Karthik's car Kyle Busch on the 18th simply pushed the rear bumper cover off, it didn't read as a spoiler anywhere else in the part back of the car, so I don't think it had any rules, it could have had a good effect, it could have helped your car cut the rear bumper.

About the way Jamie talked to Adam Stevens, we know we're going to struggle from the beginning, but if we're good from the beginning, we're probably not going to be good later on. Right now, it feels like the razor-tooth bath he said. that leak and then 22 disappear without even strapping on a controller, we got a lot of turns, hang in there, we'll fix it Daryl, I'm with you as long as the suspenders hold up the right rear quarter panel, that pump is pushing up like There's just A plus is that Ciara. I'm in the car much better than if I were down and hanging, so unintended consequences, but they might actually help you a little.

Daniel Suárez in six challenging Blaney for fifth. How about that Suárez? Boy, I'll tell you, I'll tell you, that boy is going to win a race. Matt Micah's careers here in the past have not been in them. Well, he's actually wrong. Remember last year was fun early, but he recovered to finish 11th. He was a kid. Before, when you saw Blaine EMU in the middle, the car a little bit on the free side coming into one, you know, Bristol is one of those tracks where yeah, set ABAB but it doesn't change dramatically from where I'm waist-deep to the other. and When I look at that 41 car the last time we were here last August, it was the crew chief of that car, Billy Scott, who went to Victory Lane with Kurt Busch, his only win of 2018 and you know what I like Of the bad words, Larry, we don't.

I don't hear him complain much on the radio, he just works with his hands and not his mouth and I think it's a great chase. Elliott laps Joey Logano and really looks at chasing Elliott. I think his car right now is probably a little better. that his arms because he must really still be fighting that power steering pump, you could say that he is not capable of putting that car to the limit and getting the most speed out of it if he ends up needing relief for the only drivers leaving the The race is Aric Almirola , a great golf in '51 and now Ricky Stenhouse has taken his fork to the carrier, a bill that would be for the drivers and the Chevrolet car mile that would work, but Stenhouse would be a good relief driver, but he moves around this place.

Really good, must also be a big disappointment for Ricky Stenhouse jr. to be out of this race, teammates, the quarry, runner-up in stage 1, fighting Suárez for 7th place, that stop, they reverse the chassis adjustment because the car was too angry, stopped on pizzas, boyeur herself , silently trying to move forward car after used car, mentioning eight seconds. Behind the leader as well, the race is acquiring a fairly manageable pace. Last time, in 1565, you hit fifteen or sixteen points, that's a pace you can physically handle pretty well without getting tired, so here's Jimmy Johnson, sixth place. Seconds ago, he loves the tire, it definitely has damage.

I don't know how he got in. He can be seen right there, in front of the right rear. I mean, it's pushed in so obviously the crushed panel or something has come loose right there, allowing not only sound to come in, but it's affecting theaerodynamics of that car, who was it? And remember those fumes from that engine, that's where the exhaust pipes are, that means you're getting some fumes and stuff inside the car, and remember Mike, we've got that wind on the right side and there's no air coming into the car anymore. , you have to put it, you have to get it down there if you want, that could affect him physically with that and with those fumes coming out inside the car, chase Elliott.

Holding on to that last position on the lead lap trying not to lose a lap to Joey Logano. We are under yellow flag on lap 213 of Bristol. Matt Tifft turned around and looked at this right on the frontstretch and saw coming out of a turn to chase them. Elliott gets to the rear bumper Matt Tifft got a little loose unfortunately so a nine car gave it a little push, well who gets the free pass? Good chase Elliott, go figure, opened up, everyone piled in there, turned to the man and Martin Truex. Jr looking to get unstuck into his pit box as Truex does chasing his first short track win in the Cup Series, his car has generally been on the tight side and has been building tight, especially in the middle when trying to cut. , you can see. the shim wrench on the rear window to make an adjustment there a little problem there on the left side Jamie Keil Busch seven time winner here just feels like you're on top of the track overall grip problem four tire air pressure Regan Brad Keselowski comes to the pits and feels like he's on the splitter for the first 40 to 50 laps of that race.

He wants to remove it with the splitter. They're also going to put a little patch on the nose of that race car. Vince Joey Logano stops from the lead and likes the car, he said it himself a little. Three take it off and then it gets tight, it's not terrible, but it's something they're going to adjust on four tires for Logano's 22. Hello, there's the race. outside the pits sponsored by symbicort Logano holds on to the lead guy so close he could be I didn't think he was going to take the lead from the 22 car but he did here's how close he got yeah he gets out of here and he's done .

We barely took off, although he won't make it, but you can see right there, what a battle on pit road and Brad Keselowski, being on this shorter side coming off pit road, was able to get that second place. 18 to accomplish, you now see all the repair work being done on the right rear panel of Jimmy Johnson's car. Larry, yes, they are working on the aerodynamics, but we also mentioned the crush panel. Now let's go to our Ford Performance cutaway car and I'll go. to show you where the crush panel is, it's located right inside the two rear wheel wells, it's practically there, it's just a piece of aluminum and it basically seals the body to the driver's cabin because like you said, he goes to get a lot of fumes inside that car, especially on a short track like Bristol and Daryl, you did it for the first time, we're using that right side window and those fumes that just stay inside that race car, this would be the crush that I would crush you.

Look back there, it's made of aluminum and somehow seals the body to the entire cabin. You have one in the rear right, you have one here in the rear left and there are also two on the side. the left and right side of the front firewall all of that is to seal the cabin from getting fumes in, yeah that's the only thing I'm worried about, Larry was the exhaust that came out right there and right in front of that crushing man right in front of that right rear tire and with that right side one two no air coming in, that exhaust pipe right next to the wall that could really explode and generate a lot of fumes inside that car, we'll see if I abandon Jimmy later.

Whether the race is good or not, we had some great news here on the Fox side this week from Darrell Waltrip and the reaction of the drivers, including our race leader, Joey Logano. Yeah, I mean, DW because our sport was a big impact as a driver for one. and grow our sport, you know, over a long period of time, but he didn't stop there and I think a lot of drivers do, and he took the ball and ran with it, that led to his fame, the personality of your power to be able to For you, improve our sport and continue it from the broadcast booth for almost 20 years, so congratulations, thank you, thank you to pioneers like you who grew our sport.sport into what we see today I get to run and I believe That's really great, very well said Joey, what do you think?

Waiting for the first time in four years. DW Speech oh we love you Darrell, thank you, it's been an exciting journey. yes, and it continues throughout 2019 oh yes, it's strong, that's my motto, yes, we will do fifteen laps of William Byron to get back on the lead lap together with Paul Menard and chasing Elliott was the free pass, so we are again under green, it is a contact. between the dialed Rex junior aggressive on this restart trying to outrun Joey Logano Keselowski, a bit of trouble here falling back into the clutches of Kyle Busch and Clint Boyer Regan, guys you can see that patch on the front right or left corner of this racing car.

I asked the team if they knew when it happened, they didn't really know they didn't feel like they hit debris so there's a bit of a mystery there, but they were able to detect that damage and fix it at the last stop we heard. from his teammate Joey Logano talks about his cars being a little weak to start the race or to start a race and you know Joey Logano was more up front, this is where that damage came from on Brad Keselowski's 2 crashing into the rear bumper on ty Dillon's 13th on a restart that was two restarts ago because Lasky took good damage.

I think the problems Keselowski is having right now is that his car starts off loose now that he's further back in traffic than his teammate Joey Logano so that's why he has a similar balance in his race car, he tried to stay there. with the big ones easily, he's mixing it up today. I like that and you're riding with Harvick so far, two laps back, he was one of the guys that caught the wave. I love this shot, I mean, this is really what it looks like when you're sitting in the driver's seat, Mike, that track is coming at you so fast, so fast and furious, and you just ate it up, ty Dillon, our stage one winner, currently 14.5 seconds back, just ahead of Jimmie who put together a pretty good race today, plus it was amazing to see when that goes, but he still holds his own.

Timmy Hills just drove his iridescent blue car behind the wall. I always felt like Jeff and believe. You know, this track is an equalizer, yes some guys love it, some guys sometimes have a knack for getting around this concrete slab from the high banks, that's why we see guys having great careers here that we maybe don't see. They have great careers nowhere else and Matt DiBenedetto is one of my guys. I think he really excels on this track. Now there's something about the feel of this race and that's probably why you're so good here. Darrell, is there a balance you're looking for?

We're looking for the front end to cut into a certain spot in the turn and the rear end to spin around it and obviously Matt DiBenedetto has a great feel for this track, teammates here, our brothers HUD, Pizza cam and Kevin Harvick , two laps down, and Daniel. Suarez, it's a very difficult place to be with your Kevin Harvick two laps down, you know there are other cars in front of you that are one lap down and yet you have 269 laps left, yes, but remember that Harvick at one point was four laps there, so he already made up two laps and now he only has two now and he gets a wave to give him a free pass, whatever it is, he's not out of this thing, you're smart, mature, come out, second, 1,2 back, Mike, I just think with the managers of Martin Truex Jr and Cole Pearn as soon as they get used to being there, it will happen with the teammates.

I think you'll see 19 cars run like this, 78 in fourth place for Ryan Newman, a couple of tenths ahead of Kyle Busch right on his ski Lau 4 seconds ago looked like he had his hands full on that restoration, like the car was very loose, but then he tightened up and then he was able to start making pretty good time, so I'm not sure what it was. Kurt Busch had a horrible qualifying, he and his younger brother managed to advance together until the second yellow flag period. The Busch brothers together have combined to win the last three races. here and have more wins than any pair of brothers who have ever raced at Bristol.

Jamie and before that last bit, you didn't like the direction the car had gone, he said the front end was loose, so they made some adjustments that created a wedge. adjustment on rear air pressure and four tires Curtis told his team a little tighter and you can run from the bottom if necessary second place it's hot Ryan Blaney Martin Truex a difference in lines and a convergence on each straight yes, you're not going let's see that 19 tricks he likes that background it has been there almost the entire race the 12 have moved a little it seems to make a little better time at the top but as you said Mike one high one low and they meet on the straight right behind them Ryan Newman , three seconds back, Vince Newman, who is coming off his best finish of the season, 11th last week in Texas, had a top 10 here in this race last year and had a great performance earlier today, and you have to give them credit for having had a great catch earlier when they felt a vibration ended up being a loose wheel, so they were thankful they caught that in time for Ryan Newman, he likes the six and he's in the top five.

Good morning, boy, we almost had this cut, it was almost ugly, the one where the 14 came together in 14 almost. He came out fighting with Chris Buescher and Wofford is eighth and had a great race here, but yes, Clint Boyer was in a difficult situation, what a great job Chris Buescher is doing today here in Bristol, this battle has a problem with the 19, it seems that Fulford are ready for him, he arrived at pit road seven to the brain Tenth place Dylan DiBenedetto looking for some stage point six laps from the end of stage 2 fourth place on the left 10th on the right practically fighting everywhere Mike for the position, you know, we talk about the leader a 22 card player way out there, but everyone else is fighting for position right now, yeah, if you think about it, Matt DiBenedetto Austin Dillon, I mean, these stage points They're huge for teams like that, so you know they're going to fight. and Suarez will enter the picture, he will try to take some of those points away from States.

Oh, they approach Truex in the low groove and pass him without incident. Martin is just trying to ride this out until the end. the stage but they are fighting around him I have to decide yes, he is very close next time, he barely has any speed. I think he's back on Joy's and Ricky Stenhouse in the race after doing that mechanical repair, even though he's a hundred laps behind. He's out there logging laps as we approach the end of stage two and for Joey Logano this means ten championship points, but more importantly a playoff point that he'll carry into the penultimate round in Phoenix.

You know his crew chief, Todd Gordon. I know what his middle name is now, you'd say he likes Bentley cars, right? Almost what she would say. I'm from New England so I know the Warren family is great, Supermodified and Joey Logano is a stage two. I like his last name. from Todd there are some Gordons out there Steele there is the line and it was set long before Martha x+ arrived in the pits Joey Logano our defending Cup champion is the winner of the second stage his third stage victory of the year and the clock is running well here's that frustrating the hills surrounding Thunder Valley aerial coverage provided by Goodyear win your battles earn your name Goodyear official tire of NASCAR there's Bristol Dragway at the bottom right of the screen and the parking lot and the world's great Coliseum while the street pit opens at the end of stage two, Jamie and the Bush brothers enter together, Kurt Busch's says it's tighter, just needs a little more help with air pressure for 18, a younger brother, Kyle Busch who says the front needs to be freer and every time he puts those tires on the compound, a four tire stop and a chassis adjustment disappears Regan Brad Keselowski the last stop was on the splitter too hard for the first 40 laps of the race, this time it was just the first few laps of the race.

It takes him just a little bit to get going because of that and then he won't spin into a side jump after that. Vince is fine on Kozlowski with his teammate Joey Logano on the right and Ryan Blaney on the left. You see the chassis fit for Blaney. he needs it to turn better on the throttle as far as Joey Logano is concerned, freer everywhere to start the race, but then he tightens up, puts some tape on the front of that 22 and Blaney takes him to the pits. Ryan Blaney returns to the front. We say we called Joey Logano to see how he's doing out there hey you're Joey Logano STW took me there buddy hey man.

I held it together for three days andthen I saw the interview you did, thank you for those kind words, I really appreciate it. That you have the field stuck here today also that car looks very fast How does it feel out there pretty fast? It works great there for a long ride while still hitting the track pretty well, good luck. and I won't be here to watch you, but I will be from home later this year, so thank you very much, thank you man, I appreciate everything you've done for a sport, put on a good race for yourself here and on stage. 2 winner has won the last five races that started that streak Joey Logano in Las Vegas, so a quick summary of the penalties Martin Truex entered the pits while the pits were not open, goes to the back, Jimmie Johnson, to enter quickly, He goes backwards and Daniel Suárez broke. a wheel bolt that they had replaced, that was too fast coming out on his person tonight, has been AI Truex broke a bolt, yes, will have to go to the loose rear wheel by Brad Keselowski, had to come back, but Timmy Hills came back to the race, yeah, other than that it was just a routine pit stop, here they come to the Geico restart zone for stage three.

I really think that if Trek is left out trying to extend it to the end of that stage it could cost them even more than it has cost them. now by 1 by 2 by 3 Blainey comes out intelligently with the lead 18 cars on the lead lap Erik Jones the free pass I knew myself I don't know if he got loose he moved up the track worth a thing than 37 guys in cars with Fischer He's running pretty good today, now Chris Buescher has a good shot at a top 10 today, boy he's doing it, he's having a blast running Ryan Newman right with him fighting for a top five spot.

I think humans influence that team what he knows. And what he contributed, I think we are seeing the results of that team in 16 getting better and better and their perseverance. I think it was a 17 there guys, you know he reached his perseverance of just fighting and fighting by talking. about Ryan Newman, I mean that always gives him a few more positions. I agree that he never gives up. Well, closing in on them is Kurt Busch and they're chasing Elliott. Now watch the red car, Daniel Suárez, go up the hill. Whoo, yes, he did. Dude, yeah boy, it's like saying come on the right side of the wall, but you can't go up too early on these restarts, there's just not enough grip here until there are more cars racing there.

I'll tell you what, guys. I don't know what they did to that car nine, cooled it down, fixed the power steering or something, but the car that's moving is stupid, that car nine didn't see what it's made of today, maybe he figured out how. to drive it without power steering Vince, yeah, exactly a little bit of those two things, they took a little bit more tape off it to keep it a little bit cooler, what seems to be helping and chasing is the pace now on how to drive it. with the power steering issue he has so maybe it's a good thing there are so many laps if his Stanton arm goes back immediately the guys realized that and saw the way down Mike now we'll see Martin Truex slow down in front of Bubba Wallace and something is missing on the back that says Toyota Toyota, so I'm pretty sure it came out on Toyota, that's my choice.

Junior lets go when he turns four oh man he's got a big race he's going to. Corey Lajoie's interior, but he cuts right through the nose of Bubba Wallace's '43 and removes the rear bumper cover on our part anyway. I think everyone here today has rear bumper issues now that we have multiple drivers. who have been trying to recover from being down laps Erik Jones took two laps of waves and then a free pass to get back on the lead lap, but Bubba Wallace is at a disadvantage David Ragan is the free pass on this yellow flag, but you have to Kevin Harvick and Kyle Larson and Truex are now within two laps of Michael McDowell and others within three, all trying to fight their way back and catch Shrine Blade.

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I wasn't fighting with anyone when he arrived. down pit road and somehow he got into the box and was stopped outside of it Larry guys, this is not Daniel Suarez, it's his fault what they did was he was leaving and he crossed the front line, the tire carrier forwards he reached there and pulled out a piece of tape. and he was out of the box, so this is not Suarez's fault, this is simply trying to run a piece of tape with him across the front line, yes, that splitter knows he can't break the plane that line right there, yeah, thanks, Larry, the car starts moving. needed to take a step back under the green, Penske teammates Blaney and Logano were fighting with Clint Boyer Kurt Busch and Kyle Busch Kurt Busch hasn't had a great race so far here last winter in August and he's here buddy, I mean, he's got a car that's capable of getting here and leading this thing, I seem to love it.

Kurt Kurt Busch is so methodical in the way he explains that his car broke down on a track and knocked down a kid on a tight turn when it comes to setting up that big race car battle up front here for the lead among the 22 from Lagaan and 14 from Clint Boyer. For me, these have been the two best cars besides Ryan. Sorry, it's for second place besides Ryan Blaney. You know, I think these two guys are also the best cars out there and at the end of this group, our pole nine. -Nanny Chase Elliott and Chris Buescher come into play here.

I tell you car number 37. I'm impressed. The butcher is just hell-bent on doing it up to this point. Or Chase. Elliott takes the measure of Kyle Busch here, that will show us. something and again the bad guy who is not a car, look what we thought was going to be in trouble maybe he wouldn't even finish this race now he is here fighting trying to get back to the lead this is how this race goes Mike, any ball that starts you you go out and you get in trouble, you have a lot of time here to get back in the race and that's what these guys have been able to do, several of them right there Kyle Busch does one of those classic aggressive moves that he does in a dive and down. right in front of the 37 for Chris Buescher, you know he does it very well and I think he's so unexpected that he can do things with a race car that other guys don't expect you to do and he gets away with it.

Numan realized that 18 got how to run he's going to give in but he's going to hold firm on that outside but anyway you know, Newman, do you use Newman and give in on Claude's same-sex job? Well, I meant, open the door and like, I'm telling you, Ryan Newman, nobody. He drives harder than Ryan Newman, dad, they fight you and he has a reputation for being very difficult to pass, but he'll be the first to tell you that on defense, hey, I just ride hard every lap, no, you know what? he says I worry about me You don't know I don't worry about what you need or what you want me to do don't worry about me one thing's for sure he's consistent oh yeah he treats everyone the same park for Ryan Blaney, he opened up to him a second to his teammate Joey Logano 214 to go here, he led a hundred laps here last year in 12th place to the left of your screen Keselowski and Hamlin, so Tara, why are you racing here when you already have two wins This year, like both drivers, you're stuck in the playoffs.

What are you working on to get three wins? I don't care what I'll have when I get it or how many points you get and want to win. This race, look, this is Bristol, darling, it's true, what the wind says. Well, I'm Brad Keselowski. I think he has a car capable of winning this race, but he keeps having all these little problems, whether it's a restart, whether it's a loose wheel. but he keeps putting them further back, making it difficult for him to find the number one spot. The free pass position right now is Bubba Wallace.

He and Daniel Suárez are the only cars that are one lap down. Harvick is down two, as is Truex. Momina McDonald, three down. Larson is two down right now, here's a couple hundred laps to go and you start to do a little bit of planning here, at this point in the race, you want to have something else for the finish. I don't want to use it all right now, but this is when you're thinking about making it to the next hundred laps, you want to try to get through the next ones without any problems, to our credit a camera that travels along with Kyle Larson, who is I had a bit of a day difficult two laps down currently with Harvick in front of him and then Wallace and Suarez one lap down for the bye.

He's just not a Kyle Larson this day so far here Bristol we've seen him dominate this race and work. traffic and just doing some amazing things here and being so close to winning this race, but today I can't think of much that went out like him, it just seemed like he hadn't really been able to get that high of a pace. line he likes to run just doesn't seem to be in sync with everything he's had only one top ten finish this year and they had this circle of place for Larson to finish second in both races here last year, ninth place Austin Dillon and Matt DiBenedetto Ryan Blaney, a fifth race at Bristol, is in the battle for the lead at Bristol with one hundred and ninety-two laps to go in the Food City 500 Ryan Blaney ahead of Joey Logano and they are very close as they battle for the top spot.

Take a look at today, it's a bank's credit to watch Jeff, well you can very easily say that Bristol is Ryan Blaney's favorite race track, he's led more laps here than any other track he's ever offered for himself and He hasn't won in 2019 so far either, but today when he leaves here, I think he's going to have a win at Bristol, and Jeff, it's Kurt Busch's favorite track. He now has six wins here, including last August, and he's been solid in this car, but he's had to work hard today starting over. In 27th position, he may not win this, but I think it will be fun to watch these last hundred and seventy-odd laps.

Joy Mangano said so many good things about me, how could I not pick him to win this race? She was the last Penske driver. win here in August 2015 today car number 22 and I'm going to go give it a hug at victory circuit finishing second the car must be better in the front slowly the tight side one of being up there with Blaney Chase Elliott started in pole was third here last August and his best friend playing, he could win this, but watching Chase struggle with that car without power steering and when we started this report, he was the fastest car on the track, that's his credit, one of the benches to see that battle for the Leadership hasn't changed Tim, you and I are having a great time and you know, I think Joey Logano has the best race car, but Ryan Blaney has been working every line he has In these 12 hours maybe look for what you will need to adapt for the rest of this race.

Yeah, I think I've been watching that 12 car the whole race. His car is the same as the 22. I think they are very close together, but it will be who weaves through traffic or who makes the right decision on pit road. I think you already know. I think Ryan Blaney is destined. He's bled a lot of laps so far here in 2019. He's led two laps here in the past. I just think his time is coming, we've seen those other two Penske drivers win this year. I think he's ready to add his name to that list. Remember what I told you.

He has that Jeff Gordon look like a movie star and he's very talented. He's driving a fast car, so today could be his day, let's finish with a quick word from Duracell. This is the 181 trusted brand to take the lead. It's just that the lawyers come up a second behind, the Bush brothers and chase Elliott into striking distance and Erik. Jones on pit road unexpectedly went out of turns three and four and they are waiting for him, let me guess, a loose wheel that I just radioed, it has a hole in it, he didn't say what it was yet, but it came to pit road .

Almost immediately the right side tires remember, yes, that loose wheel at the beginning of the race, they fought very well on that of their favorite tracks and this is the second time today that they have taken him off the lead lap for one reason or another and Mike doesn't believe it. Let's go back to four, but remember we went to the new air guns and everyone complained about the guns. They made those fixed pit stops for about 14 seconds, which was pretty fast at one point, we make pit stops at the same timespeed we did before. they went through air guns and everything, yeah that's one down, god everything else, they're back doing 12 second pit stops again.

Chris Busch is having a great day, eighth place, third among the Chevrolets and in front, Blaney and Logano continue to fight, Vince, there is a difference between the two right now is that Logano has been running down and up, it seems that his car is a little more versatile right now and Ryan Blaney spotter Josh Williams told Blaney that Logano is accelerating a little early and I also kept Blaney up to speed on how Joey was turning the corner and Blaney just told him I couldn't make my car do that. In fact, I think until the number 12 car found a bit of a rhythm running right next to the wall, which makes me nervous. because when you're that close to the wall you can just slip and you're going to go into it, but he seems to find speed low, high, well I think that's where he wants to run, he wants to run high, but he sees Logano. being able to run from the bottom, run up and he's also just trying to choose how to get through the traffic on the way back.

I think he just needs one or two more adjustments to get that top pace to be, you know, the fast lane for him, these two keep fooling around. trying to spin Bubba Wallace Clint Bowyer's got me right on top of them, yeah, look, look who's showing the party, I mean, he's here and he's handling that bottom line and running pretty effectively, man, and the only thing What's completely different about Boyer is that he doesn't. get off the bottom slot, he's down there working, his car is very strong down there, catfish column, if you bat and you can see that Boyer has moved to the bottom of both ends of the race track, the car is there, DW, you mentioned that there is a reason why, in the early '60s, in Oswego they were throwing pennies at the box office when the 1969 Rover was born.

They couldn't think of a better name, Todd Gordon, for two of brush marks. The supermodified drivers, Todd Gibson and Bentley. Warren, you're right, man, his mom said. I talked to his mother and she told me the whole story and I was very impressed. He is a great runner. He has won many races in his racing career and is trying to win another one. a crew chief here i have to beat his teammate to do it and everyone else backs up single file with little traffic ahead paul menard 167 to get to bristol we make 156 to get to bristol ryan blaney is still leading and we talk about what This is from Daryl Casa and here's why during that stretch of almost eight seasons, the average completion rate is 1.5, how come that surprises me?

Darryl, I mean, just running around here and racing, completing every lap let alone having a 1.5 average finish. I think it was a What you see is not only that the driver has great cars, great teams, but when you win seven races in a row that's 3,500 lamps. Wow, didn't you have a problem which is quite difficult to do in this place. I think Boyer could make it to second place here. Joey Logano Oh, Landon Cassill, although that could unfortunately hurt Clint Boyer, yes, he is the employer. Lane, what's the protocol for return cars? Do you want them up?

You want them down or you just want them out of the way. I just want to know where they're going to go don't always hold your line wherever you're running stay there let me decide which direction I want to go you just stay where you were and I'll figure it out we tell them the drivers match up well we always hold your line if you get caught, a man will hold the middle, jump on the inside and the three leaders are ready to fight again and have a bit of a clear track here, it's a pretty good pace, we're still running at pretty fast speeds. here 1565 last time based on history of a second fastest network so you haven't slowed down by much but that's a manageable speed 15 60 70 80 right up there 15s you're not stressing so vanity Accelerates the Catching William Byron, who is the last car on the lead lap in 15th, Jimmie Johnson, his teammate right in front of him, remembers that you had that problem on pit road and he just couldn't show the speed and return to the front.

He did it earlier, so Michael, what's the card to get out of the car 22 down at the bottom? The shortest path closes to the side of the high 1212. He got that momentum and shoots down the straight. Logano goes back to the back and stops on the side. I can't cope and that time Boyer went to the high side and one and two and Logano gained heat on the backstretch, side by side again to take the lead, well one of you now boy is watching what happens between these two. I think there's going to be the movie right there, it slides in front of him.

Planty said, let me switch, let me show you how it works. The ladies car is not as good at the bottom. Joey Logano knows it, but now 24 William Byron is. That's going to delay the 22nd, no, I'll tell you that seeing a great race right now is Clint Boyer's center of pity with these guys. God, between them, it's pretty interesting, but he wants to be a part of it, so he's going after Ryan Blaney. Right in the middle, oh boy, there was a little bubble right there when he landed on corner one and two, yeah, I saw that every once in a while you lose your mind a little bit, but he comes back later, well, there's just no way you can run the bottom so late in a race and roll, they are as good as his car has been without that car being a little free, so he probably just fed the wheel too much, he couldn't clear Blaney that time, but now Blaney He made it to the end in third place, but Mike, the other thing I see is that this 22-strong car joined Igano and took the lead.

His lap times went up about 2/10 once he passed Ryan Blaney and did they forget to lead in clean air and execute their old man? car in the wall turn into the pit Hartley took a big hit that's David Ragan and it looks like he's going to make it to pit road and we can stay green with no debris this is the only place to go please let there be a warning so I can catch my breath Oh, serious damage, yes, a right front tire I would say will come into the pits without caution, I was 15 years old and This is what happens when you race so close to the wall, it's very easy to brush against that wall, push the fender towards the tire and have a problem like David Ragan had and one thing I noticed was the way the front splitter is on these cars. if you make contact with the left rear where that splitter is going to cut into the tire it better stick out like a knife, how about the Busch brothers in 4th and catching Ryan Blaney?

Jamie, both cars are a little tighter, but Miles is not happy. With that, he's been watching this battle in front of him, but Kurt is outside and whoever says now that it's tight, the car has been very good. Ryan Blaney, backing up a bit, hears his radio stop over the turn lane for me. Please, 22 officers run here, he let me go downtown for the same thing, you hear that you are short of breath, you breathe hard, you fight against that car, you try to run fast, someone breathes on your back and that makes me feel good, I It gives you a headache and look at this.

Jimmie Johnson went out on the inside trying to stay on the lead lap, rookie Matt tenant on top and Boyer wanting the lead from Logano, you know, a guy, no, he's two laps back, he's trying to get one. I'm back, that number 4 Kevin Harvick car. he's talking to these leaders right now, he passes them, he's a lap down, he gets a bye, four cars back in the race, well we saw Kevin Harvick in practice, he dominated our sheet in an average of 10 races out of 15 to 20 laps, so we know that this is you have a fast race car it may take you all day to get back to the lead lap it may take you all day to overcome a mistake but you have all day to do it could see that Joey Logano now he's hit the bottom Groove trying to take advantage of what but the guy's been doing all four cars, he's going 3 out of the clip, the lawyer wants to get one of those turns back, maybe you know why that happened, don't you know his teammates and Ross's 15?

Chastain on newer tires also passes Moyer as he continues to develop with Joey Logano leading in yellow, oh yeah, just as Clint Boyer took the lead into turn two and Kevin Harvick's charge suddenly there and here's Boyer taking the lead over Joey Logano. that green and white car, oh yeah, Harvick crashes into the wall, pretty sure it's a dropped tire, 14 goes on 22, warning comes out driving with Logano, I mean, Harvick was driving, oh I've been taking off the wheels, I think, and literally It means that, literally, sir, it's light, it's what you call a good time with the lawyer in the lead and Harvick can't capitalize on the warning, even though it's because of debris.

William Byron gets the free pass. Pit road is open and that was the longest green flag race of the 25th. Minutes and a half we were about 20 laps away from the green flag stops, but now you can pit under yellow, man, and everyone noticed how carp Harvick came to Bugger Ravage and told the lawyer that they did an air pressure change on the right rear of the four and that helped, so they also did that with the 14 car chassis tune. Boyer believes the third person there with his car is far away. Jamie Busch a little tight there, said leave it that way, so a little minor air pressure adjustment on the left side tires.

Right side Kyle Busch said he was really tied to the Center competing with those thirsty guys, he needed Gatorade, ice and four tires. Regan Brad Keselowski with a good recovery so far after being penalized even more after that stop for a loose tire on lap 259, he's back on top. to seventh with a race car tight behind other very strong cars in the long races, although Vince Joey Logano's 22 pitted from second place, four tires too tight and an air pressure change for 12, but can't fit the front part. a wedge adjustment on that 12 for Blaney to help him Clint Boyer Kyle Busch Logano Blaney, Kurt Busch and Chris Buescher lead them out of the pits we're under caution with one hundred and twenty-two left at Thunder Valley I love bowling, get ready for Rollo with the inaugural PBA playoffs on fs1 down on Monday, a head-to-head bracket-style battle for $100,000 begins tomorrow at 7:00 ET on FS 1 and the Fox Sports App Clint Boyer out Kyle Busch in, then pusher Blaney Logano and Busch Newman Keselowski Hamlin Dillon here we go rubber stopper inside still there still still there boyeur can't get out of 18 we saw her Clint Boyer lost the lead to Ty Dillon before when he chose the inside, this time he chooses the outside and loses the lead to 18th Kyle Busch his car is so good in the long run but it takes a few laps to get going speaking of Clint Boyer yeah boy he's that good I think 12th is a bit So, it seems to be pretty good in a short race, but here we are with Kyle Busch leading this race late, which could be a problem for everyone, that's the last thing any of these competitors wanted to see Chris Buescher fighting.

August winner Kurt Busch fifth place. Buescher is in the top five here, yes, so you know he likes where he is, but I take my hat off to that racing team. I mean, they've kept him in the game. Good racing car. He's done an incredible job staying who he is. in these restarts side by side with Kurt Busch and a great job in the pits by the pit crew, and Jeff just because of that precaution came out, tell me something, we ran twenty five and a half minutes into the race with the green flag, can you imagine? get on a bike or a fallen Genaro or something and squeeze it for 25 and a half minutes I mean, these guys are going around in circles this place this is very difficult for a lot of these guys I would like to see them tomorrow when they wake up.

I guarantee his right shoulder is about to fall off right now. I don't know if they will wake up. They could reach ninth place. Kozlowski trying to take it away from Newman here. Mike was running here one time and he was coming out of the race. my lip my right leg I guess they had a cramp so I had to stretch out that right leg and use my left foot to gas the car. I wish they would take the cramp out of my leg that's how this joint infection tenth 11th 12th three in the turn behind them, man, there's so much going on on this racetrack with a hundred and ten laps to go, Darryl, now I know how you want so many races here if you could run this place with the left foot and I have some talent, boy, I didn't say what I was going to leave, learn in many ways.

I heard you have a lot of experiences, not all of them good. Kyle Busch is out front for the first time today and I was a little surprised. I heard some of the reports about him talking about his cars off the track in practice and we talked to him after practice yesterday. He was very happy withcar number 18 and really thought he had a chance to win this race, but this It's a big battle here for ninth place Ryan Newman Keselowski, he's got Jimmie Johnson here lurking, to see what's going to happen at Newman's, he had a good run today guys, been on the hunt and DiBenedetto is right with this group, you know what?

We haven't done it yet today, I know we haven't, we haven't cranked it up much, we're about to let it rip, I think it looks pretty good, keep working there later too on the gate 98 laps. enters Bristol Kyle Busch Turk Toyota the best player has been in the lead for the last 20 laps Denny Hamlin in seventh bet DiBenedetto I don't know sorry Mike, I just don't know how long those leads will last for Kyle Busch it seems like this race continues, it's just starting to fade a little bit, yeah, in the neck for a Boyar car, we've seen it time and time again, it gets better and better as the race goes on, but Mike, you know, I know there's only 96 laps left.

Come on, you're running the fastest laps. I think they've been running all day. We're running 1508 1507 1503. Those are just below our qualifying speeds. This battle for the lead continues between Kyle Busch, Clint Bowyer and Joey Logano, you will see it all. As we go double wide, we go 18 for the hell of your car, shut it up, start it up here, start it up, the leaders will come to roll it, hitter on hitter about Kyle Larson and William Byron's bad day, who It just got worse. under caution on lap 415 as these two tangle in turn two, you know what they have in common Mike, his number, Kyle Larson goes up the rear bumper, Curry's 52 gets into the back room Larson gets loose in the hint, pin William Byron against the wall 2 of 14 well everything adds up to zero right now I wonder what I'm going to do here.

Well, Mike has been saying things that he might not even understand. Start it up here. Get it wrong. The leaders will help her stimulate her for William. Byron had just gotten back on the lead lap and this happened to Kyle Busch while we were at the break. He lost the lead, but it doesn't seem like a big deal. I don't believe it. Mike, saw that he lost the lead. He recoiled a little from laughter. Tunity felt like everything was fine and came back after that, but to come to work with a little bit of a free pass, Daniels, you should come here guys, 32 laps on the tires and we had 80-something to get. tire man, I would say for everyone and Larry Mac tires, they have increased the air pressure Russell Simpson, the tire specialist, maybe adjustment for the short run 35 laps in that run Jamie Boyer said the car was a little tight and then really went into it, pushed Kyle Busch's wooden car a little loose 18, that worked out really well for him after he hit the wall, they were able to assess the damage, they're using those colored words.

Regan Brad Keselowski hits his pit stall, brushed the wall around lap 400 been wondering what the 14 car was doing with his lines just a little time off that race car still right now Vince Joey Logano in those 22 cars He led over one hundred and thirty laps today comfortably in the middle, but he can't afford to be freer because of his entry, as Ryan Blaney is still not turning as he would like due to the changes they made to the last solid strategy. for Denny Hamlin, a two-tire stop takes him out. first ahead of Kyle Busch Moyer and Logano were out early Hamlin's no-tire deal doesn't work out so go watch him with 83 laps to go, let's check with Shannon in the studio Hi Mike, 19 lead changes so far in this race and something tells me we haven't seen the end who are you looking at now Mikey, well I love that strategy that was played there on Denny Hamlin, but Clint Boyer I think closed this race today Jamie, the reason I say that he drove for MWR in the past and he simply had the ability to make the bottom of this track work better than any other competitor.

I think the versatility of this car will make it my choice to win this race. Well, I won't agree with Michael. I'm going to take a look, oh no, because we've seen Clint's car move a little bit. He's been able to get the bottom working, but Joey's car seems very stable. He's not having the moment as some of the guys are and I think. If it's over, Joey Logano, the beer guy, you picked a Penske Racing driver, you took a chance, right? I was going to go with the Gibbs guy but I went with Penske, what do you think about the way this race opened up? the multiple lanes I think we've seen some great races, yeah I think the track actually looks comparable at the top or bottom, guys fighting for the finish at the beginning and then at the end of a race it looks like Go to the top, but you can make passes from the bottom, so I think the track did a really good job of balancing both groups.

I just like to see all the action, whether they're fighting for the lead or falling back 4/10 or 12. There's three of us, there's all kinds of excitement, lots of great racing like you said, she's how many more lead changes do you think we'll see before from the end, who knows, with what happened at the beginning of the race, it was crazy and Actually, it's like we said it's been a really good race and it just depends on the restart. Kyle Busch got away a little bit on that last one, but then he faded a little bit, crossed the line and hit the wall, so you don't know. and you know the strategy, if we have another warning, these guys will be able to stay out, use two tires, keep watching for these guys to make decisions on pit road that could change the outcome.

We have a couple of guys in the cabin. Who knows what it takes to get to Victory Lane here at Bristol Motor Speedway? Thanks Shannon, let's catch up on what's happened here today so far and if it started well, Darrell Waltrip wave the green flag. Kevin Harvick after paying the pre failed. -The race inspection had to start at the end and make a penalty for passing under green, there is the green flag and the famous command, it was very fun and right on the first lap, which was behind, in front, was Byron and Almirola , who came behind the wall to fix the car, that's a no-no when you're under the damaged vehicle policy.

Almirola out of the race, wild tire there and Ty Dillon eats into his first stage win of 2019. Joey Logano takes over and he's the winner of stage two and now we're going to have at least a lead change because Denny Hamlin He has to give up the lead to quickly pit his third speeding penalty of the season, you know what that means, he'll win, hey, how many? Sometimes we've seen Denny Hamlin win when he has a penalty. I know it's a little late. I doubt he'll recover from this one, but we've seen him come back and win with those penalties.

Well, let's update the Coca-Cola driver family. Let's see how. they go with 80 laps to go Joey Logano third Ryan Newman sixth Austin Dillon 13. Daniel Suarez gets the free pass so he returns to the lead lap Denny Hamlin will restart 15 laps behind Larson and Bubba Wallace, so Denny Hamlin hates that he accelerated penalty, but another driver who hates receiving it was Joey Logano in the 22-car TJ Majors. His spotter was counting cars and slowed down to allow Boyer to pass him out of the pits, that way he could restart fourth on the outside, but now he's third on the inside, come and green this time and the sun has broken in here at Bristol on what has been a very cloudy day we will see how that changes things as Kyle Busch and Clint Boyer will take them to the green it will be 78 laps remaining Oh the warrior hid they called it all the poi that Kyle Busch achieved , so his Lasky got off to a great start with Kyle Busch, he took the lead quickly, lawyers, I mean, boy, your throat right now, that's right, he was trying to make up for that start and I think he overdid it and calm down, calm down, come back at your pace.

Logano jumps into third and Blaney tries for fifth here for that bottom and some guys can run that bottom, make it work but if your cars don't get underneath and try to run you're going to lose a lot of time yeah we've seen it with Ryan Newman all day, can't really hold that ass up, has to run about half the lane up now. He goes almost to the top to try to increase that air pressure in the tires. William Byron brushed the wall but continues to chase Elliott for seven outside off Pusher. They continued about life on the loan.

They didn't make any jokes, but. then at the earliest stop here they made a slight adjustment of the air pressure, maybe because they were missing those big stops all day, they performed flawlessly today, the dark bread already says that many times we have made big investments in these racing teams this year, we want to see some tagged results I wouldn't have done that hoping to hold on right there. I'm not sure. I had a good idea. He just looks like Ryan Blaney. You know, they've made some adjustments. I think their cars get a little better as they go along.

I think that is. a good idea just tell me he's trying to get by he's trying to get Bobby if he bribes late he was listening to us just a few minutes ago and I told you I knew that when he doesn't give an inch she had a scrape on the tire he has some damage . I think right on the chase 9 Elliott got to that left rear and now Newman has a problem on that left rear, he'll have to come in, that was a hard wall, turn one, go to his Boyer, oh no, I think, boy, or he may have cut a The tire going into turn one, the car shot into the wall and the nine just went right behind him and yeah, but that could have been from that scrape on the right front fender. when he got into the left rear of the sixth car, he could have caused some damage to car 9, God, here's the 14, you can see he goes into the turn and then right behind him, here comes the 9.

I just wonder if 14 was a child or made contact with someone on that restart, sometimes King caused the right front to fall off. so the 9 had already made contact with the left rear of the 6 and Newman with Newman in Ryan Blaney's car, the 12 came together, I think that's what caused the right front to fall off. I don't know if Curtin Bush got into the In the back of the limo they were very close together, but he certainly shot up the hill. Matt Boyer didn't mention names, but he did talk a lot on team radio about the fact that that guy took down an army, which then caused cosmetic damage to the fender cut into the tire and a puncture, back to Ryan Blaney and Ryan Newman , who share not only a name but the same inches of asphalt ear, yes, and the 12 strange planes, it just wasn't very clear here, try Push the problem, cut in front of the six and right there you see the nine get in the left rear, Newman's six had caused that damage.

Strange ads for the six, you know, he definitely took the damage from it and a nine, and look what's going on here with a. 14 now this is where there is possibly some contact, yes the 22 and the 14 make a little contact there look how he pushed that fender and I'm pretty sure that's what caused his damage with the 22 that never made it 20 tubes in the wall, it happened immediately look at that idiot, leave that right front tire, well yeah everyone, I'm telling you about that splitter, a splitter sticks out here like a knife, you can see it a little bit on the front of Boyer's car, right there where that divider is, you can see it. the front of the car 22 that thing sticks out pretty good right here some radio traffic from Chase Elliott's team.

I don't know if I can blame Newman for that, but these two guys remember that they have a little bit of history. from racing hard between us something good finally happened to 42 he gets the free pass Kyle Larson for him sixty-five laps to go so he'll give Lizzy a race he'll say he's coming out deep every letter we've got bright sunshine all over this track at this time. I know it's concrete, it's not as sensitive to sunlight as an asphalt track, but what does it do well? She's definitely going to take some grip off the track and you know, Mike, you told me that in the commercial break.

I recently heard from Vince basically that Ryan Blaney had made some adjustments to the air pressure and shim on that 12 car and I'm wondering if the track went through a change and didn't complement well the adjustments they made. I would also add to that, Larry, I think what that will do is make your car a little bit looser at the start of the race, but be careful if you get into a long race, 64 laps to go here at Bristol and then it comes next. . NHRA drag racing explains why it's so important, it's here: it doesn't work here, it works well there, but not so well here, but you know, Mike, this is such a big cost, it's a very timely warning to these.

Drivers, you've been here all afternoon, you're pretty tired, I'm just giving you a chance, sit in that seat, tighten your seatbelts like Larry, get you something a little cool to drink here,Maybe they'll do a few gigs and take them a little shopping. and get up here and get behind the wheel and do it right, it will be better because the intensity is only getting ready to increase even more the pole sitters back in the chase Elliott Vince, you know one of the keys for Ryan Blaney and you guys were talking. adjustments and they actually went back to that wedge and air pressure adjustment last time and it's interesting because crew chief Jeremy Bullen has been asking Ryan if we're on the splitter are we on the splitter?

The answer was always no until the answer was yes. They're on the divisor now, so that was their cue to get back into the adjustments and they feel like they're very close to that sweet spot. Now we'll find out that he will restart fourth behind Kyle Busch and his Penske teammates Keselowski and Logano. What happens is on these restarts the drivers drive into the corner as deep as they can and that tire, if it has less air pressure, will compress and that will cause the car to splinter, these are big splitters remember. this year it's a flatter, wider splitter, if it makes contact it has a much bigger effect on the cars handling, it's something to consider, it shows you that speed increases so you drive harder in the corners and come back to leave you You're digging the car into the track a lot more than you did, maybe at the beginning of the race, so if it was close you could be hitting it.

Ryan Newman goes backwards by improperly refueling his number 64. He might be a little nervous if I do it. Ryan Newman, sorry if I'm Ryan Blaney right now, if I get in that number 6 car, it'll be 61 laps to go. Kyle Busch comes out of turn four with Blaney right behind him, the lady gets loose going into one, yeah. he got loose a little bit but he recovered very well one of the things I always wanted to know Kyle Busch gets loose a little bit but I always wanted to know what Kyle Busch is doing in that car, he can pitch from a slow start like that. on these restarts better than anyone I've ever seen, look at that: 12 and 22, the three Penske cars, the four of them chasing that Toyota and I think if we get a long enough race here, you know, we have 60 laps to go. many turns if this goes green here for a while.

I think the upside for those Penske Ford 18s is good. I just don't know if it's good enough the long way around. Think Keselowski. I mean, I don't know if I've talked about it much today, but it has - maybe the fastest car on the track right now, yeah, Kyle Busch's 18 had a pretty big moment in a corner - they lost a lot of speed. Daniel Suarez just put on the bumper - Jimmie Johnson, look, Keselowski is all over the back of that number 18 car to lead, good good start from car 2 into turn four, runs on the bottom, how Bush maintains that he is taking the wheels off that thing to try to keep that outside lane and momentum and you could be just on the inside like it seems like an inch just in this corner get a little head on in this corner get a little more hit real soon don't know clear yeah for that son Darrell all eight wheels are I'm going to start an interesting move with Kyle Busch's 18 that's not going to work for me, but he tried to swerve that 2 car to try to keep me from passing him, now that's going to open the door so Logano's 22 has down the gate but he just can't do that here 18 down the gate that's right it just doesn't work here first Chevrolet the race stays Chris Buescher in fifth Kurt Busch behind him to tie fifth and sixth Linda Benedetto Suarez Hamlin and Johnson are in the top 10, but look at Mike, he got the butcher, you have Benedetto, you have some guys in there that we don't talk about every week and they are having great races today, a lot of the expected favorites are having issues.

Ten caution flags, including two stage finishes, look at my friend Daniel Suarez, I mean he was in trouble and here he finds himself with this help to AK in a race and he's running in one place when I say that, back in the race, I'm up here. fighting for you know you're trying to finish in the top ten the Dillon brothers eleventh and twelfth look that four cars behind Kevin Harvick's ty Dillon right now he's the first car one lap down gets a yellow flag any time soon here he could be back In this you have a very fast racing car.

I'd agree if he could get a yellow flag now and get back on the lead lap, be careful because he has a car that could race yesterday and in final practice Harvick had the best consecutive lap times of anyone. the main categories have just started all over Rome, but maybe you'll finish well, who knows. They were pushed to the high side in the butcher. Good race for Kurt Busch really working on that outside line. Nice look at Matt DiBenedetto right down the middle. from the race track also races with butcher Matty D doing it and Kurt Busch takes off after Blaney goes crazy.

A really impressive run for his team, this team that he drove for quite a while last year. A fun little fact about this team eight. years until this weekend with their first race in Texas, as little as an anniversary for these guys with 46 laps to go in Bristol Tennessee. The Penske cars in front will be side by side, they will be water, look at my chest during that 36 to see Brad Keselowski in front, there is a lot of traffic ahead for him and Joey Logano as you go down 35 laps to get here, the traffic of this lap will be a factor if this stays green, how you navigate here, look at all those cars in front of Brad Keselowski will get close and that's why I give a slight advantage to Joey Logano.

His car seems to work a little better in different lanes on the track. Maybe I can use one of those cars with laps to choose from. I know why I'm really happy if I'm Brad Keselowski, that's my teammate behind me, maybe don't put too much pressure on me until we get through this traffic that's a piece of rubber on the lens of Ford's onboard camera. Logano Skaar presses with Brad Kiss asking here's what we got 32 laps ago leading this race and I wouldn't have picked him to win this race from the start but here he is with a chance to win it and he's got his teammate right behind him. he, that's nice. good place to be, they won't lower the attention on Matt Tifft oh-ho-ho doctor 22 Logano yeah, there you guys look at the problem, excuse me, that's exactly why I went through Keselowski's 2 I just can't roll the bottom as well as Logano's 22 that was shown there, well I'm not sure the battles ended well and just turned out in Gotham's favor right there, the Cowboys, Chris Beuscher, you saw him make a pit stop during halftime, they had a loose wheel and he.

He's down two laps smelling like a cowboy right here, that's not it, because I mean he's still in contact with the leaders and if they get there fooling around or get a little stuck in traffic, Kyle Busch will be in it again. meanwhile Ryan Blaney has his hands full with Kurt Busch, they have been crashing a couple of times during this race, great job for Kurt, qualified, terrible, wasn't very happy but boy did they have a great race and a good I work for that team, you know? I wonder if all these loose wheels today, this track has such high loads from these high angle turns.

Is there something going on with those lugs? They are simply not tight enough to handle these loads well. My experience has been like wheel spacers and If you go through the OSS at the optical scan station there and you have to do a little work on your trailer or your track, with a little bit you add a spacer that can be a problem, here it comes chase Elliott into the top ten. and if he finishes his free fried pickles at Hooters a.m. or you get 10 free 10 free boneless wings when you buy ten on Monday if Chase wins the rubber on the lens is also free twenty four to go well Logano just can't escape look Nobody can escape from anybody here but Joey Logano the leader can't escape his teammate Keselowski now that they are about a second into third place.

I think he would like to get away from turn three, yes, you have a car in your wallet. 42 is in, everything turned off, I don't know, they have a break here. 22 guys left, very nice Larry, how does that match your tendencies? We were half a lap shy of the average caution on the last lap. lap 479 normally Bankley is right on time yeah he's coming back two trains are coming back and they're showing get ready guys so it's really hard to tell Kyle Larson whether or not he brushed the wall and then cut the tire because he runs an inch .

Other than that guys, I would say it's split decision time, we're going back to racing with probably about 15 laps to go, we have 16 drivers on the lead lap, they have about 45 to 50 green flag laps. on their tires there's no way, I don't think some of those guys in the front will come, but I think there will be some near the back that will come here's Ryan Blaney is the radio, that's why the drivers don't make those decisions. This guy is sitting on the box, you know what I look at? Many of them entered. Kyle Busch, no, Kurt Busch, he didn't come, they came, most of the cars on the lead lap did, and by the way, Kevin Harvick is going to be there. the free pass car also does it for him and returns it to the lead lap.

It is very difficult to be the leader in this situation because they are going to do the exact opposite. Whatever you do it took 480 laps to make up for it, but Kevin Harvick now back on the lead lap Regan well, with wins already in his back pocket, there was never any debate, they knew they had to change the race car a little. Brad if they wanted to win, what was holding him back was too much. free at the start 2 tires for Brad Vince Joey Logano coming into the pits from the leader said it's a little tight so it'll be a slight air pressure adjustment four tires for Ryan Blaney's 12 did you listen to that radio, they couldn't decide come or It's not the change of four tires, we'll also see if it gives good results.

If I'm going to come, I'm going to get ahead, but I really think that if I were leading this, I would run like cow bushes. I'd stay outside, let me compost out front. Now you have his brother there with him. I think I want to stay down. I like the idea of ​​staying up, but there just aren't enough cars that stay behind them. prevent those new tires from arriving, we are not going to have many laps to go and it is very difficult to pass nineteen to go and look at the Bush brothers' record here 13 wins combined, seven and six, the most among active drivers and will restart up front Jamie good pep talk on the radio Kurt Busch, he just told his team, hey guys, you win six races here doing things like this, like staying out, this car is good, keep an eye out for that second starter for his brother.

I remember what Richard Childress told him. Dale Earnhardt right here Dale was screaming for tires and Richard said Dale, you've got 76 wins and you're a seven-time champion. I think you can do it and there's Richard Childress watching his grandsons compete here today with 18 laps to go. in Bristol our aerial coverage provided by Goodyear win your battles win your name Official Goodyear tire of NASCAR we will restart with 17 cars on the lead lap Fox Sports proudly supports partnering with Action for Healthy Kids a non-profit organization that improves health and well-being of children in schools across the country you can get your school involved in Healthy Week for All Children from April 22 to 26 at 5:00 by visiting their website another time.

I remember Junior Johnson right here. I made a second deal, Durrell said, you won't get $50,000, so do it. you want 15,000, that's what you pay for a second, that was a no-brainer, so the Monster Energy Cup Series races from Bristol on Fox presented by Astra Zeneca come down to their final 17 laps, that's how much cars on the lead lap. I wonder, Larry, will this stop coming. In this caution, four tires for both the two and the 22, when you have wins in the bank, it is easier to make those decisions. Well, it is, but I go back to what DW and Jeff said earlier.

I don't remember exactly which one. one said there is still a victory there is still a trophy and a chance to win at Bristol Kurt Busch will restart on the inside last August he led only the last 24 laps here he still has to lead today at Daryl's press conference he was asked which driver today reminds him more of his younger self, Bush Cow, he's the most exciting driver I've ever seen, he drives a stock car, the man puts on a show and it seems like I told you, he used to say, are you with the show , No?

I'm the show, well he can say that when he's in the race, he's the show, well he's about to put on a show for you. DW I tell you, I don't care what you do. You know one thing: you're going to see Kyle Busch. because he's going to do something that will make you say WOW, the Bush brothers Bernard and Suarez Newman and Keselowski and they're doing a little rearrangement there. They have turned me intoNumber three, this is a mistake trying to make this work. Back on green, okay, that's not the right tone here, line up there, green flag.

Kyle Busch is out front and Keselowski is being sent to pit road. Oh, he and Chase Elliott got together, but they continued, let's keep an eye on this 14 car a little longer. up there with Clint Boyer, he's the first one to show up with new tires. Logano gets a pitch, passes Suarez to the pits. I think they put in a net turbocharger, man in car 22, he's going to some holy place, frowning at Boyer towards the top and the call to Keselowski is a failure. follow instructions for that from the tower on where to line up and Hamlin enters Austin Dillon entering in three everyone is getting in everyone airs a wad of them here at home hitting each other right, what wild actions are going on back there she's just driving away of his brother Kurt Busch, the only car that had a chance and when he got there it was number 22 and he came in a hurry, but I think he would run out of laps.

Keselowski enters the pits and the battle rages against the Busch brothers, one two, Jeff, tires. I haven't done anywhere near what I thought they would do but I'm telling you right now don't count out Kurt Busch as soon as Kyle Busch's 18 had to move to the top the lead went back to his brother he seems to have a better car racing up want the guns third if it breaks if the best brothers come up here dominates a little that 22 is going to be on him I don't think he has time to get there unless something happens up here with these to push the two Busch brothers , incredible 13 wins between these two guys, currently leading Kyle Busch's 18 and Kurt Busch's 1. 7 and 6 will be 8 and 6 or 7 to go, guys, Blainey comes to life and goes to On the outside, a guy who is in fifth place quite far back and here is Kozlowski's reaction to the penalty.

Keselowski was supposed to be in that Sun Lane, and I thought he would have liked to be in that outside lane on that restart. You can see right there how. hard, the only car Kurt Busch is pushing, brushed the wall a little bit in turn two, sixth place you're looking at with more to go, you know what? Kurt Busch got a little loose in one, I was going to say Kurt Busch. I'm just saying oh brother, where are you?, but he's right in front of you, so close and there's still three to go. I think he'll be fine.

He got into the wall a little bit, but it's not real. I don't think it was like that. hard contact, he's playing you too Kurt, I can't get some breathing room either, oh boy, two to go just once if the Bush brothers went 1-2 in the 2015 Sonoma Cup Series, there's the flag white sponsored by we give credit to a Logan bank a distant third place Blaney and Hamlin fighting side by side before Bernard Boyer Suarez Kurt Busch 54th career victory for Kyle Busch Kurt Busch achieved second Eisley petty in tenth place on the list of all time NASCAR well, you said it Darrell gets sample, yes, he said he has the wild factor, mascot, that worked out well for him, it's pretty good for his crew chief.

I remember something. I have to give him a good car. They do it almost every week, so there are eight to six among the Bush brothers. Successful brothers in Bristol history, they have now won the last four races here, as well as being one until today, and now seven of Kyle's eight wins at Bristol have come from a start of 12th place or worse, and think about this return meeting that is trapped in Iraq. the rear bumper got crushed all day I wasn't very happy with the race car and now it's in victory lane let's go to victory lane do a burnout here first Kyle Busch today's win powered by Sunoco Sunoco driving wins all season long and again, it's not the best of all time, but it's the best of this time.

His time is now, what a spectacular start to the season and he just took advantage of every opportunity. He very rarely misses the little race last May, last week, maybe, but he took advantage of it. week he takes the lead and when he takes the lead it's hard to overtake him Vince Welch what a decision with 20 to go deciding not to use the tires not coming to pit lane a lot of damage to this race car that happened at the beginning of the race and somehow you managed to persevere to win for the eighth time at Bristol eight wins at this track and you did it with a car as beat up as it could be what was your confidence level when you guys decided to stay out with 20 to go Kyle I don't know we're crazy , we just do what we do, we try to win, so it's awesome to be able to smoke it, those guys to be able to get our win here today.

Bristol loves this place and it was fun. I fought the brother there at the end. I know we weren't side by side running. I saw him working at the top and thought I better get going and I got there and was able to gain some ground, so man. Just amazing to be here in front of this crowd, everyone here at Bristol Motor Speedway, this Skittles Camry wasn't the best today, but we made the most of not having the best and we got everything we needed here at the end, such an iconic place, what is? It means having won here eight times in 8 12, that's for sure, so I have more to go, but we're getting there, it's fun, you know, he's the busiest driver.

I guess I think I've heard that, but you know there's a lot. There are more years left, hopefully, you haven't been caught yet DW, but today was pretty special eight wins at Bristol for Kyle Busch, let's go with Matt Yocum, it looked like a lot of today's race was going to be Clint Bowyer's day and then the contact with 22. Can you even describe the disappointment, the frustration? Yeah, I mean, it's just that you get a car that's as good as it is bad. I've been coming here for a long time, we came close a few times, I feel like you know, damn, I want to win this place.

I don't know, he was cutting pretty hard and I know it's time to run, but he didn't, he didn't leave me much room for four and I got Clues and then when the time came, He moved up, we barely touched him, this must have given him severed the valve stem or something, but luckily, Haas Automation Ford was a really fun place to race. You know, I'm sorry if there's a slight hint like that. I've been racing my whole life and you're literally out there, I mean, with a smile on your face, running, you know, two or three wide to see that in an Xfinity race yesterday, let's see what I feel like we finally got something good.

The traction compound in the lower field finally got a good mix, however, they are doing it, whether it is a 50 50 50, it is the 50/50, now the 50/50 mix updates each so that the 8020 is available, 50/50 is in. I think it's a good blame if you look, it's still there, you know, for the last few years and we've been trying to make it go away. I mean, I was my strong point, I was the bottom, that's where I was the best and, unfortunately, Bernard. again, Regan, well, Joey Logano Pitts from the lead in that last pit sequence, how discouraging wasn't it to see how many cars were left out when you got to pit road, yeah, I mean, I was hoping we had more laps left and I asked how many were missing. until the 15th they are not good you know at least we are in the right lane and the restart was a disaster I don't know what was going on there and a restart but there are so many we are the three four why not I know what the deal was but you know apart from that , we had a great Mustang from Autotrader.

Your car should have won the race. I feel like we won the race a couple of times, we just didn't win it when it mattered most, in the end. when the 18 got ahead and just good strategy on their part, I think we had the fastest car but we didn't get all the pieces right, you can have the fastest car and not do the rest of the stuff and no I didn't win and yes , 18, take advantage of that and congratulations to them, but just thanks for the knee, you think you passed, you did the grass to win, use just a few ago, you think you did it and you just managed to control the two and then everything worked out. in the wrong way, had a strong day that ended in disappointment for Joey Logano Jamie and it was a really strong day for Kurt Busch in team 1 and it was very hard fought, it started on the 27th and you guys never gave up and then the restart just right Alongside his brother, he carried us throughout the race and especially on the last restart, it was a tough battle as our number one Chevy team, Monster Energy, did a good job.

If I really wanted to beat him, I was going to shake him. I wanted to be close enough so that when we took the target and I was going to drive straight in two, three and four, I mean, he already won, he thought he could give his brother some love now, big brother, especially, I loved that one a lot, I feel like him right now. I'm all her, I'm very angry that I didn't win, but this car, we're just fighting in qualifying, we're struggling on takeoff and I just can't get the right rear to grip until it warms up and it's hard to be patient when you're racing down the road. win on old tires, so I'm happy we were in a position to do it.

This group of guys, we're not ready to win yet, but it was close and we were going to do it. I destroyed my little brother to win today, but with only three laps to go, he went wide and then in turn one I wasn't close enough after that, but thanks to Matt McCall and everyone at Ganassi, this number one wants me to Chevy be fast, but we just have to fine tune everything. His best result of the year for Busch. Second Toyota wins Chevy. Second Ford. Third after this. Kyle Busch recovers to win at Bristol. I'll go destroy my brother.

He's fine, thank you, yes. I would like you to propose. Did you see me eat with my arms crossed?