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the visine spotter clear vision cam givesyou this view of pocono raceway. live atop this that tunnel turn. if you've been lookingthrough that camera yesterday you would have seen a pocono white without. not a winterwhiteout. we were fog and mist bound and rain all day. today beautiful day to have a raceand go 400 miles. >> danica patrick, ricky stenhouse, battlefor 20th. >> i think she's having problems with herbrakes. looks like she's being extra careful and conservative going in the corner becauseof those breaks. >> it sounds like the brakes were not so muchgoing away as it wasn't stopping the car like she wanted to. like maybe the pads were toohard or i don't know just didn't sound like

it was slowing the car down.>> not enough friction there to help slow the car down. the problem you have when thatoccurs. you're going to push on that brake pedal harder trying to slow the car down whichcould create even more heat. >> well, she's going to race 400 miles butshe's turning 600 miles worth of wheel trying to get through the corner here. i don't evenlike to say this. just saw over 200 miles an hour off into that corner. 205.>> the brakes are getting worse again. >> 10-4. just be easy on them as you can.>> definitely not a good sign if it's not improving or especially if it's getting worse.>> kasey kahne up to 15th. >> despite the speeding penalty, they reallylike the adjustments they made on the first

stop so kasey likes the car he's got. a toughplace to gain track position, especially with that speeding penalty. but if you're goingto get a penalty, it's good to get it early. >> it's been that kind of year. they've gota great car and they get a speeding penalty. they have time to overcome it but -->> well, i have to pull for kasey. i picked him as my ride of the week so you've got togo. >> chase elliott continues to impress. strongrun there near the top of the field and the car much better, especially off the exit ofturn 3 which we mentioned earlier was one area they wanted to focus on. it's tight rollingwith the brake but so far he said the car just continues to improve. and this bunchlike much of hendrick motorsports racing with

heavy hearts today. one of the all time greats,mike the captain belvin, our thoughts and prayers go out to wife karen. a transporter driver and the original gasman. the captain was one of a kind. >> he certainly was. thank you for bringingthat up. yes all of our thoughts and prayers out to that family. the captain, he was afixture in that 24 car back from '95 to 2000. he always joked about the 355. he was a partof that team for three championships and 55 wins. that's impressive. unfortunately lostthe fight to cancer. >> we talk about the dominance of the toyota.they won eight out of 13 race this is time last year chevrolet won eight out of 13 races.>> wow.

>> so the more things change, sometimes themore they stay the same. and today these hendrick cars are looking racy.>> let's look at the toyota running order with matt kenseth the race leader, kyl buschin fourth. carl edwards sixth. denny hamlin and martin truex after that double pit stop,trying to work his way back up. >> vince, what was all those sparks and whatwas dragging on martin's car. >> a little bit of everything on the frontend. they took two tires on that pit stop but on exit as we showed the replay, he gotflipped by the 83. that did right side damage and then it knocked him into the wall on theleft side so that then did left side damage on the front. so during that second pit stop,they patched up the damage on the right front,

they got the splitter up off the ground inthe left front so they had a lot of changes to that front end of that car, he restarted35th, he's up about 10 spots right now but still not ideal for martin truex, jr.>> i've heard you say before maybe he withdrew too much at the luck bank last week.>> he used it up, but when you have perfect week like that your expectations were so highcoming here, defending champion. we thought he'd be the guy to beat and they have struggledall weekend long. >> my big concern would be if i teem 78 team,if it's dragging that left front splitter so much it might actually grind the splittercompletely off. and if he -- if that happens they're going to lose a lot of down forcein the left front of that car.

>> i don't see sparks flying now, jeff, somaybe they've got it up off the ground enough that he's going to be okay.>> let's go back to danica patrick's pit. >> are you running anything new?>> we'll try to get a handle and figure out what we have going on here.>> well, we know brake fluid absorbs water. we had a lot of water this week end.>> i wonder about that. he said he didn't feel like that would be a problem becausethe cars were never on the line or anything, but we have seen that through the years, rainydays, high humidity. >> for every race day moment there's the perfectsong. some of them are about mondays. but every summer there's a coke. share a cokewith friends family and friends at shareacoke.com.

>>> matt kenseth leads chase elliot by 3.7seconds. kyle busch, carl edwards the top five at 47 laps complete. 113 to go.>> you know, most of our leaders pitted at lap 17 so if you do the fuel window of 34to 36 laps, they can go to lap 51 or 52 because they can do that, that may kill kyle larson'sstrategy because if everybody pits somewhere around lap 52, that i can make it on two morestops. kyle larson could go to 58 or 60 but he would have to make two more stops so ifthis stays green, caution cans change it. it may have killed the strategy with whatwent on right there. >> i think if we go green, the only thingthat might help him is he might be on fresher tires on a restart that might give him extragrip as we go four, five, and seven wide into

turn one.>> larson's currently 34th so pit stops will be coming for too long. let's look ahead.matt? >> jason radclifing up and matt kenseth sayingthe car over the laps three or four laps have started to free up.>> and the 48 on the one and only practice session saturday, they found a setup theylike and it's working. started seven today, up to third. he's saying he's consistent inall three corners. a little free in and snug off all three. vince?>> well the 41 of kurt busch running sixth. kurt said he looks at his in-laps. he thinksthat will make their pit stops faster overall. so he worked on that. we'll see if he's anybetter this time. he says the car is good

getting looser on entry. they'll make an airpressure adjustment. he should be pitting within the next four laps.>> one of the fastest cars on the racetrack and making up time, you can see this is thefour car of keharvick, he's moving back up through the field nicely. >> had to overcome a speeding penalty as didkasey kahne. harvick now ninth. cane is 14th. >> car is fast, really fast.>> fast with fresher tires. if this goes green, that will work well for this team.>> >> what always impresses me about the 4 car. when he gets the car turned he gets inthe throttle and never lifts. he comes off the corner harder and better than most anybodyi watch.

>> it's a consistent things in a lot of tracks.heaven does it very well here, turn one seems to down shift a little sooner but over inturn three in practice especially we saw he shifts and goes to the throttle at the exacttime but when he does he goes to it all the way to the floor. and it accelerates off thecorner which is unique to anybody else i've seen do it. this car might affect how he goesabout it. >> he backed off early.>> he backed off early. he'll try to get a run on that car.>> and pit stops begin. >> yeah, that's dale, jr., right in frontof him. >> he decided to check up early to see ifhe could get a big run down the straightaway.

>> kyle busch on pit road here, the 18 car.and he'll be the first of the leaders to pit. hit his mark. slid that thing right to thejack. he's pitted toward pit wall. i thought they might do right sides but they're goingfour. >> you have to gas it up, you might as well.>> kevin harvick takes over seventh. he's on the move, boys, as kyle busch and jeb burtonexit the pits, martin truex is in. we thought truex might be missing that splitter. afterall the grinding. mere comes dale, jr., to pit road.>> impossible to miss that chevrolet of dale, jr., boy is that thing bright. it stands out.>> like that paint job. one of the best they've had this year.>> ryan blaney, clint boyar in two. all scheduled

stops at lap 52. and let's listen in on carledwards. >> these guys are getting good fuel mileageand really bad. i can't tell, but we can't do it from here.>> really good or really bad. >> i didn't know what to read into that.>> chase elliot is in, so it kurt busch. i wonder if carl asked "can we pit now?">> but i didn't hear an affirmative. you're either getting really good or really bad.not sure which one. >> hamlin, almirola and newman to the pits.>> i think he's questioning -- they're coming in to put fresher tires on the car and he'sthinking well, we can't put tires on because we won't be able to be in our pit window forfuel.

>> and leader matt kenseth is due this lap.>> carrying a lot of speed. >> there you go. nice and move.>> having that first pit, that's an advantage today and carl edwards will come with them,so is regan smith and tony stewart. >> that jack man stumbled a little bit. nowkevin harvick will cycle to the lead with these stops. a.jlmendinger in. >> they have a little more fuel in the 4 carso he can stretch further than those that took two tires on the last stop.>> kevin can go fuel mileage wise, he can go to about lap 59 or 60. about five, six,seven laps from now. >> ricky stenhouse, austin dillon, dan dapatrick.

>> the lap times are good right now. he'sbeen very consistent and pretty quick. >> kevin harvick.>> we've been watching lap time s they seem to fall off over eight, nine laps, then theyplateau and stay consistent throughout a run so that will play out when we think abouttire strategy and how much grip is going to be in these tires over a long run.>> jamie mcmurray pits from second place. kasey kahne from third. paul menard from fourthand that will leave joey logano, trevor bane and kasey mears on the track. here's bayneand greg biffle. there's mcmurray's stop on your right. larry, by kevin harvick stayingout along with ty dillon, they've got the six laps to play with that they were in thepit later than the others on the last stop.

they're giving up lap time the longer theystay out. what's to gain? >> yeah, they -- everybody is still goingto have to make two more stops. you know, the only thing they're doing is going a littlefurther which will give them a little fuel at the end should we go into overtime. butno matter what, the ones that just pitted, the ones still needing to come to pit rowwill be two more stops if we stay green the rest of the way.>> 56 complete. kevin harvick your leader. >> interesting day for harvick. all the wayto the stop aided by some of the leaders making pit stops ahead of them.>> his lap times are slower than the guys that just often got tires so he's losing asecond a lap to the guys that just pitted

for tires.>> that's what i was going to say, dw, these laps are crucial. it's important for him toput down the best possible laps that he can so he loses the least amount to those thathave fresher tires so when he comes out he can make it up with those newer, fresher,more grippy tires. >> joey logano is in pit road. i'm not surehow much that dent seems to be hurting him. it doesn't same to be that much. there's thedamage from the 31 car kind of hammering him. you can see the corner bent in right there.>> heavy damage. i don't know if it's affecting the down force too much but it should be affectingthe drag and the speed down the straightaways. >> and there's nothing we can do about iton the green. you have to get in and get out.

>> you saw that on the screen on the leftwhere there's newer tires on clint bowyer as he passed our leader kevin harvick. itjust goes to show you what kind of grip and speed are in those tires when they're fresh-- sorry, newman. >> yeah, harvick has to be coming quick. he'sgiven up a lot of speed now. >> so the only drivers that have not stoppedin this cycle are harvick, michael and josh. two car on pit road, here comes keselowski.>> and he climbed to fifth in the pit cycle. of course now he'll go backwards making thestop. >> here comes the 42. larson and michael isin. so it's just ha harv. >> yellow's out.>> and the yellow comes out. mibenedetto.

>> that could help those that are on pit roadlike kyle larson. especially will help those that pitted and took four tires.>> they've only run a couple laps. >> now that the caution is out, harvick hadn'tpitted yet so he has to come to pit road, that will cycle everybody that's been on pitroad right to the front, he'll be behind all those cars.>> clint bowyer will get the free pass on this, the fourth caution of the day.>> larry, i don't believe anybody really ran enough laps from their green flag stop herethat would be advantageous to come back down and top up with fuel, do you?>> no, darrell, because the next window opens up somewhere around 88 to 92 so with thismany cars on the lead lap if you're back there

at the back and you need more adjustments,make the adjustments. fill it up with fuel but the guys at the front, nothing gained.>> so you have kyle busch on eight lap tires, jimmie johnson. ryan blaney and, of course,bowyer got the free pass and dale, jr., with seven lap tires coming to-to-this caution.keselowski just came to pit road before that caution so they have hardly any.>> it's really harvick. he's trying to stretch the fuel mileage. and that's the one thatwill hurt the most here. >> a lot of lapped cars behind kevin harvickso when he pits, expect a bunch of those to move up for the wave around. >> a whole bunch.>> about half the field.

>> let's have a look at today's forward performancetrack facts. in 1985 bill elliot swept both races fear the pole and this weekend teampenske is the second team in the history of this track back to 1974 to sweep the poconofront row. that's your ford performance track facts.>> mike, that year 85, bill elliot in that car he had, we're just figuring on runningsecond. >> that car can be seen in the henry fordmuseum when we go to michigan. >> i have to visit that thing one more time.i saw the rear of it a lot. >> last week was memorial day and thanks toall of you for your comments about our efforts to honor those who sacrificed for our country.another story.

>> nascar north, some of the great heroesand one of the greatest was dynamite dave deion from hudson, new hampshire. dion wentprospects for crew men in an unlikely place -- the jungles of vietnam. matt yocum hasthe story. >> no one sets a better example.>> ray was an e-5 specialists, the engineers going into help clear jungle for airstripsand roads. it was a daily occurrence being shot at or fighting off the enfli jumpingon the running boards of his truck. as you mentioned he had a chance meet being davedion and that changed his life. shorty moved south eventually. for the next 46 years, hespent his passion in racing. this coming friday, shorty retires from racing. he's a racer,a survivor, a vietnam veteran that beat cancer

from agent orange. great sacrifice and dedication happy retirement,shorty. >> great story. and today is d-day. thinkingof another shorty, shorty collie, he was with the 101st air born. involved in the normandyinvasion. >> i raced with dave dion up in the northeast.>> great competitor. >> oh, my gosh, i can remember him drivingright by me down the straight away. i went up there looking for a beaver and got runover by a dragon number of times. >> all right, they were brother, bobby dragonand harvin dragon whose nickname was beaver. and they were both champions.>> we had a lot of fun.

>> that series had great nicknames, the tampatornado, robbie crouch, the mad monk of montreal. >> exactly! what the heck happened?>> there's a look from our visine spotter stand clear vision cam. 61 laps complete,99 to go. and matt dekd's car has been removed from where he crashed at turn number one.matt climbed out, he was okay. so they'll haul that car back to the garage.>> is pit road pope? >> it's opened up.>> i heard crew chiefs tell their drivers they were borderline on making it. we maysee some drivers back in the pack come in and do fuel only to build that insurance.but to mike's point, we'll have a ton of wave-around including kyle larson in that 42 car.

>> there were 18 cars one lap town hopingto get that one lap back here. >> well, a bad break for kevin harvick earlierwhen he was caught speeding on pit lane and then a bad break here. they were getting readyto pit when that yellow came out so harvick frustrated with the way that played out. hesays the car is loose but even though it's loose it's still tight in the center. so they'lltake a round out in the left career. >> hamlin among others, kasey kahne, joeylogano making stops here. i think they're working on that damage to the left rear ofthat car. that's been hindering him. that will get that repaired.>> you won't hit newman with an unapproved body modification?>> no, i won't hit newman with anything.

>> i wouldn't do that. you don't want to dothat as joey logano found out. we're under caution at pocono. >>> welcome back to pocono where hendrickmotorsports has won five of the last seven races. chase elliott in second is their estplaced driver right now. save 50% on most verizon at&t or t-mobile rates go. to sprint.com/network.now coming up next after the sprint cup race on fs 1, high horsepower action continuethenhra rained out in new england. you'll see the new england nationals at 3:00 p.m. onfs 1. friday at epping, new hampshire, watch the far lane, a huge explosion, the enginegoes rocking back and forth and almost comes right out of the chassis of fast jack beckman.however, beckman escapes without injury and

he's in the finals.>> amazing. >> today at 3:00 on fs 1.>> incredible video right there to see. a true explosion. those engines are making -- whatare they making, like 5,00, 6,000 horsepower? >> 7,000.>> crazy how it's evolved. >> look, there's awesome bill.>> not a bad thing, you know, chase elliot goes into that 24 car that has good experiencehere and you've got your dad bill elliott to fall back on.>> let's listen in on carl edwards fifth. >> coming to the left, just bunch your wheelto the left a little bit and help him out. >> anything for clay.>> you and that clay guy are awful tight.

i'm getting jealous. he's probably takinga nap. >> when you get old it's important to getenough rest. [ laughter ]>> love it when you're having fun with your crew. trying to help his front tire changer.>> well, i think they had an issue with that at charlotte where the wheel was turned tothe left. we have that tape on the wheel to line your tires up and now we get that offa little bit. >> teammates versus teammates on this restart.>> 14 drivers took the wave-around to get back on the lead lap. matt kenseth with tilebusch and they're going to fan out three and four wide. chase elliot to block. circle getsthe square. here they go to turn one.

>> unfortunately it was three against twowith carl edwards taking advantage and going the inside of jimmie johnson. but he slidesup the racetrack. >> hang on, brother.>> look at this. pass for the lead by chase elliot. awesome move.>> he got the run, man, and he took advantage of it. good job.>> left the gibbs cars fighting side by side for second.>> how impressive has this rookie ben this year?>> tell you what i love about him, jeff, he didn't take a lot of chances. that was a niceclean pass. he got the lead, he doesn't take a lot of chances.>> well, he takes chances when it's worth

taking chances. he's thinking about thoseand when to do it and when not to do it. >> and he's driving away.>> how in the world is harvick up to the 19? the 19 was passing for third place in therestart? >> here's what happened.>> something happened there. >> i know what happened. he got on the splitter.>> exactly. >> i tell you, this place is the worst forgoing down into turn one hard, especially if you're driving as deep as he did tryingto pass a couple of those cars like jimmie johnson. he got on the splitter and lost thenose. >> how about kyl busch currently second, jamie?>> one of two remaining tracks he's number

one at and today has gone so far so good onthat last stop. he said he was getting loose so adam stevens added wedge, put four tiresobstruction of justice it. now kyl saying definitely better entry, actually, everythingis better. he's in second. >> real quickly, when we talk about it getson the splitter. the splitter is on the track, that takes -- the tires are basically offthe ground and they're not off the ground but they don't have a lot of pressure on themat that point, that's why the car won't turn. >> instead of it creating down force, it'slike riding on a skate plane. >> just holds the tires up.>> and it's hard to see. it's minor, but that keeps your car from turning.>> you know kyl busch is highly motivated

to win this race, he's already checked offtwo this year on this list. didn't get it last week but here he is in great positionto get that third check mark this year. >> and how about kyle larson? he's up tenspots since the restart but is larson now in sync with everybody else as far as pitstops? >> they are. everyone will have to make twostops and the way i see in the about 20 laps, we're at lap 68 right now. somewhere betweenlap 88 and 92 that window opens for pit and make it to one more stop to the end.>> joey logano just in front of him the outside pole 19. twice a rookie has won at pocono.denny hamlin both times. he swept his rookie season.>> that's right.

>> this is such a tough challenging racetrack.that's why you never see that and how rare that was and impressive of denny hamlin towin. swept both races in his rookie season, which is incredible to me. this is not a trackthat bodes well for rookies because of the steep learning curve.>> but, you know, we talk about what a great driver this young man is and we know he isbut can you imagine stepping out -- stepping into the car that this guy beside me juststepped out of? i mean, what a golden opportunity and what i love about chase is he's takingadvantage of it. he's capitalizing on what he has to work with.>> he's won here. he came to ron the arca race to get experience. frankly he broughta gun to a knife fight. he had a spectacular

car. gave it his all, won the race.>> 2013 he did just that. >> mike, when i spoke elliott he said he watchedsome of jeff's old in-car video. he said "i gained so much knowledge there."and he's making his 19th sprint cup start. 16 different winners have gone to victorylane for owner rick hendrick but only one of those scored their first in hendrick equipmenthere at pocono. one of the most colorful drivers ever, the late tim richmond. he did it 30years ago wednesday. >> currently running fifth is kurt busch.he had a little contact with the 19, kurt was concerned about damage but the spotterlooked at it and said "i think you're all right." kurt says the only issue is tightoff three but that 41 is rolling free today.

>> watch the 19. drives in deep to the bottomof the track but it doesn't stick. the 41 will drift up, make light contact with the41 of kurt busch, you see dale earnhardt, jr., make an evasive move.>> jimmie johnson just went right back. but is the 19 damaged?>> how's my right front fender retouch? >> it's all in front of the tire. nothingon top of the fender or anything. all in front. 1:00 on down.>> that will pop out pretty quick. it will be fine.>> there's two things happening there. carl edwards wants to make sure he doesn't havea tire rub or need to come to pit row to fix it and he wants to know if his car is tightis it because the fender is knocked in. if

the car is loose is it pulled out. he wantsto know so they can make the adjustment on the next pit stop if he needs an adjustmentfrom the team or whether he needs them to pull out that front fender.>> yeah, and the other thing, jeff, you can see i want to be sure it's not rubbing offthat tire when i dive into the turn at 200 plus miles an hour. >> certainly the first thing on my mind.>> that would be the first thing on my mind. >> and there's only one other thing that wouldbe as bad and that would be blowing the right front tire.>> amen. chase elliot is in his 19th start. his dad won the first race in the 116th winstontouch start.

>> five laps to halfway. tony stewart hadhis best start of the season, sixth, currently 10th. ryan newman 14th, denny hamlin 15th.joey logano 18th. they are all on the lead lap as is austin dillon and danica patrick.>> tony started the top ten, is in the top ten now, car is pretty solid. long way togo, we're just coming up on halfway, who knows what might happen?>> stewart's 10 seconds off the lead. kyle busch made a lot of inroads, knocked it downto half a second but the last two laps chase has picked it up.>> i think kyle caught him and then this is a pretty much one racetrack except for thosecrazy restarts so when you catch somebody it's hard to find clean air to the outsideor inside. as kyle caught him, he started

getting into that wake, the 24 car is reallygood turn three, it's a great place to be good and he seems even though 18 closes upon him, look at that, keselowski three wide. >> whoa, watch out. it can get loose downthere. >> yikes!>> yeah, really tough to pass but that's why you want to take advantage of two cars runningside by side. that's what keselowski tried to do but youhave to know who you're up against like kyle larson, he'll not lift. he'll run the highside. >> having kyle larson on the outside doesn'tbother him a bit. that's just wheel house. >> paul menard used a lot of discretion there.>> he certainly did. now this is the one they

have to be thinking about and that's kevinharvick. man he's laying down some fast laps, he's got a little bit pressure tires and thosehe's racing like jimmie johnson. >> he was running before that good.>> look at the car get off the tunnel turn. he really carries good speed. he'll probablypoke his nose down here and see if jimmy wants to battle on this. no jimmie will give himroom. he'll jump back in the throttle. >> see ya.>> so you've got a rookie leading and behind him you have five former sprint cup championsall in a row. >> oh, that's all?>> that's all? >> i'd say that's good company.>> including the defending champion, just

.4 from your bumper. and matt kenseth third,right where he qualified. matt's led 31 laps here today and that i believe's the most inhis career at pocono. >> can kyle is gaining a teeny bit. we seehim closing that gap. i guess it would be fair to say that this is a home track, a homerace for them, right? not far from here. >> kyle really gains a little bit off of onebut really gains through that tunnel turn and then you can see the gap opens up justa little bit as they come through turn three but you saw the 18 of kyle busch searchingfor clean air. he knows he's got to find something in turn three because he has the car thatcan pass chase elliott on the racetrack. >> he got to within a quarter of the secondat the tunnel then it's back to four-tenths.

here's ryan blaney battling jamie mcmurrayfor 11th. here's blaney and crew. >> i'm not going to be able to pass anybody.>> try to get your rs. >> you see what he's talking about?>> when he pulled out he just stalled. vince? >> frustrating for sure for ryan blaney. waytoo tight as you see running 12th behind mcmurray. so the crew chief said we'll pit early toget you fixed up to keep it moving forward. >> ryan blaney tweeted a great picture thisweekend at a driver introduction where his dad dave reduced him at age eight -- introducedhim at age eight to muhammad ali. >> oh, wow.>> wonderful. >> that's great.>> time to start doing the math. chase elliott

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hughesnet: america's number one choice forsatellite internet. call now! for a limited time, standard installation is free! for specialoffers only in your area, text fast to 99000. >>> we wondered what would happen to chaseelliott when one of the gibbs cars came up to challenge. elliott held them off, droppedto the bottom. they'll try to make him the thread through the needle. that won't workbecause he goes up high, leaves a lane open for matt kenseth but then drives off the cornerand drives away. it's time for our fox nascar mid--race report as the gibbs cars battleto get past -- jeff, i don't to ask who you're taking.>> no, mike. i'm going with chase elliott. he's fending off the best in the businessout there. eight drivers have gotten their

first sprint cup victory. look for chase elliottto fend them off. i think chase elliott may get his first victory.>> if chase elliott could win here today, he would be down to one track, charlotte.now you're looking at the end of the race, two more trips to pit row.>> my guy ran second last week. my guy runs second 47 times in his career. he's run secondhere at pocono a couple times. but today number four will be number one.>> and matt kenseth making his way to a pit box. look for a crew member to grab tape offthe front of the grill. he said the brakes started to get soft, eating up, other thanthat, that 20-car looks good for his second-straight pocono win.>> i'm holding out hope for tony stewart.

his 2009 win here was the first ever for stewarthaas, it was tony's second win at pocono. he's had his best qualifying win on pit roadunder green. can smoke get it done? jimmie johnson fires off from his pit box. pit roadis a busy place at lap 86 just past halfway. >> paul menard pitted with a flat tire. hehad a flat left side tire. he was 20th before pitting and here comes the leader chase elliott.matt? >> nice easy entry, look for a chassis adjustmenton the 24 trying to keep up with the race car. earlier he was adjusting with a trackbarred a juster inside the race car trying to get more free into that 24, vince? .>> he said he felt like it was loosening up. >> debris in turn two will put us under thefifth caution of the day. jamie?

>> and kyle busch told to save, save, save. we're just on the edge of our window and kylereported two laps ago so they were prepared for the caution kyle not happy saying youtell the 24 i'll remember that. then he reported his car got loose while he was on the doorbut the 18 is good. >> fifth caution of the day for that pieceof debris in two and looking to see who has not made a green flag pit stop under thiscycle kyle busch, ricky stenhouse, danica patrick.>> when we -- when a caution comes out during these green flag stops it works to some advantageand others not so much. >> must have been more than a tire issue forpaul menard. they're pushing his car to the

garage where he will join matt dibenedettoand brian scott. >> he had a tire down on the left front, itcould have knocked a hose off or oil line off. not sure what happened but they're goingto the garage. >> at the time of caution you'll see the flashinglight at the back. there's your light for the caution closing pit road. number of carsmaking that entry and they would have been past the commit line.>> i think this is perfect. they were in the box when the caution comes out. we've talkedabout the perfect storm happening. it's just happened for them.>> yup. >> larry is burning up his calculator with72 laps to go.

>> honestly, the ones that made the greenflag stop, but especially those pitting now i think it's a one stop race from here onout. that was a perfect storm for several driversthat made their stop on the green and then got off pit road in front of the leader.>> kyle busch is going to lead them in. one of those cars that did not stop under green.kevin harvick coming with him. >> he said his car got much, much better,no complaints other than when he was side by side with the 24. they took four tires,two on the first stop. it will be automobile here. adam stevens with the call right sideshere, no chassis adjustments, they will take four events.>> kasey kahne says it's getting tighter.

they'll make an air pressure adjustment onthe five. brad keselowski says it's losing the grip. they made an air pressure adjustmenton the two. >> pit road gets clouded there because withall the caution flags and wave around, we have 34 cars on the lead lap caution out forthe fifth time today with 71 laps to go in pocono. ram trucks are reaching new heightswhen it comes to capability and efficiency. the ram heavy duty is the most capable full-sizepickup on the road today. and the ram 1500 is the most fuel-efficient, full-size pickup.ever. so what does that mean? it means ram trucks are built for the long haul. ram. america'slongest-lasting pickups. there's bill elliott. second most all time,the rookie point leader, chase elliott leading

this race. the sprint network, fastest, morereliable with better coverage than ever. >> all air. we could hurt them. that i'd gainon us the other two corners then they get close and it hurts. it's hard to gain downthere. >> i just want you to know where their strongpoints are. >> just remember late in the race if you haveto get out of your comfort zone and a line to slow them down, that's what we've got todo. >> i love it.>> spotter eddie don. giving the rookie great information. with this race car and this trickyracetrack battling incredible veterans. >> you saw bill el idea, that's as nervousas you've seen. notice he's not wearing a

headset.>> no, he's not. and dale earnhardt, jr., is back in the fifth position. his car betterbut still too tight to the center of all three corners. when we come to different place,spotters had different responsibilities. the junior spotter puts it on himself to go backand review old races looking at trends he sees. also the traits of different drivers,especially here in pocono as far as how they approach all three corners. it's just a littleextra these guys have to do is how you define success and i said well, what about the guythat used to drive that 24 car? he said "man, he was so consistent and impressive it didn'tmatter where he was in the peeled, he found his way to the front, especially here.">> to me, the details in which the engineers,

the pit crew members, ts are having to payattention to, why not? why wouldn't the spotters have to go through the same steps to be thebest they can be as well. >> you don't just show up on sunday. you workseven days a week. >> that's right.>> every week. >> 14 drivers took the wave-around. ryan blaneygot the free pass so we'll have 34 lead lap cars to take the green with 69 to go.>> oh, boy. oh, boy. here we go. >> looking to the inside, contact. ryan blaneyunderneath kasey mears. >> oh, no!>> good grief, danica patrick/stewart. >> stewarthe wall off danica patrick, perhaps.>> who else got in there? oh, man, these restarts,

you've got to say -- sooner or later you'llhave one of these incidents like this and that's a shame. well, we're told tony stewartgets loose in front of danica patrick who could not avoid her boss.>> let's see what happens here, guys. >> tony is in a vulnerable position rightin the middle then larson gets outside and here's 17 to the inside. he gets loose rightthere. oh, man. i mean, he was going to -- >> wind up, wind up, stay up there.>> he was probably going to touch the wall slightly but keep it going straight. danicahad nowhere to go, they make contact. >> ricky stenhouse down to the outside thenalmirola. but i don't think there was any contact.>> i don't, either.

>> i think if danica hadn't been there tonymight have been able to save it. but that was her line. she was coming off the cornerracing. it wasn't like she did anything i don't think. if she hadn't been there he mighthave been able to save that thing. >> i hate that for stewart for two reasons-- one, this was one of the tracks where they had a good chance to win to try to get himin the chase. two, he's got to try to get to the top 30in points to even have a chance to make the chase and so far there are only three carsout of the race. tony's already out of the car into the ambulance.>> we've seen this a little more. i know tony would like to -- we saw this at dover, tonygot involved in a wreck there. and the points

like you sid, mike, is critical. you haveto get that done first. landon cassill had nowhere to go.>> these cars had nowhere to go. a chain reaction deal and no place to hide.>> he turned into the wall with the right front.>> heavy left front damage here on the 10 of danica patrick.>> that's where tony and her made serious contact. they'll have to do a lot of workon the left front. they're with the saw out there cutting some of it away.>> aerodynamic so important but wow we've seen the pit crew members do amazing thingsfixing aerodynamics. >> i think about austin dillon at talladega.his car was a roll of tape and he finished

third.>> watch on the inside as the cars go down low to avoid the incident between the 14 and10, watch them go through either a bump or the grass?>> that's keselowski back there jumping around. look how rough that apron is.>> well, there's at least a big frost heave down there. and i saw what happened to landoncassill, as danica came off the wall, she caught the rear of cassill's car and turnedhim straight up into the walls. >> did you see that two-car on that apron?>> well, they used to have this over the tunnel and it's still there on the apron part ofthe racetrack, now we're seeing on the apron on the straight away it's rough. here's ashot of it.

>> what's the white car back there comingdown, down. bam, bam, bam, bam.the most capable full-size pickup on the road today. >>> 65 laps to go in pocono. let's go backto the last restart. here's clint bowyer. >> green light is on. past the start/finishline and here i go. >> that's what you call momentum right there.it sounds to me listening to the throttle that he was catching up to the field but youcould tell he played that one to his advantage to get that one. watch how rough it is. bam.>> i cannot believe these car, they were bucking around like -->> he's lucky he didn't wreck being down there on the apron the way that car bottomed out.>> oh, my gosh. but bowyer hit that perfect.

the green light was on and he didn't passanybody and got the start/finish line. >> >> watch the blue 31 center of your screenryan newman. logano loosens newman up.>> he touched his left rear bumper. probably didn't make newman happy. newman tucked inbehind him on his rear bumper. that didn't get him loose so let's use the front bumper.>> 245 that's how unhappy he was. >> and because of that and the kfc hardworkingperformance by those two crews, luke lambert, ryan newman's crew chief, they had to makestops to repair the front end. todd gordon and the 22 crew, they had to make numerousstops to repair the back of that car and they are both in the top 10. now i doubt they'llget together and share this award at the end

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over 75 years. >> 63 laps to go. still cleaning up from thetrash in turn one where tony stewart gets loose into danica patrick who bounces offthe wall into landon cassill. here's stewart top of the screen.>> gets a pretty good restart but then 18 of kyle busch takes three wide. he's got thefive kahne outside, he's trying to get through there but when larson goes around the outside,sucks him around the 17, ricky stenhouse, jr., gets underneath him and gets him tooloose. >> cassill and stewart in the garage, patrickcontinues with damage. chase elliott trying to hold off matt kenseth and look at the hungaryhounds behind them.

>> chase elliott -->> look at logano, whoa. from the outside line to the inside lane. i didn't think therewas enough room to do that. >> there isn't.>> have you seen that before from him? that elevator move top-to-bottom.>> you just make some room. i'm coming through, thank you.>> he's a great restarter because of that. >> kurt busch, another great restarter aswell. >> the 24 is impressing me. his restarts havebeen right on. he gets a great jump and takes advantage of it. you can see the lead he getshere coming into the third turn. >> to follow that up, i really like his secondgear. whatever second gear -- whatever gear

he's using to take off on these restarts it'sgiving him a nice launch and then he can start controlling the restart on the lanes lookingbehind him as dale, jr., gets loose off of turn three, almost gets the back end intothe wall. >> a little tail happy on three.>> he knows he's got kyle busch on him. hold him off, he's coming.>> kyle busch and carl edwards right behind the 88 in seventh and eighth.>> you can see the 18 slide up the racetrack. the 88 of dale, jr., got down on the yellowline to block that line and the air just came right off the 18 and got him loose, now the19 of carl edwards going by him. >> we've seen the 18 do that a couple times.

where's newman going.>> anywhere he wants. >> holy smoley.>> harvick is going to lose three spots in that one move.>> 18 is just not getting up to speed on this go.>> that's when there's blood in the water. everybody starts attacking.>> well, we're at 100 laps, we've got 60 laps to go. it's time.>> look at this, the 2 as well. >> there's something up with the 18. he'snot going anywhere. he's got a problem. >> keselowski fighting for 10th. stenhousetrying to come with him a couple car lengths back.>> trying to get down in front of stenhouse.

>> and does. just.>> just, yes. >> they may have the pressures real, reallow on the 18 car for this restart. there's something not exactly to his liking.>> and dw, i think they look to start the cars freer because they typically build tighteras the run goes on as well as being in traffic. you want to be freer so you can get the carturned underneath others. >> look at harvick get this big run, playingwith the throttle. ryan blaney. >> kasey kahne here.>> and kahne opened the door for him to go right buy.>> blaney was working real hard on the right bumper of stenhouse.>> larson a little squirrely right there.

close.>> maybe barely makes contact. does a great job just staying right on his rear bumperthen gets to the inde. >> larson says, hmm, i see how you do thatnow. let me return that favor. 13th through 15th.>> somewhere along the way he got back ahead of larson.>> sprint cup start number 19 for chase elliott and he's led more laps today than in all thoseprevious starts combined. >> i tell you, the last time by it was asfast a lap as i've seen for quite a while, 51 .12 on the 24 car, that's fast.>> he has a super short car. he's out front in clean air, obviously, but we saw the lasttime where the 20 and the 18 were able to

run him down. right now he's putting greatlaps together. here's a battle, brian blaney and carl larson.>> caution is out. >> a net has been in the wall. and that willbring out the caution. >> seventh time.>> i know he's hit the wall with the right front.>> oh, yeah. >> but he's got damage on every corner ofthat car. >> some of that was prior.>> this looks like it could be a right front tire or brake that caused that car to impactit like that. look how flat it is on the right side.>> i thought i heard him say someone's car

number but i'm not sure.>> he's going to need to stop. >> that's a lot of damage. we'll get a replayof this maybe we can see. sounded like there might have been some contact.>> there he is. he had some kind of issue. looks like with the left front i think thatmay have been a break rotor guys. a left front tire, i don't see the left front tire causingthat car -- the left front tire is definitely down. it could have been the left front tire.i just don't see that sending the car straight into the wall.>> paul menard is out of the race and his problem was a broken rotor.>> didn't have a problem getting it stopped right here. cars will still have rear brakeseven if the left front or right front goes

out, there's separate master cylinders sothey can still slow the car down. >> michael is okay.>> he seems to be unhappy about something. >> so, larry. where are we?>> thank goodness my calculator is solar powered or i'd be out of batteries. we've got 32 drivers.track position is king. this really does not do anything for you. you still would haveto make another stop. now we may have drivers at the back of the field needing tires, needingadjustments but i think the front part of the field absolutely stays out here becausereally it's been more caution laps than anything since they all were on pit road last.>> if this thing happens to go green for a long period of time and people come in andtop off with fuel they might be able to put

a splash in later on to make it to the endand make up spots there. >> pit road is open, no takers in the firstpart of the field. keselowski isn't coming. [ laughter ]>> neither is kyle busch. >> he likes to play games.>> martin truex is in. so is trevor bayne and about eight cars behind them. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ thenew ford escape. life is a sport. we are the utility. be unstoppable. .>>> born cassius clay, he won the heavyweight title and then refused the draft, was strippedof his title and had to battle all the way to the supreme court to get reinstated andwon yet again. and you saw the pictures there,

both of you have met him. you worked withhim on a committee and just what a commanding presence.>> unbelievable. somebody that to me stood up for what he believed in in so many differentways and that's very inspiring as well as could talk the game and back it up. i lovedthat as well. >> he was awesome. he was from louisville,kentucky, i'm similar age, he's 74. just somebody that -- i just loved his style. i loved somebodythat didn't mind telling you he was going to do it and then go out and do it. i methim in louisville, kentucky, we got inducted into the kentucky hall of fame together andit will never will leave my mind. a man that spoke and talked and always had lots to saywalked into a room and couldn't say a word.

just the contrast between when he was youngand later on. >> i can see the influence, darrell. i canhear you saying that. [ laughter ]>> well, he said things i've repeated, i'll tell you that.>> i think i met him twice and he'll take his fist and he'll hand it to you and putit up next to your chin and you got a chance to put your fist on the champ's chin. probablythe only chance you were going to get. >> let me say this real quick. muhammad saidone time "i don't blame boxing for what it's done to me because it's done so much for me.">> another great quote. >> very nice.>> 54 laps to go, a couple late pit stops

and danica patrick has taken her car to thegarage. now let's get an update on crew chiefs as to what to expect in the waning stagesof this. >> well the substitute crew chief for kurtbusch, how's it going in your seat and how is the 41 looking to the finish? >> we're a little tight but everything isgood. we're on sequence to start and right on out.>> car capable of winning? >> given the right situation, we're a littletight taking off but we've been adjusting and making fixes.>> impressive. trying to add another one. what's impressed you the most about his runtoday here at pocono? especially with so much

limited track time?>> i think the weather conditions were tough on us. chase not having a lot of laps hereand no laps in a sprint cup car so lead the race like he's doing an amazing thing. i'mnot really surprised. he's good. doesn't take him long to pick things up. so doing a greatjob. the 20 maybe is better than us but if we can get him packed back in traffic thathelps us out. >> with these caution flag laps they are goodto go on one more stop. >> 54 laps to go. chase elliott has led themost laps so far, 38. let's get our performance driver update. it was an all penske ford frontrow here at pocono. brad keselowski is currently 10th. he's had to overcome a penalty for unapprovedbody adjustments and joey logano currently

in fifth.>> i think they got the damage on the back of the 22 fixed and that's helped him. he'sbeen able to gain speed and get back up in the top five.>> both of those two have had to overcome different obstacles today and doing a greatjob battling through them. >> six, actually. logano.>> josh wise got the free pass on this caution. it was burton in the 32 who got the cautionbefore. >> you want to know how tough of a job itis for a spotter here? look how far away that is. >> oh, wow.>> you'll see those spotters using their binoculars

at this track.>> worse, as they go five and six wide into turn run, the spotters only seeing the tailsof those cars, not profile side on like you'd rather.>> that's something you talk to your spotter about before the race ever starts. that i'llthe el you i can't really clear you at this section on the racetrack, i don't have a greatview, you're going away from me so i'll give you the information i can but at some pointyou're on your own. >> i always liked that. at some point you'reon your own. by the way, that point is now. getting ready to go green, let's taken a insideride with the 88 sponsored by nationwide. >> we can make it to our next window, justhow far we go into that next window that we

save for the end in case there's a green lightcheckered or something like that. >> well, you do what you want to do.>> i'll keep you informed as well. >> well, he's in the top five having a prettysolid day. >> pretty good place to be.>> that's dale, jr., saying listen, we're getting ready to restart here. they've beengoing five, six wide. that's what i'm thinking about.>> daryl, d.w. that window they keep talking about, it starts opening about lap 124. butto the point i just also heard, if we can go deeper, that means we'll have a littlebit in the bank should we go to overtime. >> next saturday dale earnhardt, jr., willbe our analyst for the xfinity race in michigan.

>> next weekend will be amazing with thatarrow package and sprint cup cars. >> is that the no down force package?>> no down force. >> lesser down force for sure. green flag.chase elliott pulling jimmie johnson, kurt busch in the middle, logano on the bottom.>> it's going to get ugly. >> watch the 19. he's had issues.>> four wide. becomes two wide. >> they sort it out but just barely. lookat how that 24 jumps out. he is long gone on these restarts. >> he's been incredible on these restartsand so is this guy, the 41 of kurt busch. >> he'll get after him here that 24 gets anice gap.

>> look at this, d.w. dale, jr., creepinginto the picture here. >> take one back, 48.>> they got chase leading earnhardt third, jimmie johnson fourth. nice run by these guys.>> newman and larson peel out from the crowd. larson goes way down to the basement and backup. that is amazing if you can get that done. boy, newman got loose there.>> look at the five going three wide. >> oh, newman! oh, no!>> he got into kyle. >> and kyle busch got into the wall.>> caution. >> yellow's out.>> to the garage. >> that's a perfect example. when that givegot underneath the 31, it just loosened the

car up similar to what happened when the 17got under the 14 of tony stewart and got him loose and he corrected and unfortunately the18 was right there. >> i don't think you need to go to the garage.i think you need to come to the pit. >> they were fighting for 10th place, newmanwill be in the middle of this mix in the blue car. larson goes on the inside. 18 checksup a little bit. right here when the 5 goes underneath the 31, they almost made contactand he got loose into the 18. >> shot him up the hill. but i would not takethe 18 to the garage. i know it's got damage but they might be able to fix it.>> yeah, but d.w. they're not needing points, they have, what, two or three wins alreadythis season.

>> i understand but i'd fix it. >> going to the garage.>> he's going straight to the garage. >> pretty big impact there. i think theremay be suspension damage on the right front. >> you know, in the car you've got the steeringwheel in your hand, you can see where the wheel is off center, you know how much damageyou got. it just looks from the outside it was not as bad as he may have thought. andkyle busch crashed out of the last two races. that will be three in a row if they're notable to fix this. >> unfortunately he won't get that check markof filling those -- another track on that list of tracks that he had never won at before.>> and let's listen in on ryan newman.

>> yeah, i'm not even sure i hit the 18. ican't even tell. i know i was crossed up and i'm not sure i hit the 18 but if i did itwasn't up to anything on my car. >> kyle busch's first half of the race wentwell. then on one pit stop they didn't make any changes and that's when he started goingbackwards and that's when he started getting frustrated saying everybody is passing me,i can't pass anyone. as you can imagine, this incident just now as he sits in the garage,he's on the radio pretty hot, pretty frustrated the fact that they lost that position andgot back there. >> we saw him getting passed by a lot of carsjust before this. >> here's clint bowyer driving through itas we go to break. ram trucks are reaching

new heights when it comes to capability andefficiency. the ram heavy duty is the most capable full-size pickup on the road today.and the ram 1500 is the most fuel-efficient, full-size pickup. ever. so what does thatmean? it means ram trucks are built for the long haul. ram. america's longest-lastingpickups. >> getting low, looking low.>> all the fans watching on tv at home, sit back and enjoy the race.>> clear, clear, clear. >> brakes aren't working. it's not slowingit down. >> middle is wide open.>> i followed this beautiful day for a race. >> that it is. after 112 laps here's yourbusch beer race summary. chase elliott is

the leader. 32 lead lap cars with. only 34on the track. eight cautions for 31 laps. denny hamlin so far the only rookie driverto win this race. >> we haven't even spoken to him much today.he's back in 15th place. >> and for all of the talk about the toyota/joegibbs dominance, right now all of the top five are chevrolets. kurt busch, johnson,earnhardt and harvick. >> remember what i told you about last year?at this time chevy had eight of the 13 wins, this time it to has eight of the 13 wins.we'll see how it goes from here forward who has the most wins in the second half of theyear. >> first toyota is matt kenseth in sixth,the first ford is joey logano in seventh.

i think logano is wounded, that car. he'sright behind kevin harvick. >> i don't know how you call this. i don'teven know what you call this. >> wait for the caution and we'll have replays.>> didn't work out for logano. he got in the middle, watch him get loose here.>> he took a big hit. that one group was five wide into the corner. and that's what happenswhen you have 32 cars on the lead lap this late in the race.>> every start having chase elliott take off and kurt busch and jimmie johnson going sideby side. >> kurt was able to get by jimmie there. thatwill help kurt maybe catch the 24 of chase but i don't know, that 24 is stout.>> seventh place here.

>> here's another hendrick car starting towork their way up there. kasey kahne. i don't think we can count those jgr cars out justyet. matt kenseth is pretty strong. and jimmy didn't get it down to the bottom, he's goingto get a run on him right here. >> drag race down the back looking to theinside. >> i don't know if he's going to get there.>> by the way, final round, nhra drag racing from epping, new hampshire, follows this racetoday on fox sports one. >> speaking of zrag race, we've been seeinga lot of drag racing, dale, jr., takes advantage not getting by the 48 and he'll try to getto the inside. >> that 88 is pretty good today. he won bothraces a couple years ago, he knows how to

get around this joint. they have a good cartoday, boys. >> pretty good crowd for a monday. look atthem. go, jr., go! >> got the race sponsor on the car. can'tmiss him, that's for sure. he's got a fast race car. he's won it before.>> now put down your tweeters, we are not cheer lead, we are just enjoying this.>> i don't know. good grief, we're watching a race. we're race fans.>> danica patrick back on track and can keselowski will be a part of this.>> kevin harvick looking underneath the two car.>> that's pushing the 20 up the 20. hurt the two, the four will get inside and possiblymake this pass.

>> he's working it.>> he can't get wide open until he gets far off the corner, tells you the grip level downthere. >> that 24 card, he can shoot out there abouta second and a half, two-second lead and seems to hold it pretty good.>> two-tenths faster than the second place of kurt bush on that last lap.>> with danica back in the race, 16 laps down, she's in the free pass position. a lot ofdrivers have had to go behind the wall for work today, jamie?>> the 27 of paul menard, they fixed the brake rotor. danica patrick had a left up l controlarm they had to repair before she could continue. tony stewart back in the car, an army of crewmembers working to replace the entire front

clip on this car, he's all about salvagingpoints and the latest to come back in the grand jury right front suspension is broken.adam stevens crew chief told me they're trying to knock that out.>> although the case is all about winning, with so few winners points are going to bevery important determining which 16 drivers advance to the playoffs.>> and particularly for tony stewart. he's got two hurdles to clear. he's got to geta top 30 in points and hi needs a win. oh, my gosh, what happened?>> ninth caution, lap 118. >> wow.>> guys -- yeah, i guess you are. >> not sure what happened here. let's takea look. he was already having a tough day,

was in 24th at the time this happened. heavydamage. >> i don't know.>> it went straight. >> sounds like a tire problem. it's eithera brake or tire problem. those are usually the only two things -- or suspension, failure.>> i talked to him on saturday morning, he thought he was going to have a great day today.>> you folks took a golf cart ride. >> he was so encouraged by the way they'vebeen performing, had a great run in charlotte. >> he's on fire.>> that's richard childress, hall of famer richard childress. >> and austin's granddad.>> we think a tire went down. let's see if

this sports it. right behind the yellow car.>> i see the pieces flying off right there and then the car goes dead.>> oh, that's a brake rotor. we already documented 27 had issues with the left front brake rotor,now the right front of the three. >> you know who's worried now?>> the1. >> the 31.[ laughter ] and the 95, the car dillon is driving, is that an rcr provided by car?>> i thought i heard he is not. >> so let's talk strategy. what do you say,larry? >> well, i've been talking since the beginningof the race. the fuel window is 32 to 36 laps. that was the consensus of that garage area.the pits will be open with 41 to go. that

means we'll go back racing somewhere around39 to go. when i think about trying to stretch fuel mileage, i think about a 2 car, bradkeselowski. i wouldn't see somebody try it here.>> we've seen kyle busch run out of gas here, a lot of drivers.>> this is a game changer in the race. people are going to come because they know cautionswill come out they'll stretch it. if they don't come, they'll be in big trouble.>> you cannot coast around this racetrack. >> those caution lap cans save a lot of fuel.>> and by the way, you can't get a lot of fuel.>> and by the way, you can't get pushed on the last lap, either.>> chase thinks it's more due to the heat

cycles.>> it's been a great day for jimmie johnson. a three time winner here. the call was topit, four tires. >> and for the 41 of kurt busch, pitted runningsecond. the car has been a tick free throughout the course of the day but it has been good. it's going to be a four-tire change for the41 of kurt busch. >> the race off pit road won't play to chaseelliott's favor. >> no, sir.>> a lot 60 drivers took no tires or two tires. >> who's that coming out pit road first? areyou kidding he? the 78. martin truex, jr. where did he come from?>> he just got here from charlotte. he got

here a little late.>> kasey mears got no tires at all and came out second. well, folks, this changes everything. >>> martin truex came out of the pits firstbut the right rear tire, not only did it lose air, the inner liner also went flat and hehad to come around on the rim. you see a little sheet metal damage behind the tire from that.going to put four on it while they have a chance. they took two on the first pit stop.>> let's see what we see here, mike. >> you can see him come into this pit. getstwo tires. here he come, right here. >> now was there contact between he and the13? no, no contact. looks clean. >> that's odd.>> looks clean. did he run over debris maybe

from that 3 car?>> well, that brake rotor very well could have.>> there are a lot of parts and pieces down there. >> and you're the first car out, he's thefirst one that will hit it. >> the leader cleans the track for everybody.>> yup. >> boy, just unbelievable to me to think ofthe weekend they had in charlotte and now to come here and nothing seems to be goingright for them. >> but now larry that changes their fuel strategya little bit, doesn't it? >> who is that? i was looking at the 78.>> let's go to vince.

>> talk to the team. knocked the inner valvestem out of that right rear. either during the pit stop itself or maybe ran over somethingas you guys were speculating debris. >> so knocking the inner valve stem out, thatwould flatten the inner liner and not have enough air left to fill that entire cavityinside the tire and down it goes. >> wow.>> yeah, because we watched it on our eagle system. he was in trouble by the tomb he gotto the middle of turn one so that told me right there it happened on pit road.>> well, you think, larry, we were talking about the brake rotor of the 3 car. we sawpieces flying everywhere, possibly hit a brake rotor as he exited pit road?>> he may have. but it sounds like per vince

it was hitting that valve stem and it waslosing air before he ever left. >> so larry you're saying that the tire changewe are the gun hit -- >> yes, because those valve stems are rightin the window which is very near the lug nuts and if they miss a little bit it can go inand shear that valve stem off. >> wow. that's the kind of bad luck this teamhas haddor than what they had the good -- they had so much good luck last week. back to normal.>> we'll check when he comes around. i believe truex is still on the lead lap. as we getready to restart it will be 38 laps to go when they come back.>> this is going to be a wild one right here. look who's on the front row.>> final round of the nhra from epping, new

hampshire, coming up next.>> a couple cars that stayed out on older tires, three or four cars. >> green flag. ty dillon, kasey mears fightingfor the lead. >> junior goes up the middle. that's oldertires versus newer tires. it even plays out on the restart. elliott getting a great restart.oh, jimmie johnson is coming around. >> oh, no! and he almost saved it!>> he did save it! >> yeah, but he big impacted the inside wall.>> i think he did hit the wall. >> he hit it hard.>> caution's out. >> caution, inside wall.>> how many times have we seen cars get loose

around in the corner when somebody up besideor behind them? >> that to me is the effects of the smallerspoiler, less down force. allows you to get closer to the cars but it will get you looserwhen you're underneath cars. >> wait until next week.>> oh, yeah. >> there's an inch smaller rear spoiler nextweek. >> we'll watch the restart. you'll see everybodyflare out here. and the 48 will jump way out of line. junior goes to the middle.>> chase elliott is pushing the 88 which is going to work out beautiful for him. chasegets a great run here, jimmie does as well toll the inside.>> got down on the apron. 48 got a little

down on the apron.>> 13 had to stay low, also right up on his door because the 24 was coming to the outside.just hard racing, if you ask me. >> yup. it looked like he was trying to stayoff casey mears. >> he was trying to stay to the inside, stayup next to him and carry that momentum. unfortunately the 13 had to hold it tighter because the24 was coming on the outside. >> looked like the 48 got on the apron justenough that it got him loose. >> and he did get into mears.>> jimmie did a great job saving it. unfortunately he ran out room.>> he ran into the state of pennsylvania. >> he's done.>> they're going the garage.

>> wow, tough break. they had run well allday and here's where you'll see him get into the inside wall.>> he made a little contact with -- it looked like that two-car possibly. trying to straightenit out. >the 2 and 6 are both white. i believe that was keselowski he might have gotten intoa little bit. >> they were both running right together soit could have been either/or. >> there was right rear contact on that 2of brad keselowski. keselowski said it felt like it was significant but the spotter tooka good look and said it's a little cosmetic damage but they don't believe it's enoughto pit for. the crew chief said "we'd lose way too many positions at this stage. we'lllive with it until it goes bad".

>> that's an approvaled body damage there.ty dillon surrenders the lead and comes to pit road along with half a dozen other cars.the decision to ride on and save money. he decided to save money by switching his motorcycleinsurance to geico. there's no shame in saving money. ride on, ride proud. geico motorcycle,great rates for great rides. >>> welcome to pocono. dale earnhardt, jr.,is the leader under this caution flag. five chevys there out front once again and jimmiejohnson's car quickly push to the garage area and cleaning up a lot of fluid in turn numbertwo that could be residue from him hitting the inside wall.>> definitely some fluids on that right front. maybe an oil cooler or something broke a lineso that fluid is out there so they're going

to clean up the track through the tunnel turn.but, wow have we seen some wild restarts here at pocono and now we've got teammates of daleearnhardt, jr., and chase elliott on the front row for this restart as well as someone oldertires mixed in behind them. >> it's going to make it more interesting.>> big props if he could win the sponsored race in the exalta car.>> we know he has the skill, does he have the experience to hold off all these driversthat are trying to beat him? >> who needs experience? he's got the will,a great race car and race team and he has the skill. i would never know this is a rookie.not just this weekend, all year long. both cars are good on short runs. i think it willmake for this restart to be interesting.

>> if he nails at restart, game over.>> let's talk about our advanced auto part pit performance. that last stop a 12:09. hegot swrr aggressive with adjustment on that car, taking wedge out and matt also made ashim change on the right front shot, being aggressive on stops.>> larry mack, not a question of experience but whether they have enough fuel. they'relooking at the situation under the last restart, save as much as you can under caution, goas hard as you can under green. under this caution he told him max save, which meansshutting it off and coasting as much as possible trying to make it to the finish.>> i know how you can save a lot of fuel, draft that 88. if you had a car, had a reallygood car and you want to make it on fuel,

let that other guy break the air and you justfollow along. >> now don't forget kevin harvick stoppedin and topped off. he's 20th but they can make it. those of you rating for the nhraround in new hampshire, you'll see it right after the sprint cup race on fs 1. >> we've had drag racing all year long.>> they have four wide in charlotte. this is seven wide drag racing here. you. >>'dbe amazed how much they can save fuel under caution, especially when that caution comesout. you can coast almost an entire straight away. so i really believe one more cautionand they'll be safe. >> mike, also ron blaney, the crew chief ofthat 21 car, they came in and topped off so

that means harvick and blaney they have togo 39 laps where everyone else will have to go 41 to go.>> kurt busch has already been told they are two laps short on the 41.>> and that's -- but they're banking, gambling on cautions, those others are gambling itgoes green. >> i'm saying there will be -- i won't gamble,i'll say -- >> the way it's been looking with you d.w.i'm with you on the caution. >> in the last three laps we've had four cautionflags. let's try it again, 33 to go. >> i'd say chase elliott's cars has just beentaking off on these starts. >> that 24 is nailing it.>> he's side by side with dale earnhardt,

jr.>> junior won't give it to him, he'll make him earn.>> it here comes kurt busch, he'll have to get in front of them.>> yikes! enter careful. >> logano pokes out in the second pack onthe inside. >> i'm shocked that the 41 was not able toget inside the 24 right there. oh, look at this. whoa!>> no! >> look at this move. watch out for kurt busch.>> he's going to come to the inside. >> he's going to pay for that.>> he'll get by junior here as well. 1 had such a run.>> now chase will have to do the same thing.

watch this run 24 gets down the straight away.>> the opportunist, kurt busch, trying to get to the lead.>> he's not close enough. is he's not quite there. i think the advantageis to the 41 of kurt busch here. great move. >> i can hear somebody cheering really, reallyloud. >> i think it's tony gibson. is[ laughter ] >> kirk's crew chief under a one-race suspensionfor lug nut not tight to the wheel at the end of last week's race. remember, kurt buschand dale earnhardt, jr., both winless this year so far, both trying to make the chasewith a win. >> i like where the 24 -- i know he's beenleading a lot but he can save a lot of fuel

right there where he's run gt right now.>> here comes keselowski. vince? >> if it's possible that the 41 of kurt buschis going to actually run under the radar this season, he scored the second-most amount ofpoints but because he doesn't have a win a lot of people have looked at them as maybethey've underachieved. seven straight top tens. no one has a streak more than four andthey have had the speed. kurt says we're an a-minus team, we just haven't been able tofinish the job. they'll need help on fuel. they're a lap to two laps short.>> he finished sixth in charlotte so they've been consistent.>> look at the group behind the four leaders, mears, logano, bayne and kahne all in a fairlytight pack. kasey mears got up to that position

because he took fuel only on his last stop.>> that's a great gamble, great pit strategy but boody barker.>> i like him. he's a great crew chief. >> jamie?>> jimmie johnson remains in his car back here in the garage. oil cooler was punctured.that's where all that oil and fluid came from, left front suspension and a lot of body damage,they'll try to get it repaired and get back out before the end. meanwhile the crew chiefis poking his head at my monitor to see their teammates battling up front.>> thanks, jamie. damaged cars that are back on track, kyle busch, danica patrick, paulmenard, tony stewart, landon cassill, brian scott.

all many laps down. joey logano on freshertires has passed kasey mears and puts that yellow ford back into the top five.>> he's somebody to keep an eye on. that car has been good lately.>> i'd say also keselowski -- i mean, he's putting a lot of pressure on chase elliottbut we know nobody saves fuel better than the two of brad keselowski. if you need tohave a fast race car and get to the end on fuel he duds it as well as or better thananybody. >> i was asked "how do you go so far on fuel?"i said "i got more than anybody else." [ laughter ]>> keselowski has been told he has enough fuel to make it.>> i think there's a little cat-and-mouse

going on right here with the 24, the 2. ithink they're trying to save fuel to make it to the end.>> i'm not so sure those penske fords -- maybe they're making better fuel mileage than someof the others that are out there. >> 29 laps away from finding out.>> yes, we are. >> keselowski is pretty crafty. that one racehe would actually clutch the car, hold the clutch in, the car would coast into the corners,saved a lot of fuel. >> under green.>> yeah, under green. amazing. >> larry, between the three manufacturers,we know nascar has them pretty equal on horsepower but what about fuel mileage?>> yeah, with i know that can be confusing

because other than kevin harvick and ryanblaney, pretty much everyone pitted with 41 laps to go. now i think one thing that willhelp everybody's situation was eight cautions, we've already talked about how much fuel theycan save on the caution but mike with electronic fuel injection and that electronic controlunit, it's the mapping system. you can dial in a little different power versus fuel mileageand that sometimes can be the difference. >> so vince, how is kurt busch saving fuel?>> he's a couple laps short, that have come on the radio and said "kurt, we need you tolift 100 yards early and do it for 15 laps. if you do that we can get to the end.>> and that is amazing information. we used to just have to guess -- you have to guessat it. now they have it down to a science.

>> they started implementing plan .">> you can save fuel by picking certain locations into each corner where you're going to lift.>> see matt kenseth, number 20? he is the first toyota in this race in eighth place.the first three are chevys, the next two are fords, the next two are chevys. top toyotais eighth right now. >> that's something we haven't seen much ofthis year. >> no.>> now the 13 is starting to fade. i think -- is he conserving? trying to save fuel?>> i'd say he probably is. >> he's already thinking about making it allthe way. >> old tires, remember, as well.>> i no he has older tires but it looks like

he's even taking it a step further. he's notfighting anybody right now. he's just letting them go, checking up early.>> the other thing is, these cars have got -- they've got the fuel pumps, electric fuelpumps. so they drain these things to -- they're dry as a bone when the race is over with.>> kevin harvick at 13th. he restarted 20th as we pointed out and they told him he hasenough fuel. it's a question of can he get there.>> here's the thing with kevin harvick. he's not worried about saving fuel. he's goingto try to put pressure on others that are saving fuel.>> he's eight seconds back. he has a lot of work to do.>> 10th, 11th, 12th here from larson. as carl

edwards makes the pass for eight on caseymears. >> 25 laps to go in pocono. >> we'll keep it right here for the run tothe finish. kurt busch leading dale, jr., by .4. here's how it feels to get fifty percentoff most national carrier rates too. so, imagine how it feels to switch to sprint and buy aniphone 6s and get another one free when you add a second line. plus, try us out for 30days. if you're not satisfied, we'll refund your money. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ kyle busch,the 2015 champion! ♪♪ toyota. let's go places. people know me as dale earnhardt jr.,racecar driver. but there's more to me than that. at my office, they call me boss man.i scout the talent, close the deals, do it

all with a firm handshake. >>> with 22 laps to go, dale earnhardt's 88has driven away from teammate chase elliott and he's tight in the draft of kurt buschfor the lead. neither have won this year. you see kurt busch in ninth right now tryingto put a one in that column and dale earnhardt, jr., trying to move to the left side of theboard with a win and lock their place in the chase for the sprint cup.>> chase elliott has led the most laps in this race. currently he is third, two secondsback of the lead, matt. >> chase elliott was told you need to letoff a little earlier. we need to save fuel. the last couple laps he is about .4 to .5a lap slower. more conversation between driver

and crew chief.>> you moving forward or no? >> everyone is, even the two in front of you.it's going to be the game of who can go the fastest and stay most.>> wow, go the fastest and save the most. we're going to hear from the leaders kurtbusch and dale earnhardt, jr. >> 41 needs to save to make it, we do not.go get him. >> they told him he don't have to save sojust keep your lead. >> wow, dale, jr., is just going to push kurtbusch out there, make him eat up the fuel. >> make him earn fuel.>> how about the 2, vince. >> that just told brad keselowski, while othersaround us are saving, we don't have to save.

go get them. there's where i'd like to be.>> 20 laps to go. on the first pit stop a crew member leaned into the right side alteringthe body work. >> fell.>> slipped into the body work. and they had to do a drive through after the race wentgreen but boy is he recovered? >> you guys remember the last time this happenedand the results? i think it was las vegas same penalty. here it comes. watch the himcheck. bam. >> that's a big butt right there.>> what does that do? >> well, it just caves in the door and createsa flare in front of the right rear tire. this creates a little more side force, gives himmore down force and speed to lean on you can

maybe free the car up and have more to leanon, make the car go faster. >> and when that happened in las vegas, wheredid he end up? >> he won.>> mike, you asked me about fuel mileage being different in manufacturers. okay, look atthe top two, kurt busch and dale earnhardt, jr. the 88 says they can make it, the 41 saysthey possibly can't. both chevrolets. go one step beyond that, both of those chevroletengines come from henick engine department. that tells you the different in tuning, drivingstyle and jeff i think you talked about this in how you shift, where you shift from thirdto fourth. >> it could come down just to that, shortshifting, how much they felt like they saved

under caution. maybe greg ives feel like theysituate add second longer and put more in there. maybe the 41 didn't get it full. it'shard to say why they feel like there's a difference. >> so some chevys can make it. habit thatleading toyota in seventh place matt kenseth? >> he and his teammate carl edwards are runningseventh and eighth. kenseth was told moments ago he is good to go on fuel to the finish.>> look at those times. everybody's running the same speeds 30, 30, 32, 31, until youget to kenseth and he's got a little in the bank. he's running a 52.11, three-tenths quickerthan everybody else. >> 52.30 which was our leader, kurt busch,last time, same behind him. that's not saving much fuel. they're not saving fuel.>> not at all.

>> this is all bad news for kevin harvickwho topped off. he's got fresher tires as well. he's not saving fuel at all but if they'renot going to come in that advance could be gone for him.>> harvick is fast. he's 51.99. he's gaining but i don't think he'll have enough time.>> he restarted 20th. he's worked his way up to ninth. 17 laps to go.>> look at this, a run by the 2 car starting to put the pressure on the 24. that's chaseelliott trying to save fuel and the 2 car wants to push him out there.>> of course all this assume wes go to lap 160 and only lap 160.>> well, i'm going to take a look at larry mack's trends of the race and i'm lookingat the last four june races here. the reason

just the last four, that's when we made thetransition to 500 miles to 400 miles but the last caution flag in our last four june racescomes average with 12 laps to go now over overtime, we have only had two overtimes inthe last 15 june races, you have to go back to 2010 and 2005. so normally we don't getan overtime here. >> i tell you, one of the craziest finishesi've ever been a part of at pocono was last august. they were all running out of fuelin the final lap. nobody knew who was going to win.>> could this be playing out like that? >> it will be the same thing. 41 stretchingit out on the 88 so he know -- they already told him he can't make it.>> well, you're riding with the guy who run

it last august on fumes. joey logano. so harvick,ryan blaney, a.j allmendinger truex on back, all those drivers stopped later than the restof the leaders. >> dale, jr., chase elliott, brad keselowski,they slowed down a couple tenths that lap. >> but right now the 4 is too far back. idon't think even if he's got fuel it will help him that much.>> vince? >> you talked about the similar manufacturersand same manufacturers even teammates that have different fuel mileage. joey logano,the team told him they needed him to lift early whereas his teammate brad keselowskithey told him he was good to the end so a little different level of afregs between the2 and 22 right now.

>> here's another difference. keselowski hasthe win, joey does not. >> that's good. he can go hard. if he runsout, so what? >> exactly. but these guys, i think they'retoo far back to be serious challengers. selowski in fourth, here's his radio.>> i'm trying, bud. >> i know you are. you've got no issues outback. get by that 24 and the car will take off.>> what he's saying is -- they told him to go and he's trying to get around but he can'tget around the 24. >> this is not brad keselowski trying to savefuel. this is him passing the 24 and 24 is doing everything he can to save a little butkeep the 2 behind him. that could be the race

for the win. dale, jr., and kurt busch usedup too much fuel. >> the lap times have not slowed that much.that's what we've been running in the 52, 30, 40 range.>> we get inside two or three to go. watch the lap times drop.>> 52.93 on our leader. >> i heard on the on board here with the 22of joey logano, i heard him really letting out that throttle, getting back way late.so he's definitely saving. i thought he stayed in fourth gear but that time i heard him shift.>> i think he coasted in the corner and he's not? shifting over the tunnel. staying inhigh gear. that saves so much fuel. we'll see what he does here into turn 3.>> he's letting off way early.

>> he's still shifting, sort of doing it theharvick way right there. goes to third on the gas, pretty abrupt at the exact same time.>> need a short shift. 12 laps to go at the stripe.>> short shift means you put it back in fourth gear earlier than you normally would. thatsaves a little fuel. >> real late there. he's down shifting toget off the corner. he's quick back to second. >> you can see he's lifted early, watch hisleft knee. going into turn one that shows you how early he's lifting.>> 48 is out of gas. well, he's out of the race anyway.>> we're not used to that. >> i didn't think about that. sorry aboutthat.

>> he's just back in the race and now goingto stop and get topped off the race. >> a combo agenda for chase elliott in the24. he was told to continue to save, save, save. chase continues to go slower, almost.8 slower than he was about 15 minutes ago. also al said whatever you do, keep the 2 inyour mirror. >> so we've gone from how fast can you goor hw slow can you go. >> how slow can you do it and keep the 2 behindyou. >> dale, jr.'s radio.>> go to 2 now. just 2 now. >> >> we're going to -- we're right there.>> i don't know if they're -- they have a system in place they talked about go to 2like that's their fuel mileage saving plan.

go to plan two? i'm not sure what that is.>> i don't, either. >> you know, we heard 24 talking about savefuel, save fuel i think he's lifting early allowing the 2 car to gain on him. i thinkthey realized they have to save more fuel. but i was going to say that he was liftingearly but getting back to the gas in a way where it was not allowing the 2 car to getby him. >> i would have gotten behind the 2 car. drafthim. save fuel. if you're that close, that would have been a great move.>> greg biffle is pitted. green flag stop with 10 to go. and you see what happens oncekeselowski is in clean air. >> you get to a point where at first you'retrying to win the race then you're trying

to save enough fuel to be the first car notto run out then you want to just finish the race.>> when the checkered flag waved at charlotte we were halfway through the race to the chase.and 13 to go. only one of those drivers has a win in the bank and that's brad keselowski.the other five looking for that first win. >> let's get back to our leaders pit. >> kurt busch is working without his crewchief tony gibson serving that one-race suspension, his substitute chief, john klausmeir said"we really want to win and we think we're looked in points wise but we are going toalways kind of keep an eye on that risk versus reward. right now they told kurt a momentago we have to be more aggressive on fuel

saving and you could hear the anxiety in therookie crew chief's face. >> the guy that's really coming now that hegot around chase elliott is the two car keselowski. that time by about .6 quicker than our leader.>> and keselowski has a win in the bank and nothing to move.>> are you sure we can make it? >> copy.>> i'll keep pushing hard. >> i love him. copy.>> i just think the 41 is taking too much risk with the lap times he's been running.he was battling with that 88 to maintain the lead. they already told him he was too short.i haven't seen him save enough to get to the end.>> let's see what he's doing. he's slowed

down considerably. these last couple lapsabout three or four-tenths about what he was running.>> seven to go. >> wow, that's -- the engine is off. quiet.>> he's shutting the engine off. you heard air flowing over the body of the car.>> and he's not hurting his times do that. >> he's doing an awesome -- brad keselowskidid this and won this race. >> our cameraman called that in and said "ithink he's coasting." >> well he's going to coast to victory.>> [ laughter ] >> on fumes.>> his lead is increasing over dale earnhardt, jr., so junior is trying to save as much fuel.>> that seems to be where he saves the most

or cuts it off the most. >> he short-shifted right there.>> yup. >> the less rpms you can run the less fuelyou use. >> look at the rpm.>> i think he's pushing the crush in. not shutting the engine off, he's pushing theclutch in, it went to idle mode which we can't hear the engine running.>> i can understand pushing the crush in but turning the engine off would have been treacherous.>> what gets challenging is when you have to release the clutch in the corner and therear end has to catch up with the speed of the car and it can get away from you.>> he increased his lead to 1.4 but you see

in our box coming down it's one second frombusch to earnhardt. 1.75 seconds to keselowski. >> watch dale earnhardt, jr., what his rpmto see what he's doing to save fuel. >> well, guys -->> he's short shifting a little. not quite as aggressive. let's see what he does goinginto turn 1. >> yup.>> he's not doing what the 41 is doing. saving as much fuel.>> he's staying off the gas a long time. >> but they didn't tell him he was two lapsshort like they told kurt. >> i think brad is in the best position ofall of them. >> you've got the situation where the gas-- you know, you're trying to save fuel and

you've got this two-car that's running youdown. >> you could hear right there push the clutchin. i don't know if he's doing it through the tunnel turn but he's doing it into oneand into three. >> i'm hearing elwood blues. "we got a fulltank of gas and we're wearing sunglasses." [ laughter ]>> and we're on a mission. >> yes, we are. a mission to win. four togo. >> is it enough? is it enough? >> these kind of races, i'm a nervous wreck.they tear me up. >> this goes to the skill of kurt busch, beingable to do that. it doesn't look like he's

bobbling. barely losing lap time. the engineeringstaff calculating this. >> let's listen in.>> flip the switch with one to go. >> pump it up.>> that's the audio of the 41, kurt busch. >> kurt busch is doing his job, he's doingall he can to win this race. if it runs out of gas, he can't do anything about it.>> where this gets tricky is for dale earnhardt, jr. he's got two coming fast, not saving fuel.he's trying to save fuel to make it to the end but also he doesn't want to get that 2get ahead. >> here's the problem for the two driverswho have not yet won. if they run out of gas, there's 25 cars on the lead lap. it will bea horrible points day. you have a good chance

here of being hero to zero.>> but sometimes you've got to take these risks to lock yourself into the chase. youhave to weigh it out. is it worth it? >> if the 2 gets around the 88, if the 88does run out of gas, that's misery. >> well, they're trying to get a win to lockthemselves in the chase, that i've fallen back in points. if they don't finish thisrace, it willing a big hit in the points. >> yes. two to go. keselowski is there forsecond place. >> it's the worst place dale, jr., can bein. if the 2 gets by him, all this strategy, he runs out of gas or makes it even all fornaught. >> i thought he wiggled. i thought he wiggledright there off of turn with.

>> brad is working on him, man. he's working on him hard.>> three and a half miles to go. >> coming to the right flag.>> the best thing for kurt busch is this battle here for second. this last lap.>> he's opened up his lead now to a second and a half. the white flag will wave. onelap to go sponsored by credit one bank. >> if you run out now, mike, you can't makeit back, you can't coast around this racetrack. >> we don't know if he's out of gas becausewe can't hear the engine. >> up on to the back straight away.>> if he does make it, it's masterful teem work.>> he'd have to take a lot of credit for making

it.>> absolutely. >> what did he say the other day in the pre-race?a-minus? that i've been performing well but not getting the final results? he makes throughthis last corner it's a-plus. >> i think he's going to make it.>> keselowski looks high on earnhardt for second place. kurt busch rounds off the corner.>> he made it. >> can he make it from here? kurt busch winsat pocono. his 28th sprint cup win. >> nice job, crew chief.>> so proud, so proud. johnny gun slinger, way to go!>> johnny gun slinger, i like that. [ laughter ]>> how about that? first time on the box as

a crew chief and you get a win.>> he becomes the first driver to win with an interim crew chief.>> did a hell of a job all day. >> since matt kenseth in darlington in 2013.>> thank you, guys. >> job well done, job well done.>> and nobody ran out of gas, nobody. >> these crew chiefs, they're messing withus. they're messing with one another on pit road, i think. >> but, mike that is a team effort, the driver,the crew, everybody did their job. >> i'm corrected. jamie mcmurray ran out ofgas on the final lap and lost three spots at the flag.>> if kurt busch comes over here and does

a big burnout --[ laughter ] >> i'll go down the garage area next weekand have a talk with these guys trying to play games with us.>> at the scene of stewart-haas racing's first cup win by that man, tony stewart in the 14,this is their 32nd sprint cup win and their second of the year, fourth chevrolet win of2016. third time kurt busch will find victory lane at the tricky triangle. august '07 hislast win here. coming around for the checkered flag. kurt busch taking home the checkeredflag is today's sunoco fuelling victory. what a performance. to come off that last restartand be told "we're two laps short" and to win it.>> there's that burnout i was talking about.

>> amazing. looping that thing. wasn't fridaynational doughnut day? >> now you're just showing off, kurt.>> jeff, i have to say this. those guys tell us everything we know, they just don't tellus everything they know. >> i think it finally ran out. nope?>> nice crowd for a monday as kurt busch has plenty left in the tank to light them up.>> goodness, he didn't even need to spend all that effort clutching it into turn one.>> and a big thank you to our fox technical crew who loses a day off this week, they'vegot to get this race in the bank and pack it up and race to michigan. >> looks like he's in an nhr race.>> and that's coming up next from new hampshire.

here's matt.>> more laps today led by chase elliott than in the previous 18 races coming into pocono.what are you going to leave here today as the biggest positive?>> man, i don't know. i feel like we had a car that could do it today and i wish i hadbeen more patient behind dale. i feel like i made a big mistake in the tunnel and itgive kurt a big run. biggest thing is just learn and just be proud that we had a superfast car, a car that could lead all day and a group of guys willing to fight to try toget a victory. >> thanks, chase.>> this sunday we'll be on fs 1 for michigan international speedway. saturday the xfinityrace with dale earnhardt, jr., the guest analysts

and then the cup race on sunday. jamie?>> brad keselowski is out of the car. what a day, an eventful one for the two crew. twopit road penalties early. how were you able to fight back there and contend at the end?>> well, long day but overall a decent weekend. wasn't really two pit penalties, it was twonascar penalties and i'm not sure i know what happened there. the team guys can probablygive a better answer but fell back well and at the end i think we were capable of winningthe race with a fast car even with the right side door torn up. had contact when the 48was spinning so shows how fast we were today. great pit stops, just didn't bring home thewin but really close and strong and consistent lately. we're proud of it.>> a lot of physical effort by these drivers.

brad keselowski brings it home third.>> a great effort. did everything he could to close the deal but kurt busch came fromtwo laps shy on fuel, he had enough left to do burnouts to drive up and down the grandstanddrive around pit road and now back it up into position in victory lane. >> i wonder if he could drive that car backto charlotte. >> i'm telling you. those smokey unit kindof deals. >> wow.>> it just shows what these drivers are capable of doing. what have we got here?>> we've got officials right at the 2 car keeping any crewmen from the right side ofthe car before nascar gets, i believe, a closer

look at it.>> paul wolf right there, the crew chief. >> but it just shows how these guys managerso much in these race cars, getting around the racetrack, the speed, then you throw infuel mileage, shifting gears, clutching the engine.>> you heard frustration in chase elliott's voice. i'll never fault a young rookie driverfor being aggressive. even though it's his teammate, he was trying to get the pass forthe lead to win the race. unfortunately that battle allowed busch to get a run and getby him. great effort by all those guys trying to win.>> you saw the track trophy here, emblematic of this coal region of pennsylvania. thatis a sculpted huge lump of coal, the flag,

the eagle, that's beautiful as is the sponsor'strophy. vince welch? >> it has been a long time coming for kurtbusch. they have been so good throughout the course of the season but just haven't beenable to finish it. today they did. i thought jeff gordon had a great line. he said yougave yourself an a-minus, today you were an a-plus, how difficult was it to keep the fuel.>> thank you, vince, and jeff gordon. it's tough to balance everything and when you have a fast car and an interim crew chief and theway the fuel mileage playedout i didn't know if we were going to have enough fuel but thanksto everybody at haas automation, monster energy and stewart haas, it's a wonderful win forus.

it's a matter of putting it together, pitcrew, engine, thanks to hendrick engines and chevrolet and everybodythat works oodies. thanks a lot. >> very impressive. kurt busch wins at pocono.>> a lot of folks will be spending time trying to figure out how did he do it. well, kurtbusch stays in the left column and moves up a few spots municipal drivers with wins, sevendrivers heading for the chase for the sprint cup on points.>> he literally coasted to this win. you think about him clutching the engine, coasting intothe corners, saving that fuel. >> he was saving fuel so he could do the awesome burnout.>> amazing performance by kurt and that whole team.>> great effort. that was fun to watch.

>> next saturday, xfinity racing with dale,jr., in the booth and sunday sprint cup racing for michigan. coverage begins at 11:30 easterntime. nhra from new england coming up next. thanks for joining us at the trick key triangle for the winner 4s 00 won by kurt bush.