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>>> THANKS FOR WATCHING THE TENNIS. WE WELCOME YOU TO THE TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY. PRERACE FESTIVITIES COMPLETE. CARS ALL ALIGNED. GREEN FLAG AWAITS. WE HEAD UP TO THE BOOTH. MARTY REID, ANDY PETREE, AND A SPECIAL NEWCOMER FOR YOU, DALE JARRETT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ERIK. AND WELCOME AGAIN, EVERYBODY. WE WANT TO WELCOME DALE JARRETT TO OUR ESPN FAMILY. IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH HIS EARLY RACE HISTORY, HE'S ONE OF THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF THE BUSCH SERIES FAMILY WHEN IT WAS FORMED BY NASCAR. HE WON 11 TIMES IN BUSCH SERIES COMPETITION. AND WE WOULD BE REMISS TO IF WE DIDN'T TELL YOU HE WAS 15th FASTEST FOR TOMORROW'S RACE. >> THANKS FOR THIS. THE BUSCH SERIES MEANS A LOT TO MEAN. I ENJOYED MY TIME. IT ALLOWED ME TO BE SEEN BY A COUPLE OWNERS PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS RACERS TODAY. >> LAST WEEK, IF YOU WERE WITH US, THE TRACK REGULARS HAD THE TRACK TO THEMSELVES. NOT THE CASE THIS WEEK. 23 DOUBLE-DUTY DRIVERS. >> LAST WEEK, EVERYBODY WAS READY TO GIVE CARL EDWARDS THE TROPHY BEFORE HE STARTED THE RACE. HE DID BRING THE GUITAR HOME, BUT HE HAS A LOT OF BUDDIES ON THE TRACK TODAY, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SO EASY FOR HIM. >> CARL IS THE FAVORITE, BUT THERE ARE OTHER GUYS YOU WANT TO WATCH. >> JUAN MONTOYA HAS TAKEN A WEEK OFF. WE NEED TO WATCH HIM, BUT SHANE HUFFMAN, I WATCHED PRACTICE ON THURSDAY. BOTH PRACTICE SESSIONS, HE WAS EXTREMELY FAST. >> I'M GOING TO WATCH A COUPLE OF MY BUDDIES FROM THE CUP SERIES THAT ARE TEAMMATES. JEFF BURTON, WHO HAS ALREADY WON TWICE THIS YEAR IN THE BUSCH SERIES. ALWAYS RUNS WELL, AND THE OTHER IS KEVIN HARVICK, STARTING 23rd. HE'LL BE FUN TO WATCH. >> WE'RE GOING TO STEP ASIDE FOR JUST A FEW MOMENTS. DON'T GO AWAY. THE GREEN FLAG DROPS WHEN WE RETURN WHERE A LOT OF TORNADOES RUMBLED THROUGH HERE. SOMEHOW, THEY MIZED ALL OF US. WE SEND OUR BEST TO EVERYBODY WHO SUFFERED DAMAGE HERE YESTERDAY IN THE FORT WORTH AREA. >>> SO, AS WE'RE BACK HERE AT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY IN THE FOUR PACE LAPS, TRYING TO GET ALL OF THE ENGINES WARMED UP TO TEMPERATURE BECAUSE IT'S 48 DEGREES AND THE WIND CHILL IS MAKING IT COLDER THAN THAT. ACROSS THE TOP OF THE SCREEN IS THE STARTING FIELD. DAVID RAGAN WITH HIS FIRST BUSCH SERIES POLE. OUR IN-RACE REPORTER IS MARK MARTIN. DALE, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN TALK TO HIM. >> DALE JART IN THE ESPN BOOTH. YOU GOT A COPY? >> YES, I GOT YOU, BUDDY. >> MARK, YOU HAD A FEW WEEKS OFF HERE. BEING AN OLDER GUY HERE, I WONDERED WHAT IT WAS LIKE. DID YOU ENJOY IT, AND DID YOU WATCH THE RACES? >> YEAH, DALE. I HAD A BLAST THE LAST THREE WEEKS. A LITTLE SOMETHING DIFFERENT EVERY WEEKEND. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST REALLY GREAT. IT'S SPENDING QUALITY TIME WITH MY FAMILY AND EVERYTHING. HAD A LOT OF FUN WITH THE FANS LAST WEEKEND, AND IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO BE BACK WITH MY RACING FAMILY HERE THIS WEEKEND. SO WE HAVE A RACECAR HERE WITH OUR DISH NETWORK FORD, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A GOOD RUN HERE TODAY. >> ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE TRACK, OVER IN ONE AND TWO, IT'S BEING TALKED ABOUT THE BUMP. YOU NOTICE ANY DIFFERENCE? >> YEAH. THEY HELP THD BOTTOM OF THE RACE TRACK A LOT. HOPEFULLY, THE GROOVE WILL MOVE UP AND WE'LL SEE IF IT'S SMOOTHER UP TOP. IT HAD A GAP ON THE HIGH SIDE, BUT THE TRACK ISN'T FIT TO RUN UP THERE. WE'LL FIND OUT. THEY DID A GOOD JOB OF WORKING ON THE BUMP WITHOUT HAVING TO REPAVE IT. >> GOOD LUCK. WE'LL TALK TO YOU LATER. >> THANKS, BUDDY. GOOD TALKING TO YOU. >> CHAD NORRIS. YOU GOT A COPY? >> YES, SIR, GO AHEAD. >> IT WAS HOT AND SUNNY THEN. IT'S REALLY COLD TODAY AND CLOUDY. HOW IS THAT GOING TO EFFECT YOUR SET-UP? >> I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY GOOD. I THINK, MARK, YOU KNOW AS A VETERAN, YOU'RE GOING TO KNOW THIS WAS COMING. HE PLANNED ON GETTING THE CAR THE WAY HE NEEDED TO HAVE IT. WE'LL BE IN GOOD SHAPE HERE. >> OKAY, CHAD. YOU HAVE A GOOD RACE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THE LATEST FROM OUR IN-RACE REPORTERS. LET'S GET YOU CAUGHT UP ON THE NUMBER ON ONBOARD CAMERAS WE HAVE FOR YOU. TOTAL OF EIGHT. YOU SEE MARK PCHS SHOT. MIKE WALLACE, KURT BUSCH, BRAD COLEMAN, DAVID GILLILAND, JEFF BURTON, JUAN MONTOYA, AND DAVID REUTIMANN. SOME OF THE CARS ARE GOING TO BE GOING TO THE BACK. LEFFLER IN THE 38 IS GOING TO BE IN THE BACK, SO IS KURT BUSCH. ENGINE PROBLEMS FOR LEFFLER, AND AN ADJUSTMENT AFTER THE IMPOUND FOR BUSCH. AND ALSO THE 30, 52, AND 10 CAR. FIRST, LET'S GET AN UPDATE FROM PIT LANE? >> MATT KENSETH SAYS HE'S NOT AS CONFIDENT AS HE NORMALLY IS. WHY? THE TEAM IS TRYING TO FIND THE BALANCE ON THE RACE CAR. WITH THE CHANGING WEATHER, IT WAS 70 DEGREES ON THURSDAY DURING PRACTICE. 45 NOW. ONE THING IS FOR SURE. HE HAS THE CAR CAPABLE OF GETTING TO VICTORY LANE. THIS IS THE MACHINE HE WON WITH IN CALIFORNIA. >> DAVE BLANEY COMES INTO THIS RACE SECOND IN THE BUSCH CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES POINTS. HE BELIEVES HE CAME HERE WITH A CAR THAT CAN WIN THE RIS, BUT HE CRASHED IN QUALIFYING. WENT TO THE BACKUP CAR AND TO THE BACK OF THE FIELD. BLANEY STILL BELIEVES HE CAN WIN, BUT HE'S GOING TO NEED GOOD BREAKS TO DO IT. HE SHOULD BE ONE TO WATCH. DAVE BURNS? >> 21-YEAR-OLD DAVID RAGAN SCORED HIS FIRST BUSCH SERIES POLE. OUTQUALIFIED THE FIELD BY TWO MILES AN HOUR. THAT'S UNHEARD OF. CARL EDWARDS, WHO HAD GONE OUT 29 CARS EARLIER, CAME BACK AND SAID DO THIS, THIS, THIS, AND IT WILL STICK AND YOU WILL GET THE POLE. HE DID BY A WIDE MARGIN. GOOD LUCK TODAY. >> ALLEN? >> KASEY KAHNE AND HIS TEAM QUALIFIED GOOD. THEY WERE DISAPPOINTED WITH THAT. HE SAID HE HAS A CAR HE FEELS CAN RUN UP FRONT. HIS NEXTEL CUP TEAM STRUGGLED WITH CAR FOR TOMORROW'S RACE. HE HOPES A GOOD RUN TODAY WILL SET THE TONE FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW. >> THAT'S THE LATEST FROM OUR FOUR SLIGHTLY CHILLED PIT REPORTERS AGAIN. TWO WEEKS IN A ROW, IT'S BEEN COOL. GOOD CROWD ON HAND. GET READY AS WE'RE ABOUT TO GO GREEN FLAG RACING HERE AT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY. WE TAKE YOU FULL TLAUTEN AS WE GO GREEN IN TEXAS. ■÷■÷■÷pt■ >>> YOU HEAR ALL OF THE SPOTTERS AS WE COME OUT OF TURN NUMBER FOUR. DAVID RAGAN, THE POLE SITTER. WHO IS GOING TO LEAD LAP NUMBER ONE? IT WILL BE RAGAN GETTING THE CREDIT WITH KYLE BUSCH IN THIRD, HAMLIN IN FIFTH. HERE COMES KYLE BUSCH. HE HAD A CRASH IN THE PRACTICE SESSION. IT DIDN'T SEEM TO AFFECT HIM MUCH. HE'S *** THE THROTTLE. >> I DON'T THINK THERE'S MUCH THAT GETS INTO HIS HEAD. HE LIKES TO GO AS FAST AS HE CAN. I WAS TALKING TO HIM ABOUT THE UPPER GROOVE. HE SEARCHES AROUND FOR WHEREVER HE CAN GO THE FASTEST. >> HE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE WRURB WHEN YOU HAVE CARL EDWARDS AND KASEY KAHNE IN THE FIELD, THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO MOVE UP AS QUICK AS THEY CAN. >> KYLE, HIS LAST RACE LAST YEAR, HE'S LOOKING UNDERNEATH RAGAN. HE'S GOING TO GET THE NOSE OF THE LOW CHEVY OUT IN FRONT. CAN HE MAKE IT STICK? YES. RAGAN BACKS OFF. IF YOU REMEMBER, LAST YEAR, HE GAINED THE MOST POSITIONS. HE STARTED 33rd. MARCHED HIS WAY TO FOURTH. HE LIKES THIS TEXAS LAYOUT. >> I THINK IT SUITS HIS STYLE A LOT. ESPECIALLY WITH THIS COOL DAY. THE RACE TRACK HAS LOT OF GRIP. HE LIKES TO BE IN THE THROTTLE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. HE'S GOT HIS CAR ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT NOW. >> DALE, YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING THESE RACES AND SEE HOW LOOSE HE RUNS THIS. HE RUNS IT WITH THE BACK END HANGING OUT. THE GUYS TO CATCH HIM, THEY HAVE TO MAKE THEIR CAR DRIVE LIKE THAT. >> THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT, AS WE SEE KASEY KAHNE WORKING THE LOWER SIDE, AND THAT'S UNUSUAL FOR HIM. GOOD YOU EXPECT TO SEE HIM UP. I THINK HE WILL MOVE UP AS WE GO ON. THESE GUYS ARE A LITTLE HESITANT RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY THE GUYS WHO HAD PRACTICE THIS MORNING IN THE CUP CARS. THEY SAW THE BOTTOM WAS THE FASTEST WAY AROUND. THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE THE MOST GRIP. THEY'RE GOING TO BE HESITANT TO MOVE UP UNTIL WE HAVE MORE TIME ON THE TRACK. >> YOU SAW A GLIMPSE OF CASEY MEARS GETTING AHEAD OF KASEY KAHNE. RUNNING IN THIRD RIGHT NOW IS DENNY HAMLIN IN THE 20 MACHINE. SO HE HAS STEPPED UP THE PROGRAM, AND DAVID RAGAN AFTER STARTING ON POLE HAS BEEN BUMPED BACK TO FOURTH, GUYS. >> WELL, HE HAD SUCH A -- HE RAN SUCH A FAST LAP IN QUALIFYING. ALMOST TWO MILES AN HOUR FASTER THAN THE SECOND PLACE CAR. DOWN THERE TONGING TO THE GUYS, TO RUN THAT SPEED, HE HAD TO BE TIGHT TO DO THAT. THAT'S GOING TO HURT HIM IN THE RACE. >> LET'S GET AN UPDATE ON THE 6 CAR OF RAGAN. >> HE'S NOT REPORTED ON THAT CAR YET, BUT THAT INDEED IS HOW THE CAR WOULD START THE RACE, JUST A LITT TIGHT. THE CREW CHIEF ALSO TOLD THE TEAM SOMETHING BEFORE THE DAY STARTED. HE REMINDED THEM HOW MUCH THE RACE WAS STACKED. HE SAID, WE HAVE TO RUN 200 LAPS TO BE IN A POSITION TO WIN BEFORE ANYTHING HAPPENS. AND RIGHT NOW, DAVID JUST TRYING TO HOLD ON TO THE CAR. >> THAT'S A GOOD CREW CHIEF FOR YOU, TALKING TO HIS YOUNG DRIVER SO HE DOESN'T GET HIS EXPECTATIONS TOO HIGH AND WRECK THE CAR. >> TALKED HIM INTO RUNNING WIDE OPEN. TOLD HIM HIS CAR WAS GOING TO BE GREAT FOR QUALIFYING. NOW HE'S GOT HIM TONES DOWN TO RUNNING A GOOD RACE AND GETTING THE EXPERIENCE HE NEEDS. >> WE HAVE 200 LAPS OF RACING. WE'RE WORKING ON LAP 7 OF 200. SO FAR, ONE OF THE MOVERS IS BACK IN SEVENTH PLACE. JUST A COUPLE CARS BEHIND DAVID RAGAN. THAT IS MATT KENSETH. HE HAS PICKED UP THREE POSITIONS. >> I FOUND THAT KIND OF AMUSING TO START -- >> TROUBLE. WE HAVE OUR FIRST CAUTION. YOU CAN HEAR THE CALL FROM TURN NUMBER TWO, AS THE 21 CAR OF TIMOTHY PETERS, PROVIDENCE, NORTH CAROLINA, NATIVE, HAS A LOT OF DAMAGE ON THE RIGHT SIDE. >> HE HIT THE WALL PRETTY GOOD.x YOU CAN SEE BY THE DAMAGE ON THE RIGHT FRONT. >> LOOKS LIKE HE'S GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM DEVELOPING. AND THE 59 CAR GETS INTO HIM A LITTLE BIT. GETS OUT OF THE GROOVE. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE GROOVE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE RACE TRACK. IT TAKES HIM RIGHT INTO THE WALL. >> LOOKED LIKE HE WAS STRUGGLING THERE. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF GRIP THERE IN THE SECOND GROOVE. THEN HE GOT HIT. >> SO THERE'S THE DAMAGE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF TIMOTHY PETERS' CAR. IT'S GOING TO BE A SHORT DAY FOR TIMOTHY AS HE'S HEADING DOWN PIT LANE. SOME OF THE FACES, SOME ♪ ON MY WAY TO TEXAS, THE WEST COAST AIN'T NO NONE ♪ ♪ HEADING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHERE THE BIG BOYS ALL CAME FROM ♪♪ >>> AND BACK HERE IN THE LONE STAR STATE OF TEXAS, WE'RE UNDER OUR FIRST CAUTION AFTER THE CONTACT WITH THE WALL OF 21, TIMOTHY PETERS. AND THE AARON'S LUCKY DOG PASS IS GOING TO GO TO THAT MAN, KEVIN LEPAGE. THEY HAD TO GO TO THE PACK OF THE FIELD. THEY DID ADJUSTMENTS AFTER THE IMPOUND THURSDAY. HE GETS BACK ON THE LEAD LAP. ANOTHER CAR WE'RE NOTICING, KURT BUSCH, HE WENT TO THE REAR BECAUSE THEY MADE ADJUSTMENTS, AND HE'S ON THE MOVE AS WELL. >> THEY HAD PARTS THEY CHANGED, A LOWER CONTROL ARM. THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD A FAILURE ON THE CUP CAR THAT MAY HAVE MADE THEM QUESTION THE BUSCH CAR. HE STARTED IN THE BACK AND MADE REAL PROIG MOVING UP. >> LET'S GET AN UPDATE ON THE 12 CAR. >> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED WITH KURT BUSCH. I SPOKE WITH THE CREW CHIEF ON THAT CAR. IN HIS NEXTEL CUP CAR, THEY HAD A LOWER RIGHT CONTROL ARM FAIL. AND KURT TOLD ME JUST BEFORE THE RACE, THAT'S THE THIRD TIME HE HIT THE WALL HARD IN TURN TWO, AND IT WAS A HEAVY IMPACT. HE'S OKAY. BUT FOR SAFETY'S SAKE, THE TEAM WENT BACK TO THE SHOP, HAD FABRICATORS MAKE BEEFIER CONTROL ARMS. THEY GOT NASCAR'S PERMISSION TO DO IT BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY AND NOT PERFORMANCE. THAT FORCED HIM TO THE BACK OF THE PACK. HE TOOK FUEL ON THE PIT STOP UNDER THE YELLOW. MAYBE IT WILL GET HIM TRACK POSITION LATER. >> HE'S UP TO 27th. SO HIS CAR IS ACTUALLY PERFORMING PRETTY WELL SO FAR. >> NOW, WE HAD A LITTLE INCIDENT ON PIT ROAD. WHEN WE WERE IN COMMERCIAL BREAK, INVOLVING THAT MAN RIGHT THERE, DAVE BLANEY. YOU CAN SEE THAT'S NOT GOOD. >> THAT'S UNFORTUNATE. DAVE SITTING SECOND IN THE POINTS. CRASHED IN QUALIFYING THE OTHER DAY. HAD TO START AT THE BACK OF THE PACK. THINGS AREN'T GOING HIS WAY IN TEXAS RIGHT NOW. THEY HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THE CAR, AND HOPEFULLY THEY HAVE IT REPAIRED. >> THE PACE CAR IS INTO TURN NUMBER THREE. HE'LL PULL OFF AS WE GET READY TO GO BACK TO GREEN FLAG RACING. TIME TO PUT THE HAMMER DOWN AGAIN, AND WE'LL LET YOU GO FULL THROTTLE HERE AT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY. >> GREEN FLAG. >> INSIDE. ONE MORE COMING. INSIDE. INSIDE. STILL THERE. >> BARELY DOWN THERE, THE 33. >> AS THEY COME TO THE STRIPE, YOU CAN SEE IT'S STILL THE NUMBER 5 OF KYLE BUSCH THAT IS IN FRONT. BUT DENNY HAMLIN HAS MOVED UP INTO SECOND PLACE, AHEAD OF CARL EDWARDS. IT'S DAVID RAGAN, FOURTH, AND CASEY MEARS ROUNDED UP THE TOP FIVE. KASEY KAHNE FELL BACK TO NINTH IN THAT EXCHANGE. >> I DON'T KNOW IF CARL EDWARDS SPUN THE TIRES, WHICH IS EASY TO DO. YOU HAVE YOUR HOT TIRES. YOU COOL THEM DOWN IN THE CAUTION FLAG. YOU HAVE A COOL DAY. IT'S EASY IF YOU'RE TRYING TO GET A LOT OF THROTTLE AND KEEP UP WITH BUSCH, HAMLIN GOT A GREAT START ON THE OUTSIDE. >> THE TRACK IS PRETTY FAST. THESE GUYS ARE RUNNING ALMOST QUALIFYING SPEEDS. BECAUSE OF THE COOL WEATHER AND EVERYTHING, SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY VISIBLY SEE THE CARS LOOK FAST. >> THEY DO LOOK FAST. AS I WAS TALKING TO KYLE AND KURT BUSCH AND JEFF BURTON, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH THE TIRES WERE FALLING OFF AND SPEEDS WERE FALLING OFF. WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT RIGHT NOW. I THING IT'S JUST A DIFFERENCE IN PROBABLY 75 DEGREE WEATHER AND IF WE HAVE 50 DEGREE WEATHER HERE TODAY. >> YOU REMEMBER THIS RACE LAST YEAR, DENNY HAMLIN STARTED ON POLE, ENDED UP FINISHING IN TENTH. HE FEELS LIKE HE HAS UNFINISHED BUSINESS. TAKE A LOOK AT THE BATTLE FOR FOURTH RIGHT NOW. THE 24 OF CASEY MEARS GOING UNDER DAVID RAGAN. RAGAN GETS BUMPED BACK TO FIFTH. HERE COMES MARK MARTIN. >> NATS NOT A SURPRISE THAT MARK MARTIN IS GOING TO BE IN THE MIX. HE'S GOING TO BE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE RACE CAR. THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR HIM. THAT'S WHERE HE LIKES TO GO. CASEY MEARS HAS RUN WELL HERE A NUMBER OF TIMES. I KNOW HE HASN'T WON HERE, BUT HE LIKES THIS RACE TRACK. IT SUITS HIS STYLE A LOT. AND THIS BUSCH PROGRAM IS REALLY COMING ALONG. >> WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS. YOU SEE THE THROTTLE GOING GREEN ALL THE WAY AROUND HERE. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BRAKE. ONE THING YOU SEE IS A LOT OF THROTTLE. YOU CAN HAMMER ON THAT THING. >> IF WE SWITCHED OVER AND FOUND SOMEBODY ELSE, WE WOULD SEE THEM USING MORE BRAKE. THAT'S WHAT MARK MARTIN DOES. HE DOESN'T ABUSE HIS TIRES, DOESN'T USE A LOT OF BRAKE. HE WAS SO GREAT IPTHE I-ROX SERIES. >> WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MARK MARTIN AND HOW HE LIKES TO RUN THE BOTTOM. THEN WE TALKED ABOUT FUEL MILEAGE. HE'S GETTING GREAT FUEL MILEAGE. I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT IT WAS BECAUSE I TOLD I WOULDN'T TELL, BUT IT'S BECAUSE HE KEEPS HIS FEET OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL. >> BUSCH IS UP TO 22nd PLACE, AND HE'S ON THE MOVE. >> HE'S GOT A LOT OF THROTTLE AND NOT A LOT OF BRAKE, EITHER. IT'S GOING TO BE FUN TO WATCH HIS PROGRESS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. >> MAKE IT 21st. HE DUSTS JAMIE McMURRAY. >> THEY FICKED IT RIGHT. THEY'RE MAKING THE CAR RUN FAST. >> WHEN I TALKED TO KURT, HE SEEMED HAPPEE WITH THE CAR. HE JUST DIDN'T GET THE SPEED. THEY MADE ADJUSTMENTS AND MADE IT BETTER, BUT THEY DIDN'T RUN THE SPEED THEY NEEDED TO MAKE IT BETTER. >> WE TALKED ABOUT AIR AERO LOOSE. WE'LL SHOW YOU A PERFECT EXAMPLE. WATCH THE 4 AND 22 HERE. >> WOW, YOU SEE HOW THE 4 CAR PULLS UP ON THE BUMPER OF DAVID STREMME IN THE 22 AND GETS HIM. IT TAKES THE DOWNFORCE AWAY AND LOOSENS HIM UP. >> AS REGAN SMITH PICKS UP THE SPOT, LET'S SHOW YOU WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. >> THIS IS KIND OF AN ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THE RED CAR RUNNING ALONG FINE. THE GREEN CAR COMES BEHIND HIM AND TAKES THE AIR STREAM AND PUTS IT OVER THE TOP OF THE GREEN CAR. IT LIFTS THE BACK WHEELS OFF THE GROUND, TAKES THE WEIGHT OFF IT. DRIVER HAS TO CHASE IT, BACK OFF THE GRAS, AND THEN THE GREEN CAR IS ON ITS WAY. >> YOU'RE ONBOARD WITH DAVID GILLILAND, IN 23rd POSITION. AS HE'S TRYING TO MAINTAIN SPOT RIGHT NOW. THAT'S BOBBY HAMILTON JR. RIGHT BEHIND HIM. HE'S UNDER ATTACK FROM SHANE HUFFMAN, ONE OF THE GUYS THAT ANDY WANTED TO KEEP AN EYE ON. SO FAR, HE'S MOVING UP. WE HAVE TO HEAD TOWARDS A BREAK. DON'T GO AWAY. WE HAVE A LOT MORE COMING YOUR WAY. KYLE BUSCH IS OUT IN FRONT OF HAMLIN. HERE IN THE EIGHTH RACE OF THE YEAR IN THE NASCAR BUSCH SERIES AT TEXAS@J@i(9)@L@húk6Y@DXXz úuú >>> THIS ESPN TELECAST OF THE NASCAR BUSCH SERIES IS AVAILABLE IN HIGH DEFINITION ON ESPN2 HD, PRESENTED BY VIZIO. THE 17 HAVING TROUBLE. WHAT'S THE LATEST? WE HEAD TRACKSIDE. >> MATT KENSETH RADIOED IN, THINKING HE MIGHT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HIS RIGHT FRONT TIRE. THE TEAM RIGHT NOW UP ON THE PIT WALL, READY TO MAKE A STOP IF HE DOES COME DOWN PIT ROAD. FOR THE TIME BEING, PUBLIC RELATIONS REPRESENTATIVES ARE SAYING THEY'RE NOT EXACTLY SURE IF THE FIRE IS FLAT, BUT THEY'RE READY TO PIT THE CAR IF HE COMES DOWN PIT ROAD. >> NOT ONLY POTENTIAL PROBLEMS FOR KENSETH, A REAL PROBLEM FOR DAVE BLANEY. SECOND BEHIND EDWARDS, BUT HE'S TWO LAPS DOWN AND GOING THROUGH A PASS-THROUGH PENALTY THROUGH PIT LANE AS WE SPEAK. DURING THE COMMERCIAL BREAK, HE STOPPEDGON. HE'S GOING TO GO THREE LAPS DOWN AS A RESULT OF THIS. THIS IS GOING TO BE AWFULLY HARD. HE'S GOING TO LOSE A LOT MORE GROUND IN THE POINTS. >> THAT'S A KILLER WHEN YOU HAVE TO GO BACK DOWN PIT ROAD. >> I KNOW IT ALL TOO WELL. A COUPLE OF TIMES THIS YEAR MYSELF, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE DAYS LIKE THAT, THINGS PILE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. DAVE AND THEM WILL COME BACK FROM THAT. AND YOU KNOW, YOU JUST DO WHAT YOU CAN DO. YOU MAKE THE MOST OF IT. THAT'S ALL YOU CAN DO. ALLEN, WHAT IS THE LATEST FROM THE TEN PIT? >> FLAT TIRE. HE CAME DOWN PIT ROAD, AND THEN THEY GOT BUSTED FOR SPEEDING. >> WELL, BLANEY WILL SOLDIER ON. WE HAVE 170 LAPS TO GO HERE. THROUGH ATTRITION, HE COULD PICK UP A FEW SPOTS. WE HAVE THREE CARS OFF OR OUT OF THE RACE. KEVIN LEPAGE IS OUT. PETERS AND KESELOWSKI ARE QUALIFIED AS OFF. >> HIS LAP TIMES ARE AS GOOD AS ANYBODY'S ON THE BOARD. HE'S FAST AGAIN. >> WE'RE ONBOARD WITH DAVID REUTIMANN HERE. HE STARTED SEVENTH. HE'S BACKED UP TO 11th. IS THERE PROBLEMWISE THE AARON'S MACHINE? >> HE'S A LITTLE DISTRACTED. CAN'T TURN THE WHEEL LIKE HE WANTS TO. SOMEWHERE BELOW THE WINDOW NET IS A WATER BAG THAT REFRESHES HIM DURING THE RACE. IT'S NOW IN HIS WAY. HE CAN'T TURN THE WHEEL EXACTLY HOW HE WANTS. THAT'S DIFFICULT WHEN HE GOES INTO THE CORNERS AT 200 MILES AN HOUR. HE HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO RIP IT DOWN, SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAND HIM SNIPPERS AND LET HIM CUT IT OFF. >> TAKE US THROUGH FOR FOLKS AT HOME. >> WE SEE DAVID IN THE CAR. WE PUT HIM IN DIFFERENT PLACES, AND IT COULD BE THE PADDING THAT IS OVER THERE, TOO. YOU HAVE YOUR HANDS. YOU WANT TO GET THEM OVER AS FAR AS YOU CAN. AND YOU'RE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. THAT PROHIBITS YOU FROM DOING THAT. WE'RE A QUIRKY BUNCH OF DRIVERS AND WE LIKE TO HAVE EVERYTHING PERFECT IN THE CAR. THIS WAS PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT WAS PUT IN BEFORE THE RACE. THEY DIDN'T HAVE THIS IN IN PRACTICE. HE DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS GOING TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM. IT MAKES IT AGGRAVATING AS A DRIVER TO HAVE THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN. >> THE 60 IS CARL EDWARDS. THAT'S THIRD. HERE COMES CASEY MEARS. BYE, CASEY MEARS NEEDS A GOOD RUN LIKE HE HAS RIGHT NOW. HE JUST TOOK OVER 30. >> HE'S DUE FOR A GOOD FINISH. HE HAD A GOOD RUN AND FINISH IN CALIFORNIA IN AN EARLIER RACE. HE'S FAST EVERYWHERE WE HAVE BEEN. >> HE HAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TALENT. AS HE SETTLES IN, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MORE AND MORE FROM HIM AND THE RACE TEAM. THE CHEVROLETS ARE DOING A GOOD JOB HERE TODAY. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING -- WE USED TO SEE IT IN THE CUP SERIES AND I THINK WE WILL TOMORROW. WHEN YOU UNTAPE THE CARS, THE SHIV CHEVROLETS SEEM TO OUTPERFORM THE FORDS AND TOYOTAS. >> ARE THEY HAPPY CAMPERS IN THE 24 CAMP? >> ACTUALLY, CASEY MEARS HAD BEEN COMPLAINING THE CAR WAS TIGHT. HE WAS MAKING THE COMPLAINT JUST BEFORE HE MADE THE PASS ON EDWARDS. THE CAR LOOKS GOOD IN REGARDS TO THE PASS HE MADE. REMEMBER, THIS WAS A GOOD TRACK FOR CASEY MEARS LAST YEAR. HE RAN THIRD HERE LAST APRIL WHERE AND IN THIS VERY CAR, HE RAN FIFTH IN ATLANTA. THIS WAS A TEAM WITH A LOT OF CONFIDENCE COMING INTO THIS RACE. >> AND HE'S PULLING AWAY FROM CARL EDWARDS WHO IS NOW IN FOURTH. >> HE'S EXPLORING THE UPPER GROOVE A LITTLE BIT. HE'S NOT RUNNING ON THE BOTTOM OF THE RACE TRACK. HIS CAR ISN'T HANDLING HOW HE WANTS IT. HE'S TRYING DIFFERENT PLACES ON THE RACE TRACK. >> I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU, AS WE'RE. LOOKING FOR THE BATTLE AT EIGHTH RKTSIA HAVE BEEN OUT ON THE BATTLE. WHAT WERE YOUR OBSERVATIONS OF WHAT THE SURFACE WAS LIKE? >> IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING IS PRETTY GOOD WITH THE SURFACE. I THINK THESE GUYS ARE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE THEY HAVE LAPS ON THE TIRES. THEY'RE STARTING TO MOVE AROUND. THE BOTTOM ISN'T WORKING FOR THEM. THE BOTTOM IS GETTING TO THE TIGHT SIDE, ESPECIALLY THE GUYS IN THE FRONT. THEY HAD THEIR CARS UP TIGHT. NOW THEY'RE STARTING TO EXPLORE. KASEY KAHNE IS ONE OF THE FIRST GUYS TO GET UP THERE. YOU CAN SEE THE LAP TIMES COME BACK A LITTLE BIT. AND ONE GUY WHO TOLD ME HE HAD TO START HIS CAR EXTREMELY LOOSE WAS JEFF BURTON. AND NUWE SEE HIM. HE'S MOVED UP INTO THE TOP FIVE. I THINK WE'LL SEE THAT CONTINUE AS THE DAY GOES ON. IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET TIGHTER. >> WE SEE THAT WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT HOW THE GUYS HAVE TO START THEIR CARS SO LOOSE. IT'S ALMOST SCARY SEEING THEM ON NEW TIRES. THEY HAVE TO BE THAT WAY TO KEEP THEM FROM PUSHING AND KEEP THE FRONT WHEELS FROM SLIDING AT THE END OF THE RUN. >> AND WE DON'T GIVE THEM ENOUGH CREDIT FOR THE TALENT THEY HAVE. THAT'S NOT EASY TO DO. >> THAT 30 THAT EVERYBODY BLEW BY IS BARRETT. HE'S LAPPED TRAFFIC. THIS IS THE 06 OF MARTIN, WITH CASEY CANE AND BIFFLE. >> YOU HAVE MARK MARTIN WHO LOVES TO RUN THE BOTTOM OF THE TRACK. KASEY KAHNE, WHO LOVES TO GET ON THE TOP. WE WILLIE THAT KASEY IS GETTING RUN OFF THE CORNER. IT'S THAT TYPE OF MOMENTUM. AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE FIXED THE BUMP A LITTLE BIT IN ONE AND TWO. THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO DOTHAT SO EARLY IN THE RACE BECAUSE THE BUMP WAS UPSETTING THE CARS SO MUCH. >> LET'S GET MORE ON THE 9 CAR FROM ALLEN BESTWICK. >> MARTY, JUST A LITTLE PROGRESS REPORT ON THE 9 CAR. HE DROPPED BACK FROM FIFTH TO EIGHTH BECAUSE THE FRONT END OF THE CAR WOULD NOT GRIP. HE STABALIZED IN THE EIGHTH SPOT, AND NOW STARTING TO HUNT AROUND FOR A DIFFERENT LINE IN THE RACE TRACK. ALREADY TALKING ABOUT WHAT ADJUSTMENTS THEY MIGHT NEED IN THE FIRST PIT SPOT WHICH SHOULD COME IN ABOUT 15 LAPS OR SO. >> WELL, AS THEY CONTINUE, THAT 3 CAR BATTLE, YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH IN LOCK-STEP FORMATION, AS THEY HEAD INTO THE CORNER, WE'RE GOING TO STEP ASIDE HERE AT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY. SO FAR, KYLE BUSCH HAS LED EVERY BUSCH RACE HE'S BEEN IN THIS YEAR. BUT HE HASN'T BEEN >>> WELCOME BACK TO THE NASCAR BUSCH SERIES AT TEXAS, PRESENTED BY STAR MOTORCYCLES, AND DOWN IN PIT STUDIO, I'M ERIK KUSELIAS. >> YOU WOULD THINK AS THE CARS GO ALONG, THEY WOULD GET LOOSER AND LOOSER. YOU HEARD ANDY AND DALE TALKING ABOUT STARTING THE CARS UP LOOSE BECAUSE THEY TIGHTEN UP. I WANTED TO ASK ANDY, WHAT CAUSE SAID THAT? >> WELL, WHAT HAPPENS IS THESE CARS WHEN THEY'RE FULL OF FUEL, THEY HAVE A 50/50 WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION. WHEN THEY BURN ALL OF THE FUEL OFF, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 150, 160 POUNDS OF FUEL. IT SHIFTS THE BALANCE AND MAKES THE FRONT WHEELS MORE THAN THE REAR. IT MAKES THE FRONT TIRES SLIDE A LITTLE BIT. >> WHAT DOES THAT FEEL LIKE? ARE YOU CRUISES ALONG AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOUR CAR IS SO TIGHT IT FEELS LIKEUTS RR GOING TO CHASE UP TO THE WALL, OR DO YOU GRADUALLY FEEL IT COMR ON? >> A LOT OF TIMES, YOU'LL GOING ALONG FOR 20, 25 LAPS AND EVERYTHING IS GREAT. YOU'RE ABLE TO HAMMER THE THROTTLE. NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU'RE HAVING TO WORK THE THROTTLE OFF THE CORNER. YOU'RE STRUTTING OFF SPEED. IT'S A BAD FEELING AS A DRIVER. NOW WE HAVE A PASS FOR THE LEAD. DENNY HAMLIN GOES BY KYLE BUSCH. >> HE DOES. WE HAVE A LEAD CHANGE HERE AS WE'RE WORKING LAP 49 OF 200. AND DENNY HAMLIN, AGAIN, WE'RE GETTING INTO A LITTLE LONGER RUN. PIT STOPS ARE GOING TO BE COMING UP, AND HAMLIN LIKES THE CAR THE LONGER THE RUN. >> NO DOUBT, BUT YOU HAVE TO WONDER DID KYLE BUSCH GET OUT AND RUN TOO HARD. THAT'S SOMETHING HE'LL LEARN IF THAT IS THE CASE. DENNY HAMLIN, HE'S IN THE RACEs ALL THE TIME. JUST A GREAT TALENT. AND THEY HAVE A GOOD ORGANIZATION THAT HAS GOOD CARS FOR THEM TO DRIVE. AND HE DOES A TERRIFIC JOB OF KNOWING WHAT HIS CAR WILL AND WON'T DO. >> HE DIDN'T LET KYLE BUSCH GET TOO FAR AHEAD OF HIM. HE WAS HANGING BEHIND HIM, WAITING, BIDING HIS TIME. HE SAID, OKAY, I THINK I'LL PASS NOW. >> KEEP COMING. KEEP COMING. >> AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE 20 IS GOING TO BE PEELING OFF. YES, HE SLOWS DOWN. KYLE BUSCH WILL REGAIN THE LEAD. OUR FIRST PLAN TO BLINK AS FAR AS NEEDED FUEL AND TIRES IS DENNY HAMLIN, OUR LATEST LEADER. >> THIS IS EARLIER THAN I THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE PITTING. THEIR FUEL WINDOW IS LONGER THAN THIS. THIS IS JUST A LITTLE EARLY. I'M SURPRISED. >> DAVE, YOU'RE THERE? >> AND HIS REMINDER SAID SHORT PIT. COME NOW. WE'LL FIND OUT IF THERE WAS A REASON FOR THAT. THEY WANT TO MAKE AN AIR PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT. THE AIR PRESSURE LESS THAN THEY WERE IN THE FRONT RUN. DENNY COMPLAINING HE WAS TIGHT BEHIND OTHER CARS. THAT'S WHY HE DIDN'T PASS KYLE BUSCH FOR SO LONG. AND THE LEADER IS ON PIT ROAD. >> WE'LL SEE IF IT PAYS DIVIDENDS. HERE COMES CASEY MEARS. VINCE WELCH IS THERE. >> CASEY MEARS, WHO HAD BEEN COMPLAINING THE CAR WAS TIGHT, SAYS THE CAR ON LAP 51 WAS LOOSE. THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE ADDITIONAL GRIP ONCE THEY GET THE FOUR TIRES ON. SO FAR, A SMOOTH STOP FOR MEARS AS THEY ADD THE FUEL AND THE TIRES ON BOTH SIDES. ALL FOUR TIRES AND LET'S GO TO ALLEN BESTWICK. >> KASEY KAHNE PITS FOR NINTH PLACE. THEY MADE A FOUR-TIRE CHANGE, ADJUSTMENTS TO TRY TO GET THE BACK END FARTHER INTO THE TRACK. A FEELING KASEY WAS LOOKING FOR. ALSO ADDED TAPE TO THE NOSE OF THE GRILL. >> YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT SIDE -- ALL OF A SUDDEN, MATT KENSETH HAS PULLED OFF THE RACE TRACK. >> I KNEW SOMETHING WAS BREAKING. >> OH, YEAH. LOOK AT THE TRACKING. AND HE'S BREATHING A SIGH OF RELIEF, GUYS. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUS HURT. >> I TELL YOU WHO IS NOT < BREATHING A SIGH OF RELIEF, THE GUYS WHO PITTED. THIS CAUTION IS GOING TO HURT THEM. >> SO SOMETHING BREAKS ON THE ARBY'S 4 FOR KENSETH. YOU CAN HEAR IT IN HIS VOICE. >> LET'S PUT TIRES ON IT AND GET BACK OUT THERE, AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT WHAT BROKE. >> HE'S GOING TO FIND OUT HE'S GOT SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG. WHOA, LOOK AT THIS THING GO. HOW DID HE KEEP IT OFF THE WALL? >> I DON'T KNOW, BUT HE WAS SAYING SOMETHING WAS BROKEN. IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE THE TIRES HAD BLOWN OUT. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY DID ONCE HE STARTED SPINNING. I DON'T THINK THE TIRES WERE DOWN WHEN HE STARTED SPINNING. >> SOMETHING DID HAVE TO BREAK BECAUSE HE HAD GOTTEN BACK TO THE POINT WHERE HE WAS ONE OF THE FASTEST CARS ON THE RACE TRACK, AS WE SEE RIGHT HERE FROM JEFF BURTON'S CAR. THAT'S JUST -- I MEAN, A GREAT JOB BY JEFF BURTON AND TREMENDOUS JOB BY MATT KENSETH. >> TAKE A LOOK HERE AS THE 5 CAR, KYLE BUSCH, THE RACE LEADER, HE WAS GETTING READY TO PIT, AND LUCKY FOR HIM, HE DID NOT. HE STAYS OUT. HE WILL NOT SUFFER ANY PENALTY. >> THERE'S A LITTLE STRATEGY TO THE SHORT PITTING. WE HEARD THEM TALK ABOUT IT. THEY STOPPED A LITTLE SHORTER THAN THEY FUEL WINDOW HOPEFULLY TO GET ADVANTAGE OBJECT THE TIRES AND HOPING EVERYBODY ELSE WILL FOLLOW HIM. THEY STARTED TO FOLLOW HIM, BUT WE HAVE A CAUTION THAT CAME AT THE WRONG TIME. IT'S GOING TO HURT THEM A LITTLE BIT. >> EVEN THOUGH KOOIL SLOWS AND ALMOST ENTERED PIT LANE, HE DID NOT LOSE THE LANE. ' MARK MARTIN IN FIFTH. IT'S TWO CHEVYS FOLLOWED BY THREE FORDS. >> THE ONLY PROBLEM I SAW THIS TIME, AND NOT SECOND-GUESSING ANYONE, IN SHORT PITTING AT THIS TIME, YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF CARS WHO PITTED IN THE EARLIER CAUTION. THEY WERE GOING TO BE OUT THERE ANOTHER NINE OR TEN LAPS. THAT PUTS YOU IN A WORSE POSITION FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, WHETHER IT'S DEBRIS OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS. THEY PUT THEMSELVES IN A BOX AND A BAD POSITION. THEY HAVE FAST RACE CARS AND IT MAKES IT INTERESTING FOR US TO TALK ABOUT. >> LET'S GIVE YOU AN IDEA. HERE ARE THE CARS THAT WERE RUNNING UP FRONT THAT ARE NOW A LAP DOWN. DENNY HAMLIN IN 30th POSITION. CASEY MEARS IN 33rd. KASEY KAHNE IN 36th, AND MATT KENSETH HAS ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS. HE'S SHOWN IN 37th. >> AS WE GET BACK FOR THE RESTART, THESE GUYS ARE GOING TO BE ON THE TAIL END OF THE LEAD LAP. THEY'RE GOING TO BE OUT THERE, AND AS THE OTHER GUYS PIT, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LINE UP BEHIND THOSE GUYS. THEY'RE TECHNICALLY GOING TO BE ON THE LEAD LAP, JUST ON THE TAIL END OF IT. MAKES FOR GREAT RACING ON THE RESTART. >> THE PITS ARE OPEN. MANY OF T TO SEE THE LEADERS ARE GOING TO PEEL OFF AND COME ON IN. I'M SURE WE'LL PROBABLY SEE JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY. >> AND KYLE BUSCH IS LEADING THE WAY. AND MIKE IS STATIONED IN HIS PIT. >> ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 10, KYLE BUSCH DESCRIBES THIS AS A LEVEL-THREE TYPE. THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE A CHASSIS ADJUSTMENT. TIRES AND FUEL. HE'S A LITTLE TIGHT GOING INTO THE CENTER AND OFF THE CORNER. THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE HE'S A LITTLE MORE FREE. >> KURT BUSCH STARTED AT THE BACK BECAUSE OF THE SUSPENSION CHANGE. HE'S R BLASTED ALL THE WAY BACK TO TENTH PLACE. THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE A SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT TO AIR PRESSURE. >> CARL EDWARDS COMPLAINING ABOUT A VIBE RASHZ ON THE RIGHT FRONT, JUST AS HE DID A WEEK AGO. THEY GAVE THE RIGHT FRONT AN EXTRA LOOK. THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO MAKE A TRACK BAR ADJUSTMENT WRRBLG. >> SMOOTH STOP FOR JEFF BURTON. HE'LL LOOSE A COUPLE POSITIONS. FOUR-TIRE CHANGE, CHASSIS, AND AIR PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT. THE START ISN'T WHAT I LIKE. THEY HOPE TO HAVE CORRECTED THAT. >> AS WE TAKE A LOOK, OH, MY, KURT BUSCH. REMEMBER WHEN HE WAS IN THE BACK OF THE FIELD? HE'S NOW SIXTH. THEY PICKED UP FOUR SPOTS ON THE PIT STOP ALONE. REED SORENSON PICKED UP TWO. THE BIGGEST LOSER, CARL EDWARDS. HE DROPPED THREE. AS THE CREWS GIVE EACH OTHER A PAT ON THE BACK FOR A GOOD STOP IN THE PENSKE CAMP, >>> MARCH IS THE MONTH OF THE YEAR WHERE JEFF BURTON IS ALMOST UNBEATABLE IN A BUSCH CAR. HE'S CUT THE MARGIN IN HALF IN A HALF.D A HE TAKES THE WIN. BURTON WILL SAIL OUT OF TURN 4 AND WIN HIS SECOND IN A ROW. >> BACK AT THE TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY. THERE IS A LOOK AT THE 29 CAR, LEADING THE RACE. TRYING TO WIN HIS THIRD CONSECUTIVE BUSCH RACE. LET'S GET YOU UP TO DATE WITH OUR NASCAR RESET. MICHAEL WALTRIP HAS HAD A DIFFICULT YEAR. HE'S THE BUZZ OF THE GARAGE. FIRST IT WAS DAYTONA, HAVING TROUBLE QUALIFYING, AND ONE WEEK AGO, CHARGED WITH WRECKLESS DRIVING AND FAILING TO NOTIFY THE AUTHORITIES. OLOGIST, NEXTEL BACK AFFA WEEK OFF. AFTER A CUP OFFICIAL RACES WITH THE CAR OF TOMORROW, NOW BACK TO THE BOOTH WITH OUR GUYS. >> WE'RE UNDER THE SECOND CAUTION OF THE DAY. MARK MARTIN IS BEHIND KYLE BUSCH. >> DALE JARRETT, GOT ME? >> YEAH, GO AHEAD. >> MARK, WE SEE YOU'RE IN SECOND PLACE. HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR CAR? AND AS YOU WERE RACING WITH KASEY KAHNE, DID YOU HAVE THOUGHTS ABOUT MOVING UP? >> YEAH, I DID. DALE, BUT MY CAR PUSHs OFF THE CORNER AND IN THE MIDDLE ALL TOO MUCH TO RUN UP THERE. WE MADE SOME PRETTY BIG ADJUSTMENT SAID HERE. AND WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET IT BETTER. IAL I'M GOING TO GET AROUND THE BOTTOM BETTER THAN THE TOP. IF I GET IT FREED UP, IT WILL RUN TOP OR BOTTOM, BETTER THAN THE FIRST RUN. WE MADE A BIG ADJUSTMENT. HOPEFULLY, IT WON'T BE TOO MUCH. >> THOSE ADJUSTMENTS, YOU'RE HOPING WILL ALLOW YOU, KYLE BUSCH, DOES HE LOOK LIKE THE GUY TO BEAT RIGHT NOW? >> IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO HELP A LOT FOR US TO GET WITH HIM, BUT HOPEFULLY, WE'LL BE CLOSER THIS RUN, AND MAYBE GET CLOSER THE NEXT TIME WE PIT. MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS SO WE CAN CONTEND FOR THIS THING. WE WERE MISSING A GOOD PIECE THE FIRST RUN. >> THANKS, MARK. GOOD LUCK. >> HEY, CHAD, YOU GOT A COPY? >> YES, SIR. >> WHAT CHANGES DIYOU MAKE? I'M SURE YOU LOOKED AT THE BUILD-UP ON THE TIRES. IS THE CAR SHOWING TIGHT? >> IT'S DEFINITELY SHOWING PRETTY TIGHT TO THE RIGHT FRONT RIGHT NOW. WE'RE TRYING TO MAXIMIZE OUR BUILDS FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WENT UP ON THE TRACK BAR, TRYING TO GET FREED UP AND MAKING IT BETTER FOR THE SECOND RUN. >> 10-4, CHAD. GOOD LUCK. THE LATEST FROM MARK MARTIN WHO IS NOW RUNNING IN SECOND PLACE, WHO IS THE AARON'S LUCKY DOG FOR THIS SECOND CAUTION. IT WILL GO TO WARD BURTON IN THE NUMBER 27 AS HE GETS BACK ON THE LEAD LAP. MOVES HIM INTO 25th POSITION. WE SHOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT THE THREE GUYS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, CASEY MEARS, KASEY KAHNE, AND DENNY HAMLIN STAYED OUT. THEY'RE AT THE TAIL END OF THE LEAD LAP. HAMLIN IS 20th -- HAMLIN IS 26th. MEARS IS 28th. AND KAHNE IN TWENTY-NINTH. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM. >> THOSE INTERESTING RESTARTS THAT MAKES FOR GREAT TV AND GREAT WATCHING FOR THE FANS. AS A DRIVER, YOU'RE A LITTLE ON EDGE BECAUSE ESPECIALLY THE LEADER, YOU HAVE KYLE BUSH AND MART MARTIN SITTING THERE RIGHT UP THERE. BUT THEY'RE NOT STARTING IN THE FRONT. THEY HAVE TO RACE THE GUYS AND KNOWING THEY'RE GOING TO BE RUNNING REALLY HARD TO PROTECT THE SPOTS. >> 30 CARS ON THE LEAD LAP AS WE HAVE 140 LAPS TO GO IN THIS 200-LAP AFFAIR HERE AT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY. PACE CAR HAS THEM IN TURN NUMBER THREE. WE'RE GOING TO GET READY AS WE PUT THE HAMMER DOWN AGAIN, AS WE TAKE YOU FULL THROTTLE HERE IN RACE NUMBER EIGHT OF THE NASCAR BUSCH SERIES. THE PACE CAR TURNS DOWN PIT LANE. >> READY. READY. >> GREEN. >> EVERYTHING IS COOL. YOU'RE CLEAR. >> CLEAR, TO THE 29. >> THEY'RE STACKING UP. NICE AND SMOOTH. >> CLEAR. >> SO AS WE COME ACROSS THE STARTING LINE, WE HAVE KYLE BUSCH, MARK MARTIN, GRIG BIFFLE. BIFFLE IS FOURTH. BURTON, THIRD. PAUL MENARD IS IN THE NUMBER FIVE SPOT. >> THESE GUYS TRYING TO STAY ON THE TAIL END OF THE LEAD LAP HAVE THEIR HANDS FULL. KYLE BUSCH IS JUST FAST. AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE. THEY'RE GOING TO NEED A CAUTION QUICKLY FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE. >> ONE THING THEY HAVE GOING FOR THEM, ESPECIALLY DENLEY HAMLIN, HE'S GOT THE CLEAN AIR IN FRONT. AND BUSCH IS GOING TO HAVE TO FIGHT TO GET TO HIM. >> KYLE, JUST SO FAST TO THE CORNER. GETS BACK TO THE GAS. MARK MARTIN IS HANGING RIGHT THERE IN SECOND PLACE. >> AS THE 5 GOES PAST REGAN SMITH, LET'S GET MORE ON THE OTHER CAR. >> THE OTHER THING KYLE BUSCH HAS GOING FOR HIM, ASIDE FROM BEING FAST, HE'S VERY HUNGRY. LED 386 LAPS THIS YEAR. THAN 149 MORE THAN ANY OTHER DRIVER IN THE SERIES. YET, HE'S BEEN SHUT OUT OF VICTORY LANE. I SPOKE WITH HIS CREW CHIEF ON THE CUP AND BUSCH SERIES SIDE OF THINGS. THEY BEGAN TO QUESTION THEMSELVES AS A TEAM, WONDERING IF THEY HAD WHAT IT TOOK TO WIN. THEY HAD A PSYCHOLOGICAL BLOCK UNTIL THEY TEAM WON IN BRISTOL. HE SAID THAT'S THE BEST THING THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO THE TEAM WRIRB THEY KNOW THEY CAN GET TO VICTORY LANE. KYLE BUSCH'S CUP LANE IS THE TEAM TEAM THAT PITS HIS CAR IN THE BUSCH SERIES. >> WE GO TRACKSIDE. THE 60, THE 12 OF KURT BUSCH. >> WELL, CARL EDWARDS' CAR LOOKS REALLY GOOD. RIGHT ALONG THE BOTTOM OF THE WHITE LINE OFF TURN 2. >> EDWARDS TAKES OVER FIFTH. KURT DROPS BACK TO THE SIXTH SPOT. >> THE FIRST PART OF THE FIRST RUN, IT SEEMS TO FALL OFF. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY HAVE MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO MAKE THAT BETTER. KURT HAS WORKED ON THE CAR A COUPLE TIMES. HE'S HAD TO GET FROM THE BACK. THEY HAVE TO BE PLEASED THIS WILL ALLOW THEM TO MAKE SMALL ADJUSTMENTS AS THEY MAKE PIT STOPS TO GET TO THE END OF THE RACE. >> YOU CAN SEE THE BUMP IN THE TRACK. IT'S STILL THERE. I SAW THE 12 CAR HIT IT. YOU COULD HEAR IT BOTTOM OUT. >> BIFFLE GOT AROUND BURTON. THAT'S FOR THIRD ON THE RACE TRACK, AS YOU SEE THOSE TWO CONTINUING TO MOTOR ON. LET'S GET MORE ON THE 16 CAR. HOLD ON. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE A CRASH. YES, THE 36 IS TURNED AROUND AND HAS HIT THE WALL ON THE OUTSIDE. BRENT SHERMAN. >> THEY CLIPPED YOU. >> THE 41 OF REED SORENSON ALSO INVOLVED, AND TWO OTHER CARS. SHANE HUFFMAN. JON WOOD. >> I KNOW HE HIT ME. >> JON WOOD IN THE 47 HAS A LOT OF DAMAGE. HUFFMAN WAS MOVING UP. >> HE WAS. HE HAD A GUN RUN GOING. >> HERE IS STEVEN WALLACE. HE'S A LITTLE DAMAGE, TOO. >> THAT'S GOING TO MAKE DAD HAPPY AS HE'S HAVING HIS VACATION THIS WEEK. >> CLOSE TO WHERE WE WERE. ON A RECORD. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE HAVE HERE. >> LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK. >> LOOKS LIKE STEVEN WALLACE PUSED UP A LITTLE BIT AND GOT INTO SHERMAN. THEN YOU SEE THE OTHER GUYS TRYING TO SCATTER AND AVOID THESE GUYS, AND THEY END UP HITTING EACH OTHER AND CAUSING A LOT OF DAMAGE. DEFINITELY CONTACT. AND THIS HAPPENED AFTER THAT WRECK, AFTER THIS ALL HAPPENED, YOU SEE THESE GUYS GET TOGETHER. YOU SEE THE 88, 47 CAR OF JON WOOD. >> JON WOOD THOUGHT HE WAS THROUGH THE WRECK, AND THEN THERE'S A CAR IN FRONT OF HIM HE CAN'T AVOID. VERY UNFORTUNATE. IT LOOKS LIKE THE 41 GOT INTO THE GRASS TO TRY TO MISS THE ACCIDENT. WHEN YOU GET IN THE GRASS, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. HE CAME ACROSS AND TOOK THE 88 AND THE 47 INTO HIM. IT'S A CHAIN REACTION, AND YOU KNOW, RACING HARD OFF THE CORNER AFTER THE RESTARTS, YOU WANT TO STAY ON THE GAS. THE WAY THIS RACE TRACK, THE TRANSITIONS INTO AND OUT OF THE CORNERS ARE THE MOST DIFFICULT THINGS. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED WITH STEVEN WALLACE RIGHT THERE, HIS FRONT END GOT LIGHT BECAUSE THE CAR FLATTENS OUT. THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE LOST THE FRONT END AND YOU'RE INTO A CAR. >> THERE'S SHANE HUFF PLN TRYING TO COME IN. AND THERE'S JON WOOD. NOT EVEN CLOROX IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO CLEAN THAT UP. WE'RE ONBOARD WITH JUAN PABLO MONTOYA. THIS IS HIS VIEW AS >>> BACK HERE AT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY. THIS IS WHAT BROUGHT OUT THE THIRD CAUTION. OUCH, IT HURT A LOT OF CARS. JON WOOD WAS INVOLVED. SHANE HUFFMAN, REED SORENSON, STEVE WALLACE, AND BRENT SHERMAN AS WELL. NOT INVOLVED, RACE LEADER BUSCH. WITH MARK MARTIN BEHIND HIM. BIFFLE ROUNDS OUT THE TOP THREE. WE SHOULD POINT OUT BECAUSE DENNY HAMLIN AND CASEY MEARS WERE ABLE TO STAY IN FRONT OF THE RACE LEADER, THEY'RE AT THE TAIL END OF THE LEAD LAP, AND KASEY KAHNE IS GOING TO GET THE AARON'S LUCKY DOG. HE'LL BE BACK ON THE LEAD LAP AS WELL. YOU CAUGHT UP WITH ONE OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED? >> JON WOOD, AND ESSENTIALLY, THE FRUSTRATION SPILLING OVER WITH JON AND THE TEAM. PUT THIS INTO WORDS, JON. SDWR THE THING I'M FRUSTRATED THE MOST ABOUT IS I'M GETTING THE BLAME FOR IT. I WAS BEHIND THE WRECK. INSIDE JOKE. >> IT DIDN'T SEEM TO BE A JOKE. OBVIOUSLY, YOU WERE TAKING A LOT OF HEAT FOR THAT. DWL DWLIA. >> YOU KNOW, THE FUSION WAS GREAT ALL DAY. WE HAD A MEDIOCRE PIT STOP WHICH PUT US IN A VULNERABLE SPOT TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT. SURE ENOUGH, IT HAPPENED. THERE WAS NOWHERE TO GO. THERE WERE CARS EVERYWHERE. I JUST GOT HIT. YOU WERE EXPLAINING YOUR SIDE OF THE STORY TO YOUR TEAM, IT DIDN'T SEEM TO BE THE ANSWER THEY WERE LOOKING FOR. WHY? >> IT'S NOT THAT AT ALL. I GUESS I'M BLAMING MYSELF FOR THAT ONE, FOR WHATEVER THAT MEANS. >> TOUGH DAY FOR JON WOOD. >> WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE VIDEO OF THE CONVERSATION. DALE, I WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT FIRST. YOU HAVE BEEN IN THIS POSITION. COULD HE HAVE DONE ANYTHING? >> DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT FROM HERE. HE'S AN EXCELLENT JUNG RACER. HE COULD BE *** HIMSELF. FROM THIS POSSESSION, WHAT WE SAW FROM HERE, HE THOUGHT HE WAS THROUGH THE WRECK. PROBABLY RELAXED JUST A BIT, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, HERE COMES THE 88 CAR OUT OF NOWHERE. A DIME.N IT'S FRUSTRATION. THE GUYS HAVE HAD A GOOD CAR. THEY WANTED A GOOD FINISH. THEY PLACED THE BLAME WHERE IT DIDN'T BELONG. >>IA SEE ALL OF THE DAMAGE AS WE'RE UNDER OUR THIRD YELLOW. WE HAVE 129 LAPS STILL TO GO HERE AT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY. OUT IN FRONT, IT'S KYLE BUSCH. >>> BACK HERE AT THE NASCAR BUSCH SERIES AT TEXAS, PRESENTED BY STAR MOTORCYCLES. GLAD YOU'RE WITH US ON A VERY CHILLY DAY HERE IN THE LONE STAR STATE. WE'RE STILL UNDER OUR THIRD CAUTION. YOU SEE STEVE WALLACE, AS THEY'RE WORKING ON THE 66 CAR IN THE GARAGE AREA. LET'S CHECK IN WITH OUR IN-RACE REPORTER, DALE. >> DALE JARRETT, YOU GOT A COPY? >> HEY, DALE. >> HEY, TRACK CHANGES SO FAR. ANYTHING YOU HAVE SEEN FROM THE START OF THE RACE TO THIS POINT? >> WELL, OUR CAR STARTED OFF A LITTLE TIGHT. THEN GOT REAL TIGHT ON THE FIRST RUN. STARTED OFF A WHOLE LOT BETTER THIS RUN. SO WE MADE BIG CHANGES. THE TRACK IS STAYING PRETTY CLOSE TO THE SAME. WE HAVE ANOTHER ADJUSTMENT OR TWO TO GET WHERE WE NEED TO BE TO BE ABLE TO RACE KYLE HERE, BUT OUR CAR IS A LOT BETTER. >> OKAY. WE KNOW THIS IS POTENTIALLY YOUR LAST RACE WITH ROUSH RACING. EMOTIONS GOING INTO TODAY? >> NO. YOU KNOW, I THINK -- I SAW JACK RIGHT BEFORE I STRAPPED IN. HE SAID THEY'D TELL ME THAT. HE SAID, I'LL BELIEVE IT WHEN I SEE IT. HE FIGURED THE SAME THING. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT MIGHT BE OUT THERE IN THE FUTURE, SO WE'RE STILL GOOD BUDDIES, AND THESE GUYS HAVE GIVEN ME A GREAT CAR HERE. I WANT TO THANK CHAD NORRIS AND ALL OF HIS GUYS AT THE DISH NETWORK FOR THEIR SUPPORT. >> ALL RIGHT. YOU HAVE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS TOGETHER. THANKS, MARK. GOOD LUCK. >> THANKS, MAN. >> THE WINNINGEST DRIVER IN BUSCH SERIES HISTORY. IN FACT, HE WINS AT A 21% CLIP. 1 OUT OF EVERY FIVE STARTS, HE TAKES HOME THE CHECKERED GLAG. THAT'S TOUGH TO BEAT. LET'S SHIFT GEARS. ONE GUY WHO IS NOT GOING TO WIB TODAY IS STEVEN WALLACE. >> HIS CREW CHIEF SAID HE'S GETTING BETTER EVERY WEEK. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE INCIDENT? WE TAKE A LOCK AT THE CRASH HERE. >> GREAT. WELL, I WAS DRIVING THE CAR, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. IT WAS MY FAULT. IF SOMEONE HAS A PROBLEM, THEY CAN COME TALK TO ME. IT WAS A RACING DEAR. REED SORENSON, HE WAS RACING ME HARD. I WAS RUNNING EIGHTH. 36 CARS ABOUT TEN LAPS DOWN. IT WASN'T HIS FAULT, IT WAS MY FAULT. MY DAD PROVIDES ME WITH THE BEST EQUIPMENT. THEY GIVE US MONEY TO FUND THE WHOL OPERATION. YOU GET SO FRUSTRATED BECAUSES YOU KEEP DOING IT WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT. WE'RE FAST. WE GOT A POLE THIS YEAR. WE HAVE BEEN PLYING AROUND THE RACE TRACK. WHEN IT CLICKS, WE'LL START WINNING RACES. >> HIS TEAM IS WORKERING HARD TO GET THIS CAR REPAIRED. THEY WANT TO GET THIS BACK OUT, BUT THIS IS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. >> LET'S GIVE HIM CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE. 19 YEARS OLD, I'M NOT SURE I COULD STAND UP IN FRONT OF THE COUNTRY AND SAY, IT'S MY FAULT. ANYBODY WANTS TO TALK TO ME, COME TALK. >> HE'S GOING TO GET BETTER. HE'S YOUNG. HE'S GOING TO LEARN HOW TO DO THIS WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT. HE GETS THE EXPERIENCE. HE'S FAST. THAT'S THE THING. WHEN YOU'RE FAST, YOU CAN FIGURE THE OTHER STUFF OUT. THE FIRST THING YOU CENTER HAVE TO BE IS FAST. >> TOP FIVE, BUSCH, MARTIN, BIFFLE, JEFF BURTON, AND THEN EDWARDS WITH KURT BUSCH IN SIXTH. STREMME ROUNDING OUT THE TOP TEN. LET'S GET YOU GOING AS WE GO FULL THROTTLE HERE AT TEXAS. >> ALL RIGHT. BE READY. >> PACE CAR IS OFF. >> BE READY. >> READY. >> BE READY. >> GREEN FLAG. FLAG.EEN >> YOU GOT IT. YOU'RE UP THERE. >> GOT THE 16 TRYING TO GET OUT THERE. YOU'RE CLEAR. >> INSIDE. 17 LOOKING INSIDE. INSIDE. CLEAR, ALL CLEAR. >> YOU HEARD ALL CLEAR, AND IT IS ALL CLEAR FOR KYLE BUSCH. HE'S STEPPED UP TO OVER A HALF-SECOND LEAD IN ONE LAP. BIFFLE IS THIRD. EDWARDS HAS GOTTEN AROUND BURTON FOR FOURTH. >> HE GOT A GREAT START, BUSCH DID. HE SOMETIMES THESE VETERANS LIKE MARK WILL LEAVE A GAP IN THE FRONT. HE ALLOWS KYLE BUSCH TO GET A GOOD START. >> ALSO HAD THE LAP CAR OF REGAN SMITH THERE. AND GOT IN FRONT OF MARK. HE'S PROBABLY LOSING A LITTLE BIT OF THAT AERO NOW. AND KYLE BUSCH HAS NOTHING IN FRONT OF HIM. PERFECT CONDITIONS, AND HE'S SETTING THE PACE. >> AND THAT 4 CAR OF REGAN SMITH IS NOT GOING TO GIVE IT TO HIM. HE NEEDS TO GET THE LAP BACK. HE'S SITTING IN THE PERFECT POSITION TO DO IT. HE'LL GET THE LUCKY DOG IF THEY GET A CAUTION. >> HE'S GOT THE GUY HE SUBSTITUTES FOR BEHIND HIM. THEY'RE KIND OF TEAMMATES. REPLACEMENTS FOR EACH OTHER. HET KNOWS MARK MARTIN IS A CLEA RACER. HE'S IN A GOOD POSITION TO GET THE LAP BACK.ç >> YOU THINK HE'S SHOWING OFF FOR MARK? >> I DON'T THINK HE HAS TO. HE'S SHOWN HE HAS A LOT OF TALENT. HE MAY BY SAYING, HEY, I'M WORTHIY OF TAKING THE 01 CAR ON SUNDAYS. >> A LOT OF TIGHT ACTION THROUGHOUT THE FIELD. A COUPLE GUYS I'M GOING TO TRY TO ZERO IN ON. HARVICK IN EIGHTH, LABONTE IN NINTH. HARVICK STARTED 23rd. RIGHT BEHIND HIM IS STREMME IN NINTH. HE STARTED 22nd. AND LABONTE STARTED 33rd. HE'S UP TO TENTH. >> THESE GUYS ARE MARCHING PRETTY GOOD. I SEE MENARD'S CAR IN THAT PICTURE NOW AND THEN. HE'S UP THERE, TOO. AND PAUL MENARD USED TO BE ONE OF MY DRIVERS IN THE BUSCH SERIES. HE DOESN'T RUN THE FULL SERIES, BUT HE RUNS FROM TIME TO TIME. >> I DON'T THING IT'S SURPRISING YOU SEE HARVICK. HE WAS GOING TO BE FUN TO WATCH. I THINK HE'S TAKING HIS TIME, WORKING ON HIS CAR. GETTING THROUGH THE TRAFFIC, AND OF COURSE, BOBBY LABONTE OUT OF THE SAME STABLE THERE. NOT SURPRISING WITH HIM. HE'S GOING TO GET THE MOST OUT OF HIS CAR. WE'RE GOING TO SEE HIM GET CLOSER TO THE FRONT. >> WE SEE KURT BUSCH. HE'S THE BIGGEST MOVER SO FAR. FROM 36 TO THE 6th SPOT. YOU ARE ONBOARD WITH HIM. @ WE'RE ON LAP 81 OF 200 HERE AT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY. KYLE BUSCH CONTINUES TO RUN OUT FRONT. HE >>> WELCOME BACK TO TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY. ALMOST HALFWAY THROUGH. LET'S LOOK AT THE RACE HIGHLIGHTS IN OUR HOLIDAY INN RACE RUNDOWN. FIRST UP, DAVE BLANEY TANGLED UP ON PIT ROAD. HE WAS PART OF THE TOYOTA TEAM LOOKING TO CARRY LAST WEEK'S MOMENTUM FORWARD. NEXT UP, YOU SAW KYLE BUSCH TAKE THE LEAD FROM DAVID RAGAN IN THE BUSCH SERIES. HE'S LED THE MOST LAPS AND IN THE MOST RACES. BUT NO WINS YET. ALSO, MATT KENSETH, CAR TROUBLES IN TURN 2. THE GOOD NEWS, THE 17 WAS ABLE TO AVOID THE WALL AND FINALLY, ON LAP 67 OF THIS 200-LAP RACE, ONE BIG WRECK LED TO A SECOND. HERE ARE A COUPLE ANGLES. AFTERWARDS, STEVE WALLACE SAID IT WAS HIS FAULT AND OFFERED AN APOLOGY. LET'S GET YOU UP TO SPEED. WE HEAD DOWN. HERE IS MIKE MASSARO. >> YOUR RACE LEADER IS KYLE BUSCH. IT APPEARS HE'S PREPARING HIMSELF FOR A LATE RACE BATTLE. MOMENTS AGO, HE CAME OVER THE RADIO AND ASKED HIS SPOTTER FOR AN UPDATE ON THE 20 CAR OF HAMLIN, WHO IS RUNNING IN THE EIGHTH POSITION. HE WANTS TO KNOW WHERE HE'S RUNNING AND WHAT HIS TIMES ARE.ñ MEANWHILE, THE MOST IMMEDIATE THREAT FOR KYLE BUSCH IS THE 06 OF MARK MARTIN WHO HAS TO BE ABSOLUTELY HAPPY WITH HIS RACE CAR. DURING PRACTICE, HE DESCRIBED IT AS PITIFUL. VERY STRONG LANGUAGE. AN ILL-HANDLING CAR. THE CAR IS COMING TO HIM. HIS MAIN CONCERN COMING INTO THE RACE IS HOW THE CAR WOULD BE ON LONG RUNS. >> RUNNING THIRD IS YOUR SERIES LEADER, CARL EDWARDS. HIS CREW CHIEF TOLD ME EARLIER, CARL IS A PERFECTIONIST. HE WANTS TO LEAD EVERY LAP, WIN EVERY RACE, BE ON THE POLE, BE THE FASTEST IN PRACTICE. HE HASN'T BEEN THE FASTEST SO FAR TODAY, AND HE'S BEEN LETTING IDWARDS KNOW ABOUT IT WITH THE CONSTANT REMINDERS OF HIS LAP SPEEDS. THEY'RE BEING PATIENT. EDWARDS IS FAIRLY HAPPY WITH THE CAR. HE SAID, IF WE CAN FREE IT UP ON THE NEXT STOP, WE'LL BE FASTER. THEY HAVE BEEN HAVING A RADIO ISSUE. IT'S DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND CARL EDWARDS ON THE RADIO. FOURTH IS THE 16 CAR OF BIFFLE. THEY HAVE MADE ONE ADJUSTMENT ALL DAY. THAT WAS A TIRE ADJUSTMENT IN THE LEFT REAR. OTHERWISE, THE CAR HAS BEEN PERFECT. HE LOVES HIS CAR RIGHT NOW. >> JEFF BURTON TRYING TO MAKE IT THREE IN A ROW SINCE HE'S BEEN IN THE BUSCH SERIES RECENTLY. HE SAID, GUYS, WE NEED TO MAKE MAJOR CHANGES ON THE CAR. IN TRAFFIC, MY CAR WILL NOT TURN. WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. >> ONE YEAR AGO IN THIS RACE, CURT PUSH BUSCH MADE HIS DEBUT IN THE BUSCH SERIES. HE WON. A GOOD START. HE'S BEEN IN EIGHT RACES, HE'S LED EVERY ONE OF THEM. HE WON TWO OF THE EIGHT. HE STARTED LAST TODAY. HE IS RUNNING SIX. >> RIGHT BEHIND HIM IS DENNY HAMLIN, RUNNING IN SEVENTH POSITION. HE RESTARTED A FUEL LAPS AGO IN 18th. HE'S ON A CHARGE. THAT CAR HANDLING INCREDIBLY WELL. EARLIER, THEY HAD POOR FUEL MILEAGE. THEY WENT A LAP DOWN, GOT THEIR LAP BACK, AND NOW DENNY CHARGING TO THE FRONT. HARVICK HAVING A RUN AS WELL. HE SAID DURING THE LAST RUN, WAY TOO FIGHT. THEY MADE AN AIR PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT, AND IT'S RUNNING WELL AS WELL AT THIS POINT. RIGHT BEHIND HARVICK, THE 15 OF MENARD. HE DROPPED BACK A LITTLE BIT. THE 20 WAS ONE OF THE CARS THAT PASSED HIM. HE WAS HAVING A GOOD DAY. VERY SOLID UNDERNEATH HIM. JUST A LITTLE LOOSE RIGHT NOW. WAUNS TO SPIN OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT. STREMME HAVING A GOOD RUN AS WELL. THAT CAR HAS BEEN A LITTLE TOUGH TO TURN TODAY. THEY HAVE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS ON IT. AND STREMME IS HAVING ANOTHER GOOD RUN. IT'S A GOOD BUSCH SERIES SEASON FOR STREMME. >> IT'S CHEVY UP FRONT WITH BUSCH. WE HAVE TEN CARS OFF THE RACE TRACK RIGHT NOW. 24 RACE@ CARS STILL ON THE TRAC. LEFFLER IS THE HIGHEST RUNNING TOYOTA IN 13th. YOU GOT CAUGHT UP TO DATE. YOU'RE UP TO SPEED. STAY WITH US. WE STILL HAVE A LOT TO GO HERE IN THE LONE STAR STATE. >>> KYLE BUSCH HAS LED THE MOST LAPS THIS SEASON. >> HE DOESVENT A TROPHY TO SHOW FOR IT YET. >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO TO WIN ONE OF THESE RACES. >> KYLE BUSCH SLAMS THE WALL. >> HOW DOES KYLE COMMUNICATE WITHOUT THE RADIO? >> WHAT A TERRIBLE TIME TO MAKE A MISTAKE. >> OH, HERE GOES BUSCH. >> TWICE I GOT STUCK BECAUSE OF THE PACE CAR. >> IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING YEAR FOR KYLE BUSCH. HIS BROTHER, KURT, WON THE RACE LAST YEAR IN THE BUSCH SERIES. RIGHT NOW, HE'S OUT IN FRONT AGAIN. HE'S LED EVERY BUSCH SERIES RACE HE'S BEEN IN THIS YEAR. YOU CAN SEE HE'S LED 98 TODAY. AND 386 FOR THE SEASON, BUT STILL DOESN'T HAVE A WIN HERE IN 2007. WHILE HE CONTINUES TO MOTOR ? AROUND, DENNY HAMLIN IS MOVING EVER@ CLOSER.@■ HE'S NOW IN THE SEVEN SPOT. WE FOUND OUT FROM VINCE WELCH, HE HAS CAUGHT UP WITH SHERMAN. >> THAT'S RIGHT, AND THE TEAM IS WORKING FURIOUSLY TO TRY TO GET THIS BIG SLOTS CHEVROLET BACK OUT ON TRACK, BUT BRENT SHERMAN, A DISAPPOINTING END TO YOUR DAY. STEVEN WALLACE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD, BUT HE SAID IT WAS HIS FAULT AND HE TAKES THE BLAME. DID YOU HAVE ANY PLACE TO GO? IT DIDN'T LOOK YOU DID. >> I WAS IN A TOUGH SITUATION. I WAS A LAP DOWN. WE WENT A LAP DOWN. THE CAR WAS REALLY, REALLY FAST. YOU KNOW, I WAS RUNNING ON THE OUTSIDE, I WAS GIVING THOSE GUYS PLENTY OF ROOM. HOPEFULLY, IF I'M IN THAT POSITION, I GET ROOM. I HAD NO WARNING. I BLATANTLY GOT TAKEN OUT. IT'S HAPPENED TWO, THREE TIMES THIS YEAR. IT'S UNFORTUNATE BAEZ WE'RE TRYING TO GAIN AS MANY POINTS AS WE CAN. WE'RE A SMALL TEAM. THIS REALLY HURTS US. AND THE CAR WAS A REALLY GOOD CAR. WE WERE PRETTY FAST. WE WERE PRETTY MUCH KEEPING UP WITH THE LEAD LAP CARS. WHEN SOMEBODY GETS INTO YOU, IT'S HARD TO SAVE IT. >> BRENT SHERMAN, NOT ANY OPTIONS ON THAT INCIDENT. >> GUYS? >> THAT'S A DOUBLE WHAMMY FOR A SMALL TEAM. HE DOESN'T GET A GOOD FINISH AND, HE ALSO LOSES A RACE CAR. THAT PUTS THE TEAM BEHIND GOING FORWARD. I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY HE'S SO FRUSTRATED. >> LET'S CATCH UP ON THE ACTION WE'RE SEEING. MARK MARTIN IS SECOND. CARL EDWARDS IS CLOSING IN THIRD. WE'RE GETTING IN THIS LENGTH OF THE RUN AGAIN WHERE SOME OF THE CARS HAD A TENDENCY TO BACK UP THE FIRST TIME WE HAD A LONG RUN. >> WE HAVE BEEN SEEING THE GRID MOVE AROUND. WE SEE THEM ON THE BOTTOM ON THE GOOD TIRES. THE RACING GETS GOOD, SOME OF THE CARS ARE FADING BACK. SOME MOVE UP. >> THAT'S KURT BUSCH MOVING UP AND AHEAD OF BURTON FOR FIFTH PLACE. >> IT LOOKS LIKE HIS CAR IS FOR R COMING IN A LITTLE BETTER IN THIS RUN, ABLE TO MAKE UP GROUND. THE ONE GUY WE SEE NOT SLOWING DOWN IS KYLE BUSCH. HE'S SETTING A PACE CONTINUOUSLY AS WE WATCH THE TIMES. HE'S A GOOD .1 SECOND ON ALMOST EVERY LAP. IT'S BEEN INTERESTING TO WATCH SOME OF THESE GUYS GO TO THE TOP SIDE. MATT KENSETH MOVED UP A LITTLE BIT AND GOT HIMSELF INTO POSITION FOR THE LUCKY DOG IF SOMETHING SHOULD HAPPEN. HE DID THAT ON THE TOP SIDE. EDWARDS HAS MOVED TO THE TOP SIDE. THAT'S GOT HIM INTO SECOND PLACE. THEY'RE SEARCHING AROUND RIGHT NOW. >> ANOTHER INTERESTING THING, THE 5 CAR LOST THE LEAD TO DENNY HAMLIN. IF KOOIL'S CAR GOES AWAY AT THE END OF THE LONG RUNS, IF SO, IT SHOULD HAPPEN ABOUT RIGHT NOW. WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON THAT. >> THE 5 IS APPROACHING THE 9 OF KASEY KAHNE. KAHNE IN JEOPARDY OF GOING A LAP DOWN. HE IS GOING TO GO A LAP DOWN. THAT MEANS WE HAVE 22 CARS ON THE LEAD LAP, AND KASEY, WHO FOUGHT HIS WAY BACK AFTER BEING CAUGHT ON THE CAUTION, IS NOW FINDING HIMSELF AGAIN A LAP BEHIND. >> THAT'S REAL SURPRISING TO SEE KASEY KAHNE GO A LAP DOWN AT A TRACK LIKE TEXAS. >> IT SHOWS YOU JUST HOW MUCH, AND NOT TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM ANY DRIVER OUT THERE. THEY'RE ALL TREMENDOUS TALENTS, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE CAR. IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE CAR RIGHT, YOU CAN BE THE BEST OUT HERE AND IT MAKES YOU LOOK FOOLISH AT TIMES. IT'S NOT REALLY THAT. KASEY IS OUT THERE DOING ALL HE CAN, DO BUT THE CAR IS NOT THERE FOR HIM TODAY.x >> HE'S GOT FIVE BUSCH SERIES WINS, BUT THEúy LAST WAS IN CALIFORNIA LAST ACCEPT. LET'S GET AN UPDATE ON THE 5 CAR OF BUSCH. >> IT APPEARS KYLE BUSCH IS PUTTING TOGETHER A BIT OF A MENTAL NOTEBOOK FOR A POTENTIAL CHALLENGE LATER IN THE RACE. THE GUY HE SEES AS PERHAPS HIS NUMBER ONE THREAT, THE 20 CAR OF DENNY HAMLIN. >> YEAH. >> GOOD MOBILITY, JEFF? >> NO. HE WAS JUST, THE 33 WAS JUST LETTING IT GO. >> YOU GUYS WUR TALKING ABOUT HOW KYLE BUSCH WAS GOOD FOR A LONG PERIOD OF HIS RUN. TOWARD THE END, THINGS WOULD START TO GO AWAY. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID OVER THE RADIO. HE SAID THE CAR IS VERY FREE FOR ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF A RUN, AND THEN IT STARTS TO GET TIGHT. >> AND THAT'S DAVID GILLILAND GOING A LAP DOWN TO THE HANDS OF KYLE BUSCH. AND HERE COMES KURT BUSCH. AS HE'S GOT DENNY HAMLIN ALL OVER HIM. FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO ESPN.COM, YOUR KEY WORD, SCOMUNICATIONS. AND RIGHT NOW, THE MAN COMMUNICATING IS MR. HAMLIN IN THE 20. HE'S SAYING, FELLOWS, I'M GOING TO THE FRONT. >> I WAS WATCHING THE LAP TIMES AS WE WERE LISTENING TO THE REPORTS. AND THAT 20 CAR IS BEATING THE 5 CAR RIGHT NOW. IT'S STARTING TO HAPPEN AGAIN IN THIS RUN. >> DAVE BURNS, WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE PITS OF THE 20 CAR? >> THE MAIN THING TO REMEMBER IS HE'S VERY GOOD ON FUEL. HE PITTED DURING THE LAST CAUTION PERIOD. SO SOME GUYS MAY BE STRETCHING IT TO MAKE IT A ONE-STOP RACE FROM HERE.@ THE TENT CAR WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE IT A ONE-STOP RACE. RUNNING WELL, AND THIS IS A CAR THAT RAN WELL AT CALIFORNIA UNTIL THEY LET IT GET OUT FROM UNDER HIM TO THE LOOSE SIDE. THEY HAVE LEARNED TO ADJUST THE CAR, AND TODAY, THEY HAVE IT DIALLED IN RIGHT FOR DENNY. >> HE WAS A LAP DOWN AT ONE POINT BECAUSE HE WAS LUNG OUTOON THE LAST CAUTION. HE HAS FOUGHT BACK TO FIFTH. HE'S ONLY 6.5 SECONDS BEHIENLD THE RACE LEADER. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM BROTHER KURT'S CAMERA, HE'S CHECKING OUT ON HIM AND SAYING BYE-BYE. STAY WITH p/US. >>> AND WE'RE JUST SEEING EARLY PIT STOPS HERE AT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY. LEADER, KYLE BUSCH, IS IN. AND OUT. AND HERE IS KUT KURT BUSCH. >> HITTING FROM SIXTH POSITION. AIR ADJUSTMENTS IN ALL FOUR TIRES. HE FELT LIKE HE BURNED UP HIS RIGHT REAR TIRE EARLY IN THE LAST RUN. THE CREW TRYING TO GET HIM OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. >> HE'S BACK UNDER WAY. DENNY HAMLIN HAS TAKEN OVER THE LEAD. MARK MARTIN IS NOW SHOWN IN SECOND. WE'RE SEEING THE 60 CAR OF CARL EDWARDS PEELING OFF AND HEADING DOWN PIT LANE. >> AND REMEMBER CARL EDWARDS HAD BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE CAR BEING TIGHT, AND THEY HAD A RADIO ISSUE THEY WERE GOING TO TRY TO FIX IN THIS STOP. THEY'RE MAKING A CHASSIS ADJUSTMENT. HE'S RUNNING UP TOWARD THE TOP, BUT HE'S NOT PLEASED WITH THE RACE CAR. SAYS IT NEEDS TO BE FASTER IF HE'S GOING TO CHALLENGE KYLE BUSCH. >> AND DENNY HAMLIN IS YOUR RACE LEADER. JEFF BURTON HAS GOTTEN AROUND, TAKING OVER SECOND. AND THE 06 IS IN, MARTIN. >> MARK MARTIN CAME OVER HIS RADIO NOT TOO LONG AGO, SAYING HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE HIS SPROIS IS HEARD. DOES NOT WANT THE ADJUSTMENTS TO BE A SCIENCE PROJECT. HE WANTS FOUR TIRES AND AN AIR ADJUSTMENT. >> LOOKING AT LABONTE'S PIT STOP, HE'S WORKED HIS WAY TO 11th. HIS CREW CHIEF MAKING ONLY ONE SMALL AIR ADJUSTMENT IN THIS ENTIRE RACE. >> AND MEANWHILE, DENNY HAMLIN CONTINUES TO STAY OUT, AND JUST RACKING UP THE LAPS. 29 OF JEFF BURTON IS IN. >> THESE ARE THE ADJUSTMENTS THEY NEED TO MAG TO HELP JEFF. TRACK BAR, THE WRENCH GOING IN RIGHT NOW. THAT WILL HELP THE CAR TURN IN TRAFFIC. WEDGE ALSO. THAT ADJUSTMENT AS WELL. A CRASH ON THE TRACK, MARTY. >> YES, WE DO. THE NUMBER 4. REGAN SMITH IS INTO THE WALL. AND YOU HEARD HIM SAY, WE JUST GOT WRECKED. SO THAT WILL BE OUR FOURTH CAUTION. AND AGAIN, A NUMBER OF GUYS ARE GET CAUGHT OUT BECAUSE OF THE CAUTION. >> THESE CAUTION FLAGS ARE COMING AT INOPPORTUNE TIMES FOR SOME OF THE LEADERS. THIS TIME, IT WORKS IN FAVOR OF DENNY HAMLIN. HE'S THE LEADER RIGHT NOW. WE SEE HERE, HE GETS A TAP FROM THE 12 CAR, REGAN SMITH IN THE 4. >> LET'S GO ONBOARD WITH KURT BUSCH IN THE 12 CAR. >> LOOKED LIKE REGAN MAY HAVE DROPPED BACK TO KEEP FROM GETTING INTO THE 28 CAR, AND KURT DIDN'T SEE THAT. IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH WITH THESE CARS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE COMING OFF THE CORNER. IT'S UNFORTUNATE. REGAN WAS DOING A GREAT JOB. >> THEY PITTED TOGETHER, THE 12 AND 4. THEY WERE RACING EACH OTHER PRETTY HARD. THAT'S TOO BAD FOR REGAN. >> THE LUCKY DOG PASS FOR AARON'S IS GOING TO GO TO THE 17th OF MATT KENSETH. HE WAS A LAP DOWN. HE'LL GET THE FREE RYE TO COME ALL THE WAY AROUND AND GET ON THE TAIL END OF THE LEAD LAP. THAT MEANS WE HAVE A TOTAL OF TEN CARS ON THE LEAD LAP. LOT OF CARS HAD PITTED. WE HAVE A LOT OF GUYS WHO ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TRY TO WORK THEIR WAY BACK. >> MATT KENSETH HAS A FAST RACE CAR. HE RAN DOWN BUSCH FROM A FAR DISTANCE, BUT HE LOST A LITTLE MOMENTUM, BUT HE'S GOING TO BE A CAR TO DEAL WITH. >> DENNY HAMLIN WAS A LAP DONE ON LAP 61. NOW HE'S COMING INTO THE PITS AS THE RACE LEADER. AND HE'S HEADING TOWARDS DAVE BURNS. >> AND GUYS, HAMLIN WILL COME IN NOW. THE CAR, ON WHICH IS A MINOR COMMANT, JUST A LITTLE TIGHT IN THE CORNER. THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE AN AIR ADJUSTMENT IN THE FRONT TIRES. THAT WILL BE IT FOR DENNY. WHEN THE CAUTION CAME OUT AND HE WAS LEADING AND OTHERS WERE CAUGHT ON PIT ROAD, HE SAID IT'S ABOUT TIME. FEELING HE'S HAD BAD LUCK EARLIER THIS YEAR. NOW FATE SEEMS TO BE SHINING ON HIM. THE CREW GOES TO THE REFT SIDE, FINISHING THE STOP AND TRYING TO GET HIM BACK OUT. >> VINCE? >> CASEY MEARS IN THE 24 CAR, HE HAS BEEN MUCH FASTER IN THE CLEAN AIR TODAY. AS EXPERIENCED A LITTLE TIGHTNESS -- OR LOOSENESS WHEN HE'S GOTTEN CLOSE TO OTHER COMPETITORS. IT HAS BEEN RUNNING UP TOWARD THE TOP EARLIER IN THE DAY. THEY MADE AIR PRESSURE ADJUSTMENTS AND SENT HIM BACK OUT. >> CASEY MEARS COMES BACK OUT. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT TO STEP ASIDE AS YOU RIDE ONBOARD WITH MARK MARTIN÷■■ >>> ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE INTERESTING ACTION BUILDING HERE. AT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY, AS WE'RE ABOUT TO GO BACK TO GREEN FLAG RACING. SEVEN CARS THAT CAUGHT OUT BY THE YELLOW, THEY STAYED OUT. THEY'RE IN FRONT OF THE RACE LEADER, DENNY HAMLIN. HE'S GOING TO BE THE EIGHTH CAR IN LINE. HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO GET PAST BUSCH, BUSCH, HARVICK, AND BURTON. THERE HE IS. THIS IS GOING TO BE TOUGH. >> GOING TO BE FUN TO WATCH. >> AS THE PACE CAR PULLS INTO TURN NOTHING 3, THE LAP CARS ARE ON THE INSIDE, AS ALWAYS. >> HERE WE GO. >> IT'S KYLE BUSCH IN FRONT. REMEMBER, HE'S TECHNICALLY IN 11th PLACE. AS WE GET READY, WE'LL TAKE YOU BACK FULL THROTTLE AS WE HEAD INTO TURN 4. >> REMEMBER WHAT HE DID LAST TIME. >> ARE YOU READY? >> READY. GREEN. >> 42 COMING OUTSIDE. OUTSIDE. CLEAR BEHIND 42. OUTSIDE. OUTSIDE. STILL THERE. >> YOU'RE ONBOARD WITH DAVID REUTIMANN. AS YOU CAN SEE, HE'S SHOWN IN FOURTH PLACE, BUT THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF HIM. SEVEN CARS AT THE TAIL END OF THE LEAD LAP, AS IT'S GETTING DICY. >> WE HAVE RACING ALL OVER THE RACE TRACK RIGHT NOW. AND NOBODY HAS TOLD JUAN PABLO MONTOYA YOU CAN'T GO ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE RACE TRACK BECAUSE HE'S DONE IT AND HE'S MAKING IT WORK. >> RIGHT NOW, JUAN PABLO IN FOURTH PLACE. >> I SAW JUAN PABLO MONTOYA RUNNING IN A GROOVE I DIDN'T THINK WAS THERE A MOMENT AGO. >> THAT'S KASEY KAHNE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE 9 CAR. JUAN TAKES CARE OF HIM. WELL, I THOUGHT HE WAS TAKING CARE OF HIM. >> YOU DON'T HEAR THAT PHRASE OFTEN, THE 9 CAR IS SLOW. THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN. >> 69 LAPS TO GO HERE AT TEXAS. THERE IS THE RACE LEADER, DENNY HAMLIN. SECOND PLACE, CASEY MEARS, IN THE 24 RIGHT BEHIND HIM. THEN DAVID RAGAN AND JUAN PABLO MONTOYA IN THE TOP FOUR. BIFFLE HAS DROPPED OUT OF THIS RACE. VINCE, YOU CAUGHT UP WITH HIM. >> BIFFLE WAS ON THE MOVE. HE HAD A CAR HE WAS IN LOVE WITH. THEN THE ENGINE WENT. WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE MOTE SNR. >> I DON'T KNOW. I WAS DOWN THERE AND THE THING JUST -- I THOUGHT I HAD A FLAT TIRE FOR A SECOND. THE THING STARTED TO SPIN OUT. IT WAS VIBRATING. THAT THING HAD A LOT OF HORSEPOWER. THAT'S ALL WE CAN ASK FOR, GOOD ENGINES. I FEEL BAD FOR 3-M. WE HAD ALL OF THE GUYS THIS WEEKEND. WE HAVE THEM ON THE CUP RUNNING REALLY WELL. REAL EXCITED ABOUT POSSIBLY STILL GETTING A WIN HERE IN TEXAS. >> HE'S GOT A 1 HERE IN CUP, A WIN HERE IN TRUCKS, BUT NOT IN THE BUSCH SERIES. THREE RUNNER UP FINISHES FOR BIFFLE. >> AND DOESN'T IT SEEM LIKE IT'S ALWAYS THE GOOD MOTORS THAT BLOW UP. NEVER THE BAD ONES. >> SOUNDS LIKE THE CREW CHIEF TALKING. >> YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT WE'LL SAY. YOU'RE OUT THERE STRUGGLING ON SOME DAYS AND THINGS AREN'T RIGHT, THEY'LL RUN ALL DAY LONG. WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING UP FRONT, THAT'S WHEN THINGS SEEM TO HAPPEN. WE WERE WATCHING DENNY HAMLIN. HE'S BEING VERY PATIENT. HE IS THAT A LOT OF TIMES AND MOST TIMES. WHEN YOU HAVE A GOOD RACE CAR THAT YOU KNOW THERE IS PROBABLY ONE CAR THAT IS BETTER THAN YOUR CAR, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PUTTING THOSE CARS DOWN. IF THE GREEN STAYS OUT, HE'LL PROBABLY PASS THEM EVENTUALLY. IT'S NOT OF ANY CONCERN. HE CAN'T GET UP TO KYLE BUSCH RIGHT NOW, SO HE'S BIDING HIS TIME, TAKING CARE OF HIS EQUIPMENT, AND BEING SMART WITH A GOOD RACE CAR. >> HE'S SITTING IN THE CAT BIRD'S SEAT. THAT'S ONE GUY WHO HAS BEEN PATIENT, EVEN AS A ROOKIE. >> RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ONBOARD WITH JEFF BURTON WITH KEVIN HARVICK RIGHT BEHIND HIM. NOW A LAP DOWN. WE HAVE GAEN CARS WITH JEFF BEING THE LAST CAR ON THE LEAD LAP HERE AT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY. 65 LAPS TO GO. THERE IS THE NUMBER 20 OF DENNY HAMLIN AS HE'S RUNNING UP FRONT. IT'S THEN CASEY MEARS IN SECOND, AND THE THIRD PLACE CAR IS THE NUMBER 6 OF DAVID RAGAN. REMEMBER, DAVID HAD HIS FIRST CAREER POLE TODAY. BEFORE THE RACE, WE TALKED TO HIM ABOUT HOW NERVOUS HE MIGHT BE ABOUT IT. >> YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GOOD STARTING POSITION. I CAN'T SCREW UP ON THE FIRST LAP. EVERYBODY WILL BE LOOKING AT ME. IT'S FUN TO BE FAST, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF HARD WORK AHEAD OF US ON RACE DAY. >> HE HASN'T SCREWED UP THE FIRST LAP OR ANY OF THE OTHERS SINCE. HE'S RUNNING A STRONG THIRD. ONE THING NOT IN HIS FAVOR, NO PRIOR WINNER HAS EVER COME FROM POLE. >> THAT'S LUCK. THESE GUYS DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THAT. YOU PUT IT ON THE POLE, YOU HAVE TO FIGURE YOU HAVE A WINNER. >> YOU HAVE MORE ON THE 6 CAR? ? HE'S BEEN A WINNER ON THE TRACK BEFORE. WHEN HE WAS YOUNG, HE RAN IN A CHAMPIONSHIP AND WON. THAT HASN'T HELPED HIM TODAY. HIS MAIN CONCERN HAS BEEN COMING OFF THE CORNERS WHERE HE'S GOING RIGHT NOW. HE HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET ON THE GAS AS MUCH AS HE WANTS TO. THE CAR PUSHES TO THE WALL. THEY HAVE BEEN CHIPPING AWAY AT IT. IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A FRONT RUNNER FOR DAVID TODAY. >> ABOUT THE ONLY TIME YOU LOOK AT THE STATS IS WHEN THEIR IN YOUR FAVOR. IF IT SAID THE POLE WINNERS, THE GUYS THAT WON RACES STARTING FROM THE POLE, YOU SAY, THAT'S GREAT. IF IT'S NOT IN YOUR FAVOR, THE HECK WITH THAT STAT. LET'S LOOK AT SOMETHING ELSE. >> I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING ELSE ABOUT RAGAN. WHEN JACK ROUSH TOLD US HE WAS GOING TO PUT HIM IN THE SIX CAR, IT SURPRISED ME. HE HAS PROVEN THAT JACK ROUSH MADE A GOOD DECISION. >> CASEY MEARS HAS TAKEN OVER THE RACE LEAD FROM NUMBER 20, DENNY HAMLIN. WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE 20 CAR? I MEAN, HE WAS A ROCKET SHIP, DAVE? >> WELL, HAS NOT COMPLAINED ABOUT THE RACE CAR. I WAS GOING TO REMIND EVERYONE, I SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT GOING TO THE END OF THE RACE. THEY'RE THE GUYS WITH THE HORRIBLE FUEL MILEAGE TODAY. I SPOKE WITH THE CREW CHIEF ON THE 20, AND HE SAID THEY'RE AT LEAST 15 LAPS SHORT FROM THE END OF THE RACE. THEY WILL HAVE TO PIT AGAIN TO PUT FUEL IN THE KAUR. >> RIGHT NOW, CASEY MEARS THE THE MAN IN FRONT. IT'S NOT SOMETHING HE'S BEEN ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THIS YEAR IN HIS FOUR PRIOR RACES IN THE BUSCH SERIES. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN '07 CASEY IS OUT IN FRONT. HE'S THE NINTH DIFFERENT LEAD CHANGE THAT WE HAVE HAD HERE AT T >>> THIS WEEK HAS BEEN VERY HECTIC HERE IN TEXAS. TUESDAY WAS BRAD COLEMAN DAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> I'M NOT SURE THERE ARE MANY 19-YEAR-OLDS WHO HAVE A DAY NAMED AFTER THEM. >> THAT WAS REALLY COOL. THAT NIGHT, I WENT TO THE ROUND ROCK EXPRESS GAME AND THREW OUT THE FIRST PITCH, WHICH WAS MORE NERVE-RACKING THAN ANY RACE I HAVE BEEN IN. I GOT IT OVER THE PLATE. IT ALMOST HIT THE GROUND, BUT THEY CAUGHT IT BEFORE. >> YOU HAVE TO GO ONBOARD WITH BRAD COLEMAN ON BRAD COLEMAN DAY. WE WELCOME YOU BACK. LET'S GET YOU UP TO DATE ON WHAT HAPPENED SO FAR WITH OUR NASCAR.COM RESET. DALE JUNIOR'S RACE TEAM SIGNS JEREMY McGRATH, A SEVEN-TIME CHAMPION, PAIRING TWO OF THE MOST POPULAR DRIVERS IN THEIR VENUE. NOW WE GO OUT TO OUR CUT-AWAY CAR. >> THANKS, ERIK. EVERY TIME YOU HEAR ONE OF THESE GUYS TALK ABOUT WEDGE, WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS UNLOADING THE WHEELS. IT'S WEIGHT. THEY'RE TAKING WEIGHT OFF THE WHEEL. THAT'S GOING TO ENABLE THE CAR TO TURN AND RUN OFF THE MIDDLE OF THE CORNER AND BE FREER. AT THE SAME TOKEN, MARTIN WANTS A LOT OF CHANGES DONE. HE'S GOING TO COME IN HERE, PUT SOME TAPE ON THE GRILL RIGHT HERE. THAT'S GOING TO GIVE YOU DOWN FORCE, LOWER DRAG NUMBER. MAKE THE CAR RUN FASTER THROUGH THE MIDDLE TO THE CORNER. IT'S SHOWTIME. THEY'RE HERE TO FINISH THE RACE AND WIN THE RACE. YOU WANT TO RUN OFF THE CORNER FREE. THAT SPEED, D.J. AND ANDY, THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE. BACK UP TO YOU GUYS. >> FOR MORE ON THIS, LOGON TO ESPN.COM, YOUR SEARCH WORD IS AUTO TECH. HE'S TALKING ABOUT HOW THE RACE IS UNFOLDING. AND RIGHT NOW, CASEY MEARS IS TRYING TO OPEN UP A BIT OF A LEAD BY .6 OVER DENNY HAMLIN. >> I DON'T THINK DENNY IS TOO WORRIED ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW. HE'S NOT WORRIED ABOUT CASEY MEARS GETTING TOO FAR OUT ON HIM. ALTHOUGH, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE SEEN THE 24 CAR REALLY GET UP AND MIX IT UP WITH THOSE GUYS. IT'S LIKE A NEW PLAYER HAS SHOWED UP. >> A GREAT TIME TO GET ALL YOUR ADJUSTMENTS DONE RIGHT HIRE AT THE END OF THE RACE. CASEY HAS WORKED ON THE CAR AND GOTTEN IT TO THE POINT WHERE HE CAN BE OUT FRONT LEADING THIS. WE HAVEN'T TALKED A LOT ABOUT HIM. WE SAID HE KNOWS HOW TO GO FAST, BUT HE'S LOOKING TO ADD A WIN TO HIS RECORD. >> LET'S CHECK IN WITH VINCE WELCH. >> AND REMEMBER, CASEY MEARS RAN FIFTH IN ATLANTA IN THIS CAR. YOU SEE THE GUYS LOOKING ON FROM HIS PIT. THE 36th INFINITY LONE STAR DIVISION. CASEY MEARS CARRYING THEIR COLORS. 12,000 SOLDIERS, ROUGHLY TWO-THIRDS OF THE TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD. THEY'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE ROOTING ON THE LEADER. MEARS SAID THE CAR IS GOOD. 40 LAPS ON THESE TIRES, AND HE'S HOELTDING WELL. MEARS RESPONDED, HOW MANY LAPS LEFT IN THIS RACE? >> HE WANTS TO KNOW HOW MANY LAPS HE'S GOT TO DO THAT. DENNY HAMLIN IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE. EVERY TIME HE LOOKS IN THE MIRROR, THERE'S THE 20. >> THERE WERE ALL OF THOSE CARS THAT STAYED OUT. THEY'RE STILL A LITTLE AHEAD OF THE GROUP. THEY'RE 23 SECONDS BEHIND THE RACE LEADER RIGHT NOW. AND THEY NEED THAT YELLOW. >> THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A CAUTION. THE THING ABOUT BEING IN THAT POSITION AT THIS RACE TRACK, WE HAVE SEEN, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF YELLOW FLAGS. THIS IS A WIDE RACE TRACK. YOU HAVE A LOT OF BANKING IN THE CORNERS. SOMETHING HAS TO HAPPEN FOR THEM TO GET BACK INTO THIS RACE. >> TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, RIGHT NOW, WE WOULD BE TIED FOR THE FEWEST CAUTIONS EVER. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR AT FOUR. THE MOST, TEN IN 2003. >> OKAY, IT'S NOT LIKELY WE'LL GO ALL THE WAY TO THE FINISH WITHOUT A CAUTION, BUT THERE'S PROBABLY -- THERE WERE ABOUT 75 LAPS TO GO WHEN WE GOT TO THE GREEN LAST TIME. THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT IS GOING TO GET GOOD ENOUGH GAS MILEAGE TO ROLL THE TICE AND TRY THAT. >> WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT MIKE WALLACE ALL DAY, BUT HE SITS IN SEVENTH PLACE. HAMILTON JR. IN EIGHTH. ARE THEY IN A POSITION WHERE THEY CAN DO THAT AND MAKE THIS AN INTERESTING FINISH TO GREAT DAY? >> SPEAKING OF MIKE WALLACE, THE GUYS FOUND HIM ON CAMERA. YOU SEE MIKE'S NUMBERS. HE WAS AS LOW AS 33rd, AND RIGHT NOW, RUNNING IN SEVENTH. LET'S GET MORE ON MIKE WALLACE FROM MIKE MASSARO. >> AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, MARTY, MIKE WALLACE, VERY CONTENT TODAY. QUIET ON THE RADIO. THE TEAM HAS TOLD ME THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED VERY FEW PROBLEMS ALL DAY. LET'S NOT OVERLOOK ONE CRITICAL ELEMENT, A BRAND NEW CREW CHIEF WITH MIKE WALLACE TODAY. TAKING OVER FOR FRED WANKE. IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S INSTANT CHEMISTRY THERE FOR MIKE WALLACE. >> YOU HAVE MIKE RENO THERE. HE'S BEEN THE MANAGER THERE FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS. HE'S CAPABLE OF BEING A CREW CHIEF. HE TOOK OVER THIS JOB, AND HE'S GOT A LOT OF EXPERTISE IN SETTING THE CARS UP. IT'S MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE. >> THROUGH 156 LAPS, WE HAVE HAD SEVEN DIFFERENT LEADERS, NINE DIFFERENT LEAD CHANGE SAID. KASEY KAHNE PEELED OFF AND HEADED DOWN PIT LANE. YOU SEE THE BATTLE BETWEEN DAVID RAGAN AND JUAN PABLO MONTOYA. MONTOYA WON ON THE STREETS OF MEXICO CITY. >> THIS IS A STRATEGY PLAY. WE USE THE PHRASE SHORT PITTING. EARLIER IN THE RACE, WE'LL LET ANDY DESCRIBE WHAT THIS MEANS. THEY'RE SHORT PITTING THIS. THEY'RE INSIDE THE WINDOW TO MAKE THE FINISH ON FUEL. THEY'RE HOPING TO PIT, GET BACK ON THE RACE TRACK, AND HAVE OTHERS CATCH A BAD BREAK WITH NIR FUEL RUN, AND THE EVER SPEED ON TIRE MAY MAKE UP FOR LOST GROUND EARLIER. >> SHORT PITTING, THEY PIT BEFORE THE FUEL TANK RUNS OUT AND GET NEW TIRES ON THE CAR AND MAKE FAST LAPS AND MAKE UP TIME ON THE RACE TRACK FOR THE TIME THE CARS BEHIND THEM GET PITTED. IT'S GAMBLE WORTH TAKING A LOT OF TIMES. >> AND THE TRUTH IS THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO LOSE BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT IN FRONT AND IN CONTENTION. RIGHT NOW, THE MAN WHO IS UP FRONT IS RIGHT THERE, CASEY MEARS. WON HIS FIRST EVER RACE AT THE AGE OF 15 IN THE MICKEY THOMPSON STADIUM SERIES. THE ONLY REASON I CAN REMEMBER THIS IS I DID THAT RACE AND I SAID, THIS KID DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A DRIVER PS LICENSE YET. RIGHT NOW, HE'S OUT IN FRONT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2007 IN THE NASCAR BUSCH SERIES. WE HAVE 41 LAPS TO >>> TIGHTENED IT UP. I LOVE IT. >> SO WE'RE UNDER OUR FIFTH CAUTION. JUST AS WE WENT TO THE BREAK, THERE WERE DEBRIS REPORTED BETWEEN TURNS 1 AND 2, WHICH WAS THE KISS OF DEATH FOR KASEY KAHNE BECAUSE HE GOT HUNG OUT. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GETTING READY FOR THE LAST ROUND OF PIT STOPS. HERE COMES THE RACE LEADER, CASEY MEARS, FOLLOWED BY DENNY HAMLIN AND JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE. ALL 15 CARS. FOR THE FIVE CARS, PIT STOP, LET'S CHECK IN WITH MIKE. >> THIS IS THE CAUTION THAT KYLE BUSCH NEEDED. HE RADIOED IN ASKING HOW MANY LAPS ARE LEFT? ALLEN SAID 39. HE SAID, HOW MANY DID I RUN? HE SAID, 36. EMPHATICALLY, HE SAID, FREE ME UP. >> BREAK FOR KURT BUSCH, ALSO. HE COMES OUT. REJOINS THE LEAD GROUP. GOING TO ADD TAPE TO THE NOSE TO ADD GRIP. >> A VERY SMOOTH STOP FOR CASEY MEARS. FOUR NEW TIRES AND A SMASH OF FUEL AND THEY EXECUTED IT PERFECTLY. DAVE BURNS? >> AND THE REASON THE 20 CAR OF DENNY HAMLIN WAS A LITTLE SLOW COMING OFF PIT ROAD IS THEY PUT A PIECE OF TAPE ON THE FRONT OF THE CAR. DENNY SAID EARLIER WHEN I HAD DEBRIS ON THE FRONT OF THE CAR, THAT'S WHEN IT WORKED BEST. I THINK YOU'LL HELP MY RACE CAR. THEY DID THAT, TOOK ON FOUR TIRES AS WELL. >> JUAN MONTOYA HAS MOVED IN FRONT. PICKED UP THREE POSITIONS. HE ONLY TOOK TWO TIRES. WILL THIS WORK? WE HAVE 38 LAPS REMAINING. MONTOYA HAS WON ON THE STREETS OF MEXICO, BUT HE HAS NOT YET WON ON AN OVAL. THAT'S ONE OF HIS GOALS. SO JUAN PABLO MONTOYA IS IN FRONT HERE AT TEXAS. COME ON BACK AND FIND OUT IF HE CAN PICK UP HIS FIRST ONE ON THE OVAL. >>> THIS ONE OUT OF THE WAY NOW, AND THE NEXT ONE, WE NEED TO WIN ON AN OVAL. I WANT TO WIN ON AN OVAL. >> OF COURSE, THAT WAS HIS WIN INTERVIEW AT MEXICO. BUT SINCE WE WENT TO BREAK, AS HE HAS GOT A PROBLEM WITH A LUG NUT THAT CAME OFF, WAS NOT ON THE CAR. SO THE TWO-TIRE STRATEGY FAILED. THEY HAD TO COME BACK IN. THEY DID PUT THE OTHER LEFT SIDE TIRES ON. HE'S GOT FOUR FRESH GOODYEARS, BUT HE'S MUCH FURTHER BACK IN THIS FIELD AS WE'RE GETTING @ READY TO GO BACK TO GREEN FLAG RACING WITH 36 LAPS TO GO. THE PACE CAR COMES DOWN. IT'S HAMLIN, MEARS, RAGAN. AND THEY'RE SHOWING MONTOY AIN FOURTH, BULL BUT WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE WHERE THAT SHAKES OUT AS WE'RE BACK TO GREEN HERE IN TEXAS. WHOA. LOOK OUT. THE 5 CAR ALMOST LOST IT. >> HE'S LUCKY HE DIDN'T HIT THE WALL RIGHT THERE. >> THREE WIDE. TWO WIDE RIGHT HERE. >> YOU KNOW, HE'S GOING TO BE GIVING EVERYTHING HE'S GOT RIGHT NOW. HE KNOW TZ HE DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME. THE 20 CAR, WHO HAS BEEN THE ONE CAR TO CHALLENGE HIM ALL DAY, WAS OUT FRONT AND HAD CLEAN AIR. HE'S HAVING TO DO EVERYTHING HE CAN TO GET UP THERE. >> WHEN YOU HAVE A FAST CAR, YOU HAVE TO CAPITALIZE ON IT. IF HE COULD HAVE MADE THAT MOVE WORK, HE COULD HAVE PASSED FIVE CARS. >> WE HAVE A CRASH. JUAN MONTOYA HAS HIT THE WALL. HE BRUSHED IT ON THE RIGHT SIDE. >> KEEP DIGGING. >> HOW MUCH DAMAGE DID HE DO? HE'S FIGHTING THE WHEEL. >> HE'S BEEN TEMPTING THAT ALL DAY UP THERE. YOU CAN GET UP THERE AND MAKE IT WORK A LOT OF TIMES, BUT YOU'RE TEMPTING IT EVERY TIME. AND YOU CATCH IT THE WRONG TIME, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN THE WALL. THAT'S UNFORTUNATE FOR THEM. HE HAD A GREAT STRATEGY. IT WAS GOING TO BE FUN TO SEE WHAT WORKED OW. THEY DIDN'T GET THE LUG NUT ON THAT STOP. >> RIGHT NOW, IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE. LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK. >> ENTERING HIGH HERE. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE RIGHT HERE IS WHERE THE BUMP IS. HE HIT THAT. YOU LOSE A LITTLE BIT OF TRACTION WITH THE FRONT TIRES. ALL IT TAKES IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A BUMP AND YOU LOSE TRACTION WITH THE TIRES. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. HE TRIED TO STAY IN THE GAS. DWL YOU'RE RIGHT. RUNNING THE SPRINGS WHERE THEY'RE COMPLETELY COLLAPSED IN THE FRONT. YOU GET THE CAR DOWN LOW, BUT IT MAKES FOR A HARSH RIDE. A BUMPY RACE TRACK AGGRAVATES THAT. >> IT WAS UNFORTUNATE. THEY HAD A GREAT STRATEGY FIGURED OUT. HE'S A GREAT CREW CHIEF, AND THERE'S MORE DEBRIS. >> A REPORT OF DEBRIS ON THE FRONT STRETCH. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR SIXTH CAUTION OF THE DAY COME OUT HERE WITH 31 LAPS TO GO. YOU'RE RIGHT, A VERY GOOD, STRONG RUN HAS GONE SOUTH FOR THE 42 TEAM. >> YEAH, IT WAS JUST LOOKING SO GOOD FOR THEM. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IN A FEW LAPS, IT'S OVER FOR THEM. >> THERE'S PROBABLY LOT OF CREW CHIEFS WATCHING THIS RACE TODAY, AND THEY WERE GOING TO BE INTERESTED TO SEE HOW THE TWO-TIRE STRATEGY WORKED. THAT'S LOT OF THE REASON WE WATCH THE RACES AND PAY ATTENTION, TO SEE THINGS LIKE THAT. >> WE'LL LET YOU RIDE ONBOARD WITH JUAN PABLO MONTOYA. YOU'LL GET TO HEAR WHAT HE HEARD AS HE WENT TOO HIGH AND HIT THE WALL. STAY WITH US. ♪ ON MY WAY TO TEXAS BECAUSE THE WEST COAST AIN'T NO FUN ♪ ♪ GOT A FEELING LIKE MY TIME ANTELONG ♪ ♪ I'M GOING TO HAVE ME SOME FUN ♪ >> WE'RE HAVING SOME FUN IN TEXAS. WE HAVE 29 LAPS TO GO. THERE'S OUR IN-RACE REPORTER. >> MARK MARTIN, DALE JARRETT. YOU HAVE A COPY? >> YEAH. >> SITTING IN EIGHTH RIGHT NOW. A LITTLE LESS THAN 30 TO GO. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR THOSE GUYS UP FRONT? >> FOR SOME OF THEM, YES. FOR SOME, PROBABLY NOT. WE'RE MAKING OUR WAY BACK UP FROM GETTING TRAPPED ON THAT GREEN FLAG STOP. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BETTER THAN SOME OF THOSE GUYS AND WE'RE FIXING TO GET AFTER THEM. >> GOOD LUCK. WE'LL BE WATCHING. AND WE'RE WAITING TO SEE IF THE PACE LIGHTS@ WILL GO OUT ON THE PACE CAR THIS TIME. YES, THEY WILL.$7 THERE WILL BE ONE LAP TO GO.@W AND DAVE BURNS, DENNY HAMLIN STILL OUT IN FRONT.N >> THERE MIGHT BE A COUPLE REASONS WHY HE STAYS OUT IN FRONT AND PERHAPS WINS THE RACE. HERE IS A REPLAY OF WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE FRONT TIRE CARRIER PLACED THE PIECE OF TAPE RIGHT THERE ON THE GRILL TO HELP KEEP THE CAR LOOSENED UP ENOUGH FOR DENNY. DURING THE RUN, HE SAID THAT BECAUSE THE TIGHTEST THE CAR HAD BEEN ALL DAY. HE PLACED THE TIRE ON THE RIGHT FRONT, THE LEFT FRONT, AND BEFORE HE LEFT, WAS ABLE TO PLACE THE TAPE ON THERE. AND DURING THE BREAK, I HEARD YOU TALKING ABOUT, THE 20 BEAT THEp 24 OFF PIT ROAD, AND THAT MAY HAVE WON HIM THE RACE. >> HE DID. HE DIDN'T SPEED OFF PIT ROAD, BUT HE BEAT THE 24. >> HE DID A GREAT JOB OF NOT SPINNING THE TIRES. SO MANY TIMES, YOU'RE IN THE POSITION AND SEE THE CAR COMING BY YOU ON THE OUTSIDE. YOU WANT TO GET TO THE GAS AND SPIN THE TIRES. DENNY DID A GREAT JOB OF NOT DOING THAT. HE WAS ABLT TO MAKE THE PASS. THAT COULD VERY WELL WIN HIM THE RACE. >> OUR VIEWERS SAW THAT LITTLE PIECE OF TAPE. IT'S TWO INCHES BY TWO INCHES AND SOME OF THEM ARE SAYING, HOW IN THE HECK CAN THAT MAKE ALL OF THE DIFFERENCE? >> THEY DID JUST GET A SMALL PIECE ON THERE, BUT IT PUTS MORE DOWNFORCE ON THE WHEELS AND MAKES THE CAR RUN FASTER THROUGH THE MIDDLE AND CORNER. >> ALL RIGHT. WE'RE ABOUT TO GO BACK TO GREEN FLAG RACING HERE AT TEXAS AS WE GO FULL THROTTLE. >> GET READY. >> CLEAR ALL AROUND. >> YOU'RE CLEAR. CLEAR, CLEAR, CLEAR. >> ONE ON THE BOTTOM. CLEAR HIGH. CLEAR HIGH. >> THAT'S THE VIEW FROM DAVID GILLILAND. HE'S WELL BACK IN THE 28th SPOT, BUT DENNY HAMLIN, CASEY MEARS, AND NOW CARL EDWARDS RUNNING ONE, TWO, AND THREE. AND KEEP AN EYE OUT. LOOK OUT. THERE IS KYLE BUSCH TRYING TO CUT HIS WAY THROUGH. HE IS SEVENTH. REUTIMANN IS SIXTH. AND KURT BUSCH IS HOT ON BROTHER KYLE'S TAIL. >> HE DID HAVE IT MADE. HE WAS ON THE INSIDE OF REUTIMANN, WHO HAS DONE A TERRIFIC JOB TODAY. ONCE HE GOT THE WATER BAG OUT OF HIS WAY, HE'S BEEN RUNNING THE TOP TEN MOST OF THE DAY. KYLE GOT TRAPPED BEHIND A LAP CAR, AND THAT SLOWED HIS MOMENTUM. >> GREAT BATTLE FOR THIRD. THAT'S EDWARDS GOING AROUND KENSETH. HE HAD THAT SPIN, GUYS. >> GOOD SAVE BY EDWARDS COMING OFF TURN 2. HAD IT SIDEWAYS. MAYBE GOT A LOVE TAP FROM HIS TEAMMATES. WE HAVE CRAZY RACING ALL OVER THE RACE TRACK. >> THERE WAS THE TURN. >> MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF PAYBACK RIGHT THERE. THESE GUYS ARE SO GOOD, THEY CAN DO THAT AND NOT CRASH. THAT'S HARD TO DO. >> IT REALLY IS, BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU HAVE THESE CARS ON A RESTART, THEY'RE PRETTY LOOSE. IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH. IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN A TAP, BUT JUST THE AIR WILL DO THAT, AS WE SHOWED EARLY ON. MATT KENSETH LOOKS REALLY STRONG RIGHT NOW. IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF HE CAN GET TO THE FRONT. >> WHEN HE HAD THE TIRE GO AWAY, WE THOUGHT HIS DAY WAS OVER. WHAT IS GOING ON? >> THE TIRE PROBLEMS COULD PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. THERE WAS ANOTHER SET OF TIRES TAKEN OFF THE 17 CAR ONE LAP LATER. AND IT WAS BEGINNING TO SHOW CORDS. THE TIRE THAT WENT DOWN EARLIER WAS ON THE SAME RIM, THE RIGHT REAR. THAT TIRE, WE WERE UNABLE TO SHOW YOU. IT HAD TWO CUTS IN IT. 1 SMALL ONE WHICH GENERATED A SMALL LEAK THAT TURNS INTO A BIG BLOWOUT THE SIZE OF A CD OR DVD. MATT KENSETH AND TAT THAT TEAM CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR TIRES. >> JUST IN CASE YOU'RE TUNING IN AND DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, LET'S TAKE YOU BACK TO THAT MOMENT IN THE RACE. IT BROUGHT OUT ONE OF OUR SIX CAUTIONS. THIS WAS A GREAT JOB OF KEEPING IT OFF THE WALL. >> SO LUCKY NOT TO HIT THE WALL. THE OTHER TIRE IS BLOWN OUT AFTER HE SPINS. THE ONE THING MATT HAS ON HIS SIDE IS THAT THIS RUN TO THE END IS NOT AS LONG. HOPEFULLY, HE WON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM IN THE LAST RUN. IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S DOING JUST THAT. >> WE TALK ABOUT THE RIGHT REAR TIRE BEING THE ONE. THAT SHOWS YOU HOW LOOSE HE'S RUNNING IT. IF HE'S WEARING THAT TIRE, IT'S FOR A REASON. HE'S GOT IT HUNG OUT, AND HE'S UP NEAR CASEY MEARS RIGHT NOW. >> ONE THING I HAVE SEEN THE 17 CAR DO IS WORK THE TOP SIDE OF THE RACE TRACK. HE'S USING THE UPPER LANE AND GETTING THE MOMENTUM. YOU'RE RUNNING RIGHT OUTSIDE OF WHERE THE RUBBER IS. >> TROUBLE DEN FOR JUAN MONTOYA. HE HAS TURNED IT INTO THE WALL. WE WILL HAVE OUR SEVENTH CAUTION COMING OUT HERE WITH 20 LAPS TO GO. >> THAT CAR COULDN'T GET ANY WORSE. >> TEN LAPS AGO, THAT CAR LOOKED PRISTINE. TWO-TIRE STOP, AND THEY WERE LEADING THE RACE AND GOING TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. JUST SHOWS YOU HOW FICKLE THIS BUSINESS IS. >> IT CAN HURT YOU SOMETIMES, I TELL YOU. IT'S CRUEL. >> SO THERE IS THE GANASSI TEAM. THEY'LL PACK IT UP AND HEAD ON DOWN THE HIGHWAY. THE FIRST OVAL WIN WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR ANOTHER DAY. WE'LL STEP ASIDE FOR JUST A MOMENT. AS WE SAID, WE HAVE 20 LAPS TO GO UNDER OUR SEVENTH CAUTION HERE WITH DENNY HAMLIN, CASEY >>> BACK HERE AT TEXAS, YOU SAW WHAT WE SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME WHEN WE WENT TO BREAK. IT WAS MARCOS AMBROSE IN THE 59 THAT GOT INTO MONTOYA. >> LOOKS LIKE THESE TWO ROOKIES WERE AUGUSTING OVER SPACE. AND IT TOOK OUT BOTH OF THEM RIGHT HERE. THE TOP TWO ROOKIE CONTENDERS. WE EXPLAINED EARLIER, THE GUY ON THE INSIDE HAS A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY THERE NOT TO USE UP TOO MUCH OF THE SPACE BECAUSE IT'S EASY. YOUR CAR FLATTENS OUT RIGHT HERE. THE TRACK DOES. IT'S EASY TO LOSE SOME GRIP. IT'S UP TO THE INSIDE GUY BECAUSE THE OUTSIDE GUY DOESN'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO. >> THAT'S THE PART THAT WE SAW WHERE HE WAS TURNING INTO THE WALL. YOU MENTION THE FACT, THERE IS AMBROSE'S CAR BEING PUSHED. THESE ARE THE TWO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR CONTENDERS. IT'S AMBROSE LEADING BY FOUR POINTS OVER JUAN PABLO MONTOYA. WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT HOW THE NEW STANDINGS COME OUT AFTER THIS RACE IS COMPLETED. >> WE SAW THE 06 OF MARK MARTIN MAKE A PIT STOP UNDER THIS CAUTION. I GUESS HE WAS GOING BACKWARDS AND DECIDE TODAY COME IN AND GET TIRES. >> IT'S ALWAYS NICER TO BE GOING FORWARD THAN TO BE PASSED. >> I WOULD MUCH RATHER BE ON OFFENSE THAN DEFENSE. >> WE'RE STILL UNDER OUR SEVENTH CAUTION. WE HAVE 17 LAPS TO GO. AND THIS RACE IS FAR FR@ ♪ SWEET EMOTIONS ♪ >> THE THING I LIKE ABOUT TEXAS IS THERE'S A LOT OF SPEED THERE. >> TEXAS IS A REALLY FAST PLACE. ALWAYS HAS BEEN. >> INTHE GROOVE HETS YOU RUN AROUND THE BOTTOM AND THE TOP. >> COMING IN THROUGH THE CORNERS, NOT AS MUCH HORSEPOWER. >> WE CAN RACE SIDE BY SIDE. IT'S MORE FUN TO TRY TO PASS SOMEBODY. I REALLY ENJOY THE RACE TRACK. >> WE'RE ENJOYING OUR DAY HERE. YOU SEE THE SUN TRYING TO POP OUT. WE'RE JUST ABOUT READY TO GO BACK TO GREEN FLAG RACING. LET'S CHECK IN WITH ALLEN BESTWICK. >> WITH THE TWO DRIVERS INVOLVED IN THE LAST INCIDENT. I'LL START WITH YOU, MARCOS. YOU CAME BY AND WHAT DID YOU SAY? >> SORRY. WE HAD A BROKEN LEFT SHOCK. I WAS TRYING TO BRING IT HOME AS BEST WE COULD. I LOST ALL OF THE FRONT AIR FORCE AND GRIP. I'LL TAKE THE BLAME FOR IT. I FEEL BAD. THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES. >> AND JUAN PABLO, YOU HAD A GOOD RACE GOING THAT UNRAVELLED IN A HURRY. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? >> I KIND OF SCREWED UP. WHEN THEY WERE FINISHISH THE RIGHT REAR, AS SOON AS THEY STARTED DROPPING, I LET THE CLUTCH DROP. WE MISSED ONE OF THE NUTS. I HAD TO COME BACK IN. WE PUT ON ANOTHER TWO TIRES. WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE UP GROUND, IT'S HARD. THE CAR WAS LOOSE TO START WITH. I WENT OUTSIDE THE 37, I THINK IT WAS BIFFLE, AND HE CAME ON ME A LITTLE BIT, SO I HAD TO TURN OFF ON THE TURN BACK AND WENT STRAIGHT TO THE WALL. THAT WAS THAT. >> AND IT KEPT UNRAVELING FROM THERE. THANKS FOR THE TIME. >> WE HAVE 15 LAPS TO GO. THE PACE CAR WILL BE PULLING DOWN MOMENTARILY. IT'S ABOUT TIME TO GO FULL THROTTLE ONCE AGAIN. >> YOU START THE RACE. >> GET READY. >> GET READY. GREEN FLAG. >> TAKE A LOOK. THERE IS CARL EDWARDS AND MATT KENSETH. AND THEY SPLIT DAVID STREMME. >> IT'S TIME TO GO. HE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO WAIT ON THE LAP CAR. THESE TWO GUYS ARE DUKING IT OUT. THEY DON'T HAVE BUT A FEW LAPS TO GET IT DONE. >> I DON'T KNOW IF MATT SPUN THE TIRES OR WHAT. HE DIDN'T GET A GOOD START AND ALLOWS CARL TO GET ALONGSIDE HIM. MATT KENSETH HAS BEEN TRYING TO WORK THE TOP GROOVE. IT TAKES A LAP OR TWO TO GET IT WOUND UP THERE. >> THESE TWO ROUSH TEAMMATES ARE REALLY FAST. >> LET'S SET IT FOR YOU. IT'S HAMLIN IN FRONT IN THE 20. THEN YOU HAVE THE 24 OF MEARS. THEN YOU HAVE EDWARDS, AND OF COURSE, KENSETH RIGHT THERE. YOUR TOP FOUR. >> LET'S GO BACK AND TALK ABOUT DAVID RAGAN FOR A SECOND WHO HAS DONE A TERRIFIC JOB JRB STARTED FROM THE POLE AND HAS DONE EXACTLY WHAT HE AND HIS CREW TALKED ABOUT. GOT EXPERIENCE AND RUN A LOT OF LAPS. THAT'S ONLY GOING TO HELP HIM TOMORROW. >> DAVE BURNS, YOU HAVE MORE ON THE 6 CAR. >> I TALKED WITH MIKE KELLY. THE DRIVE OFF THE CORNERS HAVE IMPROVED DRAMATICALLY. HE'S IN THE TOP FIVE AND GOOD TO DRIVE. >> TAKE A LOOK. THE BATTLE FOR SECOND NOW. HERE COMES KENSETH, AND EDWARDS AROUND THE 24 OF CASEY MEARS. >> IT'S HEATING UP UP FRONT. WE ONLY HAVE 11 LAPS TO GO. THAT'S GOING TO BE A REAL ADVANTAGE FOR HIM. HE'S WORKING. HE'S BEING COMMITTED TO IT. HE'S GOING TO TRY TO MAKE IT WORK. >> DENNY HAMLIN IS COMMITTED TO THE BOTTOM. HAS BEEN THERE ALL DAY. THAT'S WHERE HE WAS PASSING EVERYBODY HE CAME TO. THIS IS GOING TO GET VERY INTERESTING TOWARDS THE END. >> WE SEE ALL OF THE ROUSH CARS COMING RIGHT TO THE FRONT AT THE END OF THE RACE. WE HEARD THE CREW CHIEF OF THE SIX CAR SAYING YOU HAVE TO BE THERE TO FINISH TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO WIN. HE'S THERE. HE'S IN POSITION. THIS IS THE KIND OF POSITION YOU WANT TO BE IN. >> YOU'RE IN FIFTH. ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN FROM THIS POINT. IT DOESN'T EVEN TAKE AN ACCIDENT. THESE GUYS GET TO RACING SIDE BY SIDE, AND YOU CAN FIND YOURSELF IN A BATTLE FOR THE LEAD. >> DENNY HAMLIN STILL OUT IN FRONT WITH NINE LAPS REMAINING. HIS MARGIN, JUST .3 SECOND. AND KENSETH HAS THE HIGH GROOVE WORKING. >> HE MEET BEAT DENNY BY .01. >> THE 20 CAR, GET OFF THE GAS A LITTLE BIT. HE HAD THAT BIG, WHAT I CALL BILLY GOAT RUN. >> WHAT IS A BILLY GOAT RUN? >> YOU JUST SAW IT RIGHT THERE. KENSETH JUST DID IT. >> MATT KENSETH, AFTER SPINNING, AFTER HAVING A TIRE GET CUT DOWN ON HIM, HE IS BACK IN FRONT OF THIS RACE. AND HE'S PULLING AWAY. >> EARLY IN THIS RACE, I THINK ALLEN BESTWICK POINTED OUT THAT MATT KENSETH WASN'T VERY HAPPY WITH HIS CAR OR SOMETHING, AND I WAS GOING TO MAKE THE POINT HE MAY BE PLAYING A LITTLE COY THERE. MATT KENSETH WAS GOING TO BE THE GUY YOU WANT TO BEAT. I WOULD HAVE LOOKED SMART IF I GOT IT OUT AT THAT TIME. IT'S EASY TO SAY NOW. HE'S DONE A TERRIFIC JOB COMING BACK FROM ALL OF THE ADVERSITY. >> EDWARDS GETS AROUND MEARS AND THEN HAD A GESTURE OUT THE LEFT FRONT. >> SOMETIMES THE DRIVERS SIGNAL, YOU GAVE ME ROOM. I APPRECIATE IT. I DON'T THINK IT WAS ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT. >> I DON'T THINK SO, EERTHD. AND CARL IS LIKE THAT. AND HE DOES THE SAME THING FOR YOU IF YOU'RE THE ONE MAKING THE PASS ON HIM. >> CASEY IS SAYING, THE HECK WITH THE GESTURE. LET ME GO BACK AROUND YOU. >> ALMOST GOT INTO THE WALL. THE HANDLING HAS JUST GONE AWAY. WE HAD SUN COME OUT. IT'S CHANGED THE RACE TRACK A LITTLE BIT. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S PLAYED INTO MATT KENSETH'S HANDS. >> WE ONLY HAVE SIX LAPS TO GO, AND HAMLIN IS NOT LETTING KENSETH THAT FAR AHEAD. >> HERE HE COMES ON THE INSIDE. >> THIS TIME BY, IT'S FIVE LAPS REMAINING. KENSETH STILL IN FRONT. YOU KNOW YOU'RE SEEING ALL THESE TWO CARS HAVE RIGHT NOW. >> AND TWO TALENTED DRIVERS. IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW MUCH MOVE MATT MIGHT GIVE HIM. THE HIGH LINE IS WORKING FOR HIM. IS HE GOING TO OPEN THAT UP AND GIVE HIM THE GROOVE. >> THIS IS WHAT WE HEARD ABOUT DENNY IN THE CORNERS. >> A LITTLE LOOSER ON ONE SIDE. AND STILL ON THE STRAIGHT AWAY. >> SO THERE'S DENNY AND HIS TEAM ON THE COMMUNICATIONS. RIGHT NOW, BOTH OF THEM, AS YOU CAN SEE, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOGON TO ESPN.COM. YOUR SEARCH WORD, COMMUNICATIONS. >> 17 CAR WIGGLED JUST A LITTLE BIT OFF THE CORNER. HE DIDN'T HAVE TO GET OFF THE THROTTLE. >> THE 20 CAR WAS ON HIS BUMMER. HE'S GOING TO STAY UP WHERE HE CAN GET THE RUN AND UTILIZE THE POWER DOWN THE STRAIGHT AWAY. >> THE UPPER GROOVE IS GOING TO BE A BIG ADVANTAGE FOR HIM. THREE LAPS TO GO. IT SEEMS TO WORK BETTER IN 3 AND 4 THAN IT DOES IN 1 AND 2. >> YOU HEARD THE SPOTTER. THREE LAPS TO GO. >> YOU HAVE A GOOD RUN THROUGH THE CORNER THERE. HE'S PUT JUST A LITTLE BIT OF DISTANCE. WE'LL SEE IF HE GOES BACK TO THE TOP SIDE IN 3 AND 4. WELL, HE'S KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE. YOU SEE THE CAR WIGGLE A LITTLE BIT AS HE GOT INTO THE CORNER. HE'S ABLE TO GET BACK TO THE THROTTLE. >> HE WOULD LOVE TO GET DOWN THERE AND BLOCK THE 20 CAR, BUT HE KNOWS THE UPPER GROOVE IS HIS BEST GROOVE. >> KENSETH HAS BEEN SO GOOD AT TEXAS WRRK. NINE TOP TENS IN 11 RACES. HE WON IN THE 2004 RACE. FINISHED FIFTH HERE LAST APRIL, AND HE'S GOING TO BE ONE LAP AWAY FROM PICKING ABOUT ANOTHER WIN HERE AT TEXAS. >> YOU THINK THIS BUSCH RACE DOESN'T MEAN A LOT TO HIM? HE'S DRIVING THE WHEELS OFF THIS. HE'S USING ALL OF THE RACE TRACK TO TRY TO KEEP HAMLIN BEHIND HIM. >> SPOTTER IS NOT EXCITED. I SURE AS HECK AM. >> BOB JEFFRIES NEVER GOT EXCITED, BUT HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB. THIS IS INTERESTING. INTERESTING TO SEE AS WE GO TO 3 AND 4, WILL MATT GO HIGH. >> AND DOES DENNY HAMLIN HAVE ANYTHING LEFT FOR THE FINAL STRETCH. HAMLIN IS GOING TO GO LOW. CAN HE HOLD IT DOWN THERE? KENSETH IS LOVING THE HIGH LINE. HE'S GOING TO DO IT AGAIN. HE TAKES THE WIN. HERE IN TEXAS, AFTER SPINNING EARLY IN THE RACE. >> WOW. WHAT A GREAT JOB BY THAT CREW AND MY MATT CANE STH. AS MANY GOOD RACE CARS HE HAD TO PASS AND COME BACK TO WIN THIS RACE. >> GREAT JOB, YOU GUYS. GOOD RECOVERY. >> THAT BABY WAS HUNG OUT THERE. >> 23rd CAREER BUSCH SERIES WIN. SIXTH PLACE IN THE ALL-TIME LIST. AS THERE IS YOUR WINNER. >> THAT'S AWESOME. >> LET'S CHECK IN WITH ALLEN. >> AND A SMILING CREW CHIEF. WHEN HE SPUN OUT EARLIER IN THE RACE, HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU LOOKING AT THE CAR TO FIGURE OUT, MAYBE WE'RE NOT OUT OF THIS? >> YOU'RE NEVER OUT WITH MATT KENSETH. ROUSH'S POWER AND FENWAY BEHIND US YORX YOU'RE NEVER OUT. WE TRIED AIR PRESSURE THINGS FOR TOMORROW WHEN WE THOUGHT WE DIDN'T HAVE A SHOT TO WIN IT. WE GOT LUCKY AND CAME OUT SIXTH AFTER THE KAUGDZ. WE KNEW WE MIGHT HAVE A SHOT TO WIN IT. WE PUT OUR AIR PRESSURE BACK, AND HE TOOK OFF. >> TOOK OFF, HE DID. YOU'RE TAKING OFF TO VICTORY LANE. CONGRATULATIONS. >> I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BURN UP SOME GOODYEARS AT THE START/FINISH LINE. THE THIRD TIME WINNER HERE, BURTON, EDWARDS, AND NOW KENSETH. >>> WELCOME BACK TO THE NASCAR BUSCH SERIES AT TEXAS, PRESENTED BY STAR MOTORCYCLES. RACES IN THE BOOKS. YOU CAN SEE THE SMOKE OF THE 17 FILTERING INTO THE CROWD. 17 IS YOUR WINNER. THE 23rd BUSCH WIN. THAT PUTS HIM SIXTH ALL TIME. CONGRATULATIONS TO MATT KENSETH. NOW LET'S GO TO DAVE BURNS WHO IS WITH DENNY HAMLIN. >> HE LED A LOT OF LAPS, DID NOT WIN THE RACE, BUT RAN A STRONG RACE. THE FIRST THING OVER THE RADIO WAS AN APOLOGY. WHAT WAS THAT FOR? >> JUST GIVING IT AWAY. WE WERE FAST, BUT WE WERE ON THE EDGE. IT GOT LOOSE, AND THE AERO, AS SOONS HE GOT UP FRONT, I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING WITH HIM. I COULD GET UNDER HIM, BUT HE WOULD GET THE GOOD RUNS OFF. I GAVE ONE AWAY TO MY CREW. THEY DESERVED TO WIN. >> IT'S BEEN 28 RACES SINCE DENNY HAS WON IN THE BUSCH SERIES. TO VICTORY LANE AND MIKE MASSARO. >> MATT KENSETH CLIMBING FROM THE CAR. VICTORIOUS FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS YEAR. SAME CAR HE WON WITH IN CALIFORNIA. THE SAME RESULT HERE IN TEXAS. BEFORE THE RACE, YOU TOLD ME YOU WEREN'T THAT CONFIDENT, WHY? >> WE WEREN'T THAT GREAT ON THURSDAY. WE HAD GREAT PIT SPOTS AND WERE ABLE TO AND BACK FROM BLOWING OUT THE TIRE. THINGS CAME OUR WAY WITH THE GREEN FLAG. IT'S ALSOM FOR THE ARBY'S DEAL. >> ONE HECK OF A RALLY. WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS EARLY IN THE RACE WHEN YOU SPUN THIS OUT AND HAD TIRE PROBLEMS? >> MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS I HOPE I DIDN'T HIT ANYTHING. I HEARD SOMETHING BREAK. I WAS ABLE TO PASS OFF DUMB THING YZ ALL DONE AND FIGURE OUT NOT TO HIT THE WALL. A LOT OF IT WAS LUCK. WE GOT BACK AND LOST A LAP, BUT WE FIXED THE CAR AND IT WAS STILL FAST AFTERWARDS. >> 81 GRATULATIONS. HE PICKS UP HIS SECOND WIN HERE AT THE TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY. THE FIRST CAME BACK IN 2004. >> HERE ARE YOUR POINTS STANDINGS. BUSCH STYLE. YOU SEE CARL EDWARDS STILL MAINTAINS THE LEAD. BLANEY IN SECOND. KEVIN HARVICK ROUNDS OUT THE TOP THREE. YOU REALLY START TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE NAMES MOVING UP THE CHARTS. WILL ANYONE ULTIMATELY CATCH CARL EDWARDS. DAVID REUTIMANN, TOYOTA, DAVE BLANEY, TWO OF THE TOP FIVE ARE BOTH TOYOTAS. WE'LL KEEP IT ROLLING FROM THE TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY. MATT KENSETH, YOUR WINNER, RACE IN THE BOOKS. >>> THE NASCAR BUSCH SERIES IS PRESENTED BY STAR MOTORCYCLES. @@ >>> WELL, MATT KENSETH IS THE WINNER. THIRD PLACE IS CARL EDWARDS. IN EIGHT BUSCH RACES, HE'S HAD SEVEN TOP FIVES AND ONE SIXTH. >> WELL, CARL WAS SAYING HE HAD A GOOD VIEW OF MATT AND DENNY BATTLING IT OUT. DID YOU THINK THERE WAS GOING TO BE A LITTLE CONTACT THERE? >> PART OF ME WAS HOPING DENNY WOULD HIT HIM AND I COULD GET BY THEM. IT'S GOOD TO SEE MATT THAT HAPPY. HE DESERVES TO WIN THE RACE. I HAVE TO THANK SCOTT'S, OFFICE DEPOT, COCA COLA. ALL OF MY SPONSORS, REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE AND HAVE SUCH A GREAT RACE. >> AT WHAT SPOT DID YOU THINK YOU MADE AN ADJUSTMENT YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE MADE? >> THE LAST SPOT. IT WAS SO FAST BEFORE. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO. AS IT TURNED OUT, WE HAD A GREAT RACE. MAN, I WANT TODAY WIN THAT THING. MATT IS JUST SUCH A GREAT GUY. CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM. >> CARL EDWARDS, THIRD PLACE TODAY. ALLEN BESTWICK? >> WITH FOURTH PLACE CASEY MEARS. PLEASED OR DISAPPOINTED WITH FOURTH? >> DISAPPOINTED. WE COULD HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WIN THE RACE. A LITTLE TOO LOOSE AT INEND. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT PLAYED OUT IN THE PIT SPOT. I NEVER SAW HIM OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE SO IT'S WEIRD HE BEAT ME OUT. THAT WAS UNFORTUNATE. I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THE 36 ON THE HOOD THIS WEEKEND. HOLDING THE NATIONAL GUARD NAME OUT PROUD. EVERY TIME WE GO OUT, WE'RE IN THE TOP FIVE FINISH. A LITTLE MORE WORK, AND WE'LL WIN ONE OF THESE. >> FOURTH PLACE TODAY FOR CASEYn MEARS. >> AND ROUND OUT THE TOP FIVE WITH DAVID RAGAN AND A FINE RUN FROM OUR POLE SITTER AS YOU SEE THE PHOTOS BEING READY TO BE TAKEN. THERE IS JACK ROUSH. ApÑ FROM THE STRIP AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY. >>> BACK AT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY. HIS TEAMMATE, DAVID RAGAN, THE BEST FINISH OF HIS CAREER. HE FINISHED FIFTH. HOW BIG A STEP IS THIS FOR YOU IN YOUR RACING CAREER, DOING DOUBLE DUTY AT TRACKS LIKE THIS? >> IT'S GOING TO HELP FOR TOMORROW, BUT A GOOD POINT TODAY. WE STRUGGLED LAST WEEK. AND AN UNFORTUNATE EVENT THAT COST US POINTS. A STRONG FINISH. WE'LL TAKE A FIFTH FOR THE DISCOUNT TIRE TEAM. WE'RE HAPPY TO GET OUT HERE IN ONE PIECE. THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF OUR BEST DOWN FORCE CARS. >> STARTED ON THE POLE TODAY. FINISHED FIFTH. MARTY, I GUESS JACK MADE A GOOD DECISION FOR THIS YOUNG DRIVER. >> YES, HE DID. THREE ROUSH DRIVERS IN THE TOP FIVE. THERE IS JACK. CHANGED HATS, AS THEY'RE DOING THE HAT DANCE DOWN IN VICTORY LANE. LET'S BRING IN DALE JARRETT AND ANDY PETREE. WHAT DID YOU THINK OF YOUR FIRST EXPERIENCE? >> I HAD A GREAT TIME. THANKS FOR MAKING MY JOB LOT EASIER. A RACED AGAINST THESE GUYS AND I KNOW HOW GOOD THEY ARE, BUT YOU GET UP HERE AND WATCH SOME OF THE THINGS THEY DO, THEN YOU HAVE AN EVEN BETTER AND BIGGER APPRECIATION FOR HOW GOOD THESE GUYS ARE. LOT OF FUN, A GREAT RACE, AND I'M GLAD I COULD BE A PART OF IT. >> YOUR DEBUT WAS GOOD AND STRONG. LET'S HEAD TO NEXT WEEK. >> WE'RE GOING TO DO NIGHT RACING IN PHOENIX NEXT WEEK. IF IT HEATS UP LIKE IT DID TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT RACE THERE, TOO. I CAN'T WAIT TO GET BACK IN THE BOOTH AT PHOENIX AND DO IT AGAIN. >> WHO DOES THAT RACE FAVOR BEING AT NIGHT? IN K GOINGOU RIGHT NOW? SAY. HARD KYLE BUSCH RAN SUCH A GOOD RACE TODAY. YOU HAVE TO FIGURE HE'S GOING TO -- HE'S DUE. HE'S GOING TO GET ONE. AND PHENETIC MIGHT BE A PLACE TO DO IT. >> DID YOU EVER HAVE A DROUGHT WHERE NOTHING WORKED OUT AT THE END? >> YOU GO THROUGH THOSE TIMES. IF YOU STAY AROUND THIS BUSINESS LONG ENOUGH, ALL OF THAT IS GOING TO EVEN OUT. HE CONTINUES TO DO THAT, HE'S BEEN IMPRESSIVE ALL YEAR LONG. ALL OF A SUDDEN, EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BREAK THROUGH, AND HE'S GOING TO BE WINNING SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. >> THE ACTION CONTINUES NEXT WEEK, APRIL 20th AT 9:00 EASTERN ON ESPN2 AND EPEN 2 HD. 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