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about a small mistake. denny hamlin barelygets kyle busch had to go -- kyle busch had to go to a backup car.>> look at what he has to do he has to drive the race car. night long forced to do this.they're going to be on the edge every single lap. one and two are very, very fast. threeis low grip. >> and the window for a mistake is very small.if you get out of the groove, get into that dust, all the way up in the safer barrier.>> strategy very important tonight at kentucky speedway. when we return, a very special preraceceremonies. people know me as dale earnhardt jr., racecar driver. but there's more me thanthat. at my office, they call me boss man. i scout the talent, close the deals, do itall with a firm handshake.

(loud clap noise) gentlemen.(loud clap noise) to others, i'm water cooler dale. so i got this new chair, had it fora couple of weeks. somebody keeps lowering it. ah, dang it! i mean i reset it to wherei want it and i go back to my office, and i sit down and it's lower. do you have a warrantyon the chair? no! someone is lowering it! (dale) for protecting my small business andmore... .>>> great perspective. only a few get to come to kentucky spoitd like this. bringing inthe flag. it's time for our special prerace ceremonies. we go trackside now.>> ladies and gentlemen, thursday night five members of the law enforcement community indallas, texas, tragically lost their lives.

please join us in a moment of silence to honorthose victims and their families. thank you. at this time we ask you to rise and removeyour hats as our nation's national guard present the colors. and tonight's invocation.>> let's pray. father once again we come to you tonight, lord, and we ask for your comfortupon the families of those who died there in dallas. father, we ask you to wrap yourloving arms and them and comfort them tilt. father, we ask that you heal our nation. wethank you for the freehdoms that we have and we ask your blessings upon america. father,go with all the service personnel around the world fighting for our freedom and lord giveus safety tonight on this beautiful night. this we pray in jesus name. amen.>> and here to perform the national anthem.

o say, can you see by the dawn's early lightwhat so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fighto'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursting in airgave proof through the night that our flag was still thereoh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet waveo'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? [ cheers and applause ]>>> it's about time for the drivers to get

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among those in the back yup car today, six-timechampion jimmie johnson. he says his car is not as good as the primary machine but feelsit's quick dpluf to get the job done. he would love to check this racetrack off the listtonight. >> when i talked to kyle moments ago, he saidthis probably is the best car that we've had all year long. the big question is he starts20th. can he get to the front? that's going to be the fun thing to watch. kelli?>> brad kozlowski says he can take the notes and put them through the shredder. momentumfrom a win last week in daytona puts him at the top of the standings. dave burns.>> there's a danger zone here in kentucky and it's turn three. kevin harvick describedit this way. turns one and two is like a dry

road. turn three, like black ice. if he canhandle that challenge he could be the winner here tonight. let's get some heat in thosemotors here in kentucky. >> race fans, it's time for those most famouswords in auto sports. here's george sherman. >> on behalf of quaker state, advanced autoparts and our team members across america, drivers, start your engines![ cheers and applause ] [ roar of engines ]>> 40 cars coming to life, each over 800 horsepowers. what will they do with 40 cars on track? thanks for the ride around norfolk! and ijust wanted to say, geico is proud to have served the military for over 75 years! rogerthat. captain's waiting to give you a tour

of the wisconsin now. could've parked a littlebit closer... it's gonna be dark by the time i get there. geicoâ®â®. proudly serving themilitary for over 75 years. hey, i'm paul, and i used to ask if you could hear me nowwith verizon... not anymore. i'm with sprint now, because guess what, it's 2016 and everynetwork is great. in fact, sprint's reliability is now within 1% of verizon. and sprint savesyou 50% on most verizon, at&t and t-mobile rates. so, i switched to sprint. and millionsmore have too. can you hear that? don't let a 1% difference cost you twice as much. switchto sprint today. . >>> nascar on nbc snks n is brought to youby -- >>> i feel like i've had quite a few racesthat have taken me to the next step.

>> kozlowski hanging on. kozlowski wins the daytona.>> every one was a break-through in its own right.>> team, great effort today, very proud. thank you.>> racing at kentucky. >> kyle busch is going to win!>> welcome back to kentucky speedway, as we get ready for 400 miles sprint cup seriesracing. tonight's starting grid is brought to you by kfc. the starting grid set by ownerspoints because qualifying was rained out. so up front kevin harvick and kozlowski.>> harvick, the only track he doesn't have a top five finish.>> row two, joey logano.

>> carl edwards fastest in three of the fourpractices this weekend and kyle busch. >> mark triggs jr. alongside chase elliott.>> jimmie johnson who's never won at this racetrack and denny hamlin, row five.>> matt kenseth and austin dylan make up row six.>> row seven, dale earnhardt jr. and brian. >> row eight, ryan blayne who has two xfinitywins next to jamie murray. >> trevor blayne and kasey kahne who has eightwins on one and a half mile racetracks. >> row ten, a.j. allmendinger and kyle larson.he has speed. starting a little further back in the field tonight because of the ownerpoints. and we want to hear from kyle busch. we'lltune him up and jeff, see if we can talk with

kyle.>> hey, kyle, jeff up in the nbcsn booth. you with us?>> yeah, buddy. got you. >> all right, bud. we've seen so many drivershave issues in practice this weekend. tell us how difficult this race is going to be.>> i think the biggest thing is the grip you have. you can kind of throw these around morethan others. pretty stuck in one and two and a lot of things that happen in three and four.balance is keechlt try to keep the tires underneath you.>> how difficult is it going to be manage tires zm do you think that's going to be anissue? >> i think you can run hard but you're relativehard is definitely different than what it

is from last night. i say that because thexfinity cars, you can run as hard as you want to but you're going to pay the price of blisteringthe price. tonight, you're going to pay the price of blistering the tires. anything'spossible. >> good luck. we'll be watching.>> yeah, yeah. we'll definitery do the best. look forward to it.>> i love the fact that just seconds before, he's getting ready to go 200 miles an hourinto disturbance one and we're ready to chat with him on board. we'll ride along with anothercouple of drivers with the on-board cameras. greg biffle will start 23rd and has a camera.the 88 of dale earnhardt jr. has the nationwide on board camera starting in row seven. inrow three, the toyota on board with kyle busch

behind the wheel. joey logano and the 22 hasthe ford in-car camera and he will start in row two in that fourth spot. and in the first row starting on full willbe the four, kevin harvick, the bush light on board camera. want to take a look at tonight'skfc track facts. a repaved one and a half mile racetrack. the banking in corners oneand two is 17 degrees. the banking in corners three and four is 14 degrees. and the frontstretch just over 1600 feet. backstretch right at 1600 feet. take a look at our race nanlts.this one is 400 miles, 267 laps. will we see guys go 60 to 63 laps which is the fuel window?>> i expect to. especially toward the end of the race. we heard kyle busch say theyexpect these tires to be very durable and

last as long as they need them. part of thepit strategy is stretching fuel when it's appropriate.>> two by two they go. let's go back to pit road.>> in the brief history of the kentucky speedway there's only one driver not named kozlowskior busch who have not won here. that would be matt kenseth. i asked him what he thoughtthe race would be. for him, he said he doesn't know whether he's going to finish sixth or26th. >> kurt busch drops to the back of the field.late in happy hour yesterday they wrecked their primary car. they wrecked so late thatthe team stayed until 11:00 p.m. last night. then came in the garage area an hour earlyto get the backup car ready. they put in a

on the of work to get it ready. as tony saidwe have a on the of history. we ran it in charlotte and kansas. it's fast and it canget to the front. kelli? >> chase elliott making his first start here.crew chief told me they have a good balance in the car. like everybody else, there's too many uncertaintieswith the new track. he would love to get the win here tonight. it would be a first in kentuckyfor hendricks motor sports. dave? >> joey logano could have a leg up on thefield. he ran the first race where the rules are con dpigd like they are now. we'll seeif it pays off for legano, rick. >> thanks, dave. they are going to go aroundone more time because jimmie johnson, as he

was riding around, he noticed that a boltfell off the car in front of him. they wanted to make sure that that was not on the track,so track workers went over to take a look at it. they can't start here. there is a safetytruck right in front of the field even though the pace truck made its way on to pit road.pace truck will catch them back up when they come back off pit road. they were making sthaensthat bolt jimmie johnson thought he saw come off another car. our aerial coverage tonightprovided by our partners at smithfield foods. they'll give us a great vantage point as thecars go into a very narrow turn number one on all of the starts, restarts, and obviousrythe runs through the trial and into turn number one can narrow quite a bit as they get intoone and two. and the pace truck has picked

2 field up once again. the lights are offindicating that this time by they will get the green flag.>> all these drivers are nervous. this is the first time they've driven these cars sideby side on this track. sun shining on the racetrack right now. there's a lot of anxiousnessright now comes to the green flag. >> tony stewart, starting a little bit backin the field because of the points situation. tony stewart making his 600th start. this track and darlington, only two tracksthat he is winless at in the sprint cup series. only richard petty has been able to win onhis 600th start. see if tony stewart can add his name to that list. on all of the 8 postwith these cars tonight they're showing the

respect to the fallen police officers in dallas.they have a decal on the eight post as they go two by two. getting ready to race in theblue glass state. kevin harvick are brad kozlowski, we're under way! last night during the xfinityrace we noticed more and more drivers choosing the outside line on the restart. kevin harvickobviously watching that broadcast last night saw that the outside line worked. he chosethe outside line and he will lead the first lap at the repaved kentucky. as legano dropsback a few spots. >> legano got three and four and lost grip.a lot of cars got behind. >> the difference between the trend tannedracetrack, ten of denny hamlin seems to make it work carrying the momentum. that high threeand four didn't work for the 22.

>> i mentioned that kevin harvick had neverhad a top five finish. this is the first lap than kevin harvick has led at kentucky.>> there will be a competition caution, about 25 on or around 25 for the teams to be ableto check out the tire wear. this will be the first time they will be onlong runs this weekend. >> it's a good example right here. 19 on theoutside. if you don't find the way to get to the bottom, you may lose three or fourspots. he did a great job. you need to fill that hole behind you to keep the train fromcoming. it's not like talladega bulling into the wrong line. that's how they're going tohave to protect the bottom tonight. >> and the competitors know that. they knowon three and four they're going to try to

nail gap.>> you'll be able to see the speed of the leader up on top of the careen. right nowkevin harvick, when he enters turn one it will be upwards of almost 200 miles an hour2678901 is what kevin harvick was going. kyle busch running ninth. joey logano just behindhim. carl edwards in front of him. kyle busch in the m & ms car.>> both ends of the racetrack, lake we talked about is so different. as he goes throughone and two, look at the miles per hour on the bottom of the skrine. he falls down to 167 miles anhour. as he approached turn three, out as much grip and bank. watch how far the milesper hour fall. all the way down into 155.

so 10-mile-an-hour roughly between the speedin one and two versus three and four. that's the difference in grip.>> able to lean on that banking in turns one and two, additional banking, 17 dpegs as opposedto three and four, just 14 degrees of banking. crew chief, do you expect to see tire wearbe a little bit different from what they saw in practice? >> i don't think it will be a whole lot different.while there was some rain last night we had the xfinity race, they put the rubber down.this sprint cup cars are on a much more durable right side tires. i expect them to run theduration without issues today. >> we had talked about how the cars are havingtrouble. look at austin dillon as he enters

turn three. he doesn't just lose a littlebit of speed. he loses a on the of speed. he lost seven spots by making one small mistake.that's the fine line these drivers have to deal with. dave?>> after that, he started -- he was 27th last time i checked. flat tire or something? ican't tell. right now he's trying to keep from wrecking the race car. he is not in thechase yet. only enough to not want to lose a lot of points.>> steve, i think part of that is this is the first time all the race cars have beenon the racetrack together in this low down powerous track. they've had a lot of tracktime but not in trsk. they're going to drive worse than any time in practice over the weekend.>> chase elliott, 20 years old, ryan blaney

in the 21, only 22 years old.>> all the way on the exit at turn four, gets loose, makes pretty good contact with theoutside wall. you see kyle larson in the red and white car knew the car was in troubleand went down. >> that's ricky stenhouse again in the wall.he got into the gray and the caution comes out. the lap before, he hit the wall in four.the right front tire down a lot of damage to the right side of that car. he was running22nd at the time. >> he's driving down the back straight away.we know he hit the ball already. probably has damage to the car. ends up getting intothe wall. all that started because of what happened the lap before. this is what we'vebeen talking about all weekend long. we've

been seeing these kind of incidents happen.this track is tough. >> very difficult to figure out the handling.stenhouse into the wall early.into the wall early. but might i suggest something a littleextra crispy. my extra crispy, five dollar fill-up is freshly double-breaded by hand.it's tasty, real meal for just five dollars. [crunch] am i an extra crispy boy?[sipping] sure, kid. kfc. it's extra crispy good. we've got road closures, interstateclosures, major delays... [sigh] i wish i had a presidtial escort.[police sire wish bold in the 2017 camry. toyota. let's go places. .>> nascar race view gives you access to features that let you follow your favorite driverson the track. get live stats, leaderboards,

drivers and team communications and more allon your devices. available now for an all-new low price when you visit nascar.com/raceview.welcome back. top cars, leaders did not come to pit road under this most recent caution.there is a competition caution that will take place in lap 25, so they would not have beenable to put fuel in the car anyway until we get to that lap 25. the badge going on theeight post of all of the cars, showing respect and thinking about the fallin officers fromdallas. we listened in to tony stewart's radio moments ago. here's what they had to say.>> really brutal for the three and four here. >> sun is setting. so as you go through threeand four, the sun is right in your eyes, just as you go through the exit of the center ofthree, the sun just gets right in your eyes.

it's going to be like that for a little while.>> 9:06 is what we expect the sunset to be at sparta, kentucky today. two by two onceagain. kevin harvick. replay back in the air. a great run by kevin harvick on the outsideline and he's rockets away from the 78 of mark jr. jimmie johnson trying to make thatoutside line work on brad kozlowski. brad kozlowski moves ahead of him in the two.>> jimmie johnson wants to get back to the bottom. as you mentioned earlier, jeff, protectthe bottom. he knows he needs to get to the bottom before one and two.>> blayne up there, he's worked himself all the way up to seventh. he started at 15, sohe's made a big move. >> side by side, kyle busch on the outsideof trevor bayne.

>> kyle busch way up on the outside. i thinkhe's going to make the outside work. you're going to have to be in the second groove,battle for the lead. >> a little wiggle there out of kef hare ashe -- kevin harvick as he runs the second line. matter really getting the run down thestraight. in the corner he really looked like he randown the straightaway. >> jeff, if you didn't get that radio transmissionmartin crew ex was playing the "jaws" scene trying to get the lead over kevin harvick.>> jeff, can you explain what might account for the bobble?>> you are tight in the center andoff, you get off a little it. you have to be in thetrotle harder than you want to be. you've

got the front tires not turning the way youwant to turn and the back doesn't keep up with the frojt. you end up overcorrectingand that's why you see the car move around. >> kevin harvick and mark truex jr. runningone and two. they separated thechl from third place mat kenseth by a second and a half.kevin harvick looking in the rear watching what martin truex is doing.>> seems like kevin harvick is pretty secure for the middle off. you heard him. he's prettyrelaxed on the straight away. takes his hand off the wheel. puts it back on in the entranceto one. >> kevin harvick heel he's just going to haveto pass him. this kind of racetrack to me is to kevin harvick's advantage. he can bevery precise when he needs to be. he's going

to hit his mark every time. he's not goingto make many mistakes. martin truex is going to have to outrun him if he can pass him.>> martin truex has been phenomenal on mile and a half tracks this year. as a matter offact, he has led 739 laps on mile and a half tracks, second best, kyle busch second at143. let's listen in to dozen loz ski's radio.>> lot of guys around us. we drive in the middle between the 20 and 48. we go to thewhite line. we make it by a half a car length. that's kind of stupid.>> a great example of using all your tools in the race team. that was his father explainingthat it sounds like they have some handling issues in three and four. he's letting himknow that in the roof he's not overdriving

turn three. sometimes the driver needs thatinput. am i too high, too fast. he says no. i guess he's relatively close to the othercars behind him. >> a lot of these drivers saying that they'restruggling with their cars once they get into traffic. a little bit into turn three butonly around other cars. hoe said behind myself, it was great. what do you do when you comea down pit road? mike? >> it's been a pretty smooth weekend despiteall the changes for the 21 team and ryan blaney. he told us he made a few changes but he'sbeen happy with his race car. he has speed and good balance. right now a little bit offin thoracic but very happy with it otherwise. >> i'll tell you, what i'm going to do ifmy car's not very good in traffic, when we

come into pit road, maybe fill up my tankand try to beat the cars off pit road. you talked all weekend about how treacherous thistrack is. the aerodynamics are very important, so get your car back in front.>> how can you not take tires when it's really for the crew chief and the team to see thetire wear? >> i believe there's a new line of aggressivenesswhen it comes to pit strategy. >> i expect cars not to take tires and notfill up on fuel. just get a few drops of oil to be the first off the road.>> this is the competition caution out in front. kevin harvick and martin truex jr.have been playing a bit. they played nicely. >> easy for you.>> martin truex giving us that dah-dah-dah-dah

the "jaws" music.>> all these drivers going to be working so hard, to your point, the pit crews are goingto have to deliver. the strategy's going to have to deliver. with this slowdown forcepackage being around other cars is difficult and treacherous. you cannot take a car insecond or third and put it back in seventh or eighth. pit crews are going to have todeliver. >> we saw an accident on pit road in the xfinityrace last night. we'll see if the drivers tonight are more efficient getting in andout. if everyone takes four tires as a driver, geoff, you can kind of judge when cars arecoming and leaving. when cars are taking two or no tires, very difficult. communicationbetween the driver and pit road is key.

>> other cars are still coming in while you'releading. kevin harvick has a huge advantage because.>> mike massaro. >> keep a look on the 20 car, upper lntd sideof yufr screen. matt kenseth having allittle trouble with turns three and four. they'regoing to make a two-tire change on the to, marty?>> there's only five words spoken on martin truex radio. we're pretty good right here.kelli. >> shed as he ran it got tight in the center.he's been working the track while they help him with a small adjustment on two tires. dave?>> kevin harvick a little tight. he took two

tires from good if year.>> looks like most took two tires, kevin harvick included. he stays up front.vick included.stays up front.ren] wish bold in the 2017 camry. toyota. let's go places. thanks forthis oreo caramel shake, cara! caramel for "cara," that makes sense. yeah, and, uh, jeanine,for peanut butter! - i don't get it, why?- 'cause she reminds me of my ex-girlfriend jeanine who was nuts![laughter] twenty-three real ice cream shakes, all half-price after 8pm.[click, whoosh] .>>> welcome back to kentucky speedway. nascar has added a lap of caution. we'll come backwith the restart right after this.right after

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and in the wall. caution comes out again.a back-up car, jimmie johnson, in bra got into the wall. we just heard take it to thegarage. >> restarts are so important. you can pickup spots or you can lose spots. you have to drive aggressively if you wantto make something happen. he was underneath another car, lost downforce, lost side force.it got away from him. >> i don't think it was completely three wide.he had another car on the outside of him, looks like the 21 of ryan blaney. the toughestend of the racetrack. now we're on board to hear what happened.>> he starts to wiggle. now it gets away from him. he tried to keep the pace up becauseon these restarts, you can't give up spots.

he got a little free. he went ahead and carriedthe speed off the corner. he just didn't have enough grip to make it happen.>> he was nowhere near three wide. >> this is what we've seen in practice. we'veseen this all weekend long. cars spinning out by themselves, losing control. this islap 33 of a 267-lap race with a six-time champion making a mistake. that's how difficult thisis going to be tonight. >> kurt busch using pit strategy out in front.jimmie johnson, the six-time champion behind the wall.me champion behind the wall at myoffice, they call me boss man. i scout the talent, close the deals, do it all with afirm handshake. dale. man we got those tiny trash cans inour offices. somebody keeps putting their

lunch in mine.(all) what? everyday. smells like mac n' cheese. ew.(dale) lobster mac n' cheese, maybe? so weird... so weird. have any of y'all seen who it is?no. .>>> welcome back to kentucky spoiled. let's go to the infield.>> rick, we had a special treat before the race. team fast track sky divers brought thekentucky, ohio and indiana flags all down inside the racetrack. they've done 300,000skydives. they even took our own kelli stavast up with them. how was it?>> i think the smile on my face when i landed back on the ground said it. you were askedto do it. you chickened out. but if you were

harnest r used to a 6'6" man jumps out ofan airplane, i get it. a great group of guys here tonight. rick?>> definitely preach all of them. two by two once again. kurt busch choosing the outsideline, kevin harvick on the inside. in the restart zone. once again, the outside lineworks for kurt busch. brad keselowski. kevin harvick is right behind the 41.>> when you say that trying to take air off the spoiler.>> no question. brad keselowski, big wiggle. >> the tools that the drivers have, you canmove the air off the driver in front of you. >> takes it away from kurt busch.>> let's not challenge him on the outside of three and four. it's too early. unfortunatelyfor the 41 he's lost the clean air. now he's

under attack from matt kenseth. >> matt kenseth moves to the inside. kurtbusch back to third. >> kurt busch said it earlier. he pitted onlap 12. that's when he put tires on. all these other guys pitted later. he was not able toput fuel on that run so he will have to pit earlier than everybody else if this staysgreen. >> they started 39th when they took the greenflag. after that, the car's terrible, we've got to pit. the call by tony gibson, got insome track issues. you have to make moves like that sometimes when you're that far backin the field. when the next caution comes out, that's a spot you can't regain unlessyou do a move like that.

>> you have to be aggressive on pit road.sometimes aggressiveness is staying on the track. it's crazy. we saw two address keselowski.team penske, look at the move. it was martin truex jr. who got in the back of the two.>> martin didn't anticipate it. ran up the back.>> teammates logano sideways, kisses the wall with the right rear quarter panel.>> that doesn't seem like a lot of damage but that's a very sensitive area, especiallywith small rear spoil, it's only going to make it worse.>> the deck lid on the back of the 22 has also been damaged. dave.>> rick, these n -- he's been trying to fix that race car himself, changing things likethe brake bar, the track bar. those are things

he can do to the car to try to make it better,especially in traffic. that's where he's had the most trouble.>> on the right rear quarter panel, i don't think it will hurt as much down here. in-turn three he lost a lot of time to the11 behind him. we'll see if he's able to do it again. i think there's nothing to leanon. he was off the support of the right side, kind of his crutch or contain that he leanson in the corner. >> you have to have a certain amounts of gritto go as fast as everybody else. now you've handicapped your race car by going up on thewall. when you lose it, you have to slow down. you cannot keep pace. so it's probably goingto continue to hurt them if they don't get

in and get it fixed.>> the 48 of jimmie johnson. >> this is what they wanted to avoid today.they said we want to finish with all the fenders on. they'd crashed oults of two of the lastfour races. now this is the third crash. this is the second car they've crashed this weekend.he said this has taken a toll on the team. they're extremely tired because of the workthey've put in over the last 30 days. repairing heavy left side damage.>> rick, i know it's -- nicknamed superman, but even six-time champion must use momentum.they also have to recover from the downward spiral of bad momentum and that seems likewhat they're doing right now. >> 24 trying to stay out in front of bradkeselowski in the 2. chase elliott out of

dawsonville, georgia. son of bill elliottand the 22, as we saw earlier get into the wall, dave, what are they talking abilitynow? >> rick, it's disaster planning just in case.sometimes teams do this if and when they need to. the right quarter panel of the car, ifthey need to, they'll come in and beaumont it on to the car. that will be the extremethey'll need to go to if it's really bad. >> you see here consistently the 22 liesingspots. we saw kasey kahne going by. i expect themto clear in-turn three. it's hard to understand but when these drivers go in the corners,rick, and lean on the right side of the car, it's kind of like leaning on a crutch. theycan put a lot of weight on it. joey logano

turns down in the corner expectation to havethat support, it's not there. the only thing he can do is end slower.>> it comes into the corner way late. turns one and two and you can see he doesn't gethurt as bad in one and two. you drive in the corner. as they enter turn three, it's flat.the track continues to be flat. in that flat area, that's where it's really going to hurthim because it's flat and you're trying to turn and you don't have that rear side force.>> well, the car that's knots struggling is the 21 of ryan blaney. all the way up in thefifth position, making big news. sings the restart he's up five positions. it's a goodrun 21. >> legano is holding up these cars. now thetrain of cars lining up behind joey logano.

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weekend. mike?>> some of the leaders starting to come down pit road now, jeff. among them, matt kenseth,right side. the car's getting progressily looser.>> martin truex jr. pretty happy with his car. top right of your screen, the car gota little bit too lose. they're going to make an air change, that's it.>> right side good year slash time for kevin harvick.>> two cars stayed out. kevin harvick won the race off of pit road. two tires once again,the strategy on pit road., the strategy on pit roaddo? here we go.can you feel it? the taste of coca-cola. can i get your autograph? yeah, sure. i can'twait to show my grandson.

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>> kevin got loose down there in the bottom,lost momentum because he was loose. >> it looks as though brad was using the sametechnique we saw the ford use. brad keselowski shoots into the lead.>> chase elliott right back there, you see the 25. kevin harvick even though he got threewide down the back stretch, he did well to stop the bleeding. then chase elliott crossingover trying to get back the 18 of kyle busch. >> you mentioned the same technique that kevinharvick had been use ug. brad keselowski got very close to the right side of the 4 takingmore air off of the skpoirl that's almost not really there anymore. the two was ableto go right back. 78 reeling in the 2 of keselowski. >> he has about 30 laps on his tire. it wouldbe interesting to see -- the 78 of martin

truex has been so fast during the whole race,you don't know if it's a better race car or a tire deficit.>> 78 making a move. >> martin truex jr. trying to take the laneaway from brad keselowski. he'll do it. martin truex out front.>> straight sounds. leader. and here comes the 4. kevin harvickgets around brad keselowski. he'll take the second away.>> the two did ok out front as the leader. as soon as he gets back in third, under attackagain. >> martin truex having a little fun outsidethe race car. screaming leader a while ago. he didn't get down on him. he said, hey, guys,is there anything i can do better. this time

the crew came through. a fantastic stop. truexin the lead for the first time all night. kelli.>> brad keselowski out there on older tires. he did not come down pit road. he's been makingsmall adjustments inside the cockpit. he said he's tight in the center and at times justgets loose on and off randomly. steve. >> that's sometime the hardest thing to fix,rick, when it's ran dom. it's one thing for a driver to be able to anticipate it. alsothat row down that nascar brought here. i think the lack of the downforce makes thecar a little more inconsistent for these drivers. >> when you say nascar brought here, the drivershave been asking for it. they wanted more downforce to be taken off the cars. now they'resaying, hey, it's really hard to control these

cars and to find the handle on these cars.>> that's what the drivers wanted to do. they want to drive the cars. they don't want torun wide open down the track. when you lift off the throttle and the car drives bad, nowit's communication between you and your crew chief, how you drive the race car, where youmake sacrifices so you can go faster some place else. they all think they can do it better thanthe next guy. they think it's an advantage to them.>> michigan winner joey logano already out of the car.>> ending not the way he had hoped. joey, what happened?>> just i got loose off turn four and knocked

the rear end over and got really loose andthen when you get loose you got to start slowing down a lot into the corner, use a lot of brake.i'm assuming i just overheated the bead and the right front blew out and the brakes weregone and so it compounded off the first accident on turn four. unfortunate for the team. just-- i hit a on the. i had a long time to think about how much that was going to hurt. prettyimpressive with the safety barrier. we'll go back to work.>> short night for joey logano. the guy who happened to win the last race in michigan.>> he'll be heading home when they go back to the new england area. you heard joey saidhe had a long time to think about it. it's the worst feeling when you're a driver andyou drive in the corner and lift off the trotle

and you hear this explosion, because you knowwhat's coming next. you can see right here. watch the hood. boom. there's nothing youcan do. he's got the wheel turned. it's going straight. you know it's going to hurt. ittakes forever to get to the ball wall. terrible feeling.>> tough way for the night to end for joey logano. teammate brad keselowski. chase elliottin the 24 just behind carl edwards. >> i'm curious acts the 2 car strategy. theypitted, they didn't pit. they're halfway through a fuel run when they didn't pit. what -- imean, that's risky. talk to me. explain it to me.>> it's very aggressive. i think what you're seeing is the car that win. this isn't a carwe're going to come back to in the chase.

this is all about winning. so let's good aggressive.he must feel like position is more important than losing a track. they'll get a cautionon the next 18 or 20 laps, they'll have to pit under green. we talk about taking risks.being aggressive. this is what it does. it allows brad keselowski to be out front.>> to make this call he feels like he's going to get a caution before he had to come intopit road under green, right? >> they expect that to continue throughoutthe night. >> book to 14, greg biffle running in thatspot. >> when i talked to greg biffle earlier todayhe said honksly we're an 11th to 16th place team. we've got to figure out how to get aroundthat. he told me when i walked in the shop

this week, i could tell things were different.everyone was happier, coming here to kentucky with a little more speed as well. how aboutthe corporate team made, i talked to his teammate. they've been having a fantastic weekend. iasked him why they decided to take four tires. he said he kind of wanted to get off sequencewith everybody else. when they take four, the next time maybe we'll take two tires.he told me the test here a couple of weeks ago. chris buescher was able to do that. thatwas the first ever sprint cup series for chris buescher. by theway, he loved this racetrack.>> start 34. big move up to the front even with the four-tire stop.>> i understand the theory of getting off the yens. i'm -- sequence. while i like bobosborne's thinking i'm not sure that the application

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kurt busch has moved up 18 spots. visit asprint store today. the caution's just come out. the 83, hard impact. matt dibenedetto.he's rolling once again. this could play into brad keselowski's strategy.>> absolutely saved his chance of not having to pit under green. he was getting close tothe end of his fuel run so this will drive brad keselowski and all the race cars to pitroad. i would expect all the crew chiefs to only want to take right or left side tires.>> dibenedetto is in the corner. car goes straight. looks like maybe another tire failure.we heard joey logano say it. this racetrack is much more like a short track than it isa typical mile and a half. it makes me wonder if these drivers aren't having to use morebrake and they're melting beads.

we've seen this before. quite possibly theteams just weren't prepared for the pace. you have to slow down getting into these corners.>> not just the track. this is that new aero package. you take the aerodynamic drag off.with a spoiler, you lift. the air itself slows you down. when you lift in the small corner,the only thing slowing you down are the brakes. >> you guile dial for a break and it heatsthe wheels up more. >> let's look closer with our nascar heatevolution information. >> how db nascar accomplish that? nascar decidedwe'll remove basically the back half of the splitter making it much smaller. what thatdoes is take the air underneath the car very dirty, creating less downforce.>> the driver's best friend is that rear spoilter.

you sigh the blue arrow making downforce.you cut that spoiler off, watch the arrows go on top of the spoiler. now the downforceis much less pushing on the back of the car. >> when you talk about small spoilers, lookhow tiny that is on the back of the 22. joey logano big kwigle. right here, the other thingits does, cars affect one another. the two passing the team mails, the 22 of joey logano,into the wall. now the leaders on pit road, mike.>> they are. among them matt kenseth, david ratcliff, his crew chief has not called forany right side tires. the cars getting liars. meanwhile lane blaney has been happy. no changes.just two tires. marty? >> martin truex already gone. two right sidetires for him.

a slight air adjustment to tighten up thecar. race off pit road, a close one. kevin harvick takes the spot away from martin truexjr. and he does it on pit road. two tires again.o tires again. if everyone jumped offa cliff, would you do it too? you'll lose interest. it's just a phase. it hurts me morethan it hurts you. where are your manners - were you raised by wolves? you're goingto give me a heart attack. when you have kids, you'll understand. this is the life of a rebel.sorry, mom. a s 2s . >>> tonight aerial coverage brought to youby our partners at smithfield foods. what a view of this area of sparta, kentucky. kentuckyspeedway nestled into the hills of kentucky. nascar drive is nascar.com's live race daycompanion. access integrated driver stats

in real time. don't miss a lap when you visitnascar.com/drive on your personal computer now. welcome back to the quaker state 400presented by advanced auto parts. a very close call and a little bit of damage for the 21,ryan blaney on pit road. le. >> pulling out. coal with coming in. we talkedabout the reduction in downforce. now the right front fender is set in. that's evena larger reduction in downforce, also a major change in side force. i'm not sure i wouldn'thave to pit somewhere to fix it. >> they're looking closely at the car to seewlnltd that fender is touching the tire. they thought at least from their first examinationthat there is no tire rub. their only concern is how it's going to affect the handling fromhere on out. the car's been real good until

this point but who knows?>> there will be travel. when the car goes under load and there's more travel, the tirecould get up into the sheet metal. >> i don't think it's going to get into it.you never know. when the cars travel, strange things. the tires move a little bit and itflexes a little bit as well. >> we saw the 22, damage around the quarterpanel. i think the 21 is making a mistake. they need to come to pit road. still 181 togo in the race. >> let's listen in to tony stewart again onthe radio. >> it will work out in the en. we take twonow and from now on. >> don't worry.

>> we'll get this.>> ok. >> already planning ahead, rick. crew chiefhas already decided we're going to put four on it now. the concern i have is he choseit to do when the team only needed about six and a half to seven seconds worth of fuel.perhaps there would have been a better opportunity. maybe he's the first to do it. if he'll committo that strategy, continue to take two tires, he can get that track position back. they'realready considering how they're going to strategize. >> the most cautions that we have seen atkentucky speedway in the previous five races. kevin harvick, martin truex, harvick on theoutside. green flag back in the air. restart for martin truex jr. can he get out in front?loses the air and kevin harvick goes right

by.>> oh, and around goes the 21 of ryan blaney, chase elliott as well. the two youngest onthe racetrack are around. >> i saw three wide. i'm wondering how inthe world does that work? and it didn't. chase elliott looked like his car was relativelyin control. 21 lost control of his car first. as it went up the trademarks it caught inthe rear of 24. >> the track's not wide enough to three wide.everybody's trying to fight to get to the bottom. you want to get as low on the racetrackas you can. there's about early getting into the corner. both young men are grid contenders.the points will start adding up that they lutz.

>> the restarts are -- this started becauseeverybody's trying to make something happen. 78 gets pulled around by the -- now we'rethree wide going into the corner. somebody has to make a decision. do i want to be threewide? 21 gets loose. gets inside 24. goes up and has a along night.>> 21 was right in the middle of the three wide. we have seen jimmie johnson, a six-timechampion be in that position. the same thing handles. it gets loose and off the racetrackit goes. he collects the 24 of chase elliott this time.elliott this time. this is the fordf-150. the only pick-up with a high strength, military-grade, aluminum-alloy body. of allthe full-size, half ton pickups, it's got the most towing, the best payload and thehighest gas mileage. plus, no body rust. and

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move on the 78, going a little bit higheras martin truex jr. is not going to give up the spot. jamie mcmurray, up to second. mcmurrayin the the number 1 having talked a lot about jamie mcmurray tonight. the 40-year-old outof job lynn, missouri. kyle busch is going to lose another spot. chris busch in the 34.44 of brian scott also involved in this one. a lot of damage to the 34. look at the frontof that race car. >> that took a huge impact right there. sodisappointed for this team. they had ran well in every practice. they showed speed all weekendlong. they kept getting in the back of the pack. they got blocked on pit road one time.this is the danger of being back there. they had a good race car tonight.>> brian scott in the 44. damage to that car.

>> i don't know if you seen a replay yet.we come off of two. >> aj allmendinger involved, too. there'sthe 44 of brian scott is sideways. saves it coming off of two. then looks atthough kyle larson may have been in the back of him when he came off two. there's the heavycontact. >> you saw the tail pipes of 44. looks likemaybe he was on and off the throttle. you see the safety barrier doing a good job absorbingsome of the impact there. if a car's that slow in front of you, you can be all the wayoff the gas. all the trouble started and kyle couldn't get slowed down.>> little bit of damage to the front end of so of danica patrick. but a lot of damageto chris buescher's number 34 another look.

there's the impact between chris buescher.the 95 of ty dillon also involved. the 7 of regan smith also involved.>> come on, come on, come on, come on. clear, clear, clear, clear!>> dale jr. made a decision to go and he just stayed wit. quick decisions have to be made.44 underneath the 11 in a compromising position. that makes you lose all the momentum. the42's in the back of him. tony stewart barely gets back. 44 big impact. 47, 95 of ty dillon.he got slowed down pretty well. >> we talked at the top of the show aboutthe race grit grid and what possibly could happen on the race grid. we've seen the 24of chase elliott and the 21 of ryan blaney in major accidents. all those cars are stillvying for a position. major points happening

here. >> unfortunate, chris buescher had been runningwell in the early part of the race and now will be out. be ou[engine roaring] [engine roaring] the performance speaks foritself. pennzoil synthetics. made from natural gas. make the switch. thanks for this oreocaramel shake, cara! caramel for "cara," that makes sense. yeah, and, uh, jeanine, for peanutbutter! .>>> a gorgeous afternoon for racing in new england. .>>> and who will win next weekend? louden, a place you're familiar with dominating aracetrack. you led every lap.

>> great racetrack, fun to race on. reallyenergetic fans. one of my favorite places to go.>> the xfinity race at 3: 30 and the sprint cup race on sunday at 1:00. kelli?>> in the garage with chase elliott while his team is hard at work to try to get youback out here. chase, take me through what happened. did you realize you were going threewide? >> kind of at the last second i heard themsay three and up didn't know how that was going to work. there really wasn't enoughroom. i felt like i was at the bottom of the gray, the top of the black i could be withoutgetting up in the pless. i tried to give up as much room as possible. that's racing, iguess. good news is -- bad news is that's

three bad weeks in a row. for us, we've gotto come back and get the job done. bottom line. we'll try again next week.>> how important is it for you guys to make the repairgs and get back out?>> it's definitely important it's not as porch as winning. that's the most porch thing atthis point for us. that's our goal. just because we have a bad night tonight doesn't mean ourgoal has changed. >> get a close look at the replay. what didyou see? >> i don't know. we just -- put in a bad spoton the restart a few times. we got middle of three and someone on your bumper and thepack it's really hard to race three wide with and i got loose.

unfortunate. we took 24 out. obviously wasnot intentional, what you want. it hurt us. both had really good cars but getting in spotson restarts that aren't ideaful. we'll try to get it fixedaged get back out there.>> it was a rough sequence of events, a collision on pit road. what happened there?>> we were coming out and somebody was coming in, whoever it was, and communication wasoff a little bit. that didn't affect it at all. just put me in the middle of three. probablyshould have backed out, been a little smarter, but i don't know about that. but have to goback and look at it. just unfortunate. you never want to see that happen, especiallywith somebody like that. we'll move on from it.>> tough situation for ryan blaney who came

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app. that is more. go get some mud... allthat "more" has to be why they're the second-largest auto insurer. everybody likes more. mhm, ithink so. geico. expect great savings and a whole lot more. .>>> beautiful sunset. you're watching nascar sprint cup series presented by kfc. most lapsled tonight presented by sprint. now it's kevin harvick. 61 laps led. switchtoday and save 50% on most verizon at&t or t-mobile rates. visit a store or sprint.com/networktoday. kevin harvick has done very well when he starts on front row. let's look at theheat animation. ryan blaney mentioned something about a car behind him.>> when we go into the win tunnel, as the air hits the rear spoiler, makes a downforce.i want to say a lot but not a lot of rear

downforce here. but you see the air move upoff the rear spoiler. that trailing car actually affects that. it pushes air up often the leadingcar spoiler making it loose. you see right here, paul menard in the 27 closes in on theback of the 21, it lifts that air off the deck of 21. the 21 instantly gets loose upinto the 24. >> 21 was loose, so he couldn't turn. we sawthe 24 coming down and getting into the 21. part of the reason that happened is as you'reloose, you can't turn the wheel. if you do, you're going to spin out. so ryan couldn'tturn the wheel and that's what all that happened was all about three wide, lack of downforceand lack of grip. >> getting ready for another restart. threerestarts since we've had a green one and eight

cars soon damaged. let's see if this restartis clean. jamie mcmurray on the inside. kevin harvick out front of jamie mcmurray. austindillon trying to hang on to third. on the outside lohr martin truex jr. and truex jr.gets the position. teammates side by side. the 18 and the 20 and the 18 surges ahead. paul menardmaking the move to the inside of matt kenseth. that will get him up into the top six.>> he clears the 20 as they go into one and two. 16 of greg biffle in the k fc ford. gregbiffle out of washington. he's moved to the top ten. he's running ninth.>> he lost the bottom of the racetrack in the corner. could not hold the yellow line.made the pass.

>> seems like after the restarts, rick, yousee a little more patience between cars. when with a car gets in the third position, theother car lets him go and get back in line. once they get organized, they try to takeadvantage. >> that's what you're going to see. it's justdifficult. this package, this racetrack, these tires, this is a difficult situation. noneo of these drivers are driving like you saw at daytona last weekend where they barelymove the wheel. >> jamie mcmurray backs off getting into turnsthree and four. that allows martin truex jr. to move by.>> we talked about how difficult it is. these are the best drivers in the u.s., the bestdrivers in the world. they're truly athletes

and that athleticism is on display when wewatch them try to ma 23450u6r this racetrack. >> a big hit for chris bowsher. what was yourperspective? >> it just happened. 44 came right down in front of me. i don'tknow what happened ahead, but just by far the best we've done at the racetrack so far.without qualifying we start based off points. we've had three of these situations already.we're down in points. we started without track positionaged we're making our way up therewith every restart we moved forward but didn't work out. we keep taking more and more downforceaway from these things. every wants to take more away but it turns into a lot of accidentson the course.

>> yes, indeed. a good nice for chris butit's over now. >> every restart they kept moving forward,but because of the situation they were put in, that pit stall, because they had to startby points, they were back there. they were constantly in a position where they had tobattle for every pot. >> a disappointing finish. that team needsto say, you know what, we had a car that could compete. build on that. don't leave here feelingterrible about what happened but build on the positives over the weekend.>> this is a positive run for jamie mcmurray. he and his crew chief have been efficienton pit road. with all these accidents, mcmurray up into good position. he's also passed alot of cars and drove himself up into position.

>> a huge need for this team to be in position.you see kyle busch go by. they've been having fantastic restarts all evening long. as therun goes on seems like we lose grip and that's what we're seeing right now with jamie mcmurray.they would love a top ten on this evening. dave.>> you talking about negative start of the day for the 3 of austin dillon. he fell back.you didn't know what it was. speculating when he came in, he might have been inadvertentlydragging his foot on the brakes but that's gone now. he radioed that it's good. kelli?>> paul minard, the 27 has worked his way up. he was in the chase a year ago. crew chiefdustin alexander told me it's a lot better than we knew. he said he was willing to takesome risks and go with strategy. every time

they come down pit road they're alternatingtwo left and then two right side tires. >> let's be honest. paul minard, i think theyneed to start thinking win. they enter 89 points below the come line. that's going totake them to a string of very good cars. >> in races coming up, the race they won wasindianapolis. >> that's how they got into the chase lastyear, they were very zinlts. you take a team like that, really -- you dig a hole it's harderfor that kind of team to dig out. they've got to find a way, i agree with you, to putthemselves in a position to win or have a raise with a lot of issues.>> greg biffle having a nice run. we talked about the confidence and momentum from fenway.they took two tires. they jumped up into the

top five at one point. they've fallen a littlesince then. the cars getting too tight the longer he runs. two tires versus four tires. some of theseguys took four tires. they haven't been able to make up any ground at all.>> track position's important. so is momentum. it seems like tonight this team right heredidn't start. greg biffle, brian pattie didn't seem to start in the same position in theyear. we go to a completely style racetrack in kentucky, once again, running in the topdeny, what a great cameron angle inside the car. his pan left to right gives you a goodidea of the speed. >> last year you would have seen that helmetbumping all around. this year, much less.

>> greg biffle likes to drive the car sideways.doesn't mind being lulgs. even though on this track you can't attack, you have to have theability to drive a loose car, a car with very low grip and i think that's in greg biffle'swheelhouse. >> greg biffle top ten. all three rcr carsin the top ten. out in front, it's stewart hunt's racing kevin harvick.g kevin harvick.tto you? the top safety pick midsize car and suv. most dependable. means a lot to me. thegreen car because i like fuel efficiency. two years. i love it! it's fierce. how wouldyou sum this car up in one word? incredible. amazing. i can't use one word. i was made in the shadows of greatness. shapedby the hands of legacy. forged in the fires

of racing.(engine revving) i've been challenged, tested and proven. whether it's on that track oroff, the truth is- what you're made of... is what you're made to do. how often timeswe hear... the praises sung of wealthy men... but you very seldom hear them sing of thehonest workingman. his hands may be both rough and hard, his clothes and speech be plain...but you will find his manly heart without a spot or stain. let us give three cheerswith right good will for the honest workingman. .>> lisa go to the toyota camry on track car, steve.>> we've heard a lot about aerodynamic adjustments. the yellow area at the bottom of the doorof this car, we see it start to flair out

as the race goes on. nascar has a rule thatyou can't make adjustments on a pit stop. >> see the cars making their way around thetrack. the 4 of kevin harvick still out front. inside skirt a little flared out on the bottom.coming off pit road, it's not flared out. >> nascar can't do is control what happenswhen you get on the track. as the cars travel, they get bent out. they go through and they'relegal. see every single car. no problem. but on the racetrack they bottom out. they traveland they move. teams are smart. they're moving in the rightdirection. the reason it's not against the rules is because they go through check andit happens on the racetrack. >> kyle larson coming out. it kind of blendswith the racetrack. it sticks out. you can

see it, but when we go through the entirefield, seems to be a pretty consistent trend. >> v kevin harvick, martin truex jr., kylebusch, jamie mcmurray, austin dillon in the top five. dave.>> the last time kyle busch was in pit load they took left side tires.>> let off the gas, it jumped sideways on me. i had probably 10 degrees of steeringon the right. i can't get off the gas. it ain't worth getting back there, either.>> you can hear the angst in the drivers' voice. do we come down and loose track position?i might need that kind of a balance but it's a tough decision. kelli?>> during that last lengthy cost, braz keselowski discussed it.>> tires of the black are eating up.

>> what i can see up here, they're well belowthe yellow line. they're over -- they're on the left side of the o line.>> he said he doesn't know if that's still going to work anywhere. a handledful of lapsto go. he said, hey, your one and two looks better than anyone around you. go get thatcar in front of you. >> 45 laps since kevin harvick and martintruex jr. were on pit road. the fuel window worth 60 laps. we've beenon about a 26-lap green flag run. it's been the longest of the day as we have completed128 laps. >> we've seen issues -- we feel like we'veseen issues where people haven't been using their brakes. this is when you start to haveissues. the longer the runs are, the more

you have to use the brakes and slow the cardown. the more the heat gets into the wheel and won't leave the wheel. the trooifrs reallyneed to be careful not to use the brake anymore than you have to.>> the speed of the leader kevin harvick all the way down to about 1 47 miles an hour throughturns three and four but he gets back up to nearly 200 miles an hour when he gets intoturn one. >> you catch a slower car, it pulsz it downoff your car. with this package, i think it's going to be really, really posh. important-- really important. >> we've seen cars spin out already with justone car on the outside. that time regan smith moved to the outside so harvick could moveby. martin truex trying to do the same thing.

>> they worked on it in final practice. italked to the crew chief early this morning. he said we didn't get worked up about ourtop of the board seat. that's what's happened so far. that's drivability and survivabilityare very good. he still leads. >> harvick, the 40-year-old out of bakersfield,california, still out front. has led the most laps. 91 laps and counting. 92 for harvicknow. the gap between the top two. about .2 of a second. pit road, as i mentioned earlier, between60 and 67 laps, 64 to 67, the pit window at the top of your zrooen screen. look at thegap between the top two. 120 feet. want to look at the toyota driver update. martin truexjunior currently running second. kyle busch

is third. matt kenseth sixth. martin truexjr. has been so impressive on five and a half tracks this year. a huge win in charlotteto give him a spot in the chase grid. kyle busch also with multiple wins on the season.also in the chase as we go nascar nonstop. .>>> welcome back. very close racing between kevin harvick and martin truex jr. and herecomes the 41. marty? >> kurt busch early in this cycle. that couldmean that everybody else will follow him down pit road. he was sideways loose out there.air pressure adjustment and four goodyear tires for kyle busch.>> first to come on to pit road. he starts a trend.>> he does. we heard all week long about the

tires. tony must have a feeling that he wantsstickers on this car. >> kevin harvick. danica patrick a lap down.she's running 21st. 21 cars on the lead lap. martin truex jr. still ability .4 of a secondbehind race leader kevin harvick. marty? >> and here comes kyle larson. when he camein, you can see the brake orders blowing for kyle larson. he was tied in one and two, loosein three and four. that's how they're go to do things. air adjustment as well.>> started with kurt busch. now kyle larson has come to pid road. green flag pit stopsare beginning to cycle through. 6 of trevor bayne has made his way on to pit road. raceleader kevin harvick was able to get by. kelli? >> trevor bayne making his way down pit road.his car was mostly been loose off three and

four. you see it's going to be a four-tirechange for trevor bayne and air pressure adjustment. marty?>> carl edwards coming down pit road. he said i don't know what to tell you. crew chiefsaid once you're back here, you can't go anywhere. eric almirola is in a car that's been a littletoo loose. air pressure change for those guys and four tires as well.>> a little bit of a fire there in the right front. lot of heat in the brakes here. marty.>> jamie mcmurray coming into pit road. the early cavalcade coming into pit road. kelli.>> minard says he's tight. he said he feels like the front end is going up. marty.>> kelli, taking left side tires for martin truex. no adjustments. he's very happy withthe chassis. dave.

>> five laps to go, kurt busch came on theradio and said a little too loose for me right now. four tiles for kyle -- tires for tile.mean while kevin harvick, you see the lights flashing. we'll go to dale earnhardt first.>> they gave him four tires and made an air pressure adjustment.>> you see kevin harvick in the pit. he overshot his pit. four tires going on now. he saidthe balance is a little tight. >> kelli.>> brad said his car was getting tighter with every lap. they made a chassis adjustmentand four tires for brad keselowski. >> a big mistake for the 4 team, austin dillonalso on pit road. dave? >> and austin said it was -- the car was gettingbetter. it was a little tight through one

and two at the end of the run. they will takefour tires for that chevrolet and give them just an air pressure adjustment to try tofix that. mike? >> matt kenseth has taken four tires onlyonce this evening. he'll do it again here. they've taken right side most tops. his carhas been a little shady on restarts. that's what he said last time. they're going to tryto tighten them up. >> the big issue for matt kenseth, we'll seehow bad that affects him when he comes back on the racetrack. right now danica patrickscored at the race leader. matt kenseth third. martin truex jr. is fourth. scoring chart,see kurt busch going by the 150 dprooichk. to get danica scored as the race leader. currentlyon the lead lap. there are 25 cars. kurt busch

running 25th. harvick coming in. did not getstopped in time. you can see way back he just wasn't coming in at the right angle. it makesme wonder. we've talked about brakes the entire race and how you're using probably more brakesthan you thought. it makes me wonder if the car didn't slow down like he anticipated.on pit road they do not work as well. i wonder if he just didn't slow down as much. kelli?>> now danica patrick has made her way on to pit road. her car was loose, loose, loose. then theyhit on something. she said on three and four, it turned like a race car should. she is happywith the car now. she'll get four tires and sonoco fuel.>> damage to the front of the tent. contact earlier. a smoker in-turn

four. somebody got up into the wall it lookslike. that's the 7 of regan smith. hard, hard contact on the right side as the caution hascome out. quite a few of the pit stops that cycle through. martin truex jr. back up front.kyle busch was running second. hard contact by regan smith.>> you see him here at the top of the screen. you see something come off the car. i wouldassume either something broke or the tire went down. it looked actually like a pieceof the hood flap. when the right front tire popped, it's usually a pretty big explosion.much like we saw with the 22 earlier, just a long straight ride up to the fence.>> the angle where he hit, he hit at a really, really hard angle. that was a much biggerimpact than logano.

>> the centrifugal force that these cars makeat the top of the turn is the highest. they're leaning very hard on the right side cars tokeep the car going around the turn. le. >> jeff pointed out vr this out earlier. brakeuse is higher than expected and that has to do with some of this you're seeing.>> go to commercial break. we'll be right back in kentucky.l be right back in kentucky. the ford freedom sales event is on! with ourbest offers of the year! i'm free to do what i want... and 0% financingis back! on a huge selection of ford cars, trucks and suvs. plus get an extra $1000 smartbonus on specially tagged vehicles. that's freedom from interest... and freedom to choosewith ford. america's best selling brand.

i'm free, baby! now get 0% financing plusa $1000 smart bonus cash on specially tagged vehicles. only at the ford freedom sales event.feel free... . >>> nascar on nbcsn is brought to you by sprint-- proud sponsor of the nascar sprint cup series, and by kfc's extra crispy chicken.it's extra crispy good. >> welcome back to nascar sprint cup seriesracing presented by kfc from kentucky speedway. and a gorgeous view of this mile and a halftrack, repaved and reconfigured since the last time the cup series was on this track.even the xfinity series in late fall of last year. interesting. we've had another tirefailure it looks like, as we saw the 7 get into the ball. take a look at the brakes.jeff, you've been talking about this. you

see the left front rotor just blowing. thisisn't what you expect when you come to a mile and a half. you don't think you'll have touse this much brake. >> you see the white wheels on the 42. lookat all that black dust that comes pouring out of the wheel. that is used brake pad built7-. we talked about the smallest spoiler. i think the lack of downforce is attributingto this higher brake usage. >> the straight away speeds are so high, you'vegot to slow them down. all that heat is getting going sbriegt the tire.>> let's go back into the infield and rutledge wood. le.>> rick, this is a great time to point out some of the crazy things that are happeningon pit road with the teams. in martin truex

pit road. all the teams are working on this,tire changer kbreesing his gun. they've got everything they need from all their tools.this is their total command center. all their lap times, adjustments. they're keeping trackof all the data. i counted 20 people down here. 13 people ontop and about a 15 by 20 area. 33 people on this team. everyone's got a job. everyone'sworking hard down here, rick. >> a lot of people go into making a race teamsuccessful. >> that was my home away from home, rick.>> let's talk about restarts. >> have you seen the outside line. kevin harvickgets into the corner and moved down. he gets really close to the two car. it pulls theair off the 2 car.

>> that's a move we've seen kevin harvickdo a kuchle of times. he did it right there. look at the 78. as soon as that ford getsthere, the downforce moves to the position of kyle busch as well.>> when you take this downforce away it gives the drivers a chance to mess with the othercars. you have to use anything you can to get an advantage.>> and you drivers do just that. get your nascar coverage when you're on the go withnascar mobile, the official app of nascar puts race coverage and live in-car coverageright in your fingertips. listen to the drivers as teams discuss strategy at nascar.com/mobile.casey here's fronting 31st. he had an issue early in the race where they had to go backin the garage and make repairs to the car.

mears only scored 21 laps down to the field.reeg an smith has been checked and released from the infield care center. martin truexjr. and kyle busch making up row number one. truex fruks on the outside. kyle busch onthe inside. fans waving the green flags in the grandstand. as they go two by two into turn one. sparksflying on the 18. martin truex jr. with the momentum on the outside will take the leadand hang on to it. kevin harvick with a good restart moves up to third. jamie mcmurraytrying to hold on for the fourth year. flee wide as they cross the finish line.>> kyle larson went all the way to the top to regain his position. here he is right herein-turn one. he's had a fast car all night

but now he's back in the traffic allittlemore than he wants. we'll see if he can recover and work his way back to the front.>> fighting for positions on the restart. very important track position so importanttonight in kentucky. off the repave and reconfiguration of this racetrack, only three drivers havebeen able win at this track. right now martin truex junior out in front of the field. jamiemcmurray just in front of brad keselowski. mcmurray has been able to race his way upto the front but then not be able to hang on to that position in the restart.>> you saw right there -- >> clint bowyer sideways. and he'll come out.>> if you don't have a flat, stay out on the apron.>> i do have a flat.

>> boyer was running 26th when he went around.scored one lap down to the field going to get back out on the track after their crash. >> if you don't have any flats, stay out.15 underneath danica patrick. he's already sideways. did a good job of staying off ofher. he really did. she did a nice job of maintaining her pace and along for the rideat this point. >> that's a mark on 2 wheel.>> getting into the side of car, though, and the that's what happened to danica patrick,takes that air off on the spoiler and around goes the 15.>> you can see they were pretty much three wide, so they entered very shallow, meaninghe had to enter early. it just came around

on him.>> 26, almost i think is the keyword. >> that is going to be almost in a wreck.>> martin truex jr. out front. martin truex jr. has led 31 laps tonight. kevin harvickhas led the most up to this point. scheduled for tonight's race, martin truex jr., so dominanton mile and a half that he's out front at kentucky as we go nascar nonstop. .>>> next week navk on nbc, future stars of nascar will hit the track in the xfinity series.sunday, sprint cup racing. that starts at 1:00 p.m. dale earnhardt jr. breaking backinto the top ten and shutting the engineoff and firing it back up again. dave?>> rick, i know, when you come to a track

you want to meet some of the locals, right?you also want to find out what crew members come from the area. when i find out that thejack man for tony stewart was from owensboro, i looked him up and found out that he wasa football player before slinging the jack. he was a fullback and an outside linebackerand went to the 1 double-a championship. i think mcneese state got beat that year. ithought why not have him give me an autograph as well. so i had him sign my turban.>> did he use a magic marker? >> no. i'll save it and hang it somewhere.>> i love it. >> always searching for the autographs downthere, dave, aren't you? >> hey, listen, i'm a fan.>> lights are out on the pace truck. martin

truex choosing outside line once again. austindillon, brad dozen, row four. row five. pace truck off the track. fans waving the greenflags once again in the grandstands as they come back to the restart zone. green flagback in the air. around goes the 78 on the outside of the 18.once again, that move works. the outside line definitely working as the 4 now of kevin harvickmakes the inside line and a pass on kyle busch. so kevin harvick moves up to second. mattkenseth trying to get by kyle busch as well as busch has continued to run an outside linefor three and four and now into one and two. two drivers out of wisconsin, one of theywill being matt kenseth from cambridge. 43-year-old trying to get behind kyle busch. he will makethe pass complete. paul menard, the other

driver from wisconsin. truex jr. has abouta half a second lead now on kevin harvick. edwards making the move by the 1 of jamiemcmurray. mcmurray after being up front for a lot of the evening has jumped back justinside the top ten, running eighth. >> three wide, two positions.>> greg biffle looking back, battle behind him between paul menard and austin dillon.dillon using that inside line goat by paul menard. now under 100 laps to go.>> talking about hue you can use your car to affect other people's car. on that last restart, we saw a really goodexample of that. look at kevin harvick behind the 18. as the 78 gets close to the 18, the18 gets loose. now watch the 4. he continues

that advance. as he's advancing he's makingthe 18 even looser. so he saw a weakness with the 18. he was already loose. he pushed theissue, off the 18 and got that position. that's using all your tools. you have to do withthat with this package. that's why the drivers like the package. if in the old package, ifyou got behind somebody, you were just stuck. now you can take air off their car and getthe trailing car the advantage. >> kevin harvick has led 105 laps martin truexcontinuing to lead as aj allmendinger coming off the track with major damage. the hoodhas blown up over the windshield and the caution will come out again. 47 of a.j. allmendingerwas involved in a crash earlier this evening. very disappointed driver.>> remember, he's one of those drivers near

the end of the cut line trying to get in thechase. very upset. i don't blame him. work hard and try to drive his race car and thingsdon't go well, it's very frustrating. >> and as difficult as it is, the rule isthe drivers are supposed to stay in their cars until the safety crew gets to him but-- >> he's looking at his hands. you get hurt.>> very frustrating for a.j. allmendinger. >> it was like maybe the repair they attempteddidn't hold. i'm not sure if the hood came up before hehad an accident or the hood coming up was the cause of the accident.>> let's look, see if we can see what happened. this is in the front stretch. saw a lot ofsmoke out of the car before it hit the wall.

then the hood comes up. it's hard to say.le like i mentioned, 68, you don't know if that smoke was tire smoke or an oil line issuebut definitely something amiss with the 78 car.>> they've tried so hard to get the car fixed after you get in a wreck, they don't wantto send the driver out there in something containingous.>> in entering tonight's race allmendinger was only 16 points behind the cut line, behindthat 16th position which everyone is shooting for to get in the chase. chase. hey, i'm paul,and i used to ask if you could hear me now with verizon... notanymore. i'm with sprint now, because guess what, it's 2016 and every network is great.in fact, sprint's reliability is now within

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kevin harvick, those two running one and twohave not run at kentucky before. kevin harvick has never finished in the top five at thisracetrack. >> last time they were open, most of the leadersstayed out. but the 43, almirola pitted in 15 position. the leaders are staying out,trying to get to their pit stop around lap 200. but t43 came into pit road, put somefuel in the automobile. itself might put the 43 in a good position if they.>> you see casey mears coming up to pit road. we look at cautions tonight presented bringsprint. ten cautions already. the track record is11 mtd. switch today and save on most tantd or mobile rates. visit a sprint store or sprint.com/networktoday. you're thinking we may get to that

record?>> you see dale jr., how hard he was working his tires. that's why these cars, as driversthey're squirming so hard. you want the tires ready to fire. we see how important restartsare. if you get a little more heat in the tires that will stick a little bit better.>> dive? >> they pitted last two cautions. all thedrivers are racing in points now. on that last one they thought they ran through somedebris. he said i would kick myself if i didn't get it. they changed four tires.>> tony stewart, only one driver has ever won on their 600th start. that is the king,richard petyid. a big win in sonoma early this year. we're getting ready for the restart.back to racing in kentucky. all the way down

to the apron, carl edwards trying to get bythe 2. something you have to do is make sure you stay in line until you get to the start-finishline and i believe he did that. you see kevin harvick making the inside line work a bigwiggle out of martin truex and harvick is back up front.>> another car that got another restart was tile lars.>> 16 of greg biffle is working to the inside of the 19. brad keselowski keeps momentum up trying toget by. the 1 of mcmurray now. matt kenseth goes by kyle larson. keselowski up to sixth.trying to make the pass. kevin harvick so strong, now continues to lead as far as inthe category of laps led. 107 and counting.

89 laps to go. kevin harvick, out front hasa .4 of a second lead. kyle busch, matt kenseth, kyle larson in the top five.>> we mentioned almirola pitted this last time. he's up to the 14th position, closingin on the 5, kasey kahne. >> eric almirola. native of tampa, glae.>> the 43, in doing it, it hurt the 5 more than did 43.>> ryan newman capitalized on that one. >> this is what you need as a crew chief.when you decide to do something different. put some fires on it, get some fume. he hasto have commitment from the drivers. we saw the 34 earlier. eric is doing a job fightinghard, gaining those positions back. >> closing in on the 88 of dale earnhardtjr. eric almirola moving toward the fronts.

tony stuart by the 11 of denny hamlin.>> we haven't seen the speed from the 11 carr that i thought we'd see. just not speed.>> one of the drivers earlier today who talked about how he thought the track would be verynarrow. a little wider than i think denny hamlin expected. we heard other drivers talkabout they thought they would have an opportunity. kevin harvick from the drop of the green flagwas running the groove. >> with 85 laps to go, let's go through thefield brought to you by hardee's. make only one mistake toemtd for kevin harvick and alot of good saves out there. remember when he overshot his pit on pit road. kevin radiosto apologize to his crew. it was a safety

procedure, but it cost him. marty?>> martin truex back in the second position. when i talked to his crew chief earlier todayhe told me we need to get back into the mode of the top five. you've got to be in the mode.if you get top five in the chase, you'll make it to the miami to win the title.>> drivers have taken different approaches to kentucky. he told me that kyle enters disturbancethree flatter and that has benefitted him just a moment the low downforce badge wasused in michigan, they struggled. they came with a different philosophy this time. thecar's been more predictable in traffics. he enjoy the balance. kelli?>> started on the front row, back inside the top five. looking forward to more, he said.he said summer sprint will identify some capabilities.

>> kyle petty, he was the man to beat. theyfinally made their way into the top ten. they got -- the reason they've been so good thisweekend is their teammate. carl edwards has been very frustrated with track conditionsall evening long. trying to get back up through the field. they'vehad a fast car. he told me this morning the biggest part that needs that improve, righthere, the racetrack. kelli. >> dale earnhardt jr. rounding out the top10. he has struggled in practice and the early stages of this race, nearly wrecking at onepoint. the crew and chief have gob to work and now he's happy with this car. he's racingand able to move forward. right behind him is paul menard. we talked about him beinghere a year ago. outside now looking in mentality

now. consistency is out the door at this point.marty. >> eric almirola continuing to move forward.he started 17 with the an hour fresh tires. they've moved from there to 12th position.pretty good on this run right now. >> ryan newman said they're not happy withtheir points situation. they feel like they've been gaining consistency and momentum, especiallyin the last month. they think they're closer to getting a win.>> tony's been doing a good job this evening. running for points and keeping his point position.marty. >> this has been a free fall for jamie mcmurray.in the fast few laps i may have -- kasey kahne told me earlier today that when they unloadedthis weekend he felt like he had the worst

car in the group. >> handle il winning the daytona 500 earlier.we've run through the list of things we want to try. that's what happens when you win thefirst race of the season. >> this has been a really difficult week,and they just haven't been able to find wins. the whole organization has and with it we'reable to make some targeted goals. mark, we're not just throwing darts at the board anymore.marty? >> for kurt busch it has been a struggle tonight.they have not been able to make their way forward. that was very helpful. sijs thenthey have not been able to get out of this hole. they're running in 19th in a loose racecar. what a nice run for this race team. they're

running in 20th right now. they've been dealingwith a race car that's been a little too loose all season long.>> you mentioned trying to keep it pointed in the right direction. how about this sayfor landon kassell? >> that's close. same thing. you know, underneathanother car, did a nice job of staying off. little bit of contact. not bad. marty?>> we talked about jamie mcmurray having a tyre issue, he talked for a couple of laps.he said i think i have an issue and then said guys, i got to come in. something is definitelywrong. we're going to see what it is. >> just outside of the pit window, welsching,you could go maybe 67 laps early. the 38 gets into the wauchlt landon kassell was running19th.

landon kassell and the whole right side ofthat car. been a good run. in the top 20. and that will tie the track record for mostcautions. and we still have 73 laps to go. >> that's a little outside of the fuel windowwe mentioned at the top of the show. we were thinking about 65, 67 laps. only five lapsshort of their window, keach the car when they come off pit road.>> take another look at what happened with landon. already up into the wall top of yourscreen. and -- >> obviously we saw him in trouble earlier.i don't know potentially when he got next to the car beside him, he cut a side wallorring in. really hard to tell. i wnlder what does -- what -- almirola, tony stewart, trevorbayne, they're on the same strategy. do they

someday out, do no tires, just fuel?>> there's so fewer cars on that strategy, i don't know if they can stay out. i thinkwe've seen tires not able to hold up. their options are open. they need less fuel. mike?>> matt kenseth's biggest concern that he needs to be a little more free in order toexecute passes. the team will make a right-hand side tire change. you see them going to work.marty? >> just outside the window. he was out ina hurry. gave. >> sthirtd place kyle busch, left side forkevin harvick. >> it looks like all these teams are bankingon another caution, because a lot -- they couldn't have got the fuel cells full withthat short a stop. martin truex gains a slot.

.>>> still under caution, getting ready for the restart. brad keselowski will be a guestthis week on "nascar america." the 78 is doing a pass-through penalty right now because ofpassing on the inside on pit road. look at how he passes the ford here.>> he's using the pit line to his advantage, the speed line to his advantage. he used ittoo much to his advantage. you can't make it that obvious. we see this every week. wesee the car that can take advantage of the speed line, he'll accelerate. you can seeeach one of these red lines in the time zone. you go from one line to the other. so therewas no way he could speed on pit road. when he got to the line he took off. he acceleratedwhen he passed the 4 car. in doing so that's

why the penalty.>> he said i don't know how to argue with a nascar official. you noticed nobody fueledup completely. they're banking on others caution. we'll see if that plays to their advantage.martin truex will restart. 22ened here, trying to make his way to the front of the field.>> kevin harvick on the outside. matt kenseth on the inside. racing once again in the bluegrassstate. keselowski working the outside line, he'll take second away from matt kenseth.harvick, keselowski, lar vick. harvick way up the racetrack. brad keselowski takes thelead away. >> harvick had to turn right, even spinningout. >> there we just saw the 20th rvegts mattkenseth use the apron.

he was going through. the front stretch andinto turn one. here comes kyle petty in the 42 -- kyle larson in the 42. he's going totry to get by kyle busch. a little loose there for kyle busch. here comes kyle edwards. kylelarson had to catch his breath as well as that 42. now on the outside of the 31 of ryannewman. and he's got his work cut out for him to try to gain the spots back.>> drivers are trying to catch their cars. that's only going to get worse. drivers aregoing to push harder and harder with 66 to go.>> almirola in the 43 just in front of the 3. now looking to the inside of austin dillon.remember this track was repaved since last fall. we're still seeing a few bumps on thetrack, so not a perfectly smooth repave. steve?

>> when we talk about repaved, we want itto be smooth, a different surface, but kentucky has always been known for a little bit ofbumps. i think that's great for racing. it increases the difficulty for the crew chiefand the drivers. >> it wasn't only a repave. it was a reconfiguration.they changed curves one and two. when you say you reconfigure a racetrack, they sayok. the three guys who have won here before all are running in the top four.>> trying to bite on the outside, trying to pull down, take air off the 41. wasn't ableto do it. >> good run for tony stewart in the 14. 600thstart, tony stewart has moved up to 12. le.>> he pitted later than most the last time.

when he came down pit road this time and theytook on right side tires, they only had to put the one can of fuel in to top it off,so he is good to go on fuel. >> and that will be impressive if he's ableto stretch it, because when the green flag came out, about 68, 69 laps to go. a big bobblethere for kasey kahne. >> he gets -- the 11 lost a few spots sincethen. >> 11 falling back. stewart-haas racing, kurtbusch and tony stewart running nose to tail now.>> on that restart we saw keselowski making a move. watch him get really close to him.that pulls the car off the car. kevin harvick can do nothing. brad takes advantage of it.>> you can see how loose he was. he said i

was about to wreck, it was so loose. kevinharvick is about four laps short on fuel, if he does maximum savings.>> he -- i think that's what he'll do. i think kevin harvick, one of the best at saving fuel.he practices saving fuel a great deal. he'll take time during practice sometime just tounderstand how much fuel he's burning. right now, he will be saving. he's really good atitself. -- it.>> again, a back-up car for kurt busch tonight. final practice, wrecking the primary. kurtbusch running strong, running 11th. kevin harvick, chasing down matt kenseth after losingthe lead. keselowski. >> that is why the drivers like this package.if you go back and think about last year,

if keselowski had done that, the only thingthat would happen is keselowski would have run up the racetrack. this car would have gotten so tight behindanother car. when you're behind somebody, you can force tempo. you can make somethinghappen it's not a huge disadvantage to be behind someone.>> brad keselowski has been making a lot of adjustments to his car from the cockpit allnight long. before that last pit stop he said his left rear was starting to slide. thenhe said the crew chief said i really don't know what too ask for except for everything.it seemed to be paying off. >> kelli, the 20 car was one of several thattook just one can of fuel on that last pit

spot. matt kenseth has been soft pedallingthe car. he radioed into his team saying i can go harder if you want. the crew chiefsaid keep it where you are right now. >> is that fuel or maybe a little tire conservation?>> when the leaders were last on pit road on lap 196 they needed upwards of eight toten seconds of fuel. i don't feel like any of the front cars are full on fuel and noneof those have the distance. they know that we can't make it to the end if we don't getsa caution we'll have to pit under the green. >> after the penalty, martin truex jr. hasworked his way back up to 13th marty. >> from 22nd to 13th for martin truex. hesays the world is different back here. he is gaining ground every lap on the cars infront of him. i just checked in and he said

because you topped off all the way, if yousave a little bit, can you make it. he said we're close, we're about a lap short, so maybethat penalty will work out for martin truex jr. they the took on left side tires as well,so they have four treasure tires and the most fuel of anybody in the field.>> that penalty will spark conversation next week. we saw -- all pit road we see driversaccelerate when they get to that speed line and get to their pit stops as quickly as theycan. from time to time we see drivers get a littleahead of the leader or the car from front of them without a call. in this case he gotso far ahead i think nascar felt like they had to do it. it's going to spark conversation.there will be -- i don't know if debate is

correct but fwll a lot of discussion aboutit. >> tis rule has always been in place.>> yeah. >> it's -- one thing can make a little bitof an advantage. but across the plane of the car from front of you, technically you'rein violation of the rules. nascar decided to make the call. but i agree, there willbe a lot of discussion next week in the drivers meeting.>> martin has ed 16 and 78 to get by. >> this just isn't easy. when you're tryingto go as fast as you can, your car is right on the limit. if you try to gain ten feettoo deep, you have to chase the car off the racetrack.>> if they were a few feet from the limit

early in the race, now they're a few inchesand sometimes crossing over it. >> going the wrong way.>> very aggressive now as there are just 52 laps to go. battle for 10th by paul menard.larson calling back another spot. keselowski has almost a three-second lead now over mattkenseth. after seeing braz keselowski on pit road, steve, you mentioned the fuel couldbecome an issue. he's pushing awful hard. kelli. somebody else pushing hard is ryannewman. taking risks to go for the win. he said brian through thick and thin of theroller coaster ride they've had this year. >> eric almirola took those tires earlierwhether noeblsz did. terrific call. here they are in a position to get maybe one of theirbest finishes of the year in 17th. they finished

15th at daytona last week. a good run forgreg biffle would be nice. a lot of cars on the racetrack are saying that biffle seemsto be dropping oil on the racetrack. he's had no complaint about the chassis, though.four tires on the last top. >> he hasn't had the season they wanted. they'vehad some bad luck, motor problems, brake issues. paul me -- has not finished in the top tenbut is looking to do it tonight. >> everybody else on the white line.>> we've got to focus on the 78 car of martin truex jr. very, very aggressive. as he hasmoved up to the eighth spot already. and closing in on eric almirola. austin dillon fryingto get by kyle larson. there is the 78. eric almirola goes up to the seventh spot.>> he's running laps four and .5 a second

faster. look at the gain. all the way up tothe eighth position. >> this is for second. matt kenseth has it.kevin harvick has closed the gap now. harvick following in the tire tracks of matt kenseth. a little bit harder into the turn with kensethcloses the gap as they go through the center of the turn. up the racetrack again he goes.>> he had to chase it up the track. i don't know how many times i said chase it up thetrack tonight but it feels like a hundred. >> watch harvick work trying to get by kenseth.>> this track to me in this configuration has much more of a short track feel. i don'teven feel like we're at a mile and a half. i feel like we're at a slick short track.>> three and four and then it almost seems

like an intermediate track in turns one andtwo. >> much different feel between one and twoand three and four, no doubt. >> ryan newman now up to sixth.>> martin truex jr. after a penalty on pit road was up front, had to go back down pitroad and pass through penalty. they took advantage of it. filled it full of fuel. now the mostfuel and the precious tires on the track are working for martin truex jr. aj allmendingerhas been checked and released from the infield care center. brad keselowski with a three-secondlead over kenseth. >> i'm not willing to say that, rick. he'srunin the 19 of carl edwards in front of martin truex jr. this is what they had to say onthe radio.

>> everybody make it in?>> no. >> we're going to make it.>> we're going to make it. let me tell you something. here's the problem with that. youmentioned it, steve. we had the fast car on the racetrack in truex. he stayed a littlelonger, filled her all the way through with fume. he's going to push the issue. he's goingto make it where these guys can't ride and try to run them out of fuel.>> i think he's just going to pass them on the racetrack.>> kelli? >> aj allmendinger was just released but youwere in there for quite some time. you came out with your left wrist wrapped. how areyou?

>> just trying to get some sympathy pointsnow. i'm fine. hurts a little bit. figure out. we'll get it x-rayed later and see whatthe exact diagnosis is, but i said i wouldn't having a lot of fun before. i'm definitelynot having a lot of fun right now. so guys try to get the car back together. i don'tknow if we blew a tire or what. the hood came up. a big hit. i feel a little bit old.>> thanks, a.j. >> we've been talking a little bit of strategy.let's talk a little more as we're under 43 to go. brought to you by smithfield foods.>> really, the key all race long restart, being efficient somehow. efficiency, jeff,whether you come down pit road, how much fuel to survive this very tough racetrack?>> that's been the hard part. surviving the

racetrack has been difficult for everybody.>> i checked in and asked how do you feel about the fuel situation. he said no, justlet them go because right now he's so fast i think he can get his way to the front. they'reburning so much fuel, he hasn't saved any this run. he needs-time him to save some. do you holdhim back or do you let him go and try to get to the front on his own?>> no. you let him go. i don't think they're racing against anyone on the fuel strategy.>> and the cost comes out, you want to be in as good track condition as you have.>> want to take our last green flag break. .>>> welcome back. just 32 laps to go in the

nascar sprint cup series race presented bykfc. under the lights at kentucky speedway. repaved and reconfiguration, got some greatracing tonight. next week nascar is on nbcsn from loudoun, new hampshire. saturday it willbe the xfinity series coverage beginning at 3 3: 30 sunday.>> martin truex continuing to reel in cars. now he's on the back bumper of kevin harvick.>> you see at the top of your screen, this last pit, martin truex jr. 38, two laps morefuel than the leader because he had that penalty, came down pit road and serviced the cash.i was confused. when you're serviced by a penalty, if it's not -- a passing penalties,you're not allowed to pit. that gained him the opportunity to come back in a second time.so that's the little dethalg the crew chief

has to understand. if it wasn't a passingpenalty, come down, gets the left side tires. a great job coming through the field.>> again, we see the 4 of kevin harvick slide up the racetrack. that openings the door forthe 78 of martin truex jr. >> truex is definitely where he needs to be.kevin has no choice. 78 coming through the field, i don't think i've seen a car comeup through the field like in a long time. he took it from way in the back. he has madea on the of time up. this is exceptionally impressive.>> he was over six seconds behind the race leader. now inside five seconds of the raceleader brad keselowski. >> where he started, he had to pass good cars.it's a lot different passing towards in 30th.

he's been passing quality cars to get here. >> fuel strategy being discussed by almostevery team. here's what the 4 had to say. >> we're about three short. there's about26 laps. letting off early just to save two laps. it would be really hard to save three.>> what he just said was to save two laps, it's going to take 26 laps, so if you waituntil your driver with 27 to go, hey, you got to save two laps and he starts to startsaving right now. that's what he was telling kevin. so that -- they seem really smart atsaving fuel. they know how much fuel they can save at what pace and that's what reallymatters. kelli? >> i haven't heard much from the two teamson saving fuel. i just checked in with the

teamaged they're saying they think they'rejust a little bit short. >> the 20 team has had a lot of conversationsabout saving the fuel. here was the conversation moments ago.>> to save, i think should we lose a lot. >> do what you can but stay after it for now.>> i think i can -- >> just told matt kenseth right now accordingto our calculations, you're skbr than the 2 car on fuel. still, they're doubtful theycan go the distance. >> i wonder if his team nate kyle busch mightbe managing it himself. he wasn't instructed to do that.>> don't need to save anything. give me all you got.>> so they expect to be on pit road for fuel,

but sometimes, guys, they can work off theirown and what kyle sees, he can respond to. maybe he's saving. marty?>> carl edwards is in the sixth position. he said on the radio a moment ago, hey, isaved you lots of fuel. he said i need at least two more. i need you to be real aggressive. a lot of drivers backing it down hoping theycan make it to the edged. >> i think that is the best strategy. the78's already gone by. the only way the 19 is going to win the race is if the 78 runsout of gas assuming it goes green. we've seen them stretch a fuel tank before. he's verygood at it. there's a lot of throw. these mile and a half tracks, ice ladder to savefuel. it's not like a road course. it's hard

to save at these big mile and a half tracks.>> for probably the last 20 laps, the 78 of martin truex jr. has been the fastest caron the track until that last lachlt austin dillon was the fastest car and martin truexjr. wasn't even in the top five. now maybe martin truex is starting to think about afuel issue, but he doesn't have that luxury. he's still four seconds behind brad keselowski.matt kenseth, three and a half seconds behinds brad keselowski. so now it becomes not who'sthe fastest but who's the smartest at conserving fuel with 22 laps to go.>> we just heard it's going to take 26 laps to save fuel to get two laps. right? we justheard that what does that mean nor martin truex? that two-lap thing is looming reallylarge at the moment.

>> any way you got it, three miles -- theyhave three miles more gas than any other car. >> he can push the issue, make everybody elserun faster than they want and then save fuel later. that's the advantage. he can push harderwronger -- longer, save fuel later. again, when you're martin truex jr. and his teamand you won a race already, you want to get as many tops as you can and hope you get acaution. he's gained all these spots. he can win the race if the caution comes out or ifit doesn't. having a fast car and pushing the issue putshim in position to possibly win the race. >> jeff, there's not been one word on theradio ability fuel in this run at all. he hasn't mentioned fuel at all. he's lettingmartin completely go, steve. that's a strategy

as well. you only bring fuel into the equationif focused on the front. >> the rare opportunity you have as the crewchief to take the car that can drive from the back of the pack all the way to the front-mile-an-hour,no surprise martin truex is number one, almost a half a mile an hour faster than mats matt.if you have a car that can drive from the back to the front, i don't want to see youconserving fume. prove to the world how fast you can run. make a statement, even if itisn't in victory lane. >> if he can get by kenseth and you only have15 laps to go, you make it. i mean, can you actually catch him? at that point i thinkyou do start saving fuel just enough to keep the 20 behind you in case the 2 car runs outof fuel. in three seconds and 15 laps, i don't

think you'll make that much up. you have tohope he runs out of fuel, but when you get in front of the 20, you can't let him backaround you. >> and it was martin truex who marched throughthe field until he got to the 20 of matt kenseth. now he hasn't been able to reel in mtt kenseth.the 18 of kyle busch has decided to come to pit road with just 17 laps to go. dave.>> rick, you can tell he needed to come in and film it soon or be very difficult to getit restarted if it ran out completely. the car is underpower. >> he's got to go 16 laps. kevin harvick'sgoing to do the same thing. harvick on pit road as well. a lot of teams not thinkingthey're going to make it all the way. decision

come to pit road for the 4 team. dave?>> we heard them talk about the fact that the amount of time they needed to save wasgoing to be a big, big task. you could hear the tony in roddy chilleder's voice didn'tsound real positive. 15 to go, where will he cycle back out?>> i like what these crew chiefs are thinking. they know they can't make it on fuel. pitnow. hope the caution doesn't come out. get right side tires, you'll be the fastest caron the racetrack. start gaining the position back.>> where will they cycle back out on to the track?>> we saw kyle busch go by. he was on pit road just before the floor. let's listen into what the 19 of carl edwards had to say.

>> behind you, fuel.>> carl edwards, nine seconds behind brad keselowski.>> he said earlier now a hundred percent. if you're going to try to make it go as slowas you can but austin dillon behind you. but you slow down you're not going to catch keselowski.>> 17 hasn't been talking much on the radio until just moments ago.>> wlooep get to the front. >> calm as a cucumber. marty.>> doing the best he can. once he got behind matt kenseth, the car got extremely tightand it just won't go. kenseth is lugging that yellow line as west he can to take away theline for martin truex jr. he's so tight, these cars are screaming now.he's in third position trying to get back

in.>> he did a great job to gets up to third. once he got up to third he used a lot of hisequipment up getting there. >> yeah, he did. he's come from the back ofthe field. >> another car on pit road, austin dillonhas chosen to make his way on to pit road for fuel. dave.>> rick, after this run got started, i checked and he held up two hands, stay within tenlawns short and knew they would have to come down pit road. you use a whole lot of fuelalways. >> the cars get barely over four miles toa gallon. the they're not out there for fuel efficiency. but a lot of them are thinkingi wish this car was more fuel efficient.

>> there's a great difference between beingten laps short. that is a long way. >> the 78 who we thought was going to havebetter fuel mileage than everyone else is is now on pit road.>> they were hling martin truex in. taking the confirm active route here getting tiresand fuel to make it to the ejtd. >> if they can't make it on fuel, i like theidea of coming to pit road. they're just a little late. i people they needed to pit 10laps ago. le. >> can brad keselowski make it on fuel? ninelaps of racing to go. kenseth has closed the gap. carl edwards has been in fuel conservationmid-the long ellis. he is 10.7 seconds behind brad keselowski.>> if it comes down to the guys that pit -- now

we have the 42 on pit road. >> that would be kyle petty. no tires forkyle petty, just the fuel to get to the end. real quick on carl edwards. dave rogers saidstay in fuel saving mode. they think they're going to win this race.>> 2 and 20 are going to stick with it. they are on the track trying to win this race.martin truex closing the gap on kevin harvick. >> we have a fuel mileage race with keselowskiand matt kenseth. if they want make it on fuel, these two cars are the first two offpit road. >> they're also the first two one lap down.if the caution does come out kevin harvick is in the free pass and here comes kenz etd.kends earth makes the pass on keselowski.

harvick was in the pass position but it maynot matter. kenseth out in front. fuel save for the two, he either has an issue or he'ssaving fuel. kelli? >> whether they go into fuel savings modeor whether they come down at one point, it sounded like they were going to bit for freshtires and fuel. then brad said save, save, save, save. brad said on a scale of one toten, how much? they said ten. he said if i'm saving at ten, i've got to let matt kensethfind me. >> they have many conversations over the lastseveral laps whether or not they could make it. he broke did news to kejz etd that wecannot make it. there's no way. fuel only. >> back on the lead lap now. the 4 and the78. they have been able to get by brad keselowski

but they're a lap down. they're almost a fulllap behind the two. >> very simple. five laps, nine seconds. that'sthe advantage that brad keselowski has over carl edwards. you hear him right there, save, save, save.but did they wait too long? can you save enough now?>> i think potentially you can. edwards is nine seconds back. it doesn't matter -- unlessthey run out of fuel it doesn't matter that bush and these -- busch and those guys passhim. can you go slow enough without the 19 kwoochg you to win this race? jeff, remember-- >> you're saving gas.>> that's all that matters. how far behind

you is the car that you're trying to savemore fuel than. that's all that matters. the 19 team have been in this mode for about 20laps. they've been saving for a long time. they're in fuel save mode. they just toldcarl edwards to do so save fuel, save fuel. don't worry about the 2. they're convincedhe's going to run out. >> that's what everybody is banking on rightnow. the remaining two laps when he comes back around by the finish line. can he gothree miles? two laps is all he's got to do. brad keselowski, two wins already at kentucky.can he make it three? >> got the distance, four seconds now, soif he can cut that distance it's going to make brad have to run harder than he wantsto.

>> brad just a moment ago said i ran out,i ran out. they're telling him to flip the switch to get him fuel reserves but he's goingto try to make it but i'm out. >> can carl edwards go the distance as well?the two slowest on the track. he's wobbling, trying to get as much fuel as he can. comingto the white flag. one more time around and here comes carl edwards. does he have enoughfuel? one lap to go, brad keselowski with fuel. heegsz got it fired up again. he's pullingaway from the 19. >> two back. two back.>> for the win brad keselowski, does he have enough fuel to get through three and fourto the finish line. carl edwards on his back bumper. coming offturn four, he's going to have enough. brad

keselowski will win!>> looks like a flag. i ran out. i was out. yeah, that was awesome. i got nothing.>> brad keselowski, what an incredible start to the second half of the season. wins atdaytona, comes back to kentucky and wins again. this one, conserving enough fuel, when i sayconserving enough, just enough fuel. it ran out of gas. carl edwards was able to get tohis back bumper. he was able to shake the car enough to get just enough through thepickup that it gave him enough gas to stay on the track for one more lap.>> brads brad celebrating at kentucky speedway. >> i was convinced that he was done, he wasout. his car. the guys have changed to pit road to fill up with fuel. martin truex jr.,kevin harvick, they finished ninth and tenth,

harvick in ninth. martin truex in tenth. tonystewart, top five finish on his 600th start. what an incredible call by crew chief forthe two. dave? >> we were all convinced he was out of fueland it sounded like he was. he said it was, didn't he?>> yeah. he made me a little nervous. i didn't think we were going to make it honestly. we kind of made our bed when the guys startedpitting. with 15 to go we were at a point where they were going to jump us. we neededto pick one strategy or the other. i felt like we were better safg than the other guys.he knew we were short. we were able to go full save. it was just enough. it's wortha gamble. hats off to all the guys. we had

the mileage. we worked hard on the car allnight. at least we got competitive at the end so we could use some strategy and getthe win. this is the part of the season where we've -- we really kind of get strong. greatjob by the driver saving fuel. >> great job of calculating. i think theywent back and forth a few times whether he'd actually make it. in the end he did.>> what if the tow truck did doughnuts right now? because brad can't do it.>> there's no fuel gauge in the car. this is all based on the things that you've learnedin practice, the things that you've learned, the experience that you had. you have to guessyour way through it. you've got to take all that informationaged find a way to get thatfuel mileage. it's very, very difficult to

do. he ran out of fuel right at the righttime. that's amazing these drooefrs can do that.>> a 100-mile-an-hour chess game every weekend. >> 400 miles and he had to stretch every singlemile for fuel. he'll be in victory lane if he gets pushed in there. if he gets pushedin there my extra crispy, five dollar fill-up is freshly double-breaded by hand. it's tasty,real meal for just five dollars. [crunch] am i an extra crispy boy?[sipping] sure, kid. kfc. it's extra crispy good. kylebusch, the 2015 champion! toyota. let's go places.>>> welcome back. it's not a full hoop but i'm telling you, crazy things have happenedlike it is a full moon. the 2 of brad keselowski

is being pushed into victory lane. what anincredible job of saving just enough fuel. >> yeah. look for the name tony stewart, gregbiffle, all coming home in the top ten. >> dale earnhardt jr., kasey kahne, all finishingon the lead lap. little bit further back, guys that were caught up in some incidents.kassell, casey mears. jimmie jaurge. chase elliott. chase el jot had a good point tonightfor that team fighting to be in the top 16. chase elliott was the highest of the nonwinnersin the chase grid. as we look at after 18 races now, elliott still on the top of thatpoints list, just 63 points ahead of the line. >> that point lead he had, ryan newman movedup a lot of spots. >> and the 2 does get pushed into victorylane. he's able to climb out of the car. he's

done a lot of work in there tonight.>> they all had to work hard. we saw every team, every driver having to use a tremendousamount of strategy to win this race. the majority of the race you saw the drivers sliding around,slipping. going into this race a with all the unknowns, you just weren't thinking fuelmileage but that's what its came down to. >> remember, there's no fuel gauge in thesecars. he didn't know he was on e. he was being told you need to save fuel.>> breaking also affects fuel mileage, kelli. >> it does. but brad keselowski the firstdriver in 2016 to put four victories in the books. he's won half of the cup races hereat kentucky. three wins in just the six races that have been here. perhaps no wayne r winwas more dramatic than that one, brad, coming

down to the closing moments. how did you manageto save the fuel with carl edwards behind you?>> i almost didn't. i got to give credit to my guys. everybody aboard. we went out andset a really fast pace on the restart and we were using fuel, using fuel. it becameobvious you had to save fuel but i'd already burned so much. get the miller light in victorylane. number 4 this year, that's so great. to get a win here at kentucky, i know it'sbeen a good track in the past but this aptd the same kentucky, i tell you that. these cars were tough to drive today but goodtough. this is a hard-fought battle and really proud of everyone in the crew and take firstplace.

>> you said after the other two wins you wouldput the notes in the shredder. so what will your notes say tonight?>> save fuel. >> is this a sign of things to come?>> yeah. this is our best stretch. really, really proud of that. we got to keep it goingthrough the fall. that's really important. i'm just so proud of my guys. i feel terriblefor the fans i didn't get to do a burnout. i couldn't, i didn't have no gas.>> when was the last time you had a tow truck push you into victory lane?>> i don't know if i've ever done that. you take them the way you can get them. there'sa lot going on in the country to be down about but here we are at a racetrack, having funand i want to say thank you to all the fans

that watch and care about our sport and thinkabout those who made some tremendous sacrifices over the last few weeks and just glad to behere. >> congratulations. brad.>> thank you. >> what an incredible win by brad keselowski.only four pit stops. the whole race. let's go to krista, kyle, and d.j.>> thank you, rick. as you see where we're located, just outside of the celebration invictory lane. brad keselowski is going to join us in a little bit. it's something he'sgotten used to, back-to-back wins. i guess the first question, is brood brad a betterfuel save every or poker player? he did a little bit of both.>> yeah i figured out that much. i don't want

to get in a poker game with him if it's ourmoney we're dealing with. but i really -- i have had no idea he could make it that far.as hard as he ran at the beginning, i didn't think he could make it. we'll run as long as we can and when everythingstarts pitting, we'll come, too. but what a great job he did of saving that much fueland doing everything he had to do right to the very end for carl edwards not to get aroundhim. >> after the race they were talking aboutit. there's no fuel gauges in these cars. you don't know. you have to go by fuel. bradhas become the expert when it comes to saving fuel in these things. it amazes me that hestretched this thing this far running the

speeds he run at the first part of this run.i would never have believed listening to the commentators that this car would have gonethe distance but brad made it happen. >> you see he was able to hold off carl edwards,matt kenseth, brian newman, eric almirola. you see the sill brace continuing in victoryrow. team penske, the winner. brad keselowski had two wins before at the this racetrackbut that was the old track. we talked all weekend about the repave. i know it will beinteresting to see what he has to say about that. you see brewton smith congratulatinghim. bruhton smith with smi speedway motor sports incorporated. brad's going to joinus and we'll switch to victory lap. we have a on the of post race coverage. we're goingto hear from a whole bunch of drivers. bruhton

looks good in victory lane, doesn't he?>> brad looks great in victory lane. you can't get any farther apart than these two winswere. >> for sure. just -- brad was quick to giveeverybody else credit. see him getting pushed there but the driver had to do a tremendousjob of getting this cash to victory lane. >> getting this push into victory lane. .>>> welcome to nascar post race show. no question, a great night for brad keselowski and teampenske. they're the ones celebrating in victory lane. you know what it's like to win hereat this track but we're going to talk about why this was so special. brad keselowski nowin elite company. he owns a top spot because

he's the only one with four wins. there yousee the 11 drivers. so we don't have a new driver to punch their ticket but we definiteryhad some movement back from 12 to 16th and beyond. marty snierd has more.>> i got to give credit where credit is due. brad really did a good job. played that perfectly.that was really frustrating. yeah, he faded me in is there, you know, i thought he wassurely off. he went and blocked, but he won the race. he did a good job. but we had greatpower all night. we had great mileage, it's hard to swallow that one. we thought a coupleof times we thought we had it, no problem. but he played it perfectly.>> how frustrating is it to come to the line slow like that?>> so i thought he was out off of four coming

into one or two to go, i guess one to go,i guess, and he watched the mirror and he went exactly the right time off the rn koer,so, hey, he did a great job. he won the race. i wish we could have got it but we got tokeep going. we were close tonight. >> a fast modem is good, but the fastest caralways counts at the end of the night. brad keselowski has won three of the last fiveat kentucky. a three-time winner at this track. he's never gone more than a year without awin at kentucky. the sixth race at this track for the nascar strup series. he not only gets the win but he gets a bigjukebox. >> yes, he does. it will be playing dancemusic all night. that's a cool trophy, though.

what is that? a louisville slugger?>> yes. >> that's the kentucky general manager presentingbrad keselowski with the louisville slugger, the horse head trophy. there's going to bea jukebox rolling in. >> i got to the say it again. we saw a littlebit of everything here tonight. you saw cars twlaek you don't usually see. jimmie johnson,guys like that get outside. how many changes there were at this racetrack. how many thingsthese guys are going to have to fight against. in the end they're fighting fuel mileage,the same nemesis that they fight so many times in the year.>> we had no idea that this could become a fuel race. even though good year came backwith a harder tire, it work fabulous here

tonight. there was all sorts of strategy.for brad to do such a tremendous job. as kyle said, had everything you could look for ina race. >> we're talking celebration. that's whatwe're seeing just over our shoulders. there was a lot going on as far as the new pavement,the tires, cars going back and forth to the garage. there's brad and his daughter scarlet.he gets a little mini-juke bochblgts we'll talk about that. we caught up with ryan newman.>> it was a crazy fuel mileage race in the end. ryan newman able to bring the car homethird. how would you assess the evening? >> we had a good car. really struggled likemost people did. proud of the guys, they did a good job to make it happen. think all thedrivers that made it and knew what we were

doing, it was a matter of -- if we thoughtwe were as good as we were. i could have used this ice cold coke about30 laps from the end. we'll keep digging. >> what were you doing to save fuel?>> saving fuel. >> how close were you?>> how do you save -- >> i don't have to do it. i don't ask youhow to save fuel. >> how much did you have?>> we were out. >> ryan newman, first top five of the season.>> and that's classic ryan newman type interview. i know you don't gas it to red light. that'show you save fuel. >> is that how you save fuel?>> he came into the race saying i have no

clue what to expect. he's happy to walk outof here with a top five. when we return brad keselowski is going to join us. we'll alsohear from martin truex jr.om martin truex jr is she after our liquid gold? oh, she betternot be. our claim runs straight down to the glut'n free stuffin'. it's gluten. there'sgold in them thar shells. liquid gold. at carrabba's, we've never celebrated ourgrill like this. for a short time, choose two or three grilled favorites on one plate- like chicken bryan and linguine positano starting at just $15.99. carrabba's. thisis how you do italian. 4 by 4 those who jump start the weekend. theones who want to see it all... hear it all... and feel it all... all summer long.jeep renegade -- it's how we live 4 by 4 summer.

.>>> nascar america is brought to you by advanced another parts. let's get you back on the road.and the road for brad keselowski led straight to victory lane here at kentucky. he is thewinner for the second week in a row. his first win of the season. it looked for a while likewe would be talking about martin truex jr., number 78 car, very strong as he always is.his night was a little paneled. >> started right here. he got the penaltyfor basically poosing on pit road. he did nothing wrong as far as speeding oranything like that. he could not pass the leader which was kevin harvick on pit road.he came back out and showed who had the fastest car.>> we talk about charlotte being impressive,

leading so many laps and winning charlotte.his working from the back to the front was amazing to watch.>> he passed more cars than -- i don't know -- 20-something cars in the closing laps.marty snider talked with martin. >> the highs and lows of this evening, martintruex, i want to start with the penalty from pit road. what's your intense and take onthat? >> does it matter? it's over. you know, ifeel like i didn't -- you get your time in line, you step on the gas and you head straighttowards your pit. so obviously, i turned left and came up next to the 4 car and passed him.as i did it i was driving to my pit, which guys do every week. i don't know why it wasdifferent today. i would think if they didn't

want us to do that anymore they would tellus in the drivers meeting. but, hell, i've been passed 15 times this year the same way.i guess when you're doing it for a win, it's different circumstances.>> it's something you'll address with nascar? >> oh, yeah.>> were you sthig this race is ours? because you had more fuel than everybody else.>> i didn't know everybody was going to make it. i didn't know where we were on fume. iwas just mad. head down, elbows up. just digging. it was a lot of fun out there tonight. hatsoff to kentucky speedway. i don't think we've ever seen a repave go that well. i think thetire dragging machine they brought here putting the work in made a lot of difference. cuedosto them. i think it's going to come in and

be a lot of fun in the future. one of the coolest repaves i think we've everdone. all in all, fun. fast car again. we only one p won one. in all all, it was a goodnight. >> they brought a very good car this evening.wound up finishing tenth. >> martin truex very strong but brad keselowskiis who we're talking to just outside victory lane. he's probably become the fourth memberof our team. >> i hope you like me here.>> how do you like me now? >> it's fitting that i had martin on. martinwas the best car all night. he didn't have that trouble at the end, i think he probablywould have won this pretty much hands down.

i feel like we kind of snuck one in here.i know these races, sometimes you have the best car and don't win and sometimes you don'thave the best car and execute. the ones you don't win you want to go home and kick something.i stole from the candy jar tonight. >> we're going to show the last two or threelaps here. i'm going to throw some numbers at you. truex were running 30, 40, the lastfive laps of the race. you're run flg the 30s. anywhere between 156 and -- or 149 and172. so is that how you save fuel? explain it to us. walk us through it.>> i saved fuel because it quit returning. the ease yesz way to save fuel. it ran outof gas on the last lap. i was in trouble, i was in a lot of trouble. i didn't thinki was going to make it back around. i started

it back up and lucky it fired up and i heldthe gas pedal down and it just lub lub lub lub, you now how a car does. we coasted back. you couldn't have timed it anymore perfectthan that, kym. we were pretty fortunate. >> did you have any idea? because you jumpedout and ran hard. you said that. good you have any idea that you could save enough fuelat the end of the track? >> no.>> could you have done that as the -- at the old track?>> i think the two tracks were similar. with 2007 kind of trial package that we had today,dale, it was a lot slower pace than what it probably should have been for a brand-newrepaved track and that lend a bunch for sure.

>> when you're on this last lap when you hadto go back to the gas, ok, and you had to make something happen, how much were you lookingout for fun and how much -- >> last week when the race was over my neckhurt. it took me about two or three days of neck soreness. today i would say the finishwas pretty similar. >> you won all that and you got this point.kyle and i were watching, you were struggling, my man.>> yeah. >> the 78 did everything but run over you.>> i know. >> you ran some laps about 149 miles an hourthere. i guess saving fuel wasn't that hard. >> you're exactly right. i was in troubleat the start of the race. they kept working

on it. thankfully when it came to nighttime,the car got better. my crew chief got me back in.>> i want to go back to last week was pure speed.>> it's cool. i'm watching the replay. >> he's watching himself.>> last week was pure speed. how do you manage these races this way? i mean, last week itwas all about getting out front. this week it was a totally different kind of race. betweenyour ears, how do you approach it? >> you go into these races knowing that everyone is different. when i tell people about our sport, i tell them, what do you watch?football? you look at those sports and the quarterback lines up every weekend. he playingthe same position. race car driver, it's completely

opposite of that. every week, the track'sdifferent. it's like the field being different. you play a different position every time.the next week like this week, your fuel mileage. it's like lining up at running back, tightend, quarterback. i'm at a different track every week. my god, it makes winning so specialand so tough. >> i don't know if we can find a better explanation.>> that was perfect. >> i think the only thing the wins are messingup is scarlet's sleep schedule. >> tonight's going to be real rough. it'sa good problem to have. winning problems. there's a hashtag for that.>> there you go. it's always nice to have your family in victory lane, no matter howlate it is. you're going to be in studio for

our show.>> yes. >> we'll think of something to talk aboutit. >> one mor race we're going to put your nameon the chair. >> let's make that a plan. i'm really lookingforward to new hampshire next week. not to get too far away from kentucky. but lookingat new hampshire, if you'd told me of the three races starting here with nbc's schedulewhich one i thought would be my best, i would have said new hampshire.>> if loudoun goes well, you can have the invitation to come back on.>> i hope we can do it again. >> thank you, man.>> the first four-time winner of 2016. i know

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>> the kentucky colonel, that's for sure.these guys had a little momentum coming out of daytona when we looked at it. the roushteam did. and it carried over for greg. always been pretty good on a mile and a half racetrack.that's two races in a row for the roush organization and greg biffle they performed.>> greg biffle still trying to work into the top 16 in points or get a race win. tony stewartis 11th, he's in the chase. he also had a great night. the top five finish. he talkedwith our dave burns. >> so tony stewart follows up a sonoma winat top five very tricky kentucky speedway. scribe your evening.>> as long as you weren't around everybody it was great. but it's just hard. it's hardanytime they repave a track. it's easy for

us to blame goodyear. but i mean, they panickedwhen they did the test here and got blisters so they brought the hardest thing they had.it just kind of puts everybody in a spot. it puts them in a spot, too. none of us wantit to be like it was here. the more it ages the better it will get for everybody and you'llbe able to back off the hardness of the tire a little bit. i told my guys i thought, man,i'm not so sure goodyear hasn't figured out a niche in the nhl. they could freeze these things into big hockeypucks. but i'm proud of our roush center guys. we got in a mode there when we took two tiresat the end my car got really tight and i couldn't run the pace it needed to run. we immediatelywent into fuel-saving mode and figured that

was going to be our best bet and it workedout. >> good start ends in the top five.>> a fourth place finish for kurt busch. not just ordinary fourth place finish. with thishe's now finished top five at every track on the circuit. what's that mean to you?>> that's nice other than the cap it's special to race for good teams over the years thatgive me winning cars. top fives are special everywhere. as a driver it feels like yougot something at each of the places to be competitive to give to the team, to give feedback.and then the team can give better feedback to me on how we can win. today we persevered.i've never seen such an effort from everybody to dig deep and to just be back on their heelsthe whole time and then just start to lean

forward lean forward and then right at theend it turned into fuel mileage and our car came to us at the end. it's a perfect dayfor to us get a top five. and the way we had to sweat it all weekend.>> let's delve into that further. a backup car crash late in final practice yesterday.yet you you were able to rally today for a top five finish, save fuel at the end. howwould you describe this effort? >> it's tough to put into words other thanteamwork. we knew this would challenge our effort to see if we were championship worthy.to have a backup car so good on fuel mileage, thanks to monster energy and everybody thatputs their thumb and effort onto this 41 car. i'm very thankful for it.>> kurt busch is going to be a bit of a record.

this was his 14th straight top ten on themile and a half. the record is 16. you can see the celebration in victory lane thereas the pictures continue for the two teams. let's talk about what both kurt and tony hadto say.