1999 California 500

This is MRN's throwback Thursday brought to you by Sunoco also sponsored by Hercules tire ride on our strength this is Ken Squier. Time now for MRN dot coms to roll back Thursday. Classic NASCAR races from the motor racing network actual race archives. Film all our am radio. Rizzo and slugged NASCAR. Wins Stanley cup series. Today but California. We'll. Feel the starters in today's California 500 pineapple is rolling onto the California Speedway he'll make three pace laps before the green flag. And the start of the tenth event of the NASCAR Winston cup series season. Motor racing network you're bringing you live coverage 500 miles 250 laps to distance today around this two mile racetrack. One of the few most beautiful racetracks you could ever hope to see. You expected to be that way because it is one of the newest but they really look deputy chills and put this place together and it's a wonderful place to come to see original. On many negatives at this racetrack all the way from the garage up to the grandstand area to our Booth here and everything else that's racetrack they did it right there really did. And it's a great track for competition we're looking for one of the races this afternoon as we said yesterday this is the third time these guys have been here that got little. A dead I guess to fall back on what the car needs a little bit more so than it did the first couple rounds to produce the very competitive. Show 488 radio stations in the 49 states bringing you our coverage of the California 500 today we welcome all of you listening around the country are here at Southern California little bit overcast this afternoon and temperature a little bit cooler. Then it was originally expected to be. But job for the race at the conditions will be fine as we go throughout the afternoon in terms of precipitation don't expect any great dinner for your red racial effect expects the overcast to burn off. And so to be shiny before the checkered flag should wave. Kelly love it to stay overcast freely here this afternoon and Thomas the racers and again settle pit road to attract and stay consistent that we talked about when the sun if and when it doesn't pop out here with different Google temperature goes up. You'll see an awful lot of chassis adjustments being made on the cars. As they come down the line a couple of laps away from going into the green here at California Speedway and this afternoon a record crowd I would say. The data didn't do I see the patriots it was a sellout of the level. I completely sold out with us and grandstand expansion that has happened here at the racetrack since last year Tracy is a record crowd and they could come by train all the edge commuter train parked out behind the back straightaway that they used to bring some of the people in here from the at downtown Los Angeles area and points in between and the parking lots are full Linda traffic all settled in in the people getting settled into their seats now getting ready for the start pitched just done a couple of laps away. Take a swing around the racetrack now this is a two mile track shaped like the capital letter. But it is the difference between this racquets over the others like it on the circuit is it's not quite banked is steeply. The long run down the stretch straight away going into turn one some 185 hours and 3100 feet rather from turn four. Down to turn one constantly turning left bank eleven degrees. It is not really a straight away we call it the front stretch because you're always turning to left a lot of drafting a lot of maneuvers made. Crossing the start finish line is heading back into the corner when they get deterred one point will be the view of our Joseph Moore of Hampton Virginia. Thanks Alan we're about a fifty feet up for the area near the accident turned over to looking back over turns to in turn one. Racetrack is 75 feet wide here the banking in the corner is fifty degrees and as you said not quite as steeply banked to some of the super speed ways we go to. But I guess the difference here is that the racetrack is so why there's plenty of room to move around yesterday in NASCAR Busch Series race result suit three and sometimes even four wide racing. And of course what hurts that it is many times the loose stuff public all the marbles the old granules of the asphalt or tire rubber gets up on the outside lane if the driver gets up and advance sometimes it'll slider right above the outside wall there's a good bit of that he returned to this afternoon but the grooves pretty much to the bottom of the racetrack and work more into that as we get further into the race off turn two it's a drag race status long back straightaway we'll have all the action for you here in turns one and two. If you will make gave very high speed charged down the back straightaway and come into the fuel apart Dan Hubbard of Rancho Cucamonga California who cover the action today in turns three and four. Thank you Allan good afternoon everybody turns three and four also banked at fourteen degrees also 75 feet wide plenty of room for side by side racing action. You're a lot of the drivers remark that the cars are loose coming off the corner. A couple of drivers and yesterday's Busch race around the walls the exit of turn four and certainly that's a concern for me the wisdom of drivers here today it won't cover all the close quarter racing action it turns three and four but the Gallup. Warner speedway it's a racetrack is not really for giving users very wide you've got room sometime to get out of trouble but as we saw yesterday and previous races that we see here you carry so much speed often these owners are you running so quickens straightaway is if you do have a tight that law. Usually don't do quite a bit damaged your automobile let's hope we don't see him that this afternoon that is a factor in the certainly comes into play at this racetrack. In the inaugural event here back in 1997 Jeff Gordon started in the third position used a little bit better fuel mileage than some of the other front runners to score the victory. One year ago it was Mark Martin. Who really led the bulk of the afternoon and scored dodge dominating win after leading 165200. And fifty laps both drivers starting the race in third position. It is Maarten which lined up in the third position today as we get sit ago. Gil working down the back straightaway now on the final pace lap pass all the the motor homes jamming the infield the Pontiac pace car ahead of the field being driven by cholesterol yeah. NASCAR Winston cup leader bonus today 50000 dollars extra to the race winner if he also leads the NASCAR Winston cup championship standings at the conclusion of the afternoon. And that money you have rolls over each week into these one by someone so right now it's 50000 dollars or that done the point leader she win the race today stands to collect. Chipper and got a good chance to get that money here this afternoon. 43 cars are in the field again upon row water Jeff Burton and Dale Jarrett McEnroe to Mark Martin on the money back and rule three Jeff Gordon Rusty Wallace followed by Tony Stewart Jerry Rabbani Baylor heart and Mike Skinner link to the top. To deal here now and turn over for getting ready for the start. They scarf bringing him around the final quarter before the green flag the fans here. All on their feet waiting for the green flag atop the starters standards Mike Cook from Saint Louis Obispo California Napa store owner of the air. He is ready to wave the green flag as the pace car in it's pit road personalities Jeff Burton and Dale Jarrett in command of the field as they can down for the start of the California 500. About a thousand feet away from the start finish line looking for the green flag it is in the air and the California 500 presented by Napa is underway on the break as they race for turner who want. Jeff Burton tries to get up front all by himself it is a drag race into the corner nobody giving an inch as they get. Turn two side by side for the first time charging and it's our number one it's Dale Jarrett on the high side of the track download Jeff Burton getting even again as they come to turn over to wipe them. Look right behind the bottom of life. I'm little body look to make a move to the inside now real tail and Dale Jarrett into the corner it'll be Jarrett in the lead into turn three side by side battle for the second spot of the final final final nail down the second spot coming off return. More hardship burden hang stuff up to his inside they'll come off the corner now adored adored Dale Jarrett to the strike to lead lap one double wide per second and third and fourth and fifth. Jeff Burton and Bonnie Bonnie per second down that extra quietly Rusty Wallace and mark Martin's. Legal black kid turns one and two right now racing double wide except for the front of the field as they work the way off the corner it will be Dale Jarrett running single file to scrambled Al's going to be for second place. But the body trying to hang onto it as they get the middle of the back straight away. No detailed down the backstretch with Jarrett in the top spot Bob nobody in second Jeff Burton third here's rough. You lost in the fourth position. Mark Martin at best balanced perspective we Tony Stewart or Jeff Gordon coming off a dirt hole. And here comes a challenge for the lead off turn four body the body pitches down underneath Dale Jarrett off the quarter pulls up to he's inside it will go by at this stripe. Nobody nobody now out in front but Jarrett gonna try and hang tough on the outside see if he can stay up there with nobody for the leave. Bonnie moves out by 34 car links now is Jeff Burton dive to the inside of turn number one. He'll pick off the second spot getting by Dale Jarrett Rusty Wallace and Mark Martin this side by side now before. On down the backstretch we'll Bonnie why about a half a garlic over Jeff Burton. Dale Jarrett in the third position hears that battle for fourth side wise I would more down the bottom of the racetrack. Wallace trying to close the door on him cannot do it probably forty staff to come off turn four dead even. Just a little bit of a breakaway at the front of the field for the front to the right now here's a challenge for the lead again relevant turf for one car into the outside wall back in the quarter slamming the outside wall now sliding back across the racetrack. I believe that to be Johnny Benson's machine who is hit the outside wall up there in turn four let's go over there to turn three and Dan Hubbard. It is Johnny Benson severe damage to the rare and all that car did not see the accident happened however Johnny Benson has not come out of the car yet but there is a lot of heavy body damage to the rear of that automobile that has put the yellow flag comes out here at lap number three and it didn't take long to get yelling at this afternoon as Johnny Benson did hit the wall up between three and four he does have the car fired will bring it on around the racetrack but he has quite a bit sheet metal damage to the Taylor into the car. Johnny Benson has just driven his machine into the garage area he got into the wall in turn number four to put us under caution for the first time in California 500 just three laps into the race. On the brake body the body has to lead followed by Jeff Burton Dale Jarrett Rusty Wallace and Mark Martin and from the California Speedway this is MR and radio. Help keep stored fuel fresh with STB all for five and one plus fuel system cleaner plus fuel stabilizer. 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Let's go places to learn more visit we are racing dot com NASCAR's a registered trademark of the national association for stock car racing back at the California Speedway under caution for the first time in the California 500 by Napa Johnny Benson. Spinning around up in turn four and get into the outside wall Marty Snyder's within in the garage. And in the garage with a torn I'm curious Ford and Johnny looking under the hood right now some suspension parts and now what happened Johnny. I'm not sure it you know got to loosen won their that was that was my thought for disk in Dubai in an area down it was fine and it just methodical. Nicer some connoisseur some broken out but it desist swapped ends of fasteners and economic duke. Johnny citizen went around on and that's tough break this is a brand new car there'll be new lease get some Latin and native experiencing Alan run it. Johnny Benson now more than likely going to be done for the day and into several cars on pit road but for those as a matter of fact I like that Joni was chick was in the pits just totally go rich pickle and a couple of the Ricky craven and they're making an early stop here at the center. New along with Kyle Petty and we have five teams choosing to get a little splash of fuel for the most part it looks like mileage always so critical in this race who talked about it a couple of times already in our broadcast. The F Kyle Petty rich pickle Jeffrey gold mine Chile the chicken Ricky craven teams choosing to stop at lap number five. And get a little bit of us splash of fuel in top off the tank after the pace laps in the first five circuits the event. What the goal being to signal when the field comes to start finish line this time by members of the media covering today's race in both the goodies headache awarded the inclusion in the afternoon with a driver suffering suffering the other artist's block during the running of war preparations for the race. That to a winner will receive 3600. Dollars for babysitting powders and tablets plus a similar duties to help cure the headache. He's getting powders and gets the job done well users direct. It wouldn't take long to get the first yellow the afternoon here at California Speedway sun beginning to break through a little bit right now and overcast we talked about starting to burn off here and very likely that Tim if you get up into the seventies. C a couple more pit stops right now. Down on pit road Elliott Sadler brings his machine in Ricky craven is back into its citizens and they're just topping off fuel tanks on these machines Dave Marcus comes in he's getting ready to go back on the racetrack. So they're all sitting there Atlanta number six will receive regular pit stop so what did you hear the grunt. This morning allot fifty laps to be the key number you can do fifty laps on a tank of fuel which should be doable for most of the teams you can cut the race into poor pit stops being 250 lap event so that's that the magic number. And the more you can do than that you beyond caution come out let's say with 65 laps to go or something the better off you're going to beat. But Dunn fifty is the number that she everywhere seemed to think is key to at least get a bare minimum be able to do expecting there won't be all that many caution flags in the race. Hope know we got one real quick here this afternoon as the field gets ready to go back to green body the body is a leader Jeff Burton sits in the number two position. Dale Jarrett ranks third rusty Wallace's fourth mark Martin's fifth Jeff Gordon six Tony Stewart will be seventh. Eight his Dale Earnhardt turned a Moneyline that night and Jeremy Mayfield like you picked up T and take you a little further back is they work their way over in the terse 34. The eleventh position launching Mike Skinner Sterling Marlin movie twelfth on the restart his raiders thirteenth Michael Waltrip fourteenth and John Andretti make up your top. Fifteen here comes the field around turn a record pace car at the head of the line in front of Bobby Bonnie about to make the left turn onto pit road which she does now so what his body the body in command of the field this weekend down for the restart as they complete lap number seven we will see green flag and as they get back and see if the body is able to open up a little bit of ground on Jeff Burton. Or burden was trying to put a move on Bobby for the lead with a caution came out is able to get around and collect those bonus points for leading a lap. Those who get the most horsepower in drag race goes down to turn one. First man was going to be for the sixth position that is were Jeff Gordon dot dalliance not a Mark Martin. Applies to grab a spot not too easy Barton stays with that. You're uphill battle of field Jeff Burton they truly it's not a bottle funny foot hits back headline of the back straight away top four car single file would bottled water at the point Jeff Burton second Dale Jarrett and third. That's fight for fitness on between Gordon and mark Martin's two previous winners of California freeway. As for the moment short ride the low lying to maintain the fifth position. Mark Martin about a laid up from Gordon will fall back in line now behind team in single file in sixth spot. Tony Stewart behind him in seventh Dale Earnhardt eight Terry bloody night and Jeremy Mayfield intense here's Gordon on the move again looking low and the turmoil it's for a chance to make that move down the inside this time going for rusty. I wasn't Wallace's position can't quite squeeze the inside of the racetrack but how very soon Wallace goes wide there's an opening goal. Think more side by side down the backstretch this is the applied for fourth Jeff Gordon trying to put the DuPont Chevrolet Barry bridge may bring. Mark Martin went on Rusty Wallace not willing to give it up so we see their door to door all the way around turns Korean War. No neither driver has an advantage. Mark Martin got the best seat in the house for the hard racing that's going on directly ahead right now between Jeff Gordon and Rusty Wallace even had a pretty good marks into the position just in case they slip a bit. He might make it three wide try to ease up in that fourth place himself in fact he almost does going to turn one ordinance and esteem going and the court it's a nose a machete out in front to. Grant the position rusty pulls even again at the high side of the racetrack plenty. It gets away here comes Mark Martin Tony Stewart starts on March to the inside the Mark Martin will be side by side down the backstretch with Rusty Wallace as Gordon continues his march up to the front Gordon maintained a fourth position look at Dale Jarrett here is that fight for fifth. Mark Martin download and a couple of tired beneath the white lies about me for handling very well through turns three and. Born and Martin will pick up the spot on Rusty Wallace off the corner Tony Stewart will not be able to get to the inside of Wallace who statewide single file behind them. To win three wide Jeremy Mayfield inside of Dale Earnhardt for position in three wide behind now merely comes. Norman in the quarter to watch from about six on Mac Dale Earnhardt in one of those battles you'll win that over Jeremy Mayfield. Just behind the car up there in a body he goes one along with Sterling Marlin walk Sandoval makes a wild trip we have for the outside and bird flu but brings it back under control it's one long Winston cup narrowed down the backstretch with plotting a funny apple point. Everybody single file lower part of may feel we're doing just that bit. Mayfield back got a lot of data position Earnhardt. It's a while racing through fifteenth spot on back in the field also as much you wanna watch at the front of the field back from fifty dollars for Michael Waltrip John Andretti Wally coming back and Bobby Hamilton. Every even having a dog fight back there scramble right now it's going to be for third place in turn one Jeff Gordon Natalie inside of the racetrack to the spot away from Dale Jarrett smooth Gordon of the. The third spot Jarrett Mack the fourth or fifth best Mark Martin now for six Tony Stewart wants a piece of wet Rusty Wallace has it. Top ten car still single Islamic yet about the top fifteen car single file. John Andretti and Michael Waltrip doing just a bit earlier with the inside that ballots were found the fifteenth position. And Ernie Irvin will take up position away from Michael Waltrip waltrip on the outside Kenny Irwin will not let him get down low they come off turn four side by side. But the head of the field Beers Jeff Gordon underneath Jeff Burton often turn up for grabs the second spot away Gordon on the marquee early California now he's after Bobby the money for the leaves about three car lengths behind bottom line and closing ground quick link between turns one and two we shut it down to. Links between himself and race leader Bob little money policies are attractive funny money Jack off turn two. We'll see if the Pontiac Bob LaMont can hold up the Chevrolet of Jeff Gordon as they come down the backstretch Gordon and making it very very close to the entrance of turn three. Rides a lower line that goes Bobby Bobby takes that financial pie. Giving only had Jeff Gordon head back to the shrine. Jeff Gordon's got two things going in his favor in the early going here he's got tons of horsepower that's real obvious that he's got a race car that he can drive to the bottom of the speedway he can handle as well as anyone out there you can have all horsepower of the world if you can't make the car handles from the corner. Not gonna help that much. Front five collector to battle. For the sixth position now Rusty Wallace Kansas want Tony Stewart closing in Jeremy Mayfield come alive he got the insider Stuart. Acquisition of all the quarterly fall back at my single file side by side battle going on for fourth position between Mark Martin Dale Jarrett a couple of chords going out at California Speedway Martin takes the position pretty as you please. You're kind of move down the way just to fit being very patient in the early going of this race. Here's a challenge for sick in a plot turn poor Jeff Burton looked to the inside of Bobby the body. And it pulled back in line single file behind him as the money got a good charge up along the border. It's called back to that race a little bit deeper into the field and we were talking about a all the gulf between Michael Waltrip Kenny Irwin Bobby Hamilton and others racing for seventeen done back two and three wide into turn one Michael Waltrip believes that. Mac coming into the corridor stacked up double wide just behind him. As Bobby Hamilton next behind lane and Wally non Mac takes the low side of the track not a brackets drafting help from hitting over the Jimmy Spencer they look up on the sideline and exiting turn two lots of cars in that next they were too wide to from seventy gone back. Gone back we'll take a low groove into turn three is trying to hang Bob we know about the drying Kenny Irwin. Trying to pick it dance partner for the moment he can't makes no dove back models just a bit. Give the slight advantage to Bobby Hamilton. Bobby Hamilton moving up through the field meanwhile we can't change for second place here in the front straightaway as they were through vacuum. Work their way back to turn to Jeff Burton has picked up the second position leading money little money back in the grips of mark Martin's. Mark is going to. That's why he swings the high side of the ranking exiting turn over it now falls even put a body on the backstretch strong move by Marc Warren to the outside of turn to announce a horse power duel down the backstretch. Mark Martin will win it. So Martin's slots in the third position. Jeff Burton is second but they're all trying to chase down Jeff Gordon. Jeff Gordon was the talk of the garage area this morning based on yesterday's final practice sessions said he looked awfully strong. He showed you in the early going of the California 500 the (%expletive) are they ahead of the field Jeff Gordon leading Jeff Burton by about two car lengths. About ten or so back. Would be Mark Martin who runs third. And a little bit of distance back to Bobby the body in fourth and nose to tail race for you have to position that is just changed hands Jeremy Mayfield around Dale Jarrett for that spot. So many feel the defeat of the Jarrett infected see X. Seven this Rusty Wallace beat this Tony Stewart in ninth position is Terry the body than a nose to tail race for ten heading back into turn one between Dale Earnhardt and sterling. Arlen marital Bonnie chase Earnhardt for a couple of laps finally cleared him as a move down by five car lengths in front of earnhardt's car parts sees another challenge coming on strong just behind him. His car Sterling Marlin buffalo rear deck of earnhardt's Chevrolet at the exit do for the moment they are nose to tail would earn hard just in front of Marlon Marlon not making a move just as yet. Dale Earnhardt brings you good red Chevrolet and the turn three Marlins trying to ride the higher line get the job done the hard way. Jordan comes off turn of foreign backed the start finish line he's strong as his car is right for the moment. Jeff Burton giving him no breathing room whatsoever he's proud of him every time coming off the corner up at turner for a joke or he's keeping me. Pretty much insight he's not getting away at all you stay right there yeah Arlington jets weren't and I think maybe going to politics I. Lost against Kuerten still Mary Jane for the fourth position Jeremy Mayfield finally made the move in and around a lot of money for these moves up the spot is Dale Jarrett closes in the air. Leaders coming down the backstretch into turn three stillborn my only half a Carling different Jeff Burton Mark Martin all by himself in the third spot. Not been the best of seasons Ford Jeremy Mayfield so far in 1999 he's got three top five finishes but every other race. Of the nine that have been run he's been outside the top ten. When the checkered flag is waved his card carrying a little different paint scheme here Gerri BA Kentucky media bothering me 125. Running of the Kentucky Derby was for sale yesterday in the Joseph war right now he has the wit about him he's got horse on the move. Look at my third read here receive much along the fourth position getting five popular funny now start to move his way he's got a lot of ground to catch up trying to track down Mark Martin third. Mayfield in the fourth position only to car lengths ahead of Bob middle Bonnie. Behind a bunny is Dale Jarrett but he does have a lot of ground to cover before challenges Mark Martin for the third position. Several cars having little handling problem here now here's a scramble for the lead author of the forest Burton dance to the inside of Jeff Gordon and he will take the lead to waive any good smooth move right underneath it it just drove on way to pull away a couple of colleagues now. As they get back to turner who want to see if Jeff Gordon can try and re assume the lead over in turn to burn puts a fourth power in front of the field now coming into the corner starts to move away some from Jeff Gordon Chevrolet. A couple of Carly maybe three Carly it's turned over to look back Mark Martin there's five colleagues behind them in the third position. Jeff Burton still. Top spot Borden right there was also a C moved over on purpose the Exeter for perhaps the car starts sly little bit towards Wallace scored within three Carling who the leader Jeff Burton. Worked their way now awful. Turn over four and come back to the start finish line deal Jared creeping in on Bobby nobody's stack buffer for the fifth position. Farther back the rest of the top ten self once spaced apart as far as any immediate move forward position out of your card race shaping up worthy. Well positioned it looks like with Ward Burton beginning to feel some pressure for earning urban Mike Skinner and John Andretti let's follow that back. To turn one of those cars coming quarters single file all dropping camping and finally in the corner award for and is now. Tiller machines putting the inside lane but realizing the imminent machines earlier this for an office team. Urban laughable what we're looking for a way to get five maybe the inside lane. Kansas is around with the twelfth position and Ernie Irvin following hanging onto the shirt tails really a Ward Burton as they come into turn three single file. Burton who knows we're a little bit on the caterpillar car and all the way through turns three and four so Burton. Really struggling when I thought this can't. Trustee in the straight line as he works his way through the corner pulled out a couple of things that cars that are beginning to lose that he bit David Green semi good run in the Kodiak machine here this afternoon he started backing fortieth position. He's worked himself up to 24 spot right now the other side of that coin. Kenny Wallace who started well has dropped all the way back to about plus 39 spot there on the board. Yeah Kenny started the race in the squirting machine including third position. He's running as far back as forty give these picked up a couple of spots now just up to 39 adults I'm Marty Snider has an update on no Wallace is the chief for pit road. And fires extremely loose for Kenny Wallace is having a problem with the car being loose. Ravens started this race. First condition. Food fuel line has now dropped back well from the pack this thing. Raven running back in the 42 spot right now Jane street position Terry nobody around Tony Stewart altered for last lap by still carry up to the eight spot in Stuart Beck tonight. Sterling Marlin have a pretty solid run here today in the tenth position he started back in seventeenth so he's moved up a few spots since the weighting of the green flag. Makes a big difference when you kind of hit on the set up right from the get go instead of having to adjust on the car all day that's a team that really needs to get some things going both. Joni B chicken and Sterling Marlin looking for good things Tony Glover. It's up those operations still within the base and I think we're really ceiling like going in the right direction here at. The California Speedway caution going to wait for these second time. In the event gave markets is running into problems on the racetrack in his car's going to stop down the inside of turn three jolt for the problem actually began overnight turns one and two in front of. You Nancy entered turn one Allah cart as sort of lay up to the high side of the banking and thought maybe he'd definitely stuff and start to slide that I saw a couple of chunks of Robert. So winning golf one of the tires he slowed to shut the engine down. It began a coast along and I train went which obviously ended there in turn three all of the leaders coming to pit road the entire field except for Jan little going to stop let's go to Winston Kelley. Jeff Gordon and Johnson are behind him is there a lot of Justin. They are hard reward card comes to a stop along with Mike Skinner and AM on the Marlins and the great run tiny store and got the money all along pit road. Don't think any chassis adjustments gem one run out of Atlanta's when he was behind Geoff burns they may have let a ground war clothing are down and away probably. I'm Jim Phelps. Mark Martin then Dale Jarrett and Jeff Burton Rusty Wallace Jamie ray really hammering fast. John I am ready. Mark birdie urban. Getting her put all routine stop on this I am bored tired in 76 year old Marty Snider. Two tire stop for Ricky road for tires for David Green he started fortieth. Moved up to 24 they are running very well Ricky craven also in right now trying to fix the fuel problem on his car while he downed back had a problem of being loose end. And time off they had four tires and while I don't backstop to the cholera ward Burton's team they're gonna get him back on the racetrack first so you go. Into the lead after his round of pit stops Chad little bit stay on the racetrack so expect he'll come around and lead a lap and collect those bonus points in the then would expect to see him drop down to look pit road handing the lead over to Ward Burton who will wait for a moment or so and see how that all plays out. But it is two tires for Ward Burton into tires for Ricky Rudd. On the stops and everybody else will get bored and top off the fuel tank here under this caution flag. We get the when he goes signal now as you can try to start finish line a couple of updates your pit road first to market says prepared whatever hailed his machine and return to the racetrack. But Ricky craven is on pit road with a little Marty Snider can update us on both those stories. Continuing to attempt to report to fix the problem with the fuel pick up and Ricky craven Hollywood video Ford. They are now replacing the carburetor and a car they originally thought it was a loose he'll line couldn't find NASA now this can replace carburetor. Thinking now might be the problem they've markets have a little bit of contact on the racetrack he did an offender and that's what cut his left front tire now and on the Winston Kelley who Utley has not been Ward Burton. Well what Tommy and all of the crew chief on the car two tire stop a lot of extra. And we had a little problem with the car push it off today it is kind of built Garnett but. Published car yesterday put right sides on the car loosened up a formal. So Tennessee had a bounce is now so we can see what we got to do later on race through new position to do that again you know alerts and an excellent job. Well you along with these right side tire changes that we've done enough and discussing who we got to. Tom Bowen the crew chief on the car talking about they blame his car at the it. Teammate on the Busch Series of Phil and Davis signs that seems so by taking two tires and loosen it up they have to see the same thing. Could afford to take the gamble this early in the racing is clearly left don't have a whole lot to lose at the cartel problem that cures and you're in the beginning and you can get that he every other crew chief he's gonna make note of the fact that how words car he's just two tires here so they know we'll do what to expect later in the race should they decide to gamble on that. Where themselves. Ready to local bank Canada. Ward and Jeff Burton in the top two spots in that order. Jeff Gordon third Jeremy Mayfield fourth and mark mark gets in the rest of the top ten or Dale Jarrett Bobby is money Rusty Wallace or Bill Elliott. And Dale Earnhardt Kim called pillow his team they didn't do this morning you can track position diplomacy is not the top ten green flag back and airborne bird watching throttle when he gets a big jump on restarts this time. He'll pull away from his brother Jeff lies some five or six colleagues before they get stern wants. Held up momentarily getting five a slower car update Marcus he goes to the outside the track complete that task as does Jeff Gordon and now. Jeremy Mayfield also falls in line behind George and look at their way off turn two. Now Jeff Burton is starting to make up the ground on his brother Ward Burton at the point with Jeff Burton and making a close eye on capitol Arlington. And coming to turn great Jeff Gordon is third Gerri mayfield. It's cool journey deep field with a very good car in the early going is up front here's a challenge for the lead the Burton Brothers could go side by side Jeff ducks down the inside of ward off turf war. Jeff Gordon and Jeremy Mayfield lined up in jets draft. As they still run double wide with weren't hanging tough on the outside backer of the. Corner just got a little push from Jeff Gordon and he's down the inside lane along with Jeff Burton. Ward Burton left on the high side just try to squeeze back in line so Jeff Burton makes the point. Still Jeff court battles along side Ward Burton the second spot. Maintain that side by side formation down the backstretch Jeff Gordon will have a better lines that come into turn three. Ward Burton has to back off a little bit Jeremy Mayfield make it a great par five for the second position off turn three. Having nobody to draft we have it is not like it is at Daytona touting the ramp nothing critical to Ward Burton hung out on the high side all by himself has definitely elusive spotter to reason that he's just lost third position right now if Jeremy Mayfield well he might not he's coming right back after refusing a downturn in the one that's a good race less volatile return to me. Don't drive it hard dalliance sidelined but Burton drives and a little bit deeper on the high side he's got the momentum factor in his favor he goes water faucet water mayfield field there. Like with the Mark Martin played the season. Label put off for now. Format fighting goes on for third on back the top two cars in a bit of a mini breakaway that would be the two Jess Jeff Burton and Jeff Gordon. They got about ten Carly between themselves first a lot of mayfield. Close close call in turn one a homely girl back in the field they went into the turn three wide three rows deep now we got used to CNN at Talladega last week we don't expect to see here. And Bobby Hamilton had a caddie he's out of the throttle or there was going to be a little bit of a problem down there and everybody did a good job to get it squared away we can take you want to green with the leaders back. In two races for the fourth position now Ward Burton added once again this time Mark Martin trying to make this plot away feathers back up just behind him Rusty Wallace Dale Jarrett. Have little funny looking for roadway fan out. Why of the backstretch. A wide down the backstretch who's gonna back up the political deterrence really worn burn out hi Dale Jarrett takes the end sideline away brilliant final funny more than mark mark working that. Groove back returns more absolutely. Breathtaking racing in the early going here the California 500 whether it's for the lead when his back to that packs for fourth position right now they're getting three wide going off into the turns a lot of money down all the way to the bottom of the racetrack Ward Burton. Is hanging on that fourth position to always a little drafting help right now bottom line was there Veronica thank god shut down. Joseph is Dale Jarrett working on the outside of bottom up money for the fifth spot and are too wide stacked up behind them Rusty Wallace Mark Martin Sterling Marlin in the mix Dale Earnhardt. Mike Skinner was waiting to see what's gonna happen. Just for a moment Ward Burton in the fourth position can breathe a sigh of relief because Bob the one in Dale Jarrett or fight it out behind him now Rusty Wallace. What's the stick his nose in there for the fifth position they're back to turn. Got nine cars already seen from port spot on accurate legal group headed by Ward Burton can lead they are falling behind dole the front 30. Jeff Burton Jeff Gordon plus Jeremy Mayfield beginning to move away from that. And is finding out what Bryant Jeff Gordon started closing in on Jeff Burton snuck into that about two car lengths going into the quarter. Now starts speaking out on the inside seasonal opportunity let's go back to the fourth place battle Bob for the money fans out why the public more Dale Jarrett stick. Just goes down one over a chance top ten to fifteen car single file down the backstretch and better than a 180 miles an hour. It'll still be Burton at the point but Jeff Gordon make an interesting as they head back to the strike. Lord Ernest Lawson three yard breakaway that they had through the field won't go he has flown all the way back to fourth positions some in the second half maybe two seconds behind the top three right now is gonna have his hands full again lobby the body who's closing on him last. Are on the loose right now is Mark Martin he's having a technical analyst Rusty Wallace is a collection turn one there. Fighting for the seventh position coming into the turn with these guys the client blame it. Juan Martin looked up down low why can't the white line the bottom of the racetrack market C advantage returner for who gets the most out in front but rusty rallies back coming outside makes up. Power move the home that often grab the fine. I don't know how rusty capped it off the walls these slingshot off of turn to nobody did and now we start to pull away from mark just a bit python Carly and a half right in the turns three and four. Let's put 41 laps on the port 82 miles into the California 500 pineapple let's set the field for you now lets you know where they stand after the early racing in the shuffle of the pit stops at least give birth leading Jeff Gordon second. Jeremy Mayfield third. Ward Burton fourth. On the money we see this Dale Jarrett rusty Wallace's seven Mark Martin eight Sterling Marlin like Dale Earnhardt champ. This Mike Skinner John including his twelfth. Ricky Rudd thirteenth Wally Delhi dec fourteen didn't Tony Stewart fifteenth. Ernie or in his sixteenth Bill Elliott seventy Kinnear winning eighteen Terry the money nineteenth and Kyle Petty twentieth. 21 to steep part given the pages 22 Jeffrey vote on his 23 can't trader 24 and Jimmy Spencer 25. What are sixty's David Green Robert Presley 27 Michael Waltrip 48 Joni bitchy at 29 and thirtieth and Bobby Hamilton. 31. It's Elliott Sadler Rick mast his 32 Gerry Dee do thirty or Ted musgrave thirty weren't rich people 35. Britain like 36 Darrell Waltrip 37 Chad little 38 Kenny Wallace 39. Derrick cope with the last one on the lead lap and fortieth big markets. Is three laps down to it 41 position Ricky crave it is five laps down in 42 Johnny Benson retired from the event after a crash Atlanta three. And the burden Brothers go at it one more time you won't be for the lead at this time it will be for a spot up there is Bob and body works his way down in that packet traffic that come out of the corner. Get back down to the start finish line. While he's on the outside wore down the inside this little run that's a car all the way to the apron of the racetrack tries to get around an internal wanna sit still working. And fourth place. They go side by side in the corner Ward Burton now Julian Simon on the body just won't sign into the outside lanes that double wide behind now three wide. Mark Martin not quite in the bottom of the racetrack he's gonna try to press a button on the backstretch to finance. And afford going to add for the fourth position you can throw Dale Jarrett Rusty Wallace and the next. All Clive Barnes doesn't sailed high into turn three becomes more burned the high side why alongside Mark Martin on the money breaks free from that. I'm good bracing for fourth and fifth positions here now they're gonna go three wide for fifth off turn four Rusty Wallace breaks out the inside of Mark Martin who was the inside of Ward Burton mark bills not a bad. But then finds himself on the outside of the three wide with Dale Earnhardt and Dale Jarrett took up underneath you yeah. Back for the seventh position and Dale Earnhardt the big winner in Atlanta this. He squeezes down the inside the racetrack mark Martin's not not yet another big bunch of wedding in our number two going after Dale Jarrett had pulls even with domestic exit the corner. Martin and Jerry door to door down the backstretch and one of them however in the field strings out just a bit now Jared tucked in behind Mark Martin. So for the moment things settled down at the center of the racetrack. In the opening stages of the California 500 pineapple 48 of 250 laps complete motor racing network's live coverage. About the tenth event of the NASCAR Winston cup series season continues Jeff Burton Jeff Gordon are the top two drivers now. They have. A lot of Carling and two to three at most between them. Over the last several laughs we now have about 20/20 five Carly Simon Jeremy Mayfield who runs third jewel wore down in turns one and two those three drivers are kind of leaving the rest. The pack in a separate zip code altogether some of the best racing that's been going on. 1215 back around the seventeenth position everybody else pretty much stacked up singles while everything else we do see one step out of line. Position that's where Ricky Roddick is rising along with Kenneth the page you're with the family while ago he broke free has moved way out. But we'll make it brighter side by side as it exit turned to the horsepower will be held down the backstretch the pace of the inside. He's got Ricky Rudd nipping and right elbow they come in mood if they get to turn create a page why the white line down the bottom Ricky Rudd worked in the middle through. Jerry believe that things go in and run through these orders three wide but they've done it all afternoon here at California Speedway Rickie run didn't they do it again as they come off the corner this time. Door to door Kyle Petty sitting there waiting to make it three deep. But see if they do he's going to turn one. I was laid out of the bottle racetrack can't look make sport sounded funny look at the position Ricky run what's there to battle with Bardem who is inside. How many they are picking up the position if one goes a little bit quiet but now movie again. Now I'll turn news side by side the orange car rookie rugby inside is Kyle Petty sporting a new paint job here governor gray and black deal. They come into turn three now side by side run. Kind of losing that position he should tell him. That inside behind al-Qaeda cannot do it this time around. Your position is changed hands Rusty Wallace and Mark Martin hill plywood Ward Burton now they're gonna race side by side of that position you're listening to live coverage of the California 500 by Napa for the NASCAR Winston cup series from Fontana California just outside Los Angeles. Good morning radio delighted to bring you live coverage alabaster curable with Barney hall. Jill morning Dan Hubbard are in the corners today Jim Phillips Kristen Kelly Marty Snider are in deep pit garage areas Derek told. And just gone to the garage with his machine and update here shortly first and race were pit position now being held by Mark Martin down in turn one. James Rusty Wallace for a laugh for two alongside Rusty Wallace about a half. Atlanta finally got by him. Nobody is there and mark mark. Flashes his fourth Natalie inside lane a Pontiac vs Ford for the fourth slot and Mark Martin will be down the inside Rusty Wallace wants a piece of the sacks as well. A lot of money swings now why could turn three opening the door slightly from rusted. Bobby Duhon told in the early going here at the California 500 this afternoon in the early laps he was quick easy thing out there got to the front feels able to stay there after this round it's time to drop back gloss little track position right now. Partisans seem to want to really run a lot of the speedway Joseph what's the corners that's costing the timer too although he's hanging tough right now. A couple of cars directly into turn one. Stanley inside the approached slower traffic and Ricky craven aren't problems at the start this afternoon he's telling you climb the outside lane. The funny dive to the inside the go to Miami and Rusty Wallace is there. When are they pushing craven now the backs right away they are side by side Ricky craven still in front of Wallace's Ward Burton now fans out wide. Phillip to the inside of Bobby who want to try to pick them up to put a time. Coming into turn three. Working their way double line now through the center of the corner with the car Ricky craven just ahead of this race forward position. Bobby the body has to talk up in line behind the Ricky creeping machine with that draft. This could help him move past Ward Burton who also pulled back behind Dale Jarrett and lose another position to go to the garage. Jericho sits in the garage talking. Keeping seen new here what's wrong with the car. Why it's motor related it started missing and it pulled back so a lot of it is broken about spring or are locked her out or something of that nature. What is the matter pump their company is tired Jane since this week to via. Team consultant Jane of course the crew chief former crew chief for Kevin page. They are behind the garage or in the garage trying to make repairs to their coach Carr. They want their Kazan a season that is truly been a nightmare but it would really like get thinks turned around right there whatever it takes to get it done. 55 left to complete here at Fontana California the California 500 Jeff Burton Jeff Gordon big breakaway at the front of the field right now. Third placed archer relate to you Joseph Moore running all by himself Lisa way distance behind. You can really use some help party the stage to the right to track down the front tooth they are not doing any side by side racing and therefore they continue with the benefit of the draft moving away even farther. Third spot Jeremy Mayfield all by himself fourth Mark Martin also riding by himself. So too was Rusty Wallace behind him is Bobby applying Dale Jarrett and Ward Burton and Dale Earnhardt but just an observation on Earnhardt he may not have a horse power down the stretch. But he certainly has superior handling car keeps it down the bottom in turns three and four. Here is a challenge for the lead at the start finish line Jeff Gordon breaks out from behind Jeff Burton the low side any divers trying to grab the top spot coming into our number one Gordon green assumes that top position. Is Burton settles back in line the second spot. Sport now start nibbling away is not already two colleagues at followed Jeff Burton told the DuPont Chevrolet rear assumes the leading candidate Jeff Burton hang on. As Jeff Gordon Reeves a little bit down the backstretch maybe trying to break the draft but furnace right there on his bumper in turn four. That's in the battle for the lead between these two the last eight or ten laps around just riding real close together neither one able to shake the other one but they have shaken Jeremy Mayfield reporter now he is a good 34 seconds behind those two. The fourth place car right now mark mark kind of running alone all by himself just coming off turner before as the leaders go off into turn one. Rusty Wallace's back there in fifth place vote from rusty on back. It's about to tighten up a little bit as Dale Jarrett looks in the rearview mirrors can have plenty of company in turn to. Plenty of soldiers backed up behind Dale Jarrett bottle Bonnie is near Ward Burton is near and Bonnie start and once again if they can't hot line in the corner opens up the inside lane for the man behind him again that's Ward Burton. We've also got Dale Earnhardt and Mike Skinner following that pack out of turn three that whole pack of cars right now in single file only about a half Carling separating each one of them. Jared coming into turn three riding a low lying bother applying right behind Ward Burton. Follow suit. Just past 100 miles in the California 500 by now but Jeff Gordon and Jeff Burton have just exchanged the race lead with the defending Winston cup champ Gordon. Now on top. And a second retiree from the California 500 by Napa Derrick coach Carr has just been officially you're retired from the that he joins Johnny Benson in the garage yeah. I just 47 laps seeing now about to complete the sixty lap mark and Jeff Gordon and Jeff Burton. 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Jeremy Mayfield who heads the rest of the Pankisi in the third but then he's got another three seconds on mark Martin's fourth place car. Fifth on back that's a good racing Ford cars lined up their Rusty Wallace Dale Jarrett Bobby the body of Ward Burton with a couple of others are closing in. From behind those guys have been sent an online every now and then trying to take advantage of a move by another car they're pretty much stayed single file. And has less than in the coming in turn over duke here's rusty go on why he can't go slow looks for a chance to pull alongside its easy can't do it feels that. Back and wanna go single file the three still single file a little backpack is kind of separating two by two now it's Rusty Wallace just in front of military cannot bring Charlie back to Hollywood money in order. They're pretty good race also a little further back in the field and John Andretti who currently had been riding in twelfth position from John on bank Johns tangled up and wanna come back Tony Stewart Sterling Marlin Jersey audio the next group. That's been ongoing for the last 45 laps around this racetrack. Talk tonight Tony Stewart and Nancy hicks and season this year really really ask. Done a sharp job and take a lot of folks have been impressed. Patients he's shown and the performance since he's been able to have so far in just his first season NASCAR Winston cup circuit justice aggressive. The performance of this team. It's basically brand new race team yes it's part of the Joseph Gibbs operation in TV make cars overseas did but breaks at the Delhi that whole Home Depot operations started from scratch with that group of guys together over the of late fall apart the year and have come right out of the box running strong qualifying of the front row at Daytona and putting in solid. Decent performances. Every week. We see a picture getting you really have to keep you caps two month old driver and team for the job being done. Given all the ground. You know one cannot do it without giving him the best driver world doesn't have a winning team winning. Not gonna get into let's follow student right now as he goes off and turned one of the pretty heated battle with the five cars. Last time became my being taught in the last lap he was blocked stand behind both Wally Donna back. The giant Freddie and I didn't see where he made the move but somehow he got five both of them has now put a white problem. You're right in front of John Andretti who is battling for position with a wallet to hold back significant. And at the Budweiser Chevrolet has not been very comfortable in dirty air right now they go side by side with John Andretti back to turn. More and Freddie has to go on the banking because Wally Allen Beck is underneath him and everybody comes off the corner now three widest here in the muddy ducks to the inside of talent back. And Sterling Marlin and Johnny and ready for three wide the airport position as they go back to turn up from one. They're in the final couple inside lane on the racetrack Johnny basically shouting yeah. If your panel including outside is where Sterling Marlin since it won't Donna back. Paul's lack of life and I'm the ranking your return Robert duke and leave Kerry Natalie it's not all by himself. None of that makes a bold move down the inside the backstretch there are three wide in the marlin the high side don't back down load during the wind meat in the sandwich now he backs out. He's all about immoral and side by side back the strike upon. Lee Hamilton had a problem returned for a minute ago his car went all the way to the very top of the racetrack did not hit anything. Manages to bring it down on the pit road let's cup the stock. They know they're revenue rose that's OK now wait a Tiger Woods going down look. All the way around the I think that's like pain. Sports 176 you know. They've agreed to bring his current edition of his crew also on pit road and dropping back to about thirtieth position that's where he was running when he came off the racetrack moan don't. From the field and Jason Lee just a second ago also Jim Burton drafted on downward past Jeff Gordon when they went off the eternal one Joseph Warren slid up the racetrack right part of it switching back and forth coming and we see this today how many more times we'll only see it certainly can't they can't look back. Actually stretch now watch entirely sure what sorts. Israel for a leading a Chevrolet in top three spots Jeff Burton now the point. Jeff Gordon apparently close second they ride in the tire tracks all the way around. It's more they have just literally driven away from everybody else when they come off turn over for this time of the time they go into turn one they're gonna have the better part about half a straightaway on the rest of the field the rest of the field being Germany feel Mark Martin Rusty Wallace and Dale Jarrett who make up your top six. So right now they are definitely the cream of the crop not a real close battle among the front. Iverson to the the string out a little bit left Ward Burton Malulani Mike Skinner Dale Earnhardt waxed pretty close racing. The job while the field is set somewhat stabilizing lying. With the front to being his dominant as they are at this point you would assume there are a lot of people very unhappy with the handling of their car initially the race let's take a swing through. Pit road and get an update on several PO would be drivers are reporting to the teams let's start with Jim Phillips. Won't say the least Jeff Burton is a pretty well pleased with his father will make you wonder just whom the next pitch off his back around and laugh lady you're so. Thank you play perfect driver. Everybody goes starts getting tighter than we do want to push up the eternity to board your flight your drive Smart fun carnival like Republicans. What you want with the car. Aren't like pushing up there. I've run priority Erving started what he's sixteen now. Well she's a little bit loose coming off the. We'll check in with C Kelly oh Jeff Gordon's car the first run Varney was. Behind when he had Jeff Burton behind you explain why kind of move over and let Kurt go. This time doctor Abraham the great Jake. OK so he's just decided to follow in line behind a couple of other cars we're not quite where they wanted to stay. The better off Dale Earnhardt was my first drive these cars. The life out of the eight position not a bad night off the corners in little apartment. And not Tony Snow and he's just a little bit loose but nothing significant. Work work. Tired he was my lips and elegant manner that he wants to. We're Jimmy Spencer and Kenny strike they were losing the first time Mallard to apply to develop and back in the other direction. And leaders changed hands once again Jeff Gordon underneath Jeff Burton off turn two and up the backstretch so put Gordon back out in front of let's go down to pit road to Marty Snider. Complicated dream a little while all my. He's five he felt bad vibration. More time left rear tire on David Greene yeah. I was going down on their pressure Wally dollar Mac running very well the car blues for the first few laps for the good jelly. Very good at that point turn. Thirteen for a while he's gone back Ricky Bradley Effect for the entire stopped his car is extremely loose and the car started tied on the run it is kind refresh. Loosen the longer run and it's not getting any better for the title. Born closing in on green flag pit stops and vaccine the first of those who steep part comes down pit road. It was on the lead lap into making the left turn onto the pit lane just here. Along with the Dale Jarrett who's going to come off the racetrack now often turn four and begin to make his pit stop he's a little bit earlier than we were expecting. The last to stop the leaders whose Atlanta thirty we expected they go to let 84 coming in. But he urged Jaret had left over 76 Jim Phillips making his way down to bring you on the pit lane. Reported out of the flow of all the all the coach Garrett joins me. Turned social audio track if they wanted to make it just. Fires I've got relate to. They are like you get a chance to just about here. Right side through one round. Ford you Goodyear Eagles 76 racing fuel is going get the work you left side right now. Also make an adjustment on the left side also. Pretty obvious also on the jeers car out there on the legal analyst just watch him race around there he was losing more and more ground effect he's almost half a lap. Behind the front two cars in many cars that meant. You can't force them they're humans like you gotta do something only. Probably short pitting right now easy to caution comes out. Where the leaders Jeff Gordon and Jeff Burton makes dollars and Jarrett seem to have your fingers crossed about that the next few trips around. Mark Martin is taken third wave from Jeremy Mayfield peaking Jeremy back to work. So that these shuffling top 53 shedding Jeff Gordon Jeff Burton and Mark Martin Jeremy Mayfield Rusty Wallace are the top five. The rest of the top ten or Ward Burton Bobby the money like Skinner Dale Earnhardt. And Tony Stewart you can support the top ten drivers keep it did six placed machines of Rusty Wallace and Ward Burton on the pit road along with Ernie Irvin. Who linesmen have a good run as we documented just a little while ago he stops Atlanta Dover 78 for the leaders to Winston Kelley. Our map constant completes. Stop various news out of Philippine wanna work on the right side of the yellow and black Pontiac. Our second candidate everything's right thing field. Going. There's little chance. That's why they want to. Rusty Wallace and brutal way. Away. I think chanted yes but more Ernie Irvin they put away. That looms off the court the black kids covered around your breakfast. I've tried tired going no obvious poor. But can't you just put all sold. Tired changing more ringmaster has some really urban about the Pitt played. After the storm. And given the pace and bring his machine detects and his crew and here comes Jeff Burton on pit road is a long way is almost three quarters of miles from the time you hit pit road to get all the way down toward turn one where he should be feeding. Following him in also right now is Germany the only easily scheduled this not to rescind them won't go. See all the other front runners coming in probably the next four or five relentless collective road Jim Phillips. It's. Why do plumbing. Maybe they go with that too tired unstoppable made J. D. Durbin is still on the fifth play the workout that's not a real hard. Everybody feel getting my life before tire stop return everybody feel left side. Part of the eighteen point or just about Barack Obama. Jeff Gordon Pugh is off the racetrack at lap 81 for stunt he'll be followed down the pit lane I'm Mark Martin. He stops the leaders are now at this intersection pit road trip coordinator down towards turn one remark and took over the Jeff Gordon stopped. Car like our maintenance. Really you ran the last time. The second can a 76 racing gasoline. Cleaning the windshield node chassis adjustment craven and point nine race. For crying out there. Marty Snider that you had a romantic it's too hot. After earlier than this crew was expecting because we came off turn four of the car started her. Extremely lucrative did make the fourth time. Malik Allen back. The top ten. And right now. And ultimately. I got it ready yet. As Karl distance the pair played Darrell Waltrip within four service. They got took four tires and gasoline Mark Martin OK then don't laugh. You want. This note. Don't let Kelly got probably robotic. You give cloning experiments simultaneously just. All the way. But it's. That's an adjustment. An identical stop. Report Tony Snow. Mike Skinner had been the leader he will now peel off the Nike up at turner before him bring his car to pit road that should come Dale Earnhardt turned the body up into the front two positions are hard to know leading now with Skinner headed to pit road behind him Ted musgrave was out of fuel looks like he was posting on the racetrack Sterling Marlin also we'll get. Behind Earnhardt and Terry I want you got Jeffrey gold mine is like giving it's it's a couple others this cover the Mike Skinner stopped. Hey why didn't talk like Canadian again. It's not a time to start a marlin wasn't. The Boston. Dale Earnhardt was the race leader but before he came to pit road he ran into a little bit of trouble on the racetrack Joe Horn trying to stretch a little too far outweighed grasping your return to I could not hear the engine running he started working the car so I decided. Why the slosh of gasoline over for the pick up it didn't work kitty barely made back around the pit road after the cycle of pit stops Jeff Gordon Jeff Burton aren't once again the top two. Just as they were before going down pit road. Separated by just a couple of car links on the racetrack they've got about four and a half seconds on Jeremy Mayfield the third place driver these young Mark Martin right with him in the fourth. Rusty Wallace now makes up the top five. The rest of the top ten or Ward Burton or Bobby the body Mike Skinner. Tony Stewart and Dale Jarrett and the pit stops it will go a little bit deeper into the field three wood just a moment the big loser on the pit stops. It was Dale Earnhardt because CNN had a coaster round two pit road at a reduced speed party he's got to let down a result will be back in 29 spot. And apparently unlimited amount run out of fuel learned that. You make a mistake in any restrictive more you pay dearly if you go a lap down here to California Speedway are you racetracks and be hard to get back but he's got plenty of time to do it because we're only 89 laps in which you fifty select up to California 500. Not mobile to go Chad little have been showing up for the top four or five champ Penn State on the racetrack he's a little bit out of sequence for the everybody else did he finally brings the car down just left or so ago. Which is just not been left to break 88 and now I'm back on the racetracks it was Jeff Gordon the leader Jeff Burton. Still very close to him striking distance Jeremy Mayfield sits third not that far back mark Martin's fourth Rusty Wallace make up your top five after this round this stuff. Steve can shoot the president of Napa ice cube that's in the Booth that was sponsoring this are California 500 as well as a number of other NASCAR racing events throughout the season good just to see is only Stephen welcome to California. Thank you Allen isn't that a pleasure to be here this important part of the country for us we have left. Almost 600 amp a stores and over 12100 Napa auto care center down here. And on this glorious day for racing we have thousands and thousands of Napa customers are words we're very pleased to be here. As you mentioned it's one of the eighty fans that we sponsor and it's a premier event so we're delighted to be here it's the but. 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Steve thanks Steve can't you president and now we're here with us today at California Speedway this organization sponsoring once again these third running of California 500. They have been allowed a stock car racing a long long time and very happy to be so they get great response from it. Let's pick up the leader again Jeff Gordon continues to leave Jeff Burton by just a Carly does so as they worked their way around the racetrack here at California Speedway. They are up front all by themselves Jeremy Mayfield mark partner running together back in third and fourth and then Rusty Wallace while the body and Ward Burton our threesome a little further back than that. Those leaders in some pretty heavy lap traffic right now they've run up on the back of the rich pickle when she who's fighting began to stay on the into the lead lap BC 28 position. As Gordon and Burton tried sweet easy inside or outside off the corner Nicholas trying to get around deep mark is who lost a lap with a flat tire earlier in the event. So let's follow those leaders are now as they worked at traffic down to turn one. Lashing down on the inside of the racetrack that is where Nichols sits now that's why where Jeff Gordon is his well Gordon wants to squeeze maybe a little. Laurel racetrack but it's about making it three wide here in the corner estate markets occupies the outside lane court decides this is my. Time to make move Jeff Gordon still run on the rear bumper off Rick Nichols would come down the backstretch Dave Marcus went to his on field right. Trying to stay out the way at a later went from moment court still has not cleared fickle. Philly still boxed in behind the Dave Marcus and Richard Nichols no word go really the only way he's going to be able to do anything for moments like 3-D that's exactly what he's decided to do is he comes off turnaround for tech to run down the inside of ritual Nicole. He's gonna have to stack countrywide if he gets around the city doesn't turn watch. Daring move all the way to the bottom of the track coach Jeff Gordon and all the way why those two cars you'll get finally in the lane open for Jeff Burton as well work squeeze down the inside. For the first and second place cars. Can't find those two machines which are still racing side by side now they've cleared that traffic down the backstretch Jeff Gordon opens up about maybe 22 and a half car length lead. On the second a lot of Jeff Burton however Burton real demand. Through turns three and. For a couple of guys who made some nice moves in the early part of the race is carnage and progress up through the field tip to captain Jeffrey bovine who started 34. In Jill missy our team machine he's up to the fifteenth spot right now you can also Elliott Sadler. Rookie driver who it's fair to say is struggled some in the early part of this 1999 season started the race in 39 spot today in. He's picked his way all the way up to 23 position so really you haven't. Hero here in California today as well that pretty decent scramble among the rookies that third contending for the great masters rookie of the year honors this year Tony Stewart of course leads everybody in that Elliott Sadler sits second in points buckshot Jones would be third back. Stand Americans are having some decent races the feels that he's been able to link this year Dan partisan the other rookies that are here in 1999. He DD 200 mile mark in the California 500 pineapple the next time leaders crossed the start finish line in your coach Jeff Gordon and Jeff Burton. These top two drivers in the event for almost its entire distance to the strike didn't put that 200 mile mark behind him now. Fantastic malevolent Darrell Waltrip working the inside of the Kmart machine locked into turn number one. We have had people with so much 24. Love the of 43 starters on the lead lap. Sit him for you Jeff Gordon is the leader Jeff Burton is second Jeremy Mayfield third Mark Martin for the body of the bunny fifth Ward Burton is sixth just passing Rusty Wallace in the seventh. Eight is Tony Stewart Mike Skinner resign interior bunny brunch ten. Eleven would be Dale Jarrett joining dreading his twelve Ernie you're gonna thirteen equally gallon backward TP Jeffrey bovine fifty. On the PGA sixteenth seventeenth is Robert Preston I can't beyond. Can straighter the seventeenth Sterling Marlin as CT Kyle Petty nineteenth and Robert Presley is twentieth. First taste Kenny Irwin or Elliott Sadler is 22. 2030 Steve Martin and updating the dale earnhardt's situation after all the pit stop shuffled out Earnhardt is now on the detailing the lead lap. In 24 position so obviously last car on the lead lap at the moment is Dale Earnhardt. One lap down. Now I've Darrell Waltrip in 25 Jody dejected 26 Michael Waltrip in 27. Villa leaving 28 Jimmy Spencer and 29 and Ricky Rudd thirtieth which speak for the 31 you're reading you 32 Rick mast in the 33. David Green in the 34 and Chad little 35. Along with Kenny Wallace and 36 rectal lining the 37 and Bobby Hamilton in the 38 all those cars one lap down. Laps down Ted musgrave in 39 five laps down deep markets in the fortieth. Ricky craven seven laps down in 41 position Derek Helton Johnny Benson retired from the event and finished 42. And forty. Third they want the best race on a speedway right now has five cars and Bob LaMont he has fifth place but he's got three or four guys were going to be pretty hard and turn to Rusty Wallace is why they're knocking on the door Ward Burton the outside and Tony Stewart in the mix he's generally assign blame single. The file bottled water Rusty Wallace Ward Burton that is Tony Stewart. And Bertans left elbow they come in side by side for a position Tony Stewart showing some good driving good patients' heads up driving here turns green for the that's ahead of the field where Jeff Burton's gonna challenge Jeff Gordon to believe more goes high charging into turn one on the inside lane wide open for heart he's the one point six goes in the sport underneath Gordon's Chevrolet. They raced side by side off turn to drag races on down the backstretch and Burton will win it for the moment slots in front of Jeff Gordon. They're known for failing to turn three lap traffic just can't the first car will be tailored. Part of that not move the lead just boldly goes late it's a good lap traffic they encountered just a couple of times coming off turn over to up there. That allowed Jeff Burton get a good run record here at the start finish line grabbing just before they gunned down at turner who want right now. Jeff Burton has pulled away by some to our free darling since they collected turner who want to drop back that battle we talked about a moment ago for fifth place. Tony Stewart just like an all kinds of moves at the bottom of the racetrack Mike Skinner is finally caught up to the Palin that draftees trying to give him a little help to move up now to work to want to. Gonna come back into the corner again funny the funny thing and then back when Rusty Wallace right behind him. Think you've got Ward Burton and Tony Stewart worked the inside lane facility with the drafting help from scanner. Mascara falls off the record next we can't apply a lot of pressure can't help you much better not even last as it goes to the outside lane behind Ward Burton. Ward Burton and Tony Stewart and really not carbon copy laps still riding door to door around the track at two mile track at California Speedway. Curtain comes down low and Tony Stewart no contact made they're headed back to strike. Rusty Wallace had a little wiggle intern for had to check up on the throttle permitted here comes Tony Stewart and Ward Burton Russian upon him and big hurry. Wallace seemed to hold off the two of them as Bobby the bodies were to wait just a little bit from Wallace and now rusty racing with thought the other two drivers for six position. Rusty on the high side of the track just a Ward Burton heats you up higher than a lousy inside lane and you want to look for Tony Stewart. Here comes roaring down the inside hope that maybe some general fallen behind once again scattered mostly outside again it's possible climate ahead this. Rusty Wallace while I have Carling behind that is the side by side panel Ward Burton and Tony Stewart from Stewart now content to. And alignment Mike Skinner right on his bumper. And back through the field right now the leader we talked about Jeff Burton and Jeff Gordon newly frantically trying to work around Dale Earnhardt returned to Earnhardt trying to steal the tail end of the lead lap but he's not gonna have a whole lot of help in doing this. Where he goes to the inside for a moment Gordon was five part finale gets back in line behind our car we all know the Dale Earnhardt isn't. Toughest customers on the tour now they're trying to put a lap down. Earnhardt movie Burton to turn three is Burton. Plus testing and Jeff Gordon Kenny go and also why here. If they come off turn over for now Bernhard let's go back and clarify just again on the cycle of pit stops you lose a lap down and after everybody finished stopping. He found himself on the tail end of the lead lap at. They got all the traffic sorted out so once and he is trying to stay on the lead lap if he can mean 23 position but he's got a lot of pressure on him. Burton in the morning right here behind him coming into turn number of New Year's Earnhardt taken away the high side. He seems to favor event. Also were Jeff Burton like city not the inside and goes after once again he has size batteries Ford got a good why that time going off return to take the inside line. Away from Dale Earnhardt finally Jeff Gordon winner for the moment burned just in front of Dale Earnhardt or Jeff Burton. Jeff Gordon continue to be the top two drivers in the California 500 pineapple we remain under the green flag approaching the midway point love the event. 111 other 250 complete at the moment when we get to that one point five. Cross flags will be shown that we see and will also pay out 101000 dollars of leading driver at that point from Gatorade its Gatorade front runner reward. And that comes up at my number 125. We're still way down the line Jeff Burton again got a good run down the inside trying to get away right now break the draft as he works his way back into turn one Gordon lost a little bit of ground they're nice making it back up and turn to work their way. I traffic once again this time Elliott Sadler sport works the outside lane where he gets my help and Elliott Sadler falls in line between Burton and Jeff Gordon. Freight cars nose to tail down the backstretch is still burdened. Right in front of Sadler working trying to figure out a way you can round Citgo Ford for the moment a wider tire tracks and Elliott Sadler. Someone not running as well as we would have expected at this point is Dale Jarrett who sits wire back in the thirteenth position. Some 26. Seconds behind the leader Jim Phillips is seeing the Robert Gates changed him Jim. Right there OK okay. Seven okay. Signified they believe they yellow flag was thought. Why did not like. Drivers that they were expecting more much problem. Well about my strength and the other clearly we know we can free our car out. Did tonight we're question. They sank his free that nasty Lisa love saying one thing it's anatomy and it's right there. Your brother pretty innovative things gallon it costs a pretty bad right now Citibank can not get this one. The crew here. Welcome everybody and militant might work there you go through every. Never let it be said that racers aren't superstition see her didn't do anything he can't try and get some help from the racing gods isn't worth this point. The race for the F 56 position continues to be a darn good one. Tony Stewart is now moved throughout all of those cars and at yankees past the whole bunch of them. He's now and give the move to wage a war Bobby the body and Ward Burton now behind him with war just getting around Rusty Wallace. He was very patient working around that traffic all those cars have been racing side by side for the last fifteen or twenty laps. He took his time Donald played yet he's trying to move down while full second over now the sixth place car Bobby look wanting my colleague about six or 78 Carlin told her father wanted to. Very tightly together bottom line with the green backdrop now Tony Stewart offered free Ward Burton Rusty Wallace and Mike Skinner following. Talk about Tony having good years and as a rookie driver he's been in love with few skirmishes and he's taken his share of shots so we have the driver kind of puts. Blame on him some of the Texas policemen and extremely well I think. The giants in last weekend at Talladega being the primary one where he Mike Skinner got involved in the backstretch that triggered the ability to count Jeff Gordon Rusty Wallace from the accident and you know. And discussing Dan as always happens when you go the first day of the next to race on Friday here that was a big topic of discussion in people. Parts of blame to be passed around a lot of folks work. Seen here with this certainly. Tony is not not been shy about saying you know I am a rookie I need to learn I will make mistakes but I want respect. And not want to be here for a long time and now has taken an attitude that's needed buried. Easy both on the racetrack and off for his fellow competitors to liken to respect you. He's not intimidated by erasing of these guys that he knows he needs a lot more seat time I have the experience they do but at same time as the city's not intimidated if you feel like the cars are good enough and he has the capability to get up there do the job. That's how you learn. And right now Stewart out in the field position in the race up pretty good distance fell behind the leader Jim Curtin. That's our recap the race for you now army breaks update we've had fifteen lead changes among nine different drivers. Field lined up on points because qualifying was rained out so Jeff Burton and Dale Jarrett shared the front row. And Jarrett came around the lead lap one for Bobby money. Who started the racing fourth position to the top spot in the body that lasts two to twelve. Then Jeff Gordon and Jeff Burton moved to the front and they basically at the top two spots all to themselves from Latin number 1213. To where we are now that one's seventeen. In between there. Jan little a Ward Burton led a little bit do some pit strategy and also Mike Skinner Dale Earnhardt NG every bovine led during a series of green flag pit stops but for the most part. It has been Gordon and Burton Jeff Burton. At the top two spots throughout this event to caution flags so far left three Johnny Benson crashed in turn where he's done for the day. And no deep markets cut down the tire stops on the racetrack in turn three. Number 29 that was the other caution of the race besides Johnny Benson the only other car retired from the bench Derrick Coleman had an engine goes out on. 47 laps into the race. An army base up days and brought to you by Jay shot clinics each and every week the top leading drivers in the NASCAR craftsman truck Busch and Winston cup series compete on the track to provide you the race fan but the best entertainment in motorsports. Walk the track competition and as the leading drivers in NASCAR agreed to supply their fans with the best apparently racing. Jason athletics. These authentic trackside apparel up NASCAR now back to the race where the chase is on. Really chase has been on Jeff Burton and Jeff Gordon just moments seems to tip arrived a couple of unexpected just stay in striking distance had a couple pit stops and won't go. Hopefully Bobby Hamilton was on pit road the only thing green came in along wit Ricky craven was definitely was killing of one. Bobby Allison Tom Carnegie got out of sequence. I'm tired now back on lap 66. So it's really instead to pit stop these just off sequence got four tires and gasoline with her car that was running. Early on in the right season. We are about five laps away from Hathaway implying about weekend ten laps and wait for another round of green flag pit stops. Should we don't see it caution waved. Closing at the midway point of today's California 500 pineapple. 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Green flag pit stops are we getting more some of the race leader's two laps before the midway point at the event Rusty Wallace who's just been on and off pit road with sauce stop covering the moment first leaders Jeff Gordon and Jeff Burton are getting set to walk around with the final lap before the bee great point they're not all that far apart Gordon could get up there and take Gatorade money away. That's why personality come across the striking complete lap 124. And get back up Paterno who want coming around the midway point. They'll work their way through some lap traffic kind of weaving back and forth you why suddenly starts and before car links between Burton and Jeff Gordon. They approached Kyle Petty machine coming off turn over duke reprisal from the outside ago by him mayor but how pulled white back down in front of the race leader. The top three to have Carling between the two top spots here comes Jeff Burton the outside of Kyle Petty. Jeff Gordon has declined to take a shock believe he's trying to deal with lap traffic as well learn to turn four. You got to be very hard to catch you before they get out of the coldest time so looks like Jeff Burton will for the third time in 1999 pick up the halfway money from the Gatorade folks for leading at the halfway point 101000 dollars he puts it in his. Check look here's he works his way back to turn one we have just completed the halfway point of the California 500 pineapple. Jefferson pit stop Ward Burton he's been on pit road Winston Kelley. The last time now. There was another good stop laughing. Minutes six seconds this time Fort Myers and you know how to make ninety point one sentence relief. Four laps on that run for Ward Burton and we mentioned while we were waiting to cover the halfway point of the race Jim Phillips at Rusty Wallace had made his stop. Troops battling for third fourth and fifth for the following all the way back. Apart from driving well let's play. Retired 76. Rusty Wallace. But the wealthy one of the reasons I feel has really got strung out is the fact that played most of your pit stops this afternoon on green flag conditions anytime you do that. You're gonna have the the field got to get strung out that's exactly the way it is right now Dale Jarrett peels off the banking and Paterno before brings his card the attention of his crew as he would like to pit stop right now. They're currently showing in eleventh position you give that up as he worked his way. Down pit road into his pit these would be scheduled stops they're coming under green flag conditions. Dale Jarrett stop now as he works his way down onto pit road this. But the last time. Roy yeah okay. Debut tonight you can hello. Laughter I believe that last describe. Point three over. The area ring crafted the fifth. Craig you're starting fluid again. Out of fuel when you're on lap of 147. Almost ready to go. Pickup learning curve and right side car. He runs on pit road when we you'll also Robert Presley makes his stop let's go to Marty Snider and I nearly clot in his Ricky Rudd came off on the Pressly was coming in run as smooth soft. They didn't make up some spots within that penalty. The medium that's hurt them they were running in the 44 spot. When I feel like MM offensive meltdown only put four tires and fuel from. Change can select the goalie Jeff Gordon got around Jeff Burton now Burton along with Kyle Petty and Jeremy neat deal there going to come to pit road and stops here for Jeff Burton left over 129. And he worked his way all the way down towards its only to turn over one. That is Santa 55 mile an hour pit road speed limit it kind of seems to take a long time when he's there now and Jim Phillips is looking on. The wide side and now he comes to talk. They're sort of like if you. But Carl may feel to round so significant airport night. If you just put this argument that tiger. Jeff Burton you know. Number doubt have been laid out plan. John and ready brings his star on down two digits and his crew back to Marty Snider. It's not there and just when your stimulus grade peeling off the banking Jeff Gordon still on the speedway still with the race lead author note. That Mark Martin is closed in pretty good bit on Gordon. And Jeff Burton just before a birdie you love to pit road aren't being closed down from four seconds behind it two seconds back so darn god good here. In the late stages of this particular run markets could take the lead for the first time all day is Gordon peels off to pit road. That's left over 1310. So Martin collections championship bonus points for leading the first time today Gordon follows Kevin page down pit lane let's go to Winston Kelley. Time for its wacky rod is just part worst inflaming slapped the wall the right side of the time ride. He had a right front tire go down Ricky tried to get it slowed down into turn three import could not do it. He slapped the wall and now I now Ernie Irvin it's like the better he hit the wall at turn more. Caution is on the speedway it will come out of left 131. Again a couple of cars getting in trouble up there Ricky brings his car across the grass he is limping onto pit road right now let's go back then however. And now Joan do reject the wall and maybe attract condition appear turns three and 46 starter Ricky Rudd again the right front tire. Basically exploded Ricky couldn't control it time I slept longer right side of the car he slid down the infield and then about ten seconds later Verniero and almost that would attract condition or. Slid under the Walton he's now back in the pits and Tony would check also Whiteside damage on that. Automobile and homeowners are going to might have come mop the floor Ricky Rudd hit the wall or after one way or the other caution comes out in the middle of green flag pit stops. And this could just turn the whole race upside down for Jeff Gordon and Jeff Burton. Have to see how it works out but Mark Martin had not made a pit stop yet the north and Tony Stewart or Bobby the money or Mike Skinner or Terry nobody in the caution coming out while Gordon is on pit road. Probably caught he and Jeff Burton a lap down we'll have to wait to see how it shakes itself hour. These leaders who had not stopped under the green all on pit road now for service Winston Kelley. Lot of bodies crews completed broadside attack tank to track bar adjustment tiny storage carport tires and gasoline. Same thing for Mike Skinner also has airline fleet of more time. Possibly two tires for him Marty Snider. Four times Wally down that the car got a little bit tight on that last run there are running in the top ten. Jeffrey about not having a great game they were a little loose but they're still very happy mother's car in the top ten cannon Jim Phillips. And Mark Martin though the only Carl this again that I had not yet had a great break from Barton who won last year's race. This is gonna jumble of feel a little bit that round pit stops quite a few cars that come on pit road under green flag conditions and the caution comes out. Kind of giving a free pit stop so to speak to the drivers had not made their Pitt yet we'll have to see how mask NASCAR sorts it all out here in just a couple of minutes working in the third caution flag in the afternoon again it came out at lap 132 bullet go when Ricky Rudd might have lost an engine going often in the core. Don't some oil over there they collected Ernie Irvin as he got a chunk of that to believe both of those cars are reported having gone behind the walls. Jeff Gordon is now the leader of the race now let's take you back through how that happened Gordon was on pit road when the caution flag came out. Mark Martin and the others who were leading at the time. Had a really wallop on the brakes and they got to turn three where all the track was oil down from the year road problem there. And I think that the amount of time that they had to jump on the brakes and try to tiptoe through that was just enough time for Jeff Gordon to get off of pit road. Before the leaders got to the caution so he actually at the yellow flag was just on the tail end of the leave lab. As Mark Martin came to the stripe and took PLO. Unfortunately for Jeff Burton Jeremy Mayfield Ward Burton and Dale Jarrett they were just behind Martin as the caution came out so they are now by staying on the racetrack under this caution as Dick Gordon. Cycle back around. He could Gordon leading after march and the others pitted. You've got Jeff Burton Jeremy Mayfield Ward Burton and Dale Jarrett on the tail end of the lead lap in front of mark Martin Jeff Gordon on the racetrack so a little bit confusing sounding but I think what happened was that that warrant had to blow up so much from the oil that that was just the break did Jeff Gordon needed to get off pit road. Before it be he was overtaken by the recently. It was quite a break for him in huge that is the case tonight at the weather showing on the monitor right now that's exactly what it is Jeff Gordon is a leader and a few more pit stop Samoa goal is to anything that might have. Transpired on pit road doing this is again Riddick electric green one more lap quickly and Marty Snider. There are a couple of lap cars that came in including Dale Earnhardt and Bill Elliott and couple others but it was off. Pretty much routine stops the car to a one lap down more it was a telling. Reckon he's trying to make an extra ten stuff we did get for the first time he's going good then loosening came in. An extra time like track bar adjustments. Now some cars coming down that road just a topping off the field and may be able to go on just one more stop would be channel and there are water. John and make a lot of chassis adjustments the last couple of times on pit road. Yes they are Rusty Wallace who's talking laughter. What is wrong message we're working on. 345 group that you collect analyze he took the the car's just been hi all reporters all they won't this just can't seem to break. Forget that Albert will free it up public orders were you can really get in the way of accelerator. What he needs to. The only three cars has been pretty solid all day here would be Jeff Gordon Jeff Burton. And a couple other machines that have been out there at a given time lot of body has had his time at the front of the field but his to his car to not. It just doesn't look to me like he's getting through turns like he needs to Jeremy Mayfield who's been in the third position. For a lot of reasons Mark Martin made the run I keep hearing this classic you know you can always gonna be kind of an interesting restart here. Because you are going to have the leader Jeff Gordon back deep in line in and outside way to the double wide restart on lap cars doubting his son will be headed by John Andretti. But you've got Jeff Burton. Jeremy Mayfield Ward Burton and Dale Jarrett in front of the leader Jeff Gordon and then outside lane trying to stay on the Taylor to leave the land him behind Gordon you can Mark Martin Bobby Bobby Mike Skinner Tony Stewart and Terry the money along with the Wally gallant action Jeffrey bovine those who lead lap cars at this point pace car hits the road let's see how this all shakes out as we go back to the green flag. He'll be like. Ruinous match do economic planning and even gas and most elite elite level again as we like to get left practice green goes in the air they race off to turn one Norton's box. He didn't do anything except his hold his ground for the moment they get a return to go to the high side of the banking falling in behind Dale Jarrett hoping maybe the label opened up very seasonal it's not gonna work you all times down low it's about what the middle racetrack but she's. 408 Dale Jarrett for the outside of sports absolutely blocks down here on the backstretch they are three and four wide down the backstretch as Jeff Gordon has marred the traffic mark Martin's sports ahead. Mark does not believe Bob LaMont he'll take over second Jeff Norton will have a lot of third and. There's still a lot of racing left to go to David Gordon saw that traffic gets squirrelly maybe he had a little flashback. Acting yesterday when Dale Earnhardt junior got pinched racing side by side the lead around lap car in turn two spun out while that game so far behind. Couldn't make it up when the race for now Martin back out in front with plenty of company. Martin goes to work now driving it at turn number one falls in line behind Dale Jarrett looks to be outside of Jared while just underneath him comes Bob little bunny slope plotted out because it was. Mark mark let go racing side by side this is a fight for the lead lap traffic about two Carling today for a while now would be Dale Jarrett bottle cloning. Will be Mark Martin to turn three and ride the low line single file top four cars they're in the okay Bobby. Carr who had been a couple of adjustments on pit stops apparently really coming in his liking right now he's getting through the corners as well as anyone is just grabbing the lead here in the California 500 as they come back to line. Those four cars that we told you were on the Taylor and relieve that so far atlantis' stay ahead of the leader. They're getting a lot of heat put on as they work your way down to turn over one quickly let's check in the garage. She Ricky run Arnie in street clothes that they over what happened. But I Marta I'm not sure what broken a motor that broke broader cranks and some broken came out the bottom of the motor and Friday about semis here in itself clinical on and on all water hit their hit the racetrack and not there really have a chance does this Jenna minimize the damage is much sec good enough. I slam off pretty did in when it did not to break last Lucent a right center that's OK now through the mud on the infield and doesn't. There's debris all over the racetrack he returned to and there is caution on the racetrack because of that debris comes out Atlanta number 140. And there you go for Jeff Burton and Jeremy Mayfield John Andretti. Let's see who else is gonna come around and get in front of the race leader Dale Jarrett Ward Burton they're all gonna beat Bobby the body back to the striped it all come back around and rejoin the tail end of the field. Get back on the lead lap in the thick of things. Maybe that could break the air at the end nominee for today's rate this is break in the race who wore the party doesn't pick the end of the afternoon. The driver who gets the best break during today's race 500 dollars donated on his behalf of auto racing outreach children's ministries from bring justice breaks the official breach of NASCAR. Caution on the speedway can Dunlap number 140 here's Joni to check off the ranking up and turner before running even the racetrack kind of limping to pit road can't really assist attempt at damage from here too far away from us the Jody hit the wall pretty hard there get a slap him pretty good Barney and I've seen here and saw the other racetracks and pieces of brake rotor. Scattered around the only asphalt here. Some pieces of sheet metal as well when he came at turner won the car just went straight up to the outside he got to the loose stuff. Try to straighten out the Iraqi and attacked first in the front end slapped again it ricocheted off the wall and rolled down the back straightaway not tracking Halsey made its way back round pitch. He's taking it to the garage area Joni Richard we see quite a bit sheet metal damage to the right side of the car now there's the church through the pit wall and goes back into the garage. We're under caution here in the California 500. I am beginning to see the fuel mileage come into play here as some of the leaders make pit stops under this caution some don't. Bobby the body the leader gives up his position on the racetrack for a stop let's go to Winston Kelley. The only Mike Skinner a little bit more tired stop for a lot of the monetary desires for Chinese store his teammate. And they both top and I'll put fuel here comes a caterpillar Pontiac. Of war burden of putting in fuel right side tires on that automobile so there could be some big could stretch it on just one more stop Jim Phillips. And Jeff Byrd is dead solid Gupta breaks daughter doesn't magic cards and we got a caution flew just bail out bill. Your everybody feels that we're getting there. Ford cars on his car they think this is Bob you can get back up there reliving the big rig passes then emailed Jerry is spinning out of his we have right now. I always feel good stuff go on this team mark Ritchie. Eight turn of events were some of the front runners here the last short while the caution during a series of green flag pit stops catches Jeff Burton Jeremy Mayfield. Ward Burton and Dale Jarrett on the tail into the lead lap they get another quick caution. Come back around to rejoin the hunt now many feel makes it extra pit stop under the say yellow flag to follow up on that after we go to the garage and here from the driver who has brought out the yellow flag this time. All the damage to the BellSouth Chevrolet for journeyman check not terrible flat out. Mostly in the right rear they gonna replace the drive train and trying to take some sheet metal Joseph looking underneath Carl CB that we know what happened. Not let all started on that one does when a caution about they're the first time I guess the tank car somebody blew up and all the tracked down in I didn't say it went away and slaughter all the sudden I shot the wall hit the front the back on the right side deaths. Just a tough break this oh BellSouth through we came and put tires on six did. Went back down on that restart the things look really bad gone down the front straightaway and when I want often wandered back in just took off I think we cut a tire down or some mom. Just bad thing hit pretty hard I mean it's pretty hard like here it California and I'm all right just wanna say hello to mom and dad my. My son is at home mom will be home a couple days. Ernie aaron's also back here in the garage or not they are fixing or making repairs to the Eminem's Haniyeh Q does not too bad they should journey back out. And just getting into it should be out just humans as well as Joseph do you take some pretty hard licks your California at the speedway because you're running cool. Oh very very quick collapsed. David Green I decide to make this stuff there at the last minute and decided to go across the grass and almost missed pit road but he finally gets the Kodiak machine in his peers here. In the wake of the latest. Not itself follow up on the second pit stop by Jeremy Mayfield a moment ago also Ward Burton among the lead lap cars making another pit stop on the one echo signal which it Kelly. This is just a top golfers still on the way they've been stopping I don't believe I can make it a lot more stop. But dom always taken advantage of this extra stop saying thank for Jimmy Spencer. Now to Jim Phillips to tell us about Jeremy Mayfield extra stop. Well again. Concern the grill there the woman little tight ball and drilled try to lose the car this will admit that they get it over the first time. Do it the second time. Steve park probably Jason carburetor on his car. And putting tape across the grill the machine closes off that they're opening what it does this increased downforce on the front of the car. It changed the balance between front to back so little bit better front grip will actually take a little bit of the group off the back into the machine and change the handling characteristic and yes you can do that with something as simple as a piece of tape. Please NASCAR would sit up machine. So let's say it's become much. The technology is business has become so the minute I guess is a way to put it I can't immediately blows my mind having come from the old school back in the late. Fifties and sixties that you could change one pound or half a pound of air pressure in attire and make the tremendous difference it doesn't play how race car runs since terms. That is tremendous difference to recommend that you know again going back to a piece of tape on the grill GDP handling characteristics truly amazing. The way that the laws of physics apply to these race cars and how my new complete DTL the handling of the books are these crew chiefs reference as far as their own notes in what to do to change the targeted to behave the way they wanted to. Field not to get. As they race off and turn one they'll chase Jeff Gordon the leader right behind him sits Mark Martin turned the money and Mike Skinner a lot of lap cars down the inside of turn one Gordon doesn't. My side of the banking eighty by Kenny Aaron the first of those lapped cars Mark Martin goes why it is well Willie challenged Gordon coming up for sport court a little. Getting away. Mark does Lecavalier outside for a chance now top two cars nose to tail Gordon at the point Mark Martin to second turtle bunny third. He got the lab vehicle of Kenny Irwin trying to stay on that lap of the hour bottle just today. Kerry nobody gives them room. On the high side of turn four. By the way Gordon not stopping at this cautioned sets up the story that if we go green to the finish some like Bobby bunny might make it to the end on just one more pit stop we're coordinates of others like have to make to. Tony Stewart down the inside of the racetrack trying to get around a couple lap cars in challenged carry the body for. Cars side by side isn't quite on the backstretch great racing on the backstretch of the California Speedway this is for fourth slot Rusty Wallace and Tony Stewart. Side by side into turn three trying to catch the leaders Mike Skinner we'll look make it a free car parties are often turns. For rusty really pounding it right now he works his way through the corner trying to get up there may be win the race here this afternoon he likes this racetrack and of course Roger Penske by his car owner. All of this speedway is certainly a good day for rusty they can pull it off their twelve cars on the lead lap they worked their way back turner won Dale Jarrett the last car on the lead lap to go return to. No rights reforms the side by side taught me sure I got that was surprised again of the car racket goes wide and everybody goes wide. Lot of great job of driving by Tony Stewart does play the car. But he lost about six positions top seven car single file down the backstretch it'll still be Jeff Gordon's Mark Martin takes a look at the inside. Dare look on his third Rusty Wallace. Let's update Rusty Wallace is one lap down. He did not get around the leader when that caution came out the middle but it's optional and go and in the shuffle afterwards so rusty is not on the lead lap. He is back in thirteenth position one lap down. Here's the other leaderboard now the cars that are on the lead lap Jeff Gordon is out in front with the mark Martin's second Terry nobody third Mike Skinner fourth and Bobby will bunny fifth. Wildly download that kept a great run today he's up to six with Jeff Burton seventh remember he got shuffled under that deal into the leave lab thing now has to pick his way through the traffic. You've got Ward Burton an eight Jeffrey bovine in the top ten he's night. And Jeremy Mayfield is tenth. Tony Stewart falls back to eleventh after that close call a minute ago in turn one into the now Dale Jarrett is the last car on the lead lap in twelfth position. Off the corner of the coming shirt for a back to the front straightaway Gordon is a leader Mark Martin not studying any slack in all markets that right there anywhere from the car linked to just a few inches office. Well first they go back to turn one maybe two car lengths between the front. And then five poor darlings. The third place man Terry look Bonnie. And nobody is gonna look back and worry about Mike Skinner and stir up more listening now generous to comics behind him once he gets fireworks. Rusty Wallace. It's laughable rear deck on the fly champions dinner still dealing with a lap car of Rusty Wallace back Wallace pulls him. Down the backstretch and scanner is now side by side with a bottle Bonnie they're headed back to this life. They will complete 300 miles at the start finish line this time. 300 a deep 500 in this afternoon's event in the race is at the moment for the fourth position. Bobby nobody's gonna win that out over likes to get her off the corner skater who called back in line behind the running in the draft who put a body of the fourth not chasing brother. Keri for third period leads him Dick your back coming into the quarter to get turtle bunny running in the third spot the lap car Rusty Wallace sitting just behind him he goes why the bottom line the fifth place man looks good chance that tied for the inside it can't quite make it stick this time it's very news. And is going on the top two cars breaking away just a bit you've got the DuPont Chevrolet of Jeff Gordon. And second spot Mark Martin putting a little bit of distance between himself in the third position a sterile water. Here comes a challenge for the lead right now's a come off turnover forward to the high side goes Gordon down the inside comes Mark Martin got to give him to run coming off the corner and market pull it off the start finish line he leads by one car length is a swing their way back to turn one Mark Martin. Shows why this time tries to stretch out the lead gets about two car lengths in front of Jeff Gordon they look back five garlic is behind them that's worked terrible bunny rides. Fast closing fly riddled body of Mike Skinner now rough on his bumper. Let's turn to Bonnie has the third position he has protected by the lap car Rusty Wallace they're single file down the backstretch Bob nobody. Why on the bumper of the Miller Lite Ford Mike Skinner a bottle bodies well for single file from turn three and four mark. And Jeff Gordon lead Terry the body. Bobby the body was fourth had a big slipped off turned to a minute ago now he's got Mike Skinner up to his inside tried to challenge him for that spot and Jeff Burton is closed right in on them and we got 97 laps to go that place looks like it's shaping up for good finish go ahead Joseph there's a problem for Dale Jarrett he came to turn over to the car slid away the banking tackle wall now smoke is pouring it. I look back at this Ford as he works his way around the track. Dale Jarrett encountering problems here after being able to stay on the Taylor to leave laughable bit ago. Now limping his way back around towards pit road as the field motors on past it caution on the speedway slowing the California 500 by Napa for the fifth time at lap 154 Dale Jarrett was the driver who ran into a problem we are speculating might have cut down attire. Joseph war had kind of a big will appear at turn one and two before the car shot way up the racetrack. Again it's whittled coming into the quarry trying to gather it back again. That's not dale passing we now looks like a piece of tire casing they're picking up all the racetrack. He dropped ads after he tagged the wall slightly he returned over duke did do a whole lot of damage to the sheet metal all the car but again just that outer casing coming off one of the tires. Now we'll see how many of the leaders did here is they come to the opening of pit road and and it looks like most of them will hear come on mark Martin Jeff Gordon Mike Skinner body the body and Jeff Burton in that order the first five and Wally gallon back Ward Burton Jeffrey boat behind Jeremy Mayfield and Tony Stewart believe lap cars plus Dale Jarrett. Let's cover stops first Winston Kelley. Jeff Gordon's crew go to work on the rides that cart behind me being right there in the body and running. Mike's been on that run along with teammates about the money and tiny store and a half pound of air pressure adjustment now. On Jeff Gordon's car on the left prayer ceremony at ten times they need to leave the first down the line Jim Talent Marc. Part is then we're getting left side tires wiped out Jeff Burton is in the Martin Cruz. Fell away. It's yours Dale Jarrett probably. You may have heard I was going down that Paul did we get into the wall. Bob but it can you tell us clubs might have been a mayor I can't tell the damage on the right side but they're really pulling together a better way from the left rear all of this the machine for the putting on four tires are probably try to get this supposedly we have this first off. And come back here for another stop. Marty Snider while it Alan I came in this car is very neutral right now very happy with a little bit loose. When he gets behind someone but they're running in the top ten also Jeffrey about Don came in no adjustments for either one of those guys just four tires and fuel continuing to work up a little left rear quarter of the Dale Jarrett machine on pit road is not yet. Lost a lap. But Doug looks like further work needs to be done to repair some of the damage caused by the cut down left rear of the Jim Phillips mentioned. A moment ago to carry the body with a two tire stop it's going to take over the lead of the race you'll be first off the pit road. We will reset the order for you when they come back around in just admitted but it looks like for the first time all day the Kellogg machine will go up into the number one position. Let's get a further update on the repairs on the Dale Jarrett machine Jim Phillips she's just rolled away. Had working properly you're lucky sit on the left really be weave my way through this traffic here and rule. Good word from. Crew chief Todd parrot and ask what kind of damage you do have to when I say I don't okay that won't work all the cars and we will fix it out to you about it. All right fair now so we'll be back with him in just a minute becomes the second packet traffic cars are allowed for more now look come on pit road led by Rusty Wallace junior is in general pages in John Andretti Jimmy Spencer some of the cars that are now coming into the pits Winston Kelley. Next we're all right side of the car they aren't arts groups just have to retire stop there Sterling Marlin and I'm gonna win around. More night there and Danish rider satellite looks to be at two tire stop on the skull Chevrolet Bill Elliott or McDonald's or more tires everything right. And Jim Phillips. We haven't got to Rusty Wallace. Back on the lead lap together really fast and John Andretti farther down the river plate Kevin Love pages and they're all prepared all routine. More tired 76 fuel. And Dale Jarrett back on pit road for another round round of whom work done by the Robert Gates team to try to get the left rear quarter net machine back in line. Monday may seventeenth tickets go on sale at the North Carolina speedway for the pop secret 400 NASCAR Winston cup series race coming up at the Iraq later on in the fall on October 24. You can give the speedway ticket office calling 9105822861. That date will be open from 9 to 5 eastern time Monday through Friday. Again October 24 debate. All these pop secret 400 NASCAR Winston cup series at the North Carolina speedway in Rockingham tickets on sale for that race on Monday may the seventeenth. The other attrition rate is not been all that high here at California Speedway Johnny Benson was the first car to go out early this afternoon he got into the wall here in the early going a lap number three is a matter thanks Derrick cope had an engine problem and retired his car thirty urban but kind of along one of the most recently did reach you run having an engine problem malaria Joni the chick cars and we know show behind the wall for the moment. Ernie has just come back out from behind the wall and rejoined the race during this caution flags and Natalie was three back in the we can't afford back in the garage area junior pitcher Ricky Rudd Derek open Johnny Benson another field getting a single any one more lap will go back racing or let's check in the Terri the body Pitt Winston Kelley two tires under the stop by. The Kellogg's team a little strategy move here to get the lead. One of an awfully quick stop we thought I was jubilant McCain then you found out it was a gas and go talk Cheney right to great team dancing go anyone expect. Well like Terry said this. That's manner and that's the best time when Ron Paul may. You know we've run around out there on reality quite available on Iran's. You pretty flat flat so we decided they would support the import tires a little mom there and that people are mammals. Jerry like to set of tires city had some of the best cities had all day long not a lot of green flag laps on a so they left follow for own gas and go. And take C a fuel strategy situation out of the equation we're talking about earlier everybody can go now own one more stop. Then talked a lot of that period and he's one of those drivers and just keeps plugging away plugging away you pick them off one at a time or whatever that's what it takes to get up there hit a shot to win had a great track record of success here at this speedway with finishes of second and third hoping to win today half a lap in the green Jim Phillips go ahead. Let's talk to Todd talked to get to work done what you need to get done there you look at what was the problem is that crossed mentally she's got a timed out. What happened when this pedal effort tired and it's been Robert come off of the Goodyear eagle. And it sounds shredded it crush panels so coming in gets dressed now fixed in now we're back and racetrack. Andrew Leo yeah. Candy should be the last car on the lead lap he is the and I can twelfth position right now to get rid kind of loose under green here. The go green back at lap 159 you can steal off turn four here's the restart order at the lead lap cars to carry the body Jerry BB field Ward Burton mark Martin Jeff Gordon. Followed by Mike Skinner Bobby's body Jeff Burton Wally gallon back Jeffrey go buying Tony Stewart and Dale Jarrett dale earnhardt's the first lap cars and these signings during the morning. And you don't usually around trying to get his lap back for yourself when there. Can't Jerry doesn't give him a shot at least for the moment for us to block a little bit Earnhardt now gets ahead ST nothing goes after an internal one. You may do it after all heard heart pulls even with turtle bunny coming into the corner struggling now to get back we'll tell little lead lap in return of her two little bunny a little bit quicker if that most of his Chevy out of former cart. How hard could hit is just. Ronald but the advantage. Kerry look funny as the exit to now Dale Earnhardt takes the good red Chevrolet all the way to the left side of the backstretch and he will be terrible body in turn three. But the Bonnie look is strong out the outside the. Move switches I don't know why Eric Jeremy Mayfield we'll take the lead of applauding washed up the racetrack. Mayfield slides on through moves into the top spot that'll be the first time all they may feel misled you here's Ward Burton challenging Terry the money for second. Dale Earnhardt on the tail into the lead lap now what Jeremy Mayfield the leader drafting right behind him in front of the. The pack your Ward Burton trying to complete the class of Jerry Levine for the second position he does coming into the corner just behind them Rusty Wallace to the inside. What's Mark Martin trying to clear yourself with a lap car. Jeff Gordon underneath Mark Clark. Proceeds go out of side by side is still Jeremy Mayfield opt out front as it tries to put Dale Earnhardt a lap down to the inside and he does so Ward Burton will be in second. Terrible plot isn't hurt their single file from your dream home. Jeremy Mayfield lawless and is about a strong as anything out there but he's got his hands full with her heart they'll charge up. Up into the wall can rise a little bit high and Earnhardt makes Layfield come out of the throttle and he's gonna lose a lead as they work your way back to turn one and dale earnhardt's gonna get himself back on the lead lap there Bakken water. What's Ward Burton leading the Brady's got Terry nobody behind him in the second spot Jeff Gordon is third at mark Martin's fourth the Mike Skinner in the fifth position. It rewards start the life. Nobody is. Five star Alex ought to make it do all right Ward Burton now will have to deal with a dealer and hard as they make their way down the backstretch global audience second. Gordon is in third to the inside of Rusty Wallace and Wallace the last vehicle Mark Martin right on the rear bumper of the DuPont Chevrolet Dale Earnhardt stuff. The nose of his machine right up underneath Jeremy Mayfield coming off turn four meet you gotta be legal up off the corner. He wields so far and so long that he has fallen all the way back as they come to the strike to seventh spot Ward Burton Jerry nobody in Jeff Gordon the front three to turn one. He says for the third position as a mark Martin's Nixon on the rear deck of Jeff Gordon had just behind him. Mike Skinner try to find some racing groove. Filling out finally the lap car Rusty Wallace. Why he ducks down low without false fact headline single file meanwhile mid pack they're fanning out three and four wide down the backstretch to California Speedway. Up front is still Ward Burton to Carly back is carried Bonnie. Jeff Gordon mark Martin's single file back to the shrine they are side by side the lead on the backstretch you are California. Door to door down the backstretch into turn three Cornel B download Ward Burton up eyes still with Dale Earnhardt right front neither driver has advanced to come off. Jeff Gordon helped tailor our story on the tail into the lead lap Earnhardt also another enabling new grass a little bit when you get up there and challenge for the lead they're still door to door than it almost a photo finish between Jeff Gordon Ward Burton. YP three way battle before they get to one yeah Rusty Wallace. My sunglass himself while. Jeff Gordon goes down the inside the racetrack Ward Burton is gonna slip back a bit. And Gordon goes at the top spot cal Mark Martin on the move he got a pretty good at plotting of the back stretch from. Flash cards of Dale Earnhardt and Rusty Wallace proving to be very tough here this afternoon. Jeff Gordon has the lead to the inside of Wallace Ward Burton will be in second Mark Martin Bonnie Bonnie fueling for the third. Position Rusty Wallace went three wide around Jeff Gordon Ward Burton when they were racing side by side to lead going into turn one last lap and got himself on the tailored to believe that this time. I'm gonna be for long. He comes Gordon Pope in his nose inside of Wallace. Trying to put him back the plant down eighty according go from the California Speedway this is Samar and radio. Every drive wherever you go Hercules tires gets in there whether he'll run on dirt. Hard dependable high quality tires of a perfect fit for your knee. Strong match value selection in the warranty with the industry leading road hazard protection there's only one choice. Hercules irons to learn more visit Hercules tired dot com. Or call 806779530. By Hercules tires right on our strength. The racetrack to the road home fill up the Sunoco the official fuel of NASCAR. So who make high quality performance fuels for the greatest drivers in the world both on and off the track whether your pulling up to the club. Or into the fifth tires. Don't feel you can trust and hope go to beat him you would you go second campus and because still going. Fill up with the official fuel of NASCAR's sonoco BS and so racers. They are mixing it up for the lead of the California 500 pineapple on it turned toward Jeff Gordon has. The top spot Bonnie nobody's been too sick did these pressuring Gordon in the product goes to side by side on the tail into the lead lap Rusty Wallace and Dale Earnhardt. Heroes Jeff Gordon now dotting the inside of the track he's going first and after Earnhardt put him back a lap down the knicks but still Rusty Wallace he also holds the high flying off turnovers duke and north up alongside him now as they had to. Because a lap traffic Bob it'll wanna had to back off just a bit this allows Jeff Gordon don't look a bit belief. Still dueling with Dale Earnhardt the inside their side by side into turn three. Now dale slots in the line blocking bottled water. And again that little two car draft can shuffling Gordon down the bottom of the racetrack by himself between Rusty Wallace and Dale Earnhardt allowed at least one of them to stay on Palin to lead lap and I was resting. Now according to try and put him a lap down as Bob and nobody tries to get underneath her heartache around the leader up in turn one. And wanted to drop the inside lane easily gets applied Dale Earnhardt not so easy for Jeff Gordon in his attempt to get by Rusty Wallace Wallace again the high side of the banking. More full save in the near Lake Huron turned over to flip flops again and again. And what it is right away again Rusty Wallace is not wanna go another lap down here comes Jeff Gordon was inside and disposes of rusted. Bogle Bonnie in the second spot Mark Martin moved the inside of Dale Earnhardt fans Earnhardt touches because our company Martin. In the air off the wrist worn off the balloting. All but art comes out the other side just fine thank you with a third position and that puts another one of the lap cars in between himself reportedly sport a burden. What we set the field free now 170 complete EDU coach Jeff Gordon leads plotting the money sickened. Third is Mark Martin ward Burton's work Mike Skinner runs fifth. Jeff Burton is six Wally gallon next seven Jeremy Mayfield they carry the body the leader at the restart has fallen back to ninth. And chanted Tony Stewart Dale Jarrett is eleven different varieties twelve. And Rusty Wallace who is thirteenth the first car one lap down. Fourteen these Dale Earnhardt Jimmy Spencer's feet deep Kenny Irwin sixty John Andretti seventy. Eighteen to Sterling Marlin can traders nineteen to Jerry need do is twentieth. 21. Is Robert Presley kept the pages 22 Elliott Sadler 23 Michael Waltrip 44 and Darrell Waltrip we can't. Only six position is a chance little. 27 is Billy Williams the last car one lap down. Laps down David reading 28 Steve park in 29 Kyle Petty and thirtieth Brett provided 31. And Kenny Wallace and 32 along with rich pickle in 33 and four laps down Bobby Hamilton and 34 Ted musgrave at 35 Rick mast in 36. Dave Marcus and 37. He is five laps down. Ricky craven 38 is nine laps down birdie Europeans back on the racetrack 31 laps down to leave it checked Ricky Rudd Derrick Coleman Johnny considering. Garage area. Then after all struggling at the from the field testimonial once Jeff Gordon broke clear that traffic he's beginning to pull away a little bit right now from Robyn body to second place Carl return to monitor monitor have to worry about the man behind him this close again now that is the Mark Martin. Part one a piece of the second position. Volatile ride up the rear deck of wolf obviously exit turn two nose to tail again as the fight for the second position Martin. Riding in the tire tracks of Bob LaMont in right in front of them as lab vehicle Rusty Wallace and Bobby tries to take the high road around rusty can't get the job done this time around work. The way often turn over Ford come down to the start finish line Mark Martin pressuring Bobby look funny for the second spot that is not able to talk to knows all underneath. And find a run Jeff Burton try to make his way back through he's caught brother ward get a race in the air for the fourth spot Burton and Jeff Gordon the two drivers who dominated most of this event. Ward and Jeff the nose to tail coming into turn number one both dropping down the inside playing the race track here. Jeff now dropping down a little bit slower getting it goes up alongside his brother then placed side by side door to three feet. Rice is on down the backstretch Jeff Burton of the inside Ward Burton the caterpillar Pontiac trying to pull his brother. They come into turn three Jeff Burton we'll take the position away from Ward Burton. Schwartz had a good run here at this racetrack only launch a strong race car you heard us talk about him being up front of the field on several occasions he just like an opportunity to be up there and be around to finish and make a run for the win. Just watching him race here all afternoon who would you say of all the drivers we want to and we can as the most patients of anybody in the field. Boy yeah. He's got a hole in Winston races that's great question I would say Jeff Gordon Jeff fears but I'm Obama right Mark Barton that how you save a dozen times and I have to say even. There were he could force the issue and maybe even gain a position. But every time he needs to back out and he does not hesitate he does come mark has come to understand that two cars racing side by side in today's aerodynamic formula he really was one of the first understand this or to show it blatantly on the racetrack. Two cars racing side by side will be much lower than two cars racing single file to a summons up on his back up her pressuring him. And trying to racing side by side he understands that he's better off getting back in line behind him. Following their for a little while that he is try to run side by side with them and hold them off they'll make better time and he'll be better off in the long run. It's paid off for him here today and watching all day long do that a new and if the cars quick enough to go it's clear somebody and get up there and lead and he'll do it but it's not that you give ground just like to say it. 175 laps to apply the scoreboard here that give us 75 to go in the California 500 by Napa at the front of the field once Jeff Gordon broke out of that traffic here he comes off turner before he has a big advantage right now may be a full second or better over Mark Martin and Bobby look Bobby as they ride behind him and work your way back to turn over one. Closing in a hurry though here's Jeff Burton would you like to get back up there he's got a strong cars still can win this thing. It's now anyway. To turn over wanted he's got about twenty or so Carly still make up before you catch Bobby Juanita Jeff Burton story today. He and Jeff Gordon dominated much of the club first to 300 miles that this event but Burton pitted under the green flag. Just before a caution came out Burton pitting at lap 129 a caution waiting at lap 132. When Mark Martin had not yet stopped that caught Jeff Burton on the tail into the lead lap. He got a quick caution after the restart at lap 140 which allowed him to come back around and rejoin the hunt for the wind. But he was always the end of the pack at that point and since then has been slowly picking his way toward the front. Right now Jeff Burton is in port spot three and a half seconds behind leader Jeff Gordon seventy laps ago. In the California 500 pineapple Jeff Gordon is the race leader of one point seven seconds over mark Martin's. That is up followed maybe 5060 yards up racetrack here they come off turn four wheel market for you at the start finish line here comes coordinate the strike now. And Mark Martin comes here to the line body the body only about ten Carling behind market Jeff Burton closing quickly on him. Trying to reel talk to win. Any racing is going on back in the pack. Dale Jarrett has moved up and around some little placards and his shot in ninth position he's got to carry the body behind him and he's trying to really Tony Stewart some other children. Turned to during the Bonnie goes why try to get five John Andretti easily could do something here was Dale Jarrett Jarrett leads that backup Wall Street corner here goes Andretti now slated. The two cars of the back straightaway turn the water stored in the wall down the backstretch and he will have John Andretti has left elbow when you clear Andretti into turn three. That was only two Carly between turn the money in Dale Jarrett are headed back to. And they settled down just a little bit as they work their way through terse 34 right down interval of maybe two or three car lengths between the positions they were talking about as they worked their way off turn four and back in front straightaway. 182. Laps or on the scoreboard we haven't heard from some of the pits of the front runners here in the wild when we do that right now. John Philips is down in the leadership Jim forty. Jeff Burton fifth. The leaders took quite a bit right now and. Insurmountable did you catch Jeff Gordon. Well as long way to go the other sex I'd like to watch the break down a little bit surprised the you know the academic advantage Tony the Chevrolet is now on these speedway is. Based on the went on stage six how surprisingly good run as good today. Other 44 it used everything up yeah. And there's you that's exactly what got. One more stop. Why stop at will and conscience. A lot of the great which is Selig didn't. That's frank Stoddard crew chief forward Jeff Burton. And and Jeff Gordon's it is Winston Kelley. Now let's say we he's not here and get a quick thought from Wright ever Hannity Watson's driver come off the corner and giving me wants to give him the time and telling Italian going. Relay this information. Right out of the car now the fuel mileage is not a big play. Ours and the a little bit tied but overall they've been much better than everybody else you can sit on the right track now about a 22 advantage. dollar banks haven't pretty good run here this afternoon he's been in and out of the top two all day currently sits in seventh position let's get his thoughts right now with Marty Snider. And then having a great run after having started. You forestry teams. You have time right now the cars ten little little problem. Starting off this and I. Fairly happy with the cars he really at the time now. Is. And I'll strong run to. Sit back here and seven can get up there and play with the front guys are well. Variety is. Toronto woke him about whether we're short drive. One more stop to make them final adjustment and they are still looking for the first captain of the season but it appears to be in the cross hairs right now. Please fester on this season at twelve down at Daytona 500 back in February. Robert Presley is just taking his car garage floor on the racetrack community girl came down pit road not under our. This week let's turn into the garage area. Looks like wrestling maybe done for the day and speedy gift card in behind a wall at his speech on the race. To Jeff Gordon continues hammered away input laps on the board out in front right now it's 6040 goalies get a two and a half second lead on Mark Martin. With body the body Jeff Burton Ward Burton Jeremy Mayfield. Wally gallon back Tony Stewart Dale Jarrett and Terry the body rounding out the top ten the only other cars on the lead lap with this reporter Mike Skinner and Geoffrey pulled night. Colts uterine wall behind appearing to be having some problems here this latest stretch of the race dinners watched several positions in the last step to go rounds are. And also Paul Ryan is all the back that is well we'll see if we can get an update on the other problems for Mike Skinner down on pit road you just a moment right now his car and like it's behaving very well at all the student fifths. Mike Skinner closed Chevrolet it's extremely tired right now he's been good night for the day and been up in the top four or five good portion of the night. Tires and their president John extremely tight leave the front end of the car wants to kind of drive up the racetrack in the corner there. So that the story for Mike Skinner here as we work under the green flag with a 62 laps ago. While the race a little settled in at the minute let's take Kabul and talk about the championship picture in the NASCAR Winston cup series. After nine races coming into today Jeff Burton. It's been a leader in the championship we tell the top spot for the past few weeks she's up forty points on Dale Jarrett couple wins already in 1999 for Jeff Burton let. He told me earlier in the weekend that it is way too early in the season to be taken title just yet. We're proud we Don Shula exacting some really good job. At the same time we understand as a whole lot more to do and now we're gonna. No one that we're not get too excited that leads the points right now early in the year you can do. You can go up and down the point mattered pretty quickly. As the year goes on many gets harder to move up and down a point matter but. We have to just maintain what we've been doing improvements and various as well. And now really that's our focus is how to we get better from here right trying to hold on to win now we're trying to do improve everything. You might think since put a lot of pressure on us look really cool. There's less pressure me in the front and isn't in the middle in. All the pressures on the guys and in the contenders for the last three or four years not on us we're not supposed to be there so. Us and it sets up. It's an honor to be sitting there number one was Smart enough to know that if we don't improve he won't leave the. Jeff Burton on leading NASCAR Winston cup championship at this point in the season. Jeff thus says the pressure is on the other guys that's exactly right scramble back here for second place between Mark Martin and want him bodies that go down in turn one just got a car lengths separating its new model Bonnie just in front of Mark Martin and Jeff Burton is close then. Just very shortly it's going to be a three way battle for the second and third positions on the line and Jeff Burton were the cars on the move right now Mark Martin. In between that sandwich but they still got a long long way to go before they catch the leadership more. Lot of money passing Mark Martin often turner reporting into turn one last lap by simply Bobby this decade here is Smart sliding up the racetrack off turn four Jeff Burton should go by him for third. To re sitting atop the leaderboard for you Jeff Gordon out in front of now Bonnie Bonnie Jeff Burton Mark Martin and Jerry BP field. Minute ago we mentioned Robert Presley took his start in the garage Marty Snider within. Jasper engines Ford being wound up Robert Wood which generates I don't know we have I think the nation and it being going out on the says a couple times a day and I'm thankful and therein. Went out that Natalie back again lap while summertime. I think we give my and a time and god isn't part of this. Presley will be done yeah. When you're talent. Coming up on the 400 miles in today's California 500 pineapple racing network with life coverage for you. The ten race in 1999 NASCAR Winston cup series season right now Jeff Gordon missing command. 195. Bolton fifty elite body the body Jeff Burton Mark Martin and Jeremy Mayfield they are the top five. The rest of the top ten or Tony Stewart Ward Burton Wally gallon back Dale Jarrett and Terry the body he knew two cars on the lead lap at this point army likes uterine Jeffrey gold mine in the eleventh. The twelfth position so we got the update on what was or is that Mark Martin on the apron and turn. For talent and look clock ticked off a white smoke down the backstretch without leave Florida Mark Martin has slowed way down and pulling it looked okay. Mark Barton hits pit road will follow him down you'll see the smoke coming out of the car right now as he works his way down there was this but certainly a problem LaMarcus would definitely be an unscheduled pit stops not a movie of this topic makes a left turn heads straight to the garage. So Mark Martin has run into some kind of very serious problem here after having one of the dominant cars and California 500 let me just quickly find out you're just a minute. 54 laps ago Mark Martin running fourth time the smoke out the Mike she goes into the garage until the pit road now. Every credit to god says it's good news. Yes it's. Tough break for Mark Martin who came into the race in the third spot in the NASCAR Winston cup series championship standings only. 84 points behind leader Jeff Burton he's gonna lose a lot of ground here today. You lose you lose a lot of ground. Just looking back the record book this morning this has not been a real yeah. Hard racetrack come motor problems for different guys just look at last year I think they'll cherry about a line Rusty Wallace. It was the only three that had any kind of an agent problem of course are always top contenders for the for the most part. Nothing ban on motor. Not as much as you think you would keep it still for three teams of that caliber to have engine problems here that we'll tell you displaces. It puts a strain on some things on the Frontline near what you have to tune it right to the edge in order to be competitive I guess maybe that's a little bit better way to freeze and now. Took time for you right on the edge UTC did have something groundbreaking new plan for the names such computer teacher Mark Martin here goes to the garage. 54 laps remaining in the streets the. This is one of our reporters get over there and find out we'll pass it along you maybe get a word remarked find out what did happen to his car what that putting well certainly we'll likely didn't follow. So Mike Skinner knocking on pit road here might just had his share of announced today. They also he was at the top ten for a good portion of the afternoon he's back on the pits and this is going to be an unscheduled stop. Also back 198 where Mike Skinner fifty to go Winston Kelley covers to stop chorus. Well actually this is dead dude it's a little bit earlier than most powerful cousin Carl was solid tonight they thought it would be Saturday morning bringing on hand to. I'm they're fuel windows. I'm 98 thank you thank you the rest of the way the night. I'm stop. So it is prepared for the Larry Rick Reynolds let me drew and Mike Skinner and its neck out on the speedway and let's go back into the garage supporting Snyder. And we caught up with Mark Martin now who's talking some of the media and not tough day they had a good run going and a great car and mark what which has the race and you know Internet. The generous way. We've got them out or something like that. And instantly know and today from Mark Martin and son had a great car today obviously upset and Jonas boys put out there done for the day. Apparently had no indication there's anything wrong because he'd been running right up Finley packet leaving some of the race all afternoon and all of a sudden it's over so mark could finish back this far and is. Possibly 38 position depending on how things shake out here in the final run graceful and pretty soon he's going to be tough day for mark. Here's Terri the body on pit road. Lap 20400. Miles in the event the body makes his stop what would be his final pit stop that they Winston Kelley looks on. And the group wanna work on the right side you recall last time it was gas and got open looks funny car tire going down several laps. He wanted to make sure he got. Fifty laps to go 49 now they can make at all. Made four tires and gasoline. Turn the money down the way you go back on speedway lap 201 has just come up on the school board Jeff Gordon continues to lead Bobby the money ranks second Jeff Burton is third Jeremy Mayfield fourth Tony Stewart sent an outstanding run here today. Tony is currently in fifth place more burden is six. Dale Jarrett seventh one he's done in fact is they eat tonight Jeffrey Gaudin and Rusty Wallace McCain picked up TN. And Jeff Gordon has been able to go a couple of laps farther than Jeff Burton on these pit stops and come on the green flag today while Bobby the body's kind of mirrored Gordon's pit stops scheduled. Glad to see if they come down pit lane together very shortly and we expect now that you're within fifty laps to the finish. That down the leaders can count down pit road with your final stops at any moment. Gordon leads nobody's buying even two seconds that's a little bit less than it was awhile ago. With Jeff Burton third four point six seconds behind I think you can Jeremy Mayfield Tony Stewart award Burton Dale Jarrett Wally gallon back. Jeffrey bovine now running on the lead lap cars. Stops finally Skinner interior. Funny the way to make a difference to me if they do have to make these stops under green flag conditions if you got a caution out there when you come and you have a little bit of time only when not much but you know under green flag son if you make any kind of mistake you lose track position is just absolutely no way you're gonna get back. Rusty Wallace diving off the corner and turner for about to make his final pit stop and assuming this race stayed green. You can haunt his old name for rusty here. As you can sound currently in tenth position. All went down towards turn one to get in the history and religion Phillips Steve park brings his machines these two champions from pit road he's a tough thing here also Jim. Relying on the lead lap as saying that. Tire go down and looks like on new turnovers three war. He comes to pit road again. It gets stopped he's pitched almost one of the very first on pit road maybe doing some damage to the brake system problem but he goes right on by his pit stall. And maybe it's not a tire going down because he's taken the car straight into the garage talk tough break there ninth place at the time Jeffrey going into the garage area. In the final stages of the California 500 find out pump motor racing network live coverage of the NASCAR Winston cup series today. Well investment here with Barney hall till morning Dan Hubbard the quarters Jim Phillips would sit Kelly Marty Snider. Barring DP came to run Jerry is right now the final round of pit stops is under way Ward Burton is on the pit lane we go to Winston Kelley. Birds had a great run all day long enough there. You pointed. Lord tires and gasoline Bobby Hamilton not quite as good today he had some problems earlier worn tires and gas. Well. And you come sail Jarrett on the pit road what should be his final stop Dale Earnhardt bringing his machine and also. Ginny straighter hitting his car right now also John Andretti and Sam. Can I leave. Bill Elliott is making his. Although leaders Iran pit road to pit lane brought to you by the McDonald's drive through Winston Kelley as Jeff Gordon stopped. It didn't work on the left side of the car for tires and gasoline. I've champion gentleman. Sixteen points now. Hopper Jeff Burton. Fifty point eight port tires and gasoline. A chance to adjust but around a way to get on the Burton's car raced down and away and fifteen point eight seconds. Tony Stewart is the race leader now he comes to pit road and makes his stock so the answer things life cycle around again and we'll updated in a moment. To the garage quickly to Marty Snider. And for Jeffrey Madonna great runners on salary was running ninth when not think in my leg and Jeffrey what happened. Asked him tomorrow I don't know what happened that. And it's gone down a little bit out of straight away and Pamela vibration and not that somebody parts and Iraqi and Taylor broke some room. Had a great car the tough teams Chevrolet. Came from allowing back end. That last run we weren't fire right we need it and make some adjustments. Get back on that for a while there are looking very good start at 37 and made his way to the top five but Jeffrey Madonna's name is done. Jeff Gordon will have a monster his sleeve off it's not he is well out in front of Bobby the money by any. The distance in the back straightaway here at this two mile tracks of Gordon's team get the job done and your pit stop he is commanding lead here with 42 laps adult life. Caution flags and all the kinds of things can happen to change that picture they are still plenty of time to go and Trace the attrition rate continuing to grow here. In the California 500 right now when just after Jeffrey bovine running in the right spot at the time I went to the garage with an engine problem Jimmy Spencer now slows on the racetrack. No need for return for a party either start and help all of a sudden hearing silent. Plus online to receive little smoke come out of Spencer's car might be an engine problem on his machine also is she comes now. It's in the last couple of minutes we've had 23 cars go to the garage area. Robert Presley and Mark Martin now the latest retirees receive Jimmy who turns to the opening and collectively run to believe he's gonna go on down and if you. It's a little different take a look at why don't we do that was killing real quick. I'm not sure what it is Tim has been talking accrue on the radio since been smoking a little bit and then just gave way Connie my cousin. Number drivers fill my car lap and they can get some. Tough points for the when Jimmy Spencer. Plus it's pop. Sterling Marlin is also on pit road right now they're changing right side rubber on his car and filling it up full of Unocal fuel to get him back comes speedway here is just a moment as the laps are winding down or hurry right now just 38 to go and Jeff Gordon got a pretty big. Lead over the rest of the up front runner she's got four and a half seconds. On lobby money and Jeff Burton and those two drivers also spaced apart tell a little bit on the racetrack soon. Gordon's team like getting here this. On and off the road a little bit better than everyone else enough. Green flag pit stops like we talked to earlier in the broadcast partners spreading the field outsell they've done that once again here in the early stages feel just a little bit even. Half a second or even just a second on pit road translates to a lot of realistically you know that racetracks and you can't miss a step down there and Gordon's team. Not many times do we see them stumbled in fact all these pit crews they're they're the best in the business no question about that we're watching right now they're pushing Jimmy Spencer's car they take a look at it and finally decide we're gonna take into the garage area. So Jimmy Spencer's no bull Ford is heading back to beat Roger right now so glad Spencer's name Callista retiring. Recapping the race where you we have had 28 lead changes among thirteen different drivers it's been pretty good. Competitive racing swapped top spot back and forth a number of times those who have fled today. Jeff Burton Dale Jarrett Bobby the body Jeff Gordon. Chad little Ward Burton Mike Skinner Dale Earnhardt Jeffrey bovine Mark Martin to carry the body Jeremy Mayfield. And Tony Stewart story for watching this race Jeff Gordon and Jeff Burton the top two spots trading the lead back and forth between each other out fairly. Regularly throughout much of the first 300 miles. Then after a series of green flag pit stops at key myth that number 100 and thirty 129 were self for a lot of the front runners. Caution came out when Ricky Rudd lost an engine and crashed in turn three Mike Martin hit not yet pitted when most of leaders. Had already done so one of the green. It's an icon Jeff Burton Jeremy Mayfield and Dale Jarrett and some others on the tail end of the lead lap. Then they got another quick caution when Jody wee check bounced off the wall in turn number one that allowed them to come back around and rejoined the fight for the win but ever since that point. Jeff Burton has the kind of fighting from behind her back at that number 142 to try to make his way back to. The front and he we are glad to fifteen with time running out. And he is still back in two thirds of seven point nine seconds out final caution flag to the race Johnny Benson crashed in turn four Atlanta three big markets. Stopped on the track at like 29 with a flat tire Ricky Rudd crashed after losing an engine at lap 132 collecting Ernie Irvin and that went. And Jody to check bounced off the wall on lap 140. And Dale Jarrett cut a tire down dropping debris on the racetrack at that point it. For the majority caution flag content through the race. Johnny Benson Derrick cope. Ricky Rudd Robert Presley Mark Martin Jeffrey vote buying cars out of the race so forbids it because it literally crashed during a cult lost an engine at lap 47. But with the engine failure and crash we talk about 132. Robert Presley losing in ancient 182. And mark Martin's lap 196 while running in the top five. He goes to the garage area with a new engine failure. You can typical blind while running ninth time when we arrived moments ago also an engine failure now Jimmy Spencer. Which can garage area to join the nutrition list. And arbitration update has been brought to you like she's authentic teaching every week the top leading drivers in the NASCAR craftsman truck Busch and Winston cup series. Compete on the track to provide you the race to end the best entertainment and motor sports off the track. The competition ends up leading drivers in NASCAR agreed to supply their fans with the best apparently embracing change so clinics. We authentic trackside apparel NASCAR now back to the race where the chase is on let's go back to garage. When you mentioned Jimmy Spencer green one of the guys that just retired his car. From the strain of flu at the quality and here it looks to be some hot putter from any warning Jimmie and I knew what it is. Not the motor was running good all day minute long you know there at the end of the rod yourself the minute. You know we really thought this thing all day long and now we're. Gonna have a decent run and trying to talk temperature weren't gonna look Medivation Leventhal somewhat bad. America upset you know because you and a motor blows up especially when it was a running. They got to go to work on the Leno. Are they going to run this great race car within the puck went right. And now here they weren't running got to learn and grow their only good they're not gonna become a Tenet get on lap Bachmann. Justin had a straight aways. Being out in Winston no bull five car Jimmy Spencer final off Tony with Jake has brought his car back out of the garage and we'll make a few laps after getting caught up. Relax a little bit earlier today Joseph is back to defeat here may you be around for the finish with 31 laps ago. Right now the chase is on her body the body and Jeff Burton to try and run down the leader Jeff Gordon but they're gonna need a lot of help from somewhere for not doing. I'm sure that they would appreciate the caution flag sometime very shortly trying to help them do that because right now Jeff Gordon is setting a treaty would keep pace around the racetrack he's out maintained. It's four point 62 advantage over Bobby that money to be pretty much Chad right after the came off pit road. Yes and wants to attend the event. It's still right at four point six seconds here another ten laps later. And something it's bad news for the Astros chasing down Joseph Moore you can document this a little bit better than I can over the corner there won't go. He ran up one big packet traffic Jeff Gordon I'm talking about didn't slowing down a video just drove right through. It is we want all through it and I didn't even think about it appeared to slash final blog as far as that's the way he's handling here today at the center of the racetrack you'll notice this house movie ends. Approaching traffic by himself for whatever he pretty much takes the same lie to each lap but when he does get the traffic. And his fourth consecutive one of the Carly just as good clear as it does all his favorite lines. 28 laps to go in the California 500 find out what Jeff Gordon's body the body Jeff Burton Tony Stewart and Ward Burton are your top five. Probably California Speedway this season barring me. The racetrack to the road home fill up the Sunoco the official fuel of NASCAR. So filmmaker high quality performance fuels for the greatest drivers in the world both on and off the track whether you're pulling up to the pump. Or into the pit. Don't feel you can trust and hope go to veto fuel that feeds you go second camp plus America feels going. Fill up with the official fuel of NASCAR's sonoco CSMC races. Citywide took countryside. Whatever you drive wherever you go. Hercules tires has the value selection and industry leading war teed it gets you there. No matter where the road takes you. To learn more visit Hercules tired dot com. Hercules tires and ride on our strength. We 46 laps to go. He's the California 500 by now but Jeff Gordon holds on the race lead trying to get his second week in three tries at this particular speedway he won the inaugural event here back in 1997. We're leading body the body like four point. Nine chickens. We shrinking by a couple of tenths they were growing by a couple of chances first Gordon then the money and to make your way through a pack of traffic. Right now we're gonna start looking very solid going wherever on the range checking which easy to go hug the bottom line to. The corners putting has been traveling around him. Ardidi they're gonna be tough to beat let's get a caution flags here so that goes wrong that she. If this race stays green is going to be awfully hard unless he has mechanical problem for something in the effect also. So the cars chasing down right now lately a lot of money Jeff Burton and Tony Stewart or burden would be your top five as the lesser winding down when they do get a car right. I'm talking about Jeff Gordon and ray every Hamlet from moving car when they arrive this Darrell walker he's saying it. Can prayers and hope for you. Scored with two wins so far this season he opened the year with a victory to Daytona 500 also scored a win at the Atlanta Motor Speedway in March he's 210 points behind leader Jeff Burton coming into the event. He's not gain much ground on her today should the race finished at city is because Burton is running you've heard this. Both drivers have led today. The last network now today even find style here this afternoon California building a little momentum. He told us in our every great fortune of our broadcast. We can get on a little bit of a role here coming towards the summer months of the 99 season. Looking farther back in the order would tip the cap once more today we've already done it a couple of times let's say it again Tony Stewart at seven until the final performance he's in fourth spot now. If you were to finish in what spot have put off his best Winston cup finish by one he update from sixth to fifth. At the at Talladega race the last weekend and he can help to. Put forth to California here you can hang onto that position over the final 24 laps around the Tony said. Quite a year to get us into thinking seventh in points coming in here that did it kind of would have been a big surprise that you tell somebody then when the season started this rookie Tony is stay in the top ten. Oh points through the first to June 12 racist. Can sit on the pole and one top five and three or four top team and Sunnis have a good run again they gonna hand to them. Tell us had a pretty good run Darrell Waltrip. Haven't said much you're not holding up Darrell has started this race back in the 28 position he's moved up to fifteen. He is no one lap behind the leader as our number of other drivers cities right in the air all day long. And the studio you have a good race here wouldn't hear one year ago as they had that the grain runs an evangelist. Surely. Great finish that. Investor I'm rewards did did a lot for him. And and time. All the questions about his ability to get it done and so on that's that's finished it a lot for him here one year ago. Usually come up with a pretty good run here today if he can disown what he has now there is allowed to winding down now we've got 22 to go Jeff Gordon continues to lead still has an advantage of little better than five sec so they Rhode. An update there in just a minute has done. We work to closing laps up this California 500 pineapple it is Gordon leading Bobby the money now by five point three seconds and Jeff are beginning to pull away a little bit here. And so he kind of roars off into the sunset out here in Hollywood. The body with good pat on Jeff Burton have two seconds himself. Bertans got about a half a lap on Tony Stuart the fourth place car he's got a couple of seconds on Ward Burton in camp. Burton beginning to feel some pressure from Dale Jarrett. Who is trying to close in on him at CP can take that spot away Jarrett been running the high line around this racetrack for the last few circuits around. Do they come off turn four now with Burton Jarrett just about knows Taylor they've got black carpet match just in front of them. The next car behind him for position Jeremy Mayfield a long way back let's follow those drivers now back to turn. One Dale Jarrett does remain a great comeback after the the problem CNN earlier this afternoon cutting entire that are really lost a lot of ground and Jiri is now chasing his way back in the top ten. And Jason Ward Burton around the car Rick mast. You'll probably inside declared itself that lap traffic candidates real close cars can Feyerick mask he Ward Burton in the fifth position Dale Jarrett and sixteen Jared. Has been flirting with the marbles lap after lap he really likes that skyline in the quality care for. It's a good run off the corner and we'll stay just out toward the wall as he works it way back down the line watching you race can format this the last one down here between Terry Rabbani and Wally dollar Mac they've been running fairly close and that would be for the eighth position as they work their way around the speedway here they come off turn to the floor. And back down the line Wallace had an outstanding run here this afternoon he's just ahead of Jerry look funny when we picked up that wanted to get as it goes down turn one. Work their way down the in the front. Gradually up the banking and turner who want to really funny is just about two car lengths. Maybe two and a half behind why Donald backed he's taking a much lower line this and the racetrack why can't the bottom. Whereas Donald bank takes Budweiser Chevrolet all the way to the top of the banking it's all black headlines singles while hitting the threes down the backstretch they've come through this terrible Lonnie shadowing. Budweiser Chevrolet won't I don't think all of that still. My three Arlington and overturn a lot. You're still Jared at the outside of Ward Burton double wide for the fifth position across the start finish line and back to turn one. Worked their way to the end of the front right away now that it turned a rewind Jarrett behind playing outside the Ward Burton. Burton tries to stay ahead of the racetrack can hang on its grounds that Jarrett. Really we should hardly outside lane and make the the fight for Clinton has gone down the backstretch side by side between Ward Burton and Dale Jarrett again. Your life's and I signed perhaps people would pass something. And a half Carling who. Ward Burton strong down the bottom. More takes his guard down below line is he works his way off turner before the maps are winding down seventeen to go so he's gonna make you lose got to get it done McCurry right now almost a photo finish between the two is a collect the corner a little little lap traffic and only one car directly in front as a collective one works to lay back and return to Hawaii again Ward Burton. Now the final blamed Kenny Wallace just to hand he's occupying the outside lane. That would be just in front of Dale Jarrett a close little slower traffic still side by side for the person Pontiac and drag races on as the approached turn three. Now Ward Burton backs off tucked in behind Dale Jarrett. You work an outside in the round lapped cars on the OK okay. So Dale Jarrett picks up fifth position open war burden falls back to sixth. Second spots beginning to tighten up a little bit Jeff Burton is really in Bonnie Bonnie it was a couple of second. Pins behind a little bit ago and now he's just a few carlin's behind him there on the backstretch headed for turn three. He is right there Allan. Looming large in the mirrors of Bobby look Bonnie Bonnie Bonnie comes and it turns three and four Jeff Burton put a couple of times local white lines of the Exide batteries for handling very well. It's always love the money running down a lot of the racetrack freeze the car a little bit when he comes off the corner blitzer run and kind of free often turn build up a little momentum near the front straightaway. Burton shutting down even more Jeff is there within a half for Carly to catch even turn one. Wait to see which lady's gonna take it might be the Laura lane Jeff Burton drops down low football a little money does do in return ever do now nobody knows why he's. Here goes Burton portal esteem down low heat I'll see you with interstate batteries Pontiac drivers have their. Look down hard on the accelerator but Jeff Burton in the formal formal financial model money so give the second possession a Jeff Burton is he has to turn. Twelve laps to go to California 500 find out but Jeff Burton is trying to chase down Jeff Gordon for the win. He has so John take considerable portion awful Gordon's lead. Problem is it's still pretty good Djokovic laughed. But let's five point three seconds a little while ago was three point seven last time why do they come across to start finish line. Gordon Burton who passed its now three point six so he's really within. Three point six seconds a lot of racetrack with eleven laps to go. Yes not much time to get done is Gordon works its way over at turn 12 down the back straightaway is Jeff Burton doing everything he can't doesn't have a lot of traffic to work his way through the tough. He's chopping it off just a little bit as a leader goes over three or comes. Jeff Gordon still got the big lead over Jeff Burton Kurt we'll have to deal. Bob for a lap cars in front of Skinner and ready agent David Green before you get a look at just. I don't know what the best winning percentage ever in the NASCAR Winston cup series season drivers that run more than a few races good. Jeff Gordon has won 44. 198. Starts. Finished 22%. And then sunk a winning percentage that's incredible he'd have to do in that category I would think you would have to be clear because donor heart came in her heart started getting on. Are there. He won a lot of races. Probably the first couple hundred that you rant but I think overall why's that court will probably be inevitable that category right now it is let. To go forward Jeff Gordon three point six seconds to distance back to Jeff Burton burns got a pretty good advantage on Bonnie Bonnie who seem third. Bobby is not in any jeopardy whatsoever losing that spot to Tony Stewart Lewis and Clark quits on Stuart long way to package worth. Stewart has himself created Fannie Jon Dale Jarrett whose fifth generation to wait weren't hurt and we six. Bert still has a couple of seconds up on Jeremy Mayfield who is seven the only field his closing on worker just. Then farther back behind him he's got to Karl Wally gallon back and Terry the money weren't the last two on the I think Ethan Knight positions and again gallon back after getting by tearing the body up a little while ago as soon to wait ten to Terry and patted his advantage there. Jeff Gordon is about to run it on the tail end of the four car packed directly ahead of himself as he works his way off turn before and if he gets filled up and Traficant didn't might have allowed Jeff Burton and realizing that sector so money. Right now there will be eight laps to go leader let's see how he works that traffic is a go down the term war. That's important causes analyst for Karzai and I can't that would be of benefit we're Jeff Burton but he has four directly upon him he's gonna have to deal with this well so we'll have enough. It's like a whole lot of ground and the leader closing sales. If they didn't turn three and see if lap traffic makes life easy for the leader Jeff Gordon still reluctant to carlin's. Before it catches and Darrell Waltrip and Sterling Marlin phones deuce side by side. Turns green. If they come down the start finish line we have eight laps to go. For the race leader Jeff Gordon we Shannon when he gets here this time here discordant to lying to himself back at the Sterling Marlin and Darrell Waltrip cars just handed him another three lap cars Jeff Burton also leads a lap traffic again with seven to go forward. Works its way to turn number one external politics I'm playing all salute Darrell Waltrip goes up my ritual Nicholson's family inside just in front. Rightly or support has slowed momentarily knocked those in between the basically why we wind down the back straightaway again Rick Nichols down the inside of the backstretch between. Gordon moved inside out Sterling Marlin they'll edit the corner side by side Marlins giving Jeff Gordon lots of racing room and back to turn Jeff. Jordan one of the most exciting callous killer in this business a long long time it was obvious even when he first came in ransom Busch races that he really you how to take care race car handling like last. And even win races in his early career over there in the Busch Series. He goes back to turn one gets around another one of those cars only has three cars in front of him. Jeff Burton meanwhile is laid up a little bit more grammys three and 310 seconds behind you right now with six laps to go as a leader leaves turn to. Coming down oh fell back stretch the news Jeff Gordon. Looking now at Darrell Waltrip the only single file into turn three and work. After he gets passed bill Walters new movie Kenny traders video and nailed down on the field but so far can afford to play catch over the second position. And it comes off the corner Jeff Gordon warning California police hope California I believe was the town home to Indiana at a young age to pursue his driving career because. Driving Indiana before we actually got to driving licenses cars racing I was concerned he can race bring cars there. Before he was actually sixteen years of age now he's here in California trying to make it two for three. At California Speedway and he's five laps away from the checkered flag seeking his third win of the 99 season. At least 45 that this NASCAR Winston cup series career right now it is all going his way it's Jeff Burton is not making any more headway on Jeff Gordon. Peter can turn three about to offer turnover where you can down a lead more laps to go you can. Jeff Gordon works is way off turn to reform right now I don't think he's even concerned about catching up with a lap traffic because he has such an advantage over Jeff Burton has nothing to worry about with just four laps remaining when I say there's nothing to worry now we've seen the fortunes change in a hurry in the final laps of races but for the most parties in great shape he's back in churches. Really pushing the issue right now morning we talk about the fact that there are Walters sits at hand there's two other cars in front of Darryl that Jeff would have to deal we have. Putting his clothes get a whole lot on Darrell Waltrip thought saves on the cruise control your final three and a half laps and take a look at that second place car of Jeff Burton. He's trying to get around John Andretti Jon Drake falls over to decide not to Jeff Burton why. Still a great deal this is fox won each filings after the first my mom upon. Jeff Burton finishing second we'll keep these NASCAR Winston cup leader bonus safe for another week gives you hold on what's a couple of point lead with Jeff Gordon winning the race if things hold up over the final three laps a little roll over again for the next event at Richmond and with three to go all the leaders seem to work. Now a lot of the racetrack between turns one and two still following the tire tracks Darrell Waltrip he's about to car lengths behind female coming into the cars sitting just read we've run. Apparently it. We're still wide to the tire tracks and other traffic. Here than Jeff Gordon is in no hurry to fastest lap traffic playing very Smart fairly patient in the final stages here at California Speedway for. Dan on the advantage of. Just an even three seconds for Jeff Gordon as he works his way out of turner before decides to pass one of those cars as he comes down the line Darrell Waltrip who's always out tour. Today you know sidewalk gives it plenty of racing room as it goes back turner who want to. Still just a pinch over three seconds his advantage back to turn to. Here's Gordon now coming into turnovers and just getting by the DW car he's got two cars directly ahead. Kenny Irwin and Kenny schrader even gets close and all those cars as he hits the backstretch. Backstretch he comes again and gaining speed of around 180 miles an hour about that neighborhood just in front of waltrip. Jeff Gordon right in the middle move through turns three and four Jeff Burton working the inside until tomorrow. Jeff Gordon trying to make it a win here this afternoon here he comes off turn four not concerned with a lap traffic and all he's about to see the white flag went one lap to go to this young drivers like flying diseases across the start finish line he's going to be sandwiched in among about three cars as he goes to turn woman bill collectors any concern there at all. Feel really good to be out and one half. This much of a lead and still have a great handling car here's Jeff Gordon whining along with the traffic none of them didn't make any moves for the last time he gets down the backstretch. Jordan brings the brightly colored DuPont Chevrolet down the backstretch and into turn three again lap traffic just ahead McCord really not punch in the bottom. What's in the bun I should say he rides the long lines and turns. Period he caught a lucky break on the timing of the caution flag just past half ladies who wind up dominating the final 200 miles an going to Victory Lane for the third time this season Jeff Gordon the strike. He wins the California 500 by Napa. Myself three seconds over Jeff Burton. But nobody's gonna finish third Tony Stewart should come around to take a deep fourth spot. And it beat Dale Jarrett who rallied back from flat tire earlier for a top five finish and for Jeff Gordon and company win number three. The 1999 season comes today here in Fontana California it's not a pit road. Well I ever and the great shape right you guys have such a knack for bouncing back when you handsome man look like Talladega got a break today. On the good pit stop the car was just toss. Yeah everybody did a great job today up. Jeff Flock Jeff Gordon go very races all the guys motor shop finally put a great carnac car enough. Not just. Wanna say we're thinking about people up back in Charlotte but today it's a great day everybody did a great job on the DuPont car. Magen Abraham the winning crew chief today here in California. We'll have a post race wrapup for you in our Victory Lane interview at a moment Jeff Gordon has won today's California 500. Pineapple. The racetrack to the road home fill up close and mobility official fuel of NASCAR. So go make high quality performance fuel for the greatest drivers in the world both on and off the track whether you're pulling up to the pump. Or into the pit. 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Ma'am. Do you might do harder really man they lose they was just out of real conservative I'd go real hard it was let's get any bit. They need to do is beat up and for a couple last so we knew Danny was playing with a self they're great guard we had a great car catalog as a great data kids we. There really get jobs at the scar on the one that good yesterday and they just did a great job so I'll think sad guys I'm really proud of him we just ask. We act out to kids under the under the and I'll be sitting caution came out got a slap down that really artist that's a dollar track position elect. We found a gas indecent track position I drove in its war on terror warns. And maverick tag and some I've blown motor I don't know if I got in some register over there to mark the that took away any chance we had a win that. Try to come back and battle back from would be a let down that laid the race to finish second we can't complain too much about the handling characteristics of the car how was it over the 250 laps well I started out I was to lose and they got tight that I got real loose and then I got. A little more loose and then at the end there I was a little bit too tied to middle lose also. We were their best man next to last trying to hurt us a little bit to the coast this morning for got out front on this little bit too far we need to be out. Do I checked him up a little bit you know with Siemens we were at their worst and that next the last run that got him out pretty far. Still the Winston cup points leader Jeff Burton comes home second let's here for Marty Snider right now and it's hard to tell disappointed with a third place finish and I'm sure about the money a little bit upset look like yet second wrapped up there was the out Carnahan we know greatly. And I gay guy gave up on us there. Towards the end but. They were pretty fortunate you know while we had a good day Tony had a good day or night it gives his should be happy and now in my car when his kid on a long run early on and I it doesn't have to let downs at. We may a lot of adjustments under yellow under some pit stops and you know got the car great self. Are a lot better and now you know and eight others better before the last round but anyway these guy hasn't said why is it a great job we ended up doing the right thing the right down we're better at the end. And the race sewer at the beginning we go get about five last but as that in itself at least three of their towards the end so we have we're fortunate there rain came when with a good finish. And now a top five payments get. Your body just hit a good car but Jeff Burton and Jeff Gordon and the dominant car thoroughly beaten everybody and it IA from point a to point B shortest distance from her. Surveys I'm background a's beat everybody everywhere but you know it's just one of those deals Leah. They don't take much to be you know often here often don't think much to be on and you really on an as he has really on an. I get to begin. Executive Sam so to be able to see him at the NFL pretty fortunate they were able to. Come back elect. It is the seventh top ten of the season for about a bunny come home third today and won't hurt him as far as the championship standings are concerned certainly but obviously hoped for a little bit better the body with a third place run. Jeff Gordon in Victory Lane we'll hear from him shortly. Tony Stewart and Dale Jarrett are the other members of the top five we've not heard from yet and let's go to the winner's circle now and hear from the Victor Jeff Gordon Jim Phillips is there with him. And getting accused his wife Brooke and puck from John Hendrick here. Jeff great drivers bounced back and great drivers take advantage of good break she got a good break going up but caution flag Vinny took advantage that you drove off in the sense that. What did you do during that fifth stop the maker of car so good. Well and that this up is what did these gadgets. When when it's crunch time when it comes down. Do when the pressure's on and it's time to make it Greg gets down nets at these guys do and now you know I got to the pits as fast like good. Got on narrowed and they did the rest of where they got me out really fast doubt on the car's handling great all day long if we can gain clean air vent. Bobby it was a rust on any Jeff Burton was gonna become by the end of the day. But wherever I guess they're clean air and really make it different sounds a day why we've been now. And a lot of faith inning guy and of these last few on the weekends and you know we've had some. Some rough ones but down I knew we can get back into Victory Lane is certainly heard it today. Of those who kept telling grade. The brutal but I would you were up on somebody just that don't make big changes just make small changes. Well I want to be lead Mets this donkey if you're out front death the car was handling great guy is just not to get out front stay there when he had a car behind it. May I knew that then you know that Letterman a tiny so we had behind other cars. Was it something that we really need to do a whole lot went. The Leon and I'm clean air before that last stop. And I said he had his eleven lives so while let's go ahead time and upload them more. And they did just stand by civic cars driving great out there on especially down the straightaway is I did you let this thing had an awesome engine in it today. Want to thank Charlie say here's Ali guys and all met and worked so hard on these engines up and and make on that power. But was the last stretch. The best it was over it. It was pretty darn again nine saying that down I certainly want to complain and a whole lot about it. You know I think it hit stock got us out there and clean air and and I was able to really remind my line and I want to run that the car one bit. To put it and in I didn't have a little bit of breathing room so locked in an hour ahead time for the car to really come Jimmie but he added I saved during the middle part of that last run it was a vested spent all day long. Baghdad towards the end I Connie used it up then and now you got that big lead nine is starting kind of say no way there because I got. That's their right Wear cotton and start get a little bit loose and. Now they talked about last week but that's not going to be your year but only three wins already so that's got to be a good base this it to keep the season going in the right direction. Well we never felt like we were around you know out of contention we've always known what we're made out and I think this team better this year it's been named ever band night in every area. Cars engines sin and death latest maker and our communication. Sat down I say lane and you in the Daytona 500 you know and a bad year in menu but Atlanta and California and honest. And then I don't see how we can have a bad year from here on now but we do want to be a factor in the championship when he comes on in the season. They will be. 45 where important Jeff Gordon here at California the California 500 no doubt that he will be a factor all year long for the Winston cup championship let's hear from another couple of the top five finishers back to the gas pumps. Well I certainly wasn't a bad day for the judge gives team Tony Stewart sitting in his Holler a little bit of a hot stood here didn't. Billion dollars the safety paraphernalia almost always started rice but tonic they want turning a lot of heads. Second straight top five finish in Rhode. Couldn't be happier you can be happier for duke gives an own deep on grays have been telling all these guys here I mean AM. They give me gray race cars I mean all year and it's you know I think I'm starting ketchup to them and it's Alan and I mean I just. So proud of my team right now I mean now we didn't really feel like that we are very good in half buried yesterday in net. Yeah this is when the places we didn't test and I've never been here and cup car or Busch car just that. Just a forty lap race and iiroc race here so you were really happy with the way the day when. You may have missed the major rookie mistake down on one when I was underneath dressed CNN. You know not cost us all day event and it is nice to be on the could climb back up and in the top five Maginnis let me just great momentum for us what do. Because you went mandate their ninth inning came back to the top five. Now is this a had to yell myself for two or three laps and took about three last me tell myself everything edited wrong that I can just drove it into hard and was trying to get by him to race the leaders and then you know he's racing hard trying to get back on the lead lap so he can't blame him Vanna. You know it's it's experience is that this is what the rookie seasons all about if we can go through those experiences and then you're not crashed cartoonist since a plus course. Barney talked about him a lot today and justifiably so for the second straight week in his best Winston cup effort. Today a fourth on a track where he's never run before. Then he's having. The rookie race is going to be all his way if he keeps having kind of finishes he's had recently. One more driver in the top five we have not caught up with the nets Dale Jarrett was the thing out there we had don't care right here in a very strange day for delta air but nonetheless. One of them atop my first I'll talk about what happened with a flat tire you get any indication sums going wrong. Now you know cyst grew it back to racing and I guess I just ran over some. The end and got Clifford down. Had no idea dawn went down in turn one allowed him to have turned four total my thought had a flat. When an internal one I definitely have flattened I don't know what skipped down the wall but denies state alum Wallin. And then we're fortunate that if you can has something good with a flat Arie came off derailment now when on the racetrack and got a six Austin so what. Guys just mail was a strange day we got a lap down got that back then we were in good shape and then have a flat and these guys just kept fighting and now we've got the car better we just didn't get on the bottom enough. And I just wasn't the best David. Honestly asked Danny were the fifth place living in the truth in a money up feel like we won because we get offense law works when I went flooded briefing in men are dire days done. Not yet tried didn't hit the wall off first all my MR day is done Gaza more hit the wall here but yeah I mean you have to figure that. That you know you gonna lose a lap there in chances again another lap back Kevin pretty slam does this guy's a firm or fast enough. That you know and again we got four in just a start don't appear road that said Acosta was out and I was able to stay out so forked out force this visually nowadays it you have to. To make something out you know we talked about Gordon's championship runs over the years. Yeah when they want the best car they make something of got a top five and that's what these guys did forming your day. It was very right not a. Assessment this is the kind of days that win you championships Dale Jarrett a very happy fifth place finisher today before you be the run down time to party meet to pick the winner of the very best to break in the race toward. 500 dollars to motor racing outreach children's ministries from ray justice in the name of the driver with the best break. Weller a couple of guys that ended up with a pretty good break to the winner of course Jeff Gordon did when he did not go a lap down on the caution came out minority Mays pit stop and Jeff Burton on the other hand. With just the opposite direction but was able to come back and get a second place finish after having gone a lap down what's going that direction I got a quick. Russian after getting on the tail end of the lead lap which is what a lot of to come all the way back around basically make up two miles and rejoin the hunt for the win so for that. He would give the rapists is not to Jeff Burton. Protestors to donate 500 dollars in his named him motor racing outreach children's ministries Jeff Burton let it half way he collected the 101000 dollar Gatorade front runner reward. And now here's how they ran in today's California 500. Jeff Gordon getting his third win of 1999 here at California this afternoon finishing second is Jeff Burton bother the money ran third Tony Stewart had a great day finished fourth Dale Jarrett salvaged a fifth place run you heard him say a moment ago Ward Burton finished sixth. Jerry may feel a seventh quality Donna back finished eight Terry the body was ninth Mike Skinner champ. Rusty Wallace eleventh Dale Earnhardt came home at twelve position Ginny Irwin was thirteenth. Case writer fourteenth Darrell Waltrip came up in fifteenth position. Sixteenth will go to Sterling Marlin John Andretti was seventy given the page eighteenth Bill Elliott nineteenth. Jerry nadu finished twentieth Elliott Sadler was Tony first Chad little 22 Michael Waltrip 43 Steve park 24. And David Green comes up in 25 position. 46 was Kyle Petty Kenny Wallace's 27 record I'm 28 Ted musgrave 29 and Bobby Hamilton thirtieth. 31 Rick mast. Rich pickle 32 date mark his 33 Ricky craven 34 and Ernie Irvin fifth the rest of the cars failed to finish they were Jimmy Spencer who finished 36. Jeffrey vote on 37 mark Martin's 38 Robert Presley 39 Jody reject fortieth Ricky Rudd 41 Derrick cope forty seconds. And Johnny Benson 43. Top of the race three hours twenty minutes and 23 seconds not a new record. There were 28 lead changes among thirteen different drivers had five caution flags that slow the event throughout various points in the day. And at the end of the afternoon Jeff Gordon is standing in the winner's circle celebrating his third victory of the 1999 season. The end this thing got really spread out but for 28 lead changes among thirteen drivers for most of the afternoon this was a fairly competitive and pretty exciting race. And those who just officially changes that took place here at the start finish line there that that they swapped the lead many many more times and around the racetrack. Very competitive race. Nine cars finished on the lead lap for this afternoon that was affected. The caution flag cut a several guys and put a lap down would probably had eighteen to twenty on the lead lap that not happened. So that's the way it goes today here in California from here the NASCAR Winston cup teams have a weekend off before they get back in action. The NASCAR focus next weekend is on New Hampshire and Memphis Saturday that NASCAR Busch Series in the New Hampshire 200. At the one mile New Hampshire International Speedway and also Saturday the three quarter mile Memphis Motorsports Park hosted NASCAR craftsman truck series directors 200. Doubleheader broadcast on many of these in Orange stations 12:15 eastern time for the Busch race for New Hampshire. And 2:45 eastern for the truck race from Memphis. And what's a cup cars returned to action on Saturday the fifteenth of may in the Pontiac excitement 400 at Richmond live coverage on motor racing network 7 o'clock eastern time we'll also be re Friday from Richmond for bud pole qualifying and the parties to fifty. NASCAR Busch Series race. Also the month of may Lowe's Motor Speedway in the wedged in here on MRI and radio Saturday the 22 for coverage of the all star race I seventy speedway in Missouri for the NASCAR craftsman truck series 200 laughter on the 22 of may. And the NASCAR Busch Series first union 200 in Nazareth Pennsylvania ticket office is it all of those speed race. Open throughout the week. We wrap up our coverage of today's race by thanking the voices you heard call the action. Of the California 500 Joseph Moore and Dan Hubbard who were out of the quarters Jim Phillips listed Gillian Marty Snider who were in the pit and garage areas. Ever Barney hall this is Alan best which seems so long from California Jeff Gordon has won the California 500. DeMarre and radio. Coverage of the NASCAR Winston cup series has come to you from my California. Speedway. The executive producer of MRN radio is David Hyatt. National sales director Bruce mostly. Sales manager Rick who speak senior producer Mark Williams producer Steve mussina chief engineer Hilary Howard. Broadcast engineers Cameron Smith and Larry Sweeney. Traffic managers Stephanie Ellis the executive assistant Sandra good. Affiliate relations Cheryl Marcelo Peter DiGiorgio and Chris Ximian remote operations David Brandt. Production assistant Robin van their ground and this is Rick Lewis this broadcast closer production out MR and radio. A division of International Speedway corporation's. 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