1999 Las Vegas 400

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. Well he's a presentation of them already radio voice of NASCAR racing. Today that NASCAR Winston cup series competes at a Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the second time in the Las Vegas 400. Last year expectations of great competition or high entering the inaugural race of what's what are the smoothest widest tracks on the circuit. Instead many teens miss that Jesse set up all together and Mark Martin romped to a big win. But that experience it's a new rules are expected to change that picture today here's Dale Jarrett. First of all this is our second time here people know more about the racetrack more about how to prepare their cars and get them set up and that she's. Automatically make it better great second thing is we have more bowler and end there damaged lower on the front. Which gives it more downforce and at a track like this that doesn't have a lot of banking. That's gone allows to race side by side in the corner into the corners and so move between the two things that they should be a much better explain. The second running of the Las Vegas 400 next. Film cars. And radio. Friends lands and Coast Guard today. Sponsored by goodies out makeup. Port fast relief of tough headaches tried goodies that they copter get gets the job done. Used as directed. Our brain cells in 1999 NASCAR Winston cup series season has brought over 1101000. Fans out of the mile and a half plus Vegas motor speedway with another million dollar payday waiting it afternoon's end. Hello rocket motor racing network live coverage of the Las Vegas 400 apple investments here today along reporting hole. In just one year this racetrack it's become one of the drivers' favorites party on the entire circuit it's a place pretty much designed for great racing well until like. Don't think it was built for speed this racetrack with bill for two and three wide racing Dale Jarrett probably hit the nail right on the of their order talking to him in your open. That they have a year under their belt they have a race under their belt here plus a lot of the jazz have run the Busch races on Saturday so they've got more experience they. The rules have changed a little bit a lot more downforce on the cars should see a much much better race than we saw here last march last year one year ago this time we'll. On this broadcast talking about expecting one of the greatest race is maybe in the modern history of NASCAR competition didn't turn out that way. But we do expect much better competition and now much more intense afternoon here today over the next few hours today's another Winston no bull five race the top five finishers from the Daytona 500 can claim a million dollar bonus with a win and most of those by drivers qualified well that on top of the three million dollar purse for this event there's a lot at stake over the next few hours. The other really is five drivers who was shot for an extra bonus of a million dollars alone is gonna create a lot more competition out there are other some teams they wanna get their season turnaround haven't had that much luck at Daytona not that they're running bad it got caught up and axes and some have just run that bad. But here yesterday or I should say Friday and yesterday qualifying was so close on Friday 22 drivers broke the track record. It would probably have about as close your qualifying field years we've seen so all the ingredients are there to have a great day. Drivers are beginning to be introduced to the crowd now on the pre race staged out of the start finish line in the tri oval area of the speedway. Weather conditions it's a little chilly today it's not quite does sixty degrees quite yet. Just about to hit 6061. The high temperature for the afternoon so high clouds obscuring the sun just a little bit a little breezy on the afternoon overall goal. Not bad conditions and certainly you know a dry track and we'll be ready to go racing on time. In this afternoon's Las Vegas 400 time to go track siding get the thoughts of some of the drivers before they strapping in and get ready to go in this afternoon's NASCAR Winston cup series event. The metal lead into the green flag today is Bonnie the body fourteenth career bud pole award he took in qualifying here on Friday afternoon. Had two wins in the 1998 season tested here back in January getting ready for this event. Hoping for much show better results that he got one year ago in the inaugural event let's go here from Bobbie the body now he's with our Jim Phillips of Newport Tennessee. Say the best for last on Friday afternoon 170 point 643 miles per hour was Eric. Greater difference in the field the cars from question this year. Yeah I mean there there is pretty good feel to you know attract is given him a moron abrasive and the tires are given up more so sick retired early or really important. But you know. You know I feel like there's a race goes on that you know the the scores will help Bowden you know our our cars. Worked really get for qualifying and we worked on this morning trying to get Lou better for the race weren't quite as champion who won the S deafening self who made the right decision and hopefully be really good today. You know your cars upon the actors who have some of the car just to look like they're the bush persecute you really get up behind some other kind of push you to what wanna push up the racetrack how about your car's been in the draft. Yes it's Nadler a push probably too it's so we're gonna to watch after that you know make sure you get free enough but not to freeze up. You know it's it does have that at Tennessee to do that nothing must cars do. Hopefully ours is no worse than anybody else's so we just don't try to work on ours to make sure that we don't have a problem. Start up front we stated it be great but you know it's roomy tough to do that. But nobody the but Paul or 170 point 643 miles per hour. Michael Waltrip but I had quite an afternoon here on Friday he held loops number one starting spot right down to the last three qualifiers but in the end he had to settle for the outside pole position today he's one of five drivers eligible for a million dollar bonus from Winston if he wins. Just two races this year this team has proven they can run up front Kenny win today. Let's find out what's Achilles with him. Well it was a little bit disappointed on Friday afternoon with the prize that he's really looking for is that Winston no bull million Michael. Can you take it on the deck. But there's you know same old story there's guys that are really strong the sixth in the nine manner are just pop them like they are ever weeks though we we thought Lauren really did you know we're going to be competitive. That two win the race you know it it's it's kind of it's gonna take a lot a lot of improvements from poorest afternoon we didn't quite have the way we wanted to. The panel has been all over the board for everybody some blue some tied very few this sit in on the money has your car being. It does just what you said you know you come in it's okay complain about below Lisa Marcum and you go out and push it just seems like got. I haven't been able to hit it just right yet have a either been on one out of the other and a lot of Gaza saying the same thing this track lends itself to that though it's. It's really flattened sweeping south they throw hard to get a car set up perfectly. And then then I mean and look like yesterday afternoon he was the benchmark they had to kind of gauge yourself against stand he is a bit better. With a million extra reasons to go to victory line Michael Waltrip rolls off sector and the Philips Chevrolet it. Mike Skinner comes into this event leading the NASCAR Winston cup series championship standings by 29 points over Rusty Wallace after finishes of fourth at Daytona and sixty at Rockingham to open the 99 season. Skinner another of the drivers with a shot of the Winston no bull five million dollar bonus today and tell you what this team has been consistent and consistently up front so far this 99 season their believing in themselves they believe they're gonna be winning contenders as far as race is all season long. They believe they're gonna finish up there in the championship standings by the time the end of the year comes as well also let's get Mike Skinner starts today starting in fifth position Charlotte north Carolina's Marty Snider with him. And it's been a terrific start of the season for Mike Skinner and you come to attract today Mike. Just like my take Egypt Henry won last November same car almost the same set up what can you get the same result. Well I don't know you know that six car looks awful strong and it's going for the always strong. There's about five or six cars that are that are pretty awesome in that. Carlos several I was awfully good yesterday morning we struggled a little bit happy hour. Larry and Royce in the guise of bad medicine bring change on the car this morning so. They'll be here O or zero on news that we knew it wasn't good enough to have a chance yesterday afternoon so. We're dig in order an investigation earlier in the week though you world. We confident he didn't want to jinx yourself he felt like. This could be your best chance to win a point tasty phils are still Phyllis I might perhaps. Yeah I you know like I said there's a couple cars that are awfully strong but it's a long race it's 400 miles and you gotta be there at the end and we'll follow and there's some wire and do the best we can do that today and if we get a lucky shot right there DNA we can get a pairing get one that is the points leader going after a million bucks we will start fifth today. Let's go back trackside here from some more the drivers now Ricky craven had a good qualifying run on Friday you'll start today in the sixth position. Brand new team didn't even exist last November to kabob run as solidly as they have in the first two races that this year fairly impressive and really hoping for a good result today try to lock down some sponsorship for the rest of this season let's get a thought from Ricky craven he's with Jim Phillips. There was so aggressive about Ricky craven qualifying isn't gonna go back in the old days if you don't qualify good you can get in the race you don't race qualified sixth. But is the pressure as great as it seems only while the fear of what you just described. Creates that pressure. And but they don't impression this is a good pressure. And so far the guys have done a phenomenal job I know ought to continue to get better and adding I'm in a race here and had a great start. How critical is this race for you understand there could be some good sponsorship possibilities so how critical is this race for you well within. We're still in the building stages and then this sponsorship isn't complete. But Hollywood videos of a phenomenal company have really enjoyed working with them they're aggressive. It's fun to be with a new hope we can expand on that if we don't. Hopefully. We'll get somebody else's attention. Ricky craven Greg qualify Roy he starts sixth today. Jeremy Mayfield go off seventh here this afternoon fielded very well here last march he started 32 and came up to the front and finish fifth they did change in engine this morning let's get an update on what's going on there and what they expected they would Winston Kelley. But Jeremy had a change and change in this morning what you find in the one yesterday you didn't like. Well would I do their thing we sent out a little bit trouble this afternoon with the limit attendance stuff and just want to chance ought to you know still ring get. Still like that. Would learn not to you know gambled take chances Vegas here no so I've been here so when a putter rolling and then with Scully just good you are his kids has been bigger it all yourself. We should be okay tonight. 32 assists last year so you get a lot of passing hour. Lot of crews on this racetrack to pass on which so one which one is best for you. Will I to bottom you know us are always saying like you miss as they're on the bottom you car handled really well there and that's hormone one for studios working rubio on the bottom and the biggest shot today. And when he left here last year it was a points later he'd like to do the same again today Jeremy Mayfield rolls off senate. But the back trackside it just a minute first time for this week's installment of car parts parts of race card very much like the parts on your passenger car and with this week's installment of our car parts feature Jeff Burton's crew chief frank Stoddard and our Jim Phillips. Today's topic is automotive glass in the years of NASCAR racing the glass in the Winston cup cars and your passenger car was the same. But now things have changed. Barely in the early eighties I'd say about. 8687. They went to a source tells elect saying last. It's basically a Danica hide plastic. Custom tab over. It Teflon you know substance still and in a way that it's out. Terrible and yet not to hide her brutal brutal. So won't it won't crack. Where wrist and a windshield and Paris of the you know rock located it would crack it and just you know despite a whimsical off of that. Pat is Alexa and better handled an outside impact this stuff here. Some related scandal of the resistance he joy and and now it's a balance stores so long it's it's much more protective for the driver to saver deals. Now where wise no way no way around a little bit maybe maybe pretend that they act last windshield. Because a softer material on the outside. Sing your local parts book store for NASCAR officially licensed auto parts. And the approval of the use of Lex and really is turning to a major safety item as far as those windshields are concerned Barney would know that long bill used to be fairly routine paying for teams to have to come in. Every now and then in and change your windshield during a race the team's got to get it down to a science you get it done you know a minute herself but. Let him really is a much safer material and that's been a big improvement for racing as far as that's concerned. Out of Vista has taken over a big worry off the driver because we have a hunch play back in the early years and actually had been many years ago we've had how actual parts come off cars and penetrate the windshield and go through the car. But it is a good safety factor in plus and went through that anymore don't have to worry about it. Well everybody is talking about Jeff Burton and Mark Martin is being lead dynamic duo as far as yesterday's final practice were concerned they appear to be the drivers with the cars that were the strongest of the longest. And that's pretty fitting since a year ago they finished first and second in this event. Let's hear from Jeff Burton now he's just client from a convertible tour around the racetrack in front of the fans from driver introductions and our Jim Phillips is caught up with him. Lot of drivers are doctor morning viewed as you can win this race can you waited agent. Well except for resolve was strong yesterday. This racetrack seemed to change along with the weather changes so it is if we guess right with the cooler weather in the clouds and we have a chance. Lot of things going to win or lose and or race we have to do a lot of things right yes that cost fast enough we gotta have that good pit stops and not came make mistakes he got a lot of little things we're gonna win this time buys a little bit cooler today than it was yesterday we had a happy hour how to treat your car. Well to be honest we're not real sure. Conventional logic says that the car actually be tighter than it was. But the other night in the Busch grand national Bragg is going to and I had a rags and I can sign France along the track was looser. So. We're a little bit up and there we built the lobby just ability and our car hopefully were it was whichever way it goes we can keep up with it. Your second last year hoping for one more spot today that's Jeff Burton. Rusty Wallace had a very disappointing qualifying run and particularly for rest easily qualify as well he's back and 37 starting spot should raise much much better than he qualified because it pretty good in practice. Very strong contender to win last time we re here in Las Vegas last march he finished third. There's no reason to believe that he won't be able to get back up to the front today and contend for the win let's get his thoughts with the Kelly should be with him and. Morning honestly can't remember the last time rusty was this far back in the pack. Long way to go but unlike the song you do have a long time to get there has a car in race trim. Well I think the car now's a great shape last night we had a good run in it handled great. I just don't layover aggressive get into turn one qualify and then screw everything up and that's my own fault that stuff. I again I think there's some of these racetracks for him but just never get missile hardy qualified last cup races following a was in the past south. They're the new air dam and back is definitely making him a characteristic is different so off. The maker rethink our testing is a strategy still we have messed up riskier. The group which one works best for Rusty Wallace here latte like you get goodbye. On the top bottom followers racetrack. The fast is your aroused right get on about a racetrack astray by journal right now you can pass all over the place and and I I expected deed today. I definitely expect he will take restarts 37 don't look for understate their long. A year ago this race is pretty well dominated by four teams in fact out of the top ten spots nine of them. Where occupied by Ford took the checkered flag waved thirteen of the top fourteen alone GM product in that group the year ago. Which Dale Earnhardt who started twice six that Finnish state in this race last year if he's gonna get that Winston noble five that he's eligible for here today. He's gonna have his work cut out for a Earnhardt starting all the way back in 38 position Marty Snyder's within now what 26. Eighth last year dailies are 38 today that's a long way to go they can get to the front where got a better race start up our head and we worked on it's just raw fine enough. A things will be better but still it's a long way to go and it's a tough crowd can't stay so we'll work on it it's a brand new race car was the poor qualifying effort maybe has. A hint of that having to work out problems with the race car while they realize the pros a standard to start to understand what the car really wanted in Norway just was Dodd didn't miss them enough. Waiting get don't do it in practice or qualify. This is an exact copy of one of his favorite cars when he ran at Richmond last year he's got a long way to go but there are much better in happy hour Kevin Hamlin the crew chief very confident in warmer we'll start. 38 today. Many competitors in the NASCAR Winston cup series enjoy getaway for the racetrack to relax the great outdoors and all this year you'll meet some of these competitors is our Remington top gun with this week's installment. Here's Winston Kelley. Nice call winning crew chief Jimmy Mac card is an avid outdoorsman whose main loved fishing. But more than anything just enjoys a solitude at the outdoor. I really. Mission mostly fresh water but it's a little bit of salt water mission. Especially if there's nobody in my. Outdoors by yourself. Agers got about complete opposite of what hobbies do every weekend here at the right track coming you know their momma fell below and how much thought to myself and business. Really get back. My that would nature and not just enjoy that someone's really. I like to travel around her right leg sweep we try to line made some friends let me professionally and I'm gonna get a chance to visit them every now and again Mo. Do we get to go to different lights and try to maybe militarily some time. Got some of the evening license. For its commitment to the outdoors ready to present Jimmy make par with a ribbing and make seventy shotguns and America's most popular shotgun. Not say what you get Jimmy may car embody the money with a pair fishing poles in their hand and you turn him loose someplace and oh they did the blue that we were down in Daytona during speed weeks. There are a lot of fun got a comical to get out there away from things in there again get little quality time by themselves if you will not have a two think completely about racing kind of hard to picture either one of those two was a Fisher effort. Yeah it Bobby yes but today she's pretty avid about it in fact they went up to Alaska last year. But together with some of the members of the a joke give Stephen delivered efficient up there and some of the pictures from an up Bobby showed me and it really did look like they had a great time out there give away from the world. Let's go trackside in here from Mark Martin he's the defending winner of this event he won the last race that that was the cup series contested two weeks ago at Rockingham. He won the NASCAR Busch Series race here yesterday it's safe to say mark he's pretty hot right now and at this particular speedway. And this afternoon he is going to come from thirteenth spot of the grid to try and clinch another victory let's get his thoughts at. Marty Snider who mark so far we have talked to eight drivers and are for you raise your driver number nine and our pre race and safari drivers is that you're the guy to beat today do you feel as confident as everybody else does the value winning today itself. Hi Al look at part of this thing in the valley team is that denigrate Japanese stars. I love this racetrack. It would last event today out. Yet reclaim this place is your new favorite racetrack why is that. I didn't reclaim it has not favorite but it is a line up they have favorites it's just a driver's track you know you could drag. A low medium. You know in the corners today you could grab our ticket grab aggressive. And you know you feel like you're making a big contribution to to how fast or cargoes when he got out and grammar and this place so. I really like Grayson here he's struggle listen up so some guys lose a lot of gas China because struggled at all. Only ever struggled though we've worked under Carlo bad you know throughout the week in. It's been good but not perfect and it's still. Good bit not perfect. Today will work on trying to make it perfect throughout the race. The car that Mark Martin who worked with has raced seven times it has one. Four of those seven races including here last year. Mark Martin will start lucky thirteenth today. You almost have to say if there was a favorite in the field or one or two favors he would certainly be one of those just from him the way he feels about this racetrack in the success he has had here. Check with a couple other drivers list and I'm Jim Phillips and get the fourteenth place starter. Right now I think he's standing by what Bill Elliott. Sure I'm Marty. Bill last year finished the top tier and forty qualifying starting position today that it build a future it's. Well where's Arnold a father evacuated a year ago about the electric car pulled it better than a year ago. No other additional cornered animal probably start him all the more downforce they've just thankful they have plus Goodyear came with the carrier there's things that help the cardinal bit. Thank you people probably feel very close to write tonight and I found here a year ago just because of the tracks are ripping and the new Goodyear tire. They tell me now right a lot of good cars here a lot of travail or prohibits McDonnell throughout their car wreck of a run for its money we are so much about track position. This vision for a ruler they does that help track position not regulated but it did last year well. Track nation stalemate thought about my guess like Rockingham two weeks ago we got we started thirtieth and we ended up fifth saint. I think what started father out would've been a little bit better off whenever all flat footed you're right. That discounts my contract with basically the run better than some of the cars that were still only laugh at the end of the night club called authorities are black and never could overcome it but. Mean that's just part of that they think you got to give it your best shot go from our. That's Bill Elliott started fourteenth today. Wednesday Kelly is who they young driver who has perhaps as many lapses any of the more well known names like bill earlier Mark Martin and his terms of experience on this track and that's Elliott Sadler. Get some rookie bumps and bruises in the first couple races this year but how about today here in Las Vegas Winston. Well the results haven't match the runs that they've Manning had a good run going to Daytona got caught up in a situation. Not of his making an Alley most of the places that we're going to you're the one with a whole lot less experience you've got as many lamps if not more. In the field will that be a factor at all today. Well I hope we can use that advantage a little bit yes we have been here at the last two years in a bush gonna get the run to Busch race yesterday learn some things and at this racetrack in. Been following among on a lot of ram in this guy knows how to get around Las Vegas speedway so. We're trying to take this sick a photo of doing that a good finish and position you know these has been working men and over backwards to me are you we have we have had a ranks but. Any man would know what Bozo organization might be immigrate to me and just really wanna pay these guys back and sick going photographs and Iran have legitimately win as we can't. As tracks mature some of them change some homes they basically the same over the years we've been coming to Las Vegas. Has it changed very much I think it has a stabilize real they've done a great job this facility is so smooth. It's real glad puts on a great show for the fans. And any kind of tires. They got a little bit mowing ease of grip the Denny's is that a task follow awful off more than they used to evade because of the use of cars on the track but. This is still same all Las Vegas if you can get on meg dance in the military at three AppleTV and why glad you heavies have a great day here on Sunday. In the frame wood Brothers Ford Elliott Sadler rolls off twentieth let's go back trackside here's Jim Phillips. But kitty are restarting fifth today this year looks like there's a little little more patients up there you. Gilead defecation and talk to Doug richer life but we just you know we learned a lot the first year in and dogs brought back. You know what we had in the in the truck series in 97 so. He's doing and definitely a big help to me. To have about this racetrack and you today you starting to hit. Can stay in the top five today. We feel like we can't we had a good happy hour. And the track seems to be about the same as yesterday the weather's good. Where that's oral report top five. That's Getty urban last year's rookie of the year in NASCAR we're sick corporation ticker Lewis to Kelly. Well who are worth Rick mast and some of the best Rogers stories are about the egress plans are getting out of racetracks but Rick mast. You had a bit of a challenge this morning just getting into the racetrack. Listen I'll be glad when this race start to my nerves settled down a man entourage nervous who tore in my lifetime I got my car to be a good boy leave at 6 o'clock got the car wouldn't start right. Finally I got somebody donated 7:2 morning I got I got going run. Got a bone interstate going about Ramallah have come that did start the got to realize that's probably twenty miles mr. racetrack a little lower I got off their state. Got to Las Vegas boulevard did stop right. A suicide or senator travel for were also found that ended up it's it's a neat story I'm I don't know exactly were always there. Suffice to say one that was in the desert didn't have that didn't have any there was where was the was cloudy and I could sue the sun was out who the north where it was east and west. Got off the desert. Benighted back through this stuff some words and Demi all the mr. Garza now what we're about drug made no mistake on rice finally. You know when I went there with a couple people's frank George I went through somebody's bushes or director felt like it took offense down like this is that you managed Rick mast like position shrubs. And then. You know I couldn't. Or copper or law enforcement got to help me because were there if there were trying get traffic and sales and you know found this goes on for a couple hours man and I'm like who you know guards being non thirty in the race 1130 and I'm still like thirty minutes macular. Is like where was at 9 o'clock you know and I strive act tracking site. And see them that human helicopters going over about four to threats were on the debate. Finally you know around them down and somebody's this. It's been in the gravel in case found a policeman were all the sudden lookup your place and comes flying through the southern York right. Comes up sideways to rest a little more now I collect race and get arrested. Then. If she comes up to me gets you stronger inflation don't play against the due to settle down to settle down when we came store Tillman story uses OK we will help Urich who. He gets on the radio we do about fifteen minutes to see support they give me in the left side lane. Motorcycle trooper comes a gets me here we go down the left side lane now an implosion traffic right. With that through the trooper in front of me with a motorcycle and I'm running not well not sure how fast to run but. Buses are on and off road corridor and off through another 11 time enormously display live a little bit the ropes the group also premised on busted that's that the pulled over let us through. I'm playing as you. But finally we get here to the racetrack and have fun reported that the trooper brings grit in the racetrack and we does. You don't stop and thank you recent. Ricky you race car driver off let's you don't draft with the Hausa man ahead the thing wide open it would go any faster district official does going badly do those who have come and drug you're here and I'm just now starting to get my control back and he did connect drivers and I did make the drivers may not I was out of breath and everybody is laughing at me but. I have a motor home your next year believe it. Mallory masked hero Lofton the kale Yarborough aren't car. A little bit further back in fact they had a pretty good qualifying runs in twenty seconds he's been in every race and that's been key to this team is a kind of. Resurrected themselves. If you have that much trouble getting up front leading this race after living through all that traffic to get it here for the sounds of it no problem at all for risk. Let's go back gutter Marty Snider but Jeff Gordon starts eleventh today sits eleventh in points after the troubles Iraqi him two weeks ago do you feel like you have. A little bit of a hole to climb out of Jeff. The debate yeah you know we. Had some momentum come from Daytona announced you know that a little bit. They got stopped Rockingham but we're still only two races into the season now so long season. You know but. He really has to counter consistency if you can win championship and that wasn't the way to give a thicker got a problem solved announced. We're ready go back Grayson. Seventeenth here last year and this is a point of emphasis in the offseason for you guys out of focus on Las Vegas. Was that one of the reasons are on the NASCAR Busch Series race yet I was one of the man non you know we're able to test the Busch car and get some. Data that we could transfer to the Winston cup car and I feel like it's up to slow bit yet leading qualifies well here today as we did last year but I think dead now race setup is a little bit better plus a spoiler and air dam. Having more that is is helping the Chevrolet is a little bit more also. I was a little bit of a disappointing last year here from Los AM Las Vegas for Jeff Gordon finished seventeenth but hoping for a little better this year. Gotta gotta decide today's Las Vegas 400 the NASCAR Winston cup series time for us to take a look at the starting line up nineteen were unable to qualify for the race Ted musgrave Kyle Petty Robert Presley. Ron Hornaday Dave Marcus which Gil LeBron birds Morgan Shepherd and Austin Cameron with a driver to the cars will not be in this event. Starting 43 is Darrell Waltrip in the big Kmart Ford. The act you trim nice Ford will start in 42 position with Stanton Barrett Steve park as the Pennzoil Chevrolet 41 fortieth starter is thirty urban. He'll be in the Eminem's Pontiac the once and for what Jimmy Spencer goes 39 and 38 starter Dale Earnhardt the GM Goodrich Chevrolet. The militarized border Rusty Wallace will be two in 37. Starting 36 different though and I as a power team Chevrolet the crowned fibre communications Pontiac with buckshot Jones we'll go 35. 34 of Ricky Rudd he's in the tide forward. 33 Sterling Marlin the Coors Light Chevrolet at the Kodak Chevrolet with Bobby Hamilton will be thirty seconds starting 31 had little he'll be in the John Deere forward Ward Burton will start thirtieth the caterpillar. Or Pontiac it'll be Steve Grissom in 29 in the textile we Chevrolet. 28 crippled by the paychecks port Kenny Wallace goes 27 he's in the square. 26 today Johnny Benson the Cheerios Ford Elliott Sadler goes 25 he's in the Citgo Ford. 24 starters Derrick cope with a state fear corn dogs body act. David grange starts 23 he's in the Kodiak Chevrolet. The Yarborough Purdue at fort Rick mast is in 22 on the grid and rich Mikell will start 21 in a lucky dog Pontiac. Tony Stewart will be the twentieth starter he's in The Home Depot Pontiac the Exide batteries fort Jeff Burton starts nineteenth eighteen starter Wally domino back has the Budweiser Chevrolet they're the primestar Ford with Kevin the page will be the seventeenth starter. Sixty position that can straighter in this go Chevrolet of ES TP cardiac of John Andretti goes fifteenth. Port jays starter bill Elliot starts the McDonald's Ford Deval bully Cummings four with Mark Martin will start thirteenth. Twelfth position that's Jerry nobody in the Kellogg Chevrolet the eleventh starter is Jeff Gordon in the DuPont automotive finishes Chevrolet. Starting in the eleventh I should be the tenth spot Kenny Irwin in the Texaco Havilland fort nineties Dale Jarrett in the quality care Ford credit Ford. Jerry need you will start eight in the wc WNWO. Ford. But Jeremy Mayfield and seventh in the Mobil one Ford starting six Ricky craven and Hollywood video Ford with a Lowe's Chevrolet of Mike Skinner in fifth position. Starting fourth and the real surprising qualifying Tom Hubert. In a Bradford white Ford great run for the young driver who only makes today his fourth NASCAR Winston cup series start. Qualified in third position Jodie to check the BellSouth Chevrolet and on the front brawl outside. Is Michael Waltrip in the Phillips Posner Chevrolet at the bud pole winner body the body in the interstate batteries Pontiac get a new track record 170. Point 643. Miles per hour. Very very close field all the way back through from start to finish as far as speed were concerned in qualifying. At this event here today we hope to be very competitive and exciting new rules. And the years of experience on the racetrack we think it should be a pretty good Las Vegas 400 this afternoon Canada as it was generated does have all the ingredients to be much better race than we saw last year all the drivers seem pretty well keyed up in that last practice session yesterday afternoon. You guys had a minor problem or Cuba for the most part I think we're gonna see a good race. Today's broadcast all the Las Vegas 400 is brought to you under exclusive radio rights granted by the Las Vegas Motor Speedway to a bar and radio. It's only to the private non commercial use of our listening audience. Any publication reproduction are the use of the description and accounts of this race without the expressed written consent of AMR and radio is prohibited. Forty seconds away from the command to fire engines everybody seems to be pointing the finger at Mark Martin Jeff Burton is being the favorites in this race I don't think they'll get too far away from the field. Know everybody says that you know they're they're cars are good but we heard a lot of drivers that we talked to during the open air also say this is a changeable racetrack and right now the sun is beginning to pop that we can feel heat just literally coming through the window that's gonna change probably some of the set ups because the guys earlier were anticipating it to be a little bit coup this afternoon. They'll come and go for several cars as the day goes by Abbott basically should be a good race. Now let's go track side for the grand Marshal of today's event Wayne what I heard us it's. Yeah. And and enthusiastically. Go on the field roars to life and we're just a couple of pace slaps away from the green flag in the third race of the NASCAR Winston cup series season. The Las Vegas 400. The cars come by the main grandstand for the first time on their pace laps now setting their 45 mile an hour pace speed behind the Chevrolet pace car. Do what the fans out here are very very enthusiastic about Winston cup racing yesterday when they were here for the bush can race we saw probably 75000 turn out today show yesterday afternoon I think almost to a man and a woman whose child they all stayed until that checkered flag fell even stayed around a watch happy hour practice. As a cup cars go by right now they're standing up and kind of waving. To all their favorite drivers as they go here this afternoon. What do laps are left. Be a total of three up parade laps they'll come by a couple of more times before they get the green flag and get cut loose right now as the field works its way back into turn number one and two. Began on the pacing and parade laps this Las Vegas Motor Speedway a mile and a half around very very wide racetrack very smooth transitions from quarter to straight away. Both in terms of the degree of banking. And the radius up the turn you never really have to pinch the car down very hard to get it into or out of the corner. That's one of the reasons why the drivers like it's still watches that got a lot of running room that a lot of racetrack to work with. Take its way around the racetrack they'll call in the voices who bring you the action from the turns today down in turns one and two for motor racing network today Hampton Virginia's Joseph war. But salad good afternoon everyone I'm located on top of a billboard about fifty feet up in the air the great view of turns one and two here at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway as you mentioned it's flat. And it's very why the quarters here at Las Vegas they're for a premium on handling and it'll be easy to see from my position here as the race goes on who's handling. And who's not those who were handling we'll be right down at the bottom of the racetrack sticking the air really get a good buy it off turn over to. Those not handling pushing up a little bit of their force scrubbing off speed. And falling back. Of course will see a lot of changes as the race goes on and tires go away and it changes are made. To the set ups of the cars also hear it turned over to the exit to the pit lane it parallels the racing surface and it at least back in the traffic lane about halfway down the back straightaway. To be pretty exciting we saw the great loser yesterday at a NASCAR Busch Series race the Sam's town 300. Probably we'll see a lot of that for you here today as well it turns one and two. Coming down the line one more lap and they will cut him loose lets take a swing at the church three at forward Dan Hubbard will cover the action for us this afternoon and then there's a lot of discussion of what part of California here from where are you from. Well I'm from Rancho Cucamonga it's also referred to as out to law that's about ten minutes north of the Fontana California Speedway but thank you Bonnie good afternoon everybody I'm on a rooftop about twenty feet in the air. What an excellent view of the backstretch and turns three and four even a good view of the Las Vegas Strip in the distance. But a lot of gambling will go on right here is the drivers reach speeds in excess of 480 miles an hour down the backstretch. This quick dab at the brakes and a severing of the gas pedal as the cars negotiate the twelve degree banking of turns three and four now there's plenty of rubber laid down from yesterday's Busch Series event. So two lanes of racing are easily available. All cover everybody's action as the driver's place their bets at turns three and four of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway that'll wolf. Live from whence it up for grabs here this afternoon Jeff Gordon Dale Earnhardt Kenny Irwin Mike's given Michael Waltrip the top five finishers in the Daytona 500. If one of those drivers wins the event today dale had a million dollar bonus from Winston. On top of the 3181000. Dollar winner's share for the afternoon one of five race stands assigned each of those drivers through a sweepstakes will also become a millionaire here today to that is on the line within the confines of what's already a high stakes NASCAR Winston cup series event field heading for turn over three now on their final pace lap before they cut him loose 267. Laps to distance today. 400 miles. About fuel range somewhere between 65 in seventy laps will not be an issue as far as tire Wear is concerned Goodyear with a great tire here for the so racetrack as always in. They'll be able to look gold very easily a full fuel window though this is one of those type speed ways. We're fuel mileage could play a big role in the outcome if we don't see a lot of caution flags. Pace car heads for pit road off of turn over four. It's Bobby nobody in Michael Waltrip in command of the field now is this huge crowd comes to its feet ready to start the second running of the Las Vegas 400. About a thousand feet away from the start finish line looking for the green flag again by relying Michael Waltrip Joseph Nina chicken Tom Hubert after the first two rows green flag goes in the air in Las Vegas 400 is underway could start for Bob and nobody gets up front all by himself. Michael Waltrip run single file also as a hip turn loss. It's better picks up the ground and Jeremy Mayfield all the food. He's trying to get five Ricky craven and everybody matches the gas down the backstretch into turn three will be bottle Bonnie in the league by three Carling total Michael Waltrip. Third is joining an attack by himself in the battle is on for fourth between Mike Skinner talking over interrogation you. Skinner slides are pretty Q we're off four picks up the fourth position here is Jeremy Mayfield following the inside Ricky craven squeezes in between Hubert and Dale Jarrett to race there for the sixth position you. Are still stuck at the outside line at ravens get a scooter wildly inside pick up the spot they are yours Dale Jarrett the man they're stacked up behind Jarrett. Here's Jeff Gordon Mark Martin Jonathan vetting. All trying to squeeze down we have side to make their move to wide two by two from sixth on back in the Hubert and Jared side by side. Jedi Irwin Jeff Gordon terrible Bonnie also in the mix well that's his eye contact made looks like court might have gotten back from Irwin but everybody can't control officer. For NATO Jerry looked like he got in a kind of welcomed it also has to back out of it for just a second he's three wide back there with John and ready that's from about eight position on Baghdad scramble still very hot and turn one nice look at traffic sample of eleventh spot off back right in the middle of it Jerry they knew they get them. Matter fact the battle while Obama. Why did. Three rows deep behind able to match right away Dale Jarrett might be having a problem because he's just moving backwards in the middle of the pack their passing on the low side and the high side. Rick baskets by Jeff Burton gets why so too does terrible funny you know Jared now it'll lose its spot as the Lilly goes up to his outside your four wide behind him coming off the court this back for about the eighteenth slot Ward Burton reached nickel. Tony Stewart in capitol page Derrick cope is also all right there page goes wide coming into the corner let's see if this is gonna stick it to turn over to he's still there. While Dale Jarrett worked out love. Tony Stewart wrecked once again. Those were part. Everybody recovers that continues drag races on down the backstretch between capitol page. And Dale Jarrett. Jaret normally might have a problem is refusing to give up position for the fatal fastened easily to the outside of turn four here which got its hands full right now Jeff Gordon's on the move also that will be for seventh place John Andretti is in the Nixon was Tom Hubert and so with Wally Donna back is those five cars were back to turn one Andretti makes the pass gets by right behind a volley double back now dealing with top Hubert. Find it clear can't you well far far. Fit five people for the inside the racetrack. Races for a while but what's different now masses of on the backstretch single file down the backstretch and we Kenny Irwin just in front of Jeff Gordon into Carling practiced Jeff back. John Andretti. No one Carly back to Wally doll back here comes Florida look at the inside of jet airway. The Las Vegas 400 for the NASCAR Winston cup series just under way on motor racing network Bobby nobody leaves the field that three here comes my little funny about four Carly to we're seconds while Michael Waltrip who saw pars until it's. But here comes Germany may feel to be inside don't need to check what can take away third and every been put the heat on Joni reject for the last three laps around a two run on him off turner before got a fender alongside they go door to door into turn one got solid possession that it sideline that's what they want going get it sort of want it mayfield makes it pay off these slides I need to check quickly slammed the door. The spikes get I was also trying to make the pass and clear him as well it's a little while now about trade away Jose project was defending third now he's trying to defend forth from Mike Skinner. Skinner takes the Chevrolet download need to check a couple of tires on the white line. He'll block Mike Skinner separates this time around as they head back to the strike. Change for six and seven positions behind and Kenny Irwin and Jeff Gordon slide up underneath Ricky craven Irwin to sixty Gordon to seventh craven back to eight he's got company they're from John Andretti and Wally gallon back. Andretti about some garlic is off the rear deck of Ricky craven Beckham's why Donald back to car lengths back here's Gordon put the pressure of getting Europe once again the drops down the inside takes a look. Can't make it stick though he'll fall back in line for now Kenny Irwin and Jeff Gordon had a slight coming together in the early laughs this time it's early black Harley gonna happen all over more and this will be the fight for about six positions Ricky critics like the way. I turned four feet just lost his grip and allows John Andretti to get Saturday. He'll be able to say the card and get it in Milwaukee to illustrate 101 car into the wall after a four Johnny Benson slides down the racetrack public's Tony Stewart who spins back up into the middle of the field cars scattering in behind historic gets the wallet the start finish line. Everybody's gonna get by OK but density is spinning and crashing to the tri oval grass and Stewart. Driver's side door up against the outside wall caution number one at lap number eight. Caution on a speedway Tony Stewart will be able to drive away he came to rest against the wall right here at the flag stand now gets a fired up Johnny Benson also gets his machine cranky is out on the infield grass and he too will be heading to pit road so it didn't take long to get the action going in a hurry at lap number nine we are under the first caution. Here at Las Vegas. Tough breaks early in the Las Vegas 400 for Johnny Benson and Tony Stewart Benson's car looked like just got away from him up off of turn over four I don't know if something went wrong but either way he started fish tailing. Bounced off the outside wall came off the wall collected Tony Stewart both of those cars have gone to the garage just a handful pit stops under viscerally yellow let's go to Marty Snider. Ernie Irvin is in his cars a little bit tight right now they can take some went out of his cars and take four tires as well as del Walters also in the also in is top buckshot Jones and Sterling Marlin. Was to Kelly is trying to track down a couple of those drivers that went to the garage here to find out what their side of the story will be here but nevertheless Tony Stewart and Johnny Benson are in the garage area for the moment rest of the field will stay on the speedway I think we have one pit stop down toward Jim Phillips I really rich Vick was the other JG tires burning off all four tires. Topple it was seventy. But it goes back on the drive. One lap from going racing in the Las Vegas 400 caution number one Atlanta beat when Johnny Benson crashed off turn four and collected Tony Stewart Winston Kelley to the garage. We had a great run last year was fourth near Las Vegas bad luck today John what happened. Well I got a little loose off four and that is ran out of track and I got along a little bit against fun itself. Boston I guess it's a head I don't know how many cars pretty gut I was surprised at bows on the outside. Most of the time there and it was it was really good and at time it. They got loose I thought I pretty much had to save and I was like cause they just come right around it vote started come around I got a law. Lose the car came around at the while Lotta damage to the front in the car all the way down the right side of the car and the less side of the car but Bobby lessen the crew working on this board. To try to get him back in the race. Pretty hard collision there between those two and then I got a little work to do before they'll be able to get back out on the racetrack field the only indication they're going green this time by. Single file restart Bob and the body will be the leader Michael Waltrip and able to hang up there in second place Jeremy Mayfield sits third for the moment thin Joni to check his fourth. Mike Skinner makes up the top five Kenny Irwin Jeff Gordon John Andretti Wally dollar Bakken Ricky craven are your top ten as a green flag goes in the air. And Bob and nobody comes up to the gearbox and takes him down the turn of one good restart for the front free they get away clean and turmoil. Is Jeremy Mayfield got a shot at second already diving to the inside of Michael Waltrip raced side by side for the second spot. Mayfield was distraught at the start of the race chilly at once again. It's clear to walk through that moves up a second while Wakefield and now Michael Waltrip quite enough for second this allows bottled water to really stretch out his lead is now about why correlates now. On second spot mayfield third as Michael Waltrip fourth Estonian checkers now joining that lead pack and it's dinner and or went right behind you. Did six positions and their side by side for seven does Wally gallon back roads up to the outside of Jeff Gordon to try and take a spot away let's see if anybody can make that move around a long way on the topside the racetrack dollar back drives it a little bit deeper gets a nose out of thought of Jeff Gordon that Gordon Scott the favored inside why do you think that would pay off. But the fact makes it work building outside swinging around and picking up the spot for the statement that was savvy person shabby for the seventh spot dollar back won that battle for the moment. Here's an early in sixth looking to the inside of Mike Skinner nothing doing there let's get a closing the door right finding the Czech girl racing back to the strike. There's no cars really on the move as they learn party started back in about 38 position he's already up to 25 and continues to march up through the field try to get up there to have a shot at collecting that bonus from the RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company in the Winston million peel this back into the cycle. Filed what's on the coming through the corner so what steps out of line there is some pressure being applied nodal points getter Kenny or little the loop there in the top ten. They come down the backstretch nose to tail into turn three against beads around the neighborhood of 180 miles an hour. Irwin this time we'll try to highlighted when you look at the outside of Mike Skinner again not close enough to make the pass. Are the behind here's a little double wide skirmish off turn four is Terry the body gets a run up to the outside of Jeff Burton. They erased double wide four at the eleventh and twelfth positions is Terri moves around Ward Burton and goes after brother Jeff Ward Burton. Give a little push to terrible body of a high sign the racetrack Jeff Burton down the inside. Now that battle becomes. Three wide support goes a little racetrack cherry hills high. They've both won't get by Jeff Burton a terrible Bonnie and Ward Burton working together to get by Jeff Burton and they do that now Jeff. Talks in July single file behind his brother ward turtle bunny really working that middle group now looks to pass Mark Martin. Four positions and little strong breakaway at the front of the field Jeremy really feel looked like you might try to put a run on Bobby body into the moment says hey we better just kind of tucked in draft away from everybody else if we can't let's check in with wasn't killing. Though Tony Stewart he surveying the damage on the car tiny disc looked like the wrong place wrong time out of envelope. And I just some guys out there in a hurry I guess I mean I guess. It's a must get thirty lap race today as the I think innocent change the length that it has not thought I was 6267. Laps so. China to some guys in a hurry and we just got caught in the wrong place at the wrong time he surveyed a little bit of the damage they can get a vacuum. Calming I got a great crew use on the go through we'll get it back together Beth. And it's just the same on the that we had a really good race car yesterday in an happy hour and a Celia. Kind of caught in middle there at the beginning and just. We're we're trying to be real pace in all honesty this wait to get another spot and then and go back to racing and Ari got black couple guys and we're going back to France so. And it's just the same and we really erase everything we hate you for Home Depot there will be back in Atlanta next week. So a lot of money screws on the post only good thoughts on his car was better in the practice yesterday afternoon seek and understand the disappointment. Content is always. Got a new leader in the Las Vegas 400 Jeremy Mayfield around Bobby the money for the top spot now a terrific dog fight go on from fourth and six positions on back Jodie to check out on the fourth spot Wally dollop back in other guy who's been strong in the early going. He's there knock on the door try to get 557. Nobody makes the move finally. Stepped up to thank the past of Mike Skinner general Bonnie makes a clean pass down the backstretch does beginning physical here early. At turns three and four Skinner and in a check got together at scanner. Has lost his brother he's lost two positions first to tell little funny now sets his sights. On Wally dollar back turn nobody's got a strong rate stories dusted up but a couple of times on occasion has been able to pick up to three spots each time Jeff Gordon continues to march toward the front also went back from Jeff Gordon on backs good battle right now turn to Norton's got the seventh position Kenny Irwin right behind it indicates that side by side for nine points getter. And Ward Burton who pulls up the high side and try to complete that pass again that's like contact with Mike Skinner in turns three and four maybe hurting that Chevrolet has Ward Burton gets by Mike. Jeff Gordon in Kenya Airways still trying to hang on to the bumper of turtle bunny is a funny looks at the outside of Dallas back on the first couple laps Dale Jarrett fell back for his ninth start it's part of starting spot now back to seventeenth position let's get a quick update from pit road and Jim Phillips Jim the crusading about the car. About a fact now they fell all the way back to fortieth place every team Todd married. Started ninth but all of laid back than what do you what. Right cause drilling CM and dresses came up. Think the other thing. The backyard now let's get cars the thing got a good car just gonna take a little bit its prices are up there and where he likes him and now. Like some adjustments throughout the day like we did Rockingham and hopefully we'll end up to big tonight. That's not very crew chief for Dale Jarrett who's also nursing are broken toes. Just a furious racing going on for fourth place right now just heading down to turn one Dennis Terry nobody on the movie yet again as he dove to the outside of Michael Waltrip picked up that position. It left wall I got back in his way. And now Terry's going after a third place Johnny but Jack Sara love Bonnie picking them off one at a time dots don't need to check right in front of them. Closes in on the rear bumper he'll get it done the hard way to the outside just need to check. What's a couple of tires on the white line it'll fans in the stands Tumblr feed their side by side overturned more. Terry nobody got a great car the early going here at Vegas today he goes around the topside and takes third spot away from Jody reject behind them fifth position Wally gallon backs got a lot of company their right behind her stacked up double wide dollar bacteria fifth the first six it's Jeff Gordon. And Michael Waltrip walked. After starting on the front row beginning to fall back a little bit north trying to make the move that getting your thoughts on whether they are no details of her when tries to push Jeff Gordon passed Michael Waltrip. Waltrip didn't get such a good fight coming up at turn two Gordon did their side by side with Gordon download Michael Waltrip up high. 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You go second campus and a coach feels going to fill up with the official fuel of NASCAR Sunoco the essence race. Jeremy Mayfield we eat the Las Vegas 400 Bobby nobody led the first sixteen laps after starting off the bullet hole mayfield worked his way up. From his seventh starting spot to bypass the body Atlanta seventeen but here comes body back on the bottom side off turn over four. Bobby dive to the inside we'll take the lead away as he works his way across the start finish line pulls away from late field right now Terry the body has been dating on the front to the last three or four laps around I'm gonna say and about five more laps he's going to be up there make it a three way battle for the lead they're all over in turn to now say he's the first to. Have to worry about because Terry nobody is close against a good ways back but I think they'll be even more. As he exits turn to hit the backstretch marital money doing it all by himself and he's got the Chevrolet to do what he still closed the gap as he comes at a turn three. Your leader is still bottle bunny a very close second spot is Jeremy Mayfield and then only about eight car lights back Terry Levine and on the charge card farther back. Mike Skinner who was running fourth earlier in the race industrywide scramble back for about the tenth position. He's got to his insight given the page Bill Elliott do is outside Elliott sweeps by Mark Martin is right behind them Jeff Burton. Died Saturday that packet traffic passes that Wallace Michael Waltrip goes wide. Even wider at this time Elliott knocking on the door. Mike Skinner and Mark Martin behind them stacked up double wide that is not high speed rat pack here at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and that group of cars are probably chase down Jeff Gordon. And John Andretti or having your own battle for position Gordon slide way up high Jeff Gordon in the DuPont Chevrolet slide where I keeps his foot in front however side by side with John Andretti. Authority beginning to see if you cars can skate around coming into the corners right in the middle of the turn and coming off the journal article are really pushing up toward the wall Jolie Jeff Gordon is one of those this car not working to his liking at all right now court. Bush and went the fact that we talk about Michael Waltrip have the problems whether it's not a matter of just trying a different line for the car does not stick it he's losing ground to process the Dale Jarrett could fit is slipping a bit getting a little bit too high you're at first wanted to. You deny that fight between John Andretti and Jeff Gordon pulled the slide hi Jeff Burton just fix this poor down low kicks off Jeff Gordon now looks to take John Andretti. Anders gain more positions than anybody else in the early going is Ward Burton. Started in thirtieth spot last lap by he took stiff spot away from Wally gallop back now he's after Jody the check for four just about a. I Carling cup the rear deck of David Jack is where war vet first sets it off turn over to Pete voluntarily to the inside itself back up behind different now. Hard on the gas down the backstretch settling in behind Joseph David check writing in the fourth position Ward Burton in fifth. War footing the tires below the white line gets need to check a little bit loose. And I get the right front fender underneath David Jack. Sport gets a run on and off turn before gonna take the spot away but Joseph doesn't wanna give it up that easy they raced door to door down to frustrate away and back to the turn of Wanda Ward Burton is gonna come away with fourth place. More picks off the spot going into the. Quarter of Wallach Donald back flies the follows tire tracks before he can jump out and us getting heroin on all the way to the popular racetrack you'll get. I doubt back ballot he'll try to make the Booth. Four car fight for fourth position it's Ward Burton followed by Joni reject any early guys the inside of one dollar back we'll take that position away. Meanwhile the fight for the lead is back to the strike Jeremy Mayfield gets a run underneath Bobby the body off turn toward the strike me feel we'll have put the body hangs up on the outside of the Pontiac to carry the body closing in quickly from behind carried out just two car lengths behind brother Bubba the body they're both the high side of the racetrack maybe looking for some brotherly assistance here. Mayfield all by himself down low but it goes back in the front. We'll see if the Brothers worked together on Jeremy Mayfield for the moment it's possible Bonnie at the point down the backstretch. Jeremy Mayfield and reported second terrible Bonnie down lower and third as Bobby slides up vial return for. Bobby gets out a little bit alive but he's been driving very close to that wall up there because lined the lobby for first right now they feel try to get a run on him one more time Terry kind of looking over for the moment Joseph and I think he's just sizing up where they're weak weather strong. He settles in for the time being behind Jeremy Mayfield this time based guilt goes played capitol Bob the track. Kerry takes the hotline that's what Bobby's been doing his bit working for now but it doesn't work this time they settled back at behind Bobby we'll. We'll see if Jeremy Mayfield realize that plot and the bodies of bit vulnerable here to the exit of turn four again. Well Bonnie slides nod but so too does mayfield and turtle bunny all three of them take the same line through turns three and four right now the three cars spaced apart by about an empty Carly the racetrack body the body Jeremy Mayfield and Terry the body that it's about twenty darlings back to Ward Burton and Kenny are we had. Irwin makes his way up to the pit position as they had back to the corner behind him at six is Jodie to check why Donald back run seventh ballot John Andretti eight. Jeff Burton is a device position completed the top ten. Is Bill Elliott Ford left side by side bark bark at Jeff Gordon going to add a fourth person Chevrolet this is the fight for the eleventh position. Mark Martin should have the better line as they enter turn three and he does Jeff Gordon get a tool. Backs on the throttle tucks in behind Mark Martin. Now tries to retaliate to the inside about the good mark shuts the door turn the body had a run for second place he's got an even better when this time going off on turn number one he's gonna make the move on the outside exit Booth next to a strong move that is the high sign the racetrack bulls by Jeremy Mayfield. To take over the second spot mayfield set also behind in his body continues to lead the world body boys or leave it here at Las Vegas Motor Speedway now will they worked together. To pull away from Jeremy Mayfield Bobby at the point only half correlate the planetary. Jeremy Mayfield however keeping it very explosive third Ward Burton all by himself and for don't think Terry's didn't waste any time go after the lead at this race Terry with one NASCAR Winston cup series than a year ago Richmond. Last June theory is now running second going after his brother Bobby for the lead darlings behind Bobbitt a body that's where Terry nobody sits body takes up time line has been using for the last fifteen laughter so. Gerri follows this tire tracks what does not make an attempt to clap to lead this time. Those details down the backstretch floppies still at the point Terry second Jeremy Mayfield third coaches to position them well. Oh here comes durable body. Making the dive bomb move to the inside he'll drop alongside his brother they'll raced back to the strike. And we heard everybody say the quick way around best groove is at the bottom of the racetrack Terri used to coming off turn before he's got a good run on Bobby pulls ahead by one Carly he's got the lead in turn one Kerry has the top spot brother Bobby's. The second position Bobby drives the low side of the racetrack to retaliate and come back and grab the lead but I can't pull up alongside. You'll settle in line at second by Terry's death the last ten laps or any proof plotting a body is great insurance rate but not all that comfortable. As they come off of turn forge a terrible Bonnie visionary leader Derrick Rose bottle Bonnie sliding opined that opens up the door for Jeremy Mayfield he viewed gonna try and Poconos doubtful for the runner up spot awful turner report draws even with Bobby is they heard the into the trial moved the start finish line to put mayfield in the second position as they go back to one mayfield works the end sideline his father. Trying to hang onto that second spot for now other side by side that's allowing wart works they can't make this a three way battle still side by side for the second position they are side by side the drag races on a plot with a funny in the Pontiac will win that race. Momentarily as mayfield rolls out slots. And all tucked in behind the interstate batteries might add but here comes Ward Burton try to make it a three car fight for second or just want to get up. There NB get on the tail end of that draft and he has been able to do so solicitor of the body leading by a car length over his brother Bobby the body Jeremy Mayfield is third Ward Burton is fourth and Kenny Irwin is fifth. New second place car at the Las Vegas 400 Ward Burton. And just took the spot away from Bobbie the body now he's after race leader Terry the body on the backstretch down the backstretch terrible plot is not pulling away from anybody as Ward Burton makes it very close solitude as bottle Bonnie Jeremy Mayfield. And now Jenny girl wants to join the parties that could be a five car battle for Adelaide. Ward Burton gets the inside groove Terry goes out toward the wall that he just simply drives underneath him and takes the lead away at the start finish line. Now the scrambles going to be for third place actually steadily for first and second and third and fourth door to door and turn whites are a body. Just won't let ward get body works the high side of the racetrack your return average duke but now. Now finally gives them a fort takes the top spot. So we've got three album now maybe more going for second three wide down the backstretch first second spot as Ward Burton maintains the lead this terrible Bonnie and Jeremy Mayfield side by side into turn three. Gerri we'll have the advantage is Jeremy Mayfield has the back down momentarily to pass the slower car Tonya. Hubert check it out to go to pit road but still make you Stacy in the air underneath Jerry the body for second as they come to the striped Terry says it up at this too early in the race. He checks up on the throttle three of them go by him back into the quarter. Infield goes by the takes second bottle Bonnie goes by to take third Kenny Irwin goes ought to take the fourth spot. Balcony overlooking inside the racetrack go after Bob the body as Bobby tries to make a move on Jeremy Mayfield clients like I speech showed game down the backstretch Ward Burton doesn't want any part of it either. Try to increase his lead to about five carloads second spot Jeremy Mayfield here comes Kenny went inside a bottle bunny prefer. Sierras had a good solid run here this afternoon he right now trying to take third position away from Bob the body whose car does get a little closer to the wall. Turner before each time around and he loses the position meanwhile John Andretti who want to get up there also and get in the thick of things that go over to turn Jamie's at the same. Position now applauded closer get a good little terrifying ride to fifth. Maybe 56 rallied behind it. All the while Ward Burton has left all this season seven Carly Sadr front Ward Burton coming into turn three so four unchallenged the fight is on for second. Because Kenny or whatever now pulling out on the rear bumper on the Jeremy Mayfield bother applying still afford during the body of fifth Ward Burton did not little black silk. Why this season until a couple of moments ago he is now the fourth different driver to lead the Las Vegas 400. Bobby the body that the first sixteen laps Jeremy Mayfield glad seventeen to 27. And Bobby the body may feel body the body and terrible body traded the lead back and forth. Between laps 28 and 38. Texas Terry let out a putt from 38 to 44 now Ward Burton beginning at lap 45 where we stand now. At plant number 481 caution so far the race lap eight Johnny Benson crashed off turn four collected Tony Stewart those two cars back in the garage. But let's set the price fifteen or 24 you because we get some guys come up for the back of the field. Really makes an impressive charges early in the race that we need to point out ward Burton's the leader he started this debate in thirtieth position. Running second is Jeremy Mayfield Kenny Irwin his third body the body forth and carry the body is fifth. John Andretti for the solid performance in sixth position Jeff Burton has made his way up to seventh. Eight position is Bill Elliott Ernie Irvin started in the fortieth spot. Made a pit stop at lap ten. He's now all the way up to the ninth spot Jody reject runs in Tampa but at this Wally gallon back Mark Martin is twelfth given the page thirteenth Jeff Gordon fourteen. Jeffrey bovine who started in 36 these up to fifty. Followed by Dale Jarrett Mike Skinner Sterling Marlin Chad little. And Michael Waltrip. Couple pit stops in the last few bullets Tom by Huber was on pit road Ricky craven was in the pitches well he's just taken his car backed into the garage Jim Phillips an update on both of those pit stops. Hibbert was lethargic gasoline but Ricky craven more serious they're. Brain power hey good plowed and the pit lane for the power to bring up. Available I thought about the Roger depicted. Ricky craven has gone of the garage area he'll join Tony Stewart Johnny Benson's stars the only other two machines that are out of the event they had an accident a little bit earlier coming off turn before and both of those have gone back to the garage. 51 laps complete. You know it's great to see Ward Burton have a good run that's a good solid race team they just struggled struggled all last year to Tenet plan accommodation things they need to hit. As we usually save more than their share of bad luck at times. Just a good solid race team and I'm delighted to see you have a good run here today. And ward will tell you that chemistry has a lot to do with what's going on there now the Bill Davis team has had the people of the resource is what they needed was a chemistry between war. And a crew chief Chris does he was a great crew chief for that race team again war we'll tell you that first hand but just that that. Unspoken relationship between he and Chris wasn't there when they brought Tom Baldwin junior in that was kinda for Ward Burton he feels like. He is. Ray ever hand if you were Jeff Gordon he was the guy that he can. Compliment very well. And really feels confident about their chances not only to run up front but to win some races this year and be consistent week in and week out. And I have a good point finished at the end of the year also and add to that this boy's got a lot of driving talent we've watched it and pushed him up over the years and he can he knows what he needs in a race card if you can get to their you can drive for the best and he's not afraid of anything that's for sure he'll hold the button down. Pretty good race going on for third spot headed down towards turn over one body the body feels that he. Johnny John Andretti a fan of flying the heat want to close at all but it'll Monica's behind a false they've got Jeff Burton. At any urban Burton trying to make the move not getting here comes Jeff Burton look into the inside now we face and how. Outside his jet airway blocked that way Jeff Burton try to get done the hard way work and a middle groove and he side by side with can't hear what coming off turn four. Jeff takes the high road almost brush the wall coming off the corner of that time clearly doesn't crack the throttle they stay door to door opens they get the straight away and work into the corner heavily horse powers gonna win this would do more. And horsepower favor goes to Jeff Burton became the fifth position for the high side of the track to pass hitting early at six. Terry the Bonnie now falling back to the seventh spot they had to turn to carry the body had been struggling the last couple of laps and perhaps he's just cooling it. So we can get his card gathered up again making some adjustments potentially could race later meanwhile John Andretti is the man on the move right on the rear bumper now the Pontiac of Bobby nobody. It's for a third position and Freddie looking to make that move off turn four into the trial will he tries to stick to nosed out of the inside you'll draw even with Bobby leaving the trial wolf. And it's ready we'll pick up that position into the corner at. Ready slips why can't the inside lane of the racetrack popular wind settles back in behind it can't linger too long a host Jeff Burton is beginning to close at just behind it. Kenny urban as well and here comes Ernie Irvin making a move. He got Shelly it's not a terrible body side by side down the backstretch we documented that Ernie Irvin pitted early and now no past terrible body. And actually good enough for the fifth position I believe sort of Ernie Irvin. Past the body through turns three and. Four and we should be somewhere maybe around ten to fifteen laps away from the first scheduled pit stops if this race stays green so it left 56 Ward Burton Jeremy Mayfield John and ready Bobby the body and Jeff Burton are your top five. Race leader Ward Burton came to pit road a moment ago and rather spectacular fashion try to cut flipped onto the pit lane he spun off the racetrack into the tri oval grass made the flying 360 a couple of times. What the pit lane got his service that is gone back out of the speedway and handed the pleaded Jeremy Mayfield he's on pit road for stops now giving John Andretti the number one spot. First let's ducked back into the garage to Winston Kelley. With Ricky craven some kind of power stared problem Jim Phillips reported what exactly is a great. Well they're gonna change both the pump in the box it just froze up. It started. Pretty early and it got worse and worse they get the point where I could even spirit so. It's a shame that it happened early on but done. I'm still proud of these guys that worked awfully hard this week and it's getting better and better. Ricky Wright started six behind Albany should be back out soon it's gonna Marty Snider and if you run as in right now as well as Stanton Barrett Jimmy Spencer getting ready coming. I was talking. My pit stops here on lap number 59. Green flag pit stops is John and ready to lead to buy a stake is 400 Jeff Burton is just tell me it. Jimmy Spencer Michael Waltrip Rick mast several others here helped Mark Martin Jeffrey bovine Wally gallon back in Dale Jarrett off the banking to turn a report. 45 mile an hour pit road speed limit let's cover stops first here's Marty Snider. Rusty Wallace. All goes well except that has led to the front pretty well it's parliament loosen that went along. After about nine awfully impressive that day he started 36 made up to eleventh four tires no adjustment through death about dying out on the wind take now. I don't wanna dollar backed group now women around the left side of the car just a slight chassis adjustment. Few laps ago Jeff Gordon was then this car's been a little bit tied Jeremy Mayfield made his there's not a big event just a little bit loose after being hit the mark. Early on now Tim Phillips has cars in front of him. We got Mark Martin needed just couldn't have started this tonight back. There's that Dale Jarrett getting us. The right track expect a lot of stuff to go to 65 at the factors coming here comes Bill Elliott then. Also hitting golf and why did a lot of them it's gonna be rooting for both of these cardinals catcher Jeff because you don't just par for the imagine this morning. We're we're getting right side tires so with Elliott. And first got to finish that it was going you know it's dark. I'm only go John Andretti gave up the lead back he's coming on pit road right now to make his routine stop charity body is bringing his car into the pits so lead is gonna move up to Ernie Irvin will be the leader party in reverting stopped under that first caution at lap number ten cities could be able to dull little while longer more caution to come out here. Could turn out to be rather important. The scope of the stop look John Andretti. He's getting right side tires. Already had the cover up the left side the second get a steady secure goes bananas and ready to briefly about it. The left side tires at dawn at reading got to go report cards intended to kill solitary nobody favorite conservative part about it. I rarely stops are coming under green flag conditions we've had only one caution flag and it came early that nobody wanted to duck hunter wrote except just a couple of cars now Mike Skinner makes a stop. Also I believe Kenny Wallace is on pit road got to go back on the racetrack. See Elliott Sadler bringing his machine in the pit road right now is thirty urban continues to stay out there we are now at lap number 65. Tony to check the drop off the banking he had not made a pit stop yet that put him up to these second position here comes need to check the BellSouth Clark and make a visit to pit road. Behind him Dale Earnhardt begins to slow work hard also not yet having made a pit stop. He was up as far as third position in the shuffle things that are hard comes to the attention of his crew to go to Marty Snider. And he was a little bit tight he started thirty games and the third but very happy with his race car they're kind of vacation coming up with a bill there are trying to actually follow Rusty Wallace rusty. Did a little bit earlier about four times and a little bit of attack Clark got to prevail and. Sterling Marlin should now move up into the second position at least early pitted a little bit earlier also in about left him somewhere in this segment so he can stay out there just a little bit while longer. These are routine schedule pit stops kind of jumbled field up and kind of spread it around all around the racetrack right now all the cars who have made a stop it does not look like ward Burton's little spin off into the grass is hurting that much because he is. First out of all of the cars that it made it stopped Ward Burton Jeremy Mayfield Jeff Burton Bobby the bunny kitty we're win affiliate Mark Martin John Andretti Jeff Gordon. That's kind of the run down the way they've come off pit road but again all this going on behind Ernie Irvin. Look at stay out to the outlet 75 where it's 68 now for birdie so he should be able to he had no Sterling Marlin and Steve Grissom wall stopped earlier should be able to stay out to the outlet 7577. Before they have to committed again were cautioned to wait between now and then that could be fairly important for the very significant if we do get a caution before they make that this stuff. Jim Phillips a lot of adjusting going on on the cars when they were hitting in front you'll. Go close rather thin body recover tire pressure. Live a pit stops talked to Mark Martin earlier this today this entire set apart his matchup been as good as the one they had ahead. Jeff first thought was just a little bit tighter and you still doing your bloody got a whole lot better. Dale Jarrett started a little bit loose but they just let out a fire break we'll have been great through this definitely. There's a good security Irvin had a good run to Allen that team also has struggled more than their share for the last year and a half trying to get things turned around and seems to be coming together for a little. Right now they're on pit road getting service giving Sterling Marlin the leader Ernie didn't stay out as long as I thought he would let's get the it details of the pit stop. Well they've won a chance to put a very quick stop them and emptying. Nineteen point four seconds and those four times a little bit of wet out. Ernie was still a little bit tight when he pitted on lap ten and earlier he was extremely tight that's why they decided to pit earlier. But the car was much better on that last run for the one round of wedge Al Verney airman. Right now the leader is Sterling Marlin Steve Grissom runs second again not having made a pit stop the B slows internal report come down pit road. So that'll put Ward Burton back up into the number two position. Once Sterling Marlin comes onto pit road and the significance of all of this running pretty well through the cycle without a caution is that you're gonna be a whole pilot guys caught a lap down at the yellow came out before the leaders stop detect your Sterling Marlin. Also giving up the spot of the racetrack for a visit to pit road so let's let number seven B. We complete the cycle pit stops with the visit by Sterling Marlin and Steve Chris into the pit lane. When he comes back around the start finish line next time behind Ward Burton. Despite the exciting exit from the racetrack on the pit road via the tri oval grass will be assumed the lead. Of the Las Vegas 400 just passed a hundred miles into the Las Vegas 402 running in this event for the NASCAR Winston cup series here motor racing network with like coverage. The big caution free since it went eight crash off of turn four but Johnny Benson caught the outside wall and collected Tony Stewart. Other than that the race is run green and we've just finished dislike for the pit stops Ward Burton. Was the leader. He spun trying to enter pit road down through the trial can grasp the biggest stop came back up on the racetrack and still managed to maintain that over what position. He's got an advantage of about one point six seconds for now on Jeremy Mayfield. Works his way back into turn one and body to body trying to close and also he's back there in about fourth position Jeff Burton Jeremy Mayfield and Nixon top for the total return to normal lap cars separate except these machines for a quote not now sitting and playing Jeremy Mayfield and Jeff Burton. We're trying to clear that traffic is he hits the backstretch watching Ward Burton leader into turn three cleared Stevens park and Jerry they do then you go back to. Jeremy Mayfield riding in the second spot all by himself having gotten around Jeff Burton and Brett but I didn't bother nobody all by himself for. One car slow on the apron turned three believe it's buckshot Jones as he comes around toured fort hit pit road now I don't have him as having made a pit stops in slap number chance of maybe be a car ran out of fuel. He becomes coasting on the pit lane to make a stop here at black numbers 77 it. Let's set the field where you just passed a hundred miles in from the cycle of pit stops Ward Burton is the leader and even two seconds over Jeremy Mayfield. About six to answer the second behind me field which is only about six car lengths is Jeff Burton in third. Body to body runs fourth Mark Martin is DF Kenny Irwin sixty Bill Elliott is seventh. John and Betty ace Jeff Gordon nineteen Wally gallon back Tiant. Jeffrey gold signs up to eleventh birdie you're finished twelfth Dale Jarrett thirteenth to everybody fourteen to enjoy it even check fifty. Sixty this Chad little Mike Skinner seventeenth Kevin let me TT Rusty Wallace is nineteen. And Rick mast is twentieth. First is can trader Michael Waltrip his 22. Sterling Marlin 23 to be Spencer 24 and Dale Earnhardt when he gets Bobby Hamilton his 46 and Kenny Wallace's the last car on the lead lap. In 27 position what let down Steve park it's 48 Jerry debut at 29 triple cited thirtieth. 31 Ricky Rudd David Green 32 which vehicle and 33 Steve Grissom his 34 and thirty. Elliott Sadler is 36 Derrick cope is 37 Tom you produced two laps down in 38 buckshot Jones now three laps down at 39 along with Stanton Barrett who sit fortieth. Ricky craven Johnny Benson and Tony Stewart overall behind the wall at this point in the event. Just have got a problem love Bobby Hamilton's car he was in at lap 63 were left 79 and he is on pit road again eliciting get an update there. We'll look here's another bit out of left front tire looked as if I was down on air pressure on the buffet car and Barney. And that probably is the case for Bobby Hamilton. We'll check to make sure that looked to be the case poppy is down and away you go back on the speedway only three cars in the garage area Ricky craven Johnny Benson and Tony Stewart. Spent some time in their belief that some other tobacco racetrack as France I don't like. Yet that Derek hopes car with that rotating paint scheme that they've got this year at the port different sponsors out of the Harry machine the out what that they're using here at this weekend. Looks somewhat like Vincent's Cheerios sport from a distance. Derek Cole off the racetrack right now and his machine sponsored by state fear corn dogs this weekend kind of the yellow. Majority dominated color if you will. And Derek is so one of those drivers who was out there still banging away try to keep up with race leader Ward Burton sent a pretty good pace at this point. Port get around a racetrack exceptionally well. Came from way back in the pack worked his way up through traffic proved he had a car that would work at the bottom of the racetrack definitely proves it works it way right through three of four right now the bottom of the racetrack. Any of the traffic he encounters seems to be able to go high seems to be able to go low until it gets us some pretty good cars here in just a moment about three afford directly ahead. Irsay as they go off at the turn of wanna start laughing some folks as he hits over to Joseph Moore. As it closes them all the Taylor who feels like Kenny Wallace Jimmy Spencer Dale Earnhardt Mary looks back at season's advanced closing competition Jeff Burton does not by Jeremy Mayfield to grab the second spot battle lap ago. And now you start to close that award rival Ward Burton. As the leader Jeff Burton might be. Might be the fastest car on the track looks to be outside of Stanton Barrett passes him the out centers created for and now closed it's not set his sights on Steve park another lap car. Burton Brothers in positions one and two at this point here at Las Vegas doubting ward Burton's appeared. Is Winston Kelley kind of an exciting entry on to pick rolled a little while ago Winston but the card is not seem to be any the worse for Wear. Well let's see if we can get a thought from Tommy ball in the great shape. It's not finds out of the pit box first of all that he had it coming down from manager out of pit road. Now. They knew or met a little bit mistake Derek him into hot donuts coming into the pits that. We're okay we're a loose right now and it's just probably just run this run out here and 99 cars all the best and we are right now and put another set of tires and about thirty laps and now lettering from there. When I ran out the pit road did just a little bit ago the fourteen cars on the midsection of pit road you're the only one that said. You're on the money did you make any adjustments and that's not. Now we didn't and I'd probably sit up. I don't know if those set of tires or loosen up a little bit but we're gonna make a low air pressure adjustment is capital Friday Grand Prix at see what happens. From thirtieth to the point. They've got a strong run going right now just a tick list not how they wanted to but they still very satisfied with house won at this point Donna going to critique. Yet Burton is Scottish brother award he's trying to get the lead in turn to Natalie it's not the racetrack. Ticked down low work alongside the lap car Jimmy Spencer Moore has cleared the machine Jeff all the above it turned three Jeff Burton caught his brother ward because ward had a lot of problems trying to put Jimmy Spencer a lap down now Jeff Burton has its hands full Jimmy Spencer to the end side especially not make an easy off return for what Jeff Burton claims of Jackson got his brother ward for the league pitcher is trying to stay up there and keep himself into position to get back on the Taylor into the lead lap but eventually both get around him so for the moment right now it is first and second to Ward Burton. And Jeff Burton bootstrap shaping up for the fourth spot. On the back straightaway body the body has it mark Martin's trying to get it Mark Martin takes a brief look at the inside down the backstretch not close enough however to pull off the roof which are afraid. If Bob little bunny slide a little bit wide which he does Mark Martin can't get the nose up underneath. Another side by side out of turn four artillery get a run on and come off the corner you'll take the spot away and that's because Bobby a couple of times today Kenny Irwin sandwiches and there also and he'll get around body the body and now goes after Mark Martin turned wanted to get squeezed deadliest not a lot of money clear that always go to the high side of the track at turn two. In his attempt to get five Mark Barton. But it goes a little bit too high body gets another shot and apple meanwhile we'll fight for the leaders on down the backstretch is Jeff Burton got a good lineup a turn to a drew up alongside his brother Ward Burton. This is a fight for the lead off of turn four still side by side on the way to the strike yet burden almost catches the wall coming off the court or he's dead even with his brother ward at the strike Jeff Burton by about six inches as they crossed the line and you try and pull around it into the corner side by side Jeff where the high side of the racetrack it's a close it'll look tale of the field. Kenny Wallace just ahead. Jeff fuses the outside lane swings around. It takes the spot for his brother for the moment Jeff Burton has the lead but can he keep that he's using a lot more racetrack and his brother Ward Burton. And right now Kenny Wallace is right front at just slowing up a strong progress just a bit but Jeff Burton has delayed by about two and a half Carla Smith. Makes it worked out of the inside this time gonna put Kenny Wallace a lap down in war for the moment is losing ground now he's dropped back some 34 car lakes meanwhile the third place car trying to run down the front to overturn. Do Jeremy Mayfield at third place driver he was tied at that traffic for a while but now he's cleared all the traffic. No one sits between he and the fight to. Except the good better racetrack he's got maybe twenty Carly to make up mayfield all by himself in third the battle for fourth would be between Mark Martin and Kenny Irwin. Or one about two and a half carlin's behind Mark Martin now has to deal with Jimmy Spencer was just been tough to pass all afternoon long dropping back of the. A little bit farther from there a good race for eighth ninth and tenth. Prettier than just took the ninth spot away from Jeff Gordon going into turn a retreat out off the quarter you try to run down John Andretti TT you take the eight position away. All this happening Atlanta 94 as they flashed across the strike and head back into the turn signal. Miles away they enter her number one for John and Betty I had that packets of class closely guarding Ervin. Now looking it dipped Natalie inside of the track it challenge off turn over to. Jeff Gordon right there with that they stay single file single file off of turn two it's John Andretti in the eighth position. Ernie Irvin a very close tonight and Jeff Gordon intent. They're still single file nose tail through turns three and four all three cars riding a very low line through turns three and four. Johnson had a good tomorrow afternoon John Andretti has been able to hang up there in the top GM Ernie Irvin seems to get stronger as the day goes by also run you back through the top tips for the moment. Atlanta number 95 Jeff Burton leads Ward Burton is second Jeremy Mayfield third mark Martin's fourth. Fifth this Kenny Irwin had a good run here today body the body is 67 this bill Elliot good run for bill also. He pointed out that Johnson had a good run he has eight Ernie Irvin is ninth and Jeff Gordon who's kind of been on again off again currently rides and. Took place just joining us we've only had one caution flag in the event so far Atlanta number eight Johnny Benson get into the wall off turn four collected Tony Stewart Vincent behind the wall still Stewart's car has just come back onto the speedway. After getting repairs in the garage Ricky craven is also go to the garage power steering troubles airport the created machine they're attempting to prepare them to get him back into the event. Twelve lead changes among eight different drivers Bobby the body Jeremy Mayfield Terry the body Ward Burton John Andretti Ernie Irvin Sterling Marlin. Now Jeff Burton ball taken turns out it brought up this race again that has had only one caution in its first 97 laps. This bad breaks update he's been brought to you by chased off critics now more than ever. NASCAR's leading drivers teams sponsors and fans are wearing. Structured 1999 NASCAR season the right here by wearing the authentic trackside apparently NASCAR chase so that it can't prepare to become street legal. Now back to the race where the chase is on. Another chase is odd jets Jeff Burton who currently leads a lap number 97 once he got around his brother ward is pulled away by healthy margin right now here he comes back down to start finish line works it way off in the terminal one at war has lost a little better than us maybe you about a second and a half. Between those two is a go back over to turn to. Did have a works of traffic this time it in the corner of that traffic being the intimidator himself Dale Earnhardt just ahead of Jeff wolf Natalie inside of Kevin goes after they on the backstretch still has not cleared Dale Earnhardt down the backstretch Jeff Burton will not try anything Dicey here. For the moment we backs out of Ronald referring to follow dale who turns three and four. Challenging change for the second spot on the back straightaway need to turn over three Jeremy Mayfield. Gets around on TV that was the Kenny Wallace started at around now we're very simply that may feel still in third and Ward Burton stealing second. A little farther behind Mark Martin and Kenny Irwin clear some lap traffic there around the Steve park machine back to deter them once so those drivers all. Also settling into line about the shelves let them to twelve positions Jeffrey ball buddy Dale Jarrett bill and headed back and forth there for a couple laps around they head down for turf war. Are tangled up with a lot of traffic all around that Jerry they do just ahead of Jeffrey post nine Jeffrey dive to the inside the back to clear him. Ricky what is there he's all over the rear deck of Dale Jarrett is also trying to analyze just what you thought well Don it clear they do they do makes it close again down the backstretch. Dale Jarrett having his problems with Ricky rut now includes broad and may do this clear sailing for Jerry trying to chase down Jeff record on punitive. Burns out an awfully hard time getting around Dale Earnhardt put him a lap down force earnhardt's gonna really put the pedal to the middle so to speak here this afternoon he's one of the five locals. Candidates to win that extra millions of RJ Reynolds if he can win so it doesn't wanna go a lap down and diminish his chance is sitting more than starting back for the Taylor in the field did. But unfortunately I believe Burton's gonna get in this time at the start finish line 100 laps are completely Las Vegas 400 Jeff Burton Ward Burton. Jeremy Mayfield park barn kitty or when your top five. Caution to the second time in the Las Vegas 400 some debris has dropped off of one of the cars couple pieces of metal spotted about a third of the way down the back straightaway from turn to return three. And so we see the yellow flags for the second time this event it comes out but number 101. To 67 and what's gonna happen now. Is a rash of pit stops above all the front running cars here they come to the opening of pit road behind the Chevrolet pace car. Ward Burton Jeff Burton. Jeremy Mayfield Mark Martin and Kenny Irwin the first five going in ward decided to run up there and bypass his brother racing back to the yellow flag when Jeff slowed for the at the brief lag so. Ward is get a lead the mud pit road let's go first to Winston Kelley and cover the race leaders stop. The group not gonna work on the right side of the car you're Tommy always tell us earlier it's a little bit Lowe's they're gonna make me chassis adjustment there are a lot of offense run. It's true because mark on the right side. They're gonna put around a half old wedge and the Jeff Gordon started trying to correct on the chassis problems that there haven't journeyman check on pit road brother out. Jeremy made bail and send money now to Jim Phillips. Pity her but his dad Dale Jarrett is Dan. Mike's veterans day and you've got the leader Jeff Burton of the pitcher's routine service to others send terrorist group by Kevin. A little bit of a chance to just put this time and Martin will not allow. Got a Marty Snider Ernie Irvin was Danny started just a touch title that Ryan has started to get looser the longer answer they know adjustments he was running eighth. Also Jeffrey but I was a little bit tight. But he felt that set of tires might have been bad Ernie Irvin was also I think as we mentioned earlier and and I'm Rusty Wallace also in on this in the pit road and the race off pit road it's gonna be won by Ward Burton Steve they do good work to get him back out first right behind him looks like Jeremy Mayfield followed by Bobbitt bodied top three out of the pits. But NASCAR Winston cup series coming your way live on motor racing network from Las Vegas, Nevada this afternoon the second running of the Las Vegas 400 I'm Alan best book along with Barney hall Joseph Moore and Dan Hubbard cover the corners today. Jim Phillips Winston Kelley and Bonnie Schneider in the pit and garage areas were under the second caution of the race came out for debris on the back straightaway at lap number 101. Well so far it's a panel of doctors billing all the drivers that we talked to the team said this would be of much much better race than we saw the first time the guys came here because they didn't really know the track that well and indeed has panned out that we've seen some of the best racing we've seen. Of the three this season this has been bandied. It has been a great race so far today it will hope it continues here's the teams all have depression years on there. Loaded up and ready go for another segment before we get back to the green flag let's set sail to Greg Biffle driver the Grainger Ford F 150 in the NASCAR craftsman truck series who stepped into the Booth where this. I know you've been chomping at the bit to go back racing you're gonna get the chance to do that here just a couple of weeks on March 20 down at homestead you all set and ready to go. Yeah or else set ready go it's you know the time off wasn't wasn't too bad the Daytona started and salary since going on and in Rockingham so. Now I'm really chomping at the bit then just can't wait to get started we test there earlier and and had a good test and destroy excited to get going. But NASCAR craftsman truck series tents to provide some rather exciting racing for folks that don't follow every week you guys don't hold anything back you laid offenders on each other. It really is kind of hard nosed competition. Is it that way because all the way the trucks are designed or is that just the way you guys race. I think it's just the way that they are a little both the way they're designed a way they're raised in and by NASCAR for trade is a tough trucks and a let's say it is it's door to door race and in and a half flat sides so their. A little more contact than we're known for little more short track race and then done that is really tough series the competition levels just it's gotten so tough. You were were rookie last season your first year driving for the rush team the biggest lesson you learned last year that's prepare you to win this year. I think the biggest lesson is going to be that we've been all the racetracks that you are showing up every week to a new facility and not ever art get a chance and now we got one year's notes on all the racetracks and will be able to come back end. And then have a baseline to start with an all we did last year and and be able to build on that. And you'd like to open the season with a victory down at homestead will wish you the best of luck not only here but the rest of the year appreciate your being here at Las Vegas this weekend. Thanks for have now. Greg Biffle driver the Grainger Ford F 150 in the NASCAR craftsman truck series for Roush racing homestead Florida sees it opener for the truck series Saturday the twentieth of march tickets available for the homestead 400. He's the folks down there at the homestead Miami speedway or call in of course motor racing network with live coverage of all the truck series races during the 1999 season will we'll look forward bringing it to you. They still brigadier for the truck series I think they go into a couple of different tracks and there is some great talent over in the truck series can look forward to get season under way. Well rusty get this one back underway here at Las Vegas Motor Speedway 106 laps around the board the feel was just give any indication we go ahead and form up for a double file restart we're gonna give it agreed when you come back this time off turner before. So let's kind of take you back through the top ten or twelve here Ward Burton. Let a great pit stop home only go comes back out and hangs on to the lead again Jeremy Mayfield comes out second Bob the body is third. If they get a couple of adjustments somebody's car he's had a strong car but it's been pushing up a little bit winning coming out of turn over four and it just about every position he's lost. He's had happened to run up there will be interesting to see how well he runs you're gonna put him back under green. Jeff Burton will line up fourth on this restart Bill Elliott fifth. Kenny Irwin will be six mark Martin's seventh eighth John Andretti ninth will be RD urban. Dale shared his tips Jeffrey vote I eleventh Jeff Gordon's back to twelfth Rusty Wallace thirteen turn to money for keeping Mike Skinner make a few top fifteen. But his car peels off the banking up internal reform moves down pit road double file restart as they come down the line believe Kenny Wallace going to be the first car a lap down they're trying to get himself back on the tail into the lead lap. Green flag goes in the air and Ward Burton wastes no time to try to pull away from the field Jeremy Mayfield goes with it. And none of those lapped cars and have a chance to get a lap back here they're back and want us. Two breakaway Ward Burton Jeremy Mayfield the body the body the third place man he's got to deal all the traffic first go after Steve park during turnover to. Just thought I saw the racetrack Jerry they do now fills the spot Natalie inside them. Drop the hammer down the backstretch is Ward Burton in the lead Jeremy Mayfield hanging onto his rear bumper. But while little Bonnie got caught behind the lap traffic there's two cars between himself for the second spot. As they come streaming off the quarter down to the strike back for about the sixth position years Kenny Erwin data the inside of Bill Elliott Mark Martin try to see what planes get all put up there they crossed the stripe and head back for one urban and. Elliott racing side by side something's gotta give dinners traffic just ahead Bret boat not occupies the outside lane and it's not the favorite like for the outside of what efficacy outside wall. Let's talk about that a part of getting your way this is applied for a fifth between Irwin and Bill Elliott Kenny Irwin will win that race to turn three. Meanwhile bottle Bonnie has cleared the lap traffic and we'll try to make a three card tool for the league. Bobby scrambles out well lap traffic back there has nothing but daylight between himself on the front too right now if he's got the stuff to get up there and race with a good scramble a little further back in the pack Jeff Burton trying to work his way out of some of that traffic back there and get up there to make it a four way battle. Kurt got a couple of cars just the thought of him both of those flat machines that are racing side by side Karrie they do. And Kenny Wallace birthplace of the inside chronically ill that Jeff Burton has got his work cut out from three lap cars in front of them before it even have a shot at Bonnie Bonnie. They'll pick them off one at a time Jeff Burton down to the low side now Hejduk picked him off has come up with her before. Tension that Johnny Benson has come back out of the garage area and rejoined the race after the accident at lap number eight he's running some ninety laps behind the leaders who go back to turn over one about to have a race for the lead Jeremy Mayfield sticks up. Rebecca Ward Burton both wiped out the white line at the bottom of the track you return to. Mayfield politics our track support for not yet step up. I'm just trying to car breakaway for the top spot down the backstretch it is Ward Burton in the lead Jeremy Mayfield right there. Now Bob little Bonnie begins to close the gap from the third position but Ward Burton. Is still a year later good race for the lead you wanna watch that burlap persona you'll look back in the field and what some of those cars that are kind of boxed in with a lap traffic trying to get back up there also for the moment the battle for the lead about a half for Carly between one and two field most detailed look clean Ward Burton leading Jeremy Mayfield the second place man. For the fact that race shaping up for the fourth spot as Jeff Burton. Is struggling to get final lap traffic getting open has caught up Jeff Burton had tied down mole off of turn two again trying to clear Kenny Wallace that allowed Kinnear would close the gap from fifth. So it is Burton in fourth. Irwin went on his bumper Mark Martin trying to make a free car fire. And just behind them below leave John Andretti and Ernie Irvin all stacked up in traffic with Dale Jarrett not far behind. 112 laps completed 267. In the Las Vegas 400 Ward Burton is the man out in front for now. Saban today just happen in turn over to infer a joke or. Like one of those us Brit car slides out a return to what I doubt that brought the Budweiser Chevrolet in the third ever soon little bit of high side of the track the cart car. Completely sideways and just drove off a roof kept it going in the right direction all the lost a couple of spots. Five degrees sideways at a 160 miles an hour break kind of thing here while the gallon back that's for sure that he did a great job to keep it off the wall couple things happening Ricky Rhodes cars off the pace of smoke trailing from behind it. Ricky craven has just come back from in the garage and there's some changing on the leaderboard. Jeff Burton has just taken third wave from body the body Mark Martin is just taken they have to wait for Kenny Irwin. So what is Ward Burton Jeremy Mayfield still running nose to tail one and two now with Jeff Burton just a couple of cartilage behind him in third. And caution for trouble left her two other back straightaway Michael Walt. The visit ball busting his horse betting halfway down the backstretch Steve Grissom made hard contact with them. He rolls deadly inside the racetrack and another car it is Elliott Sadler detect the inside retaining wall is at both the front and the back. Of the wood Brothers for it it. Caution out at lap 118. Involving about three to five cars overall turnover to back to Joseph Moore let's get now we looked up Barney there was a cloud of smoke assault Michael Waltrip car spinning sideways. He was collected videotape by Steve Grissom that Elliott Sadler got involved those two cars are still sitting on the grass here off the apron of the backstretch here comes Michael Waltrip onto pit road started on the outside of the front roll to the five drivers eligible for the Winston no bull five million dollar bonus today had high hopes for a good run good. Now he's gonna be on pit road. Would it looks like a little bit of sheet metal damage to the right side of the car Winston Kelley. I'm not so much a little bit to the right side in just a little bit to the left front of the car the left front tires down as Michael came down pit road that he was asking the growth. This just changed right side tire so they wouldn't lose the lab dedicate their that is the left front tires down that I have and get a crowbar Benedict the car so they can bet. That jacket underneath that now they crank it up and the gonna put on four tires on. Michael Waltrip Chevrolet. And we just watch Ricky Rudd make the turn back in the garage he has taken his car to the garage area here comes the race on the pit road all the front cars. Ward Burton brings him down pit road Jeremy Mayfield Jeff Burton is in body the body Mark Martin will come on pit road Kenny Irwin Bill Elliott and John and ready let's go down was to Kelly. Looks like it's going to be retained stops the crew working on the right side of war cartons larger and make the field. We'll spot just behind him a couple of bats balls. Body the body guard Allen. The rainbow warriors go to war on Jeff Gordon's car here comes Joseph and even Jack always grows getting foreign tires and gasoline attract Smart doesn't holdings. The tires on ten. Eight Hawaii Jim Phelps. Many urban event so despite scattered Dale Jarrett Bill Elliott. John Andretti Kevin OK Mark Martin Kerry robotic add Jeff Burton already game service. Right side tires looked like report things Jeff Burton that is lead back on the racetrack. Marty Snider some different strategy down here Jeffrey about nine gas only two tires for Ernie Irvin. And four tires for Rusty Wallace we mentioned Ricky budget problems is now behind the wall on seven cylinders they don't know put the plug wire what it is but they're gonna figure it out on the tide Ford at the track position becoming. More important is this race goes violently. Getting to see a little strategy played out on pit road a fire Winston Kelley righty said Jeff Gordon got right side tires only. So we'll follow up on that when we come back under the caution flag it looks like Jeremy Mayfield. We'll come out second to well check that you'll come out with the lead off out of pit road that it'll be Jeff Burton. Ward Burton Jeffrey bovine Jeff Gordon Terry the body Ernie your body the body Mark Martin and Kenny Irwin that'll be where they come off pit road after the caution flag stops. Third caution of the race brought out for a three car accident off turn two on the back straightaway Michael Waltrip Steve Grissom and Elliott Sadler involved. The is Sadler and Grissom cars needing to be told a way. But the drivers were okay Michael Waltrip has made now for pit stops under the caution trying to stay on the lead lap and get damage to his machine repaired. It's a different pit strategy played out by teams under this caution flag let's get a recap first with Jim Phillips and Jim in addition to that report. Mark Martin made a second pit stop put these yellow flag. Well obviously dipped the crew call fort. Two guitars personally change of I would too for that we're back to do and then back before they got to all America right get the other two. Now they don't care they got for the time. Jerry nobody got to charge and so did it Jeff Burton told a CIA plays out on this particular runs the other two vs the four worked out for the received was to Kelly. The retains on the midsection of pit road getting to tires as well Jeremy Mayfield who came out. With the lead also Ward Burton gaining two tires along with Jeff Gordon who we talked about a moment ago the first one and out with four tires on the midsection pit road. Was Bobby Rabbani. Marty Snyder's back in the garage and Jeffrey about dying not to gas only on a stop we felt like he had been as fast as the leaders for most of the day. In earlier and took two tires we mention the problems for Ricky Rudd Ricky now out of the race and Ricky what happened. I'm are not really sure some of the motor broke earlier broke a valve pretty terminal it went down to the distant and we can complete in a canoe ride it out and none. There's just missed it today you know we weren't doing we got here never really seem to get down and we've edited Justin made a gamble early and rice in. We're way back in a failed us so well we come and work on the car and that tough and all the fuel William working on the cardigan and a problem it. We jobs jet went out Horry shot restarted about three quarters of a lap down so. We lost laptop pretty early in there we are good enough to get it back but I think the covers better they're gonna probably met a fifteenth place. Put in place car and we just never got a chance down you go and the tide car being loaded up on the hauler and he's done. For the day Acura the first driver officially retired from the vet may be the nominee of the members of the media and attended Saturday's race for the goodies headache award. Voted the driver who suffers the hardest luck during the running over preparation for the race 3600. Dollars to the winner from goodies headache powders and tablets the official pain reliever. Of NASCAR. Field is about ready to go green one more time paste are easing off the banking up and terse three of four will come down pit road they'll see the green flag when they come into the straightaway 24 cars are still on the lead lap Michael Waltrip is the last one of those back they're 24 position. The leader Jeremy Mayfield Jeff Burton right behind in green goes in the air they race off to terminal one us urinate do tries to get himself up there and run the leader may be a left himself not going to be able to do it. Jeremy Mayfield gets away from Nate do here comes second place Jeff Burton. He swings the high side of the racetrack it turned over to he also will clear they do they give up Ward Burton worked at the outside the racetrack kept separate vote night. It Jeff Gordon all over him off turn two to four is trying to fly away from the Pontiac and Ward Burton what they can't do it for the moment mayfield in the top spot. Jeff Burton in second Ward Burton worked in the outside groove through three and four at your top three cars headed back at us drive. Off the turn coming down to the start finish like completing lap 124. Lap 134 will be halfway through the vetted at that point pass out the 101000 dollar Gatorade front runner road warriors a race for the fourth position Jeff Gordon. Switch to the inside of Jeffrey boat died he'll get five pick up the spot there further back. Earning urban bought little body or go on its side by side with the video but right behind look at all you've got a 31 with a lap star Brett both dying down low will Ernie Irvin back I don't Ronald noise does not need to shut the door. On Kenny early but he lost touch with Bob the body and not fight. Headed back to the strike. As for the real scramble is going around back there from eighth ninth and tenth that involves Bob and Bonnie Kinnear when Joni reject Rusty Wallace and Bill Elliott a real tussle don't collect one. Bob and nobody's got the wake of that traffic and I closes it'll some other traffic just ahead getting urban further back with. Now hurting your open trying to get. If I am also Rusty Wallace of the things they are rusty decked out all the Joseph David Jeff. Following him there was a great Dick by Rusty Wallace of the little light for quite draws alongside Kenny Ehrlich they'll go side by side into turn three. Irwin sticks attacks go happily fork to the outside. Not giving up the position to Rusty Wallace nose to tail for the lead Jeff Burton right on Jeremy Mayfield back bumper here's Terri the body all the way in the paper to the racetrack you take fifth spot away from Jeffrey bovine strong move for Terry able bodied dropping down low side of the track clears that traffic upfront once again here's Jeff Burton going after Jerry. They feel the side by side they arranged to try. Agreed to Ford's don't want that for the first spot Jeff Burton will beat. Jeremy Mayfield to turn three buddies working at a high groove so mayfield got a better line down low they're still side by side output turned. Hole neither one giving an inch as they come off the color and back down the line looked like Hillary about a dead heat it would have been mayfield let it be six or seven pitches but Jeff comes right back after him in turn one and neither one lifting if they hit the corner side by side Jeff Burton looked strong of a high side of the racetrack he gets a no Saturday brought. May feel why still pull up alongside its double fault lack headline for takes the top spot. All this fighting allows Ward Burton to close the gap from the third position. Jeff Burton in the lead Jeremy Mayfield in second Ward Burton in third that's about five Carly back the fourth fifth position Jeff Gordon. Authored a report of the strike lap 128 of the books Jeff Burton re assumes command. All this Las Vegas 400 farther back Ernie Irvin struggling after the restart his car not handling as well as he would like. He was up they're pretty well with a green flag wave now Jolie's follow all the way back to about fifteen. Dropping back through traffic birdie Ervin what problems also getting hurt but has also put some of the positions he swept cannot hide two laps to go and turn over three. He's lost about five plus Kenny Irwin and home heavy heavy traffic down the backstretch the outside of Joseph gave a check and Bill Elliott. Controlled Derrick cope with that mix go to John Andretti and Dale Jarrett those six cars and a very tight pack around turns three and four. But at the front of the field is three car breakaway for the moment Jeff Burton is ahead by maybe a couple of car lengths over Jeremy Mayfield will Ward Burton Jeff Gordon back their fourth pedaling all he can't try to run him down. And you can't turn a funny back in the fifth position trying to catch net traffic and racing further back at some of the hardest working heavy traffic Bill Elliott. Jody the check John Andretti Dale Jarrett bottling him. The first three clubs again it's Kenny Irwin with Bill Elliott filling up his Bear's nose to tail into turn three per win. Very comfortable in that Ford right now seems to work highlighted and the low line right now trying to put Kenny Wallace a lap down. Herman running in ninety Bill Elliott running intent to succumb to the start finish slides we've seen some. Pretty differing pit strategy played out here this most recent caution I think we need to point out that the first driver. The restart order that had four tires was Bobbie the body he re starting in the eighth position. He's moved up to seventh now. And Mark Martin backs right away put our cars were involved many Arab one of those a cloud of smoke completely blocked my view from here the smoke began as a clear Kenny Irwin one of the first cars involved other cars rolling down the inside the right track well updated a moment. Big cloud of dust over there it's gonna involve at least three or four cars everybody came out of the apron of the racetrack trying to drive through that when we give it just a moment for the smoke and dust to clear. And Joseph from here we could see at least three or four cars couple sitting out against the wall and three or four down on the grass buckshot Jones up against the outside retaining wall body we've got Jodi detects car delving inside grass. Jimmy Spencer but that Bill Elliott is involved his car still sitting out all the grass off the apron of the track. David check it buckshot Jones every fire their cars are driven away like the guy who got the worst of this is Kenny Irwin. A lot of damage to the front and at the left side of his car race slammed into the inside retaining wall and Barney Kenny Wallace was also involves so too hysterical the fact Kenny Wallace now limping back to the pits. Lots of body damage to the right rear of that car. Number of car. Involved in an accident off of turn every two and on the back straightaway which has says seemingly been a trouble spot here today. Going behind the wall is Kenny Wallace Jody wee check Derek holt come down pit road buckshot Jones comes down pit road this is the fourth caution of the race Joseph Moore those cars. In the top ten Kenny Irwin was at the time and does something just went away they're off of turn over to they all started scrambled eggs. Then in from there it appeared to be that case salad as it came off turn over to it looked like up possibly Kenny got turned sideways maybe got to pull the high side of the racetrack a bit when he did just collected everybody. It's that cloud of smoke so I couldn't see a thing. With the smoke cleared but it can't Europe with the worst of it luckily for him though he is out of the car walking over to the ambulance. They did here was Carr might have broken loose going through the call earlier we'll talk about that a little bit more bullet right now looks like about two thirds of the front runners are on pit road let's go down quickly it was to Kelly. And others there are coming now and I'll pit road all leaders there on the midsection Jeff Gordon. A lot of money all the rest of them now to Jim Phillips. And also Dale Jarrett is in mind on this topic of another chance to adjustment to round them through working on the track bar. That prohibits bikes gutter and Rick James doctors get a Bart Bart has been back again. JG target this car capital pacers got a little bit of an accident but repaired after pulling it out that it should be all right in the right front fender affidavits. John Andretti has little damage on the left brought just a birdie thing out of Marty Snider. What Jimmy Spencer sits on pit road and they are checking to tell when his car. He got a little bit of that accident as well specially on the left side big break for Ernie Irvin on my caution flags Emery took two tires last time the tires did not match up. That's set of tires he had on so they came and took four tires on and your oven score. The only two cars that haven't driven away from the accident scene are those of Kenny Irwin and Bill Elliott both of them being hooked up to a wrecker over on the back straightaway we see your went out of his car and moving around and I just fine and believe that Elliott got from his machine also. And walked over to the ambulance to the trip to the care center speaking of which. Winston Kelley went back here to talk with some of the drivers involved in the last caution back at lap 118 Winston. Well two of them walked out of the care center under their own power won almost Steve Grissom he was okay. Elliott Sadler now standing here looking over the damage to sit go forward Elliott had to say don't vote and run out. Just look like some automatic kind of Akamai Conan and got him around and just so much smoke in not just panicked I guess just Johnny guess land and a town try to get into that in just knocked a bonus and this on iPods as they're about his sick in everybody known as liberal as famous as make a lot of bad mistakes in last three weeks and I just need to. Get a gut check can turn this thing around in Indy cars that run up as they've been a nanny to step up a little bit and have these guys down. Pass Elliott Sadler even though the accident to happen in front of him Elliott taken. The good bit of the blame on his own Childers for their involvement in it. Kenny Wallace drove his car into the garage area so the square dig through going to be working on it to try to get him back in the race. Geneva chicken Derrick cope with also taken their cars back behind the wall all I've as a result of this most recent caution at lap number 130. 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Back at Las Vegas Motor Speedway one lap away for the restart the resumption of the Las Vegas 400 couple the reports first of Marty Snider who Kenny Wallace had a good finish last week Iraqi him he finished thirteenth and not today. Adam and literally Kenny what happened. They said canning. It got so I was underneath me and them. Can you know just drive along there and I guess he gets sideways underneath me for a new it you know you mean the door and I was in a wall so. Against you know just rice and hardening it galleys. Scored eighteen working on the car right now they should be able to get back in skinny now Wallace not done for the day. And let's go to Winston Kelley who is in the vicinity of Jody that chicks try they've taken it back behind the wall Winston. Mergers just now climbing out of the BellSouth ship received we can get a comment from him. Junket to tell what caused it. I think it's 18 car is a little bit of a hurry very I don't know what happened Eminem 55 got together in one of those cars new weapon Aaron. I tried to go and download that I got hit a rare and it just like all is all heck broke Lou summing cards bounce around enough. Like we hit pretty hard judge at the same your car qualified good was running good doesn't just trying to bide our time. Had taken his time but one able to get to the finish a lot of damage mostly concentrated on the right side of the car just pancaked. All the way down the right sides after strong second place run yesterday Jenny mystic behind the walls. Feel that comes down the line green flag goes in the air Jeff Burton the leader in Jeremy Mayfield who is second set sail for turner won trying to dispensed of that lap traffic and they do was to get to the corner mayfield is not left you never get too far away they draw upon as well president cup racing back to turn over to. Clearing the lapped car Jerry may do further back. Port for life on the first spot. For now Jeff Gordon he's too busy work at some of the heavy traffic as they hit down the backstretch Jeff Burton tries to extend his lead to a lot for car lengths and now Jeremy Mayfield able to close that gap we Ward Burton in third. Jeff Gordon taking a low line and sports. Because we were under caution at the halfway point of the race that few green flag lap after the restart will be when the Gatorade monies paid out there is left blind Jeff Burton is out in front by about two car lengths they feel lost touch with Burton for a while now start to really come back can't put that out for car lengths of the race leader. Further back Jeff Gordon real busy trying to get. Five feet Carson a lavishing their racing side by side single file for the top three cars however as they cleared the lap traffic it's still Jeff Burton at the point. Jeremy Mayfield and second Ward Burton and third here comes Jeff Gordon. Trying to work the outside of Steve park couple third hole Jeff Gordon has not been a factor as far as getting up there in leading any of this race this afternoon although he's hung around the top ten just about all day every time they've made a pit stop that keep working on the car seem to be getting a little bit better currently use up in third place trying to dispense with a couple of cars to get a little closer to the front to politics aren't practicing hard court this for now trying to clear that machine while carrying a funny. The fifth spot closes it clear that the court. There's nobody is gaining ground on Jeff Gordon that would be the fight for fifth as Steve park is not doing Gordon any favors at all. Gordon riding in the tire tracks apart still here comes Terry nobody in the Kellogg's Chevrolet off the court data complete the third green flag lap after the restart Jeff Burton out in front by sixty incidents sickened over Jeremy Mayfield and Ward Burton. Bobby the body of Jeffrey gold mine you'd go double wide for six doesn't last very long Bobby this week throttled by grabs the sixth position Jeffrey both live. Tax on those rare that looks back. She's Rusty Wallace at par par start to close our camp. Not retaliate against Bob Hope Bonnie down the backstretch. And as the guy looks in his rearview mirror here comes Rusty Wallace who died had a problem with a brother Brett who died. As they're side by side through turn four Jeffrey startup they're able to work at the bottom of the racetrack as well as he would like it either watch him get a little high at every time around the last couple laps Bob and body trying to break out of some that traffic can get back up there his car seems to get better as the day goes by also. Right now he's got a boxed in no return to lobby for the sixth position after. Getting by Jeffrey vote not happen. He's now. Some of those cars set its sights on another lap cars just ahead before it catches the front runners on and Bonnie has some good horsepower down that backstretch Jerry may do will be his next victim. You like your leader is still Jeff Burton with a healthy lead of about ten Carlin. Then here it comes to the strive to complete the fifth green flag lap after the restart so Jeff Burton will take the 101000 dollar Gatorade front runner award today from Gatorade the official sports drink of NASCAR as the midway point leader of this race let's set the field for you know a little bit past 200 miles. It's Jeff Burton leading Jeremy Mayfield a second Ward Burton finished third Jeff Gordon is fourth. Did this Terry the body body body is six Jeffrey bite seven Mark Martin receipt Rusty Wallace is night Dale Jarrett runs tenth. Eleventh does Dale Earnhardt Mike Skinner is twelve Sterling Marlin thirteenth Ernie Irvin fourteenth and Rick mast and fifty. Sixty days Chad little Wally Dublin Becky seventeenth John Andretti is eighteenth can trader nineteenth given the page twentieth. And Michael Waltrip is the last car on the lead lap in 21 position. One lap down a steep part in 22. Jerry debut in 23 Red Bull riding 24 and rich pickle in 25 along with 26 place Darrell Waltrip. And Jimmy Spencer and 27 position. Two laps down Bobby Hamilton in 28 tee to green in 29 in top Hubert in thirtieth. Three laps down buckshot Jones and 31 Stanton Barrett is four laps down in thirty seconds behind the wall Jody reject Kenny Irwin Bill Elliott Derrick cope. Kenny Wallace steep Chris and Elliott Sadler and Ricky Rudd. Ricky craven Tony Stewart and Johnny Benson are 41 second and third all back on the speedway after time behind the wall early in the event. Well Ali guys are predicting that maybe the six star which belongs to Mark Barton and the 99 car which belongs to Jeff Burton might be the two strongest cars yesterday at final practice session. At least one of those is certainly materialized Jeff Burton has had a great run here this afternoon for the moment. Once he got back in the lead here just a second ago he has already pulled away from Jeremy Mayfield by a full second or better. Jeremy is gonna feel some heat here adjustable for the second spot for more burden more is chased him down as the go to turn one. Up port there and also Jeff Gordon coming into the mix as well he writes just behind Ward Burton for second and third to be pretty good for stick. More now about Carly couple rear deck of Jeremy Mayfield the backstretch. Jeff Gordon in the fourth position slowly and methodically. Working his way up to the front but really mayfield and the second spot. Ward Burton riding a lower line through turns three and four not able to close the gap this time around on Jeremy Mayfield. Just passed 200 miles in today's Las Vegas 400 let's go downstairs and get your work with Kenny Irwin cutie read a great story. Just before all this happened what happened. Just so I'm just got loose on new tires and now it took about ten laps again gone in with. The. Black car on the outside just trying to get under and then got to lose. First time it looked like it was good separation. Yeah I mean just got loose and trying to save up the racetrack and second time there is. The summit there. Let's get your weather assure you that have a report but it could rarely at this point looks doubtful that they get it back in and run up to speed it up. The stay in the race. Too bad for candy because he was seven a very solid day in the top ten all afternoon long but he will be in the garage one and number of cars back in behind the wall at this point in the event. At the Las Vegas Motor Speedway live coverage of the Las Vegas 400 for the NASCAR Winston cup series on motor racing network a 151 laps complete 116 to go. Jeff Burton is the race leader by two and a half seconds over Jeremy Mayfield. The largest lead anyone has had all afternoon blogs that are very competitive event thus far seventeen lead changes among eight different drivers now Bill Burton has pulled away. After this most recent restart. Jeremy Mayfield Jeff Gordon Ward Burton and Mark Martin make up the rest of the top five. Any positions six through ten for the momentary nobody Bobby nobody. You Jared Jeffrey bovine and Dale Earnhardt all the way up into the top ten after starting back in 38 position. Can't for the bullets feel kind of really stringing out around here at least among the top ten minutes lap 152. Goes up on the scoreboard. Let's say wants Jeff Burton he was good from the get go this afternoon as the day goes by he's getting even better and that's not good news for its competition as he works his way over to turn three. Do you really does look good morning stretching his lead out now by about twelve car lengths and I think the Roush cars are starting to assert themselves as Mark Martin. Now rise in the sixth position that he is moving out passing terrifying like he was standing still so watch for Mark Martin to move up into the top three. Look to go to pit road and talk with a couple of teams share in the next few laps Jeff Burton's car obviously running very well Jeff Gordon's team is. Kind of like carry that'll refused to lose motto here this afternoon through a couple of hundred miles of not looking too terribly impressive but here they are running well. And tried to chase down Jeremy Mayfield for the second spot. You bet Ward Burton who was up front for a good part of the midsection of the race is falling back just a little bit and still running in the top five and fourth position. But he told few seconds behind his brother Jeff. The right now pretty good race shaping up for position that we'll follow for the next few laps for sixth seventh and eighth off turn four between the the body Brothers and Dale Jarrett. As they come down lie about it of money drives underneath Terry try to take it away Dale Jarrett sits right behind him he may be able to get under him also they go to one very. Wanted to pull back down the racetrack and block that move by Dale Jarrett but he wasn't quite quick enough Bobby got five dale got by as well there has to settle at behind both of them. Does it feel funny I can afford any shabby doorman for six position body upon leaving those three cars. Down the backstretch Dale Jarrett make it a pretty good race of the year through turns three and four as all afternoon abominable lies had a problem near the exit of four. Allowing guilty right now to climb up the rear bumper. And farther ahead here's the challenge for second Jeff Gordon is after Jeremy Mayfield didn't take it long he makes the pass before they candidates are number one has the Weasley outside the racetrack. For a slower car Johnny Benson the outside lane and scored just picks his weight room grabbed the second position. We'll see if Jeremy Mayfield can hang on and third as Jeff Gordon now has gotten past it for the second spot. Both cars ride a little bit of identical lines mayfield now let's slide up a bit through turns three and four the fans get on their feet for Jeff Gordon in second. Got a Richard Jeff pretty good the last seven or eight laps around me as the picked off position after position. Currently gets himself up and the number two spot the boy he has got a long ways to go before he catches a leader of the public turned to. Don't want it on the second spot Jeff Gordon good way of the banking taken up much higher line than it was earlier today mayfield not losing sight of them Ward Burton further back now with a position about ten cars behind that battle Jeff Burton almost as an entire backstretch link civil lead. Over second spot Jeff Gordon are even though Jeff Gordon has second is not pulling away from Germany field. Comings and goings from the garage Ricky craven goes back behind the wall while Elliott Sadler rejoined the race out there were involved in the crash Beckett left over 10818. Comes back out of the speedway forty laps down to race leader Jeff Burton while crave it again goes back behind the wall. Well it's a Winston no bull five million dollar bonus race. You can count on Jeff Gordon beat up their cell where try to get the money he's done in more than anybody else has a rich top maker of RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company is stepped into the boot the director event operations. What's the other no bull five race you go out what is it 34 times you've given up that check to let Jeff Gordon over the years. We gave it live here and out now three times two times last year. Once at Daytona this year so he is going for the fourth time at the million dollars. Unbelievable why adding Las Vegas to the program this year you decided to make this race won the Winston noble fight and that's why. Here right last year we were at the brickyard Indianapolis and there were some things there that. I made it difficult for them for both sides to work there we are very pleased being there but I Indianapolis decided they'd rather not do that event there are so we moved to Las Vegas received. Another group of five race fans the chance to become a millionaire one of the drivers Winston no bull five million dollar bonus today I know you've been around the ball weekend little. ET a little anxious being in Vegas with a million hanging on the line. Yeah we had our press conference on not Thursday afternoon Fremont street to a pair the drivers up with Sarah fans and a lot of talk going on file one of those who went a million what they do with a lot of were saying they might go back to casinos and maybe try to double. Mary coach Jeff Gordon is racing for Jim sand LO enrolled bill Pennsylvania Dale Earnhardt for Joseph Markowitz at Michigan City, Indiana. Kenny Irwin for frank K sure of Lake Elsinore California Mike Skinner for fate. For now steel Lake Worth Florida and I'm sure I didn't pronounce that right faith. Michael Waltrip racing for right Clinton have Grand Junction, Colorado here today this double file program is really generated a lot of interest among the drivers I'm sure that you folks have been pleased with the way it's gone. Al we've been very pleased we're looking forward to our next one this is not even over yet we're looking forward to. Going to Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte for an excellent the Coca-Cola 600 late night talk. Like finishers today get to run for the million dollar bonus on memorial weekend rich appreciate your dropping by and we'll keep an eye out see you play you get the chance to give the check away at the end of the afternoon. Thanks I appreciate very much rich out Becker the director event operations for RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company watching those five drivers pursue the Winston no bull five million dollar bonus at Vegas today. And there are still very much in the hunt here this afternoon Michael waters chances a little bit diminished to the fact that he gets caught up in that accident over there they've made done this several repairs on the car but he is still out there and running. We're now looking at a 161 laps complete here in the Las Vegas 400 that would give us 106. To go and for the leader right now Jeff Burton. Talk about a cake walk on this section or at least this run between pit stops. Nobody is gaining any ground thought maybe Jeff Gordon's going to be with chasing down but I believe as they go back to turner who won the animals getting bigger isn't it. Gets up to about four seconds now it was just a couple of second to few laps ago so. Burton really kind of pour the colts on the fire let's drop back in the field pretty good race. Four positions 8910 and eleven Terry the body has the eight spot dale earnhardt's try to take night from Jeffrey ball. Mind working with him coming into the corner Jeffrey goat eyeballs back off the pace a little bit now about a fact they were bracing for the spot. O'Donnell lost the better grab that battle now Dale Earnhardt is a racer regardless of the position that he's racing for he wanted to pull the trigger a couple laps to go to get by typical guy and he does who's trying all kinds of lies to get five point nine and now he sets his size Ontario body. Currently riding in the eighth position. Sales got a pretty good race car at least dissection of the race been watching a little bit earlier he was running into a real hot line at the corner after this last round of pit stop deceased Buchanan right now the bottom of the racetrack and make it stick there 170 laps or complete. 97 to go to 67 make up the distance this afternoon and at this stage of the race a driver has the biggest lead any what does that all day Jeff Burton is out in front by nearly four seconds on Jeff Gordon. After raced to be seen seventeen lead changes among eight different drivers that could put this afternoon. There really has just sit here look at that feels kind of gets strung out a little bit right now just wondering if maybe the temperature has changed out there because up until that last round of pit stops it looked like everybody was dialed in pretty good had some good racing going on all the way back through the field. Alligator and a little bit strung out Ryan's been a tough day for Jimmy Spencer Spencer normally would get up there run in the top. Bobby Hamilton had his share of problems here this afternoon Mike Skinner you just pitching there on commercial break like ran fairly good in the early going but nice things he's thinking back just a little bit that's. At twenty cars on the lead lap at this point. Jeff Burton Jeff Gordon Jeremy Mayfield Ward Burton and Mark Barton at the top 560. Champ Dale Jarrett Bobby the body Dale Earnhardt Jeffrey bovine into carry the body. Those drivers with thirty you're gonna Mike Skinner from six down to twelve pretty good pack of cars racing for positions the last several laps around that you got Wally gallon back in thirteenth. John Andretti in fourteenth fifteenth is Rusty Wallace Chad little who seeks deep Rick nasty seventeenth and trader eighteenth. Sterling Marlin is ninety jet on the page is twentieth in the last driver on the lead lap Michael Waltrip has just gone one lap down. To get some updates from pit road starting with Jim Phillips. Good morning they wanna play the picture's gone up a little bit. Doctor frank Stoddard the crew chief for Jeff Burton Greg brought the world that you do that while the last pit stopping. He's taken at Wrigley this. I don't know look at the pretty good all day had just been doing a great job and Exide batteries went nuts out there today. Leon Panetta could get down on the daily gets down struggled just a little bit hit another pit stop that one of the one or two spots enough. But just keep going around today you will not be in decent shape it needed gosh you hit a lovemaking that's going down. That could damage the flight got held up later on little fuel mileage that we talked about before this race started. Look at the best nobody Dick good Bichette hit could be somebody's board but it could come into play before this race is open. If it stays green it. Definitely will what do Kelly has been down and Jeff Gordon's pit let's get a report there. So if we can get a quick comment re ever and the great shape on the clock. Right just went to look at the tires back there has been on the par save your look at this thing out the entire lawyers spent on the left side with the daytime or not. That's exactly what I was doing you don't look like it's gonna come down without a stop and halfback figured he ended up. You have to really be thinking about what you're gonna do because of the Wear and left brought out of the question but have pretty good it was tied earlier on that he got back corrected and I. Yeah but not not as good as we need to do right now is not saying anything so which is still to keep me keep working on a started eleventh currently running second remember they put on two tires the last time. And ray ever have always planning ahead looks like it's going to be at least another stop he said stop and have that may still be on that road at least two more time. In the way I've got to calculated out most of the leaders stopped Atlanta number 100 in 1963. Laps was what they need green flag stops at before so stretched that out to 65 just because they ran a few laps under the yellow there. It'd be about lap 185. That they would come down pit road for service were at 176 now then put another 65 laps on top of that. That is let 250. Which would give a seventeen laps to go now take that seventeen number and no this. Dale Jarrett. John Andretti Mike Skinner mark Martin's. Who else on the lead lap Rick mast Kevin look peach Sterling Marlin Dale Earnhardt can trader Ernie European. Chad little they all stopped at lap 132. On that next caution that followed quickly with some of the other front runners like Burton and Gordon stayed on the racetrack. So lot of that seventeen laps they've got another twelve laps that they can possibly go on fuel. Could we see a fuel mileage play if this thing run screen to the finish could be interesting to see. Threw a perfect place to gamble as somebody said Justin bit earlier sort of Marty Snider for the racing gods have certainly been smiling on beyond our Ken Hamlin and Hamlin. It's anybody's really great enough that just lived up to 7000 cars and I always. Still just a little bit tight right is there like we've been all week here in good. We've made gains that it. I don't know I'm. I think we need it plans right now to close everything back up then a chance to. Pitted on lap 132 can you make it a one stop. Our plan is right now. I'm still on our plan once thought there's strategy that we talked about guys. I was just kind of have to as Bill Elliott says can wait and see how this one plays out of precaution should come out here in the next ten or fifteen laps of course that changes things and if one comes out late though. But would like to talk about fuel strategy in case it does stay green can look ahead a bit. 178 laps around the board for Jeff Burton. Lot of times it looks easy out there who when you talk to the land after the race if he wins it or whatever slows easier looks a lot of time but he's got the combination that he needs for the moment. The pit strategy be getting to be played out second place runner Jeff Gordon and third place runner Ward Burton dropped off the track on the pit road Atlanta 183. Go to Winston Kelley. Rainbow warriors now all the way around the west side of the car it's still very smooth pit stop is Geneva Jack. Prepared to come out fine as a foreign tire stop the caterpillar mining act is Jeff Gordon. Yeah next eight point 63 seconds wow that's as good as obviously say in awhile and Warren art now more tires and gasoline these. Finished his service. Tony Stewart who spent some time behind the wall completes this store the bit more out now for body look Bonnie and Jeremy night failed now wails about one Gordon. To the attention of volunteers in the group they got to work on the right side of that forward. Looks like it's going to be a routine for tire stop don't think any chassis adjustment thus far. He becomes the leader Jeff Burton off of pit road coming down for his service it'll be a lap number 185. It should hand the top spot over to Mark Martin of every he was one of those that made the later pit stop Barton in. About what 1112 laps rather than later and Jeff Burton was to pit lane brought to you by the McDonald's drive through to cover the Jeff Burton stopped. They're kind of jumped toward the end they go to work go to ride touted battle over the rubble today making the Pentagon. Just cost of a couple of Bob towards that this time they're trying to make this morning please spot of the day the couple around the web site that Jack goes out of may placate the left side tires. Second get a 76 field is going Greg he's got a brother brought tired getting. Stop port Jeff Burton had good stuff for a Marty Snider. Danny was a little bit tide won't turn in the. Mark Martin is now the race leader over Dale Earnhardt Dale Jarrett Mike Skinner in Geoffrey O'Brien. It's a Las Vegas 400 for the NASCAR Winston cup series live on motor racing network glad that you joined this Ellen district here with Barney hall to Warren Dan Hubbard in the quarters Jim Phillips Winston Kelley and Marty Snider the pit garage areas what's going on right now. It's a little pit strategy shoveling up the field Mark Martin is taken over the lead over Dale Earnhardt Dale Jarrett Mike's catering Jeffrey ball died. It's everybody Wally gallon back John Andretti and champ little along with ten trader make up the rest of the top ten spots Sterling Marlin is eleven to give the pages twelve. Those drivers all pitted about ten laps later that the front runners who just made green flag stops who's being Jeff Burton and Jeff Gordon primarily they come off of pit road. Right now at a kind of precarious position they're a lap down to the race leaders until the rest to the make their stops which precautions like we're come out. Could turn this whole event upside down for those teams are. There's a bunch of guys out there right now the last thing morally wanna see would be a yellow flag. Some pretty good Paxson traffic getting awful close to bumping each other just watching go around the track here a couple of moments coach Dale Jarrett was locked up in one of those hitting over his turn three. That's right he's been dueling with Dale Earnhardt all afternoon at least for the last fifty or sixty laps Earnhardt has moved himself up to second spot right now of course he has yet to hit. Please donate using less of the racetrack than anybody else. Now we're watching Mark Martin Dale Earnhardt we are the earnhardt's crew a couple of minutes ago that they plant the triangle the race on just one more stop which will probably come up. In the next. Ten to twelve laps or sell what about mark Martin's team we think they can go the distance on just one more stop after they pitted at lap 132. It's over the other front runners stayed out Jim Phillips has been following up on that story for us Jim what do you think. Let's find out that there had smiles on the faces what I had told them well but these guys that pitted this little Diddy pity the last game. Dedicated like you know one more stop well that's what a planet that's not mean at all ever gonna win because Jeff Burton's too tough for us. Have a problem there but looks like you've made it up though and I I've missed I messed up my mess the ball up and admit. That's giving critics though they've made up a lot of spots fits that little miscue with the pit area but they're going to try to make it one more stop. As the manager who securely. Well they're on the midsection of pit road doesn't look like anybody's gonna be able to make it the distance stared at modest group. Normally gets as good a fuel mileage is any but it doesn't look like they're going to be able to make it on fuel Wally dollar back still there's not pitted. They do it hard to come in they definitely gonna have to come back again one more time Jeremy Mayfield Michael Waltrip Bobby the Bonnie. Jeff Gordon and Rick mast golf game and about five or ten laps ago so they'll definitely have to make one more stop. There are about thirteen cars to run that late. Fuel stops scheduled that are on the lead lap no one of the burning Europe and is already given up the track position in coming into the pit stop with the leaders here comes another open David Green down we're pit stop self. We're looking at probably one of the first few Marten Earnhardt. Dale Jarrett Mike Skinner Jeffrey gold mine is maybe being the guys are gonna try and maybe steal a win here. If they can do it on one list pit stop and of course all of this predicated on there being no caution. Between now and the checkered flag. David Green Bobby Hamilton Brett boat ride in for pit stop while Mark Martin continues to lead important to note. That is teammate Jeff Burton is just moved around market got himself on the tila the lead lap so should caution flag come out. Burton would be good at. Jeff Gordon would not he still is not clear Mark Martin Dunlap himself atop the pit stops Winston Kelley. Brett put signs groove completing work on the paycheck sport assimilate the Kodiak Chevrolet. David grange who's got the damage to the left side of the car he got involved in one of those accidents this sheet metal has been pushed again. On the left side of that Chevrolet completed his sport tire stop. Same thing for Brett but I'm more tires and gasoline the pit board now going out for channel money. Expect him in here in the motherland. And buckshot Jones is making a stop also at the moment as he brings his car into the pit for attention they're Sterling Marlin is on pit road these would be scheduled and routine stops. 194. Laughs a little bit of everything today here is Gerry the body peels off the banking at Paterno before to make this stuff right now. Terry is currently running in sixth position will follow his stop as he hits them pit road. Nancy how quickly can get him in and out let's go to the pits. But nobody's good now at the pit board out waiting on Terri to come down pit road he's about five now four. 32 beds and all right now he'll stop on the binders in the pro and am going to work on the left side Terry. Slides at just a little bit but stays inside the pit box they dinning jacks it up Mike I'm gonna run out and doing the duties on the tires richt also puts into. The first ten cent music pricing until now they will around the left side of the Kellogg shedding going to be a ritzy for tire stop pretend to Bonnie. Jeff Gordon is just weird Mark Martin got himself back on the tail into the lead lap so we're caution to come out before Martin pitch it won't affect coordinating pretty good race for second spot. Dale Jarrett is just take it away from Dale Earnhardt headed down through turns one and two now there in three. And Dale Earnhardt try to retaliate down to the inside he's got Mike Skinner has left doubles badly it is closed off for the moment. Gaylord I don't have the following the tire tracks of Dale Jarrett for. Military task and I had to play catch up here most of the afternoon still very much in the hunt however he's got plenty of time left to get it dialed in get himself up there and in contention to win this event. Race for second continues to be good when Mike Skinner is on the movie got third for dale are not a minute ago and now he's after second on. Dale Jarrett he's got to get your return average new Dale Jarrett just by the Beckett let's get our robot there's a problem. For Dale Jarrett he's off the pace as both scatter in our hearts go client. Dale Jarrett whale off the pace down the backstretch now takes a back entrance into the nets so there is a problem on the quality care Ford. That he's got a gas Dale Jarrett one of those drivers who stopped at lap 130 to try to make the distance on one more visit to pit road here slept 199. PJ makes it around that inner road. That brings the inside of turn 34 it's kind of a pit access road it's they Dan Hubbard call at the back entrance to the pits but it's perfectly legal for him to come down there particularly when he's off the pace. And an ever so slowly losing so much time Dale Jarrett coasting down pit road his pit stall is all laid down towards turn one. Jim I'm not sure receiving gonna make it. The group up all the wall of the gasoline needed got the right call there he is not a pill fury cubs. We're lucky city as well a lot of time the car is not running they have the data starting we'll let me. The cars fire now the first hit his head rather tasty tires and lawyers should be all but there's not a lot of time. Dale Earnhardt brings his dark pit road also Wally dollar back is making of this stuff for the moment quickly let's go up to Marty Snider. Finally end here on lap 200. More tired now I just. The hardest one of those guys Canadian air right. Along stopped when he point 48 seconds and put Dale Earnhardt. And here comes the leader Mark Martin to pit road right behind him come Mike Skinner. John Andretti a couple of the other drivers on that off pit schedule so too old one will be to stop for Mark Martin 66 to go to the finish no caution he can probably do it from here Jim if they get good work can get it full of fuel. I'm back again that's what they did route right now is working really hard on it that nobody tell the last guy but paired did Madoff get laid off from California. If you do want the race. Proud of have thought they com. JD left side tired but got other hard hit got hit Beckel Kevin of maybe got it ready there at the breakdown of the service eighteen point seven other stuff from what part. Now he's got to get it up to speed tried stay out in front of Jeff Burton Jeff Burton is coming off of turn four mark is just leaving pit road he's got to go on the access road inside turns one and two. Trying get it up to full song here an awful lot of the racetrack. After green flag pit stops in the differing pit schedules that have been going on the last sure while here in the Las Vegas 400 Jeff Burton his resume the point Jeff Gordon is second Ward Burton is third. Jeremy Mayfield is fourth and body the body is fifth Mark Martin did stay on the lead lap after the pit stops he is now six Ernie you're finished seventh. Rusty Wallace is safe Mike Skinner is night that he's the final car on the same lab with Jeff Burton. Dale Earnhardt is just behind the race leader he runs in the tenth position followed by Terri to buddy Jeff replied bluntly gallon back. John Andretti Rick mast and Sterling Marlin. Dale Jarrett Jack little and can't trader all of those drivers one lap down but again. Those are the drivers who can make it from here we believe. On the tank of fuel they just took on the other stuff in front. The F Burton Gordon Burton mayfield the group they're all gonna have to stop once again for fuel cell where within the last twenty laps at this race if we don't see it caution flag is really dedicated to stick ever. And not everybody out there with the guys you just talk about plus a few of the cars would certainly like to see it caution flag before this when it was over it kind of evened things up just a little bit if we do get one if we don't. There's going to be several guys and hope that maybe have a big hole and I guess this would put. 206 left front scoreboard just saw Ricky craven make the turn and go back to the garage area one more time doing movies and holiday this time around or not. Mark Martin is ahead of Jeff Burton right now by just about a full straightaway. So he can't get himself boxed up through traffic if he does you find yourself left out a way that's particularly just to get around this racetrack. Here's Kenny Wallace coming back out from behind the wall this birdie machine minus waterfront back in sheet metal he was involved in what the accidents earlier the race in fact let's take a bit of recap the event where you'd picture just to begin. We're glad to 07. Alt 267. Were just passed 300 miles now of the race. We went green this afternoon with our body the body of Michael Waltrip on the front robot he led the first sixteen laps then Jeremy Mayfield moved up from these seven started spotted. Let for another ten laps thinly traded back and forth on a number of occasions between Bobby Jeremy. All the way up to what 37 went to carry the body blow to the point and went out front for a segment. That was Ward Burton after starting in thirtieth position who climbed the head of the field ward led for most of the middle stages of this event. Despite spitting in the tri oval grass trying to get to pit road. What number 57 for a green flag stop people recovered from that and detect held off the lead after that cycle of pit stops. Others who bet out Oprah today include John and ready Ernie Irvin Sterling Marlin. And Jeff Burton plus Mark Barton Burton has dominated the second half of the event thus far at one point having as much as a 52 lead. We get more caution flags Johnny Benson crashed off turn four at lap eight collected Tony Stewart both cars back onto the racetrack we had debris at lap one hole one. Then we had a Michael Waltrip speed awful turn over to one of the backstretch of lap 118 to collect it secrecy of an Elliott Sadler then right after that restart lap 130. Kenny Irwin was racing inside of Kenny Wallace the target weight for them. Those two collided collecting Derrick cope Bill Elliott Jodie to check but shot Jones and Jimmy Spencer. And Kevin the page got a piece of that as well those support caution flags that we had. In the event. Only one car officially retired for the race that's Ricky Rudd he went out Atlanta 115 with a new engine failure in the we have a half a dozen in the garage being worked on right now. They are not officially done for the day. And that is arbitration update now just past 300 miles arbitration update brought to you like chased off FedEx. Now more than ever NASCAR's leading drivers teams sponsors and fans are wearing chase authentic apparel. Start your 1999 NASCAR season in the right here by wearing an authentic trackside apparel NASCAR chase athletics and prepare to become street legal. Now back to the race where the chase design. Of the black flagged for running too slow but he's been in live at least garner one lap which have given few ways to cup points this battle. Am on the speedway right now Jeff Gordon trying to chase down Ward Burton. That was getting a little tight just won't really not that far behind him. As they worked their way around the speedway here this afternoon last winding down 211. Are on the board right now. This race could go in a few of what about four different. Corrections yet. Good to caution comes out if the caution doesn't come out that type deal we had the field kind of split into two different groups right now drivers that can go the distance on the tank of fuel they have on board. And a group of drivers who are leading the race at this point that are gonna be one more visits pit road somewhere in the final fifteen to twenty laps to get a top off all the fuel tank. If we don't see the caution flag of the planet 55 laps are valid competitor the whole thing upside down let's quickly. Give you the rundown of the field here at 300 miles Jeff Burton leads Ward Burton is second Jeff Gordon is third. Fourth this Jeremy Mayfield and Mark Martin his fifth body the body is 630 you're with his seventh Mike Skinner is date Rusty Wallace is night. And dale Barnhart runs in tenth position but he's gotten himself Justine product leader Jeff Burton now and under the tea Leino to leave lab. Running in the eleventh position now. First car a lap down as Terry the bloody Wally Dublin Beck is twelve Jeffrey boat ride his thirteenth fourteenth is Johnny petty and Dale Jarrett is fifty. Rick nasty sixty Chad little seventeenth Sterling Marlin ATP can trader is nineteenth and steep part is what I get the final car one lap down. First car two laps down to skip the PH with Michael Waltrip back in at 42 spot behind him. 23 is Jerry need new wrecked boat rise to 44 in rich pickle is 25. 26 is Bobby Hamilton. Darrell Waltrip is placed seventh Jimmy Spencer is 283 laps down deep green in 29 and Tom Hubert in thirtieth buckshot Jones four laps down to 31. Stanton Barrett is seven lashed out at thirty seconds. You get Elliott Sadler Derrick cope Jodi they checked Kenny Wallace Tony Stewart getting your wind Bill Elliott Steve Grissom Ricky Rudd Johnny Benson and Ricky craven. The ball within an out of the garage here the last short wild do either some of the accidents we've had today or other mechanical problems. And the leader right now bearing down on Dale Earnhardt down at turner wanna tell you what Jeff Burton has had about a dominant race cars you can see it any racetrack on circuit as he works his way over to turn to very smooth for. It through Turkey wanted to at least get a good bit of the traffic but guess he has closed again the rear deck of Dale Earnhardt as they get down the backstretch and Jeff Burton all by himself started to walk down the backstretch and into turn three I huge lead over second spot Ward Burton and observation. That Jeff Gordon had second spot right in front of Ward Burton fourth ward got on the rear bumper of Jeff Gordon just moved over didn't contested position at all. And now it's just kind of right. The tire tracks aboard Burton and third. So Gordon's car not behaving as well in traffic is he would like at this point the event though still running in third position. Kicking the interval between the leader and himself. He is running eleven seconds behind Jeff Burton and kinda need to caution flag we get on pit road make some adjustments if he can't. 51 laps to go in the Las Vegas 400 fuel drama still to play itself out here in the closing laps. Kenny Wallace his car's just been retired from the event the acted in damage of earlier Beckett slept over 130 too much to overcome here comes affiliates McDonald's machine back from behind the wall of what the fans are watching right now here take this is Dale Earnhardt flight leader Jeff Burton to try and stay on the tail into the lead lap her heart intent position. With 48 to go Jeff Burton leads. Rather substantial advantage of eight point nine seconds on his brother ward who runs second Jeff scored his third Jeremy Mayfield was fourth and Mark Barton is a fifth. Ernie European body the body Mike Skinner Rusty Wallace and Dale Earnhardt make up the rest of the top ten didn't. The show the last few laps around has been Dale Earnhardt do it all he can't stay in front of Jeff Burton and stay on the tail into the lead lap he just will not. Give up that spot. Just put a fender underneath a couple of times and dale ran into the corner I think you said hey I don't need this money to win this race done just let their hearts they out there that's where they are right now until more yeah it's obvious that I just realizes he's got to have a little patience. This takes the race. They were side by side for nearly a complete lap and nearly made contact a couple times over here. But for now Jeff just let Delgado Dale Earnhardt running in the tenth position detailing the lead lap was just one tough customer the past. We re discover this race after race after race alone now Jeff Burton Lee takes a look at the inside of Dale Earnhardt. Here he goes again cut mole off what sort of report tries to pull the standard the inside of earnhardt's machine dale hang in tough. They want some impressive horsepower under the hood that machine today he just out guns Jeff Burton down the front. Stretch Bert has to fall back into line behind giving your return average to note dale will go fly. They're approaching the top few per car here comes Jeff Burton now pulling delving inside and again we'll leave it with Dale Cooper pulled away over the left let's put two cars go private now this time Burton. As a good run on the inside of turn three but Dale Earnhardt will not let go there include as they hit as they come off a third hole. Stanley's racing Dale Earnhardt right now certainly not saving a lot of fuel as hard as he's running out there and he's one of the cars that may again have to come back to pit road but we'll follow the battle again back to the corner are just will not let him go they're back and watch. Burton got the inside line coming into the turn our heart very close to it there's about a group off the bottom of the racetrack. The advantage this time let's see for Archuleta go. I don't think anybody put her heart to keep that part of the outside of Jeff Burton considering the horsepower advantage that Jeff might enjoy down the front stretch and the backstretch. I can't they're side by side into turn three crowd comes their feet. Jerry did Jerry Dale Earnhardt won there's still side by side back to the strike. Because joke for the fancier Vegas is Dale Earnhardt continue to hang in top of the outside Erie pulls even with Jeff Burton again it's Burton wall and Earnhardt tied back to wind it even once again coming into the quarter Jeff Burton drives it a little bit deeper but halfway through the turn of Burkhardt evens up with a but yet I can't have all turned over to an advantage to Jeff Burton but published right away here comes tailback up alongside of that Chevrolet pulled a fourth down the backstretch of Dale Earnhardt has got an inch on Jeff Burton he will not give up. This time heard heartbeats Burton into turn three footwork has got the better line Erick stand side by side off the corner. Do until after winding down in a hurry for the whole feel right now it'll be 41 to go and across the strike this time her heart again outside Burton down the inside this is not for the lead this is just to stay on the Taylor into the lead lap for Dale Earnhardt he simply will not given it to ground as a go back to church. And it is a heck of a show Dale Earnhardt dropped back a little bit looks like Jeff won't get him wanting it was right away here comes dale portal listing yet again to Jeff Burton could clear Dale Earnhardt off return soon could probably sneak in portable footwork Hart will not allow her to do that. Again just like a carbon copy of the last five laps they blew it they get side by side headed back to the strife. Got some slower cars coming up in front of the two ballot it's going to be interesting to see which lane the two of them are able to get to open up first Ricky cravings machine will be in front of the side by side scramble. Earnhardt stick to those out in front coming into the corner Burton then pulls no matter what have. Halfway between turns one and do. They are closing on Ricky craven several other cars. It's not affect them now they're still dead even on the backstretch this is just incredible it's hard for us to appreciate what Dale Earnhardt is getting accomplished in this time. Jeff Burton is gonna take a breather rolls out of the throttle instead prefer to follow the tire tracks at Baylor guard. They want this proven one thing as we sit here and look at that scramble around the racetrack between these two cars Burton doesn't have the the car this totally dominant here if Bernhard were on the lead lap within racing for the lead right now they feel almost as equal as you can get a signal back to want to test. Very reason he's trying to put Dale Earnhardt a lap down do you want to deal with that later in the race side by side again Rupert Everett do our part of the high. I side Jeff Burton now slow down the backstretch Jeff Burton in the Dale Earnhardt and expand into what Noah Kuwait are circulating Las Vegas Motor Speedway again this time Earnhardt shuts the door on Jeff Burton their nose to tail headed back to start finish. Showing up on the slower cars I talked about a couple of laps to go until one of them had given since the slow cars occupy the inside line it was Burton who had to give up that tree was running they go around the outside of the Derrick Coke machine and others back to one out Jeff. Burton chasing Dale Earnhardt as they all go to the high side of the racetrack clerics at a slower traffic. Around the Elliott Sadler car here's part picket of the outsider art takes all the way to the wall Burton has to fall back at line tucked back in nose to tail down the backstretch and we Earnhardt. Trying to protect the low line how much gas through turns three and four. The next lap car would be Rick craven horror to heart now I have a problem feet into the final race track in turn four. Got a real fun racing for both these two right now as we get around the racetrack even though her heart just a trying to stay on the lead lap. It's nice to know who he can still get up there and get the job doesn't get a feel pretty good about them. One car who was not feeling good of the ball that are one driver is Jeffrey gold buying Joseph war. The data have been very solid for the power team over the top ten all day is just gone up into little bit the smoke. It's started missing several laps back calibrated your when he came by us that finally bit tougher spot as it came off turn effort to. But Jeffrey has slowed headed to pit road probably through the garage. Tough break for them as I said they've been eroding solidly all day in the top ten much of the afternoon. Jeffrey quote I was in the at 36 position at the start with did get up into the top ten caution. Liquid for the vote buying machine hard hearted Terry the body beat Jeff Burton back to the yellow at the strike. Yellow flags for the fifth time of the race is apparently some liquid came out the back of the boat buying machine. As the engine put up its ball down in turn one and two. Well what a break this is for a couple of drivers who needed a stop like Jeff Burton to trying get a splash of fuel before the finish. And for dale Barnhart and Terry the body that they were able to beat. Jeff Burton back to the strike and get on the lead lap and not come around and NB in sync with them for the pit stops huge break Bernhard all that hard working get flight diversions outside just paid off really did and we're gonna see a heck of finish here now this is gonna change the complexion for everything in this race. Pit stops under the caution flag for all the leaders Winston Kelley. Warlord against that's just been run Jeff Gordon and Jimmie night film about a lot of the midsection right air pressure adjustment on board the rest of up. My failed had a chassis adjustment now to Jim Phelan. We have Mark Martin and Jeff Bert Grimm bird they. Saw this in the pit road that was the guy to stop on the lead lap. And race off pit road appears to have been won by Ward Burton looked like Jeff Gordon got to come out right behind him followed by Jeff Burton so that would be the top three on out of the pits for the moment. After caution flag pit stops in the late going at a Las Vegas 400. Ward Burton is re assume the top spot here's how they came off pit road. Ward Burton Jeff Gordon Jeff Burton Mike Skinner in Jeremy Mayfield are the first five. And mark Martin's body the body hurting European Rusty Wallace Baylor heart and carry the body make up the eleven cars on the lead lap. The yellow good break for Earnhardt and carry the body who beat Jeff Burton back to the caution and were able to stay on the lead lap but tough break for John Andretti Dale Jarrett Wally gallon back and Rick mast who got caught a lap behind. After that cycle of a pit stops that was kind of thought awkward there in the late stage of the race. And one of those drivers with a good break here the body you're an art perhaps could win the red guests this break in the race report. That will be selected the end of the broadcast by mr. Barney hall of a self. 500 dollars donated to the motor racing outreach children's ministries in the winner's behalf for break Estes breaks the official breaks of NASCAR. Feel about three give any indication when we come across a stripe one lap and they'll go back to green flag racing and settle the Las Vegas 400. Award from Frankie Stoddard I arrive I talked to Jeff Burton. Phil batter up right. Yeah quite a bit better. I don't know who have put the oil down the death in Israel the Pentagon really Iran are not down there and actually jump sideways on Aminu there was oil. And an eagle and on the back to alien status watery eyes when she a little bit. And that they UNESCO launch the track real well and obviously they shot they side to get out and this gives us a chance the last to go for it. Had ordered to go for the strike darker deeper Jeff Burton. We have a few laps to go this race back racing at about recorders or the left to Marty Snider in the garage and Jeffrey about I'm now comes out from my the hauler contrast now on Jeffrey. What a great run he had one start at 36 and not had a good run going. I had a greater I mean it's Monte. Carlo is. Was awesome in the beginning reduce came ripped through the pack is handling very. We like here in a car that. They go for a win they'll for the gusto I think cleared to valve springs or something and but finally let go Ed that's slowing down for quite awhile but are still was out front pretty good. It's this game back again this race shows the strength of this team the teams Iowa three months old maybe. I've self Friday's guys that Jones Nancy Bessie. Our dearest my serve Jim line it's good recruiting year and it's. Well. We're acting like we're veterans anywhere where only three months old so very proud and happy in that. We get to be to traffic to the airport that's the only good thing about drop Irish believe me I'd rather be out their fight to win Jeffrey about Don had a great run but he's done for the day. Pace car on pit road. Time to settle the Las Vegas 400 here this afternoon every 32 laps to go green flag goes in the air Ward Burton comes up through the gearbox a leader in my and is he gonna get a good start pulls away by. 789. Car makes on the second place machine it's RY half court. Haven't had trouble problem getting through some of the traffic Dale Jarrett dropped from the inside the racetrack blocking Jeff Gordon got court under attack behind him Jeff brings forth a a six return you'll get the backstretch meanwhile Ward Burton streaks down the backstretch opening up believe it about ten colleagues now on second spot Jeff Gordon. Jeff Gordon still have yet to clear the left automobile of Dale Jarrett he looks to be excited Jerry trying to chase down the leader in Jarrett past John Andretti to the twelve position the first cars went down now here's Gordon got the inside of Dale Jarrett crossed the stripe. About ten partly behind leader Ward Burton Gordon does clear the car of Dale Jarrett now I get tries to track down leader Ward Burton a further back you've got Jeff Burton put the pressure also put heavy traffic Mike Skinner back there. Jeremy Mayfield all try to clear themselves. Chase down Ward Burton the race leader for the moment Ward Burton in the caterpillar Pontiac is why himself now only by about six darlings over Jeff Gordon. Dale Jarrett the last car hanging onto that Chevrolet Jeff Burton. And I'm still fighting it out for third. Ward Burton has been a factor in this thing all day long and right now he is a big factories got a healthy lead of eight or nine Carly put Gordon is now clear the lap traffic nothing between himself the leader but daylight can you make it up here he comes workers might return Everett who's still about tip Scarlett behind leader. Ward Burton. Jeff Burton again why didn't suffer with Jeff Gordon. He's got a flat part of deal worth but the back right away bottle Bonnie scraped the wall that tunnel turn zoo for the moment the distance between first and second remained static at about five Carly scored not able to make an impression this time around. Jeff Burton and Mike Skinner offered a buffer offer for everybody's got fuel to go to the finish everybody's got fresh tires to 49 laps to go let it all hang out now to win in the Las Vegas 400 back to whine don't count Mike Skinner out of this thing either he still the hot back at the fourth position. Working with some traffic east where the car of John Andretti Alfonse also live behind Jeff Burton the who's chasing Jeff Gordon the second place man single file all the way down the backstretch Ward Burton still your man on the point Jeff Gordon got a couple of tires below the white line so he is pushing the DuPont Chevrolet. Very hard through turns three and four. Jordan is cut the literal Downey's jot it down about 45 college right now it is Ward Burton Jeff Gordon Jeff Burton Mike Skinner Jeremy Mayfield your front five no detail back to one more plant. That battle white line and turns one and New Year's Jeff Gordon not close again even more put up about five Carly to put the leader of the second place machine at. Third place Jeff Burton got told that the lap car Dale Jarrett Jeff Gordon. It is chipping away at the lead Ward Burton still in control but here comes court. Jeff Burton now clears Dale Jarrett so it could be a three car fight for the finish off with turner report Jeff Gordon chipping away ever so slightly at ward Burton's lead. Four or five car links now as they crossed the stripe in circle back to turn one door closes and even more coming into the corner there's no lap traffic coming at the plate court snakes up that's down another public Carly it's off the lead of Ward Burton. They could not get a whole lot of high sign off for an effort to these great darlings aboard a very important for Jeff Gordon to be patient here he still has some laps left to get the job done. Burton using a little bit more racetrack that is Jeff Gordon now Gordon cut it down to two Carlin. Well he can look at his rear view mirror and you can see another burden brother bearing down on him Jeff Burton got around Dale Jarrett just a moment ago when he is closing in her eighth. So hang on folks this flu is a long ways from being over their back in two years. Jeff Gordon now stick in the high side of the racetrack took a shot I thought for the lead to thwart Bert goes up High Court as the fallback headline it's funny person Chevrolet for the top spot at Las Vegas Gordon. Face of the inside Ward Burton is there in blocks is lying Gordon now almost pushing Ward Burton threw the Porter at Spartan loosened reportedly inside that we didn't even want us right. Here he comes down low awful turn over for Jeff Gordon in search of another million dollar payday at the start finish line dead even with Ward Burton he's inside Bertans outside of wall wart it's not given up though he still stuck up alongside Jeff court. Matter of fact he drives it a part of the clerk who are held back Khalid appears Jeff Burton. He's got caught the suspects but I'll do. Jeff Burton will take second spot away from Jeff Gordon. Something Ward Burton in the top spot his brother Jeff for the second Jeff Gordon and third you still have collapsed automobile of Dale Jarrett as Mike Skinner is trying to catch the lead back. They want those last two laps worth the price of admission here in Las Vegas this afternoon down to the inside this time goes Jeff Gordon try to take second place away from Jeff Burton they are door to door back and won their racing side by side that allows Ward Burton the tribal way a bit. Us away maybe three car lakes still side by side though for the second spot kick start to work goes round that is Jeff Burton. You'll take possession again for the second spot tort backs out of the gas pedal coming off of turn to now there's about a car length and a half between himself and second spot Jeff Burton. And Jeff Burton is closing the gap on the leaderboard. Now Jeff Gordon did accomplish something a couple of laps to go he did actually lead at the start finish line so we did pick up five bonus points toward the NASCAR Winston cup championship. Right now he's got about ten Carly to catch the Burton Brothers in one drop. Three cars all those details coming back into the water a couple of garlic separating them. Ward perk up front a couple of comics have thought of Jeff Burton. Did Jeff Gordon wallet back by a couple of garlic to just get the impression that Jeff Burton is dialing it in sizing up his brother the caterpillar plotting acts. Burton closed the gap like getting into turn three and four Burton. With a couple tires below the white lines still trying to chase down his brother we can't do it this time around. And across the line this time every 22 laps to go for Ward Burton Jeff Burton Jeff Gordon and Mike Skinner along with Jeremy Mayfield let your top five they collect turn one single file tropic out of the inside of the track they are closely. Reynolds a lap traffic a couple of cars were damaged earlier in the race that they can't get them shortly that might be somewhat chance to make a move. At the very brief couple laps to go all the top two were starting to pull away slightly from Jeff ward that's not the case now. Now Ward Burton will have to clear a couple of lapped cars that would be Johnny Benson and that would be Derrick cope. They do sell those cars move over very easily Ward Burton still your leader to slower cars involved in earlier accidents today all the way down the bottom of the racetrack the front stretch the leaders circle line that now with 21 to go to work late the parade back to turn over one clearing himself of the traffic Jeff Burton likewise also Jeff Gordon hit by the slower traffic. Mike's got a ride along in fourth. And hard working hard to stay in touch with the front breathe out there is lots of clear racetrack in front of the leaders still Ward Burton at the top spot. Jeff Burton's second Jeff Gordon at third not take Dale Jarrett doing a heck of a job being a lap car he's staying with the leaders. Lap traffic should not be any problem for the leaders is this one is about to be settled twenty laps to go as they cross the line hit back in eternal one Ward Burton Jeff Burton Jeff Gordon the top three Mike Skinner fourth fifth is Jeremy Mayfield body to body says six Ernie Irvin is seven. Mark Martin's late stay alert hardest night and Terry the funniest champ. Those cars are all on the lead lap along with a Rusty Wallace eleven cars still on the lead lap. Leadership back to three and is still Ward Burton maybe opening up a bit believe honest brother know how Jeff Burton comes back into the corners so Ward Burton a short of excellent horse powered down that backstretch. Now the attention focused at the part of the field at farther back pretty good scramble for position between Dale Earnhardt and Terry the money. They're mixed up in some lap traffic in just a couple of car lengths behind mark Martin's they'll be racing the air 4819. Tip positions back into turn one of those. Our work their way to begin the fourth straight away back and the corner champ little penalty inside of the track mark mark the football I saw the racetrack Earnhardt. Is fox then underneath Sterling Marlin. Finally found a way to get out a plot to speak to the other side of that falls back in line behind Ireland and Dale Earnhardt would connect Goodrich Chevrolet to the left into the right trying to find a way around while it cannot do it. He's got quite a few cars stacked up and put on now Borland slides up a little bit high. It gives the inside door to Dale Earnhardt. Terrence had a fairly decent run here this afternoon certainly has been a factor as far as getting up there and winning this thing but having a good run nevertheless Jim Phillips down a pit road the nerve to get a little afraid down there. I think because they're. Like breaking starting pitcher I think they felt like to thank you very pretty well take care of the war but these he told his own right now I've done. They're just wait and watch it another beta tested just let that last time the try to bring about a little bit but so far. Ward Burton is voted off his brother Jim. To every need used car just went up in smoky turned back into the garage he will come up a few laps short of the finish up front still the Burton Brothers dueling for the win at Las Vegas war leading Jeff by just two car lengths. Thirteen laps to go Jeff Burton is outside a brother ward for the lead other back straight away they're dead even down the backstretch Ward Burton we'll have the low side Jeff Burton try to get it done the hard way slides up a little bit high and appear that Ward Burton can't get on the gas as quick as Jeff Burton again they're still side by side coming off a dirt floor almost might contact the lap before this they are adored adored dead heat at the line would have been Jeff Burton that time by maybe eight or teenagers had that been the final lap they stay door to door as they hit return to rather Warrick also even once again got to get a certain number two while Jeff takes the hot line. Here's an advantage towards a slightly in the corner but Jeff pulls able to get the back straightaway ward in a Pontiac Jeff and afford the drag races on down the backstretch or carbon copy of the last lap. Ward Burton sports ahead now Jeff Burton takes the late and OB ward Burton's time again they exchanged only twice through turns three and 424 laps side by side for the race lead as they come down to the start finish line at the strike Jeff Burton by half foot on the outside but ward still stuck down Italy's inside with eleven laps to go side by side you'd know Jeff Gordon's going to be a lot of this he's riding in the third spots allowing him. Of the clothes that somewhat still side by side of port to the inside play at the racetrack Jeff Burton. Slipped a bit of the quarter closing the can't turn three either driver has an advantage as they approach the twelve degree wreck at turn three and four at every fan is on their feet. Cheering on their favored your right. Jeff Gordon now is closing the gap from the third position and we could well see this one go all the way the last hitter eleven laps at door to door battle with Jeff Gordon sitting back there at third just hoping that either one or both will slip up not the case this time still side by side hitting for too close again all traffic Derrick coach sits directly ahead of them as a company turned over to Jeff Burton finally switch the rally outside might face off. Jeff takes the lead at certain to in the early going a lot Bonnie Brothers shared the top two spots but what accounts as a Burton boys up front Jeff Burton. As the laid Firefox just half a car like as Ward Burton tries to come back on the inside. Four laps are side by side racing to settle the wind the Ford Jeff Burton wins out over his brother ward to the strike. Jeff Burton takes the lead with nine laps to go all Jeremy Mayfield drops out of the top five on the pit road the closing laps while the leaders go to to ward still hangs up the second spot but not five but Jeff Gordon close is that even more from third war now only two car. Car lengths behind brother Jeff Jeff Burton can loosen his grip on the steering wheel ever so slightly as he looks at his bears sees his brother Ward Burton now only about two correlates back Jeff Gordon at third Mike Skinner a close fourth. And the rest this feel pretty well spread out right now and nobody really cares they're looking at the lead the battle to lead I should say Jeff Burton now by two car lengths over ward as they worked their way back to turn over one. Ward might be cooling the tires now still has time to put another run on in the back over into. It just has not shaking ward at all still maintaining about two Carling separation. Ward technically outside playing with turned over to while Jeff takes the high line there all the way to turn three so Ward Burton sizing up his chances that a final attack Jeff Burton. Jeff Burton still has the lead that they are going to come up on it lap dog won't feel that will be rich pickle we'll do that probably around this time. Thank you Jeremy Mayfield hitting it wrote a couple of laps to go with tire change in the mobile one machine and he hit back off part of the speedway the will fall out of the top five now will back down. Toward twentieth place. Seven laps to go for the lead. Ears front to work their way around rich Nichols car coming through turns one and two. Off the corner champ car still has the spot but warned against the tighten up a little bit of his brother nice run off of turn two before Ward Burton eighty cuts it down about half a car like at Jeff Burton. He's using more racetrack that Ward Burton isn't it doesn't again Jeff Burton really sly tie through turns three and fourth Ward Burton it's a good look down the inside. Little bit earlier today we watched Jeff Burton get a little black coming off take more time to end guys but a good run on him that might happen here as the laps wind down of the tires heat up a little bit to see is really pushing it just about as hard as you can push a car. Six laps to go to back into. Were able to cut the card down a little bit lower the quarterly cubs took turns one and not this time however there is a short car occupied the inside lane he falls back a lot of Carly behind Jeff top two cars get around Stanton Barrett. And Jeff Burton is having a problem keeping it down the bottom turns three and four unless he backs out of the speed. There comes Ward Burton is second to separate the top two cars by Google as they come with a strike marked port a little bit off the pace took the car just went by him the last lap by he's now the last one on the lead lap intent position as the leaders head back to one Fortis dropped back a little bit from Jeff he was one of those rare dec two laps ago are now marketed baby three currently expect quick to point to. Jeff Gordon falls back even born he's a good jet car lengths behind Ward Burton. Well unless something goes wrong this could beat Jeff Burton raced the gap now is three correlates Ward Burton trying hard from the second spot. Jeff Gordon riding along and third Mike Skinner still four. Jeff Burton has had almost a flawless day here he is live a great portion of the Las Vegas 400 this afternoon right now as the laps wind down there before the goalie looks in the rear and he sees a brother fading back just a little bit although he is still very much in striking distance about five car lengths behind him. That's why they work through church wanted to vote. Our season the inside lane at this time Jeff if it is the stretch out his lead over warden berg. Here comes Jeff Burton mash the gas down the backstretch. We'll have to get around Elliott Sadler this might be a break for Ward Burton we'll see how tough Elliott Sadler makes it known pulls over to the left. Jeff Burton would get around him now extends the lead to about six correlates. He led 228. Laps that we can go at Rockingham got behind the final pit stop never could get back to the front wound up finishing in the fourth position very disappointing effort there a couple of weeks ago. Now with three laps left. He's got things well in hand your biggest intern to. Working his way up off turn over to ought to look back straightaway you're never that big lead he had earlier today he's building and Ottawa as he heads out at turn three Joseph David Jack will be the next victim for Jeff Burton now opening up to about seven maybe eight Charlie Ward Burton all by himself a second. Jeff Gordon in third still toeing the left automobile of Dale Jarrett like. Skinner had a close call over in turnover too little Clark County sideways he did a lot of we'll twisting there to get it back in a straight line manages to salvage it and knocked it into the wall as the laps wind down two to go for the front to let's fallen back to turn one Jeff. For now thanks playoff turner took getting by the car Jody the jacket that. Proceed now separates brother from brother Jeff upfront ward rotting in the second spot Jeff Burton has to make a little bit of a decision here is gonna cap so black. Traffic to try to blow wind before the lap goes on our Jeff Burton seems to be slowing down just a bit now he's back on the throttle. He doesn't know whether to pass these guys now and allow Ward Burton to catch up he's got to make a decision you little one lap left out of line white flag for Jeff Burton he has an advantage now maybe ten car lengths over his brother ward as they go back to one board that would only. And stay out with Jeff but no doing he's about twelve car lengths behind it just makes his wake up call for every two. For the final time be set sail down the back straightaway with a brother riding behind it but second Jeff Burton down the backstretch everybody on their feet through turns three and four. Ward Burton just not close enough to mount a challenge will be Jeff Burton taking it Exide batteries Ford down low he's looking for the checkered flag. I doubt the start finish line for his sixth NASCAR Winston cup series win Jeff Burton takes the Las Vegas 400. After restoring moral laps side by side dual with his brother ward he comes out on top and scores his first win of the 99 season. What's gonna come all the great performance leading a lot of the Tracy finishes second today it'll be Jeff Gordon third Mike Skinner will come home fourth and body the body will pick up the fifth position. Jim Phillips down on pit road the Exide team. Had a little trouble on their final stop when it counted most the week you go at Rockingham today when the chips were on the line they got the job done. But it very cute dog these guys all day long with the chips draw the line your guys got the job done do you want the race ma'am not say what it's great to. You know mark down marks like this last weekend. Maybe I'm maybe Jeffs they've done. The rest deal this week madame global auto what a win at. Myth out there that I guess that my buddy here it is moderate guys like there's nothing like it updated. I was right there are running. The bird laws are bad. Jack Roush says doctor doctor but it very they had over two Vick really. What a finish award pulled up beside his brother Jeff on a cooldown lap over there I'm sure to congratulate him at Jeff Gordon pulled up beside him also and I'm sure they're all saying hey man a great race and it was great performance by all those drivers fiddled beat Jeff Burton who takes on the winner's share of the three million dollar purse in today's Las Vegas 400. We'll hear from him in Victory Lane the other top finishers when we come back to Vegas. The racetrack to the road home fill up the Sunoco the official fuel of NASCAR. So who make high quality performance fuel for the greatest drivers in the world both on and off the track whether your pulling up to the pump. Marie into the fifth court. Don't feel you can trust Sunoco a repeat of fuel that keeps you going second camp that's an okay film going. Fill up with the official fuel of NASCAR's sonoco BS and so races. 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Of his NASCAR Winston cup series career Ward Burton will finish second Jeff Gordon third Mike Skinner for the body the body yet Victory Lane shortly first to the 76 gas pumps to get a work from today's runner rob. Well war bird I know you wanted to win it but that's got to be like you and your brother Jeff thought about all those years at South Boston. Racing for the win a NASCAR Winston cup I tell us about those 45 laps where you were just sat bass that wouldn't. Well you know they're really tough in these kind of places it's not just team and am really got back together but. A day well my caterpillar thing they did a heck would go cooler day again they're really good guard. Hopefully that's just some things to come how was the car there at the end with the handle good or did it go away a little bit as that would allow Jeff to get grand. Now I got a bit to tie don't exit I would found a crowd even much like good about reckoning but don't all right my brother and that is all land you know it could have been early in our race we were better anyone's guess right the end he would veterans. Glad to one half and you get to go for a million its Charlotte that's when he best tracks. The net debt when we got to go full mailing Devlin on news show doesn't make me thank Winston is. Happy to be on a program when RJ Reynolds folks voting that you get to go from me in Charlotte they sit and weaken Wynn mayor but today he's second a great run for Ward Burton. It was indeed a great and an emotional win for his brother to deal had been hit like that we've talked both of us have talked to them over the years about what you would do if he came down then and it's like horse and I don't want wreck him he does one correct me but it was fabulous they raced each other so hard side by side for four laps they raced each other clean. But Jeff wound up with a win but I tell you what another thing they're that there ward will come to think about here the next short while two and the ability specifically that you get there but his pit crew. Did a fabulous job today they got him off pit road with everybody the best every time I mean he took the lead. On the set of caution flag stops there of the last would have liked to 32 and they were competitive with everybody all day long so that that Bill Davis caterpillar team they're making some strides getting back up there toward the very front of the pack and again where they need to be in a position to win some races let's go back down here's a double from some for the top ten. Here's what Jeff Gordon finishes third that's bailout without twenty laps to go you and underneath underneath Ward Burton and look like you would get the lead there but then not. He got back around him. Well Dan now that dad's death was coming up on us you know I. I needed just. It to be that two of lesson and he gave the inside in and I really was too loose to make it happen on the inside I needed to get today outside and you know hadn't had Jeff Burton act come up there Ahmad had a shot Adam meant. Yeah I got released their towards the end anyway I think got away driver out a little bit to guys did a great job preparing the carnage that they went we were not even a factor for a long time. And now we come out there there were a proud of those guys you're very disappointed leaving your last year beats a lot that are leaving it this year obviously with finishing third lay down I'm real happy. With them with where we were around especially with our finish today I mean. You don't get what we what we did last year and and now you know who to be a big I don't even know where it came from you know we were just struggling earlier in the day and then all of a sudden man found ourselves in the in the top five and and battle in and those guys up front. I just down you know try to keep it up there. Jeff Gordon finishes third today. And out a Victory Lane Jeff Burton celebrating the way to the Las Vegas 405 fives handshakes. And all around port Jeff Burton and a great race. Was it thinks is exciting racing your brother for the win as it looked to us that they want. As south lease stressful life you comma I'm a big fan award burdens on more to do well and yeah. Do sit there at the end avenue habitat evading missile is really hard. And then I mean it was close we're door to door now that all their other a couple of times and we always wanted to come down to details like that and next time they'll give me he's a great race car driver set to begin the year that they will beat us. We were just a little bit better today at sag hasn't a great job it is Rezko. Where did you have him there at the end and he was right on the bottom and you took the outside route why. Well it's I've got on the bottom of the hour atop the good run now aside hard enough to keep you from getting by itself. I Canada honest I just kind of made a last ditch effort and dove and at three real hard and it's not cannot that's out there to get up out there need these over NDP. People not already couldn't and I just drove in deeper into whatever reason has not got it thank you would. And now this is able to get out sign and then and is more Lance Orton for a hundred Lance would Errol let's not bus I was pretty site. Well you grab there was a big leads you to come in earlier pitted some of the team that didn't look like you're doing a lot of hard work for nothing. But then he got a caution flag there made an adjustment was that the different. Well they just I was doing a deadly battle the last run of the world there on the floor still car still in perfect but it was definitely a better deal than it wasn't. I was really glad to see when how Lynda and and only not happy when positives out of our heart I went and no one and all but lost it. And now I knew then that point there was all and I figured alma Santa told cautions us pretty glad to see it. Overall today you root carcasses to pretty well they were. There was awfully consisting let's say golly had a Rockingham not. Slant an awful lot of last week felt like we we. Not that market a better job and ask you this car red needed to be it in the last weekend we came back today when retention were able to make our car do and needed it. Well they finished second last year he makes him one more not today Jeff Burton wins the Las Vegas for London. Post race coverage of the Las Vegas 400 after Jeff Burton wins out at a very stirring duel with his brother Ward Burton to score the victory back to the 76 gas pumps to Winston Kelley. Now walking along beside Mike Skinner and there was a time that he would have been thrilled to death with a fourth place front I don't think you disappointed. But. You just wanna be in Victory Lane tell us about to run Mike Mallory. Hungry hot say you dog gone it. I disks we need a better testing man behind the wheel I think we got and we got the race team we get the pit crew we got the Cree chief we got the owner. We got a Chevrolet which is awesome. I just need to get better that aren't tested you know on things position and it's laziness map and in the middle I just I got to get better as a driver with the testing. But still here in the sound Winston cup points leader has got to feel real good with the consistency President Bush would it take another week off because I got to keep that thing for two weeks last time. Keep net amount would be pretty awesome that. You know. That's how you that's how you run good points is consistency and now we get pretty consistent team right now on. I just hope we go to Atlanta and now that the kid another top five I guess. They're knocking on the though probably before the season's done they'll knock it down Mike Skinner fourth. No doubt about it they will win a race Oceanic cannot win a race and 99 and on that team is just got the solidarity to that it needs this year. Following the money comes up with a fifth place run today he was one of those guys that looked good in the early going fell back and then all of a sudden pops back into the top five at the end of the day Mardi. Schneider bill say fell back at one point he was. Very close to being laughed and Bob and Bonnie how close worried giving Latin falls from the car and that's segment of the race. I just tighten loose and his other strictly just in a grip. And we've caught they caution flag man in a while for that we've been. And you know dead duck but death ports and caught that and that saved us and got back at fifth and got my Jeremy has some problems in you know we've Ernie held him off their dance so it was a did they force overall and you know kind of one segment there was an hour right but does that mean improvement from Fleischer. Traditionally this has been a second half team enough third rocking him last week are. Last time outfit today is that encouraging for the championship aspirations. Bullets in Australia for humorous ghosts I. Cool eagle vivid hey unite and say stuff five missed Kennedy had 24 credit audio lectures at the 68 simple which candidate do and the other day you know for racetrack we always run good at that number were happy that we're now says Sambora could. But the polls that are today comes on fifth at the end of the day. To the body will hold on to the third position of NASCAR Winston cup championship standings 52 points behind Mike Skinner Rusty Wallace will be sickened 51 point two behind. And then you have Jeff Burton in fourth 62 down Jeff Gordon in fifth 74 down those artificial numbers the official numbers put up by NASCAR. On Monday morning. The F Victory Lane celebration on going foreign Jeff Burton who has won today's Las Vegas 400. Before the finishing order a couple of the post racial board members of the media covering the bad devoted to goodies headache award 3600. Dollars to Tony Stewart. Swept up in an accident at lap eight when Johnny Benson's car got away from him bounced off the wall leading turn four and collected Tony was just got it in the wrong place at the wrong time. So Stewart will be the goodies headache award winner today. Body and I've picked the winner of the great guests this break in the race aboard 500 dollars to motor racing outreach children's ministries in the name of the driver with the best break today we've decided on dale earnhardt's. At Baylor got a caution flag a couple of times at kept him up there in the legal rapidly and enabled him to come up with a fairly decent finish here this afternoon the so position although few of the guys got some good breaks I think they'll got a better one you particularly want a left to 31 when he raced side by side with leader Jeff Burton to stay on the tail on the lead lap for about five laps around and then the yellow came out so Taylor part three this is break the race award winner for the day today. Take a look at the finishing order and Jeff Burton grabbed the win here this afternoon he will go to Victory Lane to Ward Burton finished second running third was Jeff Gordon. Mike Skinner finished fourth fifth we'll go to Bali the body six to Ernie Irvin. Dale Earnhardt finished seventh ceremony was eighth ninth the Rusty Wallace Mark Martin made a picked up GM Dale Jarrett finished eleventh. Giant Freddie was 1213 to Wally Dahlan back fourteenth Chad little Sterling Marlin was fifteenth Steve park finished sixteenth. Jeremy Mayfield settle for seventeenth after making a late pit stop eighteenth went administrator. Nineteenth with Rick mast who did find his way around the racetrack all day twentieth to Brett but I'm 21 to Kevin page 22 to Michael Waltrip. Which Mikell finished 23 24 to Bobby Hamilton and the top 25 Darrell Waltrip. What a six to eighty Jimmy Spencer David Greene got 27 Tom Hubert 48 buckshot Jones 29 in Stanton Barrett thirtieth. Charity you were 31 Jeffrey ball by 32. 3030 Elliott Sadler Derrick cope which 34 and Jody to check 35 Tony Stewart finished 36 Bill Elliott 37 Johnny Benson 38. 39 to Ricky craven. And fortieth to Kenny Wallace Kenny Irwin was 41 Steve Grissom 42. And Ricky Rudd finished in 43 position. Dot of the race two hours 55 minutes and 21 seconds not a record for the 400 mile distance here today. We had to margin of victory at one point 074. Seconds between Jeff Burton and Ward Burton I was about eleven car links on the racetrack. 25 lead changes among ten different drivers five caution flags slowed the event eight of the 43 starters failed to finish. This event here today. Give my earlier this afternoon docking with the deal charity and our opening of our broadcast. Some four hours ago now. About how last year's race despite great expectations coming in because of the layout of the racetrack didn't turn out to be stellar. We saw very good race today a lot of side by side racing a lot of passion to the outside groove that showed the potential this racetrack has. As the teams and drivers learn more about her over the next several year. Here's that that was the key right there having a race under your belt knowing what you can do maybe changing a few little things. But all the differs in a world what we saw here this afternoon. I got a feeling out quick any any plan here's gonna go away this afternoon say we didn't get our money's worth just about everybody here solid great race to race here at Las Vegas says that NASCAR Winston cup series teams come here for the second time. So that's it from Vegas beginning to slot machine before we leave town now I don't think so off they go vote gave it up already not right arms about war out there you go all right well we've enjoyed our stay in Las Vegas as always but now it's time to pack up and head home and until we speak with you again for our entire broadcast crude Joseph Warren Dan cover to cover the church today Jim Phillips Winston Kelley and Marty Snider who were in the pit and garage areas. Ed providing hall. This is Alan best which saying so long from Las Vegas where Jeff Burton has won today's Las Vegas 400. Yeah Mario and radio. 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