Winston Cup Commentary...


Old Dominian 500 , Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Virginia, October 20th, 2002:

Pre-Race Festivities:
**Driver Introductions**
**Invocation**
**National Anthem**
**Fly-over by 4 air craft fighters**

Gentlemen! Start your engines!
**Engines started**
Pace Laps:
Darien: They're starting to roll off. It will be 3rd time by.
John: Okay. What did you figure up on pit road speed?
Darien: Should be around 4200.
John: That's right.
**Note:** John pitting in Pit #37. Behind the #21. In front of #23.
Darien: You were 4700 last time with the same gear so just keep that in mind.
John: 10-4.
Darien: Okay, Brandon, I'm going to let you clear him for about 2 pit stalls up until it gets straight and I'll take him the rest of the way down pit road.
Brandon: 10-4.
John: Pit road's looking about 4300.
Darien: 10-4. 4300, 2nd.
Darien: 1 to go when you get here.
Darien: Okay buddy. Cinch up those belts real good. 500 laps. Try and keep it going.
Darien: Pace car is off. Be ready. Be ready. Be ready. Be ready. Green flag, green flag, green flag.
Green flag:
Darien: (Lap 4) Got a flat tire up high in 3. Stay down low.
**Note:** Flat tire belonged to Ricky Rudd.
Darien: (Lap 5) Another flat tire up high going into 3.
**Note:** Flat tire belonged to Casey Atwood.
**Note:** (Lap 15) #43 HARD into Turn 1. Gets into #11.
Darien: Caution is out.
Caution Lap 16: #11 spins #43 in Turn 3.
Darien: Keep digging, buddy. Come on, come on! Go hard. Go hard. Come on, buddy. Good job, good job.
John: Who the hell spun me?
Darien: That was the #11.
John: I didn't mean to get in the **bleep**ing side of him. **bleep**head.
John: Tell him I'll be looking for him. Jerk.
Darien: 10-4.
Brandon: Pits open now?
John: Car's okay. I'm a little bit snug in the middle and a little bit tight off. I'm coming in.
Brandon: 10-4. We're going to do 2 and 2 again.
Brandon: 2 tires, guys. 2 tires.
Brandon: 4-3, front of the #23, 2-1. Hit your marks. 2 tires guys, 2 tires.
Darien: Pace car is just now off 2.
Pit Stop: (Lap 18) 7.72 seconds. Right side tires, fuel.
**Note:** Ragarding all times today. I could only see John stop. Very hard to see the car "drop" as he was around the bend in Turn 4 and the #15 blocked my view of the "drop". I either saw the "drop" (which was rare) or hit the stop watch when I saw John begin to leave or Brandon clearing him to leave. If you subject the "probable" delay of that time ticking by pit times would actually have been reflected better.
Brandon: Clear all the way. Clear all the way. 4300, 4300.
Darien: Clear all the way out.
Brandon: Alright everbody. Let's get ready. Coming back in. 2 more on the left. 2 more on the left.
Darien: Okay, buddy. Go hard. Come on in here. 4300, 2nd.
Darien: Here he comes guys.
Brandon: 4-3-2-1. Left sides. Left sides.
Brandon: Clear all the way. Clear all the way. 4300.
Pit Stop: (Lap 19) 5.91 seconds. Left side tires, fuel.
John: The #23 get 4 tires?
Brandon: No, he took right sides only.
Darien: Okay, buddy. 1 to go when you get here.
Darien: Okay, buddy. Pace car's going into 3 coming off. Suck it up tight. Be ready. Be ready. Be ready. Green flag, green flag, green flag.
Restart Lap 22
Darien: Caution is out. Caution is out. It's on the frontstretch. Stay up high.
Caution Lap 41: #02 spins on frontstretch.
John: Tight in the middle, loose off.
Brandon: 10-4. Tight in the middle, loose off.
Brandon: Let's go on and stay out here. Hopefully the leaders come down for tires.
Darien: Everybody's coming. Everybody's coming.
Brandon: 10-4. Stay out. Stay out.
John: Might as well take air out of the left side tires next pit stop.
Brandon: 10-4. Air out of left side.
Kyle's Pit Stop (Lap 42) **noticed him already leaving pit stall**
Brandon: John, is your loose off mainly just wheel spin?
John: Yeah, 10-4.
Brandon: One thing we can think about is air out of both rears and the left side to help you get off a little bit better.
John: You can do that.
John: One thing they taught me here before is, it's off on the right side and the left rear, so maybe leave the left side up, go down on the right side and go down in both rears. That might be better.
Brandon: Alright, we'll do that.
Darien: 1 to go this time by.
Darien: Okay, buddy. Stay tucked up. Be ready. Be ready. Green flag, green flag, green flag.
Restart Lap 47
**Note:** (Lap 51) Passed #5. #5 had been a problem holding up the line since the start of the race.
**Note:** (Lap 90) Kyle lapped.
**Note:** (Lap 100) John running 23rd; Steve 22nd, Kyle (-1).
Darien: Caution is out. Got a car sitting in the middle of 4, sitting in the middle of 4. Stay down low.
Caution Lap 101: #23 spins in Turn 4.
Darien: Nice job, buddy.
Brandon: Still too tight in the middle?
John: Yeah, 10-4. Too tight in the middle of 1. Can't get off.
Brandon: Alright, 10-4. We'll do the pressure back where we started. 4 tires, 4 tires.
Darien: 10-4. Everybody's coming. 4300, 2nd. 4300, 2nd.
Brandon: 5-4-3-2-1. 4 tires, 4 tires.
**Note:** #43 now has open pit behind and in front.
Pit Stop: (Lap 102) 14.78 seconds. 4 tires, fuel.
Brandon: Clear all the way. Clear all the way. 4300, 4300.
Steve's Pit Stop (Lap 102).
Darien: Okay buddy, stay all the way against the wall.
**Note:** #43 team beat the #5 back out.
Darien: Great job, guys. Great job.
John: Good job, guys.
Brandon: Good job to you, too, driver. You hung on pretty hard, man.
Darien: 1 to go when you get here.
John: 10-4, 1 to go.
**Note:** John running 13th; Steve 22nd; Kyle (-1).
Darien: Pace car's off. Be ready. Be ready. Be ready. Green flag, green flag, green flag.
Restart Lap 107
**Note:** (Lap 108) Kyle unlapped himself. Great job!
**Note:** (Lap 126) Kyle lapped.
Darien: Caution's out. Got a big wreck out here off of 4.
Darien: Track is clear. Track is clear.
Caution Lap 132: ?????.
**Note:** Kyle gets back on the lead lap. Thank you Ward Burton.
John: Still the same. Too tight in the middle and just can't get on the gas coming off. It's better, but it's not there.
Brandon: We're going to do one more across the rears and one more out of the RF.
Brandon: That was about 33 laps, John. I'm not sure if they'll come or not. We'll come with them.
Darien: They're all coming. They're all coming.
Brandon: 4 tires. 5-4-3-2-1. 4 tires, 4 tires.
Pit Stop: (Lap 134) 15.59 seconds. 4 tires, fuel.
Brandon: Clear all the way. Clear all the way. 4300.
Darien: Clear all the way against the wall.
Kyle's Pit Stop (Lap 135) **noticed him already leaving pit stall**
Darien: 1 to go when you get here.
John: 10-4.
**Note:** John running 17th; Steve 29th; Kyle last on lead lap.
Darien: Okay, buddy. Be ready. Be ready. Be ready. Green flag, green flag, green flag.
Restart Lap 138
**Note:** (Lap 146) #88 racing us real hard.
John: (Lap 148) Tell his boys he keeps cutting me off.
Darien: 10-4.
Darien: Spin up here in front of you coming off 4.
Darien: You're clear, clear, clear. Caution is out.
Caution Lap 179: #97 spins in Turn 4.
Brandon: Alright man, I dropped a little more pressure on the left sides to try and make it turn.
John: 10-4.
Darien: Everybody's coming. 4300, 2nd. 4300, 2nd.
Brandon: 4 tires, 4 tires. 5-4-3-2-1. Here we go. Here we go. 4 tires.
Pit Stop: (Lap 180) 14.34 seconds. 4 tires, fuel.
Steve's Pit Stop (Lap 180).
Brandon: Clear all the way. Clear all the way. 4300, 4300.
John: Feels like when I stand on gas the back of the car just stands straight up.
Brandon: Yeah, 10-4. It looks a lot like it did early on yesterday with the LR just isn't compressing down.
Darien: The #17 apologizes. Didn't mean to get in the back of you earlier.
John: Who was that?
Darien: The #17 car came and apologized for getting into you earlier.
John: Which car was that? I didn't hear you.
Darien: The #17 apologizes for hitting you earlier.
John: The #8 car?
Darien: The #17, #17.
John: Oh. Yeah, 10-4.
John: One of the few that doesn't have to.
John: ...have to apologize because he never does it on purpose.
Darien: 10-4.
Brandon: 1 to go Darien in case you missed it. 1 to go.
Darien: 10-4. I already said that, Brandon. You're radio's breaking up pretty bad up here.
John: 10-4 on 1 to go.
**Note:** John running 18th; Steve 28th; Kyle 39th.
Brandon: I think we're all just talking at the same time. That's the problem right now.
**Note:** I did not hear Darien say "1 to go". Sounded like Darien's radio was breaking up to me.
Darien: Okay, buddy. Be ready. Be ready. Be ready. Be ready. Green flag, green flag, green flag.
Restart Lap 184
John: Car won't turn.
Brandon: Come back again, John. Will not turn? Will not turn?
Darien: Caution's out. Car spun down here in 4.
Caution Lap 205: #44 spins in Turn 4.
Brandon: Come back, John. Was that better or worse?
John: I'm just sliding. I get in, I slide. The front slides. Then I get on the gas, the rear slides. It's like the truck arms are loose. That's the way it feels. It's like pop, pop, bam, bam. Nothing's smoothe.
Darien: Everybody's coming.
John: You want me to come?
Brandon: Yeah, 10-4. Come in.
Brandon: 4-3-2-1. 4 tires, 4 tires.
Pit Stop: (Lap 206) 13.63 seconds. 4 tires, fuel.
Brandon: Clear all the way. 4300, 4300.
Kyle's Pit Stop (Lap 207) **noticed him already leaving pit stall**
Darien: It's 1 to go when you get here. 1 to go.
**Note:** John running 23rd; Kyle 38th; Steve (-1).
Darien: Pace car's off. Leader's in 3. Be ready. Be ready. Be ready. Be ready. Green flag, green flag, green flag.
Restart Lap 210
**Note:** (Lap 211) Steve unlapped himself. Great job.
**Note:** (Lap 216) Seems to be getting off much better.
**Note:** (Lap 220) #8 racing hard to pass. Bounced off each other a few times already.
**Note:** (Lap 221) Following #8 through traffic.
**Note:** (Lap 229) #17 into us in Turn 1. Almost spun us.
**Note:** (Lap 231) Noticed RF fender pushed in. Typical Martinsville!
**Note:** (Lap 240) Getting by the #40 is a problem.
Darien: Caution's out on the backstretch. Sitting there against the inside wall.
Caution Lap 237: #25 into backstretch inside wall off Turn 2.
**Note:** Steve gets back on the lead lap.
John: I'm a little tight there, but I've got better traction.
Brandon: Alright, 10-4. Do you want to stay out and go up front or do 4 tires?
John: How many laps we got on them?
Brandon: Got 30 laps on them. 30.
John: We'll see what the guys up in front of us do.
John: If the guys right in front of me stay out I'm staying out. The guys behind me look like they're coming, I'm coming.
Brandon: Everybody's coming, everybody's coming.
Darien: Here he comes. 4300, 2nd.
Brandon: 4 tires. 3-2-1. 4 tires, 4 tires.
Pit Stop: (Lap 238) 14.22 seconds. 4 tires, fuel.
Brandon: Clear all the way. Clear all the way. 4300.
Steve's Pit Stop (Lap 238) 2 tires.
Kyle's Pit Stop (Lap 238).
Steve's Pit Stop (Lap 239) 2 tires.
Darien: 1 to go when you get here. 1 to go.
John: 10-4.
**Note:** John running 20th; Kyle 27th; Steve last lead lap car.
Darien: Okay, buddy. Be ready. Be ready. Be ready. Green flag, green flag, green flag.
Restart Lap 244
Darien: Got a spin right in front of you. Stay high, stay high. Clear. Go low, go low. Go, go, go, go.
Caution Lap 255: Spin in Turn 4 by # ?
John: I guess we'll see what they do behind me, but I doubt anybody will come.
Brandon: Yeah, 10-4. You didn't flat spot or anything did you?
John: No, I don't believe so.
Brandon: Alright, 10-4.
John: If the guys pit behind me, I'm coming.
Darien: Here he comes guys. 4300, 2nd. 4300, 2nd.
Brandon: 3-2-1. Here we go. Here we go. 4 tires.
Pit Stop: (Lap 257) 15.44 seconds. 4 tires, fuel.
Brandon: Clear all the way. Clear all the way. 4300.
Steve's Pit Stop (Lap 257).
Kyle's Pit Stop (Lap 257) Did NOT pit. Stayed out.
John: I don't know why I did that. I saw the #20 coming and I didn't want him to go with everybody else. I thought it was the #20. It's the **bleep**ing #31. **bleep**.
John: That wasn't too bright. Oh God, sorry guys.
Brandon: Hey don't worry about it, man. What we'll do is we'll just stay up next time by. Everybody's starting to get impatient so we're going to have a few more of these things.
Darien: It will be 1 to go next time by. 1 to go.
John: 10-4 on 1 to go.
Brandon: You're car still driving the same that time, John?
John: It's got better traction.
Brandon: Still just can't get it to turn in the middle?
John: Yeah, it just won't turn in the middle.
Brandon: Next time we come in I think I'll pull the compression on the RF; take compression out of it.
John: Yeah, I'm really afraid it's going to hop, but we can try it.
**Note:** Kyle running 18th; Steve 24th; John 30th.
Darien: Okay, buddy. Be ready. Be ready. Be ready. Be ready. Green flag, green flag, green flag.
Restart Lap 262
Darien: Caution's out for debris in 1. Caution is out.
Caution Lap 265: Debris in Turn 1.
Darien: 1 to go when you get here.
John: 10-4 on 1 to go.
Darien: Pace car's off. Be ready. Be ready. Green flag, green flag, green flag.
Restart Lap 270
**Note:** Smoked BOTH front tires into 1. #15 cut us off.
Darien: (Lap 289) Spin up high. Spin up high. Stay down low. Track is clear.
**Note:** (Lap 296) Finally got by the #15.
**Note:** (Lap 297) Steve, John passed Kyle in Turn 4.
**Note:** (Lap 299) John passed Steve in Turn 2.
**Note:** (Lap 300) John running 23rd; Steve 24th; Kyle 26th.
Darien: Got a spin in 2. Stay down low. Stay down low.
Caution Lap 343: #19 spins in Turn 2.
John: Car's got pretty good traction now and it drives pretty decent. You don't need to change much.
Brandon: Yeah, 10-4. I'll just put 4 on it. You looked really good right there.
Brandon: Alright boys, it's up to you guys this time. Let's see what you got.
Darien: Ok guys, here he comes. 4300, 2nd. 4300.
Brandon: 5-4-3-2-1.
Pit Stop (Lap 344) 15.94 seconds. 4 tires, fuel.
Brandon: Clear all the way. Clear all the way. 4300.
Steve's Pit Stop (Lap 344).
Darien: 1 to go when you get here.
John: 10-4. 1 to go when I get there.
Darien: That will give you 152 to go at the green flag.
John: 10-4.
**Note:** John running 17th; Steve 25th; Kyle (-1).
Darien: Okay, buddy. Be ready. Be ready. Be ready. Green flag, green flag, green flag.
Restart Lap 348
John: (Lap 372) He don't get it does he?
John: (lap 378) The #41 on the lead lap?
Darien: Negative. He is not on the lead lap.
John: Tell him to get the **bleep** out of the way.
Darien: 10-4.
**Note:** Kyle lapped.
John: (Lap 400) I've got no traction again.
Darien: 10-4 on no traction.
Darien: Caution is out. Caution is out.
Caution Lap 407: #66 spins into Turn 3 wall.
John: We need to fix this. I just can't get up off the middle of the corner at all.
Brandon: Yeah, 10-4. Another pound out of both rears. A pound out of both rears.
Darien: Pits are open. Pits are open.
Dairen: Push 'em real hard, John. 4300, 2nd. 4300, 2nd.
Brandon: 4-3-2-1. 4 tires.
Pit Stop (Lap 409) 14.31 seconds. 4 tires, fuel.
Brandon: Clear all the way. Clear all the way. 4300, 4300.
Steve's Pit Stop (Lap 409) 2 tires.
Steve's Pit Stop (Lap 410) 2 tires.
Darien: 1 to go next time by. 1 to go.
John: 10-4 on 1 to go.
Darien: That will give you 87 laps to go under the green flag.
Darien: Got one on the inside wall down here.
Darien: They're not going to go. They are not going to go.
John: 10-4.
**Note:** Steve came in contact with the #48 and spun into the inside backstretch wall. #48 was moving back and forth heating up/cleaning off tires.
Steve's Pit Stop (Lap 414).
Darien: 1 to go when you get here.
John: 10-4 on 1 to go.
**Note:** John running 17th; Steve (-1); Kyle (-2).
Darien: Okay, buddy. Be ready. 83 to go. Be ready. Be ready. Be ready. Be ready. Green flag, green flag, green flag.
Restart Lap 417
Darien: Spin in front of you. Stay up high. Stay up high.
Caution Lap 423: #9 spins into inside frontstretch wall hard.
Brandon: Let's just stay out here. We only got about 20 laps.
John: Yeah, we're not going to pit.
Darien: 1 to go next time by. 1 to go.
John: 10-4 on 1 to go.
Darien: 7-0 to go at the flag.
John: 10-4.
Darien: Okay, buddy. Be ready. Be ready. Be ready. Be ready. Green flag, green flag, green flag.
Restart Lap 430
**Note:** (Lap 439) Great move!! Body slammed the #1 to get by in Turn 1.
**Note:** (Lap 440) #1 didn't like it. Rapped us hard in the rear in Turn 1.
John: (Lap 447) Tell him to give me a **bleep**ing break.
Darien: (Lap 455) Great job, buddy. 45 to go. 4-5.
Darien: (Lap 465) Stay after 'em, buddy. 35 to go. 3-5.
Darien: (Lap 480) Clear all around, John. 20 to go. 2-0.
Darien: #44 will be slow on the bottom.
Darien: (Lap 485) Come on, buddy. 15 to go. Go get 'em.
Darien: (Lap 490) 10 to go. 10 to go.
Darien: Come on, buddy. 2 to go. 2 to go.
Darien: Great job, buddy. Great job. That's it. Great job.
Checkered flag
John: Great job working on it all day that go it better.
Brandon: Good job, man. **breaks up**.
Brandon: You got 13th position, John.
John: About 100 more laps on those tires I think we would have cleaned up a lot of them.
Brandon: You were **bleep**ing hauling a$$.
Brandon: **breaks up**
Darien: Not yet. I'm listening for it.





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