Subway 500, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Virginia, October 19th, 2003:
Pre-Race Festivities:
**Winston Victory Lap presentations for Darell Waltrip**
**Driver Introductions**
**Invocation**
**National Anthem**
**Flyover by 2 jet fighters** They were awefully close to each other.
Gentlemen! Start your engines!
**Engines started**
Jeff: How 'bout it, Mike, you copy?
Mike: 10-4, bud, loud and clear. How about a copy on me?
Jeff: Sounds good man.
Gary: Got me, Jeff?
Jeff: Yeah, I got you, Gary.
Gary: Alright. See where we're at; behind the #12 and in front of the #40.
Jeff: Okay.
**Note:** The #43 was in Pit Box #13.
Gary: Mike, everything happens quick here so be on your toes. You're also going to have to help me spot him halfway down pit road and around the corner of Turn 1 and 2 on pit road.
Mike: 10-4.
Pace Laps:
Mike: Alright, Jeff, pit road speed is right there.
Jeff: 41 and 2nd.; 4100 and 2nd gear.
Mike: 4100, 2nd gear.
Jeff: 4100.
Gary: Make sure you get a little heat in your brakes. They're brand new pads and rotors. They've already been burnished in.
Jeff: Okay.
Mike: On behalf of the #43 team would like to thank General Mills®, Georgia-Pacific®, Coca-Cola® and ALL THE FANS that make this possible. Boys, have a great day in the pits today. Remember, KEEP FOCUSED: 12/4. Jeff, have a GREAT day today. Have some fun! Most of all, God Bless.
Jeff: Oh yeah, I am sure it's going to be fun. Quite exciting.
Mike: 10-4, bud.
Gary: You need to run your brake fans and your gear fan and more than likely your radiator fan.
Jeff: Okay.
Jeff: Tell them to do good over it. **I presume pit wall.**
Gary: Thanks. Going green next time by. Keep it straight and keep the nose on it and have fun.
Jeff: Okay.
Mike: Pace car's on pit road, bud.
Mike: Get ready. Green flag. Green flag:
**Note:** (Lap 5) Looks loose off of Turn 2.
**Note:** (Lap 10) Jeff 9th; Kyle 30th.
**Note:** (Lap 13) #21 into the LR in Turn 4. Nice save.
Jeff: (Lap 20) I need more forward bite.
**Note:** Jeff 10th; Kyle 31st.
**Note:** (Lap 28) Whoa. Headed straight to the wall in Turn 3 with no help. Nice save. Lost 5 positions.
Gary: (Lap 31) Need forward bite, you said?
Jeff: Yeah, and I need to turn better, too, up off.
Gary: 10-4. Take a pound out of both rears and come up on the track bar.
**Note:** (Lap 40) Jeff 18th; Kyle 36th.
Gary: (Lap 41) 21.50; that was a good lap.
Jeff: (Lap 43) The brakes are getting hot.
Mike: 10-4 on the brakes getting hot.
Gary: You've got plenty of room. The leaders are in heavy traffic.
**Note:** (Lap 48) Kyle lapped under green.
Jeff: (Lap 52) Car doesn't turn good at this end. I need more forward bite up off.
Gary: 10-4.
Mike: You've got a yellow in Turn 4. Back her down. Caution Lap 54: #7 spins in Turn 4 while racing the #54. #2 hits #7 with RF; #12 scrapes through.
Mike: Track's kind of blocked.
Mike: Keep rolling on the outside. Come on.
Mike: That a boy. Come on.
Jeff: I need more forward grip and better....need more forward bite in the back.
Gary: Dustin, take a 1/2 pound out of the RF.
Jeff: I don't know about these brakes. They never did that to me yesterday.
Mike: Pit road is closed.
Gary: Are they fading on you?
Jeff: Well...yeah, it's getting hot. They don't fade on me. I just have a screwed up feeling pedal.
Gary: 10-4.
Jeff: Whether it's got moisture, condensation, or air, or something in the brake line.
Mike: Pit road will be open for lead lap cars. We'll get caught up as best as we can.
Gary: Going to raise the track bar 1 turn and take a pound out of both rears and a pound out of the RF.
Mike: Come on, bud.
Gary: It will be 4 tires and gas.
Mike: 4100, 2nd gear.
Mike: He's on pit road.
Mike: He's behind the #16 and he's at the start/finish line...all by himself.
Gary: Around the #40. Start looking left.
Pit Stop (Lap 56) 4 tires, fuel, up on track bar, 1 pound out of both rears, and RF. 16.00 seconds.
Gary: You're outta here. Outside. You've got some outside.
Mike: 1 inside of you...aahhhh.
Mike: It must play different here because it's Martinsville.
**Note:** (Lap 57) Kyle pitted. 16.47 seconds.
Mike: Got the #10 coming to the outside trying to get to the front for his lap back.
Mike: Coming to the outside right now.
Mike: In front of you is the #99, #2, #6 and on. Behind, the #25, #16, #32.
Jeff: Alright.
Mike: You're going to have the #48 in front of you. They're putting the #99 at the back for driving through too many pit boxes.
Jeff: Good for them.
Mike: 10-4. I thought it was because it was Martinsville it was him. Great job by NASCAR. They look at everything. They see everything.
Mike: It will be 1 to go when you get back to the line. Nice job boys.
Gary: Tire sheet shows we're building up about **interference** the front and the temps show we're neutral on the right.
Jeff: Okay.
Jeff: I put about 2 rounds in the rear and it's bottomed out to the rear.
Gary: What's that?
Jeff: I put 2 rounds on the spring adjuster to the rear since I started today and it's bottomed out now.
Gary: 10-4.
**Note:** Jeff 21st; Kyle 36th 1 lap down.
Mike: Coming to the green. Green flag. Restart Lap 62
Mike: Got a spin in Turn 4. Caution Lap 64: #40 spins in Turn 4 and gets hit by #22.
**Note:** Jeff spins in Turn 3 with no help.
Jeff: Something happened to my rear brakes. It locked up.
Mike: 10-4. Come on, bud. Turn it around. Plenty of room. Come on.
Mike: Go ahead. You've got room to back up.
**Note:** Jeff turns it back around and barely nudges over the beginning of the Turn 4 curb.
Jeff: Probably got the valance right there.
Mike: It looks okay.
**Note:** It was fine and not damaged. Nice job in getting it over the inside curbing.
Jeff: All that I got is rear brake.
Gary: We need to put tires on it?
Jeff: I imagine.
Mike: He did go around, Gary.
Jeff: I guess I had so much rear brake tuned into it while the front brakes were hot that the backs locked up. I put some front in it. It won't do it now.
Gary: Okay.
Mike: Pit road is open for lead lap cars only this time by.
Gary: Mike, you're going to have to let me know where the pace car is when they get back off the radio. Do rights and then we'll plan on coming back in and do lefts.
Mike: 10-4.
Mike: Pace car's in Turn 1.
Mike: 4100, 2nd gear.
Mike: Exiting Turn 2.
Mike: He's on pit road.
Mike: Middle of the backstretch.
Mike: He's behind the #40. Follow him right on in.
Gary: Come around the #40. We're going to do right sides, right sides only.
Mike: In turn 4.
Mike: Out of Turn 4.
Pit Stop (Lap 66) 2 right side tires, fuel. 6.22 seconds.
Gary: You're outta here.
Mike: Good job, boys. Pace car is in the middle of Turns 1 and 2.
Mike: He stayed out.
Jeff: Somebody's sitting on the button.
Mike: 1 to go.
Jeff: I'm staying out here. Will someone get OFF the button?!?!
Jeff: Can you hear me now?
Mike: 10-4, bud.
Mike: We're coming to the green.
**Note:** Kyle stayed out.
Mike: Pace car's on pit road.
Mike: Get ready.
Mike: Green flag. Restart Lap 69
Jeff: (Lap 73) Find out who that radio is and take it away from them.
Gary: Mitch you need to go look and whoever's got a radio on the truck and tell them to get it off.
**Note:** The interference was getting annoying. Someone was standing on the button.
Mike: Yellow is out. Caution Lap 79: #12 spins in Turn 2 helped by the #30.
Jeff: That helped me. I need some more of that. Let's put 4 on it this time.
Gary: 10-4. We'll raise the track bar another turn; take another 1/2 pound out of both rears.
Mike: Pit road is open. Pace car is in Turn 3.
Gary: We're going to have to do rights and then come back and get lefts.
Jeff: Okay.
Gary: We can skip gas the first time and Root (Mike) you can go ahead and do the track bar; up 1.
Mike: On pit road. 4100, 2nd gear. Pace car coming out of Turn 2.
Gary: Right sides only and then we'll come back.
Gary: The #0 is going to pull off. We're 3 pit stalls ahead of him. Come on in here. Stop him short, Andy.
Mike: Middle of Turn 1 and 2.
Mike: Off of Turn 4.
Pit Stop (Lap 80) 2 right tires, fuel, up 1 on track bar. 6.28 seconds.
Gary: You're outta here. All clear.
Mike: Out to the wall.
Jeff: Do I have enough time to come back in, Mike?
Mike: Pace car is just getting into Turn 1. Come on.
Mike: Come on, bud. 4100, 2nd gear. No one else on pit road.
Mike: Middle of the backstretch.
Mike: Into Turn 3.
Gary: You're going to have to come around the #40.
Mike: Off of Turn 4.
Pit Stop (Lap 81) 2 left tires, fuel. 5.84 seconds.
Gary: Go. 1 outside. Go. Clear, all clear.
Mike: Right to the wall. 4100, 2nd gear. Nice job, boys.
**Note:** (Lap 81) Kyle also pitted. 4 tires.
Mike: The only one behind you, Jeff, is the #12.
Jeff: Okay.
Mike: It will be 1 to go when you get back to the line.
**Note:** Jeff 32nd; Kyle 34th. Kyle was the Lucky Dog.
Mike: Pace car's on pit road.
Mike: Get ready. Green flag. Restart Lap 85
Gary: (Lap 89) Louder, Mike.
**Note:** (Lap 94) Hit #0 down the frontstretch to get out of the way.
Mike: Spin behind you. Keep going.
Mike: Yellow is not out. Keep going.
Mike: Yellow is out now. Just come back to the line. Caution Lap 105: #88 spins in Turn 2 helped by the #37.
Jeff: Brakes are starting to get hot again.
Gary: Have we helped it any?
Jeff: Say, again?
Gary: Have we helped your balance any?
Jeff: The balance is about the same. I seem like I'm sliding around a lot more...all 4 tires.
Gary: Dustin, take a 1/2 pound out of both right sides.
Mike: Pit road is open for lead lap cars.
Mike: 4100.
Mike: At the start/finish line now...Gary.
Gary: About 3 away from there. You've got the #20 coming on your inside.
**Note:** Whoa...Close call. #20 was exiting his pit box as we were coming in. No contact.
Gary: Just rights, just rights, just rights. Let's go.
Pit Stop (Lap 107) 2 right tires, fuel. 9.81 seconds.
**Note:** I was expecting 4 tires so the time was actually less.
Gary: A couple outside.
Jeff: Do I come back?
Gary: Yeah, we'll come back and get lefts.
Mike: Come on, bud. Pace car's into Turn 1.
Mike: 4100, 2nd gear. Into Turn 2.
Mike: Off of Turn 2.
Mike: Middle of the backstretch.
Gary: You've got to watch your RF on the pit box line. You're about 10 away...5 start looking left.
Mike: Middle of Turn 3 and 4.
Mike: Off of Turn 4.
Pit Stop (Lap 108) 2 left tires, fuel. 5.91 seconds.
Gary: All clear.
**Note:** (Lap 108) Kyle also pitted. 4 tires.
Jeff: I can't believe I'm using these brakes too hard to make it do that.
Gary: I don't believe that either. We must have a circulation problem.
Mike: It's going to be 1 to go when you get back to the line, bud.
Mike: #19 to your outside.
Jeff: What's the #19 doing?
Mike: No idea. Kyle's going to go around him. You go around him.
Mike: Pace car's on pit road.
Mike: Get ready. Green flag. Restart Lap 110
Mike: Kyle's going around. Yellow is out. Caution Lap 121: #45 spins in Turn 2 helped by the #31.
Jeff: They need to penalize that #31.
Mike: He just drove right in the back of him and spun him around.
Mike: He's going to run in the back of it. No he's not. He's going to...Oh nice. NICE.
**Note:** #31 decides to hit the #43.
Jeff: That got my fender.
Gary: Alright. Let's settle down. We'll wait a lap. No, come on in this time and get right sides if it's open.
Mike: Pit road is closed.
Gary: **interference** ...fender out.
Mike: The RF fender you're going to have to work on, boys, thanks to the #31.
Jeff: I can't believe they didn't see him spin him out on purpose.
Mike: They did. NASCAR's talking to the #31 crew chief right now. Pit road is open.
Gary: Do right side tires. Right side tires only and pull the RF fender out and come back for lefts.
Mike: 4100, 2nd gear. Pace car's into Turn 1.
Mike: Middle of the backstretch. He's behind the #31...Gary.
Gary: You're going to have the #40 leaving. No he's not. Come on.
Mike: Middle of Turn 3 and 4.
Gary: Get the fender. You've got time.
Gary: Okay, let's go.
Pit Stop (Lap 123) 2 right tires, fuel, work on RF fender. 10.6 seconds.
Mike: 4100, 2nd gear.
Mike: In the middle of Turn 1 and 2. Come on, bud.
Mike: 4100, 2nd gear. Back on pit road. Coming out of Turn 2.
Gary: RF fender is good. LF is good.
Mike: Into Turn 3.
Gary: Left sides.
Mike: In the middle of Turn 3 and 4.
Mike: Off of Turn 4.
Pit Stop (Lap 124) 2 left tires, fuel. 6.41 seconds.
Gary: Outta here. 1 outside. All clear.
Mike: Nice job, boys.
Mike: Safety truck out of Turn 2 going down the backstretch.
Mike: It will be 1 to go when you get back to the line.
**Note:** Kyle 31st; Jeff 33rd and the #40 pushed behind the wall. Jeff now has a clean pit IN.
Mike: Pace car's on pit road.
Mike: Get ready. Green flag. Restart Lap 129
**Note:** (Lap 133) FINALLY by the #37.
Gary: Good job, man. Try to get your rhythm.
Mike: Got a spin in Turn 4. Stay to the outside. Caution Lap 136: #2 spins in Turn 4 helped by the #6. #25 also involved and #48 gets spun towards the inside frontstretch wall, but no contact.
Jeff: You got me turning better, but you've loosened the back end through the center a little bit, but that's as good as it's been right there.
Gary: 10-4. Only got 5 laps on this set. I'd like to stay out.
Jeff: Okay.
Mike: In front of you, you have the #45, #31, #10, #0. Behind you the #19, #88, #9 so far.
Jeff: Alright.
Gary: We've only got 140 laps complete. They're are already starting to get stupid so be on your toes.
Jeff: Okay.
Mike: 1 to go when you get back to the line.
**Note:** Kyle 25th; Jeff 26th.
Mike: Pace car's in.
Mike: Get ready. Green flag. Restart Lap 143
Jeff: (Lap 154) When I get in the gas up off the corner I'm spinning the tires.
Mike: 10-4.
**Note:** (Lap 169) Car looks like it's starting to come in.
Gary: Turning 21.50. Same as the leader. That's a real good pace right there.
Mike Car high in Turn 3 and 4. Keep digging. He's trying for the bottom. Yellow is out so just come back to the line. Caution Lap 175: #23 has a RF go down in Turn 3 and puts debris on track.
Jeff: It's too, too loose in the back. I get loose getting in the corner and when I get down in the middle it gets loose and then I'm spinning the tires up off.
Gary: 10-4. Put 2 rounds in the LR.
Gary: Actually we're going to have to do it in the RR. Going to have to do it out the RR.
Gary: Pit road is closed at the moment. Take a 1/2 pound out of both rears. If the leaders come I'd like to stay out and pit with the lap down cars. That way we have plenty of time to do 4 tires and our adjustment.
Jeff: Okay.
Mike: Pit road is still closed at the moment.
Mike: Pit road is going to be closed this time by, too.
Jeff: Okay.
Mike: Pit road will be open for lead lap cars this time by.
Mike: Leaders are headed to pit road.
Gary: You're going to stay out and pit the next time by.
Jeff: Okay.
**Note:** (Lap 180) Kyle pitted. 11.28 seconds.
Mike: Get caught up the best you can.
Mike: Pace car is exiting Turn 2.
Mike: #88 is staying out. Come on.
Mike: 4100, 2nd gear. He's on pit road.
Gary: 4 tires and gas. We're going to take 2 rounds out of the RR.
Mike: At the start/finish line now.
Gary: 5 away. Start looking left.
Mike: Pace car's in Turn 1.
Mike: Off of Turn 2.
Mike: Middle of...
Pit Stop; (Lap 181) 4 tires, fuel, 2 rounds out of RR. 14.59 seconds.
Gary: ...outta here. All clear. All clear.
**Note:** (Lap 181) Kyle also pitted.
Mike: 4100, 2nd gear. All the way out. You've to the #7 coming.
Mike: They're stopping them.
Mike: Come back, bud?
Jeff: What did you say?
Mike: Nothing. I thought you said something. Sorry.
Mike: #23's coming on the outside.
Jeff: How many they going to give them laps back to?
Mike: I think they took 1 away from the #23. Somehow, something on pit road. He's got something hanging off of it so they wanted him back. I don't know.
Mike: NASCAR's correcting a mistake.
Jeff: Alright.
Mike: It will be 1 to go when you get back to the line.
Jeff: #30 on the lead lap?
Gary: Yes he is.
Mike: In front of you, you have the #30, #38, #9, #17, #01. Behind you the #41, #54.
**Note:** Jeff 24th, Kyle 25th.
Mike: Pace car's on pit road.
Mike: Get ready. Green flag. Restart Lap 188
Jeff (Lap 196) How many f-bomb laps down is he?.
Mike: Yes, sir, I'm looking for him.
**Note:** Friggin' #7 racing us when he's 500,000 laps down and costing us time!!!!
**Note:** (Lap 214) FINALLY by #7. Car looks good.
Jeff: (Lap 218) It feels just loose in the tires up off.
Gary: 10-4.
Gary: Did the bite help it at all?
Jeff: It tightened me up in the center.
Jeff: It's tightened the front end up. It didn't help the back in the center.
**Note:** (Lap 223) Kyle lapped under green.
Greg: (Lap 226) Little louder, Mike.
Mike: Clear all around. The #23 is around. Yellow is out. Caution Lap 230:RR down on #23. Spins in Turn 3.
Gary: What do you think about taking a pound out of both fronts and dropping the track bar back down?
Jeff: Okay. I need forward bite. I don't know if the track bar will help me or not, but it might help me through the center with the back.
Mike: Pit road is open for lead lap cars.
Jeff: Do we come this time?
Gary: It would be better to wait. We can get 4 on it if we waited a lap. There's only 4 lead lap cars behind you.
Mike: Pace car's into Turn 1. Plenty of room to get caught up. The #7's behind you.
Gary: Drop the track bar 1 turn, Russ. Put 4 tires on it. You got the pound out of both fronts, Dustin?
Mike: 4100, 2nd gear right there.
Gary: About 10 aways from there. 2-1.
Mike: Pace car is off of Turn 2.
Mike: Middle of the backstretch.
Gary: Work on that LF fender, Dustin.
Pit Stop: (Lap 232) 4 tires, fuel, 1 round down on track bar, 1 pound out of both fronts. 14.47 seconds.
Gary: You're outta here. 1 outside. Clear.
**Note:** Kyle also pitted for 4 tires.
Mike: All the way to the wall. 4100.
Mike: They're stopping them at the end of pit road. Nice job boys.
Gary: The #23 and the #10 are laps down.
Jeff: Okay.
Jeff: We ought to start pitting on that first lap so we can start beating some of these guys out. They're killing us on that.
Mike: It will be 1 to go when you get to the line, bud.
**Note:** Jeff 31st; Kyle 34th. Kyle was the Lucky Dog, again.
Mike: Pace car's headed for pit road.
Mike: Get ready. Green flag. Restart Lap 237
Jeff: (Lap 245) Talk louder, Mike. Talk louder.
Jeff: (Lap 250) No grip up off. No grip.
Gary: 10-4.
Jeff: (Lap 261) Can't get in the corners because of my f-bomb brakes. Can't get off because I'm spinning the tires.
Gary: 10-4.
Jeff: I think it made me worse.
Gary: (Lap 263) 21.50. Good lap.
Jeff: (Lap 266) I smell a lot of rear end grease somewhere.
Mike: 10-4. That was the #37 behind you. Keep going.
Gary: It might be that #18 car ahead of us.
**Note:** #18 engine sputtering real bad and slowing down dramatically.
Mike: Caution is out. Keep digging. Caution Lap 273:#77 spins in Turns 1 and 2 and hits the wall.
Gary: We're going to put the air back in the fronts. Can't come down any more on the rears. We're already pretty low.
Jeff: Alright. Put me some more wedge in it.
Gary: 10-4.
Mike: Pit road is open for lead lap cars only. They're heading for pit road now.
Gary: There's only 1 other car behind us that's on the lead lap. I'd really like to wait for second time by. We'll get all our adjustments.
Jeff: Okay.
**Note:** (Lap 275) Kyle pitted. 4 tires, fuel. 19.53 seconds.
Gary: We got 2 wedge wrenches?
Gary: Russ, raise the track bar back up that 1 turn. Tucker, put 2 rounds in the LR.
Mike: 4100, 2nd gear. On pit road.
Gary: 5 away. Start looking left.
Mike: Pace car exiting Turn 2.
Mike: Middle of the backstretch.
Pit Stop: (Lap 276) 4 tires, fuel, 1 round up on track bar, 1 pound in of both fronts, 2 rounds wedge in LR. 13.47 seconds.
Gary: You're outta here. All clear. All clear.
Jeff: Those guys are beating us doing it the first lap.
Gary: I know it, but we can't get 4 on it if we come in the first lap.
Jeff: The #45 and #54 did, didn't they?
Gary: I think the #54 only took 2. I don't know about the #45.
Jeff: The #54 took 4. So did the #45.
Gary: 10-4.
Mike: It will be 1 to go when you get back to the line.
**Note:** Kyle 31st; Jeff 32nd.
Jeff: Alright.
Mike: Pace car's on pit road.
Mike: Get ready. Green flag. Restart Lap 281
Mike: Spin. Stay to the high side. Keep coming, no yellow so far. It's out. Caution Lap 286:#38 spins in Turns 4 and stops.
Jeff: That didn't make me push. Let's put some more in it. Want to? Leave these tires on it and put some wedge in it?
Gary: 10-4. Put 2 more rounds in the LR.
Mike: Pit road is open.
Mike: Everyone is staying out so far.
Gary: No tires. Just gas only and 2 rounds down in the LR.
Mike: Pace car's into Turn 1.
Mike: 4100, 2nd gear. In the middle of Turn 1 and 2.
Mike: Off of Turn 2.
Mike: Middle of the backstretch.
Gary: You're going to have to come around the #01.
Mike: Into Turn 3.
Pit Stop: (Lap 288) Fuel, 2 rounds down in LR. 4.44 seconds.
Gary: You're outta here.
Jeff: Fix me up a straw on one end. Orange Powerade next time. This water's good, but I'd like to have something flavored.
Mike: It will be 1 to go when you get back to the line.
Mike: Coming to the green.
**Note:** Kyle 27th; Jeff 29th.
Mike: Pace car's on pit road.
Mike: Get ready. Green flag. Restart Lap 294
Jeff: (Lap 298) I think that made it worse.
Jeff: (Lap 300) What a f-bomb dumb "butt".
Mike: (Lap 321) #0 has a flat. Working his way to the inside.
**Note:** LR down and off on the #0. No yellow.
**Note:** (Lap 327) Lapped under green.
Jeff: (Lap 329) I'm cutting on the wheel. The back end slides out in the middle. I just can't get in the gas up off.
Gary: 10-4.
Mike: Caution in Turn 4. Yellow is out. Stay to the high side for the moment. Caution Lap 354:#02 spins in Turns 4.
Jeff: Take that wedge back out. It hurt my front end. It didn't do nothing to the back.
Mike: Pit road is open for lead lap cars.
Gary: You want to try and taking the rear bar off?
Jeff: I think that will make me too tight through the center.
Gary: Okay. I agree with that.
Jeff: What do you think if we dropped the track bar on the left side it would help me up off?
Jeff: Probably ain't got time for that, probably.
Gary: No we don't have it set up right to do that.
Gary: Take 2 rounds out of the LR, Tucker.
Pit Stop: (Lap 356) 4 tires, fuel, 2 rounds out of LR. 14.19 seconds.
Gary: Outta here. You've got 1 outside.
**Note:** Kyle also pitted for 4 tires.
Jeff: I don't think that #01 surely don't think he beat me across that line.
Mike: I hope not.
Mike: Looks like he is. This one should be real easy for NASCAR. Watch that truck.
Mike: I'll let NASCAR see it. The #01 and #43.
Gary: Mike Root. Get the official.
Jeff: Mike are they making something up?
Mike: One second, bud.
Mike: #43, #01. Take your spot, bud.
Mike: It will be 1 to go when you get back to the line.
Jeff: Okay.
Mike: In the lane with the lap cars.
Gary: We are a lap down.
Mike: Alright. Roll on up there, bud.
Gary: Should line up behind the #16.
Mike: 10-4.
Mike: Keep digging.
Mike: Pace car's down the middle of the backstretch.
Mike: Get ready, bud.
Mike: Get ready. Green flag. Restart Lap 362
Mike: Keep digging. There's a whole bunch of cars spun around in Turn 4. Caution is out. Caution Lap 373:#88 spins in Turn 4.
Mike: Track will be clear when you get there.
Jeff: That helped me a little bit I think.
Mike: Stay on the bottom. I see something up high.
Gary: 10-4. Dustin. Go up another 1/2 pound on the fronts.
Gary: We've got 10 laps on that set. We missed the Lucky Dog spot by 2.
Jeff: #1 car is more than 1 lap down, ain't he?
Gary: The #1 IS more than 1 lap down. The #22 should get his lap back under this caution. Then it will be the #16, then you.
Mike: Are we staying out?
Gary: If it's driving alright I'd like to stay out and keep the track position.
Jeff: It's all good.
**Note:** (Lap 376) Kyle made a long pit stop. 26.16 seconds.
**Note:** (Lap 378) Kyle pitted again.
Mike: It will be 1 to go when you get back to the line.
Jeff: Okay.
Mike: Just follow that #16.
Jeff: How many laps down is that #1?
Mike: 5 laps.
Mike: Coming to the green. Looks like he's going to pull over.
Mike: Pace car's headed for pit road.
Mike: Get ready. Green flag. Restart Lap 380
Jeff: (Lap 386) I'm going to wreck his f-bomb "butt".
Mike: Wrecking behind him doing what he just did. Caution is out. Caution Lap 386:#54, #77, #31 wreck out of Turn 4 and down the frontstretch.
Mike: Stay up high. They're trying to get the safety trucks there. Stay up high.
Mike: He was determined to wreck somebody.
Gary: Now we're the first car one lap down.
Jeff: Let's just stay out here and see if we can get a caution.
**Note:** (Lap 389) Kyle pitted. Long pit stop again. Working on RF.
Gary: You seem to be holding your own with them guys.
Jeff: Yeah. They keep me pinned down on the bottom. It kind of hurts me, but it's a little bit better.
Gary: 10-4.
**Note:** (Lap 391) Kyle pitted again.
Mike: When we go on the restart you need to me call the green or you want to go on your own?
Jeff: No, I'll do it.
Mike: 10-4, bud.
Gary: Still have 110 laps to go.
Jeff: Okay.
Mike: We've got the #1 behind us right now, but **interference** go by him which he is a lap down too.
Jeff: Okay.
Mike: It will be 1 to go when you get back to the line.
Jeff: Okay.
Mike: Coming to the green. Restart Lap 393
Mike: Dig hard. The #74 rolled to the outside. He's behind the #12.
Mike: Clear high right behind the #12. That a boy.
Mike: Keep digging. He's got his hands full.
Mike: #99, then the #23.
Gary: We're racing the #23.
Mike: Keep digging, bud. Yellow will be out. Caution Lap 403:#97 loose out of Turn 4. Smacks the left side of the #2. Airborne and runs over the left side of the #2.
Jeff: Boy that really sucks.
Mike: 10-4, bud.
**Note:** The #23 got the Lucky Dog spot instead of Jeff.
Gary: Take a half pound out of both rears, Dustin.
Mike: Pit road is open for lead lap cars only.
Gary: I believe we need to pit here and put 4 more on it.
Jeff: Okay. I just need more forward bite the most thing, but I need a lot more grip to be able to hook these corners like these people do. These guys that's leading are.
Gary: 10-4.
Mike: 4100, 2nd gear.
Gary: It will be 4 tires and gas with the air pressure adjustment.
Mike: He's at the start/finish line now, Gary.
Gary: About 5 away. 3-2-1.
Gary: Work on that fender, Dustin.
Pit Stop: (Lap 406) 4 tires, fuel, 1/2 pound out of both rear tires. 16.84 seconds.
Gary: Outta here. 1 outside.
Mike: Be careful. That's all oil you're in right there.
Gary: We'll be racing the lap down cars of the #01, #45. They did not pit. The #15, ourselves, #74.
Jeff: The #15. Is he on 7 still?
Mike: He said they were. They don't sound it.
Gary: When we pit again we'll have to be careful on pit road. They covered the whole thing with speedy-dry.
Jeff: Okay.
Gary: Running 25th and there are 5 cars 1 lap down.
Jeff: Okey dokey.
Gary: 84 to go at the moment.
Gary: Mike I don't imagine the #1 is going to let us around him, is he?
Mike: Let me find out.
Mike: He says he will let us around him.
Gary: Tell him, "Thank you".
Mike: I did. Twice.
Mike: It will be 1 to go when you get back to the line.
Jeff: Okey dokey.
Mike: They're starting to double up. There you go. Come on.
Gary: See if you can get around the #7.
Mike: 10-4.
Mike: Not going green.
Jeff: How many of these guys are only a lap down?
Gary: The #01, #45, and then us.
Jeff: Kyle can't get up there?
Gary: I guess the #32 won't let him by.
Mike: We've got to be careful right here. Somebody ran over a piece of brake or something down the frontstretch. Shake 'em around and make sure it's not us.
Jeff: I never seen nothing.
Jeff: I don't think he's trying too hard.
Jeff: Why doesn't he let me go by him? If he ain't going to try, I'll try.
Gary: Mike, did you ask the #45 if he's moving up?
Mike: Are you going to move around the #32?
Gary: The #32 and the next car in front of him, the #38.
Mike: #45 is saying he's not that good.
Jeff: Tell him to get out of the way, then.
Mike: 10-4. That's what I asked him.
Mike: Go, bud.
Gary: You should be able to line up behind the #01. Ask the #32 for some help.
Jeff: He's several laps down, ain't he?
Gary: He's 3.
Gary: Coming to the green.
Mike: Get ready. Green flag. Restart Lap 427
Mike: Clear all around. Yellow will be out. Caution Lap 435:#97 loses an engine returning to track after repairs.
Jeff: You see Ricky's...grab his spotter up there, Mike?
Mike: 10-4.
Jeff: You tell him he's a "cat"? I'll never give him a break again. You know what? I'm only a lap down. All he had to do was give me a break.
Gary: We're going to stay out.
Mike: 10-4.
Jeff: Thank you.
Mike: He said he would have let us go, but not until 50 laps to go. I said you're 3 laps down, so, that's that.
Jeff: I'll remember it.
Jeff: What about the #0? How many laps down is he?
Mike: The #0 is 3, The #38 is 3, and the #32 is 4. No, he's 3 also.
Jeff: So we're the first one 1 lap down?
Gary: We are the first one 1 lap down.
Jeff: Talk to him, Mike. See if we can get by him.
Mike: No help from the #0.
Jeff: You say no help?
Mike: No help.
Jeff: Guess he wears panties, too.
Mike: Alright, make sure the belts are nice and tight.
Gary: It will be you, the #45, #74, and the #15 1 lap down.
Mike: Pace car's on pit road.
Mike: Get ready. Green flag. Restart Lap 440
Jeff: (Lap 449) The f-bomb #74 just ran over me.
Gary: 40 laps to go.
Gary: 30 laps to go.
Jeff: I'm getting too tight in the center.
Gary: 18 laps to go.
Jeff: It just spins.
Gary: 10-4.
Mike: Clear all around. No pressure from behind.
Jeff: Who's next. Anybody?
Jeff: The #74?
Gary: He's just coming off of Turn 2 now.
Mike: 10 to go.
Jeff: (Lap 492) How much longer is the #19 going to smoke?
Mike: Leader is 2 car lengths back.
Jeff: What does he want? Inside or outside? Can you talk to him.
Mike: He's with you on the outside.
Mike: Clear all around. The #48 will be next and he wants you to stay on the bottom if you can.
Mike: Clear. Next car back will be the #25 and then the #31.
Jeff: They're not racing anybody are they?
Gary: Negative.
Gary: 3 laps to go.
Mike: Clear all around. 1 more lap, bud.
Checkered flag
Jeff: Good effort guys. Just have to get our cars better.
Gary: 10-4. Great effort, Jeff. Way to hang tough all day long.
Jeff: 10-4. Good job there, buddy. Good job, Mike.
Mike: You too, bud. You struggled all day and did a great job hanging tough. That's why we got you, bud.
Jeff: 10-4.
Crew: Right here, Jeff.
Jeff: 10-4.
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