Coca-Cola 600, Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina, May 30th, 2004:
Pre-Race Festivities:
**Driver Introductions**
**Invocation**
**Amazing Grace**
**TAPS** followed by 5 Blackhawk Fighter Helicopters
**National Anthem** sung by 8 of the 2004 American Idol Finalists
**Flyover by a lone B2 Bomber**
Gentlemen! Start your engines! **presented by our troops in Iraq**
Pace Laps:
Greg: Pit road speed is about 4300.
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4.
Mark: Pace car is right in Turn 3, Kyle.
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4.
Mark: That's pit road speed right there, Kyle.
Kyle: Alright, I've got about 42. About 42.
Mark: Greg, what was that pit road speed?
Greg: **never heard him**.
Mark: 10-4. Thank you.
Kyle: Alright, man, you guys did good. Come a long way from last week. You've worked hard and I appreciate it. Let's take a quick prayer.
**Team Prayer**
Kyle: You guys pat each other on the back and I thank you for this. Let's just do the best we can today guys.
Greg: Okay, you just let me know what we need to do here and we'll **interference** correct it.
Mark: Give your belts one more pull.
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4.
Mark: Pace car's off.
Mark: Ready. Green, green, green. Green flag:
Kyle: (Lap 7) I'm running about 235-240 and it's pushing up off the corners.
Kyle: (Lap 9) A little push in the middle. Push in the middle of Turns 3 and 4 and push up off Turns 3 and 4.
**Note:** (Lap 10) Jeff 15th; Kyle 41st.
**Note:** (Lap 15) Jeff 17th; Kyle 38th.
Mark: (Lap 21) Leader is just a little over a straightaway back.
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4.
Kyle: (Lap 23) Okay, it's a little loose getting in; pushing in the middle and pushing up off.
Mark: (Lap 29) Half a straightaway back is the leader.
Kyle: Tell me where he's running on the race track.
Mark: Right on the bottom.
**Note:** (Lap 31) Kyle lapped under green.
Kyle: **inaudible. Broke up too much.**
Kyle: (Lap 36) This thing doesn't feel like it's got a RF spring in it at all getting into the corners. It's just pulling the front end and unloads itself.
Greg: Okay. 10-4, 10-4.
Kyle: How many laps have we run?
Greg: **No answer**
Kyle: (Lap 39) I can't get anymore clues to getting into the corner right now.
Greg: 10-4. **interference** get a pit stop.
Kyle: (Lap 43) I'm pulling in next lap. I can not drive this SOB.
Kyle: I'm coming in this next time by.
Mark: He's halfway down the backstretch.
Mark: Okay, 42. 42.
Mark: About 15 to go.
Mark: 8-7-6-5-4-3...
Greg: Take a round out the LR; 1.5 down on the track bar.
Greg: OUT!!! OUT!!! OUT!!!
Pit Stop (Lap 45) 4 tires, fuel, bite out of LR, down on track bar. 18.247 seconds.
Greg: Alright, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
Mark: Okay, Kyle, 42.
Kyle: (Lap 48) Hold it. What did you change just then?
Greg: **No answer** **I believe my scanner is not picking up Greg all the time because of KP's response**
Kyle: F-bomb yeah. It's twice as f-bomb bad. It's like this thing has got an inch lower in the middle of the corner. It turns it's f-bomb self loose. It won't hold itself. You took the wedge out and now it won't hold itself at all.
Kyle: (Lap 49) It's f-bomb wrecking on new tires, now.
Kyle: (Lap 54) Greg, was I not clear on what I was trying to say a minute ago? What did you all think the car was doing?
Greg: **broke up** track bar with him, but they didn't have another wedge **broke up** to get the **broke up** lower **broke up** so it's going to be worse.
Kyle: F-bomb worse ain't the word. It's f-bomb wrecking.
Kyle: (Lap 57) I can't drive this thing.
Greg: We'll have to pit again and we're going to put the track bar down and put the wedge back in it.
Kyle: I'm coming in right now. I can't drive this thing.
Mark: 4200. 4200.
Greg: Put the track bar down.
Mark: 8-7-6-5...
Greg: Someone going to put the wedge in?
Kyle: Are they done?
Pit Stop (Lap 56) Wedge in, down on track bar. **Didn't grab the watch fast enough**
Greg: GO! I ain't never in my life **broke up** We're going to have to get together on this. I told you what to do on it **broke up**.
**Note:** (Lap 59) Jeff pitted for 4 tires, fuel.
Kyle: (Lap 62) This thing is up all over the race track. I ain't got a clue where it's going to go.
Kyle: (Lap 66) We barely got it back to where it was last Friday where it won't do the same thing any lap.
Kyle: Alright I'm going to come in this time and pull the rubber out of the RR and crank wedge in this thing. We'll only make it do one thing and one thing only or we're going to park it and go to the house.
Greg: If you need a rubber for the RF I've got a rubber ready for the RF.
Kyle: Yeah, put one in the RF and take one out of the RR and just put the wedge in it because, obviously we are f-bombed up here.
Greg: 10-4, 10-4. Put some rounds in the LR.
**Note:** (Lap 65) Jeff 26th; Kyle 41st and lapped under green.
Pit Stop (Lap 68) 4 tires, fuel, rubber in RF, rubber out of RR, wedge in LR. 32.185 seconds.
Greg: Alright. All clear. Clear all the way out.
**Note:** (Lap 94) Kyle lapped under green.
Greg: (Lap 119) Alright. Pit this next time for 4 tires. What else do you need? Pit this next time for 4 tires.
Kyle: Put a couple more rounds of wedge in it and lower the right side track bar. LOWER the RIGHT SIDE track bar.
Greg: 10-4. Put a couple more rounds of wedge in it and lower the right side track bar.
Kyle: I've got to run another lap or I'll wreck everybody.
Mark: 10-4. Clear behind the #17.
Mark: You've got a lot of room this time. 30 cars back.
Mark: 42; 42.
Pit Stop (Lap 121) 4 tires, fuel, wedge in, lower right side track bar. **Missed timing Kyle as Jeff had just run out of gas on track**
Greg: All the way out. Clear.
**Note:** (Lap 121) Jeff pitted for 4 tires, fuel.
**Note:** (Lap 134) Kyle lapped under green.
**Note:** (Lap 158) Kyle lapped under green. Caution Lap 159: #30 hits the Turn 2 wall and spins down onto the apron.
Kyle: **breaking up bad**...stiffer front springs and a bigger **inaudible**. I don't know. You name it. We shouldn't have **broken up** both springs in the front; that was a mistake. **broken up** I'm loose getting into the corner, it doesn't have a RF, it doesn't have a big enough floor, so..**breaks up**
Kyle: I'll let all these guys pit this lap and I'll come in next lap.
Greg: Okay. 10-4. 10-4.
**Note:** (Lap 163) Jeff pitted for 4 tires, fuel.
Mark: Okay, Kyle, 4200.
Greg: 4 tires and **breaks up**. Right over here. Right in here. 4 tires.
Pit Stop (Lap 164) 4 tires, fuel. 22.031 seconds.
Greg: Clear all the way out. Nobody coming.
Mark: Okay, Kyle, pace car's off.
Mark: Get ready. Green, green, green. Restart Lap 166
**Note:** (Lap 187) Kyle lapped under green.
Greg: (Lap 221) Pit next time. 4 tires.
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4.
Mark: 42; 4200.
Greg: Right over here. Right in here. Right in here. 4 tires. Full of fuel, guys. 4 tires.
Pit Stop (Lap 222) 4 tires, fuel. 22.031 seconds.
Greg: Clear all the way out. Clear all the way.
**Note:** (Lap 222) Jeff pitted for 4 tires, fuel.
Kyle: (Lap 230) Did you change air pressure or anything?
Greg: No.
Kyle: These tires are looser. Real loose. Caution Lap 233: Debris in Turns 3 and 4.
Kyle: This set gets looser the longer I stay on them.
Greg: We can stop and put 4 tires on it or **breaks up** with those tires.
Kyle: Yeah, put 4 more tires on it.
Kyle: We aren't going to gain anything and we aren't going to lose anything. We got close that one time**breaks up** now this thing isn't even in the ball park.
Greg: 10-4. 10-4. I just don't need **breaks up** making the adjustments.
Kyle: It was alright yesterday and then we went softer and we f-bombed it up. Yesterday it was the rear of the car and it wasn't turning. Now it's f-bombed up in the front now and we can't go back to the back and fix nothing.
**Note:** (Lap 237) Jeff pitted for 4 tires, fuel.
Greg: 10-4. Stay out and pit after the next time by.
Kyle: Yeah, 10-4. I don't want to get the #97 and the #2. I guess they're still racing 1 or 2 laps down. We're so far down there's no need to get in their way.
Kyle: Yeah. It's down where it should have been anyhow.
Mark: This time, Kyle.
Greg: 4 tires, guys. Right over here. Right in here, Kyle. 4 tires.
Pit Stop (Lap 238) 4 tires, fuel. 14.813 seconds.
Greg: Clear all the way out. Clear all the way out.
Mark: It will be 1 to go when you get over here, Kyle. The #8 and #84 have to start at the end of the longest line.
Mark: Okay, pace car's off.
Mark: Get ready. Green, green, green. Restart Lap 243
**Note:** (Lap 272) Kyle lapped under green.
Greg: Alright, we'll run 1 more lap. Run 1 more lap. I need the #97 to pit so we won't be in the way.
Mark: Big hole right there. We're going to come in.
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4.
Greg: Kyle, run 1 more **breaks up** we'll have a wreck.
Mark: 4200; 42.
Greg: Alright, there he is. 4 tires. Right in here.
Pit Stop (Lap 296) 4 tires, fuel. 14.948 seconds.
Greg: Alright. Clear all the way out. Clear. Clear. Clear all the way out. 4200.
**Note:** (Lap 296) Jeff pitted for 4 tires, fuel.
Mark: 100 to go.
**Note:** (Lap 320) Kyle lapped under green.
Greg: Pit this time; 4 tires. Pit this time; 4 tires.
Mark: 4200.
Greg: Ok, guys, here he is. 4 tires. Right in here. Here we go. Right here. Let's have a good stop. 4 tires everybody.
Pit Stop (Lap 333) 4 tires, fuel. **missed him**.
Greg: Alright, go. All the way out. Nobody coming. All the way out. Clear all the way out.
Mark: We've got a spin over here in the infield. Caution's out. Caution's out.
Mark: Track will be clear. Caution Lap 337: #12 punts the #1 into the frontstretch grass.
Greg: Those tires still okay? There's only a couple laps on them.
Kyle: **sounding a tad tired** Yeah, they're alright. They're a little loose, but they're okay.
Greg: 10-4. I was just going to split that last segment up. We'll just run to lap 30 and pit. We'll just split this last segment up and pit with 30 to go.
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4.
**Note:** (Lap 341) Jeff pitted for 4 tires, fuel.
Greg: Pit this next time, Kyle, and I'll just top you off. Pit this next time.
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4.
Greg: Have all those tires been loose or is it every so often?
Kyle: That one set was loose a minute ago and this has been...before it was okay and then it was loose. Then the next set was okay and this is a TOUCH loose, but not really bad.
Greg: 10-4. When you stop you want me to just put 1 round of bite in the LR?
Kyle: Yeah, 10-4, you can.
Mark: It's 4200 right there, Kyle.
Mark: 10 away.
Greg: Right in here, guys. 1 round down on the LR and just get the gas real quick. 1 round down on the LR.
Pit Stop (Lap 342) Fuel only. 8.112 seconds.
Greg: You're good, you're good. Clear all the way out. Nobody coming. Clear. Clear all the way out.
Mark: Kyle, it will be 1 to go when you get back here.
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4.
Mark: You'll have 56 laps to go when you get over here.
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4.
Mark: Okay, pace car's off.
Mark: Ready. Green, green, green. Restart Lap 344
Mark: Caution's out, Kyle. Debris on the backstretch. Caution Lap 348: Debris on the backstretch.
Greg: That set of tires still free?
Kyle: Yeah. They're alright, though. They're alright. They just don't go nowhere.
**Note:** Jeff also stayed out.
Mark: Okay, Kyle, it will be 1 to go when you get here. 1 to go.
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4.
Mark: There's going to be 45 laps when you get the green.
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4.
Mark: The #5 is wanting to hang back there, too, I guess.
Mark: Okay, pace car's off.
Mark: Ready. Ready. Green, green, green. Restart Lap 355
Mark: You've got a spin. Slow down, slow down, slow down. Stay low, stay low. There you go. Caution's out. Come on. Nobody behind you. Caution Lap 369: #12 spins into Turn 2 wall with #50 riding the wall.
Mark: Tires okay?
Kyle: Yeah, 10-4. 10-4.
Greg: We'll go ahead and get caught up and run our extra lap and everything. We'll go ahead and come on in and get 4 tires because I'm certain the yellow will **inaudible**
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4.
Greg: Pit this time if you want **breaks up**
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4. I'll come on in, then.
Mark: Okay, 4200. 42.
Mark: Still 10 away.
Greg: Here we are. Right over here. Right in here.
Pit Stop: (Lap 370) 4 tires, fuel. 16.878 seconds.
Greg: All the way out. Nobody coming. Clear all the way out.
**Note:** (Lap 370) Jeff pitted for 4 tires and fuel.
Mark: It will be 1 to go when you get over here, Kyle. 1 to go.
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4.
Mark: You've got the #12 and the #20 behind you. They had to go to the tail end.
Mark: Pace car's off.
Mark: Ready. Green, green, green. Restart Lap 373
Mark: 20 to go, Kyle. 20.
Mark: We've got a blown motor on the frontstretch. Caution's out. Caution Lap 394: #12 loses an engine down the frontstretch.
Kyle: Who blew up?
Mark: The #12.
Mark: They're going to catch them over here in Turn 1, behind you, and they're talking about stopping them on the backstretch. Red Flag Lap 395: Field is stopped on the backstretch to clean up fluid from #12's engine.
Mark: They're going to stop them over there, Kyle. They're slowing down off of Turn 2.
Mark: Okay, Kyle, start her up.
Kyle: 10-4. It's running.
Mark: They're talking about the first time by everyone pitting and then it will be 1 to go. Caution Lap 395: Quickie yellow.
Greg: We'll just stay out there, Mark. Just keep him at the back of the line and keep him out of trouble these last few laps.
Mark: Yeah, 10-4.
Kyle: What's wrong with the #6?
Mark: He's about 40 laps down. I guess he doesn't want to get up there.
Mark: Okay, 1 to go right here. 1 to go. Quite a bit of lap down cars have come in to get tires.
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4. How many laps will there be left?
Mark: 4 right now so it will be 3 when we get the green.
Mark: Okay, pace car's off.
Mark: They've got that #31, #99 right there behind you; the #01 if you want to let them guys go right there.
Mark: Alright, that will do it right there.
Mark: Alright, I'll keep a close eye out for you.
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4.
Mark: Pace car's off.
Mark: Green, green, green. Restart Lap 397
Mark: 1 more. Oh, got a crash in Turn 2. Crash in Turn 2. No caution yet. Caution's out. Caution's out. Track will be clear. Track will be clear.
Kyle: Who crashed over there?
Mark: I think it was Bobby Labonte?? Yeah, Bobby Labonte, but he didn't do a whole lot of damage. He's still running.
Mark: And that will be the end of it right there.
Kyle: 10-4.
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