Martinsville Spring 2004 Commentary...


Advance Auto Parts 500, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Virginia, April 18th, 2004:

Pre-Race Festivities:
**Driver Introductions**
**Invocation**
**National Anthem**
**Flyover by 2 jet fighters**

Gentlemen! Start your engines! **presented by all the fans in the entire grandstands**
**Engines started randomly and eventually** LOL

Pace Laps:
**Note:** #45 team were in Pit Stall #27. In front of the #6, behind the #40.
Mark: Pit road speed right there, Kyle.
Kyle: I think it's between 3800 and 4000.
Greg: 10-4; 4000. Alright, guys, let's stay focused. 500 laps today. Let's have a good day everybody. Make sure you all your fans are on.
Kyle: Yeah, 10-4. 10-4.
Kyle: Hey, you guys did good this week. We faltered a little bit. Let's just get the best we can. We'll get some adjustments. Let's work on it. Let's take a quick prayer.
**Team Prayer**
Mark: Alright, Kyle, we're going to go green this time. Going green this time. Pull them belts down. Show a little patience today. We'll be good.
Mark: Okay, pace car's off.
Mark: Ready. Ready. Green, green, green.
Green flag:
**Note:** (Lap 4) #43 by the #45.
Mark: Got one in the wall behind you. Hold your spot. Caution's out. Caution's out.
Caution Lap 5: #80 hits the Turn 3 wall after locking up the brakes.
Kyle: I hit the curb over here off of Turn 2 and bounced up in the air and that's why they got around me. Sorry about that.
Greg: 10-4. Tires okay?
Kyle: 10-4. Tires feel alright. They feel alright.
Greg: I know you've been fighting and it's only been 5 laps, is it okay right now? Has it made any difference from yesterday?
Kyle: Hard to tell. Hard to tell whether it's made a difference because I'm not getting into the corners the same way. I'm running this inside line so you're having to go straight into the corner, turn, and then come straight up off. So it's going to be a little tighter under those conditions.
Mark: They're stopping the leaders.
Mark: They finally got that thing loaded up. They're going to sweep that stay-dry up the hill a little bit, Kyle, and then they'll be ready.
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4.
Mark: It's going to be 1 to go when you get back over here. 1 to go.
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4.
**Note:** Jeff 32nd; Kyle 33rd. Both stayed out.
Mark: Pace car's off.
Mark: Get ready. Green, green, green.
Restart Lap 22
Mark: (Lap 24) Clear low. Clear low. You've got the #31 up there on the outside with a flat tire.
Mark: Clear. Clear. You've got a spin behind you. Keep coming. Caution is out. Caution is out.
Caution Lap 25: #31 spins in Turn 4. Cut down LR.
Kyle: We didn't help this thing on the bottom. We didn't help it on the bottom. 10-4?
Greg: 10-4. 10-4. How is the forward bite?
Kyle: Forward bite feels alright right now. Just leave it. We'll just have to work with it and see where it goes from here. All I know too is to work up the race track like I was trying yesterday and that's what I'm trying to do.
Greg: 10-4. 10-4. If some of them come, Mark, we'll probably come with them.
Mark: 10-4.
Mark: We've got just 2 cars behind us, Kyle, if you can think to try anything.
Kyle: Whatever you guys want to try. We're pretty close to where we were when we ended practice yesterday. So we're not a lot different right there. You've got to deal with it or you've got the paper if there's something you want to try we'll try it.
Greg: Alright guys, if we pit here we'll raise the track bar up about a 1/2-round or a round. Give me a round up on the track bar if we pit.
Mark: Pit road is closed right now . Pit road is still closed.
Dale: Greg, you really have to hurry if you do anything because they're lined up just about all around the race track.
Greg: 10-4. Them other guys almost got lapped so we might have to do 2 and 2. Some of those who tried it earlier.
Kyle: Let's just do 2 and 2 then. Let's make the call and we'll do that.
Mark: Pits are open right now. The pits are open.
Mark: 3900; 39. He's almost half way around guys.
Greg: Where's the pace car at, Mark?
Greg: Right in here, Kyle. Right in here. Right sides and raise the track bar 1 round. Right sides and raise the track bar 1 round.
Pit Stop (Lap 28) Right side tires, fuel, up 1 round on track bar. 8.605 seconds.
Greg: Go ahead, go ahead, go ahead, go ahead. We'll come back and get left sides. We'll have plenty of time next time it looks like, Mark. Get around here and we'll get left sides.
Mark: Alright. Pace car was right in the middle of Turns 3 and 4 when you let him down.
Mark: Just catch up there, Kyle, and come right back in and we'll be good. 3900 again.
Mark: Half way around the corner.
Mark: About 10 to go.
Greg: Pit right in here, Kyle. Left side tires. Right in here. Left side tires.
Pit Stop (Lap 29) Right side tires, fuel. 7.095 seconds.
Mike: Pace car in the middle of Turns 3 and 4.
Greg: Alright. Go, go, go, go, go. All the way out. Nobody coming. All clear.
**Note:** Jeff stayed out.
Mark: Kyle, when you come back around to the Start line it's going to be 1 to go.
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4.
**Note:** Jeff 29th; Kyle 38th.
Mark: That #31 will have to start at the tail end of the longest line so you'll probably go by him.
Mark: Pace car's off.
Mark: Ready. Ready. Green, green, green.
Restart Lap 31
**Note:** (Lap 43) Kyle running 37th.
**Note:** (Lap 54) Kyle running 34th.
**Note:** (Lap 72) Jeff 29th; Kyle 30th.
**Note:** (Lap 77) Kyle passes Jeff.
**Note:** (Lap 78) Kyle passes the #15.
**Note:** (Lap 85) Kyle FINALLY gets by the #10.
**Note:** (Lap 95) On the frontstretch into turn 1 #10's RF contacts Kyle's LR and amazingly saves it and STILL manages to pass the #19, too.
**Note:** (Lap 108) Kyle passes the #22.
**Note:** (Lap 117) Kyle passes the #97.
**Note:** (Lap 118) Kyle passes the #49.
Mark: Come on. Keep coming. Got a caution going to be out. Keep coming. Alright. Caution's out. Caution's out.
Caution Lap 119: #01 tags the #49 out of Turn 4 and the #49 wrecks hitting the inside frontstretch wall.
Greg: Let me know what you're doing. You were about one of the best cars on the race track. Let me know what we can do to help you and we'll go after it.
Kyle: Give me some water. This thing is pretty good to begin with then it just gets rid of its forward bite toward the end. 10-4?
Greg: 10-4. We'll take a 1/2-pound out of both rear tires.
Greg: Your temperatures staying okay?
Kyle: Yeah, they seem okay. They seem okay. The brakes are fading.
Greg: 10-4. 10-4. 1/2-pound out of both rear tires, guys. It will be 4 tires. Get him some water.
Greg: You're doing a great job. You drove yourself up to about 21st spot so we'll just keep the fenders on this thing and keep doing the same thing we've been doing and you'll be there at the end.
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4.
Mark: Greg, we've got a little bit of damage on the RF fender in front of the tire. Just a little bit.
Greg: 10-4. As long as it's not touching anything we're going to leave it alone.
Mark: That's a 10-4. It's not touching anything. Pits are still closed, Kyle. Pits are still closed.
Mark: The pits are going to be open this time. They will be open this time, and also Greg, I'm going to watch the pace car and we'll see how we look.
Greg: 10-4. 10-4.
Mark: Kyle, 3900; 39.
Mark: Kyle, the #6 is going to be sitting there. We're going to go around him and then we'll be right in front of him. 10 to go.
Greg: Where's the pace car at? Maybe we'll do 2.
Mark: Pace car is off of Turn 2.
Mark: Pace car is in the middle of the backstretch. Go ahead and do 4. Do 4.
Pit Stop (Lap 122) 4 tires, fuel. 14.814 seconds.
Greg: Go, go, go, go. All the way out. All the way out. No pressure on your outside. There you go. Right there. Nice job guys.
**Note:** (Lap 123) Jeff pitted for 4 tires, fuel.
Mark: Kyle, that line you were using was working good for you.
Greg: 10-4. When he was using that and in the open air he was just about one of the fastest cars on the race track. Your rear tires are worn out. Your RF tire looks okay. We'll just make sure we take car of it all day. These tires are just wearing real bad so we'll just take care of the RF and this air pressure should help you.
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4.
Mark: Kyle, it will be 1 to go when you get back. They're letting the lap down cars double up going into Turn 3 so just watch that.
Mark: That will be all of them, Kyle.
Mark: Pace car's off.
Mark: Ready. Ready. Green, green, green.
Restart Lap 127
Mark: Clear high. We've got a spin behind us. No caution. Caution's out. Caution's out.
Caution Lap 161: #10 spins in Turn 4 helped by the #15.
Kyle: The #01 came down on me. I had to stop. They all piled up behind me.
Mark: It's alright. It's alright.
Greg: Kyle, do we need to do anything to it or can we just put 4 tires on it and try and get track position?
Kyle: 4 tires is fine.
Greg: 10-4. It just looks like when you catch those guys you can hardly get around them. We'll come in and get 4 tires, guys. Nice clean stop.
Kyle: Give me 2 jugs of water; one to dump on myself and one to drink. The water jug in the car ain't working.
Mark: Pit road will be open this time. This time.
Greg: Mark, keep me caught up on the pace car. The #6 is going to be pitting and he's 4th in line so just watch him when he comes in.
Mark: 10-4.
Mark: 3900; 3900.
Mark: Half way around the corner.
Mark: 10 to go.
Mark: Just right around the #6.
Greg: Right here. 4 tires, guys.
Pit Stop: (Lap 163) 4 tires, fuel. 14.615 seconds.
Mark: Pace car is off of Turn 2. We've got plenty of time.
Greg: Go, go, go, go, go. All the way out. All the way out. Follow the #15. All clear. Clear, clear, clear.
Kyle: HEY! Don't step in front of the car, dude, or I'll put you on the hood.
**Note:** (Lap 164) Jeff pitted for 4 tires, fuel.
Mark: The #25 right behind you; let him go by. He's getting the Lucky Dog or whatever it is.
Mark: It will be 1 to go when you get here. 1 to go. Clean those tires up good. We've got lap cars coming up to your inside.
Mark: That's going to be all of them.
**Note:** Kyle 23rd; Jeff 30th (-1).
Mark: Pace car's off.
Mark: Get ready. Green, green, green.
Restart Lap 169
Kyle: (Lap 198) This set of tires is tighter.
Kyle: **sounding a little annoyed** Can you hear me? This set of tires is tighter.
Greg: 10-4. 10-4. We got you. 10-4.
Mark: We've got a spin. Come on, come on. Go low, go low. Come on, come on. There you go. That a boy. Come on. Leader right behind you. That's a good job. Good job. Caution's out.
Caution Lap 214: #77 spins in Turns 3 and 4.
Greg: Let's get caught up there. I'm going to go back up on that air pressure or do you want to take a little bit of bite out or raise the track bar some more? The track might be tightening up on us a little bit.
Kyle: Where did you take pressure out of? Where at then?
Greg: We took a 1/2-pound out after that long green flag run. The last 2 sets have had a 1/2-pound out of the rears.
Kyle: It just needs to be freed up a little bit right in the center on that set of tires. 10-4?
Greg: Let the air back out a 1/2 pound out of both rears, back to where we were, and we'll raise the track bar up another 1/2 round.
Kyle: Give me 2 waters. Give me 2 waters.
Dale: Greg, that RF fender is bent in pretty good. I don't know if you want to try and pull that out or not. It might help a little bit.
Greg: Yeah, I don't want to get caught here. We just need to make sure we get 4 tires on it. We're the last car, Mark, so keep up and make sure we don't need to get 2 and 2. We've had plenty of time so just keep up with it.
Mark: 10-4. Pits are still closed. They are closed.
Mark: Okay, guys, they're going to be open this time. This time.
Mark: 3900, Kyle. 39.
Mark: Half way around the corner, guys. The #6 will be sitting there, Kyle. Right in front of him.
Greg: Right here in front of the #6. 4 tires, raise the track bar a 1/2-round. Right here. 4 tires, guys. 4 tires.
Pit Stop: (Lap 217) 4 tires, fuel up 1/2-round on track bar. 15.214 seconds.
Greg: Go, go, go, go, go hard. All the way out. Nobody coming. All clear, all clear, all clear. Nobody coming.
**Note:** (Lap 218) Jeff pitted for 4 tires and fuel.
Mark: You've got the #02 about 4 cars back. He'll be getting the Lucky Dog.
Mark: It will be 1 to go when you get around here and lap down cars will be coming to the inside.
Mark: Clean those things off pretty good.
Greg: That **interference** is 6 laps down, too, so get him out of the way if you have to.
Mark: They called it off, Kyle. They called it off.
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4.
Mark: You've got a safety truck on the bottom into Turn 3.
Mark: 1 to go this time by again. Clean those tires off.
**Note:** Kyle 19th; Jeff 25th (-1).
Mark: Pace car's off.
Mark: Ready. Get ready. Green, green, green.
Restart Lap 223
Kyle: (Lap 257) Is that #25 down laps?
Greg: 2 laps down. 2 laps down.
Mark: Got a car against the wall. Caution's out. Caution's out.
Caution Lap 269: #19 spins in Turn 2 and hits the wall with the driver's side.
Kyle: That helped it turn. That helped it turn. That was good.
Greg: 10-4. You just want to leave it right there and get 4 tires?
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4.
Greg: You need any ice packs or do you want a Power-Aid or anything or do you just want your water?
Kyle: Water and an ice pack will be good.
Greg: 10-4. 10-4.
Greg: He's going to give you an open bottle to dump on yourself first. Then he'll give you the one with a straw in it.
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4.
Mark: Pits are going to be open this time. Pits open this time.
Mark: There you go. 3900.
Mark: Half way around the corner, guys.
Mark: The #6 is going to be sitting there, Kyle. We'll go right in front of the #6.
Greg: Right in front of the #6. Right here. 4 tires, guys. 4 tires.
Pit Stop: (Lap 272) 4 tires, fuel. 14.323 seconds.
Greg: Go, go, go, go, go. All the way out. Nobody coming. Clear, clear, clear. Nobody coming.
**Note:** (Lap 273) Jeff pitted for 4 tires and fuel.
Mark: You've got the #01 getting his lap back on the outside.
Mark: It will be 1 to go when you get here, Kyle. 1 to go and cars will be doubling up down into Turn 3.
Mark: Clean those tires off good.
Mark: Pace car's off.
Mark: Ready. Ready. Green, green, green.
Restart Lap 277
Mark: You've got a spin. Hold what you got. Go high. Go high. Go. Come on down low. Come on down low. Come on. Come on.
Caution Lap 283: #15 spins in Turn 3 helped by the #21.
Greg: Did you hit anything? Are your tires okay?
Kyle: I don't know. I was the last one in line so we may as well stop and change because the #9 got around me. I'm kind of the last one on the lead lap in line.
Greg: 10-4. 10-4.
Kyle: I might have slid them. You know what I mean? I probably did.
Greg: 10-4. 10-4. Nothing to lose. Nothing to lose. We'll just get caught up here good. Let me know where the pace car's at, Mark. We'll get caught up and do 4 tires.
Mark: 10-4.
Mark: You've got a clean up truck down here at the bottom.
Greg: Make sure we know when the pits are open, Mark.
Mark: 10-4. They're still closed.
Mark: There's some chunks of rubber or something down in the bottom groove, Kyle, and then there's some guys up on top.
Mark: You've got a man standing there on the bottom going into Turn 3.
Mark: Pits are still closed.
Mark: Kyle, they are going to stop up on the backstretch. They've got a little something wrong with the track coming up over in Turn 3.
Greg: Make sure all that stuff is off there. Make sure it all looks good. Yes, shut it off.
Mark: Kyle, they're going to have to apoxy a crack or something over there. They're talking about if you want to get out you can.
Greg: Make sure you go over there DA. Take a Drop over there. Hydro, you, or Patseavouras make sure you take him something over there. Everybody else just stay here.
Mark: He's getting out in Turn 2, guys.
Greg: 10-4. Hydro is going to stay here. DA and Patseavouras are bringing him some stuff over there. Everybody else make sure you stay close here. Don't wander off.
Kyle: So far nobody has gotten out. Nobody's done anything. Let's wait and see what they do.
Red Flag Lap 290: Concrete repair to the Turn 3 transition into the corner.
**Note:** During this period I doubt the television coverage noted this and it was absolutely hysterical. The grandstand sections in Turn 2 attempted to begin "The Wave", but it always died out at 3 smaller grandstand sections on the backstretch. Each time Turn 2 started The Wave again they backed up and started a section closer to Turn 1 and booed the backstretch grandstands every time it died. After several attempts to get The Wave to travel through the backstretch grandstands the fans in Turn 2 started The Wave again, but had it travel the opposite way towards Turn 1. It went all the way around the grandstands, through Turns 4, then Turn 3 and then down the backstretch grandstands. Once again, those 3 specific backstretch grandstand sections either couldn't be bothered or didn't "get it" and it died to which the fans now started chanting "You suck" each time it died. After about 45 minutes they finally "got it" and The Wave went around the grandstands twice with a thunderous cheer.
Red flag lasts 1hr 15min
Mark: Go ahead, Kyle. You might want to take a little peek at that spot. It's that light color.
Mark: There's some jet dryers off of Turn 2 on the outside.
Greg: Pit road open this time?
Mark: No they are not open.
Mark: Okay, pit road will be open this time. It is open this time.
Greg: You don't need anything, do you, Kyle?
Kyle: No. I'm fine.
Mark: 3900, Kyle; 39.
Mark: About half way around the corner. The #16 is going to be sitting there and you're 3 stalls in front of him.
Greg: Here we go. Right in here. 4 tires, guys. 4 tires. Get it full of gas.
Pit Stop: (Lap 294) 4 tires, fuel. 14.753 seconds.
Greg: There you go. Go, go, go, go, go. All the way. You're clear. Nobody coming. All clear.
**Note:** Jeff stayed out.
Kyle: Hey, did that RF fender look okay?
Greg: Did you look at that fender earlier? It's okay, Kyle. It's not touching anything.
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4.
Greg: Make sure you work the tires in. Your gauges look good?
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4. Everything's come back good.
Greg: The race track has cooled down 15 degrees since we've run last. Just let me know what you need.
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4.
Mark: Kyle, it's going to be 1 to go when you get back here.
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4.
**Note:** Kyle 20th; Jeff 23rd or 24th (-1).
Mark: Pace car's off.
Mark: Ready. Ready. Green, green, green.
Restart Lap 301
Mark: (Lap 364) Next car in your mirror is your leader 6 cars back.
Mark: Inside. Run the outside like you were doing. He's loose up off the corner.
Mark: Keep coming. Keep coming. Caution's out. Caution's out.
**Note:** EXCELLENT JOB by Kyle fighting off Jr preventing him from going a lap down.
Caution Lap 371: #9 hits the Turn 4 wall. Cut down RF.
Greg: You drove your butt off to save us there. What do we need to do to you?
Kyle: It's a little pushy in the middle and a little loose up off. I've got to race the track in the corners. 10-4?
Greg: 10-4. 10-4.
Mark: Catch up to the #0 there, Kyle.
Greg: Let me take a 1/2-pound of air out of the left side tires and go up about 3/8ths of a round.
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4.
Mark: That's a good job on that outside.
Kyle: 10-4. I'm struggling on the get-go, but as we run we're better. That time we just held our point on the long run.
Greg: 10-4. Get him caught up there, Mark, and we'll get him in here and get 4 tires and up on the track bar a little bit.
Mark: The pits will be open this time. They will be open.
Mark: 3900, Kyle. 39.
Greg: Let me know about the pace car, Mark. Make sure we don't get caught here. We'll get 4 tires, guys.
Mark: Half way around the corner. The #6 will be sitting there. Just pull right in front of him.
Greg: 4 tires, guys. 4 tires.
Mark: Pace car just now off of Turn 2.
Pit Stop: (Lap 373) 4 tires, fuel, up on track bar 3/8ths. 18.702 seconds.
Greg: There you go. There you go. Go, go, go, go, go.
**Note:** (Lap 374) Jeff pitted for 4 tires and fuel.
Greg: Work your tires in a little bit. Get a little bit of air pressure built up. We're down low so just make sure you get them worked up a little bit before we go green.
Mark: #15 5 cars back will be getting his lap back on the outside.
Mark: Kyle, 1 to go when you get back over here. 1 to go.
Mark: Still got a few more lappers.
Mark: Pace car's off.
Mark: Ready. Ready. Green, green, green.
Restart Lap 380
Mark: (Lap 387) Stillllll there.
Kyle: You need to get us some help.
Mark: (Lap 390) Still there.
Kyle: Okay, then tell him to leave me alone for a minute.
Mark: We're talking to him.
Mark: CLEAR.
Kyle: (Lap 406) Get him the hell out of there.
Mark: I'm working on it.
Mark: Got a spin behind us. No caution yet. Caution is out. Caution is out.
Caution Lap 413: #22 spins in Turn 4.
Kyle: That was a little bit better up off, but it still doesn't turn good in the middle as it needs to.
Mark: You've got a car sitting up against the outside wall off of Turn 4 trying to roll back across the track.
Greg: The RF is as low as we can go, Kyle, I can either put a little bit of air in the RR or maybe take a little bit of wedge out of it. The track bar doesn't seem to be helping that much anymore. Or we can do the track bar again, maybe, but....
Kyle: If you want to take a little wedge out, then take a little wedge out. Whatever you think is going help the best.
Greg: Do the air in the RR.
Mark: The pits are open this time. They are open.
Mark: Everybody's coming. Get up there, Kyle, if you can.
Mark: 3900.
Mark: Half way around the corner, guys. Kyle, the #6 is no longer there. Put it right behind the #40.
Greg: Take a 1-2-round a wedge out of the RR, too. Right in here. Right in here. Just a half, Russ, just a little less than half.
Pit Stop: (Lap 416) 4 tires, fuel. 15.631 seconds.
Greg: There you go. There you go. All clear. Go, go, go, go, go. All clear. All clear. Nobody coming. All clear, all clear.
**Note:** (Lap 417) Jeff pitted for 4 tires and fuel.
Greg: Just make sure you look at those cars that are a lap down and try to help him back there when he gets to them because they're just racing the crap out of him. If we can help him all we can when he gets to those lap down cars. Nemechek, Craven, #77, #0, #9, #25. All those guys there are just racing the crap out of him.
Dale: We're working them the best we can, Greg. I was right beside the #10 boy, the #19. The #25 gave us a break awhile ago.
Greg: 10-4. 10-4.
Mark: 80 to go this time by, Kyle. 80 to go.
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4.
Mark: It's going to be 1 to go when you get back around here. 1 to go.
Mark: They'll be some lappers coming to your inside.
Mark: Pace car's off.
Mark: Ready. Ready. Green, green, green.
Restart Lap 423
Mark: Got one on the outside wall. Stay low. Come on. Keep coming. Keep coming. No caution. Keep coming. Come on. Come on. No caution.
Kyle: The lights are on.
Mark: Caution's out. The flag man wasn't waving it.
Caution Lap 428: #29 spins in Turn 3 helped by the #17 and backs into the wall.
Kyle: But the lights were on.
Mark: My fault. He never waved the flag.
Kyle: No. You called it right. You called it right. The lights were on. All these guys in front of me just stopped.
Mark: Okay.
Kyle: Let's stop and put another set of tires on it. 10-4?
Greg: 10-4. If they don't come we'll come and get 4 tires. 10-4.
Greg: You want a water bottle?
Kyle: No, that's okay. That's okay.
Mark: The pits will be open this time. They will be open.
Greg: If they all come, Kyle, do you want to stay out? You've only got about 5 laps on your tires or we'll just come with them. You make the call. Be ready here, guys.
Kyle: Yeah, just let me see what they do.
Mark: They closed pit road, Kyle. They re-closed it.
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4.
Mark: I'll give you a heads up, Kyle, and let you know how many of them do and you do what you want.
Mark: It's going to be open this time. I'll give you a heads up.
Mark: The first 5 are staying out. Now 10. Nobody's coming yet.
Kyle: We're going to come in, then. We'll come in.
Greg: 10-4. We're ready. 4 tires, guys.
Mark: 3900.
Mark: Half way around the corner.
Greg: Right in here. Right in here. 4 tires, guys. 4 tires.
Pit Stop: (Lap 434) 4 tires, fuel. 15.381 seconds.
Greg: There you go. Go, go, go. All the way. Nobody coming. All clear. Nobody coming. Plenty of time. Pace car's coming off of Turn 4.
**Note:** (Lap 435) Jeff pitted for 4 tires and fuel.
Mark: Kyle, it will be 1 to go when you get it back around. 1 to go.
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4.
Kyle: That #01 on the lead lap?
Greg: 10-4. 10-4.
Mark: Pace car's off.
Mark: Ready. Ready. Green, green, green.
Restart Lap 439
Mark: Stay low. Come on. Stay low. Come on, come on, come on, come on. Caution's out. Caution's out. Good job there.
Caution Lap 456: #01 spins in Turn 2. #29, #32, #50 stop due to the tire smoke from #01.
Greg: Are your tires okay?
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4.
Greg: 10-4. You need to stay out there if you can and get all the track position we can get.
Greg: If they all come down pit road, Kyle, you just want to try and stay out or you want to come with them? You just make the call.
Kyle: I know. I don't care. We'll just do whatever at this point and time.
Greg: It's only 18th. That's about 20 laps on your tires. Your lap times are good by yourself, you know?
Mark: Pit road is open. Let's see what we'll do.
Mark: Everbody's staying out, Kyle.
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4.
**Note:** (Lap 459) Jeff pitted for 4 tires and fuel.
Mark: That #6 is some laps down. They had some kind of trouble, but he ran in the Top 10 or 5 most of the time so he might be able to make you a hole or two.
Kyle: 10-4. 10-4.
Mark: Forget that. He'll start up in the front.
Mark: You've got the #77 on the outside of you.
Mark: Greg, what am I counting, 14th?
Greg: It should be 13th. Right behind the #25. Then you've got the #01, #20, #15, #32 behind him; #29, #88.
Mark: Kyle, it will be 1 to go when you get back over here. We're going to re-start with like 38 to go. Is that right, Greg?
Greg: 10-4. 10-4.
Mark: You'll have a few more lapped cars coming.
Mark: Pace car's off.
Mark: Ready. Ready. Green, green, green.
Restart Lap 463
Mark: Clear. 20 to go. 20.
Mark: (Lap 485) Kyle, if you could run just a little bit lower. See if that's any better or not.
Kyle: It won't turn. It's pushing. It's pushing.
Kyle: These guys are just stopping in front of me now. I can't do nothing.
Mark: That #0's for a spot, Kyle. Got 10 to go.
Greg: The #0 is a lap down. The next car back on our lap is the #29 going into Turn 1....now.
Kyle: I can't do nothing with him. This thing has just got tigther, and tighter, and tighter.
Greg: 10-4. Just hang on to watch you got. The #6 is at your back or two. The #29 is off of Turn 4...now.
Mark: 8 to go. 8 to go.
Mark: 5 to go. 5 to go.

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