NASCAR Cup Series 2025. Round 11. Texas. WURTH 400 Race Part 2

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00:00:00Celebrating 100 years of an American icon, the Goodyear blimp.

00:00:0730 lead lap cars with Chris Buescher now getting the free pass, now being eligible this time.

00:00:12He was under penalty on the last caution flag, not eligible for the wave around.

00:00:17He's done it again, guys.

00:00:18I mean, all the way, started 24th, got cleared back to 29th, 21st, 7th.

00:00:25That's it.

00:00:26He said that car's not handling.

00:00:27The closer he gets to the front, Kevin, what's it going to do?

00:00:29It's going to handle better, and Ryan Blaney has been notorious for this, and one of the

00:00:33few cars that has been able to make his way through the field week after week, so I look

00:00:38for him to be a contender as we get towards the end of this race.

00:00:41We still got a long ways to go, though.

00:00:42My man's feeling it right there.

00:00:44One driver who really made out on that caution flag was Chase Elliott, because had he taken

00:00:50four tires and not two, he might have been right back there in the eye of the storm that

00:00:55provoked that caution flag.

00:00:5689 laps to go.

00:00:58We're back to green.

00:00:59This is very similar to what happened last year for Chase Elliott.

00:01:02He was able to get control of this race with a caution that fell in his favor.

00:01:07Today he's just going to drive to the front.

00:01:10Not so fast with that.

00:01:12Hey, that 24 car has done nothing but surprise me with the damage that it has on that splitter

00:01:17and everything that he has going on.

00:01:19I'm surprised that he's even able to do anything.

00:01:22Elliott gets high.

00:01:23Gets tight.

00:01:24That's where Rick Hendricks got to hold his breath with three of his cars in the top four.

00:01:28Now top five.

00:01:34Blaney tried to get back in line behind Ty Gibbs right there and really stacked him up

00:01:37behind him.

00:01:41Not a good turn four for Chase Elliott.

00:01:44That's a two-tire scenario.

00:01:47Moving on the inside there.

00:01:49That's what all these guys on two tires have really fought in traffic.

00:01:53Those cars get tighter.

00:01:54We heard Josef earlier talk about how tight his car was in traffic.

00:01:57Now you see Bubba Wallace off the pace in a really bad spot.

00:02:00Bad spot.

00:02:01That's exactly right.

00:02:02That was close.

00:02:03Wallace two laps down.

00:02:04Chase Elliott is in trouble on these two tires.

00:02:11Cannot get through the corner.

00:02:14It's amazing how fast that can turn.

00:02:16I believe if he completes that pass on William Byron and gets that clean air, he has a whole

00:02:21different race going.

00:02:23Didn't make that pass.

00:02:24Got himself back in the traffic.

00:02:26That's when the two-tire scenario does not go well.

00:02:30Wallace has made it to pit road.

00:02:33Let's have a look at our XFINITY fastest lap.

00:02:35It came right at the start of the race.

00:02:38On lap two for Carson Joseph, 189.1 miles per hour.

00:02:45William Byron, 188.2.

00:02:47So Joseph, by a full mile an hour, fastest lap of the race.

00:02:50He's been grinding it out.

00:02:51He's had a really good car all weekend long.

00:02:54Just kind of been running right here in the top six or seven all day long.

00:02:58You get that car some track position, you know it's the fastest car.

00:03:01Look at the inside of Reddick.

00:03:04There was a massive stackup right there or something that shook all those cars up because

00:03:08Ty Gibbs went by the 77 and the 45.

00:03:11You see Blaney go through the middle right there.

00:03:13The needle, baby.

00:03:15Let's go.

00:03:16May the fourth be with you.

00:03:17Here comes Blaney.

00:03:18He definitely believes that the fourth is with him.

00:03:22Yes.

00:03:23It is.

00:03:24Huge start for good reason.

00:03:27Top five.

00:03:28Here we are.

00:03:29That car is just going to continue to keep handling better and better and better.

00:03:38When we started this race, I had my eye on those guys.

00:03:41A lot of big name drivers that started in the back of this race and he was not moving

00:03:46anywhere.

00:03:47He was mired back in traffic.

00:03:49Just passed two or three cars that first run.

00:03:51Every since then he keeps picking them off one by one.

00:03:54You look at Austin Sendrick right here.

00:03:55We know that William Byron's car is damaged.

00:03:58It wasn't long ago that we were talking about him being in 21st place, Mike.

00:04:02The way that everything cycled, now he's up there, the fastest car battling for the lead.

00:04:07I got to believe that this 24 car as we run right here is really when we're going to see

00:04:11the effects of what he has going on with the front end.

00:04:15I feel really surprised in the performance that that car has.

00:04:17Two knocks right there.

00:04:19Obviously we heard him.

00:04:20We saw the splitter damage.

00:04:21That is going to hurt the aero big time.

00:04:24When I heard that driver, William Byron, say that his wheel is off too, double whammy.

00:04:29That's a big knock.

00:04:31So Larry, if that steering wheel is off, let's say 10 degrees, 15 degrees from being straight

00:04:36up and down when he's going straight, what's going to be the impact on tire wear for Byron?

00:04:41It's definitely going to magnify the tire wear.

00:04:45He's going to adjust the way he turns the steering wheel, but it still can increase

00:04:50tire wear, no question.

00:04:58I believe as this run goes on, his pace will be a little slower.

00:05:03You see it right there.

00:05:04Look how much he's got all those cars stacked up behind him right now.

00:05:08Ryan Blaney, the fastest of all the top ten last time by.

00:05:16There you see him compared to the leader.

00:05:19Big difference there.

00:05:2026 to a 55.

00:05:21Look at that.

00:05:2264 rolling.

00:05:23But that's what, now he's made up that gap, so as you see these next laps go by, you're

00:05:29going to see that lap time slow down because William Byron's car is starting to fade.

00:05:33He's stacking them up big time behind him.

00:05:35They're all starting to stack up.

00:05:37Byron moving around, trying to make a move.

00:05:39Kyle Larson got a huge runoff turn, too.

00:05:41Just flew right up to Cendric in the back straightaway.

00:05:44From the bottom, went to the top.

00:05:47Cendric does not want this pass to be complete because they all know that the 24 car is in

00:05:52trouble and they want to be the first one behind him, so Kyle Larson did a great job

00:05:56right there of taking that momentum and finishing this pass off.

00:06:00You have to be careful when you catch these guys.

00:06:02Catch them at the right time.

00:06:03If you catch them where you have to just put it right behind them, it really stacks

00:06:06you up.

00:06:07You have to get on the brakes.

00:06:08You lose the front wheels.

00:06:09The car gets tight.

00:06:10You have to slow down.

00:06:11They all come on you.

00:06:12And it costs him three positions.

00:06:14That quick, too.

00:06:16Ty Gibbs has come into the picture in third.

00:06:20He's the highest running Toyota in this race, and he wants to turn the conversation back

00:06:25to when will he win, not will he win.

00:06:31Chevy's fighting it out at the front.

00:06:33Larson and Byron.

00:06:34I am getting fired up.

00:06:36You don't have to look back any farther.

00:06:38We talk about Gibbs all weekend long, Ty Gibbs, the speed he had in there, and I cannot believe

00:06:43this Ryan Blaney is right there in the conversation for the lead.

00:06:46He needs to finish this pass quickly because being side-by-side has pulled Ryan Blaney

00:06:50right back up to him, so he needs to finish it right here.

00:06:53All right.

00:06:58Gibbs to second.

00:07:00Kyle Larson has taken the lead in Texas with 77 to go.

00:07:16Kyle Larson could, of course, break that up today.

00:07:36Ryan Blaney has just passed Ty Gibbs for second spot, so it's Chevy, Ford, Toyota in the top

00:07:40three spots.

00:07:41Look at Gilliland there in ninth after having that odd strategy back at the end of stage

00:07:52number two, and William Byron has slid to tenth after restarting in the lead.

00:07:57Kyle Larson is going to have his hands full with this 12 car for the rest of the race.

00:08:00There's 70 laps to go, but Ryan Blaney has just been making his way through this field,

00:08:06and the closer he gets to the front, Clint, the faster that car goes.

00:08:10It sure does, and it's amazing.

00:08:16He does it each and every week.

00:08:18It really doesn't matter if it's a short track or an intermediate or anything else.

00:08:22He's one of the only guys that can drive up through the field, and it's his ability to

00:08:26drive a looser car than the rest.

00:08:28Here's one of the others, Joey Logano, after not qualifying well, working his way up through

00:08:36the field.

00:08:37He started this race back in 27th, and he's just soldiered on like the defending champion

00:08:43of the series that he is to put himself in a position to capitalize.

00:08:48On board with Ryan Preece, you hear him continue to shift through turns one and two, but we

00:08:53all had a lot of questions about that penalty last week and just talking about the momentum,

00:08:58and then they qualified bad.

00:08:59They got a bad qualifying draw with the way that they finished, and now he's running back

00:09:05through the field.

00:09:06We don't have those questions anymore.

00:09:07William Byron is on pit road, kind of wondering if maybe that should have been something he

00:09:13could have addressed under the caution flag, but why give up the front row if you're going

00:09:17to restart there?

00:09:18So here he is.

00:09:19Well, they've got what they've got now, and they've made their bed, and they just need

00:09:22to change the tires, make an adjustment to what they have because they don't have time

00:09:26to fix that damage.

00:09:27The window, Larry?

00:09:28Yeah, they got into the fuel window.

00:09:29Rudy Fugel told him about three laps ago, I want to get to the fuel window.

00:09:33They can make it to the end from here, but they need these green flag stops to cycle

00:09:37through.

00:09:38Well, that certainly makes sense as a strategy rather than stopping under the caution to

00:09:42fix something when you have the choice of restarting on the front row.

00:09:46Well done.

00:09:48And there's just no way they're going to do anything to that splitter or anything that's

00:09:51up there, so you might as well adjust to what the handling is of that car and try to make

00:09:56the most of it on this last run.

00:09:58And they have wins in the bank, all right, so don't need to gamble, do you?

00:10:03Well, you can't.

00:10:04Well, yes.

00:10:05I mean, you can gamble.

00:10:06You don't have to worry about the win.

00:10:08You can go out there and just try to play the most aggressive call that you can to get

00:10:12the best finish.

00:10:15Kyle Busch around the outside of Brad keselowski going after Ty Dillon.

00:10:20This will put him up to 11th spot.

00:10:22Kyle turned 40 this week.

00:10:25I remember when he was too young to run a cup race, NASCAR wouldn't let him until he

00:10:29turned 18.

00:10:30He changed the rule just for that purpose, and here he is.

00:10:33Now this weekend, his son, Brexton, in micro sprints made a daring last lap pass.

00:10:39It was an awesome move.

00:10:41The kind his dad probably would have, could have made, but made the move to win the race,

00:10:46and I'm sure that's put a bigger smile on Kyle Busch's face this week than anything

00:10:50else that's happened.

00:10:52Well, right now the smile that he has on his face is by passing those three cars in two

00:10:58laps.

00:10:59He's on the move forward.

00:11:00Well, and Erik Jones is, too.

00:11:03Had that speeding penalty, and there he is right behind him, marching back up through

00:11:07the field.

00:11:08There's Brexton.

00:11:09Let's go.

00:11:10He's a spitting mirror image of that father of his.

00:11:19Erik Jones right behind Kyle Busch and moving up in the same fashion.

00:11:23A couple of car lengths behind Busch.

00:11:28He's been really consistent all day.

00:11:29He's been right around that top end of the top ten right there.

00:11:33So solid day for Erik Jones.

00:11:35Jones has continued that great racing to read program that he's done at elementary schools

00:11:40now all across the country.

00:11:42Well done.

00:11:4363 laps to go.

00:11:48One more pit stop to come.

00:11:50Kyle Larson leading Ryan Blaney.

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00:24:30We are green.

00:24:35Give me all I need.

00:24:3833 drivers are going to split into the eye of a tornado.

00:24:43Let's go.

00:24:44Got a lot of money and I'm a king.

00:24:48It's the biggest race of the year.

00:24:50It's the most historic.

00:24:51Cannot on the inside.

00:24:53Pass in the grass.

00:24:57The Indianapolis 500!

00:25:08Welcome back to Texas, where eight cars took the wave around.

00:25:12Cars that had stopped under green before that caution came out, and they are back on the

00:25:16lead lap in positions 20 through about 27.

00:25:23So we'll restart with 28 cars on the lead lap.

00:25:26Cole Custer the only car one lap down.

00:25:32We gave you the predictive on the pit stops, and here is the way it sorts out about nine

00:25:39tenths of a second difference between the driver, his time, yellow line to yellow line

00:25:43on pit road, and the time of the pit stop.

00:25:47He beat him in every category.

00:25:49You look at Kyle Larson's team overall ranked sixth and Ryan Blaney 23rd as we showed earlier.

00:25:56But that's all areas.

00:25:59Yep.

00:26:00Now, on this restart, the question mark is going to be Michael Mcdowell in second spot.

00:26:04He gained 15 spots by taking on just two tires, and we've seen that work okay over the long

00:26:11run, but not so well on fire off first couple of laps on a restart.

00:26:15Running out of options, bud.

00:26:1744 laps to go.

00:26:18It's time to gamble.

00:26:19Put the cards on the table, and let's allow luck to operate here.

00:26:24Give it a chance, anyhow.

00:26:28As we've heard so many times from Larry, Travis Peterson, he's not scared to take a chance.

00:26:38Mcdowell started this race in fifth.

00:26:39Two of the three spire cars in the top five with the pole sitter.

00:26:44Starting to cool down.

00:26:45Seeing some shade right there on this racetrack, Kevin.

00:26:47Think speeds will pick up?

00:26:49It definitely changes the things that happen here in turns one and two.

00:26:53It's where that shade goes first, and the speeds definitely pick up.

00:26:58I like Mcdowell choosing the outside because battling all of those cars that got four fresh

00:27:03tires, if you got only two, you've got more room to escape on the outside than if you're

00:27:08down low.

00:27:09That's right.

00:27:10And you see that car right we think Michael Mcdowell's car is going to push.

00:27:14It's not going to go through turns one and two like all these guys on four tires, but

00:27:18you see that car right behind him of Kyle Busch.

00:27:20They had a great pit stop right there.

00:27:23They had their fourth, you know, sub ten second pit stop there to put them out in fourth position

00:27:28and give themselves a shot to win this race.

00:27:30Kyle Busch, one of several new players up there in the top ten as we get ready for this

00:27:34restart.

00:27:35Erik Jones up in seventh.

00:27:36Zane Smith in eighth.

00:27:37Brad keselowski in ninth.

00:27:41Christopher bell in tenth.

00:27:43Obviously a big time setback for a lot of those drivers that were on pit road under

00:27:46green flag conditions when that caution came out.

00:27:49New life.

00:27:50Kyle Busch.

00:27:51Logano.

00:27:52Jones is back in the game.

00:27:55Zane Smith.

00:27:56Keselowski.

00:27:57Bell.

00:27:58And this is when it gets wild.

00:27:59Yes, sir.

00:28:00It will be 42 to go when they come to the line for the restart.

00:28:06Ten different leaders.

00:28:0714 lead changes today so far.

00:28:08We're back to green.

00:28:09Larson.

00:28:10Mcdowell.

00:28:11Head for turn one.

00:28:12Second row did not get a good jump.

00:28:13Stenhouse is having trouble back there in the back.

00:28:15Oh, Bell is way up the racetrack.

00:28:25Bell with the back hauls it in.

00:28:27Another car in trouble way in the back.

00:28:28I think that was Josevar.

00:28:29Josevar, I believe, yes.

00:28:30There you see that 45 car, Tyler Redick, up on the outside of Ryan Blaney.

00:28:39This could be a massive move with what we think on the long run is probably the best

00:28:44car with Ryan Blaney.

00:28:49Right now he's got that clean racetrack.

00:28:51We know it takes a couple of laps.

00:28:53Blaney is clear right there.

00:28:54He got loose into the corner.

00:28:55Reddick into turn one.

00:28:56Carter was wiggling around.

00:28:57A lap ago in turn two fell from tenth to 21st.

00:29:19Seems like it takes a few laps for that groove that Reddick is in to overcome the advantages

00:29:25that that bottom lane has on sticker tires.

00:29:28He's definitely putting that car up there to try to make it work.

00:29:36Reddick around the outside for fifth place.

00:29:44How about Michael McDowell?

00:29:46We thought with two tires he would just fade toward the back.

00:29:49Uh-uh.

00:29:51Right in Larson's tire tracks in second spot and holding on to it.

00:29:56That guy right behind him, Kyle Busch, we know how hungry he is to get his car back

00:30:01in victory lane.

00:30:02Oh, no!

00:30:03Around he goes!

00:30:04And into the wall in turn four.

00:30:05And Ricky Stenhouse, who fired off 14th on that restart, went for a big slide.

00:30:20Through the ball field between pit road and the front straightaway.

00:30:25That car.

00:30:26Right sides on it, guys.

00:30:27Go ahead and get right sides on it.

00:30:28About the same vicinity as that bump, Kevin.

00:30:29Front splitter looks fine.

00:30:30Don't see any other damage.

00:30:31What happened here?

00:30:32I would consider this still on low air, wouldn't you, Clint?

00:30:33Because the way that this car goes through that, you see it right over that bump.

00:30:34And we've heard about it.

00:30:35We've heard about it.

00:30:36We've heard about it.

00:30:37We've heard about it.

00:30:38We've heard about it.

00:30:39We've heard about it.

00:30:40We've heard about it.

00:30:41We've heard about it.

00:30:42We've heard about it.

00:30:43We've heard about it.

00:30:44We've heard about it.

00:30:45We've heard about it.

00:30:46We've heard about it.

00:30:47We've heard about it.

00:30:48We've heard about it.

00:30:49We've heard about it.

00:30:50We've heard about it.

00:30:51We've heard about it.

00:30:52We've heard about it.

00:30:53We've heard about it.

00:30:54We've heard about it.

00:30:55We've heard about it.

00:30:56We've heard about it.

00:30:57We've heard about it.

00:30:58We've heard about it.

00:30:59We've heard about it.

00:31:00We've heard about it.

00:31:01We've heard about it.

00:31:02We've heard about it.

00:31:03We've heard about it.

00:31:04We've heard about it.

00:31:05We've heard about it.

00:31:06We've heard about it.

00:31:07We've heard about it.

00:31:08We've heard about it.

00:31:09We've heard about it.

00:31:10We've heard about it.

00:31:11We've heard about it.

00:31:12We've heard about it.

00:31:13We've heard about it.

00:31:15Just got out from underneath him.

00:31:19There it is.

00:31:20That's where it starts.

00:31:21It does fly out of the car.

00:31:26Man, he was close when Stenhouse almost clipped him when he came back across the racetrack.

00:31:34Brushed the wall with the right rear corner.

00:31:36Watch this.

00:31:42Yikes.

00:31:43That's what put the 47 in the grass.

00:31:45Good job for Rickey.

00:31:46He avoided a big one right there.

00:31:48Oh, got a little air too.

00:31:50Right.

00:32:06This team is just so close.

00:32:08They're trying.

00:32:09They are trying.

00:32:10Everybody's digging.

00:32:12They're getting close.

00:32:13You don't run up front like that as long as they'll have their day.

00:32:18They had to speed.

00:32:19They had to speed today.

00:32:21Made the pit stop.

00:32:22Put themselves in position.

00:32:24You know, Kyle Busch is now, I said he turned 40.

00:32:28We talked about that.

00:32:29Which makes him one of the old, bold drivers in the sport because he harkens back to a

00:32:35time when a good driver could carry a car that wasn't quite as good as it needed to

00:32:41be on a given day.

00:32:43With this gen 7 car, are those days gone forever?

00:32:47Or can a good driver carry a car?

00:32:49No.

00:32:50I think the good driver still can carry a car to a certain point.

00:32:55Yeah.

00:32:56But I also think that the days, and I've heard him, and I always, whether it was a truck

00:33:02or an XFINITY, the reason he won so many of those is he crew chiefed them from the car.

00:33:07That guy knew exactly what set up he was looking for and how that car was supposed to feel

00:33:12and could walk them right to victory lane through the seat of his pants.

00:33:16These cars, simulators, all the engineering that's involved in them, not so much.

00:33:21It's about the feedback.

00:33:23It's about the direction.

00:33:24It's about finding the next thing that moves the needle forward.

00:33:27The driver has such a big part in that role of being able to say, okay, this is good,

00:33:32this is bad.

00:33:33Let's go here.

00:33:34Let's go there.

00:33:35And helping with the crew chief and engineer guide that.

00:33:37Now, this caution is a big break for William Byron because now they get a chance to reset

00:33:42that front end, something they did not have time to do on their last stop.

00:33:48All about that splitter, isn't it?

00:33:49It really is.

00:33:51And we covered it from the very beginning.

00:33:54With the shape of that, the front of that splitter and the damage and everything, definitely

00:33:58wasn't going to help it.

00:34:03We're going to give Ricky stenhouse an attaboy and he's going to be our big move of the race

00:34:09sponsored by pods.

00:34:13Sometimes it's a move to take the lead.

00:34:15Sometimes it's a move to not be part of somebody else's problem.

00:34:21Sharp move there by stenhouse.

00:34:22Gets a little bounce and a little air as he goes through the ball field.

00:34:26You talk about going through the ball field.

00:34:29Here comes the air.

00:34:30But got lucky with the grass.

00:34:31Saw it in the trucks race and the XFINITY race.

00:34:33That grass really swallowed him up.

00:34:36Look at that.

00:34:37Duke's a hazard, baby.

00:34:39There's not much travel in that suspension.

00:34:41How close was it?

00:34:42Have a look from his car.

00:34:44Oh, he had it wowed up pretty good.

00:34:49Saw him.

00:34:50Gassed it up.

00:34:51Had to.

00:34:52Coming right down in front of him.

00:34:54And that is our pods big move of the race.

00:34:59So consider our top seven drivers right now.

00:35:03Four of them have overcome penalties today.

00:35:07Michael Mcdowell is second.

00:35:09He pitted out of the box.

00:35:11Ryan Blaney is third.

00:35:12He was nabbed for speeding.

00:35:15Erik Jones is sixth.

00:35:17Speeding.

00:35:18See a pattern here?

00:35:19There is a pattern.

00:35:20And really when you look down from fifth, sixth, seventh on back, you see a lot of guys

00:35:25we haven't seen up front.

00:35:27You see Zane Smith in eighth.

00:35:29Daniel Suarez in ninth.

00:35:31Brad keselowski in tenth.

00:35:33Stenhouse who we just covered in 11th.

00:35:35And the list goes all the way down.

00:35:37Those are the guys that stayed out and didn't get themselves caught under the caution.

00:35:40Got themselves a lot better track position.

00:35:42And all those guys that pitted are still behind them.

00:35:45Much needed finishes for a lot of these guys.

00:35:47I heard you say keselowski came right into mind.

00:35:50Needs some points.

00:35:51We have to start gaining momentum somewhere.

00:35:54Nemechek, Jones, Smith, all those guys can get a good points day out of this.

00:36:00Have to stay in it.

00:36:02I'm not sure how long it will last but I still remain quite impressed with Mcdowell's run

00:36:08on two tires against these other cars with four.

00:36:11And holding on to second spot there.

00:36:14Kyle Larson has been as low as 22nd today.

00:36:17Michael Mcdowell, 32nd.

00:36:19Ryan Blaney, 37th.

00:36:22Wow.

00:36:23That just tells me it's a timing thing.

00:36:25We've cycled back around to the lead.

00:36:27We've had cars in the carnage and wrecks take themselves out.

00:36:30Put you right back in the track position game where you need to be when the time is right.

00:36:33And a lot of times right here, you know, as we have these cautions, they just breed more

00:36:37cautions.

00:36:38Larry, how many laps does Michael Mcdowell have on those tires?

00:36:4143 green flag laps on his left side tires.

00:36:44Remember, they went with rights.

00:36:45That's compared to basically everybody he's racing up at the front.

00:36:48Would that concern you?

00:36:50I see track position being well more important than two left side tires.

00:36:54And these cautions help put him on a little better equal ground because now everybody

00:36:58has to fire off on hot tires.

00:37:00Okay.

00:37:01It will be 33 laps to go when they come to the line.

00:37:05Larson and Mcdowell.

00:37:06Two Chevys leading the back to green once again.

00:37:09You see Kyle Larson take off and Ryan Blaney did not.

00:37:14That's going to allow Michael to fall into that slot if he can pull that car down the

00:37:19racetrack.

00:37:20But he can't, Clint.

00:37:21I think he was afraid to.

00:37:22He didn't want to get tied in the wake of Larson in front of him.

00:37:25Elected to stay high.

00:37:26I think it may have cost him a little bit.

00:37:28Not yet.

00:37:2929 cars on the lead lap including Cole Custer who got the free pass.

00:37:34As Blaney moves to second.

00:37:35Erik Jones still on that outside.

00:37:38Making hay.

00:37:39Here he comes.

00:37:41That Jones boy against Joey Logano for sixth place.

00:37:47He's had a good car all weekend long.

00:37:49They have done a great job.

00:37:51He and Nemechek have done a great job and really impressed with one of our champs right

00:37:56there, Joey Logano as it gets wild back here.

00:37:59Look out.

00:38:00Not a good angle.

00:38:01A lot of blocking.

00:38:02Stenhouse trying to move around the outside.

00:38:03Stenhouse up to 11th.

00:38:04Logano going after Reddick for fourth.

00:38:05Reddick, he continues to try to make that second lane work up there.

00:38:06Back straightaway.

00:38:07Crash.

00:38:09Three cars on the wall with Jose and Cody.

00:38:37Tenth caution of the day.

00:38:38A frustrating end to a great weekend for Jose.

00:38:43So much hope.

00:38:44Sitting on the pole.

00:38:45Extremely fast.

00:38:46Yesterday's qualifying run.

00:38:47These guys are, you know, they just get more and more aggressive and take more and more

00:38:58chances as this goes on.

00:39:00These cautions just keep coming.

00:39:04That thing is all cat or wampus down pit road.

00:39:09Watch your speed getting in here.

00:39:13Let him get stopped before you go.

00:39:17Far pit stall.

00:39:20Priest makes it to his pit and so does Jose.

00:39:29That right rear at least a toe link.

00:39:32Look at the angle in which that car is pointed versus the car on the outside of him.

00:39:40Pushing him higher and higher up the corner.

00:39:43Jose is tight.

00:39:44Probably out of the gas by now.

00:39:46Priest gets into the wall.

00:39:48I'll turn him over.

00:39:50Jose just kept coming up the racetrack right there.

00:39:53Got the 60 out of room and got himself wrecked after the 60 wreck.

00:39:57Easy to do in turn two.

00:39:59So easy when those cars take off under the flat like that.

00:40:02Let's ride with Ryan priest.

00:40:24Might have got turned by Cole Custer.

00:40:25There may have been contact there as they all tried to check up.

00:40:35Look at that.

00:40:37Saw him looking at him too at the corner of his eye.

00:40:44He won't be very happy about that.

00:40:46Let's watch from Chris Buescher.

00:40:55Listen to him down shift.

00:40:57Fantastic job.

00:41:08Broke the toe link on this car.

00:41:12Jamie?

00:41:14We talked about that.

00:41:16What's that confidence level right now?

00:41:18Travis, you think you got what you need here to perhaps steal one?

00:41:21I don't have any issue with the tires for sure.

00:41:23A lot of guys have done that today.

00:41:25We were fortunate because of our misfortune and penalties earlier that we had the opportunity to do right and not have to wait on fuel there, which gained us a lot.

00:41:33I wish we had one restart to go.

00:41:35We had a run with a pass for the lead.

00:41:38Start up third here.

00:41:40I think we'll have another shot at it.

00:41:43I believe we can do it.

00:41:45We need to track position.

00:41:47We lost it earlier.

00:41:49Now we got it back again.

00:41:51Let's keep our eyes on the 71, Mike.

00:41:55He's had a great day so far.

00:41:57What do you think about that optimism, Clint?

00:41:59Love it.

00:42:01Like a crew chief that backs his driver up.

00:42:03His biggest problem is those two cars in front of him have been the fastest cars.

00:42:11Yeah, Michael talked about pre-race finishing 11th to 13th.

00:42:15This will be a huge improvement for that.

00:42:17Ten cautions today so far.

00:42:20I think that latter two words you just said were very important.

00:42:25So far?

00:42:27That would be them.

00:42:2928 laps to go.

00:42:31Plenty of opportunity.

00:42:33We covered it right from the beginning.

00:42:35This place has been, when it was built, this place has just been treacherous.

00:42:40Just a really difficult place really to drive.

00:42:43And really edgy for the drivers.

00:42:46To know when the car is going to step out.

00:42:48You see a guy like Kyle Busch have that car step out and spin out.

00:42:52Josh Berry leading the race, spin out.

00:42:54So much speed here.

00:42:56Right on edge and so fast.

00:43:00And everybody coming in here thought turn two was calamity corner.

00:43:05But it's been turn four where a lot of these incidents have happened today.

00:43:10Oh, they've been trading off and on.

00:43:13They're taking turns.

00:43:15Let's have a look at fox around the turn.

00:43:17The indy cars will race on the Indianapolis motor speedway road course.

00:43:21Saturday, 4.30 p.m.

00:43:23Eastern time on fox.

00:43:25Will be in Kansas for the NASCAR cup series next Sunday.

00:43:28Pre-race 1.30.

00:43:30The race at 3 o'clock eastern on FS1.

00:43:33And on Sunday, May 18th, the NHRA is back in action from Chicago.

00:43:382 p.m.

00:43:39Eastern on FS1.

00:43:44Still 27 to go here.

00:43:46And 26 cars on the lead lap.

00:43:50Let's have a look and show you in case you missed it today.

00:43:55Denny Hamlin at lap 75.

00:43:58Blew up.

00:44:00That was after the first caution at lap 21.

00:44:04Josh bury spun from the lead at lap 126.

00:44:10Then Chris Buescher hit the wall, cut down a tire, limped around the racetrack, but debris

00:44:16put out the caution.

00:44:18Then Bubba Wallace gets turned around and six cars pile up.

00:44:27Kyle Busch at lap 229.

00:44:36Spins off turn number four.

00:44:38That was caution flag number nine.

00:44:40We're currently working the tenth one.

00:44:43At lap 237, Carson Hosovar into Ryan Preece and Cody Ware also involved.

00:44:5130 cars.

00:44:5328 cars on the racetrack with Preece and Ware having gone to the garage.

00:44:57How about this leader today?

00:44:59Month of May.

00:45:01Four days in.

00:45:02He's raced three of them.

00:45:04He raced twice yesterday.

00:45:06Unbelievable.

00:45:07That's right.

00:45:08He won the XFINITY race subbing for Connor Zillich whose back is mending and then went

00:45:16right off the back stretch to the dirt track here to drive a high limit sprint car.

00:45:22Yeah, they were hosting a high limit deal, hosting a three race weekend here.

00:45:27Big weekend for them.

00:45:29Dirt track has been there a long time.

00:45:31Put on a lot of good memories over there.

00:45:36Old track had to have been heavy with all this rain they've had in this area.

00:45:40You know them babies were flying.

00:45:43He just reminds me so much of the drivers of the parnelly Jones, A.J.

00:45:48Foyt, Mario Andretti era.

00:45:51Anything, any time, race it to win.

00:45:55And they would.

00:45:56And he does.

00:45:57Doesn't he just look bored?

00:45:59I've seen all the rest of the guys wiping their eyes and doing stuff.

00:46:03He's so chill.

00:46:04His demeanor is so calm.

00:46:06You cannot make this kid mad.

00:46:08I've seen him mad like once in my life.

00:46:12And the other thing is he races, you can't rattle him either.

00:46:16Nothing.

00:46:17Even if he's flipped upside down or whatever it is.

00:46:21He just is in so many scenarios that he can adapt and adjust.

00:46:25And see him right here taking the lead in the XFINITY race yesterday and driving off

00:46:29into the sunset.

00:46:31But I think racing all that probably helps you overcome it too.

00:46:34I'm going to race tomorrow night.

00:46:36Give me another win.

00:46:37Get that behind me.

00:46:39Passed Sam Mayer on that restart.

00:46:42And drove off into the Texas sunset.

00:46:46Hoping to do the same today.

00:46:51Well, this restart right here, Ryan Blaney hasn't been able to get a very good start

00:46:57on the last couple starts.

00:46:59And now he's going to have an opportunity to be side by side with Kyle Larson.

00:47:03He's got to fire off well to where he can get himself in a position to side draft and

00:47:08try to defend himself from being beat through the middle of turns one and two to have a

00:47:13chance down the back straightaway.

00:47:15We've got to get out of the restart box better.

00:47:18And Blaney has not been in clean air all day.

00:47:21No.

00:47:22I still believe that his car may be faster in clean air than Kyle Larson's.

00:47:27He's got to get there.

00:47:28And this restart is where he's going to do it.

00:47:30We've seen it all day today.

00:47:32The only other opportunities are lap cars.

00:47:35And with 25 laps to go closing in on the end of this race, you're not going to see many

00:47:39lap traffic.

00:47:40So very important to get them elbows up and get aggressive on this restart.

00:47:44Get yourself a good jump.

00:47:47Alex bowman, Jesse love checked and released at the infield care center.

00:47:51I believe you have to get in position of them almost before turn one, Kevin, where you can

00:47:56crowd and take his exit away at two.

00:47:59Starting on that outside.

00:48:01Very challenging to do.

00:48:09Oh, big surprise.

00:48:11Well, did that surprise you?

00:48:13That surprised me a lot.

00:48:15So much for everything we just said.

00:48:17Scratched that off the record.

00:48:19So he still won't be in clean air.

00:48:21Blaney, that is.

00:48:23Does it make you want to pit when you see that logo?

00:48:33You know, I had that.

00:48:34That was my pit sign for a long time.

00:48:36You see a lot of the guys just have their car number.

00:48:39I think back to Suarez and SVG a few weeks ago when they pulled into each other's pits.

00:48:44Why did you choose the happy face?

00:48:46Well, they called me happy because I was always so happy.

00:48:49They didn't know you, did they?

00:48:51I'm kidding.

00:48:52I was always confused on that as well.

00:48:55That was part of my fan club.

00:48:58Happy Harvick.

00:48:59From the beginning.

00:49:00Ever since I've known you, that's what they called you.

00:49:03That's been my pit sign for as long as I ever raced and made it easy to find my pit stop.

00:49:07Something different.

00:49:08That's right.

00:49:09Didn't want to be just a number, Clint.

00:49:11All right.

00:49:12It will be 23 laps to go when we restart.

00:49:14And again, Mcdowell is on the outside of Kyle Larson.

00:49:18Mcdowell with those two tires on the last pit stop at lap 221.

00:49:2222 laps ago.

00:49:24Not much green flag racing since.

00:49:27Two caution flags since then.

00:49:30Let's try to settle this.

00:49:36Green flag.

00:49:38Another bad jump for Blaney.

00:49:42Michael Mcdowell is clear.

00:49:45How about this?

00:49:47I'm interested to see what happened in the restart box right there.

00:49:53Didn't see that coming.

00:49:56Reddick, Larson fight for second and Blaney right there.

00:50:03Up the racetrack.

00:50:04Way up the racetrack.

00:50:06Oh, my goodness.

00:50:07They let Ryan Blaney pass both of them.

00:50:10What has happened to Larson?

00:50:12He is in trouble.

00:50:15Mcdowell.

00:50:16Joey Logano in the picture.

00:50:19Erik Jones coming up.

00:50:20Something is wrong with Larson.

00:50:22Now here is Logano going around him.

00:50:28Yeah, maybe if there's...

00:50:36Single file out of turn four.

00:50:38Mcdowell with a three-quarter second lead on Ryan Blaney.

00:50:43Here is third on back.

00:50:45Logano, Larson under fire from Reddick on the inside.

00:50:50Yeah, I think maybe what happened right there, Clint, is they just got out of the groove.

00:50:57When those cars get side by side like that...

00:50:59Trouble back straightaway.

00:51:00And it is Custer, keselowski, Kyle Busch and Sendrick.

00:51:05Brad needing a good run here.

00:51:09Capping this day off with a positive point.

00:51:11Good grief.

00:51:19Caution flag number 11.

00:51:20And that's the way these races go.

00:51:22History is definitely repeating itself today.

00:51:25Well, that had been the most improbable restart we have seen in a long time.

00:51:38Mcdowell taking off from Larson, who is now fifth.

00:51:42And Brad keselowski's race comes to an end.

00:51:45Struggles continue, don't they?

00:51:47Yeah, it's been a tough year for Brad up until this point.

00:51:52He and Kyle Busch both.

00:51:55Let's see what happened here.

00:51:57Coming out of two.

00:51:59You see he's obviously right here.

00:52:01But those two cars in front of him, he's kind of out of the groove, pointed wrong, gets

00:52:05up.

00:52:07It came out from underneath him.

00:52:09But those cars side by side in space like they were and him being kind of in the middle

00:52:13of those two lanes, it does weird things happen with the aero side of these cars.

00:52:20Look at this back here.

00:52:22And to your point, look at this back here.

00:52:25It's on the racetrack, it feels so narrow down that back straightaway.

00:52:29It is such a narrow distance between wall to wall.

00:52:32There is not a lot of room for error back there.

00:52:35You see Gibbs just barely squeaked by him in the wall.

00:52:38And Austin Dillon on the inside.

00:52:41Here comes Custer sliding in and Busch as well.

00:52:45Sendrick.

00:52:47He's been all over the place today, hasn't he?

00:52:49Tell you who's had the most eventful day is Chris Buescher.

00:52:52Every time there's a crash, we're watching Buescher drive right through it and avoid

00:52:56everything.

00:52:57Or down shifting.

00:52:58Yes.

00:53:00He's done a good job of down shifting.

00:53:04Made some ground up today by missing all those wrecks.

00:53:07So from the last crash, Ryan Preece checked at the infield hospital and released while

00:53:13Carson Hosovar is still in the race but three laps down.

00:53:18This one with Keselowski sideways clogging the track and they pile up behind him.

00:53:25Ty Dillon also involved with the three cars that rolled to a stop here.

00:53:33Ware, Busch and Sendrick.

00:53:37Now, what happened to Kyle Larson on that restart?

00:53:42Let's listen in.

00:53:44Sorry about that.

00:53:46He took off a fracture before me and got the push.

00:53:51Still time to get it back both sides of him and see what we can do on the next one.

00:53:56I think the second part of what he said was the most important thing.

00:54:00He got the push from Reddick.

00:54:02Larson had zero help behind him.

00:54:04Blaney's having trouble on these restarts.

00:54:06I've noticed it several times with him.

00:54:08He just cannot get off of the line.

00:54:11There's a big gap in front of him because of that.

00:54:13Reddick had the push on Mcdowell.

00:54:15Pushed him right to the lead.

00:54:17Blaney being second, I would rather fire off and take my chances on the front row with

00:54:22some anticipation and roll speed getting into that box.

00:54:25It hasn't worked for him on the bottom.

00:54:27Pit stops for the front row cars and Kyle Busch as Keselowski is hauled back to the

00:54:32garage.

00:54:34as well here with 18 laps to go.

00:54:48It would be interesting to hear what Ryan Blaney and those guys are talking about.

00:54:52Clint and I were just trying to figure out exactly why we lose so much ground on all

00:54:57these restarts with the 12.

00:54:58It has been very consistent as we've gone through the day.

00:55:01I can't figure out whether he's spinning the tires or gearbox issues.

00:55:06Something.

00:55:07That car has a gap in front of it almost every single restart here.

00:55:12Michael Mcdowell's retention rate today is 89%.

00:55:15Here is Ryan Blaney's race.

00:55:17We'll get back to that in a moment.

00:55:21Blaney fired off 24th.

00:55:24Just outside the 20 mark at the end of stage one and top ten end of stage two.

00:55:31It's been all forward.

00:55:33Now, Mcdowell, when I say 89%, his rate at holding position and not losing spots, 89%

00:55:41like eight out of nine.

00:55:43Jamie?

00:55:44When I interviewed his crew chief, Travis Peterson, you guys commented on how positive

00:55:49he was.

00:55:50He's keeping that up.

00:55:51It's just moments ago.

00:55:52Really good job.

00:55:53Let's go.

00:55:54Walk in.

00:55:55Deep breath.

00:55:56Execute.

00:55:57I'm staying corrected.

00:55:58I thought he was in trouble.

00:55:59They were talking about all this optimism and the excitement of the win here.

00:56:11I looked up to see Blaney and Larson that have been two of the fastest cars on the racetrack

00:56:15in front of him.

00:56:16I thought, no way he's going to be able to have this opportunity.

00:56:19He takes the bottom, opens that outside up, right to the lead we go.

00:56:23Michael Mcdowell is in it to win it.

00:56:25Regan?

00:56:26Just something to think about on this 12 car of Ryan Blaney.

00:56:28As we're watching him take the bottom, he has been very, very loose most of the day

00:56:32today and struggling over the bumps.

00:56:34So much so that he said the bumps in one and two are almost shaking the car out from underneath

00:56:38him.

00:56:39I've got to wonder if maybe that looseness that he had been fighting, even though they

00:56:41finally got it tightened up some right now, is maybe what's keeping him from picking that

00:56:45top lane.

00:56:46Very, very possible.

00:56:49When your car is that edgy on the top side of this racetrack and you know that that bump

00:56:53in turn four is there, you don't want to put yourself in a position where you might, you

00:56:58know you're on edge and might push it over the edge.

00:57:01Yeah, and, Regan, that is a great point.

00:57:05Because once things get going, once things sorted out, who's been the best at passing

00:57:10cars today?

00:57:11Ryan Blaney and Tyler Reddick.

00:57:14So you don't have to take chances on the restart.

00:57:17If you're confident that once things get rolling, you can make those passes.

00:57:21Here we go.

00:57:22Here we go.

00:57:23He chose the outside right here.

00:57:25I like this choice.

00:57:26I think he's against a car that is not as good as what Kyle Larson was when he was battling

00:57:31up there.

00:57:32I think at this point in the race, you've got to roll the dice and go for the win.

00:57:38Larry, are we too late for trends?

00:57:41Absolutely not.

00:57:42It's Texas and it's late in the race.

00:57:43The last three races here with the gen 7 the last three years, average of the last

00:57:48caution, about seven laps from now.

00:57:50Nine laps to go.

00:57:51One over time.

00:57:52But the final green flag stretch has been six or less laps in three of the last four

00:57:57Texas races.

00:57:58Oh, boy.

00:57:59How about Joey Logano up there in the second row?

00:58:04Since last week's finish got wiped out in tech, he's still looking for his first top

00:58:09five of the year.

00:58:11Don't count him out.

00:58:12You've seen him win some of these races where you didn't even know where he was all day.

00:58:16That is just one of those days.

00:58:20I agree with that.

00:58:21Tyler Reddick, Erik Jones, Ross Chastain, Ricky stenhouse and Daniel Suarez and John

00:58:28Hunter.

00:58:29That's your top ten.

00:58:30You know he's a driver that's going to go for it.

00:58:33He's going to put it all on the line.

00:58:35You know how hungry Mcdowell is in his 71 with this golden opportunity right here.

00:58:40Pay window open.

00:58:4215 to go when they get to the stripe.

00:58:45Mcdowell's Chevy.

00:58:46Blaney's Ford.

00:58:47Here we go.

00:58:48Well, that was just what Ryan Blaney needed was that bump from that five car to keep him

00:58:52even with the 71.

00:58:53He didn't fire off great, but the five got him going, and here he is side by side.

00:58:59Erik Jones way up high steaming around the outside of Reddick.

00:59:04Stenhouse on the bottom.

00:59:05This is for the win.

00:59:06Yeah, this is for the win.

00:59:07This is the part that Ryan Blaney is the most worried about right here as he goes through

00:59:11the middle of this corner.

00:59:12How will this car go over that bump?

00:59:14Hit it straight.

00:59:16Good so far.

00:59:17He's going to have a big run.

00:59:18Michael Mcdowell is going to side draft to try to keep him at bay.

00:59:24And Mcdowell.

00:59:25And around goes Reddick.

00:59:28He saved it.

00:59:29Down to the apron.

00:59:30He keeps going.

00:59:31Caution waves.

00:59:32Who is in front here, guys?

00:59:35We have to go back to the last scoring loop, not the moment of caution.

00:59:38Like I said, who is in front?

00:59:40Very important.

00:59:49And they're saying Michael Mcdowell is the race leader.

00:59:56Moment of caution only comes into play for the finish of the race.

01:00:03Might have been caution from rather contact from Daniel Suarez into Tyler Reddick.

01:00:09I think there's possibly well, this could very well be the flow of the rest of this

01:00:15race.

01:00:22Twelve cautions.

01:00:23You see them down here.

01:00:26They're going to be let's roll it here and see if I think 45 came down.

01:00:31He did.

01:00:32He had a lot of room.

01:00:33He didn't realize that the 99 was all the way there.

01:00:35Fantastic save.

01:00:37That could have been huge.

01:00:3999 big run.

01:00:41Look at this.

01:00:42Saved by Tyler Reddick.

01:00:43Unbelievable that he saves this car.

01:00:46He saved a lot of other cars, too.

01:00:50Keeping that car under control and not letting it slide up the racetrack or snap up the racetrack

01:00:54kept a lot of other cars from getting wrecked.

01:00:58And Buescher gets to avoid another one.

01:01:01Back down through the gear box my man goes.

01:01:05This time there's nothing to avoid.

01:01:10Look at this, guys.

01:01:11Look how close this is up here.

01:01:16Matt Kaushik came out.

01:01:17Those cars were side by side within a foot.

01:01:20That's how close it was at the last scoring loop according to our ghost car.

01:01:28This is getting good, kevin.

01:01:33Here's Tyler Reddick.

01:01:3499?

01:01:35Close to 99.

01:01:36I don't know how, but I still have a race car.

01:01:37Let's hope a little bit.

01:01:38He did a good job of keeping it underneath of him and not sliding up in front of traffic

01:01:52when he got down to one or two.

01:01:54Watching, you may have wondered why the caution.

01:01:56He straightened it out.

01:01:57He saved it.

01:01:59That car is sideways sliding across the racetrack and there's still 20 cars on rushing right

01:02:03into that scene.

01:02:05You need the caution.

01:02:06Absolutely.

01:02:07Nine times out of ten that car is going backwards up the racetrack or snapping back up the hill

01:02:12into traffic.

01:02:13As soon as you can get them slowed down, that's definitely the right call.

01:02:18That was an amazing save.

01:02:24Here it is again.

01:02:27Pay attention to Suarez, too.

01:02:30He was all the way down in the grass on that one.

01:02:32Barely missed it.

01:02:34Gets down to here.

01:02:35He's out of room as well.

01:02:38Actually touched the dirt, didn't he?

01:02:40You can't go in the grass.

01:02:42We've seen what that has done the last several days.

01:02:44They've cut it down today to try to keep these cars from ripping the noses off of them.

01:02:50I would say that's not on Suarez in my opinion.

01:02:53That little area in the quad oval has taken its toll.

01:02:57Here in the truck race Friday night, that 17 got deep into it, following the truck in

01:03:02front of him.

01:03:03Then in the XFINITY race, we had not one but two incidents at that location.

01:03:08Here was the first, and a three-car dust-up, and here was the second one.

01:03:17And Suarez saw that, and that's why he didn't move.

01:03:23By the way, that gap at the last scoring loop was one one-thousandth of a second.

01:03:29First to second.

01:03:32Now here's Daniel Suarez's version of what happened.

01:03:35Can't do anything different, right?

01:03:38Can't drive through the grass.

01:03:41Just forget about that.

01:03:43We'll be restarting inside the top eight here with ten to go or less.

01:03:49Suarez is eighth.

01:03:55Mcdowell, Blaney, Logano, Larson up at the front.

01:03:59Blaney again choosing the outside.

01:04:03Big restart here.

01:04:05The biggest thing that happened on the last restart, as you see the 71 crew so nervous,

01:04:09but the biggest thing that happened on the last restart was Ryan Blaney knows what his

01:04:13car can do on the outside.

01:04:15He can make an adjustment now if he can get fired off side-by-side with Mcdowell.

01:04:23Will he get that little bump from Larson this time?

01:04:28Will Mcdowell get one from Logano?

01:04:30Let's see.

01:04:3158 races since Mcdowell has been in victory lane.

01:04:32He will go for it.

01:04:33Ten to go.

01:04:34Ryan Blaney gets a little bit more help from the 5 than they get on the bottom of the racetrack.

01:04:51And Blaney with the run.

01:04:52Down the back straightaway.

01:04:53Edge is ahead.

01:04:54Not so fast.

01:04:55Mcdowell stuffs it into turn three on the bottom.

01:04:56Mcdowell clear.

01:04:57How about this, Kevin?

01:04:58You just never know what clean air is going to do to this car.

01:05:07That grit and determination by Michael Mcdowell.

01:05:09Now you see Joey Logano on the inside of Ryan Blaney.

01:05:13Teammates battling for second.

01:05:15And mister, where did he come from?

01:05:16Chastain is in the picture.

01:05:21Ross Chastain up to fourth.

01:05:23Erik Jones to fifth.

01:05:25I haven't seen Chastain all day long.

01:05:28He's been running laps of this race.

01:05:29Money on the line.

01:05:30My man is here.

01:05:31And that's what they've done all year with this one car.

01:05:34They haven't had the speed that they've wanted.

01:05:36But this one car has figured out how to grind their days out and get decent finishes out

01:05:40of it.

01:05:41This race is not over.

01:05:42Eight to go.

01:05:43The front five pulled away from Kyle Larson and the rest of the field.

01:05:50These penske guys are going to give him all they want.

01:05:52A lot of laps on the left sides of these tires on the 71 car.

01:05:57The longer they run, the less of an advantage he'll have of this clean air.

01:06:02I think the cycles on the tires have helped Michael Mcdowell get a little more even with

01:06:07these guys.

01:06:08But the most important thing he has right now is that clean air.

01:06:12He's got the fastest lap, 28.93.

01:06:18Flats behind him.

01:06:19Go, cat, go.

01:06:20Seven to go.

01:06:24started two cars in the top five.

01:06:27Hoseper on pole.

01:06:29And Michael Mcdowell, who's now leading, started in fifth.

01:06:33So he missed the bottom right there in three and four a little bit, Kevin.

01:06:36The tire is giving up.

01:06:38That car is naturally going to be tighter on those two tires.

01:06:41So you see Joey Logano now up the racetrack trying to find something different.

01:06:46He's going to have a big run.

01:06:47He made that work through turns one and two, Clint.

01:06:52Logano was 13 hundredths faster that lap.

01:06:55And I saw him slip up down there in three and four.

01:06:58Missed that bottom.

01:06:59That's where you're going to start to see this.

01:07:00Closing laps.

01:07:01This is not over.

01:07:02Logano is catching him.

01:07:03He is catching him.

01:07:04And that cat and mouse game is, what are you going to do on the entry to the corner?

01:07:07Joey's going to try to go the opposite way that Michael Mcdowell goes.

01:07:11You saw Mcdowell.

01:07:12The pipes lit up right there.

01:07:13A lot of off-throttle time.

01:07:15Do not miss your marks.

01:07:16Mirror drive, mirror drive.

01:07:19Take the air off of the 22 car.

01:07:21That is the name of the game.

01:07:22That's exactly what you saw right there.

01:07:24It will be four to go when they come back.

01:07:26That was a good block right there.

01:07:29And the closer that Joey Logano is to the back bumper of that 71 car, the more important

01:07:33that it is to make him go exactly behind that race car.

01:07:37It seems like in one and two, he's content to let that 22 car run that second lane and

01:07:43be able to put that car in position.

01:07:45Joey's there.

01:07:46Big run for Logano on turn two.

01:07:48Drops to the bottom.

01:07:49Mcdowell all the way down to the white line to block.

01:07:52He has to gain control of the car and give up the lead.

01:07:56He's going to lose second, too.

01:07:59Logano Blaney now.

01:08:02First and second with three to go.

01:08:04Right back to the middle of one and two.

01:08:05He was struggling in the center of the corner so he missed the bottom.

01:08:09Logano pounced on him.

01:08:10Can you believe this 22 car is in the lead?

01:08:13Mcdowell did everything he could.

01:08:14He's reaching the wall.

01:08:15Michael Mcdowell crashes.

01:08:17Michael Mcdowell crashes off calamity corner.

01:08:21Huge hit.

01:08:22He split up.

01:08:23I lost all the air.

01:08:24Dang it.

01:08:25So close.

01:08:26The glass slipper broke.

01:08:27It's amazing how fast things can turn around for you.

01:08:28One move there off of turn two where he didn't keep the momentum.

01:08:29Went for the huge block.

01:08:30Lost the momentum in one and two.

01:08:31Got second and third.

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01:11:11Now still there.

01:11:14Still there shore.

01:11:17Corner clear, clear.

01:11:21Headlight down.

01:11:24Two bottoms.

01:11:25Blaney, side-by-side.

01:11:26Three laps to go.

01:11:27Now that was, we talked about mcdall's courageous effort to try to block him and keep the win

01:11:30there.

01:11:31That was some big-time confidence of the 22 car.

01:11:34He was completely off the racetrack, way down on the apron, horrible entrance to the corner

01:11:39and still left his foot in it.

01:11:40The rear end was wiggling all over the place.

01:11:43He could have wrecked right there.

01:11:45Instead he's in the lead and trying to get this baby closed out.

01:11:48For you fans to go back to 1979 and the daytona 500 on CBS, that had a whole lot of look of

01:11:54Donnie Allison, Cale Yarbrough to it.

01:11:57That is just about what happened except that day it did not end well.

01:12:01No, it did not.

01:12:02Never checked.

01:12:03Ended in a fight.

01:12:04Yes.

01:12:05Eight different winners in the last eight races at texas.

01:12:20Names not on that list will include your top four right now.

01:12:24Well, and you talk about that top four, Clint.

01:12:27When you look at row two, plenty of aggression in that row as well.

01:12:32Plenty of aggression right there.

01:12:34Regan.

01:12:36Michael Mcdowell just climbing out of the car on pit road.

01:12:38So close today.

01:12:39You guys had a gutsy performance on those two tires.

01:12:42Looked like he got caught up in the wake back there.

01:12:44Yeah, I just really hate it for everybody on the Aspire motorsports 71, Delaware Chevrolet.

01:12:50We were giving it everything we had there to try to keep track position and Joey got

01:12:54a run there.

01:12:55I tried to block it.

01:12:56I went as far as I think you could probably go.

01:12:58And then when Blaney slid up in front of me, just took the air off of it and I lost the

01:13:01back of it.

01:13:02So, you know, I still had the fight in me.

01:13:05I probably should have conceded at that point.

01:13:06But, you know, I'm just proud of everybody's Aspire motorsports.

01:13:09I know that's not the day we wanted, but we had an opportunity to win the race.

01:13:12Really proud of everybody at Hendrick motorsports, Hendrick engine shops.

01:13:15You guys saw those restarts.

01:13:17Motors are ripping.

01:13:18So I just hate we didn't get it done, but we knew we had to go for it.

01:13:21So we went for it and it didn't work out.

01:13:24We appreciate the effort.

01:13:25Thanks.

01:13:26Thanks, Regan.

01:13:27Good hustle.

01:13:28Eight of the top ten have not won yet this season.

01:13:35Five of those are below the playoff cut line.

01:13:40And it's if you win, you're in the playoffs.

01:13:45How many cautions are we up to now?

01:13:4712.

01:13:48Well, either way, we're in overtime now.

01:13:50You think we're done with them?

01:13:53It all depends if we can make it through the first two corners, Clint.

01:13:56That's solid intel out of you.

01:13:59It wouldn't surprise me if we did not.

01:14:04With this second row, it's easy to talk about the penske cars racing for this win, but the

01:14:08second row, tons of aggression.

01:14:10You're hungry on both of those cars big time.

01:14:14Who's the best out of that group on restarts?

01:14:16Kyle Larson.

01:14:17Out of those top five, there's a Logano fan nervous.

01:14:25Team penske on the front row.

01:14:26Logano and Blaney.

01:14:28Both looking for their first win of the season.

01:14:31Ross Chastain, Erik Jones, then Kyle Larson, Daniel Suarez.

01:14:36And you know if he gets the opportunity, Ross Chastain is going to put this thing three

01:14:40wide.

01:14:41Need a big push here out of the second row on either side of the equation for the penske

01:14:46cars.

01:14:47It will be two laps to go.

01:14:48Green flag.

01:14:49They stacked them up.

01:14:50That's as tight as the whole field has been.

01:14:53Pretty slow start, wasn't he?

01:14:56Ty Gibbs squirreled around there but saves it.

01:14:59Lot of action in the back.

01:15:00Up front.

01:15:01Side by side.

01:15:02Logano pulls away.

01:15:03Here comes Chastain.

01:15:04He's to the inside of Blaney and is going by for second.

01:15:07You see Ricky stenhouse in the middle right there for fourth place.

01:15:12Larson and Jones surrounded.

01:15:14Austin Dillon moving up.

01:15:17And Logano trying to drive away.

01:15:21White flag.

01:15:22One to go.

01:15:23Joey Logano has done a great job today.

01:15:25They started deep in this field and he has driven his way to the front, capitalized on

01:15:30every situation and put himself in position to win this race.

01:15:34Logano fifth at the flag last week disqualified for a missing nut on the spoiler brace.

01:15:42Redeems it all right here around turn three and four.

01:15:46Joey Logano will get his 37th win.

01:15:50The triple A board for Roger Penske will go to victory lane.

01:16:02That's unbelievable.

01:16:03All the way from 27th.

01:16:04He says way to fight on that radio.

01:16:09Ross Chastain, I watched these restarts.

01:16:11He just kept clicking them off one by one on the restarts.

01:16:15Very aggressive and it paid off with all these cautions coming out late.

01:16:18How about Ricky stenhouse?

01:16:20Austin Dillon, good finish for him.

01:16:24Much needed good runs for all of those cars.

01:16:28That's the way you rebound from a penalty.

01:16:29You go out and win the next week.

01:16:33Behind them, bell Suarez and Todd Gilliland.

01:16:35Top ten.

01:16:36Well done.

01:16:37Boy, that last two laps was rather anticlimactic compared to the 20 or so that preceded it.

01:16:43I think Blaney knew he was at a deficit with as loose as his car was.

01:16:53That's why he hadn't been picking the top.

01:16:54There at the end, you just have to throw caution to the wind and see how it all works out.

01:16:59Joey has one prior win at Texas, but it came 11 years ago.

01:17:06He extends the string.

01:17:07He is the ninth different driver to win at Texas in the last nine races.

01:17:12Well, he went ahead and took care of the top five.

01:17:17No top five streak.

01:17:18He went ahead and took care of the no wins problem.

01:17:20He's got them all checked off the list today.

01:17:23Clamp fixed it.

01:17:24Win fixes everything.

01:17:25Always has.

01:17:26Always will.

01:17:27You mentioned Ricky stenhouse.

01:17:28That sixth place finish will move stenhouse above the cut line.

01:17:37Those who would qualify for the NASCAR playoffs.

01:17:41A wild day in Texas.

01:17:46Twelve caution flags and Joey Logano goes to victory lane from 27th starting position.

01:17:57Let's go down to Jamie little.

01:18:21Certainly hasn't been the season we've come to expect from the defending series champion

01:18:25Joey Logano.

01:18:27No top fives.

01:18:28One top ten, Joey.

01:18:30How about this for redemption?

01:18:32How good does it feel to be back here?

01:18:33The sport changes so quickly.

01:18:35It's crazy.

01:18:36He can just ride these roller coasters and just proud of the team.

01:18:40Finally get triple A insurance into victory lane.

01:18:43They've been a partner of mine for 13, 14 years and have yet to win with them.

01:18:49So it's awesome to get that done here.

01:18:51The jail kids crew is here.

01:18:53So we'll have fun with them at victory lane.

01:18:55A lot of people here.

01:18:57My family there at home.

01:18:58But, hey, Brittany, the kids, love you guys.

01:19:01It's going to be a fun night.

01:19:03You started so deep in the field at a place where all of you drivers said it's going to

01:19:07be so hard to pass.

01:19:08How did you prevail and win this one in overtime?

01:19:11Slowly, methodically.

01:19:12A couple at a time.

01:19:14We had a really tough pit stall situation.

01:19:16The pit crew did a good job at managing that and just grabbed a couple here and there.

01:19:20The car was fast.

01:19:21I knew that yesterday.

01:19:22I did a poor job qualifying and just grinded it out.

01:19:27Just keep grinding a couple here and a couple there and eventually get a win here.

01:19:31So it's nice to get one.

01:19:32Real nice.

01:19:33Joey Logano wins it at Texas motor speedway.

01:19:36Ryan Blaney comes home in third place today.

01:19:42Ryan, it was a full day for you today.

01:19:44Pit road, speed and penalty.

01:19:45You battled back from that.

01:19:46Get yourself back to the front.

01:19:47I know you were battling the car for a little while, but it seemed like it got really good

01:19:50at the end for those last restarts.

01:19:52What more did you need on those outside restarts?

01:19:54I don't know.

01:19:55The one time I didn't pick the outside, the 71 gets the lead, and then I couldn't get

01:20:02it back.

01:20:03So just driver making dumb decisions and not doing his job.

01:20:06So appreciate it.

01:20:0712 cars.

01:20:08Fast car.

01:20:09Can't do nothing right currently.

01:20:13So hopefully it will work itself out.

01:20:14All right.

01:20:15Thanks, Ryan.

01:20:16Let's go back here and see if we can catch up with Ross Chastain.

01:20:20Ross Chastain seemingly comes out of nowhere to get a second place finish today.

01:20:23Ross, you guys had to work all day long and battle through.

01:20:25A great result at the end, though.

01:20:27Yeah, it's a working class day.

01:20:30That's enough reason to go to Tootsie's next time I'm in Nashville.

01:20:33I want to head straight there.

01:20:35Gosh, that's a working day.

01:20:38Just no confidence in the car yesterday.

01:20:39And you all saw that.

01:20:41The speed of the track house cars on Saturdays is terrible.

01:20:45And we're just not confident.

01:20:46We have three drivers.

01:20:47So there was one pit stop today that Phil Surgeon and the group, it takes a ton of people

01:20:51back at track house and on the box here and GM at Chevrolet.

01:20:55And they made me a confident driver all of a sudden with one adjustment.

01:20:58And it was small stuff.

01:20:59It doesn't even make sense.

01:21:00But after that, I was a confident driver.

01:21:02We still had a jack break.

01:21:03So hats off to Shane to quickly recover and get that other jack out there.

01:21:06But yeah, just I can't drive an uncomfortable car.

01:21:11I can't personally.

01:21:12So as soon as they got it comfortable or at least gave me some confidence, we started

01:21:16going forward.

01:21:17All right.

01:21:18And we're going to sneak back.

01:21:19Thanks, Ross, for talking to us.

01:21:20We're going to sneak back here to Kyle Larson.

01:21:21Kyle, you had control of the good majority of the race today.

01:21:25They lost the control of the race on that one restart there.

01:21:28Was that the difference for you?

01:21:29Yeah.

01:21:30Yeah, it was.

01:21:31I just don't want to give up the lead on a mile and a half.

01:21:32It's hard to get it back.

01:21:33And yeah, Michael just did a good job timing it.

01:21:39I left early the restart before and was going to leave early again then.

01:21:44And he just anticipated and left probably right with me or just barely before.

01:21:49And he had Redick pushing him behind him.

01:21:51So yeah, I wish I could go back and do that all over again.

01:21:55So yeah, just a bummer.

01:21:58But try to learn from it.

01:21:59All right.

01:22:00Thanks, Kyle, for talking to us.

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