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>>> the nascar hall of frame class of 2016 announcedthat the owners known for talent and passion, they won races that span from richard parksto hendricto childers. fine people. if you've ever had an opportunity to watch or meet them. there's one of them inattendance. welcoming you back we have a little bit of a hurry up because of threatening racein the area. the top two picks, joey logano. he was one of the faster ones in practice.>> i think you better look for martin truex jr. he almost won dover. kansas, the samething. truex i think puts it all together tonight.>> you know there are 40 drivers in the field for this race. last time there's joey logano.last time we had that few number of drivers,

40 in the field for the coca-cola 600. itwas 1978. darryl waltrip won that. it was one of his five wins here.>> those other three pesky drivers always used to get me.>> excited to go with weather that could be a factor.>> announcer: and now to introduce the giving of the race command, please welcome grandmarshal general casey. >> good evening, everyone. this memorial day,the uso and coke are proud to salute the men and women of america's military and theirfamilies and to remember the more than 1 million americans who have given their lives in theservice of our country. behind me are 75 service members and uso volunteers holding the usoflag to commemorate 75 years of the uso strengthening

the men and women of our armed forces by keepingthem connected to family, home and country throughout their service. so now in honorof the many sacrifices that the men and women of our armed forces and their families make,please join us in saying the most famous words in motor sports. drivers start your engines!thank you. >> we continue the world's biggest day inauto racing. time for the coca-cola 600. michael and i will be watching along with you. let'shead upstairs take you through it. you guys ready for nascar's night cap?>> yes, sir. >> well, we had breakfast in monaco, lunchin indianapolis and now dinner in charlotte as we do every year. in 1960 they built charlottemotor speedway. make the race bigger, make

it longer. then the world 600, now coca-cola600 has always been run at this length, 600 miles. physical strength, endurance, mentaltoughness,strategy, skill. what stands out most to get you to victory lane, jeff?>> when you add all those things together, it's just so grueling. it's grueling on the driver. your mental preparationas well as all the things that can go wrong. when you're pitting the minimum of seven timesjust to get through this long race, you know, the track conditions are going to change throughouteach 100 miles in this race. then it's that final 100 miles. how do you get it done inthose final hundred miles. >> jeff has three victories. darryl has five.>> you have to control your emotions. that's

something i see these young drivers strugglewith. the veterans don't seem to have that problem, some of the guys that have been herefor a while. but these young guys, they seem -- they've got to be able to control thoseemotions. you need to play with emotion, but don't let emotion play with you. that's somethingthese drivers have to learn. >> as we go through the night, if we racein the rain, boy that's going to be entertaining if you never know which lap might be the lastlap. [male announcer] for our troops and theirfamilies, the military is more than a career, it's a journey. and every step along the way,the uso is there. it's an experience that soldier will never forget... that's what theuso does.

[announcer] from the time they join, to thetime they transition out of the military, the uso is there, offering programs and supportalong the way. it's way more than a free phone call for us, it's that opportunity to staymom, and the uso makes it all possible. [announcer] be a part of their journey, learnmore today at uso.org. >>> we are ready to race in concord, northcarolina, northeast of charlotte in the coca-cola 600. the field has left the starting line.let's pick them up on the pace lap and give you our geico starting grid. martin truexjr. first pole. joey logano won last week's all star race. denny hamlin the runner uphere four years ago. brad keselowski won here in 2014. jimmie johnson. menard eight twice.and chase elliott.

>> let's dial up tony stewart. you got me?>> yeah, bud. go ahead. >> this is a tough, long race. you're knownto be a tough competitor. what's the hardest thing you've ever had to battle through orover come in this long race over the years? >> probably the first double duty. i was -- iwas exhausted the last half of that race. you know, it's a long day at indianapolis,500 miles and 600 miles here. we don't have to worry about that tonight. you know howthis deal is. it's been sunny most of the day here. so it's got a lot of heat in thetrack right now. this track is very temperature sensitive. it's all about making sure thatyour car is doing what you need it to do at the end of the night. it will change quitea bit.

>> it's hard for all of us to believe thisis your last 600 here at charlotte. are these types of significant moments starting to sinkin yet? >> it's little moments that are starting tocreep in that start to remind me that we're about six months away from this. i'm goingto try to do what you did last year. you set the benchmark.>> yeah, well you know it's a lot more fun when you're up front winning and leading theselaps. so good luck. >> going to try to do that, bud. thanks, man.>> i like seeing a smile on his face. tony stewart about to start his final coca-cola600. late breaking stories from pit road beginning in the upper left of our box.>> all 40 drivers are paying tribute to fallen

soldiers tonight. jimmy johnson is takingit to another level. earlier today he met with the family and they presented jimmiewith the dog tags of their fallen soldier. jimmie just told me what an honor it is torace with those dog tags inside his car and he hopes it brings him luck tonight.>> by this time last year, kurt busch had already won a race, but this year he's stillsearching. it's been frustrating and kurt hasn't shied away from shouldering much ofthat blame. the team tells me they're turning that frustration to motivation. they believetheir time is coming and they believe that time could be tonight.>> we could see that here tonight in charlotte. ryan blaney continues to impress. fifth placein kansas. the biggest thing of all, patience.

that should be a huge advantage with 600 milesahead. >> well the first ten race this is year havebeen nothing but frustrations for kyle larson. but the last two races this team has turnedthe corner. he can search for grip both high and low. tonight he's got high expectations.>> it's a long race. there will be a lot of adjustments and a lotof pit stops. pit road the speed 45 miles per hour. the fuel window, 50 to 56 laps.matt dibenedetto in the front, tony stewart to the rear.>> there's your pace car, the 2016 toyota camry.>> it's an honor to be able to start this 600 mile race here on memorial day.>> look at him! let's go racing. for those

who made the ultimate sacrifice, boys.>> really see those sparks. air pressures are low on those first couple of laps.>> truex to lead lap one. hamlin underneath logano for second.>> i really thought logano, the way he was battling the 78 of truex. it just shows thestrength of martin truex jr. >> he's been the fastest in practice and he'sgot a car that he is set to sail in, guys. >> quite even at the strike. give it to loganobut not quite a car length. >> i think it's going to clear him right heregoing into one. now he's going to move down and take a little air off the 11 of dennyhamlin. >> harvick, sixth place against ricky stenhouse.here comes carl edwards.

>> carl was smart there. they've got a longway to go. he didn't charge in there and take that position away. he backed off. he's playedit cautious. all these drivers are right now. long way to go.>> this is one of the cooler track temperatures at the start of this race that i've seen ina long time. i don't know if that p groove is going to be as good right now as we'veseen it in the past. looks like drivers are really sliding around up there.>> 14th place, ryan blaney in the 21. here comes carl.>> making the move underneath stenhouse. the 19 will take seventh place.>> got a good feeling about carl tonight. carl's doing a great job in a long race likethis, right in his wheelhouse.

>> such a fine line between trying to measurehow intense and how hard you push at this point in the race. you want to get track position,you want to make your way to the front as we see jimie johnson making a run. it's alsoa very long race. you've goo match that up with patience.>> jimmie johnson side by side with keselowski down the back stretch. battle for fourth.>> keselowski says, i'm not ready to give that spot up just yet. we saw jimmie johnsonwiggle, get a little bit loose. now he's going to possibly -- yeah, there he's getting anotherrun on keselowski. now he's got the four he's got to think about behind him. kevin harvickhas been extremely strong this week. >> don't you think early in this race keselowskiwants to make a statement?

>> look who's making a biggest statement righthere. jimmie was really strong in that final runin practice. >> jimmie said, no, you're not going to letme go, i'm going. >> 13th place, blaney. kyle busch.>> we're going really see how much kyle busch has matured in this race right here. he hasn'tshown as much speed as he's shown in some other race this is year. he's further back.this is a long race and i really think he's going to be there at the end. right now he'sdefinitely battling a car that's not as good as what we've seen him have.>> ricky stenhouse has given up eight spots since the drop of the green flag. and amongthose moving up, tony stewart had to start

in the rear because nascar inspectors sawthey had made some unapproved adjustments to that car after it was rolled out onto thestarting line. so he started 40th. he's plus ten.>> that's a good thing for tony stewart. he wants to be challenged. you put me in theback and hey watch this. he's looking at those guys. which way am i going to go.>> inside austin dillon in the three and danica patrick in the ten setting his sights on thefive of kasey kahne. >> they do know it's 600 miles, right?>> 400 laps. >> remember, there is rain that has been aroundhere. maybe they're doing like talladega. maybe they're racing to halfway.>> quick reminder of the rule. if we get past

lap 200 if the race is stopped it's official.if we don't, we'd have to come back tomorrow. >>> here comes martin truex. he's led all17 laps coming up so far. he led a race high, 131 laps in this race last year. trouble forkasey kahne. watch the rear of the car. >> you'll see right here. watch this whitesmoke. jeff, what do you think happened right there?>> i think that's the splitter touching the racetrack as the air was coming out of theright front tire. >> he's down on the inner liner right nowand you see that white smoke coming out from under the car.>> he's made an unscheduled pit stop. >> look at that right front. it appears at this point thatthere's a rub inde. they're talking about

it now. helmets are on. looking at when wehad that competition caution, you see what it could be.>> it could be a sway bar arm. those sway bar arms are right next to the tires. if youdon't get it up in there far enough, it could rub on that tire. if that's the case, it coulddo it again. >> absolutely. they're going to have to findout what's rubbing. the good news is, we have that caution coming here in about five, six,seven laps. >> because of rain this morning and a greenracetrack, nascar told the teams there would be a competition yellow at lap 25 to checktire wear. it's the coolest it's been all week. the track temperature only 97. we practicedin temps as high as 135 track temperature

earlier this weekend.>> this is the driver's delight now. the temperature is down, it's over cast. the track's got alot of grip. this is good racing weather right here.>> jimmie johnson is on the move. he has driven away from denny hamlin. now 2.4 seconds offthe lead and one second behind joey logano. he was the highest starting chevrolet in thisrace, seth at the green flag. >> when you get jimmy johnson in a race carlike right here and you come to charlotte motor speedway, watch out. jimmie johnsonis going to have something to say about that before this thing's over.>> i'd say he likes this place. >> if you add up the all of jimmie johnson'schlotte wins, there's only 65 drivers in nascar

that have total wins that jimmie johnson hashere at charlotte. >> they had to pick at the tail. and whatthat ended up doing was putting him between the 14 of tony stewart and the 95 of mcdowell.that could come into play when we know how many pit stops are being made in this race.>> we mentioned tony stewart's march from the back. he's up 14 positions from the start.>> and i just talked to his crew chief and asked what exactly happened when they pushedthat car out on the grid. and he said the right rear quarter panel was pulled out byone of the crew members. nascar didn't like it and that's why they penalized him and puthim back in 39th position. tony right now saying the car isn't too bad, just a littlebit loose overall.

>> there's so many crew members pushing thesecars out onto pit road that a lot of times nascar doesn't have enough officials to beable to watch that and these crew members will try to take advantage of that. hard foryou not to want to fix that car up and make it just a little bit better for your driver. >> 120 degrees inside that race car. it was80 something on the grid before they fired the engines. somebody needs to explain tothese guys they have surveillance cameras. >> i think you're right. i think that's exactlyhow they may have caught that. i bet nascar reviewed the video before the race startedand saw that that had happened. eyes in the sky.>> ricky stenhouse started third, dropped

back to 11th. he's kind of settled there.>> you've got to competition caution comes out right now.>> one of the spotters or crew chief asked about your temps. it's a good time to addor take some tape off. >> let's talk about kasey kahne and the situationthey're in. the leader continues to put drivers down a lap. they have about 12 laps on thesetires. i know they'd love to come in and figure out what's rubbing. this is the only cautionwe know that's going to happen. and when it's going to happen, i think they have to takethe wave-around right here and get one of those laps back.>> i don't see how they could possibly stay out knowing there's something possibly rubbingthat right front.

>> they're never going to get two laps back.it's a box they're in. but i think they have to take a chance here.>> i just think he got lucky by not getting into the wall that time because it happenedoff the corner and not on the straight away. >> i don't want to be the caution. and ifsomething's rubbing, you're going to be a caution.>> i think all the rest of them are going to have to risk and take that wave-around.>> you've got all night to get back on the lead lap.>> true. this is 600 miles. if the rain doesn't come.>> pit road is open. josh wise will get the free pass on this, the first caution, carryingthe name of staff sergeant robert masserelli

of the u.s. army. >> word in the garage today with the 48 ofjimmie johnson was going to be the car to beat. jimmie so far happy with it. littleloose on the bottom as he moved up. >> the 11 car of denny hamlin, a daytona 500winner, said just a little too tight on max load. it's going to be an air pressure adjustmentand four tires. >> chose pit stall one. joey logano gets rightbehind him, the 22. logano's car was tight. air pressure change for him. the 78, his carwas tight but it began to free up. air pressure for the 78 of truex.>> race off pit road close at the line. martin truex over joey logano and denny hamlin. meanwhile,keselowski, johnson and edwards all fired

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entering. ryan blaine was too fast exiting.>> they compete against each other in everything they do, even on pit road.>> this race is as much about how you execute as it is about not making mistakes.>> kasey kahne made multiple pit stops. they installed a spacer on the right front wheel,so hopefully that rubbing issue will not reoccur. >> joey logano alongside once again. backto green. >> keep an eye on these restarts. man, it'seasy to get in trouble on a restart here. >> look at kyle busch going to the top, tryingto get the three wide on the outside of keselowski. not going to get there.>> a lot of three wides. that's trademark

kyle busch. he will use that outside to hisadvantage. >> keselowski up top in sixth place. in frontof kurt busch. >> i think we'll find out here shortly ifanybody's got anything for that 78 car. that's denny hamlin up there, joey logano. and that48 car was closing when we went to caution. we'll see how this works out.>> johnson's got a run. he's looking at logano. >> got a huge run off of two down the backstraight away. there he goes again. >> he likes that. there's some grip down therefor that 48 car and he's using it. >> he's going to have to use it. he's gotkevin harvick breathing down his neck. >> further back, kyle larson, side by side.he's on the inside and clear. larson takes

carl edwards for tenth. that lightning stripeon larson's car, that's a lucky charm. it also was on scott dixon's car at indy today. watch the 21 of blaney. right on the bottom.>> he hooks that white line. there's a little bit of grip there with the left front. stepsthe back end out. that's nothing for a kid like blaney. he's used to running sidewayslike that all the time. >> when you make a mistake as a driver youwant to try to over come that. you want to go out there and get back what you lost.>> riding the joey logano. the sprint all star winner eight days ago. battling dennyhamlin for second. jimmie johnson has lost fourth to kevin harvick.>> that 4 car, he looks like he's closing

up.>> he was so fast in the all star race last weekend. nobody could touch the time thathe was putting, laying down in that race. i'm curious to see if he can back that up.this is the same race car that he had then. >> three wide, tony stewart on the outsideof trevor bayne in the sixth and austin dillon in the three.>> tony stewart is going somewhere. he's catching them and passing them. he isn't waiting onthem. >> 35 laps complete. let's get a nationwidedale jr. performance report. >> mike, one of the biggest challenges ofracing in the coca-cola 600 is obviously starting in the intense heat and going to cooler temperatures.that's an advantage typically for dale earnhardt

jr. especially in this event because he knowshow to save his tires especially with the tires that we have here. with the cooler temperaturesa lot more grip right now. the balance is pretty neutral. right now he runs in 16th.just methodically trying to work their way to the front.>> we saw laps in practice yesterday. remember, they were up in the 32nd bracket. right now we're running 29.33. this trackis about a second faster tonight than it was yesterday afternoon in practice.>> these aren't conditions they've had all weekend long. track's been hot and slick everytime they've been on track. so you've got to believe there's going to be some adjustmentsthese crew chiefs are going to have to make

to the cars.>> when it's hot, it's as hot and slick as anything we run on. when it's cool, max grip.>> talking with crew chief chad johnson, he said we worked on old tires in final practice.he was really happy with the pace. i like that window of about 30% margin.>> carl edwards won this race last year and said it was the biggest race of his career,biggest race win no doubt. i talked to his crew chief. he was hoping that it was goingto free up because that's what they built into the car. sure enough that's exactly whatthis race car is doing, freeing up just a little bit. they went down on air pressurein the right rear tire. >> carl restarted sixth. he is now 11th. biggestmovers since the restart. there's ryan blaney.

he and chase elliott served those penalties.blaney from 34th now to 20th. and chase elliott from 36th to 25th.>> watch this 21 car. he is really aggressive right now. trying to make up for the time.>> i'm excited to see him working the top groove and carry that momentum and make thatkind of a move. >> we have softer tires than ever before hereat charlotte. can a driver be too aggressive and use them up?>> certainly. >> for sure.>> 41 laps complete. martin truex has led them all. >>> 46 laps, 69 miles complete in charlotte.martin truex, fastest lap of the race so far.

>> mike, watching these cars -- and they wereall hung at the bottom in the early going. but now they're searching around. everybody'strying to look for a place for their car to run a little faster. see a lot of cars startingto migrate up to the top of this racetrack. and it's looking pretty good.>> now that they've laid rubber down on the racetrack, they're starting to widen out.i like that. that's what we've been waiting for and what we've needed.>> i notice kyle larson, which we know he likes to run up against that wall. now he'smoved up quite a bit and starting to go somewhere. >> jimmie johnson got past harvick. now keselowskitrying, not going to make it. here's some audio from the number 2 ford.>> yeah.

there's definitely some guys back in the back.blaney is up top. dale jr. is up top. they're not going anywhere. they're up there. they'renot falling back. >> brad's back to the bottom where he triesto dispatch kevin harvick. not this time. harvick gets a good launch off turn four.>> the 4 of kevin harvick, they had some issues before they even hit the track today. theirtransmission was leaking. they didn't like the sound of their gear cooler fans. theyeven changed those out. not huge issues but things you don't want to have to deal withon race morning. they were moving around a little bit extra this afternoon getting readyfor this one. but so far the car is pretty good for kevin harvick.>> that checklist is about a mile long that

these crew chiefs and teams go through toget these cars ready to race. they caught a couple things there that probably were onthe checklist. >> we talked about kasey kahne having to makean unscheduled pit stop. >> there's still concern on the 5 of kaseykahne. i spoke to his crew chief. both believe not 100% sure but they both believe it's theball joint which is rubbing the shoulder and side wall of that right front. they had tomake a suspension adjustment in that right front before going to inspection. he sayssomething still does not feel right. >> after you've had that happen and they'veexplained to you what was rubbing on the right front tire, you're going to be nervous foran entire 600 miles.

>> the only way that could happen, jeff, isthis it's a little bit longer than maybe normal. you've extended it to where the ball jointis. it will put it closer to the inside of that tire. that's just some setup that theylike to run. >> jimmie johnson lapping past jeffrey earnhardtand closing on joey logano for third. they're about 3.5 seconds behind race leader martintruex who has checked out once again. ryan blaney against a.j allmendinger for 17th.>> i think you're right. i think that 21 has slowed down a little bit.>> here's somebody who hasn't slowed down, just keeps getting better as the run goeson. that's the 48 of jimmie johnson. >> i think that 48 is a really good long runcar. we're seeing that thing really start

to work.>> that's what impressed everyone in the all star race was the long run ability of the22 of logano. now his biggest hindrance down in turn three and four. he's tried to movearound a little bit to find more grip. >> you guys are right. the 48 really focusedon long run speed during practice. they made multiple long runs. jimmie was really happywith the car. his team told me their goal tonight is to race like they practiced. theyhaven't done that a lot this year. in fact the last three races he finished 17th or worse.they are confident they'll get to victory lane.>> 3.8 seconds behind the leader is denny hamlin, four seconds back is johnson. we'llsee if that shrinks or builds when we come

back. >>> in honor of memorial day fox sports proudto team up with merging vets and players, dedicated to ensuring our nation's warriorscan be as productive off the field as they were on it. joining with athletes to forma common bond over dedication and team work. visit foxsportssupports.com to learn more.this was a charity started by fox's jay blazer. we are proud to support on this memorial dayweekend. martin truex jr. has led all laps so far. marine gunnery sergeant jeffrey boreis on the windshield of truex's car, 39 years old, lost in iraq in 2003 after 22 years inthe military. awarded the silver star and served in the marines with john parks whonow works in the shop at furniture row racing.

>> he is a huge fan of the military. he doesa lot to support the military. great guy. >> i really love what they've done this far,what nascar and the speedway has done to connect an individual, a fallen hero with a race teamand display that on their windshield. it's fantastic.>> fifth place. brad keselowski just been worrying kevin harvick to death, if you coulddo such a thing. >> i was going to say that's impossible.[ laughter ]. >> he will worry you to death. i don't knowif you can worry him. there is a common theme. everybody is going higher. everybody's rightup next to the wall. all but that 78 car on the bottom.>> the common theme i'm seeing is that martin

truex jr. is unbelievably fast and able tostay on the bottom unlike any other car out there. there's a battle. keselowski searching forfifth on kevin harvick going to the outside. >> that launch off turn two and draw evenmidway down the back stretch. >> look at the eyes. ken harvick looking inhis mirror, trying to see keselowski on the outside of him, see who else is behind him.he's not going to give it up that easy. i've been hearing a lot about how drivers havetalked about their cars start to tighten as they go -->> i think you just saw him take his right hand and kind of flex his fingers. watch hissteering column right here. you think he doesn't

have a grip on that wheel? and he's got todo that all night long. >> i can't find anything that works. whatdoes he mean? >> that's also a theme that i've been seeinga lot of drivers being loose, tight in the middle, loose off. that's really hard fora crew chief to adjust to. what a driver has to do to adjust is try different lines. gointo the top, cut from the top down into the bottom or go into the middle lane. try allthese different grooves and lines. that's one of the things you can do here at charlotte.lot of different grooves you can search around on.>> here's your 100 mile recap in stock car racing's longest night. martin truex has ledevery lap race pace. 160 miles per hour. competition

caution for four laps. still 29 of the 40starters on the lead lap at 100 miles. jimmie johnson 4.6 seconds back in second place asmartin truex tries to run away. >>> as far as the 41 is concerns, kurt buschsaid it's just gotten bad loose all of a sudden. they're going to put four tires on it. thesetwo house cars, trying to get them fixed up here in the early going.>> and brad keselowski, you heard him say earlier on the radio tight and loose off.he wants to fix his entry, though. that's the main focus. that's what that chassis adjustmentis for. and carl edwards in as well. they've made the car better. they made an air pressureadjustment last stop. he said it was a lot better, gave him more grip.>> the 11 of denny hamlin, just doesn't like

the way the car feels in the front end, saysit's really stiff. an air pressure adjustment to help him out.>> leader martin truex is in. you see him on the left. and joey logano is third.>> they're going to pull off the windshield for better visibility. going to work on theright side. meanwhile, pitting directly behind is logano. his car was so sensitive, especiallyon turn one, he needed more grip. it was too free.>> lot of speed in this 48 here. he went down two inches on the track bar. that has helped.they'll fill him up and put four tires on. >> trevor bayne too fast entering pit road.he'll serve that penalty. and that should just about complete the first round of greenflag stops. cassill is the last one to come

to pit road. he will pit from second place.>> it was exciting to watch. it was like that full bore qualifying that we didn't get tosee. >> we'll show you matt kenseth first.>> he barely made it to pit road right there. >> everybody was really, really pushing it.watch keselowski here. he realizes he's got to load that thing up before he gets him outof the box. >> that was probably either a lot of rearbrake or a down shift. blaney almost into th8 here. that was close.>> the one of mcmurray also locked it up. before put stopstin truex had a 5.4 secondlead over jimmie johnson. he now has a 2.7 second lead over hamlin and four seconds overjohnson in third.

>> that hamlin pit crew, they're fast. ofcourse, truex's pit crew is a joe gibbs' crew as well. look, right back together again.>> harvick seemed to have a pretty good short run car the last time we took off on thatrestart. it seemed to fade on the longer run. so we'll see if they made some adjustmentshere. >> keselowski's was just the opposite. hefelt like their setup was good for the longer run.>> this portion of the rain in my opinion you want to be good on the long run. thisrace has a tendency to go long green flag runs with a few green flag pit stops in certainsections of the race. then you're going to need to be good on the short runs.>> let's compare the two leaders' pit stops.

when hamlin came in, he was nine seconds behindtruex. when denny made his stop, one lap sooner than martin.>> wow. that's a big gap there between the pit stops of the 11 of denny hamlin and 78of martin truex jr. >> lot less traffic on pit road when hamlinpitted. pit road was pretty clogged up when truex came in. 83 laps complete. jimmie johnsonleft two during the green flag pit stops. otherwise it's been all truex. the sprintnetwork is now more reliable than ever. and i'm on a mission to prove it's the fastest.hey big man. sorry. what is that, verizon? i bet sprint can download this book faster.no way bro. your lucky tooth necklace for anything on that trailer. i'll take the grizzly.well played. go! come on. come on. sprint

wins! double or nothing. for the bike. what?the sprint lte network is now more reliable than ever. switch to sprint and save 50% onmost verizon, at&t or t-mobile rate plans. that he is. >>> let's look at the advance auto parts pitperformance. >> we always like to look at the two tirestops. the four tire stops under green. this is the two laps that include that green flagstop. denny hamlin and that crew pretty much smoked him. his pit crew is one of the onlycrews that have a stop in the 11 seconds. now, we can look at the 78 issue, the reasonhe had a slow stop, guys, is the left front tire changer right here could not get theleft front off. that should droop down more

than it did when they jacked the car up. hecouldn't get the left front off. that's the reason that pit stop was over 16 seconds.>> that is a lot of trouble getting that left front tire off. i think it's going to be crucialfor martin to hold that wheel straight. maybe even turn it a slight bit to the left to helpthat tire come off. >> you've got to get on top of that down there.>> here's somebody else that's been coming and working that high side. kyle larson.>> he got the whip out. >> mike, earlier you mentioned the lightningbolt on the side of that car. that paint scream returning this weekend. very special for thatteam. debuted back in 1995. it's truly remembered for when the indy car teams won four consecutivechampionships. one of the things i saw here

was the battle between keselowski and larson.keselowski, obviously he's a student of the business and knows how to -- we heard himearlier call to a spotter and talk about what line other drivers are running. well, he'smoved up and blocked the 42. the 42's not been able to get by him.>> brad keselowski, there's one thing he's been focused on since the start of this raceand that is hooking this white line. it is frustrating him so much because no matterwhat they adjust on this car n't get down there and run the line that he wants. >> let's have a look at our rookie runningorder. chase elliott has over come the penalty for speeding on pit road. so has ryan blaney,18th and 21st. brian scott, one spot back,

22nd. chris buescher and jeffrey earnhardt.>> the 21 is in jeopardy of going a lap down. our leader is not too far behind him. he'snot on him yet but he's closing up pretty fast.>> tney has been putting some good lap times down. this just goes to show you how fastthe 78 of martin truex junior is. >> blaney has a few laps. if he can put togethersome great laps, truex still has one or two cars between them.>> when i'm driving, i always use the start/finish line as my reference point. if i'm ryan blaneywhen cross the line, i want to know when the 78 crosses the line. i have a much betteridea about where i am compared to where the leader is rather than three or four secondsback. i can't compute that.

>> denny hamlin in third place. 5.5 secondsback. >> throughout the course of the weekend andthe practice, his crew chief mike wheeler said denny's car has seemed to be better whenit's on the tight side as compared to loose. they've been on the tight side so far tonight.he says it feels really stiff. >> 100 laps complete. 150 miles. next timeby. as we remember those who have fallen in the service of our country, both at home andabroad.s all so, uh, elaborate. >>> the coca-cola 600 on fox is sponsoredby ram trucks, america's longest-lasting pickups. by nationwide, nationwide is on your side.and by now you see me two. you won't believe their second act. in theaters june 10th.>>> 105 laps complete. this summer share a

coke and a song with friends, family and fansat shareacoke.com. there you go, pal. see where our coca-cola racing family is. dennyhamlin in third behind truex and johnson. logano fifth. newman, dillon, stewart. liketo see tony have a good night in his final coca-cola 600 of a very storied career.>> he's putting up a heck of a fight. you can see him driving the wheels off that car.he came to pit road really hard right in front of truex. as we see a battle here for thirdplace, the 2 car, keselowski trying to get underneath the 11 of denny hamlin and doesso. tony's been putting up a heck of a fight. he finally just could not hold off martintruex jr. >> squeeze play right there in front of them.keselowski had used brian scott as a pick.

now they're coming up against another slowcar. here comes hamlin right back after him. >> that 2 car is a lot better than it was earlier in this run.>> remember, he likes his car in the long runs. as this run goes on, i think you're goingto see him get better anetter. >> tell you what, though, while they're upthere racing each other, that kyle larson in that 42 car is coming. he is high, wideand handsome. >> if there's nobody running his lines, heis putting down some killer laps. i will say if somebody moves up there to block the air,he has a really hard time. he's going to have to figure out how to be more maneuverableand figure out how to get that car to work

in different lanes.>> nowhere to go just in front. now brian scott up on the high side. that provides anopen lane for brad on the bottom. >> you heard brad talk about hooking the whiteline. boy, when he doesn't hook that white line it really costs him a lot of time.>> i think he forget to lift and went flying by denny hamlin.>> now hamlin has to fend off logano. and does.>> the 11 is kind of pensked in right now. >> good point. two penske fords surroundingthe joe gibbs toyota, hamlin's number 11. >> easy, boys. easy.>> matt? >> and the 22 of joey logano had a milliondollar setup last week here winning the all

star race. they started out with that setupbut not as productive right now. his car is so line sensitive still on this run as well.loose on exit. he says but it's tight through the center. getting the car to cut, that'sthe bigger issue for logano at this moment. >> meanwhiletin truex has caught up with ryanblaney in the wood brothers' number 21. >> we broke down the 78 pit stop and whattook place on the last run. i spoke to chris taylor the tire-changer. he said simply thathe hit the rug so quick the tire got hung up. so what he's going to do the next stopas jack comes around to the left side and hits it, he's actually going to slow downto go faster. that why the tire wheel won't get hung up ender.>> that's brian scott who had been running

up at the top of the racetrack. and he's goingto spin to a stop without contact. and that will put us under the second caution flag.scott was running 24th one lap down here at lap 115.>> blaney got pretty lucky on that deal right there. truex was just about to put him a lapdown. >> when you're the leader you get so frustratedwith the car that you're about to lap fighting you that hard for that position. but it'sso important to the entire race if you're ryan blaine.>> see the yellow car stop. gets up high. has to turn it off the wall.>> whoa! >> when he caught it, it didn't turn rightback up in front of dale earnhardt jr.

>> i think it was kyle larson that was righton him. wow. that was close. >> all twisted up. nascar saying that ryanblaney is the free pass. they're on blaney's car in the windshield. jerome gun of the u.s. navy was just 22 whenhe died in a terrorist bombing 1978 on the u.s.s. cole. postumously awarded a purpleheart.h umously awarded a purple heart.umously awarded a purple heart.>> pit road will be open this time. that caution ended 84 consecutive laps of green flag racing.and the prepass there to the 21. >> jimmie johnson pitting from the secondplace position. says he's just a touch free. they're going to stay on top of it, make asmall adjustment. a four tire stop here. both

sides again a big adjustment for him. a fourtire stop. >> joey logano still trying to work on thatbalance. look for a chassis adjustment. you can see it's going to be handed over on thatleft side. meanwhile, as far as the 78, truex was told just to turn the steering wheel aneighth to the left just to give it a little bit more clearance for that front tire changerchris ylor when he got around to change the left front.>> at the line, martin truex. the white line determines pit out. and that first pit stallis a huge advantage in that respect. >> it sure was. hey man, you cut me off backthere. whatcha gonna do about it?! aw, man. >>> the coca-cola 600 on fox is sponsoredby toyota, let's go places. and by kentucky

fried chicken, colonel quality guaranteed.>> nice to have you watching the coca-cola 600. a quick recap af 1118 laps martin truexjr. has dominated. from denver colorado, that's the furthest commute of any of the race teams.he's spent more laps on the mile and a half track than any other driver this season. butstill looking for that first win. >> you've got to like where this car is. thatteam, they really have to adjust on it. even if it's perfect right now, you need to beturning the wedge wrenches, putting the tire pressures differently, just keep making changesto that car to stay ahead of this track. they know the track will change as it coolsoff. they've got to be prepared for that. >> he has dominated the early portion of thisrace.

>> thanks, chris. jimmie johnson's pit stop.let's have a look at the individual joe here. light chassis adjustment there on the rightrear and then the audio afterward. >> reason i was telling about that left wasto be cautious. we saw that chip pop out of the left front that time before. wanted youto be a little bit safe with it. we don't see a problem just yet. i'll give you somemore info when we can. >> ten-four.>> they're talking about that rfid chip that goes in all the tires.>> we've heard of this before. it's been a long time. it's a radio frequency id chipthat goodyear puts in so they can identify that tire with the race team.>> green flag has truex steps on it.

>> did you see that, he almost missed hisshift. i heard the 78 hit the chip. he lost a lot of momentum as he was going from secondto third gear. >> nascar has the restart under review. theymust launch in the restart zone as they come into the quad oval. the leader must be thefirst car to fire in that zone. >> i'm telling you. >> when things settle out here, we'll takea look back. but this is for fourth place. harvick and logano.>> great battles happening on this restart. >> now hamlin side by side with the 41 ofkurt busch. hamlin to seventh. dale jr. in ninth.>> you want to take a bottom? that's okay.

i'll take the top. here he comes.>> on the high side of carl edwards. >> there's somebody we haven't talked a wholelot about, matt kenseth other than how hot he got into pit road that one time, lockingup the tires. >> we're single file. let's go back to therestart and listen in on martin truex. >> sorry about that. what the hell happened?>> you got a good push too. >> see if we can see what happened on thisrestart. >> watch the pipes. yep. see that flame comeout the pipes? that means he just took it a little bit too far. maybe it got into thechip a little earlier than he expected. >> there's david ragan.>> where's he going?

>> he's going three wide and he's going tothe pit. david ragan has served his penalty. he went to the outside as maybe danica patrickdidn't quite get going. seventh place here. kurt busch moving up. vince?>> denny hamlin was a victim of that poor restart by martin truex jr. he was startingright behind truex and lost several positions on that restart. hamlin really likes his carat the beginning of the run, but it's about 25 laps in that it just gets too tight andhe can't run the bottom in three and four. real good in one and two but can't get downto the bottom between three and four. they've made an adjustment. we'll see if it's anybetter this run. >> chase elliott just got by mcmurray there.chase elliott has done a really nice job of

minding his manners and taking his time rightnow. i like that. >> teammates, carl edwards moving past mattkenseth. >> carl edwards -- he's got everybody coversexcept for 48 and 78. let's do something. dave rogers called for an air pressure adjustmentbut not the regular one. he said let's take air pressure out of the right rear of theinner liner. we don't hear that very often. how does that impact a race car?>> you always keep the pressure of the inner liner about 12 to 25 psi over the outer. iguess what they feel like is they had already went about as low as they wanted to go withthe outer tire. so you can stop dropping the pressure of the inner liner and also keepthe pressure buildup and heat down in those

rear tires.>> something we don't hear a lot and we don't hear them talk about it very much at all.they do it a lot, we just don't hear about it a lot.>> all right. we listened in on carl edwards. >> yeah. a little tight here on the shortrun. we're going to be great later. >> that's carl. just a little feedback there.good information. another driver with a long run car.>> now, that inner liner is not an inner tube. it's not flush to the inside of the outertire. it's kind of a tire within a tire. it's a safety device so that if the outer tirehas a puncture, the car just doesn't go flat on the rim and crash.>> it's a life safer. .

>> that's for sure. that's what saved kaseykahne earlier. he stayed up on that inner liner.>> 130 laps complete in the coca-cola 600 in charlotte. when our troops don't come back, someone hasto help their families move forward. my family lost so much. it was a shock. it was a void.special operations warrior foundation was there for me. without special operations warriorfoundation, i don't know how we would all afford to go to college. now through july31st, a portion of each sale of specially marked cherry extra strength 5-hour energyâ®shots benefits the special operations warrior foundation. we hope you will join the fight.>>> the coca-cola 600 on fox is sponsored

by credit one bank, the official credit cardof nascar. and by goodyear, tires chosen by experts for superior performance. goodyear,more driven. >>> welcome back to the coca-cola 600 on fox.>>> martin truex jr. out front another 200 miles. jimmie johnson is the only other driverto lead laps tonight. he led two. race pace, 147.9 miles per hour including a caution flagand a green flag pit stop. 20 cars now on the lead lap. let's go back and review thisrestart between martin truex and jimmie johnson. >> i felt like this is a real missed opportunityby the 48. jimmie johnson gets out there in front of the 78. they're coming off of turntwo and 8 just gets a launch off of that turn two.>> here's what jimmie said. wow.

>> you know what i'd be a little bit worriedabout? on that restart we saw the flames come out of the tail pipes. he either missed hisshift or got on the rim limiter. either way, that's not good on that engine.>> that's true, especially when you're talking about a 600 mile race. what's not good forthe competition is if jimmie johnson did not checkup after turn two and the 78 just droveby him like that. it's not just in the corners. that car had a lot of straight-away d as well.>> this looked like kansas. dominated the race all night long.>> what's this going on here with kyle busch back in 18th position. certainly not anythingwe're used to seeing. >> 15 seconds back of the lead with paul menardwho started this race at 11. kyle busch has

never won here or at pocono. . as you saidin the prerace, he started the season with four tracks he hasn't won on. he's won ontwo of them. he's got charlotte and pocono to go.>> he struggled in practice. he hasn't been happy with this car. it's not quite wherethey need to be. >> it's been interesting. they unloaded. jasonrdcliff told me it was slinging, shocks, springs. they never made it faster. that's been thecase today. all these adjustments we're making, it just feels like we're taking grip away.>> here's matt with a nationwide dale jr. performance update.>> it's hard to believe it's been 112 races on a mile and a half racetrack since he lasttook hoophy in 2005 at chicago. the last one

was really edgy. you can build in a lot ofadjustments but the biggest adjustment is trying to keep track conditions. that's what he's trying to do tonight forthe 88th. >> harvick and keselowski continue their battle.i give brad a lot of credit for trying that off turn four. every time he does on the inside,the back end steps out and he's got to play toss and catch it.>> i think they're having fun. these guys have been racing hard for a number of lapsnow. >> you see him catch there again. harvickgoes back ahead of him. >> kurt busch closing in. on the windshieldheader of keselowski's number 2. specialist

joseph of the u.s. army. was just age 20 whenan explosion took his life in afghanistan. he'd known since age eight he wanted to gointo the military. >> you see kevin harvick in that battwithkeselowski. it's a completely different design from the other three stewart house cars thatare running here tonight. they really liked the speed it showed last week and they wereencouraged by it. really wanted to come here this weekend and show itself. they just haven'tfound it this weekend. kevin says they haven't been able to get the front end to turn theway they want to. >> i'm serious. you want to race somebody.you want to be in a race. they're having a pretty good battle right now.>> i've seen a lot of these teams use that

all star race.>> tony stewart, 21st right now in his final 600. >>> in the first hundred miles martin truexjr. led every lap. in the second hundred miles he led all but two laps. twice this season,texas and kansas, truex has led the most laps, but he is winless coming into charlotte onthe year. >> boy, that's the first time i've seen onetiny bobble out of the 78 of martin truex jr. look at this. he just wiggled again downthere. is he having a problem? >> i just felt like a minute ago i saw that48 really close up in a hurry on the 78. i'm not sure what's going on.>> no. he's -- i think he's got a problem.

>> just looks like he's lost some grip inthe rear. >> looks like the car is moving around a lotmore than it was. >> he's no longer the fastest car on the racetrack.brad keselowski and jie johnson -- >> i think he's got a tire down, guys.>> probably the right rear tire. looked like a big bounce there coming off the corner too.>> there's something going on with the car. we haven't seen it move around and all ofa sudden it's moving all over the track. >> i think that's more than just getting looseunless he's just pushing the car that hard and he's on the edge every single lap whichdoesn't make sense. >> i thought he was being real cautious butthe last couple of laps the car really acted

crazy. >> maybe that is just how hard martin truexjr. is pushing it. he wants to win bad. >> everything looks okay.>> there again it got loose getting down into three.>> it's surely not as good as it was. >> this is going to get -->> i feel like my right rear is getting hotter than the front.>> i tell you what, that's going to get the elbows up of jimmie johnson. he's going toget a little bit of motivation if he sees any more of those moves coming out of the78 of truex. >> johnson is one second back. right now thatis stable.

>> yeah. we're probably about eight to tenlaps from green flag pit stops. one thing i know that happened to martin truex jr. aboutthree laps ago, he had the left front all the way below the white line and it got realloose with them right there. good news, everyone coming to pit road in the next eight to tenlaps. >> whatever it was, it's gone away.>> he's opening it again. 1.2 is the gap as you saw kevin harvick blast by denny hamlinfor seventh place. busch the series champion mired back in 19th.>> not the night he had hoped for. he's been battle tight most of the night. the car justdidn't react to the way he thought it should. it wasn't consistent. he really told crewchief adam stevens to send a crew member back

and get a new shock. he wants them to checkor change the right front shock. it's just not working well at all. a long night ahead.>> on his windshield, private first class robert underwood of the u.army lost in vietnamin 1968. he earned the bronze star. he was just 18.>> i thought something happened to the 4 car. the 11 of hamlin just flew by the 4 here onthe front straight away. not sure if the 4 got a problem or not. watch it last lap cmingoff turn four. had a big slide. >> you think the track is going through thatmuch change? >> i think the track is changing a lot andreally getting loose for a lot of these cars. yeah, he got really loose off of turn fourthere.

>> something they've been fighting throughoutthe course of the weekend, loose in and loose off. they've talked about how the track haschanged throughout the course of the night. as you see jimmie johnson with a big wigglethere. kevin has used the word terrible a lot. it's probably a common feeling up anddown pit road here. >> the tires are worn out on all these cars.they're all sliding all over the place. >> that's sort of what with anticipated. martintruex jr. almost lost it there. >> now it's back up to more than a secondas johnson regroups. >> i think the combination of less down forceon these cars as well as a tire that's starting to fall off, more rubber being laid down onthe racetrack. track condition changes starting

to really shake things up.>> jimmie johnson told his team, guys, i went up on the track bar to free it up to competewith that 78. that helped get him free there. they also just told him, pit when the 78 pits.>> i'm not trying to freak anybody out here, but the 4 gt sideways, the 48 and the 78.>> i think like that first set of grown flag pit stops, mike, once one driver hits pitroad we'll have an outbreak. you can't stay out there on old tires. >> this will be the second green flag stopof the race. the last one was the only time where martin truex lost the lead of this raceso far. >> mike, they have used their tires up. ibelieve when they come into the pits you're

going to see these tires are worn out.>> lap 116 was the last time everyone pitted and that was under the caution for the brianscott spin. here's jimmie johnson and team. >> i don't know what it's from. it was awesomeuntil then. >> whoa. you see 78 getting a little loosethere underneath the 15 car. >> he couldn't make the pass. he got up besidehim but he couldn't get by clint bowyer in that 15 car.>> i don't know what it is. >> either the tires are screaming or the driversare screaming for new tires. >> i'd be coming to the pits here pretty darnquick. >> here we go. kyle busch is the first onein. this should start a flurry of activity

in pit lane and open the window.>> here comes the leader. >> yep, truex is in next. everyone to soonfollow. matt? >> kyle busch bringing his red white and bluepatriotic team down to his stall. they're not going to have the time to change thatright front shock because we are under green. they'd love for a yellow. meanwhile, martintruex jr. guys are up on the wall waiting for the 78 to hit his pit box. you documentedthat the car much more free this run was a little bit deeper in the box. he can definitelyfeel the ambient temperature has come down a lot.>> the 20 car waiting on fuel. a little bit longer stop than they wanted.>> the 4 of kevin harvick four tires.

>> the 48 of jimmie johnson slides into hispit box, debating how much of a change they should make this time around. just a fourtire stop. >> everyone on the lead lap is in. or hasjust been in. at lap 166. >> the 22 of logano, his car was getting freeras he went on but it wasn't bad. no chassis adjustment on the 22 pit stop.>> joey logano is the new leader. martin truex back to the top. when pit stops began, truexhad a lead of 1.6 seconds over jimmie johnson. now when they come out, it will be loganotwo seconds back and johnson three and a quarterback. >> what happened to the 48 was going to followthe 78 down pit road? he ended up taking an extra lap and that's going to cost him herein this pit cycle.

>> i don't know what happened. the 78 wasrunning right on the bottom. the 48 was up high against the wall and couldn't get sloweddown to get on pit road. they had too make another lap.>> both joey logano and jimmie johnson led one lap each during that green flag sequence.martin truex jr. back out front at lap 167. . get just what you're craving with a mcpick2... choose any two mcdonald's classics for five bucks. like the 100% beef big mac, filet-o-fishmade with sustainably sourced fish, or 10-piece chicken mcnuggets made with white meat! >> the coca-cola 600 is sponsored by colacola. taste the feeling. 174 laps complete. jeff gordon was the last to win the daytona500 and the coca-cola 600 in the same season.

darrell waltrip among those who have donethat. denny hamlin, the 500 winner trying to pick up the next crown jewel in nascar.for a limited time switch to sprint. save the most on rates. go to sprint.com/network.well, things got busy on pit road. matt kenseth got body slammed after his pit stop comingout. he is exiting. look for kenseth right there. and look for austin dillon.>> bam. it was like he wasn't even there. >> austin had to go around the six that waschecking up for the 4 car. he really had to take evasive action there and he drove rightinto the side of the 20. wasn't intentional or anything. i will say it really caved inhis right front fender. i'm pretty sure that's going to affect the handling on this number3 car.

>> dillon is on the lead lap. he's currently13th. >> guy's having a pretty decent night. youcan see that bottom of that fender looks pushed in a little bit there. doesn't look too bad.>> that will really tighten up the front of the car and won't allow the front to turnnear as good as it was. >> maybe it will help the 3 because he hadbeen screaming about the handle of that car throughout the course of this season. reallyloose on that last run. the crew chief trying to get him calmed down on the radio. rightnow austin is a little upset with the way the car is handling and then that collisionon pit road. >> on his windshield u.s. navy seal mark badgercarter, 27 years old when he lost his life

in iraq in 2007. they chose to honor carterthis evening. >> remember what we talked about, emotions.you've got to control your emotions. austin has a little problem with that. he needs towork on that. >> we're down to 70 degrees ambient temperature.the track temperature has dropped ten degrees but the humidity is up since the start ofthe race. >> you like a little emotion as long as youknow how to control it and hone it in at the right time on the right thing.>> you've got to pick your fights. you can't let every little thing that happens upsetyou. you've got to know when to hold them and when to fold them. you've got to let thingsgo. got a long way to go. we're not even halfway

or coming up close here.>> jimmie johnson next to cole whitt, three seconds off the lead. toyota leading fourseconds. chevrolet in third. >> jimmie johnson can taste that lead. hesaw martin truex jr. get loose and give him an opportunity to run him down and maybe makea pass. next thing you know he was sideways and holding on tight as well.>> in fourth place, kyle larson. >> kyle larson's crew performing well tonighton the green flag stop. when you look at their stats this year on the mile and a half track,they've just been average. talking to crew chief chad johnson he said kyle larson hasbeen great getting in and out of pit lane. they just haven't had good pit boxes and that'sbeen slowing them down.

>> before the stop where they made a chassisadjustment he was in a good rhythm. since that stop, it's like flipping a light switch.the car is hard on the splitter in the right front. he says he's got more grip the firstpart of this run but he can definitely feel that balance change in the nose.>> he's 15 seconds off the lead in his lap times right now are two-tenths of a secondper lap off that of martin truex. we are 18 laps from halfway. the sun is still shininghere northeast of charlotte, north carolina. >>> fans here are checking out the coca-colarace experience this summer. coca-cola's share a coke program celebrates moments throughmusic. song lyrics will be on various coca-cola products.>>> martin truex jr. is your leader. the action

is two seconds behind him where jimmie johnsonsnuck up on joey logano to just take over second spot ten laps from halfway.>> mike, here's a pretty good battle right here. you see that 31 car. that's the oldsteve park paint job. >> i think newman is not real happy with the24. he's driving really hard to keep him behind me. maybe this is why. here they are splittingtraffic coming off of turn four. the 24 gets on the rear bumper of the 31 of newman andgets him sideways. >> that ain't over, i tell you that.>> nice save by the rocket man, ryan newman. >> ryan's been known to be pretty tough topass at times. but you certainly don't want to make him angry either.>> that would be all the times.

[ laughter ].>> kyle busch catching up this crew. >> we were super sunny to start the race butit's shaded off here now. going to start moving the needles next run or two.>> actually think the sun has ped out. >> the corner are shaded.>> it's been over cast. so really the shade has been out over the entire track. then thecloud sort of went away. sun popped out. and so i think that's sort of what they're alludingtoo. i agree with kyle. no, actually, this track was in more shade before the sun cameout. >> i actually think it's kind of interestingthat he must have a pretty good race car because he was sitting around talking about the weather.>> he seemed pretty calm about it. i think

you can be a little bit more calm when youhave three wins already this season and a long, long way to go in this race.>> oh yeah. >> let's have a look at toyota top performers.martin truex has led all but four laps so far. dominating the performance. hamlin, kensethand kyle busch. truex increasing that lead on jimmie johnson a few hundredths every lap.>> there's no competing with the 78 car right now. the thing is flawless. we saw them havea little trouble before their made their pit stop there. the car got a little bit loose.other than that, it's been stuck to the bottom, right on that white line both ends.>> coming up our fox mid race report. who to keep an eye on in the second 300 mis tonightin charlotte. chevy cruze and ask you what

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some progress. for protecting my pets andmore. .>>> 600 miles of remembrance this memorial day weekend. time now for the mid race report.glad to have you watching nascar on fox and the coca-cola 600 live from charlotte motorspeedway. martin truex, jr. has led more laps tonight than his previous 21 races here. truex'stoyota has turned the fastest lap today, just over 190 miles per hour. kyle busch who haswon three races already this year, has never won on this track but has been as high asseventh tonight. >> chris, nobody's been more exciting thannascar the last three or four weeks than kyle larson. i just love this kid's style. i lovehow he works that high line. if this thing

could keep him in position late in this race,watch out for him taking a three or four wide on these restarts and working that high line.>> charging is what jimmie johnson is doing, the six-time champfrom california has wonthis race four times. >> michael, this race looks to be about longruns. who i'm going to be watching is brad keselowski. what i will be watching, it'sgoing to be about adjustments, not only keeping up with the racetrack but staying ahead ofit. >> larry, you know it's the total package.you've got to have a good car, a good driver, a good crew. you've also gt to have good gasmilage. >> joey logano looking for the cycle. he dominatedlast fall. then he won the million dollar

all star race a week ago. he says the caris in a four wheel drift. can't really touch it with the track bar adjuster because thenit kills the center. we're about one adjustment away to make that car a rocket. >> in 67 coca-cola 600, nobody has led asmany laps in the first half of the race as martin truex, jr. tonight. he's been snakebit this season. >> denny hamlin as the caution flies, tryingto become the first driver since jeff gordon to capture the daytona 500 and the coca-cola600 in the same season. here is why we are under caution.>> these guys are running right out next to the wall. you just step over that line byjust a half inch and it could be connecting

with that outside wall. that's exactly whathappened to rey earnhardt there. >> the last rookie to win this race, kensethin 2000. they are both currently running in the top 20. that is your mid race report.we're glad you're watching nascar on fox live from charlotte. pit road is open.>> cleanup going on up in turn three from jeffrey earnhardt. he was able to continuewithout incident. so caution flag stops, third flag of the night.>> jimmie johnson saying he's just a little too loose. the longer he runs, the looserit is. they already made that air pressure adjustment. he's been using that track baradjuster inside there is the wrench. chassis adjustment once again.>> he's got a great car. if anything, a little

bit too tight on takeoff.>> meanwhile, left side going on is 78 of truex. he says his car just gets really greasylater in the run. air pressure change for the 78 as well.>> truex has trouble getting out of his pit box. since that white line is out past theend of it, with all that tire spin and squeal, he's going to get there just ahead of joeylogano to lead the race off pit road. >>> as we read those names on the windshieldsand remember, we tell you about the ties some of these have to these race teams. going downthrough the list, the average age of those fallen servicemen and women was about 21 yearsold. 300 miles, halfway in the coca-cola 600. record race pace.

173.54 miles per hour. martin truex, jr. nowholds the record for most laps led in the first half of nascar's longest race.>> those toyota teams, they share information in the garage and in the shops. they alsoshare information during the race. these crew chiefs are texting back and forth about whatthey're doing to their cars and what their strategy is going to be.>> let's remember what happened on that last with martin truex, jr., he hit the chip orgot on that rev limiter really cost him some time. almost cost him the lead. i'm curiousto see what this one is going to be like. >> there's the toyota camry pace car. loganoin ford, jimmie johnson and kyle larsonchevrolets. they're in the restart zone. truex edges ahead.we're back under green.

>> he's brought them all the way to the endof the box before he went. got a little bit of a jump there.>> nice and clean restart. >> three wide. who's that way up top?>> only if you're back in the back. >> gosh almighty they're all over the place.>> kevin harvick and kyle busch both going three wide through turn two. now it's a somewhatorderly double file except for way in the back where a.j. allmendinger who got the freepass went three wide. penalties on pit road during those stops, ryan newman and tony stewart,too fast entering. ryan blaney had a loose wheel, had to come b pit road.>> the grip level is there. i know they're on low air pressure. bunch of cars got sparksflying out from under them right now. they're

driving really hard.>> the track temperature is coming down and the grip is picking up. you're going to seeonly really fast lap times and aggressive driving.>> sixth place, kurt busch, denny hamlin and brad keselowski. vince?>> the 11 of denny hamlin has slipped outside the top five which was running in throughoutthe first half of this race, the first half of the first half if you will running seventh.it's not because of the work in the pit crew. they have picked up seven spots in the t today.that pit crew might take denny hamlin to the coca-cola 600 one.>> keselowski trying the high side on harvick

this time.>> we saw keselowski get to the rear bumper of the 11 of denny hamlin. i don't know ifhe lost a little bit of air on his nose. got a big run to the side. these guys have beenbattling since lap one of this race. >> did you ever have that happen, somebodyyou just couldn't get away from and they couldn't get away from you?>> yeah. he drove a black car with a 3 on it.>> yeah. >> okay. 11th place. that's about the bestthat kyle busch has been tonight. and here comes teammate ma kenseth right with him.>> he referred to the team as the track bar adjuster gauge is broken. he knows how farup or how far down he's adjusting that track

bar. it's gone. so he can make the adjustmentsbut he's doing it by time, like four seconds down on the track bar, six seconds up. sonot good for a car that he's been struggling with tonight.>> third place has really heated up. kyle larson and jimmie johnson. on the windshieldof larson's car, dennis morando of the u.s. navy. 24 years old when he was lost in kabulafghanistan. he was a fellow squad mate for this car's jack man, the former seal. so they'rehonoring miranda. just 24 years old.>> larson so good on restarts. he did it again. he had a really good run on this restart toget himself into third position. in this section of the run he starts to fade a little bit.as the run goes on, larson gets better and

better. he can start using that high lane.>> when he has to run the bottom like you see now, he's not very good. when the tiresrun down a little bit and he has to run high, it really brings the speed back up.>> we're going to stand silent in salute to our troops past and present. .>> all clear, man. all clear. >> i don't think it's really all that bad.>> kyle larson has now drifted back into the clutches of denny hamlin. this is for sixthplace. >> i just wonder if they made an adjustmenton that last pit stop to try to improve the car. we see here he comes off of turn four.it's pretty loose right there. nice save.

whoa. out to the wall. chris, what's goingon down there with the 42? >> he's been saying that the car a littlebit tight early in the run. he's just making small adjustments these last three pit stops.just small wedge adjustments to that 42 car. kyle once again saying guys it's a littlebit tight in the center. boy, we've got a good long run car.>> that's what i see with his hands. he turns left. and as he does, it makes the front endbite and the back end snaps. he's got that dreaded push and loose. really hard to drivea car like that. >> especially with brad keselowski tuckedunder. >> doesn't help any.>> tenth place, greg biffle and rookie chase

elliott.>> i just love the poise and maturity of chase elliott. you don't hear a whole lot of him.he doesn't say a lot on the radio. but he just quietly starts working his way to thefront. >> yeah. i give that whole team credit forhelping chase to be able to do what he's doing. you know it's a great race car. you know that'sa great race team. put that together with the young talent like that, he's going towin some races. >> i agree. i think the second half of theseason is going to be really fun to watch how that team continues to improve.>> sixth on the left, tenth on the right. while a second place, jimmie johnson is aboutto catch joey logano going off on turn one.

not quite there yet. we'll see when we comeback if that second place changes hands. everybody's chasing the man from new jersey, martin truex,jr. thanks for coming today. >>> 231 laps complete. martin truex, jr. hasled all but four of those laps. jimmie johnson three, joey logano one, both during the turnoverduring green flag pit stops. otherwise it's been all truex all night long. still 168 lapsto go. it is stock car racing's longest night. puts extra pressure on the drivers and onthe pit crews and on the logistics for same. >> when you look at a normal race, typically200 laps or even a little bit more, we're in the home stretch of the race to be over.when you look at the 600 miles here, you have to keep the guy's hydration and especiallynutrition up.

here is team penske. they've got the watermelon,the cherries, blackberries. also they have string cheese and pepperoni.>> easy on the anchovies, matt. >> i want to know where the baloney sandwichesare. >> there on the windshield strip, marine sergeanteric mcintosh lost in iraq at age 28 in anbar province. he'd been in the marines for tenyears. >> let me tell you what i noticed about martintruex, jr. and that 78 car. his line around this racetrack is better than anyone's. he'son the bottom. he's right on that white line. when he comes off the corner he doesn't pushout to the wall. everybody else's car is skating right out to the wall. off turn four his lineoff four is perfect. he gets down into turn

one and puts that thing right down on thatwhite line. he doesn't push out to the wall. he stays low all the way off the corner upinto the straight away. that's where he's killing people.>> looks like the right side of these goodyear tires are really laying some rubber down.martin truex, jr. has found a way to stay underneath that. he's holding it lower thananybody. i think that rubber gets a little bit slick as the runs go on and starts tolay a little rubber down. may have contributed to that 78 getting loose, the 48 and someothers on the longer runs earlier in the race. if he can continue to do that, hold that whiteline, it's going to have tough to beat him tonight.>> his line around the racetrack is absolutely

perfect. everybody else seems to strugglea little bit. not him. >> his line is good. so is his race car. ifthat pit crew can stay strong too, i don't know if anybody will have anything for him.>> here's sixth place. kyle larson on the outside of brad keselowski.larson likes the top of the racetrack. keselowski's beenfeeder.>> larson doesn't quite have the grip. he's searching around different lines. none ofthem seem to be working for him as well as it was earlier. something's changed. eitherthe racetrack has changed or an adjustment they have made has changed.>> our spotter upstairs said the temps have dropped quite a bit. the 42, it's like histeam told him you've got to try to run the

bottom. you see down in turns one and two,he's much lower than he's been all night long. working that bottom a little bit better inone and two. >> you bring up a good point. as the tracktemperature goes down because the ambient temperature goes down and the sun starts toset, a lot of times you'll see that top groove that's working so well start to migrate downto the middle or the bottom and that top groove doesn't have the advantage it does when thetrack temperature was up. that might not work well for kyle larson in the style that hehas around this place. >> as we get past sun down and the lightscome on here in charlotte, there's ryan newman ducking to the inside of jam jamie mcmurrayfor 18th place. .

>> i asked ryan how many lug nuts do you reallyneed tight and thedue engineering graduate said, well, it takes three points to makea plane. okay. we noodled that out. three tight willdo it. the guys told me they police themselves. >> here's joey logano. 3.3 seconds off thelead. >> hands up on that wheel. technology continuesto evolve, especially with steering wheels. now, earlier this week term penske, loganoand keselowski tested a new npi steering weal that's a little bit altered from what theynormally use. it has limited padding on the top for better visibility. what makes thesewheels extra special is the stitching and embroidery. it's made by a legendary embroiderer.down in vatican city. his name, we just call

him the pope.>> you're saying max has direct ties to the pope through his embroidery firm that workson those steering wheels. >> i'm going to get me one of them wheels.>> how about that? >> there's logano, 3.6 seconds back of martintruex, jr. and jimmie johnson. >>> the coca-cola 600 on fox is sponsoredby coca-cola, taste the feeling. let's take a look at tonight's kfc hard working performance.second generation driver martin truex, jr. out of new jersey. his dad was a standouton the bush north circuit. martin's had success in cup racing. been a tough season for him.he could reach out and just about touch victory lane, but he hasn't been able to get there.tonight, 246 of the first 250 laps he has

been in the lead. that's more laps tonighthe has led than in six full-time seasons in the sprint cup series.>> for martin truex, jr. and everyone else, that next green flag stop is going to be withinthe next five laps. what they all have to work the hardest at is making the right adjustment.this next run is going to take us into the nighttime. we actually will be down to a two-stoprace after this next stop. >> this place could change in a hurry as faras track conditions and adjustments are necessary. you've got to get ahead of it, not get behindit. >> larry, you know what, these green flagstops, he's got a huge lead. they can miss it a little bit on these stops with this hugelead. where it's going to bite them is down

toward the end of the night. they can't haveone of those slow stops at the end of the night.>> here they come dale earnhardt jr. and austin dillon are one of the first takers on thisround of green flag stops. vince?>> three of austin dillon took a big swing at it last time trying to get that balancewhere austin could have something to work with. they were tight early and then it swungway loose. four tires and air pressure for the 3 of dillon.>> carl edwards is in. danica patrick. >> carl edwards says he's a little snug inthe center, free everywhere else. they adjusted for that and of course tire stop. matt kensethhas that track bar issue. he can't read it

inside his race car. four tire stop, matt.>> and the 18 of kyle busch, they made a shock adjustment on the previous stop. they arestill afew adjustments away. you can see a significant crank of the wedge there whilethe 48 is in. >> jimmie johnson, just like all night long,getting a bit loose. it gets worse as they run. they've been taking big swings at it.four tire stop. chris? >> earlier in this race, kyle larson was tightearly in the run. this last run saying it was tight the entire run. matt?>> we already saw the stop of the 78, our leader martin truex, jr. call for a chassisadjustment. martin was saying the car really swung to the edgy free side but then levelledout.

>> there was contact between tony stewartand greg biffle on entering one exiting but just casual contact as now all the lead lapcars, 21 of them have now pitted. >> we talked about that penalty with the 48after inspection. he had to come around the 14 of tony stewart and put him sideways inthe stall. i'm sure that had an effect on the pit stop they just had.>> i tell you who had a good pit stop that time, that 19 car. they were in and out ina hurry. >> joey logano's team, over the wall too soon.>> that's going to be big under green. >> that's part of the pit road officiatingsystem they use. they've got a camera on every pit. he's up over that wall too soon.>> the third place car is going to have to

make a pit road pass through. martin truex,jr. led by 3.8 seconds before pit. stops. he now has a four second lead over a differentsecond place car. carl edwards. >>> like a jewel in the night, charlotte motorspeedway after 262 of 400 laps, martin truex, jr. has led all but four laps, a thoroughlydominating performance from the number 78 toyota team out of north carolina. excuseme, out of denver, colorado. carl edwards second, jimmie johnson third. joey loganowas third when the pit road officiating system grabbed him for an infraction on the laststop. >> yeah. the nascar rule is you cannot goover the wall until your driver is within one pit away. we're going to ride with joeylogano. you see him coming into this pit.

they even give the crew members a hash markon pit road to also go by. you see the gas man there on the left? that's legal. thisis what nascar looked at. you can see right here where that marks the line that says theycan go across it. you can see right there the front tire changer is already across.it's pretty black and white with this pro system. penalty, a drive through.>> that will take logano from the lead lap. denny hamlin, kevin harvick.>> the pace has picked up but we haven't been up in the 32nd bracket since the sun wentdown. right now we're running around 29.90. the pace has been much quicker once the sunhas gone down. >> i think that's going to change things alot for the way these cars are handling, the

way the drivers are going to be searchingaround the racetrack and how these crews are going to make adjustments. i think you mightstart seeing some things shake up in the line-up. >> what i see a lot, jeff, is you don't justdrive by anybody. everybody puts up a bit of a fight right now. takes a little bit ofworking to get around everybody right now. >> the 4 car is not having any problem goingby cars. >> just passing kyle larson there for sixthplace. harvick moving back up toward the front. the car behind them, the black car on theinside is denny hamlin. >> the 4 of kevin harvick, i think they mighthave finally hit on something. they had been tight and he couldn't get it any better. finallyit seems like they hit it and they've got

a little speed as you noted when he made thatpass on kyle larson. as far as the 11 of denny hamlin, more rear drift. >> 132 to go. reed sorenson has taken hiscar to the garage. >> you know, mike, you want your car rightfor the nighttime. these teams look at trends. what did the track do last year, what didit do the year before. that's what they adjust for. that's why a car that wasn't very goodearlier in this race may be the car to beat as this race get into the latter stages.>> this 4 car of kevin harvick is really coming on. we documented and talked a little bitabout how good this car was and how good kevin was under the lights in the night for theall star event. they brought this car back.

this is right about the time that all starrace began. maybe they just needed the track temps to go down.>> battle for second heating up as jimmie johnson got into traffic. now they're sixseconds behind martin truex, jr., lapping past jamie mcmurray. mcmurray one lap down.that will leave us 19 cars on the lead lap. ok, so they crashed-tested the f-150. theone with the high-strength military-grade, aluminum-alloy body bolted to a high-strength steel frame. and guess what?this is the safest f-150 ever built. the only pickup to pull the government's 5-star safetyrating and earn an i i h s top safety pick. 'cuz when they say military-grade,they mean: battle tested. this

is the ford f-150. and every other truck ishistory. >>> off point is denny hamlin. right behindhamlin, 16 seconds from the leader is the 41 of kurt busch.>> kurt busch led last year in this race for more than 100 laps but ended up tenth. tonightthey came in thinking they had a car that could contend to win again. hand happened.he has a little damage on the right side. >> kyle larson has slid back four slots sincethat last stop. prior to the stop, he said the front end of the car just felt numb. hesaid the car just terrible trying to get off the corners. he can't touch the throttle.>> larson now ninth as matt kenseth in that black and yellow number 20 toyota has goneby for eighth place. chase elliott is the

highest running rookie in the race at tenth.>> all in all, it's been a very solid week for him. during the race, the past three runszero adjustments on that 24. it starts out pretty consistent on the tight side. thenhe slowly starts to lose grip on that right rear. but they continue just to have a solidnight. tenth in his second coca-cola 600. >> kyle busch at 11th. kyle's got to gle toget to the top ten tonight. >> shout out to the guy running behind him.we haven't talked much about greg biffle. he's got that car running pretty good tonight.>> qualified well, really solid run here. >> had a nice run in the all star race lastweek. >> austin dillon,th.

his grandfather ric chilldress will be inductedin january. in 1964 he bought his first race car for 20 bucks. how about we take a nationwideinside ride with dale jr.? >> clear. .>> dale jr. running 13th. back to 17, ricky stenhouse qualified very very well. you heardin the prerace his car owner jack roush nominated james woolard of the u.s. army to ride onthat windshield. woolard and jack were childhood friends, grew up together in manchester, ohio.he lost his life in vietnam at age 20 in 1969 in the central highlands from mortar fire.there is jack roush on the left remembering a child hood friend as part of our 600 milesof remembrance in charlotte. martin truex, jr. your leader by five seconds over jimmiejohnson.

>>> the coca-cola 600 on fox is sponsoredby disney pixar's finding dory in theaters in 3-d june 17th. and at just five days, someof the world's biggest soccer stars converge on the united states for the 100th anniversaryof the copa america. that's at 8 eastern on fs1. you can watch the entire tournament liveon fox sports go. we are live at charlotte motor speedway. just over 100 laps remainingas we welcome you to our coca-cola race break and the world's busiest day in monaco. danielricardo, lewis hamilton wins for mercedes. the rookie alexander rossi wins the indy 500.martin truex, jr. is about 40 laps away from setting a coca-cola 600 record. jim pascalin 1967 led the most laps, 335. he led at every 100 mile marker. he's the only driverto do that. truex has a chance to continue

that. here's a guy whose season has been filledwith heart break. he's led races throughout the course of this year, has not yet thisseason won a race. >> just think about the season starter indaydaytona. he was 100 yards away from winning that race and got beat by a foot.>> if there's more heart break who gives it to him?>> i think it's jimmie johnson and carl edwards. remember, in those last hundred miles, that'swhen the engines start to go bad. that's when things start to go wrong with the car. truexmissed a shift in the race. that could become a factor.>> carl edwards saying his car is a little

loose. they wanted to take a left rear springrubber out and a four tire stop, see if that help him here for the final stretch.>> larson had a tough run here. he said the car just very rough on the ride. chad johnsonsaying i think we've just got a bad set of tires.>> lot of green flag pit stops all at once. most of the leaders coming in here at lap298. >> that 2 car came off the track like crazy.i thought he was going to spin it out. >> truex stcocking the wheel just a littlebit to the left. harvick, the best it's been all night.>> bad news, i saw carl edwards really lock them upcoming down to pit road. throwing downthe anchor. didn't get it slowed down soon

enough. too fast entering pit road.>> i know it's crucial to enter pit road really fast, but you don't want to make that mistakeand carry too much speed there like he did. >> you've got to watch this. this is unbelievable.this kid, if he didn't have dirt track experience, that kyle larson car, 42, i don't know ifhe could have saved his car or not. he's got that thing sideways, barely got itroad up and got it onto the pit. >> the average driver would have never madethat. >> never made that.>> back out to carl edwards who was running third.>> i saw you. >> the pit road speed limit is not enforcedby a speedometer. there are timing marks all

along pit road and the measurement is timeover distance which is then converted to speed. you're allowed a five miles per hour toleranceover the posted speed limit but that's all. >> what happened right then, logano and blaneywho was down a lap, they short pitted. they came early. but i think truex said no, no,no, no, no, i'm not going to give you a lap back this way. he pitted, brought everybodywith him. what this also accomplished, it lets them make these last two runs even amountof laps on the run. >> oh no. carl edwards too fast entering again.>> i saw him come and hit pit road really fast again.>> the first time the penalty -- >> let them give you the message.>> the first time through, the penalty is

a drive-through at pit road speed. if youare too fast then, it's a stop and go penalty. >> we talked at it mentally, physically andemotionally, you've got to stay in the game for 600 miles.>> 98 laps to go in charlotte. me too! call me tomorrow? i'm gonna send a vague text ina couple of days, that leaves you confused about my level of interest. i'll wait a fulltwo days before responding. perfect! we're never gonna see each other again, will we?no-no. wouldn't it be great if everyonesaid what they meant? >>> welcome back to the coca-cola 600 on fox.>> that's joey logano who had to spend a pit road penalty and has not really recoveredfrom it. he is back on the lead lap, though,

in 14th place. martin truex, jr., 1.6 secondsnow ahead of jimmie johnson. ken harvick in another chevy 4.5 back. silverado, an officialvehicle of nascar. >> mike, there's only one guy that doesn'twant to see a caution. he's leading the race. that guy right there, the 48 car he'd loveto see a caution. >> the 78 team is so strong right now, they'reforcing everyone else to make mistakes. typically we've seen them get into a position wherethey make mistakes. they're not doing that tonight. at least so far they haven't. butthey are forcing their competitors to make mistakes. but that 48 car is hanging in there,so is that 4 car of kevin harvick. kevin harvick is coming. i think he's the fastest car outthere on the track right now.

>> what happened to the 78, he went througha ton of traffic. that cost him a little bit of his lead. thatallowed jimmie johnson to get within about a second and a half of him, which is the closestanybody has been all night. >> kevin harvick, for the last dozen or solaps has been about two-tenths of a second per lap quicker than truex in the lead.>> prior to that green flag stop, kevin harvick was about nine or ten seconds back. i mean,he has really closed the gap. he's less than five seconds back right now from that 78.>> remember i told you earlier they came with the same car they had run at the all starrace because they were to fast with it. they just couldn't get their finger on it tonight.when that sun went down and with the different

adjustments that rodney childress, the crewchief has constantly been making on this car, all of a sudden the plan seems to have cometogether and harvick's car is much easier on the balance and the speed has followed.>> the 48 and the 4 are quicker than our leader. they are gaining on martin truex, jr. in ahurry. >> let's talk about truex and dominant. nobody'sever done what he has done in this race. he has led all now but six laps. and that's onlybecause we've had three rounds of green flag pit stops and we cycled through when the leaderhits pit road. that's unbelievable. we talk about the new lower down force package, howthe racing is so much better this year. we have not yesterday had a green flag pass forthe lead all night.

>> no. you're exactly right. he's settingrecords. but if you don't go home with that trophy tonight, this is going to be a hardpill to swallow. >> it would be insult to injury. they've unfortunatelyled a couple races where they dominated, get away from them from small mistakes or pitstrategy that others have taken advantage with in the past. hopefully that doesn't happen tonight.>> if you're wondering about the fords, they were stellar in practice and qualifying. rightnow keselowski is fourth and greg biffle is in 11th. let's check in with jamie.>> biffle has had a decent night. he's been hanging right there in the 11th, 12th position.i talked to his crew chief today. he said

after last week's show down, they were reallyhappy with that setup. it's showing here tonight. greg thinks he got a bad set of tires earlier.but the car now, a little bit loose. they're looking for their first top ten this year.>> that lead has shrunk. the 48 car is just within a few car lengths now of our leadermartin truex, jr. nobody's been in close to the 78 all night long.>> the 17 of ricky stenhouse jr. fighting extremely hard right here with martin truex,jr. making life difficult on his him, the 48 just slowly reeling them in as well askevin harvick. >> you know, they're going to race the 78hard. >> there's the break we needed.>> you can't blame ricky stenhouse jr. right

here. he's fighting hard not only for hisown position but to stay on that lead lap. >> that was clayton hughes, spotter for the78 of martin truex, jr., telling him the 7 is fighting you hard to try and stay on thelead lap. you better get going because the 48 is in your draft.>> that's sort of what position you get put in when you're the leader. you don't wantto make a mistake so you tend to be a little more conservative in traffic and take yourtime to not make that mistake. that's what allows those behind you to be more aggressiveand make that gain. >> the 78 races the 48 as hard as he did the78, i'll be okay with that. >>> the coca-cola 600 on fox is sponsoredby toyota, let's go places. and by coca-cola,

taste the feeling.>>> 76 laps to go. martin truex, jr. in the lead by just three-quarters of a second asyou wtch our aerial coverage provided by goodyear. official tire of nascar. as the lead closesup in honor of memorial day, fox sports supports proud to team up with the mission continuesempowering veterans adjusting to life at home and finding purpose through community impact.visit foxsportssupports.com to learn more. >> this is fixing to get good here, buddy.the 78 is coming up in heavy traffic. that's going to allow jimmie johnson to drive rightup to the bumper of that 78. >> you see jimmie johnson there. he's heatingup martin truex, jr. just like he did brad keselowski last fall at texas. keselowskidominated that race in texas, led over 300

of the 334 laps. but with four to go, jimmiejohnson swept around and took the victory. look at jimmie johnson close on him. thisis getting good, guys. >> he and kevin harvick closing in.>> it has gotten good. 48 is there. >> furniture row trying to become the firstsingle car team to win this race since 1995. >> drove in deep to the middle and he slidup, almost go into the 6 of trevor bayne. >> right before he closed the gap on , itwas starting to get edgy. but from the looks of it, it's not affecting him too much.>> no, it's not. when martin truex, jr. gets out in clean air, he is as quick or quickerthan johnson and harvick chasing him but in traffic. is he having trouble with not enoughair over the nose or is he just being cautious?

>> he's stuck on the bottom. that's wherethat car has worked all night long, right on that white line. if he's got to go aroundsomebody on the outside, it slows him down. >> i agree. i think the disturbance in theair when he catches those lap cars, he's being smart. but the problem is, if he has to gooffline, it does seem like his car is not as good when he gets off that white line offthe bottom as it is when he's down there. >> kevin harvick's car was okay in the daytime,but boy, turn out the lights and it has come to life tonight.>> yeah. what rodney childress of that team did early in the race, you heard the reportthat they put a shiv in the right front. i'm going to show you that. this is bump stopsright here. they're travel limiting devices.

what they did is as the speed picked up, theytook a shim just like this. it was maybe only a 16th of an inch thick and they slid thaton that shock shaft just that quick. i think that's really brought that 4 car to life.>> that tells me his splitter was touching the racetrack and making contact. you can see here at the bottom that this isbetween the racetrack and that splitter that makes that front down force, if that getsto the racetrack it becomes a skid plate and you lose all your front down force. as soonas they race that right front in the shim, that car came to life.>> 64th or even an eighth of an inch. >> harvick, one second back of the lead andon his windshield marine corporal nathan ross

elrod of rockwell, north carolina, died in2006 serving in iraq. his brother an executive of lionel that makes the dyecast cars thatyou correct. martin truex, jr., 68 laps away. jimmie johnson less than a second away. isshaving. a blade. many blades. sharp blades. blades here, blades there. some more overthere... whoa! that's not another blade. this is shielding. with lubrication here and here.the new gillette with proshield lubrication before and after the blades shields from irritationfor a close, comfortable shave. the new proshield from gillette. the best a man can get. andone proshield refill gets you up to one month of shaves. >>> brad keselowski's car has been decenttonight. the

handling was going away on the front end.watch for an air pressure adjustment in the front tires to help it.>> kevin harvick has rocketed into second place. he still says he's a little snug inand a little too free off. they'll make an adjustment to try to shore that up here inthis next pit stop. maybe it will lead to his third coca-cola 600 win.>> he said the ride quality changes. the car was rough. he couldn't commit to the throttlecoming off the corner. after that last stop, he said the car feels much more like it didthe first half of the race, a little tight in the center.>> the 14 lead lap cars will come down for their stop first. brad keselowski the firstto hit his box. looks like these will all

be four tire stops.>> looks like four tires for him too. they're over the wall in the car in a hurry. all fourtire changes so far so good. pretty quick. >> 78 martin truex, jr. in that number onepit stall coming around to the left side to complete their four time stop.>> he beat him out. good job. there's your advance auto parts race off pit road. routinefour tire stops. can you imagine the pressure on that 78 bunch down there?>> oh my. >> truex out first, jimmie johnson second,harvick third. doesn't it seem like the wireless world today could use a smile? at cricketwireless, we think so. that's why, prices for plans are all in, taxes and fees included.and we've got more 4g lte coverage nationwide

than t-mobile or sprint. that's a whote lottanetwork for not a lot a dough. it's what makes cricket the happiest place in the whole wirelessworld. >>> after a problem early with the left fronttire, this martin truex, jr. crew provided to them by joe gibbs racing, has had a stellarnight, keeping their man out front. martin truex, jr. has now led more miles than anydriver in any nascar race ever. can he lead mile number 600? getting ready for the restart.here we go! >> i'd say take a deep breath, relax and driveoff from these guys. that's what i would say. >> but jimmie johnson is going to take someside force off that 78 car and battle hard on the outside through one and two.>> harvick is right there.

>> that 78 got some giddy up.>> look how hard jimmie johnson is driving on the outside trying to get this position.he knows how important that is. >> get down on him right there.>> that's going to get it done, i believe. >> i think he might have done it. green flagon track. >> the 78 came back on jimmie johnson beforeand got back ahead of him. >> truex -- oh my. he drove that thing untilhe saw elvis. >> watch out. here comes the 4 car underneaththe 48 of jimmie johnson. >> johnson trying to get the lead, openedthe door for harvick. >> you know martin truex, jr. is enjoyingthis battle.

>> kevin harvick almost got into the sideof the 48. >> jimmie johnson is saying what do i haveto do to get by martin truex, jr.? my goodness. >> it's too late to worry about almost.>> you're not kidding. >> that 78, though. it just beats all i'veever seen. that thing is on a rail, like it's got agnet to that white line. >> coming off there so straight.>> comes off a little bit lower than everybody else. just carrying a ton of speed off bothcorners. >> i think this is where the 48 and the 4got to be a little careful. they don't want to use up too much of their tires trying tokeep up with the 78. don't want to let him

get too far away either. those two had somethingfor him the end of that last long run. >> you've got to think about fuel milage too.>> exactly. that's the other factor. is there enough in the tank?>> they pitted with 59 to go. the fuel window is 50 to 56. but carl edwards did win thisrace last year running 62 laps i think at three quarter speed. it's going to be borderline.>> a lot of these drivers we've heard and saw during the break that they were savingfuel. i think we actually have to open the 4 car of harvick.>> every time i shut it off, it spins backwards. >> with the kiwitch down it starts doing it?if it doesn't go all the way down to zero on rpm, it might do that.>> you don't have to touch anything and it

goes back the other way.>> when you think about it that's a hendrick engine. we've had two other issues with casey>> you're a half a lap to a lap to the good. .>> if this goes the distance it will be eight laps longer than we've gone all night on aset of tires. your tires have looked good after every stop. so just bear that in mindthat this could be us for us. >> what will happen here in charlotte in thenext 48 laps? hello! nice to meet you! >>> now he's one and a half seconds back ofthe leader. . they have really improved this race car. the sun has gone down. the tracktemperature's come down as well under these lights. boy, the adjustments and the linethat kevin harvick is running has really come

to life.>> you know, there's two things going on here. right now the 78 wants to win this race becausehe dominates this race. kevin harvick on the other hand he does not want to run secondagain. because he has run second probably more than anybody i know.>> there's denny hamlin sitting fourth carrying sergeant john harvey of the u.s. marines,killed during an iranian rescue mission in 1988. 21. kurt busch in fifth, 3.8 seconds back.brad keselowski the first ford in the race, 4.5 back. right with him, matt kenseth hangingtough there, 4.8 seconds from the lead. and the first rookie in the race. chase elliott.kyle busch still hanging right back of the

top ten, 6.5 seconds off the lead. and joeylogano back on the lead lap due to a previous wave-around. greg biffle in 11th place, 7.8 back. and ryannewman, boy, he's been hanging tough all race. sergeant jason ramsire of the marines killedin action in iraq in 2006, age 28. ryan affiliated with the hope for the warriors group, whonominated jason to ride on the windshield of ryan newman's car. kyle larson, 11.5 secondsoff the lead early in this race. we thought he might have a chance at it.>> didn't run like we thought. you see right there, the car looks like it's really badloose. sideways a lot. >> yeah, we talk about how good kevin harvick'scar, how it's gotten better in the nighttime. unfortunately, kyle larson's has not.>> ricky stenhouse got the free pass. he's

back on the lead lap in 15th place. and daleearnhardt jr., the last car on the lead lap is carl edwards but that ease because he tooka wave-around on the last caution and did not pit. >>> the coca-cola 600 at charlotte motor speedway.the show is martin truex, jr., historic night for him in this race. it's either going tobe a 600 mile beatdown or a historic heartbreaker. >> and the guy who wants to turn it into thatheartbreaker is kevin harvick. in the 66th previous running of the coca-cola 600, onlyfour times has the winner gotten his first lead after the 500th mile. kevin harvick isone of those four winners. that's how he got his nickname the closer.>> you saw the girlfriend sherry of martin

truex, jr. they've been through a lot together.now in may he'd like to break through for the first time and change that june doom.this would be a big win, his first of the season.>> that's a wonderful woman right there. she and martin are such wonderful partners. theyraised thousands of dollars for children with cancer. she's a great woman.>> the only over driver in 1967, those laps exceeded by martin truex, jr. the only otherdriver who led at the 100 mile mark, the 200 mile mark. let's head back upstairs to darrellwaltrip. >> the stopwatch is making me nervous, larry.at this race pace, what's that going to do to our fuel milage.>> we're trying to ru59 laps, 56 green flag

laps. his pace was about a second a lap slowerthan what truex, harvick and johnson. so i just think they're right there on the thresholdof being able to make it with this pace we're seeing. >> i know the pace. they're running 30 50s.that's what we ran earlier in the night. i don't see that the pace is all that much quickerat this point. it seems to me like martin truex, jr. is minding the gap.>> he watches what harvick does and that's what he does.>> 1.8 seconds. that's the difference first to second. if you don't leave, we won't either.26 laps to go. hey, track bar's broken. she keeps jumpin' out of gear. whadya wanna do?

>>> martin truex, jr. has chewed up all thescenery and dominated all the lines in this five act play so far. as we close in on thefinish, just 30 miles away. will he take the bow when the curtain comes down? let's goto matt yokum. >> this pace extremely fast. with this pace,are you still good to go on fuel from your calculations?>> we're good. obviously you've got a caution at this point, you're probably going to haveto pit. if it goes green, we're two or three laps good.>> rodney, do you have enough fuel to get to the end? and if you do, do you have enoughcar to get past truex? >> we've got enough fuel. i don't think we'vegot enough car right now.

ended up a little bit too tight this run.everybody's done a really good job on tvrolet. everybody's worked really hard to get it betterat the end of the race. just proud of everybody on the car and hopefully we can get a cautionhere and have another shot at it. >> jimmie johnson crew chief is concentingon johnson closing on kevin harvick. >> i just asked him about their fuel situation.and he said we're good. we haven't even mentioned it. i looked at their little dry erase board.it said good. they think they're good even for over time.>> that just tells me how much fuel these drivers are saving fuel when they come offpit road. they just shut the engine off and coast. that's saving a lot more fuel thanwe could calculate.

>> we're running 30.78 right now. that's notfast. we've seen much faster pace than that. everybody is saving fuel. everybody is backedit down trying to make it. >> martin truex, jr. has been passed onceunder green for the lead tonight. what a crazy year he's had. it began in daytona when hefinished second in the daytona 500. ten feet to the line, truex is the winner. denny hamlinedges him by 100. then in texas, he stays out. everybody else gets fresh tires. thenthe impossible happens, a screw backs out from a wheel spacer, gets hung behind thewheel. he has to come in and stop again. finally at dover, jimmie johnson's transmission won'tgo into gear and truex can not avoid johnson. one thing after another has kept truex fromvictory lane.

>> i didn't really want to see all that andi know he didn't want to think about it. i have never seen a car dominate a race likethis thing. this thing has been flawless. >> earlier this week he and sherry helwalksfor a cause to support childhood and ovarian cancer. sherry pollocks beat cancer and has been by martin'sside for almost all of his career at nascar's top levels, two time champ of what's now thexfinity series and perhaps in 13 laps going to be a first time winner in 2016, first timefor this season that is. >> does this make you nervous at all?>> very. >> i've just got to believe how huge thisrace is, this would make up for a lot of those disappointments they've had this year.>> this is one of the crown jewels. those

are tracks and races that as any driver wealways wanted to win and very few have ever done it.>> what do the trends say about when the last caution flag falls in this race?>> martin truex, jr. should feel good about this trend. if you look at our last ten coke600 excluding 2009, the average lap of the last caution, 40 laps to go. but for the othercompetitors, three times in the last 20 laps we had a caution out of those nine races.>> that's what racing is all about. you can never predict it.>> oh my gosh, come on, guys. coming to ten to go.>> 56 coca-cola 600s, twice it's been settled by a last lap pass.

jimmie johnson over bobby labonnie and in2011 kevin haed dale earnhardt jr. who ran out of gas on the final lap.>> that's what martin truex, jr. wants to see right there. he wants that bottom grooveto be opened up so he can get clean air to the nose of that 78 car. that's where he lovesto run. >> he has a nice comfortable lead right now.all he's got to do is bring it home. nine to go and the car is still running flawless.handling right on the bottom like when the race started.>> most nights, especially on racing world wide's biggest weekend, you would hate tosee one driver lead over 500 miles of a 600 milace, get passed only once for the leadall night. but what martin truex, jr. has

been through all this season trying to getto victory lane, i can't say that i mind. >> you say that he deserves to win this race.listen, you've got to win them. they don't give them to you. but there's a team thathas struggled through tough times this year with a great car. tonight could be a big rewardfor them. >> we talked about keeping up with this track,having an adjustable race car. we've been talking about it all week long. we've wentback and looked at the eight pit stops that martin truex, jr. has come to pit road, fourin the caution and four in the green. the only adjustment we can see, they put tapeon the nose the last pit stop. >> wow. that little bit of tape picks up thespeed, makes the car run.

>> kyle busch in trouble. he's cut down atire. he's hanging onto it. he's okay. he's right on pit road entrance. he should be ablethe get on pit road. >> running 10th.>> did he put any debris from that tire on the back straight away?>> i think we're good. kyle makes it to pit road without incident.we stay green and kyle goes right to the garage. >> boy, you know that had to stop the heartof -- >> everybody.>> yeah, everybody. wow, big, big impact. >> man, look at the right side of that car.pancaked that baby. wow. >> no caution, six laps to go. twice jimmiejohnson won the 600 from the pole. jeff gordon,

three times. both driving for henrik motorsports. the last time that anybody else, any other team won the coca-cola 600 from thepole, you have to go all the way back to 1976, david pierson and the wood brothers mercurywon the 600 from the pole, what martin truex, jr. is trying to do tonight.>> i've been going to races my whole life. i've never seen a cash from dominant fromdrop of the green to the checker here that i've seen that 78 car tonight. i've neverseen a car run flawless all night long like this thing has.>> the only thing i'd be a little nervous about right now -- i don't mean to to be thepessimist here, but why did that tire go down on the 18 car? can that happen to somebodyelse? this is the longest we've been on a

green flag run on tires all race long.>> i think we'll make it. >> not even that race in new hampshire wherejeff burton led every single lap was it as dominating a performance as this has beentonight for martin truex, jr. everybody on that 78 team, the only nascar team not basednear charlotte, north carolina. >> 21's got a tire down. i think he's goingto be okay. got the car slowed down. >> the the only thing martin truex, jr. doesn'twant to see is that tire come apart and scatter debris all the way down that back straightaway. >> i think we're okay. i don't think we'regoing to have any debris issues. >> that looks good.>> coming to two to go.

>> blaney limps to pit road, two laps to go.>> mike, a big tip of the hat to the pit crew tonight. and most , to martin truex, jr. youhave got to drive a car into victory circle. he has been on his game tonight.>> blaney makes it to pit road. truex in turn four as the starter reaches for the whiteflag. one lap to go. sponsored by credit one bank.>> what an incredible -- >> white flag in the air. he's going to makeit. >> but if you've watched him all season, you'rejust wondering. a mile to go. will he make it?>> he's going to make it tonight. >> don't say that, mike. he's good. he'llall by himself.

>> when you put yourself in this position,you earn the right to go get a victory like this. great job to this team.>> off turn four, martin truex, jr. junior for single car wins at charlotte. the coca-cola600, his fourth career victory. >> he can breathe now.>> yeah. >> unbelievable.>> martin truex, jr. is the 49 th driver to score a sprint cup victory at charlotte motorspeedway. >> he led 392 of 400 laps. the most dominatingperformance perhaps we've ever seen. >> i've never seen anything like it.>> in all my years, i haven't. i've never seen a car that was that good fromthe drop of the green to the drop of the checker.

>> he lead 588 of 600 miles. no one in anynascar race has ever led that long. >> martin truex, jr. taking home the checkeredflag as tonight sunoco fuelling victory. their first victory of 2016.>> that's the first single car team to win this race since joe gibbs racing in 1995.>> i think he just blew the engine. [ laughter ].>> i think something happened down there. you saw ry walking down through.>> she walked down the catwalk without her wig. and that was a first. she said, i'm noteven seen in private without any wig, but tonight i'm going to set it aside. she didso and proudly as a cancer survivor. >> look.>> burn, baby.

>> this is a very popular victory. this teamhas been through a lot like you mentioned, d.w.>> there he goes. >> look there. he's been practicing somewhere.look at that thing. >> you deserve it, buddy.>> all that smoke will blow away a lot of those tears from the earlier races this year,won't it? >> sure will.>> think about how many races he could have won. kansas, dover.>> think about how many times we've heard martin truex, jr. get out of the car and dothat postrace interview and be so let down and disappointed because things didn't goright. what's he going to say this time? it

all went right.>> i don't know, but he has handled disappointment so well. >> sherry is documenting the whole thing.photos and video. >> that's one for the record books. that performancetonight is one for the record books. >> 600 miles, nascar's longest race. martintruex, jr. made it look easy, leading all but 12 miles tonight. an incredible performanceby furniture row racing. the sprint network is now more reliable than ever. and i'm ona mission to prove it's the fastest. hey big man. sorry. what is that, verizon? i bet sprintcan download this book faster. no way bro. your lucky tooth necklace for anything onthat trailer. i'll take the grizzly. well

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miles per hour average speed. martin truex,jr. led of the 600 miles in this race, he led 588. eight pit stops, his crew was allover it when they had to be. and so was the driver who had dealt with a lot of heartbreakthroughout the season. a smile and relief at the coca-cola 600, finally in victory lane.everybody anxious and i'm sure they were all, like many of us, saying what could go wrongnow? well, nothing did. and martin truex, jr. is your coca-cola 600 champ. matt is downthere for the celebration. [ cheers and applause ]>> a run for the record books. 392 laps led. martin, such a dominating run. that had tobe something more to you when you pulled down pit road and saw driver after driver, crewmember after crew member come out and congratulate

you.>> yeah, it meant a lot to me. just kind of sinking in now, we won the 600. so reallyproud of my team. toyota, bass pro shops, tracker boats, furniture road everybody whobelieved in me and gave me this opportunity. my guys, they're something special. got tothank all of them. it's a big day. you know, got troops on the cars. special weekend. it's really neat to bringthat name home in victory lane. just a lot of emotion right now. i'm not real sure it'ssunk in yet. just an amazing day, amazing weekend for all of us, weekend you dream about.>> when you look at all the runs you've had over the past year, even here last fall, herelast year in this event, daytona 500, texas,

kansas, did you ever think at some know theother shoe is going to drop? >> yeah. i had faith. i have confidence inmy team. i've got a lot of great people behind me. sherry gives me a lot of inspiration.we just keep fighting. we never quit. just proud of my guys for sticking behind me. thepit crew was behind me. thank you all, so many fans who have supported us the past coupleof years with so many heartbreaks. had a lot of fun racing tonight.>> you talk about your team the 78. what does this win mean to you because you've been thereby his side just like he's been by your side? >> it's amazing. i keep telling him he hadto lose all those races and god was building his character to win a big one. this is hugefor us. we've been through so much. this is

icing on the cake. it's awesome. so cool.>> 600 miles of almost. kevin harvick, second place tonight. the car got so much betterlater in the night. what was the difference early on?>> well, early on we were just really really bad. our chevy was tight in the corners andloose getting up off the corners. there was just a lot of problems that we reallycouldn't narrow in on one thing to fix. rodney came on the radio and said we just made ahug adjustment. from that point on it was a lot better. i got tight that last two runscompared to the run we were really good and made up all the ground. got to thank everybody. hunt brothers, bad bobuggies,hunt brothers and out back for everything they do on this car.>> jimmie johnson brings it home third tonight.

man, these guys were going to town. you hada good car. the 78 just far superior today. >> he was so fast. i would flat foot one andtwo and have a nose on him and he would drive right back by me into turn three. it was sofast. it was impressive. i'm happy for martin. those guys worked awfully hard to get wherethey're at. it was a solid weekend from qualifying to the race. proud to carry a soldier's nameon the hood of our race car. lowe's is doing something special where the men and womenwho serve our country get a 10% discount at lowe's. head over there and pick up some suppliesand enjoy your memorial day. >> the men and women serving our country,the owner of furniture row and martin truex, jr., vietnam veteran barney who we saw. thisis about emotion. keeping your emotions under

control. we saw a special kind of emotionthere in victory lane. >> think what martin was going through thoselast few laps. there's been so many disappointments along the way. martin drove for waltrip racing when i hada team. he was a great representative of napa our sponsor. i know those guys are proud ofmartin and how he represented them over the years. i just know what that moment felt likefor that young man because of the struggles he's had this season. i'm so proud of himthat he was able to persevere through and have that dominant car and get it to victorylane. it's a special night. >> his first win this year. and again fromsherry his girlfriend, the cancer survivor,

a hug that he'll remember for a long time.we'll have more here from charlotte in just a moment. >>> back here on fox at charlotte motor speedway.we are officially halfway to the chase, 13 races in, 13 to go. 16 drivers advance tothat ten race championship. martin truex, jr. has locked himself in a win.>> you know, when you win some races, the first thing you think about is i'm in thechase. but when you win the coca-cola 600, this is a crown jewel. this is a race thatevery driver wants to win. i bet you it hasn't even dawned on him yet that he's going tobe in the chase. he's just so much in the moment relishing this victory.>> not one of the favorites coming into this

race. but the favorite now in victory lane.denny hamlin wound up fourth. he's standing by with our chris neville.>> you had great pit stops tonight but did you ever get the balance right?>> no, we were just a little bit off. that whole 78 team it's been a long time comingfor them. happy for martin and cole and those guys. our car was a top five car all day,just never good enough to win obviously. so we'll go back to work on it but still a stepin the right direction. >> thanks, denny.>> pretty decent day and evening for brad keselowski. you guys were really good on thelong run, short run you struggled a little bit. but you're watching this 78. have youseen a car that dominant before?

>> that team has had some really good speedand they show it today. congrats to martin and his team. we fought as hard as we couldand had a decent day. of course not the win we want but ran the whole race. we could havegot those long runs like you were talking, maybe could have put something together. ittook a really really long run, almost until we were out of gas before we could reallyget rolling. proud of our effort, proud of you know everybody that sticks around, thefans for memorial day. it was a lot oing. we're glad you're watching. go spend mondayand remember what the holiday is all about. >> that's the fourth straight top ten finishfor brad keselowski. there are a lot of ways to win a race. as martin truex, jr. can tellyou, there are a lot of ways to lose a race

that you think you should win. this was allabout him this afternoon, this evening and it will be for a while until we go to poconowhere he won last year. let's go back upstairs and get some final thoughts.>> we're still kind of shaking our heads, chris, at martin truex's season, daytona,12 feet from the finish line he's the winner of the daytona 500. denny hamlin nips himat the wire. truex was a sitting duck in texas. the crew that couldn't come off and ruin thatwheel did unbelievably. something you couldn't plan for or duplicate in 100 years. at dover,jimmie johnson doesn't go and truex is the first of 20 in that accordian style pileup.but tonight will be remembered as the night martin truex, jr. gave a memorial day muggingto the best stock car drivers in the world.

that was his first reaction to the fans ands pollex celebrating with her man. next week we go to pocono. what a performance.>> unbelievable. i'm just so happy for martin, for sherry, forybarny, that 78 team. theyhave been put to the test, not just this year, last year as well. i know they ended up theseason very very good, but this is not the first time they've gone through some adversity.boy today did they achieve the ultimate by winning here in a dominant fashion. watchout now they've got that victory, they might just go on a run. >> the next time you ask me have i ever -- i'mgoing to say, yeah, one time in charlotte i saw a car that was absolutely -- you don'tsee a perfect car very often. tonight we saw

not only a perfect car, a perfect driver anda pit crew that was on their game tonight. congratulations.>> i don't know if we'll ever see that again. >> chris, consider this, of today's threebig winners around the world, none of them had been to victory lane all season beforetoday. >> and let's show you that, mike. and appreciatinga masterpiece from martin truex, jr. in monaco the pole sitter daniel ricardo they had apit strategy but they didn't have the tires. fourth straight win for mercedes at monaco.meanwhile, the 100th running of the indy 500 rookie alexander rossi was a long shot whenthe week started but he wins at indy. and a sentimental journey of 600 miles for martintruex, jr. the fastest coca-cola 600 covering

a lot of miles and fastest in terms of speed,just under 161 miles per hour. >> now he knows he's in the chase. he's gotthe winner's sticker on his car, gets a big hug from denny hamlin. i don't think i'veever seen drivers more happy for another guy. >> in a marathon race with plenty of adjustments,e and his crew had the right car at the right time and they knew it.>> when you look at the lap times from practice yesterday, that car was the best yesterday.it was hot, it was sunny. how can you predict when the track temperatures cool down? theyhad a plan that worked versatile between the heat and the night. amazing performance.>> 400 laps, only eight were nod led by martin truex, jr. in his toyota.

a single car team with alliance of joe gibbstoyotas spinning in victory lane here at charlotte motor speedway. more on fox in just a moment. sir, this alien life form is growingat an alarming rate. growing fast, you say? we can't contain it any long... oh! you know,that reminds me of how geico's been the fastest-growing auto insurer for over 10 years straight. overten years? mhm, geico's the company your friends and neighbors trust. and deservedly so. indeed.geico. expect great savings and a whole lot more. week we will be in pennsylvania. coverage on fs1. this has been a barry laisproduction. for our entire crew, i'm chris myers, enjoy the rest of your memorial dayweekend. true success story for truex. we

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