Go low. Go low. Go low, go low, go low. That was spotter coverage presented by spotter coverage helping drivers worry less. Look at the reaction out of kurt. I dont blame him. You enter that corner three wide in the middle. Still found a way to miss that wreck impressive driving and impressive spotting. Keselowski, johnson and kahne still out on the track. And it has been 39 laps since they were on pit row. Getting close to running out of fuel as we go nascar nonstop. Uhuh, youre not going anywhere in those rags. Cindy . Introducing an allnew crossover, toyota chr. Toyota. Lets go places. Now, i stand here a challenger; to be questioned, to turn heads, and to be the last person anyone wants to see in their rearview mirror. I came here to race. So, your new prescription does have oh, like what . Ects. Youre gonna have dizziness, nausea, and sweaty eyelids. And in certain cases chronic flatulence. No sooooo gassy girl. So gassy. If youre boyz ii men, you make anything sound good. Its what you do. If you want to save 15 percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. Next next blowing whistle im not playing with you i could bend a little bit, a little bit i could play a little bit, a bit for you i could see a little bit, a little bit i can see a little bit, a bit of you ive got a hold on you you got a hold. Alex. Thats ny name. Alex . Its mine too. I got a new swimsuit with glitter and fringes and i got a case of the too many benjamins brantley gilbert. Before the green flag dropped. And that was before. Now, youre watching Monster Energy cup series from indianapolis. Presented by golden corral. Brad keselowski is out front but will run out of fuel in the next few laps if they dont come to pit road. They are strtrying to stretch is long as they can. Only possibility is in they have a caution flag. Bayne thinks he has enough fuel. He thinks if he has enough fuel he can get to victory lane once again for his second win in Monster Energy cup series. A couple things they are telling him, stay in the 50 rate. Can you help me out with that what what that typically means for a driver. Crew chief told him i need you to run in the 51s. He has it stay ahead of matt kenseth, who has been one of the fastest cars all day. Two races in trover baynes mind. First race is fuel, 43 laps is a long way. We saw cars go longer earlier but they had yellow. This is over 20 seconds. Now with 14 to go, down to 11 seconds. Matt kenseth. A champion at the cup level. Looking for a ride for next year. Trying to get back to victory lane in an iconic race that he has never won. Think of his resume does not have the brickyard 4 h 00 on it. Lets listen in to the 20 radio. Top three, huge stretch for those guys to make it. [ inaudible ] 6 car running fourth. There you have it. They have their eyes on trevor bayne already. We agree. Thats a hundred percent correct. Just no way they can go from lap 102 to make it to the end. I dont think anybody believes they can. Trevor bayne on lap 117. And 3 on lap 102. Treavor bayne, you heard that 50 mark. All of the teams have fuelsaving modes. They tell the driver, here is how you have to save fuel. 50 fuel, 75 mode. A hundred percent mode. They told him 50 . What we dont know is they are giving him intervals. He knows how far he is from matt kenseth. How much speed does he have left . He may be trying to save fuel this entire time. Running slower than he has to have to make sure he can make it. But if matt kenseth is close enough, they may turn him loose. He may turn himself loose. The team never knows a hundred percent what the driver is doing. The driver sometimes plays his own game with the information given to him. I have a feeling he could go faster than he is right now. We are talking about trevor bayne. There are cars inside top 15 playing this same strategy. Li like aric ram rolla. Ty dillon. Danica patrick in 12th. There are a lot of cars you can say, passing Michael Mcdowell on the track. There are players that would he have been hard pressed to say contended for top five with this fuel strategy we will be able to. He has been going through cars. Having to ask people, the last three laps, 11 seconds back and still 11 second back. We see kasey kahne on pit road now. Kelly . Yeah. Trying to turn their season around after a string of finishes outside top 15. Trying to stretch it today on fuel mileage but obviously oh, caution. Caution on the racetrack. 14 of clint bowyer involved. Also 41 of kurt busch. Hard damage to the front of that car. Got one coming outside. Up against the wall. And difficult tore him to climb out if he cant get that car away from the wall. I dont see no fire or nothing. Just get on out. So the caution comes out. Keselowski and johnson were waiting for this. They were trying to stay on the racetrack for this very opportunity. You see kurt busch climbing out. Kerik jones also climbing out. He claims out of the 77. Keselowski and johnson didnt think they were in the position to win the race. They tried something different. Staying on as long as they could to get fresh tires. Jamie mcmurray, 1, damage to the front, a flat tire. A lot of moving parts. Lets take a look at just what happened. See clint bowyer. Gets loose there. Jones underneath him. Look at that. Around the 14th position. Across the racetrack right in front. 41 of kurt busch. Big impact. Car in front of clint that got loose. Yes. And saved it. Thats what drew my attention away from clint bowyer. If you look behind that car, thats where the 14 loses control. I believe paul menard got loose. Wow. Kurt busch would have avoided this. But kurt busch came up, right along with kurt busch on the helmet cam. Seen that too many times, rick. Sfrs thats as real as it gets. Big impact. Shoots bowyer back across the racetrack. Fortunately missed the end of that pit wall. Another hard impact but the end of that pit wall would have been another awkward impact as we see the red flag displayed. A lot of cleanup will have to take place here. Amazing. So violent. Cars going that fast how they rebound back into the racetrack. See kurt come out of that car. Hard impact. This shot here, rick. Coming up, coming up. I hear him lift and get back in the game. He doesnt want to drive into the accident. As a driver you get back into the gas because you are trying to get by the spinning car. Many times and miss a wreck. If you slow down you get in the wreck. So you have to make a calculated guess and he thought his best opportunity was to keep his speed up. Remember, he saw clint bowyer going left. He had no way of knowing clint bowyer would rebound and come back across the track. He was trying to get by as quickly as he could. Once clint rebounded, it was just nothing he could do. No way that he could anticipate clint coming back across the racetrack like that. And thats how quick it happened. That shot there, when i try to explain to people what driving a race car is like, thats it. What would they have done different . People want to secondguess drivers in a wreck, you get in that seat and drive. It is hard to do. That view is what we talk about all the time. When a wreck is happening in front of us, we dont watch the car wrecking. We are trying to find the hole. You see his eyes there. He is looking to the hole he saw mcmurray get to. It close toed pup that what you did. You know you look for that opportunity to get away from the wreck and thats why he was getting into the throttle trying to shoot the gap. You make decision in a split second. In less than a second. You have to commit. You have to make that decision to go do it. And if you hesitate, more times than not, you get in the wreck. A lot of cleanup taking place on the exit of turn four on the front stretch. So red flag has been display ped. They will stop the cars. With ten laps to go. We talked about this. We see the car, bright yellow 27. Look at the slide he makes off turn four. I dont know if it is coincidence, but a huge correction right here. I dont know if that does something to the 14. 14 looks like he was in a slide himself. So im not sure if they had anything to do with one another but definitely coincidentally they were at the same time. We do know that the more cars that are around each other the worse they drive. You have less down draft so four cars and just one little group right there, none of those cars are driving very good. Such damage to the 14 of Clint Bowyers car. Getting back to the race, thats got to be, after riding along, with kurt busch, i feel like i was driving that race car. But getting back to this race, remember we saw kasey kahne hit pit road. And that then the caution came out immediately. He stayed in the lead lap. Everybody in front of him believes tires are more important than track position, kasey kahne could come out and be in the best position to win this race. He pitted on lap 149 . Yeah. Matt kenseth on 132. Theres a lot of people between matt kenseth and kasey kahne. But if enough of those people pit, kasey kahne could be in the cat burn seat. We know they are coming to pit road. They need fuel and tires. A mixed bag behind them of laps on tires. Trevor bayne is close on fuel and tires. Kenseth has newer tires but lan still 18 laps. He was running fast laps. Trying to rundown the 6 of trevor bayne. I think i would be surprised if anyone behind kasey kahne i think everyone will be forced to pit. And some will gamble on two tires will will make kasey kahnes case better. That the others starting in front will be older left side tires. Many peoples situation and where they are in points and making playoffs will determine whether they pit or not. Some guys have nothing to lose by staying out. And some guys have nothing to lose by pitting. End goal is to get into the playoffs. Best way to do that is win this race. These strategies are best chance to win the race and make playoffs. Team owner for 14 team, for clint bowyer. Want to listen into the Radio Communication from the 48 team of jimmie johnson. We mentioned that he and Brad Keselowski were going to have to run out of gas or have a caution happen. Well, it did happen. Here is the communications. Save, save, save, save fuel. Save all the actufuel you can. We are at a critical stage here. Critical. Thats not critical for the race, thats critical to get back it pit road. Being very mantd, th adamant. Jimmie johnson knows what critical means. Thats a whole other level of fuel savings. It is great to have this track position and theyve got yellow indeed. But if 48 doesnt refire and make it to pit road then they lose that track position. Now sitting on the back straight away. What they are hoping for is that when they open, when they open caution, it goes immediately to pit road. If they have to go another lap, thats another lap on caution 48 has to go, as well as keselowski. Check in with clint bowyer. Kelly is with him. He has been released. He is okay. Thank goodness. That was nasty hit. We saw 14 get crowded. Is that what triggered events . Yeah. It was crowded. They got together and parts in front of us and he had to make an evasive move. I knew the 77 add run on me there and all hell broke loose. Then somebody hit me again. I dont know when. I thought they did. Felt like they did. Pretty much sucks. Yeah and big picture wise, i know this is not what you want when youre trying to hold on to the final playoff spot. Yeah. No, it was definitely not needed for sure. But well regroup. This is a stroong team. Proud of the 14 bunch. Proud of their effort. We were off in practice and qualifying, found a way to make it better for the race. I think were going to have single digit fin ib for sure. But this wasnt our day. Thanks, clint. Thanks for mobile and rush and everybody coming on board for andy. A normal upbeatener jettic enthusiastic clint bowyer obviously dejected of that wreck. Kelly brought it up. The playoff situation. Matt kenseth was above the 14. Now currently run on the racetrack. So you know with you saw 24, chase elliott, engine fail tour early. He hasnt been in conversation. Everyone thought he was good in points. Unique races left webetween now and the end of the season. This is starting it tighten it all up. All right, steve, jeff, i will tell you, keselowski and johnson will come to pit road. Bho who el who else comes to pit road . Everyone. I think everyone will be passed immediately. Starting in mid 49second range and slow down to 52second range. We saw last week in new hampshire, 88 trying to make something happen. Staying out on old tires. A hail mary is what dale junior called it. They split him wide in the first corner. While indianapolis is very narrow. It is very momentum and wide where it matters most in the back straight away. On old tires you go through one and two, nowhere to protect it. If you could get six to eight other cars to stay out with you and you are that lead guy, great. But no one will do that for you. If you have old tires on and youre in sixth spot and you put tires on 117, they will gobble you up quickly. Also involved, erik jones, out of the care center and standing by with kelly. Erik, we saw you racing hard with the 14. How did you see this wreck unfold . Got under the 14 off the 4. There was two lap cars in front of us. 14 turned left. Wrecked me and him. Wrecked, looked like the 41 got in it somehow. Just unfortunate. I dont know. A lot of stuff like that happen us to this year. I think with the pit stop and the way it worked out we would get our top ten finish. Unfortunate to see it work out like that. But got better all day. Top five car it seemed like at the end of the race. Just didnt get to see it all play out. You did run up for most of it. Your first time in that car today, what are are Lessons Learned . Story of our season. We have run well, run up front, just hasnt closed our races out. Whether it is our own fault, bad luck, circumstance. So we can take a lot away from it. I can. The strategy and experience that plays out. Indy is tough. Especially in cup car. I learned a lot for coming back next year. Thank you, erik. Erik jones behind the wheel of 20 in 2018. And matt kenseth, just documented he was in a great position to catch trevor bayne and maybe win the brickyard 400. All of that is thrown out the window now. Because there will be plenty of different scenarios that will play out here as soon as the track goes back to yellow or caution. And they are able to come to pit road. Who will make that decision to come to pit road . We talk about the scenarios. Remember last week, matt kenseth sitting there leading the race. Deciding to put two tires on it. Everybody else put four tires own and it just did not work out. How does that influence their decision today . Is that effect how they make the call today . To me it always, you see, when you make that call and it doesnt work out, itlingers. Youre afraid to gamble again. But if im matt kenseth and his team and i do pit, im only doing two. They pitted at lap 132. I think in this situation they could do two tires. I reached out to Jason Ratcliffe and gave him a pat on the back. It is easy to secondguess. I thought he was very hard on himself in the media after. He did take responsibility. I thought it was a inwin situation. I wanted to give him a pat on the back and say, keep your head up. You ahad a good race car. Now a week later, the same decision again. We have been talking about trevor bayne and matt kenseth as if Brad Keselowski was out of it. But we knew if a caution came out, keselowski could be in a good position. We wanted to talk to brad. Now we have the opportunity to dial up the two, Brad Keselowski, and see if this plays into their hands. Hey, brad. Jeff burton. You got time it talk . Whats up . I was going to ask you the same thing. You are leading the rates, sure you have to pit for fuel, you going to drag everybody else with you . Yeah, we will have to pit. But i think everybody has at least 10 or 20 laps on their tires. If they dont pit they will be in trouble. In they do pit, hopefully we can stay out in front of them. Well, Steve Letarte and i agree. You didnt think you add fast car before the race started. How have you found yourself in this position . Yeah, maybe not the best cheerleader today. But my team stuck with me the cho whole race. Great strategy calls. Even when i tried to shoot myself in the foot, they saved me from myself. We are in the position to have a great day and have penskes first win at brickyard. A long ways to go. We have to get through pit and restart and a long ways to go. But we will fight through. Its been fun to watch you fight and overcome this adversity. Thank you. Glad you tuned in despite the delays. Glad to have you. He mentioned it. Team penske, they have been incredible at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with the one exception of the Monster Energy cup series. 16 wins in the indy 500. Three indy car grand prix races they have won. Xfinity series. First year Xfinity Series raced here. Brad keselowski got the win. Joey logano and Brad Keselowski have not been able to get to victory lane to get that brickyard 400 win for roger went penske. Think about that. Four times in second place. Will that all change today . As track cleanup continues. Red flag condition. Jones, bowyer, involved in the crash as well as kurt busch. We talked a lot about trevor bayne and the possibility of him winning another big marquee event. Dave . They gave it a try. This is Radio Communication to trevor right after caution. Stay down there, man. Still in it. But sorry it didnt work out. Great, great talk to matt real quick. I said, would you stay out here . He said, no, i dont think so. I think we would get run over. I think hes right. I agree with trevor bayne. I think you heard him, genuinely thanking his team. Matt right there, on top of the pit box, delivered an opportunity for trover bayne that he didnt have 50 or 60 laps ago. He looked at how cautions fell. He gave the 6 car a chance. Heavy on green. Had to hold off 20. Had to save enough fuel. Still challenges ahead of him. But legitimate shot. Were not out of it. I think youre right, jeff. Kasey kahne is a nobrainer. He will stay on the racetrack. He was on pit road when the caution came out. But everyone else on old tires i think you have to pit. With trover bayne in third, he should restart in front two or three rows and restarts have been anything but smooth today. This is going to come down to pit road and who does the best of getting their team off of pit road first. We can talk with jimmie. Hey, jimmie, nbc booth. You got us . Yeah. You fought all day long, lost track tossingposition a couple. Now you have the chance here. Are y you have to pit. Are are you going to drag the field you . Well i know the 6 is. But the 5 might be sitting in a nice situation. I think tires are important. Certainly on the inside row is awfully important. Were coming, as you pointed out, either way. Chevy has been strong all day. Had bad luck with restarts being stuck on the outside. But i would love to get out there and kiss those bricks this afternoon. We have seen restarts be so difficult. Why is it so hard at indianapolis to restart properly compared to other racetracks . Nonno one really runs in the second lane. Only the first lap or two. There is no rubber there. You can feel it trying to warm your tires. Just much less grip in the second lane. Bottom lane is real good and sticky. And car stays up under it and can you stay in the throttle. We will give it our best here and see what happens. Skbrjimmie, thanks for lettis ride along. If you won this, it would be your fifth time. That would be an historic event. 104, buddy. We will try for sure. Who will win the 2017 brickyard 400 . Ten laps remain. We will be back. That was amazing. Great. Michael ive always been a ford guy. Potsch then i have a real treat for you today. Michael awesome. Potsch im going to show you a next generation pickup. Michael lets do this. Potsch this new truck now has a cornerstep built right into the bumper. Gary super cool. Potsch the bed is made of highstrength steel, which is less susceptible to punctures than aluminum. Jim aluminum is great for a lot of things, but maybe not the bed of a truck. Potsch and best of all, this new truck is actually gary all laughing oh my. Potsch the current chevy silverado. Gary im speechless. Gary this puts my ford truck to shame. James ill tell you, i might be a chevy guy now. laughing get half off exactly what you want with pizza huts 50 off pizza deal. Thats 50 off your favorites like handtossed pepperoni, meat lovers, or even original pan® supreme. Thats right, get 50 off any menupriced pizzas when you order online. But hurry this deal ends soon. No one outpizzas the hut. Its what busch is known for. What are you known for . Im cool under pressure. What is that . A fish hook . chuckling golly [sfx buschhhhh] shaped by the hands of legacy. Greatness. Forged in the fires of racing. Ive been challenged, tested and proven. Whether its on that track or off, the truth is what youre made of is what youre made to do. Who will be the one to head to victory lane in indianapolis. Thats the big question mark. So steve, when you see them, and it a he important, what do you tell your team now
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