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e e [Music] [Music] one [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] you [Music] where [Music] [Music] [Music] what's up everybody appreciate you being here happy Sunday night as we're ready to have some fun here tonight guys we're ready to watch the southern 500 one of the spectacles in racing we're going to see if another driver can win their way into the playoffs tonight could it be another Harrison Burton story we will see but uh tonight is going to be a fun time Menace says let's go watermelon man where'd you get that hat I don't know last now next race I won't be able to watch this next time I get to stream with you guys I won't be wearing this stuff but one more race for Denny there but thank you guys for getting us to that 21k yesterday but the agreement is it has to happen the weekend prior to it so that's what happens little Denny hat here hopefully give some good luck too as well but uh hope you guys are ready to have some fun with me we'll be bringing the live USA audio back into the the broadcast plus we'll bring you NASCAR drive on here as well we're going to have three cams maybe four cams tonight I'm not sure three cams seem to work a lot better so we'll do three cams the aerial cam the broad the battle Cam and the incar camera today of the leader so I hope you guys are ready to have I thought that was banned from this stream no no no it has to happen the weekend prior so that's how it works that's the rules so hope you guys are ready to have some fun with me I'm ready to have some fun with you and let's have some fun so uh the audio will come back in here in just a second for the commercial but I've been trying to get the Raw Feed up here but let's go in here what's up Rick what's going on let's see who else is in here desert fox what's up great racing comping I hope so Mark what's going on Steven Menace John one world what's going on Karen hello Lloyd what's up my friend wagon Mysterious Magnum what's going on Donald Johnson Tom where'd you get that hat uh Lily what's going on hello hello Wade Stanley socks what's up how are you Kim broor is here as well uh let's see who else Justin G what's going on bronnie is always here Billy BS what's up my boy uh Delbert hello hello Rebecca uh JT hope you're doing well Chuck is here as well uh asman Arizona man 30 is here as well thank you guys Chuck as well Daniel brry sports highlights and a whole bunch of folks hanging out before the race Michael ain't that the truth what's going on saying gron let's see who else is here the great gani what's going on hello hello DJ limo uh Steve what's up how are you doing Michael as well hello and it keeps on going and going y'all it's awesome to see y'all talking before the stream start out here hello Donnie as well hello hello hello to every single one of y'all hello from Missouri what's up Donna good to see you somebody got to wear that Denny hat somebody's got to wear it that's right baby Gary Lee what's up good to see you and let's listen in while I try to get the Raw Feed working here I watched him race against my dad with my dad and then to race for him and against him uh was just incredible the toughest driver I've ever known to come through this series well here's what's on the menu presented by Sonic the 2025 Nascar Cup Series schedule was announced this week highlighted by a stop in Mexico City it marks the first time in 73 years at the cup series will have a points paying race outside of the US Bubba Wallace as we mentioned on the poll this evening and one of the more impressive qualifying efforts in quite some time almost willing his card to the top spot yesterday that's important because tonight's the final race of the regular season for the cup series currently Chris buer has the final spot in the playoffs while Wallace and Ross Chastain hope to race their way in tonight yeah there's always all right so there's uh they're talking about the last lap there with Tyler reick and uh Chris busher battling there at the end of the race love your Stream CEO found you a few weeks ago and you're a big Orange fan man I see how about Nico yesterday that's right man looked awesome good we'll see what happens when we play a good team but uh thank you guys keep on hitting that like button for us guys we'll try to get to 100 likes before we even figure about think about going green but thank you guys so much John says go Bell hope you have a great race that's Wade big Wade going after that Christopher Bell as well Christopher Bell what going on so as we talked about uh during our vlo our preview Vlog it's going to come down to this hey what channel is the broadcast it is on USA yes USA Network USA Network but it's going to come down to Bubba Wallace Ross Chastain Ty Gibbs Martin Truex Jr and Chris busher there's your five cars and then you got Kyle bus who's sitting out there waiting for something that happen so he can get a win we'll see what happened but here's Chris busher but a win would be much easier so with that in mind how do you approach tonight's race easier might be a relative term but um it certainly be cleaner uh I think you know for us we've been so fast here uh we've been um you know close enough to uh to feel like we had a shot at winning the last two races in Darlington so want to do that same thing here tonight with our build Subs Mustang um you know feel like we're able to make that final round so that was good going T night here I always feel like we get better as the sun goes down and um seems like we're off to a pretty decent start so go figure out how to win this thing that would certainly be the best way and then um you know if we need to to play defense a little bit there towards the end then um and we'll cross that bridge when we get there speaking of Defense how much information do you want to know about the other drivers that are kind of around that elimination line points wise not much to start um I want to race our own our own race and Darlington is um well known for for being its own own battle so fight the racetrack first um you know figure out how far we can get in this thing try and get some uh some stage points just simply by running up front here the first uh first half and then get down the end we need to uh be aware of scenarios But ultimately it's for us to go out here and do what we've been doing here and most of that'll just take care of itself Chris busher looking for a coveted playoff spot well Kim so is Bubba Wallace and he started things off the right way here at Darlington bu yesterday your first one here at Darlington how big was that it was huge we've been uh we've been decent here and qualifying you know we qualified second what a in the last year's Spring Race So thought we had that one um um we've been really good here qualifying and executing obviously the finishes have followed with that so just need to uh keep it all in check tonight and make the most of it and go and have some fun last week after Dayton you told us this week just got to go get it done how much was yesterday the whole day including the poll a step towards that and getting the win tonight or even just pointing your way in yeah well like I mentioned Dave last week I take that responsibility on my shoulders and proud to carry that weight and I wanted to show up here and make a statement and and flip the pressure switch to the to the enemies so uh I think that's that's what we did but we also know it's a new day it's new opportunity for everybody in the field you know for me I I wake up excited every Sunday morning cuz I know one of us is going to be in Victory Lane and hopefully it's us tonight Marty considerate pressure switch flipped so KP let's talk about that pressure that Dave and baa talked about right there does being on the poll add to or take away from the pressure he's feeling tonight that's a great question because I think it does put the pressure on the other teams because they say hey they showed up Bubba Wallace showed up this this week Bubba made the statement I have to portray the best race this week that I've ever portrayed in my whole entire career to make the playoffs that means he's putting pressure on himself so he lived up to that pressure on qualifying day will he live up to that pressure today I think he is in the mindset and that team is ready to come here and take this take that position and move on into the playoffs DJ is uh his car owner Michael Jordan and your buddy Michael Jordan texted him this week said quote things you want cost more does Michael Jordan being his bring out the best in Bubba Wallace 100% this is a perfect match for Bubba to to have Michael there there was no one more confident in his own ability than Michael Jordan in any sport he's the best athlete of that I've ever seen in my entire life for him to be able to talk to Bubba about those things only makes bub a better driver all right KP time to put your money where your mouth is for the final spot is it just a battle between the three drivers that are near the bubble and if so who has the edge uh I'm going with Ross Chastain and The Watermelon Man and all I'm going to say is Martinville 2022 I'm telling you you see that car you see that man but you can't see his heart you don't know what he's willing to reach down and grab and make happen my money's on Ross Chastain I'm not going to be surprised to watch all three of these drivers inside the top 10 the majority of this 500 miles I will tell you and won't be shocked if all three of them are in the top five who can get down the most and get the job done Chris busher is the one that has shown me that at this particular racetrack he's ready to go to Victory Lane so those are your bets for this evening how about the DraftKings odds how they shaping up for tonight DJ well I think they got the you know unlike last week where we had everybody that could win they've got it you know the favorites here certainly Kyle arson Tyler reck and Denny Hamlin you have to look at them Ryan blay I think was maybe the very best car in practice yesterday and then but you got Bubba Wallace got 12 to1 odds on the poll Setter who is very fast here yeah draftking Sportsbook as an authorized gaming operator NASCAR and this week new customers can bet $5 all right so we're just going to let that go to a commercial appreciate everybody being here hit that like button for us we're going to try to get to our good old total of 1,000 likes tonight hope we have a huge stream stick with us right here we're going to bring bring you the live audio of the USA broadcast we're going to have right here battle cam aerial Cam and incar cam right here as well we're going to have our incar chat I will be talking over the audio so J FYI I will be talking over the audio not all the time but we will be talking interacting with the chat because this is a interactive chat and we talk to every single bu so if you have a driver out there cheer them on this is everybody's fan chat y'all cheer your driver on the only rules we have here tonight are no politics be nice to each other and be kind so that's all that's it that's it that's all we asked for and don't spam the chat unless I ask you to and we're going to have a good time tonight so those are the rules we have mods here they if I don't if I don't see it sometimes we have like 2,000 people in here sometimes the chat goes pretty quick if I don't see what you said and you ask it again and I still don't see what I says mods please help answer the questions if they ask if I don't get to see them as I am trying to hang out back and forth mute button on standby Mountain Billy says uh let's see Teresa Fords go get them and what about uh NASCAR politics what about NASCAR politics we could talk about you know what we feel we if we don't like the what Nascar has done with uh the qualifying and I mean I've been very vocal about stuff like that so that's fine uh don't think bubble can handle this in the turn one he he at least put himself in position to do this he's in the number one pit stall he's going to be up front a lot unless he gets back their pit stops are going to put him right back up to the front so it should be an interesting night Bubba has to win to get in he has to win to get in and well I mean he doesn't have to win to get in like he's like minus 21 on the points but um Kyle Bush definitely has to win to get in TRX Jr his lead of the playoffs has been shrinking ever since uh last four or five races so he is right there on the bubble Ty Gibbs no win yet this year he's been driving hard Eric Church My Man legend in training can he get in we'll see what happens Ross chest Dan they were just talk about Ross Chastain does he do some type of crazy thing tonight just like he did back in Martinsville to get in the final four let's see what happens here so let me see who you got to win this race who you got I saw a lot of y'all in the community posts I've been talking to you all day in our community post who do you have I got Denny Hamlin going because he said in his podcast I am winning this thing and that's it now my dark horse is Ty Gibbs so that is my Dark Horse angry drivers at the end of the race for four plus hours you're stuck in that car not be to go a lot of places slipping and sliding 90° and the racetrack you got to race it you got to catch people and get around them but you got to use the racetrack it's got to be your friend I'm sure one group doesn't help either two cars in one place doesn't always work cuz it was built for what cars to go 120 mph Kyle on an 8 in tire and now they're running what uh so to that point as a driver who's the biggest competition here the other competitors or the track itself you you are your biggest competitor getting your head straight to use this racetrack to your advantage and you got to do it for 500 miles the most grueling race of the year it's a Crown Jewel and it decides who will be in and who will be out of the playoffs time for the pre-race ceremonies from the track too tough to tame race fans please rise as you are able remove your hats and Veterans render a hand salute as the Spring Valley Junior RC Color Guard presents our nation's colors and to hear and to offer our today's invocation please welcome from God Shepherd Presbyterian church in Florence South Carolina Pastor Stacy Severance let's bow together in prayer Lord God we give you thanks for the city of Darlington for this Racetrack and everyone involved in today's race bless those ga to enjoy it both here and at home and keep these drivers and teams safe and healthy we give you praise for all of our freedoms bless those who serve to protect our lives and Liberty and finally God we plead for our great nation that you would not turn us over to our sins but that you would guide our hearts toward the grace and truth that is found only in the Lord Jesus Christ who had no sin but became sin for us so that in him we might become the righteousness of God in the name of Jesus Amen and here to perform our national anthem please welcome from the University of in the chat y'all you know what to [Music] [Music] dopes and bright star through the the parts we watch were so gly streaming and The [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Rock for the and the and [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] the final race of the regular season for the cup series is moments away we'll get the engines fired here at Darlington next on USA [Music] just a little late on that but thank you guys so much for that appreciate everybody with the usas and the prayer and everything let's get our cameras going here let's get them going let's get the commercials out of the way and here we go battle cam it is Battle cam aerial Cam and all that good stuff tonight hope you guys are ready to have some fun with me hit the like button let's get to 300 likes before the green flag we're have gentlemen start your engines here in just a moment help us get there let's have 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fun with you CeeLo I cast your channel to my smart TV Pete what's going on that's thanks for giving us flag to flag coverage I watched the 400 from here last week and I've suck to miss it enjoy the Philip thank you so much sir appreciate it Pete thank you so much for that Super Chat We Appreciate You CEO you make yourself smaller well I guess they're not showing uh Bubba Wallace tonight I guess that's not happening huh no no Bubba Wallace bubble Wallace's camera is not working what's up with that okay so we'll go to Carson josar okay now it's working oh that was just that's a total Bubba thing to do was the camera not working that's funny but thank you for that Super Chat Pete appreciate you thank you so much none of the cams yet yeah they're working for me now so that's good so we got uh oh look at this that's cool moment for a driver in tonight it could also mean a spot in the playoffs who has a gamechanging night this evening in Darlington it could be Tyler a and might have the best car in the field in fact one Cru creu Chief in the garage area told me this afternoon the 45 car is quote lights out canny put an emphatic stamp winning at the southern 500 and also claiming the regular season title Kim Marty the playoffs will be officially set at the end of tonight's race and Ross Chastain currently finds himself outside of it 18th on the playoff grade 27 points behind the elimination line pointing his way in is still an option but Ross said it would just be way easier to come out and win this thing he almost did that here last year in May leading until a very 11 car crash with Kyle Larson he did win the truck race here in the spring I asked that that gave him confidence he said a little but he told me Dave this place humbles you very quickly Christopher knows that very well his best finish here is fifth he's never won the southern 500 would like to do that tonight he's got three wins so he's in the playoffs but the bigger picture for him is that he's got a couple of positions he can gain in the regular season more playoff points more points car through throughout the championship Dave how about this from the pit box to kale yard Ball's race car for Dell Jared that's pretty that's pretty cool moment isn't it co that is a awesome moment here at Darlington uh by the way how about this hurdle I don't know what's better the uh the drive in the kale yard bars car but getting over the p wall that's pretty impressive Kyle can you do that there's a reason D jar D Jared driving just added to the legend of Dale Jared but you got to drive this place like this I mean what a moment what a moment got to drive my dad's car got to drive the the 72 Mercury for the Wood Brothers David Pearson this is an honor after more than 8,000 miles of racing over 28 weeks it all comes down to this time to get the engines fired and set the cup series playoff field darling turn Raceway this is the moment we've been waiting for please welcome cookout representative Ru Reeves driver start your engine let's go every race car driver wants to be a southern 500 Champion it's one of the most prestigious trophies in all the Motorsports because it's one of the most difficult racetracks in the entire world World it starts with this asphalt this stuff is coar it eats the rubber right off the tires car drives horrible and then to do well you got to put the car right here on the boards you got to be right against it you got to All Night Long find a way to be literally this far from it you get too close you hit it your night's over green flag next he's out of breath green flag is next hope you're are doing it let's go through the field really quick see you guys know where your drivers are starting how many cautions let's do that instead how many cautions you guys got I'm going seven cautions tonight seven cautions and I got Denny Hamlin winning with my Dark Horse Ty Gibbs seven cautions Denny Hamlin Ty Gibbs 12 five 6 6 74 98 for Rick six for pastel seven for John Michael says 30 Richard says five Wade says nine Ed says 10 will says nine Terry says nine Kirk says Bubba always has two cases of tissues in his pit the great go says the eight uh polish says six six for David six for colins six for Teresa seven for Steve Brian 13 Carr for nine Eric nine Justin nine Tommy five uh 10 for Amy eight for Jason eight for Mack eight for Kirk 10 for Robert six for butterfly Ruben says 11 i v says eight Kristen says seven Robbie says 43 Holly says seven purple says six you're rare on the big screen awesome nine for n the noob eight or five for Ken five for John 77 for David Mark says five Long Island says nine I changed my mind Teresa's going 12 four for James 45 for voice uh Teddy says eight bill says five uh seven says Reggie what's up Reggie Michael says three uh Josh says let's go Brad three in the final 10 laps Ronald says five for Sarah nine for Tanya five for Mac s simpit iRacing 43 says five pediat says nine Richard Carr says six and I am out of breath that's a lot y'all thank you guys so much for participating Ronald says nine I got you and Blay's got the win so let's take a look really quick through the field here Bubba Wallace on the poll he hit the wall three times in qualifying and he still got the poll Carson josar in P2 Chase Brisco three KL arson fourth Martin TRX five Tyler reck six seven Ryan blay William Byron eighth Christopher Bell ninth uh let's see 10th is Chris busher 11th Austin syndric 12th Brad kazlowski uh 13th Ty Gibbs Denny Hamlin and 14th Josh Barry 15 15th Austin Dylan 16th Kyle Bush 17th John Hunter name and that awesome paint job in 18th Cory lejoy 19th Chase Elliott 20th 21st Justin Haley 22nd Ross Chastain 23rd Joey loano 24th Harrison Burton the cars are rolling 25th Daniel hemrich 26 zanen Smith 27th Alex Bowman 28th Eric Jones 29th renoa grixsen 30th Ryan priest 31st Michael McDow Suarez try not to catch on fire tonight Daniel Suarez in 32nd Todd Gillan in 33rd there's SVG let's see what he had a top 10 last week this weekend on Saturday see if he can do it again Cas grella back racing at 35th Ricky Stenhouse Jr who spun in practice 36th and 37th Timmy Hill so there it is y'all there is your lineup you guys have your picks now all we got to do is sit back and relax and enjoy the race playoffs the white it's over the cookout Southern 500 the annual classic is here again and yes we are talking playoffs time welcome to NBC Sports on USA's coverage of this time honored tradition let's show you how they're going to line up because it was a terrific qualifying story following on from last week in Daytona where it was all front row more surprises yesterday with Bubba Wallace breaking almost a oneyear drought grabbing the pole and Carson hos starting alongside him well he is the youngest to ever start on the front row here at Darlington in cup competition let's get going with things we kick it off with Dave Burns d o a little bit more Lee on the Bubba Wallace story remember he last week told us he was going to put the weight on his shoulders to do well here and he knows about last chances get into the playoffs he is the first man out just below the cuto line 21 points behind the cut off line so he's got to do well here he has won the poll as you said and that's the best start he could have given his team so far Kim Dave Ryan blat qualified seventh here so where does the defending championship team stand as the regular season comes to an end well crew chief Jonathan Hassler told me compared to last time this year or last year they are better all around their speed is better they know the direction they need to go they have been better on Pit Road Hassler said their strategy should be straight forward tonight and their goal is to leave here fourth in the regular season point standings Marty final shot for two-time champ Kyle bus to make the playoffs for the 12th straight year bush is a two-time Darlington winner but Randall Brett told me they have a bit of work to do tonight it is whenn or bust if the playoffs are in the cards for Kyle bus this evening meanwhile another two-time champ Joey Lano is locked in the playoffs and he told me he's hoping to continue the momentum the 22 team has been building over the last few weeks Lano say the right time we'll see if legano can get Darlington win number two this evening it's going to be a great night ahead Marty that's for sure hi folks Lee Diffy along with a crew chief who won here in the southern 500 Steve lart St little bit of homework really quick y'all homework really quick on lap three we're going to honor Dale senior on lap three I want to see threes in the chat on lap three we're going to spam the chat with threes I want you to spam the chat at threes on lap three okay when you see the day learn heart pop up right here on lap three we're going to I'm going to go like this and thre's in the chat and then on the lap 11 we're going to do it for the first time here we're going to honor kale yarbor 11's in the chat on lap 11 yes you're not supporting Denny Halen we're doing kale Yaro so on a lap 11 we're going to do one ones in the chat so lap three and lap 11 there's your homework back to the audio theie for five he's found his way to Victory Lane here let me see if I can catch him hey Cliff it's lard and the guys in the booth you got a copy hey Cliff it's lart and the guys the booth you got a copy you don't want to talk to you we'll get these commercials out of the way all right I think we give that a little try later you answer for Cliff well listen I want to let everybody know that Cliff the crew chief for Kyle Larson he's found his way to there he is sitting right there he's found his way to Victory Lane in the southern 500 he's agreed to take time talk to us I'm going to jump on and talk to him a couple times over the course of the evening this sometimes over four hours and we're going to hear the challenges that cliff and his team are facing from on top of the pit box mty what you got yeah we will do Lloyd we'll do it hey D Tai Gibbs does not need a win to make the playoffs but he does need a simple solid night right now plus 39 above the cut line Chris Gale told me the way I'm looking at it I honestly have to assume will be a new winner tonight so I'm approaching it like the 17 is the car I'm racing I cannot be it further than a couple of points away from him in each stage fascinating battle within the battle tonight to watch bum Chase Elliott ran yesterday's Infinity Series race finishing fourth and Chase admitted has struggled at Darlington and wanted the extra seat time to better himself for tonight's race he said running that race last night he definitely feels like he learned a couple of things that will help him here today this team is still in the hunt for the regular season Championship just 18 points behind Tyler reck but they've got some work to do tonight Dave rolling off from the 20th position Kim there's only one way in for Chase Brisco and that is to win tonight in the southern 500 the 14 car is good but it needs to win the race it's out of the points as far as making it in so what did Chase do he qualified third is that a one- hit wonder no not according to crew chief Richard Boswell they had a practice where they ran long runs and over the long run the very said just hit the to put our up front we want to stay there we want to win our way in Lee Dave let's remind everybody at home just what's at stake here again by looking if you're in yellow you're good you're going to the playoffs next week thank you if you're in white if you're above that cut line or below there's a lot on the line here tonight feeling a little more confident if you're Martin TRX Jr but the closer you get to that red line the more nerve-wracking it is the more pressure filled it is like the pole sitter in the Air Force memory Bubba Wallace who is 21 on the wrong side of that cut line and we've talked this is your first trip to Darlington Lee and you continue to ask like what makes it special from a competitor and it's just the lack of gimmicks there's nowhere to hide there's no secret to be good at this racetrack you have to have a great pick crew a great race car driver and a great race car that's very hard to do and then be nearly perfect all think going to Perfect You're crazy you're absolutely going to touch this wall Jeff you talked about it you were just out there in the pre-ra he's doing clean painted wall but you can see the scff you have to accept mistakes are going to happen they are going to happen Steve and the key is how they happen the angle at which you brush the wall if you hit it you know with the right front too hard it's going to damage the car if you hit the right side at the same time the right front the right rear you can get by with that as long as it's not too hard of a hit and Le Curr sitting on the bub is for 500 miles operate at 99.9% you can't go right around and say I'm not going to hit the wall because you're going to get la so you got to operate right all here we go lights are off on the face ready to operate at 99.9% is Al Marty Snider Mar what you got let's go for not quite a 100 as you said 99.9 let's chat with Cliff Daniels so the guys in the booth talking about how you you can't quite be at 100% all night long here why is that the case at Darlington yeah really Darlington is just all about racing the track and uh you know our team is we've learned that the the good and the bad way in the past and you know so much confidence in our team tonight so much confidence in Kyle uh going into tonight we're leading own points that's something we've tried hard to earn you know all year uh of course we want to go try to get the driver points tonight but big thanks to everybody at hendric cars.com and Chevrolet um hey to the boss back at home and you know we're going to stay locked in race the track do our thing and uh we'll see where we end up and Def they're also going to try and defend their southern 500 win from last year good stuff Marty thank you let's go inside the 231 for that last minute pep talk have a listen you got me bubba I got you dog all right man proud of you go after it no prisas yes sir thanks good stuff this man showed tremendous resilience no one talking about runs to show how determined and how driven he is to race his way into the playoffs just like Harrison B some explain to me the Carson host we go y'all itg flag here we go green flag boogy boogy boogy let's go racing boys yeah what's up with that Cam's listen to that Roar Wallace and then Here Comes L here we go what's up with that okay you want to be that way po ofar being shuffled back a couple of positions as re moves his way up to third the start of it it lags hilarious the question begs does the guy we saw in qualifying as reic was ducking low to try and make an early move then thinks about it twice does the man we saw yesterday in qualifying in Bubba Wallace does he continue that Trend here tonight well when I talked to booty Barker today he had two simple words he always gives me kind of their Mt or what they're going to be as you see three wide racing back at the pack he said Stevie all out we're going to be all out all night and it's either going to make it or it isn't I love that Mantra I think that's what it's going to take well they're going all at it right now you race that hard this early on this RAC trck Martin TR J he's lost it takes blay up into the wall with him two of the best cars in practice I thought blay had the best long run car I'm an idiot and here you heard him I'm an idiot Truex says he's in he knows he made a mistake only two laps into the race Truex 58 above the cut L mathematically not again on lap three unbelievable was going to be easy this is an uphill battle already that is huge moment in this race and perhaps in the year how much damage does TRX car have it hurts Ryan blay from the standpoint of potential stage points and then the overall points locked into the playoffs but this was what neither driver wanted TRX just simply got into the corner too hard for the amount of grip that he had that's part of this though you d three know it chases the car up the racetrack makes contact with William overcorrects the car big damage to blay he wrecks himself because he knew the option two was to wreck the 24 that's not trx's style at all he didn't want his mistake to affect the 24 unfortunately taking himself out got blay that's one of those wrecks look at As We Ride Along he just got up the racetrack that's one of those wrecks on lap three at Darlington do you really want to be three wide getting into turn one this is something that 15 years ago we never would do right the the drivers have gotten more more aggressive and how they approach turn one so much buer sneaking by look Martin TRX Jr is one of the our Sports best period just a little too much aggression early in the race everybody talks about racing the racetrack yeah it'll eventually it'll catch up J has run Darlington he knows what this RAC trck holds and yet a mistake like this this just proves all the hyperbole about Darlington true it's on display SLS him it's true and Martin has an extraordinary record here as you see Ryan blay steep from his cart you'll see him in the playoffs but this is far from an ideal situation let's have a listen to his radio take you back a few moments K man you okay I think I don't know hurt get him to as quick as we can uhoh said his arm hurts and you can see him paying extra attention to one of his hands and forearms yeah that's the that that impact you could hear in his voice how much it hurt anytime you're on the outside and a car hits you that hard and shoves you into the wall with all of the force of the car underneath you those are a massive impact Steve those are some of the biggest wrecks I ever had M this is just massive for the playoffs as everyone has talked about Martin TRX Jor came in plus 58 and the word just now from James small telling Martin Truex Jr to get out of the car TRX came in the weekend said we just need a clean smart race and early on they're going to be out of it and man can they make the playoffs now that's something we're going to be watching all evening long oh look at that currently dead even no more points to gain for the 19 Gibbs buer Chastain still on the racetrack and that's without a new winner we know that's Bubba Wallace's goal today the race had only just got going and one of the play he corrected he corrected right instead of left and what he did he went right into blay blay was right there but blay says he's hurt so that's not good but uh yeah on a lap 11 we're gonna honor kale Ybor yoro and uh nascar.com will eventually right here refresh everything if you guys see it on your end it's not working it's not going to work on mine end either but it'll eventually pop on so just kind of hang tight right now and I'll keep your track on what's going on but thank you guys so much for hanging out with us keep hitting that smash that like button I don't even know where we're at on likes where we at I don't even see we're at 390 nice let's see if we can get to 400 likes 500 likes really quick there's 21 2100 people in here 500 likes boom like that let's do it let's get to 500 likes just like that what happened to Martin he uh hit the wall and then he corrected and went to the right and hit blay so he's out too as well so this should be interesting as of right now as of right now TRX is out of the playoffs TRX four races ago had a one 100 something point lead in the playoffs and now zero he is zero right now he did he did he even said he didn't listen TRX was very good at one point like I said he had aund and something lead four races ago and now he does not appreciate the channel I always look forward to watching it keep up the good work thank you Steven thank you so much guys uh Brandon said that Blay's arm is uh Brandon blay said his arm hurts that's all we know so that's all we'll find out but uh thank you guys so much we're under caution right here first caution of the night but thank you guys so much for hanging out here on on the go at CEO as uh we'll see how long the aerial cam sticks around does that mean he's leaving and he's coming back to the track okay there it is look at all those campers y'all that's pretty cool and there's Bubba Bubba and P1 right now we'll get the news whenever they get an update that's right thank you for the fun vibe you're welcome can't control life you're welcome man that's right you can't control life I like your I like your nickname but 520 likes just like that boom wow just like that thank you guys keep hitting that like button our goal is 1,000 likes tonight keep hitting that subscribe let's have a celebration here of the last race of the NASCAR season and then the playoffs begin next week uh we started this off during speed weeks at Daytona we covered you everything except the nationville race we've done every week for you guys every week Trashman truck series NASCAR exfinity series Nascar Cup Series Cup Series practice and qualifying we've been here for you guys every week so let's go line he's now at zero so it's going to be an interesting night to say the lease for those guys and we will update you when we know more about Ryan Blay's physical condition uh as he was headed to the infield Medical Center so as we check in with Dale Jarrett Kyle Petty fellas points implications already at such an early stage in the race pretty crazy J thank you G man it's just amazing we sat here and talk about the difficult we also did it just like Jeff Burton said my man Kenneth Fox is going to be in there as well there you know and you understand what's at stake here but in the in the booth we see 2x just get in over his head a little bit wants to stay off the 24 over corrects and takes blay up into the wall what's fascinating is we sat here as we watch all these angles we sat here and talked about G buer talked about Wallace and Chast we never mentioned Trux a rooky mistake by a guy who has won at this Racetrack and knows you have to race the racetrack every lap um I I don't believe I am shocked right now and hopefully this will send a message to these other guys step back a little bit Yeah the impact for the playoffs possibly and Ryan blay came in here fourth in the regular season certainly going to drop from there and those points could be valuable in the playoffs great point and these images from a few moments ago Truex and also heading to the infield Medical Center Just For a Check Jeff you highlighted it in one of those replays Chris busher one of the playoff hopefuls just now narrowly avoiding that incident sometimes Luck's on your side wasn't for blay it was for Chris busher yeah you have to have those things go your way and look I've been in that situation you heard DJ KP talking about it you make a mistake when you you know it's your job right it's your job not to make that mistake but you're pushing you're trying to make to see horrible appreciate everybody being here than so much that like mud Force it's just you can't get it back all right let's see if we can get a restart actually here to actually watch now it's back to the task at hand we have Bubba Wallace and Larson on the front row reic Brisco host so far back to fifth but I thought Carson you know 21 youngest guy to ever be on Southern 500 Jeff you just was patient ear go few spot we go flag let's go racing boys all right AMR safety team done an excellent job helping the situation clearing the situation we're ready for a take two let's get this cook out Southern 500 going again let's do it huge crowd here in Martinsville and we're back to action look Bubba Here Comes Tyler reic Wallace and lson all right get your thumbs ready get your thumbs ready bris in that black and white high point forward right behind here comes Tyler reing the 2311 cars are on the charge and that begs the question what kind of a role will Tyler itic play in helping his team one more time here you go get ready he'll help to a point but he wants the victory himself and I think you're going to see this right here as he gets to the back bumper of Wallace I think reic he knows what you know at stake for the 23 boss man here Michael Jordan in attendance here they come I'm impressed you know when MJ got into the sport we knew he was a Nascar fan but this is a guy that's in so many business interests globally right he has so many different things but I'm going to tell you Lee he comes to a lot of races and not just on Sunday on a Saturday qualifying you'll see him standing out on Pit Road it shocks me to have one of the most famous if not the most famous sports figure in the world being so consistent in the NASCAR garage running side by side with his jgr teammate Denny Hamlin who has just an unmatched record in this field Jeff at Darlington Raceway he is the best of this current crop on every number you can see can it be Denny's night it can be denn's night Denny has the mentality that RAC TR he has to attack the RAC track but not step over it see reic applying pressure little bit higher entry into one that's going we're going to see the CH the lanes change throughout this night medic does a really nice job of approaching the corners just against the wall that helps this car see how close he is compared to Larson watch what happens in the middle that allows reic to not have to turn the wheel as much carries a lot of speed through the center think Larson's car is a little better right now though we ride on board the Hendrick cars.com if I cany for the man who led 55 Laps on route to Victory here in the southern 500 last year we'll get back to that let's hear from Kim Kon with Ryan blay for the latest yeah Ryan blay part of that incident with Martin TX Jr we heard you talk about your arm or your hand are you okay and what happened yeah I'm all right um I don't know I I I saw Martin get loose and kind ofit the thank you so much guys lap 11 to the bottom so I kind of guessed to get around him and he like terrible time and he overcorrected and we were right there so just gosh I hate it wck on lap two but yeah I just it's one of those things it's like you think he's going to spin to the bottom and then it like his rears hooked up and he just came up so just I hate it for everybody mon ours and Ford I thought our car was great and just didn't even get a run any laps but um hopefully next week goes a little bit better great to hear from Ryan that was some scary radio that we heard after the incident but nice to hear him talk to Kim and I'm with him I thought it was one of the best cars in practice as well we'll just never know look at spy as Carson josar in the 77 running well last time he started on the front row was in the truck series last year at Homestead Miami is working I don't know why mine's not working one second great performance came from that so I wonder if the same Trend continues the same for the youngster for the 21-year-old here tonight in Darlington so we've heard from Ryan blay Kim tell us the Martin Truex side of the story yeah Martin TR J out of the Care Center out of the ray first of all we heard you say idiot on the radio clarify what you were talking about and what happened H clearly me um yeah it was it was all my fault all my doing and um yeah I just I got a run on the 24 and went to the inside and thought everything was going fine and the car just took off and I ran into him so obviously that one's on me and uh I hat it for my guys and bass bro shops and Toyota everybody we had a phenomenal race car and I know this is the long like the longest race of the year um just a dumb mistake on my part this is your last full-time season in the Cup Series right now as it you are not a part of the playoff picture describe the emotions attached to that yeah I mean it sucks uh you know we just we've had a miserable two months fast car is nothing to show for and and again tonight you know tonight was all me so to stor to my team and all the guys that work so hard classic TRX you know he is in the best of times and in the worst of times has always been a Class Act given the time to the fan to us in the media uh taking ownership of this issue right here I think that's why he's so kind of beloved in the fan base and in the garage as we see Christopher Bell battling busher and we're just going to have to wait and see much like TR X to see if he has enough points now it's up to guys like busher to see if Trux advances this is the fight for seventh position between the guy who won the exfinity series race yesterday back to the teammates the two Toyotas at the front of this field Bubba Wallace Tyler reick they just got a narrow margin over Kyle lson in this early running talk in the garage this morning was that these two cars had a lot of speed on the early part of the run there was also some talk that they were not good on the long run uh we'll see you know that it's one thing to do that in practice it was in the middle of the day clearly the sun's still out out the track's going to continue to cool down as this night goes on but currently you know they that short run speed is there and also the long run speed is just to remind everybody on the left that playoff bubble that's with Wallace leading right that's a new winner taking the 14th spot that makes the TRX busher chest stain situation even more precarious if Wallace is not leading the race that perlex will change completely but we saw Harrison Burton a week ago why not Bubba Wallace why not Ross Chastain there's other josar is running six he's playoff eligible if he won this race no worry Eric that like button for at Darlington who just so happens to be the biggest in the field so far he's up 10 positions how can it be I mean Legacy motor club will admit they've switched the Toyota they're still trying to improve it's been a right there does it still surprise you because it does mean that Eric Jones shows up to Darlington and the light switch just flips how can it just be I don't want to use the word easy but this straightforward for this driver he knows exactly what he wants he knows exactly the feeli that he's looking for when his car doesn't have it he does a great job of desing and he's not going to push too hard get himself in trouble typically and that's kind of Eric Jones right I mean if you think about the success he's had in this sport he's a very consistent race car driver and he loves the RAC track I think that's part of it Steve some guys come here and they just don't like it they just simply say I don't like this facility Eric has always liked it Dave tell us more and part of the reason for that is he said ever since I started coming here I just like the way that I was to the way the track changes the way that the uh F of the car will change over time it was just Sor about that that's not what we do here and then when he won remember he's only won three times in the series two out of three have been here yeah that just adds to that Comfort level when I talked to him before the race he said we got close in practice but a bad starting spot because of a mistake I made in practice so good to see that he's that big mover Marty Dave I'm fascinated by the point that Lee brought up a moment ago with Tyler reic his teammate Bubba W is right in front of him Curr Jeff how would you approach this race if you were Tyler reic you're also fighting for a regular season championship by the way you're closest competitor for arson so would you help your teammate as much as you could and if you do help your teammate Jeff if you're Tyler edic how do you do that how do you help about Bubble Wallace tonight well look if I'm Tyler retic I got to grab try to win this race I'm not going to move bubble Wallace out of the way to do it but if I can get track position on him and drive away from him that's what I'm going to do and that's what I get paid to I get paid to win championships that's why he was hired and to do that winning the regular season Championship will go a long way to helping him make it happen it's got the full attention of Michael Jordan all right Bubba Wallace continues to lead Kyle Tyler reck Kyle Larson Chase Brisco and William Byron it's time to crank it up let's go y'all Crank It Up [Music] 2311 dominating this right [Music] now 2 three [Music] four Chase Brisco you took fireing awesome is the JJ of NASCAR stream Shelby says [Music] rig what's up Rain good to see you you been that like button Forest trying to get to 700 [Music] likes welcome mixed you're welcome keep H that subscribe two of the best in the business boarding need a wreck boring needs a wreck what's up Myrtle what's up CH Bubba must have a Hamlin engine program and start earning points to turn into member only rewards you can earn every time you check in for a race trade in points for free tickets exclusive gear order graph merchandise and one of a kind race day experiences simply head to nascar.com rewards how cool is this shop aboard the buil submarines decom Ford RFK racings Chris busher let's go for a little ride have a listen [Music] all right Mr Southern 500 winner you like what you see you like what you hear I do like it I you know against the wall but not inches away from it the way he will have to be but with only 33 laps in this race is now the time to be right against the wall probably not I tell you what I see in the front of this pack though bubble Wallace still leading this race but look at how they've all stacked up right behind me that tells me that the pace isn't quite what he needs needs it to be everybody's starting to catch him just a little bit still with good Pace but the fastest race cars Hamlin Bell they're starting to run this group down let's build the positives for Bubba Wallace this is his 13th visit here and he has led more laps this evening than he has Stevie combined in the 12 other visits off to a great start off to a great start and it really started in qualifying what we saw yesterday I don't think it'd be over mentioned it didn't take one effort but two forgot about you buddy and forgot about kind taking the performance of the 23 and putting it on his own shoulders he said we have to be better we have to win races I have to do better behind the wheel I like that approach from Bubba and what we're talking about if you went with us for qualifying yesterday scar bu grazed the wall maybe as an understatement laps of 11 qualifying lap to make it into the past 10 into the top 10 and then it was a pretty electrifying run for him to grab the pole so he backed it up twice and here we go pit stops are happening race leader is in Kyle Larson follows Bubba to pit Lan stayed out wonder why snid is standing by take it away Kyle Larson comes to his pit ST which is down turn tor turn towards turn four also Joey Lano here on Pit Road everybody should pit in a very small window here Cliff Daniel said hey how's your car to KY LS simply said really good bubble Wallace seemed very happy happy with the 23 car when he was asked to give a balance check by his crew he said it's just a little greasy when I'm running really hard that's not something they really adjust for that's just what they want to hear from the driver in terms of why good tires that doesn't make a bit of sense here and he's got that first P Marty Tyler reu ran second to his teammate Bubba Wallace from through that run said at the very end I feel like I'm burning up the rears just a little bit so I could s to be a hair tighter otherwise very happy as green flag pit stop the first set happening here at Darlington in the southern 500 and look how busy Pit Road is lead and successful for Kyle lass on the five beat the 23 off yeah that first pissed off of the 23 will be a big Advantage under yellow but under green no real Advantage almost a disadvantage because you're so close to getting up to speed as we see reic pull away Kyle Larson overtook the 23 car still some cars to come to Pit Road but the five will assume the lead of the race when it Cycles [Music] this is one of the crazy things about that Darlington staring into that sun driving down the back straight away makes it really difficult to judge where the wall is run straight away no problem Tyler retic William Byron the leader Here Comes William Byron Mar headed away and he nearly Lee avoided did some contact with uh Martin TRX Jr he was the car that Trux almost got into before he got into Ryan blay he said this car is just a little bit too free so Steve these cars went running just a little bit in Advantage for them on the back end of this run I don't think so I don't think they've run long enough for the fresh tires to be an advantage I kind of dissect on the last two or three races here now if you can run 10 laps longer it killed you you lose like 20 seconds but you do have those fresher tires the whole next run the problem is it seems like you just tires up so much working through traffic you see Kyle arson easily for D hlin is thanks for being here buddy you know with 76 to go are they trying to stretch us out to the point where they maybe eliminate an entire Pit Stop and Save a set of tires that would be a really aggressive call is concerned about yellows later in the race oh we're having a great stream Buddy lson goes by so to Wallace yeah The Nine's in 20th 20th Place for the nine you see how quickly they go by you now the advantage to this strategy is if a yellow comes out right now you see a bubble Wallace on back or lap down so Danny Hamlin will I know Jeffrey they were just showing that he was out of the play around but he instantly would be the first car on Fresh tires it would be a huge Advantage for H there's only three drivers following the or two other drivers following the the Hamlin strategy that's Kyle Bush and Shane Van gburg and everybody else come to Pit Road about 2 seconds a lap maybe not quite two seconds to lap right Jeff I'm impressed with that you know I I think that Denny Hamlin their ability to R run this Pace on this many lap tires I think that's allowing them to play this strategy 2 seconds is a lot but we've seen it much more than that here he comes to Pit Road dive Kyle Bush has come to Pit Road in the eight car he was running second to ham crew chief Rand berett told me that they needed something special to happen tonight didn't have they thought they would need he'll get four tires and fuel here Marty considering they started and M pack oh hlin runs a little bit long in the stall we'll see if that cost him any time at all Chris gavart told me this morning he said listen if I can finish top seven in stage one I'll count that as a win he's also very close to the wall so we'll see if that stop maybe a slow stop here for 11 a little bit in this bubbles on your bumper so as Hamlin leaves we want to take you back and show you this that involves Kyle Bush boom Oh it's pretty good little contact right there flat luckily but just take a [Music] listen part of the RAC trck where the wall actually comes back out into the track off good to see you it's very very easy to hit the wall there when this race is over though he won't be the only one to do it the 11 came in and Marty said that he slid a little long I don't know if that's right front tire changer tire off another tire on the lug nut had fallen out that single lug nut magnetizes to the socket he had reached down grab it and then on the left side tight quarters enough room to do the work but it definitely messes up the timing with that little bit of space the 11 about 4 and seconds before anyone came to Pit Road he's currently all the way back to 21st 20 seconds behind so fresher tires for is the new see over the next 20 or 30 laps can the 11 make up that time still shows SVG in the pits we cut off to a pretty start with Martin Truex Jr all right let's listen to the Crank It Up appeared during the battle cam there's your battle for probably second place here that's all right you I cannot Freez man you can watch it on nascar.com for free FX had a 59o lead Before the Race So the others still have score enough points to pass him all I know is it showed TRX out of the playoffs if the race ended today right then [Music] all lson new leader let me see those fives in the chat y'all fives in the chat for Kyle Larson fives dropping those [Music] fives dropping those five thank you Don Don what's going on good thank you so much dropping those fives thank you for those subscribers y'all keep hitting that subscribe button you're welcome 715 likes let's go to 800 likes 800 likes [Music] y'all I don't think so Scotty right now this is the best battle on the track Larson's got like a two second Le evening here in South Carolina please to let you know it is a sellout crowd for this cookout Southern 500 thank you to the race fans for supporting and continuing this awesome tradition and the five of Kyle Larson would like to continue the tradition that is winning here in the southern 500 he' to defend his win of a year ago leading Bubba Wallace by just under two seconds Chase Brisco is having a nice start to the night no surprise whatsoever Chase bis Brisco ran fifth here in the spring and all of the Stewart hwks racing cars had performance in that race and they had it in practice Dave and Jeff what telling words from the 29-year-old as he Tri to make his way by winning get into the playoffs on that first caution you don't know how algori works soard as well as crew chief was concerned about what was going on with the driver the 14 he said it's fine just being careful you know there's times block anybody you just have to be careful here and watch what you're doing and not let happen what happened to Trux it can happen in an instant well if you can if you can be careful and make this pace Steve that's a great thing right if you if you're out there and you're having to give 100% right now to run this pace and maybe back up a little bit and give up a tenth of a second but if you can comfortably sit here and run third place that is a great sign more for this car to go get I love the confidence between Crew Chief and Driver hey do you need something know it's okay that's it but we don't have to keep discussing it I'm going to believe you and we'll sit back and kind of watch watch the show still 62 laps to go in this stage though Lee and I expect another round of green flag pit stops they're not going to try to take this set of Good Year the way to the finish of this stage brisco's got that positive memory of when he had that unbelievable victory in NASCAR Xfinity series competition here a few years ago as we climb back aboard Kim the Rous Fenway kazlowski Ford of Chris busher tell us more about the 17 yeah with 62 laps to go in this stage Chris B currently one sh out of the top 10 in the stage and you have to be top 10 to earn stage points and that was a goal for this team crew chief Scott Graves told me they will be paying very close attention to points their goal was to try and put pressure on the 23 of bubble Wallace and the 54 of tybs both those cars though right now Sly in the top 10 looking to earn points busher right now moving up to the 10th spot Marty this team they just cannot turning well Kim speaking of Ty Gibbs it was actually Kyle lson in the pre-rest show who said quote the southern 500 is going to be fun tonight Ty Gibbs must have listened to that here's what he said on the radio a moment ago D everybody's ready to be so nice this is so awesome you everybody I love myther so nice today 450 more miles to go so keeping it light only 50 mil into the southern 500 sometimes you got to have that attitude 500 Jeff right I love how relaxed he is and you know we keep thinking about Tai Gibbs the win right around the corner they have the pace many races they can't they seem to lose a little bit as a race goes hit those lik every race is running Sly in the top 10 if you do that long enough you're going to get your wins solidly in the top 10 Jeff and solidly in the top five seven times this year he has kind of been like the quiet achiever of the Cup Series this year and look at the points on the bottom left of your screen green to the good of 24 positions at the moment night off to the right start for Ty Gibbs Trix is in with plus n right now TRX Bubba are in plus n plus three Kyle his lead by know second and a half or so over BBA Wallace then Tyler reick two teammates still running well then Brisco Christopher Bell fresh from his win last night and then William byon Jos that highly dramatic Daytona race last weekend when he was running at the front involved going upside down and was able to step from the car when the AMR safety team rescued him incredible scenes he's re rounded beautifully to be running seven the front row starter Carson hos runs ninth ahead of Chris busher this is I believe you're starting to settle in what makes us reach such a challenge is the lack of yellows lately you know we saw one early and we know get them late in this race but this first and second stage we see a lot of green flag racing and you know it's it's not a lot of time not a lot of break I mean there are straightaways here where you can adjust your visor take your sometimes your right hand or left and kind of rest your wrist or your grip but every time you go into the corner there's just really no room for error thank you [Music] David draftking sports book is an authorized gaming operator of NASCAR and this week new customers can bit $5 and pocket 250 in bonus bits instantly download the app and use the promo code speed when you sign up draft King sports book The Crown is yours what numbers right along with Tyler re in P3 Larson was the favorite earlier he just continu his odds continue to drop down at plus 320 so a little over three times your money Hamin reic no surprise Toyota's right behind lson with bell also and Wallace you down for a little bit value do you think it could be Kyle Bush's KN is so 16 to1 and how about Chase Elliott rarely do we see Chase Elliott with longer odds like that he currently runs 15 you can bet live Chase Ellet 16 to1 let's talk more about the man who started on the pole position in the 23 Bubba Wallace with Dave right and I thought Steve made an interesting point about that green flag Pit Stop uh the number one pit stall not being such an advantage Steve I want you to get back to that but Bubba is stayed focused since that pass for the lead that happened as a result of that pit cycle Steve they told him there's going to be one more green flag stop if it stays green before the end of this stage so be ready again what is the disadvantage well so basically the advantage of the number one stall is it's very close to the camera which is where they score you under yellow when you're racing off per road but under green you leave your pit box in first gear youate and you yellow line where the speed limit ends and you're not even up to the speed yet by 5 or 10 miles hour everybody the they're already at Pit Road speed so they're leaving at you know 50 mph but for the 23 car he's so close to that yellow line he crosses over at say 40 m an hour it's not a huge disadvantage here and I would absolutely take it because under yellow Nar driver of all to that scoring line under those late cautions I'd take the staller fox went from 3.3 to Wallace dominating here dominating so we got Kyle Larson Bubba Wallace Tyler reick Chase Brisco Christopher Bell in the top five so I try to respond as much as like 10 guy we got 2700 people in here the chat runs pretty quick so I tried my best to talk to you guys but uh sometimes it's hard Anthony a new winner would knock Truex out it would drop him to 15th guys still have to make up those points yeah so it's going to be fin line for TRX here so let's see what happens hopefully those points he did have coming into this race will do it so where can I watch the race full screen Hayden you can go to nascar.com these these cams that we're watching right here on nascar.com you can watch the battle cam you can watch the aerial Cam and there is there's Zane Smith someone was asking about Zane Smith he's going down a lap down I'll scroll up here Zane Smith just going down a lap down now Daniel Suarez the next one up for being lap but Kyle Larson dominating right here as uh he is blowing it away here in this first stage lots of laps to go there the first stage though so thank you guys so much for hanging out we're trying to get to 900 likes thank you guys so much for hanging out with us subscribe to the channel we have a good time here have fun I wish they showed more lson well the aerial cam guys following lson along I guess I want Mid Ohio to The Cup schedule we'll see probably won't be next year maybe next year after that I know NASCAR is looking at different tracks Anthony says Jeffrey correct but it would be very close as he'd only had 58o lead yeah it's going to be close Steve what's up good to see you what's up 22k bound y'all hit that like And subscribe we're trying to get to 22k hey if you get 22k tonight you get a pie in the face again so if you hit 22k we'll get a pie in the face but right now lson dominating this race with a 3 second lead and uh laping cars left and right we got a long night to go so just because larsson's dominating now does doesn't mean he's going to be there at the end but he's won here before so it should be interesting to see what happens only one more subscriber to 21,100 Larson gets the most coverage it's okay show other people that's right so we we're going to go we'll flip back and forth we go here this is the battle cam it shows pretty much the closest uh battles right now on the track the guy tries to keep up the best he can but uh the 51 the one and the 22 I don't know how to get rid of those uh but they're stuck on there Bowman rate Gray Race next year is the same size track as a high school running track won't see many passes on that and we got uh Bowman coming in here to the pits back to the audio welcome back to Darlington Raceway the cookout Southern 500 continues Lee DIY Jeff Burton Steve lart let's show you something that is fascinating here at Darlington Jeff you had a magical year in 1999 winning the spring rad winning the southern 500 how did you manage this we were talking about it yesterday the imperfection of the shape of the wall a camera on top of the Grand St if this racetrack was to be built today it wouldn't be built this way but that's what is the beautiful part of the character of this turn three the wall actually goes to the right that creates opportunity watch actually turn into the right to get up by the wall where there's more grip Mar Jeff the second round of stops here in stage one starting with the leaders you see Tyler it coming down Pit Road so the last adjustment made the car a little bit better he comes in running third Dave his teammate Bubba Wallace on Pit Road in front of you he givs up second place Marty after that first round of pit stops remember lost one position in that cycle and hitting his pit stall here remember the important role of the driver they've got to be perfect as well he does it good there so the crew can change he needs the car to be a little bit tighter into three Marty since that first round of stops Dave Kyle Larson LED all 25 laps between the two stops the P crew got got him the lead last time we'll see if they can keep him the lead this time what of no changes to the don't know what to do five stopped one lap after retic and those but he had massive three allowed him probably to run that extra lap we will see if that's what pays off best driver Circ week in week out Jim Fox we talk about mistakes for the driver we've really focused on that because the difficulty of the racetrack but mistakes can be just as so as we see the five leaving P Ro on this slippery slippery apron in one and will kind of take a peek up we're looking for the 23 above a Wallis he's going to be the first car off Pit Road and kind of there he is right at the top of your screen that bright blue Hood so the extra lap did not hurt the five Marty Tai Gibbs said his car started a little bit tight but came to him the longer they ran Chris Gale making the call to come down for four fresh good your tires so Steve his teammate Denny Hamin still is not pitted Chris made the call to run long before the first stop how long would he leave Denny Hamlin out here in the second stop well I thought it was a net loss the first time so I believe the 11 of Danny Hamlin might flip to the shorter strategy we'll see if he does that Jeff we talked about the walls of one and two and the difference but how about pit entry here at Darlington very difficult it's one of the most difficult race places to get on Pit Road Suarez you know that is legal he he just beats simply Beats lson turns Underneath Him Larson being a little bit safe which is a smart thing to do here it's so EAS Road that's funny and here's that replay I hope Austin syri team and that Aon wheel you get that wheel it was the Catalyst for the penalty for the driver of the two hlin Elliot and Bush kind of waiting to make their Pit Stop you know Denny Hamlin's never had a dnf here that is shocking he has got the most incredible record but then throw in on top of that no D that that is unbelievable and now the one advantage of hlin I'm looking at it by like the 10th of a I guess he had uncontrolled Tire I guess he got penalized but you know what he is your favor driver getting himself out of the chaos right on and off pit Ro that everybody's favorite driver that can easily turn back for one of them five runs a little long Denny understands the plan I mean look at it he's got clear track out front sometimes it's not all about time Marty sometimes it's about just avoiding the eye of the storm trying to stay out of Steve it's interesting where Darlington falls on the calendar this year it has normally been the first race of the playoffs it will again be in 2025 but this year it's the last race of the regular season you can see how much Danny Hamin struggling with the handling of the race car so I'm wondering how much that changes the game and open he's the guy that beats your favorite driver it's interesting I like Jeffrey ear and Austin Dylan that's all good on my list to call Chris this week and see exactly what see I A Time Advantage I've seen Hamlin N Out the on positions but net time to the leader lost but the chase Elliot Kim is kind of on the same strategy as the 11 sort of sort of yes just finished up their stop about a lap ago and Chase Ellie reporting he was tight in traffic he told the team though he hurt the rear too much that run they reminded him this run to the end is going to be slightly longer so take care of those tires Kyle Bush on this strategy as well and Steve Randle berett told me there really wasn't a great opportunity toed of the tire wear but they would try to do what they could so Runing a little extra long here as well he'll fall back in the queue after's Ryan so Denny Hamlin pitch from the lead here right now 38 to go here in the stage no complaints for the handling of the race car but see you're starting to see this group now maybe running a little bit longer you saw Chase Elliot and his race team Kyle bus and now Denny Hamin kind of taking this longer strategy here to the defens strategy remember first time down Ro a little bit of a bot stop trouble with the right front with the lug nut too close to the wall for the driver that pit stop right there looked extremely clean for the 11 37 laps to go we see where he'll blend out probably be just outside the top 20 but with those brand new Goodyear tires will easily start to overtake cars that pitted just a few laps ago Denny proudly displaying the flying 11 which is a tribute to Roy hendrik who passed away he was a regular competitor at Denny's home track Southside Speedway so a lovely tribute yeah I raced with Roy it's all good sou the speedway he he was the very first late model stock car champion at South Boston Speedway really legendary family [Music] we see Sport Clips on the side of that a longtime partner for Danny and Joe Gibbs Racing down here at Garlington we see that scheme and if you're going to have a track where you decide to kind anchor your coverage Danny Hamlin at Darlington has been a pretty good choice pulling away again well and this could be the this could be the night race turn things around right the engine issue and that huge penalty the loss of points and then getting caught up one B week in daytoner always a bride's never a bride I actually think this race is more important to handling than perhaps winning the first one and getting the playoffs this one for that momentum I think it's the points are one thing but it felt like a lot of air out of the balloon on that engine penalty right even when he talked about it shoulders down it's not what he said it's how he said it he wasn't that kind of pound your chest Denny Hamlin ready to thunder into the playoffs a good run here perhaps could correct that if you've never been to Darlington Raceway and wherever you watch watching from around the world all right we are under another commercial break thank you guys so much for hanging out tonight make sure you hit that like button we're trying to get to 900 likes here in stage one my name is CEO we do NASCAR here every single week we hope you're having a good time subscribe hit the like button for us as we're trying to get to 22,000 Fe almost 3,000 folks in here watching us hope you guys are having a good time cow bush is my favorite but I think that it's Denny's Hamlin's year been so close for a long go 11 for CEO thank you Randy I appreciate you Denny's not cursed he's just lacks a little patience something just like everyone I know no patience here for CeeLo either where is Truex Jr just getting here Truex uh crashed on lap two with Ryan blay so him and Ryan blay are over here so uh too many uh commercials I'm over here now I understand it is a lot of commercials I got to make their money somehow but but if you're watching these things on our channel here out of the race yes Trux and Ryan blay out of the race they had a wreck on lap two lock their cars out they're done uh Blain was hurting in his arm we haven't heard anything about that on that though but who's going to wreck Denny hlin I don't know we'll see we'll see what happens but uh we're letting you listen into the USA audio plus we have the battle cam the aerial Cam and a incar camera for you tonight on on the go on nascar.com so you guys can go watch that as well uh if you have a separate device so your phone or a laptop or iPad or tablet you can watch these on nascar.com and also on the NASCAR app you can watch them as well so hope you're having a good time like button subscribe sit back cheer on your drivers we're watching Brisco pass um Byron right here that's the battle for fourth place fourth place and that 51 car is a lap down right there for Justin Haley but windy city thank you you so much for uh subscribing as well we appreciate you but the lights the Sun is going down and the lady in Black about to turn on her lights and it's going to be a fun rest of the race here at Darlington Under The Lights as the Sun is setting but uh there's Chase Brisco putting uh Dinger he's a lap down and that 51 car a lap down there's Christopher Bell in P6 he's coming along so this is going to be an interesting race as we are still in that $50 Super Chat Lone Wolf I see you CEO man you're the man I appreciate you so much Lon wolf big super chat last week as well $50 last week as well thank you buddy I appreciate you man everybody say thank you to Lone Wolf and then uh who was it the other one that was from our Philippines man thank you tell him everybody thank you so much for uh the Super Chat our good friend from the Philippines uh Pete and Lone Wolf for the super chats thank you so much I appreciate you buddy thank you so much I'm I'm so happy in pursuit of Tyler reck in the regular season points now while the overarching theme and the headline is the race for the playoffs right who's going to make it who isn't Kyle L said that it's deeply important to win the regular Championship to win the regular season do that here tonight I think some of that goes back to remember him missing the Coca-Cola 600 wi the Indianapolis ran the IND 500 had a great plan but you can't control the weather the weather got himay he missed the start so he got zero points there and I think lson you know he might not say it but in the back of his mind you know he's only 15 points behind he probably easily could have scored 15 points in that situation if he could have started the car so I think if you win the regular season kind of no harm no foul Jeff you don't want to carry a you know missed opportunity into the playoffs yeah it's so important because of the points that allows you to start the playoffs with there goes Kyle Busch fresh a ties you can see the the big difference there and here is Tyler reic who by the way happens to lead the regular season points Marty tell us what's happening at the 23 they're certainly focused on that tonight for the 45 of Tyler reic he has not run worse than third so far in the southern 500 but is he not feeling well physically behind the wheel listen in have meage one under yellow yes that was a request for Toms I did confirm with Billy Scott this afterno Tyler's been feeling a little bit sick on the stomach so far today so Jeff I can't imagine number one the southern 500 is the toughest all year not feeling 100% this is not the broadcast this is nascar.com what you hope is that as the race goes on and the temperature comes down he starts to feel a little bit better he knows he has a long night ahead of him and temperature makes everything worse you see Brisco trying to get underneath him right now but it some sometimes it also allows you to just focus I'm not feeling well so I have to focus a little bit more we see a lot of athletes have their best days when they are sick oh the old Flu Game you go for the the Michael Jordan Flu Game remember may or may not was pizza delivery isn't that what we learned the documentary remember say crash the 45 we saw Daniel sorz in the 99 car he got by Kyle Larson getting on to Pit Road that when he did that that got him back a lead lap yeah and since he made that move he has sat there you see Kyle bus getting by him Kyle's got newer tires of Suarez but Suarez is the he's the last car on the lead lap but he has stayed in front of Kyle Larson that in this entire run so that move there is Kyle lson lurking but that move has allowed them to with 23 laps to go that could be the difference in their race if he's able to stay on the lead lap and you may have noticed the news this week that the 2025 Nascar Cup Series schedule has been released and with the addition the exciting news of Mexico City on that calendar which was music to the years of Daniel Suarez so excited there's been a lot of hype about that that'll happen next June as Larson goes to the low line to try and take Daniel Suarez off the lead lap and Suarez is going to fight as hard as he can to stay on the lead lap remember Suarez got taken out of Daytona last week in the most bizarre incident when he was pitted ahead of Denny Hamlin Hamlin fired up the 11 went to take off there was Flames there was a little bit of excess uh gas on the ground and a fire ignited and Daniel had to bring his then Coke machine back to pit Lan and he was a retirement he's he's fighting tough right here these are hard passes at Darlington it's always been difficult to pass Larson going to try to drive right here this is tight marson's being aggressive but not overly aggressive no one's really pushing him so he wants to lap him but he doesn't want to get himself in trouble doing it now he trying to run the bottom of the racetrack it's hard to get grip down there if he can stay side by side with him here which he can't do it it's so intense inside that race car oh I like this move though the higher entry he's going to turn to the bottom very tight side by side but think he has momentum now heading to turn three yeah so is he going to try to slide him overdrive the entry to the corner there he goes Suarez with great entry speed trying to stay even with him he can't do it he'll get momentum on EX on the exit 30th lap Downes the on Daniel Suarez and puts him down as for his track house teammate Ross Chastain runs 15th here's a reminder of what went down a week ago it was a pretty crazy scene for Suarez and that thing lit up fast Martin seear hello uh fire department right there to put it out as quick as you can you look inside the car you see the flame pouring out of the trunk a backfire of the 11 right here you see the left side kind of spark it lights the fire the fuel that's on the ground which is chases forward and goes into the is doing a good job not staying on fire and that was Daniel that was a replay of Daniel watching a replay uh of of of how it all transpired so 17 laps to go in this opening stage of the cookout Southern 500 and Kyle lson has led the most laps 46 I'm sure this is hard to keep up with these cars like this guy doing but he is all over the place I'm sure harder than it looks Sports driver and it's had a really solid night Chase Brisco ahead of Tyler R then Christopher Bell having a nice quiet run by himself in the top five okay you're driving my eyes or killing [Music] me determined to win the regular season is what Kyle lson did when he won the overall Championship a couple of years [Music] ago that's my team out there all right thank you guys so much for hanging out here let's Crank It Up one other time here let's ride along with Tyler reck oh Christopher Bell I'm sorry Christopher Bell and B5 [Music] yeah we can do that now [Music] 23 cars left on the lead lap 23 [Music] who started on the front row Spire Motorsports 77 Carson hos let's get an update with da hasn't really said too much on the radio lead not really that uh crazy over the radio about the race car he's been making better speed through the corners his spotter tells the team so that's good for them back to 11 from second place starting spot Luke Lambert said we werp by we think we're that good and he's one of the guys Kim who could still win his way in the playoffs tonight as is Josh Barry currently running in the eighth position which should surprise nobody he finished third here in the spring and that was the starting point for their setup this weekend brought something very similar they felt like they had really good long run speed in practice they worked on making it better on the front end of the road and this team extremely complimentary about Josh because of his history on The Late Model short track circuit they feel like that gives him the ability Marty to manage tires really well here at Darlington Kim a moment ago Tyler reic lost third to chase Brisco and then almost immediately gave another health update listen in C I think the car is okay I'm just really fighting it right now here get some crackers or something too just playing crackers I don't know yeah we'll be we'll be doing those games Alan Tuesday no yeah Tuesday Wednesday they're going to hand to Tyler reic once he makes the stop here at the end of stage one in that bag does have the Tums and also two packs of crackers and some regular crackers as well so Steve I can't imagine being in Billy Scott's shoes right now so put me in those shoes you kind of feel I'm ass sure helpless as a crew chief right you can't do much to help your driver what would you do if you were a billy Scott Steve to let your driver make sure that he can make it to the end of the race well we would definitely want to Aid him with whatever he needs whether it's hydration or some nutrition if that settles the stomach but the other thing is you know Martin TRX Jr's out of this race a fellow Toyota driver a guy that knows how to get it done now the physical limitations would be a little bit challenging Tyler retic much shorter than TR X I don't know how much adjustment there is in that se if you could get maybe even change the the seat liner itself although then you're talking about perhaps losing a lap under yellow here but if TRX is some here in the infield I might reach out to TRD or Joe Gibs racing and see if there's any way he can hang out remember we're not even to the end of stage one yet D this is statistically around a 4our 4 hour and 10 minute race so if you're ever going to feel poorly this is not the one this is going to be a tough SLO for Tyler reick want to take you back just a moment ago we were talking about car and a close call between two guys trying to race their way into the play used all of the RAC track got the 77 car up in the wall a little bit on super try to get a stage Point Bubba Wallis running in second look right now bub if it goes just like it is now he's going to get nine points Chastain and p19 p19 for Ross Chastain Monroe Cody thank you the updated playoff bubble situation bottom left of your screen as they run who's in who's out on that cut line for the top 16 nothing wrong ready just riding along I guess agonizingly close but out at the moment but such a long way to go stage one to open up the cookout Southern 500 59 laps to the good out in front Kyle lson coming up on one of his Hendrick Motorsports teammates in Alex Bowman Bowman's down in 23rd position at the moment here come GOP down yeah it's $5 you pay $5 the watch listen to the scanner had a pretty badly damaged car last week Alex Bowman and rally the team the 48 team rallied really well Alex drove it back to the highest finishing Kendrick car in 16th at Daytona [Music] this right now diff is a really oh you see for 48 of Bowman really loose on the bottom of the racetrack this a really important part of the race because this is the time that the drivers really need to be having conversations with their crew chief Sun's starting to set there's no sun on the racetrack track temp starting to come down what is my car doing give the crew chief a little bit of time to think about it let's see what happens not long ago Ross Chastain Kyle Bush whoa watch the rear of Bush's car Kyle just way up the racetrack ran that's meat and Bone those cars are a lap down the 15 and the Seven ch's not having the night he needed actually Cory Joy andit him and Chastain battling caola up to 15 cars seconds behind the leader 15 seconds behind before running long so while the first strategy of running long didn't wasn't a Net game this one almost a 7sec game good to note for the next stage in how people are going to decide to Brak it up final lap on a pass on Christopher Bell Kyle Lawson it has been a very strong performance it's his ninth stage win of this 2024 season conratulations his fifth at Darlington and some more valuable playoff points and if you're Bubba Wallace mission accomplished right you you started on pole you stayed within touch you finished second in stage one things are cooling off a little here in Darlington some 8° from when we started this cookout Southern all right let's listen in Kyle Larson's uh radio so Kyle Larson we're gonna pop in here with uh Bubba Wallace here if I can get this to scroll here might have to refresh let's hear Tyler reic to see how he's feeling all right go to 45 45's car no cars are laap down because they are slow you need a drink totic that's his totic C I appreciate you pH keep hitting that like button trying to get to 1,000 likes almost to 1,000 likes y'all 937 hit that subscribe as well oh thank you for letting me know oh that's a bummer go rookie move tires and fuel for Tyler retic yep sorry about that y'all thought I had that changed all right all right we're go back to Larson now thank you conzo thank you Daryl thank you so much guys appreciate it Coca-Cola zero sugar is it the best Coke ever Credit One Bank NASCAR American Express card and by Toyota Let's Go Places stage one Comm complete and pit stops are about to happen we talk about the history here at Darlington Raceway and have a look at this from the very first running back in 1950 in the victory by Johnny man it was 6 hours 38 minutes the man who's led the most lap so far and the defending race winner of the Southern 500 did it 2 and 1 half hours faster that's how far things have Advance let's go to pit Lane Marty's there impressive stage win for Kyle Larson who said The only adjustments I would want is if you feel like the track is going to change for Tyler reic this is part car maintenance part driver maintenance he said anything you can do to help me feel better I would appreciate it they're going to hand two bags inside the car to reic they asked him are you worried about getting sick inside the car he said yes Dave Chase Brisco hits his Mark Touch free on Entry then free across the middle that hurts his exit as for Bubba Wallace still he is uh no front grip off the corner need an adjustment on that car and he's going to hold his position does not gain this time Dave that's a good phrase hold the positions look at all of the Zer on there for lack of change and fans NASCAR and its Premier Partners want to say thank you for your support let's take a look at one of NASCAR's biggest super fans Nas K and his experience at Michigan International all right appreciate everybody being here thanks so much hit that like button hit the Subscribe as we are in stage two Dr Dixon what's up tell Larry I said what is up and I said go Braves Braves are playing the Phillies we'll keep track of that on the ticker below if you like baseball we all have the ticker and looks like the Braves at the bottom of the first no score hey we'll keep that going there but thank you guys we do Atlanta Braves baseball as well we'll be doing Braves baseball Tuesday Wednesday of this week and then uh after that CEO's going on vacation and we'll be back but uh hope you guys are not liking anything till you minimize the scoreboard ah okay well we take a vote on it let's take a vote on it most baseball games are over if y'all keep I'll do it if you keep track of the Braves game for me because that's the only game left open if you keep track of the Braves game for me if someone keeps track of the Braves game for me I will take the ticker off is that a deal is that a deal when folks do donate do they get the full screen no that is not the when they donate uh become a member you get your perks for being a member if you're a rookie member you get the Emojis if you're a pro member you get the Emojis and you get the review Vlogs that we the Vlogs we put out early than everybody else and then MVP you get everything and again a live stream and we're going on vacation here soon so the members are about to get some live streams but what's up everybody so uh talking about the race scoreboard not the ticker what's wrong with make it bigger then you won't be able to see it I can scroll and tell you who they are I mean if I if I make it bigger you're not going to be able to see it it's going to be really tiny this way you can actually see numbers and stuff but this is the way we do it if Tyler sticks his head out the car to puke with that be debris on the track that's funny why do folks even watch the garbage baseball it's fun watching baseball man we have a good time if you watched one of our baseball streams uh leave the ticker as it is all right and sell you can blow up the camera view the full screen yeah you can do that too all right here we go between stages one and two Kyle Petty what did you make of the start of tonight before the green flu where we got to see our friend and teammate Dale Jared enjoy a very special moment a very special moment Darlington has always been about history but one of the most special moments for me came tonight when my friend Dell jerck got to drive that number 11 Kell yarber special yeah thank you KP and it was special for me to someone that helped me get a good start in my career to get in this Southern 500 winning C never been in one of those cuz never won the southern 500 but to do this to honor Kell yarber the great three-time champion and Hall of beame driver that he was the toughest driver out there and uh also look at this helmet this is from the 79 Daytona 500 KP remember what happened there on the last lap as he and Donnie Allison were racing listen I this this could have been you tonight could no no this is spectacular this is and that's how tough kale was Kale's in here he's on the gas he's stabbing and he's steering and look the helmet that Kale's swinging right there looks that's exactly the helmet where he was trying to fight off the two Allison Brothers as he did that so huge honor and it's great that we could be here to honor him uh his wife Betty Joe his daughter's were there along with the grandkids so just a very very special moment another piece of Darlington history great night to be a part of it hey I will add this too Marty tell him to get Tyler retica ice cold Coca-Cola that always worked for me well that was special that was significant and it was just plain cool DJ because we were standing up here in the booth watching you do those laps really neat yeah that was awesome you know D Jared is you see everybody choosing which lane D Jer Kyle Petty were lucky to have those two guys Legends of them on their own Marty so Jeff following the health of Tyler reic listen into this radio conversation just curious you worried about throwing up or just stach throw with water two to chew three to swallow grab pills are too small dropped all of them the but yeah I got the small one the two M medium SI what a miserable I couldn't get out of the damn back so what Tyler reic is going to do on the nextop Billy Scott is going to mix up all the medicine he need Steve they're going to hand that to reic because he did not get the medicine that he wanted but yes he is very sick inside the car it's so difficult to get any type of medicine pills into your mouth because your helmet the the eye Port is very small it's hard to go underneath the chin to get it especially with gloves on so they're going to have to do that in some sort of form like you just about putting it in liquid and you heard him mention on the radio he's worried about throwing up he is not feeling well ready for stage two here of the sou 500 Kyle lson and poan BBA Wallace let's go here in Darlington and meanwhile he's in the top five making a run for top three can he hang in there he's up on that High Line Chase Brisco is doing the chasing of Kyle lson reck around his teammate to Third and ever present is that 11 of Denny Hamlin I'm not getting the GU that creeping and sneaking his way forward and Ty Gibbs his teammate is going with him Brisco blocks R oh we we'll crank it up next time I promise youo performance Trux is plus 10 right now worried about throwing up but that foot is to the floor that's how you can do when you feel badly it's just going plus 10 focus on what the task is I mean I understand he wants to be regular season leader but like it's not worth sit second there for Stewart racing wouldn't it be something if he raced his way into the playoffs he's only had one appearance that was two years [Music] ago where's Bubba for the playoffs buus three right now in the and CH isus 43 ride that chase Brisco is taking over next year Bell on the inside of his teammate Denny Hamlin Bell won the exfinity race yesterday driving the car that normally we see Denny H run on Saturday here at darling right mad we hin inside to the top five Coca-Cola on board showed us exactly that view Here Comes Tyler reic in the yellow black and blue Toyota Camry that Upper Deck machine right behind Chase prisco can't believe3 73 laps at the head of this field stage two the same length as stage one so a little bit of rinse two green flag P stops the big difference someone B Chun my windshield temperature cooling off 8 or 10° cooler starting to come on how are the cars driving differently and is Tire degradation just as severe or does it improve as the Night Comes look saw the 45 reic a little bit of contact with the wall watch the three different approaches as they enter turn one watch reic look how high he enters the corner compared to the other two immediately against the wall the 14 of Brisco he enters lower Dave uh no it's the same Jamie Chase Brisco running in second that Highline on the restart maybe work to the advantage here it is a it is a big Advantage but Chase just after he got going got this word from Richard Boswell as crew chief deep breath here man I want you to find out what the five car strengths are and what his weaknesses are that's who we're going to race all night long almost 240 laps left in this race so he wants Chase know down the line Jeff that's so important for him to know where Larson might be weak here Richard Petty said he did most of his best driving when he was a little bit better than his and then continue to make it B better you see the 45 AIC right against the wall Brisco slides in front of him that takes a little air off of that car then Brisco just Taps the wall I'm sorry reic Taps the wall and another that's gross Jim have a look at this watch Todd gilland top right screen oh stay away from for your boss oh heavy contact and sometimes you can kind of get stuck into that wall and that's what it looks like right here yeah that's the way to describe it too Steve you get in the wall and it just won't leave it and here comes the flying number 11 Hamlin on the inside of Buba Wallace do you know several days ago long before he wasn't feeling so well Tyler reck on Sirus XM NASCAR radio he said I think if I look at the landscape Darlington Southern 500 I'm saying it's me it's the five and it's the 11 the five's leading reck's running third the 11 is in fifth well gross the unfortunate thing for the competition is I can list a lot of tracks where those are the three you're going to have as we head into the playoffs right we start thinking about with Walkins Glenn in the playoffs now Atlanta kicking off the playoffs is something new so we have a road course and a Speedway in each of the first and second round but then if you are fortunate enough to move on Las Vegas Kansas those highp speeed mile and a half still aw those are the types of tracks that that Larson reic Hamlin Trio seems to always find their way to the front let Chase Brisco run we're not surprised to see Chase Brisco running race track because he always seems to have speed here but think about this company steuart horse racing they've announced that they're going out of business they've sold their Charters they're changing their their structure completely a lot of employees have been laid off you see the battle going on right here they're searching for jobs fast lyd but they're still bringing speed to the race track and that is exceptionally impressive I give a lot of props to the leadership there Greg zipadelli a lot of guys there still bringing the fight Donnie says Blay's gone I'm going with the 11 Chastain and Cory lejoy in the seven little bit of push and shove going on there Here Comes Alex Bowman in the background last weekend's winner in the 21 Harrison bton yeah the 30 the 34 and the 21 they are battling hard to be the first car of one lap Down zaye Smith behind them he's also in that battle as well as Daniel [Music] hemr I don't know how he's doing it but that's a trooper right there running in third the way he is right now hours like this and this is what it looks like back here for the lot of the race the right rear on that seven car it looked like the good year was missing like he had made some wall contact or contact about an a you see the nine of Chase Elliot In the Mix running 23rd he's on the lead lap so this battle with hemr got more props to Tyler re right now get on the of the 21 batt for the you ought to be back here it is wild racing trying to be the first car one lap down Micha McDow great competitor Harrison trying to build some momentum off to that win last week cleared McDow if I was me I would not stay in that car who had a good top 10 last week here's Tyler I'm sorry in his Upper Deck Toyota Camry's take a look at the Toyota driver update he is the highest place than Christopher Bell Denny Hamlin it was a Toyota poll yesterday for the fourth time in succession here in Darlington with thanks to buba Wallace but it's still Kyle lson at the front he's been all right someone asked for a crank it up on the battle cam we're on Battle cam here we go Crank It Up leaves the 45 and the five thank you Derek we'll see Ricky got a long way to go [Music] Robbie Hamlin money you're having some chicken nice how is rsj doing let's see he said first Rey's doing wrecky job the way he does one lap down 31st spot [Music] Kush p14 14 for [Music] kabush how how do I look on a 9 foot TV how do I look someone screen take a picture of it and send it to me on social media I just come on Elliot Holly H saying I see you chase you're great spin house we got 27 laps complete of 115 we're at the beginning of stage two and as you've seen in each and every race here on NBC Sports this cup season we like to go embedded in the second stage and that's where we join Dave Burns Dave Le we're with the 43 Legacy motor crew today that's Eric Jones as a driver and I'm standing by with his Jackman Helen Mills from Mesa Arizona how does an Arizona guy get into NASCAR well I'll tell you what first of all he's a tough guy because it was a walk-on at Arizona State that's the first question I want to ask you Ken what's it like being a walk-on and making your way into football that way yeah it's I'd say it's actually a lot like working yourself on to a NASCAR pit crew you got to kind of find a way to fit yourself in the situation and then just work really hard and hopefully things turn out right they've turned out well for you how's your situation tonight how are the 43 pit stops it's been a good day so far obviously the long race a really hard race so we're going to try to make sure we keep the ball in there at the end and have a good finish all right good luck to the rest of the way Kell Mills one of the stars for the 43 group Hardy da Brandon Johnson the Jackman for Kyle lson has a terrific story he was actually a running back at Pinn State and the the backup for saquan Barkley in his freshman year he was actually going to make the Pittsburgh Steelers and got a concussion in the pre-season the guys who helped him through that none other than Le'Veon Bell and D'Angelo Williams who he is still very good friends playing football and try out NASCAR he said nothing gives me the thrill of football but NASCAR is pretty close to that it's like running a touchdown when you know it's on you as a Jackman to be able to make the pit stop happen and Stevie said something funny to me he said you know what I'm so thankful for NASCAR because I could never work a 9 to-5 job I think that com about most of the garage area that's what they love this why they love the sport so much I've been saying that for 30 years if I don't there's no chance I can handle going to the office every day I've been fortunate enough to work either in the garage or now in the booth now for 30 years Brandon Johnson I'm going to tell you the pictures they don't do him Justice when you walk up and down P Road there was a point where it looked like a bunch of mechanics and over the last 15 years it is very clear it is athletes front to back just the physical stature of the Jackman and the fuelers the athleticism of the Changers it's an impressive lineup like mechanists because that's what it was and now they're specialized uh athletes and you know he he would really see a great battle right here you would see Josh Barry underneath Joey Lano Joey giv that spot up yeah L running 11 just a quiet night for legano but this is kind of signature Lano right that you hang around inside the top2 stages and then figure it out always known for their kind of short run Sprint and I think we've had a lot of the green flag racing they're just kind of hanging in there but he has methodically crept his way forward because started 23rd for the longest time in stage one Joey and that sh penzo for of running around the high teens around 20th so for him to LEAP froggy way forward to 11 step forward his M quickly closing in on pit another health update from Tyler reck listen to clarify you're going to give me a new drink bottle fluid logic bottle yes yes confirmed four not really sure where to go on balance right now I don't know maybe leave it alone and see what the track does after that radio communication he said I'm just trying to take care of me inside the car Steve I did talk to Billy Scott just moments ago I said We Believe Martin trank Jr is still here have you reached out to him he said we have not reached out to him yet but he would be the only consideration to put in the car and he made the same point you made Steve I'm just not sure he would fit in the seat plan a right now keep Ty the tells us he can't and I almost like that hey we're not going to put anybody else in it reck's our guy yeah and I know that's crazy in the big business of NASCAR but we we're going to ride or die he's our man and if he can't run if he's so physically ill he can't race we're going to park it and get ready for the playoffs and that sounds crazy but I don't know if I'm the driver I wonder if that wouldn't feel like a good support to think that you know the teams are going to do anything to give me an opportunity to compete pit stops a starting he's sick in the car elting to bring his driver earlier side Todd saying still too tight four fret Goodyear Tires Soo fuel as Joey Lano making a stop Marty a moment ago mentioned that Joey loano is kind of Le frogged his way through the field Paul wolf making a strategy call to come very early here on this window here in stage two Kim as you see Brad Kowski making his stop under green flag conditions Brad said I could use a little bit more drive off more as they complete a pit stop here for fresh Goodyear Tires entry night blad he said he just again needs more turn making his stop the last stop they made under green was a little bit slow taking four fresh goodye tires chasing it's the best I've been all night but I still could have a little bit more turn in the car yeah can you do that get out of the car and drive his car yeah here comes William B fugle told me this afternoon we've been good not great here at Darlington so we're bringing a completely different be like I ain't getting in that car I'm going to need to turn a lot better as it gets no way go Braves buba Wallace back on Pit Road the car wasn't good at the start of the run but then the radio from the driver was that the car is coming back to us so not a big change if any he will get get four fresh goodear tires and fuel Marty thank you RS here comes the leader Lon watch Hamlin down Pit Road and Chris gabart playing it much more straight up in this run Hamlin said the car started a little bit too tight for him a little bit too free the longer he ran we expect Tyler Reddit to come in the next lap and again more driver maintenance when he does come down Pit Road on board Kyle Larson yep down Pit Road Steve yeah there's Kyle Larson who again said the car has been so good for them they have dominated the southern 500 tonight trying to win back to- back races meanwhile Here Comes Tyler reck who once again wanted to clarify with Billy Scott what am I getting on this stop in terms of nourishment so they can handle on the bottle there goes the bottle inside the car that's a fresh water bottle and the bottle with the medic B Chase Brisco the 14 car the guy that's been keeping the pressure on Kyle Larson up front his car was going Freer at the end of that run needs an adjustment for that good start by the crew Ralph nice work from the Stewart har group Chase and sent and let's see what the rest of the night like for Tyler reing just battling those health issues can he hang in there he still leads the regular season Championship a lot of valuable bonus points on Austin Dylan brings the Toys for Tots Chevy to rowy where's my rowdy friends you still alive out there he will come to the attention of the crew here again four tires there's not even a chance you'll take two here at Darlington because the track wears the tires so hard four and fuel for Dylan in trouble on the right rear once again we see another lug nut fall out of the changer has to go find one you're looking at normally 9 second 9 and 1 half second pit stops that one 14.8 losing valuable time Dave Ro in the eight car he's getting beat in a couple different right that on he'll get four tires and fuel as well now top of your screen we'll see Kell Mills the Jackman and the rest of the 43 crew go to work for Eric Jones on that first stage Eric gained 10 positions we know he's good here a two-time winner and the car is just almost to the perfect balance for Jones awesome he's not getting out of that car though push's stop is complete and he's back out and at it 42 laps complete of 115 in this second stage think is trying get to the bottom to come to Pit Road he was trying to protect it buer was coming by that's exactly what's happening cuz now the four try to turn off the banking he was in there pretty deep I did a nice job of getting my own Kim Josh Barry's headed your wife yeah Josh Barry pitting from the lead earlier in the Run he said he was too loose but then that car it built tight he has to be freed up for this next run crew on the right side they'll put four fresh Goode looks like service here forry as he finished up and with the Overstock fors service now things cyle back the norm so to speak with Kyle lson resuming the lead 3.8 seconds to the good over Chase prisco hey all right so Kyle lson the new leader we'll let you listen in to Larson I'll bring in the audio as well [Music] what's up Ivan [Music] [Music] thank you Michael Dwayne as well [Music] [Music] H I think everybody's pit [Music] Holly thank you so much I am beep [Music] you're welcome Desert Fox as always buddy 21's a lap down uh they said it [Music] earlier you're listening to Kyle Larson and His Radio I have to speed on the lest from the track and to get you your a chance to win two tickets to a 2025 race of your choice simply scan the QR code that you see on your screen visit nascar.com/racebuddy Wallace trying to fend off Ty Gibbs here on screen right now no he hadn't wrecked yet Tom how did the playoff points look so far well Bubba after starting on poll in the US Air Force Toyota he's seven on the wrong side of the line Chris busher is seven to the good and this story you get the feeling it's just going to go all the way to the end can BBA get that second appearance in the playoffs 40 hasn't started well or is it going to be a heartbreaking story at the end of these 367 h a happy birthday Out There Our stage one kind of followed back still okay running seventh currently which would be some stage points but you know can I got enough I got enough going on as it is Manan oh no worry about it Alex well let's take a look this free guys this is free for me to bring it to you guys we appreciate you it belongs to the man on your screen and he did it on the second lap clearly unloaded with a lot of speed this weekend sat on the pole but now as the sun has gone away and the track has changed it seems like they've lost a little bit they're not running poorly but they need a great night 52 laps of 115 he seems to be getting a little bit better in regard to Pace compared to Bubba Wallace they're going to have to continue to work on this car and it's going to change even more it it's thank you sp this RAC track is one of the most difficult RAC trcks to stay ahead of as that tip comes down on board the builds submarines decom Ford for RFK racings Chris busher let's go for a ride let's do a full lap of Martin pardon me of Darlington [Music] drivers love this Racetrack and you can see why you got to use all of it one of the more challenging Parts oh you see T Wallace where is Burton the reason I as that is because NASCAR needs to change their system to get playoffs Burton is a nobody I thought for sure you gave him the announcers curse right there they were going to go in two laps Down 2 oh they're still not done as the fire comes out the pipes on the 23 yeah Tai just kind of slid up in front of him he took that line away well this is what happens that fire out the PIP 23 thank you you have the 16 of SVG kind of right on the rear bumper of Bubba Wallace Bub little bit under attack SVG has a little bit fresher tires about eight or nine laps and I me you see that's all it takes not for a position but now one for a car worth of dirty air in front of the 23 Ben Ben had a great Drive yesterday in the Infinity Series right yeah so Gibbs plus 36x plus finished Bubba Wallace chus 35 to watch Ty Gibbs and Bubba Wallace not so much work together I'm going to challenge that one you just call out the N position and Laps down Wallace here in stage two and a moment ago he wanted to remind Tony Herman this is what I'm talking about listen in he's on the lead LA 24 is not going to let us do that move I'm telling you you got to entry way there I know it's frustrating deep breath get zoned back in pick it that part here I put it at time it's all good running our race so he finally was able to pass Bubba Wallace but Jeff we talked about it in the pre-race even for Ty Gibbs who was so jovial and happy and loved all of his competitors earlier in the race this is what Darlington does to you it makes you frustrated behind the wheel by the way there's still 195 laps to go in the race well you going into the race oh little bit of contact oh I don't think it's any big deal though but you go into this race thinking okay I got smart I got to be aggressive but I got to be smart and then you catch somebody you're faster than they are you go and it frustrates you but you see right here speed he can just a little bit of contact but that's the kind of contact that's okay watch how it hits the whole right side the right rear actually hits first little bit of a nudge and then the right front kind of just touches it that's an okay hit when it hit the right front directly that's when you damage the race car but that should be okay ta G said that his brilliant result earlier this year has boed him it's given him so much more confidence for tonight Southern 500 he finished just over a second behind Brad keslowski it's a pace go in second place and at the moment running in a solid seventh he's plus 32 well let's see which drivers are on the Move brought to you by Ashley Furniture the 38 of Gillan all the way up running in the 15th position having a nice quiet night right now next to his teammate the 34 of McDow doing a nice job right in front of G 41 of Ryan priest you had mentioned shr the story about shutting down the upper management Jeff well priest currently in the uh 12th position running really well in this 41 quiet and if there's any track you want to have a quiet night Darlington is it let's see how high he can climb as lson continues his domination of this race Larson continues to deal let's go thank you Stanley for becoming a rookie member sty what up for football grid iron uh we'll try to get some football in soon someone blow a tire or something I still can't believe Tyler tic man P4 sick as a dog I got props to Tyler reic man one nothing Atlanta let's go sorry NASCAR before football well I ain't put I'm not going to have 3,700 people for a football stream I tell you that right now you're welcome buddy thank you Adam thank you Derek keep hitting those subscribes keep hitting that like button for us see what we got here if the guys keeps on moving here there's Chase Elliot who's he waiting on who's he waiting on who's he waiting on just watching him come there is lson Zoom Christopher Bell there in P3 then you got Denny and Byron fourth fifth right there for car number five Kyle lson it sure looks so 123 laps LED thus far thank you Richard thank you second stage here of the Southern 500 what a performance it has been smooth meanwhile things are hotting up here the battle for fourth Denny Hamlin in the 11 William Byron on the low line in the 24 here he comes Jeff you had mentioned the track now almost underr it has shifted the cars at half pace Larson bris still up front but William Byron another Chevrolet seems to be a little bit some of the Toyotas on this run is now he gets his way past the 11 of Hamlin 49 to go in this stage I expect P be maybe seven or eight very important between the leaders who are only six TS apart who gets to Pit Road first the other thing that's happened Steve since it's gotten cooler the fall off on Tires Tires have become less there's been less slowing down of the cars but you can see you talked about the change and here comes Brisco Larson's having trouble getting by syri and Brisco is just gaining a little bit at every lap the way that William Byron's Car has come to life certainly over the last 10p has been impressive he just blew by Tyler reck we know that Tyler is under the weather and check out I as the six sold out man yeah starting the green flag bris getting closer and closer Brad saying it's num in the center I feel like I'm overdriving the entry just need the car to turn better slight air pressure adjustment on that Ford Mustang check this out as lson struggles to get by Austin syri he's now got a full fight on his hands for the lead of this race has Chase Brisco in the 14 the high point forward is really applying the pressure as Brisco comes back lson likes that now he has cnri between him and Brisco that will allow him run a clean one and two get himself a little breathing room four or five laps maybe less from a pit stop love that Sky color Daniels I know I do not want bris to pit the lap before me that will be the lead one lap on newer tires will instantly be a leap frog on pit Lane had a run and then I don't what happen so that's the sign it's getting ready to happen thank you Chad onboard camera from his stop for fresh goodye tires they just do not have the that they need he was reporting still a little too tight Dave on that machine and they tried to call Chase Brisco to Pit Road but it was too late Bubba Wallace did come to Pit Road this time he said I've got just nothing there on this last run no grip all four corners so they'll change all four corners give back Marty Dave no Health updates on this run from Tyler reic but he did say to Billy Scott a moment ago I still have no idea where to tell you to go balance wise Billy said okay that's fine we're going to leave it like it is for this one right now so also in Kyle lson who for the first time tonight you guys talked about the swing and the Christopher the Le the long Dave Chase bris was going on the outside of uh Austin that last time backet that's why he couldn't get to Pit Road with a late call from Richard B trying anything he can to give his driver the advantage one lap later now Chase Brisco comes to Pit Road he had been fairly good about that balance fairly happy with it as he'll get tires and fuel see the 14 finishing up the left side William Byron on the bottom also leaving pit Lane it's going to be interesting to see oh you see it off the rear bumper of the five which means the five of lson hold serve battling Brisco some cars still yet to come to Pit Road but the five of Lon should maintain the lead through the cycle and let's watch to see if the 24 of William Byron continues to come to life there's Brisco at the back Cycles in just behind John Hunter and look at all the traffic though right just a little gap on Pit Road diff was a huge gap between the five of Larson leading this traffic and all the way for the 14 right four lap cars in between them some extra work to do for for Chase prisco 43 to go in stage two checking them off his list one at a time he can race his way into the playoffs with a win [Music] tonight it's been impressive Jeff he's been running at the front for the majority of this race yeah he's he loves this RAC track thank you Jack thank you Phillip thank you Rusty to of that you know racing a guy like Kyle Larson who everybody believes is the best race car driver I believe the best race car driver in the world to be able to stay with him all night try to understand where do we need to be a little bit better 41 to go in stage two you have right behind the 14 of brisos that nine of Chase ellot you had mentioned he had gotten La they try to run long to see if they can get a lucky yellow but you just see how slow the old tires are I mean it looks like they have a problem they don't even look like they're up their speed they're just so much less grip we're looking at well over 2 seconds slower for the nine we're waiting on not only Chase Elliot Steve but we're waiting on Austin Dylan Bush Barry and Denny Hamlin continuing this trend that he's done all night long of going off sequence from the others going off sequence from lson and Chase Brisco and Tyler Ric the coke on board one more time if we review back to the first stage long first cycle H Hamlin long second cycle Advantage Hamlin so we'll have to just see how traffic works out the nine on Pit Road Kim yeah finishing up the stop here putting good sticker good years on there you see my nines out there are you still out there my Chase Elliot fans the race car in traffic so that front end just a little bit numb and again slow stops by the nine has been their playing tonight Dave Kyle Busch again cycled to the front again has to come to Pit Road not lose too much time to the others he'll pit for four tires and fuel here where's my nine and Morgan on board shows us Kyle on Pit Road and this is per the sequence similar to Hamlin I have to applaud drivers and crew it's been a very clean day on P Ro we had a one penalty on Austin citric but other than that pretty clean as now we see Hamlin this long stretch Marty we'll see if it pays off yes St it's been the same group really with Chase Elliott Denny hin and Kyle bus playing this long strategy Chris gabart making the call once again shifted here Hamlin said his car has gotten much better here 38 to go and gabart reminded him Kim you'll have a tire Advantage once you cycle out crew chief Rodney chers has elected to keep Josh Barry out on the longer runs during these green flag Cycles Josh Barry just reporting it's just a little bit on the tight side in traffic but otherwise good in clean air they're going to put fresh good years on and take a drink of sooko fuel on that Ford Mustang can't mentioned Rodney Childers the crew chief he's won three times here at Darlington with Kevin Harvick behind the wheel what can Josh Barry do tonight in the Overstock number four 37 to go in stage two Larson 1.6 seconds ahead of Brisco 3 seconds back then William Byron now inside the top up Craig happy Monday morning all and hanging tough ill not well but still in the top five all right who we go Kyle Larson continues to lead a second and a half almost over over second and a half on Chase Brisco Christopher Bell William Byron and Tyler reck almost 10 seconds behind thank you guys so much for hanging out who's my Dark Horse I said Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs he finished fourth here in the spring he qualified fourth he was in the top five every stage last spring uh Tai Gibbs doing what he did last spring he's in P6 so that's my Dark Horse I'm going with Denny because he said he wanted to win and they're off on this sequence on everybody else on the pit stops we'll see what happens there's a battle right there Chris busher Joey legano uh for P10 here Chris busher trying to get him around right here and let's crank it up here one more time guys hope you guys are having a good time good morning from Australia what's up Graham this is the Kyle Aran show that's right boring race Pit Stop will determine the winner you're right third in the spring and thank you I'm still saying he finished in the top five I'm better than Garland I shouted you out there boom Don says just dark hor is Tyler retic great covers thank you man I'm better than Garland I got to give props to Tyler edic though Katy Perry all right Robin some Doritos dark H is the 43 yeah he's been kind of a what happened to Eric Jones he's in p14 you're welcome Lucas thank you River wio he did do a great job yesterday Paulie in top 10 not having the day today but [Music] 133 laps Leed for there's a battle right here look at Bubba and Denny thank you Georgia girl Denny gets around Bubba for p p7 Sprint car Marty whether it's on asphalt or dirt this guy is phenomenal he certainly is Lee and Kyle lson has done his job tonight but the pick crew has also done their job including Blaine Anderson his front tire changer gave him the lead on the first green flag stops of the night and he has controlled the race since then and Blaine was a football player at Alabama actually walked on for Coach Sabin and these shots are from the 2015 national championship game he was a safety and also a special teams player I asked him the number one lesson you learned from Nick sain he said honestly discipline I said with what he said welcome no doubt about it but he gives credit to Scott Cochran who he tells me is the most famous strength coach in college football Dave he said he's the one who told me try NASCAR for your football career and he's still here all these years later well Marty you know where to go if you're researching famous people and things about them well if you were looking up stuff on Eric Jones you might go to Wikipedia and you'd see that one of his nicknames is that Jones boy that Jones boy where did that come from well it came from the legendary and late Ken Squire and it happened right here at Darlington Raceway a couple years ago well we're ready for a start for the second segment coming to the line lson there with trueax Hamlin then keslowski in the second row and then it's that Jones boy in the number 77 running fifth that's right thanks to Ken Squire that Jones boy is Eric Jones two-time Darlington winner and Lee last November we lost Ken Squire to a battle with loved having him around loved having him call stage two here with Petty and Jared and that legendary voice and he gave him the nickname Eric Jones that Jones boy and it'll stick around forever Dave that's for sure as Eric is in 17th at the moment trying to Edge his way a little further forward and it's a a fellow New Englander the highlight of my nine NASCAR Speedway to be paved with black and called our names out Jeff I felt like we had like gone back 20 years I mean that is the voice I grew up listening to me too owned forever racetrack up in Vermont Barry Vermont Thunder Road I went there so much it was so special having k a part of these broadcasts his voice brought racing to so many people you're right Rick me too and he made you understand it he made you love it you could you could feel his passion and when he spoke about it and he did he did a a lot of great things for this sport look at this fight going on just outside the top 10 Josh Barry and Joey Lano with Ryan he not too far away either yeah a whole group of forwards here Barry Lano priest two shr Fords one team Pensky priest got to the outside of the 22 did a really nice Jing the 22 right behind them the 38 of Gillan I tell you Todd gillin returning to front row that like button that's a great decision for this organization every week you know I think he continues to ascend the ladder now they're small rungs Jeff but going the right Direction continues to get better as now Kyle bus is going to put gilland under attack Kyle bus was one of those cars that a little L and those eight laap fresh retires now working as he's driven up to 14 24 to go I think he can get all the way inside the top 10 yeah Kyle bus and and and Austin Dylan Bose over the last month three weeks they're showing lights I mean everybody had RCR pretty much counted out no they really didn't show much speed at all it's starting to happen for this team it's a little maybe too late this here we'll see maybe Kyle bus can win this race tonight get himself in the playoffs but certainly an impressive yeah he's going to finish last forward momentum for them lately so that's 13th in the Morgan as he goes past Joey lagano he's from following in the footsteps of Denny Hamlin who's up to seven so let's get an update on somebody hopeful of making the playoffs and that is track house racings number one of Ross Chastain Kim and Lee he currently runs in the 16th position in this afternoon and I asked kie Phil surgeon what's in your toolbox for tonight and he told me it will all come down to how the first part of the race goes who's having a good night who's not well this team did not score stage points in the first stage they are not in position to score stage points in this stage so it looks like it is a must-win situation in the final stage here tonight and so Phil told me if we are in a position why they to say throw a Hail Mary in the final stage so Steve we think about Darlington as relatively straight forward how much tires mean what does a Hail Mary strategy wise look like in the final stage of the Southern 500 well the only thing I can assume is opposite of the field I expect the field to pit twice in the final stage pitting only once I think is not very advantageous you're out there slipping and sliding on Old Tires but math says that there's a chance you could pit an extra time actually pit three times because the third stage is longer keep the one on Fresh tires trying to get an extra car car camera here one second well we've seen Ross do some pretty wild things in the past let's take you back to Martinsville 2022 by the way is now now no longer allowed but it was spectacular to say the least an objective achieved still in person one of the craziest things I've ever seen I mean it didn't look real we're still good we're still good and it just shows you the the will of athletes and and what he was willing to do on that afternoon it kind of shocked the whole racing world yeah really cool scheme on this car somewhat of a throwback with the bush machine for Ross [Music] Chastain all right we're good we're good hope everybody's doing well tonight thank you so much for hanging out with us thank you 42 of our clo 4200 of our closest friends hanging out here tonight watching some racing there's Denny Hamlin with a move on Ty Gibbs and let's uh crank it up again let y'all listen in the aerial cam is done for the night apparently two nothing Braves let's go happy labor day that's right uh-oh what's up with reic reic Gibbs passed him like he was sitting still thank you John yeah right now we got them till the end of the year but the problem is next year will be different next year uh the cams are going to HBO Max so we'll have to figure something out keeping her fingers crossed Bobby sounds good [Music] Justin thank you re-trigger not right now he's not he needs the win to get [Music] in Cushing p12 yeah he's just been throwing up here comes Denny hamling around Christopher Bell let's go Denny making a move chicken nuggets and rum there you go uh the cameras that we're watching are going to HBO Max next year as of right now Eric Jones he's a lap down here this 11 for Jo Gibs racing he has worked his way forward to fourth now with six laap fresher tires than the race leader Kyle lson Well's running basically in the fifth position with the green flag cycle started many laps ago he has used those brand new or fresher tires to drive all the way up to Fourth as you pointed out you see all the TR in front of him that's the challenge Matt says he should get the third no problem which is William goingo Max next year out there about seconds it's going to be difficult to work through traffic but he's still has 13 laps in this [Music] stage check this out from a few moments ago Tyler reic in the [Music] 45 just get that like button trying to get to 2,000 likes tonight the that like for subscribe as well those those moments you're going to have many of them throughout the night you just have to kind of understand you're in the back that position here's Hamlin using those new tires this is going to be a lot of fun for a driver Jeff to be able to have this big of an advantage oh it's so much fun trying to slice through the field they're telling you where the leader is you'll see if you can get him well there's William Byron just ahead of Cory lejoy he's not that far he's less than a second there he is right there yeah Willam Oh I thought he was going to clear the 70 he does just way more speed than the 24 still about 7 and 1/2 seconds behind the leader Marty long way to go for Denny Hamlin if he wants to win the stage but Chris gabart reminded him a moment ago listen your tires eight laap fresher than everybody you're running around right now and just like in the spring Steve when the leaders caught the tail into the field or they were in lap traffic like they are right now they were able to make passes within the field Denny Hamlin knew that from Chris gabart this afternoon with the final things he told him before they took the green today here he is trying to get another he may not get the stage win but Steve would you play this longer run strategy if skart in stage three well he's stuck to it for the first two stages I can't imagine go away from now the question is how does he get longer than everyone else you know people may migrate to his Strat two lap when you have so much conviction as Chris gabart you kind of show your hand both stages that longer second or excuse me longer final stage I think you got to be very careful how you break it up cuz if you get a little too greedy early next thing you know you have 55 laps in front of you yes and know we have enough to that Cliff but it's coming you know these only have 36 Laps on them Jeff what happens at lap 40 4550 somewhere out there there could be another huge speed loss well that's right TRX plus 18 Chris Pusher plus five buus stage two winners last three races here at Darlington continues to rack up the impressive numbers here cuz I'm not showing the broadcast like everybody else tonight including tonight's race means he has led at least a lap in the last 10 consec nascar.com at Darlington that's so impressive and those are the kind of stats as a race car driver that really means something to you because you know how difficult this RAC track is and your peers look up to you you know they know that as well awesome Astro face what else is impressive is this pace out the 24 I thought it was going to be easy work for since they both clear traffic William Byron's Car has really come to life now H throw it down to the inside wall baby a little touch loosens up the 24 and Hamlin's by oh I don't think that on the radio I knew he would you know he knew he had to fight the 11 off but aggressive for stage two here comes goes back to that engine penalty I think Denny is driving with just a little bit more ferocity because he feels like he has given up so much yeah didn't he just up the racetrack into the left rear quarter panel if you're William by man like I'm up against the wall what do you want me to [Music] do we're half the margin with just six laps to go is 6 and 1 half seconds to race lead to Kyle lson lson 1.8 seconds over Brisco and then a a healthy ear Gap back to Hamlin in the 11 up to third remember six laps fresher tires is that going to pay off over these Clos it is the last race before the lap keep your eye on the difference between 6.3 seconds and lson still battling with swz it seems like we've seen this now multiple times in this race the 99 of Suarez last car on the continues the battle the five and he's going to put it right up against the wall and that momentum makes it so difficult for the five you're bil especially on Old Tires on newer tires you can kind of get a little bit of the power down but at this point four laps to go for Kyle L Larson at this point with no pressure from behind is like okay I'm not going to fight you here I'm not going to get myself in trouble and I think that's a wise decision absolutely Brisco is about a second and a half behind well our main focus and understandably so is on the play yes sir or something strcture who's going to make it and who doesn't three laps to go in this second stage Kyle lson is determined to win the regular season and he started this Southern 500 17 points back from Tyler reck he shaved that down fell is down to eight now and leading to 163 laps while doing it so not only gaining points but asserting himself as the dominant car from the sunshine Into the Dark Yet continues to lead Hamlin's making inroads but he's going to run out of time and run out of laps in this second stage but it's been pretty impressive go he is but remember that final stage is 20 so laps maybe a few more than 20 laps longer so you know the going to be tested even more I love this view I ride on the roof of Hamlin when he just so precise around here uh he is not locked in yet he's he's minus 7 final lap of this second stage and the pilot of the Hendrick cars.com Chevy for hendrik Motorsports one stage one in Vegas one stage two in Vegas sweeping first and all the victory B in Vegas in just the third round of this 2024 Cup Series championship is that an omen for tonight here in the southern 500 nobody has really been close Chase Brisco yes but Kyle Larson in control stage two Victory 10th stage win of this year I think he's calmed down a little bit JD what an impressive run thus far Brisco follows him in second Hamlin up to Third byon and bell for Tyler reck who is trying to hang tough he has drifted back to eight at the end of this second stage alrighty let's listen into lson here see what he's got to say good for no stage winner has finished higher than 25th in the next gen area Got His Radio stuck open oh maybe because I have it on camera that's why I was like what the heck all righty so we're in stage three and in stage three we always decide are you sticking with your winner today or you're changing your mind let me see in the chat are you sticking with your winner that you picked at the beginning of the race or have you changed your mind and you're going somewhere else what are you doing let me know yes the NASCAR uh it's on nascar.com I'm using those on NASCAR drive that's what I'm [Music] using and the aerial Cam's back up so I'm going to do that one four tires for Kyle Larson four tires as Larson is one stage one stage two let's crack in here let's just listen to Tyler reic let's keep track of him let's see what's going on with him see if he's talking about anything see if Larson is chatting in who has garnered the most points this evening Kyle lson but there's a quick snapshot for you and who has done the best through the first two stages of this cookout Southern 500 been a really good night for Chase Brisco Denny Hamlin fighting his way forward as well Chris busher thank you the one point all right pit Road's about to get super busy as you saw the top two head there they go Hamlin William Byron Marty they're coming your way Bo Lee yeah you're right what a dominant performance for the five team tonight Kyle lson said at the end of The Run he had a little bit of an uneasy feeling supposed to be listening to my tour guy at the Great Wall of China but watch still watching we're going to copy that on this stop meanwhile Denny Hamlin made it up to 30 he said that was the freest the car had been all evening for the 11 Dave Chris Bell finished fifth in that stage Chase bris bris Brisco said for the long run I need R GP I cannot be any tighter in the front the driver of the 20 said going loose with labs and that started pretty early he'll get adjustments well for tires Lee watch the race off Pit Road watching thanks Dave here it is Hamlin grab one nice work stain with Chase Elliot scr down as well Tyler trying to hang on and hang tough and that's the all right Daron stage three who's going to win oh we got uh something on the ground there what is it some something this is the scrolling you guys asked for the scroll you get it right here everybody else is in this race I guess casr is 3 uh2 laps down but everybody else still rolling two nothing the fifth for the Braves thank goodness thank you guys so much for the likes and the subs tonight we appreciate you we're trying to get to 2K on the likes lots of racing left CEO you and the fam we love you all all Astro thank you so much I will well 4200 people are here I will say uh starting uh so next week um back in last July I uh I booked a cruise with with Spain the wife uh not knowing that NASCAR would blow up like it has uh for our Channel and uh so we're taking a cruise it's 8 days long we're going to miss the next two races but we'll be back for Bristol so just FYI next week I will not be on possibly just possibly I might be able to do Watkins Glenn from the ship possibly but probably not but so just FYI will not be back next week for Atlanta looks like it might rain too in Atlanta because there's possible 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the weekend so thank you so much for all the love I appreciate you guys and I'll be back I promise you I'll be back so all right let's go back to the racing NASCAR gears up for the home stretch Power Ball is back again with its own version of NASCAR playoff last year Stephanie Walker of West Point Mississippi was the $1 million winner at Phoenix Raceway congratulations to these 16 Lottery players1 million follow along as we will reveal the four players wi trip to the Nascar championship weekend and gorgeous arli draw Power Ball the official James Eugene squid so you we were fortunate enough to have the seven time champ with us on the broadcast last weekend and Davis found Jimmy Johnson here tonight as well and Lee so good to have access to leg motor club this weekend and the 43 car and the seven time champ and the three-time Darlington winner and it was going so well for ER he was making forward progress but now we've had some car what's going on we're not quite here yet so unfortunate turn of events just before the stage ended uh it seemed like there's something going wrong with the steering maybe in the left front we those wheels and tires off nothing glaring there everything looked fine new wheels and tires go on and still have an issue with the steering so um this is one of those moments where I'm glad I'm sitting here and I'm not the guy in the car when the steering does whatever it's going to here at some point well you know on the box not in the 84 car this weekend for one of your starts uh this this year what do you like to do how do you like to be involved what do you like to provide on guys I have time onit box watching taking it all and trying to understand trying to understand the communication between uh driver spotter crew chief uh watching our pit crew do their great work over the wall so really just observing right now because it is still so new to me the view is so different right cuz you guys thank you so you were a driver for so long but it's so different there's different stuff you can pick up it is so different it's very helpless um when you're in the car you have such a better understanding of what's going on connected to the performance of the car it is very confusing and and very distant sitting on the bit box watching all right taking notes is the co-owner of Legacy motor CL ideas for next time they get together and talk about it Marty Dave want to give a quick health update on Tyler reic and what a gutty performance it has been for the driver of the 45 so far this evening under that last stop he did ask for more medicine to be mixed up in a water bottle they were able to hand him that medicine and the interesting point Jeff he made he said it felt like the medicine that he got in stage two number one helped him but number two was wearing off towards the end of the stage stage three longer so how much can Tyler RE stand tonight and can he make it all the way to the end oh I think he'll make it to the end I mean he's congratulations everybody they got a gifted membership Rick thank you again let's go Boog Bo of the potential opportunity to win when we come back to here to start stage three we're going to listen inside the five team let's get I'll roll here still rolling you have no help here still tight still tight still tight here still tight all the way bottom Lane still tight still tight inside still tight to you still very tight still there just shooting him still there still there Sho look how close he's get [Music] still there still there TI quarter sh sh still there quarter tight clear clear wow that's the voice of Tyler M you saw him there the spotter for the five of Kyle Larson who is not only spotting for him here in the southern 500 he had the honor of spotting for his driver at the Indianapolis 500 this year when Kyle did the double or attempted to do the double of course weather interrupted at a but Tyler told me this afternoon that was one of the biggest Thrills of his life being the regular spotter here and going to Indy and doing that for Kyle no I can only imagine Kyle LaRon loved the opportunity sparter you have to love the opportunity as well little bit of challenge here for the 20th Bell though we watching that battle at the front Barry gets into the left side of bell get up into the wall D the left and the right side of the 20 we see a lot of this tonight drivers just of the guy on the outside in the middle of one and two and thank you man a bad position Freeman thank you so much a lot of drivers going to be upset well here we are in the final stage 241 laps complete 127 to go and if you look at the bottom left right here six points between Chris buer and Bubba Wallace six points between the opportunity to race for the championship or no opportunity when the playoff field is set that's assuming Larson wins the race a bris win moves everything but right now I think if you're the 23 and the 17 it has come down to simple math equation every position on the RAC track is point so the 23 runs eight the 17 runs 13 that means all right Nascar fan juny thank you for being here move up Lisa thank you loses six going be a fascinating final stage it sure will 126 to go in this it's lson Chase Brisco Denny Hamlin William Byron Tyler reick hanging tough as Marty continues to update us on what has been happening medically there with Tyler reic and then Ty Gibbs narrowly avoided that moment earlier yeah you see Christopher Bell trying to take the fight thank you so much here but I wonder if Christopher Bell's C didn't have a little bit of damage on the right side after that incident you know the the four Barry just ran him into the wall see the yeah Chastain is minus 30 from the playoffs the right side has DX right now is in the wall for you to see it Jeff he's going to keep it hitting there you go no good years on the right side turning in there as well I know what there's smoke flying out of that helmet I mean that shout out from Myrtle Beach William thank you angry and you'll remember it when race for second place you're not going to cut him any slack I think the left front I want to say it was starting to look a little slack like it potentially was losing some air this right here dreaming just keeping you updated as far the regular season Championship is concerned Kyle Larson has overtaken Tyler reic and leads the regular season by a single solitary point oh my gosh I tell you what Chase Brisco he took the fight to Kyle arson on that restart thought he almost got it from him Chase Brisco is hungry and he is been he has so much to gain tonight yeah I think he is he's locked in versus Kyle arson he's willing to do let's talk more about the 14 here's Dave Burns his crew tee Richard Boswell just got on the radio to him after that restart and said okay keep him within Striking Distance you know how he it on green flag stops I'm thinking that is not maybe as good as the five but just keep it within Striking Distance he's right there Chas has won here in spectacular fashion in Xfinity series competition however he said I kind of like the I kind of like this comment he said whether this is in the playoffs the southern 500 or it isn't he said this is one of NASCAR's Crown deals want CH bris for the Kyle Larson C Steve everybody wants to win the southern 500 it is is you know I think we're good on the rain I just looked at the radar I think we 600 must wins as a 12 fan I'm mad going to make it you know it's like every car is slipping and sliding some are faster than the others but anyone who competes in it just realizes the challenge of trying to run 500 miles around here and and I think there's some mutual respect in the garage area not not as much specifically about the fan base but within the garage crew chiefs d Engineers if you can you know put a southern 500 trophy in your trophy case I think it kind of raises your Notch I mentioned a moment ago about his Infinity Series win here at Darlington let's remind you what it looked like because it was spectacular great battle watch this I mean just such an intensive race need to get him moving on here remember you got to remember 15 right here wasn't real sure where his future was going you know all most of these drivers have had a a point in their career where they didn't know what was going to happen and a moment happened a win happened a you got a lucky break and you went on and you just never know what's going to where your career is going to go thank you Freeman I'm I got the chat right in front of me I I'm looking at it constantly and for those Stuart H cars running with bris sure I try to read everybody cuz I've been in that position before guys I've been there before wonderfully so after that huge moment in Daytona last week Barry runs gaming thank you for subscribing running in the top 15 talk CE just behind Chastain and ahead needs to win this thing that's it he's in or out that's one that's going to happen the thing about appreciate y'all hanging out here riding along with Kyle Lawson yep Chase Elliott two laps [Music] down Brisco haunting yeah I think Chase is good lawon K Lawson hey [Music] High Point North [Music] Carolina I just saw that there's there's supposed to be a hurricane in the Gulf by next weekend I'm not sure what's going to happen with it but keep an eye on it considering the races in Atlanta [Music] run along with Kon fulfill may look like a candy bar what's up you're ruining our our our uh what do you call here we'll have to do this one the Chevrolet of into for Mustang but what a run on AIS I'm watching on USA Network at nascar.com cting characters and there's always a driver or two that'll pop up in there and surprise you [Music] bris of thep he con fly in K Larson's ointment and he has been there waiting for lson to make a mistake on that most recent restart it looked like he had a shot and he did for a moment Larson just outp powerered him and right now Larson's pulling away if something happens to Kyle Larson this could be Chase brisco's night a night his fans and he has been waiting for all year long all right on the second lap think out ofan blay was in the time both out of the race pretty much as soon as it had started however there is somewhat of a silver lining in this for martinton bman Burton Truex first three because of where we are in the duration of this points in stage one come and gone Martin is locked into the 2024 playoffs yeah and this being his last time you know I'm indifferent on who has great runs and who doesn't I just hope for great racing but when you see somebody like Trux and this career that he's had and the way he's car call I think we you know I was hoping that he would be in I want to see him make a run of the championship I hope that he wins at least one more race I want to see I want to see a race win in his final full-time season for the fans for Johnny Morris for Jo Gibs Racing for everybody around him for Martin I think he's he's had such a great career he if you can earn such a right I think he has you got B RAC don't care you're going to have to go earn it on the racetrack when that's what makes racing so beautiful is when you line up on the ground it doesn't matter if you've won zero races or 63 races your opportunity in front of you is the same you have to make it happen since the stage three restart four drivers go out on the round of 16 not up three positions to be running in the top five Suarez syri Bowman as we take you back just a few moments ago Shane Van gurgen and John hund NE check this out SVG on the low line seen a lot of cars make contact right here I think SVG was expecting John Hunter to be a little bit closer to the wall which I think is fair for him to expect normally the guy on the outside will be out by the the wall now we've seen multiple times where it didn't matter the guy was out by the wall they they've been run into but in that case I feel like he was just from Mexico awesome and we're kind of getting to a little bit of a fork in the road right here lap 261 if you break down this final stage you do a little math you expect to around lap 270 and maybe around lap 3155 or 320 but there is this outside chance we talked about the potential you know what's a Hail Mary the one said would do something crazy well I think option A what most do if I just mentioned option b is you pit three times which means you're probably going to be on Pit Road 267 the crazy strategy I think is the scariest strategy is not pit till almost all the way to lap 300 that put you out there on old tires for a long go to the race the timely yellow it's like what you know that Powerball playoff you're hitting the lottery ticket with a yellow the Morgan and Morgan on know that the pr of Denny hlin what do you think they're going to do they going to follow what they've been doing for the for the early part of the night yeah I just asked Chris gabart that question a moment ago I said do you think the running long strategy will pay off and he said yes I do think it'll pay off and he reminded Denny Hamlin of that a moment ago listen all when he gets in front of the 14 you'll have to P CH on know you're excit but I'm doing the best I can just I got it just done my job Steve the first part of that was it's not time to be all in yet that's code from Chris gabart to Denny Hamlin to say hey you're still conserving your stuff in this run that leads me to believe that yes indeed they will play that long strategy like they've done all night long here in stage three all night longing best average finish here in 8.3 24 starts you mentioned it diff that he just has completed all the laps hasn't really had any issues no dnfs no dnfs where where where a track where you can have some like slugfest to finish you know it'd be easy to get turned into the wall in one of these green white Checkers or these crazy races so no dnfs is so impressive and I mean their signature is normally long and if anyone can take care of rear TIR got Joey out in the first round he really hasn't done anything the tires were just disintegrating off these race cars who made it last the 11 of Hamlin by the way good you tells me the same ties will be Bristol when we there soon in the playoffs exciting times there's Brisco and Denny coming after him all right another commercial prank it [Music] up oh really Kenneth [Music] [Music] watching this battle here for the 14 and the 11 [Music] [Music] [Music] come on Denny [Music] [Music] it's been a snooze Fest for sure bronny [Music] let me look at the gas everybody seems pretty good on gas right now [Music] [Music] took the magnets out of the [Music] wall stops have started here at Garlington team showing their hand Ros chain finishing up his stop we talked about that Hail Mary Phil surgeon talked about they're going to stop three times this final stage Brad Kowski also in will stop three times that six car just a little n felt like he had noac on the front end of the car with his report and remember when we stopped three times it's not because of sooco fuel you can run over 70 Laps on fuel you just don't want to try to run these goodye tires more than 50 laps so to try to think only one more stop I think would just be asking too much by the way 12 sets of good years for this Southern 500 how do you use them how do you look after them all part of the overall and overarching management race management strategy here's Ty in in the monster Toyota yeah Lee we talked about how there would be the race within the race so this is Chris Gale answering what field surgeon did a moment ago remember all of these drivers around the cut line right now where Tai Gibbs is feels pretty comfortable above the cut line but he's just covering what the one had done on the last stop coming in the lap before he's coming for four fresh goodye tires Tony hman constantly reminding his that like button y trying to get 1500 likes we're truly racing our maybe 2K by the end of this race we'll see bris trying to get to 1500 Dave and a win is still on the cards if he can do anything about Lon and keep hamling at Bay as well Lee he might have tapped the wall just a minute ago uh but the car has been just so so loose he's been been fun the last couple years Pi you up on this top you can see the mark quarter panel well that could have come from earlier as well it is Darlington after all but KW going to work now trying to hold their position here as Marty we see the five of Larson on Pit Road yeah Kyle arson coming down Pit Road he saw Michael mcgow who fitted way earlier in the stage coming behind him and he said is that for position behind me and they said no don't worry about that McDow is a couple of laps down now we'll see where lson cycled out the pick crew has just been outstanding all night long Lee another slick efficient stop from the five crew this night could not be going any better for Kyle Larson who has led 207 laps of the Southern 500 and now this is this game of the tortoise and the hair the game of Lea frog 14 pits lap later the five pits then Denny hlin when will he come so as we see the five Le Pit Road here comes the 14 down the front stretch into turn one he's going to have a ton of pace up the banking of one and two the question is will the five be able to get off from the corner in front of him he will and he will relatively easily to be quite honest a great job by Kyle road to stay out in front of the 14 coming a lap earlier that legendary Darlington stripe so now we wait and watch this has been kind of one of the ongoing story lines of how long will the 11 of Hamlin go when will he come in and what advantage will it cars we want to keep him eye on and that's right here bubble Wallace and Chris busher remember that's the battle for the final spot bubble Wallace needs to beat Chris busher assuming no new winner by 12 spots that's the math it's as simple as that he has to find position so while we talk about ha Mar's to win the race buer should just be chasing the 23 whenever he PS just come with him watch what happened to Chris busher just a few moments ago boom into the wall not boring I'm here there's B on the Pit Road and they reminding make no mistakes do not speed right side Chris fired off just a little bit free on this run but he said do not tighten it up they'll take four fresh Goodyear tires in sooco fuel under green and the guy he's fighting to make the playoffs just saw his teammate and one of his team bosses go blowing on by Bubba Wallace in Brad keslowski so interesting move by the 23 running long remember a yellow right now it would be a pit of the stomach feel for Chris busher because Wallace hasn't pitted yet he's On's losing time this is that run long strategy that we see hlin kind of a busher fan hate this move by the 23 cuz I don't see 12 positions available as good as the 17 is so now the 17 pitted he pitted first if you're crew chief in the 23 are you now saying we have to run long I think I think because they beat me to Pit Road they kind of flipped over my cards for me now what I need you to do is run long we're going to chase and if you're going to chase anybody I'd follow whatever the strategy is the guy that owns the team so since Denny Hamlin's long I would jump on that train there has only been one caution for on track activity and that was on the second lap with Martin J and Ryan blay the other two for the stage go schedule Hamlin's answering our question and our query and William Byron's following him in both got the Pit Road clean that's the first challenge Right Here and Now Marty it's up to the pit crew they don't need the perfect stop just a solid four tires and here's the interesting part Steve field go has now flipped to the strategy that Chris gabart has played all night long and these two cars as will see just one pit stall apart William Byron has a little more trouble getting into his stall Den he Hamlin said this car is a little bit too free the longer he goes and William Byron has been so good on the long run tonight but a little bit too free at the end of that run and Hamlin on the 11 team gaining a good bit of an advantage over the 24 on that stop now the race win will be between these two and the five of Larson now I expect Larson to definitely jump in front of the five we'll just have to or excuse me the five in front of the 11 we just have to see how the new tires pay off Bubba Wallace Jeff now comes to Pit Road as well Dave and before the cycle started Steve Bubba had only picked up one spot on on the track so you got to do something different right so I think that's why they switched strategies here and went to the one that Denny Hamlin and others were running as well one lap later Bubba Wallace comes to Pit Road expecting his pit crew to do a quick stop for him maybe a little bit of a change but really no complaint from the driver on the balance perhaps just keeping up with the track two tires on here come the other two in Christopher Bell on Pit Road as well busy Pit Road Decisions by crew chiefs let's set thanks so much whoever gave the membership it was either me or Rick Rick donated 10 I did donated 10 but thank you so much but a huge Advantage can the 11 chase down the five car it's nearly a half a lap but almost six or 7 T six or 7/10 of a second faster every lap on the newer tires this fgo smart base from temp got a commercial break appreciate y'all is Ride Along with Lawson ride along with [Music] Lawson thank you welcome Jason [Music] is it the meat and Bone restaurant I don't [Music] know Larson P1 Risco 1.97 keep hitting that like we're trying to get to 1,500 likes [Music] can we get to 215 tonight on the subs got a lot of work to do Robert thank you for subscribing gas daddy thanks for the [Music] membership now Bowman Bowman is two laps down in 27 spot as you see him [Music] there a pit stop pit [Music] stop yeah it's going to be hard [Music] oh who's this who is this Oar he's La down too all right let's right here there Tai Gibbs running in P3 thank you Michael gas Daddy for becoming a member and subscribing thank you gaming with Gio and David thank you so much thank you for that 1500 let's go to, 1600 as you see on the bubble points there he 46 points to the good and he's worked his way up into the top three yeah Ty G and Chris Gale have managed this race terrifically they pitted a little bit earlier in this cycle than everyone else did again kind of answering the call that Phil sergeon and Ross Chastain made and that got them some track position Gibbs so far in third and so far in the playoffs Kim I'm sure he did are also in the playoff picture that last spot as it runs plus n he currently is in the 14th position and I asked the team kind of what their thoughts were headed into this race and they said we didn't even want to be in this position this season has been so frustrating with near wi their goal just make it through tonight make the playoffs then they'll treat it as a reset D they feel like they can do a lot of damage if they make the playoffs the Wallace's crew chief booty Barker told me today if you're not prepared when you get here you can't catch up at Darlington well Bubba Wallace was prepared sat on the pole and led laps early but this driver has uh lost a bit of the pace here mid- race it's going to be hard to get back he's got to get that distance between himself and bercher a lot larger camera and currently Ross chain outside the playoff picture he has all night in the position due to strategy we talked about the hail Phil surgeon played here likely stopping three times minus 19 out of the playoffs and Wallace well they have not earned enough stage points this season compared to what they did last season last season at this point 14 hold on a second come stage points seven they did not earn stage points and that's what has put them in the position to have to try to throw this Hills in the title hunt coming into tonight it's a great Point Kim no stage points and six of the last seven races for Ross Chastain but he's gone from 22nd up come on to fifth but Jeff strategy to those guys that he's surrounded by yeah he really is and when we look at the busher Wallace B I think the big chall I'm done leave and unsub he's out run buer most of the night or all night but currently only 19 cars I'm done leave and running 14th as long as buer stays in the lead lap and has you know he's got to keep reasonable face not have a bad night he can probably get done what he needs to get done yeah if I'm the 177 right now Chris busher and Scott Graves I am clearly just racing the 23 car why does my girl get mad every time I tell her that and cheer on lson or Hamlin or somebody that's already won a race you can't have a new winner slow on the track problems for Timmy Hill and he'll be a being yeah he's right this big stack up here the 10 of Noah gon 38 of Gillan 38 as the freshest tires of the group really just off the 15th position let's have a look at what just went down with these guys Gregson on the low line syrix in there Gillan goes high right across the front of Eric Jones that was a lucky [Music] Escape allly has savings buckets to help you save another commercial all right let crank it up again appreciate yall being here thanks so much we have uh 74 laps to go in stage three Kyle Lawson leads 4 and a half seconds on Chase Brisco good gosh thank you Robert no caution no caution no caution now William Byron has got around Tai Gibbs reic in p7 don't worry CEO they will threw a for you they're going to throw a flag E3 for Hamlin doing something Chastain as of right now out of the playoffs Martin TRX Jr has locked himself in as of right now did Joey crash out I don't think so he's in p18 Raceway and this is the driver and the car that has been in total control for almost the entire way pulit Bubba Wallace and playoff hopeful Bubba Wallace led the opening 37 laps but then slipped back and as soon as Kyle lson got in front it was look out pretty much lights out whenever he's LED more than 200 laps he has a 30% conversion rate of winning yeah locked and it's looking like that to defend his Southern 500 win of a year ago and the split road maps are slowly coming back together the 11 of Denny Hamlin came out seconds back almost 13 to be quite honest now he's got it down to 5 Seconds back and now he's working past Brisco and I think this is when this strategy of running along it's difficult because he's better than the 14 he has better tires but you kind of have to like dispose of him if you get stuck in that air for a couple extra laps it just really put you in a bad spot Hamlin knows it he's working all much good run here still not quite trying to get Chase Brisco here for bris to run that bottom Lane in three and four Brisco to the top that forces Hing go to the bottom jakar just do not R hold on a second Denny on the inside of Chase Brisco and has continued this alternate strategy come from behind charge back up through the field to second place so we're around La 300 there's this is kind of a point in the road for the one who I think are pitting in extra time if that is true we're going to need to see them in the next two or three laps for the math to work out for Hamlin and lson we're about 15 to 20 laps from their pit stop so the question is very simple 4.6 seconds does Hamlin run Larson down before they come to Pit Road again that's kind of like the first demarcation point where you can kind of start grading the strategies enjoying the ride around Darlington Raceway with Denny we're right along with Kyle lson kicking off the playoffs at Atlanta I mean it's going to be these playoffs s with Atlanta and walk the roal tallad these first two rounds have I think the the most roller coaster potential right we could have moments wrecks and anything could change kind of the complexion of these [Music] playoffs Kyle Bush after that Thriller Last Week in Daytona where Harrison Burton won narrowly ahead of this man here that we're looking back at from Chris Bush's car he needed say my name CE I saw you do it for someone else but that's getting increasingly more as Kyle bu in 16th Place not only that but he's for 19 straight Seasons he's seconds he race beat a second on LS and for a guy like Kyle bus it's accustomed to winning this has been a very difficult year and Dave he does not want that streak to end let's go no he does not he'd like the car to get a little bit better but he says it's okay won't steer a little bit but that is good but then it just goes loose goes loose it the longer the Run goes on so haven't been able to quite fix that for Kyle Bush tonight uh another win here at darling Out Of Reach Marty Dave at 231 laps LED and Counting there have been very few cracks in the armor for Kyle Larson tonight but the handling not quite as good on the five car listen in I could maybe stand be a little bit Freer when you can wrap the top of the wall off of four oh hold on it'll come back in a second that was a really good pocket for Speed and I think you have to turn well enough to be able to do that it'll be very smalled with here too so traffic tighter so with a three and a half second lead je even know that there might be a little bit speed if Kyle lson takes that ex it a little bit higher off turn four well those guys they they work so well together and I think actually what he was saying is that we need to make the car better so you can run higher on the exit or turn four he said there's some speed if you can run high on exit you can't do it now so we're going to make a small adjustment the next time we stop well we have a big battle going right here you see on the bottom right that is Chris busher who has now been overtaken by the eight of Kyle Bush why that matters is cuz this Gap right here is down to four I mentioned we needed 12 spots between the two well now on the bottom of the screen is a 2er plus four Wallace four got three cars up to Chastain right in front of them that he can get here's reic coming back to him in a hurry I mean the 23 is much better than the 45 the one and even the 54 in their tire situation so now it's down to three points I think this is going to be a high pressure high nerve situation for the 17 and the 23 over these last 60 laps could it be backto back races at Darlington Raceway that breaks Chris Bush's heart remember earlier in the year when he was fighting with Tyler reic and he was looking good for a victory and end upall he was Furious Bush was furious with the driver of the 45 so now it's down to two busher is two above the Wallace two behind but the balance of power is massively swinging Bubba's way it is and and this whole time runson down only 2.7 seconds behind 59 laps to go these leaders are sliding around on like 36 laps on the Kyle arson machine we have Ross Chastain on 41 lap tires so between 30 and 40 lap tires Bubba Wallace said he has to do better he wanted it on his shoulders well he might just get that how many CAU we've had he's got 5 Seconds to make up to try and catch Ty Gibbs this is what I was talking about a few moments ago this was in the spring race and look at how incensed Chris busher was with Tyler reck reck trying to plead his and say I'm sorry man I didn't mean it buba keeps on passing people he's going to keep on going down needed that win you already in the playoffs I needed that are we going to be talking about that moment back in the spring at the end of this cut off race tonight in just 57 laps Rusty Wallace still in the race reput oh my goodness here we go [Music] [Music] we'll listen to uh we'll listen to MRN here for a little bit unless they're at a commercial caution in the last you know 30 laps of this race where we can all put tires back on but I'm going to try to make close that Gap up get myself I got a shot at it if the cycle happens I get early enough to him maybe I can jump him but if not uh you know this is drastic times you need a win to get in so Now's the Time for me I I would look down Pit Road I'd look for somebody to come and be aggressive yeah that's about the only thing you can do cuz at this point if you're not locked into the playoffs and you're not right there on the point system uh trying to get into the playoffs Jeff you got to do something completely different doesn't matter then if you finish 30th tonight bottom line is you're here to win this race and you got to do whatever you can to try to do just that and unfortunately Mike baggley for the driver we're talking about in Chase Brisco he is currently running third behind lson and Hamlin with 53 right now right behind them oh yeah they are stacked up there trying to get by Chase prisco down to the back straight away trouble out of turn number four one car spins it's Carson josar who will spin to the bottom of turn number four and everybody now will flush to the outside Carson fires the car drives away solo car spin in turn four now Ross Chastain was on the pit Lane aggressive did this work out in his favor it did not it did not they were pitted behind the start Finish Line which if you're back there in the caution comes out while you're on Pit Road you have to beat the leader to the start Finish Line while they were getting left the five car of Kyle Larson crosses start Finish Line that puts him lap down wave around here because they've got their tires on when everybody comes to Pit Road oh my goodness not work had to be related to ofar break of the year for Ross Chastain now he's going to have work to do Carson josar has had a good night he started on the front row alongside Bubba Wallace ran in top 10 throughout stage number one I don't know to fade in stage number two actually fell a lap down for just the second on track incident and it is Spire Motorsports Carson hos who started on the front row of our2 as well losing control of the 77 we're just going to stay with NBC underneath Eric Jones thank you all cards anything happened before they got to turn three but just underneath him and he lot loses it so slick getting to the end of this tire run and rear grip just goes away and unfortunate couldn't be worse timing for the one of Ross Chastain who had just entered Pit Road I thought there was a chance Jeff that he could hit it perfect service his car and then you know leave the pit still on the lead lap but he Ed up going a lap down to Kyle arson by just a few seconds by the way about three laps three or four laps prior to that the five did have a glance with the wall you can see it there on the front right and and rear right one little and Denny Hamlin was just under 30 seconds in Aras of Lawson and says thanks very much and now all of that kind of split strategy that's all out the window now it's 52 laps to go they're going to stretch this last set of tires barring another yellow um so now the question is you know what do you need 52 Laps on a set of tires would be the longest that most of these guys have tried to put on a set of tires tonight you're going to run the hardest on this restart so it's going to be hard to manage tires and pick Crews right green flag pit stops you know you can be a couple tents of a second even a half a second slower on the pit stop that like button trying to get now now you're all on Pit Road together that saw Chris buer kind of backing up through the field a little bit having trouble that may have been a break for him and we we'll see how it works out but Chris was having issues three laps down for harrisberg the lead here we go pit Road's getting busy Marty they're coming your way Carson said overall I think the track is just losing grip he said I need to be Freer this is going to be a long run Cliff Daniels reminded him the pit crew has been Flawless all night let's see if they can deliver his again his teammate William Byron said undo the last adjustment you did I need that completely gone meanwhile Denny Hinson way too tight on that run we'll see if they make the right adjustments here Dave Chase Brisco gives up third he said I was tighter taking off then made myself lose rear grip trying to make it turn they're going to go halfway back of 98 pit stop for Denny and 92 for lson the r off and good work again from the 11 bris as well good work from Stuart and Ty Gibbs look at Josh Barry at Darlington in the legendary all right peoples this is going to be interesting thank you guys for the 1600 likes let's see if we can get to that 2K try to get us to 2K on the likes you guys have been awesome we got 4,800 folks in here love to get some more folks in here before this is over any cars stay out I don't think so I don't think so I'd love to see Bubba make the playoffs but lson still wins desert fox says it was uh Bubba was minus two uh before that spit so we'll see what happens now Corey thanks for subscribing appreciate you and how many people have money on Larson in the chat how many people have uh look at Bubba Wallace I think that's did they stay out that hasn't reset yet I don't think I don't think it's reset let's see what happens here in a second I think Bubba Wallace wins the race not the points I think he wins the race look at Perry look at Perry no bubbles please all right so let's see I see some cars in front of lson thank you Benjamin long for subscribing we appreciate you so lson Hamlin Brisco Barry Ty Gibbs still there in the top five Bubba Wallace William Byron Austin Dylan Brad kazlowski Kyle Bush there's Rowdy still in the top 10 he needs to win this thing to get in that is the only way he can win that's the only way he's going to get in is to win Chastain where is he at let's see where Chastain is Chastain's in P20 he's just below the ticker there soon as the Braves game is over I thought it was 3-2 what happened it's tied at two now uh there's Chase Elliott one lap down in 22nd Harrison Burton there last week's winner 24th SVG three laps down Eric Jones three laps down so this is going to be interesting y'all as we ride along with Kyle Lawson sorry I got it he's got me saying it that way go left faster he's eating watermelon so interesting to see what happens after the points come back here Bubba press NASCAR mandated his car only four spark plugs from now on how did steuart hos find this speed it's like their genuine Champion contenders again I know right Barry was in the top five all last week until he went uh flipping over so here's where we decide here let's see here go to the NASCAR app let's listen in to Denny Hamlin let's listen in to Denny see what he's got to say Denny's got to say all right here we go the points are they going to show me the points no and then a very slow stop left front wasn't fully installed couldn't get the lug tight they were also slow on the right rear but just marginally the team told me here's what they told Chris on the radio after the stop I got nothing man we uh H this up for you all night or not all night the last few stops so uh we're putting it on your shoulders here at this point we're out at the moment you got to get to the so you heard it they're putting it on Chris's shoulders he's got 49 laps to get his way into the playoffs here tonight oh boy what a nail biter between 23 111's Bubba Wallace and RFK Racing's Chris busher for that 16th and final spot to contest the final 10 Rounds the playoffs of this 20 world it is Kyle lson and Denny Hamlin with 48 laps let go Hamlin on the inside and it's the first time in a long time that we've seen anybody really hassling Kyle lson Hamlin's ahead they touch heading down the back straight here in Darlington come on baby dang he's fast lson is unrelenting he does not want to relinquish the lead he has led for 245 laps tonight and his pod for Hamlin six times in these guys' racing career at the cup level they have finished one two Denny Hamlin has won all six of them Kyle Lawson's trying to change that tonight and there was four or other times that they were going to run there was contact and one of them didn't make it back around that's in the back of their minds as well these two raise each other as hard as anyone in the field I think Kyle's up to seven and Jeff as hard as you want to push right here 46 to go is four at Darlington if you slide those tires more than needed or more than required you will pay the penalty yes you will he gets into Todd gillin they ran out of real estate on the exit of two it started with the 38 the pushing the 17 into the wall lucky for the 17 to avoid [Music] this let's have a look at what happened to the front row Motorsports driver yeah Gillan underneath oh make listen to a cry baby trying to make the pass gets up the RAC trck squeezes busher a little bit busher back down into him listen so how bad was that hit J I don't think it was I don't think it was that bad but what you know when when buer gets into the wall he then comes back know hits the Wall comes back and hits the 38 it's going to be interesting to see what damage there is now the good news for busher is he's 15th only five cars behind him see right the frustration this is sports this is what we love right we could talk about technology and strategy and fuel mileage but in the end it comes down to the humans driving the race cars and Chris busher you could see the emotion and is their damage right that's the concern right now I think you could pit though Jeff I'm pitting I'm 15th already there's 20 on the lead lap only five behind me there's three hard Laps on the tires that matters here I would absolutely come if I'm a 17 I like the tire Advantage we haven't seen very many yellows we have a ton of T why I say a ton two or three extra sets of tires I'm coming making sure because I can't be wrong I can't stay on the RAC track and then have a flat and allow I agree a couple cars got back on the lead lap right there because they played a strategy Chase Elliot I believe he was the first car lap down so we're going to end up with 21 cars in the lead lap Bubba Wallace running seventh if he pits if pits he's going to have to find a way to get buy several race cars to try to get himself back up where he needs to be to get into these playoffs I don't think it'll be a problem fact I believe a bunch are going to pit you know I think I think the back eight or 10 cars are coming to Pit Road I think for busher there's no question in my mind I would come here the damage is just you know more Road open see it's green right here Kim make sure you tell us when you hear something 17 into the wall next flag and they do intend to come they do intend to come Kim so the question is what does Bubba Wallace do right Dave so you're down there in the 2 three Camp can they afford to get three laps older tires than the 17 mom is the word so far Steve they're staying out you would think three laps is nothing but here it is oh a lot of guys came I'm sorry they all faked me out but here they come from about eigh bu is coming and there is the 17 of Chris buer they'll do a quick assessment on this Kim and they said the pictures look he pretty good I have to admit that Chris said it seems okay somewhat straight just scuffed up on the right side they think fresh tires are going to help abely not happy with the 38 of felt like for no reason that could have been the end of his playoff hopes at the moment they're still alive side job slide job coming now the pressure is flipped you know Boba Wallace stayed on the racetrack and unfortunately there's always these splits and only a car or two behind him stayed with him so I know it's only three laps but we are not Australia I mean this is the tire grading machine this wears tires faster than anywhere we go he has but behind re is going to be brand new goodye tires this is going to be a very stressful moment for Bubba Wallace the worst thing that you want as a race car driver is to be the first the last car without tires because you know the guy behind you he's lining up and he has a row of them with new tires it is when you look in your mirror and right now he's seeing his mirror he sees reing but then everybody else that he sees behind him is a lap down he knows he's in trouble and what do you do how do you defend that it's almost impossible to defend it because they just have more grip than you do what does MJ think does he why he why did he stay out both his cars in this playoff for the 2024 Cup Championship does the nervous energy at an MJ it only it only sets the stage better for me right I mean he's so invested you could tell right there that four laps down 29 a little pacy you know got a little bit of nerves but that guy wanted the ball that's right he wanted to take the shot like he was the one that wanted the basketball at the end of the game to take it they just took it out of I thought the Braves were up three to two the ball because he has old tires he can't go he the only thing he can do is go on super offense and try to get people between him and those new tires but he they are going to be coming behind him hard the only thing is we have to remember with 42 to go you know when I say they have a bunch of tires left they have two or three sets we'll get downit Road you know we've had a very clean race right so oh Dave you got the man himself he is I looked over at him and I asked him and he smiled because I know this is why you hired booty Barker to be the crew chief you didn't want this job what do you think now I trust him uh I think they had a good game plan I think Bubba has done an unbelievable job thus far I mean we still got a lot to go I mean bush is tough you know you know he likes his track he's he did well last time here so I mean we we in sh we in shouting range so he's got to do his job you know he's got to go out and race um you know barring from any other cautions I think you know this is the last time we're going to pit so do you get for him I'm absolutely terrified right now cuz I want him to do well obviously uh and Tyler too I know Tyler's a little sick but he he's get through it and you know that's what nasc is all about I enjoy it you know it's I don't have basketball anymore but this can be this could replace it very easily I'm excited for today I know you text him to challenge him and encourage him if you could text him right now what would you tell him well I mean I don't know stepen everybody wants something right but something don't come for free if you want more it's going to cost more okay thank you you got to put the effort out there you got to go out and raise I thought I saw 32 he understood that so hopefully he does hopefully he can pull this off wise words from team owner Nascar fan and a very nervous Michael Jordan well that was exactly what he texted Bubba I'm fired up yeah I mean he fired me up I was already excited I mean think about think about those types of words of encouragement and coaching and where they're coming from and if Michael was in 45 what do you think he would do 45 as wide as this RAC trck so that Chris busher had no way of getting close or anybody had here we go Maron Hamlin round two story is right here last pum the gun right there two spots behind BB Wallace brand new tires on Belt don't jump the gun 40 laps to go when the green flies here in Darlington let's see how those closing 40 laps Shape Up lson gets a great restart come on dang Danny bad start and here comes Chase bris n he's got nothing brisco's not done with yet look at that move sweeping around Hamlin as Lawson clears them dang what a runoff turn two that was for Chase Brisco and now he's got lson in his sights and here comes Chris buer bottom right look at this traffic jam could Chase bris car underneath bubble Wallace he has new tires this shows you the difference between new tires and old tires and if Brisco wins none of that matters he's in elimin busher and Wallace oh my goodness what a run from the 14 the steart house Racing for that was a horrible start by Machine he got his career best at darington last time out with a top five and now Chase Brisco he won his xinity race in spectacular style here and now he's all over Larson who just had a bubble larsson's loose oh my goodness got take advantage of it Chase Brisco saw him get loose he's got to push him into the corner make him run that car harder than he wants to go bottom right push is getting close to Tyler reic which means he's getting close to Bubba Wallace where do we look which box do we look in it's all happening here at Darlington Race on seven out of the playoffs eight out of the player on the side of R and Ross Chastain let's not forget about the one as he kep storming by busher as well L should have tookis tires thinking everyone has overlooked me keep talking about the cut line I'm going to jump in with a win could it be in successive weeks we get a win and you're in situation Aram go back to the lead in Daytona could it could it be Chase bris here in Darlington Chase has had a fast race car taken off most of the night Kyle Larson has been a step away from him as the tires get older have they made the right changes on the 14 car Risco 35 to go don't look now but in fourth place is Christopher Bell with those fresher tires he has driven all the way up to Fourth 1.7 seconds back can he he has enough time 35 laps is enough time Brisco can feel the urgency he has to figure away lapses forever you're right Chris Bush is having a difficult time getting by Tyler reck in that bottom box Bubba Wallace sits in 11th and still sits seven points a drift of that cut line let's have a listen to some Brisco radio heess on budy he's def fence twice the pressure on him keep the pressure on him he's tagged the wall twice and that's exactly what Chase Brisco is doing chast's 26 out he's going to pass a whole bunch of people Wallace is eight points out oh look at this I'm going leave it right here it's the battle for the lead nothing between the top two length at best between Kyle lson and Chase Brisco I mentioned Bell what about Kyle Bush up to fifth on new tires 19 years ago 33 laps will the newer tires bring him into the battle and this Morgan and Morgan machine is remaining resilient Kyle has this is one versus two two races and look at Brisco top box that was the closest Brisco has gotten to Larson getting into turn one bris out in three and four that time let's see if he can do it again ah he gets him on the straightway but not in the turn oh and ction significant damage on the front right my goodness does this open it up for Rowdy of Kyle Bush and Christopher Bell oh my gosh brings everybody closer together and from what we just saw with three lap freser tires I think there is no on Pit Road where Ry friends are you still awake out therey friendss in the lead lab with another free pass we be at 22 what that means is if you're Chris busher last Corner could be five positions that could be from the playoffs you know you get to a point where there's not enough cars in feel safe we're going the other way at this point they are but now you have an opportunity for your pit crew to step up right now you have an opportunity to be honest that's what he needed Bubba Wallace Chris Bucher he didn't want to see that caution he was getting everything he needed Bubba Wallace did want to see it so everything worked the way we assumed it was going to it show tires matter go back and look at Carson host of our again problems in oh he had a right front something happened with the right front and I think we get to 21,500 on the subs Todd Gill was in the wrong 2K on the likes wild for Carson hos so Kyle Petty said it earlier this is a team sport and we see it in the shops we see it on the work all the work done to prepare the race cars but now we're getting ready to see it on Pit Road now we're getting ready to see which team is ready for this moment which team can step up get their guy out of Pit Road in the lead or pick up spots and you cannot if you're busher team you can't afford a got K you if you're Wall's team you can't afford a mistake think about Bubba Wallace winning the poll you I mentioned earlier hours ago about how the number one pit stall was almost a disadvantage under green but why does everybody want it for these situations you know this race has these long green flag runs but his history would say we have these cautions and now only being 22 ft from that camera drop the Jack you roll forward you get scored that could be one position then you multiply that in the chws it moves you up another row it can change the outcome of a race just by one or two spots off the pit close call earlier for Chris busher with Todd he was able to escape take to his 17 forward here they come Kimmy they're coming yes and Scott gra the guci for the 17 telling them focus on out CHR saying he was a little Freer but not much stay out believe it no adjustments on that machine Marty Kyle Larson said I was way too loose on that run Cliff Daniels going to answer with a chassis adjustment he also asked if the 14 wins how does that change the playoff picture he wants to know everything Dave Chase BR for the win says just don't tighten me up Bubba Wallace Jane as well tight he needs a big adjust 23 as his crew now goes to work Michael Jordan nervous for his driver how nervous is he for the pit crew now they go for four here bubble was 13th when he came in cars go by him here where will he cycle back out here's the race off two positions gained by Gibbs Bush lost one Barry gained one big jump from Austin Dylan this race the southern 500 is 367 laps long this race the win and a playoff spot is going to be decided in the last 29 laps yes and we and we know we've talked about the point battle night long sitting here up front two guys that can spoil it Chase Brisco he wins he gets in Kyle bus he wins he gets in and they are both in position you may have noticed when everybody was diving for Pit Road Ross Chastain swerved right and kept his Bush Chevy out on track Kim yes and chain staying out remember he came down on lap 24 this again was another Hail Mary type call Phil Sergeant the crew chief telling him you only have nine Laps on those tires the call was watermelon for rosain staying out oh here's that radio from Bubba Wallace but there's a Twist where's my Chastain fans all right man what you got balance W what your name I'm so tight I'm so tight I know it's cuz it's three starts and I got to push hard our balance is tight I get it but man I can't do anything here's the twist he was silent on the radio for nearly a minute after that and then he came back to the crew okay I'm back babba has to do work inside the car inside the helmet to win races he knows that and he was doing it right there this is massive so much on the line my goodness oh my God I'm how about this TJ Kyle unbelievable it's going to be decided in the last 20 plus laps for the southern 500 not only for this race win oh you're welcome comple of the playoffs you're welcome yeah I think one thing you have to look at KP these drivers have been out here over 3 and 1/2 hours already I mean it's stressful we talk about the you know they they condition going be Jamie for subscribing have to step up somehow yeah and and at the same time these drivers have been out there and they're stressed and the pressure is going up these guys on Pit Road have just been in a rhythm just been in a rhythm and now all of a sudden you're asking them to jump this wall Time After Time and perform at the top level man it's it's it's tough and we're sitting on the pit box and I can feel the tension up here yeah headed to the choose guys well that's the question DJ you know the choos is normally Lan is better tires Jeff I know what you do if you're lson but behind lson where do you dare restart if you're Brisco you got to go with Larson there you go even Hamlin's going to go with Larson Ty Gibbs all the way back in fifth is the first one to line up behind Ross Chastain and even further behind everybody's going to bottom so just remind everyone works right the restart rule one is the leader of the race so he enters the restart Zone he has the option to decide when to fire when to accelerate he can go from the first line to the second I'm a big fan go early I want you to go back here as soon as you get into the Zone I want you to go now the problem is if he goes and Spins the tires he may not look like he's accelerating but Kyle Larson can hear that and once heel once he St takes what's up snowman good to see you and Cliff Daniels wanted to remind Kyle lson of the desperation that sitting right beside him on the front row listen a lot of coaching going onathan domic you know the situation that they're in at the end of the day for us execute the job that you need to do a fascinating restart coming up diff Steve you said if Ross Chastain spend the tires Ross Chastain will spend the tires that's almost impossible not to own no tires Kyle Larson has to take advantage of that and Ty Gibbs has to be aware and not run into the back of him all right get ready be 26 laps to go the one J oh my goshy and stay alive oh my gosh J but everybody he surrounded by on Fresh tires here we go Gibbs on that high line lson on the low line Brisco feels he has a chance Gibbs is looking good on points to make oh my God bris wants to race his way in like Chastain does here goes Brisco on the inside the big move from Chase bris this could be the difference between making the playoffs or Not Here Comes Rowdy the one of Chastain got an amazing start better than I expected that off but what a move by the 14 look at Rowdy that was epic Chast did a great job of keeping speed into that restart Zone still falling back on those old tires but look at Kyle Bush and that a car bris tried to check out and Wallace are out bris and Gibbs are in has been getting better Lee could it be Bush's day we haven't seen him most of the night he was on that strategy earlier of Denny Hamlin but just not as effective to get as high up the order as Denny was and look look how far bris is out we got a caution oh no I missed inry buba Wallace it's over 's playoff hopes bush is trying to dodge the Carnage William Byron's Car is torn apart and Noah Gregson in it as well oh how badly damaged is that 23 are the Playoff hopes over or not this is far from ideal for Bubba wall we're going to be here all night what's the gas look like I guess everybody just in the pits so I guess none good news is we're good on gas he didn't have to get assistance back all four tires aired up took a really big shot Square to the bumper you all right Square to the bumper is actually better the weakness on this car is really the right and left rear toe link as far as mechanically now without a doubt Arrow has got major issues but the first thing is can you complete laps cuz busher still has to finish this race as well watch this how did it unfold mods if you're good on the chat you can just leave it way it is if you want to slow it down you can we got to 6,000 GI keep watching it yeah three wide Ty Gibbs and goes never works it's just not enough room somebody had to lift there Josh Barry extremely aggressive shooting the middle here and it's just to two wi through there Steve is difficult he got through goodness and Bubba W was doing a really nice job some front end contact but then no AGG the heavy contact to the back of the 23 so you see right here Flames out the pipes he's on the brakes some front end contact was enough to kind of end it right you're going to see him run into the 24 great but then right there the big shot by the 10 it looks so easy in slow motion what you could do different let's on board even the front end contact you saw the hood buckles so you know the damage probably a little more severe than I initially thought I said seven cautions and while we've been consumed with where Bubba Wallace has been and Chris busher for that final spot what changed the whole complexion of it was Chase Brisco with the move of the race look at Michael Jordan's reaction here when he saw right in the middle of all of that yeah he knows what that means but to your point D you know a win Brisco win it takes this away yeah this whole conversation's move point at that because the 54 of Tai Gibbs who was also involved in that would get that 16th and final position what a move that was 500 Subs away from a pie of the face 500 Subs away from as they go to look at it Steve to me the biggest thing is getting rid of that parachute in the rear if everything else is straight toe links are not broken there it is right there the right rear wouldn't you think just getting that in decent shape I mean he made the decision I think you're right that's the main thing but at this point they know that this car can't keep up on Pace and really if you're Chris busher intense you have to start asking yourself can you risk being in the next restart is awward conversation but come on rdy they have to ask themselves do they think they need to win the race they're riding around in 10th because as you pointed out Lee not a just stting facts kind of eliminates the points conversation so I don't think the I mean we still have 21 laps to go uh never last year never and show you the move is it the defining move of the race check this out Chase Brisco with the ultimate slingshot see you here I come that was a great move and here I go Larson and Gibs got side by side trying to deal with Chastain who had older tires and they just lost momentum see right here they just get slow Chase BR did a nice job of laying to take advantage of it goes to the bottom and we've seen good Pace from that 14 car all night on short runs you see the excitement on top of the box This Crew we talk about emotion this company is shutting down they're not around this is more than just a race win these guys are are battling for you know livelihood jobs but who comes to Pit Road that was another three laps we've seen this split decision's going to Road TI four more tires for Rowdy and this could save Ross Chastain as well this might give him another lifeline and there was heavy heavy debate on whether or not to bring the one car of rately they decided their best bet was fresh tires just a little tight rip level down is what Ross reported Marty kind of nothing to lose here for Denny hin coming down with first good your tires because they knew that other cars would pit TI the play house but they're going to sit here and check the damage on the 54 car Dave the eight appears unscathed he's going for four tires and Fuel and send him back out there who would have thought Kyle Bush would have had a chance I bet I can tell you who Kyle bus thought Kyle Busch had a chance and they've got him up front where it counts now catching up with Richard Boswell on top of the 14 box first of all what a move by your guy yeah I can't say enough about Chase you know he promised us last week that he was going to bring everything he had all night tonight and he's an amazing race car driver you know there's 323 employees at Stewart hos racing that didn't ask for the nonsense that's that's going on All Year and thank you a damn want to do it for all those we're going to do our very best tonight to control it and try and make those 323 employees proud did you have any idea as the race unfolded early Richard that the car would be this good no I knew we'd be good here you know we we were good here in the in the fall race last year and in the spring race this year and I knew Chase was in kill mode and I know when I know when we get him in that spot he's he's as good as anybody I've ever seen so just super proud of him super proud of this team P crew has absolutely stepped up tonight super proud of them Engineers car Chief everybody on this team's just done an amazing job so just try to try and figure it out finish it out in these last 19 laps Racers know how to race what a show thank you so much Alex and how about the winless streaks that could be broken here 73 races since Stewart H last had a win how about Kyle Bush 46 and 93 that's since Phoenix his only win in cup for Chase Brisco it could be a victory here for either of these guys that gets them in to the NASCAR first place starting next week in Atlanta we couldn't ask for more dramatic ending n four tires for Kyle Bush let's see if we can close this out with 2K on the likes thank you thank you Alex thank you Richard DC Kyle on those freser tires last time he had three lap pressure tires he drove right into the top five I mean 19 laps to go is a long time the other side to this is how many more restarts will we see Tire count I jinxed this when I said they had enough because it's starting to run thin on some of these teams some only have one or two sets left in the pit so you know when are you going to put on the last set first stage of the Southern 500 those are like the survival modes you just have to get to this place think about the team look at cor Jo wow that's I mean cor Joy's in 11th we we saw him struggling to find his way right at the tail end of the lead lab I mean we have so many different players in this field Chasey his L down we saw him run in the 20s most of the night the Ser strategy I know tires and we saw Kyle bus pit he is the first car all tires he's going to restart ninth all right Brisco picked the top yep that g gives lson the bottom of the racetrack let's took more about Kyle lson here's Marty can I add one thing more to the mix here Lee 12 Tyler reic pitted for brand new tires and right now as it sits there's the regular season Championship Standings he is only three points behind Kyle lson with those fresh Goodyear Tires could this move by Scott after Tyler re has been sick all night long earn then the regular season title another thing to watch in these final 18 laps so much unfolding so much on the line what's this restart going to look like how hard would lson go let's go to some 14 radio we can do this keep telling yourself that we've got this the with 1 for the southern 500 and a chance at a chion oh boy here we go Rowdy is your last chance right here mode motivation mode Ryan Prest or tires for rowy he's the fastest one out there right now the freshest tires car off track is clear the green will fly with 17 go here in Darlington look at Rowdy for the win of the Southern 500 for an entry to the Nascar Cup series playoffs look rdy Chase bris look at Rowdy gets a fly watch that yellow and black car the eight of Kyle bus on the inside of keslowski now lining up priest he goes to the inside of PRI Christopher chasing Brisco a great start by the 14 Jeff matched by the start of the eight lots of positions in one set of Corners yeah Brisco did a great job he kind of caught lson all the leaders man get KY Bush Kyle the third Kyle Bush is coming hard oh my gosh go brownie pressur tires and a long windless streak on the line easily disposes of the five of Larsson the 263 laps Leed tonight looks like nothing ver heartbreak last week for Kyle Bush here we go inside Christopher Bell oh the last two races he's finished in the top five There's real momentum with this 18am at Richard child racing clears him Bush to second two guys in the top two if they win they're in and this isn't just fresh tires on anyone this is on Kyle Bush a 63 race winner multitime champ future Hall of Famer and has made the playoffs the last 11 years straight he's got to make this work though he's got to take advantage of these new tires right now I agree Jeff the longer they run the newness goes away they definitely equalize and Chase Brisco is not going to make this easy still hasn't Chang went to six now car is going to [Music] drive Brisco shot out of a cannon on the restart so impressive that was a really good corner one and two for Kyle bus he needs to run a little lower he should be able to run lower with than Brisco with these newer tires that'll give him clean air also this lap will be The Telltale how much faster for the eight we need a 10th 10th and a half if he wants a chance that time by about a half a 10 the math says that's not fast enough 13 to go here in Darlington CH Bush it's a two driver two car race to make it into the playoffs what a race there you go I like that Middle Lane still lower like you asked Jeff but I thought he could roll the corner yeah Brisco got loose right there that line little bit loose off the corner half a second between them that's all it's getting closer are you kidding 11 laps to go next time by 500 miles and the margin between the top two is 410 of a second and that was a big advantage that time in three and four that lane is working holding even in one and two over a tenth of a second gain it seems like the newer tires are still holding on kind of broke even in one and two maybe a little bit better by B now he's got to run that L line again my go he goes to the bottom is Kyle Bush going to be denied in backto back weeks is he going to do something about it he's drawing closer to chase Brisco there's only 2 and2 T of a second in it tried to take the air away from him but he went slower doing that he's got a decision to make I'm all Rowdy I think he's got I think you Brisco you got to go back to the top over here in one in three and four coming to nine to go still so much time the high entry for the eight he'll turn down the hill get the run and he'll have the momentum on the 14 the fans are on their feet Lee nine laps to go here in Darlington not only to win the southern 500 but to win your way into the playf my [Music] gosh all right so this time Risco guessed what's he going to do this time he goes to the [Music] top I has to do I think it's going to be difficult for Kyle bus to pull the pass off on the exit a four I know you hate to do it you hate to give him clean air but you're just going to have to prove to me that you can drive underneath me the two time Cup Series now is chasing down a driver who has one one cup Victory and he's within a car length maybe two behind Chase Brisco eight to go traffic in front just out of the frame the 54 of Ty GS going to try to get out of the way classy move let these two figure it out yeah I love what Brisco did right there he ran the line that he's the fastest in bus tried to run up there with him it did not work Risco needs to stay at the top in three and four and Bush needs to get back to the bottom a week ago after finishing second to Harrison Burton Kyle bus said my only option was to wreck him I wasn't going to do it does he still feel the same way here at Darlington Kyle Bush has enough because he did exactly what he needed to do Brisco did what he needed to do and Brisco still is able to maintain Pace hey fellas back in 2020 when Kyle when uh when Chase Brisco won I don't think he has enough unless he's saving defend off Kyle Bush can bush get revenge for that here tonight I like what the Eight's doing in one and two that higher exit is definitely working it's allowing him to be closer at this end of the racetrack the 14 I'm but he can't touch it I'm realing a m Bri see that's where that's where Brisco is better he's better up top awful four he just is able to carry that momentum Richard sh right now the disqualification of Austin Dylan winning at Richmond the L of the appeal then the loss last week Kyle bus I mean Richard childr has been on a roller coaster [Music] ride I don't think he has enough y'all five to go keep reing credit to chase Brisco to hand this pressure that has been Relentless pretty much since the restart with the storming Kyle [Music] Bush it's got to be good run by Bush right here it's got to be tough to know you're not going to catch him momentum on him three laps to go and just under 3/10 of a second between these two Brisco got in too low that time allow push to make a little bit of gain on him go this sellout crowd has been treated to one heck of a finish and it's not think he saved on the last lap I don't think so touch the wall once Here Comes Kyle bus two laps to go oh there he goes oh he hit the wall these two were beating and banging on each other years ago in the xinity series race it's not going to be enough and it was Brisco who came out on top now look at Kyle bus on that low line and he hits the Brisco hits the wall there is nothing between these two at the end of 500 miles one lap to go presented by Credit One Bank dang he's not going to have enough can Brisco One Last Shot One Last Shot Ry that's it both guys are going to break a very long winless streak wow will it be dang Kyle Bush throwing everything at Chase Brisco he can it's a win and you're in and the 29y old from Mitchell Indiana Chase fris wins the southern 500 and is going to the playoffs two weeks in a row we have been treated to a win and you're in this time it's Chase Brisco dude holy [Music] F how cool is that there's only 10 races left from here on for the Stewart racing Corporation and Chase Brisco just raced his way into the playoffs that's how much it means right there he's in tears I just won the southern 500 that's what it's all [Music] about he earned it I mean he had two of the very best in our sport that he had to beat and he made it happen credit to Kyle Bush he gave it everything that was an amazing final run but it's Chase Brisco who prevails his wife Marissa is having twins in October what an end of 20124 it is for the Brisco household you like that one Stevie what a battle what a battle you said it to win the southern 500 is one thing to do it with the pressure knowing that Stuart hos is going away in 10 races is another and then to cap it off to hold off you know Kyle bus 63 wins two championships that resume chasing you down it's just quite amazing and we see this out of Brisco it was this Raw Talent when he gets the opportunity he puts it on display these fans out standing and cheering him on as he salutes I love the classy backwards Victory lap gton just doesn't disappoint it's it's just amazing how the end of these races you said it Lee at the end of five you know 480 miles here we are racing like this it's just just never disappoints and courtesy of that win unfortunately these two guys don't have a say in the matter these two being Chris Pusher and Bubba Wallace when there was a new winner with Martin TRX being locked in even though crashing out Ty Gibs gets the last spot they're out this man's in and by the way the drama continues the points are in and Tyler reic has won the regular season by one single point one point an AP pH [Music] dang that was an awesome [Applause] [Music] race a win for the ages at [Music] Darlington Chase Brisco and steuart hos racing are in the 2024 playoffs Tim thanks for the Sub sub Michael thank you for becoming a member Michael thank you Kelly just the emotion unquestioned the biggest win of his career [Music] the crew congratulating wife Marissa and his son coming in in tears as well you Kyle 33 cents you're welcome everybody won [Music] Chase how much of this was for you and how much of this was for the 300 plus employees at steuart hos who don't have a job at the end of the year both last week was the most embarrassing race I ever ran in my life and I told Richard I said I don't even want to talk about it I promise you I will make it up to you next week and just uh man everybody knows I'm a die R Tony Stewart man and to get this 14 car back in Victory Lane and uh you know for all 320 something employees to be able to race for a championship in their final year Tre thank man unbelievable so yeah God is just so good it's uh it's like deja vu there at the end with Kyle with the xinity r here in 2020 and I was so loose I didn't know if I was going to be able to do it but uh yeah just can't than highpoint.com man detractors Rush Truck Centers uh uh Zep just everybody that uh makes us steal go around and go to Atlanta and try to uh steal another one what does it say about you and the entire 14 team that you never number one gave up but never number two never quit on each other yeah it's just this group I mean the day that we found out that you know the team wasn't going to exist anymore we went over to the shop floor and we all looked at each other and said we're in this to the end we're not going to give up and we had we kept saying all week we got one bullet left in the chamber and that that bullet hit Kyle Bush was catching you was that the hardest you've driven in your entire life yeah I was sideways counter steering felt like I was in a Sprint car so yeah just um yeah uh this night just literally went perfect you know the Picker did an incredible job and uh I was crying like after the Checker I just won the southern 500 this is a Crown Jewel and what makes this race so special is all you race fans every time we come here it's sold out it's awesome and we love you guys and last time I went here was during Co so I didn't get experience with the fans so grateful that you guys are here and uh yeah I can't wait to celebrate for a driver who loves the history of racing this one means a lot on so many levels for Chase Brisco now a playoff participant Dave Kyle your team gave you the fresher rubber did you think that'd be enough um yeah I did when I made it through a few of those guys right there on the start I thought we'd have a shot to get there and I think I just needed him to have maybe three or four more laps older tired for uh for me to be able to break through the Wake once I got within his air um I really I really didn't have enough to uh to power through that to get closer I was kind of sliding already so um hatte it for our guys everybody on our team um everybody at RCR and this Morgan and Morgan Chevrolet they turned it around the last uh four or five weeks and and we've run a lot better and that's been much uh improved and and beneficial to our team and the organization so um something to build on and and get better for you know we just missed a lot in the early part of the year and through the middle part of the year to to put ourselves in this spot to be on the outside looking in so um to come in here for a last ditch effort and um and have a shot I mean early in the race I wouldn't have thought we had a shot so felt like we really overachieved there towards the end and and got a really good finish for for what what we had or what I thought we had and uh we'll take it and and keep building on it it's kind of a tale of two seasons right because you had legitimate shots the last month or so in Atlanta yeah um you know so it's um yeah it's just short you know come up short and and um you know maybe I'm a washed up old dog but um hopefully I can find a few more trophies I think not but I think you'll be looking for that Victory to keep the streak alive in the last 10 races here right yeah no doubt I mean that's you know I I wanted it last week I wanted it this week I wanted it Atlanta I wanted it in Vegas you know there's been a lot of opportunities day 2500 we were up front all day so um I I can count them you know at least on on a hand maybe I need two hands to count opportunities that have slipped away so uh we're achieving right now and and getting success from Those runs and and pulling in the finishes that we need it's a good look from the eight right now too bad they couldn't capitalize tonight guys what a phenomenal run it was from Kyle bus this guy fought as hard as he could as well Bubba Wallace excellent qualifying yesterday started on the poll gave it his all but it's not to be he will not be in the playoffs weekend it's R is over yes on the flip side his teammate who battled sickness all race long is the regular season Champion by one point over Kyle lson could we have any more drama in the southern wow crazy stuff y'all and the cameras are gone for the rest of the night that was cool hope you guys had a good time we had a blast that was a great ending cameraman was on it watching those two guys uh great race it was uh Braves and Extra Innings so right now is too so that's cool maybe we can win here yeah I wanted Larson to win the championship wiie Wonka says but yeah it is it is what it happens but Tyler reic uh give it to Tyler reic though like dude was throwing up in his helmet going to the bathroom in his suit like he earned that regular season Championship tonight uh Tyler reck finishes top 10 uh but lson just kind of fell off there in the second that last couple laps there with bad tires but uh fun times but definitely reic deserves the uh the regular season Championship considering his stuff that he went through today uh definitely has earned some respect in my book even though he has been a great driver but you're welcome everybody you're welcome so much but let's go through the list here and then like I said the 3100 are still left we had like almost 7,800 or something in here I don't know I'm going to be on vacation for it Atlanta and Watkins Glenn I'll still do preview Vlogs we'll have the Vlogs out look for us there and look for us in some luxurious destinations maybe live too as well but I want to thank everybody for hanging out we'll be back for Bristol and then we'll be through the whole month of October as well and then we'll go from there into November so thank you guys so much thanks for the streams man enjoy the vacation we'll have a great time we're going to do some Braves baseball next week uh but uh two more streams to go and then we're going to go on vacation here it is way into the playoffs so DJ here's how the playoff standings officially Shape Up playoffs starting next week in Atlanta yeah exactly like we thought this was going to look couple week right sure I mean you I've been trying to think of a word as we were going to start this show but you know as simple as it is it fit wow I mean you to see what these drivers did put themselves out there put the car in places that you didn't think were possible the passes that we saw just an incredible DJ for all the yeah you guys know I talk all the time and I'm in stunned silence I I don't I don't there's not any words when we when when I look at this and and you look at what went on the the the last 14 laps from Chase Brisco they said go get the southern 500 they didn't say go make the playoffs they said go get a southern 500 that shows how important this race is you saw Kyle bus prove once again why he's one of the greatest race car drivers that ever sit in a car he put that car on his back and ran it up there couldn't do anything with it once he but it was fascinating to watch the talent and to watch the desire and then put everything on the line lap after lap after lap for those Final 14 laps so of all the Darlington races you have watched DJ where would you rank this performance by this 14 team and Chase Brisco tonight you know I I think and thinking back obviously that how different and and what it means with this and of course this the first time that this race has been the cut off race in doing that but you know we've seen some phenomenal battles over the years but for what this meant this was as entertaining I mean this wasn't like Chase Brisco came out of nowhere he was there all night saying okay Kyle Larson you make one slip I'm going to take advantage of this and and Larson didn't do that but Chase Brisco found a way to do it so I mean that's is entertaining watching the the very best at what they do be able to to do it for so long to for to see a driver dig down you know you want to see that what do what do these drivers have inside to make moves like this happen and Chase Brisco shows exactly what he's made of Kyle what did you say in the pre-race If a driver is going to race their way in the playoffs they're going to earn it tonight earn it there's no question Chase Brisco earned that one they earned it and and that's what we said nothing's free there's no free lunch and these guys realized that and they went after it what's fascinating is we live in a time and are very blessed to watch this sport in time when this Race Matters every lap mattered when Dale drove when Pearson drove if we go back in time it was all about coming in here beating the racetrack and beating the rest of the competition there were 15 different scenarios ining this race that we had to follow so many different storylines so many it wasn't a guy that was leading the race we're talking about the guy that's run in 25th when's he going to get in the top 10 when's he going to move in the points when's this going to happen it was as entertaining race listen I think they ought to run when we get to the playoffs they ought to run 10 races and they all ought to be here at Darlington all 10 of them that's the way it ought to be that would be entertaining for me yeah you know and when you're leading the race like that and I can only imagine the pressure of the playoffs there too uh but when you're leading the hardest thing is to see a driver at this racetrack that has run you down and you try to do everything that you can knowing that that guy has fresher tires his car is a little bit better and oh yes KY Bush a two-time champion the hardest thing is to not overdrive the car but you have to extend yourself to the fullest limits and abilities that you have and not make a mistake we saw Brisco get into the wall one time up in three and four but he challenged it pretty much every single lap and that's amazing that you can do that yeah you think you think drivers we talk about drivers never forget Brisco referenced 2020 in a bush race so he knew exact or an Infinity race he knew exactly what to expect when Kyle Bush got there drove a very disciplined race and the reward is the biggest win of his his career and a birth in the 2024 playoffs unfortunately with a new winner the first driver out of the playoffs is Chris busher Kim is with him Chris busher will come home in the sixth position a solid finish unfortunately not the day you needed with a new winner you'll be the first guy outside the playoff picture will not run for a title you guys had to overcome so much today how would you summarize your Southern 500 yeah just uh I don't know we felt like we did what uh for the most part what we need to do today and um you know got back uh Got Back In Contention there at the end and um got a decent finish out of it uh just uh didn't didn't quite get it done again and uh now we uh we're on the outside look at in so fortunately it's just the system we're all playing in and um you know we had such a great year uh everyone RFK worked so hard we've been so fast we've outrun uh so many of these cars that uh that that are going to get to run for a championship but that's that's the system and uh we didn't we didn't work it right when I talked to your crew chief Scott Graves earlier today regardless of what you did in this race you said he felt like you guys could do some damage in the last 10 races what is the approach to the final 10 and what are your goals yeah it's not on my mind yet um yeah I just uh had a lot of things figured out and um you that's thank you Rick for all your help now so uh thanks for modding tonight get back dig uh another great run for bill.com Mustang uh another great finish here at darington just uh not enough with with a new winner and um yeah just crazy so uh definitely going to think back on different times throughout the year and um you know figure out how to do better next time how do you sum up the emotion in one word uh it's just it's frustration and and disbelief allog together the weekend started out so well for Bubba Wallace that new winner thing caught up with you guys at the end but there was a little chaos the second half of this race what was going on yeah we just uh got behind on adjustments we were back and forth on our um US Air Force Toyota Camry just a little too loose a little too tight and uh that cost um with a couple Laps on tires where we stay down buddy deciding appreciate you butterfly as well Richard so tight there and got back there in traffic and a spot we haden't been all day and uh I got caught up in someone else's so unfortunate I hate it for our guys but uh man hats off to the 14 um I thought I did something yesterday they they won up us and and showed up when it was game time so that's uh that's pretty badass so congrats to them uh man just uh wasn't good enough for 16th this year hate that uh sting saying that but uh wasn't from a lack of effort from all of us on this 23 car so best of luck to the 45 and hopefully a toyo wins how do you evaluate overall getting to this point and especially bringing it like you guys did this weekend n tomorrow's Labor Day right so got to sit and dwell on hopefully no Mee but uh you got four or five days reset and go on to where we go next I don't even know shows how mental this race was so we'll be fine boy where do you go if uh if you're Bubba Wallace DJ I mean this is this is the Hard One to take but he did mention and you mentioned earlier too Kyle it didn't come down to this race it was the body of work for the entire season that's a good interview he he explained everything what they went through they car here he drove a really really good race all right so let's go through the standings real quick and I'm watching the Braves here in the bottom of the 11th it's tied at two but the Phillies have someone at third Chase Brisco wins it gets it in crazy Kyle Bush and so close again we said that last week all right Christopher Bell my man he came so close with Kyle Lars dominated this race ridiculous Ross Chastain Chris busher Denny Hamlin four tires he couldn't move up Joey loano Cory lejoy Tyler reck regular season points champion that's good for him and Kenneth Fox you enjoy yourself in Atlanta next week I hope it's an amazing time and I hope you have a wonderful time and tell Tom I said and tell go fast pasta go fast pasta let's go baby um let's see Chase Elliot 11th that's pretty good considering uh let's see Chase Elliott Ryan priest Austin syri Brad kazlowski Austin Dylan bubble Wallace Todd Gillan and then here's your lap down cars Daniel Suarez he didn't he didn't catch on fire tonight it's good SVG three laps down in 26th William Byron in that wreck Josh Barry Noah greggson Caron josar craa Richard yeah Timmy Hill TRX Jr he gets in the playoffs Ryan blay as well haven't heard anything about his arm yet so but that is it hope you guys a good time if it goes to the 12th inning we're going to I'm going to send you to our good friend JJ there's uh 1,600 of us here I'm G to send y'all to JJ but uh so this is it for a couple weeks for us guys I hope you guys had a good time and we'll continue to do the preview Vlogs this week but uh we won't be having any streaming the next two weekends unless something really happens uh you never know so keep your notification Bells has Tai talked he has not he has not TI talked hasn't but he's in he's in so that's good you're welcome Lloyd thank you so much Bray's bringing the long hair for C with two outs first and 30 I'm watching that right now we got second and third if we can get this out here I'm going to send y'all to JJ epic night CEO tell Spain I said hi have a great trip we'll do it we'll have a great time look for some Vlogs as well guys for our trip we're going to have a lot some Vlogs and have a great time so maybe some lives as well so make sure your notification bells are on you so you'll see where we're at it's tied up now at two yeah I'm just waiting to see if they go to the to the uh 12 if they go to the 12 I'm going to send you to JJ he's one of our good buddies and uh like to help him out a little bit with, 1500 of us here still but man Chase Brisco going to jgr next year uh filling in for that 19 cuz creux is retiring so that's got to be good for jgr to be like hey you got a playoff driver another playoff driver oh here's here's uh Tyler reic let's listen in the Tyler reic the regular season Championship AA single point before we dive into what that means for the team it was a heck of a day for you you were battling some illness in the race car how in the world did you maintain the focus needed to get that regular season Championship I don't really know if I did honestly just things things fell our way there at the end uh yeah I I don't know I started the day off feel really really good and just you know kind of trying to take my time to get around Bubba and you know him and him and the five kind of jumped us on that first cycle and thought we were you know long race we had plenty of time plenty capable and just man I mean by the end of stage one I I couldn't even really focus on what to tell the guys to to do on our protector to Camry so it was just it was frustrating man we you know we had that buffer over the over the five and I just watched it disappear all day long and I trying everything I can to to to drive this car as fast as I can it's just it was just a real struggle honestly I'm I don't have anything left nothing left but as we look forward to the playoffs you guys have been so consistent recently and now you've got 15 additional points in the playoff Bank what does that mean for this team and what they can do during the playoffs yeah it's huge for us um it's a bummer man this was this has been one of my best tracks and and we just we had an all around I hate that um like I said I hate we had to use that buffer up that that we had coming in here but um I mean this what this team's kind of all about I feel like this is the worst night we've had in in in months and months um speed wise um MJ and we still finished 10th and it was kind of an allout struggle for us so just really proud of everybody on this team staying behind me I couldn't give great feedback and it was just really really hard to focus and keep it out of the wall there all night so um Shane we gave some points up you know I feel like this race we could win but it's really nice to in uh year two for me here at this team and and year four of this team for us to to get the regular season Championship like we did congrats thank you despite everything Tyler reic battled here tonight gets the regular season championship by a single point over Kyle Larson just unbelievable Kyle I mean how did he get it done how did he gut it out all evening long because it was stage one where he was saying I'm not sure I can make it yeah stage one the radio that chatter that we heard and she kept reporting was like man he's going to melt and run out of this thing there's there's no we're going to see him in the front on the front stretch stand on the racetrack and and it was that thanks for keeping me up to dat Budd he said all right so I don't know how long he's going to stay on I think I'm G swinging to someone else um he's probably going to go off the air here in a second so I don't know if you guys have ever uh seen a guy on Nashville streams down in Broadway he does a pretty good job as well so I'm GNA send you to him it's Broadway bars you like Nashville like country music you'll like this guy see if I can uh find him one second what's it called live here somewhere let's see okay here we go nope he doesn't have his redirect on either these people need to have the redirect on okay well we'll just we'll see if we can tell him to stay in there all right we'll see if he'll stay did he log off all right someone go to JJ and tell him to stay we're GNA about to bring some people here all right guys see y'all later I appreciate everybody and we'll see you in two weeks for some Bristol Action Truck Races Xfinity and Nascar Cup Series thank you so much for making a great great great stream and we'll do some uh races Braves baseball on Tuesday so thank you guys so much for everything over two something 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