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Place. where buyers competn is fierce. next on kpix 5 weather talent appears at wx center with generic pinpoint filling monitor then we take special sponsored 7- >> pelley: finally tonight, the main selling point for electric cars has been avoiding trips to the gas station. now car companies are putting new emphasis on performance. think fast, very fast. heres jeff glor. >> reporter: drag racing is a sport thats often fiery and loud. at least it was. welcome to the track in the age of electric c...

>> reporter: hes referring to last weeks race in richmond, virginia. in the final moments clint boyer suddenly lost control. >> i bet its hot in there. >> reporter: some suggest team leaders sent coded radio messages signalling him to do it. teammate brian vickers number 55 was told to make a pit stop. radio communications seem to suggest vicker is confused. >> i dont understand. pit right now? >> reporter: vickers is congratulated when he pits. >> oh, yeah. pit. >> reporter: nascars governing b...

The sport of nascar likes to call itself the most popular spectator sport in the country. they are in the news now for reasons they are not entirely proud of. the earliest nascar drivers remember were moonshiners. while the sport is now a big shiny multi billion dollar enterprise, there is an old expression in racing you still hear to this day. if you aint cheating, you aint trying. nascar is dealing with a cheating scandal and the problem with this is it was pretty much right out in the open fo...

>> there is not a rule that says you cant pit your car. there is not a rule that says you cant help your teammate. >> reporter: for nascars legion of fans a little bumping for position is all part of the excitement. many here today say the waltrip team went too far. >> yes, i do think it was cheating. >> when youre making big money, i guess you do whatever you need to do. >> theres bending the rules and theres breaking the rules. do you think they got too close to the edge? >> i think they went ...

And then move heathrow to a different location outside the city of london. heathrow is the size of 35 disney lands. its the busiest airport in europe by far and near the top of the list worldwide. because heathrow needs more runways to grow, mayor boris johnson says now is the time to get this right. he says it needs to close due to noise, congestion and pollution. history was made in nascar this weekend. morgan shepherd became the oldest driver ever to start a nascar race. morgan shepherd is ...

Which culminates in a pistol wielding celebration. connecticut senator chris murphy asked fox not to air the race, but the event will go on as planned, as does the emotional debate over guns. >> please help us do something before our tragedy becomes your tragedy. >> reporter: now, it is nine in ten americans supporting background checks for firearm sales, one poll found thats more popular than baseball and apple pie. lester? >> kristen welker at white house. as we said, we have learned exclusive...

Speaking of unplugging, a driver left a lap top sitting on the top of his car as he took off during a practice round of the sprint cup yesterday. lets hope he had a backup. the device which belonged to driver paul maynard and may have contained important race data smashed to pieces on the ground. the car trailing the number 27 chevy was able to maneuver around the mess. a poem by british novelist and poet charlotte bronte could catch a huge profit when it goes on the auction block next month i...

The nations governors were actually here at the white house for a formal dinner with the president. lester, even among those governors theres still uncertainty tonight about how exactly those budget cuts will affect their home states. >> peter alexander, thank you. a thrilling finish and some history made in todays daytona 500 race in florida, a day after a horrifying crash injured more than two dozen spectators. jimmie johnson won todays race, while danica patrick chalked up yet another first...

And it was the last lap of the race. the engine from rookie kyle larsens car went into the catch fence. it caught fire and then witnesses say large chunks from the tire, from the car, as well as a tire, went flying high up into the grandstand and hit a number of the people. first responders were here immediately. theyre already standing by in case something happens on the track. never thinking that its going to happen up in the stands. they have people on stretchers within a matter of moments. 1...

Different. >> and while no one can take this achievement from you, then come sunday, what do you do about the not knowing? and by that i mean, as all of us fans of the sport know, as you know better than most, the cars bunch up. kind of the last time you have any choice in the matter is qualifying for the race. you can be the best driver on the field, and yet youre getting either pulled or pushed around the track, and often terrible things happen that happen nowhere near you and arent your fault...