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Fenway that got it done first and second here at new hampshire. >> ñiedwards, talking about it. a 1.9 race. he made -- biffle was shot out of a canyon. >> good job, boys.ñr ♪ just my championship ride >> good, smart driving. >> what a difference a year makes for the roush fenway drivers. finished just shy of a championship, 69 points in jack of jimmie johnson. this year, well, edwards has not gone to victory lane. i think he qualified well and starts this race fifth. he struggled in both the...

Two years. even though they have been very good at other places, they can take this time to really work on that type of setup for these cars. >> heres the 1 car, a little bit different paint job for martin true exjx jr. hes also the teammate to our polesitter, juan pablo montoya. >> picking up where they left off, one and two. they need assurance and that got some here. i guarantee, if i see my teammate be that fast yesterday, i would have had exactly what he had in there. but i got to think bri...

Weekend. but this qualifying lap -- >> i think hes a little surprised with the fifth place qualifying effort because they werent very good in the practice yesterday. he got in one. >> lap when he needed it. >> greg biffle, you mentioned, winless this year and winless a year ago coming into new hampshire. and won the race here and also won the next week at dover delaware. >> biffles confident he can do that again. he said we won good the last time two times in new hampshire. won last fall, went o...

Stay in a part of the shot. needs to be there as a leader as the team on weekends and try to get that blue deuce into the championship here in 09. well cover it all beginning 1:00 eastern time sunday. nascar sprint cup series race number one in the chase on abc beginning with "nascar countdown." you like drag racing? we have nhra coming your way. nhra nationals qualifying at 11:00 eastern time and the finals tomorrow at 7:00 eastern time on espn2. "nascar now" prerace edition. we will set the st...

Back in new hampshire, coverage of "happy hour" final practice session for the sprint cup cars. heres the 83 car of brian vickers ha has come out of the garage area after changing that splitter. >> hes not missed too much track time. hes got about 26 laps on the board.

A lot of folks werent sure if tony stewart would make the chase. stewart and haass got both of his cars in the chase. >> how about this team here? thats enough when the pressures on. getting the job done. >> beautiful job. wait to get her done! ♪ just the championship ride >> one of the pleasant surprises for 2009, the performance of stewart/haass racing. you see the performance there. second and 10th the seating. >> pretty impressive what hes done so far with not just his team but ryan newman...

Hamlins good at that. >> i think you hit on something important there, dale. talking about the brakes. thats the whole thing with flat-track racing. youve got to slow down and listen to the brakes. i think denny maam lynn dohamld job getting off the brake. before he gets to the corner hes off the brake and thats how you make time on flat corners. >> remember as a rookie, he won both races at pocono, which is essentially a flat racetrack. high-speed track where you got to get through the corners ...

Dad was promoting there. >> he came down with his old converted school bus and drove it all the way to the south. talking about some of the drivers from the northeast. how about this kid from lung, joey logano. he came here with his dad at the age of 5 and sat in the stands. and he picked the exact seat that day where mark martin sat on the pole and won the race and now hes racing against these guys. >> its a dream come true for this kid. hes so deserving. does such a great job behind the wheel ...

Just a minute ak i checked with them again and they say -- i think its more of an average versus a quick time versus quick time, they say they picked up .4 during this practice session. as they look at what they were doing with the 14 car, theyre really please the right now. >> they have moved from the mid-30s to the mid-20s now so they are -- they are better than they were.ñi so i think thats why theyre optimistic. >> yeah. its really hard. we noted this a number of times. if you dont lay down...

This track will get tighter as we go throughout the day and thats what the drivers will face. you want to be careful. one thing they fight is theres races here this afternoon that will be difficult to overcome. the race car, first race of tomorrow, will be totally different about what you will see 50, 60 laps. >> after 50, 60 laps, the track does kind of settle down. one thing we have seen with this car, if you start out loose, its almost impossible to get it tightened up. even if the track does...