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>> they ran fourth in that session. hears a driving looking for a ride and motivated to show up on the racetrack. >> it would be important for david bush to have teammates like stremme to get your set upclose and get some things that would help you along the way. >> heres a driver with no teammates this year. surprisingly only one joe gibbs racing car in, but it is a good one. hes the guy with the momentum. talking about danny hamlin. >> and this is kind of racetrack, too. >> expect him to be ex...

Hornish, two at pocono. dave? >> i hear wondering aloud, is he doing the same thing as kurt busch and stremme? he said, no, were doing our own thing. i like it that way in june. they had a top ten finish, strategizing their way to that. he said were still working on it here but i like the way we have it set up versus what they have. >> the penske portion as a whole has been on the upswing. you see that with the 77 and kurt busch and even david stremme. hes been up in the top 15 just about every ...

>> brians sitting in the car and looking at the at some of the numbers from the engineer si will show you whats happening here. >> the inside car there got loose and out of the groove. >> hes lucky he didnt get even more damage. >> how about the lost time here? we were talking in commercial ago how important it is -- you guys were saying how important it is to be on the track for every minute of this final session. >> sometimes you just have to do what you have to do. if they need to change the ...

Im telling you. bobby labonte. it tells what you a good race car driver he is. >> its a good opportunity to showcase his talent. back out with jimmie johnson here. >> lets update the 48, the champ. >> andy, what were you saying about when these cars get a little loose, theyre what? >> tough. >> theyre tough to fix. hard to fix that. >> thats the thing that got jimmie johnson yesterday in qualifying. >> he will start in the outside in row eight. after this practice, they started with a long run, ...

Difficult but being in the chase, the performance is there. theyre pretty good week in and week out. he just said he feels comfortable with his crew chief getting there. so they will be okay. the problem will be the other teams who are not quite up to par. how do they get there? they need a direction to fix some of the problems with the other team. >> you said the other thing, kenny francis is the saving grace. robbie loomis is great if hes able to be in the position needs to be. kenny francis i...

Exit. >> one of the dodges in the chase heres is 9 car of kasey kahne making his second chase ii his career. he doesnt have a win here. has one top five beginish, fourth co -- finish, one in the fall 2060of . a lot of discussion with the merger announced this team would be going away from dodge and to ford in 2010. ness whthis is what kasey kahne had to say in his press conference -- >> i dont really know who it is either. so its just -- i dont know. theres not a lot of answers out there right n...

>> they will come into the meeting and say, man, my cars not good. i dont know whats taking place here. and he says only one time all year has mark came in and said, "man, is my car good." and that was at chicago and he thanked us. he said if mark ever comes in and says my cars good, im changing to what hes got. >> mark won 192 laps in chicago. if mark thinks hes close to being good, you better watch out. dale earnhardt jr. is also on the racetrack here trying to get up to speed. not bad in this...

The same characteristics getting through to point. >> he will be hard to beat this weekend. >> dale jarrett brings up a good point. the last time this team was so good was at the indianapolis speedway where ron montoya led 116 laps and had that heartbreaking speeding penalty which caused them maybe the biggest win of his career thus far. >> heres the 43 car and 48 car. reed sorenson and jimmie johnson breaking it up a little bit. johnson taking the low line and trying to read the pass. >> i read...

>> speechless. >> okay, rick horrow. >> this is a great segment. >> always great seeing you. what do you think of a car that gets between 4 to 6 miles per gallon. maybe skwlou take off in one. its just an estimate. thats what a top stock car is set to get. nascar says forget about that. theyre going green. i admit, i had some doubts. probably a lot like you. but i like what i found. i think you will too. car for car, when compared to the competition, we win. simple as that. i just know if you ...

All right. dont look for a hybrid car to take the checkered flag anytime soon at a nascar event. but the sport arguably one of the most popular in the country is gradually steering its fans and racing crews to be less wasteful and to recycle more. brianna keilar visited the track recently. >> reporter: on any given weekend, these cars on the racetrack will consume about 3,000 gallons of gasoline combined. so when you think of nascar you probably dont think of an eco-friendly sport. but nascar is...