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You look at homestead Miami speedway. We've been race and here went there for the first time in 1999 and we always go there once a year. It is the last race of the season we had him previous races there. Of course Tony Stewart won the first two races there. -- for Joe Gibbs and number twenty car but there's no question when you look at the history. Homestead Miami speedway. It seems to be. The Roush how's the Roush Fenway house because they have won. The last five races at homestead Miami speedway in England six out of the last Greg Biffle the sixteen team. They won three races in a -- And of course one year ago Carl Edwards won the race there in fact. Hard to believe who would ever think we'd be sitting here in November of 2000 dance in the last race that Carl Edwards in the 99 team. In Sprint Cup line was homestead Miami speedway one year ago especially considering they finished second in the points in one races. In 2000. In -- so what a difference a year has made for that Roush team but it's it's a mile and a half speedway. And it's a true oval that the two unions are very singular it's very symmetrical. And they have reconfigured its racetrack several time we first started going there it was almost like a mile. Indianapolis Motor Speedway. With four distinct corners. Actually four straight -- like Indianapolis Motor Speedway. With not much banking and now they reconfigured it a little bit to give it a little bit about. Of an angle rather than nine degrees cool are getting you know the corners shortly after that in a few years ago. They did the best thing they can do for that don't have speedway. They mated and true oval with bearable thinking about eighteen to twenty degrees where it's eighteen at the bottom of the more you go up the racetrack. He gets up to twenty degrees in the -- we started runnin' -- configuration of the years ago. 100%. We had great sat us racing and we have been in all three series the NASCAR Camping World truck series the Nationwide Series. Industry Pepsi's. The other thing about this 100 mile race that will happen this commencement day. Is it will start fairly late in the afternoon. Now it may not -- and under complete darkness and under the lights. But will it will in in twilight so there's no question especially in sunny southern Florida. That race is gonna star. When the race track doesn't have a lot of grip and is it cools down it's gonna get angrier so -- handling characteristics of the cars are definitely change a lot like who we witnessed. It thinks this past week -- So even crew chief of the cars that are run enough for a it has good handling race course they know. That throughout this 267. Lap 400 mile race that they have to constantly make adjustments to their car to keep up with an ever changing track. It's gonna get faster in gain a lot of grip as we move toward. The checkered flag. Now the story's headed in homestead -- course aside from the 48 team and Jimmie Johnson and chicken house trying to win his fourth consecutive championship for Hendrick Motorsports. Is Kyle Busch. Pretty much even though he did not have. The race he wanted to happen in Nationwide Series at Phoenix on Saturday when he rolls in there in nest or were slipped eighteen car he takes the green flag. He officially becomes the 2000 and Nationwide Series championship it will be -- First championship. In one of NASCAR's top series. And when you look at the number of wins and he hasn't Camping World truck series the nation last season and even the spring capacity for that matter. I think everybody will kind of feel good for accomplish that he's finally seal the deal. And he finally will be a top series NASCAR champion. In -- course one other story. That -- started at Phoenix but he continued in -- things happening all eyes will be watching the Nationwide Series race especially on Saturday. Even though both drivers will be in the Sprint Cup race on Sunday. Is the fact of this little bit about. Few -- continues to uproot and move forward. Between Denny Hamlin and Brad Kozlowski a lot of home track incidents with those two guys in the Nationwide Series race at Phoenix. It is actually has been going on for well over a year. I can remember starting in the Nationwide Series at Lowe's Motor Speedway in the follow last year so it'll be interesting to see. If this scary zone based on any Cameron's post race comments I have a good thing and it very well may. Move around the -- in you know NASCAR feel like. They walk that high road with things like this year opt plot thing you know making sure. That things did not happen only racetrack in wrecking each other because as I've said. For many years as a crew chief and now nine years as a broadcaster. -- race car drivers -- race car for retaliation. The only people that suffer. The owners have to pay the bills to repair these race cars and of course the crew members at the shop. The don't have much of a life menial and repair these wrecks but you know what I think it gets off the racetrack we need you know somewhat turner he had. In -- minute -- NASCAR right now Weathers in the Camping World truck series the Nationwide Series of the Sprint Cup Series. We need some rivals we need some huge gorilla think that's only good for the sport -- honestly a lot of fans watch sports. Because of -- reason because of you so that's going to be something. That was going to be watching closely especially in that race on Saturday Nationwide Series. You know even our season is 36 races plus the Budweiser shootout plus -- sprint All-Star race at Lowe's in May. No matter what situation you're in with the year one of those chase themes or whether your team that's outside the top will make even a team. That's outside the top thirty you live in the seasonal one good note in the final race of the year and it doesn't matter what series it's in. Because honestly. -- whatever you results are from the final race of the year. That's something that you live with for three months until we go to Daytona in February of next year's that you want to Lackey in the season. High note. And when you think about it even though we had fourteen different winners in the Sprint Cup Series in 2000 -- just think about all the different teams. That we would have expected -- to of one at least one race in 2000. That's the only analyst wanna think about. All of the Richard Childress cars four cars up there and they are Willis in 2000. Bryant sat Richard Childress racing. Is the performances -- those race car or start to show especially this past week Keyon. Jeff Burton at 31 team that there race with time period crew chief. I'm -- eighteen races without even a top ten finish since they knew Todd barrier. From the 07 car over there -- yeah the last three races. Three top -- to top in a very impressive second place finish at Phoenix especially when you consider. With out any strategy without a lot of cautions. In net 312 lap race Jeff Burton 31 team went from starting 36 to finish in second in that race but that's somethin'. That's certainly Richard Childress racing would -- to care in the 2000 Ian at least one million. From one of those teams here in 2000 that you think about Carl Edwards we talked about you know. Greg Biffle both those draft in late teens even though the chase they are winless in 2000 that another -- team. That certainly has been one of the more pleasant surprises of 2000. One moment we the 42 team in Brian -- Even though they've had a phenomenal season certainly getting at least one in the win column. Would be date for the group and you think about Ryan Newman. Make in the chase. For Stewart Haas racing -- still sitting there winless his best finish was finished in second -- back in May so. Oh there's only room for one more win this year in 2000. So certainly all of those teams would love to get that final weekend in the final race here 2000 that.