Radios came on, Tommy says “Who is spotting tonight?” Ty comes on the radio and says “Are you looking for me? Are you talking to ME? Are YOU talking to ME?” Then Michael and Tommy start in with their best DeNiro impressions too.
Tommy & Ty discuss where Ty will end spotting during pits and Tommy will take over. Ty tells Tommy not to hesitate to scream if he see something Ty doesn’t. Tommy asks Michael if he got all that, and Michael responds “Yeah, if I hear a bunch of people screaming, I better slow down.” Tommy then informs Michael that the 26 are pitting behind them, and the 74 are in front. “So it’s 20, 26, then us” says Tommy.
Tommy thanks the crew for “working your asses off this week. I know we don’t have the best piece, but hopefully we’ve made the right decisions to run good tonight” Ty responds that no matter what happens, it’s good that the sponsors saw all their efforts.
During the first pace lap, Michael had to take his steering wheel off and replace it for some reason.
Ty said to get pit road speed while on front straightaway.
Mike: Showing 4 in 2nd but the pace car hasn’t turned on his lights yet.
Tommy: 10-4, 4,000 in 2nd is fine
Ty: Leaders in turn 4, get ready. Green green green. Everyone straight, clear either side. Still outside, Clear up if you need it. All clear, left side. Clear
Lap 6 Blaney clips Mikey after racing side by side for 26ths. Ty says the fender looks fine.
Lap 10 Tommy informs Michael he is faster than the leader
Lap 11 Vickers falling back, Ty tells Michael “No caution, keep going”
Lap 14 Mike passes Blaney for 25th
Lap 17 Clear 4 cars back to the 16 of Biffle
Lap 19 Michael passes Bowyer for 24th
Lap 21 Biffle passes, Biffle and Mike are fastest on track says Ty
Lap 23 Biffle wiggles Yeley, Michael passes both of them for 23rd
Lap 28 Biffle passes Michael.
Lap 32 Mike: Plowing Tommy, late
Tommy: I see it, Keep doing what you’re doing. We’ll be all right.
Lap 35 Ty informs Michael the brakes look great from up here
Lap 37 Mike tells Tommy the tires are “airy”
Lap 41 Michael passes Kenny Wallace, who is lapped.
Lap 44 Kasey Kahne passes Michael who is now 24th
Lap 60 Caution Tommy: 4 tires, 1 up on the trackbar. How tight was it there? Was it starting to loosen up?
Mike: Negative. Can’t be any free-er in, but really tight off
Tommy: 4 tires, 1 up on trackbar
Lap 63 Mike comes out behind Kasey in 26th.
Tommy: What were you saying about left front air?
Mike: I said LESS front air, I need down on both front airs cause it was really good for a while, but then it pushed horrible.
Tommy: 10-4, everybody was pretty much saying the same thing. We were just as good as the leader there. It’s better than yesterday though.
Mike: Oh yea, way better. It feels like it did in the first run of practice, on difference is it’s turning better now.
Tommy: 10-4, tires look great. What are your temps?
Mike: 230/230
Ty: Just to let you know, they busted the 6 because his tires were on the line. Two more lappers coming under you.
Lap 68 Mike passes Kasey, Ty informs him that Sterling is backing up on the bottom going into 3.
Lap 69 Mike passes Sterling
Lap 71 Junior is behind Mike
Lap 73 34 is slow up high, Michael passes
Lap 76 Mike lets Junior pass
Lap 77 Mike passes a lapped Vickers
Lap 78 Ty informs Mike that the 1 and 42 keep leaning on each other, so be ready
Lap 84 Bowyer passes Michael for 22nd
Lap 87 Caution out
Mike: It’s got too much air in the front tires or it’s just plowing. Once I get in, it pushes off.
Tommy: 10-4, 4 tires, 1 up on left rear wedge, plus I made an air pressure adjustment
Mike: What do you want me to do? Nobody knows if they are coming or not. If they all come in, do you want me to come?
Tommy: No, stay out
In Demand lost radio at lap 88 when Michael entered the pits. Audio returned on Lap 92 Michael entered pits in 22nd, and Exited in 26th.
Lap 94 passed 34 and 41
Lap 96 passed 9 and 18. Sterling is holding everyone up. Lepage passes Sterling outside, Bowyer goes to Sterling’s inside making it 3 wide. Sterling taps Michael, sending him & Yeley to the apron. Michael is then passed by the 9, 41, 26, and 99.
Laps 98 Michael passes Sterling
Lap 106 passed 49
Lap 112 passed Bowyer
Lap 113 Ty: Caution out. Front straightaway.
Tommy asks if the car is better, Mike says no. Tommy says he’ll make another air pressure adjustment, another round up on left rear wedge, 4 tires, and fuel. Tommy: Damn thing takes off on green don’t it?
Mike: That usually means it’s too much air. Starts to plow, but it plowed at the start, so I don’t know. We can stay out if you want.
Tommy: Everyone’s probably going to come in, but we only have less than 20 laps on these tires.
Mike: I don’t mind taking the chance but it’s up to you. I want you to call it.
Tommy: Come in, 4 tires and fuel. Let’s get this thing better, and we’ll wait til the end to play for track position.
Michael reminds them to tug on the right front fender. Ty informs them that 5 or 6 stayed out, and that’s why they are where they are. They entered in 27th, came out 32nd.
Lap 131 passes lapped 34
Lap 133 passes Yeley for 27th
Lap 135 passes lapped Kenny Wallace
Lap 142 Ty warns Michael that Kyle Busch is 1 back and that he’s fast.
Lap 150 Michael let’s Shrub pass
Lap 155 Shrub wiggles DJ, and Michael passes DJ for 27th
Lap 166 Jeff Green is passed by Shrub, Schrader, and Lepage. Ty warns Michael that car in front of him is Green.
Lap 179 DJ passes Michael for 27th
Lap 184 Bowyer passes Mike, Ty warns that the leader(Jeff Gordon) is 3 cars back
Lap 199 Jeff Gordon passes Michael.
Lap 201 Caution out, Michael is Lucky Dog. Mike burps and says “it’s plowing” Tommy calls for 1 down on right rear wedge and for Ty to let Michael know when to take his Lucky Dog. Michael requests water and a towel, and says the car feels like there’s 300lbs of air. “I just can’t turn it, but it felt that way in practice too, so I don’t know what to do”
Lap 203 Ty directs Mike to take his Lucky Dog, and not to pit this time by.
Lap 208 Mike passes Lepage for 27th. Caution comes out for debris. Ty warns of oil from the 4 car. Tommy asks if the car is still tight. Mike says he’ll let him know in a couple of laps. He doesn’t want to make the wrong call and hurt them.
Lap 223 Mike passes a lapped Reed, who is hitting everyone that passes him, including Michael, who loses a spot to Harvick, and a lapped Vickers passes too.
In Demand loses audio again for a few laps. Comes back on at lap 230 to hear Mike tell Tommy the temps were 250 each.
Lap 231 Mike is 21st on the restart
Lap 232 Bowyer is slow up high just before his wheel comes off. Mike is warned that 10 has been running 5th all night, had new tires, and was off sequence.
Tommy: we’re in 20th right now Mike, 15 laps from halfway, and you’re doing a good job.
Mike: Ya’ll too, just got a little temperature. They’re still 250.
Lap 239 Michael warned the 10 car is behind him and is fast and being overly aggressive, and to watch him. Ty says “I ain’t saying he’s above it”
Michael responds “I ain’t sayin he a gold digger” referring to the Kanye West rap song. Michael then says “Oh, by the way, JJ Yeley is an idiot”. Ty says they’ll make note of that.
Lap 247 Riggs and Harvick pass Michael. Michael is 21st.
Lap 262 Michael warned Kurt Busch is behind him and he’s been 2nd or 3rd fastest all night. Michael lets him pass.
Lap 269 Mike passes lapped Reed
Lap 271 Michael passes Martin Truex Jr
Lap 286 Michael passes Biffle. Tommy informs Michael that his times are same as the leader, who is 10 car lengths back
