With ten laps to go, the green came out, and Stewart closed the gap.

With then 13 laps to go, Cogan suddenly pulled out to a sizable 3-second lead.

Then with one lap to go, it was down to 10 seconds.

With just three laps to go, he edged into the lead for the first time.

With two or three laps to go, better people passed me and I finished 10th.

With two laps to go, Guderzo had a second lead, but it was never more than 25 seconds.

With one lap to go, it was obvious that I was dying.

However, with 11 laps to go, his car quit, and he was out of the race.

"With three laps to go, my tank was empty," he said.

As the laps went on, the hot weather began to affect some of the cars.