Lap by Lap: Tropicana 400

Ryan Newman got his third win of 2003 when he took the checkered flag in the Tropicana 400 at Chicagoland Speedway.

A lap-by-lap recap follows:

Lap 267: Checkered Flag: Ryan Newman gets his third win of the year

Lap 265: Kevin Harvick runs out of fuel

Lap 234: Casey Mears finds the wall, bringing out the sixth caution

Lap 222: Green flag flies with Ryan Newman in front

Lap 215: A fiery crash involving Johnny Benson, Casey Mears, Bobby Labonte and Mike Wallace brings out the caution.

Lap 213: Green flag flies with Ryan Newman in front

Lap 211: Ryan Newman inherits the lead by staying out during caution

Lap 210: Rusty Wallace goes to the garage area with transmission problems

Lap 208: Dale Earnhardt Jr. gets loose, hits the wall, brings out the caution

Lap 200: Jimmie Johnson takes the lead back after Ryan Newman makes a green-flag pit stop

Lap 191: Ryan Newman takes the lead after Jamie McMurray makes a green-flag pit stop

Lap 190: Jamie McMurray takes the lead as Jimmie Johnson makes a green-flag pit stop

Lap 175: Jimmie Johnson takes lead as Jeff Gordon heads to pit road

Lap 132: Jeff Gordon leads as the green flag flies

Lap 128: Jeff Gordon inherits the lead after electing to stay out during the caution

Lap 127: Kurt Busch blows an engine, bringing out the caution

Lap 114: Sterling Marlin to pit road after his right-front tire went flat

Lap 114: Green flag flies with Kevin Harvick in front

Lap 108: Dale Earnhardt Jr. forced into a long stop after he ran over debris from Johnny Sauter's problems

Lap 107: Kevin Harvick takes the lead back as the other leaders take pit stops

Lap 107: Caution flies as Johnny Sauter experiences right-rear tire problems. There are 18 cars on the lead lap.

Lap 105: Tony Stewart regains lead from Kevin Harvick

Lap 96: Green flag flies with Kevin Harvick in front

Lap 91: Larry Foyt hits the wall, bringing out the day's second caution

Lap 87: Green flag flies with Kevin Harvick in front

Lap 84: Leaders go to pit road

Lap 83: Caution flies for debris with 18 cars on the lead lap

Lap 66: Tony Stewart reclaims the lead as Michael Waltrip makes a green-flag stop

Lap 65: Michael Waltrip takes the lead as Kevin Harvick makes a green-flag stop

Lap 61: Tony Stewart makes a green-flag stop, giving Keivn Harvick the lead

Lap 53: Poor fuel mileage causes Bill Elliott into an early green-flag pit stop; All Dodges forced to pit before Lap 60 while the pit window was forecasted to be 60-68 laps

Lap 46: Joe Nemechek pits with engine problems; Stewart opens up 3.5-second lead on second-place Jamie McMurray

Lap 4: Mark Martin begins to fall off pace, but picks up speed a lap or so later

Lap 1: Polesitter Tony Stewart leads the opening lap