Lap by Lap: EA Sports 500

Here is a lap-by-lap account of the EA Sports 500 at Talladega Superspeedway:

Lap 188: Checkered flag. Dale Earnhardt Jr.wins the EA Sports 500.

Elliott Sadler flips and tumbles on the last lap.

Lap 187: Wreck involving Kasey Kahne and Greg Biffle. Stays green.

Lap 186: Dale Earnhardt Jr. takes the lead again.

Lap 184: Kevin Harvick takes the lead.

Lap 183: Green flag. Brendan Gaughan leads.

Lap 180: Pit road opens. Most of the field come in. Brendan Gaughan decides to stay out and is the leader.

Lap 178: Tony Stewart scored as the leader.

Lap 177: Leaders come in to pit. Sterling Marlin gets turned around in the rush and collects Bobby Labonte.

Lap 175: Dale Earnhardt Jr. regains the lead.

Lap 173: Kevin Harvick leads.

Lap 158: Jimmie Johnson pits for overheating. His crew pushes his car behind the wall.

Lap 150: Kenny Wallace off the pace. Black-flagged.

Lap 148: Green flag. Dale Earnhardt Jr. leads.

Lap 143: Yellow-flag pit stops. Dale Earnhardt Jr. beats the leaders off pit road.

Lap 142: Caution. Multi-car wreck. Jeremy Mayfield, Jimmy Spencer, Bobby Hamilton Jr., Jeff Green. All four have heavy damage.

Lap 139: Jeff Burton takes the lead. Getting racy at the front of the field.

Lap 130: Dale Earnhardt Jr. takes the lead.

Lap 129: Green flag. Kasey Kahne has fender damage and heads to pit road.

Lap 126: Mike Wallace is the race leader.

Lap 123: Pit stops begin. Jamie McMurray spins into the grass on pit road. Jimmie Johnson hits Kasey Kahne coming out of his stall. Johnson has damage to the nose of his car.

Lap 122: Caution is out for Carl Edwards. Edwards loses his engine.

Lap 118: Jeff Gordon has taken the race lead.

Lap 111: Dale Earnhardt Jr. takes back the lead.

Lap 110: Kurt Busch takes the lead from Dale Earnhardt Jr.. Bobby Hamilton Jr. heads to the garage.

Lap 98: Dale Earnhardt Jr. leads the race after pit stops cycle through.

Lap 94: Green-flag pit stops begin.

Lap 80: Jimmie Johnson regains the lead.

Lap 75: A lot of quick lead changes up front. Michael Waltrip scored as the leader.

Lap 71: Jimmie Johnson is in the lead.

Lap 67: Rusty Wallace has taken the race lead.

Lap 65: Jeff Gordon races to the front with teammate Jimmie Johnson. Gordon leads the race. Tony Stewart is having a vibration problem with his car.

Lap 63: Green flag. Michael Waltrip is the leader on the re-start.

Lap 61: Pit stops under caution.

Lap 59: Caution is out. Someone is losing fluids from his car. Elliott Sadler is having problems.

Lap 57: Rusty Wallace and Jeff Gordon now shuffling the lead back and forth. Gordon retains the lead.

Lap 55: Jimmie Johnson and Rusty Wallace are running side-by-side at the front.

Lap 48: Jimmie Johnson leads th efield once again.

Lap 41: Rusty Wallace sneaks up to take the lead.

Lap 36: Jimmie Johnson reclaims race the lead.

Lap 35: Green flag.

Lap 33: Casey Mears is the leader after pit stops.

Lap 30: First cylce of pit stops. Kevin Harvick overshoots his pit stall and strikes his own jackman. He loses a lot of time on pit road. Crew member is OK.

Lap 29: Mike Wallace blew a tire and spins out. No other cars involved. Caution is out.

Lap 24: Jimmie Johnson has taken the lead. Dale Earnhardt Jr. slips to fifth.

Lap 16: Kyle Petty has a tire going down. He pits without incident. No caution.

Lap 15: Jimmie Johnson putting pressure on Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Lap 12: Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Elliott Sadler still lead the field. No cautions so far.

Lap 4: Dale Earnhardt Jr. has gained the lead. Elliott Sadler is close behind him.

Lap 3: Kurt Busch now leads.

Lap 2: Scott Riggs leads, passing oe Nemechek on the high side.

Lap 1: Green flag. Pole-sitter Joe Nemechek leads the first lap.