Lap by Lap: Southern 500

Here is a lap-by-lap account of the Southern 500:

Lap 367: Checkered flag: Jimmie Johnson wins

Lap 366: White flag -- Jimmie Johnson leads Mark Martin, who passed Jamie McMurray for second

Lap 359: Jimmie Johnson's fresher tires pay off, as Johnson passes Jamie McMurray for the lead.

Lap 351: Jeff Gordon clinches the bonus for leading the most laps

Lap 349: Green flag; Jamie McMurray leads

Lap 347: Leaders back top pit road for tires; Jimmie Johnson wins the race off pit road. Possibly more importantly, Kurt Busch comes out second. Jamie McMurray takes the race lead by not pitting. Kasey Kahne, who also didn't pit, is second.

Lap 346: Caution for an engine problem for Kevin Harvick. Get ready for another round of pit stops

Lap 342: Battery dead on Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s No. 8 Chevrolet

Lap 341: Green flag; Jimmie Johnson leads

Lap 337: Final pit stops begin. Jeff Gordon in the pits; Jimmie Johnson wins the race off pit road.

Lap 331: Ryan Newman's engine expires, sending the No. 12 Dodge to the garage. The ensuing caution flag sets up one final set of pit stops.

Lap 323: Tony Stewart makes an unscheduled pit stop with a handling problem

Lap 316: Jimmie Johnson passes Mark Martin for second; Greg Biffle to the pits after brushing the wall

Lap 309: Green flag; Jeff Gordon leads

Lap 306: The gap in the Nextel Cup standings between leader Jeff Gordon and fifth-place Mark Martin is 76 points. Track cleanup continues

Lap 304: Leaders head to pit road for what may be the final pit stops of the day. Jeff Gordon wins the race to the scoring line with Mark Martin second and Jimmie Johnson third.

Lap 302: Caution flies for an accident involving Sterling Marlin and Ricky Rudd in Turn 4. Just before that contact, Kyle Petty brushed the wall in Turn 2, as well.

Lap 296: Jeff Gordon's lead has ballooned to 4.788 seconds

Lap 289: Jeff Gordon's lead is up to 2.742 seconds

Lap 285: Ryan Newman has moved into the top 10, pushing Dale Earnhardt Jr. to 11th

Lap 275: Four Chase drivers are in the top 10. Jeff Gordon leads, with Mark Martin second, Jimmie Johnson third and Dale Earnhardt Jr. 10th.

Lap 268: Jeff Gordon's lead is 2.268 seconds

Lap 264: Jeremy Mayfield earns a Darlington Stripe after brushing the wall

Lap 263: Jeff Gordon's lead is 1.375 seconds

Lap 254: Jeff Gordon passes Mark Martin for the lead -- Gordon has led 73 laps, 34 behind Jimmie Johnson for the extra five-point bonus

Lap 254: Green flag flies with Mark Martin in front, Kurt Busch 20th

Lap 250: Leaders hit pit road; Mark Martin wins the race to the scoring line

Lap 249: Caution flag flies for debris

Lap 248: As they run, Jeff Gordon leads the Chase, with Jimmie Johnson second (-17), Kurt Busch third (-27), Dale Earnhardt Jr. fourth (-70) and Mark Martin fifth (-87)

Lap 243: Jamie McMurray passes Mark Martin for second

Lap 239: Kurt Busch running 13th

Lap 238: Jeff Gordon leads Mark Martin by 1.444 seconds

Lap 237: 21 cars on the lead lap

Lap 223: Jeff Gordon leads Mark Martin by 1.229 seconds

Lap 204: 22 cars on the lead lap

Lap 202: Green flag. Jeff Gordon leads.

Lap 197: Leaders on pit road. Jeff Gordon wins race off pit road

Lap 195: Caution out for Dale Jarrett crash

Lap 180: Jimmie Johnson leads Mark Martin by 3.462 seconds

Lap 172: Jimmie Johnson has led 83 laps

Lap 162: 26 cars on the lead lap

Lap 152: Green flag. Jimmie Johnson leads.

Lap 146: Leaders on pit road. Jimmie Johnson wins race off pit road.

Lap 144: Caution out for Todd Bodine-Michael Waltrip crash

Lap 141: Jimmie Johnson takes lead from Robby Gordon

Lap 124: Green flag. Robby Gordon leads.

Lap 121: Leaders on pit road. Robby Gordon wins race off pit road

Lap 120: Caution out for Bobby Labonte's spin

Lap 118: Jamie McMurray takes lead from Mark Martin

Lap 113: Jamie McMurray takes second

Lap 113: Mark Martin takes lead from Jimmie Johnson

Lap 106: Jimmie Johnson takes lead from Greg Biffle

Lap 100: Dale Jarrett makes unscheduled pit stop

Lap 96: Greg Biffle takes lead from Mark Martin

Lap 92: 26 cars on the lead lap

Lap 88: Green flag. Mark Martin leads

Lap 84: Pit stops begin. Mark Martin wins race off pit road

Lap 82: Caution out for Bobby Hamilton Jr.'s brush with wall

Lap 78: Jimmie Johnson takes lead from Mark Martin

Lap 76: 25 cars on the lead lap

Lap 67: Mark Martin takes lead from Greg Biffle

Lap 66: Pit cycle complete.

Lap 65: Ryan Newman pits, gives up lead to Greg Biffle

Lap 65: Joe Nemechek pits, gives up lead to Ryan Newman

Lap 64: Sterling Marlin pits, gives up lead to Joe Nemechek

Lap 63: Jimmie Johnson pits, gives up lead to Sterling Marlin

Lap 53: Green-flag pit stops begin

Lap 51: Ryan Newman gets back onto lead lap

Lap 50: Sterling Marlin cracks the top five

Lap 43: 31 cars on the lead lap

Lap 40: Joe Nemechek cracks the top five

Lap 37: Elliott Sadler goes a lap down

Lap 33: Greg Biffle cracks the top five

Lap 27: Jimmie Johnson takes lead from Kurt Busch

Lap 23: Jimmie Johnson takes second place

Lap 22: Ryan Newman to pit road with cut tire

Lap 19: Ryan Newman takes second place

Lap 19: Kurt Busch takes lead from Jeff Gordon

Lap 17: Jamie McMurray cracks the top five

Lap 15: Mario Gosselin, Kirk Shelmerdine to the garage

Lap 11: Morgan Shephard to the garage

Lap 11: Jeff Gordon catches the rear of the field

Lap 3: Kevin Harvick cracks the top 10

Lap 2: Jeff Gordon takes the lead from Kurt Busch

Lap 1: Clean start. Kurt Busch leads.