Jimmie Johnson celebrates Hendrick Motorsports' second victory at Vegas. Credit: Autostock

Lap by Lap: Las Vegas

Lap 267: Jimmie Johnson, who led a race-high 107 laps en route to his 15th career victory, wins the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 -- and takes over the Cup point lead. Kyle Busch finishes second, followed by Kurt Busch, Jeff Gordon and Kevin Harvick.

The rest of the top 10: Greg Biffle, Casey Mears, Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman.

	Casey Mears posted the team's first top-10 finish since Talladega last fall. Credit: Darrell Ingham/Getty Images
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Lap 260: The top five remains status quo: Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, Kurt Busch, Jeff Gordon and Greg Biffle. The rest of the top 10: Kevin Harvick, Ryan Newman, Casey Mears, Matt Kenseth and Tony Stewart.

Lap 250: Hendrick Motorsports' Jimmie Johnson (first), Kyle Busch (second) and Jeff Gordon (fourth) are turning up the heat, while Roush Racing's Kurt Bush (third) and Greg Biffle (fifth) are keeping pace.

Lap 240: Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, Greg Biffle, Kurt Busch and Jeff Gordon continue to pace the top five.

Lap 234: While battling for second place, Ryan Newman and Jeff Gordon make contact, but neither spins. However, they lose track position as Kyle Busch, Greg Biffle and Kurt Busch slip past.

Lap 229: Jimmie Johnson, Ryan Newman, Jeff Gordon, Greg Biffle and Kyle Busch are the top five on the restart. The rest of the top 10: Elliott Sadler, Kurt Busch, Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart and Travis Kvapil.

Lap 224: Coming through Turns 1-2, Hermie Sadler smacks the wall for the 10th caution. All 29 cars on the lead lap making their way to pit road.

Lap 218: With less than 50 laps remaining, Jimmie Johnson and Ryan Newman continue to run 1-2, while Joe Nemechek, Jeff Gordon and Elliott Sadler round out the top five.

Lap 211: Ryan Newman leads Casey Mears and Jimmie Johnson to the green flag for a restart.

Lap 206: Debris again the cause for caution -- the ninth of the race. Leaders make their way to pit road.

Lap 199: Ryan Newman takes the green flag on the restart. The rest of the top five: Jimmie Johnson, Joe Nemechek, Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon. Rounding out the top 10: Greg Biffle, Travis Kvapil, Dale Jarrett, Matt Kenseth and Kyle Busch.

Lap 194: Scott Riggs blows the right-front tire and spins to bring out the eighth caution. During the yellow-flag stops, Kurt Busch had to come back to pit road and tighten two front-left lug nuts.

Lap 190: Jimmie Johnson -- racing with a vibration -- is the race leader with Ryan Newman, Kurt Busch, Kevin Harvick and Joe Nemechek rounding out the top five.

Lap 181: Ryan Newman leads the field to the green flag for the restart, followed by Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, Greg Biffle and Kevin Harvick.

Lap 176: Caution flies for a race-record seventh time: debris on the track. Leaders come onto pit road on Lap 177. Jeff Green becomes the 12th race leader -- one shy of the track record (13, most recently in 2002).

Lap 170: The top five: Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, Ryan Newman, Jeff Gordon and Greg Biffle. The rest of the top 10: Kevin Harvick, Scott Riggs, Joe Nemechek, Travis Kvapil and Bobby Hamilton Jr.

Johnson on his first career Las Vegas win Johnson cruises to his first victory of 2005 Kyle and Kurt Busch crack the top three Gordon finishes fourth despite an altercation Kahne's day takes a turn for the worse Junior and Brian Vickers collide in the early laps Dale Jr. apologizes to Vickers after the wreck Sign up for TrackPass now BUY YOUR NEXTEL DRIVER PHONE

Lap 160: Jimmie Johnson continues to show the way, and Hendrick teammate Jeff Gordon is making tracks toward the front. He's now fifth and has posted the fastest times the past few laps.

Lap 150: Jimmie Johnson is in the lead, followed by Kurt Busch, Ryan Newman, Greg Biffle and Scott Riggs. The rest of the top 10: Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, Joe Nemechek, Kyle Busch and Bobby Hamilton Jr.

Lap 140: The top five: Kurt Busch, Jimmie Johnson, Greg Biffle, Ryan Newman and Scott Riggs.

Lap 130: Kurt Busch takes the green flag for the restart, followed by Ryan Newman, Greg Biffle, Scott Riggs and Jimmie Johnson. The rest of the top 10: Kevin Harvick, Dave Blaney, Jeff Gordon, Joe Nemechek and Kyle Busch. ... Matt Kenseth has returned to the lead lap.

Lap 125: Caution is out for the sixth time. ... Race leader Kurt Busch has been in the top 10 a race-best 122 laps -- along with Greg Biffle, Ryan Newman and Kyle Busch.

Lap 115: Kurt Busch and Greg Biffle are running 1-2, with Dave Blaney, Jimmie Johnson and Ryan Newman rounding out the top five.

Lap 112: After extensive engine work in the garage, Mark Martin returns to the track.

Lap 108: Taking the green flag for the restart, Dave Blaney, driving the No. 07 Jack Daniel's Chevy, is the first Cup driver to lead a lap with a hard-liquor sponsorship.

Lap 101: Kasey Kahne slams the wall and crumples the rear end of his car to bring out the fifth caution of the day.

Lap 100: Ryan Newman again leads and is being chased by Roush teammates Kurt Busch and Greg Biffle. Travis Kvapil is fourth and Scott Riggs runs fifth.

Lap 95: Travis Kvapil now is on point -- the first time he has led in a Cup race. Ryan Newman, Kurt Busch, Greg Biffle and Tony Stewart round out the top five.

Lap 91: Ryan Newman leads the field to the green flag for the restart -- and Mark Martin takes his car to the garage.

Lap 86: Trying to get onto pit road, Jason Leffler is clipped by Ken Schrader in Turn 4 to bring out the fourth caution of the race.

Lap 80: Two Dodges are running up front -- teammates Ryan Newman and Travis Kvapil -- but its Chevrolet that is dominating the top 10 with six cars: Jimmie Johnson (third), Joe Nemechek (fifth), Scott Riggs (seventh), Kyle Busch (eighth), Dave Blaney (ninth) and Mike Bliss (10th). Fords of Greg Biffle (fifth) and Kurt Busch (sixth) complete the top 10.

Lap 78: Two-time defending champion Matt Kenseth is on pit road to change a flat left-front tire.

Lap 65: Bumped from behind by Matt Kenseth, outside pole-sitter Elliott Sadler, who already was a lap down, wrecks and brings out the third caution of the day. Others cars that received minor body damage in the melee include Jeff Gordon and Jeff Burton.

Lap 64: Travis Kvapil, who was first off pit road, takes the green flag as racing resumes. Ryan Newman, Greg Biffle, Jimmie Johnson and Joe Nemechek round out the top five.

Lap 60: Roush Racing's dominance is showing as Greg Biffle has led 51 of 59 laps, plus teammates Kurt Busch (eighth) and Matt Kenseth (ninth) have top-10 cars.

Lap 59: Robby Gordon blows and engine and brings out the second caution of the race.

Lap 55: Tony Stewart's charge reaches the top five, behind Greg Biffle, Ryan Newman, Travis Kvapil and Jimmie Johnson.

Lap 50: Greg Biffle continues to hold off Ryan Newman, running with about a half-second lead.

Lap 45: The top 10 remains fluid, with Greg Biffle running in first followed by Ryan Newman, Travis Kvapil, Kyle Busch in the top five. Jimmie Johnson, Joe Nemechek, Tony Stewart, Kurt Busch, Matt Kenseth and Jeff Gordon round out the top 10.

Lap 40: Greg Biffle still leads Ryan Newman and Kyle Busch, who has moved into third place just ahead of Travis Kvapil. Kurt Busch rounds out the top five.

Lap 35: Tony Stewart, who started 23rd, and Jeremy Mayfield, who started 22nd, are running seventh and 10th.

	Dale Earnhardt Jr. hustles away from his mangled Chevrolet. Credit: Autostock
	JUNIOR STRUGGLES Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s early season woes continued Sunday when he and Brian Vickers collided during the opening laps of the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400.  •   Click here for story

Lap 30: Five drivers have led the race to this point: Greg Biffle (21 laps), Kurt Busch (3), Kyle Petty (2), Morgan Shepherd (2) and Mike Wallace (1).

Lap 24: Greg Biffle resumes the point, passing Kurt Busch for the lead. Ryan Newman is third, followed by Kyle "Shrub" Busch and Matt Kenseth.

Lap 20: Green-flag racing resumes with Kurt Busch picking up five bonus points for leading a lap.

Lap 15: Pit stops begin. ... Kurt Busch wins the race off pit road.

Lap 12: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Bobby Labonte, Brian Vickers and Ricky Rudd involved in a four-car accident in Turn 1. Rudd's team has the car in the garage making repairs; the other cars reportedly are done for the day.

Lap 10: Greg Biffle continues to pace the field, with Kurt Busch second and Travis Kvapil in third place.

Lap 7: Kevin Harvick is slicing through the field, moving up from his penalty-induced 42nd-place starting position to 23rd.

Lap 1: At 3:16 p.m. green-flag racing begins in the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400. Greg Biffle edges pole-sitter Ryan Newman for the lead at the stripe.

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