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Lap-by-Lap: Nextel All-Star Challenge

May 23, 2005
08:46 AM EDT (12:46 GMT)

Lap 90: Mark Martin wins the All-Star Challenge. He is the fifth driver to win more than one All-Star race. Elliott Sadler is second, Brian Vickers is third and Jeff Gordon is fourth.

The other drivers with multiple wins in the all-star race: Dale Earnhardt (3), Jeff Gordon (3), Davey Allison (2) and Terry Labonte (2).

Lap 86: Martin leads Sadler by 0.6 seconds.

Lap 82: Martin leads Sadler by 0.4 seconds.

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Lap 75: Elliott Sadler retakes second from Jimmie Johnson.

Lap 73: Mark Martin takes lead from Elliott Sadler.

Lap 73: Green flag. Elliott Sadler leads.

Lap 72: Jeff Gordon and Bobby Labonte in the pits for tires.

Lap 72: Caution is out. Ryan Newman spins and collects Rusty Wallace. The caution laps will not count since the race is under 20 to go.

Lap 71: Green flag. Elliott Sadler leads.

Lap 70: All cars on pit road. Elliott Sadler uses a two-tire stop to take the lead. Jeff Gordon also takes two tires and will restart second. Mark Martin is third off pit road and first among the cars who took four tires.

Results of Segment 2:
• 1. Ryan Newman
• 2. Elliott Sadler
• 3. Brian Vickers
• 4. Mark Martin
• 5. Kurt Busch

Lap 70: Caution is out and the segment is over. Greg Biffle cuts a tire and heads to the garage.

Lap 60: Elliott Sadler takes second from Brian Vickers. Newman still has a large lead.

Lap 49: 14 cars on the lead lap.

Lap 48: Ryan Newman has a .7-second lead over Brian Vickers.

Lap 46: Jimmie Johnson slaps the wall. No caution.

Lap 41: Ryan Newman passes Vickers for the lead.

Lap 41: Segment 2 is underway. Brian Vickers leads.

Lap 40: 6 cars will be inverted, meaning Brian Vickers will restart the All-Star Challenge first.

Lap 40: Caution is out and the first segment is over. Cars will head to pit road for adjustments.

Results of Segment 1:
• 1. Mark Martin, $75,000
• 2. Elliott Sadler
• 3. Greg Biffle
• 4. Kurt Busch
• 5. Ryan Newman

Lap 39: Green flag. Martin leads.

Lap 37: Race is back under caution. Mark Martin is the leader.

Lap 36: Red flag is out.

Lap 35: Big wreck in the trioval. At least 10 cars involved: Kevin Harvick, Terry Labonte, Greg Biffle, Tony Stewart, Joe Nemechek, Michael Waltrip, Kasey Kahne, Martin Truex Jr., Carl Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Lap 35: Martin takes lead from Sadler

Lap 35: Green flag. Sadler leads.

Lap 31: Caution for debris. A lot of the cars on the tail end of the lead lap will make pit stops. Rusty Wallace, who was running third, is the lead car to pit.

Lap 30: Mark Martin takes over second from Wallace.

Lap 27: Sadler still leads. He has a two-second advantage over Wallace.

Lap 17: Elliott Sadler scored as leader. Rusty Wallace is second.

Lap 15: Leaders on pit road for green-flag stops. Newman comes in and makes no adjustments, but loses several positions in the pits.

Lap 11: Elliott Sadler gets around Rusty Wallace for second

Lap 6: Ryan Newman has led all six laps

Lap 2: Michael Watrip hits the wall. No caution, and Waltrip's car appears to be OK.

Lap 1: Ryan Newman leads from the pole

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