Lap by Lap: New England 300

Lap 300: Tony Stewart wins the New England 300

Lap 291: Jeff Gordon's car has no brakes. He is dropping like a rock.

Lap 284: Kyle Busch, Greg Biffle bump, Biffle loses two spots

Lap 279: Stewart is working his way through heavy lapped traffic

Lap 273: Stewart leads Kurt Busch by 2.029 seconds

Lap 266: Stewart leads Kurt Busch by 1.301 seconds

Lap 256: Bobby Labonte gets around Kyle Busch for third

Lap 252: Dale Jarrett has slapped the wall. No caution.

Lap 250: Stewart's lead is back up to one second

Lap 248: Schrader has hit the wall. No caution.

Lap 246: Stewart passes Busch. Re-takes the lead.

Lap 241: Kurt Busch takes the lead by passing Stewart on the outside.

Lap 240: Green flag. Stewart leads.

Lap 235: Caution is out. Elliott Sadler has backed his car into the wall. He had help from Mark Martin. Mike Bliss gets the Lucky Dog. Everyone stays out.

Lap 234: Green flag. Stewart leads.

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Lap 229: Caution is out. Mike Wallace is in the wall after he bumped sides with Robby Gordon. Jeremy Mayfield gets the Lucky Dog.

Lap 225: Kyle Busch is all over Stewart's bumper.

Lap 221: Green flag. Stewart leads.

Lap 217: Leaders on pit road. Jason Leffler stays out to lead to lap. Tony Stewart is first in, first off pit road with another fast stop. Kyle Busch comes out second, and Kurt Busch is third. All of the top five taks four tires. Jeff Gordon has a slow stop due to an air gun jam and falls all the way to 10th. Brian Vickers, who has the first pit stall, gains five spots.

Lap 216: Caution is out. Robby Gordon has a flat tire. Kyle Petty will get the Lucky Dog. Bad break for Jeremy Mayfield.

Lap 212: Stewart has locked up the five bonus points for leading the most laps.

Lap 199: Stewart leads by nearly three seconds. It's his biggest lead of the race. He has led 138 laps.

Lap 189: Kurt Busch passes Jeff Gordon for fourth. Busch is by far the fastest car on the track.

Lap 180: Casey Mears, who spent 127 laps in the top 10, is down a cylinder

Lap 174: Marlin to pit road with a flat left-front tire

Lap 171: Green flag. Stewart leads

Lap 165: Almost everyone is on pit road. Kyle Petty stays out and leads a lap. All of the leaders are taking four tires. Tony Stewart retains the lead with a beautiful stop. Bobby Labonte gains a spot on Kyle Busch with a good stop. Dave Blaney gets the Lucky Dog. Biffle's team gained him a couple of spots on pit road.

Lap 164: Caution is out for debris

Lap 163: Mayfield pits with a flat tire

Lap 158: Stewart leads Kyle Busch by 2.084 seconds

Lap 153: 34 cars on the lead lap

Lap 146: Brian Vickers is back in the top five

Lap 139: Stewart leads Kyle Busch by 1.039 seconds

Lap 121: Green flag. Stewart leads.

Lap 118: Jeff Green stays out and takes the lead for one lap. Tony Stewart takes four tires and beats everyone off pit road. Ryan Newman has a dreadfully slow stop and loses over 10 positions. Kyle Busch gets a trackbar adjustment and comes out fourth. Elliott Sadler is involved in a pit accident as he rubs fenders with Kasey Kahne. Sadler will have to make a second stop. Kurt Busch and Joe Nemechek collide slightly on pit road. Busch has had all kinds of problems on pit road today.

Lap 117: Caution is out for debris

Lap 115: Scott Wimmer is out of gas. He stalls the car on pit road.

Lap 113: The sun is out!

Lap 110: Stewart leads his 50th lap

Lap 102: Labonte is up to third

Lap 101: McMurray back on the track. He is 74 laps down.

Lap 99: Stewart is in heavy lapped traffic

Lap 87: Stewart leads Kyle Busch by 1.680 seconds

Lap 83: 40 cars still on the lead lap

Lap 81: Jeff Gordon cracks the top five for the first time

Lap 69: Stewart takes lead from Wimmer

Lap 68: Green flag. Wimmer leads.

Lap 59: Scott Wimmer stays out, takes the lead. Two cars (Wimmer, Shephard) didn't pit. Robby Gordon takes two tires, but his car is damaged when he runs into Sterling Marlin. Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman each take four tires. Robby Gordon will come back in for a second pit stop. He has a lot of damage on his right fender. Kyle Busch took gas only and will restart second.

Lap 58: Stewart already has a 1.5-second lead

Lap 51: Stewart takes lead from Newman

Lap 46: Stewart takes second

Lap 39: Green flag. Ryan Newman leads.

Lap 36: Dale Earnhardt Jr. comes in for gas and adjustments. No tires.

Lap 35: Caution is out. Kurt Busch checks up for traffic, is hit by Bobby Labonte. Minimal damage for Busch.

Lap 32: Green flag. Ryan Newman leads.

Lap 30: Ted Christopher to the garage

Lap 29: Pit stops begin. The top three cars (Vickers, Kahne, Kurt Busch) all take two tires. Elliott Sadler takes gas only and leads all cars off pit road. The first eight cars (Newman, Mears, Jarrett, Robby Gordon, Schrader, Mike Wallace, Rusty Wallace, Garvey) didn't pit.

Lap 29: Jamie McMurray to the garage

Lap 27: Caution is out for Jamie McMurray's crash. McMurray had some help from Matt Kenseth. McMurray has pancaked the left side of his car.

Lap 25: Brian Vickers takes the lead from Kahne.

Lap 24: Scott Riggs has looped his car around after contact from Jeff Green. No caution.

Lap 19: Tony Stewart, who started 14th, is already seventh

Lap 17: Rusty Wallace is already half a lap down

Lap 14: Green flag. Kasey Kahne leads.

Lap 11: Pit road is open, but the leaders stay out. Wallace, Bobby Hamilton Jr. among the eight cars on pit road.

Lap 10: Caution is out. Rusty Wallace gets into Jeff Green, sending Green around. Robby Gordon spins, but neither have much damage.

Lap 9: Carl Long to the garage

Lap 7: Kasey Kahne immediately takes lead from Brian Vickers

Lap 7: Green flag

Lap 6: Green flag in one lap

Lap 4: The pace car still has its lights on

Lap 3: Drivers say its OK to go green.

Lap 2: Rusty Wallace says he has a faulty tachometer.

Lap 1: The race starts under the yellow flag. Pit road is closed.

2:33 p.m.: The pace car still has its lights on

2:21 p.m.: Engines are fired

2:15 p.m.: National Anthem

2:13 p.m.: Invocation

2:05 p.m.: Allen Bestwick says the race should be green around 2:50 p.m. ET.

1:55 p.m.: Track is being dried and progress is going well. Pt road is mostly dry. The turns are still pretty wet.

1:48 p.m.: Bill Weber leads in a nice tribute to Adam Petty and Kenny Irwin, who were killed at Loudon in 2000.

1:38 p.m.: Mark Martin says he will probably drive the No. 6 Ford until Jamie McMurray arrives.

1:35 p.m.: Driver intros are being held despite the rain.

1:33 p.m.: Bill Weber has a pink shirt and a pink tie. This may be the first time in history this has been donned in a NASCAR broadcast.

1:30 p.m.: TNT goes on the air. We're watching the weather forecast, because the sky looks ominous. A little bit of rain has already fallen.