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Lap-by-Lap: Atlanta

NASCAR.COM
March 20, 2006
03:21 PM EST (20:21 GMT)

Lap 325: Checkered flag: Kasey Kahne wins!

Lap 324: Kasey Kahne's lead: 1.686 seconds.

Lap 322: Kasey Kahne's lead is more than a second.

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Unofficial Results
Golden Corral 500
Pos. Driver Make
1. K. Kahne Dodge
2. M. Martin Ford
3. D. Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet
4. J. Gordon Chevrolet
5. T. Stewart Chevrolet
Complete results, click here
Driver standings, click here
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Lap 319: Jeff Burton heads to pit road.

Lap 317: Word is that Jeff Burton has a bad vibration.

Lap 314: Lead changes -- Mark Martin takes the lead briefly, but Kasey Kahne takes it back.

Lap 308: Robby Gordon heads to pit road after complaining of a vibration.

Lap 301: Matt Kenseth comes to pit road after a flat tire.

Lap 295: Kasey Kahne's lead over second-place Matt Kenseth is 1.484 seconds.

Lap 288: Matt Kenseth up to second.

Lap 273: Greg Biffle back to second past Mark Martin, who is now fourth.

Lap 268: Green flag -- Kasey Kahne leads.

Lap 265: Pit stops -- Kasey Kahne edges Mark Martin to win the race off of pit road. Matt Kenseth third. Terry Labonte is the Lucky Dog.

Lap 264: Caution -- Debris. Get ready for pit stops.

Lap 262: Mark Martin roars past Greg Biffle for second.

Lap 259: Leader Kasey Kahne is pulling away. His lead on second-place Greg Biffle is 1.559 seconds.

Lap 255: Denny Hamlin to pit road after complaining of a vibration.

Lap 246: Lead change -- Kasey Kahne, vibration and all, takes the lead from Greg Biffle.

Lap 244: Kahne complaining of a vibration. Still, he's gaining on leader Greg Biffle.

Lap 241: Second-place Kasey Kahne is gaining on leader Greg Biffle.

Lap 239: Jeff Gordon passes Tony Stewart for fifth.

Lap 235: Look out for Matt Kenseth. He's up to ninth.

Lap 224: Green flag -- Greg Biffle leads. Meanwhile, crewman John Slusher was treated and released from the infield care center.

Lap 222: Pit stops -- Greg Biffle holds down the lead.

Lap 221: Clint Bowyer spins around with a flat right-front tire. He's to pit road.

Lap 214: Dale Earnhardt Jr. to pit road after complaining of a tire problem. He gets right-side tires only. Turns out, the right-front tire had a cut in it.

Lap 203: After falling a lap down early, Kyle Busch is back up to sixth place.

Lap 198: Lead change -- Greg Biffle leads again.

Lap 197: Green flag -- Tony Stewart leads.

Lap 190: The catch can man is down in Robby Gordon's pit. It appears John Slusher was hit by Reed Sorenson's Dodge. He's conscious and talking to EMTs while on a backboard.

Lap 189: Pit stops -- No changes for Biffle. Stewart having battery issues. Air pressure adjustment for Jeff Burton. Jeff Gordon says car is loose. Tony Stewart wins the race off of pit road. Terry Labonte stayed out and leads.

Lap 188: Caution -- Sterling Marlin's left-front tire has locked up. Scott Wimmer is the Lucky Dog.

Lap 171: Lead change -- Greg Biffle passes Tony Stewart. Meanwhile, Jimmie Johnson is gaining.

Lap 169: Green flag -- Tony Stewart leads.

Lap 167: Pit stops -- Tony Stewart wins the race off of pit road. Jamie McMurray gains two spots to 10th while Dale Earnhardt Jr. loses two into ninth.

Lap 166: Caution -- Debris

Lap 162: Tony Stewart leads second-place Greg Biffle by 1.644 seconds.

Lap 156: Kurt Busch told by NASCAR to speed up or pit.

Lap 140: Jimmie Johnson is in the top five for the first time today.

Lap 125: Tony Stewart leads Denny Hamlin by 1.033 seconds. It's 3.662 seconds back to third-place Greg Biffle.

Lap 124: Green flag -- Tony Stewart leads. David Stremme and Kevin Harvick, fighting for their lap back, make contact. Harvick then made contact with Kurt Busch. No caution.

Lap 119: Pit stops -- Greg Biffle goes past the line in his pit box and had to be pushed back. His tires are down to the cords. Tony Stewart leads the race off of pit road.

Lap 117: Caution -- Jeremy Mayfield into the wall in Turn 2 with a tire problem. That's bad news for Matt Kenseth, as well as Robby Gordon and David Stremme, who were on pit road as the caution came out.

Lap 113: Matt Kenseth to pit road with a right-rear tire problem. He's now a lap down.

Lap 105: Greg Biffle's lead has ballooned to 2.418 seconds on second-place Denny Hamlin

Lap 88: Greg Biffle now leads by 1.84 seconds.

Lap 79: Lead change -- Greg Biffle takes the race lead back from Denny Hamlin.

Lap 74: Green flag -- Denny Hamlin leads while Kevin Harvick fights to get back on the lead lap after complaining of a vibration.

Lap 68: Pit stops -- Denny Hamlin wins the race off of pit road.

Lap 67: Caution -- Carl Edwards has a tire go down and Kevin Harvick also to the pits for an unscheduled stop. Caution is actually for debris. Kyle Busch gets the lucky dog.

Lap 64: Lead change -- Denny Hamlin takes the lead from Kurt Busch.

Lap 63: Second-place Denny Hamlin is gaining quickly on leader Kurt Busch.

Lap 57: Bobby Labonte to pit road complaining of a broken motor. Hermie Sadler also to the garage.

Lap 56: The No. 99 team says it will put a new nose on its car during the next yellow flag.

Lap 48: Green flag -- Kurt Busch leads. Meanwhile, Carl Edwards is back at the tailend of the longest line.

Lap 44: Pit stops -- Carl Edwards and Dave Blaney collide on pit road. Big damage on the right front of the No. 99. Edwards goes behind the wall with a broken frame piece. Meanwhile, Kurt Busch leads.

Lap 43: NASCAR has told teams there will be no competition caution.

Lap 42: Caution -- Kyle Busch goes high and stops after a tire goes down. He's to pit road.

Lap 35: Greg Biffle now leads second-place Kurt Busch by more than a second.

Lap 27: NASCAR tells teams the competiton caution will now be on Lap 50.

Lap 22: Greg Biffle's lead is now .865 seconds.

Lap 20: Green flag: Kahne has the lead, but new leader Greg Biffle takes it away quickly.

Lap 17: Pit stops: Kasey Kahne wins the battle off pit road.

Lap 16: Caution: Ryan Newman swings around in Turn 3 after contact with Denny Hamlin. Report is that Newman had a flat rear tire.

Lap 12: Bobby Labonte's lead is now more than a second on second-place Greg Biffle.

Lap 2: Lead change: Bobby Labonte puts the No. 43 car in the lead.

Lap 2: Lead change: Ryan Newman passes Kasey Kahne for the lead.

Lap 1: Kasey Kahne barely leads the opening lap.

11:09 a.m. -- Green flag. Kasey Kahne leads.

11:04 a.m. -- The cars have rolled off pit road.

11:01 a.m. -- NASCAR tells teams that a competition caution will be thrown on Lap 30.

11:00 a.m. -- Twenty-two hours after it was scheduled, the command to start engines is given at Atlanta.

10:58 a.m. -- Brian Vickers and Brent Sherman will head to the rear of the field. Vickers made an engine change and Sherman went to a backup.

10:55 a.m. -- The anthem has been sung.

10:45 a.m. -- We're back. The track appears to be dry and the forecast isn't too bad. Looks like we may get this in today.

Sunday

4:02 p.m. -- NASCAR has officially postponed the Golden Corral 500. The race will be run on Monday at 11 a.m. ET and will be televised on FX.

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3:56 p.m. -- FOX reports that today's Golden Corral 500 has been postponed until Monday at 11 a.m. ET. An official confirmation will come soon.

3:27 p.m. -- Several of the crews are taking down their equipment on pit road.

3:02 p.m. -- Word is that it's a light rain, but camera shots look more like a light monsoon.

2:40 p.m. -- Track dryers continue to circle the surface despite the mist as several poncho-clad fans wait patiently.

2:10 p.m. -- NASCAR officials send drivers back to their motorhomes, and FOX diverts to video of the 2005 Golden Corral 500.

1:55 p.m. -- Weather radar shows green, green, green (translation: rain), and an in-car shot of Greg Biffle shows him snoozing.

1:52 p.m. -- The 4,628th time (again, see below).

1:47 p.m. -- The 4,627th time (see below).

1:38 p.m. -- The 4,626th video clip of Carl Edwards beating Jimmie Johnson to the line in last year's race is shown.

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1:37 p.m. -- Darrell Waltrip takes his ride with Jeff Hammond around AMS and says, "You gotta get a lotta wheel." Hmmm.

1:35 p.m. -- Drivers are in their cars, but sprinkles continue to fall and the covers remain on the machines.

1:25 p.m. -- FOX shows Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s ride with the Navy's Blue Angels -- just another ride for Junior.

1:15 p.m. -- National anthem

1:14 p.m. -- Invocation

1:04 p.m. -- FOX's coverage from the damp Atlanta Motor Speedway is on the air, and the first interview is with Bill Lester. It's reported more than 300 stories have been written about him this weekend.

12:56 p.m. -- It's 51 degrees in Hampton, Ga., with overcast skies. Rain has fallen most of the morning, but crews have been called to their cars on pit road.

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