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Lap-by-Lap: Vegas

March 12, 2006
08:36 PM EST (01:36 GMT)

Lap 271: Checkered flag: Jimmie Johnson passes Matt Kenseth in Turn 3 of the final lap. Johnson leads one lap all day.

Lap 270: White flag -- Jimmie Johnson gaining.

Lap 269: Green flag: Matt Kenseth leads.

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Unofficial Results
UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400
Pos. Driver Make
1. Jimmie Johnson Chevy
2. Matt Kenseth Ford
3. Kyle Busch Chevy
4. Kasey Kahne Dodge
5. Jeff Gordon Chevrolet
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Lap 267: Scott Riggs and Dale Earnhardt Jr. penalized for too fast entering. Both to the end of the longest line.

Lap 265: Pit stops - Leaders stay out.

Lap 264: Caution -- Debris. Leader Matt Kenseth calls it a "ridiculous caution." and is complaining about an iginition problem. Get ready for green-white-checkered.

Lap 262: Jimmie Johnson is coming quickly on leader Matt Kenseth.

Lap 260: Sterling Marlin to the garage.

Lap 248: Harvick has gone from third to 10th in the past 14 laps. He's complaining how his car is "plowing"

Lap 244: Matt Kenseth leads Jimmie Johnson by 1.381 seconds.

Lap 241: Kyle Busch to his crew chief about Tony Stewart: "Can you please get on NASCAR for me. That son of a ----- is trying to kill me."

Lap 237: Green flag -- Matt Kenseth leads.

Lap 236: Kurt Busch is penalized for too fast exiting pit road.

Lap 234: Pit stops -- All take four tires. Matt Kenseth easily wins the race off of pit road. Kyle Busch gians four spots.

Lap 233: Caution -- Debris in Turn 2.

Lap 229: Jimmie Johnson is now in second, 2.789 seconds behind leader Matt Kenseth.

Lap 215: Matt Kenseth leads second-place Kyle Busch by 1.986 seconds.

Lap 199: Jeff Gordon and Greg Biffle brush against each other coming down the backstretch. Gordon's car has slight right-side damage.

Lap 192: Green flag -- Matt Kenseth leads

Lap 188: Pit stops -- Leaders take four tires. Matt Kenseth wins the race off of pit road. Mark Martin drops six spots and Greg Biffle drops three.

Lap 186: Caution -- Debris in Turn 3. Terry Labonte is the Lucky Dog.

Lap 180: Matt Kenseth's lead on second-place Kyle Busch is just .54 seconds.

Lap 161: Green flag -- Matt Kenseth leads.

Lap 159: Carl Edwards penalized for a tire out of his pit box. He'll go to the end of the longest line.

Lap 157: Pit stops -- All take four tires and fuel. Matt Kenseth wins the race off of pit road as Greg Biffle swerved to miss Sterling Marlin.

Lap 156: Caution: Debris. Jeremy Mayfield gets the Lucky Dog.

Lap 141: Matt Kenseth's lead is now 1.996 seconds.

Lap 132: Roush Racing is running 1,2,3 with Matt Kenseth, Mark Martin and Greg Biffle.

Lap 126: Watch out for Robby Gordon. He's up to 13th.

Lap 119: Lead change - Matt Kenseth passes Biffle for the lead

Lap 116: Lead change -- Greg Biffle passes Mark Martin for the lead

Lap 111: Green flag -- Mark Martin leads

Lap 108: Pit stops -- Right-side tires only for Tony Stewart, Denny Hamlin and Mark Martin. It appears Jeremy Mayfield took fuel only, as he gained 13 spots. Martin leads the race off of pit road.

Lap 106: Caution -- Joe Nemechek spins out on the frontstretch and suffers no damage. J. J. Yeley -- who ran up front early in the race before a tire problem -- is the Lucky Dog.

Lap 102: Lead change -- Tony Stewart retakes lead from Matt Kenseth

Lap 101: Lead change -- Matt Kenseth to front

Lap 97: Green flag -- Mark Martin leads, but not for long as Tony Stewart passes Martin while Matt Kenseth takes second. Martin to third.

Lap 95: Mark Martin back in front after Brian Vickers makes his stop.

Lap 92: Pit stops -- All take four tires. Mark Martin wins the race off pit road. Matt Kenseth gains two more spots. Brian Vickers leads after not pitting.

Lap 91: Caution: Ryan Newman hits the wall hard in Turn 3. He's struggled with handling all day and a right-front tire problem sent Newman to the wall. Sterling Marlin is the Lucky Dog.

Lap 90: Mark Martin leads Tony Stewart by nearly a second.

Lap 78: Kevin Harvick -- after starting 27th -- is up to eighth.

Lap 64: J.J. Yeley to pit road after complaining of a right-rear tire going down.

Lap 47: Green flag -- Mark Martin leads

Lap 45: Terry Labonte stays out to lead a lap.

Lap 43: Pit stops -- All go for four tires. Mark Martin wins the race off pit road. Meanwhile, Matt Kenseth gains six positions to fifth.

Lap 40: Caution -- Reed Sorenson hits the wall in Turn 2.

Lap 31: Mark Martin sits fourth after starting 18th.

Lap 30: Tony Stewart leads second-place Jimmie Johnson by 1.913 seconds.

Lap 27: Chad Chaffin to pit road after scraping the wall

Lap 20: Flat tire slows Kenny Wallace, nearly into Tony Stewart. No caution.

Lap 19: Stewart's lead balloons to 2.801 seconds

Lap 16: Tony Stewart leads second-place Greg Biffle by 1.838 seconds.

Lap 10: J.J. Yeley has gone from 12th to fifth.

Lap 4: Lead changes -- Biffle and Stewart swap lead twice in the lap. Stewart now leads.

Lap 3: Lead change -- Tony Stewart passes Greg Biffle

Lap 2: Greg Biffle leads the first lap -- and drivers fall in line quickly

4:41 p.m. -- Green flag: Greg Biffle leads.

4:31 p.m. -- Engines are started.

4:22 p.m. -- Robin Leach is back!

4:20 p.m. -- D.W. gives us some story about Kurt or Kyle Busch. We can't tell which.

4:11 p.m. -- Hey, look Darrell Waltrip in "Wally's World." How about that!

4:04 p.m. -- Jimmie Johnson to Chris Myers: "You sound like a frog."

4:03 p.m. -- Already 47 gambling metaphors in FOX's broadcast.

4:02 p.m. -- FOX is on the air -- and Chris Myers could use a cough drop.

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