Lap-by-Lap: Daytona (cont'd)

Lap 159 -- GREEN FLAG: Martin Truex Jr. gets the race going again.
1. Martin Truex Jr.
2. Mark Martin
3. Kyle Busch
4. Johnny Sauter
5. Matt Kenseth

Lap 157 -- Carl Edwards is penalized because his crew allowed a tire to go across pit road. He will start at the tail of the longest line.

Lap 156 -- Everyone hits pit road:
• Kyle Busch's team raises the track bar and puts four tires on
• Mark Martin gets four tires and fuel and is out second
• Martin Truex Jr. has a quick stop and beats everyone off pit road
• Ryan Newman gains three spots to come off eighth
• Johnny Sauter's fender touches Carl Edwards' side coming off pit road

Lap 154 -- Kyle Busch becomes the leader after the accident between the top two drivers.

Lap 153 -- YELLOW FLAG: Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch crash in Turn 4. Stewart got loose, and Busch's nose touched Stewart's fender. Stewart slammed into the Turn 4 wall, and Busch has major damage to the right-front. Busch pulls behind the wall, while Stewart's car is towed away.

Lap 150 -- LEAD CHANGE: Tony Stewart has completed his comeback and leads the Daytona 500.

Lap 149 -- Kurt Busch has company, as Tony Stewart is on the outside of the leader. Busch leads the lap, but they're side-by-side.

Lap 142 -- Tony Stewart, after falling as far back as 40th, is now running fifth.

Lap 133 -- Ricky Rudd moves to second place behind Kurt Busch, as the two prepare to put David Gilliland a lap down.

Lap 131 -- Pit stops are complete, and Kurt Busch leads.
1. Kurt Busch
2. Denny Hamlin
3. Ricky Rudd
4. Kyle Busch
5. Johnny Sauter

Lap 130 -- LEAD CHANGE: Ryan Newman hits pit road, giving the lead back to Kurt Busch. Clint Bowyer gets caught speeding on pit road and has to serve a pass-through penalty.

Lap 129 -- LEAD CHANGE: Ryan Newman takes the lead while former leaders Kurt Busch and Denny Hamlin are in for their pits. Busch takes some wedge, while Hamlin gets out right behind him.

Lap 128 -- Kyle Busch, David Stremme and Jimmie Johnson are in for their stops. Tony Stewart pits as well. Jeff Burton spends extra time on pit road after a crewman "pops a calf muscle."

Lap 127 -- Kasey Kahne and Elliott Sadler pit, followed by a group of cars. Jeff Green has no adjustments while running fifth. Dale Earnhardt Jr. is in to try and tighten his car.

Lap 126 -- Matt Kenseth and Kevin Harvick hit pit road. Kenseth has handling problems and asks for adjustments. Harvick's team loosens his car.

Lap 125 -- Carl Edwards is on pit road for four tires and adjustments to begin green-flag stops. Joe Nemechek follows.

Lap 117 -- Denny Hamlin moves past Kyle Busch to take second position. Busch got loose off Turn 2, and Hamlin went low to pass him.

Lap 111 -- Jeff Gordon has lost the grip on his tires and dropped back to 32nd.

Lap 106 -- David Stremme gets touched by Kevin Harvick, turning Stremme's car nearly sideways down the straightaway. Both cars are fine and continue running seventh and 10th, respectively.

Lap 100 -- At the halfway point, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Tony Stewart run 31st and 32nd, respectively.

Lap 96 -- Pole-sitter David Gilliland is running 41st after the pit-road incident, nearly half a lap behind leader Kurt Busch.

Lap 87 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. gets loose in the pack and falls behind the group of cars. He is complaining about the handling of his Chevrolet.

Lap 86 -- Scott Riggs takes his car behind the wall after it was smoking and is done for the day. He says he may have broken something when he overshot his pit and backed up.

Lap 85 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kurt Busch gets a push from his brother Kyle to pass Kevin Harvick for the lead.

Lap 84 -- GREEN FLAG: Kevin Harvick leads the field to green once again.
1. Kevin Harvick
2. Kurt Busch
3. Kyle Busch
4. Ryan Newman
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Continued)