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

Lap 226 -- YELLOW FLAG #8: Debris on the track. David Ragan will get the free pass and get back on the lead lap.

Lap 225 -- Casey Mears makes an unscheduled pit stop. He takes four tires and fuel.

Lap 205 -- After another round of green-flag pit stops, Jimmie Johnson takes the lead coming off pit road when Matt Kenseth has some issues on his pit stop.
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Matt Kenseth
3. Jeff Gordon
4. Jeff Burton
5. Kevin Harvick

Lap 202 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson takes the lead as Greg Biffle pits.

Lap 201 -- LEAD CHANGE: Greg Biffle takes the lead when J.J. Yeley enters pit road. Biffle then enters pit road himself for four tires.

Lap 200 -- J.J. Yeley and Denny Hamlin enter pit road for tires and adjustments.

Lap 199 -- Kevin Harvick and Tony Stewart enter pit road. Stewart takes tires and fuel, makes no adjustments. Harvick will make minor adjustments and take four tires and fuel.

Lap 198 -- Jeff Burton and Clint Bowyer are on pit road. Burton takes tires and makes an air pressure change.

Lap 197 -- Leader Matt Kenseth is on pit road. He will take four tires and make an air pressure adjustment. David Gilliland was caught speeding exiting pit road and will have to serve a pass-through penalty.

Lap 196 -- Ryan Newman, David Gilliland, Kyle Busch and Tony Raines are on pit road for tires and fuel.

Lap 195 -- Jeff Gordon, Mark Martin and David Reutimann hit pit road for tires and minor adjustments.

Lap 194 -- Brian Vickers and Kurt Busch are on pit road beginning another round of green-flag pit stops.

Lap 184 -- John Andretti has an engine problem and is off the pace.

Lap 183 -- Matt Kenseth has led 93 laps so far, the most on the day. He continues to lead with Jeff Gordon second.
1. Matt Kenseth
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Jimmie Johnson
4. Jeff Burton
5. Kevin Harvick

Lap 164 -- LEAD CHANGE: Matt Kenseth takes the lead when Greg Biffle pits.

Lap 164 -- LEAD CHANGE: Greg Biffle takes the lead and then enters pit road for his green-flag stop.

Lap 163 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kevin Harvick takes the lead due to Clint Bowyer's pit box being behind the start-finish line.

Lap 162 -- Clint Bowyer and Kevin Harvick make green-flag pit stops, both with four tires and adjustments.

Lap 161 -- LEAD CHANGE: Clint Bowyer takes the lead before making his way down pit road. Tony Stewart was caught speeding leaving pit road, he will have to serve a stop-and-go penalty on pit road.

Lap 160 -- Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth and Mark Martin all make green-flag stops with adjustments. Mark Martin's crew has some problems on the pit stop, he loses a lot of time.

Lap 159 -- Jimmie Johnson begins green flag pit stops by coming in for four tires and adjustments.

Lap 152 -- Tony Stewart has opened up a lead of more than two seconds over second-place Jeff Gordon.

Lap 146 -- LEAD CHANGE: Tony Stewart gets past Matt Kenseth to take the lead. Gordon to second, Kenseth falls to third. (Continued)