
Lap-by-Lap: Las Vegas (cont'd)
Lap 158 -- LEAD CHANGE: Martin Truex Jr. inherits the lead when Kyle Busch goes to pit road for tires and an air-pressure adjustment.
Lap 156 -- Juan Montoya and Tony Raines are on pit road for their stops. Kyle Petty is in as well, while Dale Jarrett serves a pass-through penalty for speeding.
Lap 153 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kyle Busch takes the point when Bobby Labonte hits pit road for his stop. Kurt Busch serves his penalty. Reed Sorenson and Dale Jarrett are in.
Lap 152 -- LEAD CHANGE: Bobby Labonte takes the lead when Sterling Marlin pits. Kurt Busch is caught speeding on pit road and must make a pass-through penalty.
Lap 151 -- LEAD CHANGE: Sterling Marlin takes the lead when Mark Martin pits. Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Tony Stewart follow him to pit road.
Lap 150 -- LEAD CHANGE: Carl Edwards hits pit road for adjustments and four tires, giving Mark Martin the lead. Jimmie Johnson and Kurt Busch are in for tires.
Lap 148 -- Elliott Sadler and Kasey Kahne are in as green-flag pit stops commence.
Lap 147 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jeff Gordon hits pit road after rubbing a tire heading into Turn 1. Carl Edwards takes the lead. Gordon got four scuffed tires in 12.6 seconds.
Lap 140 -- After being forced to restart at the back of the field for a penalty, Jimmie Johnson is now running seventh.
Lap 121 -- GREEN FLAG: Jeff Gordon leads the field to green.
1. Jeff Gordon
2. Elliott Sadler
3. Mark Martin
4. Carl Edwards
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Lap 119 -- Greg Biffle is caught pitting outside of his stall and is penalized one lap.
Lap 118 -- Kyle Busch is on pit road and the crew tries to hammer out the left-front fender, which touched Jeff Burton's car as Busch was spinning.
Lap 117 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 6 Kyle Busch loses it off Turn 4 and spins through the frontstretch. He hits nothing and drives away.
Lap 114 -- GREEN FLAG: Jeff Gordon gets the race under way again.
1. Jeff Gordon
2. Mark Martin
3. Elliott Sadler
4. Carl Edwards
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Lap 113 -- Jimmie Johnson heads to pit road once again to top off for fuel after the restart was called off. He will restart 25th.
Lap 112 -- Jimmie Johnson has to serve a pass-through penalty for leaving his pit box while a tire was outside of his stall. He hits pit road and takes fuel while there.
Lap 108 -- The leaders hit pit road for adjustments:
Jimmie Johnson gets four tires and adjustments; he loses seven spots
Jeff Gordon gets right-side tires only and is first off pit road
Elliott Sadler gets rights only and minor adjustments
Juan Montoya gets the free pass
Lap 107 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 5: Johnny Sauter smacks the wall coming off Turn 4. He continues, but is complaining he has no brakes as he heads to pit road.
Lap 103 -- Kyle Busch has dropped from fifth to 10th in the last four laps, battling an extremely loose racecar.
Lap 92 -- Juan Montoya gets completely sideways coming off Turn 2, brushes David Gilliland and saves it. By the time they get to Turn 3, Montoya passes Gilliland.
Lap 86 -- After green-flag stops are complete, Jimmie Johnson's lead is 6.558 seconds.
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Elliott Sadler
3. Kyle Busch
4. Jeff Burton
5. Mark Martin
Lap 84 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson takes the lead again, as Bobby Labonte and Juan Montoya make their stops. Reed Sorenson, after his long stop, is hit with a speeding penalty.
Lap 82 -- LEAD CHANGE: Bobby Labonte takes the lead when Ryan Newman pits. Paul Menard is slapped with a speeding penalty and has to make a pass-through. Reed Sorenson has an long stop.
Lap 81 -- LEAD CHANGE: Ryan Newman is the new leader as J.J. Yeley is on pit road. Three of the four Joe Gibbs Racing cars are in, as well as Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Lap 80 -- LEAD CHANGE: J.J. Yeley inherits the lead when Mark Martin makes his stop. Kurt Busch locks his brakes trying to get on pit road and is forced to take four tires instead of two.
Lap 79 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson makes his green-flag pit stop and hands the lead to Mark Martin. All three Evernham cars are in for stops.
Lap 71 -- Kevin Harvick is on pit road after going a lap down. Harvick's stop comes about 10 laps before scheduled stops. (Continued)