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

Lap 335 -- CAUTION FLAG NO. 9: David Stremme spins in Turn 4. Stremme got loose in the corner while running in the second groove and went around.

Lap 325 -- Leader Dale Earnhardt Jr. has checked out and established a 2.780-second lead as lapped traffic looms ahead.

Lap 312 -- GREEN FLAG: Dale Earnhardt Jr. leads the field to the line.
1. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Kyle Busch
4. Clint Bowyer
5. Tony Stewart

Lap 310 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. inherits the lead when Martin Truex Jr. makes his stop.

Lap 309 -- Martin Truex Jr. stays out to lead a lap.

Lap 308 -- Leaders hit pit road:
• Kurt Busch is concerned about brakes, and he makes several adjustments
• Tony Stewart gets an air-pressure adjustment and loses four spots
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. gets out quick and is concerned with weather
• Scott Riggs gets the free pass

Lap 306 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 8: Caution comes out for Robby Gordon's car. He blew a right-front tire and scraped the wall before slowing to nearly a stop on the track.

Lap 304 -- LEAD CHANGE: Tony Stewart moves below Dale Earnhardt Jr. to take the lead. Meanwhile, Robby Gordon slows with a right-front tire problem.

Lap 300 -- Jeff Gordon and Denny Hamlin have rebounded from previous problems and now run seventh and ninth, respectively.

Lap 288 -- Kevin Harvick slows and heads to pit road. He tells his crew the car has no fuel pressure. He goes directly behind the wall. Harvick was running in the top five. Reports say his problem was the fuel-pump line, much like Tony Stewart's issue at Bristol.

Lap 287 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s lead ahead of Tony Stewart is at 2.352 seconds.

Lap 259 -- Denny Hamlin's car is starting to overheat, running a temperature of more than 250 degrees. He is running 14th.

Lap 250 -- GREEN FLAG: Dale Earnhardt Jr. gets the race going again.
1. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2. Tony Stewart
3. Jimmie Johnson
4. Kevin Harvick
5. Kyle Busch

Lap 246 -- Jeff Green is on pit road with the hood up. Matt Kenseth gets the free pass.

Lap 245 -- Seven lead-lap cars hit pit road, including Jeff Gordon and Denny Hamlin. Gordon's crew said the tires and brakes look OK.

Lap 244 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 7: Kasey Kahne spins in Turn 3 after Greg Biffle made contact with him.

Lap 237 -- Jeff Gordon is now running 11th.

Lap 234 -- LEAD CHANGE: Dale Earnhardt Jr. goes below Jeff Gordon to take the lead, while Gordon slows significantly with a potential problem. Gordon falls to seventh position in one lap.

Lap 229 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. drives underneath Tony Stewart to take second position.

Lap 225 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jeff Gordon moves by Tony Stewart to take the point.

Lap 223 -- GREEN FLAG: Tony Stewart leads the field to the line. After the 28.9-second pit stop, Denny Hamlin restarts 10th.
1. Tony Stewart
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
4. Kevin Harvick
5. Jimmie Johnson

Lap 218 -- Leaders are on pit road:
• Kurt Busch gets a wedge adjustment and four tires
• Tony Stewart is out in 13.9 seconds and off first
• Denny Hamlin has to back up because his crew did not tighten lug nuts
• Tony Raines gets the free pass (Continued)