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

Lap 217 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. brings the field to the green flag.
1. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Jeff Burton
4. Kurt Busch
5. Jeff Gordon

Lap 212 -- All the lead lap cars hit pit road.
• Kyle Busch takes four tires and fuel. Makes no changes.
• Kurt Busch makes some adjustments to correct changes from their last stop. He also adds air in the right rear
• Jimmie Johnson wants more wedge and makes a track bar adjustment
• Jeff Burton makes a small air pressure change to the front and takes tires
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. is tight and makes adjustments
• Jeff Gordon says he is losing front grip and they make adjustments
• Greg Biffle changes his battery and remains on the lead lap

Lap 211 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 4: David Gilliand with a flat tire bringing out the caution. Brian Vickers gets the free pass.

Lap 210 -- Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Burton have both caught and passed Jeff Gordon dropping the No. 24 to fourth.

Lap 202 -- Reed Sorenson has taken his car to the garage with engine problems. Greg Biffle is reporting to his crew he thinks his engine is ready to blow up.

Lap 201 -- Jimmie Johnson again on the inside of Jeff Gordon but unable to make the pass.

Lap 199 -- Jimmie Johnson is on the inside of Jeff Gordon looking to make the pass for second. Jeff Gordon able to hold his teammate off.

Lap 187 -- Jimmie Johnson has caught teammate Jeff Gordon for second. Both are more than a second behind leader Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Lap 185 -- Matt Kenseth may have a left-rear tire going down.

Lap 177 -- After the second round of green flag pit stops, the top five are:
1. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Jimmie Johnson
4. Kurt Busch
5. Jeff Burton

Lap 174 -- LEAD CHANGE: Dale Earnhardt Jr. reclaims the lead when Reed Sorenson hits pit road.

Lap 170 -- LEAD CHANGE: Reed Sorenson takes the lead when Dale Earnhardt Jr. hits pit road.

Lap 169 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kyle Busch and Tony Stewart make their pit stops. Stewart makes adjustments and takes tires. Earnhardt Jr. also with some minor adjustments and tires.

Lap 168 -- Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon are on pit road. Jimmie Johnson makes a track bar adjustment and takes tires. Jeff Gordon says his car is tight so the crew makes adjustments and gives him four tires.

Lap 167 -- Green flag pit stops begin. Kurt Busch makes small adjustments. Matt Kenseth and Kevin Harvick also stop.

Lap 166 -- Sterling Marlin makes it to pit road keeping the race green. Tony Stewart has fallen from sixth to 12th after Juan Montoya and Martin Truex Jr. pass him.

Lap 165 -- Carl Edwards has dropped to 15th after reporting a vibration. Sterling Marlin drops to the apron after he loses power in his No. 14 Chevrolet.

Lap 160 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. has opened up a one-second lead on Jeff Gordon.

Lap 153 -- LEAD CHANGE: Dale Earnhardt Jr. has caught Jeff Gordon and passed him for the lead in Turns 1 and 2. It's the second time Earnhardt Jr. has led today.

Lap 152 -- Jeff Gordon has been able to keep enough distance between him and Dale Earnhardt Jr. that Earnhardt hasn't been able to challenge for the lead.

Lap 147 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. has caught Jeff Gordon and is challenging for the lead. (Continued)