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

Lap 143 -- Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr. are pulling away from the rest of the field. The two are more than four seconds in front of third-place Jimmie Johnson.

Lap 129 -- Kurt Busch passes Jeff Burton for fourth.

Lap 125 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. passes Jimmie Johnson for second. Earnhardt Jr. is 1.3 seconds behind leader Jeff Gordon.

Lap 121 -- GREEN FLAG: Jeff Gordon brings the field back up to speed.
1. Jeff Gordon
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
4. Jeff Burton
5. Kurt Busch

Lap 117 -- All the lead lap cars hit pit road.
• Jeff Gordon makes an air pressure adjustment and takes four tires
• Jimmie Johnson pulls a spring rubber and takes four tires
• Kurt Busch makes a track bar adjustment and takes tires
• Greg Biffle with a lot of adjustments and he falls out of the top 10

Lap 116 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 3: Caution is out for debris in Turn 2. Brian Vickers gets the free pass.

Lap 113 -- Ryan Newman has a flat tire and hit the wall. He makes a pit stop.

Lap 110 -- After green flag pit stops, the top five looks like this:
1. Jeff Gordon
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Jeff Burton
4. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
5. Kurt Busch

Lap 102 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jeff Gordon retakes the lead when Brian Vickers pits and completes this round of green flag pit stops.

Lap 100 -- LEAD CHANGE: Brian Vickers takes the lead when Earnhardt Jr. pits.

Lap 99 -- Tony Stewart, Greg Biffle, Jeff Burton and Dale Earnhardt Jr. on pit road. Earnhardt Jr. makes a small air pressure change. Stewart also with small adjustments. Jeff Burton very happy with his car.

Lap 99 -- LEAD CHANGE: Dale Earnhardt Jr. takes the lead when Jeff Gordon pits.

Lap 98 -- Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth, Martin Truex Jr, Jimmie Johnson and Carl Edwards all make green flag pit stops. Gordon and Johnson both make small adjustments and take four tires.

Lap 90 -- Jeff Gordon says his car is tight and it's allowed Jimmie Johnson to close the gap. Gordon now leads by 1.2 seconds.

Lap 82 -- Jeff Gordon put Jeff Green a lap down. There are only 29 cars on the lead lap.

Lap 71 -- Jeff Gordon has stretched his lead to more than two seconds in front of Jimmie Johnson.

Lap 68 -- Denny Hamlin is reporting a vibration and he will make an unscheduled green flag stop. Takes four tires.

Lap 65 -- Jimmie Johnson passes Jeff Burton for second. Dale Earnhardt Jr. also passes Burton to move to third. Burton falls to fourth.

Lap 64 -- Tony Stewart is on the move. He has jumped from 13th to seventh since the restart 13 laps ago.

Lap 61 -- Kyle Petty having some issues with his car. He brushed the wall and has taken his car to the garage. Kenny Wallace also in the garage with car problems.

Lap 51 -- GREEN FLAG: Jeff Gordon brings the field to the green.
1. Jeff Gordon
2. Jeff Burton
3. Jimmie Johnson
4. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
5. Matt Kenseth (Continued)