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BackLap-by-Lap: Phoenix (cont'd)

Lap 214 -- LEAD CHANGE: Joe Nemechek pits and gives the lead to Tony Stewart.

Lap 213 -- LEAD CHANGE: Joe Nemechek stays out to lead.

Lap 212 -- Leaders hit pit road:
• Tony Stewart gets some adjustments to be able to turn in the corner
• Ryan Newman gets a chassis and air-pressure adjustment
• Jimmie Johnson is off second and continues battling electrical problems
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. touches Ryan Newman as he exits his stall and may have caused damage

Lap 211 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 5: Debris is on the racetrack.

Lap 194 -- Jimmie Johnson gets around his teammate Jeff Gordon to take second place.

Lap 185 -- Kevin Harvick has fallen back to fifth and says his car has no grip at all.

Lap 180 -- Chevrolets make up 11 of the top 14 cars.

Lap 164 -- Jeff Gordon moves past Kevin Harvick with a fender touch on the outside for second, and Jimmie Johnson looks inside to take third.

Lap 160 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. is complaining that he has fumes bothering him when the car is filled with fuel.

Lap 155 -- LEAD CHANGE: Tony Stewart moves around Kevin Harvick on the outside to take the point.

Lap 154 -- GREEN FLAG: Kevin Harvick gets the race going again.
1. Kevin Harvick
2. Tony Stewart
3. Jeff Gordon
4. Jimmie Johnson
5. Matt Kenseth

Lap 152 -- LEAD CHANGE: Sterling Marlin pulls in to pit, giving Kevin Harvick the lead.

Lap 151 -- LEAD CHANGE: Sterling Marlin stays out to lead.

Lap 150 -- Leaders are in:
• Tony Stewart is out with four and adjustments in 14.6
• Kevin Harvick is off first with adjustments
• Matt Kenseth moves up three positions to fifth

Lap 149 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 4: Debris is on the track between Turns 3 and 4, a piece of metal.

Lap 132 -- Matt Kenseth has a piece of plastic on the front of his car, but it is not blocking the air flow. He is running eighth.

Lap 120 -- After starting at the end of the longest line, Denny Hamlin has worked his way back to 20th position.

Lap 103 -- GREEN FLAG: Kevin Harvick gets the race going again. Denny Hamlin restarts 31st.
1. Kevin Harvick
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Jeff Gordon
4. Martin Truex Jr.
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Lap 101 -- LEAD CHANGE: Denny Hamlin is caught speeding on pit road and will start at the tail of the longest line, giving Kevin Harvick the lead.

Lap 98 -- Denny Hamlin leads the grid onto pit road:
• Martin Truex Jr. gets four tires and is out in 12.9 seconds
• Denny Hamlin has a 13.6-second stop and is off first
• Matt Kenseth moves up two positions and comes off seventh

Lap 97 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 3: Debris is in Turn 1.

Lap 93 -- Jeff Gordon has to back off to move around the lapped car of Paul Menard, and that lets Jimmie Johnson move around Gordon to take third.

Lap 77 -- Eight of the top 10 drivers are in Chevrolets. Only Kurt Busch (sixth, in a Dodge) and Matt Kenseth (10th, in a Ford) are not driving bow ties. (Continued)

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