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

Lap 284 -- GREEN FLAG: Jimmie Johnson brings the field to green.
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Kyle Busch
3. Jeff Gordon
4. Denny Hamlin
5. Tony Stewart

Lap 279 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson takes the lead when Kurt Busch pits and gives up his lead. All but eight of the 17 lead-lap cars pit. Matt Kenseth, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Ryan Newman and Carl Edwards among those to pit.
Lap 278 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 7: David Gilliland spins in Turn 3 after bumping Johnny Benson and hits the inside wall hard. Bobby Labonte gets the free pass.

Lap 270 -- Kyle Busch is back in third after passing Jeff Gordon.

Lap 265 -- Jeff Gordon passes teammate Kyle Busch for third.

Lap 261 -- GREEN FLAG: Kurt Busch brings the field to green.
1. Kurt Busch
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Kyle Busch
4. Jeff Gordon
5. Martin Truex Jr.

Lap 255 -- Kevin Harvick caught speeding exiting pit road and he will serve a pass-through penalty.

Lap 254 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kurt Busch wins the race off pit road after Kevin Harvick crashes.

Lap 253 -- All the lead lap cars hit pit road.
• Kevin Harvick and David Ragan crash on pit road and Ragan spins. Heavy damage to the right side of Harvick's No. 29.
• Jimmie Johnson makes a chassis adjustment and Johnson says his brakes are getting hot

Lap 251 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 6: J.J. Yeley spins and hits the wall bringing out the caution. Yeley was the first car a lap down and since he brought out the caution, no free pass was given.

Lap 246 -- Kurt Busch passes Kyle Busch for second.

Lap 242 -- Tony Raines and J.J. Yeley go a lap down. There are now just 17 cars on the lead lap.

Lap 234 -- Kevin Harvick's lead is beginning to shrink as Kyle Busch has closed the gap to 1.3 seconds

Lap 232 -- There are only 20 cars on the lead lap. Kevin Harvick still leads by more than 2 seconds.

Lap 227 -- Kevin Harvick leads Kyle Busch by 2.689 seconds.

Lap 219 -- Jeff Green had to go back to pit road after missing a lugnut. The top-five after all green flag pit stops were completed:
1. Kevin Harvick
2. Kyle Busch
3. Kurt Busch
4. Jeff Gordon
5. Jimmie Johnson

Lap 215 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kevin Harvick takes the lead when Mark Martin and Ward Burton hit pit road. Minor adjustments for Martin.

Lap 213 -- LEAD CHANGE: Mark Martin takes the lead as Kenseth hits pit road. Kenseth tight in the center and makes an air pressure adjustment.

Lap 210 -- LEAD CHANGE: Matt Kenseth is the new leader when Tony Stewart pits.

Lap 209: LEAD CHANGE: Tony Stewart takes the lead for the first time today as Ryan Newman is on pit road.

Lap 208 -- LEAD CHANGE: Ryan Newman takes the lead when Kurt Busch pits. Busch makes an air pressure and track bar adjustment.

Lap 205 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kurt Busch takes the lead when Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick hit pit road. Hamlin makes a track bar adjustment and Harvick with adjustments as well.

Lap 204 -- Jeff Gordon gives up fifth to make his green flag pit stop. Track bar adjustments are made.

Lap 203 -- Scott Riggs, Martin Truex Jr. and David Ragan make pit stops. Truex makes a track bar adjustment.

Lap 202 -- Carl Edwards and Dale Earnhardt Jr. make their pit stops.

Lap 201 -- David Stremme is the first to make a green flag pit stop. (Continued)