Lap-by-Lap: Richmond

CHECKERED FLAG: Jimmie Johnson wins the Crown Royal 400 at Richmond!!!

Lap 400 -- WHITE FLAG: Jimmie Johnson takes the white flag with Kyle Busch behind but not challenging.

Lap 395 -- Ryan Newman and Tony Stewart are both bumping each other in a battle for sixth. Newman takes the position from Stewart.

Lap 393 -- Jimmie Johnson leads Kyle Busch by .5 seconds.

Lap 390 -- Denny Hamlin completes the pass of Jeff Gordon for third.

Lap 387 -- Denny Hamlin is battling with Jeff Gordon for third.

Lap 382 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson has a great restart and passes Kyle Busch for the lead.

Lap 381 -- GREEN FLAG: Kyle Busch brings the field to the green with 20 laps to go.
1. Kyle Busch
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Jeff Gordon
4. Denny Hamlin
5. Kurt Busch

Lap 376 -- Dave Blaney gives up fifth position and hits pit road.

Lap 372 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 14: Ward Burton and Ricky Rudd get together in Turn 3 and both drivers hit the wall. Tony Stewart, A.J. Allmendinger and Martin Truex Jr. also gets caught up in the crash. Dave Blaney and Juan Montoya both spin but suffer no damage.

Lap 368 -- GREEN FLAG: Kyle Busch brings the field to speed.
1. Kyle Busch
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Jeff Gordon
4. Denny Hamlin
5. Dave Blaney

Lap 363 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 13: David Stremme hits the wall and the caution is out. Mark Martin gets the free pass.

Lap 362 -- GREEN FLAG: Kyle Busch brings the field to green with less than 40 laps to go.
1. Kyle Busch
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Jeff Gordon
4. Denny Hamlin
5. Dave Blaney

Lap 358 -- Casey Mears is the only lead-lap car to pit.

Lap 357 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 12: Greg Biffle gets into Jeff Green, spins and hits the wall. Casey Mears gets the free pass.

Lap 356 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kyle Busch passes Jimmie Johnson for the lead.

Lap 355 -- GREEN FLAG: Jimmie Johnson brings the field to the green.
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Kyle Busch
3. Jeff Gordon
4. Denny Hamlin
5. Dave Blaney

Lap 350 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 11: Kenny Wallace stalls and is unable to get to the garage forcing him to stop on the track. Reed Sorenson gets the free pass.

Lap 348 -- Denny Hamlin passes Dave Blaney for fourth.

Lap 343 -- GREEN FLAG: Jimmie Johnson brings the field to green.
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Kyle Busch
3. Jeff Gordon
4. Dave Blaney
5. Denny Hamlin

Lap 338 -- The top six cars stay out, most of the other lead-lap cars come in to pit road including Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart and Greg Biffle.

Lap 337 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 10: Debris on the backstretch. Paul Menard gets the free pass.

Lap 335 -- Scott Riggs is on pit road for an unscheduled pit stop, his brakes are gone.

Lap 333 -- A.J. Allmendinger brushes the wall in Turn 2 but keeps going and the race stays green.

Lap 329 -- Kyle Busch is challenging teammate Jeff Gordon for second and eventually makes the pass.

Lap 325 -- Kyle Busch passes Dave Blaney for third.

Lap 323 -- GREEN FLAG: Jimmie Johnson brings the field to the green.
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Dave Blaney
4. Kyle Busch
5. Denny Hamlin

Lap 318 -- Jimmie Johnson brings all the lead-lap cars down pit road for what should be the final pit stop.
• Kyle Busch is happy with his car. He takes four tires and fuel
• Denny Hamlin says he is loose and they make a track bar adjustment
• Jimmie Johnson makes a track bar adjustment
• Jeff Gordon says he needs wholesale changes in order to win
• Kurt Busch says he is loose and they make a wedge adjustment
• Dave Blaney takes two tires and moves up 10 spots to third

Lap 317 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 9: Debris in Turn 1. David Stremme gets the free pass.

Lap 308 -- Kasey Kahne takes his car to the garage.

Lap 304 -- Jeff Gordon passes Kyle Busch for second. Kasey Kahne hits the wall hard after bumping David Stremme and suffers serious right front damage. The race remains green.

Lap 300 -- Joe Nemechek blows his right-front tire and hits the wall. The race stays green.

Lap 297 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson is back in the lead.

Lap 296 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kyle Busch gets five bonus points when Jimmie Johnson moves aside to let the No. 5 lead a lap.

Lap 294 -- Tony Stewart passes teammate Denny Hamlin for fourth.

Lap 291 -- GREEN FLAG: Jimmie Johnson brings the field to speed.
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Kyle Busch
3. Jeff Gordon
4. Denny Hamlin
5. Tony Stewart

Lap 285 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 8: Dale Earnhardt Jr. spins and has damage to his left rear after Jeff Green locks his brakes and slides into Earnhardt. The No. 8 did not hit the wall. J.J. Yeley gets the free pass.

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.

Lap 199 -- After a long pit stop back on Lap 123, Tony Stewart has gone from 34th to 14th.

Lap 195 -- Juan Montoya and Kyle Petty go one lap down.

Lap 188 -- Kevin Harvick continues to lead and lap cars as David Gilliland goes a lap down.

Lap 181 -- Ward Burton and Ricky Rudd are now a lap down.

Lap 173 -- LEAD CHANGE: Using lap traffic, Kevin Harvick passes Denny Hamlin to take the lead.

Lap 171 -- A.J. Allmendinger and David Reutimann are now a lap down.

Lap 168 -- Joe Nemechek and Kenny Wallace have gone a lap down.

Lap 166 -- Kurt Busch is on the move and has passed Greg Biffle and Jeff Gordon and is now currently fourth.

Lap 164 -- LEAD CHANGE: Denny Hamlin completes the pass of Kevin Harvick and retakes the lead.

Lap 162 -- Denny Hamlin has caught Kevin Harvick and is challenging for the lead.

Lap 158 -- Kevin Harvick has caught the tail end of the field and put Johnny Benson a lap down.

Lap 156 -- Jamie McMurray is back on the race track. He is scored 84 laps down.

Lap 147 -- Jeff Burton is in the garage with engine problems.

Lap 146 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kevin Harvick is back out in front.

Lap 145 -- LEAD CHANGE: Denny Hamlin closes the gap and beats Kevin Harvick at the line.

Lap 143 -- Kevin Harvick has opened up more than a one second lead on Denny Hamlin.

Lap 137 -- Jimmie Johnson passes Dale Earnhardt Jr. for fifth.

Lap 131 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kevin Harvick passes Denny Hamlin and leads for the first time today.

Lap 129 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jeff Gordon gets up the track and Denny Hamlin passes him for the lead. Kevin Harvick also goes by Gordon for second.

Lap 127 -- Kevin Harvick is now challenging for the lead with Jeff Gordon and Denny Hamlin.

Lap 126 -- Denny Hamlin challenges Jeff Gordon at the line but Gordon holds him off.

Lap 125 -- GREEN FLAG: Jeff Gordon brings the field to speed.
1. Jeff Gordon
2. Denny Hamlin
3. Kevin Harvick
4. Jimmie Johnson
5. Greg Biffle

Lap 124 -- Johnny Sauter has to come back to pit road after a saw is stuck to the rear of his car.

Lap 123 -- Juan Montoya, Johnny Sauter and Tony Stewart are back on pit road for more adjustments.

Lap 121 -- Tony Stewart gives up 14th place to make adjustments to his No. 20 Chevrolet.

Lap 119 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 5: Juan Montoya and Johnny Sauter both in the Turn 2 wall hard after Montoya gets bumped by Ryan Newman and moves Montoya up the track into Sauter. Kenny Wallace gets the free pass.

Lap 115 -- Greg Biffle has moved all the way from 33rd to fifth.

Lap 113 -- Jeff Gordon has put some distance between him and Denny Hamlin. Kevin Harvick is challenging Hamlin for second.

Lap 110 -- GREEN FLAG: Jeff Gordon brings the field to the green.
1. Jeff Gordon
2. Denny Hamlin
3. Kevin Harvick
4. Jimmie Johnson
5. Carl Edwards

Lap 104 -- Jeff Gordon brings all the lead lap cars to pit road.
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. is tight and they make a track bar adjustment but he loses seven spots on pit road and will restart ninth.
• Denny Hamlin is tight in the center, they make an air pressure and track bar adjustment
• Jeff Gordon with an air pressure adjustment
• Jimmie Johnson pulls another spring rubber

Lap 103 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 4: Elliott Sadler's right-front tire goes down and he spins on the frontstretch. A.J. Allmendinger gets the free pass.

Lap 97 -- Jeff Gordon has caught the tail end of the field. Kenny Wallace and A.J. Allmendinger are now a lap down.

Lap 93 -- Kyle Busch continues to climb to the front. After starting 34th, he is currently 17th.

Lap 91 -- Jeff Gordon is in front of Dale Earnhardt Jr. by more than a second.

Lap 81 -- Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jimmie Johnson have distanced themselves from the rest of the pack.

Lap 79 -- Jimmie Johnson's brakes are vibrating. Crew chief Chad Knaus isn't sure how bad.

Lap 75 -- Jamie McMurray is in the garage.

Lap 69 -- The two-tire change could be backfiring for Tony Raines. Carl Edwards is close to passing him for fourth.

Lap 67 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. got around Tony Raines and is currently second.

Lap 65 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jeff Gordon reclaims the lead.

Lap 64 -- LEAD CHANGE: Tony Raines has a great restart, passes Jeff Gordon and leads for the first time in 2007.

Lap 63 -- GREEN FLAG: Jeff Gordon brings the field to speed.
1. Jeff Gordon
2. Tony Raines
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
4. Jimmie Johnson
5. Carl Edwards

Lap 62 -- Jamie McMurray is back on pit road and it looks like there is damage to the front of racecar.

Lap 57 -- Jamie McMurray is on pit road and gets his tire changed before the leaders pass. He remains just one lap down.

Lap 56 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 3: Jamie McMurray couldn't get to pit road and his tire is now shredded all along the race track.

Lap 54 -- Jamie McMurray's right-front tire is flat after he brushes the wall. The race stays green.

Lap 48 -- Tony Raines is challenging Jeff Gordon for the lead but Gordon is able to hold him off.

Lap 47 -- GREEN FLAG: Jeff Gordon brings the field to green.
1. Jeff Gordon
2. Tony Raines
3. Jimmie Johnson
4. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
5. Carl Edwards

Lap 43 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jeff Gordon wins the race off pit road.

Lap 42 -- 41 cars hit pit road led by Jimmie Johnson.
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. makes an air pressure adjustment
• Denny Hamlin says he's tight in the center, they pull a spring rubber
• Jimmie Johnson says he's loose, they make an air pressure adjustment
• Jeff Gordon is loose, they make a chassis and an air pressure adjustment
• Tony Raines picks up 12 spots on pit road by taking just two tires.

Lap 41 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 2 -- Competition caution is out. Teams will hit pit road and are able to make adjustments and take fuel for the first time. Kurt Busch gets the free pass and will be back on the lead lap.

Lap 37 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. has caught and passed Jeff Gordon for second.

Lap 33 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson passes Jeff Gordon in Turns 3 and 4 to take the lead.

Lap 25 -- Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson are pulling away from the pack as the teammates are now more than 1.5 seconds ahead of third place Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Lap 20 -- Robby Gordon was too fast exiting pit road and will have to serve a pass-through penalty. He is now three laps down.

Lap 19 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. makes the pass of Carl Edwards for third.

Lap 15 -- Jimmie Johnson passed both Carl Edwards and Scott Riggs in the corner to take second.

Lap 15 -- Robby Gordon is back on pit road with another flat tire.

Lap 13 -- GREEN FLAG: Jeff Gordon brings the field back up to speed.
1. Jeff Gordon
2. Scott Riggs
3. Carl Edwards
4. Jimmie Johnson
5. Kasey Kahne

Lap 9 -- Kurt Busch, Casey Mears, Joe Nemechek and Elliott Sadler are all on pit road. Four tires for both Busch and Mears plus some adjustments. Kurt Busch is now a lap down due to problems changing the left-front tire.

Lap 5 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 1 -- Casey Mears goes around when Johnny Sauter drifts up and clips his left rear. Mears doesn't hit anything. Kurt Busch also spins. Robby Gordon who is already two laps down, gets the free pass and one of those laps back.

Lap 4 -- Robby Gordon is on pit road. He took some fuel before the competition caution came out on Lap 40 which is against the rules and he will be penalized.

Lap 1 -- Jeff Gordon gets a good start and leads Lap 1 collecting five bonus points. Scott Riggs takes second from Carl Edwards.

1:16 p.m. -- GREEN FLAG: Jeff Gordon brings the field to green in Richmond.

1:12 p.m. -- The cars are on the track.

1:09 p.m. -- Grand Marshal Jim Stewart for the second time in two days delivers the command, "Gentlemen, start your engines."

1:06 p.m. -- It was just announced on FOX that on Lap 40 there will be a competition caution for teams to make adjustments.

1:02 p.m. -- Richmond native April Lee sings the National Anthem.

1:01 p.m. -- Invocation delivered at the track.

1:00 p.m. -- FOX's pre race coverage is under way.

12:30 p.m. -- We are about 45 minutes away from the green flag flying at Richmond. The weather is absolutely beautiful compared to yesterday. Blue skies and 59 degrees.

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8:46 p.m. -- POSTPONED! The race has been postponed until Sunday. Race coverage begins at 1 p.m. ET on FOX. Since just 12 laps were run under yellow, those will be erased and they will start over tomorrow.

Lap 13 -- RED FLAG: After 13 laps of caution, the cars are now on pit road as rain as started to fall. Car covers are going on the cars now.

Lap 12 -- Still under caution as the cars dry the track.

Lap 9 -- The race looked like it was going to begin on Lap 8 but they called off the green and it is still under caution.

Lap 4 -- Still under caution as the cars help dry the track.

7:48 p.m. -- GREEN/YELLOW FLAG NO. 1: The track is still wet so the race is under way, but it begins under yellow. Polesitter Jeff Gordon is the leader.

7:44 p.m. -- The cars are rolling and we will go green in two laps.

7:38 p.m. -- Jim Stewart gives the command to start the Jim Stewart 400 -- "Gentlemen, start your engines."

7:31 p.m. -- Marine Drum and Bugle Corps perform the National Anthem.

7:30 p.m. -- Invocation and moment of silence.

6 p.m. -- Less than two hours away from the green flag flying for some night racing at Richmond. Right now its cloudy and 51 degrees. The rain is staying away for now, but there is a chance it could rain tonight.

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