Lap by Lap: Coca-Cola 600 (cont'd)

Lap 173 -- GREEN FLAG: Brian Vickers brings 'em down.

1. Brian Vickers
2. Kurt Busch
3. Mark Martin
4. Kyle Busch
5. Jimmie Johnson

Newman smoking badly during the caution.

Lap 171 -- All the leaders come in for service.

• Vickers gets two tires and narrowly avoids nailing his jackman.

Lap 170 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 6: Debris. Pole-sitter Ryan Newman gets the free pass.

Lap 166 -- Mark Martin, who nearly had to make a green-flag stop before the last caution, is now seventh and trying to chase down Jimmie Johnson.

Lap 160 -- David Ragan back in the top five.

Lap 154 -- Junior on pit road to get all four tires changed. He'll lose at least a lap.

Lap 152 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. slowing with a possible flat tire.

Lap 146 -- GREEN FLAG: Sun starting to set at Lowe's.

1. Brian Vickers
2. Kyle Busch
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
4. J.J. Yeley
5. Tony Stewart

Only 14 cars on the lead lap.

Lap 141 -- Leaders stop for service.

• Kurt Busch gets fresh rubber.
• Brian Vickers asks for left-side tires and an air pressure adjustment.
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. goes for gas only.
• J.J. Yeley picks up eight spots.
• Casey Mears gets ticketed for speeding coming off pit road. He'll start at the back of the pack.

Lap 140 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 5: Debris. That wipes out Vickers' 6-second lead over Kurt Busch.

Lap 136 -- LEAD CHANGE: And we complete green-flag stops, as Elliott pits and it's Brian Vickers back in front.

Lap 135 -- LEAD CHANGE: And just like that, Edwards heads for pit road and Bill Elliott leads the race. He's never won the Coca-Cola 600 in 28 tries.

Lap 134 -- LEAD CHANGE: Yeley in for left-side rubber, handing the lead to Carl Edwards.

Lap 133 -- LEAD CHANGE: Stewart in for right-side tires, Yeley leads.

Lap 132 -- LEAD CHANGE: Johnson makes a pit stop and Tony Stewart is the new leader. Johnson's car is getting tight. Track-bar adjustment and four tires.

Lap 131 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kyle Busch heads for pit road and Jimmie Johnson inherits the lead. Four-tire stop for Busch.

Lap 130 -- Kyle Busch leads Jimmie Johnson by more than 10 seconds. Tony Stewart, J.J. Yeley and Casey Mears complete the top five.

Lap 128 -- Third-place Dale Earnhardt Jr. in for four fresh tires. No adjustments.

Lap 126 -- LEAD CHANGE: Brian Vickers gives up the lead to Kyle Busch as he ducks onto pit road for service -- and hits the brakes hard. Two right side tires, fuel and away he goes.

Lap 114 -- LEAD CHANGE: Brian Vickers to the point as Kurt Busch stops for service. No adjustments.

Lap 112 -- Green-flag stop for Kenseth. Wedge in the left rear, four-tire change.

Lap 111 -- Johnson passes Yeley for seventh.

Lap 102 -- Mark Martin makes an unscheduled stop with a flat tire.

Lap 100 -- We're 25 percent of the way home. Kurt Busch leads Matt Kenseth by 4 seconds, followed by Brian Vickers, David Ragan (who started at the tail end of the field) and Kyle Busch.

Lap 96 -- Tony Stewart back to 11th after getting caught up in the Johnson crash. Johnson's 13th. (Continued)