
7:35 p.m. -- RACE HAS BEEN CALLED. JEFF GORDON WINS THE RAIN-SHORTENED POCONO 500!!!
7:21 p.m. -- Race is still under red flag while the dryers continue to dry off the track.
7:03 p.m. -- Car covers are going on the cars and dryers are on the track.
Lap 107 -- RED FLAG: The race has been stopped due to rain.
Lap 106 -- Caution is still out and NASCAR is bringing all the cars down pit road.
Lap 104 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 4: Caution is out for rain.
1. Jeff Gordon
2. Ryan Newman
3. Martin Truex Jr.
4. Casey Mears
5. Tony Stewart
Lap 103 -- Jeff Gordon's lead is shrinking. He is in front of Ryan Newman by just 1.2 seconds.
Lap 102 -- Jimmie Johnson is back on the track after a trip to the garage following a flat tire. He is scored in 42nd position.
Lap 101 -- The race is official. Jeff Gordon leads by two seconds in front of second place Ryan Newman. Kyle Busch passes Matt Kenseth for eighth.
Lap 100 -- Martin Truex Jr. passes Casey Mears for third.
Lap 100 -- LEAD CHANGE: Carl Edwards pits giving the lead to Jeff Gordon. Gordon and Mears can stay out until about Lap 114.
Lap 99 -- Ryan Newman catches Casey Mears and passes him for third.
Lap 97 -- Ricky Rudd gives up second place and hits pit road. Jeff Gordon up to second. It has not started raining yet.
Lap 96 -- Reed Sorenson makes his green flag pit stop. Carl Edwards leads by 9.138 seconds in front of second-place Ricky Rudd. Jeff Gordon and Casey Mears are sitting third and fourth.
Lap 95 -- LEAD CHANGE: Carl Edwards inherits the lead when Denny Hamlin hits pit road. Juan Montoya gives up third for his pit stop.
Lap 93 -- Jimmie Johnson takes his car to the garage. Denny Hamlin leads with Carl Edwards second and Juan Montoya third. Kurt Busch is on pit road.
Lap 92 -- LEAD CHANGE: Denny Hamlin takes the lead when Ryan Newman hits pit road.
Lap 92 -- Kyle Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. are on pit road as is Kevin Harvick, Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman.
Lap 91 -- Jimmie Johnson's left-front tire blows. No caution is out. Martin Truex Jr. gives up second to hit pit road.
Lap 87 -- Rain is close and most of the lead-lap cars might not have enough fuel to get to Lap 101, the halfway point of the race which would make this an official race. (Continued)
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| Pos. | Driver | Make |
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| 1. | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet |
| 2. | Ryan Newman | Dodge |
| 3. | Martin Truex Jr. | Chevrolet |
| 4. | Casey Mears | Chevrolet |
| 5. | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet |
| 6. | Denny Hamlin | Chevrolet |
| 7. | Mark Martin | Chevrolet |
| 8. | Kyle Busch | Chevrolet |
| 9. | Matt Kenseth | Ford |
| 10. | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet |