Lap-by-Lap: Michigan

CHECKERED FLAG: Carl Edwards wins the Citizens Bank 400 and visits Victory Lane for the first time since November 2005 ending a 52-race winless streak.

Lap 200 -- WHITE FLAG: Carl Edwards is two miles away from his first victory in 2007.

Lap 197 -- Martin Truex Jr. will not challenge for the lead as they are three seconds behind. The No. 1 is hoping something will happen to the No. 99.

Lap 196 -- There are only 10 cars left on the lead lap. Jeff Gordon in 10th is the final car on the lead lap.

Lap 193 -- Jimmie Johnson has run out of fuel and is on pit road losing the third position.

Lap 191 -- Martin Truex Jr. brushed the wall causing him to fall further behind Carl Edwards. Edwards can make it to the end on fuel.

Lap 190 -- Fuel is still a concern but it appears the leaders will make it to the end. Carl Edwards has opened up a one second lead on Martin Truex Jr.

Lap 188 -- Carl Edwards continues to lead with Martin Truex Jr. in second. Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart and Casey Mears round out the top five.

Lap 185 -- There are only 14 cars on the lead lap.

Lap 184 -- Martin Truex Jr. has caught Carl Edwards and no lap cars are between them.

Lap 180 -- Martin Truex Jr. has closed the gap on Carl Edwards as he now leads by less than a second.

Lap 174 -- Carl Edwards, Martin Truex Jr. and Tony Stewart all say they are good on fuel and can make it to the finish. Jimmie Johnson has fallen to third and his crew chief, Chad Knaus, says they are two to three laps short.

Lap 172 -- Carl Edwards has opened up a 1.7 second lead on second-place Jimmie Johnson.

Lap 171 -- Tony Stewart is back in the top five as he sits in fourth.

Lap 166 -- LEAD CHANGE: Carl Edwards is back in front with 35 laps to go after passing Jimmie Johnson. Kurt Busch gives up fourth position to go back to pit road. A loose lug nut could be the problem.

Lap 164 -- After what could be the final pit stop for many of these cars, here is the top five:
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Carl Edwards
3. Martin Truex Jr.
4. Kurt Busch
5. Kyle Busch

Lap 161 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson leads when Michael Waltrip pits. Waltrip with minor adjustments and four tires.

Lap 160 -- LEAD CHANGE: Michael Waltrip takes the lead when Martin Truex Jr. hits pit road along with Casey Mears and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Truex, Mears and Earnhardt all think they can make it the rest of the way on fuel. Jeff Gordon also in and he complains his car is loose. They make adjustments and they think they can make it all the way on fuel.

Lap 158 -- LEAD CHANGE: Martin Truex Jr. retakes the lead when Carl Edwards hits pit road. They will make adjustments and take four tires. Denny Hamlin also on pit road. Hamlin with an air pressure adjustment. Tony Stewart also on pit road and they say they can make it the rest of the way on fuel.

Lap 157 -- Clint Bowyer is on pit road. They make another chassis adjustment and take four tires.

Lap 155 -- Kyle Busch is on pit road for four tires. Busch says he is tight so they make a track bar and air pressure adjustment.

Lap 154 -- Kurt Busch gives up his top five position to hit pit road. They make no adjustments, he takes four tires and fuel.

Lap 153 -- Dave Blaney hits pit road for minor adjustments and four tires.

Lap 150 -- Matt Kenseth is back on the track. Jimmie Johnson begins green flag pit stops. Minor chassis and track bar adjustments for the No. 48.

Lap 147 -- Carl Edwards finally passes Denny Hamlin putting him a lap down and leaving 19 cars on the lead lap.

Lap 143 -- Denny Hamlin is trying desperately to stay on the lead lap as Carl Edwards closes in on him. More green flag pit stops are coming in the next five to ten laps.

Lap 141 -- Martin Truex Jr. has moved up to second after passing Jimmie Johnson.

Lap 139 -- Carl Edwards has opened up a two second lead on Jimmie Johnson.

Lap 134 -- Carl Edwards is putting Jeff Burton a lap down leaving just 20 cars on the lead lap.

Lap 132 -- LEAD CHANGE: Carl Edwards is finally able to complete the pass on Jimmie Johnson and has completely erased his pit road penalty.

Lap 127 -- Carl Edwards is battling Jimmie Johnson for the lead. David Gilliland is one lap down and is between the two.

Lap 125 -- Tony Stewart continues to slide backwards as he is currently sixth as Martin Truex Jr. and Kyle Busch pass him.

Lap 124 -- Carl Edwards continues to climb to the top as he passes Kurt Busch for second.

Lap 123 -- Carl Edwards passes Tony Stewart for third.

Lap 121 -- GREEN FLAG: Jimmie Johnson brings the field to the green.
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Kurt Busch
3. Tony Stewart
4. Carl Edwards
5. Sterling Marlin

Lap 120 -- Jeff Gordon is back on pit road to top off on fuel and to tighten up his car, he says it is real loose.

Lap 118 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson is back in the lead as Dale Earnhardt Jr. pits.

Lap 117 -- LEAD CHANGE: Dale Earnhardt Jr. is the new leader as Martin Truex Jr. pits. They make no adjustments to the No. 1. Jeff Gordon also pits and makes an adjustment.

Lap 115 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 4: Tony Raines gets bumped from behind by Elliott Sadler and spins. Robby Gordon will get the free pass and gets back on the lead lap.

Lap 115 -- LEAD CHANGE: Carl Edwards pits giving the lead to Martin Truex Jr.

Lap 114 -- LEAD CHANGE: Tony Stewart gives up the lead to Carl Edwards to make his pit stop. Stewart makes an air pressure adjustment and takes four tires. Denny Hamlin also pits and suffers another mistake on pit road as his car falls off the jack while they change the right side tires.

Lap 113 -- Kyle Busch makes his pit stop and takes four tires.

Lap 112 -- LEAD CHANGE: Tony Stewart gets the lead when Kurt Busch pits. Casey Mears is also on pit road and both Busch and Mears are very happy with their cars and make no changes.

Lap 111 -- Clint Bowyer makes his green flag pit stop. Says he's too tight and they make adjustments. Mark Martin also makes his stop.

Lap 110 - LEAD CHANGE: Kurt Busch takes the lead when Jimmie Johnson pits. Minor adjustments and four tires for Johnson.

Lap 109 -- Jeff Gordon makes his green flag pit stop and takes four tires.

Lap 107 -- Jimmie Johnson has increased his lead to 3.1 seconds in front of Jeff Gordon. Carl Edwards and Denny Hamlin have passed Sterling Marlin for sixth and seventh.

Lap 102 -- The race has reached the halfway point and Jimmie Johnson leads teammate Jeff Gordon by 1.6 seconds. Second round of green flag pit stops are coming in about 10 laps.

Lap 96 -- After being involved in the Lap 76 accident, Martin Truex Jr. is all the way up to 12th.

Lap 92 -- Tony Stewart is up to fourth with Casey Mears fifth.

Lap 90 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson passes teammate Jeff Gordon for the lead.

Lap 87 -- Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson have pulled away from third-place Kurt Busch by almost three seconds.

Lap 86 -- After restarting 27th, Carl Edwards is up to 16th.

Lap 84 -- The battle on the track is for seventh as Denny Hamlin, Clint Bowyer, Casey Mears, Tony Stewart, Michael Waltrip and Kyle Busch are all battling for position.

Lap 83 -- Kurt Busch is up to third and J.J. Yeley is up to fourth after passing Sterling Marlin.

Lap 80 -- GREEN FLAG: Jeff Gordon brings the field to the green.
1. Jeff Gordon
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Sterling Marlin
4. Kurt Busch
5. J.J. Yeley

Lap 79 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. is on pit road for a third time this caution. Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex Jr. also on pit road.

Lap 78 -- Matt Kenseth is in the garage and for the first time this season he will not complete a lap. Brian Vickers is also in the garage area.

Lap 77 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. is on pit road for the second time and the crew is pounding on the front of his car.

Lap 76 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 3: Ryan Newman trying to get one of his laps back clips Jeff Green and spins. Martin Truex Jr. also spins but it doesn't look like he hit anything. Brian Vickers and Matt Kenseth also spin and they hit each other. No free pass given since it would have gone to Jeff Green and he was involved in the accident.

Lap 75 -- Problems for Dale Earnhardt Jr. as he never gets up to speed on the restart. He hits pit road.

Lap 75 -- GREEN FLAG: Jeff Gordon brings the field to the green.
1. Jeff Gordon
2. Sterling Marlin
3. Jimmie Johnson
4. J.J. Yeley
5. Kurt Busch

Lap 72 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jeff Gordon takes the lead when Paul Menard hits pit road.

Lap 71 -- LEAD CHANGE: Paul Menard stays out and leads a lap getting five bonus points.

Lap 71 -- Carl Edwards was caught going too fast exiting pit road. He will restart at the tail end of the longest line. He will restart 27th.

Lap 70 -- All the leaders hit pit road.
• Carl Edwards takes two tires and fuel
• Jimmie Johnson with adjustments and four tires
• Kurt Busch is tight so they make adjustments and take four tires
• Martin Truex Jr. with four tires
• Jeff Gordon wins the race off pit road
• J.J. Yeley takes two tires and jumps into the top five

Lap 69 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 2: Juan Montoya hits the wall in Turn 1. Mark Martin will get the free pass and get back on the lead lap.

Lap 68 -- Martin Truex Jr.'s two-tire experiment continues to hurt him as Kurt Busch passes him for third.

Lap 66 -- Carl Edwards moves up to second after passing Martin Truex Jr.

Lap 65 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson's four tires compared to Martin Truex Jr.'s two paid off for the No. 48 as he passes Truex for the lead.

Lap 63 -- Tony Stewart continues to climb as he is now 18th after starting 43rd.

Lap 61 -- Jimmie Johnson passes Dale Earnhardt Jr. for second. Johnson trails leader Martin Truex Jr. by 0.6 seconds.

Lap 58 -- Jeff Gordon falls to sixth after Kurt Busch and Carl Edwards both go around him.

Lap 56 -- GREEN FLAG: Martin Truex Jr. brings the field to the green.
1. Martin Truex Jr.
2. Dale Earnhardt Jr
3. Jimmie Johnson
4. Jeff Gordon
5. Kurt Busch

Lap 55 -- David Stremme falls a second lap down after a pit road penalty.

Lap 54 -- All the leaders hit pit road
• Martin Truex Jr. takes two tires and makes an air pressure adjustment
• Jimmie Johnson with a chassis adjustment and four tires
• Jeff Gordon says car is tight, makes adjustments and takes four tires
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. comes off pit road in second after taking two tires
• Carl Edwards takes four tires

Lap 52 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 1: Debris in Turn 2. Juan Montoya will get the free pass and get back on the lead lap.

Lap 51 -- Brian Vickers passes Denny Hamlin for sixth. Martin Truex Jr. leads by 1.8 seconds on Jimmie Johnson.

Lap 48 -- Juan Montoya and Kasey Kahne are on the verge of going a lap down.

Lap 45 -- Jeff Green, Reed Sorenson and David Reutimann are among the cars now a lap down.

Lap 43 -- The top five after the first set of pit stops:
1. Martin Truex Jr.
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Jeff Gordon
4. Carl Edwards
5. Kurt Busch

Lap 40 -- LEAD CHANGE: The cycle of green flag stops is complete as Martin Truex Jr. is back in front after Casey Mears pits.

Lap 39 -- LEAD CHANGE: Casey Mears inherits the lead when Denny Hamlin pits. Dale Earnhardt Jr. also pits and makes minor adjustments. Hamlin is clipped by Juan Montoya as he enters his pit stall but it doesn't look like any damage to either car.

Lap 39 -- Jeff Gordon hits pit road and makes adjustments, takes tires and fuel. Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton and Tony Raines almost collide on pit road.

Lap 38 -- LEAD CHANGE: Denny Hamlin takes the lead when Martin Truex Jr. hits pit road. Truex makes minor adjustments and is away. Jimmie Johnson also hits pit road.

Lap 37 -- Kyle Busch gives up ninth position to head to pit road. Tony Stewart also on pit road and he makes adjustments. Busch makes an air pressure adjustment.

Lap 35 -- Green flag stops begin with Joe Nemechek hitting pit road for tires and fuel.

Lap 34 -- Mark Martin and David Ragan are now a lap down.

Lap 33 -- Brian Vickers is now up to fifth after passing Kurt Busch.

Lap 30 -- Martin Truex Jr. is beginning to lap cars. John Andretti, Elliott Sadler, A.J. Allmendinger and Scott Riggs are all one lap down.

Lap 28 -- Brian Vickers continues to climb as he passes Carl Edwards for sixth. Martin Truex Jr.'s lead is now up to 3.7 seconds on Jimmie Johnson.

Lap 27 -- Polesitter J.J. Yeley continues to fall back in the field. He is now scored in the 20th position.

Lap 25 -- Kyle Busch has fallen back a bit. He is now down to eighth after Kurt Busch, Carl Edwards and Brian Vickers all pass the No. 5.

Lap 22 -- Ryan Newman is back on the track and scored three laps down after his tire issue on pit road.

Lap 20 -- After starting 43rd, Tony Stewart has worked his way up to the 33rd position.

Lap 19 -- Martin Truex Jr.'s lead is now more than two seconds in front of Jimmie Johnson.

Lap 17 -- Kurt Busch and Carl Edwards are on the move as Busch is up to sixth and Edwards up to seventh after both started outside the top 10.

Lap 14 -- Ryan Newman drops out of the top five with a left rear tire going down. He will go at least one lap down as the crew is having trouble getting all of the tire off.

Lap 12 -- Jeff Gordon gets around teammate Kyle Busch for fourth.

Lap 11 -- LEAD CHANGE: Martin Truex Jr. passes Jimmie Johnson for the lead.

Lap 9 -- J.J. Yeley continues to fall as Casey Mears climbs into the top 10 passing Yeley for 10th.

Lap 7 -- Martin Truex Jr.'s climb continues as he passes Ryan Newman for second.

Lap 6 -- Martin Truex Jr. passes Kyle Busch for third.

Lap 3 -- Hendrick is running 1,3,5 with Jimmie Johnson leading, Kyle Busch in third and Jeff Gordon fifth. Ryan Newman is second and Martin Truex Jr. is fourth.

Lap 1 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson jumps out in front to lead the first lap. J.J. Yeley is stuck out of line and falls all the way back to sixth.

2:18 p.m. -- GREEN FLAG: For the first time in his career, J.J. Yeley brings the field to the green in the Citizens Bank 400.
1. J.J. Yeley
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Kyle Busch
4. Ryan Newman
5. Joe Nemechek

2:11 p.m. -- The cars are rolling off pit road.

2:08 p.m. -- Grand Marshall Bill Hartmann gives the command: "Gentlemen, start your engines."

2:01 p.m. -- The Army Chorus A Cappella team perform the National Anthem.

2:00 p.m. -- Invocation.

12:30 p.m. -- We are less than 2 hours away from the green flag at Michigan for the Citizens Bank 400. TNT's pre-race coverage has begun and the weather in Brooklyn is perfect -- 80 degrees under sunny skies.

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