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

Lap 207 -- GREEN FLAG: Tony Stewart gets the race back under way.
1. Tony Stewart
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
4. Kyle Busch
5. Kevin Harvick

Lap 203 -- Everyone is on pit road:
• Matt Kenseth wants a small air-pressure adjustment
• Tony Stewart will be close on fuel, so he tops off
• Jimmie Johnson wants an air-pressure adjustment
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. has a 12.0-second stop and gains three spots

Lap 202 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 4: Dave Blaney cuts a tire and spins into the wall, collecting Ward Burton. Blaney has major damage to the front and driver's side. Burton heads to the garage.

Lap 192 -- LEAD CHANGE: Tony Stewart re-takes the lead from Jimmie Johnson.

Lap 190 -- Matt Kenseth remains silent on his radio, quietly running in third position behind Jimmie Johnson and Tony Stewart.

Lap 187 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson floats to the outside of Tony Stewart and takes the lead.

Lap 177 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Casey Mears battle for sixth position, with Earnhardt running the high line and Mears down low. They have battled since the restart.

Lap 168 -- GREEN FLAG: Tony Stewart leads the field to green.
1. Tony Stewart
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Matt Kenseth
4. Kyle Busch
5. Kevin Harvick

Lap 165 -- The top leaders stay out, while some take advantage of a stop:
• Jeff Gordon tops off with fuel and gets tires
• Denny Hamlin goes in for service and adjustments
• Carl Edwards gets service
• Mark Martin takes on two tires
• Juan Montoya is in and is the free pass car
• Joe Nemechek and Johnny Sauter are in as well

Lap 164 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 3: Robby Gordon spins around in Turn 2 after getting loose and backs his car into the wall. He has major damage to the rear end and takes it behind the wall.

Lap 162 -- David Stremme gets black-flagged for not being in line during the restart, when cars were three-wide taking the green.

Lap 160 -- GREEN FLAG: Tony Stewart gets the race back under way.
1. Tony Stewart
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Matt Kenseth
4. Kyle Busch
5. Kevin Harvick

Lap 158 -- Ryan Newman and a few cars from the tail of the lead lap make another stop to top off with fuel.

Lap 156 -- Martin Truex Jr. gets penalized for the lose tire on pit road and will restart at the tail of the longest line.

Lap 155 -- Leaders are on pit road:
• Four tires and fuel for Matt Kenseth
• Tony Stewart makes minimal adjustments
• Jimmie Johnson gets minor adjustments and tires
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. adds air pressure to the left side
• Martin Truex Jr. loses a tire, but a crewman fetches it before he leaves

Lap 154 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 2: Jamie McMurray hits the wall in the corner with a possible right-front tire issue.

Lap 144 -- Just 17 cars remain on the lead lap, with the final one being Juan Montoya in his first visit to Chicagoland.

Lap 134 -- At halfway, Jimmie Johnson leads a Chevrolet brigade, but Tony Stewart is closing in.

Lap 120 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson catches and passes Kevin Harvick for the lead.

Lap 118 -- Clint Bowyer serves a pass-through penalty due to speeding on pit road. Robby Gordon is also penalized for hitting the commitment cone.

Lap 117 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kevin Harvick is the leader once again after green-flag stops.
1. Kevin Harvick
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Tony Stewart
4. Kyle Busch
5. Matt Kenseth

Lap 115 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kurt Busch is the leader after Clint Bowyer makes his stop. Denny Hamlin is in and wants a tighter racecar.

Lap 114 -- LEAD CHANGE: Clint Bowyer inherits the lead when Tony Stewart hits pit road.

Lap 114 -- Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr. are on pit road. Dale Earnhardt Jr. is in for his stop and is pushing heavily on the right-front.

Lap 113 -- Jimmie Johnson is on pit road for a scheduled stop. He was free and gets a track-bar adjustment. Jamie McMurray is also in for tires and fuel.

Lap 111 -- LEAD CHANGE: Tony Stewart inherits the lead when Kevin Harvick ducks onto pit road for his scheduled stop.

Lap 109 -- Reed Sorenson is on pit road for tires and fuel. He wants to tighten his car. Sorenson, along with Kevin Harvick, did not pit during the last caution.

Lap 107 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. is running sixth and clicking off the fastest lap times by running the high line. (Continued)