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

Lap 19 -- Denny Hamlin was caught speeding exiting pit road and will serve a pass-through penalty.

Lap 18 -- LEAD CHANGE: Tony Stewart beats Reed Sorenson off pit road and takes the lead.

Lap 17 -- The competition caution has been waved since this yellow is out. Teams can put fuel in the cars and all the cars are on pit road.
• Jeff Burton takes four tires, fuel and makes a minor adjustment
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. with four tires and fuel
• Reed Sorenson makes a track bar adjustment, air pressure adjustment and takes four tires
• Tony Stewart with four tires in a quick stop

Lap 16 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 1: Jeff Green blows a tire and smacks the wall hard. He takes his No. 66 Chevy to the garage. Jeff Green would have received the free pass but since he brought out the caution, no free pass was given.

Lap 13 -- Juan Montoya falls to fifth as Jeff Burton and Tony Stewart pass the No. 42 Dodge.

Lap 10 -- Jeff Gordon continues to be on the move as he is now up to 11th after starting 21st.

Lap 9 -- Tony Stewart passes Kurt Busch for fifth. Jeff Green makes an unscheduled pit stop.

Lap 8 -- After starting third, Ryan Newman has dropped to 10th.

Lap 7 -- Reed Sorenson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. have a two-second lead on third-place Juan Montoya.

Lap 5 -- Jeff Gordon is in the top 15 after starting 21st.

Lap 2 -- Tony Stewart is moving his way up to the front as he is up to ninth after starting 14th.

Lap 1 -- Reed Sorenson leads the first lap and Dale Earnhardt Jr. moves from fourth to second.

2:22 p.m. -- GREEN FLAG: For the first time in his Cup career, Reed Sorenson brings the field to speed and the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard is underway.

2:17 p.m. -- In a tribute to the passing of Wake Forest basketball coach Skip Prosser, all four Richard Childress Racing cars feature the Wake Forest logo on their "B" panel.

2:14 p.m. -- The cars are rolling off pit road.

2:10 p.m. -- Clint Bowyer will move to the rear of the field for an engine change. NASCAR has also announced there will be two competition cautions at Lap 15 and Lap 40.

2:08 p.m. -- IMS Chairman Mari Hulman George delivers the command: "Gentlemen, start your engines."

2:01 p.m. -- Byron Bartosh performs the national anthem.

2 p.m. -- Invocation by Rev. Howard Brammer.

1:40 p.m. -- ESPN has a feature called, "Who knows me better, my crew chief or my wife?" This week was Kevin Harvick and let's just say even though DeLana is at the track each week, she isn't privy to the inside of Harvick's mind like crew chief Todd Berrier is.

1 p.m. -- ESPN's coverage of the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard has started.

12:24 p.m. -- Less than two hours from the drop of the green flag for the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard. The rain that messed with practice all weekend is gone and the sun is shining on Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

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