Lap-by-Lap: Michigan

CHECKERED FLAG: Kurt Busch takes the checkered flag and wins at Michigan!!! This is his second win of the season.

Lap 203 -- WHITE FLAG: Kurt Busch drives away from Martin Truex Jr.

Lap 202 -- GREEN FLAG: Kurt Busch starts the green-white-checkered finish.
1. Kurt Busch
2. Martin Truex Jr.
3. Jimmie Johnson
4. Matt Kenseth
5. Denny Hamlin

Lap 201 -- Greg Biffle is on pit road changing four tires. Biffle is the final car on the lead lap in 20th.

Lap 199 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 8: Greg Biffle gets loose after contact with Kyle Busch and Biffle goes around. No one hits Biffle and the No. 16 is able to drive away.

Lap 198 -- Matt Kenseth passes Denny Hamlin for fourth. Kurt Busch still leads.

Lap 197 -- The battle on the track is for tenth with Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tony Stewart, Bobby Labonte and Kyle Busch.

Lap 195 -- Jimmie Johnson and Martin Truex Jr. restart side-by-side allowing Kurt Busch to pull away a little bit.

Lap 194 -- GREEN FLAG: Kurt Busch brings the field to the green for the final laps.
1. Kurt Busch
2. Martin Truex Jr.
3. Jimmie Johnson
4. Denny Hamlin
5. Matt Kenseth

Lap 192 -- NASCAR tells the teams this a "quickie yellow" meaning everyone can hit pit road regardless of how many laps down they are.

Lap 190 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 7: Jeff Gordon spins in Turn 4 after Matt Kenseth gets a run and hits him in the rear -- Gordon is stuck in the grass and goes one lap down.

Lap 189 -- Martin Truex Jr., Denny Hamlin and Jimmie Johnson are running faster laps than leader Kurt Busch.

Lap 187 -- Denny Hamlin and Jimmie Johnson pass Jeff Gordon for third and fourth.

Lap 186 -- Martin Truex Jr. passes Jeff Gordon for second. Gordon thinks he has a tire going down.

Lap 185 -- Denny Hamlin and Jimmie Johnson pass Dave Blaney for fourth and fifth.

Lap 183 -- Greg Biffle stayed out and restarted fifth but fell to 18th in just two laps.

Lap 181 -- GREEN FLAG: Kurt Busch brings them to the green with 19 laps to go.
1. Kurt Busch
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Dave Blaney
4. Martin Truex Jr.
5. Greg Biffle

Lap 178 -- Kurt Busch, Jeff Gordon, Dave Blaney, Martin Truex Jr. and Greg Biffle the cars to stay out and not pit.

Lap 177 -- Some of the lead lap cars hit pit road.
• Jimmie Johnson takes two tires
• Matt Kenseth takes two tires
• Kyle Busch takes two tires
• Denny Hamlin takes two tires

Lap 176 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 6: Debris in Turn 4 brings out the caution.

Lap 175 -- Top five after the final pit stops of the day:
1. Kurt Busch
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Denny Hamlin
4. Matt Kenseth
5. Kyle Busch

Lap 172 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kurt Busch reclaims the lead when Ryan Newman pits. Newman's crew has to fix the shark fin and they also make a wedge adjustment and take four tires. Fixing the shark fin is taking forever and he lost a lot of time on pit road.

Lap 171 -- Paul Menard is still on pit road with heavy smoke coming out of his engine. It looks like his day is done.

Lap 170 -- LEAD CHANGE: Ryan Newman takes the lead and gets five bonus points when Kurt Busch hits pit road.

Lap 169 -- Kurt Busch is on pit road and takes four tires and fuel, he doesn't make any adjustments.

Lap 168 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. overshot his pit and he had to back it up on pit road. They take four tires and fill it with fuel. Paul Menard's car is smoking.

Lap 167 -- Jeff Gordon is on pit road to fix the shark fin and take four tires. The stop took a while and he could lose some spots.

Lap 166 -- Matt Kenseth and Denny Hamlin on pit road. Kenseth says he's tight so they make a chassis adjustment and give him four tires. Hamlin with four tires and a minor adjustment.

Lap 164 -- Brian Vickers begins what could be the final round of pit stops. Air pressure adjustment and wedge adjustment for Vickers with four tires and fuel.

Lap 162 -- Denny Hamlin passes Jimmie Johnson for third. Jeff Gordon and Ryan Newman have been told to fix the shark fin on their next pit stop.

Lap 158 -- Tony Stewart is closing in on Brian Vickers for eighth. Kurt Busch still has a 3-plus second lead.

Lap 152 -- Chase bubble update:
• 12th-place Kurt Busch is leading the race
• 13th-place Ryan Newman runs 19th
• 14th-place Dale Earnhardt Jr. is fifth

Lap 151 -- Kurt Busch leads Jeff Gordon by 3.4 seconds.

Lap 146 -- Kurt Busch puts David Stremme and J.J. Yeley a lap down.

Lap 142 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. passes Matt Kenseth for fifth.

Lap 140 -- There are 27 cars on the lead lap with Johnny Sauter the first car one lap down.

Lap 137 -- The top five after green flag pit stops:
1. Kurt Busch
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Jimmie Johnson
4. Denny Hamlin
5. Matt Kenseth

Lap 136 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kurt Busch reclaims the lead as Ward Burton completes another round of green flag pit stops.

Lap 132 -- LEAD CHANGE: Ward Burton takes the lead when Dale Earnhardt Jr. hits pit road.

Lap 132 -- Greg Biffle makes a wedge adjustment and takes four tires. Dale Earnhardt Jr. pits and takes four tires and fuel.

Lap 131 -- LEAD CHANGE: Dale Earnhardt Jr. takes the lead and gets five bonus points when Kurt Busch pits. Busch takes four tires and fuel and makes an adjustment.

Lap 130 -- Jimmie Johnson makes a track bar and air pressure adjustment. Jeff Gordon takes four tires and makes a small adjustment.

Lap 129 -- Matt Kenseth gives up third and makes his pit stop. He is getting his fender fixed and will take four tires. Denny Hamlin also on pit road taking four tires.

Lap 127 -- Brian Vickers begins another round of green flag pit stops.

Lap 123 -- Matt Kenseth says he has some fender damage and he won't be able to win with the car the way it is. Jimmie Johnson has closed the gap and is challenging Kenseth for third.

Lap 121 -- Jeff Gordon passes Matt Kenseth for second.

Lap 117 -- Kurt Busch has a 1.3-second lead in front of Matt Kenseth.

Lap 113 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. continues to fall as Carl Edwards passes him for eighth.

Lap 112 -- Kyle Busch passes Dale Earnhardt Jr. for seventh.

Lap 109 -- LEAD CHANGE: The swapping of the lead continues as Kurt Busch passes Matt Kenseth again for the lead.

Lap 106 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. is challenging Brian Vickers for fifth and in doing so allows Denny Hamlin to pass him for sixth.

Lap 105 -- LEAD CHANGE: Matt Kenseth retakes the lead after going around Kurt Busch. Jeff Gordon passes teammate Jimmie Johnson for third.

Lap 102 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kurt Busch passes Matt Kenseth for the lead and gets those important five bonus points.

Lap 101 -- The race is now official!

Lap 100 -- GREEN FLAG: Matt Kenseth brings the field to the green.
1. Matt Kenseth
2. Kurt Busch
3. Brian Vickers
4. Jimmie Johnson
5. Jeff Gordon

Lap 95 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 5: Michael Waltrip spins and the field does a good job to avoid him except for Joe Nemechek who hits him in the left front.

Lap 94 -- Jeff Gordon passes Denny Hamlin for fifth.

Lap 93 -- GREEN FLAG: Matt Kenseth brings the field back to speed.
1. Matt Kenseth
2. Kurt Busch
3. Brian Vickers
4. Jimmie Johnson
5. Denny Hamlin

Lap 92 -- Reed Sorenson is on pit road with the hood up. They are changing the carburetor.

Lap 90 -- Leaders hit pit road.
• Matt Kenseth with wedge in the left rear and an air pressure adjustment
• Brian Vickers with four tires and an adjustment
• Jeff Gordon takes four tires and has a great stop making up six spots

Lap 88 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 4: Mark Martin has engine problems bringing out the caution.

Lap 83 -- Brian Vickers passes Jimmie Johnson for third.

Lap 77 -- The top five following the green flag stops:
1. Matt Kenseth
2. Kurt Busch
3. Jimmie Johnson
4. Brian Vickers
5. Carl Edwards

Lap 75 -- LEAD CHANGE: Matt Kenseth takes the lead after the first cycle of green flag pit stops.

Lap 74 -- Brian Vickers hits pit road. Four tires and an air pressure adjustment for Vickers. Ryan Newman also on pit road and takes four tires and makes a chassis adjustment. Clint Bowyer also pits.

Lap 73 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. with four tires and adjustments.

Lap 72 -- Tony Stewart on pit road and takes four tires and makes minor adjustments.

Lap 71 -- Matt Kenseth hits pit road and takes four tires along with an air pressure adjustment. Denny Hamlin also pits and takes four tires and makes a small adjustment.

Lap 70 -- Greg Biffle hits pit road as does Jeff Gordon. Gordon makes a track bar and air pressure adjustment along with taking four tires.

Lap 69 -- Tony Stewart passes Jeff Gordon for ninth.

Lap 65 -- Robby Gordon, Elliott Sadler, Michael Waltrip and Casey Mears are the cars one lap down. Chad McCumbee is off the track scored 36 laps down.

Lap 64 -- LEAD CHANGE: Brian Vickers passes Jimmie Johnson for the lead. Matt Kenseth also passes Johnson for second.

Lap 63 -- 0.3 seconds separates Jimmie Johnson, Brian Vickers and Matt Kenseth.

Lap 61 -- Brian Vickers passes Matt Kenseth for second.

Lap 58 -- Jeff Gordon says his car is really tight. Kurt Busch passes Carl Edwards for fourth.

Lap 55 -- Carl Edwards passes Jeff Gordon for fourth and Kurt Busch passes Gordon for fifth.

Lap 53 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson passes Jeff Gordon for the lead. Matt Kenseth and Brian Vickers also pass Gordon for second and third.

Lap 51 -- A Chase bubble update:
• 12th-place Kurt Busch is currently seventh
• 13th-place Ryan Newman is currently 21st
• 14th-place Dale Earnhardt Jr. is currently 18th

Lap 50 -- After starting in the rear of the field, Martin Truex Jr. is up to 17th with teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. right behind in 18th.

Lap 49 -- Matt Kenseth passes Brian Vickers for third.

Lap 46 -- Greg Biffle isn't happy with his car and he has fallen to 16th. Robby Gordon has to make his pit stop because he didn't pit on the competition caution. Gordon is now the first car one lap down.

Lap 43 -- Tony Stewart is up to 18th, Dale Earnhardt Jr. is up to 21st.

Lap 42 -- Carl Edwards and Matt Kenseth pass Clint Bowyer for fourth and fifth.

Lap 41 -- Jimmie Johnson passes Brian Vickers for second.

Lap 39 -- Michael Waltrip has a tire going down and has to make an unscheduled pit stop. Waltrip will go one lap down.

Lap 38 -- Brian Vickers is up to second, Clint Bowyer has moved to fourth.

Lap 37 -- Robby Gordon is down to eighth as guys with new tires are passing him with ease.

Lap 36 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jeff Gordon passes Robby Gordon for the lead.

Lap 35 -- GREEN FLAG: Robby Gordon brings the field to the green.
1. Robby Gordon
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Denny Hamlin
4. Greg Biffle
5. Brian Vickers

Lap 33 -- LEAD CHANGE: Robby Gordon stayed out and is the new race leader.

Lap 32 -- Everyone is on pit road.
• Jimmie Johnson with four tires and an air pressure adjustment
• Greg Biffle takes four tires and makes an air pressure adjustment
• Jeff Gordon takes two tires and wins the race off pit road
• Denny Hamlin with four tires

Lap 31 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 3: Competition caution is out and all cars will be hitting pit road.

Lap 26 -- Tony Stewart is up 10 spots to 25th, Dale Earnhardt Jr. is up to 28th from 39th. Matt Kenseth is also on the move, up to eighth after starting 21st.

Lap 24 -- Greg Biffle holds a 1.6-second lead on Jeff Gordon. Denny Hamlin passes Bobby Labonte for third.

Lap 23 -- Denny Hamlin is on the move up to fourth and challenging Bobby Labonte for third.

Lap 21 -- Elliott Sadler is falling quick as he is down to 10th after restarting fifth three laps ago.

Lap 19 -- Juan Montoya, Joe Nemechek and Chad McCumbee were all able to remain on the lead lap after their spins.

Lap 18 -- GREEN FLAG: Greg Biffle brings the field to speed.
1. Greg Biffle
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Kasey Kahne
4. Bobby Labonte
5. Elliott Sadler

Lap 15 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 2: Juan Montoya gets loose and spins but doesn't hit anything. Joe Nemechek and Chad McCumbee also spin.

Lap 14 -- LEAD CHANGE: Greg Biffle has a great restart and passes Jeff Gordon for the lead.

Lap 13 -- GREEN FLAG: Jeff Gordon brings the field to speed and the 3M Performance 400 is finally under way.

Lap 12 -- The drivers have received the one to go.

Lap 11 -- YELLOW FLAG: The engines have been fired back up and the cars are back on the track. Competition caution has been moved to Lap 30.

10:53 a.m. -- The drivers are getting back in their cars and are getting ready to hit the track again.

10:40 a.m. -- Drivers are exiting from their cars and the delay looks like it is going to be a while.

Lap 11 -- RED FLAG: The cars are hitting pit road as the spotters and NASCAR officials can't see the whole track due to fog. Teams are not allowed to work on the cars and the drivers will remain behind the wheel.

Lap 6 -- The cars are still under yellow but have increased their speeds on each lap.

10:14 a.m. -- GREEN/YELLOW FLAG: The race is under way and under caution. Jeff Gordon will lead the first lap and earn the five bonus points.

10:10 a.m. -- Jeff Burton, Martin Truex Jr., Jamie McMurray and Dale Earnhardt Jr. will move to the rear of the field after making changes to their cars.

10:09 a.m. -- The race will start under yellow to help dry the track and keep the speeds down.

10:08 a.m. -- The cars are off pit road and making their pace laps.

10:01 a.m. -- Army Sergeant Michelle Huerth delivers the command we've all been waiting for: "Gentlemen, start your engines!"

10:00 a.m. -- ESPN2's coverage of the 3M Performance 400 has started.

9:27 a.m. -- The green flag has been moved up from 10:13 a.m. ET to 10:08 a.m. ET. There will be a competition caution at Lap 25 to allow teams to make adjustments. Teams can not take fuel before the Lap 25 caution.

8:44 a.m. -- It's Tuesday and everyone is hoping to see some racing today. The good news is currently it is not raining at MIS, the bad news, the track is still really wet. It could take a while to get the track dry but here's hoping the green will fly at 10 a.m. as scheduled.

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3:47 p.m. -- POSTPONED AGAIN!!!: The 3M Performance 400 has been postponed until 10 a.m. ET on Tuesday with ESPN2 providing television coverage.

3 p.m. -- The rain has turned to sprinkles and the jet dryers are back on the track.

2:45 p.m. -- It has started raining again at MIS and the jet dryers are currently parked on the backstretch. No word yet on when NASCAR has to make a decision.

2:05 p.m. -- Some good news from Michigan as track trying has been going on for a couple hours. The rain looks like it has stopped and the cars have been called to pit road. There is still a good amount of track drying to be complete but we could see some racing this afternoon.

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2:56 p.m. -- POSTPONED: Rain has forced the 3M Performance 400 to be postponed. Green flag is scheduled to drop at 12:19 p.m. ET on Monday with ESPN2's telecast beginning at noon ET.

2:50 p.m. -- Rain is still falling at Michigan and in about 40 minutes we will be at the 3:30 p.m. mark.

2:13 p.m. -- Rain is coming down again at the track and it looks more and more like this race will be postponed.

1:18 p.m. -- NASCAR has said 3:30 p.m. ET is the point of the day where if they have to postpone the race, it will happen at that time.

1 p.m. -- ESPN's NASCAR Countdown has begun. Jet dryers are on the track and NASCAR still plans on doing driver introductions on time.

12:19 p.m. -- We are about two hours from the scheduled drop of the green flag but it has been raining at MIS steady since last night with no signs of letting up anytime soon. As of right now, track drying efforts have not started.

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