Lap-by-Lap: Loudon

CHECKERED FLAG: Clint Bowyer wins the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire, his first career Nextel Cup victory.

WHITE FLAG: Clint Bowyer has a mile left as Chase drivers dominate the top 10.

Lap 296 -- Clint Bowyer's spotter relays that teammate Kevin Harvick says for Bowyer to slow down and be conservative until the end.

Lap 295 -- Clint Bowyer keeps it smooth with five to go despite talking to his crew about small vibrations off the corner.

Lap 290 -- With 10 laps to go, Clint Bowyer leads Jeff Gordon by 5.680 seconds.

Lap 288 -- The top seven drivers are all Chase participants. Meanwhile, Chase drivers Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton and Kurt Busch are all a lap down.

Lap 284 -- Robby Gordon slows and heads to pit road. Elliott Sadler is also on pit road changing a battery.

Lap 275 -- With 25 laps to go, the top five drivers are all Chase participants.

Lap 267 -- Chaser Jeff Burton is running in 18th.

Lap 263 -- Kurt Busch gives up seventh position to make his final pit stop, dropping to 26th and one lap down.

Lap 261 -- Despite his continuing engine troubles, Kurt Busch is now running in seventh.

Lap 257 -- After green-flag pit stops have cycled through, Clint Bowyer holds a 4.716-second lead.
1. Clint Bowyer
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Tony Stewart
4. Kyle Busch
5. Jimmie Johnson

Lap 254 -- Juan Montoya gives up second position to make his final pit stop.

Lap 253 -- LEAD CHANGE: Clint Bowyer gets the lead back after Dale Earnhardt Jr. makes his pit stop.

Lap 249 -- LEAD CHANGE: Dale Earnhardt Jr. inherits the lead when Reed Sorenson makes his pit stop.

Lap 242 -- David Ragan and Tony Raines are on pit road for their final stops.

Lap 240 -- LEAD CHANGE: Reed Sorenson is the leader as Martin Truex Jr. makes his stop for tires and an air-pressure adjustment.

Lap 239 -- LEAD CHANGE: Martin Truex Jr. is the new leader as Clint Bowyer pulls in to make his pit stop. Small changes for Bowyer. Ryan Newman is also in for his stop.

Lap 238 -- Jeff Burton is in and battling a host of problems, namely that the car won't turn.

Lap 237 -- Jeff Gordon gives up second position to make his pit stop and gets minimal changes. Kevin Harvick is also on pit road for small adjustments.

Lap 236 -- Tony Stewart gives up third position for four tires and slight adjustments on his car. Carl Edwards is also in for a track-bar adjustment.

Lap 235 -- Matt Kenseth begins green-flag pit stops with four tires and fuel in 14.8 seconds.

Lap 230 -- After his green-flag pit stop, Kyle Busch drops from second to 26th.

Lap 228 -- Clint Bowyer puts Kurt Busch a lap down. Busch is running in 24th.

Lap 226 -- Second-place Kyle Busch heads to pit road for a green-flag pit stop for fuel. He gets four tires and fuel in 14.0 seconds. Casey Mears is also in for a stop for gas.

Lap 223 -- Jeff Gordon moves past Tony Stewart for third position.

Lap 218 -- Kyle Busch, who is in second, plans to pit in 10 laps as he is off cycle from many of the leaders.

Lap 217 -- Jeff Gordon has had the fastest car in the last three laps although he continues to run in fourth.

Lap 204 -- Jimmie Johnson gets around teammate Casey Mears for fifth as all four Hendrick Motorsports cars are in the top six.

Lap 201 -- Tony Stewart takes third from Casey Mears.

Lap 200 -- With 100 laps to go, Clint Bowyer continues to set the pace.

Lap 196 -- Tony Stewart moves into fourth position after he worked his way by Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon.

Lap 191 -- GREEN FLAG: Clint Bowyer gets the race going again.
1. Clint Bowyer
2. Kyle Busch
3. Casey Mears
4. Jeff Gordon
5. Jimmie Johnson

Lap 189 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 7: Dave Blaney spins after contact with Regan Smith. Blaney has some damage on the driver's side.

Lap 188 -- LEAD CHANGE: Clint Bowyer gets by Kyle Busch to take the lead again. Kevin Harvick has fallen back to 13th in just three laps.

Lap 186 -- Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson go around Kevin Harvick on the outside to take fourth and fifth.

Lap 185 -- GREEN FLAG: Kyle Busch gets the race back under way.
1. Kyle Busch
2. Casey Mears
3. Clint Bowyer
4. Kevin Harvick
5. Jeff Gordon

Lap 181 -- Kurt Busch was close to losing a lap and now gets to drive around and catch the rear of the field.

Lap 180 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 6: Dale Earnhardt Jr. spins in Turn 1 and slides up to the wall. He does not hit anything and drives away.

Lap 174 -- GREEN FLAG: Kyle Busch gets the race going again.
1. Kyle Busch
2. Casey Mears
3. Kevin Harvick
4. Clint Bowyer
5. Jeff Gordon

Lap 173 -- Kurt Busch's crew replaced a spark plug to try and fix his engine problem. He is the final car on the lead lap.

Lap 172 -- A handful of cars are on pit road, including Ken Schrader to clean grass off the front of his car.

Lap 171 -- After the spin, Reed Sorenson is now running 23rd as the last car on the lead lap.

Lap 169 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 5: Reed Sorenson spins as the leaders head into Turn 3. Ken Schrader spins onto the grass as cars try to avoid the spin. Sorenson was running in third but did not make contact with the wall.

Lap 169 -- GREEN FLAG: Kyle Busch gets the race back under way.
1. Kyle Busch
2. Casey Mears
3. Reed Sorenson
4. Kevin Harvick
5. Clint Bowyer

Lap 167 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kyle Busch gets credit for leading a lap after staying out. Three others stayed out as well: Casey Mears, Reed Sorenson and Kevin Harvick.

Lap 166 -- Leaders are on pit road:
• Jimmie Johnson gets two tires and an air-pressure adjustment
• Clint Bowyer gets right-sides only
• Tony Stewart gets rights only
• J.J. Yeley gains seven spots and is off seventh
• Kurt Busch's team is back under the hood

Lap 165 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 4: Dave Blaney spins and gets some damage to the rear of his car.

Lap 163 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. is running in the top five after steadily working his way forward all day.

Lap 154 -- GREEN FLAG: Clint Bowyer gets the race back under way.
1. Clint Bowyer
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Jimmie Johnson
4. Tony Stewart
5. Ryan Newman

Lap 152 -- J.J. Yeley is too fast exiting pit road and will start at the tail of the longest line. Meanwhile, Kurt Busch's crew is lifting the hood and checking for potential problems.

Lap 151 -- Kurt Busch gets the free pass as both he and Kevin Harvick are on the lead lap once again.

Lap 150 -- Kevin Harvick leads a group onto pit road that includes Jeff Burton.

Lap 149 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 3: Debris is in Turn 1.

Lap 149 -- After green-flag stops and near the halfway point, Clint Bowyer is the leader by 3.492 seconds.
1. Clint Bowyer
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Jimmie Johnson
4. Tony Stewart
5. Ryan Newman

Lap 146 -- David Stremme's crew pushes the No. 40 car back to its stall as it will not start. They finally get it pushed behind the wall.

Lap 145 -- LEAD CHANGE: Clint Bowyer gets the lead back when Casey Mears makes his stop.

Lap 144 -- LEAD CHANGE: Casey Mears is the leader when Ryan Newman makes his pit stop. Johnny Sauter is stalled on pit road and the crew tries to push-start the car.

Lap 143 -- Denny Hamlin makes his pit stop.

Lap 142 -- LEAD CHANGE: Ryan Newman is the leader when Clint Bowyer, Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon make their stops.

Lap 141 -- David Stremme's crew is pushing his car down pit road trying to get it restarted. Martin Truex Jr. is on pit road for adjustments.

Lap 140 -- Jimmie Johnson is in for an air-pressure adjustment. Carl Edwards and Matt Kenseth are in.

Lap 139 -- Elliott Sadler spins out trying to slow down and get onto pit road. He gets straight and makes his stop. Greg Biffle is also in.

Lap 138 -- Paul Menard and Dale Earnhardt Jr. are on pit road for green-flag pit stops. Both get adjustments.

Lap 136 -- After the pit stop, Kevin Harvick is running in 36th, the last car one lap down.

Lap 134 -- Kevin Harvick has cut a right-front tire and is on pit road for new rubber. He was running sixth at the time.

Lap 128 -- Kurt Busch has now fallen out of the top 10 but continues to make laps.

Lap 123 -- Kurt Busch and crew chief Pat Tryson believe the No. 2 car has lost a cylinder. He is extremely slow down the straightaways.

Lap 121 -- Matt Kenseth has worked his way into the top 10 after battling through the field from his 30th starting position.

Lap 109 -- LEAD CHANGE: Clint Bowyer takes over the top spot from Tony Stewart.

Lap 100 -- Jimmie Johnson is running in sixth, but he's had the fastest car for the last three laps.

Lap 93 -- Dave Blaney has a flat left-rear tire but makes it onto pit road for a stop under green.

Lap 86 -- Clint Bowyer has moved into second spot and sets his sights on leader Tony Stewart.

Lap 76 -- Clint Bowyer makes his four tires speed around Ryan Newman to take third.

Lap 73 -- GREEN FLAG: Tony Stewart gets the grid up to speed.
1. Tony Stewart
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Ryan Newman
4. Clint Bowyer
5. Carl Edwards

Lap 70 -- LEAD CHANGE: Tony Stewart becomes the leader after a quick pit stop.

Lap 69 -- The leaders head onto pit road:
• Kurt Busch takes four tires and a chassis adjustment
• Kevin Harvick gets four tires and a small adjustment
• Ryan Newman gets two tires and a track-bar adjustment
• Clint Bowyer gets four and no changes
• Jamie McMurray gains 11 spots
• Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon beat everyone off pit road with two tires
• Kenny Wallace gets the free pass

Lap 68 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 2: Ward Burton spins and backs into the wall in Turn 3. He allows the field to drive by and then pulls away with a flat left-front tire.

Lap 65 -- Jeff Burton, in 25th, is the worst-running Chase driver.

Lap 60 -- After his two-tire stop, Elliott Sadler has fallen from second to 15th since the restart. Matt Kenseth, who also took two tires, has gone from ninth to 10th.

Lap 50 -- Scott Riggs is on pit road for fresh tires.

Lap 48 -- Scott Riggs gets loose coming off Turn 4 and has a flat left-rear tire. He cut the tire by making contact with Regan Smith in the corner.

Lap 45 -- Brian Vickers went a lap without being scored because he failed to acknowledge the black flag. He pulls onto pit road.

Lap 43 -- Elliott Sadler loses three positions on the restart after getting just two tires. Tony Stewart moves to second.

Lap 41 -- GREEN FLAG: Clint Bowyer gets the race back under way.
1. Clint Bowyer
2. Elliott Sadler
3. Tony Stewart
4. Kurt Busch
5. Jimmie Johnson

Lap 40 -- LEAD CHANGE: Clint Bowyer inherits the lead back when Ken Schrader makes his stop.

Lap 38 -- LEAD CHANGE: Ken Schrader gets credit for leading the lap.

Lap 37 -- Everyone heads to pit road for tires and adjustments:
• Kurt Busch gets an air-pressure adjustment and four tires
• Martin Truex Jr. gets an air-pressure adjustment as well
• Clint Bowyer is tight and gets four new tires
• Elliott Sadler gains 11 spots with two tires
• Matt Kenseth gains 17 spots by taking on two tires
• Ward Burton gets the free pass

Lap 36 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 1: NASCAR is holding a competition caution for teams to check their cars due to no practice time on Saturday.

Lap 32 -- Kyle Busch is struggling, dropping from his 12th starting spot back to 19th.

Lap 27 -- Clint Bowyer continues to set the pace, running 2.698 seconds ahead of Kurt Busch.

Lap 15 -- J.J. Yeley's car is spitting some smoke and NASCAR is monitoring it to make sure the engine is not dropping fluid on the track.

Lap 12 -- Kurt Busch continues his battle with Martin Truex Jr. and moves by him for second. Tony Stewart follows and takes third.

Lap 10 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. is on the move, advancing from his 19th starting position to run 12th.

Lap 5 -- Martin Truex Jr. gets back around Kurt Busch for second position.

Lap 1 -- Clint Bowyer gets low and pulls away to lead the first lap and get five bonus points. Kurt Busch moves to second.

2:19 p.m. -- GREEN FLAG: Clint Bowyer and Martin Truex Jr. get the Sylvania 300 under way from New Hampshire.

2:14 p.m. -- Cars are rolling on the racetrack.

2:11 p.m. -- Sylvania president Charlie Jerabek delivers the command: "Gentlemen, start your engines!"

2:04 p.m. -- U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Kristine Rommel sings the national anthem.

2:03 p.m. -- Bishop Michael Cote delivers the invocation.

2:01 p.m. -- Denise Doucett sings the Canadian national anthem.

1:57 p.m. -- Due to both Saturday practice sessions being rained out, NASCAR will display a competition caution flag on Lap 35 to allow teams to check tire wear.

1 p.m. -- ABC's pre-race coverage is on the air.

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