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

Lap 54 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 3: Debris is on the racetrack. Jeff Burton had just gone a lap down, but will now get the free pass. "I just can't drive it," he said to his crew. "We've got to do something. It's freakin' out of control."

Lap 52 -- Jeff Gordon has cracked the top 10 and is running eighth following his starting spot in 27th and an early pit stop.

Lap 47 -- After starting 41st, Robby Gordon has moved up to 17th.

Lap 43 -- LEAD CHANGE: Matt Kenseth moves by Denny Hamlin and takes command of the race.

Lap 35 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. has worked his way to ninth position after starting back in 21st.

Lap 27 -- Matt Kenseth goes below Jimmie Johnson to take second position.

Lap 24 -- GREEN FLAG: Denny Hamlin heads to the line to get the race going again.
1. Denny Hamlin
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Matt Kenseth
4. Kurt Busch
5. Martin Truex Jr.

Lap 21 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 2: Ken Schrader spins around down the straightaway with a cut left-rear tire. Schrader got touched by Reed Sorenson as they came off of Turn 4. Jeff Burton has a touch of damage on his rear bumper.

Lap 17 -- GREEN FLAG: Denny Hamlin gets the race back under way.
1. Denny Hamlin
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Martin Truex Jr.
4. Matt Kenseth
5. Kurt Busch

Lap 14 -- Cars from 18th on back make pit stops. Tony Stewart bumps Paul Menard several times on pit road, then hits the side of his car as they leave pit road. Stewart was upset he was blocked in his stall by Menard.

Lap 14 -- A.J. Allmendinger has taken his car to the garage after problems early in the race.

Lap 12 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 1: Johnny Sauter slaps the wall hard on the inside after getting tagged by David Gilliland coming off of Turn 4.

Lap 10 -- After starting second and fading quickly in the opening laps while running the top groove, Juan Montoya has finally settled into the ninth position.

Lap 2 -- LEAD CHANGE: Denny Hamlin gets Jimmie Johnson loose and slips below to take the point.

Lap 1 -- Jimmie Johnson keeps the low line and leads everyone on the first lap. Denny Hamlin takes second.

1:47 p.m. -- GREEN FLAG: Jimmie Johnson and Juan Montoya get the Dodge Dealers 400 under way at Dover.

1:43 p.m. -- Cars are rolling onto the track. A.J. Allmendinger heads to the back due to an engine change.

1:38 p.m. -- Dodge chairman Bob Nardelli delivers the command: "NASCAR fans, join me ... in delivering the greatest words in sports today ... Gentlemen, start your engines!"

1:31 p.m. -- Julienne Irwin, a finalist from America's Got Talent, sings the national anthem.

1:30 p.m. -- Rev. Dan Schafer delivers the invocation.

1 p.m. ET -- ABC's pre-race coverage of the Dodge Dealers 400 is on the air.

WEEKEND HEADLINES FROM DOVER
• Mired in back, Busch has some catching up to do
• Notebook: Hamlin feeling ill but dominant in practice
• Red Bull drivers confident as '07 season winds down
• Johnson steals Dover pole from Montoya in late run
• Bowyer follows win with slow qual run at Dover
• M&M's close to replacing Interstate Batteries on No. 18
• Yates looking forward to passing team to his son
• At Dover, a little 'Big One' always looms as possibility
• Truex returns to track where he cemented Chase berth