Lap 337 -- CHECKERED FLAG: Jeff Gordon holds on and wins the Bank of America 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway.

Lap 336 -- Jeff Gordon takes the white flag as the leader.

Lap 335 -- GREEN FLAG: Jeff Gordon gets the race going again.
1. Jeff Gordon
2. Clint Bowyer
3. Kyle Busch
4. Jeff Burton
5. Carl Edwards

Lap 334 -- There will be a green-white-checkered finish. Jeff Gordon and teammate Kyle Busch (third) are running on the apron with fears of being out of fuel.

Lap 333 -- NASCAR is having a quickie caution. Jimmie Johnson is on pit road for fuel and tires.

Lap 331 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jeff Gordon becomes the leader after Ryan Newman crashes. But Gordon is afraid he may be out of gas because his car is sputtering.

Lap 331 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 15: Leader Ryan Newman spins out in Turn 2 and slams the wall.

Lap 329 -- LEAD CHANGE: Ryan Newman flies by leaders Jeff Gordon and Kyle Busch. Gordon apparently had issues on the restart and Busch got stuck behind him.

Lap 329 -- GREEN FLAG: Jeff Gordon gets the race back under way.
1. Jeff Gordon
2. Kyle Busch
3. Clint Bowyer
4. Ryan Newman
5. Jeff Burton

Lap 326 -- Denny Hamlin is on pit road. His car is stuck in high gear.

Lap 325 -- Pit road is open for a quickie yellow. A handful of lead-lap cars come in for tires, including Kurt Busch, Tony Stewart and Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Lap 324 -- YELLOW FLAG (11:41 p.m. ET): Cars are rolling again after cleaning the speedway.

Lap 324 -- RED FLAG (11:30 p.m. ET): NASCAR has stopped the race to clean the oil spilt all over the track.

Lap 324 -- Denny Hamlin heads to pit road although it is closed. He has a problem and was being pushed at one time by teammate J.J. Yeley.

Lap 323 -- Jeff Green hits pit road. His car was spitting fluid on the track and may have resulted in Johnny Sauter's spin.

Lap 321 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 14: Johnny Sauter spins coming off Turn 4. As he spins, Bobby Labonte and Jeff Green slow.

Lap 312 -- Jimmie Johnson has rebounded and now runs eighth.

Lap 308 -- Kyle Busch catches Clint Bowyer and runs side-by-side before finally taking the position.

Lap 300 -- Jeff Gordon keeps turning the fastest laps and now leads Clint Bowyer by 4.017 seconds.

Lap 293 -- Clint Bowyer makes work of Ryan Newman for second and sets his sights on leader Jeff Gordon.

Lap 288 -- Clint Bowyer quickly passes Kyle Busch for third.

Lap 287 -- Clint Bowyer and Jeff Burton move around Bobby Labonte to take fourth and fifth.

Lap 284 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jeff Gordon drives below Kyle Busch to take the top spot.

Lap 283 -- GREEN FLAG: Kyle Busch leads the field to green.
1. Kyle Busch
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Ryan Newman
4. Bobby Labonte
5. Clint Bowyer

Lap 280 -- Leaders are pitting:
• Jeff Gordon gets four tires and fuel
• Jeff Burton may have a shifter problem; four tires
• Clint Bowyer gets four tires but loses three spots
• Kurt Busch has the hood up
• Kyle Busch wins the race off pit road, gaining three spots

Lap 279 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 13: Scott Riggs and Juan Montoya crash in Turn 2. A tire blew on Montoya's car, sending him into Riggs and the wall. Riggs has major damage to the front of his car. Montoya also his front damage.

Lap 277 -- Kurt Busch pits for four tires and fuel. His team cannot go under the hood because of green-flag conditions.

Lap 276 -- Jamie McMurray is on pit road to begin green-flag stops. He was running eighth. Four tires for McMurray, but he cannot make it to the end.

Lap 275 -- Kurt Busch and his crew think the car has lost a cylinder. He is running fifth.

Lap 273 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jeff Gordon moves around Clint Bowyer for the lead.

Lap 272 -- Jeff Gordon catches Clint Bowyer and crosses the line beside him.

Lap 270 -- It appeared Ryan Newman was catching leader Clint Bowyer, but Jeff Gordon moves by Newman to take second.

Lap 262 -- Tony Raines heads down pit road for an unscheduled stop. His car is spewing water out the hood due to debris stuck on the front.

Lap 255 -- Kurt Busch has the fastest car on the track and has made it back to the top five.

Lap 246 -- Jeff Gordon gets around Scott Riggs for third.

Lap 244 -- Ryan Newman catches Scott Riggs and takes second position.

Lap 236 -- LEAD CHANGE: Clint Bowyer gets the top spot back.

Lap 235 -- LEAD CHANGE: Scott Riggs moves by Clint Bowyer to lead.

Lap 234 -- GREEN FLAG: Clint Bowyer gets the field going again with 100 laps to go.
1. Clint Bowyer
2. Scott Riggs
3. Ryan Newman
4. Jeff Gordon
5. Jamie McMurray

Lap 232 -- NASCAR is throwing a quickie yellow and pit road is open for everyone. Jimmie Johnson is in to repair damage.

Lap 231 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 12: Jimmie Johnson spins coming off Turn 2 and down the backstretch. He was running 11th. He has damage on the right-rear fender.

Lap 227 -- GREEN FLAG: Clint Bowyer leads the field to the line.
1. Clint Bowyer
2. Scott Riggs
3. Ryan Newman
4. Jeff Gordon
5. Jamie McMurray

Lap 225 -- LEAD CHANGE: Clint Bowyer wins the race off pit road and takes the lead.

Lap 224 -- Leaders hit pit road:
• David Gilliland takes four tires
• Jeff Gordon gets two tires
• Clint Bowyer gets fuel only
• Kurt Busch gains 10 spots and is out seventh
• Scott Riggs has a quick stop and is out second

Lap 223 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 11: Matt Kenseth crashes for a third time in Turn 2. He smacks the wall again, adding more damage to his car. He heads to the garage.

Lap 219 -- David Gilliland gets around Jamie McMurray and now runs third.

Lap 214 -- GREEN FLAG: Jeff Gordon gets the race back under way.
1. Jeff Gordon
2. Clint Bowyer
3. Kyle Busch
4. Jamie McMurray
5. David Gilliland

Lap 213 -- LEAD CHANGE: Michael Waltrip pits and gives the lead to Jeff Gordon. Tony Stewart is back on pit road.

Lap 212 -- LEAD CHANGE: Michael Waltrip, despite spinning in the yellow, gets credit for leading the lap.

Lap 211 -- Pit road is open:
• Jamie McMurray gets right-side tires
• Jimmie Johnson gets fuel and four tires
• Denny Hamlin gets out quickly with fuel

Lap 208 -- Pit road is closed, but Tony Stewart stops to get front damage repaired. His penalty will be to start at the rear of the longest line.

Lap 206 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 10: Michael Waltrip, John Andretti and Matt Kenseth crash across the start/finish line. Waltrip spun off Turn 4, and reaction sent Andretti and Kenseth spinning behind Waltrip. Andretti has heavy front-end damage, while Kenseth's rear is damaged.

Lap 197 -- After the pit-road damage, Kurt Busch is now running 24th.

Lap 194 -- GREEN FLAG: Jimmie Johnson gets the race going again.
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Ryan Newman
4. Denny Hamlin
5. Jamie McMurray

Lap 192 -- Kurt Busch is back on pit road to have the damage fixed on the right-front fender.

Lap 191 -- LEAD CHANGE: After winning the race off pit road, Jimmie Johnson takes the lead.

Lap 190 -- Leaders head for pit road:
• Kurt Busch gets fuel only but hits Mark Martin as the two cross paths
• Jimmie Johnson gets fuel only
• Clint Bowyer takes four tires and fuel
• Scott Riggs gains seven spots and is out seventh

Lap 189 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 9: Bill Elliott gets touched by a loose Casey Mears and Elliott slams the wall in Turn 4. Elliott has major damage on the right side, and Mears has swipe marks.

Lap 186 -- After the pit-road incidents, Bobby Labonte is now running 24th and Tony Stewart is in 28th.

Lap 184 -- Jimmie Johnson takes second position from Kyle Busch.

Lap 180 -- GREEN FLAG: Clint Bowyer gets the race back under way.
1. Clint Bowyer
2. Kyle Busch
3. Jamie McMurray
4. Kurt Busch
5. Jimmie Johnson

Lap 179 -- Tony Stewart returns to pit road and stops to get repairs. He beats the field and does not lose a lap.

Lap 178 -- Tony Stewart has damage on his right-front fender and is back on pit road; however he does not stop during his drive down pit road.

Lap 176 -- Leaders hit pit road:
• Kurt Busch gets right-side tires only
• Tony Stewart gets fuel only and is out; he hits Kasey Kahne and spins him
• Bobby Labonte gets pinned in his stall from the spinout

Lap 175 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 8: Elliott Sadler hits the wall.

Lap 170 -- After taking just two tires and restarting third, Mark Martin has dropped to fifth behind Kurt Busch and Jimmie Johnson.

Lap 162 -- GREEN FLAG: Clint Bowyer leads the field to the line.
1. Clint Bowyer
2. Bobby Labonte
3. Mark Martin
4. Kurt Busch
5. Jamie McMurray

Lap 160 -- LEAD CHANGE: Clint Bowyer takes the lead by winning the race off pit road.

Lap 158 -- Leaders hit pit road:
• Kurt Busch takes four tires and fuel
• Tony Stewart gets no adjustments and four tires
• Jimmie Johnson gets another spring rubber
• Clint Bowyer gets two right-side tires
• Bobby Labonte gains 13 spots and is out second
• Jamie McMurray gains 14 spots and is out fifth
• Kasey Kahne gets the free pass

Lap 157 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 7: Matt Kenseth makes hard contact with the wall. He was running 13th and got loose and spun around with a potential right-rear going down. He has major rear-end damage.

Lap 155 -- After starting 29th and being quiet all night, Tony Stewart is now running fifth.

Lap 151 -- LEAD CHANGE: The battle is over -- Jimmie Johnson moves around Kurt Busch for the top spot.

Lap 150 -- Jimmie Johnson pulls beside Kurt Busch battling for the lead, but Busch maintains it by a nose.

Lap 144 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kurt Busch goes by Clint Bowyer to take the top spot.

Lap 141 -- GREEN FLAG: Clint Bowyer gets the race going again.
1. Clint Bowyer
2. Kurt Busch
3. Jimmie Johnson
4. Kyle Busch
5. Jeff Burton

Lap 140 -- Casey Mears is penalized for his crew going over the wall too soon. He has to go to the back of the longest line.

Lap 139 -- LEAD CHANGE: Due to winning the race off pit road, Clint Bowyer is the leader.

Lap 138 -- Leaders head to pit road:
• Kurt Busch gets two tires and fuel
• Jimmie Johnson gets air and wedge adjustments
• Clint Bowyer gains four spots and is out first with fuel only
• Jeff Burton is out fifth after gaining seven spots
• J.J. Yeley gets the free pass

Lap 137 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 6: Robby Gordon spins and makes contact with the wall. He has rear damage.

Lap 136 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson takes the point from Matt Kenseth.

Lap 132 -- Of the top 12 cars, 10 of them are Chase drivers. Dale Earnhardt Jr. is in fifth, and Bobby Labonte is in 10th. The bottom Chasers are Carl Edwards (14th) and Kevin Harvick (38th).

Lap 125 -- David Ragan is back on the track after his earlier crash.

Lap 124 -- Kurt Busch moves below his brother Kyle Busch for second.

Lap 122 -- GREEN FLAG: Matt Kenseth gets the race back under way.
1. Matt Kenseth
2. Kyle Busch
3. Kurt Busch
4. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
5. Jimmie Johnson

Lap 121 -- Paul Menard is sent to the back of the longest line for a tire violation. Tony Raines is also penalized for pitting too soon.

Lap 120 -- LEAD CHANGE: Due to winning the race off pit road, Matt Kenseth becomes the leader.

Lap 119 -- Jimmie Johnson gets credit for leading the lap as cars go down pit road.

Lap 118 -- Leaders head to pit road:
• Kurt Busch gets a track-bar adjustment and four tires
• Jimmie Johnson gets a spring rubber in the right-rear
• Kyle Busch gets a wedge adjustment
• Matt Kenseth gains three spots and is out first
• A.J. Allmendinger gets the free pass

Lap 117 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 5: Debris is on the backstretch.

Lap 116 -- Jeremy Mayfield heads to the garage with problems.

Lap 115 -- There are 25 drivers on the lead lap. The last driver on the lead lap: Michael Waltrip.

Lap 104 -- Ward Burton pulls into the garage. His engine has expired.

Lap 97 -- Chase drivers make up the top six spots.

Lap 94 -- Kurt Busch goes by Matt Kenseth for second.

Lap 90 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson blows by Matt Kenseth for the lead.

Lap 89 -- Jimmie Johnson has the fastest car and moves by Kurt Busch for second.

Lap 83 -- Racing for seventh spot, Jeff Gordon gives Dale Earnhardt Jr. a bump out of the way.

Lap 80 -- GREEN FLAG: Matt Kenseth leads the field to the line.
1. Matt Kenseth
2. Kurt Busch
3. Jimmie Johnson
4. Clint Bowyer
5. Kyle Busch

Lap 78 -- NASCAR issues a quickie yellow, allowing everyone to pit.
• Jamie McMurray comes in for tires and adjustments
• Tony Stewart gets two tires
• Greg Biffle's crew moves the rear axle housing forward an inch and is in for a long stop

Lap 77 -- Tony Raines and Reed Sorenson head to pit road.

Lap 76 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 4: Tony Raines gets loose off Turn 4 and backs it into the wall. He continues on but has major rear-end damage.

Lap 75 -- From the battery issue in Matt Kenseth's car, his backup is good for 170 minutes. That is slightly short of the length of the race.

Lap 74 -- LEAD CHANGE: Matt Kenseth pulls behind Kurt Busch and slips around him for the lead.

Lap 71 -- GREEN FLAG: Kurt Busch gets the race going again.
1. Kurt Busch
2. Matt Kenseth
3. Jimmie Johnson
4. Clint Bowyer
5. Kyle Busch

Lap 70 -- LEAD CHANGE: Dave Blaney pits, giving the lead to Kurt Busch. Reed Sorenson and David Reutimann are sent to the rear of the longest line for pitting too soon.

Lap 69 -- LEAD CHANGE: Dave Blaney stays out to lead.

Lap 68 -- Leaders hit pit road:
• Kurt Busch gets adjustments and four tires and is off first
• Jimmie Johnson needs to be loose and gets four tires
• Clint Bowyer gets an air-pressure adjustment
• Jamie McMurray drops five spots on pit road and comes out 10th
• Paul Menard gets the free pass

Lap 67 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 3: Reed Sorenson slaps the wall after he blew a right-front tire. He continues on, but debris is on the track.

Lap 65 -- Smoke is coming from Matt Kenseth's car. He switched to the backup battery and it appears to have solved the problem.

Lap 61 -- The top three drivers, and four of the top six, are Chasers. Aside from Kevin Harvick (42nd), the lowest Chase driver is running 21st.

Lap 50 -- Turns out Kevin Harvick's flat was on the left side instead of the right. That's why his initial stop didn't fix the problem.

Lap 49 -- Robby Gordon heads to pit road to make his scheduled stop. He did not pit during the second caution when most of the field did.

Lap 47 -- LEAD CHANGE: After moving to the high side for a lap, Jimmie Johnson goes low and gets around Jamie McMurray for the lead.

Lap 46 -- Jimmie Johnson uses the low line to pass second-place Kurt Busch.

Lap 43 -- Kevin Harvick is back on pit road because the car isn't "feeling right." His crew changes four tires. Harvick falls to three laps down.

Lap 41 -- After starting 21st, David Gilliland has worked his way up to seventh.

Lap 32 -- Kevin Harvick is on pit road to get right-side tires. He indeed has a flat right-side tire.

Lap 29 -- Kevin Harvick is dropping back and has told his crew he thinks he has a tire going down.

Lap 27 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jamie McMurray rolls by his teammate Matt Kenseth to take the lead.

Lap 26 -- LEAD CHANGE: Matt Kenseth gets on the inside of Robby Gordon to take the point.

Lap 25 -- LEAD CHANGE: Robby Gordon gets around Kyle Petty to lead. Petty drops back to sixth.

Lap 24 -- GREEN FLAG: Kyle Petty gets the race back under way.
1. Kyle Petty
2. Robby Gordon
3. Jimmie Johnson
4. Ryan Newman
5. Jamie McMurray

Lap 22 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kyle Petty stays out to lead. Robby Gordon stays out as well.

Lap 21 -- Leaders hit pit road:
• Jimmie Johnson gets right-side tires in 8.5
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. gains several positions and comes out 10th
• Most of the leaders get just two tires

Lap 20 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 2: David Ragan crashes into the wall in the tri-oval after making contact with Reed Sorenson. Ragan has major right-front fender damage.

Lap 17 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson gets around Jamie McMurray to take the top spot.

Lap 11 -- Officials are monitoring David Reutimann's car. After returning to the track, his car is dragging something in the rear.

Lap 9 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jamie McMurray makes his move to the inside of Ryan Newman for the lead. Jimmie Johnson also gets around Newman.

Lap 8 -- Jamie McMurray pulls to the inside of leader Ryan Newman and races side-by-side.

Lap 5 -- GREEN FLAG: Ryan Newman leads the field to green.
1. Ryan Newman
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Jamie McMurray
4. Bobby Labonte
5. Kurt Busch

Lap 2 -- David Reutimann hits pit road to get some repairs.

Lap 1 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 1: David Reutimann gets into the gravel in Turn 4 and smacks the wall. Sparks fly, and Reutimann's car has right-side damage. Ryan Newman leads the first lap.

7:46 p.m. -- GREEN FLAG: Ryan Newman and Jimmie Johnson get the Bank of America 500 under way.

7:39 p.m. -- Cars are rolling on the racetrack.

7:35 p.m. -- Contest winner Johnny Fink delivers the command in her best fashion: "Gentlemen, start yoooooooouuuuurrrr engines!"

7:25 p.m. -- Whiskey Falls performs the national anthem.

7:24 p.m. -- Invocation.

7:13 p.m. -- J.J. Yeley will be going to the rear due to starting the race in a backup car.

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

CHARLOTTE HEADLINES
• Menzer: Blast from the past: UPS, Reutimann a perfect match
• Caraviello: Waltrip team finds important asset in partner
• Notes: Biffle paces Happy Hour, wants to stay at Roush
• Jarrett calling it quits on his own terms, as an All-Star
• Johnson knocked off pole, will lead Chase to green
• Gordon, Johnson remain best of friends, competitors
• Newman takes LMS pole; Johnson to start second
• Notes: Johnson says Chase cause for snoozer, not COT
• Martin follows through on promise, enjoys time away
• Long climb for several Chasers begins at Lowe's