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

Lap 210 -- LEAD CHANGE: Denny Hamlin goes below Kyle Busch to take the top spot.

Lap 206 -- Kurt Busch pits again due to a bad vibration on the front of his car.

Lap 204 -- After the complete pit cycle is finished, Kyle Busch is back out front with a .673-second lead.
1. Kyle Busch
2. Denny Hamlin
3. Jeff Burton
4. Ryan Newman
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Lap 202 -- LEAD CHANGE: Ricky Rudd pulls in to make his stop, giving the lead to Kyle Busch. Drivers are reporting that debris is on the track.

Lap 196 -- Juan Montoya is in for his stop. Montoya gets four tires and was running in the top five, but he is down to just seven cylinders.

Lap 192 -- LEAD CHANGE: Ricky Rudd leads the lap when Clint Bowyer dives onto pit road for four tires and fuel.

Lap 191 -- LEAD CHANGE: Clint Bowyer takes the lead when Kurt Busch makes his four-tire stop. Jeff Gordon is in for four tires as well.

Lap 190 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kurt Busch inherits the lead when Kyle Busch pits for tires and fuel. Kevin Harvick is also on pit road.

Lap 190 -- Matt Kenseth and Martin Truex Jr. are in. Both get four tires.

Lap 189 -- Jimmie Johnson continues green-flag stops with adjustments and tires.

Lap 186 -- Eleven of the top 12 drivers are Chase drivers, including the entire top 10.

Lap 181 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. hits pit road for four tires and to remove some debris from the nose.

Lap 180 -- Ryan Newman begins green-flag pit stops with four tires and fuel.

Lap 178 -- Jeff Burton is running in fifth and turning the fastest laps on the track after dropping debris on the track twice earlier in the day.

Lap 175 -- Championship leaders Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson run in 13th and eighth, respectively.

Lap 167 -- Kyle Busch continues to lead at the halfway point by 3.370 seconds ahead of Ryan Newman.

Lap 160 -- Positions 6-13 are all Chase drivers, led by Martin Truex Jr.

Lap 152 -- Kasey Kahne is off the pace and heads to pit road. He has some minor damage on the left-front fender after making contact with Johnny Sauter.

Lap 148 -- GREEN FLAG: Kyle Busch gets the race going again.
1. Kyle Busch
2. Ryan Newman
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
4. Casey Mears
5. Denny Hamlin

Lap 145 -- A handful of cars come down pit road for service, but the leaders stay out.

Lap 143 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 7: David Gilliland and Reed Sorenson both spin and make hard contact with the wall. Sorenson's car has major damage, while Gilliland drives away.

Lap 143 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kyle Busch goes by Dale Earnhardt Jr. to take the top spot with four fresh tires.

Lap 140 -- GREEN FLAG: Dale Earnhardt Jr. leads the field to green.
1. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2. Ryan Newman
3. Casey Mears
4. Kyle Busch
5. Martin Truex Jr.

Lap 137 -- Kurt Busch is back on pit road. He had a flat tire after making his pit stop.

Lap 133 -- LEAD CHANGE: Dale Earnhardt Jr. stays out to lead. Ryan Newman and Casey Mears also stay out.

Lap 132 -- Leaders are in:
• Kyle Busch gets two tires and a chassis adjustment
• Jeff Gordon takes four tires and adjustments
• Jimmie Johnson gains just two tires
• Jeff Burton gains two spots and is out seventh

Lap 131 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 6: David Stremme slows with a left-rear flat tire, but it blows and he shoots up the track and hits Kyle Petty. Bill Elliott slams into Petty for a hard three-car accident.

Lap 128 -- Chase drivers make up 10 of the top 11 positions. The only non-Chase driver in the top 10 is Dale Earnhardt Jr., who is running fifth.

Lap 123 -- GREEN FLAG: Kyle Busch gets the race back under way:
1. Kyle Busch
2. Kurt Busch
3. Martin Truex Jr.
4. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
5. Denny Hamlin

Lap 121 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kyle Busch gets the lead back due to winning the race off pit road. Carl Edwards is penalized for pitting too soon, and Bill Elliott is penalized for pit-road infractions.