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

Lap 130 -- LEAD CHANGE: Matt Kenseth hits pit road for his stop and asks for no changes. Martin Truex Jr. also pits. Tony Stewart is the new leader.

Lap 127 -- Kevin Harvick enters pit road to begin green-flag stops.

Lap 125 -- Martin Truex Jr. has the fastest car on the track and passes Tony Stewart for second.

Lap 124 -- Matt Kenseth has now pulled away to a 4-second lead on Tony Stewart.

Lap 117 -- Jimmie Johnson moves around Jeff Gordon to take eighth position.

Lap 109 -- Tony Stewart is reeling in leader Matt Kenseth, running faster lap times and closing the gap.

Lap 108 -- Jimmie Johnson has caught Jeff Gordon and the run 8-9.

Lap 98 -- Kurt Busch is on pit road. He has a left-rear tire that is vibrating. During the last pit stop the team had trouble bolting that tire on. He gets four new ones on his stop.

Lap 97 -- Jimmie Johnson has worked his way to 11th position, while Jeff Gordon is running in seventh.

Lap 86 -- LEAD CHANGE: Matt Kenseth gets underneath Denny Hamlin to take the lead. Both are trying to put Jeff Burton one lap down again.

Lap 83 -- With two tires, Jeff Gordon has dropped back to fifth and is fighting off Martin Truex Jr.

Lap 80 -- GREEN FLAG: Denny Hamlin leads the field to green. Jeff Gordon restarts third. Jimmie Johnson restarts 16th.
1. Denny Hamlin
2. Dave Blaney
3. Jeff Gordon
4. Kyle Busch
5. Matt Kenseth

Lap 79 -- LEAD CHANGE: Denny Hamlin takes the top spot after winning the race off pit road.

Lap 78 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kyle Busch gets credit for leading the lap.

Lap 77 -- Leaders hit pit road:
• Matt Kenseth gets four and fuel but has trouble seeing
• Jeff Gordon takes two tires and adjustments to tighten the car, gains 10 spots
• Jimmie Johnson gets tires and has a slow stop
• Denny Hamlin has a fast stop and is out first

Lap 76 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 3: Paul Menard spins in the corner and has some damage to his car.

Lap 70 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. is being black-flagged for a flapping panel on his car. He is running 37th, one lap down.

Lap 69 -- Elliott Sadler hits the wall and has a lot of damage to the rear deck. No caution. He heads to pit road.

Lap 64 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kurt Busch takes the bottom line all the way to the lead.

Lap 63 -- GREEN FLAG: Matt Kenseth gets the race going again. Jeff Gordon restarts 20th, Jimmie Johnson restarts 22nd.
1. Matt Kenseth
2. Kurt Busch
3. Ryan Newman
4. Juan Montoya
5. Tony Stewart

Lap 60 -- Cars that were near the back of the lead lap pit:
• Jeff Gordon gets four tires after thinking he ran over debris
• Jimmie Johnson gets four tires and fuel

Lap 58 -- The cars that restarted ahead of leader Matt Kenseth now will catch up to the rear of the field.

Lap 57 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 2: Dale Earnhardt Jr. spins on the straightaway after contact with Jeff Burton. He hits the wall and has significant damage to the side.

Lap 57 -- GREEN FLAG: Matt Kenseth gets the race back under way although many cars will restart in front of the leaders. Jimmie Johnson is running in 18th with Jeff Gordon in 19th, the first cars in front of Kenseth.
1. Matt Kenseth
2. Kurt Busch
3. Ryan Newman
4. Juan Montoya
5. Tony Stewart

Lap 55 -- LEAD CHANGE: Matt Kenseth is now the leader.

Lap 54 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kyle Busch is credited as the leader.

Lap 53 -- Ryan Newman leads a group onto pit road:
• Ryan Newman makes a track-bar and air-pressure adjustment
• Juan Montoya is second off with no adjustments
• Tony Stewart drops a spot and is out third with four tires.

Lap 52 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kevin Harvick are being called into pit road for a commitment cone violation. Earnhardt pulled back onto the track after his spin instead of driving down pit road. Kyle Busch comes to pit road and has some damage on the front.