Lap-by-Lap: Michigan

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CHECKERED FLAG: Brian Vickers has just enough fuel to win the Carfax 400. Jeff Gordon hangs on for second and Dale Earnhardt Jr. is third. Mark Martin and Matt Kenseth run out of fuel.

Lap 199 -- WHITE FLAG: Brian Vickers takes the white flag with a 1.4-second lead on Jeff Gordon.

Lap 198 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson runs out of fuel and hits pit road giving the lead to Brian Vickers.

Lap 195 -- Jimmie Johnson still leads. Dale Earnhardt Jr. continues to close in on the leaders.

Lap 192 -- Mark Martin down to seventh as Sam Hornish Jr. passes him.

Lap 190 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. passes Carl Edwards for fourth. Brian Vickers challenging Jimmie Johnson for the lead.

Lap 188 -- Jimmie Johnson's lead is shrinking as Brian Vickers closes the gap but fuel still a serious concern.

Lap 185 -- Matt Kenseth down to 13th as he continues to lose positions.

Lap 184 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. is closing as the top four of Jimmie Johnson, Brian Vickers, Jeff Gordon and Carl Edwards are conserving fuel.

Lap 182 -- Steve Letarte says Jeff Gordon will be a lap short but they are going to go for the win.

Lap 181 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. up to fifth after passing Mark Martin.

Lap 179 -- Jeff Gordon on the bumper of Brian Vickers for second. Joey Logano up to 11th and challenging Matt Kenseth for 10th.

Lap 177 -- Carl Edwards passes Mark Martin for fourth.

Lap 176 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. on the move as he is up to seventh after passing Kevin Harvick and is on the bumper of sixth-place Sam Hornish Jr.

Lap 173 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. up to eighth and he is the only car in the top eight not worried about fuel.

Lap 172 -- Kurt Busch has to take his car back to the garage.

Lap 171 -- Jeff Gordon passes Mark Martin for third. Dale Earnhardt Jr. up to 10th.

Lap 169 -- Fuel going to be an issue if the race stays green. Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin and Brian Vickers all concerned about fuel.

Lap 167 -- Clint Bowyer, Carl Edwards and Matt Kenseth are three-wide for sixth.

Lap 166 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson passes Brian Vickers in Turn 1 for the lead.

Lap 165 -- Jimmie Johnson and Brian Vickers side-by-side at the line. Jeff Gordon passes Matt Kenseth for fifth. Mark Martin is up to third.

Lap 163 -- Carl Edwards is 10th. Dale Earnhardt Jr. is 13th. David Stremme up to 25th. Juan Montoya up to 27th.

Lap 162 -- Matt Kenseth passes Kevin Harvick for third. Casey Mears up to ninth.

Lap 161 -- GREEN FLAG: Brian Vickers brings the field to the green on the outside.
1. Brian Vickers
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Matt Kenseth
4. Kevin Harvick
5. Jamie McMurray

Lap 159 -- LEAD CHANGE: Brian Vickers takes the lead as the top 14 stay out. Kyle Busch wins the race off pit road.
• Joey Logano with four tires and fuel
• Tony Stewart with four tires and an air pressure adjustment
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. with four tires and a chassis adjustment

Lap 157 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 7: David Stremme spins on the frontstretch after getting sandwiched by Jeff Burton and Clint Bowyer but doesn't hit anything. Juan Montoya gets the free pass.

Lap 156 -- Brian Vickers up to third. Jimmie Johnson up to fourth. Mark Martin up to ninth.

Lap 155 -- Joey Logano is looking underneath Dale Earnhardt Jr. for the lead.

Lap 153 -- LEAD CHANGE: Dale Earnhardt Jr. takes the lead on the restart and is able to hold on to lead for the first time today. Joey Logano up to second.

Lap 152 -- GREEN FLAG: David Reutimann brings the field to the green.
1. David Reutimann
2. Denny Hamlin
3. Joey Logano
4. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
5. Martin Truex Jr.

Lap 151 -- David Ragan, Paul Menard, Marcos Ambrose, A.J. Allmendinger and Brad Keselowski pit to top off on fuel.

Lap 150 -- Juan Montoya and the rest of the lap down cars pit meaning no wave around.

Lap 149 -- LEAD CHANGE: David Reutimann stays out and leads. Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Martin Truex Jr., Bill Elliott, Jeff Burton and Michael Waltrip also stay out.
• Jimmie Johnson with four tires and fuel
• Jeff Gordon with four tires
• Mark Martin with four tires and a wedge adjustment
• Brian Vickers with two tires
• Jamie McMurray with two tires
• Tony Stewart with a fuel-only stop

Lap 147 -- Chase bubble update: Matt Kenseth is fourth, Kyle Busch is fifth, Brian Vickers is seventh, Clint Bowyer is eighth, Greg Biffle is ninth, Ryan Newman is 21st and Juan Montoya is 35th.

Lap 145 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 6: Rain has started to fall at the track again bringing out the caution. Sam Hornish Jr. gets the free pass.

Lap 144 -- Jeff Gordon on the move as he passes Matt Kenseth for second. Mark Martin follows right behind for third.

Lap 142 -- Juan Montoya makes it to pit road and the race stays green. Jeff Gordon passes Mark Martin for third. Montoya thinks the tire might have taken out a brake line.

Lap 141 -- Kyle Busch has a great restart and jumps to fifth. Jeff Gordon moves to fourth. Juan Montoya has a flat tire after contact with Kasey Kahne and almost wrecks but saves it. He will have to pit though.

Lap 140 -- GREEN FLAG: Jimmie Johnson brings the field to the green on the outside.
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Mark Martin
3. Matt Kenseth
4. Brian Vickers
5. Jeff Gordon

Lap 138 -- Pace car says rain has stopped and track looks good.

Lap 137 -- A sprinkle has started to fall at the track forcing the pace car to turn his lights back on.

Lap 136 -- NASCAR tells Carl Edwards to go from fourth to sixth because he didn't maintain minimum speed under caution.

Lap 135 -- Denny Hamlin is 16th after pitting as the top 15 didn't pit. Tony Stewart falls to 23rd.

Lap 134 -- Tony Stewart in sixth the highest-running car to pit as about half the field pits.
• Juan Montoya with four tires and an adjustment
• Tony Stewart with four tires
• Denny Hamlin with two tires

Lap 133 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 5: David Ragan spins after he gets bumped by Sam Hornish Jr. but doesn't hit anything bringing out the caution. Reed Sorenson gets the free pass.

Lap 132 -- Denny Hamlin is reporting a vibration and may have to pit.

Lap 131 -- Tony Stewart has lost the battle as he is the only one to take two tires on the last stop and he falls to sixth. Kyle Busch up to ninth.

Lap 130 -- Tony Stewart, Matt Kenseth, Brian Vickers and Carl Edwards in a four-wide battle for third.

Lap 129 -- Mark Martin passes Tony Stewart for second. Matt Kenseth challenging Stewart for third.

Lap 128 -- Clint Bowyer went to the inside on the restart and it didn't work as he falls to ninth.

Lap 127 -- Tony Stewart has a great start and passes Jimmie Johnson in Turn 1 but Johnson retakes the lead out of Turn 4.

Lap 126 -- GREEN FLAG: Jimmie Johnson brings the field to the green on the outside.
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Tony Stewart
3. Brian Vickers
4. Mark Martin
5. Clint Bowyer

Lap 123 -- Ryan Newman back on pit road.

Lap 122 -- Ryan Newman, Elliott Sadler, John Andretti, Reed Sorenson and Paul Menard pit. Sam Hornish Jr. blackflagged for taking gas twice on the last caution.

Lap 121 -- LEAD CHANGE/YELLOW FLAG: Jimmie Johnson passes Tony Stewart on the restart to take the lead. Kurt Busch and David Ragan get together and spin bringing out the caution. Heavy damage to Busch after hitting the inside wall. Paul Menard gets the free pass.

Lap 120 -- GREEN FLAG: Tony Stewart brings the field to the green.
1. Tony Stewart
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Brian Vickers
4. Mark Martin
5. Matt Kenseth

Lap 119 -- LEAD CHANGE: Michael Waltrip pits giving the lead to Tony Stewart. Elliott Sadler and John Andretti the wave-around cars and back on the lead lap.

Lap 118 -- LEAD CHANGE: Michael Waltrip stays out and leads a lap. Ryan Newman with an extended stop.

Lap 117 -- LEAD CHANGE: Mark Martin takes the lead on pit road based on pit stall location as all but one lead-lap car pits.
• Jimmie Johnson with a wedge adjustment and four tires
• Matt Kenseth with a track bar and wedge adjustment
• Mark Martin with four tires and fuel
• Brian Vickers with a big wedge adjustment
• Tony Stewart with a two-tire stop

Lap 116 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 3: Debris on the backstretch brings out the caution. Sam Hornish Jr. gets the free pass.

Lap 114 -- Jimmie Johnson is starting to run into lap traffic allowing Mark Martin to close the gap a little bit.

Lap 112 -- Five cars are now a lap down with Elliott Sadler the first car a lap down.

Lap 107 -- Jeff Gordon on the move as he passes Clint Bowyer for fourth and he is closing on Matt Kenseth.

Lap 106 -- Jimmie Johnson and Mark Martin lead third-place Matt Kenseth by nine seconds.

Lap 104 -- Jeff Gordon passes David Ragan for fifth.

Lap 101 -- Robby Gordon takes his car to the garage.

Lap 100 -- The top five after green-flag stops:
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Mark Martin
3. Matt Kenseth
4. Clint Bowyer
5. Brian Vickers

Lap 98 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson is back out front as this round of green-flag stops has cycled through.

Lap 97 -- Brian Vickers, David Ragan, Juan Montoya, Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch all on pit road. Vickers with a track bar adjustment.

Lap 96 -- LEAD CHANGE: Brian Vickers takes the lead as Mark Martin and Jimmie Johnson pit. Johnson with four tires and an air pressure adjustment. Jeff Gordon also pits with an air pressure adjustment.

Lap 95 -- LEAD CHANGE: Mark Martin passes Jimmie Johnson for the lead. Ryan Newman with four tires and adjustments as he hits pit road.

Lap 94 -- Matt Kenseth on pit road for his stop. Four tires and an air pressure adjustment for Kenseth.

Lap 93 -- Marcos Ambrose on pit road for his pit stop. Kyle Busch also pits.

Lap 91 -- Mark Martin has closed the gap on Jimmie Johnson and trails by less than a second.

Lap 90 -- Paul Menard on pit road for his stop.

Lap 89 -- Brian Vickers passes Clint Bowyer for fifth. Kevin Harvick on pit road.

Lap 88 -- Jeff Gordon falls to seventh as the two tires are starting to fall off.

Lap 87 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. on pit road for tires, fuel and to make an adjustment.

Lap 86 -- Juan Montoya passes David Reutimann for 10th as green-flag stops are about 10 laps away.

Lap 82 -- Denny Hamlin passes David Reutimann for ninth.

Lap 78 -- Six cars are in the garage. Thirty-six are on the lead lap with Robby Gordon the only car one lap down.

Lap 76 -- Denny Hamlin, Carl Edwards and Juan Montoya in a battle for 10th.

Lap 74 -- Mark Martin gets around Matt Kenseth for second. Kurt Busch passes Brian Vickers for seventh.

Lap 72 -- Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick and Jeff Burton three-wide for 19th and they almost crash.

Lap 71 -- Jimmie Johnson leads by 2.4 seconds on Matt Kenseth.

Lap 67 -- Chase Bubble update: Matt Kenseth is second, Mark Martin is fifth, Brian Vickers is sixth, Clint Bowyer is seventh, David Reutimann is 11th, Kyle Busch is 19th, Greg Biffle is 27th and Ryan Newman is 28th.

Lap 65 -- Mike Bliss takes his No. 09 to the garage.

Lap 64 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson passes Matt Kenseth at the start/finish line for the lead. Kurt Busch is having electrical problems and can't see how fast he's going.

Lap 63 -- Clint Bowyer up to eighth. Carl Edwards runs ninth.

Lap 62 -- Jimmie Johnson passes teammate Jeff Gordon for second. Joe Nemechek back to the garage.

Lap 61 -- Jimmie Johnson passes David Ragan for third.

Lap 59 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth and Paul Menard go three-wide on the start with Kenseth winning the battle and taking the lead. Menard falls to ninth.

Lap 58 -- GREEN FLAG: Paul Menard brings the field to the green on the outside.
1. Paul Menard
2. Matt Kenseth
3. Jeff Gordon
4. David Ragan
5. David Reutimann

Lap 57 -- Joe Nemechek is the only wave-around car. John Andretti hits pit road.

Lap 55 -- LEAD CHANGE: Paul Menard stays out and leads. John Andretti also stays out. Ryan Newman back on pit road for more adjustments.

Lap 54 -- LEAD CHANGE: Mark Martin leads the lap as he passes Jimmie Johnson on pit road.
• Jimmie Johnson with four tires and fuel
• Joey Logano with a track bar adjustment and four tires
• Mark Martin with four tires and a wedge adjustment
• Matt Kenseth with a two-tire stop
• Jeff Gordon with a two-tire stop
• David Ragan with a two-tire stop

Lap 52 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 2: Robby Gordon blows a tire in Turn 1 bringing out the caution. Mike Bliss gets the free pass and will get one of his two laps back.

Lap 51 -- The top five after green-flag stops:
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Mark Martin
3. Denny Hamlin
4. Brian Vickers
5. Joey Logano

Lap 50 -- Joe Nemechek is back in the race and David Gilliland is back in the garage.

Lap 49 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson and Mark Martin team up on Denny Hamlin and both pass him giving the lead to Johnson.

Lap 47 -- LEAD CHANGE: Denny Hamlin is the leader as this round of green-flag stops is all but complete.

Lap 46 -- LEAD CHANGE: Carl Edwards gets the lead on pit road as he, David Ragan and Paul Menard pit.

Lap 45 -- LEAD CHANGE: Clint Bowyer pits giving the lead to David Ragan. Bowyer with a track bar adjustment.

Lap 44 -- LEAD CHANGE: Clint Bowyer inherits the lead as Jeff Gordon pits. Casey Mears and A.J. Allmendinger also on pit road. Gordon with no changes.

Lap 43 -- LEAD CHANGE: Matt Kenseth pits giving the lead to Jeff Gordon. Kenseth with four tires and fuel.

Lap 42 -- LEAD CHANGE: Matt Kenseth takes the lead as Jimmie Johnson pits. Mark Martin also on pit road with an air pressure adjustment.

Lap 41 -- Greg Biffle, Brian Vickers, Denny Hamlin and Kurt Busch on pit road. Vickers with a track bar, air pressure and chassis adjustment. Hamlin with a wedge adjustment.

Lap 40 -- Ryan Newman on pit road for four tires and some major adjustments. Brian Vickers passes Mark Martin for second.

Lap 39 -- Jeff Gordon passes Juan Montoya for eighth.

Lap 38 -- Reed Sorenson on pit road beginning the green-flag stops.

Lap 37 -- Jimmie Johnson leads Mark Martin by one second as green-flag stops are about five laps away.

Lap 35 -- Mike Skinner takes his car to the garage.

Lap 34 -- Matt Kenseth up to seventh after passing Juan Montoya.

Lap 31 -- Brian Vickers passes Denny Hamlin for third. Jeff Gordon up to ninth after passing Martin Truex Jr.

Lap 30 -- Bobby Labonte is back in the race scored 20 laps down.

Lap 29 -- Joe Nemechek takes the No. 87 to the garage.

Lap 27 -- Matt Kenseth says his car sounds like a tractor as he thinks his engine is missing somewhere.

Lap 26 -- Kurt Busch brushes the wall and Denny Hamlin passes him for third. Brian Vickers also passes Busch for fourth.

Lap 25 -- Matt Kenseth passes Tony Stewart for eighth.

Lap 24 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson finally completes the pass as he gets around Mark Martin heading into Turn 1.

Lap 22 -- Jeff Gordon up to 11th after passing Sam Hornish Jr.

Lap 21 -- Jimmie Johnson is trying to take the lead but Mark Martin is not giving it up without a fight.

Lap 19 -- Dave Blaney takes his car to the garage.

Lap 18 -- Tony Stewart passes Sam Hornish Jr. for eighth. Jimmie Johnson is looking high and low around Mark Martin.

Lap 17 -- Jimmie Johnson has caught leader Mark Martin. David Gilliland back in the race.

Lap 16 -- The racing is four-wide from 19th to 29th as positions change almost every turn.

Lap 15 -- Matt Kenseth up to 12th. Jeff Gordon up to 15th.

Lap 13 -- Jimmie Johnson passes Kurt Busch for second.

Lap 12 -- Brain Vickers struggles on the restart again as he loses positions to Denny Hamlin and Juan Montoya.

Lap 11 -- GREEN FLAG: Mark Martin brings the field to the green.
1. Mark Martin
2. Kurt Busch
3. Brian Vickers
4. Jimmie Johnson
5. Joey Logano

Lap 10 -- Bobby Labonte is in the garage after having his hood up on pit road.

Lap 9 -- Brad Keselowski in 12th is the highest-running car to pit. Behind Keselowski, just about everyone else hits pit road to top off on fuel and new tires, including Kyle Busch, Jeff Gordon, Marcos Ambrose, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Carl Edwards.

2:49 p.m. -- YELLOW FLAG: The cars are rolling off pit road putting an end to the red flag, lasting 19 minutes.

2:42 p.m. -- The drivers are being called back to the cars and we should be back to racing soon.

2:30 p.m. -- The jet dryers are on the track as the rain has all but stopped.

Lap 8 -- RED FLAG: The cars are parked on pit road and the crews are covering up the cars. Officials don't expect too much of a delay.

Lap 7 -- Bobby Labonte hits pit road to address his woes. David Gilliland takes his No. 71 to the garage.

Lap 6 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 1: The rain has picked up a little bit bringing out the caution. No free pass will be given.

Lap 5 -- Bobby Labonte is off the pace as he has fallen to the rear of the field.

Lap 4 -- Brian Vickers passes Jimmie Johnson for third.

Lap 3 -- Officials are reporting a couple sprinkles but nothing too major right now.

Lap 2 -- Kyle Busch up to 32nd after starting 39th. Kasey Kahne following Busch and he is 33rd after starting 43rd.

Lap 1 -- LEAD CHANGE: Mark Martin takes the lead on the outside. Kurt Busch moves up to second as Brian Vickers falls to third.

2:19 p.m. -- GREEN FLAG: Brian Vickers brings the field to the green for 200 laps of action at Michigan International Speedway.

2:17 p.m. -- Kasey Kahne, Mike Skinner and Dave Blaney will start from the rear after an engine change.

2:13 p.m. -- The cars are rolling off pit road for three warmup laps.

2:08 p.m. -- Grand marshals Jordan and Jacob Vanderstel give the command, "Gentlemen, start your engines!"

2:03 p.m. -- Country star Chris Young performs the national anthem.

2:02 p.m. -- Billy Mauldin from MRO delivers the Invocation.

2:01 p.m. -- A moment of silence for Tom Murphy from Sprint, who died in a car accident earlier this week.

1:03 p.m. -- After two consecutive Sunday rainouts, it doesn't look like Mother Nature is going make it three. It's a beautiful day in Brooklyn, Mich., for the Carfax 400. It's currently 86 degrees with no chance of rain this afternoon.

1 p.m. ET -- NASCAR Countdown is under way on ESPN.