Lap-by-Lap: Dover

CHECKERED FLAG: Jimmie Johnson leads 271 laps and cruises to the victory. Mark Martin finishes second and a great run for Matt Kenseth coming home third.

Lap 399 -- WHITE FLAG: Jimmie Johnson is one mile away from his fifth Dover victory.

Lap 398 -- Mark Martin is closing on Jimmie Johnson but it won't be enough.

Lap 393 -- Jimmie Johnson leads by 2.1 seconds.

Lap 391 -- A.J. Allmendinger passes Kasey Kahne for seventh.

Lap 389 -- Elliott Sadler gets blackflagged and is on pit road.

Lap 384 -- Mark Martin passes Matt Kenseth for second.

Lap 383 -- Ryan Newman falling to 10th as Kasey Kahne, A.J. Allmendinger and Tony Stewart all pass him.

Lap 381 -- Jimmie Johnson leads by 1.8 seconds and this is his race to win or lose.

Lap 379 -- Mark Martin on the bumper of Matt Kenseth for second.

Lap 377 -- Ryan Newman passes Casey Mears for eighth. Tony Stewart passes Carl Edwards for 12th.

Lap 376 -- Mark Martin pulls away from the field and puts some space between him and Juan Montoya.

Lap 374 -- Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth drive away on the restart.

Lap 373 -- GREEN FLAG: Jimmie Johnson brings the field to the green on the outside.
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Matt Kenseth
3. Juan Montoya
4. Mark Martin
5. Kurt Busch

Lap 369 -- Tony Stewart, Ryan Newman, A.J. Allmendinger, Kasey Kahne, Greg Biffle, Carl Edwards, Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton and Marcos Ambrose pit.

Lap 368 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 9: Sam Hornish Jr. spins on the backstraightaway bringing out the caution. Dale Earnhardt Jr. gets the free pass and is now one lap down.

Lap 366 -- Jeff Gordon challenging Casey Mears for eighth but he is running out of time.

Lap 361 -- Matt Kenseth holding his own currently in second.

Lap 358 -- Jeff Gordon passes Ryan Newman for ninth.

Lap 357 -- Jimmie Johnson has pulled away by 2.2 seconds.

Lap 355 -- Ryan Newman, A.J. Allmendinger and Jeff Gordon in tough battle for ninth.

Lap 354 -- Mark Martin passes Tony Stewart for fourth.

Lap 350 -- Jeff Gordon and Ryan Newman bump and Gordon has to get off the gas falling to 11th.

Lap 349 -- Jeff Gordon up to ninth after passing Ryan Newman.

Lap 348 -- Matt Kenseth jumps to second on the restart. Tony Stewart up to fourth. Jeff Gordon up to 10th.

Lap 347 -- GREEN FLAG: Jimmie Johnson brings the field to the green on the outside.
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Juan Montoya
3. Mark Martin
4. Matt Kenseth
5. Kurt Busch

Lap 342 -- Jeff Gordon gives up seventh and pits. Marcos Ambrose, A.J. Allmendinger, Kevin Harvick and Brian Vickers also pit. Gordon wanted new tires to see if it will give him an advantage in the final 50 laps.

Lap 341 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 8: Regan Smith spins on the frontstretch and collects David Stremme, Martin Truex Jr. and Elliott Sadler. Paul Menard gets the free pass.

Lap 340 -- Jeff Gordon picking up speed as he has caught Ryan Newman in seventh.

Lap 338 -- Mark Martin on the move as he passes Matt Kenseth for third.

Lap 336 -- Mark Martin passes Kurt Busch for fourth.

Lap 335 -- Carl Edwards, Kevin Harvick and Marcos Ambrose in a good battle for 13th.

Lap 333 -- Clint Bowyer challenging Jeff Gordon for eighth.

Lap 330 -- Juan Montoya has a great start and moves up to second. Mark Martin falls all the way to fifth.

Lap 329 -- GREEN FLAG: Jimmie Johnson brings the field to the green on the outside.
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Mark Martin
3. Matt Kenseth
4. Juan Montoya
5. Tony Stewart

Lap 327 -- Elliott Sadler and Robby Gordon the wave-around cars. Both are multiple laps down.

Lap 326 -- All the lead-lap cars pit for what should be the final stop of the day.
• Mark Martin with no changes and four tires
• Juan Montoya with an air pressure adjustment and four tires
• Jeff Gordon with an air pressure adjustment and four tires and loses a lot of time on pit road
• Jimmie Johnson with a chassis adjustment

Lap 324 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 7: Debris on the track brings out the caution. Jeff Burton gets the free pass.

Lap 319 -- Jimmie Johnson leads by 2.2 seconds with green-flag stops coming up within 40 laps.

Lap 314 -- Jimmie Johnson is about to put Denny Hamlin two laps down.

Lap 307 -- Mark Martin passes Matt Kenseth for fourth.

Lap 302 -- Casey Mears closing in on Greg Biffle for 11th. Brian Vickers remains in 17th.

Lap 300 -- What a day for Hendrick Motorsports with three cars in the top five with 100 to go.

Lap 297 -- Mark Martin on the bumper of Kurt Busch for fifth.

Lap 290 -- Jimmie Johnson out front by two seconds.

Lap 286 -- Ryan Newman passes Kasey Kahne for ninth.

Lap 285 -- Tony Stewart challenging Kurt Busch for fifth as Busch is very unhappy with his car.

Lap 282 -- Kurt Busch fell to fifth on the restart. Mark Martin fell to seventh.

Lap 278 -- Juan Montoya tries to hold off Matt Kenseth and Kurt Busch and Kenseth bumps Montoya but the No. 42 holds on.

Lap 277 -- GREEN FLAG: Jimmie Johnson brings the field to the green on the outside.
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Kurt Busch
4. Juan Montoya
5. Mark Martin

Lap 275 -- Jamie McMurray is the only wave-around car and is now five laps down.

Lap 274 -- All the lead-lap cars hit pit road.
• Tony Stewart with no changes and four tires
• Kurt Busch with a track bar and wedge adjustment
• Jeff Gordon with no changes and four tires
• Jimmie Johnson with a chassis adjustment

Lap 272 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 6: David Stremme hit the wall in Turn 4 bringing out the caution. Brian Vickers gets the free pass and is back on the lead lap.

Lap 271 -- David Stremme has slowed on the track.

Lap 267 -- Paul Menard goes a lap down.

Lap 266 -- Jeff Burton goes a lap down as 18 cars remain on the lead lap.

Lap 265 -- Jimmie Johnson has opened up a 3.5 second lead with green-flag stops coming within 30 laps.

Lap 262 -- Tony Stewart is on the move as he has caught seventh-place Clint Bowyer.

Lap 259 -- Kyle Busch is back in the race scored 53 laps down. Tony Stewart passes Ryan Newman for eighth.

Lap 256 -- Jamie McMurray and Reed Sorenson on pit road.

Lap 253 -- Denny Hamlin and Bobby Labonte go a lap down.

Lap 252 -- Tony Stewart passes A.J. Allmendinger for ninth.

Lap 250 -- Reed Sorenson is back in the race scored 219 laps down.

Lap 241 -- Kyle Busch has walked back to his car and could be re-entering the race soon.

Lap 236 -- Twenty-one cars are on the lead lap. Bobby Labonte is the last car on the lead lap. Dale Earnhardt Jr. is the first car a lap down.

Lap 230 -- Denny Hamlin is the lowest-running Chase driver currently 20th.

Lap 223 -- Jimmie Johnson leads by 1.6 seconds.

Lap 222 -- Mark Martin challenging Juan Montoya for fourth.

Lap 216 -- Matt Kenseth running sixth. A.J. Allmendinger currently ninth.

Lap 214 -- Carl Edwards up to 16th after being mired in the 20s all race.

Lap 212 -- Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon put some distance between them and the rest of the field on the restart.

Lap 211 -- GREEN FLAG: Jimmie Johnson brings the field to the green on the outside.
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Kurt Busch
4. Mark Martin
5. Juan Montoya

Lap 209 -- Jamie McMurray is the wave-around car and is scored three laps down.

Lap 208 -- All the leaders hit pit road.
• Kasey Kahne with four tires and a track bar adjustment
• Kurt Busch with four tires and an air pressure and track bar
• Jeff Gordon with no changes
• Jimmie Johnson with four tires and a minor adjustment

Lap 207 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 5: Kyle Busch is in the wall in Turn 3 and Turn 4 bringing out the caution. Bobby Labonte gets the free pass. Busch takes his car to the garage.

Lap 205 -- Kasey Kahne is one of the fastest cars on the track and has caught Ryan Newman in sixth.

Lap 200 -- Jimmie Johnson out front as we reach the halfway point.

Lap 190 -- Nice run by Casey Mears as well who is scored in 17th.

Lap 188 -- Marcos Ambrose quietly having a good day as he runs 13th.

Lap 183 -- Jimmie Johnson has opened up a 1.4-second lead on Kurt Busch.

Lap 179 -- Jamie McMurray on pit road for a long stop.

Lap 176 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson finally gets around Kurt Busch for the lead.

Lap 174 -- Matt Kenseth currently seventh. Clint Bowyer currently ninth.

Lap 172 -- Kurt Busch and Jimmie Johnson are side-by-side for the lead.

Lap 170 -- Tony Stewart up to 11th after starting 22nd.

Lap 169 -- Kurt Busch and Jimmie Johnson get a great start and pull away from the field.

Lap 168 -- GREEN FLAG: Kurt Busch brings the field to the green on the outside.
1. Kurt Busch
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Juan Montoya
4. Jeff Gordon
5. Mark Martin

Lap 167 -- Jamie McMurray, Kyle Busch, David Stremme, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Sam Hornish Jr. are the wave-around cars. All five are now scored one lap down.

Lap 166 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kurt Busch wins the race off pit road and retakes the lead.

Lap 165 -- All the leaders hit pit road.
• Kasey Kahne with a wedge adjustment and four tires
• Mark Martin with a wedge adjustment
• Kurt Busch with an air pressure adjustment and four tires
• Jimmie Johnson with a track bar adjustment and four tires

Lap 163 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 5: Liquid all over the track brings out the caution. Jeff Burton gets the free pass.

Lap 162 -- Kyle Busch pits for tires and fuel. Jeff Burton misses pit road on his entrance.

Lap 161 -- Robby Gordon back on the track scored 130 laps down.

Lap 160 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. on pit road for tires and fuel. David Stremme also pits.

Lap 157 -- David Stremme goes a lap down.

Lap 155 -- Jamie McMurray gives up ninth and pits for four tires.

Lap 152 -- Sam Hornish Jr. on pit road beginning green flag stops.

Lap 150 -- Jeff Gordon passes Kyle Busch for sixth.

Lap 149 -- Kyle Busch has fallen to sixth with Mark Martin and Kasey Kahne getting around him.

Lap 147 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson gets around Kurt Busch after Busch gets blocked by Bobby Labonte and is back out front.

Lap 146 -- Jimmie Johnson has closed the gap again on Kurt Busch.

Lap 141 -- Due to lap traffic, space has been put between Kurt Busch, Jimmie Johnson and Juan Montoya.

Lap 137 -- Tony Stewart up to 18th. Elliott Sadler goes a lap down.

Lap 135 -- Regan Smith goes a lap down as Juan Montoya catches Kurt Busch and Jimmie Johnson.

Lap 132 -- Jimmie Johnson has caught leader Kurt Busch and is challenging for the lead.

Lap 129 -- Jeff Gordon loses another spot as Kasey Kahne passes him for sixth.

Lap 123 -- Juan Montoya is closing in on the top-two of Kurt Busch and Jimmie Johnson.

Lap 122 -- Kurt Busch puts Scott Speed a lap down.

Lap 117 -- Martin Truex Jr. is back in the race scored 86 laps down.

Lap 114 -- Jeff Gordon complaining about his car saying it is very loose.

Lap 113 -- Juan Montoya passes Kyle Busch for third.

Lap 110 -- Mark Martin closing on fifth-place Jeff Gordon.

Lap 106 -- Jimmie Johnson is closing in on leader Kurt Busch.

Lap 102 -- Eight of the top 10 are Chase drivers. Chase drivers outside the top 10: Brian Vickers (16th), Denny Hamlin (18th), Carl Edwards (21st) and Tony Stewart (22nd).

Lap 99 -- Jeff Gordon passes Greg Biffle for fifth. Mark Martin is looking underneath Biffle for sixth.

Lap 96 -- Kasey Kahne passes Jamie McMurray for ninth.

Lap 93 -- Kyle Busch goes to the inside and passes Greg Biffle.

Lap 92 -- Greg Biffle and Jimmie Johnson side-by-side for second as are Jeff Gordon and Juan Montoya for fifth.

Lap 90 -- Jimmie Johnson, Greg Biffle and Kyle Busch in a heated battle for second.

Lap 89 -- GREEN FLAG: Kurt Busch brings the field to the green on the outside.
1. Kurt Busch
2. Greg Biffle
3. Kyle Busch
4. Jimmie Johnson
5. Juan Montoya

Lap 88 -- David Reutimann the wave-around car and will now be scored one lap down.

Lap 86 -- All the leaders hit pit road.
• Kurt Busch with a chassis adjustment and four tires
• Juan Montoya with four tires and an air pressure adjustment
• Jeff Gordon with four tires and no adjustments
• Kyle Busch with two tires
• Jimmie Johnson with four tires

Lap 84 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 3: Michael Waltrip into the wall in Turn 2 after losing a right-front tire bringing out the caution. Scott Speed gets the free pass.

Lap 83 -- Jimmie Johnson continues to climb as he passes Greg Biffle for fourth.

Lap 82 -- Scott Speed and David Ragan go a lap down. David Reutimann is two laps down after his pit stop.

Lap 80 -- David Reutimann is out of gas and is on pit road.

Lap 78 -- Dave Blaney takes the No. 66 to the garage.

Lap 76 -- Michael McDowell takes his No. 36 to the garage.

Lap 73 -- John Andretti and Michael McDowell go a lap down.

Lap 71 -- Jimmie Johnson passes Kasey Kahne for seventh. Brian Vickers currently 17th.

Lap 69 -- Dave Blaney goes a lap down.

Lap 67 -- Ryan Newman down to fifth as Jeff Gordon and Greg Biffle pass him.

Lap 66 -- Juan Montoya gets under Ryan Newman in Turn 3 and moves into second.

Lap 65 -- Kasey Kahne isn't happy with his car as he falls to seventh after Kyle Busch gets around him.

Lap 63 -- Juan Montoya up to third after passing Greg Biffle. David Gilliland takes his No. 71 to the garage.

Lap 61 -- Jimmie Johnson passes Paul Menard for eighth. Jeff Gordon passes Kasey Kahne for fifth.

Lap 60 -- Kyle Busch and Tony Stewart have each gained 10 spots since the restart. Busch runs seventh and Stewart is 23rd.

Lap 58 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kurt Busch passes Ryan Newman for the lead and is out front after starting 16th. Mike Bliss takes the No. 09 to the garage.

Lap 55 -- Jamie McMurray has fallen back a bit, currently in 11th.

Lap 53 -- Kurt Busch has caught the bumper of leader Ryan Newman.

Lap 51 -- Joe Nemechek takes his No. 87 to the garage.

Lap 50 -- Jimmie Johnson back in the top 10 after passing David Reutimann.

Lap 47 -- Mark Martin passes Denny Hamlin for 13th.

Lap 43 -- Denny Hamlin up to 13th and Mark Martin up to 14th as both get around Jeff Burton.

Lap 41 -- Paul Menard falls to seventh after Jeff Gordon passes him.

Lap 40 -- Juan Montoya passes Paul Menard for fifth.

Lap 38 -- Kyle Busch, Jimmie Johnson, and Clint Bowyer in a great battle for ninth.

Lap 37 -- Ryan Newman has a great start and takes the lead. Kyle Busch up to 11th on the outside.

Lap 36 -- GREEN FLAG: Ryan Newman brings the field to the green on the outside.
1. Ryan Newman
2. Kurt Busch
3. Paul Menard
4. Greg Biffle
5. Jamie McMurray

Lap 33 -- Pit road is open and Tony Stewart in 23rd is the highest-running car to pit. Stewart pitting to fix some of the damage after the contact with Logano.

Lap 32 -- Pit road is closed but Carl Edwards comes to his stall anyway to fix his rear wing.

2:58 p.m. -- YELLOW FLAG: The cars have been restarted and are back under caution ending the red flag at 24 minutes.

Lap 31 -- RED FLAG (2:34 p.m.) -- Four race cars are stuck on the track in Turn 3 so the red is out to clean up the track.

Lap 31 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 2: Big crash in Turn 3 on the restart with Joey Logano flipping on the track. Robby Gordon, Martin Truex Jr. and Reed Sorenson also involved. Joe Nemechek gets the free pass. Logano gets bumped by Tony Stewart, after Logano bumped Bobby Labonte, which sent Logano into the grass and then sliding back up the track.

Lap 30 -- GREEN FLAG: Ryan Newman brings the field to the green on the outside.
1. Ryan Newman
2. Kurt Busch
3. Kasey Kahne
4. Paul Menard
5. Jimmie Johnson

Lap 29 -- LEAD CHANGE: David Gilliland and Dave Blaney pit giving the lead to Ryan Newman, who won the race off pit road. Michael McDowell the only wave-around car.

Lap 28 -- LEAD CHANGE: David Gilliland doesn't pit and leads earning five bonus points. Dave Blaney also stayed out.

Lap 27 -- Most of the lead-lap cars hit pit road.
• Kasey Kahne with two tires
• Ryan Newman with two tires and a track bar adjustment
• Juan Montoya with a track bar adjustment
• Jimmie Johnson with four tires and no adjustments

Lap 25 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 1: Competition caution is out. John Andretti gets the free pass.

Lap 23 -- Joe Nemechek goes a lap down.

Lap 21 -- Michael McDowell and Mike Bliss go a lap down.

Lap 20 -- Kasey Kahne passes Greg Biffle for fourth.

Lap 18 -- Kurt Busch continues to climb passing Brian Vickers for ninth.

Lap 17 -- Tony Raines takes the No. 37 to the garage.

Lap 15 -- Kurt Busch passes Joey Logano for 10th. Clint Bowyer up to 29th after starting at the rear of the field.

Lap 12 -- There isn't a lot of passing on the track right now as it looks like everyone is just figuring out what they have before the competition caution.

Lap 10 -- Jimmie Johnson has opened up a 1.2-second lead on Ryan Newman.

Lap 7 -- A.J. Allmendinger, Sam Hornish Jr. and Kevin Harvick in a great battle for 14th.

Lap 4 -- Mark Martin struggling on the track and has fallen to 18th.

Lap 2 -- Ryan Newman jumps up to second after passing Juan Montoya.

Lap 1 -- Jimmie Johnson gets a great start and leads the first lap.

2:17 p.m. -- GREEN FLAG: Jimmie Johnson brings the field to the green and the AAA 400 is under way.

2:14 p.m. -- There will be a competition caution at Lap 25.

2:11 p.m. -- The cars are rolling off the track for three warm-up laps.

2:09 p.m. -- Sgt. Major John Jones gives the command: "Gentlemen, start your engines!"

2:01 p.m. -- Country group Trailer Choir performs the national anthem.

2:00 p.m. -- Pastor Dan Schafer gives the Invocation.

1:48 p.m. -- Three drivers are going to the rear due to an engine change: Elliott Sadler (34th), Clint Bowyer (eighth) and Tony Raines (42nd).

1 p.m. -- NASCAR Countdown is under way on ABC.

12:50 p.m. ET -- A heavy rain fell last night and this morning at Dover International Speedway washing all the rubber built up on the track. The good news is the radar looks clear and the race should start on time. It's currently 71 degrees under cloudy skies. There is a moderate chance for rain in the early evening. Jimmie Johnson will bring the field to the green in the AAA 400 at 2:15 p.m. ET.