Lap-by-Lap: Daytona

Lap 208 -- CHECKERED FLAG: Jamie McMurray holds off a hard-charging Dale Earnhardt Jr. to win the Daytona 500. Greg Biffle finishes third. Robby Gordon and Jeff Gordon crash coming to the finish.

Lap 207 -- WHITE FLAG/LEAD CHANGE: Carl Edwards slowed Kevin Harvick allowing Jamie McMurray to take the lead with Greg Biffle second.

Lap 206 -- GREEN FLAG: Kevin Harvick brings the field to the green for the second attempt at the finish.
1. Kevin Harvick
2. Jamie McMurray
3. Carl Edwards
4. Greg Biffle
5. Jeff Burton

Lap 203 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 9/LEAD CHANGE: Kasey Kahne and Robert Richardson get together on the backstretch before the white flag flies bringing out the caution. On the restart, Greg Biffle, Martin Truex Jr. and Kevin Harvick bump dropping Biffle to fourth, Truex to seventh and Harvick to the lead.

Lap 202 -- GREEN FLAG: Greg Biffle brings the field to the green on the inside in the first green-white-checkered attempt.
1. Greg Biffle
2. Martin Truex Jr.
3. Clint Bowyer
4. Kevin Harvick
5. Denny Hamlin

Lap 199 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 8: Bill Elliott and Joey Logano get together in Turn 3 bringing out the caution. Boris Said gets involved as well.

Lap 198 -- GREEN FLAG: Clint Bowyer brings the field to the green on the outside.
1. Clint Bowyer
2. Greg Biffle
3. Martin Truex Jr.
4. Kevin Harvick
5. Denny Hamlin

Lap 197 -- Martin Truex Jr. is saying he has a vibration. He is in the fourth position.

Lap 195 -- Kurt Busch in third hits pit road for two tires. Jeff Gordon takes two tires as half the lead-lap cars hit pit road. The top-12 on the restart did not pit.

Lap 194 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 7: Big wreck on the backstretch after Elliott Sadler gets loose collecting Travis Kvapil and Ryan Newman. Newman slams the wall hard but is OK.

Lap 193 -- The top five of Clint Bowyer, Greg Biffle, Kurt Busch, Martin Truex Jr. and Kevin Harvick have opened up a gap between them and the field.

Lap 191 -- Kurt Busch with a great move to get to third. Juan Montoya on the move up to eighth.

Lap 190 -- Carl Edwards is down to 11th after getting shuffled out of the draft. Scott Speed is down to 29th.

Lap 189 -- Jimmie Johnson takes his car to the garage. Kevin Harvick is on the move as he jumps to fifth.

Lap 188 -- Kurt Busch passes Carl Edwards for third.

Lap 187 -- Kurt Busch up to fourth. Jeff Gordon down to eighth.

Lap 186 -- LEAD CHANGE: Clint Bowyer with a nice pass around Greg Biffle for the lead.

Lap 185 -- Scott Speed got pushed to the middle and has dropped to 13th.

Lap 184 -- LEAD CHANGE: Greg Biffle beats Scott Speed to the line. Jimmie Johnson has a flat tire and he limps to pit road.

Lap 183 -- Clint Bowyer and Jeff Gordon have not left the bumper of Scott Speed.

Lap 182 -- Jamie McMurray has worked up to sixth. Jimmie Johnson up to eighth.

Lap 179 -- Scott Speed continues to hug the yellow line and leads.

Lap 178 -- Kyle Busch is 16th. Kevin Harvick is 17th. Jeff Burton is 18th.

Lap 176 -- The Roush threesome has broke as David Ragan slipped to the middle and is dropping back in the pack.

Lap 174 -- LEAD CHANGE: Scott Speed leads on the inside. Kevin Harvick got shuffled to the middle and has dropped to 15th.

Lap 173 -- Kasey Kahne and Elliott Sadler got together causing some damage to the No. 9. Kahne scored in 20th.

Lap 172 -- The cars are still two-wide and Scott Speed remains the leader of the inside line.

Lap 170 -- Denny Hamlin gets shuffled to the middle and he falls back to 14th. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 21st, Mark Martin 15th.

Lap 169 -- LEAD CHANGE: Greg Biffle leads as teammates David Ragan and Carl Edwards are behind giving him a push.

Lap 168 -- GREEN FLAG: Scott Speed brings the field to the green on the inside.
1. Scott Speed
2. Greg Biffle
3. Clint Bowyer
4. Carl Edwards
5. Jeff Gordon

Lap 165 -- The top-six cars on the restart are on two new tires, everyone else took four. Matt Kenseth back on pit road working on the splitter. Joey Logano also on pit road with front-end work.

Lap 164 -- LEAD CHANGE: Pit road is open and everyone but Scott Speed came down for what should be their final stop.
• Greg Biffle with an air pressure adjustment and two tires
• Martin Truex Jr. with no adjustments
• Kevin Harvick with four tires
• Clint Bowyer with two tires
• David Ragan with two tires
• Jeff Gordon with two tires
• Matt Kenseth with an extended pit stop
• Joey Logano with an extended pit stop

Lap 162 -- Pit road is closed but Tony Stewart and Michael Waltrip are making adjustments.

6:31 p.m. -- YELLOW FLAG: The red is pulled and the yellow is displayed getting the race back under way. This red flag lasted 46 minutes.

6:30 p.m. -- Drivers are starting their engines for a third time tonight as the race gets ready to resume.

6:22 p.m. -- The drivers have been called back to their cars and are getting back in.

6:11 p.m. -- Repairs continue in Turns 1 and 2 as officials try to fill the hole permanently.

5:55 p.m. -- Kevin Harvick says the hole is bigger this time than earlier.

5:47 p.m. -- The drivers are allowed to exit their cars.

Lap 161 -- RED FLAG: The cars are again going to stop on pit road and the race will be halted for a second time.

Lap 159 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 6: Caution is out for more track issues in Turns 1 and 2 as the hole is back. Michael McDowell gets the free pass for the third consecutive caution and is back on the lead lap.

Lap 158 -- Jimmie Johnson and David Ragan bump but both continue.

Lap 157 -- Jeff Gordon has dropped back to 17th. Dale Earnhardt Jr. up to seventh.

Lap 155 -- Juan Montoya and Kevin Harvick are side-by-side at the line. Greg Biffle up to fourth. A.J. Allmendinger back in the race scored 12 laps down.

Lap 153 -- Juan Montoya has worked his way up to second, leading the outside line.

Lap 152 -- Elliott Sadler and his two tires are failing in a big way as he is very loose and down to 21st.

Lap 151 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kevin Harvick gets back out front on the inside.

Lap 150 -- Elliott Sadler goes to the outside and falls to 10th.

Lap 149 -- Martin Truex Jr. becomes the 19th leader today -- a new Daytona 500 record.

Lap 148 -- LEAD CHANGE: Martin Truex Jr. gets a big push from Kevin Harvick to take the lead. Kasey Kahne got shuffled to the outside and dropped back to 16th.

Lap 146 -- GREEN FLAG: Elliott Sadler brings the field to the green on the outside.
1. Elliott Sadler
2. Martin Truex Jr.
3. Kevin Harvick
4. Kasey Kahne
5. Jeff Gordon

Lap 145 -- LEAD CHANGE: Two tires puts Elliott Sadler back out front as Boris Said hits pit road.

Lap 144 -- LEAD CHANGE: Boris Said stays out and leads. Robert Richardson also stays out as everyone else pits.
• Kasey Kahne with four tires and no adjustments
• Kevin Harvick with four tires and an air pressure adjustment
• Clint Bowyer with a track bar and wedge adjustment
• Elliott Sadler takes two tires

Lap 142 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 5: A.J. Allmendinger spins bringing out the caution. Allmendinger is able to keep his car off the wall, but is stuck in the grass. He was running fifth when he went around. Michael McDowell gets the free pass and is now one lap down.

Lap 142 -- Kyle Busch is running eighth. Jeff Gordon is currently fifth.

Lap 140 -- After multiple pit stops, Tony Stewart is stuck in 31st.

Lap 139 -- A.J. Allmendinger has worked his way up to ninth. Martin Truex Jr. got a great push and jumps to second.

Lap 138 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kevin Harvick edges Clint Bowyer at the line.

Lap 137 -- Elliott Sadler got loose after a bump from Kevin Harvick and dropped to 14th.

Lap 136 -- LEAD CHANGE: Clint Bowyer is back out front.

Lap 134 -- Things are backward up front. RCR's Kevin Harvick is pushing RPM's Elliott Sadler while Sadler's teammate Kasey Kahne is pushing Harvick's teammate Clint Bowyer.

Lap 133 -- LEAD CHANGE: Elliott Sadler edges Clint Bowyer at the line as the front pack remains two-wide.

Lap 132 -- Jeff Gordon has worked his way up to eighth. Jimmie Johnson up to 21st.

Lap 131 -- LEAD CHANGE: Clint Bowyer on the outside is back out front.

Lap 130 -- LEAD CHANGE: Elliott Sadler edges Clint Bowyer at the line to lead the lap.

Lap 128 -- Brian Vickers is in the middle line and falling to the rear of the front pack.

Lap 127 -- LEAD CHANGE: Thanks to a push from teammate Elliott Sadler, Kasey Kahne drives by Clint Bowyer for the lead.

Lap 126 -- Regan Smith is back in the race scored 118 laps down.

Lap 125 -- GREEN FLAG: Clint Bowyer brings the field to the green on the inside.
1. Clint Bowyer
2. David Ragan
3. Kasey Kahne
4. Carl Edwards
5. Elliott Sadler

Lap 124 -- Matt Kenseth has the hood up on pit road. Jimmie Johnson and Michael Waltrip back on pit road.

Lap 123 -- Pit road is open but only a handful of drivers take advantage. Dale Earnhardt Jr., Ryan Newman, Denny Hamlin, Kurt Busch, Matt Kenseth and Bobby Labonte among those to pit. Tony Stewart also returns to pit road.

5:03 p.m. -- YELLOW FLAG: The drivers are rolling off pit road as the race is back under the yellow. The red flag lasted one hour and 42 minutes. Tony Stewart and Jimmie Johnson remain on pit road as everyone else rolls off.

5 p.m. -- Drivers have been given the command to start the engines.

4:52 p.m. -- The drivers are being called back to their cars.

4:21 p.m. -- It's been an hour under the red flag and officials are still working on the track, making sure it's perfect when they get back to racing. NASCAR chairman Brian France says the recent rain has prevented the "normal" procedure from working. France says usually this wouldn't take as long but officials are on their third attempt at fixing the track.

3:54 p.m. -- The 10 minutes was a little optimistic as drivers are now able to exit their cars while track repair continues.

3:41 p.m. -- The track should be finished within 10 minutes according to officials and at that point, the cars will be back under yellow.

3:34 p.m. -- Thirteen minutes into the red flag and track repair is still ongoing to fix the hole in the race track in Turns 1 and 2.

Lap 122 -- RED FLAG: There is a hole in the race track so the cars are on pit road so crews can look at the track.

Lap 121 -- LEAD CHANGE: Boris Said pits giving the lead to Clint Bowyer, who won the race off pit road. Brad Keselowski and Sam Hornish Jr. will be the wave-around cars.

Lap 120 -- LEAD CHANGE: Travis Kvapil pits giving the lead to Boris Said. Jimmie Johnson back on pit road for more repairs. Bill Elliott also on pit road.

Lap 119 -- LEAD CHANGE: Travis Kvapil leads and collects five bonus points. Boris Said also stays out.

Lap 118 -- All but two lead-lap cars hit pit road.
• Kasey Kahne with four tires and fuel
• Kevin Harvick with no adjustments and four tires
• Clint Bowyer with a track bar and wedge adjustment
• Jimmie Johnson on pit road for an extended stop to make repairs

Lap 117 -- Jimmie Johnson on pit road to fix a flat tire and he will be penalized for pitting early.

Lap 116 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 4: John Andretti hits the wall bringing out the caution. Michael McDowell gets the free pass and is now scored two laps down.

Lap 115 -- LEAD CHANGE: Clint Bowyer back out front with David Ragan second.

Lap 113 -- LEAD CHANGE: David Ragan edges Clint Bowyer at the line and leads for the first time today.

Lap 112 -- David Ragan has found the right draft as he jumps to second.

Lap 111 -- LEAD CHANGE: Clint Bowyer is back out front.

Lap 110 -- LEAD CHANGE: Greg Biffle beats Clint Bowyer to the line. David Ragan is up to eighth as he finds himself in the top 10. Teammate Carl Edwards is right behind in ninth.

Lap 108 -- LEAD CHANGE: Clint Bowyer is back out front after passing Greg Biffle, who passed Jeff Gordon just after the start/finish line.

Lap 106 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jeff Gordon goes low to pass Clint Bowyer for the lead.

Lap 103 -- Jimmie Johnson is up to 14th. Ryan Newman is 29th. Matt Kenseth is 30th.

Lap 102 -- The field is two-wide from front to back as the racing gets a little more intense.

Lap 100 -- LEAD CHANGE: This time it's Clint Bowyer's turn to go to the outside and take the lead with Kyle Busch following him.

Lap 98 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jeff Gordon goes to the outside and edges Kyle Busch at the line. Clint Bowyer follows Gordon and moves to second.

Lap 95 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kyle Busch passes Greg Biffle on the outside for the lead. Jeff Gordon also passes Greg Biffle for second.

Lap 93 -- Clint Bowyer has worked his way up to fourth on the outside.

Lap 91 -- The field is two-wide from sixth on back. The top five have formed a line led by Greg Biffle.

Lap 88 -- Jeff Gordon up to third after starting at the rear of the field in a back-up car.

Lap 84 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. stuck in the middle and falling to the rear of the field.

Lap 82 -- LEAD CHANGE: Greg Biffle takes the inside line to the lead.

Lap 81 -- GREEN FLAG: Kurt Busch brings the field to the green on the outside.
1. Kurt Busch
2. Greg Biffle
3. Kyle Busch
4. Clint Bowyer
5. Jeff Gordon

Lap 80 -- A.J. Allmendinger's crew hung a lug nut costing him lots of time. Marcos Ambrose has his car in the garage.

Lap 79 -- LEAD CHANGE: Denny Hamlin and Travis Kvapil pit giving the lead to Kurt Busch. Ryan Newman back on pit road.

Lap 78 -- LEAD CHANGE: Denny Hamlin stays out and leads. Travis Kvapil also stays out.
• Kasey Kahne with minor adjustments
• Martin Truex Jr. with no changes
• A.J. Allmendinger with no changes
• Kurt Busch with fuel only
• Ryan Newman misses his pit box
• Jeff Gordon with two tires

Lap 77 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 3: Mike Bliss spins on the backstretch bringing out the caution. Bliss was the eligible car for the free pass so no free pass given.

Lap 75 -- Greg Biffle running sixth and in the top 10 for the first time today.

Lap 74 -- Martin Truex Jr. running fourth in his first race with Michael Waltrip Racing. Jamie McMurray in 11th with his new team, Earnhardt Ganassi Racing.

Lap 73 -- LEAD CHANGE: A.J. Allmendinger back out front as the inside line finds its speed.

Lap 72 -- LEAD CHANGE: The outside line gets a big jump as Kevin Harvick passes A.J. Allmendinger for the lead when Allmendinger drops to the inside.

Lap 71 -- LEAD CHANGE: A.J. Allmendinger gets a good push on the outside and leads at the line.

Lap 70 -- GREEN FLAG: Kurt Busch brings the field to the green on the inside.
1. Kurt Busch
2. A.J. Allmendinger
3. Kasey Kahne
4. Kevin Harvick
5. Jimmie Johnson

Lap 68 -- LEAD CHANGE: Matt Kenseth pits after collecting his bonus points giving the lead to Kurt Busch, who won the race off pit road.

Lap 67 -- LEAD CHANGE: Matt Kenseth is the only driver to stay out as the rest of the lead-lap cars pit.
• Kasey Kahne with a wedge adjustment
• Kyle Busch with four tires but loses six spots on pit road
• Jimmie Johnson with an adjustment
• A.J. Allmendinger with four tires
• Kurt Busch with four tires and no changes
• Ryan Newman with an extended stop

Lap 65 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 2: Joe Nemechek spins and slams the wall bringing out the caution. Boris Said gets the free pass.

Lap 64 -- The lead-lap cars are broken up into five packs of cars with Kurt Busch out front.

Lap 62 -- Tony Stewart is 15th, Jeff Gordon is 20th, Matt Kenseth is 21st and Jeff Burton is 31st.

Lap 59 -- Kevin Harvick gets stuck on the inside and falls to sixth as Kyle Busch and Kasey Kahne pass him on the backstretch.

Lap 58 -- Kyle Busch passes Kasey Kahne for fifth.

Lap 56 -- Sam Hornish Jr. is back in the race scored 48 laps down.

Lap 55 -- The top three of Kurt Busch, A.J. Allmendinger and Jimmie Johnson have opened up some space between them and the rest of the field.

Lap 53 -- The top five after green-flag stops:
1. Kurt Busch
2. A.J. Allmendinger
3. Jimmie Johnson
4. Kasey Kahne
5. Kevin Harvick

Lap 52 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kurt Busch is back in front as green-flag stops have cycled through.

Lap 51 -- LEAD CHANGE: Joey Logano pits giving the lead to Robby Gordon on pit road, who also pits with Jeff Burton and Denny Hamlin. There is a small fire underneath Logano's car during his pit stop.

Lap 50 -- LEAD CHANGE: Joey Logano inherits the lead as Kurt Busch, A.J. Allmendinger, Jimmie Johnson, Kasey Kahne and the rest of the front of the field make their pit stops.

Lap 49 -- Bobby Labonte, Bill Elliott, Joe Nemechek, Travis Kvapil and John Andretti on pit road.

Lap 48 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kurt Busch drops to the inside and passes A.J. Allmendinger to retake the lead. Michael Waltrip, Marcos Ambrose, Martin Truex Jr. and Max Papis on pit road.

Lap 47 -- Green-flag stops should start within the next 1-3 laps.

Lap 45 -- LEAD CHANGE: A.J. Allmendinger passes Kurt Busch on the backstretch and leads for the first time at Daytona. Clint Bowyer on pit road for a chassis adjustment.

Lap 43 -- Jimmie Johnson has worked his way up to fourth. Kyle Busch up to 11th.

Lap 42 -- Brad Keselowski is back in the race scored 34 laps down.

Lap 41 -- A.J. Allmendinger up to second and closing on Kurt Busch for the lead.

Lap 40 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. makes his pit stop.

Lap 39 -- Mark Martin and Juan Montoya are on pit road for their first pit stop.

Lap 38 -- Mark Martin, Juan Montoya, Kevin Harvick and Dale Earnhardt Jr. are going to have to pit in a few laps.

Lap 37 -- A.J. Allmendinger is on the move as he has jumped from 21st to fourth in 10 laps.

Lap 36 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kurt Busch drops to the inside and passes Kevin Harvick for the lead.

Lap 35 -- The space between the top-three and the rest of the field is gone as the top six are now single-file.

Lap 34 -- Kurt Busch falls to third as Elliott Sadler passes him.

Lap 33 -- Kasey Kahne isn't happy with Elliott Sadler as Sadler left him earlier, dropping Kahne to ninth.

Lap 32 -- Kurt Busch has dropped to the inside to try and pass Kevin Harvick for the lead.

Lap 30 -- Tony Stewart is up to fourth and Juan Montoya has fallen to seventh as the older tires are making him very loose.

Lap 27 -- The top-three of Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch and Elliott Sadler have opened up some space between them and the rest of the field.

Lap 25 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. has dropped to seventh. Kurt Busch has worked his way up to second.

Lap 23 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kevin Harvick gets back out front as the field starts to run single-file.

Lap 22 -- LEAD CHANGE: Elliott Sadler nudges ahead of Kevin Harvick to lead for the first time today.

Lap 20 -- After moving to rear, Jeff Gordon currently runs 31st. Denny Hamlin has dropped to 32nd.

Lap 19 -- Twenty-six cars are in the lead pack and they run two-wide.

Lap 18 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kevin Harvick pulls out front on the inside.

Lap 16 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. continues to lead on the outside. Kevin Harvick leads the inside line.

Lap 15 -- Mark Martin is stuck in the middle and is falling to the rear of the field.

Lap 14 -- LEAD CHANGE: Dale Earnhardt Jr. rockets around Juan Montoya to lead.

Lap 13 -- LEAD CHANGE: Juan Montoya gets a great push from the outside line and leads for the first time today.

Lap 12 -- GREEN FLAG: Mark Martin brings the field to the green on the inside.
1. Mark Martin
2. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
3. Juan Montoya
4. Kevin Harvick
5. Elliott Sadler

Lap 11 -- Carl Edwards on pit road for more service.

Lap 10 -- Kevin Harvick back on pit road to replace his transponder. He will not lose his position and restart fourth.

Lap 9 -- All but three -- Mark Martin, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Juan Montoya -- hit pit road.
• Kasey Kahne with a chassis adjustment
• Kyle Busch with four tires and no adjustments
• Jimmie Johnson with a chassis adjustment
• Kurt Busch with four tires

Lap 8 -- Brad Keselowski and Sam Hornish Jr. have taken their cars to the garage. Regan Smith's No. 78 is being towed to the garage.

Lap 7 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 1: Brad Keselowski blows a tire and hits the wall collecting Regan Smith, Sam Hornish Jr., Mike Bliss, Max Papis and Boris Said in Turn 1. No free pass is given.

Lap 6 -- LEAD CHANGE: Mark Martin takes the lead on the outside and then cuts down to the low lane.

Lap 5 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kasey Kahne on the inside gets a nose ahead of Mark Martin for the lead. The field remains two-wide.

Lap 4 -- Kasey Kahne and the inside line have caught Mark Martin but Martin edges Kahne at the line.

Lap 2 -- The front 14 cars are two-wide with Mark Martin continuing to lead.

Lap 1 -- Mark Martin gets a great push and leads the first lap.

1:20 p.m. -- GREEN FLAG: Mark Martin brings the field to the green and the Daytona 500 is under way.

1:14 p.m. -- Five drivers will have to start from the rear: Jeff Gordon, Jeff Burton, A.J. Allmendinger, Michael Waltrip and Carl Edwards.

1:13 p.m. -- The cars are off pit road and taking their warm-up laps.

1:08 p.m. -- NASCAR Hall of Famer and Daytona 500 winner Junior Johnson gives the command: "Gentlemen, start your engines!"

1:01 p.m. -- Grammy Award winner Harry Connick Jr. performs the national anthem.

1 p.m. -- Dr. David Uth, Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church of Orlando, delivers the Invocation.

Noon -- Pre-race coverage of the Daytona 500 is under way on FOX.

11:50 a.m. ET -- It is a beautiful day in Daytona Beach, Fla., for the Great American Race. It's currently 52 degrees under mostly sunny skies and should remain sunny throughout the afternoon. Green for the Daytona 500 is scheduled for 1:19 p.m. with Mark Martin on the pole.