Post by dalejrfan on May 14, 2006 1:10:16 GMT -5
Lap 367 -- CHECKERED FLAG: Greg Biffle holds on to win the Dodge Charger 500.
Lap 365 -- Jeff Gordon is within two car-lengths of Greg Biffle.
Lap 362 -- Greg Biffle's lead is 0.956 seconds.
Lap 357 -- Jeff Gordon has cut Greg Biffle's lead to 1.303 seconds as the leaders approach lapped traffic.
Lap 347 -- Greg Biffle's lead over Jeff Gordon is 2.080 seconds.
Lap 329 -- Terry Labonte, in his last Darlington race, pulls down on the apron but then picks up his speed again.
Lap 327 -- After near collision with Ken Schrader on pit road, Jimmie Johnson is in fourth, 4.451 seconds behind leader Greg Biffle.
Lap 318 -- Greg Biffle, who was among the first to pit under green, takes the lead:
1. Greg Biffle
2. Matt Kenseth
3. Jeff Gordon
4. Jimmie Johnson
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Lap 315 -- Leader Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth and Jimmie Johnson all pit.
• Jimmie Johnson comes within inches of hitting Ken Schrader and has a slow stop
• Jeff Gordon beats the leaders off pit road
• Matt Kenseth is right behind Jeff Gordon
Lap 314 -- Greg Biffle drops out of the top five and heads to pit road.
Lap 312 -- David Stremme heads to pit road, and several lapped machines begin green-flag pit stops. Kurt Busch is the first lead-lap car to pit.
Lap 310 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jeff Gordon scoots back around Jimmie Johnson as the leaders approach a wad of lapped traffic.
Lap 308 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson goes back around Jeff Gordon, allowing Matt Kenseth to catch the leaders in third.
Lap 307 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jeff Gordon makes it two-wide to take the lead over his teammate, Jimmie Johnson.
Lap 304 -- Jeremy Mayfield has a suspension problem just two laps after getting loose and nearly hitting Travis Kvapil.
Lap 301 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson passes Greg Biffle for the lead, and Jeff Gordon follows to take second.
Lap 289 -- Carl Edwards breaks a belt. His night is finished.
Lap 285 -- Greg Biffle's lead has grown to 1.889 seconds over Jimmie Johnson. Kurt Busch is concerned that he pushed in his front fender.
Lap 275 -- Five of the top six started 12th or worse.
Lap 264 -- LEAD CHANGE: Greg Biffle takes command over Jimmie Johnson.
Lap 252 -- GREEN FLAG: Jimmie Johnson leads:
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Greg Biffle
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
4. Matt Kenseth
5. Jeff Gordon
Lap 248 -- All drivers hit pit road:
• Jimmie Johnson's team takes a half-pound of air out of his tires and wins the race off pit road
• Jeff Gordon improves two positions
• Kasey Kahne jumps four spots on pit road
• Carl Edwards loses four positions
Lap 247 -- CAUTION FLAG: Elliott Sadler spins in the turn but keeps going.
Lap 224 -- Jamie McMurray loses power and pulls off the racetrack and into the garage. A belt on his oil pump broke.
Lap 216 -- GREEN FLAG: Jimmie Johnson leads:
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Matt Kenseth
3. Greg Biffle
4. Ryan Newman
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Lap 212 -- Everyone hits pit road:
• Matt Kenseth makes a tiny adjustment and is out in 14.1 seconds
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. is out in 15.4 seconds
• Greg Biffle is out in 15.6 seconds
• Jimmie Johnson wins the race off pit road and maintains the lead
• Ryan Newman and Kyle Busch gain one position each
• J.J. Yeley gets the Lucky Dog
Lap 211 -- CAUTION FLAG: Debris on the backstretch from Travis Kvapil's cut tire.
Lap 197 -- Despite complaining of a loose racecar and dropping as low as 40th, Carl Edwards is the fastest car on the track and running seventh.
Lap 192 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson runs down Matt Kenseth and becomes the race's seventh leader.
Lap 184 -- Michael Waltrip is off the pace, and NASCAR has warned him to pick up his speed.
Lap 165 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. (sixth) reported earlier to his crew to have a backup driver available. He has felt sick all week. The only driver out of the race is Derrike Cope.
Lap 155 -- GREEN FLAG: Matt Kenseth leads:
1. Matt Kenseth
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Denny Hamlin
4. Ryan Newman
5. Greg Biffle
Lap 153 -- Dale Jarrett stays out to lead a lap before pitting.
Lap 151 -- Everyone hits pit road:
• Jimmie Johnson makes adjustments and gains one position
• Matt Kenseth gets an air-pressure adjustment in 13.4 seconds and gets out first
• Kasey Kahne gains four positions on pit road to ninth
• Ryan Newman loses two positions to fifth
• Kurt Busch's car falls off the jack, dropping him from fourth to 19th
• Kyle Petty got the Lucky Dog
Lap 150 -- CAUTION FLAG: Tony Stewart spins in Turn 4 by himself and avoids contact with anything.
Lap 127 -- LAD CHANGE: Matt Kenseth eases by Greg Biffle to retake the lead.
Lap 125 -- Kasey Kahne has gone from the lead to ninth place in the last 20 laps.
Lap 121 -- Kevin Harvick heads to pit road again with the possibility of a broken brake rotor. Harvick is already 12 laps down.
Lap 116 -- LEAD CHANGE: Greg Biffle takes the lead back from Matt Kenseth.
Lap 114 -- LEAD CHANGE: Matt Kenseth passes Greg Biffle for the lead.
Lap 108 -- Matt Kenseth gets around Kasey Kahne for second place. His teammate, Carl Edwards, has worked his way back to 15th after being as low as 40th.
Lap 104 -- LEAD CHANGE: Greg Biffle passes Kasey Kahne on the outside for the race's fifth lead change.
Lap 99 -- GREEN FLAG: Kasey Kahne leads:
1. Kasey Kahne
2. Greg Biffle
3. Matt Kenseth
4. Ryan Newman
5. Denny Hamlin
Lap 96 -- Everyone hits pit road:
• Matt Kenseth gets out in 12.6 seconds, gaining two positions to third
• Biffle gets out in 14.5 seconds
• Kasey Kahne wins the race off pit road
• Kyle Busch picks up three positions on pit road to
• Clint Bowyer's crew lets a tire get away from them; Bowyer will start at the end of the longest line
• Robby Gordon went from seventh to 11th on pit road
• Casey Mears is the Lucky Dog
Lap 95 -- CAUTION FLAG: Jeff Green, who had lost third gear, spins coming off the corner after getting tagged by Elliott Sadler. He doesn't hit anything.
Lap 94 -- Jimmie Johnson started 25th and is currently running fourth, while Matt Kenseth started 29th and is in fifth position.
Lap 86 -- Kevin Lepage hits pit road with damage on the right side and problems under the hood of the No. 49 car.
Lap 79 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. cracks the top 10 for the first time, passing Mark Martin and Clint Bowyer within a straightaway.
Lap 73 -- GREEN FLAG: Greg Biffle leads:
1. Greg Biffle
2. Kasey Kahne
3. Ryan Newman
4. Denny Hamlin
5. Jimmie Johnson
Lap 70 -- Everyone hits pit road:
• Denny Hamlin drops the track bar again and drops air pressure in his tires
• Clint Bowyer is out in 13.9 seconds
• Greg Biffle wins the race off pit road
• Kasey Kahne and Matt Kenseth spend the least amount of time on pit road
• Kenseth, Kurt Busch and Kyle Busch pick up two positions
• Dave Blaney gets the Lucky Dog
Lap 69 -- CAUTION FLAG: Debris on the backstretch.
Lap 55 -- Robby Gordon, after climbing as high as eighth, collected a Darlington Stripe and is worried about problems it may cause with the brakes. He's running ninth.
Lap 52 -- Elliott Sadler continues to fall back and is now in 34th place after concerns of tire issues and a loose racecar. Jeff Gordon is also complaining of problems and is running 16th.
Lap 44 -- Kevin Harvick is back on the track after spending 12 laps on pit road earlier for a radiator problem. The team found a chunk of asphalt in the radiator.
Lap 40 -- Robby Gordon cracks the top 10 after starting 24th.
Lap 36 -- LEAD CHANGE: Greg Biffle passes Kasey Kahne for the lead.
Lap 35 -- Greg Biffle gets around Ryan Newman for second.
Lap 33 -- GREEN FLAG: Kasey Kahne leads.
1. Kasey Kahne
2. Ryan Newman
3. Greg Biffle
4. Denny Hamlin
5. Clint Bowyer
Lap 32 -- Kevin Harvick goes back to pit road just as the race goes green. His crew sees water in the pits and will check the duct work.
Lap 31 -- Dave Blaney stays out to lead a lap but hits pit road for his stop.
Lap 30 -- All drivers hit pit road for four tires:
• Denny Hamlin makes a track-bar adjustment
• Clint Bowyer makes his stop in 15.0 seconds
• Kasey Kahne wins the race off pit road
Lap 28 -- CAUTION FLAG: Brian Vickers crashes on the back straightaway after getting loose in front of Bobby Labonte.
Lap 20 -- Carl Edwards, who started seventh, has dropped all the way back to 36th.
Lap 15 -- Rookies Clint Bowyer (second), Denny Hamlin (fourth) and David Stremme (fifth) remain in the top five since the start of the race.
Lap 8 -- Elliott Sadler has dropped from fifth to 10th in the last four laps. He is complaining that the car is too free.
7:10 p.m. -- GREEN FLAG: Kasey Kahne and Ryan Newman lead into the high groove of Turn 1.
7:09 p.m. -- Sterling Marlin and Terry Labonte to the rear for engine changes (both have Hendrick engines).
Lap 365 -- Jeff Gordon is within two car-lengths of Greg Biffle.
Lap 362 -- Greg Biffle's lead is 0.956 seconds.
Lap 357 -- Jeff Gordon has cut Greg Biffle's lead to 1.303 seconds as the leaders approach lapped traffic.
Lap 347 -- Greg Biffle's lead over Jeff Gordon is 2.080 seconds.
Lap 329 -- Terry Labonte, in his last Darlington race, pulls down on the apron but then picks up his speed again.
Lap 327 -- After near collision with Ken Schrader on pit road, Jimmie Johnson is in fourth, 4.451 seconds behind leader Greg Biffle.
Lap 318 -- Greg Biffle, who was among the first to pit under green, takes the lead:
1. Greg Biffle
2. Matt Kenseth
3. Jeff Gordon
4. Jimmie Johnson
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Lap 315 -- Leader Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth and Jimmie Johnson all pit.
• Jimmie Johnson comes within inches of hitting Ken Schrader and has a slow stop
• Jeff Gordon beats the leaders off pit road
• Matt Kenseth is right behind Jeff Gordon
Lap 314 -- Greg Biffle drops out of the top five and heads to pit road.
Lap 312 -- David Stremme heads to pit road, and several lapped machines begin green-flag pit stops. Kurt Busch is the first lead-lap car to pit.
Lap 310 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jeff Gordon scoots back around Jimmie Johnson as the leaders approach a wad of lapped traffic.
Lap 308 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson goes back around Jeff Gordon, allowing Matt Kenseth to catch the leaders in third.
Lap 307 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jeff Gordon makes it two-wide to take the lead over his teammate, Jimmie Johnson.
Lap 304 -- Jeremy Mayfield has a suspension problem just two laps after getting loose and nearly hitting Travis Kvapil.
Lap 301 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson passes Greg Biffle for the lead, and Jeff Gordon follows to take second.
Lap 289 -- Carl Edwards breaks a belt. His night is finished.
Lap 285 -- Greg Biffle's lead has grown to 1.889 seconds over Jimmie Johnson. Kurt Busch is concerned that he pushed in his front fender.
Lap 275 -- Five of the top six started 12th or worse.
Lap 264 -- LEAD CHANGE: Greg Biffle takes command over Jimmie Johnson.
Lap 252 -- GREEN FLAG: Jimmie Johnson leads:
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Greg Biffle
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
4. Matt Kenseth
5. Jeff Gordon
Lap 248 -- All drivers hit pit road:
• Jimmie Johnson's team takes a half-pound of air out of his tires and wins the race off pit road
• Jeff Gordon improves two positions
• Kasey Kahne jumps four spots on pit road
• Carl Edwards loses four positions
Lap 247 -- CAUTION FLAG: Elliott Sadler spins in the turn but keeps going.
Lap 224 -- Jamie McMurray loses power and pulls off the racetrack and into the garage. A belt on his oil pump broke.
Lap 216 -- GREEN FLAG: Jimmie Johnson leads:
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Matt Kenseth
3. Greg Biffle
4. Ryan Newman
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Lap 212 -- Everyone hits pit road:
• Matt Kenseth makes a tiny adjustment and is out in 14.1 seconds
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. is out in 15.4 seconds
• Greg Biffle is out in 15.6 seconds
• Jimmie Johnson wins the race off pit road and maintains the lead
• Ryan Newman and Kyle Busch gain one position each
• J.J. Yeley gets the Lucky Dog
Lap 211 -- CAUTION FLAG: Debris on the backstretch from Travis Kvapil's cut tire.
Lap 197 -- Despite complaining of a loose racecar and dropping as low as 40th, Carl Edwards is the fastest car on the track and running seventh.
Lap 192 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jimmie Johnson runs down Matt Kenseth and becomes the race's seventh leader.
Lap 184 -- Michael Waltrip is off the pace, and NASCAR has warned him to pick up his speed.
Lap 165 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. (sixth) reported earlier to his crew to have a backup driver available. He has felt sick all week. The only driver out of the race is Derrike Cope.
Lap 155 -- GREEN FLAG: Matt Kenseth leads:
1. Matt Kenseth
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Denny Hamlin
4. Ryan Newman
5. Greg Biffle
Lap 153 -- Dale Jarrett stays out to lead a lap before pitting.
Lap 151 -- Everyone hits pit road:
• Jimmie Johnson makes adjustments and gains one position
• Matt Kenseth gets an air-pressure adjustment in 13.4 seconds and gets out first
• Kasey Kahne gains four positions on pit road to ninth
• Ryan Newman loses two positions to fifth
• Kurt Busch's car falls off the jack, dropping him from fourth to 19th
• Kyle Petty got the Lucky Dog
Lap 150 -- CAUTION FLAG: Tony Stewart spins in Turn 4 by himself and avoids contact with anything.
Lap 127 -- LAD CHANGE: Matt Kenseth eases by Greg Biffle to retake the lead.
Lap 125 -- Kasey Kahne has gone from the lead to ninth place in the last 20 laps.
Lap 121 -- Kevin Harvick heads to pit road again with the possibility of a broken brake rotor. Harvick is already 12 laps down.
Lap 116 -- LEAD CHANGE: Greg Biffle takes the lead back from Matt Kenseth.
Lap 114 -- LEAD CHANGE: Matt Kenseth passes Greg Biffle for the lead.
Lap 108 -- Matt Kenseth gets around Kasey Kahne for second place. His teammate, Carl Edwards, has worked his way back to 15th after being as low as 40th.
Lap 104 -- LEAD CHANGE: Greg Biffle passes Kasey Kahne on the outside for the race's fifth lead change.
Lap 99 -- GREEN FLAG: Kasey Kahne leads:
1. Kasey Kahne
2. Greg Biffle
3. Matt Kenseth
4. Ryan Newman
5. Denny Hamlin
Lap 96 -- Everyone hits pit road:
• Matt Kenseth gets out in 12.6 seconds, gaining two positions to third
• Biffle gets out in 14.5 seconds
• Kasey Kahne wins the race off pit road
• Kyle Busch picks up three positions on pit road to
• Clint Bowyer's crew lets a tire get away from them; Bowyer will start at the end of the longest line
• Robby Gordon went from seventh to 11th on pit road
• Casey Mears is the Lucky Dog
Lap 95 -- CAUTION FLAG: Jeff Green, who had lost third gear, spins coming off the corner after getting tagged by Elliott Sadler. He doesn't hit anything.
Lap 94 -- Jimmie Johnson started 25th and is currently running fourth, while Matt Kenseth started 29th and is in fifth position.
Lap 86 -- Kevin Lepage hits pit road with damage on the right side and problems under the hood of the No. 49 car.
Lap 79 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. cracks the top 10 for the first time, passing Mark Martin and Clint Bowyer within a straightaway.
Lap 73 -- GREEN FLAG: Greg Biffle leads:
1. Greg Biffle
2. Kasey Kahne
3. Ryan Newman
4. Denny Hamlin
5. Jimmie Johnson
Lap 70 -- Everyone hits pit road:
• Denny Hamlin drops the track bar again and drops air pressure in his tires
• Clint Bowyer is out in 13.9 seconds
• Greg Biffle wins the race off pit road
• Kasey Kahne and Matt Kenseth spend the least amount of time on pit road
• Kenseth, Kurt Busch and Kyle Busch pick up two positions
• Dave Blaney gets the Lucky Dog
Lap 69 -- CAUTION FLAG: Debris on the backstretch.
Lap 55 -- Robby Gordon, after climbing as high as eighth, collected a Darlington Stripe and is worried about problems it may cause with the brakes. He's running ninth.
Lap 52 -- Elliott Sadler continues to fall back and is now in 34th place after concerns of tire issues and a loose racecar. Jeff Gordon is also complaining of problems and is running 16th.
Lap 44 -- Kevin Harvick is back on the track after spending 12 laps on pit road earlier for a radiator problem. The team found a chunk of asphalt in the radiator.
Lap 40 -- Robby Gordon cracks the top 10 after starting 24th.
Lap 36 -- LEAD CHANGE: Greg Biffle passes Kasey Kahne for the lead.
Lap 35 -- Greg Biffle gets around Ryan Newman for second.
Lap 33 -- GREEN FLAG: Kasey Kahne leads.
1. Kasey Kahne
2. Ryan Newman
3. Greg Biffle
4. Denny Hamlin
5. Clint Bowyer
Lap 32 -- Kevin Harvick goes back to pit road just as the race goes green. His crew sees water in the pits and will check the duct work.
Lap 31 -- Dave Blaney stays out to lead a lap but hits pit road for his stop.
Lap 30 -- All drivers hit pit road for four tires:
• Denny Hamlin makes a track-bar adjustment
• Clint Bowyer makes his stop in 15.0 seconds
• Kasey Kahne wins the race off pit road
Lap 28 -- CAUTION FLAG: Brian Vickers crashes on the back straightaway after getting loose in front of Bobby Labonte.
Lap 20 -- Carl Edwards, who started seventh, has dropped all the way back to 36th.
Lap 15 -- Rookies Clint Bowyer (second), Denny Hamlin (fourth) and David Stremme (fifth) remain in the top five since the start of the race.
Lap 8 -- Elliott Sadler has dropped from fifth to 10th in the last four laps. He is complaining that the car is too free.
7:10 p.m. -- GREEN FLAG: Kasey Kahne and Ryan Newman lead into the high groove of Turn 1.
7:09 p.m. -- Sterling Marlin and Terry Labonte to the rear for engine changes (both have Hendrick engines).