Post by dalejrfan on Jul 16, 2006 17:25:55 GMT -5
Lap 308 -- CHECKERED FLAG: Kyle Busch wins the Lenox Industrial Tools 300.
Lap 307 -- Denny Hamlin is out of fuel.
Lap 307 -- Tony Raines gets sideways but is OK.
Lap 306 -- Elliott Sadler is out of fuel.
Lap 306 -- GREEN FLAG: Kyle Busch has gone 94 laps since pitting and leads the field single-file for the green-white-checkered finish.
1. Kyle Busch
2. Denny Hamlin
3. Carl Edwards
4. Elliott Sadler
5. Greg Biffle
Lap 304 -- Elliott Sadler is cutting the car off and coasting down the straightaway trying to save fuel.
Lap 303 -- Michael Waltrip is sitting on the track with major front-end damage and smoke coming from the motor. He rear-ended Robby Gordon during the caution laps on accident.
Lap 300 -- Reed Sorenson gives up third place to pit for gas. He was dry when he stopped on pit road. He will restart 24th.
Lap 298 -- YELLOW FLAG: Clint Bowyer is turned around in front of Brian Vickers and hits the wall. Travis Kvapil also spins. Bowyer came off of Turn 2 and pinched Vickers into the wall. Kvapil spun while slowing down.
Lap 296 -- Jeremy Mayfield is out of fuel and on pit road.
Lap 295 -- With Kyle Busch leading and Denny Hamlin and Reed Sorenson running second and third, the top three drivers have all been in the Cup Series less than two years.
Lap 290 -- Kyle Busch has a lead of 2.670 seconds over Denny Hamlin. The car Busch is driving has never finished lower than eighth.
Lap 283 -- Denny Hamlin and Reed Sorenson move around Elliott Sadler for second and third.
Lap 271 -- GREEN FLAG: Kyle Busch gets the racing going again.
1. Kyle Busch
2. Elliott Sadler
3. Denny Hamlin
4. Greg Biffle
5. Reed Sorenson
Lap 268 -- Jeff Gordon pits because he thinks a tire is going down after contact with Robby Gordon. However, the tire is not flat, so Jeff Gordon's team thinks they may have a different problem.
Lap 267 -- Jeff Green gets the free pass.
Lap 266 -- YELLOW FLAG: Tony Raines gets into Ken Schrader and spins the No. 21 Ford into the wall as the two go through the corner.
Lap 239 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kyle Busch hangs on around Turn 4 to take the lead.
Lap 238 -- GREEN FLAG: Elliott Sadler leads the field to green.
1. Elliott Sadler
2. Kyle Busch
3. Jeremy Mayfield
4. Greg Biffle
5. Denny Hamlin
Lap 234 -- Clint Bowyer gives the lead to Elliott Sadler to make a pit stop.
• Several others are in, including Scott Riggs and Jeff Gordon
• Matt Kenseth has a long stop to check for leaks in the brakes
Lap 234 -- Jeff Green gets the free pass.
Lap 233 -- YELLOW FLAG: Kurt Busch slams into the wall with major damage on the right-rear of his car. He was tagged by David Stremme in the corner.
Lap 222 -- Scott Riggs is battling his teammate hard for third position. Riggs started 42nd, while Mayfield started 37th.
Lap 213 -- GREEN FLAG: Clint Bowyer leads the field to green. Kyle Busch was the first off pit road and restarts seventh.
1. Clint Bowyer
2. Jeremy Mayfield
3. Elliott Sadler
4. Scott Riggs
5. Jeff Gordon
Lap 211 -- Clint Bowyer and six other cars stayed out.
Lap 210 -- Nearly everyone hits pit road for possibly a final stop.
• Kyle Busch takes fuel only in 4.7 seconds and says he can make it all the way
• Greg Biffle takes fuel only in 5.9 seconds
• Almost everyone else takes either two or four tires and fuel
• Reed Sorenson takes four tires in 17.8 seconds
Lap 209 -- YELLOW FLAG: Jeff Green gets into the wall after squeezing Martin Truex Jr. on the straightaway.
Lap 205 -- All three Ganassi cars are running inside the top 10: Reed Sorenson (second), David Stremme (eighth) and Casey Mears (ninth).
Lap 204 -- GREEN FLAG: Kyle Busch leads the field to green.
1. Kyle Busch
2. Greg Biffle
3. Reed Sorenson
4. Carl Edwards
5. Kevin Harvick
Lap 200 -- Sterling Marlin gets the free pass. Joe Nemechek and Kenny Wallace are out of the race.
Lap 199 -- YELLOW FLAG: Joe Nemechek spins and has rear-end damage. Brian Vickers gets caught up in the mess with front damage. Vickers touched Nemechek, sending him spinning into the wall.
Lap 194 -- GREEN FLAG: Kyle Busch gets the race going again in the middle of the pack with a dozen cars fighting to stay on the lead lap.
1. Kyle Busch
2. Greg Biffle
3. Reed Sorenson
4. Carl Edwards
5. Kevin Harvick
Lap 187 -- Brian Vickers heads to pit road with the few cars that needed to make a stop.
• Ken Schrader gets the free pass
• Brian Vickers gets four tires and no changes to come out first
• Denny Hamlin is out second
• Jimmie Johnson makes his stop and comes out third.
Lap 186 -- YELLOW FLAG: Kenny Wallace slams the wall in Turn 3 and comes to a stop. He says his car has no brakes.
Lap 183 -- LEAD CHANGE: Greg Biffle gives up the lead to make his stop. Carl Edwards also stops, leaving Brian Vickers in command.
Lap 182 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kyle Busch gives up the lead to Greg Biffle to make his pit stop. Busch gets four tires and gas on the quick stop.
Lap 181 -- Kurt Busch is in for several changes. He's complaining of how hard it is to drive, with both loose and tight issues in the corners.
Lap 180 -- Jeff Gordon is in for a stop and wants the car tightened up. Jeff Burton is in as well and has four tires in 14.9 seconds.
Lap 178 -- Reed Sorenson starts green-flag pit stops with a 14.6-second stop. Martin Truex Jr. is in, as is Kevin Harvick.
Lap 173 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kyle Busch goes under Greg Biffle for the lead.
Lap 167 -- After being involved in Ryan Newman's accident on Lap 95, Jeff Gordon has worked his way back to 11th.
Lap 151 -- LEAD CHANGE: Greg Biffle catches Reed Sorenson and passes him for the lead. The two made a deal for Biffle to lead a lap, but Sorenson can't stay with Biffle.
Lap 135 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. is on pit road with the hood up. A puff of smoke came from his car and it hasn't been able to restart since on pit road. The team pushes it to the garage.
Lap 124 -- Ryan Newman and Tony Stewart are both back on the track. Stewart is running 42nd, while Newman is 43rd.
Lap 119 -- LEAD CHANGE: Reed Sorenson slides his way around Kyle Busch to take command.
Lap 119 -- GREEN FLAG: Kyle Busch gets the racing started again.
1. Kyle Busch
2. Reed Sorenson
3. Greg Biffle
4. Kevin Harvick
5. Clint Bowyer
Lap 115 -- Brian Vickers gives up the lead to pit but just a few of the leaders follow him.
• Kyle Busch stays out to take the lead
• Denny Hamlin wins the race off pit road but will restart 23rd
• Brian Vickers is out right behind him and will start 24th.
Lap 114 -- YELLOW FLAG: Debris on the track.
Lap 108 -- LEAD CHANGE: The leaders swap back, as Brian Vickers goes back around Kyle Busch. Jimmie Johnson has a tire rub on the left-front after contact with David Stremme and is deciding whether to pit.
Lap 106 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kyle Busch gets around Brian Vickers to take the lead.
Lap 105 -- GREEN FLAG: Brian Vickers heads the field to the flag, while Jeff Gordon starts in 31st and Kasey Kahne restarts 26th.
1. Brian Vickers
2. Kyle Busch
3. Denny Hamlin
4. Reed Sorenson
5. Kevin Harvick
Lap 101 -- YELLOW FLAG: Bobby Labonte spins with some driver-side damage.
Lap 100 -- GREEN FLAG: Brian Vickers gets things under way again.
1. Brian Vickers
2. Kyle Busch
3. Denny Hamlin
4. Reed Sorenson
5. Kevin Harvick
Lap 97 -- Bobby Labonte gets the free pass.
Lap 96 -- Ryan Newman has radiator damage and is leaking fluid. Kasey Kahne is in to check front cosmetic damage, as is Jeff Gordon.
Lap 95 -- YELLOW FLAG: Ryan Newman spins around on the restart in front of half the field. Michael Waltrip touched Newman on the start. Jeff Gordon and Kasey Kahne stop to avoid hitting him.
Lap 95 -- GREEN FLAG: Brian Vickers leads the field to green.
1. Brian Vickers
2. Kyle Busch
3. Denny Hamlin
4. Kasey Kahne
5. Jeff Gordon
Lap 92 -- Brian Vickers leads the field down pit road.
• Tony Stewart is behind the wall with radiator problems
• Brian Vickers gets four tires and comes out with the lead
• Kyle Busch keeps second place with a quick stop
• Denny Hamlin moves into third place with a good stop
Lap 91 -- YELLOW FLAG: Race leader Tony Stewart spins in Turn 4 as he and Ryan Newman were racing side-by-side. Newman had the lower line and slide into Stewart. Stewart's car is smoking with damage on the left-front.
Lap 87 -- Brian Vickers, who pitted during the first caution and restarted 15th, is back up to second place, 1.380 seconds behind Tony Stewart.
Lap 83 -- Jeff Burton makes his pass-through penalty and comes out in 40th position, one lap down.
Lap 82 -- Ryan Newman makes his stop, as does Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jimmie Johnson. All make minor adjustments.
Lap 81 -- Jeff Burton is penalized for speeding onto pit road. He will make a pass-through penalty.
Lap 79 -- Jeff Burton gives up fourth place to make his pit stop. His crew makes adjustments to loosen the racecar and adjust the air pressure.
Lap 77 -- Kurt Busch is the first to hit pit road among drivers who didn't stop. Michael Waltrip and Dave Blaney join him.
Lap 74 -- Ryan Newman has fallen back to 28th and continues to drop.
Lap 62 -- LEAD CHANGE: Tony Stewart passes Jeff Burton to take the lead.
Lap 60 -- Matt Kenseth is complaining of a hot-running racecar that doesn't handle. He is in 27th place.
Lap 57 -- Ryan Newman, who did not pit in the first round of stops, has fallen back to 10th.
Lap 47 -- Mark Martin is the highest-running Ford in 13th position, as the top 10 is dominated by eight Chevrolets and two Dodges.
Lap 37 -- Tony Stewart is in second place, 2.029 seconds behind the lead, while Kurt Busch gets around teammate Ryan Newman for third.
Lap 26 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jeff Burton goes hard into Turn 1 beside of Ryan Newman and takes the lead.
Lap 24 -- GREEN FLAG: Ryan Newman leads the field to green, as the top seven cars all stayed out.
1. Ryan Newman
2. Jeff Burton
3. Kurt Busch
4. Jimmie Johnson
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Lap 21 -- Brian Vickers gives up the lead for pit road, and from fourth place on back, most drivers join him.
• Ryan Newman stays out to take the lead
• Tony Stewart takes two tires
• Brian Vickers gets four tires and adjustments
• Denny Hamlin takes four tires to stay with his team's plan
Lap 20 -- YELLOW FLAG: Travis Kvapil spins in Turn 3 and backs his Chevy hard into the wall with left-rear damage.
Lap 12 -- LEAD CHANGE: Brian Vickers gets past Ryan Newman easily heading into Turn 3.
Lap 8 -- Tony Stewart started sixth and got up to third quickly, but Brian Vickers gets back around him for the spot.
Lap 1 -- Ryan Newman, despite going wide into Turn 1, hangs on to lead the first lap.
2:31 p.m. -- GREEN FLAG: Ryan Newman and Jeff Burton lead the field to the green flag.
2:29 p.m. -- Jamie McMurray heads to the back of the field because his team changed engines.
2:28 p.m. -- Cars are on the track. Benny Parsons talks with Carl Edwards, and Edwards says he learned a lot from Saturday's Busch Series win, like being patient.
2:22 p.m. -- Bill Burke, president of Lenox, delivers the command: "Gentlemen, start your engines!"
2:16 p.m. -- Denise Doucette of New Hampshire sings the national anthem.
2:15 p.m. -- Invocation.
2:11 p.m. -- Jeff Gordon may have received the loudest group of boos in his career ... or not.
1:59 p.m. -- Jimmie Johnson says every driver is probably looking at today as a test session for the fall. Today's $5 million purse must be the highest-paying test gig of the season.
1:56 p.m. -- While Danica Patrick is likely staying put in IRL, she said she would be open to explore the opportunities. Welcome to the club, Danica.
1:47 p.m. -- TNT reviews the career of four-time New Hampshire winner Jeff Burton. It's been 166 races since he has won, and he'll start second today. His words -- and looking at his past -- show he's now slouch.
1:38 p.m. -- After interviews with Matt Kenseth and Jeff Gordon, it's Elliott Sadler with the best quote: "This isn't amateur night out here. We're all professionals."
1:30 p.m. -- TNT is on the air, and the immediate talk is about payback. Will we see it today? Loudon has certainly been a place of hot tempers in the past.
12:55 p.m. -- It's 85 degrees and sunny, and it's only expected to get hotter in New Hampshire as the Lenox Industrial Tools 300 is an hour away.
Lap 307 -- Denny Hamlin is out of fuel.
Lap 307 -- Tony Raines gets sideways but is OK.
Lap 306 -- Elliott Sadler is out of fuel.
Lap 306 -- GREEN FLAG: Kyle Busch has gone 94 laps since pitting and leads the field single-file for the green-white-checkered finish.
1. Kyle Busch
2. Denny Hamlin
3. Carl Edwards
4. Elliott Sadler
5. Greg Biffle
Lap 304 -- Elliott Sadler is cutting the car off and coasting down the straightaway trying to save fuel.
Lap 303 -- Michael Waltrip is sitting on the track with major front-end damage and smoke coming from the motor. He rear-ended Robby Gordon during the caution laps on accident.
Lap 300 -- Reed Sorenson gives up third place to pit for gas. He was dry when he stopped on pit road. He will restart 24th.
Lap 298 -- YELLOW FLAG: Clint Bowyer is turned around in front of Brian Vickers and hits the wall. Travis Kvapil also spins. Bowyer came off of Turn 2 and pinched Vickers into the wall. Kvapil spun while slowing down.
Lap 296 -- Jeremy Mayfield is out of fuel and on pit road.
Lap 295 -- With Kyle Busch leading and Denny Hamlin and Reed Sorenson running second and third, the top three drivers have all been in the Cup Series less than two years.
Lap 290 -- Kyle Busch has a lead of 2.670 seconds over Denny Hamlin. The car Busch is driving has never finished lower than eighth.
Lap 283 -- Denny Hamlin and Reed Sorenson move around Elliott Sadler for second and third.
Lap 271 -- GREEN FLAG: Kyle Busch gets the racing going again.
1. Kyle Busch
2. Elliott Sadler
3. Denny Hamlin
4. Greg Biffle
5. Reed Sorenson
Lap 268 -- Jeff Gordon pits because he thinks a tire is going down after contact with Robby Gordon. However, the tire is not flat, so Jeff Gordon's team thinks they may have a different problem.
Lap 267 -- Jeff Green gets the free pass.
Lap 266 -- YELLOW FLAG: Tony Raines gets into Ken Schrader and spins the No. 21 Ford into the wall as the two go through the corner.
Lap 239 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kyle Busch hangs on around Turn 4 to take the lead.
Lap 238 -- GREEN FLAG: Elliott Sadler leads the field to green.
1. Elliott Sadler
2. Kyle Busch
3. Jeremy Mayfield
4. Greg Biffle
5. Denny Hamlin
Lap 234 -- Clint Bowyer gives the lead to Elliott Sadler to make a pit stop.
• Several others are in, including Scott Riggs and Jeff Gordon
• Matt Kenseth has a long stop to check for leaks in the brakes
Lap 234 -- Jeff Green gets the free pass.
Lap 233 -- YELLOW FLAG: Kurt Busch slams into the wall with major damage on the right-rear of his car. He was tagged by David Stremme in the corner.
Lap 222 -- Scott Riggs is battling his teammate hard for third position. Riggs started 42nd, while Mayfield started 37th.
Lap 213 -- GREEN FLAG: Clint Bowyer leads the field to green. Kyle Busch was the first off pit road and restarts seventh.
1. Clint Bowyer
2. Jeremy Mayfield
3. Elliott Sadler
4. Scott Riggs
5. Jeff Gordon
Lap 211 -- Clint Bowyer and six other cars stayed out.
Lap 210 -- Nearly everyone hits pit road for possibly a final stop.
• Kyle Busch takes fuel only in 4.7 seconds and says he can make it all the way
• Greg Biffle takes fuel only in 5.9 seconds
• Almost everyone else takes either two or four tires and fuel
• Reed Sorenson takes four tires in 17.8 seconds
Lap 209 -- YELLOW FLAG: Jeff Green gets into the wall after squeezing Martin Truex Jr. on the straightaway.
Lap 205 -- All three Ganassi cars are running inside the top 10: Reed Sorenson (second), David Stremme (eighth) and Casey Mears (ninth).
Lap 204 -- GREEN FLAG: Kyle Busch leads the field to green.
1. Kyle Busch
2. Greg Biffle
3. Reed Sorenson
4. Carl Edwards
5. Kevin Harvick
Lap 200 -- Sterling Marlin gets the free pass. Joe Nemechek and Kenny Wallace are out of the race.
Lap 199 -- YELLOW FLAG: Joe Nemechek spins and has rear-end damage. Brian Vickers gets caught up in the mess with front damage. Vickers touched Nemechek, sending him spinning into the wall.
Lap 194 -- GREEN FLAG: Kyle Busch gets the race going again in the middle of the pack with a dozen cars fighting to stay on the lead lap.
1. Kyle Busch
2. Greg Biffle
3. Reed Sorenson
4. Carl Edwards
5. Kevin Harvick
Lap 187 -- Brian Vickers heads to pit road with the few cars that needed to make a stop.
• Ken Schrader gets the free pass
• Brian Vickers gets four tires and no changes to come out first
• Denny Hamlin is out second
• Jimmie Johnson makes his stop and comes out third.
Lap 186 -- YELLOW FLAG: Kenny Wallace slams the wall in Turn 3 and comes to a stop. He says his car has no brakes.
Lap 183 -- LEAD CHANGE: Greg Biffle gives up the lead to make his stop. Carl Edwards also stops, leaving Brian Vickers in command.
Lap 182 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kyle Busch gives up the lead to Greg Biffle to make his pit stop. Busch gets four tires and gas on the quick stop.
Lap 181 -- Kurt Busch is in for several changes. He's complaining of how hard it is to drive, with both loose and tight issues in the corners.
Lap 180 -- Jeff Gordon is in for a stop and wants the car tightened up. Jeff Burton is in as well and has four tires in 14.9 seconds.
Lap 178 -- Reed Sorenson starts green-flag pit stops with a 14.6-second stop. Martin Truex Jr. is in, as is Kevin Harvick.
Lap 173 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kyle Busch goes under Greg Biffle for the lead.
Lap 167 -- After being involved in Ryan Newman's accident on Lap 95, Jeff Gordon has worked his way back to 11th.
Lap 151 -- LEAD CHANGE: Greg Biffle catches Reed Sorenson and passes him for the lead. The two made a deal for Biffle to lead a lap, but Sorenson can't stay with Biffle.
Lap 135 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. is on pit road with the hood up. A puff of smoke came from his car and it hasn't been able to restart since on pit road. The team pushes it to the garage.
Lap 124 -- Ryan Newman and Tony Stewart are both back on the track. Stewart is running 42nd, while Newman is 43rd.
Lap 119 -- LEAD CHANGE: Reed Sorenson slides his way around Kyle Busch to take command.
Lap 119 -- GREEN FLAG: Kyle Busch gets the racing started again.
1. Kyle Busch
2. Reed Sorenson
3. Greg Biffle
4. Kevin Harvick
5. Clint Bowyer
Lap 115 -- Brian Vickers gives up the lead to pit but just a few of the leaders follow him.
• Kyle Busch stays out to take the lead
• Denny Hamlin wins the race off pit road but will restart 23rd
• Brian Vickers is out right behind him and will start 24th.
Lap 114 -- YELLOW FLAG: Debris on the track.
Lap 108 -- LEAD CHANGE: The leaders swap back, as Brian Vickers goes back around Kyle Busch. Jimmie Johnson has a tire rub on the left-front after contact with David Stremme and is deciding whether to pit.
Lap 106 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kyle Busch gets around Brian Vickers to take the lead.
Lap 105 -- GREEN FLAG: Brian Vickers heads the field to the flag, while Jeff Gordon starts in 31st and Kasey Kahne restarts 26th.
1. Brian Vickers
2. Kyle Busch
3. Denny Hamlin
4. Reed Sorenson
5. Kevin Harvick
Lap 101 -- YELLOW FLAG: Bobby Labonte spins with some driver-side damage.
Lap 100 -- GREEN FLAG: Brian Vickers gets things under way again.
1. Brian Vickers
2. Kyle Busch
3. Denny Hamlin
4. Reed Sorenson
5. Kevin Harvick
Lap 97 -- Bobby Labonte gets the free pass.
Lap 96 -- Ryan Newman has radiator damage and is leaking fluid. Kasey Kahne is in to check front cosmetic damage, as is Jeff Gordon.
Lap 95 -- YELLOW FLAG: Ryan Newman spins around on the restart in front of half the field. Michael Waltrip touched Newman on the start. Jeff Gordon and Kasey Kahne stop to avoid hitting him.
Lap 95 -- GREEN FLAG: Brian Vickers leads the field to green.
1. Brian Vickers
2. Kyle Busch
3. Denny Hamlin
4. Kasey Kahne
5. Jeff Gordon
Lap 92 -- Brian Vickers leads the field down pit road.
• Tony Stewart is behind the wall with radiator problems
• Brian Vickers gets four tires and comes out with the lead
• Kyle Busch keeps second place with a quick stop
• Denny Hamlin moves into third place with a good stop
Lap 91 -- YELLOW FLAG: Race leader Tony Stewart spins in Turn 4 as he and Ryan Newman were racing side-by-side. Newman had the lower line and slide into Stewart. Stewart's car is smoking with damage on the left-front.
Lap 87 -- Brian Vickers, who pitted during the first caution and restarted 15th, is back up to second place, 1.380 seconds behind Tony Stewart.
Lap 83 -- Jeff Burton makes his pass-through penalty and comes out in 40th position, one lap down.
Lap 82 -- Ryan Newman makes his stop, as does Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jimmie Johnson. All make minor adjustments.
Lap 81 -- Jeff Burton is penalized for speeding onto pit road. He will make a pass-through penalty.
Lap 79 -- Jeff Burton gives up fourth place to make his pit stop. His crew makes adjustments to loosen the racecar and adjust the air pressure.
Lap 77 -- Kurt Busch is the first to hit pit road among drivers who didn't stop. Michael Waltrip and Dave Blaney join him.
Lap 74 -- Ryan Newman has fallen back to 28th and continues to drop.
Lap 62 -- LEAD CHANGE: Tony Stewart passes Jeff Burton to take the lead.
Lap 60 -- Matt Kenseth is complaining of a hot-running racecar that doesn't handle. He is in 27th place.
Lap 57 -- Ryan Newman, who did not pit in the first round of stops, has fallen back to 10th.
Lap 47 -- Mark Martin is the highest-running Ford in 13th position, as the top 10 is dominated by eight Chevrolets and two Dodges.
Lap 37 -- Tony Stewart is in second place, 2.029 seconds behind the lead, while Kurt Busch gets around teammate Ryan Newman for third.
Lap 26 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jeff Burton goes hard into Turn 1 beside of Ryan Newman and takes the lead.
Lap 24 -- GREEN FLAG: Ryan Newman leads the field to green, as the top seven cars all stayed out.
1. Ryan Newman
2. Jeff Burton
3. Kurt Busch
4. Jimmie Johnson
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Lap 21 -- Brian Vickers gives up the lead for pit road, and from fourth place on back, most drivers join him.
• Ryan Newman stays out to take the lead
• Tony Stewart takes two tires
• Brian Vickers gets four tires and adjustments
• Denny Hamlin takes four tires to stay with his team's plan
Lap 20 -- YELLOW FLAG: Travis Kvapil spins in Turn 3 and backs his Chevy hard into the wall with left-rear damage.
Lap 12 -- LEAD CHANGE: Brian Vickers gets past Ryan Newman easily heading into Turn 3.
Lap 8 -- Tony Stewart started sixth and got up to third quickly, but Brian Vickers gets back around him for the spot.
Lap 1 -- Ryan Newman, despite going wide into Turn 1, hangs on to lead the first lap.
2:31 p.m. -- GREEN FLAG: Ryan Newman and Jeff Burton lead the field to the green flag.
2:29 p.m. -- Jamie McMurray heads to the back of the field because his team changed engines.
2:28 p.m. -- Cars are on the track. Benny Parsons talks with Carl Edwards, and Edwards says he learned a lot from Saturday's Busch Series win, like being patient.
2:22 p.m. -- Bill Burke, president of Lenox, delivers the command: "Gentlemen, start your engines!"
2:16 p.m. -- Denise Doucette of New Hampshire sings the national anthem.
2:15 p.m. -- Invocation.
2:11 p.m. -- Jeff Gordon may have received the loudest group of boos in his career ... or not.
1:59 p.m. -- Jimmie Johnson says every driver is probably looking at today as a test session for the fall. Today's $5 million purse must be the highest-paying test gig of the season.
1:56 p.m. -- While Danica Patrick is likely staying put in IRL, she said she would be open to explore the opportunities. Welcome to the club, Danica.
1:47 p.m. -- TNT reviews the career of four-time New Hampshire winner Jeff Burton. It's been 166 races since he has won, and he'll start second today. His words -- and looking at his past -- show he's now slouch.
1:38 p.m. -- After interviews with Matt Kenseth and Jeff Gordon, it's Elliott Sadler with the best quote: "This isn't amateur night out here. We're all professionals."
1:30 p.m. -- TNT is on the air, and the immediate talk is about payback. Will we see it today? Loudon has certainly been a place of hot tempers in the past.
12:55 p.m. -- It's 85 degrees and sunny, and it's only expected to get hotter in New Hampshire as the Lenox Industrial Tools 300 is an hour away.