Post by dalejrfan on Sept 17, 2006 23:07:54 GMT -5
Lap 300 -- CHECKERED FLAG: Kevin Harvick leads the most laps, wins the Sylvania 300 and takes the points lead for the first time.
• Martin Truex Jr. crashes into the inside wall as the field takes the checkers. He flies back up the track and clips Travis Kvapil hard.
Lap 296 -- Tony Stewart passes Jeff Gordon on the outside for second.
Lap 296 -- GREEN FLAG: Kevin Harvick leads the field to the final laps.
1. Kevin Harvick
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Tony Stewart
4. Brian Vickers
5. Jeff Burton
Lap 292 -- YELLOW FLAG: Kyle Petty's engine blows up.
Lap 285 -- Jeff Gordon gets around Brian Vickers for second place, while they trail Kevin Harvick by 2 seconds.
Lap 282 -- The top four drivers who did not pit on the last caution are still running 1-4.
Lap 270 -- Tony Raines is black-flagged for jumping the restart.
Lap 270 -- GREEN FLAG: Kevin Harvick gets the race going again.
1. Kevin Harvick
2. Brian Vickers
3. Jeff Gordon
4. Jeff Burton
5. Denny Hamlin
Lap 266 -- The top four drivers stay out, but some come in for adjustments:
• Matt Kenseth is in for tires and fuel
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. is in to make final adjustments because he called his car a "really bad name"
• Kasey Kahne gives up his top-10 position to make a two-tire stop
Lap 265 -- YELLOW FLAG: Scott Riggs tags the wall and makes it back to pit road. A bead melted on the tire, sending him into the wall.
Lap 247 -- After staying out, Dave Blaney is hanging on in fourth position. But the question is who can make it the rest of the way on fuel.
Lap 216 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kevin Harvick gets by Dave Blaney as the leaders work through traffic from the tail-end of the lead lap.
Lap 214 -- GREEN FLAG: Dave Blaney leads the field to green.
1. Dave Blaney
2. Kevin Harvick
3. Brian Vickers
4. Matt Kenseth
5. Jeff Gordon
Lap 211 -- Dave Blaney stays out to lead.
Lap 210 -- All of the leaders are on pit road:
• Matt Kenseth takes fuel only
• Jeff Gordon and Jeff Burton take fuel only
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. takes two tires
• Kevin Harvick gets fuel and patches the hole in the front of his car
Lap 207 -- YELLOW FLAG: Bobby Labonte spins and rolls backwards down the wall through Turns 3 and 4. Labonte was slowing down heading for the turn and got tagged, sending him into the wall.
Lap 203 -- GREEN FLAG: Kevin Harvick takes the green.
1. Kevin Harvick
2. Ryan Newman
3. Brian Vickers
4. Jeff Gordon
5. Matt Kenseth
Lap 200 -- Kevin Harvick's crew is concerned with a tiny hole in the front of the car's body. They are preparing a patch in case.
Lap 198 -- YELLOW FLAG: Kyle Busch spins in Turn 4 after making contact with Clint Bowyer. Busch backs his car into the wall and has heavy damage. He sprints to pit road and then to the garage.
Lap 194 -- All the leaders are in for stops:
• Kevin Harvick gets adjustments and fixes a fender on his car
• Ryan Newman's two-tire stop puts him out second
• Brian Vickers has another fast stop and is off pit road third
• Kasey Kahne gets the free pass
Lap 193 -- YELLOW FLAG: Debris in Turn 3.
Lap 180 -- After green-flag stops, Kevin Harvick is back out front.
1. Kevin Harvick
2. Brian Vickers
3. Jeff Burton
4. Jeff Gordon
5. Tony Stewart
Lap 177 -- LEAD CHANGE: Robby Gordon is in for his stop, giving the lead back to Kevin Harvick.
Lap 176 -- LEAD CHANGE: J.J. Yeley hits pit road, giving the lead to Robby Gordon.
Lap 175 -- Brian Vickers has the fastest stop because he pitted five laps early. But Kevin Harvick runs him down and passes him.
Lap 172 -- LEAD CHANGE: Matt Kenseth is in giving the lead to J.J. Yeley. Kenseth has no brakes and is battling a loose car.
Lap 171 -- LEAD CHANGE: Mark Martin is in for his stop, giving the lead to teammate Matt Kenseth.
Lap 169 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kevin Harvick and Jeff Burton hit pit road for tires and fuel. Harvick is in five laps before his scheduled stop. Mark Martin inherits the lead.
Lap 168 -- Kurt Busch is in for his stop.
Lap 167 -- Casey Mears is in but slides in too close to the wall. He backs his car up, moves off the air hose and then begins the stop.
Lap 166 -- Jeff Gordon and Brian Vickers are on pit road for four tires and fuel.
Lap 165 -- Green-flag pit stops are beginning. Tony Stewart is in and out. Dale Earnhardt Jr. makes his stop.
Lap 153 -- Jimmie Johnson is back on the track in his damaged vehicle. He is running 41st at 65 laps down.
Lap 138 -- LEAD CHANGE: After following him for several laps, Kevin Harvick moves around teammate Jeff Burton for the lead. Dale Earnhardt Jr. has caught the two leaders.
Lap 131 -- Kasey Kahne is on pit road for an unscheduled stop. He thinks there is a tire down.
Lap 116 -- Kevin Harvick and Dale Earnhardt Jr. get around Jeff Gordon to run second and third, respectively.
Lap 103 -- GREEN FLAG: Jeff Burton leads the field to green.
1. Jeff Burton
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Kevin Harvick
4. Brian Vickers
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Lap 97 -- Travis Kvapil gets the free pass.
Lap 96 -- YELLOW FLAG: Debris is on the track between Turns 1 and 2. It is rubber off of Dave Blaney's blown tire.
Lap 95 -- David Gilliland slaps the wall with damage on the right rear. No caution.
Lap 93 -- GREEN FLAG: Jeff Burton gets the race going again.
1. Jeff Burton
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Kevin Harvick
4. Brian Vickers
5. Mark Martin
Lap 89 -- Kyle Petty gets the free pass.
Lap 88 -- YELLOW FLAG: Jimmie Johnson slams hard into the wall. He was on the outside, Greg Biffle slowed down and the chain reaction slowing of Sterling Marlin knocked Johnson into the fence. Heavy damage is on the 48 car.
Lap 86 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jeff Burton slips by Jeff Gordon for the lead. Ted Christopher spins but gets going again without a caution.
Lap 85 -- GREEN FLAG: Jeff Gordon gets them going again.
1. Jeff Gordon
2. Jeff Burton
3. Kevin Harvick
4. Brian Vickers
5. Mark Martin
Lap 81 -- Everyone hits pit road for adjustments:
• Jeff Gordon gets four tires and fuel in 14 seconds and is off first
• Jeff Burton is out in 14 seconds also
• Kevin Harvick's crew inserts a spring rubber in the right rear but he loses no spots
• Jimmie Johnson has the hood up working on some plug wires; he will return
• Jamie McMurray gets the free pass
Lap 80 -- YELLOW FLAG: Debris is in Turn 2.
Lap 64 -- Tony Stewart has worked his way from a 32nd starting position to run in eighth place.
Lap 52 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jeff Gordon goes under Kevin Harvick for the lead. Harvick stays close until the two come off Turn 2.
Lap 35 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kevin Harvick bumps Denny Hamlin out of the lead. Jeff Burton had raced Hamlin for several laps, and Harvick got tired of waiting, went three-wide and bumped his way back to the front. Hamlin shuffles back to eighth.
Lap 33 -- GREEN FLAG: Denny Hamlin leads the field to green.
1. Denny Hamlin
2. Jeff Burton
3. Kevin Harvick
4. David Stremme
5. Jeff Gordon
Lap 31 -- Sterling Marlin and Chad Chaffin head to pit road, giving the lead to Denny Hamlin.
Lap 30 -- Sterling Marlin and Chad Chaffin stay out, and Marlin gets five bonus points for leading.
Lap 29 -- Everyone is on pit road:
• Jeff Gordon is in for four tires and out in 13.7 seconds
• Jimmie Johnson gets four tires in 13.9
• Denny Hamlin and Jeff Burton win the race off pit road with two-tire stops, both gaining six positions
Lap 28 -- YELLOW FLAG: Joe Nemechek is in the wall in Turn 4. Nemechek got loose and Scott Riggs touched him to send him into the fence.
Lap 28 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jeff Gordon edges around Kevin Harvick and holds on to take the lead.
Lap 15 -- Greg Biffle is complaining of a steering problem. He is running 11th. Meanwhile, Kyle Busch is running one lap down in 41st.
Lap 8 -- GREEN FLAG: Kevin Harvick gets the race under way again.
1. Kevin Harvick
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Kurt Busch
4. Ryan Newman
5. David Stremme
Lap 7 -- Kyle Busch made four pit stops during the caution trying to fix the right front. Jeff Green has been released from the infield care center.
Lap 4 -- Kyle Busch is on pit road. He has damage on the front and right side. He also has some problems with the alignment.
Lap 3 -- YELLOW FLAG: Jeff Green spins on the frontstretch and slams the wall. He has heavy damage to the front and rear. He made contact with Kyle Busch, then Sterling Marlin ran over a spring.
Lap 1 -- Kevin Harvick gets away to lead the first lap.
• Martin Truex Jr. crashes into the inside wall as the field takes the checkers. He flies back up the track and clips Travis Kvapil hard.
Lap 296 -- Tony Stewart passes Jeff Gordon on the outside for second.
Lap 296 -- GREEN FLAG: Kevin Harvick leads the field to the final laps.
1. Kevin Harvick
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Tony Stewart
4. Brian Vickers
5. Jeff Burton
Lap 292 -- YELLOW FLAG: Kyle Petty's engine blows up.
Lap 285 -- Jeff Gordon gets around Brian Vickers for second place, while they trail Kevin Harvick by 2 seconds.
Lap 282 -- The top four drivers who did not pit on the last caution are still running 1-4.
Lap 270 -- Tony Raines is black-flagged for jumping the restart.
Lap 270 -- GREEN FLAG: Kevin Harvick gets the race going again.
1. Kevin Harvick
2. Brian Vickers
3. Jeff Gordon
4. Jeff Burton
5. Denny Hamlin
Lap 266 -- The top four drivers stay out, but some come in for adjustments:
• Matt Kenseth is in for tires and fuel
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. is in to make final adjustments because he called his car a "really bad name"
• Kasey Kahne gives up his top-10 position to make a two-tire stop
Lap 265 -- YELLOW FLAG: Scott Riggs tags the wall and makes it back to pit road. A bead melted on the tire, sending him into the wall.
Lap 247 -- After staying out, Dave Blaney is hanging on in fourth position. But the question is who can make it the rest of the way on fuel.
Lap 216 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kevin Harvick gets by Dave Blaney as the leaders work through traffic from the tail-end of the lead lap.
Lap 214 -- GREEN FLAG: Dave Blaney leads the field to green.
1. Dave Blaney
2. Kevin Harvick
3. Brian Vickers
4. Matt Kenseth
5. Jeff Gordon
Lap 211 -- Dave Blaney stays out to lead.
Lap 210 -- All of the leaders are on pit road:
• Matt Kenseth takes fuel only
• Jeff Gordon and Jeff Burton take fuel only
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. takes two tires
• Kevin Harvick gets fuel and patches the hole in the front of his car
Lap 207 -- YELLOW FLAG: Bobby Labonte spins and rolls backwards down the wall through Turns 3 and 4. Labonte was slowing down heading for the turn and got tagged, sending him into the wall.
Lap 203 -- GREEN FLAG: Kevin Harvick takes the green.
1. Kevin Harvick
2. Ryan Newman
3. Brian Vickers
4. Jeff Gordon
5. Matt Kenseth
Lap 200 -- Kevin Harvick's crew is concerned with a tiny hole in the front of the car's body. They are preparing a patch in case.
Lap 198 -- YELLOW FLAG: Kyle Busch spins in Turn 4 after making contact with Clint Bowyer. Busch backs his car into the wall and has heavy damage. He sprints to pit road and then to the garage.
Lap 194 -- All the leaders are in for stops:
• Kevin Harvick gets adjustments and fixes a fender on his car
• Ryan Newman's two-tire stop puts him out second
• Brian Vickers has another fast stop and is off pit road third
• Kasey Kahne gets the free pass
Lap 193 -- YELLOW FLAG: Debris in Turn 3.
Lap 180 -- After green-flag stops, Kevin Harvick is back out front.
1. Kevin Harvick
2. Brian Vickers
3. Jeff Burton
4. Jeff Gordon
5. Tony Stewart
Lap 177 -- LEAD CHANGE: Robby Gordon is in for his stop, giving the lead back to Kevin Harvick.
Lap 176 -- LEAD CHANGE: J.J. Yeley hits pit road, giving the lead to Robby Gordon.
Lap 175 -- Brian Vickers has the fastest stop because he pitted five laps early. But Kevin Harvick runs him down and passes him.
Lap 172 -- LEAD CHANGE: Matt Kenseth is in giving the lead to J.J. Yeley. Kenseth has no brakes and is battling a loose car.
Lap 171 -- LEAD CHANGE: Mark Martin is in for his stop, giving the lead to teammate Matt Kenseth.
Lap 169 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kevin Harvick and Jeff Burton hit pit road for tires and fuel. Harvick is in five laps before his scheduled stop. Mark Martin inherits the lead.
Lap 168 -- Kurt Busch is in for his stop.
Lap 167 -- Casey Mears is in but slides in too close to the wall. He backs his car up, moves off the air hose and then begins the stop.
Lap 166 -- Jeff Gordon and Brian Vickers are on pit road for four tires and fuel.
Lap 165 -- Green-flag pit stops are beginning. Tony Stewart is in and out. Dale Earnhardt Jr. makes his stop.
Lap 153 -- Jimmie Johnson is back on the track in his damaged vehicle. He is running 41st at 65 laps down.
Lap 138 -- LEAD CHANGE: After following him for several laps, Kevin Harvick moves around teammate Jeff Burton for the lead. Dale Earnhardt Jr. has caught the two leaders.
Lap 131 -- Kasey Kahne is on pit road for an unscheduled stop. He thinks there is a tire down.
Lap 116 -- Kevin Harvick and Dale Earnhardt Jr. get around Jeff Gordon to run second and third, respectively.
Lap 103 -- GREEN FLAG: Jeff Burton leads the field to green.
1. Jeff Burton
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Kevin Harvick
4. Brian Vickers
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Lap 97 -- Travis Kvapil gets the free pass.
Lap 96 -- YELLOW FLAG: Debris is on the track between Turns 1 and 2. It is rubber off of Dave Blaney's blown tire.
Lap 95 -- David Gilliland slaps the wall with damage on the right rear. No caution.
Lap 93 -- GREEN FLAG: Jeff Burton gets the race going again.
1. Jeff Burton
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Kevin Harvick
4. Brian Vickers
5. Mark Martin
Lap 89 -- Kyle Petty gets the free pass.
Lap 88 -- YELLOW FLAG: Jimmie Johnson slams hard into the wall. He was on the outside, Greg Biffle slowed down and the chain reaction slowing of Sterling Marlin knocked Johnson into the fence. Heavy damage is on the 48 car.
Lap 86 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jeff Burton slips by Jeff Gordon for the lead. Ted Christopher spins but gets going again without a caution.
Lap 85 -- GREEN FLAG: Jeff Gordon gets them going again.
1. Jeff Gordon
2. Jeff Burton
3. Kevin Harvick
4. Brian Vickers
5. Mark Martin
Lap 81 -- Everyone hits pit road for adjustments:
• Jeff Gordon gets four tires and fuel in 14 seconds and is off first
• Jeff Burton is out in 14 seconds also
• Kevin Harvick's crew inserts a spring rubber in the right rear but he loses no spots
• Jimmie Johnson has the hood up working on some plug wires; he will return
• Jamie McMurray gets the free pass
Lap 80 -- YELLOW FLAG: Debris is in Turn 2.
Lap 64 -- Tony Stewart has worked his way from a 32nd starting position to run in eighth place.
Lap 52 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jeff Gordon goes under Kevin Harvick for the lead. Harvick stays close until the two come off Turn 2.
Lap 35 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kevin Harvick bumps Denny Hamlin out of the lead. Jeff Burton had raced Hamlin for several laps, and Harvick got tired of waiting, went three-wide and bumped his way back to the front. Hamlin shuffles back to eighth.
Lap 33 -- GREEN FLAG: Denny Hamlin leads the field to green.
1. Denny Hamlin
2. Jeff Burton
3. Kevin Harvick
4. David Stremme
5. Jeff Gordon
Lap 31 -- Sterling Marlin and Chad Chaffin head to pit road, giving the lead to Denny Hamlin.
Lap 30 -- Sterling Marlin and Chad Chaffin stay out, and Marlin gets five bonus points for leading.
Lap 29 -- Everyone is on pit road:
• Jeff Gordon is in for four tires and out in 13.7 seconds
• Jimmie Johnson gets four tires in 13.9
• Denny Hamlin and Jeff Burton win the race off pit road with two-tire stops, both gaining six positions
Lap 28 -- YELLOW FLAG: Joe Nemechek is in the wall in Turn 4. Nemechek got loose and Scott Riggs touched him to send him into the fence.
Lap 28 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jeff Gordon edges around Kevin Harvick and holds on to take the lead.
Lap 15 -- Greg Biffle is complaining of a steering problem. He is running 11th. Meanwhile, Kyle Busch is running one lap down in 41st.
Lap 8 -- GREEN FLAG: Kevin Harvick gets the race under way again.
1. Kevin Harvick
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Kurt Busch
4. Ryan Newman
5. David Stremme
Lap 7 -- Kyle Busch made four pit stops during the caution trying to fix the right front. Jeff Green has been released from the infield care center.
Lap 4 -- Kyle Busch is on pit road. He has damage on the front and right side. He also has some problems with the alignment.
Lap 3 -- YELLOW FLAG: Jeff Green spins on the frontstretch and slams the wall. He has heavy damage to the front and rear. He made contact with Kyle Busch, then Sterling Marlin ran over a spring.
Lap 1 -- Kevin Harvick gets away to lead the first lap.