Nascar Rules

[the H team]

• Race off pit road: Keselowski, Gordon, Harvick, McMurray, Bowyer, Newman, Kurt Busch, Logano, Johnson and Hamlin. All took four tires.
  
  
  

[the H team]

At the green. Brad out front, Jeff to 2nd, Jamie 3rd.

[the H team]

Happy moves into 3rd.

[the H team]

Matt's car off the track. They are doing some work to the suspension.

[the H team]

Kyle L's crew made a better adjustment on his car. He is now going forward, instead of backwards.

[the H team]

Happy says he's absolutely sideways.

[the H team]

Lap 155

Tony Stewart (13th), Greg Biffle (15th), Danica Patrick (16th) and Austin Dillon (17th) are among the winless drivers outside the top 10.

[the H team]

• Lap 162
  
  Long green flag runs have led to pit stops coming on cautions. Who will be the first to buck that trend and come in early on strategy?
  
• Lap 160
  
  As they run: Newman (eighth) and Biffle (15th) would make the Chase. Bowyer would need to win as would McMurray.
  
  
  

[the H team]

• Lap 166
  
  Keselowski has led all but 17 laps in his quest for the top seed in the Chase.
  

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• Lap 169
  
  Bowyer takes the spot from McMurray.
  
  
  

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• Lap 171
  
  Tony Stewart trying to chase down Kyle Larson for 11th and passes him.
  
  
  

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• Lap 174
  
  Biffle is in 16th. He has been in the mid-teens most of the night so far.
  
  
  

[the H team]

• Lap 176
  
  Biffle needs a finish of 22nd or better if we have a repeat winner to clinch his Chase spot.
  
  
  

[the H team]

Rain is about 70 miles away from the track.

[the H team]

• Lap 178
  
  Newman, who is in eighth, needs a finish of 18th or better to clinch his Chase spot. Newman controls his own destiny regardless of who wins the race.