Lap 285 -- Mike Skinner is scored as the race leader. Ryan Newman has hit the pits, and Kyle Busch is serving a pass-through penalty for a commitment cone violation.
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Lap 285 -- Mike Skinner is scored as the race leader. Ryan Newman has hit the pits, and Kyle Busch is serving a pass-through penalty for a commitment cone violation.
Lap 291 -- Jeff Gordon's lead is up to nearly a one-second lead on Jimmie Johnson. Kurt Busch is running strong in third.
Lap 289 -- Jeff Gordon is back to the lead with a six-tenths of a second lead on Jimmie Johnson.
Lap 294 -- Brad Keselowski is right there in fourth after an adjustment on his last stop, seeing that $3 million right in front of him.
Lap 306 -- Lapped traffic is slowing Gordon down just a hair, and Jimmie Johnson has cut the lead to less than 1.5 seconds.
Lap 305 -- The top nine is largely unchanged. The usual suspects remain up front.
Lap 303 -- It's a two-car race, if you can even consider it that. It's 1.8 seconds between Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson, and then another 3.3 back to Kurt Busch.
Lap 301 -- Jeff Gordon's lead en route to win No. 85 is at nearly 1.7 seconds.
Lap 299 -- Carl Edwards has gotten past Brad Keselowski for fourth.
Lap 296 -- Kevin Harvick is running seventh in the race, with his eyes on Denny Hamlin.
Lap 315 -- Jimmie Johnson is right in the rear-view mirror of his teammate, stalking the lead. Johnson is looking to the inside.
Lap 313 -- Jimmie Johnson is only three-tenths of a second behind Jeff Gordon.
Lap 310 -- Denny Hamlin and Brad Keselowski have the closest battle in the top nine, with just seven-tenths of a second between them in their battle for fifth.
Lap 309 -- Jeff Gordon's lead over Jimmie Johnson has shrunk to 1.3 seconds
Lap 317 -- Jeff Gordon is coming up on a lapped car, that of Marcos Ambrose, but Ambrose gives Gordon plenty of room.
Lap 316 -- Jeff Gordon is still out front, but he's far from out of the woods. JImmie is still tracking him down.
Lap 325 -- WHITE : Jimmie Johnson slides while trying to track down Jeff Gordon, costing him his last chance to catch Gordon.
Lap 324 -- Jimmie Johnson is back to .143 seconds off the lead. He might have had his best chance.
Lap 323 -- Jimmie Johnson goes again to the low side, hoping his car will stick this time. But it's still a no-go.
Lap 322 -- They are side-by-side as they battle for the lead. Jimmie sat next to him, but he couldn't get around him.
Lap 321 -- Jimmie Johnson is closing in on the lead.
Lap 320 -- Jeff Gordon leads by .115 seconds.
Lap 319 -- Jimmie Johnson is getting loose putting it all out on the line going for the lead.
Lap 318 -- And with that, Jimmie Johnson is right up on the tail of Jeff Gordon yet again.
CHECKERED : Jeff Gordon becomes the third driver in NASCAR history to earn 85 victories. He holds off a spirited challenge from his teammate Jimmie Johnson to win the AdvoCare 500.
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carl edwards
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Sprint Cup
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NEXT RACE: Richmond
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7:30 p.m. ET Saturday
last race before the chase.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
12:00n-2:00P espn2 NASCAR Sprint Cup PRACTICE: Wonderful Pistachios 400, Richmond, VA
2:30P-3:30 espn2 NASCAR Sprint Cup HAPPY HOUR PRACTICE: Wonderful Pistachios 400, Richmond, VA
4:00P-5:00 espn2 NASCAR Nationwide Series QUALIFYING: Virginia 529 College Savings 250, Richmond, VA
5:30P-7:00 espn2 NASCAR Sprint Cup QUALIFYING: Wonderful Pistachios 400, Richmond, VA
7:00P-7:30 espn2 NASCAR Nationwide Series COUNTDOWN: Virginia 529 College Savings 250, Richmond, VA (Also on TSN2)
7:30P-10:00 espn2 NASCAR Nationwide Series Virginia 529 College Savings 250, Richmond, VA (expect green at 7:45P) (Also on TSN2)
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
7:00P-7:30 ABC NASCAR Sprint Cup COUNTDOWN: Wonderful Pistachios 400, Richmond, VA (Also on TSN)
7:30P-11:00 ABC NASCAR Sprint Cup Wonderful Pistachios 400, Richmond, VA (expect green at 7:45P) (Also on TSN)
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
8:00A-9:30 SPEED Formula 1 PRACTICE #2, Gran Premio Santander d'Italia (Italian GP), Monza, Italy
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
7:55A-9:00 TSN Formula 1 QUALIFYING, Gran Premio Santander d'Italia (Italian GP), Monza, Italy
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
7:55A-10:00 TSN Formula 1 Gran Premio Santander d'Italia (Italian GP), Monza, Italy