Lap 19 -- Martin Truex Jr.'s best Sprint Cup finish here at Texas is a third, and it came back in November of 2007. He also started from the pole in that event.
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Lap 19 -- Martin Truex Jr.'s best Sprint Cup finish here at Texas is a third, and it came back in November of 2007. He also started from the pole in that event.
kenseth is complaining that the water temps are climbing & he's getting a burning smell inside
Lap 23 -- It's very overcast at the track, but weather isn't expected to develop until after midnight.
Lap 22 -- Matt Kenseth has dropped Marcos Ambrose back to fourth place.
Lap 27 -- Matt Kenseth's car may have issues, but he's closing fast on Roush Fenway Racing teammate Greg Biffle for second place.
Lap 31 -- Greg Biffle gets a run on Martin Truex Jr. for the top spot coming off Turn 2. The lead is his!
Lap 30 -- As Matt Kenseth closes on Greg Biffle for second, Biffle is gaining ground on Martin Truex Jr. for the lead. This is getting good!
Lap 28 -- We're going to have us a race here! The top-three cars -- Martin Truex Jr., Greg Biffle and Matt Kenseth -- are now very close on the track.
Lap 41 -- Rain is being reported in Turn 3.
Lap 40 -- Roush Fenway Racing drivers Greg Biffle and Matt Kenseth are now running first and second.
Lap 36 -- Race leader Greg Biffle has won Sprint Cup victory here at Texas. It came back in April of 2005. He's also riding a streak of seven straight top-10 finishes here.
Lap 33 -- Greg Biffle has already opened up a cushion of about half a second over former leader Martin Truex Jr.
Lap 48 -- Jimmie Johnson, Marcos Ambrose and Tony Stewart are in their pit stalls.
Lap 47 -- Greg Biffle gives up the lead to stop. Martin Truex Jr. and Matt Kenseth are also in.
Lap 46 -- Kyle Busch hits the pits.
Lap 44 -- Kasey Kahne, Jeff Burton and Jamie McMurray are making their stops. Kahne gets blocked in his stall by Bobby Labonte, who is pitting just in front of him.
Lap 43 -- Jeff Gordon is on pit road.
Lap 54 -- Kevin Harvick trails leader Greg Biffle by about 8/10ths of a second.
Lap 50 -- After the cycle of green- stops, the top five are Greg Biffle, Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr., Matt Kenseth and Mark Martin.
Lap 63 -- The wind is picking up.
Lap 62 -- That's Kevin Harvick's line -- very high in the turns, with Greg Biffle going low.
Lap 60 -- Kevin Harvick goes very high between Turns 3 and 4, and Martin Truex Jr. gets a huge run for second place. He can't quite the move off just yet.
Lap 56 -- In 18 Cup starts here at Texas, second-place Kevin Harvick's best finish is a third. In those races, he's led a total of just five laps.
caution out for debris, which saved kenseth from making an unscheduled pit stop.
Lap 73 -- Greg Biffle clears Martin Truex Jr. for the lead coming off Turn 2.
Lap 72 -- GREEN : Martin Truex Jr., Greg Biffle, Matt Kenseth, Mark Martin and Jimmie Johnson are the top five on the restart. Truex and Biffle stay side by side the entire lap
Lap 80 -- Jimmie Johnson goes past Martin Truex Jr. for third place.
Lap 78 -- Matt Kenseth puts his Ford into second place, past Martin Truex Jr.
Lap 76 -- Martin Truex Jr. trails leader Greg Biffle by about 6/10ths of a second.
Lap 82 -- Matt Kenseth roars past Greg Biffle for lead between Turns 1 and 2.
Lap 91 -- After a poor pit stop, the grille on Kevin Harvick's car is now partially covered with paper. His water temperature is now more than 260 degrees.
Lap 85 -- Mark Martin grabs third place from Jimmie Johnson.
Lap 83 -- Third-place Jimmie Johnson is about 1.7 behind second-place Greg Biffle.
Lap 93 -- YELLOW NO. 2: Trevor Bayne has slapped the wall.