Nascar Rules

[the H team]

Lap 222 Kyle Busch's disadvantage to leader Denny Hamlin now stands at 3.1 seconds.
Lap 221 Denny Hamlin has three finishes of no worse than third place in his last five starts here at New Hampshire.


Lap 219 Kyle Busch will probably pit on about Lap 226.

[the H team]

Lap 229 NASCAR has given teams an extra person to go over pit wall to clean the windshield and service the driver.
Lap 228 Kyle Busch hasn't pitted ... yet.


Lap 224 The top five are Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch, Jimmie Johnson, Kasey Kahne and Dale Earnhardt Jr.

[the H team]

Lap 232 Jimmie Johnson and Kyle Busch are on pit road. Busch overshoots his stall by a few inches and has to back up.
Lap 231 Kyle Busch will be pitting the next time around.

[the H team]

Lap 235 The leaders are on pit road.
Lap 234 Jimmie Johnson and Kyle Busch are both a lap down right now, but Johnson will get the lucky dog pass.


Lap 233 YELLOW FL&G: The race's third caution is out for David Reutimann's blown engine.

[the H team]

Lap 239 GREEN FL&G: The leaders on the restart are Kasey Kahne, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kevin Harvick, Clint Bowyer, Brad Keselowski and Ryan Newman. Kyle Busch will take the wave around to get back on the lead lap. Kahne clears for the lead in Turn 1.
Lap 237 One lap to the green at the stripe. The field is coming off Turn 4 now.

[the H team]

Lap 244 Denny Hamlin is up to 11th. He reportedly wanted the four tires, rather than two.
Lap 242 Denny Hamlin has made up just one spot after the restart, to 12th.


Lap 241 Clint Bowyer took second from Dale Earnhardt Jr. on the restart, and he's going after Kasey Kahne for the lead.

[the H team]

Lap 249 Denny Hamlin is up to eighth place, 4.7 seconds behind leader Kasey Kahne. He's coming!
Lap 247 Clint Bowyer isn't falling off Kasey Kahne's pace.


Lap 245 Kasey Kahne's lead over Clint Bowyer is about 4/10ths of a second.

[the H team]

Lap 251 Fifty laps to go.
Lap 250 Dale Earnhardt Jr. is in third place, 1.9 seconds behind Kasey Kahne.

[the H team]

Lap 255 Clint Bowyer has lost a couple of car lengths on Kasey Kahne in the last couple of laps.
Lap 253 Denny Hamlin's march to the front continues. He's up to sixth place.

[the H team]

Lap 256 Fifth place for Denny Hamlin!

[the H team]

Lap 259 Denny Hamlin evidently wanted one thing, and crew chief Darien Grubb heard something else prior to the last stop. Hamlin's still in fifth place.

[the H team]

Lap 265 There's almost complete silence on leader Kasey Kahne's radio. He's being given lap differences, but that's about it.
Lap 263 Kasey Kahne has charged out to a 1.2-second lead over Clint Bowyer.


Lap 260 A half second stands between leader Kasey Kahne and Clint Bowyer.

[the H team]

Lap 271 Denny Hamlin is closing on Dale Earnhardt Jr. for third place. Thirty laps to go.
Lap 268 Denny Hamlin is now in fourth place, 3.5 seconds back.

[the H team]

Lap 274 Kasey Kahne is now less than half a straightaway in front of third-place Denny Hamlin.
Lap 272 Denny Hamlin gets a run on Dale Earnhardt Jr. for third place coming off Turn 2.

[the H team]

Lap 277 Denny Hamlin grabs second place from Clint Bowyer going into Turn 3.
Lap 276 Kasey Kahne is being updated on Denny Hamlin's progress. No mention has been made of second-place Clint Bowyer.


Lap 275 Leader Kasey Kahne says the car feels pretty good, except for being a little loose in the corners.