Nascar Rules

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Jimmie Johnson will start from the rear of the field due to an engine change. Dale Earnhardt Jr. will join him after going to a backup car.

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Lap 1 GREEN FL&G: The race gets under way at 1:22 p.m. Mark Martin is clear just past the starter's stand with the lead.

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Lap 2 Carl Edwards was as high as second on the first lap, but lost a couple of spots after he slipped in Turn 4.

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Lap 4 Marcos Ambrose wobbled big time in Turn 4, which caused him to drop several positions in the running order.

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Lap 5 Matt Kenseth has moved up to second, with Kasey Kahne third.

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Lap 6 YELLOW FL&G: Caution out for David Gilliland spinning to the infield on turn 4. looks like he missed everyone.

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Lap 7 How in the world was Sam Hornish Jr. not collected in that accident? Wow ... that was a close call. He's doing well as the replacement driver for the suspended AJ Allendinger.

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Lap 10 On the restart, looked like Kenseth might have had a bit of an advantage, but Martin came alive & took that away from him. Martin's back out front.

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Lap 12 After starting from the rear of the field, Jimmie Johnson has picked his way up to 24th place.
Lap 11 Mark Martin and Matt Kenseth have broken away from the rest of the field by a little bit.

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Lap 15 Leader Mark Martin has moved out to an advantage of 8/10ths of a second over second-place Matt Kenseth.
Lap 13 Still trying to come to grips with the fact that Mark Martiin's first Cup race here at Michigan was 30 years ago. In what other professional sport is that kind of career possible?

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Lap 18 2011 Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne is having a decent day in eighth place. He's about eight seconds behind leader Mark Martin.
Lap 17 Paul Menard has picked up another spot. He's now shown in fourth place.

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Lap 21 Mark Martin is on cruise control early in Sunday's race. He's now about two seconds in front of Matt Kenseth.
Lap 19 How comforting is it for a NASCAR fan to tune into MRN and hear the voice of Barney Hall? When he's calling the action, all is well with the world

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Lap 24 Just for the record, Harry Gant is the oldest winner in NASCAR history. For now.
Lap 22 Kasey Kahne moves around Paul Menard for fourth place.

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Lap 28 Matt Kenseth has picked up several tenths of a second on leader Mark Martin.
Lap 25 Kurt Busch has scraped the wall, but he's continued on without coming onto pit road

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Lap 31 It looks like Martin Truex Jr. might be reeling in Matt Kenseth for second place.
Lap 30 Jeff Gordon is in 10th place, 11.8 seconds off leader Mark Martin's pace.