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Lap 178 So far, so good on Jimmie Johnson's debris issue. He's about 1.2 seconds ahead of second-place Brad Keselowski.
Lap 175 Jimmie Johnson's car has picked up a fairly big piece of debris on the grille. Will that cause an overheating issue?

Lap 184 Matt Kenseth still hasn't pitted to replace the missing right-front shock. What a job that be to manhandle that car around the track.
Lap 180 Running third, Kasey Kahne is about 4.2 seconds behind leader Jimmie Johnson.

Lap 186 The debris on Jimmie Johnson's grille is gone. He dislodges it by pulling right up to the rear bumper of Landon Cassill's car on the backstretch.

Lap 187 YELLOW FL&G: Jeff Gordon gets into the wall in Turn 1 to bring out the race's fourth caution. Jeff backed off the throttle to go into the turn & the throttle stuck open & wham into the wall. It's the 1 thing he didn't need after last week's great finish.

Lap 190 The leaders are on pit road. This will give Matt a chance to get that right front shock put in & see what other damage might have happened.
Lap 189 Jeff Gordon has gone straight to the garage.

Lap 191 Matt Kenseth's crew is under the hood, replacing the missing shock absorber.

Jeff was running in 4th place when the throttle incident happened. The crew are working diligently to get him back on the track to at least get some more laps before the end.
Meantime Matt has made several pit stops under caution to the that shock put back in.

Lap 196 Four wide on the frontstretch! Can that really work? Guess so ...
Lap 195 GREEN FL&G: Jimmie Johnson, Brad Keselowski, Kasey Kahne, Kyle Busch and Joey Logano are the leaders on the restart. Johnson flies into the lead in Turn 1.

Lap 200 The win goes to Jimmie Johnson. No ... wait. Saturday's Nationwide Series race was 200 laps. We've still got a lot of racing left today!
Lap 198 Jimmie Johnson, Brad Keselowski and Kasey Kahne are each separated by a car length or two.

Lap 204 Dave Blaney lost power on the track, but he's able to limp back to pit road without bringing out the caution.
Lap 202 Kyle Busch has been hanging around the top five most of the day. He's in fifth now.

Lap 209 Denny Hamlin has moved back into the top five, past Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch.
Lap 208 Jimmie Johnson now leads Brad Keselowski by 1.3 seconds.

Lap 213 Nobody can make it the rest of the way on fuel, so expect one more round of pit stops

Lap 215 Stewart Haas Racing teammates Ryan Newman and Tony Stewart are running in eighth and ninth, respectively.

Lap 217 Brad Keselowski is still losing ground to leader Jimmie Johnson. The gap between them is now up to 2.1 seconds.

Lap 220 Kasey Kahne, in third place, is about 4.4 seconds behind leader Jimmie Johnson.