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Lap 13 The struggle for the runnerup spot has allowed Tony Stewart to open up a lead of 1.4 seconds.
Lap 11 Jeff Gordon and Kyle Busch are still side by side for second place, until Busch clears for the position in Turn 4.

Lap 17 Tony Stewart is less than a straightaway from catching the tail-end of the field. He's also picked up some debris on the grille of his car.

Lap 21 Tony Stewart is starting to put some cars a lap down.
Lap 19 Joey Logano has picked up a huge baggie or something similar on the nose of his Joe Gibbs Racing entry.

Lap 26 The top five is currently Tony Stewart, Kyle Busch, Jeff Gordon, Kasey Kahne and Clint Bowyer.
Lap 23 Kyle Busch has picked up a few car lengths on Tony Stewart as the leader picks his way through traffic.

Lap 31 Kyle Busch has closed to within just a few car lengths of Tony Stewart.
Lap 29 Tony Stewart now leads Kyle Busch by about 8/10ths of a second.

Lap 35 Kyle Busch continues to close on Tony Stewart.
Lap 33 The competition caution is coming up in less than 10 laps.

Lap 39 It appears that Kyle Busch may just ride it out. Who? Really? Kyle Busch, ride it out? No way.
Lap 37 Tony Stewart has a mirror full of Kyle Busch at the moment. Will Busch make a move, or will he be content to ride it out until the caution?

Lap 43 The leaders are on pit road.
Lap 41 YELLOW FL&G: The competition caution is out. It's the first caution of the event. Several teams are having problems with debris on the nose of the car.

Lap 47 Denny Hamlin goes three wide under Jimmie Johnson and Paul Menard going into Turn 3 to take eighth place.
Lap 46 GREEN FL&G: Jeff Gordon, Kyle Busch, Tony Stewart, Kasey Kahne and Ryan Newman are the leaders on the restart. Busch clears for the lead on the high side of Turn 2.

Lap 52 Tony Stewart doesn't appear to be running quite as well as he was before the caution. He's back in third place, about 1.6 seconds behind leader Kyle Busch.
Lap 50 Jeff Gordon hasn't yet lost touch with Kyle Busch.

Denny has come from 32nd starting the race to 5th place. his goal was to hit the top 10 by lap 100. he's ahead of his goal.

Lap 57 Kyle Busch leads Jeff Gordon by a little less than a second.
Lap 55 Only two of the top-10 cars right now are not involved in the Chase. One is the leader, Kyle Busch, while the other is fifth-place Ryan Newman.

Lap 65 Fourth-place Denny Hamlin is about three seconds behind leader and Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch. Let's see how long it takes for Hamlin to catch him!
Lap 60 Kasey Kahne has gotten by Tony Stewart for third place, and now Denny Hamlin is in the process of wrestling fourth place away from him

Lap 73 Denny Hamlin is still in fourth place, but he's picked up more than half a second on leader Kyle Busch. Also, Kasey Kahne has taken over second place from Jeff Gordon.
Lap 69 Kasey Kahne is closing on Jeff Gordon for second place.

Lap 78 Kyle Busch leads Kasey Kahne by about one second.
Lap 76 Denny Hamlin continues his charge to the front as he takes third place from Jeff Gordon in Turn 2.