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Lap 4 Jeff Burton wrestles fourth place away from Denny Hamlin.
Lap 2 Jimmie Johnson clears Brian Vickers for the lead in Turn 2.
Lap 1 GREEN FL&G: The race gets under way at 1:47 p.m. ET. Jimmie Johnson and Brian Vickers bang doors in Turns 1 and 2.
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Lap 10 Tempers already getting a little uppity. Clint Bowyer said that Denny Hamlin didn't give him enough ... well ... room.
Lap 8 Jimmie Johnson leads Brian Vickers by a couple of car lengths.
Lap 6 Jeff Burton is working Kyle Busch over for third place.
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Lap 17 Jeff Gordon blows past Denny Hamlin for fifth place.
Lap 14 Denny Hamlin, Clint Bowyer and Jeff Gordon all get past Jeff Burton for position, dropping Burton back to seventh place.
Lap 13 After getting caught out of line earlier, Paul Menard appears to have settled into ninth place.
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Lap 24 Dale Earnhardt Jr., making his return to racing after a couple of weeks off, has worked his way into 10th place.
Lap 22 Jimmie Johnson's cushion over Brian Vickers has grown to more than 8/10ths of a second.
Lap 19 Kevin Harvick is struggling early on. He's dropped back to 23rd, and has damage on the left-rear quarter panel.
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Lap 31 Kyle Busch says that his car is loose.
Lap 29 Clint Bowyer and Denny Hamlin have also passed Kyle Busch for position, dropping Busch out of the top five.
Lap 27 Jeff Gordon has picked his way past Kyle Busch for third place.
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Lap 36 Jeff Gordon is about 1.7 seconds behind leader Jimmie Johnson.
Lap 34 Jeff Gordon jumps under Brian Vickers for second place on the frontstretch. Gordon started 11th.
Lap 33 Jeff Gordon has caught Brian Vickers for second place.
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Lap 42 Kyle Busch has moved back into the top five, past Brian Vickers.
Lap 40 Clint Boywer and Denny Hamlin team up to drop Brian Vickers back to fifth place.
Lap 38 Dale Earnhardt Jr. is holding steady in 10th place.
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Lap 45 YELLOW FL&G: David Stremme crashes between Turns 1 and 2.
Lap 44 Jeff Gordon is closing on teammate Jimmie Johnson for the top spot. They're now within a second of each other.
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Lap 50 Denny Hamlin has been penalized for speeding on pit road! He'll start from the rear of the field.
Lap 48 The leaders are on pit road.
Lap 46 The caution is a huge break for Brad Keselowski, who wasn't far from going a lap down.
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Lap 52 GREEN FL&G: Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Kyle Busch, Clint Bowyer and Brian Vickers are the leaders on the restart. Johnson clears for the lead in Turn 2.
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Lap 57 Brad Keselowski changes just two left-side tires on his stop. He's now in 17th place, up 10 spots from behind the caution.
Lap 56 Denny Hamlin is currently shown in 31st place!
Lap 53 Kyle Busch grabs second from Jeff Gordon.
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Lap 61 Ryan Newman, the winner here in April, is running in 10th place.
Lap 60 Dale Earnhardt Jr. is now up to sixth place.
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Lap 65 Jeff Gordon is right behind teammate Jimmie Johnson for the top spot.
Lap 63 Jeff Gordon retakes second place from Kyle Busch.
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Lap 70 Kyle Busch is closing fast on the front two!
Lap 68 Move Jeff Gordon to the top of the leaderboard!
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Lap 74 Dale Earnhardt Jr. is now in fourth place, 3.5 seconds behind leader Jimmie Johnson.
Lap 72 Jeff Gordon is the third different leader here at Martinsville Sunday.