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Well it's a sunny 72 degrees at Texas Motor Speedway, where Jimmie has the pole, but Brad has the confidence that he will finish inside the top 10, unlike his usual bad finishes at this track. Brad feels that this track is the same as Chicagoland, where he won earlier this year. Time will tell. Brad rolls off 8th in the starting grid.
This track is hard on tires & fuel mileage is important.
Lap 1 GREEN : The race gets under way at 3:21 p.m. ET. Jimmie Johnson clears for the lead going into Turn 1.
Lap 2 Kyle Busch clears Greg Biffle for second place in Turn 2.
Lap 6Jimmie Johnson has eased out to a lead of about 9/10ths of a second over second-place Kyle Busch.
Lap 4Carl Edwards has taken a couple of peeks under Clint Bowyer for fifth place, but can't find enough running room to make a move.
Lap 3 The first five or six cars have lined up single file.
Lap 8 Carl Edwards has still not been able to make a move on Clint Bowyer for fifth place.
Lap 7 Brad Keselowski is scored in ninth place right now. C'mon, hoss. There's a title on the line!
Lap 12 Jimmie Johnson's lead over Kyle Busch is now up to 1.1 seconds.
Lap 10 Kevin Harvick's -damaged car is now in 23rd place!
Lap 15 Kyle Busch has erased a few car lengths off Jimmie Johnson's lead.
Lap 14 Mark Martin has moved into eighth place.
Lap 18 Matt Kenseth says his car is tight getting into the turns and loose off.
Lap 16 Leader Jimmie Johnson is maybe a quarter of a lap from catching the tail-end of the field.
Lap 20 The top five is Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, Greg Biffle, Martin Truex Jr. and Clint Bowyer.
Lap 19 The gap between Jimmie Johnson and Kyle Busch remains about the same.
Lap 22 Trevor Bayne started seventh, but has dropped to 12th since the green .
Lap 25 Kasey Kahne is holding steady in 10th place.
Lap 23 Brad Keselowski grabs sixth place from Carl Edwards between Turns 3 and 4.
Lap 26 Brad Keselowski is trying to reel Clint Bowyer in for fifth place.
Lap 30 The top-five drivers are separated by 4.8 seconds.
Lap 28 Jimmie Johnson's advantage over second-place Kyle Busch has grown to 2.1 seconds.
Lap 33 Sam Hornish Jr. is creeping down pit road to his stall.
Lap 32 Jeff Gordon has battled his way up to 11th place, five positions better than where he began the event.