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[the H team]

Lap 37-Johnson and Kahne still 1-2, but the Ford of Marcos Ambrose has emerged in third behind the two Chevrolets.

[the H team]

That's six straight laps led by Johnson. Early leader Kyle Busch has slipped back to seventh place.

[the H team]

Your top 10 at the line: Johnson, Kahne, Ambrose, Bayne, Logano, Kyle Busch, Edwards, Kenseth, Biffle, Montoya.

[the H team]

Logano leads the charge on the top side, but he's sitting fifth behind the first four on the inside lane.

[the H team]

Drivers hanging in the back: Harvick, M. Waltrip, Bowyer, Newman ... all outside the top 30.

[the H team]

Johnson-Kahne still the leading duo up front. Kahne still seeking his first win on a restrictor-plate track.

[the H team]

After the 48-5 lead pair, it's Ambrose, Bayne, Biffle, Edwards and Logano in a quintet of Fords.

[the H team]

Lap 46-Johnson and Kahne have a new third-place competitor lined up behind them in Denny Hamlin, who has rallied all the way back from 39th.

[the H team]

And now Jamie McMurray, a former winner at Daytona, has entered the fray for the first time tonight. He has Keselowski behind him in fourth.

[the H team]

Front six is now down on the bottom groove. Johnson, Kahne, McMurray, Keselowski, Earnhardt, Stenhouse.

[the H team]

A lot of drivers are complaining about high water temps. It's been ranging form 240-260 degrees.

[the H team]

Johnson has led the last 19 laps, most of them with teammate Kahne behind him. The low line appears to be the best way around, at least for now.

[the H team]

Kyle Busch, who led 24 of the first 25 laps, is now shuffled all the way back in 15th.

[the H team]

Top nine cars are all in the lower groove. You have to go all the way back to 10th-place Casey Mears to find a top-lane driver

[the H team]

The three Stewart-Haas Racing team cars are all in line, but near the tail of the field. Danica 27th, Stewart 28th, Newman 29th.