Nascar Rules

[the H team]

Lap 48 If Brad Keselowski is hoping to make this just a two-stop race, he'll have to go another 10 laps or so before making his next visit to pit road.
Lap 47 Marcos Ambrose gives up the lead to hit pit road. Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick also make their stops.


Lap 46 Radar shows some spotty rain showers in the area. So, it may get wet. And it may not. Let's hope for not!


Lap 45 Kurt Busch is back on the track, nine laps down, in 33rd place. Also, the race has reached the halfway point.

[the H team]

Lap 52 Running fifth right now, it looks like Tony Stewart has been able to come back from that issue on his last pit stop.
Lap 51 As strategy continues to play out, Carl Edwards and Tony Stewart have moved up to fourth and fifth, respectively.


Lap 50 Martin Truex Jr. is in third place. His best previous finish here is a fourth.


Lap 49 Second-place Kyle Busch trails Kyle Busch by 5.1 seconds. Also, Kasey Kahne pits. He'll have to serve a penalty for speeding.

[the H team]

Lap 56 Jeff Burton has taken his Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet to the garage.
Lap 55 Brad Keselowski's lead over Kyle Busch is now up to 4.9 seconds. Look for him to stop in about five laps or so.


Lap 54 Team owner Roger Penske is on top of Brad Keselowski's war wagon. No pressure there!


Lap 53 Give a shout out to Sam Hornish Jr., who has moved his Penske Racing Dodge up to seventh place.

[the H team]

Lap 60 The leaders are on pit road, and Marcos Ambrose comes with them.
Lap 59 YELLOW FL&G: The race's second caution is out for Denny Hamlin's blown engine. Just before the problem, Martin Truex Jr. had run out of gas.


Lap 58 Brad Keselowski is on pit road. The lead goes to Kyle Busch. Clint Bowyer, Greg Biffle and Dale Earnhardt Jr. are also stopping.


Lap 57 Marcos Ambrose, who pitted earlier, is now shown in 14th place. Tony Stewart is pitting.

[the H team]

Lap 64 YELLOW FL&G: Jason Leffler has crashed to bring out the third caution.
Lap 63 Kasey Kahne spins off course in Turn 1.


Lap 62 GREEN FL&G: Brad Keselowski, Tony Stewart, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Greg Biffle are the leaders. Pace-car driver Brett Bodine reports a light sprinkle. Keselowski is clear with the lead.


Lap 61 Tony Stewart's pit crew came back strong, and got him off pit road in second place.

[the H team]

Lap 68 Pace-car driver Brett Bodine says the track is good to go. One to go will be given at the inner loop.
Lap 67 More rain, but it's light.


Lap 66 Rain has picked up on the frontstretch.


Lap 65 Bad news. There's rain visible on one of the camera lenses mounted on top of the race cars.

[the H team]

Lap 68 GREEN FL&G: Brad Keselowski, Tony Stewart, Clint Boywer, Kyle Busch and Greg Biffle are the leaders. Biffle forces Busch wide in Turn 1. Yeah, he'll remember that.

[the H team]

Lap 71 YELLOW FL&G: The race's fourth caution is out for Tony Stewart's spin off Turn 11.
Lap 70 Twenty to go.


Lap 69 Marcos Ambrose gets past Kyle Busch for third place.

[the H team]

Lap 72 It appears from replays that Tony Stewart didn't get any help from behind. Could the track be damp from the rain?

[the H team]

Lap 73 Tony Stewart is still on pit road. There's some fairly substantial damage on the rear of his Chevrolet Impala.

[the H team]

Lap 76 Brad Keselowski is on Kyle Busch's rear bumper for the top spot. This isn't over!
Lap 75 Fifteen laps to go. Kyle Busch leads Brad Keselowski by a little less than half a second.


Lap 74 GREEN FL&G: Brad Keselowski, Marcos Ambrose, Kyle Busch, Clint Bowyer and Greg Biffle are the leaders. Busch goes three wide to take the lead in Turn 1. Holy cow!

[the H team]

Lap 78 Kyle Busch is having to work hard to hold off a furious charge by Brad Keselowski. They're in the esses now.
Lap 77 Greg Biffle is trying to work his way past Marcos Ambrose for third place.

[the H team]

Lap 79 Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski have about a second on third-place Marcos Ambrose.

[the H team]

Lap 80 Ten laps go go. Who ya got? It's Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski, Marcos Ambrose and pick 'em the rest of the way.

[the H team]

Lap 82 Brad Keselowski appears to be out of the picture in third place, while Kyle Busch leads runnerup Marcos Ambrose by two seconds. Is there enough time to challenge for the victory?
Lap 81 The battle for second place has allowed Kyle Busch to charge out to a lead of 2.2 seconds.

Ambrose gets under Keselowski in Turn 1 for second, but has to give way going uphill in the esses. Ambrose then charges past Keselowski going into the innerloop to grab second place.