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[/media-credit]Jimmie Johnson would take the lead late in the TUMS Fast Relief 500 to take the victory and the points lead, two points ahead of Brad Keselowski.
Lap 1 Jimmie Johnson and Brian Vickers side-by-side for the lead; Johnson leads at the line by a nose
Lap 2 Johnson clears Vickers for the lead
Lap 6 Johnson leads Vickers, Kyle Busch, Burton, Hamlin, Bowyer, Stewart, Kenseth, Gordon and Menard
Lap 12 Johnson leads Vickers, Kyle Busch, Burton, Hamlin, Bowyer, Gordon, Stewart, Menard, Logano, Truex Jr., Earnhardt Jr., Almirola, Kenseth.
Lap 14 Keselowski runs 30th after starting 32nd
Lap 15 Hamlin, Bowyer and Gordon by Burton for position
Lap 17 Bowyer and Gordon pass Hamlin for position
Lap 18 Keselowski 29th
Lap 29 Johnson leads Vickers, Gordon, Bowyer, Hamlin, Busch, Stewart, Menard, Truex Jr., Earnhardt Jr.
Lap 31 Keselwoski 27th
Lap 34 Gordon passes Vickers for second
Lap 37 Keselowski 28th
Lap 39 Bowyer passes Vickers
Lap 40 Hamlin passes Vickers so it’s Johnson leading Gordon, Bowyer, Hamlin, Vickers, Busch, Stewart, Menard, Truex Jr., Earnhardt Jr.
Lap 41 Busch passes Vickers
Lap 44 Kahne passes Earnhardt Jr. Keselowski 27th.
Caution Lap 45 David Stremme slows in turn one with a flat tire…..leaders head down pit road. Johnson leads Gordon, Hamlin, Busch, Bower, Vickers, Truex Jr. and Stewart off pit road. Hamlin caught speeding on pit road, restarts 30th. Keselowski up to 17th after changing left side tires
Lap 52 Restart as Johnson and Gordon side-by-side into turn one, Johnson clears Gordon into turn three
Lap 53 Busch passes Gordon for second
Lap 57 Johnson leads Busch, Gordon, Bowyer, Vickers, Truex Jr., Earnhardt Jr., Stewart, Kahne and Menard.
Lap 59 Keselowski 17th
Lap 60 Hamlin 29th
Lap 62 Gordon passes Busch for second; Earnhardt Jr. passes Truex for sixth
Lap 70 Gordon passes Johnson for the lead
Lap 75 Gordon leads Johnson, Busch and Earnhardt Jr.
Lap 78 Gordon leads Johnson, Busch, Earnhardt Jr., Vickers, Bowyer, Truex Jr., Kahne
Lap 90 Gordon leads Johnson, Kyle Busch, Earnhardt Jr., Vickers, Bowyer, Truex Jr., Kahne, Stewart and Kurt Busch
Lap 91 Montoya passes Kurt Busch for 10th; Keselowski 20th
Lap 95 Hamlin 14th
Caution Lap 98 David Gilliland has a flat right front tire……leaders pit. Johnson leads Kyle Busch, Gordon, Vickers, Bowyer, Truex Jr., Kurt Busch and Earnhardt Jr. off pit road.
Restart lap 104 as Johnson and Kyle Busch are side-by-side for the lead
Lap 105 Johnson clears Busch for first, Gordon clears Busch for second
Lap 106 Gordon looking inside of Johnson for the lead,
Lap 107 Gordon clears Johnson outta turn two; Busch clears Johnson for second
Lap 108 Johnson and Vickers make contact battling for third
Lap 109 Vickers clears Johnson for third
Lap 110 Gordon leads Ky Busch, Vickers, Johnson, Bowyer, Ku Busch, Truex Jr., Montoya, Kahne, Newman, Hamlin, Earnhardt Jr.
Lap 112 Keselowski 21st
Lap 115 Vickers alongside Busch for second….Gordon leads Vickers, Busch, Johnson, Bowyer, Ku Busch, Montoya, Kahne, Truex Jr. and Hamlin.
Lap 118 Keselowski 20th
Travis Kvapil spins in turn two…..Gordon, Ky Busch and Truex Jr. stay out as the leaders pit. Landon Cassill gets the lucky dog…….Johnson back to 11th due to taking four tires against those who took two
Restart lap 137 as its Gordon and Ky Busch side-by-side for the lead
Lap 138 Gordon clears Busch going into turn one
Lap 146 Gordon leads Vickers, Hamlin, Truex Jr., Earnhardt Jr., Johnson, Montoya, Ku. Busch, Ky. Busch as Vickers look for the lead from Gordon
Lap 147 Vickers passes Gordon for the lead
Lap 148 Hamlin passes Gordon for second
Caution lap 150 Ky. Busch goes around in turn two after getting loose…..Keselowski, Kahne, Gordon, Montoya and Truex Jr. pit with some other drivers. Kahne first off pit road, will restart 17th with Gordon 18th.
Restart Lap 156
Lap 157 Vickers clears Hamlin for the lead with Earnhardt Jr. third, followed by Johnson and Bowyer.
Lap 161 Vickers leads Hamlin, Johnson, Bowyer, Earnhardt Jr., Ku Busch, Newman, McMurray, Hornish Jr. and Edwards.
Lap 163 Keselwoski 22nd.
Lap 165 Hamlin passes Vickers for the lead
Lap 166 Johnson passes Vickers for second so it is Hamlin leading Johnson, Vickers, Bowyer, Ku Busch, Earnhardt Jr., McMurray, Newman, Hornish Jr. and Edwards.
Lap 170 Johnson passes Hamlin for the lead
Lap 183 Bowyer and Johnson are side-by-side for the lead and Bowyer clears Johnson going into turn three
Lap 184 Gordon passes Ku Busch for sixth
Lap 185 Bowyer leads Johnson, Hamlin, Vickers, McMurray, Gordon, Ku Busch, Earnhardt Jr., Edwards and Hornish Jr. Hamlin passes Johnson for second.
Lap 187 Keselowski 18th
Caution Lap 199 Marcos Ambrose spins in turn two by himself……leaders pit……Hamlin leads Johnson, Gordon, Bower, Ku Busch, Truex Jr., Earnhardt Jr. off pit road. Hamlin caught speeding, will restart at the back of the field.
Restart Lap 205 as Johnson and Gordon are side-by-side for the lead. Gordon clears Johnson off of turn four on the outside.
Lap 210 Gordon leads Johnson, Bowyer, Ku Busch, Earnhardt Jr., Edwards, Kahne, Truex Jr., Harvick, Vickers. Keselowski 13th.
Lap 212 Hamlin 26th as Johnson is all over Gordon’s back bumper.
Caution #6 Lap 213 Travis Kvapil and Marcos Ambrose spin in turn two. Allmendinger got into Smith, cutting Ambrose’s tire, resulting in Ambrose’s spin. Leaders stay out.
Restart Lap 219 as Gordon holds serve ahead of Bowyer and Johnson
Lap 220 Bowyer clears Johnson for second
Lap 223 Gordon leads Bowyer, Johnson, Earnhardt Jr., Ku Busch, Kahne, Edwards, Vickers, Harvick and Montoya.
Lap 224 Keselwoski passes McMurray for 11th
Lap 225 Hamlin 23rd
Lap 226 Bowyer passes Gordon for the lead
Lap 228 Bowyer leads Johnson, Gordon, Earnhardt Jr., Kahne
Caution Lap 229 Kurt Busch goes for a spin virtue of contact with Kevin Harvick. Some of the leaders stay out, some of the leaders pit. Vickers is the first of the leaders to pit out of sixth
Restart lap 235 as Johnson and Bowyer are side-by-side for the lead. Truex Jr. to receive a penalty for changing lanes before the restart.
Lap 238 Bowyer clears Johnson ahead of Gordon, Eanhardt Jr. and Kahne
Lap 240 Bowyer leads Johnson, Gordon, Earnhardt Jr., Kahne, Harvick, Edwards, Keselowski, Vickers, Hornish Jr. and Biffle. Hamlin 12th. Gordon mentioned a valve train pop about 30 laps ago.
Lap 246 Hamlin alongside Biffle for 11th
Lap 249 Kahne passes Earnhardt Jr., Vickers passes Keselowski, Hamlin passes Hornish Jr.
Lap 250 Kahne passes Johnson for third
Lap 251 Hamlin and Ky. Busch pass Keselowski
Lap 253 Bowyer leads Gordon, Kahne, Johnson, Earnhardt Jr., Harvick, Vickers, Edwards, Hamlin, Ky. Busch, Keselowski
Lap 254 Vickers passes Harvick
Lap 256 Vickers passes Earnhardt Jr.
Lap 267 Bowyer leads Gordon, Kahne, Johnson, Vickers, Earnhardt Jr., Hamlin, Ky. Busch, Harvick, Keselowski
Lap 269 Vickers alongside Johnson for fourth
Lap 272 Vickers clears Johnson for fourth; Hamlin passes Earnhardt Jr. for sixth
Lap 277 Bowyer leads Gordon, Kahne, Vickers, Johnson, Hamlin, Earnhardt Jr., Ky. Busch, Harvick, Keselowski
Lap 281 Hamlin passes Johnson for fifth
Lap 289 Bowyer leads Gordon, Kahne, Vickers, Hamlin, Johnson, Ky. Busch, Earnhardt Jr., Harvick and Keselowski
Lap 296 Hamlin passes Vickers for fourth
Lap 302 Bowyer gets into Stewart trying to lap him
Lap 316 Kahne passes Gordon for second
Lap 321 Bowyer leads Kahne, Gordon, Hamlin, Vickers, Johnson, Ky. Busch, Earnhardt Jr., Harvick and Keselowski
Lap 324 Hamlin passes Gordon for third
Lap 326 Vickers gets alongside Gordon for fourth, clearing him coming out of turn four
Lap 335 Harvick pits
Lap 337 Gordon pits
Lap 339 Allmendinger pits
Lap 340 Bowyer leads Kahne, Hamlin, Vickers, Ky. Busch, Johnson, Earnhardt Jr., Keselowski, Edwards and Labonte
Lap 341 Biffle and Cassill pit
Lap 342 Hornish Jr. pits
Lap 343 Edwards and Earnhardt Jr. pit
Lap 344 Hamlin gets into Kahne, trying to pass him.
Lap 345 Kahne pits to hand second over to Hamlin.
Lap 346 Bowyer leads Hamlin and Vickers. Keselowski up to sixth.
Lap 347 Labonte pits.
Lap 349 Burton goes way up the race track, keeps it off the wall, makes it to the pits….Ambrose pits.
Lap 350 Bowyer pits to hand the lead over to Hamlin. Hamlin leads Vickers, Ky. Busch, Johnson
Lap 353 Johnson pits.
Lap 356 Hamlin leads Vickers, Ky. Busch, Keselowski, McMurray…..Hamlin and Keselowski head down pit road. Vickers leads.
Lap 360 McMurray pits as Vickers leads Almirola and Kenseth.
Lap 361 Stewart pits
Lap 364 Vickers pits to hand the lead over to Kenseth.
Lap 366 Kahne passes Kenseth for the lead
Lap 367 Kenseth pits.
Lap 369 Kahne leads Bowyer, Hamlin, Gordon, Earnhardt Jr., Ky. Busch, Johnson, Harvick, Hornish Jr., Newman, Keselowski
Lap 372 Hamlin runs into problems as the car shuts off, loses multiple spots, but gets it back running. Now back to eighth.
Lap 383 Hamlin once again slows, though gets it back going as Bowyer is just about to put him a lap down. Hamlin runs 15th.
Lap 388 Hamlin goes a lap down as it shuts off again.
Lap 389 Bowyer leads Kahne, Gordon, Johnson, Ky. Busch, Earnhardt Jr., Harvick, Vickers, Keselowski, Hornish Jr.
Lap 391 Hamlin warned that he is not making minimum speed.
Caution Lap 392 Hamlin stalled on the front stretch……leaders head down pit road. Johnson leads Bowyer, Ky. Busch, Kahne, Gordon, Earnhardt Jr., Vickers off pit road.
Restart lap 400 as Johnson pulls ahead of Bowyer and Busch.
97 laps to go Johnson leads Bowyer, Ky. Busch, Gordon, Kahne, Earnhardt Jr., Vickers, Keselowski, Biffle, Harvick
91 laps to go Hornish Jr., Allmendinger, Edwards, Labonte and Logano pass Harvick for position
79 laps to go Johnson leads Bowyer, Gordon, Ky. Busch, Kahne, Vickers, Keselowski, Earnhardt Jr., Biffle and Hornish Jr. as Harvick goes a lap down with reported engine issues.
77 laps to go Hamlin back on track as they have fixed the “master switch”
74 laps to go Biffle passes Earnhardt Jr. for ninth
72 laps to go Gordon passes Bowyer
62 laps to go Johnson leads Gordon, Bowyer, Ky. Busch……Montoya spins after contact with Johnson in tight quarters with Travis Kvapil…..leaders pit…….Johnson leads Gordon, Ky. Busch, Bowyer, Kahne, Vickers, Keselowski, Hornish Jr. off pit road
Restart 55 laps to go
51 laps to go Johnson leads Gordon, Ky. Busch, Bowyer, Kahne, Vickers, Keselowski, Hornish Jr., Earnhardt Jr. and Biffle. Allmendinger instructed to come to pit road to get bumper bar removed
47 laps to go Earnhardt Jr. passes Hornish Jr.; Vickers passes Kahne
45 laps to go Bowyer passes Ky. Busch; Keselowski passes Kahne
44 laps to go Earnhardt Jr. passes Kahne
42 laps to go Johnson leads Gordon, Bowyer, Ky. Busch, Vickers, Keselowski, Earnhardt Jr., Kahne, Hornish Jr. and Biffle.
30 laps to go Johnson leads Gordon, Bowyer, Ky. Busch, Vickers, Keselowski, Earnhardt Jr., Kahne, Hornish Jr., Biffle.
Caution 25 laps to go Harvick blows up….Keselowski and Earnhardt Jr. stayed out while everybody else pitted.
Restart 19 laps to go as Keselowski clears the field with Johnson behind him. Kyle Busch alongside Earnhardt Jr. for third.
15 laps to go Johnson all over Keselowski’s bumper for the lead
14 laps to go Johnson passes Keselowski for the lead as Ky. Busch passes Keselowski for second.
13 laps to go Kahne passes Keselowski for third
12 laps to go Gordon passes Keselowski for fourth
11 laps to go Almirola under Keselowski for fifth as Johnson leads Ky. Busch, Kahne, Gordon.
Caution 9 laps to go Hornish got into Edwards, who then took Jr. around with him
Restart 5 laps to go as Johnson clears Ky. Busch out of turn two.
4 laps to go Ky. Busch holds Kahne off for second.
Johnson wins ahead of Ky. Busch, Kahne, Almirola, Bowyer, Keselowski, Gordon, Vickers, Labonte, Biffle, Newman, Menard, Hornish Jr., Ku. Busch, Kenseth, Logano, McMurray, Edwards, Casssill, Montoya, Earnhardt Jr.
Johnson leads Keselowski by two points, Bowyer by 26 points, Kahne by 29, Hamlin by 49
