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Post by labontefanboy on Feb 4, 2015 0:03:19 GMT -5
Lap 175: Stewart and Bowyer drive around "Little E" as 22 cars remain on the lead lap.
Lap 176: Newman now 19th.
Lap 177: Johnson is the new race leader.
Lap 178: Stewart is 2nd, Bowyer is 3rd, and Sadler is 4th now. Kyle Busch is 12th as 19 remain on the lead lap with Newman being the last of those.
Lap 179: Kurt Busch past Mears for 7th.
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Post by labontefanboy on Feb 4, 2015 0:04:33 GMT -5
Lap 181: Newman past Sauter for 18th.
Lap 182: Newman past Ward Burton for 17th and Burton promptly gets lapped. The 12 car has to get his high-beams on at this point.
Lap 183: Stewart passes Johnson for the law.
Lap 185: Newman up to 15th.
Lap 186: Kurt Busch past Mears for 6th.
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Post by labontefanboy on Feb 4, 2015 0:07:28 GMT -5
Lap 187: Kvapil gets around Burton for 8th.
Lap 187: CAUTION FLAG #3 - A new flag is in the official's hand - yellow. In a clean race with no crashes, we're taking a momentary break as debris is cleaned off the racing surface.
Lap 191: Green flag back out. Stewart leads, Bowyer is 3rd, Mears is 7th, Burton is 10th, Busch is 12th, and Newman is 15th. All are on the lead lap.
Lap 193: Newman past Labonte for 14th.
Lap 196: Newman has now gotten around Kenseth for 13th.
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Post by labontefanboy on Feb 4, 2015 0:10:19 GMT -5
Lap 197: Mears 6th past Earnhardt Jr., as Burton passes Gordon for 9th while Busch ups himself to 11th and Newman passes O'Quinn Jr. for 12th.
Lap 198: Newman to 9th, Busch to 10th, Burton to 11th.
Lap 199: Newman past Kvapil for 7th.
Lap 201: Into the 200s now. 67 to go and Busch has just passed Earnhardt Jr., for 9th. Burton is back to 14th.
Lap 202: Busch past Kvapil for 7th as Newman drifts backwards to 9th.
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Post by labontefanboy on Feb 4, 2015 0:13:01 GMT -5
Lap 205: Burton past Earnhardt Jr. for 13th.
Lap 206: Incumbent points leader Burton moves to 12th past Labonte.
Lap 209: Burton moves to 11th as Kvapil gets way out of the groove and drifts from 8th to 13th.
Lap 214: Burton cracks to the top 10.
Lap 217: Mears displaces Sadler from the top 5.
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Post by labontefanboy on Feb 4, 2015 0:17:43 GMT -5
Lap 219: Less than 50 to go on the 2007 season, folks. Let's get the most out of these final 49 laps. Newman is trying to, as he moves to 7th past Kyle Busch.
Lap 222: Newman and Gordon swap spots around Kyle Busch. Newman from 7th to 9th and Gordon from 9th to 7th.
Lap 223: Newman passes Busch for 8th.
Lap 228: Kurt Busch, Labonte, and Kenseth are heading to pit road.
Lap 228: CAUTION FLAG #4 - Big crash in turn 4! One car upside down! It's Kyle Petty, in his final career race, taking a tumble on the turn 4 banking. The incident started when Todd Kluever moved up the race track so he could avoid cars slowing for pit road, but Kluever doorslammed Carl Edwards into the wall. Edwards spun down the banking and collected Petty, Blaney, Biffle, Kahne, Cope, Riggs, and Yeley.
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Post by labontefanboy on Feb 4, 2015 0:21:38 GMT -5
Lap 232: Green flag back out. The top 11 lead lap cars are Stewart, Johnson, Bowyer, Sadler, Gordon, Newman, Burton, Busch, O'Quinn Jr., Kvapil, and Earnhardt Jr. On the tail end are Kurt Busch, Labonte, Mears, and Kenseth.
Lap 234: Johnson passes Stewart for the lead. Kyle Busch and Burton are now getting into it about 7th place, with Busch holding the momentary advantage.
Lap 235: Bowyer to 2nd as Stewart drops to 4th. Earnhardt Jr. has passed Burton for 8th. And for now, Mears is a lap down.
Lap 236: Burton back to 11th.
Lap 237: Bowyer to the lead with Stewart 3rd, Busch 5th, Newman 7th, and Mears 14th.
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Post by labontefanboy on Feb 4, 2015 0:24:50 GMT -5
Lap 238: Newman 6th, Sadler 7th.
Lap 239: Johnson takes 3rd away from Stewart.
Lap 240: Kyle Busch now 4th, Stewart 5th. Further back, Burton has moved back into the top 10 ahead of Kvapil.
Lap 242: We are gettin' down to it. 25 to go next time by. Kvapil has displaced Burton from the top 10 again.
Lap 245: Burton doing everything he can to get points. Right now it is VERY close between him and Newman. He is back to 10th.
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Post by labontefanboy on Feb 4, 2015 0:29:16 GMT -5
Lap 246: Busch past Johnson for 3rd.
Lap 247: Newman past Johnson for 4th as Stewart falls to 6th.
Lap 248: Stewart into the top 5 past Johnson.
Lap 249: Stewart takes 4th away from Newman.
Lap 252: Kvapil past Burton for 10th. We're starting to hear that a few select teams may be short on fuel, including race leader Clint Bowyer. We'll keep you up to date with what's happening.
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Post by labontefanboy on Feb 4, 2015 0:34:29 GMT -5
Lap 256: 12 to go on the season. Burton retakes 10th but he is going to need Newman to lose a few spots before the checkered flag.
Lap 258: Shuffling of spots up front. Gordon gives 2nd away to Kyle Busch as Newman takes 4th away from Stewart. As of right now, Newman would win by 9 points over Burton.
Lap 260: Newman picks up another spot as Gordon is now fading. Stewart also passes Gordon, who is reportedly trying to save gas now.
Lap 263: 5 to go, Newman just a half second behind leader Clint Bowyer and hungry to get the title in style. Meanwhile, Burton is 10th but about 7 seconds behind Bowyer and a full 3 seconds from Earnhardt Jr. in 9th. There's no chance of Burton picking up positions, so he needs Newman to falter late.
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