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Lap 229 — YELLOW FLAG NO. 6: The caution is out for the debris on the frontstretch.

Lap 226 — A NASCAR inspector is reporting debris on the track, but so far, there’s no caution.

Lap 224 — Matt Kenseth has two wins at Las Vegas — 2003 and 2004.

Lap 222 — Matt Kenseth charges under Jamie McMurray for second place between Turns 3 and 4.

Lap 219 — In nine career Cup starts at Las Vegas, Jamie McMurray has just one top-five finish — a fourth in 2004. He has two other top 10s to his credit.

Lap 217 — Fifty laps to go. Jamie McMurray trails Tony Stewart by one second.

Lap 215 — Matt Kenseth has taken over third place from Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Lap 212 — Remember Jamie McMurray’s long pit stop earlier in the race to correct some sort of mechanical problem? It has evidently been solved.

Lap 211 — A.J. Allmendinger has taken his car to the garage.

Lap 209 — GREEN FLAG: Tony Stewart, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jamie McMurray, Ryan Newman and Matt Kenseth bring the pack to the green.

Stewart is clear for the lead by the time the field reaches Turn 1.

Lap 206 — The leaders are on pit road. Chances are that none will be able to make it the rest of the way without stopping again. Tony Stewart, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jamie McMurray and Ryan Newman take just two tires.

Lap 204 — YELLOW FLAG NO. 4: There’s debris on the backstretch.

Lap 203 — Tony Stewart is working through some heavy lapped traffic.

Lap 200 — Sixty-seven laps to go. Tony Stewart leads Matt Kenseth by 1.7 seconds.

Lap 194 — Paul Menard is running fifth. He has never finished better than 12th at Las Vegas.