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Lap 335 — Six seconds separate Tony Stewart and Kyle Busch from third-place Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Lap 330 — Kyle Busch is closing on Tony Stewart and is looking to retake the lead.

Lap 328 — Jimmie Johnson has worked his way up to 12th. Carl Edwards is 15th, the last car on the lead lap.

Lap 325 — Let’s sort this out. Tony Stewart is out front followed by Kyle Busch, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kasey Kahne and AJ Allmendinger.

Lap 321 — Carl Edwards hits pit road and serves his penalty and has dropped to 15th, although the No. 99 stays on the lead lap. Tony Stewart inherits the lead.

Lap 320 — NASCAR has black-flagged Carl Edwards for jumping the restart. The No. 99 crew disagrees but NASCAR isn’t hearing it.

Lap 318 — GREEN FLAG: Tony Stewart spins the tires and Carl Edwards grabs the lead.

Lap 317 — OK, it’s a bit confusing but here is the running order: Carl Edwards, Tony Stewart, Kyle Busch, Kasey Kahne and Clint Bowyer. Jimmie Johnson is 15th but is behind all the lap-down cars.

Lap 315 — Kyle Busch on pit road for four tires and fuel. He didn’t pit because he was in the free-pass position.

Lap 314 — Carl Edwards hits pit road as he was the only driver to not pit under green. Right now there are technically four cars on the lead lap, but there will be 11 others joining them thanks to the wave-around.

Lap 313 — A tough pit stop for Jimmie Johnson just got worse as a tire violation means the No. 48 will start from the rear of the field.

Lap 311 — YELLOW FLAG NO. 4: Jimmie Johnson pits as the caution comes out for debris from Jeff Burton hitting the wall.