Lap 153 — Denny Hamlin is working the outside line, and he’s running about fourth on the leaderboard.
Lap 152 — Penske Racing teammates Brad Keselowski and AJ Allmendinger are running first and second.
Lap 150 — GREEN FLAG: Paul Menard, Brad Keselowski, Clint Bowyer, Greg Biffle and David Ragan are the top five on the restart. Menard has little to no help on the inside. Brad Keselowski squirts into the lead as the field roars through the trioval.
Lap 149 — With cleanup nearly finished at the accident site, there will be one to go at the stripe. Matt Kenseth, Michael Waltrip, Denny Hamlin and a few others top off on fuel.
Lap 175 — CAUTION FLAG NO. 3: Casey Mears, Joey Logano and Trevor Bayne have crashed in Turns 1 and 2.
Lap 173 — Clint Bowyer has pulled even with second-place Denny Hamlin in the outside line.
Lap 172 — Matt Kenseth has left Brad Keselowski, and now has Denny Hamlin on his rear bumper.
Lap 171 — Denny Hamlin has now moved to the outside, and is closing in on leader Matt Kenseth.
Lap 170 — Clint Bowyer is the first car to the outside line, in fifth place.
Lap 168 — Trevor Bayne is reporting debris in Turn 2, but it appears to be below the yellow line.
Lap 167 — The first four cars — Matt Kenseth, Brad Keselowski, Denny Hamlin and AJ Allmendinger — are single file.
Lap 166 — Brad Keselowski shoves Matt Kenseth into the lead between Turns 3 and 4.
Lap 165 — Clint Bowyer briefly shows his hand in the lead, but he gets swallowed up in the draft.
Lap 164 — The first 15 cars are separated by less than a second. Business is picking up!