AMP Energy 500

1 November, 2009, 4:48 PM ET

CAUTION 6 189 - Another big crash -- Jamie McMurray will win!

GREEN FLAG - Lap 188: Jamie McMurray leads.

Former race leader David Stremme runs out of fuel now. NASCAR calls off their planned restart. This will be a green-white-checkered finish.

Jeff Gordon is saying he's out of gas once the cars restarted. He's getting pushed to the pits. Montoya also runs out of fuel he says.

RED FLAG RESCINDED - 4:37 p.m. ET. Red flag lasted 12:34

Safety crews are able to cut the roof off and Newman hops out. He looks a litte dazed, but he's walking away to the ambulance for the mandatory trip to the infield care center.

RED FLAG - NASCAR stops the race shortly after the incident to help the safety crews.

Lap 183: Newman responds to crew over radio - he's OK.

CAUTION 5 - Lap 183: Big wreck! Ryan Newman flips out. He, teammate Tony Stewart and Marcos Ambrose made contact on the backstretch. Newman loses control, hits Kevin Harvick, and then starts flipping. Other car that got damage in this crash include Elliott Sadler.

Lap 181: Jamie McMurray takes the lead.

Lap 180: David Stremme got squirrely coming off Turn 4 but kept the lead.

Lap 175: David Stremme takes the lead thanks to Brad Keselowski's timely push.

Lap 170: Jamie McMurray leads a pack out of the Dale Earnhardt Jr. draft and takes him out of the lead.

Lap 168: Dale Earnhardt Jr. gets shoved to the lead.

Lap 166: After riding in the back all day, Jimmie Johnson is starting to move forward.

Lap 158: Jeff Gordon is P16, says "At least I can save fuel back here."

Lap 154: Jamie McMurray leads.

Lap 153: Marcos Ambrose leads.

Lap 152: Jamie McMurray gets to the front of the pack.

Lap 151: Harvick pushes teammate Burton to the lead.

Radio chatter on Lap 149: Jeff Gordon: "They're trying to wreck."

Lap 149: Juan Pablo Montoya takes the lead.

Lap 148: Denny Hamlin: "When guys are going for the win you're going to see them using the corners."

Lap 148: Kahne's teammate Elliott Sadler is up front.

Lap 147: Kasey Kahne leads for the first time today. Great bounceback for him.

Lap 146: Martin Truex Jr. gets up front.

Lap 145: Kevin Harvick leads, things are getting pretty good (finally).

Lap 144: Jeff Gordon takes the lead.

Lap 143: Brad Keselowski leads. Jeff Gordon, David Stremme, Robby Gordon and Martin Truex Jr. round out the top five. Dale Jr. restarts seventh.

Lap 141: Jimmie Johnson topped off just now before going back to green.

Lap 139: Everybody pits during caution. Some teams think they can make it the rest of the way without stopping, but most will have to pit again.

CAUTION 4 - Lap 137: Denny Hamlin's engine blows up on the frontstretch.

Lap 136: Brad Keselowski is your new leader.

Lap 132: David Stremme to the front.

Lap 129: Kevin Harvick becomes the race leader.

Lap 126: Jeff Gordon takes the lead.

Lap 123: Kyle Busch back up front.

Lap 120: Ryan Newman takes the lead.

Lap 120: Kyle Busch to the lead.

Lap 119: Denny Hamlin reclaims the lead.

Lap 116: Dale Earnhardt Jr. rockets to the lead - and the crowd roars.

Lap 115: Joey Logano takes the lead.

Lap 112: Now Jeff Gordon takes the lead. We are seeing a lot more racing now - three-wide line from front to back.

Lap 111: Jeff Gordon pushes Jeff Burton to the lead.

Lap 109: Robby Gordon leads for the first time today.

GREEN FLAG - Lap 108: Denny Hamlin leads the field to the green.

Lee Spencer says on Lap 107: Jeff Gordon said he felt nothing wrong with the handling on the last set of tires.

Lap 106: All the cars come down pit road for service.

CAUTION 3 - Lap 105: Debris.

Lap 100: Denny Hamlin takes the lead.

Lap 99: Marcos Ambrose leads.

Lap 98: Big pack pits this time by - Casey Mears and Jeff Gordon make contact at the pit entrance. FULL LIST - 29, 5, 83, 31, 55, 48, 33, 26 pit

Lap 97: Hamlin, Montoya, Kenseth, Stremme pit.

Lap 96: Kyle Busch, Logano, Ragan, Reutimann pit.

HALFWAY Lap 94: Mark Martin takes the lead.

Lap 92: Pass thru penalty on 16 for a tire line violation during his stop.

Lap 91: Pit stop sequences have begun. Biffle, Edwards, Darnell and Salder among those that pitted this time by.

Lap 91: Kevin Harvick back up front.

Lap 90: Juan Pablo Montoya takes the lead for the first time today.

Radio chatter on Lap 89: Jeff Gordon (P20) "How in the hell that happened is beyond me, we're definitely not in the right line now."

Lap 88: Dale Earnhardt Jr. takes the lead. We are finally seeing two- and three-wide racing up front. About time.

Lap 85: A second file of cars have started in the back, but still single-file up front.

Lap 83: Could this single-file racing have been predicted before the weekend? Dale Jr. certainly did - "So then we just sort of get up at the top in a line and decide to wait there 'til the end. We just go like, 'Let's run until there's 20 to go.' That's not a race. What the hell?" FULL STORY

Radio chatter on Lap 80: Tony Stewart to crew - "Will someone tell me something interesting to keep me awake?"

Lap 76: We are back to all the cars in a single-file.

Lap 70: Some drivers have gone double-file towards the back, but the leaders are nose-to-tail.

Lap 68: Drivers have gone single file.

Radio chatter on Lap 64: Dale Jr. - "Tell the 29 to stay off the brakes."

Lap 62: Kevin Harvick gets a big shove from Denny Hamlin and takes the lead.

Lap 61: Since the restart, we have seen two- and three-wide racing throughout the field. A lot more racier than earlier.

Lap 60: Dale Earnhardt Jr. takes the lead.

Lap 59: Elliott Sadler takes the lead, Dale Earnhardt Jr. is second.

Lap 58: Denny Hamlin takes the lead.

GREEN FLAG - Lap 55: Elliott Sadler is in the lead. Brad Keselowski, Matt Kenseth, David Ragan and Greg Biffle round out the top five.

Lee Spencer says on Lap 53: 14, 39, 48, 26 and 2 busted for pitting too early - drive thru penalties.

Lee Spencer says on Lap 52: 31, 18, 11, 31, repit - new tires must be a premium.

Lap 51: Several cars enter the pits, including Jeff Gordon who was running on fumes.

CAUTION 2 - Lap 49: Kurt Busch spins on the frontstretch through the infield grass to bring out the caution. He had a flat right-rear tire. Didn't hit the wall or anything, so he should be OK.

Lap 48: AJ Allmendinger spins as he was entering pit road. Gets it together and no caution is called. 'Dinger was slowing down and got contact from Bowyer.

Lap 46: Jeff Burton takes the lead. Sam Hornish Jr. heads to the garage.

Lap 45: Erik Darnell penalized for being too fast on pit road.

Lap 44: Race leader Dale Earnhardt Jr. among those that pit. Elliott Sadler takes the lead.

Lap 43: Martin Truex Jr. (too fast coming in) and Casey Mears (too fast coming out) penalized during the pit stops.

Lap 42: Race leader Casey Mears and others pit. Dale Earnhardt Jr. takes the lead.

Lap 41: Pit stops begin. Martin Truex Jr., Juan Pablo Montoya, Joey Logano and Brian Vickers pit.

Radio chatter on Lap 35: Dale Earnhardt Jr. - "I haven't had to lift or brake since I got in line."

Lee Spencer says on Lap 35: Montoya (P10) is asking for 4 tires when they stop. He's feeling a vibration in one of his tires. They will pit in 7 laps.

Lee Spencer says on Lap 34: There hasn't been a change for position since Lap 24.

Lee Spencer says on Lap 26: The drivers just gave NASCAR what they wanted - single file, non aggressive racing. This is the closest thing to strike line that we've seen at Talladega in years.

Lap 25: There's two distinct packs on track - the lead pack and a secondary pack that appears to be riding around until later in the race. Championship leader Jimmie Johnson is in the second pack.

Lap 22: Casey Mears up front for the first time today.

Lee Spencer says on Lap 21: Junior running 4th.

Lee Spencer says on Lap 19: Significant separation through the cars coming out of Turn 2.

Lee Spencer says on Lap 18: Brad Keselowski, who won the spring race, is running seventh.

Lap 17: Jeff Gordon takes the lead.

Lap 16: Will NASCAR start penalizing drivers for bumping in the corners as they promised during the drivers meeting? There's certainly been a few instances so far of it happening but no penalties so far.

Lee Spencer says on Lap 14: Jeff Gordon is running third after stopping for tires.

Lap 13: Several pre-race favorites - Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tony Stewart, Michael Waltrip, Jimmie Johnson, Ryan Newman - have moved further back in the pack.

Lap 12: David Reutimann back up front.

Lap 11: Carl Edwards gets back up front.

Lap 10: David Reutimann leads this lap.

Lap 9: Carl Edwards takes the lead. David Reutimann up to second.

GREEN FLAG - Lap 8: Kurt Busch leads the pack to the green flag.

Lap 6: Chase for the Sprint Cup contenders Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Denny Hamlin, Brian Vickers, Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman pit during the caution. Other drivers that came into the pits include Jeff Burton, Michael Waltrip, Elliott Sadler, Kyle Busch, Reed Sorenson, Clint Bowyer, Matt Kenseth, David Ragan, Jamie McMurray, and Brad Keselowski.

Lee Spencer reports on Lap 5: Kasey Kahne is saying he ran over something (currently running 41st).

CAUTION 1 - Lap 5: Paul Menard and Joe Nemechek wreck in Turn 2. Menard says he blew a tire.

Lap 3: Drivers are three- and four-wide throughout the pack, but no wrecks or close calls so far.

Lap 2: Kurt Busch is now up front. A few drivers have now started falling back - including Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart.

Lap 1: Mark Martin pulls to the front and leads the first lap. Jamie McMurray falls off pace and goes to the back.

GREEN FLAG! Championship leader Jimmie Johnson leads the field to the green. Today's race is scheduled to run 188 laps.

Radio chatter: Dale Earnhardt Jr. "If I start pushing in the corner, remind me about it."

Radio chatter: Dale Earnhardt Jr. "I'm having a blast already. I love this place."

As a reminder, today's starting lineup was set by points after rain wiped out qualifying on Saturday.

ENGINES FIRED

Lee Spencer says: Kasey Kahne will start at the back of the field for tomorrow's Amp Energy 500. His team changed engines Friday after a cylinder failed

Who are the drivers to watch this afternoon? Lee Spencer lists her 10 (plus a wildcard) to keep an eye on.

ALERT: NASCAR has warned drivers in today's drivers meeting that they will be heavily policing bump drafting, even on the last lap. "The guy you might penalize might be in Victory Lane," Juan Pablo Montoya said during the meeting.

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