Samsung Mobile 500

CHECKERED FLAG - DENNY HAMLIN DELIVERS! Jimmie Johnson loses by a mere 0.153 seconds. Kyle Busch, Kurt Busch and Kasey Kahne finish in the top five.

WHITE FLAG - DENNY HAMLIN LEADS, JIMMIE JOHNSON CATCHING UP

Two laps to go - Jimmie Johnson passes Kyle Busch for second.

Four to go - Jimmie Johnson up to third!

Lap 329: Great battle for third between Dale Jr., Jimmie Johnson and Kurt Busch!

Seven to go - Denny Hamlin is pulling away.

Eight to go - Denny Hamlin has a 0.218 second lead. Jeff Burton scrapes wall and he's losing positions.

Lap 325: Jimmie Johnson scrapes wall!

Lap 324: Kyle Busch passes, takes over second. Joe Gibbs Racing 1-2

Lap 323: Dale Jr. tries to go low on leader Burton, opens door so Denny Hamlin can take lead.

RESTART - LAP 322: Jeff Burton leads. Hamlin, Dale Jr., Kyle Busch, Jimmie Johnson, Matt Kenseth, Kurt Busch, Kasey Kahne, Biffle and Harvick are your top 10.

Lee Spencer says on Lap 321: No. 20 car rolling out looking like a modified

Lap 319: A few cars pit - AJ Allmendinger and Greg Biffle among them. Full list - 16, 29, 5, 56, 39

3:51 p.m. ET - Red flag is rescinded. 19 minutes, 13 seconds.

FOXSports.com's Lee Spencer says: "21 cars on the lead lap before the wrecked vehicles cycle out."

FOXSports.com's Rea White says: "Think, four of these wrecked guys now have a Nationwide race."

Clint Bowyer - "We're supposed to have the big one next week, right?"

Tony Stewart takes blame for the accident. "it was definitely my fault.''.

Gordon crew chief Steve Letarte to Voda: "That's just a product of 15 guys really wanting to win a race. There's not a lot you can do."

Lee Spencer says: Fans are waving at the 24 as the wrecker carries the remains to the garage

Nine cars involved in big crash (in numerical order): Jamie McMurray, Tony Stewart, Joey Logano, Jeff Gordon, Clint Bowyer, Kevin Harvick, AJ Allmendinger, Paul Menard, Carl Edwards.

Jeff Gordon gets out of his car and goes to talk to Tony Stewart. Not a heated discussion, just talking - both look very dejected.

RED FLAG

CAUTION 7 - LAP 317: BIG CRASH! They go four-wide for positions up front, Tony Stewart gets loose, Carl Edwards got into the back of him, then a multi-car wreck ensues. Crash takes out Jeff Gordon too.

Lap 317: Jeff Burton keeps the lead.

RESTART - LAP 316: Jeff Burton leads the field to the green. Stewart, Hamlin, Dale Jr., Biffle, Kyle Busch, Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth and Carl Edwards are your top 10.

Radio chatter: Steve Letarte to Jeff Gordon: Try to make as much magic as you can

Lap 312: Lots of pit strategies on display here as leaders pit. Jeff Burton out first, Tony Stewart second, Denny Hamlin and Dale Jr. are your top four.

CAUTION 6 - Lap 312: David Reutimann’s engine goes Kablamo. Tough luck for the seventh-place driver. WOW – LOTS OF FIRE UNDERNEATH THE CAR!.

Lap 310: It looks like Jimmie Johnson will not make it on fuel - he's got to stop again. Jeff Gordon complaining of a tight condition. This race isn't over folks ...

Lap 308: Tony Stewart moves up to sixth.

Lap 305: Jeff Gordon's lead now at 2.760 seconds. He is cruising.

Jeff Gordon has over a 3 second lead.

Jeff Gordon pulling away from Jimmie Johnson. But the battle between these two isn't over yet.

Lap 288: Jeff Gordon passes Jimmie Johnson for the lead. The battle is on!

Lap 287: Jimmie Johnson passes Jeff Gordon for the lead!

Lap 285: Kurt Busch pitting.

Lap 284: New race leader Tony Stewart is now on pit road. Kurt Busch your leader for the first time today.

Lap 283: Race leader Jeff Gordon complaining of a tight condition. He's on pit road now.

Lap 282: Drivers begin to pit. Jamie McMurray, Brad Keselowski and Juan Pablo Montoya among those pitting now.

Lap 274: Jimmie Johnson now one lap down - the first car one lap down.

Lap 272: Flat right front tire on Jimmie Johnson's car. He pits under green!

Lap 266: The contact earlier isn't hurting Jeff Gordon - he continues to run fast lap after fast lap.

Lee Spencer says on Lap 262: Very impressive Team 31 (Jeff Burton) -- to come from 32nd after commitment line violation to P3 is sporty

Radio Chatter: Gordon: "Exit is really good, entrance is a little tight."

Lap 253: Jeff Gordon takes the lead!

Lee Spencer says: tire mark on the 24 after contact 48 in Turn 4 "I'm a little upset," Gordon said. "He must want to be treated different from everyone else."

Lap 244: Oh by the way, Tony Stewart has over a second lead on Jeff Gordon. But Gordon's charging after his battle with Johnson.

Lap 241: Jimmie Johnson now has a tire rub - how angry will he be at teammate Jeff Gordon?

Lap 240: JEFF GORDON AND JIMMIE JOHNSON BOUNCE OFF EACH OTHER ON THE FRONTSTRETCH! GREAT BATTLE FOR SECOND!

Lap 239: Jimmie Johnson passes Jeff Gordon for second.

RESTART - Lap 237: Tony Stewart leads the field to the green.

Radio chatter during yellow flag: Gordon asks about fuel. Crew chief Steve Letarte answers: We can make it on one more stop

How they will restart: Stewart, Gordon, Johnson, Burton, Biffle, Earnhardt Jr., Hamlin, Reutimann, Kurt Busch, Paul Menard.

Lap 234: Leaders all pit now. Tony Stewart takes two tires and takes the lead. Kyle Busch also took two tires - the rest of the field seems to have taken four.

CAUTION 5 - Lap 232: Juan Pablo Montoya hits the wall in Turn 1.

Lap 226: Jeff Gordon takes the lead. Great battle up front!

Lap 225: Jeff Gordon up to second!

Lap 223: Jimmie Johnson takes the lead!

Lap 219: With the pit sequence complete, Dale Earnhardt Jr. is your leader. Jimmie Johnson is second, Jeff Gordon is third.

Lap 218: And now race leader Jeff Gordon pits.

Lap 217: And now Jimmie Johnson pits.

Lap 216: Let's see if this works - Denny Hamlin pits.

Lap 215: Most of the drivers are completing their pit stops. Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Denny Hamlin staying out for now. Are they trying to make it to where they have to make just one more stop to complete the race?

Lap 211: More cars come down pit road for scheduled service.

Lap 210: Jeff Gordon gets past Jimmie Johnson for the lead! This battle is getting tense between the teammates.

Lap 207: JJ and Gordon finally clear both Hornish and Kenseth.

Lap 206: As stated earlier, Dale Jr. pits now

Lap 203: Matt Kenseth and Sam Hornish Jr. block Jeff Gordon, allowing Jimmie Johnson to catch his teammate and take the lead!

Lap 202: Paul Menard breaks into top 10.

Lap 200: Dale Jr: says "no grip in right rear" ...pitting in 5 laps

Lap 190: Junior fights back and takes third from Hamlin. Good battle between the two.

Lap 188: Denny Hamlin passes Dale Jr. for third. Junebug is dropping.

Lap 186: Jimmie Johnson passes Dale Earnhardt Jr. for second.

Lap 184: Jeff Burton passes teammate Kevin Harvick for 11th.

Lap 183: Denny Hamlin just got "Jimmie'd." The four-time defending champ is up to third.

Lap 181: Jeff Gordon takes the lead!

Lap 180: Jeff Gordon catches Dale Jr. and they are batlting for the lead!

Lap 178: Jimmie Johnson following teammate Jeff Gordon's lead - he passes David Reutimann for fourth.

Lap 176: Jeff Gordon passes Denny Hamlin for second. He's coming!

Lap 173: Jeff Gordon showing strength again - he passes Reutimann for third.

Lap 169: In case you were wondering, Dr. Dick Berggren reports no one is on stand-by to fill in for Denny Hamlin. He's going the full distance today.

Lap 168: With the pit sequence complete, your race leader is Dale Earnhardt Jr. Denny Hamlin, David Reutimann, Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson are your top five.

Lap 167: Juan Pablo Montoya pits. This completes the pit cycle.

Lap 166: Race leader Jeff Gordon in. Juan Pablo Montoya takes the lead (he has not pitted yet)

Lap 165: Jimmie Johnson comes in now. He was one of the remaining cars left - so was Jeff Burton, who is also in.

Lap 157: More cars on pit road for service.

Lap 156: Dale Earnhardt Jr. on pit road for scheduled service.

Lap 152: Denny Hamlin drops two spots to fifth.

Lap 151: Mark Martin on pit road.

Lap 150: Carl Edwards up to eighth.

Lap 143: Denny Hamlin up to third. Jimmie Johnson up to fifth.

Lap 142: Jeff Gordon's lead is up to 1.816 seconds. He is hooked up!

Lap 138: Oh by the way, Denny Hamlin is up to fourth. Think that knee is bothering him?

Lap 137: Jeff Gordon to the lead!

Lap 131: Jeff Gordon passes Jamie McMurray for 2nd. 1-2 Hendrick up front.

Lap 129: Jeff Gordon passes David Reutimann for third.

Lap 127: Dale Earnhardt Jr. breezes past Jamie McMurray for the lead going into Turn 1. Jeff Gordon powers past Denny Hamlin for fourth. Jimmie Johnson passes Carl Edwards for 10th. Yep, these Hendrick Motorsports cars are good.

Lap 125: Jeff Gordon up to fifth.

Lap 123: Reed Sorenson and AJ Allmendinger on pit road for unscheduled stops. Sorenson going to the garage.

Lap 118: Clint Bowyer has to come in for tire issues. He's going to lose at least one lap.

Lap 117: Daytona 500 winner Jamie McMurray takes the lead.

RESTART - Lap 116: Dale Earnhardt Jr. leads field to the green.

Lap 114: Jeff Burton was going to go onto pit road but decided at the last second to back out. Unfortunately, he hit the commitment cone and will now have to restart at the tail end of the line.

Lap 113: A lot of cars hit pit road, a few stragglers stay out - including race leader Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Burton, Jamie McMurray, David Reutimann and Clint Bowyer.

CAUTION 4 - Lap 111: Sam Hornish Jr. spins out in Turn 1 to bring out the caution.

Lap 109: Stewart up to fourth.

Lap 108: Tony Stewart up to fifth with four fresh tires. Everybody ahead of him on two fresh tires.

Lap 107: Kyle Busch moves up to 13th.

Lap 105: Jimmie Johnson gets REALLY loose in Turn 2. He hangs on without damage, but loses a bunch of spots and is 10th now.

GREEN FLAG - Lap 104: Dale Earnhardt Jr. leads. Jeff Gordon, Jeff Burton, Greg Biffle, Jamie McMurray, Tony Stewart, AJ Allmendinger, Jimmie Johnson, Paul Menard and Clint Bowyer are your top 10. A mixture of strategies in play here as most of the top 10 took just two tires.

Lap 101: Dale Jr., Jeff Gordon and others gamble by taking two tires. Junior takes the lead.

Lap 100: Brad Keselowski gets the lucky dog free pass and is back on the lead lap.

Lap 100: Carl Edwards tells his team that he ran over a piece of Brian Vickers' tire.

CAUTION 3 - Lap 100: Brian Vickers spins out again to bring out the caution.

Lee Spencer on Lap 93: Junior says "they need to be more consistent with the tires" currently P4

Lap 91: What bum knee? Denny Hamlin breaks into the top 10.

Lap 89: Kasey Kahne dropping like a rock. Down to 21st already.

Lap 85: Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon pass Dale Earnhardt Jr.

GREEN FLAG - Lap 83: Tony Stewart leads field to the green. Dale Jr., Jimmie Johnson, Carl Edwards, Jeff Gordon, Kurt Busch, Clint Bowyer, Jeff Burton, Juan Pablo Montoya and Greg Biffle are your top 10.

Lap 81: Michael McDowell and Joe Nemechek to the garage.

Radio chatter on Lap 78: Junior apologizes for driving into the box too deep and allowing 14 to get out first. He tells crew chief Lance McGrew "don't blame the sign guy, it was my fault."

Lap 78: Leaders pit. Tony Stewart wins the race off pit road again! That first stall on pit road is paying off for the No. 14 bunch. Dale Earnhardt Jr. comes out second, followed by Jimmie Johnson and a glut of others.

CAUTION 2 - Lap 77: Brian Vickers hits the wall in Turn 2 and then he slides around to bring out the caution.

Lap 76: Pit stops begin. Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski on pit road.

Lap 76: Dale Earnhardt Jr. takes the lead from teammate Jimmie Johnson on the backstretch.

Lap 71: JPM up to seventh.

Lee Spencer says on Lap 70: Do we believe that Jr never liked the wing, or do we believe that Jr knows Kasey Kahne is coming?

Lap 67: Kevin Harvick up to 12th, AJ Allmendinger up to 17th.

Lap 67: Dale Jr. up to second.

Lap 67: With leaders in traffic, Kasey Kahne and Juan Pablo Montoya are trading fast laps back in eighth and ninth place.

Lap 65: Leaders hitting traffic. Dale Earnhardt Jr. right on Tony Stewart's bumpre for second.

Radio chatter on Lap 61: Jimmie Johnson says his car is "pretty comfortable" -- imagine that

Lap 60: Kasey Kahne breaks into the top 10.

Lap 59: Carl Edwards up to seventh, JPM up to ninth, Kurt Busch to 10th. Kyle Busch, who restarted second, is out of the top 10 now.

Lap 58: Juan Pablo Montoya breaks into the top 10. Carl Edwards moves up to eighth after starting 20th..

Lap 57: Jeff Gordon keeps setting fast lap after fast lap. He's on a roll.

Lap 53: Clint Bowyer passes teammate Jeff Burton for fifth.

Lap 50: Jeff Gordon passes Clint Bowyer for fourth. Hendrick Motorsports drivers are currently first (Johnson), third (Dale Jr.), fourth (Gordon) and 22nd (Mark Martin)

Lap 49: Jimmie Johnson has reached 10,000 career laps led.

Lap 48: Coincidence? Jimmie Johnson takes the lead in Turn 2.

Lap 46: Jeff Gordon moves up to sixth, passing Greg Biffle for the position.

Lap 45: AJ Allmendinger breaks into top 20.

Lap 42: Dale Earnhardt Jr. up to third. Kyle Busch has dropped to P4. Says car is looser

Lap 38: Jimmie Johnson passes Kyle Busch for second.

Lap 36: Greg Biffle gets really loose in the turn! He's OK, but loses more positions. He's down to seventh.

Lap 34: Jimmie Johnson passes Greg Biffle for third. Biffle drops two positions in two laps.

Lap 33: Kyle Busch shots up to second!

GREEN FLAG - Lap 32: Tony Stewart leads field to the green. Biffle, Kyle Busch, Jimmie Johnson, Clint Bowyer and Dale Earnhardt Jr. are your top six.

Lap 30: Brad Keselowski comes back onto pit road because of an issue to his transponder. He won't lose positions because of this fix though.

Lap 28: Led by Greg Biffle, leaders come in for service. Tony Stewart wins race off pit road! Having that first pit stall for winning the pole pays off for Smoke. Greg Biffle second, Kyle Busch third and Jimmie Johnson fourth.

Lee Spencer says on Lap 27: Joey Logano has made the biggest gains in the first 25 laps moving up 16 positions.

Lee Spencer says: Prior to the caution, Greg Biffle was already asking for Jimmie Johnson's location on the track.

CAUTION 1 - Lap 25: As planned, the competition caution waves so teams can get a good tire reading.

Lap 22: Jimmie Johnson passes Tony Stewart for second.

Lap 19: Juan Pablo Montoya passes AJ Allmendinger for 16th.

Lee Spencer says on Lap 18: After changing engines and starting last, Joey Logano has climbed to 27th.

Lap 16: Greg Biffle powers past Tony Stewart and takes the lead.

CORRECTION - Lap 15: Dave Blaney slowing down on the backstretch and he's heading into the pits.

Lap 13: Top three drivers - Stewart, Biffle and Johnson - are all trading fast laps so far.

Lap 9: Sam Hornish Jr. started on the outside pole but is already down to eighth. Dale Earnhardt Jr. is right behind him fighting for the position.

Lap 5: Brian Vickers started a lowly 42nd, but he's already up to 30th. Watch out for him.

Lap 3: Ironically, Jimmie Johnson passes rival Sam Hornish Jr. here in Texas (where they wrecked last time they raced) for third.

Lap 1: The low line is the fast line around the track. Tony Stewart keeps the lead, Greg Biffle moves up to second. Sam Hornish third.

GREEN FLAG - Tony Stewart leads the field to the green!

Joe Nemechek decides to drop to the rear of the field right before the race. Early start and park perhaps?

As a quick reminder, defending race winner Jeff Gordon starts 12th today. Last week's Phoenix winner, Ryan Newman, rolls off 10th. Tony Stewart is your polesitter.

12:08 p.m. ET: Tammy King gives the command - Engines are fired!

Charley Pride sings a great anthem. It's time to go racing.

Noon ET - Tune in to FOX starting now for live coverage of the race.

11:52 p.m. ET - As a reminder, Joey Logano will head to the rear of the field at the start of the race because his team changed an engine on his No. 20 Home Depot Camry. He is the only driver to the back.

11:50 a.m. ET - Driver introductions are complete at Texas Motor Speedway. We are minutes away from racing.

11:45 a.m. ET - As expected, there will be a competition caution on Lap 25 today because of all the rain yesterday.

11:35 a.m. ET - A s a reminder, you can tune in to your local FOX affiliate beginning at Noon ET for live coverage of the race.

11:30 a.m. ET - Welcome to FOXSports.com's coverage of the rain-delayed Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. The sun is out in Texas and we should be good for a Noon ET start time.