NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race

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Carl Edwards' reward tonight? $1,018,300

No worries, he jumps out of his car, performs his trademark backflip, then goes up into the stands to celebrate with the race fans.

WOW! Carl Edwards was about to slide through the grass, but he hit a manhole in the infield and tore up the front of his race car!

CHECKERED FLAG - CARL EDWARDS WINS THE SPRINT ALL-STAR RACE!

WHITE FLAG - Carl Edwards leads by 0.516 seconds.

Lap 98: Two laps to go - Carl Edwards leads.

Radio chatter on Lap 95: Biffle: "Too tight"

Lap 95: Carl Edwards running away with the million dollar prize! He's opened up a 0.830 second lead.

Lap 94: Mark Martin goes into the garage.

Lap 93: Carl Edwards opens up a 0.7 second on second-place Kyle Busch.

Lap 92: David Reutimann jumps up to P3!

Lap 91: Carl Edwards jumps out to early lead, Biffle and Busch fighting for P2.

RESTART - Lap 90: This is it - the 10 lap million dollar dash. Carl Edwards leads. Kyle Busch, Biffle, Kenseth and Reutimann are your top five. Hamlin, Stewart, Johnson, Newman and Bowyer round out the top 10. 19 cars remain on lead lap, with Brad Keselowski one lap down and Kasey Kahne out of the race.

Carl Edwards wins race off pit road! Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth and others behind.

Teams are back in for their mandatory four tire pit stop.

Regan Smith had issues starting back up, he had to get a push onto pit road and is on pit road for an extended period of time.

11:10 p.m. ET: Cars are back out on track, we should be going back racing in a few seconds.

Only green flag laps will count when we restart at about 11:10 p.m. ET.

Quick correction: NASCAR informs us that teams must change four tires during this 10 minute break.

During this 10 minute break, teams can change tires, add fuel and perform any normal pit duties.

FOXSports.com senior NASCAR writer Lee Spencer says: Do you think Kyle Busch feels his hands are tied because he's under probation?

We now have a 10 minute break until the final 10 lap dash for a million dollars.

CAUTION - Lap 90: The third segment is complete. Carl Edwards wins this portion.

Radio chatter on Lap 87: Kyle Busch: "(Carl Edwards) can drive it into the corner FIVE CAR LENGTHS DEEPER THAN ME ... I was better with the lighter fuel load."

Lap 85: Carl Edwards goes strong in Turns 3 and 4, taking the lead away.

Lap 83: Carl Edwards is charging, and he's pulled up alongside next to leader Kyle Busch.

Radio chatter on Lap 80: Jimmie Johnson's spotter Earl Barban: "good job man, wind her up"

Lap 78: Bad restart for Jeff Gordon, he's slow at the flag and gets split by Greg Biffle and Carl Edwards.

RESTART - Lap 77: Kyle Busch leads. Gordon, Edwards, Biffle and Stewart are your top five.

More radio chatter: Knaus: "Hope that we realize we don’t need to tear up a race car just for the sake of tearing it up"

More radio chatter from Jimmie Johnson: Knaus: "What do you got going on there, dude?" Johnson: "Do you want to state something besides the obvious?"

Lap 75: Four cars pit - Johnson, Montoya, Martin and Harvick.

Lap 74: Jimmie Johnson pits during this caution. Chad Knaus: "Would you like me to adjust on the car any?" Johnson: "No, I think we're fine. Just track position"

CAUTION 2 - Lap 73: Regan Smith spins coming off Turn 2. His cockpit is full of smoke, but the car appears to be alright (aside from slight left front damage). He may have gotten help from Kenseth.

Radio chatter on Lap 71: Johnson: "it's terrible"

Lap 70: Carl Edwards spins his tires and Kyle Busch takes the lead.

RESTART - Segment 3: This segment is 20 laps in distance. Edwards leads. Kyle Busch, Gordon, Biffle and Stewart are your top five. Hamlin, Reutimann, McMurray, Smith and Martin round out the top 10.

Radio chatter after pit stop: Knaus after Johnson tells him he could have used a little warning on pit road "How the (expletive) am I going to make a decision when I dont know what to do!"

Radio chatter after the pit stops: Crew chief Chad Knaus: "We have may really (expletive) up there"

Carl Edwards fakes everybody out! He was about to pit, made last second change and stayed out. Jimmie Johnson did not know what to do and pitted - six of front seven cars did not pit.

Pit road is open in between segments.

Radio chatter after Segment 2: Jimmie Johnson says when he started on four stickers it was different

CAUTION - Lap 70: Segment 2 is complete. Carl Edwards wins the second segment.

Lap 68: Carl Edwards muscles past Jimmie Johnson to reclaim lead.

Lap 66: Surprise of the night? Kurt Busch - he's rebounded from early troubles to move up to ninth.

Lap 62: Jimmie Johnson goes low and takes the lead. Kyle Busch tries same move and is now side-by-side with Carl Edwards.

RESTART - Lap 61: Edwards leads. Johnson, Kenseth, Kyle Busch and Biffle are your top five.

Lap 59: Kasey Kahne heads into the garage.

Lap 59: Strategy at play? Leaders stay out, those further behind come in for service. Will these drivers stay out later?

Radio chatter on Lap 58: No. 4 crew chief Kenny Francis: "The 16 might have gotten into you" No. 16 driver Greg Biffle - "I never touched him"

CAUTION - LAP 58: Kasey Kahne gets into the wall in Turn 2. his spotter asked if he was alright. "A tire might have gone or something" Kahne says.

Lap 57: Jimmie Johnson tries high, then goes low and completes pass on Kasey Kahne for second.

Radio chatter on Lap 55: Kyle Busch: "Everyone is looser than me and faster."

Lap 54: Great battle between Kahne, Johnson, Biffle and Kenseth for positions 2-5. Leader Carl Edwards checks out though - up front by over 1 second.

RESTART - Lap 50: Segment 2 begins. This segment is 20 laps. Carl Edwards leads, Kasey Kahne is second. Jimmie Johnson, Greg Biffle, and Regan Smith round out top five.

Radio chatter after pit stops: Kevin Harvick: "Have we raced this car?" Crew chief Gil Martin: "Brand new" Richard Childress: "Let's just see what happens."

Radio chatter after pit stops: Crew chief Jimmy Fennig: "I figured we do four now and two later to see what four could do" Matt Kenseth: "Good job Jimmy"

Pit road opens during the caution and every lead lap car comes in.

CAUTION - Lap 50: This is the end of Segment 1. Dale Jr. (19th place) was over 27 seconds behind the leader when the segment ended.

Radio chatter on Lap 49: Kevin Harvick tells Gil Martin: "I can't run high either"

SPEED.com's Tom Jensen notes on Lap 45: There have been seven different winners in the last seven NASCAR Sprint All-Star Races. Neither Greg Biffle (first), Carl Edwards (second) or Kyle Busch (third) have won the All-Star Race.

Radio chatter on Lap 40: Dale Earnhardt Jr.: "Still need to turn better in the corner, through the middle." Crew chief Steve Letarte suggests a track bar change. 88 currently P19

Lap 40: As we near the competition caution on Lap 50, we have two drivers - Brad Keselowski and Kurt Busch - a lap down. Brad has had brake issues, while Kurt got a penalty for a tire leaving his pit stall.

Lap 29: Kurt Busch comes down pit road to serve his drive-thru penalty for the tire going out of the pit stall. Busch: "Want me to go behind the wall now?"

Radio chatter on Lap 28: Kurt  Busch: "That was another stellar stop. I'm sorry., i've just lost all composure I cant do anything right now." Crew tells him a tire went out of the box pass through

Lap 27: After the pit stops - Greg Biffle remains up front. Edwards, Kyle Busch, Kahne and Stewart are your top five.

Lap 25: Everybody comes down for their required four-tire pit stop - except for Brad Keselowski, who is having brake issues and wanted to pit while others weren't in there.

Lap 24: After this lap, teams are required to make a four-tire pit stop.

Lap 19: Dale Jr. moves up to 19th - now the Penske cars of Kurt Busch and Brad Keselowski are 20th and 21st (last)

Radio chatter on Lap 15: Jeff Gordon: "These last two were pretty tight. But I think we're pretty good though"

Radio chatter on Lap 14: Spotter Eddie D'Hondt to Kyle Busch: "That was a good corner there"

Radio chatter on Lap 12: Biffle: "A little loose on exit...255 (water temp)"

Lee Spencer says on Lap 11: Greg Biffle and Kyle Busch reporting debris on their grilles.

Lap 9: We are closing in on Lap 25. After the halfway point of this first segment, teams must make a four-tire pit stop.

Lap 6: Fan vote winner Dale Jr. has been unable to gain spots, he remains in last place.

Lee Spencer says on Lap 4: Kyle Busch incredibly quiet on the radio

Lap 3: New leader - Greg Biffle

Lap 2: Carl Edwards passes Clint Bowyer for third and begins to gain on front two.

Lap 1: Kyle Busch shoots out of a cannon on the start and takes the lead. Greg Biffle moves up to P2.

GREEN FLAG! Kyle Busch leads the field to the start. This first of four segments is 50 laps, with a mandatory four-tire pit stop.

Prerace radio chatter: 18 crew chief Dave Rogers: "Alright guys, the All-Star race, let's have some fun"

SPEED.com's Tom Jensen says: The only driver to win consecutive NASCAR Sprint All-Star Races was Davey Allison in 1991-92. Kurt Busch is the defending winner tonight.

9:40 p.m. ET: Gentlemen, start your engines!

SPEED.com's Tom Jensen says: Tonight’s race is the 27th consecutive running of the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race. The first NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race paid $200,000 to win in 1985; tonight’s race pays $1 million to the winner.

9:19 p.m. ET: Prerace introductions are now complete. We are just a few minutes away from live racing.

9:15 p.m. ET: Kyle Busch receives biggest boos of the night - the biggest reaction overall.

According to NASCAR on FOX's Jeff Hammond - there was a problem with the stage screen earlier - which delayed things a few minutes.

9:10 p.m. ET: Juan Pablo Montoya is first driver to get more boos than cheers during intros.

9:08: A quick reminder while driver introductions are underway, Jimmie Johnson is driving car No. 5 this evening - not his traditional No. 48. Mark Martin, who usually drives the No. 5, is driving car No. 25.

9:02 p.m. ET: Driver introductions are underway for the Sprint All-Star Race.

8:50 p.m. ET: A note about the All-Star fan vote - More than 2.4 million votes were cast since March 23 resulting in a 66 percent increase from 2010.

8:33 p.m. ET: Minutes after David Ragan and Brad Keselowski raced their way into the All-Star Race, it was announced Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the fan vote - claiming the final spot in the race

SPEED.com's Tom Jensen notes: Who is in the field tonight? The field: Race-winning drivers and car owners from the 2010 and 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series seasons, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champions from the past 10 years (2001-2010) who are active drivers and have competed in at least one series event during the 2010 or 2011 season, and past winners of the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race. Additionally, the top two Sprint Showdown finishers advance, as does the winner of the NASCAR Sprint Fan Vote.

The Sprint All-Star Race consists of four segments beginning with a 50 lap segment, then a 20 lap segment, another 20 lap segment, and a final 10 lap dash to victory. Only green flag laps will count in the final segment.

After segments 1 and 2, there will be a yellow flag period during which teams can pit for service. After segment 3, there will be a 10-minute break (teams will line up in the positions they finished segment 3 at the start of segment 4 whether or not they do anything during the break).

Welcome to FOXSports.com's coverage of the 2011 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race. The action will begin at 9:12 p.m. ET and can be seen live on SPEED.