From NASCAR.com ... Interim Report
CONCORD, N.C. -- Jimmie Johnson has been declared the winner of the Coke 600.
An in-progress report on the Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway:
Lap 1: Race started under caution due to moisture on the racetrack
Lap 4: Green flag flies alone for the first time. Pole-sitter Ryan Newman leads first green-flag lap.
Lap 14: Pole-sitter Newman reports high water temperature (235 degrees)
Lap 39: Ken Schrader slaps wall coming out of Turn 4, minimal damage
Lap 50: Newman loses lead to Tony Stewart after leading first 49 laps from the pole
Lap 51: First green-flag pit stops begin
Lap 58: Matt Kenseth inherits lead during green-flag pit stops
Lap 59: Tony Stewart takes lead during green-flag stops
Lap 87: 28 of the 43 cars remain on the lead lap
Lap 99: Tony Stewart holds a three-second lead over Kurt Busch
Lap 100: 26 of the 43 cars remain on the lead lap
Lap 103: 100th straight caution-free lap recorded
Lap 104: Caution displayed due to rain
Lap 106: Dale Earnhardt Jr. in for second pit stop to reapply lug nuts, drops to tail end of lead lap
Lap 108: Red flag comes out for rain
Lap 110: Green flag
< b>Lap 116: 24 of the 43 cars remain on the lead lap
Lap 118: All 43 starters still running
Lap 120: Stewart leads Kenseth by 2.760 seconds
Lap 123: Stewart loses lead to Kenseth, reports possible motor trouble
Lap 128: Caution flies for a Turn 1 accident involving Jeremy Mayfield. It is the first caution not related to rain. Mayfield is uninjured.
Lap 135: Green flag
Lap 139: Stewart 24th, the last driver on the lead lap
Lap 146: Kenseth becomes third driver (Stewart, Newman) to lead at least 25 laps
Lap 149: Jack Sprague gets loose, does not hit wall
Lap 158: 24 of the 43 cars remain on the lead lap
Lap 160: Stewart pulls into the garage area
Lap 177: Only two cars (Mayfield, Stewart) not running
Lap 180: 22 of the 43 cars remain on the lead lap
Lap 184: John Andretti slaps wall
Lap 186: Andretti pits
Lap 190: Stewart back on track, 31 laps down
Lap 194: Round of green-flag stops
Lap 198: Ricky Rudd slides through infield trying to get to his pit
Lap 202: Rudd's spin allows Bobby Labonte, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Greg Biffle to make a yellow-flag pit stop.
Lap 212: 11 of the 43 cars remain on the lead lap
Lap 219: Jimmie Johnson takes third after starting 43rd
Lap 220: Kenny Wallace pits with motor problems
Lap 222: Earnhardt Jr. spins on frontstretch, caution comes out, eight cars got laps back
Lap 223: Two cars (Mayfield, K. Wallace) in garage
Lap 225: 12 of the 43 cars remain on the lead lap
Lap 228: Bobby Labonte leads Matt Kenseth by .310 seconds
Lap 229: Steve Park spins by himself on backstretch, caution comes out. Jimmy Spencer gets his lap back, leaving 10 cars on the lead lap.
Lap 232: Green flag
Lap 238: Matt Kenseth leads Jeff Gordon by .321 seconds
Lap 239: Jack Sprague makes unscheduled pit stop
Lap 240: Earnhardt Jr. makes unscheduled pit stop
Lap 241: Yellow out for Harvick's flat tire, multiple cars take opportunity to pit
Lap 244: Robby Gordon and Elliott Sadler back on lead lap
Lap 245: Jimmie Johnson takes the lead
Lap 249: Elliott Sadler goes back a lap down
Lap 249: Kurt Busch reports a flat right rear tire, makes green-flag stop
Lap 253: Johnson leads Kenseth by 1.914 seconds
Lap 257: Only cars in garage are Kenny Wallace, Mayfield and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Lap 260: 8 of the 43 cars remain on the lead lap
Lap 264: Johnson leads Kenseth by 2.285 seconds
Lap 265: Yellow out after Ricky Craven's engine expires, leaking oil onto track
Lap 265: Larry Foyt, Ellott Sadler and John Andretti all crash after getting into oil
Lap 266: Greg Biffle's engine expires
Lap 273: Jeff Gordon tops off his tank
Lap 274: Rain begins to fall again
Lap 277: Red flag comes out for second time due to rain
Lap 277: Race called: Jimmie Johnson declared winner of the rain-shortened Coca-Cola 600.
