Lap 148 — Greg Biffle, Jimmie Johnson and Trevor Bayne drop onto pit road to get their cars serviced.
Lap 147 — Marcos Ambrose and Matt Kenseth pit. Ambrose’s car has to be pushed out of its stall.
Lap 146 — Kyle Busch’s crew goes to work, and it’s a slow stop. Jeff Gordon is also pitting.
Lap 144 — Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kevin Harvick and Denny Hamlin pit.
Lap 143 — Martin Truex Jr., Mark Martin, A.J. Allmendinger and others are on pit road.
Lap 142 — Jamie McMurray, Clint Bowyer and Paul Menard are making their stops.
Lap 141 — Juan Montoya is pitting.
Lap 139 — Expect green-flag pit stops in the next few laps. Jimmie Johnson leads Greg Biffle by about 2.2 seconds.
Lap 136 — A NASCAR official reports that Trevor Bayne’s car appears to be leaking oil.
Lap 133 — Marcos Ambrose is having one of the his better runs tonight. He’s been consistently amongst the top five tonight, and is now in fifth place.
Lap 127 — Jimmie Johnson’s cushion has grown to about a second over Greg Biffle.
Lap 123 — Jimmie Johnson has one previous Sprint Cup victory at Texas — in November 2007.
Lap 121 — Greg Biffle is trailing race leader Jimmie Johnson by about 6/10ths of a second.
Lap 118 — Don’t forget. Jimmie Johnson is shooting to give team owner Rick Hendrick his 200th victory in Cup competition.