The Keseler retars the Blue Goose to the garage as it was below safe speed.. his engyne had been in declining health
fuel pickup issue for the 2 car?
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Lap 167 — Crossed flags — the race has reached the halfway point. Brad Keselowski is about to come back out of the garage.
Lap 217 — Brad Keselowski is back in the garage.
Lap 214 — NASCAR has given teams an extra person to go over the wall to clean the windshield and assist the driver.
Lap 212 — Greg Biffle has taken over second place from Mark Martin.
Lap 206 — Second-place Mark Martin has one victory at Texas. The win came in March 1999.
Lap 202 — Jimmie Johnson has not had a top-five finish here at Texas since April 2010, when he wound up second.
Lap 200 — Two hundred laps down, 134 to go.
Lap 194 — Greg Biffle is right on Mark Marton’s bumper for second place.
Lap 192 — Jimmie Johnson holds a lead of about 3.3 seconds over Mark Martin.
Lap 190 — The round of green-flag pit stops is over. Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin, Greg Biffle, Matt Kenseth and Martin Truex Jr. are the top five.
Lap 189 — Jimmie Johnson, Matt Kenseth, Jeff Gordon and Denny Hamlin pit.
Lap 188 — Martin Truex Jr. and Greg Biffle get fresh tires and fuel.
Lap 187 — Mark and Dale Earnhardt Jr. make their stops.
Lap 186 — Juan Montoya, Jamie McMurray and Kevin Harvick are pitting.
Lap 183 — Tony Stewart is having a rough weekend. He qualified 29th in a backup, and isn’t faring much better in the race itself. He’s in 21st place,
Lap 180 — Jimmie Johnson goes to the high side off Turn 2 to briefly take the lead from Martin Truex Jr., but Truex then tries a crossover move between Turns 3 and 4. It almost works.
Lap 177 — Jimmie Johnson has caught Martin Truex Jr. When and where will his move come?