Lap 303 — Greg Biffle dives under Jimmie Johnson for the lead going into Turn 3, and then slides up in front of him coming off the next corner.
Lap 302 — Greg Biffle has caught Jimmie Johnson. Here we go!
Lap 297 — Jeff Gordon plows his way past Matt Kenseth for fourth place.
Lap 296 — Greg Biffle says that he’s saving his equipment for a late-race run on leader Jimmie Johnson.
Lap 294 — Forty laps to go.
Oops ... I guess I jinxed Hendricks.
Lap 318 — Jimmie Johnson has brushed the wall between Turns 3 and 4. There’s light damage on the right side of his car, but he’s still going.
Lap 314 — Twenty laps to go. The space between first and second remains steady at about a second.
Lap 311 — As Greg Biffle and Jimmie Johnson flash under the flagstand, their closest competition — third-place Mark Martin — is in the middle of Turns 3 and 4.
Lap 308 — Jimmie Johnson is about a half second behind Greg Biffle. Is he saving his stuff for later, or is he hanging on for dear life?