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NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Lap 199 and Johnson goes into second, past Truex, who complains that his car is getting too loose. Johnson is one second away from an astonishing ascension to the lead.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: ...which he cannot do. Hamlin takes fourth, but out in front Busch now has 1.5s on the man in second - Truex. But the Waltrip Toyota is gaining.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Kahne drops to fourth with a problem off-camera. That was a slow lap, about a second off what he had just been doing. He'll now need to fight off Hamlin.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Kasey Kahne is giving this a go. He's closed to within 0.6s of leader Busch. Meanwhile, Jimmie Johnson moves into the top five! Great drive from Johnson, who started outside the top 20 remember, but is now fourth.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Kahne now passes Truex for second. There's one second between him and Busch, whose number of laps in the lead now numbers 121. Can Kahne be the race's sixth different leader? He's got four new tyres on his Hendrick Chevrolet.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Kahne moves past Hamlin for third as Kenseth confirms he suffered a blown engine.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Truex challenges Busch at the restart but falls in line. Behind them, the top 10 is McMurray, Hamlin, Montoya, Kahne, Johnson, Harvick, Keselowski and Martin.
Green flag
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Restart: Lap 164.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Could Denny Hamlin be back in contention? After the pit stops, he's showing up in fourth position having taken just two new tyres - the same as Busch, Truex and McMurray who are the lead three.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: The lead group pit - Busch and Truex take on two while Montoya gets four new tyres fitted.
Yellow flag
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: 160 Laps - Caution. Debris on the track. Kenseth pulls his car off the track as Joey Logano pulls in with a problem.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Kenseth drops to the bottom of the track. "I think I blew up," he says on the radio. Busch takes the lead.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: 150 laps down; 250 laps to go. Top 10: 1 Kenseth; 2 Busch; 3 Truex; 4; Montoya; 5 McMurray; 6 Kahne; 7 Johnson; 8 Martin; 9 Harvick; 10 Keselowski.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: After the pitstops and the restart, Montoya has jumped up to fourth while Keselowski has been shuffled back to 10th. Jimmie Johnson is an impressive eighth.
Green flag
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Lap 131: Kenseth leads Busch and Truex away at the restart.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Busch had just racked up his 101st lap leading this race before losing out to Kenseth in the pitlane.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: So the lead Joe Gibbs Toyotas swap positions, as Ricky Stenhouse gets the free pass to get back on to the lead lap.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Four new tyres for the cars and Kenseth jumps Busch.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Busch had Kenseth one second behind him, but now the lead cars are in the pits.
Yellow flag
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Lap 127 - Caution. Debris at Turn 3.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: McMurray passes Kahne for fourth and he's less than four seconds behind leader Busch, who is being pegged by Kenseth in second.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Johnson's charge continues as he passes Harvick to take 10th place.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Hamlin has now slipped out of the top 10 having been passed by Newman, Harvick and Johnson. Martin, Keselowski and Montoya are the guys on the move right now.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Conditions changing at Dover. The sunshine is disappearing as clouds begin to roll in. Rain seems very unlikely but it's making a difference.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Pace just starting to slow at the front, with the drivers lapping almost a second slower than the fastest lap of the race so far.
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Blancpain - Silverstone: Factory Aston Martin crew Frederic Makowiecki, Stefan Mucke and Darren Turner were untouchable in today's three-hour race in Britain.
Full race report
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: 100 laps completed - Busch's advantage has been eked out to 0.7s now. The top 10 is: Kyle Busch, Kenseth, Truex, Kahne, Martin, McMurray, Keselowski, Hamlin, Montoya, Newman.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: One man on the move is Jimmie Johnson, who is up to 15th. He started 24th, had an eventful few laps, but pit early and then pit again under the caution.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Truex and Kahne can't match the pace of the lead two at the moment. Busch and Kenseth are the only lead cars in the 23s.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Busch made a perfect restart but Kenseth is determined not to let him build the sort of lead he had before the caution. 90 laps completed and the gap's less than a quarter of the second.
Green flag
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Lap 85: The front nine stayed out while those behind pit. We are racing once again. 20 cars on the lead lap.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Tony Stewart gets back on the lead lap as we have the first caution of the day. When it resumes, this will be the top 10: 1 Kyle Busch; 2 Kenseth; 3 Truex; 4 Kahne; 5 Harvick; 6 Martin; 7 McMurray; 8 Logano; 9 Keselowski; 10 Hamlin.
Yellow flag
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Lap 79 - debris at Turn 2.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Hamlin made up three places when he did finally make it into the pitlane, he's now seventh. Kasey Kahne, fourth, is the lead Chevrolet. Just ahead of Hamlin is Keselowski, who is the lead Ford.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Keselowski takes over the lead but after just two laps, he pits. Busch is now back in front and his advantage is three seconds, still over Kenseth.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: He dropped to 13th as a result - while race leader Kyle Busch pits after 74 laps.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Bizarre incident as Hamlin drops down the order after missing the entrance to the pitlane!
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: After 62 laps, Kyle Busch's lead is 2.5s. It was almost three, but a slowish lap has allowed Kenseth to close. Busch's advantage came from some decisive driving while lapping slower cars - but as he approaches faster runners (he's up to the fringes of the top 20) he's losing more time getting past.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: At one eighth distance Hamlin has slipped to fifth place, while defending champion Brad Keselowski is hovering two places back in seventh.
Top 10: Kyle Busch; Kenseth; Truex Jr; Kahne; Hamlin; Martin; Keselowski; Harvick; McMurray; Kurt Busch.
Top 10: Kyle Busch; Kenseth; Truex Jr; Kahne; Hamlin; Martin; Keselowski; Harvick; McMurray; Kurt Busch.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Busch is building a nice lead out in front, 2.5s clear of Kenseth who is a similar distance ahead of a recovering Truex. Dale Earnhardt Jr was the fastest car last time around, though - but he's circulating in 10th.
By: Matt Beer, David Evans, Peter Mills, Mark Glendenning, Jamie O'Leary, Glenn Freeman, Scott Mitchell, Gary Watkins, Charles Bradley
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