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NASCAR - Dover: Kenseth now leads, ahead of Hamlin (who's bounced back from a pitlane speeding penalty), Johnson, Gordon, Larson, Menard, Earnhardt Jr and Kurt Busch.
NASCAR - Dover: Amazing. We've only just restarted and leader Harvick cuts a tyre.
Green flag
NASCAR - Dover: Phew, we're back racing. Harvick leads Kenseth, with Hamlin back to third.
NASCAR - Dover: Cars are rolling once more, which will be a relief as it's pretty hot out there today. We're expecting a peak temperature of 72F in Delaware today.
NASCAR - Dover: Matt Kenseth reports "so far so good" as he's risen to second from a lowly starting spot. Harvick is the only man ahead of him, and the cars should restart any moment. Let's hope that track fix holds...
NASCAR - Dover: Plenty of work still going on at Turn 2 as we attempt to get this race underway once more.
NASCAR - Dover: The good thing about a huge delay in fixing the track at Daytona in 2010 was the availability of food and drink in the press box, sited well above the start/finish line at the hallowed Florida speedbowl.
It was a good evening for Jamie McMurray, who won the 500 that year.
Not so good in this scenario, as his team can't even fix his car under red flag conditions.
Red flag
NASCAR - Dover: Kevin Harvick, our race leader, says he looked at that corner after yesterday's Nationwide race and wondered about the state of the track in that section.
Red flag
NASCAR - Dover: Reminds this journalist of sitting for hours in the press room into the darkness at Daytona in 2010 as that year's 500 unintentionally became a night race.
NASCAR - Dover: We could be in for a lengthy delay here while the track is repaired. An expansion joint at Turn 2 is the culprit, and is now being fixed by track workers. Ryan Newman's car flicked up the piece of loose concrete, which was hit by McMurray.
Red flag
NASCAR - Dover: Second red flag of the race. It's done a serious amount of damage to McMurray's car and sent him clattering into the wall.
NASCAR - Dover: No, it wasn't something thrown, it was the track surface that was torn up by a car and McMurray smote it at full pelt. Nasty.
Yellow flag
NASCAR - Dover: Jamie McMurray hits the wall, so caution is out on lap 158 - the fourth of today. Looks like he hit a beverage can of some kind...
NASCAR - Dover: Harvick leads Johnson, Kenseth, Gordon, Menard, Kahne and Keselowski. Still a way away from half distance, though.
Green flag
NASCAR - Dover: We're back underway, with Harvick grabbing the lead from Johnson. We haven't seen the inside line working like that this weekend, especially in the Nationwide race yesterday.
NASCAR - Dover: Somehow six cars got involved in that crash, which started very innocuously. Allmendinger is blaming Stehounse and vice versa.
Quote
NASCAR - Dover: Greg Biffle says: "It's a tough place, when someone makes a mistake a few cars pay for it."
Red flag
NASCAR - Dover: That two-car pile-up has stopped the race due to a huge amount of debris that needs cleaning up.
NASCAR - Dover: AJ Allmendinger seemed to be the catalyst for that. Wonder what Jack Roush thinks of that one, as it removed two of his cars...
Yellow flag
NASCAR - Dover: Big wreck as Ricky Stenhouse smacks the wall, along with - uh oh - team-mate Greg Biffle.
Green flag
NASCAR - Dover: The race restarts with Johnson leading Harvick, Menard, Kenseth and Gordon.
NASCAR - Dover: Busch has headed to the garage without any further Bowyer interface. But don't expect that feud to end their; it was clear that Kyle felt he was taken into the fence.
Crash
NASCAR - Dover: Kyle Busch has thought twice about some retribution on Bowyer, having lined him up under the yellow flag. His spotter pleaded with him not to do what he was clearly thinking...
Yellow flag
NASCAR - Dover: Caution number two and it's for Kyle Busch! No clean sweep for him today. He clips Clint Bowyer and fires into the wall. Ouch.
NASCAR - Dover: Third placed Kyle Busch has fallen over 5s back from the battling leaders, Johnson and Harvick.
NASCAR - Dover: Hamlin, after his pit speeding penalty, is currently 23rd.
NASCAR - Dover: Harvick passes Busch for second. Dale Earnhardt Jr is also moving into the frame in the top 10.
NASCAR - Dover: That's the 14th straight race that Johnson has led at Dover, a pretty impressive fact.
NASCAR - Dover: Lap 82 and Johnson grabs the lead from Kyle Busch.
NASCAR - Dover: Hamlin was pinged for pitlane speeding in the last round of stops. That's a costly mistake.
Green flag
NASCAR - Dover: Johnson attacks Busch at the restart, but Kyle hangs on.
NASCAR - Dover: After the first pitstop cycle, Kyle Busch still leads, ahead of Johnson and Hamlin. Gordon received a handling adjustment, which cost him some spots.
Crash
NASCAR - Dover: Alex Bowman clipped the wall, which gave NASCAR officials the opportunity they were looking for to liven things up.
Yellow flag
NASCAR - Dover: First caution of the day after a long green-flag run. Busch leads Johnson and Gordon, with Logano back to fourth from Harvick and Hamlin.
NASCAR - Dover: Gordon passes Hamlin for fourth, and Harvick goes by too. Johnson is attacking Logano for second on this long first green-flag run.
NASCAR - Dover: Jimmie Johnson is up to third, behind Kyle Busch and Logano. Hamlin is fourth, ahead of Gordon, Harvick and Bowyer. Keselowski has fallen to eighth.
NASCAR - Dover: With 34 laps in the book, poleman Keselowski has tumbled backwards behind Logano and Hamlin to fifth.
NASCAR - Dover: Kyle Busch leads Keselowski, Logano, Hamlin, Johnson, Harvick and Gordon.
Green flag
NASCAR - Dover: Kyle Busch takes the lead from polesitter Brad Keselowski.
NASCAR - Dover: The other big storyline is Kyle Busch. Can he 'do the triple' today, after winning the Truck Series and Nationwide races at Dover already this weekend? 'Rowdy' (or 'Shrub', you decide) did it at Bristol in 2010.
By: Matt Beer, Andrew van Leeuwen, Mark Glendenning, Glenn Freeman, Sam Smith, Dan Cross, Gary Watkins, AUTOSPORT staff, Charles Bradley
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