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NASCAR - Homestead: Sure enough, that timely caution has allowed Harvick to move up to 13th. He still needs a minor miracle to clinch his first title, however, as Johnson continues to run in the top 10.
Green flag
NASCAR - Homestead: And we're back to racing again on lap 157 as Kenseth lead the way once again with Earnhardt within sniffing distance.
NASCAR - Homestead: And here comes the leaders as Kenseth wins the race off pit road, ahead of Earnhardt Jr and Kyle Busch. Johnson is in fifth.
NASCAR - Homestead: Lucky Harvick, for a change, who should be able to get back on the lead lap if the field dive into the pits, having pitted out-of-sync of everyone else earlier on in the race.
Yellow flag
NASCAR - Homestead: Caution number five, on lap 153 of 267, for debris on the backstretch.
NASCAR - Homestead: So after that round of the pitstops the order looks like this:
1 Earnhardt Jr; 2 Kenseth; 3 Hamlin; 4 Kyle Busch; 5 Johnson; 6 Gordon; 7 Bowyer; 8 Menard; 9 Keselowski; 10 Logano.
It didn't take Kenseth too long to get by Hamlin. Team orders?
1 Earnhardt Jr; 2 Kenseth; 3 Hamlin; 4 Kyle Busch; 5 Johnson; 6 Gordon; 7 Bowyer; 8 Menard; 9 Keselowski; 10 Logano.
It didn't take Kenseth too long to get by Hamlin. Team orders?
NASCAR - Homestead: Small consolation for Kenseth, though, as he has clinched the most laps led for the race and earns himself a bonus point in the process.
NASCAR - Homestead: All three Joe Gibbs Racing cars are in and it's Hamlin who comes out trumps as he comes out ahead of Kenseth.
NASCAR - Homestead: Before he makes a stop on lap 142, that is. Kenseth therefore retakes the lead, but he'll soon be heading to pit road as well.
NASCAR - Homestead: Kenseth's pace seems to be dropping away as the next round of pits are coming up. And sure enough, Earnhardt Jr is the new leader!
NASCAR - Homestead: ...and it does. Sort of. Earnhardt Jr disposes of Hamlin and finds his way into second on lap 136.
NASCAR - Homestead: Hamlin is now half a second behind team-mate Kenseth, while Earnhardt Jr is right on Hamlin's tail. This could be about to get exciting...
NASCAR - Homestead: And we have a change in the top three as Earnhardt Jr passes Kyle Busch on lap 130.
NASCAR - Homestead: While Kenseth continues to lead, Montoya makes light contact with the wall down at Turns 2 and 3. He's currently in 23rd position.
NASCAR - Homestead: Bad times for Harvick, who pits from the back of the lead lap. Think we can say goodbye to his fight for the championship, which was meagre at best to begin with today.
NASCAR - Homestead: Harvick continues to fall down the order to 25th, behind Patrick who nearly went a lap down before the fourth caution period.
NASCAR - Homestead: It's not halfway distance yet, but here's the top 10 as it stands on lap 111 of 267:
1 Kenseth; 2 Hamlin; 3 Busch; 4 Johnson; 5 Menard; 6 Gordon; 7 Keselowski; 8 Earnhardt Jr; 9 Bowyer; 10 Logano.
1 Kenseth; 2 Hamlin; 3 Busch; 4 Johnson; 5 Menard; 6 Gordon; 7 Keselowski; 8 Earnhardt Jr; 9 Bowyer; 10 Logano.
NASCAR - Homestead: And Kyle Busch and Johnson continue to trade third and fourth on an almost lap-by-lap basis. Great stuff!
NASCAR - Homestead: After several attempts of trying to pass on the low-side, Johnson finally demotes Kyle Busch to fourth and is 1.9 seconds behind leader Kenseth.
NASCAR - Homestead: And Hamlin moves ahead of Kyle Busch for second as Joe Gibbs Racing takes command of the top three positions.
NASCAR - Homestead: Harvick's race is going from bad to worse as last weekend's Phoenix winner is down to 18th on the restart.
NASCAR - Homestead: Kenseth isn't having any of it as he reclaims his position at the front of the pack.
NASCAR - Homestead: Not for long, though, as Kyle Busch demotes his team-mate on the restart!
Green flag
NASCAR - Homestead: Green flag, on lap 94, and Kenseth leads the field after Larson had to (predictably) enter pit road again.
NASCAR - Homestead: Well, really Kyle Larson is our leader at the moment, but he took no tyres and gained 17 positions, so that won't last for long...
NASCAR - Homestead: Leaders into the pits once again and the majority of the frontrunners go for the four-tyre approach. Kenseth just about hangs onto the lead ahead of Kyle Busch out of pit road.
NASCAR - Homestead: Danica Patrick is the main beneficiary of Blaney's mishap as she goes back onto the lead lap.
Yellow flag
NASCAR - Homestead: Caution flag as Dave Blaney spins at Turn 2, much to the delight of Kenseth as Kyle Busch was beginning to close in on him.
NASCAR - Homestead: Meanwhile, Kyle Busch and Johnson go side-by-side and the former gains a position on lap 87 of 267.
NASCAR - Homestead: Martin fans: the veteran is currently running in 15th position on what is 763th race.
That's 763.
That's 763.
NASCAR - Homestead: Well he was, until Earnhardt Jr outmanoeuvred him into Turn 3.
NASCAR - Homestead: Truex Jr is having a good run in what is his last race for Michael Waltrip Racing. He's gained four positions in the first 80 laps and is currently in fourth.
Kenseth
NASCAR - Homestead: Kenseth's done a good job of fending off the five-time champion and is now beginning to create a sizeable gap.
NASCAR - Homestead: Johnson's looking pretty feisty on the restart as he nearly takes a nibble out of Kenseth's bumper!
Green flag
NASCAR - Homestead: Back to green on lap 73 and it's Kenseth, Johnson and Kyle Busch who lead the way once again.
NASCAR - Homestead: The biggest loser in all that was Harvick, who lost a couple of places and is now running in tenth, behind Carl Edwards.
NASCAR - Homestead: Frontrunners into the pits and it's Kenseth who leads them back out, ahead of Johnson and Kyle Busch.
NASCAR - Homestead: Great bit of reactionary driving by Greg Biffle, who was heading for pit road before the caution and changed his mind at the very last moment!
Yellow flag
NASCAR - Homestead: And, inevitably, there's another caution. This time for debris on Turns 3 and 4.
NASCAR - Homestead: First green flag stops get underway on lap 67, with Jamie McMurray and Marcos Ambrose the first into pit road.
By: Dan Cross, Matt Beer, David Evans, Scott Mitchell, Marcus Simmons, Sam Tremayne, Charles Bradley
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