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Johnson's fallen to 4.3s behind Keselowski now. Menard is hassling Johnson for third.
Earnhardt's recovery is picking up pace. He's up to seventh now and starting to hassle Gordon.
This is a very, very impressive stint from Keselowski on those older tyres.
Harvick's had a moment of some kind, because Keselowski's lead is now 1.7s and Johnson is right on the #4's tail.
Menard's charge continues! He passes Busch for fourth.
Maybe he's trying to get the race to end quickly so he doesn't miss the birth of his child.
Maybe he's trying to get the race to end quickly so he doesn't miss the birth of his child.
Keselowski is still holding Harvick at arm's length, about 0.7s back.
Johnson has passed Busch for third and is a second behind Harvick.
Menard shoots into the top five at the expense of Jeff Gordon.
Less than 100 laps to go now.
Earnhardt drops to ninth and now Hamlin is all over him.
Harvick is just a few tenths behind Keselowski, and the front two have bolted slightly from Busch who is 1.8s off the lead. He has Johnson for close company.
So Keselowski leads, Harvick is second, Busch third, Johnson fourth and Gordon is fifth.
Earnhardt is down in seventh. Logano has slipped to the 12th place he seems so fond of.
Earnhardt is down in seventh. Logano has slipped to the 12th place he seems so fond of.
Harvick immediately despatches Busch.
Green flag
161 laps down and we're green again.
This is what the leaders did in the pits: Busch, Harvick and Johnson took on two new tyres, Gordon and Earnhardt opted for fuel only.
Harvick ran over some debris so his crew checked the car over – but there's no damage.
Harvick ran over some debris so his crew checked the car over – but there's no damage.
Logano-watch: HE'S INTO THE TOP 10.
Only just, mind. But it's the highest he's been for about 120 laps.
Only just, mind. But it's the highest he's been for about 120 laps.
Keselowski's opted not to stop (to be fair, we have only just had a round of pitstops under the green flag) and so he leads Busch and Harvick.
Busch beats Harvick out of the pitlane, with Johnson, Gordon and Earnhardt next up.
Two new tyres for the top three.
Harvick, Busch, Johnson et al head down the pitlane.
Jamie McMurray gets the lucky dog free pass.
Yellow flag
Debris on the back straight, and that's a welcome caution (sorry Kevin).
Earnhardt is 10s behind the leader in fourth. He and Gordon are quite close on track, but then there's another 3s or so until Truex in sixth.
He's got something of a train of cars behind him.
He's got something of a train of cars behind him.
Those stops have shuffled the gaps out front. Harvick is 2s clear of Busch and 6.4s clear of Johnson in third.
Logano is 11th, he's not made any impression on the top 10 since the first caution dropped him out of the lead.
Keselowski has lost out there, he's been shuffled back to eighth.
So after those stops, this is the top five: 1 Harvick; 2 Busch; 3 Johnson; 4 Earnhardt; 5 Gordon.
"Zestfully fast" is the oddest expression we've heard today to describe a driver being penalised for speeding into the pitlane.
Stenhouse gets a speeding penalty as the remaining frontrunners stop.
Busch pits, Keselowski leads – Kenseth is ahead of Earnhardt who has slipped back all of a sudden.
Gordon and Johnson follow Harvick into the pitlane and we're into the next rush of stops.
Harvick's into the pits. Busch leads.
Harvick's lead is now 2.5s. This race has ebbed and flowed every 20 laps or so.
Just the two cautions so far, so it really is developing into a straight fight between the drivers on the track and the guys on the pitwall.
Ragan and a couple of others kick off what could be another round of green-flag pitstops.
He edged ahead of Busch out of Turn 2 and then slams the door shut into Turn 3 to become the sixth different leader of the race.
Harvick moves into the lead! He passes Busch with 130 laps gone.
Keselowski wasn't quite as lucky with that wobble. He brushed the wall as the #2 Penske machine got away from him, but it doesn't appear to have done anything serious.
Gordon now passes Keselowski, who has dropped to 6.7s off the lead.
That could have gone pear-shaped for Earnhardt though. Keselowski got a bit loose as the Daytona winner passed around the outside, and Earnhardt was a razor from hitting the wall.
Still, pass made.
Still, pass made.
Now Earnhardt retakes fourth (again!) from Keselowski. Great battle developing in the top five.
By: Matt Beer, David Evans, Scott Mitchell, Pablo Elizalde
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