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Lap-by-Lap: Dover

By NASCAR.COM
June 2, 2008
02:16 PM EDT
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CHECKERED FLAG: Kyle Busch dominates the Monster Mile and wins the Best Buy 400 at Dover. Carl Edwards, Greg Biffle, Matt Kenseth and Jeff Gordon round out the top five.

Lap 399 -- WHITE FLAG: Kyle Busch is one mile away from his fourth win on the season in the Cup Series.

Lap 394 -- If things hold for five more laps, all five Roush Fenway Racing cars will finish in the top 15. This will also be the first race Jeff Burton has finished off the lead lap this season.

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Lap 390 -- Sam Hornish Jr. is currently 18th and if he stays there will jump two spots in the points standings to 32nd and will not have to qualify his way in next week at Pocono.

Lap 384 -- Kyle Busch has led 143 laps today. Greg Biffle has led the most with 164.

Lap 379 -- Impressive runs today by Travis Kvapil and Juan Montoya who are currently 11th and 12th.

Lap 374 -- Brian Vickers is currently 13th and two laps down but still an impressive comeback from two pit-road speeding penalties.

Lap 367 -- Martin Truex Jr. passes Jimmie Johnson for sixth and Kyle Busch passes Johnson to put him a lap down.

Lap 364 -- Dave Blaney is currently 10th and has been hovering around that 10th spot all day.

Lap 358 -- Jeff Burton has passed Jamie McMurray for eighth and is the first car one lap down.

Lap 352 -- Kyle Busch now leads by more than seven seconds and should cruise to the victory unless something happens to his No. 18 Toyota or a caution comes out.

Lap 349 -- Currently Jamie McMurray in eighth is the first car a lap down, but Jeff Burton has been challenging him for that spot for numerous laps.

Lap 343 -- Carl Edwards is stuck in traffic while Kyle Busch has an open track and Busch now leads by more than five seconds.

Lap 341 -- Tony Stewart has retired from the race as has Tony Raines, who lost his transmission.

Lap 337 -- Kyle Busch leads by 3.6 seconds with 63 laps to go.

Lap 330 -- Seven cars are on the lead lap after green-flag stops:
1. Kyle Busch
2. Carl Edwards
3. Greg Biffle
4. Matt Kenseth
5. Jeff Gordon
6. Jimmie Johnson
7. Martin Truex Jr.

Lap 328 -- Ryan Newman is still on pit road as the team makes major adjustments.

Lap 326 -- LEAD CHANGE: Ryan Newman hits pit road and Kyle Busch takes the lead. Track bar adjustment and four tires for Newman.

Lap 325 -- There are only six cars on the lead lap.

Lap 321 -- LEAD CHANGE: Ryan Newman takes the lead when Jamie McMurray pits. McMurray with a chassis and air pressure adjustment.

Lap 320 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jamie McMurray takes the lead when Jeff Gordon pits. Chassis adjustment for Gordon.

Lap 319 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jeff Gordon takes the lead when Matt Kenseth hits pit road.

Lap 318 -- LEAD CHANGE: Matt Kenseth takes the lead when Kyle Busch hits pit road.

Lap 316 -- Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle hit pit road giving up second and third. Edwards with a track bar adjustment and Biffle also with a track bar adjustment.

Lap 312 -- The final green flag stops should begin within the next 10 laps.

Lap 307 -- Tony Raines is on pit road.

Lap 303 -- Kyle Busch has held off Carl Edwards up to this point, but Edwards is still filling up his rearview mirror.

Lap 295 -- Carl Edwards has caught Kyle Busch and is challenging for the lead.

Lap 290 -- Carl Edwards has closed the gap on Kyle Busch to 0.6 seconds.

Lap 283 -- Clint Bowyer is on pit road. Carl Edwards says his car is getting "neutral" for the first time today.

Lap 280 -- Kyle Busch gets loose but is able to save it.

Lap 275 -- Lap traffic has allowed Carl Edwards to close the gap on Kyle Busch. Busch is now up front by less than a second.

Lap 264 -- Greg Biffle has caught second-place Carl Edwards. Kyle Busch leads by 1.5 seconds.

Lap 250 -- Jimmie Johnson is up to sixth after restarting eighth.

Lap 247 -- GREEN FLAG: Kyle Busch brings the field to the green.
1. Kyle Busch
2. Carl Edwards
3. Greg Biffle
4. Matt Kenseth
5. Jeff Gordon

Lap 246 -- Jeremy Mayfield and Brian Vickers were too fast exiting pit road and will start at the tail end of the longest line. Ryan Newman hits pit road to top off on fuel.

Lap 243 -- Jimmie Johnson, Ryan Newman, Travis Kvapil and Martin Truex Jr. the only lead-lap cars to hit pit road.

Lap 242 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 5: Debris in Turn 2 brings out the caution. Juan Montoya gets the free pass.

Lap 240 -- The top-five following another round of green-flag pit stops:
1. Kyle Busch
2. Carl Edwards
3. Greg Biffle
4. Matt Kenseth
5. Jeff Gordon

Lap 236 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kyle Busch takes the lead as Jeff Gordon hits pit road.

Lap 235 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jeff Gordon takes the lead as Kyle Busch, Greg Biffle and Matt Kenseth hit pit road. Brian Vickers too fast exiting pit road and will have to serve a pass-through penalty.

Lap 233 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kyle Busch gets the lead when Carl Edwards pits. Track bar adjustment for Edwards. Jamie McMurray and Jimmie Johnson also on pit road.

Lap 231 -- Brian Vickers gives up fifth and hits pit road. Small chassis adjustment and four tires for Vickers.

Lap 229 -- David Ragan and Martin Truex Jr. on pit road.

Lap 227 -- Ryan Newman hits pit road to begin green-flag stops. Chassis and air pressure adjustment for Newman.

Lap 226 -- Travis Kvapil passes Ryan Newman for 10th.

Lap 225 -- Clint Bowyer is still on pit road with the hood up due to a shock absorber being broke.

Lap 219 -- Clint Bowyer is back on pit road as his troubles continue.

Lap 215 -- Dave Blaney is up to ninth and Jimmie Johnson is challenging Travis Kvapil for 11th.

Lap 212 -- Clint Bowyer is on pit road due to a cut tire and he is now a couple laps down.

Lap 210 -- Something may be wrong with Clint Bowyer as he has really slowed on the track.

Lap 207 -- There are 16 cars on the lead lap. David Ragan is the first car one lap down. Mark Martin in 22nd and the rest of the field are two laps down or more.

Lap 200 -- The race is official. There are rain showers in the area, although they are real scattered and this race could remain dry.

Lap 195 -- Carl Edwards leads by 1.7 seconds in front of Kyle Busch.

Lap 187 -- A.J. Allmendinger is back on the track.

Lap 185 -- Kyle Busch passes Greg Biffle for second.

Lap 180 -- Jimmie Johnson is up to 13th after restarting 16th.

Lap 172 -- Greg Biffle now says his car has no voltage and he is slowing up on the track.

Lap 170 -- LEAD CHANGE: Carl Edwards passes Greg Biffle for the lead. Biffle says his motor is blowing.

Lap 167 -- Patrick Carpentier was pushed into the wall by Jeremy Mayfield and Carpentier cut his tire due to the wall contact. Carpentier was able to make it to pit road and the race remains green.

Lap 164 -- A.J. Allmendinger is in the garage.

Lap 162 -- Carl Edwards passes Kyle Busch for second.

Lap 161 -- Brian Vickers passes Jamie McMurray for sixth.

Lap 159 -- GREEN FLAG: Greg Biffle brings the field to the green.
1. Greg Biffle
2. Kyle Busch
3. Carl Edwards
4. Matt Kenseth
5. Jeff Gordon

Lap 156 -- Kurt Busch is on pit road with the crew looking at a fuel issue.

Lap 155 -- Paul Menard gives up fourth and hits pit road. Martin Truex Jr. also pits.

Lap 154 -- Jimmie Johnson, Regan Smith and Michael McDowell were too fast exiting pit road and will start at the tail end of the longest line.

Lap 153 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 4/LEAD CHANGE: Greg Biffle retakes the lead as green flag stops have cycled through. A.J. Allmendinger is stopped on the track, bringing out the caution. Juan Montoya will get the free pass.

Lap 152 -- Jimmie Johnson hits pit road for four tires and adjustments.

Lap 151 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kyle Busch pits giving the lead to Jimmie Johnson. Jeff Gordon also pits and both make adjustments.

Lap 150 -- LEAD CHANGE: Carl Edwards pits giving the lead to Kyle Busch. Jamie McMurray and Jeff Burton also pit.

Lap 148 -- LEAD CHANGE: Greg Biffle hits pit road giving the lead to Carl Edwards. Biffle makes an air pressure adjustment and takes four tires.

Lap 146 -- Ryan Newman gives up his top-10 position to begin green-flag pit stops.

Lap 142 -- A.J. Allmendinger has gone a lap down.

Lap 138 -- Mark Martin is now a lap down.

Lap 135 -- Jeremy Mayfield is on pit road.

Lap 130 -- Tony Stewart is back on the track.

Lap 129 -- Jeff Gordon passes Jamie McMurray for sixth.

Lap 127 -- Kevin Harvick is on pit road.

Lap 125 -- Jeff Burton is the highest he's been today as he currently rides in ninth.

Lap 124 -- Jimmie Johnson passes Jamie McMurray for fifth.

Lap 122 -- J.J. Yeley, Jeremy Mayfield and Kasey Kahne go a lap down as 22 cars remain on the lead lap.

Lap 119 -- Jeremy Mayfield is holding up Greg Biffle and Carl Edwards has caught the rear bumper of the No. 16.

Lap 116 -- Regan Smith and Reed Sorenson have gone a lap down.

Lap 110 -- Paul Menard and Robby Gordon have gone a lap down.

Lap 107 -- Roush Fenway Racing owns four of the top five positions with Greg Biffle leading, Carl Edwards second, Matt Kenseth fourth and Jamie McMurray fifth. David Ragan is 15th.

Lap 105 -- Kurt Busch falls to ninth as Jeff Gordon and Ryan Newman both pass him.

Lap 102 -- Michael Waltrip has just gone a lap down as Greg Biffle has caught lap traffic. Scott Riggs is back in the race.

Lap 98 -- Jamie McMurray and Jimmie Johnson pass Kurt Busch for fifth and sixth.

Lap 95 -- Greg Biffle leads Carl Edwards by two seconds.

Lap 92 -- Jeff Gordon passes Martin Truex Jr. for ninth.

Lap 88 -- Carl Edwards passes Kyle Busch for second.

Lap 83 -- Carl Edwards passes Kurt Busch for third and Matt Kenseth is challenging Busch for fourth.

Lap 82 -- Carl Edwards passes Matt Kenseth for fourth.

Lap 79 -- Juan Montoya almost hits the wall after getting bumped by David Gilliland but he saves it.

Lap 78 -- GREEN FLAG: Greg Biffle brings the field to the green.
1. Greg Biffle
2. Kyle Busch
3. Kurt Busch
4. Matt Kenseth
5. Carl Edwards

Lap 75 -- J.J. Yeley, Bobby Labonte and Michael Waltrip among the handful of cars to pit.

Lap 74 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 3: Joe Nemechek gets bumped by Michael Waltrip and hits the wall bringing out the caution. J.J. Yeley gets the free pass.

Lap 72 -- GREEN FLAG: Greg Biffle brings the field to the green.
1. Greg Biffle
2. Kyle Busch
3. Kurt Busch
4. Matt Kenseth
5. Carl Edwards

Lap 70 -- Sam Hornish Jr. was too fast exiting pit road and will start at the end of the longest line. Kevin Harvick is back on the track.

Lap 67 -- All the lead lap cars hit pit road.
• Carl Edwards with four tires
• Matt Kenseth with four tires
• Kyle Busch with four tires and an air pressure adjustment
• Greg Biffle with a chassis adjustment and four tires

Lap 66 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 2: Tony Raines stopped in Turn 4 bringing out the caution. Kasey Kahne gets the free pass. Raines will be held in his pitbox for two laps for intentionally stopping on the track to bring out the caution.

Lap 63 -- Martin Truex Jr. is up to 10th after passing Jeff Gordon.

Lap 62 -- Matt Kenseth has passed Jimmie Johnson for sixth.

Lap 59 -- J.J. Yeley and David Reutimann are a lap down.

Lap 57 -- Jimmie Johnson has caught Ryan Newman and is challenging for fifth. Jeff Burton has gained 23 spots and currently sits 15th.

Lap 54 -- Carl Edwards passes Kurt Busch for third.

Lap 50 -- Matt Kenseth is up to eighth after passing Jeff Gordon.

Lap 48 -- Greg Biffle has started lapping cars as Bill Elliott goes a lap down. Patrick Carpentier and Michael McDowell are the next to go.

Lap 43 -- Matt Kenseth continues his climb to the front as he is up to 10th.

Lap 39 -- Greg Biffle is out front by 1.9 seconds. Elliott Sadler and Denny Hamlin are officially out of the race and will finish 42nd and 43rd.

Lap 34 -- Matt Kenseth took four tires on the last pit stop and has gained eight positions to 13th since Lap 26.

Lap 32 -- Jimmie Johnson passes Dave Blaney for sixth.

Lap 29 -- Travis Kvapil has fallen out of the top 10 and Carl Edwards passes Ryan Newman for fourth.

Lap 26 -- GREEN FLAG: Greg Biffle brings the field to the green.
1. Greg Biffle
2. Kyle Busch
3. Kurt Busch
4. Ryan Newman
5. Travis Kvapil

Lap 25 -- LEAD CHANGE: Greg Biffle retakes the lead after Michael McDowell hits pit road. The length of the red flag was 16:13.

Lap 24 -- LEAD CHANGE: Everyone but Michael McDowell and Tony Raines hits pit road for adjustments giving five bonus points to McDowell.
• Kyle Busch with an air pressure adjustment and two tires
• Greg Biffle with two tires and an adjustment
• Jimmie Johnson with an adjustment

Lap 23 -- YELLOW FLAG: The race is back under yellow and this will be the competition caution when the cars come in to pit.

Lap 22 -- RED FLAG: The race has been stopped to allow track clean-up to continue.

Lap 18 -- Officials say this will not be the competition caution.

Lap 17 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 1: Elliott Sadler came down in front of David Gilliland sending the No. 19 into the wall collecting Tony Stewart, Clint Bowyer, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Bobby Labonte, Paul Menard, Kasey Kahne, Bill Elliott and Scott Riggs.

Lap 15 -- Halfway to the competition caution and Greg Biffle leads by more than three seconds.

Lap 13 -- Kurt Busch is challenging Jeff Gordon for fourth.

Lap 7 -- Greg Biffle is already out front by more than two seconds.

Lap 5 -- Kurt Busch is fading fast as Kyle Busch passes him for third and Jeff Gordon gets around the No. 2 Dodge for fourth.

Lap 3 -- Jimmie Johnson passes Kurt Busch for second.

Lap 2 -- J.J. Yeley hit the wall but was able to keep going and the race stays green.

Lap 1 -- Greg Biffle leads the first lap. Kurt Busch is second.

2:15 p.m. -- GREEN FLAG: Greg Biffle brings the field to the green and the Best Buy 400 at Dover is under way.

2:12 p.m. -- Reed Sorenson and Tony Raines will share a pit box until one opens up.

2:11 p.m. -- The cars are rolling off pit road.

2:07 p.m. -- Camille Galli, winner of the Best Buy 400 auction to benefit Autism Speaks gives the command: "Gentlemen, start your engines!"

2:01 p.m. -- Grammy-nominated artist Emerson Drive perform the national anthem.

2 p.m. -- Pastor Dan Schafer gives the Invocation.

1:54 p.m. -- Robby Gordon will start at the rear of the field due to a driver change and there will be a competition caution at Lap 30 due to final practice being rained out.

1:30 p.m. -- For the final time this season, the FOX pre-race show has started.

1:25 p.m. -- After some nasty storms yesterday, the sun is shining bright in Dover and it should be a beautiful day for the Best Buy 400.

DOVER HEADLINES
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TV ratings on an upswing as 600 outdraws Indy 500
Suddenly, it's Dover's turn to face an uncertain future
Biffle wins pole at Dover; Kurt Busch to start second
Changes at Ganassi taking time, toll on Montoya, team
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Notes: Franchitti plans to make Cup return at Pocono

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Official Results
Pos. Driver Make
1. Kyle Busch Toyota
2. Carl Edwards Ford
3. Greg Biffle Ford
4. Matt Kenseth Ford
5. Jeff Gordon Chevrolet
6. Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet
7. Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet
8. Jeff Burton Chevrolet
9. Dave Blaney Toyota
10. Jamie McMurray Ford

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Pos. +/- Driver Points Behind
1. -- Kyle Busch 2050 Leader
2. -- Jeff Burton 1908 -142
3. -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1779 -271
4. +2 Carl Edwards 1713 -337
5. +6 Greg Biffle 1658 -392
6. +4 Jeff Gordon 1646 -404
7. +2 Jimmie Johnson 1644 -406
8. -3 Clint Bowyer 1633 -417
9. -5 Denny Hamlin 1630 -420
10. -3 Kevin Harvick 1566 -484
11. -3 Tony Stewart 1551 -499
12. -- Kasey Kahne 1524 -526

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