Lap-by-Lap: Daytona

Lap 200 -- CHECKERED FLAG: Tony Stewart moves to the outside of Kyle Busch. Busch moves up to block and his rear bumper clips Stewart's nose. Busch spins around and into the wall as Stewart drives past to win the race while cars crash in reaction to the spin at the line.

Lap 159 -- WHITE FLAG/LEAD CHANGE: One lap to go and Kyle Busch moves to the outside to take the lead. Tony Stewart holds second.

Lap 158 -- Two laps to go and Kyle Busch has Denny Hamlin pushing him. He looks to the outside but falls back in line.

Lap 157 -- Three laps to go and the top four cars again have settled in single-file with two-wide racing behind them.

Lap 156 -- GREEN FLAG: Tony Stewart gets the field up to speed from the inside lane with four laps to go.
1. Tony Stewart
2. Denny Hamlin
3. Kyle Busch
4. Jimmie Johnson
5. Matt Kenseth

Lap 153 -- Scott Speed takes his car to the garage. Leaders stay on the track.

Lap 152 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 8: Scott Speed gets pushed into the wall while running in the middle of the large pack as they go through the tri-oval. Jamie McMurray moved up and Speed tried to avoid, then clipped A.J. Allmendinger's car.

Lap 150 -- Tony Stewart holds the lead as Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch and Jimmie Johnson fall into a single-file line with 10 laps to go.

Lap 149 -- GREEN FLAG: Tony Stewart gets the race going once more from the inside lane.
1. Tony Stewart
2. Kyle Busch
3. Denny Hamlin
4. Jimmie Johnson
5. Matt Kenseth

Lap 147 -- Tony Stewart holds the lead.

Lap 146 -- Leaders head in for service:
• Juan Montoya takes four tires and a chassis adjustment and is blocked in his stall
• Jimmie Johnson gets four tires and no changes
• Tony Stewart is out first with no changes, just tires
• Kyle Busch is out second with his four tires

Lap 145 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 7: Debris is on the track.

Lap 144 -- Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin run second and third. Busch asks Hamlin via radio if his shifter is shaking, and Hamlin responds, "It's all of us."

Lap 143 -- Elliott Sadler is up to eighth position with a strong run in the Petty car.

Lap 141 -- The front four cars are two seconds ahead of the second group, which is much more spread out and running different lines around the track.

Lap 139 -- Jamie McMurray has rebounded from his cut tire and loss of a lap and now runs in ninth place.

Lap 137 -- Teammates Kasey Kahne and A.J. Allmendinger bounce around in a group and lose some momentum. Kahne, who was involved in the big crash, has rebounded and runs in 15th.

Lap 135 -- Juan Montoya is running fifth and has rebounded after an early-race pit stop dropped him a lap down.

Lap 133 -- The top four run nose-to-tail: Tony Stewart, Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin and Jimmie Johnson.

Lap 131 -- Jeff Burton completes his pit stop and is back out with four new tires as the lead group of four cars breaks away from the pack.

Lap 129 -- Jeff Burton slows with a tire going down. His crew is ready for him on pit road. Burton made contact with Juan Montoya that appeared to cut the tire.

Lap 128 -- LEAD CHANGE: After a side-by-side battle on the backstretch, Tony Stewart moves around Jeff Burton and sends him out of the draft.

Lap 127 -- LEAD CHANGE: Carl Edwards uses the top lane for momentum to take the top spot, but Jeff Burton follows and then passes Edwards for the lead.

Lap 126 -- GREEN FLAG: Tony Stewart gets the race going again from the inside line.
1. Tony Stewart
2. Carl Edwards
3. Kyle Busch
4. Jeff Burton
5. Matt Kenseth

Lap 123 -- Tony Stewart keeps the lead.

Lap 122 -- Leaders make stops:
• Kurt Busch pits for a chassis adjustment and air-pressure changes
• Joey Logano gets a chassis adjustment and tires
• Jeff Burton gets no changes and tires on his final stop
• Tony Stewart gets tape on the nose and some water for the heat
• Kyle Busch loses a position after getting blocked in by Robby Gordon

Lap 121 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 6: David Ragan goes spinning into the grass on the backstretch after making contact with Kurt Busch. They were the two middle cars in a four-wide group as Busch was being passed. Ragan moved up and Busch's nose caught Ragan's rear. Ragan was running 10th at the time.

Lap 120 -- Marcos Ambrose runs third and leads the big pack of cars behind the leaders.

Lap 118 -- After the brush, Kyle Busch has driven back up to the leaders as the cars behind him jockey for position in multiple grooves.

Lap 116 -- Kyle Busch drops second to Jeff Burton, then slows the pack as he tries to block David Ragan from passing. Busch holds the spot as the group spreads out two- and three-wide.

Lap 115 -- Roush Fenway Racing drivers are fourth (David Ragan), fifth (Matt Kenseth) and sixth (Carl Edwards).

Lap 113 -- The lead pack is all single-file as everyone follows leader Tony Stewart.

Lap 111 -- Denny Hamlin moves to the bottom and passes Kurt Busch and Marcos Ambrose. His car goes below the yellow line (out of bounds) as Busch tries to block.

Lap 109 -- Tony Stewart's bottom lane surges ahead, sending Denny Hamlin from second all the way back to 10th.

Lap 108 -- GREEN FLAG: Tony Stewart gets the race going again from the inside line.
1. Tony Stewart
2. Denny Hamlin
3. Kyle Busch
4. Kurt Busch
5. Jeff Burton

Lap 105 -- LEAD CHANGE: Robby Gordon pits, giving the lead to Tony Stewart.

Lap 104 -- LEAD CHANGE: Robby Gordon stays out to lead.

Lap 103 -- Leaders head in for service:
• Carl Edwards gets a wedge adjustment and tires
• Jimmie Johnson gets no changes but stalls due to being close to the wall
• Denny Hamlin is tight and gets an air-pressure change
• Tony Stewart is out first with a track-bar adjustment

Lap 102 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 5: David Reutimann blows a right-front tire and smashes the wall. Debris from the tire flies everywhere.

Lap 101 -- Jamie McMurray loses a lap but hangs with the top five leaders in the draft.

Lap 99 -- Jamie McMurray gives up his top-10 spot to hit pit road with a potential tire problem. He gets four new tires.

Lap 98 -- The top five cars have gotten closer and run nose-to-tail. Denny Hamlin leads the snake of cars.

Lap 96 -- Jamie McMurray moves into 10th place and is having a good run in the No. 26.

Lap 94 -- Petty cars of Elliott Sadler and A.J. Allmendinger run with each other in 12th and 13th place, respectively.

Lap 92 -- Regan Smith has a strong night going while he runs in 14th position.

Lap 90 -- Joey Logano is having a strong run and is up to 10th place.

Lap 88 -- Jeff Burton and Kurt Busch lead a group of cars from sixth back that are racing side-by-side around the track. Busch makes contact with Burton as Matt Kenseth gives him a bump from behind.

Lap 86 -- Jeff Gordon may have sheet metal hanging from his car. NASCAR is evaluating.

Lap 84 -- LEAD CHANGE: Denny Hamlin makes the outside lane work and takes the lead from Tony Stewart.

Lap 83 -- GREEN FLAG: Tony Stewart leads the restart from the inside lane.
1. Tony Stewart
2. Denny Hamlin
3. Kyle Busch
4. Carl Edwards
5. Jimmie Johnson

Lap 82 -- LEAD CHANGE: John Andretti pits, giving the lead to Tony Stewart.

Lap 81 -- The race is official. There were earlier reports of possible weather in the area.

Lap 80 -- LEAD CHANGE: John Andretti stays out to lead.

Lap 79 -- Leaders head to pit road:
• Carl Edwards gets changes and four tires
• Jimmie Johnson gets minor adjustments to his car
• Denny Hamlin gets no changes with his tires
• Tony Stewart gets a track-bar adjustment and tires

Lap 78 -- Kevin Harvick is on pit road getting cosmetic repairs. Jeff Gordon pits. Dale Earnhardt Jr. goes to the garage.

Lap 77 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 4: Huge crash on the backstretch with several cars involved. David Stremme gets turned into the wall and he bounces off, collecting Kasey Kahne as the two go across the track. The rest of the crash is reaction to the spin as smoke covers the track. David Reutimann gets turned directly into Dale Earnhardt Jr. There were 13 cars involved:
• Clint Bowyer
• Dale Earnhardt Jr.
• David Gilliland
• Jeff Gordon
• Kevin Harvick
• Kasey Kahne
• Brad Keselowski
• Jamie McMurray
• Ryan Newman
• Reed Sorenson
• David Stremme
• David Reutimann
• Brian Vickers

Lap 75 -- Kyle Busch dives to the bottom of the track from seventh position and moves by two cars to take fifth.

Lap 73 -- Tony Stewart leads a line on the bottom while Carl Edwards leads a high line. Out front of them both is Denny Hamlin.

Lap 71 -- Denny Hamlin leads with Kyle Busch second as Joe Gibbs Racing runs 1-2. Former JGR driver Tony Stewart is third and trying to pass Busch on the inside.

Lap 69 -- Sam Hornish Jr. is on pit road after being black-flagged for flapping sheet metal.

Lap 67 -- Matt Kenseth gets hung on the outside lane and drops to seventh position as a group of single-file cars moves past.

Lap 65 -- Jimmie Johnson and Kurt Busch lead a two-wide train from fifth place on back.

Lap 63 -- LEAD CHANGE: Denny Hamlin surges to the front on the top lane, bringing Kyle Busch and Tony Stewart with him. Matt Kenseth falls to fourth.

Lap 62 -- GREEN FLAG: Matt Kenseth leads the restart from the inside:
1. Matt Kenseth
2. Tony Stewart
3. Denny Hamlin
4. Kyle Busch
5. Jimmie Johnson

Lap 61 -- LEAD CHANGE: Ryan Newman pits, giving the lead to Matt Kenseth. Juan Montoya is black-flagged for sheet metal dragging on his car.

Lap 60 -- LEAD CHANGE: Ryan Newman stays out to lead.

Lap 59 -- Leaders hit pit road:
• Kurt Busch gets no changes with four tires
• Jimmie Johnson is tight off and gets an adjustment
• Kyle Busch gets no changes, just four tires
• Tony Stewart gets an air-pressure adjustment for a tight car
• David Stremme hits one of Carl Edwards' tires, delaying Edwards' stop

Lap 58 -- Pit road is closed.

Lap 57 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 3: Debris is on the track from Sam Hornish Jr.'s car. His right-rear tire blew, spreading safety foam across the track.

Lap 57 -- Matt Kenseth gives up his third-place position to make a pit stop. His crew gives him four tires and fuel.

Lap 55 -- Tony Stewart and Kyle Busch have pulled away from the other leaders as everyone stays single-file.

Lap 53 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. is battling handling issues and has fallen to 24th position. He has to back off the throttle in the turn.

Lap 51 -- Juan Montoya drops a lap down as the leaders sail by. He hangs on to the lead draft.

Lap 49 -- LEAD CHANGE: Tony Stewart is the leader again after he disposes of Denny Hamlin. Kyle Busch trails, followed by Matt Kenseth and Jimmie Johnson.

Lap 48 -- LEAD CHANGE: Denny Hamlin noses ahead at the line, but he gets shuffled back as he is in a lane by himself.

Lap 46 -- LEAD CHANGE: Tony Stewart slides around Denny Hamlin on the backstretch without a challenge and takes the lead.

Lap 44 -- Juan Montoya pits off schedule with a cut right tire. He's by himself back on the track and about to go a lap down.

Lap 42 -- Ryan Newman tells his crew he may be coming to pit road soon with a problem. He runs in 20th and says he feels a vibration.

Lap 41 -- Denny Hamlin continues to lead Kyle Busch and Tony Stewart in a single line as the rest of the pack is fanning out.

Lap 39 -- Kurt Busch continues his comeback after his pit mishap and now runs in eighth. He fell back to 21st on the first pit stop when he slid through his pit box.

Lap 37 -- David Ragan is having a strong run in the lead pack and is sixth.

Lap 35 -- The top six cars have settled single-file, while the second pack is two- and three-wide and very busy with cars dancing side-to-side.

Lap 33 -- LEAD CHANGE: Denny Hamlin surges ahead of Tony Stewart on the outside lane as Kyle Busch ducks to the bottom of the track to take second.

Lap 32 -- GREEN FLAG: Tony Stewart leads the restart from the inside lane.
1. Tony Stewart
2. Denny Hamlin
3. Matt Kenseth
4. Robby Gordon
5. Elliott Sadler

Lap 30 -- Tony Stewart holds the lead off pit road.

Lap 29 -- Leaders head in for service:
• Matt Kenseth gets no changes and four tires
• Jimmie Johnson is tight and gets an adjustment with his tires
• Denny Hamlin is tight and gets grille tape and air-pressure and chassis changes
• Tony Stewart gets an air-pressure change and is out first.

Lap 28 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 2: Casey Mears spins off Turn 2 and backs into the infield wall. He drives away but has rear damage. The crash began when David Stremme got loose off the corner and went down into Mears. Mears was running 19th.

Lap 27 -- Matt Kenseth runs in fifth position trying to sweep the Daytona races.

Lap 25 -- Tony Stewart, Jimmie Johnson and Denny Hamlin have broken into a three-car pack. There's another three-car pack following. Then the rest of the field is two-wide.

Lap 23 -- Jeff Burton is up to fourth position with a strong run for Richard Childress Racing. He started 16th. Patrick Carpentier takes his car to the garage.

Lap 21 -- Kurt Busch has moved up to 16th after restarting 21st four laps ago.

Lap 19 -- Jeff Gordon runs in seventh after a strong pit stop helped regain some of the positions he lost at the start of the race.

Lap 17 -- GREEN FLAG: Tony Stewart gets the race going again from the inside lane. Kurt Busch restarts in 21st after his pit-road mishap.
1. Tony Stewart
2. Denny Hamlin
3. Jimmie Johnson
4. Marcos Ambrose
5. Kasey Kahne

Lap 15 -- LEAD CHANGE: Tony Stewart is the new leader after getting off pit road first.

Lap 14 -- Leaders head to pit road:
• Kurt Busch slides through his pit box and backs up for service
• Jimmie Johnson gets four tires and an adjustment for a tight car
• Denny Hamlin is tight and gets wedge in his car
• Tony Stewart gets an air-pressure adjustment for a tight car

Lap 13 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 1: Mark Martin goes spinning off of Turn 2 and smashes the nose of his car into the inside wall. He was running sixth at the time and slid in front of Matt Kenseth, clipping Kenseth and spinning to the infield. Juan Montoya just missed Martin's spinning car.

Lap 12 -- Elliott Sadler now runs in 12th up from his 26th starting spot.

Lap 10 -- Marcos Ambrose is up to 11th position from his 18th starting spot as the cars spread out into a single-file line.

Lap 8 -- Kyle Busch is running in fifth on the outside lane, but he says his car is really tight in the pack. He follows Jimmie Johnson.

Lap 6 -- Jeff Gordon has settled into the 26th position after getting shuffled to the back while out of the groove.

Lap 4 -- LEAD CHANGE: Denny Hamlin shoots into the lead, followed by Kurt Busch.

Lap 3 -- Dave Blaney heads to the garage.

Lap 2 -- LEAD CHANGE: Tony Stewart is the leader as Kurt Busch gets pinched down to create a center lane, but moves beside Stewart. Jeff Gordon gets caught on the top and falls out of the lead pack.

Lap 1 -- Jeff Gordon leads the first lap by a nose as he leads the outside lane and Tony Stewart heads the bottom.

8:20 p.m. -- GREEN FLAG: Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon get the Coke Zero 400 under way from Daytona International Speedway.

8:13 p.m. -- Cars are rolling onto the racing surface.

8:09 p.m. -- Greg Biffle (backup car), Sam Hornish Jr. (backup car) and David Reutimann (engine change) will drop to the back to start the race.

8:08 p.m. -- Kyle Petty delivers the command: "Gentlemen, start your engines!"

8:01 p.m. -- The 82nd Airborne All-American Chorus sings the national anthem.

8 p.m. -- Father Ed Waters delivers the invocation.

6:30 p.m. ET -- TNT's pre-race coverage of the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway is on the air.