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Lap 224 of 400 Green flag pitting begins
Only 15 cars on the lead lap.
Hamlin is still leading very well.
The race is past halfway... it's official.

Lap 228 of 400: CAUTION: Bowyer spun out and has a flat... not much major damage, but Bowyer was in 3rd. He is now one lap down. Newman gets a penalty on his green flag pit. Blech is back in the pits in yellow.

Lap 241 of 400 Restart
Truex takes the lead over Hamlin, with MM and KK in 3rd and 4th. Harvick, Jr, JJ, Kes follow them.

Lap 265 of 400
Hamlin to the lead again, followed by KK (Really fast), Truex, and Harvick.
JG and Blech are starting to race well.

Lap 278 of 400 CAUTION: Rain
Some come in to the pits, but the top5 do not.
Hamlin and Jr go in just before restart, and restart 14th.
Lap 283 restart
KK takes the lead, but Smoke and Kenseth pass him one lap later.
Oh this is CRAZY!!

Lap 300 of 400
Smoke, Newman, Burton, Kes, Bowyer, MM, Kenst, Biff, Hornish, JG!!

This is ALL MIXED UP!!
By the way... Ambrose is the Lucky Dog right now.

80 laps to go
Now it's Bowyer in the lead, with JG charging up to 4th, behind Bowyer, Newman, Smoke.

And now HAMLIN is charging into 7th!!
Truex is fading in 23rd.
75 laps to go...
KK and JJ pit.
Let the green flag pitting begin.

42 laps to go
Bowyer, Smoke, Hamlin, JG, Newman
Bowyer and Hamlin are not pitting... most others are pitting. STRATEGY!! Fuel mileage race.
MM had trouble in the pits. He needed to come in a second time... too much traffic.
JG and Harvick come in.

30 laps to go
It's Bowyer, Hamlin, and perhaps Jr who are trying the fuel mileage strategy.
Only Jr, Kes, and MM are on the lead lap with the top two.

10 laps to go
colchar is doing a happy dance...
it's Bowyer, MM, JG, and Smoke.
8 to go: Hamlin pits.

5 laps to go
JG now into 2nd.
Bowyer leads by 5 seconds.
CRAZY RACING NOW!!!

Bowyer wins!!
Bowyer, JG, MM, Smoke, Kenseth,Burton, Kes, Newman, Biff, Harvick
Hornish, KK, JJ, Jr, Ambrose, Blech, Edwards, Hamlin, Cassil, JPM
Truex 21
Menard 23
Labonte 25
Mears 29
Logano 30

KK makes the Chase. JG makes the Chase. Blech misses it by 3 points.
Tilly is doing a happy dance!

Congrats to this week's winner, Miles! Colchar also scored over 300 pts.

Colchar extended his lead to over 300 pts. I still lead Ymo in the battle for second place. Lawgrad still trails Ymo. Tilly has now pulled ahead of Iowa, with Miles some 14 pts further behind Iowa. Knights trails Miles by a lot of pts.

On to the Chase!

JJ on the pole at the start of today's race at Chicagoland. Jr starts in the rear, following an engine change.

colchar has a 300 million point lead in fantasy league.

And they're racing!!

113 laps to go restart after a yellow for Mears (tire went down)... while people were doing green flag pitting
It's been mostly JJ in the lead, with Kes in the lead the second most laps.
Right now, it's: JJ, Kes, KK, JGo, Newman, Blech, Hornish, Edwards, Ragan, Smoke, Logano, Hamlin.
Ambrose having all sorts of electrical trouble.

76 laps to go: Caution: JG throttle got stuck, right front went down, goes into the wall, and he goes into the garage
Kenseth's crew tries to replace a shock (that got lost)

JJ, Kes, KK, Blech, Logano, MM, Newman, Smoke, Hamlin, Edwards, Jr, Hornish

Don't look now, but Danica is the next Lucky Dog in 25th place

64 laps to go: Regan Smith goes into the garage, and Dave Blaney loses power too.
Bowyer having trouble after the last pit stop
JJ, Kes, KK, Logano, Hamlin, Blech, Hornish, Newman, Smoke, Truex
Jr 11
Almirola 13
Bowyer 15
MM 17
Bayne 18
JMac 19
Burton 24
Labonte 26
JG 35
Mears 36

38-40 laps to go: Green flag pits (final pitting)

18 laps to go
Kes, JJ, KK, Newman, Blech, Smoke, Hornish, Hamlin, Logano, Jr, Truex
Bowyer 12
MM 14
Almirola
Bayne 19
JMac 21
Burton 24
Labonte 26
JG 35
Mears 36

KES WINS!!
Hamlin loses power in his last lap!! Ran out of gas!! WTF?!
Kes (led), JJ (led most), KK, Blech, Newman, Smoke (led), Logano, Jr, Truex, Bowyer (led)
Hornish 11
MM 14
Hamlin 16 (led)... dropped from 7th
Almirola 17 (led)
Bayne 20
JMac 21 (led)
Burton 24
Danica 25
Labonte 26
JG 35
Mears 36

I believe Tilly, Miles, and colchar were in the battle for today's win.