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GREEN FLAG - Lap 4:
#5 Mark Martin leads the field to the flag.
#42 Juan Pablo Montoya,
#88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.,
#21 Bill Elliott and
#83 Brian Vickers
round out the top 6 at the restart.

Lap 5:
#5 Mark Martin got really loose going into Turn 1 at the restart,
#42 Juan Pablo Montoya passes him for the lead.
#88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. moves to 2nd.

Lap 6:
Defending race winner #48 Jimmie Johnson has moved into the top 10.

Lap 8:
2000 Indianapolis 500 winner Juan Pablo Montoya has a 1.689 second lead on Dale Earnhardt Jr. early at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Lap 10:
#5 Mark Martin has gotten past #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. and climbed back into 2nd place.
#88 Junior actually drops to 5th as #14 Tony Stewart and #83 Brian Vickers also get ahead.

Lap 11:
#82 Scott Speed made an unscheduled pit stop, appears to have damage on his machine.

Lap 14:
#5 Mark Martin tells his team "no adjustments" needed.

Lee Spencer says:
Curious situation for #19 Elliott Sadler, who had trouble with the car starting before the race started and remains in the garage.
This was his debut with the new Dodge engine.