 Riggs closed the gap to Earnhardt , and was 1 @.@ 5 seconds behind by lap 75 . Green @-@ flag pit stops began on lap 78 , with Earnhardt stopping on lap 79 , giving the lead back to Riggs . Kahne and Riggs made pit stops on the 85th lap for scuffed right @-@ hand tires . After the pit stops , which concluded on lap 91 , Riggs reclaimed the first position . Kahne closed the gap to teammate Riggs , who was holding a 0 @.@ 4 second lead , by lap 95 . One lap later , Kahne passed Riggs ( who complained his car was experiencing excessive understeer ) for first place . Earnhardt moved into second when he passed Riggs on the 100th lap . Lap 105 saw the fifth caution ; Waltrip lost control of his car and hit the turn four outside wall , which caused him to spin while attempting to make a pit stop for fuel . During the caution , all drivers again made pit stops . Kahne maintained the lead at the lap @-@ 110 restart , followed by Earnhardt and Bowyer . Gordon passed Bowyer to claim third position one lap later . Bowyer lost two further positions when he was passed on the 115th lap . A sixth caution was prompted on the following lap when Kurt Busch spun leaving turn two and hit the inside wall on the backstretch ; Sorenson lost control in turn two , while attempting to avoid Busch , and went towards the inside backstretch wall . Most of the leaders , including Kahne , made pit stops for fuel . Harvick and Kahne avoided a collision on pit road . Sadler led the field at the lap @-@ 121 restart , followed by Raines and Robby Gordon . Raines passed Sadler to reclaim the lead two laps later , while Sadler drove back to pit road with engine problems on lap 125 . 
