Lap-by-Lap: Bristol

CHECKERED FLAG -- Carl Edwards wins the Sharpie 500 at Bristol and locks himself into a position in the Chase for the Nextel Cup.

WHITE FLAG -- Carl Edwards approaches lapped traffic. Robby Gordon spins coming off Turn 4 but doesn't hit anything.

Lap 496 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. moves below Kurt Busch as well to take fifth.

Lap 495 -- It's all Carl Edwards as he has a comfortable lead on Kasey Kahne without traffic around him. Meanwhile, Tony Stewart moves below Kurt Busch for fourth position.

Lap 489 -- Carl Edwards continues to lead Kasey Kahne by just more than a second.

Lap 479 -- Kyle Busch and Bobby Labonte are battling side-by-side for eighth, while just ahead it's Ryan Newman fighting to hold off Tony Stewart in sixth.

Lap 469 -- GREEN FLAG: Carl Edwards tries to get the race going one more time.
1. Carl Edwards
2. Kasey Kahne
3. Clint Bowyer
4. Kurt Busch
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Lap 465 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 9: Debris is on the track.

Lap 463 -- GREEN FLAG: Carl Edwards takes the green flag.
1. Carl Edwards
2. Kasey Kahne
3. Clint Bowyer
4. Kurt Busch
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Lap 454 -- Matt Kenseth's night is over.

Lap 453 -- Under caution, Jeff Gordon has his rear bumper hanging off. Michael Waltrip pulls up and helps rip it off.

Lap 452 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 8: Big crash in Turn 1, as Jimmie Johnson and Ricky Rudd get collected with heavy damage. Rudd lost it going into the turn with a slight bump from Martin Truex Jr., slid up the track and got hit by Johnson. Matt Kenseth collected some right-front damage as well as the track was clogged. Cars involved:
• Ricky Rudd
• Jimmie Johnson
• Matt Kenseth
• Jeff Gordon
• David Gilliland

Lap 444 -- GREEN FLAG: Carl Edwards gets the race back under way.
1. Carl Edwards
2. Kasey Kahne
3. Clint Bowyer
4. Kurt Busch
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Lap 438 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 7: Robby Gordon spins his car coming off of Turn 2. He has slight damage to the rear. He came down on Matt Kenseth, made contact and spun out.

Lap 434 -- Martin Truex Jr. and Bobby Labonte run side-by-side for two laps before Truex settles in for eighth position.

Lap 428 -- GREEN FLAG: Carl Edwards takes the green.
1. Carl Edwards
2. Kasey Kahne
3. Clint Bowyer
4. Kurt Busch
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Lap 424 -- A handful of cars hit pit road for a top of fuel and fresh tires, including Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Robby Gordon.

Lap 421 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 6: David Ragan spins for a third time in Turn 1. He has some slight damage on the right-front.

Lap 403 -- GREEN FLAG: Carl Edwards gets the race going again.
1. Carl Edwards
2. Kasey Kahne
3. Clint Bowyer
4. Kurt Busch
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Lap 398 -- A small group of cars head down pit road for service.

Lap 396 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 5: David Ragan spins again in Turn 4.

Lap 391 -- Jeff Gordon is now the first car one lap down, having gotten caught by the odd timing of the caution.

Lap 383 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. gets touched by Ryan Newman, gets loose and loses two spots. Earnhardt now runs seventh.

Lap 378 -- GREEN FLAG: Carl Edwards gets the race back under way.
1. Carl Edwards
2. Kasey Kahne
3. Clint Bowyer
4. Kurt Busch
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Continued)