martin truex, jr., 56, closing in on him for third. in third.nd kasey kahne in the 5 also joining this little fight for second place. >> and truex, jr. made a nice run, since he passed jimmie johnson a number of laps back and just really gained quite a bit on his teammate there, clint bowyer for the second spot. >> spin the tires there off turn four. can't do that very money times. got to take care of those new tires. >> there are second, third and fourth. 15, 6 and 5. look back at jimmie johnson, the 48, runs in fifth position. there is jimmie. and behind jimmie now, racing for six the and seventh spot, kevin harvick in the 29 and dale earnhardt, jr. in the 88. >> complained about his car being a lot looser after we went back green here. settled in, lap times look solid but i think junior is waiting so they can make another adjustment. not doing anything crazy with the race car. >> the key moment in the race about to unfold here. when the leader comes to the start/finish line next time by we'll behalf way through this race in one more lap. so,

with clint bowyer in third, martin truex and mark martin, all three cars in the top ten, i tell you, what i like watching sam hornish on the track. he's looked good, all of the problems with heat shields falling off, able to overcome that. we talked yesterday during the nationwide show how we thought that sam hornish out of the 22 was a real topheral move next year, sam has been doing so well. he's a company guy for team penske, i don't agree with the decision of taking sam out and putting joey logano in. although joey logano is a good driver but sam is getting so good and so particular and wants so it bad and i hated to see mr. penske made this decision. i think it was the wrong decision. >> we're not halfway so not an official event. we'll have more from hopefully what will become a dry racetrack after a word from our abc stations. don't go anywhere. >> rain has made an appearance in richmond. got us off to about a 90-minute delay here this evening and race number 26 of the season. jeff gordon started second. that has fallen back. he's one of the guys who desperately needs a win if

martin truex jr. makes the inside pass on denny hamlin to take the lead. fast forward, five laps to go. jamie mcmurray, blowing a right tire, sparks flying. that brings out a caution. as for this race, sometimes, a 325-lap race will come down to the final two laps. off a restart, hamlin out in front. jeff gordon trying to pass him on the high road. instead, hamlin takes the checkered flag. with that win, he punches his ticket for the chase for the championsh championship. >>> let's go to baseball. the tigers hosting the white sox. detroit has won six straight meetings. their ace, on the bump, justin verlander, one of 11 strikeouts. he has four straight seasons of at least 200 ks. a 1-1 game in the sixth. men on first and second for delmon young. he takes chris sail deep. chris sale not happy. tigers and white sox now tied across the a.l. central with detroit sweeping the south siders. have a great day. i'm doug kezirian. >>> a bizarre contest over the weekend. a group of men who really love their facial hair competed for best beard and mustache in lansing