41.   So he drove intelligently and conservatively, avoiding crashes and staying on the lead lap.

42.   That allowed Gordon to return to the end of the lead lap, and escape Martin.

43.   That bunched up the field for a restart, although only Paul and Unser were running on the lead lap.

44.   That left only four cars on the lead lap, including Kenseth, and most of the former leaders were left one lap down.

45.   The nine cars on the lead lap hit pit road.

46.   To artificially create a yellow flag period, one that would keep himself and everyone else on the lead lap from going a lap down to Gordon.

47.   Though he fought to get back on the lead lap, he had too far to go and not enough time to get there.

48.   Ward Burton, Jeremy Mayfield, Wally Dallenbach and Terry Labonte also finished on the lead lap.

49.   Ward Burton, Jeremy Mayfield, Wally Dallenbach and Terry Labonte, who finished sixth through ninth, were the only other drivers to finish on the lead lap.

50.   We wanted to come out of here finishing on the lead lap and running at the end.