Third caution

The third caution of the day caused a big hit in the points standings. David Reutimann blew a tire and when he did, he collected Jeff Gordon.

Reutimann was above Gordon when the tire went down, then losing control and shooting in front of Gordon. After narrowly missing Reutimann, Gordon could keep control of the car and nose-planted the wall.

"We got shuffled to the back, I was all the way in the back," Gordon siad. "I tried to avoid him, and when I did car turned to the right and I lost control."

It was evident what happened to Reutimann's car with only looking at the car of Gordon's teammate, Jimmie Johnson. He was riding around the track with the ruber from the tire hung on the nose of his car.

Gordon's car went behind the wall, while Johnson's team elected to repair the damage to his Lowe's 48 on pit road.

"I'm sure we'll get the DuPont Chevrolet back out there," Gordon added.

The caution came out on Lap 55, nearly one-third of the way into the race.