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With about 55-60 laps remaining, this has become a "last man standing" race; the only drivers remaining ontrack at the moment are Marco Andretti, Danica Patrick, Kosuke Matsuura, Buddy Rice, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Scott Sharp and Tony Kanaan


Talk about lucky...........this wreck happens about 5-10 seconds further down the track and you could scratch both Marco and Danica from the list of drivers still running, that is how close they were to the wreck.........

Buddy Rice back in pitlane; the crew looks like they're working on the car a little bit; Tomas Scheckter looks to be back out(appears there was light damage to his car, so his team has fixed the problems on the #2 and he is back out, but he is 4 laps out from 1st

Order at lap 149............
Andretti
Matsuura
Kanaan
Patrick
Sharp
Hunter-Reay
Scheckter
Rice(still on pitlane)

Race control reporting that the #6 crew is working on the car, hoping to get Hornish back out possibly to gain a few spots(currently Hornish is 14th; looking at timing/scoring, Hornish could conceiveably go as high as possibly 8th-11th, depending on how everything shakes out

47 laps remaining

while the caution laps reel off, both Patrick and Hunter-Reay topped off for fuel, possibly setting themselves up to make the conclusion of the race

Race control reporting that TGR crews are working on both the #9 and #10 cars alongside the #6 Penske car, working feverishly to potentially get back out ontrack

Fuel calculations.........35 to 37 laps of green-flag fuel consumption; could Patrick and RHR possibly try to stretch the fuel out a little bit(no, I don't think either of them can make the race distance remaining, but the way this race has gone...............)

Matsuura tops off for fuel...............
Sharp peels off for fuel; looks like Marco is the only one not to pit during this caution.........

Running order at lap 159............

Patrick, Dixon, RHR, Kanaan, Matsuura, Sharp and Andretti*
*--Andretti did indeed make a stop for fuel now; drops back to 7th

Race control reporting that we will remain yellow for at least a few more laps; with as many yellow-flag laps that have been run, could everyone possibly make it to the end??

Patrick rolls back onto pitlane to top off the fuel; she'll drop back to 7th at the moment, but now she could have enough fuel to make it to the end..........

Race control reporting that the #22 of A.J. Foyt, IV has returned to the track, 18 laps behind but currently showed in 8th

Race control reporting that a "weeper" has developed at the top of turn 1, necessitating the lengthened yellow

Andretti peels back onto pitroad for a splash of ethanol; he, like Patrick, should be good for fuel the rest of the way

Race control reporting the green flag could come back out within 2-3 laps; race control also reporting that there is a chance that both the #9 and #10 will rejoin the field, hoping to gain a few spots by race's end

Lights out on the safety car; green flag next time by........and Scott Dixon's back out ontrack; considering the way that accident looked, that is yeomans' work by the TGR team, getting him back out ontrack

GREEN FLAG!! GREEN FLAG!!! We're back to racing, 29 laps left