Atlanta Kobalt 500 In-Car Audio

March 8 – - Jeff Gordon came within one daring late race move of his first victory of the season before settling for a runner-up finish in the Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Gordon, driving the black and silver National Guard Chevrolet, led the race with less than 80 laps to go, but fell to 4th on pit road after a dropped lug nut. He battled back and got a needed green/white/checkered finish to close the gap on the leaders. He restarted in 3rd and was edged near the wall by eventual winner Kurt Busch before getting around Carl Edwards. However, he was unable to run down Busch for the victory.

[Source: www.gordonline.com]

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Kobalt 500 – 2nd Place 

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Jeff to Start 16th at Atlanta

March 6 – - Jeff Gordon will start 16th in Sunday’s Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The race is the first of eight with the National Guard as the primary sponsor on his car. The silver and black #24 Chevrolet is looking for victory lane for the first time since October 2007. Although Gordon remains on a 43-race winless streak, he leads the points standings for the first time in nearly 17 months– giving him an inside track to qualify for the chase for the championship. “We wanted to come out of the box strong and we have,” Gordon said. “Our goal coming into this season was to run in the top five, lead laps and put ourselves in position to win races. If you do that then you’re going to make the Chase. If you do it really well, you’re going to have a shot at winning the championship.”

[source: gordonline.com]

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Atlanta Race Info – Kobalt Tools 500

Race: Sunday, March 8, 2009 in Hampton, GA
Title Sponsor: Lowe’s / Kobalt Tools
Scheduled Green Flag (approx): 2:15pm/et

TV Coverage

Television Coverage: FOX 1:30pm/et
SPEED’s NASCAR Raceday Pre-Race Show: 11:30am/et with John Roberts, Jimmy Spencer, Kenny Wallace
Scheduled Race Re-Air Dates/Times: Thursday, March 12 at 12:00pm/et on SPEED
Announcers: Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, Larry McReynolds
Pit Reporters: Dick Berggren, Steve Byrnes, Matt Yocum, Krista Voda
Hollywood Hotel: Chris Myers and Jeff Hammond

Practice

Practices: Friday, March 6, 3:00 – 4:30pm/et, TV-SPEED
Saturday, March 7, 11:00 – 11:45 am/et, TV-SPEED
Happy Hour ‘Final’ practice: Friday, March 7, 12:20 – 1:20pm/et, TV-SPEED

Qualifying

Qualifying Draw: Friday, March 6, 2:00pm/et
Qualifying: 2 laps for positions 1-42, Friday, March 6 at 6:45pm/et, TV-SPEED, re-air on SPEED 12:00am/et;
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#18 Kyle Busch Ch. 158
#24 Jeff Gordon Ch. 121
#33 Clint Bowyer Ch. 125
#88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Ch. 127
#?? Fan’s Choice Ch. 113
Fan’s Choice voting closes Friday at 5 pm ET.

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Jeff will Sport a New Look this Week with the National Guard

This week at Atlanta will be the first of 8 races where Jeff will show off his new National Guard paint scheme instead of the familiar Dupont logo. The other tracks where the new design will be run will be Texas, Darlington, Michigan, Chicago, Richmond, New Hampshire, and Martinsville.

[source: bleacherreport.com]

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