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;
AND live via radio at PRN Radio and Sirius XM Satellite NASCAR Radio.

Live In-Car Audio

Nascar TrackPass
Sirius/XM Chatter:

#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.

Online Leaderboards

Fox Sport’s Racetrax.
Nascar.com Leaderboard
Yahoo.com Live Chat and Leaderboard

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]