NFL > NASCAR: MAR 08 Sprint Cup Series - Kobalt Tools 500

Jeff Gordon (24), Hendrick Motorsports, waves to the crowd when introduced at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton (near...

Kevin Harvick's (29), Richard Childress Racing, pit crew rolls his car out of inspection before the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedwa...

Matt Kenseth's (17), Roush Fenway Racing, pit crew works on his car in the garage before before the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedwa...

Scott Speed's (82), Red Bull Racing Team, pit crew moves his car to inspection before the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampt...

Jeff Gordon (24), Hendrick Motorsports, talks to other racers before the Driver/ Crew Chief Meeting at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor ...

Jamie McMurray's(26), Roush Fenway Racing, pit crew moves his car to inspection before the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hamp...

Scott Speed (82), Red Bull Racing Team, talks to fellow racers before the Driver/ Crew Chief Meeting before the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta M...

Clint Bowyer (33), Richard Childress Racing, talks to other drivers before the Driver/ Crew Chief Meeting at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta ...

Jimmie Johnson (48), Hendrick Motorsports, looks across the room at other drivers before the Driver/ Crew Chief Meeting at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 5...

Michael Waltrip (55), Michael Waltrip Racing, talks to other drivers before the Driver/ Crew Chief Meeting at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta...

Georgia Governor Sonny Purdue makes an appearance at the start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton (near Atlanta), G...

The Kobalt Tools 500 Camaro Pace Car is shown off at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton (near Atlanta), Ga., on Sunday...

Georgia Governor Sonny Purdue makes an appearance at the start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton (near Atlanta), G...

Marcos Ambrose (47), JTG Daugherty Racing, waves to the crowd when introduced at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton (n...

Matt Kenseth (17), Roush Fenway Racing, sits at pit row before the start of the race at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Ham...

Scott Speed (82), Red Bull Racing Team, waits in pit row for the race to start at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton (...

Dale Earnhardt Jr. (88), Hendrick Motorsports, waves to the crowd when introduced at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampto...

Martin Truex Jr. (1), waits in pit row for the race to start at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton (near Atlanta), Ga....

A.J. Allmendinger (44), Richard Petty Racing, runs along side Martin Truex Jr. (1), Earnhardt Ganassi Racing, through turn four of Atlanta Motor Speedway at the...

A.J. Allmendinger (44), Richard Petty Racing, runs along side David Stremme (12), Penske Racing, through turn four of Atlanta Motor Speedway at the NASCAR Sprin...

Robby Gordon (7), Robby Gordon Motorsports, runs along side David Reutiman (00), Michael Waltrip Racing, through turn four of Atlanta Motor Speedway at the NASC...

The pack goes through turn four at NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton (near Atlanta), Ga., on Sunday, March 8, 2009....

Jeff Gordon (24), Hendrick Motorsports, runs through turn four of Atlanta Motor Speedway during NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in...

Kyle Busch (18), Joe Gibbs Racing, runs through turn four of Atlanta Motor Speedway during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in ...

Ryan Newman (39), Stewart-Haas Racing, speeds through turn four of Atlanta Motor Speedway during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedw...

Kurt Busch (2), Penske Racing, drives through turn four of Atlanta Motor Speedway during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Ha...

Casey Mears (07), Richard Childress Racing, passes Dale Earnhardt Jr. (88), Hendrick Motorsports, in turn four of the Atlanta Motor Speedway during the NASCAR S...

Joey Logano (20), Joe Gibbs Racing, and Dave Blaney (22), Prism Motorsports, go through turn four of Atlanta Motor Speedway during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series ...

Juan Montoya (42), Earnhardt Ganassi Racing, Jamie McMurray (26), Roush Fenway Racing, and Tony Stewart (14), Stewart-Haas Racing, run through turn four of Atla...

Kurt Busch (2), Penske Racing, leads the pack through turn four of Atlanta Motor Speedway during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedw...

John Andretti (34), Front Row Motorsports, Kasey Kahne (9), Richard Petty Motorsports, go through turn four of Atlanta Motor Speedway during the NASCAR Sprint C...

Joey Logano (20), Joe Gibbs Racing, runs through turn four of Atlanta Motor Speedway with Brian Vickers (83), Red Bull Racing Team during the NASCAR Sprint Cup ...

Reed Sorenson (43), Richard Petty Motorsports, goes through turn four of Atlanta Motor Speedway during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor ...

Jeff Gordon (24), Hendrick Motorsports, goes through turn four of Atlanta Motor Speedway during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedwa...

Driver Marcos Ambrose (47) and Sam Hornish Jr. (77) go through turn four of Atlanta Motor Speedway during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Mot...

Kurt Busch (2), Penske Racing, goes through turn four of Atlanta Motor Speedway during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hamp...

Matt Kenseth (17), Roush Fenway Racing, goes through turn four of Atlanta Motor Speedway during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedwa...

Dale Earnhardt Jr. (88), Hendrick Motorsports, goes through turn four of Atlanta Motor Speedway during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor ...

Jeff Gordon (24), Hendrick Motorsports, goes through turn four of Atlanta Motor Speedway during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedwa...

Sam Hornish Jr. (77), Penske Racing and Robby Gordon (7), Robby Gordon Motorsports, run through turn four of Atlanta Motor Speedway during the NASCAR Sprint Cup...

Mark Martin (5), Hendrick Motorsports, enters the pit of Atlanta Motor Speedway during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hamp...

Jeff Gordon (24) of Hendrick Motorsports leads the pack in turn one of Atlanta Motor Speedway during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Sp...

Kurt Busch (2), Penske Racing, drives through turn one of Atlanta Motor Speedway during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Ham...

David Stremme (12), Penske Racing, and Mark Martin (5), Hendrick Motorsports, drive through turn one of Atlanta Motor Speedway during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Seri...

Kurt Busch (2), Penske Racing, drives through turn one of Atlanta Motor Speedway during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Ham...

Tony Stewart (14), Stewart-Haas Racing, drives through turn one of Atlanta Motor Speedway during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedw...

Jeff Gordon (24) of Hendrick Motorsports leads the pack in turn one of Atlanta Motor Speedway during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Sp...

Greg Biffle's (16), Roush Fenway Racing, car is on fire and Scott Speed's (82) Red Bull Racing Team, car is disabled after a wreck in turn one of Atlanta Motor ...

Kurt Busch's (2), Penske Racing, leads the pack during cautionary at Atlanta Motor Speedway during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Spee...

a view of pit row at Atlanta Motor Speedway during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton (near Atlanta), Ga., on Sunday,...

John Andretti (34), Front Row Motorsports, enters the pit of Atlanta Motor Speedway during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in ...

Kurt Busch's (2), Penske Racing, and crew celebrate in victory lane after the photo finish of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway ...

Kurt Busch (2), Penske Racing, crosses the finish line of Atlanta Motor Speedway during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Ham...

Kurt Busch's (2), Penske Racing, and crew celebrate in victory lane after the photo finish of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway ...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - The pace car leads the field on a re - start during the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - NASCAR Sprint Cup cars run during the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - SAM HORNISH, JR. (77) takes a bottom line while ROBBIE GORDON (7) takes a higher line during the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Spee...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - Eventual race winner KURT BUSCH (2) closes in on RYAN NEWMAN (39) the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - JIMMY JOHNSON (48) prepares to overtake JAMIE McMURRAY (26) during the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - KEVIN HARVICK (29) takes a bottom line while KASEY KAHNE (9) takes a higher line during the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - JIMMY JOHNSON runs a low line during the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - CARL EDWARDS (99) and JAMIE McMURRAY (26) battle for positions during the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - Pole - sitter MARK MARTIN during the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - KEVIN HARVICK during the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - JEFF GORDON (24) leads teammate JIMMY JOHNSON (48) during the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - TONY STEWART during the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers pass the start/finish line during the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - KYLE BUSCH (18) passes RYAN NEWMAN (39) during the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - A.J. ALLEMENDINGER passes motor coaches parked outside of Turn 1 during the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - Crewmembers service Tony Stewart's Office Depot Chevrolet Impala SS during the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - David Stremme passes the start/finish line during the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - KASEY KAHNE (9) passes JAMIE McMURRAY during the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - KASEY KAHNE (9) watches DAVID RAGAN (6), DAVID STREMME (12), KYLE BUSCH (18) and JOEY LOGANO (20) go four - wide during the Kobalt Too...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - Crew members service Kevin Harvick's #29 Reese's Chevrolet Impala SS during the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - Crew members service Jimmy Johnson's #48 Lowe's/KOBALT Tools Chevrolet Impala SS during the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - JOEY LOGANO comes in for service during the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - JEFF BURTON during the Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 500 pre - race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga. on Sunday, March 8, 2009...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - MATT KENSETH during the Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 500 pre - race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga. on Sunday, March 8, 2009...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - JIMMY JOHNSON during the Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 500 pre - race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga. on Sunday, March 8, 2009...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - MARCOS AMBROSE during the Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 500 pre - race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga. on Sunday, March 8, 200...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - DAVID RAGAN during the Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 500 pre - race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga. on Sunday, March 8, 2009...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - JEFF GORDON during the Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 500 pre - race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga. on Sunday, March 8, 2009...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - KEVIN HARVICK during the Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 500 pre - race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga. on Sunday, March 8, 2009...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - CARL EDWARDS during the Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 500 pre - race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga. on Sunday, March 8, 2009...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - KURT BUSCH during the Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 500 pre - race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga. on Sunday, March 8, 2009...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - KASEY KAHNE during the Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 500 pre - race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga. on Sunday, March 8, 2009...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - CASEY MEARS during the Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 500 pre - race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga. on Sunday, March 8, 2009...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - MICHAEL WALTRIP during the Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 500 pre - race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga. on Sunday, March 8, 20...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - JEFF GORDON during the Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 500 pre - race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga. on Sunday, March 8, 2009...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - JEFF BURTON during the Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 500 pre - race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga. on Sunday, March 8, 2009...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - KASEY KAHNE during the Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 500 pre - race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga. on Sunday, March 8, 2009...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - RYAN NEWMAN during the Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 500 pre - race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga. on Sunday, March 8, 2009...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - TONY STEWART during the Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 500 pre - race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga. on Sunday, March 8, 2009...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - KEVIN HARVICK during the Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 500 pre - race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga. on Sunday, March 8, 2009...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - KYLE BUSCH during the Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 500 pre - race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga. on Sunday, March 8, 2009...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - JOE NEMECHEK during the Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 500 pre - race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga. on Sunday, March 8, 2009...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - JIMMY JOHNSON during the Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 500 pre - race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga. on Sunday, March 8, 2009...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - DENNY HAMLIN during the Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 500 pre - race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga. on Sunday, March 8, 2009...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - JUAN PABLO MONTOYA during the Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 500 pre - race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga. on Sunday, March 8,...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - KURT BUSCH during the Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 500 pre - race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga. on Sunday, March 8, 2009...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - MARK MARTIN during the Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 500 pre - race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga. on Sunday, March 8, 2009...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - JEFF GORDON during the Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 500 pre - race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga. on Sunday, March 8, 2009...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - GREG BIFFLE during the Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 500 pre - race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga. on Sunday, March 8, 2009...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - Crew Chief CHAD KNAUS, left, and JIMMY JOHNSON discuss final strategy during the Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 500 pre - race at Atlan...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - JIMMY JOHNSON during the Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 500 pre - race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga. on Sunday, March 8, 2009...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - KYLE BUSCH during the Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 500 pre - race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga. on Sunday, March 8, 2009...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - TONY STEWART during the Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 500 pre - race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga. on Sunday, March 8, 2009...

Hampton, Georgia, USA - KASEY KAHNE during the Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 500 pre - race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga. on Sunday, March 8, 2009...

Kurt Busch (2) Penske Racing Dodge Charger celebrates his victory in victory lane in the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia....

Kurt Busch (2) Penske Racing Dodge Charger celebrates his victory with his wife Eva in victory lane in the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton...

Atlanta Motor Speedway president and general manager Ed Clark (L) Kurt Busch (2) Penske Racing Dodge Charger and Eva Busch celebrates his victory in victory lan...

Kurt Busch (2) Penske Racing Dodge Charger celebrates his victory with his crew in victory lane in the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Ge...

Kurt Busch (2) Penske Racing Dodge Charger in the pits in the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia....

Robby Gordon (7) Robby Gordon Motorsports Toyota Camry crew member loses control of the gas can in the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Ge...

Kurt Busch (2) Penske Racing Dodge Charger in the pit after hitting the wall in the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia....

A young Jeff Gordon fan cheers him on as he takes the lead in the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia....

Greg Biffle (16) Roush Fenway Racing Ford Taurus car catches fire after crashing with Scott Speed (82) Red Bull Racing Team Toyota Camry in the Kobalt Tools 50...

Kurt Busch (2) Penske Racing Dodge Charger leads the pack after a caution in the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia....

Kurt Busch (2) Penske Racing Dodge Charger in the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia....

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