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Mar 2, 2009 - 9:30 PM 
March 8, 2009
Atlanta Motor Speedway
Hampton, Georgia
Race 4 of 36 on Sprint Cup circuit

TV: FOX, 1:30 p.m. EDT

Laps: 325
Track length: 1.54 miles
Race length: 500 miles

Qualifying record: Bobby Labonte, Pontiac, 194.957 mph (March 1999)
Race record: Dale Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 161.298 mph (March 1996)

2008 Top 10
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 1. Kyle Busch (18), Toyota
 2. Tony Stewart (20), Toyota 
 3. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (88), Chevrolet
 4. Greg Biffle (16), Ford 
 5. Jeff Gordon (24), Chevrolet
 6. Clint Bowyer (07), Chevrolet
 7. Kevin Harvick (29), Chevrolet
 8. Matt Kenseth (17), Ford
 9. Brian Vickers (83), Toyota
10. Jeff Burton (31), Chevrolet 

Past Champions
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2008  Kyle Busch, Toyota, 140.975 mph
2007  Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 152.915 mph
2006  Kasey Kahne, Dodge, 144.098 mph
2005  Carl Edwards, Ford, 143.478 mph
2004  Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 158.679 mph 
2003  Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, 146.048 mph 
2002  Tony Stewart, Pontiac, 148.443 mph 
2001  Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 143.416 mph 
2000  Dale Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 131.759 mph 
1999  Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 143.284 mph 
1998  Bobby Labonte, Pontiac, 139.501 mph
1997  Dale Jarrett, Ford, 132.731 mph 
1996  Dale Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 161.298 mph 
1995  Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 150.115 mph
1994  Ernie Irvan, Ford, 146.136 mph 
1993  Morgan Shepherd, Ford, 150.442 mph 
1992  Bill Elliott, Ford, 147.746 mph 
1991  Ken Schrader, Chevrolet, 140.470 mph 
1990  Dale Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 156.849 mph 
1989  Darrell Waltrip, Chevrolet, 139.684 mph 
1988  Dale Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 137.588 mph 
1987  Ricky Rudd, Ford, 133.689 mph 
1986  Morgan Shepherd, Buick, 132.126 mph 
1985  Bill Elliott, Ford, 140.273 mph 
1984  Benny Parsons, Chevrolet, 144.945 mph 
1983  Cale Yarborough, Chevrolet, 137.643 mph 
1982  Darrell Waltrip, Buick, 124.824 mph 
1981  Cale Yarborough, Buick, 133.619 mph 
1980  Dale Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 134.808 mph 
1979  Buddy Baker, Oldsmobile, 135.136 mph 
1978  Bobby Allison, Ford, 142.520 mph 
1977  Richard Petty, Dodge, 144.093 mph 
1976  David Pearson, Mercury, 128.904 mph 
1975  Richard Petty, Dodge, 133.496 mph 
1974  Cale Yarborough, 74 Chevrolet, 136.910 mph 
1973  David Pearson, 71 Mercury, 139.351 mph 
1972  Bobby Allison, 72 Chevrolet, 128.214 mph 
1971  A.J. Foyt, 71 Mercury, 131.375 mph 
1970  Bobby Allison, 69 Dodge, 139.554 mph 
1969  Cale Yarborough, 69 Mercury, 132.191 mph 
1968  Cale Yarborough, 68 Mercury, 125.564 mph 
1967  Cale Yarborough, 67 Ford, 131.238 mph 
1966  Jim Hurtubise, 66 Plymouth, 131.266 mph 
1965  Marvin Panch, 65 Ford, 129.410 mph 
1964  Fred Lorenzen, 64 Ford, 132.959 mph 
1963  Fred Lorenzen, 63 Ford, 130.580 mph 
1962  Fred Lorenzen, 62 Ford, 101.983 mph 
1961  Bob Burdick, 61 Pontiac, 123.920 mph 
1960  Bobby Johns, 60 Pontiac, 108.408 mph







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