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7:19 a.m., Atlanta?s Hartsfield - Jackson Airport which is 17 miles north of here is reporting 34 degrees. The mechanics have been hard at work since 4 this morning trying to tune engines for a very cold day in Hampton, Georgiain cars that are designed to run on nothing less than 65 degrees at 200 miles an hour on the fastest track in the NEXTEL Cup NASCAR event scheduled to run here today. The track is cold and it?s not expected to reach any more than 72 degrees today which makes the air dense and provides ideal conditions for BOOGEDY - BOOGEDY - BOOGEDY down and dirty racing as long as the tires stick to a cold track.
I expect several recordswill be set today at the Atlanta track but hopefully one of the records that won?t fall is the record for the quantity of yellow flags or yellow flag laps.
Tapes loaded in the VCR which is programmed to startrecording at 1:00 p.m. for the pre-race show on Fox. Green flag drops shortly after 1:30 p.m. eastern daylight savings.
Martin will loose his points lead today. Stewart will win the race. Sorenson?s Dodge, #41 will have a top five finish and Reed will go home for dinner after the race if he can beat the traffic on 54 W to Peachtree City.
Let?s go racing folks. Gonna be a GREAT race.