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Hey there, how are you all today?  I hope you are having a great Labour Day weekend, aren’t long weekends great?

I hope you get a chance to sit down and watch a bit of the first ever night race at Atlanta, I’m certainly going to try to.

I have the starting line-up after the jump along with a few things to ponder.  See you on the other side.

POS	CAR	DRIVER	MAKE	SPONSOR	SPEED	TIME	BEHIND
1	1	Martin Truex Jr.	Chevrolet	Guitar Hero	184.149	30.106	Leader
2	9	Kasey Kahne	Dodge	Budweiser	183.497	30.213	-0.107
3	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe’s / Kobalt Tools	183.358	30.236	-0.130
4	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	DuPont	182.995	30.296	-0.190
5	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	Pedigree	182.771	30.333	-0.227
6	2	Kurt Busch	Dodge	Miller Lite	182.729	30.340	-0.234
7	5	Mark Martin	Chevrolet	Carquest / Kellogg’s	182.609	30.360	-0.254
8	83	Brian Vickers	Toyota	Red Bull	182.501	30.378	-0.272
9	12	David Stremme	Dodge	Penske Racing	182.416	30.392	-0.286
10	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	Farm Bureau Insurance	182.213	30.426	-0.320
11	47	Marcos Ambrose	Toyota	Clorox / Kingsford / Bush’s Beans	182.003	30.461	-0.355
12	14	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	Office Depot / Old Spice	181.884	30.481	-0.375
13	43	Reed Sorenson	Dodge	U.S. Air Force	181.848	30.487	-0.381
14	99	Carl Edwards	Ford	Aflac Cancer Center	181.675	30.516	-0.410
15	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	R+L Carriers	181.645	30.521	-0.415
16	6	David Ragan	Ford	UPS	181.639	30.522	-0.416
17	21	David Gilliland	Ford	Motorcraft	181.449	30.554	-0.448
18	29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	Shell / Pennzoil	181.414	30.560	-0.454
19	55	Michael Waltrip	Toyota	NAPA Auto Parts	181.414	30.560	-0.454
20	33	Clint Bowyer	Chevrolet	BB&T	181.348	30.571	-0.465
21	19	Elliott Sadler	Dodge	Stanley Tools	181.325	30.575	-0.469
22	42	Juan Montoya	Chevrolet	Target	181.301	30.579	-0.473
23	39	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	U.S. Army	181.247	30.588	-0.482
24	31	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	Caterpillar / Cat Financial	181.236	30.590	-0.484
25	171	Bobby Labonte	Chevrolet	TaxSlayer.com	181.129	30.608	-0.502
26	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	American Red Cross / 3M	181.046	30.622	-0.516
27	26	Jamie McMurray	Ford	Crown Royal	180.651	30.689	-0.583
28	00	David Reutimann	Toyota	Aaron’s Dream Machine	180.522	30.711	-0.605
29	7	Robby Gordon	Toyota	Polaris Off-Road Vehicles	180.457	30.722	-0.616
30	77	Sam Hornish Jr.	Dodge	Mobil 1	180.416	30.729	-0.623
31	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	National Guard / Amp Energy	180.369	30.737	-0.631
32	82	Scott Speed*	Toyota	Red Bull	180.152	30.774	-0.668
33	07	Casey Mears	Chevrolet	Jack Daniel’s	180.047	30.792	-0.686
34	20	Joey Logano*	Toyota	The Home Depot	179.988	30.802	-0.696
35	44	A.J. Allmendinger	Dodge	Hunt Brothers Pizza	179.971	30.805	-0.699
36	187	Joe Nemechek	Toyota	NEMCO Motorsports	179.901	30.817	-0.711
37	66	Dave Blaney	Toyota	Prism Motorsports	179.673	30.856	-0.750
38	09	Mike Bliss	Dodge	Miccosukee Resort & Gaming	179.586	30.871	-0.765
39	113	Max Papis*	Toyota	GEICO	179.505	30.885	-0.779
40	34	John Andretti	Chevrolet	Taco Bell	179.400	30.903	-0.797
41	98	Paul Menard	Ford	Johns Manville / Menards	178.804	31.006	-0.900
42	96	Erik Darnell+	Ford	Academy Sports + Outdoors	174.488	31.773	-1.667
43	08	Terry Labonte	Toyota	Carter / Simo Racing	Champion’s Provisional
Did Not Qualify
44	78	Regan Smith	Chevrolet	Furniture Row Companies	178.574	31.046	-0.940
45	36	Patrick Carpentier	Toyota	Wave Energy Drink	177.669	31.204	-1.098
46	37	Tony Raines	Dodge	Long John Silver’s	176.089	31.484	-1.378

So what do you think about …

1.  So how about that front row?  Is this any indication about the rest of the race?

2.  What about this whole Danica thing?  Will she or won’t she?

3.  Nice to see Bobby Labonte qualify higher than his car (actually his car was slower than the go or go homers).  Just because I understand the situatuion he is in (business is business after all) doens’t mean I like it.  Your thoughts?

4  So which did you like more; Darlington or California?

5.  Speaking of things to come, does Harvick’s victory give him an advantage in today’s race?

Well that is it for now, I’ll try and catch up with you later on tonight.  Cya.

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