Date: Sunday, March 7, 2010
Time: 1:00 p.m. (ET)
Location: Atlanta Motor Speedway, Atlanta, Ga., 1.54-mile quad-oval with 24-degree banking in turns
Sanctioning Body: National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), Daytona Beach, Fla.
Series: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Length: 325 laps, 500 miles
Purse: $4,948,689.00
2009 Winner: Kurt Busch (3 hours, 59 minutes, 1 second; 137.573 mph)
2009 Pole: Mark Martin (187.045 mph)
Qualifying: The better of two laps will determine a driver’s official qualifying speed for the Kobalt Tools 500. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Qualifying begins at 6:10 p.m. (EST) on Friday, March 5. The Performance Racing Network (PRN) will provide qualifying coverage at 6:00 p.m. Cable channel SPEED will begin coverage at 6:00 p.m.
Radio/TV: Fox will televise the Kobalt Tools 500 live beginning at 1:00 p.m. with pre-race coverage beginning at noon. The Performance Racing Network (PRN) will also broadcast the race live to its affiliate stations beginning at noon.
Tickets: Tickets for the Kobalt Tools 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race start at $39 and can be ordered by calling the Atlanta Motor Speedway ticket office at (770) 946-4211 or online at www.atlantamotorspeedway.com.
