| NASCAR heads to Atlanta on Sunday at 1:00pm EST | | | | for three straight weeks and he is a three-time |
| for the Kobalt Tools 500 in the fourth race of the | | | | winner in Atlanta. He has eight top-five and 10 top-10 |
| season that can be seen on FOX with Kevin Harvick | | | | finishes in his last 13 races at Atlanta. The 2010 |
| the point's leader. Harvick is not the NASCAR betting | | | | NASCAR Kobalt Tools 500 can be seen on FOX |
| favorite in this week's race though. That honor goes | | | | television beginning at approximately 1:00 pm EST on |
| to Jimmie Johnson who has won the last two weeks. | | | | Sunday. |
| Johnson is the 9-2 favorite in Kobalt Tools 500 odds | | | | "Atlanta really reminds me of Darlington where you |
| at online sportsbooks while Harvick is 10-1 in NASCAR | | | | just have to be very conscious of what end of the |
| picks. Johnson is getting much of the attention but | | | | race car is taking the abuse or what tire is slipping |
| Harvick has a chance to win this week. He is the only | | | | and sliding too much," Johnson said. "Every time you |
| driver to finish in the top five in both races in Atlanta | | | | slide that tire, you're just taking speed out of the |
| last year. | | | | car, and especially off the tail end of the run. You're |
| "We're really looking forward to Atlanta based on | | | | just trying to be very aware of what tires work and |
| how we ran there [in September]," said Harvick, "It | | | | looking for ways to get around that, the balance and |
| has become one of those tracks that has been really | | | | the load between all four tires. When you're able to |
| good for us in anything that we have been racing | | | | do that, your car typically drives very comfortable |
| there over the past three or four years. Anything | | | | and you're going to need that for 500 miles at |
| short of being competitive for a win or a top five on | | | | Atlanta." Bet Jimmie Johnson 9-2 as the favorite in |
| the Cup side would be a letdown." Johnson is | | | | NASCAR picks for the 2010 Kobalt Tools 500 on |
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