Riding with: Dave Blaney


March 8, 2008 at 12:30a.m.

Friday: The Hartford native qualified 16th for Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway with a speed of 181.776 miles per hour. Jeff Gordon won the pole at 185.251 and Dale Earnhardt Jr. was second at 184.862.

Next: Sunday’s race is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. with television coverage scheduled for 1:30 p.m. (17/62).