NASCAR: Kobalt Tools 500 at AMS

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NASCAR: Kobalt Tools 500 at AMS

Kobalt Tools 500 race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Sunday, March 8, 2009.

A large number of empty seats are visible in the grandstand at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday at the start of the Kobalt Tools 500.

Mark Martin leads the field to the start of the Kobalt Tools 500 NASCAR race at Atlanta Motor Speedway Sunday.

Elliot Sadler races past a nearly empty grandstand during Sunday's Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Carl Hagan, of Palmetto, cheers on Jeff Gordon, who held lead for more than 50 laps.

Members of Kasey Kahne's pit crew add fuel and perform a four tire change on pit road.

Nascar fans Cordell Dixon Jr., 8, and David Gulley II, 5, of Decatur, look for their favorite drivers from the grandstand.

Fans catch the action from atop campers in the infield at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Driver Bobby Labonte (96) slides as David Ragan (6) goes low during lap 103, setting off a cautionary yellow. Labonte stayed in the race.

Flames fly off the bottom of Jimmie Johnson's Chevrolet.

Carl Edwards (left) and Robby Gordon race through turn one. Edward, who started in the 29th position, grabbed the lead on lap 81.

K.C. Embry cheers for her favorite driver Carl Edwards.

Kurt Busch (2) leads a pack of cars into turn one. Busch led more than 200 laps of the 345-lap race.

Kurt Busch takes the checkered flag to win the Kobalt Tools 500 at Altanta Motor Speedway. The win gave the family a sweep at AMS as his brother Kyle, who entered the 500 as the defending winner, won Saturday s Camping World Truck Series race.

Kurt Busch celebrate the win -- his first win since June at New Hampshire.

Kurt Busch is showered by confetti on victory lane. He dominated the race, leading 234 of 330 laps to get his second win in Atlanta and the 19th of his career.

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A large number of empty seats are visible in the grandstand at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday at the start of the Kobalt Tools 500.

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