Primestar 500 Postponed

Mon., March 9, 1998

Compiled From Wire Services

Has NASCAR slowed its powerful Winston Cup cars enough at Atlanta Motor Speedway?

That’s a bone of contention as the sanctioning body gets ready to run the rain-delayed Primestar 500 today at the 1.54-mile oval.

Rain postponed Sunday’s 500-mile event.

Meanwhile, the debate raged over the speeds on the track that became considerably faster after being reconfigured last year between the March and November races from a continuous radius oval to a slightly longer quad oval.

On Friday, before rain washed out all the scheduled activities, three drivers, Steve Park, Bob Kelly and Mark Thompson, were injured in separate crashes.

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