Ford can clinch at Atlanta: Ford can clinch its third manufacturer’s championship in the last four years and 15th overall by finishing first, second or third among the four car makes in Sunday’s race. The only way Ford will not clinch the title in Atlanta is if Chevrolet wins and Ford finishes fourth among the manufacturers. A Ford has not won on the Atlanta track since Dale Jarrett’s Taurus took the checkered flag in the 1997 spring race, the last event run before the track was redesigned.(Daytona Beach News Journal/AP) see my Manufacturers Championship/Wins page for the rundown and standings.(10-24-2002)
