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House Resolution 1823 By: Representatives Smith of the 129th, Graves of the 137th, Burkhalter of the 50th, Coan of the 101st, May of the 111th, and others

A RESOLUTION

1 Welcoming O. Bruton Smith, , , , , and 2 to Day at the Capitol; and for other purposes.

3 WHEREAS, the General Assembly of Georgia is honored to be visited by six esteemed 4 members of the NASCAR community on March 16, 2006, Atlanta Motor Speedway Day at 5 the Capitol; and

6 WHEREAS, Mr. O. Bruton Smith serves as Chairman and CEO of Speedway Motorsports, 7 Inc.; and

8 WHEREAS, Mr. Jeff Burton is the driver of the No. 31 Cingular for Richard 9 Childress Racing (NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series); and

10 WHEREAS, Peachtree City native Mr. Reed Sorenson is the driver of the No. 41 Target 11 for Racing (NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series) and the No. 41 Discount 12 Tire Dodge (NASCAR Busch Series); and

13 WHEREAS, Mr. John Andretti is the driver of the No. 10 FreedomRoads Ford for ppc 14 Racing (NASCAR Busch Series) and owner of the Andretti Karting Center in Roswell, 15 Georgia; and

16 WHEREAS, Mr. Bill Lester, an Atlanta native, is the driver of the No. 22 Waste 17 Management for (NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series); and

18 WHEREAS, Mr. David Ragan is the driver of the No. 6 Ford for Roush Racing (NASCAR 19 Craftsman Truck Series) and a native of Unadilla, Georgia; and

20 WHEREAS, the members of this body are very excited to be visited by these six outstanding 21 gentlemen.

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1 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that 2 the members of this body join in welcoming O. Bruton Smith, Jeff Burton, Reed Sorenson, 3 John Andretti, Bill Lester, and David Ragan to the Capitol on March 16, 2006, Atlanta Motor 4 Speedway Day at the Capitol.

5 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized 6 and directed to transmit appropriate copies of this resolution to O. Bruton Smith, Jeff Burton, 7 Reed Sorenson, John Andretti, Bill Lester, and David Ragan.

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