By Jared Turner     The rain kept falling and the fans kept shivering. Finally, the rain stopped and we had a race. But the shivering continued.   What else can we expect from a March 1 event at Atlanta Motor Speedway?   This isn’t Hawaii, mind you. It’s not Daytona Beach, either.   Remember 1993 when that huge blizzard hit the Atlanta area and the race had to be postponed an entire week? That year, the race was actually – get this – two weeks later on the schedule than it was this year.   In other words, winter weather could…

By Jerry Bonkowski When you have been in the sports writing business for as long as I have, you learn to have thick skin. Especially when it comes to readers and their often misguided judgment and resulting comments. While I will never deny a person’s opinion, their logic – or oftentimes lack of – is a whole different story. So following Sunday’s race at Atlanta, I wrote a story about how Kevin Harvick remains the hottest driver in the Sprint Cup Series. Of course, several readers quickly wrote in or tweeted that I was off my rocker. “And how many wins does…