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As Race 7 in the Chase rolls around, The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series now heads to one of the fastest tracks on the circuit, the Atlanta Motor Speedway. Earlier this year, back in the Spring, Kyle Busch nabbed Toyota's first win in a race that can easily be regarded as one of the worst of the season, reflected by Tony Stewart's verbal tirade against Goodyear for making the tire compunds for the race so hard that cars were barely drivable. Now, after extensive testing at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, come Sunday, we'll see whether or not anything has changed.

But before Sunday's big show, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series plays host to a race on Saturday. Atlanta has historically held exciting races at the World's Fastest Half-Mile, but hasn't put on a real barn burner since 2007. With Atlanta losing one of it's Truck dates to Chicagoland next season, will the Trucks put on one final Fall thriller? Or has Atlanta spat the Trucks out as quickly as it warmed up to it?

However, Saturday also features the NASCAR Nationwide Series at Memphis Motorsports Park. And last year, this race was notorious in the minds of fans as the biggest Slam-bang-crash'em slugfest in years, with 25 cautions for 117 laps, just falling short of a record set at Hickory in 1992, as David Reutimann went on to win. This year, with Clint Bowyer having one hand on the championship as Carl Edwards & Brad Keselowski lag behind, the Nationwide series goes to their final stand-alone event, with plenty of inexperience in the field. 18 year old Rookie Marc Davis will make his debut in the #18, and with other drivers such as Justin Marks, Scott Lagasse, Josh Wise, and John Wes Townley, could trouble be ahead for Bowyer? And what about the possibility of nature intertwining, and sending Bowyer & Edwards back to Nashville?

All this and more will be answered, as we are now at 4 minutes to Midnight!

I'm not going to read that

Speaking of going, I'm going to the Atlanta races

I don't give a shit if people read it or not, it's just flashy to do it like this.

dont forget about the camping world series saturday night...(hdnet)



Sat, Oct 25 - 11:30 PM ET
8:30 PM PT NASCAR Camping World Series - LIVE!
Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 150 Presented by Thunder Valley Casino - From All American Speedway, CA

Here is the Nationwide Series Entry List for Memphis.

http://www.jayski.com/nationwide/2008/next/32memphis.htm#entry

Here are some notes:

-50 entries (12 or 13 potential field fillers)

-Wheeler Boys returns to the #01 this week.

-Landon Cassill is back in the #5.

-Chase Miller is back in the #9.

-Jon Wes Townley is making another appearence in the #09.

-Marc Davis will attempt to make his debut in the #18.

-Austin Dillon is back in the #21.

-Jarit Johnson (Jimmie's bother) is in the #22.

-Scott Wimmer is in the #29 for the rest of the year.

-James Buescher is back in the #32.

-Cale Gale will be in the #33.

-Danny O'Quinn Jr. will be in the #35.

-Kevin Hamlin is in the #40 while Brandon Clauson attempts his cup debut in Atlanta.

-Brad Teague is back in the #52.

-Travis Kittleson returns to the #56.

-Tim Weaver will be in the #75 Dodge out of Morgan Shepherd's stable.

-No driver has been announced to drive the #78 for Derrike Cope.

-Mike Harmon is in the #84.

-Brian Kesolowski is back in the #92.

I hope Wimmer can snag another victory before his stay at RCR ends.

I wonder if they are going to try really making this the 24 hours of Memphis.

Here is the Truck Series Entry List.

http://www.jayski.com/cts/next/2008/22atlanta2008.htm#entry

Here are the notes:

-34 Entries (2 field fillers)

-Ryan Newman will make his debut in the #2.

-Germain Racing is entering the #03 truck but no driver is listed.

-Butch Miller is in the #07.

-Chrissy Wallace is in the #9

-Travis Kvapil returns to the #09.

-Mario Gosselin is in his own #12 truck.

-Denny Hamlin is in the #15.

-Taylor Malsam is in the #41 again.

-Kyle Busch is in the #51 again.

-Norm Benning is back in his own #57 truck.

-Brent Raymer is back in his own #85.

Where did that come from?

really, if Jimmie Johnson has another win, the championship will be his again....

Please another winner!

oh, and I hope this time Firestone gets their tyres right

Excuse me?

I believe that was a poor attempt at humor by our resident airgun specialist and Nascar troll Anasazi

Friday's forecast says there will be a 70% chance of rain for Cup qualifying.

Actually, the National Weather Service lists it as 80 percent for Hampton, which is where the track is. Atlanta is a huge metro area, it could be raining like hell in one spot and be a nice sunny day in the other.

Granted, we need the rain, but good lord.

Wasn't the joke always "if you need rain, schedule a NASCAR race there"?

Seriously, NASCAR vs Mother Nature has been a bitch of a fight this year. I feel like I haven't seen qualifying in months!

Yeah it was. Go figure. We could be in the middle of a madass drought, no rain for months, and NASCAR comes to town, rain all over the radar.

It's all NASCAR divisions too. We always have beautiful weather up here in NW Connecticut then the Camping World East series comes to Lime Rock and there's ALWAYS a threat of rain. That's why they moved it from Sept/Oct to mid Aug. But even in Aug, there's a threat.

Thats one big half-mile imo.