FIN, ST, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, PTS/BNS, LAPS, STATUS, WINNINGS
1 10 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Arby’s 190/5 198 Running 56,000
2 6 33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Camping World/ RVs.com 175/5 198 Running 37,175
3 1 29 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Holiday Inn / Holiday Inn Express 170/5 198 Running 28,850
4 3 60 Carl Edwards Ford Scotts Miracle-Gro 165/5 198 Running 24,025
5 27 21 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet Richard Childress [...]

Tony Stewart once again blasted Goodyear saying that the NASCAR tire supplier fails to make a tire that will hold up under race conditions on high-banked, high downforce tracks like Atlanta Motor Speedway.
“After 10 years of being in the Cup Series, you learn to be highly disappointed with everything that Goodyear does,” Stewart said.

Matt Kenseth broke an 18-race winless string Saturday by capturing a Nationwide Series event. Kenseth grabbed the lead from Jeff Burton on the way to victory.

DALE EARNHARDT, JR., DRIVER OF THE NO. 88 AMP/NATIONAL GUARD IMPALA SS met with media members at Atlanta Motor Speedway today and talked about Sunday’s race, the saga surrounding the No. 99 team, appearing before the National Stock Car Racing Commission and more:
ON HOW HIS CAR HAS RUN SO FAR AT ATLANTA: “The track is [...]

KEVIN HARVICK, NO. 29 SHELL/PENNZOIL IMPALA SS met with media and talked about how special Atlanta is to him, his KHI Nationwide teams, the IROC Series and more.
ON HIS THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW THE RACE IS GOING TO BE ON SUNDAY AFTER TESTING BACK IN OCTOBER. “I don’t really think anybody knows right now just because [...]

Practice 2 (Saturday):
FIN, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, SPEED, TIME, BEHIND
1 16 Greg Biffle Ford Jackson Hewitt 184.229 30.093 Leader
2 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac 184.064 30.120 -0.027
3 07 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet DIRECTV 183.874 30.151 -0.058
4 12 Ryan Newman Dodge ALLTEL 183.127 30.274 -0.181
5 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Budweiser 182.880 30.315 -0.222

ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THE WAY THINGS WORKED OUT WITH YOUR APPEAL? “I feel good about the points. The one thing you can’t buy in this world — I guess some people can buy them for the first five races — are NASCAR points and time. The money, we’ll figure out how to work through [...]

MARTIN TRUEX JR., NO. 1 BASS PRO SHOPS/TRACKER BOATS IMPALA SS met with media to discuss racing at Atlanta with the new car, the penalties handed down by NASCAR to the No. 99 team, current safety issues, and more.
HOW TOUGH IS IT TO KEEP A POSITIVE ATTITUDE THIS YEAR?
“It hasn’t been bad. We’ve been somewhat [...]

Kitty Allison, mother of legendary NASCAR drivers Bobby and Donnie Allison, died Thursday at the age of 101.
The Matriarch of the Allison Family, Kittie (Mom) Allison passed away on Thursday evening, March 6, 2008. She and Ed (Pop) had 13 children, 8 of whom are still living, 25 grandchildren, 32 great grandchildren and 1 great [...]

Now that Robby Gordon has had his Sprint Cup points reinstated through his successful appeal, he is no longer considering running the Indy 500 before the Coca Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend.
“It was more of a fact if we’re on the outside of the top 35, we really weren’t going to have a shot [...]