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NASCAR on FOX's Larry McReynolds previews the upcoming race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Get his thoughts as the race for the chase gets closer.
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" We talk about into Atlanta Motor Speedway. "
" Then I'll have -- just south of Atlanta we race here twice a year in this will be they'll know. 101 race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. -- they're -- for the NASCAR -- fox race that Kurt Busch not only one pretty much dominated that was the 100 race. In Atlanta Motor Speedway we have 46 increase."
" As we prepare for a while final Saturday that means three car will not let make their races have to go wrong it is kind of unique schedule. As I mentioned we we've always been there twice a year but we've always went there in March in the normally in mid to late fall."
" And we always fighting whether they're sings like so this year -- in 2000. NASCAR. Auto club speedway Fontana California that we've been race in the Labor Day weekend for the last few years and we always. Enormous heat to air in Southern California in Atlanta Motor Speedway got together and pretty much. Atlanta Motor Speedway and auto club speedway swap that but it's not think it's gonna work out great for both racetracks. Obviously I'm sure Atlanta Motor Speedway. Hated to lose one of those two in races in the chase. But I think they are that much better to take a chance and have great weather a Labor Day weekend but it -- to show."
" Which makes it will -- motto -- schedules that we had."
" A lot of the short tracks a lot of this Saturday night races but this really."
" She makes the week a lot longer release Sprint Cup Series things because they do not even checking until Saturday morning. But here's what makes is scheduled unique. They get two practices both of the practices are pretty much in the middle of the day on Saturday."
" And even qualifier and is mid afternoon around 4:30 PME."
" Time in the -- race on Sunday night under the lights in after qualifying. There's no more practice there's not Saturday night practice because that's when we. The Nationwide Series race so when you think about it all the practice even qualified and is in the heat of the day. In new going to race at night under the lights and racetrack. Is very temperature sensitive. When the sun beats down only in it heats up it loses a tremendous. Amount of grip that's circus is over twelve years though it was resurfaced back in 1997. Actually when they reconfigured racetrack. When he calls them the sun goes down. We racism that under the lights in nine games and tremendous amount of grip which -- that handling characteristics so. I think this is where a lot of teams have to go -- expert piece. And lean on the engineer and step because. Actually we've never had a race scheduled at night in Atlanta Motor Speedway even though they have the lights they're. Most of the activities and I has been qualified. We have been forced took race into the night -- before because of rain delays. But we never actually. Race there at night as far as usual schedule time around 7:30 PM eastern time on Sunday night the night before Labor Day. Couple other things about this -- half racetrack in his 500 mile race is the great thing about it we have qualifying. Basically Saturday afternoon most of the -- will be run around the bottom of that amount half racetrack. Shortest distance they'll have fresh sticker Goodyear tires a lot of real. So you'll run run around but I promise she even in those practice sessions on Saturday in Internet I heard on race. These guys will be race in all different groups registration you'll be around the bottom. They'll be in the middle and you'll be at the top and some of the drivers -- can almost guarantee you. Will be at the top. Almost from the get go. One problem mentally he loves going to the topside. Dale Earnhardt junior Michael Waltrip just to name a few brief -- some drivers like Mark Martin Tony Stewart it's very rare to found those guys. Not having her car world around the bottom of the racetrack and I think because we didn't have those multiple grooves there. At least this too long green flag runs there will have a lot of green flag pit stops they're. -- so that always -- an interest in twists and who knows even though we never spoke about it at Bristol couple weeks ago short track. You never know we might even have a little bit of fuel mileage come in the play. That detract like this I hit it has a tremendous amount of speed when he gains a lot of real. I think one thing that promotes a lot of good -- us are racing there. Is when the pace slows down or starts lying around that's what we pretty much have some pretty good racing. I'm going to have this week he and I think it simply become all. We have no track term at nine except for the two races is we got out he's seen of our Sprint Cup Series drivers that will be doing double duty. And we got some guys that normally don't do double duty. Dale Earnhardt junior who runs and vary rare occasional Nationwide Series race even the New England championship twice back in the late nineties. He's even going to read the Nationwide Series race on Saturday night. So I think with. Not many notes with these drivers and these race teams racing -- Atlanta Motor Speedway. Possibly even though there's not a lot of things. You can transfer. From the Nationwide Series cars to the Sprint Cup Series car because there's some different. If nothing else those 1516 Robert there will be doing double duty. They'll get the information. About what to track does is really cools down -- into the night. In his fishing with his -- combination because Nationwide Series in the Sprint Cup Series cars they run the exact same Goodyear tire combination. A Labor Day we can't I'm just I'm excited about being back in the southeast. On Labor Day week you know. I know we're not at Darlington because we now know from meaning meaning many years. Always on Labor Day week in and for a number of years actually own Labor Day in it was -- he moved to the slowly before Labor Day. We were always at Darlington. Raceway Darlington, South Carolina. The southern 500 it was just tradition so even though we're not at Darlington. Back in the southeast and I just feel like. Labor Day weekend race and belongs in the southeast where I don't know began in evidently there's a huge buzz about this Labor Day weekend race. Because it Clarke president of Atlanta Motor Speedway. Our -- him at a press release. Basically say your press announcement. That the campers starting getting getting -- to Atlanta Motor Speedway learned that again in the infield in in the campgrounds. Two weeks before this coming week in. So I guess my question would be -- the hair color or race of the Labor Day and we think we're going to have great weather great race. Are they really there to see how tight. This battle in the race -- the -- he has. Oh Larry -- times. They're probably they're for both reasons because I think both things are going to happen is now only two races into the chase for the 2009. Sprint Cup Series championship."
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