NASCAR Cup Series

The Cup Series moved to Atlanta Motor Speedway, hoping to create a new Labor Day tradition of Sunday night racing in spite of the news that Atlanta had lost one of its Cup races for the 2011 season.

Over the previous weekend we watched Tony Stewart "smoke" up Atlanta-Georgia following Sunday night's NASCAR Sprint Cup race. In Nationwide Series action we watched a popular driver, crew chief and team owner return to victory lane.

So they’re going to rid Atlanta of a race? Anyone watching the race on Sunday night would have to ask why.

He has not given up throughout the season so far, but victory had eluded Tony Stewart all year. That denial was not the result of any lacking on the part of the driver or his team.

The headlines screamed the news when Randy LaJoie was suspended from NASCAR for violation of the sport’s stringent substance abuse policy.

Wow, can you believe it?? We finally hear a good anthem. It has been a long time for that.

The hunt for team sponsors for the Hendrick Motorsports racing stable hit a high and low point last Saturday in Atlanta.

Mark Martin is one of NASCAR’s most talented drivers. That’s why some of his fans did not complain too much when owner Rick Hendrick made some questionable moves to Martin’s No. 5 team over the offseason, moving engineers from Martin’s team to teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr, who struggled in 2009.

I’m not sure if he was the first to say it but this simple phrase captures the heart and soul of the man we knew as “The Intimidator.” His fierce determination to never settle for anything less than first place resulted in seven championship titles.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, fresh from a weekend off, returns to action this Sunday at NASCAR's fastest venue at Atlanta Motor Speedway.