When the

Winston Cup series wraps up their season on Sunday, it

will also be the last NASCAR race of the century. The

sport has been exceedingly popular over the last few

years, growing in fan attendance and average purse

winnings. The 20th century has been good to NASCAR and

the 21st century could be even better.

The NAPA

500 will be held on Sunday, Nov. 21 but there will be

plenty of racing excitement at Atlanta Motor Speedway in

the days preceding the big race.

Qualifying

for the Georgia Boot 400 , which is an ARCA race,starts

on Nov. 17 and the race itself will be run on Nov. 20.

Qualifying for the NAPA 500 begins on Friday, Nov. 19.

The NAPA

500 is a Winston Cup race ad it features a rather large

purse of $2.5 million plus. All of your favorite Winston

Cp, NASCAR racers will be racing in the final event of

the season and it is still anybody's race.

The

schedule for the weekend starts with qualifying for the

Georgia Booot 400 on Wednesday with more ARCA qualifying

the next day. Tickets for qualifying only cost $6 for

Wednesday and $10 for Thursday.

Friday will

e Georgia Boot Pole Day and tickets will cost $15,

Saturday will be the day of the Georgia Boot 400, which

will be followed by the Winston Cup Happy Hour. Tickets

for Saturday start at $35. The weekend concludes with the

NAPA 500 on Sunday, with ticket prices starting at $30.

There are

still tickets available for all five days. They can eith

be purchased at a Ticketmaster outlet, the Atlanta Motor

Speedway's box office or by calling 770-946-4211 or

404-249-6400.

Also, the

NAPA 500 official pace car will make a promotional

appearance at the Winn Dixie in Fayetteville from 5-7

p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 18 at 12160 Country Line.

If racing

is your sport of choice, check out the last race of the

century and all of the excitement that goes with it.