When the

end of a sports season is over, a part of every fan dies

a little death, knowing that there will be a void while

they wait for the next season to begin.

Both the

NASCAR Winston Cup series and ARCA will have their final

race weekend of the year this weekend and the season's

final race will be at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

The weekend

will officially begin Thursday, Nov. 18. The gates will

open to the public everyday at 8 a.m. and ARCA will host

two periods of qualifying Thursday, one from 10 a.m. to

12:30 p.m. and one 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. There will be a

session of qualifying for spots 1-25 at 2 p.m.

Friday also

will feature two periods of ARCA practice, one 8:30 -

9:15 a.m. and one 10:30 - 11 a.m. The qualifying session

for positions 26-36 will start at 9;45 a.m. NASCAR

practice begins at 11:30 a.m. Friday and will be followed

Saturday

begins with NASCAR practice at 9:30 a.m., followed by

qualifying at 11 a.m. The Georgia Boot 400 begins at 1

p.m. and will be followed by the NASCAR Winston Cup

"Happy Hour." Pre-race activities begin at 9:30

a.m. Sunday with the driver and crew chief meeting set

for 10:30 a.m. The Atlanta Motor Speedway's Legends of

the Century Festivities begin at 11:30 a.m. and the

driver introductions will start at noon. The NAPA 500

will be 325 laps and will start at 12:30 p.m. The

National Anthem will be sung by Mark Willis.

Tickets are

still available for all four days of racing action.

Tickets for ARCA qualifying Thursday are $6, while

Friday's Georgia Boot Pole Day tickets cost $15. Tickets

for the Georgia Boot 400 and the Winston Cup Happy Hour

will cost $35 and tickets for the NAPA 500 start at $30.

Tickets can be purchased by calling the Atlanta Motor

Speedway box office at 770-946-4211 or by calling

Ticketmaster at 404-249-6400.

This will

be the last race of the season and of the century. It

will be a historic racing event with lots of excitement

and incredible racing action.