Auto racing

has been on a lot of people's lips this year and the talk will only increase

as racers in the Busch and Winston Cup series will head into Atlanta Motor

Speedway this weekend for the Aaron's 312 (Busch) and Cracker Barrel Old

Country Store 500 (Winston Cup).

The action

starts Friday, March 9, for Georgia Power Qualifying Day. The gates open

at 8 a.m. From 8:30-10:40 a.m., the Busch drivers will practice and from

10:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., the Winston Cup drivers will practice. Busch

Series qualifying begins at 1 p.m. and Winston Cup Series qualifying will

begin at 3 p.m. There will also be Legends, Bandolero and Roadster races

from 6:30-8:30 p.m. General admission tickets are $15.

Saturday, March

10, Winston drivers will have their final practice from 11 a.m. to noon.

At 12:30 p.m., the introductions for the Aaron's 312 race begin and the

race kicks off at 1 p.m. The following day starts with a parade lap at

11 a.m., followed by introductions at 12:30 and the Cracker Barrel Old

Country Store 500 starts at 1 p.m. Moby from Kicks 101.5 will sing the

national anthem.

This year's

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500 should be an exciting race. There

are a new crop of racers among the top of the standings, including Sterling

Marlin, the current points leader, and Michael Waltrip and Steve Park,

both of whom are in the top ten. Eyes will also be on Jeff Gordon, last

week's winner and a three-time winner at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Gordon

was on the pole at AMS in November.

Other activities

this weekend will be a free men's health screening offered by Pfizer and

Mark Martin, who races in the Pfizer sponsored number six Viagra Ford.

The Men's Health Tune Up For Life mobile unit will be between gates 14

and 15 outside the track. It will offer free cholesterol, blood sugar,

blood pressure and erectile dysfunction screenings. The mobile unit will

be open from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 9 and 10, and from

8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, March 11.

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