By Leon Hammack:
It has readily been apparent that the quality of the racing has had little influence on the decision making process of NASCAR about the calender and schedule in the Sprint Cup era.
Having been to six Atlanta races over the past 20 years, quite predictably, this year’s race produced a crowd pleasing, earth-shaking, old fashioned scramble that would have pleased Glen “Fireball” Roberts! “Fireball” was the winner of the very first race at Atlanta Motor Speedway back in 1960. However, the race track that has provided the most side-by-side racing, as well as some of the closest race finishes in NASCAR history is losing one of their two race dates next year.
This guest article branch is continued over in the article, Atlanta Looses a Date.
