 Photo – Getty Images Race Info Date- Sunday September 2nd, 2012 Location- Atlanta, Georgia Start time- 7:46 PM EST Distance- 325 Laps, 500.5 Miles Broadcast TV- ESPN Broadcast Radio- PRN (goprn.com)Weather Forecast High 88 F Low 74 F Chance of rain- 30% Isolated Thunder Storms Past Race Winners 2011- Jeff Gordon 2010- Tony Stewart 2009- Kasey Kahne 2008- Carl Edwards 2007- Jimmie Johnson Notables yet to win AdvoCare 500 Brad Keselowski Denny Hamlin Greg Biffle Matt Kenseth Kyle Busch Martin Truex Jr Dale Earnhardt Jr News & Notes Jeff Gordon looks to win second straight Atlanta race and earn the second wild card spot Kyle Busch, Jeff Gordon, Marcos Ambrose, Ryan Newman and Joey Logano can all win and get into the second wild card spot Kasey Kahne looks to win third race of 2012 and move into top ten in points and have bonus points heading into the chase Tony Stewart, Kevin Harvick need to run well to stay inside top ten. If Harvick falls out, he has no wins to back him up Denny Hamlin looks to win back to back races Biffle, Johnson, Earnhardt Jr and Kenseth all guaranteed themselves a Chase bid last week at Bristol and now Truex Jr, Bowyer and Keselowski all attempt to guarantee Chase bid this weekend at Atlanta Biffle looks to hold points lead Truex Jr and Harvick look to get first win of the season so they have bonus points going into the Chase Jason’s Fantasy Racing Picks Group A- Jeff Gordon, Brad Keselowski Group B- Clint Bowyer, Ryan Newman, Martin Truex Jr, Kurt Busch Group C- Trevor Bayne, Bobby Labonte Event Schedule Sprint Cup Practice 2:30 PM EST Friday on SPEED Sprint Cup Qualifying 6:00 PM EST Friday on SPEED Sprint Cup Practice 2:30 PM EST Saturday on SPEED Sprint Cup Practice 5:30 PM EST Saturday on SPEED Sprint Cup Race, AdvoCare 500, 6:30 PM EST Sunday on ESPN Next Race- Federated Auto Parts 400 at the Richmond International Speedway Richmond, Virginia Entry List via Nascar.com
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