Hardcore race fans can enjoy a full slate of NASCAR racing this Labor Day weekend with all three touring series scheduled to race. The Camping World Truck Series visits Kentucky Speedway Friday night while the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series invade Atlanta Motor Speedway for events Saturday and Sunday nights.

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This is not the time for mistakes. As the calendar turns another page, the Atlanta race carries added significance for those drivers near the edge of making the Cup chase. Atlanta is a track that can turn a dream race into a nightmare when a crew misses the setup. At the same time, drivers know the track is smooth, fans are knowledgeable, and the racing will be fast.

Atlanta Motor Speedway officials have announced NASCAR team owner Joe Gibbs will deliver the pre-race invocation just before the Emory Healthcare 500 Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday, September 5, 2010.

Following Gibbs' invocation, Ernie Haase & Signature Sound will perform the National Anthem. A flyover of four F-15 C/D Eagle fighter jets from the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans in Belle Chasse, Louisiana concludes pre-race activities as drivers get buckled in for 500 miles of night racing.

NASCAR drivers Joey Logano, Elliott Sadler, Justin Allgaier and Aric Almirola are scheduled to participate in a Goodyear tire test at Talladega Superspeedway on Tuesday and track officials will have grandstands open to the public at no charge.

“Our close relationship with Goodyear has allowed us to open our grandstands for a test session that normally would be closed to the public,” said Talladega Superspeedway Chairman Grant Lynch.  “This is an important test for Goodyear as they work on tire combinations for the AMP Energy 500 on Oct. 31 and next year’s Daytona 500.”