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FORT WORTH, Texas (September 8, 2010) – Giving back to the North Texas area is an integral part of Speedway Children’s Charities-Texas Chapter’s mission and this week its impact on the community will be on full display as it hosts its annual blood drive along with its popular fundraising event, Laps for Charity II.
Here's a look at the top five drivers in the Sprint Cup Series standings and five drivers to watch in Sunday night's race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. All statistical references are for Sprint Cup races at Atlanta unless otherwise indicated. Driver rating is based on the past 11 races at the track. 1. Kevin Harvick, 81.1 driver rating. Two of Harvick's four top fives came here in 2009, and he finished ninth in March. Everything points to another top 10 or even his second win. His first was one of the most famous in NASCAR history—in the No 29 Goodwrench Chevrolet in 2001 in his third Cup start.
Before getting a job offer over the phone from Richard Childress as he worked at his job in a body shop in his hometown of Emporia, Kan., Clint Bowyer was a champion at one of the Midwest's top dirt short-tracks.