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A historic challenge: Alanta has been the host of more than its share of important races. To succeed there, Chasers would do well to learn the lessons of the past, then go fast.

The Sporting News

| November 01, 2004 | McCarter, Mark | COPYRIGHT 2004 Sporting News Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

It has been a crossroads of history, seen almost slapstick controversy, encouraged finishes where the top two cars have been thisclose and consistently delivered gather-up-the-animals-two-by-two rainstorms.

It's Atlanta Motor Speedway, where from 1987 through 2001 the final race of the NASCAR season was scheduled. This year, this week's Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 is the seventh of the 10 stops on the Chase for the NASCAR Nextel Cup.

To review the track's history is to uncover legends being created, careers being launched and 55-gallon drums of misery being cracked open and poured all over drivers. What a review doesn't provide is a blueprint for the 10 ...

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