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Tire issues marred the last Atlanta Cup race, but will it happen again? Lee Spencer looks at lingering doubts after a rainy Friday.

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Tony Stewart will gladly take some credit if Sunday’s race at Atlanta Motor Speedway is free of tire troubles.

The outspoken two-time champion assailed Goodyear following the March race here, calling the tiremaker’s product “the most pathetic racing tire I’ve ever been on in my professional career.” Several other drivers also griped about the hard compound, which quickly lost grip and sucked all the excitement from the race, but no one was as vicious as Stewart.

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NNS Final Practice
Memphis Motorsports Park
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Fri, October 24, 2008 @ 06:31 PM Eastern
KROGER ON TRACK FOR THE CURE 250 presented by the Southern Dodge Dealers
1
66
Steve Wallace
5-Hour Energy Chevrolet
23.066
117.055
50
50
—.—                                                                
—.—                                                                
2
64
David Stremme
Penske Truck Rental Chevrolet
23.223
116.264
57
57
-0.157
-0.157
3
5
Landon Cassill #
National Guard Chevrolet
23.259
116.084
50
52
-0.193
-0.036

4
29
Scott Wimmer
Holiday Inn Chevrolet
23.262
116.069
34
54
-0.196
-0.003
5
28
Kenny Wallace
U.S. Border Patrol Chevrolet
23.311
115.825
23
23
-0.245
-0.049
6
88
Brad Keselowski
U.S. NAVY Chevrolet
23.319
115.785
36
36
-0.253
-0.008

7
33
Cale Gale #
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation 
23.325
115.756
58
60
-0.259
-0.006
8
47
Kelly Bires
STP/AutoZone Ford
23.336
115.701
43
45
-0.270
-0.011
9
*18
Marc Davis
DLP HDTV Toyota
23.344
115.661
84
84
-0.278
-0.008

10
2
S. Leicht / S. Wimmer
BB&T Chevrolet
23.363
115.567
39
39
-0.297
-0.019
11
38
Jason Leffler
Great Clips Toyota
23.386
115.454
32
36
-0.320
-0.023
12
6
Auggie Vidovich
Discount Tire Ford
23.429
115.242
34
37
-0.363
-0.043

13
32
James Buescher
Camping World Toyota
23.432
115.227
4
34
-0.366
-0.003
14
1
Mike Bliss
Miccosukee Resorts Chevrolet
23.453
115.124
8
62
-0.387
-0.021
15
40
Kevin Hamlin
Fastenal/St. Judes Dodge
23.470
115.040
64
64
-0.404
-0.017

16
60
Bobby East
CitiFinancial Ford
23.477
115.006
51
56
-0.411
-0.007
17
*70
Mark Green
ForeTravel/BIOMET Chevrolet
23.520
114.796
26
27
-0.454
-0.043
18
99
Josh Wise
Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota
23.542
114.689
15
44
-0.476
-0.022

19
20
Casey Atwood
GameStop Toyota
23.562
114.591
4
65
-0.496
-0.020
20
61
Brandon Whitt
 Ford
23.563
114.586
41
41
-0.497
-0.001
21
*09
John Wes Townley
Zaxby’s Ford
23.569
114.557
50
54
-0.503
-0.006

22
27
Jason Keller
Cottonelle Ford
23.593
114.441
41
42
-0.527
-0.024
23
11
Scott Lagasse Jr.
America’s Incredible Pizza Company 
23.599
114.412
8
58
-0.533
-0.006
24
25
Bobby Hamilton Jr.
Eckrich Ford
23.626
114.281
53
53
-0.560
-0.027

25
*71
Ron Young
 Chevrolet
23.639
114.218
41
44
-0.573
-0.013
26
7
Mike Wallace
GEICO Toyota
23.642
114.204
30
56
-0.576
-0.003
27
*30
Stanton Barrett
St. Jude Children’s Hospital Chevrolet
23.648
114.175
36
36
-0.582
-0.006

28
9
Chase Miller
Verizon/Motorola Dodge
23.668
114.078
45
46
-0.602
-0.020
29
*90
Johnny Chapman
MSRP Motorsports Chevrolet
23.672
114.059
4
10
-0.606
-0.004
30
*89
Morgan Shepherd
Victory In Jesus Dodge
23.724
113.809
5
8
-0.658
-0.052

31
*91
Justin Hobgood
MSRP Motorsports Chevrolet
23.725
113.804
29
30
-0.659
-0.001
32
*21
Austin Dillon
Hardee’s/Childress Institute Chevrolet
23.752
113.675
30
39
-0.686
-0.027
33
*35
Danny OQuinn Jr.
 Ford
23.763
113.622
10
25
-0.697
-0.011

34
*92
Brian Keselowski #
 Dodge
23.790
113.493
21
31
-0.724
-0.027
35
22
Jarit Johnson
Supercuts Dodge
23.796
113.464
41
76
-0.730
-0.006
36
*49
Kertus Davis
In Memory of Kenneth Campbell Chevrolet
23.833
113.288
20
23
-0.767
-0.037

37
81
D.J. Kennington
Joe Michael/St. Jude Children’s Hospital 
23.899
112.975
11
19
-0.833
-0.066
38
*05
Burney Lamar
31-W Insulation/CertainTeed Ford
23.913
112.909
6
46
-0.847
-0.014
39
*0
Larry Gunselman
sponsordavis.com Chevrolet
23.918
112.886
29
29
-0.852
-0.005

40
*31
Kenny Hendrick
Interush.net Chevrolet
23.924
112.857
5
18
-0.858
-0.006
41
*78
Johnny Sauter
TeamVangle.com Dodge
23.928
112.839
4
18
-0.862
-0.004
42
4
Derrike Cope
JVC Chevrolet
23.961
112.683
22
23
-0.895
-0.033

43
*73
Kevin Lepage
Germane Tooling Group Dodge
24.010
112.453
3
20
-0.944
-0.049
44
24
Eric McClure
Hefty Odor Block Chevrolet
24.111
111.982
48
49
-1.045
-0.101
45
59
Robert Pressley
Kingsford Tailgate at Home Ford
24.139
111.852
16
45
-1.073
-0.028

46
*56
Travis Kittleson
Bob Steele Chevrolet Chevrolet
24.241
111.382
3
3
-1.175
-0.102
47
52
Brad Teague
Hilton Garden Inn/Appling Boring Co. Ford
24.314
111.047
5
6
-1.248
-0.073
48
01
Wheeler Boys
sponsordavis.com Chevrolet
24.945
108.238
19
38
-1.879
-0.631

Car
Driver
Pos
Team
Time
Speed
Lap #
# Laps
-Fastest
-Next

*Required to qualify on time

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Red Bull Racing fired the employee responsible for manipulating Brian Vickers’ car. The team, however, knows that isn’t enough to overcome the perception that cheating is behind its improvement this season.

“The old saying that ‘Any press is good press’ is wrong in this respect,” said two-time defending champion Jimmie Johnson, who has seen his team slip onto the wrong side of the NASCAR rule book numerous times.

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Bored by Jimmie Johnson’s Chase runaway? Check out Ron Hornday and Johnny Benson’s truck duel. Rea White looks at the title fight.

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