The Weekend In Review So Far

Alex Wollf here with a quick look at how the weekend in auto racing has gone so far. At the Atlanta Motor Speedway, qualifying for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday got rained out (big surprise) and yet again Jimmie Johnson will lead "The Chasers" down to the green flag in order. The support race on the card at AMS was the Craftsman Truck Series with a very interesting result. In the first truck start of his career, Ryan Newman took the win driving for Kevin Harvick Racing by passing his teammate Ron Hornaday Jr. on the final lap.

Ryan Newman won the Truck Race at Atlanta Motor Speedway
(Jerry Markland/Getty Images)

After a plane ride from Atlanta, Carl Edwards backflipped his way into victory lane at Memphis Motorsports Park on Saturday afternoon. The race was punctuated by a post race confrontation between Bobby Hamilton Jr. and 19-year old Landon Cassill that included Hamilton's wife signaling to Cassill that "he was number one" after the two drivers got together on the final lap. About two hours from the time that this is being written, the IndyCar Series finale (a non-championship event) at Surfers Paradise in Australia is going to go off. Will Power, the Aussie fan favorite, looks to be a man on a mission as he took the pole position for the 60-lap race over Scott Dixon (from New Zealand) and Ryan Briscoe (another Aussie). That is a quick look at what has happened so far in the world of auto racing. Check back early next week for a look back at what happened in the big races during the weekend!