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	No matter how well he does in Atlanta, Mark Martin won't race at Bristol or Martinsville. David Walberg/SI

Conflict with Sprint Nextel's title sponsorship of NASCAR's top series flared on two fronts Friday, with Jeff Burton's sponsor filing a suit to protect its deal and Robby Gordon losing potential backing. AT&T filed suit against NASCAR seeking the right to change the logos on Burton's No. 31 Chevrolets from Cingular to AT&T.
-- Charlotte Observer

Mark Martin can't say it any more clearly than he said it Friday at Atlanta Motor Speedway. He's not going to be in the Nextel Cup races at Bristol and Martinsville, no matter how well he does in Sunday's Kobalt Tools 500.
-- Charlotte Observer

NASCAR officials tested the horsepower of five Craftsman Truck Series entries following the American Commercial Lines 200 at Atlanta Friday night. Brendan Gaughan's South Point Racing Chevrolet, Ken Schrader's Bobby Hamilton Racing Dodge, Todd Bodine's Germain Racing Toyota, Matt Crafton's ThorSport Racing Chevrolet and Willie Allen's ThorSport Racing Chevrolet were tested on the chassis dyno machine in the garage immediately after the race.
-- SceneDaily.com

Goodyear Tire Co. officials reiterated Friday their testing policy is to only allow the drivers originally invited to participate and any deviation from that requires NASCAR approval. NASCAR vice president Jim Hunter said that Juan Pablo Montoya was granted permission to take a few laps because he has never been on the Darlington track in any car previously. Montoya's participation raised the ire of many teams.
-- Charlotte Observer

Home state driver Bill Elliott will race at AMS this weekend, but it won't be in a NASCAR car. He's scheduled to drive a Thunder Roadster after Saturday's Busch Series race. Elliott said Thursday that he has no plans to run in Cup, but expects that to change soon.
-- Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Steve Park, whose last NASCAR race was in a Busch car at O'Reilly Raceway Park last August, was in the garage at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Friday knocking on doors in the hopes of finding a ride for 2007.
-- Yahoo Sports

Kyle Busch and his No. 5 Kellogg's/CARQUEST team will test a Car of Tomorrow Tuesday at Caraway Speedway in Asheboro, N.C., to prepare for the April 1 Nextel Cup Series event at Martinsville Speedway.
-- jayski.com

Rusty Wallace, Incorporated (RWI) announced that 17-year old short track phenom, Chase Austin, has joined RWI Racing's driver development program. This program will see Austin behind the wheel of an RWI No. 66 Dodge Charger for the entire 14-race NASCAR Busch East Series.
-- jayski.com

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