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Southeastern News: Thursday, May 21, 2009

Coca-Cola Drops Green Flag on Summer With "Quarter-Mile Cookout" At Lowe's Motor Speedway

WHAT: Ladies and gentlemen, start your grills! Coca-Cola will ignite the summer BBQ season this Friday by firing up the nation’s longest grill at the site of NASCAR’s longest race, the Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Click here for more info!

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Formula DRIFT headed into Road Atlanta, the home of the Series' inaugural event back in 2004. Friday, May 8 served as a preview day with both Pro Am and the Formula DRIFT Pro Championship practice and qualifying. Saturday, May 9 was the main event and featured both the Pro Am Top 8 competition and Formula DRIFT Pro Championship Top 32 competition. The Top 32 format was new for the 2009 season and featured more action and excitement than ever before at Road Atlanta.

Photographer Brian Williams captured some of the action for us >>>

April 30-May 3 – Road Atlanta – Braselton, GA Gray skies couldn’t keep the classics from shining at the 2009 Classic Motorsports Mitty. If they weren’t thundering through the famed Road Atlanta course, they were in the infield exerting a magnetic pull on hundreds of classic car fans. See pix from MSA >>>

Superbikes returned to Barber for what has quickly become everyone's favorite event on the AMA calendar.  Below is the best in American motorcycle road-racing as they take to the twisting 2.38 mile circuit in Birmingham, AL. Photos: courtesy of RPS.

If you attended the AMA Honda Superbike Classic at Barber Motorsports Park, please complete their Spectator Survey by clicking here.
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