Sprint Nextel Atlanta Race Weekend Highlights
Sprint Nextel Race Weekend Highlights ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY NEXTEL Leader Chat When: Dessert - Friday, Oct. 26, 3 p.m. EDT NEXTEL Leader Chat - Friday, Oct. 26, 6 p.m. EDT Who: Jeff Gordon, Driver of the No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet Where: Media Center, Atlanta Motor Speedway NEXTEL Leader Bonus - $20,000 The NEXTEL Leader Bonus increases by $10,000 each race and is awarded only when the race winner is the same as the points leader. Each time the bonus is awarded, the money starts over at $10,000. 2007 NEXTEL Leader Bonus Winners Jeff Gordon $80,000 Phoenix, April 21 Jeff Gordon $10,000 Talladega, April 29 Jeff Gordon $20,000 Darlington, May 13 Jeff Gordon $30,000 Pocono, June 10 Jeff Gordon $160,000 Talladega, Oct. 7 Jeff Gordon $10,000 Lowe's Oct. 13 SprintSpeed(tm) Million Finalist Cheers on Clint Bowyer John Poole, 34, from Broken Arrow, Okla. will attend this weekend's race as a finalist of the SprintSpeed(tm) Million sweepstakes presented by Motorola. Poole is paired with Clint Bowyer. If Clint wins the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Championship, John would win $1 million. Fans can watch highlight videos of the SprintSpeed(tm) Million Finalists' VIP race weekend trips by visiting the "Meet the Finalists" section at http://www.sprint.com/speed. SprintSpeed(tm) Million Second Chance Sweepstakes Fans have the opportunity to win an all expenses paid trip to the 2008 Daytona 500 including hotel, airfare and spending allowance through the SprintSpeed Million 2nd Chance sweepstakes. Nearly 200,000 fans have already entered the sweepstakes by a variety of ways including using a Sprint or Nextel phone to navigate to the Sprint homepage or visiting www.sprint.com/speed by Dec. 15. NEXTEL FanScan Available for FREE NEXTEL FanScan(r) In-Car Audio is available free of charge for five minutes this weekend and throughout the Chase for the NEXTEL Cup. Sprint Nextel customers are invited to text "NASCAR" to 7777 or dial *7223 (RACE) to learn more about this free offer. NEXTEL FanScan allows fans to hear what the drivers are saying as they battle for the checkered flag. Listen to the crews talk pit strategy, track conditions, handling and timing live during each NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series(tm) race with NEXTEL FanScan(r) In-Car Audio. Full FanScan coverage is available for $4.99 per race or $9.99 monthly, plus standard airtime charges based on individual phone plans. Sprint Nextel Media Chase Tracker Top 5 (following week 6) 1. Lewis Franck, SI.com - 62 points 2. Jon Baum, Yahoo! - 62 points 3. Becky Cox, Sprint Nextel - 52 points 4. Jerry Bonkowski, Yahoo!/Sirius - 52 points 5. David Newton, ESPN.com & Bob Dillner, SPEED - 47 points At-Track Media Contact: Becky Cox 704.634.5899 ###