Viewer's Guide: Atlanta

For the first time since the second week of the season, a full slate of racing is on tap for the weekend with the Craftsman Truck Series joining Busch and Nextel Cup for an Atlanta tripleheader.

SPEED is your home for all Friday action at the track, beginning with four consecutive hours of live on-air programming starting at noon ET with NASCAR Live. That's followed with final practice for the Truck Series' American Commercial Lines 200 at 12:30 p.m. Another episode of NASCAR Live airs at 1:30 p.m. followed by the final practice for the Busch Series' Nicorette 300 at 2 p.m. SPEED concludes its afternoon lineup with a 30-minute practice for the Cup Series' Kobalt Tools 500 at 3:30 p.m.

• NASCAR on SPEED

NASCAR on SPEED is back at 6 p.m. ET with Trackside, followed by Nextel Cup qualifying at 7 p.m. and Truck Series racing at 9 p.m. Coverage of the American Commercial Lines 200 begins at 8:30 p.m. with NCTS Setup, SPEED's half-hour pre-race show.

The Lovejoy (Ga.) High School Air Force JROTC will introduce the presentation of colors for all three series events, the first at 9:03 p.m. ET Friday, followed by the invocation by Tom Summers of the Carver Road Baptist Church in Griffin, Ga. Holly Summey will sing the national anthem. At 9:10 p.m., Jerry Linzey, COO of American Commerical Lines, will give the starting command. Green flag for the 130-lap race is scheduled for 9:23 p.m.

On Saturday, SPEED has Busch Series qualifying at 11:30 a.m. ET and Nextel Cup Happy Hour at 1 p.m. Tune in to ABC for the Nicorette 300, beginning at 2:30 p.m. with NASCAR Countdown. At 3 p.m., following the presentation of colors, the invocation will be delivered by Bill Branne, Atlanta Motor Speedway chaplain. The national anthem will be performed by New Life Inspirational Gospel Choir, leading into the fly-over of the F-18's from the VMFA-142 Flying Gators based at Cecil Field Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Fla.

The Nicorette 300 is dedicated to the memory of Benny Parsons. Members of the Parsons family, including brother Phil, will give the starting command at 3:07 p.m. ET. Green flag for the 195-lap race is set to wave at 3:16 p.m.

FOX comes on the air at 1:30 p.m. ET Sunday for Nextel Cup coverage. At 2:03 p.m., CW5 Charles King, United States Army Special Operations Command, will perform God Bless America. At 2:09 p.m., following the presentation of colors, Brooks Everett of the Community Bible Church in Stockbridge, Ga., will deliver the invocation. The national anthem will be sung by Darryl Worley, with a USASOC helicopter fly-by. The starting command is at 2:17 p.m., with green flag for the 325-lap event set for 2:25 p.m.

FOX's ratings for last week's UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 came in at 5.5, a slight increase from the previous year's 5.4. It marks the first increase in ratings through the first three races.

This week's featured drivers on DirecTV NASCAR HotPass are Mark Martin, Tony Stewart, Greg Biffle, Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Air time is 2:19 p.m. ET. (Continued)