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Full schedule for this weekend’s racing action at Atlanta Motor Speedway

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500

HAMPTON, GA - FEBRUARY 28: Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe’s Chevrolet, celebrates with the checkered flag after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on February 28, 2016 in Hampton, Georgia. (Photo by Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images)

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Daytona International Speedway is in the rearview mirror and it’s full speed ahead to this weekend’s triple-header at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

A few notes about this weekend’s action:

* Sunday’s Folds Of Honor Quik Trip 500 will be the 2,500th race in NASCAR Cup history.

* Sunday’s race also will be the final event on AMS’s 1.54-mile racing surface. The track’s first repaving since 1997 will get underway early next week.

* Jimmie Johnson is the winningest active driver at AMS (five wins), but still trails the track’s all-time wins leader (Dale Earnhardt, nine wins).

* Johnson is also going for an AMS record third consecutive win Sunday.

Here is this week’s schedule:

(All times are Eastern)

Friday, March 3

7:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. – Truck garage open

8:30 a.m. – 9 p.m. – Xfinity garage open

9 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. – NASCAR Cup garage open

10 a.m. – 10:55 a.m. – Xfinity practice (Fox Sports 1)

11 a.m. – 11:55 a.m. – Truck practice (FS1)

12 p.m. – 1:25 p.m. – NASCAR Cup practice (FS1)

1:30 p.m. – 2:25 p.m. – Xfinity practice (FS1)

2:30 p.m. – 3:25 p.m. – Truck practice (FS1)

3:30 p.m. – 4:25 p.m. – Final Xfinity practice (FS1)

4:30 p.m. – 5:25 p.m. – Final Truck practice (FS1)

5:45 p.m. – NASCAR Cup qualifying/multi-vehicle/three rounds (FS1, Performance Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

Saturday, March 4

7 a.m. – Xfinity and Truck garages open

9:15 a.m. – Xfinity qualifying (FS1)

10:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. – NASCAR Cup garage open

10:40 a.m. – Truck qualifying/single vehicle/two rounds (FS1)

11:45 a.m. – Xfinity driver/crew chief meeting

12 p.m. – 1:20 p.m. – Final Cup practice (FS1)

1:25 p.m. – Truck driver/crew chief meeting

1:30 p.m. – Xfinity driver introductions

2 p.m. – Rinnai 250 Xfinity race (163 laps, 251.02 miles) (FS1, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

4 p.m. – Truck driver introductions

4:30 p.m. – Active Pest Control 200 Truck race (130 laps, 200.2 miles) (FS1, Motor Racing Network, Sirius/XM NASCAR Radio)

Sunday, March 5

9 a.m. – NASCAR Cup garage opens

12:30 p.m. – NASCAR Cup driver/crew chief meeting

1:50 p.m. – Driver introductions

2:30 p.m. – Folds Of Honor Quik Trip 500 NASCAR Cup race (325 laps, 500.5 miles) (Fox, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)