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Sam Ard. Jack Ingram. Tommy Ellis. Butch Lindley. L.D. Ottinger. Bob Pressley. Tommy Houston.

All star names that were synonymous with the NASCAR Sportsman Series.

Kyle Busch. Kevin Harvick. Carl Edwards. Clint Bowyer. Joey Logano.

All star names that have found plenty of success and have dominated the headlines and Victory Lanes in recent Nationwide Series seasons. But none are synonymous with the Nationwide Series.

Therein lies the problem I have with the second-tier tour, a lack of its own identity.

Want two free tickets to the Sept. 19 Sprint Cup race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway? Of course you do. Swing by the All Left Turns Facebook page, find the link to the Paul Menard post on our wall and tell us in the comment section what place Menard will finish at this weekend's Cup race in Atlanta. You have until 11:59 pm ET Saturday to make your prediction. Closest guess gets two tickets to the first Chase race of the season from race sponsor - and Menard sponsor - Sylvania. Any tiebreaker shall be drawn from a hat by the guy who sits next to me in my office, who happens to be a Jimmie Johnson fan, but is a good guy nonetheless.

Thanks for the Lolz, LOL Race Pics.

Say what you will about the quality of Sprint Cup racing -- and as you know we've said plenty -- NASCAR has made the sport safer for participants. Since Dale Earnhardt Sr. died at the 2001 Daytona 500, NASCAR has had 917 races and zero deaths. Check out this in-depth look at NASCAR safety.

While this weekend may have been an off week for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, there was no shortage of racing. Kyle Busch took home his fourth win in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Chicagoland Speedway, Boris Said finally got to victory lane on the NASCAR Nationwide circuit in Montreal and local business owner Gary Puckett was among those that went to Victory Lane at the Carolina Speedway in Gastonia, N.C.

Covering the NASCAR circuit while working a full time job can be an interesting life at times, and every once in a while I get to remember why I enjoy being a part of the sport by sitting amongst the fans at a race.

Earlier this year at Talladega I weathered the storm amongst the fans and emerged with a new respect for the sport. I’ve sat amongst the fans at Pocono, Martinsville, Dover and Charlotte, and for years, paid my way to sit in the stands to simply cover the race from the outside looking in. 

This is how I became a fan of the sport and no matter what type of cars or who is steering the wheel behind them, as long as they can run fast and battle one another for the trophy I’m sure of a good show. Knowing that, I took my family and neighbors out to the Carolina Speedway on my weekend away from the track.