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Dustin Long

From Daytona to California, Dustin Long covers the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Read all of his stories on PilotOnline.com's Auto Racing channel. He also writes a regular column for SportsIllustrated.com. Follow him on Twitter.

Quick hits

A few odds and ends:

 

# Tickets for the Labor Day weekend race at Atlanta go on sale Monday. Go here for the info.

 

# SMI recently completed purchase of Kentucky Speedway.

 

# Jimmie Johnson was among those testing Sunday at Daytona in a Rolex 24 Hours car. Among the NASCAR drivers competing in that event are Johnson, Casey Mears, Juan Pablo Montoya, AJ Allmendinger.

 

# Todd Bodine won the Whelen Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge Sunday at Lake Placid. Joey Logano was second. Defending event winner Boris Said was sixth.

 

# In case you missed it, Elliott Sadler likely will sue Gillett Evernham Motorsports for breach of contract in regards to reports that AJ Allmendinger will replace Sadler in the No. 19 car for this season.

 

 

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