Atlanta unlikely to get HOF

Expect an announcement about the NASCAR Hall of Fame before the end of the year. We saw posters and billboards for the Hall of Fame plastered everywhere in the Charlotte area a few weeks ago, but the best Atlanta could muster were buttons being worn by several people at the track. It made Atlanta's effort to get the Hall look very weak.

The grandstands at Atlanta Motor Speedway were conspicuously sparse – especially the back straight and Turn 3 grandstands. Let's not blame it on the Atlanta Falcons, who had a bye week. Something tells me that Georgia may produce some of NASCAR's best race car drivers but not many race fans. Those empty stands surely hurt Atlanta's chances at getting the Hall of Fame. Yahoo! Sports