Jimmy Spencer will try for a trifecta next week, attempting to compete in three NASCAR races in three days at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

The man known as "Mr. Excitement," a nickname he earned in his modified racing days in his native Pennsylvania, will begin his busy weekend March 18, with the Craftsman Truck Race. Spencer, a former Nextel Cup regular, has returned full-time this season to the trucks.

With no points or provisionals to fall back on in the other series, he will also attempt to qualify on speed for the Busch Series race that Saturday and the Cup race on Sunday.

"I'm really excited about the opportunity to compete in all three races next weekend," Spencer said. "It will be a full slate, especially on Friday with two truck practices in the morning, two Cup practices in the early afternoon, two Busch practices right after that, truck qualifying and Cup qualifying in the late afternoon and then the truck race that night.

"I'll sleep well that night, I can promise you that."

The managing director of the Renault Formula One team says the globe-trotting racing series needs a new direction."I think we need to starting talking about F1 as a sport again," said Flavio Briatore, whose team got the first victory of 2005 from Giancarlo Fisichella Sunday in Australia. "Recently, the discussion has been only about finance and bureaucracy. But I don't think the public is interested in how much we spend or whether we sign the Concorde Agreement."They want to be entertained. And, at the moment, we are not doing anything to make our customers happy."Part of the problem has been the recent dominance by Ferrari and Michael Schumacher, who has won five straight championships and last year won 13 of 18 races.But, with Briatore helping build the team into a contender since coming back for a second stint at Renault in 2000, Fisichella and Fernando Alonso, who finished third last Sunday, are expected to compete head-to-head with Ferrari's Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello.