By T.J. Auclair
PGATOUR.com Contributor

ATLANTA -- One of the fastest sports in the world collided with one of the slowest at the Atlanta Motor Speedway on Tuesday to unveil a special FedExCup car, which will be driven here by NASCAR rookie Denny Hamlin in the Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 on October 29.

The FedExCup, which will launch in 2007, is the PGA TOUR's dramatic season-long point's championship that will culminate with a four-tournament playoff, highlighted by the season-ending TOUR Championship at Atlanta's history-rich East Lake Golf Club. The winner of the FedExCup will receive an incredible $10-million bonus.

Hamlin, a 25-year-old who recently became the first rookie ever to make the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Chase, drives the FedEx No. 11 Chevrolet, which is part of the Joe Gibbs Racing family.

Hamlin was on hand Tuesday along with PGA TOUR star Davis Love III, fresh off the 19th win of his career and his first in over three years at the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro this past weekend.

Both Hamlin and Love exchanged the secrets of their trade and by the looks of things one might be more likely to see Love on a racetrack before they see Hamlin in a PGA TOUR event.

"I don't know what will be scarier for Davis," Hamlin said, "Seeing my swing or driving with me."

Under beautiful sunny, blue skies, Hamlin and Love were outfitted with matching FedExCup racing suits and slipped through the driver's and passenger's side window holes, respectively, of the FedExCup car for a thrilling four laps around the Atlanta Motor Speedway.

"Getting in there with a rookie driver, you don't know," joked Love, winner of the 1997 PGA Championship, before taking off. "I'm excited to ride with him, see what he does and see the line, really. I know when I go around there I'll be going a lot slower. What's so nice about something like this is that we get to share each other's experiences.

"To be able to go sit in these cars that these guys ride in -- and we won't be running at the speeds they usually run at Talladega or here in a couple of weeks -- this is like an amateur coming out and playing in a pro-am," the 42-year-old Love added. "They get to play on the golf course we play on, with the pros, see how they do it, see really how good they are. He'll be chit-chatting and going around like it's no big deal. To me, it will be one of the most exciting days of my year. I can't wait."

The FedExCup car will be driven by NASCAR rookie Denny Hamlin. (Levy/WireImage)

The FedExCup car, which was painted to resemble a golf ball with dimples splashed all over the body, zipped around the track at well over 160 mph. When the car came back to Pit Road, an exuberant Love jumped out of the passenger seat and into the driver's seat.

"I'm ready," he said before hitting the racetrack. "I grew up a racing fan and I've had some lessons with the Richard Petty Racing Experience. My wife isn't too happy that I'm here today."

After a few last second words of advice from Hamlin, Love revved up the engine and took to the track like an old pro, negotiating the turns nearly as smooth as Hamlin did when the two drove together. Love took four laps of his own, nearly racing down a pace car that went out to help him with his sight-lines on the track, before coming to a stop at turn four, where a makeshift driving range was set up for he and Hamlin.

With a golf flag stuck in the ground roughly 250 yards down Pit Road, Love and Hamlin -- still decked out in their racing suits -- took turns smashing drivers. Hamlin, a lefty, hit a couple of big hooks before slicing a few drives that ended with loud clanks as they sailed into buildings on the infield. Love, whose suit may have acted as a restrictor plate, was also a little tight with the swing and deposited a couple of monster drives into the left-hand, infield buildings as well, before smoking his last drive straight down the middle of Pit Road and onto the racetrack.

As for the FedExCup, Love -- who grew up in Charlotte and has always followed NASCAR -- is excited about his sport incorporating a playoff system similar to that in NASCAR.

"My dad told me when I first came out on the PGA TOUR, 'You're a NASCAR fan. You need to play for points like those guys race for points every week. If you think about money,' and back then in 1986 there wasn't much money, 'you'll never play well,'" Love said. "We play for the trophies and the wins and the records. The money comes along with that. But something like a $10-million check -- I won $900,000 last week -- we're used to playing for those kinds of numbers, but when you multiple it by 10 it's going to get guys' attention .... There's never been anything like this. This is going to be very, very exciting."