For Real Racing, Real Fast Go To Atlanta Motor Speedway

Atlanta Motor Speedway, Real Racing. Real Fast

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Built in 1960 at a cost of just $1.8 Million Dollars the Atlanta Motor Speedway is 20 miles south of the city of Atlanta, Georgia. The original track was built on 870 acres but was rebuilt in 1997 as a quad-oval racetrack, much like Texas Motor Speedway. Track banking in turns is 24 degrees with 5 degree banking on the straights.

Seating capacity in this fan friendly track is 124,000 and they say there is not a bad seat in the house. Free parking is available on all speedway controlled property. Reserved camping inside the track starts at $100 to $150 and unreserved camping outside the track begins around $60.

Atlanta Motor Speedway is the fastest track on the Nascar Nextel Cup Circuit. With a typical qualifying lap speed of about 193 mph and a record lap speed of over 197 mph, the track has been able to avoid restrictor plates which Nascar has done to the longer Talladega Superspeedway and Daytona International Speedway. This is one of the reasons the slogan for Atlanta Motor Speedway is Real Racing. Real Fast.

Track records include NASCAR Nextel Cup Qualifying by Geoffrey Bodine at 28.074 seconds and 197.478 mph in 1997. Dale Earnhardt holds the NASCAR Nextel Cup Race record of 500 miles in 3 h 3 min 3 s at an average speed of 163.633 mph on November 12, 1995.

Sundays forecast is Sunny with a high of 61 degrees. So bring a coat and watch the race live or sit back at home and watch Nascar Nextel Cup racing at its fastest.