Current: NASCAR Cup Series Ambetter Health 400 (1960–present) Quaker State 400 (1960–2010, 2021–present) The Winston (1986) Former: Indy Racing League Atlanta 500 Classic (1965–1966, 1978–1979, 1981–1983, 1998–2001) IMSA GT Championship Grand Prix of Atlanta (1993) AMA Superbike Championship (1993–1994)
Website
atlantamotorspeedway.com
Quad-oval (2022–present)
Length
1.540 miles (2.478 km)
Banking
Turns: 28° Straights: 5°
Race lap record
0:29.361 ( Josh Berry, Ford Mustang GT, 2024, NASCAR)
Quad-oval (1997–2021)
Length
1.540 miles (2.478 km)
Banking
Turns: 24° Straights: 5°
Race lap record
0:24.732 (224.163 mph) ( Billy Boat, Dallara IR-7, 1998, IRL)
Oval (1960–1996)
Length
1.522 miles (2.449 km)
Banking
Turns: 24° Straights: 5°
Road course (1992–1996)
Length
2.522 miles (4.059 km)
Race lap record
1:13.514 ( Juan Manuel Fangio II, Eagle Mk III, 1993)
Atlanta Motor Speedway (formerly known as the Atlanta International Raceway from 1960 to 1990) is a 1.540 miles (2.478 km) quad-oval intermediate speedway in Hampton, Georgia. The track has hosted a variety of sanctioning bodies since its inaugural season of racing in 1960, including NASCAR and IndyCar. The track has been owned by Speedway Motorsports, LLC (SMI) since 1990, with Brandon Hutchison currently serving as the track's general manager. Atlanta Motor Speedway is served by the nearby concurrent U.S. Route 41 and U.S. Route 19, along with Georgia State Route 20.
The track has a capacity of 71,000 as of 2015, down from its peak of 124,000 in 2010. It features numerous amenities, including a nine-story condominium complex, a 1⁄4 mile (0.40 km) oval on the track's frontstretch, and a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) roval road course layout upon 850 acres of land. Plans to expand to the facility throughout its lifespan, including original plans to construct a dragstrip and recent plans to construct a casino complex have been made but were either scrapped or came to a standstill.
In the late 1950s, plans were made by the First Georgia Securities Corporation to build a facility that rivaled the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. After a months-long delay, the first races were held in 1960. The track faced heavy financial troubles throughout the late 1960s, having to enter Chapter 10 bankruptcy in 1971. Under periods of stability directed by Stacey Cotton and Walt Nix, the facility was bought out by motorsports mogul Bruton Smith in 1990, with Smith and his company, SMI, directing the facility's expansion and renovation under longtime general manager Ed Clark. The track has since gone through two major reconfigurations since Smith's purchase: one in 1997 that changed the layout of the track, and one in 2021 that changed the style of racing to produce pack racing seen at superspeedways.
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Josh Berry, Ford Mustang GT, 2024, NASCAR)
Juan Manuel Fangio II, Eagle Mk III, 1993)