Atlanta Motor Speedway |
Location: 20 miles south of Atlanta on Highways 19 & 41
Constructed: 1959-60; reconfiguration completed Nov. 1997
Property: 870 acres
Track: 1.54-mile quad-oval
Racing surface: 55-60 feet wide
Turns: Approximately one-quarter mile, banked 24 degrees
Straightaways: Banked 5 degrees
Length of frontstretch (including dogleg): 2,332 feet
Length of backstretch: 1,800 feet
Pit Road: 1320 feet
Infield: Approximately 120 acres
First race: July 31, 1960 (Dixie 200)
Winner - Fireball Roberts
Pole - Fireball Roberts (133.870 - four-lap average)
One-lap qualifying record:
NASCAR Nextel Cup - Geoffrey Bodine
- 197.478 mph, 28.074 seconds (Nov. 15, 1997)
Indy Racing League - Billy Boat
- 224.145 mph, 24.734 seconds (Aug. 28, 1998)
500-mile race record (1.54-mile configuration): 159.904 mph (3 hours, 7 minutes, 48 seconds) set by Bobby Labonte (11/16/97)
500-mile race record (1.55-mile configuration): 163.633 mph (3 hours, 3 minutes, 3 seconds) set by Dale Earnhardt (11/12/95)
Owner: Bruton Smith purchased Atlanta Motor Speedway on Oct. 23, 1990; Speedway Motorsports, Inc. - a public corporation - was formed in 1995 |
