Atlanta Motor Speedway
Address: 1500 Tara Place Hampton, Georgia, 30228
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33.383055555556 - 84.318055555556Koordinaten: 33 ° 22 ' 59 " N, 84 ° 19' 5 " W
The Atlanta Motor Speedway (formerly Atlanta International Raceway ) is a Speedway in Hampton in the U.S. state of Georgia, approximately 32 km south of Atlanta. This is a 1.54 miles ( 2.48 km ) long quad- oval with a crowd of over 125,000 seats. The track was opened in 1960 as a 1.5 -mile standard oval course. On October 23, 1990 Speedway Motorsports bought the Speedway. Linked to this was the renaming of Atlanta International Raceway, Atlanta Motor Speedway. In 1994, 46 condominiums arose above the northeastern side of the track.
In 1997 a complete renovation took place to accommodate the Speedway to the standard of the other two 1.5 Mile Oval Speedway Motorsports. The start -finish line was swapped with the back straight and changed the layout of a simple oval in a quad - oval. Since this change, the Atlanta Motor Speedway is one of the fastest tracks of the NASCAR series.
Routing from 1997
In addition to this main track is available on the system still further distance configurations. These include a 0.25 miles long oval between the start and finish straight and the pit lane and a 2.5 miles ( 4 km) long road course that was taken by the FIA . Away from motorsport events took place in 1994, the Country Fest at the Speedway, appeared to more than 200,000 spectators.
In most years of the 1990s and in the early years of the 21st century, the highest rates were obtained at a NASCAR race at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. The average speed per lap was at about 193 mph ( about 311 km / h ), the lap record was 197 mph ( about 317 km / h ). Similar and only slightly faster times have been achieved only at the Texas Motor Speedway in 2004 and 2005. With the wear track surface in Texas the Atlanta Motor Speedway is located in the velocities but slightly forward. In the NASCAR series exist with the Talladega Superspeedway and Daytona International Speedway two circuits that are longer and more ( about 322 km / h) thus theoretically allow higher speeds in excess of 200 mph. With the introduction of air restrictors for these two routes in 1988, but the speed was reduced to an average of 190 mph ( about 306 km / h ). " Real Racing: Due to this fact, the advertising slogan of the Atlanta Motor Speedway was built. Real Fast. "
Beginning of September 2004 was used for an unusual purpose of the Atlanta Motor Speedway. He served as an emergency shelter for the evacuated population from Hurricane Frances. However, since the facilities were not available in the interior, the evacuees had to wait in their vehicles.
Towards the evening of the 6th July 2005, the Speedway suffered severe damage from a tornado of F2 intensity on the Fujita scale, which developed from the Hurricane Cindy. Roofs and facade elements broke away from the buildings and on the track gathered the debris that the tornado brought with them. The next day, winds swept across 195-240 km / h over the Atlanta Motor Speedway, in which umknickte a 15 m high tower display. In addition, many street lights as well as some of the condos were damaged. Were completely destroyed the bleachers at the back straight, where it is still concerned about the original grandstands of 1960. The case lost seats was replaced by a new grandstand on the start -finish line with 13,000 seats. The total damage caused was estimated at about 40 to 50 million U.S. dollars.
The Atlanta Motor Speedway is equipped with lighting for night races that were installed for the race in the Indy Racing League between 1998 and 2001. In 2003, the qualifying for the Bass Pro Shops 500 race took place in the dark before then qualifying for both NASCAR races were moved into the evening hours. In 2006, the first time the launch of the Bass Pro Shops 500 was placed so that the final takes place under floodlights.
Records
- NASCAR Sprint Cup Qualifying: Geoffrey Bodine, 28.074 seconds ( 197.478 mph ), 1997
- NASCAR Sprint Cup race (500 miles): Dale Earnhardt, 3:03:03 ( 163.633 mph ), November 12, 1995
- NASCAR Nationwide Series Qualifying: Greg Biffle, 28.830 seconds ( 192.300 mph ), 2003
- NASCAR Nationwide Series race (300 miles): Mark Martin, 1:58:55 ( 151.751 mph ), March 8, 1997
- NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Qualifying: Rick Crawford, 30.339 seconds ( 182.735 mph ), 2005
- NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race (200 miles ): Ron Hornaday Jr., 1:27:35 ( 142.424 mph ), March 18, 2005