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What are the Atlanta Motor Speedway Races?

Hampton, Georgia, is home to one of the most iconic tracks in stock car racing. Atlanta Motor Speedway has been in operation since 1960, and its 1.54 mile quad-oval track has long been known as one of the fastest in motorsports. In addition to hosting the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 in the spring, Atlanta Motor Speedway is home to a Saturday doubleheader of the NASCAR Xfinity Series EchoPark 250, and the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series Vet Tix/Camping World 200. Throughout the spring, summer and fall, AMS also hosts O'Reilly Auto Parts Friday Night Drags, a series of drag races involving both street racers and motorcycles on its 1/8 mile pit road. Depending on the configuration, Atlanta Motor Speedway has a capacity between 71,000 and 125,000.

Atlanta Motor Speedway History

Ground was broken in 1958 for what was originally known as Atlanta International Raceway, opening on July 31, 1960, with Fireball Roberts winning the inaugural Dixie 300. From 1960 until 2011, the Speedway was home to two annual NASCAR events: the Atlanta 500 in the spring, and the Dixie 500 in the fall. In 1990, Speedway Motorsports Inc. bought the track, adding condominiums to the course in 1994 and almost completely rebuilding the track in 1997. A 2011 realignment of the NASCAR schedule eliminated what was then known as the Kobalt Tools 500, leaving what is now called the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 as Atlanta Motor Speedway's sole NASCAR event.

Some of the most iconic moments in NASCAR history have taken place at the Speedway. Before the advent of the Race to the Cup, AMS was often the last stop on what is now known as the NASCAR Cup circuit, leading to some incredible finishes to the season. The 1992 Hooters 500 featured Richard Petty's final NASCAR race, Jeff Gordon's NASCAR debut, and a legendary ending in which Bill Elliott won the race, but Alan Kulwicki won the Winston Cup title. From 2015 to 2019, Atlanta was home to the second race in the NASCAR Cup season, preceded only by the Daytona 500. In 2019, Brad Keselowski held off Martin Truex Jr. to win the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500.

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Rating: 4.2 out of 5 based on 525 reviews
  • Rating: 4 out of 5

    Pure adrenaline

    by Pantherjon999 on 3/8/17Atlanta Motor Speedway - Hampton

    What can I say? The title says it all! Even though Kevin Harvick dominated 80-90% of the race there was still a LOT of action in the race! Hopefully AMS will NOT re-pave the track as with its age it presents the car drivers challenges to overcome every lap. With the bumps, slickness, it brings out the real talent of these guys piloting their cars at close to 200 MPH! The only reason I gave 4 stars instead of 5 is that Brad's celebratory victory burnout was really rather lame..But I do kind of understand why, as this was the first time ever that AMS had Victory Lane ON the track by the flag stand..But, still, he COULD have done a little more and created more smoke for the enjoyment of the fans!

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Atlanta Race

    by Veteran001 on 3/8/17Atlanta Motor Speedway - Hampton

    Awesome and clean venue! Had recent back surgery and volunteer group took me right to my gate.

  • Rating: 2 out of 5

    atlanta will lose this race!!!

    by bubba388 on 3/8/17Atlanta Motor Speedway - Hampton

    Horrible! What has happened to this race??? We lost one of our races and now I believe its a matter of time before we lose the last one! Where are all the vendors? Where are all the interaction events?? I remember when you had to walk shoulder to shoulder!! Now its a desert! I could spend all day visiting things now? I walked through in 30 minutes!!!! This race WILL be done away with soon watch and see!

  • Rating: 3 out of 5

    Pit Pass

    by chaseelliotfan on 3/8/17Atlanta Motor Speedway - Hampton

    Pit pass as advertised as "HOT", turned out not to be. Had a lot fun though.

  • Rating: 4 out of 5

    Nascar

    by Treluv40 on 3/8/17Atlanta Motor Speedway - Hampton

    No directions to free parking had to ask once given directions easy to get in parking thankful for free shuttle first time at Atlanta Motor Speedway concessions ran out of hot dogs hamburgers and Michelob Light all of my favorite no one had at intermission of race not good

  • Rating: 1 out of 5

    Totally Embarrassed

    by VetAirForce82 on 3/8/17Atlanta Motor Speedway - Hampton

    I take my fiancee to the race for the first time in her life and she's a native of Atlanta. Everything was great until we waited in line to get inside and once at the entrance, my ticketmaster account would not pull up my tickets. I had to go to another Ticket Booth, looking embarrassed cause the first line was very long. Then after I had to wait for the customer service to check their system to see that I did purchase the tickets. My Fiancee said to never use Ticketmaster service cause it was too much of a hassle. The really bad thing that happened was while we were in line to return the headsets and scanner, a white elderly gentleman and fallen and went unconscious and it took quite a while for someone that worked for the speedway to help this man. For the time it took I don't think he survived, my Fiancee was really devastated.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Great day at the racetrack

    by OldHarr on 3/8/17Atlanta Motor Speedway - Hampton

    Eventhough it was green flag almost all the way, still enjoyed being at the track. Sat down low but coudl still see the whole track.

  • Rating: 4 out of 5

    Traffic was not an Issue! Good job AMS!

    by AnybodybutJimmie on 3/8/17Atlanta Motor Speedway - Hampton

    AMS got a much deserved reputation for being hard to get to and from with all the traffic. It was a great surprise to be able to get there quickly and also leave in a reasonable time. I remember the old days when it took an extra 2 hours or more to get to the track. Only thing I would recommend is having a few industrial fans located near the smoking areas to keep the smoke going away from the concourse. Also need an extra matrix board for Petty Grandstands. The infield one is much too far away to appreciate. We got to go on track for Victory Lane celebration, but it would have worked better to move the portable stage closer to the bleachers, have media on the track, and leave fans in the bleachers for a better view.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Excellent seats

    by Robertwhjr on 3/8/17Atlanta Motor Speedway - Hampton

    Great seats could see every moment of racing and pit road

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    by Robertwhjr on 3/8/17Atlanta Motor Speedway - Hampton

    The race track did a wonderful job .Racing sucked (no side by side racing only one dominate car the spoiler change didn't help,need to find way to make more competitive.but the pit road experience,and concert were awesome

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Everything was great!!

    by georgiadawgs98 on 3/8/17Atlanta Motor Speedway - Hampton

    We enjoyed everything from the moment we got there!! There was so many things to do before the race started. Also, we participated and got a lot of free things!

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Good race, Usual traffic!

    by ALTH219 on 3/8/17Atlanta Motor Speedway - Hampton

    Enjoyed the race a lot. Love the facility and wish ATL had another date on the race schedule. However, GA Troopers need to be at the track a lot earlier for traffic. There were no where near enough for such a crowd.

  • Rating: 4 out of 5

    Best time ever

    by Atlantabeauty1a on 3/8/17Atlanta Motor Speedway - Hampton

    It was my first time attending NASCAR and I had a blast

  • Rating: 2 out of 5

    boring as it gets

    by Dan3525 on 3/8/17Atlanta Motor Speedway - Hampton

    I have been to several NASCAR races and this was the most boring in history, no passing, no excitement, nothing but circles. I brought a friend from New Zealand and he said he will never go again due to nothing happening.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    ATL NASCAR

    by Judd24 on 3/8/17Atlanta Motor Speedway - Hampton

    Parking was free and simple. Everything was labeled and traffic directors/officers were kind and friendly. Lots of fun events for the whole family to partake in before the races. For those who have never been to this race track or a NASCAR event, I highly recommend. It is a must do, and a heck of a time. You can also take food and beer into the race track!

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Pit pass

    by PHJV on 3/8/17Atlanta Motor Speedway - Hampton

    It was my son's first time to ATLANTA motor speedway. He had a great time except ticket master or the race people lost our reserved headset confirmation so we had to pay for those again....

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Great race

    by Lg2795 on 3/8/17Atlanta Motor Speedway - Hampton

    Great people at thi track, very friendly and helpful very nice event

  • Rating: 1 out of 5

    long time fan nascar is coming up way short

    by hotlap on 3/7/17Atlanta Motor Speedway - Hampton

    Atlanta has never been a fan race until the last lap over the years really. I had not been to a race in a few years but the price of a ticket drew me in. I drove right up to the gate never done that before. No one was there and after going in there was no seats meaning if it had sold out there would not have been tht many there Between the loud nose, drunks and parents not watching there kids because they were drunk it was really bad. Thank God there was a lot of seats so we were ale to move multi times. We left early and I have to thank my on for that. I really don't think we will be going to another!

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Enjoyed the qualifier

    by Creases on 9/1/14Atlanta Motor Speedway - Hampton

    My first time at a race track....LOVED IT....started out with qualifier hopefully next time it'll be an actual race.

  • Rating: 4 out of 5

    My parents had a blast!

    by Anonymous on 12/14/12Atlanta Motor Speedway - Atlanta

    I bought these tickets as a Christmas present for my mom and stepdad. They had such a good time.