Atlanta Motor Speedway, NASCAR racing track in Hampton, Georgia, US

Atlanta Motor Speedway is a motorsport circuit in Hampton, Georgia, where NASCAR competitions take place throughout the season. The track measures roughly 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles) in length and its turns rise more than 20 degrees, allowing vehicles to achieve high speeds during events.

Plans for a facility to rival Indianapolis Motor Speedway were announced in April 1958 by the First Georgia Securities Corporation, and the first races were held in 1960 as the Atlanta International Raceway. Financial trouble brought Chapter 10 bankruptcy in 1971. Bruton Smith's Speedway Motorsports bought the track on October 23, 1990, renaming it Atlanta Motor Speedway, and rebuilt it in 1997, swapping the straights and turning the oval into a quad-oval.

The name Atlanta International Raceway was used from 1960 to 1990, when Speedway Motorsports bought the track and renamed it Atlanta Motor Speedway. In 1994 the venue hosted the Countryfest, which drew more than 200,000 spectators. The track's advertising slogan is "Real Racing. Real Fast."

The track sits beside U.S. Routes 41 and 19 and Georgia Route 20 in Hampton, about 32 km south of Atlanta. The 850-acre site includes a nine-story condominium, Tara Place, completed in 1994 with 46 units. For race weekends, plan for large crowds and allow time for security checks.

The grandstands along the front straight provide a direct view of the spot where vehicles shoot out of the steep turns and reach their highest speed. Many spectators prefer these seats because they can follow both the arrival and the start of laps without interruption.