Atlanta Motor Speedway
Official Website
Ticket Office
P.O. Box 500
Hampton, GA 30228
Ph: 770-946-4211
Track Facts
Opened 1960
Track Length
1.54 miles
Length of Frontstretch
1,415 feet
Length of Backstretch
1,320 feet
Banking in Corners 24°
Banking on Straights 5°
Grandstand Seating: 124,000
Qualifying Record
Billy Boat - 8/28/98
224.145 mph (24.734 sec.)
Race Record
Dale Earnhardt- 11/12/95
163.633 mph
Laps 203 laps=312.62 miles,
325 laps=500.5 miles
Owner: Bruton Smith
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Brief History
Atlanta Motor Speedway’s first NASCAR Winston Cup Series race was the Dixie 300 held on July 31, 1960. Fans that year witnessed Fireball Roberts win the inaugural race at Atlanta. Currently Dale Earnhardt holds the record of most career wins at Atlanta with nine, followed by Cale Yarborough with seven. On November 19, 1997 Geoffrey Bodine rocketed around Atlanta Motor Speedway at 197.478 mph (28.074 seconds) in qualifying for the NAPA 500, a record that still stands. The 1997 season marked the first race on the redesigned 1.54-mile track when the old backstretch became the start-finish line. Learn more by visiting
Past Results
Busch Series
2003 Greg Biffle Chev 2002 Jamie McMurray Chev
2001 Joe Nemechek Chev 2000 Mark Martin Ford
1999 Mike Skinner Chev 1998 Mark Martin Ford
1997 Mark Martin Ford 1996 Terry Labonte Chev
1665 Johnny Benson Chev 1994 Harry Gant Chev
1993 Ward Burton Chev 1992 Jeff Gordon Ford
Winston Cup
2003 Bobby Labonte Chev Jeff Gordon Chev
2002 Tony Stewart Pont Kurt Busch Ford
2001 Kevin Harvick Chev Bobby Labonte Pont
2000 Dale Earnhardt Chev Jerry Nadeau Chev
1999 Jeff Gordon Chev Bobby Labonte Pont
1998 Bobby Labonte Pont Jeff Gordon Chev
1997 Dale Jarrett Ford Bobby Labonte Pont
1996 Dale Earnhardt Chev Bobby Labonte Chev
1995 Jeff Gordon Chev Dale Earnhardt Chev
1994 Ernie Irvan Ford Mark Martin Ford
1993 Morgan Shepherd Ford Rusty Wallace Pont
1992 Bill Elliott Ford Bill Elliott Ford
1991 Ken Schrader Chev Mark Martin Ford
1990 Dale Earnhardt Chev Morgan Shepherd Ford
1989 Darrell Waltrip Chev Dale Earnhardt Chev
1988 Dale Earnhardt Chev Rusty Wallace Pont
1987 Ricky Rudd Ford Bill Elliott Ford
1986 Morgan Shepherd Buic Dale Earnhardt Chev
1985 Bill Elliott Ford Bill Elliott Ford
1984 Benny Parsons Chev Dale Earnhardt Chev
1983 Cale Yarborough Chev Neil Bonnett Chev
1982 Darrell Waltrip Buic Bobby Allison Buic
1981 Cale Yarborough Buic Neil Bonnett Ford
1980 Dale Earnhardt Chev Cale Yarborough Chev
1979 Buddy Baker Olds Neil Bonnett Merc
1978 Bobby Allison Ford Donnie Allison Chev
1977 Richard Petty Dodg Darrell Waltrip Chev
1976 David Pearson Merc Dave Marcis Dodg
1975 Richard Petty Dodg Buddy Baker Ford
1974 Cale Yarborough Chev Richard Petty Dodg
1973 David Pearson Merc David Pearson Merc
1972 Bobby Allison Chev Bobby Allison Chev
1971 A.J. Foyt Merc Richard Petty Plym
1970 Bobby Allison Dodg Richard Petty Plym
1969 Cale Yarborough Merc LeeRoy Yarborough Ford
1968 Cale Yarborough Merc LeeRoy Yarborough Merc
1967 Cale Yarborough Ford Dick Hutcherson Ford
1966 Jim Hurtubise Plym Richard Petty Plym
1965 Marvin Panch Ford Marvin Panch Ford
1964 Fred Lorenzen Ford Ned Jarrett Ford
1963 Fred Lorenzen Ford Junior Johnson Chev
1962 Fred Lorenzen Ford Rex White Chev
1961 Bob Burdick Pont David Pearson Pont
1960 Bobby Johns Pont Bobby Johns Pont
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