Track/Race Length: 1.54 mile quad oval, 325 laps, 500.5 miles
Degree of Banking: Turns: 24 degrees; Straightaways: 5 degrees
Straights: Frontstretch - 2332 feet; Backstretch - 1800 feet
Pit Road Speed: 45mph
Pace Car Speed: 55mph
Grandstand Seating: 124,000
Opened: 1960
National Anthem: Ernie Haase & Signature Sound
Practices: Friday, September 2, 6:00 - 7:20pm/et, TV-SPEED
Happy Hour 'Final' practice: Saturday, September 3, 1:30 - 3:00pm/et, TV-SPEED
Qualifying Information/Times/TV
Qualifying: 2 laps for positions 1-42, Saturday, September 3 at 5:10 pm/et, TV-SPEED, re-air scheduled at 12:00am/et.
Info courtesy Jayski.com
The Other Races this Weekend:
Nationwide Series:
Great Clips 300
Saturday, Sept 3 at Atlanta, ESPN2 - 7:00pm/et
Camping World Truck Series:
Good Sam Club 200
Friday, Sept 2 at Atlanta Speedway, SPEED - Prerace 7:30pm/et; Race 8:00pm/et
Atlanta Motor Speedway is probably right now the fastest NASCAR race track that does not require the use of restrictor plates on the engines. As such, the race could get quite hairy, especially near the end.
Hope I'm back by Sunday evening, but may not get back to civilization (aka wifi) until Labor Day.
The weather is looking better for race time;