Atlanta Motor Speedway track reprofile begins

By Staff report | Tuesday, July 20, 2021

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Less than three days after Atlanta Motor Speedway hosted a Cup-Xfinity Series weekend, work began on the track's reprofiling project that was announced last week. Take a look at some of the work already being done.

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That Caterpillar tractor is riding almost as close to the wall as Kyle Larson or Tyler Reddick.

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Following 10 months of confidential research, development, testing and simulation with engineers and iRacing, the reprofile will increase the current 24-degree banking in Atlanta's turns to 28 degrees -- higher than any other intermediate track on the current NASCAR circuit.

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Straightaway banking will remain five degrees. In addition to the new high banks, the racing surface will become narrower with an overall decrease in width from 55 feet to 40 feet. New widths will be 52 feet on the front stretch, 42 feet on the back stretch and 40 feet in the turns.