HAMPTON, GEORGIA - MARCH 20: William Byron, driver of the #24 Liberty University Chevrolet, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 20, 2022 in Hampton, Georgia. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images) | Getty Images

Atlanta Motor Speedway track reprofile journey

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HAMPTON, GEORGIA - MARCH 19: Sheldon Creed, driver of the #2 Whelen Chevrolet, Austin Hill, driver of the #21 Bennett Transporation and Logistics Chevrolet, Brandon Jones, driver of the #19 Menards/Pentair Toyota, and AJ Allmendinger, driver of the #16 Action Industries Chevrolet, race during the NASCAR Xfinity Series Nalley Cars 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 19, 2022 in Hampton, Georgia. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images) | Getty Images

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Rubber has been laid down at the newly-repaved and reconfigured Atlanta Motor Speedway, leading to increased bankings and speeds. But the journey to get to this point was well-documented. You've seen the finished product, now see the journey it took to get here.

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William Byron won the first Cup Series race on the new layout.

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HAMPTON, GEORGIA - MARCH 19: Ty Gibbs, driver of the #54 Sport Clips Haircuts Toyota, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Nalley Cars 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 19, 2022 in Hampton, Georgia. (Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images) | Getty Images

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Ty Gibbs won the first Xfinity Series race on the new layout.

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HAMPTON, GEORGIA - MARCH 19: Corey Heim, driver of the #51 JBL Toyota, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Fr8 208 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 19, 2022 in Hampton, Georgia. (Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images) | Getty Images

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Corey Heim won the first Camping World Truck Series race on the new layout.

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HAMPTON, GEORGIA - MARCH 19: Stewart Friesen, driver of the #52 Halmar International Toyota, leads the field during the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Fr8 208 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 19, 2022 in Hampton, Georgia. (Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images) | Getty Images

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Truck Series drivers weren't afraid to fan out and find multiple grooves in the first NASCAR race on the new surface.

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All finished and ready to race. Now, see how we got here.

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Fewer than three days after Atlanta Motor Speedway hosted a Cup-Xfinity Series weekend in 2021, work began on the track's reprofiling project that was announced in July.

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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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Crews go to work on a stretch of track in front of some suites at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

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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.

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A dirt surface? Haven't we seen that somewhere else recently?

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Moving that dirt along as work continues on the reprofile of Atlanta Motor Speedway.

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