Atlanta

Built in 1960 just outside Georgia's state capital, Atlanta Motor Speedway is a high-banked (24 degrees) superspeedway with the best viewing on the current NASCAR calendar.

Built in 1960 just outside Georgia’s state capital, Atlanta Motor Speedway is a high-banked (24 degrees) superspeedway with the best viewing on the current NASCAR calendar. The early season visit of the NASCAR Cup Series is the annual highlight, and Richard Petty made his final such appearance here at the end of the 1992 season. Owner Bruton Smith rebuilt the facility in 1997, adding a dogleg at the startline to match his other speedways at Charlotte and Texas. The USAC National Championship visited Atlanta in the 1960s and late-1970s, and it held a round of the Indy Racing League during the early years of that reinvented championship.