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  1.   Chriswo posted:
  05.04.2018 - 1:22 pm
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A 2 mile clay oval built by Asa G. Candler the inventor of Coca Cola in
1909. The first event was an immense success. However in the 1910 the
gate receipts were too poor to support the track and closed on October
6th of that year. The track was abandoned for many years. In 1927 the
land was purchased by Atlanta for its municipal airport.


  2.   RaceFanX posted:
  08.22.2018 - 10:47 am
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Building that municipal airport was a good move for Atlanta, the city
started leasing the land in 1925 and flights began in 1926. The airport
taking over the land where this former track stood was initially named
Candler Field after the previously mentioned Coca-Cola magnet and
Atlanta mayor Asa Candler but it was later renamed Hartsfield-Jackson
Atlanta International Airport. Today Hartsfield is the world's busiest
airport by the measurement of having the most takeoffs and landings.

Even after the large majority of this track track was torn down to make
room for the airport some parts of the banking remained until 1970 when
it was finally bulldozed.

It is worth noting that Candler did not invent Coca-Cola, that was Dr.
John Pemberton. Candler bought the rights to Coca-Cola from Pemberton on
his deathbed and it indeed was Candler's efforts that made Coke into
what it is today.


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