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  1.   Cooper posted:
  03.08.2011 - 2:46 pm
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Road Atlanta is a 2.54-mile (4.088 km) road course located just north of
Braselton, Georgia, USA. The facility is utilized for a wide variety of
events, including professional and amateur sports car and motorcycle
races, racing and driving schools, corporate programs and testing for
motorsports teams. The track has 12 turns, including the famous "esses"
between turns three and five; and Turn 12, a downhill, diving turn. The
track is owned by Panoz Motorsports, and is the home to the Petit Le
Mans, as well as AMA motorcycle racing, and smaller events throughout
the year.


  2.   AnonymousEFR posted:
  04.07.2013 - 9:53 am
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The name is simply Road Atlanta. The track opened in 1970.


  3.   RaceFanX posted:
  09.24.2013 - 11:00 am
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Track is playable in the Forza Motorsports games, both the normal long
course and a shorter club variation.


  4.   Anonymous posted:
  06.01.2014 - 1:37 pm
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Track length should be 2.54 for all ALMS races


  5.   RaceFanX posted:
  12.17.2015 - 10:37 pm
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This track hosted the SCCA National Championship Runoffs from 1970
through its bankruptcy in 1993.


  6.   RaceFanX posted:
  08.24.2016 - 10:49 pm
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One unique feature of this track that is only visible from the air is
that it is literally right across the street from the Lanier Raceplex,
the former Lanier National Speedway short track that the NASCAR Busch
Series used to race it. The Busch series raced at Road Atlanta in 1986
and 1987 then moved over to Lanier for a few years. The oval is located
behind the road course's front stretch.


  7.   RaceFanX posted:
  11.02.2019 - 10:31 pm
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Race track scenes for the 1992 movie "Freejack," the 2014 movie "Need
for Speed," and the 2019 film "Ford v. Ferrari" were all filmed at this
track. Toyota also filmed a commercial for the 2019 Toyota Supra here,
promoting the model's return to showrooms after a 17-year absence.


  8.   Fireball1020 posted:
  04.23.2020 - 1:43 am
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Why has his track largely been absent from NASCAR or IndyCar lately?
Strict ownership?


  9.   RaceFanX posted:
  04.23.2020 - 9:34 am
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Track Location: Braselton, GA

Road Atlanta is actually owned by NASCAR itself right now (specifically
through its ownership of IMSA and all Don Panoz' old ALMS assets like
this track). NASCAR has raced here but it has also almost always been
seen as a sports car track. The NASCAR ownership likely deters IndyCar
from seeking a race here but I've also heard that the track's high speed
but tight in many places nature is seen as a bit more a risk than
IndyCar would like. NASCAR likely doesn't bring the higher level series
here because it would probably eat into the gate at Atlanta Motor
Speedway (which is about an hour and a half away but both both tracks
are seen as being in the Atlanta metropolitan area).

The first road course race ever for the NASCAR Busch/Xfinity Series took
place here in 1986.


  10.   Corey posted:
  04.23.2020 - 10:38 am
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@9 I don't think NASCAR ownership deters the IndyCar series. IndyCar
added Richmond to their schedule.


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