163 days of effort in 13 minutes | Creating the all-new Atlanta Motor Speedway (Supercut)

[@TheMemeBorrower.]

This crew has the all time record for the slowest qualifying lap in Atlanta

[@casualguy393]

I was hoping the opening scene would have been a steamroller creeping by overlaid with the sound of a loud V8 screaming.

[@juliecohen9041]

lol

[@RJB]

This was fun to watch. Also thank you for not putting any crappy music in the background.

[@Leuel48Fan]

Best documentation of a track repave / reconfig job, good job AMS. Enjoyed all the clips!

[@juicejuice6675]

Love the vids man

[@Leuel48Fan]

@@juicejuice6675 Thanks!

[@Freedom17762]

As a highway construction worker of eighteen years, this crew looks very professional. Nice work!

[@kylewagoner]

Really took for granted how tedious all of this work had to be. Very impressive.

[@4touchdowns1game29]

i am a grade checker and can tell you doing roads for tracks are a nightmare. City streets allow up to a tenth of tolerance to spec, usually shoot for half a tenth though. Freeways are usually half a tenth or five hundredths where tracks and runways get into the thousandsths. Soil samples are also taken after completion from runway's and tracks and if compaction doesn't pass in one spot that whole area has to be torn up and redone.

[@TRAXRIPPER]

@@4touchdowns1game29 damn just the fact that the operation is running day and night can have the temp change the compaction rates within a few thousands easy. How the hell do they regulate between a softer hot soil to a cold hard soil to keep that overall balance once done and the track starts baking in the sun when going out to read the transit? And secondly is the target for the transit set off the old track for the reference point that the new track is brought up to or is it ripped off all the way and then grade it out on a flat run and then transit everything from that reference point? He said.... Who the f##K told night shift to put all the speed bumps going into turn 3? OMG! WHAT? Get that D10 over there and rip that SHIT up! GONNA BE A LONG F##KING WEEK! LMAO

[@4touchdowns1game29]

@@TRAXRIPPER dude it's crazy if you set up a total station you can actually watch how much asphalt sinks throughout the day. Also I do t know what they shoot for on a track like this as I've only ever worked on tracks from scratch. You'd be surprised how many test tracks there are built up here for car companies. Automated car companies including Tesla spend tons of money on test tracks all over here for their self driving vehicles. 99 percent of the time from what I've seen at a racetrack as opposed to a runway much of the fill is trucked in from processing plants where an airplane runway has its own sub grade and procedure/type of pavement. What we do is set up a total station and I take a shot about every two feet on a racetrack, you can also use lasers but total station is a little more accurate. You first want to get a good close cut but get someone on a roller that knows what they are doing. You absolutely cannot stop especially while vibrating on the soil. for the higher corners where a roller can't hit we use a jumping jack and then a vibe plate. Racetracks much like foundations and runways usually call for 96 percent or higher compaction. There are soils guys on site that use radioactivity shot out and returned to measure density. Flat ground is hard enough I can't tell you how much of a pita a banked turn is lol. Vibrating on a roller already scoots you down hill so you literally have to steer the thing uphill just enough to stay in your line. It's almost impossible to keep a straight grade doing all this so after we do finish work with a Skippy box and last bits by hand rake. We also use string and engineer rulers all over the place to check every last square foot once we have benchmarks put in with either the total station or survey points around the track.. Weird how doing this job makes me notice f ed up roads more. Doing runway, asphalt etc is so much harder than cement as well because cement auto levels where compounded materials barely will settle and show any imperfection in the subgrade.

[@4touchdowns1game29]

@@TRAXRIPPER also it's funny you said that cause my first road ever was a bike path that had to all be ripped up because the soils guy kept passing us when it turns out it was against code to have any type of pavement in the subgrade as there was an old road like four feet down. Thing had to all be ripped up and redone cost like 4 million dollars. You'd be surprised though that honestly a racetrack still isn't as picky as an airport. Those guys not only want tolerances of a few thousandths but they also will wait a few weeks after completion and take core samples from all over randomly. Imagine a giant cylinder with teeth that is seven feet long, they dig through and get a solid cylinder full of tarmac, sub grade and base and if any of it fails that portion has to be ripped and redone.

[@TRAXRIPPER]

@@4touchdowns1game29 yeah I seen them have big ass arm support bars hooked to the rollers down to some big loaders on the apron area to keep them online! I was like well yeah I bet keeping it online without that is impossible! Lol and you cued that up and I forgot to even ask so you scored on that one double points! Lmao I've done a lot of foundation work, spent most of the time with the air powered dildo jamming it under the matts to get it to settle then working with the curbing guys making that butter for that smooth shine finish! Lol fun fun fun! So under runways do they pack in any crushed stone in mesh wrap? I was surprised not to see any under the track for the exact reason I was saying and you confirmed... The amount of movement that soil can give way when asphalt is laid down but I guess unlike concrete cement the asphalt would probably break apart with a rigid crushed stone under it so the compacted soil probably gives it a way to settle without busting up. As I'm thinking about it while saying it! Lol So I was wondering where they were testing all these auto driven trucks and shit and you scored a triple point on that one! But do people know for the most part the scale this is actually being done? They sure do like to keep telling people to COME ON INTO AMERICA while on the verge of putting double that amount out of work with self driving trucks! Well this should turn out just grand! What can go wrong? Lmfao Good Lord! Be safe my brother! Do what ya gotta do have fun and just keep a mental check list of the stupid SHIT you see unfolding To keep you a few steps ahead of the slow moving pack! Haters will cry foul but everyone has the choice to pay attention! Some people are just more worried about M&M gender and proper representation! HOLY SHIT ITS CANDY! WHO THE F##K HAS THE MONEY TO PAY SOMEONE THE MONEY TO WORRY ABOUT THE DUMBEST SHIT EVER? PROBABLY THE DUMBEST PERSON EVER! LMFAO WTF!!!!! PAY NO MIND TO THE MORONS! JUST MENTAL NOTES AND DO YOU! LOL ITS WORSE THEN WE THOUGHT!

[@slymint8526]

Man I love racing, I love the slow and satisfying racing here at Atlanta What a good race the construction crew put on today

[@slymint8526]

You gotta appreciate the hard work that it went in to the track

[@steveboyes3367]

The dozer creating the slope has a GPS system on it. The take the plans accomplished by the design engineers, and enter the coordinates into that system, and the contractor knows exactly where he is, what slope angle is specified. This ensures the accuracy and consistency of the area of construction.

[@thomasmorais3749]

Oh cool! I was wondering what it was used for :)

[@riccardo1796]

The dozer knows where it is because it knows where it isn't

[@xbldev11]

@@riccardo1796 LMAO

[@thijsgribnau3638]

@@riccardo1796 makes me wonder about that rocket

[@steveboyes3367]

@r_ elentless01 I didn’t see anything on the blade ends but would think it more accurate. Do you think they used it?

[@ChucksPullingVideos]

Amazing to see all the effort and time the construction crews put in!! Great job everyone!!

[@76jasonl]

Man, it’s seems like just yesterday, I was hanging steel and setting aluminum bleachers in the new “Johnson” section with Club One going off into turn one. Next thing you know, all the tracks that we had been adding seating to, more than we added was getting ripped out. I hated to see Nascars fall but maybe one day all those tracks will regret ripping out the seating they once had when every race is sold out instantly with 1000’s more waiting. Man life was good for NASCAR in the early 2000’s.

[@stevescott6503]

The co ordination between the crews and all the machines is amazing. Keeping everything running even to pave is more than skill, it is an art form..

[@benhartsock88]

The fact that you had to use a stabilizer bar to keep the roller machine from falling over is spectacular. Really awesome video. Thanks!

[@g_men2121]

Idk whst it is about ripping out old pavement is so satisfying. I bought my tickets to the spring race. My birthday is on that race.

[@sicfrynut]

should be a fun birthday.

[@jah9791]

Love to see the equipment required to keep the machines doing the real work up on the banking!!!

[@M3rVsT4H]

You guy's made that look easy, and I'm willing to bet it wasn't. Nice job.

[@BUILTFORDTOUGH79]

I’m local 66 operating engineers in PGH, and that would have been a cool job to be on. Good work from the guys! Great footage

[@wesleyblanton2432]

I was thinking the same thing. I own a Hvac company been doing it for 30 Years and I’m tired of it.I watch this and think how cool it would be to drive Tonka trucks for a living Well for 6 months and I’d probably have enough! So cool though, there’s nothing cool about Hvac, except the cold air that blows.

[@BUILTFORDTOUGH79]

@@wesleyblanton2432 it gets old quick… like anything else. A job like that though you don’t ever forget. I had the pleasure of working down point state park through the 5th phase. Love being able to share pictures and stories with friends and family.

[@darvinbaroi4096]

I’m sure those hard workers will be happy to see some racing on their creation.

[@TegridyMadeGames]

Looks easy, glad it only took 13 minutes

[@patwatson2454]

I helped redo Daytona speedway year's ago,You don't realize just how steep the turns are until I try running equipment on them or even walking

[@sicfrynut]

was on charlotte turn 3 in 97. it was all i could do to stay standing. not so much for the guy 100 ft away as he made it back to the infield without the use of his feet.

[@patwatson2454]

@@sicfrynut 🤣🤣it's steep,I don't know how those cars wreck in a turn like that it's almost straight up and down

[@sicfrynut]

@@patwatson2454 once you realize what you've seen and know then the importance of downforce comes to play. among other forces. my wife thought very little of racing until i explained the mathematics and science involved with it.

[@patwatson2454]

@@sicfrynut I race dirt track, super late models,But dirt is more of a controlled chaos But you are right NASCAR is all math one missed calculation and the car takes flight,Or can't keep up with the other ones,

[@perrysims3320]

I attended a Winston race there when it was called Atlanta International Raceway. I was 6-8 rows up the new back straight grand stand when the preacher told everyone to stand up and pray. The Bleachers swayed so much that I and another guy got up and went down below. Thousands of us were sitting on a death trap that hadn't been completed. I was a high-end construction supervisor who had no problem recognizing the temporary bracing and the horrible "farmer welds" that held those inadequate braces to the 'I" posts. The posts sat on top of concrete piers, poured in sono-tubes. The base plates had never been grouted to the column tops. The spaces were filled with hundreds of 1/2" flat washers. No building inspector in the country would have let the public near that incomplete project. The promoters dodged a huge bullet that day.

[@danthecnctoolman8024]

That was a different era for sure.

[@danielonfire10]

They should've just left it as a dirt track. That red Georgia clay looked good!

[@tescoshortage]

One of the few times that a reconfiguration put on some great racing for the past 4 races we've come to the plate track version of Atlanta. I can't believe I'm saying this, but good job SMI!

[@jonathanhale9972]

NASCAR would totally try to do this under yellow.

[@allennixon4745]

No matter how well the new configuration of ATL motor speedway is I will always love the old asphalt.

[@sicfrynut]

i love the early 90's version. i was at the last race before the changeover.

[@nsrvtqc]

Wow! That was definitely different and interesting, answered questions I didn’t even know I had.

[@pspn0]

Haven’t watched nascar in a long time but I still know this track is gonna be crazy with this repave

[@vickomf1]

This is what the Freedom Factory needs!

[@ryansheehan9462]

Great video. I hope Fontana does this type of video for its conversion to a half mile short track.

[@mitchellbliss3828]

This really puts into perspective how long those couple 1.5 miles really is.. watching cars zip around it for several hours makes the track look small..

[@mcr2124]

This is mesmerizing

[@LLImprovement]

For tearing out the old asphalt, my 973 would've been able to hammer that out in no time. I excavate asphalt in back alleys frequently. Large track loaders are perfect for these types of jobs.

[@darryllspalding5211]

Hell of a job boys , great effort.

[@aucklandtoday9847]

Went to a Hard Rock Cafe concert there in 1999 on my way from NZ to London. Good times

[@Tots06108]

Can't wait to be there for the first race back! First time at AMS!

[@N-Scale]

I can not wait to see the racing on the new surface !!!

[@FrequencyOfThought]

cant wait to see racing here again

[@fishslicing]

There's going to be some fast and wild racing at Atlanta this season.

[@RyGuy8989]

Gonna be an epic racetrack!

[@streetstomper]

god I want go there so freaking bad, ever since I was a kid its been a dream....one day I will make it there with my kids to enjoy the real experience but for now TV will have to do.

[@AmpUpDaleJr88]

It’s not the same as it was , been to every race since they changed it and it blows !!

[@justinpopelka1148]

Content that I was unaware that I needed

[@claypot10]

This was more exciting than the actual racing

[@AParker077]

Will the speedway be selling bits of the track like Daytona did during its repave? I managed to get a piece of the track cut into a Dale Earnhardt “3” as a gift from my dad and I would like to get a piece of Atlanta’s history.

[@QueenLaQueeftah619]

Shortly after they announced the repave they were giving away chunks of the track if you were a member of some club, which meant you had to purchase a ticket to every 2022 event at AMS.

[@DevinEMILE]

I'd Assume, Its pretty common. Hell i have a Brick from Kinnick stadium, Iowas football stadium, from the renovation in like 06

[@wetsaltypickle]

I was thinking of Cletus MacFarland and the freedom factory.

[@EllaGP22]

If you go to AMS’s website I believe there should be a link where you can buy some

[@atlantamotorspeedway]

We're including a complimentary piece of the old asphalt for Insiders Club members this year. The Insiders Club includes tickets to every NASCAR race at AMS and other great perks starting at $98: www.atlantamotorspeedway.com/events/insiders-club/ Speedway Children's Charities Atlanta is also selling jars of asphalt and even pieces of the old start/finish line to benefit children in need: www.speedwaycharities.org/events/atlanta/take-home-the-track/ Hope that helps!

[@chrishansen8477]

Great, you turned one of the best races of the year to another boring plate track, congrats.

[@CJ3000]

Aww sweet, you turn left the entire race. Exciting.

[@12thmanrailfans26]

Still probably going to be one of the most volatile surfaces in Nascar for tires

[@z42O]

A track is needed to see who can steer left the best lol 🤣

[@jerradt8746]

a lot of work but those guys did a great job this track looks faster now

[@the_algorithm]

2:02 The earth itself started crying when the asphalt was being torn up

[@KoOlKaTz]

Track paving ASMR

[@mwhitelaw8569]

Some good looking crush under that lift y'all

[@2ssrs950]

Looks beautiful nice job to the crew

[@bigstackD]

I’d be very curious as to how much that entire process cost🤔

[@robboz85]

You’ve got your eyes on those metal wall bumpers. See how much it will cost to have it shipped over. Collaboration purposes “wink wink”.

[@bobby2pistolz854]

give or take about 4 dollars

[@MineStrongth]

From the looks of it, the winning bid was enough to pay for several new machines.

[@DarkEnderPlayz]

Atleast 1$

[@chrisgooden9662]

What ever you think it cost it's more

[@Thedudeabides803]

Wow what a process.

[@Jt7166]

@5:49 I always wondered how they compacted on the banking. Bet that's a wild ride 🤣

[@petegregory517]

My aged neck and back is destroyed. Chiropractor appointment tomorrow, glad I watched it tonight.

[@mariokarthotwheels]

Wahoooo this is a really nice job. Well done guys. 🤩

[@barneystinson5288]

It's pretty killer to be able to watch Atlanta morph in a relatively quick amount of time. Hope this bird flies when it leaps off the cliff in the spring

[@patrickanderson9023]

Wanna see Indycar making a comeback at this track.

[@jamesblackledge4009]

Someone got a sweet contract to do this job!

[@jeffstewart1182]

Can't wait for the first race

[@BathSaltShaman]

It hits weird, man. Its both awesome as hell get out and blasphemy at the same time

[@MyKonaRC]

I thought this was the Freedom Factory for a second and old Cleet went all out!

[@dalerobinson3436]

Atlanta going to have a half time show too.Drivers can dance on there hoods to country music. Oh Oh I'm so sorry we need rap, now I feel better about myself.

[@willstearns3603]

can't wait for the iRacing re-scan!!!

[@dirtdevil2394]

Looking at the banking feels like your looking at the biggest ride in the park, wide open city 650 shesh it’s about to get real real interesting

[@stefan514]

The asphalt is thinner than on a german road in the middle of the countryside :D

[@jannickliche7080]

4:06 "What's fascinating is that...." Now I really wanna know it

[@b_mo537]

i hope all these guys got a free ticket to the first race lol

[@TheBonzomatic]

Dude #1- "I'm pretty sure the roller will tip over if we try to drive it on the bank". Dude #2- "Hold my beer... Where's the welder?!"

[@damienalicea8696]

Excellent footage.

[@curvedbridge]

That small compactor on the Banking is really scary

[@realityyz]

This will be worth the drive!

[@michaelphillips9037]

Nice replace job Took the cup cars 20 laps to tear up the new pavement during the test session a few weeks ago

[@tnwhiskey68]

When Neyland Stadium (TN Vols) went from turf to sod, they sold pieces of the turf. This is probably the most famous surface in Nascar so I'm sure they could do that too!

[@phillipivey4833]

Not even close to the most famous.

[@KumoGoesFast]

martinsville, daytona, dega...?

[@wetsaltypickle]

11:18 thats a cool old mack! This is really interesting

[@AmpUpDaleJr88]

They fucked that track up !! Racing was way better than this shit now!!

[@NoteSmoking]

That first race is going to be sliiiick.

[@GamalKevin]

It's interesting to see how they redo the banked part of the track.

[@JamesAllmond]

Goodyear thanks you, man that place used to be rough on tires!

[@jimsachtjen119]

The track needed repaving which is a shame. It provided some awesome races and unbelievable finishes. I just hope it doesn't do to the racing what Bruton Smith did when he ruined Bristol. Not the first redo for Atlanta and I hope they got it right.

[@Leatherface123.]

What did he do to Bristol

[@jimsachtjen119]

@@Leatherface123. He ground down the track and created a two groove track. When he realized what a huge disaster it was they redid the top groove again to bring the cars further down. It was better but still not what made it what it was. Bristol was a one groove track and the only way to pass was if someone let you or you used the bump and run to move them. Side by side racing with green flag pit stops IS NOT BRISTOL. Now you have teams playing gas mileage strategies when there used to be too many cautions to even think about gas mileage. It was not about gas or the fastest car it was about the driver who was willing to out drive the rest. That's what made legends of Bristol out of guys like Waltrip and Rusty Wallace.

[@Leatherface123.]

@@jimsachtjen119 is it gonna be fixed?

[@TheZillaman89]

@@Leatherface123. If NASCAR is smart and they listen to the fans, perhaps so. I'd rather they go back to what worked for decades instead of what's happening now. Time will tell.

[@jimsachtjen119]

@@Leatherface123. No

[@readysetnogo]

Some dude is going to have an asphalt driveway put in at his house not realizing he has recycled millings from the Atlanta Motor Speedway in it.

[@leonardoholanda2250]

Finalmente chegando o grande dia! 🏁🏎️

[@dsauce8780]

Fork man is ballsy with his fork machine

[@WWFPICFEDFIGS]

I can’t wait till nex month!

[@ТимофейКолобов-у4м]

Good job AMS

[@thomassmith7617]

Alrighty now whens iRacing gonna get out there an scan this beast. Ready to do some racing!

[@marcosadventures6140]

I noticed that there is old paint on the walls, might be old Winston signage?

[@Helloreality101]

Goodness that's a lot of effort to drive in circles lol

[@wolfpacva]

now if the asphalts hold will be the real test.

[@Nobody7720]

Wow! The tarmac is so thin compared to a public road surface

[@colto8284]

Most roads here in the southern Midwest from bottom of the first base lift to top of the surface is only 8 inches. County roads around here if paved maybe 2-4

[@TheRowdyRudy]

i thought that was a bunch of 4x4's strapped together keeping that roller on the slope lmaooo

[@PhantoSinister4207]

this remind me when lighting fixing radiator spring

[@paulcoinc]

I just hope the track doesn't get screwed up after this. It's always been a great track.

[@jubelet]

Do you remember the original oval? THAT was a great track. The tri-oval, not so much. Been to both, first hand experience.

[@paulcoinc]

@@jubelet A track they messed up because of gearing is Pocono. That used to be a great drivers track. I used to love that track.

[@brettfoulke7552]

Why didn’t you guys call lighting McQueen he did a good job in radiator springs

[@kmb_jr]

Yesss was looking for this comment haha

[@JFBence]

I would be so stressed of sitting at an angle in the machines all day :D Also they're using the same brand of roadwork machines I'm familiar with in Europe.

[@TheDanInTheSand]

Formula drift is going to be amazing!!!

[@brianhbinesh]

Are the embankments steeper now? Nothing beats the look of a freshly paved smooth surface.

[@asherwiggin6456]

3:44 ah yes the new Atlanta dirt track

[@tylerwong214]

GREAT JOB BOYS!!!!!

[@bigharrykochenbauls4567]

You're not wong 👌

[@robertmann7277]

I know that a new surface was needed, but how many years of " follow the leader " are we going to have to go through?

[@dohczceg512]

It would have been cool to see them leave it all dirt for awhile and hold some dirt races before final construction.

[@RCampbell-y4b]

Good to see that John Hass.Hole is a race track repair pro along with his expert Nascar knowledge. John Hass. Hole has more knowledge of Nascar then Nascar does. My VAIN ,DICTATOR, HERO. See you at the Daytona 500 Hass. Hole