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

It took 163 days of work and roughly 17,000 tons of material to create the all-new Atlanta Motor Speedway.
In this supercut of video taken throughout the process, we present more than 23 weeks of effort in 13 minutes.
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[@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

[@CorgiButtOnWheels]

Ok, always wondered if the walls behind the SAFER barriers were the originals... now I know! Kinda cool to see the old paint on the concrete walls from years past. And sad to see the old surface go... but it had to be done. Crossing my fingers that the narrower track and higher banking will put on some great racing!

[@toyotaecw]

Technically it didn’t have to go…

[@dandy9412]

@Bobb Grimley * Said no Bristol fan. Ever.

[@sicfrynut]

@Bobb Grimley would the bigger track make that more useful than at bristol ?

[@Caleferink1]

@@toyotaecw It was long past time for this to happen. AMS was spending millions of dollars on repairs to the old track surface.

[@teebob21]

@Bobb Grimley "You think you do, but you don't."

[@Freedom17762]

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

[@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!

[@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

[@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.

[@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?

[@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!

[@ChucksPullingVideos]

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

[@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.

[@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!

[@M3rVsT4H]

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

[@jah9791]

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

[@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..

[@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.

[@nsrvtqc]

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

[@wetsaltypickle]

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

[@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,

[@vickomf1]

This is what the Freedom Factory needs!

[@mcr2124]

This is mesmerizing

[@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.

[@darvinbaroi4096]

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

[@justinpopelka1148]

Content that I was unaware that I needed

[@FrequencyOfThought]

cant wait to see racing here again

[@pspn0]

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

[@Tots06108]

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

[@mariokarthotwheels]

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

[@jeffstewart1182]

Can't wait for the first race

[@aucklandtoday9847]

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

[@2ssrs950]

Looks beautiful nice job to the crew

[@ryansheehan9462]

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

[@realityyz]

This will be worth the drive!

[@Thedudeabides803]

Wow what a process.

[@darryllspalding5211]

Hell of a job boys , great effort.

[@damienalicea8696]

Excellent footage.

[@danielonfire10]

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

[@leonardoholanda2250]

Finalmente chegando o grande dia! 🏁🏎️

[@N-Scale]

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

[@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.

[@jordilm4csb209]

I can’t wait till nex month!

[@mwhitelaw8569]

Some good looking crush under that lift y'all

[@KoOlKaTz]

Track paving ASMR

[@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..

[@fishslicing]

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

[@jonathanhale9972]

NASCAR would totally try to do this under yellow.

[@tylerwong214]

GREAT JOB BOYS!!!!!

[@bigharrykochenbauls4567]

You're not wong 👌

[@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.

[@z42O]

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

[@the_algorithm]

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

[@user-pt1gt2ng7d]

Good job AMS

[@RyGuy8989]

Gonna be an epic racetrack!

[@willstearns3603]

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

[@johnvandeventer8668]

Can't wait

[@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.

[@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

[@claypot10]

This was more exciting than the actual racing

[@jerradt8746]

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

[@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 !!

[@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.

[@JamesAllmond]

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

[@MyKonaRC]

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

[@PhantoSinister4207]

this remind me when lighting fixing radiator spring

[@michaelphillips9037]

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

[@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.

[@stefan514]

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

[@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

[@EricYoungVFX]

Looks easy, glad it only took 13 minutes

[@12thmanrailfans26]

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

[@b_mo537]

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

[@swagrelader440Pvp]

good b roll clips

[@thomassmith7617]

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

[@patrickanderson9023]

Wanna see Indycar making a comeback at this track.

[@jannickliche7080]

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

[@TheDanInTheSand]

Formula drift is going to be amazing!!!

[@NoteSmoking]

That first race is going to be sliiiick.

[@marckriesel3067]

Good 👍

[@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...?

[@jamesblackledge4009]

Someone got a sweet contract to do this job!

[@Helloreality101]

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

[@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

[@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!

[@GamalKevin]

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

[@TheRowdyRudy]

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

[@frankiesaupp9971]

Gonna miss the old one

[@curvedbridge]

That small compactor on the Banking is really scary

[@eluder25rs]

March can't come soon enough

[@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.

[@jdbauer9183]

Dont miss this race

[@user-bw4pv9nd5t]

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

[@robc5082]

Bet 'ole Cleeter has watched this a dozen times....

[@wolfpacva]

now if the asphalts hold will be the real test.

[@sonofalawnmower]

Must be great to work on a project like

[@asherwiggin6456]

3:44 ah yes the new Atlanta dirt track

[@dsauce8780]

Fork man is ballsy with his fork machine

[@BathSaltShaman]

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

[@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?!"

[@Septimus-037]

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