Paving under the lights at Atlanta Motor Speedway

[@ItsRemmeeh]

Imagine being one of the workers putting in all of this time and then watching the race next year. Would have to feel so amazing watching your hard work get raced on, on national TV

[@Leuel48Fan]

Hope they get complimentary tickets!

[@ItsRemmeeh]

@@Leuel48Fan I’d hope so!!

[@GatoradeCupSeriesX94]

Pretty much the opposite about Texas…

[@andrewhartings9795]

@@Leuel48Fan They better! I can't wait to see next year's race.

[@chrismathewsjr]

i would prefer a raise

[@ryanstreuli9554]

This here is Bessie, finest road paving machine ever built

[@WayneFielder]

My dad used to own some trucks that hauled blacktop. I can smell this video.

[@daviclar867]

Isn't there roads paved with chopped up tire bits instead of aggragate? Ive heard maybe in the UK and it makes for a quieter sound over the road. May even be more gripe?

[@darrelladams4188]

Don’t think we’re doing that in the US., i could see tires going in the asphalt for parking lots can see streets being the best ideas. ‘ Car accident’ with fire then catching the rubber of the tires on fire and then it spreading then you got a tire fire . Don’t see it.

[@daviclar867]

@@darrelladams4188 yeah we need an expert here to give us some info on it. Montoya: Hold my beer! I crashed into a jet dryer and fuel ran out and burned up the track that had rock in it. lol

[@Lady_Aleera]

Wish GA public roads could get this much dedication

[@spacenout_6946]

🤣🤣🤣 you should see South Carolina

[@FeintMotion]

When y'all vote for capitalism over and over again that's what they give ya

[@Lady_Aleera]

@@FeintMotion Imo voting is a waste of time, it's a scam

[@Lady_Aleera]

@@spacenout_6946 I've been there roads are quite lovely smooth lol☄🌪

[@FeintMotion]

@@Lady_Aleera But y'all don't wanna start shooting when it's been the obvious play since the 1960's, either. So in a corporate oligarchy we sits 🤷

[@tristans48]

Atlanta night race would be lit

[@swcarter4842]

Like the coke zero sugar 400

[@Leuel48Fan]

LITerally

[@cjearnest203]

Teehee

[@swcarter4842]

@@Leuel48Fan omg leuel

[@Chirp_Fest]

Yes it would be lit

[@ChucksPullingVideos]

It has really been fun following all this construction both on here and over on the AMS twitter page. Thanks for sharing this content guys!

[@fusioncoreyt6695]

this is gonna look so cool with the cars racing on it

[@davidsdesk7313]

I hope for the folks for Altanta, the workers, NASCAR, and fans that this reconfiguration is a total success

[@theanomalous1401]

Atlanta is such a historic track, full of iconic memories. Kulwicki's Championship, The King's last race, Jeff Gordon's first race, Kevin Harvick's first win for RCR, following Dale's tragic Daytona crash. Regardless of the track configuration, Atlanta has to be a part of Nascar, period! #LetsGoBrandon

[@KevinMcAdams26]

Was the hashtag really necessary

[@hunterpro_1]

@@KevinMcAdams26 yes

[@simoneburini4036]

@@KevinMcAdams26 ehi man, Brandon Jones does need that support

[@theanomalous1401]

@@hunterpro_1 👈 What he said, Kevin.

[@NewEnglandPatriotsfan]

Awesome paving guys, Atlanta is a rocket of a mile and a half track. You guys deserve the name of international speedway by the way

[@hunterelliott369]

I would love that job. Working at a race track at night seems so cool for some reason. Love the new configuration!

[@maxpuppy96]

My favorite track high speed no restrictor plates, true skill of a high speed driver.

[@foxlloyd1737]

Thanks for posting. Seen many other tracks get repaved, nice to see one being done to a track I've been to many times. This reconfig appears promising.

[@evanwallace4510]

I was born and raised and still live 20 mins west of Daytona International Speedway and have gone to speedweeks every year since I was 6 years old back in 1994. I always said I wanted to go see races at Talladega and Atlanta because it's not to terribly far away but never get the chance to go. I am so excited to see the cars go around the new Atlanta I bet its gonna be one of the best races NASCAR has ever seen. Before my dad passed away in 2019 he said make sure you go to Atlanta and Talladega sometime soon and bring my ashes along with you. Hopefully I can make the first Atlanta on the new surface

[@bskipper8980]

Definitely go to talladega its a wild experience on race weekend both inside the track and outside the track. It gets wild at night lol

[@JP_Stoeffler]

Making so much progress!!

[@BryantheCobra]

All that hard work really pays off!👍🏼👍🏼

[@oldblueshhrchannel1847]

Like it or not the new surface and configuration is going to be awesome, all the teams need to start a whole new notebook for Atlanta, thanks to Next gen car . About the only thing that remains the same is the excitement and anticipation of the next cup event! Can’t wait!

[@noahlehmann457]

Most people would say you have ruined the history of Atlanta, but I honestly like it, just won’t be able to tell it apart from other tracks

[@Thelitballer40]

You should say paving under the lights at Atlanta Super Speedway now

[@ihooligan99]

Hopefully nascar doesn't switch to short tracks on ya, and that this reconfiguration creates some GOOD side by side racing. Gonna miss the old bumpy track and all the great runs that came off 2 and 4.

[@jacobevenson8702]

Unless nascar actually gives the cars power, we'll likely never see good legitimate side by side racing here.

[@loveybarkley8293]

The new atlanta looks nice👍👍👍👍

[@ernestdougherty3162]

Great job Atlanta Motor Speedway I'm not sure it's going to work but I hope it does I've never been to Atlanta Motor Speedway I'm a longtime lifer of Daytona Darlington and Charlotte but I'm definitely thinking about coming to the spring race in Atlanta Motor Speedway now

[@NASCARJIMMAYFAN]

Mmm maybe a night race in a couple of years

[@daviclar867]

Wished it was the original configuration!

[@worldssickestmedia2713]

Like it was in the 80s before all the condos and stuff?

[@daviclar867]

@@worldssickestmedia2713 the original track was a pure oval. Can't remember what year but it was reconfigured to resemble Charlotte Motor Speedway.

[@worldssickestmedia2713]

@@daviclar867 yeah. Like in the 80s and very early 90s right? Before the tri oval, and the big grandstands and condos and new infield and pit facilities.

[@daviclar867]

@@worldssickestmedia2713 not a tri-oval but a quad-oval. In '97 they reconfigured it. Tri-oval is Daytona, Talladega. What they're doing with Atlanta right now is narrowing the turns and adding higher banking, which will probably result in a restrictor plate I guess, don't know.

[@worldssickestmedia2713]

@@daviclar867 derrrr. Yes sir. That's correct. Quad oval. And yes last big renovation was done in. 97. It was purchased in 90. 1st renovation was in 93 and 94 with the condos and everything. Then in 97 it got the works. Not trying to argue. And I don't know your age or where you live. But that's our home track. And before the renovations it was a massive sh!t hole. That place was falling apart. It had to be done. There was no saving it and it be cost-effective. They pretty much tore it down and built a new track. Just like now. The 25 year old surface needs repaved. It's falling apart. It has to be done. And then it will have changed again. It's necessary if it's gonna stay open and on the circuit. Like Lakewood Fairgrounds and North Wilksboro. You gotta either change and grow with the times or get shut down. And I love AMS. We drag race there on Friday nights on pit row. 1/8 mile, prepped track, full tree and everything. People race legends and 1/4 midgets on Thursday nights. We ride our sportbikes on the infield track. Road course cars. Car shows. All kinds of shit. I'd be heartbroken if they closed it. I'm glad they're repaving it. It needed it. It's gonna be way better.

[@jeanettelogistics2286]

Good job ya’ll i was trying to figure out how you pass the density testing and how you stop the asphalt from sliding down when rolling. Good job.

[@tjw3999]

place is gonna be scary fast

[@davidebasinger2997]

You can almost smell the tar... ohh wait that’s my neighbor getting his driveway redone!! Can’t wait for the “new” Hot-Lanta!!!

[@ethanv0238]

That looks amazing

[@FlyEaglesFly19111]

Sure hope that's the base coat. Those are some pretty big granules of rock. Pretty corse I'd say.

[@worldssickestmedia2713]

Damn #CleetusMcFarland they got special Nascar paving machinery in Georgia. Might have to call these dudes up one day. Way less sketchy.

[@gz_splash]

doc said he gone fix it, he can fix about anything

[@nicksbits]

I want a Ams night race that would be cool

[@Mac-td7lt]

What will they do to the surface? Fresh asphalt is going to kill tires. Just a thought.

[@alexlambert2003]

I would love to see the summer race run at night. It's very hot in Atlanta in the summer 🤣

[@Hanzyscure]

Imagine the roller operator and dozer operator maneuvering like walking on a tightrope.

[@blacktoblack7292]

oh my, this is gonna be good.

[@Chris-ey6rn]

How many tons of asphalt when it’s all done . Let the haters hate , I look forward to going to see a Atlanta race 👍

[@spionsilver9626]

Good ol Vögele !!!

[@24fletchdog]

Will they test on that before they race on it

[@johnrossi6212]

Is it a poly mix?

[@wilcross50]

You can almost hear the drivers whining in the background

[@ronniecox109]

Yes they are whiners, for 10 years we had Friday Nite Drags . At AMS, We raced 8th mile on pit road. Well the prima donnas would complain about all the rubber in the groove of the track , from the drag racers tires. They said it made pit row too slick when they came in off the track to pit. , they only have 2 nascar races a year . Waah waah.

[@ChasingChampionships]

Should have been done years ago but this looks great!

[@corymeadows6701]

I just wonder why in the many years that we've been Asphalt in roads and tracks they haven't built one that could do it in two passes. It probably is wanting it's probably hella expensive

[@adamUDavies]

I agree , I mean how long have they been doing this ? Get with it people.

[@tomtheplummer7322]

Imagine working on the bank all day and getting home trying to walk on the level🤣

[@Motorsports_4_Life]

It’s been for ever since this happened

[@bquick918]

Not a single nascar driver wanted this to happen because they added more banking and narrowed the racing surface making it a drafting race with no room to pass

[@adamborowiak4995]

They just couldn't resist, had to fuck up something good

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

I just wish the pack racing idea isn’t a thing

[@Ivan.8067]

Alright! Let's work together!

[@AzP81113]

this feels sad seeing the old atlanta pavement go

[@TankSlappr]

For some reason this looks like it was filmed in 2005 to me

[@walterhatfield8767]

that's a iffy thing with asphalt

[@youknoweverything7643]

This is gonna be very fast I drive on the old surface in a cup car going 185 mph giving ride alongs as a driving instructor for a racing experience 10 hrs a day sat and Sunday 4 different weekends and my phones GPS said 185 top speed with passenger at 8500 rpms lol well that old surface is a very tricky and slippery turn 3 and 4 during the middle of summer at high noon but fast slippery grippy bumpy and fast like a big version of five flags speedway it felt like lol I loved the old surface but I don't think I will ever get to drive on new surface in a old cup car giving rides anymore I quite that cuse it was a weekend only gig with little pay only did it cuse I got paid to drive a cup car at 188 mph with passengers so fun all the tracks I been to and drove on my phones go's was proof of the speeds the experience claimed you would go in the ride car it was true the cars ppl drive them self no where near the truth if 150 mph you do 110 mph at 4500 rpms at atlanta

[@infinitelystoned5812]

Now theyre gonna need plates for this track

[@threepea1151]

Or tapered spacers

[@forzaferrari1655]

Or the sf1000 engine

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

Yeah, that’s what they want. Pack Racing at Atlanta. I kid you not. That is their goal

[@threepea1151]

@@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT yes very true, and considering they might hit 190 mph at a 1.5 mile track, we might have daytona/talladega style wrecks, or worse

[@mindcrime828]

They don't use plates anymore, and a smaller tapered spacer is already used for all tracks 1.5miles or larger. NASCAR will likely use the same 550hp engine package they ran at both races this year.

[@King1614]

Hope u didn’t fuck up and use the same pavement you used on Texas, charlotte, and Kentucky. Michigan was patient zero and it’s still not worn out. If you did, boy are we in trouble.

[@w2vkylebuschfan713]

I shouldn't be up right now

[@JeremyLeech]

I’ll pay you $20 to let me drive around there when it’s done

[@ROLLINRILLOS]

Don't use them for racing might as well use them for paving

[@tylermartin4822]

U ruined it.

[@mrwest5552]

stinking work clothes stripped off and set for laundry, shit and showered, meal eaten and basics taken care of THEN the commitment to sleep before waking and driving to the job site at the crazy hour of the day. Then do it again.

[@ricktaylor3748]

I figured they'd use some type of special pavement, not just regular tar and gravel mix.

[@JW-vq8fp]

Looks like a 12.5 mm mix with a ton of polymer.

[@MX304]

RIP AMS. This is gonna be a one lane snooze fest just like Texas after it was reconfigured.

[@dannicolmatthew]

Nah, this might actually be nice. The reason why texas is bad now is because they took away banking instead of adding it

[@MX304]

@@dannicolmatthew But they took a full lane of width out of it. On top of that, we have no idea how the new car is going to race compared to the old car. They should have waited at least one more year, then decided how to proceed after the new cars had raced on it. They have yet to improve a track by re-configuring it. They completely destroyed TMS and Bristol. The only improvement to a track in the past ten years was turning Charlotte into a road course for one race a season.

[@MLGProSwag69]

@@MX304 the track is still 40 feet wide, as wide as Daytona, they've got plenty of space. Also Kansas, Las Vegas & Homestead are both tracks that they've improved with reconfigurations

[@captainnebulous2918]

I fail to see how making a track require less skill to race on is an improvement

[@Thegod_of_memes]

Daytona Jr

[@adriansims1596]

Yup.