Why Is Atlanta Motor Speedway Becoming A Superspeedway?

[@KenMac-ui2vb]

Welp. Just saw one of the greatest finishes of all time in NASCAR. Pretty amazing race... And I'm no fan, but that was pretty intense.

[@ZIGAG1999]

that pit road is going to be scary since the track is still a 1.5 mile oval unlike daytona and talladega where the pit road is SUPER easy to get onto. also i feel like with the added banking the racing would be better with the 670hp 4 inch spoiler package but lets wait and see.....

[@dannicolmatthew]

With the added banking speeds would be a concern, cars could go flying on their own

[@josh_jacobb]

Maybe one to a few cars wouldnt have a problem since the next gen cat is lighter with bigger brakes, but if/when nearly the whole field pits...

[@NASCARFAN93100]

This is gonna be interesting

[@Daniel-cu8zt]

Oh... it was a major success. Going back.in July

[@naparacingfan9275]

Atlanta Superspeedway should still be Atlanta Motor Speedway in my opinion. The track should have been repaved not reconfigured. I believe they should have left Atlanta alone and turn Texas into the superspeedway. Homestead-Miami is definitely the best 1.5 mile track in NASCAR. I just hope Atlanta Superspeedway is not an embarrassment for NASCAR and puts on a great product.

[@georgefleming6058]

Agree 110% they took one of the most distinctive tracks on the circuit where you can run multiple lines and completely ruined it if they were going to do experiment like this they should have took one of the other cookie cutter mile-and-a-half race tracks like Kansas or Kentucky and possibly tried it there and secondly why would you take a track that all the drivers loved and change it it just doesn't make good sense NASCAR continues to make bad bad decisions

[@debbiebernhardt5406]

Didn’t you hear about the water coming out of track problem? The track was suffering from that type of stress under the roads. It had a fire catch on the roadway from a jet dryer. So they had to redesign with newer materials to prevent problems it had from its first 24 years of operation.

[@georgefleming6058]

@@debbiebernhardt5406 if they repaved the track in its original configuration they could have addressed these problems just like they did when they changed it to what it is currently this is not the first track with drainage problems or weepers as they call them

[@debbiebernhardt5406]

@@georgefleming6058 the track aged faster than they liked, so they wanted one to age well.

[@georgefleming6058]

@@debbiebernhardt5406 doesn't make any difference to me if the racing sucks

[@racecar_spelled_backwards868]

I think this makes Atlanta a prototype for a mini-Super speedway. It will be interesting if we have the higher speeds, and pack racing, but in a smaller venue with faster lap times. This could play very interesting into green-flag pit strategies. I'm going to hold my judgement, but I kind of like, at least in theory, the idea of a mini-Super Speedway (maybe call it a pocket Super Speedway?). If anything, it will keep Atlanta unique.

[@JettMDK]

And I think that’s one of the big reasons for this change. If you’re gonna be different, having a mini superspeedway would definitely help with promoting the event

[@josephpenn1115]

One reason to not go to a short track is that like Auto Club NASCAR is not the only form of racing there. The road course that would be removed in the case of a short track being built is used for club events.

[@altfactor]

I think there's one other reason Atlanta has become a super-speedway: I think they want to host an Indycar race and the uniqueness of the new track might just lure Indycar.

[@FrosteeWusky]

An IndyCar race at Atlanta would get someone killed

[@damianclark550]

Waiting for it being a "Super Duper speedway" next

[@92essink]

Short track I thought was great, especially places like north wilkesboro, or when truck and xfiniti went to Iowa. Hope with the new renovations they can bring back some of those old tracks like The Rock and so on.

[@bluegrassboy2448]

It sounds like the corner speeds are just a little higher than they feel is safe, but I always thought logic is lower power, higher mid corner speeds, but from what I'm hearing (and you know how that goes) the 550hp package will allow safer mid corner speeds until grip levels fall off over time.

[@JG3RTR]

I'm gonna be there. I'm excited. I just don't know what to expect.

[@dcstrng1]

Well, we'll see... the two tracks I haven't watched live in years (decades, actually...) are Dega and Daytona... love racing, but not wreck-fests and I sure hope Atlanta doesn't actually go that way -- yes, I've been to Atlanta even way back when it was an oval... the D-track surprised me with eventually very good racing (wasn't too wild about the change at the time, so who knows... could be a good thing...)

[@JettMDK]

I feel the same way, I love the old Atlanta but if this new reconfiguration can provide us with good racing then we all win with this change

[@johnvandeventer8668]

Great video Jettmdk

[@aldouscoroza]

Atlanta should have been reconfigured into its Pre 1997 Layout Instead, but with 22 - 25 Degrees of Progressive Banking

[@debbiebernhardt5406]

Didn’t you notice the issue with water buildup?

[@aldouscoroza]

@@debbiebernhardt5406 SMI Tracks have had problems with that for Years

[@debbiebernhardt5406]

@@aldouscoroza where can I get 100 octane gasoline?

[@britknowles6530]

Well done young man!

[@jc1424]

short track racing is awesome what's the confusion?

[@chibby__]

I can say I was one of the few who got to see a sneak peak when he uploaded this on accident yesterday

[@JettMDK]

You one of the few special ones my friend

[@jefferyrobertson7520]

Atlanta Motor Speedway 1.522 Mile Track From The 70s 80s And Early 90s In My Opinion NASCAR History ☺😎 Thanks For Uploading

[@theoutlawraider3317]

The race was amazing. I'm going to the next race in Atlanta. I didn't think It would be that great but the new cars and new track was Peanut butter and Jelly 😁😁😁

[@TheRolltide130]

Obviously they're two different leagues, but Indycar tried the "superspeedway style racing on a 1.5 mile track" package in 2011 and it ended with the worst motorsports tragedy since Earnhardt. Trying to race a 1.5 mile track like a superspeedway has a history of being dangerous so I'm a bit nervous about this one.

[@NickyD]

yeah stock cars are way safter it will be fine its gonna be like daytona indycars were never gonna work at vegas and indy new and didnt listen to the drivers indy cars are unsafe

[@rickybobby8224]

Yeah but you could fill a book on Indy car oval tragedies.

[@ninjawarrriorr3062]

That’s Indycar, way way different

[@campingmods496]

Awesome video!

[@thedirtybubble9613]

Speaking of 1.5 mile tracks, they need to bring back Chicagoland too.

[@007.coop.9]

I will be there this year

[@Okzide.]

Like your content.

[@stanvans3214]

wow atlanta motor speedway was literally left like the rest of the roads in atlanta still are! 21 years is frequent in georgia!

[@thedirtybubble9613]

Next they need to repave Homestead. Give that track fresh asphalt and it would be awesome again.

[@JettMDK]

What do you think of Atlanta becoming a superspeedway?

[@AlexJeezyDaSnowmanRappa07]

I’m excited to see the new Atlanta Motor Speedway or should I say Superspeedway cause it’s gonna be a great race this weekend I’m a big fan of restrictor plate racing and Superspeedway racing

[@VoodooDangerbird]

I’ve been to races at Martinsville, Michigan a few times, Indianapolis, Road America, And Atlanta. Are used to go to the race is at Milwaukee. The best racing was it had at Atlanta by far, I was there in 2002. The racing was very fast in Indianapolis and Michigan. I like the high speed and less restriction on the engines like with the too often utilized restrictor place. Martinsville was great short track racing and Milwaukee was almost ready to host the race I believe with better racing than New Hampshire but the owners that took control of the Milwaukee mile had very little idea what they were doing. I had a roommate and friend that interviewed there for a financial advisor position and was apalled. Atlanta was the best of the “cookie-cutter tracks “but was rather similar to Texas in Charlotte. I’m not sure what type of product they’re going to get with narrower racing surface and I miss the old three and four wide Atlanta lines that they would run. It looks like the best racing is going to be left at Michigan from my local area and now we have the Road America race here. I like the move towards the road courses and I hope that they drop the restrictor plate in Atlanta as soon as possible.

[@walterbrown9079]

#TALLADEGA SPEEDWAY AND FORD WILL RULES AND CHASE BRISCOE COULD GO BACK TO BACK ?

[@Dominion69420]

The part of the stands coming off turn 4 needs to be called the splash zone… because when a car locks up and goes straight into the wall… well… Also word is they’re gonna do double yellow lines… which… fuck.

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

What a familiar video👀

[@JettMDK]

Really? Nah this is brand new…

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

@@JettMDK what? You’re crazy.😤

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

Lol

[@loganengland8177]

I think the second Atlanta race should be a night race

[@MarshallDog]

I don't think we're going to see pack racing like we do at Daytona and Talladega. I think the turns are still too tight for that. What I expect to happen is the pack will stay together and positions will shuffle around, but the leader will be impossible to pass. That's what we saw at the 2-mile ovals when they brought in the 550 package.

[@Dj_Not_Nice]

Nascar will benefit from more passing and closer racing at any track

[@thequestioneverythingconfe9263]

Texas ought to follow suit!!

[@Brian_rock_railfan]

great video

[@aaronberg186]

Will there be restrictor plates?

[@MZanatta79]

I think will be more like Charlotte's 2018 all star racing.... Like a Slow Motion racing.....

[@blabla6790]

Good video

[@kodycrabb5820]

They need to do this to Michigan if they want to stick around into the future. Indy car isn’t coming back, give it 30 degrees and let’s make a mess 🤣

[@wesman5292]

NASCAR’s Chief Operating Officer Steve O’Donnell said that next weekend’s race events at Atlanta Motor Speedway will likely have the double yell0w-line rule, typically featured at Daytona and Talladega. Should a driver make a pass below the yellow line, they will be penalized. This is the first time AMS will utilize the double yellow-line rule after its reconfiguration in an effort of making the racing closer together.

[@Dominion69420]

Aka they just want more wrecks and are gonna be inconsistent as fuck about rule enforcement for that Thats the main downside to this all

[@manuelgrothe608]

I wish the Atlanta 400 would have a ROVAL race like Charlotte Motor Speedway

[@Daniel-cu8zt]

The racing stunk the last 5 to 7 yrs. This weekend revived the track and the racing was awesome.

[@JBWJr]

More Hum Drum Racing where a drivers knowledge and skill don't mean HALF as much as LUCK!!!!!!

[@benwalter4842]

The one section of pit road that did not get repaved (the first section) is now getting on my nerves. (I do not get why that section was not repaved as it looks like asphalt and not concrete like the track claims it to be.)

[@JCButterfly-kl3sj]

Huge interesting

[@CAPEjkg]

Superspeedway without super speeds

[@nick92065]

It was already a superspeedway.

[@quandaledingle5331]

Im going to all 3 races

[@racingray5450]

Hey I wanna ask a question. What's your take on the ideas if nascar turning every track into a super speedway, getting rid of those damn restricter plates, or making each track different shape like square, diamond, octogon, ects. Also what do you think of nascar making the stock cars kinda like touring stock cars? Big wings in the back and automatic Jacks. Lastly what about getting rid of Toyota in nascar and bringing back Dodge so nascar can be the battle of the Muscle Cars again like in times of old.

[@JFein]

Almost none of these things will ever happen. - Only having super speedways would kill the the sport, super speedways are entertaining to watch because they’re not the norm, but a season of only pack racing would be a farce. - Restrictor plates (or some kind of bhp restriction) will never go away, speeds are too fast and the danger is too high without them - The most unique shape you’ll ever see on the oval front in NASCAR is Pocono, a triangle. Anything beyond that and you’re basically just on a shitty road course. I could see a square “oval” maaaybe happening, but it would need to be huge to make the racing work in modern Cup cars, and it seems highly unlikely. - Making stock cars like touring or GT cars by adding wings and such would also kill the sport. Drivers would be flat out everywhere, like a poor man’s version of indycar. Stock cars are cool precisely because they don’t generate massive amounts of downforce and you really have to wheel them. Hydraulic jacks could happen one day though! - Toyota will leave NASCAR the day it stops making them money, which is basically when we’ll know the sport is on its death bed. They’re not going anywhere until then. I would love to see more manufacturers involved in the sport, but it certainly won’t be because Toyota pulled out

[@racingray5450]

@@JFein We duh. I understand that it probably won't happen but every time I'm on KZbin someone is talking about Nascar being terrible and worse then what it was when it started. I'm just thinking about it because it's fun. Will it happen and will it really be that bad if it did? Idk. Just want Nascar to be at it's best like it was in the past but new so people can actually watch and like it and not get bord half way through. Idk. Just asking questions. I do agree with some things.

[@JettMDK]

Well turning every track into I superspeedway or tracks that are meant to create pack racing would be a bad for the sport since no tracks can differentiate itself. It’s okay having superspeedway racing as long as it’s kept as a specialty and not an every week thing. Getting rid of the restrictor plates or now it’s tapered spacers would be good because it would eliminate pack racing and the closeness of cars and prevent less crashes and cars getting airborne but it would never work since NASCAR is all about entertainment. Making each track a different shape would be cool I think, it adds a unique twist and makes tracks stand out more. I think making the cars look more like touring stock cars is good because it resembles a lot more to the production cars (expect for the wings) and touring stocks are usually less aero sensitive so it’s better for racing. And I think getting rid of Toyota would be very bad for NASCAR since Toyota helps expand the sport on an international platform and some of the most popular cars on the road are Toyota or at the very least more relevant than Dodge. Dodge coming back would be great but Toyota has helped promote NASCAR in a big way and it would not do the sport any good getting rid of it.

[@racingray5450]

@@JettMDK OK what is your opinion on turning the cookies cutter tracks into some more short tracks, some super speedways, or just try and bring back tracks of old?

[@JettMDK]

It depends on the situation with some tracks Might need a whole change in its configuration based on attendance or just lack of good racing regardless of the package. Now there are a lot of other factors that play into it like promoting the event correctly or the date and time of race also matter but for some tracks it makes sense. As for bringing back old tracks, if there is enough hype behind bringing a track back to life and it’s still in somewhat decent condition because sometimes bringing back an old track depending on its condition can sometimes cost more than just reconfiguring an existing and stable track

[@rickybobby8224]

So more races on the calendar where driver matters least and surviving big crashes matters most. Wish they would have gone back to original configuration.

[@buckeyefangirl1976]

I like it❤️❤️

[@buckeyefangirl1976]

Been exciting so far plus my guy, my forever #24 Jeff Gordon is back in the booth ❤️

[@goopber]

gran turismo music?

[@jaredthompson7007]

Why because of the "A" you know Daytona Talledega Atlanta lol

[@harrymitchell5402]

Why in the hell is there a Nashville speedway ? Now Fairgrounds speedway which I grew up with. Is not a speedway. But I loved it when I was 6 too 8 yrs old

[@bobabooey285]

NASCR seems to get something wrong every time they do something right....we will see

[@johnnyluck8102]

I’d much rather watch cup cars racing on a short track.

[@thegrossmansmx]

the crashes and last lap passes are the only good thing about plate races. other than that its boring as hell. this is a mistake unless they give the cars all the hp

[@okamijubei]

Because America likes faster speed

[@jaredhunt7832]

Elliott the GOAT

[@mlwise24]

Because NASCAR just has to kill the sport

[@VoodooDangerbird]

Daytona and Talladega are some of the most boring races of the season. Restrictor plate equals boring racing And plenty of crashes.

[@RippingItAllSportsCards]

Facts don't like. Superspeedway racing is most popular. People want short tracks yet they literally changed the Bristol spring race because no one was going. Sure, blame the weather, but that wasn't an issue 7 years ago. Who knows what we will see. I'll wait to judge AFTER 2022.

[@dracer555]

All they should have done was repave it. It would have aged in a couple years and been fine. Wreck fest suck, that’s why I don’t enjoy Daytona or dega anymore

[@GODLlKE]

what should have happened to texas happened to Atlanta. See the reason why Atlanta and Darlington have great racing was do to the pavement right? What IF they used the same type rough pavement not this dumbass GLASS like ass pavement they use everywhere? Just slowly sand away at the tires due to the pavement having shells in it. I dont know if yall know this or not, but there is a lot of sand around Darlington. its not red clay like Charlotte

[@JettMDK]

It’s pretty easy, it’s all about saving money. A lot of the latest repaves since they last so long, tracks don’t have to spend really any money to keep the track race ready. Darlington replaced but it was repaved with pavement that allowed it to age. Todays repaves won’t do that

[@Fox_Sock]

needs to be relocated to become relevant

[@lonniewatkins4844]

Kyle and Denny criticizing things in Nascar is becoming the new norm.You would think if they disliked so much stuff then they would find a new profession. WAIT I FORGOT THEY GET PAID MILLIONS TO DO IT.NEVERMIND!

[@bobabooey285]

I'm sure you never complain at work, right?

[@g_men2121]

If it was a short track, I wouldn’t be attending. Id quit bein a nascar fan. Im sick to my stomach with short tracks. If they keep Auto Club a 2 mile track, good. If not. A lot more fans will quit watchin nascar

[@JettMDK]

Why? What’s wrong with short tracks?

[@rickybobby8224]

@@JettMDK He must be a Russian troll undermining America with ludicrous commments about track configuration

[@L154N4LG4IB]

Short tracks with high banking are good. I hate martinville. The hail melon was the most entertaining thing that I’ve witnessed at that track.

[@BibbyWottLuvr]

Cringe