- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Atlanta Motor Speedway
- Creator:
- Pierce, Dan
- Date of Original:
- 2004-08-09
- Subject:
- Atlanta Motor Speedway
Racetracks (Automobile racing)--Georgia
Automobile racing--Georgia
NASCAR/Winston Cup stock car racing series - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the Atlanta Motor Speedway. Atlanta Motor Speedway is one of the oldest and most popular stops on NASCAR's Winston Cup circuit. The two Winston Cup events hosted by the speedway each year attract crowds of nearly 250,000 fans from all fifty states and several foreign countries--consistently the first and second highest attendance levels for single-day sporting events in Georgia.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/sports-outdoor-recreation/atlanta-motor-speedway/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Atlanta Motor Speedway," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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