BY THE NUMBERS  RESULTS SCHEDULE of EVENTS Magnum Cup Series Race Record Billy the Kid 168.684 mph 10/29/2006 Magnum Cup Series Qual Record Billy the Kid 195.901 mph (28.300s) 09/07/2009 Sportsman Cup Series Race Record Gael Brooks 151.340 mph 09/01/2010 Sportsman Cup Series Qual Record Mieser 190.215 mph (29.146s) 03/12/2008 Diamond Series Race Record Duck 153.404 mph 03/20/2004 Diamond Series Qual Record Duck 178.321 mph 10/26/2006 2011 - Magnum 9/5 2011 - Sportsman 9/7 2011 - Diamond 6/23 2010 - Magnum 9/6 2010 - Magnum 3/7 2010 - Sportsman 9/1 2010 - Diamond 2/18 2009 - Magnum 9/7 2009 - Magnum 3/9 2009 - Sportsman 9/2 2009 - Diamond 3/18 2008 - Magnum 11/3 2008 - Magnum 3/10 2008 - Sportsman 3/12 2011 Race Schedule Magnum Cup Series Solid State Records 500 09/05/2011 Sportsman Cup Series Great Clips 300 09/07/2011 Diamond Series Diamond Truck Series 400 06/23/2011 Calob Mclaughlin     TRACK HISTORY     Atlanta Motor Speedway (formerly Atlanta International Raceway) is a superspeedway in Hampton, Georgia, twenty miles (32 km) south of Atlanta. It is a 1.54-mile (2.48 km) quad-oval track with a seating capacity of over 125,000. It opened in 1960 as a 1.5 mile standard oval. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two 1.5 mile ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstrech and backstrech were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval. The project made the track one of the fastest on the NASCAR circuit. For most of the 1990s and 2000s, the track boasted the highest speeds on the NASCAR circuit, with a typical qualifying lap speed of about 193 mph (311 km/h) and a record lap speed of over 197 mph (317 km/h). In 2004 and 2005, the similarly designed Texas Motor Speedway saw slightly faster qualifying times, but as the tracks' respective racing surfaces have worn, qualifying speeds at Atlanta have again become consistently faster than at Texas (2005 and 2006). [1] The circuit has two tracks, the longer Talladega Superspeedway and Daytona International Speedway, that were once much faster than Atlanta, with lap speeds usually exceeding 200 mph (322 km/h), but restrictor plates were mandated for use on those tracks in 1988 after Bobby Allison's violent crash at Talladega the year before, reducing average lap speeds to about 190 mph (306 km/h). NASCAR does not currently require restrictor plates at Atlanta, which helped lead to the adoption of the track's commercial slogan, "Real Racing. Real Fast." In 2003, qualifying for the Bass Pro Shops 500 was moved to Friday night, and shortly afterwards both Cup races began featuring night qualifying. In 2006, the Bass Pro Shops 500 start time was adjusted to guarantee a night finish. The opening scenes of the 1980 movie Smokey and the Bandit II were filmed at the track.