has been thoroughly redesigned since last July with a new layout designed to improve the racing at the 1.54-mile oval.
The entire surface was torn up for the first time since 1997 and a new one laid down with a modified profile that includes steeper banking and changes to its width.The turns are now set at 28 degrees, instead of 24 degrees, and drop from 55 feet wide to 40 feet wide. The backstretch has also been narrowed to 42 feet, but the dogleg front stretch is widened to 61.5-feet.
During a tire test session at the track in January, cars were running laps below 31 seconds in the draft and drivers think they could break 30 seconds as they further improve their car setups. Last year's races Ryan Blaney and Kurt Busch were run mostly in the 32-34 second range.."I don’t think we are going to be tight-pack racing."
Atlanta Motor Speedway opened as a traditional oval in 1960 and was reconfigured into a quad oval in 1997.
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