"A 1.54-mile quad-oval south of Atlanta, racing since 1960 and rebuilt in 2021 with 28-degree banking that turned it into a pack-racing superspeedway."
Location: Hampton, Georgia (south of Atlanta) Track Type: Paved quad-oval Length: 1.54 miles Surface: Asphalt Banking: 28° (turns) / 5° (straightaways) Opened: 1960, as Atlanta International Raceway First NASCAR Cup Series Race: July 31, 1960 Property: About 850 acres Owner: Speedway Motorsports Former Name: Atlanta Motor Speedway (renamed EchoPark Speedway in June 2025)
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How big is EchoPark Speedway? The track is a 1.54-mile quad-oval, an oval with a slight dogleg in the frontstretch that gives it four distinct bends. The turns are banked at 28 degrees and the straightaways at 5 degrees.
Where is EchoPark Speedway? In Hampton, Georgia, south of Atlanta.
Is EchoPark Speedway the same track as Atlanta Motor Speedway? Yes. The track was called Atlanta Motor Speedway from 1990 until June 2025, when it was renamed EchoPark Speedway under a naming-rights agreement with EchoPark Automotive.
Why does Atlanta race like Daytona and Talladega? A 2021 rebuild raised the banking in the turns from 24 to 28 degrees. Since 2022 the cars have run in tight packs, drafting (running nose to tail so the car in front breaks the air for the car behind) the way they do at NASCAR's two biggest superspeedways, Daytona and Talladega. NASCAR now groups Atlanta with those two as a drafting track.
Who won at EchoPark Speedway in 2026? Kyle Busch won the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race and Sheldon Creed won the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race on February 21. Tyler Reddick won the Cup Series race on February 22. In July, Justin Allgaier won the O'Reilly Series race on the 11th and Ryan Blaney won the Cup Series race on the 12th.
When does NASCAR race at EchoPark Speedway in 2027? Twice. The winter weekend is February 27 and 28, and the summer weekend is July 17 and 18. Full dates are below.
EchoPark Speedway Schedule: 2027 NASCAR Dates
| Date | Day | Series |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 27 | Saturday | NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series |
| Feb 27 | Saturday | NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series |
| Feb 28 | Sunday | NASCAR Cup Series |
| Jul 17 | Saturday | NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series |
| Jul 18 | Sunday | NASCAR Cup Series |
Dates are from NASCAR's 2027 national series schedule. Start times have not been announced. Confirm at echoparkspeedway.com before you travel.
Overview
EchoPark Speedway is a 1.54-mile asphalt quad-oval in Hampton, Georgia. The Cup Series has raced there since July 1960.
The 2021 rebuild changed how the track races. The banking in the turns went to 28 degrees, and since 2022 the racing has looked like Daytona and Talladega: big packs of cars drafting together, frequent lead changes and multicar crashes. In the 2026 season NASCAR listed Atlanta's two dates among its six drafting-track races, alongside two at Daytona and two at Talladega.
The track hosts two Cup Series weekends a year, one in late winter and one in summer.
History
The track was built in 1959 and 1960 and opened as Atlanta International Raceway. Fireball Roberts won the first Cup Series race there on July 31, 1960.
Bruton Smith bought the track on October 20, 1990, and it was renamed Atlanta Motor Speedway. Smith's company, Speedway Motorsports, still owns it. In 1997 the original 1.5-mile oval was remodeled into the current 1.54-mile quad-oval.
After the July 2021 Cup race the track was repaved and reprofiled. The banking in the turns rose from 24 to 28 degrees, while the straightaways stayed at 5 degrees. The first races on the rebuilt track came in 2022.
In June 2025 the track was renamed EchoPark Speedway.
Timeline
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1960 | Track opens as Atlanta International Raceway; Fireball Roberts wins the first Cup race July 31 |
| 1990 | Bruton Smith buys the track October 20; it is renamed Atlanta Motor Speedway |
| 1997 | Original 1.5-mile oval remodeled into the current 1.54-mile quad-oval |
| 2021 | Track repaved and reprofiled after the July Cup race; turn banking raised to 28 degrees |
| 2022 | First races on the rebuilt track, which now races like a superspeedway |
| 2025 | Renamed EchoPark Speedway in June |
| 2026 | Tyler Reddick wins in February and Ryan Blaney wins in July |
Key Drivers
Chase Elliott, William Byron and Joey Logano, two Cup wins each on the rebuilt track, the most of any drivers in its first ten races (2022 through July 2026); no other driver has won there twice. Byron won in 2022 and 2023, Elliott in 2022 and 2025, and Logano in 2023 and 2024.
Kevin Harvick, five O'Reilly Series wins at Atlanta, all before the 2021 rebuild, tied for the most in series history at the track.
Austin Hill, five O'Reilly Series wins at Atlanta, all since the rebuild, tied with Harvick for the record.
Fireball Roberts, winner of the first Cup race at the track in 1960.
Tyler Reddick and Ryan Blaney, the two Cup winners at Atlanta in 2026.
2026 at EchoPark Speedway
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Fr8 Racing 208 (Saturday, February 21): Kyle Busch won.
NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, Bennett Transportation & Logistics 250 (Saturday, February 21): Sheldon Creed won from the fourth starting spot for his first career O'Reilly Series win, 0.309 seconds ahead of Parker Retzlaff. Nick Sanchez finished third.
NASCAR Cup Series, Autotrader 400 (Sunday, February 22): Tyler Reddick led the most laps and took the lead from Bubba Wallace with two laps to go to win. Qualifying was not held.
NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, Focused Health 250 (Saturday, July 11): Justin Allgaier started 16th and beat Carson Kvapil by 0.139 seconds in the No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet for his 34th career O'Reilly Series win. Late cautions sent the race into overtime, NASCAR's extra laps to finish under green, and it ran 172 laps instead of the scheduled 163.
NASCAR Cup Series, Quaker State 400 Available at Walmart (Sunday, July 12): Ryan Blaney won from the pole, won both stages (the segments a race is split into, each paying points to the top 10) and led 171 of 263 laps, beating Christopher Bell by 0.068 seconds. Carson Hocevar finished third. Rain stopped the race for more than three hours, and it ended in overtime after midnight.