Road Atlanta
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| Location | Hall County, Braselton, Georgia, United States |
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| Time zone | UTC-5 (UTC-4 DST) |
| Coordinates | 34°8′48″N 83°49′4″W / 34.14667°N 83.81778°WCoordinates: 34°8′48″N 83°49′4″W / 34.14667°N 83.81778°W |
| Owner | IMSA Holdings, LLC |
| Opened | 1970 |
| Major events |
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Petit Le Mans AMA Superbike Suzuki Superbike Showdown Formula Drift |
| Grand Prix course | |
| Surface | Asphalt |
| Length | 2.54 mi (4.088 km) |
| Turns | 12 |
| Lap record | 1:06.242 (Stéphane Sarrazin, Peugeot Sport, 2008, LMP1) |
| Motorcycle course | |
| Surface | Asphalt |
| Length | 2.55 mi (4.103 km) |
| Turns | 12 |
| Lap record | 1:23.421 (Ben Spies, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 2008, AMA Superbike) |
| Website | www |
Road Atlanta is a 2.54-mile (4.088 km) road course located just north of Braselton, Georgia, United States. The facility is utilized for a wide variety of events, including professional and amateur sports car and motorcycle races, racing and driving schools, corporate programs and testing for motorsports teams. The track has 12 turns, including the famous "esses" between turns three and five; and Turn 12, a downhill, diving turn. The track is owned by IMSA Holdings, LLC through its subsidiary Road Atlanta, LLC, and is the home to the Petit Le Mans, as well as AMA motorcycle racing, and smaller events throughout the year.
In 1969, David Sloyer, Earl Walker, and Arthur Montgomery purchased a 750 acres (300 ha) plot of farmland in Braselton, Georgia, with the intent to build a world-class road racing facility. When a Can-Am race had to be canceled due to flood damage, the series organizers chose Road Atlanta to replace it. The track then began to take form quickly, taking only six months to excavate, grade, and pave the road course.
The first race was held on September 13, 1970. Vic Elford, in a Chaparral 2J, won pole and Tony Dean, in a Porsche 908/02, won the 300 km Can-Am event, with Stirling Moss as the Grand Marshal. Throughout the 1970s, more top-level series came to Road Atlanta, including Can-Am, Formula 5000, IMSA Camel GT, and Trans-Am. The Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) held their annual national championship, the SCCA Runoffs, at Road Atlanta from 1970 to 1993. The first road race in NASCAR Busch Grand National Series history took place at Road Atlanta in 1986.
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