Atlanta Motorsports Park

Atlanta Motorsports Park
Atlanta Motorsports Park
LocationDawson County, Dawsonville, Georgia, United States
Time zoneUTC -5 (UTC-4 DST)
Coordinates34°26′05″N 84°10′37″W / 34.43472°N 84.17694°W / 34.43472; -84.17694
OwnerJeremy W. Porter
ArchitectHermann Tilke
Major eventsOptima Batteries Chump Car World Series
The Road Circuit
SurfaceAsphalt
Length2 miles (3.2186 km)
Turns16
Race lap record1:15.89 (Bruce Roch, West Race Cars, 2013, West WX10)
Kart Circuit
SurfaceAsphalt
Length.85 miles (1.368 km)
Driver Development Centre - 7.5% slope "Ice Hill" and 200 foot Skid Pad
Picture of the straight, turns 16 to 8 and part of the kart circuit

Atlanta Motorsports Park (AMP) is an American auto racing facility that contains two driving circuits in the North Georgia mountains. Designed by Formula One architect Hermann Tilke, Atlanta Motorsports Park's two-mile main road course is held in high regard by outlets such as Road & Track, who named it to its list of Top 10 Tracks in North America. The park is known for the aggressive elevation changes and technical layout. Atlanta Motorsports Park has two "signature" corners as a tribute to Europe's road circuits: Belgium's Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and Germany's Nürburgring.

In close proximity to the main circuit, Atlanta Motorsports Park's Driver Development Center has an on-site skid pad and an ice hill, providing a place to test in both wet and dry conditions. Atlanta Motorsports Park's second circuit is a professional kart circuit built to CIK Level A/1 Standards. It is .83 miles in length and has 43 feet of elevation changes.[1]

  1. ^ "The Road Circuit". atlantamotorsports.com. Archived from the original on February 1, 2014. Retrieved January 28, 2014.