Atlanta Motor Speedway will play host to a pair of NASCAR race weekends in 2024, including the opening round of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs. Photo: HHP/Garry Eller
Atlanta Motor Speedway will assume a major role in crowning the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series champion.
For the first time, AMS will kick off the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs in 2024 on Sunday, September 8.
“No track in NASCAR has more momentum than Atlanta Motor Speedway, with more people experiencing the new-look AMS and incredible racing each year,” said AMS Executive Vice President and General Manager Brandon Hutchison. “Things just got even more exciting for our races in 2024, with AMS playing a key role in crowning next year’s NASCAR Cup Series champion.”
The 2024 season will be the first time Atlanta has played host to the opening race of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. As an installment for each of the first five years of NASCAR’s postseason, the last such race at AMS was held in the midst of a spirited title fight between Carl Edwards and Jimmie Johnson in 2008. Edwards took the trophy in Atlanta, Johnson took the championship.
Atlanta’s spring weekend, headlined by the NASCAR Cup Series on Sunday, Februry. 25, will be NASCAR’s first visit of the season to the Georgia superspeedway.
In addition to its NASCAR Cup Series events, AMS will also host a pair of Xfinity Series races and a Craftsman Truck Series event.
Atlanta’s NASCAR doubleheader will return for the spring race weekend, with the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series both on Saturday, February. 24. The Xfinity Series hits Atlanta Motor Speedway’s high banks again for the fall NASCAR weekend on Saturday, September 7.
For more information, visit AtlantaMotorSpeedway.com.
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