Atlanta Motorsports Park facts for kids
Atlanta Motorsports Park
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| Location | Dawson County, Dawsonville, Georgia, United States |
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| Time zone | UTC-5 (UTC-4 DST) |
| Coordinates | 34°26′05″N 84°10′37″W / 34.43472°N 84.17694°W |
| Owner | Jeremy W. Porter |
| Architect | Hermann Tilke |
| Major events | Optima Batteries Chump Car World Series |
| The Road Circuit | |
| Surface | Asphalt |
| Length | 2 mi (3.2186 km) |
| Turns | 16 |
| Race lap record | 1:15.89 (Bruce Roch, West Race Cars, 2013, West WX10) |
| Kart Circuit | |
| Surface | Asphalt |
| Length | .85 mi (1.368 km) |
Atlanta Motorsports Park (AMP) is a cool place in the North Georgia mountains. It has two exciting tracks for driving. A famous designer named Hermann Tilke, who designs tracks for Formula One races, created them.
Road & Track Magazine even said AMP's main road course is one of the Top 10 Tracks in North America! It's known for its big changes in height and tricky turns. The park has two special corners that are like famous parts of tracks in Europe: one from Belgium's Spa-Francorchamps and another from Germany's Nürburgring.
Close to the main track, AMP has a Driver Development Center. This is a special area with a "skid pad" and an "ice hill." Drivers can practice here in both wet and dry conditions. AMP also has a professional kart racing track. It's about 0.83 miles long and has 43 feet of height changes. This kart track meets high international standards.
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History of Atlanta Motorsports Park
Jeremy W. Porter is the person who started Atlanta Motorsports Park and is its CEO. Before creating AMP, Porter was a successful kart racer. He won two championships in a row!
Jeremy Porter saw a great chance to build his own race track. That's how AMP came to be. The very first official race at AMP was the Inaugural ChumpCar World Series Race. This exciting event happened in November 2013.
What is the Road Circuit Like?
AMP's road circuit is a two-mile-long track. It was designed by Hermann Tilke, who is famous for designing Formula One race tracks. The track has 16 turns and changes in height by 98 feet!
This circuit is very flexible. It can be set up in different ways. This means it can host up to three different events at the same time. The track also has two famous corners. These are like the "Eau Rouge" corner from Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium and the "Carousel corner" from Germany's Nürburgring track.
All About the Kart Circuit
AMP's kart circuit is about 0.85 miles (1.368 km) long. This track can be split into four smaller tracks. This allows up to three different karting events to happen at the same time.
The kart track was built to meet very high international standards (CIK Level A). The full course has 43 feet of height changes. People around the world say it has the most extreme height changes of any kart track anywhere!
AMP hosts many different kart races. These include:
- Endurance Karting
- WKA races
- Chump Car races
- SCCA events
- NASA events
- World Racing League
- ProCup Karting League
- Member racing series
- Time trials
- Public Karting Racing Series
Atlanta Motorsports Park in the Media
Atlanta Motorsports Park has been featured in many TV shows and magazines.
- In 2013, AMP was on an episode of MotoMan. The host, George J. Notaras, interviewed the Vice President of Marketing for Cadillac. He also drove a Cadillac ATS car around the track.
- Motor Trend's Wide Open Throttle reviewed the 2013 Cadillac ATS at the road circuit. They posted an article and video about it on July 26, 2012.
- A commercial for the Ford Escape EcoBoost challenge was filmed at the road circuit. It aired in March 2013.
- CNN Money filmed a part of their show at the road circuit. They featured the Aston Martin Rapide S car. This segment aired in June 2013.
- AMP also took part in Taste of Speed's Rally For CURE 2013. This was a charity driving event. It started at Ferrari Maserati of Atlanta and ended at Atlanta Motorsports Park. The event raised money for CURE Childhood Cancer. 2013 was the first year for this special event.
