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Devestated by a tornado in 2005, Atlanta Motor Speedway called up Point Source to help rebuild their legendary speedway. As said by track President, Ed Clark, “Everything but the track surface has suffered some kind of damage.”
True to its slogan, “Real Racing. Real Fast.” the project launched just weeks ahead of their next major event. Point Source pulled every resource into action. With support from Community loudspeakers and Crown amplifiers, the Point Source team installed nearly 150 loudspeakers supporting the grandstands and hundreds more in the suites, clubs and concourses. Beyond a simple repair, the entire system evolved from an aging copper infrastructure to a completely digital, fiber-optic network. The new network distributes local and production audio, video, communications and control seamlessly.
Included in the project was a full renovation of the Media Center, Press Box, VIP Club and broadcast facilities, all of which were damaged by the storm. Using the latest in integrated digital design, Point Source was able to network ALL audio systems throughout the facility, allowing any signal to be accessed from any location on the property. When not hosting major events, the systems allow the track operations staff to control the entire PA, allowing them to host a wide variety of racing events throughout the year.
The success of the initial project laid the foundation for an ongoing relationship with Atlanta Motor Speedway. From the RE-Inaugural race in 2005 to today, Point Source continues to support the facility’s systems and operations; in person on race-day and always on call.
Formerly known as the Atlanta International Raceway, the Atlanta Motor Speedway is located in Hampton, just to the south of the city of Atlanta. Atlanta Motor Speedway, is a 2.48 kilometer superspeedway, that has a quad-oval circuit and a spectator seating capacity of approximately 125 000. The track first opened in 1960, but condominiums were erected over the northeastern part of the Atlanta Speedway track in 1994. This construction led to the track being redesigned and practically rebuilt in 1997. The front and backstretches were swapped, and the oval form of the track gave way to quad-oval. Today, the Atlanta Motor Speedway is the fastest NASCAR track on the entire NASCAR circuit. The track also includes a 4 kilometer road course, approved by the FIA, and a Legends racing track, between the main track and the pit road.
This NASCAR circuit was seeing qualifying lap speeds of approximately 311 kilometers an hour, with the fastest recorded lap speed of 317 kilometers an hour, between the 1990s and the 2000s. The Texas Motor Speedway, that was designed very similar to the Atlanta Speedway, did have faster times during 2004 to 2005, but after its surface was worn, the higher speeds returned to Atlanta. Tracks such as Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway did once have faster lap times, averaging about 322 kilometers an hour, but NASCAR mandated restrictor plates for these tracks, making the average speed approximately 306 kilometers an hour. The Atlanta Motor Speedway’s slogan is “Real Racing. Real Fast.” This is not an exaggeration, as NASCAR has not mandated restrictor plates at this track.
Hurricane Cindy hit the Atlanta Motor Speedway on 6 July 2005, with the damage being estimated at approximately 40-50 million US Dollars. Debris was littered across the track, facades were torn off, roofs were damaged, scoreboard towers were knocked down or left leaning and new grandstands had to be built to replace those that were built in 1960. But against all odds, Atlanta Motor Speedway was ready to race by the next big event and has gone on to welcome spectators to witness some of the fastest racing in the United States.
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