Dear Motorsports
Fans:
On behalf of the Road Atlanta staff, thank
you for making 2009 a huge success! It's your loyal support that enables us to
continue promoting first class events and we thank you.
2010 promises to be another action-packed
year of racing featuring 15+ exciting spectator events highlighted
by the world famous Petit Le Mans, the new and improved AMA Suzuki
Superbike Showdown and our fastest growing event, Drift Atlanta. There
may even be a new event or two, stay tuned!
We're especially excited about the 13th Annual Petit Le Mans which
will be better than ever thanks to a new prototype challenge class
and also the inaugural Intercontinental Cup (race within a race)
featuring the best LMP1 teams from around the world.
As always, we will spend the offseason making improvements to
the track and facility so our competitors and fans will continue
to enjoy Road Atlanta for years to come.
Keep an eye on our web site and Fast Track
e-newsletter for updated information about our track and events. Call us with any
questions. Thanks again, we'll see you at the races!
Sincerely,
Geoff Lee
Road
Atlanta is 40 years old!
Road
Atlanta was carved out of the red Georgia clay on a 750 acre Hall
County plot of land in 1969. What was once a farmer’s field
is now a world class motorsports facility, rich in history and tradition.
For more than 40 years, Road Atlanta has been a destination location
for top tier sports car and motorcycle racing, providing competitors
and fans with heart pounding excitement, unforgettable experiences
and life-long memories.
In 2010, to celebrate 40 years, Road Atlanta wants to give back
to our loyal fans for their continued support by offering ticket
discounts, contests and prizes, a Birthday celebration at Petit
Le Mans including past drivers, autograph sessions, and give-aways,
a new Road Atlanta historic web
page (to help bring back
memories) and much more!
We look forward to celebrating our big 40th with everyone and can’t
wait to embark on 40 more years of great racing! Stay tuned to www.roadatlanta.com
for updates throughout the year. See you soon!
Click
here to visit historic web page >>>
CJ
Wilson- Texas Rangers, Relief Pitcher Blogs for Road Atlanta
Most
of my year is spent traveling from place to place, playing baseball…from
about Valentine's Day to October 1st each year my schedule is pretty
booked. It's obviously a phenomenal career- but hey let me be honest-
it's hard on the "family, friends, free time” segment.
The only real complaint or thing I miss during the spring and summer
each year is the opportunity to follow, attend or participate in
motorsports. I love watching the American Le Mans Series, and the
last two years I've been able to see the season ending event in
October at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
Off the field, (and actually since I was a little
kid attending midget races on oval dirt tracks) I'm an enormous
fan of cars, driving, and the whole world of racing. A lot of my
teammates play fantasy football, but my fall and winter months
are geared toward getting out to see the country and race (or watch
races) here and there at some of the most famous tracks in the
world…schedule permitting. It's a new pursuit, but one I've
always been passionate about, even as a child. Inevitably this
passion (or hobby of course) has brought me in the last two years
out to Road Atlanta. >>>More
Road
Atlanta Founder, Cleveland
Businessman Passes Away
From AccessNorthGa.com
By Ken Stanford Editor
GAINESVILLE - A memorial service is
planned next week for Dave Sloyer, a Cleveland businessman and
the designer and founder of Road Atlanta.
Sloyer died last week at Northeast
Georgia Medical Center following a long illness.
Sloyer was a Kansas native with an
aerospace background who raced cars on the side. His love for automobile
racing was a driving force in his life. After pulling his race
cars all over the country doing club races, he decided to build
a race track at home, so in 1969 Road Atlanta was born. >>>More
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