The Atlanta 500 Classic was an
Indy Racing League
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event held at the
Atlanta Motor Speedway
Atlanta Motor Speedway (currently known as EchoPark Speedway for sponsorship reasons, formerly known as the Atlanta International Raceway from 1960 to 1990) is a quad-oval Oval track racing#Intermediate, intermediate speedway in Hampton, Georg ...
from 1998 until 2001.
Previous
USAC and
CART
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races had been held at the track dating to 1965. The first
National Championship
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races in Atlanta were held at
Atlanta Motordrome, a 2-mile (3.2 km) dirt oval, in 1910. Later
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and USAC races were held at
Lakewood Speedway
Lakewood Speedway was a race track located south of Atlanta, Georgia, in Lakewood, just north of the eastern arm of Langford Parkway (formerly Lakewood Freeway). The track held many kinds of races between 1919 and 1979, including events sanction ...
, a dirt oval in Atlanta.
Past winners
Atlanta Motordrome
Shared drive
Lakewood Speedway
Lakewood Speedway was a race track located south of Atlanta, Georgia, in Lakewood, just north of the eastern arm of Langford Parkway (formerly Lakewood Freeway). The track held many kinds of races between 1919 and 1979, including events sanction ...
Atlanta Motor Speedway
Atlanta Motor Speedway (currently known as EchoPark Speedway for sponsorship reasons, formerly known as the Atlanta International Raceway from 1960 to 1990) is a quad-oval Oval track racing#Intermediate, intermediate speedway in Hampton, Georg ...
External links
Champ Car Stats: Motordrome archive
{{IndyCar Series races
Former IndyCar Series races
Champ Car races
Motorsport in Georgia (U.S. state)