TRACK'S: Atlanta Motor Speedway Announces 2013 Racing Schedule

Friday, November 30, 2012

Atlanta Motor Speedway Announces 2013 Racing Schedule

Atlanta Motor Speedway Announces 2013 Racing Schedule

Sprint Car Racing To Make AMS Debut as Part of NASCAR Weekend

HAMPTON, Ga. (Nov. 30, 2012) – For the first time in Atlanta Motor Speedway history, Sprint Car racing will take to the track as part of the speedway’s fifth-annual Labor Day weekend date on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule, Aug. 30-Sept. 1, 2013.

The 54^th-annual AdvoCare 500 on Sunday night, Sept. 1 will highlight the yearly stop at the 1.54-mile speedway for NASCAR’s top two series during the Labor Day weekend. Kicking off the biggest Labor Day Party in the USA will be NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pole Qualifying on Friday night, Aug. 30, in addition to a United Sprint Car Series race that evening. This will be the first time that the lightning-fast Sprint Cars will race at the speedway. Saturday night, Aug. 31 will feature 300 miles of racing from the NASCAR Nationwide Series.

“We are excited to host another year of great racing here at Atlanta Motor Speedway,” said Ed Clark, Atlanta Motor Speedway President and General Manager. “2013 will mark our fifth year of hosting the biggest Labor Day Party in the USA with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and our Thursday Thunder and Friday Night Drags seasons providing affordable, local racing each week.”

The Thursday Thunder Legends racing series returns with eight weeks of action on the quarter-mile “Thunder Ring.” The series will run each Thursday night from June 6-July 25.

The popular Friday Night Drags & Show-N-Shine season will begin on April 26 and run Friday nights through Aug. 16. There will be no racing on May 24 in observance of the Memorial Day holiday. The series will resume for a two week Fall Stampede on Sept. 13 and Sept. 20.

For ticket and event information, plus a complete listing of the 2013 racing schedules at Atlanta Motor Speedway, call the AMS Ticket Office at (877) 9-AMS-TIX, (770) 946-4211 or visit www.atlantamotorspeedway.com.

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