Background , the track where the race was held.
Atlanta Motor Speedway (formerly
Atlanta International Raceway) is a 1.54-mile race track in
Hampton, Georgia, United States, 20 miles (32 km) south of
Atlanta. It has annually hosted
NASCAR Cup Series stock car races since its inauguration in 1960. The venue was bought by
Speedway Motorsports in 1990. In 1994, 46
condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two intermediate ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval, with a new official length of where before it was . The project made the track one of the fastest on the
NASCAR circuit. In July 2021
NASCAR announced that the track would be reprofiled for the 2022 season to have 28 degrees of banking and would be narrowed from 55 to 40 feet which the track claims will turn racing at the track similar to restrictor plate superspeedways. Despite the reprofiling being criticized by drivers, construction began in August 2021 and wrapped up in December 2021. The track has
seating capacity of 71,000 to 125,000 people depending on the tracks configuration.
Entry list •
(R) denotes rookie driver. •
(i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points. ==Qualifying==