Damage at Atlanta Motor Speedway

by **Sonny** on Fri Jul 08, 2005 9:26 pm

We had some severe weather south of Atlanta two days ago. A tornado ripped thru Atlanta Motor Speedway located in Hampton, GA. They are estimating $40 million dollars of damages!!

Take a look at these pictures:
http://lpe.ajc.com/gallery/view/metro/0705/storm/14

This track hosts a NASCAR race in October, but they claim to be able to clean things up by then. We will see.

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by **bste_lax** on Fri Jul 08, 2005 9:29 pm

Did the yellow flag come out then?

by **lil lady lax fan** on Sat Jul 09, 2005 12:01 am

bste_lax wrote:Did the yellow flag come out then?

I think they're still trying to find it!!!

The scrap metal recyclers are going to clean up on this clean up. :lol:

by **laxfan25** on Sat Jul 09, 2005 10:23 am

The tornado must have been confused and mistook the "luxury" boxes for a mobile home park! My favorite terms for mobile homes - "wobbly boxes" and "tornado magnets".

by **TexOle** on Sat Jul 09, 2005 10:44 am

Don't clean it up an let Junior be the only car to drive. Maybe he will actually win a race this year.

Laxfan25, have you ever been to a NASCAR race. The infield is full of RVs. While they are not your typical mobile homes, for some of the ones you see they might as well be them. Some of those people really do come close to living out of those things.

by **laxfan25** on Sat Jul 09, 2005 5:00 pm

TexOle wrote:Laxfan25, have you ever been to a NASCAR race. The infield is full of RVs. While they are not your typical mobile homes, for some of the ones you see they might as well be them. Some of those people really do come close to living out of those things.

No, I haven't had the pleasure. A couple yearas ago I did go to the Indy 500. The start was great when all the cars are cranking up (right in front of our seats), but after that you just saw a couple hundred yards of track with no idea where those cars stood. I could now say been there, done that, but the Indy is much better viewed on TV.
I'd love to go down to the track in Brooklyn MI sometime for a NASCAR event just to experience that.
When I was talking about mobile homes I was referring more to those up on blocks, and their propensity for often being located in the paths of twisters!

by **Sonny** on Sun Jul 10, 2005 11:32 am

They also have some luxury condos at the AMS track. They were damaged too by the tornados/wind:

by **TexOle** on Sun Jul 10, 2005 11:50 am

When I was talking about mobile homes I was referring more to those up on blocks, and their propensity for often being located in the paths of twisters!

Like the Clinton Library!

by **cgarrigues** on Sun Jul 10, 2005 9:12 pm

laxfan25 wrote:I'd love to go down to the track in Brooklyn MI sometime for a NASCAR event just to experience that.

Laxfan, I'm about 20 minutes from the track, except on race days. There's a lot of traffic past my little church on those days.

by **jessexy** on Mon Jul 11, 2005 11:31 am

TexOle wrote:Don't clean it up an let Junior be the only car to drive. Maybe he will actually win a race this year.

too late. but maybe he can clinch the Series at Atlanta.