Top 30 Memories from 26 Years of Race Weekends at Atlanta Motor Speedway: 21 Days left!

Top 30 Memories from 26 Years of Race Weekends at Atlanta Motor Speedway: 21 Days left!

by Mike Fuori on Sunday, August 14, 2011 at 12:26pm ·

#21: “Welcome Race Fans”- Driving to the track with my dad

One of my earliest memories of going to the races was from driving to the track from our home in Roswell.  We’d spend so much time looking forward to and planning for the weekend, then we’d hop in a truck and head south.  One of the things we’d do on the way down to pass the time was count the “Welcome Race Fan” banners on highway 19/41 on the way to the track.  Back when we first started going, every gas station, fast food restaurant and car dealership had a banner near the road.  One year, we counted over 100 of these banners between I-75 and the speedway.  Funny how little things like that stand out in my mind, but as a five-six-seven year old, I loved trying to spot them with my dad.