FYI - The ODL layer that you see in this video will not be the top layer of asphalt when the project is complete. In fact, you won't be able to see the ODL at all once paving is complete.

Nobody was talking about this when it was announced this and this is massive for racetrack technology and should be adopted everywhere

I love that they’re working so hard to turn a cookie cutter into a unique track, I’m getting really excited to see how it does with the Next Gen cars!

This is going to make corner speeds improve greatly at Atlanta at least for a few years until the asphalt ages and develops some character.

that's pretty cool! thanks AMS for investing in your track and the fan experience!

Will be interesting to see how that permeable layer holds up. I can easily see it tearing apart quite easily. If they cover it with regular asphalt like they said, then it's not going to do anything for drying the track quickening they said, just gonna help with weepers.

The first time I saw this asphalt was at West Palm Beach Drag Way Fla. in 1966. They called it "Popcorn Asphalt".

I'm not sure if this is the first track to have a self-weeping drainage system built in, but in the future I hope other tracks take this into consideration. I don't think Kansas, Kentucky, Phoenix, or Texas had this in their project plans.

There is also Pervious Concrete , very effective. This is a good idea & will help. A retired Cement Rep.,40 years.

That is some awesome technology right there!! If this goes over as well as it should, I hope other tracks adopt it in the future.

Dang Steve Swift really messed his left arm up bad to have a brace on it like that.

JFCrist, drainage asphalt is used on bridges and highways near or trough cities or noise sensitive areas in Europe for 15+ years. It is safer in wet conditions and priduces less noise but in winter has to be salted to stay dry or it can separate from base layer or crumble from freezing. Question is, do they collect the drained water in oil separators or do they just let fuel, oil and other liquids just go with the flow?

I’m glad we have cyborgs in charge of building our race tracks. He can work for days with that robotic arm

Looks Awesome

They re profiled AMS some decades ago. I think they are putting it back the way it use to be.

This invention is fantastic !!!!

Brand new cars on brand new asphalt... I've got high Hope's for this and am excited. But who knows how itll turn out. Could be a Wreckfest. Maybe the car owners want to take it easy on the new cars. Or it could be a hell of a good race!

Great! I’m impressed.

Looks like it will be as rough as the old track which is a plus Lot of drivers wanted that to continue. Great innovations coming into the sport That self weeping system is on another level

Cool stuff ….AMS understood there will be additional layer on top is there anything unique about that top layer compared to other tracks with recent repaves like Texas? Think Atlanta’s last redo in 1997 track came in pretty quick in about 2 years where could run top to bottom the first race given the speed was mostly one to one and a half grooves ….excited to see the new track in action

Would the ODL be ok during a hard freeze?

That's pretty cool if it works like they say it will.

Ohhhh theres gonna be memory’s made!!! Guarantee that!

This might be a silly question, but what happens after there is a layer of rubber on it from the car tires ? Won't that cause a plug up on the asphalt ?

I will be curios to see how this works over time. Dust will go in the open design too. It may act as a cement when short rain storms come. Eventually blocking the drainage similar to a sink drain.

We have been using that ODL asphalt for like 20 years in Europe lolzor

Wonder how the tires will react to the ODL?

Must be where all the ratings and viewers went

So, what happens with this layer once it absorbs racefuel... or ignited racefuel?

How will the Car/Driver take to this kinda track? What will happin when the track gets rubber bulit up on it race after race???

ODL is great and although rare down there how does it hold up to ice, or freezing rain.

I wonder what the grip is like on this stuff?

when will this track reopen?

After 500 laps that will get capped with rubber from the tires?

if it's porous enough to let water flow thru, what do you think the race cars are gonna do to it?

What were the considerations to coolant or fuel spills and possible fire hazards?

So the leak in turn 2 is gone now ?

But will that ODL stand up to the grip, speed, and the g force from the new cars

Interesting, I just hope the aggregate stays bound together and doesn't come apart in a few years. So time will tell, but I am liking what I am seeing. Nice job!

A self-weeping track is cool. Better than them Ole Fashion Weepers they usually use

Where I’ve seen this used it has been plugged with dirt and dust in few years. Tire clag is likely to plug this drainage system before it is ever wetted.

Thankyou for this informative video AMS, those banks look steep, can't wait till the new season, drop the green flag already!

What happens when it freezes?

Well when fuel spills in it and catchs fire 🔥 I'll be watching

i think this will make the inside line of the tracks more slick wont it?

Go bigger or go home make it 48*! That that would be cool high Bank corners

Ok but the big question is when this ODL catches loose rubber will that clog pathways for water? How would they handle loose or stuck rubber on the ODL?

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wow.

Permeable asphalt... can't wait for the first big fuel spill and fire underneath the asphalt.

I hope that our passenger road engineers are working toward this for our commuting safety. Seems like it could definitely crossover to everyday life. At a cost, of course. But where do we spend a good amount of our time?

Will this surface take rubber and will loose rubber over time fill-in the ODL layer possibly blocking the drainage function.?

It will also absorb oil and make it very hard to fully remove when there is a oil spill.

it blows my mind that they couldnt make it a single piece of asphalt. its so shotty that its done in strips with ruts between em

They will be very disappointed when winter weather gets onto the ODL. Ice destroys ODL.

1m26s thank you, Kenny Powers.

I have said this 6 years ago when this came out that they need to do this to every race track nascar and local asphalt tracks especially five flags speedway since it's getting replaced before 2022 season and they only replaced the front stretch turn 4 to middle of turn 1 and 2 and rest js still the old surface so this is gonna be weird racing on this year. And this asphalt needs to be done at every track. I have 23 hours of driving time around the old atalanta motor speedway surface 4 years ago when I was a driving instructor for a racing experience I was the pro driver he gave ppl the ride alongs in the double seated cup car and my first few laps ever there with a legit 500 hp 76000 rpm old cup car that had the right gearing I went 176 mph and that is flying in a old wore out cup car that hasn't been setup in years just had the tire stagger right and the air pressures right and added some cross and sway bar adjustments and some wedge adjustments sonit will handle it was awsome giving ppl rude alongs that fat. But the old surface was brutal I burned up a set of tires in 20 laps going as hard and fast as I could with every passenger and the surface got greasy and slippery as day went on. I drove sat and Sunday and the d surface was a drivers track but this new monster is gonna be crazzy. So since North wilkesboro is being rebuilt they need to add more banking to it as well and this sane surface also its gonna need to be repaved I ran a latemodel Asa race there about 14 years ago when I was like 14 or 15 and it shredded tires and had no grip

It’s the same technology they use on the interstates here in Atlanta and in Dallas

So if the ODL get asphalt paved over it how will it still drain?? Just throwing that out there!!

They need this on public roads becuse not everyone can access a race track

Fun fact: Geoffrey Bodine holds the track record; he set it the first year of the last resurfacing, in 1997. So it's likely whoever holds the pole in the first race at AMS next year will beat that time, given the advances in technology in the past 25 years.

So you you putting a drain tile in..

"all new atlanta motor speedway" brah.... that's not gonna hold together

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If it's not the top layer, how does the water get to the ODL??

Wait until it rains and then freezes

1:25 Yeah, it'd be unfortunate to have weather...

Okay I like this track let's go racing boys because Atlanta Motor Speedway have a tricky track LOL

Wonder how the speedy dry will work on this surface? It would seem like it could fill the voids and affect the ability to drain.

And tickets go up to pay for this, from 250.00 to 350.00

rip to the tires. that surface looks like its super rough

I know up north we can’t use that anymore due to sand and rubber plugging the asphalt up and turning into a skating rink.how does it hold up when they prep the track pj1 and with all the rubber that gets put down ?

Guess you can't ever seal it then or it will fill in the drainage. So what happens when the asphalt dries out?

This is an awesome design, cant wait for the 1st race at hotlanta next year!

I have a feeling that costs a lot more than the other layers.

Least it doesn't freeze in the winter.

That porous of a track I hope it holds up under that much pressure.!

I believe tire testing will happen this year. Will be interesting to see how the tires will wear with the new surface.

Harden up.. in Australia we race in the rain 🤷🏻

Hmmmmm is Goodyear ready for this?

i just hope it provides great racing, thats all

I still say the cars are going to tear the surface apart in the corners

So how do you clean out debris so the water can flow? Call Roto rooter? 🤷🏻‍♂️

what's up with the guys arm?

Hope it's not like Bristol when y'all messed that up

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With this much banking, they should just let them run the 670hp package instead of the 550hp package and let them go nuts with bad fast speed on the high banks!

Can y'all fix and make Chicagoland better next

Who thought racing in Atlanta in July was a good idea? Everyone's going to drop from heat and humidity exhaustion. It better at least be a night race.

Ultimately means potholes

Looks like tire wear waiting to happen, this has happened before on Diamond grount

or nascar could just race in the rain. and before anyone says you cannot do that on ovals, the cars raced at the roval in the rain and handled the banking just fine

Yo can get something like this,to fix texas

Who is ready for a rain race, blues or greens?

I feel like this wouldn't work well on northern tracks, because if it snowed a foot and then melted and refroze every night, it would destroy that surface.

EDIT: Instead of deleting my reply I'm giving kudos to Patrick below as he beat me to it with the exact same thought I had.

I see a lot of Fans getting hurt by all the wrecks that the cars will have...

So its just bigger rocks and asphalt... more expensive. Better dry grip but also more tire wear... I'm not convinced.

Weren’t they supposed to repave it like three years ago?

Why not 30?