The last race at NASCAR's Auto Club Speedway took place on Sunday after being postponed due to severe weather on Saturday. The historic speedway is set to be demolished after the stock car racing company sold off most of the land the track sits on. The company plans to build a short track on the remaining land by 2026.

“Unfortunately, even with the most aggressive timeline, we will not race in 2024 on the new track,” Auto Club Speedway president Dave Allen said Saturday. The track will get an overhaul; it will be shortened from its current two miles, though to what length and what configuration has yet to be determined.

NASCAR's sale of land surrounding the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana for $543 million to Hillwood Development Co. is a significant move for the company. The funds from the sale will provide NASCAR with resources to invest in new projects and redevelop other properties.

Fontana's nearly 30-year-old Auto Club Speedway will be replaced by a multi-million dollar logistics hub after Ross Perot Jr.'s Hillwood Development bought the property.

“Unfortunately, even with the most aggressive timeline, we will not race in 2024 on the new track,” Auto Club Speedway president Dave Allen said Saturday. The track will get an overhaul; it will be shortened from its current two miles, though to what length and what configuration has yet to be determined.

After its quarter century-old racing surface was torn up following its July race weekend, the Atlanta Motor Speedway has undergone a full makeover that includes not only a fresh coat of asphalt, but also an increase in banking from 24 to 28 degrees.

“Unfortunately, even with the most aggressive timeline, we will not race in 2024 on the new track,” Auto Club Speedway president Dave Allen said Saturday. The track will get an overhaul; it will be shortened from its current two miles, though to what length and what configuration has yet to be determined.

The last race at NASCAR's Auto Club Speedway took place on Sunday after being postponed due to severe weather on Saturday. The historic speedway is set to be demolished after the stock car racing company sold off most of the land the track sits on. The company plans to build a short track on the remaining land by 2026.

The Sports Business Journal reported Friday, Feb. 24 that NASCAR has been divesting land “as it sought to find new revenue streams and better utilize the huge amount of acreage it owns across the country.”

NASCAR's sale of land surrounding the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana for $543 million to Hillwood Development Co. is a significant move for the company. The funds from the sale will provide NASCAR with resources to invest in new projects and redevelop other properties.

In addition to the new high banks, the racing surface will become narrower with an overall decrease in width from 55 feet to 40 feet. New widths will be 52 feet on the front stretch, 42 feet on the back stretch and 40 feet in the turns. The project will pave the way for a bold new era of NASCAR racing in Atlanta.

1997 Before 2021, AMS was repaved in 1997 when the true 1.522 oval was reconfigured into its current 1.54 quad-oval.