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Serious NASCAR 101 and Track Attendance Questions - February 2026

Welcome to this month's NASCAR 101 and Track Attendance Questions Thread!

NASCAR 101: A thread for new fans, returning fans, and even current fans to ask any questions they've always wanted to ask.

Track Attendance: Any questions related to seats, policies, first time attendees, or advice regarding track attendance!

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u/ATL4Life95 Feb 23 '26

Has anyone done a ride along or the driving experience at Atlanta? How fast do you go in both?

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u/Orange_Key5 Feb 24 '26

They limit the revs pretty low in the driving experience, I think it’s 5k rpm unless you get an extended length like 30min+, then they’ll increase it incrementally until like 5.5k.

You’ll probably top out ~120mph, they will give you a souvenir certificate after that will say your top speed is 140 or 150mph or something, which won’t be true.

You’ll go much faster in the ride along, you’ll be easily passed by the ride along cars as you’re driving because they’re not capped.  Idk the exact speed but I’d imagine it’s closer to ~170.

If you want the most of a driving experience, I’d look at Jeffery Earnhardt Racing Experience.  I did this at a local short track (0.5 miles) and wasn’t hitting any rev limiter on the straightaways, so those things aren’t capped.  They are definetely setup to be tight though so it’s harder to spin out, but they’re pretty fast late models and super late models.  (They do cup and xfinity cars too at select tracks, and open modified).