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Friday Night Drags

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Friday Night Drags is a heads up, street-style drag racing series on Atlanta Motor Speedway's eighth-mile pit road. Averaging 225 drag racers and 90 show cars in front of nearly 5,000 fans nightly, Friday Night Drags has become one of the Speedway's most-popular events with local racing enthusiasts.

Drag racing action is open to any automobile and any driver possessing a valid driver's license. In addition to the on-track drag racing action, a Show N' Shine car show also takes place each Friday night. All vehicles are welcome to enter and awards will be given for the top-three finishers in each class.

Spectator entry for Friday Night Drags is just $8. Competitors pay $20 to drag race or enter the Show-N-Shine, or a combo-ticket to enter both can be purchased for $30. Outside parking is free or fans can park on the Speedway's Infield for close proximity to the action for just $20. Motorcycle parking is free on the Infield.

Pit gates open at 6:00 p.m. for competitors and grandstand gates open at 6:30 p.m. for fans. Show-N-Shine entries are accepted until 7:15 p.m. and a mandatory drivers meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m.

The drag Tech Area will open at 6:00 p.m. and practice runs begin at 6:15 p.m. and run through 8 p.m. A driver's meeting will take place at 8:25 p.m. Drag racing eliminations begin at approximately 9:19 p.m. and follow Friday Night Drags' nightly Opening Ceremonies at 9:10 p.m. Please note, no minors are allowed in the pre-stage/grid area or winner's lanes and only the driver and one crew member are allowed in winner's lanes.

For the Show-N-Shine car show, judging begins at 6:30 p.m. Entrants are invited to participate in a Show-N-Shine Speedway Cruise around Atlanta's 1.54-mile quad oval track at 8:20 p.m., but are encouraged to return to their vehicles before 8:00 p.m. to stage for the Cruise. Following the Cruise, the Show-N-Shine Awards Ceremony will take place at 8:55 p.m. on the Speedway's frontstretch in front of thousands of racing fans.

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Series Schedule

Date	Event	Tickets
01/05/13	Winter Flurry Off-Season Legends Race No. 3 \|
01/26/13	Winter Flurry Off-Season Legends Race No. 4 \|
02/16/13	Winter Flurry Off-Season Legends Race No. 5 \|
02/22 - 02/23/13	Richard Petty Driving Experience \|
02/22 - 02/24/13	Exotic Driving Experience \|
02/28/13	Veterans Career Fair & Diversity Expo \|
03/02/13	Winter Flurry Off-Season Legends Race No. 6 \|
03/07 - 03/09/13	Sweet Repeats Consignment Sale \|
03/16/13	5K Foamfest \| Get filthy Clean! This is the only obstacle mud race that doubles as a human car wash! We don’t just bring mud and obstacles; we throw more foam at you than a pack of toddlers in a bubble bath!
03/16 - 03/17/13	GunRunner Gun Show \|
03/16/13	Koss Motorsports Drifting & Car Show \|
04/05 - 04/07/13	Richard Petty Driving Experience \|
04/05/13	Winter Flurry Off-Season Legends Race No. 7/Offseason Legends Race \|
04/12 - 04/13/13	NASCAR Racing Experience \|
04/21/13	Import Alliance \|
04/26/13	Friday Night Drags & Show-N-Shine \| Friday Night Drags - Opening Night! The night heats up with street-style drag racing down pit road at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Friday nights with a wide cross-section of cars, trucks, motorcycles taking to the track! Grandstand gates open at 6:30 p.m. and drag racing eliminations begin at 9:09 p.m.
04/27/13	AMS Drive The Track Day \| Drive your own car on Atlanta Motor Speedway's famed racing surface!
04/27/13	Offseason Legends Race \|
04/28/13	Stuntfest 2013 \|
05/03/13	Friday Night Drags & Show-N-Shine \| Friday Night Drags - The night heats up with street-style drag racing down pit road at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Friday nights with a wide cross-section of cars, trucks, motorcycles taking to the track! Grandstand gates open at 6:30 p.m. and drag racing eliminations begin at 9:09 p.m. Kid’s Power Wheel Races (On Infield Grass prior to Drag Race Eliminations – approximately 8:30pm)
05/10/13	Friday Night Drags & Show-N-Shine \| Friday Night Drags
05/11/13 8:50pm	The Electric Run \| The Electric Run is a 5k run, a show, participation art, and celebration of life all in one, with lighting effects synchronized to music. Incredibly talented artists and lighting technicians with experience creating beautiful art and light have come together to create a world that will fill you with wonder.
05/17/13	Friday Night Drags & Show-N-Shine \| Friday Night Drags
05/18 - 05/19/13	Rusty Wallace Racing Experience \|
05/22/13	Off-Season INEX Legends Points Race \| Fans can purchase infield passes at the Security Command building for $12 for adults, $5 for ages six through 11, and children ages five and younger are admitted for free.
05/24 - 05/25/13	Richard Petty Driving Experience \|
05/31/13	Friday Night Drags & Show-N-Shine \| Friday Night Drags - Opening Round for Season Points Chase
06/06/13	Thursday Thunder \| Thursday Thunder - Short track racing on Atlanta Motor Speedway's quarter-mile Thunder Ring among Legends and Bandolero cars! Grandstand gates open at 6:00 p.m., feature races begin at 7:30 p.m.
06/07/13	Friday Night Drags & Show-N-Shine \| Friday Night Drags - Kid’s Candy Scramble - Thousands of pieces of candy
06/08/13	The Zombie Run \|
06/13/13	Thursday Thunder \| Thursday Thunder - Short track racing on Atlanta Motor Speedway's quarter-mile Thunder Ring among Legends and Bandolero cars! Grandstand gates open at 6:00 p.m., feature races begin at 7:30 p.m.
06/14/13	Friday Night Drags & Show-N-Shine \| Friday Night Drags - Super Pro Shootout
06/15 - 06/16/13	Dale Jarrett Racing Adventure \|
06/20/13	Thursday Thunder \| Thursday Thunder - Short track racing on Atlanta Motor Speedway's quarter-mile Thunder Ring among Legends and Bandolero cars! Grandstand gates open at 6:00 p.m., feature races begin at 7:30 p.m.
06/21/13	Friday Night Drags & Show-N-Shine \| Friday Night Drags - Kids Power Wheel Races (Infield Grass prior to Drag Race Eliminations – approximately 8:30pm)
06/27/13	Thursday Thunder \| Thursday Thunder - Short track racing on Atlanta Motor Speedway's quarter-mile Thunder Ring among Legends and Bandolero cars! Grandstand gates open at 6:00 p.m., feature races begin at 7:30 p.m.
06/28 - 06/30/13	Exotic Driving Experience \|
06/28/13	Friday Night Drags & Show-N-Shine \| Friday Night Drags - Ugliest Truck Contest with special show-n-shine awards
07/04/13	Thursday Thunder \| Thursday Thunder - Short track racing on Atlanta Motor Speedway's quarter-mile Thunder Ring among Legends and Bandolero cars! Grandstand gates open at 6:00 p.m., feature races begin at 7:30 p.m.
07/05/13	Friday Night Drags & Show-N-Shine \| Friday Night Drags - FIREWORKS! FIREWORKS! FIREWORKS!
07/05 - 07/06/13	NASCAR Racing Experience \|
07/11/13	Thursday Thunder \| Thursday Thunder - Short track racing on Atlanta Motor Speedway's quarter-mile Thunder Ring among Legends and Bandolero cars! Grandstand gates open at 6:00 p.m., feature races begin at 7:30 p.m.
07/12/13	Friday Night Drags & Show-N-Shine \| Friday Night Drags - Georgia Racing Hall of Fame Night – Vintage Drag Race Car & More
07/18/13	Thursday Thunder \| Thursday Thunder - Short track racing on Atlanta Motor Speedway's quarter-mile Thunder Ring among Legends and Bandolero cars! Grandstand gates open at 6:00 p.m., feature races begin at 7:30 p.m.
07/19/13	Friday Night Drags & Show-N-Shine \| Friday Night Drags
07/25/13	Thursday Thunder \| Thursday Thunder - Short track racing on Atlanta Motor Speedway's quarter-mile Thunder Ring among Legends and Bandolero cars! Grandstand gates open at 6:00 p.m., feature races begin at 7:30 p.m.
07/26/13	Friday Night Drags & Show-N-Shine \| Friday Night Drags - Kids Power Wheel Races (Infield Grass prior to Drag Race Eliminations – approximately 8:30pm)
08/02/13	Friday Night Drags & Show-N-Shine \| Friday Night Drags - Double Points Night for all divisions of Drag Racing
08/04/13	The Graffiti Run \| The Graffiti Run will be the most colorful day of your life. The 5k course is more about having a blast with friends and family than it is about busting out four minute miles. Just show up in all white clothing, and throughout the course you will enter “Graffiti Zones,” where the team will douse you in color.
08/09/13	Friday Night Drags & Show-N-Shine \| Friday Night Drags - Race Fan Drag Racing! YOU can be a part of our racing action! Race fan competitors selected from grandstand
08/10/13 6:30pm	Global Rallycross Atlanta \| Action-Sports With A Roll Cage! You’ve seen racing, but you’ve never seen anything quite like this! The Global Rallycross Championship makes its debut at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday, Aug. 10, as compact-style cars attack the course of asphalt and dirt racing surfaces, with cars being capable of accelerating from zero to 60 mph in 1.9 seconds!	Purchase Online 877-9-AMS-TIX
08/16 - 08/18/13	Exotic Driving Experience \|
08/16/13	Friday Night Drags & Show-N-Shine \| Friday Night Drags - Final round of points racing - All divisional championships will be decided
08/16 - 08/18/13	Richard Petty Driving Experience \|
08/30/13 6:40pm	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Qualifying, Sprint Car Shootout & Brad Keselowski Q&A \| NASCAR Sprint Cup Series - Get ready for some high-speed heroics with NASCAR Sprint Cup Series qualifying and the Sprint Car Shootout!	Purchase Online 877-9-AMS-TIX
08/31/13 7:00pm	NASCAR Nationwide Series Night Race \| NASCAR Nationwide Series - Up and coming drivers eager to make their mark in NASCAR clash with veterans of stock car racing for 300 heart-pounding miles under the lights on Saturday night of Labor Day Weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway!	Purchase Online 877-9-AMS-TIX
09/01/13	Fast Cars & Guitars Featuring Billy Currington \| Billy Currington will headline the Fast Cars & Guitars Pre-Race Concert on Sept. 1 – just before the AdvoCare 500 on the pre-race stage located on the Speedway’s frontstretch!	Purchase Online 877-9-AMS-TIX
09/01/13 7:30pm	AdvoCare 500 \| NASCAR Sprint Cup Series - It's back! One of the most exciting weekends of the NASCAR schedule returns! It's the Labor Day NASCAR Night Race Weekend, and it's under the lights on a favorite track of fans and drivers alike!	Purchase Online 877-9-AMS-TIX
09/06 - 09/07/13	Richard Petty Driving Experience \|
09/13/13	Friday Night Drags & Show-N-Shine Fall Stampede \| Friday Night Drags - Special night of drag racing and car show
09/20 - 09/21/13	Atlanta Motorcycle Rally \| All Roads Lead to Atlanta for the 2013 Atlanta Motorcycle Rally. Motorcycle enthusiasts from across the southeast will gather for an event that'll include concerts, a car & bike show, motorcycle stunt shows, vendor midway, party tents and activities for the kids. For more information, visit www.atlantamotorcyclerally.com. Reserved camping and RV sites are available.
09/20/13	Friday Night Drags & Show-N-Shine Fall Stampede \| Friday Night Drags - Final night of 2013 drag racing season - One last run for the glory
09/28/13	The Color Run \| Get ready! The Color Run is making its return to Atlanta Motor Speedway! Get ready to take part in this fun, three-mile running race for runners of all ages and levels, as runners will be covered head-to-toe in different colored dyes!	Event Info
10/04 - 10/06/13	Exotic Driving Experience \|
10/05/13	Hero Rush \| This 3.5-mile long obstacle course is created by firefighters, but open to everyone! This tough and unique challenge includes climbing ladders, sliding down poles, crawling through windows and more! Kids races will also be included! For more information, call (704) 443-7711 or visit www.herorush.com.
10/26 - 10/27/13	Dale Jarrett Racing Adventure \|
11/02 - 11/03/13	Rusty Wallace Racing Experience \|
11/08 - 11/09/13	Richard Petty Driving Experience \|
11/15 - 11/16/13	NASCAR Racing Experience \|