Atlanta 500

Atlanta 500

The Kobalt Tools 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup stock car race that was run every March at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia from 1960 until 2010. The race was the first of two races held at the Atlanta track every season, with the Emory Healthcare 500, originally the Dixie 500, being the second and run at various times (originally November, later October and currently Labor Day Weekend).

Both races were 500.5 miles (805.5 km) in length. In August 2010, Atlanta Motor Speedway announced that they would no longer run the spring race, instead choosing to focus on the Labor Day weekend race at the track beginning in 2011. The end of the Atlanta 500 permitted the addition of a race at Kentucky Speedway starting in 2011.