1997 California 500 Full Race official ABC broadcast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQErkXMXZKY






Matthew Kowal

Hard to believe the track now has the oldest asphalt surface because Atlanta is being repaved, and despite opposition from fans and some drivers, the repave is official. All they will do, is put a few inches of new asphalt over the existing, they will not touch the bumps, banking, or reconfigure the track at all, just a new fresh coat of asphalt since the current surface is obviously and has been falling apart. The oldest surface is Dover when the track switched from asphalt to concrete in the beginning of 1995. I can see this track's surface last until the end of the decade, but it has weepers, and slits created to help the drainage issue where they used concrete saws.