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AMS REPAVE Sunmount Paving customized equipment to meet the needs of the new racetrack profile at Atlanta Motor Speedway
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acetrack paving can be some of the most challenging and rewarding projects
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an asphalt contractor ever works on. Yes, the days are long and the job is tough, but it's worth it to see your hard work on TV as racecars speed around the asphalt you helped put down. These jobs always come with their own set of tight timelines and tighter tolerances, but Sunmount Paving Company faced an all new level of obstacles on the repave of Atlanta Motor Speedway (AMS) last summer. "The track was last paved in 1997 and the track surface was severely worn and the paving seams were starting to cause large failures prior to events and even during events," Steve Swift, senior vice president of
operations and development at Atlanta Motor Speedway says. "The surface was beginning to fail at the paving seams causing large delaminated sections to pull out because of severe wear of the paving seams and water infiltration. We knew it was time for a repave." Before any work could begin, AMS wanted a clear picture of what their new track
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