Desperately needing a repave, Atlanta was also reconfigured in the 2021 offseason. The banking was increased from 24 to 28 degrees and the track width decreased from 55 feet to 40 feet in the corners.
Although Atlanta is only 1.54 miles in length, the design changes altered the racing which the track produced to more in line of what is seen on the large superspeedways of Daytona and Talladega.
