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By Staff Report NASCAR.com December 22, 2020 at 12:08 PM
Ed Clark, who retired this season after 25 years as president of Atlanta Motor Speedway, was honored Tuesday as the 2020 recipient of the prestigious Buddy Shuman Award.
Ed Clark, left, receives the 2020 Buddy Shuman Award from friend and former NASCAR President Mike Helton. | Special to NASCAR.com
Clark spent the majority of his career with Speedway Motorsports Inc., joining the company in 1981 after beginning his career at Bristol Raceway (now Bristol Motor Speedway). He worked in public relations at Charlotte Motor Speedway before shifting to the Atlanta venue in 1992, first as the track’s general manager and three years later, as its president.
NASCAR Is Planning to Race on an F1 Track Next Year
The series will use the full Formula 1 layout of the Circuit of the Americas. Mark ThompsonGetty Images
The headliner for NASCAR s updated 2021 schedule is the first race for the Cup Series on dirt since 1970, but the schedule also includes a new focus on road courses headlined by a date at the Circuit of the Americas, home of the United States Grand Prix. The announcement left some confusion about what layout of the track event promoters Speedway Motorsports Inc would choose for the race, but the group announced today that it would run on the circuit s longest layout.