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Owner: Speedway Motorsports (2007–present) ... North Wilkesboro Speedway is a 0.625 mi (1.006 km) paved oval short track in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina.
The North Wilkesboro Speedway held NASCAR races for 50 years; on September 29, 1996 Jeff Gordon would win the final race to be held at the speedway. In 1995, following the death of the long-time owner and track founder Enoch Staley, the speedway was purchased by two new owners, Bob Bahre and Bruton Smith .
In 2019, various NASCAR personalities, most notably driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., made a grassroots effort to petition Smith to revitalize the North Wilkesboro Speedway, one of NASCAR's founding tracks which had been left abandoned and desolate since Bruton bought the a share of the track's ownership in 1996. [56]
Driver Cale Yarborough, second from left, and car owner Junior Johnson, second from right, celebrates their victory in the Music City 420 before a near-record crowd of 21,500 at Nashville Speedway ...
For most of 25 years, the North Wilkesboro Speedway was left to rot on the side of U.S. 421. It came to symbolize a downtrodden region. Can its revival help reverse years of struggle in Wilkes County?
In 1996, the company purchased half interest in North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina along with Bob Bahre of New Hampshire International Speedway (now New Hampshire Motor Speedway). SMI moved one of North Wilkesboro Speedway's dates to Texas Motor Speedway and Bob Bahre moved the second date to his facility. On November ...
It was announced shortly beforehand that the Tyson Holly Farms 400 would be the last NASCAR race held at North Wilkesboro Speedway after the track was sold to promoters Bruton Smith and Bob Bahre following the death of its previous owner Enoch Staley in 1995. North Wilkesboro's two races would be taken over by Smith's Texas Motor Speedway in ...
The layout of North Wilkesboro Speedway, the venue where the race was held. North Wilkesboro Speedway is a short oval racetrack located on U.S. Route 421, about five miles east of the town of North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, or 80 miles north of Charlotte. It measures 0.625 mi (1.006 km) and features a unique uphill backstretch and downhill ...