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North Wilkesboro Speedway: Race Hudson John McVitty (USA) [8] April 21, 1956 150-mile race Langhorne Speedway: Qualifying Chevrolet Clint McHugh (USA) [9] June 9, 1956 250-mile race Memphis-Arkansas Speedway: Qualifying Oldsmobile Cotton Priddy (USA) [10] June 10, 1956 Race Chevrolet Bobby Myers (USA) [11] September 2, 1957 Southern 500
North Wilkesboro Speedway is a 0.625 mi (1.006 km) paved oval short track in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. The track has hosted a variety of racing events since its inaugural season of racing in 1947; primarily races sanctioned by NASCAR .
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 ...
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?
The 1967 Wilkes 400 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on October 1, 1967, at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro. The transition to purpose-built racecars began in the early 1960s and occurred gradually over that decade.
On September 30, 1990, four days after his 22nd birthday, Moroso was killed in an automobile crash on North Carolina Highway 150 near Mooresville, North Carolina, only hours after finishing 21st in the Holly Farms 400 at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Traveling at an estimated 75 mph (121 km/h), Moroso lost control of his vehicle in a curve with a ...
He began the next season driving for Beam, but left and finished the year with Holman Moody, finishing sixth at North Wilkesboro Speedway, winding up 19th in points. [19] The next season, he drove for various owners before picking up his first career win at Valdosta Speedway driving the #06 Ford for Kenny Myler, rising to 10th in the final ...