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This Feb. 22, 2004 file photo, shows a sparse crowd during the Subway 400 NASCAR Nextel Cup race at North Carolina Speedway near Rockingham, N.C. NASCAR made its official return to Rockingham on ...
After weeks of adding wooden bleachers and wood fencing, North Wilkesboro Speedway opened on May 18, 1947, as a rather crude half-mile dirt track, some 10 months before NASCAR came to fruition.
The discovery was made during a routine cleaning and inspection at North Wilkesboro Speedway last week, track officials shared Tuesday. Operations staff members noticed cracks in the original ...
North Wilkesboro Speedway is a 0.625 miles (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 has been owned by Speedway Motorsports, LLC (SMI) since 2007 with Ronald Queen serving as ...
The 1965 Wilkes 400 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on October 3, 1965, at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina . The transition to purpose-built racecars began in the early 1960s and occurred gradually over that decade. Changes made to the sport by the late 1960s brought an end to the "strictly ...
Most of the fans in the early years of the sport saw the track as notorious for being a great venue to watch races between the legendary racers of the time. Racing at North Wilkesboro was intense and physical. The 1950 Wilkes 200 was the second Grand National Series race held at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Twenty-six cars entered the race.
Logano dominated the short track at North Wilkesboro Speedway leading all but one of 200 laps to win his second All-Star Race on Sunday night and earn $1 million. Logano started on the pole after ...
Petty Enterprises. Television in the United States. Network. untelevised. Announcers. none. 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.