Locals in North Wilkesboro are hoping the third time’s a charm. A decade after it closed Speedway Motorsports CEO Marcus Smith told local leaders in Wilkes County Thursday that a NASCAR race ...

The NASCAR schedule for the 2026 season is still being finalized, but a few key race locations have been revealed ...

A couple walk North Wilkesboro Speedway hand-in-hand during an open house event at the speedway on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. The speedway will host the NASCAR All-Star race on Sunday, May 21, 2023.

A couple walk North Wilkesboro Speedway hand-in-hand during an open house event at the speedway on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. The speedway will host the NASCAR All-Star race on Sunday, May 21, 2023.

North Wilkesboro natives say rebuilding the speedway is also rebuilding Wilkes County. People like Dean Comes, who actually raced on the track, said racing fans are in for a treat.

North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina will host the NASCAR All-Star Race during the organization’s 75th anniversary season. The All-Star event will culminate in a three-day racing weekend ...

North Wilkesboro Speedway is one of the first NASCAR tracks and was home to two Winston Cup Series races for several decades. The track has sat largely abandoned in recent years, but community ...

NORTH WILKESBORO A little over three years ago, North Wilkesboro Speedway wasn’t much more than an eyesore — a distant memory in a sport that had moved on, a place with a rich past but no future.

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.

A pack of cars take a green flag restart during the NASCAR All-Star Cup Series auto race at North Wilkesboro Speedway, Sunday, May 21, 2023, in North Wilkesboro, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley) AP ...

NASCAR and Speedway Motorsports Inc. announced Thursday that North Wilkesboro Speedway will serve as the host of the 2023 NASCAR All-Star Race, returning the legendary Wilkes County, N.C. track to ...

North Wilkesboro Speedway hosted NASCAR Cup Series races from 1949 to 1996. NASCAR abandoned the track as part of a large-scale effort from the sports league to swap dates from rural, smaller ...