Now this will no longer be the last cup series event at this track!

@MikesLIVEVideos

Жыл бұрын

Hopefully next year this will no longer be the last cup points race!

@muhammadwahyuhidayat21498

Жыл бұрын

​@@MikesLIVEVideos i hope so!!! The North Wilkesboro Speedway will be better!!!

@elliot20

11 ай бұрын

@@MikesLIVEVideosracing wasn’t even very good

It's funny how this track was taken off the schedule to make room for bigger tracks with more fans, and 20+ years later the plan backfired and now this little track had more fan turnout than most races on the schedule today.

@AlonsoRules

3 жыл бұрын

both of the tracks that replaced NW are now back to one points race each - what goes around comes around

@justinclayton905

3 жыл бұрын

I won’t say it backfired it’s been 25 years and I think part of all that has run it’s course and some of these “old” racetrack could be coming back. That’s just guessing will happen. We can only hope

@mckeeboys8929

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlonsoRules By that do you mean Texas and New Hampshire? Texas still has the All Star Race in 2021.

@jmreeves89

2 жыл бұрын

Backfired? The added a track with more than triple the capacity during the highest grossing age of nascar. Then continued to sell the replacement race out for another 10 years. It was def the right choice, at the time. As we flow back into short tracks, don't think this will last forever either. The next spike will see the same thing happen again. It is a business after all.

@stargazer7876

2 жыл бұрын

@@justinclayton905 Nascar got too greedy and left it's roots behind. It was successful for a while, but in the end it all comes around. All these cookie cutter garbage tracks are all being phased out.

Who would of thought that this race would be streamed on KZread nearly 25 years later

@TheMrtgamer

4 жыл бұрын

Who would have thought the track would be used in a simulation race 25 years later?

@OutcastGrim2424

4 жыл бұрын

TheMrtgamer and dale jr would be the one behind it to push it to be a simulated track. I wish the track would be reborn completely but this is better than it fading away

@jonathandempsey9228

3 жыл бұрын

Who would have thought there would be KZread and being able to watch it on your phone 25 years ago?

@tonyw2136

2 жыл бұрын

Who would of thought that this race track would be streamed on youtube 25 years later as a vandilized shit hole for homeless people

@Lazyboy51

2 жыл бұрын

@@tonyw2136 who would of thought you'd be such a whiner? And even better it's coming back. Pipe it punk! Hahaha

And now after 27 years, we come back to North Wilkesboro!

@muhammadwahyuhidayat21498

Жыл бұрын

Are heading for Truck Series and All Star Racing next year

Something about listening to Bob Jenkins call a NASCAR race just feels right. Maybe it's just because he was the voice of NASCAR when I was growing up but the way he mixes excitement with professionalism is perfect

@justinclayton905

3 жыл бұрын

I remember as a kid my parents didn’t like him at all and I don’t know why. Benny Parsons and Eli Gold will always be my favorites

@pepsiguy52883

Жыл бұрын

Great that the all star race will be there next season

@garyk76

Жыл бұрын

I didn't care for listening to him I like listening to Benny Parsons

Watching this now on the week the track will be reborn!

and after so much NASCAR comes back here again

Aww NASCAR find a way to bring this track and a race back... these were the days!

@Vermonter1245

4 жыл бұрын

i know right? this would be great to see again

@Paradigmical0

4 жыл бұрын

The reason they're showing it is because Junior got iRacing to make a digital version of it, and that's where they're racing this week. The real track is in bad, bad shape

@robreidiii4999

4 жыл бұрын

@@Paradigmical0 Willing to bet they could get a lot of people to volunteer their time for this track to come back

@navalhistoryhub3748

4 жыл бұрын

When they left this track it was a disgrace! To restore this track with the right investment wouldn't be impossible. It should be readded and brought by nascar. When they took this track away they lost a core audience and North Wilkesboro and its economy suffered. Nascar put the money in restore the facilities and you will have one of the best and most exciting racetracks of the season! Imagine a season ender here instead of Miami?

@AlonsoRules

2 жыл бұрын

@@Paradigmical0 Bruton Smith could have spent money on rebuilding North Wilkesboro instead of that pointless Texas or Kentucky reconfiguration

In 1994, Geoff Bodine lapped the entire field, the last time this has ever happened in NASCAR.

@MSC-Songwriter

4 жыл бұрын

Very true I was there that day... it was a Monday because I told my boss to shove it I had race tickets. I got fired that day... I remember there were no cautions and the only spin out was Darrell Waltrip goofing off on the warm-up lap from last provisional starting position... uncannily years later..like 2008... I got to party with Geoff... he is very proud of that accomplishment.

@samhesketh

4 жыл бұрын

Tennessee Preparedness omg dude you are a legend

@MSC-Songwriter

4 жыл бұрын

@@samhesketh I've been lucky when it comes to NASCAR... I should tell you about the time I met Dale Earnhardt in the credential trailer.

@supremeleadergnkdroid3202

4 жыл бұрын

Yet fans still complain that today’s NASCAR isn’t as competitive as 80s and 90s. Even though The top ten intervals would be laps instead of seconds

@vidmasterK1

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like it was a snooze fest.

BRING BACK NORTH WILKESBORO NEXT YEAR

@joshjarnagin3161

4 жыл бұрын

I don’t think a track in its condition can be rebuilt from the ground up in a few months. Also takes millions of dollars

@BANGITSME87

4 жыл бұрын

Do you realize how impossible this is?

@thrashmetaljay666

4 жыл бұрын

Restoring it, at this point, would be futile. The only thing that could be done is if someone were to dump millions, if not billions, of dollars into rebuilding everything from the ground up. For now, at least, it will exist in its former glory in digital form in iRacing.

@perrycomeau2627

3 жыл бұрын

Stick to trucks, skateboarders, and track and field and you'll go well on into the future. You could build a car museum on site with Chev's and Fords. You could even build a huge hurricane shelter dome all around it. Now wake up! It's a good track that has some work to do for the immediate community.

@brapa1190

2 жыл бұрын

@@BANGITSME87 Smi now rebuilding north wilkesboro

Wilkesboro is back!!!!! Nascars field of dreams.

I am excited for the All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro on May 21, 2023 😁

2023 Nascar all star race is going to be there!

That Thumbnail is so emotional R.I.P North Wilkesboro😢😢😢.

@MSC-Songwriter

4 жыл бұрын

We stopped by the track last November.... the man that is the caretaker there let us take a little tour... it looks sad all broken down but the energy there is really really good. You can still feel all the excitement when you walk in that place

@MSC-Songwriter

4 жыл бұрын

m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2690617580996380&id=100001444940331

@jaydenh922

Жыл бұрын

It’s not dead JUST yet! It was the site where NASCAR held the 2023 All-Star Race!

Nascar should’ve never left north Wilkesboro

@MSC-Songwriter

4 жыл бұрын

NASCAR shouldn't have done a lot of stuff

@Badassinblack51

4 жыл бұрын

I agree

@slabbusterrtr7690

3 жыл бұрын

Nope I agree

@BengtsonJ

Жыл бұрын

Took them 26 Years to Realise this….

Who’s here after the All-Star Race news?

@Eamont_

Жыл бұрын

all of us man i’m so excited

Who is here the week before the return?

That was a used in NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race in North Wilkesboro Speedway in nexr year in 2023.

The 2023 was no where close the the good ole days

Gordon took full advantage of his last shot to win at North Wilkesboro... I loved racing this track on NASCAR Racing 2 game

@whaduzitmatr

4 жыл бұрын

I had NR2 and I agree this track was one of the funnest to race on

I was there. My 1st NASCAR race and the last race at this track. 4th row behind the flag stand. Loved it. Rooting for #3 all day. Ended up on the 97 Earnhardt calendar from this race. You could see me and my dad plain as day in the crowd as they took a picture of Earnhardt going by the start-finish line.

They need to get this track back on the schedule. Even if it’s just the all star race.

@crazybolt8857

Жыл бұрын

hello there

@PyroBun_2844

Жыл бұрын

Wish granted.

@jaydenh922

Жыл бұрын

This aged very well! They will hold next year's All-Star Race at this track!

@zebmonkey1

Жыл бұрын

2023 is your year

Who's here after NASCAR announced that they would hold the 2023 NASCAR All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway?

@ernestscott9244

Жыл бұрын

Now they're adding a points race for the Truck series there as well.

I was two years old when this track had its final race. I’ve never seen a race run here always been highly interested in the history and the current resurrection of the track. Finally sat down and watched this event flag to flag and no wonder it was so popular amazing track. No wonder nascar was so popular in the 90s absolutely amazing racing. Nascar today has lost its way we’ve all known that for some time. But after watching this event I don’t know if I can suffer threw this Sunday’s “NASCAR” race the sport today is hollow and missing so much.

It's so surreal watching this knowing that in just a week there will be cup cars racing on this historic track again.

Who else is here after learning the All-Star race is going to be here in 2023?

The stands look jam packed with fans. Seems logical to drop the race from the schedule.

@KevinMcAdams26

4 жыл бұрын

When the alternative was jammed pack tracks with 3x the capacity, yes it was logical.

@KevinMcAdams26

4 жыл бұрын

@Kristen Jett it took about 15 years for some of these tracks to have less than 60k attendees. Financially this was the right move. As a fan I hated hearing about it, but I get it.

@Jarvis2500

4 жыл бұрын

Money over fans

@xking5v

4 жыл бұрын

@@Jarvis2500 its a cooperation..... so ya.

@dodgeramsport01

3 жыл бұрын

@@xking5v No it a sanctioning body thats is all! And it is not the only game in town! NASCAR left their fans years ago! and oh by the way Bristol Is a small venue such as this! But it still gets races!

Still holding strong hope for this place to make some kind of return... seeing the next gen cars there would be a dream come true!

@thechaseelliottfan6505

4 жыл бұрын

2022 or 2023 cross fingers

@jakekromschroeder2833

4 жыл бұрын

They could race lawnmowers there and I'd drive down from Minnesota to see it

@Lazyboy51

4 жыл бұрын

@@jakekromschroeder2833 I'm from WI and dude I feel the same LOL

@DupontandLowesWarrior

4 жыл бұрын

Rockingham Too

@thechaseelliottfan6505

4 жыл бұрын

Another track that should come back some time soon is Nashville Fairgrounds.

They need to have all the living drivers from this race at the All Star race in May

Jeff Gordon will always be my favorite race car driver

@OneNationUnderGod.

4 жыл бұрын

Definitely one of the greats of the sport alongside Dale Earnhardt, Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough, Alan Kulwicki, Darrell Waltrip, Neil Bonnett, Ned Jarret, Rusty Wallace, Bill Elliot, Junior Johnson, David Pearson, Bobby Allison man the list goes on!

@williammilliken7287

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah his real name is peter puffer

As of 11/24/21, SMI HAS STARTED REBUILDING NWS!

And tonight, 5/21/23, the Phoenix has risen. North Wilkesboro once again holds a NASCAR Cup race, even if it's just the All-Star Race this particular evening. Welcome back, you glorious short track!

This track is amazing. It's just the right combination of speed and short track action for a good stock car show.

Never say never they was a number of guys had input into bring this track but most of all special thanks to Dale Jr for what you have done along with Benny Parsons wife and Nascar for bring this track back to it glory days I will almost bet NASCAR will not regret this move for sure

Soon, my brothers, soon...

If there was ever a funeral for NASCAR, this it it.

I ❤❤❤❤❤❤ this old track. Always did. Always will. It and the Rock. Wish they still had races.

@ClaptonFan91

4 жыл бұрын

The rock may be coming back....but sadly North Wilkesboro will likely never return, atleast on a premier scale

@Me-zt8gy

4 жыл бұрын

@@ClaptonFan91 I don't know. After France left a few years back it seems that NASCAR has started listening to the fans again. The big tracks are having a hard time filling seats and it costs more to run those. I think they may look at bringing back at least some lower tier series to these tracks that NASCAR left during the 90's because they worried more about Wall St. rather than Main St. Most of those "fans" were into it when it was fashionable. Now they are gone.

@X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X

4 жыл бұрын

@@Me-zt8gy My main concern is NASCAR trying so much to bring these casual fans back: the Chase, stage racing, the 2019 rule package, ... However, they will not come back yet these changes alienate the core fans.

@BengtsonJ

Жыл бұрын

May 21st 2023……

@BengtsonJ

Жыл бұрын

@@ClaptonFan91 I am pleased to say. You Were Wrong!

The stands are packed full of people! Unlike racetracks today...

I can’t believe nascar is returning to this track. Even if it’s just an all star race… and it’s alreadyy SOLD OUT 😢

Proud to say I was there. Even ended up on a Dale Earnhardt calendar from this race.

ITS AWESOME THAT THE 2023 ALL STAR RACE WILL BE HERE.

Who else is rematching this during All Star weekend?

Who is here after announcement that they are coming back?

May 21st 2023 the Cup series will make its return

38:20 DW flipping out over the radio

Now if we can get Rockingham back. Remember sitting in turn 2 and watching the rear end come out from behind the car on acceleration. Memories my son and I will always have at "The Rock".

@Ktaurus26

Жыл бұрын

Rockingham was a bust when they brought the trucks back 10 years ago. It’s not owned by nascar or SMi ether.

@polycube868

Жыл бұрын

That was for a Truck race, a Cup race would draw the crowds.

I've seen a lot of the classic tracks but this one i have never seen and this track looks so fun! They almost ran at the track for 100 years damn! They should rebuild the track short tracks are always fun

@TravisMSimpson

2 жыл бұрын

It was about 48 years. 93 races but they ran twice a year there except in '49. It hosted the last race of that season.

PLEASE BRING BACK THIS RACE TRACK!!!!!

Whats the 1st thing you notice when looking back at some of these old races? For me it's the people. Glad to see this track coming back to life. It was always a favorite of mine to watch.

Thanks for airing this race.

Love Jeff and Ray killing the field.

I had a dream about next year's all star race here after they announced it that day 😂😂

Will never be a better broadcast team. Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, and Benny Parsons.

This was the 93rd race at North Wilkesboro. It NWS had stayed running two races a year, it would've reached 100 races run with its spring 2000 Cup race.

This Was My Favorite Nascar Track when I started watching in 1985

90s NASCAR was the best NASCAR. Proper stock cars.

Why can't we bring these classic tracks back instead of adding road courses? This is an anchor track, part of the original NASCAR circuit.

@Dtuba15

Жыл бұрын

Welp guess what it’s back !

Can you believe this? In one more month, NASCAR is going back to their roots. They’re going back to where they came from.

"Not sure we're going to see that on some of the bigger tracks." - John Kernan......The man knew what he was talking about.

Thanks NASCAR. What a great track this was. Sad to see it go.

Can we go back? Not just to the track but to the time? The drivers, the announcers, the simplicity? Whos coming with me?

@emilyb6008

4 жыл бұрын

This is such a good comment. I honestly think that Bob Jenkins, Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett were a huge reason for NASCAR's growth. They felt like family. Everything about 80s and 90s NASCAR is superior to what we have today.

North Wilkesboro will go down in history as one of NASCAR’s most iconic tracks. It’s a shame that it’s in the condition that it’s in.

@BengtsonJ

Жыл бұрын

Hmmmm. I reckon it will be in Great Condition next May…. 😉

This was when nascar was still excellent without the chase and playoff shenanigans.

@supremeleadergnkdroid3202

4 жыл бұрын

Tero Alatalo ok boomer

@MS3DALE

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed, as a NASCAR fan for over 40 years....... I hate the chase and playoffs, when they announced the segment/stage racing a few years ago I quite watching.

@supremeleadergnkdroid3202

4 жыл бұрын

RICHARD SIDOR you weren’t a real fan to begin with then

@MS3DALE

4 жыл бұрын

@@supremeleadergnkdroid3202 Considering what I did in my life for NASCAR yes, I was a real fan

@supremeleadergnkdroid3202

4 жыл бұрын

RICHARD SIDOR openly hating the sport and bragging about not watching is a fan. Ok

Thanks NASCAR for the upload.

Back when they was the best racing ever and the best 2 cup drivers ever finished first and second

Stands are packed......imagine that!

WE ARE SO BACK BABY!

Look at those packed stands. Wow. NASCAR really started making mistakes in those days.

Top Ten that year is something special. Had the honor of being alive during this time.

North Wilkesboro > Las Vegas New Hampshire and Texas

@lfl775

4 жыл бұрын

kansas too

Thank you nascar for posting this

He said it'd go down in the history books that Gordon won the last race at North Wilkesboro, I'm hoping that isn't true! They are revamping this track, who knows what could happen in a few years. What I do know is that people in that area LOVE auto racing, way more than any other market. You want to see a packed grand stands NASCAR? Come back to North Wilkesboro!

@BengtsonJ

Жыл бұрын

For Now Jeff Gordon is the last Winner of a Points race at NW.

Jeff overused the word "Awesome" for about 3-4 years. EVERYTHING was "awesome." "Awesome win." "Awesome wreck."

@Adamwinters

3 жыл бұрын

At yet, it was totally earned!

Well not the last race at North Wilksboro

Interesting enough, the other Wilksboro race in 1996, in a sense became a metaphor of the 1996 season. The First Union 400 was won by the eventual champion that year, Terry Labonte, and right behind him was his team mate, and eventual runner up in the points, Jeff Gordon

50:55 bit of a jinx don’t you think (especially the second part)?

I hope this track soon returns to the NASCAR calendar once and for all...

@camdog2520

3 ай бұрын

It has for the all star race

If All-Star weekend isnt enough to get this track a permanent date on all 3 series, it is an absolute insult to all involved.

Please return to this track this season!

Back when @NASCAR had cars that required skill to drive, strategy to win, tracks that had history and treated fans with respect. Even the TV product was better, from music to the commentary crew.

@jmreeves89

2 жыл бұрын

The cars today don't require skill to drive? People win without any strategy today? There's a difference between fairly calling out bad choices NASCAR has made and just being foolish...

I wish North wilkesboro speedway would be back in nascar

@SuperHamrick94

4 жыл бұрын

it will be in iracing this summer

Does anyone know who sang the song at 1:20 in this video? It sure gets my motor hitting on all 8 !

Listening to that Rusty Wallace interview talking about the wife’s of the 5 team reminded me I can’t wait until these tracks nowadays open up fully very soon.

Thank you for this kind of content!

Dear NASCAR: Take 1 race from some lesser sales-performing track in the annual line-up and create a "Heritage" race that rotates between some of these old tracks. Just think, we could see races at N. Wilkesboro, Rockingham Speedway, Nashville Fairgrounds, and maybe even Myrtle Beach Speedway in a 3 or 4 year rotation. Contract with track owners and townships to assist in initially prepping the tracks and promoting the races. Imagine the turnout those races would get, the TV ratings they'd bring with all of their history. I'm from Rockingham, and I can tell you, we're dying to see something of worth happen with our track. One true NASCAR Cup race every 3 to 4 years would be unfathomably better than what we have now. Please, before these tracks become like Texas World Speedway, Nazareth, Trenton, or Ontario. They're not dead yet. They can be revived. They can be a part of NASCAR's future while reminding us of it's glorious past.

This is sooo amazing!

I'd love for NASCAR to return to this track. C'mon guys, it's not too late, you can still make it happen!

@SuperHamrick94

4 жыл бұрын

they are making it happen, iRacing

if i was the 28 i would have drove around the official and the field

on saturday we can go back. cant wait

Ole rusty had the coolest paint schemes of all time! The harley Davidson ones were awesome!

The racing was so good, I hope that the new cars put on a good race.

Now is the perfect time for a return to North Wilkesboro, they don't want fans at the race & that's the main reason this track was left behind. Resurface the track & get the boys racing there again!

Sad we need Wilkesboro back on the schedule

Actually Marcus Smith of Camping World is investing $1B in this facility and putting a small Camping World site adjusent to the facility. So this COULD be back on NASCAR’s schedule by 2024 or 2025 at the earliest. (I would imagine it would take 3+ years to renovate everything, redoing the concessions and bathrooms, tearing out the old bucket seats and replacing them with the modern era seats, replacing the asphalt on the track, updating the sponsor billboards, rebuilding the media center and First Aid station, replacing the old press boxes with new ones, adding SAFER barriers and new catch fencing, rebuilding the old building outside turn 3, removing any unused or unnecessary seats and rebuilding the garage areas)

Thank you @NASCAR for posting this race. I'll be honest, I was not the biggest fan of North Wilkesboro. The track produced quite a few dud races over the years but it's awesome to see this race and remember how great NASCAR was in the 80s and 90s.

Imagine believing that removing North Wilkesboro for Texas was a good idea.

@Theel25

4 жыл бұрын

Initially it was. The market of Dallas-Fort Worth's metro area was a big place to draw in fans, but now, because of Brian France, the interest collapsed, and fans stopped showing up. 2003-2018 was destruction era by Brian France, and only now are we recovering and plans to head back to NASCAR's roots have been the talks for months.

@seamuso7020

4 жыл бұрын

@@Theel25 At the time they 200,000 at texas and 60,000 at North Wilkesboro

@robloxgamer4121

4 жыл бұрын

I can see were your coming from but they could’ve removed Bristol

@ale99bigsoos23

4 жыл бұрын

@@Theel25 i agree the first years it might be, but now you have an ENOURMOUS track with extremely high cost of maintenance that usually is visited by less than 60k people, that does not provides good racing and needs PJ1 Shit on the track to have a little bit of racing. They preferred 180k for a few years than 60k for 30 years.

@Theel25

4 жыл бұрын

@@ale99bigsoos23 NASCAR didn't know it would decline to where it was now... mostly because Brian France was the one to tear it all up. NASCAR knew that Texas would be one of the most popular for 10+ years, and it was. The decline was Brian's fault, not the track. If NASCAR didn't have Mr. Drunken France, we'd probably think Texas was a smart, somewhat controversial decision, not a failed plan of expansionism.

Would love to see come back, race this track on dial up back in the day. Papyrus , I think? Fun shit.

If my man Terry labonte raced people like they did him he'd have 25 more wins in his long career.

BRING IT BACK!!

Can we get this back on the schedule?