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.
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
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.
@@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.
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
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
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
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?
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
@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.
@@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!
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!
@@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.
@@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.
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!
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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".
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.
@@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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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
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!
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!
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.
Now this will no longer be the last cup series event at this track!
Hopefully next year this will no longer be the last cup points race!
@@MikesLIVEVideos i hope so!!! The North Wilkesboro Speedway will be better!!!
@@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.
both of the tracks that replaced NW are now back to one points race each - what goes around comes around
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
@@AlonsoRules By that do you mean Texas and New Hampshire? Texas still has the All Star Race in 2021.
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.
@@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 TH-cam nearly 25 years later
Who would have thought the track would be used in a simulation race 25 years later?
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
Who would have thought there would be TH-cam and being able to watch it on your phone 25 years ago?
Who would of thought that this race track would be streamed on youtube 25 years later as a vandilized shit hole for homeless people
@@tonyw2136 who would of thought you'd be such a whiner? And even better it's coming back. Pipe it punk! Hahaha
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
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
Great that the all star race will be there next season
I didn't care for listening to him I like listening to Benny Parsons
And now after 27 years, we come back to North Wilkesboro!
Are heading for Truck Series and All Star Racing next year
Aww NASCAR find a way to bring this track and a race back... these were the days!
i know right? this would be great to see again
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
@@Paradigmical0 Willing to bet they could get a lot of people to volunteer their time for this track to come back
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?
@@Paradigmical0 Bruton Smith could have spent money on rebuilding North Wilkesboro instead of that pointless Texas or Kentucky reconfiguration
and after so much NASCAR comes back here again
BRING BACK NORTH WILKESBORO NEXT YEAR
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
Do you realize how impossible this is?
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.
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.
@@BANGITSME87 Smi now rebuilding north wilkesboro
In 1994, Geoff Bodine lapped the entire field, the last time this has ever happened in NASCAR.
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.
Tennessee Preparedness omg dude you are a legend
@@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.
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
Sounds like it was a snooze fest.
Watching this now on the week the track will be reborn!
Wilkesboro is back!!!!! Nascars field of dreams.
That Thumbnail is so emotional R.I.P North Wilkesboro😢😢😢.
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
m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2690617580996380&id=100001444940331
It’s not dead JUST yet! It was the site where NASCAR held the 2023 All-Star Race!
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.
Nascar should’ve never left north Wilkesboro
NASCAR shouldn't have done a lot of stuff
I agree
Nope I agree
Took them 26 Years to Realise this….
2023 Nascar all star race is going to be there!
Gordon took full advantage of his last shot to win at North Wilkesboro... I loved racing this track on NASCAR Racing 2 game
I had NR2 and I agree this track was one of the funnest to race on
I am excited for the All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro on May 21, 2023 😁
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.
That was a used in NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race in North Wilkesboro Speedway in nexr year in 2023.
The stands look jam packed with fans. Seems logical to drop the race from the schedule.
When the alternative was jammed pack tracks with 3x the capacity, yes it was logical.
@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.
Money over fans
@@Jarvis2500 its a cooperation..... so ya.
@@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!
Jeff Gordon will always be my favorite race car driver
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!
Yeah his real name is peter puffer
It's so surreal watching this knowing that in just a week there will be cup cars racing on this historic track again.
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!
2022 or 2023 cross fingers
They could race lawnmowers there and I'd drive down from Minnesota to see it
@@jakekromschroeder2833 I'm from WI and dude I feel the same LOL
Rockingham Too
Another track that should come back some time soon is Nashville Fairgrounds.
They need to get this track back on the schedule. Even if it’s just the all star race.
hello there
Wish granted.
This aged very well! They will hold next year's All-Star Race at this track!
2023 is your year
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.
The rock may be coming back....but sadly North Wilkesboro will likely never return, atleast on a premier scale
@@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.
@@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.
May 21st 2023……
@@ClaptonFan91 I am pleased to say. You Were Wrong!
This track is amazing. It's just the right combination of speed and short track action for a good stock car show.
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!
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
Who’s here after the All-Star Race news?
all of us man i’m so excited
Who is here the week before the return?
Who else is here after learning the All-Star race is going to be here in 2023?
Thanks for airing this race.
ITS AWESOME THAT THE 2023 ALL STAR RACE WILL BE HERE.
They need to have all the living drivers from this race at the All Star race in May
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 😢
The stands are packed full of people!
Unlike racetracks today...
The 2023 was no where close the the good ole days
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
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!!!!!
Who's here after NASCAR announced that they would hold the 2023 NASCAR All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway?
Now they're adding a points race for the Truck series there as well.
38:20 DW flipping out over the radio
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.
This Was My Favorite Nascar Track when I started watching in 1985
90s NASCAR was the best NASCAR. Proper stock cars.
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 when nascar was still excellent without the chase and playoff shenanigans.
Tero Alatalo ok boomer
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.
RICHARD SIDOR you weren’t a real fan to begin with then
@@supremeleadergnkdroid3202 Considering what I did in my life for NASCAR yes, I was a real fan
RICHARD SIDOR openly hating the sport and bragging about not watching is a fan. Ok
Proud to say I was there. Even ended up on a Dale Earnhardt calendar from this race.
I had a dream about next year's all star race here after they announced it that day 😂😂
Who else is rematching this during All Star weekend?
Love Jeff and Ray killing the field.
As of 11/24/21, SMI HAS STARTED REBUILDING NWS!
Can we go back? Not just to the track but to the time? The drivers, the announcers, the simplicity? Whos coming with me?
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.
Thanks NASCAR. What a great track this was. Sad to see it go.
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.
Hmmmm. I reckon it will be in Great Condition next May…. 😉
Who is here after announcement that they are coming back?
Top Ten that year is something special. Had the honor of being alive during this time.
Can you believe this? In one more month, NASCAR is going back to their roots. They’re going back to where they came from.
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.
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...
May 21st 2023 the Cup series will make its return
Does anyone know who sang the song at 1:20 in this video? It sure gets my motor hitting on all 8 !
Back when they was the best racing ever and the best 2 cup drivers ever finished first and second
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".
Rockingham was a bust when they brought the trucks back 10 years ago. It’s not owned by nascar or SMi ether.
That was for a Truck race, a Cup race would draw the crowds.
Jeff overused the word "Awesome" for about 3-4 years. EVERYTHING was "awesome." "Awesome win." "Awesome wreck."
At yet, it was totally earned!
Thanks NASCAR for the upload.
North Wilkesboro > Las Vegas New Hampshire and Texas
kansas too
Soon, my brothers, soon...
Stands are packed......imagine that!
WE ARE SO BACK BABY!
50:55 bit of a jinx don’t you think (especially the second part)?
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.
Welp guess what it’s back !
Please return to this track this season!
Imagine believing that removing North Wilkesboro for Texas was a good idea.
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.
@@Theel25 At the time they 200,000 at texas and 60,000 at North Wilkesboro
I can see were your coming from but they could’ve removed Bristol
@@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.
@@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.
Thank you nascar for posting this
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.
Dale finished 2nd to Gordon as usual. Which is okay because Jeff is the greatest NASCAR driver ever
Shit
"Not sure we're going to see that on some of the bigger tracks." - John Kernan......The man knew what he was talking about.
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.
I wish North wilkesboro speedway would be back in nascar
it will be in iracing this summer
Wish they still raced here but the track in no more used to watch this race back in 1996 miss this type of racing.
NASCAR should have never left this track.
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.
Look at those packed stands. Wow. NASCAR really started making mistakes in those days.
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
Ole rusty had the coolest paint schemes of all time! The harley Davidson ones were awesome!
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!
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!
For Now Jeff Gordon is the last Winner of a Points race at NW.
Can we get this back on the schedule?
I'd love for NASCAR to return to this track. C'mon guys, it's not too late, you can still make it happen!
they are making it happen, iRacing
on saturday we can go back. cant wait
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.
Sad we need Wilkesboro back on the schedule
Stupid question, but why is the number on the doors of Hamilton’s car so low?
Foreshadowing?
If my man Terry labonte raced people like they did him he'd have 25 more wins in his long career.
That track burned a lot of rubber. Still, an exiting race. Thanks.
It was so sad this was the last race here at north windsbow or something 😐
I hope this track soon returns to the NASCAR calendar once and for all...
It has for the all star race
I hope it comes back to the cup series. Instead of doing what’s good for their pockets, they should do what’s good for the sport for once
BRING IT BACK!!