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July 13, 2025

Speedway Motorsports

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2023 NSJ Comeback of the Year: North Wilkesboro’s return helped revive North Carolina’s long, rich NASCAR past

December 29, 2023 Cory Lavalette

In the last three years, North State Journal’s Comeback of the Year has come from a college game. In 2020, it was Duke basketball hitting two buzzer-beaters against rival UNC to rally from 13 down […]

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NASCAR reveals format for All-Star Race

April 12, 2023 Cory Lavalette

The three-day NASCAR All-Star Race weekend at North Wilkesboro Speedway will offer a bit of everything for stock car racing fans, but the spotlight of the Cup Series’ return to the 0.625-mile oval for the […]

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North Wilkesboro Speedway to host 2023 NASCAR All-Star Race

September 8, 2022 North State Journal Staff

The NASCAR Cup Series is coming back to North Wilkesboro. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper held a press conference Thursday outside the North Carolina Museum of History to announce NASCAR’s 2023 All-Star Race will be […]

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Speedway Motorsports founder Bruton Smith dies at 95

June 22, 2022 Jenna Fryer, Associated Press

CHARLOTTE — O. Bruton Smith, who emerged from North Carolina farm country and parlayed his love of motorsports into a Hall of Fame career as one of the biggest track owners and most successful promoters […]

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Racing returning to North Wilkesboro

May 25, 2022 Shawn Krest

In 1946, North Wilkesboro Speedway cost $1,500 to build. Now, one of NASCAR’s original tracks will return to action thanks to an $18 million makeover. Located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and at […]

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Speedway Motorsports vows to keep Dover on NASCAR slate

May 3, 2022 Dan Gelston, Associated Press

DOVER, Del. — Chase Elliott took note that Dover’s grandstands passed the eye test and looked fuller on Sunday before rain washed out the conclusion of the race. A track that scaled down in size […]

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Chase Elliott ends drought, wins at Dover

May 2, 2022 The Associated Press

DOVER, Del. — Chase Elliott snapped a 26-race winless streak when the 2020 NASCAR champion pulled away down the stretch to win the NASCAR Cup Series race on Monday at Dover Motor Speedway. Elliott, who […]

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Speedway Motorsports buys Dover, Nashville Cup Series tracks

November 9, 2021 The Associated Press

DOVER, Del. — Concord-based Speedway Motorsports has reached an agreement to acquire Dover Motorsports, ending the NASCAR track in Delaware’s run as one of the last independent operators in the sport. Dover Motorsports owned both […]

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Reviving its roots? NASCAR weighs return to bygone North Wilkesboro Speedway

May 26, 2021 Brett Friedlander

No one involved with NASCAR really wanted to leave North Wilkesboro Speedway when the racing series said goodbye to the historic track in 1996. But the sport was growing and becoming more popular nationwide, so […]

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Logano wins historic race in Bristol dirt

March 29, 2021 The Associated Press

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Somewhere under the thick red haze floating over Bristol Motor Speedway, Joey Logano took the checkered flag for NASCAR’s first Cup Series race at a dirt track in more than a half-century. […]

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