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5/27/2010 - NORTH WILKESBORO, NC -Welcome to the new Save The Speedway website, after 5 years of hard work the speedway has reopened this year. As a fitting tribute to the speedway reopening we have redesigned the website to not only cover the history of the speedway and our efforts to Save The Speedway, we will also be covering and documenting the events at the speedway. There are still a few things to be worked on i.e. the message board and the detailed history of the races ran at North Wilkesboro Speedway, please be patient with us as we continue to update the site. We hope that you enjoy the new site.
NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. (September 4, 2010) – Chase Elliott was a month shy of his first birthday when Jeff Gordon won the final NASCAR race at North Wilkesboro Speedway, but Saturday the second generation driver was the historic track's master as he claimed his first PASS victory this season and the second of his career in the Labor Day Classic 200.
“The car was awesome,” said the 14-year-old Elliott, who led twice for 69 laps in the 200-lap green flag event. “This is a big win for us. I've always heard about this race track for a long, long time. For them to open it back up and come over here and run, I had a blast today.” Elliott's father, Bill, who won three poles at the track but never a race, worked with his son during a test at the speedway about two weeks before the facility's first race weekend since 1996. “To come back and win the first race here after all these years that it's been closed, I thought it was pretty cool,” said Elliott, who received the traditional Dawsonville, Ga., victory celebration – the blowing of the siren atop the Dawsonville Pool Room. It was clear from the beginning that Elliott's Ford and Jody Lavender's Chevrolet were the cars to beat. Elliott posted the second quickest time in qualifying with a 118.590-mph, 18.890-second lap, while Lavender was ninth fastest at 117.598 mph, 19.133 seconds. However, PASS required the top 10 qualifiers to draw for their starting positions. Lavender drew the pole, while Elliott picked ninth. Lavender immediately grabbed the lead when the green flag waved and continued to stretch his advantage. Elliott, meanwhile, had to work his way through the field. Elliott broke into the top 5 when he dove under Justin Allison in the third and fourth turns on lap eight. On lap 25, Elliott again chose the low groove in turns three and four to secure the fourth position, scooting under Trey Mitchell. Two yellow flags allowed Elliott to remain within striking distance. When the race returned to green-flag conditions on lap 38, Elliott took third from Ryan Blaney. Initially, Lavender, Devin Jones and Elliott were running nose to tail, but eventually Lavender began pulling away as Elliott pestered Jones. Elliott finally maneuvered around Jones on lap 84, once again choosing the inside lane in the third and fourth turns. By this time, Lavender had constructed a 3-second advantage. At the halfway mark, Lavender still possessed a healthy advantage over Elliott, but by lap 104 the Georgia native had cut the deficit to 2-seconds. Five laps later it was less than a second and by lap 112, Elliott had caught Lavender and was riding his bumper. When a competition yellow appeared on lap 128, nearly everyone pitted, including Elliott and Lavender. Elliott received four fresh tires and beat Lavender off pit road, but he still had to restart third behind Preston Peltier and Allison, respectively. Lavender was fourth. When the race restarted, Elliott shot to the front to the delight of the more than 7,000 fans who roared their approval. With 30 laps remaining, Elliott owned a 5-second advantage over Lavender. However, with 186 laps completed the race's complexion changed when Brandon Ward slammed the second-turn wall. In the shootout style restart, Elliott was on the pole with Lavender second. Lavender jumped ahead of Elliott when the green flag waved on lap 187 and began pulling away. “I just messed that up,” Elliott responded after the race when asked what happened on the restart. “I had a hard time seeing the flag and I didn't see it go green. I just got off there. It was my fault. “I thought we still had a shot to get him there even if it had gone green the rest of the way, but thank goodness we got that second caution and I had a shot to get him back.” The race's fourth yellow flag waved two laps after the race restarted from the third caution due to a one-car spin off turn four. This time Lavender lined up first and Elliott second. For two laps, they battled door handle-to-door handle before Elliott finally gained a clear advantage on lap 192. “The car was really good, especially once the tires cooled off a little bit. It was really good for quite a few laps and then they'd start to wear out,” Elliott said in addressing why he challenged Lavender on the outside. Once Elliott cleared Lavender he was never challenged the rest of the way. He finished 2.983 seconds ahead of Lavender and averaged 69.485 mph. Pole winner Andy Loden, who broke Terry Labonte's 18.905-second track record set in 1994 with an 18.815-second lap, placed third. Joey Coulter finished fourth and Jones took fifth. “The car was really good all day,” Elliott said. “I feel like we can still be quite a bit better. I think everybody needed a race to get a hang for what they need when we come back.” Elliott plans to compete in the Oct. 3 USAR Pro Cup Series event at HNWS. In the track's other races Saturday, Mack Little III won the 50-lap Limited Sportsman race, Michael Tucker took the 25-lap Stadium Stock event, and Gus Dean emerged victorious in the 35-lap Allison Legacy Series feature. Labor Day Classic 200 Winners Limited Late Models - Mack Little III Live Updates from North Wilkesboro Speedway - First Race Winner Limited Late Models, Mack Little III - Second Race Winner Stadium Stock - Michael Tucker. Allison Legacy Series on track now.
NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C.(AUGUST 30, 2010) -Coming off a weekend of testing at North Wilkesboro Speedway bringing over 20 cars to an open testing session for the Labor Day Classic featuring the PASS Super Late Models, Stadium Stock, Limited Late Models, and Allison Legacy. North Wilkesboro Speedway saw legends returned to the track, over the weekend Chase Elliott son of NASCAR Winston Cup Champion Bill Elliott, graced the track turning solid laps for the upcoming 200 lap feature. Also turning laps this past weekend we saw the son of Dave Blaney turning laps and the 5/8th mile North Wilkesboro Speedway. On September 4th the 63 year old speedway will roar back to life when the ground pounding PASS Super Late Models run a 200 lap feature at the speedway, backed up by several support series. Returning back to the speedway for the Labor Day Classic will be legends Donnie and Bobby Allison who will be the Grand Marshalls for the weekend throwing out the first green flag laps at the speedway since 1996 when the NASCAR Winston Cup Series ran their final race at the speedway. “This is a awesome deal to have to great racing legends return to North Wilkesboro Speedway and we are honored to have them” said Alton McBride, President of Speedway Associates. Tickets for the upcoming weekend are on sale at North Wilkesboro Speedway Tickets, gates open at 7am with practice at 9:30, green flag for the Labor Day Classic at 2pm. North Wilkesboro Speedway Labor Day Weekend TV Commercial NORTH WILKESBORO N.C.(August 10, 2010) - Set in the Brushy Mountains of western North Carolina, lays Wilkes County with a deep history of NASCAR. It is the site of the North Wilkesboro Speedway which hosted NASCAR events for 50 years. This year on the way to Bristol for the races Wilkes County will be hosting the First Annual “Bristol Stop” on race weekend, Wilkes County hotels will be offering deeply discounted hotels at several of the local hotels that include, Wilkesboro Holiday Inn, Addison Inn, and the Hampton Inn all in the Town of Wilkesboro and close to the North Wilkesboro Speedway, and within 2 hours of Bristol, TN. Anyone stopping in town on race weekend with a Bristol ticket will be able to take their ticket down to the North Wilkesboro Speedway and take a lap around the track in your street car. Also that weekend on August 21st at 7:00pm, Tim Dugger will be performing in concert at West Wilkes High School, tickets prices are $10 each and will be available during check-in at all participating hotels, all proceeds from the Tim Dugger concert will go to the Benny Parsons Athletic Complex to be built at West Wilkes High School. More.
Pro All Stars Series (PASS) officials today released the schedule of events and support divisions for the upcoming Labor Day Classic at the Historic North Wilkesboro Speedway. The PASS South Super Late Models will bring stock car racing back to North Wilkesboro Speedway on September 3-4 for the first time since 1996. PASS South headline the Labor Day Classic with a 200 lap event featuring the top Super Late Model drivers from around the country. In addition to the PASS South cars, the Allison Legacy Series, Limited Late Models, and Stadium Stocks will complete the weekend of racing. Rules and entry forms for the Limited Late Models and Stadium Stock divisions are now posted on the web at ProAllStarsSeries.com.
8/05/2010 - North Wilkesboro, NC - One historic event deserves another. While the Brushy Mountain Apple Festival has been a must see event in Wilkes County, N.C., for years, the county’s racing history – dating back to the moonshine days and the birth of NASCAR – has been on a 14-year hiatus. Once home to nationally televised stock car racing events at North Wilkesboro Speedway, the track has sat dormant for more than a decade. Thanks to a new ownership group and national attention, the speedway comes into focus again on the weekend of October 3. The Apple Festival weekend will see the return of the Fall “Triple Header” which includes open wheel modified competition. Speedway officials confirmed the addition of a 100-lap Modified race and a 50-lap Street Stock race in conjunction with the Brushy Mountain 250 USARacing Pro Cup Series Championship race on Sunday, October 3, 2010. More.
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