After more than a decade away auto racing will be returning to the North Wilkesboro Speedway according to the track promoter and operator.
SMI announced its plans to bring grassroots racing to the 0.625-mile track in North Wilkesboro, N.C. The project calls for a multi-week grassroots racing event featuring multiple series.
The event will run in August on the asphalt currently at the track, followed by racing on dirt in October, before a track repave in 2023. The events, called Racetrack Revival, will be produced by XR Events.
It will include super late models, pro late models, street stocks, open wheel modifieds, limited late models, late model stocks and Hornets on the pavement. Track activity will be month-long and almost every day of the week, which would allow professional drivers from NASCAR’s series to race.
North Wilkesboro is among the three North Carolina tracks (in addition to Charlotte Motor Speedway and The Rock Speedway (formerly Rockingham) set to benefit from funds allocated as part of the American Rescue Plan.
