When my family and/or friends and I drive up to the mountains, we pass by the old unkept and decrepit speedway in Wilkesboro on 421 and it always bums me out because I remember racing there in the 80s and 90s.
That all changes this month!
When the All Star race happens in Wilkesboro happens in two weeks, it'll be the first NASCAR race there in this century!
There hasn't been a NASCAR race there in 27 years.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. racing there is an added bonus.
What the speedway improvements will mean for the region's economy is exciting to watch.
Read more about that HERE