North Wilkesboro track to reopen, host race next fall
Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009
Fans at North Wilkesboro Speedway watch the final Winston Cup race at the facility in September 1996. – Charlotte Observer file
Racing will return to North Wilkesboro Speedway in 2010.
The 0.625-mile track — which hosted NASCAR events from the series inception in 1949 through 1996 — will welcome the USARacing Pro Cup Championship Series on Oct. 3, 2010.
The track closed following the 1996 season and its two Cup dates were moved to New Hampshire and Texas. A new ownership group, led by the widow of former NASCAR star Benny Parsons, worked to bring racing back to the North Carolina track.
"We are very excited to add the historic North Wilkesboro Speedway to the 2010 USARacing Pro Cup Series schedule," said series director Jimmy Wilson. "It adds another high profile venue to our already impressive list of quality and historic tracks."
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