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There are plenty of changes underway at iconic North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway as it prepares to host the 2023 NASCAR All-Star Race but always with a keen eye on preserving its history.

North Wilkesboro Speedway still has life to offer, and organizers proved as much with a sold-out late model event last week featuring NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr.

The Cup Series has not raced at this iconic venue since 1996.

In an abrupt reversal of plans, North Wilkesboro Speedway is now expected to host the NASCAR All-Star Race in 2023, Motorsport.com has learned.

WILKES COUNTY, N.C. — Before the water and Sun Drop and champagne shower rained down in Victory Lane at a once-forgotten racetrack — and really before every little thing that made Wednesday night as magical as it was — Dale Earnhardt Jr. stood outside his car and soaked in the…

There is little coincidence NASCAR’s rise in popularity in the 1980s and 90s came at the same time Bruton Smith was rattling off some of his biggest accomplishments.

Smith made Speedway the first public motorsports company to trade on the New York Stock Exchange.

Speedway Motorsports announced that its founder died of ’natural causes’ on Wednesday.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600, the annual crown-jewel Charlotte race on the Cup Series schedule, isn’t going anywhere. As Speedway Motorsports president and CEO Marcus Smith put it, “Moving the Coke 600 would be like taking the Masters out of Augusta.”

Racing will return to historic North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway this year, but it will be some time before the track lands on a NASCAR national series schedule.

Speedway Motorsports President and CEO Marcus Smith shared updated renovation plans for North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway and believes the track will soon host a NASCAR national series race.