North Wilkesboro Speedway

.625 mi./1.006 km. Paved Oval located in North Wilkesboro, NC
Opened: 1947 | Closed: 2012

Previous Names: None

Previous Configurations: .5 mi. dirt oval (1947-57)


Banking: 14°
Website: https://www.facebook.com/NorthWilkesboroSpeedway

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The following table contains a list of all known touring series or major events held at this speedway. Think we're missing one or have the results to it? Contact us!

Date	Sanction	Winner	Laps
25 April 1948	NASCAR Modified National Championship	Red Byron
30 May 1948	NASCAR Modified National Championship	Marshall Teague
18 July 1948	NASCAR Modified National Championship	Curtis Turner
5 September 1948	NASCAR Modified National Championship	Curtis Turner
5 September 1948	NASCAR Modified National Championship	Curtis Turner
17 October 1948	NASCAR Modified National Championship	Red Byron
27 March 1949	NASCAR Modified National Championship	Fonty Flock
22 May 1949	NASCAR Modified National Championship	Tim Flock
4 September 1949	NASCAR Modified National Championship	Fonty Flock
16 October 1949	NASCAR Strictly Stock	Bob Flock	200
26 March 1950	NASCAR Modified National Championship	Buck Baker	50
11 June 1950	NASCAR Modified National Championship	Curtis Turner	40
24 September 1950	NASCAR Grand National	Leon Sales	200
29 April 1951	NASCAR Grand National	Fonty Flock	150
21 October 1951	NASCAR Grand National	Fonty Flock	200
30 March 1952	NASCAR Grand National	Herb Thomas	200
26 October 1952	NASCAR Grand National	Herb Thomas	200
29 March 1953	NASCAR Grand National	Herb Thomas	200
11 October 1953	NASCAR Grand National	Speedy Thompson	160
4 April 1954	NASCAR Grand National	Dick Rathmann	160
24 October 1954	NASCAR Grand National	Hershel McGriff	157
13 March 1955	NASCAR Late Model Sportsman National Championship	Billy Myers (NC)
3 April 1955	NASCAR Grand National	Buck Baker	160
23 October 1955	NASCAR Grand National	Buck Baker	160
8 April 1956	NASCAR Grand National	Tim Flock	160
7 April 1957	NASCAR Grand National	Fireball Roberts	160
22 September 1957	NASCAR Convertible Division	Paul Goldsmith	160
20 October 1957	NASCAR Grand National	Jack Smith (GA)	160
16 March 1958	NASCAR Convertible Division	Billy Myers	160
18 May 1958	NASCAR Grand National	Junior Johnson	160
19 October 1958	NASCAR Grand National	Junior Johnson	160
5 April 1959	NASCAR Grand National	Lee Petty	160
18 October 1959	NASCAR Grand National	Lee Petty	160
27 March 1960	NASCAR Grand National	Lee Petty	160
2 October 1960	NASCAR Grand National	Rex White	320
16 April 1961	NASCAR Grand National	Rex White	400
1 October 1961	NASCAR Grand National	Rex White	320
15 April 1962	NASCAR Grand National	Richard Petty	400
30 September 1962	NASCAR Grand National	Richard Petty	320
28 April 1963	NASCAR Grand National	Richard Petty	257
29 September 1963	NASCAR Grand National	Marvin Panch	400
19 April 1964	NASCAR Grand National	Fred Lorenzen	400
11 October 1964	NASCAR Grand National	Marvin Panch	400
18 April 1965	NASCAR Grand National	Junior Johnson	400
3 October 1965	NASCAR Grand National	Junior Johnson	400
17 April 1966	NASCAR Grand National	Jim Paschal	400
2 October 1966	NASCAR Grand National	Dick Hutcherson	400
16 April 1967	NASCAR Grand National	Darel Dieringer	400
1 October 1967	NASCAR Grand National	Richard Petty	400
21 April 1968	NASCAR Grand National	David Pearson	400
28 September 1968	NASCAR Grand Touring	Tiny Lund	240
29 September 1968	NASCAR Grand National	Richard Petty	400
16 March 1969	NASCAR Modified National Championship	Ray Hendrick
20 April 1969	NASCAR Grand National	Bobby Allison	400
5 October 1969	NASCAR Grand National	David Pearson	400
18 April 1970	NASCAR Grand National	Richard Petty	400
4 October 1970	NASCAR Grand National	Bobby Isaac	400
18 April 1971	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Richard Petty	400
21 November 1971	NASCAR Winston Cup Series NASCAR Grand American	Tiny Lund	400
23 April 1972	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Richard Petty	400
1 October 1972	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Richard Petty	400
8 April 1973	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Richard Petty	400
23 September 1973	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Bobby Allison	400
21 April 1974	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Richard Petty	400
22 September 1974	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Cale Yarborough	400
5 April 1975	NASCAR Baby Grand	Gwyn Bullis	100
6 April 1975	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Richard Petty	400
1 June 1975	NASCAR Baby Grand	Dean Craven
21 September 1975	NASCAR Baby Grand	Dean Combs	100
21 September 1975	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Richard Petty	400
11 October 1975	NASCAR Baby Grand	Walter Johnson	320
3 April 1976	NASCAR Baby Grand	Dean Combs	100
4 April 1976	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Cale Yarborough	400
6 June 1976	NASCAR Baby Grand	Dean Combs
19 September 1976	NASCAR Baby Grand	Dean Combs	320
2 October 1976	NASCAR Baby Grand	Dean Combs	160
3 October 1976	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Cale Yarborough	400
26 March 1977	NASCAR Baby Grand	Dean Combs	160
27 March 1977	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Cale Yarborough	400
12 June 1977	NASCAR Baby Grand	Larry Caudill	160
18 September 1977	NASCAR Baby Grand	Dean Combs	100
2 October 1977	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Darrell Waltrip	400
13 November 1977	NASCAR Baby Grand	Larry Caudill	160
15 April 1978	NASCAR Baby Grand	Dean Combs	160
16 April 1978	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Darrell Waltrip	400
17 September 1978	NASCAR Baby Grand	Phil Parsons	100
30 September 1978	NASCAR Baby Grand	Olin Baldwin	160
1 October 1978	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Cale Yarborough	400
24 March 1979	NASCAR Baby Grand	Dean Combs	160
25 March 1979	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Bobby Allison	400
9 September 1979	NASCAR Modified National Championship	Bill Hensley	100
9 September 1979	NASCAR Baby Grand	Dean Combs	100
9 September 1979	NASCAR Late Model Sportsman National Championship	Tommy Houston	100
29 September 1979	NASCAR Baby Grand	G.W. Gibson
14 October 1979	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Benny Parsons	400
23 March 1980	NASCAR International Sedan Series	G.W. Gibson	99
23 March 1980	NASCAR Modified National Championship	Geoffrey Bodine	99
23 March 1980	NASCAR Late Model Sportsman National Championship	Butch Lindley	99
9 April 1980	NASCAR International Sedan Series	G.W. Gibson	100
20 April 1980	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Richard Petty	400
18 May 1980	ARCA Racing Series	Phil Parsons	100
18 May 1980	NASCAR Modified National Championship	Geoffrey Bodine	100
7 September 1980	NASCAR International Sedan Series	Dean Combs	100
7 September 1980	NASCAR Late Model Sportsman National Championship	Satch Worley	100
21 September 1980	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Bobby Allison	400
20 October 1980	NASCAR International Sedan Series	Dean Combs	100
4 April 1981	NASCAR International Sedan Series	Dean Combs	100
5 April 1981	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Richard Petty	400
19 April 1981	NASCAR Late Model Sportsman National Championship	Tommy Ellis	99
19 April 1981	NASCAR International Sedan Series	Ronnie Hopkins	99
19 April 1981	NASCAR Modified National Championship	Paul Radford	99
13 September 1981	NASCAR International Sedan Series	Dean Combs	100
17 September 1981	NASCAR Late Model Sportsman National Championship	Randy Tissot	100
3 October 1981	NASCAR International Sedan Series	Mickey York	100
4 October 1981	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Darrell Waltrip	400
18 April 1982	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Darrell Waltrip	400
23 May 1982	NASCAR International Sedan Series	G.W. Gibson	100
12 September 1982	NASCAR International Sedan Series	Larry Hoopaugh	100
2 October 1982	NASCAR International Sedan Series	Larry Hoopaugh	100
3 October 1982	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Darrell Waltrip	400
3 April 1983	NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series	Sam Ard	200
16 April 1983	NASCAR Darlington Dash Series	Larry Hoopaugh	100
17 April 1983	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Darrell Waltrip	400
11 September 1983	NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series	Tommy Ellis	200
1 October 1983	NASCAR Darlington Dash Series	Larry Hoopaugh	100
2 October 1983	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Darrell Waltrip	400
7 April 1984	NASCAR Darlington Dash Series	Mike Powell	100
8 April 1984	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Tim Richmond	400
16 September 1984	NASCAR Busch Grand National Series	Sam Ard	150
29 September 1984	NASCAR Darlington Dash Series	Mickey York	100
14 October 1984	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Darrell Waltrip	400
21 April 1985	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Neil Bonnett	400
15 September 1985	NASCAR Busch Grand National Series	Jack Ingram	150
29 September 1985	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Harry Gant	400
20 April 1986	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Dale Earnhardt	400
28 September 1986	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Darrell Waltrip	400
2 November 1986	NASCAR Charlotte/Daytona Dash Series	Hut Stricklin
5 April 1987	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Dale Earnhardt	400
31 May 1987	NASCAR Charlotte/Daytona Dash Series	Larry Caudill	150
4 October 1987	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Terry Labonte	400
17 April 1988	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Terry Labonte	400
16 October 1988	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Rusty Wallace	400
15 April 1989	SMART Modified Tour	Jimmy Spencer	150
16 April 1989	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Dale Earnhardt	400
17 September 1989	SMART Modified Tour	Philip Smith
15 October 1989	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Geoffrey Bodine	400
21 April 1990	SMART Modified Tour	Robert Jeffreys	150
22 April 1990	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Brett Bodine	400
16 September 1990	SMART Modified Tour	Jay Hedgecock	100
30 September 1990	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Mark Martin (AR)	400
21 April 1991	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Darrell Waltrip	400
15 September 1991	SMART Modified Tour	Philip Smith	100
29 September 1991	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Dale Earnhardt	400
11 April 1992	SMART Modified Tour	Paul Spencer
12 April 1992	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Davey Allison	400
20 September 1992	SMART Modified Tour	Frank Fleming
5 October 1992	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Geoffrey Bodine	400
18 April 1993	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Rusty Wallace	400
3 October 1993	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Rusty Wallace	400
17 April 1994	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Terry Labonte	400
2 October 1994	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Geoffrey Bodine	400
9 April 1995	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Dale Earnhardt	400
17 September 1995	NASCAR Dash Series Central	Mike Swaim, Jr.
30 September 1995	NASCAR SuperTruck Series by Craftsman	Mike Bliss	150
1 October 1995	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Mark Martin (AR)	400
13 April 1996	SMART Modified Tour	Junior Miller	150
14 April 1996	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Terry Labonte	400
14 September 1996	SMART Modified Tour	Frank Fleming
15 September 1996	NASCAR Dash Series Central	Will Hobgood	100
28 September 1996	NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series	Mark Martin (AR)	250
29 September 1996	NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Jeff Gordon	400
30 October 2009	Allison Legacy Race Series	Tyler Hill	35
4 September 2010	Allison Legacy Race Series	Gus Dean	35
4 September 2010	PASS South Super Late Model Series	Chase Elliott	200
3 October 2010	USAR Pro Cup Series	Jeff Agnew	200
30 October 2010	Rolling Thunder Modifieds	Cale Gale
30 October 2010	United States Super Trucks National Championship Series	Alan Carter
31 October 2010	ASA Late Model Series Sunoco National Tour	Jeff Choquette	150
10 April 2011	PASS South Super Late Model Series	Chris Eggleston	300

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