Could the same be true of North Wilkesboro Speedway?
After years and years of clamoring by fans, NASCAR finally this year committed to wholesale Cup Series schedule changes, adding a number of road courses â which many love â and also adopting some throwback style by adding a dirt race at Bristol this past weekend â which provided some nice variety and a pretty good show â and announcing plans to convert two-mile California into a half-mile while continuing to eye a return to the Nashville Fairgrounds â meeting the top demand of more short tracks.
Justin Epley, The News Herald, Morganton, N.C.
Well, North Wilkesboro certainly is a throwback. Itâs a short track, too. And at the beginning of its life, it was dirt. With NASCAR already leaning in all of those directions anyway, could NWS be transformed into the sportâs own dedicated dirt track on a permanent basis?
When Bristol dust settles, could North Wilkesboro rise?
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April 2, 2021 written by Michael Massie
Last weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway, the NASCAR Cup Series did something it had not done since 1970 when it raced on a dirt surface.
Now it’s time for the top national touring series to do something else for the first time in 51 years: add a short track to the schedule.
Yes, that’s right. Despite fans begging for more short tracks for the past several years, no new short track facilities have been added since Meyer Speedway in Houston, Texas, made its way onto the Cup schedule in 1971. Only one race was held at the track, and then it was never seen again on the Cup circuit, like so many other short tracks from that time.
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