NASCAR'S All-Star Race is Going to North Wilkesboro!

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  • Опубликовано: 4 дек 2024
  • In this edition of "The Kenny Wallace Show" - Kenny gives his opinion on the 2023 NASCAR All-Star race going to North Wilkesboro Speedway.
    #NASCAR #racing #NorthWilkesboro #kennywallace
    ***thumbnail photo by Chris Graythen of Getty Images courtesy of NASCAR Media

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  • @FloridaManRacer
    @FloridaManRacer 2 года назад +25

    Kenny, Absolutely YES you need to attend the All Star Race. We need every person who is healthy and able who ran at Wilkesboro to show up for this. You hit the nail on the head with your comparison to the Field of Dreams game. I've been saying that since Racetrack Revival was announced. You're 100% spot on. This is NASCAR's chance to truly tie back into its roots and provide a unique and historically significant experience to everyone who walks through those gates on race day.

  • @JBBooks-qv2kp
    @JBBooks-qv2kp 2 года назад +49

    Dale Jr was a fan of NASCAR racing first and had a birthright to a storied NASCAR legacy that has allowed him to understand the NASCAR fan. Because he is a fan first he looks at the sport from a historical perspective that NASCAR officials don't. Dale Jr should be in a formal NASCAR role either advisory or administrative.

    • @jk-kr8jt
      @jk-kr8jt 2 года назад

      Birthright? Give me a break. Jr was a mediocre driver at best and is a soiled brat. Dale Earnhardt was legendary, his punk kid is a disgrace to the Earnhardt name.

    • @tritontransport
      @tritontransport 2 года назад +2

      He basically is an advisor to nascar maybe more than his dad was……he just isn’t on the payroll. Jr doesn’t just speak for himself, he speaks for his fans and followers and he still has millions and millions of fans

    • @Twinspinner
      @Twinspinner 2 года назад +2

      He couldn't work for NASCAR unless he ran it. He's the guy NASCAR needs to drill the right ideas on their heads, but if he was working for them, they'd want to keep him quiet because they'd likely want to play it safe and not do anything new, or do their own ideas without his input. And he is such an amazing racing soul, they just couldn't pay him enough to keep quiet, ergo, he can't work for them lmao

    • @jk-kr8jt
      @jk-kr8jt 2 года назад

      @@Twinspinner rather delusional.

    • @terrybrown9206
      @terrybrown9206 2 года назад

      It should draw a large crowd.Probably more than 50,000 fans and be affordable for 70.00 per ticket?

  • @giff427dg
    @giff427dg 2 года назад +21

    The old tracks are what race fans want to see the speed and competition is what makes a track great

  • @Thisgirl23064
    @Thisgirl23064 2 года назад +10

    I drove 15 hours round trip in 2 days to go down and watch Dale Jr. race the late models. It was an amazing time! So much fun!. Everybody was just terrific!! I've already reserved my motel room for the All Star Race! Can't wait!

  • @gac914
    @gac914 2 года назад +8

    I was watching this race on Dale Jr's channel yesterday, which was in 5 parts. It was a GREAT race, and Dale Jr. was smiling ear to ear at all that went on. He's a great historian of the sport, and all those involved did a great job! What a lot of fun!!! 😊👍🙏

  • @matthewroberts416
    @matthewroberts416 2 года назад +5

    I'm an old Nascar fan who left for lots of reasons, however I am excited just listening to you talk about Wilkesboro! I just wish Nascar would listen to the drivers and make Nascar great again! I like it the way it was! But it is still in my blood!

  • @patrickloyd835
    @patrickloyd835 2 года назад +19

    Benny is looking down smiling i wish he could be there in person not just spirit miss him

    • @neilknight2379
      @neilknight2379 2 года назад +2

      I hope Terri and Paul get to split starting command and grand marshal duties. we owe all of this to their hard work. Terri for never giving up and fighting to reopen the place, and Paul for keeping it from completely wasting away.

    • @patrickloyd835
      @patrickloyd835 2 года назад +1

      Maybe Kenny can get NASCAR to do it there is no family that has done more for Wilksboro county than the Parsons

  • @NoGoodNamesLeft
    @NoGoodNamesLeft 2 года назад +11

    A lot of people don’t seem to know how to spell THANK YOU DALE JR FOR ALL YOU DO! YOU ARE A NATIONAL TREASURE!

  • @Kevin01SH
    @Kevin01SH 2 года назад +14

    Dont forget Rockingham is going to be re-paved early next year! Went there last year for a track weekend and it was super fun, even though the racing surface was coming up everywhere.

    • @MzVicky
      @MzVicky 2 года назад +7

      Yes we need Rockingham back too.

    • @jbs454
      @jbs454 2 года назад

      @@MzVicky we just lost our race at Kentucky speedway a couple years ago and now the ford truck plant uses it as a parking lot. Kentucky spent a ton of money on infrastructure and tax breaks to get the race only to loose it. They shouldn’t have built a cookie cutter mile and a half. Darrel Waltrip helped promote the track together a race date.

  • @davelikesbacon
    @davelikesbacon 2 года назад +13

    I think it's only fitting that Darrell Waltrip gives a command to fire engines. He gave that last prayer or talk before they started the final race in 1996. It only seems fitting that he gives the command.
    BOOGITY BOOGITY BOOGITY START YOUR ENGINES BOYS!

  • @MzVicky
    @MzVicky 2 года назад +3

    I live in Wilkesboro and I hope we make a full week of it with a fan night where the drivers are out signing autographs and a hauler parade among other events. That's the way it was in the 80s. We didn't have the hauler parade because they didn't have haulers then but we had autograph sessions almost every night at some business and it was awesome. I miss those days. I miss the old Winston Cup Preview event they would have at the coliseum in Winston-Salem every January. I miss the pit crew races at Rockingham. Those events are what made Nascar special. We need to bring back the pit crew races again somewhere. I know they had something similar during the All Star Event a few years back. This would be a great time to have that say on Wednesday night at the track.

  • @user-bt8vn3dj6o
    @user-bt8vn3dj6o 2 года назад +10

    The crowd went insane as Junior charged to the front!

  • @donnierittenberry5515
    @donnierittenberry5515 2 года назад +7

    Best move Nascar has made in years I love it

  • @xx_mecoboy_xx
    @xx_mecoboy_xx 2 года назад +7

    Kenny you definitely deserve a ride for that all star race, One last hoorah in the cup series.

  • @DILLIGAF2101
    @DILLIGAF2101 2 года назад +3

    Imagine a track where everything from Hornets and Mini Stocks, through Street Stocks, Late Models, Modifieds, the NASCAR Truck Series, Xfinity and Cup Series all race throughout the year.
    That track is North Wilksboro! This is an opportunity to bridge grassroots with the elite. I’m glad to see this revival!

  • @longjohn526
    @longjohn526 2 года назад +12

    The race itself last Wednesday night was really good and as good as anything I saw in NASCAR this year especially when you consider CARS is a local series in just Virginia and North Carolina rather than a nationwide touring series. Good clean racing with a minimum of yellow flags and sure they were banging doors sometimes but nothing egregious or someone taking a cheap shot and intentionally spinning someone out.
    I live in Davenport Iowa and while there is at least a dozen dirt tracks an hour or less from my house there is only 2 asphalt tracks both about 1 1/2 hours away, one in Cedar Rapids and the other is in Rockford Illinois. In 1994 and buddy and I decided we'd go up to Rockford in June and we had so much fun we decided we'd come back in September for the track championship race. The winner of both races, the points leader and track champion was a young 18 year old kid by the name of ..... Travis Kvapil
    And last Wednesday night I streamed the race at North Wilkesboro and got to see his 18 year old son Carson win the race driving a JR Motorsports car .... It's come full circle and I'm going to be keeping an eye out for this young man

  • @matthopcroft2535
    @matthopcroft2535 2 года назад +6

    It’s good to see all the hard work that happened and continuing. From both sides and the fans. Congrats it’s great to be a racing fan!

  • @landonthompson5604
    @landonthompson5604 2 года назад +11

    SMI doing this rebirth of North Wilkesboro is just what the doctor ordered. I've been missing the racing this track produced years ago, the beating and banging us fans love!!

  • @brianclifton9988
    @brianclifton9988 2 года назад +5

    Great job. Rockingham needs some love now. Maybe a truck race at least. Thanks Kenny. Love you man.

  • @mikerobertson9143
    @mikerobertson9143 2 года назад +3

    Hearing North Wilksboro was coming back made me happy, hearing NASCAR is finally pulling its head out of its rear end and going back made me ecstatic! Been a fan of NASCAR and watching since I could crawl, imo they never should have left the place. I think its gonna make a helluva all star race. THIS is what fans want, and ive been saying it for years, bring these legendary tracks back and put them on the calendar. Get back to roots and the sport will thrive once again. Get some real characters back on the track, drivers fans can relate to and really pull for, and a little bit of that blue collar goodness and it'll be a sellout every weekend. And Kenny you GOTTA be there bud! I love and miss your energy and wholesomeness. Been a fan since you drove the red dog and square D cars. Love your channel to man!

  • @robertmartin5723
    @robertmartin5723 2 года назад +12

    Could not be any happier with the decision to go back. I drove by there 3 years ago and it was so sad to see such a great venue just rotting away. Thankful for Dale Jr. and his effort to digitally save it which i believe led to it's revival. Now take the shootout to Rockingham and you will generate some excitement!

  • @dlawsonlawson1582
    @dlawsonlawson1582 2 года назад +6

    I have my alarm set to try to get tickets for this race. This will sell out no question. Bring back the Rock next

  • @loganengland8177
    @loganengland8177 2 года назад +8

    Let's bring back the Rock next

  • @chrismiles8225
    @chrismiles8225 2 года назад +1

    Kenny I have goosebumps listening to this. I've seen the dirty mo videos from the racing there. So cool!

  • @alexcika9906
    @alexcika9906 2 года назад +2

    Freaking awesome and Dale Jrs post race interview last week after the late model race there he almost Demanded that CUP comes back there and here we are a week later , Jr is the Man

  • @julioiglesias6424
    @julioiglesias6424 2 года назад +2

    I was there at last race in 1996. Was 18. I’m 44 now and will definitely be there. I believe your first race was in Wilkesboro

  • @donnielove4456
    @donnielove4456 2 года назад +3

    Herm Gonna Be Awesome All Star Race Now Lets Get The Rock Back Going

  • @timbutler7433
    @timbutler7433 2 года назад +2

    So nice to see the small old tracks coming back to life!

  • @chrisbuff6584
    @chrisbuff6584 2 года назад +3

    I believe another factor to the NW rebirth was the passing of Bruton. I believe Marcus is definitely a huge racing fan where Bruton was business first. I think this was a passion driven creation that will also net big business for Marcus. Smart move. Now lets see if they can get the track up to the standards it needs to be for this event.

  • @Probowler37
    @Probowler37 2 года назад +1

    I just happened to check next year's schedule updates yesterday morning and saw North Wilkesboro....probably the happiest moment seeing any schedule!

  • @rusmokin
    @rusmokin 2 года назад +5

    Correction: Bob Bahr and Bruton Smith each bought half of the track and took the 2 dates with them.

  • @dobermanpac1064
    @dobermanpac1064 2 года назад +3

    Hey Herm! I’m living the dream this year! I’ve got your channel & now North Wilksboro!! 🤠

  • @bmcshane80
    @bmcshane80 2 года назад

    Kenny Im coming from Australia for it.
    I got into NASCAR a few years from watching videos of Abandoned North Wilkesboro and I absolutely fell in LOVE with the history of the Sport and have been obsessed with it ever since
    You're my favourite personality I've found and I wouldnt miss this for the world, would love to see you there!

  • @coreyforshey3812
    @coreyforshey3812 2 года назад +7

    And thank you Dale Jr. and to all those who’ve donated time cleaning the facilities

  • @JJA1987
    @JJA1987 2 года назад +3

    Wilkesboro should’ve never been taken away to begin with Kenny

  • @briankbender5757
    @briankbender5757 2 года назад +1

    That would be great to see all of you there.

  • @rickcooper6817
    @rickcooper6817 2 года назад +5

    There goes our dirt race for now Herm, but who knows what will happen between now and April. It was good to see Mr. Marcus out mingling with the fans before the gates even opened. He is a lot different than his dad.

  • @jocalafarms4051
    @jocalafarms4051 2 года назад +4

    Would love to see Jr take over and run Nascar

    • @MzVicky
      @MzVicky 2 года назад

      Yes. Can you imagine what a sport we would have then. I don't know he would do it but yes that would be great.

  • @larryburwell8550
    @larryburwell8550 2 года назад +1

    Great video herman! I've watched Jr from the start on this a great job. I'm a iracer I've raced north Wilkesboro I love it. Great news for nascar. Bruton Smith made terrible decision and it's being fixed now. Great track Great history Great future. I started I racing because it was on TV when racing wasn't. I'm a A class driver and all this is because of Dale Jr. But thanks Herman. Your the man saying what's true. Hit the nail on the head in this video

  • @BrandisManLCM1011
    @BrandisManLCM1011 2 года назад +2

    Hells yeah herm I live in Alabama and I'm definitely going to try to make it up there for the all star race. So much history there can't lose it I'm glad it's back now we got to weasel hickory back in as well. Clay from mobile Alabama

  • @MayoFilms83
    @MayoFilms83 2 года назад +1

    I lived five miles from the North Wilkesboro track so glad it’s back and going to the All Star race in 2021!

  • @speediepitstop1531
    @speediepitstop1531 2 года назад +4

    Wilkes for the Allstar race, can't wait

  • @bobhope4732
    @bobhope4732 2 года назад +3

    NASCAR needs put Dale Jr in the front office. He knows what the fans want.

  • @Nebraska93
    @Nebraska93 2 года назад +1

    That’s a very great idea!!!!!!!!!! Keep rocking Kenny 🤘🏁🎸

  • @kentvaughn5887
    @kentvaughn5887 2 года назад +1

    Thank you for All you do!!!!!

  • @superninja252
    @superninja252 2 года назад +1

    Hello from Brazil Kenny, thank you for show your thinking about it
    You totally should show up on the track and maybe join that Late Model race they are planning to have at same weekend of the All Star, it can really make a short track and grassroots revival that both NASCAR and American motorsports need

  • @DC322
    @DC322 2 года назад +2

    YES for North Wilkesboro! Let's go!

  • @codyfletcher8177
    @codyfletcher8177 2 года назад +2

    To have all the old cup guys come back for race At Wilksboro would be amazing!!!!

  • @kenmartin1919
    @kenmartin1919 2 года назад

    Always love Kenny/Herman’s perspective!!!

  • @clemmonswest262
    @clemmonswest262 2 года назад +1

    Proud to say I was part of that crowd

  • @michaelbaker2363
    @michaelbaker2363 2 года назад +2

    I like to see the same thing for Rockingham

  • @brucechapman5553
    @brucechapman5553 2 года назад +2

    Hey Kenny. You gonna go back and race at Wilkesboro? Man I’m so looking forward to seeing this. Now if we could get Rockingham back I think it would be absolutely awesome. What ya think?

  • @SirensC3
    @SirensC3 2 года назад +2

    Finally Nascar makes a good decision! I have been blowing up social media for years about this track coming back. Not that I made any difference. Just glad it is back!

  • @PhilipRandolphREALTOR
    @PhilipRandolphREALTOR 2 года назад +1

    The NEXT track we need to bring back is THE ROCK! - ROCKINGHAM Speedway! Thank you Dale Jr.!

  • @markroberts9577
    @markroberts9577 2 года назад +5

    I have to say as someone that watched Jeff Gordon win that last race at North Wilkesboro I really thought it was just terrible when they took it off the schedule. I am no fan of the racetrack at Loudon. NASCAR actually did something right putting the All-Star Race there! This is going to check many of the boxes. Plus I think a lot of the old time guys they should do a showcase race there!

    • @jolenew9595
      @jolenew9595 2 года назад +1

      They took Chicagoland Speedway off the books last year and now they are doing a roadrace in Chicago? I assure you, no one in Chicago cares about that damn race. All theae tracks Nascar builds and then disposes of them so quickly. Its sad. Congrats to North Wilkesboro!

  • @larryeddings3185
    @larryeddings3185 2 года назад +1

    The miracle of North Wilkesboro!

  • @stratolestele7611
    @stratolestele7611 2 года назад +5

    As has been said, Rockingham too. It's becoming clear that it's not just us old guys that want to see "more of the old!". Remember, us old guys have kids and we pass tradition down.
    Now FIX those da*n cars and we'll really start watching fans return!

  • @michaelangelos5117
    @michaelangelos5117 2 года назад

    Hey buddy, good job. Glad to see you're keeping up the good racing.

  • @sjfarish
    @sjfarish 2 года назад +1

    I hope to see you there Herman!

  • @armyretired28
    @armyretired28 2 года назад +1

    Junior Johnson would have smiled from ear to ear hearing this great news!

  • @Evl_1
    @Evl_1 2 года назад +2

    There is nothing like seeing Cup Cars coming out of turn 4. Setting in the bottom row and see the Cup Cars head right for you and then turn at the last second. Also the sound of Cup Cars. I WILL BE THERE.

  • @tommy2fast244
    @tommy2fast244 2 года назад

    Love ya Kenny, your positivity makes my day.

  • @wegottafishdude
    @wegottafishdude 2 года назад +1

    🤘🏻😎🤘🏻
    Awesome stuff dude

  • @vapinbachelor289
    @vapinbachelor289 2 года назад +2

    R.I.P Bruton Smith and Thanks DaleJr.

  • @sergeantbob441
    @sergeantbob441 2 года назад

    luv nascar took notice and are Givin us a chance at reviving our track. hope ticket prices are nostalgic also. some of us ain't rich. ticket prices have made the fans run from going to races. hence the half full or less stands at many tracks. ps the outhouses were the cleanest I've ever seen(been in many at job sites) that company deserves a thankyou.

  • @jaysint1502
    @jaysint1502 2 года назад +3

    The only thing Marcus Smith didn't do at that press conference was apologize for daddy Bruton and the screw job he did on Wilkes County and the real fans.

    • @jolenew9595
      @jolenew9595 2 года назад +1

      Hey...Marcus is righting that wrong and I think that is brave of him and commen dable!

  • @brianwaskow5910
    @brianwaskow5910 2 года назад +2

    Sounds good Herman.

  • @DonCarlosDonCarlos
    @DonCarlosDonCarlos 2 года назад

    Wasn't old enough to remember Wilkesboro but do remember Rockingham, would like to see a return there as well

  • @ShawnCaldwell11
    @ShawnCaldwell11 2 года назад +1

    NASCAR is slowly coming back to their roots.

  • @delbertlayman3693
    @delbertlayman3693 2 года назад +2

    Hopefully nascar realizes.......reasonable ticket price also helped to bring a crowd

  • @twoknuckles
    @twoknuckles 2 года назад +1

    Back to roots, YEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!

  • @ksmith3510
    @ksmith3510 2 года назад +1

    Hell yea Kenny we want to see you in a cup car there like old times.

  • @ckmont1996
    @ckmont1996 2 года назад +2

    Do you see other race tracks like Rockingham or Nashville Fairground Speedway coming back? Does this spark that as an interest for NASCAR to try to push towards?

  • @obh4197
    @obh4197 2 года назад +7

    NASCAR would be a collective “fool” to not have KENNY WALLACE be in the booth for this race with DALE JR . Just sayin, one time deal??🤷‍♂️

  • @ryanlaneplaincity
    @ryanlaneplaincity 2 года назад +2

    Kenny I have a question for you.. what do you think are the chances of North Wilkesboro getting a points paying event race there for the Cup Series.. like another 400-mile-length race?

  • @bugs5644
    @bugs5644 2 года назад +1

    wow thats great news. thanks kenny.

  • @jasoncargill6642
    @jasoncargill6642 2 года назад

    Agreed! Vintage! Best thing that has happened in a good while! Awesome.

  • @diecastcollector7982
    @diecastcollector7982 2 года назад +2

    since north wilkesboro speedway is coming back would you consider driving in a cup car in that race sometime

  • @charlesgyurek9939
    @charlesgyurek9939 2 года назад

    can't forget about Stapleton's videos on Wilkesboro, he helped bring more people into loving North Wilkesboro

  • @marcwhicher5242
    @marcwhicher5242 2 года назад +1

    Oh hell yeah I’ll be there!!!!!

  • @VaranTheCasual
    @VaranTheCasual 2 года назад +3

    Next Up....Rockingham

  • @randytingen
    @randytingen 2 года назад +1

    So glad you stayed grounded after your career Herm.

  • @jimclaytor9834
    @jimclaytor9834 2 года назад

    That's great news Kenny. Come on 2023 let's go racing 🏁🏁

  • @delanefreeman1733
    @delanefreeman1733 2 года назад +3

    Reason #4 I left NASCAR. Shutting down these wonderful tracks...realize it was Ollen...but did NASCAR encourage or invest in the heritage? There was plenty $$$ in the sanctioning body to boost the facility to the capacity they were looking for. Instead...big Corp was allowed to "buy"...alienate...fandom. Yes, it's business...but felt like a sell out. Can't imagine how the local fans felt. NWS is just one that fell victim to the cookie cutter man.
    Interesting analogy...if you build it, they will come. It was the swan song for NWS.
    We had lemons, now we have lemonade....thank you NASCAR for coming back!

  • @joshpitts7256
    @joshpitts7256 2 года назад +1

    Love the Big E hat👍

  • @ronaldhellengreen7063
    @ronaldhellengreen7063 2 года назад +1

    Thanks again Herm , NASCAR won North Wilkesboro won, but you know who really won? US the fans! PEACE ✌️

  • @wiggitywak2050
    @wiggitywak2050 2 года назад +2

    Fox will love the TV ratings for this race!!

  • @jerrybriscoe4735
    @jerrybriscoe4735 2 года назад +1

    I was at the lasted race they had there.My firstest race of many after going there

  • @patrickloyd835
    @patrickloyd835 2 года назад +8

    Rockinham next

  • @kevinlesch9656
    @kevinlesch9656 2 года назад +1

    "NASCAR went ' what the he'll is going on over there' " that is a great line. I don't think the dirt would have been a bad idea, it would have been the original dirt. But if they went that route I would love to have seen it stay dirt and NASCAR quit hauling dirt in and out of Bristol.
    Dale jr did more than just bring that track back, he also sold a hell of a lot of sun drop! The day after the race I want to get a couple 12 packs to take home with me but the shelves were empty!

  • @ryanhill6445
    @ryanhill6445 2 года назад +1

    Living here in Wilkesboro you hear alot of nascar talk and just the other day I was told that Dale Sr was going to purchase the track but passed away before doing so..don't know how true it is but Jr is the reason we got it back 4sure

  • @papabear9498
    @papabear9498 2 года назад

    If you build it - they will come!!
    People are yearning for communal activities again-it’s awesome to see it all come together👍

  • @justinsharpe5965
    @justinsharpe5965 2 года назад

    What is dead may never die, long live North Wilkesboro!!!

  • @larryeddings3185
    @larryeddings3185 2 года назад +1

    I absolutely love it! 👍👍

  • @joeykessinger6464
    @joeykessinger6464 2 года назад

    They didn't much in North Wilkesboro if they got that much money. That was the most run down track I've ever been to. It was an awesome experience though. It was said alot that week in Aug by the fans we met that they thought it would be awesome to have the all star race there. I'd love to go back, well worth the trip from IL.

  • @BBQPITDOG
    @BBQPITDOG 2 года назад +1

    This is cool Herm...but knowing NASCAR they'll probably make 600 changes between now and this race....but it's still cool!

  • @ShawnCaldwell11
    @ShawnCaldwell11 2 года назад +4

    To think, Texas is why NASCAR left North Wilkesboro. 25 years later, North Wilkesboro replaces Texas for the All Star race. This is the Ultimate Comeback Story.

    • @michaelgrubb3201
      @michaelgrubb3201 2 года назад +3

      Bruton smith is the reason it left, and his son is the one who brought it back

  • @maxxedout2020
    @maxxedout2020 2 года назад +1

    How about the Rock? I drove by it on my last trip to the beach last year and kinda sad to see it.

  • @benjaminlewis671
    @benjaminlewis671 2 года назад +1

    Have two preliminary races for extra qualifiers. One race with the current non winners and one race with previous cup qualifiers. Kayne, Edwards, Kenseth, Jr, waltrip, etc.
    Or just bring back the idea of Iroc for this race. The Big question is where would the cars come from. I don't have an answer but you guys can figure it out.

  • @toby7291
    @toby7291 2 года назад +1

    Another thing Nascar needs to do is put North Wilksboro on the Truck and Xfinity schedule next year. Double header on the same day. Now just if we could get Rockingham back.