It definitely did have. Junior has been the saving grace to many facets of NASCAR. The sport itself surviving owes him. But you also have to give it up for the Towns folk there. They were done really bad by NASCAR and now they welcome everyone back the way they have with open hearts and open arms. They are very gracious and kind community to say the least

I dont know about huge..... Jr could have bought the track and had it restored with "donations" if he wanted to. "Hi, Jr here, when we asphalt our infield, we used Bo's Asphalt".....Thanks for doing the infield Bo. Imagine if he would have put a little museum on site with a couple cars, firesuits and a gift shop. It would be a year round destination. He just wanted the track on the game before it disappeared because he figured it would be gone forever. In other words, he had no intention of doing anything else but what he did. Not that it didnt bring some attention to it but there were lots more people involved for a lot longer. To be honest this track and others have benefited by the trend with You Tubers and such "influencers" buying up these smaller local tracks so they have a playground. Without that happening there would be no motivation for the state to hand over millions for a dying industry. I hope North Wilkesboro knows when they buy these tracks they also put on events that a lot of tracks have forgotten about or won't do. Like drifting, burn out contests, run what you brung 2 lap drag races, bus races. What the kids want. They just hold on to this one Nascar event and what they used to do and they will end up with just a brand new parking lot. I've followed 3 local tracks being saved on here. People come out of the woodwork to help that may have never been to the state let alone to the track. North Wilkesboro got a whole lot of attention from YT channels like slapshoes, Stapleton and such. Their videos reached millions over the years. I dont see this slowing down either. There is a whole new generation of (street, drag, circle) racers that when growing up always thought, I wish I could own something like this. Some of the tracks are on hard times and these kids are young and with pockets full of cash and can get all the help and "donations" they need by mentioning it in a video. Not saying everyone can do it. There are different levels. One small track I followed they bought the track for less than some would pay for a family car. A year later with help from family and friends they were holding events. Others have millions involved but trust me they can afford it.

One good thing to come out of 2020!

Yes and I remember Dale Jr talking about when they wanted to have iracing at NWS he and a few guys went up with weedeaters and cut the grass strip that had grown threw the asphalt over the years. He really dedicated himself and alot of time in getting this great little track back in racing with the new owner and then working to get nascar back nvolved again with races. I love it its the very first track and nascar race I ever went to after moving to the Hickory NC area back in 1987 after growing up in Northern Pennsylvania my first 27 yrs. I will never forget the great battles my favorite driver Dale Earnhardt Sr had with Ricky Rudd,Rusty wallace,Darrel Waltrip and Harry Gantt and many others. The first race I went to in 87 the buddy I went with said keep your on on that #3 car he's amazing and really good.And from that day forward I loved watching Dale Sr race. So very happy to see Dale's hard work paid off and nascar is back an I hope we don't end up with another Bruton Smith that buys it out again and shuts it down ever again. Now I hope we see Rockingham get rolling again and get it back on the nascar scene. It was a shame when Bruton shut all those tracks down so he would have there race dates and build bigger faster tracks.i for one love the small tracks where all the door to door action is and its all right there in front of you not spread out so far you can't see what going on. This is where nascar grew to be what it was when it was so great and not so damn expensive. I'm sure it won't be cheap at NWS now but getting it back in Wilkes county is what that whole area needed and I'm so glad that some of the old timers are still alive to see it happening again now. This old boy that's telling about his racing career and winning 15 races at his home race track NWS is a treasure.just one of the good oh boys that were around when the moonshine was being produced illegally and I'm sure he can tell us about the runners that delivered the wisky to there buyers he may have even done some of it himself. Just love listening to him talk about his great experiences. He was so excited that he was being asked about it.he couldn't get his stories out fast enough.smiles and happiness were pouring our if that old boys soul. What a great thing this is. Thank you Dale Jr and the bew owner of NWS.this is so huge.

And Junior Johnson.

The WCS painted on the retaining walls, if kept, will be hidden by safer barrier. I think they had to pour new walls to upgrade the catch fence. Word is the Winston tower wall will stay as is. Any restoration or reproductions could be construed as new advertising by Imperial Tobacco under the tobacco lawsuit settlement is what I read.

I heard they were leaving the Winston Cup paint on the buildings.

They did repaint the Winston eagle. So that’s definitely staying.

It's staying but will have to be covered for the Cup weekend.

​@@RacingVagabond I can live with that compromise tbf

They need to get a picture of Harvick, Jimmie, and Kurt in front of that wall. They're the last active drivers who raced in the Winston era. Kurt was also the last to have raced Earnhardt, after looking at last year's final standings. 2 years, two milestones.

Thanks for that tidbit . 👍👍👍 I looked it up .

Jr didn’t hurt the situation though

@@hankhell5663 no he didn’t, but credit should got to Both Benny and his wife, for continuing to want to see the track reopened. I just wish it had been done without Taxpayer Covid funds …

@@kharnthebetrayer1575 I miss BP

was she there when jr and his crew took the time 2 clean the track up?i doubt it.jr should get the most credit imo.

Last years late model racing proved the asphalt was good to continue and they cancelled the repave.

@@ryanclark5254 I just can’t help but thinking about the many times in the history of NASCAR when the track fell apart during a race. Jamie Mc Murray and Ryan Newman at Dover, Jeff Gordon at Martinsville, Daytona several years ago. I hope my concerns are wrong and the track surface holds up.

I saw someone say the repave will be after the allstar race. How long after is the question.

I'm pretty surprised they didn't go there first especially considering The Rock was just repaved. But probably because NASCAR/Smith's aren't involved with The Rock.

It came back but the fans didn't support it