North Wilkesboro Speedway- The Documentary

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12 жыл бұрын

We took a trip to North Wilkesboro Speedway. We decided to shoot a little footage of the place. This is what we came up with.....

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@TheOnePrimeTimeChuck 12 жыл бұрын

@sturmluger thank you for the compliments on my mini documentary... It was a real pleasure to make it... you could really feel the history of the place when you walked through the gate and especially standing in VL....- PTC

@VinstonCup 12 жыл бұрын

Wonderful and thought-provoking work by all of you. I echo all of your sentiments; NASCAR needs to come back here.

@austx290 3 жыл бұрын

I grew up in NC and remember they heyday of North Wilkesboro and Rockingham. Those were the days. Great video and you speak the truth! I don't even watch Nascar anymore.

@ett2 10 жыл бұрын

I always enjoyed Wilkesboro. Had the chance to attend during Terry Labonte ' s historic weekend. I was just a kid but remember it well.

@SemprAFPS 4 жыл бұрын

6:12 the most true statement I’ve heard in a long time

@shaneparrish8371 8 жыл бұрын

Would love to see them race there again

@RayJProductions97 Жыл бұрын

You got your wish

@mbrand19971 7 жыл бұрын

Saw you on the documentary Abandoned which is why I came on your site and are such a passionate person who really cares about Nascar from it's roots which for some reason took it to higher levels that's causing other tracks in the south to close. I sincerely hope they one day re-opened this and folks like Chuck gets a lifetime pass to attend these races.

@Mcseeker86 7 жыл бұрын

You can find me on Facebook at /SaveStockCarRacing -PrimeTimeChuck

@arkansasdave3645 5 жыл бұрын

They will never reopen this run down piece of shit track. It will take millions and millions of dollars to get this track up to par. So give up you hicktard. You and your young boyfriends go back to your trailer and play games. Oh and nice video, LMAO!

@redneck4541 4 жыл бұрын

Great film Sir. I agree with everything you said

@kylelangston7406 Жыл бұрын

Everything you just said is so true keep doing what you're doing

@user-cs3zs6jn1d 5 жыл бұрын

Nice high school history project

@Mr_RM05 4 жыл бұрын

Michael Jackson bruh that is so true

@chocolatetownforever7537 4 жыл бұрын

Great video young man.

@lucky-rowe2623 8 жыл бұрын

Nice job! It makes me sick to see that track condition..very sad..so very sad.

@nascar5924 9 жыл бұрын

this guy needs to look up the word "documentary"

@ToroRosso20 9 жыл бұрын

I'm a fan of Nascar and live in Southern California. Heck the old Riverside Raceway is only ten minutes away from my home. I don't have a problem with Fontana. There are other tracks on the schedule that are much more dull. I'd like to see old tracks make a comeback but Nascar won't budge. Maybe they need to transition the lower level series to come to the old tracks first. I'd wanna see Rockingham come back to Cup Racing

@jamesbraun9842 7 жыл бұрын

ToroRosso20 Rockingham keeps closing because of shady business deals.

@rugrat1235 4 жыл бұрын

Short track is my favorite. So was this track. Went to my first race here. I really miss it.

@aaroncavin1611 10 жыл бұрын

Where you able to walk on the track?? I'm thinking about making a trip up their one saturday!!

@jeremy2033 7 жыл бұрын

You can thank Bruton Smith for buying the property and leaving the track like it is.

@Lazyboy51 5 жыл бұрын

Bring it back!!!

@TheOnePrimeTimeChuck 12 жыл бұрын

I have considered starting a program to have fans donate so we could purchase the track... It would take a huge effort, but it could be done...

@Onenation244888 12 жыл бұрын

We need this track back just a litt

@berke2336 Жыл бұрын

THE TRACK IS BACK BABY PLEASE GIVE US AN UPDATE!

@TheNascar48 10 жыл бұрын

If I have the money I buy this track. 1: The history of this track. 2: To have nascar go back to this track.

@StephenGibson829 11 жыл бұрын

I know how you fill man. I'm a huge NASCAR fan. I was born 2 years after the last race here. but, I saw the old races from here and they were amazing. Dale and Jeff had great fights, on the track, to win the race. How about we all go to NASCAR and ask them to go back to North Wilksboro, Hickory, and Rockingham. North Carolina lost 3 of its 4 tracks. Now we only go to Charlotte. Don't get me wrong I love Charlotte, but NASCAR left 3 famous track. I want this all those tracks back.

@judsononeil807 5 жыл бұрын

Cool

@DennisLaceyVlogs 10 жыл бұрын

You put a lot of time into this video, great job pal.

@puckthefens6934 4 жыл бұрын

"I AM NASCAR MEDIA!" lmaooo

@ronstrainsandmore 4 жыл бұрын

They gotta bring wilkesboro speedway back

@mikek4x4 7 жыл бұрын

Nascar needs to freaking open their ears because people are telling them to have more tracks and not just the same freaking tracks every single year! I want more road courses and different tracks! nascar needs more tracks and they don't know it!

@TravisMSimpson 9 жыл бұрын

I want to watch racing where one guy gets passed and he passes the guy right back. The only places that can happen are Rockingham, Bristol and North Wilkesboro. I have been to two Darlington races and they were fun but the racing was the most sorriest racing you will sever see, no battleing for every position but single file parades.

@penskepc2374 4 жыл бұрын

K dale

@gunnnzz 12 жыл бұрын

good for you!!!!

@TuckerWhite94 9 жыл бұрын

I love your enthusiasm, and I would love to see racing return to North Wilkesboro, but here's the problem and I've argued this point many times, as have other people, with Dave Moody. North Wilkesboro is located in the most saturated racing market in the world. Atlanta, Bristol, Charlotte, Darlington, Daytona, Kentucky, Martinsville, Richmond and Talladega are all in the same market as North Wilkesboro. And if the Sprint Cup Series did return, it would be in a cut throat fight to the death with Charlotte Motor Speedway and Charlotte would win.

@KK-ex5zu 5 жыл бұрын

I'm from Central VA and I beg the differ. Bruton Smith owner of Bristol, Charlotte, Atlanta, Texas and so on bought the track along with the original owner of New Hampshire from the sole and deceased owners family a few months after his death and abruptly shutdown the track almost in a hostile takeover way. Bruton wanted a date for the new Texas track and the owner of New Hampshire wanted a 2nd date on the Cup schedule. Aside from that, Bruton thought shutting down Wilkesboro would boost ticket sales at Charlotte it didn't. Charlotte grew at the average pace of the average track as far as ticket sales go from the mid 90's thru the 2000's. BTW Wilkesboro was still selling out every race the last decade Cup raced there so you can't put blame on attendance! The track had a following and in its shutdown those fans just drove to Richmond and Martinsville to see a good short track race in its closing. If Bruton gained anything it was attendance at Bristol grew, not his original baby Charlotte Motor Speedway. If North Wilkesboro was back on the NASCAR circuit, they would have to rob Charlotte's fall race or steal a date from a cookie cutter track and it would be worth it! Long live old school short track racing!

@30lbweight44 5 жыл бұрын

I think we all got tired of turning left

@SnowWolf4324 9 жыл бұрын

NASCAR needs to gobs I to some of there roots . They started with going back to dirt now keep going nascar

@BuzzingBark 8 жыл бұрын

How the hell did you get in. When we go a guy tells that he will call the cops.

@joshraces 10 жыл бұрын

You know there's tons of small tracks around the country that you could attend. Sprint Cup is never going to return to what it was at one time, but these small town tracks are still all over the place.

@vwjay94575 2 жыл бұрын

There on the way soon!

@71mikerg 9 жыл бұрын

As much i would like to see the cup car run more short tracks, The market in that region won't support it any more. Hate to say it getting the cup cars back there isn't going to happen. BUT that track is small enough to run a weekly show, With late models, or my favorite modifieds, with a type of 8, 6, and or 4 cylinder street stock divisions. It would also work having some lower touring series like the southern mod tour, ASA, ACARA, Hooters cup. or a Big Dollar to win open late model show. The biggest mistake smaller tracks like this made was getting away from grass root racing while the grand national that's now the cup series evolved. Should continued to have a regular racing show between cup dates. Its not hard to block off sections of seats to have less clean up after an event.

@ethanpeters5221 4 жыл бұрын

This guy is so true I don't look forward to when I'm becoming an old man and I'm 50 years old for a NASCAR to be a thing I think it'd be a did time thing of the past there won't be no more NASCAR pole keep this s*** up NASCAR needs to quit their junk and they need to go back to this track this is where NASCAR racing was born and where he should stay I would love to see a little bit of rubbing your racing and no arguing who is with me we need to tell NASCAR where they can go or they can stick it because this is what Nascar racing is all about North Winnsboro

@FANJG24 9 жыл бұрын

How did you get into the speedway? Did you ask permission?

@thediecastguy8535 Жыл бұрын

North wilkesboro just reopened.

@luisrosales9349 7 жыл бұрын

Later that day he went back to his trailer park to do nothing

@racecar157 7 жыл бұрын

does this Chuck guy have a Facebook

@jimpinckard7891 7 жыл бұрын

14 mil is chump change to nascar. I'm with you Chuck....that's why I've not watched nascar races last year and none this year. I'm done with nascar. The biggest thing wrong with nascar is Brian France, Bruton Smith and others like them. Look what they did at Bristol. They kept adding grandstands until it is completely surrounded. Now there are empty seats at every track you can see on t v. Stupid ass rules is what has done it in and it's going down every week. I'm done..........

@luisrosales9349 7 жыл бұрын

What makes racing racing is left and right turns.

@DylanAdamson 9 жыл бұрын

Too bad I wasn't able to watch NASCAR 90's

@russellparker9350 10 жыл бұрын

I wish I could meet you man. I'm trying to push for bringing racing back to The Rock here in Rockingham. Both these tracks need to be reopened. I hope you haven't given up yet. I still believe. I feel like I've set my goal to get these tracks back in NASCAR.

@primetimechuckellison7040 10 жыл бұрын

I don't often monitor these vids anymore, but if you'd like to connect with me, you can find me at facebook.com/SaveStockCarRacing

@arkansasdave3645 5 жыл бұрын

Yea maybe you can get gay together in your trailer. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@StephenGibson829 11 жыл бұрын

feel*

@KF6LIL 5 жыл бұрын

I believe it was the speedway property taxes that was getting so terrible to pay and the upkeep of the property was getting harder plus the stockcar driver's needed some time off during the holiday season, rockingham speedway was let go too,, so now a deal with the driver's and the teamhauler's that truck in the stockcar's to the speedway's was reached so that each individual can stay in north Carolina to get their bill's paid off in time and hmm open up the north Wilkesboro speedway again to support the town.. Good thing's are coming to north Wilkesboro north Carolina

@TheNuclearKid_85_01 8 жыл бұрын

It's the rules. Just like when Kenseth wrecked Logano at martinsville. That was the best thing I'd seen in a while! But they suspended him to defend the spoiled little boy Logano. I could go on and on for hours and I've only watched NASCAR for 9 years. It's really too bad. Just recently when Stewart won that brought back what makes up the sport: last corner contact to win the race. There will never be anything like that anymore

@penskepc2374 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, because wrecking the driver that drove the more dominate race is awesome, sorry but thats exactly why fans of other motorsports think Nascar is a joke.

@cadco1996 11 жыл бұрын

"North Wilkesboro Speedway- The Documentary" - Push, this was barely about the speedway. It was mostly just you talking about how Nascar is bad now.

@aj_theshark 11 жыл бұрын

Fontana has nothing to do with Hollywood. They're in two different counties and have no influence over each other. If you want to talk about Los Angeles County tracks, talk about Irwindale Speedway, the last remaining active NASCAR track in Los Angeles County. People always talk about Fontana, but they leave out the fact that NASCAR has been racing at many tracks in Southern California for decades.

@austx290 3 жыл бұрын

I remember racetracks in Riverside and Ontario. Long gone now.

@bbodinefan11 8 жыл бұрын

Guy makes a lot of good points. If you think Nascar aint struggling look at Bristol. Used to be a waiting list for tickets. Last race was less than half full. I live in VA and go to Martinsville all the time. You buy tickets with a seat assignment but you can sit anywhere because of attendance. North Wilkesboro was one of the most unique short tracks in history and desperately needs to be brought back. I guarantee a sell out and if I could get off work you can bet my fat white ass would be there.

@markcallaway2595 7 жыл бұрын

How many seats did they take out of Daytona ?

@speedbreaker0234 7 жыл бұрын

like the 47,000 on the backstretch

@arkansasdave3645 5 жыл бұрын

How bout nascar is gay? It’s not a sport. No one but back yard hicks like watching cars go around in a circle for hours. Fuck this crap. Go follow a real sport.

@EllyProductions49 9 жыл бұрын

Decent video, but needs better editing.

@racecar157 Жыл бұрын

wonder if this guy knows

@puckthefens6934 4 жыл бұрын

who is here after iracing's north wilkes?

@dw1985 6 жыл бұрын

Yep. You're right. Well said. NASCAR is not the same. Corporations have ruined it.

@rsslate16 6 жыл бұрын

If you pressure sponsors of NASCAR and its teams they will leave. Sponsors = money = fans. No sponsors no racing.

@tylersanders6018 3 жыл бұрын

This guy is right! I want to partner with you my good man! I support you 100% of the way! Anything that I can do to help support your cause, man count me in! If you want my email address, phone number or Facebook contact info, please reply to this message and I'd be happy to jump aboard!

@erich84502ify 10 жыл бұрын

The fun police always close race tracks and whine about profits. That track can be reopened!

@xJakePrice 10 жыл бұрын

Bruton Smith owns the track & he's just letting it rot. Talk about a waste of money. He would have a better business if he reopened this track. Darlington's the only racetrack with character & ISC owns it. He needs to reopen this place as early as 2016 to be realistic. Eliminating one race from texas. I love this sport.

@TuckerWhite94 9 жыл бұрын

***** The problem with that idea is Pocono is not under the ISC or SMI umbrella and Kansas is the best 1.5 on the schedule.

@acrock21 9 жыл бұрын

this is also all opinion and in the end nascar doesnt care about opinion they will do what they want to do. thats how its always been. they didnt even care when drivers had opinions and when they boycotted nascar trying to impose their will. nascar banned those drivers for life. they are not driving an old school car anymore. so what happens to that wish said in this video? nascar doesnt care. end of story. thats what nascar's spin off and lower league series are for.what nascar wants in a race track... safety, safer barriers all the way around 310 bucks per foot of wall, a smooth paved surface, and seating/parking for 100k or more people. if you cant meet these requirement just do yourself a favor and stop wishing nascar would come back to your track cause they arent... honestly i see nothing wrong with their schedule and i actually like it. its a good tour.

@markcallaway2595 7 жыл бұрын

Why is attendence less than half of what it once was. ALL the tracks are taking out seats . It's dyin'

@arkansasdave3645 5 жыл бұрын

THIS IS NOT A SPORT!!!!! Why would anyone in their right mind redo this whole track and stands for millions of dollars for maybe a 1/4 of its seats to sell? Not to mention the ticket prices would be very high to recoup the restoration costs. I’m sure you nick wouldn’t be paying $50 or more for tickets would you? No, you would then bitch that ticket prices are too high. Just let this crap die out, it will all be gone soon enough.

@phillipsullivan7129 9 жыл бұрын

they took away north Wilkesboro because the calis wanted a taste of the oval tracks not the road courses.

@waynebowen3133 8 жыл бұрын

???

@speedbreaker0234 7 жыл бұрын

phillip sullivan We have short tracks Irwindale, Kern County, etc. but only the West division visits them

@mikelovin7 2 жыл бұрын

There were 3 things that made me quit anything to do with Nascar, (1) was when they left North Wilkesboro Speedway. (2) was when Earnhardt died at Daytona. (3) was when Nascar decided to go WOKE about the Confederate flag. Each one of those drove me away and I haven't watched a race since and personally I don't care if they ever come back to NWS, I'm done with Nascar forever now. Btw I quit watching MLB in '93 after the rich players decided to strike for more money and didn't play a world series that year, and the NFL and NBA is just a bunch of rich WOKE cry babies so I don't and never will watch those again either. I've found that watching local races and sports is much better and deserve my money to support them. Look fans, we have the power to control these rich people when they do stupid things, but if we let them get by with it, we will always be at their mercy.

@OhioDan 6 жыл бұрын

It's only gotten worse since this video was made. The small ray of hope I have is that Brian France will sell NASCAR to someone who's not a dipshit. Until then, I won't be watching.

@acrock21 9 жыл бұрын

i was enjoying this video until you started talking shit about fontana. apparently lots of people still want to see the nascar as it is because they still have sell out crowds.

@TuckerWhite94 9 жыл бұрын

This video was made back in 2011 and I would've been right with him on Fontana then. Now, I fucking love Fontana.

@jg53productions84 9 жыл бұрын

***** Yeah, GREAT racing. This video is well put together,... but I disagree. I don't think good racing is door slamming on a half mile bullring... I LOVE that stuff.... but that's what short track racing is for. I personally think NASCAR Is at its best right now, and have always enjoyed the racing. But I would like to see tracks like this on the circuit.

@jacobfrech288 4 жыл бұрын

Man did this dude tick me off when he talked. I’m sorry it was a good video but I got really annoyed watching this.

@RCTNextGeneration 9 жыл бұрын

hate to disagree with you but Nascar still has ROOT races they race at martinsville twice a year still race at darlington and of course still race at daytona now if you do not call that ROOT racing then i don't know what is. The reason they left north wilksboro and rockingham is not because of sponsership reasons it is because if they kept them it would oversaturate the market having 5 tracks within a 4 hour or less drive from each other including charlotte, rockingham martinsville, darlington and north wilksboro, each one not be profitable of all of them were left open. And if they cant make a profit then they cannot race there and thats the issue.

@speedbreaker0234 7 жыл бұрын

RCTNextGeneration They dropped the Rock after a lawsuit in about 2003/2004 that claimed they were a monopoly