North Wilkesboro Speedway

North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, NC

North Wilkesboro Speedway is a .625 mile Oval. It falls in the category of Short Track (an oval racetrack that is 1 mile or less in length.).

The first NASCAR Cup Series race at North Wilkesboro Speedway was in 1949 and the last Cup Series race was in 1996.



Top 10 Pole Winners

Rank Driver Total Poles
1 Darrell Waltrip 9
2 Junior Johnson 8
3 Bobby Isaac 6
4 Fred Lorenzen 5
4 Bobby Allison 5
6 Herb Thomas 4
7 Fireball Roberts 3
7 Richard Petty 3
7 Bill Elliott 3
10 Neil Bonnett 2

Race Winners

Rank Driver Total Wins
1 Richard Petty 15
2 Darrell Waltrip 10
3 Dale Earnhardt 5
3 Cale Yarborough 5
5 Bobby Allison 4
5 Junior Johnson 4
5 Terry Labonte 4
8 Rex White 3
8 Geoffrey Bodine 3
8 Herb Thomas 3

NASCAR Cup Races at North Wilkesboro Speedway

Date Race Name Winner St Make Caut/Lap Ld Chg
09-29-96 Tyson Holly Farms 400 Jeff Gordon 2 Chevrolet 4/29 18
04-14-96 First Union 400 Terry Labonte 1 Chevrolet 3/25 17
10-01-95 Tyson Holly Farms 400 Mark Martin 2 Ford 2/10 28
04-09-95 First Union 400 Dale Earnhardt 5 Chevrolet 3/14 19
10-02-94 Tyson Holly Farms 400 Geoffrey Bodine 18 Ford 4/25 6
04-17-94 First Union 400 Terry Labonte 10 Chevrolet 6/35 8
10-03-93 Tyson / Holly Farms 400 Rusty Wallace 11 Pontiac 4/26 15
04-18-93 First Union 400 Rusty Wallace 9 Pontiac 4/38 12
10-05-92 Tyson Holly Farms 400 Geoffrey Bodine 3 Ford 0/0 12
04-12-92 First Union 400 Davey Allison 7 Ford 9/55 8
09-29-91 Tyson Holly Farms 400 Dale Earnhardt 16 Chevrolet 8/43 3
04-21-91 First Union 400 Darrell Waltrip 13 Chevrolet 17/87 8
09-30-90 Tyson Holly Farms 400 Mark Martin 2 Ford 9/40 6
04-22-90 First Union 400 Brett Bodine 20 Buick 10/68 6
10-15-89 Holly Farms 400 Geoffrey Bodine 11 Chevrolet 11/60 7
04-16-89 First Union 400 Dale Earnhardt 3 Chevrolet 10/49 10
10-16-88 Holly Farms 400 Rusty Wallace 12 Pontiac 9/34 15
04-17-88 First Union 400 Terry Labonte 1 Chevrolet 5/20 12
10-04-87 Holly Farms 400 Terry Labonte 4 Chevrolet 4/24 5
04-05-87 First Union 400 Dale Earnhardt 3 Chevrolet 8/49 11
09-28-86 Holly Farms 400 Darrell Waltrip 4 Chevrolet 4/22 15
04-20-86 First Union 400 Dale Earnhardt 5 Chevrolet 8/70 10
09-29-85 Holly Farms 400 Harry Gant 11 Chevrolet 6/31 10
04-21-85 Northwestern Bank 400 Neil Bonnett 5 Chevrolet 6/36 10
10-14-84 Holly Farms 400 Darrell Waltrip 1 Chevrolet 7/35 7
04-08-84 Northwestern Bank 400 Tim Richmond 17 Pontiac 5/23 13
10-02-83 Holly Farms 400 Darrell Waltrip 1 Chevrolet 1/4 8
04-17-83 Northwestern Bank 400 Darrell Waltrip 10 Chevrolet 7/49 12
10-03-82 Holly Farms 400 Darrell Waltrip 1 Buick 4/26 4
04-18-82 Northwestern Bank 400 Darrell Waltrip 1 Buick 6/34 9
10-04-81 Holly Farms 400 Darrell Waltrip 1 Buick 8/49 10
04-05-81 Northwestern Bank 400 Richard Petty 13 Buick 10/87 12
09-21-80 Holly Farms 400 Bobby Allison 2 Ford 8/113 14
04-20-80 Northwestern Bank 400 Richard Petty 7 Chevrolet 5/32 9
10-14-79 Holly Farms 400 Benny Parsons 5 Chevrolet 9/48 12
03-25-79 Northwestern Bank 400 Bobby Allison 3 Ford 4/32 20
10-01-78 Wilkes 400 Cale Yarborough 3 Oldsmobile 1/4 1
04-16-78 Gwyn Staley 400 Darrell Waltrip 2 Chevrolet 4/25 18
10-02-77 Wilkes 400 Darrell Waltrip 3 Chevrolet 3/32 10
03-27-77 Gwyn Staley 400 Cale Yarborough 2 Chevrolet 6/42 12
10-03-76 Wilkes 400 Cale Yarborough 4 Chevrolet 2/9 5
04-04-76 Gwyn Staley 400 Cale Yarborough 5 Chevrolet 2/8 8
09-21-75 Wilkes 400 Richard Petty 1 Dodge 7/34 11
04-06-75 Gwyn Staley 400 Richard Petty 2 Dodge 4/36 15
09-22-74 Wilkes 400 Cale Yarborough 2 Chevrolet 6/71 11
04-21-74 Gwyn Staley 400 Richard Petty 4 Dodge 2/11 3
09-23-73 Wilkes 400 Bobby Allison 1 Chevrolet 2/9 12
04-08-73 Gwyn Staley 400 Richard Petty 2 Dodge 1/9 5
10-01-72 Wilkes 400 Richard Petty 3 Plymouth 1/12 16
04-23-72 Gwyn Staley 400 Richard Petty 3 Plymouth 5/45 17
11-21-71 Wilkes 400 Tiny Lund 6 Camaro 3/19 8
04-18-71 Gwyn Staley 400 Richard Petty 3 Plymouth 0/0 6
10-04-70 Wilkes 400 Bobby Isaac 1 Dodge 4/32 12
04-18-70 Gwyn Staley 400 Richard Petty 16 Plymouth 3/21 1
10-05-69 Wilkes 400 David Pearson 2 Ford 3/23 6
04-20-69 Gwyn Staley 400 Bobby Allison 11 Dodge 4/30 11
09-29-68 Wilkes 400 Richard Petty 3 Plymouth 3/25 8
04-21-68 Gwyn Staley 400 David Pearson 1 Ford 10/67 13
10-01-67 Wilkes 400 Richard Petty 5 Plymouth 3/20 6
04-16-67 Gwyn Staley 400 Darel Dieringer 1 Ford 6/33 0
10-02-66 Wilkes 400 Dick Hutcherson 4 Ford 5/52 4
04-17-66 Gwyn Staley 400 Jim Paschal 1 Plymouth 8/48 6
10-03-65 Wilkes 400 Junior Johnson 5 Ford 5/36 3
04-18-65 Gwyn Staley 400 Junior Johnson 1 Ford 3/9 5
10-11-64 Wilkes 400 Marvin Panch 5 Ford 2/28 9
04-19-64 Gwyn Staley 400 Fred Lorenzen 1 Ford 7/35 5
09-29-63 Wilkes 400 Marvin Panch 3 Ford 2/17 9
04-28-63 Gywn Staley 400 Richard Petty 7 Plymouth 0/0 4
09-30-62 Wilkes 320 Richard Petty 5 Plymouth 3/0 2
04-15-62 Gwyn Staley 400 Richard Petty 15 Plymouth 5/0 5
10-01-61 Wilkes 200 Rex White 3 Chevrolet 4/23 3
04-16-61 Gwyn Staley 400 Rex White 2 Chevrolet 6/33 4
10-02-60 Wilkes 320 Rex White 1 Chevrolet 5/0 0
03-27-60 Gwyn Staley 160 Lee Petty 8 Plymouth 6/0 3
10-18-59 Wilkes 160 Lee Petty 2 Plymouth 3/0 1
04-05-59 Gwyn Staley 160 Lee Petty 4 Oldsmobile 4/9 2
10-19-58 Wilkes 160 Junior Johnson 2 Ford 0/0 0
05-18-58 Wilkes County 160 Junior Johnson 3 Ford 0/0 3
10-20-57 Wilkes 160 Jack Smith 4 Chevrolet 2/0 5
04-07-57 Wilkes County 160 Fireball Roberts 1 Ford 2/5 0
04-08-56 Wilkes County 160 Tim Flock 3 Chrysler 0/0 2
10-23-55 Wilkes 160 Buck Baker 1 Ford 3/0 0
04-03-55 Wilkes County 160 Buck Baker 2 Oldsmobile 0/0 1
10-24-54 Wilkes 160 Hershel McGriff 1 Oldsmobile 4/0 4
04-04-54 Wilkes County 160 Dick Rathman 0 Hudson 0/0 3
10-11-53 Wilkes 160 Speedy Thompson 0 Oldsmobile 3/16 13
03-29-53 Wilkes County 200 Herb Thomas 1 Hudson 0/0 6
10-26-52 Wilkes 200 Herb Thomas 1 Hudson 3/12 2
03-30-52 Wilkes County 200 Herb Thomas 1 Hudson 0/0 0
10-21-51 Wilkes 200 Fonty Flock 4 Oldsmobile 0/0 1
04-29-51 Wilkes County 150 Fonty Flock 1 Oldsmobile 0/0 0
09-24-50 Wilkes 200 Leon Sales 11 Plymouth 0/0 5
10-16-49 Wilkes 200 Bob Flock 0 Oldsmobile 0/0 2

North Wilkesboro Speedway Track Facts