Marcus Smith: North Wilkesboro has ‘lot of potential’
After NASCAR’s return to North Wilkesboro, Speedway Motorsports CEO Marcus Smith said North Wilkesboro on the SMI NASCAR schedule in 2024 is something he’s thinking about.
“I think that when you see a successful week of events like we’ve had here, it’s natural to think, ‘boy, maybe we could come back here,’ Smith said.
“I’m definitely thinking that way, that it’s got a lot of potential.”
The Cup Series returned to the ⅝-mile track for the first time since 1996.
The track was on the original schedule in 1949 and the series raced at the track twice a year for decades before being taken off the schedule.
“I think it’s a very important place for short track racing, the late model races, the modifieds, you name it,” Smith said. “It’s a special place. It’s like walking into a museum that’s active and living and very special for the competitors and the fans alike.”
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Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.
From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book "All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story" with racer Geoff Bodine.
Aragon, his wife Feliz, and son Christopher currently reside in Grants, New Mexico, USA.
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