VIDEO: 1-on-1 with Save the Speedway co-founder on North Wilkesboro
NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. — Before Marcus Smith and Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s efforts at North Wilkesboro Speedway, there was Save the Speedway.
The group formed in 2005 as an organized effort to revive the hallowed NASCAR track.
After a revival attempt in 2010-11 and talks with Smith that began in 2018, NASCAR returned to the track this May for the All-Star Race weekend.
Save the Speedway co-founder Steven Wilson discusses the 18 long years – and then some – it took for North Wilkesboro to get back on its feet.
Wilson also discusses what he believes is next for the track and what people are thinking after the big weekend.
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Jonathan Fjeld is the co-owner of the The Racing Experts, LLC. He has been with TRE since 2010.
A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE. He became the co-owner and managing editor in 2023 and has guided the site to massive growth in that time.
Fjeld has covered a wide array of stories and moments over the years, including Kevin Harvick's final Cup Series season, the first NASCAR national series disqualification in over 50 years, Shane van Gisbergen's stunning win in Chicago and the first Cup Series race at Road America in 66 years – as well as up-and-coming drivers' stories and stories from inside the sport, like the tech it takes for Hendrick Motorsports to remain a top-tier team.
Currently, he resides in Albuquerque, N.M., where he works for KOB 4, an NBC station. He works as a digital producer and does on-air reports. He loves spending time with friends and family, playing and listening to music, exploring new places, being outdoors, reading books and writing among other activities. You can email him at fjeldjonathan@gmail.com