You can WALK on one of NASCAR's first-ever racetracks! In this video we visit the Historic Occoneechee Speedway Trail, and then head west to travel the same roads as bootleggers did decades ago.
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22 comments
the intro music sounds like something that would play over an incredible nascar finish in the 50s
Paddle faster. I hear banjo music.
It’s always nice to see the history of sports, motorsports, and other things that have came so long. Safety and racing alone just has so much build on it, never gonna touch the surface again with a stock car at speed tho.
I love this series eric honestly love the content lately
Thanks! Glad you’re enjoying this series.
Best show so far. Love the information packed normal videos,,, but this one was the best so far!!
I totally agree
I’m a fan of all sports, but NASCAR definitely has the coolest history of any sport out there.
This is a great video!! Love the history videos on racing and the tracks that once were.
Keep up the great work! Been on the ride for awhile. Best nascar content on the web.
Great video! I live about 10 minutes away from Stone Mountain in Wilkes County. Glad you got to enjoy the race along with other sites Wilkes has to offer. Also Wilkes is where Lowe’s hardware originated. I’m one of those that loved nascar back in the day but over the years as nascar got away from its roots I quit watching. Once we got the news that it was coming back to north Wilkesboro it sparked my interest again. Enjoyed the video once again
I am at 2:20 and I am just gonna say, Excellent research sir. Not the first video I seen of this track, But I know you have done your research, And Thank You for that. This Is a great masterpiece you have created here, Cant wait to see the rest.
Looks like we are going to have to nominate you for the hall of fame! Keep up the good work!
Eric, Great video. I watched Junior Johnson win s NASCAR Grand National race in 1961 at the Starkey Speedway near Roanoke, VA…..1/4-mile asphalt. He put on a show…passing slower cars on the outside….using a bump and run technique to pass the fast cars like Rex White and Jim Paschal…….not unlike the dominance of Kyle Larson at NW.
The dedication and effort that you put into your channel makes it the only NASCAR related channel that I subscribe to and yet I feel that I’m kept more up to date than if I watched ten other channels. Thank you Eric
Nicely done Eric! Great work… Love it!
When Covid started, I began going on walks at every trail I could find, and this was one of the first that I did. Walking the track and seeing the history was one of the few highlights of early Covid, and I had forgotten about that until now
Early Covid was a simple time
My dad attended his first two Nascar races there back in 55 and 56. He says that the second race was more of a dust bowl than a race.
Great video, captures the spirit of the NC mountains. I miss it. I was in NC for 27 years, in the mountains just south of Wilkes… Great vids of Wilkesboro too
I love how this relic of an original NASCAR raceway has become a pretty nice hiking trail. If I lived in this area, I’d be out here every week just to enjoy the mostly unsullied nature the place has become, while also basking a bit in its racing history. You’re very much reminding me of another favorite NASCAR creator on here, but I’ll leave that for y’all to guess. Just know it’s a very good association.
This was an excellent presentation.. love to see these historic sights along with the pictures of their hey day. I grew up in Mt.Clemens Michigan where we had a half mile and quarter mile. The track was well known in SE Michigan.. but was ultimately shut down and razed. The last I saw of the track I was home on leave from the Navy and visited the site, met with mountains of asphalt that was dug up… made me so sad. There is nothing left of a track I grew up going to, no visual reference other than I know where it used to be…