PorkPieGuy
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Hey everyone, I thought I'd share what happened this weekend.
I'm not going to get into the story too much, but our local racetrack was abandoned back in the mid-1990s. For years it sat. There was talk of tearing it down or trying to run smaller races on it (which it did for a while), but for most of the time it just sat and rotted. There are tons of pics and videos about the track online, so I'm just going to share a couple.
Within the past couple of years, there was REAL talk of bringing the track back, and renovations began.
The campaign to get the track back was tagged with the slogan "We Want You Back." Alex was tasked at writing the theme song for it. We were able to shoot the music video for it at turn #2 on the track. Here's a link to the video if you want to watch:
Shortly after this, our county received the incredible news that we were going to host the 2023 All-Star race, so renovations kicked into high gear! So this past weekend was the race and here are a few pics I pulled from various places.
Between races at various times throughout this weekend, there were concerts held at the stage just down from the track which included Chase Rice, Midland, and Dierks Bentley.
It was amazing to be able to play "We Want You Back" on the same stage as these guys while looking at a completely renovated North Wilkesboro Speedway. It was an incredible moment I won't soon forget. Here's the video of us playing it live.
Thanks for allowing me to share with you!
I'm not going to get into the story too much, but our local racetrack was abandoned back in the mid-1990s. For years it sat. There was talk of tearing it down or trying to run smaller races on it (which it did for a while), but for most of the time it just sat and rotted. There are tons of pics and videos about the track online, so I'm just going to share a couple.
Within the past couple of years, there was REAL talk of bringing the track back, and renovations began.
The campaign to get the track back was tagged with the slogan "We Want You Back." Alex was tasked at writing the theme song for it. We were able to shoot the music video for it at turn #2 on the track. Here's a link to the video if you want to watch:
Shortly after this, our county received the incredible news that we were going to host the 2023 All-Star race, so renovations kicked into high gear! So this past weekend was the race and here are a few pics I pulled from various places.
Between races at various times throughout this weekend, there were concerts held at the stage just down from the track which included Chase Rice, Midland, and Dierks Bentley.
It was amazing to be able to play "We Want You Back" on the same stage as these guys while looking at a completely renovated North Wilkesboro Speedway. It was an incredible moment I won't soon forget. Here's the video of us playing it live.
Thanks for allowing me to share with you!
