“When you think about North Carolina, you think about motorsports,” Cooper said. He told the story of the racetrack’s resurrection after falling into disrepair after the NASCAR Cup Series left it in 1996, and he celebrated what its reemergence does for the state of North Carolina just days before the NASCAR All-Star Race runs there on Sunday night. The governor, wearing a white racing jacket with blue and white stripes, took a short tour of the newly renovated racetrack and spoke to reporters in Victory Lane. On Wednesday, Cooper saw North Wilkesboro Speedway alive again. … And they’d look at it wistfully and say, ‘We gotta do something to bring it back. And they’d tell you about how they started going when they were a kid. “And they’d tell you about how they spent family weekends here. “(Residents of Wilkes County) would bring you to this famous speedway, and they’d tell you Earnhardt stories,” Cooper said. Its signs were rusted by time and abandonment. Most of the time, North Wilkesboro Speedway had grass growing in between pavement cracks. Roy Cooper would visit Wilkes County - whether it was two decades ago when he was running for attorney general or just a year ago when he took laps with Richard Childress - he would always end up at the same place.
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