North Wilkesboro Speedway is one of the tracks that was raced since the inception of NASCAR in 1949 until 1996. The track is now closed and remained unused for any official races.
Thankfully, the short track has now been preserved in virtual form in iRacing. Thanks to popular demand, and the help of former NASCAR racer and iRacing enthusiast Dale Earnhardt Jr., North Wilkesboro Speedway was laser-scanned and recreated in the racing sim.
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iRacing to me has always been a difficult series and giving the developers a chance to make a NASCAR game sounds intense.
Holy shit! This is going to be the beat NASCAR game since Papyrus was closed down.
It needs to have all the tracks, all three series, a single player experience, and a season/career mode both in solo and multiple player.
And added bonus if they allow for a full season point system.
Nice piece of history.