Hall of Fame driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Speedway Motorsports chief executive Marcus Smith shoot a quick video for North Wilkesboro Speedway's social media, announcing that the 2023 NASCAR All-Star Race will be run at North Wilkesboro. The announcement was made Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022 in front of the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh. (Walt Unks/Winston-Salem Journal)
In the shadow of his dad's No. 3 Chevrolet stock car, Hall of Fame driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. speaks during an announcement that the 2023 NASCAR All-Star Race will be run at North Wilkesboro. The announcement was made Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022 in front of the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh. (Walt Unks/Winston-Salem Journal)
A statue of North Carolina Hall of History founder Frederick Olds is adorned with a North Wilkesboro Speedway hat as NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. talks to the media after an announcement that the 2023 NASCAR All-Star Race will be run at North Wilkesboro. The announcement was made Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022 in front of the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh. (Walt Unks/Winston-Salem Journal)
Hall of Fame driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. speaks during an announcement that the 2023 NASCAR All-Star Race will be run at North Wilkesboro. The announcement was made Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022 in front of the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh. (Walt Unks/Winston-Salem Journal)
Hall of Fame driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Speedway Motorsports chief executive Marcus Smith shoot a quick video for North Wilkesboro Speedway's social media, announcing that the 2023 NASCAR All-Star Race will be run at North Wilkesboro. The announcement was made Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022 in front of the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh. (Walt Unks/Winston-Salem Journal)
Gov. Roy Cooper. speaks during an announcement that the 2023 NASCAR All-Star Race will be run at North Wilkesboro. The announcement was made Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022 in front of the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh. With Cooper for the announcement are, from left, Hall of Fame dirver Dale Earnhardt Jr., NASCAR chief operating officer Steve O'Donnell and (behind podium) Speedway Motorsports chief executive Marcus Smith. (Walt Unks/Winston-Salem Journal)
A statue of North Carolina Hall of History founder Frederick Olds is adorned with a North Wilkesboro Speedway hat as NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. talks to the media after an announcement that the 2023 NASCAR All-Star Race will be run at North Wilkesboro. The announcement was made Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022 in front of the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh. (Walt Unks/Winston-Salem Journal)
Hall of Fame driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Speedway Motorsports chief executive Marcus Smith pose for a group shot with a delegation of Wilkes County officials after an announcement that the 2023 NASCAR All-Star Race will be run at North Wilkesboro Speedway. The announcement was made Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022 in front of the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh. (Walt Unks/Winston-Salem Journal)
Hall of Fame driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. (foreground) and Speedway Motorsports chief executive Marcus Smith talk with the media after an an announcement that the 2023 NASCAR All-Star Race will be run at North Wilkesboro Speedway. The announcement was made Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022 in front of the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh. (Walt Unks/Winston-Salem Journal)
Gov. Roy Cooper (from foreground), NASCAR chief operating officer Steve O'Donnell and NASCAR Hall of Fame driver listen as Speedway Motorsports chief executive Marcus Smith announces that the 2023 NASCAR All-Star Race will be run at North Wilkesboro Speedway. The announcement was made Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022 in front of the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh. (Walt Unks/Winston-Salem Journal)

