So that alone was tremendous for us,” Parsons said.

(Jeffrey) Elmore went in and said, ‘That's great, but we'd like 20.’ We all held our breath and thought, oh no, now they're going to take it all away and we're going to get nothing.

'The money we were offered was $10 million, and state Rep. More money became available for small tracks. Parsons said another contributor toward revamping the track was the pandemic. She credits Linda Cheek, president of the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce, who wanted to help her make connections within the town. “I knew I could if I could find other people in the community that were like-minded and knew that we could move this forward,” Parsons said. She wanted to be clear what her motive was. Parsons had many conversations with many people on how to go about this.

3 on that list was the reopening of North Wilkesboro Speedway in some capacity,” Terry Parsons said. Here's 10 things I want you to get done for me that I won't be around to do.'. He said, 'You’re not going to want to have this conversation, but we need to. “He sat me down one day and he had torn out a piece of a legal pad and he wrote 10 things down on it. Before he died, he asked his wife to do something. Parsons' late husband, Benny Parsons, was a former NASCAR driver and broadcaster when he passed away in 2007. This Sunday, NASCAR will host its All-Star Race at the speedway, and Terry Parsons said it’s unbelievable. Terry Parsons has worked to bring the speedway back, but she wasn't alone.On Benny Parsons' wish list before he died was bringing back the North Wilkesboro Speedway, which saw its last Cup Series race in 1996.

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