Brushy Mountain Powersports 150

Rowan County Weather is excited to announce that we will be covering the Brushy Mountain Powersports 150 at North Wilkesboro Speedway on Saturday, September 30th. This event is part of the NASCAR Whelen Modified TourNASCAR legends Bobby Labonte and Ryan Newman are scheduled to compete against Tour stars like Ron Silk and “Money” Matt Hirshman! You can still purchase tickets for this event at https://fevo.us/fv-offer--20230619-V9Z-1665/ 

North Wilkesboro Speedway is a short oval racetrack located on U.S. Route 421, about 5 mi (8.0 km) east of the town of North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, or 80 miles north of Charlotte. It measures 0.625 mi (1.006 km) and features a unique uphill backstretch and downhill frontstretch. It has previously held races in NASCAR's top three series, including 93 Winston Cup Series races. The track, a NASCAR original, operated from 1949, NASCAR's inception, until the track's original closure in 1996. The speedway briefly reopened in 2010 and hosted several stock car series races, including the now-defunct ASA Late Model Series, USARacing Pro Cup Series, and PASS super late models, before closing again in the spring of 2011. It was re-opened in August 2022 for grassroots racing and hosted the 2023 NASCAR All-Star Race and a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race, with further renovations planned after the events. 

Rowan County Weather will provide updates on this event as we get closer to the race date. Updates will be provided to this blog past as they become available. Rowan County Weather will be providing live updates the day of the event from the track before, during and after the event. 

9/24/2023 Update

Daytona 500 winner Ryan Newman and NASCAR Hall of Famer Bobby Labonte are among the racing royalty expected to compete against Whelen Modified Tour title contenders Ron Silk, Justin Bonsignore, Doug Coby and Austin Beers in a 150-lap race for modified supremacy.

Newman and Labonte both competed in modified races last August at North Wilkesboro Speedway during the Racetrack Revival, with Newman capturing the checkered flag in one 50-lap feature and Labonte tallying a third-place finish in another.

Bobby Labonte was quoted saying “I am really looking forward to the Whelen Modified Tour race at North Wilkesboro, I was able to race there at the last race in the Cup Series in 1996 and then went back last year in the Modified races there. With all the improvements that have happened there, I am really looking forward to going back. Getting to run with the Tour regulars is a great honor and I can’t wait to try to get to Victory Lane at North Wilkesboro. I really think our Pace-O-Matic team will be ready for it, this is going to be a big race for us."

Brushy Mountain Powersports, Wilkesboro, North Carolina’s premiere Honda®, Kawasaki and Yamaha motorcycle, dirt bike, ATV and side-by-side dealer, will serve as the entitlement partner for the 150-lap NASCAR Whelen Modified Series event. Competition for a season championship will be revved up Sept. 30 as the Brushy Mountain Powersports 150 will be only the third race from the end of the season.

The drivers listed for the event are listed below.