NASCAR Cup Series at North Wilkesboro Speedway

Stock car races in the NASCAR Cup Series have been held at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina since 1949.

NASCAR Cup Series at North Wilkesboro Speedway

NASCAR Cup Series
Venue	North Wilkesboro Speedway
Location	North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
Circuit information
Surface	Asphalt
Length	0.625 mi (1.006 km)
Turns	4

Current race

Window World 400

NASCAR Cup Series
Venue	North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina
First race	1949
Distance	250 miles (402.3 km)
Laps	400
Previous names	Wilkes 200 (1949–1952, 1961) Wilkes 160 (1953–1955, 1957–1959) Wilkes 320 (1960, 1962) Wilkes 400 (1963–1978) Holly Farms 400 (1979–1989) Tyson Holly Farms 400 (1990–1996)

The Window World 400 is a NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held annually from 1949 to 1996 at the North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. It was the second of two Winston Cup Series races held annually (with the springtime First Union 400) at North Wilkesboro Speedway before the track was abandoned in 1996.^[1] The race was normally held in late September or early October. The race marked the last time a race winner finished at least a lap ahead of the rest of the field (1994, Geoff Bodine won by one lap over Terry Labonte).

The logo when Tyson Holly Farms was the sponsor, from 1990–1996

In 2023, during NASCAR's 75th anniversary season, the NASCAR All-Star Race moved to North Wilkesboro Speedway.^[2] In 2026, the race was moved to Dover Motor Speedway, giving North Wilkesboro a points-paying race.^[3]

Past winners

Year	Date	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report	Ref
						Laps	Miles (km)
1949	Oct 16	7	Bob Flock	Frank Christian	Oldsmobile	200	100 (160.934)	1:52:26	53.364	Report	[4]
1950	Sept 24	98	Leon Sales	Hubert Westmoreland	Plymouth	200	125 (201.168)			Report	[5]
1951	Oct 21	7	Fonty Flock	Ted Chester	Oldsmobile	200	125 (201.168)	1:50:38	67.791	Report	[6]
1952	Oct 26	9	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas	Hudson	200	125 (201.168)	1:51:52	67.044	Report	[7]
1953	Oct 11	46	Speedy Thompson	Buckshot Morris	Oldsmobile	160	100 (160.934)	1:24:16	71.202	Report	[8]
1954	Oct 24	14	Hershel McGriff	Frank Christian	Oldsmobile	157*	98.125 (157.916)	1:30:20	65.175	Report	[9]
1955	Oct 23	87	Buck Baker	Pete DePaolo	Ford	160	100 (160.934)	1:21:16	72.347	Report	[10]
1956	Not held
1957	Oct 20	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Chevrolet	160	100 (160.934)	1:29:10	69.902	Report	[11]
1958	Oct 19	11	Junior Johnson	Paul Spaulding	Ford	160	100 (160.934)	1:10:40	84.906	Report	[12]
1959	Oct 18	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Oldsmobile	160	100 (160.934)	1:20:11	74.829	Report	[13]
1960	Oct 2	4	Rex White	Rex White	Chevrolet	320	200 (321.868)	2:34:57	77.444	Report	[14]
1961	Oct 1	4	Rex White	Rex White	Chevrolet	320	200 (321.868)	2:21:43	84.675	Report	[15]
1962	Sept 30	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	320	200 (321.868)	2:19:14	86.186	Report	[16]
1963	Sept 29	21	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	400	250 (402.336)	2:47:44	89.428	Report	[17]
1964	Oct 11	21	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	400	250 (402.336)	2:44:07	91.398	Report	[18]
1965	Oct 3	26	Junior Johnson	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	400	250 (402.336)	2:48:55	88.801	Report	[19]
1966	Oct 2	29	Dick Hutcherson	Holman-Moody	Ford	400	250 (402.336)	2:48:31	89.012	Report	[20]
1967	Oct 1	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	400	250 (402.336)	2:38:10	94.837	Report	[21]
1968	Sept 29	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	400	250 (402.336)	2:39:24	94.103	Report	[22]
1969	Oct 5	17	David Pearson	Holman-Moody	Ford	400	250 (402.336)	2:40:32	93.429	Report	[23]
1970	Oct 4	71	Bobby Isaac	Nord Krauskopf	Dodge	400	250 (402.336)	2:46:20	90.162	Report	[24]
1971	Nov 21	55	Tiny Lund	Ronnie Hopkins	Camaro	400	250 (402.336)	2:35:58	96.174	Report	[25]
1972	Oct 1	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	400	250 (402.336)	2:36:33	95.816	Report	[26]
1973	Sept 23	12	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:37:34	95.198	Report	[27]
1974	Sept 22	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	3:05:41	80.782	Report	[28]
1975	Sept 21	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	400	250 (402.336)	2:48:34	88.986	Report	[29]
1976	Oct 3	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:35:38	96.38	Report	[30]
1977	Oct 2	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:52:59	86.713	Report	[31]
1978	Oct 1	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Oldsmobile	400	250 (402.336)	2:43:18	97.847	Report	[32]
1979	Oct 14	27	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:44:01	91.454	Report	[33]
1980	Sept 21	15	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	400	250 (402.336)	3:18:39	75.51	Report	[34]
1981	Oct 4	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Buick	400	250 (402.336)	2:41:08	93.091	Report	[35]
1982	Oct 3	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Buick	400	250 (402.336)	2:32:57	98.071	Report	[36]
1983	Oct 2	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:28:56	100.716	Report	[37]
1984	Oct 14	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:45:42	90.525	Report	[38]
1985	Sept 29	33	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:37:44	95.077	Report	[39]
1986	Sept 28	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:36:53	95.612	Report	[40]
1987	Oct 4	11	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:36:09	96.051	Report	[41]
1988	Oct 16*	27	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	400	250 (402.336)	2:39:15	94.192	Report	[42]
1989	Oct 15	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:46:08	90.269	Report	[43]
1990	Sept 30	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	400	250 (402.336)	2:39:53	93.818	Report	[44]
1991	Sept 29	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:39:23	94.113	Report	[45]
1992	Oct 5	15	Geoffrey Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	400	250 (402.336)	2:19:43	107.36	Report	[46]
1993	Oct 3	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Pontiac	400	250 (402.336)	2:34:46	96.92	Report	[47]
1994	Oct 2	7	Geoffrey Bodine	Geoff Bodine Racing	Ford	400	250 (402.336)	2:32:15	98.522	Report	[48]
1995	Oct 1	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	400	250 (402.336)	2:25:38	102.998	Report	[49]
1996	Sept 29	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:34:54	96.837	Report	[50]
1997 – 2025	Not held
2026	July 19									Report

• 1954: Race shortened due to crash.
• 1988: The race was originally scheduled for October 2, but two consecutive days of rain caused it to be rescheduled for October 16.

Multiple winners (drivers)

# Wins	Driver	Years Won
6	Darrell Waltrip	1977, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986
5	Richard Petty	1962, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1975
3	Cale Yarborough	1974, 1976, 1978
	Geoffrey Bodine	1989, 1992, 1994
2	Rex White	1960, 1961
	Marvin Panch	1963, 1964
	Junior Johnson	1958, 1965
	Bobby Allison	1973, 1980
	Rusty Wallace	1988, 1993
	Mark Martin	1990, 1995

Manufacturer wins

# Wins	Manufacturer	Years Won
16	Chevrolet	1957, 1960, 1961, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1996
12	Ford	1955, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1980, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995
6	Oldsmobile	1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1959, 1978
5	Plymouth	1950, 1962, 1967, 1968, 1972
2	Dodge	1970, 1975
	Buick	1981, 1982
	Pontiac	1988, 1993

Former race

First Union 400

NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Venue	North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina
Corporate sponsor	First Union
First race	1951
Last race	1996
Distance	250 miles (402.3 km)
Laps	400
Previous names	Wilkes County 150 (1951) Wilkes County 200 (1952–1953) Wilkes County 160 (1954–1958) Gwyn Staley 160 (1959–1960) Gwyn Staley 400 (1961–1978) Northwestern Bank 400 (1979–1985) First Union 400 (1986–1996)

The First Union 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car race held annually from 1951 to 1996 at the North Wilkesboro Speedway in Wilkes County, North Carolina. It was the first of two Winston Cup Series races held annually (with the autumn's Tyson Holly Farms 400) at North Wilkesboro Speedway before the track was abandoned in 1996.^[1] The race was normally held in late March or early April.

Past winners

Year	Date	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report	Ref
						Laps	Miles (km)
1951	April 29	14	Fonty Flock	Frank Christian	Oldsmobile	150	93.75 (150.876)			Report	[51]
1952	March 30	92	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas	Hudson	200	125 (201.168)	2:08:00	58.597	Report	[52]
1953	March 29	92	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas	Hudson	200	125 (201.168)	1:44:18	71.907	Report	[53]
1954	April 4	3	Dick Rathmann	John Ditz	Hudson	160	100 (160.934)	1:27:32	68.545	Report	[54]
1955	April 3	87	Buck Baker	Bob Griffin	Oldsmobile	160	100 (160.934)	1:22:03	73.126	Report	[55]
1956	April 8	300A	Tim Flock	Carl Kiekhaefer	Chrysler	160	100 (160.934)	1:24:28	71.034	Report	[56]
1957	April 7	22	Fireball Roberts	Pete DePaolo	Ford	160	100 (160.934)	1:19:59	75.015	Report	[57]
1958	May 18	11	Junior Johnson	Paul Spaulding	Ford	160	100 (160.934)	1:16:18	78.636	Report	[58]
1959	April 5	43	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Oldsmobile	160	100 (160.934)	1:23:21	71.985	Report	[59]
1960	March 27	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	160	100 (160.934)	1:30:26	66.347	Report	[60]
1961	April 16	4	Rex White	Rex White	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	3:00:11	83.248	Report	[61]
1962	April 15	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	400	250 (402.336)	2:57:01	84.737	Report	[62]
1963	April 28	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	257*	160.625 (258.5)	1:57:06	83.301	Report	[63]
1964	April 19	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman-Moody	Ford	400	250 (402.336)	3:03:05	81.93	Report	[64]
1965	April 18	26	Junior Johnson	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	400	250 (402.336)	2:37:49	95.047	Report	[65]
1966	April 17	14	Jim Paschal	Frieden Enterprises	Plymouth	400	250 (402.336)	2:50:22	89.045	Report	[66]
1967	April 16	26	Darel Dieringer	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	400	270 (434.522)	2:40:16	93.594	Report	[67]
1968	April 21	17	David Pearson	Holman-Moodybo	Ford	400	250 (402.336)	2:45:33	90.425	Report	[68]
1969	April 20	22	Bobby Allison	Mario Rossi	Dodge	400	250 (402.336)	2:37:27	95.268	Report	[69]
1970	April 18	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	400	250 (402.336)	2:38:41	94.246	Report	[70]
1971	April 18	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	400	250 (402.336)	2:32:19	98.479	Report	[71]
1972	April 23	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	400	250 (402.336)	2:53:19	86.381	Report	[72]
1973	April 8	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	400	250 (402.336)	2:34:17	97.224	Report	[73]
1974	April 21	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	360*	225 (362.102)	2:20:20	96.2	Report	[74]
1975	April 6	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	400	250 (402.336)	2:46:39	90.009	Report	[75]
1976	April 4	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:34:52	96.858	Report	[76]
1977	March 27	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:48:38	88.95	Report	[77]
1978	April 16	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:42:26	92.345	Report	[78]
1979	March 25	15	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	400	250 (402.336)	2:49:41	88.4	Report	[79]
1980	April 20	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:37:04	95.501	Report	[80]
1981	April 5	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Buick	400	250 (402.336)	2:55:41	85.381	Report	[81]
1982	April 18	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Buick	400	250 (402.336)	2:33:37	97.646	Report	[82]
1983	April 17	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:44:03	91.436	Report	[83]
1984	April 8	27	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	400	250 (402.336)	2:33:19	97.83	Report	[84]
1985	April 21	12	Neil Bonnett	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:39:53	93.818	Report	[85]
1986	April 20	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:49:40	88.408	Report	[86]
1987	April 5	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:39:24	94.103	Report	[87]
1988	April 17	11	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:31:24	99.075	Report	[88]
1989	April 16	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:46:47	89.937	Report	[89]
1990	April 22	26	Brett Bodine	King Racing	Buick	400	250 (402.336)	2:58:46	83.908	Report	[90]
1991	April 21	17	Darrell Waltrip	DarWal, Inc.	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	3:08:26	79.604	Report	[91]
1992	April 12	28	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	400	250 (402.336)	2:45:28	90.653	Report	[92]
1993	April 18	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Pontiac	400	250 (402.336)	2:41:59	92.602	Report	[93]
1994	April 17	5	Terry Labonte	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:36:33	95.816	Report	[94]
1995	April 9	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:26:27	102.424	Report	[95]
1996	April 14	5	Terry Labonte	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:35:39	96.37	Report	[96]

• 1963: Race shortened due to rain.
• 1974: Race shortened due to energy crisis.
• 1977: Yarborough won on his birthday, the first driver to do so.
• 1990: Bodine's lone Winston Cup victory and last win for Buick; finish disputed due to a scoring error.

Multiple winners (drivers)

# Wins	Driver	Years Won
10	Richard Petty	1962, 1963, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981
4	Darrell Waltrip	1978, 1982, 1983, 1991
	Dale Earnhardt	1986, 1987, 1989, 1995
3	Terry Labonte	1988, 1994, 1996
2	Herb Thomas	1952, 1953
	Lee Petty	1959, 1960
	Junior Johnson	1958, 1965
	Cale Yarborough	1976, 1977
	Bobby Allison	1969, 1979

Manufacturer wins

# Wins	Manufacturer	Years Won
15	Chevrolet	1961, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996
8	Ford	1957, 1958, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1979, 1992
7	Plymouth	1960, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972
4	Dodge	1969, 1973, 1974, 1975
3	Hudson	1952, 1953, 1954
	Oldsmobile	1951, 1955, 1959
	Buick	1981, 1982, 1990
2	Pontiac	1984, 1993