{"id":1113,"date":"2023-05-05T21:21:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-06T01:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.savethespeedway.net\/?p=1113"},"modified":"2023-05-05T21:22:30","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T01:22:30","slug":"nascar-cup-teammates-nascar-xfinity-star-top-early-asa-stars-entry-list-for-north-wilkesboro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.savethespeedway.net\/index.php\/2023\/05\/05\/nascar-cup-teammates-nascar-xfinity-star-top-early-asa-stars-entry-list-for-north-wilkesboro\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Cup Teammates &amp; NASCAR Xfinity Star Top Early ASA STARS Entry List for North Wilkesboro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LEGACY MOTOR CLUB teammates in the NASCAR Cup Series, Erik Jones and Noah Gragson, headline a strong early entry list for the ASA STARS National Tour ECMD 150 at North Wilkesboro Speedway (NC), scheduled for Tuesday, May 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jones, originally from Byron, MI, has three career NASCAR Cup Series victories to his credit. He was also the 2015 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion and 2017 NASCAR Cup Series Rookie of the Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year\u2019s NASCAR Cup Series Rookie of the Year contender Noah Gragson won eight races in the NASCAR Xfinity Series last season and finished second in series points. His best finish in the Cup Series is a fifth-place effort at Daytona International Speedway last August for Beard Motorsports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Full stories for both drivers will be available soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Sammy Smith is entered after winning last year\u2019s Super Late Model race at North Wilkesboro, then-sanctioned by the Southern Super Series and the Champion Racing Association (CRA). He won his first-career Xfinity race at Phoenix earlier this year driving for Joe Gibbs Racing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joining the NASCAR Cup Series stars and last year\u2019s Wilkesboro race winner are a trio of NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series drivers, Ty Majeski, Carson Hoecevar and Grant Enfinger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, Super Late Model megastars Derek Thorn, Derek Griffith, Bubba Pollard, and Stephen Nasse and past Super Late Model touring series\u2019 champions Hunter Robbins, Cole Butcher, Kodie Conner and Matt Craig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.starsnationaltour.com\/entries\/23STARS_northWilkesboroEntryList_01.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The full entry list can be found here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Single-day general admission tickets for the May 16 ASA Stars ECMD 150 are $30 and available at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northwilkesborospeedway.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.northwilkesborospeedway.com<\/a>. Children six and under are admitted free.&nbsp; Advance parking is also available for purchase online.&nbsp;Fans can connect with North Wilkesboro Speedway and get the latest news regarding NASCAR All-Star week and North Wilkesboro Speedway by following on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nwbspeedway\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nwbspeedway\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>&nbsp;or becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NWBSpeedway\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;fan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ASA STARS National Tour opened the ten race, six-state schedule at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, FL on March 11.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/starsnationaltour.com\/roderick-takes-inaugural-asa-stars-national-tour-victory-at-five-flags\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Georgia racer Casey Roderick won the Sunshine State 200<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The series\u2019 next event is on Sunday, May 7 at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/misracing.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Madison International Speedway<\/a>&nbsp;in Wisconsin for the Joe Shear Classic. Tickets are available online by visiting&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/misracing.com\/tickets\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">misracing.com\/tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the full ASA STARS National Tour schedule, plus Super Late Model rules and other information, please visit the series website at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/starsnationaltour.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">starsnationaltour.com<\/a>, or be sure to follow the series on social media (Facebook:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/starsnationaltour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">STARS National Series<\/a>\u00a0| Twitter:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/racewithstars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@racewithstars<\/a>\u00a0| IG:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/starsnational\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@starsnational<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ASA STARS PR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LEGACY MOTOR CLUB teammates in the NASCAR Cup Series, Erik Jones and Noah Gragson, headline a strong early entry list for the ASA STARS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1044,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[217],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.savethespeedway.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.savethespeedway.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.savethespeedway.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.savethespeedway.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.savethespeedway.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.savethespeedway.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1114,"href":"https:\/\/blog.savethespeedway.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113\/revisions\/1114"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.savethespeedway.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.savethespeedway.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.savethespeedway.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.savethespeedway.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}