Introduction and Historical Overview

oh that's cool all the rj reynolds people were in here look at this elevator contraption the length of it and this width right here was the original chicken coop it's a downhill front straight away and an uphill back straightaway we're going to get to see the inside chicken apples things like that's how what made this place this was race control for nascar right here this is an incredible shape did you think that the first track the monte carlo would be on would be northwest girl never ever here it is it's just so cool coming up over the hill and seeing that stuff out there is you just would not expect it anywhere out here it's just farmland hills and little houses and boom think of racetrack grand this place was back in its meeting i think 1946 when this thing was built this was like insane not all of it was here but you know what i mean yeah this is a big time stuff here we are at north wilkesboro speedway it's coming back and we're going to bring it to you everything in there exactly the way it is before it all gets you know ripped out redone freshened up get used again whatever they're gonna do with it this may be the first time anyone has ever done a full in-depth video tour of this place in its current condition and it may be the last time that's ever done our goal here is to show everyone what this place looks like before it is renovated for use again because right now it's a time capsule and we're gonna dive in we gotta go find ronnie the guy that manages the property here grew up around here he knows everything so we're told this is going to be fun that's a cool picture and we drove the monte carlo up here because we felt like we had to and it is really cool to see that car sitting at this race track well here he is this is ronnie i'm the director of operations for smi at the north wilkesboro speedway how long have you been associated with this track well pretty much all my life my uncle paul has been here pretty much since 47 and then permanent presidency in 64. he's just been a real asset it's been awesome to come down and grow up here him my dad were good friends just like brothers he married my dad's sister and you know it's just when you've been here all your life you know you just grew up at this place so your uncle's paul calls yes okay yes so we know who he is yes sir yeah the paul called thee that's right we want to see the you know the history of all the buildings what they are and everything what is this right here well this is where it…