{"id":1565529,"date":"2023-05-20T09:40:55","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T13:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1565529"},"modified":"2023-05-20T09:40:56","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T13:40:56","slug":"noah-gragson-doesnt-sugarcoat-thinks-north-wilkesboro-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/noah-gragson-doesnt-sugarcoat-thinks-north-wilkesboro-speedway\/","title":{"rendered":"Noah Gragson Doesn't Sugarcoat What He Thinks of North Wilkesboro Speedway, Including an Ugly Comparison: ‘It's Fyre Fest 2.0'"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Noah Gragson<\/a> isn't one to shy away from conflict or controversy. Ross Chastain at Kansas<\/a>, anyone?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week the 24-year-old is with his fellow Cup Series competitors at North Wilkesboro Speedway<\/a> as part of the much-anticipated All-Star Race weekend and festivities in the return to the short track, which last hosted a NASCAR event in 1996.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Legacy Motor Club<\/a> driver candidly talked about the track with a reporter after running laps in a Super Late Model during a mid-week race, and in true Gragson form, didn't sugarcoat his feelings on several issues.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Noah Gragson in headlines lately<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Noah Gragson waves to fans as he walks onstage during driver intros prior to the NASCAR Cup Series W\u00fcrth 400 at Dover International Speedway on May 01, 2023. | Photo by James Gilbert\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Noah Gragson has had a forgettable rookie Cup Series season, his first with Legacy MC, scoring only two top-20 results in the first 13 races. It's a dramatic dropoff from all the attention he received last year in the Xfinity Series when he won eight times and finished second in the final standings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, his most notable moment this year happened off the track a few weeks ago at Kansas after the race when he went down and confronted Ross Chastain on pit road to show his displeasure with the Trackhouse Racing driver. Things escalated quickly and ended just as quickly when NASCAR security intervened after the watermelon farmer<\/a> landed a hard right hook on Gragson's left cheek.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pair were separated and the Legacy MC driver later told the media that he'd have opportunities in the future to exact his revenge.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gragson gives brutally honest assessment of North Wilkesboro <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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"I'm having fun and we are learning a lot,"

Noah Gragson is back behind the wheel of a Super Late Model at North Wilkesboro ahead of the #AllStarRace<\/a>. pic.twitter.com\/2wzAMP1V2u<\/a><\/p>— Racing America (@RacingAmerica) May 17, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>