Wilkesboro
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Oct 29, 2026
JimmyHOST
At five o'clock on the morning of July 17th, 1985, a jailer at the Wilkes County Jail in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, counted heads for breakfast and came up one short.
JimmyHOST
The missing inmate was a young man from Jefferson named Richard Bear, who was waiting to stand trial for a horrific crime.
JimmyHOST
Nobody had sawed through bars or forced a lock since he'd been inside the jail during visiting hours the night before.
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JimmyHOST
Her checkbook and other personal belongings were reportedly still scattered there.
JimmyHOST
For investigators, it was the first physical evidence that backed up what he'd told them about what happened that night.
JimmyHOST
Both men were arrested on April 1st, 1985, and Bear was taken to the Wilkes County Jail in Wilkesboro, while Burgess was booked into the Ashe County Jail.
JimmyHOST
The two were charged in Sherry's death, and in North Carolina at the time, a conviction could have meant the death penalty.
JimmyHOST
The plan was for Burgess to testify against Bear, and in exchange, Burgess would receive a lighter sentence.
Dylon WilsonHOST
Dad would love some.
Dylon WilsonHOST
You'd be surprised at some of the things that's offered at door-to-door trick-or-treating in Wilkesboro.
Dylon WilsonHOST
Well, and
Seth BrothertonHOST
you know, that's probably the reason trick-or-treating is not what it used to be.
Seth BrothertonHOST
The hell? Where's RJ? Well, I guess he's off.
Dylon WilsonHOST
Hmm.
Dylon WilsonHOST
Oh, there is a Halloween thing at Wilkesboro on Friday night.
Dylon WilsonHOST
At the track? At the racetrack, yeah.
Phil JakesPANELIST
It's looking real rough.
Phil JakesPANELIST
Yeah, it looks almost rougher than Wilkesboro did.
Phil JakesPANELIST
Wilkesboro at least had a caretaker.
Brent GleasonHOST
It's amazing.
Phil JakesPANELIST
It's looking
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Adam GataGUEST
Classic.
Adam GataGUEST
And there were multiple incidences of cars spinning.
Adam GataGUEST
And this is at Wilkesboro, mind you.
Landon HuffmanHOST
I mean, it's the
Dylon WilsonHOST
damn weather switch during the race at Wilkesboro, because I was at Wilkesboro, and I'm sure we'll get into that.
Dylon WilsonHOST
I didn't see you.
Dylon WilsonHOST
I was in the stands.
12 MINS LATER
RJ WilliamsHOST
That was shocking to me when I saw a car that had shag carpet on it.
Dylon WilsonHOST
Oh, yeah.
Dylon WilsonHOST
Wilkesboro.
RJ WilliamsHOST
That was wild.
Tommy BaldwinHOST
He had a good run.
Tommy BaldwinHOST
Luke was leading at Wilkesboro, I think 17 to go.
Tommy BaldwinHOST
Got a right front flat.
Tommy BaldwinHOST
Is that your fault? No, I wasn't there.
16 MINS LATER
Jimmie JohnsonGUEST
Yeah, our goal this year was to get one of the cars into the chase.
Jimmie JohnsonGUEST
So we missed that.
Jimmie JohnsonGUEST
And then really since Wilkesboro, we've kind of lost some pace.
Jimmie JohnsonGUEST
There's been some different rule changes and such.
Loren HillGUEST
So if you look at a map, of course, not everybody has that road going through that county, but that's sort of the central part.
Loren HillGUEST
So it goes from Wilkesboro on the far west.
Loren HillGUEST
across through the Winston Greensboro and High Point, down past the Toyota Megasite, and then down, all the way down to Interstate 95.
Loren HillGUEST
So that's the swath of North Carolina we're talking about when you hear me say Carolina Corps.
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Loren HillGUEST
And we're doing the very same thing now for the western side of the Carolina Corps.
Loren HillGUEST
U.S. 421 from Interstate 40 in Winston-Salem.
Loren HillGUEST
through Yadkinville and Yadkin County all the way to Wilkesboro in Wilkes County.
Loren HillGUEST
We're hoping we'll be future Interstate 777.
Corey LaJoieHOST
okay
Ryan FloresHOST
and they went to tri-county i think danny bone was up um by a point or two and then you get up you get points for leading laps there's a stage points in that and it's a little funky i i i don't follow it because i don't race it like i don't follow how that points works uh but i do know that jay crumb won the friendly tire 99 up there wilkes county wilkesboro speedway and uh Man, they even had like a four-cylinder race there.
Corey LaJoieHOST
Yeah.
Corey LaJoieHOST
Decent crowd.
GabrielleGUEST
Um, my husband and I just moved to Boone in January, and we bought a 16-acre farm that we are reviving and bringing back to life and transforming.
GabrielleGUEST
Um, but previously, I was living in Wilkesboro, which is a little ways down the road.
GabrielleGUEST
Um, and I was driving up here to Boone because Boone has a bigger atmosphere and a broader mind for-
Emilee SaldayaHOST
Mm
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GabrielleGUEST
And, um-
Emilee SaldayaHOST
And who is this?
GabrielleGUEST
Her name is Austin, and she was in Wilkesboro where I was living at the time.
Emilee SaldayaHOST
Cool.
Caroline KingGUEST
Everyone talks about once you first start watching NASCAR, like, you will get bit by the bug, and you'll become obsessed, and I have to say I'm in that family now.
Justin CkezepisHOST
North Carolina home, where NASCAR originated at, Lake Norman area, Mooresville, Concord, getting out to Wilkesboro, this is where racing was born, Caroline.
Caroline KingGUEST
Mooresville is Race City, USA.
Caroline KingGUEST
I mean, you can't get more racing family than that, yeah.
Jaret LundbergHOST
We're right there at Charlotte.
Jaret LundbergHOST
You can do maybe another test at Wilkesboro and then come down to Daytona for preseason thunder and you've got the clash and you have all that.
Jaret LundbergHOST
And
Danny BHOST
gee, maybe if we gave these boys, I don't know, a crazy idea here, maybe we give them a full... weekend the practice and get the cars dialed in right
39 MINS LATER
Jaret LundbergHOST
At least, at least once, just give me like one.
Jaret LundbergHOST
Um, at some point Pennzoil has signed a multi-year extension and their sponsorship of the Las Vegas spring race.
Jaret LundbergHOST
Um, Does I am team move Vegas to one race and let it be the spring race and then put Wilkesboro in the chase personally.
Jaret LundbergHOST
I doubt that's going to happen though, because it's probably going to be the finale in 2028.
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