The latest visit to the 0.625-mile North Wilkesboro Speedway cast a pressing question in the hearts of many drivers: Why wasn’t this venue holding a points-paying race in the Cup Series?

Brad Keselowski won the pole for Sunday's All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro, but Michael McDowell's No. 71 team won the Pit Crew Challenge.

Racing entered All-Star weekend at North Wilkesboro with high expectations and delivered flashes of speed across all three of its entries. Chris Buescher, Brad Keselowski, and Ryan Preece each showed competitive pace in qualifying and early race segments,

Feb. 1 — x-Clash Heat Race 1 (Chase Elliott) Feb. 1 — x-Clash Heat Race 2 (Chris Buescher) Feb. 1 — x-Clash Heat Race 3 (Denny Hamlin) Feb. 1 — x-Clash Heat Race 4 (Tyler Reddick) Feb. 2 — x-Clash Last Chance Qualifying Race (Kyle Larson) Feb. 2 — Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray (Chase Elliott) Feb. 13 — x-Duel 1 at DAYTONA (Bubba Wallace)

Keselowski expressed that he would like the race at North Wilkesboro to be a points race. The racetrack has not hosted a points race since 1996. The driver opined that he wants the All-Star race to move out of this track and be shifted to the Charlotte Motor Speedway.