796 Somers Road, Ronda, NC 28670 - Wilkes County

NASCAR history for sale! This is the former home, farm, and race shops of the late NASCAR Hall of Fame racer / car-owner Robert (Junior) Johnson, and the late NASCAR car owner Flossie Johnson! The shops directly behind the house brought home six (6) NASCAR Cup Championships, three (3) for Hall of Fame Driver Cale Yarborough (1976-78), and three (3) for Hall of Fame Driver Darrell Waltrip (1981, 1982, 1985). Drivers for this racing operation located in Ronda, NC were as follows: Bobby Isaac, Darel Dieringer, A.J. Foyt, Fred Lorenzen, LeeRoy Yarbrough, Cale Yarborough, Bobby Allison, Curtis Turner, Gordon Johncock, Donnie Allison, David Pearson, Hut Stricklin, Brett Bodine, Loy Allen, Darrell Waltrip, Neil Bonnett, Terry Labonte, Geoff Bodine, Bill Elliott, Sterling Marlin, Elton Sawyer, Jimmy Spencer, and Earl Ross. During the active years (1965-1996), the drivers amassed 132-victories including the Daytona 500, the World 600, and the Southern 500 multiple times! These victories do not count the 50-wins that Junior had prior to 1965. The property has a brick rancher with a full basement built in 1965, and the race shop behind the home (one portion has been condemned), but still over 6,500 square feet is usable. The well is considered an "artesian well". Currently the house, the shops, the care-taker's home, and a nearby church share the water. Whoever owns the house controls the well! The house has two (2) wood-burning fire places, two (2) kitchens, one with a Dutch oven, a beautiful all-glass sunroom, a large gathering room in the basement, a craft room, hardwood floors on the main level, built-in trophy cabinets, security system, and an automatic backup generator. Per the heirs, the in-ground fuel tanks have been properly filled and inspected by the State of North Carolina. Since this is an estate sale, all the property is being sold "as-is, where-is". Much more information is available, and all showings will begin after January 3, 2022. The house and the older shops can be purchased separately from the newer shops. There are two (2) additional MLS listings for them to be purchased separately. The house is MLS #1052776, and the newer race shops are listed on MLS #1052779. Both the parcel with the house and the new shops are listed on MLS #1050415.