If I am not mistaken, and I'm not, since I'm between Wilmington [the beach end of NC] and the birthplace of NASCAR [many sites involved in the foothills of western NC] and it would take a good day to drive from here to one to the other and back, but I guess you could say Wilmington is "very close" to the birthplace of NASCAR, depending on where you start with the comparisons [if you're in a foreign country, it probably would be "very close"] and how relative you want to make it.
Criminy, a demerit for me. The "last post" thing got me again up therrr. I got no notice about "someone posted while you were posting" or nothing.
Hit it hard but don't quit it if it's a good thing, because if you give up you'll never win, and like David McNaughton, you want to make it.
There. All tied up in a bow.