Bowman Gray Stadium through the years

Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston Salem, North Carolina has hosted NASCAR-sanctioned racing events since 1949, including NASCAR Cup Series races from 1958-71. The quarter-mile track surrounds the field that hosts games for the Winston-Salem State University Rams football team, and it will welcome the Cup Series back for the season-opening Clash exhibition on Feb. 2, 2025.

Ralph Earnhardt pictured in Victory Lane the day after winning an event at Bowman Gray Stadium during the 1950s.

Bill France Sr. conducts a drivers meeting prior to a NASCAR race at Bowman Gray Stadium.

Mickey Fenn (No. 69) and other drivers get set for the start of a Modified stock car race at Bowman Gray Stadium in the 1950s.

Water spews from Ted Swaim’s Modified stock car after a crash at Bowman Gray Stadium in the 1950s.

Bobby Myers (No. 6A), his brother Billy Myers (No. 4), Glen Wood (No. 22) and Curtis Turner (No. 20R) get set for the start of a Modified stock car race at Bowman Gray Stadium during the 1950s.

Sportsman stock cars get into a bit of an altercation during a 1950s race at Bowman Gray Stadium.

Modified stock cars in action at Bowman Gray Stadium in the early 1950s.

Glen Wood poses with his NASCAR Modified stock car before a race at Bowman Gray Stadium in the 1950s.

Curtis Turner (No. 26) tangles with Normal Schihl (No. 3), both driving 1956 Ford Sunliner convertibles at Bowman Gray Stadium in 1956.

Curtis Turner (No. 26) leads Glen Wood (No. 22) during a NASCAR Convertible Division race at Bowman Gray Stadium. Turner went on to win the race, while tire problems dropped Wood to a 15th-place finish.

Curtis Turner starts an evening of racing at Bowman Gray Stadium on the pole in the NASCAR Convertible division.

A field of Amateur class stock cars gets set to go racing at Bowman Gray Stadium during the Tobacco Bowl, a special race event held on New Year’s Day.

A big crowd chose to spend their New Year’s Day watching stock car races at Bowman Gray Stadium during the Tobacco Bowl.

Lee Petty in an Oldsmobile (No. 42) leads Bob Welborn's Chevrolet (No. 49) and Larry Frank's Chevrolet during a NASCAR Convertible Series race at Bowman-Gray Stadium. Welborn won over Petty. 

Bob Welborn (49), Curtis Turner (26), and Roger Baldwin (10) compete at Bowman Gray Stadium in the NASCAR Convertible division.

The field gets set for the start of a NASCAR Convertible Series race at Bowman Gray Stadium. Curtis Turner (No. 26) sits on the pole, with Glen Wood (No. 21) on the outside.

Richie Evans (No. 61) chases a fellow competitor during a late 1970s NASCAR Modified race at Bowman Gray Stadium.

Tim Brown celebrates one of his nearly 100 victories at Bowman Gray Stadium. Brown has won 12 championships in the Modified division at the historic track.

Matt DiBenedetto (15) and Coleman Pressley (14) lead the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East field at Bowman Gray Stadium on June 4, 2011. DiBenedetto won the race.

Drivers cross the starting line during the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour Strutmasters.com 199 at Bowman Gray Stadium on Aug. 6, 2011.

Austin Dyne, driver of the No. 99 KMC Wheels Chevrolet, leads Clint King, driver of the No. 49 King Oil Products/Warehouse Design Chevrolet, down the backstretch during the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East NASCAR Hall of Fame 150 at Bowman Gray Stadium on June 1, 2013.

Cars go by in a double-file restart during the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East NASCAR Hall of Fame 150 at Bowman Gray Stadium on June 1, 2013.

Ben Kennedy leads late in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East NASCAR Hall of Fame 150 at Bowman Gray Stadium on June 1, 2013.

Action during the NASCAR K&N East Series NASCAR Hall of Fame 150 held at Bowman Gray Stadium on May 27, 2012.

A general view of the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Strutmasters.com 199 at Bowman Gray Stadium on Aug. 1, 2015.

Stadium Stock Division drivers race during the 1,000th NASCAR event at Bowman Gray Stadium on Aug. 15, 2015.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. drives the NASCAR Next Gen car around Bowman Gray Stadium during a testing session on Oct. 26, 2021.

Clint Bowyer drives the NASCAR Next Gen car around Bowman Gray Stadium during a testing session on Oct. 26, 2021.

Danny Bohn leads the field during the Hayes Jewelers 200 at Bowman Gray Stadium on April 23, 2022.

The sunset at Bowman Gray Stadium on Aug. 12, 2023.