The rest came from locals, a sizable portion of which came from the family of Bowman Gray Sr., the former president of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco. Gray, a Winston native whose father co-founded ...

NASCAR's history at Bowman Gray Stadium dates back to 1949 when NASCAR founder Bill France Sr. and Alvin Hawkins brought motorsports to the football stadium. Multiple generations of the Hawkins ...

A partnership forged by NASCAR founder Bill France Sr. and the Hawkins family -- Alvin and Eloise -- from Spartanburg set stock-car shows in motion at Bowman Gray in the spring and summer of 1949 ...

Former NASCAR Cup Series driver turned Xfinity team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. recently shared his views on what he thinks NASCAR achieved by returning to its roots at the Bowman Gray Stadium for ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Ryan Blaney was a little kid the first time he raced at Bowman Gray Stadium — he figures he couldn't have been older than 10 — and remembers it being the coolest ...

NASCAR is back, old-school style, as 2025 opens with a return to the “Mecca of Madhouse” for Sunday night’s preseason Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium. The Winston-Salem quarter-mile notorious ...

NASCAR released a trailer for an upcoming documentary to get fans ready for the Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium on Feb. 2. The Madhouse: NASCAR’s Return to Bowman Gray Stadium will explore the ...

The atmosphere at Bowman Gray — a quarter-mile flat track — would be hard to replicate. Fans were packed in tightly and just about every element of the race was visible to them.