|| *Comments on Bowman Gray Stadium:* View the most recent comment <#20> | Post a comment <#post> 1. Cooper posted: 03.21.2010 - 12:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bowman Gray Stadium is a NASCAR sanctioned 1/4-mile asphalt flat oval short track and football stadium located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It is one of stock car racing's most legendary venues, and is referred to as "NASCAR's longest running weekly race track". Bowman Gray Stadium is part of the Winston-Salem Sports and Entertainment Complex and is home of the Winston-Salem State University Rams football team. It was also the home of the Wake Forest University football team until Groves Stadium (now BB&T Field) opened in 1968. The first NASCAR-sanctioned event took place on May 18, 1949 and was won by Fonty Flock. The first Grand National (now Sprint Cup Series) event took place in 1958 and it was won by Bob Welborn. Other winners include Glen Wood, Rex White, David Pearson, Richard Petty, Bobby Allison, Junior Johnson and Marvin Panch. The NASCAR Grand National Series (now the Sprint Cup) first raced at the track in 1958 and hosted a total of 29 Grand National races through 1971. Bowman Grayâ??s weekly racing tradition continues to this day as part of the Whelen All-American Series. Weekly races include the Modified, Sportsman, Street Stock, and Stadium Stock divisions. Bowman Gray is also a part of the Whelen Southern Modified Tour and hosts other special events including classic modified coupes, monster trucks, demolition derbies, chain races, and mini-cup races. The History Channel show MadHouse is taped at the track. Capacity: 20,000 2. Smokefan05 posted: 08.02.2010 - 6:47 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) A track that i'll never go too. The people there are nuts. And this is from someone who loves short track racing. 3. JoeytheHDK posted: 03.15.2011 - 3:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Wild Wild West of motorsport. That is all. 4. DaleSrFanForever posted: 04.23.2011 - 9:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) About 10 minutes from where I live. I go about 2 or 3 times per year. Old school racing to say the least. Nice to see racing so unpolished for a change. 5. swervin irvan posted: 06.02.2013 - 9:38 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) No hyphen in Bowman Gray. It's a guy's name. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowman_Gray,_Sr. 6. Brandon posted: 08.01.2017 - 3:17 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looks like NASCAR at Bowman Gray has come to a close... 7. RaceFanX posted: 08.01.2017 - 9:01 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) What do you mean? I see nothing in the news or on the track's website about a closure. 8. Gutter Rat posted: 08.17.2017 - 5:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Madhouse 9. Randy Myers posted: 11.01.2017 - 6:05 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Afraid Brandon has some misinformation. Bowman Gray is going strong and will it's 70th consecutive year of NASCAR sanctioned racing in April of 2018. 10. JSPorts posted: 11.01.2017 - 6:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Awesome news! This is such a great little track. 11. Scott B posted: 07.12.2018 - 5:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Let's put this track back in the Cup schedule for a 500 mile race (2,000 laps). 12. Jim Davis posted: 07.12.2018 - 5:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Let's put this track back in the Cup schedule for a 500 mile race (2,000 laps)." We can call the race "The Eight Hours at Winston-Salem". 13. Wot posted: 07.12.2018 - 5:21 pm Rate this comment: (1) (2) Let's don't 14. TateH 78 posted: 11.16.2018 - 11:39 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) if nascar did a 500 mile race at bgs it would be 8 years, not hours. i have been there a few times and they crash way too much. 15. EARL posted: 08.03.2019 - 11:42 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The track has devolved to the point where police officers are pulling guns on drivers to break up fights. Really sad, eventually someone will kill someone here in a fight, it's inevitable. 16. Yeet posted: 04.02.2020 - 3:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) With my free time I've begun watching the TV series "Race Night at Bowman Gray" and not even 20 minutes in, man these guys are cold blooded racers, but I guess you kind of have to when you race on an iconic track like Bowman Gray. 17. thog posted: 07.07.2020 - 3:17 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This track could be listed as "Bowman-Gray" instead of "Winston-Salem" on the results pages to prevent confusion between the Forsyth County Fairgrounds. 18. RaceFanX posted: 07.07.2020 - 9:23 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @17 Wouldn't it be easier to either leave as is or change the other track to "Forsyth County." The fairgrounds' days as a race track are over with no more results likely to be added here while Bowman Gray is going strong and considered much more often when thinking of Winston-Salem. 19. thog posted: 07.07.2020 - 11:00 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @18 Either way would work, as a big stats guy I was just proposing a little change to make it easier on other stats guys so they know which Charlotte, Richmond, etc. is which 20. BluesTravelerFan posted: 08.23.2020 - 3:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bowman Gray cancelled it's 2020 season due to Covid-19. Burt Myers has won the 4 last track championships in the featured modified division to tie Tim Brown for the most titles. They are also the leaders in all-time wins. They have won 20 of the last 25 track titles. Bobby Labonte competed in some modified races in 2019. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: