Bowman Gray Stadium hosted its first NASCAR race on May 18, 1949. Back then, Harry Truman was the 33rd President of the United States and the first Super Bowl was still about 20 years away.

We wrote a new chapter in the storied history of motorsports at Bowman Gray Stadium with the Cook Out Clash this year,” said Joey Dennewitz, Managing Director, NASCAR Regiona

A wild finish led to a brawl between two racing families and a track official pinning one racer to the ground in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Track crew chief Jimmy Brown pins Kyler Staley to the ground following the Street Stock Series race on June 28 at Bowman Gray Stadium. Staley was suspended for three weeks. When the Street Stock race at Bowman Gray Stadium ended on June 28, the real action began.