Bowman Gray Stadium

Motorsport venue
Name = Bowman Gray Stadium| Nicknames = NASCAR's longest running weekly race track
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Location = Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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Capacity = 20,000
Owner = City of Winston-Salem
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Events = NASCAR Grand National (1958-1971)
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour| Layout1 = 1/4 mile flat oval
Surface = asphalt
Length_mi = 0.25
Length_km = 0.40
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Banking = flat
Record_time = 55.283 mph
Record_driver = Richard Petty
Record_team = Petty Enterprises
Record_year = 1971
Record_class = NASCAR Grand National
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stadium_name = Bowman Gray Stadium
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location = 1250 S Martin Luther King Jr.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27107
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tenants = Winston-Salem State Rams (NCAA) | seating_capacity = 18,000
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. [cite book |last=Zona| first=Chris|coauthors=Trevin Goodwin| title= 2007 Rams Football| url=http://www.fansonly.com/photos/schools/wssu/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2007FBMGComplete.pdf| publisher=Winston-Salem State Athletics |year= 2007|pages = 30] 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 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 Gray’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.

ee also

*Whelen All-American Series
*Whelen Southern Modified Tour
*NASCAR

References

External links

* [http://www.bowmangrayracing.com Official Site of Bowman Gray Stadium]
* [http://racing-reference.info/tracks?id=085 Track stats at Racing-Reference.info]

succession box
title = Home of the
Wake Forest Demon Deacons
years = 1956 – 1965
before = original Groves Stadium [cite web
title = Groves Stadium from ballparks.com
url = http://football.ballparks.com/NCAA/ACC/WakeForest/index.htm
accessdate = 2007-12-29]
after = BB&T Field