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Bowman-Gray (NC) Stadium will remain racing until at least 2027


From the City of Winston-Salem:

BOWMAN GRAY STADIUM’S LONGTIME RACING TRADITION SET TO CONTINUE THROUGH 2027

The Saturday night racing will continue through 2027 at Winston-Salem’s
Bowman Gray Stadium.
A new contract extension has been signed between  the City of Winston-Salem
through the Winston-Salem Public Assembly Facilities Commission and
Winston-Salem Speedway, operators of the track.  Bowman Gray Stadium is
NASCAR’s longest running weekly race track, currently in their 58th racing
season.

Promoter, Gray Garrison said, “We’re very pleased with our family’s long
standing relationship with the City of Winston-Salem and NASCAR and excited
about our family continuing these relationships for the next 20 years.  We
look forward to continuing to bring the Winston-Salem area the highest
quality of reasonably priced family entertainment.”

NASCAR’s George Silbermann said, “Bowman Gray Stadium is a very important
race track, both from  a long-standing historical standpoint and as we look
to the future of NASCAR-sanctioned racing on the east coast.  Bowman Gray
represents the core of what NASCAR racing is all about.  We are proud of our
association with the management team of Dale and Johnnie Pinilis and Gray
and Pam Garrison.  NASCAR recognizes and appreciates their knowledge,
experience and expertise at successfully promoting professional motor
racing.”

Bucky Dame, Director of the Winston-Salem Entertainment-Sports Complex
reiterated, “On behalf of the Public Assembly Facilities Commission and the
staff, we are very happy this great tradition will continue.  Our long
standing relationship with speedway management has breeded success for 58
years and we look forward to the next 20 years.  While the track is
legendary, the weekly racing is part of the fabric of our community and an
integral ingredient of professional sports and entertainment in
Winston-Salem and the Piedmont Triad.  Bowman Gray Stadium is truly the
birthplace of what is NASCAR today.”

The flat, quarter-mile asphalt track is known for close racing action and a
deep tradition that goes back to 1949.  Fonty Flock won the first NASCAR
event at the stadium on May 18, 1949.  Bowman Gray Stadium has hosted NASCAR
Grand National and Modified events throughout its long history.  NASCAR
staged 29 Grand National events at the stadium from 1958 to 1971.  Winners
during that period reads like a “Who’s Who” list of racing legends,
including Richard Petty, Lee Petty, Junior Johnson, Glen Wood, David
Pearson, Rex White and Bobby Allison.

Earlier this season, Modified driver Junior Miller broke the Bowman Gray
Stadium record by posting his 65th win in a Modified.  The record had
belonged to Ralph Brinkley for 16 years.  Miller is a five-time Bowman Gray
Champion.  The current record of eight belongs to Brinkley.



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NASCAR MODIFIEDS...WHERE IT ALL BEGAN.  LET'S REMIND NASCAR OF THEIR ROOTS.
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