Bowman Gray Stadium is a NASCAR sanctioned 1/4-mile asphalt flat oval short track 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 Winston-Salem’s Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum Complex and is home of the Winston-Salem State University Rams football team.
The first NASCAR sanctioned event took place on May 18, 1949 and was won by Fonty Flock. The NASCAR Grand National Series (now the Cup Series) 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 Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series. Weekly races include the Modified, Sportsman, Street Stock, and Stadium Stock divisions. Bowman Gray also hosts other special events including classic modified coupes, monster trucks, demolition derbies, chain races, and mini-cup races.
Champions[]
- 1949: Tim Flock
- 1950: Jimmie Lewallen
- 1951: Billy Myers
- 1952: Bobby Myers
- 1953: Billy Myers
- 1954: Glen Wood
- 1955: Billy Myers
- 1956: Pee Wee Jones
- 1957: Pee Wee Jones
- 1958: Pee Wee Jones
- 1959: Pee Wee Jones
- 1960: Pee Wee Jones
- 1961: Glen Wood
- 1962: Perk Brown
- 1963: Billy Hensley
- 1964: Ken Rush
- 1965: Carl Burris
- 1966: Ken Rush
- 1967: Pee Wee Jones
- 1968: Perk Brown
- 1969: Perk Brown
- 1970: Don Miller
- 1971: Max Berrier
- 1972: Max Berrier
- 1973: Ralph Brinkley
- 1974: Ralph Brinkley
- 1975: Billy Hensley
- 1976: Ralph Brinkley
- 1977: Paul Radford
- 1978: Paul Radford
- 1979: Don Smith
- 1980: Ralph Brinkley
- 1981: Ralph Brinkley
- 1982: Ralph Brinkley
- 1983: Satch Worley
- 1984: Johnny Johnson
- 1985: Satch Worley
- 1986: Ralph Brinkley
- 1987: Ralph Brinkley
- 1988: Ralph Brinkley
- 1989: Philip Smith
- 1990: Junior Miller
- 1991: Don Smith
- 1992: Junior Miller
- 1993: Junior Miller
- 1994: Robert Jeffreys
- 1995: Robert Jeffreys
- 1996: Tim Brown
- 1997: Tim Brown
- 1998: Tim Brown
- 1999: Burt Myers
- 2000: Junior Miller
- 2001: Burt Myers
- 2002: Tim Brown
- 2003: Junior Miller
- 2004: Tim Brown
- 2005: Tim Brown
- 2006: Junior Miller
- 2007: Burt Myers
- 2008: Tim Brown
- 2009: Tim Brown
- 2010: Burt Myers
- 2011: Burt Myers
- 2012: Burt Myers
- 2013: Burt Myers
- 2014: Danny Bohn
- 2015: Tim Brown
- 2016: Burt Myers
- 2017: Burt Myers
- 2018: Burt Myers
- 2019: Burt Myers (there was no 2020 season due to Covid)
- 2021: Tim Brown
- 2022: Tim Brown
- 2023: Brandon Ward
- 2024: Burt Myers
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