NASCAR Cup Series to return to Winston-Salem’s Bowman Gray Stadium for first time in over 50 years

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — It’s official. NASCAR will hold the Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium on Feb. 2, 2025.

The last time the stadium hosted a NASCAR Cup Series race was in 1971.

NASCAR took on the lease at Bowman Gray back in March and at the time, it raised eyebrows with many people wondering if NASCAR would bring a race back to the Madhouse in Winston-Salem. On Saturday, the track revealed the big news that it’s happening in front of packed stands next year.

According to the website, Bowman Gray Stadium is “NASCAR’s very first weekly track, a famed quarter-mile where the sound of roaring engines and cheering fans has been heard since 1949.”

While the first NASCAR-sanctioned event took place in 1949, the very first auto race held at the stadium was midget car racing on the dirt quarter-mile track.

The stadium went on to see Richard Petty win his 100th race there in 1970. In 2013, Ben Kennedy won the K&N Pro Series race there. Now, he’s NASCAR’s executive vice president and chief venue and racing innovations officer.

Ticket information can be found here .

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