Bowman Gray Stadium
Bowman Gray Stadium is a NASCAR sanctioned quarter-mile asphalt flat oval short track and longstanding 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. It was also the home of the Wake Forest University football team from 1956 until Groves Stadium (now Truist Field at Wake Forest) opened in 1968. Bowman Gray Stadium was a popular venue for high school football in the 1970s and 1980s. Parkland and R.J. Reynolds High Schools shared Bowman Gray Stadium as their home field for high school football until the two schools built their own facility (Deaton-Thompson Stadium) in 1994.
| "the Madhouse" | |
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Opening Night, Bowman Gray Stadium, April 2011 | |
| Location | 1250 S Martin Luther King Jr, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27107 |
| Capacity | 17,000 |
| Owner | City of Winston-Salem |
| Operator | National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC |
| Opened | 1937 |
| Major events | NASCAR Grand National (1958–1971) NASCAR K&N Pro Series East (2011–2015) Whelen Southern Modified Tour (2005-2016) (Series folded in 2016) |
| 1/4 mile flat oval | |
| Surface | Asphalt |
| Length | 0.25 miles (0.40 km) |
| Banking | 0 Degrees |
| Race lap record | 12.965 seconds (Tim Brown, Team 83, 2016, Modified Division) |
The Madhouse, Home of the Modifieds | |
| Location | 1250 S Martin Luther King Jr, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27107 |
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| Coordinates | 36°4′58″N 80°13′20″W |
| Owner | City of Winston-Salem |
| Operator | Dale Pinilis |
| Capacity | 17,000 |
| Surface | Turf |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1936 |
| Opened | 1937 |
| Tenants | |
| Winston-Salem State Rams (NCAA) (1956-present) Wake Forest Demon Deacons (NCAA) (1956-1967) | |