NASCAR has enjoyed some competitive success in running the race on quarter-mile bullrings over the past four years in markets both new and old. Bowman Gray Stadium, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is one of the longest tenured short tracks under the purview of the Sanctioning Body and was also the site of its first ever pavement race in 1958.

NASCAR season will begin in the same place the 2025 season did, at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

"We wrote a new chapter in the storied history of motorsports at Bowman Gray Stadium with the Cook Out Clash this year," said NASCAR Regional managing director Joey Dennewitz. "As

Track crew chief Jimmy Brown pins Kyler Staley to the ground following the Street Stock Series race on June 28 at Bowman Gray Stadium. Staley was suspended for three weeks. When the Street Stock race at Bowman Gray Stadium ended on June 28, the real action began.

XI Racing Bubba Wallace competed in Challenge Two, the Grant 165, on Sunday, July 6, at the Chicago Street Course.

Alex Bowman and Bubba Wallace's explosive NASCAR clash in Chicago reignites rivalry and fuels intense debate over driver conduct.