5/1/2020 Bowman Gray Stadium
On any given Saturday night, the stands at Bowman Gray Stadium will be packed with children, families, parents, and grandparents. For many area families, a picnic at the Stadium and then watching the racing action is a Saturday night tradition.
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After the night's racing draws to a close, the pit area is opened to the public - and smiling children expectantly wait in line to get autographs from their favorite drivers.A large part of the family appeal comes from the budget friendly ticket prices at Bowman Gray Stadium. Adult admission is only $12, with children 6-11 getting in for only $2 (children 5 and under are free!). And always popular with the fans are $2 Ladies' Nights - where all females can see the racing action for only two bucks! 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.
Racing at Bowman Gray Stadium was started by Bill France Sr. And Alvin Hawkins, two men who were founding fathers of NASCAR itself. It's the track where Richard Petty won his 100th race.
It's the track where a young Richard Childress fell in love with racing, hawking peanuts in the stands and then later taking the wheel himself.It's the track where Junior Johnson, Glen Wood, David Pearson, Richie Evans, and Jerry Cook competed. It's the track that has been part of such racing dynasties as the Pettys, the Allisons, the Myerses, and the Earnhardts. It's the track with drivers whose fathers and grandfathers used to race at Bowman Gray, where fans come to see the racing action just like their great-grandparents did so long ago.Today, a new generation of legends races at Bowman Gray. This season, future Hall-of-Famers may be taking the checkered flag, giants of racing whetting their appetites at the longest running weekly track in all of NASCAR. Modifieds, NASCAR's first sanctioned division, have been the featured division at Bowman Gray Stadium since racing began in 1949. At 2650 pounds minimum, the lightweight Modifieds are still the most powerful cars sanctioned by NASCAR.
With their open-wheeled design, Modifieds bear no resemblance to today's stock cars. Completely engineered from the ground up with racing body, transmission, suspension, steering, braking, and engine components, the engine block is the only part that can be readily identified with a car manufacturer. Modifieds, NASCAR's first sanctioned vision, have been the featured division at Bowman Gray Stadium since racing began in 1949. At 2650 pounds minimum, the lightweight Modifieds are still the most powerful cars sanctioned by NASCAR. With their open-wheeled design, Modifieds bear no resemblance to today's stock cars.
Completely engineered from the ground up with racing body, transmission, suspension, steering, braking, and engine components, the engine block is the only part that can be readily identified with a car manufacturer.
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