Ryan Blaney was a little kid the first time he raced at Bowman Gray Stadium and remembers it being the coolest thing he’d ever done in motorsports.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Bumping, beating and banging were the headliners Saturday night, along with Chase Elliott, in the return of the NASCAR Cup Series to Bowman Gray Stadium for the first time since 1971. Elliott won the first of four heat races on the quarter-mile track and will start Sunday night’s Cook Out Clash from the pole.

NASCAR FANS! Welcome to the MADHOUSE! 🏁🤯 Get ready for CHAOS as NASCAR brings The Clash back to Bowman Gray Stadium for the first time in over 50 years! This quarter-mile bullring is where racing meets wrestling,

Fox Sports will air an all-new documentary on Monday called " The Madhouse ," which details the history of stock-car racing at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The documentary signals the beginning of "Race Week" in the Carolinas for NASCAR's first event of the 2025 season at its longest-running weekly series track.

Kenneth Inzar of the Peanut House sells snacks during the Madhouse Classic at Bowman Gray Stadium on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. Andy Avery takes a selfie with his wife, Samantha Hyer, and children Laynie, 10, and Masten, 7 during the Madhouse Classic at Bowman Gray Stadium on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.

Kyle Busch, a two-time Cup Series champion but also known as one of the circuit's more volatile drivers, joked that the field met with NASCAR officials earlier Saturday and "they already gave us the list of who's supposed to fight with who."

In what surreal, alternate reality does former Cup Series champion Kyle Larson race alongside 12-time track champ Tim Brown at Bowman Gray Stadium? In what dream state would brothers Austin and Ty Dillon race bumper-to-bumper at the same arena where their grandfather,

The Modified drivers have a 125-lap race at Bowman Gray Stadium