{"id":259164,"date":"2026-08-22T18:19:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T18:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/22\/report-bowman-gray-stadium-to-host-first-nascar-points-race-since-1971\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T18:19:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T18:19:17","slug":"report-bowman-gray-stadium-to-host-first-nascar-points-race-since-1971","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/22\/report-bowman-gray-stadium-to-host-first-nascar-points-race-since-1971\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Bowman Gray Stadium to host first NASCAR points race since 1971"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, will host its first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nascar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASCAR<\/a> points race since 1971 next year, according to a Saturday report from Jordan Bianchi of The Athletic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bianchi reported Saturday afternoon that Bowman Gray, affectionately dubbed &#8220;The Madhouse&#8221; for its wild weekly racing scene, will host a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race in 2027, the first time the track will have hosted a points event since the last points-paying Cup Series event at BGS in 1971.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>NASCAR Trucks set for Bowman Gray debut<\/h2>\n<p>NASCAR returned to Bowman Gray in 2025 and 2026 to run the Clash, a season-opening exhibition event. A Truck Series race at the 0.25-mile bullring had been rumored in recent weeks. The Truck Series has never raced at Bowman Gray Stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Winston-Salem Journal also <a href=\"https:\/\/journalnow.com\/sports\/other\/motorsports\/article_19e68d25-0603-407b-876d-97a5289d43fa.html?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=facebook_Winston-Salem_Journal_&amp;fbclid=IwdGRjcAT2elpwZG9mBWZkaWQWUM9hbfSMwwx4jhHz3Av71waQOGW2_2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR5HJBvakWXp41O3Y2Fr61OMskYO-J8m7I4ACA_y_7QGV-ePUcGCOcea55VrlQ_aem_iCekf2w2HC0vTko-43kzjw\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported early Saturday morning<\/a> that a Truck Series race was coming to Bowman Gray, reporting a race date of Friday, Aug. 20, 2027. If that date is accurate, that would make the race a standalone event for the Truck Series, as the NASCAR O&#8217;Reilly Auto Parts Series and Cup Series are racing at Gateway on Aug. 21 and Aug. 22, 2027, respectively.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n    !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n    {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n    n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n    if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n    n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n    t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n    fbq('init', '1324276914788316');\n    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nascar\/articles\/report_bowman_gray_stadium_to_host_first_nascar_points_race_since_1971\/s1_13132_44206325\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, will host its first NASCAR points race since 1971 next year, according to a Saturday report from Jordan Bianchi of The Athletic.\u00a0 Bianchi reported Saturday afternoon that Bowman Gray, affectionately dubbed &#8220;The Madhouse&#8221; for its wild weekly racing scene, will host a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":259165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6806],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-259164","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gossip"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}