|
Bowman Gray Stadium is a NASCAR sanctioned 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 (later BB&T Field) opened in 1968, and many Winston-Salem area high schools played high school football in the stadium in the 1960s and 1970s. ==History== The first NASCAR-sanctioned event took place on May 18, 1949 and was won by Fonty Flock.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A LOOK BACK: Bowman Gray )〕 The track was opened by NASCAR founder Bill France Sr. and Alvin Hawkins, and remains operated by members of the Hawkins family to this day.〔http://hometracks.nascar.com/nwaas/story/bowman-gray-set-special-night_08142015〕 In 2015, Bowman Gray celebrated its 1,000th NASCAR sanctioned race 〔http://www.journalnow.com/sports/auto_racing/bowman_gray/races-bowman-gray-to-reach-nascar-milestone-saturday/article_63ec8a64-420b-11e5-b990-b7b57a0d9904.html〕 The first Grand National (now Sprint Cup Series) event took place in 1958 and it was won by Bob Welborn.〔 Other winners include Glen Wood, Rex White, David Pearson, Richard Petty, Bobby Allison, Junior Johnson and Marvin Panch.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bowman Gray Stadium NASCAR results )〕 The NASCAR Grand National Series (now the Sprint Cup) first raced at the track in 1958 and hosted a total of 29 Grand National races through 1971. Bowman Gray's nickname, "The Madhouse," is largely attributed to the racing antics that take place on the tight, quarter mile bull ring. In 2014, Bowman Gray's promoter, Gray Garrison described the events at BGS as part racing, part religion, and part wrestling.〔http://myfox8.com/2014/07/23/newsmakers-bowman-gray-promoter-gray-garrison/〕 While this is partially the reason for the nickname, it actually originated from a qualifying format the track used in the 1950s called the "Mad Scramble." 〔 Today, the track features four Divisions: the Modifieds, Sportsman, Street Stock and Stadium Stock. The Modifieds are the featured division at Bowman Gray, the division started in 1949 and the All-Time Wins List features some of the best NASCAR Drivers including Lee Petty, Ralph Earnhardt, Ned Jarrett, Richie Evans, and Jerry Cook. The football history of the stadium is also quite storied. Wake Forest University played home games in the stadium from its move to Winston-Salem in 1956, until the 1968 season when Groves Stadium (now BB&T Field) opened. Players such as Brian Piccolo, the 1964 ACC Player of the Year who led the nation in rushing and scoring, played his home games in Bowman Gray. Piccolo would later become famous as the teammate of Gale Sayers with the Chicago Bears, and the subject of the 1971 film Brian's Song. The Winston-Salem high schools of R.J.Reynolds High and Parkland High also played their home games at the stadium in the late 1960s through 1970's. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bowman Gray Stadium」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|