Current and former NASCAR drivers are stoked for the sport’s return to Bowman Gray Stadium, an event that aims to have a long-term impact on the famed venue that currently hosts college football games and modifieds races.

But the venue is different in 2025, with the Cook Out Clash taking place at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, N.C., the venerable 0.25-mile track with a history of roughhouse racing and fireworks across the grass-only infield.

NASCAR returns to its roots Sunday with the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium, which last played host to a Cup Series event more than 50 years ago. After three years on a temporary short track at the Los Angeles Coliseum,