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.

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,

NASCAR Cup Series season got off to a banger of a start, as the sports best took to the famed Bowman Gray Stadium track. The Winston-Salem track ended up being a terrific host for the annual Cook Out Clash.