Bubba Wallace has revealed a stunning Revelation about NASCAR’S current predigaments.
Out goes the Coliseum
In comes the Stadium
The Busch Clash will move from the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, where it has been held the past three seasons to Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem North Carolina, where it will also be a homecoming of sorts for the NASCAR Cup Series.
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NASCAR stars hope fans bring Madhouse energy to Bowman Gray Clash
The Stadium is known for passionate fans, fighting and middle finger
The Busch Clash will move from the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, where it has been held the past three seasons to Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem North Carolina, where it will also be a homecoming of sorts for the NASCAR Cup Series.
The football stadium, home of Winston-Salem State University, is also where NASCAR sanctioned its first pavement race in 1948 and was the host to 29 Cup Series races from 1958 to 1971 back when it was known as the Grand National Series.
Even after the Cup Series left, The Most Exciting of Them All has continued to host NASCAR’s longest running weekly series divisions on Saturday nights from April to August, where it has a weekly average attendance over 10,000 with a maximum of 17,000.
From 2011 to 2017, what is now the ARCA East division held the NASCAR Hall of Fame 150 there, where seven current Cup drivers have raced there with Corey Lajoie even having won an event that also saw participation from Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson, Daniel Suárez, Bubba Wallace, Alex Bowman and William Byron.
Larson finished fifth from the pole in the 2012 race, in his first season driving pavement Stock Cars full-time, and says the experience left an impression on him.
I sat in the stands that night we ran the K&N race and they had Modifieds running after us and there’s no other experience like Bowman Gray as a race fan,” Larson said. “I hope that same style of a crowd shows up for a Cup race there; flipping all of us off, leaning over the wall and screaming at us.
“It’s amazing. It’s such a cool atmosphere. I’m excited for it.”
That’s what Suárez remembers too.
“The fans are super passionate,” he said. “Everyone wants to fight each other there. I think its going to be a lot of fun.”
To their point, the earned reputation of Bowman Gray Stadium is one where diehard fans live and die with every lap. They shout and cuss at the drivers. There are no shortage of middle fingers. To call it a raucous crowd would be an understatement.
“I don’t know if our show will be crazy enough for them,” joked Tyler Reddick. “They may not like us.”
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