NASCAR has made a significant acquisition ahead of the race weekend at Circuit of the Americas. On Thursday, NASCAR announced that it has acquired the rights to manage Bowman Gray Stadium. The racing series will now add Bowman Gray, which has a lease with the City of Winston-Salem through December 2050.
Austin Shuford was also named the new general manager of the stadium racing operations. NASCAR has been active at Bowman Gray in recent years with several NextGen car tests. The transaction shows NASCAR’s commitment to grassroots racing and its desire to grow the race track through weekly racing.
Overall, this is a great decision for NASCAR, which has been on an upward trend to start 2024. There will be questions about whether the sport could bring its national series to Bowman Gray, but for now, the main focus is on what is next for the venue. Bowman Gray’s future is very bright, and it will be fascinating to see how NASCAR manages the track.
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