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.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Bumping, beating and banging were the headliners Saturday night, along with Chase Elliott, in the return of the NASCAR Cup Series to Bowman Gray Stadium for the first time since 1971. Elliott won the first of four heat races on the quarter-mile track and will start Sunday night’s Cook Out Clash from the pole.

Fox Sports will air an all-new documentary on Monday called " The Madhouse ," which details the history of stock-car racing at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The documentary signals the beginning of "Race Week" in the Carolinas for NASCAR's first event of the 2025 season at its longest-running weekly series track.