This weekend in Winston-Salem -- a little ways off from the tobacco farms and not far from the greater Charlotte area -- the Carolina winter will heat up and the earth will roar back to life with the beginning of a new year for NASCAR with its annual preseason exhibition race,

Bowman Gray Stadium is famous for its viral videos of short track fights and close quarters racing. From 1958 until 1971, the Winston-Salem facility hosted 29 races featuring NASCAR’s top series. The 30th will come this weekend with the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray.