Tim Brown and Burt Myers both grew up at Bowman Gray Stadium, both part of families with rich racing history here. Brown’s earliest memories, he said, date back to when he was 5 or 6 years old, back when he joined Myers and other youngsters to play along the tree-lined pit area

A longtime symbol of Winston-Salem pride is the coffee pot. A 7-foot-tall version built by local tinsmiths as an advertising device in 1858 has moved around town since its construction but still stands today near the original Old Salem settlement.