15-07-2025
Watch: Car struck by soda can thrown from stands during race at Bowman Gray Stadium
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — What appears to have been a full can of soda hit a race car during the Sportsman race at Bowman Gray Stadium Saturday night, and the moment was caught on camera.
A fan threw the can from the stands near turn 1 while Zack Ore and Chase Robertson were battling for the lead with a few laps to go. The can bounced off the rear decklid of the Ore number 55 car and was struck by a couple of more cars.
While shooting the video, FOX8 Photojournalist Chris Weaver saw the throwing motion out of his peripheral vision, but the person who threw the can was not in the frame of the camera shot.
Winston-Salem police officers quickly responded to the area in the stands to try to figure out who threw the can and spoke with several people. Police say they were unable to identify the person responsible.
