Reynolds' brother William Neal Reynolds took over following Reynolds' death, and six years later Bowman Gray became the chief executive.
The top level of cars at Bowman Gray are in the modified class; with their big tires and exposed engines, they look like 50's hot rods.
Boyden's father, Gordon Gray, had recently founded the Bowman Gray (memorial) Medical School in Winston-Salem, using his inherited cigarette stock shares.
Gray's uncle, Bowman Gray, served as president and chairman of the RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. in Winston-Salem.
When the cigarette bill was introduced in Congress, Bowman Gray, who was chairman of Reynolds, testified that warnings were not needed either on cigarette packages or in advertisements.
Overseeing the studies of patients without marked symptoms will be Dr. James Toole of Bowman Gray Medical School in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Graylyn was built as a private estate for Bowman Gray, Sr., and his family in 1932.
Bowman Gray was born in what was then Winston, NC to Wachovia co-founder James Alexander Gray and the former Aurelia Bowman.
Skeen would add a 7th place finish in another race later in the year at Bowman Gray.
Gordon Gray was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Bowman Gray, Sr. and Nathalie Lyons Gray.