Two of the biggest names in the NASCAR racing world will be in Winston-Salem this week. According to NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Clint Bowyer will be on hand to shake down the Next Gen car Tuesday, Oct. 26 at Bowman Gray Stadium, the 0.25-mile flat, asphalt oval, affectionately known as the Madhouse.NASCAR is spending the time at Bowman Gray to prepare the car for The Clash at the Coliseum, which will be held Sunday, Feb. 6 on a similar track at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. NASCAR announced the LA Coliseum race back in September when the full 2022 Cup Series schedule was revealed. At that time, Ben Kennedy, NASCAR’s senior vice president of strategy and innovation, said, of the Coliseum race, “I think the large fan base that we have here in Los Angeles, the largest that we actually have in the nation, paired with exciting racing and being here in the downtown Los Angeles market, I think will be really special.”During the two-day Next Gen test two weeks ago at the Charlotte Motor Speedway road course, it was revealed NASCAR would hold tests for the Next Gen car at Bowman Gray Stadium and Wythe Raceway’s half-mile dirt track in Rural Retreat, Virginia. The test at Wythe is set for Tuesday, Nov. 16 and will be in preparation for next season’s return of the Bristol Dirt Race.