The race was acquired as a result of the Ferko lawsuit, which forced NASCAR to relinquish the sport's fourth major, the Mountain Dew Southern 500 and in the process end its Grand Slam, as the Southern 500 was one of the four races that made it up.
During its tenure, from 1988–1991, the race was part of the Marlboro Million bonus program, which was similar to NASCAR's Winston Million.
Winston Churchill | The Six Million Dollar Man | Winston-Salem, North Carolina | Million Dollar Baby | Winston-Salem | Robert Winston | George Winston | Winston E. Willis | Winston | Two in a Million/You're My Number One | Poker Million | Million Dead | Winston Ponder | Winston Justice | Winston Graham | Winston County, Alabama | Sir Winston Churchill's | One Million B.C. | Million Man March | Million | Harry Winston | Fifty Million Frenchmen (film) | Winston Wright | Winston-Salem Journal | Winston Peters | Winston County | Winston Churchill's | The Million Pound Drop Live | O. Winston Link | One Million Star |