The Cookout Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium is almost here. We are about to embark on another year of NASCAR Cup Series racing.

Getting a jump start on its 77th season of racing at Bowman Gray Stadium, there will be a preview downtown on April 13 from noon to 3 p.m. for all four divisions in the popular weekly series.

The Clash was once about getting a coveted coat.That might seem hard to conceive now for an event that has crisscrossed Clash at Bowman Gray ...