The Clash will return to Bowman Gray Stadium to open the 2026 season, NASCAR officials announced Wednesday.

The 2026 NASCAR season will begin in the same place the 2025 season did, at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

NASCAR's exhibition Clash race to kick off the season will return to the Winston-Salem short track in 2026, the league announced Wednesday.

The Cook Out Clash will return to Bowman Gray Stadium to open the 2026 season, NASCAR officials announced Wednesday. The historic quarter-mile oval in Winston-Salem, North Carolina will host the ...

NASCAR Cup Series preseason exhibition race Cook Out Clash is back at Bowman Gray Stadium on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, 2026, in Winston-Salem NC for second year.

NASCAR's annual preseason exhibition event will once again be held at Bowman Gray Stadium in 2026, marking the second consecutive season that Bowman Gray will play host to the Cook Out Clash.

The 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season will begin at Bowman Gray Stadium for the second year in a row.

NASCAR Cup Series preseason exhibition race Cook Out Clash is back at Bowman Gray Stadium on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, 2026, in Winston-Salem NC for second year.

The Cook Out Clash is returning to the historic Bowman Gray Stadium in 2026. On Wednesday, NASCAR announced the clash will return as the opening exhibition event for the 2026 season. After the ...

NASCAR is coming back to “The Madhouse.” The sanctioning body announced Wednesday that the 2026 Cook Out Clash exhibition will return to Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, N.C, on Sunday, Feb.