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 announced in a July 9 news release that The Clash again will be hosted at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to open the season with an exhibition race.

NASCAR and Winston-Salem are also closing in on a new agreement to hold a race at Bowman Gray once annually over a five-year period, according to sources involved in the discussions but not ...

NASCAR's return to Bowman Gray this year came during a time when other old tracks (North Wilkesboro and Rockingham) are returning to the schedule.

"We wrote a new chapter in the storied history of motorsports at Bowman Gray Stadium with the Cook Out Clash this year," said NASCAR Regional managing director Joey Dennewitz. "As NASCAR’s first ...

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.

On Tuesday, NASCAR announced that The Clash would return to Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem for 2026. “At a place that remembers everything, we’re writing history you can’t forget ...

In 2024, NASCAR took over the long-term management of racing operations at Bowman Gray Stadium in partnership with the city of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The track hosted the Cup Series from ...

Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium delivered exactly what NASCAR needed to fire up a new season- tight racing, thunderous crowds, ...

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 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.

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.