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 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 ...

Bowman Gray Stadium is a 1/4-mile paved oval in Winston Salem, North Carolina. It was the first track to host weekly NASCAR racing back in 1949 and it’s now the longest-running weekly racetrack.

The 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season will begin at Bowman Gray Stadium for the second year in a row. On Wednesday, it was announced that Bowman Gray will hold the Clash — NASCAR's season-opening ...

It's official. NASCAR's annual preseason exhibition event, the Cook Out Clash, is set to return to the historic Bowman Gray Stadium for the 2026 season. The 0.250-mile short track affectionately ...

Bowman Gray Stadium — in Winston-Salem, N.C. — will again serve as host of the season-opening Clash over the weekend of Jan. 31-Feb. 1. Cook Out, a North Carolina-based chain of fast-food ...

Now, NASCAR will travel to Bowman Gray in late January 2026 to compete in the Clash on Sunday, February 1. Despite rumors that NASCAR could move the event, the venue will have at least one more year.

The 2026 NASCAR Clash exhibition race will be held at Bowman Gray Stadium on Feb. 1. The race will be broadcast on FOX, continuing the partnership from the 2025 season. The 2026 NASCAR season will ...