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 ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — NASCAR is coming back to Winston-Salem again in a big way. On Tuesday, NASCAR announced that The Clash would return to Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem for 2026 ...

NASCAR will return to Bowman Gray Stadium for the preseason exhibition Clash in 2026. The municipally-owned stadium, the home field for Winston-Salem State University, has a quarter-mile track ...

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 ...

The 2026 Clash will be held Sunday, Feb. 1, at the Winston-Salem track. In 2025, before a capacity crowd, Chase Elliott won the race, the first premier Cup Series race of any kind at Bowman Gray ...

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 ...

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 ...

On Wednesday, it was announced that Bowman Gray will hold the Clash — NASCAR's season-opening exhibition race since 1979 — on Feb. 1, 2026, marking the second consecutive year in which NASCAR ...

NASCAR has not announced its 2026 schedule yet, but the news release indicated the Clash would open the season. The 2026 Daytona 500 will open the regular season and is scheduled for Feb. 15, two ...

The 2025 edition of the Cook Out Clash, which was won by the sport's most popular driver Chase Elliott, was wildly successful as Bowman Gray Stadium played host to a sold-out crowd, and the action ...

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.