2025 Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Race 1 of 2 exhibition races in the2025 NASCAR Cup Series
2025 Cook Out Clash official program.
Date	February 2, 2025 (2025-02-02)
Location	Bowman Gray Stadium inWinston-Salem, North Carolina
Distance	200 laps, 50.6 mi (81.4 km)
Weather	Sunny with a temperature around 48 °F (9 °C).
Average speed	40.956 miles per hour (65.912 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports
Most laps led
Driver	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports
Laps	171
Winner
No. 9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	Fox
Announcers	Mike Joy,Clint Bowyer, andKevin Harvick
Nielsen ratings	1.55 (3.08 million)
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN
Booth announcers	Alex Hayden andMike Bagley
Turn announcers	Dave Moody (Backstretch)

The2025 Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium was a non-championship exhibitionNASCAR Cup Seriesrace that was held on February 2, 2025, atBowman Gray Stadium inWinston-Salem, North Carolina. Contested over 200 laps, it was the first exhibition race of the2025 NASCAR Cup Series season.

Bowman Gray Stadium is aNASCAR sanctioned1⁄4-mile (0.40 km) asphalt flat ovalshort track and longstandingfootball stadium located inWinston-Salem, North Carolina. It is one of stock car racing's most legendary venues, and is referred to as "NASCAR's longest-running weekly race track". Bowman Gray Stadium is part of theWinston-Salem Sports and Entertainment Complex and is home of theWinston-Salem State University Rams football team.^[8] It was also the home of theWake Forest University football team from 1956 untilGroves Stadium (laterBB&T Field) opened in 1968.

On August 17, 2024, NASCAR announced that the Clash would be moved to Bowman Gray Stadium, becoming the first NASCAR-sanctioned race at the track since1971.^[9]

Scrutineering took place atCharlotte Motor Speedway on January 30. Post-race inspection would take place in both Winston-Salem and also at NASCAR facilities in Charlotte.^[10]

• (R) denotes rookie driver.
• (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

Ty Gibbs was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 14.019 with an average speed of 64.199 mph (103.318 km/h).

Chase Elliott scored the pole for the first heat race with a time of 14.115 and a speed of 63.762 mph (102.615 km/h).

Chase Elliott scored the pole for the race after winning the first qualifying heat race.

NOTE: Blaney advances to feature on account of highest in 2024 championship points of all unqualified drivers.

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Fox covered the race on the television side.Mike Joy,Clint Bowyer, and three-timeClash winnerKevin Harvick handled the call in the booth for the race.Jamie Little andRegan Smith handled the pit road duties, andLarry McReynolds provided insight on-site during the race.

MRN covered the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast onSirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden andMike Bagley called the action from the broadcast booth when the field raced down the front straightaway. Lead Turn AnnouncerDave Moody called the action for MRN when the field raced down the backstretch. Lead Pit Reporter for MRN Steve Post, Chris Wilner,Brienne Pedigo, and Jacklyn Drake covered the action for MRN on pit lane.

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