The Cook Out Clash, an exhibition race at Bowman Gray Stadium, kicks off the 2026 NASCAR season. Here's what to know about Sunday's events.

The 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season will kick off in exhibition fashion as 23 drivers will battle at Bowman Gray Stadium on Wednesday, Feb. 4 (6 p.m. ET, FOX, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) for the ...

A winter storm that dumped up to a foot of snow in North Carolina’s Piedmont has once again forced postponement of NASCAR’s Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This ...

Winter weather has already made its presence felt in the NASCAR world. Snow in Winston‑Salem forced NASCAR to scrap the original Cook Out Clash weekend schedule at Bowman Gray Stadium and replace it ...

The NASCAR season started with the Clash at Bowman Gray! Ryan Preece took the checkered flag in the exhibition race. William Byron finished second. Ryan Blaney came in third. The first taste of 2026 ...

The Cup Series kicked off its 2026 schedule with the preseason Cook Out Clash on Wednesday, Feb. 4, at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Next time the cars hit the track, it will ...

Brad Keselowski will miss the rescheduled Cook Out Clash due to ongoing recovery from a broken femur and the absence of a valid NASCAR driver’s license. The 2012 NASCAR Cup Series champion addressed ...

NASCAR is seeing light at the end of the tunnel in what’s been a difficult week of postponements. The Cook Out Clash exhibition race at Bowman Gray Stadium was pushed back to Wednesday, February 4 due ...

The weather has already had a major impact on the NASCAR Cook Out Clash exhibition race this weekend. The race was set for Sunday, Feb. 1 at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, but ...

UP FOR SERVICE ALERTS FROM THE POSTAL SERVICE. WE ARE JUST HOURS AWAY FROM RACE DAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE. DESPITE THE POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER TOMORROW. BOWMAN GRAY STADIUM IN ...

NASCAR's preseason exhibition, the Cook Out Clash, is threatened by arctic weather in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The extended forecast for the following weekend shows more manageable, though still ...