The Clash got a jolt of energy at the North Carolina short track. Will it return in 2026, or will NASCAR look elsewhere?

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Greg Engle is a Florida based reporter who covers NASCAR. In the end, it wasn’t about the racing. Then again, it never really is, is it?

The NASCAR Cup Series season informally began with the Cook Out Clash exhibition race on Sunday at the quarter-mile Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, N.C., and the best of stock car racing was on ...

The NASCAR Cup Series season informally begins with Sunday's Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium ... Chase Elliott was the fastest car in practice and won Heat 1 on Saturday, earning the pole ...

The race was a memorable one, as Chase Elliott won his first-ever Clash. Elliott led 171 of the 200 laps, 38 years after his ...

The future of the Clash, a surprisingly good run at Bowman Gray Stadium and more chatter from Sunday's exhibition race.

the several week period where endurance racing and stock car racing swapped the stage. In an era of unreliability, the Clash was a great way for the NASCAR field to get warmed up for the year.

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The NASCAR Cup Series season informally began with the Cook Out Clash exhibition race on Sunday at the quarter-mile Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, N.C., and the best of stock car racing was ...

Chase Elliott claimed NASCAR ... car racing took on a decidedly grassroots flair, as the two days of racing featured the highly physical style of racing that has made Bowman Gray famous. The Clash ...

but stock car racing fans will get a high-profile taste of what's to come at the 2025 Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray on Sunday. The Clash has been a fixture on the NASCAR schedule since 1979 and ...