This weekend in Winston-Salem -- a little ways off from the tobacco farms and not far from the greater Charlotte area -- the Carolina winter will heat up and the earth will roar back to life with the beginning of a new year for NASCAR with its annual preseason exhibition race,

NASCAR revealed the format for the 2025 Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium. The season-opening NASCAR Cup Series exhibition race will star 23 drivers in a 200-lap feature event on Sunday, Feb. 2 at 8 p.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The 2025 Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium is here! This event marks the first NASCAR Cup Series race held at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem since 1971. Race fans, here’s everything you need to know about the event.