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 ...

The Cook Out Clash is returning to the historic Bowman Gray Stadium in 2026. On Wednesday, NASCAR announced the clash will return as the opening exhibition event for the 2026 season.

NASCAR's return to Bowman Gray this year came during a time when other old tracks (North Wilkesboro and Rockingham) are returning to the schedule.

NASCAR season will begin in the same place the 2025 season did, at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Other than the Clash in February 2026, NASCAR has not yet announced any future races at Bowman Gray. (Top photo of Bowman Gray Stadium during the 2025 Clash: Sean Gardner / Getty Images) Jan 1, 2025 ...

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 ...

T he NASCAR Clash won't be going anywhere. On Wednesday, NASCAR announced the Clash will be returning to Bowman Gray Stadium in 2026. When the Cup Series drivers tackled the exhibition event in ...

The 2026 NASCAR season will begin in the same spot as the 2025 season − at Bowman Gray Stadium.. NASCAR announced in a July 9 news release that The Clash again will be hosted at Bowman Gray ...

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.

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 ...

Bowman Gray Stadium — in Winston-Salem, N.C. — will again serve as host of the season-opening Clash over the weekend of Jan. 31-Feb. 1. Cook Out, a North Carolina-based chain of fast-food ...

NASCAR is coming back to “The Madhouse.” The sanctioning body announced Wednesday that the 2026 Cook Out Clash exhibition will return to Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, N.C, on Sunday, Feb.