The 2025 Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium went down on Sunday night in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, kicking off the 2025 season (unofficially, anyway).
It marked the return of NASCAR to Bowman Gray, a quarter-mile racetrack that encircles a football field, which played host to Cup races from 1958-1971. Known as “The Madhouse” from a reality television show in 2010 that followed the rambunctious modified racing series at the track, Bowman Gray is also the site of football games for Winston-Salem (N.C.) State University.
Chase Elliott started Sunday’s race out front, and that’s where he stayed for much of the night. Elliott finished in first place, taking home his first ever Clash win. He led 171 of 200 laps, while last year’s winner, Denny Hamlin, led for 28 laps.
Here are the top moments from start to finish.
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Chase Elliott wins!
10:03p ET
Hamlin vs. Elliott is a good one
9:49p ET
Hocevar, Bell, Logano playing bumper cars
9:23p ET
Denny Hamlin takes over the lead before halfway
9:15p ET
Byron kisses the wall, Chase Elliott avoids disaster
8:54p ET
Busch takes early spin
8:50p ET
We’re GREEN at Bowman Gray!
7:57p ET
Kyle Larson and Josh Berry advance after an exciting LCQ
6:42p ET
Welcome home, Richard Childress
6:07p ET
A look at Sunday’s Bowman Gray schedule
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