Race details [1] [2] | |||
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Race 1 of 2 exhibition races in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series | |||
Date | February 2, 2025 | ||
Location | Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina | ||
Course | Temporary race course in permanent stadium 0.25 mi (0.40 km) | ||
Distance | 150 laps, 37.5 mi (60 km) | ||
Television in the United States | |||
Network | Fox | ||
Announcers | Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and Kevin Harvick | ||
Radio in the United States | |||
Radio | MRN | ||
Booth Announcers | Alex Hayden and TBA | ||
Turn Announcers | Dan Hubbard (Backstretch) |
The 2025 Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium is an upcoming NASCAR Cup Series race that will be held on February 2, 2025, at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Contested over 150 laps, it will be the first exhibition race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season.
Bowman Gray Stadium is a NASCAR sanctioned 1⁄4-mile (0.40 km) asphalt flat oval short track and longstanding football stadium located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It is one of stock car racing's most legendary venues, and is referred to as "NASCAR's longest-running weekly race track". Bowman Gray Stadium is part of the Winston-Salem Sports and Entertainment Complex and is home of the Winston-Salem State University Rams football team. [3] It was also the home of the Wake Forest University football team from 1956 until Groves Stadium (later BB&T Field) opened in 1968.
On August 17, 2024, NASCAR announced that the Clash would be moved to Bowman Gray Stadium, becoming the first NASCAR-sanctioned race at the track since 1971. [4]
Scrutineering will take place at Charlotte Motor Speedway on January 30. Post-race inspection will take place in both Winston-Salem and also at NASCAR facilities in Charlotte.
Fox will cover the race on the television side. Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and three-time Clash winner Kevin Harvick handled the call in the booth for the race. Jamie Little and Regan Smith handled the pit road duties, and Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.
FS1 | ||
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Booth announcers | Pit reporters | In-race analyst |
Lap-by-lap: Mike Joy Color-commentator: Clint Bowyer Color-commentator: Kevin Harvick | Jamie Little Regan Smith | Larry McReynolds |
MRN will cover the radio call for the race, which will also be simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden and TBA will call the action from the broadcast booth when the field raced down the front straightaway. Dan Hubbard will call the action for MRN when the field raced down the backstretch. Steve Post, Kim Coon, Brienne Pedigo, and Jason Toy will cover the action for MRN on pit lane.
MRN Radio | ||
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Booth announcers | Turn announcers | Pit reporters |
Lead announcer: Alex Hayden Announcer: TBA | Backstretch: Dan Hubbard | Steve Post Kim Coon Brienne Pedigo Jason Toy |
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