NASCAR Reveals Format Details for Historic Cook Out Clash Return to Bowman Gray
NASCAR's Cook Out Clash returns to Bowman Gray Stadium in 2025, marking the first Cup Series race at this historic venue since 1971. The exhibition event features a comprehensive format designed to deliver exciting racing action.
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Format Breakdown:
Heat Races:
- Four 25-lap heat races (green flag laps only)
- Practice speeds determine heat race lineups
- Top 5 finishers from each heat advance
- No overtime options
Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ):
- 75 laps (green flag laps only)
- Features non-qualified drivers
- Top 2 finishers advance
- No overtime option
Main Event:
- 200 laps with 23 drivers
- Green flag laps only
- Mandatory halfway break at lap 100
- Must finish under green
- Final spot reserved for highest 2024 points finisher not yet qualified
Broadcast Schedule:
- Saturday, Feb. 1: Practice/qualifying and heat races on FS1
- Sunday, Feb. 2: LCQ and The Clash
This event follows Denny Hamlin's victory at the 2024 L.A. Coliseum Clash, which concluded the event's three-year West Coast run.
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