The NASCAR Cup Series will return to Bowman Gray Stadium next year, rekindling its history for the season-opening Clash exhibition race!

Earlier this year, NASCAR took over management of the municipal stadium’s racing operations from the Hawkins family, starting a new chapter for NASCAR’s longest-running weekly track.

The non-points event is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025 and will be broadcast live on FOX. The Clash had been held the last three seasons at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on a temporary quarter-mile track based on the design of Bowman Gray’s flat asphalt that rings its football field. The stadium was used as a proving ground for NASCAR’s Next Gen car at such a track, with a Goodyear tire test and feasibility study held in the months before the first running of the Clash in LA.NASCAR Cup Series to Compete in Winston-Salem, North Carolina for First Time Since 1971.

The Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium will be Broadcast on FOX NASCAR Studios Documentary, “The Madhouse: NASCAR’s Return to Bowman Gray Stadium” to Debut on FS1.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

Saturday, February 1

NASCAR-Coordinated Parking Lots Open at 9 a.m. ET
Boman Gray Stadium Gates Open at 10 a.m. ET
NASCAR Fan Zone in BGS East Parking Lot Opens at 10 a.m. ET
Cook Out Madhouse Classic Practice and Qualifying at 11:15 a.m. ET
Cook Out Madhouse Classic Main Event at 1:45 p.m. ET
Cook Out Clash Practice and Qualifying at 6:10 p.m. ET

Sunday, February 2

NASCAR-Coordinated Parking Lots Open at 3 p.m. ET
NASCAR Fan Zone in BGS East Parking Lot Opens at 3 p.m. ET
Bowman Gray Stadium Gates Open at 4 p.m. ET
Cook Out Last Chance Qualifier at 6 p.m. ET
Cook Out Main Event at 8 p.m. ET