When is The Cookout Clash? Here's what to know about the 2025 NASCAR exhibition race in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Salem’s Bowman Gray Stadium for the first time since 1971 this weekend when the historic facility hosts The Clash season kickoff exhibition race, but the track won’t be entirely historic. NASCAR took over the operation side of the facility last year and has made a few modern upgrades.

Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, N.C., kicks off the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season. The much-hyped NASCAR Clash at Bowman Gray exhibition is at the sport’s shortest and oldest track. Bowman Gray is a quarter-mile bullring that’s been hosting races for 86 years. The race replaces the Clash at the Coliseum that was held in Los Angeles.