The race was a memorable one, as Chase Elliott won his first-ever Clash. Elliott led 171 of the 200 laps, 38 years after his father, Bill Elliott, won the event back in 1987. This victory makes them the second father-son duo to win The Clash, joining the ranks of the Earnhardts.

NASCAR season gets underway Sunday with the Cook Out Clash, a preseason exhibition race, at historic Bowman Gray Stadium. Here's all the info.

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One win — particularly in an exhibition race — does not guarantee anything. But if this was NASCAR of only five years ago, then Chase Elliott's dominating victory in the preseason Clash would make him the favorite to win the Daytona 500.

Chase Elliott claimed NASCAR's first checkered flag of 2025 on Sunday night in Winston-Salem, winning the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium for his first victory in the Cup Series' preseason event.

In its return to Bowman Gray, the NASCAR Cup Series was a huge hit with drivers and fans. Should the Clash make the Madhouse its new home for now?