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2025 Clash Format Announced

The format for the 2025 Cook Out Clash, the inaugural event at Bowman Gray Stadium, was announced Jan. 21 by NASCAR.

The main event will feature 23 drivers in a 200-lap race.

Entries will be split into three practice sessions, the times from which will determine cars’ starting positions for the four 25-lap heat races (fastest driver in heat one, second fastest in heat two and so on).

The top five in each heat will automatically advance to the main, with only green-flag laps counting toward the 25-circuit total.

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Anyone not in that 20-driver group will compete in a last-chance qualifier, a 75-lap affair that will advance the top two finishers. The 23rd spot will then be given to the driver not already advanced who finished highest in 2024 NASCAR Cup Series points.

The main event lineup will be set up similarly: the winner of heat one will start first, heat two’s victor second and so on. Green-flag laps will once again only count toward the 200-lap total.

Practice and the heat races will occur on Saturday, Feb. 1, followed by the last chance and the main event on Feb. 2.

A full rundown can be viewed on NASCAR.com.

2025 marks the first edition of the Clash at Bowman Gray following three years at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

So far, in addition to the usual 36 chartered teams, the Clash is scheduled to feature three open cars — for 39 entries total — with Burt Myers (Team AmeriVet), Garrett Smithley (MBM Motorsports) and Tim Brown (Rick Ware Racing) announced.

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