2026 Cook Out Clash
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 1 of 2 exhibition races in the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series | |||
| Date | February 4, 2026 | ||
| Location | Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina | ||
| Distance | 200 laps, 50 mi (80 km) | ||
| Average speed | 21.390 miles per hour (34.424 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Hendrick Motorsports | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Laps | 67 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 60 | Ryan Preece | RFK Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Fox/FS2 | ||
| Announcers | Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and Kevin Harvick | ||
| Nielsen ratings | Wintery mix with a temperature around 33 °F (1 °C). | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | MRN | ||
| Booth announcers | Alex Hayden and Todd Gordon | ||
| Turn announcers | Dave Moody (Backstretch) | ||
The 2026 Cook Out Clash was an non-championship exhibition NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on February 4, 2026, postponed three days from February 1, at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Contested over 200 laps, it was the first exhibition race of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season.
Ryan Preece won the race, joining Jeff Gordon and Denny Hamlin as a driver to win the Clash before winning their first points race. William Byron finished 2nd, and Ryan Blaney finished 3rd. Daniel Suárez and Denny Hamlin rounded out the top five, and Chase Briscoe, Austin Dillon, Chris Buescher, Ross Chastain, and Alex Bowman rounded out the top ten.
Due to snowfall around the area, the race was postponed multiple times to Wednesday, February 4. This was the first Cup Series race on a Wednesday since the 2020 Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500.