Chase Elliott pulled away from Ryan Blaney in the final laps to win the exhibition race.
The NASCAR Cup Series begins the 2025 season with the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium on Sunday.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR returned to its roots with a fight-free preseason exhibition at Bowman Gray Stadium and a popular victory with Chase Elliott winning The Clash on Sunday night. Elliott won his heat Saturday night to start from the pole and essentially dominate on the quarter-mile track where NASCAR's Cup Series last raced in 1971. NASCAR's reigning most popular driver won The Clash for the first time in his career and joined his father, Bill, as winners of the unofficial season-opener.
Elliott led 171 of the race's 200 laps.
