It’s time to kick off a new NASCAR season with the annual Cook Out Clash on Feb. 2 (8 p.m. ET, FOX, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) — but in a new location. After running the Cup Series’ preseason exhibition at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for three years, the race shifts to a new venue in historic Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Here’s how it works: The field of 39 entrants will be split into three practice groups on Saturday, with each group receiving three sessions. The final practice session for each group also serves as qualifying, with each driver’s fastest lap determining the heat race lineups in order of speed. Each heat race is 25 laps (only counting green flag laps and no overtime), with the top five locking into Sunday’s main event.
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Those who don’t transfer into the main event from the heat races will compete in Sunday’s Last Chance Qualifier Race, spanning 75 laps. The top two finishers will then tag the back of the field for the 200-lap feature. The 23rd and final spot in the Clash is reserved for the driver who finished the highest in the final standings from the 2024 season and didn’t race into the main event.
Follow along below for updated lineups and results for all of this weekend’s on-track action, including the heat races, last chance qualifier and the main event.
Heat Race 1 Lineup
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Start |
Car |
Driver |
Team |
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1 |
No. 9 Chevrolet |
Chase Elliott |
Hendrick Motorsports |
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2 |
No. 6 Ford |
Brad Keselowski |
RFK Racing |
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3 |
No. 12 Ford |
Ryan Blaney |
Team Penske |
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4 |
No. 7 Chevrolet |
Justin Haley |
Spire Motorsports |
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5 |
No. 1 Chevrolet |
Ross Chastain |
Trackhouse Racing |
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6 |
No. 21 Ford |
Josh Berry |
Wood Brothers Racing |
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7 |
No. 4 Ford |
Noah Gragson |
Front Row Motorsports |
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8 |
No. 8 Chevrolet |
Kyle Busch |
Richard Childress Racing |
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9 |
No. 3 Chevrolet |
Austin Dillon |
Richard Childress Racing |
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10 |
No. 10 Chevrolet |
Ty Dillon |
Kaulig Racing |
Heat Race 2 Lineup
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Start |
Car |
Driver |
Team |
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1 |
No. 17 Ford |
Chris Buescher |
RFK Racing |
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2 |
No. 19 Toyota |
Chase Briscoe |
Joe Gibbs Racing |
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3 |
No. 88 Chevrolet |
Shane van Gisbergen |
Trackhouse Racing |
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4 |
No. 38 Ford |
Zane Smith |
Front Row Motorsports |
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5 |
No. 23 Toyota |
Bubba Wallace |
23XI Racing |
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6 |
No. 5 Chevrolet |
Kyle Larson |
Hendrick Motorsports |
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7 |
No. 99 Chevrolet |
Daniel Suárez |
Trackhouse Racing |
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8 |
No. 43 Toyota |
Erik Jones |
Legacy Motor Club |
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9 |
No. 51 Ford |
Cody Ware |
Rick Ware Racing |
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10 |
No. 66 Ford |
Garrett Smithley |
Garage 66 |
Heat Race 3 Lineup
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Start |
Car |
Driver |
Team |
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1 |
No. 11 Toyota |
Denny Hamlin |
Joe Gibbs Racing |
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2 |
No. 22 Ford |
Joey Logano |
Team Penske |
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3 |
No. 24 Chevrolet |
William Byron |
Hendrick Motorsports |
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4 |
No. 48 Chevrolet |
Alex Bowman |
Hendrick Motorsports |
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5 |
No. 77 Chevrolet |
Carson Hocevar |
Spire Motorsports |
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6 |
No. 54 Toyota |
Ty Gibbs |
Joe Gibbs Racing |
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7 |
No. 16 Chevrolet |
AJ Allmendinger |
Kaulig Racing |
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8 |
No. 35 Toyota |
Riley Herbst |
23XI Racing |
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9 |
No. 15 Ford |
Tim Brown |
Rick Ware Racing |
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10 |
No. 50 Chevrolet |
Burt Myers |
Team AmeriVet |
Heat Race 4 Lineup
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Start |
Car |
Driver |
Team |
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1 |
No. 45 Toyota |
Tyler Reddick |
23XI Racing |
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2 |
No. 20 Toyota |
Christopher Bell |
Joe Gibbs Racing |
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3 |
No. 2 Ford |
Austin Cindric |
Team Penske |
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4 |
No. 41 Ford |
Cole Custer |
Haas Factory Team |
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5 |
No. 34 Ford |
Todd Gilliland |
Front Row Motorsports |
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6 |
No. 60 Ford |
Ryan Preece |
RFK Racing |
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7 |
No. 47 Chevrolet |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
Hyak Motorsports |
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8 |
No. 42 Toyota |
John Hunter Nemechek |
Legacy Motor Club |
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9 |
No. 71 Chevrolet |
Michael McDowell |
Spire Motorsports |
Last Chance Qualifier Race Lineup
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Cook Out Clash Lineup
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Starting Spot |
Car Number |
Driver |
How qualified |
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1 |
1st in Heat Race 1 |
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2 |
1st in Heat Race 2 |
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3 |
1st in Heat Race 3 |
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4 |
1st in Heat Race 4 |
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5 |
2nd in Heat Race 1 |
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6 |
2nd in Heat Race 2 |
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7 |
2nd in Heat Race 3 |
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8 |
2nd in Heat Race 4 |
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9 |
3rd in Heat Race 1 |
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10 |
3rd in Heat Race 2 |
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11 |
3rd in Heat Race 3 |
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12 |
3rd in Heat Race 4 |
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13 |
4th in Heat Race 1 |
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14 |
4th in Heat Race 2 |
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15 |
4th in Heat Race 3 |
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16 |
4th in Heat Race 4 |
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17 |
5th in Heat Race 1 |
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18 |
5th in Heat Race 2 |
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19 |
5th in Heat Race 3 |
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20 |
5th in Heat Race 4 |
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21 |
1st in Last Chance Qualifier |
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22 |
2nd in Last Chance Qualifier |
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23 |
2024 points |
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