NASCAR: When And How To Watch The Cook Out Clash At Bowman Gray Stadium

NASCAR’s 2025 Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium is quickly approaching. This year’s event is scheduled for Sunday, February 2, starting at 8 p.m. Eastern Time, and will be broadcast live on FOX. For radio listeners, MRN, the Motor Racing Network, will cover the action, and satellite radio subscribers can tune in via SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
The decision to host the 2025 Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium brings a huge change in NASCAR’s approach to its annual exhibition race. Known as “NASCAR’s longest-running weekly race track,” Bowman Gray Stadium, located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, hasn’t hosted a NASCAR Cup Series event since 1971.
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The Cook Out Clash will feature a 200-lap main event with 23 drivers, where only laps driven under the green flag are counted. This setup guarantees uninterrupted racing action.
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Qualification will be fierce, with 20 drivers advancing through heat races, while two more will earn spots via a Last Chance Qualifier.
Complementing the Clash, Saturday, February 1, will feature the Madhouse Classic, a 125-lap event for modified cars.
When to watch the NASCAR Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium
Saturday, February 1
11.15 a.m. ET: Cook Out Madhouse Classic Practice
12.00 p.m. ET: Cook Out Madhouse Classic Qualifying
1.45 p.m. ET: Cook Out Madhouse Classic
6.10 p.m. ET: NASCAR Cup Series Clash Practice and Qualifying
Sunday, February 2
6 p.m. ET: NASCAR Clash Last Chance Qualifier
8 p.m. ET: Cook Out Clash At Bowman Gray
How to watch NASCAR Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium
Fans can catch the action live on FOX, MRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
2025 NASCAR Cup Series Schedule
Regular Season
- Feb. 2: Winston-Salem (Clash) – 8 p.m., FOX
- Feb. 16: Daytona 500 – 2:30 p.m., FOX
- Feb. 23: Atlanta – 3 p.m., FOX
- Mar. 2: Austin – 3:30 p.m., FOX
- Mar. 9: Phoenix – 3:30 p.m., FS1
- Mar. 16: Las Vegas – 3:30 p.m., FS1
- Mar. 23: Homestead – 3 p.m., FS1
- Mar. 30: Martinsville – 3 p.m., FS1
- Apr. 6: Darlington – 3 p.m., FS1
- Apr. 13: Bristol – 3 p.m., FS1
- Apr. 20: Off (Easter)
- Apr. 27: Talladega – 3 p.m., FOX
- May 4: Texas – 3:30 p.m., FS1
- May 11: Kansas – 3 p.m., FS1
- May 18: North Wilkesboro (All-Star) – 8 p.m., FS1
- May 25: Charlotte – 6 p.m., Prime Video
- June 1: Nashville – 7 p.m., Prime Video
- June 8: Michigan – 2 p.m., Prime Video
- June 15: Mexico City – 3 p.m., Prime Video
- June 22: Pocono – 2 p.m., Prime Video
- June 28: Atlanta – 7 p.m., TNT
- July 6: Chicago street course – 2 p.m., TNT
- July 13: Sonoma – 3:30 p.m., TNT
- July 20: Dover – 2 p.m., TNT
- July 27: Indianapolis – 2 p.m., TNT
- Aug. 3: Iowa – 3:30 p.m., USA
- Aug. 10: Watkins Glen – 2 p.m., USA
- Aug. 16: Richmond – 7:30 p.m., USA
- Aug. 23: Daytona – 7:30 p.m., NBC
Playoffs
- Aug. 31: Darlington – 6 p.m., USA
- Sept. 7: St. Louis – 3 p.m., USA
- Sept. 13: Bristol – 7:30 p.m., USA
- Sept. 21: New Hampshire – 2 p.m., USA
- Sept. 28: Kansas – 3 p.m., USA
- Oct. 5: Charlotte road course – 3 p.m., USA
- Oct. 12: Las Vegas – 5:30 p.m., USA
- Oct. 19: Talladega – 2 p.m., NBC
- Oct. 26: Martinsville – 2 p.m., NBC
- Nov. 2: Phoenix – 3 p.m., NBC