NASCAR highlights: Chase Elliott wins the Clash at Bowman Gray

The 2025 Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium went down on Sunday night in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, kicking off the 2025 season (unofficially, anyway).

It marked the return of NASCAR to Bowman Gray, a quarter-mile racetrack that encircles a football field, which played host to Cup races from 1958-1971. Known as “The Madhouse” from a reality television show in 2010 that followed the rambunctious modified racing series at the track, Bowman Gray is also the site of football games for Winston-Salem (N.C.) State University.

Chase Elliott started Sunday’s race out front, and that’s where he stayed for much of the night. Elliott finished in first place, taking home his first ever Clash win. He led 171 of 200 laps, while last year’s winner, Denny Hamlin, led for 28 laps. 

Here are the top moments from start to finish.