Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray
Bowman Gray Stadium
Sunday, Feb. 2 | 8 p.m. ET
- William Byron has raced at Bowman Gray prior in the ARCA East Series in 2015, scoring a 15th-place finish.
- The last three Clash events were held at the LA Coliseum. Over those starts, the 27-year-old driver made the main event each year and had an average running position of 5.78, second best in the field, and an average finish of 8.67.
- At the Coliseum, Byron spent 231 laps running in the top five (third most) and 451 laps in the top 10, tops among all drivers.
- In the Next Gen era on short tracks, the Charlotte, North Carolina, native has an average finish of 11.53, good enough for sixth best.
Byron talks Bowman Gray: “The track is even smaller than the Coliseum, so I’ll be interested to see if that expands at all for us, if they move some things around. But, I think that it’s just a really tight quarters race track and it’s going to create some bumping and banging naturally because that’s the only way to pass.
“I feel like the fan base is a lot more traditional, so there’ll be a lot of passionate race fans. So, I’m sure if you move someone out of the way or if you get wrecked, you’ll hear about it. So it’ll be fun to see how the fan interaction is for sure.”
HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS
- Hendrick Motorsports enters the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season as the circuit’s all-time leader in points-paying wins (312) and championships (14).
- The organization has gone to victory lane seven times in the Clash, third-most all-time. That includes two wins apiece for Ken Schrader, Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson as well as one for Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- With 39, Hendrick Motorsports has the most wins in special events by 11 over any other organization. In addition to its seven wins in the Clash, the company has also piled up 16 wins in qualifiers, 11 All-Star Race victories and five wins in the All-Star Open.
- Since 2020, Hendrick Motorsports has claimed seven of 13 wins at new tracks in the NASCAR Cup Series.
- In the Next-Gen era (2022-present), Hendrick Motorsports drivers have combined to lead the NASCAR Cup Series in several short-track categories including poles (seven), top-five finishes (25), top-10 finishes (42), average start (10.72) and average finish (10.49). Its five victories are tied for the most.