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Expert NASCAR Cup Series Clash Picks: Best Bets and Odds

Get expert NASCAR Cup Series Clash picks, latest odds, and best bets for the 2026 season opener at Bowman Gray Stadium.
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2026 NASCAR Clash schedule, format: How does the Cup Series season opener work?

For the second straight year, the Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium will kick off the NASCAR Schedule with the event set for Sunday night. Chase Elliott rolled to victory in the exhibition race in 2025, giving Hendrick Motorsports its eighth all-time win in the event and its first since Jimmie Johnson won at Daytona International Speedway in 2019.

NASCAR Considering Schedule Alterations for The Clash

NASCAR is looking at possible scenarios to combat a winter storm slated during The Clash events at Bowman Gray Stadium this weekend

Chase Elliott Points to Ryan Blaney as He Explains What Matters at the Clash

Chase Elliott! As the Cook Out Clash moved to Bowman Gray last year, the exhibition didn’t just get a new venue. It also crowned a new kind of statement winner.

NASCAR shortens Clash schedule to one day due to winter storm

NASCAR shortened the schedule for this weekend's Clash exhibition race in Winston-Salem to just one day in anticipation of more ice and snow.