Practice #1 : Bowman Gray Stadium
COOKOUT Clash
Bowman Gray Stadium , Winston-Salem, NC
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- Drivers Entered: 38
- Laps Scheduled: 200
- Margin of Victory: 01.752 Seconds
- Time of Race: 2 Hours 20 Minutes 15 Seconds
- Average Speed: 21.390
- Cautions: 17 for 17 laps
- Lead Changes: 11
- Green Flag Passes: N/A
- Bowman Gray Stadium
- Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray
- Race Winner: Ryan Preece
- Age: 35
- Team : No 60 - Kroger/Coca-Cola Ford
- Owner: John Henry
- Crew Chief: Derrick Finley
- Ryan Preece won the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray, his first victory in the preseason non-points event
- Preece is the third driver to win the Clash before winning a Cup point races (Jeff Gordon, 1994; Denny Hamlin, 2006)
- Preece's previous best Clash finish was seventh in 2023 at the LA Coliseum
- Preece started the race 18th, the lowest starting position of a Clash winner since Kevin Harvick won from 27th at Daytona in 2009
- William Byron finished second Ryan Blaney finished third
