NASCAR Cup Series 2025: Preview and odds for Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium

The high-octane NASCAR Cup Series season is back. The weekend marks the beginning of the 2025 Cup Series season with the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium exhibition race at the quarter-mile asphalt flat oval short track in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

The non-championship exhibition race will precede The Duel at Daytona on February 13 and the official kick-off of the season’s first points race, the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 16.

The green flag of Cook Out Clash drops on Sunday, February 2, 2025, at 8:00 pm ET at Bowman Gray Stadium. Thirty-nine drivers have entered the Clash, and only 23 will contest over 200 laps in the main event at the 0.25-mile flat oval in a permanent stadium. The track is new to the NASCAR schedule and will cause an unpredictable weekend of racing.

Heading to Bowman Gray Stadium, Joe Gibbs Racing driver Christopher Bell is the favorite to win this year’s The Clash, according to Motorsports Wire.

The defending winner of the event, Denny Hamlin, and his teammate Chase Briscoe stand in second place in the odds table at +800 to win this weekend’s race.

They are followed by 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson at +900, Ryan Blaney at +900, the defending NASCAR Cup champion Joey Logano at +1000, and Chase Elliott at +1100 in the top five highest odds to win Sunday’s exhibition race.

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Opening odds for the 2025 NASCAR Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium

Take a look at the odds for all 38 drivers competing at the Bowman Gray Stadium:

1. Christopher Bell: +700
2. Denny Hamlin: +800
3. Chase Briscoe: +800
4. Kyle Larson: +900
5. Ryan Blaney: +900
6. Joey Logano: +1000
7. Chase Elliott: +1100
8. William Byron: +1300
9. Ty Gibbs: +1300
10. Kyle Busch: +1600
11. Tyler Reddick: +2500
12. Alex Bowman: +2500
13. Brad Keselowski: +2500
14. Ross Chastain: +3000
15. Chris Buescher: +3000
16. Bubba Wallace: +4000
17. Ryan Preece: +4000
18. Austin Dillon: +4000
19. Josh Berry: +4000
20. Austin Cindric: +6000
21. Cole Custer: +8000
22. Daniel Suarez: +8000
23. Justin Haley: +8000
24. Michael McDowell: +10000
25. Noah Gragson: +10000
26. A.J. Allmendinger: +10000
27. Erik Jones: +10000
28. Tim Brown: +10000
29. Carson Hocevar: +12500
30. Todd Gilliland: +12500
31. Zane Smith: +12500
32. Riley Herbst: +12500
33. John Hunter Nemechek: +15000
34. Shane van Gisbergen: +20000
35. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: +20000
36. Burt Myers: +20000
37. Ty Dillon: +25000
38. Garrett Smithley: +50000

The live telecast of Sunday’s exhibition-style Clash can be viewed on FOX, and radio coverage will air on MRN.