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Ryan Preece Wins Weather-Plagued Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray

Wet-weather procedures triggered by midrace sleet upended strategy across the field.

WINSTON SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA - FEBRUARY 02: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 Sport Clips Haircuts Toyota, Tyler Reddick, driver of the #45 Jordan Brand Toyota and Chase Elliott, driver of the #9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet race during the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium on February 02, 2025 in Winston Salem, North Carolina. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
Feb 4, 2026; WInston-Salem, North Carolina, USA; Cars carefully drive around the wet surface after sleet and rain coat the track during the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images
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Overview

  • Snow delays pushed the non-points exhibition from Sunday to Wednesday, and sleet at halfway turned the 200-lapper into a near-freezing, stop‑start affair.
  • NASCAR switched the field to wet-weather tires at the break and later authorized a late fuel stop as extended caution laps left multiple cars short on gas.
  • Preece led 46 laps and beat William Byron by 1.752 seconds, with Ryan Blaney third, Daniel Suarez fourth in his Spire debut, and Denny Hamlin fifth.
  • A Clash-record 17 cautions and more than 100 caution laps stretched the event past FOX’s TV window, forcing the finish to air on FS2.
  • Polesitter Kyle Larson led 67 laps before fading and running out of fuel, while Josh Berry and Austin Cindric advanced through the LCQ as teams pivot to Daytona and the Feb. 15 Daytona 500.