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Twenty-three cars will race 200 green-flag laps to win the Cook Out Clash title on Feb. 2 at Bowman Gray Stadium, NASCAR revealed Tuesday.
The 23-car field is the same number of cars that ran in last year’s Clash at the LA Memorial Coliseum.
The start of a season brings new hope and can bring even more to these drivers.
Here’s how the field for the event at the quarter-mile track at Bowman Gray will be determined:
Heat Race Start Series
The field – probably 37 cars – will be divided into three practice groups. Each group will have three practice sessions.
The fastest lap of the final workout for each participant will determine the starting team.
The fastest qualifier will start on pole for the first heat. The second fastest qualifier will start on pole for the second heat. The third fastest qualifier will start on pole for the third heat. The fourth fastest qualifier will start on pole for the fourth heat.
The fifth-fastest qualifier will start second in heat 1 and so on.
Heat races
There will be four of these. Each will be 25 rounds.
Only green flag laps will count. There will be no overtime.
The top five finishers from each qualifying race – 20 drivers in total – advance to the Clash.
Last Chance Qualifier
Cars that did not advance to the Clash will compete in this event.
Starting position will be determined by where they finished in their respective heat races.
This race is 75 laps. Only green flag laps count. There is no overtime. This race is scheduled for 6:00 PM ET on February 2nd.
The top two finishers advance to the Clash.
23rd starting place in the clash
The 23rd and final starting spot is reserved for the driver who finished highest in the 2024 driver points standings who has not yet carried over to the Clash.
The Cook Out Clash
Twenty-three cars will be in the field. This race is scheduled for 8:00 PM ET on February 2nd.
The race is 200 laps. Only green flag laps count. A timeout will take place at the halfway point (lap 100).
The race must finish under green.
The first 22 starting places are determined by finishing positions in the heat races and the last chance qualifier with the 23rd place being the highest to the driver in last year’s points not yet in the Clash field.
