Chase Elliot

After snow prevented any of Saturday’s and Sunday’s scheduled on-track action, plus any of Monday’s rescheduled on-track action, from taking place, Bowman Gray Stadium is finally set to host the Cook Out Clash on Wednesday evening. Though the four 25-lap heat races around the four-turn, 0.25-mile (0.402-kilometer) Winston-Salem, North Carolina oval were canceled completely, NASCAR shifted everything else […]

Though the snowstorm in Winston-Salem, North Carolina is over, and NASCAR made the wise decision on Saturday morning, after having moved all of Saturday’s activity at Bowman Gray Stadium (minus the heat races, which were completely canceled) to Sunday, to move all of Sunday’s activity to Monday, the Cook Out Clash taking place on Monday is still no

Last year, former Cup Series champion Chase Elliott won the season-opening Cook Out Clash, leading a total of 171 laps and holding off Ryan Blaney by 1.333 seconds. With this year’s event right around the corner, the Dawsonville native is ready to defend his crown. Elliott was the pole sitter in 2025. Some would say

The new NASCAR playoff system — which actually goes back to the 10-race Chase format — will impact how drivers race. There will now be a little more emphasis on consistency rather than on a win-and-advance mentality. So that means the power rankings will also potentially consider consistency.  Here are my 2026 preseason power rankings, with the