The Clash heads to another quarter-mile but on a new coast this weekend, making its debut at Bowman Gray Stadium Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, after a three-year run at the Los Angeles Coliseum.

Do you smell it, folks? That’s race fuel and burning rubber and only the feeling that race week can bring. The Cookout Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium is almost here. We are about to embark on another year of NASCAR Cup Series racing.

The NASCAR Cup Series arrives to Bowman Gray for the first time in more than 50 years. But this race means more than just an exhibition.