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CONCORD, N.C. - The NASCAR Clash, stock car racing's preseason exhibition kickoff race, will be contested at a fourth different track since 2020 this year. 

This time around, Bowman Gray Stadium, a quarter-mile oval in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, will be the host as the Cup Series hits the race track for the first time in 2025. 

The event began in 1979 and through the year 2020, was held at Daytona International Speedway as part of Speedweeks. In 2021, the Clash moved to the Daytona Road Course before heading cross country the following year as the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum became the event's home. 

That run lasted three years before a move back to the heart of racing country this season and an inaugural voyage at Bowman Gray. The complex hosted NASCAR Cup Series races from 1958 through 1971. 

Hendrick Motorsports has claimed seven victories in the Clash, third all time among NASCAR organizations. That includes two wins apiece from Ken Schrader, Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson and a single victory for Dale Earnhardt Jr. 

CAPTURING THE CLASH: Every Hendrick Motorsports victory

As for the company's current roster of drivers, each has been close over the years but are still looking for their first victory. 

In terms of the three-year stint at the LA Coliseum, no one ran more laps in the top 10 than William Byron (451) and his 231 circuits in the top five are third best. Kyle Larson, meanwhile, finished in the top five in each of the three events. 

Over the course of their careers, Alex Bowman's average finish of 6.7 is best while Chase Elliott may have had the closest call of all, finishing second at the Daytona Road Course in 2021. 

Here is a look at all four drivers' year-by-year statistics in the NASCAR Clash


Kyle Larson in the NASCAR Clash

DateTrackStartFinish
Feb. 14, 2015Daytona25th5th
Feb. 13, 2016Daytona4th4th
Feb. 19, 2017Daytona11th14th
Feb. 11, 2018Daytona10th10th
Feb. 10, 2019Daytona14th19th
Feb. 9, 2020Daytona4th4th
Feb. 6, 2022LA Coliseum8th5th
Feb. 5, 2023LA Coliseum14th5th
Feb. 3, 2024LA Coliseum8th5th


Chase Elliott in the NASCAR Clash

DateTrackStartFinish
Feb. 19, 2017Daytona14th7th
Feb. 11, 2018Daytona12th13th
Feb. 10, 2019Daytona16th7th
Feb. 9, 2020Daytona11th7th
Feb. 9, 2021Daytona Road Course7th2nd
Feb. 6, 2022LA Coliseum15th11th
Feb. 5, 2023LA Coliseum22nd21st
Feb. 3, 2024LA Coliseum14th22nd


William Byron in the NASCAR Clash

DateTrackStartFinish
Feb. 9, 2020Daytona7th14th
Feb. 9, 2021Daytona Road Course5th5th
Feb. 6, 2022LA Coliseum7th6th
Feb. 5, 2023LA Coliseum4th10th
Feb. 3, 2024LA Coliseum6th10th

Alex Bowman in the NASCAR Clash

DateTrackStartFinish
Feb. 19, 2017Daytona8th3rd
Feb. 10, 2019Daytona5th5th
Feb. 9, 2020Daytona8th15th
Feb. 9, 2021Daytona Road Course2nd7th
Feb. 5, 2023LA Coliseum5th4th
Feb. 3, 2024LA Coliseum4th6th