The 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season begins with the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray on Wednesday. See the starting lineup here for the NASCAR Clash.

NASCAR Cup Series drivers will take to the track at Bowman Gray Stadium for two 8-minute practice sessions, followed by a group qualifying session on Wednesday (1:30 p.m. ET, FOX Sports App, MRN Radio,

Kyle Larson (14.137 seconds) and William Byron (14.14) turned in the fastest laps during qualifying to lock down the front row for NASCAR's exhibition opener.

A winter storm has delayed the exhibition event to Wednesday.

The NASCAR Clash has been postponed to Monday, Feb. 2, due to snow.

Already postponed once to Monday , road conditions in and out of Winston-Salem necessitated another move and now, the Cup Series' preseason exhibition race will be held on Wednesday.

WINSTON, SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A bomb cyclone over North Carolina forced NASCAR to push its preseason exhibition to Wednesday night because the snow-covered roads are too dangerous for teams and fans to get to historic Bowman-Gray Stadium.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- NASCAR has adjusted the schedule for this weekend's exhibition race at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem in anticipation of more ice and snow blanketing the Winston-Salem area of North Carolina.

The Speedway Motorsports Inc. boss has confirmed that Charlotte Motor Speedway will have two races on the oval in 2026, dropping the Roval