There are 39 drivers on the preliminary entry list for Sunday’s Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium.
The pre-season exhibition event will kick off the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series campaign with a 200-lap main event at the historic quarter-mile venue in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Notable entries include:
- Noah Gragson in the No. 4 TrueTimber Ford Mustang for Front Row Motorsports
- Justin Haley in the No. 7 Fraternal Order of Eagles Chevrolet for Spire Motorsports
- Tim Brown in the No. 15 Dairi-O/Jerry Hunt/Hayes Ford Mustang for Rick Ware Racing
- AJ Allmendinger in the No. 16 Campers Inn RV Chevrolet for Kaulig Racing
- Chase Briscoe in the No. 19 Bass Pro Shops Toyota Camry XSE for Joe Gibbs Racing
- Josh Berry in the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Mustang for Wood Brothers Racing
- Todd Gilliland in the No. 34 Long John Silver’s Ford Mustang for Front Row Motorsports
- Riley Herbst in the No. 35 Monster Energy Toyota Camry XSE for 23XI Racing
- Zane Smith in the No. 38 Speedy Cash Ford Mustang for Front Row Motorsports
- Cole Custer in the No. 41 HaasTooling.com Ford Mustang for Haas Factory Team
- Burt Myers in the No. 50 Citrusafe Cleaners Chevrolet for Team AmeriVet
- Cody Ware in the No. 51 Mighty Fire Breaker / Red Cross Ford Mustang for Rick Ware Racing
- Ryan Preece in the No. 60 Fastenal Ford Mustang for RFK Racing
- Garrett Smithley in the No. 66 The Veterans Ranch Ford Mustang for Garage 66
- Michael McDowell in the No. 71 Workforce Chevrolet for Spire Motorsports
- Shane Van Gisbergen in the No. 88 Trackhouse Chevrolet for Trackhouse Racing
The 200-lap main event will only include 23 starters, based on the results from a series of heat races and last-chance qualifiers on Sunday.
Coverage of the Cook Out Clash will occur on Sunday, February 2 at 8:00 PM ET on FOX, MRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Channel 90).
2025 Cook Out Clash Entry List:
| Entry | # | Driver | Team | Crew Chief |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing Trackhouse Chevrolet | Phil Surgen |
| 2 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske Freightliner Ford | Brian Wilson |
| 3 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing Bass Pro Shops / Winchester Chevrolet | Richard Boswell |
| 4 | 4 | Noah Gragson | Front Row Motorsports TrueTimber Ford | Drew Blickensderfer |
| 5 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | Cliff Daniels |
| 6 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing BuildSubmarines.com Ford | Jeremy Bullins |
| 7 | 7 | Justin Haley | Spire Motorsports The Fraternal Order of Eagles Chevrolet | Rodney Childers |
| 8 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet | Randall Burnett |
| 9 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet | Alan Gustafson |
| 10 | 10 | Ty Dillon | Kaulig Racing Sea Best Chevrolet | Andrew Dickeson |
| 11 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing Sport Clips Haircuts Toyota | Chris Gayle |
| 12 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske Menards / Great Lakes Flooring Ford | Jonathan Hassler |
| 13 | 15 | Tim Brown | Rick Ware Racing Dairi-O/Jerry Hunt/Hayes Ford | Jerry Kelley |
| 14 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing Campers Inn RV Chevrolet | Trent Owens |
| 15 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing Kroger/TreeTop Ford | Scott Graves |
| 16 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | Joe Gibbs Racing Bass Pro Shops Toyota | James Small |
| 17 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing Mobil 1 Toyota | Adam Stevens |
| 18 | 21 | Josh Berry | Wood Brothers Racing Motorcraft / QuickLane Ford | Miles Stanley |
| 19 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske Shell Pennzoil Ford | Paul Wolfe |
| 20 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing Leidos Toyota | Charles Denike |
| 21 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports Liberty University Chevrolet | Rudy Fugle |
| 22 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports Long John Silver's Ford | Chris Lawson |
| 23 | 35 | Riley Herbst | 23XI Racing Monster Energy Zero Sugar Toyota | Davin Restivo |
| 24 | 38 | Zane Smith | Front Row Motorsports Speedy Cash Ford | Ryan Bergenty |
| 25 | 41 | Cole Custer | Haas Factory Team HaasTooling.com Ford | Aaron Kramer |
| 26 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Dollar Tree Toyota | Travis Mack |
| 27 | 43 | Erik Jones | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Family Dollar Toyota | Ben Beshore |
| 28 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing Toyota | Billy Scott |
| 29 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | HYAK Motorsports SunnyD Chevrolet | Mike Kelley |
| 30 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports Ally Financial Chevrolet | Blake Harris |
| 31 | 50 | Burt Myers | Team Amerivet CitruSafe Cleaners Chevrolet | Tony Eury, Jr. |
| 32 | 51 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing Mighty Fire Breaker / Red Cross Ford | Billy Plourde |
| 33 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing Monster Energy Toyota | Tyler Allen |
| 34 | 60 | Ryan Preece | RFK Racing Fastenal Ford | Derrick Finley |
| 35 | 66 | Garrett Smithley | Garage 66 The Veterans Ranch Ford | Carl Long |
| 36 | 71 | Michael McDowell | Spire Motorsports Workforce Chevrolet | Travis Peterson |
| 37 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports Delaware Life Chevrolet | Luke Lambert |
| 38 | 88 | Shane Van Gisbergen | Trackhouse Racing Trackhouse Chevrolet | Stephan Doran |
| 39 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | Trackhouse Racing Freeway Insurance Chevrolet | Matt Swiderski |
