Elliott, Buescher to lead field to green for Clash at Bowman Gray
Chase Elliott and Chris Buescher earned the front row for the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium after leading wire-to-wire in their respective heat races. The four heat races determined the fir…
Chase Elliott and Chris Buescher earned the front row for the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium after leading wire-to-wire in their respective heat races.
The four heat races determined the first 20 drivers locked into Sunday’s main event. All others will fight for two remaining spots through the Last Chance Qualifying race. The 23rd and final spot will go to the highest driver from the 2024 championship standings who was not already locked into the Clash.
Elliott and Buescher won the first two heat races. Both started on the pole in their respective 25-lappers. The top five finishers in each heat race advanced into the Clash.
The first heat was the most aggressive, featuring three cautions after drivers utilized their bumpers. Elliott faced little challenge throughout.
Austin Dillon was the first caution after catching the apron and spinning by himself on lap three off Turn 2.
The second caution on lap six came when the pushing and shoving in the pack came to a head as Kyle Busch shoved Justin Haley, who went airborne as he ran over the left-rear quarter panel of Noah Gragson. Gragson spun, bringing out the yellow.
When the race restarted, it quickly went to caution again, this time for Josh Berry spinning in Turn 3. At the same time, Haley spun Busch. Under caution, Busch pushed Haley for multiple laps before getting a “final warning” from NASCAR to get off Haley’s bumper.
The top five finishers who advanced were Elliott, Brad Keselowski, Gragson, Busch, and Ross Chastain.
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The second and third heat races were much tamer and caution-free. Buescher led Chase Briscoe, Shane van Gisbergen, Bubba Wallace, and Daniel Suarez to the finish.
Buescher makes the Clash for the first time under the current format. In the three years NASCAR visited Los Angeles for the exhibition race, he never advanced into the main event.
“A lot of things we learned about what not to do there, and we weren’t good any of the times we went,” Buescher said. “We steadily found some things that were a little bit better but ultimately needed a pretty big overhaul. I would say that [Ryan] Preece has been a pretty big mover for us on some of these flat short tracks. Some of the things that he’s done through the years that have worked well — last year they excelled at this style of race — [are] really beneficial to RFK as a whole.”
In the third heat, Denny Hamlin led Joey Logano, William Byron, Carson Hocevar, and Alex Bowman across the finish line to advance into the Clash. Hamlin led every lap.
Tyler Reddick started from the pole and led every lap in the fourth heat, with two cautions flying.
The first occurred on lap six when AJ Allmendinger ran Cole Custer into the wall off Turn 4. Custer hit the wall and Allmendinger’s right rear, which sent Allmendinger for a spin.
Lap seven saw another immediate yellow. Ryan Preece ran into the back of John Hunter Nemechek in Turn 3, seemingly in retaliation after Nemechek used his bumper to move Preece out of the way in Turn 2. However, the contact sent Nemechek spinning, and he hit the outside wall.
Advancing from the final heat race were Reddick, Christopher Bell, Preece, Austin Cindric, and Todd Gilliland.
NEXT: The Last Chance Qualifying race at 6 p.m. ET Sunday.
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