Chase Elliott claimed NASCAR's first checkered flag of 2025 on Sunday night in Winston-Salem, winning the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium for his first victory in the Cup Series' preseason event.

NASCAR's most popular driver mastered The Madhouse's mayhem to open the 2025 season. Polesitter Chase Elliott led 171 of 200 laps to claim the season-opening exhibition race, the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium,

The winner led 172 of the 200 laps in his Chevrolet from Hendrick Motorsports to win the event in front of an adoring sold-out crowd of 17,000 fans.