WINSTON-SALEM, NC
JGR AT THE CLASH: Joe Gibbs Racing owns 12 victories in the Clash, including the past two years and four of the past five seasons dating back to 2020. Kyle Busch (2012 and 2021), Denny Hamlin (2006, 2014, 2016, 2024), Erik Jones (2020), Matt Kenseth (2015), Tony Stewart (2001, 2002, 2007), and Martin Truex Jr. (2022) have all won the race while driving for JGR.
2024 SEASON RECAP: All four Joe Gibbs Racing drivers qualified for the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs. On the season, the team combined for six wins, 40 top-five finishes, 64 top-10s, 10 pole awards, and 3,060 laps led. Christopher Bell led the team in the final standings by finishing fifth overall followed by Denny Hamlin (eighth), Martin Truex Jr. (10th), and Ty Gibbs (15th).
HAMLIN CLASH NOTES: Denny Hamlin is a four-time winner of the Clash exhibition race. With three wins (2006, 2014, 2016) when the season-opening non-points event previously ran at Daytona International Speedway and last year’s victory at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Hamlin ranks second behind Dale Earnhardt (six wins) on the all-time Clash wins list.
2024 SEASON RECAP: Last season, Hamlin advanced to the Round of 8 for the sixth consecutive season and wound up eighth in the final standings. He visited victory lane at Bristol Motor Speedway (March), Richmond Raceway (March), and Dover Motor Speedway (April), and posted 12 top-five finishes, 18 top-10s, and three pole awards.
NEW CREW CHIEF: In November, Joe Gibbs Racing announced that Chris Gayle will transition from the No. 54 team to serve as crew chief for Hamlin and the No. 11 team in 2025. Hamlin’s former crew chief Chris Gabehart was promoted to JGR’s competition director.
BABY ON THE WAY: In December, Hamlin and his fiancée, Jordan, announced that they are expecting their third child in June.
SPORT CLIPS: Sport Clips will be featured as the primary sponsor for Hamlin in this weekend’s Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium. The sports-themed haircutting franchise based in Georgetown, Texas is a longtime supporter of Joe Gibbs Racing dating back to 2009 and has nearly 1,900 stores in the United States and Canada. For more information, visit sportclips.com.
DATE: Sunday, February 2, 2025
RACE: Cook Out Clash
TRACK: Bowman Gray Stadium (Winston-Salem, NC)
TRACK LENGTH: 0.25 miles
TV: FOX (8 p.m. ET)
RADIO: MRN Radio / SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (8 p.m. ET)