The excitement is building in Winston Salem, as the NASCAR Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium is set to start Sunday evening. The green flag will drop at 8:20 p. m.

Chase Elliott will be in front of the pack for the race. Elliott earned his place by winning his heat race Saturday night.  There are 23 racing cars in the race.  Saturday heat races determined the top 20 spots.  Finishing last year's season with the highest points will gave Blaney his spot in the line up.

There will be a Last Chance Qualifier race at 6 p. m. , just before the main event.  The top two finishers will move into the Clash.  The last spot will go to Tim Brown.  A driver must have raced last year in the top last year but did not get to race in the Clash.

Ty Dillon will start ahead of the others in the Last Chance Qualifier because of his sixth-place finish in the first heat race Saturday night.

A modified racer with 53 years, and a lot of wins at Bowman Gray Stadium will move up.  Tim Brown will get to race in a cup car for the first time.

This is not the first time drivers race at Bowman Gray Stadium.  The track is popular. Here are the drivers in the Last Chance Qualifier line up:

Ty Dillon

Zane Smith

Ty Gibbs

Michael McDowell

Austin Dillon

Erik Jones

Riley Herbst

AJ Allmendinger

Justin Haley

Kyle Larson

Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

John Hunter Nemechek

Josh Berry

Cody Ware

Burt Myers

Cole Custer

Ryan Blaney

Garrett Smithley

Tim Brown

The Clash starting lineup is here:

Chase Elliott

Chris Buescher

Denny Hamlin

Tyler Reddick

Brad Keselowski

Chase Briscoe

Joey Logano

Christopher Bell

Noah Gragson

Shane van Gisbergen

William Byron

Ryan Preece

Kyle Busch

Bubba Wallace

Carson Hocevar

Austin Cindric

Ross Chastain

Daniel Suarez

Alex Bowman

Todd Gilliland

Sunday’s last chance qualifier winner

Sunday’s last chance qualifier runner-up

Highest driver in points last year not yet in Clash (Ryan Blaney)

Drivers are racing in the Clash at the historic Bowman Gray Stadium. Drivers get the chance to show their skills at the short track. This is typically a good track for drivers that can handle close racing.

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