WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Bumping, beating and banging were the headliners Saturday night, along with Chase Elliott, in the return of the NASCAR Cup Series to Bowman Gray Stadium for the first time since 1971. Elliott won the first of four heat races on the quarter-mile track and will start Sunday night’s Cook Out Clash from the pole.

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Ty Gibbs was fastest in Saturday night’s practice for the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium. Gibbs topped the board at 64.199mph (14.019s). The Joe Gibbs Racing driver was in the first group