Preece overcomes sleet, cautions to win The Clash at Bowman Gray

Ryan Preece outlasted sleet, a wet track and a record number of cautions to win The Clash in near-freezing temperatures at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The Wednesday night exhibition was the first victory at the top Cup Series level for Preece, who drives a Ford for RFK Racing. The event had originally been scheduled for Sunday but was twice postponed because of snow that blanketed the state. Preece joins Jeff Gordon and Denny Hamlin as drivers who won The Clash before ever winning a points-paying race. He will now take momentum into Daytona International Speedway for next week's season-opening Daytona 500. Weather dramatically disrupted the 200-lap event and NASCAR...