Elliott, Hamlin and Reddick win NASCAR Clash heats at Bowman Gray Stadium
While the likes of Elliott, Hamlin and Reddick advanced with relative ease, Kyle Larson failed to achieve the top-five finish necessary to progress automatically to the Clash itself. The event saw four heat races before the main show, and after an argy-bargy start to the first one, Austin Dillon spun on his own on lap four.