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Martin Truex Jr. describes what happened with his spin on the final lap of The Clash at the Coliseum. View the full article

Logano and Busch and battled up front virtually the entire 150-lap event but Logano finally grabbed the lead on Lap 116 right before a caution was displayed for an accident involving Kyle Larson and Justin Haley. Logano led the final 35 laps on his way to the non-points win but with five laps remaining, Busch had closed to his rear bumper and the crowd on hand was sensing fireworks. With one ...Keep readingView the full article

The unofficial start to the 2022 season ends with a Team Penske Ford Mustang in Victory Lane. Logano passed Busch around halfway and held on through the final green-flag run to take the checkered flag. Read Also: Joey Logano tops Kyle Busch for Clash win at LA Coliseum NASCAR Clash at the L.A. Coliseum heat race and LCQ results Check out the complete race results from the ...Keep readingView the full article

Full highlights from the 2022 Busch Clash at The L.A. Coliseum for the NASCAR Cup Series. View the full article

Joey Logano holds off Kyle Busch in the last five laps to win The Clash at the Coliseum. "This was an amazing event. Congratulation NASCAR. This is such a huge step in our industry. View the full article

Justin Haley wrecked into the wall with 35 laps to go in the Clash at the Coliseum after repeated contact with Kyle Larson and William Byron. After, he gave an interview and talked about how hard it is for rookies to gain respect. View the full article

Richard Childress Racing’s Reddick had led the race for 51 laps on the quarter-mile track, after passing Kyle Busch, until his car suddenly lost power under a caution following Ricky Stenhouse’s spin. Rather than blame the car, Reddick held himself accountable for being too aggressive as he weaved and dumped the clutch on his 670bhp Chevrolet Camaro. “I was trying to get some heat in ...Keep readingView the full article

Six high-action heat races locked in the field for the main event and sent 13 unlucky drivers home. Kyle Busch, Tyler Reddick, Justin Haley and Joey Logano won each of their heat races from the pole. The last-chance qualifiers were wild with constant contact and several yellows. Denny Hamlin won the first LCQ while Ty Dillon won the second LCQ, only to be disqualified for jumping the ...Keep readingView the full article

With Busch’s win from the pole in the first 25-lap heat race, he will start on the pole for the 150-lap, 2-stage main event on the ¼-mile asphalt oval inside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. All four heat race winners cruised to victory, leading every lap. Denny Hamlin gained entry in the main event by winning the first Last Chance Qualifier race, while Ryan Preece won the second after ...Keep readingView the full article

After a restart in LCQ race 2, many cars collided and ultimately ended with Kurt Busch spinning out. The Clash at the Coliseum is getting exciting! View the full article

Aric Almirola in the number 10 car was hit and spun out by Todd Gilliand and the number 38 car on lap five of the last chance qualifier race one of the Clash at the Coliseum. View the full article

The Yaris was victorious on nine of the 12 World Rally Championship events in 2021, scooping both the manufacturers’ crown and a 1-2 in the drivers’ table with Sebastien Ogier and Elfyn Evans. Autosport readers have voted the Yaris the best rally car of 2021, ahead of its WRC rivals the Hyundai i20 Coupe and Ford Fiesta, and the Dakar Rally-winning Mini JCW Buggy. It is the third ...Keep readingView the full article

Kyle Busch, Justin Haley, Tyler Reddick and Joey Logano win the heat races at The Clash at the Coliseum in Los Angeles. View the full article

Ogier won five rounds on his way to the crown with Toyota in his final full-time WRC campaign. Autosport readers have voted Ogier the top rally driver of 2021, ahead of Toyota team-mates Elfyn Evans and Kalle Rovanpera, and Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville. It is the seventh time the Frenchman has won the honour. Ogier’s victory was announced on 6 February at the Autosport Awards, which ...Keep readingView the full article

Ice Cube joins the 'NASCAR Raceday' crew to discuss the Clash at the Coliseum and why he's rooting for Bubba Wallace to win it all. View the full article

Chase Elliott joined "NASCAR Raceday" to talk the lasting impact of the Clash at the Coliseum and his impressions of the quarter-mile race track. View the full article

In the letter, Phelps talked about the beginning of a “new era” in NASCAR with the racing debut of its Next Generation race car in the Cup Series beginning with Sunday’s exhibition Busch Light Clash race inside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Read Also: NASCAR ready to "see what we've got" with Next Gen car Kyle Busch tops qualifying, earns pole for NASCAR Clash heat ...Keep readingView the full article

Kyle Busch topped all in single-car qualifying at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum with a 13.745s lap. Busch, Tyler Reddick, Justin Haley, and Joey Logano will lead the field to the green flag in their respective heat races on Sunday. There were no incidents during the session with all drivers able to put down a time. Read Also: Kyle Busch tops qualifying, earns pole for NASCAR Clash heat ...Keep readingView the full article

In a session that saw significantly cooler temperatures than from practice Saturday morning, several drivers struggled to replicate their fast laps from earlier in the day. Busch, who went out with about 12 of 36 cars remaining, posted an average lap of 65.478 mph, which turned out to be the fastest of the session. “I never would have thunk it,” Busch said of being the fastest qualifier ...Keep readingView the full article

NASCAR went well off the beaten path – and tradition – by moving the 2022 non-points, preseason Clash away from Daytona and onto a ¼-mile made-from-scratch asphalt oval built inside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The veteran driver who grew up in Bakersfield, Calif. – a two-hour drive north of Los Angeles – said he was impressed with his first on-track experience Saturday at what ...Keep readingView the full article

Kevin Harvick describes what he was trying to learn using the front bumper in practice and who influenced him how to approach practice. View the full article

Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin describe how practice went versus what they had expected going into Saturday morning at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. View the full article

Hendrick Motorsports' Chase Elliott topped the practice session for the Busch Lite Clash in L.A. this afternoon ahead of qualifying with a lap of 66.89mph -- just 13.455 seconds. This was far quicker than the speeds that some had feared, given the tight and compact nature of the track. Drivers went out in three different groups. Each group had three eight-minute practice ...Keep readingView the full article

Saturday was the first time NASCAR Cup Series teams were able to get on the ¼-mile made-from-scratch asphalt oval that was created inside the Coliseum for the preseason exhibition race on Sunday. Because of the small size of the track, the sessions were split into three groups of 12 cars each and each group got three 8-minute sessions on the track. Elliott set the fastest average speed at ...Keep readingView the full article

Drivers got their first taste of the unique quarter-mile track before qualifying in a two-hour practice session on Saturday. The field was split into three 12-car groups, with each getting three opportunities to make laps. Read Also: Chase Elliott tops fairly tame NASCAR Clash practice Race weekend guide for the NASCAR Clash at the LA Coliseum Practice ...Keep readingView the full article