If you’ve seen the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series schedule, you’ll likely notice an unfamiliar venue at the top. That venue is the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, which has been around for nearly a century and played host to two Olympic Games among other major sporting events.
L.A. Memorial Coliseum isn’t part of the traditional 36-race schedule but will instead be the site of the preseason, non-points-paying Busch Clash that has been run at Daytona International Speedway since its 1979 inception.
Moving the Clash to the Coliseum is an outside-the-box experiment and a big deal on many levels, as the event – which drivers will contest on a temporary quarter-mile asphalt oval – marks the unofficial debut of the Cup Series’ Next Gen car and will likely introduce thousands of new fans to the sport.