NASCAR to return to L.A. Coliseum in 2024
LOS ANGELES — NASCAR announced Sunday the Busch Light Clash weekend will return to the L.A. Coliseum and expand in 2024.
The Clash will return Sunday, Feb. 4., with a NASCAR Mexico Series race preceding it.
“This is a tremendous win for our fans and our sport,” said Ben Kennedy, NASCAR’s Senior Vice President, Racing Development and Strategy. “Not only will the fans see the stars of the NASCAR Cup Series in action, they will also bear witness to the talent and skill that is found within the NASCAR Mexico Series. I can’t think of a better way to begin our 2024 season.”
NASCAR ran the Busch Light Clash at Daytona International Speedway until 2021. Then, in 2022, they ran the first Clash at the Coliseum.
Joey Logano and Martin Truex Jr. have won the Busch Light Clash at the Coliseum.
Now, the NASCAR Mexico Series, which ascended Daniel Suarez up the ladder and given us Max Gutierrez and Andres Perez de Lara, will get to join them.
“This is an incredible honor for the NASCAR Mexico Series and its drivers,” said Jimmy Morales, President and General Manager of the NASCAR Mexico Series. “The competition in our series is always intense, but I know our drivers will want nothing more than to become the first Mexican driver to win inside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. This is going to be a race we will not soon forget.”
The NASCAR Mexico Series will announce the competitors for the Coliseum race at a later date. The full day’s schedule of racing and entertainment is also TBA.
NASCAR on FOX will once again broadcast the Busch Light Clash. Fox Sports 3 will broadcast the Mexico Series race in Mexico. Pan-regionally it’ll be on Claro Sports and the D Motors channel on DirecTV.
Tickets for the day start at $10 for kids 12-and-under and $65 for all other general admission. There is also a $40 college student deal. More details are available by clicking here.
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Jonathan Fjeld is the co-owner of the The Racing Experts, LLC. He has been with TRE since 2010.
A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE. He became the co-owner and managing editor in 2023 and has guided the site to massive growth in that time.
Fjeld has covered a wide array of stories and moments over the years, including Kevin Harvick's final Cup Series season, the first NASCAR national series disqualification in over 50 years, Shane van Gisbergen's stunning win in Chicago and the first Cup Series race at Road America in 66 years – as well as up-and-coming drivers' stories and stories from inside the sport, like the tech it takes for Hendrick Motorsports to remain a top-tier team.
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