The NASCAR Cup Series Busch Clash was held Saturday at Los Angeles Memorial Colisuem. The longtime exhibition event run before the start of the season has been run the last three years at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Saturday’s race was the third event in a three-year contract to run at the Coliseum. Previously the […]
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Denny Hamlin Wins Rescheduled NASCAR Busch Light Clash
February 4, 2024 by 1 Comment
LOS ANGELES—The final restart was the difference for Denny Hamlin. A day earlier than planned—the result of a devastating weather forecast for the Los Angeles area—Hamlin got the jump he needed on an overtime restart and won Saturday night’s third edition of the Busch Light Clash at the Coliseum. Smoking his tires in every corner […]
NASCAR Weekend Preview: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum – Season Kicks Off With Busch Light Clash
February 1, 2024 by Leave a Comment
It truly will be a Clash of the Titans. No, that’s not a reference to the 1981 film steeped in ancient Greek mythology. It concerns the third iteration of the Busch Light Clash at the Coliseum, a short-track NASCAR Cup Series exhibition race that features the titans of stock car racing, whose talent is no […]
Ryan Preece Busch Light Clash At The Coliseum Preview
February 1, 2024 by Leave a Comment
● Event: Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum ● Time/Date: 6 p.m. EST on Sunday, Feb. 4 ● Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum ● Layout: Quarter-mile oval ● Format: 150-lap Feature with a 23-car field set by Heats and Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ) ● TV/Radio: FOX / MRN / SiriusXM NASCAR Radio ● Ryan Preece kicks off his second season as driver […]
Seven-Time Cup Series Champion Jimmie Johnson To Enter NASCAR Hall Of Fame On Friday
January 18, 2024 by Leave a Comment
With Jimmie Johnson’s induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Friday night at the Charlotte Convention Center, all three seven-time champions of NASCAR’s premier division will be represented among stock car racing’s elite. Johnson will be ushered into the Hall along with his crew chief of 17 years, Chad Knaus, and Pioneer Ballot inductee […]
NASCAR Legend Cale Yarborough Passes
December 31, 2023 by 2 Comments
Cale Yarborough, a three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and four-time Daytona 500 winner, passed away Sunday. Yarborough was 84. Yarborough was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2012 “Cale Yarborough was one of the toughest competitors NASCAR has ever seen,” NASCAR Chairman & CEO Jim France said. “His combination of talent, grit and […]
Memorial: Ken Squier, Larger Than Life Figure In Motorsports And A Gift To Short Track Racing
November 16, 2023 by 1 Comment
Through my 30-year career as a sports journalist I’ve had the opportunity to meet some of the biggest sports celebrities out there, but I’ve also been blessed with the opportunity to meet some people in the realm of sports that just seemed larger than life to me. Ken Squier, who passed away Wednesday, was one […]
Thunder Road And American-Canadian Tour Mourn Loss Of Founder Ken Squier
November 16, 2023 by 1 Comment
Kenley Dean Squier, founder of Barre, Vermont’s Thunder Road, co-founder of the Motor Racing Network (MRN), NASCAR Hall of Famer and the voice of sports events across Vermont, New England and beyond passed away on Wednesday, November 15 at the age of 88. Born on April 10, 1935, Squier was immediately involved in the radio […]
Ken Squier, Legendary NASCAR Broadcaster And Former Thunder Road Owner, Passes
November 16, 2023 by 4 Comments
Ken Squier, a giant in the history of NASCAR broadcasting and part of the fabric of the Northeast short track racing scene, passed away Wednesday. Squier, a native of Waterbury, Vt., was 88. Squier was a colorful and dramatic wordsmith as an announcer and that unique style made him one of the most recognizable voices […]
Ryan Blaney Secures First NASCAR Cup Series Title As Ross Chastain Wins At Phoenix
November 6, 2023 by Leave a Comment
AVONDALE, Ariz. – For the first time in 10 years of the elimination Playoff format, the NASCAR Cup Series champion failed to win the title race—not that it mattered one bit to 2023 champion Ryan Blaney. When he took the checkered flag in second place in the NASCAR Cup Series Championship race, the driver of […]
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