Highlights of Clash at the Coliseum: Truex Jr. win the NASCAR season opener race
Clash returns on Sunday to open NASCAR season.
Martin Truex Jr. emerge victorious in the second Clash at the Coliseum . race at the Los Angeles Memorial Arena on Sunday, winning the 37.5-mile race that aired on FOX.
Here are the top moments!
Start your engine!
Rob Lowe prepared us for the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
The green flag is up!
USC QB Caleb William was at my home stadium become an honorary initiator for Sunday’s race and waved the green flag to officially start the race.
Blaney take a spin
Ryan Blaney spin on the fourth turn to knock him out a lap early in the race.
Bubba Wallace early lead
Wallace gave his boss Racing 23XI Denny Hamlin a small bump to get to the top Martin Truex Jr.
Ross ChastainHamlin collision
Halfway through the race, Chastain and Hamlin collided and halted the action as they were both racing for 12th place.
Wallace still leads half way
Wallace stands in front of Truex Jr., Austin Dillon, William Byron And Tyler Reddick at halfspace of The Clash.
Two warnings in two rounds
During the first two laps after the race started again, an alert was called Ty Gibbs And Kevin Harvic both spin around.
Red flag raised with 69 laps
Gibbs’ car ended up in the courtyard, likely to end his night, to raise the red flag. Wallace is still in the lead but Ryan Preece switch to second.
A new leader is ahead
Preece continued to take the lead, overtaking Wallace to take the lead with 65 laps remaining. Alex Bowman ranked second while Wallace dropped to third.
Like Caution at the Colosseum
The second half of the race was full of warnings, as Blaney spun with 37 laps to get to the 14th warning of the night.
A new leader emerges
Truex Jr. overtook Preece with 25 laps left and took the lead before the race entered the home leg.
Tangled near the top
Dillon and Wallace try to move past Truex Jr. to take the lead with eight laps left, but as both riders were trying to vie for the top, they ended up getting tangled up.
Truex Jr. win!
Truex Jr. didn’t look back after taking the lead with 25 laps remaining, driving steadily the rest of the way to win the race. Dillon came in second and Kyle Busch about third. Preece finished in seventh place after leading the race for the longest time with 43 laps. Wallace, who led the race in 40 laps, finished in 22nd place after a mess with eight laps remaining.
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