The 76th edition of the NASCAR Cup Series season is set to kick off this week, with the Busch Light Clash at the Coliseum. The event returns to the schedule for the preseason showdown for the third consecutive season.
The Busch Light Clash is the unofficial season opening race and the first exhibition race of the 2024 Cup Series season. It will be held on Sunday, February 4, 2024 at the iconic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The Clash will begin at 8:00 pm EST and will air on FOX.
A total of 36 drivers have entered for the Clash, but only 23 drivers will advance to the main event. The Clash will be contested over 155 laps on the 0.25-mile-long track inside Los Angeles, California.
NASCAR journalist Bob Pockrass recently took to Twitter to share an entry list of drivers taking part in the Busch Light Clash at the Coliseum.
The new names which have been added to the NASCAR Cup Series lineup include Josh Berry and Noah Gragson in the #4 and #10 Stewart-Haas Racing. Kaz Grala and Justin Haley will drive the #15 and #51 entry of Rick Ware Racing. Josh Williams is in Kaulig Racing’s #16, and John Hunter Nemechek returns to Cup in the #42 of Legacy Motor Club.
Two Truck drivers Zane Smith and Carson Hocevar moved to Cup Series this year to drive Spire Motorsports’ #71 and #77 respectively.
Joe Gibbs Racing driver Martin Truex Jr. won last year’s Busch Light Clash at the Coliseum and finished with a total time of one hour, 43 minutes, and four seconds.
NASCAR’s 2024 Busch Light Clash at the Coliseum full entry list
Look at the list of drivers taking part in the 2024 Busch Light Clash at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum:
- #1 - Ross Chastain
- #2 - Austin Cindric
- #3 - Austin Dillon
- #4 - Josh Berry
- #5 - Kyle Larson
- #6 - Brad Keselowski
- #7 - Corey LaJoie
- #8 - Kyle Busch
- #9 - Chase Elliott
- #10 - Noah Gragson
- #11 - Denny Hamlin
- #12 - Ryan Blaney
- #14 - Chase Briscoe
- #15 - Kaz Grala
- #16 - Josh Williams
- #17 - Chris Buescher
- #19 - Martin Truex, Jr.
- #20 - Christopher Bell
- #21 - Harrison Burton
- #22 - Joey Logano
- #23 - Bubba Wallace
- #24 - William Byron
- #31 - Daniel Hemric
- #34 - Michael McDowell
- #38 - Todd Gilliland
- #41 - Ryan Preece
- #42 - John Hunter Nemechek
- #43 - Erik Jones
- #45 - Tyler Reddick
- #47 - Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
- #48 - Alex Bowman
- #51 - Justin Haley
- #54 - Ty Gibbs
- #71 - Zane Smith
- #77 - Carson Hocevar
- #99 - Daniel Suarez
Catch the high-octane NASCAR weekend at the LA Coliseum on Sunday (February 4), 2024, at 8:00 pm ET.