NASCAR’s new track made it’s debut in Los Angeles, California. A temporary 1/4-mile oval has been placed inside theLA Memorial Coliseum for the Busch Light Clash.
23XI driver Bubba Wallace who ended his day with a 36th place on the leaderboard was frustrated over the handling of his 23 car and voiced his opinion over the radio.
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.@BubbaWallace frustrated over the radio at the handling of his No. 23:
💭 “We’re terrible. This is a f*cking joke.” Made slight contact on a QP. Bootie Barker has “big adjustments” coming. They’re 35th on the leaderboard. pic.twitter.com/4qdVOOMVe1
— Davey Segal (@DaveyCenter) February 5, 2022
At the start of the day, drivers were dipping their left front or all four tires below the white lane an onto the rumble strips. However, as the 2 hour session rolled along, most of the field moved up a whole lane.
Clash Practice Leaderboard
Position | Driver | Best Time
1. Chase Elliott
13.455
2. Kevin Harvick
13.457
3. Chase Briscoe
13.470
4. Justin Haley
13.470
5. Kyle Busch
13.482
6. Tyler Reddick
13.503
7. Kyle Larson
13.513
8. Landon Cassill
13.532
9. Ryan Blaney
13.546
10. Denny Hamlin
13.565
11. Daniel Suarez
13.570
12. Cole Custer
13.571
13. Cody Ware
13.572
14. Corey LaJoie
13.583
15. Ryan Preece
13.587
16. Todd Gilliland
13.592
17. Michael McDowell
13.611
18. Kurt Busch
13.617
19. Austin Dillon
13.618
20. Christopher Bell
13.626
21. Chris Buescher
13.638
22. William Byron
13.640
23. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
13.646
24. Erik Jones
13.652
25. Alex Bowman
13.660
26. Joey Logano
13.677
27. Ty Dillon
13.685
28. AJ Allmendinger
13.716
29. Ross Chastain
13.740
30. Martin Truex Jr
13.780
31. Aric Almirola
13.820
32. Harrison Burton
|13.822
33. Brad Keselowski
13.865
34. Austin Cindric
14.021
35. BJ McLeod
14.065
36. Bubba Wallace
14.184