NASCAR Clash Friday, January 27, 2023
CLASH AT THE COLISEUM
WINNERS
WINNERS
| Joey Logano | 1 | 2022 |
HEAT & LAST CHANCE QUALIFYING RACE RESULTS
| 2022 | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | |
| Heat 1 | Kyle Busch | Suarez | Stenhouse Jr. | Blaney | Hamlin | |
| Heat 2 | Reddick | Briscoe | A. Dillon | Custer | Wallace | |
| Heat 3 | Haley | Byron | Bell | Elliott | Allmendinger | |
| Heat 4 | Logano | Larson | McDowell | Jones | Cindric |
| 2022 | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | |
| LCQ 1 | Hamlin | Harvick | Allmendinger | Ware | |
| LCQ 2 | Preece | Wallace | Burton | Keselowski |
LAP LEADERS
| 2022 | Kyle Busch | 64 | Reddick | 51 | Logano | 35 |
24 Different winners in 44 Clash races
5 Different winners last 5 Clash races –
‘18 Brad Keselowski, ‘19 Jimmie Johnson, ‘20 Erik Jones, ’21 Kyle Busch, ’22 Logano
Joey Logano only repeat winner last 8 Clash races (2 Wins) – 6 Other drivers 1 win each
2022 Clash: Joey Logano led final 35 laps & Kyle Busch led most laps (64)
9 Clash races won by driver leading only final lap including 2 of last 3 races
Final lead change with 2 or fewer laps to go in 18 Clash races
Worst starting position of Clash winner: 27th of 28 – 2009 Kevin Harvick
Drivers starting last & winning Clash (4):
J. Gordon 14th (1997), Jarrett 15th (2000), Earnhardt Jr. 19th (2003) & Keselowski 17th (2018)
Leader of most laps failed to win last 4 Clash races –
Paul Menard 2019, Brad Keselowski 2020, Denny Hamlin 2021 & Kyle Busch 2022
Most laps led in Clash: 64 – Kyle Busch (2022) – Finished 2nd
Most laps led by Clash winner: 47 – Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2008)
Fewest laps led by Clash winner: 1 – Dale Earnhardt (1980), Neil Bonnett (1983 & ’84), Rusty Wallace (1998),
Dale Jarrett (2000 & ’04), Kevin Harvick (2009), Erik Jones (2020) & Kyle Busch (2021)
12 of 44 Clash races settled by last lap pass (27%)
Kyle Busch: Both Clash wins by last lap pass
Clash winner went on to win Daytona 500 six times
Last defending champion to win Clash: Dale Jarrett (1999 Champ & 2000 Winner)
No driver won season finale, championship & started next season with Clash win
Clash winner went on to win championship 8 times
Last to win Clash & championship in same season: Joey Logano (2022)
Only 4 won Clash from pole
Darrell Waltrip 1981, Bill Elliott 1987, Ken Schrader 1989 & Denny Hamlin 2014
Largest Clash field: 28 (2009)
Smallest Clash field: 7 (1981)
4 Won consecutive Clash races – Last: Kevin Harvick 2009 & ’10 (Joey Logano won 2022)
Mark Martin & Rusty Wallace won for the first time in their 12th Clash (Most tries before first win)
5 Won Clash in first try
Denny Hamlin is only Rookie of the Year contender to win Clash (2006)
Chevrolet won only 1 of last 9 Clash races (2019)
Ford: 10 Clash wins
Toyota won 6 of last 11 Clash races
Closest finish: 2012 Kyle Busch over Tony Stewart by .013 seconds (Kyle Busch great save during race)
Fewest running at finish: 6 (2020)
Fewest finishing on lead lap: 5 (2020)
Denny Hamlin: 3 Clash wins with 3 different crew chiefs (Mike Ford 2006, Darian Grubb 2014 & Mike Wheeler 2016)
Team Penske won 3 of last 6 Clash races
Joe Gibbs Racing leads all with 10 Clash wins
12 Daytona 500 winners did not race in Clash in same season including 2022 Daytona 500 champion Austin Cindric
8 Won Clash after going winless previous season
5 Won Clash, but failed to win Cup Series race the same season