It was a little quieter this year at the Clash. Instead, mufflers were added to the newest generation of Cup cars for the first event of the 2023 season at the Coliseum in LA.
It's always nice to start fresh each year with different faces in different places, but once drivers reach the Cup level of racing, things change less than you might think. Then, of course, people retire, and new young upstarts have something to prove, but these weathered professionals have been around the lock and have learned to overcome the growing pains of racing full-time.

The garage area is in a parking lot outside the Coliseum itself because you can't put cars in a locker room like a sports team when they aren't on the "field." Since the track is smaller than the other NASCAR venues, the number of cars is limited to 27. Heat races determine who will be eligible to race in the main event.
Martin Truex took the checkered flag at the end of the event marking the first victory at the Coliseum for himself, Toyota, and Joe Gibbs Racing.