Martin Truex Jr. passed Ryan Preece with 25 laps to go in the season-opening Clash at the Coliseum and held on during two wild restarts, opening NASCAR’s 75th season by winning in the Busch Light Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Sunday night.
In the non-points race’s second visit to Los Angeles to start a season, Preece passed Bubba Wallace early in the second half on the outside as the cautions mounted for minor spins on the tiny, tight track.
Truex’s Toyota ran down Preece in Turn 4 and slipped underneath him. The 2017 Cup winner—who failed to win in 2022—then held off Austin Dillon to strike the first blow of the new season….