NASCAR’s 75th Anniversary season marks its first on-track competition this weekend with Sunday’s primetime Busch Light Clash at the Coliseum in high-wattage Los Angeles.
The annual season-opening Daytona 500 is two weeks later — on Feb. 19 — at the most iconic track on the schedule, Daytona International Speedway.
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