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As expected, Martin Truex Jr. is trying for the Daytona 500. Because of the lawsuit, instead of being the 4th 23XI car, it is the 5th JG...er, "Tricon" car, running the 56 number Truex ran with the long-dead Michael Waltrip Racing and long-time partner Cole Pearn as crew chief and Bass Pro Shops as the sponsor.
That makes 42 cars, which means at least 1 will go home before Daytona 500 Sunday, with 2 going home if Helio Castroneves qualifies or races his way in.
Make it 43 cars - Jimmie Johnson is doing the Daytona 500 and Coca-Cola 600, and just those 2 races (assuming the goal is to hit 700 starts as suggested by the LMC release).
It's not 44 cars for the Daytona 500, but there will be at least 37 at The Clash - Team AmeriVet is running multi-time (and defending) Bowman Gray Modified track champion Burt Myers in the 50.
Make it 38 cars for The Clash - the freshly-renamed Garage 66 is running Garrett Smithley. Still no word on who, if anybody, replaces the DQ'ed Mike Wallace for the
Daytona 500.
That makes 42 cars, which means at least 1 will go home before Daytona 500 Sunday, with 2 going home if Helio Castroneves qualifies or races his way in.
Make it 43 cars - Jimmie Johnson is doing the Daytona 500 and Coca-Cola 600, and just those 2 races (assuming the goal is to hit 700 starts as suggested by the LMC release).
It's not 44 cars for the Daytona 500, but there will be at least 37 at The Clash - Team AmeriVet is running multi-time (and defending) Bowman Gray Modified track champion Burt Myers in the 50.
Make it 38 cars for The Clash - the freshly-renamed Garage 66 is running Garrett Smithley. Still no word on who, if anybody, replaces the DQ'ed Mike Wallace for the
Daytona 500.
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The Clash format is out, and it looks to be much the same as the LA version of The Clash:
- The field will be divided into 3 practice groups, and each group gets 3 sessions.
- The fastest lap in the final session sets the lineup for the heat races (fastest starts heat 1 on pole, 2nd-fastest starts heat 2 on pole, 3rd-fastest starts heat 3 on pole, 4th-fastest starts heat 4 on pole, and keeps on rotating through the heats), with presumably a 40-car limit.
- Heat races are 25 green-flag laps (no overtime), with the top 5 in each heat going on to the main.
- Heat 1 finish sets 1st/5th/9th/13th/17th for both the main and the last-chance qualifier (assuming 10 cars in the heat for the latter), Heat 2 finish sets 2nd/6th/10th/14th/18th, Heat 3 finish sets 3rd/7th/11th/15th/19th, Heat 4 finish sets 4th/8th/12th/16th/20th.
- The LCQ is 75 green-flag laps (again no overtime), with the top 2 advancing to the main, starting 21st and 22nd.
- 23rd and last in the main goes to the driver with the most 2024 points that did not otherwise qualify.
- The main event is 200 green-flag laps (with a guaranteed green-flag finish), with a break at 100 laps.
