NASCAR went well off the beaten path – and tradition – by moving the 2022 non-points, preseason Clash away from Daytona and onto a ¼-mile made-from-scratch asphalt oval built inside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
The veteran driver who grew up in Bakersfield, Calif. – a two-hour drive north of Los Angeles – said he was impressed with his first on-track experience Saturday at what NASCAR had created.
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“Well, first, just the guts that it took for NASCAR to take the leap and try an event like this and then seeing how practice went and how smooth everything has gone,” Harvick said. “The doors that are open have been blown wide open now.
“I think as you look at this particular facility, the thing that I remember most about it are Mickey Thompson off-road trucks jumping out of the top over there. Motorcycles and those off-road trucks were what I watched here.
“Obviously, it is an iconic site and I think for me, being close to home and knowing that I…
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