
2022 NASCAR season to open at L.A. Coliseum
Fox News
The 2022 NASCAR season will open with the exhibition Clash race on a temporary track built in the L.A. Coliseum.
The 2022 race will be held Feb. 6, one week before the Super Bowl and two weeks before the Daytona 500. The race will be inside the stadium on a temporary, quarter-mile, asphalt track. The historic Coliseum is home of the University of Southern California football team and seats 77,500.
The announcement made Tuesday night on Fox Sports precedes the release of the full 2022 schedule.
"Los Angeles is synonymous with major sports and entertainment events, so we seized an innovative opportunity to showcase NASCAR at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum," said Ben Kennedy, NASCAR senior vice president of strategy and innovation. "We’re thrilled to have the opportunity to take center stage in this market as we get our 2022 season underway."