Advancing to The Clash: Live lineup updates, results from the Coliseum
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The NASCAR stars are in Los Angeles, but not every one of them will qualify for Sunday's Busch Light Clash (6 p.m. ET, FOX, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
There are 23 spots for the 150-lap showdown at the quarter-mile track built inside the venerable Los Angeles Coliseum. Drivers will be Advancing to the Clash throughout Sunday via a series of heat races and last-chance qualifying races.
In short: The top four finishers from each of the four heat races (3 p.m. ET, FOX) Sunday advance into the Busch Light Clash. Those who don't qualify that way will compete later (4:10 p.m. ET, FOX) Sunday in two last-chance qualifiers. The top three finishers in each LCQ race will also advance, for a total of 22 spots (16 from heat races, six from last-chance qualifying races). The final spot is reserved for the driver who finished highest in 2021 points who has not yet qualified.
Follow along for live updates as we'll post the lineups for the heat races, then the results from both the heat races and last-chance qualifying from the Los Angeles Coliseum, with the final Busch Light Clash starting lineup at the bottom of the page updated in real time.
Note: The heat race lineups were determined by Saturday night's single-car qualifying speeds.Qualifying Heat Race No. 1: Results ('A' notes driver to advance to The Clash)
Finishing Spot
Car Number
Driver
1
18
Kyle Busch (A)
2
99
Daniel Suarez (A)
3
47
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (A)
4
12
Ryan Blaney (A)
5
11
Denny Hamlin
6
1
Ross Chastain
7
38
Todd Gilliland
8
10
Aric Almirola
9
78
BJ McLeod
Qualifying Heat Race No. 2: Results ('A' notes driver to advance to The Clash)
Finishing Spot
Car Number
Driver
1
8
Tyler Reddick (A)
2
14
Chase Briscoe (A)
3
3
Austin Dillon (A)
4
41
Cole Custer (A)
5
23
Bubba Wallace
6
48
Alex Bowman
7
19
Martin Truex Jr.
8
21
Harrison Burton
9
6
Brad Keselowski
Qualifying Heat Race No. 3: Results ('A' notes driver to advance to The Clash)
Finishing Spot
Car Number
Driver
1
31
Justin Haley (A)
2
24
William Byron (A)
3
20
Christopher Bell (A)
4
9
Chase Elliott (A)
5
16
AJ Allmendinger
6
4
Kevin Harvick
7
17
Chris Buescher
8
51
Cody Ware
9
7
Corey LaJoie
Qualifying Heat Race No. 4: Results ('A' notes driver to advance to The Clash)
Finishing Spot
Car Number
Driver
1
22
Joey Logano (A)
2
5
Kyle Larson (A)
3
34
Michael McDowell (A)
4
43
Erik Jones (A)
5
2
Austin Cindric
6
15
Ryan Preece
7
45
Kurt Busch
8
77
Landon Cassill
9
42
Ty Dillon
Last-Chance Qualifier Race No. 1: Results ('A' notes driver to advance to The Clash)
This lineup was determined by Sunday's heat races.
Finishing Spot
Car Number
Driver
1
11
Denny Hamlin (A)
2
4
Kevin Harvick (A)
3
16
AJ Allmendinger (A)
4
51
Cody Ware
5
17
Chris Buescher
6
1
Ross Chastain
7
7
Corey LaJoie
8
38
Todd Gilliland
9
78
BJ McLeod
10
10
Aric Almirola
Last-Chance Qualifier Race No. 2: Results ('A' notes driver to advance to The Clash)
This lineup was determined by Sunday's heat races.
Finishing Spot
Car Number
Driver
1
15
Ryan Preece (A)
2
23
Bubba Wallace (A)
3
21
Harrison Burton (A)
4
6
Brad Keselowski
5
2
Austin Cindric
6
77
Landon Cassill
7
42
Ty Dillon
8
45
Kurt Busch
9
48
Alex Bowman
10
19
Martin Truex Jr. (DNS)
Cars advancing to the Busch Light Clash main event (6 p.m. ET):