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45-591: The event has been sponsored by Anheuser-Busch (which owns the Busch Beer and Budweiser brands) for most of its history. In 2013 , Anheuser-Busch moved their Daytona Speedweeks race sponsorship to the Duel races after the departure of longtime Duel title sponsor Gatorade . Cup Series title sponsor Sprint became the title sponsor for this race, which was renamed from "The Shootout" to "The Unlimited" (to promote Sprint's cell phone unlimited plan). When Sprint left NASCAR after

90-468: A 20-lap/50-mile, "all-out sprint" for the previous season's pole position winners (considered the de facto "fastest drivers on the circuit") and added previous Daytona Pole Award winners, former Clash race winners, former Daytona 500 pole winners, and drivers who qualified for the preceding season's NASCAR playoffs . Any driver in the field had to have competed full-time in the Cup Series in 2016. The race

135-496: A digital dash sold by McLaren in 2016. This dash includes 16 customizable preset screens, allowing the driver to monitor all the previous info with several additional elements such as lap time and engine diagnostics, for a total of 24 data elements. Information can be displayed as a gauge, numeral, bar graph or LED. Future plans for the display capabilities include information such as flag status, restart order and penalties, allowing all such information to be available instantly to

180-413: A long time to pass cars. It was just so damn hard to pass. I could run a guy down from way back and get to him and about spin out. It’s no fun to race like that. We had a car that could have contended with the 20 ( Kenseth ) today and just couldn’t ever get there." The major differences between the 2015 and 2016 cars are the shortened spoiler and splitter to give the car less downforce and therefore grip in

225-400: A multiple car pileup on the final lap and ripped the catchfence. Five spectators were injured while Dillon walked away with a bruised tailbone and forearm. On the final lap of the 2020 Daytona 500 , Ryan Newman 's car was spun out by Ryan Blaney , sending it to the frontstretch wall and in the air before being broadsided on the driver's side by Corey LaJoie on its way down. Newman survived

270-438: A new rear camber (which meant new suspension components) were also introduced. NASCAR's new weight rules required a new lighter weight chassis (although in practice existing Car of Tomorrow chassis remained compatible). Those changes came with a hefty price, as they increased the cost per car by $ 500,000 for the season. Including the other changes, the total cost for the season per car was estimated to have increased by $ 750,000 over

315-483: A single twenty-lap (50-mile) green flag sprint with no pit stops required. Caution flag laps would not count. A development series race, the Automobile Racing Club of America series, usually was featured as part of the event. The race was broken into two ten-lap, green flag segments. The field was then inverted for the second ten-lap segment. Prize money was awarded for both segments for all positions. The race

360-591: The 2013 Daytona 500 and was originally scheduled to be retired after 2020 in favor of the new Next Gen car. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the implementation of the Next Gen car was pushed to 2022. In 2013, NASCAR allowed the car manufacturers to design a brand new body style for the COT chassis so that they would better resemble the street legal versions of what the sport's fans could purchase and drive. Another hope of

405-548: The 2015 Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway . This package took 1,000 pounds of downforce away from the car. The cars had a high downforce package in July for the 2015 Brickyard 400 and in Michigan. These races saw almost no action and the down force package was criticized by the many fans. Martin Truex Jr. told USA Today: "We could run anybody down and get to them, but it took

450-519: The 2016 season, Advance Auto Parts became the title sponsor in 2017 and the event was renamed to its original name of "The Clash". Advanced Auto Parts did not return as the title sponsor in 2020 , which opened the door for Anheuser-Busch (which dropped its sponsorship of the Duel races in 2016) returned for a second stint as the title sponsor, and the Busch Clash name was brought back. After being held on

495-532: The Charger . However, soon after, Dodge announced its withdrawal from the Cup Series, after being unable to convince other teams into switching to Dodge to replace Team Penske (which returned to Ford in 2013). For the 2015 season , Toyota updated its body to match the 2015 Camry , marking the first vehicle design change since the adoption of the Generation 6 body. Two seasons later , Toyota updated its body to match

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540-585: The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as part of launching the seventh-generation chassis. It was NASCAR's first race inside a sports stadium since a 1956 race at Soldier Field . The 2022 race also marked the first year that it was not an invitation-only event. For 2025, NASCAR announced the event will be moved to the Bowman Gray Stadium . The event was first known as the Busch Clash and was

585-612: The Mustang GT would replace the Fusion in the 2019 season. This was the manufacturer's first coupe-based entry since the Ford Thunderbird was retired from NASCAR in 1998. Throughout the 2014, 2015, and 2016 seasons, NASCAR implemented different downforce and aero packages to promote passing and give their fans more interesting racing. The car had a low downforce package at the 2015 Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway and another at

630-710: The Bud Shootout Qualifier at 11 am, and the Bud Shootout itself at 12 pm. One two-tire pit stop was required for each race. The winner of the qualifier advanced to the main event. The event was renamed the Budweiser Shootout and expanded to a new distance, 70 laps (175 miles). Caution laps would be counted, but the finish had to be under green, with the Truck Series green-white-checker rule used if necessary. A minimum of one two-tire green flag pit stop

675-526: The Car of Tomorrow came out. Many drivers stated that it was hard for the teams to figure out how to get the aerodynamics correctly balanced. Hamlin was fined $ 25,000 for his comments on the new Generation 6 car. NASCAR spokesperson Kenny Tharp stated, "While NASCAR gives its competitors ample leeway in voicing their opinions when it comes to a wide range of aspects about the sport, the sanctioning body will not tolerate publicly made comments by its drivers that denigrate

720-453: The Car of Tomorrow. The price increase led then-team owner/driver Tony Stewart to tell reporter Marty Smith the Gen-6 car is financially "great for NASCAR, not for the owner. There's a lot of added cost, a lot of parts that are a lot more expensive than in the past. But racers are very resourceful. These teams will find a way to make it work." For 2022, NASCAR replaced the Generation 6 car with

765-576: The Daytona oval for its entire history, the event was moved to the Daytona Road Course in 2021 as a result of logistics issues relating to both Super Bowl LV and the planned launch of the seventh-generation chassis (which was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic ). The following year, the event was moved out of Daytona International Speedway for the first time in its history, where it was held inside of

810-530: The Generation 6 car was that it would give more grip and speed to the drivers and more great racing action to the fans. During the 2012 season, it was announced that Ford would use the new second generation Fusion , Toyota would continue to use the 2013 Camry , while Chevrolet would use the Chevrolet SS (a rebadged Holden Commodore ), replacing the Chevrolet Impala . Dodge announced they would use

855-551: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.132 via cp1112 cp1112, Varnish XID 387630739 Upstream caches: cp1112 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 05:35:51 GMT Generation 6 (NASCAR) The Generation 6 car , shortened to Gen-6 , was the common name for the car that was used in the NASCAR Cup Series from 2013 to 2021. The car

900-613: The all-new Next Gen car. The rules package of the 2019 season served as the starting point of the new car's development. In addition, the Next Gen car is meant to attract new original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to compete with Chevrolet, Ford, and Toyota. The Next Gen car was tested at Richmond Raceway with Austin Dillon on October 8 and 9, at Phoenix Raceway with Joey Logano on December 9 and 10, at Homestead–Miami Speedway with Erik Jones on January 15 and 16, and at Auto Club Speedway with William Byron on March 2–3. The test car

945-426: The brain child of Monty Roberts. Roberts was the brand manager of the newly formed Busch Beer (formerly Busch Bavarian Beer ) and the race was seen as a way to promote the new brand. Roberts had been successful introducing Mercury into racing while working at Ford , and had also been a part of Ontario Motor Speedway . His experiences led him to believe that racing fans were loyal brand followers. The initial format

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990-524: The crash and was hospitalized, but suffered only minor head injury. The car's new hood and deck lid are composed of carbon fiber . To alleviate carbon fiber's tendency to splinter and shatter with extreme impacts, Kevlar is incorporated. With the exception of the carbon fiber rear deck lid, all body panels are produced by the manufacturer and individually stamped for verification. In a move to make race cars closer in style and appearance to modern street vehicles, all NASCAR Cup Series cars began utilizing

1035-407: The driver. Ultimately, NASCAR could use the digital dash to transmit driver biometrics and provide information to the fans. It is NASCAR's position, however, not to move toward real time telemetry. Of the 23 tracks NASCAR used the Generation 6 car on, the car set new track records at 16 of them. Despite not setting a new track record at Daytona International Speedway , Danica Patrick 's No. 10 car

1080-538: The fastest sanctioned race in the history of NASCAR (though it was not an official points-paying event). The 2013 race (renamed the Sprint Unlimited at Daytona ) introduced a new format incorporating the results of fan voting into certain aspects of the race. In 2017, the race was renamed the Advance Auto Parts Clash after Advance Auto Parts signed a multi-year deal to sponsor the event. The 2017 race

1125-718: The first time, and during the NFL's off-week between the conference championship games and Super Bowl LVI , which was held in nearby Inglewood for the first time. In June 2022, NASCAR announced that the Clash at the Coliseum would return for 2023 and in September 2023, NASCAR announced again that the Clash at the Coliseum would return for 2024. The 2024 Clash was bumped up from the traditional Sunday race and moved to Saturday due to weather projections, thus making it general admission. The race consisted of

1170-422: The format for the 2022 Clash was announced: On December 21, 2022, NASCAR made further changes to the Busch Clash by expanding transfer positions from four to five cars in each heat, thereby expanding the field from 23 to 27 cars. On August 17, 2024, it was announced that the Busch Clash will move to Bowman Gray Stadium on February 2, 2025. Anheuser-Busch Too Many Requests If you report this error to

1215-630: The new 2018 Camry . Following the closure of General Motors' Elizabeth, South Australia plant and the discontinuation of the Holden VF Commodore (effectively ending production of the Chevrolet SS), Chevrolet announced on August 10, 2017, that it would be using the 2018 Camaro ZL1 starting with the 2018 season . The Camaro was the brand's first coupe-based entry since the Monte Carlo was retired in 2007. On April 17, 2018, Ford announced that

1260-399: The new car. At the 2013 Subway Fresh Fit 500 , Denny Hamlin rallied from the rear to third place where he finished. He commented on how the newer Generation 6 cars were too difficult to pass with. Hamlin stated: "I don't want to be the pessimist, but it did not race as good as our generation 5 or regular CoT cars did." Comments from drivers, like Hamlin, were also similar to those said when

1305-408: The performance of the car. The Car of Tomorrow had roughly $ 10,000 in sheet metal per car, which is $ 5,000 less in comparison to the $ 15,000 worth of sheet metal of the Generation 6 car. On average, a well-funded team produces about 50 bodies per car which could lead to a possible issue of being over the estimated budget for this particular category. Additionally, multiple new requirements, such as

1350-408: The racing product." Fan response to the new body design was positive, as the perception that the race cars in the Cup Series "are cars that I would be interested in buying" increased from 49 percent to 76 percent. However, towards the end of the Generation 6's tenure, many fans, drivers, and team owners became dissatisfied with the car, in part because of several rule changes made by NASCAR affecting

1395-418: The roll cage to reinforce integrity and increase the crush structure of the roof. Larger roof flaps help to keep the car on the ground to prevent it from flipping whilst going backward at high speeds. Despite these safety improvements, there have still been multiple instances of the Gen-6 car flipping during high-speed crashes. At the 2015 Coke Zero 400 at Daytona , Austin Dillon 's car went airborne during

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1440-490: The time required to fuel the car allowed for a two-tire change without additional delay. The first segment was expanded to 25 laps, followed by the 50-lap second segment. The total race distance was 75 laps (187.5 miles). The race was divided into three segments (30 laps, 25 laps, 20-laps), with online fan voting deciding certain aspects of the race specifics (lengths of the segments, requirements for mandatory pit stops, number of drivers eliminated, etc.) The total race distance

1485-441: The time) would not be potentially destroyed in crashes during the event after the previous season's Clash ended with incidents that few cars were remaining, to curb the blocking that created massive crashes. A 200 kilometer (126.35 miles to be exact) race, the segments were 15 and 20 laps, respectively. On September 14, 2021, NASCAR announced that the Busch Clash would move to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum . On November 9, 2021,

1530-563: The turns. Following year's base package includes a 3.5-inch spoiler (currently six inches), a 0.25-inch front leading splitter edge (currently two inches) and a 33-inch wide radiator pan (currently 38 inches; it was 28 inches at the Darlington and Kentucky races). To improve passing on high-speed tracks, aero ducts were implemented for the 2017 Indiana 250 to alleviate the drag rise on a close trailing car. The Generation 6 car features additions of forward roof bar and center roof support bar to

1575-428: Was 75 laps (187.5 miles). For 2013, the vote resulted in a mandatory four-tire pit stop, and no cars were eliminated. For 2014, voting set the starting lineup per final practice speeds and required mandatory pit stops after the second segment. The race still kept its 75-lap distance, and returned to the 2003 format with one exception; the first segment was now 25 laps instead of 20 laps. The race originally consisted of

1620-618: Was also seen as a way to expand the Speedweeks activities leading up to the Daytona 500 . Previously, the weekend before the Daytona 500 featured only minor support events, and the Winston Cup competitors ordinarily would not have taken to the track until Wednesday. The Busch Clash allowed the Winston Cup regulars to kick off the week live on CBS . The 1987 race, won by Bill Elliott , was completed at an average speed of 197.802 mph. It stands as

1665-473: Was broken up into two segments mainly because it had been lacking competitiveness since restrictor plates were introduced in 1988. The inversion rule added some needed excitement to the event, but its popularity continued to wane. Again, the Clash was the support race for paying fans, as the ARCA 200 was usually held after the Clash. The event was renamed the Bud Shootout, and consisted of two 25-lap (62.5-mile) races,

1710-417: Was delayed to Sunday due to persistent rain, marking the first time the race has been run during the day since 2006. In 2020, Busch Beer returned to assume naming rights for the race, once again dubbing it the Busch Clash . In 2021, the race was run on the road course layout, originally intended as a temporary effort in order to have teams use a sixth-generation chassis when the seventh-generation chassis

1755-451: Was one of the closest since the restrictor plate era began. Because the Las Vegas qualifying session was rained out, it can be said the car set records at 16 of the 23 tracks possible. The Generation 6 car also provided a margin of victory between drivers of 1.267 seconds, the lowest since 2005. Although the car was liked by drivers such as Jeff Gordon , other drivers were critical about

1800-461: Was part of a project to make NASCAR stock cars look more like their street-legal counterparts. The cars have used many different aero and downforce packages to improve their racing characteristics as well as using the safety measures of its predecessor, the Car of Tomorrow . The Generation 6 car has received both praise and criticism from fans and drivers. The Generation 6 body style was introduced in

1845-417: Was planned with the seventh-generation car changeover happening at the Daytona 500, which was postponed a year by supply chain and development issues from the pandemic lockdowns that severely altered the previous season. As a result, the race was moved to the road course using the previous sixth-generation cars to save teams resources and ensure the single-source new chassis (which teams did not have enough at

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1890-524: Was required. The Bud Shootout Qualifier was discontinued because second round qualifying for Cup races had been eliminated. The race was broken up into two segments: a 20-lap segment, followed by a ten-minute intermission, concluding with a 50-lap second segment. While a pit stop was no longer required by rule, a reduction in fuel cell size (from 22 gallons to 13.5 gallons) made a fuel stop necessary. (In 2007, fuel cells were expanded to 18.5 gallons.) Many drivers also changed two tires during their fuel stop, as

1935-533: Was set up as a 50-mile sprint race, with no pit stops, with a field consisting of the previous season's pole position winners. Inviting the fastest drivers from the previous season headlined the event as the "fastest race" of the season. The race established an incentive for drivers to earn pole positions during the NASCAR season, which up to that time, still offered relatively tiny cash prizes. Likewise, at no time have pole winners earned bonus championship points. The event

1980-424: Was shortened because of Super Bowl LV in nearby Tampa), taking place with sixth-generation cars on the road course. That changed when the 2021 -22 NFL year moved Super Bowl LVI back a week and into the traditional Speedweeks date after the 2022 Daytona 500 date was announced. NASCAR then moved the renamed Busch Light Clash to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum , meaning the event would be held away from Daytona for

2025-400: Was to have debuted at the Daytona 500 that year. Teams would not have had enough seventh-generation cars available for the Daytona 500, so NASCAR intended to use the sixth-generation road course car (which can be repurposed into an Xfinity Series chassis) at Daytona for cost savings. Originally, it was planned that the 2022 Clash would return to a standard schedule (the 2021 Speedweeks schedule

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