2023 Clash at the Coliseum odds, predictions, start time: Model unveils surprising picks for NASCAR at L.A.
NASCAR will gear up for its season with a reprisal of one of the wildest events on the schedule last year with the 2023 Busch Light Clash at the Coliseum on Sunday. The track has been constructed inside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the home field of USC Trojans football. The green flag drops on the 23-car, 150-lap exhibition race at 8 p.m. ET and the Clash at the Coliseum 2023 will have a $2 million purse, though no points will be awarded towards the NASCAR standings.
Kyle Busch, Joey Logano, Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson are 8-1 co-favorites in the 2023 NASCAR Clash at the Coliseum odds from Caesars Sportsbook. Busch won the pole and led 65 laps last season before finishing second to Logano last season. Before scouring the 2023 Clash at the Coliseum starting lineup and making any 2023 NASCAR at the Coliseum predictions, be sure to see the latest 2023 Busch Light Clash at the Coliseum picks from SportsLine's proven projection model.
Developed by daily Fantasy pro and SportsLine predictive data engineer Mike McClure, this proprietary NASCAR prediction model simulates every race 10,000 times, taking into account factors such as track history and recent results.
In the 2021 season, McClure's model nailed Martin Truex Jr. to win at Martinsville for a strong 3-1 payout. Then it called Elliott to win at Road America for a 5-2 payout. McClure's model also called Larson's win at Texas for an 11-4 payout and his win at Kansas for a 9-4 payout in back-to-back weeks before nailing Larson to win the season-finale in Phoenix to claim the NASCAR Cup Championship. In total, it nailed five of Larson's wins during a historic season.
In 2022, it was high on Ross Chastain to win in Austin, giving him a far better shot to win than his 40-1 odds implied. The model was also high on Joey Logano before he won as a 15-1 underdog at Darlington and high on Logano again when he returned 14-1 on his win in St. Louis. In early August, it was much higher on Kevin Harvick than his 17-1 odds implied and Harvick went on to capture the win at Michigan and then was high on Tyler Reddick before he won at Texas for a 12-1 payout. Anyone who followed its lead on those plays saw huge returns on its NASCAR picks.
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For the 2023 Busch Light Clash at the Coliseum, the model is high on Ross Chastain, even though he's a 15-1 longshot in the latest 2023 NASCAR at Los Angeles odds. He's a target for anyone looking for a huge payday. After five largely uneventful seasons of racing in the NASCAR Cup Series, Chastain took advantage of equipment changes that brought more parity to the sport and broke out in 2022.
Chastain won twice and had a total of 15 top-10 finishes, earning his way into the NASCAR Cup Series Finale with one of the boldest moves in racing history when he rode the wall and passed several cars in the final two turns to edge out Denny Hamlin at the line for the final spot in the championship race. Chastain finished his season with five top-five finishes in his last six races and will be eager to get the competitive juices flowing at the Busch Light Clash at the Coliseum 2023. See who else to back here.
And a massive shocker: Kyle Busch, one of the Vegas favorites at 8-1, stumbles big-time and barely cracks the top five. There are far better values in the 2023 Busch Light Clash at the Coliseum starting grid. The two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion has finished eighth or worse in the NASCAR standings the last three seasons and has only managed four wins during that span.
Busch finished 13th in the standings last season and only managed one win. Even though he was on the pole for the 2022 Busch Light Clash at the Coliseum and led 65 laps, Busch was edged out by Joey Logano. He also struggled on short tracks late last season, finishing 29th at Martinsville and 34th at Bristol during the NASCAR playoffs. See who else to fade here.
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The model is also targeting two other drivers with 2023 NASCAR at the Coliseum odds of 15-1 or longer to make a serious run at the checkered flag. Anyone who backs these drivers could hit it big. You can see all of the model's NASCAR picks over at SportsLine.
2023 Busch Light Clash at the Coliseum odds
Kyle Busch 8-1Joey Logano 8-1Chase Elliott 8-1Kyle Larson 8-1Christopher Bell 10-1Denny Hamlin 12-1Ryan Blaney 12-1Tyler Reddick 15-1William Byron 15-1Ross Chastain 15-1Kevin Harvick 18-1Martin Truex Jr. 20-1Brad Keselowski 25-1Alex Bowman 28-1Bubba Wallace 28-1Chase Briscoe 28-1Daniel Suarez 35-1Aric Almirola 40-1Ryan Preece 40-1Austin Dillon 50-1Austin Cindric 50-1AJ Allmendinger 75-1Ty Gibbs 75-1Chris Buescher 75-1Noah Gragson 75-1Justin Haley 75-1Erik Jones 75-1Ricky Stenhouse 200-1Harrison Burton 250-1Michael McDowell 250-1Ty Dillon 300-1Todd Gilliland 500-1BJ McLeod 1000-1Corey Lajoie 1000-1Cody Ware 1000-1
