The second Clash at the Coliseum was cluttered with cautions and got some drivers fired up (and fired up at each other) heading into the Daytona 500.
It also left NASCAR fans with questions that could be answered — or at least addressed — in the 64th rendition of the Great American Race on Sunday, Feb. 19. Here are eight of those questions:
1. Has Richard Childress Racing rejuvenated Kyle Busch? The two-time Cup champion will go down as one of the all-time great drivers. No question. And despite 2022 being mired in relative struggle, Busch still won a race and made the playoffs, so the Cup driver might not consider “rejuvenated” fair. But what’s fair is this: Busch was fast at the Clash. So was his new teammate Austin Dillon. What’s also fair: One of the last milestones to check off his career bucket list is winning this vaunted race, and having Busch win the Daytona 500 with RCR instead of Joe Gibbs Racing, the team he was with for 15 years, would further signal that Busch is where he needs to be.
