Asterisk Mark Report – Busch Light Clash (2023)

Ryan Preece – Last year in the Busch Light Clash, Ryan Preece and the #41 team had a hot rod that was arguably the best, but Preece finished an asterisk mark 7th. In the race, Preece started 16th but had no trouble racing his way to the front, and even led the most laps (43). Unfortunately, Preece’s race wasn’t incident free and while leading late, Preece developed electrical issues which were his undoing and led to him quickly falling back a handful of positions. If Preece’s race would’ve been incident free, I think there’s a good chance he would’ve won.

Bubba Wallace – In 2023 at the Coliseum, Bubba Wallace was a contender to win but he finished an asterisk mark 22nd. On lap 143 while running in 2nd (7 laps to go), Bubba Wallace was disrespectfully booted by Austin Dillon which resulted in the #23 spinning leading to his bad result. In the race, Wallace led the 2nd most laps (40), had the 2nd best average running position (4.2) and had the 3rd best Green Flag Speed.

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Denny Hamlin – Denny Hamlin finished 9th last year in LA but I would bring out an asterisk mark for that result. In the race, Hamlin led the third most laps (26) but on lap 43 while leading, Bubba Wallace bumped him from 1st and it dropped him back to 9th in just five laps. Later while running in 12th on lap 74, Chastain dive bombed him which spun him and dropped him to the back. That makes Hamlin’s salvaged 9th place finish look pretty good given his troubles.

Ryan Blaney – Ryan Blaney has yet to have an incident free race at the Coliseum and in 2023, Blaney finished an asterisk mark 17th. In the race, Blaney started 15th and problems started early for him. On lap 23 while running in 11th, Blaney was spun and turned around and then Daniel Suarez ran into his nose, causing a good amount of damage. That problem dropped Blaney a lap down. Blaney rebounded though and was back up to 9th on lap 113, but then he got into the wall which brought out a caution and the #12 was now heavily damaged at this point.