NASCAR.com's Alex Weaver catches up with NASCAR's COO Steve O'Donnell following the decision to move Busch Light Clash to Saturday night in light of possible inclement weather in the Los Angeles area.
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00:00 Alex, we were here at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the call has
00:03 officially been made that NASCAR will run the Bush Light Clash for the Cup
00:06 Series tonight, Saturday night at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern. I'm here with
00:11 Steve O'Donnell. Why did we make this call and what were really the options to
00:15 even move the race given the weather coming in? Yeah, Alex, really no good
00:18 options but we kind of vetted everything. First and foremost, the safety of the
00:23 fans, what's going on in the area from really an unprecedented weather forecast
00:27 and when we looked ahead of where we might be able to get this race in, you
00:30 started looking at Monday, Tuesday, even Wednesday, challenges in terms of what
00:35 might be available from a public safety standpoint and realized this was our
00:38 best option. I want to get as many folks as we can obviously out to the race to
00:42 enjoy it, asking them to be patient with the decision as it is unprecedented but
00:47 this was our best option. And I know it'll be a long day to get ready for
00:51 all the action that's on track but we do get Saturday night racing for the NASCAR
00:54 Cup Series. What was the plan today? How fast was the call made and how difficult
00:59 has it been for you guys to move this race to tonight? Yeah, well fortunately
01:03 or unfortunately, right, we're used to trying to make some some calls but we've
01:06 got a terrific industry. I think all the stakeholders came together and said what
01:09 could we do if we were faced with this so we've made some adjustments, you know,
01:12 move the LCQs, we'll just set the field based on qualifying. Mexico race will be
01:17 after the Cup race so everybody's cooperating to make the best out of
01:21 what's a really tough situation. All right, that'll do it. We have
01:25 racing here at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Saturday night 8 p.m. Eastern
01:29 on FS1.