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It truly will be a Clash of the Titans.

No, that's not a reference to the 1981 film steeped in ancient Greek mythology. It concerns the third iteration of the Busch Light Clash at the Coliseum, a short-track NASCAR Cup Series exhibition race that features the titans of stock car racing, whose talent is no myth at all.

On Sunday at 8 p.m. ET, a field of 23 qualifying Cup d