Cooper: Drivers commend NASCAR for getting back to its roots at Bowman Gray

It was a success and brought the sport to the second-largest TV market in the country, but the idea wasn’t exactly popular among drivers or long-time NASCAR fans. For one thing, taking racecars, equipment, team and crew members from their homes in Charlotte, North Carolina, to the other side of the country for an exhibition was costly and probably a logistical nightmare – especially given the fact just barely more than half of the field actually makes it into the main Clash event every year, and less than two weeks...