Kyle Larson didn’t skip a beat at his hometown track after sweeping all stages of the Coca-Cola 600 last weekend. He did the same Sunday, winning NASCAR’s Cup race at Sonoma and all stages by leading a race-high 58 laps of 92 total for his third victory this season.
Hendrick Motorsports teammate Chase Elliott finished in second and Martin Truex Jr. finished in third.
Larson’s biggest battles were with his teammates at Charlotte, but the greatest threat at Sonoma was perhaps the No. 5’s tires on the unforgiving, 12-turn Carousel course through multiple late-race restarts that sent the field into a two-lap overtime.
After every one of the four caution flags in the final 20 laps of the race, Larson’s crew chief Cliff Daniels reminded the driver to preserve his tires, while feeding him other updates on the cars around him. Larson’s response to Daniels was quick each time — “OK.” — and his car was even quicker.
He pulled away from the field each time, and led Elliott by 0.6 seconds at the checkered flag for the fourth Hendrick 1-2 finish in a row.
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Race results
|
Pos. |
Car |
Driver |
Time behind |
Laps |
Best Time |
Best Speed |
|
1 |
5 |
Kyle Larson |
— |
92 |
99.445 |
91.226 |
|
2 |
9 |
Chase Elliott |
0.614 |
92 |
99.969 |
90.748 |
|
3 |
19 |
Martin Truex Jr. |
1.869 |
92 |
100.249 |
90.495 |
|
4 |
22 |
Joey Logano |
2.637 |
92 |
101.3 |
89.556 |
|
5 |
18 |
Kyle Busch |
3.474 |
92 |
100.124 |
90.608 |
|
6 |
1 |
Kurt Busch |
4.838 |
92 |
101.065 |
89.764 |
|
7 |
42 |
Ross Chastain |
5.558 |
92 |
100.952 |
89.864 |
|
8 |
11 |
Denny Hamlin |
6.896 |
92 |
100.905 |
89.906 |
|
9 |
48 |
Alex Bowman |
7.495 |
92 |
100.583 |
90.194 |
|
10 |
12 |
Ryan Blaney |
8.389 |
92 |
101.132 |
89.705 |
|
11 |
43 |
Erik Jones |
8.904 |
92 |
101.123 |
89.713 |
|
12 |
99 |
Daniel Suarez |
9.637 |
92 |
101.268 |
89.584 |
|
13 |
3 |
Austin Dillon |
10.432 |
92 |
100.777 |
90.021 |
|
14 |
23 |
Bubba Wallace |
10.757 |
92 |
101.253 |
89.597 |
|
15 |
2 |
Brad Keselowski |
10.917 |
92 |
101.235 |
89.613 |
|
16 |
17 |
Chris Buescher |
11.169 |
92 |
100.846 |
89.959 |
|
17 |
14 |
Chase Briscoe # |
11.619 |
92 |
101.322 |
89.536 |
|
18 |
7 |
Corey LaJoie |
11.789 |
92 |
100.936 |
89.879 |
|
19 |
8 |
Tyler Reddick |
12.315 |
92 |
100.691 |
90.097 |
|
20 |
41 |
Cole Custer |
13.808 |
92 |
101.513 |
89.368 |
|
21 |
37 |
* Ryan Preece |
14.064 |
92 |
100.717 |
90.074 |
|
22 |
4 |
Kevin Harvick |
14.152 |
92 |
100.535 |
90.237 |
|
23 |
21 |
Matt DiBenedetto |
14.384 |
92 |
101.052 |
89.776 |
|
24 |
20 |
Christopher Bell |
15.063 |
92 |
100.932 |
89.882 |
|
25 |
15 |
James Davison |
15.272 |
92 |
102.422 |
88.575 |
|
26 |
78 |
Scott Heckert |
15.605 |
92 |
103.649 |
87.526 |
|
27 |
10 |
Aric Almirola |
16.53 |
92 |
101.283 |
89.571 |
|
28 |
34 |
Michael McDowell |
16.949 |
92 |
101.356 |
89.506 |
|
29 |
52 |
Josh Bilicki |
17.863 |
92 |
103.57 |
87.593 |
|
30 |
77 |
Ben Rhodes(i) |
18.001 |
92 |
103.479 |
87.67 |
|
31 |
38 |
Anthony Alfredo # |
18.29 |
92 |
101.83 |
89.09 |
|
32 |
53 |
Garrett Smithley(i) |
20.125 |
92 |
105.314 |
86.142 |
|
33 |
6 |
Ryan Newman |
24.04 |
92 |
101.935 |
88.998 |
|
34 |
51 |
Cody Ware(i) |
-8 |
84 |
103.805 |
87.395 |
|
35 |
24 |
William Byron |
-16 |
76 |
100.872 |
89.936 |
|
36 |
0 |
Quin Houff |
-23 |
69 |
104.112 |
87.137 |
|
37 |
47 |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
-52 |
40 |
101.329 |
89.53 |