Kyle Larson continued his quest for a second NASCAR Cup championship with a historic performance in Saturday's elimination race at Bristol.
Larson led 462 of 500 laps, the most in a Bristol win since Hall of Famer Cale Yarborough led 495 in 1977.Just minutes after Kyle Larson crossed the finish line on the most dominating victory ever for a Hendrick Motorsports driver, his team rushed his 9-year-old son to the winning Chevrolet.
Hamlin, a three-time Daytona 500 winner with four career wins at Bristol, was never really worried and finished fourth. Truex was penalized for speeding on pit road, taking him out of contention to advance, and Keselowski just didn't have the pace. Joe Gibbs Racing had two of its four cars eliminated from the playoffs as Ty Gibbs was also penalized for speeding.
It's an impressive stat considering the Hendrick team has fielded cars for Hall of Famers Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Terry Labonte and Dale Earnhardt Jr., among others. Also advancing were Chase Elliott, who finished second, Christopher Bell, who finished fifth, regular-season champion Tyler Reddick, Ryan Blaney, Joey Logano, Chase Briscoe, William Byron, Austin Cindric and Alex Bowman.
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