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NASCAR Cup Series Fans Respond To Kyle Larson Again Winning AdventHealth 400 At Kansas Speedway

Jeff Hawkins Written by Sports EditorJeff Hawkins
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NASCAR Cup Series driver Kyle Larson utilized his team’s power to dominate Sunday’s AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway. 

Larson, who captured last year’s event by establishing a circuit record for the closest win (0.001 seconds), created a new track mark by leading for 221 laps and winning this third race this season. 

With 469 points, Larson also moved into first place in the drivers’ standings, 35 points ahead of second-place William Byron. 

One of Larson’s biggest obstacles Sunday came on the Lap 213 restart. Challenged by Joey Logano on the outside, the defending series champion edged in front of Larson as Christopher Bell made a run to make it three-wide racing. With Larson powering ahead, Justin Haley and rookie Corey Heim colliding with Erik Jones and Bubba Wallace.  

By Lap 241, Larson extended his advantage to 1.93 seconds over Bell and eventually claimed his third win in 12 outings at the 1.5-mile track.

X (Twitter) users responded to the calm before the Mother’s Day on-track chaos … 

Looking back to last year’s record-breaking finish … 

Going green at Kansas this spring … 

23XI Racing introduced a new four-machine garage at Kansas as Heim, the Truck Series points leader, prepared for his Cup debut in the No. 67 Toyota. He finished P13, ahead of the team’s other three more-established teams … 

Engine trouble struck AJ Allmendinger’s No. 16 Chevrolet along Turn 4 of Lap 7, leading to several mid-pack drivers making early pit stops … 

On Lap 18, Tyler Reddick’s machine hit the wall along Turn 4 while racing for 10th position. The incident forced Josh Berry and Carson Hocevar to evade the No. 45 Toyota. Reddick finished P17 … 

Larson started flexing his machine’s muscle by pulling out to a 1.39-second advantage over Christopher Bell. The No. 5 Chevrolet’s power continued throughout Mother’s Day. With his lead growing to 2.801 seconds over William Byron by Lap 49, Larson maintained his momentum to secure the Stage 1 win … 

Larson earned a stage sweep for the 14th time in his Cup career. In eight of the last nine times he accomplished the feat, he visited Victory Lane …

Brad Keselowski’s struggles continued on Lap 195. Running P2, the right-rear tire blew on the No. 6 Ford, leading to a P37 finish. In 12 events, the 2012 circuit champion compiled zero top-10 finishes, five DNFs and ranks 33rd in the drivers’ standings  … 

Denny Hamlin’s No. 11 Toyota experienced mechanical issues on Lap 200, leading to a push to the garage area and a P36 finish … 

With Bell leading on the outside on the Lap 201 restart, Logano dove to the inside to create a three-wide fight for the lead, along with Larson. Along Turns 1 and 2, Ty Dillon and Cody Ware collided and collected Daniel Suarez. Larson was declared the leader and Bell settled for P2 … 

Despite “a lot of rubber coming off his right-front tire” during the last lap, Larson lost seconds off his lead, but cruised to consecutive trips to Victory Lane at Kansas … 

Jeff Hawkins Written by Sports EditorJeff Hawkins
Jeff Hawkins is an award-winning sportswriter with more than four decades in the industry, in both print and digital media. He joined the Sportscasting team in 2021 following a decade of freelancing. He spent his early career as a reporter for various newspapers in Illinois, New York, Florida, North Carolina, and Michigan, with a particular emphasis as a beat reporter for the Chicago Blackhawks. Jeff earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from Oakland University. Over the course of his career he earned several sports writing awards, including two national awards from the Associated Press Sports Editors for column writing and news reporting. One of the five prized columns included a commentary on NASCAR's increasing corporate influences, particularly in northern racetracks — commentary which you might find Jeff building on as part of the Motorsports writing team at Sportscasting now.  
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