Kyle Larson wanted to pit to vary his tires with 28 laps to go on the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway in California on Sunday. It dropped him out of the highest 5, and he wanted to push it to catch leaders Chris Buescher and Martin Truex Jr.
Eight seconds behind the chief, the climb from eighth to the highest started. He drove the No. 5 automotive by Michael McDowell and A.J. Allmendinger, and with about 12 laps to go, he discovered himself behind Buescher and Truex.
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Kyle Larson, driver of the #5 Valvoline Chevrolet, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Cup Sequence Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California, on June 9, 2024. (Meg Oliphant/Getty Photographs)
As Truex acquired round Buescher for the lead, it was short-lived.
Larson made the transfer to get round Truex with about 10 laps to go and held off the remainder of the sector to safe the twenty sixth NASCAR Cup Sequence victory of his profession. It was his third win of the season; he additionally had victories at Kansas and Las Vegas.
Truex was going to complete in second place however ran out of fuel on the ultimate lap. He fell simply wanting the start-finish line. He ended up in twenty seventh.
McDowell, Buescher, Chase Elliott and Ross Chastain rounded out the highest 5.
Martin Truex Jr., driver of the #19 Bass Professional Retailers Toyota, drives through the NASCAR Cup Sequence Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California, on June 9, 2024. (Meg Oliphant/Getty Photographs)
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Larson doubly solidified himself into the NASCAR playoffs after there was a query about whether or not he can be granted a waiver for the playoffs. His postseason was thrown into peril after he missed the Coca-Cola 600 as he tried to finish the double with the Indy 500 on the identical day.
Fortunately for Larson, NASCAR granted the waiver earlier than Sonoma.
“I believe there’s undoubtedly reduction on my finish,” he stated Saturday. “There was loads, I am positive, dialogue that went into it on NASCAR’s finish and a variety of dialogue. I am appreciative of it, for positive, and look ahead to hopefully not discuss waivers once more.
Driver Kyle Larson is launched earlier than the NASCAR Cup Sequence race at Sonoma Raceway, June 9, 2024, in Sonoma, California. (AP Photograph/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
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“Fortunately, no one has to take care of the drama going ahead.”
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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