The race came alive on the restart on lap 179, when Chase Briscoe, who didn’t pit, led the way followed by Elliott, Alex Bowman and Larson. Using a three-wide move, Larson quickly powered to the lead after the restart as Bowman tagged the outside wall, but there was no caution.
On the next lap, Larson clashed with team-mate Elliott and sent his car up the track and into the wall.
With 10 laps remaining, Larson held a 2.2-second advantage over Joey Logano as Dillon ran third.
With Elliott spinning on the backstretch on lap 192, it triggered a record-tying 12th caution and all the lead-lap cars pitted with Larson first off pitroad.
On the restart on lap 197, Larson was challenge by Suarez, with the pair trading overtakes by the penultimate lap, until Larson held his nerve to take the win fending off last-lap pressure from Dillon who had to settle for second.
“It’s always fun to win here in the home state,” Larson said. “Hard work all weekend. I didn’t feel great in…
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