Who… should you be talking about after the race?
He has 10 finishes outside the top 20 and five DNFs in 2024. He also has a Cup Series-leading six wins and 13 top fives, making 2024 a feast-or-famine type of season for Kyle Larson.
Sunday’s (Oct. 13) Bank of America ROVAL 400 was all feast for Larson, who led a race-high 61 laps to win at the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL for the second time in his career.
Larson didn’t need the win to secure a spot in the next round of the playoffs, but it gives him some momentum heading to Las Vegas Motor Speedway — though after winning the last two races at LVMS, Larson might not have needed any.
How did Larson take the win on Sunday? He simply had the fastest car, and Larson has become an excellent road racer. Sometimes it really is that simple. Larson’s crew made solid pit calls and didn’t make mistakes, and Larson took it from there, celebrating with his daughter Audrey after taking the checkers.
The race had its share of drama with the playoff elimination and postrace disqualification of Larson’s teammate Alex Bowman, but Larson avoided all of it by simply outrunning it.
And don’t forget Tyler Reddick. Reddick, the regular season champion, had heavy contact with his car owner Denny Hamlin, which bent a toe link on the No. 45 and set Reddick below the playoff cut line and in danger of elimination.
In the final stage, Reddick was just six points behind two-time champion Joey Logano when the caution flew, and his team gambled on giving up track position for fresh tires, forcing Reddick to race his way back into contention from outside the top 20.
Reddick rose to the challenge with help from road racing specialists AJ Allmendinger and Shane van Gisbergen, who both passed Logano late. In the end, Reddick gained enough spots with his damaged car to squeeze into the Round of 8.
What… is the big question leaving this race in the rearview?
Another weekend, another round of questions about NASCAR’s race officiating. After multiple questions and complaints about the handling of the Damaged Vehicle Policy last week at Talladega Superspeedway (for the third time in the last month or so), NASCAR ignited more questions about its handling of races after Saturday’s (Oct. 12) Xfinity Series race.
As the field navigated the lap coming to the white flag, Leland Honeyman buried his No. 42 in a tire barrier as Parker Kligerman, driving for a small…
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