Kyle Larson only led 47 laps in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but they were the last 47 and earned him his 18th carreer win in the series.
Larson, driving for JR Motorsports, took the final restart in seventh position and fired off like a rocket to grab the lead by the end of the lap.
Larson’s fellow Cup Series regular Chase Briscoe finished second ahead of Sheldon Creed, Justin Allgaier and Sammy Smith.
“My car was not handling the best, at all. I was just super, super tight, loaded, and I couldn’t get any speed through the corners and I was just getting ate up on restarts, I mean really, the whole run. But that last restart, we had some guys stay out and I had a good launch, was able to get to the middle with some clean air,” Larson said during his front stretch interview.
“I knew the #00 [Creed] and Briscoe were, sounding like, ripping the top. I tried it like once in turns 1 and 2 and I didn’t feel good out there at all. Glad we were able to pick our way through traffic.”
The win was JR Motorsports’ third straight in four races this season.
