Kyle Larson takes advantage of late restart in NASCAR victory

Kyle Larson, who was sitting on the outside looking in, punched his ticket by winning the Pure Michigan 400 Sunday at Michigan International Speedway.

Kyle Larson jumps into a crew member's arms.

Chase Elliiott felt like crying. In that final lap, a top five within reach, the finish line in sight, AJ Allmendinger wrecked Larson and he lost almost two-dozen points. The Motor City is just down the road from the Michigan International Speedway and considered the home track of most of the manufactures in the sport. Larson led 41 laps for the afternoon and was among the leaders all race long.

But the drivers and their stories saved the day. It also marked the first time a graduate of the NASCAR Drive for Diversity and NASCAR Next programs has reached victory lane in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

Then the 24-year-old did a burnout into victory lane, climbed from his No. 42 Target Chevrolet and dedicated the win to Bryan Clauson, a friend of Larson who was killed in an open-wheel racing accident in Kansas earlier this month. Larson closed in on Elliott, but bobbled in lapped traffic with just under 20 laps remaining, allowing Elliott to regrow his cushion. This one is for the Clauson family.

"It's really a showcase of our flagship industries, we have the intersection of tourism and automotive". Provisionally the drivers now in are: Chase Elliott (+27 points ahead of Newman), Austin Dillon (+21) and McMurray (+15). He got an earlier than planned signal from his Jackman who did not see that the right rear tire was not on yet, and the Jackman dropped the vehicle too early causing damage to the left rear quarter-panel. Soon after, Elliott was able to get back by Keselowski to retake second.


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Once back out front, Larson cruised to the win.

Chase Elliott: Another frustrating afternoon at MI for the rookie; he also finished second in the June race. He is a three-time victor at MI with an average finish of 10.3 and a driver rating of 102.7. Granted, he has been up and down at MI, but if he can approach the top 15, he will make a push for 40 fantasy points.

"There's only one way to fix it, and that's to hit it head on", Elliott said. You hope to have more opportunities to improve.”. Unfortunately, he endured the dreaded "Sophomore Slump" a year ago that carried over to the start of this season. Larson found traction first and got ahead of Elliott, who couldn't close the gap over the race's final few laps. "I thought we were in a decent spot for that last re-start but it didn't really work out great". Engine start is scheduled for 2:07, and then the green flag signals the start of the race by 2:15.

Elliott remains winless, but is in solid shape to make the Chase field on points.

We saw speeds as high as 219 miles per hour, as Joey Logano had a fast auto throughout the afternoon, and we saw the new aero package set to be used in 2017. "It was kind of a decent day for us and there's nothing to complain about".


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