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 way of 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 No. 5 Valvoline Chevrolet, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California, on June 9, 2024. (Meg Oliphant/Getty Images)
As Truex obtained 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 sphere to safe the twenty sixth NASCAR Cup Series 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 in need of 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 No. 19 Bass Pro Shops Toyota, drives throughout the NASCAR Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California, on June 9, 2024. (Meg Oliphant/Getty Images)
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Larson doubly solidified himself into the NASCAR playoffs after there was a query about whether or not he could 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.
Luckily for Larson, NASCAR granted the waiver earlier than Sonoma.
“I believe there’s undoubtedly aid on my finish,” he mentioned Saturday. “There was so much, I’m certain, dialogue that went into it on NASCAR’s finish and a whole lot of dialogue. I’m appreciative of it, for certain, and sit up for hopefully not discuss waivers once more.”
Driver Kyle Larson is launched earlier than the NASCAR Cup Series race at Sonoma Raceway, June 9, 2024, in Sonoma, California. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
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“Thankfully, no one has to take care of the drama going ahead.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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