Larson Dominates in Charlotte, Wins Coca-Cola 600

Kyle Larson won the Coca-Cola 600 from Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday night to pick up his second win of the season.

Larson continued his strong season with a dominant effort in NASCAR’s longest race.  Larson led 327 laps after starting on the pole, and was able to run at the front of the field for most of the race.

Even though he dominated the race, Larson said he had to fight his teammates Chase Elliott and William Byron for the victory throughout the night.

“It was not easy, I felt like I had to fight off William and Chase a lot,” Larson said.  “It kind of worked out that last run…[Erik Jones] had to pit and pulled out in front of me.  I just towed with him for awhile and stretched my lead out.”

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The victory was the 269th victory for Hendrick Motorsports, which broke a tie with Petty Enterprises for the most victories in Cup Series history.

Larson said it was an honor to be the driver to get the record-breaking win for HMS.

“Feels great to be the guy to help Mr. H break that record finally,” Larson said.  “Very lucky that Mr. H was able to put together a deal for me; I’m living a dream for sure.”

Elliott finished second to his teammate on Sunday, and said Larson was the class of the organization and the field.

“He did a good job tonight and ran a great race,” Elliott said.  “Made no mistakes and the best car won.  They’ve been kicking ass since February, so they deserve to win and rightfully so.”

“Proud of HMS; feel like everybody’s just pulling in the same direction and it’s really showing.”

Unofficial results:

1. Kyle Larson

2. Chase Elliott

3. Kyle Busch

4. William Byron

5. Alex Bowman

6. Austin Dillon

7. Denny Hamlin

8. Chris Buescher

9. Tyler Reddick

10. Kevin Harvick

11. Brad Keselowski

12. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

13. Ryan Blaney

14. Bubba Wallace

15. Daniel Suarez

16. Erik Jones

17. Joey Logano

18. Matt DiBenedetto

19. Corey LaJoie

20. Michael McDowell

21. Cole Custer

22. Aric Almirola

23. Chase Briscoe

24. Christopher Bell

25. Anthony Alfredo

26. Ryan Preece

27. Ryan Newman

28. Justin Haley

29. Martin Truex Jr.

30. Cody Ware

31. BJ McLeod

32. Quin Houff

33. James Davison

34. Garrett Smithley

35. Josh Bilicki

36. David Starr

37. Ross Chastain

38. Kurt Busch

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