In a 500-lap race that took solely two hours and 41 minutes to finish at Bristol Motor Speedway, Kyle Larson set a blistering tempo in his thirty first profession victory and second this season.
The 2021 NASCAR Cup Sequence champion led 411 of 500 laps to beat Denny Hamlin, Ty Gibbs, Chase Briscoe and Ryan Blaney.
It’s the seventh time that Larson and Hamlin completed 1-2 in a Cup race however the first time that Larson emerged because the winner.
There have been solely three warning flags for 40 laps, the fewest for the reason that August 1982 race, and the 4 lead modifications amongst 4 drivers (Larson, Alex Bowman, Ryan Blaney and Carson Hocevar) had been the fewest since August 2008.
William Byron completed sixth and maintained his lead within the regular-season championships standings by 30 factors over Hamlin. Christopher Bell is in third place, 41 factors behind.
The Hendrick Motorsports star devoted the victory to his late PR rep.
Ending order at Bristol Motor Speedway:
1. Kyle Larson, No. 5 Chevrolet2. Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Toyota3. Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Toyota4. Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Toyota5. Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Ford6. William Byron, No. 24 Chevorlet7. Ross Chastain, No. 1 Chevrolet8. Christopher Bell, No. 20 Toyota9. AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Chevrolet10. Austin Dillon, No. 3 Chevrolet11. Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Chevrolet12. Josh Berry, No. 21 Ford13. Justin Haley, No. 7 Chevrolet14. Kyle Busch, No. 8 Chevrolet15. Chase Elliott, No. 9 Chevrolet16. Brad Keselowski, No. 6 Ford17. Austin Cindric, No. 2 Ford18. Tyler Reddick, No. 45 Toyota19. Bubba Wallace, No. 23 Toyota20. Ryan Preece, No. 60 Ford21. John Hunter Nemechek, Np. 42 Toyota22. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Chevrolet23. Noah Gragson, No. 4 Ford24. Joey Logano, No. 22 Ford25. Chris Buescher, No. 17 Ford26. Erik Jones, No. 43 Toyota27. Zane Smith, No. 38 Ford28. Riley Herbst, No. 35 Toyota29. Cole Custer, No. 41 Ford30. Michael McDowell, No. 71 Chevrolet31. Jesse Love, No. 33 Chevrolet32. Ty Dillon, No. 10 Chevrolet33. Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Chevrolet34. Corey LaJoie, No. 01 Ford35. Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Ford36. Cody Ware, No. 51 Ford37. Alex Bowman, No. 48 Chevrolet38. Shane Van Gisbergen, No. 88 Chevrolet39. Josh Bilicki, No. 66 Ford
