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Larson Wins History 300 At Charlotte

Kyle Larson leads the History 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.  [Everet Kamikawa photo]

Kyle Larson was the star of the show Saturday at Charlotte Motor Speedway, picking up his second career NASCAR Nationwide win in the HISTORY 300. He outlasted a bevy of solid NASCAR veterans, including second-place finisher Brad Keselowski, third-place Kyle Busch and fourth-place Kevin Harvick.

“I knew if I could get the lead, the car would be really tough to beat,” Larson said. “That’s kind of how it went for us. The car was amazing all week long.”

Larson led 82 laps en route to the win. He sealed his trip to Victory Circle with a perfect pit stop and restart with less than 30 laps remaining, jumping out ahead of Keselowski, Busch, Harvick and the rest of the field.

“That last restart, I was nervous,” Larson said. “You know, Harvick’s Harvick, and he’s to my outside, and Brad (Keselowski) and Kyle (Busch) were behind me. Those are probably three of the best on late restarts. I wasn’t sure if I was going to clear them all, I just knew I had to hit my marks and stay calm, and it seemed like they were getting smaller and smaller in my rearview mirror, and that’s a good sight.”

The veterans gave all the credit to 21-year-old Larson, who is also competing full-time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series this season.

“Kyle Larson was just gone,” Keselowski said. “He was really fast … we just didn’t have enough for him.”

Keselowski and Busch had a tremendous battle for second in the closing laps, with the pair tenuously threading their way through lapped traffic – with a couple of near-misses – as they fought for the runner-up spot.

“The fastest way was around the bottom, and we couldn’t make any time around the top,” said Busch. “It’s frustrating like that when you can’t make anything happen. I thought I was way faster than him, I just didn’t have enough to get by him.”

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