Kyle Larson continued his streak of dominance on Sunday after winning the non-points paying NASCAR All-Star Race from Texas Motor Speedway, locking down a $1 million paycheck in the process.
Larson took the lead for the final time with eight laps remaining after sticking a daring pass around the outside of Brad Keselowski. The No. 2 Ford Mustang driver stayed close to the No. 5 Chevy Camaro ZL1’s bumper throughout the final seven laps, even getting close to his bumper in Turn 1 and Turn 2 on the final circuit of the 1.5-mile oval, but didn’t have enough speed for the wicked-fast, Hendrick-prepared Chevy.
This year’s NASCAR All-Star Race featured a six-segment, 100-lap race format with randomly selected grid inverts for each stage to help mix up the order and create more on-track passing and excitement. The race also featured a mid-race event pit stop challenge, which was won by the No. 9 crew of Chase Elliott – another small victory for the ever-dominant Hendrick Motorsports team. In addition to winning the NASCAR All-Star Race and the pit stop challenge, Hendrick has also won the previous four points-paying NASCAR Cup Series races.
Keselowski rued Hendrick’s dominance post-race. The No. 2 Ford driver told NASCAR.com that while he was in an ideal spot to take the win, chasing down Larson with plenty of time left to complete a pass, he was unable to match the speed of the No. 5 Chevy.
“It feels like just to run second to the Hendrick cars right now is kind of an accomplishment,” Keselowski said. “They’re just stupid fast and I had him off Turn 4 but they just have so much speed. He just motored right on back by me.”
The NASCAR Cup Series heads to a new track next, the 1.3-mile Nashville Superspeedway, for the Ally 400 on Sunday, June 20th. Check out the video embedded below for complete highlights from the 2021 NASCAR All-Star Race.
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Hendricks was dominate not Chevy or anyone else.
They have had to found some more power as even Penske is having trouble keeping up and Bush is the only Toyota is able to keep close.
I have not seen a Chevy team on a tear like this in years.
I think they finish ed 1-2 five weeks in a row.