Larson had gained the pole for the race however needed to begin from the rear when his No. 17 Hendrick Motorsports workforce needed to substitute a brake rotor.
He battled again by way of the sector, overcame a penalty, and located himself working third and on the freshest tires on the ultimate lap of the race’s second try at time beyond regulation.
Hill had grabbed the lead from van Gisbergen on the restart, however van Gisbergen patiently ran him again down and nudged him off the observe on the ultimate lap. Larson pounced and dove to van Gisbergen’s inside whereas the 2 tangled and got here away with the lead.
Larson held on to win by 1.215 seconds over van Gisbergen, however the 34-year-old Kiwi was assessed a 30-second penalty after the race for brief slicing the course on the ultimate lap, relegating him to twenty seventh.
The win is Larson’s first within the sequence in his first begin this season and fifteenth of his profession.
“I knew (Hill) shoved (van Gisbergen) and he was actually good, so I knew (SVG) was going to get again to him and when he did, it opened the door,” Larson mentioned. “It was wild, I don’t assume I’ve ever gained a race that means.
“It looks like I’m all the time the man getting shoved out of the best way and dropping.”
Hill ended up credited with second place whereas John Hunter Nemechek was third, Cole Custer fourth and Parker Kligerman fifth.
Finishing the highest 10 have been Jesse Love, Austin Inexperienced who was making his debut, Chandler Smith, Sam Mayer and A.J. Allmendinger.
Many of the race had been dominated by van Gisbergen, the three-time Supercars champion, and Allmendinger, who collectively led 40 of the 50 laps.
“Austin obtained me in Flip 1, I used to be attempting to get him again,” van Gisbergen mentioned. “As soon as I obtained into Austin, it simply wouldn’t flip. I gave it a superb shot, nevertheless it simply didn’t crack.”
Stage 1
Kligerman elected to not pit earlier than the break and cruised to a 3.318-second Stage 1 win over Sammy Smith. Sage Karam was third, Parker Retzlaff fourth and Riley Herbst rounded out the highest 5.
Stage 2
Herbt was awarded the Stage 2 win after Jones – who was main – was penalized for short-cutting the course on the ultimate lap of the stage. Custer ended up second, Allmendinger third, Larson fourth and van Gisbergen fifth.
Early within the stage, Allmendinger, Larson and van Gisbergen briefly engaged in a wild three-way battle for the lead earlier than Allmendinger lastly obtained clear.
Stage 3
In the course of the break between Levels 2 and three, a number of of the lead-lap vehicles pitted however Allmendinger was amongst those that stayed out and inherited the lead.
When the ultimate stage obtained underway with 12 laps remaining, Allmendinger led Larson, van Gisbergen, Ty Gibbs and Chandler Smith.
Van Gisbergen shortly obtained round Larson after the restart to maneuver into the runner-up place.
With 9 laps remaining, van Gisbergen obtained round Allmendinger to reclaim the lead getting into Flip 11. Allmendinger, nevertheless, remained shut behind and in hanging distance.
With 5 laps to go, van Gisbergen had opened up a greater than 2-second lead over Allmendinger as Gibbs ran third, extra 4 seconds behind the chief.
Ed Jones obtained spun round by Kyle Weatherman and Jones’ No. 24 stalled and dropped fluid on the observe, which compelled NASCAR to place the race beneath warning and ship it right into a two-lap time beyond regulation. Van Gisbergen led Allmendinger on the restart.
Shortly after van Gisbergen cleared to the lead, a multi-car wreck erupted behind the sector and arrange a second time beyond regulation. Van Gisbergen led Hill, Mayer, Kligerman and Karam on the ultimate restart
