Larson pounces on Bowman error to win another at Homestead

Kyle Larson took advantage of Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman scrubbing the wall late in Sunday’s race at Homestead-Miami Speedway to grab his first win of the season.

Bowman led with seven laps to go when his Chevrolet got too close to the wall in Turn 4. By the time Bowman could pull off the wall, Larson was driving by on the inside, and he then drove away by 1.2s to secure the victory.

“It was far from perfect,” Larson told Fox Sports. “I gave up a spot and a half, almost two spots there, by getting in the wall too many times. I knew I wasn’t going to get the best restart there. I knew I wasn’t good on the short runs and just thought if I could hold off the 11 and the 45 behind me, I could get … the top, and the 19 too. Then I got in the wall and let him by.

“I just kind of had to keep plugging away at what I know and what’s good for me. I am just proud of myself, proud of the team. Just a lot of gritty, hard work there today between damage on pit road, qualifying bad, bad restarts, all that stuff. Just super pumped. One of the coolest wins, I think, in my Cup career just because of the heartbreak I’ve had here, the heartbreak yesterday, and to just keep my head down and keep digging feels really good.”

The victory is the second for Larson at Homestead-Miami Speedway and the 30th of his NASCAR Cup Series career. He led 19 laps Sunday.

Bowman finished second after leading 43 laps and starting from the pole position. Bubba Wallace, who led 56 laps, finished third. Chase Briscoe finished fourth, and Denny Hamlin finished fifth. Hamlin also won the second stage.

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