NASCAR Cup Series: Larson nips Buescher in closest finish ever
Kyle Larson is declared the winner by .001 seconds over Chris Buescher at Kansas Speedway.
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Kyle Larson is declared the winner by .001 seconds over Chris Buescher at Kansas Speedway.
Christopher Bell won the pole for the NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway with a qualifying lap of 183.107mph (29.491s). It is Bell’s first pole of the season and third at Kansas Speedway, as well as the 11th of his career.
Kyle Larson came around Chris Buescher on the final lap and banged doors with him all the way to the finish line Sunday, where he was declared the winner of the Cup Series race by officials at Kansas Speedway in the closest finish in NASCAR history.
Larson won by 0.001 seconds.
The 2021 Cup Series champion from Elk Grove, California, led 63 of 268 over-scheduled laps and edged Chris Buescher by 0.001 seconds during an overtime shootout, which set a new closest margin of victory recorded in the Cup Series' history.