Overview
- Larson won the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway on Sunday, Sept. 27, leading 235 of 267 laps, sweeping both stages and earning the maximum 76 points available.
- He retook the lead from Chase Briscoe with seven laps to go and finished 0.565 seconds ahead of Austin Cindric to secure the victory.
- The result expanded Larson’s Chase advantage to about 26 points over Denny Hamlin and made him the first driver with two wins in the four-race Chase so far.
- A multi-car restart crash that collected Carson Hocevar left him 33rd and damaged other contenders, while rain earlier in the weekend forced the lineup to be set by NASCAR’s metric and left Joey Logano starting on pole but finishing 20th.
- With six Chase races remaining, Larson’s momentum and strong performance on 1.5-mile tracks leave him well positioned, but the standings can still shift as the series heads to Las Vegas next week.