“Just a long frustrating day,” Kyle Larson infuriated as Ross Chastain created mess end his promising day at Dover
It was the second back-to-back finish outside the Top 30 for Kyle Larson.
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The Hendrick Motorsports No:5 crew once again gave Kyle Larson one of the fastest cars of the day, as they have been doing this whole season. But yet again, he failed to earn the best results as he got caught in a mess that was never his fault. He scored his second consecutive finish outside the Top 30 in Dover on Monday.
Kyle Larson was the unfortunate victim in the incident between part-time driver Brennan Poole and Treehouse Racing’s Ross Chastain. Poole was bumped behind the back and was sent to the outside wall. Larson, on the last outside lane, slammed into Poole’s No:15 Rick Ware racing car. Though Larson continued to race, the No:5 wasn’t the same again.
“Seemed like Ross just kind of got in a hurry there, I’m guessing […] nowhere for me to go, but I just hope our luck turns around soon. We have the fastest car every damn weekend, and it doesn’t seem to work out. You can take it for whatever you think it might be. Just a long, frustrating day for me and another day when I get caught up with something that’s not my fault,” Kyle Larson said in his post-race interview.
Larson, who has scored two wins this season, has been unfortunate over the last two races. He had a disappointing end to his Bristol Dirt Race following a clash with Ryan Preece. He came back with an impressive win in Martinsville but was again in for a disappointment at Talladega as he was collected in an incident prompted by Chastain.
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Kyle Larson did have his revenge towards the end of the race
While Larson didn’t bump back or try to wreck Chastain but he did have mild revenge on Ross Chastain. The No:5 and No1 Chevy again came against each other 20 laps ago. Both drivers had different intentions. The Hendrick Motorsports driver was focused on salvaging a good result while a desperate Ross Chastain was in hot pursuit of race leader Martin Truex Jr.
Larson put up a strong defense that cost the Trackhouse driver a whole second. He lost the race by a mere 0.505 seconds to the eventual winner Martin Truex Jr. Larson isn’t going to admit that he did it on purpose, and when Chastain was asked to comment on Larson’s antics, he refused to do so. While Larson has already locked in on playoffs, Chastain’s aggressive pursuit of a win continues.
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