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Kyle Larson made a dramatic run to the checkered flag, rallying from a late-race spinout to methodically race back through the field and pass the night’s most dominant trucks in the final 10 laps to claim victory in Friday’s Baptist Health 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Entering the weekend, there wasn’t anybody in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series garage who believed that Kyle Larson wouldn’t be the favorite to win Friday’s Baptist Health 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway… and as it turns out, the NASCAR Cup Series champion nearly gave it away.
The Elk Grove, California-native wasn’t running away with Friday’s event, by any means, spending much of the evening fighting against Corey Heim, Layne Riggs, and later on, fellow NASCAR Cup Series driver Ross Chastain, and at times, it appeared the No. 07 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet wasn’t the best truck.
For Larson, things really boiled over with about 40 laps remaining, when he contacted the left-side of Layne Riggs’ No. 34 Ford F-150 and went for a spin in Turn 2, sustaining minor damage and losing all of his track position in a pivotal portion of Friday’s event.
When the green flag dropped, and the field was set loose to race amongst themselves, it was time for Larson to start his rapid progression throughout the pack, while Layne Riggs, Corey Heim, and Ross Chastain battled amongst themselves at the front of the pack
As Larson surged closer to the top-five, there were problems at the front of the pack with race-leader and dominator Corey Heim, whose No. 11 Safelite Toyota Tundra TRD Pro kept shutting off and causing the 13-time NASCAR Truck Series winner problems, tossing him back into the clutches of Layne Riggs.
With seven laps remaining in Friday’s event, Larson sat in fifth-place, a whopping 3.125 seconds behind the race-leader (which at the time was Corey Heim). The rally into his fourth NASCAR Truck Series victory, was nothing short of impressive.
When Heim’s TRICON Garage entry stalled out with four laps remaining, that provided the perfect opportunity for Layne Riggs to take over the race-lead, and left Larson the opportunity to jump into second and begin stalking the second-year driver for the win.
“That was pretty unbelievable,” Larson said in his post-race interview. “Wasn’t exactly sure if I could get back up there, didn’t have the restart that I wanted, kinda took a little bit too long to start picking them off, and just got rippin’ the wall.”
