A night after wrecking and heavily damaging his car, Kyle Larson came back to win round two of the Cometic Gasket Ohio Sprint Speedweek series Saturday night at Eldora Speedway.
Larson, competing in the first six rounds of the nine-round series with the Cup Series off this weekend, held off former NASCAR driver Dave Blaney late to win the A feature. Blaney fell to third on the last lap. Carson Macedo was second.
Rico Abreu finished 10th. Tony Stewart, who won the B feature, placed 16th. Kasey Kahne was 20th.
The victory is Larson’s first in the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions at Eldora. It is his seventh victory in the series.
“I made a mistake last night and it cost us a car,” Larson said, according to the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions report. “This really makes up for that. I’ve now won in every kind of car I have ever raced here at Eldora. That’s pretty cool considering I’ve only raced here like 10 times.”
Ohio Sprint Speedweek continues Sunday at Waynesfield Raceway Park.
Damn that feels good! Thanks @Paul_Silva57 and our Aussie help Hayden for all the hard work today building a new car. Glad to keep it out of the fence and get a W!! pic.twitter.com/0AhcX1eM0G
— Kyle Larson (@KyleLarsonRacin) June 17, 2018
VIDEO: @KyleLarsonRacin passed @BuckeyeBullet10 with a handful of laps remaining to win an #OhioSpeedweek thriller on Saturday night...https://t.co/TBF1WwWLHy
— ELDORA SPEEDWAY (@EldoraSpeedway) June 17, 2018