Kyle Larson left Homestead-Miami Speedway frustrated on Saturday after missing out on a dominant win due to contact from another driver. His attitude was decidedly different Sunday evening after he scored his 30th career Cup Series win and rebounded from heartbreak.
"Just super pumped," Larson told Fox Sports after winning for the second time at the 1.5-mile Florida track.
"One of the coolest wins I think in my Cup career just because of the heartbreak I've had here, the heartbreak yesterday, and to just keep my head down and keep digging feels really good."
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Larson entered the weekend with a historic opportunity. He was on the entry list for all three national series races. If he won them all, he would become only the second driver in NASCAR history to sweep the weekend. Kyle Busch was the first to achieve this feat.
The weekend started well for Larson. He capitalized on mechanical issues that derailed Corey Heim's race and captured the Truck Series race. Heim experienced heartbreak while Larson celebrated his first win of the weekend.
One day later, the Hendrick Motorsports driver was on the path to win No. 2. He had the dominant Chevrolet during the Xfinity Series race, which he used to build up a 16-second lead in the closing laps. However, Taylor Gray blew a tire and brought out the caution.
Once the field lined up for the restart, Sam Mayer slammed into Larson from behind and lifted his rear wheels off of the ground. This opened up the opportunity for Justin Allgaier to win his second consecutive race.
The JR Motorsports driver celebrated while Larson experienced heartbreak.
Sunday's race was an intriguing affair. Ryan Blaney had the best car throughout the race while Larson dealt with a damaged race car due to an incident on pit road. Yet, the 2021 Cup Series champion continued to rip the outside wall and gain positions while Blaney's engine expired in the final stage.
The final 51 laps of the race featured three drivers battling for the win. Bubba Wallace was in the lead for 18 laps after the final restart, but he lost his spot to Alex Bowman. Larson's teammate then spent 26 laps at the front while putting himself in position to win his first race since Chicago last July.
Bowman did not maintain this advantage. He hit the wall multiple times while trying to hold off Larson and faded to second place with fewer than 10 laps remaining.
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Larson went on to win his second race of the weekend while Bowman dealt with some heartbreak of his own.
"I knew me coming towards those guys, they were going to start moving around and making mistakes," Larson said. "I felt like if I could just keep pressure on Alex, I would hope that he made a mistake.
"He caught the wall there, and I got by him easier than I expected to. Still had to work hard, though. My balance once I got in clean air was really loose, just like those guys were."
Said Bowman, "I guess I choked that one away. Just burned my stuff up. Saw (Larson) coming, so moved around a little bit.
"Not when he passed me, but the time before that, I hit it hard with the right front and ended up just bending something enough that I lost a lot of right front feel and then I pulled it off the wall too far right there and ended up hitting the fence pretty bad.
"So I hate that for this Ally 48 group. They deserve better than that. Just a couple of mistakes there."
Larson may not have swept the weekend and joined Busch in a very exclusive club, but he secured a decent consolation prize. He won his first race of the season -- the 30th of his career -- and locked up a spot in the playoffs.
He also became the third-winningest driver in Hendrick Motorsports history behind Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson.