Stock Car Scoop: Kyle Larson Finds the Gateway Back to Victory Lane in St. Louis
In what has been a down year for Hendrick Motorsports, Larson may finally be peaking at the right time.
In what has been a down year for Hendrick Motorsports, Larson may finally be peaking at the right time.
Kyle Larson ended his 51-race winless drought as the front end of a Hendrick Motorsports 1-2 finish.
In a chaotic race that featured 18 cautions, Larson snapped his winless drought to insert himself in the title conversation.
Eighteen cautions broke the track record, becoming the first NASCAR Cup Series race with that many yellow flags since the 2022 Coca-Cola 600.
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You’d have to go back to 1993 to find the last time Hendrick Motorsports won fewer than three races in a season.
A battle of winless streaks came to a head to close the Southern 500, with Christopher Bell topping Kyle Larson in the end.
Bell is winless no more in 2026, and his breakthrough may just have propelled him to the position of title favorite.
Darlington was a huge step in the right direction for Larson and the No. 5 team, but it wasn’t enough for a return to victory lane.
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