Larson locked in his fourth XFINITY Series career win at Pocono, which was also the first XFINITY event at the 2.5-mile track. His son, Owen, joined him in Victory Lane.
The 24-year-old wheelman visited Victory Lane one month later but this time at Eldora Speedway for the Camping World Truck Series event. This marked Larson's second win in the series and first at the Tony Stewart-owned track.
It wasn't until August, however, that the Chip Ganassi Racing driver picked up his first win in the Sprint Cup Series after several close calls throughout his three full-time seasons in NASCAR's premier series. The Michigan victory secured him a Chase berth for the first time in his career.
Larson geared up for his first Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup appearance at the Chicago opener and entered the postseason with three straight top-three finishes. Despite qualifying 10th, he had to start from the rear due to a transmission change and finished in 18th.
The 2014 Sunoco Rookie of the Year winner's Chase hopes ended due to a variety of issues in the Round of 16 elimination race at Dover. Tony Stewart, Chris Buescher and teammate Jamie McMurray failed to advance to the Round of 12 as well.
Larson went to Victory Lane for the fourth time in a NASCAR national series race in 2016 at Texas Motor Speedway for the XFINITY Series 200-lapper. His girlfriend, Katelyn Sweet, and son, Owen, joined him in postrace celebrations.
In the final race of the season, Larson proved a real threat to the Championship 4 drivers as he led at Miami for a race-high 132 laps. However, he was unable to lock in win No. 2 and walked away runner-up to 2016's champion, Jimmie Johnson.
Info taken from NASCAR.com.
No comments:
Post a Comment