JOLIET, Ill. – Kyle Busch and Kyle Larson raced all over the track during an electric final lap Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway. As Busch began to celebrate his dramatic victory, Larson gave him a thumb’s up.
It was quite a finish, and they knew it.
Busch outdueled Larson down the stretch to earn his fifth NASCAR Cup Series victory of the season.
“It was a good day, a great finish, an exciting one for that, especially at a mile and a half,” Busch said. “People don’t necessarily see those very much anymore. Man, you’ve just got to be pumped for that. It’s cool.”
Busch moved into the lead on a restart with 58 laps to go, replacing Kevin Harvick at the front of the field. Busch, Harvick and Martin Truex Jr. – NASCAR’s top three drivers so far this season – were up front with about 40 laps left before a hard-charging Larson crashed the party.