LEBANON, Tenn. – Even at a track that had been dormant for a decade and had never hosted a Cup Series race, Kyle Larson found his way to victory lane.
It seems all Larson does these days is win, and this time it was during the first visit by NASCAR’s top circuit to Nashville Superspeedway. Hendrick Motorsports’ new star led 264 of 300 laps Sunday for his third consecutive win in a points race and his fourth straight in a Cup Series event including the previous weekend’s NASCAR All-Star race.
That win at Texas Motor Speedway kicked off a stretch of four wins overall in seven days as Larson collected the $1 million All-Star payout, then traveled to Ohio to pocket the $6,000 purses in two sprint car races.
Rick Hendrick’s cars have been to victory lane six consecutive weeks dating to Alex Bowman’s May 16 win at Dover International Speedway.
Nashville Superspeedway – which closed in 2011 after a decade hosting NASCAR national series events (but none for the Cup Series) as well as some IndyCar races – reopened for a three-day weekend capped by Sunday’s action. NASCAR’s top series had last raced in the Nashville area 37 years earlier at the Fairgrounds, where Geoff Bodine won in the No. 5 Chevrolet for Hendrick.