![]() ![]() 'He was able to finally get my inside off two. Hamlin added that he planned to speak with Larson about the finish at some point. It's such a super-sensitive part and I hooked him at the end.' 'I was grinding his left side, trying to keep the side-draft as much as I could. I knew it was going to be close whether he could clear me,' Hamlin said. ![]() The Joe Gibbs Racing driver (11) pipped Kyle Larson for first place to claim the $7.5M prize pool He pulled alongside Larson on the final circuit, making slight contact with the Hendricks motorsport drive before sending him bumping into the outside wall and giving himself a clear path to the finish line. Larson, was leading in the closing laps on the hottest race day of the season - 89 degrees - but Hamlin got the better of him by spending just about 30 laps stalking his rival. And along with claiming his record fourth win at Kansas, the 42-year-old gave his team its 400th win overall in NASCAR's top series. ![]() Hamlin's victory ended a 33-race winless drought for the Joe Gibbs Racing driver, dating to last year's Coca-Cola 600. 'A very big man once told me we have a 'no push policy' here at Trackhouse,' he added.īy the end of Sunday's race - the 15th since the start of the new NASCAR season in February - Chastain finished in fifth, while Gragson finished 29th. ![]() We train together, we prepare together, we know every little bit about each other. 'Noah and I have a very similar attitude on the race track. 'I got tight off four for sure,' Chastain said. #NASCAR /VBFuULZGZY- NASCAR on NBC May 7, 2023 ![]()
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