Larson Romps To 3.331-Second Thunderbowl Victory
Written by I Dig Sports
TULARE, Calif. Kyle Larson has made it well-known that he loves a dirt track with some character.
On Wednesday night at Tulares Thunderbowl Raceway, he got just that and made sure to get the most out of it bouncing through the holes, zooming above the ruts, flirting with the wall, flying by lap cars, and throwing sparks out of the car.
Larson was one-man show on his way to a dominating win with Kubota High Limit Racing. After charging from sixth-to-first in 12 laps, the Elk Grove, Calif., native ended up lapping into the top-10 and winning by 3.331 seconds.
The win was Larsons eighth career win with Kubota High Limit Racing in his 29th attempt.
It was the start of a wildly busy week for the 32-year-old superstar, who will now catch a flight from California to Florida with a tripleheader weekend on deck at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
After winning in the Sprint Car with Kubota High Limit Racing, Larson will chase three more wins in the NASCAR Truck Series on Friday, the NASCAR Xfinity Series on Saturday, and the NASCAR Cup Series on Sunday.
Finishing with the same exact podium that Kubota High Limit Racing produced last August at Tulares Thunderbowl, fellow Californians Brad Sweet and Rico Abreu followed Larson to the line on Wednesday night.
Sweet, the defending Kubota High Limit Racing champion, controlled the opening 11 laps from the pole. The Kasey Kahne Racing, NAPA Auto Parts No. 49 pilot was chasing his first-career win at Tulare but fell victim to a similar fate as last year with brother-in-law Kyle Larson spoiling his party.
Abreu concluded the podium with a third-place finish. Corey Day and Tanner Holmes completed the top five.
The finish:
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[6]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet[1]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu[2]; 4. 14BC-Corey Day[21]; 5. 21-Tanner Holmes[9]; 6. 9R-Chase Randall[3]; 7. 17W-Shane Golobic[17]; 8. 87-Aaron Reutzel[7]; 9. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[5]; 10. 88N-DJ Netto[19]; 11. 3-Kaleb Montgomery[20]; 12. 41-Dominic Scelzi[23]; 13. 9-Kasey Kahne[4]; 14. 88W-Austin McCarl[10]; 15. 24D-Danny Sams III[22]; 16. 19-Brent Marks[11]; 17. 5-Brenham Crouch[27]; 18. 26-Justin Peck[25]; 19. 21P-Robbie Price[13]; 20. 42-Sye Lynch[8]; 21. 88-Tanner Thorson[26]; 22. 14-Spencer Bayston[12]; 23. 73-Ryan Bernal[18]; 24. 19T-Colby Thornhill[24]; 25. 2X-Justin Sanders[14]; 26. 0-Tim Kaeding[15]; 27. 13-Daison Pursley[16]