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Larson Finally Catches His Gator

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Published in Racing
Saturday, 08 February 2025 04:47

BARBERVILLE, Fla.  A Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals gator was one of few pieces missing from Kyle Larsons résumé.

There was no stopping him from filling that line on Friday night at Volusia Speedway Park.

He was third on Wednesday. He climbed to second on Thursday. The hunger grew and grew. And finally on his 19th attempt, Larson caught himself a gator.

Larson started on the pole of the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car feature and never looked back. Lapped traffic appeared as if it may make things interesting with Christopher Bell stalking in second, but a timely yellow gave Larson open track. He refused to watch Bell celebrate two nights in a row. Theyre friends but also fierce competitors.

Larson survived a handful of late restarts and parked the Silva Motorsports No. 57 in victory lane.

Kyle Larson (57) and Christopher Bell (69k) race around Danny Sams III at Volusia Speedway Park. (Paul Arch photo)

Its (Volusia) a place that I feel like Ive raced well, Larson said. I just always start so far back. I havent felt like that gator has been close enough. Weve been getting the night started off pretty well, and my car feels really good throughout the night. I felt really good there again.

Its cool to win here at Volusia. Its cool to have a lot of our supporters here this weekend and great to see a packed house too.

It was roles reversed from the previous night when Bell narrowly fended off Larson. The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion lined up on the pole and took off right away. Danny Sams III took the second spot from Bell, but the Norman, Okla., native rallied to reclaim it on Lap 13. He closed in on Larson in traffic, but some late cautions put Larson in clean air, and he drove the Silva Motorsports No. 57 to victory.

It got kind of a little easy to run the top, so the lappers were just as fast as I was, Larson said. I felt like Bell would be closing on me, but I was able to make a couple good moves. I think the cautions probably came out at the right time for me, and I was able to have clean air to the end there.

Larsons 36th career win with The Greatest Show on Dirt equaled him with Shane Stewart for 22nd all-time. Volusia is the 18th different track where hes topped a World of Outlaws race. Larson will also enter Saturdays finale with an eight-point lead in the Big Gator standings.

Bell came up just one spot short of back-to-back Volusia victories.

I definitely wanted it to stay green, Bell said. But ultimately, he got away from me even before the yellow came out. Ultimately, on the start me not being able to fall into second and follow behind him cost me a shot at it. But the car felt really good.

Rounding out the podium was David Gravel in the Big Game Motorsports No. 2. The defending champion continued his strong start to 2025 with his third consecutive finish of fourth or better.

When it got congested there, we were really good, Gravel said. I think our car was the best right there in the middle of the race and was able to use the bottom here in (Turns) 3 and 4 to pass those guys. I think we passed two in one corner. Another good race car just a little too late. You put Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell on the front row its going to be tough to beat them.

Brad Sweet and Ryan Timms completed the top five.

The finish:

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[1]; 2. 69K-Christopher Bell[2]; 3. 2-David Gravel[5]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet[4]; 5. 10-Ryan Timms[7]; 6. 41-Carson Macedo[6]; 7. 17B-Bill Balog[13]; 8. 1S-Logan Schuchart[19]; 9. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[9]; 10. 24D-Danny Sams III[3]; 11. 21-Brian Brown[8]; 12. 88-Austin McCarl[11]; 13. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[16]; 14. 83-Michael Kofoid[22]; 15. 27-Emerson Axsom[10]; 16. 1A-Jacob Allen[14]; 17. 15-Donny Schatz[25]; 18. 26-Justin Peck[17]; 19. 9-Kasey Kahne[15]; 20. 5-Brenham Crouch[23]; 21. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[21]; 22. 23-Garet Williamson[18]; 23. 99-Skylar Gee[20]; 24. 6-Zach Hampton[27]; 25. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[24]; 26. 39M-Anthony Macri[12]; 27. 7S-Chris Windom[26]

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