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NASCAR Cup Series Fans React To Kyle Larson Continuing Title-Like Journey With Bank of America ROVAL 400 Win At Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course

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Published6 hours ago on October 14, 2024

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Driver Kyle Larson is speeding toward his second NASCAR Cup Series championship. 

With Sunday’s Bank of America ROVAL 400 win, Larson paced the field of eight pilots who advanced following the Round of 12 finale at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.  

Larson last won at the ROVAL during his 2021 circuit championship run. In fact, his title journey has become familiar with parallel trips to Victory Lane at Bristol, Sonoma and Las Vegas.  

Sunday’s win was Larson’s sixth this season. 

Also advancing with Larson were William Byron, Christopher Bell, Denny Hamlin, Ryan Blaney, Chase Elliott, Alex Bowman, and Tyler Reddick. Bowman was later disqualified during post-race inspection, elevating two-time Cup champ Joey Logano into the Round of 8, which begins next Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. 

Daniel Suárez, Austin Cindric, and Chase Briscoe were eliminated.  

X (Twitter) users replied to the circuit’s Round 12 finale … 

Taking a pre-race ride around the new-look ROVAL … 

Kyle Busch talked about the changes. He was not a big fan … 

NASCAR officials made overnight changes to the track …

The NASCAR-sanctioned track changes led to different teams making separate pre-race alterations to the machines … 

Former Cup pilots Ricky Rudd and Carl Edwards fired up the crowd – and the engines … 

 Bowman drove over the curbs and flew onto the track and skimmed the wall. He later ran into more trouble … 

 Road racing, up close and personal … 

 NASCAR officials levied Bubba Wallace a penalty for cutting the corner … 

Denny Hamlin appeared to get in the way of Reddick, who, despite the setback, rallied to capture the Stage 1 bonus points …  

 Chase Briscoe, the new father of twins, ran into Stage 2 problems after colliding with Hamlin … 

Misfortune strikes Hendrick Motorsports …  

Father-daughter date … 

Championship 4 contenders, including Logano and sans Bowman … 

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Jeff Hawkins
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Jeff Hawkins is an award-winning sportswriter with more than four decades in the industry, in both print and digital media. He joined the Sportscasting team in 2021 following a decade of freelancing. He spent his early career as a reporter for various newspapers in Illinois, New York, Florida, North Carolina, and Michigan, with a particular emphasis as a beat reporter for the Chicago Blackhawks. Jeff earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from Oakland University. Over the course of his career he earned several sports writing awards, including two national awards from the Associated Press Sports Editors for column writing and news reporting. One of the five prized columns included a commentary on NASCAR's increasing corporate influences, particularly in northern racetracks — commentary which you might find Jeff building on as part of the Motorsports writing team at Sportscasting now.  

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Jeff Hawkins Sports Editor

Jeff Hawkins is an award-winning sportswriter with more than four decades in the industry, in both print and digital media. He joined the Sportscasting team in 2021 following a decade of freelancing. He spent his early career as a reporter for various newspapers in Illinois, New York, Florida, North Carolina, and Michigan, with a particular emphasis as a beat reporter for the Chicago Blackhawks. Jeff earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from Oakland University. Over the course of his career he earned several sports writing awards, including two national awards from the Associated Press Sports Editors for column writing and news reporting. One of the five prized columns included a commentary on NASCAR's increasing corporate influences, particularly in northern racetracks — commentary which you might find Jeff building on as part of the Motorsports writing team at Sportscasting now.  

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