
Kyle Larson wins 2021 NASCAR Cup Series championship at Phoenix
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Hendrick Motorsports driver Kyle Larson won the NASCAR Cup Series championship race at Phoenix to claim the 2021 title.
The championship is Larson's first and comes one season after he was suspended from NASCAR and fired from Chip Ganassi Racing for using a racial slur during a live streamed online simulation race.
Larson benefited from a late yellow flag and a quick pit stop that allowed him to move from fourth to first for the restart with 24 laps to go.
2017 champion Martin Truex Jr., who was leading before the yellow flag flew, pressed Larson all the way to the finish line, but couldn't find a way past.
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