Kyle Larson won his third NASCAR Cup Series championship Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Ryan Blaney won the race, passing Tyler Reddick on lap 266 of 267 and beating him to the line by 0.314 seconds.
Larson finished fourth in the first stage to clinch the championship before the race ended. He finished 12th overall after a scrape against the wall cut a tire on his No. 5 Chevrolet. Christopher Bell took second in the standings, 49 points behind Larson, and Denny Hamlin finished third.
Larson is the first driver to win consecutive Cup Series championships since Jimmie Johnson won five straight from 2006 to 2010. The title was the 16th for Hendrick Motorsports.
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