Kyle Larson Curiously Mediocre at Sonoma Before Late-Race Crash
Source: Racing Reference

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July 14, 2025
Kyle Larson had a curiously mediocre run at Sonoma, a track where he had earned impressive wins twice before in 2021 and 2024 as well as four consecutive poles from 2017-2022. Larson wasn't remotely in contention, spending most of the race between 11th and 20th while his teammates William Byron and Chase Elliott were fast all race. Larson did make a couple strategy plays as he elected not to pit prior to Stage 2 in an attempt to win a playoff point, but he failed as eventual winner Shane van Gisbergen passed him on the last lap of Stage 2. He then long-pitted in Stage 3 and led two more laps, but his decision to pit on the subsequent caution ended up backfiring, as John Hunter Nemechek spun him out in traffic and into the line of Ryan Blaney, resulting in a 35th-place finish as his futile summer continues. Although he trails both Byron and Elliott in the championship, he is only 44 points behind Byron for the regular season title, who also isn't running very well.--Sean Wrona - RotoBaller
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