Kyle Larson may have to start at the rear of the field in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Ruoff Mortgage 500 at Phoenix Raceway, but Larson should be up for the challenge after boosting his confidence with his 25th-career World of Outlaws victory Saturday night at Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, California.
Larson started the 35-lap main event from the sixth position, but by lap 19, Larson had worked his way around some of the best in the business including Sweet, Dominic Scelzi and Giovanni Scelzi to take the race lead.
From there, it was all Larson the rest of the way.
Larson, the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion, would hold off his brother in law Sweet for the win, while David Gravel would rally from ninth starting spot to finish on the podium in third.
.@KyleLarsonRacin’s 25th career World of Outlaws @NosEnergyDrink Sprint Car Series win comes at one his favorite tracks, @TulareRaceway! pic.twitter.com/mpMrBqmJ9w
— World of Outlaws (@WorldofOutlaws) March 13, 2022
This was Larson’s first race at Thunderdome Raceway since 2013, according to the World of Outlaws.
Here are the race results from Saturday’s WoO Main Event at Tulare:
- 57-Kyle Larson
- 49-Brad Sweet
- 2-David Gravel
- 5-Spencer Bayston
- 24-Rico Abreu
- 26-Cory Eliason
- 41S-Dominic Scelzi
- 41-Carson Macedo
- 18-Giovanni Scelzi
- 17-Sheldon Haudenschild
- 12-Mitchell Faccinto
- 1S-Logan Schuchart
- 88-Austin McCarl
- 17W-Shane Golobic
- 83-James McFadden
- 1A-Jacob Allen
- 3Z-Brock Zearfoss
- 57W-Tyler Courtney
- 19AZ-Tanner Thorson
- 11K-Kraig Kinser
- 83T-Tanner Carrick
- 20G-Noah Gass
- 16A-Colby Copeland
- 15-Donny Schatz
- 83JR-Kerry Madsen
