Kyle Larson claims Cup victory at Homestead-Miami Speedway
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Kyle Larson claimed victory with a late-race pass for the win in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Larson led six times for 19 laps, including the final seven laps, and earned his first win of the 2025 Cup Series season.
“It was far from perfect. I gave up a couple of spots getting in the wall. I had to keep plugging away and I’m proud of myself, my team and the gritty, hard work with the damage and pit stops. It’s one of the coolest wins of my Cup career with the heartbreak here and this weekend,” Larson said.
Larson claimed his 30th career win. With 24 wins for Hendrick Motorsports, he is now third to only Jeff Gordon (93 wins) and Jimmie Johnson (83) on Hendrick Motorsports’ all-time wins list.
The driver dubbed “Young Money” had to pass teammate Alex Bowman for the win. Bowman led 43 laps but lost the lead after hitting the wall with seven laps to go.
“I guess I choked that one away. I saw the 5 coming and tried moving around, hit the wall, then pulled off the wall too soon. We had a couple of mistakes there,” Bowman said.
Wallace restarted as the leader on lap 216. He led for 18 laps before Bowman took command and Larson passed him.
“It was really good. We showed up in Miami and had speed which is exactly the box you want to check off as a driver,” Wallace said. “My pit crew has been on fire and we are damn sure competitive. They got me up there and gave me a shot.”
Wallace claimed a bonus point for running the fastest lap of the race — 32.335 seconds on lap 218.
Race Rundown
STAGE ONE TOP-10 (LAP 80): Ryan Blaney, Bowman, Briscoe, Larson, Austin Cindric, William Byron, Allmendinger, Josh Berry, Noah Gragson, Joey Logano
STAGE TWO TOP-10 (LAP 165): Hamlin, Larson, Blaney, Byron, Wallace, Bowman, Cindric, Elliott, Hocevar, Reddick
TOP-10 FINISHERS (LAP 267): Kyle Larson, Alex Bowman, Bubba Wallace, Chase Briscoe, Denny Hamlin, Chris Buescher, AJ Allmendinger, Tyler Reddick, Ryan Preece, Justin Haley.
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Jonathan Fjeld is the co-owner of the The Racing Experts, LLC. He has been with TRE since 2010.
A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE. He became the co-owner and managing editor in 2023 and has guided the site to massive growth in that time.
Fjeld has covered a wide array of stories and moments over the years, including Kevin Harvick's final Cup Series season, the first NASCAR national series disqualification in over 50 years, Shane van Gisbergen's stunning win in Chicago and the first Cup Series race at Road America in 66 years – as well as up-and-coming drivers' stories and stories from inside the sport, like the tech it takes for Hendrick Motorsports to remain a top-tier team.
Currently, he resides in Albuquerque, N.M., where he works for KOB 4, an NBC station. He works as a digital producer and does on-air reports. He loves spending time with friends and family, playing and listening to music, exploring new places, being outdoors, reading books and writing among other activities. You can email him at fjeldjonathan@gmail.com