In the moments after claiming the checkered flag for the Sunoco Go Rewards 200 at the Glen Saturday afternoon, Kyle Larson smiled and conceded he was a bit fortunate.
“I got lucky,” he told USA Network.
Or perhaps more accurately, he was in the right place at the right time.
Larson was running third on a restart with five laps remaining in the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at historic Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International.
He shot to the front when his Hendrick Motorsports teammate–and race polesitter–William Byron and Joe Gibbs Racing’s Ty Gibbs spun out at the front of the field while dicing it up for the race lead….