EAGLE, Neb. — Kyle Larson just can’t lose when he rolls into Eagle Raceway.
Larson is now three-for-three at the quarter-mile bullring, making his latest $55,555 conquest on Tuesday night at the Bikini Zone Eagle Nationals.
Starting from the fourth spot, Larson bided his time behind Carson Macedo and Rico Abreu in the early going. When Abreu needed a work area trip on lap 18, the door swung wide open for Larson to attack Macedo.
What ensued was a hellacious five-lap battle among all of the cars in the top five and it started with Larson and Macedo matching slider-after-slider and bringing a near capacity crowd to its feet.
For four consecutive laps from lap 18-21, a different driver led with Macedo on 18, then Larson on 19, back to Macedo on 20, and back to Larson on 21.
Once clearing Macedo, Larson sailed into traffic before being forced to deal with Brad Sweet during the closing laps.
“The Big Cat” hurled a pair of attempted sliders at the No. 57, but Larson maintained his lead.
At the end of the 40 intense laps, it was the Paul Silva No. 57 to the checkered flag first.
Larson’s sixth High Limit victory puts him into a three-way tie with Sweet and Abreu as the winningest driver in the young 36-race history of the series.
Sweet capped a 13th-to-second drive for the Kasey Kahne Racing, No. 49, building on his championship lead and inching closer to Tyler Courtney for the Midweek Money Series points lead. He collected $20,000 with his runner-up result.
James McFadden and Roth Motorsports rounded out the podium, completing a $10,000 effort with a sixth-to-third run in the No. 83.
Carson Macedo, Kerry Madsen, Tyler Courtney, Chase Randall, Parker Price-Miller, Giovanni Scelzi and Tanner Thorson closed out the top 10.
The finish:
Feature (40 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[4]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet[13]; 3. 83-James McFadden[6]; 4. 41-Carson Macedo[1]; 5. 55V-Kerry Madsen[15]; 6. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[16]; 7. 2KS-Chase Randall[8]; 8. 9P-Parker Price Miller[22]; 9. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[11]; 10. 88-Tanner Thorson[2]; 11. 13-Justin Peck[23]; 12. 5-Spencer Bayston[5]; 13. 55-Chris Windom[18]; 14. 23-Garet Williamson[20]; 15. 8-Cory Eliason[19]; 16. 26-Zeb Wise[25]; 17. 14-Corey Day[9]; 18. 9-Kasey Kahne[26]; 19. 24-Rico Abreu[3]; 20. 39M-Anthony Macri[12]; 21. 16T-Cole Macedo[21]; 22. 1A-Jacob Allen[17]; 23. 6-Bryce Lucius[24]; 24. 42-Sye Lynch[10]; 25. 19-Brent Marks[7]; 26. 87-Aaron Reutzel[14]
