A winless regular season made Kyle Larson a firm maybe in the Chase. But it didn’t take long for Kyle to change everyone’s minds about him.

Fifth at Darlington followed immediately by a win at Gateway, second at Bristol, and a win at Kansas. Second at Vegas, sixth at Charlotte, and then a bomb at Phoenix with a 34th-place finish. A win at Dega and then a 6th-place finish at Martinsville. 67 points over the field heading to Homestead made this an easy lock for the California native.

Larson started the season-ending race P. 4, and that’s where he would finish in stage 1, locking his title with just enough Stage Points.

Larson joins the likes of Lee Petty, Joey Logano, Tony Stewart, Cale Yarborough, Darrell Waltrip and David Pearson.

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