Kyle Larson Proves Why He’s NASCAR’s GOAT With Texas Victory
Justin Allgaier had speed, momentum, and clean air in sight. Unfortunately for him, Kyle Larson was still Kyle Larson.
Larson Proves Why He’s NASCAR’s GOAT at Texas Icon Sportswire - Getty Images During the final caution of Saturday’s Andy’s Frozen Custard 340 at Texas Motor Speedway crew chief Andrew Overstreet radioed an encouraging message to pole winner Justin Allgaier. “Nothing stops a hungry gator,” said Overstreet, referencing Allgaier’s Little Gator nickname. “Not even the so-called ‘Greatest of All-Time.
’” But Kyle Larson, the G. O. A.
T Overstreet referenced, proved too much for Allgaier during a 17-lap green-flag run to the finish. Though Allgaier caught Larson in the closing circuits, he couldn’t find a way past his JR Motorsports teammate, who won his second NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts event in four starts this season. “I really didn’t think I had a chance there with Justin behind me,” said Larson, who beat Allgaier to the finish line by 0.
293 seconds. “He was really good, catching me there on that long run after the (earlier) green-flag stop (on Lap 145 of 200). “I was just hoping in clean air I could kind of get away, like I did the run before to start stage 3, but he was (able to get) behind me, and he could run a lot of different lanes back there, too.
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