Kyle Larson overcame a pit-road speeding penalty to win his first NASCAR Xfinity Series race of the season Saturday, as he entered Victory Lane in the Service King 300 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California.Larson led 21 laps to beat out Joey Logano and Kyle Busch in a race that was dominated by NASCAR Cup Series drivers.The top three finishers combined to lead all but four laps Saturday. Here is a full rundown of the top 10 from Fontana:While William Byron was the top finisher among Xfinity Series regulars in fifth, Elliott Sadler still managed to increase his points lead over Byron to 17 with a seventh-place result:Logano started on the pole and appeared to be unbeatable in the early portion of the race, as he led the first 32 laps uncontested.The entire complexion changed, however, when Matt Tifft spun out, which led to the first caution of the race, as seen in this video courtesy of FS1:Logano won the race off pit road, but he was forced to go to the end of the lead lap due to a pit-road speeding penalty.According to NASCAR.com's Jonathan Merryman, Logano attempted to look at the positives since he is starting deep in the field for Sunday's Cup Series race:The caution and subsequent penalty set up a one-lap sprint to the end of the first stage, and it was Busch who managed to prevail after an excellent restart:Busch and Larson battled it out for the lead throughout the second stage, while Logano made gains through the field.Larson managed to overtake Busch at one point late in the second leg when he beat the 2015 NASCAR Cup Series champion off a restart, as evidenced by this video from Fox Sports: NASCAR:After seven laps in front, Larson gave way to Busch once again, and the No. 18 car went 2-of-2 in stage wins entering the third and final stage.By the time the second stage concluded, Logano had worked himself from the end of the lead lap to second place behind Busch.Logano then took back the lead at the start of stage No. 3, but not before Larson got caught speeding on pit road as well.While Larson's car was good enough to get back in contention much like Logano's was, the penalty set up a showdown between Logano and Busch down the stretch.Ross Chastain cut a tire on the 82nd lap with Logano leading, which made the duel even more interesting:Busch then grabbed the lead back off the subsequent restart to put Logano back in chase mode.As the race approached 50 laps to go, one of the top contenders was taken out, as Erik Jones turned Paul Menard into the wall:That brought out another round of pit stops, as well as another nightmarish situation for Logano.After getting penalized for speeding earlier in the race, Logano's car fell off the jack, which dropped him down to 26th place upon restarting:Despite the problems for both Logano and Larson on pit road, they found themselves trading the lead back and forth with 10 laps to go, while Busch lagged behind in third.Busch was given hope on lap No. 141, however, when Brandon Jones suffered front-end damage to bring out the seventh yellow flag of the day:Larson won the race off pit road, while Logano and Busch headed toward the restart third and fourth, respectively, with Spencer Gallagher sneaking into second by virtue of taking only two tires.One more solid restart was needed in order for Larson to seize the victory, and he accomplished precisely that to hold off the hard-charging Logano and take the checkered flag.The win marked the sixth of Larson's Xfinity Series career, and while it had no bearing on the points standings, it could be huge for his confidence moving forward.Larson has finished second in each of the past three Cup Series races, but he has winning momentum entering Sunday's race.The 24-year-old is quickly establishing himself as one of the elite drivers in NASCAR, and beating the likes of Logano and Busch on Saturday is something that may carry over to the races that truly count for Larson.Post-Race ReactionFollowing his victory, Larson touched on the excitement of battling it out with Logano in the latter stages of the race, according to Reid Spencer of NASCAR.com:The racing there at the end with Joey was awesome. I had just a couple-lap fresher tires than he did, and I was able to chase him down. That was a lot of fun.I wish that last caution wouldn't have come out, because it would have been easier for me to win, I think. But a heck of a race. I honestly didn't think we would be here yesterday. I was struggling bad in practice. Fought the balance a lot throughout the race, too. Finally, the last few runs, we hit on it and it felt good for the short run and throughout the long run.While Logano nearly managed to chase down Larson, he expressed his belief that the decision by Gallagher's team to take two tires negatively impacted his chances:What's his number' 23' Yeah, I don't know about that move. That wasn't a good move. I don't know what they were thinking, but that maybe wasn't the best play at this race track. I knew he was going to spin them [his tires]. There's no way he couldn't. It wasn't his fault.He was a sitting duck and I was a sitting duck behind him that lost too much track position on that restart being too far behind Kyle. If not for that, we would have probably been door-to-door across the line bumping and banging or something. We were able to catch Larson the last few laps. We were definitely faster, but I needed another lap, maybe two.Although the late caution ended didn't work out for Logano, it created an exciting atmosphere instead of Larson potentially running away with an easy win.
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