After going through what he did in the last two weeks, Kyle Larson put up quite a display at Homestead. He not only won the race, but he did so in quite some fashion. The Hendrick Motorsports driver led 199 laps in total, sweeping all three stages.
However, despite that, it wasn’t as if there was no blip or a black spot in his day.
There was an incident.
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During an attempt to pit on lap 245, Martin Truex Jr. got spun by Larson from behind following a spin.
Martin Truex Jr. SPINS entering pit road!
He had help from Kyle Larson. #NASCAR pic.twitter.com/enJPinUvxs
— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) October 23, 2022
This led to a lot of criticism coming the #5 driver’s way a week after he himself was wrecked by Truex’s Toyota teammate, Bubba Wallace, who was then suspended for the race in Miami.
Some fans felt that Larson, too now, deserved such a punishment.
If NASCAR parks Bubba for endangering Larson's health last week, they should park Larson for endangering Truex's entire pit crew!!
— Jeremy Webster (@jweb1510) October 23, 2022
Suspend Larson it was intentional!
— ☃️⚡GosportINWX☀️🌦️ (@GosportINWX) October 23, 2022
Larson almost killed the 19 pit crew suspend him now
— 23XI Youngboy (@23XIFan) October 23, 2022
Larson putting crew members at risk. Where is the penalty? Better yet, suspension coming?
— Omar (@OmarVA22) October 23, 2022
so, the 5 is suspended next week?
— Diogenes (@jb29928547) October 23, 2022
When can we expect a penalty for the 5?
— Josue Rivera (@Josuerivera20) October 23, 2022
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Martin Truex Jr. addressed being spun by Kyle Larson
Speaking on the incident after the race, Martin Truex Jr, who put up a big fight to actually win the race, reflected on the little mishap situation with Kyle Larson on the pit road.
“I definitely slowed down with where I committed to my box,” Truex said. “I seen it late — you can’t see a damn thing down on the pit road here at sunset with everything on your windshield.”
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Truex described he turned late, and tapped his brakes just after, but Larson “never lifted.”
Despite that, the Joe Gibbs Racing driver said he isn’t blaming it on the #5 entirely. “I can’t blame it on him; it was half my fault too. I would have thought I’d got a little courtesy of a little tap of the brakes, I mean come on,” he described.
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“It is what it is.”
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