
Kyle Larson beats Hendrick teammate Alex Bowman at Homestead-Miami Speedway
03/23/2025 06:20 PM
Kyle Larson passed Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman with six laps remaining to win at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Bowman, who started on the pole position, finished second, followed by Bubba Wallace, Chase Briscoe and Denny Hamlin.
Ryan Blaney led a race-high 124 laps and won the first stage before suffering an engine failure in his No. 12 Ford while running third with 60 laps remaining.
"I didn't have any warning," Blaney told FS1's Jamie Little. "It just laid over when I got back to wide open down the front, and that was all she wrote.
"Just stinks. Really fast Ford Mustang. led a lot of laps. Lost a little bit of track position with some stuff on pit road, but great race between me, Bubba, Larson. I'm sure Denny was going to get back into it. It was going to be a heck of a battle the last 60 laps or so. Just didn't really work out for us."
Blaney finished 36th, his third consecutive finish outside the top 25. He crashed in a 35th at Las Vegas and suffered another engine failure in a 28th at Phoenix.
"We'll continue to keep fighting," the 2023 Cup Series champion said. "I appreciate the 12 guys for giving me just a hot rod. Incredibly fast race car today. We'll keep our head up. It's just one of those things where it's not really going our way right now, but the good news is we're bringing fast cars, and that's all you can ask for, so keep on moving.
WILL BE UPDATED
Stage 1 winner: Blaney
Stage 2 winner: Hamlin
Next: Sunday, March 30, 3 p.m. ET at Martinsville Speedway on FS1