Kyle Larson returns to victor🦩y road after finishing runner-up to team-mate William Byron at Martinsvi🃏lle Speedway.

Larson leaves Martinsville🗹 not only as the runner up in the race but also as the new championship leader as he leapfrogged Martin Truex Jr for the top of the standings.

The 31-year-old pla🧸yed an integral part in the Hendrick Motorsports 1-2-3 finish in their 40th-anniversary race and led all of the opening 8ౠ0 laps in stage one yesterday.

After the race Larson spoke to Fox Sports and spoke on how special the 1-2-3 finish was ꦏfor him and the whole team:

“This is really special to get a 1-2-3 🌼with William (Byron), Chase (Elliott) and I. A great day for Hendrick Motorsports it has been a great 40 seasons for them, i♛t is really cool to have 1,500 people here from Hendrick Motorsports to celebrate and congrats to William (Byron) he did a really good job he schooled us all after the green flag stop he did, he did a really good job passing all of us and then he set a good pace and was able to get through traffic good.”

With only three laps to go with three Hendrick Motorsports cars running inside the top three, a caution came out and backed up the pack, Larson also discussed how he did no꧟t know how aggressively to drive in the NASCAR Overtime:

“It was sketchy I was not sure how aggressive they were going to be, I knew William was going to be very aggressive b🐎ecause he was going to win until that situation came out. Thankfully it all worked out and we got a top-three finish for HMS.”

Larson may have lost out on the race win once again this week but still leaves Martinsvill🅠e with confidence in his team and his ca꧋r:

“My car felt really good, I﷽ think we were all kind of the same speed honestly. Just lost a little bit of track position in the second stage and was never able to overcome that. A solid day congrats to Rick Hendrick, Linda (Hendrick), and all of Hendrick Motorsports here at the track and back home, just an awesome day.”