{"id":92427,"date":"2025-12-01T11:01:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T15:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/larson-beats-hamlin-and-conquers-his-2nd-nascar-title-in-phoenix\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T11:01:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T15:01:54","slug":"larson-beats-hamlin-and-conquers-his-2nd-nascar-title-in-phoenix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nascar\/larson-beats-hamlin-and-conquers-his-2nd-nascar-title-in-phoenix\/","title":{"rendered":"Larson beats Hamlin and conquers his 2nd NASCAR title in Phoenix"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kyle Larson Crowned NASCAR Champion in Dramatic Finale<\/h2>\n\nAVONDALE, Arizona \u2013 Kyle Larson clinched his second NASCAR championship in a race filled with unexpected turns and raw emotions. The driver, who started at a disadvantage, seized a crucial moment to secure the victory at Phoenix Raceway.\nThe race seemed destined for Denny Hamlin, who dominated much of the event. However, a late yellow flag, caused by a problem with William Byron&#8217;s car, dramatically changed the course of the competition.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cSimply incredible. I can&#8217;t believe it,\u201d expressed Larson, visibly excited.<\/p><cite>Kyle Larson<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1103%2Fr1569972_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Kyle Larson celebra con sus hijos tras ganar el campeonato de la NASCAR Cup Series 2025. Es el segundo campeonato para Larson, quien gan\u00f3 su primer t\u00edtulo en 2021 cuando se uni\u00f3 a Hendrick Motorsports.\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\nHamlin, who was leading the race, was forced to pit to change tires, while Larson opted for a different strategy. This positioned Larson in fifth place for the exciting final two laps.\nHamlin&#8217;s strategy, despite being the correct one according to his team leader, was not enough to catch Larson, who finally crossed the finish line in third place, securing the championship.\nRyan Blaney, who was not in contention for the title, won the race.\n\u201cI don&#8217;t really have much emotion right now. I&#8217;m just numb from the shock,\u201d Hamlin said after consoling his daughters in the pit.\nFor Larson, this is his second championship, adding another milestone to his career after his victory in 2021 with Hendrick Motorsports.\nThe frustration was evident in Hamlin&#8217;s team, especially for the driver, who led 208 of the 319 laps and started from the pole position. This is the sixth time Hamlin has seen a title slip away in his 20 years in the competition.\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1103%2Fr1569974_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Es el sexto intento de campeonato de NASCAR que se le escapa a Denny Hamlin en sus 20 a\u00f1os conduciendo para Joe Gibbs Racing. Lider\u00f3 208 de las 319 vueltas y parti\u00f3 desde la pole. \u201cNo pude hacer nada diferente\u201d, dijo Hamlin.\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\nThe 44-year-old driver showed great composure throughout the week, but luck was not on his side.\nHamlin&#8217;s teammate, Chase Briscoe, finished in 18th place, while Byron, Larson&#8217;s teammate, finished in 33rd place due to the incident that caused the yellow flag.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m so sorry that was a yellow flag obviously. I hate it. I hate it for Denny. I hate it for the 11 team,&#8221; Byron said.<\/p><cite>William Byron<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nLarson, who hadn&#8217;t won a race since early May, extends his winless streak to 24 consecutive races.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyle Larson Crowned NASCAR Champion in Dramatic Finale AVONDALE, Arizona \u2013 Kyle Larson clinched his second NASCAR championship in a race filled with unexpected turns and raw emotions. The driver, who started at a disadvantage, seized a crucial moment to secure the victory at Phoenix Raceway. The race seemed destined for Denny Hamlin, who dominated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[514,180,447,182],"class_list":{"0":"post-92427","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-championship","9":"tag-denny-hamlin","10":"tag-kyle-larson","11":"tag-nascar"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}