{"id":92893,"date":"2025-12-02T05:30:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T09:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/larson-nascar-champion-snapped-the-title-from-hamlin-in-epic-final-4\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T05:30:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T09:30:46","slug":"larson-nascar-champion-snapped-the-title-from-hamlin-in-epic-final-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nascar\/larson-nascar-champion-snapped-the-title-from-hamlin-in-epic-final-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Larson NASCAR Champion: Snapped the Title from Hamlin in Epic Final"},"content":{"rendered":"Kyle Larson became the two-time NASCAR champion, snatching the title from Denny Hamlin in a final full of drama at the Phoenix Raceway.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An Unexpected Turn<\/h2>\n\n\nHamlin, who was leading the race and seemed headed for his first championship, saw his hopes vanish due to a late yellow flag. The incident, caused by a puncture from William Byron, changed the course of the competition with only three laps to go.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Simply incredible. I can&#8217;t believe it.<\/p><cite>Kyle Larson<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nThe yellow flag forced Hamlin to pit for a tire change, while Larson opted for only two. This positioned Larson in fifth place for the restart, while Hamlin fell to tenth position.\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.\" title=\"\"><figcaption>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.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nWith so little time, Hamlin couldn&#8217;t regain positions and finished sixth, while Larson secured third place, enough to win the championship.\n\nRyan Blaney, who was not in contention for the title, won the race.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I don&#8217;t really have much emotion right now. Just numb from the shock.<\/p><cite>Denny Hamlin<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nThis is the second time Larson has been crowned champion, following his victory in 2021.\n\nHamlin, visibly affected, remained motionless in his car for several seconds before wiping his face with a white towel.\n\nLarson, for his part, expressed his surprise at winning the championship without leading any laps.\n\nThe Joe Gibbs Racing team experienced a moment of disbelief and disappointment.\n\nFor Hamlin, this is the sixth time the title has eluded him in his 20-year career.\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=\"Denny Hamlin en su sexta oportunidad fallida de ganar el campeonato de la NASCAR.\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Es la sexta oportunidad 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. &#8220;No pude hacer nada diferente&#8221;, dijo Hamlin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nHamlin, who dominated the race, regretted not being able to secure the victory.\n\nChase Briscoe, Hamlin&#8217;s teammate, finished in 18th place.\n\nByron, for his part, was sorry to ruin Hamlin&#8217;s chances.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyle Larson became the two-time NASCAR champion, snatching the title from Denny Hamlin in a final full of drama at the Phoenix Raceway. An Unexpected Turn Hamlin, who was leading the race and seemed headed for his first championship, saw his hopes vanish due to a late yellow flag. The incident, caused by a puncture [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[514,180,447,182],"class_list":{"0":"post-92893","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\/92893","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=92893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}