DAVENPORT, Iowa — Kyle Larson put on a clinic to win the Iowa Lottery Duel at Davenport Speedway High Limit Racing sprint car race on Monday night.
Fresh off a Sunday night race with the NASCAR Cup Series at Nashville, Larson flew into the Quad Cities area on Monday and hopped into Paul Silva’s No. 57 sprint car for the first of four shows with Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing this week in the Upper Midwest.
Coming from the third position of the 30-lapper, Larson quickly worked his way into the second spot after splitting Brady Bacon and Brent Marks with a three-wide move.
An attack on the race lead was soon launched when Larson and Aaron Reutzel began trading sliders for the top spot with Larson eventually securing it on Lap 7.
Taking the final restart with 20 to go, Larson flew away from the field and cruised to a 3.275-second victory — lapping all the way up to the top-10.
The win marked his third trip to Whiskey Myers Victory Lane this season and earned his 12th career High Limit Racing triumph. It was his fifth-career Roto-Rooter Midweek Series score, second only to Rico Abreu’s eight.
Afterward, the defending NASCAR Cup Series champion took a bow in tribute to Kyle Busch, who tragically passed away 11 days ago. In victory lane, he pledged a portion of his winnings and the Angel Donor money to the Kyle & Samantha Busch Bundle of Joy Fund.
It was a great start to the week for Larson, who will follow Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing through Red Cedar Speedway in Menomonie, Wisconsin on Wednesday, Gondik Law Speedway in Superior, Wisconsin on Thursday and I-94 emr Speedway in Fergus Falls, Minnesota on Friday.
Chasing the No. 57 to the stripe was Pennsylvania’s Brent Marks with a second-straight runner-up effort as he begins heating up.
Closing out the podium was Giovanni Scelzi in third-place aboard the Spire Motorsports, Chili’s Grill & Bar No. 77.
Bacon and Abreu completed the top five.
The finish:
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[3]; 2. 19-Brent Marks[2]; 3. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[5]; 4. 21H-Brady Bacon[4]; 5. 24-Rico Abreu[6]; 6. 5-Brenham Crouch[7]; 7. 87-Aaron Reutzel[1]; 8. 55-Kerry Madsen[16]; 9. 26-Justin Peck[21]; 10. 9-Daison Pursley[9]; 11. 19JR-Joel Myers Jr[12]; 12. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[20]; 13. 9R-Chase Randall[18]; 14. 7A-Will Armitage[10]; 15. 17GP-Hank Davis[13]; 16. 24D-Danny Sams III[15]; 17. 3G-Ayrton Gennetten[17]; 18. 3-Cole Schroeder[24]; 19. 88W-Austin McCarl[22]; 20. 42-Sye Lynch[23]; 21. 13-Tanner Holmes[14]; 22. 6-JJ Hickle[19]; 23. 88-Tanner Thorson[8]; 24. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[11]
