TULARE, Calif. — At age 32, Kyle Larson has somewhat grown out of his “Yung Money” phase. However, for at least for one month of the year, he should undoubtedly be called “Mr. August.”
The hottest sprint car driver in the world did what he does best on Thursday night when Kubota High Limit Racing raced in the state of California for the first time — he won.
Pouncing on his brother-in-law Brad Sweet late in the running — shades of their epic 2013 Trophy Cup battle — Larson led the final nine laps and cruised to yet another Thunderbowl triumph, this one worth $25,000.
After a dismal July, Larson and car owner / crew chief Paul Silva flipped the calendar to August and have been lights-out since. They literally have not lost. This is one of those rare instances where the use of literally is quite literally accurate.
Six races. Six of the toughest races in the country. Six wins. Zero losses. All in less than two weeks.
It started with an I-55 score over the World of Outlaws from 21st. Then he completed the Ironman 55 sweep, winning that from 12th. He went up to Southern Iowa Speedway and rode the curb to a Front Row Challenge belt from 13th. Then he snuck his way to a Knoxville Nationals preliminary win.
After that, he led all 50 laps of the Knoxville Nationals to win it for the third time in four years. Thursday, he made it six-for-six striking late in the running at Tulare with High Limit.
Behind Larson were Rico Abreu and Brad Sweet, completing a California podium sweep in High Limit’s first event in the state.
James McFadden and Cole Macedo completed the top five.
Sweet was the fast qualifier with a lap of 13.351 seconds.
The finish:
Feature (35 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[5]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu[2]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet[1]; 4. 83-James McFadden[6]; 5. 21-Cole Macedo[9]; 6. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[7]; 7. 19-Brent Marks[15]; 8. 26-Zeb Wise[26]; 9. 55-Chris Windom[17]; 10. 9P-Parker Price Miller[23]; 11. 88N-DJ Netto[19]; 12. 13-Justin Peck[18]; 13. 83T-Tanner Carrick[16]; 14. 1-Brenham Crouch[8]; 15. 9-Kasey Kahne[24]; 16. 57W-Jock Goodyer[20]; 17. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[3]; 18. 17-Kalib Henry[22]; 19. 17W-Shane Golobic[11]; 20. 14-Corey Day[4]; 21. 41-Dominic Scelzi[14]; 22. 88-Tanner Thorson[25]; 23. 5-Spencer Bayston[13]; 24. 8-Cory Eliason[12]; 25. 2X-Justin Sanders[21]; 26. 45-Landon Brooks[10]