Kyle Larson outduels Denny Hamlin on overtime restart for second NASCAR Cup championship

Kyle Larson captured his second NASCAR Cup Series championship, finishing third on an overtime resttart at Phoenix Raceway.

Denny Hamlin, who was trying to punctuate his 20th NASCAR Cup Series season with the first championship of his career, finshed sixth after leading a race-high 208 of 312 laps.

Among the rest of the Championship 4 contenders, Chase Briscoe was 18th, and William Byron was 33rd.

Ryan Blaney won the season finale by 0.097 seconds over Brad Keselowski.

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Stage 1 winner: Byron

Stage 2 winner: Hamlin

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