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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKyle Larson with car owners Jason Pryde and Chanelle Condren. Image: Richard Hathaway<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKyle Larson with car owners Jason Pryde and Chanelle Condren. Image: Richard Hathaway<\/p>\n
The NASCAR champion was solid, if not overly spectacular, over the first two nights of the three-night contest.<\/p>\n
He came alive when it mattered, though, with a late charge to deny local hero Dayne Kingshott and form man Michael Kofoid for the $110,000 bounty on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
It was Kingshott that led the very early running ahead of Kofoid with Larson settling into third.<\/p>\n
That was until a lap 6 caution, the restart from which saw Kofoid bolt into the lead.<\/p>\n
At the same time Larson was shuffled back to fourth by Jock Goodyer, where he would stay until the a lap 14 caution, called when Australian champion James McFadden crashed out of contention.<\/p>\n
The restart from that saw Larson start his charge to the front, quickly leaping to the front of the field with quick moves on Kofoid and Kingshott.<\/p>\n
Initially it was Kingshott that provided the most pressure until the final eight laps when Corey Day became a genuine factor at the front.<\/p>\n
He looked to be the fastest driver in the field and narrowly lead with three laps to go \u2013 only for a caution to appear at the exact moment he got past Larson.<\/p>\n
The Day threat quickly evaporated on the next restart when he suffered a puncture, prompting another nervy restart for Larson.<\/p>\n
By that point Kingshott was carrying significant damage from contact with a spun Rico Abreu, Larson able to control the final three laps to go back-to-back at the Motorplex.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can never count yourself out,\u201d Larson told Flo Racing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just proud of [crew chief\u2019] Trevor Canales and [car owner] Jason Pryde, everybody on this car for giving me great equipment and never quitting to work on it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had trouble execute there, and I feel like I did that. I don\u2019t know if I was the fastest at times, but when I had to step up and hammer it, I was able to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n
The wounded Kingshott came home second, and best of the Aussies, ahead of US drivers Kofoid and Cole Macedo.<\/p>\n
Luke Oldfield was sixth from Carson Macedo, while Goodyer slipped back to seventh ahead of Callum Williamson, Daniel Harding and Brock Zearfoss.<\/p>\n