Kyle Larson used a strong long-run car to fly through the field in the final laps to win the Straight Talk Wireless 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Larson went from 5th to 1st in the final 40 laps, including a pass of teammate Alex Bowman with seven laps to go for the lead.
Bowman finished in 2nd, securing a Hendrick Motorsports 1-2 finish.
Follow along with our live race updates, with green flag set for after 2 p.m. CT at Homestead.
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The top 10 finishers:
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Kyle Larson
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Alex Bowman
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Bubba Wallace
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Chase Briscoe
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Denny Hamlin
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Chris Buescher
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AJ Allmendinger
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Tyler Reddick
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Ryan Preece
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Justin Haley
The full finishing order can be found here.
Kyle Larson wins at Homestead-Miami
Kyle Larson speeds away to win the Straight Talk Wireless 400 at Homestead-Miami.
Lap 260: Alex Bowman into the wall, Kyle Larson to the lead
Alex Bowman slaps the outside wall coming off of Turn 4, and Kyle Larson takes the lead. Will lap traffic factor in? 7 laps to go.
Lap 257: Kyle Larson to 2nd
Kyle Larson slides past Bubba Wallace for 2nd and is 1.1 seconds behind Alex Bowman with 10 laps to go.
Larson is told by him team that Bowman is loose. “Run your race,” Larson’s team tells him.
Lap 254: Kyle Larson is coming
Kyle Larson is 0.3-0.5 seconds better per lap than the top two, and he’s up to 3rd. Larson is closing now on Wallace, with Bowman up by 1.1 seconds on Wallace and 1.7 seconds on Larson.
Pit road penalties have hurt Chase Elliott, Austin Cindric, William Byron
Chase Elliott, Austin Cindric and William Byron were all running in the top 10 prior to pit stop penalties, and each are finding it difficult to move up. Byron is 16th, Elliott is 18th and Cindric is 20th with 15 laps to go.
Lap 247: Bubba Wallace backing up to Chase Briscoe
Third-place Chase Briscoe is within 1.5 seconds of leader Alex Bowman, and Bubba Wallace is slipping back to Briscoe instead of closing to Bowman. Wallace’s deficit is 1.1 seconds to Bowman.
Lap 239: Bubba Wallace vs. Alex Bowman for the win?
Alex Bowman’s lead is about 0.4 seconds over Bubba Wallace with 28 laps to go. Wallace is calm on the radio as his team tells him they believe Bowman will fall back to him with more tire wear. “All good,” Wallace tells his team.
Lap 234: Alex Bowman to the lead
Alex Bowman slides past Bubba Wallace and clears him off of turn 4 for the lead with 33 laps to go.
Lap 230: Alex Bowman closing in on Bubba Wallace
Alex Bowman has shaved about three-tenths of a second off of Bubba Wallace’s 1-second lead. Less than 40 laps to go.
Lap 217: Bubba Wallace back to the lead
Bubba Wallace has a solid lead already a couple laps into the restart, with Alex Bowman getting past a squirrely Denny Hamlin for 2nd.
William Byron and Austin Cindric penalized for speeding on pit road
William Byron is penalized for speeding on pit road, while Austin Cindric is penalized for the same thing. Both cars had been running in the top 10 for most of the day.
Bubba Wallace, Kyle Larson and Denny Hamlin remain the top three after stops.
Lap 208: Ryan Blaney blows engine
Ryan Blaney is up in smoke coming off of Turn 4 with an old-school cloud of smoke pouring from the Ford. Caution is out.
Blaney led 124 laps and won the first stage, but he won’t have the finish to show how good his car was today. He had moved up into third and was pushing behind Bubba Wallace and Kyle Larson before the expiration.
Will this be the final round of pit stops?
Lap 186: Carson Hocevar having electrical issues
Carson Hocevar is on pit road, complaining of an electrical issue. That ruins any chance of a decent finish for the No. 77 Spire Motorsports team.
Hocevar’s team is pushing the car behind the wall.
Lap 182: Ryan Blaney up to 5th after restarting 9th
Ryan Blaney’s poor pit stop during the stage break set him back to the fifth row on the restart, and he’s already up 5th and charging for more.
Lap 176: Kyle Larson vs. Bubba Wallace for the lead
Kyle Larson gets the lead on the restart, but Bubba Wallace drives under him a couple laps later to take the top spot.
Wallace’s lead is already several carl lengths.
Tyler Reddick is running as high up the running order as he has all day, in fifth.
Chase Elliott penalized on pit road
Another pit-road penalty this season for Chase Elliott, who is penalized for not being single-file coming down pit road.
Denny Hamlin wins Stage 2
Denny Hamlin runs away with Stage 2 after Ryan Blaney gets stoned by lap traffic. Kyle Larson ends up second, with Blaney in third.
The top 10:
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Denny Hamlin
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Kyle Larson
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Ryan Blaney
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William Byron
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Bubba Wallace
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Alex Bowman
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Austin Cindric
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Carson Hocevar
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Chase Elliott
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Tyler Reddick
Lap 160: Leaders being slowed by lap traffic
Lap traffic is allowing others into the picture at the end of the second stage. Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson have overtaken William Byron, and here comes Hamlin for the lead.
Lap 153: All of the sudden, here comes William Byron
Ryan Blaney is struggling big time, and William Byron has erased the 3-second lead in about four laps.
Nothing yet on the No. 12 team radio as to if anything happened other than lap traffic. “Big picture”, Byron is told.
Lap 150: Ryan Blaney holds steady lead
Ryan Blaney’s lead is 3 seconds over William Byron and Bubba Wallace, who have surged after pit stops. Kyle Larson is up to fifth with a few laps fresher tires. Carson Hocevar, who also played strategy well in staying out during the first stage break, has held up in 8th.
16 laps to go in Stage 2.
Lap 126: Daniel Suarez spins entering pit road
Daniel Suarez, who had been in the top 15 before the pit stop cycle began, spins entering pit road. Race continues to be green.
Once the cycle completes, Ryan Blaney should have a rather large lead.
Lap 104: Denny Hamlin up to 2nd
Denny Hamlin passes Alex Bowman for second, and he’s up there for the first time among the leaders.
Lap 99: Kyle Larson slipping back
Kyle Larson, whether it’s due to the damage or not, is back to 11th after the restart. Ryan Blaney leads Alex Bowman by a half-second.
Joey Logano, Josh Berry, Kyle Larson make contact on pit road
Joey Logano and Josh Berry spin on pit road after their stops after making contact with Kyle Larson.
Berry and Logano stop again for repairs. Larson drove off of pit road, but his team believes that there is a hole near the exhaust on the driver’s side. “I don’t think it’s going to hurt us that bad,” Larson is told by his team.
Looked like Berry and Larson made the initial contact.
Ryan Blaney wins Stage 1
Ryan Blaney holds off a hard-charging Alex Bowman to win Stage 1.
The top 10:
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Ryan Blaney
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Alex Bowman
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Chase Briscoe
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Kyle Larson
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Austin Cindric
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William Byron
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AJ Allmendinger
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Josh Berry
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Noah Gragson
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Joey Logano
Lap 71: Christopher Bell spins
Christopher Bell spins on the frontstretch, and caution is out. Looks like Bell has a tire down, but that may have happened during the spin.
The tire falloff means most will be coming down pit road for the final stretch in stage 1.
Lap 68: Ryan Blaney has checked out
Ryan Blaney’s lead is 9.6 seconds over Alex Bowman with 12 laps to go in the first stage.
Kyle Larson has moved up with newer tires than others, up to 7th.
Lap 30: Kyle Larson not moving up
Kyle Larson reports that he is tight in traffic, and he has been shuffling around with Tyler Reddick and Ty Gibbs for 15th place. Seems to be a long way to go for the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet in non-clean air.
Pit stops already starting. Austin Cindric is in from 6th.
Lap 20: Ryan Blaney’s lead is 3 seconds
Ryan Blaney is by far the fastest car on the track with clean air ahead, and his lead over Alex Bowman is 3 seconds.
The next best lap times? AJ Allmendinger, in 8th and closing in on a group of cars including Noah Gragson, William Byron and Austin Cindric.
Lap 11: Ryan Blaney to the lead, Josh Berry to 2nd
Ryan Blaney finally gets by Alex Bowman for the lead, and Josh Berry takes advantage to take second. Those two will battle for second as Chase Briscoe closes in.
Lap 10: Alex Bowman holding off Ryan Blaney for the lead
It’s a three-car breakaway at the front, with Alex Bowman and Ryan Blaney battling for the lead while Josh Berry watches a few car lengths back.
Kyle Larson, most people’s favorite today, hasn’t been surging too far up the field. He’s currently 18th.
Lap 1: Green flag!
267 laps today at Homestead-Miami, and there’s the green flag for the Straight Talk Wireless 400.
Alex Bowman has the advantage through turns 1 and 2.
Alex Bowman on the pole; full NASCAR Cup Series Homestead starting lineup
Alex Bowman is on the pole for Sunday’s race, with last week’s winner Josh Berry on the outside of the front row.
The top 10:
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Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
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Josh Berry, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford
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Noah Gragson, No. 4 Front Row Motorsports Ford
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Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
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William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
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Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford
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John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
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Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford
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Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota
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AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
Find the full starting lineup here.
NASCAR race radio coverage: How to listen to NASCAR Cup race at Homestead
The Straight Talk Wireless 400 will be aired on the radio by the Motor Racing Network. PRN has affiliates all across the country, and their feed can also be streamed on NASCAR.com as well as the NASCAR app. The race can also be heard on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, channel 90.
NASCAR Homestead race TV schedule, start time
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Green Flag Time: Approx. 2 p.m. CT on Sunday, March 23
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Track: Homestead-Miami Speedway (1.5-mile oval) in Homestead, Florida
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Length: 267 laps, 400.5 miles
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Stages: 80 laps, 85 laps, 102 laps
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TV coverage: FOX Sports 1
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Radio: MRN
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Streaming: FUBO (free trial available); FOX Sports app (subscription required); MAX app for in-car cameras; NASCAR.com and SiriusXM on Channel 90 for audio (subscription required)
The Straight Talk Wireless 400 will be broadcast nationally on FS1. Streaming options for the race include MAX for in-car cameras, the FOX Sports app and FUBO, which offers a free trial to potential subscribers.
Recent NASCAR Cup Series winners at Homestead
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2024: Tyler Reddick
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2023: Christopher Bell
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2022: Kyle Larson
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2021: William Byron
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