Coca-Cola 600 results: Kyle Larson dominates at Charlotte, makes history for Hendrick Motorsports

Kyle Larson's second win of 2021 was the 269th for Hendrick Motorsports as a company.

After years of dominating some of NASCAR's longest races only to come up short at the finish, Kyle Larson has finally broken the jinx in stock car racing's longest event. And in doing so, he has put Hendrick Motorsports in a category all their own in the annals of NASCAR history.

Kyle Larson dominated the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, leading 327 of 400 laps to score his second win of the season. Larson's win marks the 269th in the history of Hendrick Motorsports, which makes them the all-time winningest race team in the history of the NASCAR Cup Series, surpassing Petty Enterprises.

Chase Elliott finished second, with Kyle Busch's third-place run breaking up four Hendrick cars in the Top 5: William Byron ran fourth, Alex Bowman fifth, followed by Austin Dillon, Denny Hamlin, Chris Buescher, Tyler Reddick and Kevin Harvick.

"It was not easy. I feel like I had to fight off William and Chase a lot," Larson told Fox Sports. "It kind of worked out there that last run: The 43 (Erik Jones) had to pit and pulled out in front of me, I just towed with him for awhile and stretched my lead out. We had a good car there that last run. Feels great to be the guy to help Mr. H break that record finally."

Starting from the pole, Larson held command of the lead for most of the race, with only Chase Elliott and William Byron offering him serious challenges. The longest race on the Cup calendar was made more challenging by a relatively quick pace, as the race featured multiple long green flag runs and little attrition.

Aside from the four stage breaks, only two cautions were the result of trouble on the track: Kurt Busch had engine troubles near the halfway point, while Ryan Newman had the only on-track accident of the day after suffering a tire failure.

With 15 races now in the books, Kyle Larson is only the third driver this season win more than one win. He joins teammate Alex Bowman in having won two races, which trails Martin Truex Jr.'s series-leading three as the Cup Series heads to Sonoma Raceway next week.

[May 30, 2021 at 10:28 pm ET · Steven Taranto]

Checkered flag: Kyle Larson dominates the Coca-Cola 600 to take his second win of the season and the 269th in Hendrick Motorsports, which now becomes the winningest team in NASCAR history.
Chase Elliott finishes second, followed by Kyle Busch, William Byron, Alex Bowman, Austin Dillon, Denny Hamlin, Chris Buescher, Tyler Reddick, and Kevin Harvick.

[May 30, 2021 at 10:26 pm ET · Steven Taranto]

Kyle Larson has over a 10 second lead as the laps tick away.

[May 30, 2021 at 10:23 pm ET · Steven Taranto]

10 laps to go. Kyle Larson has over an eight second lead, but the battle is on for second. Elliott, Byron, and Kyle Busch all under a blanket.

[May 30, 2021 at 10:22 pm ET · Steven Taranto]

Chase Elliott has been losing time but it hasn't been for lack of effort. Elliott brushed the wall off turn four and is now under attack for second from William Byron and Kyle Busch.

[May 30, 2021 at 10:19 pm ET · Steven Taranto]

Under 20 laps to go. Kyle Larson has opened up a lead of over five seconds on Chase Elliott.

[May 30, 2021 at 10:14 pm ET · Steven Taranto]

30 Laps to go. Kyle Larson continues to lead Chase Elliott.
Larson's bread and butter in Cup has been 400-mile races, but wins in 500-mile or longer races have eluded him. And generally when Larson has dominated a long race, it's managed to slip away near the finish.

[May 30, 2021 at 10:03 pm ET · Steven Taranto]

Lapped traffic has been a trend all night, as Kyle Busch almost ran William Byron into David Starr and then used Josh Bilicki as a pick wile racing for second.
Under 50 laps to go. Kyle Larson leads Chase Elliott by nearly three seconds.

[May 30, 2021 at 10:00 pm ET · Steven Taranto]

What is likely the final round of green flag pitstops has begun. William Byron, Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch, Chase Elliott, and more coming to the pits.

[May 30, 2021 at 9:58 pm ET · Steven Taranto]

Martin Truex had been running 12th when his left front tire went down. No caution.
Meanwhile, Kyle Busch has taken second away from Chase Elliott, who also lost third to William Byron.

[May 30, 2021 at 9:56 pm ET · Steven Taranto]

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[May 30, 2021 at 9:55 pm ET · Steven Taranto]

Kyle Busch has taken third place from William Byron. Byron got hung up trying to pass the lapped car of Quin Houff and Busch capitalized.

This all happening over three seconds back of Kyle Larson.