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Larson takes Xfinity event for 1st win at Bristol — Kyle Larson capitalized on Kyle Busch’s early exit to win the Xfinity Series race Friday night at Bristol Motor Speedway, his first victory ever at the track he calls his favorite. Larson has won four of the six Xfinity Series races he has entered this season. The latest victory came hours after he earned the pole for the Cup Series event Saturday night. The race went into overtime after Daniel Hemric spun with two laps remaining. Larson held off a challenge from Justin Allgaier on the restart. Allgaier ended up in third place, behind Christopher Bell. Although Larson had never won here before Friday, this marked his eighth top-10 finish in nine Xfinity Series races at Bristol. He has finished second on this track four times — at a Cup event earlier this year and at Xfinity Series races in 2013, 2014 and 2015. All four times, he lost to Busch, who has mastered this track throughout his career. Busch led for the first 70 laps Friday until he got a flat right front tire that caused him to hit the wall and damaged his car enough that he could not return. Busch was leading by over 31⁄2 seconds at the time he got the flat.

— From wire reports