Kyle Larson did something he's never done before on Tuesday night at Eldora Speedway. Larson, the winner of Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway, made his first-ever start behind the wheel of a dirt modified during Castrol FloRacing Night in America.
Larson drove a Modified owned by Mike Allgaier and is normally driven by NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Justin Allgaier.
While Larson had never raced a dirt modified, he is no stranger to victory lane at Eldora Speedway. The Hendrick Motorsports driver is the defending winner of Castrol FloRacing Night in America at the track and a former Kings Royal winner behind the wheel of a sprint car.
Larson started the evening by qualifying 6th and quickly gathered the comfort he needed in the car. He turned that qualifying run into a victory in his heat race and seemed ready to fight for the win in the 20 lap feature.
To no surprise, Larson put on an impressive showing as he dominated the main event. In doing so, he now has victories in seven different divisions at Eldora.
Modifieds – Qualifying
1. 5T-Drake Troutman, 17.157; 2. OO-Ethan Dotson, 17.242; 3. 777-Trevor Neville, 17.603; 4. 25-Tyler Nicely, 17.661; 5. 13-Charlie Mefford, 17.667; 6. 7L-Kyle Larson, 17.751; 7. 10Y-Trent Young, 17.844; 8. 16-Jeff Koz, 17.879; 9. J82-Treb Jacoby, 17.925; 10. B4-Scottie Williams, 17.990; 11. 18-Ryan Sutter, 18.056; 12. 97-Mitch Thomas, 18.095; 13. 7T-Evan Taylor, 18.097; 14. 3W-Dylan Woodling, 18.143; 15. 99K-CJ Kinnear, 18.250; 16. 5XB-Jerry Bowersock, 18.254; 17. 95-Michael Altobelli, 18.337; 18. 5J-Jonathan Taylor, 18.367; 19. 21c-Andrew Charlson, 18.391; 20. 188-Aaron Orr, 18.404; 21. 24-Zekiel McKenzie, 18.424; 22. 49G-Billy Green, 18.487; 23. 34x-Shane O’Connor, 18.504; 24. 44-Jeff Parsons, 18.509; 25. 114-Clayton Bryant, 18.619; 26. 49R-Brian Ruhlman, 18.628; 27. 11G-Kevin Grilliot, 18.639; 28. 17-Nick Snell, 18.670; 29. 80-Cole Sink, 18.683; 30. 88-Scott Orr, 18.755; 31. 20M-Josh Morton, 18.758; 32. 82-Dalton Lane, 18.834; 33. 463-Daniel Sanchez, 18.839; 34. 22T-Tony Anderson, 18.907; 35. 52-John Weasel Phlipot, 18.908; 36. O7-Curtis King, 18.980; 37. 86-Andrew Smith, 19.057; 38. 176-Scottie Owens, 19.069; 39. K4-Christopher Kruetzkamp, 19.075; 40. 3-Brian Gray, 19.111; 41. 11w-Philip Tommy Wallace, 19.130; 42. 5x-Tim Richardson, 19.342; 43. 12R-Jack Harmon, 19.403; 44. 130-Zachary Hawk, 19.428; 45. 36S-Adam Schaeff, 19.480; 46. 6m-Justin Mills, 19.495; 47. 99B-Brent Banning, 20.234; 48. 33W-Bryan Wombolt, 21.190; 49. 10H-Brad Hess, 99.991; 50. 4M-Dustin Moore, 99.992
Modifieds Heat #1 – (8)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 5T-Drake Troutman[4]; 2. 21c-Andrew Charlson[1]; 3. 7T-Evan Taylor[2]; 4. 10Y-Trent Young[3]; 5. 114-Clayton Bryant[5]; 6. 20M-Josh Morton[6]; 7. 86-Andrew Smith[7]; 8. 12R-Jack Harmon[8]
Modifieds Heat #2 – (8)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 3W-Dylan Woodling[2]; 2. OO-Ethan Dotson[4]; 3. 49R-Brian Ruhlman[5]; 4. 16-Jeff Koz[3]; 5. 188-Aaron Orr[1]; 6. 130-Zachary Hawk[8]; 7. 82-Dalton Lane[6]; 8. 176-Scottie Owens[7]; 9. 4M-Dustin Moore[9]
Modifieds Heat #3 – (8)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 777-Trevor Neville[4]; 2. 24-Zekiel McKenzie[1]; 3. J82-Treb Jacoby[3]; 4. 463-Daniel Sanchez[6]; 5. 11G-Kevin Grilliot[5]; 6. K4-Christopher Kruetzkamp[7]; 7. 36S-Adam Schaeff[8]
Modifieds Heat #4 – (8)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 5XB-Jerry Bowersock[2]; 2. 49G-Billy Green[1]; 3. 25-Tyler Nicely[4]; 4. 17-Nick Snell[5]; 5. B4-Scottie Williams[3]; 6. 3-Brian Gray[7]; 7. 22T-Tony Anderson[6]; 8. 6m-Justin Mills[8]
Modifieds Heat #5 – (8)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 95-Michael Altobelli[2]; 2. 13-Charlie Mefford[4]; 3. 80-Cole Sink[5]; 4. 18-Ryan Sutter[3]; 5. 34x-Shane O’Connor[1]; 6. 52-John Weasel Phlipot[6]; 7. 11w-Philip Tommy Wallace[7]; 8. 99B-Brent Banning[8]
Modifieds Heat #6 – (8)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 7L-Kyle Larson[4]; 2. 97-Mitch Thomas[3]; 3. 88-Scott Orr[5]; 4. 44-Jeff Parsons[1]; 5. 5J-Jonathan Taylor[2]; 6. 5x-Tim Richardson[7]; 7. O7-Curtis King[6]; 8. 33W-Bryan Wombolt[8]
Modifieds B-Feature #1 – (10)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 176-Scottie Owens[14]; 2. 463-Daniel Sanchez[3]; 3. 188-Aaron Orr[5]; 4. K4-Christopher Kruetzkamp[9]; 5. 11G-Kevin Grilliot[6]; 6. 4M-Dustin Moore[15]; 7. 16-Jeff Koz[2]; 8. 86-Andrew Smith[10]; 9. 36S-Adam Schaeff[12]; 10. 82-Dalton Lane[11]; 11. 20M-Josh Morton[7]; 12. 130-Zachary Hawk[8]
Modifieds B-Feature #2 – (10)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 18-Ryan Sutter[2]; 2. B4-Scottie Williams[4]; 3. 5J-Jonathan Taylor[6]; 4. 17-Nick Snell[1]; 5. 5x-Tim Richardson[9]; 6. 44-Jeff Parsons[3]; 7. O7-Curtis King[12]; 8. 6m-Justin Mills[13]; 9. 99B-Brent Banning[14]; 10. 11w-Philip Tommy Wallace[11]; 11. 33W-Bryan Wombolt[15]; 12. 22T-Tony Anderson[10]; 13. 3-Brian Gray[7]
Modifieds A-Feature – (20)Laps
1. 7L-Kyle Larson[6]; 2. 25-Tyler Nicely[16]; 3. 777-Trevor Neville[3]; 4. 5T-Drake Troutman[1]; 5. 95-Michael Altobelli[5]; 6. 97-Mitch Thomas[12]; 7. 24-Zekiel McKenzie[9]; 8. 13-Charlie Mefford[11]; 9. 49R-Brian Ruhlman[14]; 10. J82-Treb Jacoby[15]; 11. 7T-Evan Taylor[13]; 12. 5J-Jonathan Taylor[24]; 13. 3W-Dylan Woodling[2]; 14. 18-Ryan Sutter[20]; 15. 5XB-Jerry Bowersock[4]; 16. 80-Cole Sink[17]; 17. B4-Scottie Williams[22]; 18. 463-Daniel Sanchez[21]; 19. 88-Scott Orr[18]; 20. 21c-Andrew Charlson[7]; 21. 176-Scottie Owens[19]; 22. OO-Ethan Dotson[8]; 23. 49G-Billy Green[10]
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