Once Kyle Larson got a whiff of the lead during Sunday’s Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway, nobody was stopping him. Chastain struggled in the early stages of the race, as he went a lap down before Stage One ended. • On lap 180, the caution flag was thrown for the lights going out in turn threes and four. After a handful of caution laps, NASCAR red flagged the race on lap 189. After pitting, Hamlin came back out on track one lap down in 30th. • The final restart came with 32 laps to go, with Larson hanging on. • Despite winning the first two stages and leading the most laps with 177, Hamlin limped his No. 11 Toyota home in 25th, one lap down after contact in the latter stages of the race.

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