Listen to this article Reigning series champion Kyle Larson held off a wild, last-lap charge from Austin Dillon to win Sunday’s wreck-marred Wise Power 400 in Fontana, Calif. – Larson’s first win of the 2022 season. On the way to the win, however, Larson made contact with Hendrick Motorsports teammate Chase Elliott as the two were battling for the lead with just under 20 of 200 laps remaining. Elliott’s No. 9 Chevrolet hit the wall and he eventually spun out on Lap 192.   The victory is Larson’s 17th career win and second at Auto Club Speedway for the California native. Larson led all drivers with 10 wins last season. “It’s always fun to win here in the home state,” Larson said. “Hard work all weekend. I didn’t feel great in practice yesterday but Cliff (Daniels, crew chief) and everybody on the team made great adjustments overnight. “The car handled a lot better. There were definitely some guys that were quicker than us but they had their misfortune. Just kept our heads in it all day. Long race. Restarts were crazy – the whole runs were crazy. “It was definitely wild. Definitely cool to get a win here in California. Hopefully, we get on a streak.” Erik Jones finished third, Daniel Suarez was fourth and Joey Logano rounded out the top-five. Completing the top-10 were Aric Almirola, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Daniel Hemric and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Read Also: Stage 3 Following the break between Stages 2 and 3, the entire field pit and for the seventh consecutive time, Tyler Reddick was the first car off pit road. The race returned to green on Lap 137 with Reddick followed by Jones, Logano, Cole Custer and Denny Hamlin. On Lap 152, Reddick had a left-rear tire go flat, hit the wall and William Byron got loose under him and the two made contact. Byron went directly to the garage.   All the lead-lap cars pit with Jones the first off pit road. The race restarted on Lap 157. On Lap 158 …

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