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The victory is the 20th of Larson’s career, and his first of the 2023 season.
He becomes the sixth different winner in the first seven races, earning HMS its third win of the year. Berry, subbing for an injured Chase Elliott, took advantage of a late-race caution to finish second.
“It’s really cool,” said Larson. “We’ve been close to winning a couple. William (Byron) has been extremely good this year. It was going to be between probably him, the 19 (Truex), us, and the 20 (Bell) was really good. So just things worked out. My pit crew had a great stop. So shout out to Brandon Johnson. He is our jackman. He just turned 30 today. Our spotter, Tyler Monn, he turned 30 today. Great day for them guys.
“What an awesome Hendrickcars.com Chevy. Can’t say enough about it. I got into the 99 (Suarez) on pit road there sometime in the second stage, and we were awful after that. I was hop …