Kyle Larson earns spot in Championship 4 with Vegas win

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Kyle Larson took his next step in competing for a second title by winning the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs' opening Round of 8 race, the South Point 400, Sunday afternoon at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nev.

The 31-year-old Larson led on the final restart with 45 laps to go and nipped polesitter Christopher Bell by 0.082 seconds to claim the 267-lap race around the