Kyle Larson took the checkered flag after 109 laps at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course to win for the seventh time this season and advance to the Round of 8 in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.
Larson won for the third time on a road course—the most ever in series history in a single season—in a race that featured the violent renewal of the Bristol-born rivalry between Kevin Harvick and Chase Elliott.
Harvick failed to advance from the Round of 12 for the first time since the inception of the elimination format in 2014. His race ended after he locked up the left front tire on his No. 4 Ford and shot straight into the wall on lap 99.
But Elliott did advance after recovering from being spun into the wall by Harvick, to finish 12th, joining Larson, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney, Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski and Martin Truex Jr. in the Round of 8.