A lot changed in the final 50 laps at Texas Motor Speedway, to the point where each restart became extra critical. Kyle Larson was in control of the race, but lost the lead on a late-race restart when Michael McDowell powered around him from the outside. Larson was never able to get the lead back, fading to fourth in the final running order.
"You don't want to give up the lead on a mile and a half. It's hard to get it back," said Larson. "Yeah, Michael [McDowell] just did a good job timing it. I left early the restart before and was going to leave early again then. He just anticipated and left probably right with me or just barely before, and he had [Tyler] Reddick pushing him behind him. So, yeah, wish I could go back and do that all over again. Yeah, just a bummer, but try to learn from it."
