A senior NASCAR executive says “we’re baffled” why tires didn’t wear as much in last weekend’s Cup race at Bristol compared to the March event there. Kyle Larson led 462 of 500 laps and won last Saturday’s race at Bristol Motor Speedway by seven seconds. That race had eight lead changes.

NASCAR and Goodyear wanted to see tire wear on Saturday; It didn’t happen The Spring race at Bristol saw extreme tire wear. At the time, it was a mystery as to why but it created one of the best races of the season.

Senior competition leadership at NASCAR did not get the Bristol Night Race they expected on Saturday night. Both the sanctioning body and its tire supplier, Goodyear, worked to replicate what happened at the Tennessee half-mile in March,

Kyle Larson enters the second round of the NASCAR Cup playoffs at Kansas Speedway fresh off a career performance in the Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

In the history of NASCAR, there are a certain few driving talents that come to define a generation and whose accomplishments can stand the test of time. Years from now, people will still be talking about the way Kyle Larson dominated the 2024 Night Race at Bristol, just as they talked about another legend in the aftermath of Saturday night.