Kyle Larson narrowly wins NASCAR O'Reilly race at Texas

A few laps later, Brad Perez crashed hard on the frontstretch, collecting Green and Lavar Scott.

At the front, things were getting tense between JR Motorsports teammates as Allgaier and Larson crowded each other on the front row, even making contact.

However, it was advantage Allgaier on the restart, who went on to win Stage 1 over Zilisch, Larson, B. Jones, Crews, Creed, Mayer, A. Hill, Clements, and Retzlaff.

Stage 2

Larson got the lead at the start of Stage 2, only for Zilisch to pass him soon after.

The next caution was for Austin Dillon, who cut down a tire and threw debris all over the track.

Zilisch went on to win the stage, beating Crews, Allgaier, Larson, Mayer, Jones, Retzlaff, Hill, Creed, and Sawalich.

Stage 3

Things got very wild at the front of the field as Larson challenged Zilisch for the lead, and got loose. Crews aggressively drove it in there, making it three-wide for the top spot. All three cars slammed doors at the exit of Turn 4 and Zilisch touched the wall, but they somehow got away with it.

Larson emerged with the lead, and Zilisch was forced to pit soon after with a flat right-front tire.

Green flag pit stops saw Larson extend his advantage, cycling back to the front with a 3+ second advantage over Allgaier. The championship leader began to close the gap, but a caution with 22 laps to go reset things as Rajah Caruth crashed.

It was Larson-Jones on the front row for the final restart, but Allgaier quickly moved up into second, and spent the rest of the race closely shadowing Larson. He could not find a way around the No. 88, and had to settle for a runner-up finish in the end.

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