Larson dominates at The Roval to lead all 4 Hendrick cars into next round of NASCAR playoffs

Kyle Larson beats Christopher Bell by 1.511 seconds to advance to the third round of NASCAR 's playoffs.

It was Larson 's second victory of the playoffs, but he's the first championship-eligible driver to win in the round of 12 .

The elimination race cut the field from 12 drivers to eight , and those knocked out of title contention were the Team Penske drivers of Joey Logano and Austin Cindric , Daniel Suarez of Trackhouse Racing and Chase Briscoe of Stewart-Haas Racing .

NASCAR also sent out a reminder about track limits when it comes to penalties for cutting the chicane. NASCAR reiterated that cars must run the full course at all times and going straight at the chicane(s) may result in a stop-and-go penalty in an assigned location for the violation. NASCAR opens the third round of the playoffs Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway , where Kyle Larson is not only the defending race winner but also won in the spring . ___ AP auto racing: https://apnews.com/hub/auto-racing.