Corey Day won a hotly anticipated Kubota High Limit Racing event on Saturday night in Las Vegas, besting a star-studded field that included a runner-up finish by Hendrick Motorsports driver Kyle Larson and Ty Gibbs’ impressive charge into the A-Main ending early after a flip.
Day, 19, is a phenom in the racing world and in January signed a multiyear development deal with Hendrick Motorsports that puts him in a part-time Xfinity Series schedule, plus additional part-time work in the Craftsman Truck Series and ARCA Menards Series in partnership with Spire Motorsports. Day, who won the pole for Friday’s Truck race at the 1.5-mile Las Vegas Motor Speedway, benefited Saturday from Daryn Pittman appearing to run out of fuel with seven laps remaining, causing a caution on Lap 24 and setting up a sprint to the finish of the 30-lap event.
Earlier in the week, the event was billed as another Larson vs. Christopher Bell showdown. Poor weather in the area, though, delayed the event until Saturday night, and Bell was unable to compete. Still, Larson vs. Day was a battle between perhaps the pre-eminent Hendrick Motorsports driver today and the company’s future in Day.
Gibbs, meanwhile, is mired in a wicked NASCAR Cup Series slump to start the season but his talent was on display in his first-ever sprint race. He qualified through the field to make the A-Main before going for a flip in the opening laps.
Larson starts 10th in today’s Cup Series race at Las Vegas (3:30 p.m. ET, FS1, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) while Gibbs rolls off 29th.
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