It was a career-best Chili Bowl efficiency for Daison Pursley Saturday night time contained in the SageNet Heart in Tulsa, Okla., as he completed second.
Nonetheless, Pursley was left with disappointment as NASCAR Cup Collection star Kyle Larson wired the sphere, main all 40 laps of the function to snag his third Golden Driller within the historic occasion.
Whereas Larson was the category of the sphere, Pursley believes he may nonetheless match Larson’s tempo.
“Yeah, disappointing. I imply, simply sucks,” Pursley started. “Kyle’s probably the greatest. You give him the entrance row like that and he’s onerous to beat.
“I don’t really feel like he was any sooner than us or something. He simply began up entrance. Monitor place I really feel like is all the pieces on this constructing.”
Ranging from third, Pursley hounded the again bumper of Larson’s No. 1k all through the occasion.
In truth, the door swung open for the CB Industries driver with 4 laps to go as Larson slapped the skin wall onerous as he rode the right-rear tire on it momentarily earlier than Pursley got here darting to his exterior in flip one.
Earlier than finishing the go, nonetheless, the warning flag waved as a result of signage on the frontstretch wall littering the race monitor from Larson’s key second.
The sector would reset as Larson would dangle on for the ultimate laps.
“I had loads of possibilities and by no means actually acquired to capitalize on it,” Pursley stated.
“So, it sucks that the banner acquired ripped off there and had to attract the yellow as a result of I felt like I used to be gonna drive round him that nook. Simply wasn’t shut sufficient to capitalize on his errors.
“Nothing to hold our heads about. Simply been second on this constructing all week, so, it kinda sucks.”
