Who won the NASCAR race yesterday? Complete results from Sunday's playoff race at Texas

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The winner of Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at Texas Motor Speedway has now won three times in as many playoff rounds. He has an opportunity to go 4 for 4 and win the championship.

Kyle Larson won for the third time in seven playoff races Sunday, capturing the Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500. The victory in the opening race of the Round of 8 moved Larson into the Championship 4 race at Phoenix Raceway on Nov. 7.

He won previously at Bristol (Round of 16 eliminator) and the Charlotte Roval (Round of 12 eliminator). In this win, he beat runner-up William Byron by just under half a second in another 1-2 finish for Hendrick Motorsports.

Below is more about Larson's win Sunday, plus the complete results of the race:

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NASCAR Cup playoff standings

With Larson locked in, the playoff battle is now for the remaining three spots in the Championship 4. Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch hold those spots after Texas. Second-place driver Blaney has a 17-point advantage over Chase Elliott, the first driver outside the top four. Elliott is eight points behind fourth-place driver Busch.

The drivers at the bottom of the standings have a lot of work to do to qualify on points alone. Joey Logano is dead last and 43 points behind Busch after a 30th-place finish Sunday. Martin Truex Jr. fell to seventh after a late wreck took him out of the race. He's 22 behind Busch.

The easiest path for those two past champions will be winning in the next two weeks, at Kansas or Martinsville.     

Pos. Driver Points
1 x-Kyle Larson 4123
2 Ryan Blaney 4072
3 Denny Hamlin 4064
4 Kyle Busch 4063
5 Chase Elliott 4055
6 Brad Keselowski 4048
7 Martin Truex Jr. 4041
8 Joey Logano 4020

x-Clinched spot in Championship 4.

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NASCAR results from Texas

Just two current playoff drivers finished in the top five in the Round of 8 opening race: Larson and Brad Keselowski, who finished fourth. Previously eliminated playoff drivers William Byron (second), Christopher Bell (third) and Kevin Harvick (fifth) rounded out the group.

The second race in the Round of 8 is the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway on Sunday, Oct. 24 (3 p.m. ET; NBC, TSN, MRN).

Finish Driver
1 P-Kyle Larson
2 William Byron
3 Christopher Bell
4 P-Brad Keselowski
5 Kevin Harvick
6 P-Ryan Blaney
7 P-Chase Elliott
8 P-Kyle Busch
9 Tyler Reddick
10 Daniel Suarez
11 P-Denny Hamlin
12 Erik Jones
13 Matt DiBenedetto
14 Austin Dillon
15 Chase Briscoe
16 Kurt Busch
17 Michael McDowell
18 Aric Almirola
19 Cole Custer
20 Corey LaJoie
21 Chris Buescher
22 BJ McLeod
23 David Starr
24 Garrett Smithley
25 P-Martin Truex Jr.
26 Josh Bilicki
27 Timmy Hill
28 Ross Chastain
29 Anthony Alfredo
30 P-Joey Logano
31 Quin Houff
32 Bubba Wallace
33 Alex Bowman
34 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
35 Ryan Newman
36 Ryan Preece
37 Justin Haley
38 Cody Ware
39 Joey Gase

P-Playoff driver.

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