From clinging to a five-point lead to being on the verge of clinching his third championship, Kyle Larson is in strong position to capture the Chase after his first win at Talladega Superspeedway.

The defending Cup Series champion scored his 35th career victory Sunday and his third in the past seven races.

Larson has opened a 73-point lead over Denny Hamlin with two races remaining in the season.

There are 76 maximum points available for a win, so it’s possible that Larson could wrap up the title Nov. 1 at Martinsville Speedway.

It was the first victory at Talladega (or any drafting track) for Larson, whose previous best finish at the 2.66-mile oval was second in 24 starts.

He became the 13th different winner in the past 13 races at Talladega, tying the Cup record for a streak of different winners (set at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway).

Here are the results from Talladega:

1. Kyle Larson, No. 5 Chevrolet

2. William Byron, No. 24 Chevrolet

3. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Chevrolet

4. Ross Chastain, No. 1 Chevrolet
5. Cole Custer, No. 41 Chevrolet
6. Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Chevrolet

7. Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Ford
8. Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Toyota
9. Alex Bowman, No. 48 Chevrolet
10. Michael McDowell, No. 71 Chevrolet
11. Austin Dillon, No. 3 Chevrolet
12. Josh Berry, No. 21 Ford

13. Ryan Preece, No. 60 Ford
14. Austin Hill, No. 33 Chevrolet

15. Ty Dillon, No. 10 Chevrolet

16. Cody Ware, No. 51 Chevrolet

17. Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Toyota
18. Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Chevrolet

19. Zane Smith, No. 38 Ford

20. Noah Gragson, No. 4 Ford
21. Joey Gase, No. 44 Chevrolet

22. Bubba Wallace, No. 23 Toyota

23. Gray Gaulding, No. 66 Ford

24. Brad Keselowski, No. 6 Ford

25. Daniel Dye, No. 78 Chevrolet

26. Riley Herbst, No. 35 Toyota
27. Austin Cindric, No. 2 Ford
28. Erik Jones, No. 43 Toyota

29. Connor Zilisch, No. 88 Chevrolet
30. Shane Van Gisbergen, No. 97 Chevrolet

31. AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Chevrolet

32. Chris Buescher, No. 17 Ford

33. Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Toyota

34. Joey Logano, No. 22 Ford

35. Christopher Bell, No. 20 Toyota

36. Chase Elliott, No. 9 Chevrolet
37. Tyler Reddick, No. 45 Toyota

38. Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Ford

39. John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Toyota

40. Casey Mears, No. 62 Chevrolet