Late multicar wreck wipes out contenders at Charlotte

Kyle Larson's dreams of an All-Star Race/Coca-Cola 600 sweep ended late Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway when the driver of the No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet and Clint Bowyer triggered a wreck with nearly 80 laps to go. Having navigated through traffic all evening, Larson was approaching the top five when he and Bowyer made contact coming out of Turn 2, the result of which sent Bowyer's No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford hard into the outside wall and Larson's No. 42 spinning down toward the apron. "I just got in there and lost grip and slid up into Clint," Larson said. "I just hate that I caused that wreck there. I didn't do a good job on that restart. ... Just put myself in a bad spot and got sideways." RELATED: Best pics from race night Larson collected Austin Dillon's No. 3, who was driving low in an attempt to avoid the carnage, and both smacked the inside wall and took on significant damage. Larson's car drifted back up onto the track and caused Ty Dillon to swerve to the outside -- where Ryan Preece's car was trying to scoot around. "I saw the 42 spinning," Dillon said to FOX after being checked out at the infield care center. "I thought I had a gap there to maybe squeeze through, and it didn't work." All told, five cars were involved in the incident. Larson was attempting to become the first driver since Kurt Busch in 2010, and the eighth driver in NASCAR history, to win both the All-Star Race and the Coca-Cola 600 in the same season. This story will be updated.