NASCAR News: Briscoe wins in Vegas as Larson stretches point lead

LAS VEGAS – Chase Briscoe (pictured) left nothing to chance in the South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Sunday afternoon – the Joe Gibbs Racing driver sweeping both stage victories, leading a race best 175 of the 267 laps and ultimately besting the field by 1.376-second to take his second NASCAR Cup Series trophy of the season under temperatures in the mid-90s – one of the hottest race-day of the season. The dominating win coming over the series championship leader Kyle Larson comes a week after Briscoe just missed beating Larson in the closing laps at Kansas Speedway.…