Kyle Larson comes up one spot shy of second straight Brickyard 400 win

Sunday's Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway appeared to be playing right into Kyle Larson's hands. 

A caution for rain with six laps to go gave Larson, who was over three seconds behind race leader Bubba Wallace at the time of the yellow, a shot to race Wallace for the win on a restart. 

Larson had taken four tires on his previous pit stop as opposed to Wallace's two. He had also pitted two laps later than Wallace, giving him a slight fuel advantage. 

While Wallace cleared Larson on the first overtime restart, a caution bunched the field back up and appeared to put Larson in the catbird's seat, as Wallace was reportedly on the verge of running out of gas. 

But once again, Wallace cleared Larson for the lead. Wallace's fuel tank didn't go dry, and all Larson could do was watch as Wallace flew under the checkered flag at IMS and denied Larson a second consecutive Brickyard 400 triumph.