Kyle Larson "thanks" NASCAR for his controversial win in response to Ryan Blaney's "f**king golden boy" remark 

Kyle Larson has thanked NASCAR for keeping the field moving and letting him seal his first-ever Indianapolis Motor Speedway win. The 2021 Cup Series champion's message came as a reply to Ryan Blaney's f-bomb after the Brickyard 400 drama.

The 30th anniversary of the crown jewel race took a drastic turn during the closing moments when Kyle Busch spun out on Lap 159. The field was brought to yellow and the pack geared up for the first overtime restart with several drivers pitting for a fuel recharge.

Brad Keselowski was one of the drivers who was low on gas but not among those who pitted and paid the price before the first overtime went green. As the RFK Racing driver steered into the pits and the race didn't stay under caution, Kyle Larson moved up to the front row beside Ryan Blaney in first.

Now that the Team Penske driver was the control car, he was supposed to accelerate foremost, followed by the rest of the high-octane rides. Seemingly, Larson made his stride before the #12 Ford could and lunged ahead into Turn 1 for the lead.

Ryan Blaney was enraged by what happened and blasted on his team radio about NASCAR spoonfeeding the front row spot to the Hendrick Motorsports driver.

"There's no way they should've let that go green. That's ridiculous. They just GAVE it to him (Kyle Larson). It's f*cking over, I'm on the top. I ain't gonna win from the top. Gave it to f*cking golden boy. Son of a b*tch," Blaney lashed.

Motorsports journalist Kelly Crandall shared the defending Cup Series champion's dismay on her X account. Replying to the same, Kyle Larson thanked NASCAR for his first Brickyard 400 win.

"😎 thanks@NASCAR🤝," the race winner wrote.

Kyle Larson reflects on his run after sealing his maiden Brickyard 400 win

When the crown jewel Brickyard 400 marked its inaugural running in 1994, the then-HMS driver and the now vice chairman of the team, Jeff Gordon, sealed the Charlotte-based outfit's first Indianapolis Motor Speedway win. 30 years after the team's first Brickyard 400 triumph, Kyle Larson came home with his first and HMS' 11th win.

After starting fifth and placing his #5 Chevy second in Stage 1, Kyle Larson stooped exponentially for a 20th-place finish in the second stage. However, while several cars ran on fuel-saving strategy, Larson went flat out and pressured those saving gas.

As a result, the Californian found his way past Denny Hamlin and Daniel Hemric for third place. Then the race went into overtime and Kyle Larson took off from there for his fourth win this season, upsetting Ryan Blaney from a potential second consecutive victory in the due process.

“This is just such a prestigious place, such hallowed ground. Pretty neat to get an opportunity to race here on the oval again. What a job by our team. I mean, never gave up at all. And to all the fans, I love it here, I think everything has come full circle with what was meant to be and today was meant to be for us,” Larson said via NASCAR.

The 31-year-old dominates the regular season standings and the Playoff Picture. Meanwhile, only four races are left to decide the regular season champion.