Canlyniadau Gwahanol Larson, Falk Battle It Out Yn Daytona BEACH DAYTONA, Fla. – Nid yn aml y mae gyrwyr yn cytuno ar fanylion diweddglo dadleuol i ras, ond dyna'n union a ddigwyddodd yn Daytona International Speedway nos Lun. I wibio: C.E. Falk III, a oedd yn arwain cyfran Cyfres All-Americanaidd NASCAR Whelen o'r Brwydr UNOH gyntaf yn y Beach gyda llai na chwarter lap o amgylch y ffwrn .4 milltir o'r cefn, bod Kyle Larson wedi'i daro sawl gwaith oddi ar y gornel olaf i ennill y Model Hwyr 150. Nid oedd Larson, pencampwr Dwyrain Cyfres NASCAR K&N Pro 2012, yn anghytuno â'r ffeithiau. Mae'n cyfaddef taro Falk ddwywaith, gan anfon Falk yn troelli i'r cae wrth iddo yrru i fuddugoliaeth. Yr hyn y maent yn ei wneud yn anghytuno, fodd bynnag, yw ai dyma'r cam cywir gan Larson. Yn dilyn seremonïau Victory Lane, gofynnwyd cwestiwn i Larson: "A fyddech chi'n ei wneud eto?" Gwenodd Larson, gan nodio, a dal i fyny'r tlws yr oedd yn dal i'w gario. "Fe wnes i ei fudr i fyny yno," meddai Larson. "Fe es i mewn iddo unwaith, mynd i mewn iddo ddwywaith ac yna ei gael o gwmpas. Dydw i ddim yn cael gwneud y stwff car stoc trac byr hwn yn aml iawn... Mae'n ymddangos i mi fel pob fideo dwi erioed wedi'i weld o drac byr fel hyn, mae'n ymddangos bod y dyn ail le sy'n dod allan o'r tro bob amser yn ennill." Cyfeiriodd Larson at Stadiwm Bowman Gray fel enghraifft. Fodd bynnag, gwenodd Falk drwy ddannedd wedi'u graeanu a cheisio dweud yr holl bethau cywir am golli ras lle'r oedd wedi arwain 61 o gornchwiglod a chael y car amlycaf ar gyfer ail hanner y nos. "Wnaethon ni ddim cael yr holl arian, ond mae fy nghar mewn un darn a gallaf fynd i rasio wythnos nesaf os ydw i eisiau," meddai Falk. "I ddyn ar gyllideb dynn, fe fyddwn ni'n iawn." Mae'n werth ei wylio nawr yw lle mae'r ddau yrrwr yn mynd o'r fan hon. Mae Larson wedi graddio o Gyfres NASCAR K&N Pro gyda golwg ar lansio ei dymor Cyfres Nationwide NASCAR cyntaf yma yn ddiweddarach yr wythnos hon. Mae gan Falk, sydd ddwywaith yn gorffeniad Top-3 yn y pencampwriaethau cenedlaethol NasCAR Whelen All-Americanaidd, lygad ar ennill y wobr fawr o'r diwedd ar ddiwedd y tymor hwn. Mae Falk yn adeiladu ei bencampwriaeth yn ailddechrau bob tymor ar gysondeb, tra bod seren Larson wedi codi'n ysgafn drwy ennill rasys – ym mhob cyfres, ym mhob math o geir rasio. "Dyma'r ras gyntaf i mi ei hennill erioed yn y modd hwnnw, ond roedd hon yn ras eithaf mawr. Roeddwn i eisiau ei ennill.," meddai Larson. WYTHNOS BRYSUR: I Larson, dim ond ei gyntaf o nifer o rasys yr wythnos hon oedd y fuddugoliaeth ddydd Llun. Bydd Larson hefyd yn cystadlu yn y gyfres K&N Pro a rasys Taith Addasedig NASCAR Whelen ddydd Mawrth. Trodd fwy o gornchwiglod na neb dydd Llun, ar draws sesiynau ymarfer ar gyfer pob un o'r tair adran Brwydr Ar y Traeth, yn ogystal â'r Model Hwyr a rasio nodweddion. "Mae gen i fel tair gwaith cymaint o gornchwiglod ag sydd gan unrhyw un ar y trac hwn ar hyn o bryd, felly mae'n bendant yn helpu," meddai Larson. "Wnaethon ni ddim troi lot o laps yn y car K&N, ond o'n i'n teimlo'n eithaf cryf yn hynny. Yna'r Addaswyd – roeddem yn gyflymaf yn hynny yn fy nghyfnod cyntaf erioed mewn Addasydd. "Rwy'n edrych ymlaen at y dyddiau hyn. Mae'n mynd i fod yn lot o hwyl." MAE'R PRIS YN IAWN: Gorffennodd cyd-chwaraewyr Gene Price Motorsports Greg Pursley a Cameron Hayley un-dau ar ben y siart cyflymder yn unig ymarfer Cyfres K&N Pro y dydd Dydd Llun. Er i Pursley ddweud nad oedd erioed wedi gweld trac fel y trac byr gwastad yn Daytona, doedd o ddim yn synnu cael car cyflym. "Dyw e ddim byd tebyg i unrhyw le dwi erioed wedi bod iddo. Dim byd o gwbl," meddai Pursley, pencampwr Gorllewin Cyfres NASCAR K&N Pro 2011. "Aethon ni drwy ein holl geir dros y gaeaf a phrofi ychydig, ac rydyn ni'n hapus iawn gyda'r ceir hyn," meddai Pursley. "Mae'n wych bod yn ôl allan yn rasio eto. Mae'n cŵl iawn bod allan yma yn Daytona ac yn rhan o Speedweeks. Mae hyd yn oed yn well bod ar frig y siartiau cyflymder." Y TRO CYNTAF: Efallai nad yw C.E Falk III wedi cael y diweddglo i'r diwrnod yr oedd am ei gael yn Daytona, ond yn sicr cafodd ddechrau cofiadwy. Falk oedd y car cyntaf un i daro'r trac byr newydd .4 milltir yn Daytona, gan droi'r lap gyntaf ar gyflymder ar gyfer Modelau Hwyr Cyfres NasCAR Whelen Yn ymarferol fore Llun. "Efallai eu bod newydd fod angen rhywun allan yna i chwythu'r holl lwch oddi ar y trac, ond dydw i ddim yn poeni," meddai Falk. "Mae'n eithaf arbennig i fod y cyntaf, ac mae'n rhywbeth y byddaf bob amser yn ei gofio ac yn edrych yn ôl ar beth bynnag." Different Results Larson, Falk Battle It Out At Daytona DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – It’s not often that drivers agree on the particulars of a controversial ending to a race, but that’s exactly what happened at Daytona International Speedway on Monday night. To wit: C.E. Falk III, who was leading the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series portion of the inaugural UNOH Battle At The Beach with less than a quarter of a lap around the .4-mile backstretch oval, said that Kyle Larson hit him multiple times off the final corner to win the Late Model 150. Larson, the 2012 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East champion, didn’t dispute the facts. He admits to hitting Falk twice, sending Falk spinning into the infield while he drove off to victory. What they do dispute, however, is whether it was the right move by Larson. Following the Victory Lane ceremonies, a question was posed to Larson: “Would you do it again?” Larson smiled, nodded, and held up the trophy he was still carrying. “I did dirty him up there,” Larson said. “I got into him once, got into him twice and then got him around. I don’t get to do this short-track stock car stuff very often… It seems to me like every video I’ve ever seen from a short track like this, it seems the second place guy coming out of the turn always wins.” Larson cited Bowman Gray Stadium as an example. Falk, however, smiled through gritted teeth and tried to say all the right things about losing a race in which he’d led 61 laps and had the dominant car for the second half of the night. “We didn’t get all the money, but my car’s in one piece and I can go racing next week if I want to,” Falk said. “For a guy on a tight budget, we’ll be OK.” Worth watching now is where both drivers head from here. Larson has graduated from the NASCAR K&N Pro Series with an eye toward launching his first NASCAR Nationwide Series season here later this week. Falk, twice a Top-3 finisher in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series national championship standings, has an eye on finally winning the big prize at the end of this season. Falk builds his championship resume each season on consistency, while Larson’s star has risen lightning-fast by winning races – in all series, in all types of race cars. “It’s the first race I’ve ever won in that manner, but this was a pretty big race. I wanted to win it.,” Larson said. BUSY WEEK: For Larson, Monday’s win was only his first of many races this week. Larson will also compete in both the K&N Pro Series and NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour races on Tuesday. He turned more laps than anybody Monday, across practice sessions for all three Battle At The Beach divisions, plus Late Model qualifying and feature racing. “I have like three times as many laps as anybody has on this track right now, so it definitely helps,” Larson said. “We didn’t turn a lot of laps in the K&N car, but I felt pretty strong in that. Then the Modified – we were quickest in that in my first time ever in a Modified. “I’m looking forward to these couple of days. It’s going to be a lot of fun.” PRICE IS RIGHT: Gene Price Motorsports teammates Greg Pursley and Cameron Hayley finished one-two atop the speed chart in the only K&N Pro Series practice of the day Monday. Though Pursley said he’d never seen a track anything like the flat short track at Daytona, he wasn’t surprised to have a fast car. “It’s nothing like anywhere I’ve ever been to. Nothing at all,” said Pursley, the 2011 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West champion. “We went through all of our cars over the winter and tested a little bit, and we’re really happy with these cars,” Pursley said. “It’s just really great to be back out racing again. It’s really cool to be out here at Daytona and part of Speedweeks. It’s even better to be at the top of the speed charts.” FIRST TIME: C.E Falk III may have not had the ending to the day he wanted at Daytona, but he certainly had a memorable start. Falk was the very first car to hit the new .4-mile short track at Daytona, turning the first lap at speed for the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Late Models in practice Monday morning. “They may have just needed somebody out there to blow all the dust off the track, but I don’t care,” Falk said. “It’s pretty special to be the first, and it’s something that I will always remember and look back on no matter what.”