Kyle Larson ended a four-race top-10 drought with a season-best third-place showing last Sunday at Dover International Speedway.

The No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Chevrolet driver has struggled after entering the season with high expectations stemming from his strong 2014 campaign in which he earned Sunoco Rookie of the Year honors.

But maybe Dover is the turning point he can build momentum from.

Larson returns to Pocono Raceway – the site of his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Award – for Sunday’s Axalta “We Paint Winners’” 400 as a legitimate threat to visit Victory Lane. He placed fifth at the Tricky Triangle after winning the pole last June and earned an 11th-place finish there last August.

Through 13 races, Larson ranks 20th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings and has accumulated one top-five and four top-10 finishes. He missed the Martinsville race in March after he fainted at the end of an autograph session the day before.

Last year, Larson finished 17th in the final NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings on the strength of eight top fives and 17 top 10s.

If Larson takes the checkered flag this weekend at Pocono, he would become the first graduate of the NASCAR Drive for Diversity program and the NASCAR Next initiative to win at the sanctioning body’s top level.