Heartbreaking: #Kyle Larson Nascar Driver is Gone…..

Heartbreaking: #Kyle Larson Nascar Driver is Gone…..
  1. Heartbreaking: #Kyle Larson Nascar Driver is Gone…..It’s for sure up there,” Larson said when asked by NBC Sports’ Marty Snider if his fourth win this season and 27th of his Cup career ranked at the top. “This is just such a prestigious place and such hallowed ground and pretty neat to just get an opportunity to race here on the oval again.

“What a job by our team. Never gave up at all. We had the pit stop issue early on and just fought and dug and had things work out. … I love you, Indiana fans. And I know you guys love me, too. So how about we come back next May and try to kiss these bricks on the Indy car.”

 

Asked by Snider if that was a guarantee he would race “The Double” again and attempt the 109th Indy 500, Larson replied: “I’d love to, I’d love to; we’re working on it. I hope we can announce something soon and see you guys all next May. I wish we could have got to do both and run the 600 because we had a phenomenal papaya orange car for that race, too.

 

“I think everything just comes full circle, and everything is meant to be, and today definitely felt meant to be for uINDIANAPOLIS — Kyle Larson found redemption at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, winning the Brickyard 400 in double overtime Sunday and vowing to try again in an Indy car next year.

 

Larson held off charges by Ryan Blaney and Tyler Reddick on the final restart lap and then effectively won when NASCAR threw the yellow flag on Lap 167 and froze the field just after the white flag flew. Ryan Preece had spun into the wall in Turn 2 on the first lap of the second overtime restart, but NASCAR held the caution until Preece’s car was stopped on track with a flat tire.

 

Larson won on the 30th anniversary of the Brickyard 400 (which also was won by his Hendrick Motorsports team with Jeff Gordon, now the team’s vice chairman) and the first time on the IMS oval for NASCAR’s premier series since 2020.

 

He also earned his first Brickyard win nearly two months after he tried to become the fifth driver to attempt “The Double” — racing the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 on the same day.

 

He finished 18th in his Indy 500 debut because of a late speeding penalty. Because the race started nearly five hours later, he was unable to run the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway before that race was shortened by rain that night.s.”

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