Despite His Enormous Achievements, Kyle Larson Jots Down What’s Left for Him to Conquer

If you go on to ask any aspiring or even current NASCAR Cup Series drivers, what would be their ultimate goal in their professional career? The most common answer one might get is a championship win. Well, for someone like Kyle Larson who has already reached this achievement, he still aspires to win more and it’s not just on NASCAR circuits. The 2021 Cup Series win is indeed one of the crowning jewels so far in Larson’s career but he believes there’s still a lot he needs to accomplish.

It is a known fact that a Daytona 500 win is one that every driver dreams to achieve someday and that is the case for Larson as well. However, it’s no secret that the former Chili Bowl Nationals champ has dirt racing in his heart and he has not shied away from expressing his desire to be involved in dirt races. Differentiating between NASCAR marquee events to other major races, Larson opined that the Indy 500 and the 24-hour Le Mans are one of the few peaks he would like to conquer in his career.

Kyle Larson’s ambitions are not just limited to NASCAR races

Hendrick Motorsport’s No.5 is not any ordinary NASCAR driver but a generational talent. At the age of 31, so far Kyle Larson has won the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series, the 2010 King of the West Sprint Car Series, the 2015 Rolex 24 at Daytona in 2019, 2021, and 2023 along with a NASCAR All-star Race win multiple times. This is just a fraction of what he has conquered and the list is pretty long.

However, while speaking with former American race car driver Kenny Wallace, Larson opened up about events he would love to conquer. “Indy 500 is obviously an easy one to talk about. I would love to win that but I’m just really happy to be able to race. But then I’ve been lucky enough to accomplish a lot on the dirt side of things. I think I ran the National Open once at Willaim Grove, I would love to win the Tuscarora 50 I’ve only got to run that a couple of times. The Jackson Nationals in the late model side, I would love to be able to accomplish someday.”

Larson may have dirt racing events and late-model car races lined up for the future but there is some unfinished business in the NASCAR Cup Series. “I mean there’s definitely stuff in NASCAR as well, there’s just less marquee events. The Brickyard 400 would be cool, the Daytona 500, I mean those might be the only two marquee events that are left on the NASCAR side.”

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Larson sure was also a lucky driver as he could race dirt series along with his full-time NASCAR schedule.

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Kyle Larson explains how he struck a deal with Mr. Hendrick to let him race outside NASCAR

Back in 2020, Larson was fired from NASCAR for using the N-word during a virtual racing event that was streamed live on Twitch. Larson at the time was under Chip Ganassi Racing but after running just 4 races in the 2020 season, he was fired following the backlash of his incident. But the meeting with Mr Hendrick would completely overturn Larson’s fortunes. He struck a bargain with Mr H to allow him to compete in dirt racing along with NASCAR.

“Basically the conversation was going great and he said how he miss seeing me race in NASCAR, loves my style and would really love to have me on his team. At the end of it, he was like is there anything you want and I was really nervous. I was like, I would really love to keep racing this dirt stuff. I was expecting him to laugh at me or kind of get upset but thankfully he was all good with it.”

From being fired from his job at NASCAR to winning the championship, Kyle Larson sure has more in his tank than an average driver. It won’t be a surprise if he does manage to clinch the 2024 Cup Series championship.

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