Kyle Larson’s Crew Chief Reveals How He Found Batman by Dale Earnhardt’s Statue

In the NASCAR world, being a crew chief is not a very straightforward job. A crew chief dawns many hats as the NASCAR season goes on. So, there are many things a crew chief needs to accomplish to help his team climb the leaderboard. A leader, a strategist, a problem-solver, a statistician, a mechanic, and a mentor. These are but a few roles that a crew chief has to take on for his driver. And so, it’s the team’s responsibility to make sure that they share a healthy relationship. And we recently got a glimpse of the same when Hendrick Motorsports shared a YouTube short of Kyle Larson and his crew chief Cliff Daniels having an interesting conversation about superheroes.

Chase Elliott had asked the two about their favorite superheroes. Cliff Daniels, having very little interest in comics or superheroes, told an intriguing story to answer the question.

Kyle Larson’s crew chief shares the story of how he found Batman

Kyle Larson seemed to be quite interested in knowing who Cliff’s favorite superhero was as he read the question to him. “I don’t know, I am curious of this too. But Chase asked, who’s your favorite Superhero?” Larson said.

Cliff’s story behind choosing Batman as his favorite superhero was an interesting one.

“So, 2010, I was going to get a puppy dog. I went to the animal shelter in downtown Kannapolis. Which happened to be right next to the Dale Earnhardt Statue,” said Cliff. “And of the litter of dogs that we were looking at, there was one left, it was a black Lab [Labrador] named Batman.”

“I still have him today, Batman is about to turn 13 years old. I’ve never been into like comics or Superheroes all that much. But because my dog’s name is Batman, It’s Batman.”

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Kyle Larson spoke to NASCAR.com in the 2022 season, and he had nothing but praise and admiration for his crew chief Cliff Daniels.

Kyle Larson claims there’s nobody better than Cliff as a leader and a communicator

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Larson was talking about his incredible 2021 season. He made it clear that his crew chief played a defining role in his championship victory.

“I feel like he’s done a great job of leading in a lot of the same ways he did last year,” said Larson in an interview with NASCAR. “Even though last year I was leading, he was trying to keep everybody humble and staying motivated through the success. I feel like it’s been a lot of the same thing. Where he’s had to lead in a way of keeping you motivated through the difficult races or the up-and-down season on pit road or whatever.”

“So yeah, there’s nobody better in my opinion as far as communication and leadership than Cliff. So whether it’s going through good times or bad times. I think he’s the right guy to have to keep you motivated,” Kyle concluded.

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