Kyle Larson Labelled “Jealous” Despite Calling Himself a “Hypocrite” for Fresh Remarks Against Ross Chastain

By all accounts, it’s pretty clear that Kyle Larson isn’t backing down from his opinion on Ross Chastain’s video game move. The Hendrick Motorsports driver had been pretty critical about the move that put the #1 in the final four, calling it an “embarrassment” for NASCAR.

But a week later, it seems he’s doubling down on what he thinks of it.

Speaking ahead of the penultimate race of the season in Phoenix, the #5 driver who is in contention for the owner’s championship, explained that his view on the situation “doesn’t change.”

“It’s nothing personal against Ross (Chastain), it could be anybody in the field to pull that move and I would have felt the same way about it so it’s just not fair racing,” Larson said. “And again, I’ve done it before, so I’m hypocritical or I’m a hypocrite, but I’m glad I did not win. Because I would not have been able to sleep at night and be proud of that.”

He added that he wouldn’t be “proud” to be in the final four “with a move like that.” 

“It doesn’t take any talent to floor it against the wall and go two seconds quicker than the field, I just don’t think that’s fair,” the Hendrick Motorsports driver emphasized.

Now, as elaborate as Larson’s ‘refreshed’ take on Chastain’s move was, the fans didn’t think it was coming out of any place other than that of him being “salty”, him not being able to succeed in what the Trackhouse Racing driver succeeded in.

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Kyle Larson says his opinions on the move are based more “into the future”

The Hendrick Motorsports driver claimed that his views on Ross Chastain’s infamous move are more concerned with its implications in the future, that it’s not even a matter of making a rule out of it.

“I think my opinions come more kind of looking into the future of it and when that move is going to happen again because it will if NASCAR…I don’t even know if they have to police it,” he said.

Larson added that let alone scraping or touching a wall, when a car even “sniffs” the wall, NASCAR throws a caution simply because they want to set up “a good finish.”

The #5 driver said what happened at Martinsville and such instances “should be no different.” 

“The car gets in the wall, throw the caution, especially when it’s something obvious like that so I think there’s lots of layers to it,” he added.

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