Kyle Larson Reveals the Aspect of Indy 500 That Worries Him the Most Compared to NASCAR

The Daytona 500 race begins in a couple of weeks from now and the NASCAR family can’t wait to witness it. Among other updates, NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson appeared on The Race IndyCar Podcast this week for an exclusive interview. This came in after the news that he will race in the Indy 500 with McLaren in 2024.

Kyle Larson is one of the drivers having vast experience driving on different tracks. He is someone who understands machines and carries the ability to learn and adapt to things quickly. Even though he possesses these qualities, it looks like he will be facing a new set of challenges with the Indy 500 car as well as racing. 

Kyle Larson’s take on the challenges he might face

Though he is a natural when it comes to adapting to new things and his racing skills, the Hendrick Motorsports star shed light on the challenges he might face. During The Race IndyCar Podcast interview, he said that he finds the dirt late model new and very different from all of his previous experience driving other cars.

Larson said, “I can drive at average level but if I really want to go out there and be one of the best, then, like the little details are what is the most difficult part. Trying to figure out, there are dynamics and how a car reacts in traffic and just like the details, which I’m sure would be somewhere when I get into an Indy car.

“I hope the driving part around by myself would be easy, not easy but natural where I could just focus on the traffic, the cockpit adjustment and pit-stops, and the details of racing that I don’t know.”

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Kyle Larson on his plans to ace the challenges

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While he has a go-getter attitude towards learning new things, the Indy car challenge he would face will need a lot of work from him. From what he understands, it will require him to do a lot of homework. He even mentioned that in past races, he would try and figure everything out on his own.

As for the Indy 500, he said, “So definitely a lot of work goes into it. A lot of studying all the types of cars I run, watching a lot of videos. I’m sure with the Indy car stuff I’ll do more kinda talking to other drivers and the teammates that I have to lean on, compared to when I go race other cars.”

It certainly looks like Kyle Larson has ambitions beyond NASCAR. Connecting the dots to his childhood when his father was an avid fan of Indy500, he feels he will also be fulfilling his father’s dream.

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