Kyle Larson was happy for Kasey Kahne’s World of Outlaws win last Friday at Williams Grove Speedway. Kahne’s win came after 227 starts and 10,364 days in the series.
Kahne retired from full-time duties last year to focus on running his own team, Kasey Kahne Racing. However, he returned to action this May as a substitute for an injured Anthony Macri.
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In a press conference at Watkins Glen International, Larson was asked about Kahne’s win.
“That was awesome. I was flying here so I didn’t get to watch the race live, but I got texts from multiple people,” Larson replied.
“Kasey’s put a lot into the sport of sprint car racing, and he’s achieved everything you can achieve as an owner. So to have him conquer something that he’s been trying to get for a long time, and been somewhat close, was cool,” he added.
Kyle Larson has been juggling his Cup Series effort with his sprint car starts in High Limit Racing. He won the season opener at Las Vegas and beat the likes of HMS prodigy Corey Day.
On the Cup front, Larson has lagged quite a bit. Despite leading 499 laps, the No.5 driver is yet to nab a win this season. He finished outside the top-30 for the past two races as well.
Consequently, the reigning champion dropped two spots in the standings to rank eighth.
Kyle Larson frustrated by year-long winless streak
Kyle Larson looked frustrated by the media’s questions about his winless drought. In an interview at Watkins Glen International, Larson snapped back with a blunt answer.
“I mean I think you guys pay attention to it way more than I pay attention to it. Yeah, obviously I would have loved to have won to this point, but we just haven’t been good enough. I feel like at times we’re really close to getting a win and then at times I feel like we’re far from getting a win. So it just kind of shows how tough the series is,” he said via Yahoo Sports.
Kyle Larson has a pretty good track record at The Glen. He was two wins at the 2.45-mile track, both coming in consecutive races. Moreover, Hendrick Motorsports has historically done well at the road course.
Larson, Chase Elliott, and William Byron have combined to win five races over the course of six years. Alex Bowman, meanwhile, enters the weekend with two back-to-back third-place finishes at Talladega and Texas. Notably, Bowman sat out four races this year due to a vertigo diagnosis.
Byron has qualified 13th for Sunday’s race, while Larson, Elliott and Bowman landed outside the top-20. Road course ringer Shane van Gisbergen put his No.97 car on pole.
Edited by Vignesh Kanna
