{"id":140595,"date":"2025-08-12T20:45:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T20:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/140595\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T20:45:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T20:45:11","slug":"kevin-harvick-expresses-concern-for-kyle-larson-as-nascar-playoffs-near","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/140595\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Harvick expresses concern for Kyle Larson as NASCAR Playoffs near"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been a rough stretch for Kyle Larson<\/a><\/strong> this summer. He has three wins on the season, but it\u2019s obvious the No. 5 Chevrolet team isn\u2019t operating to their usual standard at the moment.<\/p>\n

After a last-place finish at Watkins Glen, Kevin Harvick is beginning to get a little concerned. He spoke about the attitude of Larson, and Hendrick Motorsports as a whole at the moment, and how it could contribute to the team\u2019s turnaround.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a typical Hendrick Motorsports type of attitude. You heard it out of William Byron last week after they won that race. They have a great way of managing the downs to be able to keep everybody motivated, everybody engaged,\u201d Harvick stated<\/a>, via the latest episode of Kevin Harvick\u2019s Happy Hour<\/a>. \u201cNo matter how many times that No. 5 car has been in a garage, you see those guys under the hood, digging, trying to fix the car to get back out on the racetrack. Now, they\u2019ve gained two or three points by getting the fastest lap. They get the car back out on the racetrack. Obviously, you don\u2019t want to have the issues going to the racetrack from a mechanical side, but this team\u2019s not been at the level that they want to be. <\/p>\n

\u201cNow, the No. 24 didn\u2019t have the finishes that they want, but they had the speed. I haven\u2019t seen the speed out of the No. 5 that I\u2019ve seen out of the No. 24. I see that as easier to motivate your guys around. But Hendrick Motorsports has a great way of navigating the downs to be able to keep their people engaged and motivated, just from good business practices more than anything, and management and good leadership. <\/p>\n

\u201cSo, that\u2019s the part \u2014 I think they\u2019ll show back up at some point, but it hasn\u2019t been great. \u2026 I think when you look back at it, it\u2019s still \u2014 the issues started at Indy. I mean, you can definitely point back to where the slump started. They obviously haven\u2019t got out of it yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since the debacle that was Larson\u2019s attempt at The Double in 2025, he has only three top-five finishes. Additionally, he has five finishes of P28 or lower since the Coca-Cola 600, as well. That\u2019s not what we\u2019re accustomed to from Larson.<\/p>\n

Kevin Harvick recognizes you can\u2019t ever count out the No. 5 Chevrolet team. Still, it\u2019s a concerning trend for Kyle Larson. He\u2019ll be hoping to turn his season around a bit this weekend at Richmond, a track where he\u2019s won twice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s been a rough stretch for Kyle Larson this summer. He has three wins on the season, but…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":140596,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[1406,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-140595","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-nascar","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115017752674922840","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}