{"id":151533,"date":"2025-08-16T21:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T21:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/151533\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T21:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T21:59:09","slug":"kyle-larson-has-theory-on-how-hes-perceived-in-nascar-garage-motorsport-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/151533\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Larson has theory on how he’s perceived in NASCAR garage – Motorsport – Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kyle Larson knows precisely how he’s viewed in the eyes of opposing teams in the NASCAR<\/a> garage, even when he’s not enjoying his best run of results.<\/p>\n

The No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet rolled into Richmond Raceway this week after a rough night out at Watkins Glen, where a brake failure triggered a Lap 6 spin that sent his car behind the wall and left him dead last in a 39-car field, 15 laps down. Larson, who recently shared his international vision for NASCAR<\/a>, ran the fastest lap of the entire race.<\/p>\n

That chaos and a string of missed opportunities left Larson reflecting on his season, which recently saw him discuss his relationship with teammate Chase Elliott<\/a> after an incident at the Iowa race. While recent results haven’t been his best, he is sure he still remains viewed as a car always capable of winning.<\/p>\n

“We finished second at Indy. We had a great run going at Iowa. And then last week we had a great car, practiced really well,\u201d Larson said ahead of the Cup Series Cook Out 400.<\/p>\n

“We as a team didn’t execute qualifying, and then we had a brake failure in the race. Some things have been out of our control, sort of. And then some have been in our control that we’ve not executed right. But I think everybody looks at us, even when we haven\u2019t been as strong here lately, that we’re still a threat. So that gives you confidence.”<\/p>\n

The term “threat” is significant, especially considering Larson’s status as the 2021 Cup Series champion. And the fact that he has seen victory lane three times this season (Homestead-Miami, Bristol, Kansas), and showed elite pace at Talladega with a second-place finish.<\/p>\n

But in between those achievements were painful finishes, including 37th at Darlington<\/a>, 36th in Mexico<\/a> City, 37th at Charlotte, 28th at Iowa, and now the bottom at Watkins Glen. Hisradio conversation during the race went viral during a tight race with Chase Elliott<\/a> during Stage 3.<\/p>\n

“How much ——- room do I have to leave people? …. I’ve been trying to be a good teammate, a good competitor and it hasn’t gotten me anywhere for the last hour,” he was heard saying.<\/p>\n

DON’T MISS<\/p>\n

Despite the frustrations and mix of highs and lows, Larson still wants to get back on track and give his team consistency. “I would like to string together a number of good races here to have some momentum,” he admitted.<\/p>\n

Larson has just three top 10 finishes in his last ten races, which could be disappointing by his own standards, but he remains within the top 5 of the Cup Series standings through 24 starts. The No. 5 driver has won 32 Cup Series races and 17 in the Xfinity Series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kyle Larson knows precisely how he’s viewed in the eyes of opposing teams in the NASCAR garage, even…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":151534,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[88888,4424,15865,4423,1406,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-151533","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-aggressive-driving-style","9":"tag-hendrick-motorsports","10":"tag-kyle-larson","11":"tag-motorsport-section","12":"tag-nascar","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115040693063679011","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151533","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=151533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}