Expand<\/a><\/p>\nHe said it is not something he dwells on whenever he returns here.<\/p>\n
\u201cI forget about it until I see the highlight,\u201d Larson said. \u201cBut it\u2019s not something that you think about. [Seeing it] makes you wish, \u2018Dang, I wish I had not got that flat and got the win here finally.\u2019 But it\u2019s just racing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Through 16 races this season, Larson has one pole (Kansas) and three wins \u2014 Homestead, Bristol, Kansas \u2014 along with nine top fives and 11 top 10s. He is second in the standings with 537 points, 67 behind leader William Byron.<\/p>\n
However, he also has four finishes of 32nd or worse, including a 36th place last week at Mexico City.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like we\u2019ve had a couple rougher finishes not of our doing,\u201d Larson said. \u201cBut aside from that, I feel like we\u2019ve been pretty consistent \u2014 maybe more consistent than we\u2019ve been in the past. I\u2019ve been pleased with our team. Hopefully, we can keep evolving and keep getting our cars better and be ready for the playoffs when that time of year comes.\u201d<\/p>\n
The three wins have Larson firmly entrenched in the playoffs over the season\u2019s final 10 races. However, he said he and his team aren\u2019t planning to do anything crazy in the races leading up to the playoffs.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re trying to make your car better every week for every race,\u201d Larson said. \u201cI don\u2019t think we\u2019re the type of team that goes trying off-the-wall stuff to just think about the playoffs. Like, we\u2019re running a different setup here than we did last year and that\u2019s just to be better at Pocono than we were last year. Hopefully, that can carry over to other race tracks.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kurt Busch honored<\/p>\n
Pocono Raceway honored former driver Kurt Busch by having him serve as the Grand Marshal for Sunday\u2019s Great American Getaway 400.<\/p>\n
Busch gave the command for drivers to start their engines. Also, at the start-finish line, Pocono painted \u201cTY Kurt.\u201d<\/p>\n
During his 23-year Cup Series career, covering 776 races, Busch had 28 poles, 34 wins, 161 top-five and 339 top-10 finishes and was the 2004 champion. He also won five Xfinity Series and four Craftsman Truck Series races.<\/p>\n
Three of Busch\u2019s Cup Series victories came at Pocono: July 2005, August 2007 and June 2016. His win in August 2007 was particularly dominant, as he led 175 of 200 laps. He also has two poles, 14 top-five and 21 top-10 finishes in 41 starts at the track.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, it was at Pocono in 2022 that Busch suffered a concussion in a practice crash that ended his career.<\/p>\n
In May, it was announced that the 46-year old from Las Vegas was part of the 2026 Hall of Fame Class, along with Harry Gant and Ray Hendrick, which will be inducted in January in Charlotte, North Carolina.<\/p>\n
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