Kyle Larson completed second within the NASCAR Truck Sequence race at Bristol Motor Speedway. He received the following two races – Xfinity and Cup – in dominant trend.
On Monday, the Hendrick Motorsports driver did not maintain again on Kevin Harvick’s “Pleased Hour” podcast when discussing his Xfinity Sequence win and the message he tries to ship every time he will get into one of many Xfinity automobiles.
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“This may come off cocky,” . “I need to embarrass them actually. I simply need to embarrass NASCAR a bit of bit. They don’t let Cup guys run anymore, and the youngsters most likely suppose they’re in a great place. They don’t know the place the bar is absolutely at. So, I prefer to run these Xfinity races and simply get 10-second results in allow them to understand that they acquired lots of room to enhance.”
Kyle Larson throughout qualifying at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.Gary A&interval; Vasquez-Imagn Photographs
A day later throughout an look on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, the 2021 Cup Sequence champion was requested about his earlier feedback. Apparently, he used Ty Gibbs, the 2022 Xfinity champ, for instance.
“Xfinity guys, I do not really feel like are pretty much as good as they as soon as had been and undoubtedly not as ready for Cup as they as soon as had been,” . “I believe that is why you see, you understand, a man like Ty Gibbs. I actually like Ty Gibbs. He’s an Xfinity Sequence champion, however he is but to win a race. And, you understand, I believe lots of that comes from simply the bounds that NASCAR’s placed on.”
As Larson identified, the Joe Gibbs Racing driver has but to win in 96 races within the collection. He does have 13 top-five finishes, together with his most up-to-date outcome at Bristol the place he completed third for his greatest end of the 2025 marketing campaign.
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Larson and Gibbs are off this week and return to Cup Sequence motion on April 27 at Talladega.