“We’re Definitely Finding Momentum!” Kyle Larson Sends a Hendrick Motorsports Warning to the NASCAR Garage  

The 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season hasn’t been kind to the Hendrick Motorsports drivers. Other than Chase Elliott (two wins) no other racers have shown race winning form this year and is struggling to find form. The defining champion Kyle Larson is one of the drivers desperately looking for a moment of redemption.

The No:5 team has finished inside the top-5 in four of the last five race and this has given them the confidence that they could end the dominance of the Toyota drivers, led by Denny Hamlin, along with Tyler Reddick. Talking about this after the San Diego race, the two times champion asserted that they will soon get back to wining ways.

We’re definitely finding momentum, and our race cars are getting better. It’s giving me more confidence, all the good things that you need. Just got to keep it going, you know? I feel like we’re still a bit off of being the best and wins becoming easier, but if we keep swinging, we’ll eventually get one, and hopefully with that, get more points and get a little bit further up.

Kyle Larson told after San Deigo race.

Later Kyle Larson’s crew chief Cliff Daniels talked about his OEM’s struggle and the dominance of TRD.  He admitted that Toyota had clear advantage in terms of pace since the final races of 2025 and they carried that over to this year. Chavy’s progress though was stunted by the car body redesign ahead of the season. Now they have settled to the change and is ready to compete again.

By the end of 2025, we had already seen the [surge] of the Toyotas, and we weren’t the upper echelon of speed. And I think that carried over into the early part of this year. At the same time, us just getting our arms wrapped around the body that I still think is good and fine, and we probably have had some overreaction to at times. So now we’re getting settled in on that.

Cliff Daniels asserted via NASCAR.com.

Kyle Larson shared his thoughts on top-3 finish Anduril 250

Coming into last Sunday’s street race San Diego, Kyle Larson had one goal, secure a solid front-row finish and he did exactly that. They had a clean day regarding execution and could’ve scored a better finish that P3, if winner Corey Heim as well as P2 Bubba Wallace hadn’t had a faster 23XI Racing car.

It was a great day for us. Thought I had a good shot to win there. Then the caution came out, and I still felt I got a good shot, but then the 23XI cars were just so fast there, so yeah, that was tough. But yeah, I mean, a super clean day for us on a challenging track. I’ll take it. Another top five and a good points day. We need those, and just happy to move on.

Kyle Larson said.

Further talking about the race, the veteran praised NASCAR for hosting the event at the Navy Base. He highlighted how impressive the whole event was and was happy with the crowd turnout. He seems to be among the group of drivers that want to race there again.

It was awesome. I hope everybody enjoyed the race today. It was just a great atmosphere all weekend long, even from Friday. Friday, I think, it sounded like, was just open to the Navy base. But yeah, as you can see, the crowd’s crazy.

Kyle Larson added.

The momentum is on the side of the Hendrick Motorsports side and he would be hoping to continue finishing upfront next Sunday at Sonoma. If he can keep the form alive, the No:5 HMS team would be favorite to win at Chicagoland and Atlanta.

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