Joey Logano declares Kyle Larson “got a ridiculous amount of natural talent” and reveals how to beat him

Three times NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano has shared his thoughts on how to beat dominant force Kyle Larson.

Joey Logano declares Kyle Larson “got a ridiculous amount of natural talent” and reveals how to beat him

Joey Logano and Kyle Larson (Via IMAGO)

Hendrick Motorsports Kyle Larson is the most dominant and talented drivers of his generations. Since joining HMS in 2021, he has secured almost 30 race wins and the championship on his debut season, as he slowly became the most popular drivers the sport over his teammate Chase Elliott. Even the reigning Cup champion Joey Logano knows the star racer is a superior talent compared to most in the garage.

In his recent appearance on Corey LaJoie’s Stacking Pennies podcast, Joey Logano discussed the advantage Kyle Larson has over the rivals with his natural talent and feel for the cars. The No:5 chevy driver is capable of driving the car to the limit and the Penske driver revealed that the only way to beat the star driver isn’t out pacing him.

He’s got a ridiculous amount of natural talent though. He will drive that vehicle as fast as it can go. He’s really good at that. Yeah, right. And so, I have to beat him on other things to beat him because if not, he’s just going to go faster than me.

Joey Logano said via Stacking Pennies podcast.

The three times Cup champion pointed out that in order to beat Larson, he focusses on the small details that most often doesn’t get the focus or time due to the busiest schedule of the HMS racer.  The veteran admitted that the only chance he got at beating at the racer is to focus on these factors, as he seems to hint that in perfect condition, Larson is unbeatable.

I gotta beat him on details. I got to beat him on the little stuff, the stuff that he won’t have the time to prep on. I that’s my only chance.

Joey Logano added.

Joey Logano makes NBA players talent comparison with himself

In the same conversation, Joey Logano made comparison with him and NBA players that find themselves in the Larson situation. There are always players with a lot of natural talents the most in the series that cannot match and always be great at what they do.

Joey Logano
Joey Logano (Via IMAGO)

So, how the regular players challenge these top athletes, well they outwork him on the basic and simpler details consistently. This eventually help them overcome the challenges, Logano has been doing the exact same to over the greats of the sports and eventually become one of them.

Like I there’s NBA players that have a crap ton of natural talent and they can show and go and they’re great. And then there’s players that have to overcome some of that. I think I’m one of those players that I have to overcome some things. I’m okay with that. I’ve accepted that.

Joey Logano said.

The comments from Joey Logano shows, throughout his career he saw himself as an underdog and with his win at all cost mentality, he has become the future Hall of Famer. It would be interesting to see how many more races wins Logano can get over Kyle Larson in the final chapter of his career.

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