Kyle Larson invites Carl Edwards to drive No:5 HMS Chevy at Coke 600
2021 Cup Series champion Kyle Larson wants legendary racer Carl Edwards to drive the No:5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevy replacing him.
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Carl Edwards and Kyle Larson (Via IMAGO)
The 2025 NASCAR Cup season will witness Kyle Larson yet again making his double duty attempt, with a second Indy 500 attempt with McLaren. He will miss the Coca Cola 600 practice and qualifying due to his appearance in the Brickyard event. This leaves an opportunity for another racer the chance to drive No:5 Hendrick motorsports Chevy at Charlotte.
The 2021 Cup champion recently sat down with Bob Pockarss, ahead of The Clash at Bowman Gray and shared his feelings about who should drive in the two-session replacing him. Kyle Larson wants ex-JGR racer Carl Edwards to make a comeback and drive the car like 2014 Cup champion Kevin Harvick did last season.
I’ve not talked to him and Bob, you can blow this out there. He’s probably not going to see it anyways, but I would love to have Carl Edwards do it. I think it would be great. That’s my pick this year. I’ve mentioned it to Jeff Gordon and Cliff [Daniels], but nobody outside of that.
Kyle Larson told Bob Pockrass.
He further pointed out that if HMS is able to convince Edwards to partake in the sessions, it would be a huge splash for the sports. Larson then shared a message to Edwards, inviting him and saying Rick Hendrick’s team want him there.
So, it’s not anything serious right now, but that’s who I would pick. I think that would make a huge splash in the sport and be great. Carl, if you happen to see this, please jump in the 5 car. We want you.
Kyle Larson added.
Kevin Harvick predicts Kyle Larson-Christopher Bell rivalry to spill over to NASCAR
In the recent episode of the Happy Hour Podcast, Kevin Harvick predicted that Kyle Larson is going to have a spicy rivalry with Christopher Bell in 2025. He expects the duels they had at Chilly Bowl will going to change the season for her as it is set to spill over to the races on the NASCAR Cup Series track.
I think the Larson-Bell rivalry is something that we all hope for, but it has a lot more opportunity to be in more places than just NASCAR, right? Like the Chili Bowl already had that…We’ve seen it in the past a little bit. Um, but you know, I think that, that rivalry spices up because we see it in more places than just on the NASCAR track.
Kevin Harvick said.
The comments from Kevin Harvick are something many in the community is going to agree with and it is something many fans would expect to see, considering Bell and Larson has been among the most consistent racers in the Next-Gen era. It would be interesting to see how everything is going to playout.
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