‘I don’t think Cup cars should be on dirt,’ Kyle Larson wants no future dirt racing in Cup Series as he is ‘cool with a street course,’
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NASCAR has set the Bristol Motor Speedway running for the annual Food City Dirt race, the dirt track debut for the next-gen cars, and with a strong experienced dirt racers in their driver pool, the fans are expecting an amazing race on Easter day.
The reigning Cup Series Champion Kyle Larson is one of the prominent names who are predicted to have a chance at winning the title at Bristol considering the experience he has on the dirt racing scene in the US.
But now the no: 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevy has come forth suggesting the removal of dirt races from the Cup series schedule though he is ready to welcome street courses.
Kyle Larson on future NASCAR schedule with Dirt and street races
Kyle Larson when asked about what are the changes, he would have made to the NASCAR schedule if had the chance suggested that he likes to see no Dirt race with Cup cars contrary to what fans believe he wants. He added that he is cool with street races in the NASCAR schedule.
“I don’t think it really matters I guess what I would think. Really, I am cool with a street course and stuff like that. I don’t know. I mean, I think everybody assumes my opinion would be to race dirt every weekend, but no I don’t think Cup cars should be on dirt. That’s the only change I would make is not race on dirt,” Kyle Larson said.
“It’s been a struggle so far,” Kyle Larson reflects on his 2022 season so far
Kyle Larson acknowledged that the 2022 season so far has been a struggle for him against competitors who also has close cars. He went on to suggest that if he had been able to secure better track positions and runs, the final outcomes of multiple races of the season would have been different. Kyle Larson added that he is frustrated because of the fact that he made a lot of mistakes recently which cost him vital positions which need fixing.
“It’s been a struggle so far. I feel like our race car is close. I feel that given different circumstances if we execute a little bit better and get that little bit better track position, we could have some totally different races. Here lately it’s just been a lot of mistakes on my part, so that’s been frustrating when it’s on you. I feel like that’s also the easiest thing to fix is when it’s yourself,” Kyle Larson said.
He went on to list out the mistakes that were made by him in tracks such as Atlanta, Phoenix, COTA, and Richmond, costing him and the team vital points. Kyle Larson went o to say that he has a really good team and shared his hope that he will be able to get through this by fighting hard and staying positive.
“I feel like Phoenix we blew up, but we were competitive. Atlanta we were competitive and got in a wreck. COTA we were competitive, and I just did a really bad job on the restarts and then got myself in the hornet’s nest and didn’t do a good job. Richmond we were ok and got a better finish than we deserve and then last week we were clawing our way to get some good track position and right when we did, I sped on pit road. As I said, a lot of mistakes on my part here lately, which has gotten me frustrated,” says Kyle Larson.
“I’ve got a really great race team with really great leadership with Cliff (Daniels) and everybody. I know we’ll be able to get through it, we just got to keep working hard and keep fighting and staying positive,” Kyle Larson added.
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