Kyle Larson believes It will be ‘pretty easy to run next to the wall at Kansas,’ as the defending Cup champion set out to chase his second win of the season
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Hendrick Motorsport has been the dominant NASCAR force over the last couple of decades and in the last couple of years, they have been leading the cup scene, even with the introduction of the Next-Gen car, which aims to reduce performance disparity in the series wasn’t enough to stop them. The team so far has been able to secure 5 wins this season with all of their drivers visiting the victory lane at least once and William Byron doing it twice.
One of the HMS drivers to look forward to in Kansas will surely be the reigning cup series champion Kyle Larson who is yet to secure a second win this season after his early-season win at Fontana and following a disappointing early exit last week in Darlington after he was able to get his performance to a consistent track in the previous races, the No:5 driver will be hoping to bounce back with a win.
The Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 driver has now come forth expressing his thoughts on how he hopes the tracks to perform and his hopes for Kansas.
Kyle Larson on his Kansas outing this Sunday
Kyle Larson acknowledged that he imagines that it will be easier to run closer to the wall at Kansas as was the case for Fontana earlier this season. He went on to say he loves Kansas and the speedway is one of his favorite tracks. Kyle Larson added that since the track has multiple lanes it races typically, he expects the race to go on at the bottom, middle, and the top as it is hard to pass if the top lane is fast and the race is confined to it.
“At Fontana, we were able to run really close to the wall, so I would imagine it’s pretty easy to run next to the wall at Kansas. I love Kansas – it’s definitely one of my favorite tracks. It does have multiple lanes, typically. If that top lane gets going really fast, it does make it hard to pass. I hope we can run the bottom, middle and top,” Kyle Larson said.
Kyle Larson’s HMS teammate Chase Elliott is hopeful for Kansas
Kyle Larson’s HMS teammate and 2020 Cup series Champion Chase Elliott had acknowledged that the team has been able to build a solid playbook on the Kansas track over the years thanks to the good finishes they were able to secure on the track and it will be helpful through a huge chunk of it is out of contest now due to the introduction of Next-Gen car. He went on add that he has learned so much from his recent outings in Atlanta and Vegas so he doesn’t expect his outing to be any different from some of his finishes from the past.
“We’ve had some pretty good finishes at Kansas in recent years and had built up a solid playbook, but I feel like a lot of that is out the window with this new car. We weren’t that great at Vegas earlier this year, but we were pretty decent in Atlanta,” Chase Elliott said.
“I think we’ve learned a lot more about the car in general since those races and the changes that we can make to get the most out of it. Each track presents its own set of challenges, but I think our team as a whole has done a good job of adapting and I don’t think that will be any different this weekend,” Chase Elliott added.
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