‘We need to get better,’ Kyle Larson on No:5 teams’ performance in 2022 season so far compared to his 2021 championship run
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Kyle Larson is finding his way back to the top in the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series following the set of bad results he endured after his Fontana Cup Series win. The defending champion is positioned at P8 in the cup series thanks to his 6 Top 10 finishes out of 11 races competed and his slide in standing is due to the fact that he finished outside the top 20 Ninety percent of the time he failed to get into the Top 10.
The No:5 Hedrick Motorsport Chevy Camaro ZL1 driver will hit the Darlington Raceway this Sunday for the Throwback Weekend cup race and will be hoping to convert his P2 poll start to a second win of the season in order to get the winning momentum going in his quest for a consecutive title. Kyle Larson secured his first win last year with a dominant display of 10 wins in his 26 top 10 finishes.
Now Kyle Larson has come forth to give his view on the difference he is feeling about his 2022 season compared to how it has been for him in the last year at the same time.
Find out what Kyle Larson said
Kyle Larson acknowledged that at the same time last year his No:5 team was fighting for wins instead of searching for consistency now though the win percentage is the same at the same time last year for him. He went on to say though the team isn’t that far from really good they have things to get better at. He went on to add that he has been struggling for consistency a couple of months ago now is all rolling fine as he sees himself getting that right and said that his teams should be working on getting more stage points from now on.
“I guess actually my win percentage would probably be the same to this point last year yeah, we were definitely running stronger and contending more for wins at this point year last year. I still feel like we need to get better, but I do feel like we’re not far from really good. Just have to continue to work hard and keep trying to be consistent,” Kyle Larson said.
“I had a little bit of inconsistency I feel on my part a couple of months ago. Now, we seem to be rolling OK. I think my last three finishes were a fourth, a fourth, and a sixth. So, that’s been good. We would like to get more stage points and things like that,” Kyle Larson added.
Kyle Larson added that he finds himself way closer in terms of points quired as last season and said there are multiple positives, he can find about his run so far. Kyle Larson acknowledged that he just needed a winning roll they had as of last year.
“We’re way closer to the points lead than we were at this point last year, too. I guess you can spin it a couple of different ways to find some positives about it. It’s been a good year so far. Just would like to get on a roll like we had last season,” says Kyle Larson.
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