The 26-year-old Japanese-American everyman behind the No 42 Chevrolet is a fan favorite who happens to be one of 12 drivers left in the title chase. And the best may be yet to come
Kyle Larson is the rare Nascar driver who makes himself easy enough to spot in a crowd. More often than not he’s the guy riding the top line on one-and-a-half-mile length oval circuits, within a whisker of the outer barrier. Or at least he was before a wave of repaving projects pushed him out of his groove. “To me it’s easier to run a few inches off the wall, just because I have more grip and can use the aerodynamics to pack air and get even more grip,” Larson explains. “Basically, Homestead is the only place left where I can still do that.”
By Homestead of course Larson means Homestead-Miami Speedway, the intermediate track that will once again decide this year’s Cup championship. The race to the finish started in earnest with Sunday’s playoff-opening South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway – one of five intermediate tracks on the Cup series’ 10-week playoff. The schedule is an unforgiving steeplechase complete with elimination rounds designed to pare a field of 16 title contenders down to four come Homestead; the championship will go to whoever finishes highest in that race.
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