Kyle larson has praised nascar for keeping the track moving and allowing him to win his first indianapolis motor speedway victory. After the brickyard 400 drama, the 2021 cup series champion’s message came as a retort to ryan blaney’s f-bomb. Kyle busch spun out on lap 159, marking the 30th anniversary of the crown jewel race. The field was yellowed and the pack geared up for the first overtime restart, with several drivers pitting for a fuel recharge. Brad keselowski was one of the drivers who was low on gas, but not one of those who pitted and paid the price before the first overtime went green. Kyle larson moved up to the front row alongside ryan blaney in first as the rfk racing driver steered into the pits and the race didn’t go under caution. Now that the team penske driver was the driving unit, he was supposed to accelerate first, followed by the rest of the high-octane rides. Larson made his stride before the #12 ford could and lunged forward into turn 1 for the lead, it seemed. Ryan blaney was outraged by what happened and blasted on his team radio about nascar spoonfeeding the front row seat to hendrick motorsports driver.
“there’s no way they should’ve allowed it to go green.” That’s ridiculous. They just gave it to him (kyle larson). I’m on the top of the f*cking pile. I’m not going to win from the top. Gave it to a f*cking golden boy. Blaney slapped the son of a b*tch. Kelly crandall, the defending cup series champion, shared kelly crandall’s dismay on her x account. Kyle larson thanked nascar for his first brickyard 400 victory, retorting to the same point.
Kyle Larson reflects on his run after sealing his maiden Brickyard 400 win
When the crown jewel brickyard 400 took its first appearance in 1994, the then-hms driver and now vice chairman of the team, jeff gordon, claimed the team’s first indianapolis motor speedway victory. Kyle larson took home his first and hms’ 11th victory, 30 years after the team’s first brickyard 400 victory. Kyle larson stooped exponentially for a 20th-place finish in the second stage after starting fifth and placing his #5 chevy second in stage 1. Larson went straight out and pressured those saving gas, though many cars operated on a fuel-saving scheme. As a result, the californian edged past denny hamlin and daniel hemric for third place. Kyle larson took his fourth victory of the season after going into overtime, defeating ryan blaney from a potential second straight victory in the due process
“This is just such a prestigious place, such hallowed ground. Pretty neat to get an opportunity to race here on the oval again. What a job by our team. I mean, never gave up at all. And to all the fans, I love it here, I think everything has come full circle with what was meant to be and today was meant to be for us,” Larson said via NASCAR.
The 31-year-old dominates the regular season standings and the playoff picture. In the meantime, only four races are left to choose the regular season champion.
