NASCAR CUP SERIES: STRAIGHT TALK WIRELESS 400

March 23, 2025

Kyle Larson

Frontstretch Quotes

An Interview with:

Q. Kyle Larson takes a deep breath. Kyle, you dominated a lot of races here at Homestead. This one looked a little different today, though. You had to earn it at the end. Didn't dominate it. Got a long run. How were you able to put it on the boards and make it so perfect that last run?

KYLE LARSON: It was far from perfect. I gave up a spot and a half, almost two spots there by getting in the wall too many times. I knew I wasn't going to get the best restart there. I knew I wasn't good on the short runs and just thought if I could hold off the 11 and the 45 behind me, you know, I could get Rheem in the top and the 19 too. Then I got in the wall and let him by.

Just kind of had to keep plugging away at what I know and what's good for me. So just proud of myself, proud of the team. Just a lot of gritty, hard work there today between damage on pit road, you know, qualifying bad, bad restarts, all that stuff.

Just super pumped. One of the coolest wins I think in my Cup career just because of the heart break I've had here, the heart break yesterday, and to just keep my head down and keep digging feels really good.

Q. You mentioned all the heart break yesterday and different races here. As you get the lead there with roughly about ten to go, what are you thinking? Are you just thinking, No caution right now?

KYLE LARSON: That's what I'm thinking every time in the lead, especially here at Homestead. Yeah, just crazy. I knew me coming towards those guys, they were going to start moving around and making mistakes. I felt like if I could just keep pressure on Alex, I would hope that he made a mistake. He caught the wall there, and I got by him easier than I expected to.

Still had to work hard, though. My balance once I got in clean air was really loose, just like those guys were. So hats off to the whole team, Hendrickcars.com, Chevrolet, Prime, Valvoline, the whole Hendrick engine shop, everybody involved, Hendrick Automotive Group. A lot of Hendricks. Shout out to Darryl Jackson too. I think you said you're going to owe us a bottle of Pappy. We'll go ahead and take that.