He also won the King’s Royal sprint car race in July.
Larson won the Knoxville Nationals, one of the most prestigious sprint car events, in August.
He won his second consecutive Chili Bowl Nationals in January. ET on NBCSN).ĬhLarson’s year also includes victories in multiple major dirt racing events. He’ll look to add to his trophy case with Saturday’s playoff event at Richmond Raceway (7:30 p.m. Among the favorites to claim the Cup title, he’s won one of NASCAR’s crown jewels, the Coca-Cola 600, along with four other points races and the All-Star Race. Larson has had a season unlike any other. He sees Larson’s passion to race and family support to do so – just as Andretti had when he raced so many different vehicles – as key elements to Larson’s success. He’s the only driver to win a Daytona 500, Indianapolis 500 and Formula 1 championship. “He’s not the only one that interests me, but he just captured me in a very special way because I see a lot of myself there.”Īndretti, 81, is motorsports royalty. That’s the reason I gravitated toward him in a sense of being particularly interested in what he’s doing. “That’s his life,” Andretti told NBC Sports about Larson. Few people can appreciate Kyle Larson’s remarkable season more than Mario Andretti, who knows the challenges of racing in different vehicles on different surfaces against different drivers and often ending with the same result.
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