All-Star Race/pre-Nashville: Sizing up Kyle Larson's extraordinary run and the Cup Series' return to Nashville Superspeedway

NASCAR on NBC analysts Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte on Kyle Larson’s amazing roll of excellence (1:00); the tough decisions team face on 2021 vs. 2022 (3:30); a comparison to Hendrick in 2007 (5:00); regular season recap from Burton and Letarte through 16 races (6:00); on Kevin Harvick’s slower start (7:00); on Richard Childress Racing’s improvement (8:30); Nashville Superspeedway, the great unknown (10:30); a scouting report from Jeff Burton (11:30); what applying resin to the track means for practice (13:30); the importance of studying all the details ahead of time, especially in traffic (15:00); the concrete factor (16:30); the practice factor (18:30); memories of 2001-11 at Nashville Superspeedway (19:30); why the track reminds the analysts of Kentucky Speedway (20:30); the welcoming environment of downtown Nashville (21:30); a “new” old market for NASCAR (23:30); the unknowns of the final 10 regular-season races (25:00). Visit www.nbcsports.com/nascar and www.nbcsports.com/motors for more NASCAR and motorsports coverage from NBC Sports. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.